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Coronado Railroad.

Passenger Service.-In effect April 9, 1909. Train No. leaves Clifton 7.45 a. m.; Long. fellow S.15a m .; arrivesMetcalf S.3O a. m. No. 8 leaves Clifton 8. 50 p. m.; Longfellow AIS p. ., arrive Metcalf4 1. 2S p. m.
 Train No. 2. leaves Metcalf S55 a. m.: Long, fellow 9:13 a. m- arrivesClifton 9.30 m- No. leaves Metealf4. 40 D. m., Longfellow 55 p. m. arrives Clifton 5.12 p. m.
 GEO. WAesTAFF. Supt NoRMAN CARMICHAEL. Gen'l Manager.
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FOR RENT-A cool Broom adobe dwelling on Hills addition. Apply to Mrs. c. O. Billingsley.
The copper era., 1909-09-02

The employees on the Shannon-Ari- zona railway took rest last Sunday, and as a result many familiar faces appeared on the streets of Clifton.
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MT. and Mrs. Norman Carmichael will entertain number of their friends at the Morenci Elm pire thea ter this evening.
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Miss Reynolds has resigned her position as cashier at the A. c. drug store. Her position is now being filled by Miss Rains.
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e total amount of the assessment bf the town.of Clifton as turned
 Assessor Carlton, is s1,2I7,02o litions and raises made by the council will increase this amount to some extent.
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MT. and Mrs. Wade Hampton have moved into their new residence on Hills new addition.
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MINOR MENTION

Mrs. F. W. Ferguson will teach in the Metcalf public school this term.
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We have as good as the market affords in the beef line, at the Clifton meat and cold storage market.
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The stork visited the home of MT. and Mrs O. A. Risdon last Sunday morning and left handsome new daughter. All doing nicely except O. A., but the doctor reports that he will recover.
The copper era., 1909-09-02

FOR RENT-Pleasant furnished front room to one or two gentlemen, on Hills new addition. Mrs. Alice SPInn.
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The Baptist church building has been treated to new coat of paint, the cost of which was furnished by private subscription. The appear ance of the building is now greatly imnr0ved
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F. Backstein, the jeweler on Chase creek, has let the contract f1r handsome cement block residence, which will be located on Hills new addition. The foundation has been commenced and all work will be hurried to completion.
The copper era., 1909-09-02

T. A. BaImer, dentist, East Clifton
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THE STANDING
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Mir. and Mrs. Henry Carr of South Clifton, gave party at their resi- dence Tuesday evening compliment tary to Miss Hunter, of Alamor gordo, N. M., who is spending short time here visiting them. Those who at tended report a most pleasant time.
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The Clifton ball team leaves tomor- row for Bisbee to play a series of Nree games. This series will prac- tically close the season as far as Cliff ton is concerned, as McIlveeu, Nc Clcary and Kelly will not return. The games will be played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
The copper era., 1909-09-02

I. N. Dilliner and c. N. Hill, two frst-class carpenters of Clifton, are employed this week on the old Forbes cement warehouse, which they are remodeling into neat residence. The property is owned by John Parque, who will occupy it as resi- dence in the future.
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There was no base ball in Clifton last Sunday as far as the big team was concerned and the team took a day off. Leaving Clifton Saturday afternoon they spent the night at Coronado, where they were enter tained by MT. and Mrs. Gay and on Sunday morning they left for the sights on Eagle creek. The party consisted of McIlveen, Riley, Kelly, McCleary Smith and the Mason brothers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

