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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
WHAT WILL
The CUBS Do?

II the great Chicago Cub baseball
machine In the process Of disintegra-
tion7 1t looks that way to many fol-
lowers of the game. When tho team
was going good. all the athletes work
ing together like ciockwork, Chances
club was the greatest In the baseball
world Three straight pennants were
won and two worlds championships.
Then John Killing. known as the great
est catcher In baseball, dropped out for
a year. Killings absence apparently
started the shattsrfng of a great club.
The Cubs were whipped by Pitts
burg the year Killing was out. The Cub
players and followers Of baseball ev-
erywhere held the opinion that Chi
cago would have fronted the Pirates In
the pennant race had King been in
the game. The next year, last season,
Killing returned to the Cubs. and the
Cubs again won the National league
pennant. That was sufficient proof for
the bugs. Kings absence lost Chicago
q pennant the year before. Sure, Mikel
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
bsrn were enrolled.

bsrn were enrolled.
Officers were elected as follows:
Randolph Appleby. president; Mel
son jolly, yice-president; Augustine
Cornell, secretary and treasurer.
John Shefield was elected manager
OF the baseball team and Arthur Ap-
pleby, JT.. as ths captain. Freder-
lex w. DeVoe was chosen as booking
representative.
Tbs charter members enrolled
were: Arthur Appleby, Dominica
Spain, Frederick w. Devoe, Nelson
jolly. William McMulkin, Augustine
Cornell. Clarence Phillips, John
shefield, Benjamin Feldbaum. Con.
rad Petty, John McCumsey, Ran.
dolph Appieby and James McMul.
Kim IL a.--.--
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
MAT GIANTS
QUIET OF LATE

Now that the wrestling reason II on
the wnne the foreign giants who hare
been on the trail Of Gotch for the title
have evidently lost their voices or dis
charged their press agents. At any
rate. for the past few weeks Hacken-
schmidt and Zbysco. great at permit
ting many opponents to stay the limit.
have failed to challenge the champion
for a million dollars a side. 1t was the
Mahmout jolt that stopped them. When
Geteh came out of his retirement he
announced that he would not meet
Hack or Zybsco unless either one met
and threw the Turk. This they openly
refused to do, giving as a reason that
the Mahmout had a great habit of
incorporating things In case he came
out second best. IT was a very poor
excuse, for they tackled every other
mat artist In the country.
In talking to the writer about Hack
enschmfdt recently Gotch said:
"Hackenschmidt has been over here
since November. and 1t is idle for him
to say that he is In condition for q
championship match. for his exploits
against the men who opposed him on
the mat have proved different. Hays
not his handicap matches with zbysco
convinced the majority Of spectators
that the Pole Is the better man Of the
two7 Now. with the season half In
tSheA. l have been back in the game a
little over . month. and Hack
snschmidt Is talking Of his early de-
parturs for homo His manager talks
cs |. match on Labor day one minute.
and the next minute Hackenschmidt
soon. - the Russian Lion really wan
I'd q IN match with me he would
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18

SOME on onfOAao'a RECRUITS TRYING
HARD no LAND rLAns on TRAM.
Didn't King coEns back the next sea.
son. and didn's tbs Cabs ssain fall into
their winning ssridsf Can you doubt 1t
Everything went smoothly enough
last season while ths Cubs were walk.
ing away with the psanant. But when
things went to the bad In the worlds
series with the Athletics trouble broke
In the camp OF the Cubs. Chanes
called King, and there were words
between the manager and the catcher.
King expected to be traded during
the winter. He believed ne would play
much better bah with some ether club.
Now that he Ia dissatisfied Will he
work with ths Cnbs In the same old
ways Tinker is not pleased with his
berth at short and was anxious To re-
place Stein1sidf at third. but Chance
said 40. Evers says bis ankis. which
BE hroks shortly before fhs worlds
series last fall. l. as strong 80 ever.
But In itf We can tell better later.
HOFFMAN has had . run in with Owner
Murphy and wsai6 have quit oaiy for
Chance II the team strikes fails by
the wayside AFtis In apt 60 quit ana
put ia his time at the brokerage bust
ness.
Overall ID tired OF pitching and b
anxious to Try ssmsshlng else. But
Chance sag no mausk stick co tbs sfah.
Brown talked Of eEifssns the game
sassy IL ths ysaF. Es 10 slssA0sasd
aEao ana woHla HE :, sss traded with
such lack 81 harnaany asaong shs eaab
players Manager Chanee via bare bic
hands fan taaa ysar.
Ih@ Gaia saay ssaas 5ssA ana sasw
al sshss 49, - s@ wag sa1s 49,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
ASSN. AT
SPOTSW0OD STARTED
Formed TO Finance First Glass Base
ball Team--Prominent Men Are
Interested in the Project.
ITO CONDUCT OUTDOOR SPORTS
speosal to the EVENING NEWS

