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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
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CANNED TALK
IN BASEBALL
Photographs Under Bags
Called Runners Out and
Caused Trouble.

Never let the unexpected catch you
with your hands down." said the vet
eran manager TO a cluster Of select pros
elytes. in baseball the weather is
never so fair as to preclude the posi-
bility of being hit by streak of light
ming
Long ago l forgot how TO be sur
prised, but I'll confess that last summer
/ had a speaking part IN a baseball
comedy that almost had my curiosity
climbing out OF the tank. The team /
was bossing the Slagtown Beauts, had
held a job near the roof end of the
league through a rough session, but as
we neared the get through date the fin
ishing inches of ali the teams were
practically settled. and affairs had qui-
eted down somewhat.
THE heavy strain was over and when
l led my Beauts into a fray with the
Milktown Pansies | rather expected the
game would be diSigured with charac-
teristics of the 1istless life But I al
ways take off my hat to the percentage
column and l gave the Beauts a strong
urge.
NO developments worth writing
about occurred until the third inning.
Our side was handling the wand and
our first man hit a terrific ground ball
10 tnlrd base. me Ofnclal at the almost
home corner let the pellet pink his
shins, and when he hurled it over TO
first it was some yards behind the run
ner. But l had neurotic spasm when
the batter turned the wrong way and
meandered off toward the stands.
I never accused you of thinking
with more than one cylinder I yelled
to him, but Goldstein's West End Slug
gers know when they're safe
a" The umpire called me out he said.
You're a liar yelled the decision
merchant
For the next few moments l was do
ing heroic work as a peace promoter
but l got things cooled down.
"Our next man went to first on four
balls. and ! switched on the signal to
steal second. He ran down on high
speed and finished with a slide that
looked as if he had rollers fastened on
his front. 1t was a fancy snatch. ard
l was about to tell him so when he
arose and stood aimlessiy on the base
line spanking the dust out of his gar
ments. OF course he was tagged.
" You lump of animated vacuum
yelled at him. Are you playing ball or
do you think you're posing at a beauty
show?'
- He called me out! retOrted the run
ner, waving his hand.
e I didn't, you squidr shouted the ex-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

asperated umpire. What's the matter
with you leather Juggling dubs? If
there's any language you understand
Again 1 had TO coax the dove to ny.
though my own thoughts would have
made Dante drop his pen and run. The
next Beaut to waggle over the rubber
was our headline performer. and l had
hopes of better things.
Sure enough, he cracked out a beau
tiful three Dagger. He cantered around
like a colt to third. But instead Cf
staying there he walked down toward
the plate al a funeral pace and got
slapped.
81 bit a pencil into three pieces pc
fore l let myself speak, but before l got
10 my player the umpire was on the
job.
- presume I called you out. didn't
II he yelled.
You certainly did said the runner.
1.-THE umpire let go and hit him in
the eye and it was three minutes be
fore l could wade into the mixup.
There was so much excitement in the
atmosphere all hands were choking, and
restoring order was harder than tanning
a Russian.
Il finally got the foodgates up and
the Pansies went in to bat. But the
Beauts were playing on their nerve
now, and though we were all guessing
till we couldn't think straight, the Pan
sizes were out in one. two. three order.
"Our opening batter was the third
baseman. a Frenchman, and as he
walked to the plate you could see
Charlemagne climbing out his eyes.
The first ball pitched he slammed on its
center of gravity. 1t was really home
run, and as the runner neared the plate
I was there to watch developments.
Just as he tapped his foot on the
rubber / heard a curious, whirring noise
and then voice began to creak:
Honey boy, l hate to see you leaving,
Honey boy, for you / shall be griev-
ing
AZ grabbed a bat and pried that plate
from its moorings. l uprooted a
squawking phonograph- The Beauts
rushed for the three sand bags and tore
them loose. Clinging to the neither side
of each base was a talk machine, and
when we shook them up they beloved
Out with distinctness and regularity.
''If somebody hadn't slipped wrong
record into the can of talk al the tally
cushion those monographs might have
had us still asking ourselves the an
swer."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
CANS CUTS OUT BOXING
Champion Says He Has Nothing to
Learn in the Hit and Get
away Game.

