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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
ALL HAVE SUPERsTIT|ONs
Lajoie's Ball Tossers Tell Of
launches" That Came to
Them During Games.

New Orleans, April 4.-"Supersti-
tious? l should say / was" says Ad-
die Joss. when a team gets nine hits
off me in the first inning l think il a
sure sign that I am going to lose"
Il also believe in signs says
"Glad" Craney. IF I give bases on
balls to three cross-eyed batters and
the next man up is the best batter in
the league l get bunch that trouble
in huge chunks is about to make q
visit
Me superstitious should say
not. says Joe Birmingham, but at
the same time if the bases are filled
ana only one out. and / hit into a
double play. | am that superstitious
that | will not come within 100 feet
of the manager for two days"
II have one hobby" says Bill Lat
timore, that l have followed ever
since | was in baseball That is l
always pitch the first ball to each bat
ter with my left hand
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
WILL Increase BATTING
Overall Thinks Glossy Ball viii
Make Pitchers Easy This
Season.

Pitched Jeff overall of the cham
pion Chicago Cubs predicts a tough
season for the twirlers. He believes
that the rule prohibiting the pitcher
from soiling a glossy ball will greatly
increase the hitting department of are
game. He also sees trouble for ihe
'umpires in enforcing ii, as he believes
every pitcher will try to invent some
way to get around the rule.
You can't curve a glossy ball.
said Overall, and in my judgment
there will be more pitchers knocked
out of the box the coming season
than ever before. The batsrnen never
had the advantage this new rule will
give them, and unless l am very
much mistaken the hitting average
will go soaring this season. Suppos-
ing" argues Overall "a pitcher has
two strikes and three balls ON a bats
man, and the next one is fOuled off
over the stand. That means a new
slippery ball The pitcher wouldn't
dare to curve it on account of its CLOS
sy surface, which prevents getting a
good grip on the ball. He has no
choice but to stick the ball over the
plate with the prayer that it be
knocked no farther than the back
fence
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
Haskins Thinks Michigan Man Is
Best Indoor Runner
in World.

Ann Arbor. Mich, April A." Spider
Coe is the fastest runner of the indoor
middle distance that there is in this coun-
try today" So said Guy L. Haskins, for
merly Pennsylvania crack miller when
in leaving town he was asked for an es-
innate of the Michigander who conquered
him easily in the special 1.OOO-yard race
here
''Coe won handiiy from me. and the de-
feat I experienced was not altogether I'M
expected. Indeed. l rather thought he
would beat me by more than fifteen
yards, for he was on his own track. run
ming a distance that / was not familiar
with. | think that if ! had not had such
a wholesome fear of him | might have
been able to do a little better.
Throughout the run I could not SUBJ
ordinate myself to my desire to win. the
amazement that filled me at the ease with
which Coe was doing the stunt. He SEEM
ed to be putting forth no effort at all
and in the fifth lap. when he began TO
pull ahead for a safe lead he did if with
noticeable speed, yet without any appar-
ent expenditure of effort. Harry COe is a
great middle distance man. either out
doors or indoors, but indoors, especially
the half-mile and mile belong to him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
DEN GETS NEW COACH
}" RUSSELL of Chicago Will Take
ace ASld by Shorty Els
worth Of Golden.

meeting of the athletic board
Colorado School of Mines last
g at Golden. "Chub" Russell. a
' bf Coach Alonzo A. Stagg of Chi
University, was selected as coach
football eleven.
BEN played guard and tackle on
aroon team for three years. and
PINE to Golden next fall with the
t recommendations from his in
! r.
selection OF coach for the state
bions was made after a delibera-
= n the mart of the directors which
ktendfd over months, in fact ever
(Coaeh shorty" Ellsworth hand
/ his resignation.
des words of praise from Coach
Russell is highly spoken of by
birth and Athletic Director VIII
ban of the School of Mines. both
! Om know of the fine work of the
appointed mentor. While at Chi
University, Ellsworth saw Russell
ion on the football field, the lat
living made" the eleven the next
after Shorty" departed for the
Prior to that time Russell was
ps hard under the watchfui eye
&gg, who later made star of the
raw recruit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
PICKING OLYMPIC CREW
Committee to Select One Man From
Leading College Varsity
Fights.

