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first duties of Mayor Baker of Cleve

first duties of Mayor Baker of Cleve
land. The people approved the issue
OF bonds by vote of 57.0e3 OF 22.207
"A two-thirdS vote was necessary for
the approval of the bonds.
Panama City is constructing a pub
lie washhouse The purpose is TO &C
commodate poor washwomen who dc
not have suitable places for washing
Here they will have ample room, be
furnished with water and sheltered
place to dry the clothes. all for nom
inal charge of so cents per week.
card giving shop rules and tool
list for 1912 has been posted in some
of the shops of electrical companies IN
Minneapolis If the proposed rules be-
come effeffCJive, electrical workers
will have to furnish stock and dies for
all sizes of pipe, pipe wise, oil can, bits
for boring holes on knob and tube
work and other tools now supplied by
the employers The new rules also
REQUIRE that men work on Jobs without
regard to whether the remainder of
the contract is union or non-uniOn
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
"Fixinq" the Ball Grounds.

Hugh S. Fullerton, the baseball ex-
pert tells in the American Magazine
of the queer ethics Of the national
game. He writes:
Fixing the grounds so as to give
the home team the advantage and
handicap the visiting players is the
commonest form Of trickery, yet in
professional ball it is not considered
wrong, any more than commander
of a defensive army would consider
it wrong to prepare breastworks to
meet an enemy. The extent to which
the fixing of grounds is carried is
amazing. There probably is not a
major or minor league grounds in the
country on which the home players
have not the advantage and visiting
teams are forced to be. on the alert
from. the. moment they enter a field
to discover, if possible, what they are
up against"
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
A MOUNTAIN RESCUE.
Presence of Mind That Stopped Slid
to Death.

Presence of Mind That Stopped a Slide
to Death.
On entering central Asia after a trip
across India Major r. L. Kennion
witnessed rescue which was due to
the uuickneSs of decision and prompt
action, of native. The story is given
in Sport and Life In the Farther
Himalayas" The party had started
to climb over the pass called Mintak;l
by moonlight Tie cold was intense
and the way slippery and uncertain.
No one having crossed the pass that
year. the guide took q wrong line and
led US across an lee slope that was
concealed by snow. The first l knew
of it was seeing his dim figure begin
to slide downward. first slowly, then
more rapidly. We were not roped,
and as his pace increased it seemed
that nothing on earth could save him.
Near the end of my line, however.
carrying a load, was a man of Hunza.
whose quickness to grasp the situa
ton was only equaled by his resource.
Dropping his load, he sprang out on
to prpjecting point of rock near
which the man would pass, and as he
slid by with the point Of his native
made ice ak he gated him in his loose
clothing as you might salmon. 1t
was most cleverly and promptly done.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
-. t.s
LABOR NEWS AND NOTES
North Carolina's cotton crop L
worth $4,000. 900. -

North Carolina's cotton crop is
worth $4,000. 900. -,
Atlanta is preparing for the greatest
corn show, in its history this month.
Paris cabmen are, by regulation, for
bidden to smoke while driving.
Illinois has authorized the appoint
ment. of a woman investigator for en-
ploymept agencies. ......:. ,.~ g.
The new School of Technology at
Halifax is meeting with success from
The very start, A new department for
the education of fishermen is Contem-
plated and the indications are that it
will prove very popular.
England's National Union of Boot
and Shoe Operatives, having adopted
a label to be placed upon the product
OF it's members, has instituted an act
i've label campaign.
Reeds Spring, a little town of few
hundred population in Stone county,
Missouri, is the leading city in the
world for the shipping of railroad ties
Heavy oak ties are brought in from the
hills by the farmers. They get 35 to
- cents each for the ties
The building of a $2,O0O,OO0 munich
pal lighting plant will be one of the
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
Athens the Seat of uearnina..

1t may be said unhesitatingly that
the country which has 'produce. the
greatest men in literature and philos-
only. art and architecture is Greece
In the little state Of Attica-nOt much
larger than Greater New. York-true
civilization and all that goes along
with it were born. All that has been
done since the "age Of Pericles" has
been simply the carrying out of the
ideas. principles and methods laid
down by the men who won Marathon
and Salani. Platea and Mycale Gal.
ton, a high authority, does not hesitate
to say that Athens and the little state
Of which 1t was the capital produced
more first, class intellects than. have
since been produced by all the world
put together.-New York American.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
OUR EARLY CURRENCY.
The First American Coins and the
Series Struck al Boston.

