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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
WoLGAsT- T-NeLsoN FIGHT

1t Is not wise to get excessively en-
thusiastic over Ad Wolgasts showing
against Battling Nelson In Los Ango-
les recently. The mon fought ten
round. no decision bout, and Il ma
jorlty of the newspaper writer's said
that the Milwaukee man clearly out
pointed the champion The title does
not change. because the referee was
not permitted to give a verdict
Wolgast Is entitled to every credit
for his wonderful showing against
Nelson 1t stamps him as cool. cour-
ageous fighter. who has great future
before him and who may some day
hold the championship crown
AT the same time II is ovcrStcpplng
the bounds TO say that Wolgnst has
proved that he is the master OF the
Dane. That Is yet To be shown
Everybody knows that Nelson Is no
limited round performer He has
knocked out scores OF fighters. but
very few in ten rounds.
Nelson Is a bulldog, who beats man
by making his opponent wear himself
out trying to whip him, Bat absorbs
all Of this punishment without
whimper and after awhile tho OPP
ponent finds himself weak and a prey
for Bats wallops. He has defeated u
number OF boys this way.
In his recent bout with Hyland Mel
son was outpointed in ten rounds. but
he eventually knocked his man cold
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
SONG Of Maok,s Methods.

ono of tho reasons why the Athletics
have made such a splendid showing
this season Is that each one OF their
games Is really played three times
Manager Mack is not an advocate OF
the theory that the diamond IS the
only place where baseball men should
he seen and heard. He believes i'm an
tclpation and rcstrospcctlon Every
morning at 10 O'Clock all the men In
Comics team assemble In his room
and play the afternoon game In ad-
vance II Bender IS to pitch for tho
opposition the Athletics line of ot-
tack viii be so and so; n IT Is to bo
Krausc. another scheme Is decided
upon The whole plan Of the battle is
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
TWO CLASSES OF HITTERS.
One slues the Ball, While the Other
Chops II.


Modern baseball possesses two dis
tinct classes of hitters, the slugger and
the chopper The sluggcr usually
swings free, gripping the bat well
down on the handle, and swings from
the shoulder down. To this class be-
long such hltters as Chance, Wagner,
LaJoie. Crawford. Cobb and Donlin
The chopper uses his forearms and
wrists In his batting and depends upon
quick. decisive chop. being able ac-
cordingly TO cut the ball TO any field
or lay down a bunt and beat II out.
with the infelders lying back. Kceler
RoSsman, Stone and HuEgins repre-
sent this class The choppers must OF
necessity be fast on their feet and be
good judges OF distance,
But whether a slugger or a chopper.
these men almost always have the
same general batting form. They
stand at the plate with their weight
resting mostly on the back leg and in
the effort 10 hit the ball switch their
weight from the back leg to the front,
and. stepping forward, showing the
shoulders well around, meeting the
ball in front of the plate. thus concen-
in front of the plate. the batter is less
likely TO be fooled by a curve ball, hit
tins at IL before 1t breaks.
In Crawford, Cobb and Rossmun De
troit has three left hand hitters. and.
although their general form Is the
Same as they stand at tho plate. they
meet the ball decidedly differently.
Crawford. like Wagner. LajoIe and
Chance. is slugger He grips the bat
down well on the handle and uses a
powerful swing. depending almost on
tirely on long drives to the outheld for
his batting average and probably has
moro line drives caught or his bat
than any other man playing baseball
Cobb. although not nearly as power
fully built as Crawford, has a good
many hits for extra bases 10 his credit,
mainly on vicious drives over the IN
field between the outncldcrs He
chokes up the bat moro than Craw-
ford and depends upon a quick. de-
cisivc chop, meeting tho bali always I'm
front of the plate. His speed in get
ting away from the plato and going
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gencles that 1t is well to know and to
keep in mind. Having talked these
things all over In the morning the
Athletics are well prepared for game
No. >. Game No. 8 is played the next
morning at the meeting In Comics
room The mistakes OF the day be-
fore arc then taken up. one by one.
and considered. So. too. are all the
exceptionally good plays. The boys
arc given credit for every play that
figured In a victory OF criticised good
naturedly for every play that helped
bring about a defeat "Wcre playing
ball all the time on this team" said
one OF Mack's men recently when
you see Connie sitting down beside
one of us engaged In a whispered con-
Nersatlon you can depend upon II
that We ain't talking about tho wealth
er or about politics. We're talking
baseball. and the player. whoever he
may be. Is learning something about
tho game he never knew before
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ball plant all right and apparently a
team worthy OF it. Last season the
Athletics played poor bali after the
first month and half OF the cam
paign. They didn't get started right
this season until recently. but thcy
have been going at such a clip that
even the Detroit Tigers fear them.
Mack gets moro baseball for less
money than any other manager on
Ban Johnson's circuit Ever since he
has been In the American league
Mack has had the smallest salary list
In the organization. one year he won
the pennant with a salary list of S3S.-
900. while there was not a club in the
league which did not pay 100000 OF
over.
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Why the pittsburcs Lead.

