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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-21
By William j. SIaffery

Charley Graham steered his slam
bang Senators over to the Oakland
baseball lot yesterday afternoon and
the Oaks quickly put the crusher on
them. 1t was the second game which
the Commuters won in more than a
week, and consequently they acted ike
pack of wolves. so ravenousls did
they tear around that diamond. They
might have been playing yet has not
Captain Bernie McCay set a gooS cx-
ample for the boys in the eighifl in
ming by slamming the ball ove4 the
right field fence with the score siead
locked. J
The Oakland players gave thd best
exhibition of consistent hittingi that
they have shown this season. when
they saw their chance TO get 10 the
Sacramento pitcher in the second spasm
they went right at the task and never
quit until four men had been hamm cred
home on four trousing hits, one a sim
gle, two Of them doubles and the other
q triple. An ordinary nine would have
quit right there, but the Sacramentans
were game to the core, and sy the
time the eighth inning rolled .,round
they had the score tied UP in knot
Sacramento let the first rouns pass,
but landed a run in the seconts on
pair Of nice bingles. But the :worst
was yet 70 come. Oakland had tsle big
one up its sleeve and il proceeded TO
spring 1t in the second. Camerorf got a
pass, and McCay sacrificed him along.
Lewis bingle TO right helped a bit, but
1t was Willie Hogans two cushion
smash to the right field fence thst sent
Lewis and Cameron on their wild sprint
home
This one was enough for Jimmy
Whalen, for he resigned the slab job
right there and Graham turned ii over
10 the towering Buck Enman. And
the Commuters were Just as g4ad TO.
see Buck as they were when James
was on the Job. La Longe greeted
the big fellow with a two sacsSer TO
center. and Murphy polished it on by
rapping out a triple TO right
Jimmy Byrnes' second double aIelped
bring Adams in for the Senator's in
round FIVE, but the big blowoE was
kept under cover till the eightha when
to right and was followed by Gilman
who singled past second With 4ohody
out this looked good, but Shinn Norced
Byrnes at third with misplaced bunt.
However, the Senators were <game,
and after Doyle had famed. both run
ners advanced on a balk. Indian House
responded TO the war whoops 0f the
crowd by scalping a fast one and de-
garden. Both runners scampered home,
and while the entire Oak team was
powwowing at the plate House sIseaked
over TO third. Unfortunately, be was
allowed TO remain there, for lsobody
came through with hit.
1t looked as though the game would
go on for many more innings, bat Nc
Cay ended It all with that mighty
homer of his, the first one he hes ever
smashed out since he Joined the Oak
land club. It was such a bird that
everybody was boosting for him at the
finish. Score:
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Portland s. Los Angeles 0

PORTLAND. April 20.-What looked
like an attempt by Smith. the
los Angeles third baseman. TO trip
lPortlands shortstop in the sixth came
nearly starting riot during this after
Moons contest between Portland ana
-. Angeles. Olson was running from
second to third on q throw from short
-stop 10 third Smith muffed the ball
-enf Olson fell The audience became
- looking 10 them as though ne had
been tripped. Umpire Mccarthy. who
saw the occurrence, scored run for
olson Otherwise the game was
srnerb one both pitchers putting Up
gff+ edge ball Portland however. was
more Fortunate fl punching hits when
-7-e-e we're men on bases Score
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STANFORD BOXING BOUTS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. April 20
The boxing carnival conducted at
Stanford university by Instructor Ma
1onev Of the Encina gymnasium was
partly completed last night The
rrfrcipsl mill was in the deciding
contest Of the Lightweight class. when
" price met Jack Beeman of Los
Angeles. the decision going 10 Beeman
bE q narrow margin
TIE middle weight class was won
b, D. Freemsn. z freshman, in three
exciting rounds
The I25 pound class was won by J.
cooper The finals in the special
class and heavy weight division viii
b. reserved until Nay l. The winners
were presented with silver medals.
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WIS TIE WAVES STAKE

wales stak 200 sovereigns, for 3 year
olds and upward. distance one mile and
"a Yards, was won here today by Tam
eraire-
sosana was second and Summer third.
Eleven horses. including august Bel
rnonr-s Anraeus, started
The Great SurrE handicap OF SOC
soverefgns for g year oIds and upward
ave furtongs was won by Hallaton.
Sz-ce was second and Bedminster third
Among the Is starters was H p.
Whitney's BObbin II
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90 rHREE cusfIoN coNrEsr

