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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
AUTOS
BURN Up
TRACK

Indianapolis, Ind, May 25.-Circling
at flying speed the two and one-half
mile polished brick course Of the In
dianapolis motor speedway, most Of the
celebrated drivers of racing automo-
biles that will contest in the three days
race meet that will open here next Fri
day. tried out their cars and the track
yesterday.
Chevrolet and Burman in Bucks, Ait
ken and Kincaid with Nationals and
Lyle in an American. were among
those that spent the day on the course
Burman made the circuit in 1:49 and
Aitken in 1850 and the latter went a
mile OF the stretch in 0:3515
Barney Oldfeld today entered a
Knox car in a number of the events.
including the 2oo-niIe race. which will
be held on Saturday. Caleb Baagg. an
amateur driver Of Cincinnati, will ar
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cautious Delaney. when approached on
the subject. Il Just paid casual visit
to Johnson with a number of friends,
and I am going right back to Hardin
Springs. I will be down once or twice
again before the date of the fight and
1t is highly probable 1 will be out to
see Johnson, not as an adviser, though.
I guess Johnson knows how to train.
I am not going to say that Johnson
hasn't made a proposal to me in re-
gard to seconding him. but 1 repeat,
nothing has been settled yet"
Delaney would not express an opinion
as to Johnson's condition further than
to say that he did not see why both
of the big fellows should not be in the
best Of shape by July 4
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
STURM TEAM
NOW HAS
HIGH SCORE

Sturm's consistent bowling on Cox's
alleys last night put himself and his
partner Mcfarland in first place in the
two-man event. Leslie and Jaques
dropped to second place. Sturm's three
successive strikes in the last game won
for the two men.
Two other contestants will roll to-
night which will close the doubles
Some of the scores made on Cox's al
leys during the present tournament
have been good ones for this part OF
the region. Following are the scores
made by the teams who figure in the
money getting:
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CUBS CORRAL SECOND
BY SLAMMlNG MOORE

Perishing for the time much of his
Wanted wildness( Harry McIntire yes
terday hurled the cubs, not quite, but
nearly, to the top of the heap, cross
circuiting Dooin's live wires, making 1t
two straight, to 8. Mac and his
salivated slants worked to perfection
save in the second and sixth innings,
when ill-timed ascensions and either
boots or wallops produced all the quak-
er ta1lies.
Victory for the West Siders came
when most desirable, for the redlegs
had crawled uncomfortably near. Much
Of this pressure was swept aside, how
ever. when the lowly Bostonese throt-
tied the Rhinelanders and the pirates,
lying idle at the instance of the wealth
err man, today find themselves but sew
en- points above Chances troupe
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
NOTES OF SEMI-PROS

Philadelphia Giants will start their
1910 Chicago campaign with their
game this afternoon at Logan Square
park, against Jimmy Canahans All
Stars.
VIII Trinkaus has been signed by
Frank McNichols of the West Ends
and will pitch his first game for the
West Siders this week
"Jiggs" Donohue released Andrews
last week from the Red Sox of the
Chicago league in order to make room
for Doran in the outfeld and he was
promptly grabbed or by the Gunthers.
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East Chicago, Ind. May 25.-The c.,
I. & S. Boilermakers retained their lead
in the Calumet Industrial league Sun
day morning when they defeated the
Grassel1i team at the North Hammond
grounds by the score of Is to 9, in a
swatting contest. The game was mar
red by frequent fumbling. although 1t
was closer than the score indicates as
the Grasselli team gathered twelve safe
bingles to the Boilermakers' thirteen.
Score was as follows:
GrasseIi ......4 0 0 l. 9
Boilermakers ....3 6 lis
Observation-Disclosures Haugh and
Murphy; Murray and Hudson.
The American Steel Foundry team
was an easy victory over the Standard
Steel Car team at Indiana Harbor Sat
urday afternoon by winning the game
9 to l. The Standard team was greatly
handicapped by Walker, their pitcher,
Am. ST.. Fdry. 80 O. o 2 3 0 2 1 1-9
Standard Stl Car. i 0 o 0 0 0 o 0 OIL
The U. S. Metals dropped a game to
the I. H. Belt team at East Chica go
Friday morning by the score of to 1.
1t was good game up to the fifth in
ming, both sides playing clean, fast
ball, but in the sixth Jones, pitching
for the u S. team, assembled, looking
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
BILLS BEST AT TRAPS

