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The Parker post., 1911-12-16
LOCAL NEWS

Xmas gifts at the City Drug Store.
Houses for Rent, Furnished and
Unfurnished
G.. A. MARSH COMPANY.
A good4sized crowd attended the
dance at Detrick'S hall Tuesday even
ing. Fine time is reported.
Last night was the coldest OF the
season, but back east it would have
been called ideal winter weather
Christmas will soon be here, and
it behooves you to do your shopping
early and avoid the crush.
A. f. Bowers returned Tuesday
night from a trip to Bradshaw noun
tains, where he was called on a min
ing deal
Shop early and get first choice
City Drug Store.
f. c. Schanck, engineer in charge ,ol
plant. accompanied by John J. Gran.
vile of Los Angeles, arrived yester-
day morning on a trip Of inspection.
Tom Hardwick, who is now ranch
ing ON the Big Sandy. came dow.
from that place last Monday and ex-
poets TO take contract for the Con.
tinental assessment work
See our line of fine Xmas goods
just received. Appropriate gifts fol
all City Drug Store
Notice has been received that the
proposed sale of eatableS announces
in last issue to take place Dec. 16.
by the ladies of the w. T. c: e.. il
indefinitely postponed
James Haddock of Los Angeles ar
rived yesterday to let a contract fot
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
WELCOMED IN ASHANTI
MARY GAUNT'S EXPERIENCE IN
FAR WEST AFRICA.
Lone White Woman Received With
Weird and Elaborate Ceremonies
by Natives.

The first white woman to reach the
far hinterland of West Africa alone
and unaided by any member OF her
own race is the English novelist Mary
Gaunt Word Of her adventurous jour
ney trough tropical wilderness and
jungle has just reached London in the
form Of long personal letter from
Miss Gaunt to her solicitor, Mr.. Lau-
rie
The letter was dated at a point five
days journey beyond Kumassi, the last
outpost of civilization, where no white
woman had ever before ventured. The
excitement along the route proved a
source of great amusement to Miss
. Gaunt, as we'll as of some uneasiness.
At every village vast crowds of ma
uves We're assembled to see the
strange woman with the white face
and wonderful dress
AS she neared the entrance to a vii
lage the chiefs and their bodyguard
would come out to receive her in
state. with umbrellas twirling, tom
toms beating and long guns popping
royal salute A bevy of women
then rushed forward bearing gifts of
fowls, bananas, yams, eggs and huge
sented with weird ceremonial, while
the chiefs smiled and the populace
yelled and shouted vociferous well
come
Then came a moment OF embar-
rassed hesitation, while the chiefs con-
suited in lively fashion together. At
last the head chief marched solemnly
up to his fair skinned visitor and sa-
laamed three times beneath the royal
umbrella, always held over him by
two stalwart bearers after which was
delivered a sonorous speech which
request from the lord Of the jungle
that his people might look"
Of course they might. Such a cour-
teous way of presenting the request
could not be denied. Arrangements
were quickly made for formal recep-
ton, at which all the men and women
of the village filed past and stared
Wonder1ngly as they Salaamed low to
the strange woman with the white
face and hands who swathed her grace.
full form in so much unnecessary
clothing
MY carriers" writes Miss Gaunt in
conclusion, ARE awfully pleased that
l am a person Of such Importance,
though l am not quite so pleased my
self in one way. You see if the chief
happens to be particularly hospitable
it sometimes costs me at least E1 for
biscuits, which the women and chill
dren consume ravenously Still, as |
am the first white woman here am
prepared to pay for my Importance. %
Miss Gaunt was in splendid health
at the time of writing and so inter
ested in her surroundings that the
date OF her return to civilization was
ndefniate-London Standard
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
A Race Of Tenors.

Generally speaking, races living at
high attitudes have weaker and more
highly pitched voies than those living
in regions where the supply of oxygen
is more plentiful
Thus. in South America among the
Indians living on the plateaus, be.
tween the ranges Of the Andes, at an
elevation of from 10000 feet to l4,OO0
feet, the men have voices like women.
and the women like children, their
singing being a shrill monotone-Har.
per's Weekly.
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
Apples In Brush Markets.

