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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25
CLARKE PEEvED OVER DEAL.
Cannot Understand Why Boston
= Turned Down His Advances.

P1TTSRJRG. Pa. July 25.-F'red Clarke
In somewhat disappointed at not landing
Charlie Herzog for the Pirates, but he is
taking the Boston-New York trade philo-
sophically, though he does take a fling
1T the Boston management. The Pirate
chieftain can't see the Giant-Rustler deal
IN the light of anything ether than
joke. Said Clarke. speaking Of the deal:
There is something rotten in Denmark.
and j am constrained 10 think that some
one connected with the New York club
has a great big finger in the Boston pot
OF beans Why, Thursday. shortly after
reaching Boston. being DESTROYS OF get
ting Herzog. ] made the Boston team an
oner that, had IL been accepted, would
have strengthened the team wonderfully.
! made out list of players and handed
At to Tenney. telling him to pick out the
ones he wanted and we would then pro-
coed TO talk business
Eyes, j did want HerZog and he was
anxious to come to Pittsburg. Instead Of
taking the players | named, men who
would have been big help TO Boston
ETenney and Russell turn right around
and swap Herzog for Bridwel and
SGowdy. j cannot understand II at all
unless there is a-well, never mind; /
can't understand IT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

Corhan. When Ford beaned this recruit,
here he broke up the already shattered
infield which has worn the Chicago col
ors this season, for Mcconnell early In
the season suffered sprained ankle
Even Collins. the new first baseman. has
been out Of it several times this season
from injuries. If anything happened to
where Chicago would land.
Then the Yankees. with Hal Chase
sterling hitter. first baseman and
siderable period-this had an i'll ef-
feet on the team; in fact, the Yankees
have scarcely recovered from the
disaster to date. They are. however
going along better now.
Washington lost heavily in the sick
ness which overlook Walter Johnson,
its best pitcher and one of the best
who ever broke into base ball.
Purtell has been the i'll member OF
the Boston Red Sox, and Wagner, the
corktng shortstop, also was out Of 1t
a good long time. Bill Purtell had
been expected to cut up all sorts of
capers around third base. but the Red
Sox have had TO be content with using
another man there. In fact they are SO
hard pressed, John ]. Taylor is sour
rying around for another third sacker
In the swap last season Chicago seems
to have gotten the better OF 1t, as the
Sox are playing Lord at third regular
ly, while Pitcher Smith who went to
Boston In the DEAL Is no longer with
the team and Purtell is practically
out Of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25
BEL IEVES RACING WILL BE
SAVED IN NEW YORK STATE
Saratoga's Plight May Cause Passage Of Git
tins Bill in September, Says
Track Owner.

