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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28
Don't worry

Few die of overwork, but many
are killed by worry. Worry is
waste of energy where it counts
most against ourselves. When
one comes to think of it, worry is
both useless and senseIess; it can
do no good, while it does a posi-
tive harm. Yet the majority of
MS are anxious for the morrow,
and "eross the bridge before we
come to il" This is an extrava-
giant expenditure of farce, and it
depletes us for the real ordeal.
The anxious man carries two
burdens, that of anticipation and
OF performance; and, in nine cas-.
es out of ten, the former is heav-
Ter to bear than the latter To-
days duty is before us, and we
need to husband our strength for
its fulfillment. 1t is folly there
fore, to spend our strength in
anticipating the trials of the NOR
row AS is our day so shall our
strength be. The anxious one
cannot add an inch to his stature,
but he can and does subtract
greatly from his strength. This
thought should sober us and
teach us wisdom. Tomorrow will
take care of itself, and it is the
height of foolishness to borrow
trouble, especially since we gain
nothing but the trouble for our
pain 1t is usually the worldly
minded who worry most, and es-
pecially do they worry about the
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28
Where is the ss4,5oOq

What else could any one ex.
1ectl Hines has denied that he
lad anything to do with raising
100000 for the election of Lori
ner. It was also denied that
White told told the truth, that
IOltslaw confession was true.
nd that money was paid in a st.
.ouis bath room. incidentally
$500 had previously been ae.
ounted for, if 100000 was re-
Iuired to put Lorimer over, 90
where the other S94,50O-who
,ot it, Twin any other members
f the legislature come forward
o teAifyi-Davenport iowa
'imJs.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28
Oil Lots on Guarantee

The Snyder Development Com
pany is now Offering to sell lots
on a guarantee. The Company
shows faith in what they have to
offer and should have the unani-
nous support of our people. Ar
tesian water has only recently
1een struck out at Toyah and 1t
is confidently claimed by people
md gardens out of thousands of
at that place that he find will re-
suit in making productive farms
icres of otherwise worthless
and. Those who have studied
he situation closely say there is
Iut little doubt that a valuable
ind will be made on the ground
If the Snyder Development Co.
Indications of oil have already
Deen discovered.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28
OPERATORS REFUSED
INCREASE IN WAGES
Houston g. Texas Central Opera
tors Refused Ten Per Cent
Increase in Wages
BY Associated Press.

BN ASSOclHleu IfehS.
Houston, Texas, April "a
Especial TO the SignaD-Vice
President Fay of the Hartman
lines today refused the request Of
the Houston & Texas Central OPP
orators for an increase in wages
amounting TO from ten to twenty
per cent.
The men effected will meet to-
night to consider the matter when
the full situation will be gone
over. The operators of these
lines at other places are watching
the results closely and the meet
ing tonight will be of interest to
all branch offices.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28
FOUR FOOT RISE
Deep Greek Rises Four Feet from
Thursday Evenings
Rain

W. 4. Jones, the Snyder fish
erman, and AROUND iovial good
fellow. was down on Deep Creek
Thursday evening late when the
rain came and reports four feet
rise. The water came down so
Unexpectedly that Bill lost a good
catch that he had staked out on
the bank of the creek. The
heavy rain extended up to within
a mile of Snyder on the south.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28
FIRE DESTROYS TEXAS
CENTRAL ROUND HOUSE
Kerosene Tank Explodos, Shoot
ing Flames Two Hundred
Feet in Air

BY Associated Press.
Cisco, Texas, April 20.-(Spec-
ial to the SignaD-Fire this
morning totally destroyed the
Texas Central round house demol-
ishing two locomotives and de.
stroying much valuable property,
he total loss of which has yet
1een estimated. The fire was
aused from the explosion of a
lerosene tank that shot flames
90 feet in the air and was heard
or miles around.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28
SONS OF HERMAN
NOT TO sECEDE
Resolutions Are Adopted by the
Texas Grand
Lodge

