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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-10
NEW YORK BANKERS FORM
A CURRENCY ASSOCIATION

NEW YORK. June 9.--The initial
step in the formation of a national
currency association Of the city of New
York was taken to-day when repre-
sensitive of practically all the national
banks in the Clearinghouse Associa-
ton met at the clearinghouse and for
muated a plan for a permanent or
Ganizatiop.
A. B. HEPBURN presided at to-days
meeting, and was also appointed chair
man Of the committee on organization.
the report of which will be submitted
TO the directors of the several banks
for their approval.
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Plague Exist. In Curuca,.

WILLIMSTAD, ISLAND F'TU7kH-
Goa, June o,-T-A steamer which has
Just arrived here from Porto Cabello,
Venezuela, confirms tho report that
several cases OF the plague exists IN
Caracas. The people OF Puerto cabello,
feeling sure that the plague will rcRcl,
that port have erected pesthouso, II,
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AFTER THE MEN
WHO DODGE THEIR TAXES

PITTsBURG. PA. June Over 5000
persons who are alleged to have been
lodging their personal property tai
have been discovered and assessed by
the board of tax assessment and re-
vision. AS a result the valuation of
personal property In Allegheny county
subject to a tax of four mills on the
dollar is s1Sl,000,00c. This exceeds
the return for 1907 by about s1.oo0,O0O.
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Tres ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. c

Easy. No spring wheat a5c. a. 1.O4: No.
2 red, 9olsao2hc. No. . corn. 69A@6sNc.;
No. yellow. 72a7aisc. No. oats. 50c.,
No. white, Sic; No. white. 49m52c.
Flaxseed, No. / northwestern. sl.26h: prime
timothy seed, $3.50 q $50. Short ribs sides
Ioose), s7a7.50; mess pork. per barrel.
Sl3.6Id13.so: lard, per 100 pounds. IS: short
clear sides tboXed). s750@7.75. Whlskey.
basis OF high wines, sl.35. Receipts--Wheat,
IS. 900 bushels: corn. AL 800 bushels oats.
22G,500 bushels. Butter--Market steady;
creamerics. 1a@23c.: diaries, l7Gl2lc. Eggs
Steady; Mt mark. cases included. TAO
lac; firsts. lie; prime iirsts 16iac. Cheese
Steady at 9A Il2c.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, June 9.--The dry goods
market quiet and steady to-day The
demand is undoubtedly showing breadth in
the sense that much of the congestion has
been relieved as 1t affects the primary mar
kets. Orders for the mills are coming in
steadily, although not in a large way. Staple
cotton goods are selling fairly we'll. although
not 80 rapidly as ten days ago. Tho export
sales OF prints and colored cottons have been
Very gratifying recently The far Eastern
markets for exports still quiet. Cotton
yarns are steady and somewhat higher in
the New York market. The lining trade is
fair on me low end. Cotton quills are being
ordered we'll.
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li1sc.; sales were 1900 bales on the spot
and none to arrive. Futures opened steady.
2@4 points below the close yesterday. TAX
Ing, altogether Liverpool's showing did not
go far toward injecting enough interest to
the ranks of the bulls while good weather
map and the likelihood of the prevalence
OF fair weather for the next twenty-fou
hours caused values TO case Off Added to
these bearish factors was the large falling
off in the demand for local spots. and at the
close. which was quiet and steady. the July
option was point below the close yesterday
with October and December II and IL points
down. respectively. Closing bids: June.
lilo; July. l1.09; August 1855: September.
9.7S; October, 9.3s: November, 9.2S; Decem-
her %: January. 2.2b.
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FALLING BUILDING KILLS TWO;
VIRGINIA MAN IS INJURED

WASHINGTON, June as.-Two per-
sons We're killed. two others seriously
injured and number Of other persons
sustained slight injuries as the re-
suit Of the collapse of an apartment
house in course of construction at the
corner of Twentieth and P Street,
Northwest. to-day. Among the in
tured was Thomas Basey, OF Clarendon.
Va.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. JUNE .. 1908.
ARRIVED.