CHICAGO. april 2o.-The match for
.he worlds three cushion billiard
tournament between Alfred de ORC.
.be rresent Champion and Tommy
TTuesfon. the challenger. viii be played
f7 this city May %, p and q. The
match viii be for 80 points, and 80
nan viii put up q side bet of $3.50
and the winner VIII take the entire
gr~re receiprs-
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ONLY ONE GAME
PLAYED In THE
BIG. LEAGUES
Detroit Tigers Suffer Their
First Defeat at the Hands
of Cleveland
STANDING OF THE CLUBS

NEW YORK. April 20.-Rain and gen
orally cold and disagreeable weather
caNsed a postpOnement OF all the base
ball games scheduled for today in both
the American and National leagues ex-
cept the Detroit-Cleveland contest in
Detroit This is rather unusual, though
enc day last year the weather stopped
every game IN every league east Of the
Rockies.
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San Francisco 6, Vernon 2

LOS ANGELES. April 20.-Hensling
this fact accounted principally for the
defeat Of Vernon by San Francisco by
a score of to 2 Eight hits were
made off Hensling. and he walked six
men In the third inning San Fran
cisco made three runs off one hit, with
the assistance of Hensling and ragged
work in the field In the seventh,
when San Francisco made three hits.
the field work was perfect and no runs
resulted. Score:
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American League

DETROIT, April 2o.-Detroit played
ragged ball in every line and Cleveland
won almost as II pleased. 1t was the
coolest day Of the spring, with a high
wind bothering the helders. Score:
r. II. E.
Detroit NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 3 s
Cleveland ........ II 2
Batteries-Lafitte and Schmidt: Young
and Easterley.
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AMATEUR BASEBALL

The crack baseball team OF Sacred Heart col
lege Il pleased from the Lowell high
school nine yesterday afternoon at Recreation
PARK before good sized crowd. The collegians
piled up IS runs Oh eight hits the Is errors Of
the high school boys being responsible for most
of the tsllies- French pitched q grand game
for Sacred Heart, striking out Il men. The
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-21
asT PaIII, KID, THE VICTOR

MILES CITY, Mont, April 2p.-Billy
Morse. the st Paul Kid" was given
a decision over Maurice Thompson,
Champion lightweight of Montana, at
the end of a 20 round fight here this
afternoon
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-21
OAKLAND
RUNS AND HITS By INNINGS
SUMMARY

Runs of Whslen 2 hits 2 innings ! 1-3 Home
run-McCay. Three base hit-Murphy- Two
base hits-Doyle. Byrnes t2). Hogan. La Longe-
Sacrifice hits-Doyle, McCay. Cameron. First
base on called balls-0n Whalen /, of Ehman
9 of Rofee s. Struck out-By Boiee Z. Hit by
pitched ball--House, Rsymer. Breyette ~, En-
man. Double play-Boice TO La Longe TO Cam
eron Balk-Boice Time OF gamk-1 hour and
Is minutes. Umpire-Tomsn.
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ST TAfhlAR,

Two base hitslstreib. Dashwood. Sacrifice
hits-Croll Dewey, Streib. Curtis. First base
on called bails-on Van 0tterman T., OF Heis
ter T. OF Jones /. Struck out-By Van Otter
man g. hy Heister 5, by Jones l. Wild pitch
Heister Time of gsme-2 hours and 10 min
utes Umpires-Nissen and Mcdonald.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-21
SUMMARY

Two base hits-Zeider Tennant. Sacrifice hits
Lewis. ]. Williams. First base called balls
OF Henslins 8. OF Browning 1. Struck ont-By
Browning s. by Hensling 1. Double play-Mohler
to McArdle 10 Tenant Wild pitch-Hensling
Time of game-1 hour and 45 minutes. Umpire
McGreevy.
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SUMMARY

e+rnct orf-By Koestner 1. hy Carson g. FIRST
49, IN called baTls-On Koestner 3. on larson
-rVro l.sse hft-Jotns0n. Home ran-Breen
- Tonreo. TTif ~ pifclsedt ball-Ryan. Car
son orr Passed ball-orendorn %, FIRST
49, M srrors-PortIand ? Left on bases-l.os
s,-.1.s. = Portland 3 Time q eame-1 hour
ID As minutes. Umpire-Mccarfhy.
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TRAINER SHIELDS DIES

