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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1909-01-08
COMMITTEE
HTS PRESIDENT
WILL MAKE IT'S REPORT ON SEC
RET SERVICE MESSAGE
TODAY
Will Recommend That II Be Placed
Upon the Table Indefinitely, which
Means, Il House Upholds II, That
u Refuses To Accept Presidents
Explanation Sensation Expected
When Report Is Read.

respectful and unresponsive to the
inquiry Of the house, the Perkins
committee, when Il reports tomorrow.
Will recommend that President Roose
velt's secret service message Of jan
uary be placed on the table. A
similar request will be made for the
tabling Of that portion OF the pres
ident's annual message relating to
the secret service on the ground that
1t reflects upon the integrity Of the
members Of the house.
The special committee concluded
Its consideration of the message to-
day and drafted its report, which
will be presented by Representative
Perkins Of New York. The unusual
and extreme course advised by the
commit ttee-tha OF declining to con-
slider any communication from any
source which, In the Judgment Of the
house II not respectful lis likely to
create q sensation when II. is read.
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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1909-01-08

the salary Of the president to $40 =
900 and Of the salary Of the vice
president and the speaker Of the
house Of representatives to- $40. .000
each.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1909-01-08
ND.AAN IRA|[[l
By SECRET / SERVICE
P1TcHFoRK SENATOR SUSPECTED
OF OREGON LAND
FRAUDS

Washington, D. G., Jan. by di-
rection OF President Roosevelt secret
service men shadowed Senator Till
man Of South Carolina on the theory
that he possibly was interested in
an Oregon ssland grab" and the result
Of that investigation Is now before
the senate.
The information was contained in
a communication from President
Roosevelt sent in response to re-
quest made by Senator Hale to the
heads of the executive departments
fora statement of the activity of sec.
ret service operatives. Exhaustive
replies were made by the various de-
partments and all of these were for
warded to Senator Hale by the pres
ident. They have not been made
public, and Senator Hale announced
that they would not be given out
until after they had been consider
ed. "A subcommittee of the commit
tee on appropriations which will be
charged with the duty Of acting up
on that portion Of the presidents
annual message relating to the Sec
ret service and criticizing members
of congress for their restriction of
its use.
Soon after President Roosevelt's
communication to Senator Hale was
received at the capitol yesterday It
became noised about that 1t tcontained
reflection upon senator from a
southern state. The name Of the
senator in question was not diyulg-
ed for a time and as result the
atmosphere of the senate was sur
charged with curiosity and much spe-
culation. When 1t finally became
known that Senator Tillman was the
member named, further efforts to
procure information concerning the
character of the charges were made
but they were without avail. a
Through the fact that several SEN
ators had advance information of the
character of the report which was to
be sent to the senate, it was learned
that the investigation of Senator
Tillman followed an attack which he
made in the senate nearly a year ago
upon an Oregon land company which
used his name as one Of the persons
interested in the concern. Previous
to that attack Senator Tillman had
introduced resolution directing the
attorney general to prosecute suits
against the Oregon Railroad, cor
poration, which had received land
grants in tile late sos for q line from
d California point to Portland. Ore.
Mr.. Tillman had said that the use OF
his name was without authority and
as d result it IS declared that several
4 persons interested In the land grants
became angered. Some OF the inter-
ested parties are reported to have
sent to President Roosevelt copies OF
letters alleged to have been written
nv Senator Tillman Indicating that
q he had an interest either II one Of
the land companies which would be
benehtted through the land compaD-
les obtaining possession Of the grants
III question. After receiving this ID
formation 1t Is said secret service
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
MANY YOUNG GIANTS.
McGraw Has Splendid Material for
Next Season.


