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Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
COMING TO MAINE.
Boston Red Sos VIII Be Seen at Pine
Tree Park. Sept g.

Portland, Me. July 31.-The Boston
Red Sox will probably be seen at Pine
Tree park. Sept. g. according to a
statement made by Fred Morrill, who
was instrumental in bringing the play
ers to the city last season when the
Red Sox played an All Maine team.
The only thing that will prevent
their coming says Mr. Morrill,. will
be the necessity of playing a post sea-
son game or if they have chance for
the worlds championship. The whole
Boston team will come down is was the
case last year. But they will not play
an All Maine team this year: there is
none strong enough that can be got
ten together to give them a good argu-
ment
"A better plan has been thought of.
The men on the team will be divided
equally. with three pitchers apiece. The
other players will be distributed as
nearly even as possible. One team
will be known as the regulars and will
have Lord. Carrigan. Speaker. Stahl
and others while the YanniganS will
have Kleinow. Engle. French and the
rest. This will make a much better
contest than would result if some team
promise that unless something unfor
seen turns up the Red Sox will surely
be down in September"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
BASEBALL NOTES.

AS result of Pitcher Berger and In
fielder George Perring coming to
Columbus Cleveland will get Pitcher
George Kaler next season. The deal
will be officially announced in short
time. St Louis was the other club
which bid most persistently for him.
George Edward CRube") WaddelI.
pitcher of the ST. Louis American
League team. was reinstated by Pres.
Hedges Saturday after he had sue
cessfully defended in police court the
charge that he had violated the tenn
perance pledge he signed a month ago.
Waddell has reported to Police Judge
Pollard almost daily for 80 days to
pledge which he gave to escape fine
of $3.50.
Ping Bode. the heavy hitting right
fielder of the San Francisco team of the
Pacific Coast League has eclipsed every
record made in league baseball by making
"A home runs with the season scarcely
half over He has been putting the ball
over the fence throughout the circuit
with great regularity. On the small Ta
coma grounds several years ago Truck
Eagan made 30 home runs. but the con-
ditions on those grounds were favorable
for home runs.
Joe Jackson. leading outfielder for
the Southern League. will be Nap.
He is not expected to Join the team
until next spring. although he may
come at the end of the Southern
League season. and play few games
this fall Jackson has hit for .3S3 for
New Orleans and is getting better as
the season advances, Jackson had
tryout with the Athletics and Connie
Mack has string on him. Mack re-
leased the string to the Maps as part
of the trade of Rath for Lord.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01

in the showing that people are not only
prosperous enough to spend millions
for articles of personal adornment. but
that they have no fears for the 1uture
to compel them to exercise some OF
the economies which were much in evi-
dence a couple of years ago. After the
latest Wall-street depression. which
seriously crippled general business by
creating an artificial shortage of mon
ey, the business of importing precious
Jewels was the one most Immediately
affected There was sudden and
large decline in the volume of impor-
tations. People had other uses for
money than in the buying of diamonds.
1t also illustrates the tendency of the
American people to react sharply from
economy to extravaganza the instant
that the pressure is off from them and
they feel no fears for the immediate
future. When times are hard. or there
is financial or business depression.
the average man in this country feels
for the time being some fears for the
future and proceeds to ecOnomize
sharply. He does not feel half as sure
of retention of employment as he
did before. and he knows that the ex
pected advance in wages is not forth
coming. This is one large fact which
enables the country to recuperate so
quickly from the effects of a depreS
sion. The American standard of wages
and living is so high. under ordinary
circumstances, that there is usually
fair margin for saving. when ordinary
economy is exercised. When the econ
omies are resorted to the result is q
heavy increase i'm the aggregate capi-
tai for investment, The old habits of
expenditure are promptly taken up.
when the fears pass by. and the coun-
try recuperates from it's depression
with wonderful rapidity.-Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
THE CITY BOY
Has a Much Initiative and COURAGE as
Country Rivals.

