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The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09
TROUBLE OVER CAPTAINCY.
Special Meeting of High School Men
 tO Decide About BlalXcslee,

A special meeting of the New Haven High School Athletic association was held yesterday in the Boardman ses- sion room, for the purpose of discuss ing the election of M, Grant Blakeslee as baseball captain, President Porter called the meeting to order, after which he stated the situation, As Captain Harra had been debarred from playing by the faculty, he appointed Falsey
 in his stead as field captain, The con- stitution of the association states that a captain of any high school athletic team must be elected by the members of that particular team, Whereupon Manager Chandler hustled about and told llast years players to hand in votes for their choice for the captancy. Out of the eleven votes secured three were unsealed. Manager Chandler then proceeded to open the remaining ballots and found that six were in fav- or of Blakeslee and five in favor of Falsey, after which he submitted these votes to MT. Hackett However MT. Falsey was not satisfied with this and therefore had special meeting called, At this meeting Falsey was represented by Mr. Levy, former teacher at the New Haven high school.
 Mir. Levy made brilliant speech clearly bringing forth the claim of Fal- sey. He claimed that if this election stood, 1t would leave precedent that would be a detrment to the school. In his speech he said that all previous captains were chosen in the presence of all the team and that the preceding captain assisted by the manager were accustomed to cont the votes. Con sderlng this this election ought not te stand. He cited examples of all other elections and asked those present fl | their organization should take the bal lots outside and count them alone, and ! then return and tell the result. He ] claimed also that if this election was 1 held over again. 1t would reflect no. l thing upon the character of MT. Chand. led the present high school baseball | manager. and that Mir Tommers ane ! Mir Elliott last years captain and manager respectively should recount
 the new ballots cast in the presence oi l last years baseball team. In closing
 his speech he made an appeal to tho students to vote fairly and justly | However 31 thought that the team haf
 been In an uncertain state long
 enough and that Blakeslee was choser
 for the captancy by last years mem
 bers rightly while eighteen supported
 Fasey's claim, The meeting then ad l journed by motion.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09
FAUST WINS HANDICAP.
Fayoritc Beaten by Nose on Heavy
 Track at Jamaica,

Jamaica, N. Y., May Son heavy track Faust, carrying the light weight of SIS pounds, won the Kings County handicap. one and one-siXteenth miles at Jamaica to-day, defeating the fa- vorite, Lightwool by a head in a drive. The finish was very close and exciting. and the winner was not known until the numbers were posted
 Jockey Shilling was suspended yes- terday by the starter for the remain der of the meeting
 Summarizes
 First race, maiden twoyear- olds, selling, five furlongs Right Sort, 99 (C Burns), 30 to i, 20 to and 10 to l, won; Father Stafford, lOS tKoer- ner1, to 9. even and 1 to 2, second; Pete, 102 tGarne), 30 to 1, 10 to 1 and to 1. third Time, 1:O3
 Second race. handicap, three-year- olds and up, five and half furlongs- Pantoune, l26 (Musgrave), to i, even and 1 to 2, won; Martha Jane, no co Burns), to 2, 10 10 and 1 to g. second; ColloquE l25 tKoer- nef1, II to 9, lO , anu tp fi lIlllu' Time, 1909 2-5
 Third race, four-year-olds and up, selling, one mile and a sixteenth Monfort, Ill (E. Dugan), 9 to 20, to , and out, won; Zal 1O6 tMusgrave), [ to ,, to and to j, second Kea- tor, 1O6 (G, Burns), : to 1, : to 5 and 2 to ,, third. Time, 1;49
 Fourth the Kings County handicap thrce-ycar- olds and up, one mile and a sixteenth Faust, SS (Sumter), to 1. to 2 and even, won, Llghtwool 106 (Garner), ii to ,, 1 to and 1 to 3, second; Spooner, 106 (Notter), to l, 6 to and i to 3, third. Time, 1:4S 2-5.
 Fifth, two-year-olds selling, five furlongs-M Madrileno, 104 (Musgravc), ', 9 to 10, 1 to 4 and out won; Pleasing 04 tFrancis), l5 to 1, to 1 and 8 to 3, second; Apron, 105 (Nottor), to 9, even and to D, third. Time '02 3-5
 sixth for maiden three-year- olds six furlongs--Golden Pearl, l12 (E. Dugan), to 5, 1 to and to 1, won; Question Mark, 112 (Koerner), : to 9, to and to 3, second Chaplet, 109 (Notter), F to 1, to 1 and to 5, third. Time, 1;14 3-5.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09
TRACK MEET AT DERBY.
\. II. IT. $. Will Meet Derby High
 school on Track To-day.