The First American Coins and the
Series Struck at Boston.
The very earliest coinage that can
properly be said to be strictly Ameri-
can" was ordered by the original Vir-
ginia company in the year 1912. only
five years after the founding of James
town. These coins were miated at
Somers islands. now known as the Bcr-
mudas. For Il period Of more than a
quarter Of century after this. how
ever, tobacco and beaver skins were
reckoned as lawful currency.
In 1645 the assembly of Virginia
met and declared that it had mature
~ weighed and considered. how ad-
vantageous a Guoine (coin would be
to this colony and how much better
1t would be than a sole dependency
upon tobacco and pelts." After this
they provided for the coinage Of cop
per coins Of the denominations of two
pence. threepence, sixpence and nine
penc, but this resolution was never
carried into effect
The first coinage in America proper
was the series Of coins ''struck" at
Boston under the order Of the general
court of Massachusetts passed May
81. 1862. the coins being three, six and
twelve pence denominations, sin forme
flatt and stamped on one side with the
letters N. E. and on the other the
value of the piece"
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PAN SICtAN.S
-, . :. ~ - .tf'.l. n
b3 .f;R III, h1cCOMBS

b2. |iR 2i- MccoMBS
Pl9YSICFAM AND SURGEON :
Ell. C44NIGG 4. =" CALIFORNIA
OfiCe4 opera: EIausei bLoea. Residence.
CT! and Olive SITS, Office hours, 2 to
) p.r. Forcnoons. evenings aAl Sua-
days at residence, Office Tho!e' Main
g. Res. Phone NJ As. f.;h,'.. '':a' O..
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
:. Riaa and E.il.

A boy was driving along a road In
Ireland a donkey and cart which be-
longed to his widowed mother when
he was accosted by snObbish young
man. who. wishing to impress his clev-
erness upon a young lady who accom-
panied him. said. "Watch me take Q
rise out Of this boy" -. i.r
He shouted to the boy. 81 say. do
you think your mother would sell me
that donkeyr' ~,
The boy took good look at him and
answered, "Do you think your mother
could keep twor -,a
The smart young man didn't laugh,
bat the young lady did. r' ~
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

Orange and lemon trees the finest
ever offered in this valley; can be or
dered from the Imperial Valley Nurs-
cry at a price lower than has been
possible for the last five years. See
Kelly about it before they are all sold.
IF
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
WILL ASK FOR PARDON

Notice is hereby given that l intend
to apply to the Staae Board OF Prison
Directors to be paroled according to
law
Sc W. r. FETTY.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

The Pioneer Transfer Company is pre-
pared to handle your baggage or any
kind of drayage work at reasonable
prices. Office on Fifth street Just north
of Main street. Phone Main 1. If
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
First lnstan.nens

City taxes due October 1. 1911. De-
inquent and 10 per cent penalty added
November 27. IS.t.
Second due October l. 1911. II
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

Daily Imperial Valley Press, 81 a
year in Imperial Valley, So year else
where. Please tell your neighbOrs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14

the stands, but they got back to their
places as soon as ii was over.
About this time IL became notice.
able that there was no vampire
beg pawdon--umpire on the grounds.
Possibly he had %foreseen the storm
n had stayed I'm his hotel. or it
may De that the league has run out
or been out of umpires again. Any
way. there was no sign OF his jumps
nor yet Il chance of a game.
Finally, at 4:45 O'Clock Manager
Cowan, cap in hand. advanced TO in
front of the ~grandstand and gave
the official announcement OF a double
header Saturday, which meant no
game that afternoon. Even then the
crowd refused to take his word for
it. They wanted a ball game. even
ii the performers were hid in dust
and the ball carried away by the
wind.
The Richmond players. however,
scurried for the clubhouse and the
Petersburg boys rushed for the street
cars. Then the crowd reluctantly
fhronged through the entrances and
accepted rain checks for the next
event which is scheduled for to-day,
by the way same teams. Of course,
and possibly the weather will be good
and let the game go or.
Dutch Revelle these days IL look
ing the pirfitra of health and aax-S
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14