PORT OF RICHMOND. JUNE 3, 1908.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Berkeley. Shelly. Norfolk. Va,
merchandise and passengers. Old Dominion
Line.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves. Norfolk and
James River landings. merchandise and pas
sengers. Virginia Navigation Company.
Barge Sassafras. Waters. Baltimore. coal,
S. II. Halves & Co.
Barge Mary r. Hooper. White. Baltimore,
Barge Rappahannock. Tall, Baltimore,
coal. Crump and West Coal Company
Barge Wissahickon. Ryan. Baltimore.
ccal. D. P. Wake e. Co.
SAILED.
Steamer Berkeley. Shelly. Norfolk. Va.
merchandise and passengers Old Dominion
Line.
Barge Ellen S. Jennings, Lloyd. Norfolk.
light.
BARGE a. ". Embrey. Fitzsimmons Nor
tazolener Princess. Cork. James River,
light
schooner Bessie Reid. Parks. James.
River light.
schooner Alice and Anna. crc.well Nor
folk. fish.
Barge Mildred McNally. McMonagle.
James River. light.
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CATTLE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. June 9,--CATTLE ,--Recepts
estimated about 1000 head. Market steady
70 strong. Steers, sh,6o@7.75, COWS, san
500; hefers, stq6.65: bulls ss.759b.bO;
calves, $2.5o@5.75. stockers and feeders,
$4,000 head. Market Sc lower. Choice.
heavy shipping, s5.s0d6.b5; butchers $3.50
q 5,h5; light mixed. sh4o@5.A5. choice.
light. s5i5g5 SOB: pigs. 1915 800; bulk Of
sales s5A0Q5.ib Shecp--Receipts esti-'
mated about $4,000 head. Market 15a ESQ,
higher sheep, s4a5.0o; lambs. s5G6,6O:
yearlings. Si.b0Q5.25.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON. N. C.. June a.-sPlRITs
TuRPENTIIoE-Receipt 81 casks. Rosin--
Steady at s2.4o: receipts. 21a barrels. Tar
Firm at s1.50; receipts, 4s barrels. Crude
Turpentine-Firm at $2@2.70 and 1918;
receipts 50 barrels.
SAVANNAH, GA. June 9.-TURPENTINE
Firm at oh940Ec.; sales. SIS casks: re-
ceipts. 1856 casks; shipments. 42s casks
Rosin-Firm; sales. 1000 barrels receipts.
4,271 barrels; shipments. 2.a2o barrels;
stock. 1852 barrels. A. B. c, S2.6od,26
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Dcfnnlting Secretary Under Arrest.

NEW ORLEANS. LA, June o.
charged with the embezzlemcnt OF
$4,000 from the New Orleans Local No.
II Of the Typographical Union, Samuel
I. stephenson was arrested here last
night. Stevenson disappeared over two
months ago, at which time he was Sec
rotary Of the union. After his dlsap-
pearance n shortage OF $4,000 was dis.
covered In the unions funds.
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The Chlcngo Make. FIRST Trip. !

NEW YORK. June 9.-The new
French line steamer Chicago arrived
to-day OH her first voyage from Havre.
The Chicago Is n modern tWin-screw
passenger steamer designed to accom-
modate the second-class passenger
trade, to which the French line always
catered The cabin quarters arc amid
SHIPS, holding ala second -cass and
1850 steerage passengers.
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from June to June the government
troops had twenty-six engagements
with the insurgents. In these engage
nents ia insurgents We're killed and
twenty-six taken prisoners.
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WASHINGTON. June 9.--The Secre-
tary of the Navy to-day announced the
appointment of Captain j., x. Barton,
United States Navy. in charge of steam
engineering at League Island, Pa" to
be chief of bureau Of steam engineer
inR.
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NEW Work. Jue s,--cArTLE --Receipts
i.lia head, 40 trading feeling steady
Dressed beef steady at lo4llhc. little
choice beef AT lee. Calves--Receipts. ASS
head. Neals. s5dT,2s, city dressed veals n /
2 q lie, per pound; country dressed. Tlsa
l"iac, sheep and Lambs--Receipts, 5,Sl3
head. sheep, f3@5.Oo; culls f2; lambs
1919 I7b; one car az $3.50. Hogs-~Re-
ceip,s, s,iSa head. Market steady
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. June 9.-More rain In the
Southwest and n liberal decrease In The
worlds visible supply caused strength to-
day in the local wheat market. The July
delivery closed at a net gain OF 1lsc. Corn
was up lsc. Oats were off lhc. Provisions
We're 2i2m1bc. higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
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Merchants and Miners Transportation {