tough kid and we believed he had the
nerve.
I'm the very first game We played
he surprised the whole team by his
speed and accuracy, as we'll as his bat
ting, and kept it up. 1 wrote several
letters to Ned HanlOn about him, but
the Baltimore magnate replied that
he had filled up for the next season.
then sent Hanlon a cablegram telling
him that he was making a big mistake
by not grabbing this youngster, for
he was a coming star. Hanlon finally
notified me to sign the kid, which
did, and you know what McGraW is
today and what he has done on the
field"
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caused me to spill all the eggs by
laughing: Can 1 get $50 a month"
With considerable difficulty in refrain
ing from mirth, l replied that /
could get that much for him. That
night l wired Frank Robinson, owner
of the Cleveland club, telling him of
the phenom, and as 1 was scheduled
for Cleveland the next day. 1 talked
it over with 'Robby,' and the latter
gave me a contract for the kid to sign
at 5000 per month and 500 advance
money.
81 went back to Eau Claire and gave
the kid his money after he signed the
him to Cleveland.
"At my suggestion Robinson, who
had all the pitchers he needed at the
time, allowed Waddell to sit on the
bench during a number of games and
warm up with the players. Robinson
then farmed the youngster to Fort
Wayne, which club was then con-
trolled bv Cleveland and Waddell got
off by winning nine straight games
ION this showing Cleveland recalled
him, and he won his first three games
for Cleveland whereupon he jumped
into as much prominence as Young
Adams of Pittsburg, now enjoys. That
he is the craziest ballplayer who ever
donned a glove goes without saying,
for the record of his escapades is his
tory. The only man who was ever
able to handle Waddell and get re-
suits from him after his early break
ing-in experience was Connie Mack
for he had the dope on the "Rube. NO
ono olsa before or since has succeeded
in handling him. don't know why, for
T never tried it, but Mack's dope
would be worth a lot to st. Louis.
He Tells About McGraw.
How about McGraw, the toughest
ballplayer - Alvord was asked.
He was different" replied the ex-
diamond scintillant. Muggsy was
something of a nifty player ABOUT ne"
Orleans but had hardly any league
experience, when we tumbled o1to
him It was in 1891 and l was with d
pouncb of All-Nationals, who were en-
route to Cuba for winter paseoaii
campaign nthe island. We were shy
q second baseman because one OF the
gang fell i'll, and we picked up NC
Graw to fill in. We did not think IL
would make much difference even II
no was not the goods but he was a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

team. The star of the season is Law
renee Barnett of the De Witt High
school, the schoolboy champion, who
has shown marvellous speed in practice
with many of the veteran racers The
events scheduled on Dec. 20 were
half mile handicap, Glass B, one mile
handicap and quarter mile race for
novices. Woodward Sutphen, who fin
ished second to Ed Lamy several times
last season, is also on hand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

Did the Detroit Tigers, the thrice
crowned champions of the American
league, leave the 1910 Johnsonian bunt-
ing in Cuba? On their recent invasion
of Havana theydropped over two
thirds Of their games. Everybody in
the American league, hostile to Hughie
Jennings, and his hustlers, is hoping,
judging by the copy that is finding
it's way on the sporting pages of the
papers in the different cities, that the
expedition will settle the Tigers for
next year.
However, just as Paul Bruske states
in the Detroit Times, the fans" want
to remember that Jennings, who forms
a big percentage of the Tigers, didn't
make the trip; that Cobb, Crawford,
Delahanty and Tom Jones also stayed
behind, and that Bush was there but
a short time owing to being sum
moned home by a death in his family.
Concerning the Winter Gag.
Instances galore have been pointed
out where winter baseball has proven
a Iamentable undertaking for its parti-
cipants, as judged in their following
performances in the regular season
Nagnates to a certain extent are MAX
ing it obligatory on their men to re-
frain from baseball except in the nor.
NAL periods.
Everywhere through the Amer1-
can league circuit, is mentioned the IL
ger trip as the one straw at which other
teams may grasp in their effort to
avoid a fourth consecutive deluge or
Detroit victories.
If the men fail to get into shape in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
ALVORD RELATES
FINDS" HE MADE