At li5 this afternoon the New Ha- vcn High cinder path followers will leave for Derby where they will run against the Derby High in tho first dual meet in years A large squad will represent the local High and all will be given a chance to run Connors will run in tho loo yard dash iiO yard and 22O yard, in which events he Is expected to make good, Connolly will be al lowed 10 run and his presence will put the High nlno a few points ahead, as he is listed for the 100 yard dash and duarter-milc Graves, 'who broke tho record in Middletown last year for tho broad jump will compete for that event Captain Adams will try tho mile accompanied by Fiheld, Lohr and Cross. Carol and Clark will both try the dashes About sixteen men are going up The rest who will compete are Fulton, Bacon, Clark, Comstock, White and Barlow
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09
RHODORA'S STAKES
Richard Croker's Mare, Ridden by Lyme, Easily Beats Big
 Field at Newmarket.

London, May S,---Thc one thousand guinea stakes was run at Newmarket to-day and won by Richard Croker's Rhodora.
 By capturing this event Rhodora has added another classic to the sport ing trophies captured by the Amerl- can sportsman,
 She won to-day's event from a field of eighteen horses, and was followed into the finish by Capt F. Forestcr's Bracelet and J. H. Houldsworth's Ar dentrive
 The event of to-day was doubly an American victory, for Lueien Lyme, the American jockey, rode the win ner. He displayed such judgment that Rhodora turned the tables on the favorite, Lesbia, a horse that de- feated the American lilly in the Mid dle Park plate last year, and that up to the present never had been beaten.
 The betting was. Rhodora, 100 to 8 against Bracelet, to 1 against and Ardentrice, 100 to 6 against.
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Winner Carried Little Money.

Even Mir, Croker did not think Rho- dora quite fit, so she did not carry much money The public plunged on the to 4 chance Lesbia, whose un- broken record of victories seemed to assure success, The favorite, how ever was next prominent
 The field got away to an excellent start Elm Twig, on the right, had the lead in front of Bracelet, with Rhodera lying off on the left and Les bla and Ardentrve close up. These five horses speedily raced away clear to the ruck,
 Lesbia was quickly beaten and dropped out of the fighting line and few strides farther on Elm Twig died away Thercup Jockey Lyme shook up his mount and challenged Bracelet.
 Rhodora overhauling the animal ahead with each stride, quickly drew to the front and added this race to the Derby and the other classics won by Mir Croker
 MT, Cooker was present to see his Ally won, and King Edward and the Prince of Wales were also among the big crowd that witnessed the Amerl- can victory.
 Mir Belmonts Norman III, which won the two thousand guinea stakes against King Edwards Perrier two days ago. Is q favorite for the Derby, the betting to-day being quoted at 100 to Il against
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

with the Manchester team last season. Parker has played in three games for Springfield and has allowed an average of only five balls a game besides get ting more than twenty strike outs in the three games When the weather warns up and Parker's arm gets Into proper working order he promises to be one of the real big pitching noises of the league.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

Up in Springfield Pitchers Jarrett and Drohan are trying hard to make good but the job looks big. Drohan has done nothing and Jarrett just managed by good luck to trim Bridgeport. whicl got a dozen hits off him. Had his op- ponent been any other than Jim O. Rourke's club he would have caved in. II is said he Is suffering with lame arm.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

Kane Is anxious to get out in the gar den again, where he has always play cd A new first baseman s due anu then the former New England leaguer can spread himself He comes from the Brockton club, having been secured from them when tho local team took their trip through this district Kane could not agree with Manager Flanagan so sam Weidenheimer bought him. He Is first class batter and will be heard from belorethe season closes.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09
The finds this sea

