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.URLAh EQUA|[ED
TR0TT|AG RECORD
Made Mile in 200 Flat to
Wagon at the Cleveland
Track

Cleveland. Ohio. Aug. 10.-Uhlan,
the champion trotting gelding owned
by G. K 9. Billings Of New York.
equalled the worlds trotting record
to wagon at the North Randall track
here stepping the mile in 1900 fiat.
Conditions that were not exactly
favorable prevented his breaking the
record established by Lou Dillon at
Memphis, Tenn, on October %, 1903,
when she did the mile in similar
time. The track was not as fast as
usual.
A fitful breeze also tended to ham,
per him.
Mr.. Billings drove the gelding.
When he steered his charge past the
three-quarter pole in 1880 the i'm
mense crowd present felt sure that
9 record would be broken. for Uhlan
has always been noted for his finish
Ing strength. However, he faltered
slightly on the stretch and when the
judges after comparison OF watches,
finally announced the time. 1t was
found that he had failed in his at
tempt to lower the record
The quarter was timed at. 20 Ia,
the half at SO 3-4, and the three
! quarters at 1880. The attempt was
made Immediately following the con-
clusion Of the regular program.
Lou Dillon established the record
Of 300 fiat at Memphis, Tenn, on
Oct. %, 1908. Uhlan was given an
ovation when he appeared on the
track at 3:85 p. m. He logged
around the oval three times on
warming up. gathering speed each
time. The track was in fair condi.
ton.
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COMPARISONS CAUSE
MANY ARGUMENTS

Comparisons between the rival
shortstops Of the Tigers and Mack
men are always productive Of con-
siderable argument, the Jungaleers
claiming DOME Bush the greatest
shortpatcher in the business, while
the worlds champs assert that ].
Holy Cross Barry is the superior of
any young gentry about the section
twixt second and third. Both these
men are wizards, covers acres of
ground, and are there with the hit
in the pinch. Detroit looks askance
when the Macks root for Barry az
the best, while Philadelphia feels
that Jackie b. 10 about as nifty as
they come In any event, both Of
these artisans are master workmen
of the highest type, and about the
best In their line Of business around
the circuit.
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NO attention
PAID TO YELLS
Robber, Thief and Catcal
Cries Of Fans Don't Both
er the Umpire

Washington, D. c., Aug. 10.-I have
often been asked whether Thief"
"Rotten!" Robert" Are you blind
from baseball crowd bothers an
umpire. l can truthfully say they do
not, says Umpire Brennan of the Ma
tional league.
The great percentage of spectators
are usually roofing for the home team
and any decision against the team
may bring forth such remarks.
Most people attending a ball game,
especially if the home team wins,
forget grievance against an umpire
by the time the next game starts, but
in some small cities in minor leagues
crowds have been known to throw
bottles, rocks and mud at an umpire,
and in some cases have inflicted bod
lily harm. recall but one such case
in the major leagues, and that re-
suited in seriously injuring Umpire
Evans of the American.
In the larger minor leagues and in
the major leagues, the double UNI
pire system is in vogue, which is a
great help, as it enables the umpire
w CIV SSA " S'SAS pays oAu III
sures the accuracy Of his judgment.
The average seat at a ball park is
from 80 to 600 feet from first or third
base, and an umpire is from 5 to 10
feet from first or third base when he
renders his decision.
Umpire is Best Judge.
Taking for granted that the vision
Of the umpire is at least as good as
that Of the fan, any fair-minded per-
son will admit that the umpire, close
to the play, is the best judge.
Mind, I am not criticising the fans
for voicing their opinion of the UNI
pires decision, but l claim that the
angle of vision, plus the distance
from the play. is the sole cause of
their protest, and that such will be
the case as long as there are umpires
in baseball.
I know this to be the fact, because
have occupied grand stand seats
myself on off days, and have been in
doubt until the umpire made the de-
cision. Often from where sat, a
man who was safe appeared to be out,
and man out seemed to be safe. !
saw the play from such an angle and
from 50 great distance that l could
not see it as it was actually made.
The fan sitting directly back OF
first base frequently misses the mo-
ton Of first baseman's hand as he
touches the runner fraction Of a
second before the runners foot touch.
! es the bag; or q fan somewhere else
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fails to see the fielder's hand tip the
runners shoe as he slides. The UNI
pire standing over each play sees
these things
Crowds are Becoming Fairer.
Baseball crowds are becoming fair
er with the umpires every day, and
much credit for this is due to the
newspapers, which have consistently
fought for improvement in every de-
partment of the game.
Players in championship game
are under great strain, and are key
ed to the highest pitch. A man steal
ing second may not, in the excitement
and fast action, feel the fielder touch
him with the ball as he slides, and
under the circumstances he may kick
on the umpire's decision in calling
him out. The player is honest in his
protest, and unless the kick is too
strong and long-continued the player
is seldom banished
l made a decision in Chicago re-
Gently, calling out Chicago player
at the home plate. There were two
runners on the bases, and this play
er made long hit to center field, and
in trying to make it home run he
was touched upon the sole of the shoe
by the catcher as he made the last
stride toward the plate. because he
was not we'll the runner did not slide,
but tried to score standing up.)
Player Squares Umpire.
The player made no objection to
my decision, but the crowd set up an
awful roar, and in the papers the
following day it was commented up
on.
One of the writer's afterwards SYM
pathized with the player as the VIC
tim of poor decision, and was told
the decision was right, and that he
was out The newspaper men took
occasion to hunt me up and apologize.
1t is sure thing that the newspa-
per men were not biased in their
opinion of the play, but were sitting.
as they viewed the play, from an
angle which made it impossible for
them to see the catcher touch the
runner. In addition they were long
distance from the plate, while l
stood right over the play.
suppose that as long as there are
umpires their decision will be object
ed to by the fans, because of this
distance from the play and the angles
at which they view the play. Any
fan who will take the trouble to
switch his seat from one part of the
grounds to another will be astonish-
ed at the difference. If the same fan
could get as close to the play as the
umpire he would see it through diff
ferent eyes than he does from ths
GRAND stonH nr h1oo nhn00
It's all right to make big splurge,
but somebody must pay the bill.
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KID CUTLER WILL
HELP HACK TRAIN

