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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-06

pany. he has never made less than ITO
hits a year.
Wagner has been just as consistent
on the bases as he has been with the
bat, as is evidenced not alone by the
number of runs he has scored, but as
well by the large number of bases he
has purloined, an average of about
forty-four every year. His best season
at sack thievery was in 1907, when he
stole sixty-one Last year was the poor
est he has had since 1898, but that can
be partially accounted for by the fact
that Hans was under orders to save
his strength as much as possible and
to take no unnecessary chances.
How About 1910?
If Wagner does as well the coming
summer as he has ever done in the
past when the 1919 records are COM
piled they will show that the big Car
negie Teuton has competed in more
than / soc games, that he has scored
more than 1900 runs, made more than
$500 hits and stolen more than 500
bases during his baseball life. To give
him total of 1900 runs he will need
to score but siXty-seven, which is far
under his average. To give him $500
hits he has to make but 1853. If the
National league plays 1853 games he
will do far better than that, for he has
averaged more than that number in 144
games in the past. To bring the total
Of stolen bases up to the 600 mark he
needs but twenty-five steals and this
number is also under his average.
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MAPS ONLY BIG LEAGUE CLUB
WITHOUT SPIT BALL ARTIST

Liebhardt. Berger has practically di-
voreed himself from the splitter" Cy
Young may use this style of delivery now
and then, but he cannot be called spit
ball pitcher.
Joss and Falkenberg are two pitchers
who simply will not use the ball made
famous by Jack Chesbro and Ed Walsh
SO if any OF the Cleveland twirlers try it
this year It will have to be some of the
recruits. Manager Mcguire says he was
careful, when scouting, to pass up the
pitchers who had to wet the ball in order
to puzzle the batters-
Some 'spitters' are all right" says
Mcclure. Il am not saying anything
against men like Walsh and some others
who have mastered the spit ball without
it's affecting them physically, but just
the same 1 prefer recruits who depend
upon the good old speed, curves and
change of pace. When you have few
'spitters' on your pitching staff, you are
always running the risk of having your
catchers put out Of business
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Ids. BASEBALL OUTLOOK
Saints Expect to Place Strong Nine
in Field This Season for In
tercolegiate Race.

The baseball team which will rep
resent the L D. S. University in the
intercollegiate series this year, will
be a strong one. The work of round
ing the team into shape will begin
within the next week, and Capitol hill
the old training ground of the team,
VIII be used for practice. Coach George
Taylor will whip the squad into shape,
while Jesse Sharp, who has handled
the basketball team the past winter,
Will assume the duties OF manager.
An enthusiastic meeting was held st
the L d. S. Wednesday afternoon.
more than 300 boys being present.
Speeches were made, and the plan OF
action which the baseball team will fol-
low was thoroughly mapped out.
The members OF the faculty at the
school are taking great interest in the
selection OF the team and are anxious
that this years lineup be one Of the
pest ever turned out by the school.
Among those on the baseball nine this
season viii be Lund Snow, Kessler,
Lindsay, Gallagher and Lees. There is
a large band of recruits who are
anxious to try for places on the team.
Coach Taylor is well pleased with the
present outlook for a successful sea
son. The teams which comprise the
league Will be the Z. Of o., the B. Y.
z. and A. 9. Z. at Logan and the L d.
s. u.
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HOOKS NEEDED TO WIN
FIGHTS, SAYS BOB F|TZ

During the reception to Bob Fitzsim-
pnons upon his arrival at Sydney, Aus
5ralia, the x-heaVy-lightweight champion
and Larry Foley, the retired heavyweight
champion of Australia, had quite dis
sNssion as to the merits of straight hit
ting and the hook.
Foley. who is a student Of the Jem
Mace school commended that hooking was
of very little account He could not see
that hook had half the power or ac-
cuTacy which a blow straight from the
shoulder possessed. He pointed to the fact
that Peter Jackson never used a hook
blow in any of his battles, and yet de-
feated some of the greatest fighters of
his day. At Buffalo in 1889 Jackson, on
his way TO England, undertook to stop a
hard headed heavyweight in four rounds,
hut the fellow proved too tough and threw
his head low to the right every time Jack
son made a feint.
Peter finally brought a left uppeTcut
swing into action. He caught the ambi-
tious one on the forehead and floored
him. In his dressing room. later, accord
ing to Foley Jackson nursed a sprained
thumb and gazed ruefully at the manned
hand. Just think" said Peter, that was
the first time / tried an American punch
Well. well, the old style is the best
after all"
Fitzsimmons. however, commended that
hooks were essential to a champions
equipment.
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ALL IMPORTANT SPORTS FROM EVERYWEIE
OLYMPIC GAMES WILL
Be HELD At ATHENS
nei0 Championships, However, VIII
Not Have Representation
of other Years.

