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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20
COLLEGE SPORT
| ALWAYS POPULAR
Many Reasons Given Why
English Games Do Not
Take in America.

-Four kinds of football are played in the
ICsryed States. College football. Gaelic
seeker or association football, Rugby or
English football. are the ones which en-
gage the attention of Americans.
To call college football Rugby is a
misnOmer
ssRugby' football is played in this coun-
try at the Universities of California and
stanford. 1t bears slight resemblance TO
college football.
Instead of putting the bail in play from
"a scrimmage. the English players start
off with a serum.
Locking their feet together and whirlins
laround like flying dervishes they heel
the ball out from hollow circle.
Seeker football and Irish Gaelic foot
hall are closely allied
In these games the players can use their
feet only Advancing the ball with the
hands Is foul
In some of the western states where
game of Rugby has never been played.
can football with the English college
game.
saw a game of Rugby. President Eliot
If Harvard was one of the spectators
r Among the American sportsmen present
n aroused little interest Ii is neither
spectacular nor thrilling
College football is the only fail game
which Is intense and exciting enough 10
suit the American people
i Neither cricket nor Rugby viii ever he
popular on this side of the Dig pond
In their temperamental characteristics
Americans differ from the British.
/ Cricket and Rugby are too SLOW
Americans want more excitement more
action.
Broken bones and bloody noses are only
Interesting bits of by-play.
| It's no fun for AZ American 10 see some-
sane boot a ball ss-)ut with his foot. It's
loo tame a sport
Sons OF Uncle Sam like the personal
conflict the bitter man-tO-man struggle.
/ That accounts for the popularity OF
torize fighting.
II College football is one of the most thrill
ling and exciting of sports
/ IT has all the elements of a great sport
an autumn sport which viii hold the IN
crest of Americans forever.
1 America does not have 10 import any
Ixames from England.
Il that's why football and baseball are so
bopular They are American through ana
lhroSEh
i College football was evolved from old
AzngIish football.
i IT bears so little resemblance to the
original British Rugby that the parent
Z-cs,ldn't recognize its child
Il Good old American games are good
esnough for us. We can do without crick-
IN and Rugby. They may please English
knen- but they don't please us.
IFS because in our sporting proclivities
Eua are quite unlike the peoples of the
Bid world.
- the favorite fall and summer sports
Fos,,se Americans originated them, per
Fscfed them and fathered' them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20
Stories of Baseball PLAYERS

time for breakfast, which is a meal
That Rube thinks a whole lot of
So going up to the store kept by Will
son in company with Harry Davis and
Sacks Seybold. George Edward began
looking over the various timepieces
that were put out by the accommo-
dating Howard for his inspection
RUDE was hard to suit, and finally
Howard said to him:
Ed, here is an extra fine French
clock that l will give to you for half
price
IT'S pretty piece of work, all right
Howard" replied the Rube. as he be-
gan scratching his head. and /
wouldn't mind owning it. only, you
see" he explained, 1T wouldn't be any
good to me, as / want a clock that I
can understand when it strikes"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20
IT DOESN'T PAY
TO BE 4 FIGHTER
Willie Fitzgerald Advises All
Young Men to Keep
Out of Game.

Willie Fitzgerald says that it dOesnt
pay to be a fighter. II there is any one
in the world who should know, the fight
ing Harp is the man
At present he is % years old having
entered the ring at the age of IS. He + as
engaged i'm over 100 battles and now is
what the fight fans regard as a master
workman.
Joe Cans in an interview some months
ago. declared that Fitzgerald was the
Cans this is a great compliment, as the
latteG has fought very man in the world
of any prominence around the lightweight
limit and should certainly be d fair
critic.
Willie Fitzgerald declares that he has
simply wasted the eight years he has
spent in the ring.
when was Is years old" saws Willie
Il started out to be an electrical engi-
neer. | wanted TO study il up and try TO
be somebody. They had gloves in our of
flee and little by little | was learning the
game. After a while the fellows told me
! was good that | was sucker not to
fight for the championship and get
million dollars in purses 1t looked good
TO me.
Dreamed of Big Purses.
4 won fight after fight, when l started
and trained like a horse. l always had
that dream of the big purses and the
championship and kept on. I fought my
way up to the top and then Joe Cans set
me back again. The glory of winning in
the ring is great; the cheering crowd
pulls you on and the handshaking after
ward makes you go back to il.
Il have never made any big money. 1
average now about 500 a week. but then
I'm considered a first-class man. Most
of my back teeth have been pounded out
one of my eyes is out of shape from an
Uppercut that Cans landed on me. and
my body is not as ii should be, take 1t
from me. No fighter who has been in
the ring any number of years can be
healthy and right. The kidney punches
get to you and the beatings about the
head are bad and as for paralysis, you
never can tell when il will come
Il figure that I'm about to the end of
the string now. / have made all the
money | can make out of il and when
look TO the future there is hardly any
thing for me Yes, | own two houses, but
they are not mansions. II | had studied
as intended / would now have some sort
of position. something to look forward to
and my health, which is better than all
The broken down fighter is pest. He
can attract no attention. People don't
care for what he did and like Robinson
Crusoe, he is alone.
My dope for the young fighters is this:
Quit the game and learn some trade or
profession that will have future"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20
GAME HOGS BIG KILL

