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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-15
Oakland Entries.

First race. five-eighths of a mile. sell
ng-And. b. Cook rs; Eimdale, ll5, Sa-
lima. 10. Cobbleskiil. 1l2; MOliie MOntrose
Il2: Curriculum 112; CuernaYaca, 1l2i
Nelma c.. 1923 DIT. ROwell, IL; Sophomore,
112. Blanche c., -G7 Herives, o.
Second race fiVe-eishths of mile,
purse-AIues, IFS. COppertOWn, ll0; Gil
bert Rose 1l0; Old Mexico, 100; Lady
Elizabeth, 1B. j. II. Barr, l02: Metropol-
itan. 102; PHOSPHORUS, So, Whiskey Tod
dy 95. AloOrek. 93
Third race, five-eighths of nile. sell
.ing-GOssipper IL. l12, Ben stone, ~,
Boas. 112. Hereafter, 1l2; Father Downey,
1l2; old Settler ll2; Lord of the tores-,
1l2; Taxes, 10; Redond0, 1l2; Gold Heart.
112; Kerry 112; Salvage, I0l.
Fourth race mile, handicap-Boggs as;
Bubbling Water 10l; BlackfOTd. 100;
Rosevale q; Edw. r. Fryer 80; Miss Pic
mic s.; Raleigh. S..
Fifth race, mile and twenty yards. sell
ing-Round and Round. III; John Louis,
III; BuckthOrne, 105; Ed Ball, 106; Cock
sure. 106; Gene Russell, l06; Sink Spring,
116; Rosslare, 10j. Roy Jr. los: ValOski,
103. SilVerline. l0l; Aunt Kit 96.
Sixth race, three-fOurths of a mile. sell
ing-May Sutton. log; Emma c. 106,
Creston. 106: Deneen, l06. Marburg l05
Sir john, 1885, Bishop w. les. Mi Direch0
105: Dorothy Ledgett, l02; Roy l., l02
Lanita, l02i NOygOrod 102
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rival promoters-said lin so many words,
that no matter how big he might have
made his Los Angeles BID, the opposition
would have found a way to beat him out.
The Rochester telegram was read to
McCarey over the telephone. A moment
of silence followed before he answered,
i'm q firm voice, Il shall refuse to enter
into any controversy in this matter.
lost the fight and that settles il. So far
as am concerned, my future interest in
the Jeffries-JOhnsOn battle will be only
that of spectator.
-'JeffIies will hurt only himself and his
own interests by calling me names. 1t
is unlike jim to do this sort of thing, and
7 am sorry that he has made this mistake.
for mistake it is. This telegram will act
i'm boomerang fashion.
'sThe whole sporting world knew in
advance how sCant my chances We're of
securing. TIE fight. The New York critics
were saying two days before the bids were
opened that my trip from California to
that city was but a waste of time and
money 7 merely went through with ii
to show that I was sincere ana game.
Every move I made spoke for itself.
Nothing that / could say now would help
tine prospects Of the big battle
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Mr.. Brolaski, in most candid and pic
turesque fashion. gave details of the
gamblers life, and showed the poor
chance of returns Tor money invested
which is given 10 the gambling public He
was one of the owners of a Mexican track
that was regarded as the basis of gam
bling operations i'm the United States and
was put out of business at the instance
Of the department of state through negO-
tiatiou with the Mexican government.
BrOiaskl is now seeking 10 have tracks
I'm which he has no interest dealt with IN
like manner.
Introducing himself as having been a
gambler, pool room proprietor. book
maker u6on race tracks and a hand
b00kmaker BTOlaski said he had worked
SIN his line i'm ST. Louis. Chicago, Fort
Worth, Robey, Atlanta, Charleston, y. c.,
New Orleans, san Francisco, Oakland.
Los Angeles I.atonia, Louisville and
Jennings tracks, and had had Il years
experience. He roughly estimated that
there are now i'm the United States be
tween sixty and seventy pool rooms, ana
fifty of these are i'm New York city.
He calculated that there We're i'm opera
ton nearly 800 landlords. which. he de-
clared. are the incentive that makes the
EnSOpniSticate0 gamble on the horses, He
gave al length details of methods en-
plOyed by race track bOOlmakerS, pool
room operators and hand-bOokmakers.
IIie said that i'm New York city there We're
10000 handbook and pool room players,
aud that the evil was growing daily.
Money He Took.
THE play that is handled by the hand
books and pool rooms. said BrOldSkl.
''is usually from q class of people that
can i'll afford TO lose, and their bets aver
age from sd cents nap. The man of fam
ily VIII take q chance and lose his rent
money. the clerk viii take chance and
lose his board money; the girl viii take
a chance and use money that she should
eXpend ON herself. Tt is the greed for
more money and the gambling fever that
becomes inOculated into their systems
and fl IS growing all the time.
BTOlaSk condemned the ticker service
of the Western Union Telegraph company
or sub-leased lines as a great evil that
should DE stopped. 1T is the service CIV
ing the results and the prices as they fin
ish, he said.
Pointing out the poor chance given the
batt0r for a return of any part of his wa
ger the witness said that i'm a pool room
the percentage against the player would
run from 25 To $50 per cent, and i'm
handbook the percentage was from to
j. per cent.
a player had that much the worst of
il 90 start with, BrOlaski said. and there
was no possible chance 20 beat the game.
Common sense viii tell YOU that from
) uar cent mo will eat ND anN mans can
ital if taken out six times day he
declared
-'There IS only one means" said Air
BrOlaski, "CE putting this evil out OF
United States government enacuug q law
prohibiting the transmission of pool room
and race track Information over telegraph
or telephone wires. either openly or i'm
Cinher and by having those laws enforced
after they are passed also prohibiting the
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STATE ROLLER SKATING
TITLE TO Be SETTLED