Philadelphia, August 22.-The minor
Lacquer who finds a regular berth with
the Giants next spring will be a Won
der Manager McGraw carries with
him more extra men than any other
manager in the league. On the presen.
trip he has used every one of them but
Snodgrass and was mighty glad to
have them at his disposal. 1t is not
because he might need them in an
emergency, however, that he keeps
them on his payroll, but because they
are entirely too valuable to place on
the market and too liable to be picked
up by some other club and used against
the Giants.
McGraw has often said that any one
of them, if played steadily for three or
four weeks, would become regulars.
Simply because he cannot afford, at thJs
time to experience with them, these
Youngsters are warming the bench ana
learning their lessons by watching the
seasoned major leaguers solve the
various problems that pop up in the
course of every game.
Most of them, in fact all but Fred
Snodgrass, will go on practicing in tn e
positions they have always played.
Snow" however. is to be nodded into
an outfielder. 1t was as a catcher that
he first attracted McGraw's attention,
and he has never done anything else.
He has all the requisites, too, of a
cracking good backstop-but one.
McGraw has never been able to sue
cessfully coach Snodgrass in the snap
throw to the bases. He will persist in
making the long, overland heave,
throwing from down south" He has
q really remarkable throwing arm, one
of the best on the team, but he loses
too much time in getting the ball away
from him. With this whip and the
world of speed he can get out of his
legs, McGraw believes he ought to de-
velop into an extremely good out
fielder.
1t is not generally known, in fact
McGraw will not verify the belief, but
1t is pretty well understood just the
same, that the Giants leader has the
same designs on Tad Jones If he ever
lands him. While the team was at Gin
cinnati McGraw did everything in his
power to secure Jones' signature to a
contract and would have succeeded but
for the ex-collegians mother. Tad's
wife was won over to the idea of his
to rather like the idea. but his mother
to rather like the idea, but his mothe,
could not be brought around to the
same way of thinking.
Jones is one Of the greatest ball
players ever developed at any college
At Yale he caught In all the big games
but 1t isn't at all likely that he will
ever catch for the Giants. Like Snod-
grass, he has a great whip, Is faster
than a streak and, best Of ALL Is
natural hitter. Stuck out in thu
meadows. he would fill in mighty nice
ly with Murray and Seymour.
Arthur Wilson will probably be &
regular catcher by next year. He hash
had chance to show a great deal II
championship games. but has made thu
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
LUNGHI BEATS SHEPPARD.
Some Fine Sport at FIremen's Picnic
at CeIt Pork.

New York, August 22.-In the track and
field games of the firemen's picnic at
Celt Park, L. l., today, chief interest
lay in the meeting of Melvin w. Shep-
pard of the Irish-American Athletic club
and Lunghi, the italian short distance
runner, both Of whom started In the 600
yard scratch race. Lunghi won easily
in liza Is.
Sheppard quit in the home stretch, hav-
ing renewed an old injury to his right
foot.
B. F. Crowley, Irish-American Athletic
club, won the three-mile handicap from
his clubmate, T. ]. Collins, scratch, in
1907.
Ahearn, the worlds champion hop. step
and jump expert, did 40 feet Tx inches
in the event; Martin ]. Sheridan gave
liberal handicaps but won out in the
discus with 1874 feet 81 inches. and John
]. Flanagan Of the Irlsh-American Ath-
letic club, took the gold medals in two
handicap events from scratch. the 16-
pound hammer threw with III feet II
inches, and putting the 56-pound weight,
g feet inches.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