st. Joseph, No. Oct. 19.-Two thou .
= SAND one hundred prairie chickens in :
= ten days is the record of an automo- :
Die party Of nimrods through south
eastern Kansas. Edward Girard .
hyde Park, South st. Joseph, was I
one of the party :
y 4 had the time of nv life" said .
ne we started from Manhattan.
Kan, and wound up at Chanute.
Kan. We Travelled nearly 300 miles I
and hunted about two hours each Z
y morning and evening"
= -Four hundred and elghty-two dol
= lars was realized from the sale Of
the chickens to leading Kansas
\ hotels at g per dozen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20
Baseball Ananias Gets Off Good One

mat II was up to him TO complete tn
play. II he tried to get up the ball would
ran OFT the spikes. Yet. how was he to
throW Il from such an impossible position
\ great thought dawned on Dan. HI
IeaShed up and took his foot in his hand
nan ana all Then he hoped on fhe
otner ioot and carefully maintained his
hurled it home 1t reachee, ne piafe ms
IN tlhe 10 stop a runner That catch Was
undoubtedly the strangest l ever saw"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20

The most remarkable catch I ever saw
made on any field" says Patsy Dougher-
ty. the well-known ball player. was
pulled off by Dan Kerwin the American
association outfielder, few years ago
Kerwin was backing up to get fly
when he tripped and fell backward So
complete was the tumble that his heels
flew up over his head. The ball fell full
upon his spikes. and there It stuck. Dan
felt the shock of the ball. and looking up
at his hoof, realized that he had Ii and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20
WaddeIi, the Cut-Up.

Howard Wilson, who pitched couple
of seasons for Washington few years
back, is now in the watch and clock
business. and whenever any of the ball
players want anything in this line they
patroniZe the genial Howard.
Some days ago the versatile Waddell
determined TO buy a clock, so that when
he retired to his home for the winter
he would have a reliable timepiece that
would arouse him from his slumbers
each morning so that he could be in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20
FINE TOWN TO DIE in.

\ Washington, Pa. Oct. 19.-FootbaH I
y is not played in Beallsville. Three I
y boys, ]. V. McDOnough. Charles Hill !
y and Fred Powers, who tried TO intro 4
y duce the pastime. were hailed before !
y Burgess Snyder and fined So 80 each. 4
y BeallsviIle is one of the oldest towns 4
y in the county and the boys there I
y claim that il is 100 years behind time !
y Three years ago an ordinance prohib- 4
y iting football inside the borough lin :
y its was passed. No attention was 4
= paid to il until yesterday when Of I
\ ficer Zimmerman. under instructions 4
y from the burgess, swOoped down up 4
y on the offenders, capturing three. 4
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20

The Fair Weather club is the name Of
the newest organization Of motorists Of
New York City
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-13

