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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
SOME OF THE RIOTERS.

1t will not do to omit the press stand right in the
centre Of the grandstand and behind the home plate.
Here come early in the proceedings several tele-
graph operators. carrying under their instrI-
ments, which they attach to groups of wires pro-
Jectng from a plank desk. A host Of baseball
journalists and several actors arrive In due season
We wonder at the ferceness of scribe who stabs
the blade of his penknife through a bunch of copy
paper, fixing il the weatherbeaten strip of board
that serves desk He writes nervous. cryptic
sentences, which the operator at his side taps off
TO some Park Row Office. and imagine breath
less mob reading them a bulletin board. press
humorst turns and slares eagerly face
and the owner of the face scowls back inter
estedy, for he, too, is a newspaper man, and both
are looking for eccentrcities suitable for copy
purposes Louis Mann, in long tailed, ecclesiastic
habiliments. and Jerry Conan the father Of all the
Cohans, in fedora hat and nscrutabe take-a-
million and be-content-child smile SIT together in
the press stand and falling to turn handsprngs in
evitably disappoint US. They act like other specta-
tors. not giving. but receiving amusement There
Is report that Evelyn-yes, that one-is in a box
upstairs with her lawyer. and that norid thought
full face belongs TO Big Tim Sullivan, and here
is a notable rooter. Larry Fassett. and there are
the parents OF the Giants steady mascot-it is a
boy, you Understandable there ought to be a few
sional rooters scattered about.
Bob EmsIe, umpire, II. blue business suit and
face mask, usual protection as he
stands behind the plate. There is a suspicious
fitness TO his chest, and We learn that he wears
an air cushion under his coat, like foreign noble
man, made robust by the tailor for an heiress hunt
The catcher has all the implements the law allows
His face is Gagged with steel wire. a large mat
tress hangs in front his body. His kneecaps are
covered with jointed leather cups, and beneath arc
formidable shin guards. The catcher could ent>r
a medieval tournament against mailed knights and
NJ istEQ of ting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

are limberng up for the contest. They are strong,
tanned and healthy who really don't need the
exercise and ought TO change places with the spec
tators, giving some Of us pasty faced and sieoe
stomached onookers a chance to frolic. OF course
this is mpracticable idea, because business
man would pay money to see himself work. the
fellows out there in gray suits the Brooklyntes,
also called Tubers and Superbas in peeyish scorn
because they have been wallopnE our own Giants
These latter wear white flannel suits, dark ca s
ribbed stockings with black band midway be-
tween knee and ankle. They scamper around, not
firing themselves with TOO much preliminary ex-
ercise, and who wears a padded glove a
hook behind his waist with hustle effect. stToils
up TO the chicken wire net OF the press stand and
Kisses between clenched teeth
Say. Bill. What'd Neh roast me for YestdaY?,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
EDUCATING THE IGNORANT

The umpire who wears chest protector under
his coat frequently displays trait Of neatness
that must endear him to feminine spectators
Every little while he takes a small whisk broom
from his pocket and stoops and dusts OFF the home
plate. He is doubtless good family man, who al
ways wipes his feet the front porch when he
goes home to Jersey The Bronx We expect
him to the whisk broom players who have
covered themselves with dust while sliding but for
some reason he confines his penchant for neatness
to sweeping off the home marble.
why they shouting Sacrifice. darling"
asks bride in the grandstand, with baby blue
voice and hat correspond
why, the man at the bat hunted in order to save
the fellow drst'
TO him from getting hurt, What brave
ard noble thing for him TO do. | didn't know that
ball players had such fine motives
You don't quite understand interrupts the
young husband Nobody got hurt. and the
got his orders to sacrifice from the manager, who
gave him a signal"
Still he generous to do il, wasn't he-'
y guess he'd lose his job if he didn't"
Then why do you call it sacrifice. darling?'
Ask something easy. They have all sorts Of
names in ball games.
We'll. what is a bunt, sweetheart
IT'S easy push instead of lam. my dear.
The ball only reaches the infeld instead OF
pasture and the twirler has TO chase IT, it gives
likely to be corralled by some Indian in the
field
81 wish you would buy dictionary, my
love and let study it before to the
next game Some OF the words have familiar
sound and they quite religious. like that
violation Of the Eighth Commandment that fat
man talking about and suppose they
pickpockets when they shout .Robber.' but must
study the language before understand it ALL
DO love baseball"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
HUMAN NATURE AT
THE BALL GAME
"F4NS' rs INTERESTING
rs PLAYERS.
Opportunity for PMlanthropist to
Make Memory Immortal zcith
Free BIeachers.
Play ban,''


