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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06
First Tacoma Marathon
Won By Canadian
U1fu D. MARSH TAKES TYfE
OHJ<AT RACE WITH EASE
G<0HTEST WITNESSED BY
LAfs0E CROWD.

Two thousand people sav John
- Merxh o. Winnipeg, Canada,
win ne hfst Marathon race ever
run IN Tacoma. ~ Athletic park
1nsf night. the runner covering the
- miles 5sS yards In 2 hours and
~ minutes
Alex Rowan Of Vancouver, b.
o., cnfns second. shout two miles
behind. William Sfaniey OF San
kranefsso was q mile back OF him
md ftfnaIdo Wilson and Bert I'D
dfnffOn M Tacoma and Biil Huber
~ Aieska wefs still running when
The race was called on.
Carl Brick Of Norway dropped
out in the fourth lap and Pete
Peters, the 6cuff1 Sea islander,
quit in the eleventh mile.
Nome or the runners. excepting
Marsh, kept going all the time.
He never stopped after he started
and hardly changed flis speed un-
~ he crossed the line. Stanley
made = Diuekr run. He was taxi
en- with cramps after running IL
uzIes and was laid out ON the
grass 10 minutes. Then no got
~ and went 1T II again and finish
"a the full distance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06

GETS 500 EVERY TINE NE WINS;
AND he BEATS TEAM NE OWNS, TOO

PHILADELPHIA, July g.
Every time this young fellow
pitches a winning game for the
Philiies he receives a check CALI
ing for 800 from his father. a
wealthy Pittsburger.
The story of Lew Moren is
unique and IL 10 worth telling.
Moren II a baseball nut. He'd
rather play ball than eat, and he
has a healthy appetite, too.
Moren began playing minor
league ball a few years ago. He
didn't set the world afire by any
means, and Moren pere, who Is al
80 a bug, hoping to see HIS boy
develop into star. told him one
day that II he made his mark and
got into fast company, he would
receive present worth while.
Whether IL was the promise or
Just ability no one can say, but
Moren was drafted from his hum
Bile surroundings by Billy Murray.
the Philadelphia manager, and the
elder Moren made good In the
form Of a large block OF stock in
the Boston National league club.
And all the time Chubby
Charlie" Murphy OF Chicago was
biting his nails and peeving about
Barney Dreyfuss owning the Bos-
ton club, young Moren was the
Mysterious Pittsburger" SO often
referred to.
In what other business will you
find a stakeholder employed by a
rival bending every effort to down
his own company? 1t seems ridic-
ulous, doesn't it? But it's base
ball.
So In the National league they
have the spectacle of a Philadel-
!phia pitcher working against the
team he owns, and doing his best
Ito defeat IL. IL he wins, he re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06

BAN FRANCISCO. July g.
Ever hear of a baseball umpire
being "oyated7' Didn't eh? And
perhaps you think such a thing
never happened. Well. that's
where you get off on the wrong
foot, because such q thing has
happened here. and the recipient
OF the ovation was none other
than our young hero, Geo. Van
,Haltren. who began playing ball
about the time of the big wind and
who can still go some.
When Van Haltren. who had
been holding down center field for
the Oakland Coast league team,
was released on a seconds notice.
the mightiest baseball howl ever
heard on the Pacific coast went
up. Van. for 10 years the idol of
the New York fans. before whom
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06
FAILS 10 APPEAR
FOR HIS MATCH
WITH ROLLER

SEATTLE, July e.--Charies Of
son, the Indianapolis man who has
been shouting for over a year
that u he ever got q chance at
DIT. Roller he would tear the medi-
cal mans head Oh, failed to APP
pear last night for their scheduled
match at Cort's arena. The main
event of the evening was held for
half an hour In order to give Oh
son every chance to get there, but
when IL became apparent that he
had fahen by the wayside, John
Berg Of Bellingham. was substitut-
ed. Roller pinned the Beiling-
ham lads shoulders to the mat in
two straight falls IN FL minutes
and 81 minutes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06

