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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

relic. covered with gilt, bears the in- scription. Won from the Trf-Moun1af Club. Sept, 9, 1858. Boston. Score, Port 2 fand s5. Tri-Mounfain l3.s The baif was given Mir. Wilhite, who, h the eariy days was one of the lending fans in Boston. f1-F
 Another old ball has been ,lnearthed in Philadelphia. This ball was used in Q game at Philadelphia, when the M. H. B. c. won from the Continemfal B. B. C., Nov. g. 1860. Score, 4I to I1. The Mercantile baseball club was a xreak club in its day and was only exceeiel in age by the famous Olympfc EIrh- The MercantiIe club was orRanized De. cember n. 1858, as a social orRanizsS : ton. with baseball as lk was tisn played, as the chief pasftIne of fha members. The old ball is the property of Messrs- H. Fl and ". R. Eifison. sons of W. F. Ellison, who played fIrTi base on the Mercantile clubs team. and vas also an ex-preaident of the "a =
 mous club. The authentfcity of khis ball: at least. is therefore not to . .ns "a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
TODAY WILL DECIDE
FATE OF RACING IN LOUISIANA IN
 BALANCE.
DecAsl0n In the Jack Sheehan Case TOday-TurkuaeH Are
 AnxiOu@.

New Orleans. Feb. With the fate of racing in Louisiana declared to hinge largely upon the decision of Judge Ed rington, to be announced in Jefferson Parish tomorrow in the case of Jack Sheehan, who was tried Saturday on the charge of violating the Locke law by making waRerE at the Suburban track, both the turfmen and the anti-racing element are awaiting with eagerness for the passing of the next twenty four hours.
 Governor Sanders has declared un- eQuivocally. that the betting methods employed at the Suburban were viola tive of the Locke law and slgnified considerable speculation. therefore, as to whae his course would be in the event that Judge Burlington holds that the system does not conflict with the law. Many believe that in this event and the probable revival of the meet subsequent arrests would be repeated with the result of preventing a contin- uarce of the racing.
 In discussing the attitude of the Gov ernor, Joseph A. Murphy. promoter and presiding judge of the Suburban meet, declared in an interview published to- day:
 for Governor, and I do not know what know that the racing colony was un- ' der the impression that amounted to a conviction that Governor Sanders was not unfriendly to racing as a sport, but Ponly to the abuses that had crept into 1t, and the racing people went to him 60 man. am unwilling to believe that in a man of such sterling honor. the bump of gratitude would be So lily developed that he would recommend legislation so drastic that it would bring to the brink of pauperism. those who had stripped to the waist for his campaign"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

they gave both men the winners share of the purse, ..,'Do you kriow. how ern out he said in the, flaming, bee, rCorbett kent up Funpiug- fire of kla- ding and taunts,. finally setting Nc Govern So mad that he, was abie,, 10 efth round v st .'s
 Bimms is a great believer in, foot work and cTeyerness.-sa says that they count as much as ability to land dftfon right now. from tue looks of his broad shoulders and general atfifetic build 1t would not take him long To get into shape to meet -Atteii. or any of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
: sPARRINa ANp F1dT1T1Na

Little Rock. Ark. Feb. 1---1he difser. ence between q, "sparrin@ nnatch' and a prize fight will probably he what a To. cal: court will be asked to decide.
 A 'sparring match" Aakvsen Tommy Sullivan. of Brooklyn, and Ernest vol gast of Chicagosfs advertised to tai<s place here Wednesday night and such opposition has developed that the State and city officials have announced fsas they wifi Interfere
 Promoter MarFe einsists ffat the ad- vertised exhibition is a spaerfnE con- test and not. prise fight as prohibteed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
oLprsT BAs.sBALL.
N4a~x People Claim That it is in Their
 POamesaSOn.

HtRMX K0OWAG G1AhAM AANk " h4 hA AACAE
 POameseaO1.
 Everybody now owns the oldest base bah, Major w. P. Clarke. sporting sditor of The Gazette and Bulletin st WiiIiamsport. Pa, Is the owner of a baseball used at Troy. September 19, iS6S. nearly two months earlier than the ball owned in Jackson. Miss. The score of the game was Williamgport 2d. Keystone, of Troy, 24. He is aisp the owner of the ball used in the game played at Erie. July 1, 1see, when team, of Erie. 48 to a. In these early days of baseball the winning club took the ball as trophy, had it gilded and the place, date and score painted on
 .fT President Dovey, of the Boston Ma tionals. has dug out a trunk of trO- phies a gilded ball. bearing the in seription. Athletics xs. Excelslors. oi Brooklyn. Oct. II. 1865; 45 to H." The ball was presented to Dovey by Fred Penney. who got it from one of the old Athletic players. The chances are that A. J; Roach has among his tro; phies of the national game Q baseball antedating the one mentioned above.
 An Dmporte. Kas- man. Wiihite he hes Ano oldest existing balL Int
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