New York. March 1.-The Olympic
games are to be held at Athens this
lspring despite the reports to the con-
trary, and not a few of the athletes on
the other side OF the water are making
preparations TO be there. Last fail the
English Amateur Athletic association
decided not to send team. and now il
is said il has not changed its policy. but
has announced that If the athletes care
TO go they are at liberty to do SO at
their own expense.
The first country to make a definite
move for he Athenian games is Aus
tralia. and the Antipodes will send
Wood and Slime for the Marathon race.
Except President Taft might order
team to be mustered here, there is hard
rIy any possibility that America will be
represented. Professor Sloane of Co
lumbia university is the American rep
resentative of the international Olympic
committee, and il is not known what his
views are about sending an American
team to Athens. The Amateur Athletic
nnioE could muster a team, and so could
the Intercollegiate association, but
any foreign mixtures around April or
May would interfere with the dual col
lege meets and the championship, so
that the college man would be out of it
for Athens. In 1906, when America sent
team, the men were not the best in
the land, but nevertheless they won the
point of honors, and no doubt as good
a team. if not better, could be mustered
now.
Only recently President Taft recon-
mended Congress to make a grant of
$4,000 to send the athletes to the Wen
ma exposition games next summer. The
trip to Vienna for about forty men
would not use up half CT the sum and
there would be plenty of money to send
the boys down to Athens. They could
go to the Grecian capital first and take
in Vienna and all other games worth at
tending on their way home.
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.SPALDING STILL FIRST
IN PITCHING RECORDS

Washington, D. c., Mar. 5.-Looking
back over the pitchers records since
baseball became an organized sport for
professionals, IL will be found that only
80 boxmen have hung up the highest
percentage of victories if they pitched
in more than % games. 1t was in 1871
that Dick Mcbride of the Philadelphia
Athletics established a percentage of
1853 for 20 games and led the profess
sion. Since then the leading pitchers
have taken part in a greater number
of contests. the record in this respect
being held by those famous twirlers.
Charles Radbourne of the 1854 Provi
dence team, and John G. Clarkson OF
~ games for percentages Of .S3s and
1885, respectively. A. G.. Spalding still
holds the highest winning percentage,
1893, hung up in 1875, when he was a
member of the Boston team.
Following the mark set by Mcbride
in 1871, Spalding led all pitchers for
the next five years. He was with the
Bostons in 1872, 1873, 1874 and 1875.
after which he became a member of
the Chicagos in 1876. During 1872
Spalding pitched At games for a per-
centage Of $50. In 1873 he took part
in so games for 1923. In 1874 his record
was SO games and III. In 1876 he
twirled SO games with a percentage of
,S99. ana in 1875 he played in so games
for 1888. Thomas Bond supplanted
Spalding as the National leagues star
pitcher in 1877 and 1873. Bond was a
member of the Bostons, and he had the
noted Charley Snyder behind the bat
His record in 1877 was 40 games and a
percentage of .646, while in 1873 il was
SO games and 6S3
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HANS WAGNER HAS never
HAD SLUMP ON DIAMOND