San Francisco, June H.-Men interested
in boxing crowded the gymnasium at
Billy Shannon's, near San Rafael, yester-
day to get glimpse Of the various fight
ers in training at that resort
Cans announced yesterday that ne
would not do any boxing until the week
before the fight He has nothing 10
learn in boxing and does not want to
take a chance of inJuring his hands. He
will do his full ten miles on the road
each morning and will spend an hour in
the gymnasium in the afternoon. He will
do considerable bag-punching and will
also wrestle about with his trainer All
his efforts will be directed toward build
ing up his stamina. He announced his
weight yesterday as 12Th pounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

for years. Down in Washington old Jack
Warner can still go some. Jack OConnor
was star in the old Cleveland days. and
he is still on deck in st. Louis. While
Jack may no longer be a star, he has
enough strength to kid McAleer into be-
lieving he is worth while, and he has been
doing it for three years. Bill Sullivan
and Lou Criger are not aged. and vet they
classed as the two best men i'm the league
THE first sign of age in the ball play
err explained Jennings when talking
about this phase of the game, lis d
slackening of speed. This shows less in
the catcher than in anyone else because
speed is not required so much there. While
the catcher's brain must be always alert
and his arm good, he does not have to use
his legs very much"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
CATCHERS LAST LONGEST.

If you want 10 be a ball player and
stick to the game longer than your fell
lows, be catcher
If you want 10 remain in the game year
after year and never seem to grow old,
practice with the mask and big mitt The
catching end of baseball is usually looked
upon as the hardest department of the
game, and yet a catcher can last longer
than a player of any other position, says
a western expert
Size up the old men of the league; most
of the oldest old men are catcherS. There
is but one Cy Young. OF course, there are
exceptions in other places Fellows like
go on forever, but age usually affects the
catcher less than it does any other player.
Jim Mcclure has caught ball about a
quarter of a century now and he is still
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
DEPEW's DIPLOMACY.
(Washington Post.D

"Ah. Mr.. Depew, you're the very man
l am looking for" eXultingly cried a fem
mime member of the Kankakee Tourist
association. you must introduce me to
the president"
But 1 don't remember ever having met
you, madam" protested the senator, with
hand uplifted in deprecatory gesture.
Don't remember me, Senator Depewm
exclaimed the lady. why, 1 met you
when you spoke at Amsterdam, n. Y"
''Ah," unused Mr.. Depew, "AmsteT-
dam-m-m-. Let me see, now. That was
fOrty-SiX years ago. Impossible you
were not born then"
And with g courtly bow Chauncey dis
appeared behind one Of his broad smiles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
JUNE 20 IN THE
ANNALS OF SPORT

lS1S-At London: A. II. Bogardus won
international pigeon shooting match, 100
birds, 80 yards, $4,000.
1S79-Brighton Beach race course at
Coney Island opened.
1S83-At New London, Conn: Har-
ward crew defeated Yale I'm annual var
sity boat race.
1SS6-At Chicago: Evan Lewis de-
feated William Muldoon in Graeco-R
man wrestling match.
3. 1S90-At New Orleans Bob Fitzsim-
mons knocked out Arthur Upham in the
fifth round.
1S95-At New London, Conn: Yale
defeated Harvard in the annual univer-
sity boat race.
1907-At Chicago: Robert Simpson OF
Chicago won the western open golf
championship.
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300 Batters of 1907 are Failing.

What has happened TO the crack bat
tiers of d year ago? Why should all of
them, with one exception, show such a
weakness at the bat? Are the pitchers
becoming more effective than ever or are
the hitters in question beginning TO reach
that point where they will decline in
their ability to hit the ball?
OF the men who composed the 800 class
a year ago, only one, Ty Cobb. is 800
hitter at the present time. A year ago
Harry Niles was batting 1854 Now his
mark is .265 Unglaub's average has
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