Speotu1 to the EVENING NEWB,
Spotswood, March 18:-In n OF
the most enthusiastic meetings in
the athletic line ever held in this
borough, an athletic association,
principally for the purpose OF
financing a first class baseball team,
was formed. Prominent men OF the
place, including Arthur AppIeby.
Jr-, son OF tho mayor, Councilman
Augustine Cornell and others took
an active part In launching the boom
for up-to-date and attractive base
ball. The object OF the athletic as
ISOLATION ts~to promote athletics in
evsry line. including baseball, foot
ball. basketball, etc. Committees
we're appointed and q constitution
was adopted. Thirteen charter MEM
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
HIGH SCHOOL
AT RED BANK
Game Arranged for Tonight
After b UGH Oelibsration.

The Perth Amboy high school will
play the Red Bank high school a
game ON the latter's court tonight.
Several of the players were going
to participate with the Riversides
against the Y. III. H. A. Juniors, in
the Auditorium tonight, but yester-
day afternoon they changed their
minds.
They will leave on the 8:31 Cen
trail train. Harry Maean, who re-
turned to school Monday, will net
go. Those who will play @ John
McCreery, Adam Schantz. Scott
Burns, Hans Roessler, Frank Nc
Cormick and Rufus Allen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
GUMBINER HAS
TOURNEY LEAD
Standing 10 Y. NJ H. A. Pool
Series to Bate.

Louis J. Gumbinsr leads 1t pres
emit In the Young Men D A.
ISOLATION pool tournament. But
ave games have been played to date
and out of those he has won two. HS
holds q perfect score, having lost
none. Harry Schwartz stands Sec
ond, having won q game and lost
none. Henry Polkowitx and Will
liam T~absrowsky are tied for third
place, each having won and lost =
game.
Tho next games are scheduled for
Tuesday night, at which Tins BenJa-
min Weiss will meet benjamin. isen-
berg, and Harry Schwartz Will OPP
pose Abraham London. The stand
fnw RI data
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18

The Y. M. H. A. i've will include
players from the senior and Junior
Y. Nj. H. A. teams. Schwartz. Il.
koplowftr, N. Goldberger, Fred Sci
gel and Samuel Sarokin will prob
ably comprise the team.
On the Riverside Wanderer side
VIII be such cracks as William.
Egan. John Deegan. Harry Macan.
Davis and others.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
MOTORING BOWLING
FISHING BOATING
BATTLE
ROYAL TONIGHT
Team OF \. n. II. A, and Riverside Wander-
srs Will Clash Tonight In the Auditorium Game viii
Start at 9 O'clock Predict sIashino Bout.

A siashing contest between two
local basketball teams should result
In the Auditorium tonight In a game
to be held In conjunction with the
Saturday night dance. A combine
tion team OF the Young Mems He
brew Association will oppose the
Riverside Wanderers, commencing
at 8 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
rha Feast Of hstura.

The Feast Of Nature was 8 grand
French revolutionary holiday, held
Aug. 10, 1893. A plaster image of
Nature was erected In the Place de la
Bastille, and the chief members of
the convention. public committees and
public functionaries knelt In alteration.
after which came firing of salutes.
dancing and general rejoicings. The
holiday celebrated the finished e0nsti-
tuition Of the republic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
LOCAL PARTY
TO SEE GAME

A party Of local people plan to go
to Kempsr's hall, In Newark, tomor-
row afternoon to witness o basket
ball contest between the Ironside A.
C. five and the Totawa team, cham
piOa OF Passaic county. Buggy and
other crack players who appear here
will be seen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
Subscribe fov the NEWS.
pRoPosAIa.

