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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-08
&c.,. ALL NEWS OF NEWARK SPORTS AND ATHLETICS
DEGROFF, ONCE CANNED INLEAGUE,
MAKING GOOD WITH JERSEY CITY
Clown Ball Player Is Hitting
Well Over 800 and Is Field
ing in Great Style.

Rube De Croft, tried out for a sea-
son three years ago by the Rochester
Club. and who has since played with
Utica in the New York State League,
is certainly making good in Jocko Hal
ligan's old spot in centre field for the
Shelters. Not only is Rube fielding in
his usual whirlwind style, but he is
batting at 1926 and easily leads the
rest of the Jersey City players with
the stick.
Rube stands second in the league in
stolen bases, having annexed five, while
Schirm, of Buffalo, has three more than
him.
De Croft is one of the comedians In
baseball, and is a favorite every place
he plays. He is a graduate of the old
River League, but was hardly
fast enough for Eastern League COM
pany when he broke in. De Croft was
tried out by the st. Louis Nationals,
but was AIMED back to the New York
State League for more experience. DE
Croft has never hit less than 300 in
the New York League, though some of
the left-hand pitchers in the Eastern
League used to make Rube tremble
when he went to the plate.
Joe Bean thinks that the big Rube
will do. About every ball hit in the
air toward centre field is sure to give
the Rube a chance to pull off a spec
tacular catch, as De Groff's arms go
like a windmill when he is chasing a.
ball, which always makes the catch
appear difficult.
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NEWARK MAN SAYS BURNS WILL MAKE JOHNSONS
YELLOW STREAK STILL WIDER If THEY MEET
Frank ]. Kelly Relates Incident
When Tommy Made Big
Snake Crawl.

Frank ]. Kelly, known years ago in
the boxing world as the 'Hoboken Cy-
clone" and who met several of
the best men some years ago, but who
has quit the business and is now en-
ployed in this city as ar agent for the
E. A. Williams Company, dropped into
THE EVENING STAR Office today
and brought up old recollections of the
late lamented Joe Goddard and the
days when the Australian did his
some years ago.
Kelly has been on the coast for a
number of years and was there a year
ago, when Tommy Burns fought JaclS
O'Brien. Kelly gave up the boxing
game and took up handling of fighters.
and went to Burns's quarters and
helped him in his fight with O'Brien
and Bill Squires. Kelly thinks a great
deal of Burns's chanc in beating Jack
Johnson. In speaking of this subject
Kelly said: 81 was in Spider Kelly's
cafe on Fillmore street, Frisco, after
the O'Brien fight, when Jack johnson
walked in and started to talk fight
with a couple of sporting men who
were there. Tommy Burns was busy
reduiIS q paper, ana he HSteleu loI
some time to Johnson telling how anx-
ious he was to get a chance at JEFF
fries. Burns could not stand his line
of tall very long, and going up to the
bar where the colored fellow was, Tom
my pulled out two $500 bills n throw
ing them on the bar, said: Johnson,
do you want to fight? If you do,
cover that and come in this back room
and I will fight you right now john
son squirmed out of it by saying that
he did all his fighting in the ring"
Il want to say to your readers"
said Kelly, that If Tommy Burns and
Jack Johnson do come together, just
watch GU for this man Burns. He
knows that In a forty-five round fight
Johnson might have the best of it, but
he also knows that in a twenty round
affair he can get to Johnson. Now. I
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POLICE WILL PLAY BALL.

The Second Precinct baseball tea
will play the Borden team in =
northern division of Branch Brt
Park at 3 o'clock tomorrow attend
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BOUTS
PULLED OUT A
LARGE CROWD
And Professor Troxler Will Re-
peat Bill Next Nom
day Night.