What a world Of happy meaning in these two
WORDS They celebrate the arrival OF spring TO
"inter-prisoned people. outdoor modern festi-
va TO correspond with ancient ceremonies. They
give Us look at the green grass and 2 smell of
air free from carbonic acid. They delight our exc
with the sfddy colors and vast dimensions OF
feminine hats They cause the veteran rooters and
fans 10 argue percentages with the fanaticism OF
stock market manip-lators. They call a truce 10
the ordinary combats Of life, and unite the en-
ihuslastc ho"ls Of learned judges and gamns.
actors and statesmen They unleash the healthy
and primitive desire TO below which is I,snaII,
stifed by the conventions Of civilization They de-
Telop The increasing capacity OF American peo-
pie 10 exercise by proxy and get strong by watch
ing the muscles of others. They offer study for
artist and phologist- They are safety valve for
the revolt ionaiy tendencies of the unruly army
ornce boys
When all these aspects OF the national game are
considered visit 10 the Polo Grounds. in Man
haitian, becomes rather complicated. The disn-
reTested observer seeks. as Henry James would say
concentration Of the visible and audible totarty
but The thing is entirely large and contradie-
tory .ioN understand the rabid hatred
o. the mob for the players Of the other side. who
residents Of Brooklyn through no fault of their
own Is IL desirable watch the game or the
selection OF merry widow hats in the srandsrand2
Which are the vital Impressions the tricks Of the
pitcher the behavior of twenty thousand spec
tatorsc Should analysis he confined 10 those of
paid admission take IN the knothoIe audience
and the motley crew that bla cken the slopes and
precipices Of Coogans Bluff? These unauthorized
spectators who swarm goatishly on the rocks be-
hind the srandstand hundreds Of feet in the air
are not without the appeal 10 sympathy They can
hardly keep track of the score al the distance
Oh, that some Carnegie would endow vast bleach
eries and let al the Coeganites come in, This
would be practical benefcence matching the Ro-
circus 4 distribution free peanuts TO a Il
would perfect monumental deed Of phiianthropy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
THE OPPONENT DEsPISED.

A painful observation must be made. The mag
nanlmty OF the New York fans toward tho
stranger within it's gates could scarcely be dis
covered with the aid of high power microscope.
Perhaps Brooklyn is regarded a stranger
but poor relation or inferior member OF the
family whom II is legitimate to ignore and de-
spise. The poor relation plays a swift game and
waIlops its superior Yet this ,loe. not win any
recognition of worth. bur rather intensifes the
prejudice OF the home talent. Ten thousand fans
OF Manhattan suk as one individual. They ha ye
pia udits for their own players at the beginning
and end of each inning and cheer the slightest
approach TO success their side. while stony ST
lence greets the achievements of the visitors Here
and there magnaninous New Yorker rises SUI
perior to the public feeling against those who
dwell on the wrong side of the East River and
contributes cry or a hand clap. Louis Mann an
actor OF sympathy, who has played in Brooklyn
here. takes a courageous stand for fair play
He applauds the Tubers heartily. Behind him rises
a threatening murmur and kissing of the popu-
lace like the geese OF the farmyard, Mann is
brave but he is not ready for martyrdom. He
does not want TO play lola to Brooklyn's Drey-
fus. A hiss is awful thing for an actor TO
hear. He subsidies
The human nature OF the metropolitan fan seems
TO contain n meanness that cannot be eliminated
IN less than Il thousand years Of evolution when an
event In the sixth inning reminds that progress
takes leap. the eminent ball MA Yer
De Nres says. from cussedness 10 deCrncy. The
New Yorker at tLe bat snashes Il high ore 10 the
limits Of the right field. BROOKLYN Door relation
speeds toward IL lie does not arrive In time 10
take it with both hands lie grabs II with one
hand. At the same time slips ana tumbles over On
ais back. yet returns irm clutch on the bali lie
Ias caught the bali and put the batter.---rtH
pleachs ri~s and the sraHdstand shout tremendously
sud rise up Ia dn him honor forget, Ing that he i
, Hroohlynite aud that they belong Ia New York
t is strong hearty demonstration The event
shows that there is hope "A
,nd. hat some day the rooters Of different cities
v regard one another with bitter enmIty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
THE GAME BEGINS.