Des Moines. Ia. May 25.-With a
score of TIA out OF 1870, F. G. Bills of
Chicago led the field yesterday over the
traps In the Great Western handicap.
Although Bills finished the day as high
man, the sensation of the shoot was in
the remarkable record made by w. r.
Crosby of O'Fallon. Ill. who made a
score OF 100 straight In the first five
events. Crosby was unable to keep up
his remarkable run, however. and fin
ished with a score of 172 out OF $50.
tying for second place with w. H. Heer
of Concordia. Kan.
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cts A GOOD THING. ("
HARBOR JUNIORS
DEFEATED, 40.

The East Chicago Turner's beat the
Harbor Juniors Saturday, 4 to O. In
the first inning the Turner's had two
men on bases when Joe Mysliwy came
to bat and hit home run, clearing the
sack. In the fifth inning John O'HaIla
hit for two bases and the man on sec
ond scored. Joe Bower pitched for the
East Chicago Turner's. The Turner's
would like to book a game for May 90.
For games address j. P. Mysliwy, East
Chicago; phone 1893
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
SPORTING NOTES
CLARK STATION AT
WHITING SUNDAY

The Clark Station White Sox will
play the Sutherland Colts at Whiting
next Sunday. The White Sox defeated
the Switzerland Colts here two weeks
ago by the score of 8 to 5, and this
Will be an interesting game. Batteries
will probably be Wawrzyniak and
Dutch Kruger for the White Sox and
Mike and Sutherland for the Colts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25

The following games have been
scheduled for the next two weeks:
Saturday, May 2S-American Steel VS..
l. H. Belt. at East Chicago; Standard
Car Co VS.. c. L & S. Boilermakers, at
Hammond.
Sunday. May 2e-Grasselli Chemical
Co VS.. U. S. Metals Refining Co., at
Hammond.
Saturday. June 4-Grasselli Chemical
Co. VS.. American Steel Foundry, at
East Chicago
East Chicago Sunday. June 81 H
Belt VS.. Standard Car Co lat Hammond.
c.. I. & S. Boilermakers VS. u. S. Met
ais, at Hammond.
The league Is meeting with success
right along, the only trouble being
found in not having enough umpires.
The umpires are paid 81 per game.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
WITHHOLD PLANS
FOR AERO MEET

New York, May 25.-Members of the
board of governors OF the Aero Club
of America discussed plans today for
the holding of the International avia-
ton meeting, which 1t is proposed to
hold next october on Long Island. but
failed TO take formal action on either
the location or the details of conducting
the meeting IN question.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
WHITE GOING TO
COAST FOR BOUTS

Charlie White. the Chicago feather
weight will leave for Los Angeles
about June to fight frankie Conley.
claimant of the bantamweight cham
pionship. Nate Lewis. manager of
White, received word yesterday from
Tom McCarey that he would stage a
ten round go with Conley. White fights
Willie Gibbs eight rounds at Memphis
Monday night.
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Results Yesterday.
NATIONAL. LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago, 8; Philadelphia, 3.
Cincinnati. O; Boston, 3.
St. Louis. 0; Brooklyn, 6.
PittsburgNew York, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York. 8; Chicago, (twelve in
nings, darkness).
Boston, 4; Cleveland. g.
Washington 8; Detroit, ?.
Philadelphia, /: St Louis, s.
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YALE, 8; AMHERST, 2.

New Haven. Conn. May 25.-Yale
won, to 2. from Amherst yesterday
afternoon in the most stubbornly
fought game of the season.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
HAMMOND BO|lERMAKERS LEAD
IN The INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE

for the comet and letting in FIVE runs
Score:
U. S. Metals ....0 o1o 0 OIL
I. H. Belt. ........0 0 o L o-S
Batteries-Jonas and Jergins; Smith
and Hess.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
WADDELL'S ARM
NOT FRACTURED

ST. Louis, May 25.-An x-ray examin-
alton OF ''Rube" Waddell's arm today
showed the bones were not fractured
IN a recent game at Boston.
Try a Lavender Cigar. it's goodl
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
PIGEON MAKES
:. FAST FLIGHT