A former physical director of Yale uni
versity hit the nail on the head when he
said. "rhe baseball player comes in all
sizes and all kinds of human packages.
don't attempt to classify him, beyond GER
tifying to his soundness of wind and limp.
Think of the crack players you nave
known here at Yale. Compare Dutch
Carter, six feet three or four, ana as
wide as a fence post with Billy Murphy
the meteorc shortstop who afterWard
played with a big. league nine. Murphy
was what the boys called as big as
pint of peanuts and beside Carter he
looked like a little lad in a primary
school. No, the baseball man is between
five and six feet tai land between 14O
and 200 pounds, big, slim and stocky, fat
and thin, all kinds and conditions. Bar
ring him, we are able to tell, with profit
to the man and to the athletics of the
university, whether a student will be
most successful as a football player,
track man, a crew man or a gymnast.'
And this man was correct. While a
small man may be at a disadvantage in
other sports football or rowing, for in
stance, his size may be his best asset
in the national game.
Look at the men playing in the big
leagues today.
Starting at third base. go over them.
The smallest is, probably, the Pirates
new man, Jap" Barbeau. Bobby"
Byrne of the st. Louis Nationals; Billy
Purtell, the Child athlete" of the Chi
cago White Sox, and Miller Higgins of
the Cincinnati Reds, are all guarding the
difficult corner in spite of their size,
which does not handicap them In the
least. In great contrast to these men as
Bill Bradley, of the Cleveland Maps.
who, with few years ago was con-
sidered the peer of them all; Devlin of the
Giants and Steinfeldt of the worlds
champions, all "six-footers Among the
small men at the shortstop position are
java Coffey of the Doves; "Tobasco
Kid" Elberfeld of the New York High
landers, "Ownie" Bush of the Detroit
Tigers, and Tommy" Mcmillan of the
Brooklyn Superbas. "Honus" Wagner.
who is fine model for a hack factory;
Lee Tannehill of the Chicago Americans.
Mcbride of the Washington Senators and
Long jack Knight the Philadelphia
schoolboy with the Highlanders, are all
OF greater stature than the ordinary man.
and may be placed In the category of
giants.
The second-sackers are more uniform in
size, although Johnny Evers of the Chi
cago Cubs, Andy Mcconnell of the
Boston Red Sox, and Shorty" French
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
GOLF ON BOOM.
National Amateur Championship Is De-
cided at Wheaton, III.

New York. August 22.-The usual mid
summer lull IN metropolitan golf is about
over and fall dates are in such demand
as to foreshadow the busiest autumn on
record. Following the clash in the dates
for metropolitan championships and June
fixtures there now is promise of another
collision the third week in September in
three titular struggles, the intercollegiate
the western open and the metropolitan
open. The two former fixtures have the
right of priority and so the metropoli-
tan is bound to suffer most of the con-
fict
The national amateur championship the
great event of the golfing year, which is
to be decided this season at Wheaton,
ILL.,, beginning September g. is attracting
unusual attention. There never was a
championship match more perplexing to
forecast. Jerome d. Travers. national
title-holder in 1907-0S, has done practi-
cally nothing this season and doubt was
expressed today whether he would defend
his title.
Walter J. Travis Is temporarily off his
game, particularly in putting, after three
months of great achievement which in
cludes recapturing the metropolitan title
in one of the greatest matches ever
played.
Fred Herreschoff, metropolitan runner
up, and winner Of the Nassau tourna-
ment, although he has not played much
lately. has been doing the best work of
his career, and next to Travis seems the
main dependence of the Wheaton tourna-
ment.
H. Chandler Egan, national champion
of 1904-05, has reconsid-red his determine
ton to withdraw entirely from the COM
petitive snort and will contest at Wheat
on, where he has won so brilliantly.
Several youngsters figured as runners
up in the spring tournaments. but the
only one to sustain his reputation is
Charles Evans of Chicago.
AS the golf situation stands, one golf
expert said today that Travis and HERE
schoff will be the dependencies of the
east and Chandler Egan the leading west
ern card in the coming championship
! tournament at Wheaton
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
EDITED BY
HUGH W. ROBERTS
Last Western Invasion Begins 70
SIZE IN THE MAJORS
BY j. RAYM oND PRICE.