Chicago, Aug. 10.-Greatly concern
ed by reports from Humboldt, Iowa,
Of Champion Gotch having engaged a
formidable corps Of wrestlers for his
training operations, DIR. B. f. Roller,
chief trainer for George Hacken-
schmidt, cabled Jack Curley at the
Empire Athletic club to sign Gus
Schoenlein (Americus) and Charles
(Kid) Cutler, for the Russian lions
Chicago camp.
Curley got In telegraphic commun-
ication with Schoenlein at his Balti-
more home and obtained the clever
wrestler's promise to arrive in Chi
cago, August 20, to aid in preparing
Hack" for the Labor day bout with
Champion Gotch.
Cutler has closed a contract to
make number Of state fair circuits
in wrestling venture, but says he
will have time to aid the foreign
giant at his Chicago training camp
for about two weeks.
'Dr. Roller is q conservative" /"
said Manager Curley. "He saw the
need Of getting strong and speedy
mat men who knew Gotch's style of
work long ago, and told me when I
was in Europe that he would let me
know what men to get to join the
training staf. Tom Jenkins will be
added to the "Hack" encourage when
the Russian lands In New York. The
complete list Of mat partners for
Hack when he resumes training on
the north shore will include Ameri-
Gus. Cutler, Jenkins. Ernest, Roller
and Koch. The latter 10 a German
athlete decorated by royalty for his
prowess on the mat"
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patron Of this industry and he has
signed one Of the fair sex as q scout.
Her name is Helen N. Murray. and
the ambassador of the Washington
team halls from Lowell, in the state
Of Massachusetts. Miss Murray knows
the national pastime like book and
has q keen head for business, as
we'll as clear eye to the qualities
Of the youths that she looks over for
possible purchasing purposes.
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! the end Of the nth inning stood

8 to o.
The game was close and we'll play
ed. few errors making their appear
ance on the score book.
The fans are now looking forward
to the game between the winners of
Wednesday evenings scramble and
tho Dacotah Electrics who are not
only close contendersy for first place,
but whom the Lion Drugs have sched-
uled for the hardest fought baseball
battle Of the league. Just when this
game will be played has not been
announced, 5a5 ~
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GENTLER PERSUASION
is ENTERING GAME

The national pastime has furnish
ed an avenue for the efforts Of lovely
woman to invade the domain OF the
sterner sex. Jimmy McAleer Il the
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CITY LEAGUE
sss e'ses e.. - =!
White Sox Won

