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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-06


Tie more we live more brief appear
Our LIES succeeding stages
= day 60 childhood seems 3 year
And years Ike passing ages.
The 9ladsOme current Of our youth
Ere passion yet disorders
Steals lingering, Ike 3 river smooth,
Along its grassy borders.
But, as The eareWOfn cheek grows wan
And sorrows shafts ~ thicker,
We stars that measure life 30 man,
Why seem your courses quicker7
When joys have lost their bloom and
bfeaih
And iife itself Il Yapid,
Why, ~ We near the falls Of Death,
Feel We its tide more rapid
L my be strange, yet who would
change
Tines course 20 slower speeding
When one BY one our friends have
g0ns
And LETT our bos0mS bleediBgi
Heaven gives our years Of falling
strength
Indemnisying heetness
Ard those Of youth 9 seeming length,
PropOrtioned 10 their sweetness
Thomas Campbell
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-06

Some claim 70 eel az cost and some
below cost, and some advertise the clear
anee sale. bat chlttendsn q GO. carry
The hssl erads az soots and expect q
aaII them a 3 Ia.llImal. nEell 81
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-06

Fishing parties On Sopchoppy and Ock-
lockneo rivera. L,annch "S(nr, = npaadV,
comfortable, safe Expense inconaider.
able. Fab biting NOW. Address J.W.
Weed. captain and experience guide.
sQpaheppg, tla. Ia
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-06
Success Of Leon
County Farmers
The Tga!hiulnesS and Accuracy Of ali
Communications Appearing In
This Department are VOuch-
ed f0f By the Chamber
Of Commerce.

"a fOf By tie Chamber
Of Commerce.
Editor True Democrat:
/ see you are soliciting letters from
De farmers IN which we srs requested
% tell about our experiences IN the
growth Of special crops.
/ viii tell you Of what ] have done
with rescue grass.
IN September, 1907, ] sowed sixty
p0unda on two acres that had planted
% peas. On account Of q dry fall got
B very poor stand, but / saved on the
10th of April, following, four tons Of
hay end sixty pounds Of seed. Last
September ! eoWed twelve acres.
from one end 4 half acres Of this /
9athersd Eve tons Of hay mo seed, Il
being cut IN the dough state. For the
preparation q this / broad eaated 80
loads Of stable manure IN May, intense
ID cultivated it until September and
then aoWed the seed. The remaining
zen and q half acres was cut Just &c the
aoad matprod. 10 yielded six thousand
pounds 81 seed and twenty tons OF
straw. fertilIEed this with 900 pounds
Of commercial fertilizer, formula S.4-l.
Cut &c the proper stages, the three
imoat valuable hay products anallEes
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
Fine Shooting
FOR SPORTSMEN
BIRDS ARE NUMEROUS AND Hlc
AND THERE WILL BE SOME
REAL SPORT WHEN THE SHOOT
ERs GO AFIELp - FAvoRlTEI
SPOTS.

With the opening OF the open season
ten days away, North Dakota sports
men are beginning to get their guns in
shape for the annnai slaughter. with
the season opening one week later than
usual the promise Of a bountiful sup
ply of big birds is bright
The work of enforcing the new game
law is proving hard task, but all over
the state deputies of the game wardens
are employed, and a goodly number of
arrests and convictions resulting in
fewer violations than would otherwise
be the case,
Chicken hunting will be the best the
state has had for several years past. In
the Red River valley the old stamping
ground for sportsmen, the supply this
season is more plentiful than In the
past two or three years, although II is
nothing like 1t was in the early days
Trail county however, has a good
sized bird population and there will
be considerable shooting there. Down
the southwestern line will be favorite
place and the central part Of the state
is popular.
The new laws is providing ali kinds
OF work for the county auditors The
applications that must be filed by
those desiring licenses to- hunt are
lengthy and contain everything that
would serve to identity hunters from
the color of their hair to the brand of
chewing tobacco used
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
FOOTBALL SEASON
Will Open SOON
TWO NEW COACHES FOR FARGO
THIS SEASON ADDS INTEREST
TO THE GAME-A. c. HAS SOME
HEAVY CONTESTS SCHEDULED.
AND PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT

Fargoans will take more than the
usual interest in football this season.
Reuber succeeds Magofln at the A. C.
and Watkins takes Grogan's job at
Fargo college. Reuber is an old
Northwestern man, a famous player
and a successful coach He is ex-
pected to get results at the A. C.
this fall.
Watkins comes from Vermont and is
highly recommended. He will have a
hard job to fill Grogan's shoes but his
friends are confident he will deliver
the goods
Another interest is added to the
game this fall because of the probable
resumption of athletics between the
A. c. and the N. ID. u. Games be-
tween these institutions should attract
great crowds.
Prospects at the A. G. look unusual
ly bright for a good team this fall.
Most OF the men on last years squad
viii be back and the annual influx OF
high school material will easily surpass
that of previous years. Three men of
last years team are lost by gradua-
tion. Red" Darrow, quarterback, and
the fastest man on the team; Nemzek,
captain and fullback, and Murphy, left
end will not be back. Coach Reuber,
who will be here Sept L. will have no
easy task before him to fill these i'm
portant positions.
The schedule of games is the hardest
undertaken by the A. c. in years. ri
the State ~" is taken on seven games
VIII be played. The schedule is as
follows:
Oct. 2. State School of Science CAtl
home).
Oct. 9, Valley City Normal adro
Oct 9. Valley City Normal (Abroad)
Oct. l6. Fargo College Cat Home).
Oct %. South Dakota A. C.l
(Abroad).
Oct. 30 Manchester cat home).
NOV .. st. Thomas CAT home).
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LEFT HAND FIRST
BASEMEN POPULAR

a 4
Your New. York fans who have
been sued to seeing two such great
first basemen as Hal Chase and Fred
'Tenney perform have onlysro watch an
active young man like Merkle substi-
tute for one OF them to come to the
conclusion that the day OF the right
hand throwing first baseman will soon
be past" says "a New York expert,
travelling with the Giants s ~
'Merkle's throwing has not played
an important part in the game in st.
Louis, though there have been one or
two make the bunt killing play on a
sacrifice. His work has been ragged
in other respects. Although he is
charged with only two errors Monday
he nuffed at least dozen throws to
first, and one OF these mishaps at the
opening of the inning resulted In
run that tied the score.
.We fans In Manhattan, who are
familiar with the work Of two, OF the
greatest firstsackers that ever played
baseball, are apt to look upon their
playing as q matter OF course. Not
many years ago, as q matter OF record,
Willie Keeler played pretty decent
sort or q game at third and threw LETT
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

handed. We would like to see more
promising young men go over to that
bag now on a big league bah club and
start in to break up the bunting game
with left-hand throws.
We'll, in a few years right handed
first baseman win be put In the same
class. AS real big league managers
develop tricks OF defense from year to
year the ball is played more and more
from the first baseman to other points
of the infield, and right handed man
is greatly handicapped In getting the
ball away from him quickly because
of the way he must stand to take
throws or field hits.
Take, for instance, the bunt killing
play just mentioned, that Hal Chase
shook up the league with. With man
on first or men on first and second, he
runs UP on a sacrifice, picks it up with
his throwing hand and snaps the ball
to either third or second to cut on the
advancing runner. He does 1t all in
one motion. If he threw with his right
hand, he would have to stop after he
had the ball, straighten up, make a
half turn and throw. Jim MCGUIRE is
the only athlete we can think of on
hand who might be headed off in this
manner.
Then Chase and Tenney both have
a trick of swapping the ball to second
the moment they get on a play at first
to catch man going to second on the
out II he overTuns the bag a step, as
base runners frequently do. To take
the throw on grounder the first base
man is naturally facing toward third
A left-handed thrower can shoot the
ball almost as he catches 1t, but the
has to make a half turn
Tn taking throw to catch run
ner off first the left handler has also a
great advantage. The man is sliding
back on his right side, his gloved
hand. The pitcher can slam the ball
low and to the right direction at the
sliding runner, and 1t is just right for
4 left handed man. But right hand
Or in the mix-up of the slide is apt to
get the throw on his bare hand and
nun It. And IL It is thrown on the
eft hand side OF the base 1t might as
we'll not be thrown at ALL In the light
If this dope 1t might be well for Mer-
1Ie to practice in the outheld
Although Merlle is not as great a,
irst basenan as Tenney, there Is no
particular occasion for regret as yet.
Prue, we are not playing as polished
'aseball as before. but we are winning
all games. We are winning them as
Ians Wagner slides-any old way
ut they count so much per cent at
he league ONCE"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