NEW IOhhs July ps--bHLCutTB
are down In the mouth and the
truck farmers are happy over the
announcement of Lawson Robert
son, the Irish-American Athletic
clubs new trainer, that vegeta-
bles will hereafter form the ma
jor portion of his training table
diet.
Robertson believes in the vege-
tartan theory. He was converted
after watching Fred Welsh, the
English pugilist, and e. X.
Voight, the five-miler, go through
gruelling performances and finish
in better condition than meat-fed
athletes.
When Martin Sheridan, weight
shower and all-around performer,
heard of the change, he rebelled.
About 16 eggs, a couple of chops
and one potato disappear when
Martin dimes, and he feared Rob-
ertson would switch this to 16 po-
tatoes, one egg and one chop, but
the trainer reasusred him.
at would be foolish to insist
upon every man following a vege-
table diet" said Robertson. II
realize that Sheridan. right now
better than ever, would be unable
to maintain his pace II his diet
was switched.
II do think, however, that there
is more endurance in vegetables
than In meat. especially in hot
weather. and that for distance
runners vegetables are superior
to meat.
No general rule can be follow
ed in training. think a general
fault is that trainers hurry their
men into condition instead OF tax.
ing their time and permitting ev-
|ery muscle and vital organ Ia
reach the height OF physical per.
lection.
"A man TO be in perfect condi.
ton should make his athletic work
part OF his everyday life. ]
don't believe half the trainers
realize the harm they do In fore.
ling men into condition. Thi,
produces the same results as are
seen In the slow growing, sturdJ
Iout-of-door plant when contrasted
with that Of the hothouse.
.SchoolboyB are given too hard
stunts In athletics at an early ace
and simply burn themselves out
| destroying their vital forces
/ BfKnteen years Is early enough I,
l start training Boys forced int
too strenuous competition befof
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06

first. howard met the first ball
smack on the nose. 1t was siz-
cling line smash close along the
third base line, at least four feet
to Zeider's right. All the crowd
saw was grey streak. Just how
Zeider did 1t, nobody had time to
see. In a fraction Of second he
had literally hureld himself
through the air and brought his
Flowed hand in the path of the
ball. The speed of the sphere was
SO great that the impact turned
Rollie completely around to the
position shown by the dotted lines
in the accompanying sketch.
While the big crowd was still
yelling its approval of the brilliant
stop. without stopping to regain
his balance or to consider the
chance of spelling his play by a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06

Los ANGELES, CAL, July s.
Los Angeles started talking about
Rollfe Zeider about a week ago.
They are still talking.
Zefder is the sensational third
baseman of the San Francisco
club in the Pacific Coast league,
who was turned loose by Comis--
key In a moment of mental paraly-
sis when Charles was lining up
the White Sox for the present
season. Los Angeles fans have
been talking about Rollie for up
wards of week, because Rollie
was the hero in what was probably
the most sensational play ever
pulled off by a single man in the
history of baseball on the Pacific.
1t was In the seventh inning of
a game between Los Angeles and
San Francisco, the leaders in the
coast pennant chase, at a time
when two games to Los Angeles
meant the gaining and to San
Francisco the losing of the place
at the top of the column.
With Beale, of Los Angeles, on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06

he had performed in center gar
den, had been clouting the ball
hard and fielding and running
bases like youngster. but the
management said he had to go to
make room for younger blood.
A few days after his release
Van Haltren was signed to umpier
in the Coast league. When he
made his first appearance on the
field in the uniform of the indi-
Gator man the bugs went wild with
Joy and cheered the veteran for 20
minutes. The next day and again
the next day he was accorded ova-
lions, and today no Is the most
popular umpire that ever offieiat-
ed ON the Pacific coast. Further
more, he's a good one, knows a
ball from a strike, is keen on base
work and has the respect Of the
players. = M
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06
High Class Collie Pups

From shadiand Fidget, the noted
prize winner; sired by CIiHksr.
These puppies are OF the SHOW
bench type and are from the only
high class show Collie owned In
Tacoma.
orders for puppies from Glen
best Collie bitch IN Tacoma and
Portland shows this spring are now
being booked. Prices reasonable.
We also have other Coilies for sale.
Phone Main 7e4 between and 3
o'clock. or address Sanders FuuI-
try q Collie Farm. Epanawny. Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06
OFFICIALS OF.
SUGAR TRUST
FACE COURT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YOORK, July 6.-Oficers
of the American Sugar Refining
company, indicted by the federal
grand jury on a charge OF con-
spiracy In the restrain of trade,
appeared in the United States
court today and entered formal
pleas of not guilty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06