uee given practically unlimited
L. And absolutely no disposition Of
Eraint evidenced until public senLi-
/ I, forced it, For nothing restrictive
| ever been done except under COM
on. nor would have been except be-
Ie thereof.
! he would have supposed, after what
{nened N New York previous 20 the
=tment of the now CetuncJ ParcE-
N law, that the Jockey CLUB and the
he commission would have walked
/ pretty straight and narrow path,
as occasion prompted. Kept their
and eyes open. But their lesson
Dared 20 teach them nothing No
he step that they have ever taaCn
Ia ri the restriction of betting has
l. from disinterested desire 10 re-
L. il. They have danced above the
Inc as. recklessly as if such a Trims
II IN eruption were unheard o.. AMI
~ have been blown sky-high Try
II only themselves TO thank for IL.
Many Meets Called OF.
Isl what the permanent e1ects or
1 works. Hart-AgneW law will h. on
- racing in that state and g
XIV elsewhere time alone viii de-
L. Its immediate ones viii be cost
r. &c evident by the declaring off Of
- meetings scheduled Cor the lars-
4ifies in the state. Three grand cir
meetings belong to New York.
= ar Buffalo, POughkeepsiN and
.cuse. That at Syracuse is given iu
3.Ssxion with the ->eW York state
NTt has no betting adjunct ana is
.tare not affected bE the iag-.
ne other two il is FAR different.
5eIaved their seasons announce
mill after the tentative defeat Of
zoart- Agnew bills at the regular ses-
4 80 the legislature, after which they
forward with their stake pro-
rs.
ts announcement POughkeepsie
Ia nlainIy that her meeting would
,tvan netting or no betting. regard
4 80 consequences. The track at the
On the Hudson is owned by ia
| Punnert. a gentleman of immense
~ and an enthusiast on the trOt-
should the meeting fail To pay
/ he viii undoubtedly meet the def
Rut that he viii feel like doing
,,ofbar year is very unlikely. AT
- affafrs are different. The asso-
Ion Is composed Of a number Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
WOMEN ATTEND
PRIZE FIGHTS
Society Gives Up Dinner
Dances for Padded Arena
in Paris.

Paris. June H.-Prize fights are the
latest to absorb the attention of the Pa
risian society woman. Within the last
week three large dinner dances have been
Cancelled, owing TO the fact that the
prospective guests. as well as the hosts
ana hOstesSes, expressed a preference 10
witness prize fights. At one of the prize
Llshts wednesday women. dressed in the
height OF fashion, were among the keen
est spectators of the brutal exhibition
which ensued. All the women were in
evening dress, and apparently were bent
on seeing one of the men placed hOrs du
COMBAT. They go there, as a matter Of
tact. for that purpose They want TO see
blood flow and men go down and out.
lie knoc out is the latest cry and
sensation.
One particular club holds an exhibition
once week, when professionals appear.
During the week its amateur members
take lessons from the professionals.
Each fair one has her special favOrite.
The star bout of the week was held
Thursday night. All Paris that was in
terested in the manly art was there.
Prices were raised because a fight to
finish was promised. The elite OF Paris
clubdOm-aN in evening dress-bCughs
seats. And in the front rows sat 200 Wo-
men, who wanted 10 be diverted and
amused as one portly dame expressed it.
What One Paper Says.
The sporting editor OF a prominent pa
per thus reported the battle:
Three thousand persons, among them
200 elegant young women, pressed around
the platform surrounded by barrier Of
ropes"
Boxing is so new in Paris that he feels
in duty bound to describe the ring. 1t is
platform surrounded by a barrier Of
ropes he says ITO the general salts
in the second round. In the fourth k
rolled on the ground and could not get
mp. The referee gave the victory to B,
who stood over his victim in the pose Of
a victorious gladiator before the delighted
eyes of the women companions Of our
Partisan clubmen.
1T was a stiff fight X was not
whipped until he was knocked out. He
made the giant b put forth every en-
deavOr, and after being counted out he
allowed himself to be lifted TO his feet
TO be photographed with his negro con-
queroT. How the auGience-the " oman N
frOnt-cheered them, I'm marvellous knCo
Outr they cried, but they complained the
whole thing lasted so few minutes"
The French society women are tired OF
ia savate," the French method of box
ing, and want the real thing-Punching
faces and pummeling the body. Just at
present their chief pet is a boy boxer.
who is the champion juvenile boxer Of
France.
Every time he enters the ring there Is
open bidding among the leading society
women present for the privilege of tying
her favOrite color of string or bow to this
boys waist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