Kewanee, Ill. May 25-In a homing
pigeon race of ffty-1ve birds from
Quincy to Kewanee the winning pigeon
made an airline flight of 131 miles In
four hours and seven minutes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25
OBERLIN 4; MICHIGAN /

Oberlin. Ohio, May 25.-With only
four scattered hits Oberlin defeated the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25

II you are a Judge OF quality try q
Lavender Cigar.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25

II you smoke a Lavender Cigar once
you will always call for them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25

rive with his Fiat racer today and or
Thursday the speedway will be boom
ing with all of the cars entered in the
programs of the three days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-25

University of Michigan baseball team
yesterday, 4 to l. Errors and wildness
did the rest, one run being forced home
by a pass with the bases full. An error
also helped in the making of Michigans
lone run.
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This makes the standing Of the team.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01

there was sorrow in the town or Lee
because its chief citizen had passed
away. He was rich man and had
much goods laid up iii store Nobody
ever suspected that lie was anything
but the upright man he appeared to
be while lie lived and 1t would be
hard to pronounce sentence upon him
now that he is dead
"gut Jesus stopped down. and with
His finger wrote on the ground, as
though He heard them not. So when
they continued asking Him, He lifted
IN Himself, and said unto them, He
hot Is without sin among you, let
hin, cast tho first stone at her. And
again, He stopped down, and wrote on
the ground"
That is the whole argument and the
only defence that can be made for
the weaknesses and imperfections of
humanity, and 1t Is good only so long
as 1t works both ways, for the woman
who was caught with Mr.. Smith IN
his inhdelity as we'll as for Mr.. Smith
who had lived all his life in the odor
of Sanctlty. 1neTe are tei' . ipi
smith; there ought to be tears also
for the woman who was his compan
ion. The poor sick wife whom this
cody man had left at his home in Mas
sachusetts does not want to know who
she was and there, 1t seems to us, for
the sake of the living the veil should
be drawn aud the light shut out, al
though the newspapers and the law
officers, who are inclined to sensation,
appear to be inclined to ''go to the bot
tom" of the miserable affair What
for? except to make the situation all
tho harder for the living and with no
possible advantage to the dead. Be-
sides, Mr., Wellington Smith was one
of the anointedf of the COM
munity and the woman who
was with him was his friend, 1T
would" do no good to expose her. a
woman sixty years of age and with
grey hair and brown eyes. That is
enough.
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objection to throwing tho old masters

objection to throwing tho old masters
overheard.
The result was distinct victory for
Wagner. His operas were performed
for u total OF 81 times during tho
season, from the graceful I,ohenErln
to the ponderous and mastery Gotter.
dammerung. After Wagner came
Verdi whose tuneful operas were heard
"a times. La Travlata and II Trovatore
were on the list, as matter of course,
and the latter maintained It's hold on
the people: but Verdi's later operas,
his Aida, his Talstaff and his otcllo--
the operas upon which his claims to
Immortality rest. were clearly the
popular favorites.
Puccini. as the best OF the moderns,
came next in prominence, though this
honor was due moro to the influence
of n single fashionable element than
to tho real merits of the composer.
There was a most noticeable decline
in the popularity of the older Italian
masters. Rossinrs William Tell.
example. which made the opera gcers
| cheer to the echo in other days, was
| not heard at a single performance;
and Donizetti's La Sonnambula, in
| which Jenny Lind immortalized her
self, was withdrawn after single
| performance. Even the great French
master, Gounod. was heard but five
times, and for some strange reason
| Bizet was not given hearing.
If the popular taste really approved
! the operas in the order of their pre-
| sentation. then the popular taste is
Whimsical beyond all comprehension.
| or course, Wagner deserved his place
as the greatest master of them all,
and the genial Verdi probably should
! rank second; but why should the other
| masters of the nineteenth century be
| RELOCATED to the rear. Music Is music,
| and It's depth, It's charm and It's power
| do not decline with years. Weber and
| Donizetti and Bellini and GluclS are as
| great to-day as they ever were. and
their music is as Justly deserving Of
a hearing. Great men lived before
Agamemnon, and great music was
written before Puccini, even though
the New York opera goers may not
know it.
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WHIsIs IN MUSIC,