The finds this season in the Connect lcut league are few and far between. Up in Waterbury they claim Singleton is the req, thing. He played good ball for cornell q few years ago and since then has been playing amateur ball our in Cleveland. As yet his real ability In professional company has not been tested
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

Rhodora is half sister to orby Mir Croker's horse that won the Der by last year. She Is by St, Frusquin out of the American mare Rhoda D., and was bred by Mir Crokcr
 The mare has had a number of successes. She won the Dewhurst plate for two year olds last Novem- her in August of last year she won the Londonderry plate at Leopards- town, and in May she won the Cado- gan plate at the same place,
 She has also run a good second on several other occasions. She is en- gagged for the Epson oaks but Is not entered for the Derby Rhodora also took the Dewhurst plate from King Edwards Perrler, winning by two lengths.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09
DUCK PINS GAME.
Naomls Win Two from the PeQuots at
 Y. ". R. (. Alleys.

The Naomis won two games from the Pequots at duck pins last night Griffith had the top single score with S9, and Schmidt carried off the high three string with the score of 252. sum mary:
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

Hartford, with practically new team looks like a hard team 10 beat out for the pennant. Tom Dowd is a hard man 10 down and Billie Lush Is the only man in the circuit who can outwit him. Walt and sec"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09
Naol,iis,
l,nIIlnlS.
COLLEGE GAMES.

At Worcester--Holy Cross 6, Car lisle Indian school 0.
 At Burlington--Uniyerslty of Yer mont 4, Tufts l.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

A new backstop, Waterman by name. caught the shoots sent over by Phil. game or two at the Rock. Till then we must believe that he Is pppin.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

Burns, New Britain's guardian of tho second sack is good "clouter" Yes terday he cracked out three bingos and since the league opening has been bat tin consistently
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

Plelss, the new outfielder did even better than ''Blondy despite the fact that his hits were only singles, Three hits out of four times up is just what the fans like to read about
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

"Blondy" Zacher certainly swatted the horse hide yesterday. Five times up and two home runs looks pretty good, The former Eastern leaguer has set the mark for his team mates, and the whole crowd will have to traye. some to equal this recorG.
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Dan O'Neil's addition to the list of finds IS 4 pitcher Murray Parker the boy wonder, who gained so much fame
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his sickness. He was reported resting comfortably last night.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09
Diamond Clippings.

Ihe JOurnHi-t ourirr is the Gnis pap.f in this city publishing full reports nni box scores of cli Connecticut, National nnd American league baschaiI games,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09
A little bit of nendsh glee from Waterbury scribe.

A little bit of nendlsh glee from Waterbury scribe
 Bert oDrain, Waterbury's new pitcher was formerly q member of Charley Humphreys staff, and Wednes- day nc held his old team mates down 10 four scattered blngles and finished the victory with q two- -bagger When this news reached New Britain. 1t was of course, up to somebody to explain why O'Drain had been allowed to wan der end the following wheeze was is- sued IL Is a cross between lame ex- cuse and an admission that Rufe Ru- fionge has not finished his course in the catchers correspondence school. Note the self-consoling air of the pretended joy message
 "O'Drain, the twirler who performed last year with Humphreys team and was released last week to join the Wa terbury team, did his prettiest in yes terday's game against New Britain. O'Draln Is a anit ball artist and there. in lies the reason for his release
 ''Thc men who deliver the juicy sphere are not as popular as they once were and catchers have n positive dis like for a slimy ball which they cant control in throwing to the bases. It was for this reason that O'Drain was allowed to go and Manager Humphrey had no regrets when he got yesterdays score. No matter how effective tho spit ball pitcher a wild throw at ! critical time by the catcner, due 10 tho saliva on the bali, Is apt to clear the basses'
 In regard to the above it might be id that O'Drain tried all winter to get away and Manager Durant jumped at the chance 10 land him. Everybody Is happy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

Moro hard luck n following the Hol- yoke club Yesterday morning Catcher Kerr, tho hard hitting member obtain cd from Baltimore. whose finger was badly split in Tuesdays game, was talk. on ill at the BaFrancc hotel and Dr. Edward Warren was called Realing Korr's serious condition, Dr. l.. IT, Clark was called in consultation and the player was sent Immediately to the city hospital He was operated on yes- terday afternoon at i:3o for intestinal troubles and appendicitis, His condi- ton Is critical, but, owing to his robus. physique it is hoped he will weather
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-09

