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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-30
THE WEATHER.
Forecast.

For FL Paso and vicinity: Tonight and
Sunday generally fair.
For New Mexico: Partly cloudy with
thunder showers north and east pOr-
tiOns tonight and Sunday
For West Texas: Tonight and Sunday
genara1ly fair.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-30

SOUTH STANTON
STREET
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
!PE NN. STATE is
TAKEN into CAMP
Spiders Win From Visitors in
I Slow Contest by Score
of 3 to I.

Richmond College, In a slow and
uninteresting game, yesterday de-
feated Pennsylvania state College,
but the result is due more to good
luck than to any advantage the locals
showed either in fielding or batting.
The winning runs were scored in the
eighth inning, when Gill and jenkins
scored on Meredith's three-base hit
Until this inning, the game was close
ly played. and neither side seemed to
be able to connect for hits coasecu.
lively.
In the seventh inning. the game was
delayed while policemen stopped a
chicken fight on the side lines. but
this excitement served to enlivcn the
spectators. and helped them to endure
the nine innings Jenkinss two
Dagger to centre neld wild pitch by
Kepple. and starry's nun of Mere
diths infeld ny. gave the Spiders their
first run in the fourth inning.
Haffensberger's single in the nth.
an error by Meredith, and Keppie's
visitors. Breitenreiter Starry and
KeppIe seemed to be able TO hit, but
other members OF their team did not
advance them on the bases. Jenklns's
one hand stop OF grounder. in The
third inning, was n feature. Gwath-
mey pitched q good game. and was
fairly well supported.
The tabulatcd score.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
WILL START TODAY
ON WESTERN TRIP
Randolph Macon to Meet Sew
eral College Teams
of State.
lsneelal 10 The Tlmes.plspatch. ]

Ashland, va, March S1.-The- Ran
dolph- Macon baseball squad will leave
here tomorrow afternoon on trip
through the Western portion of the
state. Games have been scheduled
with the Virginia Military. institute
for saturday. April 2; Washington and
Lee University, Monday. April 8; Vir-
GINA Polytechnic Institute. Tuesday
April 5. and the Randolph Macon
Academy. Bedford City, Wednesday,,
April g.
This trip is to take the place of
last years trip into Carolina, where
Randolph-Afacon met Wake Forest and
Trinity in an interesting series. ow
ing to faculty restrictions, however. IL
has not been possible to arrange a
game with Trinity for this season.
Coach Warren Will take the follow
ing players for the games In
the Valley: Gravely and Smith pitch
ers: Beville. catcher: Rowe, first base;
Motley second; Smithey. third Prich-
ard. shortstop; Gillette, left field: Hite,
centre field; Carroll, right field; Wing
field, substitute.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
TWO MORE PLAYERS
REPORT FOR WORK
All Of shoemakers' Squad Will
Soon Be on Hand for
Season.

Lynchburg, Va, March 31.--Two more
Shoemal1ers joined the camp since yes
tcrday mo,nng, the new players be
ing Pitchar Gchring and First Basemar
Wsolums. .,'nis makes nine men in
camp now, the men in addition to
Gehring and Woolums being: Jackson,
Evans, Smith, Zimmerman, Lucia, Bran
don and Eddowes.
catching department who have not re-
ported are Catcher Rowe and Pitcher
Levy, Rowe has been umpiring in
ed to arrive yesterday from his home
at Rayonne, y, j.. where he has been
w,sinter!ns, Nothiing has been heard
Will be along shortly,
BY tomorrow or tho next day or two
the other men will he showing un,
These will Include Arthur Smith,
Sharp. the second baseman, Heigler,
ISking, and two trials in the infeld
whose names are Pindall and Beahm.
Bart Woolums, the big first baseman
secured In Denver, Col, reached the
city yesterday afternoon. but he had
too much OF the roll of the train In
his head for him to get into tile nni-
form during the afternoon.
Woolums is a strapp1ng big fellow,
and viii make a fine appearance in
q uniform. lie has never played much
professional ball. but he cuuhl hardly
have been given better recommendn
tons than those upon which he was
signed,
Last season he plaSed WITH a srrons
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
[ special TO Tho Times-Dispatch. /

