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Football lawmakers, coaches and
playing officials toned down the 1910
gridiron rules to some extent at their
nterpretative meeting, held tho other
day in Chicago. The authorities of
the big Eight" and the Missouri Val
ley conferences translated the difficult
passages in the new statutes In a
way that will make the coming games
less on the parlor order than was ex-
pected by the more conservative of
the western experts.
The all-day session resulted in some
what more freedom fo:' the forward
pass exploiters and softening of the
effects of the rigid laws in regard to
the flying tackle. Coach Stage of the
University Of Chicago presided at the
morning session, and Coach Williams
Of Minnesota had the chair in the
afternoon. These were the only two
western members of the national body
present, and botE contributed much
to the discussion.
Important readings Of the meeting
were those providing that the new
forward pass, which cannot be sent
more than twenty yards beyond the
line of scrimmage. and that the fly
Ing tackle shall not include those
plays where defensive players throw
themselves into an offensive play
without grasping the runner. Other
leading interpretations concerned
crawling with the ball and interior
ence.
Following we're the chief results of
the two sessions, as listed by the ex-
perts:
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anything else unless your heart really
Is in the work and you love it, and
then quit it just as soon as your love
of 1T and your enthusiasm for 1t begin
to die out. left home to show up the
league, and a few weeks later Jack
Grim bought me. The club was with
sold me to Grim think for $3.50, the
price of the car fare home and my
hotel bill had been doing the same
thing again, and my overzealousness
cost me the position. was slated to
go way down into the bushes and per-
haps / would have stayed there and
never come cut but for the fact that
Detroit had some sort of a string to
me and Grim could not get me. So
went to Detroit.
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COBB TELLS OF HIS START
One Of Greatest Players Game Has
Ever known Had Hard Time Get
ting Into Fast Company.
BY "TYn COBB.


1t took me long time to convince
anyone that was good ball player.
l think the first one who ever thought
l was a great player was Cobb him
self, and because others refused to be-
lieve it he felt bad.
1 was born down in Georgia and be-
gan playing the game while at school.
AS l recall It, l always played the
same way, took all the chances there
were, and ran all the time. Lots of
people now think that is good base
ball, but the fellows with whom
played refused for a long time to think
so. In fact at the finish of the game,
our team usually was divided into
two factions, with Cobb on one side
and all the others on the other l had
ideas regarding how to play the game
bst none of us ever had seen much
baseball, and we had to think it out
fol ourselves.
One of the big wonders to me lie
that as boy, made plays the same
way and for the. same reasons that
the star ball players of the big leagues
were making, and l never had heard
of them. After l got older com
menced to watch the professional
team in the Southern league play,
and although there were lot of rea-
sons why ! shouldn't have left home.
l longed to become a professional
player. 1t was not for the money or
like that, but because loved
the game and loved to be in the midst
of 1t every time there was game.
Now, 1t is my advice to all young
fellows not to go into baseball or into
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Cobb, Latham and Kelly Among Those
Of SweI-Headed Kind That
Made Good.

