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The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-25
In MemOriam

Madison, Fla, March 20th. 1908.
Whereas, on the 18th. day Of
March, it pleased the Heavenly Fa-
to remove from our midst our friend
and classmate, Mr., I. G. Ho5ford.
and whereas we desire to express our
Heartfelt sympathy to his loved ones,
be it
Resolved. tst. That we the Normal
Glass of the Florida Normal Instia
tute, hereby express our sorrow for
| the loss OF our valued friend and fell
low-student,
2nd. That in him We nave lost one
whose faitnfulness as a student and
as a christian worker among his com
Trades, was ever a source Of insplra
tlon to those with whom he associat-
ed.
3rd. That by his departure bin
friends and loN ed ones are deprivet
Of 2 devoted and useful compan{on
and have suffered a loss unspeakabl
! for which they have our sinceres
sympathy.
4th. That a copy OF these resolu
tions be sent to The Florida Ere
Press, published at Bristol, Fla,
copy to the Enterprise Recorder
I our local paper, for publication, an
; a copy sent to the home Of the b'
e reavea ones.
r Adopted by the Normal class th
Mach 20, 1909.
ell EDNA PLANT,
1 RoBT. ALTMAN,
4. ALoNzo WILDER,
!. RoBr. H. WEAVER,
/, Jos, J. HATHAWAY,
!, Committee.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-25

Letters threatning the assasslnA-
ton Of himself and the seven mem
hers Of his staff have been received
By Editor Carlos Pinera Of RI Intru.
'o,a Tampa weekly.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-25

A half mile Of yitri6ed briok paw
ing will be laid on Duval county $
roads.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-25
In MemOrism'

MRS. AMGN NDA p. >NEwsoME.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
LIKE BIC LEAGUE.
National System of Keeping the
Records of Teams Adopted
by Mr.. Sexton.
SECURED BY PERMISSION
First Time it Has Been Applied
Among the Minors, and 1t Is
Great Improvement.

President M. H. Sexton of the Three
Eye league has adopted the system
used by Secretary John A. Heydler of
the National league, for the recording
of the number of games won and lost
by each of the teams in the circuit.
The system is thorough one and one
that is new to the minor leagues. M.
Sexton is an intimate friend of Secre-
tary Heydler and on the occasion of
his last visit with him he saw the
chart which showed the records of the
National league clubs. He asked for
permission to peruse 1t and ended I'D
with a request for the chart itself ,df-
Secretary Heydler laughed and said
Mr. Sexton was not the first one who
wanted to learn the system, and that
as he had considered giving it out for
some time, he would let the head of
the ,Three-Eye have it. Several days
mails and Mr.. Sexton Immediately had
one framed up like it for the Three Eye
league and it is already doing service.
Is Double AFFAIR.
The chart is something like a regu.
lar schedule except that it is a double
affair and shows all the games twice
once in each of the columns of the two
contesting teams. When the game is
played it is merely necessary to make
a notation to that effect in the lateral
column of the winning team and this
of course falls in the perpendicular
column of the losing team. The totals
are then carried out to the column Sc,
aside for totals and the number IL
games won and lost by and to each
club can be told at a glance and the
date can also be determined.
The system is simplicity itself ani
is a great improvement over most a
the systems now in use in the different
minor leagues
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12

Central Law Journal: The great ma
tional game of baseball, which makes
the small boy forget his deviiment and
the dignified rjurist his problems, has
now been judicially recognized as one
of the essentials of our civilization and
not as a game of chance.
This epoch-making decision is by the
supreme court of Kansas in the recent
case of State VS.. Prather, 100 Pac. 81.
In that state statute of Kansas pro-
vided punishment for horse racing,
cockfighting, or playing at cards or
game of any kind on the first day of
the week, commonly called Sunday
Prather was charged with playing
baseball on Sunday, and convicted of
an offense under this statute. The
court held that the word game as
used in the statute, should be con-
strued only to include sports of sim
ilar character to those specifically
and should therefore be
held to exclude baseball.
Then, the court gives to the game
this remarkable judicial endorsement
Until very recently" the court said
there has been more or less contro
versy as to the early history and origin
|of baseball, some contending that it i:
|only a modified form of the English
game of FOUNDERS In order to settle
the dispute, a special baseball commits
iCtin nf .
number of eminent men. Their repor
was published in 1907, and the commits
sion, after full investigation, unani
mously decided that baseball is dis
tinctively an American game; that i
Originated in Cooperstown, N. Y, il
1889, and that the first scheme TO
playing it was the invention of Gen
leral Abner Doubleday, who afterward
graduated at West Point, and achieved
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
JOHNSON TO- BE 40
POUNDS HEAVIER
Will Have Decided Advantage in
Bout with Jack O'Brien one
Week Hence.