element. You can't stop betting wheth-
it is on the result of ball game, a
glove fight. foot ball match. a row.
ing contest or a horse race. 1t isn't
fair to say that you can wager SO
on the Giants against the Cubs with
out being arrested. but that you must
go to Jail for wagering $40 that Au-
gust Belmont's Watervale will win a
certain race.
"Since the New York tracks closed a
year ago I'll venture to say there has
been more betting in poolrooms in this
city and up the state than ever before.
The argument that the young clerk
who stole his employers money to bet
on the race track could no longer GO
astray when the AgnewPerkins bills
were passed last year, is an absurdity,
for such wayward employees don't have
to leave their duties except to run
around the corner to a poolroom or
handbook in some saloon. They can
get as much action on the races in
Canada and Kentucky as If the horses
were running at Sheepshead Bay.
eff young man steals his employers
money 1t is because he Is crooked at
heart II he couldn't bet on d horse
race he'd find something else. l know
hundreds of men who have followed the
races for quarter of a century who
never stole penny and whose word of
honor can be depended upon with alb
solute confidence
THE cry against so-called gambling at
race tracks has been raised by two
classes, persons who have axes to grind
or have personal grievances and other
individuals who. because of ignorance of
the facts, have been easily imposed upon.
THE racing interests have abandoned
the idea Of ever permitting hookmakng
again. They are satisfied to let the law
which prohibits bookmaking with or
without writing remain unchanged. That
lay alone prevents public gambling even
on a small scale. Yet the reformers have
insisted that the Gittins measure would
restore wide open gambling Nothing
could be more remote from the truth.
Enemies of the sport say that there is
nothing to prevent racing if the track
owners want to bar professional bettors
at the gates. That is misleading. Under
the present liability law every profess
sional bookmaker and bettor could be
barred at the track gstes, yet the owners
Of the Gravesend track, for instance,
could be indicted and possibly convicted
If two men from the district attorneys
office quietly made bet in the grand
stand. Just let one race track begin to
operate under the present conditions,
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Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK July 25.-"The failure o.
the Gittins bill relieving directors Of
racing association from criminal liability
for wasers made without their knowl-
edge may be blessing in disguise,
said a race track owner yesterday.
while it is severe hardship for Sara
toka people to have no race meeting
there next month, the harm done to
citizens Of that resort may serve to i'll
lustrate the necessity for legislative ac-
ton in September.
I'm my opinion racing won victory
entirely unexpected when the senate at
Albany passed the Gittins bill by one
vote. That success gave us foot
hold. and though the bill did not get
through the assembly We hope to Sc
cure enough votes when that body re-
convenes after the present recess.
"The agitation over the Gittins bill
has plainly shown that there Is a
popular demand for the revival Of rae
ing in this state. 1t is a fact that
10000 letters were sent by local bust
ness men to Gov. Dix asking him to
sign the bill if it reached his hands.
These citizens included merchants, bank
ers, brokers. lawyers, doctors. hotel
proprietors, restaurant keepers. florists,
tailors, taxicab owners. theater, man
ayers, cigar sellers, liquor dealers,
motor car manufacturers. railroad off,
Gals and others. If 10000 more had
been necessary they could have been Sc
cured, but the original 10000 batch
showed that New Workers were anxious
to have the tracks open, believing that
racing would bring back millions Of
dollars to this city and restrain Amer
lean millionaire turfmen from spending
their money abroad.
These advocates of racing have
simply begun the fight for legislation
that will be carried into every city
and town up the state. The reformers
have 1nisrepresented the facts to many
persons who never saw a horse race
and are horrifed when they hear OF
so -called gambling. The enemies OF
racing have caused false sentiment to
exist but this will soon be wiped
out.
The fact that business has been
harmed and that fair minded citizens
have begun to realize that racing men
are victims of persecution and big
otry will gradually offset the reform
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25
GIANTS STILL HOPE
TO GET 0'TOOLE
Manager McGraw Says Star Pitcher
Was Offered to Him Last
Saturday.
CLAIMS NEW YORK CLUB
ACCEPTED THE OFFER
st. Paul Club Set Price on Twirler.
Between $4,000 and $40, 900,
Which Brush Agreed To.

CINCINNATI, July 25.-Although it
was announced last Saturday in ST Paul
that Barney Dreyfuss. president Of the
Pittsburg club, was the successful bid
der for the sensational American Asso-
citation pitcher. Marty OToole. and that
he closed the deal by forking over a
check for $4,000 to the ST. Paul club, the
transaction Is likely to be thrown into
litigation before the national commission
by request Of the New York club. late
starter in the unprecedented bidding for
the st. Paul phenom. Pittsburg's bid
was the highest, but Manager McGraw.
from the meager facts in his possession,
thinks the sale should be set aside and
New York's offer accepted. McGraw and
John T. Brush did not go as high as
Dreyfuss, their bid being something be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 for O'Toole
without his catcher, Kelly. The club will
ask for an investigation of its claim that
a price set by the St. Paul club was ac-
cepted by telegraph Saturday afternoon
before the deal with Dreyfuss was COM
pleted
This is the first intimation that the
New York club had entered into COM
petition for OToole with the Chicago,
Pittsburg and st. Louis clubs OF the
National League and the Chicago club
OF the American League. Scout Mike
Finn came to New York early last week
and was Immediately dispatched to St.
Paul to inspect O'Toole and act as New
York's representative in the bidding.
He reforted favorably and his presence
at the auction Immediately doomed the
prices B, chicago clubs had repre-
sentatives on Inc ground. and Dreyfuss
personally attended to Pittsburg inter-
ests. st. Louis had dropped out after
the bidding on O'Toole alone went over
$4,000. Bresnahan had offered SIG, 500
for O'Toole and Kelly. Murphy came back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