and he was born May 13, 1888, at ire
land Bridge barracks, Dublin, Ireland,
consequently he was one day old when
Joe Brady was hanged for the famous
political murder Of Lords Cavendish
and Burke, lord lieutenant and under
secretary of Ireland, in Phoenix park.
His father was then In the army, but
emigrated to Canada when the future
ball player was still a little lad, going
to Wellington, where Jim learned to
play ball on the vacant lots. During
this time he worked in a boiler shop.
On Feb. Is, 1903. while making heads
for a big water tank he fell into vat
OF vitriol and oak acid, scalding his
right arm to the shoulder, his side ana
his right leg to the knee A drop
splashed into his left ear, burning the
ear drum and today he is stone deaf
on that side. He lay in the hospital
over three months, getting out on Nav
23, fully recovered, except that his
right side is one big scar, while his
right arm, that powerful whip with
which he squelches daring baserunners
is one inch shorter than his left arm.
The first professional playing Archer
ever did was with the Fargo IN. D.)
team in the Northern league, which he
Joined as soon as he left the hospital
at wellington. His work there was
and he jumped that club,
going to Virden, Manitoba, where they
don't play ball until evening. Once
while there he played in a tournament |
with five other nearby towns In one
day, starting in the morning and play |
ing until late at night. In 1904 Jim |
1rifted to Boone, Ia, where he made |
MS reputation as a catcher and out
1elder. Then he married Miss Lillian /
Stock. When he reported to the |
Boone club he was refused admission |
20 the park, no one there knowing him,
and his appearance, he says, was any
hing but that Of a great ballplayer.
That fall he was sold to PittsburE for
$500.
Pittsburg sent Archer to Atlanta,
rom where Detroit got him. Mana
ger Jennings didn't like Jims style Of
throwing. One of the Detroit papers
ellis the story this way:
When he first came to the Tiger
amp Manager Jennings noticed that
lie took no step in throwing to second.
rhe Tiger manager spoke to him about
t, and Archer tried to add to this
hrowing force by putting forth his
eft foot. -,.a. ..-..
"1 can't do it, he finally told the
Then Jennings let Archer go to
suffalo, where Manager Chance saw
nd captured him, and today Cub fans
will not admit that Jonny Killing is
missed in the least so long as Jimmy
Archer is on the job.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
HORSE NOTES
by ]. ]. j.

Dan Patch and Minor Heir are not
the drawing cards this year they were
hoped to be. The best they could do
at Muncie, Ind. (half mile track, was
2;1O5k. At the same meeting Ardelle
paced a mile in 2:07%.
Who will raise and develop pair
full brother and sister--to beat Lady
Maud c and Hedgewood Boy to pole
2.02%? Echo answers, how?
Hibred. the trotter sold by ]. r..
Collins of Page. N. D., to Mr.. Karrick.
won the 2:21 trot at Chanute, kan.
and got mark OF s:21A.
Daybreak, who had series OF VIC
tories to his credit last season. has to
be satisfied with second and third
money this year.
Ginger appears to be shot stuff'' In
the Kansas 2:l2 PAGES.
Harriska, who won the 2:1S pace at
the Fargo July meeting, was second
IA Aa42 ~ DIT EdLHOUS, kan.
Gov. Sarles is managing to nip Off
nice bunch OF money in his class
without lowering his record. He's
wonderful little side wheeler. and no
mistake.
The $4,000 American DERBY. To he
raced at Readville, Mass. nexr veal
Is In two classes-one for the trottars
and one for the PAGERS. Thirty Ave
thousand dollars goes to trotters and !
$4,000 TO the pacing class. Both are
dashes Of one and one-half miles. FOR
the trotting division there are f,ftv- |
seven assigned handicaps with TTh,an
as the scratch horse IN the nar,nyI
division there are fifty-four nominees |
With the Feel as the scratch horsa
The other horses in each class araI
given the advantage In distance orav
the scratch horses Of from 45 Ia 6ao
feet In the tr0tting division ana IL tba
pacing division Of from 90 to 495 Feet
Bob Douglass was the hfn ynoya,,-
winner at the Buffalo meeting--S1o
900. e1V'
Il
/. And now comes along the s-year- ola
colt, jim Logan, with third heat n
race IN 2:obk at woodland. caI
which equals the worlds record n,ada
py Klasawah In 1888. The last hale
@ the mile was In 1:o1h. ~
4 number OF horses familiar 10 tha
Nofsn Dakota circuits are entered for
the meeting next month at Han,inas
the fields Of starters in the t,rara
circuit classes are unexpectedly small
Wy Wy There y no good money ii
Iners y no way Of getting aua,
rom the facr that there are I IA y
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
THREE Big LEAGUES
Am ERIcAN LEAGUE
Easy for Detroit.

Detroit, Aug. 2S.-Wilson was
knocked out of the box by Detroit in
the third inning, retiring after five
runs had been made off him His
successor was Chesbro, and in the
fourth Detroit gave one of the great
est exhibitions of run making ever
shown here. Fourteen men batted,
ten scoring, and two men, Cobb and
Crawford each hit a home run and
single in this period Threatened
rain caused the home team to play to
be put out towards the finish OF the
inning. Willet did not allow a hit
until uhe sixth, at the close OF which
he retired. Lehveh was easy. Score:
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
Colonies Won over Columbus.