About 500 sports gathered at the
Colosseum on Springfield avenue last
night and saw ten good bouts of fox
ing' between pupils of Professor Trox-
Ter. The stormy weather doubtless
kept many away who otherwise would
have been at the big show. There was
no disappointments and every member
carded to perform went on and did
good work with the big muffs patented
by TroXler.
There were more tickets sold than
turned out last night and with a wish
to please the subscribers Professor
Troxler has generously decided to re-
peat last nights program on next
Monday night at the same place. This
little act of Troxler ought to make him
a. host of friends, for it shows that he
is willing to give his patrons full value
for their money.
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SHIFTS IN ATLANTIC
LEAGUE SCHEDULE.

EASTON, Pa, May S.--Continued
rains having prevented the opening
games of the Atlantic League here, u
shifting of the schedule has been made.
Easton will open here today with
Allentown. There will be a parade of
the clubs, headed by a band, and Mayor
McKeen will pitch the first ball over
the plate.
On Saturday evening the Easton team
will leave for Pottsville, where they
will play on Sunday and Monday. On
Tuesday and Wednesday the Easton
team will play at Hazleton. Thursday
and Friday, Easton and Mt. Carmel
will meet at the latter place. On Sat
urday Easton and Pottsville will play
here.
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A warning TO Thieves.
II may seem funny and out of place
for me to say anything abou thieves
in this column, yet it is absolutely
necessary for the fan to know that
every day they mix up with them at
the baseball park, and the warning is
given here for the benefit OF the
thoughtless young man who ! 1t
is no harm to pocket a ball that goes
into the bleachers any time a foul ball
is sent into that territory. At every
game a ball is apt to be knocked into
the bleachers. and the custom OF some,
not all, is for the fellow who gets ms
hands on the ball to KEEP it. When the
Special goes on a aunt for it he Is
jeered, and the fans, thoughtless ones,
laugh over the affair as If 1t did not
amount to anything.
Wen, Stop md Consider.
l think this custom now prevailing
will stop after the a have had their
attention called to this matter. If 1t
is not stopped Manager Stallings says
he will go to one of the private detec-
tive agencies in this burg and employ
men to go into the bleachers and get
evidence against these fans who steal
the balls. Arrests will follow. Now
stop. you fans who have been enjoying
the discontinue of the specials" in
the bleachers. These balls cost $1.2o
each. Every time a ball is stolen the
fellow who does it does no less than
put his hand into Manager Stallings's
pockets and extracts that amount OF
money. 1t is a crime. just as much as
1t would be to put your hand in n
box Office and take that amount OF
money. Any man who has a conscience
will admit this.
what Stallings Thinks About IL.
stood alongside of the Tigerman
the other day when one bleacherite
sitting on the fourth tier third base
line got a ball and put it under his
coat in his armpit. See that fellow
said the well. he is a thief
in every meaning of the word. Per-
sonally. | feel like going over, grab
bling that fellow by the neck and kick
ing him out of these grounds. But il
7 did that L would be a lawbreaker
I have no distinction to max between
that fellow and a common thief. Now
i will engage detectives to mix with
that crowd and get some of these
thieves with my property on them. L
will push the charges against them II
1T costs me my profits here for a
season. am going to break up this
practise right now, but | would like
TO give these fellows a warning. A
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know both men. Burns is as clever as
Johnson, but he doesn't show it. John
son is the colored Kid Mccoy. He is
f1ashy with it and Burns is just the
opposite. Burns is speedier than John
son. In hitting powers it is a standoff.
johnson has an inch and a half the
better of it in the reach, while he has
eight inches to spare over Burns when
it comes to the height. But Burns will
whip Johnson by getting under his
right. Just as Wolcott whipped Joe
Choynski in a similar way
Kelly talks so intelligently about
fighters as to be interesting. He
knows the inside workings of the game
and when he gives his opinion as to
the outcome of the Burns and Johnson
fight it is worth something. He adj
mits that Burns is somewhat shaky of
the outcome of a battle with Johnson,
but also says that Johnson has a wide
yellow streak which Burns knows of
and which Burns will make wider be-
fore the bout begins, if the two ever
agree to hitch up in a battle.
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gentleman, or anyone with the least
feeling of self-respect, would not be
guilty of doing what that w~ell-dressed
fellow is doing now. I will bet you
that if I met that fellow down town
and he was with his friends and /
should accuse him of doing what you
and 1 have seen him do, he would be-
come indignant and tell me that 1 was
mistaken. He might have the cheek
to sue me for SANDER, for a fellow
mean enough to do what he did would
have nerve to do anything"
Now Take the Tip.
I wouldn't like to have any of the
fans get in trouble so I simply hand
out this line of talk as spoken by
Stallings. Those who nave been guilty
of stealing these balls had better stop.
IF they are arrested their names will
become public property. They will not
be arrested unless the detectives are
sure that the suspected ones have the
balls in their possession, and when a
bleacherite is taken from the seats
there and searched and a ball found
on him, What excuse has he? None.
So throw them back when they come
you way or else let the specials get
them.
Those who don't take the warning,
why, it is none of my business what
becomes of them. But they mustn't
look for favors if their names are in
danger of being made public. Remem-
Der that.
Other Managers Succeeded.
This game of stealing balls Knocked
into the bleachers was in full blast
when Charley Murphy took hold of
the Chicago Cubs in that city. From
ten to twice as many baseballs would
be stolen by some of the fans. Several
arrests We're made, but none of the sus-
poets had the goods on them. Muir
ply kept on following up his attempt
to block the custom, and when he had
spent nearly $500 he got two fellows in
the one afternoon, and they each had
a baseball. Two detectives who had
been employed in the case and who had
sat near the fellows swore to having
seen them pocket the balls as they fell
near them. They were convicted and
received six months each for the lar
ceny of two b%aseballs. Now a dozen
balls can be knocked over the bleach
ers and the fans will not even look al
them, and Murphy thinks that his $500
spent was a good investment. Since
the game opened at Wiedenmayer''
twenty-seven balls have been knocked
into the bleachers and not one has eve
been returned. This means 50 far &
loss of $33. 70. Now this much put into
a couple of live detectives will soor
bring about the downfall of a few who
by their unmanly acts bring a lot Of
good bleacherites under suspicion.
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BASEBALL THIEVES ARE
GOING TO BE WATCHED
BIeaCheriteS Will Do Well to Leave Manager
StalinGS'S Property Severely Alone for He
Has Determined to Stop a PerniCiOuS
Custom Umpire Must Apologize.
BY TOM DuGAN.