Providence, Il. /.
Steamers leave Nor Xix for Boston Mon,
Wed. and Fri. for Providence SUM-, Tues
and Sat at p. NJ. Passengers and freight
taken for all New England points. Tickets
sa le at offices G. g. O. Ry., N. & W. Ry.
S II. Bowman. sos =. Main. and Rich. Trans
Co., $40 L. Main.
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Spot cotton closed quiet; middlins IN
lands, ll,io; middltng gulf ll.s5.
co,ton. quiet: mtddling, ll.4o; stock, u.s.
Total to-day at all ports--Net receip,s
1888 bales; export 10 Great Britain loo
bales: TO the Continent, 5.2sa bales, stock,
Ji5,9aS bales.
Consolidated at all por,s--Net recep,s
aa,sl1 bales; export to Great Britain, l9lOo
bales to France 1902 bales; TO the Cont.
nent. lo,a33 bales.
Total since September list at all ports
Z Net receipts s,0b6,S6l bales; export TO Cirea,
Britain, 27si,oe2 bales; to France, sos. s5s
lalesi 10 the Continent, sls2,2lo bales; "a
Japan 1850 bales. to Mexico. 1919 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, June a.--CoTTON-
SPOT easy prices unchanEed; mtddllng.
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R1cHMoSD STOCK MARKET.
Richmond. Va. June 3. 1905.

SAisEJS ut fSUaftD.
Virginia S. oId--5DD a. %.
Virginia centuries-i.ooo at s2h: 1000 at
s-i.
Il = ard P. DIV. oblisation-soo at 1875.
Htrrlaia-carolina Chemical pfd., p ct
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5teanboat8.
Virginia Navigation Company's

JAMES RIVER DAY LINE.
STEAMER POCAHONTAS LEAVE FROM
OLD DOMINION WHARF MONDAY. WE'D
NESDAY and FRIDAY at z A. NJ. for Nor
folk. Portsmouth. Old Point. Newport News.
Claremont and James River landings con-
Meeting at Old Point for Washington. Balti-
moro and the North. Electric cars direct to
the wharf. Tickets sale at Richmond
Transfer Co., BIO East Main Street; sos East
Main Street, or on wharf or steamer. Fare
$3.50 second-class. $500. Meals, 50 cents.
Freight received for above-named places
and all points in Eastern Virginia. North
Carolina lid the East. 49,
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Norfolk enthusiastically

ONLY ALL-RA1L LINE TO NORFOLK
Schedule in Effect June I. 1903.
Leave Byrd itreet station, Rlchm,id
For Norfolk: bs:lo =. NJ. a2:oo a. ". a3:ot
burg and the West: bs.io a. NJ. aa:oo A. NJ,
$3.50 II. 81. '3:1o p. 81. .rrlve Richmond:
From Norfolk. blt:15 a. 4. ai1:45 A 81,
as:5o p. 81. Ds:s5 z. u. From tho West
$500 a. ". '2:o5 P. NJ, $500 +. NJ
Pullman ParIcr and Sleeping Cars Cafs
Dining Cars.
Daily: Daily Elk. Gun.; b Sun. only.
W. B. BEvILL. g. II. BOSLEY.
Gen. Pass. Agent. District Pass. Agent.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Chesapeake & Ohio RAILWAY