Before explaining why a thing is
true it is always well to make sure
that the thing is true and not false.
We have, therefore, double reason
for differing with the correspondent
who said yesterday that country boys
did not have to guard against as many
dangers or submit to as many re-
strictions as city boys do, and that
therefore they were apt to be more
courageous, to have more of initia-
tive and originality--to be generally
ADLER and cleverer. 1t is safe, we
think, to deny this premise outright
and to question the accuracy of the
assumption implied by the conclusion
which is that men of rustic origin are
superior to those whose beginning was
suElnalls9 .1xns Z -Aass. y s.s-,
: .As to the superiority. $50 often as
serted and admitted, there Is doubt
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01

strueeIjng to keep it's head above water.
he was one Of the sensations of the sea-
son his timely stickwork and his whrl-
wind fielding going a great ways in bring
ing the banner to the Hub on two diff
ferent occasions.
In the Spring of 1907 Parent was forced
to give way to .Heinie Wagner at short.
There was no keeping the diminutive one
out of the game, however, and he was
placed in left field. where he batted for
.274
It was while playing the outfield that
Parent met with mishap which appear
ed at the time as though it was going to
force him among the discards. While
batting Freddie was hit in the head with
fast pitched ball and put out Of the
game for over month. At the time he
was leading the team in batting with
the fine average of .3N. Upon his return
to the game he wore a giant head gear
and appeared to be afraid to stand up
to the plate with his oldtime pose.
His stickwork fell off and he was fore
ed to give way to the bunch of young
sters whom, the Red Sox management
was picking up all over the country. Pa
rent showed no sig ms of improvement
and was let go to Chicago. where he
filled in at short. Parent continued to
play in the White SoX regular lineup
until this season, when young Blackburn.
the $1,000 beauty whom Comiskey picked
up from the Provide nee Grays. forced
the old-time short-feld guardian to give
way.
For time it looked like curtains for
the old Boston favorite, so poor was his
batting ability. All the first half of the
season Hugh Duffy kept him warming
the bench. On the present Eastern trip.
when the Windy City hInch was getting
walloped with such regularity that
Hughey thought some drastic changes
were necessary he placed Parent in cen
terfield to see if he could stem the tide
To say that Freddie had made good
would be putting it mildly. for since his
return to the lineup he has been the bat
tering ram in the White Sox attacks
upon the opposing pitchers stock in
trade. He has been put at the head Of
the batting order.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
Fastest and Greatest Race Horses
Now, CHARTERED at Driving Park.

It is prol ,ablei that hundreds of horse
admirers i'll th e city can recall the
great race ,vhic h took place at the
Driving park. at it's opening over 20
wears ago l,etS 5een the then three
crack racers of the State. Gl enarln,
Aubne and Jack tSprat. SO closely were
these three orses matched for speed
that q blanket won Id cover all of them
during a large port ion of the race and
it was ne ecessary ito carry the race
over and finish it tke following day
after they had raced till dark. How
ever wonderful was the racing capac-
itv If this TITO they would fade into
insienificance if compared to the eight
probable starters in the free-for- all.
which will take place at the same
park Wednesday next.
Awake Boy, the Mass; lchusetts en-
trv. that has been here since last Fri
day. is what might be allied an un-
known quantity. In fact, an air OF
mystery appears to surro' Ind the little
chestnut geldng. He has not been
shown at speed since arriving here
and has taken all of his exercise led
bv the halter. The only line that can
be gotten on him is a race in which
he competed last year in New Hamp-
shire. In this race it was something
like a 2.2O class. he showed indifferent
work for a couple of hea is. when the
Judges became suspicious about his
being driven to win and p laced another
driver behind him He then went
around the fl eld too easily and obtain
ed his present record OF 2.14A- His
owner and driver arrived here Sunday
# is believed that this horse is worth
keeping an eve on.
Knoxy r ard Lou Foster arrived
SUNDAY and both are right on edge
Bessie Barnes has stepped quarter
since here close to 2-m1nute gait.
Mendolite will leave Belfast this morn
ing and arrive here about 4 o'clock.
She is the fastest horse by the record
that ever disturbed the dust of the
Driving park. her record. being 2o7A
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
aug1dli