A reply is expected today from
panty Green of Logan, the crack
roller skater of that place, to a COM
munication sent him Tuesday by the
mama cement of the Auditorium rink
relative to his coming match with
Willie Schatz, Ctah's champion. The
salt Lake boy, it viii be remembered,
accepted the challenge issued d few
days ago De-. Green for five-mlle
match race for the championship Of The
state. The details were not settled rs
To the time of the race or conditions
under which il is to be rIn- Manager
OAlara wrote to Green and he viii
probably be heard from today and %
date for the contest decided upon. 'he
race viii be run either the latter part
of this week OT the early part of next
a number of improvements have been
made AT the rink this week, notably
the resurfacing of the floor and the
installation of rev lights. Special So
cial functions are being arranged Tor
evers week up until the automobile
show.
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NATIONAL GUARD SPORTS
SEE LIVELY INTEREST

Another of the company teams of the
Fifteenth infantry was taken into camp
by the signal corps of the National Guard
when B company from the fort was de-
featad last night at the guard armCrv by
score of IS to- D. The game was fairly
well played, and showed better team
work on the part of the signal corps
which VIII meet II company. of the post,
Saturday night at the arm0ry.
The signal corps lined mp as follows
Forwards, Book and Hannibal. center
Hume; guards Richardson and War
hurst. The same teams will play again
next Tuesday night at the armory.
After the regular weekly drill Of the
signal corps last night. it was expected
that G company of the guard was 20 con-
test in an indoor rifle meet. but the iu-
fantrymen did not appear. and a contest
was held between the first and second
rifle teams of the corps. The first team
won by narrow margins both iu standing
and sitting. at 80 feet
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ILLINOIS PLANS BIG
ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP

Chicago, Dec 14-At the monthly
meeting of the athletic committee of
fbe Illinois A. q last night official
action was taken on the holding OF a
monster athletic meet i'm the Coliseum
early next spring.
According TO early plans it is pos
sible the meet may be extended over
two or three afternoons and evenings
and include all kinds Of athletics.
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OLD PLAYER WANTS TO
RETURN TO OLD GAME

Philadelphia. Dec. 14-At big foot
ball dinner here the other night, lay
ton SChock. am Old Cornell center. came
out fav0ring the return to- "the good
old brutal game He pointed out that
I'm the days when the lines stood uD.
common than they are nowadays. The
man with the ball couldn't get up as
great am impetus as he does these
days when DE starts from ten to fif-
teen Yards back and has secondary
Offenses as well to strike Whenever
the rules are changed &c is only done
TO hush mp the set opposed to the
sport. Certainly the new gags haven't
kept down the accidents. Players COn-
tinue 10 get hurt and players will con-
tinue to get hurt as long as football
is played.
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C0fpD(NCF NAV STOP RACFRATT WAR n@sRRgba4
TheSpOrting Authority
of Salt Lake
DEADLOCK FOR NATIONAL league
HEAD GIVES DARK HORSE chance

