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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01
High School Youths
Turn to Baseball
Contests on the Diamond viii
Hold the Attention of Ath-
letes for a Time
By Henry Wolff

Now that the basket ball schedule of
the Academic athletic league has been
completed the next branch of athletics
TO hold the attention of the followers
or nigh school sports and pastimes is
baseball The teams of the city schools
have been out daily since the begin
ning of last month ano some close
matches are expected, as the several
aggregations are averaging up evenly
Wilmerding and Lick schools have
the greater number of fast players
from which to pick teams and the sub
league championship no doubt will go
to one of them. Wilmerding's battery
VIII consist of Trowbridge and Grin
sell. The infield will be composed of
Merchant. first base; Nagle, second
base; Orr. third base Witt, shortstop
On Lick's nine Graft and Gallagher
will attend to the delivery, while
Strohi at first, Huber at second, Pyle
and Grow at third and Ruebke at short
will make up the infield The posi-
tions will not be settled definitely un-
til the last game, as a slight falling
off on the part of any of the players
will mean his displacement by one
of the many candidates out for the
positions.
r. A. Balzari, as chairman Of the
Academic athletic league field day, has
selected committee of arrangements
to care for the high school athletes
and see that they have a good time
while in the college town. The fol-
lowing university men have been
chosen: r. Meyers, A. Farmer, Cert and
C. Bell.
. -
Harry McClelland has been elected
manager of athletics in the Stockton
high school.
Munroe of Berkeley high school, in
winning the Academic league cross
country run In the fast time of 81 min
utes and 81 seconds. proved to be one
of the best long distance men in the
high schools today. Munree owes a
great deal of his success to his trainer,
Mrs. Hopper. who pays especial atten-
tion to the diet of her pretege.
The Wilmerding freshman basket
ball team has been selected and in
cludes some fast men, among whom
are Palmer who plays also with the
Spartan team. and Stadfelt, brother OF
the captain of Wilmerdings first team.
Following is the list of players:
Stadfelt (captain) and Palmer, for
wards; Batkin, center; Mallett, Fox
and Fleed. guards.
Edward McCaulay, the fast 220 and
440 yard runner from Alameda high
school, announces that he VIII enter
only the Stanford interscholastic meet
this year McCaulay is almost certain
of capturing both of these events.
The delegates to the Bay Counties
athletic league will meet this week to
arrange date for the semiannual field
day.
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Stanford Shut Out by
ST. Vincent
SPECIAL p1spArca TO TIE CALL

LOS ANGELES, Feb 29.-st Vim
cent turned the tables on Stanford
today, winning a shutout game of
baseball, to 0. Thiele, supposed to
be Stanford's star twirler, was landed
on fer 10 safe hits, while Ybarrando,
ct. Vincent's clever pitcher, kept the
cardinals down to a total Of five. two
OF which were in the last inning, too
late to do any good.
As on Friday, Stanford was weak
behind the bat. Mitchell had an ex-
tremely hard time holding Thieles
fast balls and Ybarrando got in with
ST. Vincent's first run in the third in
ming when Mitchell let pitched ball'
go by him. a
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have been called off. owing to a break
in the schedule. The Seals will play
an additional game with the big
leaguers on March TO- and, If it is
possible, Long will endeavor to arrange
for three or four extra ones, providing
the weather permits.
Pitcher Hoag, the young busher
signed up by Long. has a brother who
is reputed to be some as q catcher The
pitcher asked that LJAg give the
catcher a chance to show something.
SO he was ordered to appear with the
rest Of the gang this afternoon. Young
Hoag is said TO have done good work
with several bush teams in the Sacra-
mento valley during the last summer.
The steady downpour of rain was n
godsend to the new grass diamond
Ihough the rain came in torrents at
times, ii all seems to sink right
through the newly sodded and seeded
field As the work is practically COM
pleted, the drops arrived at just the
right time. The field drains perfectly
thus demonstrating that ii will not be
necessary TO postpone any games this
season on account of the rafnfaIls or
wet diamond. The field is fit to play
oal on now, and should be in grand
shape in another week
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01
INDOOR TENNIS CHAMPION