Louisville, Aug. zS.--LouisviHe shut
out Columbus in the third geme of the
series through timely hitting and the
mastery pitching of Vaughn the
much sought after recruit from Ma
con, Ga, Of the South Atlantic league.
Besides twirling his team to victory,
Vaughn's batting was the feature, he
securing four hits out of as many
times at bat one being triple. He
also stole two bases. Moriarty who
was secured from Columbus in a trade
for Larry Quilan, played shortstop for
Louisville. Manager Peitz and Wood
ruff received notice of a three days
suspension from President O'Brien,
of the association, because of umpire
batting in Thursdays game. Score:
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AFTER
ATHLETICS SCALP
5ALLTossERs FROM ACROSS THE
CREEK REPORTED TO HAVE
GREATLY sTRENeTHENED
THEIR TEAM FOR ToMoRRoW's
GAME WITH ATHLETICS.

The ball game at the Athletic park.
begins tomorrow afternoon at g
O'Clock. The Athletics viii be opposed
by Moorhead, The Minnesotans are
reported to have gotten four new
players and viii be in shape for a
much better game than when here be-
fore.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Brewers Get Bigger Lead.

Minneapolis, Aug. 2s.-Milwaukee
won a hard fought game in the eleventh
inning on Barrett's single and Moran's
double to the fence. McGlynn, pitch
ing for the third time in as many
days, held the home team well in hand
throughout and was strong with men
on bases. Block was put out of the
game while at bat in the ninth inning
The acnrA.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

hard and won IS to 8. Manager
Bresnahan Of st. Louis was put out
OF the game for disputing decision on
a batted ball. Score:
R.HE.
- Ais.uelphia '....ss. s......,.13 IL q
st. Louis =
Batteries-McQu Quillen. scaul, Beebe
and Raleigh; Meter. Bresnahan and
Bliss.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
MunrOe Wants Fight.

New York, Aug. 2S.--Jack Munroe
former heavyweight puglist and now
mayor of Elk City, Ont, telegraphed
to a local sporting writer that the Elk
City Athletic club had offered a purse
of 100000 for the Jeffries- Johnson
fight, to take place in Canada one year
from date. Monroe does not state the
exact location of the battle ground. but
says 1t is less than thirty-six hours
from Chicago, New York and other
eastern points.
After his quick defeat by Jim JEFF
fries several years ago, Monroe re-
turned to mining, and 1t Is said he
owns large silver claims at Elk City,
Ont.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
Fourteen Inning Contest.

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 2S.-St Paul
won a fourteen inning game from
Kansas City by score of S to A.
Each team scored three runs in the
thirteenth, Gehring's hit to the score-
board tieing the game for st. Paul. In
the fourteenth Dorner walked three
men, filling the bases and o'Brien taen
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
ons Good Innina.

One Good Inning.
Toledo, Aug. 2s.Three hits in the
eighth gave Indianapolis two runs and
tne game. Carr's timely hitting
brought in all the visitors three runs.
Score: :.
RH.E.
Loledo -. ..............~..s... Is g
hiap pohs ....'.s-......... i
Batteries-owen and Abbott; Glaze
and HowIey.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

Petty Was stiney.
st. Louis, Aug. 2s.-Pettys effective
pitching and punched hits in the
fourth off Moran gave st. Louis a
victory over Philadelphia 2 to /. Petty
gave but four hits, two of which came
together in the fourth and netted
Philadelphia's lone tally. Score:
R.H q,
-. LOUIS ..........s........ 8 /
Philadelphia ...... .........1 IL
Batterfes--PeTty and Stephens:
Morgan and Livingston.
Rain at Chicago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
Rea sex.

The Red Sox go to Hillsboro to-
morrow for game with the aggrega-
tion from the Trail county capital
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

4. Y. Young & Sons Bus and Trans
Ter Co will give you claim checks for
baggage to and from all depots, hotels
and residences. Phone Is.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

Citation and Aileen Wilson are the
PAGERS who have to go in the fast
classes at all meetings this season
They have set up great marks for
themselves in the pacing world. Aileen
Wilson recently raced the Eel at Cleve-
land. but lost In fast race. They win
be campaigned all season BY their
trainers throughout the grand circuit
and Lexington.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
MANY PLAYERS
HAVE SUICIDED