The operate stars are beginning to
take flight across the Atlantic and the
season is over. The New York mil
lionaires who make the metropolitan
opera season possible are gravely fac
ing the annual deficit with a COM
mendable degree of philosophy, and
the managers of the opera are figuring
out Just how and why the season was
so great success artistically and SO
signal a failure financially.
Various reasons have been alleged
for the financial losses, and all of them
are being threshed out in the musical
weeklies, but none Of them Is of gen
eral interest, except the usual ex,
PLANTATION that the rivalry between the
patrons OF the Metropolitan and the
Manhattan led to expenditures which
neither house was justified In making
In tho midst of all the controversy
however, some very interesting figure,
have been given, showing what opera.
We're presented and what operas re.
ceiyed the greatest need Of popula,
approval,
The Metropolitan singers appeared
141 times during the season Just closed
and sang total of 81 operas, coverine
the whole aeld OF modern music from,
Gluck TO Massapet, Tho Italians, tn.
Frenohman and the Germans we're all
submitted to the criticisms OF tho
audiences. wirh the understanding that
The management would put on those
operas which the people wanted tc
hear II the people desired tho Ger.
man opera, presto they had 1t; IL the.
wished TO spend three nights weel
In listening TO the trills Of the Doni,
zetti school. the management was
nm. III Vua ~ ~
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A New York justice has decided that
where q man hires cab in New York
and does not pay his fare, the methods
of making him cough up depend en-
tirely upon the residence OF the man
in question. If he be a resident of
New York. the process must be civil,
ana 1t is useless to prosecute the man
criminally. If he come from else
where, he can be arrested under a
criminal warrant and tried. This is
about the first good reason we have
ever heard why man should live ir
New York.
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Daily Queries and Answers
Address all communications for this Query Editor
Times Dispatch. Nomathematal
valued and no dealers will given.

to the south OF tho present Soldiers
Home.
2. This date, also, has not been fixed.
Tho property will be situated to thu
rear OF the present Soldiers Home.
The Address of the state Veterinarian.
Please give address OF state Voter
MARIAN and does he give free advice
by mall on the care OF animals?
A READER.
ORD. q Ferneyhough. Burkeville, Va.
VIII give you general information, but
cannot prescribe for special cases.
JcTrics nnd johnson.
I. Please tell me whether you think
Jeffrles will beat in his fight against
Johnson or not?
2. Which has the best standing as q
prize-fghter? DRONE.
|. We are going to put our money
on .Jerries, but prIze-fight Is always
q doubtful contest.
2. Jeffres has tho better standing,
though he is getting old. and the ques-
tion Is whether or not he VIII be able
to develop the peccssary staying power
In n long fight.
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THE MAN AND THE WOMAN.

Mr.. Smith was known as deeply
religious man. He was a leader in
the Prohibition movement and joined
the No License Association because he
wanted TO sec the sale of liquor ban
ished from Lee for the good of the
morals of the young men of the town,
He was a staunch member of the Lee
Congregational Church. TO which he
was a liberal contributor. aud was "a
member of its Prudential and Finan-
cial Committee. His home, Elm Croft,
lies in the shadow Of the church stee-
nle Just across from the village green,
and when an attempt was made a
short time ago to discontinue the ring
Ing OF the bell In the steeple, Mr..
Smith was the foremost TO object, be-
cause he liked to listen to the toll
Eng"
What beautiful character Mr..
Smith must have been; yet he was
found in boarding house in New
York several days ago with his neck
broken in folding bed which had
been occupied with him by woman
sixty years old whose name is not yet
known and with whom, so far as any
OF his friends have admitted. he hac
never been ON intimate terms
The story we have told was taken
from the New York Times which
prints only the news that is fit te
print. and IT shows in an altogether
familiar. II pitifpl way the weak
nesses Of the human machine which
we are accustomed to call divine
Smith was buried yesterday at Lee,
tMassachusetts All The. stores in the
town we're closed In his honor and
the paper mills Of, which he was pres
Ident shu. down during the obsequies
!1t was a most iinpresAye eventin the
Efs OF that God-fearNg community
End doubtless there was fine music by
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SUNDAY. MAYs i, 1910.
uNro THE LEAST OF THESE.

