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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
RICHARD WAS AFTER FIGHT FOR OVER
A YEAR---MAY MAKE HIS ELEVENTH Pill

81 don't care what they say about me
as long as they keep saying" said Tex
Richard on one Of his visits to salt Lake
about a year ago when asked about
newspaper interviews.
The truth is Tex" has a failing for
the HmeHght. He likes to see his name
in print and, as he admits, it don't much
matter what is said. Personally, how
ever, Richard is not in the least like
the eastern writers picture the Nevada
mining man and fight promoter. Neither
is Richard wont to boast about any of
his big STRIKES" and there is no eX-
aggerated ego about him other than the
faith I'm his ability to do big things that
his past accomplishments show.
In the visit to Salt Lake above re-
ferred 20 Richard, even then, was fig
uring on bringing the Jeffries-J ohnson
fight to Salt Lake To a number Of
close friends he preached the subject
and started the campaign that has
proven successful. Those that think
Richard came rushing into Salt Lake
after being struck with a happy idea
about the fight are mistaken, He had
been working on it for months.
Had to Talk,
One side Of his character which has
amused the newspaper contingent in
Salt Lake was seen when "Tex" SPILLED
over" in Chicago on his way to New
York. In salt Lake the plans for the
expedition of Richard and Rishel had
been known by the papers for some
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06

New York, Dec. 6.-At 1905 o'clock
this morning. II riders, representing as
many two-men teams, were sent away
in Madison Square garden in the an
nuaI siX-day bicycle race. Spectators
filled the big auditorium from pit to
ceiling and cheered the contestants.
The field this year comprises the
best long distance riders of this and
foreign countries. In il are all of the
taYOTltes Of previous siN-day grinds
and several men unknown TO Amert-
cans.
The track. a big. wooden saucer
shaped oval of ten laps TO The mile is
more steeply banked at the turns than
in former years, and it is expected that
this will aid the winner of the event
to beat the old record of 2,737 miles
and I lap made by Mcfarland and
Moran last December
Following are the contestants:
The riders cut out a fast pace at the
start, with the result that, before a mile
had been tTaVersed, RUtt fell, but was
up almost instantly, Uninjured. In the
eighth mile Leon GeOrget Of the French
team came a CrOpper, while in the TWEEN
tieth both Wiley and German sustained
falls that required their temporary re-
tirement.
Until nearly the end Of the first hour
spectacular spTints were INDUCED in, and
a constant relieving Of partners resulted.
Then the men slowed down somewhat
and passed the first hour work all
punched with tWenty-fOur miles, nine
laps to their credit. The record for the
first hour twenty-five miles, five laps,
was made by Anderson and Vanon in
1908
At the end Of the second hour all the
contestants were tied at As miles, laps,
/ 3-5 miles behind the record made a year
ago by La Fourcade and Faber
The Teams.
Seventeen teams made up of the best
professionals in the world, lined up for
the start soon after midnight, as follows:
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
JUAPEz RACE PLANT
BUILT ON FINE PLAN
Buildings FireprOOf and Put Up to
Stay-Track Itself Is Slow
but VIII Improve.

