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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
IF IT'S HER E
IT'S RIGHT
PLAYED BALL
IN kLOhO|KE

This is one of Bill Bailey's stories in
the Boston Post:
He was pretty well weather-beaten,
as he sat down by my side I'm the grand
stand at Huntington avenue.
Know how TO score, don't you2" he
observed.
said / hoped 1 did.
Work for a newspaper, don't you?"
he went on.
admitted the impeachment.
Want to tell you about some base
ball games I played in last summer"
he began. edging up TO me confidential
ly. up IN Alaska. The fields don't
look much like this. They don't keep
'em so well. The infields are covered
with small nuggets, and the ball takes
some mean grounds. We can play all
night up there, with the midnight sun
at work all summer.
Juneau won the championship last
year 1t was funny deal. The sea-
son was due to close on Labor day, and
Dawson was three games to the good.
1t happened. however, that juneau and
Skagway were playing, and they had
postponed games-so they played six in
one day. Juneau won FIVE of them and
nosed Dawson out in the race. Started
the games at l a. m. and played
through until D. m, with an hours
inte-mission between each game.
Toward the end of the season IL gets
little cold. We played out one day
with the thermometer % below. People
said it was getting cold enough for foot
ball. but as the Methodists refused to
postpone their lawn fete on account of
cold, we thought we could play ball.
Ed Jackson, who used to play with
Nashville in the Southern league, was
-
and he played me a shabby trick.
went up i'm the seventh inning with two
men on bases and picked up a bat.
Jackson, who had kicked on pitching
because he claimed he couldn't pitch
in hot weather. handed up a straight
one, and j met IT square. The bat flew
all to pieces. l found out afterward
that Jackson had whitfield that bat out
of an icicle that ran down the grand
stand during the game, and put up the
job on me.
ut was this way. He had prospected
some before he got the job pitching for
White Horse. Every Fourth Of July we
have big tournament at Skagway, all
the teams in the league being scheduled
TO play each other there that week. It
was there that Jackson got the idea
that made him q millionaire. He has
habit of splitting on his hands and rub
bling them in the dirt before pitching
One night after he had beat juneau 4
to and pitched a corking good game,
he was washing Up in the club house.
when ne sees a streak of pay dirt on his
hands. He washed the sediment i'm the
bottom of the pan and got 1856 worth
of gold dust. He pitched every day after
that and kept washing his hands and
banning out the gold. Then he took to
sliding. We seldom slide up in our
league. for the ground is frozen so hard,
but Jackson kept sliding and sliding.
ana then after the game he'd wash his
uniform We noticed he was getting
extremely neat-but didn't get on to his
plan. He told me afterward his base
ball pants sometimes assayed S22. 40
worth of gold dust after a game a
White Horse. S12s0 at Juneau and $50
at Fairbanks. He was careful with his
money. and came home rich
But, say" ne urged. as | started to
beat a retreat 1T didn't tell you about
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
Miss KeIlermann Says Women
as Swimmers Have Greater
Endurance Than Men.