Patents that were issued ia Jerseymen
this week. reported for the STAR by Drake
q 20, solicitors Of American and foreign
patents. 800 Broad street. Newark, n. j..
Snoe-sole support. ]. W. Arrowsmith
murrisIown apparel corset. A. II. Benja.
p p. LAST orange; wheel, Il. l.. Bowen.
20 aainyra insulated rail joint, ]. II. Broth.
COX Jersey City; rubber boot and shoe
crowley, Lambertvilie; tenlperafnra
regulator, ", Z. Davis, Orange; film franz
rSss Ior printing film frames, b. Day. Wesf
livuoheni reed regulator for grinding mn
Snihes, reversible galvanic battery, IA
Eulsoh, ILewellyn Park, Orange: steam ar
vacuum gage, j. Ely, Summit: ndiustabIs
Steaaning brushs r. 4. Gillespie, Bloomfield:
1GSSnipe Tor exerting pressure, hi. p
TunSnel, west Hoboken: trackef bar. j.
Iaa.tei9Sr, West New York: vehicle ton.
=. a. iemSiey, Trenton; means for driv-
i9g hydraulic turbines, L. Herschei. Glen
prranceton; air heater, A. RI. Lovejoy, Req
sank; came, 7. w. MorreII. Bioon6eId.
Telephone directory c. 10. Napp. 1renfnn
Wacnlne Tor holding candles, &. Nordfors.
Jersey city; umbrella attachment " AZ
oueparu aud c. W. Cason, sr., Camden
apparatus for tapping mains, w. III. Var
NfinkIe, Newark. cover for decorating
MOUNDS, graves and other similar purpoees
S.Weper-illig, Delawanna.
Dcsigns-Two photograph horn, e. L
AIKEN. Orange; lock trimming. doorLnnf
d; z. .Schoonmaker, South Orange AuoD'
trade Marks-Storage batteries ana -.
dse battery plates, General STORAGE nat
terry Comply. Boonton; fruit butter n y
Harris. Newark. n =.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-13
MONEY AMI

Call money in New York, 6Q15 per cent.
New York Clearing House statement: Elk
changes. $225, 069, $50; balances, Sc, 217. 634;
sub-treasdry debit, $3.50, 127. The New York
sub-tres sury showed the first debit at the
Clearing House this morning, with a sin
gle recent exception, for a long time past.
This debit and a gain of $2,04S,0 600 by the
banks yesterday, reducing their loss since
Friday to 50, 231, 900. are due to deposits of
government money. following transact
lions in the Panama Cana bonds.
Commercial bar silver in New York,
347s cents. Mexican dollars 43h cents. Bar
silver in London 25hd. Premiums on gold,
at Madrid 1910. at Lisbon 11.50.
Paris closing rentes, SO francs 20 confines.
Paris private rate Of discount 404K per
cent. exchange % franc 22As confines.
Berlin private rate of discount, RS per
cent; exchange on London 20 marks SO
pigs.
Money on call in London 31za4 per cent.
Rate of discount for both short and three
months bills, s. per cent. Consois for
money 80 11-16d. for account S21sd. The
Bank of England today sold Gl01, 900 bar
gold and received G65.0 900.
Foreign exchange market held a. steady
tone. Demand sterling was quoted 1870
1850; cables 4.8655d4. 1865; sixty-day bills
4791h@479A; short francs, $685.; short
reichmarks. 941s plus 1-32.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-13
THE PRODUCE MARKET

NEW YORK. Dec. MISUNDERSTANDING.
226, 600; sales, 600. 900. Weakness abroad
and ia 5orable Argentine newsNe wheat
half a cent this morning. May, 107@10715.
Flour-Receipts. 22,o25; sales. LOO; dull
Rye~ouiet: NoS2 western, 30, +. o. b.
New York.
Corn-Recelpts, 1900: sales, none.
Beef-Firm; packet, 12.5o@1SO
Porg-Steady.
Lard-Steady; Western prime, S.40de.5O.
Sugar-Raw firnli fair refining. 3.30G3.3 80;
centrifugal, 96 test, 2S5; molasses sugar,
3.O0@SO5. Refined firm; crushed, $50; pow
dered. 400; g~ranulated, $50.
Petroleum-Firm; refined, all ports,
S.701S.io.
Coffee-steady; No. 7 Rio, 6; No. 4 San
tos, Ts
Molasses-Firn; New Orleans, 34@42.
Poultry-Alive, Western chickens, Il;
fowls, "A; turkeys, 1879. Dressed irregu-
lar; Western chickens, 1920; turkeys,
1501S; fowls, S012.
Butter-Easy; receipts, 3,iS6. Creamery
extras. 2s1h@29; process, common to spe
cial, 15923.
Cheese-Firm, unchanged; receipts. 1,274.
Eggs-Firm, unchanged; receipts, ABB.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-13
DIVIDEND D-EcIARAPIoNs:

Metropolitan Trust Company, Of New
York, regular quarterly of 8 per cent. pay
able January 2; books close December 90,
reopen January 8.
The Coal and Iron National Bank, of
New York, regular quarterly Of ~ per
cent, payable January l, to stockholders
of record December II.
Manila Electric Railroad and Lighting
Corporation of l per cent, payable January
2; to stockholders Of record December &c.
Duluth Edison Electric Company, regular
quarterly Of IL per cent, on it's preferred
stock, payable January l. to stockholders
of record December II.
Pacific Coast Company, regular quar-
teriy OF IA per cent. on its preferred stock
and III per cent. on its second preferred
and common stocks, payable January /:
books close January Is, reopen February 3.
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph
Company, regular quarterly of ia per
cent, payable January 1; books close De-
cember -, reopen January 2.
blBeloW Carpet Company, of Boston,
semf-annual of $3.50 a snare and an extra
81 81 per share, payable January /, to
stockholders of record December IL.
Central Coal and Coke Company, regular
quarterly OF Ia per cent. on Its preferred
Stock aud Ia per cent. on its common
stock, payable January Is; books close
december 81, reopen January Is.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-13
SUE TH0MASES FOR ICE
4 AND INSURANCE STOCK.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-John ]. Coyle,
cf. Philadelphia, who was one Of the
purchasers of the Provident Savings
fife Assurance Society and Western
lec Company stock from Edward r.
Thomas and Orlando F. Thomas, has
.etbtaincd from Justice TruaX in the
supreme Court an attachment for
slgo.o00 On al, .l,efr' property in this city.
The action, which was brought
psrsaeh o'rrien, Boardman & Platt,
ssre,r 9ut of tha failure of the Thomases
II matte a delivery % the stock.
Deputy Sheriff Burns Immediately
carved he attachment OH the Console
srAted National Bank, the Mercantile
National Bank. Robert AIaclay & Co.
inc Mechanics and Traders Bank and
EfxrSr6 Lauterbach.
ala his suit upon which the attachment
Tor 1910, 600 wac issued Coyle set forth
Inst the Thomases were indebted to
}im 10 the amount of sbl50,00O by
season of their failure to deliver him,
among other things, 1850 shares OF the
stock OF the Provident Savings Life AS
Ssrance society and $1,000, 900 worth of
the bonds OF the Western Ice Company
% New Jersey.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-13
WALL STREET
YORK CENTRAL STARTS
STOCK DECLINE.
Bearish Market for the Eastern
Sellers While Western Are
Steadier.

NEW YORK. Dec. 13.-The stock market
opened dull and practically unchanged from
yesterdays closing.
II a. m.-An abrupt fail OF 2 points 10
New York Central started a general decline
in which the bear party was very active.
After spirited selling for about half al
hour. which resulted in many sharp losses,
the market became very dull but stcadier
for the Western stocks. Atlantic Coast
Line fell 31s. Canadian Pacific rs, Greet
Northern preferred and Northern Pacific
IL. international Paper preferred Ia, and
st. Paul, Pennsylvania, Reading, Louis
vile and Nashville, American Smelling,
American Sugar, Brooklyn Transit and Dis
tillers' Securities I.
Noon-Tbe market hardened steadily un-
til it had make up all of its early decline.
A sharp drive was then made against
American Sugar. and when II broke TO
96A. the lowest price of the year, the
general market also fell back slightly. but
soon recovered. Chicago Great Western
preferred dropped s points on selling IN
spired BY the postponement OF dividend
payment on lis debenture stock. Brooklyn
Union Gas also yielded Az, Westinghouse
Electric, IL, and Colorado and Southern
and the first preferred and Consolidated
Gas, 1. Bonds were irregular.
l p. m.-There was a radical reduction
in the volume of business after IL O'Clock.
buf the tone Of the market grew steadily
better. owing to the demand for Reading
and the support of the metal stocks. New
York Central and American Sugar con-
tinued heavy and ruled near the low point.
Reading and T.. S. Rubber advanced 1,
Wisconsin Central IL, American Car pre-
ferred ia and Union Bag preferred 3. The
losses were established of 4 points in
Westinghouse Electric first preferred and
, in Northwestern and Norfolk and West
ern preferred.
? p. m.-Eforts to market stock disclosed
very little demand aud the bears seized
the opportunity to depress certain stocks
10 the lowest of the day. American Sugar
extended its loss to "a and Louisville and
Nashville. American Tobacco preferred
and Denver and Rio Grande preferred
also gave way 2 points.
The closing was quiet and weak. Con-
tinued liquidation of American Sugar dis
couraged buying of other stocks and rem
dered the task of the bears easier in fore
ing out long stock In the general market.
The unfavorable October earnings of the
Hartman roads assisted the decline.
Prices averaged at the lowest of the day.
and stocks that previously had some re-
sistance became quite weak. American
Sugar sagged 4 points, Southern Railway
preferred "a. Great Northern preferred ?,
Electric ia and Union Pacific,
Pacific, Reading and Baltimore
and Ohio L
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-13