The committee selected by the
Olympic regatta has practically agreed
on a plan for securing a crew to rep
resent America next July at this great
gathering on the famous Henley
course, and it is almost certain that
the picking will be made from the col
lege crews that will rof at Pough-
keepsie and New London.
This determination was made known
by Messrs Pilkington of the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen and
Julian Curtis of the Metropolitan as
ISOLATION (better known as the Amer
lean Henley at the meeting held in
New York last Saturday, that after a
thorough canvass of the situation it
was the. only practicable solution Of
the question.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
c. G. SPON BERG.
Wizard Shaefer Walks Many Miles

Jacob Schaefer, the wizard of the green
cloth and the shining ball. the father of
the present game of billiards as played
by the experts in championship contests,
grew reminiscent the other day
Il wonder" said the man who has held
more championships than any other pro-
fessional billiardist that ever lived, ''how
many persons there are in the world who
really have an idea of the amount of hard
mental and physical labor that must be
undergone to become a billiard champion.
Sometimes | have thought that if, when |
first began to play billiards in Cleveland
with some success. ] had known what |
would have to go through there would
never have been Il Jacob Schaefer cham
pion. Still, l presume that | should have
continued in the game.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05

Can you imagine that have spent al
most half of my life with a billiard cue
in my hand? Everybody knows how old
l am, and | don't propose to say any
thing in regard TO that. but for instance.
what would you think of walking around
a billiard table for twenty-five years in
succession. Hard labor. Ell? Well. / guess
it is. Twenty-Five years on the march.
poking out cushion carom shots here and
draw shots there, running 100, 200 and 800,
and behind you hearing the nervous hum
of an interested crowd of spectators who
fret almost as much you do whenever
YOU bend over TO make a shot; counting
point after point with an eXactitude that
almost surprises yourself. and then at
the last moment falling flat on an easy
chance and failing to break a record.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
E PAGE OF SPORTS
| F | It's II E r E
IT'S RIGHT
S-P-O- T-O-L-O-G -Y
sY w. o. RisHEL.

of the A. A. L. should know first and
last that this state of Utah is run
ming its own athletics just now, and
about as much attention will be paid
to his orders as If they came from the
sultan of Morocco. This state at
tempted to give the A. A. L. stand
ing in this community and worked
hard to that end. After an organiza-
ton had been formed, successful meets
promoted and everybody was Begin
ming to feel good about it, the A. A.
u, through Martin, and President
James E. Sullivan, gave Utah a cold
rundown that completely froze up all
the enthusiasm that had been worked
up in the state for the A. A. u. Any
old time the A. A. U. hopes to break
into Utah it had better come extend
ing the palm branch. instead of try
ing to use the big stick.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
0RBY MAY RETIRE.

Dublin, April ACTING upon the ad-
vice Of his veterinary surgeon, who
fears that the damaged tendon would
give way again under the strain of
training, Richard Croker has decided
not to enter Orby for further races. He
is TO be placed in the stud. Rather, a
promising youngster. is spoken of as
the coming Orby. He shows signs of
being bigger than Orby.
The Blencairn stables have been
weeded down to about dozen horses.
Mr.. Croker has decided on a further
reduction. as he desires TO have MOTH
ing but the very finest stock, that can
be depended upon to win races.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05

p asked for the secret of his sue
Dung smiles. He Is not like many
layers who rush in to tell why they
Der themselves the greatest ever.
Is all he has to say:
EL ] don't know that could give
|oung man the recipe to become a
ball player. A ball player is born
Ia couldn't make one out of a man
; not a natural ball player. OF
!, I would tell any young man TO
TO business just the same wheth-
We're playing baseball or were he
other business; / thing he must
IN good condition and take care of
II. study constantly TO improve his
try tbPlay Just a little better than
|her fsGow and keep at il.
couldn't say that a fellow must be
btalier. for | am not teeIotal myself
fould | say he mustn't use tobacco:
II moderately. But I must say that
must be reason about it; a man
Rit up all night every night and keep
wing top notch ball.
Young lives the way he talks.
little statement from him is a true
of his way of life. He is first on
III field and if Il is not his turn to
|you Will always see him batting
b the outfield or playing catch. OFF
IN field he is a quiet. unassuming.
manly person, who makes baseball
|siness. He is a grand example of
|petent athlete.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
Wise Sporting Scribes.