The proverbial endurance Of women
stands them in good stead when 1t
comes to swimming. That is how it
happens that in Australia. which has
produced the champion woman swim
mcr of the world. Miss Annette Keller
mann, it is a common thing for girls to
swim five miles while not one boy in a
hundred ever does it.
But sonnet INES" said Miss Keller
mann in an interview, d man has as
much endurance as a woman. and, with
his superior brute strength no woman
can hope TO compete with him. I dou't
like TO say it," concluded the fair cham
pion. but it is So"
Miss Kellermann does not look as II
she could swim further than any other
Noung woman who has had an oppOr-
tunity to form cquatiC habits. she is
very slight in figure, net particularly
TALL and in 2 smart tailored suit of dark
red cloth there was nothing about her
to suggest the professional athlete vet
she Is the victor of many BATTLES. She
has won forty long distance contests.
from one mile up 10 thirty miles, and
she has almost swum the English chan
hel. feat that 10 one but Captain
Webb has ever accomplished She
might have got al the way across had
il not been for seasickness and storm,
and she means to try again.
1T is like hunting for the North
Pole" she said. You get fascinated
with it and always want 10 try again.
But I want to wait a while, till J get
over the horror of the mal-de-mer for
the fear of it helps TO bring ii on. It's
a dreadful experience, though, to swim
the channel, and very weird one. You
start at / O'Clock in the morning amid
yells and shrieks and Pickering lights.
Your eyes are covered with black Cog
giles fastened down with collodion, so
that when you take them off at the end
of he swim q lot of the skin comes
with them. You wear a coating of Ian
oiine about an inch and half thick all
over your body TO keep out the cold,
and the little swimming costume is as
light Is possible, leaving the limbs and
neck bare, as every atom of weight is
4 burden. l have only tried to swim
the channel twice while the two men
who got further than I did have made
half-a-doZer attempts, and once when
| swan with them | got further than
they did. So ] don't think / did so
badly"
Miss Kellermann says that she Just
driited into swimming. She had been
perfectly a home in the water ever
since she was :. but until she was II
swimming shared equally in her favor
with riding, tennis ana dancing Then
she happened to see Fred Lee swim,
Il thought his stroke the most beau
tiful had ever SEEM she said, "and |
began to fimitate il. It was the double
overarm stroke, and l have used il ever
since. though other swimmers think it
only suitable for short swjms. Well, in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

The club of Rochester, n. Y. is arrang-
ing for its annual summer gymkhana, for
an orphans day outing. and hill climbing
contest and, possibly a run to jamestown,
covering $40 miles.
Upon declaration that car is temporar-
lily imported for touring purposes. no duty
is required on. entering Denmark. but
license from the owners native country or
state is necessary
The new automobile club which has
been formed by Philadelphia society wo-
men is so up-to-date that 1t has taken
its name from Esperanto. 'Moviganto
Klaubo, I" literally translated, Moving
club
Chicago motorists are planning to en-
terrain the Glidden tourists right royalty
during their two days stop in the Windy
City The Chicago Automobile club and
Chicago Motor club will unite in playing
host.
Motor-cyclists of both Baltimore. Md.
and Providence, r. l., are endeavoring
to obtain the annual convention Of the
Federation of American Motor-cyclists
for their respective cities. The meeting
will be held in July or August.
Although a Toledo oculist blames mo-
toring for certain forms of eye trouble.
he also says that, as the practice becomes
more nearly universal, nature will come
to the relief OF man by producing tougher
eyeball muscles.
A bill introduced in the New York leg
islature that has caused more amusement
and amazement than alarm prohibits the
building in that state of any automo-
bile capable of a speed Of more than
twenty miles an hour. 1t is not likely
TO pass.
The competing cars In the race for the
German emperor's cup are to be started
at intervals of one minute apart on June
If over a straightforward circuit near
Frankfort. There will be no controls and
the course will be guarded by army vet
Grams.
The postoffice department has estab-
lished a model automobile mail delivery
line between Norfolk and Jamestown Elk
position postoffices. There are three ma
chimes, each with capacity of sixty mail
sacks, and a speed of from six to forty
miles an hour.
So long as a motor has perfect-fitting
cylinders, pistons and rings there should
be no difficulty about starting from the
seat on the spark. The explanation is
that SO long as the compression can be
held in the cylinder the spark can be
used to ignite the charge.
In reassembling the parts Of a car, If a
bolt hole in any part does not line up ex~
actly with the corresponding hole in the
adjacent part never try to force the bolt
home with a hammer or maIiet, but find
and remove the cause for the holes being
out of line.
British automobile owners are I'D in
arms over a decision of Judge who as
sessed a motorist S175 damages for leav-
ing his car unattended for ten minutes,
during which period a pair of carriage
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