PETALUMA, April 20-J. NJ. Shields,
the well known horseman and trainer
for Harry Slower at Kenilworth park,
died here today. aged 3d.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-21
McCAY'S HOME RUN
BREAKS UP THE
DEADLOCK
Oakland Captain Makes Hit
That Loses First Game of
Series for Senators
STANDING OF THE CLUBS

RESULTS OF GAMES
Oakland 5, Sacramento 4.
San Francisco O, Vernon 2.
Portland s, Los Angeles o.
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NORTHWEST LEAGUE GAMES

Portland 5, Seattle !.
Vancouver Z, Tacoma 1.
Spokane 4, Aberdeen 0.
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PAIO ALTO. April 20.--A Sunday school base
ball league has been formed here. with every de
nomination IN the city represented except the
Unitarian. With seven teams in the league,
schedule Of q games has been arranged fol
April and May.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-21

UAhLANU, AoTI -U.-AT the Bay llfie
league diamond AZ FruitTaIe the teams from Oak
land Polytechnic and Fremont high played thi
afternoon. The feature OF the game was til
hitting OF the Oakland team. Oakland won,
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-04
THE FLY AND TYPHOID FEVER.

In view of the prevalence Of typhoid
fever in Martinsburg and the likely
hood of its further spread unless more
p|recautioI is taken by Our people, the
following editorial in a late number of
The Journal of the American Medical
Association issued in Chicago, under
the above caption is herewith publish
ed in full as being appropos to the
question:
THE fly has from time i~mmemorial
been endured as a necessary caven
ger, This it is, but a %scavenger neces-
sary only to those unaccustomed to
reasonable and adequate cleanliness.
While on the one hand the fly removes
putrefying substances, on the other it
distributed material at least as patho-
genic-much t~uberculous material, the
virus of cholera, of tetlnus, Of trach-
oma, and OF anthrax. Il is certainly
more than a coincidence that infant
mortality is greatest in fly time. Milk
is a very culture medium for bacteria,
and amidst the u~ncleaniiness obtain
ing in many families among the poor,
it easily becomes contaminated with
the excreta Of flies and with the germs
clinging to their feet. One fly was
found thus to be the hest for a hun
dred thousand fecal bacteria; "and it
was on its way to the nearest milk
pitcher" 1t is now generally agreed
that the dysenteries and the diarrheas
Except in the rare cases induced me
c%hanically or ~nervousiy) are OF mi
crobic origin. Here the fly is surely
implicated; especially since breast-fed
infants almost never suffer the intes-
final disorders which are de~plorably
frequent among the bottle-fed.
1T is becoming manifest that the
fly stands in a causati7e relation to
typhoid fever. We have been accus-
toned to speak of typhoid as the au-
tumal fever. Counting back two
months from the fall rise in typhoid
mortality to the beginning of the fort
nights incubation, we come on the
curve of prevalence Of flies; the curve
of high temperature most conducive
to ~ly-breeding and activity; and also
that of prevalence OF diarrheal dis
ease in both infant and adult. The
time, then, when the fly is most ac-
tive and numerous corresponds nota-
bly, with the time when typhoid fever
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-04
FOUND DEAD ON TRACK
An Unknown Man Evidently Run Over
by B. & o. Train Below Cum
berland.

The mangled remains of an un-
known man we're found on the tracks
of the B. & o. railroad, near what is
known as the brick house" between
North Branch and Patterson's Creek,
Monday by a track hand. The man
was neatly dressed, about 35 years of
age, five feet seven inches in height
and of heavy build. The skull was
crushed. both legs broken and the
right arm mashed. Three handker-
chiefs and three razor were found on
his clothing, one of the h~andkerchiefs
having the letter 81" worked in one
corner. In n of his pockets was a
McKeesport newspaper, with the fol-
lowing written upon the margin: Mike
Nabyrchnac. 2120 Sylvan avenue. Ash
street, Condata. Left al fire station
No. q"
Justice Johnson, of Frankfort, after
viewing the remains, deemed an in
quest unnecessary, and the body was
buried at the expense Of the county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-04
ASSUMES DUTIES
Messrs. Lunk and Cartwright Leave
Association For Other Fields
of Work.