Charlottesville, Va. March 31.-Vir-
ginia gave to-day the poorest exhibit
ton of baseball seen on Lambeth field
in years, Amherst winning hands
down, 10 to 0, in an eight-inning con-
test. The three pitchers sent in BY
Virginia were treated alike. Grant, d
southpaw from the Episcopal High
School, was the first victim. Rixey
was kept in only one session, being
succeeded by Culbertson, WHO yielded
four hits in two innings. The fielding
was yellow there being total of
eleven errors.
Taylor was in the box for Amherst
and held Virginia 20 four hits. In the
NTH he retired the side on strikes
He was given excellent support the
work of Pennock at short being SEN
sational. He took In everything that
came around second. In the fourth he
made "a brilliant one-hand pick up of
Fitchetts hot liner. and retiredd the
runner at first. Mcclure and Kane
led with the stick.
For Virginia, Fitchett and Stanton
made splendid catches, after long
runs. Carter made a superb stop of
Henry's "sissler" In the eighth.
The tabulated score:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
Totals ..........o6 a 10 IL
.Ratted for McIutNre in fifth

Score Ivy innings: r.. II. E.
Amherst .......011o2S3 0--l0 IL 8
Virginia .......0 10000 o. II
Summary: Runs-McClure ca, lube,
Pennock, Kane, Burt. Taylor Parten-
heimer. Left on bases-Amherst, Z:
Virginia. G.. Struck out-by Taylor I;
by Grant !. Bases on balls-off Tay-
Tor, q off Grant. l: oft Rixey, /: off
Culbertson. !. Hits apportioned-ofs
Grant, z in five innings; off Rixey 2
in one inning; off Culbertson, in two
innings. Sacrifice hit Picsford.
Double play--kanc to, Burt. stolen
bases--McClure (3). lube (2), Kane,
Burt, Douglass. Sacrifice hy-pennock,
Vernon. Passed bal!--McIntyre. I'm
pire, Spratt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01

Parlemee. by default; Tuckerman beat
Sweeney. 4 and 3 P. C. Fownes beat
Cutler, 8 and 4; Knight beat Tainter,
and 3.
Presidents cup or second division:
First round-Robert Hunter, Wee
burn beat c. ] Webster, Mississanga.
i up; j. d. Foot Apawamis. beat j. 3
Kennedy. Mahonng. and .; z. F..
Lincoln. Worcester, beat George c.
Dut.or. Oakley. and T.. C Becker.
Woodland, beat j. b. Speer Pittsburs.
6 and SCI. S Robesou, Oak Hill, heat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01

F. X Robson. oak Hill. and q;
chisolm Beech. Fox Hills. beat L. E.
8eall, Uniontown. by default; ]. NJ.
Thompson. springhaven, beat f. A.
Johnston, Baltimore. 5 and 3; L, D.
Pierce, Woodland, beat r. n. Gardner.
Midlothian, > and /.
Second round--Hunter beat Foot ?
up; Becker beat Lincoln. up; Robe
son beat Beech, and 8; Pierce beat
Thompson. and ..
Consolation: First round--Webster
beat Kennedy, A and 81. button beat
Speer. 3 and .; F. +. Robeson beat
Beall, by default; Gardnsr beat john
ston. and 2,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
NO MATCH
FOR AMHERST TEAM
Poorest Game Seen on Lambeth Field in Many
Years---Three Pitchers Knocked Out of
Box---Eight Inning Came

independent team in Denver. and he
hit the pin to the tune of .3ei. In tho
season the first baseman on the Den
yer, Western League, team, was out
of the game for four days and Wool-
ums substituted for him. In these four
games he hit at $50.
Lou Gehring, one of the pitchers.
looks like he has the goods, and he
is anxious 10 get to work, Gehring
reported after having had an attack
OF the grip for a week, but he hopes
TO work the cold out OF him in short
time. He came from his home in Utica,
n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
Pennsylvania state College.
All, IT,,
Totals

sumnafy: T"o-bast NIIs---tI 'ilFtlhs una
Clark. Three-base hith-Heredith stolen
tbase-BreItenreiter. Double pley-Burdette
10 starry. Base on balls-on Kcppie. 2.
Iii, by pitched balis-Guy ts1. Beard. Isy-
lor. struck out-By kcpplc. 6. by Gwath
.ney. o wild pitches-By Kepple. :. Time
OF game 40 Umpires JohnE. OF Hamp-
den-Sidney: Lewis. OF william and Mary.
Attendance. &c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
wa.bington, Coutdnrt IIlt

WashIngton. March al.--UnabIe 70 nj
Ewing and McQuDien. OF the philadelphia
national team. the Washington American
team was defeated in ar exhibition game
hers to-day by the score of 10 l. All the
scoring was done in the third inning. Al
though the visitors got three hits IN the
first inning. fast double play prevented
them from scoring.
Score by innings n II E~
Philadelphia ...........60 o. o 90 g o. 10
washington ...........,oO1o00o0 o. !
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
NEWARK LOSES TO ROANOKE.
Visitors Used Four Pitchers In Efforts
TO Capture Game.