New York Dec 14-Routne disposed by the board Of
directors National League Professional Baseball Clubs which
today Consequently the a1mpOrant question Of eeotng
president will be taken up until tomorrow.
The apparently deadIocked with John Ward command
ing the votes of the New York Brooklyn Chicago and Philadelphia
clubs and John Heyder present president the support the
Cincinnati PbuIg clubs Stanley Robson Of St. Louis
holds the deciding yet decided who to for
Baseball men now ground believe National league magnae
Heydler and Ward will look around for
mise candidate and the best in this contingency
is Ned HanlOn former Of the Baltimores
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charges, however, the board resolved that
any manager or official found guilty OF
operating "a sign-tipping bureau shall be
barred from baseball for all time. This
motion was carried unanimously.
National league directors did not set
through with their work and VIII have
another session.
The peunaut was officially awarded 90
the Pittsburg club today.
William J. Murray, manager OF the
Philadelphia team, filed letter with the
board stating how his contract with the
Quaker club has two years 10 run, and
asking that the new officers be COM
PEELED to respect il, This they will have
to do under provisions Of the National
league constitution.
Wants Fine Imposed.
President Brush Of the New York club
asked that the Philadelphia club be- fined
81 900 for having forfeited a game at tho
Polo grounds last season. No action was
taken. and it win be brought up again TO-
President FOCAL OF the Philadelphia Ma
tfOnaIs said on his arrival today that ha
was ION the fence En- regard TO the cleo
ton Of the National league president
II have no particular interest In Lna
election" he added. "AlI / want 10 DO ta
to see what I can do for the best inter-
ests of the Philadelphia club"
Mr. FOCAL said he did not like the way
Ran Johnson Of the American league was
taItyinp. He said he had been informed
by Philadelphia business men tlaL JleE
believed Johnson thought he was running
The meetings Of both the National
lasp11a and American league members
were postponed until tomorrow.
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PUEBLO FANS WILLING
TO SELL FRANCHISE

Pueblo. Colo. Dec. 14.-Believing that
under existing conditions owners of the
Pueblo baseball club are asking TOO large
a price for the team, no effort VIII be
made here to retain the franchise. This
means that the team Will be sold Friday
morning 90 Jack Holland of Wichita for
$500 Holland viii take the club To ST.
Toeaun No
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BAT NELSON MAY MEET
ENGLISH CHAMPION

Chicago, Dec 14-According to
statement made by John Robinson,
who has been acting as agent for Bat
Ting Nelson, the Dane, has accepted
terms for q match with Fred Welcn,
the British lightweight champion, for
q twenty-rouud bout I'm England in
February. AR. Robinson, who arrived
in the city Yesterday, said that an
English publication devoted to pugilism
had offered q purse of 10000 for "a
meeting between Nelson and WelCh.
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NEBRASKA WANTS CHANGE
IN FOOTBALL RULES

lincoln. Neb., Dec. 1.-THE University
of Nebraska athletic board today in
structed Dr. r. g. Clappe who viii rep
resent Nebraska at the Intercollegiate
Athletic association conference at New
York 10 support any mOvement looking
10 changes ia football rules that will
lessen the dangerous features of the
game
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BILLIARD STARS WANT
TO MEET DEMAREST

New York, Dec. 1L-Calvin Dema-
rest, the billiard champion, must fight
to retain the 1872 balkline laurels
which he won at the recent Madison
SQUARE Garden tournament. Willie
Hoppe and Ora Morningstar are anx-
ious TO meet him and have agreed to
play in a match elimination contest for
the privilege of challenging.
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IN STRAIGHT FALLS.

Chicago, Dec. 14-Yusiff MahmOut.
Bulgarian wrestler. defeated Gus
SChOeniein (American) i'm straight falls
tonight Mahmout won the first fall
I'm 2:34 with q grapevine, and the sec
ond in 33:45 with a chancery. wrist
lock and scissora
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testimony Is Funny.

New York Dec. 1A-PoIice Commits
sioner Baker SAIL tonight that the testi-
mony given. before the senate judiciary
commission concerning gambling I'm this
citv was ridiculous.
.sThe statement that there were fifty
pool rooms and hundreds of landlords
row being operated I'm this city is too
ridiculous to comment on said Mr..
Baker.
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BOWLING RECORD.