of the same team, are midgets, while
Larry" Lajoie, ex-manager of Cleveland:
Red Killifer of Detroit, and Jimmy
Williams of the st. Louis Browns are big
and hefty.
All the initial-sackers are tall. Claude
Rossman of Detroit, big Tim Jordan
of Brooklyn. and Jake" Stahl of the
Boston Americans are very big men,
Rossman especially being a giant in
build.
Hall Chase who is undoubtedly the
greatest first baseman the game has ever
known, is not quite as large as those men
toned, but is, nevertheless, wonder.
"Jiggs" Donehue of the Washington
American team and Frederick Tenney of
the Giants are also small when compared
with the Others
The outfielders are of all sizes. "Wahoo
Sam" Crawford. Mike Donlin. who Ia
under the control of the Giants. O1dring
of the Philadelphia Athletics Owen VIII
son of the Pirates and Doc" White. the
pitcher-outfielder of the White Sox. are
each ''as big as a house" ''Vurra Wur-
RAJ O'Hara of the Giants, Keller of the
Highlanders, Tommy Leach of the
Pirates and "Tully Fred" Hartzell of tbe
1t is In the batting position that size
seems to have some bearing
There are any number of giant twirl-
ers. Falkenberg of Cleveland is spoken
of as the human telegraph pole" and
'Addie' Joss of the same team is re-
ferred to as the human hairpin," but
1t is doubtful that either one of them
has anything on George Mcconnell for
merly of the Highlanders, or Bobby
Groom, the Senator's Pacific Coast re-
cruit.
"Collegian" Nourse. the new pitcher of
the Red Sox from Brown university. is
also Some big"
Taken as whole Detroit probably has
the biggest staff of Fingers In either
league. wild Bill Donovan, Ralph
Works, "Kickapoo" Summers. Killian.
Willetts and Mullin are all sixfooters
Lefty sallee of the Cardinals, big
Six Mathewson OF the Giants and "Jeff''
Overall of the Chesty Chicago Cubs are
men whose large frames help them pitch
game after game without injuring them
selves.
WARRIOR. the Irish Indian of the High
landers, his team mate, "Pete" Wilson:
''Heine" Berger of the Maps. Blaine Dur
bin of the Reds" and Dygert of the
Athletics are small
In the back-stopping department Long
Larry Mclean is the giant with "Chief,'
Myers of the New York Giants and Swee-
ney of the Highlanders close seconds Ira
Thomas of the Athletics and Sullivan of
the White Sox also are strapping big
men.
Gibson one of the Pirates big Four"
Archer of the Chicago Cubs, Jack"
Kleinow of the Highlands and always
Something Doom of the PHILADELPHIA
Nationals are not quite so large, though
when compared with the average indi-
vidual they would surely have to be
placed in the class of 'blg fellows"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

It is time the association gave Moles-
worth notification to enter into nego-
tations for players for next season.
Right at the present time players may
be landed
To procrastinate in this particular
means tail-end club for next season.
1t is still a matter of doubt as to
whether Wordsworth will be in charge
next year
Nothing has been said to him, and he,
of course, is in the dark.
II the assocta ton has made any steps
toward the acquisition of another man
ager. those steps were so carefully taken
that their echo caused no one to startle
Directors of the club state that If any
move has been made they have not heard
Of IT.
It is learned, however. that no offers
have been made to Babb of Memphis,
Reed of Mobile or Eugene Demontre-
Vile.
1t is high time that some action is
taken.
This, OF course. is none of our bust
ness. save that we are interested in hav-
Ing a winning team next season.
Wordsworth should be notified to go
ahead and get players or some other man
put In search of material.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

best of what few opportunities have
come his way. His snaps to second
are pretty to watch. and he looks good
in every other department of his posi-
tion. He absorbs things quickly and
could go in now and catch a better
game than some of the regular work
ers on other teams.
Young Schafer, "TilIy," as Cy Sey-
mour has dubbed him, is positively the
coolest proposition on the ball field
that ever came to New York. He has
no more respect for a batter's reputa-
ton than a donkey, and doesn't know
what nervousness means. He can play
second, short or third, and play them
well. OF. IL need be, one of the outf1eld
positions. He would be well up In thu
ranks Of the hitters had he had any
thing like an even break in luck. He
hits the ball for keeps when he does
land on 1t, and generally sends II
sh ooting out on a line. He can hit to
either field.
But 1t seems that every time he does
get the ball through the infeld 1t is
the signal for some outfelder to tear
off a sensational catch. He Is a 10
second man on the bases and used to
hold all the Pacific coast spinting
records.
Arthur Gletcher Is another Al Bird
we'll for natural grace in fielding, but
not so stout sticker, though he has
been improving under McGraw's coach
ing. He has an arm like Arthur Dew
Inns and it's a caution the way he
gets the ball across the diamond on a
close play.
Josh Devore, through accidents and
sickness, has never been able to do
much for the Giants, but Is there and
will be showing up some of the older
men in the league in another year
or
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