New York, May 12.-There will be
40 pounds difference in weight between
Philadelphia jack O'Brien and Jack
Johnson, the champion heavyweight,
when they enter the ring for six
round bout in Philadelphia one week
from tonight. O'Brien says he will
weigh about 10 pounds. Johnson will
weigh 210. O'Brien says he expects
to outpoint the negro and not get near
enough to him to be hurt during the
six rounds. Johnson will sail for Eng
land week after the O'Brien fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
BASEBALL NOT A GAME" BUT
A NATIONAL RECREATION

honorable distinction in the civil war.
The rules of the game, as first publish
ed by the Knickerbocker club of New
York in 1S45. differ only in a few
minor details from those of the mod
ern game. Baseball was first played
by regular clubs in 1S45, and, while it
had begun to attract attention n the
sos, it did not become common form
of sport or exercise. and was not gen.
orally played, until 1865. The first
professional club was organized for
playing it in 1868 Report of special
baseball commission, Spalding's Off
cial Baseball Guide for March, 1908;
Enc. Britannica 10Th Ed, subject
| Baseball Century Magazine, Vol. IA,
PIP. s3O7-319. Horse racing and cock
! fighting, two of the games or sports
| specially mentioned, are recognized
Everywhere as immoral in their ten
dency, and are generally accompanied
| by gambling and rowdyism; and the
most common form of gambling is by
card playing. The particular words
of the statute create a class or species
of games which in the popular mind
are associated with gambling. Base
ball, on the other hand, is looked upon
as entirely devoid of this and like OBJ
jectionable features. 1t is not in any
sense a gamblers game. The youth OF
/ the land are encouraged by teachers
and parents to become proficient in il
as an athletic sport, healthful to mind
and body. Its popularity, however, is
due largely to the fact that it is spec
tacular, and brings more enjoyment tc
i those who witness it than to the play
) ers themselves. This and its freedom
! from. all immoral tendencies have
made it the acknowledged nationa
isport, game the popular interest IL
which continues unvarying, leveling al
class distinctions"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
NOVACEk IS SOLD
TO THE BOOMERS
Will Succeed Fred Belts and Supply
Team with Right Fielder and
Change Catcher.

Manager Tighe yesterday closed a
deal with Bloomington for the sale
of Jimmy Novacek. He will be plac-
ed in right field and be used as
Belts, who seems slated for release
Novacek was bought last season from
Springfield and has played right
field regularly since for Rock Island
till Mclean reported. He is a good
fielder and a mighty swatter when he
has his eye on the ball. His sale
simplifies the local situation, though
there is still an extra pitcher and
utility catcher that Rock Island will
have to be separated from by June
/, if the limit is to be reached.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

THEREEEYE LEAG UE.
Bloomington, O; Rock Island, /.
Peoria, l; Dubuque, 4.
Springfield, 5; Davenport, 1.
Decatur, 2; Cedar Rapids, 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago, 5; Washington, 8.
st. Louis, 3; Philadelphia, 0.
Detroit, 16; New York. 5. f
Cleveland, 1; Boston, 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York. 3; Chicago, 4.
Brooklyn, 2; ST. Louis, 1.
Boston, 8; Cincinnati. 10.
Philadelphia, L; Pittsburg, Z.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Minneapolis, 2; Columbus, 5. a
ST. Paul, z; Toledo, d. @
Kansas City, 5; Indianapolis, l..
Milwaukee, q; Louisville, l.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
South Bend, 2; GAINESVILLE, z.
Fort Wayne, 2; Evansville, 3.
Dayton, 2; Wheeling, IS.
Grand Rapids, 6; Terre Haute, 4.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Burlington, 8; Jacksonville, 8.
Ottumwa, 1; Keokuk, 2.
Waterloo, 8; Quincy, 5.
Kewanee, 0; Hannibal. II.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Topeka, s.; Omaha, z. 't
No other games.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
LINE O. DOPE
Still with a perfect record.