There is conspiracy between catcher and
pitcher while the candidate at the bat makes short
nervous jabs AT the atmosphere. The catcher suuas
the ground and scratches the dirt with his right
hand, Ike rooster providing for large family
so that you expect him TO crow the moment.
Then he makes a swimming motion crooks his
left elbow and indicates he has a violent pain
III his stomach. a STOPPING dark proved near
first another third base utter taunts and
threats directed at no one in particular These
said to be the coachers.
The pitcher leaps up his left and pirouettes
like the queen of the May. at the time whirI-
ing his right arm thrice around He changes TO
the otter leg and respectfully lifts ball TO his
lips. This is interesting rite, explained
oy the experts He is loading the ball with mi
crobeS. tempered with the essence of cut plug.
so that it will better In It's passage through
the air All. this explains the presence OF the
white coated and golG braid capped surgeon from
the j. Hood Wright Hospital in the grandstard. a
parsonage we at first nstook FOR waiter The
surgeon will doubtless receive the ball and disin-
feet It of its microbes each time No? Merely TO
attend broken bones7
S-s-swish. Tnud!
Ball u-u-onei" drones the umpire
"Ah-h-h"' murmurs the vast throng in grand
stand and bleacheries. The thrills quick and
fast after this The crash OF ash horsehide. the
rattle Of foul tip a slopng roof the exhorta-
tons of coachers and the sing song OF the umpire
are drowned In the shouts whistles and eacalls or
the spectators Much is doing all over the field
Men dashing IN ali directions pretending 10
dash. while a the bat shows his GOODNESS by
walking e.surely first. The pitcher pauses in
his jigke frenzy TO plug one TO second base. and
all who cherish the sentiments OF virtue are glad
o know that a thief has been caught In the act
Yes. he trying 10 steal third. and If he had
succeeded We would not condemn him severely.
There are many such malefact0rs or violators OF
the eighth commandment IA the game and II these
could be eliminated it would be better
oder world The crowd really likes base steaIefs
ntfD hem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
ADVICE FROM THE BLEACHERs

Nobody there. N"body there! Come on: Watch
IT. ~ l-n-o-ot " ii h-e-e-e'
'Beslty!' hoarsely and with feIror shouts fat
a long Il IS to the Outfeld. out he gIOans and
there is a murmur OF disapproval around one OF
those gray Tubers gathers IT up In both hands.
That's a good one, Fine snd dandy:
la. hs. ha Ho, no. no. Ray, ray,
Nurse Il along, go. Lam it 10 en-. Side
man slide fer your NE, Geesosh, wake I'D
there second, come along. come along
safe safe He's SAFE
The srandStand shriEks AZ foul huns swiftly
through it, ranks cutting devastating path
through ostrich feathers. II il satisfactory
when the sphere r1ses up 70 COoEans Hluh, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

the radlator with hook uati' o'clock u (
morning n was dun entity v'sN i" :.
was stupid. ami Jh- Ore banned .''
she save 'n suJ vent ,IcrvsIy upstairs -
There, Snoring Nk~.l Hurr'.1a-. as1 !:
lay ne hal changed MS p.rG Is--' s'--'
ana had gone % bed early instead n
The woman. as she hooked a. Alin' Va"
the naturalists. rather disguised. 81!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
4 UiRRIFU FaEFP

" E. ID stokes. the New York capitalist cas
laughing, at 4 diHn@r, over the way he ,sd
hoaxed certain naturaists
Nov that they kno. ! hoaxed than" said
MI Stokes, they are vexed ana disappo,n,sa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
philadelphia Pr-

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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-17

DAMAGE
Done by Tornado to
Mississippi Village
Two Dead

MoSSVILLE, Miss, Feb. 15.-Four
whole buildings and TWO halves OF
buildings are the only habitable
abodes in this village today. The re-
mainder OF the buildings OF the town
were blown down and many OF them
swept outside OF the town by yester.
days tornado. Two old negroes. Alec
Windham and wife. are dead, and Ed
ward Campbell, white. was fatally in.
Jured. OF the dozen other persons
painfully injured at this place, all are
recovering.
Reports reaching here now from
other towns IN the tornado's path give
not to exceed five other fatalities.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-17
List Of DepositOrs
Signing Agreement