If it has any basis except the I'm.
questionable fact that many country
boys who enjoyed few "advantageso
have managed to attain great emn.
ence of one kind or another in later
lie. but the wondering comment
which the attainment always receives
when the great mans autobiography
comes to be written is at least indi-
cative that the attainment does not
illustrate rule. but is exceptional
And until recently rural populations
everywhere vastly exceeded the ur-
ban in numbers, and it was quite
natural that they should have pro-
duced more notabilities than the cities
did. Whether they have really done
so we do not pretend to know, but
we are strongly of the impression that
the cities have done their full pro-
portional share of the worlds harder
and better work, and wouldn't be
bit surprised if it were proved that
they had done more than their share
And the country boy is not without
his risks or his restrictions. The roads
are safer for him than for the city
boy-or were before automobiles came
in--but he has scores of ways for get
ting killed or injured that never i'm
peril the city boy. since his introduc-
tion to farm animals and farm ma
chipery is early. and some of the for
mer are fierce and much of the latter
is dangerous to the careless or IN 4
expert handler. The country boy
doesn't. indeed. have policeman "
interfere with his sports. but he mas
a father who is usually most ingenious
and industrious in providing him WIN
small jobs.
Everything considered. it probapy
takes more of innate ability to make
u success of the country boy than Q.
the city boy. The country boy VI
average or less intelligence either re
mains on the farm or he comes to ..o
city to be one of it's innumeraoe
failures. In that case he gets no DIV.
graphical dictionary. and so doesh'
interfere with the legend or illuslon
that all greatnesses and virtues ai'
country bred.-New York Times
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
Boxing Gossip

Jimmy Gardner of Lowell, the cham
pion Welterweight of the world, and
Bill McKinnon Of Boston will try con-
clusions Aug. 9 at the Forest Avenue
grounds, Portland The scrap is likely
to be the hottest kind of an argument
as both men are anxious for the deci-
sion
Hugo Kelley of Portland put up a
good fight against Tommy Riley of
Biddeford Friday at Prospect park,
Riddeford. The bout went the limit
with both lighters in good condition at
the end. Kelley weighs % pounds less
than Riley. but the difference was
hardly noticed so classy fight did ne
put up.
Jack Galley of the Pastime A. c. of
Portland has organized a summer club
at Eastport. Me. where the sun first
rises in the L. S. A. His first show
comes off Aug. s. with BARLEY Connolly
and Henry Hall as the feature. Hall
replaces Bill Hurley of Glens Falls. N.
Y, who mas injured his hand Hall is
better boxer than Hurley, and will
make Connolly step some.
oulli I-.tlSi ipi't. WIZ 10 INV az iie'i u
training at Northhoro. Mass. for his
fight, Aug. 10. says that Champion
Jack Johnson must give him a fight.
When asked if he intended to meet the
champion. Lansford said: johnson
has got to give me a chance. | know
he has improved but so have l. and l
feel confident that / can stay with him
not only for awhile hut for good
long battle
Johnny Glover of Boston and Kid
Mcdonald of RosIindaie, Mass. fought
six slow rounds Saturday night in
Gaiety hail. Bangor. More than 1000
persons saw the go. and both men were
nooted for not trying to break clean.
They fought straight rules after the
fourth round. The fifth was the best.
but no damage was done either man.
Jameson refereed. Kid Fleming of Old
Town outslugged and outboxed Kid
Albert of Augusta in six rounds. F'lem-
ing was unpopular for wrestling.
a Field dav for the benefit of the
North Adams Baseball Association was
held on the North Adams. Mass. fair
grounds Saturday afternoon with 1000
people present. The program was to
include the appearance of Sam Lang
ford. the colored fighter. in a sparring
match with his partner George Byers.
but the interference of Chief of Police
w. F. Dineen upset plans and there
was no soaring exhibition Sam gave
a bri.f talk and showed himself. but
that was all the crowd got. just look.
"A mandamus suit demanding that
Mayor Fred Busse and Chief of Police
Stewart of Chicago be compelled to is
sue a permit for the exhibition of the
Jeffries- Johnson fight pictures was filed
Saturday in the superior court The
suit was filed by Aaron j. Jones and
George c. Spoor. who assert they paid
s60oo0 for the rights to the pictures un-
til March. 1911. The police contiscated
1000 feet Of the films of the Ketchel-
johnson pictures. which We're being ex-
hbited at an amusement park.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01

H. NJ. Hanna. the millionaire horse
man who paid s50.000 for Inflated Ham
burg Belle. 2.0l Il. after she had beaten
Uhlan last year, participated in the
Sth matinee of the Gentlemen's Driv-
ing Club Saturday afternoon at North
Randall. o. track. 1t was Mr.. Hanna s
first appearance behind one of his trot-
ters since the banner days of the sport
at Glenville. and he celebrated his
return to the game by driving Aerollte
ahead of Left over and Carrie Mac.
The track was loose and high wind
blew which handicapped the horsemen
greatly Despite the adverse conditions
NJ. A. Bradley's pacing mare. Miss
Ananias. stepped the second heat OF
her race which she won from Anna
Brown, in 2.13 fiat. Seven other very
tame events were trotted.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
THE DEATH RATE
Favors the Farmer-Living Next To
Nature Wards of Disease.