Ty Cobb has been reviled more than
any other player know Of, writes a
well-known New York baseball author
lty. He is called chesty, swell head,
grand stand player, numbering
base runner, and other names enough
for a stranger to the game of baseball
to think the greatest ball player who
ever lived to be dyed-in-the-wool ruff
fan of the worst stripe.
Now, Ty is chesty, cocky and fresh,
but those are the qualities that make
the. best ball players. Cobb was the
freshest kid who ever broke into big
league class, is what every Detroit
player says who was with the Tigers
when Cobb first joined them. But 1t
was that chestiness and nothing else
that enabled him to climb to the top
of his profession where he stands pre-
eminently now, and there will be no
one to push him of that high pinnacle
until he himself says so.
And what is chestiness but the feel
ing one has that one is just as good
If not better than any one else In
the line of business one follows.
Cobb felt 1t in his youthful bones
that he was as good player as any
one on the Detroit team and made
good the feeling imbued in him that
caused the expansion of chest he is
accused of. Chestiness is one of the
most promising traits youngster can
how, and he does not want to lose it,
ther, as he gets older.
Ty Cobb newer wore a No. cap
will warrant. There is only one
player that | remember of who eve-
did and was good ball player, and
that was Jack Glasscock.
Cobb's brain expands with his chest
and Tor the same reason. He knew
at the start and knows now that he
is as good as they make 'em, and,
therefore, why wouldn't he expand,
and physically?
All this knocking of Cobb, too,
comes from nothing else than pure
and unadulterated jealousy. 1t is a
case Of sour grapes every time.
never knew of crackerback ball play
Or who was not pounded and roast
I'd from Heliopolis to breakfast, any
Give me those "chesty," "cocky"
every time and | will gam
Die they will make good. There was
Arlie Latham, for instance. who when
1e broke into the big league was In
LANCER of getting mobbed by his fell |
ow players of the Buffalo club in |
1880, when he turned flip flaps from
bird base to the home plate after he
made the winning hit and tally in a
to game against the Worcesters.
Fresh Latham was the freshest kid
ever saw, but in two years he was
big league star and for ten years
Ifter.
The Cobbs and Lathams made ball
players and they are of the chesty
lind that should be encouraged.
,ntu l
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Her Happiest Time Of Life

marvel They are like pears kept
close that they may mellow when
brought to the light When their
men, as they call their husbands, are
too old or too wise with years to
bother over everything as they do In
their youth. or are gone to country
where for once their "ja's" and
mems are second. these ladies seem
to develop and expand. and their UNI
Outstanding to blossom. They ars
then very spontaneous. They laugh
much, they chuckle over stories theJ
could not have even whispered In
their youth. they talk most entertain
ingly in many languages and often
play the piano with skill and livel.- en-
joyment. The dust-rags have ceased
to interest them, the perambulators
arc empty, and they seem to be taking
a joyful inspection OF the world and
It's life which they have heretofore
seen only through the eyes Of hus
band -Harper's Weekly.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
Or. Walkers Warning.

Warner was on his knees in mo-
ment fumbling at the old mans col
lar to loosen it, but Halsey caught his
hand.
Let him alone" he said. you
can't help him; he is dead"
We stood there, each avoiding the
others eyes; we spoke low and rev.
erently in the presence Of death, and
we tacitly avoided any mention of
the suspicion that was in every mind.
When Mr.. Jameson had finished his
cursory examination. he got up and
busted the knees of his trousers.
There is no sign of injury" be
said, and know !, for one, drew a
long breath Of relief. From what
Warner says and from his hiding in
the closet / should say he was scared
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Miss Innes, spinster and guardian of
Gertrude and Halsey, established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
As Miss Innes locked up for the night
she was startled by dark figure on the
veranda. Unseemly noises disturbed her
Innes found a strange link cuff-button in
hamper. Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey The house was awak
ened by revolver shot and Arnold Arm
strong was found shot to death in the
hall. Miss Innes found Halsey's revolver
on the lawn. He and Jack Bailey had dis
ously disappeared. Detective Jameson
arrived. Gertrude revealed she was en-
gagged to Jack Bailey, with whom she
talked in. the billiard room few mo
cused Miss Innes of holding back evil
dence. He imprisoned an intruder in an
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
q laundry chute. Gertrude was suspected.
negro found the other half of what
proved to be Jack Bailey's cuff-button.
Halsey >reappears and says he and Bailey
said she had given Bailey an unloaded
revolver, fearing to give him loaded
weapon Cashier Bailey of Paul Arm
embezzlement. Halsey said Armstrong
wrecked his own bank and could clear
Bailey. Paul Armstrong; death was an
st Eogeu was foSSd AZ anf tSe iodge The
lodgekeeper said Louise and Arnold had
a long talk this night of the murder; Lou
that while she still loved him iG She was to
marry another, and that he would despise
her. when he learned the whole story.
were to be married, A prowler was heard
In the house. Louise was found at the
bottom of the. circular. staircase. Louise
SAID she had heard it C knock 'o at the door
her on the stairway and she tainted. Bal
ley Is suspected of Armstrong; murder.
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When the Dutch Housewife Sees Life
with Her Own Instead Of Hus
bands Eyes.