A L. Austin, a hOrseman who was in
Salt Lake for the past racing meet, writes
the following interesting letter to the Her
ald-Republican about the new racing
plant at Juarez, Mexico. He says:
'"rhe initial meeting of the Juarez
Jockey club is on and as yet ideal racing
conditions are seen. OF the big and rep
resentative crowd at the opening NEE ting
you have already heard, so L will cOnfine
myself to brief description of the plant
itself
1.-THE grandstand is Of mission style of
architecture. built of reinforced con-
create, capable of seating about $500 per
sons. Underneath the stand are the Of
fices, the restaurant, etc. Adjoining this
Is the betting ring, and next TO this the
secretary's office and the jockeys head
quarters. Adjoining this is the paddock,
making one continuous building. The roof
of the stand is of thing and of the re-
naming building concerted, making a
nreprOOf building Of imposing appearance
and giving it an individuality all its own.
The stables run continuously along the
rear of the grounds, completing a wall or
fence and not in sections as is usually
seen az the tracks. The stalls are light,
rOOmy, and, like the stand fireprOOf. The
plant is still incomplete, but in the land
of manana even American push and en-
terprise is slow TO accomplish results.
'The track consists of main track
one and One-eighth miles i'm circumter-
encer Wlue ana saLes although SlUW at
present. with a half-mile chute for Ju-
venile races, a mile chute with one turn;
also q one and One-siXteenth mile chute.
With care and time this will develop into
the finest track in the country.
From the above general description II
will be seen that the phrase used above
is not amiss.
1.-THE officials are all gentlemen of in
tegrity and known ability and everything
savOrs of q successful meeting. Every
nIaFs cd Wit
the boost micrObe.' for no knockers have
as vet appeared. For the future Of the
game here there is nothing but the
brightest outlook.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06

days, but at the request of those inter-
ested they had not been published. The
reason for the request was given;
1T would hurt Salt Lakes chances.
Richard viii pop up on Broadway with
the cash offer on the day the bids are
opened and Jimmy CoffrOth and the rest
viii be swept off their feet. 1t must be
a surprise"
Then came the trip east, and when
half way was passed came en- Ass0-
ciated Press dispatch from Chicago.
Richard had SPILLED" the story. The
much and he must talk.
At that, however, Richard made good
with his bid and the men who know
him say ne will make good with his
promise to salt Lake about first choice
for the mill.
His Yearly Fortune.
Incidentally it begins to look as if
Richard will make his yearly fortune.
According to his own words, he made
and then lost 100000 a year for ten
years When Nevada was booming the
fortunes came and went easily, but the
last two or three years have been hard
scratching.
Richards last venture in Pioneer, a
camp that he, with characteristic Opti-
mism, said was going TO be a world
beaten, fell down with the camp. Now
it may be the fight that viii pull him up
to the top Of the heap again. He says
he is not worrying and those who know
him best have no fear that his fortune
making ability is a thing Of the past.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
DR.. roller TELLS of
CHAMPION BEST POINT

Buffalo. n. r.. Dec. 5-"DO you know
what makes Frank Gotch the greatest
wrestler i'm the world?" inquired Dr.
Roller the other day. well" be COM
tinusd, "it isn't speed nor his wonderful
strength. Now, win give you one
guess"
THE man addressed took one guess.
eyes, you're right said the doctor.
Its the hauds-rhe yise-iika griD-that
sends us fellows chasing second money
When it comes TO work with his hands
GOtch is i'm a class by himself A great
many people think G0Jcn is much
stronger than yours truly. but such is
not the case. In actual strength there
is very little choice between as. It's the
hands. L haven't got that powerful grip
no man has it like Gotch.
Showing q pillow when me was a boy
and continual training I'm that department
have developed GOtcns hands until they
are like iron. Farmer Burns is the only
other wrestler that L know of that comes
any way near competing with the cham
pion in the gripping department. This
hand story however, is not offered ass
an excuse Even with the same develop
ment G0tch probably could beat me-.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
Los ANGELES TO HAVE
GREAT AUTO SAUCER

given today to plans for mOtOrdrome
to be built here by local and eastern
capitalists, which, it is asserted, will
eclipse the speed possibilities of any
other automobile race course in the
world, including the Indianapolis and
Atlanta tracks. 1t viii be a saucer
track one mile in circumference built
of heavy timbeTs planked with finished
lumber and pitched at an angle that
viii permit a speed of two miles min
ute.
Work viii begin within two weeks
and it is expected that the track will be
ready for racing within three months.
The first racing carnival probably Will
be held during the first week Of April.
De Palma, Robertson, Oldfield, Herne,
Strang, Burman, Chevrolet, Dingley and
Soules are said to have signed con-
tracts to come to Los Angeles for the
April meeting.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06

t was again the best batter in the Amer
verages- issued by President B. B. John
f the champions batted better than ever
ayed in 1856 games and made ZIG hits. Not
e outclassed all the others IN base steal
dit Cobb and Iris Speaker Of Boston
s, with seven each.
I 1856 games Lord and Speaker Of Boston
and Baker Of Philadelphia were the 9TH
ers to bat more than 300, making nine
above that coveted mark.
Owen Bush of Detroit was the best sac
rifice hitter, with fifty-two successful ef-
forts.
The Detroit champions led in team hit
ting, with an average OF .z6ls and Bos-
ton was second, with go.
Following are the official batting aver
ages;
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
BRIGHAM CITY FIVE.

Brigham City, Dec. 5.-The Box Elder
high school basketball team is doing
some hard practising for the big game
TO be played at Ogden with the deaf
mutes, December 10. Two games have
been played this season by the local
team. i'm which they have come out vic
tOriOus in each instance. The Brigham
boys who will play in the game with
the mutes are: Freeman, r. g.; X.
Wright l. f.; Burt, c.; Luscher and
Stranquist, 7. g.. Hatch. ]. g.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
Mrs. winslow,s Soothing svrup.

IF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN
WHILE TEETHING with PERFECT
SUCCESS. IT SOOTHES the CHILD
SOFTENS % the GUMS, rALLAYS all
PAIN, CURES WIND collie, and is tho
best remedy for DIARRHOEA Sold BY
Druggists in every part of the world. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. WinslOw's SOoth-
ing Syrup and take no other kind
twenty-five cents a bottle. GUARAN-
TEED UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUG
ACT. June 80. 1906 SERIAL NUMBE
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
TONG MURDERS ON COAST

San Francisco, Dec. 5.-Despite the ef-
forts Of the Chinese Six companies and
the peace officials of the entire state to
bring to an end the tong war which has
been raging more than a month be-
tween the zee family and the on Yick
tong, two more lives were snumld out
today, making eight murders since the
war was declared.
At Sacramento All Young. a cook and
member OF the On Yick tong. was
found dead in the basement Of house
in the Chinese quarter, with his body
riddled with bullets fired from behind.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
FORMER PREMIER CALLED.

Rome, Dec. 5.-BarOn Sydney SOtninO,
premier in 1903, has been semi-Oficially
entrusted with the formation of a new
cabinet, the GiOlitti cabinet having re-
signed Thursday.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06

IheSpOrting Authority
of Salt Lake
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
What's What in Sports
All the Time
FOOTBALL IS WORST
OF CIVILIZED GAMES
Chartered HoOhganism and Brutal
and Degrading, Says Lon
don Paper.

Under the head of Chartered Hooli-
ganism" the London Bystander deals the
following:
OF III the games played in the civil
lied world the most eXecrable IS Amer
lean football. nor rs there GIythi1g more
unintelligible than the fascination which
this bruta, and degrading pqstime has
for an intelligent nation like the Amer
leans An OffshOOt, presumably, OF our
owl Rugby game I'm its ca Hest 0uu
Crudest form, it still bears, OutW3rdly5 &c
any rate, some resemblance 20 H. BJJ
whereas we have in process OF time I'M
proved our game by eliminating its more
brutal features, the tendency IN America
has been all the other way, That II IS
q scientific game nobody would be pre-
pared 10 deny. To be proficient at II
team must practice assldu0usly win lne
aid o. professional coach, and one OF
its so-Cailed beauties consists in the sue
cessful carrying out, aEter arduOus tram
ing, of various concerted movements, the
signal for which is given by code words,
the significance of which is, of course, only
known to the players on the side. rms
i'm itself is a form of mere JTlCkery, which
is repugnant to the ideas of the aver
age sportsman, but aside from this,
rough play, so far from being discOuT-
aged. is recognized as an essential feature
of the game, and the costume of the
players. with its pads and guards, may be
lkened to a suit of armor.
Injuries Always.
Seldom does a match take place wiki
out some injuries of a more or less Sc
TlOus character taking place, and DELHI
crate attempts on the part OF the play
ers to knock each other out are part of
the days work. Things have come TO
such q pass this year that, although the
season is comparatively young, COLcn
or more football deaths" have already
been recorded. I am glad to hear that
as the result of the death of one of its
cadets football at West Point academy
has been stopped, and I hope that this
may prove the beginning of the end of
a game which is a disgrace TO medern
civilization. Our own game, which is
manly without being brutal, has made
tremendous Roadway in the colonies
Why not in America, tOO2 1t is not as if
they had no national game which is both
a good game and also peculiarly their
own, for baseball though it has never
caught on much outside the states, is
a game which. besides being eminently
g game of skill. calls for a sufficient dis
play of courage without being brutal.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06
MANHATTAN CLUB TONIGHT.

The Manhattan Athletic club anna
teur boxing bouts are on at the club
rooms this evening. Manager Down
ing saws that the boys are all in fine
coalition and will offer some IasL and
clever work. In the battle royal, how
ever. the fans expect a treat and can
be assured of plenty of fun. The card
starts at $50 D. m.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-06

MORE
LD-REPUBLICANS
are read in the homes of Salt Lake CITY
than any other paper.
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-01
Destroying Giants Causeway.

The devastation of the Hudson river palisades, now happily averted by law, finds its counterpart in the threatened destruction of the famous Giants Causeway. Americans are usually branded as unsentimental, money-mak- ing despoilers of nature. Guilty as we have unquestionably been, it is doubt full if we have ever outdone the des- poliation of the Giants Causeway, which is now occurring at the hands of a British syndicate. The basalt of which the Causeway is composed is an excellent road making material, and to be trodden under foot seems now it's ultimate fate. This latest hit of vandalism is in large measure due to the automobile. The advent of the high-speed motor car has brought about a necessary improvement in the maca- dam road. and the best possible road is made by the Irish hasalt of which the Giants Causeway is constituted
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-01
BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Still Most Popular Route Between New
 York and Brooklyn.

Travel between New York and Brooklyn has seen a remarkable in- crease during the past year. The to;al travel in both directions for 24 hours was S16.000 as compared with roc, 900 last year, an increase of about 16 per cent. The opening of the subway tun- nel and the growing traffic over the Williamsburg bridge have caused a de- crease of travel over the Brooklyn bridge from 423, ,000 ip 1907 to 310,000 In 1908. An analysis of the traffic across the East river shows that the ferries carried 5000; the subway, 160,000. Williamsburg bridge, 1S2, GOO. and Brooklyn bridge, 310,000 Nothing could show more forcibly than do these figures the commanding posi- tion he'd by the famous Brooklyn bridge among the transportation fla cilities between Manhattan island and Long island
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-01
Adjustable to Any Door

and an eight or ten penny wire nail. The tin is bent In the middle of it's length so as to form a double thick ness about 21a inches long, as shown at A. Through the end of this tin, about one-quarter of an inch from the end, made three or four small holes for carpet taeks. The wire nail is driven through the tin at B at a dis
 tance from the edge near the holes made for the tacks to equal the thick ness of the door to which the lock is to be applied. To accommodate the varying thicknesses of doors, other holes may be punched at different places, suggests Popular Mechanics. The lock is applied to the jamb when the door is open; the plate, A, is placed in the jamb and fastened there
 by pressing the tacks through the small holes into the wood of the door casing. After shutting the door, mere. ly push the wire nail through one of the long holes and the door will be securely bolted. A stronger and heater lock may be made from a piece of sheet steel of suitable size.
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-01

