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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02
TWO NEWLEAGUEs ORGANIZING
Northern Iowa Cities and Missouri
Towns Arranging Circuits.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. January 1.-The base
ball fans of northern Iowa cities are get
ting busy in the organization of a league
which may include Charles City, Mason
City, Clear Lake, Humboldt, Fort Dodge,
Webster City. Iowa Falls. Boone. Mar
shalltown and Eldora. Most of these
cities supported semi-prOfessional teams
last season, and while some of them
played a losing game financially, it is
thought If league can be organized and
expenses kept down all the teams can
make money.
Some of the fans representing these
cities have been In conference. and it is
thought each combination would reduce
travelling expenses to a minimum. 1t is
quite probable that in February fans in
all the towns above mentioned will Sc
lect a delegate to represent them in a
general conference. Whether the league
deal goes through or not. several of these
cities will support Independent teams
next summer.
The Missouri State Base Ball League is
to be organized to include Sedal!a, Jeff
erson City, Columbia. 'Moberly. Macon,
Kirksville, Trenton and Chfllicothe. F..
Schriber of Sedalia is back Of the project
The circuit Is compact. apd II present
plans materialize the league should be a
success 1t takes in a territory tnat has
not had league base ball In several years.
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News and Comment From Every Nook of the World Of Spor
PADDY WAS DUE FOR
A LITTLE GOOD LUCK
Catcher Livingston Forced to,
Waste a Few Years in
Minors by Draft.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, January q
Some persons think that Paddy Living
ston, the bulky catcher who calls the
west Side his home, mighty lucky be-
cause he was member of the worlds
champions and able to take down a large
slice of the melon which was cut in Oc-
tober Paddy, however thinks that
Dame Fortune was due to smile on him
IN consequence Of the numerous cruel
jolts which she had previously handed
him.
Paddy AYERS that his i'll luck started
back in 1901 when Jimmy McAleer took
him away from the Baehrs and told him
TO report to him at League Park. Paddy
had neglected to bring his mitt along
with him and Bobby Wood and Joe Con-
nor, the Cleveland catchers at that time,
refused to loan him one. Consequently
Paddy was forced to warm up a pitcher
bare handed. but he was game and went
right to 1t. Then when the game began
and he was slated to go behind the bat,
McAleer dug up an old discarded mitt
and with that Paddy caught the game.
that warming up that it Way needless to
say he failed to distinguish himself as a
receiver. And incidentally, McAleer de-
cided he would not do, at least not yet a
while.
THAT was an awful black eye for me-"
says Livingston. at went out that I
was a lemon and no one wanted me. FL
nally, Kent gave me trial on their semi
pro team and eventually I landed in
Wheeling. Then Cincinnati took me. but
chased me along to indianapolis when
thought I was going good.
Then came my second attack OF bad
luck. My first year at Indianapolis was
q good one and Cleveland tried to buy
me. Watkins, though, would not sell and
Cleveland put in a draft for me. But
Watkins was shrewd enough to have De-
troit put in some drafts, too, ana Charley
Cars name was drawn from the hat.
OF course. 1t was only q covering up
scheme, and Charley went back TO In
dianapolis and l lost my chance to be-
come a Nap and draw q big league sal
airy.
':Somers tried again in 1908 to buy me.
Again Watkins refused to listen to any
OFFERS. Again Cleveland tried to draft
me, but that time Hayden was the player
drawn and I was booked to stick to the
Hoosiers. 1 suppose I would have gone
back but they cut my salary despite the
work l had done in helping them to win
the pennant. 1 simply refused to play
and finally Watkins was forced to sell
me to Connie Mack. SAmers was again
after me- but Watkins has been sore at
Cleveland ever since it drafted Jake
Thielman and would not listen to any
price Somers offered.
"And say, l am not nearly as old as
some Of the people think. I am only
|.twenty-nine years old"
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HELD POSITION 46 YEARS.
Old Freight Checker Cries When
Told He Must RESIGN.