Chicago, Feb. 26.-Some marvellous
statistics are revealed when one deNeS
into the record of Hans Wagner, who
has been playing big league baseball
since 1897, and who looks good for al
fastest company in the land.
A glance through the records will
show that in thirteen years the Flying
Dutchman has taken part in 1,74S
games. He has scored 1888 runs and
made 1881 hits. He has also stolen
SOS bases He has played an average
of 1874 games each season, and has come
close to averaging 100 runs year. Had
he played in all the games the first
year he Joined the Louisville club, his
average would have been over 100 runs
each season, but in 1897 he was not Sc
cured from the Paterson, N ]. club
until the campaign was we'll under way,
and took part in only sixty-seVen
games.
Keeps Up Gait.
Honus has never had a lasting slump
in his hitting in all the years of his
career. OF course, there have been
times each season when his batting eye
was dimmed, but it was only tempo
rarily, and he always came back ana
hit the ball so much the harder AFTER
the slump was over. His consistency
as a sticker is shown by the fact that
in thirteen years he has averaged prac-
tically $50 bingles per season. His best
years were 1900 and 1908, in each OF
which he made POI safeties. With the
exception of his first year in fast COM
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SARATOGA STAKES ARE
NAMED FOR SEASON
Values Compare FavOrably With
Former Meetings and Much
Higher Than IN 1909.

New York, March s.--The stakes OF the
Saratoga Racing association for tho com
ing season were announced today. Prin-
opal among them are:
Saratoga handicap. 1850 guaranteed. 3
year-olds and upward, mile and quar-
ter.
Saratoga cup. $500 guaranteed, S-year-
Odds and upward, mile and six furlongs.
Champion handicap, 5000 guaranteed. s.
year-olds and upward, mile and fur
long.
The Traverse, 5000 guaranteed. S-yeaF-
ODDS mile and o quarter.
The Alabama, 5000 guaranteed, fiilies.
s-year-Clds, mile and furlong.
Saranac handicap, 5000 guaranteed. 3
year-oIds, mile and a furlons.
Saratoga special, 5000 added, including
the cup, 2-year-olds six furlongs
Rensselaer, handicap, $4,000 guaranteed
3-year-olds, six furlongs
Hurricane, 5000 added, 2-yeaF-olds, five
and a half furlOngs.
Adirondack handicap. $500 guaranteed
! 2-year-olds, six furiongs
Flash, 5000 guaranteed, 2-yeaF-oldss
, five and half fuFiongs.
In addition to these stakes, the Sara
I toga association has already closed the
Hopeful which will be worth more than
1000 the United States Hotel stakes,
the Grand Union Hotel stakes and the
| Spinaway for fillies.
All these stakes are for the 2-yeaT-olds-
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to produce a gray horse one of its inme-
date parents must be a gray. In other
words. no gray horse is TO be found whose
sire or dam has not been a gray.
1T should be mentioned that, in spite Of
the lack of scientific corrOboration, many
breeders of experience are firmly con-
WINGED of the truth of telegOny and the
theory has many adherents, more espe-
cially in the canine world. But in the
case of gray horses, we shall find on MI
mute investigation that the color, once
lost, never reappears in subsequent Off
spring, and is not subject to the law Of
atavism.
This fact may be a surprise to many;
perhaps some breeders may be unaware
of it. but it WILL in practice, be found, il
we inquire into the matter, that every
gray horse we see, whether race horse,
hunter, in the shafts or in the pillow,
has had one of it's parents of this par
ticular color.
The wonder then is not that now there
are so few grays to race, hunt, to mount
that very distinguished regiment, the
Royal Scots Greys. or convey the bridal
party to church. but that there are so
many, when one reflects how easily the
color Is lost"
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THERE is ALWAYS ONE
WHO HAS FIGHTERS GOAT