= St. Louis. Dec 1.-THE Royals. =
; playing in the City Star Bowling ,
! league tonight broke the worlds :
, record for a single game 10y rolling =
; ]. 2s5. The average was pa. The pre- :
> viOus record was LOO =
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BIKE RIDERS DEPART
TO PEDAL At BERLIN

New York. Dec. I4.-Sailing today
on the KroE Prinzesin Cecilie are
Clarke and Mcfarland. Root and Fog
ler and RUtt and Stol. the siN-day
bicycle riders. All viii participate i'm
"a race i'm Berlin ON December -.
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What's What in Sports
All the Time
GAMBLER WANTS Federal laws
TO END WAGERS ON RACE results

Washington Dec l4-Wih supporting of refOme galore
both Henry BrOask MOnOv Ca who protested to
gambler the star feature hearing today
the senate judiciary support the Bukett bill to
prohibit the transmission betting odds telegraph
telephone wires
He told how the public by boOkmake tracks, by
nonIrnn hrrh anah male
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TRIP is OFF.

; Ann Arbor, Mich. Dee 1.-THE =
! proposed Pacific coast trip of the =
. Ann Arbor High school football team 2
= has been cancelled because Of the =
: adverse decision Of the superinten- !
, dent of the Seattle schools =
%N4@$@%&tHfE$ E&fT&%@fS44f ~
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Joseph D. O'Brien, president OF the
American association, who has been men
toned as a dark horse, said today he was
not interested in the National league
presidential situation in any way. Il am
a candidate for reelection ~ the amer
lean association" said Mr.. O'Brien, 'and
am not looking for promotion.
The national commission VIII nold an
other meeting tomorrow morning az
which it Will probably reopen the case OF
attempting TO bride umplres In the play
off game October, 1893. between the New
York and Chicago Nationals.
No important trades between major
league clubs have been negotiated, but
there will be many before the meetings
end 1t seems assured that the New 4ofk
Americans will get Catcher Criger from
ST I.ouis. and that Norman ElDerteid,
New York American shortstop, VIII De
sold to Washington. Minor league man
ayers have not succeeded in getting any
material from major league CLUBS. Dut
hone to soon Buffalo sold First Base
man Clancy to Baltimore today ana is
planning to get rid of Outflelder RAN
ME Montreal club signed George Smith,
Buffalo's manager last year. as its sec
Ond basemau.
American League.
The American league meeting tomorrow
is called for 2 o'clock, and President
Johnson saws his organization viii be all
through with its affairs by O'Clock.
The directors, who concluded their De
liberia tons today, dismissed charges that
the New York team had maintained q
bureau to disclose signals used by op-
posing teams. In dismissins the
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use of the mails to newspapers that pub
lisE race track prices or results.
Resulting Evils.
He said he could describe to the COM
mittee cases with which he had personal
acquaintance where men had become alb
sCCuders. dTunkaTds and thieves on ac-
count of The pool room and hand DOCK
evils. lie spoke of the so-called gam
blers' war. now in progress In chicago,
caused BY pool room books and hand
book factions Probably p dynamite
bombs have been thrown at gambling
houses in the fight between these two
factions, he said.
Rev. o. r. Miller of New York. secre-
tary of the reform bureau, said that race
tracks had been put out of business i'm
New York under the splendid leadership
of Governor Hughes but that all Of his
efforts and those of the reform elements
would come to naught unless transmits
sion of information used by pool rooms
and landlords were stopped.
Senator Clark, chairman OF the judi
ciary committee, asked that an argument
be submitted on the subject of the constl-
tutionality of legislation adVoci ted. lie
said most people were agreed as TO the
moral side of the matter, and that there
could be no question of the right of con-
gress to stop the transmission of racing
news through the mails, but there might
be % question concerning regulation of
telegraph and telephone lines to that eX-
tent
A number of women from New York.
New Jersey. Pennsylvania and the city
of Washington interested i'm temperance
and antl-gamblins movements, spoke
briefly.
Still in the Dark.
After the hearing had concluded. Chair
man Nelson. who had never seen a race
and knew nothing of race betting, said
81 am still in the dark about some Of
these matters. 1 thought pool room was
a place where YOU played q game of bill
liards Now I want to know just what
the OueratiOn is in laying a bet as you
call it,
He addressed this inquiry to Mr.. Bro
lasli. saying: You are the DOoi1maker,
and L am the PLAYER. What do 1 do?'
Everybody laughed, but Mr.. B0Tlaski
insJauced a possible play taking race
i'm which there were eight horses.
Now. suppose YOU want to bet on King
BarlevcOrn. priced at to 1. You give me
S. and I give You a ticket which reads 10
To >. If the horse wins you get SO and
your s. iH addition, making SIS i'm all
But what if King BarlevcOrn does not
win, asked the senator. then what do
L get2'
as a Souvenir
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-28
TRACING THE PLOT
 TO ITS SOURCE
Japanese Authorities Deter mined to Fathom Prince
 Ito Assassination
FRISCO SHOOTING OF 1908