The apple is the most important
fruit coming to the British market.
American apples are very popular led
by such varieties as the. Newtown Pip
pin and the Hood River The only OBJ,
lection urged is that of size The
most popular sizes are those ranging
from 12O to $50 crate, whereas some
of the arrivals from Oregon and Cal
ifornia run as large as 70 or 80 a
crate. The English retail trade does
not want the extra large apple Fruit
Is sold by the pound, and the number
of fruit that can be contained in a
fixed weight plays large part in its
sale
The Parker post., 1911-12-16

the assessment work on the Continer-
tai group He left for the property
yesterday morning accompanied by
Tom Hardwick.
Mrs. T. Nj. brennan left for Los
Angeles last week and expects to
remain there several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. j A. Laird and baby
daughter arrived yesterday from Sal
mon City, Idaho. They expect to
make Parker their future home.
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
CHRISTMAS TURKEYS

18c Id. F. O. 3. Phoenix Order ear
Bronze birds for breeding purposes.
GEO. w. BIEHN. R. D. 2, Phoenix.
AriZ
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
Bait.

She--Why Charlie, you seem to
have become quite man of fashion
such clothes! such 1ewelry!
He-Yes, you see, my creditors are
very anxious that | should get mar
mplicissiE,us.
The Parker post., 1911-12-16

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
PARKER BANK & TRUST COM
PANY,AT PARKER, IN THE TER.
RITORY OF ARIZONA, AT THE
CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. S,
1911:
The Parker post., 1911-12-16
Total

Territory of Arizona. County OF Yu-
mass.
l, G. c.. DUNN, Cashier OF the
above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
true to the best of my knowledge and
belief
G. c. DUNN. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of Dec, 1911
R. c. SAUFLEY.
Notary Public
My commission expires Oct. II,
1913.
(Notarial Seal)
Correct-Attest:
JAS. 3. ROSS.
j. F. RANEY.
r. NJ BRENNAN
Directors
Evening star., 1911-08-21
WOOD IS 9TH BIG LEACUER
TO PITCH NO-HIT GAME
Speedy Red Sox Pitcher Is Only Heaver to
Perform Feat During Present Season.

SoX May .. 1904. when the Philadelphia
Athletics trudgad through nine innings
without one of their number reaching
n base. October =. 1905. Joss, pitching
for Cleveland. suffered not one White
SoN to arrive at the initial sack
To appreciate the herculean efforts
necessary to accomplish what these two
heroes OF the diamond did. contemplate
that there are twenty seven consecu-
tive times that the batter must he pre-
vented from reaching first base and
that IL is possible for him to do so by
any one of nine different ways:
4 hit
a base on balls
An error.
A third strike missed by the catcher.
whose throw to the first baseman does
not beat the runner TO the bag.
Batter hit by pitched ball.
Batter interfered with by catcher.
Fair ball hitting an umpire.
First basenan blocking the base line
when he has not the ball I'm his hands
or the pitcher doing the same.
Any player using his cap. glove. pro-
tector or other part of his uniform Tn
assist in catching a ball when the
glove. cap or part of uniform is de-
tached or not In its proper place
None of these things must happen.
Is IL any wonder, then, there are only
two no-man- to the first-base games In
history? Long live Cy Young; long
live the memory of Addie Joss. answer
Evening star., 1911-08-21

there will be no change in the usual pro-
lection for the hands.
Boxers wear such thick adhesive band
ages around the fingers and knuckies that
fve-ounce gloves will be plenty large
enough. But there's a rule prohibiting
seconds from pushing the hair padding
in the gloves back from the knuckles, an
old practice calculated to Increase pun
ishment
The deadheads will receive body blow
under the per cent allotment for them:
This rule will cut down the free list OF
each club at least 70 per cent. AS an Il
lustration, the Twentieth Century a. e
in the ST Nicholas rink can seat 3..n
persons. Two per cent of this capacity
will be set aside for "complimentar1es.
or sixty-four in all. Some of the pro-
moters are inclined 10 abolish the free
list entirely, except in the cases OF oox-
ers, managers and officials Of other clubs,
who will be admitted without charge.
In many cases persons who nave Sc
cured free tickets in the past have been
able to pay top prices but have glorled In
the fact that they've known somebody on
the inside. Promoters who have been
afraid to turn down influential deadheads
can now put up the bars. at the same
time placing the blame on the state. Ihls
arrangement, therefore, means increased
gate receipts. which in turn Will proVide
q greater state tax.
Chairman Sullivan has made 1t clear
that the commission will not be controlled
by politics. He says everybody will be
fairly treated. No applications for IL
censes will be refused if they are made in
good faith and comply with the law.
Persons with influence behind them Will
receive no more favors than those who
wish to operate on their own merits. In
short, the commission Is pledged to carry
on the provisions of the law without fear
or favor regardless of the consequences.
When the law is enforced August 20 for
the first time it is confidently believed
that at least four clubs will be in shape
to go ahead. the National Sporting Club
Twentieth Century A c.. Fairmont A. c.
and Madison Square A. c., which has {
years lease on the garden. p. I. Powers
says he has a lease on the big amphithe-
ater for one year dating from the first
of this month, and declares that the
building will not be torn down In March
The commission will held several meet
ings this week. and other rules may be
drafted, including one that will compel
boxers to live up to signed agreements
with clubs covering appearance and
weight. This will prevent boxers from
breaking contracts at the request of riva
promoters.
Evening star., 1911-08-21
ENGLISH RACE HORSES
ARE DETER|ORAT|NG