Wild neg. Zeider whipped the ball
to first, doubling BeaIe-
That was not the first sensa-
tfonaI play RolIie has dished up
to the fans this season He's the
one great big smoke ON the Pacific
baseball horizon just now, and
the smokes getting thicker all the
time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06

X Fl z
Wtland ............ 10 A
-k6crdeen s.......... Z q
Batteries: Seaton and Murray;
Siever and Kreitz.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06
TIGERS AGAIN
FALL DOWN
HARD

What promised 20 be q week OF
thrilling victories by Tacoma on
me bail field when inc Tigers took
three straight from Vancouver III
tho opsning. proved dismal do
feat In the light of subsequent
events. for yesterday the home
team closed up the series width two
disasters. the second walloping be-
ing . whitewash, due TO tho first
class slab work OF Mr.. Giiligan.
Score 9 to 0.
After Berger had made such n
mess Of II IN the morning, Hurley
released him from further alleg-
lance to the Tigers. He put Ciaf-
I'm In the box In the afternoon and
Clafiin struck HIS odd gait of Civ
inx bases on balls when Il hurt
snd getting slammed Tor hits when
they count.
The Tigers utterly failed to
make good with the stick and the
score grow by pairs for the visitors
until they had . hah dozen In the
ninth tuniHg. Score.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-06

@&ff ~ $3.50 fSEA W - = A<<AA&f 40 \
The very latest base ball stunt
as worked by McCraw's merry
men is q base-stealing trick known
as the -whipsaw STEAL, II is gem
orally tried when two are out,
with men on first and third. The
Giants pulled It off on Pittsburg.
catching Abstein and Wagner, and
tying the score. The thing was
picked up in Marlin, Tex, last
spring and was kept under cover
until needed.
The play depends upon the run.
ner on first leading off SO far that
Sc draws B threw from the pitch
81. The moment the pitcher
mates the first move to throw to
FIRST, the runner dashes Tor sec
on1. Naturally the pitcher throws
70 1oxe y haik being called. The
<frnk baseman nine times out OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03

young robins were much larger and
apparently stronger than their nest
mates. The little home was filled to,
1verfowing. and the two sturdier birds
we're perching on the edge of the nest
FOR a day before they ventured forth,
Then the father robin coaxed them
out. They followed him to a lawn d.
rectly across the street. and there he
ed them and gave them lessons In
flying.
The difference = between, the male
and female adult, robin ii marked
enough to make confusion of the sex
in the Observers eye Impossible. The
father and mother Of that brood di1
vided their. duties. Mr.. Robin stayed
with the two young which left the
nest first, while Mrs. Robin attended
TO the nestlings left behind. These
three stayed in thesnest for two days
after the departure Of their stronger.
brothers. During that, time the father.
did not visit the nest, nor did the
mother make any attempt to feed the,
young which were in the fathers care
When the three little ones finally
gained strength enough to leave the
home they flew to the same lawn to-
which the others had gone. watched
the family closely for a week, and the
division Of duty was maintained byj
the parent birds. The father fed the
two lusty youngsters. while the mother
looked after the three weaklings.
The father had much the easier
task. but the mother made no conl-
plant Was there not something
manlike in the way in which that
male robin portioned out the work.
and something womanlike in the pa
tience with which the female robin
accented the dictum Of her lord and
master.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03

is the better for it. He is where he
ought to be at IL. Don't cheaper him
because some other lad under the stress
of circumstance, and possibly to some
degree thru parental heedlessness has
been thru a hot house process. That's
a mighty good boy at home If you have
done your duty. He is fine pros
pect" as the horsemen would say. He's
going to trot square carry good gait
and keep the pace when he natures if
he has been handled right" If he
isn't able to show 20 clip as a
o-year-old don't go wild over the phe-
nomenal yearling., Phenomenals are
usually "all In before they lose their
wolf teeth
Give the boy at home everything that
is coming to him. You never had to
paddle the other boy as occasion has
sometimes required you to correct your
own; you never saw the other lad sulky
or with a spell of being "ornery." But
he has them. Honestly that boy at
home is your one best bet. Play him
to win Nine chances out of ten if he
loses You will be to blame more than
he.
The other boy is a good bright, clean
boy. Help him. But the little chap at
home, your boy, why man, what he is
likely to be- to do, to enjoy and suffer,
depends on you. Don't forget him for
minute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03
Heat and Gems.