with the betting fraternity barred. and
see how long the reformers would wait
before trying to put up job on the d.
rectors, even though the latter might be
spending the summer in South Africa.
''The racing question Is not dead is-
sue and in due time the general public
will understand ii better. Just at pres
ent though, we are laughing stock In
England and France, where real free
dom is enjoyed and meddlers are curbed. :"
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McGraw's Early Bid

McGraw's Early Bid.
An hour before Saturdays game start
ed at the Polo Grounds a wire came
from Finn stating that the highest bid
for O'Toole was $1,000 made by Com
iskey Of Chicago. Finn telegraphed that
st. Paul had made him a price some
what higher than this; that he had the
preference at that price. and that he
would like an immediate reply. McGraw's
telegram accepting these terms was sent
shortly after o'clock. In newspaper ac-
counts Of the success of Dreyfuss the
fnal transaction was made late in the
afternoon. McCiraw wants to know
whether the st. Paul club received his
acceptance or whether Finn got TO Own
er Lennon with it before Dreyfuss made
his last bid IF New York's acceptance
beat Pittsburg's last bid, then the New
York manager is of the opinion that he
has good chance.
1T looks to me as il my telegram
was what sent the price up to record
break KING figures said McGraw last
night. "Of course there is the chance
that the difference in time and possible
delay In handling the message or delay
in getting it to the st. Paul officials
may have lost us the man, but i'm view
of the quick and high jump that carried
Dreyfuss to his last bid, ! suspect we
nad the WORK handed to us.
Letter or Telegram Binding.
"A letter or telegram Of acceptance i.
considered binding in the transaction of
base ball deal The telegram we sent
did not make an offer to the st. Paul
club. 1t accepted an offer which our
agent said they had made to us If the
proposition that Finn wired to u. was
made to other clubs. of course 1t would
be case of first come, first served. and
inasmuch as Dreyfuss was on the ground
he could act more quickly than Finn, who
had to put everything up TO us by wire.
But If this price. which was not So 800,
was made to Dreyfuss too it seems to
me that he would have accepted It, Ger
tainly he would not pay out more money
that make me think that the price jumped
and that there was spirited bidding by
the other clubs after Finn attempted to
close on the proposition that he wired
to us
THE whole affair has a rather fshy
appearance. / don't blame the ST. Paul
people for getting all they could. but
they cannot go back on an agreement.
| shall wait until I get the full details by
mail from Finn. 1t is possible that he
assumed something that was not under
stood by the st. Paul men that he
cannot establish the fact that a certain
price was placed on OToole for us and
time. 1t seems strange. though, that the
player should be held al a certain price
at noon: that the bidding advanced sew
eral thousand dollars before night, and
that our telegram did not have something
to do with the rise"
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Inc game yesterday DetWt6H GlISei
Spring and Braddock was called In the
ninth inning with the score standing
to 4.
Silver Spring made most sensational
rally in the eighth inning, putting four
runs over after two were out. A dropped
ball by the Braddock first sacker started
ii all, and after that three hits and
base on balls came one after another
The thing to stand out most conspicu-
ously was the brilliant base running OF
First Baseman Saunders of the Suburb
antics. PA" made the fans sit up I'm the
very first inning when he stole home,
catching the Braddock battery so COM
pletely off its guard that he did not have
to slide In the fatal eighth Saunders
sprint from first to third on a single put
his team in such a position that a single
put it ahead.
For Braddock Lynch. better known as
Pete twirled nice ball. and but for the
eighth, had Silver Spring at his mercy.
Lynch allowed but eight hits, and four
Of them came in that session
Gill started poorly, but was going well
when the game ended. Five runs came
over on him in the first three innings.
Lynch had just the opposite experience.
getting off to a good start, but letting up
toward the finish.
"Ping Bodie Malloy. the Braddock
second baseman. made record, so far as
fielding his position was concerned, when
he took nine put-outs at the midway
sack His record looked more like that
OF first baseman. At the bat Ping
hit twice. both hits being triples.
Silver Spring was lucky to come out "a
il did with the score n tie. Manager
Glover had just nine men on the field and
but four Of them were regulars. That
the game ended az Ii did speaks well for
the ability of Silver Springs utility men.
The action of the commission In refue-
ing TO allow the names handed In by the
secretary of the league to go on the
eligible list is likely to cause the league
10 break away from local organized base
ball. Every team in the league had one
or more men on the list and nearly all
have been played since. This will ne
cesstate the throwing out OF at least
seven games. and IL Is doubtful IL the
managers will stand for IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