PROPOSALS,
Sealed bids and proposals will be re-.
esivsd by the Ceansif Of ths City of
Perth Ambey fsF tbs construction of
"a asphalt bleak pavement on
KiHg Street, from Smith Street to
Market Street Oh Marsh 2eth, 1911. at
$50 p, e., In the Council Chamber at
the City Hall,
All bids must be accompanied by q
certified check draws TO the order Of
tbs City Treasures fes $500. 90,
30 working days viii be allowed fss
taa SOFA plstiea Of the work,
Plans aHd specifications may be oh.
taiasa at ths siRes Of the Street Com-
missioner,
Tbs CsaHsii reserves the right to re.
jeet say ss all bids as may bssa serve
tbs City interests,
GEO. NJ, ADAIR,
Street Commissioner.
tsIs44 IsS6s-3-I1-ss
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
General Markets.

EUTTER-Weak; reesipts. B.ess pacs-
ages; ~areanlsry specials. psr H., ssiso.
CHEESE-Steady, receipts. ss boxes.
EGGS Easier: receipts. iS, 900 easss.
pOTATOEs-wsak.
SWEET PoTAToES-Firsn,
DRESSED POULTRY Dun, fewis.
fresh, wsaterR, average beet, hhIs, per Ia,
tkslss.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
NAVY BARS THE BAD BOYS.
Sentence Passed by Chicago Judge
Causes Indignation.

Chicago. March l8.-Judge Merritt
w. Ptekney of the Juvenile court by
Sentencing a bad boy to join the
United States navy has caused indig-
ington and Chicago. Admiral Dewey
sent q caustic telegram ON the subject
and ordered an immediate investiga-
ton of the ~jurist's sentence"
BeekmaH Winthrop. acting secretary
Of the navy, sent word from Washing
ton that the enlistment would not be
permitted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
SOUTH AMBOY
IN GOOD LUCK
Beat fqushon9a Bowlers
Two Out of Three.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

South Amboy, March 1a:-The
South Amboy B. G. won two out OF
three games from the Aquehonga A.
C. second bowling team on the South
Amboy Yacht Clubs alleys here last
night. The local bowlers won the
frst and third games, and the visi-
tors took the second one. The scores:
C1-K 1- n ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
Searching for Eodlss.

Cleveland. O., March 1S.-Life savers
are searching Cleveland harbor for un-
recovered bodies of victims Of the
wreck of the fishing tug Silver Spray,
Just outside the brsakwatsr. Three
out Of eight bodies are still missing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
COMPTON AVENUE "
Niddlsssx County Circuit Court.

In the matter Of tho application of
the Council Of the City Of Perth Am
boy, eta, for the appointment Of Conn
missisnsrs to estimate and ssssss the
sSlssi. 30 real estate IN the vicinity
thereof, by reason Of the s~enstrustien
Of the Sewer in Compton. Avenas from
Amboy Avenue to Groom street, II
said City Of Perth Amhoy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18

son. but thereTl be many an = on
the lookout for opsn breaks. showing
dissension I'm the Cub ranks.
Manager Chance Ia highly pleased
with the twelve nssw men who now
grace the Cub ranks. The youngsters
who are trying to make the team are
as follows: Pitchsrs-Ciarks. Eirwan.
1'oney and Grimm. infieIdsrs~Saier.
Cooney and Fisher: Catcher Angemeir
and Outneidsr BAH Chance recently
stated that the recruits on hand were
the best he had had In years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18

MOON CHANGES IN MARCH.
First quarter. 7th: full moon,
4th; last quarter. 22nd: new moon.
seth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
7. A. G.. ROLLS
EASY VICTORY
EltinqviIIs 8. C. Suffer D.
feat in Three Matches.