An eastern dispatch says: Matte
Baldwin beat George Decker of West
Philadelphia in the easiest sort of
style at the West End Athletic club
last night. Before the first round was
over Baldwin had Decker's measure.
1t was only by Fabian tactics that
Decker was able to stay the limit of
six rounds. He was weak and hold
ing on when the bell rang to end tn 2
last round"
And yet Sammy McCIintic became
very indignant when certain sporting
Scribes, not a thousand miles from
where this is written. refused to let
him unload Decker and Hyland at La
COON.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
Gimlin's New Team.

The press of the past week tells of
Dad Gimlin bringing a carload of
hoboes into Ogden. Can it be possible
that Dad is already planning on a
baseball team this summer. and this
hobo crowd is to be a neuclus for his
team? Dad has had a great amount
of experience in handling Ogdens ball
teams, and perhaps thinks by this
time any old kind of a team is good
enough to defeat Salt Lake
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05

Those who think Battling Nelson be-
longs to the down-and-out class GER
tainly ought to back up little after
Tuesday nights BATTLE, and give the
Dane the credit due him. Eyer since
his fight in Goldield with Joe Cans
an effort has been made. led by two
prominent sporting scribes, to belittle
the famous Dane and send him to the
has been class OF all his battles
since that time, with the single excep-
ton of the first of his two recent
fights with Britt. Nelson has shown
the OId-time Vigor and vim. and on no
occasion did the Dane appear to bet
ter advantage than with Abe Attell
last Tuesday night. 1t was expected
Attell would completely Outlook Nell
son by the fifteen-round route and
earn an easy decision. Even the warm
est admirers of Nelson predicted this
but a careful study of all accounts of
the fight. excepting one written by a
man known to be preJudiced against
Nelson, shows that Nelson had the
better of the argument.
Same Old Nelson.
At the time Nelson defeated Jack
Clifford in Ogden, the writer ventured
the opinion that the Battler was as
good as ever. His second fight with
Britt, in which the native son was all
but out, and his ten rounds with Boer
Unholz. in which Nelson had all the
better of the fight. together with the
showing made against Attell the past
week, are proof conclusive that Nell
son is as good as ever
The public wants TO see the Dane
in one more fight. and it wants Joe
Cans on the receiving end of the Bat
tiers punches. These men are bound
to meet in the ring again, and when
they do it wiz be one of the biggest
drawing cards of the century. Nelson
has but one more man to meet before
such match will almost be forced
upon this pair, and that is Packy Nc
Farland. In Mcfarland he has the
toughest lightweight in the business
to face, always barring Joe Cans. and
if Nelson is lucky here promoters
from one end of the country to the
other will be falling over each other
to get the Gans-Nelson return battle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
Johnson GOING PACE.

= New York April 4-Jack John ::
- son. the pugilist, seems to be cut ::
= ting out a pace in the tenderloin ::
- that will fade anything on the ::
:. record OF Young Corbett and other ::
- white-lighters. Johnson was in ::
:. court the other day complaining ::
:. that "a couple of skirts pinched ::
:. two diamond rings and the $500 :.
:. rock out of his shirt front. Joe ::
:. Cans says that if JobnsOn's thirst ::
e isn't quenched soon there won't ::
=. be no mo- wine" :.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
APRIL 5 IN THE
ANNALS OF SPORT

1S74-At Oakland, Cal, John Stewart
beat Matte Howard in twenty-mile
trot for $4,000.
1SS2-At Cincinnati, Captain A. II.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
THINKS THIRD is
EASY TO PLAY
Charlie Hickman Says This
Stacker Has Snap-Catch-
er's Job Is Hardest.