CHICAGO, January John J. Cowhey,
head freight checker for the Illinois Cen
trail railroad at South Water street, was
forced to retire with the old year, after
having spent forty-six years and three
months in the employ Of the company.
During that time he held but one posi-
tion-that of freight checker. Cowhey,
who is seventy-two years old, cried when
told he must resign and accept a pen
sion.
II still can work. I am able to do as
much as ever I did. Please let me stay
he pleaded. 1.-The old freighthouse is the
only place where I am happy. / won't
know what to do if I have to sit at home
all day
Before he would write out his resigna-
ton he secured a monthly pass good on
the suburban trains of the road, SO that
he can ride down to the freighthOuse
whenever he gets lonesome.
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ATHLETIC NEWS AND NOTES.

The sudden passing away Of DR.. d.
Elmer Wiber, president Of the South At
lontic Branch Association of the ANA
teur Athletic Union. and one of our most
prominent leaders in athletics, came as
great shock to local athletes and ath-
lctic followers. Since his boyhood DR..
y,iber has been interested in sports Of
all kinds. Born and educated in Wash
ingtoll, he entered local athletics as soon
as he was old enough. starting of as a
member of Central High School. Later
he went to the National University (now
George Washington. from which school
he graduated in both dentistry and medi-
c,nE. He was a member Of the old CO.
liynbia Athletic Club. and represented
it on the cinder path in the dashes and
short distance events. winning several
notable races In and around Washington.
He was also a member Of the crew,
wearing the colYmD a.a,.t athletic ts.! Club
eight. pared shell races. When he de-
clied to drop out Of active athletics he
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CLINE TO CHALLENGE DAILY.
II Philadelphian Fights Shy Dc Orc
Nav Take Another Whirl.

NEW YORK, January Hilary Cline.
the former 1872 balk-line billiard cham
pion. may be John Days first challenger
for the three-cushion title which DAILY
wrested from Alfred De Orc last week.
If Cline does not shy his castor into the
ring-or on the table-De Orc may nudge
in again. as Tom Hueston has decided to
lay OF three cushions until next spring.
According to the rules, the loser of a
title match may challenge II no other def
Is hurled within five days after the
match. There seems to be no wild rush
for Days title. probably because the
Irtshman played such a strong game
against De Orc. The time limit expired
last Friday, and so far as is known,
neither Cline nor any of the western ex-
perts have posted forfeit to meet DAILY.
De Orc. under different circumstances.
might take advantage of this chance to
with William Clearwater next month will
keep him busy at the fifteen-ball game
so long that he would not have the time
he desires to prepare. himself for a return
match with DAILY. A champion must de-
fend the pool title within forty days after
being challenged. but sixty days is the
limit in three cushions. At best De Orc
could not have more than a month to
practice three cushions in case he chal.
ienged Daily now. as his pool match with
Clearwater will not be played until late
In January.
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LADY MEUx, BREEDER
OF vOLODYOVSM, DEAD
Well Known Woman Leased
Derby Winner to w. c.
Whitney,

NEW YORK. January 1.-The death OF
Lady Meux robs the English turf of not
only one of its fair devotees of the sport,
but of a woman who had achieved sue
cess as a breeder of several winners Of
notable blue ribbon events. She died at
her residence. Theobalds Park, Hartford
shire. She was the widow of Sir Henry
Bruce Meux-pronounced Mew-the last
holder of baronetcy created in 1884.
1t was as the breeder Of Volodyovskf
that Lady Meux became well known to
Americans. This colt was foaled in
Theobalds Park and was by Florizel III
La Refine. He was destined to play an
important part in the classics" of the
English society meetings. AS a two
year-old Lady Meux leased ''Voly." a.
he was soon affectionately called by the
race-going public. to Lord William Beres-
ford, who at one time was racing part
ner in England with the late Pierre
Lorillard.
The death Of Lord Beresford soon after
Voly's five victories practically threw the
colt into the market. Lady Meux was
willing to lease the colt for his three
year-old engagements. At that time the
late w. c. Whitney was alive and a
great patron of the turf. Like many
another man with good wholesome red
blood in his veins, he was anxious to
win the Derby. Here was his chance
and he grabbed il. He made Lady Meux
most liberal offer for the winning quail
tiles of the colt for his three-year old
career and obtained him.
Volodyovski was the winter favorite for
the Derby and started post favorite. With
the American jockey, Lester Reiff, UP
and with John Higgins, the Texan, as
the trainer. and carrying Mr.. Whitneys
racing colors. light blue with brown cap,
the combination was quite Yankee con-
federation. despite the fact that Volody-
ovski was an English bred colt
''Voly' made good for all the money
Mr.. Whitney had spent on him by easily
winning the Derby. Mr.. Whitney was
so delighted over the victory that he
spent the winnings Of the Derby stake.
5000. by Hospitality entertaining all his
friends and acquaintances in England and
America. down to the stable swipe to
lavish dinners washed down with cham
payne. In his broad charity he did not
fail to remember the i'll and afflicted. and
sent many thousands Of dollars to the
hospitals to help out the needy sick.
"VOly" just failed to win the ST. Leger.
Doricles beating him a nose.
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GREATEST CATCH TO
CREDIT OF JENNINGS
Willie Keller Says Play by
Tiger Manager Most Sen
Sati0nal of All.