BY Associated Press.
San Antonio, April 20.-(Spec-
ial to the Signal The Grand
Lodge of Texas, Sons of Herman,
passed resolutions here today de
claring against seeding from the
National Grand Lodge.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28

Proposed Amendment to the
State Constitution Prohibiting
the Manufacture, Sale Barter
and Exchange of Intoxicating
Liquors Except for Medicinal
Scientific and Sacramento
Purposes.
House Joint Resolution No.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28
CONVICTS MUTINY
IN THE CAMPS
Armed With Sugar Knives State
Convicts Mutiny at Sugar
land Camp
CONvIoTs MUTINY
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Sugarland, April 21.-(Spec-
ial to the Signal -Four convicts
armed with sugar knives mutt
MED here today and the mutt
neers refuse to return to their
work unless the penitentiary
commission is called in to inves-
tigate thetroubles.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28
THE I. g G. N. SETTLE
MENT STILL PENDING
Ninety Cents on the Dollar De-
clined in Settlement of Claims
Against East Texas Road
BY Associated Press.

Palestine, Texas, April 20
Especial to the Signal)-Yester
days dispatches stating that the
claims against the international K
Great Northern Railroad were ID
justed by the payment of ninety
cents on the dollar, was enron
eous.
The offer was declined.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-28

Misses Jessie and Lin Boles
eft this evening for the country
spend a few days.
The evening world., 1911-10-09
81
HERE is
WHAT
A.G. SPALDING
OLDEST FAN
THINKS ABO
BASEBALL.
81

ABOUT a century ago an Amer
~ lean hoy, As unknown to fame
as the individual who discov-
erei the deliciousness of butter spread
upon bread. invented baseball. This
is the theory, supported by the re-
suits Of years of research. Of Albert
G. Spalding, longer and prom
inently a fan than any other in the
United States.
Mr.. S%pald!ng. who now lives IN san
Diego. Cal. is in New York for tho
worlds ser!es-he hasn't missed
yet. and doesn't intend to-and at tle
Hotel Belmont to-day he talked !lu-
m~inatingly on the topic tina, just now
is nearest the American heart.
The late Henry Chadwick OF Brock
lyn vas truly the father OF baseball"
began Mr.. Spalding, but he would IN
s!st that the game was a modified form
OF the old English game OF ''rounde! ="
| always disagreed with Chadwick on
this point. and | became SO Interested
that | investigated In every direction,
and now l am convinced the origin OF
baseball was none other than our
schoolday friend. 'one old cat This
conclusion was forced upon me early
In my research. and the more / hunted
the more l was convinced that l was
The evening world., 1911-10-09
EVERYBODY HAS PLAYED
LONE OLD CAT"

II guess there Is no American who
never played one old cat Well. there
Is also two, three and fou Old cat
the latter game requiring eight players.
Now. II is my opinion that some young
ster. along the first OF the last cen
fury. decided that 'four old cat was
rather cumbersome. and devised what
might be termed a set OF rules that
provided full teams OF eight. or pos
sibly nine. players, placing them in
somewhat the position they now &C.
cupy In baseball.
Now / Will tell YOU why | think the
FOUNDERS theory is wrong. About twen-
~ years ago | took the champion Chi-
Cages and an ~all-star team composed
Of players from the other National
League teams around the world, In
Australia, India and other English ter.
~ritories the people had never seen or
even heard OF baseball. but when they
"a 1t played "A lot of them insisted IT
was just like FOUNDERS Wen, | heard
a lot more along this line when
reached England. but | was never abb,
to find any one who had played the
game, any book Of Jules or n l!tera-
.ture ON the subject. SO after | had
listened to a lot more talk about round
The evening world., 1911-10-09
Between the Goal Posts.