NEW YORK. Feb. 29.-W. C. Grant
Of this city won today the national in
door championship in the lawn tennis
singles on the courts of the Seventh
regiment. In the final for the title.
which he had held previously three
times. Grant defeated @. f. Touchard
of California, three sets to one, 6-2
SIS. 6-3. ga. Throughout It was a
wonderful exhibition of high class
tennis by both players.
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NEW HIGH JUMP RECORD

coast record in the high jump was made
at Claremont today. z. ]. Munger Of
Pomona clearing the bar at feet 8
inches in competition with Whittier
college, The former record of feet
2.34 inches was held by Charming Hall
Of Oakland.
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the blood. Again the cause may be heredi-
tary, the polluted blood of ancestry being
handed down to posterity; but it does not
matter how the trouble became entrenched in
the blood, the fact that the sore will not heal
is evidence of its deep, underlying cause, and
shows the absolute necessity for the very best
constitutional treatment.
There is nothing that causes more dis
comfort and worry than a fostering, discharg-
ing old sore, as it fingers, slowly eating
into the surrounding tissues and flesh, and by
its obstinacy and tendency to grow worse, in
every way. suggesting the possibility of being
cancerous IN its nature for there is no differ
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01
VICToRY FOR NAPA

NAPA. Feb. 2s.-The Napa high
school baseball team won an interest
ing game from the team of the Sonoma
high school this afternoon at Armory
hall in this city The Napa team was
more accurate in its goal THROWN 8
than its opponents, while the Sonoma
players excelled in team work on the
floor. Napa won by a score of 81 to 20.
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BAD SORE FROM AN OLD WOUND.

want to recommend s. s. S. to any who ara In
need OF a blood purifier, and especially a remedy
for sores and obstinats ulcers In 1877 had nv
leg badly cut on the sharp edge of a barrel, and
having on blue woolsn stocking. the place was
badly poisoned from the dye A great sore formed
and for years one knows what suffered with thu
place / tried, 1t seemed to me, everything had
ever heard of but got relief, and I thought
would have to go through life with an angry dis
charging sore my leg. At last began the uss of
S. s. s., and II but short time until sa that
the place-vas improving. continued It until it re-
moved all the poison from my blood and made a
complete and permanent cure Of ths sore.
JNO. ELLIS.
ESQ Navy Street. Brooklyn. NJ
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old SORES KEEP EPP opP opPn
BY IMPURITIES IN THE BLOOD

Old of
to
continually
This condition the blood ltroube
spell Sickness
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USES cRooxED SLOT MACHINE

Michael OConnor, cigar dealer, 229
Third street. was convicted by Police
Judge Cabaniss yesterday Of using a
crooked slot machine and was fined
$40 The arrest was made by Detec
tives Redman and King. q
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

The Oakland manager is going to
take Youngy Johnson to San Diego
when the team starts on its training
trip. Youngy has not played ball in
: several years, but he assures Walter
that he is still there.
II 7 do not show you something. I
viii pay my own carfare," said Youngy
II Johnson makes good at all he VIII
fhecome = regular on the Oakland squad
/ His coaching ability alone is enough
20 hold a Job for the veteran.
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The Oakland team will have q chance
70 go against the White Sox in a series
! Of four games at San Diego after the
Chicago aggregation has finished with
f. the Los Angeles squad. Two games will
be played with teams Nos. l and 2. Be
sides. Oakland IS billed for nine games
with the San Diego bush team and
also has contracts TO dispose Of several
other aspiring punches OF tossers, two
Of which hail from over the Mexican
border.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

First Baseman Bigbee. who played
with Oakland last season. sent in his
contract to Ed Walter from his home
in Richmond, Va, yesterday. Accom-
panying the contract was a note in
which Bigbee pleads with Walter to
trade him for some other player. Big
bee has > chance TO play nearer his
home and does not want to make the
3oag trip across the continent. Walter
SAYS that he has a chance to swap Big
bee for an infielder. an outfelder or a
pitcher and expects to complete the
deal in a couple of days.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

Lloyd Skillman. the soutbpaw pro-
,cured by the Seals from the Northwest
league. is one OF the huskiest young
men in the league. He stands about
etfeet inches and is well built in
proporfio or Joe Shea, the old timer,
. who recommended him, says that Skill
man is the best fielding southpaw he
eyer saw in action. Slkillman probably
: vSll be the first man TO toss against
The Sox Friday afternoon
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Roy Mcfarland. the pitcher whom
. Walter grabbed from the Texas league.
showed up IN Oakland yesterday morn
lag and introduced himself TO the gang.
1te is z husky young chap and made a
good impression at first sight He is
z-ery anxious to get to work and timber
Up after the long journey.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