Il have seen a world OF fancy catches
In the many years that have played the
game" says Willie Keller, land it would
perhaps be hard to pick the one most
dazzling effort of them all. In fact, I'd
hate to name any ten of the greatest
catches have seen and say that they
were the greatest, for there aren't many
games that pass without some splendid
fielding feat being performed.
still, believe the one catch that sticks
longer In my memory and the one to
which my mind always turns when
want to take a standard of comparison
was one that Hughey Jennings made in
Chicago one summer day long, long ago.
1t was the Fourth of July. If 1 remember
rightly. and the crowd was SO enormous
that the fans were damned into the field
by thousands. Along the left side of the
arena they stood in shoals, mass that
covered the players bench and packed
the space clear to the front of the press
box. Every foul tip hit somebody. and a
Wild pitch would have killed some mil
linery. assure you.
Was Desperate Game.
1T was a desperate game, for the
Colts were pretty near the front, while
Baltimore was on top and determined
20 stay there. Every game counted q
lot. and We played ball for all there
was in II. That game was battle of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02

Heine Zimmerman. the Cubs utility
infelder. is shortly to be initiated into
the Elks.
Joe McGinnity and RUDE Waddell
pitched against each other in an in
door game in New York recently.
In Plank, Russell and Krause Con-
ME Mack has three crack southpaws in
line for next season. =
Now that the man has gone to Cleve-
land, everybody is averring that
GrigEs is q star and just what was
most needed by every team.
Johnny Evers assured packed house
at the College Theater, Chicago. that
there would be no material change in the
Cub lineup in 1911. and tossed 2 few
verbal bouquets at the feet OF Connie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02

Vincent Campbell will have to learn
lot before he can play the outfield as
Fred Clarke has played it. During the
past season the veteran Freddie, in 11S
games caught 2S4 flies, 241 per game,
with a fielding percentage of 1867. Camp
bell, in "a games. gathered only 145 flies,
or 1876 per game, while he muffed enough
to give him an average of .S95.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02

Tom Hughes. the Yankee pitcher. write.
from Salida. Col. saying that his wing is
in the best Of shape. The arm feels so
taking q train to New York and pitching
some of those hard luck games over
again that stalljpgs took me out Of"
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were believing like devils, He got 1t, he
got it, and cheering like fiends

got II. anu CIIeeTIIIS ING HeIlUS
1.-The runner on third broke for home.
Although he could hardly realize the
wonderful catch, he figured that Jen-
nings was lost in the crowd and could not
get arm room for a throw. But Hughey,
somehow or other, arched his forearm
between two mems heads. and sailed the
ball home, beating the runner as he slid
The double play saved the game, and
was the proper climax to the best catch
ever saw q shortstop make, if not the
greatest I ever saw made by any star.
The crowd? Oh. the crowd simply went
driveling, dotty, nuttily insane
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02

President Tom Chivington has issued q
call for the annual meeting of the Amer
lean Association. 1t will be held at the
Congress Hotel. Chicago. January IL. It
Is said that Joe O'Brien, former presi-
dent. will be q candidate for the exec
utive.
In winter there are always all sorts OF
suggestions for changes in the rules but
In summer. when the game Is on, every
body seems to be pretty well satisfied.
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Dives Into Crowd.