II you should be alone with the ay-
erages Of the National league at pres
ent look then over You Will find that
1t would be very easy to write his
tory OF tho great drama of the Nation
al league. In fact, the feat could be
done i'm two words as follows.
"Just Pittsburgh"
BY consulting the figures the follow
ing facts may be observed:
That Pittsburg man leads The
league I'm batting
That three Pittsbure batters arc hit
ting better thar $50
That tho leading batting club is
Pittsburg.
That tic leading base stcalcr OF the
league is a Pirate
That the leading fielding club is
Pittsburg
That four out OF the first 6y- run
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
Manager Of the Athletics and Some of
His Capable Ball TOSSerS.

overlook technical deficiencies. bcliev-
Ing that the Inspiration of new thought
and real ambition viii reach over the
footlights farther than n superior
piece Of technical work founded on
time worn thoughts and treated with
the skill OF the expert hack
| am as anxious 10 help develop au-
thors as authors doubtless are TO be
developed. This Is not nltrulsm. but
sound business sense, paving the way
for future productions.
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down the FIRST base line gives him a
decided advantage over Crawford and
Rossman. and consequently ho beats
out many an lnheld hit
Rossman seldom hits 10 right ncld
but puts balls down tho FIRST base line
mile minute He grips the bat
with hands four Inches apart and
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
Good Showing Of Philadelphia Americans JoIts Dopesers

grand ball yard and 4 poor team"
chuckled those who thought they could
dope out the race In the spring series
with the Phuics the Athletics lost five
out OF six games 20 the National
league outfit THAT settles H." said the
wise guys. Mack has bunch of Joke
hall players. Even Washington Will
beat them out" Mack has the great
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14

carefully arranged That is game No
/. Then comes the game on the dla
mond. for which the players arc well
prepared. OF course the unexpected is
hound 10 happen In every game. but
there arc certain gonorll things that
II Is reasonable TO expect; the methods
OF. certain players in certain contin-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14

getters Of tho league arc from Pitts
burg.
That the bost extra base hitting club
is Pittsburg
Can you beat that?
Doubtless IL worked around. the
facts could be made to spell pennant
winners.
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Mack the Teacher.

Mack is a teacher; he is willing to
do something that other managers
fight shy of-take young players who
have had no experience in major
league company and teach them how
to play baseball I'm not saying that
they must not have the natural ability
to think quick. to field well and to
hit But that's only half of the bat
tic. It's the ability TO take advantage
OF a weak spot in the encmy's defense
and strengthen your defense when he
tries to find your weak points which
makes baseball pennant winners,
There are teams In both leagues
which are made up Of stars-mcn In
every position who know how to play
baseball You can't tell them a thing
And their managers don't try to tell
them Simply allow them TO play the
game as they see IT and call them
when they make a break Those
teams are better than the Athletics
when It comes to Individual stars. but
individual playing won't win always
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chops at the ball. He stands at the
plate like Mike Donlin. although he Is
not as versatile Il batter as Donlin.
Yet he manages to hit close to 300 and
Is grand first baseman Crawford,
Cobb and Rossman are certainly for
midable trio TO face any right handed
pitcher, not to mention Mcintyre
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Others Spend Fortune.

Frank Farrell of the New York
Americans spends a fortune every
year trying to get a winner. John l.
Taylor has spent thousands and thou
sands In Boston Cleveland has gone
TO the limit in spending money trying
10 get q winning combination, and 80
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
By TOMMY CLARK.