Especial to The -Dlspntch.1
Roanoke. Va, March 3l.-Roanoke
turned the tables on Newark to-day,
winning the last OF the series by the
score of S TO 3. The visitors used
four pitchers.
The score: r. II. r
Roanoke .......22loo03oo-s 5
Newark 02ooOo10o-3 >
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
Defends Commission

New York. March 3l.-John Heydier. sec
retary-treesurer of the National League,
who served on the national commission last
year and is thoroughly familiar with the
King case, came out tonight with q
strong defense OF the recent action OF the
commission in reinstating the famous
catcher, Ban Johnsons opinion 10 the con-
trary notwithstanding.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
SCORE O., II TO \.
Guilfori Defeats Lafayette College In Slug
rinr Contest

Greensboro, n c. March sl.--yn slug
cling match Guilfori defeated Lafayette Il
to Z Lafayette made ten errors. which.
with twcnty-one hits secured by the Quak-
ers accounted for the large score.
score by nnings: r. H. Il.
Lafayette .....,....,..0 o 500 l So Z IL 10
Guilford ..s...-.......N7 / 0 0t34 FL Il
Batter!es-Lons. Williams and Conover;
Barnes and Stewart. Umpire. Bentley.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
Burns and Langford Matched.

Sydney, \. s. W., March 3L--ToTntny
Burns, the eS-champion heavyweight. will
meet Sam LanEford. OF Boston, in a forty
FIVE round fight 10 be held in America on
spDtcnher &
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-01
nnsebnll Team Organized.
Especial to The Times-p,spatch1

SpecIaI 10 nc Ifnes-DlspatchI
Alexandria, Va. March 3L--Twenty-
three city officials have organized a
baseball team. The team is composed
of practically every one connected with
the city and State offices. including the
chief of police and three privates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11

sort OF a statement that would quiet the
kickers for the time being. at any rate -
i,idgerwood looked up quickly. "That $
terday. Gridley suggested precisely the
same thing
McIioskey was on his feet again and
1umbiing behind him for the door knob.
I'm all in he grimaced when it
comes to figuring with Gridley and Flem-
lister and Hallock all in the same breath
In done
I4idgerwood made a memorandum on his
desk calendar to take the building and
loan matter up with Hallock the follow
ing DAY. But another wreck INTERVIEWED
ana an. after the wreck a conference with
the Red Butte mine owners postponed
all offlce business for an additional
twenty-four hours. 1t was late in the
evening of the third day when the super
intendent's special steamed home from
the west. and Lidgerwood, who had dined
in his car. went directly to his office in
the Crows Nest.
He had scarcely settled himself at his
desk for an attack upon the accumulation
of mail when Benson came in. 1t was a
trouole call and the young engineer 5
face advertised it.
ITS no use talking. Lidgerwood." he
began, Il can't do business on this rail-
road until you have killed off some of
the thugs and highbnders.'
Lidgerwood flung the paper knife aside
complaint.
What is the matter now, jack" he
snapped.
'Oh, nothing much--when you're used
to 1t: only about u thousand dollars
worth of dimension timber gone Slim-
mering. That's all
Tell it out, rasped the superintendent.
The mine owners conference. from which
he had just returned. had been called to
protest against the poor service given by
the railroad. and knowing his present i'm
ability to give better service. he had tenn
ported until II needed but this one more
touch OF the lash to make him lose his
temper hopelessly.
It's the Gloria bridge. said Benson.
I'VE had the timbers all ready to pull
out the old and put In tho new, and the
shift was 10 he made today between
trains. Last night every stick OF the new
stock disappeared.
Iidgerwood was not profane man.
but what he said TO Benson in the coruS-
eating minute or two which followed re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11