Still with perfect record.
Dubuque joined the Islanders in the
winning division yesterday.
Pitcher Tom Ratings, with Spring
field last year, is. to play with Jackson,
Mich. ..-... - III -..,..,...,.. al.
p. Catcher Mel BacFus, who could not
be used by Bloomington, has signed
with Pekin
Rock Island is at Peoria today. We
will have three days in which to take
Donnelly's measure,
George Hughes is all the candy at
Wichita. He is fielding like house
afire and hitting 'em out.
Pitcher Bert Kinsella did not join
the navy after all. He resumed his job
at the Pontiac reformatory.
Notice the fruits of the industry of
Berger and Vogel yesterday? The for
mer had eight chances and the latter
nine and neither made bobble.
The Quincy Herald says Anderson,
the Rock Island amateur, is beginning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
river but the national organization put

river but the national organization put
a damper on the plan, the rules of the
organization prohibiting cities in diff
ferent states uniting in a single club.
A number of Rock Island and Moline
autoists are associate members of the
Davenport club and no doubt will con-
tinue to be, though it is not likely that
the marking of roads on this side of
the river, as is being done in Scott
county, will be taken up.
All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
The Worlds Best climate.

is not entirely free from disease. on
the high elevations fevers prevail
while on the lower levels malaria is
encountered to a greater or less ex
tent, according to altitude. To over.
come. climatic affections lassitude, ma
laria, jaundice, biliousness, fever and
ague, and general debility, the most
effective remedy is Electric Bitters
he great alternative for every forn
of bodily weakness, nervousness and
insomnia. Sold under guarantee al
all druggists. Price soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
corbett is Given Decision.

Baltimore, May I'm the last sec
onds of the final round of a 15-rQund
fight before the Eureka Athletic club
last night Young Corbett of Denver
Knocked down Harry Scroggs of this
city, but the latter was saved by the
bell and Corbett was forced to content
himself with the decision
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12

Stolen bases-Dean. (2). Johnson,
Cuthbert, Taylor, Higgins, Mackoff, All
ring, Lerchin. Two base hits-Smith
Taylor. Hits-Off Glass. Z in three
innings; off Kenner, l in six innings;
off Roy, 10 in nine innings Struck
oua-By Glass, 3; by Kenney, 2; by
Roy, 5. Bases on balls-Off Glass. 1 :;
off Kenney, 4. Hit by pitcher-By
kenney, /. Passed balls-Higgins,
(2). Umpire-Bush.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
Foreigners in Western Golf Meet.

Chicago, May 12.-George Duncan,
the Aberdeen golf professional who
will make a tour of this country this
summer, and Tom Vardon. the English
player who is to be at the Onwentsia
club for four months, both are ex-
pected to compete in the western open
e championship to be, played over the
SkOkie course in September
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
Seventy Years Old.

rheumatism and neuralgia yield
their pain TO Perry Davis, Painkiller
so do sprains, burns, bruises. 1t
cures colds, collie, diarrhoea. For 20
years it has been doing good. If it's
used early suffering is saved and
danger avoided. A 35 cent bottle is
the newssize; but SO cent bottle is
really the cheapest-it holds so much
more.
All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
Gardner is Clever.

Boston, May 12.-Jimmy Gardner,
with his repeated jabs and hooks to
the wind, face and jaw, together with
his clever blocking and foot work, cas-
lily won him the award again over Bill
McKinnon in their 12-round bout at
the Armory A. A. Monday night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12

Stolen bases = Jenkins. Boucher.
Two base hit-Spencer. Double play
Brown to Carmichael. Struck out =
BY Laudermilk. s; by Carmichael, ..
Bases on balls-Off Laudermilk, 3; off
Carmichael, 5. Umpire-Burke.
Dubuque Defeats Peoria.
Peoria, ILL.,, May 12-Glass was
routed from the box in the third in
ming, Dubuque taking the contest cas-
lily to l. Kenney, who replaced him.
was invincible Roy pitched heady
game. The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
WIN ANOTHER
| TO 0 CAME
Islanders Play Second Tight
Contest of Year, Defeat
ing Bloomington.
BUT TWO HITS OFF WILSON
BlOomers Also Outpointed in Base
Running, Being Ruthlessly Cut
Down on Bags.
BUT TWO HITS OFF WILSON
GAMES TOMORROW.
Rock Island at Peoria.
Dubuque at Bloomington.
Davenport at Decatur.
Cedar Rapids at Springfield.