Macon. Ga, April 4.-Charley Hick-
man has played every position on the
diamond. and he says that next to the
outfield third base is the easiest
THE catcher has TO do the most work
saws Happy HEX "The pitcher runs
him close second. The first baseman
and shOTtstoD have about the same
amount of playing to do. and should al
most work as one man. But the third
baseman has a snap. in a way. compared
"ith the other infielders and battery.
in the old days the first baseman must
have had a picnic From what ! have
heard and read. up TO the time that Char
ley Comiskey became a famous player
the first basemau did not cover much
ground. They were up to catch the ball
when it was thrown to them. and to
grab what grounders they could and beat
the runners TO first with the ball. When
player got too slow for any other pO-
sitlon on the team. or when his arm went
back on him. they would still think him
good enough for first base. providing that
he was good sticker.
First Baseman Must Be Quick.
But now a first baseman mus; be as
quick as any other of the infielders. He
has got to be able to play hunts Just
IKE third baseman. but where third
baSeman, in handling hunts. rarely throws
anywhere except to first base. the first
sacker in making a one-handed pick W
has all three bases to watch on many
OSCdSlonS' lie may nave 10 ShOOt II To
thlrd or second, or again he may have
TO turn around and toss it TO either the
pitcher or second baseman, whichever
one is covering first.
The first baseman has to be on the
watch for snap throws from pitcher and
catcher: he must have an understanding
with the pitcher on fielding hunts and
grounders between them and in addition
he is expected to cover more ground than
he used TO and to catch every thrown
ball that comes within ten feet of him."
Hickman Has Caught.
Hickman has never caught profession
al game of bail. but was the regular
catcher for the University of West Vir-
Sinia team prior to going to Newcastle
as pitcher. Boston used him as a pitch
er and outfielder, and he pitched one
series against Baltimore, losing il by the
score of II to II. Then he went to the
Giants. and actually played in every po-
sition on the team except behind the bat
nearly three months. and George Davis,
who was managing the team at that time,
wanted him to catch also but Happy
declined with thanks.
While with Cleveland he played every
where but behind the bat short and CEN
ter field. He played nearly all the DO
sitiOns for Washington. but did his best
work at third base when Lave Cross was
hurt. That is when Hick made up his
mind that third was such an easy place
age over one error a week. and claims
that he did not shirk any difficult ones
at that
George stovaH also thinks that third is
the easiest and first the most difficult
of all the infield positions to play. and
all the way around the infieId and back
again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
|" YOUNG IS
GREAT PITCHER
,ecord Shows Him Most
iarkable TWirIer That
Hver Threw a Ball.
= HARRY NELLY.


one Years old and the greatest
n 9tasebaII is the wonderful record
ton Pecumseh Young. who last
Flebr' ted his forty-first birthday.
oungI as he is Familiarity known.
working for the Boston Ameri-
hale and hearty and has every
he newest recruits own and
OF they don't. For eighteen sea-
,. Young has been in baseball in
or leagues. He expects TO remain
was DO. IL in Gilmore. Tuscarawas
Ohio, March g. 1861. He pitched
ton in 1880 and came to Cleveland
bat year. From that time he was
zed as the king of pitchers.
is one OF the biggest men in base
Ping over six feet in height and
lg something like 30 pounds. He
g on the bail field, but bigger off.
pl IS his strong point With the
ana efficient Lou CrigeT behind
Young is one of the hardest
IN the business TO hit. He has
enal speed and possesses the fac
putting the ball Just where he
il. His long career in the major
has given him a wonderful fund
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icy YOUNG'S EPIGRAMS. y
Ike TO win games. II makes me =
good and helps the club" =
bR't think the club cannot get y
wiiSSut you. Your place can
try to- remem Der the strong and !
points of the batters who face =
hsebail games are won by play
|all. There is a certain element 4
k, but don't figure on luck when y
set out TO pitch or make a base y
bn't let your head be turned be-
the crowd cheers you
le mob is tickle. Pitch bad ball y
they will soon let you know you y
he wrong man in the box"
Ike the sound Of base hits bet =
han grand opera-if my team is y
/ ng them"
always begin a game confident
inning. If / thought / was 60
p lose | would ask TO be excused y
he day"
you think you have been !
ID by the umpire. remember his y
AACAAt - sdkfpOSFd ~ pt LtIteN =
yours. He Is paid for the lob"
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wledge concerning the batsmen.
uses it at all times. Nobody ever
If ~ Young giving the batter "A
| az Ne likes, If the hitter has a
ISIS ''Cy' knows it and serves up
~ of ball
Is a grand example of what a
kss athlete can do providing he is
berate man in all respects. In
season. he retires TO his farm,
God and does the usual farm
until early I'm the spring. Be
pan OF considerable weight he goes
ter.nsl place a month in advance of
blargS&ss IL is rather unfortunate
/ r. YoNng is associated with a tail
I'M. Were he with a first division
work would stand out much more
ently, as his winning percentage is
far in advance Of that Of his club,
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BCTS CONCERNING YOUNG. y
n I'm Gilmore. Ohio. March %, y
yed ball when a youth at Red =
IL. Neb. y
1890 played with Canton and :
!eland.
1899 pitched no hit game for =
ION against McKeeSDOrt and =
tx out eighteen men.
as with Cleveland till 1898. going y
Il. Louis y
| 1901 joined Boston Americans, y
is still there.
is the biggest man in. the league, y
! & six feet tall and weighing over =
bounds
es TO r5ed early. rises early and =
Ks Just as hard in winter as in \
MGR. +
s record as major league pitcher \
lnequaled.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-16