Growing reminiscent the ather day,
Billy" Alvord, formerly a major
league star and one of the greatest
third basemen in the game II years
ago, told me how he discovered RUDE
Waddell and John J. CMuggsy'O Nc
Graw, the craziest and toughest ball
players Of the latter day game.
AIvord played with a number of big
league clubs in the sos, when he was
IN his prime, and for II years held a
prominent place in baseball annals as
one of the star batsmen. He was the
recognized premier third basemOn for
number Of seasons. About 1895 AL
word retired and became a knight Of
he grip and a compulsory patron OF
Inc sleeping cars. This is his own re-
cI'a! Of how he unearthed Waddell:
tobacco Stock In Trade Then.
1 was peddling chewing tobacco
Win couple of side lines in about
1875, and had occasion to drift from
FIUsourg over to a small town called
Eau Claire, Pennsylvania, not Wiscon-
SIh and on my rounds in the burg
sumo one tipped it off to a bunch of
AuS that l was Billy Alvord.
II seems the kids knew another
"Oy who could throw harder than any
D"elh' and begged me to go to a va
ant lot where he was warming up.
ulu not think anythin gof it at the
'''0''ent but the next day l had moth
7" 90 and strolled around to watch
we Kids at play, for if there is any.
ing Ike best, it is to watch a bunc'
youngsters playing baseball. It
surprise you if you realized how
10y" TIE youngsters really do know
Soout the game.
"e'' to continue, j visited the
''''' lot adjoining which was a
% oAAN SoiliLSI GU dDOul a
ana catcher was an admiying
of youngsters. l elbowed my
= C'oSe to the catcher and watched
% '"Nsy youngster, about IS years
HeaYing EN- over He was a
J., 'p4" and I discovered Immediate
mat he had wonderful speed. Let
s. "e The glove says l to the catch
cho. requested the wrong sided
'4ap to toss few.
H. 10Y he just burned them through
-'''on-balls, and the beauty OF
Ia. '9' he could control his curves
BAN : "''h If he would like to play
Tia son "Flng' and he replied with
question, which nearl.
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PROFESSIONAL
HOCKEY PLAYERS
GET THE COIN

NEW 4OfLh, Dec. Z4.-lne pfOIeS-
sional in every sport, whether it be
baseball, hockey or what not, is al Ways
listening for the same sound and he
can detect it far off He has trained
his ears to catch the first sound of the
crumpling of the long green. To the
person who is content to gaze on the
surface of things only and does not
care to delve in the inner workings it
undoubtedly appears that baseball
the great national pastime-is the most
remunerative form of athletic compe-
tition. But this is not true.
There is another branch of athletics
which is just beginning to claim its
own in the United States that pays
even greater sums for it's experts than
does baseball. The season of hockey
i nthe Dominion is of necessity not
nearly so long as that of baseball, but
while it lasts the men demand and get
amounts of mintage that sound more
like legendary dreams than truthful
statements. And yet they are part Of
the history of the game as it is played
in our northern neighbours backyard.
Ten dollars per minute for one hook
ey player would, if one did not know
the inside, have to be swallowed with
more than one pinch of salt. But this
isn't the mere production of someone's
fertile brain. A glance in the annals
Of the sport across the line stamps it as
at it and begin to think that all this
high strung business over which jeff
and Johnson are making such fuss is
not the result of one big jump, but has
found it's stepping stones in other
sports
Art Ross, who played with the CO.
bait team against Halleybury in
hockey game last winter, was paid $500
for the contest, which lasted so min
utes, two halves of 80 minutes each
This would make his stipend amount
to $40 a minute.
Furthermore, all the other members
of the two teams received big money
for playing in that game. The contest
was staged in Cobalt the heart of the
silver mining district, and those min
ers are willing to make big outlay
in order to get two good teams to play
and then they wager heavily on the
outcome of the match.
The average salary paid the profess
sional hockey player in the Dominion
for about nine weeks play is probably
$1,000, but there are several lumnaries
at puck chasing who are compensated
for their services in much larger
checks. Some draw as high as $4,000
for the season.
1t is generally conceded that the av-
erage baseball player receives stipend
# about $4,000 season for nearly
seven months daily work. Hockey is
too strenuous a game to request man
to play it every night, and when all
this time is taken into consideration
it will be found that the salaries paid
hockey players touch higher mark
than those given the ball tOssers.
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Stars Did Not Make Trip.