entry in basket bail, swimming. track
and field. or some other club sport, OF
an athlete that has been disqualified
by the a. A. L. A disqualified athlete
cannot compete in club members
games. according to the A. A. z. rules.
II he does, he disuuali7es all that com
pete with him while he 10 under sus-
pension. II two branches OF the Y. NJ.
c. A. should hold a meeting in any
sports over which the A. A. II. claims
Jurisdiction without obtaining sanction
from your Association. and without
each individual man being REGISTERED.
the competitors would disquallfy Them
selves n you could not allow them
to compete with registered athletes In
games sanctioned by the A. A. o.,
through the different Association
Registration Committees.
Should a Y. NJ. c. A. branch pay
basket ball. compete in gymnastics,
swimming or athletics against a COL
lege or school team or individual. they
must obtain from the Association OF
the A.. A. Z. In whose territory they
are a sanction. and each nan must
become registered. a. such competition
would be open competition. II they
should not obtain such sanction and
the individual members should not
register. they would thereby disquaufs'
themselves from competition In sports
over which the A. A, u. claims juris-
diction.
Any branch or tha Y. NJ. G.. A., on
July II. which does not hold Individual
membership in the A.. A. T., and who's
athletes are not registered with the
A. A, u, nj claim protection from
the A. A.. u. and It's athletes can
Join any club holding msmbership In
the A. A. U. by notifying the CHAIR
man OF the Registration Committee
Of this Association in whose territory
they reside.
Warning t. Athlseea.
1t Is your duty to keep the college
athletic associations. high school
athletic associations and church
athletic associations posted IN relation
to athletic conditions, for II they COM
pete with Y. NJ. G.. AS In any sport,
without A. A. T.. sanction or registra-
ton. they cannot thereafter compete
in any sports that you have sane
toned nor can = club mAmbsr 81
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A. A. L. compete with them, as they
would thereby d~isqualify themselves,
Bear In mind in dealing with this
problem that II a Y. NJ. C. A.. that
nov has membership in an Associa-
tinn - the A. A. T., and desires to
COO that membership, 1t cannot
tai. part in sports with any other
are sanctioned n all men registered
in the A. A.. L. In other words, the
Y. NJ. c. A.. branch that desires to
continue its membership in an Associa-
ton OF the A. A. U. must conhne its
athletic activities to such branches as
are members Of the A. A. u. or who
will obtain sanctions for their games
and register their competing athletes
Otherwise they hi continue mem
bership In the A. A. L.
Right to Organize.
The Amateur Athletic Union. recog-
nizes the right of any club, church,
school. college or any other individual
organization to hold games confined to
It's W members. IL all members com
reting are amateurs, without getting
a sanction from the A. A. Il. of the
United States. or without the indi-
vidual contestants registering with the
A.. A. U. II also recognizes the right
Of any two. three. four or more Diff
Iefcuk groups 10 organize ana IOTIn n
league or federation Tor the sole pur-
BOSE OF holding games m them :
selves without registration OF their
members that compete or the paying of
sanction fee, provided Of curse that
such roup. league or federation be-
ome a member Of some one Assocfa :
ton of the A. A. Y. This group can
be organized In any city, county or
State. and composed OF all interests.
manage its own affairs in Its own
fashion. providing OF course mat they
recognize law and order. recognize
control. and recognize there must be
q governing body and join some Assoc
citation Of the A. A. T..
All the officials of the Amateur
Athletic Union. all over the country
must be on the alert-morc SO tina n
ever
Yours very truly.
JAMES r.. SULLIVAN.
Secretary Urea surcr amateur Athletic
Epion Of United States.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14
WASHINGTON SIGNS
TIDEWATER PITCHER

According to news received here
last night the Washington club has
signed Pitcher Hogue, of the Nor
folk Ttdewater League team. The
Richmond club was after Hogue. II
is said. but found that 1t had been
forestalled by McAleer's scout.
Signing of Tidewater League play
ers has caused some discussion in
the Virginia League, and Petersburg,
according to Manager Busch, will not
play 1nielder Simmons, late Of the
Norfolk club. until he Is sure there
will be no hitch w this player.
Regarding the playing OF Simmons,
President Bradley. of the Richmond
club, said last night:
Richmond has no objection to
Petersburg playing simmons. Per-
sonaliy, ] think n club In the Nir-
ginia League has a perfect right TO
sign any T~idewater League player
good enough to play in our league"
Director Gordon McCabe. of the
Petersburg club. is with his team.
He expects NJ difficulty over the sign
Ing Of Simmons.
II has been agreed to start the
double heade Saturday at 2;45
o'clock.
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JAMES E. SULLIVAN RULES OUT Y. NJ. CA
BRANCHES O REGISTERED WITH A. A. u.

