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The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
kENTUCK|ANs To
WELCOME TIGEs

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 4.--Iughie
Jennings announced this morning that
he believed most OF hts pitchers had
attained the stage of development
which viii permit him TO divide the
rest OF the games into two instead
OF three portions and he will accord
ingly assign but two men to duty to-
day. In all probability the pair select
ed To do battle against the Colonels
will be Summers and Siever.
The weather is bright, though cool,
and considerable crowd is expected
as the local papers have been making
much OF the Tigers and Louisville IS
the town I'm which. away back in the
early aiHetieH. Huehie Jennings made
his debut In big league baseball.
Hughie took walk this morning
and endeavored TO locate the old park
on which he played ball but could not
find II. The park at which the Asso-
citation team here plays IL q compare
lively new affairs.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
"Fear of Defeat Filled
My Mind" Says slack
BY GEO. AAckENscAMlor.
The best man won.


Of worlds
with great endurance
hour and
Goteh hour
a half him the mat
succeeded him his feet believe would have
with
week he has been
filled
sequenly slippery get Arm hold
Defeat the face and worried me-
ending OF a
which priced highly The thought Of defeat filled my mind ana
/
/ m
thought Will
my
of fighting
felt public
more ended IT,
I have sa'a =
moi
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
TIGERS VISIT
BAT FACTORY

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 4.-The
entire Detroit club today boarded a
car for the famous Louisville bat fac
tory where there are annually turned
out large share OF the bats used In
the big leagues. The factory Is not a
particularly imposing structure, but
has played no inconsiderable part In
baseball and its veteran employees
have large acquaintance with the
players OF both present and past gen.
erations.
For an hour the players swung bats
round in the big stock room OF the fac
tory and In that hour in the neighbor-
hood Of so sticks were ordered by the
men. Some OF the Tigers carried
their sticks away, while others left or
ders for the delivery OF a certain num-
Der, TO be turned.n from model Sc
lected at today's visit.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

RY COMMON courtesy a minor
IL league ball player. breaking into
fast company is a colt More than
that. he is youngster. Occasionally,
>< speaking generical-
COLTS WHO ly. OF course, he is
VETERANS. It's easy 10 rea.
-.-------.4s son out just why
this is so. Most OF the fellows who
have been playing big league bail for
any considerable length or time arc
approaching middle life. Accordingly.
they must have entered the large
arena as young men. Therefore all
who enter are youngsters. All OF
which beautifully illustrates how the
best OF logic falls down.
The average product OF the minor
leagues Is as old as the class of men
with whom said product Will find him
self thrown into association higher
up. AS a rule the minor league re-
cruit is man who has reached his
prime In the smaller circuit. II has
taken him perhaps 10 years OF hard
application TO get recognition. AS a
result, he Is as good as he WILL ever
be and, after trial, slips back whence
he came. as most minor league re-
cruits do.
On the Detroit club this spring
there Is a minor league graduate who
has very, very few hairs on top OF
his head He may be pEematurely- bald
but he looks tremendously like man
OF 80 or so.
There Is another with crow-feet In
the corners OF his eyes and an occa-
sional white hair In his raven shock
who says he Is 80. He looks easily
eight years older than that OF
course, access to the family bible not
being obtainable, there Is no going
behind the returns.
Last year there was anyalleged colt
pitcher on the rolls OF the Detroit
club who had left at home a son, Ii
years OF age. And the most surpris-
! ing part OF this case Is the fact that
this player was not suspected OF mas
querading with his age or condition
OF servitude, until the players had
become well enough acquainted with
him to find IL out for themselves
It's a gay life, this baseball report
ing and the number OF young-old vet
eran-recruits. nearyoungsters and sim
liar combinations one runs across dem
onstrates one OF the possible pitfalls
To which the profession Is heir.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
''Oh! I'm the Candy Lion
Tanner Now" Says GOtch
ny Drank ooTcH.