Living next to nature wards off dis
ease and death. if certain statistics
recently COM piled by the United States
Census Bureau are to be relied upon,
According to these figures disease,
accidents and suicide claim fewer vic
tins among those who work on farms
than from those who find employment
in other walks of life. The data in
question has been gathered from eight
cen States and shows how the various
causes of death affect the farmer. the
planter and the farm laborer in gen
eral on the one hand and all other
workers on the other.
Infant mortality is not taken into
consideration. the figures covering only
the ages from 25 to ga.
While in the majority of cases the
advantage does not appear to lie on
the side of the tiller of the soil. the
grand total is decidedly in his favor.
the figures showing that of the total
death rate 1903 per cent. consists of
deaths from disease. accident and sui
eide. while in the case of the farmers
and those engaged in agricultural pus-
suits. the percentage of deaths from
those causes is only /6S525.
The principal gain in favor of the
farmer is in the case of tuberculosis.
due. undoubtedly to the fact that his
outdoor life renders him less suscepti-
BILE to the disease than those whose
occupations are of a more Sedentary
nature.
In 1908. in the eighteen States COW
vered by the figures. the great white
,olo T-,
cent. of the total deaths. but only 1856
per cent. of the farmers who died that
year were victims of that disease.
Even more marked was the disparity
in the case of Bright's disease. Only
512 per cent. of the farmers deaths
resulted from it, while it claimed some
8 PER cent of the total deaths.
In the case of heart disease and
pneumonia. there was also a light diff
ference in the death rate in favor of
the farmer.
On the other hand. owing perhaps to
the unsanitary conditions prevailing on
many American farms. typhoid fever
made more victims proportionately
among farmers than it did in other
walks of life. OF the total deaths. 2.S25
per cent. We're due to that disease.
while 1856 per cent. of the farmers
deaths resulted from it.
Cancer TOO. accounted for a greater
proportion of deaths among the farm
ers than it did in the total death rate.
the figures being 5.S25 per cent. and
4.95 per cent respectively.
In 1908 the farmers appear to have
been more prone to suicide than other
people for 3.725 per cent, of the farm
ers. deaths were self-inflicted while
only 3.5 per cent. of the complete NOR
tality list comprised deaths by sui
eide.
There was a slight difference against
the farmer in the case of apoplexy
and paralysis, and it appeared. too.
that accidents in the field resulted
fatally in a greater percentage of cases
than those occurring elsewhere Over
II per cent. of the farmers deaths
were caused i'm that way. whereas only
11S5 per cent of the total deaths were
due to that cause.
On the whole. however. the figures
demonstrate that life on the farm Is
in many respects more safe than other
forms of occupation and tends to long
evity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01

She has worked mile at the Belfast
track within week in 2,10l2 and will
be backed to win the race. Tony d. is
on his way here and Fernando will be
down in season to take the word. Just
ponder on that field for a few min
utes and then conjecture what the
day with every one out for the money,
Another race that will prove one Of
the greatest ever seen and a close riv
al of the free for-al will be the 2.18
class. that will start tomorrow. With
such horses as Helen Gould. that can
go close to PA. Altissimus, the proba
BILE favorite to win. Doris. Stanley c..
that can go a quarter in 80 seconds.
Paul Boone. the winner at the County
fair last year, Nancy S.. that just won
a hard race at Bangor. all of which
are sure to start and several others
that are likely to lead the best to the
wire. what can be expected but one of
the greatest races in the history of
Maine light harness contests? That is
what il will surely prove to be. In
fact. it will he hard to decide what
particular race will prove the most in
terestng
One entry was omitted in the pub
lished list of 2.21 class. Roland O. was
one Of the first entries received but
in some way was not included in the
list furnished to the press. The horse
was entered by G. w. Ross of Port
land and is now quartered at the sta
BILE of H. w. Norcross. together with
Lou Foster and Altissimus. 1t has been
found necessary to quarter large
number of the horses at private sta
bles and the splendid spirit of gener
osity displayed by the owners of these
stables will go a long way towards pro-
noting the success of this weeks
great race meeting.
The manager now appeals to the
kind consideration of the weather man
who has at his disposal the success of
his venture.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
SPORTING NOTES.

