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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-23

he were playing straight bridge. and the
player who waits when he has strong
hand to see which of two possible bids
promises the best results. or whether
both of them are unsafe. In many cases
the careful player will find 1t better to
suppress his intended final declaration
and let the more impetuous adversar1es
play the hand.
player will never undertake doubtful
contract when there is no prospect OF his
going game on the deal, and no possibility
Of the adversaries going game on their
declaration 1t Is these doubtful con-
tracts. hands that might be good for the
odd trick and might not, that lose so
much at auction. and 1t Is fnjudicious
bidding to get the play OF the hand away
from the other side when there is not the
slightest danger of their going game with
1t that puts players down for so many
points In penalties.
But good player should never hesitate
to declare the full strength Of his hand
when he is confident of success. no mat
ter what is out against him, or what his
partner holds. Give any player six solid
spade tricks. the aces of two other suits
and five small cards in the fourth suit.
and he will bid no-trumps at once, stand
ing ready to go two no-trumps with aD-
solute confidence that neither adversary
holds six sure tricks in the suit in which
the declarer has five small cards. No in
formation Is wanted, no beating round
the bush is necessary with such hands as
these.
Give player seven hearts to the ace
queen-ten. with ace-jack-small in two
other suits. and he will never start with
spade. because he does not want any
information from his partner. and does
not care what the other side may hold
or lead. He has a practical certainty in
hearts. and would not change his declara-
ton even If he knew his partner held six
solid tricks in the suit in which the de-
clarer is void.
The art in auction is not to do the
same thing all the time, bat to vary your
game SO that the advsrSaries shall never
be sure what you are bidding from when
you are strong.
In the next and last lesson we shall
have something to say about the leads,
and wherein they differ from those at
straight bridge.
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game which could not be discerned until
the players got up from a tangled mass
Foot ball has come to stay, and Its
popularity is sure to increase every year.
Antagonists have tried their best to aboI-
fsh 1t, but the popular college sport has
weathered the storm and once again is
on solid footing. AS long as the
American college students demand a
game which is featured by action all the
time It will be mighty hard proposition
to abolish such a sport.
The rules committee did not make any
radical changes at its annual meeting in
New York last winter. and as the coaches
have had time to experiment with the
rules the game of foot BAH as played this
fall should be vastly more interesting
than any seen since foot ball first took
such a hold on the American college stu
dents.
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Pittsburg. He played with the La Crosse
(Wis) club before going to st. Louis.
Sporting Editor The Star:
Is skinned diamond faster than a
grass infield? j. NJ. d.
A skinned base ball diamond generally
is faster than a grass diamond, but it de-
ponds largely on the condition OF the
ground.
Sporting Editor The Star:
Who played second and third base for
the Cubs in the series with the White
Sox in 1909? - FAN.
Johnny Evers played second base and
Harry Steinfeldt played third base for
the Cubs in every game of the Cubs
White Sox series Of 1909.
Sporting Editor The Star:
From which team did Chicago secure
INQUIRER.
with the Wausau club of the Wisconsin
Lea que in 1907 and 1908 and with the
Des Moines club of the Western League
in 1909.
Sporting Editor The Star:
Will you kindly decide the following bet
in the pink sheet on Sunday. April .?
A bets r that that the visiting base ball
clubs in the American League receive 121a
cents for every person passing through
the turnstiles into the grounds of the
home club. B says that their share is
about 90 per cent of the receipts. Thank
ing you in advance.
The visiting club receives 80 per cent of
the gross receipts on % and 90 cent
basis. For instance, the visiting club
gets 1919 cents of every 2j-cent admiss.o on
and % cents of every 5O-cent or over
admission The additional grandstand
and box fees go to the home club
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Agility and Quick Thinking
Also Requisites, Declares
Walter ECkerSaII.
PRESENT RULES ARE D. K.
AND SHOULD BE LET ALONE
Game Will Increase in Popular.
ity if Code Is Not Tempered
II
With, Says Critic.
By Walter H. Eckersall.