.--f, aa
 Looks like . ,connfeA Mack's. bail grounds will be better .edufppei thafi the one at<cdpitol, Heighis. 'E. l.
 A story is out mat Aaike Mccormick has been -reinstated by Nashville and League. For ianGasbsing < Mike has everything. beat to a ffazzle saSAhaH only jumped the, .Nast1yfil lie steena twfoe. the last timelttlst befote ths: tsfIg1bers Nutmeg peopie,tw will take a biff of ad- vice from ds, we would advlse 'theFfr to put good, stout rcpe or chain on Mike and fasteno the |other end ftoNthe. HOISoke baIL yard ks,y.ag-Is'. ' l5izSg' .-. .a- t=--~----- - -, .'ti E'.s
 John Ray Bronson. .the4-I waS laafSts weight, is lover In Atlanta "a 9 s1nyk that he Is booked tos-t light AtteIi5 ,at Dayton, ohlo, on, the 12th of, this month In the meantime s4ppose Bronson talSes Romery. .N,--Si' '..,ts B atttr e-
 Jack Hardy. the Nashville, .backstop. was up in Clexeland the other day and got himself iinteryiewed./ He saldi up ooe. Lord would bey in the I.atoie, oiit-- field this season Now let Cha rite 'FfafiIk and Connie MackfsIt up. q 2 = <. .fs's q \ ,l'e ---a-se-- s5 ts {. " Fe
 Looks like. the college chaps gre out this summer Christie 5Iatis ssxscn on iseto coach the Harxardas team >andA Rabbit Plass is to- whip the squad ofs the Mis- sis4ippi A and M. College ihto Shape So far we have hh4rd nothing oS<pur old friend. Lemuei Bailey. Esq, in, the coll Iage coaching line .,rl
 MT. DonHn .seerns to be as muchy ot a diplomat as Mir. Baxter was in Mont- gomery last spring. A--'
 
 Battling Nelson and Packey McFhr- land will fight at Colfna on the d7th Of Ireland for the lightweight champion. ship of the world. This mingling of Denmark and Ireland should get a nice crowd on St. ,Patriclkis' Day. ...
 The light fans of the ,Crescene City have 0 big Inning. .this4weelg. Attell and Kelley Thursday and Lynch and I1A- vignne Saturday night, the two last at lSS poundS .r., r'i .,- '. s-it. z;
 Something more is about due from the Peterson Howard fox chase anil the Webber-Schwartz pacing race. @
 Packey -McFarIand is making some big noises over att Hot Springs. He | is booked to met Joe Thomas there and says that he Eon't care if Marvin Hart, Stanley Ket:hen or the others are in the heavies. he wants to get Q crack at them all the same. The Ken. lucky boy has been training at Hot springs and Raeisey should heys Ielinehea .ths mates taenas 1T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
s1oe,ooO FOR ONE RAGE. :

} Amasay Corttin of 0cuvernsur, the millionaire st. Lawrence County horsenaan, who has sirnf- fled his intention of coutiucfinp, a great international race to har- ness on July next with his Mlir- ray Htll Hotel ton the St' law renee Rtver)s valued at 9IOO.O0O. az the' principal prize, indicated his plan for conducting the race. which, If arrangements can he , made, will probably be pulled of , cuse.
 k Corbin says he is not willing to FISK an undertaking of such mag nlt1des except over a mile track. ana Tn co-operatton with the man agement of a State fair or racing asn1oaH ass91c.ation oH os the highest rec- FAT. Corbin said that he had A right to expect, with his eI0O.- 200 hotel as the capital prize for
 ten purses of s1s5o0 each for inc qualifying contests, and nine aTl- dsd mqneys of 9l.00O, 99OO, $500. $l00. $500. e600,s 94O0, a3Oo and H200 for horses that fnish hehind z the winners of the hotel prop- :, srty. and q percentage of tfle . gate receipts, to be divided pro rata between n-wtnners, an For an entrance fee of $500, that fully 500 entries could be relied The state Fair Commission has
 the proposition under considera.- ,, AMM
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
Given lIonrr To Nenroes

Philadelphia. Feb. Under the will
 of the late Mary Lewis. of this olty,
 probated today 95O.00O Is given to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural In- LAtitRtp At Hamptop, Naa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
] Not In the Coneraet.