: Some OF the American League managers
think that the coach lines should be far
ther away from the base lines. and the
proposition has been put to President Ban
johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

II Joe Engle has signed and played
with more than one team in the anna
teur leagues 1T is no more than dozens
OF other players have 5done this sea-
son, the only difference being that the
others went to the trouble to get their
releases for the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

1t has always been a common prac-
tice for players in the amateur cir
cults to get their releases from GER
tain clubs IN order that they might
be made eligible to pitch an important
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

The only game played yesterday in
the amateur leagues was between the
Silver Spring and Braddocks in the
Olympia League. The result of that
contest was a 7-to-7 tie.
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OLYMPIA LEAGUE.
GAME TODAY.
Southland VS.. Woodland

The game yesterday between Silver
Spring and Braddock was called In the
ninth inning with the score standing
to Z.
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with $4,000 bid for the Chicago club.
and then Kelly was cut out and a price
set on O'Toole alone.
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Silver Spring was lucky to come out "a
il did with the score n tie. Manager
Glover had just nine men on the field and
but four Of them were regulars. That
the game ended az II did speaks we'll for
the ability of Silver Springs utility men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

Silver Spring made most sensational
rally in the eighth inning, putting four
runs over after two were out. droppe1
ball by the Braddock first sacker started
ii all, and after that three hits and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

Gill started poorly, but was going well
when the game ended. Five runs came
over on him in the first three innings.
Lynch had just the opposite experience.
getting off to a good start, but letting up
toward the finish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

For Braddock Lynch. better known as
Pete" twirled nice ball, and but for the
eighth, had Silver Spring at his mercy.
Lynch allowed but eight hits, and four
Of them came in that session
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

clan says of her fear that her tail,
too, will swell. and in righteous anger,
at the calumny. The doctor would do
away with all cats as household pets,
catch mice and rats by mechanical
prOwess and endow something else
with the love now lavished upon the
house feline.
Maiden ladies who live alone with
their teapots and their cats. are espe-
cially appealed to and are asked to
deny themselves for the sake of the
human race. DR.. Reed evidently ap-
preciates the task he has taken upon
ridding of this country of
its large aggregation of night prowl-
ers with nine lives each.
But the physician has begun well.
He has invented a gibbet trap that
is jailer and executioner. judge, jury
and the common people. 1t is baited
with catnip and loaded with death.
Every time it goes off one more cat is
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

WROTE LONG LETTERS. oro+afuI to him
for his activity, yet cannot but think
the doctors task is something like one
certain man had in mind when he
advertised for a helper. The adver-
tisement appeared in a Sunday paper
of recent date and read as follows:
l want to meet a man who is willing to
give one evening each week to task that
is thankIess. unappreciated by the people
he works for. often disagreeable and sell
dom shown by results. Don't answer un-
less you are game. Once started you will
hate to let CO. No compensation. Address
. D 14S. this paper.
And yet | haven't a doubt but that
somebody answered this advertisement
and did the work. If 1t were not for
men who are thus prompted to do
things for humanity the world would
be worse off today than it is. And
II DR.. Reed is right off goes Toms
head to save little Willie's and the
baby.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

sent to the eternal-I was going to say
eternal bowwows. but that would
make a cat and dog life of it for the
cat sure. and SO say cat heaven.
When the trap goes off nine times on
the same cat that settles it; puss Is
dead.
The gibbet trap having been heralded
TO the world, a lot Of cat lovers TOOK
I'D the banner for Tabby and wrote
saucy letters to DR.. Reed, who replied
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