solved itself into very fair imitation of
profanity inclusive and world-embracins
And you didn't have Wit enough to
leave a Waterman on the job!'' he chafed
this by way of put.lng an apex to the
pyramid OF objurgation by heavens!
this thing has got to stop. Benson. And
it's going to stop, If We have to call out
the state militia and picket every cursed
mile of this rotten railroad"'
DO it, said Benson. gruffiy. and
when it's done you notify me and III
come back to work. And with that he
tramped out. and was too angry to re-
member to close the door.
+ Iidgerwood turned back to his desk
savagely out of humor with Benson and
with himself. and raging inwardly at the
company as boldly as an invading army
might. At this. the most inausp1c1ous
moment possible his eye fell upon the
calendar memorandum. see faiioSh
about b L. and his finger was on the
chief clerks bell push before he remem-
bered that it was late. and that there mad
been no light in Hallocks room Wneh ne
had come down the corridor to his own
door.
The touch Of the push button was only
a touch, and there was no answering
skirl of the bell in the adjoining room
But as if the intention had evoked II. a
shadow crossed behind the superintehu,,
ent's chair and came TO rest at tre en-
of the roll-top desk. LidgerWood Iovheu
nm with his eyes af1ame. 1t was failoch
who was standing at the desk emo. diiu
he was pointing to the H'eiiioi "'o'
the calendar pad. .o
he said. abruptly. II saw your ' s1.,,
come in and your light go on: what Dill
of lading was 1t you "ah'eo "
about? s,;,.a "a IN.
derstand Then he saw that III ao
hreviatins he had unconsciousiy USED ohe
familiar sign, "B l.. the coi'iiiio, o.
I'tt,er time he would have turned Hal
inck.S very natural mistake into an easy
;utroduction TO a rather delicate supJec''
But now he was angry, ..1,,,.. isp.t
sit down" he raped out ia. lS,i ;,
hill of lading: it's building and loan.
UaIlock dragged the one vacant cna.,
into the circle Illuminated by the shaus g.
desk electric and sat on the eus ..u ~ ~ -:
with his hands on his knees; We -
he said in the grating voice that WAS 81
l,,r;ons;x like the master-mechanic S:
W. can cut out the details, TINS from
tho man who, under other conoilol,s'
n.ou,d have gone automatically into the
,,a,Iast details. Some years ago you
80 ,Te treasurer of the Mesa Buiidlhs
I'D oan Association. When the asso-
c;a ton went out of business its DOORS
showed a cash balance IN the
What became of the none! ax,,ro
Hallock sat as rigid as carved Ieui Z
aank,n. an Egyptian propylon. which MS
attitude suggested. He was silent TOT q
time SO long time that Lidgerwood
hurst out impatient'y. why don't you
answer me-?
II was just wondering if it is worth
while for you to throw me overheard, -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
CHAPTER VI.-Continued.

Lidserwood was listening thoughtfully
The story which had ended so disastrous
~ for the young conductor threw a rather
lurid sidelight upon Jackspn.s accuser
Fairness was the superintendent's fetish,
and the revenge which would sleep on its
wrongs and go about deliberately and
painstakingly TO strike a deadly blow
in the dark was revolving to him. Yet
he was just enough to distinguish be-
tween gross vindictiveness and an evil
which bore no relation to the vengeful
one.
"A financially honest man might still
have a weakness for playing even in a
personal quarrel he commented Your
story proves nothing more than that"
Il know it,
But am going to run the other thing
down. too Lidgerwood insisted. HAL
lock shall have a chance to clear him.
self. but il he can't do il, he can't stay
with me-"
At this the trainmaster changed front
so suddenly that Lidgerwood began to
| wonder if his estimate of the mans cour-
age was at fault.
Don't do that, Mr.. Lidgerwood. for
Gods sake, don't stir up the devil in
time as this he begged. 1.-The Lord
knows you've got trouble enough on hand
as il is, without digging up something
that belongs to the hasbeens."
II know, but justice is Justice" was
| the decisive rejoinder. THE question Is
still a live one. as the complaint of the
grievance committee proves. If I dodge
my refusal to investigate will be used
/ against us In the labor trouble which you
say is brewing. I'm not going to dodge
/ McCloskey."
| The contortons of the trainmaster
! homely features indicated an inward
| struggle of the last-resort nature. When
! he had reached a conclusion he Spat il
out.
| You haven't asked my advice. Mr.
JidgerWood, but here il Is, anyway
! Flemister. tho owner of the Wire-Silvei
mine over in Timanyon Park. was the
/ president OF that building and loan out
| fit He and Hallock are at daggers
| drawn for some reason that I've never
| understood. If you could get them to-
gether perhaps they could make some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
As to the. First Roasting Ears,
Richmond Iines-Dispa.ch.