Cal Ewing, president OF the league,
IS still shy an umpire. Jack Mccarthy
and Bull Perrine are on the waiting
list II is a question Of salary be-
tween them and the head Of the league.
Al Moore, who worked for while last
season, is also in the field. Ewing says
he has applications from couple of
essteruers. and expects TO make a
choice before the first game between
the SOS and the Seals is called.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

Several Of the Seals, including Larry
Piper who had arrived from his home
IN Canada. responded to the call to
show up at the park yesterday after
noon and have a talk with the manager
over affairs relative TO the training
trip. Nick Williams was programmed
70 make a speech. but welchcd. Fur
ther aetien was deferred until to-
morrow, when the real work viii be
gin.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

The Portland team Will play the
White Sox nine No. 2 at Santa Barbara
March II and II. The Salinas games
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The Petaluma baseball team has been
organized for the season and will take
on independent mines. as II did last
year H. McNulty. who so ably directed
its affairs IN 1907. Will be at the helm
eEsin. McNulty has a fast bunch un-
der contract and promises the fans
good ball
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01
The Calls Form ChanofRaces al EmeryviIIe

= SIEs3EE u EtSsNNs UE HEHE =
The horses n
order in which
h name
Weatr Tracks sloppy
yer sart
d
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just TO protect himself in case of an
emergency Long has mailed a
contract to Pitcher Fred Brown of the
Sacramento outlaw club. Long was
stung for $500 when he purchased
Brown from the Fresno club at the
time IL disbanded Brown took to the
brush and has remained there ever
since, ignoring all the overtures Of
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

Pitcher Willis is another one on the
uncertain list. Long sent him his con-
tract and Willis notified his boss that
he would be willing TO affix his sigma
ture 70 It. Long evidently does not
care a great deal whether Willis comes
10 the bat or not He is another man
who VIII be sold to the highest bidder
or turned loose very shortly.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

Al Lundy. who comes from family
OF ball players who helped make the
old St Mary's college FAMOUS in by
gene days. has applied TO the local
lnanger. for a tryout. The youth is
highly Recommended by Nick williams
Long has invited Lundy TO show up on
the Oakland grounds tomorrow after
noon and demonstrate what he has in
his mitt-
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

s. OF at 4:o215. Nelson, place. 70
20 show. Winner ch. g. by st. Carlo-Good
Bennett. Phalanx. May Amelia. Start good.
High price-N Nelson 7-2. Cook 3. Triumphant
ay in behind Cook and Sevenfull first half.
ed him in a hard drive. Cook ran right to
:, OF badly, saved ground by close turn,
SeTenfull stopped to walk after going
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

Pitchers Clarence Whittridge and
Oscar Jones and Second Baseman and
Captain Kid Mohler viii leave Los
Angeles for this city tonight. Catcher
Claude Berry left Richmond. Ind. Fri
dsy evening. Pitcher Clarence Henley
sent in his signed contract from Sac
ramento yesterday afternoon
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-01

Iime--23 40. :4s. l:l5. At post 3I5 minutes on AT
Nappa. SO place 1910 show: ST Edgar SIS show
wards Trained by 7. Connell. Start geod. wo
price--Milson 10, Zena 16. Metiakatla % Die
at the start and never headed. Nappa ran
several times during the race, closed we'll He
anc Aellna ran poor races.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

Many a singing reouke is admins
tered TO the Church by workingmeE
who are absolutely unfamiliar with
the facts in the case Let's confess
n the very outset that the Church.
like every other organization and in
sticution with high ideals and par-
poses, is falling far short Of what il
should be. because il Is being 50 large
" directed by men and women who
are the poSseSsorS Of considerable
human narure@Snd that should ex
plain n great deal
And. like some other organizations
labor unions included-she Church Is
doing many things which outsiders
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09
The Church and Labor