~ ORNELIUS M'GILL.ICUDDY
~ called Connie Mack 10 save
Y n space and energy, is a bit OF a
~ genius In baseball once more
the wizard OF the national pastime has
como into his own, and right now he
is the most feared rival the champions
havo 10 contend with, Many students
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o he VIC BI lillian
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-24
SHERIFF SALE.
Thirteenth Judicial District Court,
Parish Of Grant. State of

Louisiana.
Bank of Colfax va. Succession of Jerry
Allen, No. -
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the honorable Thir-
tenth Judicial District Court aud to
me directed in the above numbered
and entitled suit. have seized and
will offer for sale between the hours
prescribed by law for judicial sales,
at the principal front door of the
court house in Colfax, La, on
SATURDAY, May s. 1909,
the following described property
seized as the property of the defend
ant in the above numbered and en-
titled suit. to-wit:
A tract of land lying and being in
the parish of Grant and State of
Louisiana. containing 40 acres. and
bounded as follows: On the north
by Thomas Allen. east 10y Bynum es-
tate. south by Glascoe Mccall. west
by Mrs. Nj. E. johnson lands. in TIP.
s North. Range West. about 16 acres
uf which Is In cultivation. being the
same lands formerly owned by Will
lam Allen. containing 40 acres. to-
gether with all improvements there
on.
Terms OF sale-Cash. subject to APP
praisement, the property to bring
not less than two-thirds OF the APP
praisement.
This 18th day Of March. 1909.
A. r. PERKINS,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
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Continued on eighth page.
zone rSwy Sn,s q w .ssSf K,s maakss me

When a rooster finds big fat worm
he calls all the hens in the farm yard TO
come and share it. A similar trait of
human nature is to be observed when a
man discovers something exceptionally
good-be wants all bis friends and neigh
bors to share the benefits OF his discov-
cry. This Is the touch OF nature that
maken the whole world kin. This ex-
plains why people who have been cured
by Cham berlain's Cough Remedy write
letters to the manufacturers for publ
cation. that Others Similarly ailing may
also nse it and obtain relief. Behind
every one of these letters is a VAIN
hearted wish of the writer to be OF use
TO someone else. This remedy is for
sale by Valley drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-24
Colfax, La, April D. 1909.