Some days ago the Democrat asked
the advisory committee to publish a
list OF those signing for and against
the agreement. intimating that 1t was
all a bluff. Yesterday Mr.. Jackson
invited Mr.. Day to send a reporter
and secure the list and he agreed to
do SO. but he evidently changed his
mind. The Herald gives the list as
follows. the amounts being given to
show that only small per cent oil
those signing are among those who
will receive their money within 80
days. most OF such depositors going
on the theory they should not become
a party TO an agreement that favors
them to such an extent. Altogether
there are about 275 such depositors.
Then there are in the neishborhood OF
100 depositors who owe the bank
money about equal to or more than
they have on deposit. hence should
not become a party to the agreement
as IL does not affect them one way or
the other. No such depositor should
sign. Then there are a few who are
waiting for the drawing OF the deed
OF conveyance, and others who take
no interest in the premises one way
or the other, Just like you find people
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-17
FALSE IMPRESSIONS
GAIN CREDENCE
R, E. Gaines and Possibly Others Laboring
Under MiSapprehensiOn Of the Real
Facts in Bank Proposition

er receiver be appointed, so that death
will not change the title; and then il
must remain with the court to say.
whether the receivers can resign and
play hoss" any time they desire. In
fact, no technicalities can stand in
the matter of transfer. If Messrs.
Freeman and Chapman are appointed
receivers 1t will be for the court to
decide whether they are doing right
and this is the case with any receiver
absolutely subject TO the orders oil
the court Should Messrs. Freeman
and Chapman become weary and re-
sign, then the pledged property must
become assets of the bank just the
same at the expiration of three years
We understand it is given out that it
Will be necessary to foreclose at the
ending of three years. Let the word
ing be so that this will be unaeces-
sary.
Now, Mr.. Gaines. with such abso-
lutte conditions surrounding you and
the other depositors, are you ready to
throw overheard $1,000 in cash,
$500 in deposits, $4,000 worth OF
decided realty and then personal
guaranty that is certainly worth
enough to bring the added security up
TO one hundred thousand dollars?
Are you, and other depositors. willing
IN un,riHna fbic s,nr OF
strife, litigation and turmoil? Re
member that under the agreement
the receivers will be able to handle
the property and secure returns
where it cannot be done by anyone
else. 1t is well known that the last
assets of bank are difficult to real
ize on. Suppose depositors are paid
with the exception of about $4,000
with bank assets of 100000 yet to
be realized upon that may take years
10 realize on, then Is where the pro-
posed agreement comes in handy. In
accordance with the clause agreed on,
Messrs. Freeman and Chapman can
sell or mortgage the realty along with
the remaining assets and pay OF such
balance. Again, under the agree
ment, the net proceeds of the bank
building go into the bank assets dur
ing the three years If the receiver
ship continues that long.
Mr.. Freeman agrees that criminal
suits can be pushed against him at
any time in case he does lot make
good, and he also agrees that the con-
troll Of the property decided is in the
hands of the court, as vide the fol
lowing communication handed in to
The Herald Thursday for publication
yesterday, but held over until this is
sue:
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-17
B. N. Freeman'S
Public Statement

At the depositors' meeting 1 think
| made myself clear 10 all present,
that the directors are not seeking to
escape prosecution by the pending
proposition; and that the law leaves
MS just as open to prosecution legally
one year from date, or up to any date
within three years, as we are today
and that the worth and intent of our
proposition will be determined long
before one year. or three years: also
that the present informations by
agreement OF attorneys can rest in
full force unaffected, for any length
of time. so that the claim that we
are thus proposing to escape prosecu-
tion has 40 standing and Is not made
In good faith or fair dealing.
We do claim, however, to have com
mitted no crime either morally or un.
der any law, but at all times we have
dealt honorably and uprighuy. 1t has
been the pride and practice of our
land to consider the accused innocent
until proven guilty. 1t is also asked
why. II our bank was solvent. or we
were good bankers and upright men,
did our doors close? Simply because
panic existed and more. particu'
lar panic" had been built up against
I the Colorado State bank; our cash
was exhausted and fixed assets, like
the Main street block. cannot. unfor
tunately. be paid out as cash over the
counter
The receivers report shows ovei
$150,0O0 good assets. Had even these
been cash. the bank would not have
suspended. Unfortunately they were
due from many people as are many
!. more equally good assets. and these
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-17
NOW WILL YOU ouir7