Copyright 1911 by the Tribune Company
Speed. agility and quick thinking are
the three all important essentials which
players must possess who expect to earn
positions on twentieth century college
foot ball teams. Players with 1hese
qualifications are the ones who are earn
ing honor and glory for themselves ana
the institutions they. represent.
Modern foot ball, with It's unlimited
number of possibilities and its numerous
opportunities for quick thinking, unques-
tionably is more beneficial sport imam
the style of game played when the mass
play and flying wedge were features Oh
every contest. Time has improved the
game and it will continue to do so unless
the game is abolished or the rules TAM
bered with to such an extent that the
Coaches and Dlayers will not have time
to discover the possibilities of the codes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-23
Weight Factor in the Past.

To appreciate the sterling quality OF the
present game as compared with the game
before the forward pass was evolved one
must have played under both sets OF
rules. Before the winter OF 1868 weight
and strength were given the preference
over speed and agility, and the little EEL
lows did not get many chances TO dis
play their worth.
1t was then the aim Of the coaches to
nick a team which would average be-
tween $50 and 200 pounds. The weight
. was distributed in positions where 1t was
thought it would be of most ADVANTAGE,
while the lighter men were placed IN dill
ferent positions on defense and onense.
The hammering and batterlng tact1cs
proved a hardship on the linemen and
backs. and 1t seldom occurred that a star
back or lineman was able to last through
an entire game. Opportunities were UNI
limited for use of knees, elbows and
cleats in trying to put certain players
out Of the games, these being more OF a
test of strength than strategy or open
and spectacular playing.
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SpOrtin% Editor Star.

Sporting Editor Star:
Cd Kindly publish in your pink
sheet Walter Camps selection OF the
All-American foot ball team for 1910.
CD Which teams were pennant win
ners in the American League in, the
years 13O0-05 inclusive. Answer to
these questions will be greatly appre-
ciated r. NJ. DUCK.
% Ends-Wells, Michigan; Kill
patrick Yale; tackles-Mckay, Har-
vard Walker, Minnesota; guards
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Mass Play Brings Injuries.

With five yards to gain three downs II
was a simple matter for a heavy team to
push lighter opponent down the field
FOR the necessary points. and whenever
an aggregation representing a smaller
college met a team from one of the larger
universities the result of the game gen.
orally could be predicted with the out
come only question of the size OF the
score The mass play, which has been
responsible for many injuries. was about
the strongest formation under the old
code, while a number of teams had a
great deal of success with the guards
back or tackle back formations. The
rame was not a question of skill. 1t was
simply a question of which team had the
most weight and the one that did gen.
orally won.
Now the situation is different. The big,
heavy, numbering men have been thrown
into the discard and the speedy and
agile candidates are the ones which go to
make up successful teams. The forward
pass with its possibilities, the many
strategic formations possible by the rules
which permit of open plays and the ne
cessity of developing field goal kickers
make the game a great deal more inter
-esting to players and spectators.
: Should Hold to Present Rules.
- 1t is the element of chance which has
entered into the game that makes 1t a
thriller, and If the rules committee lets
the present code alone the game is GER
more beneficial results will be obtained.
Under the present code there have been
few games won by lop-sided scores,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-23
INQUISITIVE FANS.
SPORTING Editor The Star