Mons. F. Bordas informs the Trench
Academy Of Sciences that very remark.
able effects upon the color, and conse-
luently the value, of gems of the crys-
tallized alumina variey may be pro-
iuced by heat. Exposure to temper.
ature Of 572 degrees Fahrenheit, main
tanned for long time, causes the vel.
low color of Oriental topaz and of ar.
if1cial yellow corundum to disappear.
The rare gem known as the Oriental
emerald may be produced by subject
ing sapphire-blue stone to the tenn
perature above mentioned. On the
other hand, according to Bordas' ex-
periments, the cathode rays have no
affect upon the color of these stones.
One Way to Fame.
Has he done anything since he left
college?'
well, he's made his name pretty
we'll known"
Indeed"
yes, his praise is in many mouths. y
well, we'll! How is that"
He invented the club cocktail that
bears his name. Plain
Dealer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03

cobble stone at them. The jays ned,
but the heavy stone. striking one end
OF. the board, turned 1t over and
pitched all the soap cakes into box
OF soft cement.
The foreigner doesn't take kindly
to the ways of the American bluejay.
As has been said, bluejays are thick
in the suburbs of Highland Park. An
Englishman living in the place had
some gooseberry bushes which bore
berries of extraordinary size and
sweetness. The owner Of the fruit de-
clared that the bluejays ate his treas
ures, and securing his shotgun he de-
stroyed several of the birds. The law
in Illinois protects the bluejay, but
there is section of the statute which
gives the right to kill birds which are
preying on the crops. Friends of the
eat gooseberries, and there was a
prosecution started against the Eng
lishman for killing them. The case
was decided finally in his favor, and
while scientists and bird lovers may
hold otherwise the bluejay now ap-
pears in precedent case" as being
a gooseberry gourmand.
The bluejay is perhaps the noisiest
creature known to ornithology, though
If danger is threatened he can main
tain a graveyard silence. was
watching pair of blueiays who were
building nest in stunted pine tree.
The two birds left the home site and
disappeared behind a close board
fence. In moment heard a racket
Every note known to the jays jargon
came rapidly from behind the fence.
The noise continued for several min
utes, and then, going to point to the
left of it's source, l peeped over the
fence. The two birds were on an ash
pile in the alley, and between them
lay an extremely dirty paper collar.
There was little question in my mind
but that they were disputing over the
advisability of using the collar for
nesting material They scolded back
and forth for some time, but Nine.
Jay finally ended the matter by seiz-
ing the collar and taking 1t to the
nest, where, after much difficulty, one
end of 1t was woven into the structure
while the other end was left to far
with each passing breeze. making the
home in the pine tree conspicuous
object to every passer.
The jay has a pertinacity that in
some cases MIGHT be cemmendable
After the pine tree nest was com
pleted and the eggs were laid the
mother bird began sitting. There
should have been young in the nest
at the end of two weeks, but no young
came. The bird sat steadily, with the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03
YOUR BOY AND NINE.

Are we inclined to fail in appreciation
of our own children, minimize what our
boy can do and unconsciously appre-
ciate the other lad at his highest? En-
courage the other boy and repress our
own all unconsciously and without in
tent?
Some little fellow about the age of
your boy comes in selling the Post, do
ing something with snap and vim. He
tells you that he won the big medal,
prize or what not for the state given
by the Post to the boy whose sales
mounted highest during a stated pc
Rod. He helped out the family while
father was sick. Is selling between
200 and 300 every. week and actually
earning. enough that way to net him
about a dollar day. mighty bright
boy" you say: He's business" And
somehow you minimize the lad al
home, unconsciously or rather sub
consciously because he hasn't quite the
snap and black and tan agressiveness
of the little chap who is taking care
of himself and helping out at home
upon occasion.
Now, If you ever did that, stop ane
90 over the ground. See where 20,
come in on this equation for father i.
one Of the principal factors in THU
problem. That 11-year-old Of your
has never had to get out and hustle
You have done that. When he spok
about selling something you have pu
p quietus on it because you don't be
lieve in 'panhandling the neighbor
and all your acquaintances." More 70,
have objected to him running abot,
town. forId work at at fiori,e for him.
short you have kept an 11-year boy 1
years old instead Of 10. And the bo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03