In the recent Hartford Meridcn game played in the latter city the fans wit messed miraculous catch made by Wallace, when he froze on to q terrific drive eff Barbour's willow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-22
SILVER PEAK MINES
TO ASTONISH WORLD

w P O'Meara came in from TonOpah
yesterday morning to look after business
on this end of the line for a few days.
He states that the Silver Peak alcalda,
which is practically owned by himself
and his brother, NJ. ]. O'Meara. is max
ing one of the really big gold mines of
the country. The property, which is To-
Gated on the same hill with the famous
Pittsburg-Silver Peak. the old Blair
mines, is opening up bigger and bigger
all the while, while the mill that was
built to treat the ores is doing splendid
work in the recovery of values, and the
proposition is paying handsomely.
The Ptttsburg cOmpany's proposition, -
said Mr.. O'Meara, lis admittedly about
the greatest thing in the way of a gold
mine in the United States, and the big
l0O-stamp mill that has been erected by
George o. Bradley of this city is GER
tainly plant worth going a long dis
lance to see. When everything has been
smoothed out and the plant is being
operated at capacity the country viii have
something in a gold mining way to think
about. The proposition is one that will
stand as lasting monument to Martin
l. Efflnger, Who secured the mines from
the old Blair estate and promoted the
company which now operates it
The mountain on which the Pittsburg
and Valcalda properties are located is
apparently ,veritable mountain of gold
ore. [ know that the big company's pres
ent list of shareholders will never live
10 see the ores exhausted and we feel
Just as confident over the resources of
our own ground, though of course we
are not prepared to operate on such an
extensive scale as our neighbors are at
the present time"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-22
FORMER SALT LAKER'S
BIG PLACER ENTERPRISE

For the first time since last April. James
w. NELL, the well known mining engineer
and operator, put in an appearance at
the offices of the General Engineering
company, with which he is prominently
Identified, yesterday. He is on his way
to Butte, where he has professional bust
ness, and from there he will go on to
New York
As is generally known among Mr.
Neilrs more intimate friends in Utah
and elsewhere, he has big gold placer
proposition at Smelling, in MERGED coun-
ty, California. He has been giving that
proposition a great deal of his attention
during the past few months and he now
announces that a great dredging machine
is now more than half built and the cal
culation is that it will be ready to go
into commission during the next sixty
days. The enterprise being one in which
Mr.. Nein and a few close associates only
are interested, there has been nothing
given to the public concerning it. From
those who have a chance to learn what
is doing, however, it has been stated that
it is one of the richest gold placer promo
sitions that has been rounded out in
California for years, and that it is GO
ing to make a fortune for Mr.. Neill and
his associates
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-22
CINNAbAR ORE
: DEPOSIT RICH
Local Men Have Big Reef of
a Per Cent Rock in
Nevada.

DR. W. J. Davis, Salt Lake dentist,
and his brothers have what promises TO
develop into one of the best deposits
of mercurial ore or einnabar in this
western country. For the, past three
years or more they have owned a group
of claims near Midas, in Nye county,
Nevada, and about fifty miles south
and a little west of Austin, in which
the development work so far done dis
closes the fact that a big reef of rhyo-
lite is so thoroughly impregnated with
cinnabar, and much of it in crystal
line form, that the mass can be de-
pended upon to~yield an average of
nearly 4 per cent of the mineral.
Streaks in the rock, DR.. Davis says,
that vary in thickness from a knife
blade to several inches, carry 40 to so
peg cent Of quicksilver, while none of
the tests made to date disclose any
other mineral in the rock other than a
trace of gold.
I'VE have not done a great deal of
work on the property, as yet" said DR..
Davis, land no attempt has been made
to learn what the reef looks like at
depth. Shallow holes and open cuts
have been dug and opened at various
points, and 1 should judge that we
have several hundreds of tons of the
ore now on the dumps. In addition to
the rich streaks, we find that the rock
is pretty evenly impregnated with the
mineral and, as there is an abundance
of wood and water in the district, /
have no doubt that, with proper pro-
vision and the installation of retorts,
the property could be worked at a
handsome profit, particularly as the
California quick mines find it profit
able to handle ore carrying less than
1 per cent of quicksilver or mercury"
DR.. Davis has some exceedingly
handsome specimens of the ore and,
while no attempt has yet been made to
finance the proposition and handle it in
a commercial way, it is impossible that
such a layout can long escape the men
who know the value of such a deposit.
AS matter of fact. it is being looked
into right now by local men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-22
NEvAOA-D DOUGLAS
WILL Do THINGS
Plans Building of Big SmeIter
and Railroad to Wa
huSka.