horses took fright at the machine and
caused an accident.
After thorough experiments the Aus
trian ministry Of commerce has decided
upon an extensive use of the automobile
in the postal service, Elaborate plans are
being made for serving remots towns and
villages in all parts of the country from
the nearest railroad stations
An enterprtsing surety company Is now
offering q 'chauffeur's fidelity bond,
guaranteeing that the chauffeur shall
honestly perform his duties and provid-
ing indemnity to the employer for loss or
damage to the machine during its unau-
thorized use by the chauffeur.
Though not absolutely necessary, a pass
port from the United States government
is a good thing to have handy when tour
ing Europe. 1t may be procured by writ
department at Washington costs but 81
and is good for two years.
II seems to be cheaper 10 kill man in
Mexico than to merely in1ure one An
American recently touring that country
ran over and killed a Mexican with his
motor car and was fined $40. The next
day his chauffeur blackened a natives
eye with his fist ana was sent to jail for
six months.
new s., 10000 club house Of the Automo-
bile club of America, just opened In New
York that a guest might spend hours in
the lobby, assembly room, grill room and
billiard room and hardly be aware that
garage accommodating 800 cars is con-
tanned in the same building
The Albany On. y board Of super
visors has granted permission to the Al
bany Automobile club to close state
roads. extending In a nineteen mile cir
cult south of the city. on the afternoon
Of Sept. IA when the club will hold an
amateur automobile cup tournament. The
route will be traversed five times.
So successful did Kansas City's expert
ments with crude oil prove last year that
several Missouri counties will sprinkle the
macadem roads this season. Roads which
were treated with oil four times during
1906 did not need sprinklng with water
the entire season. showing that the oil
treatment is an economical one
St Louis dealer has supplied the
GYPSY King of Kansas with one of the
most unique motor vehicles in the world.
It is a combination Of the old gypsy
wagon and the modern motor car, and
will be used by the king and his fam
lily on their continuous campipg-out. The
motor is of immense power, and, owing
TO the cars great weight, the wheels
have been equipped with solid tires.
The automobile has been the primary
cause behind the national movement for
better roads: II has made summer hotels
remote from railroad stations more &c
cessible; 1t has given many a country
youth with a mechanical turn of mind a
good. steady position as chauffeur. and
has been instrumental in increasing the
permanent population of many towns
within fifty miles of every metropolis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

"Rube" Waddell and Ossie Shrek
have come TO compromise over the
question OF "Rube" eating crackers III
the bed al night. On George Edwards
agreement to switch TO powdered sugar.
Shrek promises to continue as his
night warden. So far "Rube" has no
regular day keeper.
Three-hngered Brown, the Cubs
twirler. is as good as ever. In last
Wednesdays game he went the full
route and held the Pittsburg club
down to two hits
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

The police authorities of Detroit are
about 10 purchase two automobiles with
which to pursue scorchers-
Michigan autoisJs are rejoicing, the
drastic anti-speedng bill, containing all
sorts Of annoying restrictions, having
been killed.
Among the newest foreign devices is
warning mirror which enables the mo-
torist to see at glance all the traffic
behind him.
France has increased the tariff on au-
tomobiles imported from the United
States and Great Britain from 80 to 90
francs per 100 kilos.
An automobile school for instruction of
its members is a leading feature of the
California Woman's Automobile club OF
San Francisco.
The nature of the Massachusetts speed
law Is such that an officer may not ar
rest without warrant motorist who
exceeds the speed limit.
Two automobiles, one for the official
use of the mayor and the other for the
chief of the fire department, are to be
purchased by Kansas City.
The principal event of the Memorial day
meet of the Bay State Automobile as
ISOLATION viii be a 100-mile race. the first
of the kind ever run at Boston.
Luxurious. electrically-driven auto
chairs will be operated on Atlantic Cfty's
board walk the coming season if their
promoter can obtain the necessary fran
chise.
The Kansas City Automobile club tour
ing committee is negotiating with rail-
road officials for a run on rails this sum-
mer, after the fashion set by Charles
]. Glidden.
Rutland. VT. has the distinction OF an
automobile club with the chief execu-
tive of the state, Governor Fletcher ID.
Proctor, as chairman OF its board of gov
errors
The Cincinnati salvage corps has found
that il cost $217.14 less to MAINTAIN and
operate a motor wagon last year than
two two-horse wagons the year before.
The Rhode Island supreme court has
declared invalid all speed ordinances
passed by towns in the state, on the
ground that the state law fully covers
the subject.
Detroit's new speed ordinance limits the
rate to eight miles per hour in the BUSH
ness district and to twelve miles else
where in the city.
A number of touring cars are being
used by missionaries Of the sect known
as Flying Rollers" located near Benton
Barbor, Mich, to scour the country in
search of converts.
The City and Country Motor club OF
Greater New York has decided to admit
women to full membership The Lake
Mahopac Inn has been secured for a
country club house
Mayor Harry NJ Ruben of Macon, Mo,
has been elected president of the new
state association. with $500 motorists in
Missouri the association should be a
strong one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
EASTERN BIKERS
BREAKFR0M H.C.A.
New Cycling Organization Is
Launched in East to Con-
troll Racing Game.