However, there is a lighter side to
the situation, from a Detroit point Of
view. In the first place, the stars
mentioned as not competing are the
of the burden Of winning ball games.
particularly in the batting depart
ment.
Even if the others should show signs
of a lapse, it will have to be radical
one to hurt, provided that the star
hitters are on deck and doing their
duty. Then, too. the Tigers have not
been the only team in their league to
test the effects of winter baseball
The Philadelphia Athletics, who
made the race with Hughes men last
season, have been campaigning the
Pacific coast and have played infinite
ly more games and harder ones than
those played by the Tigers Nor were
any of Connie Macks stars missing
from the lineup. Further, one of them
got married, still further tempting the
hoodoo.
Another Team Down In Cuba.
And another team, containing quite
a sprinkling of American leaguers
from other teams, is now in Cuba.
has just opened a little series of it's
own. These men have been out Of
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TENNIS
WRESTLING
RACING
BOXING
WOLGAST'S MANAGER WILLING
TO POST FORFEIT AT ONCE

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 23-Tom
Jones. manager of Ad Wo!gast, when
shown an Associated Press dispatch
from Chicago today stating that Bat
Ting Nelson had EXPRESSED a willing
ness to defend his title of lightweight
champion against Wolgast as soon as
WOlgast posts a forfeit. said:
IF he means business l will post
$1,000 at once. | have not heard from
Nelson direct. but he told me some
time ago that he would take Wolgast
for his next opponent provided he had
not met with defeat before January !,
The time will soon be up and / expect
Nelson will keep his word"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

Judging by me nulnDer OF amateur
and professional races scheduled in the
different cities-Pittsburg New York,
Cleveland, Chicago, ST. Paul and Bos-
tOn-it looks as if indoor ice skating
will enjoy a big boom this winter. In
Pitts5urg several races have already
been held and have drawn a large at
tendance. The big amateur meet on
the calendar opened the season in New
York on Dec 90. Nearly all the speedy
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game, the latter advocating the aboli-
ton of tackling below the waist an |
the ''on-side kick
Among the other contributors t.
the symposium are the presidents OF
the universities of Texas, Minnesota,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Colorado,
Iowa, Cornell and Princeton. All ia
tiOns in the rules
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Anights of the steel blade in the east
were entered. The New York Athletic
club team captured many events with
such good men as Joe Miller, Ken
meth Dayton, the two Taylors and Guy
Lyman, all of whom have participated
in championship races. Clarence
Granger, the champion, skated unat-
tached. The Wanderers Hockey club
Of New York, whose colors he formerly
wore, was not represented by a skating
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Skating Craze Strikes Dayton.

DAYTON, Wash, Dec. 23.-(Spec-
iaL)-The skating craze has struck
the younger people OF Dayton and
following a request by numerous par
ties the Dayton band has decided to
open the skating rink on Syndicate
hill after the holidays, and to con-
tinue as long as the patronage war
rants. The skates are being put in
excellent condition, as wei as the
floor.
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double break in training is almost GER
tain to effect some of them.
1t will prove a grand year to test the
truth of the theory that no man can
realm his top-form in baseball with
out a prolonged let-up.
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Detroit Tigers May
Regret Cuban Trip

the south next spring with that ease
to which they have become accus-
toned and if they fail to put into their
efforts the ambition of former seasons,
that Cuban trip will have to bear a
large share of the blame beyond ques-
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=== LIVE NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD &C.,

find it difficult to get back into form
Nor will they be able to so direct
rom Cuba to their training camps
Another period of rest will intervene
NefOre that date, and the effect of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
BIG COLLEGES MAY
FRAME OWN RULES