know nothing about. and for which II
receives no credit
For instance. n great deal Is said
about the Church1s lack of interest in
the people when charity is needed
Two things are forgotten or unknown
when this charge is made In the
first place. il IS unQuesgionahly better
TO have most philanthropic and char
table work upon large scale done
by experts who viii really help and
not harm through their efforts Be
cause this Is true. the Church Is rep
resented in. and practically controls
through. It's membership. nearly every
great philanrhropic movement of any
consequence which Is scientifically
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

helping the poor--and the poor do
need that kind Of help in spite of the
5eers of those who do not give that
kind OF any other Kind Of assistance
Glance down the lists of ofscials who
are responsible for the social and
amelioras;ve work in New YORK City.
for example. as II is given in the two
inch thick Directory OF Charities in
that city. and you VIII find this to be
true Practically all of the money
which goes into these hospitals. OF
phan aSylums. schools, clubs. and
other charitable Institutions, comes
from church people Once in \ while
the saloonkeeper. the politician. OF
some other individual or society. seek.
ing Rotoriesy. viii hand out small
cheek in behalf Of the unemployed OF
the distressed, and the impression
Soes out among workingmen tina:
these are the only folks who are doins
anything 10 help conditions. while
Others may have. for years. been do
ing far more substantial things
quietly. Systematically and without
very much publicity.
Nor INST the impression remain un
disturbed that these enterprises ars
supported mainly by the rich. who
have gotten their wealth By Swearins
the poor. Our churches and the inst
buttons supported by them are SuS
rainoo by the great middle and work
ing classes There may be in the
Church some who have made rhesr
wealth dishonesty. or. at least
through suspicious methods. but the
great exploiting class who should be
ssroEsiy reouked by all honest people
are NOT in the Church, as . class Fos
instance. there is = particular orsanf
cation in one Church. which spends
annually for its educational. social and
religious work, about one million dol
lars II every church contrioutins
over one thousand dollars a year
toward that fund should suddenly stop
its contribution. il would have prac
tically no effect upon the million dol
lar fund
The second fact 10 be remembered
is that the Church actually does help
the poor, directly and specifically
Naturally, 1t doesn't say very much
about this work. by pointing out the
people who have been assisted. and
indicating the amounts and the ma
rerial which they have received. The
Church does not engage in charitable
work in this fashion But every
special committee TO care for the poor
These men and women neyer-really
50 rarely thar the word never is JUST
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09
c0MRIED AS 7HEATER MANAGER.

Under the headline -Conried's Re
6rement, the Berliner Tageblatt
says -Conried-s fame as a manager
reached its zenith in the winter of
1904 when. despite the curse of Bay
reuth and In the face of the war coun-
Gil. ne took possession of -Parsifal'
The bishops Cd who wept over the
offense TO religion helped TO advertise
it The rich were seized with -Parsi-
faf fever and had to see the perform
Anoe. The receipts ran up to 2S0, 600
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09
FOR a NEW ROCK ROAD.
Bonner Springs and Kansas City,
kaS. Clubs at Work.

Bonner Springs and Kansas City.
kas. Clubs at Work.
The Kansas City Ikasl Mercantile
club at a meeting held recently dis
cussed the question of rock roads.
Resolutions were adopted favoring
the plan of building a rock road
from Kansas City, Kas-. to Bonner
Springs. kas- A delegation of mem
bers from the Bonner Springs Com
mercial club attended the meeting
J. D. Waters. Frank Warner and
Others spoke in favor of the road
Arrangements were made to have
committees from both clubs meet
from time TO time and push the road
proposition
The committee appointed TO inter
view the county commissioners u
see what could be done toward build
ing such . road. reported that the
commissioners had used all the avail
able funds for road Improvements
at present. but that the members OF
the board seemed favorable toward
using a large part of the road taxes.
which are due in next December. 10
huild the road
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

Records of Two School Children
Hlda and John Wilmington of
Swineshead. Lincolnshire. England.
have 4 remarkable school attendance
record
John has not been absent for a
siuxie day for seven and half years
during which time a correspondent
with 4 taste for statistics has esti-
mated he has covered 5000 miles in
his journeying to and from his home
and the schoolhouse- Hflda Whiting
tom has an untarnfehed record eI-
tending over six and half years dur
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09
Travels on Sea Bottom