The directors of the Y. M. G. A. held
a well-attended meeting last night.
Senator Faulkner resided and Mr..
Edw. H. Sigler was the secretary.
Mr.. Frank d. Steger, Of Cardington,
o., was present at the meeting and
reported that he vas ready to assume
the duties of general secretary and
physical director this morning. Mr..
w. H. Grimes was elected assistant
secretary.
Mr.. w. r. Lunk, the retiring secre-
tary submitted a report of the associa-
ton for the last eight months which
made a very gratifying showing.
Mr.. Frank T. Cartwright, the physi-
cal director for the last seven months,
left this morning for the Ohio Wes-
lyan University at Delaware, o., to re-
sumo his studies. Mr. Lunk, the gener-
al secretary of the association since
the first of the present year. will leave
tomorrow morning for L%ynchburg, Va,
to take charge of the boys department
of the Y. NJ. c. A. Both gentlemen
leave Martinsburg with the sincere re-
greet of a host of friends, but at the
same time only the best wishes will
follow them to their new fields Of
labor.
Mr.. Steger is an educated gentle
man and a thorough Y. NJ. c. A. man,
having been secretary for five years OF
the association connected with the
Ohio Wesleyan University from which
he graduated last year. He has al
ready made man, friends in the short
time that he has been here both in
and out of the association.
Mr.. Grimes, the new assistant sec
rotary, is a popular and highly re-
spected young man.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-04
ouR FIRE

Martinsburg firemen have every rea-
son to be proud OF the showing they
made at Carlisle this week. While
they brought home no prize money
from the racing events, they secured
half of the prize for the largest uni
formed company. The boys all made
a good appearance and their conduct
while in the Pennsylvania town was
all that could be desired, and the
people there had nothing but words Of
commentator for our boys. They
felt under obligation to them for the
large number of men in line and also
for their contribution TO the general
success and pleasure OF the occasion.
While some of the boys expected TO
bring home a lot of the prize money
there were those who we're not disap-
pointed. Our boys have not had the
experience in racing that the other
teams Of the valley have had and are
not on to the tricks. They made fast
runs, but fell down on the connections
This was particularly the case with
W. A. IALt9 ndu dll AAG OLLEi IGdilI5
beaten on the run and bad the con-
nection Of the nozzle been made as
prettily as the break, lney would have
won first money and come away with
a record of thirty seven or better. The
boys should not be discouraged and
should keep up their good work and
If they do as well at Hagerstown next
year as they did yesterday, barring
accident, they can feel assured of
winning first money.
What our boys need in these con-
tests in confidence and cool heads,
tending strictly to their running and
paying no attention to what is said
on the side. When they have had
the years of experience that the other
teams have had they Will be their
equals at least. Martinsburg has
every reason to feel proud of her fire
laddies and especially OF the way they
conducted themselves while at Car
Isle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-04
PUSHING THINGS IN PANAMA.

While the people of the United
States have been fussing over the
wool schedule or the hide schedule or
various kindred things included in the
tariff bill. the seggregate mite of pop
sulation down on the Isthmus OF Pana.
ma has been putting a new aspect
on the building of the canal, 1t is no
longer a matter OF digging a ditch.
Concrete Is being laid, villages are be-
ing moved, quarries opened, locks an
chored. Preparations are almost COM
pleted for the constructive work COM
pleted for the constructive work on
the canal and the whole project is en-
tering -pon its second phase of accom-
plishment.
When the ~ecord for the month of
July was taken 1t was found that the
United States had surpassed the ex-
cavation mark set by the French dur
ing the years they were at work be-
fore abandoning the undertaking. The
French excavated S1.548,000 cubic
yards. The Americans have taken out
81 ,697,97S cubic yards. There are o.
96S.617 yards still to be ~excavated.
From now on it is expected that the
excavation records will dwindle as the
constructive work progresses the pres
ent plan being to bring the excavating
and constructive work 20 an end sim
ultaneously. The new phase of activ-
ity puts an entirely different complex
ion Upon the busiest ten mile strip in
the world. The rock-crushing plant at
Ancon is ready for work. The Gatun
dam, owe which reams OF paper have
been used in argument, is slowly ris-
ing, the surface Of the pond having
risen ten feet in the last month so
that the water ~encroaches on the old
trackes OF the Panama railroad. Great
sheets of cement are being laid in the
Spillway the floor of which is to be one
foot thick.
To make way for the Gatun dam the
entire village Of Gatun has been wiped
out. This hamlet is within the limits
of the dam, and its site will eventually
be covered. AS the old village disap-
pears. the new Gatun on the hills over
looking the site of the dam and locks
grows larger. 1t is now one of the
largest settlements on the Canal Zone.
Gatun was a point where, in the
days gone by, the bongo-loads of Cal
ifornia travellers used TO stop for re-
freshments on their way up the river;
where eggs were then sold for a dol
lar, and the rent for a hammock was
two dollars a night.
When the Americans arrived in 1904
Gatun was the center OF a compare
lively large river trade. The village
consists of a dozen stores, a church,
and seventy or more native huts. The
negro settlement nea The railroad sta
ton, known as the "Cite de Lesseps'
numbered about so shacks, and there
were nine other buildings near the
station. The only vestiges Of the
French village were the negro shacks
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-04
Lac nEw ROAD LAWS.