T is an over now and I wouldn't have said anything
about the affair here, for I prefer to leave past happen
n ings go with past history, unless good reasons present
themselves.to dig certain sporting gossip up again. L believe
in recalling an unpleasant thing which happened down at
the baseball park a couple of weeks ago, when Umpire
Sullivan and Manager Stallings got into a row. Alleged
stories have gone along the Eastern League circuit to the
effect that when these two men clashed the special police
men at the park took a hand in the fight and belabored
Sullivan. ONLY the other day over in jersey City a news
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raner came ont n repeated this unjust accusation. 1t is unjust or L have
nn,ienv went around and, unknown Ito wen the special ops a the baseball
mark got a number of witnesses to that fight and who saw the whole thing
Frr7 A n y am from them 1 learned to my W satisfaction that lot II o
fin snedals did anything but heir duty. They took Sullivan away ron the
mnooa of +ha Tigers M ordered him to get in another room att the Casino,
so as Il bringt the rw VITO an end. Chief of the Special Officers James Sullivan
r,rtedt 70 MAGE III mpr under arrest and only for StalHngss pleading lot
To do this the umpire would have been arrested. The shortest that say the spe-
onI cone molpsted the umpire is a rank piece of injustice to the special cops
and It is in their defense that 1 went to the trouble of learning every little de-
toll cornected with tina unfortunate affair These men have to stand enough
abuse without being unjushy accused of something they did not do 1t is up
~ ITonire Surivant TO see hat h specials get an apology, for h knows that
+svd 10 not deserve otbe knocked" for doing their duty in the line Of police
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MORGAN RESTS DAILY.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May S.-John Hor-
gan. of Elmira, N. Y, former worlds
pool champion, yesterday defeated John
DAILY. of Chicago, three cushion billiard
champion, so 20 SO, in the first block of
a contest of $50 points for the three
cushion title and the Lambert trophy.
The remaining blocks will be played
Saturday nights. Horgan's high run, s;
average, 81; Days high run, 4; aver
age, AS.
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minutes. These tryouts will be held
on May % and &c. and are to be
merely guides. Under no circum-
stances does the committee agree that
the winners shall be sent.
An entrance fee of 81 per man in
each event will be charged. Olympic
diplomas will be awarded to the Win
ners,
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RICHEST MEN ON
TURF WILL SERVE
AS RACE STEWARDS
CROKER'S RHODORA LANDS
BIG NEWMARKET STAKES