Frank / u.
title OF worlds
battle
that in danger OF
guarded made noticed
10 u
the title and this
that imagined MY conn
rev. willing
against the ropes A l
andsoo go a the hoo
with got MS
and him mt
would have been oolsn
woud
moments before wouiu
his he quit and the title
o possible that
eo1 TO he wrestling game
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
CANTADS WIN
BIG BOAT RAGE

LONDON, April 4.-eambridge to-
day won the annual four-mile race
between the varsity Fights OF Cam
bridge and Oxford. leading all the way
and winning by three lengths.
There were fully $4,000 spectators
scattered up and down the course. The
police regulations were strict and no
one was allowed TO stand on the
bridges, while river traffic was entirely
suspended.
The time or the Cambridge was
1918. The record is 1s:47, made by
Oxford In 1893 and duplicated by Cam
bridge in 1900.
Oxford has won 33 and Cambridge
% or the annual contests held In the
past. one being dead heat. In the
past ten years Cambridge has won
seven times.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
~ COBB IS UP
70 OLD TRICKS

continue to develop as steadily as
they seem to be, Hughie Jennings says
there need be no especial ground for
apprehension. Summers, Muffin, Dor
ovan and Siever -abnit ready TO
do the distance now, anG(lillian show
ed yesterday that he is fast coming
round.
Either today or tomorrow the Tig-
ers viii go up against their old team
mate Jesse Stoyall, who was one of
the pitchers who threw the harpoon
into the Athletics.
News OF the Yanigan defeat at the
hands or Little Rock reached here in
the morning papers and the regulars
are getting ready TO hand Schmidtty
and his gang a spacious bunch OF jol-
ly when they join the main body
again. However. II was the errors of
the pitcher-felders that really lost the
game and Jennings Is tickled over the
fine showing OF WARRIOR who. in the
first FIVE innings held the. hard-hitting
Southern leaguers 10 two hits, gave
put a pair OF passes and famed a
couple. In fact, II was home umpir-
ing which allowed the Rockers to
score their run. according To the re-
ports. Later on. however. when VIII
lett and Suggs got TO fumbling. IL was
all on and the final score was TO 2
N'Schmidtty must teach his men to
get more out OF their hits" said Man
ager Hughie- Mickey's crowd gets
1--WE bingies and run for every one
OF them; Schmidtty's men get dozen
hits and can't make but two runs.
Something wrong there,"
Old Pop" Eyler, famous spring
pitcher In the southern country, went
the whole nine innings at Little Rock,
but the scorer credits Killifer, Drake,
Cockill. Schmidt and willett with two
safe drives apiece and two scattering.
Secretary Charles Schumm joined
the first team here today and received
a warm welcome from the players
with whom he is deservedly popular.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

President Taylor. Of the Bostons, says
cy Young will be good pitcher for
20 more years.
Hobe Ferris seems 20 he adapting him
self 10 third base all right In the
Browns games in the south.
MaiIke had the better Of shore in tho
wlndup at Cordt's last evening.
though the bout went the limit.
Outaslder McHaIe, Second Baseman Me-
C6nneil and Third Baseman Lord look
like fixtures on the Boston team.
80
Bni Hinchman has been dsing nne work
St a. VIM foana a sas sss
when the race starts.
President Hedges, OF the Brdwns, u
s whss Sepa hem 'a get a RUDE SWsddeii
matTon. q chaperon, or keeper.
Manager Fielder Jones' six-year-old
cago White Sox. The youngster all
ready gives signs of baseball talent.
Miss Bennett made short work Of Miss
Wilson. the alleged ringer. in their
night, taking two falls In about hve
minutes.
hfley 0rnnnan, tne ptunger, - 0emu,
after a lingering illness. in a west
ern sanitartum. Quite q few people
would have been glad TO trade places
with Riley four or ave years ago.
Not long ago there was q report that
Griffith had his eye on location at
Hot Springs for a permanent train
ing camp. Now II IL said that Grin
Is considering Excelsior Springs. Mo-,
for that purpose
IL would be too bad 90 have Dnvy
Jones, Ty Cobb and Harry Niles hook
up In sprinting match some time
cfude the regular monthly story re-
garding the fastest man in the
league.
The annual Detroit University school
tSs yssd ssk m
The school track team - In Ann Ar
Dor. today where a meet with the o.
OF NJ freshmen Is on the cards Tor
this evening.
SAYS that Clark Griffith will not ask
any waivers on his players until az
ter the crew arrives home. He Will
Abe, until he has tried them out in
the big games"
saek Thoney has made favorable Inn
ug2 anas ss i Mstire win sse
lighted with Thosey's great showing
and predicts that he viii be the SEN
sation OF the American league this
season: He has been dubbed the
Masaser CantiIlon gives cut this lsst
as the Washington team that Will
open the season: Faikenbers, Pat
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

NHAT AND llll CPORT AND
OMMENT y OPORTSMAN
BY Paul H. Bruske @z====zI

jim Mcclure should be ashamed OF
himselfl
Would that some bug would only
figure up the time hts tutelage mas
already cost the great American base
hall public!
Jim was a catcher for Detroit when
George Mullin broke into the game.
A great pitcher was George, but he
had trouble with his control. Nc
CURE taught George 90 take his timo.
lie las been doing that ever since.
From Detroit Jim Mcclure wen: 10
New York. There they were develop
ing q pitcher named Doyle. With Nc
CURE advising deliberation and Doyle
finding out the beauties of the process,
the pair discovered that a game OF
baseball normally able OF being played
In l:40 could easily be prolonged 10
2 hours OF more. This means n total
OF 20 minutes spent by the pitcher
In gazing fishy.eyed at the batter. IL
means the same amount OF time lost BY
each member OF the crowd. In case
5000 people are on hand each one OF
them loses 90 minutes and the grand
total OF 1867 hours stares us In the
face. IL Doyle pitches 80 games
year and loses his crowd 1867 hours
every game. how many years does no
lose them in n whole season? And
Mullin? And Harris?
Jim Mcclure, there are few
things which you WI have 10 answer
for some time OF ornsr'
We are nothing II not enthusiastic
here in Detroit The general belief
exists strongly that the team which
finishes Immediately behind the Tig.
ers this year will be sure OF second
place
Poor old Hack, He may be all In
but all the same, have little bet on
him the next time he stacks up with
Frank Gotch,
Hughie Jennings had best hustle his
Tiges straight to the batting eye ocul
ist
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
Ns-NELSON At
CATCH WEIGHTS

SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.--Joe
Cans and Battling Nelson were match
ed last night to fight twenty rounds in
this city sometime in May.
Jack Gleason will handle the match.
Cans is to weigh 1913 pounds ringside,
and Nelson is to come in at catch
weights.
The fighters are TO receive hfty
per cent OF the gate receipts. to be
divided sixty and forty per cent,
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
SMA rAlx o = P0 woRnD

ten. Hughes. Smith. Johnson anc
Burns. pitchers: Street, Warner and
Kahoe. catchers; Freeman, Delehan
~. Altixer and Mcbride, infielders
Ganley. Pickering. Ciymer and Mi
Ian, outfielders.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
MATTHEWS2FERNS
ON AVENUE STAGE

There will be a fast threeround
boxing match between Rube Ferns,
ex-champion weiterweight OF the
world. and Matty Matthews, also an
,ex-champion welterweight. at the Ave-
nue. theater Sunday afternoon and at
every performance thereafter for the
week
Manager Drew has engaged Ferns
and Matthews TO box as an extra at
traction for the williams Ideals bur
lesque show. Both boys are experts
with the siefes and very fast on their
feet and some fast rounds are prom
ised.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

elaboration of movement when deliv-
ering the ball to the bat, will make a
trickle, Of molasses down a frosty
windowpane look like veritable hec-
tic Niagara.
Jumbo" Harris OF Claiming fame
Is the twirler on whom James Is now
exploiting HIS tenets OF deliberation.
Those who saw the pair work as a
battery In one OF Boston's training
games say that Harris Is an apt pupil.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

EROM what the writer saw and
i heard at Little Rock. Jim Nc
CURE, the talented Michigander and
ex-Tiger who Is now the manager OF
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

Geo. stallings says that Laioie does
not hold his bat the same as In years
gone by when he wos champion slug
ger
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04
PULLS CAME OUT OF
FIRE IN A STYLE
CHARACTERISTIC

& I0ulSvILLE. Ky, April 4.--Tyrus,
the Georgia Peach, Is up to his old
tricks again.
Though yesterdays game at Mem
mills was his first with the Tigers this
season and he was In far from playing
condition, when the tenth inning came
round with the score 0 10 @, Il was
Tyrux who slammed the ball safely
into right field for a single--the sec-
ond on the day for the Tigers. The
American leagues enfant terrible
promptly stole second. though there
were none out, and wanted to score
on Kossman's short single which fol-
lowed. though Hnghie jennings held
him al first He did count up the only
run Of the game, however. ON Cough
lin's shot into LEFT which followed, thus
Winning the combat In the good, old
The Dctroits still need batting prac-
flee, Their weak hitting is still In
evidence and II may be a week or two
more before the effects OF the base
a1iless stay at Hot Springs are eradi-
&<ted Yesterday the three punched
MIA Ia the tenth were the only ones
which they were able to negotiate all
through except for a very scratchy
ein6le BY Sam Crawford in the early
Today and Sunday the Tigers are
hacked for games against the Colonies
818 and the fact that this team de-
IG1f4d the Athletics in a way that
111de Connie Mack admit that the best
team won Is a guarantee that there is
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

n yeI3atted for sehwenck IN sixth
tNone out when winning run was
"a 80 r.
Mem. % . 0 0 o. o
. Base hits--on Mullin,. In 8; of
Summers o In 3; on Kiliian. Q In q; OF
schwsnck, J In on Chappelle. In s.
-kaeA--es First base on f4iis-eH
Muffin ?. of Summers 1, on Schwenck
II Hit by pitched ballz-By Summers A.
struck out--By Schwenck 2 Double
pley--schaefer and Rossman. Passed
hafl--Owen. Time---1.AS Umpire
OIeaty, OF Memphis. Attendance-s5
cn.ehc- snes c,ce.ser. Of Oh. browns.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

Catcher Jack o'cosner, 81 the browns.
aimed down from 2i6 TO Isl
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

by COMMON courtesy minor
- league ball player. breaking into
fast company is colt More than
that. he is a youngster, Occasionally,
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

the Boston Ameri-
cans is Industrious
ly engaged In edu-
eating a twirler
- a. kokfto ~
The Detroit times., 1908-04-04

Secretary Abe Nahon, Of New YorI
says that Clark Griffith will not as
any waivers on his players until al
ter the crew arrives home. He WI
not know which ones to drop" sal
Abe, until he has tried them out
the big games
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-08-21
TinsIey Inspecting Crops

Prof. j. D. Tinsley of the Ag-
ricultural College at MesillaPark,
has been spending the week in
the Estancia valley. After hav-
ing delivered an address at the
Chautauqua at Mountainair last
Saturday, he drove through the
Manzano and Mestana Draws,
then to Willard, thence to Estan-
cia.> He has spent three days
here, driving out in each direc-
ton, and is thus we'll informed on
what has been and is being done
inthe way of farming throughout
the valley, From here he goes
north today, stopping at McIn-
tosh and Moriarty. He has
promised to give us an article for
publication concerning the valley,
as to his impression of what our
farmers have done and have left
undone, to their advantage and
disadvantage. We believe our
readers will be interested in this
and profit by his experience in
the work in New Mexico.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-08-21
60Dtdin 6Orb6tt
Answers Roll Gall

Captain Joseph A. Corbett died
at his home in Mountainair last
Tuesday morning an $40 o'clock.
The funeral services were held on
Wednesday at the Mountainair
Chapel, being conducted by Rev.
j. w. Campbell, assisted by Cha
plain G. G. Bateman of Fort Bay
ard, and Rev. P. w. Longfellow
of Roswell. The Chautauqua pro-
gram was dispnseed with, giving
way to the funeral services ,
Captain Corbett has been sick
for the past four years, suffering
intensely a large part of the time.
Two years ago he came to the Es-
tancia valley, in hopes of this eli
mate relieving him, but had wait
ed too long. He was about seven
ty years of age. The widow and
three children, John w. Corbett
the Misses Josephine and Verde,
were at the bedside of the decea-
sed at the hour of death.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-08-21
Says We PreVdriCated

S. w. Hightower, whom we
credited last week with having
produced three hundred bushels
of potatoes on his farm south
west of town this year, gave us
a calling down the first of this
week for publishing such trash
about him. He denied the ale
cation, and while he didn't say
we had prevaricated, he made us
feel as if he thought we had tlore
so. He says that his crop will
yield not less than one thousand
bushels Of fine potatoes. We
don't blame him for feeling hurt
with our crediting him with a
measley little three hundred
bushels, but assure him it was an
unintentional prevarication on
our part,
A crop of this kind is next
thing to gold mine. Mr.. High
tower has been selling potatoes
in Estancia for several weeks,
and getting good prices for them.
He can readily count on two to
two and half cents per pound
for all he has, which would
mean between twelve and fifteen
hundred dollars. This is from
an eight acre field, which is not
a bad return.
On last Saturday Mr.. High
tower brought US a sample of his
oats, of which he has six acres.
The plant he brought us had fif-
ty-eight stalks or stems, and
measured five feet and nine in
ches in height. The heads meas
ured up to sixteen inches in
length. Mr.. Hightower has not
listed his claim for sale.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-08-21
HNDREWS is HGHIN
MINED FOR DELEGhTE