Huntsville MercQry-B2nneg.
 We agree with the Rev. Billy Sunday that H is ppBstble for good baseball playeE Ao h8 e ChFistiAn. Stiil, how lever. theg sls not pl.t that scianse in the s9n lHHa llEs che laSers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
Namen, sexaeken.

:. ~ FsGluC4nuAl1, EpVsZ 4-TSN ScON o9Si
 the National Baseball Commission caiIed attention oiflcialy to the National Association. final reserve list issued ol, October 17. 1907, which list contained the names of great number or play CTS as being reserved by yTYartous Na. TiOnAi Association solubs to whom such civba had absolutely mo- title. being piayersssyEifo had been either ,purchaS- Cd or drafted by major leegue ciubA 1T In, view ok the fact thas many thous- Ands, of doliarB were involved, the
 Commission sr6quested that the mattoE he Investigated by the National Assos cIation and proper action taken with 1 Inc same condition of GfEairs has arisen, 1 On the final reserve list of the National ! Association, Aisslied, on October 20, 1908 1 the following nQnes of players appeaI
 as being reseryed by NatioaAi Asso 9iAtione clubs whose, title has paesed to ma Sof Ieagtte clubs. and the Comlnis- | sion recommends that this list be veri
 ned by the proper officers of the Ma ,tionai Ansociatson and that the players | .svin0ae title has passed Co major leagus lcluhBs be at Ohce stricken from the res
 erVatIon, list of the National Angocla.
 tloh clubs referred to. The following
 1gs AmOrge theg players so listed: l. Natfonel League. DlsyeFs:-sc Cincinnati l Ietub: Mccain xkoblnaon,. purchased. re
 served by BirninGhaSn.
 | chaeagu Club.-Thgnas Downey fdrAfted; reserysd b2 Birmingham. l. Ht. Louia cIub-1-A. Es McI.aurin, pnr. Echassd; reserved by Augusta.
 New York ciUb--Afkhur Fletcher kpuFchased: reSeryadl by rsallas. ed;~ reserved :. ly Augusta: InfiSidev 1 Hohnhorst, drafted; reserved by An-
 Gusta-
 r American League players:
 RsssfRed by Dallas; Jim Williams I1dfaeted; 'feeerv9d by Waco.
 l. iHt.' Louis olub--Chic Arnold, drafted I ressrxed by Shrsveport; D. Claire 0rSkGp, drafted reserved by San Ant0- ni9; Charles Miller, drafted; reserved by Dallas; O, c. Peters. drafted: reserved by. .pallAe. Tre.,eJ, | Bost0n club--Aiken, drafted; reserv.
 ed by Heustgn; Whitman. purchaBed | reserved by HQustoa,
 WashfngtOn dub = E. C. Collins
 dr6fted; reserved by San Antonio; liar Try Dietsfs, draftedi reserved by Fort | Worth +y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
s POsR IS.

Lost-one schedule coinmittee- VII receive, reward if returhed to R. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
Man, q .Scrapper < Of Note, Wiling to- Meet Abe
 e Afteu na Local Boxiae Bout
JACK srmMs,s STATEMENT.

= For busInePs FrbAsone chhnot
 ~tleave Montgomerx at the present z etinne.- but if Abe Attsii is wtIiing, { . II will meet himth in Montgom-- < . cry. giving me time to train and ,. . get into condition. of course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
DE CHA N
 sISl7ll5S
FUNERAL NOTICE.

JOsEPH--Ths friends of Mr. and Mrs. c
 W. Joseph and family are invited to at residence No. s3s South Court st., chi afternoon at o'clock. t s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
\, TO MINORS
DIG LEAGUE, s !. ,crgl'. , '..! ssgsT NOT RE-
Imwartnnt Me~ainw ' of the NntionaI
 WandhmEl C@anmaasasM 1p NFhfeh The ls NnHasas oa several Reserved |. Rf&M, Are Ek'mBEa. q. f.3f