Texas is the home of as many crazy |
schemes as is Boston, and consequent
~ nobody is ever surprised at any plan
which originates in that benighted
land At one time they were foolish
enough to think that their miserable
acres would grow real rice; at another
they were ignorant enough to believe
that Joe Bailey was fit to be President
OF the United States, and they havei
taken UP other notions, from year to
year, equally as preposterous'
Occasionally, however there is a
Elimmer of intelligence amid the dark
ness. Such was the case when Gal
weston hit upon working plan of city
government and such appears to be
the case in a. movement now on foot
an Texas to erect some memorial or
other to the memory Of the old-time
Southern servant. though there is
dcgree of sentiment about the latter
idea that makes one doubt that 1T
could really have been originated in
Texas. AS matter of fact, monu-
mont to the negro was erected years
ago, at Fort Mill, York county, South
Carolina, by Captain S. u. White, an
pld Confederate soldier.
1t may not be feasible or desrab'
10 erect a million dollar monument in
some Southern city to the memory of
the faithful servants of the South. as
the plan now Isl but-it is honorable
i,
these negroes in the traditions of the
South. Perhaps no people ever lived
who played their humble part In a
great civilization as well as did the
house servants of the South in ante
bellum days They were distinct
race. with ideals of their own. with a
spirit of their own. They had as much
a place in Southern life as the planter
Or the poor white" and they deserve
as much TO be remembered as theis
masters and their mistresses.
Those who remember the old ser
wants of the South can never think o
them without tenderness and never re
call their good traits but with pleas
ure. They We're a faithful folk, loya
to their masters. loyal to their labor
The approach of liberatlng armies di'
not transform them into assasstns o
make them leave their masters homes
defenseless. In sickness and Jn health
in the prosperous days before the wal
and in the dismal days of reconstruc.
ton, the best of the blacks never fall
tered.
Then, too, they were the soul of
courtesy The house servants were
raised with their masters and their
masters children, and they felt the
responsibility ofsthsir opposition. They
were well grounded. in the rules of.
gentle bearing and they never forgot
them. The butler who waited at the
table was often as perfect gentle
man as the master whom he served,
and the maid was no less well-bred in
some cases, than her mistress. Their
3 honor was precious to them, and their
bearing was their pride.
Other good traits they had and
many of them. These are not known
to their children. and they are MOI
known to all the present dominan
race in the South; but their goo
deeds. their piety, their honor anc
their faithfulness live after them
they have place in the hearts o
those who knew them and respecte
them.
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what the hell are you butting in
for?" is said by tho veracious reporter
of the New York Sun to have been
the question addressed by the thor
oughly excited Thomas Williams, of
the Hearst newspaper outfit, to Sir
Melville Elijah Stone at the press ban
quet In New York Thursday night.
Yet, one of the features" of the So
called up-to-date newspaper Is Those
Foolish Questions," A little reelection
OH the part of Mr.. Williams and a lit
tie moro familiarity with the best lit
erature of the day might have Impress
ed him with the idea that Sir Melville
comes very near being tho original OF
the gentleman who has been embalmed
by the poet laureate Of North Carolina
in these lines:
IT see pa come, stepping high.
AS was of his walk the way
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who would feed any number Of or
IL ono should say, There are orr
phans: here Is bread; 1 can spare IT..
therefore take It," that Is no charity.
No man is charitable In giving that
which lie can spare. Love does not
begin SO long as you can spare it.
But when a man says, l cannot very
well spare this, but ! cannot keep 1t
ban from Him who loved me and
gave Himself for me---that is charity.
Charity suffereth long and is kind:
charity vaunteth not itself. doth not
behave itself unseemly. Is not puffed
tp--cllnrity never faileth. Charity can
do all things. and everything, but
charity cannot fail"
Here we come to spiritual judy
mept. and criticism of the motive as
well as OF conduct. Who can put hia
motive into the fire and find no dross?
WHO can walk amid the things OF
earth and receive no spot? Who can
keep the heart and thought free from
all impurity? If we ask Why not ac-
Quit us at the point of having visited
the fatherless and widows in their af
Fiction? We have done SO much, lis
not that enough? Can we not be
spared the remainder of the test?--the
apostle says no: tho garment of the
man must be searched. Have you kept
yourself from all spot or appearance
Of evil? You know. and therefore you
must answer
Alas, Who can stand2