The recent death, by suicide. OF Har.
ry G. Pulliam, president of the Nation.
al league recalls to mind the fact that
within the last twenty years there have
been many prominent baseball men
who have crossed the Great Divide by
the suicide route.
Since 1889 suicide has followed sui
eide, and many men whose faces had
been familiar with the fans for wears
some who had lost miserably. have
given up the struggle and taken the
lonp trip where hits and strikes are
never heard Of
Frank Ringo seems to have been the
hrst ball player to take his life by his
own hand. He was part of the famous
battery, Coleman and Ringo, and had
Joined the Pittsburg team after a long
term OF service with the Quakers. 1t
was on April IL, 1889, at Kansas City.
that Ringo swallowed carbolic acid,
and one of the best catchers the coun-
try had ever known shuffled off his
mortal coil.
In 1894 Edward ]. McNabb, the ia
nous Baltimore pitcher, shot himself
and died instantly at the Eifel hotel on
Smithheld street Pittsburg.
1t was at Rochester, in 1895, that Ed
Crane, who 1t is said made the longess
throw in the history of baseball. took
poison and died.
The terrible deed of Martin Bergen
which occurred in 1900, will never be
forgotten. Bergen who was the star
catcher Of the Boston Nationals, killed
himself, his wife and three children.
In July of the same year, James Nc
Calligan ofsthe New York Giants, killed
himself by cutting his throat.
On Jan. IL, 1903, Winnie Mercer, the
famous pitcher with the Washington
team, ended his life at Frisco on a
barn storming trip. Mercer turned on
the gas.
On March 2s, 1907, Charles (Chick)
Stahl, ended his life by drinking car
bolic acid at West Baden Springs.
Two days later p. d. Murphy, for
mer teammate of Stahl and a minor
league player, committed suicide while
attending his friends funeral at Fort
Wayne, Ind. He used the same means.
Alvin Bayne, Bob Lakswert, and Will
liam @. Palmer ended their lives with
N three months Of the deaths of Stahl
and Murphy. The latter three were
minors.
Ed Delehanty either jumped or fell
rom the International bridge at sBlack
Rock while en- route from Buffalo to
Toronto
The case of Harry c. Pulliam seems
o be the only case of a man high up /
n baseball who ever committed sui
ide.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

% % ~ ~ ~ ~ u ss - 4. - N a "a M u "a
% FoFuFn Want AEs. Css Results. d
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Plratea oot Anothnr-

Brooklyn. Aug. 2s-PittsburR PLAYERS
batted Wilhelm freely and aided by.
errors crossed the plate five times.
Brooklyn could do nothing with willis.
A running catch by Burch in the
eighth inning OF the game was fea-
ture, Lennox was put out Of the game
in the third inning for kicking. Score
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 2S.--PhiIadei-
phia batted three OF st. Louis pitchers
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston's Fourth Straight Victory.

5oston's Fourth Straight Victory.
Boston, Aug. 2s. Boston won its
fourth straight game. beating Cincin-
natl 5 to 4. Curtis held the visitors to
three hits, but errors allowed them
three OF their runs. Boston won in the
ninth on a hit by Curtis. two sacrifices
and shean's single. Score:
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

The man who drives the horse ought
to be the best judge OF the fault OF
gait IL any, and II he is apt at ap-
plying cause and effect. he ought to
be able to suggest. as well as anyone,
the possible way of shoeing him to
get the best results.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
Hard Fought Game.

New York, Aug. 2s.-Chicago defeat
ed New York after great uphill fight.
not scoring until the home team had
made five runs. The result was in
doubt until the ninth. Then after two
bases on balls, Schultz doubled, scor-
ing Evers. Sheckard tailed when
Doyle let BridewelIs return Of
Schulte's hit get away from him. This
was Chicago's only safety Off Raymond.
who relieved Wiltse in the sixth after
Tinker had tied the score by making
a home run. Overall was knockeds off
the rubber in three innings, but Hig-
ginbotham proved capable successor.
Manager Chance was put out OF the
game in the fourth inning for disput-
Ing decision and Devlin retired in the
seventh because his bat slipped from
his hands and hit Archer Score:
LNeW York .....,.......... IL 4
CAiSdSo ...'... ....,..........
Batteries - wiltse, Raymond and
Meyers; Overall, Higginbotham and
Archer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28

Happy Hooligan Cxnown IN North
Dakota) was second in the 1924 pace
.2:12A. He starts at Hamline. Watch
him.
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people who attend the races In North
Dakota who take fully as much in
terest in the jumpers as they do in
the harness races. Which suggests
that managers Of race meetings might
make the running races little mere
prominent In the programme.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-28
Boston Errsd.

Boston ErrSdS
Cleveland, Aug. 2S.--Errors by Bos
ton indelders gave Cleveland the
game, to 8. Falkenberg pitched
steadily and had the contest well IN
hand. Score: