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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-21

dill tnlS aQQlGlOnal expense is neceS-
sary.-Red Lake Falls Gazette.
He Favors a $5,OOO,OOO Capitol Mall.
We have not heard a policy out
lined by the accidental governor but
the Princeton statesman tells US he
favors better roads and tax that
will place them in far better condi-
ton than they are now, and don't you
think that is one big reason why he
should be given chance to make
good?-Granite Falls Tribune.
$3.50.
Not Making Much of Hit
The new governor is not making
much of hit with the country people
by advocating the purchase of all the
land between the old and new state
capitol by the state on which to erect
a new state building costing two or
three million dollars. The country
folk are getting tired OF buying St.
Paul property at ten times it's actual
value, merely to beautify the saint
~ (?) city and satisfy a few twin city
Oliticians.-Vesta Censor.
Market Illogical
Tariff experts should turn their
attention to peculiar situation on
the north Pacific coast. In the past
few weeks the prices of lumber have
advanced from fifty cents to two
dollars thousand, and the prices for
shingles have dropped from twenty
five to forty cents thousand. The
duty on lumber was reduced thirty
seven per cent, and the duty on
shingles was advanced sixty per cent.
Some way the market does not appear
TO be logical Mississippi Valley
Lumberman.
An Absurd Claim
Gov. Eberhart's friends are ad-
vancing the argument that he is ''the
logical candidate" for governor next
fall. Why so? The republicans of
the state have never expressed them
selves as to his candidacy for
governor. Who among the delegates
who voted for his nomination for
lieutenant governor gave single
thought to the posi- bility of his sue
cession to the governors Office dur
ing this term? He is no more ssthe
logical candidate" than is Jacobson
and the latter's friends are making no
such absurd claim.-Brainerd Trib-
une.
:.
He ts Neither HirelIng or Trimmer.
Charley Mitchell would make q
good private secretary, but Charley
evidently believes in the saying
l IS @e
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-21

1t Must be You, Doc!
We have a millionaire in Flood
heavens sake don't suspect the editor.
-FlOOdwOOd BrOadaxe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-21
How to Dodge an Issue.
4 4 =

Won't Please the Farmers
Governor Eberhart's advocacy of a
million dollar Office building for
accusing the overflow from the state.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-21

100000 Is Nearer Correct.
Gov. Eberhart favOrs a million dol
lar appropriation for capitol ap-
proaches. The St. Paul real estate
boomers must have gotten close to the
governors ear.-Elk River Star
News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-21

May Adopt Without Forcing.
1t is said the republican party of
Minnesota will be forced to adopt a
county option platform for the next
campaign.-Le Sueur News.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
AL H0BLlTZEL, THE CINCINNATI NATIONALS PROMISING
YOUNG FIRST SACKER.

pires to follow in the footsteps of his
famous brother. Eddie Latitto has d
brother. tall. rangy chap. who would
like TO become another Charley Ben
nett OF Johnny King. He looks
promising also Charley OLeary's
brother Is an infeldcr OF class. but a
weak hitter He was with Rockford in
the Three l league until three weeks
ago. when no was sold to the Oshkosh
(Wls) club. He formerly played semi
professional ball in Michigan. mostly
around Big Rapids. George Mullin
has Il brother In the game
George Moriarity's brother Is trying
for a berth In the Wisconsin league
and bids fair to win out He wrote
his brother tho other day and remark
ed There Is another fellow trying
for the Same job that I'm Gftcr When
he plays l take 10 the bench Two
learned one thing whilc sitting on the
bench and that is TO run bases" II is
n remarkable fact that in baseball the
name OF Jennings only harmonizcS
when Hughey prefaces it In tho big
Jennings family only two played ball.
one with great distinction and re-
markablo success. Tho other only
played for the pastime II afforded him
Yet SIX other husky Jennings boys are
In various other professions. with no
| baseball lncllnations at all
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
Whitn Sox Miss Jones.

Catcher Billy sullivan Is having his
hardships as manager of the Chicago
Americans, and Fielder Jones sue
cossor was doomed TO trouble from the
outset for Jones was the most i'm
po~tant cog In the machinery of the
team. only the incest handling could
ever keep a naturally weak scoring
club like the Sox on the map, and not
every ma~ager is a Fielder Jones'
whatever his baseball education may
have been.
Weak scoring power H. the root OF
the White Sox trouble 1t existed
when Jones was in charge OF the SoX
but that wonderful leader had the fac
ulty OF getting results. II Is question
able whether Jones was ever appre-
clated. He never had real strong
team, yet ho always kept 1t in the
hunt because no outgeneraled his op-
ponents Jones was a thinker. He had
splendid theories which he carried into
practice 4o figured out a system
which gave his team an advantage
and his system was never changed
though defeats were rolled up. He had
tho percentage In his favor and II
was bound to tell sooner or later
II was 4 sorry day for tho White
SoN and President Charley Comiskey
when Jones retired. md it's a good
guess that every effort wiz be made
to get him back TO Chicago for next
season
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
ENGLISH Tennis Innovations.

In ibis years English tennis cham
pionships at Wimbledon there were a
couple OF innovations which might we'll
bo copied here for the convenience Of
both players and spectators. One OF
these was the plan of having program
numbers for the players instead of
cards. and this saved the expense of
printing the names of lot of players
who were defeated n the first round
The other new Idea helped out this TO
an extent. and that was tho printing
on the program of the matches for
each court, Thus when a spectator
wanted To know the location of any
particular match he had only TO refer
TO hi5 program and tne=o were the
names OF the players. the number OF
the court the hour of tho match-an
that was necessary to know Some
people thought ii favored OF CONNER
cialism. while ,he majority thought It
capital arrangement
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04

could stand tho gnff in place of quit
ting. as tho Reds have year after year
been doing
Grlfith took hold. and from the out
sct his hand has been manifest in the
success OF tho club II is not n pen
nant team yet. but It Is a good ono and
plays interesting. intelligent and fairly
successful baseball That Griffith has
done this is shown In tho daring man
ner in which he has ripped up his club.
Miller Huggins was rated right with
Johnny Evers as u second baseman.
but Miller reposeth on the hard board
or the soft pine. whichever 1T may be.
OF the bench. occasionally exercising
his prcrogativeS-and his voico-from
the coaching line. Young Egan has
replaced him.
Many managers would think II q
blaSphemy against baseball tradition
TO do 80 rash a thing ns replace a star
with a oungstcr. But Griffith was
wiso enough to see a greater star In
Egnn, whose stick work has been ex-
cellent and who is quite as fast as
Hugglns. Then. again, Hans Looert
was rated ono OF the strong assets OF
the club. but Grih1th unhesitatingly
yanks him out OF his berth to put In
a man who is working In better form.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
NO CHARM FOR WAGNER.
Baseball King oisIikes Pest Who Loi
tcrs Around Hotel Lobby.

Mono of the spot light for Hans
Wagner. king OF baseball He's bash
full almost to fault. When the Pi-
rates play In PIttsburg Wagner sticks
close TO his home in Carnegie. Ho
rides TO and from in his automobile
touring car Never starts for the
grounds until the last minute. and al
ways hikes out for home the minute
he climbs out of his baseball togs on
the road Wagner sticks close to his
room.
Jim Malloy. chief clerk at the Bal
tlmoro and Ohio railroad in Kansas
City. Mo, who used to be on duty at
the hotel where the Pirates stop when
there, was talking to Fred Clarke In
the rotunda OF the hotel He asked
where Wagner was.
"Up in his room.' replied Clarke. He
seldom comes down, only at meal
times"
Hans was sitting down hero one
night reading the newspapers One
OF these hotel pests walked up to him
and asked him how he was.
Il don't know you" Wagner blurted
out.
"Why. you're Hans Wagner, amt
you2" chlrped the pest
you're the nth man that's mistaken
me for him tonight" And. saying that
Hans beat il" up to his room.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
FINE POINTS OF BASEBALL
How tho FicIders Shift Around For
Different 8atsren.

Baseball has made such advances
scientifically and the Gencralship and
team work have become 40 involved
and complicated that even a lover Of
the game rarely understands the fine
points or knows how or why a play
Is made
Every catcher and pitcher in the big
leagues knows to an inch how far each
base runner may leave any base and
get back safely. A catcher will throw
to catch Miller Hugsins of Cincinnati.
for instance, when he leaves FIRST base
over twelve feet. while he VIII lot Fred
Clarke OF Pittsburg take sixteen, even
eighteen feet. without making a throw
with Intent to catch him. If he throws,
It Is TO drive Clarke bncl5 and keep
him from getting too great start
Every inGelder at least knows just
how certain men Will make play and
turn their play accordingly. For in
stance. with Wagner on first and Tom
my Leach on third every catcher Ia
the National league throws to third II
Pttsburg attempts double steal bo-
cause it Is a well known fact that
Leach. iu other respects a good base
runner. will come through with the
play"
That Is. If tho catcher makes a mo-
tion as II to throw to second base and
then whips 1t TO third" Leach VIII
make a false start for the plate and bo
caught In the last season Chicago de-
featcd Pittsburg three times because.
with either Wagner or Clarke ON first.
Leach was caught of third.
Each man must know whether DON
lin pulls" fast ball or not. whether
or not he hits a curve to left He must
know that Fred Clarke is the only left
handed batter In the game who can hit
a left handed pitchers curve ball hard,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
PINCH HITTING DIFFlCU T
Looko Mighty Soft to Fan, but Just
You Forget II.

Looko Mighty Soft to Fan. but Just
You Forget II.
The pinch hittcr's life IS far from be-
Ing n continual bed OF roses. To tho
casual observer 1T appears pretty soft
for a man to sit on the bench every
afternoon for seven or eight innings
with nothing TO do but watch the
game. and then be called on to step
to the plato In O pinch to hit for some
weak stlcker
Nothing of the kind. Tho man that
ls kept OF the payroll TO do stunts of
this sort has his work cut out for him.
and even though the rest of the regu-
lars tell him what a snap he has, not
one OF them would willingly exchange
places with him.
The pinch hitter holds his Job be-
cause he can swat the ball Every
time he is sent in TO hit for some one
no Is aware that It's up to him to de-
liver a safe drive
He has been sitting on the bench
possibly the greater part OF the after
noon without getting a chance 10 see
what Sor OF Stul tne pltcnet lS ScTS-
Ing and he knows that the moment he
steps to the plate the finger will de-
F., liver everything In his repertory
Then every ono In the stands Is look
ing to him TO clout and banking on
him to make good. The fans seldom
take into consideration that, no matter
how gooe hitter player may be, he
only makes one base hit In about every
three trips to the plate.
Ho move knows what moment his
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
JAPS QUEER BASEBALL RULES
Players In Land of Rising Sun Observe
Strange Maxirns.

The following are some of the max
inns which prevail on any baseball dia-
mond In japan. where the great
American national pastimc is finding
much favor.
The University of Washington base-
ball team, which returned TO this
country recently from the Land OF
Nippon after spending two months
playing the leading university teams
that have been formed there. were i'm
pressed with these strange rules.
The Washington nine was the Grst
white team ever seen in Japan. and
it attracted no end OF attention among
the oricntals. The games played were
also the first intercollegiate meetings.
in which foreign team was con
testant. ever enjoyed by tho mlkado's
great universities Unprecedented
crowds attended ell games. and the
sport was the leading topic of CON
versatlon. The baseball Invasion was
healthy rival to the visit OF Admiral
Spcrry's American fleet.
or the ten games played In Japan
the w uSulllLlpl IllIlt Won bul SlA.
They were played with Keio univer-
sity of Tokyo. Waseda university OF
Tokyo. Yokohama Higher Commercial
school and the Yokohama Cricket and
Athletic club. The personnel of the
latter team included Chinese. Japa-
nese. Kanakas, a Hindoo. an English.
man and one Yankee.
The American players were put or
their mcttlc on every occasion to wir
a majority of the games played. The
Washington players declared upon
their return to this country that tho
Kclo team could keep out OF the Gel
lar in any American Class Il league
One of tho games played with the
Waseda university team was a fifteen
inning game which was won by the
Americans, TO 3 This, tho news
papers declared. was the longest game
ever played on the eastern hemisphere
and brought forth endless comment.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
Rosoman's Hitting Needed.

1t took Manager Hughey Jennings
Of the Detroit Americans several
weeks to conclude that 1t was better
to have n good hitter than a good
fielder In the game. and Rossman has
been playing ever since
Rossnan's fault has always been his
throwing. and lftcr he had lost sever
al games by reason OF some weird
heaVes he was benched ana Morlarty
sent to first. But Rossman's hits were
soon missed, and he was brought back
into the game.
Though perhaps the strongest team
In tho league. the Tigers cannot afford
60 have ono OF their best hltters on
the bench Ros5man whom in the game
Is sure to have four chances to hit, and
yet only occasionally may his inability
to throw prove costly. With pitch
Ing staff that is at its best uncertain.
Detroit must make moro runs than any
other team In the race to win games,
and for this reason Rossmon has
proved himself to be C. most valuable
man.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04

manager VIII take out some weak bat
tor shot he can be substituted. About
the only chance the pinch hitter hos
TO feel 1ubilant Is when he has been
called on u perform and drives out
tle base hit that returns his club vic
Tor.
TO have tho cheers of the fans ring
Ing in his cars at a time like that Is
mighty finc. but does II atone for the
times after he has failed to doliver the
much needed hit, and. on his way to
the clubhouse. he hears somo particu-
larly rabid fan yell:
Get out, you big nut. You couldn't
fall out of a boat and hit the watcr!"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
Tho Rantamweinht Eizzle.

The bantam dispute has reached n
very interesting stage and is In fact
the only Queensberry class whcro a de-
cisiye series OF bouts IS probable. The
victory of Monte Attcl over Frankie
Nell brought the brother OF Abo Al
tell sharply to the foreground as a
contender for the chief honors- At
tells contention that by his victory
over Nell ho became the bantam
champion of tho world Is. however. as
absurd as the assertion OF Johnny
Coulon that he Is the holder OF the
bantam title. although he limits oppo-
rents to los pounds ringside
AS has been frequently said. proceed
ence is tho only guidance as to class
weights. AS there is not Il syllable in
the fighting rules about weight. prec-
cdcnt In America sets tho weight at
l16 pounds. That was the weight at
which Terry McGovern and Pedlar
Palmer fought for the worlds title In
Tuckahoe. ~ Y in 1899. 1t was at
116 pounds that the retired indicated
bantam champion fought most of his
battles, Jimmy Barry could do 105
pounds. but accepted challenges for the
/ title at 116 Therefore Coulon in
! claiming tho tito and limiting oppo-
| nents to los pounds has taken an un-
tonable position and put himself out
side tho pale OF the championship
struggle Therefore, as tho case
stands. Monte Attell IS the only ban
tam in tho west with claims to con-
sideratlon, and he is the logical can
dldate In a bout for the title with the
best boy In the east
There Is rich material in tho ban
tamwelGht class In New York Phil
McGovern brother of Terry Charley
Goldman and Joe Wagner arc three Of
the hardest hitting men OF their weight
In the country. Jimmy Walsh. the
New England bantam. who recently
fought n fifteen round draw with Dig
ger Stanley. the bantam champion OF
England, claims he is tho legitimate
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04

this question on the plea that 1t would
cause more hitting,
The chances arc strong that tho big
baseball ,>1gue rule makers would not
listen to such silly twaddIe 1t would
do nothing except lensthcn games.
Tho public wants short. snappy con-
tests and no drawn out games which
drag past o'clock. II baseball was
merely an exhibition between two
teams of burlIes who aid nothing but
swat the ball one after the other 1t
wouldn't be much OF a sport
The day Is past, and now We have
the modern scientific players. whore
pitching. batting and fielding are about
equal and which result ir close scores
This has been helped greatly by the
foul strike rule
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04

serve tic kaleidoscope movement on
the field Chance suddenly drops back
ten feet and takes step nearer the
first base line. EverS edges twelve feet
toward first base and goes ton feet
farther back, playing deep.
Schultz retreats twenty-five feet or
moro toward the stards and moves
nearer tho foul line. Shcck0rd. in left
field, trots forty feet nearer 10 the dia
mond and angles toward center aeld,
While little Slagle swings from center
over into right. Tinker Is playing
down within ten feet OF second base.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
Ke,eheps Stock Has Declined.

Even edmitting that no injured his
hands, hc would as likely hurt those
same hands against Johnson. Stanley
didn't have tho punch to stow away
Battling Nelson recently, let alone
Billy Pnpke or johnson. The exercise
Of moving around the ring in tho first
three round. before Papkc had mark
cd him, tired the Michigan boy. so that
II must either be admitted that ho
was wocfully out of condition or gone
back In the boxing game.
There are few boxers who can give
away forty pounds and stlll be con-
cldercd a possible winner Bob FitZ-
simmons did this it IS true, but that
ono exception proved the rule In the
days of John L. Sullivan. James j
Corbett and even to tho later period
OF James ], Jeffries there was no talk
of matching middloweights against
heevywcights. While Fitzsimmons was
a mlddlcwelght by weight he was so
remarkable a man in many ways and
had proved his worth so thoroughly
that there was no questioning his
right.
In the lighter claSse- such as Joe
Walcott anon the welters and Joe
Cans among the lightweights, there
arc instances of men going out of their
classes and sustaining their rcputa-
tions. 1t Is moro difficult however.
among tho heavier fighters
Ketchel has accomplished little of
the F1tZsimmons sort. Ho looks to be
a genuine middlewelght and gives no
signs OF putting on weight much about
the 165 pound mark He Is middle
weight champion beyond a doubt. but
Paplfe cast shadow on the tisle In
their last go. not so much because of
his superior work as because Ketchel
failed miserably,
Under sIch conditions as exist
Johnson would go In the ring 10 TO
tavorlto over Kctchel. and the odds
no lower because there would be no
betting He would figuro a certainty
o whip Ketchel. and tho fight would
ose the charm that goes with tho big
contests of the ring.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
lack JOHNSON KECHE


American bantamweight champion for
the last three years.
UP to Jan. l. 1909. fight record books
classed him as bantam champion of
America. The publisher. probably
thinking that Walsh had outgrown the
bantam limit especially after he
fought Abe Attcll Tommy O'Toole.
Freddy Weeks and that class of boys,
weighing 122 pounds and more. left
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04

III 70 question nskeu' N"'
Ketchel-Johnson ight sln,,,,9S Dc
~ carried out as orlginaiIy
planncd?" The recent poor sho"l"s
OF Kctchel against Billy Papke ana
the subsequent cutups OF the miduie-
weight champion have probably iesS-
ened public interest Ia the comins
battle for the worlds championship
between the pair.
Promoter Jim Conroth and Manager
Willis Britt representing ketchel'
declared cmphatlcally that the nS"'
will take place In October as orlsinaily
planned and have even gone so lar as
to state that had the recent hgnt enueu
I'm Kctchol being knocked out tue
heavyweight match would In no WAY
:.>7vc been intcrfered with.
Public opinion. however. counts ior
something when the box Office receipts
arc to be considered, and the hdloa-
tlons arc that neither c. ffroth nor the
lighters VIII rush headlong into the
matter without first having given inc
middlewelght champion another test
to prove his right to meet Jack Johh-
son.
Before his fight with Papkc there
were many who gavo Ketchcl mighty
good chance OF beating Johnson. They
figured him good ring general and
man with so remarkable punch that
Johnson would not be able TO stand
agulns. him. Those same nght rams
however, wher thoy looked at Papke
and Ketchel shook their heads when
It was suggested to them that ketchel
would stand a good chance against tho
negro.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
Johnnvseulps Latest Setback.

The recent victory of the Meadow
brook Polo club In England. whereby
tho trophy returns to America, is pc
cullariy significant In that Great Brit
ain has about lost its hold in interna-
tionol sports
In tho last few years It has lost its
rowing honors TO Belgium. Its tennis
trophy TO Australia. while It's showing
In tho London Olympics was Distress
ingly poor.
In addition. 1t has never figured
strong In boxing. with the exception
of tho featherweight and lightweight
classes. and its efforts to win the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04

Ross, Young Peter Jackson. Larry
Temple and a score of others Tough
propositions these. every one, as thoir
name and records will indicate Jack
Johnson has teen the only man TO
successfully take tho measure OF
Langford.
In order TO earn public support
Ketchcl must trim Langford as dcci-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04

the bantam title off wclsh's nano this
year Attention has 0ccn called to
the fact tha- Walsh and Stanley were
about to fight In London for tho
worlds bantam title at the class limit
I'm England. lis pounds. and that
Walsh was yet to be defeated at that
weight before any new bantam cham
plon could be announced.
Therefore it can readily be seen that
there Is going TO be a hard struggle
before the bantam champion IS settled.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
KeteheI Nuot Beat Laneford.

There Is no denying that Kctchel
Will havo tho toughest battle on his
hands that he ever has had when he
faces Lnngford in New York Sept 8.
The record of the black is an impos-
Ing one. For years he has met and
trimmed heavywolghts of all doscrip-
tions The 15S Founders stood abso-
lutely no chance against him. Among
some of his principal heavyweight VIC
tins have been Jimmy Barry. Joe
Jeanette. Sandy Ferguson. Tony