English turf authorities are trying to
find a reason for the acknowledged
scarcity of staying or distance performers
on the British training grounds. "Augu-,"
in the Sporting Life, says: THE truth of
the matter would seem to be that practi-
cally all the interest once taken in long
distance racing is now non-existent, CT. at
any rate, rapidly becoming SO. Nowadays
everything Is sacrificed to speed Per-
sonally, l think the stamina of our thor
oughbreds has deteriorated of late years,
and this opinion is unreservedly shared
by more than one veteran racegoer whom
1 have consulted He regretfully COM
ments on the decline of the Chester Cup,
the Northumberland Plate the Go dwood
Plate and every other long-distance hand
icap ex ep ing the Cesarewitch. { and dds:
1.-The present state of affairs could be
readily bettered, but the methods should
recommend are. l fear. far too drastic to
possess any chance of ever getting beyond
the stage of discussion. | would abso ute
iy abolish all two-year-cld racing except
in September. October and November: do
away with selling plates of whatever kind
or description; make the minimum dis
tance Of every race mile. except in the
case Of two-year-olds, and insist that
every program should include at least two
races per day of Two miles or over. There
is nothing paruculaFly original ABOUT
these suggestions. fer they obtain in
France to a modified degree
In that country there are no two-year-
old races until August. and horses three
years old and over rarely run less than
a mile. A lyrical days racing at Chan
lilly on a Sunday in May was one If five
events, the distances of which were one
mile and three furlongs. two miles ard a
half, che mile and a quarter one mile and
q half and one mile a d a quarter
Nov r1,,r'r 1ynx Nr-l colt
Swynford. by John q Gaunt-Canter5u-y
Pilgrim. is considered to be the best horse
in England at weight for age and over a
route of a mile and quarter or over.
Evening star., 1911-08-21
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ONE.
UMPIRE TO HANDLE GAME
"With Arbiter Behind Bat He Is Sure to
Miss Many Plays" Contends
Billy Evans.

Bill Evans says that two umpires are
necessary to maintain the dignity of
the game, or words to that effect.
Bill was reading where Hank O'Day
is on record with a statement that one
umpire can take care of any game. Mr.
Evans is strictly against those senti-
ments.
Players want fair decisions and if
they don't get them they YELL" said
Evans today, "all of which is only per-
a game fairly, no matter how fair he is
and no matter how hard he tries.
Now. I'll just show you where the
single umpire system would be bad.
This happened last Thursday at Ben
nett Park. Jack Egan was behind the
plate and 1 was umpiring on the bases.
Bauman tried to steal second. / called
him out.
Weren't you bit off on that Bau-
man dccision?' Egan asked me after
the game
No; why do you ask that
why. the throw was late. He had
1t beaten easily, and / thought sure he
was safe
We'll, he would have been if he had
|, touched the bag. but he didn't touch
the bag. What he touched was Wag-
ner's foot. Wagner had him completely
blocked off and he couldn't reach the
base
There is just one instance to show
how the umpire behind the plate would
miss decisions il he were trying to
umpire the base plays at the same time.
, 1t is necessary that the umpire on balls
and strikes stand behind the home
plate. 1t is also necessary that the
Evening star., 1911-08-21
mber Of Amateur Leagues Will Not Be Reduced By One Team RUE
CLARKE ROGUE CHAMPION.
Springfield Player Beats BoswortL
for Title by One Game.