SHERMAN LAW ATTACKED
BY TOBACCO CONCERN.
British American Company Fights the
Seizure of s,7So,ooo Cigar
cites.

NORFOLK. Va, Dec. 1S.-The British.
American Tobacco Company. answering in
the United States District Court here
the Information" filed by the govern
ment for forfeiture under the Sherman
anti trust laws OF s,750.000 cigarettes. to
the value of $7.272.5 50, seized by the coll
lector Of customs of this port In October
while in transit from factories OF the re-
~spondents in Petersburg. Va, and Dur
ham, N. c., to London and Singapore. de-
MES ownership of the seized goods under
contracts by combinations and pursuant
TO coDspiracies in restraint of trade ''ob-
noxious to provisions of law" and further
denies that the cigarettes were the Sub
ject of any such contracts, combinations,
or conspiracies."
II is set out in the answer that the
American Tobacco Company, the Imperial
Tobacco Company, Ogden %lInlited, and
the American Cigar Company, finding their
business greatly developing, made pur-
cllases. one of the other, OF the good will
Of business in certain sections Of the
world. and that while these contracts were
perpetI al ones. and entered into, not IN
this country but in England. the con sider-
atoms were valuable and necessary to
the vendee's full enjoyment of its pur-
chase. and 1t insisted that IN such a case
the fact that the covenant is perpetual
In time does not tnyalidate II.
The respondent declares the Sherman
law 10 be unconstitutional because 1t i'm
poses excessive fiues with arbitrary dis
elimination in the iufiction of punishment,
making certain parties not liable and
placing power for arbitrary discrimination
in tho hands of persons who do not hold
judicial power under the government.
1t sdmits that, for business convenience,
it maintains an office in New York. but
says ii is a British corporation and that
all of its negotiations by which contracts
with other concerns were entered into
occurred on British soil in violation OF
neither British nor American statutes.
1t denies that the purchases made
by one company Of the other have cut off
competition, because each sfill has to buy
goods of the other.
The respondent asks for a dismissal of
the proceedings on the ground that the
government is already prosecuting 1t in the
same manner under a different form In
the southern district Of New York, where
evidence is being taken daily before \
United States commissioner to determine
the same questions brought to issue. in
these proceedings, declared to be in every
way irregular and wrong.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-13
100000 PENNSY LOSS
BY 2-CENT FARE LAW,

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 13.-With the
two-cents-per-milc maximum passenger
rate law still being complied with, pend
ing decision as to its constitutionality by
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the
Pennsylvania Railroad has issued a state
ment to show that a loss is being forced
upon the company by the law. 1t is stated
that for October the actual loss in earn
ings was more than 100000
The coinpany's statement, issued by the
passenger department, is as follows:
"In October, 1907, lines In Pennsyl-
Vanid show a decrease of $64, 900, while
the lines In the Pennsylvania system
outside of Pennsylvania show an in
creass of 3 per cent; this same per-
ceniage of increase, applied to State
lines, would show an increase of $500 %
instead of a decrease of $4,000, as
above.
This decrease in revenue Is absolute,
and has not been Offset In any manner
by increased travel stimulated by the
reduction In the rate per mile.
The figures stated cover the loss In
gross earnings only. The decrease Ia
net revenue, however, has been still
greater. on account of the increased
cost of operation due to advances In
wages and cost OF maintenance"