New York, March Sits a peculiar
thing every fighter has some opponent
who can worry him. Terry McGovern was
without doubt a better man than Young
Corbett, yet Young Corbett could always
beat Terry after that Hartford affair,
AS soon as Terry stepped into ring with
Young COrbett he became nervous.
Jack McAuliffe was talking about this
the other day. Carney of England gave
me a terrible fight" said McAuliffe. at
was d long fight and tough one. Even
though he couldn't beat me. l never heard
his name afterwaTd with bout feeling a chill
run down my back. I'd rather have fought
wildcat than have met him again"
Jim Corbett was nervous about fighting
FitzsimmOns. He saw EitZ beat Dempsey
at New Orleans, and told several friends
that Fitz was the greatest man he'd ever
seen, and that there were very few heavy
weights able to give him a fight. Corbett
was an absolutely game man, but he was
nervous when he fought Fftzsimmons in
carson. But for that nervousness and I'M
certainty he might have won.
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In view Of these conditions. why not
adopt soccer football, as the school au-
thorities would undoubtedly give permits
sion for association or soccer" as it is
more Familiarity known, to be played in
their institutions. 1t would serve as an
auxiliary in the two colleges where Amer
lean football is in vogue, as it is not ex-
pected that soccer will displace intercol-
legiate football, as the game holds too
warm q spot in the hearts of the students.
But in our state, if football is prohibited,
why not play soccer, which is a scientific
game, fascinating both to player and
spectator, and which teaches pluck, en-
durance and resOurcefulness, begets ply
steal strength and stamina, which quail
ties will stand a person well in the bat
ties of life.
One of the strongest reasons for adopt
ing association football is that mere beef
and bra wn are not essential, in fact, too
much of IL is hindrance. Lightweights
can play soccer, as the most desirable
qualifications are speed, agility. deXterity
in kicking and quick wit, hence the or
binary built man has a better chance
than a heavyweight, who is usually
clumsy when 1t comes to quick movements,
and is fast with it, 1t is an advantage.
No Fall Sport.
Another reason locally for adopting the
game is that the schools named have a
hard ask to keep their boys interested in
the fall owing to football being forbid
den. OF course ii is not wise to regard
athletics as more important than educa-
ton In college life, but 1t is nevertheless
treu that where colleges prohibit stu
dents from indulging in such a popular
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GALLANT GRAYS LONG SCARCE ON TURF
AND IN HUNT ARE AGAIN In EVIDENCE

and on the subject an expert says:
AT the present time the old color seems
to be making Roadway again.
why have the grays ceased to be COM
mon among our thorOughbreds2 Is it 10
be accounted for by the doctrine of the
survival of the fittest, or can any more
cogent reason be given for their marked
decline in numbers?
Probably from the great influx of east
ern sires in former days grays were very
strongly represented at every race meet
ing. so many of these imported Arab or
Barb sires being this color; but each dec
ade of the last century found them fewer,
and we think the reason is to be found
in the physiological factor which we
can offer no explanation-that apparently
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sport as football, they are certainly going
to have their attendance materially less
ened, and to lessen the number of our
youth who attend institutions of higher
education viii certain ly result in a small
Ter percentage Of the youth of the nation
having opportunity for mental and physi-
cal betterment.
Therefore, as the intercollegiate brand
of football is forbidden in the majority
of the Utah colleges, let us seek cOnsOla-
ton in soccer, which Is regarded by many
as the equal of the American game, as
scientific IL not as strategic, and is I'M
doubtedly more fast and safe.
Casper Whitney, the noted American
sporting authority, in discussing all kinds
of football, recently said:
Soccer Is Best.
'sThere is slight chance of Rugby maxi
ing Roadway in the United States against
the American soccer game, and there is
ties of 'sOcCer.' which is the very best of
the three kinds of football. Recognition
OF soccer's worth comes from the west
$50 often the leader novadays) through
Chicago taking it up at the university,
where Professor Stage is drilling recruits
in the rudiments of play. 1t Is proposed,
furthermore, to organize an association
league among the middle western col
leges; activity of this kind will also help
the game at the few eastern colleges
where it has obtained footing"
Inasmuch as Chicago has seen fit TO
take the lead in the adoption of soccer In
the middle west, not as substitute Dut
as an auxiliary to the American game,
WHY not Utah take the lead in the west
in a similar movement and give soccer a
trial. anyway?
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ROOSEVELT PROGRAM
GIVEN OUT AT NAPLES