much damage the bluejay does by
pilfering the eggs and numbering the
young of the songs birds. The diff.
Guilty in determining the damage
arises from the fact that the jay is
bad in streaks." You may watch him
for month and never detect him in a
single depreciation, but turn your back
and there is no certainty but that the
next moment he may be dining from
the new laid eggs of the robin or toss,
ing the young of the chipping sparrow
from their hair-lined nest to their
deaths on the ground below.
From the standpoint Of amusement
there is more fun in watching a blue
Jay than in the observation of score
of his sweeter-voiced comrades of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03

field. A German living in suburb
of Chicago made some soap for home
consumption. He patted 1t nicely into
cakes and placed them on board in
the yard to harden. The suburb--it
is called Highland Parks about as
full OF bluejaws as it can be and still!
leave room for other bird families.
When the German put his soap out all
the bluejays Of the neighborhood de-
scended upon 1t. They alto soap for
an hour.
The wonder Is they did not die, but
the diet did not seem to interfere
with their digestion in the least.
When the owner Of the soap found
A:e, thieving Jays at their work he re-
sstted what was left Of the cakes,
added some: more material and again
ss,s the ssoap- out. to harden. This
time he placed the board which held
the cakes upon two barrels and
mounted sEua1d at. Some little distance
to keep the jays away. They re
turned to their feast Id q few minutes,
and the angered soap maker. who
J was; only q few yards distant. threw
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03
What Thtevea Won't Steal.

The last thing the woman did be-
fore leaving the fiat was. to put four
rings in the clock on the mantel $50
thieves won't get Them" she said.
II should think that would be simply
inviting thieves to run away with
them" said her friend. THAT is a
handsome clock, and thieves like
handsome clocks"
"They do" said the woman, 'but
they never will steal this clock. It
ticks too loud. No wise thief will
run away with clock that goes like
a threshing machine. 1t isn't the
alarm about his person that he is
afraid of, for he can stop the clock,
but the occupants of the flat are likely
to return before he gets safely away,
and if loud-ticking clock is gone, they
will miss it the minute they step in
side the door, and maybe give him a
hot chase for his plumber"
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"NoIslEsr CREATURE KNOWN TO
oRNlTHoLoGY" - ALRlNo
BIRDS osTRAclzEp.
poINGs
OF Mr.. AND MRS. ROBIN
Nestlinss Launched, Father Helping
Two Strongest, Mother tho Three
Weaklnss, in Their Efforts to Make
First Flight Success cIark's Bird
Observations.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
associate Member American Ornithol-
ogists' Union.)
Copyright, Joseph B. Bowles.)

Copyright, Joseph B. Bowles.)
When it comes to question of in
telligence, the Corvidae family, to
which belong the crow and the blue
jay, must be accorded the first rank
These birds have practically an ex-
tiers are as many sided as that of
Reynard. the fox, which is saying
much.
The bird lover who would get any
thing like an adequate knowledge of
the bluejay should live in the middle
vest. For some reason or other,
known to his jayship alone, the east
ern bird is of rather a retiring DISPOSE
ton, keeping away from man and his
haunts, or, if approaching them doing
it stealthily and with much the air Of
a thief. The jay is thief and his
manner in the east fits his calling.
All through the middle western coun.
try the bluejay Is a bird of the door
step. He is saucy and bold and ap.
parently is unaware of the fact that
his brilliant plumage makes him an
easy mark for boys target rifles and
slingshots.
1t is the very commences of the
bluejay in the cities and villages of
the Mississippi valley which is his
greatest protection. Familiarity with
the bird breeds contempt in the small
boy, and, with the English sparrow,
it is left severely alone. The bluejay
nests in the trees in the dooryard,
steals things from the household and
carries on war with the family cat.
1t is hard to determine just how