Tokio. Oct. 2S-Nine Koreans arrested by the Russian police in the general dragnetting of Harbin that followed the assassina tion of Prince Ito, will be turned over to the Japanese authorities suspected with complicity with the slayer
 The Russian police have been order ed by St. Petersburg to turn over, all suspects to Japan. The Japanese au- thorities here and in Korea are de- termined to trace the plot, which they are sure exists, to it's source. The feel ing is that the assassination resulted from the machinations of widely or ganized Korean gang and that the leaders of the movement must be brought to justice to prevent similar killings.
 The press advocates an immediate of the most thorough na- ture in Korea. It is pointed out that the shooting of Durham White Stevens, the American ambas- sador in San Francisco. in 1908, the ac- of I. w Chang, Stevens slayer. escaped. SThe demand is made that the government SCOUT Korea and China where the refugee is certain to be concealed. The accomplice of Stew ens' slayer, it is claimed, would hold the key to the plot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-28
WALL STREET TO-DAY.

New York, Oct. 2s.-cOpening)-The stock market with a continuation of the upward movement of yesterday, due presumably to the influence of the fact that the Bank of England rate remained unchanged. Business was well distributed among low and high priced stocks and prices were general iy fractionally above yesterdays close
 Il a. m.-Buying of the best charac- ter in a variety of issues was evident through the first hour of trading. Steel Common was particularly in demand bids for blocks of<10,000 shares coming in from prominent banking interests Profit taking later caused slight re- sessions from the highest levels.
 Government bonds unchanged: oth- CT bonds strong.
 Noon-In the late forenoon profit taking sales had assumed enough inn portance to start a slight reaction in nearly all issues traded in. Steel Com mon receded most, showing a loss of A from it's highest earlier range. The ajority of issues, however, regained a fraction of their early losses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-28
TOMORROW TIME
 SET FOR TALKFEST
 BY THE FIGHTERS
Special from United Press

New York, Oct. 2S-Jack Johnson and his manager. George Little, James J. Jeffries and his manager, Sam Ber- ger, agreed this afternoon fo meet in the Hotel Albany at 3 o'clock to-mor-. row afternoon to discuss a fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. This was decided on to-day t a conference between Berger and Lit tie. As all hands declare they are anxious to fight and will not haggle over terms. it is generally believed the articles will be determined on at to- morrow's meeting. although the sign ing will be left until they meet outside of the state as the law of New York makes it felony to arrange for a prize fight wherever held.
 Little remained at the hotel but fail ed to see Jeffries who was up at Coopers gymnasium working out.'
 At Coopers Jeff worked out for one hour and forty-two minutes without let up. He fried fully all the appli-s ances in the gym" and the spectators declared he looked, like the Jeffries of old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-28
GAS COMPANIES

The neighboring city of Springfield also has an Electric light company supplying a population of S6,4S6.
 The assessed valuation of the Elec- tric Light company in Springfield, is 5, ,47o, 900. This company paid in taxes in 1908. s27, $40.
 The assessed valuation of the United Illumina ting Company in Bridgeport on the list of 1908 is ss0e, 1885. They paid in taxes in 1908 $4,787.16.
 Is there any good reason why the Electric company that supplies the smaller city~should be assessed at million dollars more than the one SUD- plying the larger city, or why it should contribute six times as much in tax revenues.
 What share of the tax that the Uni ted Illuminating Company should have paid in 1908 was borne by the home owners?
 It looks very much does it not, as if the homes Of Bridgeport paid in 1908 some $38,000 in taxes which in- vestigation such as the Democratic party proposes will show should have been met by the gas and electric mon opolies.