With the fall a young mans fancy
turns lightly To thoughts Of football, at
least if he is in college. and although
the pigskin season of 1909 is still about
a month off already coaches and cap
tains are scheming and planning over the
plays they intend using and outlining
plans of campaign.
Besides her two championship games
Yale has several important matches on
her schedule On October Is the Blue
eleven will pay West Point its annual
visit, and if former games are any cri-
terion that game should be worth going
miles to see. Last year the two teams
played each other TO a standstill Yale
barely winning. Two weeks later the
Bulldog will tackle Amherst at New
Haven, and on November will play the
last game on the preliminary schedule
against Brown at New Haven. This game
was a tie last year. 1t will be seen that
the Blue eleven has a strenuous three
weeks in store at the end of the season.
Princeton has one of the most disas
trous seasons of its football history to
redeem this year. and the schedule has
been prepared with great care. The team
will be seen in action for the first time
on October ?. when a game with Stevens
institute will be played. Villanova fol-
lows for md-week game and Lord
ham will furnish an opponent for the
Tiger on the 9Th. On the 18th Princeton
will line up against Virginia Polytechnic
institute, which team last season held the
Tigers down to 10-to-4 score Three
days later Sewanee. new team on the
Tigers schedule, will be played at Prince
ton.
On October 30 Princeton will have her
first real test for on that date the Tigers
travel down TO Annapolis to play the
sturdy midshipmen. In 1905 these two
elevens met, the Navy came off victorious
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23

1t is pretty well understood that Paul
sentell will not play in Mobile next sea
son.
Birmingham, since ELAN will go higher,
will need a shortstop next year. Sentell
is a splendid performer. and his efforts
have kept the 1909 Sea Gulls in the first
division
Tom Fisher was dissatisfied last year
and Atlanta gobbled him. Some live man
will snatch Sentell, too.
He would be worth $1,000 to Birmingham
next season.
About the best friend the local asso-
citation has is Louis Heilbroner, the scout
of the Cincinnati Reds.
Heilbroner aided Molesworth materially
in landing Gygli ELAN, Dickson and
others.
1t would be splendid business policy
should the local club return little favors.
It would be well should Cincinnati make
a farm" of Birmingham. At any rate,
the favor of such men as Heilbroner
should be sought after and retained. 1t
is simply good business.
The Barons open in Mobile today.
The final invasion of the west has be-
gun.
At its conclusion the west comes east.
Then the long sleep.
BY next season 1t is hoped new park
and a new grandstand Will be ready for
the public.
Let us hope for a winning team, too.
H. W. R.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
ATLANTA TAKES LEAD.
Builds Real Automobile Course and
Will Reap Results.

Atlanta, August 22.-Building a two-mile
race track, where the ponderous ma
chimes can fairly fly through space, and
where a speed of $50 miles an hour is
made possible. is not an ordinary un-
dertaking by any means. Thousands of
men, hundreds of teams, and many giant
steam shovels. are required to remove
the dirt for the formation of this great
track. Seating capacity for thousands of
spectators and other things for their ac-
commodation are necessary Houses have
been built for the storing of machines.
grandstands have to be erected and
railroad facilities have to be looked after
in order to handle the vast crowds GO
ing to such places.
All of these things are being done by
the Atlanta Automobile association, 4
company composed of business men and
sportsmen. that is now building the
fastest automobile track In the world"
The work will be finished early in Octo-
Der, and the first race meet will begin
on November 9, continuing for five days.
The Atlanta Automobile association is
composed of enterprisng men. who have
put 900 into the enterprise. for the
purpose of giving the south the biggest
automobile racing plant in the United
States There is not a dollars worth
of stock either owned or controlled by
any one in any way connected with the
automobile business.
The entry list for the November meet
will be one of the largest in the history
of automobile racing. The weather con-
ditions that usually exist In the south dur
ing November and even later in the win
ter are particularly favorable for automo-
bile racing. Besides bringing thousands
to view the races, the big track will
also be the cause of scores of automo-
bile tourists coming to Georgia and the
south.