WhltD S0X won
The first City league game played
i in the past two weeks was pulled of
at Riverside park Wednesday night
whom the Lion Drug prescriptio ionista
mixed the pills better than the King
man Drug oltfit and the ANAL score
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Homer In the Ninth

Minneapolis. Aug. 1O.-Cravath's s
home run hit in the last of the ninth
won hard fought game for Mime
apolis yesterday. Kansas City, on a
homer by James, Altizer's tumble, a
pass and two singles, scored three
runs and tied the score in the ninth.
Cravath was first up in the last half
of the ninth and his drive settled the
contest. Umpire Owens made his
first appearance since his injury a
month ago.
R.H.E
Minneapolis 9 3
Kansas City .................6 10 2
Batteries: Minneapolis, Peters,
Waddell. Loudell and Owens; Kansas
City. Powell, Brandon, iene and
O'COnnor, James.
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An Even Break.

New York, Aug. 1O.-Detroit won
the fourth game of the series with
New York yesterday by hitting Ford
for four runs in the seventh. This
game makes an event split with the
Tigers so far. Cree hit a single,
home run and triple in his first
three times up and was robbed of
another extra base hit in the eighth
when Jones, by sensational jumping
catch, pulled his drive off the fence.
Cobb hit single and triple and
scored two of the Tigers runs.
R.H.E.
New York ...................3 6
Detroit .......... ...........S 13 1
Batteries: New York, Ford, Quinn
and Sweeney, lair; Detroit, Donovan
and Stanage.
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Took An Extra Frame.

Pittsburg, Aug. 10.-Pittsburg yes
terday defeated Philadelphia in ten
inning game. Pittsburg had a COM
Portable lead until the eighth inning,
when Camnitz went to pieces, Phila-
delphia scoring three runs and tieing
the score. Camnitz and Alexander
were now retired, Steel and Chalmers
taking their places. Pittsburg won
in the tenth inning by scoring two
runs on three hits, a base on balls
and q balk. "''' -
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Packard Did It,

PACKARD DID IL.
Columbus, Aug. 10.-Columbus got
the third game of the indianapolis
series through Packard's excellent
work, after relieving McQuillan, and
ability to hit each of the three pitch
ers used by the visitors. Walsh's two
base hit in the sixth scored the win
ming run. Perring's performance in
a double play and the work of the
shortstops featured.
R.H.E.
Indianapolis 4 /
Batteries: Columbus, McQuillan,
Packard and Walsh; indianapolis,
Kimball, Webb, robertson and Ritter.
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q 4 4 + \ X 4 4 q q II + =
= AMERICAN LEAGUE >
I L 4 = + + :: X + + + \ y i y
Standing of the Clubs.
Athletics Hit Hard.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1O.-In a hard
hitting game here yesterday Phila-
delphia defeated Chicago making four
straight for the locals. Young was
driven off the rubber in the second
inning and Hovlit was also hit hard.
Coombs was taken out in the ninth,
Danforth being sent to the rescue for
the third afternoon in succession
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Did It Again.

Washington. Aug. 1O.-washington
defeated St. Louis again yesterday.
With the score a tie in the eighth,
Gessler hit the ball over the right
field fence for home run. The field
Ing Of Mcbride. Conroy and Austin
were the features.
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STANDING Of the Clups.
Won Three Games.

Cincinnati, Aug. 1O.-Cincinnau
made it three straight from Boston
and won their seventh straight vic
tory yesterday. Griffin's bases on
balls proved costly, three of them re-
sulting in runs. Esmond's fielding
featured. Manager Tenney was or
dered of the field by Umpire Rigler
for disputing decision.
R.H. E.
Cincinnati .......... ........5 1
Boston .......... ...........3 8 2
Batteries: Cincinnati, Fromme,
Smith and Clarke; Boston, Griffin and
Rariden.
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Hitting Was Poor.

Boston. Aug. lO.-Boston was in q
position several times to win yester-
day, but the deciding hit was lacking
and Cleveland won.
R.H.E
Cleveland II O
Batteries: Boston. Nagle, Hall and
Nunamaker: Cleveland. Knapp. Kaler
and Fisher.
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It's all right to make big splurge,
but somebody must pay the bill.
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They Stole 1t.