Consternation is liable to be caused ln the campas of several minor league ninhs by, one of the most important rul- ings ever made by the Supreme Court ot Baseball. By the ruins, ,s,. ssvens.sm n,,,ha frosal which they were drafted or pur- sha aed we're counting on being return I ed to them have. been ordered 9trlckeh from the reserve. lists -oIs & Lne 1ha. Enc pIayefs Sin question are the individual pfOperty of the big fellows that dratte0 br Durchased. them. 6hd # Is purely
 Psieas, a,.sssso ss .s sis aes. s ssa ssS sS so teeTi. orr In, fact. all. of them. will De eifhers Harmed out by the big le4guers. br sold with, tpe option ot repnrcnasiin,,S Sf course have -strihgs on them, and fl khey desire. the big fellows can pull Ehoss stfinkssin At the csoae of the 1898 g si ss9 s ssss sSsd:s sSsss .sas a plaSed short and :, thtrd base for the
 Subs Hast yeaf.ss The Cubs drafted Downsy- and Nolesworth fully expected to RSt xhifnS back when watvere were hsks6. bNEsn6w stAo Cubs can do as they iiite with shi7n.s Molegworth also lOeeG RIi iclaiIa stor Mac Robs bs9son. the Low ndes County boy who. made aucn = recgAq. fhouSEh E3lrmih Rham is the b1ly South. srn Ksa9ue club that sets hit hard by
 mo other players thet nov belong exclusively < to sthe.i Nattonal Lea9uf sifsIls Are three from Augusta in the South sAtiantie, and one from .Da Has tn the Texas- heAGNe.g Every one of the nisu. that gi1e National. Commission now fsaguSs were taken from the Texas Leagre: m the list are thes names Sof Whltefaan. the ioutdeIder from the Hous- ion eit,ty. that MontKomery Is trying to get and D. ". Claire. stheS inheldeE bosiaht by Shreveport, from Jackson. of the Cotton States and drafted by me SfS Isdtsfes Browns. Aiken the inneldes drafted from the Houston club, iS also the property of Boston, just as White
 n1ap ts. and it, Is q. dnestien now " Mont Gonlefy will be able to land White. IlaaII. as by. the ruling of .the Comnis. sion the outf1eider does. not naVes to re
 The ruling of the National Commis sion and the list of players stricken from the reserve list of the minors, is as follows: s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

Something more is about due from the Peterson Howard fox chase anil the Webber-Schwartz pacing race -f
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

Looks like z .connfea -MaeEss bal grounds gre n6s VIII E be stl, better f eaippei thal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

John Ray Bronson. the4-Iowafl liGKt. weight, is sSoVer- In AtIauta and sayk that he Is booked aos figfdt5 ,Atfeli ! at Dayton, ohio. on,the- 12th of this month. a crack at Jack siHirns now in Mont Romery. sgt..t. ast ., .- !
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

The fight fans of the ,Crescent City have big inning. thtsA week. AtteIls and Kelley Thursday and Lynch and LA- vignne Saturday night, the two last at l35 pounds .P. -'f .t -it- z,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

Battling Nelson ana Packey McFar- land will fight at Colina lon the d7th Of Ireland for the lightweight champion. |. ship of the world. This intngliTig. of Denmark and Ireland should get nice crowd on St. Patrick'st Day. '.-. v
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

MT. DonlIn seerns to be as muchy of "a. diplomat as MT. Baxter was in Mont- gomery last spring ' -s+ < .A,-''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02

Jack Hardy. the, Nashville, -backstop. was up in Clexeland the other day and got himself iinteryiew He saIdf up
 ooe Lord would ber tn the sI1atoie, out. field this season Now let Cha rife Frank and Connie MackfsIt up. = <. .FS5s z |
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-20
SWORDFISH WEATHER VANE
stu Pointing to Wind, as II Long Has
Done, on Block Island
Barn.

There are more hotels at Block
Island now than when / was there
some years ago, and more people,
said man Just back, but / found at
least one familiar object there that
pleased my eye. that being an old
weather vane. na 81
"On the road running to the south
from the islands center of population
to the remarkable clay bluffs that rise
to the height of a hundred feet or
more along the islands southern shore
there Is a barn above whose cupola
turns . homemade wooden vane fash
ioned In the~form OF swordfish. The
hardy fishermen Of Block Island hunt
the swordfish. as well as every other
sort of fish that finds a home in. or
that traverses these waters, and here
the swordfish weather vane seems
not only striking but strikingly appro-
pirate.
vThe vane is about six feet In
length, which to be sure would be
small for swordfish, but which Is
big for weather vane; and there II
was still, the only swordfsh vane I
ever saw, and pleasure 1t was to
see II still there and still turning
easily and as ever pointing true to the
wind"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-20
Leo M. GeiSmar,
Father of Northern
Agriculture Makes
Predictions F: /: 1:

1 grown and the second crop will br
small and more or less shiveled. II
produce first grade peas in warn
climate the seed must come from
colder climate, This Is a rrasbn VII,
IN the Bast few years the denidhd fGr
upper Michigan grown peas for plant
ing has increased any times. SIX
years ago but few hundred dollars
worth of upper peninsula peas were
sold for seed. This year some 400, 600
bushels were sold. Nine factories
outside OF Michigan had buyers IN
Michigan buying seed pess this year.
His Prediction.
I'm the warmer climates peas, even
with the seed purchased farther north
deteriorate after several crops This
is why | predict that in 10 years the
pea canning industry will have again
shifted. this time 10 the upper PENN
sula. We have now ohe large pea
canning factory at Menominet and
the goods it tufns Gut eonlnianas a
price second to none in the country. q
Seed potatoes are IN a sense ike
peas. They must be grown in a
northern latitude to produce best. The
state OF Maine today raises one-half
of the seed potatoes planted in all the
southern states. Michigan and Ohio
produce most OF the other half. P1-
tatoes grown from southern seed are
s0gsy while those ff6fti northern seed
are mealy The upper peninsula is fl
to grow seed potatoes that would sell
In competition with the seed potatoes
of the lower peninsula, or of New York
or Maine,
1--WE cannot expect to grow peas
and plums in the upper peninsula bat
we have successfully demonstrated
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-20

that we can grow as fine apples as
anywhere in Michigan. One farmer
near Ontonagon has 20 acres OF straw
berries from which he sold $4,000
worth of berries I'm the last three
years. We have demonstrated that we
can grow rs much as five tons of alf-
alta 20 the aere, which beats the
alfalfa states Of Colorado and New
Mexico. With such crops OF alfalfa
the possibilities OF extensive dairying
are manifest.
The growing OF corn has been g
problem, but believe we have solved
II. | secured some north Dakota corn
that required from the day of plant
ing TO the day OF cutting 109 days.
BY selecting for several years the
ears that ripcned earliest and plant
ing from these ears I have reduced
20 as days. / will distribute for next
years planting seed from this 7S-day
corn 10 a few hundred farmers. This
coril grown in ~ days has yielded AS
much as IS bushels 10 the acre, which
Is even better than the average Of
the Iowa corn crop. might say that
upper peninsula stra wberries. coming
in later than any others, have a mar
ket peculiarly their own.
A Market Neglected.
Il am strongly impressed that lower
Michigan is heglecting an upper PENN
sula market for more or less OF their
products that they might get II they
hustled for II. Take grapes for in
stance. know personally that hun
dreds upon hundreds OF baskets Of
Michigan grapes are every season
shipped 10 the copper country cities.
not by the growers but by Chicago
commission houses The growers sell
10 Chicago dealers, who take their
profit and then reship back TO Michi-
gan 10 be sold in the upper peninsula.
| know. because Chicago dealers
names are on all the baskets | know
Of no reason why the growers should
not themselves seek this upeer PENN
sula business.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-20

When the early red men found the
rough forest trails too harsh for their
unshod feet and were forced to con-
trive some sort of foot castings as a
protective measure, they little dream
ed that the crude moccasins of their
making would lead after long gener-
atoms. to the handsome. soft, yet
wonderfully durable Indian slippers
of today.
1t is a tremendously long line OF
slipper styles which lead back from
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-20

A pretty. fresh-looking young wom-
an and q drsamy-eyed man got on q
street car. Hardly were they seated
when look OF intense despair spread
over the mans face. . .f-p
whats the calamity now?" asked
his companion pleasantly but with a
trace Of alarm in her voice.
my cuf links!" he exclaimed
tragically. Zone Of them IL broken
and an end Is missing. never can
keep my cuff together until we get
home. What shall do?" with a wild
accent on the shall"
The woman. laughed with relief and
answered cheerfully: "Oh. that's easy.
Give. me what's left Of your broken
sleeve link"
He obeyed, she leaned down. quick
iy twisted a button from her shoes.
hooked II on to the damaged bit OF
jewelry and passed II. ready for imme-
date use. to the man with triumph
ant "Therel"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-20

The strongest proof that our Hia-
watha slippers are just what the pub
lie has been looking for lies i'm the big
total sales to date. The slippers are
far beyond the experimental stage; the
fact is completely established that
they are the neatest. most comfort
able, most durable slippers yet pro-
duced for lounging. chamber or bath
room wear, and wherever once intro
duced they become a permanent pet
of the family a- O.
Any style or size Of Hiawatha Slip
pers may be had promptly of Vertin
Bros. and II is well to remember that
each pair Is sold not only under the
guarantee of the dealer, but OF the
manufacturer as we'll
Many people of Calumet and viein-
ity have already made purchases from
our wen selected. stock and many. are
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-20
UP-TO-DATE

the Indian models OF today to their
prototypes which were worn by the
a origines. and an untold wealth or
Indian story and legend is fgurativeiy
and literally woven into this product
of the many tribes. For in the early
years the Indians made their footwear
serve not only as a protective pedal
covering but as a tribal badge or in
sigma, even the shaping OF the leath-
er having a special symbolic signih-
canoe.