Aeroplane events have been added to
the program for the Interstate fair
scheduled in Denver Sept. to II. follow
ing Col RooseveIt's visit.
The rapiditv with which the aeroplane
is following it's predecessor. the automo-
bile. is becoming commercial reality
instead of scientific plaything as shown
by glance at the New York business
directory. In 1908 only two builders of
aeroplanes were listed. This year there
are IS
Mason f. Phelps of Midlothian won the
Western amateur golf championship
tourney Saturday for the second time by
defeating Charles Evans. Jr.. of Edge
water, the champion of 1909. by two up
and one to play in hotly contested
match in the finals of the Western Golf
Association at the Minikahda Club
Phelps won the title for the first time in
1908 at Rock Island
George H. Goulding. the Toronto walk
er, recently covered seven miles in COM
petition there in 52m. 1-5s.. which makes
a new Canadian record and breaks all
American records. In fact, he holds the
worlds championship. though he failed to
break the worlds record E. J. Webb
walked the distance in SIM. 37s. in Eng
land last year and held the best time I'M
til Gouldin's feat.
f. Lunghi the Italian runner who made
a worlds record for the half-mile of 152
As at Montreal in 1902 was beaten by H.
Braun of Germany at Budapest a short
time ago. Braun won the half mile cham
pionship year ago. At Budapest he won
q ri ,,,;I1 tn, l.;
being badly beaten. The pair met again
the following day in a 1000-metre race.
but the Italian again met defeat
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01

People brought up in the city nas.
no sense of direction" said laWs" y.
who was raised In the country.
the camping and hunting seasons -
will notice it is always they VINO - -
getting lost in the woods. In a rev..
case I had occasion to examine - .
Is witnesses as to the exact situau..
of an encounter between two me-
They all lived within a few BLOCKS y
the place. crossing of two stroe.m
and knew the surroundings g
enough to describe the buildings on
four corners, but whether the -.
was on the northwest or soutn~s.. 49,
corner, or whether the trolley car i'U,s -
which they had all seen one o. ~
men alight was going west or ~ -
they didn't have the slightest ~sntl
And yet they were all intehiss 49,
enough to point out on the city W..
what corners they had - MIND
New York Sun. 81
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
AMERICAN ExTRAvAGANcE.
American People React Sharply From
Economy To Extravaganza.

Over $40000.000 worth of diamonds
and other precious stones were import
ed into this country through the port
of New York during the last 10 months.
The expectation is that the importa-
tions will increase another $4,000, 900
during the present month and that to-
tai importations for the fiscal year
will be at least $44,0OO000, exceeding
by $4,000. 900 the greatest previous irn7,
portations ever recorded. cp
The significance of these figures lies
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
Sanford Boy Now
In Good Form.

Boston, July 31.-Has Freddie Parent.
the old idol of Boston baseball fans.
come back? From the way the little
chap, who did his share in bringing two
pennants to the Hub. has been singing
the pellet of late it looks as though the
pride of Maine is steadily reganing that
form which won him fame on more than
one occasion when he was among the
hired men of John I. Taylor.
During the past month Freddie's great
stickwork has been the chief bright light
in the White SoX disastrous trip around
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
Other Games Saturday.

At Observation-Disclosures 5. Irons 0.
At Peakes Island-Peaks Island T. South
Portland O.
At Cumberland Center-Cumberland
Center A. Yarmouth O.
At South Portland-Maine Central G..
Fort Prebe ..
At Bath-Bath 4. Wiscasset l.
At Warren-Rdckland L. Warren 9.
At North Berwick-Sanford 9, North
Berwick T.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01

1t is felt in baseball circles tnat ~
Barrows services with the MonueA'
Eastern League baseball team as man.
ager are of short duration. Presioe''
Livingstone of the Montreal club Is ~
deavoring to obtain a good man TO 81,
ceed Barrows. and wired Thomas
Dowd, now managing the New sBeoi"s y.
club of the New England League TOT ~
terms. The New Bedford manager. nov"
ever, turned down the offer
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-01
RACE TRACK NOTES.

Final payment has been made on 3S
horses for the Tavern stake race in
the grand circuit meeting at Randall.
o.. Aug. 8 to IL. A stake of $4,000 is
guaranteed by the Tavern Club, and it
will be increased to considerably more
than $4,000. The race will be in the
2.16 trotting class and will probably
be divided into two days, Aug IL and
Aug. 13.