No, not even FOR the Tartjes would !
care to be a Dutchwoman, unless.
from the very beginning, I'could be an
elderly Du III widow with fortune.
One day went to lunch with such
lady, and think, when ! myself am
very old. and memories of earth are
growing hazy in the sunses which
lights the way to that other land be-
yond. I still shall see that tiny old
Dutch Mevrouw standing in one Of the
rooms of her large old merchant man
sion. er dress Of fine black cloth, her
little tpron of silk with a fiounce of
rare Did lace. her eyes bright and
merry as girls. her face eager with
the Joy of living. her voice laughing
out her welcome
These old Dutch ladies' maze one
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signed by the Chicago club in the fall
OF 1890, and in 1891 played his first
game in Chicago uniform, He played
with Chicago until 1899, when he was
traded to Brooklyn for Gene De Mon
treville After playing with Brooklyn
for five seasons Dahlen was traded
to the Giants for Charles Babb and
Jack Cronin. In 1908 and 1909 he was
with Boston, and this year was ap-
pointed manager of the Brooklyn club.
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up the circular staircase to his room
and Mr.. Jameson was examining the
locks of the windows. Halsey dropped
! into a chair in the living room and
stared modify ahead. Once he reused
what sort of looking chap is that
| Walker, Gertrude?" he asked.
Rather tall, very dark, smooth
shaver. Not bad looking" Gertrude
said, putting down the book she had
been pretending to read. Halsey
kicked taboret viciously.
Lovely place this village must be
in the winter" he said irrelevantly.
"A girl would be buried alive here"
1t was then some one raped at the
knocker on the heavy front door. Hal
sey got up leisurely and opened it,
admitting Warner. He was out of
breath from running, and he looked
half abashed.
Il am sorry to disturb you," he said
But l didn't know what else to do.
It's about Thomas"
What about Thomas?" I asked.
Mr.. Jameson had COME into the hall
and we all stared at Warner.
Hes acting queer" Warner ex-
planned. He's sitting down there on
the edge of the porch. and he says he
has seen a ghost. The old man looks
bad, too; he can scarcely speak,"
Hes as full of superstition as an
egg is Of meat said. "Halsey, bring
some whisky and we will all go
down."
NO one moved to get the whisky,
from which judged there were three
pocket TASKS ready for emergency.
Gertrude threw a shawl around my
shoulders, and we all started down
over the hill; l had made so many
nocturnal excursions around the place
that ] knew my way perfectly. But
Thomas was not on the veranda, nor
was he inside the house. The men
exchanged significant glances, and
Warner got lantern.
He can't have gone far" he said.
HE was trembling so that he couldn't
stand when l left"
Jameson and Halsey together made
the round of the lodge, occasionally
calling the old man by name. But
there was no response. No Thomas
came, bowling and showing his white |
teeth through the darkness ] began |
to be vaguely uneasy, for the first |
time. Gertrude, who was never nerv-
GUS in the dark, went alone down the
drive to theL gate, and stood there,
looking along the yellowish line of the |
road, while / waited on the tiny YER
anda.
Warner was puzzled He came
around to the edge of the veranda
and stood looking at 1t as If it ought
to know and explain.
He might have stumbled into the
house," he said, "but he could not
have climbed the stairs. Anyhow, he's
not inside or outside, that can see."
The other members of the party had
come back now, and no one had
found any trace of the old man. His
pipe, still warm, rested on the edge
Of the rail, and inside on the table his
I'D gray hat showed that it's owner
had not gone far.
He was not far, after all. From the
able my eyes travelled around the
Dom, and stopped at the door of a
closet. / hardly know what impulse
moved me, but | went in and turned
he knob. 1t burst open with the i'm
'etus of weight behind it, and some
hing fell partly forward in heap 4
IN the floor. 1t was Thomas-Thomas
without mark of injury on him, and
lead.
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pitcher In Peculiar Play.

Pitcher Mathewson made most Pc
euliar and unsual sassist in recent
game with Pittsburg wheh Adams was
at bat. The batter missed the third
strike and the ball hit Myers on tho
chest protector, bounding out to foul
ground. Myers lost track Of it. Matty
seeing the ball lying on the ground
ran over, picked 1t up and threw the
runner out at first. 1t Is not often
that a pitcher can get an assist on q
strike-out.
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Wise Advice to Follow.

When shop hours are done, stop
talking shop and thinking shop, and
talk and think Of something else. Elk.
tend your thoughts beyond the con.
fines of your place of employment.
Interest yourself not in your neigh
bors and their doings, but In the
achievements of thinking, useful men
in the community and in the nation
Chicago American.
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Round the Circle.

Chronic Old Growler (whose sub
ject, as usual, Is the country. and how
quickly it is going to the dogs)-"And
after all, it's you farmer chaps as Is
at tie root of all the evil. You raise
the corn, and the corn raises the
whisky; whisky raises politicians and
politicians raise all the trouble we
have in the country."-M. A. p.
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A Great Trick.

what are those fingery looking
things on the front of the machine?"
"Ah," said the dealer, with enthusi-
asm. Il was wanting you to notice
those. This is our latest death pre-
venter. As told you, our car is war
raIlted not to strike tree, telephone
pole or lamp post. The moment the
car comes In contact with anything Of
the sort it Immediately begins to
climb"
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Equality Of the SEXES.

Travelling in the country, l observe
with indignation that the scarecrow in
every field is represented as q mani
The tapping of woman's skirt, the
waving OF her feathers. would assured.
Iy be as effective for the purpose as
is the dangling of coat? We will
eventually displace man In every
ield.-London Truth.
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Honor frees and Plants.

The Siamese always offer libations
to trees before cutting them down.
The natives Of SuAnatra pay special
honor to certain trees supposed to
embody the wood spirits, while the In
habitants of the Society Islands pay
similar respect to some plants.
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Jack Lapp Is regarded as a coming
catcher, and he win undoubtedly get a
chance to fork some Of the games in
the worlds serias.
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shows for Itaelf

The man who lives by the golden
rule never has TO talk to his friends
about his piety.
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cHEs1Y PLAYERS MAKE GOOD DAHLEN IS LEAGUE VETERAN
Has Seen Longer Continuous Service
in National Organization Than
Any Other Player

To Bill Dahlen, manager Of the
Brooklyn club, belongs the distinction
of being the veteran of the National
league in point of continuous service,
says the New York Post Dahlen was
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
NOTES AND PERSONALS

Late visitors from the camp Of bling
ham report that no work o. being done
at present on the Utah Bingham prop
erty- This ground is situated near the
Silver Shield.
Mr.. Hendrickson. who has for four
teen years been acting as cook at the
Utah mine. is in salt Lake this week
on a visit.
B. +. Young has gone out 60 Deep
winter. looking after his mining in
tercste.
Between twenty and thirty tons OF
$50 TO $40 ore are being taken out Of
the Gcmini and the Ridge Valley prop
critics at Bingham az the present time.
The ores from the last named mine are
aiken out through the Gemini shaft.
Tn addition TO this considerable dcvel-
opment work FL being done on both
properties. according to late reports
from camp.
George w Heintz. general manager
OF the United States Smelling company,
returned yesterday from a trip to san
Francisco. He stopped off at Eureka.
New. on his return.
General Manager Jules la Barthe OF
the Mason Valley mino returned voa-
terd1y from inspecting the properfv
He-says the mine will shin as soon as
conditions warrant. with an estimated
daily output OF 200 Go 500 tons
y. TT. McBcth has purchased Laurence
Beans scat on the local exchange
y. j. kaddatz has gone 70 TintIc 20
l0oI over developments at the Tintic
Standard
Tie case OF James Morgan vs.. Child.
Cole a. CO. was thrown out Of court bv
che judge az NephL
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
WEDGE PROPERTY
EXCHANGES HANDS