Sporting Editor The Star:
In re the attached, there is general
belief that the Athletics by winning three
games out of five were the Victors in the
city series in Philadelphia. Were the
games correctly reported? f. N II.
The statement that the Phillies Won
series was incorrect Athletics, ); Phil
lies, -
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which is proof enough of the good results
which have and which will he obtained.
There have been few contests won by
counts of a. 100 to q. and in the great
ma jority of cases only a few points have
separated the teams when the final whis-
tle blew. The games have been fought
and won in clean-cut fashion, and
there has been none of the wranglng
which was one of the bad features of the
old game.
: Those who played years back and who
have not played under the new rules are
reticent toward admitting the present
game Is setter than the old slam, bang
style, but the fact remains that they are
weekly spectators at foot ball contests
II a college is located in a town where
they reside. These persons still cling to
the mass play style and they claim the
present game is a hybrid between foot
ball and basket ball.
Committee Knows Game.
r The rules committee is composed of men
who have played foot ball and who know
what Is best to save the game in the face
of all the adverse criticism which has
been hurled at it. The adoption of the
forward pass. division of the game into
four quarters and lengthening the dis
lance to be gained in three downs from
five to ten yards are changes which are
certain to make the game a great deal
more interesting soon as the coaches
and PLAYERS master the possibilities. More
action Is made possible by the changes
and the ball generally always is in sight
Of the spectators. feature OF the old
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Sporting Editor The Star:
Will you kindly answer the following in
Sundays paper? Will Walter Johnson be
given credit for striking out Gardner of
Boston when Ainsmith dropped the third
strike? l refer to the game of April 10,
1911 and the inning in which four men
struck out. G. II. T.
Yes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-23

Sporting Editor The Star:
Did Konetchy of ST. Louis ever play
with Pittsburg? ]. II. *.
Konetchy of ST. Louis never was with
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WHIST PROBLEM No. ..

Hearts are trumps and y is in the lead.
n and s want seven out of these eight
tricks. in spite of any defense possible
for E and w. How do they get them?
The solution of bridge problem No s
is for Y to lead the ace of clubs and then
the four Of diamonds. S wins the dia-
mond and leads the spade king If w
trumps with the jack. N discards club.
w then leads a high trump. which N
wins, playing the eight. n leads a
club, which trumps with the ten and w
overtrumps with queen. n trumps the
diamond. leads a club for 8 to trump,
and trumps the last trick himself
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Benbrook. Michigan: Fisher. Harvard;
center-Cozens. Pennsylvania; quarter
back-Sprackling. Brown; halfbacks-
Wendell. Harvard: Pendleton. Prince
ton; fullback-Mercer, Pennsylvania
CD Chicago, 1900. 1901; Athletics,
1902: Boston, 1903. 1904; Athletics,
1905.
Sporting Editor The Star:
l. Which outfielder held the record last
year? =. Which shortstop held the rec
ord? 3. Which catcher held the record?
4. Whose fault was 1t that Washington
lost April 10, 1911?
l. Easterly of Cleveland . Turner
of Cleveland, 3. Donohue of Philadelphia.
A. Ainsmith's misplays were all costly.
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Sporting Editor The Star:
Please answer in sporting sheet of Sun
day Star the following question: The
man at bat knocks a foul fly which hits
him on the shoulder. Is this considered
a foul fair ball? The ball landed
fair after hitting batter. Thanking you
in advance, ! am,
ID. G. GARDINER.
1t Is foul.
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President Hannah of the Tidewater ou-
laws has notified Secretary Farrell that
he will not permit any OF the teams on
his circuit to harbor contract jumpers.
Billy is too nice fellow to be mixed up
in this sort Of a fight. He ought to be
used somewhere in organized ball.
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1t will take some high financing hy
June | for all of the six teams to get
into the salary limit, but the presump-
ton is that the teams will be there, for
there are few men in base ball these days
who care to swear to false statements.
That's what they will have to do IL they
are not in the limit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-23

| McGrainer, a pitcher having trial with
| the New York Yankees. was about TO he
turned over to Richmond for further
training. but ST. Louis failed TO waive
and this blocked the deal. 1t also prob
ably saved Owner Bradley a little trouble
anent the salary limit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

In referring to the recent success
of E. G. Enestvedt of South Sacred
Heart in capturing a first prize in
the national corn show at St. Louis
The Gazette did not call attention to
the fact that the young man is a
graduate of the state agricultural
college and has been breeding his
prize corn for the past eight years.
Great victories in any line of effort
do not happen, but are the result Of
knowledge and mastery effort, and
such instances as the above, in our
neighbor county, help to prove that
farming is a science and that success
comes along the lines of scientific
effort.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07
TIME FOR A CHANGE.