improving rapidly under the care d the Indian
school phys Ian and will leave the hospital about
"Wednesday.
For The first time in nearly two seasons, CAPT.
Bill Munk Of the Cornell varsity football team
IS out N the game. Mtmk received a rather
badly spraintd ankle as a result Of being tackled
IN the %contes, against obthln and he win not
he in the practice to-day. Il is doubtful u he
will he able 10 90 IN before THURSDAY or FRIDAY
but the ]ooaehes are in hoRs that he will he
ready by Satuntay, when the team lines up
against Penn state. II is hoped that the bs
Rel team will be able To put iis fun strength
against Penn State, a. the eloen ilnm West
ern lenn-Ii,ania Is yeg sions, They beat
Gsttyshurg $40 on saturday and the latter team
only lost 10 the University Il Penn the wecG
before hJ a 80 score, 50 it D., plainly seen that
the ~lt'4caas viii ave theig bands fun,
The Cornell team will pu' in a s,rcuuou, week
In preparation for Penn state, .. the l,lacau
have not forgotten the defeat. administered 10
Cornell here In 1907, when Eorhi''s two field
nsgins vii probably be ne order Of thing, o.
week. with siiff practice for the line, 10 yhp
that part u the team into better shape.
The evening world., 1911-10-09
Secret Practice at Harvard.

wipe up the turf with each other,
The Harvard line, which Is causing
The Crimson coaches To lie awake
nights in an effort to devise some means
Of putting IL solidly on It's own pins,
will be taken In tow again to-day, An
effort VIII be made u hammer the as
sOrtmcnt into some kind of q machine
that viii stand up agains, the strunger
,levens that string out along the ilar-
ward schedule from now ON.
The baekhold merchants, too. have
fallen into a slump, Wendell Is the one
exception, lie Is playing even a better
game than last year. The others are
doing only mediocre work.
The evening world., 1911-10-09
Local Scholastic EkeUens Didn't
Fare Well in Out-Of-TOUn Games

81. raul'' School team At Garden rity. no Gold
and blue player. never had a chance, being rIW-
rletely outplaNcd. The scorc wd4 % - a.
st. ,paul's School hs, al last some back - ~,
old place un the Scholastic gridlrun, 4 uumuyr
q wears ago the Tong Island srho1l hal fop'lt' m
teams that ranked with the bct ~ the schools,
aud at the rate they have started ont this el.on
they are fast coming back To the position ruri
held before all their star athletes went to piwling
School.
Outwelghed aud sI'gencralsd "a the story ~ the
defeat Of the Bow liidl team a. the hands OF
the stamford ligh school eleven. The con
necticut lads had an easy time rolling up -
point, on their BROOKLYN ryals.
Stuyyesant High, minus three n their first
string men, went over - Hlbukcn ard were easily
beaten hy the stevens Freq, team,
TIE High School = Commerce ioIneyol ~
Pvek'hl and beat the Military AuIlrm} in q
vel PLAYED game uy the .rutr ~ ~ 10 u Frank
u'NHiIs cub. from Commerce easily delicate the
NonhCrs seconds hy the score ot 10 10 o.
DE Witt Clinton, in PREPARATION fpr their gam,
@amc With the HOLY Cross 4 e. eleven ~ Var
'urtlandt larh and defeated theLl. : 10 D.
phtr srh0lasti srorei resulted as iuiius~ f, I'M
merclal, IS. Flushing, ~. Poly Prep q, Mckenzi'
school. u. Fcrltam trcp = Morn. a. Youkrr,
80 Greenwich. % PaRliug, ~; kutgrT, rrep. o
The evening world., 1911-10-09
Y. u. Eleven Not as
Strong as Last Season

made good running mates. capt. Brcn-
nan. who IL playing full now, IS a
good player. but as a fullbaCk he IL not
as good as Yulr. Brennan shines In the
line, but Is only fair in the backfeld.
Bristol. a second string man from last
year. played centre In kopn's place.
Kopr. Who pla yed the pivot position
last season. viii not be- with the team
this year, az WAS expected. Bristol Will
have n hard job holding his place AZ
Raschbaum. a former De Witt Clinton
High school player. Il working hard for
the position. toschbaum lacks weight,
but makes mp for this By his fine play
ing. both offensive and defensive. 20"
The few minutes he got iu,p Satu;-
days game h." showed up well.
IienneberScr. who Is ou, of the game
with an injured hand, was missed from
the lineup. The big left guard will prob
ably no ne able 20 play for some weeks
to come.
The next game for the violet ana white
eleven viii he on Ott. ~ with Rhode Isl
and state College. n the New Workers.
expect to win this game they Will have
20 get more steam into their football
machine than they had saturday, as the
iihide Island eleven Is reported 20 be-
strong.
The evening world., 1911-10-09