Bloomington, May .-((Special.) >
For the second time this season the
Islanders yesterday got ON the long
end of a l to 0 score, beating Bloom
ington in tight and interesting bat
tie Christy Wilson was opposed TO
Ed Clarke and artistic twirling was
done on both sides Two hits were all
Bloomington gathered and but six men
Preached bases, two being passed and
two being hit. Rock Island accumulat-
ed six hits and coaxed three passes,
out of which a run was netted in the
sixth
Two bingles and an out brought the
lone tally. Mclean hinged one that
Cutshaw could not handle and stole
second. going to third on Starl's out
Murphy bounced one over Clark's head
and Mclean trotted home
Deadly to Base Runners.
An instance of the manner in which
the home players were moved down
on bases may be cited. In the second
Long was hit by a pitched bail and was
sacrificed to second. Cutshaw hit tC
| Kelley, who ran Long down between
bases and then nipped Cutshaw before
he got to second. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
to look good even to those VINO thought
nobody could take Rudd's place.

Paul Cobb. brother of Ty, has been
signed by Memphis Southern leaguers
for outfield duty. He wrote: II am
not only good ball player but a
mascot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12

Funny game at Rockford yesterday.
Rockford hammered Racine's pitchers
for 10 runs in the opening round and
added two more in the second. GOode,
an infielder, then went in and made
good. In the third inning Racine adj
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12

Struck out-By Clark, 6; by Wilson,
1. Bases on balls-Off Clark, 8; off
Wilson, 2. Hit by Pitched ball-Clark,
Long. Double plays-Kelley to Vogel,
Vogel to Berger to Stark to Berger
Stolen bases - Keenan,, Mclean ca.
Sacrifice hit-Melchoir. Left on bases
Bloomington, 4 Rock Island, a..
Time-1:30. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Patrick il n Find.
Springfield, H., May 12.-Patrlck
was invincible again yesterday, only
one clean hit being made off his de-
livery. Errors gave Davenport their
only run, but hard hitting gave the
locals the game The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12

Two base hit-Nye Stolen bases
Jacobsen, Callahan Bases on balls
Off Hinrichsen, A. Struck out-By Pat
rick, 2; by Hinrichsen, 5. Hit by
pitcher-Ohland, Blausser Umpire
Clark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
Decatur Gets Fast Game.

Decatur, Ill.,, May 12.-Bunched hits
in the second and the eighth innings
won a fast game for Decatur from
| Cedar Rapids yesterday. Laudermills
| had the visitors at his mercy at all
times. The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12
NOT ALLOWED IN THE NAME

Rock Island and Moline AutOists
Barred from Davenport Club.
Rock Island and Moline cannot fig
ure in the name of the Davenport
Automobile club. 1t was proposed to
include the cities on this side of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-12

Continued on Page six.)
The sun., 1909-02-21

room and which has its walls lined with
the clubs collection OF portraits Of former
presidents.
Next to the directors room are two ad-
joining private dining rooms for ladies.
WHICH when thrown together by pushing
back the folding doors separating them
can be converted into a big room 30 feet
in length and 2l feet wide In fact all
the rooms OF the second floor can be
thrown into one should the exigencies OF
a large dinner demand the space.
All the dining rooms are finished in the
prevailing golden tone. the ceilings being
tinted buffs and creams to hamonize.
A general buffers pantry in one corner
OF the second floor serves to accommodate
all three dining rooms when they are used
separately. Here electric elevators drop
ping from the kitchen above and warm
ing ovens. plate racks and all the ac-
commodations for quick service are in
stalled
The third and fourth floors, reached by
two elevators from the foyer below. are
given over TO bedroom suites. These
are so arranged that many suites OF two
or three rooms may be had or sing le sleep
ing apartments. as the club members who
have taken up their residence in the club
home may elect.
The third and fourth floors have each
thirteen bedrooms. four private bath
rooms, two bedrooms that may be either
private or general and one general bath.
On the fifth floor there are six more bed
rooms. two private baths and one general
bath, as well as a valet's pressing room
and q barber shop.
The major portion OF the sixth floor is
given over to the art gallery, which is TO
be at the same time a part Of the general
dining room for all big club banquets.
This Is one Of the distinguishing features
OF the building.
Gaining the sixth floor by the main
staircase or the elevator at the east end
OF the building, entrance is given through
an anteroom. The main dining room is
20 feet wide and 81 feet long 1t is abun-
dainty lighted from the south end, where
French windows OF great length let In tho
sunlight, and from the light courts at
either end OF the north portion.
The art gallery is 30 feet wide and
10 feet long. running across the
north end of the dining room for it's full
width. The removable partitions sepa-
rating 1t from the main dining room
mako it possible to throw the whole OF
this major portion Of the sixth floor into
q great T shaped banquet hall.
The dining room is furnished richly
In red tapestry, with golden freecoee about
cornioe and ceiling. The chandeliers
are Of heavy dulled brass.
A large serving room adjoins the din
ing room at the west. with a separate
special staircase for the waters leading
directly into the kitchen on the floor below.
When the Lotos Club gives it's first big
function in its new home more than four
hundred diners may be accommodated
In It's banquet hall.
Since one Of the most important fea-
lures Of any club In its kitchen. the men
who designed and equipped the new
The sun., 1909-02-21