Tottenville, March 18:-The Tot
tenvills Athletic Club bowiers won
three straight games from the Eli
ingville b. C. Thursday night. The
acOraN.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18

A return match will be held on
the Utopia alleys in Perth Amboy
next Thursday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
NO GAME AT
TOTTENV|LLE

The high school sophomore baa-
yesterday afternoon, as scheduled.
They were supposed to meet the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18

a-ad tbs NEWS every us~.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18

Il you do~HGf read the NM4s1
ssery d4J ycu viii miss ! great deAks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Few Second Term Presidents

Every now and then we hear talk of third-termism, but it Is a noteworthy fact that there have been even few sec ond term presidents since the war-only Grant, Cleveland and Mckinley. True, Lincoln was nominated and elected the second time, but the war was scarcely over when he met his untimely end.
 From the beginning of the republic until the Civil war the snly presidents who had tive terms were Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Jackson Thus it is seen that only nine out of 27 presidents in all have been honored with second terms.
 With the facts in mind I would say the chances were very much against President Tafts reelection, even if he should have walk over in the conven- tion. Extraordinary conditions or reasons accounted for the reelection of such as were voted into the White House for a second term"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
THE MEASURE OF A DRINK

From the New York World.
 Senator Kern, speaking as an expert as well as committeeman, informed wit ness in the Lorimer investigation that tho term drink as understood in this coun- try means two and a quarter inches of the chosen liquid as it stands in the glass. The statement is inaccurate, and it is to be regretted that man chosen to rep resent the democracy of Indiana should have been guilty of it.
 Since ever this country became inde- pendent the measure of drink has been three fingers. Never with us have drinks been measured by inches. nor by any other subdivision of an artificial foot, but by the warm blooded members of the lv- ing and expansible hand.
 The difference is not one of mere phrase ology, as some may suppose. The two and qua.rer inch rule is unchangeable. It Is the same for the puny prince as for the stalwart senator. But the finger measurement varies with the hand that clasps the cup, and by it's rule the meas ure of the man becomes automatically the measure of the drink
 The Senate should expugn the Kern tes- timony. Ter us keep true to the customs of the fathers. NJ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
AN AUTHOR IN A GARREr C

George Moore in Ave.
 In Paris I had lived very much as I lived in Victoria street, but it had never occurred to me that I showed any merit by accepting without murmuring, the la borious life in the Temple that sudden reverse of fortune had forced upon me; il was no suffering for me to live in garret, wearing old clothes, and spend- ing from two shillings to half a crown on my dinner, because I felt, and instinct lively, that that is the natural life of a man of letters; and I can remember my surprise when my brother told me one day that my special agent had said he never knew anybody so economical as George.
 Some time after Tom Ruttledge him. self, came panting up my stairs, and dur ing the course of conversation regarding certain large sums of money which heard of for the first time, he said: Well, you have spent very little money during the last few years.'
 And when I spoke of the folly of other landlords, he added, There are very few who would be content to live in a cock loft like this."
 And looking around my room I realrzed that what he said was true; was living in cockloft, bitterly cold in winter and stifing in summer; the sun beating fiercely on the windows in the afternoon, obliging me to write in my shirt sleeves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES-
The Presidential Cnmpaign

"Presldent Taft may have disappointed many republicans. but on the whole he has made a good President-about as good as the average-and I expect to have the pleasure of voting for him again in 1912, said Clarence D. Rathborn of Phil adelphia.
 T am not politician. but taken enough interest in politics to vote every time and vote straight. My first vote was for General Garfield in 1SS0
 Tn my opinion, the greatest President we have had since the war was General Benjamin Harrison. He was splendidly equipped for the high office. He was a man of the highest sense of honor, but he was personally unpopular. From all accounts, he was singularly lacking in the spirit of comradship.
 After Harrison, William Mckinley was the greatest of republicans honored with the chief magistracy. l liked Roosevelt for some things, but I have much greater admiration for President Taft than for his immediate predecessor.
 "As to republican victory in 1912, I am not prepared to bet this far ahead. As long as the democrats kept putting up Bryan, there was no chance for them. If they nominate a more conservative man, 1t is thinkable that the next President will be a democrat. But the chances are good for Mr. Taft"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
"PETER PAN, vs. "ALICEv