A broad-gauge railroad from Yering-
ton to Wabuska. a smelter with a ca
pacity of 500 tons per day and en-
ployment for hundreds of laborers and
miners in Lyon county for 1908. These
are the plans of A. ]. Orem, who, with
his associates, control the famous Ne
vada-Douglas and Ludwig copper
properties near Yerington, says the
Reno Journal. Orem is a member of
the firm of Orem & Co, mine owners
and operators of Boston and Salt Lake
City. He recently secured control of
the Nevada-Douglas and Ludwig and
is now on his way to Yerington to di-
rect the beginning of work which
promises TO make that great copper
camp second to none ip the world. He
spent yesterday in Reno, and with G.
A. Williamson and William E. Ginot
left for YeringtOn last night.
Williamson is a mining engineer of
reputation in Europe This is his first
visit to the United States. He was
formerly with the George Goch COM
pany of johannesburg, South Africa.
He accompanies Orem and associates
to Yerington with a view of examining
the district, passing upon the Nevada
Douglas and Ludwig properties and
preparing a report which, it is Nbe-
lieyed, will eventually result in inter-
esting wealthy English mining men in
the Yerington district.
Gihot is a wealthy lumber man of
Maine. He is interested in the Orem
enterprise.
Neither the price of copper nor the
recent depression has affected our
plans in the least" said Mr.. Orem last
night. Our work has gone ahead
without stop. We are now going into
YeringtOn to prepare for a big years
work. The. first thing that will be
done will be the building of a railroad
from our properties in Yerington to
the main line of the Southern Pacific
at Wabuska. We have been sampling
our ores and experimenting with diff
ferent processes for the treatment of
ores for some time, and I believe we
will soon be able to begin work on the
first installment of our smelter. \ 1t
will be on the Smith valley side of the
mountains, an ideal location f9r the
plant, and in a place where the farm
ing interests viii not suffer To begin
with the plant will have a capacity of
treating 500 tons of ore per day
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-22
Mines and Mining Stocks

now down about fifty feet. The ore as
says over 800 ounces i'm silver and 6S
per cent lead, and the ledge is of a
width that the shaft now only discloses
one wall This ledge cam be followed
on the surface for more than. 1000 feet,
and there is not a spot in that dis
lance where the groupings can be broke
OF without disclosing the presence n
mineral.
There was considerable rich ore
shipped from old workings on this
property, but the values were practi-
cally all silver. The values here were
not uniform, either but a great deal Of
first-class ore could be and was sorted
out of the mass There was a break
or fault in this portion of the ledge.
and no effort was ever made to drift
out and get away from this fault. The
Escalante compdny's management saw
this mistake and started the present
shaft at a point removed from this
break, with the results as stated.
THE company also owns the Wa
satch group of claims \near Sand
Springs, about twenty miles southeast
of the Holt property. Here they have
sunk shaft to a depth of 200 feet, and
have done loo feet of drifting. The
company is composed of Colorado oper-
atorS who know what mining is, and
we all expect that the corpora tionls
operations down our way will result
not only in great profit to the company,
but also in the attraction of capital to
many other good things in the southern
country"
Mr.. Thornton states, also, that a
great deal of attention is being paid to
the Virgin river oil fields. He has
spent considerable time there himself,
and he declares that there is apparent
ly no question about their future. He
says the Juab county field is also COM
ing to the front, if the general opinion
of experts and men who know the
business are to be'relied upon At any
rate, he says. some of the best known
operators in the oil fields of California,
Colorado and elsewhere, are getting in
there and all are sanguine of success.
Between the mineral and oil industries,
Mr.. Thornton is predicting a great fu-
ture for the southern portion of the
state