the NEW ROAD LAWS.
The various county courts Of the
state are just now confronted with a
rather oerplexing problem, arranging
10 put the new road law, enacted by
tbe last Legislature, into effect, says
the Hampshire Review. The law Is
20 voulminous, with so many proyis-
ions entirely new, that it Is impossible
to give a s%ynopsis of it in an article
ike this. A careful perusal Of It con-
yinces us OF two things, Wis; that IT
contains some excellent provisions but
as a whole it is impractical and can
not be successfully carried out In this
state under present conditions. Some
of the districts in this county, by rea-
son of the levy limits, will scarce be
able to pay their proportion of The
| administration expenses, much less
work the roads in the way proposed.
The provisions providing for a
county road engineer IS a good one
and if the Legislature had simply stop
ped there, giving him supervision over
and charge of all the various road sur
veyors and supervisors so that the
road system could have lad a compe-
tent head and we could have been
better assured that the thousands OF
dollars appropriated went directly
onto the roads, some practical benefits
would have been obtained. But the
complete plan proposed in the new
law is theoretical, impractical, tremen-
dously expensive and viii cause con
fusion %eonfounded. 1t Is the measure
introduced by Senator Sutherland, Of
Elkins, a clever gentleman, Of pro-
gressive spirit, a good real estate
agent, but evidently ignorant Of the
conditions that prevail N most Of the
counties of this, his adopted State.
To those who earnestly desire the
best possible road results with such
expenditures as the people are able
to make, this new law Is s~ickingly
~discouTaging.
To our mind there are Two or three
simple, practical things necessary. In
the first place the county should be
the tax unit for road Purposes, and
the road money should be a county
road fund, instead OF so many sepa-
rate district funds. In nearly every
county one or two districts with the
east milage gets all the railroad tax
and the other outlying districts, with
the greatest road milage get nothing.
Then the system of working the roads
should and would be the same all over
the county.
Then the law should require that
af the roads be dragged at least twice
every year. This is comparatively in.
expensive and from it tire best results
are obtained. 1t is a notorious fact
that a large per cent. of the public
money appropriate for road purposes
in every county in the State is wasted.
The Sutherland Road Law seeks to
better these conditions but it is evil
IDENTIFY copied from the statutes of
some state where conditions are ut
terly different from our own and it
will plunge us deeper into the mire.
1t is a great pity Governor Dawson
failed to read the Constitution OF the
State before attempting to veto it so
he could have made his veto stick.
Is is simply another sample OF the
imported legislation that has filled our
statute books in West Virginia the
past few years with untried expert
ments, ill-considered, impractical and
impossible.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-04
Amonu the Sick,

Prof. Geo. w. Brindle is fast i'm
proving from an attack of typhoid
fever at the Kings Daughters Hospi-
tai. Mr.. w F. McAneny, down with
the same disease, is improving slowly.
Ruby Matthews, little daughter of
Mr.. Ed Matthews, who has been quite
i'll, is improving.
Mr.. Howard Boxwell, of John street,
who has been i'll with typhoid fever, is
improving.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-04
WOULD MARRY HIS sTEPMoTHER
Winchester Man Refused Marriage IL
cense in HauerstoWn.

John II. Ware, of Winchester, came
very near marrying his stepmother,
Mrs. Mary j. Ware. in Hagerstown
yesterday. Ware who is 2S years OF
age applied for the license and one OF
tn clerks had the names recorded in
the marriage record book when the
discovery was made that under the
Maryland law a man cannot marry
his stepmOther. Ware vas so inform
ed and accompanied by Mrs. Ware he
left the office somewhat depressed.
Mrs. Wares age was given as "a. She
also is from Winchester. The couple
returned to that place in the after
noon.