Paris--A submarine has been
built by a company at BizertA for
sponge fishing
When sunk it can travel on . sort
of wheel along the bottom OF the sea.
being worked by two submarine oars
from the inside
1t collects sponges by means Of .
mechanical gripper. and has electrical
searchfights, telephone, and a speak
ing tube by which it can communi-
cate with a boat ON the surface The
submarine has already been down to
a depth of $50 feet
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09
Baby is Burglar Alarm.

quietly proceeded TO the library There
he heard someone at work at the win
dow, and. turning on the gas, came
face TO face with two men who were
about to remove the pane With the
flash of the gas the offenders fed, and,
as Mr. Casey was not prepared to fol-
low, they got away.
Investigation showed that the burg
lars had removed the putty from the
frame and were about to remove the
glass
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09
Its Cries Rouse Parents, and 4 3
Robbery Is Prevented.

Merton. Pam infants cries
proved the best kind of a burglar
alarm. and caused the routing of two
.would-bs invaders of the home of Ed
wxd A Casey of the Provident Life
and Trust company. whose fine resi-
dence is on Highland avenue 1t
nipped in incipiency the welllaid and
partly -executed plans of those who
had proposed robbing the house
Mrs Casey heard the plant of the
younsster. and in passing the head of
the stairs on the way TO the nursery.
heard an unusual noise on the first
floor. She aroused her husband. Who
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09
rrrSscnr,1Sss5p ro,

ded-sen anybody who has been
helped
That the Church is doing nothing to
help the poor and the oppressed In
the way of charitable work should. in
all fairness, be forever put out OF the
minds of worNngmen.-Rey. Charles
SSelxle
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

The Baltimore Sun has collected a
lot of anecdotes Of the late United
States Senator William Pinckney
White, Maryland's Grand Old Man"
One of them shows that the venerable
statesman stood in horror of the
mystic Is, and particularly Friday, the
thirteenth. Once when about to seat
himself at the dinner table he noticed
that he would make the thirteenth per
son. and told those already seated to
proceed-that he would wait a while
The reason for his hesitation being
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09


in
10 reckon
the of
He
m
do
does Sins indeed he
she
M on cards
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

While the Catholic church member
ship in this country reaches 1871. go
and the Methodist only 3,036, 6s7,
there are more preachers of the lat
ter denomination than of the Church
OF Rome
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

suspected, his gr1ndd2uEhfer said
why, grandpa, sit down, With M
there are only twelve and = hAlf- An
er this sally the grandfather lzuxhing-
" assented And again. says D.
Sun, 1t may have been fate that de-
creed that his last Illness should have
come on that Friday the thirfeenfh
of which he stood IN fear
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09
IN THE LIMELIGHT
CLARED WAR ON TANAMANY

Senator Patrick H NcCarren, better known
Long Pat has declared war upon Tamma-
ny q result OF his defeat in the New York
state Democratic convention. and declares that
never again in the lifetime of any member of
that convention viii New York elect q Demo
cratic mayor This is mere idle threat, for
McCsrren has memory that Is longer in pro-
portion even than his body, and never yet has
he forgotten i'll turn
In his early life McCarren was cooper.
but he saw a way of making barrels" of q
different kind by entering politics He got his
start deputy collector of customs al New
York and he gladly gave up his Massachusetts,
home to accept the Job 4 few years later he
got into the legislature and later was elected
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

wrote that Bayreurh had been OUT
done The same business capacity
was shown by Conreid when he pro-
duced on the Metropolitan stage the
opeFettas of Johann Strauss and Nil
locker
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

6ritaIn's Second Largest City.
Probably not one person IN = hum
dred knows which Is the second
largest city in the British empire. Il
is Bombay
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

Great Chance for Science
Now they've discovered air on Mars
After this the scientists ought to
strive for another triumph. and Try &c
discover air in closed street car.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

Needs Touch OF the Cross
There is a righteousness that ID
ossified and cold; it lacks nothing
but the touch Of the crosA
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

ing which time she Is said 10 hzyo
walked 5000 miles in search OF nowf
edge
The children have gained quite .
stack OF prize books. and this year
they have been awarded the Holland
uincolnshirel county council xilvR
medalS-London Graphic
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-05-09

War On Rats IN England
The Society for the Desuucfioa q
Vermsn is an English ofE1nfxAt1ua.
with the object Of vauing o. the Eafs
in that country.