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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
MAKE EVERY BALL PLAYER REAL SEARPSHOOTER
BY MAKING HIM FOLLOW IN MATTYS FOOTSTEPS
BY TIP WRIGHT.


Christy Matthwson says his con-
troll land he has the best Of any
pitcher in the camel is due to the
fact that he practiced throwing at
mark when a youth.
| Strikes me there Is a bunch In
this for every pitcher, yes, for
! every ball player and every boy
Surely nothing in baseball is more
| important than accurate pegging
and the man who can be depended
upon to shoot the ball to the mark
every time he let's go of it, other
things being equal, gets the fat
jobs.
l see at least one baseball man
lager has declared my suggestion to
employ a coach to teach his play
ers the art of quick starting and
sprinting, is worth trying, SO here
is another.
If throwing at a mark was good
enough for Christy Matthewson,
why isn't it good enough for every
pitcher? None of them have any
thing noticeable upon the Giant
star that ! know Of.
And II perfect control was Sc
cured by big Six" by throwing at
a mark, it will improve the con-
troll of men now in the game. And
as for youngsters who are consider
ing baseball as a future means OF
livelihood, well, they cannot follow
in the footsteps of a better leader
than Matty.
Why wouldn't 1t be good
scheme for every manager to have
his pitchers, catchers and infield-
ers practice throwing at a target
during the training season? To
work up interest they might offer
a prize to the man making the best
showing, or the greatest improve
ment at the end of the training
season.
Every ball player who wants to
increase his effectiveness, as every
good player surely does, would well
come the chance, l believe, to per-
feet himself in throwing with &C.
curacy.
1t wouldn't require much time
and very little money to rig up a
target and an arrangement to re-
turn the balls in every training
camp, and the benefit would more
than compensate.
A target similar to those used
in archery tournaments, solidly
backed, would prove just the thing.
These targets are made Of straw,
and are intended for rough work.
They are soft enough not to spoil
the balls, which will drop in front
of the target upon hitting 1t.
Such a target, with wooden
trough, sloping toward the firing
point, to return the balls, a small
boy to gather up the balls and
dump them into the trough, COM
pletes the outfit.
Simple, isn't It? And I don't think
any one who knows baseball will
deny it would prove effective. The
pitchers could throw at the target
from the distance they pitch, and
the infielders could stand at dis
tances approximating the distance
each has to throw.
I believe daily practice for the
training period would increase the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
FIELD MEET
IN PORTLAND

The Multnomah Athletic club
will get the p. N. A. track meet
this year. The June event has
been offered to Spokane, but the
local club has turned down the
proposition and Portland will be
the scene OF the annual track and
field meet
Inability to secure grounds Is
the cause of the refusal of the S.
A. A. C. officials to hold the meet
In this city. Then, too, the local
club does not 60 in for track
athletics. which would place the
club In a peculiar position in the
event that they attempted to hold
a big meet in this city.
P. N. A. MEET HERE IN 1911
The p. N. A. boxing and wres-
Ting tournament is assured for
Spokane in 1911, however, and To-
cal fans are assured of a two or
three night tournament with the
best amateurs in the northwest
competing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
NTER-CLUB MEN
TRAINING HARD

The quartet of s. A. A. C. boxers
and wrestlers who form the inter-
club team which meets the Seattle
athletes in the sound city on the
ed, commence week Of condition
Ing today. The squad, consisting of
Hughes and Kelly, boxers, and
Brechin and Glahe. wrestlers, will
be accompanied by Physical Direc-
tor Cisco Bullivant and Boxing In
structor Fred Creel, while number
OF local men will be present at the
ringside.
None of the club entries will ex-
perience any difficulty in making
weight, the week of hard work
merely hardening them up for a
tough struggle against the s. A. c.
men.
The interclub events will be as
follows: Duncan Is. A. c. VS..
Glahe Is. A. A. c., 115 pound
wrestling. Robertson Is. A. c. VS..
Brechin Is. A. A. c., 1876 pound
wrestling. Clark Is. A. c. VS..
Kelly Is. A. A. CO., 1876 pound box
Ing. North IS. A. CO. VS.. Hughes
Is. a. A. CO., 1O5 pound boxing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
SPORT PAGE

z P. McCreery, a right handed
IdakN phenom who was slated for
tryout in the Southern league this
season, is the latest addition to the
Indian heaving department. Nc
Creery comes from Filler, Idaho,
where he performed so we'll lest
year that many stories concerning
his prowess have made their way
to the outside world.
With youth and size, the HEAVIER
stands over feet 2 inches towards
the sky. and bunch of speed that
made the Idahoans keep at a re-
spectful distance from the pan last
season. McCreery's friends are con-
fident that he can annex a berth
with the Indians.
McCreery or any other twirler
will have to show a great deal at
Lewiston II they become a men,
Der of the 1910 squad, for there
will be IL men on the training
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
WRESTLING BOOMING

having been lighted in an unknown
manner.
At night and from a distance
Through the mists above the lake
this flame looked uncanny enough
to make the neighborhood think it
was a ghostly apparition.
In the caves on the steep incline
Of the cliff and around the edges
were found green grass and small
brush. Inside were swarms of mos
,quitoes and flies and warmth is
sued forth from the caves as from
IAN oven.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
THE TARGET AND BALL RETURN.

fective than throwing to the catch
err over a plate, because there
would be no question about the
decision. Every man throwing
would know just where the ball
went, instead of guessing whether
1t went over the corner OF the
plate or missed 1t entirely.
AS I said before, IL throwing at
a mark is good enough for Mat
thewson, it ought to be good
enough for minor leaguers and big
leaguers not SO famous as Nc
Graw's premier.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
TERWAY AND LOCKWOOD
RACE HERE SATURDA Y

claim to the Inland Empire title and
also that of Pacific Coast champion.
shall not lay claim to the latter
title after l defeat Lockwood, as l
consider that there are several men
who have a much better claim to
it."
Terway is the runner who COM
peted in the Seattle Marathon.
claiming that he finished ahead of
Johnny Hayes. He distinguished
himself in Spokane by defeating a
team of ten picked men at the Y.
M. C. A. over a ten-mile course, and
defeated Jerry Beauchamp by 3k
minutes in a Az mile race Saturday
afternoon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14

This youngster was picked by
one of the shrewdest of major
league scouts from a Philadelphia
amateur or semi-professional team,
because he seemed full of promise.
There is no chance of the young
ster making coed in the majors just
now. but he will be sent to a minor
league for ripening purposes. Bit
ting is a third baseman, and his Sc
lection is an indication of the meth
DDS employed by baseball managers
to provide materials. for future
teams. Who knows but in couple
of years Biting may be an infield
wonder?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
LADIES NIGHT
At 5. A, A. c.

Fred Skadan's s. A. A. c. indoor
baseball team will play an exhibit
ton with the South Central high
school nine tomorrow night at the
club, the affair to be classed among
the semi-monthly ladies nights"
According to reports from South
Central, Van Cook has classy ag-
gregation of indoor men and will
make the club men Ego some" to
annex the contest. Skadan's team
will line up as follows: Boise, 2b;
Slater, c; Malone, CT; Single. p;
Varnell, 1b; Baxter, IS; Parsons,
IS; Skadan, If: Dean, 3b.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14

effectiveness of every man on the
team. The man who could place
the ball in a space six inches square
every time he threw would have
better control than the man who
never tried the experiment.
The pitchers could practice with
their curve ball as well as with
the fast ball, trying to curve the
ball into the heart of the target,
or to hit the edge of a ring as If
they were trying to get the ball
across the corner of the plate.
This practice would be more ef-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14

Peter Terway, the local long-dis.
lance runner who claims the cham
pionship of the Inland Empire, will
meet Charles N. Lockwood Of Walla
Walla at the Armory next Saturday
night over a 15-mile course for a
substantial side bet and the entire
gate receipts.
After camping on Lockwood's
trail for over two months, Terway
at last signed up with Lockwood the
other day, and everything Is ready
for the big race.
81 am ready to run Lockwood for
any title he may claim" declared
Terway this morning. ''He lays
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
TO INSTRUCT UMPIRES

President w. II. Lucas will be
In Spokane the early part of next
month to instruct Ralph Frary and
Rasty Wright, the two Northwest.
ern league umpires. Lucas de-
clares that he will have the best
Indicator staff in the west the com.
ing season.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
Sport: SPICE
BOXING SUPPORTS CLUBS


is a among N.
substitute field athletics for the
extremely fisuc viii
ball other sports -
public its coin the between
the bemtted youths would other
drawing than other
fight game, your
choose between the two some OF these days
deficit running the thousands staring
them the face should be to
which provide the ntercub features of
only makes off
other than boxing and wrestling and revenue Is only derived by
has soa ootaSa the top the and
be day before the padded m RELOCATED to the back
grounds.
CLIMBING TOWARDS THE TOP
welterweght took another step in the
Knocked 10 Rossand, B. G..
Local fight bugs picked the Flying chm to win with ease
of the sort of punishment
and dbed out the in the tenth round
With youth hitting ability
land will be the Of the pugstic ladder within two
Following fight with Tom Burke at Vancouver in April Ho
his division and unputed right
to the title before returning to his home in this CITY,
Go to it, Flying Dutchman.
WRESTLING BOOMING
With professional boxing doomed Portland for is evident
the City, the mat due for big boost in popularity in
Portland stronghold graphing northwest
OConne ouneyed westward and made Portland
home tine Or city has been recognized as the we
still has been I down s and out since the
boxing during
snokane should share in the wrestling boom and undoubtedly
matches will be pulled off in this city during 1910
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
WILL SEND TWO
BOXERS HERE

Secretary Ira Carter Of the Cur.
lew Athletic association writes
Cisco Bullivant of the 8. A. A. c
that he can send 165-pound and
135-pound boxer to this city for the
March IL smoker of the local club,
and In all probability Tommy
Kelly will be matched against the
135-pOunder, while Craig. the Occur
d'Alene man who showed UP so
well in the Inland Empire tourna.
ment, will be pitted against the
165-pound man. II McCallum can
be enticed here from Vancouver,
Kelly will be sent against the
British Columbia crack, otherwise
he will fight the Curlew man.
II you want II now, phone YOUR ad
A.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14

LONG BEACH. Cal.-Dr. William
Lawrence Woodruff, noted through
ont state for his views on raising
children by simple life methods,
d ID here as result of accident;
strain of trying to save heavy
patient from falling to the floor
nearly two weeks ago caused rup-
ture of blood vessel.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
WARM CAVES ABOUND
IN INSECT PESTS :.
IN WINTER

NEEHAH, Wis, Feb. IA
rumor that phosphorescent ghosts
were holding nightly revel ON high
Cliff, near this city, on the shore u
Lake Winnebago, led to an investi-
cation, and the discovery that a
stream of natural gas was issuing
from the cliff and was burning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14

NOiiIildilS, q.
Afternoon game-Skadans, y;
VOllmans, 4.
Eddie Rothrock's indoor baseball
crew still retains it's lead in the
S. A. A. c. indoor race, although
the Skadans declare that it is only
because the league leaders have
played one more game than the run
pers up In the race. and that after
the clash of next Sunday the tour
nament will be headed by the Ska
dams.
The Vollmans dropped two in a
row yesterday. losing postponed
game to the Rothrocks in the morn
ing and dropping another to the
Skadans in the afternoon. Bernes
led the Vollmaps yesterday in the
absence Of the regular leader. per-
forming the pitching offices in the
morning session and receiving dur
ing the seven inning afternoon af-
fair. Cooks absence probably lost
the tailenders at least one of the
games.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
VOLLMANS DROP
DOUBLE HEADER

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Morning game-ROthrocks,
Vollmans, 2.
Afternoon game-Skadans,
Vollmans, 4.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14

II you want II now, phone YOUR ad
to Main 375.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
Blessings of a Good Wife.

Wifely devotion was well illustrat-
Gently released from the Ohio peri
Tertiary. AT the gates. waiting to re-
ceive hem. were their wives. The
husband in each instance mad violated
the law and been condemned by n
jury OF his peers. but the wife mad
never faltered in her faith or sym
patty or helpfulness And there,
welcoming the men to new freedom
and encouraging them TO n new life.
stood these two women. iypieSl of the
best Of their sex. Many men. alter
the humiliation OF a prison life. axe
hampered by suspicion and rehuffed in
every effort TO lead a better life and
are ultimately driven by discourage
ment back To crime and prison. II
ought not to be SO with these Two
men, or with any of the others who. Oh
release. find themselves still posses
ed Of the love OF good woman.
Love that is not destroyed by a
husbands mistakes. devotion that is
not married by years Of Imprisonment
and loyalty hat stands The test OF
long absence are not so common that
their appearance is TO be ignored. To
complete the picture. these men
should. as We believe they viii. show
by their upright conduct and apprecia-
ticn OF the blessings that they have
in their wives.-COlumbUs Dispatch.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
TAT rs NAME IGNORED;
COMMITTEE HAS FIGHT
National Conservation Congress
Adopts Platform, Elects officers
and Adjourns.

ST. PAUL. MINI, Sept. S.-The ma
tional conservation congress tonight
add pted platform placing the seal
of its approval on national control OF
natural resources and adjourned. A
threatened fight on the part CT state
conservation commissioners &c place
the name of President Taft in the
platform. along with that of Theodore
Roosevelt, as the great friend of con-
servation, did not materialize on the
floor. Under vigorous use of the gavel
il did not even get started.
A big fight occurred in the resolu-
tons committee before a pla form was
finally drafted. This fight chiefly
centered around the mention CT TheO-
dOre Roosevelt as originator of the
policies. while the name
of President Taft was ignored. The
vote 70 include the Presidents name
lost by vote of s 10 10. An attempt
was then made to eliminate what was
said to be an injustice to the President
and after three ballots, motion 10
eliminate the name of Mr.. Roosevelt
also carried.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
SENATOR ELKINS DENIES
RUM0R OF MARRIAGE
West Virginia Lawnaker Declares His
Daughter Will No TWEED
the Duke.
Oy Associated Press)

ELKINS, W. VA. Sept S.ZEmphat-
ic denial was made today by Senator
Stephen b. Elkins, of the rumors that
he is preparing to go TO Paris. or that
his daughter. Katherine Elkins. will
marry the Duke Of Abruzzi in Febru-
airy or at any other time or that his
family is to be presented to the Italian
court.
With some impotence the senator
has declared that he has denied ru-
mOrs until he is worn out and that
he would like to have it accepted as
fac, that there is no contemplated
union between his daughter and the
italian duke
All these things were denied two
years ago and there is no more truth
in he Ipmors now than there was
two years ago." said Senator Elkins-
The sole purpose, he said, of the Eu-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
She Knew Her Own Father.

There is a dainty fve-year-old girl
who Is the delight OF a fashionable
apartment hotel in.Phlladelphia. Much
association with grown people has
given her many serious little WAYS
which contrast strongly with her ten
der years.
OF late she has been saving her pen
MES TO buy birthday present for her
father. and as the time draws near she
has been much In doubt rs to what
she should get.
Recently she was In q street car
with her mother when an inspiration
came
Il know what I'll buy father for his
birthday" she said
All the passengers smiled at her
eagerness and listened indulgently TO
hear what she might say. Looking at
her mother. she said, so audibly as to
be embarrassing:
"Ill buy him a bottle Of BEER
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
SHIPPERS SHOULD ACT.

If the Merchants a Miners Trans
pOrtation Company persists in reIus-
ing to consider the requests OF Local
shippers for better service between
Baltimore and this city. the shippers
ought to begin making arrangements
for having freight handled between
here and Old Point. If the Newport
News merchants and others who re-
ceive freight in considerable qnanti-
ties from Baltimore will have their
goods brought down by one of the
steamer lines touching at Old Point
for awhile. the Merchants a. Miners
might be glad TO furnish the service
necessary TO get their business back
again.
Unless the street railway company
can arrange to transport freight from
the Old Point wharf, the automobile
truck line that has been suggested
might prove practicable.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09

amendment or amendments 10 the PEG
nile. in such manner and at such times
as 1t SHAH prescribe: and If the people
shall approve and ratify such amend
ment or amendments by majority OF
the electors qualified 10 vote for mem
bers of the general assembly. voting
thereon. such amendment or amend
ments shall become part Of the con
stitntion.
As our Norfolk contemporary says
the use of voting thereon ehectuaiiy
settles the question. The proposed
amendments will be- ratified or disap-
proyed by the voters who express
themselves. not by those who refrain
from voting either for or against the
changes. If majority of all the vol
ers participating in the election Iaii
tn express themselves for or against
the amendments. they will leave a
dnty even more important than the
selection of congressman to be per
formed by the minority.
SO il is essential that the opponents
of the amendments set to work. Inc
once holders particularly Interested
in the amendments may be depended
upon to bring cut their friends ana
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
THREE KILLED AND NINE INJURED
ON THE BATTLESH|P NORTH DAKOTA

kota joined the Atlantic fleet late this
summer and she had just concluded
her first fleet manOeuvers VIII n the
accident occurred. While the extent
OF the damage to her boilers will not
'bo ascertained until tomorrow. it is
not thought now that the vessel will
be able to- engage in battle practice
with the Atlantic fleet on the South
ern drill grounds next week. She
probable will be ordered to the Nor
folk navy yard for repairs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
STATES RIGHTS AND cONSeR-
VATION.

The cause of conservation OF the
nations natural resources is being Sc
riously harmed by the fashion IL
which the States rights doctrine is
being discussed in connection with
the movement. Intriguing represeh-
tatiyes of special interests. desiring
IN hinder and If possible hold up any
plan for saving the nations weai'h
in coal and metals and water-power
for the whole people. will abuse the
doctrine as they can to arouse oppo'
sition On the other hand, over
jealous conservationists. sincerely De-
lieyiug in a national government com
nletely overshadowing the govern
menls of the states. or else angered
10 the point Of blindness by the at
tempted abuse OF States rights. are
talking 90 wildly that many people are
liable 10 hesitate about having any
thing 10 do with them or their pro
iects. Here is a sample Of the talk;
Tas doctrine of states rights Is
dead: il is dead under the tram?hs
fee, NJ million marching men. Yet
Yesterday il tried to raise It's hea'
and bare its arm. and 1t Is our duS
10 see that ii is not again permii,e"
10 gain a foothoid
This statement was made by GOV
ernor Morris. of Montana, at the o''
paul conservation convention. cover
nor Morris is the executive of new
state without the traditions that bihd
the sons OF virginia and other Older
commemorative TO their native states
otherwise he would not have mace
such historical statement. If the
governor of virginia or Of Massa-
rhnsetts should be fool enough to con
ce,ve and give expression to such
thing he would thereby end his pubic
career.
Instead of being dead. The doctrine
70 states rights is more alive TO-DAY
than il has been al any uhe s'"0e
the Civil war. There are millions OF
peop,e. North aud South. who are re-
Numbering that. in spite OF the wal
the constitution of the United states
stm clearly sets forth that all powers
not expressly delegated 20 the teders'
government nv the constitution remain
with the respective States. And. MT
Roosevelt, and others to the contrary
notwithstanding. the people will con-
t;uue TO remember this constitutions
. euarantee and insist that Il be re
spected Massachusetts, or New YORK
will resent any unconstitutional in
friuxement upon their rights and pow
ers just as quickly as will Virgins
or Alabama.
II the conservation movement IS 70
succeed. and We hope and believe u
will succeed. is leading advocates
must make up their minds al the b.
ginning to proceed lawf1hy. using TIT
power Of the federal government wheu
that can be done without vioia;ins
the constitution. and relying upon the
States for assistance wher necessary
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK. Sept. S.-MoneT ~
call. easy. 1Ssa2 per cent; ruling 'a'e'
*: closing bid. rs: offered ~ :
Time loans. somewhat easier; shy
days. 32saf per cent: ninety "@sS'
sagL: SIX months. ~ per cent
Close: Prime mercantile paper
5ik3e per cent: sterling exchahse
,tcads with actual business in SS"N
ers bills a; 4Ss 2sas.S$.35 Tor SKY
day bills. and az 4.Se.ie for demand
Commercial bills. sS27<at.SS%. Bar
silver. s2s.. Mexican dollars. ~
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
THOSE WHO VOTE WILL DECIDE
THE QUESTION.

u has been contsnded that unless
. rsajoriiy Of the voters participating
IN the congressional election this fai'
actually cast their ballots IN favor o.
he four proposed amendments 20 IN
state constitution. the amendment
win fail Of ratification. The Norioik
yirginlan PHO; does not agree viz
this view aud. according 10 this "a
per's idea. proves conoiusively thai q
rs erroneous By quoting the foilovins
from he constitution.
n shall be the duty q the genera
assembly TO submit such pH<pose'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
Hard Work.

Teacher-I can't teach this young
Dutchman 10 talk English.
I'rincipal-But whyf
Teacher-I've been working an hour.
and I can't make him see the differ
ence between a hathead and a level
headed Cleveland Leader.