s s sss' as ken 1s aaa K so od Point
7:to A.--Daily. Local to Nexp.!t News.
500 p Daily, Local to Old Point.
;.o o9 =. Daily Louisville y, Cincinnati Chi
$500 A.--DaiIy. Ch'viIle exc. Sun. c. Forg4
bls P.--week Days, Local 10 G'vill..
le:9e a,-paly. LourE. Lex. E, Forge.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
Local from East-s:5G A. H., S:15 p. u.
Through from East--f1:45 A. NJ, z p. ~.
Local from Wes,-.s:ao A. NJ. 7:4s p. NJ.
Throuxh-7:s0 a. II. and 3:4s NJ.
James liver Line--ss.3s A. ~. $3.50 p. N
Daily e1cept Sunday.
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.Seaboard Air Line Ry.

SOuTHBouSD Trains GHEDuLED to
LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY.
$50 a. M.--Local TO Soriina, Raleigh
Charlotte. Wilmington. 1925 p M.-Sleep.
ers and coaches. Atlanta. DIR inghaE. Mem
phis. Savannah. Jacksonville and Florid,
points s:45 p. M.---sieepers and coaches
Savannah. Jacksonville, Atlanta, Birming
ham and Memphis.
NORTHBOUND TRAINS SCHEDULED TG
ARRIVE RICHMOND DAILY.
$40 A. N. 6:05 p. NJ. 5:25 r. H.
II, S. Lizard, ID. p. A.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO MAnKEr.

Richmond. Va, lune o. 1908.
Tobbaco--Dark Fired; Receipts continue
very light and market pcilye AT fun quota.
Tons Erlshts: Unchanged; quiet but Hrm.
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Insurgents Killed In Korea.
TOXIC, June "A dispatch from
Seoul, dated to-day (June 9D. receiv-
ed at army headquarters, report that
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AailrpaDs.
Southern Railway

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
NJ B.--Eollowlng schedule figures pub
llshed only as Information and are not guar.
antced:
$50 i. M.--Daiiy--Local /; r Charlotte.
1900 4. NJ. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BroiN
10 Atlanta and BirninKhalrl. New
Orleans, Memphis. Chs,tnnooga. AMI
All the south Through coach FOL
Chnse city. Oxford. Durham.
500 J.. MEX. Sunday--Keysvillc Local.
11:30 Z. M.--Daily-Llmitcd Pullman rcadi
$3.50 +. NJ. for all tho South.
YORK RIVER LINE
1890 II. MEX. sundny--To west Point.
connecting for Baltimore Monday
Wednesday,. Friday. -
2:t5 +. 2.--Monday, Wednesday and FIJI
day--Local to west Point.
1880 4. MEX. sundays-Local 10 Yves,
Point.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
1900 AM. $3.50 p. M--From all tho South
4:i0 +. M.--Trom Charlotte, Raleigh, Dur.
liam. Chase City and local stations.
$40 a. M.-From keysville-Locai.
$3.50 y. M--From Wet Point. and from
baltimore Wednesday Friday and
Sunday.
lo:4t 4. NJ. 5:45 p. M.--Local from west
G. w. wEsTRunY. .. p. a..
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Richmond and Petersburg Electric RAILWAY

Cars leave Manchester. Seventh aud Perry
streets. FOR Petersburg.
IS. I. s. 80. 10. II. .l2 NJ. !. 2. %. -
S, .'5:i5. &c. 7. 5. %. 10 P. 81.
Petersburg.
Gas ..7:i5. .7:3s. S:35. s:a5. .lo:35. 1875
"A. NJ, 1855, .l:ss. 2:a5. 3:35. '4:Ss. b:35.
s:s5, 1885, 1896. 9:35. 'l0:40. 11:4o P. 81.
Carries baggage and express.
Limited, except SUNDAY and holidays.
All cars from Petersburg connect With
cars for Richmond.
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RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.