The small boy should keep in mind
that even more important than bright
mind and strong body in the life
which lies before him are trustworthi3
ness and honesty-in other words, that
his word shall be good. Not a day
passes but somewhere over the coun-
try men in various pursuits come to
grief through this lack. The trait may
require some pains to develop. but it
Is worth all it costs.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

that was bad enough-but now we
stand in mortal dread Of bacteria when
we see baby sucking the black cats
tail, mistaking it for piece Of lic-
orice. or burying her infantile nose
and lips in the soft. warm fur of Tab
by's side.
Take a look at your cats whiskers.
They look innocent enough. but are
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

tneys ! ne 0Oc-
tor says they are
laden with germs
of decomposition.
c a u 5 IN & pto-
maine poisoning,
sore throat. in
testinal disOr-
ders. kidney dis
ease and puer-
peral fever.
Henry G arey
says: II a u ki
What a mon
strous tail our
cat has POt"
When Tab hears
what fhe nhvsi-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

his fur. In his proselyting about dur
ing the wee sma' hours Tom may visit
a house where a contagious disease is
prevalent or he may track through ty-
phoid fever contamination and bring
that home, with the germ of diphtheria
or scarlet fever or measles.
According to the doctor. every inch
of Tom is a common carrier for dis
ease. Heretofore we have been led to
understand that the worst part of Tom
was his yowl-the goodness knows
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

Many a good housewife who seeks
to augment the family income by
spending her spare hours with tatting.
embroidery and the like would make
just as much in the end and be far bet
ter or physically and mentally if she
would invest the same money and put
the same time in growing garden truck
or raising chickens. More than this.
there would be a decided saving in
dope and doctors bills.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

sharply. Women
who object to
this fight against
cats wear aigrets
taken from a liv-
ing female bird,
causing her death
and leaving her
young TO starve."
Which would
have been nearer
the truth II Dr.
X e e d or the
n e W spaper re-
porter had said,
Some women"
etc.
There may be
considerable truth
in what DR.. Reed
says, and If so
we should be
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

HuS expostulat-
ed Orla n d o
Thomas Dobbin
years and years
ago. Now comes
a modern Dob
bin. DR.. Charles
B. Reed. a broth
er of NJ yrtle
r e e d McCul-
Tough, by t b e
way. who says
the Felis domes-
tica. otherwise
known as Tab
by" or Tom" or
"Tiger." m u s t
go.
The doctor has
I 0 u n d death
& erm s in Tab
by's whiskers
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

The Lebanon Criterion notes the
aFHTal at Lebanon Of a family Of
settlers composed Of the parents and
u children.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

A level headed poultryman whose
premises the writer passed the other
day solved the question of green food
for his flock the past season by sowing
the greater portion Of the yard to rape.
This was allowed to get a good start
before the poultry was turned in. and
as a result the flock has had an abun-
dance OF the finest kind Of green food
since. and it will be good well into
winter. The plan is a simple one and
well worth a trial.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

Eusens's souna b.
looking to the ssle'
a city hall The
tie fnal test
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

funnings the lowest form OF wit"
An ancient worthy shrilly cackled
But wouldn't he have had a NJ
IL danydn he'd ever tackled
New YORK Man.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

When you have a bilious attset
give Chamberlain Tablets a trial
ihsy are excellent Fer sale by an
dealers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19
THE MERE MANS
VIEWPOINT
TABBY'S WHISPERS
By BYRON WILLIAMS

confound the cats! All cats. afway.
Cats Of all colors-black. white and gray
BY night a nuisance and by day
Confound the cats!
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-19

Both in the matter of safeguarding
the health and well being Of the mem-
bers of the family and in the care of
the farm animals there is all too much
tendency TO overlook the fact that
prevention is vastly better than cure
the exercise Of just good sense cheaper
than medical attendance and veterina-
ry service.