"He drove into the crowd like foot
ball star. and seemed for an instant to
rise high above their heads. We saw
him lift his hands and then go down.
diving headfirst and vanishing. while his
spikes flashed for an instant as he disap-
peared. And the next second up he
came, holding the bail. above his head,
while the fair-play crowd nearest him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02
Doesn't Stop for Crowd.

Usually. did 1 say? Better make it
always-the instances where a left fielder
rushes in, or a shortstop Outfoots the
third baseman, are so rare as to be prac-
tically unknown. But there was the ball
over the heads of the crowd; fat Wilbert
Robinson, realizing that he couldn't even
reach the fringe of the crowd before the
ball fell, was standing calmly at the
plate; Jimmy Donnelly. who was on third
at the time, had turned and got the sun
full in his eyes. and Joe Kelley's view
was apparently cut off by the crowd.
There was a whirl of black and yell
low stockings and dark uniform. Jen-
nings was coming across the field at a
pace I never saw any shortstop equal be-
fore or since, and the crowd, decent
crowd and willing to give fair play, was
trying to split out and give him room.
But they couldn't. They were nassed so
thickly that they could give him hardly
space to plunge his head. Hughey never
stopped
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rants. and the great crowd was driven
afo frenzx h1- the dainRS of the After

giants, and the great Crowd was urIVeH
into a frenzy by the doings Of the after
noon. Long hits were mixed with bril-
liant fielding daring base running was
checked by great throwing and the teams
came down the home stretch neck and
neck. At last it looked as II Baltimore
was on the run. The sacks were full OF
Colts. only one out and Lange. II l re-
member right. was at the plate.
BILL swung at a low ball. 1t rose. and
sailed over the crowd that had massed
parallel with the players bench-a far
away foul. and one that would have been
almost impossible to get, even il the
crowd had been out of the way. Usually,
when a try for a foul in that neighbor-
hood is made, either the catcher or third
baseman races after it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02

Tom Daily. one of the best second base
men in the business, and you can go back
as far as you like, has been signed up by
Jim Mcclure to act as scout Tor the
Cleveland club next season. DAILY knows
the game and it looks as If MCGUIRE
made q good move.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02

In Philadelphia the fans are begin
ming to believe that Dygert failed
last season because he pitched all win
ter at New Orleans and had nothing
left in the spring. He's doing the
same trick again this winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02

The Boston Nationals, 1t Is said. Will
play Tenney on first Dext season and
Bud Sharpe will get the hook. Bill
Sweeney may go to second. but why
not keep him at short when Davy
Shean is SO clever on the middle bag:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02

Fred Falkenberg, the tallest human be-
ing in the American League, Is TO quit
smoking in order to put on weight; he
has not taken a pun OF the weed TOT
spring he may add a couple of ounces to
his ballast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02

Some say that Ed Barrow. the new
president of the Eastern League, Is
some fighter. Some one Whispered
about that he licked Sandy ferguson
some years ago when the latter tried
to start some rough house stuff at a
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-20

century; musical cultivation requir-
ed many, many years. Ragtime and
darkey songs give the plain people
chance to get acquainted, so to say,
with the common, or garden variety
Of music, and in time these people
become addicted to the habit of en-
joying letter grades OF composition.
Familiarity, it is admitted, engen-
ders liking for the classics and for
the increasingly intricate harmonies
and, lowly though they be from the
standpoint of the finished musician
and highly educated musical devotee,
the syncopated grades make for ia
miliarity with music of a sort, and are
stepping stones to the greater fights
of the master composer. And while
they are serving a mission, no set
campaign however strong it's leaders,
can relegate them to the waste-basket
OF time. When Americans get good
and ready to part with, their national
y popular loMbrow times. these will
vanish utterly; until then. they will
continue to flourish like the proven
ial @reen bay tree.
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WHAT! STOP RAGTIME? NEVER!