Naples, March 5.-According to the
latest agreements, as announced here,
ex-President Roosevelt will arrive at
Naples the first week IN April and will
remain a few days. He will then go
TO Rome, where he will be received
by the king and pope. after which he
will visit several Italian cities. He will
arrive In Paris April Is. delivering his
lecture at the Sarbonne the following
day. He will go to Vienna and Chris
tiania and is due In Berlin May 10.
From Berlin he viii go to london.
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Cleveland, Feb. 26.-Cleveland will proba-
blv be the only American league club that
will not have a spit ball artist among
it's pitching staff and McGuire's corps
of fingers is not a small one at that
A few years ago when the club trained
at Macon, there were more spltters than
ANYTHING else among the Cleveland pitch
ers. baltimore was a sOuthpaw who was
married to VapOr slants, while Chech
swore by his dry splitter" Berger
thought the wet goods the best he had TO
deliver, Rhoades and Hess also dallied
with il more than a little, while Lieb-
hardt would no more have thought of
pitching without using the splitter than
he would have of jumping the club to
sign with the Twilight leaguers
Chech has gone So has Hess. So
has baltimore. So has RhoaSes. So has
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London, Feb. 1s.-Among the followers
of the turf and the hunting field, the gray
horse always has been popular, and his
practical disappearance from the race
course has been regretted by all lovers
of the Thoroughbred.
For generations the doings of the gal
liant gray have formed the leading
theme in sporting song and story, and
there are innumerable instances of grays
being the horses of great sportsmen. Ex-
perience shows, though, that as a gen.
erai rule grays are either very good or
very bad
It is a long time since a gray won the
Derby. But at the present time it is no.
ticed that the gray is gradually making
its appearance again on the English turf
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.PiNCHOT PRESENTED
WITH FINE GOLD MEDAL

New York, March 5.-A gold medal
in recognition of his services In con-
serving the woodlands of the country
was presented tonight to Clifford
PinchOt, former chief forester of the
United States, at the dinner of the
Camp Fire Club of America.
Even if / am no longer connected
with the government" said Mr.. PinchOt,
in expressing his appreciation for the
medal, 4 shall take the same position
with regard to conservation as 1 have
done heretofore. / shall do my best to
aid In preserving the forests and the
game OF this country"
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WHITE SOX TEAMS At
LAST ON COAST

San Francisco, March 5.-Team No. l
of the Chicago White SoX, together
with Charles A. COmigkey, Ban john
son, president of the American league,
and Tip O'Neill, president of the West
ern league, arrived here tonight. The
second team proceeded directly to Los
Angeles by way of Sacramento. The
first team will play in Oakland to-
the afternoon.
With the Central Pacific route
blocked by washouts the Chicago ball
players had to travel from ogden over
the oregon Railway & Navigation Line,
and to San Francisco by way Of Port
land.
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ABSOLUTE DIVORCE.

Washington, March 5.-An absolute d.
vOree today was granted to Mrs. Sher-
man McCallum, adopted daughter OF
John Sherman Of Ohio and the benefit
ciary OF his estate, from James l. Nc
Callum. The decree awards the custody
of the two children, John Sherman Ne
CallUm and Cecilia Sherman McCsnum.
70 the mother
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INFORMATION WANTED.

Washington, March 5.-COngress wants
to know Just how John D. Rockefeller In
tends to spend his money for the benefit
Of humanity. The Senate committee on
District Of Columbia today invited Starr
J. Murphy, one of the men named as In
cOrporators of the foundation. to appear
before the committee next Friday
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Dr0bach-HM Team Winner
Six-Day Event at Buffalo

ering 1853 miles and eight laps. John
Bedell, Hill and Demara fought out the
final sprint for their respective teams.
BedeH was leading by narrow margin
when he fell. Hill won by five lengths
from Demara.
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DROPPED FROM ROLLS.

Washington, March 5-NavaI Cadet
Webb c. Hayes. of Ohio, a grandson of
former President Hayes, has been
found physically disqualified, and will
be dropped from the naval academy
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GENERAL RECOGNITION.

New York, March 5.-Tons Of earth fell
on a gang Of sixty men working in a
trench on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
railroad in Flatbush today. Three work
men were killed and several were hurt.
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Buffalo, n. Y, March s-The Dro-
bach-Hill team won the six-day bicycle
race, which ended at midnight. The
Demara-Stein team was second, and
the Bedell brothers third. The men
rode ten hours daily for six days, COW
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ADOPTION Of SOCCER URGED TO
GIVE utah COLLEGES FALL SPORT

W. Anse secretary Of the Soccer Boosters club presents the
following article support of his claim that the game Soccer foot
bali should adopted the church schools of the state He that
American football prohibited there fall sport the IT,
B. Y. c. and L. D. S.
only give the athletes of these schools game for the fall
Utah collegiate schedule Mr. Ansel and the
club urges the adoption the game all Utah colleges