NEW YORK. July l~3.-James r..
Sullivan, Seoretary-Treasurer of the
A.. A. T.. has sent u the following
letter:
To the Board Of Governors. Delegates
at-I4arge, Ex-Presidents, Ex-Secre-
taries. Secretaries Of all allied
bodies. Chairman of the Registration
Committees and Secretaries OF the
Associations. and to all club men,
bers OF the Associations Of the ANA
teur Athletic Union Of the United
States-GentIemen.
l beg to advise you that on June II,
the Athletic League or North America
notified me Il Secretary OF the ANA
eur Athletic Union Of the United
States that the terms OF alliance be-
tween the Athletic League OF North
America. and the Amateur Athletic
Union would be terminated on July II,
1911. Immediately upon recent OF
this official communication, | wired
President Everett c. Brown. or chic
ago, advising him and requested that
he instruct me to acknowledge receipt
of the notification and accept this an
nuiment OF the alliance between the
two organizations.
Therefore. on and AFTER July II, A.
l.. n. A. registration will not be recog-
nised by the A. A. 4. of the United
States and all athletes that desire to
compete from y. Al. &. As In open
sports mast obtain registration from
the Registration Committee OF the As
ISOLATION OF the A. A. l.. in whose ter
ritory they reside.
A Young Mems Christian Association
Branch, that is not 4 member az your
Association cannot hoid an open
athletic meeting as they have hereto
fore unless they apply to your Asso-
citation for sanction and pay the regu-
lar fee.
Ruling Of v. N. C. 4.
After July II, you must treat each
Young Mems Christian Association
Branch as an athletic club. They can
have their athletic activities among
themselves. that Ii. each branch can
have athletic contests among Its own
members without making them ineli-
gible for open Amateur Athletic Union
Competition, unless thdy Acc1Dt the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14
GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING
IN INDIANAPOLIS ENDS

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July a.
The grand circuit races came to a
close here to-day, he numerous
scratches for the fourth day causing
the management TO declare the meet
ing ended. The absence OF pool sell
ing is given by many as the reason for
the lack of starters. The races to-
day we're the best Of the week and
the attendance was the largest.
Two Chicago drivers. Dean and Nc
Mahon, both won their races to-day,
Dean winning the all pace with
Annie Laurie, pulled up In every heat.
Buster BROWN and ,TsinklinE Dan
made a pretty race for the place In
the second heat, Busters driver claim
ed Murphy crowded into the fence
which threw him out.
McAfahon won the e.7a pace just
as easily, coming from behind in the
first heat and stealing in at the pole
in a clever drive.
Geers landed the $500 purse for
2:ta trotters with Ario Leyburn. TAX
ing the first two heats handily. In
the last half furiong Mcdonald
brought Electric Todd up with \
rush in ths stretch ana both wetit
TO the bat in a rafting finish, Geers
winning by a scant half length.
The real sensation OF the afternoon
came in the 2:0s trot. when Don
Labor and the European trotter
Willy hooked up in tho fastest duel
Of the season. the pair racing to-
gether the entire mile with Willy
setting the pace until heading into
the stretch when both horses took a
gruelling drive. the Willy horse finally
giving 1t up = lew yards from the
wire in 2:05 IL, lowing Dor 1abor's
record Ave seconds.
A large majority Of the horses will
ship tomorrow for Kalamazoo. the
next meeting in line.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14
GREAT TIGER RALLY SENDS
ATHLETICS DOWN TO DEFEAT
Ty Cobb, As Usual Features, Scoring Winning Run; Maps Beat Nation
ais, Johnson Pitching; Red Sn Trim the White Sox and
The B7ouns Beat the Yankees, Ford Up

DETROIT, July 13.-Ty Cobb d
to-days game by scoring from first on
n single to right field by Delehanty in
the ninth inning. making the count .
to Z, Detroit high u The game was
ragged, errors and passes figuring
largely in the scoring on both sides.
Bender was injected into the game with
the bases full in the eighth n
Schmidt at bat in place OF LATTE,
Tigers TIVE, runs la the bad. Bender
famed Schmidt and Bush but fafied to
prevent Jones sandwiching p single,
which tied the score. In the ninth
Tyrus drove one to Murphy too hot to
handle and Crawford skied. but Dele
hanty poked a liner to short right near
the foul line. Lord got to n In good
time but the relay was bad and Cobb
went the limit.
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Official Figures of American League
Give Cobb Batting Average of .444

CHICAGO. July l2.-Ban johnson,
president Of the American League. has
given out the official batting avera zes
for the first half of the American
League campaign. including games Of
july 5. Tyrus Cobb. Dctroft's wonder~
fni o~uthelder. is far ia the van with
the phenoIninal average OF .4&4. In
seventy-one ganTes Tyrus made 121
hits. including twenty-one doubles,
thirteen triples and five home runs.
Among the regulars who are closest
TO Cobb Ara Jackson, OF fire Maps. and
Collins and McInnis of the Athletics.
~Cieveland's young find has an aver
age of .3SS, three points ahead OF
Collins. while McInnis trails larry
town Eddie by seven points.
The. Athletics lead in club batting.
with an average of 500. The Athle-
tics have the most me- hating 500, or
over. ten OF their number being in
the charmed circle.
Following Is the record OF the forty
seven PLAYERS batting 200 or oyar-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14
Hillmen Defeat Reds in Fast Game;
Tars Take 10 Innings to Beat Tigers