Today, March 7th, happ ems to be
the 47th anniversary of the entrance
of The Gazette man upon his career
as printer; May 1st next will be
the 31st of his association with The
Gazette and its readers; and he is
beginning to wonder if he has not
stayed in the game about the limit
Anyway, it is about time for the
readers of this great family journal
to have change, and the editor is
arranging to cut loose for a few
months in the great west, and as
soon as details can be arranged, one
of which is thorough accounting
with about 500 subscribers who may
have forgotten US, the writer will
buy a colonist ticket and take long,
medltated trip to Southern Call
fornia.
Another old newspaper worker
whose position makes a strong ap-
peal to US, quit the game at Atchi-
son, Kansas, last month, and his val
edictory so aptly fits the case of the
tired and retired newspaper man
who has worked himself to the limit
of endurance, that we are going to
use it here, as voicing our own SEN
timents at this time, with the differ
ence that yours truly owns to SO in
stead of 81 years spent in this vale
Of tears. Most Of our readers have
enjoyed the humorous and homely
writings of the Atchison Globe man.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

The writer of this paragraph was
almost grown to manhood before
Vice President Colfax drove the
silver spike that united the MISSISSIPPI
pi valley and the east with the Pa
cific coast and has very distinct
remembrance of the era of the oyer
land trail and the stage coach as the
shortest means of reaching the gold
en- west. And now we read that
the Union Pacific is to double track
its trail across the continent before
the date for the Panama exposition,
while a dozen or more trans-conti-
mental lines are making the trip to
the coast mere pasttime.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

Minnesota's senators have not mis-
represented their state by voting to
allow Lorimer to retain his pur-
chased seat in the senate nor for the
Canadian reciprocity bill. They are
not of the Lorimer kind. Our sena-
tors also voted right on the bill for
the election of senators by popular
vote. Depew, Guggenheimer,
Clark, and their democratic and au-
tocratic allies will be held respon-
sible for a miserable misuse of sena-
to rial courtesy in trying to validate
senatorial election that smells to
heaven.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

E. w. Howe, and will wish him the.
full realization of his anticipated
rest, as expressed below:
For thirty-three years | have
pottered up and down Commercial
street, doing what | could as re-
porter and advertising man on the
Globe. Late last Saturday after
noon | realized that | was making
my last trip, and as the realization
came over me | had one of the SEN
sations that are rare in life.
Il retire without bitterness | hate
no one in Atchison and | love the
town. People almost universally
have treated me we'll as | have tried
to treat them. If | have wronged
anyone, l intend to look them up
and fix it.
81 have no resentment-no enmi-
ties. But l have good many
friends whose appreciation | will try
long to deserve. | want to get
away from what is generally known
as business cares, which have be-
come burdensome to me because |
am 81 years old. | knew that as
long as | remained in active bust
ness | ought to do my work with
good nature and patience. This was
becoming more difficult every year,
because Of the annoyances around a
newspaper office. | was the old
man. and most of the annoyances
came to me and they wore me out"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

At the prohibition banquet at Min
neapolis last Tuesday evening, the
principal speaker declared that "the
man who gets drunk 365 days in the
year and votes the prohibition ticket
on election day is a better prohibi-
zionist than the preacher who
breaches against whisky every day
in the year and then votes against
prohibition" The statement illus
trates the uncompromising attitude
of the temperance element which
will have state wide prohibition or
nothing. Reasoning from history.
we don't believe that this attitude
will win. The prohibition party has
been in existence for thirty years,
and while it has accomplished good
work in the way of agitation, it has
rarely commanded votes enough to
work out practical results as poll
teal party. The party as political
organization occupies about the
same position as the abolition party
before the war. The abolitionists,
the populists and the labor parties
have doubtless all contributed to
bring about certain reforms. but
not by purely political organization,
and we are inclined to think that
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