1879; this Calls dam is big milkinp
young COW who has given over 40 lhs'
milk in one day and will without doubt
be tested soon. This calf is solid fawn
with black tongue and switch.
Bull calf dropped June 8. 1907. s;ro
Brown Bessie's Bubchen 66557, dam Hol
lime 157717; Brown Bessie's Bubchen
was by Recorder 29239, sire Of II cows
testing from 10 lbs. 3 OF. to 20 lbs. ! OF.
butter in seven days and out Of Brown
bessie: ~ lbs. o., winner at the Chi
cago Worlds Fair dairy test; the sire Of
this calf traces to the high Cambina-
tlan strain; the Calls dam is Of st. Lam.
bert breeding and q remarkable indivi.
dual; she is large mixer. This calf
10 vel! grown youngster and bids fair
TO be large handsome bull Is his pedi-
gree gives him the right to be.
Bull calf dropped September IA, 1907,
sire Idle Hour Blue Belle Prince 1892,
dam st. Lambert Prospect; the sire Of
thls calf is . grandson Of the famous i'm.
ported Blue Belle who sold for 03,6Oo
Ind Of Golden Ferns Lad, believed
many to be the greatest Jersey bull j
lng; his dam was sired by Idle Ho' ~
Lombert (see above) and out Of rs
Prospect who was . daughte AK q
hundred Per Cent and out f NJ
Signal; this calf combir offSStBni
American and Island e. ~ Tie ~
'olored. with black tor .e3f5a, is soli
For extended ped, - aaTn{l switch.
hese calves, addfee .efBe ana price .
" r. SLocuM FARM,
ernest B. Folsc .%t, North Dakota.
ID, Manager. 919
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-16
Ward County Needs
ESQ New Schools
= 1len toqnty superintendent Gives an Interesting
Nepolt''rW Hundred Teachers Recorded
in Ward County

The policy of II r as...> -
90 s,se '.a.s' AS been 70 keep the
~ 49,, 800, Affed al % the collec.
" and +ba .Hrseneht Of school mon.
= ~ s1 Condition and development
90 A661s. At the end Of each
ntar hTief summary OF the most
u, .estfig items. taken from the an
"A REPORT to the Department Of Pub
&c Instruction, has been published
f'tAfa6ueh the courtesy of the news
Ipapers and without expenses to the
S8unty.
4 This brief report covers the last
school year from July l, 1906 to June
80, 1907, except the apportionment
which Is taken for the last calendar
year, January l to December 81. In
this connection, wish to state that
tie law requiring children to attend
school sixty days. each year, before
being enumerated for apportionment,
appearing to work hardship upon
the western counties, was amended
by the last legislature through the
efforts of few county supefihten-
dents in this part Of the state. I'M
der the new law, which allows the
enumeration Of all children of school
age, the apportionment census in this
county has Increased from 6142 to
1O740 and the school money will be
more fairly distributed.
In county the size of Ward, with
it's unsettled conditions, four hundred
! schools, seven hundred school Off
GERS five hundred recorded teachers
/ and a territory exceeding in extent
the combined area of two of the small
Ter states, a long time is required to
classify and systematic the work for
! the best interests of the schools and
yet to save time and expense Ward
county needs about two hundred and
fifty more schools and it will probab-
ly take three years TO get them. There
are eighteen districts, containing two,
three or four Townships; these must
be divided, as soon as the valuation
will permit, so that each congression-
al or civil township will constitute a
general school district.
I feel justified in saying that the
work Of the last three years has re-
suited in consistent and permanent
development but there is yet much to
be done in organizing, building and
perfecting conditions. With the
small allowance for office help and
deputy, it has been impossible to
properly superintend school room