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK. VA. July I3.-Norfolk
and Roanoke battled for ten innings
to-day at Athletic Park, the visitors
finally taking the count 8 to s. Block
and Staub, the first Tars up in the
tenth singled. Block went to third
on a ielder's choice. and scored on
Walsh sacrifice NY TO center. Pools
and Eird were he opposing mounds
men and the pitching honors were
about even.
The arora
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14
EXCITING FINISHES MARK
RACES AT LATONIA TRACK

CINCINNATI. July l3.-The larg-
est crowd OF the week saw the racing
at Latonia this afternoon. Donau
captured the fourth race. the feat
ure event OF the day. The fifth race
was also a good n Naughty Lad
winning by wearing down John Fur
lonE in the last sixteenth. The third
race brought about the prettiest fin
ish of the meeting. McIver, after
running neck and neck with Winning
Widow down the home stretehfi man
aged to stick his nose across the
wire ahead at the finish.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14
Maps Beat Nationals.

CLEVELAND. july 3c.-in a Loosely
played game the Maps cieaned up
Washington. to-day. , 10 ., Knapp tor
the Maps wobbleti II bit at times and
was hit for seven safeties. The Maps
pounded ONT II of Johnson's delivery.
Errors and Wild pitches and passed
balls figured in the run making on
hotl, sides, Knapp pitched himself out
Of a hole In the first inning pu. was
landed or for a run eaeh In h fourth
md fifth. IN the seventh Two hits
and a miscua let III three runs but
that after the Maps had pounded out
four hits and scored Eve runs in the
fourth and another in the nth.
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Especial to The Richmond V~irginian.)
LYNCHBURG. VA, July Ia
Lynchburg walloped Danville to-day
In q brilliant game. which was played
in eighty minutes. the score being
4 to !, The locals hammered Grif-
fin for five singles and a double in
the EeXenta,-aat-eetfid score In no
other square. A single, two bases on
balls and IN infeld out gave the
visitors their run in the eighth.
I~yuchhurg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14
BROOKLYN.

csBatted for Bell in fourth.
.sBatted for Schardt in eighth.
Scors nv innings: X.
Chicago .....e012f1o 0e-6
Brooklyn ......... o 0 o 1t
summary: Left on bases-Chicago.
Q: Brooklyn. 10. Hits-made on
ScanIon, 8 in ; innings: off Cole, none
in 3 "a innings; off Bell, none in /
inning: off Richie. 4 in 3 1-3 innings
off Schardt. 6 in 4 innings; off Brown,
5 in 2-3 innings: off Rueker, IN
! inning. Two-base hits-ksrwin.
Daubert, Tooley. Three-base hits
II. Zimmerman. Doyle. Double plays
e. Zimmerman to Hummeli 10
Daubert: Erwin to Hummei; Sehnite
to Tinker. Base on bails-on Sean
Ion. 8: off Schardt. 8: off Cole, -
off Richie. 2; off Brown. l. struck
nut-hy Seanlon -lSheckardls-b&
schardt Doyle. Richie. Archer), y
Fucker tIIofman, II. Zimmerman.
Doyle); by Cole UHummel. Coulson1.
bv Richie tTooley. Sehardt). HIT by
pitched bali-I1. Zimmerman. I'M
pires, KLEIN azd Brennan. Time.
2:20. "
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Raymond is stiii .sRue<.~

NEW YORK July 13.-"Bugs''
Raymond the pitcher OF the Giants.
who IS in disgrace at present. had a
narrow escape from death in making
a back dive in three feet Of watsr
while swimming at 155th street We'd
nesday. He struck the bottom with
his head and barely escaped breaking
his neck. He was pulled from the
water in a iaxed- condition hut anaa
recuxarad
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-14
TAYLOR HAS NEW DEAD
FOR WHITE SOX PRAYERS

tHIEAGD. July Is.-John 7. Tay-
Tor. owner of the Red Sox. IL an
xious TO trade some Of his men for
two or more players now wearing
Chicago uniforms, possibly TO get
square for the Harry Lord deal last
year. II is said that Taylor wants
Scott, a pitcher, and Payne, II
catcher, for whom. with another
player thrown In, he is willing to
give Carrigan. Cicotte and possibly
Wagner.