All the bankers. and all the in
yestors are sick and sore over
Dave Days comment and criti-
cism, but not any more so than
we are OF the criticised and com
mented upon.
Dave Day will sell you this pa.
per on basis OF 20 per cent divi-
dends-that Is the controlling in
terest-the books to show the
business. The minority owneI
Mr.. Thomas II. Tulley, to be fully
and amply protected in his hold.
ings, protected in way satisfac.
tory to him. OF the money for the
controlling interest one-fifth goes
to David Henry Tulley-the rest
to our wife. We carry a gener
GUS living in our head, and II
'softening OF the brain" occurs,
the home is ours, whether Mrs.
Days or the Soldiers. Now you
ducks who look for an invest
ment, and hate US worse than
Satan hates the pope, can get II.
We offer you 20 per cent. And we
get no cent. There is no turn in
the road. that we canot make $40
per week-and the good God
knows we are anxious to get out
of Durango.
DAVID f. DAY.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-17
Then followed this item:
JUST PERSONAL
DAVID F. DAY.

The Durango Democrat is a
better investment than any bus
mess block in Durango. In sale
we ask no cash. Just security,
realty security for David Henry
Tulley-the rest to be passed
upon by the benefciaries, we to
pass upon the boys portion. The
books to show the earnings. Now
we offer you a bonus to get US out
of Durango, a bonus you would
seek in realty. in business. We
are in earnest. as fourteen years
of strain and anxiety. OF caution
and expectation, is rapidly under
mining that which we care TO
save.
1t seems hardly necessary TO asl
depositors II there was ever a NOR
direct intimation OF blackmail. TIL
indicted bankers are invited to ste
In and buy Mr. Day out II they do no
like his policy.
did not see his paper but / am II
formed that similar proposition wa
offered the men indicted by the fe,
eral grand jury for alleged coal Ian
and timber frauds and that he carrie
an advertisement that he would viii
hold comment for one week to Civ
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-17

many people could not pay cash IN
simultaneously; and to have had tn,
| power to have forced them to do so
and to have used that power woulc
have eatailed more tribulation thar
the closing of the bank
| That we have the right to retire a
| any moment and take back our prop
erty and proposition with US, is
statement without sense or reason
The receivers and the property are
wholly in the hands OF the court We
| could not do wrong or voluntarily
drop the duties We had assumed and
take or get, an advantage OF our OWE
| act-wrong doing-our property and
guaranty would have to remain, and
the conyeyanees OF the property will
also fully cover such features.
The court receives and controls the
assets and their wise and proper
handling We are simply the court s
officers, expected to do well and ably
and thoroughly those things which
the court itself necessarily in the null
titude of affairs. cannot do.
Speaking of banks closing. has not
the government permitted the banks
under its control to issue substitutes
for money and to generally stop pay
ing cash during the height of the dis
turbance, otherwise there would not
have been many banks doing active
business left in existence. AS to as
sets. | affirm that there are few banks
doing an active business for the twen-
ty years, which this bank enjoyed
that can pay out all their cash and
come to a settlement OF the remaining
deposits with line of assets in value
and condition exceeding in compar-
ison that OF our bank
The Colorado State bank was the
victim of deliberately planned and
published outrages with which this
community has been daily furnished
and for which it in turn now suffers
the planned results (and seemingly
with little protest., outrages which
still continue in varied form to the
disruption of the community success;
and the equal and like of which can
not be found in the most horrid an,
nails Of cities or men.
Neither myself nor any of my asso-
ciates in the bank under these infor-
nations ever used the bank for pri-
vate gain, nor outside OF myself re-
ceived compensation for constant ser
vice, nor owed it money; but instead
all gave it faithful allegiance and un.
der these facts and the condition to
which we have been subjected, sup
port and goodwill are due to the in
stitution and to US. in the effort we
desire to make for its fun and rapid
payment.
b. n. FREEMAN