1uOy OtVlo III
Toledo, Aug. lO.-Opportune hitting
and pair Of double steals enabled
Toledo to defeat Louisville yesterday
in the final game of the series. It
was Umpire .Weddige's last game in
the association, the arbitrator having
received notice Of his release.
R.H. E.
Toledo ...... ................4 8 2
Louisville ................ .....2 10 1
Z Batteries: Toledo. Baskette and
;Cartsch; Louisville. Hlgginbotham
and Hughes. '.,7.
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Allowed Only q Single.

AII0Wed Un1y o Single.
st. Paul, Aug. 1O.-Decanniere and
Dougherty had pitchers battle yes
terday afternoon which resulted in a
shade to Decanniere and victory for
ST. Paul. Only one hit was made off
the local man, single by Schalk.
Dougherty allowed three hits and two
of them came in the first inning.
Il. II. E.
St. Paul .....................2 3 o
MAAWduhco q
Batteries: St. Paul, Decanniere
and Land: Milwaukee, Dougherty and
Schalk.
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Boston .
cleveland

Batteries:
Nunan1Aker;
and Fisher:
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Chicago Slaughtered.

Chicago Slaughtered.
Chicago, Aug. 10.-New York batted
Chicago's pitchers all over the field
yesterday and romped around the
bases with ease, winning one-sided
game.
R.H.E.
Chicago NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5 z 4
New York ..................16 .16 II 3
Batteries: Chicago, Ruelbach,
Richter, McIntire and Archer, Need
ham; New York, Marquard, Crandall
and Myers, Wilson.
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AMERICAN ASSN. .
Staudine OF the Clubs.

+ 4 4 + y + X + =. = i + y y
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St. Louis Won.
st. Louis, Aug. 10.-Errors in the
first and third innings enabled st.
Louis to win from Brooklyn yester-
day afternoon. The visitors scored
two in the eighth on a pass and a
home run. Two singles and a stolen
base brought them another in the
ninth.
R.H.E.
st. Louis z 0
Brooklyn s 2
Batteries: st. Louis, Geyer and
Bliss; Brooklyn, Rucker, Burke and
Erwin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-02-16
The Limitation of Liberty

Liberty! The true liberty of a man,
you would say, consisted in his finding
out, or being forced to find out, the
right path and to walk thereon To
learn, or to be taught, what work he
actually was able for; and then by
permission, persuasion and even COM
pulsion, to set about doing Of the
same. That is his true blessedness,
honor, liberty" and maximum of well
being; If liberty be not that, 1 for one
have small care about liberty. You
do not allow a palpable mailman to
leap over precipices; you violate his
liberty, you that are wise, and keep
him, were it in straight waistcoats,
away from precipices! Every stupid,
every cowardly and foolish man is but
a less palpable mailman; his true lib
erty were that wiser man, that any
and every wiser man, could, by brass
collars, or in whatever milder or
sharper way, lay hold of him when he
was going wrong, and order and COM
pei him to go a little righter.-From
Carlyle's Past and Present
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-02-16

A reunion of the students of the
old time Strahl district was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Taylor last Friday evening. The
guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Stiles, Mr.. and Mrs. John Currier,
Mr., and Mrs. Victor Bailey, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Baird, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elbrige Currier, Mr.. and Mrs. O.
w. Newcomb, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Smith, Mrs. ]. M. Smith, Mrs. c.
M. Gould, and John and Bert Tay-
lor. The evening was pleasantly
spent in exchanging schoolday re-
miniscences. Mrs. Gould (nee Miss
Ida PowelD was one of the teachers
in that district when many of those
at the reunion were attending.
The Mothers Glass of the Congre.
gational Sunday school entertained
the Mems Class and the newly or
SdHl1CO AAOLlC OCpdl lIuSul al d ull-
ner and reception in the church
parlors Tuesday afternoon. There
were about seventy-hve present and
most enjoyable time was had.
The dinner was followed by an ex-
cellent program of music and adj
dresses. Among the speakers were
Rev. VIM. ]. Gray, Cotton Whit
comb, John Elliott and William
Lowell. Mrs. VIM. t. Martin gave
the address of welcome. The
Home Department, as the name
implies, has been organized to en-
courage the study of the Sunday
school lesson among the ladies who
are unable, on occount of home du-
ties, TO attend Sunday school. Mrs.
Howard Pratt is at the head of this
departemt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-02-16
AT The Public Schools