shrunk from 1853 TO Dab, while Rhody
Wallace has fallen from 1882 TO Us. Sam
Crawford batted .S16 a year ago at this
time. Now he is hitting .26O. Mig
Clarke batted $40 then. Now he thinks
himself lucky TO be batting 223. Frank
Smith. the buTly Chicago pitcher. showed
up with a mark of .3l2 this time in 1907.
while now he is found clinging to a rec
ord of .195, being tied with Freddie Pa
rent, who hit .299 a year ago. Jimmy
Collins and Davy Jones are two other
800 hitters of this week in 1907 that are
batting exactly 200 now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
ARhESS GAME
IN BAD SHAPE
pr Made on Running Tracks
Is Bound to Hurt All
Kinds of Racing.
BY J. L. HERVEY.

IoW will the recent cataclysm in New
K state affect harness racing? That
Treoccupying question just now
Png harness horsemen-One whose
|~er is fraught with import to them;
Fortunately. not to such a degree
Is effect upon the running turf will
70 the adherents Of that branch OF
racing sport.
|arness racing, IL is gratifying 10 be
/ 10 say, with sincerity. has never
|ended upon the betting adjunct 90
extent that running racing has. II
De stated as an indisputable fact
the war on race track betting mas
precipitated entirely by the abuses
ZEN have characterized IL at The run
+ tracks Had il never been carried
Iny greater excess there than Il has
upon harness tracks, it is safe 10
that anu-betting agitation and leg
ION would still be nOn-eNistelt.
pa not mean to say that betting on
race is any more reprehensi-
nan betting upon a trotting race, in
Par as the abstract commission of
act il concerned In nature and
|'ry both are alike. But in practice
Il have long been as widely sepa-
d as the poles. Betting is not, and
n has been, more than a spont3-
rs and healthy incident Of harness
ing. But, distasteful or disgraceful
4 may be 10 admit il. on rhe running
II had become the whole thiug.'
II was the racing that had sunk
an incident
Promoters to Blame.
le curious thing about il all has
4 the blind faulty of the promoters
he running game Had they been
/ ent 20 conduct it in d moderate
/, shown any circumspectlOa in
Il methods. or due regard for law,
r, decency or public sentiment, they
pa have escaped the present Gebac q.
4 cir disregard OF these things. as
Eio5ks back upon il. has been not less
|nsate. This is not merely true of
Out-and-out professional gamblers
! operated the merry sO-rOunds,"
also true of the magnates of various
s who were the gods in the ma
4 e" at the great metropolitan tracks,
j e supposed representatives and cit
5 of pure craftsmanship" At ev-
one of these tracks the betting Gle
|t was pandered to and the betting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

gentlemen, none of whom occupies any
such position as does Mr. Rupert, and
il is nor improbable that they may de-
clare Off everything but their stake
races already clOsed-if. indeed. these
are not abandoned also. Buffalo. how
ever used TO hold her meetings across
the line at Fort Erie, Ontario, and il
may be possible that such an arrange
ment may be again effected. If so, this
would save the meeting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
CONDITIONS OUT
FOR FAIR RACES
Large Purses Should Draw
Fast Horses From All Over
lntermountain West.

The Utah State Fair association has
given out its conditions for the weeks
racing in October which is of interest
10 all Of those who contemplate enter
ing horses at the meeting The six
days meeting calls for some of the
largest purses that have ever been Of
fered in the intermountain country.
The conditions under which the races
viii be run are as follows:
Conditions.
Entries 10 harness races TO close with
the secretary Saturday Sept. 10, 1908.
Entries not declared out at O'Clock
p. M. on the day preceding the race
shah b. required to start, and declara-
ton must be in writing and made at
The office of the secretary at the track.
Races will be divided into four
moneys, 30, .. ID and 10 per cent. un-
less otherwise specified. Entrance fee,
. per cent of purse, and per cent ad-
uitionai from money winners. Entrance
10 running races free. Purses divided
into three moneys, CO. 80 and 10 per
cent. When only two starters appear
they may contest for the entrance
money paid in, 10 be divided 66 % per
cent 10 the first and 80 l-3 per cent to
the second. Six or more TO enter, and
four or more TO start; but the manage
ment reserves the right 10 hold d lesser
number of entries and deduct a pro-
portionate amount of the PURSE
A horse distancing the field shall re-
ceive first and last money; in no other
case shall a horse win more than one
money.
The mana cement reserves the right
to declare one starter a Walk-oVer i'm
which case one full entrance and one
half the amount paid in on the other
entries will be paid. When only three
starters appear, the money will be d-
vided So, so and 10 per cent All har-
ness races, mile heats, best three i'm
five. No race longer that five heats.
money 10 be in in accordance with the
summary at the end OF the fifth heat.
Topples not barred.
The management reserves the right
10 start any heat after the fourth
score, regardless of the position of the
horses.
All races not filling satisfactorily to
the management may be declared off.
Racing colors should be claimed with
entries, but must be named by p. m.
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HOPE HE WILL FORGET 1T.
(Chicago Record-Herald)