in view, however, of the large num-
Der of fatalities which have occurred
this year. the friends of the game must
recognize that the puDI;c Cemand for
reform is as just and salutary as it is
imperatively insistent. Football at
best is a rough game, and no rules can
But the number of deaths which have
this year resulted from accidents on
the football field are too great and
serious a cost for the continuance of
the present game.
ks i4r2 k Observation-Disclosures
Il repeat that in my opinion football
should be retained. l still more en-
phatically believe that the rules should
be revised, and | fully expect to see the
rules revised by the football rules
committee
President Schurman is a firm be-
lever in athletics and intercollegiate
sports He qualities his Endorsement
of all forms of student activities by the
emphatic declaration that they must
not keep a student from his university
work.
Summer Baseball Problem Absent.
There is no summer baseball prob
lem at Cornell. President Schurman
and all the members of the faculty in
terested in or in charge of athletics
years ago, condemned such infringe
ment of the amateur rule. They be-
lieved that the university authorities
were the proper persons to regulate
this and to set the standards. The &C
ton of the Intercollegiate Association
Of the United States on this PROPOSE
ton had no influence at Ithaca, for
more than five years ago summary leg
islation against it was put into effect
This has since been supplemented so
that at the present time it is impos-
sible for a Cornell baseball player to
take part in any baseball game for
which an admission is charged, unless
such game be a regularly authorized
contest conducted by the athletic as
ISOLATION and for which he has permits
sion from the committee on student
organizations, the controlling faculty
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Cornell President Likes Game.

President Schurman, of Cornell, in
recent statement on the collegiate attn
letic situation, said: Il fully expect 10
see the rules revised by the national
football rules committee. l think the
game of football is too god a sport
and too popular with American youth
to be abandoned. And, in spite of all
arguments that may be used to the
contrary, / am still in favor of inter
collegiate games of football.
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Unusual interest is being taken in
the meeting of the intercollegiate Ath-
letic association, which is to be he'd
at the Murray Hill hotel, New York
City, on December 2S, when the future
of football will be discussed. There
will be a big collegiate representation
from the east and the west, with one
exception of Yale, Harvard, Princeton
and Cornell. These universities have
stood aloof and refused to join the as
ISOLATION, although it was this organ
ization which brought about the big
football reform four years ago. 1t was
said that the big colleges would not
join the body because it would ally
them too closely with schoOlboy and
prep" school athletics, and they would
rather run their own affairs. However,
none of the four colleges mentioned
has ever given reasons for not joining
until recently, when President Hadley
of Yale, in the first utterance he has
made on the athletic situation in the
last few years, said: Il have dissuaded
Yale from joining the association be-
cause it's constitution seemed to be
open to grave criticism"
At Cornell the athletic authorities
refrain from expressing the reason why
Cornell has not joined the association.
The organization is regarded with
much Indifference at Ithaca. President
Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton, when
interviewed, stated that he did not care
to say anything about athletics at TINS
time. but it is said at Princeton that
President Wilson is interesting him.
self in the football situation and Is
going to take up the subject of ath-
letics with the committee on outdoor
sports. an action which he has seldom
taken.
CorneM President ikes Game.
The evening world., 1909-02-11
KILLED BY FALL
BEFORE CROWD Of
WOMEN SHOPPERS

In view Of a big crowd OF women shop
pers William Ais, rigger, fell from the
front facade Of the Herald building, al
Broadway and Tnlrty.ffth street. this
afternoon, tangled In the folds OF nag
which he had been hanging above the
main entrance He died OF fractured
skull two hours later at the New York
Hospital.
Ais was one OF several men who had
been sent BY a decorating concern TO
deck the building with bunting for the
Lincoln centenary tomorrow. He was
perched on a temporary scafrold, when
a pun OF wind blew Inc flag into his face
and about his limbs. Blinded and con-
fused the man Involuntary thrust his
body backward Losing his balance he
dropped head first TO the stone steps
thirty feet below.
Roger Sheehey. young man, Of No
7sl Eighth avenue, who was passing the
building, heard Ais cry out and saw
him IA ling. Sheehy flung out his arms,
hoping to break the force OF the rigger's
fail, but all that he clutched was a cor
ner OF the flag. Ais struck within a foot
or two OF Sheehey.
Or, Burnett took the victim away In
an ambulance. He died without regain
ing his senses Ais was about twenty.
five years old Except that he lived
somewhere In Brooklyn and was known
among his mates as Whitley" because
Of the color OF his hair, the foreman OF
the job could tell nothing about him.