Prof. ]. w. T. Ames goes to
Saltwater Friday to act as one of
the judges at a debate on THE
Commission Form of Government
for Cities" between Saltwater high
and Humboldt High Of ST. Paul.
Miss Casson, of the high school
faculty, is confined to her home
with grippe this week. Miss Annie
Smith is taking care Of Miss Cas-
sons history classes, while Prof.
Ames looks after the algebra. Miss
Smith will continue at work at the
school as office assistant and librar-
ian, the work having accumulated
to such and extent that such an as
sistant is found to be necessary.
Probably few people know that
the high school is running series
of rhetoricals, given before the
school by the pnpils on some live
and interesting topic. These topics
come at different periods of the
day two or three days a week, a
forty minute period being given up
to them. Yesterday at 1880 mem
bers of the Junior class discussed
Corruption in Politics. Any one
interested can discover the hour of
rhetoricals by inquiry of the pupils.
Last Saturday afternoon, accord
ing to custom, members of the local
G. A. R. Post visited the public
schools, the day being the Friday
nearest the anniversary of Lincoln's
birthday. J, VIM and c. g,
Knowles made addresses in the diff
ferent rooms appropriate to the
day, recalling the war of '61-'65,
but calling attention more especial
ly to the life and character of Lin
coin, and to the meaning of the
American flag. The pupils of the
lower grades responded to the
talks with the salute to the flag and
the song, America"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-02-16
Valuable Stone a Burden.

The great diamond, the Koh-i-Nur.
was an uncomfortable burden to its
custodians. In the just published cor
respondence of Lord Dalhousie, the
British viceroy in India, he tells an
old friend that after the occupation
of Lahore he brought the famous dia-
mond himself to Bombay: Il under
took the charge of it in a funk, and
never was so happy in all my LIE
as when I got it into the treasury at
Bombay. 1t was sewn and double
sewn into a belt secured around my
waist, one end through the belt
fastened to a chain around my neck.
My stars! what relief it
was to get rid Of It," Queen Victoria
had been told that In India the Kohl
NAr was considered unlucky and Dali
housie denied this in several emphatic
letters. We are told that Shah Shoe
jah, from who'll 1t was taken by
Ranjit Singh, said: Its value is
Good Fortune; for whoever possesses
it has been superior to all his enc
miles,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-02-16
DEATHS

Henry F. Tousley, for the past ten
years manager of the New Richmond
Roller Mills Co. elevator at Spring
Valley, died at his home in Olivet
Feb. S. at the age of IS years.
Mrs. D. C.. Knowlton, mother of
John C. Knowlton of this city, died
at her home in Ellsworth last Fri
day, Feb. 10, at the age of 81 years.
The funeral services were held there
Sunday.
]. B. Meehan, an early settler of
Ell Paso and we'll known throughout
both Pierce and St. Croix counties,
died at hospital in Oshkosh Feb.
8. The funeral services were held
at Ell Paso Feb. 7. Mrs. F. A. Hal
ing of this city is daughter of the
deceased.
Dennis O'Keeffe, pioneer resi-
dent of St. Croix county, died at
his home in the city of Hudson last
Thursday at the age of sixty-four
years. Mr.. O'Keeffe had resided in
the town of Kinnickinnic for many
years, moving to Hudson three
years ago. He is survived by his
wife and ten children-fve sons and
five daughters. The funeral SER
vices were held at Hudson Monday.
Mrs. Lulu E. Pierce, widow of
Judge Perry L. Pierce, in whose
honor this county was named, die d
last Saturday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. P. A. Brokaw, in st.
Louis. She was seventy-six years
old at the time of her death. Judge
Pierce was one of the founders of
Ellsworth, which at the time Of his
residence there, was known as Per-
ry, that name being chosen in honor
of Mr.. Pierce also.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-02-16
Wild West And
Far East Pictures

On Friday evening, Feb. II, the
motion pictures of Buffalo & Paw
nee Bills Wild West and Far East
show will be shown at the Gem
Theatre, exactly as it was perform
ed before thousands of delighted
patrons last summer. The price of
admission will be ten cents for
children and twenty cents for
adults. There will be speci al
matinees tomorrow afternoon, be-
ginning promptly at 2:30 and $3.50.
The evening performance will COM
mence at eight o'clock sharp, and
continue until all the patrons have
had the opportunity of seeing the
entire show.