William H. Andrews was nomi-
mated on the first ballot by the
Republicans at the convention in
Santa Fe last Tuesday afternoon,
the vote standing Andrews, 116;
Spiess, "A; Mann 20. The party
bosses had seen to it that sufficient
instructed delegations had been
sent up from the various counties
to swing things for Mr.. Andrews.
There seems to have been plenty
of fireworks and fire water in
evidence in the capital city, judg-
ing from the various reports as
given by the territorial dailies.
In the speeches at the love feast
on Tuesday night, several of the
speakers publicly admitted that
Andrews was not their choice,
and was in their opinion a weak
man for the race, but that they
would give him what support
they could. In other words, prac-
tically admitting that what can't
be cured, must be endured. I"
In the selection of the Terri
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-08-21
NEW OFFICERS
HRE CHOSEN

On last Saturday afternoon, the
Estancia Public Service Com
pany, better known as the Arte-
sian Well company, held a stock
holders meeting at the Library
rooms in the Methodist church, at
F., which new board of directors
was chosen. More than two thirds
of the stock was represented eth
er in person or by proxy. I'M
mediately following the meeting,
the board of directors organized
by choosing the following officers:
S. Spore president.
&c. Williams, Vice President.
A. j. Green, Treasurer.
A. H. Garnett, Secretary.
A. E. Abbott, member board of
directors.
A proposition for the location
of the test well, has been made
the organization by Angus MECH
livary, which is very liberal and
has been accepted by the direc-
tors. Mr.. McGillivary proposed if
the we'll be located on his land, to
give five hundred dollars toward
the expense of drilling the well.
If artesian water is secured, he
will repay the organization the
expense of drilling, if not, the
we'll to be the property Of Mr.
McGillivary The cash has already
been put up by Mr.. McGillivary,
and the directors are working
hard to secure the necessary
funds to begin the work. About
$1,000 had been collected by Tues
day Of this week. Now that there
is a definite proposition, both |
from the drilIer and as to the loca- |
ton of the well, the directors have
something to work on, and ared
that if each one does his
part, the well will be sunk tt a
depth to either secure the flowing
water, or prove that it is not to |
be had in the valley, and most
people believe it will be secured. |
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-08-21
6hdutduQud
D6Cid6d SUCCESS

The sessions of the Mountain
air Chautauqua Assembly have
been we'll attended and have pro-
ven interesting to all. Each days
program has been carried out ac-
cording to the published program
except that of Wednesday morn
ing, which was omitted on account
of the funeral of Captain J. A.
Corbett.
The lectures and addresses are
above the average and the man
agement is to be congratulated
on having secured such a class of
speakers. This being the first at
tempt of anything in this class,
it was feared by some that it
might not be up to standard, but
the surprises have all been
against the doubling Thomas
es. The Ozon City is proving
most bounteous in her hospitali-
tys and when the First Chautau-
qua Assembly has passed into
history, many friends will have
been won, who will be singing
the praises of the city so beauti-
fully situated in the cedars
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-08-21

torial Central Committee, the
moving spirit of Torrance county,
who has seen fit to move things
for and in favor of himself and
his friends only, was given back
seat, Cristino Chavez and Celes-
tino Ortiz being named as the
members from Torrance county.
Coming as this does Immediately
on the heels of the recent conven-
tion In which Mr.. Padilla was CIV
en- % votes against himself, it be-
gins to appear as though there is
some significance in the number
"23"
AS a nominee for the council dis
trict composed of the counties of
Lincoln, Otero and Torrance, the
delegates selected Henry Lutz, a
merchant and citizen of Lincoln.
No nominee has as yet been an
nounced for the representative
district composed of the counties
of Torrance, Valencia and Nc
Kinley.