Richmond. Va. June O. 1905.
iOLESALE QUOTATIONS ON .CHANCE
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c. w. wTsTBURY. D. p. A..
900 y. Main s.. Phone ass.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-05
TIM HURST AND HIS WAY.

OF all umpires before or since there
are none that have mad so mucn news
paper space accorded to them as the
chubby little umpire lin Hurst. There
has never been one VINO has ruled the
field with the same rod of iron as has
Sir Timothy, and this in the days when
ball players were men VINO would as
soon trim an umpire as they would
attend to any of the ordinary ayoca-
tons of the day.
Such fistic giants of the grassy dia-
mond at Pat 1eDeau, Jimmy MCAllis-
ter, Jack O'Connor, Glasscock, Virgil
Garvin and many others too numerous
to mention, who made it point to
go after the umpires of a decade and
more ago, never tried any of their
games on Hurst and came out of the
big end of the horn. Tim always won
on hands down, and, in addition, made
the other fellows eat crow of the bit
terest variety. Hurst always adapted
himself to the situation in hand and,
as the song goes in the opera of 1.-The
Mikado," he invariaDiy made the pun
ishment fit the crime"
Bill Bernhard, when in Washington
last year with the Cleveland club, told
story concerning Hurst and Dick
Cooley, who was then a member of the
Philadelphia team, as was Bernhard
himself. This story, which has per-
haps never before been In print, treats
of one day when Cooley in running
backward to make a difficult catch, fell
over on his head, and in addition got
such a shaking up that he asked his
manager to allow him to retire from
the game, but Dick was a swell batter,
and the manager, thinking that he was
taking, refused his request
But Cooley was surely hurt badly, for
he began to miss balls and also to
strike out, and then he suddenly
thought of plan that would enable
him to get out of the game, and he
started in to abuse Hurst, but Tim was
wise 10 the situation, and he let Dick
chew the rag" to his hearts content,
and as Bernhord says, II was estimat-
ed by Sam Thompson, the mathemati-
clan OF the Philadelphia team, mat
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-05

there, we went into a restaurant and
Jiggs called for two orders of lake
trout but the waiter, who was one
of those fresh guys, who wore side
whiskers and looked like he might be
something in the sky-pilot line, like
Billy Sunday, couldn't see us at all
when it came to producing the fish,
and he told us that they didn't have
any fish.
But" went on Altrock, men Jiggs
we put up a holler and swore we
wasn't going to leave until the whis-
kered guy produced something in the
scaly line, and we got so brash with
the fellow he began to back water, and
as he did so he called funny face
'sinker hustler, who came over on the
run, and he told us what the other
guy had said, and then Jiggs he shout
ed out But | know you have some
fish because l can smell them And
that nervy garcon he smiled sweetly
at Jiggs an me as he said:
But that amt fish that you smell,
mister; that's only the perch in the
bird cage
And hen" concluded the merry
Nick men Jiggs knew that it was
high time to beat it for the hotel"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-05
SAM TROTT'S STORY.

Sam Trott, the veteran ball player
who in his day was one of the greatest
of players, ran over from Baltimore
one day last week in order to see his
old time friend, McAleer of the st.
Louis. While standing in the grand
stand talking to Tommy Evers. once a
swell second baseman of the Washing
ton club and a contemporary of Sam
"rott'- thc two old ball players began
talking about queer plays that fire.
quently arise in base ball, and Trott
finally said:
Zone of the most peculiar plays
ever remember occurred one day when
we were playing the Detroit team.
was in left field and Mentzell was
playing center, and as you know, Tom
my" went on Trott, as he turned to-
ward Mr.. Evers, 1--WE were coached by
our managers in those days to get
as close as we could to fielder MAX
ing a fly catch and with this in my
noodle l made for MentzelPs territory
when Deacon White hit high fly to-
ward him.
In running, though, l slipped and
just as the ball struck Mentzells hands
was about twenty-five feet away from
him, but that ball went through Ment-
zells hands, and, striking him on
the chest, bounded clear over to where
was. ! held on to it, with the result
that l was given credit for an out, and
Mentzell was credited with an assist
on a lly-out, which is a record that is
hardly made once in twenty years.
The best of the play, though" added
Sam, was the fact that three men
were on bases at the time, with two
out, and if any of them had gone home
we would have probably lost the game,
as we only beat the Detroits by one
run that afternoon"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-05
JIMMY McALEER,s COMMENTS.