MIS- Nhauhcey MltcheH DepeW'
we OF tHe former senator from New
o'N' mas undertaken luiFSFoWh
us lAil'.'I''s movement ior me
o''er "ooIluoh OF ra&ume ana son'E'
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""o"' ie''' al OF ple olo'lihe rouoa'
u music W"leh IS cIoSeiF assocl"-
e" win 'Ae song ana story OF Europe.
! n'"'''i' o"'lSiiI ""9herlahs ana
o'ne's VINO profess some O. tAein G.
ING sincere = "oh0r ana o9'est me
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'"e st"eh'e Win uelSAl' pnl me aver
we American Wno' tnFo"Sh lacN OF
"!4'o' 'oIi''Y IA '@eiF' mas become re
"''' N" ~ io"U u i"S''lHe ana PiaIl'3'
'i"h "'''"uiSS' VII hol ne eA'isted IN
''S ''"S""e' W n"le'ef me laai's'
'"0''.'i' an" 0'tNeN SONGS ana
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'."' "'''e ioI u'e great mass O.
''''"''N"ns' 'or 'oese Heiodles aaFe
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-20
is. INTERVENTION WAR?

President Taft, it is said, feels that
he has done all that can be done by
him as chief executive to control the
situation along the Mexican border
and he and his advisers believe that
nos, congress mlst say whether con
diti9ns are such 10 warrant inter
ventiOn and it's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Of course, means war with Mexico.
Tits is the point to which the situa-
ton has been leading up from the be-
ginning and to which it was inevitable
that the situation should lead. The
president has declared from the first
Of this affair that he would do nothing
toward precipitating international
complications without submission of
the whole case to congress; that his
only purpose was to guard the inter-
ests and protect the property and
lives of Americans by a demonstra-
ton of readiness to take action that
might be necessary, and also to pre-
serve the neutrality of the United
States and guard the frontier These
y
the massing of the army on the Mex
lean border, but the situation has nov
reached Ire point at which the fight
ing in Mexico has surged upon the
American border towns with an i'm
pact that amounts almost to an in
vasion of the United States by hos
tile bands, and, in order to control the
situation it seems almost necessary
that tie United States forces should
be sent against the contending ele-
ments in Mexico, in an act of inter-
national policing, and, of course, this
means formal invasion OF a foreign
state. 1t is natural that the president
should deem it necessary to submit
such situation to congress.
The insurgent forces. doubtless, are
doing all they can to bring about in
ternational complications, to enhance
the difficulties of the Diaz govern
ment 1t is the usual game of in
who have nothing to lose
and everything to gain from the dis
tpf ance and stress OF tie po"ers
= at be. The insurgents are center
Ing cir activities upon points near
or Immediately upJn the American
frontier evidently with The purpose
OF bringing the Mexican rearIar forces
into conflict with the United States
soldielE, looking FIR advantages OF
themselves from such CLASH. Presi-
dent Taft, of course, realizes the OBJ
lect of the demonstration and that
radical action by the United States
may play into their hands, but he
cannot lie swayed by sucn considera-
ton against the demands of the situa-
ton for action to protect the inter-
ests of the country of which he is
the chief executive, TIE presidents
action in sending the troops to the
Mexican border in the first instance
may he justified by the present condi-
lions that prevail there, but it may
also be commended with muCi force of
reason, that the present policy OF The
DESIGNED to ring on a
conflict etWeen the Mexican and the
American governments. comes from
the presence of the troops and the
II war conditions trat
indicates on the part Of the American ,
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Macon is Soing to send lady to
make speech To the veterans at
Little Rock and ask them TO hold
their next reunion in that city. This
seems an unfair advantage. No vet
Grams would deny lady anything
she asks, and especially is this true
If she is as pretty as the commission.
er pictured her. savannah Press.
Macon is getting thoroughly wise
these days and such ingenuity as this
ought 70 win the old vets easy
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-20
LIQUID CURES ECZEMA
WHERE SALvS FAILS

In regard 70 skin diseases medical
authorities are now agreed on this:
Don't ini :ison the disease germs in
your skin by tie use Of greasy salves,
and thus encourage them 10 multiply.
A true cure OF all ee2ematous dis, Aes
can he brouetI about only by using the
healing agents N the !Crm OF a liquid
WASH THE GERMS OFT. A
simple wash; A compound OF OIL o.
Nintererotn, Taymu., au4 ether ingre-
dents ~ coHa, lied IN the b. d. d
Prescription, pouetra'es to the disease
germs and G,stcUys il, then s0o;hes
ard heals Ne sl5a as notkiLg else
has ever done.
= .5-coa; u, ja:-Ie WI start tbs
cu,e, sAAa { ~ .A@..at relief.