70 height Of three feet above the base
board and the remaining space TO the
ceiling 10 covered with a bronze oolored
woven material, excellent background
Tor some OF the clubs best paintings
which are TO hang there. The middle
parlor, q room 30 by ~ feet. is finished
similarly 70 the front parlor and the fur
niture In both rooms Is OF solid model
upholstered in tan leather.
The stairs leading from the first hoor
give entrance into the large general hall
on the second. From this hall two corri-
dors branch out TO the rooms at the front
and rear Of the building.
In front Of the main hall is the card
room. prepared for the accommodation
OF five tables and finished in tan and un-
varnsshed maple. A light solid color
carpet on the floor helps to make the
diffused golden hue the general tone OF
the room.
The reading room. n smaller room to
the left OF the card room. occupies the
remaining space in the front Of the house
on this floor. The rear portion OF this
hoor Is given over to dining rooms
or these there 10 a generous supply.
First there 10 a private dining room di-
rectly behind tho reading room, which
will be generally used as the directors
The sun., 1909-02-21

one ceremony OF departing and went
north and east to the block beyond Carne-
gle Hall, where a lot with a seventy-hve
foot frontage on the south side Of Fifty
seventh street offered the site for the new
house With this site in hand Dom
barber the architect, drew the plans for
the house and Marc Eidlitz a Son, the
builders, got TO work. The entire con-
struction Of the building has been COM
pIeted at a cost Of between 20 and rs per
cent. less than the present market value
Of the building construction.
The architect has provided a distin-
gIlsning facade for the new club home.
The ia ade is treated in the style OF the
Italian Renaissance. the ground story
being Of limestone with arched openings
and sprmounted with a stone balcony.
uhlle the balance of the facade is in rough
gray Oriental brick interspersed with
square heads bearing the lotos flower
IN relief
Beneath the sixth floor there is frieze
In brick pattern of the same material.
Hush with the sixth floor a wrought iron
balcony of intricate design breaks the
perpendicular lines Of the facade and
above this arched panels spring upward.
their design carried out in colored terra
Gotta and gray brick. The main cornice,
~ vide projecting bracketed beams
executed in metal, sur1n cunts the arches
and supports the projecting roof.
Heavy groups of metal lanterns flank
the main entrance and a vestibule
Of ornamental cast iron leads to the door
way. At the east end Of the facade and
flush with the sidewalk is the ladies'
entrance, which leads TO the ladies privat
stairway. giving access TO the private
dining room reserved for them on the
second floor Of the clubhouse.
On entering the large entrance hall on the
trst floor Of the club one Is struck with the
note Of rich sim plicity which is there
presented and which is carried throughout
the furnishings Of the whole building.
The floor in the entrance hall and foyer
behind ia laid in marble and terazzo and
the walls and ceilings are finished In
plaster arabesques, all tinted delicate
bun, The glowing colors Of wall and
ceiling are accentuated by the heavy
orncaded curtains that drape the door
% ways leading into the large front parlor
on the right and at the further end OF
the foyer to the cafe. and by the rich
reds and blues OF the two large Turkish
rigs that cover the floor.
The club Office is to the left Of the foyer,
ard above it, approached by a small
Circular stairway. the strangers room,
done in brown Japanese cloth and fur
nshed in unvarnished oak. At the east
end Of the foyer. facing the entrance
ta'' directly. are the main staircases
eading up to the second floor and down
70 the den In the basement.
rhs two parlors on the west side Of the
'oyor are spacious and CHEEKY. The
'front.' parlor. a room 20 feet long and 70
'oet vide, is finished in the prevailing
tones a. tan and russet The floor is
'aIreted with heavy covering Of solid
I" lor ian velvet.
The walls are panelled in an oak dado