I 1
When the St. Louis club was last in
Washington the manager of the speedy
OUTFIT, one James McAleer, for reasons
best known to the American League
president, Mr. Ban Johnson, was de-
barred from appearing on the ball field,
and this necessitated that the efferves-
cent Jimmy take seat in one of the
private boxes that are located in
front of the grandstand.
1t was here that the writer found the
ST. Louis manager, and while sitting
talking with McAleer, Clyde Milan, the
nervy little outfielder of the Washing
ton club, stole third base after having
purloined the second bag a few mo-
ments before, and when he did this
stunt the st. Louis manager began to
regard Milan with quite a degree of
interest. After watching Clydes ac-
lions about the third base corner Nc
Aleer, with that famous left-eye squint
of his, said:
That youngster over there, with
practice and some coaching, should
make the most dangerous base runner
in the business, for he has all the ac-
lions of Arlie Latham when that
champion base stealer was in his prime
and though Latham was lighter man
than the Washington kid, still they
are both of the same height, and both
throw themselves in the same manner
when going into the bag. What is
another great factor in Milan's base
running is his speed and his nerve as
well as the nicely in timing his slide,
all of which attributes were possessed
by Latham
Hardly had Jimmy finished speaking
when short outfield fly was knocked
not more than twenty feet back OF
shortstop, and Stone, who should have
taken the bali, was steered off by Wal
lace, the captain of the st. Louis club,
who signalled for Hoffman, the center
fielder. to make the catch on account
of his having a stronger throwing
arm than the heavy-hitting left field
er.
AS the ball fell into Hoffman's hands
Clyde Milan, who really had no bust
ness trying to come home on the play,
put his head down and tore for the
home plate, and, though big Ed
Spencer the catcher of the Mound City
team, had the ball in his hands when
Milan was ten feet away from the
plate, yet that clever youngster, with
slide that was perfect in every parti-
cuar, came in like something shot
from a cannon. Just as Spencer was
going to put the ball on the kid that
nervy player gave regular King
Kelly twist of his body, and when his
feet hit the home plate big Spencer
was paving the ground with the ball
in his hand, three feet away from
Milan's body, while McAleer, with his
eyes ablaze, was pounding the edge of
his private box in appreciation vi
Milan's great slide.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-05
GOTCH is THROUGH.
Will Not Wrestle ANY More, He
Says.


ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 1S-Announce-
nent that Frank Gotch, heavyweight
champion wrestler of the world is per-
msLently through with the game is re-
ceived with regret by many in this
country.
Gotch like Jim Jeffries, pugilistic
champion, sees no other worthy foes
to conquer Europe has one or two
mat stars who, it is thought, could
give Gotch a tussle for the worlds
title, but as those wrestlers have moth
Ing more than a local reputation it is
doubtful if they would make any sort
of showing if pitted against the Anne
rican. Gotch won his title fairly from.
George Hackenschmidt, the Russian
lion," at Chicago last April, the lion"
quitting after two hours wrestling. Be
fore this contest Hackenschmidt was
regarded as the greatest wrestler the
world ever had produced
Gotch was conceded small chance
with the foreigner before the match,
but after the contest had gone an hour
it was apparent to the thousands OF
spectators that the Lion" had met
his tanner. Hackenschmidt exhibit
ton was a sorry one, while Gotch dis
played gameness and skill thigh or
der.
Gotch is well fixed in this worlds
goods, thrifty nature having enabled
him to pile up fair share of the emol-
uments that fall to successful gladia-
tor. His future years are to be spent
in the quiet of an Iowa farm. The
American public always will regard
Gotch as the greatest exponent of the
wrestling game that modern history
has produced.