Jersey City, May 1l-Considerable
progress in the work of drafting a con-
stitution and set OF bylaws for the
government OF the new National Fed
Grafton Of Amateur Cyclists was made
last night az the meeting of the exec
utive committee OF the organization.
held at the Bay View Wheelmen's club
house, this city. The entire draft was
not completed and another meeting
will be held next week TO put on the
finishing touches.
The object of the federation. as set
forth in the constitution, Is for the con-
troll and promotion of amateur cycle
racing on both track and road. Mem
bership is 10 be by clubs and indivld-
uals. Clubs will be required to pay
annual dues of 81, while the amount
for individuals will be % cents, which
will also serve as yearly registration
fee. A club, To secure membership in
the body, must be regularly organized
and operate under a constitution and
bylaws and have at least ten mem
bers- Each club viii be entitled to two
delegates in the federation.
Provision is made for a board OF
control and a board of appeals. for the
government of racing. The board OF
control will have charge of the regis
races and track meets. while the board
of appeals viii decide al disputes as to
the violation of the racing code. pro-
Il SITS and the like, and its decision shall
be final in all cases. In the case of pro-
tests all such must be made in writing.
Robert S. Campbell of Brooklyn, rep
resenting the Century Road club OF
America, and who is slotted for the
craftsmanship Of the board of control.
reported that chirty-four additional
riders had been registered with the fed
Grafton this week, raising the number
TO 140. Among these were Walter Rail
eigh, the winner Of last years Irving
-Millburn race, and Louis I. Weintz,
the well known track rider. Mr.. Camp
bell. who was one Of the prime movers
in the organization of the federation,
predicted success for the new body.
One of the latest applications for mem
bership in the federation was that of
the Lafayette Wheelmen Of Bridgeport,
Conn, the largest cycling organization
in that city. Campbell and Fred Krais
Of this city will go to Bridgeport next
week to arrange the details for the
admission of the club.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
THE OGDEN BICYCLE TRACK.


O
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and
the
year The of Ogden and fans Of Ogden rone the
the
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR TENNIS.

Within II
Lake this
Of has
to
to
of the
no
is
rapidly developed and atogether outlook
n to be
OF
off,
in
undoubtedly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

the funniest thing that happened last
season. 1t was during the tournament
al White Horse. We played an eleven
inning game with Fairbanks. and il
was nip and tuck. We scored one in
the twelfth and thought we had won.
when a brilliant aurora borealis settled
down over the field. Fact, / assure you.
One end was on the center field fence
and one on the grand stand. and we
couldn't see a thing. Umpire had TO
call the game on account of aurora
borealis after Bill McShane had struck
at a sun dog twice. thinking it was the
ball.
only time on record that a game
ever was called on account of aurora
what's your hurry, 1 was just going to
tell you"
But ] was gone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
GOOD BOUT PROMISED LOCAL FANS.


n
of
upon speeda and to win acontest
appeared in this city Williams has the advantage
This fight while
and worth going to see.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12
FIRST BREAK FROM N. c. A.


the
TO those who have studied the Of the G
in
N A its
from once
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

a few weeks | found 1, could swim bet
ter than any girl of my acquaintance
Then / entered a contest and wen it,
and my career as a swimmer had be-
gun"
Miss Kellermann is now looking for
new worlds to conquer. She talks of
swimming from the Narrows to Coney
Island. and will try some of the great
rivers. She is greatly DESTROYS also of
meeting some American woman swim
mer of Importance. She is already in
love with American women whether
they can swim or not.
Il think they are absolutely the love-
Hest in the world. she declared ycster-
day. They are so well made. and they
dress 50 well and walk so we'll In other
countries You may see one woman in
ten who walks we'll but here it is ten
IT, ten
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

Jake ThieIlnan is about the smallest
pit,h her in the American league. being
q pygny al Dngside of Hess. Bernard.
Moore and Joss. The only other fling
ers on the circuit who do not appear to
be any larger thar Thieiman are
Clarkson and Dygert. Dygert, how
over, is broader across the shoulders
while Clarkson is a trifle taller than
the Clevelander.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

last Thanksgiving day, Longboat won
the Ward Marathon race of fifteen
miles in Toronto. The next month, last
Christmas day. he ran in Hamilton
again and won the ten-mile road race
with the greatest ease.
Made Bonhag Break Record.
Longboat was famous runner by
this time, and special invitation
match race was arranged at Buffalo be-
tween him and George V. Bonhag of
the Irish-American A. c. of New York
Bonhag Is the worlds champion and
record holder at the two and three-mile
distances IL was an indoor race of
three miles. style and distance en-
tirely new to Longboat He did not
win. but he pushed Bonbag hard and
compelled him to shave several seconds
from his own worlds record 10 beat the
Indian by a single yard. 1t was the
greatest indoor race ever seen.
In the light of these facts it appears
that Longboat's record-breaking vic
tory in the B. A, A. Marathan was not
a fiuke victory in any sense. Longboat
is without any exception the greatest
long-distance runner the world has ever
seen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

Not in years have the opening day
attendances been as small as this
year, the bad weather being solely to
blame The real baseball enthusiasm
hasn't come yet. A climbing Their
rnnneter V in bring il out
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-10
50 SOOTHING
It's influence Has Been Felt By So
Many Honolulu Readers.

The soothing influence of relief
After suffering from Itching Piles,
From Eczema or any itchiness of the
skin,
Makes one feel grateful to the rem
edy.
Doan's Ointment has soothed hun
dreds.
Levi Johnston, shipbuilder in the en-
ploy of the Hardy Ship Building Co.,
place of residence Bay View Hotel, cor
ner of 9Th and C Sts., Tacoma, Wash,
says; Itching hemorrhoids were the
plague of my life, for eighteen or TWEEN
ty years. think they were first caus-
ed by a strain while doing some heavy
lifting. Sometimes they burned and
itched so that I could hardly stand it.
used almost everything I saw recon-
mended, but received little or no relief.
went home last winter to visit my
folks, and while there learned about
Doan's Ointment and got a box. To
my surprise, the first application gave
me so much relief that l felt as though
cured. 1 gave my brother-in-law half
box and the remedy worked equally
as well in his case. When returned
to Tacoma I felt symptoms of a recur-
renee and procured a box of Doan's
Ointment and as on the former occa-
sion it gave instant relief. I keep a
box on hand all the time, and when
there are any symptoms of a return of
the annoyance I make an application
or two, and up to date / have never
appealed to the remedy in vain. I
wouldn't be without Doan's Ointment
for anything"
Doan's Ointment is splendid in all
diseases of the skin, eczema, piles.
hives, insect bites, sores, chilblains, ETC.
1t is perfectly safe and very effective.
Doan's Ointment is sold by all chem
lists and storekeepers at so cents per
box (six boxes $3.50 or will be mailed
on receipt of price by the Hollister
Drug Co., agents for the Hawaiian Is
lands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-10
Clean From
The Skin Out

A condition that may be Sc
cured provided the washing is
properly done. We attend to,
the laundering of the clothes,
charge but trife for the SER
vice, and return them to you on
time and as sweet smelling as
the odor from a bed of roses.
Mems washing done so there is
the minimum wear to collars
and cuffs-saw edges have no
part in the clothes when they
leave here. We viii be glad to-
have your washing for a week
just to prove our assertions.
You can not possibly have the
same satisfaction elsewhere.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-10

kind old gentleman, seeing a small
boy who was carrying a lot of news
papers under his arm, said: Don't
all those papers make You tired. my
boy?" NAV; I don't read EN- re-
piled the Iad.--Canadian Courier.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-10
NESS COMES WHEN LEAST
EXPECTED.

A little forethought may save you no
end of trouble. Anyone who makes il
a rule to keep Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand
knows this to be a fact. For sale by
all dealers. Benson, Smith G. Co, Ltd,
agents for Hawaii.