-ft BE- generally conceded among the
mining fraternity ~ This city that some
OF the gichcst gold ore ever mined On
TIE state came from the Wedge prop
rrfr % MurrsvilIo. assays running as
high az 100000 having been obtained
FROM the rpv streak of a uine-foof vein.
aad this II shallow depth remarked
Salt Lake mining man yesterday.
The formation on the Wedge Gold
Mining a. MllipE company property is
rrnracteriafic OF the Cripple Greek. col.
district. the gold making in the sylvia
mite and teliufilm- DO 3D. also found in
its free state. making in bird s-eyer
Wrhin fre past Few days this prop
orfv has changed hands. the control
row hcinE iu thc hands of local and
eastern capitalists. tine official director
ate beiag- - - Mower. president aui
general mana ser. ~ ~. sonuedeckcf.
vice president. ~ H. Grovenor. eecre-
tarr and treasure These. together
with Ebert =. Schcneck and Katharine
-. Acken o. New York. form the direc-
fnratc.
ne Or their intention 20 proceed with
development on an energetic scale as
coon a. they can properly equip and
provision their camp for The winter
campaign.
This property is a close neighbor %
che Bully Hor and Webster which
property has made within the past few
t.nufnr nm cnriahie reputation through
the Dewitt lease. a shlpmon OF twenty
five tons recently made from the lat
ter running something lie 1900.
The general officee ~ ff.is Wedge com
narr are located az lio2 West Seventh
south. this eity-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
NEW YORK MARKET
FEVERISH ALL DAY

New York. Dec. There was a con-
tinuaucc Of liquidation OF the recent
bull account iu stocks today and as "A
result Of there being but scale sup
port I'm the leading issues. the market
was heavy. and feverish during the en-
tire season.
Gould suffered the worst declines on
rumors OF the passing ~ the Denver
preferred dividend. However. the regu-
lar disbursement or q per cent. was
declared before the close. causing sharp
rallies in these issues and favorably at
fcCtiug the whole market
Whatever news that was forthcoming
during the session was construed as
hearlsh or unfavorahlc. but this was
purely sentimental and created by de-
ClininE prices
on the low figures made in the late
session there was reported TO be inn
Dortaut buying on large scale i'm the
standard stocks. hence we would ra-
Their look for market Improvement
T.. T.. Hutton a co.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
NEW EMPIRE STATE
GETS ORE BODY

In a f30-foot tunnel on the property
OF the New Empire state Mining COM
pany OF Fairview. New. a ledge thirty
feet thick has been cut which gives IN
an average in values OF IS silver and
81 gold. This information was con-
tanned in a letter just received by Will
liam IT. TihhalS OF this city. who is
connected with the property. Work has
been started under contract on the most
likely portion Of this vein and interest
Ing developments are looked for at anv
time. AT the same tjme. the main tun-
mel VIII be carried forward to cut an
other big ledge which outcroDs on the
hin above The tunnel viii give about
100 feet vertical depth on the ledge.
The property Is looking cxceDtiouafi~
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-02
CHANGELESS DAY
WITH LOCAL STOCKS
Fair Amount of Business Is
Transacted Compared With
First of Week.

only a fair amount of business was
transacted yesterday the entire day
being quiet and little shown in the way
OF fluctuations either up or down Dur
ing the morning hour 1900 shares
were sold. but in the afternoon nearly
double that number was disposed OF.
making the total for the day $1,000
shares. at S1231350. Cedar Talisman
sold as high as IS cents. Colorado at
49, cents Iron Blossom sold around
"a and 70 cents. Tintic Empire sold
2.300 shares at cents. Little Bell
sold 300 at 81 Sioux Consolidated sold
around 30 and 81 cents. Western Ne
vada sold as high as 10 cents.
The Official closing quotations yes
terday were as follows.