Colfax, La, April ). 1909.
The police jury met in regular SEES
sion ON the above date. Present:
j. w. Duncan, president; l.. NJ. Flu
trell, NJ. HI. Nugent, j. A. Bradford,
Jr., F. z. Bullitt and q. Z. Purvis.
Absent: John Clinton.
Minutes vi previous meeting read
and approved.
On motion duly carried, Minerva
s, ottsviIIe, Rose Johnson and Henry
Harris were placed on the pauper
list at $3.50 per quarter.
j. w. Duncan reported that the
road committee Of ward Oue had en-
tered into a contract with Il. N.
Evans and X. M. L. Duncan to work
TIE public roads uf said ward. Mt.
Futrell reported that ward three had
let no contract to date. NJ. IL. MI
gent reported that the committee in
his ward had contracted with Odus
Nugeut to work the roads in his waru
and that b. j. Nugent and I. ID.
West were bondsmen Tor the con-
tractor. j. A. Bradford, Dr., report
ed that the committee in his ward
had let the contract for working the
public roads to p. Martin Ussery and
that T. NJ. Bradford, Il. b. Starks
and v. M. Mason were boDdsuen for
tue contractor. Mr.. Bradford also
reported the collection Of two hun
dred and four dollars vehicle aud per
capita taxes and licenses for his ward,
which sum was delivered by him to
the parish treasurer and credited to
ward five. Messrs. Purvis and Bull
lit reported that no contracts had
been let for wards six and seven and
the prospects of letting contract
were practically worthless.
Mr.. j. A. Bradford gave notice that
he would tomorrow introduce an or
dinance relative to the shipment OF
game birds etc., also to regulate the
killing of deer, to make the closed
season from January 18th to August
18th of each year; also an ordinance
to license fishermen fishing for game
fish.
On motion of Mr.. Bradford, second
ed by Mr.. Futrell, p NJ. Ursery was
discharged as member Of the road
committee of ward five and I. A.
Bankston appointed in his place Mr..
Ursery being relieved on account OF
relationship to the road contractor.
On motion of MIR. Nugent, seconded
Mr.. BuIlitt. j. j. O'Quinn, clerk. was
authorized to order the necessary
parts to repair the gasoline engine
used to run the Jail pump.
Mr.. Purvis gave notice that ne viii
tomorrow introduce an ordinance t.
regulate the working and hiring out
of prisoners under the Acts OF 1908
And Mr.. Purvis and Mr.. Bullitt gave
notice that they would introduce ar
ordinance tomorrow to except ware
six and seven from the operation o
the per capita and vehicle licenses
permitting said wards to work road'
therein as the roads we're formally
worked. Whereupon the police jury
the hour Of adjournment having ar
rived, adjourned until tomorrow
morning at $40 O'Clock.
j. W. DUNCAN,
III. ROBERTs, President.
Clerk.
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by Mr.. Bullitt, C. j. Hutchinson was
placed on the list of constables at a
salary of twenty-five dollars per
quarter.
On motion Of Mr.. Nugent, second
ed by Mr.. Futrell, the following Or
dinance was adopted.
AN ORDINANCE
To levy a1icense on vendors of game
fish.
Be it ordained by the police jury OF
Grant parish, State Of Louisiana, in
regular session convened:
Section L. That every person in
Grant parish, who sells or is engaged
in selling game fish, or who catches
game fish in this parish for the pur-
pose of sale elsewhere, shall pay n
license, to be collected by the sheriff
upon the notifica ton OF the game
warden, OF ten dollars per annum.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc, That any person who sells, or
il engaged i'm selling. or who catches
game fish in Grant parish for sale
elsewhere before obtaining a license
therefor, shall, on conviction before
the district court, be- fined in sum
of ten dollars for each day he 80
fishes
On the above ordinance Messrs.
Purvis and Bradford voted nay, but
"a majority having voted in favor of
the ordinance the same was declared
adoped.
On motion of Mr.. Purvis, seconded
by Mr.. Nugent, John A. Phillips,
Montgomery, La, q. l.. Garrett,
Verda, La, and X. j. Fletcher, New
verda, La, were appointed road re-
viewers for ward seven, and are to
meet at Aloha ON Saturday, April II,
1909.
On motion of Mr.. Bradford, second
ed by Mr.. Nugent, one hundred dol
lars, or so much thereof rs may be
necessary, wasappropriated to build
a bridge over Fish Greek OH the Col
fax and Dry Prong road, and W. H.
Day. JOS. Rambo, Jr., and Chas.
Nugent were appointed commission
ers to let the contract and with all
usual powers in the premises.
On motion of Mr.. Purvis, seconded
by Mr.. Futrell, Abe Henderson, DR..
Webster Smith, agent, was placed on
the pauper list at $3.50 per quarter.
On motion of Mr.. Nugent, second
by Mr.. Bradford, it was resolved by
the police jury. That hereafter no
person shall be put on the pauper
list unless he or she first presents
himself or herself before the police
Jury, or in case of inability to do SO.
then shall send in strong petition
to be placed on the pauper list. at
taching thereto physicians certiti-
cate of physical inability to attend
in person before the police jury.
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Colfax, La, April 6, 1909.


The police jury met this morning
pursuant to adjournment, all mem
beers present except Mr.. John Clinton,
member from ward two.
On motion of Mr.. Purvis, seconded
by Mr.. Bullitt, the following ordi-
nance was introduced, as per previ-
Gus notice, and unanimously adopt
ed, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
To except wards six and seven oil
Grant parish from the operation OF
the ordinance imposing II per capita
and vehicle tax.
Be it ordained by the police jury
of Grant parish, Louisiana, in regu-
lar session convened:
Section 1. That from and after
the passage of this ordinance wards
: six and seven are hereby excepted
from the ordinance OF the police jury
imposing u per capita and vehicle
tx.
Be it further ordained. etc:
Section 2. That the public roads
In wards six and seven from and after
the passage of this ordinance shall
be worked according to the system
in use previous to the adoption 81
the %, dinance levying a per capita
and vehicle tax in Grant parish.
On motion of Mr.. Purvis, seconded
by Mr.. Nugent, the following resolu
ton was unanimously adopted:
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NUMBER 26.
Spring Goods