American flly in the Middle FarN
plate last year, and that up
present time never a peeh I'M
Lyme lay behind Elm Twlg uhlil =
Bushes were reached. Here ne uloFe
his mount to the front and roihpeo
home w lengths ahead of Bracele.,
with Ardentrive third. Only a hech
separated Ardentrive and Courtesy
the fourth horse. =,
Mr. Croker was present to see ms
flly win, and King Edward and the
Prince of Wales also were among the
big crowd that witnessed the Ameri-
can victory.
The betting was as follows: Rho
dora. 100 to 8 against; Bracelet, 5 to 1
against. and Ardentrive, 100 to .
against.
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THE LINCOLNs NEXT SUNDAY.

The Lincoln baseball club will have
as their opponents OF the new grounds,
corner Hillside avenue and Runyon
street, Sunday afternoon, the Eureka
A. C. of this city. The Eurekas are a
fast aggregation and should give a
good account of themselves against the
Lincoln ball tossers. Game called at
$3.50.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-19
A Timely Utterance.

President Roosevelt's utterance
to J. c. Martin, of Dayton, Ohio.
made public last week, and deal
ing with the religion of President
elect Taft is the best message that
has come from the presidents YER
satile pen for some time. In view
of the fact that the election is over,
with ample evidence that the peo-
pie didn't hold the Republican can
didate's religion against him. the
few who did may get some pointers
from the presidents letter that will
be we'll for them to consider.
This country was founded, origi-
nally, by those who fed from other
lands because of lack of religious
liberty To hold any ,candi-
dates reliion against him is long
step backward, and it is encourag
ing to no1e that few people con-
slider religion political asset. A
man is not good or bad, according
to the church to which he belongs,
nor is he able or incompetent be-
cause of religious affiliations.
The world has no right to know
exactly what religion belief man
entertains, and it is to the credit
of Americans that they don't care,
so long as the man is all right.
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The New Years Edition Of The hdsx.

On January The Index viii issue New Years edition. de-
scrptiye Of Emmett and this portion Of the Payee valley
number Of pages has been decided will
less than &c. perhaps "a go The isoe will consist Of
containing the weeks and the feature
other descriptive Of the section
will be profusey illustrated half show
farm orchard and md viii be printed high
quality Of enameed book paper Articles churches
irrigation projects fruit growing timber and mining will
tbuted by those who especially qualified
subjects
The of the edition will depend the number
ordered advance The will sell for 10 dis
large quantities Whether you single copy
you place order before December
make of securing the number you desire.
Index desires make this New edition
every respect the cooperation everyone
solicited farmers telling experiences
growing and other products together with giving
yield grains and vegetables fruits and
products brought when marketed especially
your contributions and orders for papers
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Will Act on Protest.