ers' | made a statement IN a London
newspaper asking for light and chal-
Longing any one TO produce a team that
would oppose US at FOUNDERS In due
time the Liverpool Founders Associa-
ton took courteous notice and a short
time later l received their challenge.
FOUNDERS was just like baseball agreed
TO play us a game of each.
THE day for the double match was
clear and sunny and an enormous throng
turned out for the sport. We were given
a book OF FOUNDERS rules and then we
went to Il. The bases were Ave flags, the
ball was a little golf-size affair and
there was one bat. about a foot and a
half long. and II looked like a potato
masher. In ;he first inning they led us
II TO .. but we were getting the hang
OF the thing. and were sure we would
lead in the second, but the crowd would
not stand for any more 'rounders'-they
wanted baseball. So we tried baseball -
Here Mr.. Spaldlng paused r%everently.
We'll. what happened?" urged the re-
porter.
The Spaldlng smile filled the whole
apartment with sunshine and seemed 4
leak out into the air beyond the win
dows.
This was also a o~ne-innlng game
, he continued. I'VE sent thirty-fve mer
across the plate, then, thoroughly ex-
hausted from base-running, quit. Tit
Liverpool team didn't get a run. 50
never again heard. in England. at least
anything about FOUNDERS being the
origin OF ba seball."
The evening world., 1911-10-09
Oldest Fan Talks Of Baseball From Zone Old Cat"
Period Down to Game They're Playing To-Day

thinking that nothing Il, quite en- roo,,
now az II was in tho old Jays' hut
I honestly bel,eve that the early stars
Of the game compare fayorably with tho
heroes OF to-day. And. also. IL must
be remembered. that they had 70 orIr.
mate the methods, that now come ,o n
hall piayer when he is less than ton
ycars old
And they could halt un,p,res in ,bo,c
davs. too. OF course. the epi,het, w.re
cr,,a. ana the method of annIviny ,hen
was not a, Systematic as o-day. hut
The evening world., 1911-10-09
Matches ARR

law, will take place on tho night ~ oct. n. The
buffalo \, G., which was recently gtsntsd a H.
yrusr hy the state Boxing cummi ~ipn, will bring
m the shpy and has mqtrhcd Willio "kuockunt
NTcnuan IT brooklyn Ia meet Paddy Lawn of Iiu'.
faln in the main bout u ten rounds. They will
meet At LAO POUNDS, wtigh In at = d. NJ.
Jack Hrtton. the lightweight " Chicago. who
made I goat tmurr sion here with tho fght fan
hy debating johnny. Mario - l~.ciaively. Is not
,nahns h4., % " ~ II Ian rlan,,'io. t~r h1
h, only won one battle. willie Richie. ih~
frien fighter, h,siei HIN In a fourruund 20
out thew a fes nights axp.
Mstty Baldwin and Johnny Frayne. the Cali
'onia lightweights. vii meet in a twenty rp1nl
bout at salt Lake city. to. night. They were IL
have fought q few months sgn In the same city,
,ut frs,no had 10 call of the bou, on account
II an attack u rheumatism. As FraDur IA vel
Agilu d" ought iu make BALDWIN ~ his IN scs
ia "Nl,r tn beat him BALDWIN viii return tt
BHsipn after the fight.
T. was learned from a reliable source to-day tia
Harry POLLOK and T.. y Powers have ,ecirel
The evening world., 1911-10-09