The Journal of Granite Falls
throws light on the causes that have
led up to the Mexican instructions.
President Diaz has plugged up the
safety valve of his governmental
machine so that the poor insurrectos
have very little show, but there is
no doubt about the grievances being
genuine, judging by the proof pub
lished in the magazines of the de-
plorable slavery in some parts Of the
Mexican domain. The Journal pub
fishes extracts from letter re-
ceived from a relative residing near
the Mexican border, and the lady
writes that the laws of the country
for the poems or laborers are dis
grace to any country. The lady pre-
diets that the Diaz regime is about
over.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

In connection with the considera-
ton of the plan of the state anti
tuberculosis society, to establish
nine hospitals for tubercular pa
tients, one for each congressional
district, in the senate the other day,
significant statement was made by
DIR. Marclay. former superintendent
of the sanatorium at Walker, The
doctor had been asked relative to
the benefit derived by tubercular
patients among the pines of the
northern part of the state as against
other sections. and declared there
was little in that theory. He went
on to say that the sandy soil in which
the pine trees grow is pretty sure to
be dry and well drained, and so is
healthful. But that dry and we'll
drained soil in any other part Of the
state would be just as good if the
air were pure.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

Postmaster General Hitchcock S
latest break in recommending the
imposition of a fine upon the popu-
lar magazines in the shape of in
creased charges for carrying the adj
vertising pages which make up more
than half the bulk of most of them
is calling out very general protest.
The advertising is not Objectionable
to the public, and its effect is to en-
able the publishers to put out what
used to cost So per year at half that
price to the consumer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

The fact that the grand lodge of
the order of United Workmen has
cut loose from the national organ
ization is greatly to the credit of
the intelligence of it's membership.
Minnesota has low death rate nor
mally, and the order will save thous-
ands of dollars every year by ceasing
to permit the drain upon its trea-
sury consequent upon its compul-
sorry assessments in aid Of other jur-
isdictions. The movement is in line
with the precedent set by the Kan
sas and Nebraska jurisdict ions
which seeded from the national or,
ganization two years ago. 1t will
not be many years hence when old
line insurance customers in the west
will discontinue pouring their mil
lions into Wall street Golfers and OBJ
tain just as reliable insurance in the
west at a lower rate. And our pre-
diction is. that the same thing will
happen in the matter of fire insur-
ance.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07
Granite Falls Journal: Their,

Granite Falls Journal: There is
reason in all things, it is said. but
there is none whatever in the plan,
by a bill to be presented to the leg
islature, to make July %, the birth
day of the late Gov. John A. John
son, legal holiday. We all loved
johnson, but this is going too far.
Kill the bill. There is no sense in it
or to it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07
success along national lines will not
come through party prohibition.

One week from this date the an
nual township elections and also the
annual elections in most villages and
the smaller cities of this state will
be held. AS usual. the license cues
ton will be an important issue in
many cases.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07
Official Paper of Redwood County

The eastman distance tariff bill
was laid away last week in the
senate side by side with the county
option and anti-Sunday base ball
bills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07

The Gazette is pleased to note
that Alvin Small of Westbrook.
former sheriff of this county.
landed" the job of boiler Inspector
for Jackson and Cottonwood coun-
ties last month.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-07
ron SALE By ALLDRuaaIsTs

Send 1oc.. name Eof paper and this "a. 1or our
beautiful Savings Bank and Child's Sketch Book.
Each bank contains Q Good Luck Penny.
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl ST.. New York
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world the beautiful Plen
gardens this
valley lghted wind osts graveled
Go and with your eyes.