world, the flesh, the devil, the preach. CT and the drummer may all be caught in the act any day out of the seven. am often guilty. The way to get next to the average man is to show an interest in his family. his business or his pet hobby; lot of business is jollied into the order book in that way.
 Even my wife. Bess-than whom there is none better-will suddenly re. mark as she sees a visitor coming toward the house: "Oh. here is that hateful Mrs. Sharp again." A minute later l overhear her purring My dear Mrs. Sharp this is a pleasure l am so glad to see you Which is no. very far removed from the way same evangelists weep over the dear. lost sinners in their congregations. and yet never recognize one of them on the street.
 This pious professionalism ia so common in religious work that nobody remarks it. Yet 1t is as truly conn. terfeit as any bogus money that ever a Dago showed. It is all sheer cant as false a front as the bogus shirt bosom, "dickeys," which eountrymen used to wear over their fiannels.
 Sometimes when nsAa preacher tberore she would marry me Bess made me promise to go to church every Sunday, wherever might bel who is loved by none of his people. and who reciprocates their sentiment, and is pulling every wire to secure a "call' somewhere else. address the congregation dozen times in one ser mon as dearly beloved" I have a wicked feeling that should like to get up and say right out in meeting:
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-01
FOUND A RAILROAD
E. K. R. GREEN DISCOVERED
 TEXAS MIDLAND LINE.
Overlooked by ColIis p. Huntington and His Surveyor When He Bought Houston & Texas Central.
 Property Years Ago.

Kansas City. Mo.-Men have been known to find gold mines and oil wells, but E. H. R. Green, son of Hetty Green, is the first man to find" railroad-a complete system. includ- Ing tracks, depots, offices and every thing except a working force and gen. eral manager. Of course the tracks and roadbed were not the best in the world: neither were the cars-what few there were-but these were de- tails that could be attended to.
 The Texas Midland originally was part of the Houston & Texas Cen. tral. which was owned by Greens grandfather and sold to Collis P. Huntington. When the latter road be. came part of Huntingtons property and was made to connect with the Southern Pacific, that part of it which Is now the Texas Midland was over. looked and never really passed into the possession of the Southern Pa cific promoters. It was the mistake of the surveyors, who evidently were not acquainted with the country. At any rate, the error-if overlooking a railroad could be called an error was not discovered until II years afterwards. Green then was living in Chicago at the time
 He came across the original map of the road and compared it with a new. CT one and concluded that Hunting ton had overlooked several miles of a valuable property and that the mat ter would be worth Investigating Huntington never had seen the prop erty, and really did not need 1t all All he had wanted was the part which connected with the Southern Pacific at Houston, furnishing him an en trance into Dallas. Green went to Kew York to see his mother and told her of his discovery. Her father, E H. R. Greens grandfather, had died and she was the only legal heir and any interest that might result in the discovery of the new road naturally would be in her favor She offered the road to her son on condition thai he go to Texas and manage it and stay out of politics" Green went to Texas, and much to his satisfaction
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-01
Typical Harvard Athlete

Harvard's new football captain, who is a son and namesake of Hamilton Fish, United States assistant treasur- CT at New York and congressman- elect, is young giant. Although only 20 years old, Fish is feet inches tall and weighs 19S pounds. The Bos. ton papers unite in saying that he will make "a great Harvard captain. ? In all the later games of the season just past. after Capt. Burr was in- jured, Fish was acting captain, and proved a good leader.
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-01
Salt on the Moon.

At tbe June meeting of the Royal Astronomical society in London, MT H. G. Tomkins offered a new explana- tion of the long g-standing mystery of the bright rays emanating from some of the so-called lunar craters. He thinks that they may be caused by salt efflorescence. To support his the ory he showed photographs of saline regions in India and elsewhere. and maintained that there Is evidence of radial arrangement of terrestrial salt districts.
The Forrest City times., 1909-01-01
Simple Apparatus for Distilling Fresh
 Water from Sea Water.

Someone has suggested that the same process of separation be used to get fresh water out of the sea water. Cover the vat with pane of glass which is tilted slightly. The radiant heat of the sun passing through the glass will evaporate the water, and the vapor eondensing on the under side of the glass will run down the inclined sur face and drip into a trough A re- eeptacle at one side will catch the fresh water that flows from the trough. The condensation may be expedited by pouring water over the glass. The glass will thus be chilled without in- terfering with the passage of the sum s rays into the vat.