Desrite the fact that the Tigers arc some
what stiff fum saturdays game with Nillanova
they will he given a sharp practice ON University
FlCll. Princeton, Ills afternoon. The game with
Lehish University is but two DAYS off, whioh slyes
the coaches hit little time TO set the men n
Trim for the struggle.
Capt. Roy Mercer was the bright particular
star for Penn SATURDAY. although 1t was War
~yington's dash down the side lines Tor thirty.
seven yards and a touchdown which won the
game for the Rel and Blue,
The Carlisle Indians came out Of their walk.
away game against Mount Saint Mays eleven
In better physical condition than coach Warner
expected, However, because Of what has been
head OF Georgetown, whom they play Saturday
at Washington, the Indians will haye a hard
weeks work. The necessary changes MADE In the
Indian line have naturally i~nteriered with th'
aeNCopmsnt 81 team work, but both first and
second back fields are operating smoothly.
Flannery Of the Mount Saint Mary's team.
who wss hurt here SATURDAY against Carlisle. u
The evening world., 1911-10-09
BIG ADVANCE SALE
FOR WORLD SERIES
CLOSES TONIGHT
After That Fans Who Can See
but One Game May
Get Seats.
FLOOEY

Al the headquarters OF the New York
Baseball Club to-day tlcket-thirsty fans
threatened to sweep tho officials off
their feet. Uncertainty regarding the
distribution of seats ordered by mail
for the worlds series added its bit to
the everyday excitement. and a fine
tangle resulted. One policeman was
not sufficient to check the rush of fans
90 another was stationed within the
omces. and even with a locked and
bolted door helping them these strong
arms had their hands full.
The principal problem worrying the
fans was whether applincations for
tickets for single am would be hon
ored. Secretary Willla,n NJ. Gray de-
clared positively that such application
would be honored-if there are any tick
cts left after orders for tickets for the
entire series are filled. He said fur
ther that he thought these single ticket
applications would be cared for and
that furthermore there would he tick
cts left for the advance sale which
opens Thursday. The mail sale closes
tonight. and after that neither love
nor money will win tickets until the
advance sale opens.
In the midst of It all there IL the
awfu. possibility that there won't be
n advance sale at all. The food OF
mail orders continued undated to-day
. TIE augmented STAFF Of clerks were
hard put to It TO keep abreast of 1t.
The clerks worked all day yesterday and
swell into the night, but to-day the work
was Just as monumental.
The crush at the Giants headquarters
to-day was even worse than last Friday
and Saturday. although It had been
drummed into the fans ria under no
circumstances would any tickets be
cold. except by mail. until Thursday.
To-day's mob absolutely refused to UNI
dsrstand why II couldn't walk right IN
n cop oil the tickets It wanted. and
the outer guard was IN a fair way To
lose his voice from repeated speeches
declaring that there was absolutely
nothing doing. And then each Individual
member Of the mob wanted to know
''Why?" With a plying grin the outer
guard would nee more go through the
lists Of why's And n moment later
the performanA would be repeated.
In q moment of quiet, the only one all
morning. the graycoat ventured:
Looks like some one would Ike to
see these games. huh"
The evening world., 1911-10-09
Only for Buck" Moore'S Play.
ing Team Wouldn't Have
Won First Game.
-IIE New York University football

-IIE New York University football
team showed In their opening
game OF the season with the
Muhleuherg College eleven from Allen
town, Pa. that they are not as strong
as they were last year. The exhibition
they put up against the Pennsylvania
%collesians was far below tho standard
OF other ". Y. L. elevenS. They lacked
speed and were exceedingly fortunate in
beating their rivals.
Buck" Moore. the right nalfback,
proved to he the whole show and paved
the way for the Violet teams Victory
by II brilliant run from the middle OF the
field to Muhlenberg's Vineyard line after
he broke through left tackle.
Moore greatly misses Nule, the husky
slllback from last year, Nulc and Moore
The evening world., 1911-10-09
HARD TO GET ODDS ON SERIES

4 great deal has been said and
printed about the betting odds in the
worlds series. but the fact remains
that II Is pretty hard to get a bet on
either club at better than even money.
"A report was circulated to the effect
that a big pool had been made up in
Wall street TO get on the Giants at
s to s. but when some Philadelphia
money came In sight the big odds could
not be located. Several bets have been
made at odds OF . to I on the Giants.
Even that Is false odds. Naturally
there are more New Workers who would
rather bet on the Giants thar the Ath-
letics. and that Is why the minority IS
asking for odds.
Most of the players figure that the
series will be a tossup and that even
money is the only way to bet.
The evening world., 1911-10-09
Colors Of the Erasmus, Man
ual, Stuyvesant and Boys
High Teams Lowered.