from the Richmond Times Dispatch
We do not know what the Indians called
roasting ears, but there Is no question
that this was one Of the principal articles
or diet of the aborigines, when Cant.
John Smith and his fellow-colonists es-
tablished themselves in this virgin count
try. y man who was born in Maine and
has lived all about said that the term was
first used in New England. but We doubt
that. as the records would appear to
show that we were making laws In vir-
sinia before the Pilgrims landed at Ply
mouth Rock or whereabouts. one writer
saying that the first legislative assembly
that ever convened in the country was
held in Virginia seventeen months be-
fore the eteraally Iauded Pilgrims ever
landed upon Plymouth Rock and ten
years before the colony of Salem and
Boston increased their meager numbers
beyond the hundred"
In Rruce's Economic History of Nir-
ginia In the Seventeenth Century" page
H.. volume I, We told: THE Gus
tom which the Indians followed In eating
spread on the ground and on this the
dish was placed. the broiled fish and
roasting ears being laid near at hand .
Again, in the same book. page 10. there
is this note: I'm June. July and August
they fed on fish. the roots OF the tucka-
hoe. berries and roasting ears"
The chances are. therefore, that the
corn. which was SO important an article
OF their diet. was called roasting ears
or the equivalent In the Indian tongue as
u Is reasonable To assume that thew did
not eat IL raw OF uncooked. We are of
the opinion that roasting ears Is "a
good Virginia expression" inasmuch As
In Virginia the white man first used corn
on the table mat after the manner Of
the Indians. and as il was roasted before
z IL was eaten the presumption Is that i,
was called roasting ears The term
appears 10 have been used i'm Virginia
since the seventeenth century. and douot-
less before there were any Dutch in Penn
syiyania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11

mile high. Flemister will tell you sc
il he is paid his price But yon dom,
want me to pay the price. II do
Go on. said .Lidgerwood, frowning,
IF YOU do. what them
HaIlock leaned still farther over the
desk end.
IF l do. you'll get what you are after
and a good deal more. Again l am
going TO ask. YOU if it is worth while to
throw me overheard.
Li1gerwood was still angry enough to
resent this advance into the field of the
personalities.
You've had my last word. HallocE.
and all this talk about consequences that
you don't explain is beside the mark. Get
/ me that statement from Flemister. and
do IT soon. | am not going to have IL
said that We are lighting graft in one
place and covering it up i'm another.
Hallock Strengthened up and buttoned
his coat
''I'll get you the statement" he said
! quietly. land the consequences won
| need any explaining" His hand was on
the door knob when he finished saying it,
and Lidgerwood had risen from his chair
There was pause. while one might
count five
"Wellc" said the superintendent.
Il was thinking again" said the man
at the door. by all the rules of the
game-the game as ii Is played here II
, the DESERT ought to be giving you
Mr.. Lidgerwood. Instead OF that ! am
going to do YOU a service. You remem-
Der that operator. Rufford, that you dis
charged few days ago.
Yes
Bart Rufford, his brother. the look
out at Red Lights place. has invited a
few of his friends to take notice that he
intends to kill you. You can take 1t
straight. He means il. And that was
what brought me up here tonight-not
that memorandum on your desk calen-
dar."
For long time after the door had
Jared to its shutting behind Hallock,
I.idgerwood sat at his desk. idle and alb
stractedly thoughtful. Twice within the
interval he pulled out small drawer
under the roll top and made as If he
would take up the weapon it contained,
and each time he closed the drawer to
break with the temptation 10 put the
pistol into his pocket.
Later. after he had forced hlmsen to
go to work, a door slammed somewhere
in the dispatcher's end of the building,
and automatically his hand shot out TO
the closed drawer. Then he made his de-
cis;on and carried il out. Taking the
nickel-plated thing from its hiding place.
and breaking it to eject the cartridges,
he went to the end door of the corridor.
which opened into the unused space under
The rafterS, and flung the weapon 10 the
farthest corner of tie dark loft
(To be continued tomorrow