NNIIIVa5V lfVNOI u TT slIl'T
Indiana was the only state that did not
cast a vote for Taft. There is no ikeli-
hood that the Hoosiers will use this fact
as an argument when they apply for IA
Vors from the next administration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
USE YOUR KODAK TODAY

And ti.Ae your films to Harry Simpler.
Isl So. Main, for expert developing
and printing. At the electric sign
SHIPPER.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-08

= Iginable, the paper being either plain
q crinkled, some Of the strips having
Z gold edge
he design to be worked is first
nsferred on to the material in the
Ial way known to needle workers or
nply traced with pencil. The strips
o paper are then rolled and twisted
y o shape to represent the different
q ,wers which decorate the frame Illus
lted. Forgetmenots or red berries
: e done by taking strip of paper,
,iding one end lightly round a needle
nd rolling round and round very
osely until the circles one after the
d her form solid mass sufficiently
rye to make one berry or petal. The
1eedle is then drawn out, and the little
III Of rolled paper is pressed into
5lape and made longer or pointed by
! judicious pressure with the thumb
all or with hard paper knife. When
his has been done the petal is sur
'ounded with strip Of gold paper,
3 hich, only showing the narrow edge,
ives the appearance of a gold band
" setting.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-08
REVERSED MENU ORDER.
sweetbreads For the Dearest Persian
Tabby Cat.

Dashing up to fashionable restau.
rant in a touring car of the most ex
pensive make. a middle aged couple
entered the place the other dsy and
obediently followed the head waiter to
corner table. Though seemingly per
sons of culture accustomed to album
dance of money, both ordered sparing
iy. A couple of lamb chops and single
dish>of vegetables suffced for the man,
and the woman took light salad. Nef
ther called for wine, though the res
taurant is famous for its cellar. and the
light repast ended with ice cream for
two. Then. to the amaZement of all
who sat at neighboring tables as well
IS that of the waiter, though he was
too we'll trained to show it much, the
middle aged matron called for sweet
breads cooked in French style with
which she appeared to be entirely IA
miliar. That waiter went as close to
staring as doubtless he ever had beer.
but he coughed discreetly ANIL with
hardly glance at the plates on which
the cream had BEEN asked III low
tone, "SUe2tbreads. did you say. mad
ann The answer came readily
''Sweetbreads, said garcon." 1t suf-
feed. The waiter bowed without a
smile and FASTENED to the kitchen In
due time lie returned with the deiicacy.
Possibly YOU thought we intended to
eat these" said madam as she glanced
at the well cooked sweetbreads approx
ingly. 1t would not have been a wild
supposition even though she and her
husband had finished ice cream for
the dish was dainty and it would not
have required an epicure to appreciate
the exquisite coloring and presumptive-
~ delicate flavor But the matron ex-
pl0ded that idea Il wish to take them
away with me-" she continued. They
are for my cat. l have the dearest
Persian tab5y in all the world. and ev-
cry time I 60 out for an auto ride al
ways take sweetbreads home to her.
She is Unfortunately fond of them. bet
she eats them only when | have been
on little excursion. | think she knows
that if she is good when | am out she
will receive her reward in this shape
Anyway, it is a pleasure to me to re-
member my pet and to l."2w that
share my good times wit: - at least
a little bit" The man pad the bill,
and the two left the restaurant When
they had gone the waiter whispered to
an old customer that the check for the
entire dinner. or supper for man and
wife was S1.25, while for the sweet
breads prepared specially for puss the
charge was 90 cents