From the London Anthenaeum.
 Peter Pan' has become for the latest generation what Alice in Wonderland was for the former. The foundations of Lewis Carrolls book were laid so deep that not even a generation and half have prevailed to assail them. Elderly people still repeat tags from "Alice," which has passed into the traditions of the language Will Peter Pan" do SO? If the theme had remained embodied and embedded in the play, we should have had doubts. It is probable that the yearly expositions of Peter" and 'Wendy' ana the pirates and the "Neverland' would have insensiby declined into expositions at rarer intervals, and that in time We should have had revivas on the same plan, and with the same relative fre- quency, as those of, say, "Our Boys" Caste and 'The School for Scandal" But the translation of the fantasy, into fiction has made a difference, and has more or less brought Peter Pan'' into the competitive plane with "Alice."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Twenty Southern Corn Bows

A delegation of 21 boys is in Wash ington, and if every delegation that goes to Washington were as worthy and as helpful and as honest as the present one, made up of corn boys, Washington would be a far better city than it is. This delegation will spend week in the national capital, and it will be welcomed by Secretary Wilson and by President Taft. It will be honored on every hand, and every honor paid it will be deserved. The country cannot over honor this delegation.
 The average production of the 21 boys was about 175 bushels an acre, and six of them took more than 200 bushels from their respective acre. Last year only one boy did that well. All the boys are from the south ex- cept one. Illinois sends one boy and the south sends the other 20.
 In one respect Junius Hill of Ala bama is the leading prize winner. True, Mississippi boy did grow 227 bushels on a single acre, whereas Ju- nius Hill grew but PIP. The corn grown by the Mississippi boy cost IA cents a bushel, and the corn grown by Junius Hill cost but 81a cents bushel. Each boy is required to present paper on corn growing, and if young Hills pa- per is as good as his work was in the field, he may secure the first prize. He stands, at any rate, next to the 11-year-old boy from Monticello, Miss, and Professor Martin may con- clude to place him at the head of the class.
 The south is proud of it's corn boys, and it is glad to hear that they are honored in Washington. They are do- ing more to make the south independ- ent than many of their seniors have ever done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

third time, go to the House of Repre-
 sentatives, and in that House the democrats now control 21 states and the republicans 22. If Arizona went democratic yesterday the democrats would control 22 states, with four evenly divided. There could, in that event, be no election by the House. It should be remembered that in such a vote each state casts but one vote.
 A failure to elect in the House would send the succession to the Sen ate, and no one knows what the Sen ate would do, made up as it is of in- surgents, democrats and standpat re- publicans. Every senator would have a vote, but the control of the Senate is extremely uncertain, and the choice of vice president in that body might prove exceedingly diff ficult
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Crime Hereabouts

T am glad the pastors of Birmingham issued that ringing address in which they outlined the grand jury's report on the sought to arouse the people to such action as might abate or minimize bloodshed and lawlessness generally" said man whose business causes him to see something of criminal life
 The report of the grand jury was such as to make the law abiding citizens of this county blush with shame It was cer- tainly rude awakening to those who thought that moral conditions in Jefferson and grown better. And the grand jurors who patiently dug into the facts and courageously presented them, cannot be too heartily condemned
 Yes, I am glad to see the pastors taking up the matter of the frightfully bad criminal record of Jefferson county Now, I am familiar with both county and city affairs and at first glance I would say Birmingham was no worse than other cities of the 100000 class, and that Jef- ferson was no worse than other populous mining districts. But there are the sta- tstics showing that Jefferson county breaks the homicide record. I have not the statistics at hand, but I feel safe in saying that outside of the city limits the greatest number of murders have been committed.
 Men who take human life escape pun ishment too often. There are not enough hangings in Jefferson county
 AS for crime committed in the city I think there is less drunkenness and less gambling than there was two or three years ago. Houses of bad repute are perhaps more numerous than ever. The police authorities should give this matter prompt attention. Some houses under po- lice surveillance could not be proceeded against without risk of damage suits: but there Is no Sort of excuse for the existence of a single dive in Birmingham II tse police will close every brothel and drive few hundred negro vagrants out of town crime would be somewhat minimized to say the least
 Tn conclusion l will say this for the police department; Highway robberies, so common four or five years ago, are now almost unknown"