At the next meeting of the state
land board December 10 action
will be taken on the protest of the
county commissioners of Boise
county and numerous citizens
against the acceptance of the wag-
on road built last spring by the
Payette Lumber company along the
North fork. The new road runs
from point known as Banks
ranch nearly six miles below the
junction Of the north and south
forks of the Payette river, up the
river to Smiths Ferry. The protest
is made that in building the new
road around a hill many places
were left where. the road bed will
not sustain a loaded wagon with
safety and that in many places
turnouts were not made.
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sThe Blood Is The Ufb.o

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement Of scripture But
1t has Illuminated that statement and
given 1t meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth Of knowledge.
When the blood is rbad or impure it
is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
slooded, Vie mind and Judgement are
enected, and d>nany an evil deed or impure
thought NWb6e d{lsctly traced to the
fnpassyof the 6foaO Foul. impure blood
San Be made -Q2rs By The use OF Or,
Pierce's Golden Xedical QiscoyerY. n
cnliches and pnli6aS the blood thereby
curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
letter, or salt-rheum, hives and other
manifestations OF impure blood.
Q 9 9 . Q o
In the cure OF scrofulous swellings, en-
larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old
sores, the Golden Medical Discovery Hhss
performed the most marvellous cures. In
cases of old sores, or open eating ulcers,
it is well to apply to the open sores DR..
Pierce's Al-Healing Salve, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores in con-
junction with the use of Golden Medical
Discovery as a blood cleansing consti-
tutional treatment II your druggist
don't happen to have the rAll-Healing
Salve- in stock, you can easily procure It
by inclosing 6fty-four cents Ia postage
stamps TO DIR. r. V. Pierce, Cos Main St,
Buffalo, n. Y, and it will come to you by
well IS the 'Golden Medical Discovery
Q o o Q . o
You can't afford to accept any medicine
Of u'lknotrn composition as a substitute
for 'Golden Medical Discovery which Is
q medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION,
having q complete list of ingredients In
plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the
same being sttested as correct under oath.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorAts stomach. liver and bowelA
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Bryan Plans to be Senator.

William ]. BRYAN is going to
adopt the Oregon method of run
ming for the United States senate.
He is planning to have the Ne
braska legislature enact a primary
law patterned after the Oregon law,
satisfied that if it does so, he will
be elected to the senate two years
hence, WHETHER the Nebraska leg
islature is then Democratic or Re-
publican. He expects to do exactly
what Governor Chamberlain has
done in Oregon. The Nebraska a
legislature and the Nebraska gov
ernor elected this fall are Demo
cratic. With the Democrats in
control in state government. Bry-
an will be able to dictate. and it
is his announced desire according
to dispatches from Lincoln that
the Oregon primary law be adopt
ed in this state: also the initia-
tive and referendum which is in
vogue in Oregon. With Bryan
making these demands there is
not the slightest doubt that the
Nebraska Legislature will act as
he directs and of course the new
governor of Nebraska will sign
whatever legislation may be passed
by the legislature at the request OF
the recent defeated candidate for
President. Nebraska, like Oregon
is normally a Republican state.
and the probabilities are that the
elected two years from
now will be Republican. Under
normal conditions that legislature
would elect Republican successor
to Senator Burkett. Mr.. Bryan
realizes that fact and that is why
be favors the adoption of the Or
.gon primary law, for he is an
acknowledged candidate for the
senate, and he has decided to
make sure of the seat now filled by
Mr.. Bur kett.
If primary law is enacted SINH
ar to that now in force in Oregon,
here is no Republican in Nebraska
Who could defeat Bryan for the SEN
tie. With the popular vote of the |
,eople behind him, Mr.. Bryan
:ould compel Republican legis-
ature to elect him to the senate. |
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EMMETT AFFAIRS.

Mrs. Dave Gilmore left yester-
day for Chadron, Neb., to visit her
parents.
Regular srevices at Mrs. Hunts
hall where the Presbyterian people
worship, next Sunday. Morning
topic. Thoughts on Thanksgiv-
ing" evening. "The knowledge
of Jesus from an experimental
standpoint. ALI are welcome. S.
A. Parker, pastor.
The following officers were re-
Gently elected by the Emmett Min
listers Association for the ensuing
year: S. A. Parker, president; 7.
G. Magruder. vice president; G. L.
Surber, secretary; H. E. Culli-
son, treasurer.
Services at the Christian church
next Lords dav. In the morning
the subject will be, "How to Sc
cure the desired progress in divine
life evening, 'When failure is
possible. Strang ,rs in the city
welcomed to these services. C. l..
pastor.