THE local scholastic football elevens
that went out of town did not
fare very well in their Saturday
engagements. Erasmus, Manual, Stuy-
vcsant and Boys High came home dis
appointed.
Although Erasmus was beaten, & 10 O,
by Blair Han at Blairstown, y. j., they
had the best team. The Blair eleven
failed TO make one drst down on the
Brooklynites and only won the game by
the aid or Dame Fortune. Erasmus
fumbied a punt near l,s own goal line
and one OF the New Jersey ads picked
II up me ran for a goal.
Manual Training vas easy picking for the fast
The evening world., 1911-10-09
SPEEDING AMBULANCE
KILLS MAN IN STREET.

A mar who was run down and killed
fast night by an ambulance hurrying
10 an emergency call was identified
early this morning as William Kench,
thirty-eight. a barber. of No, lIl0 second
emu
The ambulance. In charge OF James
Kane, the chauffeur. was running at
high speed at Eighty-ninth street and
First avenue when four men started to
cross the street. Three dodg'd the car,
but the fourth hesitated and was
knocked down. The wheels passed over
his head and crushed hls-skull, AS the
other men did not know him he was
hurried back to the Reception Hospital.
where he died Q few hours later.
The evening world., 1911-10-09
Tom Jones'S Big Demand Rea-
son No Local Club Has Yet
Clinched Match.
BY JOHN POLLOCK.

MOTHER effort VII he made to-
"a day to clinch a match between
Ad Wolgast. the lightweight
champion. and Knockout Brown. tho
local fighter. Several fight club man
ayers have already made the fighters an
Offer TO battle for ten rounds, hut IA
Tom Jones. manager of Wolgast, de-
uands a sum FOR his fighter which Is
greatly In excess OF what the clubs are
willing to give, the result IL that the
match IL stlll hanging Are. Jones wants
$1,000 for Wolgast to meet Brown and
$1,000. with l33 pounds Mt 4 l.. NJ. for
Wells. As Jones has come down $500
In his price for the Brown fight, n of
the club managers may land the bout
to-day by offering Jones and Danny
Morgan a guaranteed purse OF $4,000 or
$1,000,
ractoy MrF,rland. who IA, no, fought in .eyc.
raj months. Will don the gloves again to night iu
a bout al 81. Iouis. lie will 10 axa.ust GroSri
iIayes. the rugged lightweight Of rI''riclpha. I,
= SN round contest bcf ne the Mozart 4. G.
HaycH has won many battles luriug the last ~
mouths, and may give rackey a good. stifi fight.
Frank Klaus. the crack middlcwcisLt Ngh,cr
has teen signed up tor two fights by hi. MANAGE
GEORGE Engtl. na frt viii lr with Rob NiunS
~ Milwaukee. Tor twelve rounds. at the hrmpr'
| a.. of Elston To- mrrpw night, while bis secon,
will be with lev Hpuck. the Nurly tighter ID
| Lancaster. Pa. for siN rounds al a club in phila
| dclphis On Wedncsday evening. pt. ~.
The first boxing show In hiffalo under The ncv
The evening world., 1911-10-09

Revenge was sweet for rennNlyania, hut II
was only secured after the hardest game q the
season. Little Usinus was an that was said of
Il, but the Rel and Blue eleven appeared much
stronger than in its first two games and was
victorious by the score u . 10 o The line
PLAYED excellent football. while the ends. Mar
shall and Jourdet, succeeded IN stopping the pow
erul Ken Thompson on end runs. Marshall also
distinguished himself by krAiuS a g1Il from
the field from the tNonty-twO-Alr line.