CPRNC is and change to suit the
Stock of Spring Goods will be found large and varied
from which make selections, and take
inviting stock which selected
with a special view to the needs of the trade
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-25
Manhattan PlacerS Grow
Richer Day by Day

gets ranging in value from rs cents
to a dollar, and the first one of any
great size was found on the Septem-
Der claim, a mile below Manhattan,
by a Slovenian named Sam Divino-
vich. The nugget was valued at Sc
and created some excitement when
shown around the camp. Next in line
came DRY Wash" Wilson, working
lease on the African claim of the
Wolftone Extension. The nugget he
found was worth SIS and quite nat
urally the excitement doubled. A
few days afterward Wilson came up
town with a nugget valued at $3.50
and it held the record in big things
for few weeks, when A. ]. Chind-
gren, a leaser on the Goldfield and
Bald Mountain Consolidated COM
pany's' ground, came across a nugget
weighing fifty-six pennyweights and
was about two-thirds gold. It's value
was placed at $45, and the Wilson
nugget was forgotten.
But the Chindgren treasure was
not to hold the boards long, for less
than a week after it's discovery a
nugget was found on the Verde
SlOuhu NY opCdhCI d. ID. 1lllSH Vi
the late Nevada legislature that
weighed II 1900 ounces and was
solid gold. 1t is valued at $162. Gift
fen and his associates have been TAX
ing up the dirt off the surface with
a scraper and running it through a
combination wet and dry-washing
machine and recovering on an aver
age of an ounce of gold to the yard.
The big nugget was dumped into the
machine, but it refused to bulge
when the water was turned on and
one of the employees reached for it to
throw it aside on the dump. Imagine
his surprise to find that instead of
the obstinate article being a large
pebble it was a nugget the size OF
deck of cards. 1t is the largest
nugget ever found in the camp and
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-25
(By Frank Garside. }

MANHATTAN, New, June "a
That gold is where you find it is be-
ing demonstrated to great extent in
Manhattan just now. For several
years certain sections of the camp lay
idle and were branded by the know
ing ones as doubtful" AS an ex-
ample, the main gulch, over six miles
long, the wise ones said was a stretch
of improbable land; there were no
lodges showing, so there could be no
gold. Somehow, the fact that there
might be rich placer deposits buried
there never occurred to them, so the
gulch remained in comatose condi-
ton, sleeping on up to few short
months ago, when, by mere chance,
miner doing assessment work at
Central, two miles below the camp of
Manhattan, discovered that the grav-
ell at bedrock, a depth of fifty feet,
carried gold. There had been other
shafts dug in the gulf on and off for
over three years, but the gravel was
never PANIED for values. And the
finding of placer gold at once set the
camp in a perfect turmoil of excite
ment. Scarcely a few weeks had
:. passed ere every foot of ground in
! the gulch, from the main street of
the town to Smoky valley, six miles
west, had been taken up either by
locators or leasers and active work
was in progress. A pleasing feature
has been that in over 80 per cent OF
the holes sunk pay dirt has been en-
countered and big money is in sight
for the operators. At first the news
q 4 ~
gulch was little. needed by the
knowing" ones, but after a few OF
the shafts had reached bedrock and
the owners had extracted few hand
fuls of nuggets. they began to sit VI
and take notice, rub their eyes ant
awaken.
1t was not uncommon to find mug
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-25

holds the record of being the second
or third largest ever found in the
state. When the legislature adjourn
ed and Mr.. Giffen returned to Man
haitian, his home town, he said that
he knew where there were large de-
posts of placer gold and that they
would reap bigger and more perman-
ent returns than being speaker
would, so he got busy and is succeed
ing far beyond his most sanguine ex-
pectations.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-25
AWARDS TWO CONTRACTS.

The board of capitol commission
ers awarded the contract to Donnels
and 4Steinmetz of Reno, today for
furnishing the governors mansion
complete. The board had a lower
bid but figured that the quality of
material offered by Donnels and
Steinmetz was the best. The board
also awarded the contract for fur
nishing the governors private Office
to w. & ]. Sloan company of San
Francisco
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-06-25

the Hub saloon is being refitted and
the vacant places along Main street
will soon be doing business as res
taurant. 1t is apparent to all that
are being taken up, sign of the
times. Tonopah is coming into it's
own. Before long the for rent and
for sale signs will be conspicuous by
their absence