NORWICH. Conn. August 2i.-Edward
Clarke CT Springfield. Mass. coming
through the games with an unbroken
string Of victories since the oreui z OF
the tou, ney, is the winner of the annual
tournament cf the National Rogue Asso-
ciation which has been in progress on
the courts of the Norwich Club here. He
has d total CT eleven games won and
none lost. while Harold Bosworth Of New
London. last years CHAMPION. is second
with ten games won and one lost.
+. r. Burns OF Mer.den playing in the
sec nd dvis on. def at d J E. Webb ana
J.. $. Williamson. TEis ties rim for first
place with l.. +. Whitaker of Springfield
with eleven games won and two lost The
tie will be played off this week.
Evening star., 1911-08-21
POST-SEAS0N GAMES
TO BE PLAYED TODAY

Cornell VS.. Post Office. LIST and
VI streets northeast, 5:15.
Manhattan VS.. American SecU-
rity, North Capitol and v streets,
J:15.
Southland VS.. Car Department,
18th street and Columbia road,
5:15.
Evening star., 1911-08-21

George Jackson the new outfelder of
the Boston Rustlers. who has been max
ing things hum since breaking into the
majors, is no relation to Joe Jackson
save that both belong to the brotherhood
of swat
Evening star., 1911-08-21

On past performances the Brooklyns
are more likely TO win the seasons series
from the Cubs than from the Bost ans.
They have won nine out of fifteen games
from the Cubs and seven out of fifteen
from the tailenders.
Evening star., 1911-08-21

The odds seem to favor the Cornell
Company in the post-season series. While
the team has not showed up as strong as
was expected it nevertheless has shown
sufficient ability to win all it's games
The fact that the Cornell team has
managed to get away with the games 1t
has SO far played without playing any
where near up to the standard that has
been set by the club during the year Is
one Of the best evidences that 1t at pres
ent stands the best show to come out
first.
1t seems that the only club which the
Paperhangers now have to fear In class
E is the AloySius, and il is doubtful II
that team will be able to hold it's own
when the two meet. Unless the Post
Office nine wins from Cornell this after
noon the Churchmen will not have much
of chance to win, as they have already
dropped one game, and if they did man
age to win the first contest against the
Cornell aggregation they would not be
likely to capture two in succession.
So far in the series the Cornell team
has battered its. way through by sheer
offensive power. just as it was predicted 1t
to playing together it is likely that its
defensive ability will be increased. The
summation of the situation is that the
other clubs in the series have played
above their usuA standard. while the
Cornell nine has yet failed to show it's
real ability. AS the Cornell team is
leading, this would tend to the belief
that the Paperhangers are in for another
post-season pennant.
Post Office at times has shown pitching,
fielding and batting strength enough to
cause 1t to come out in the lead in the
series had it played consistent game,
but 1t seemed unable to get the breaks,
and dropped the first two contests be-
fore it managed to get away with win
ming score. Had Post Office shown the
form in all its games that 1t has in its
last two. there is little doubt that it
would have won from every club that it
has met
Just what is the matter with the
American Security and Trust team is
hard to tell That the team has made
the poorest showing of the year in it's
last two games is a recognized fact.
That it has not played anywhere up to
the standard set in the early season is
evidenced by the manner in which 1t was
defeated by the Manhattan club, and
played to a tie by the Andrews team.
Failure to hit has been In the main re-
spcnsible for the slump, and also poor all
Evening star., 1911-08-21
FIGURE IN TRADES
PhiIIies Dispose of Pitchers
Rowan and Beebe.
SECURE CATCHER KILLIFER
Cliff Curtis of Cubs to Join DOOM 8
Team-No Stars In.
volved.
SECURE CATCHER KlLLIFER
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
PHILADELPHIA. August 21.-The
Phillies have disposed of the two
pitchers they secured from the Cincin-
natl club in the famous trade Of last
winter.
. 1t was announced that Jack Rowan,
who has been sad disappointment
here. had been traded to the Chicago
Cubs for Pitcher Cliff Curtis.
This will make the third club with
which Curtis has been this season. He
started out with the Boston Nationals,
he comes to the Quakers. It is said
that Curtis was dissatisfied with the
Cubs. and that he should do good work
for the Quakers.
Curtis doubtless had lots of reason
to be displeased with his trade to Chi
cago. The deal sent him from a lowly
tailender to leading team, and gave
him q chance to get some world q
series coin. Curtis source of dissatis-
faction was doubtless too much pros
perity being thrust upon him all at
once.
However. the Phillies didn't get any
the worse of the DEAL Rowan started
off last spring like star by winning
from New York when Mathewson was
his opponent. but since then he has
failed to set the woods on fire. He
looks to have the goods, but he has
failed to deliver.
A Pitcher for Catcher.
Another deal in which the Phillies
We're involved was the sending of Fred
Beebe and some cash to Buffalo for
Catcher Killifer. The latter Is touted
as an unusually promising young
backstop. Beebe. like Rowan, was also
secured from Cincinnati. and, like
} Jack. Fred has not come up to the
mark. Had either Rowan or Beebe
filled the bill. the Quakers would have
| many more victories to their credit
and would be fighting it out with the
leaders for the pennant
Swapping pitchers has never been
any good to either the Phillies or the
Reds. Eight twirlers have been shift
ed by them in the last eighteen
months. In the first trade, Corridor
and Coveleski went from the Phillies
to Cincinnati for Ewing and Brennan
Corridor and Coveleski are In the mi
nors. Ewing is still with the Phillies
although he Is seldom worked, and
doing grand work and will return to
the home team.
The next trade sent Beebe and
Rowan here and McQuillan and Moren
to Cincinnati. Now the two former
Reds go to other clubs. McQuillen was
a rank disappointment to the Reds
and went back to the minors, while
Moren has been absolutely useless.
There is also some aftermath of
another big deal Last year the Bos-
ton Americans secured Purtell and
Pitcher Frank Smith from the Chicag GO
White SOx for Harry Lord and Me-
Connell. Smith was let out early in
the season by Boston and Joined the
Reds. Now Purtell has been sent to
the Toronto club.
Evening star., 1911-08-21
CAN'T GIVE DECISION
Referees in New York Bouts
Won't Declare Winner.
PROMOTERS ARE SATISFIED
Five-Ounce Gloves to Be Used.
Commission Selects Ref
ereeS.
PROMOTERS ARE SATISFIED

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. August 81. = The rules
framed by the state athletic commission
to govern boxing contests under the new
law met with general approval among
club promoters and sporting men who
read them over for the first time yesfer-
day. The commissioners evidently have
studied conditions with much care, for
the rules are clearly worded and cover
all of the important points. Messrs. Sui
livan, O'Neil and Dixon We're unanimous
in opposi referees decisions, although
tremendous pressure was brought to bear
to induce them to allow such verdicts.
Chairman Sullivan, from the time he
was first requested to serve on the COM
mission. stated privately that If referees
were allowed to decide winners and losers
much trouble would result, and the sport
might receive black eye. Mr.. Sullivan
is thoroughly familiar with the facts in
connection with the repeal Of the Horton
law in 1900, and It is his plan to avoid
a repetition of incidents that dragged box
ing in the mire.
In prohibiting these decisions the COM
mission is commended by some OF the
most prominent club promoters. Pres
ident Gibson of the Falrmont A. c. said
yesterday:
TT is the proper move and the commits
sion is entitled to praise. Decisions are
not necessary. Ten-round exhibitions
provide plenty of sport without them
With no official rulings by referees and
the absolute suppression Of betting. box
ing will develop wonderfully"
Promoters Pleased.
Il am glad that the commission has
r
O'Rourke of the National Sporting Club
There can be no unpleasant complica-
tions and no scandal. 1t doesn't mean that
referees would be dishonest, but some
times they make mistakes, and that
causes trouble.
1.-The commission has acted wisely" re-
marked Patsy Haley, the official referee
of O'Rourke's club. with no decisions
there can be very little fauH-finding. De-
cisions would encourage betting"
i've always been opposed to decisions"
said William Shea, the hacker OF the
Twentieth Century a. c. They cause ILL
feeling sometimes and promote gambling.
The commission has made an excellent
move"
Many other comments OF this kind
could be printed. but suffice to say that
the commission has made a pronounced
hit right at the beginning Of its Official
career. and has convinced the public that
the sport will be handled on a safe and
sane basis. The rule covering the sane
ton of referees. timekeepers and other
ring officials also finds favor.
1t is probable that the commission will
O.. *. such referees as Charley White,
Patsy. Haley, william jon. Billy Roche,
Tim Hurst and Daniel Tone and severat
others known to be both competent and
honest But under no circumstances will
the commission dictate to clubs as to the
employment of such officials. Each club
will be allowed to make it's own selections
and then seek official approval.
Weight Of Gloves Sensible.
The rule covering the weight of the
Evening star., 1911-08-21

Mike Donlin says he has found that
there is a vast difference between prac-
ticing base ball and actually playing the
game II find that McGraw was right
when he told me that 1t would be tough
job to get going at first" says Mike.
Evening star., 1911-08-21

Pitcher Joe Benz who is expected to
report to the White Sox from the West
ern League. held St. Joseph to three hits
in a game last week. Tex Jones. batting
as a pinch hitter. made one of the hits.
Ray Powell coming to the White SoX,
got one of the others.
Evening star., 1911-08-21

Nick Maddox has been pitching so we'll
fer the Kansas City club that the Pirates.
who have an option on him will subject
him to the recall. Maddox pitched three
two-ht games in succession and in the
Missouri valev is regarded as greater
twirler than O'Toole.