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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08
MAUD S. RECALLED
BY RECENT Death
OF MARE BY THAT NAME IN BLUE
GRASS STATE.
Famous Mare Was Trotting Record
Holder, and Was Greatest Racer
of That Ace.

A report that n horse named Maud
S. had died at the age of t~hirty-ive
years in kentucy called out from
horsemen the announcement hat she
must not be COMPOUNDED with the great
trotter OF that name, who died about
ten years ago.
The famous Maud S. was a trotting
record-holder. and even the mention
or her name starts a food OF reminis-
cences. In this connection II is in
teresting to recall the attacks on the
trotting mark, which gradually
brought II under two minutes.
Maud s.. the pride OF bygone gen.
GRAFTON. was a trotter singularly loved
by horsemen of her time. She set the
first low record. dragging the old time
high wheel sulky after her in 1880,
when she stepped in 2:1O94. She came
back the following year and lowered
her mark 10 2:lu4. This held good
until Jay Eye See in 1884 made 2:lO
fiat. His triumph was short-lived. for
the real queen of the turf came back
the same year with 2:O94 and the
following season dropped IL to Posi-
This stood until 1891. when Sunol
equaled IL and shared honors with the
aging mare.
The great Nancy Hanks broke into
the fame light with a rush and three
times drove the mark down in one
year. 1892. Her first effort was 2:O7L.
next 2:O5ii and the third 2:O4. the i'm.
proved sulkies aiding her wonderful
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08
ATHLETICS Win MANY
BY TIPPING SIGNALS
some MANAGERS BELIEVE THE
PRACTICE UNFAIR.
Kid Elberfeld Says There Is Nothing
Unfair About II and All Teams
Have Equal Chance 20 Do II.

The champion Athletics are win
ming games largely through reading
the signs OF their opponents. accord
ing 20 various members OF the Wash
ington baseball team.
There Is nothing unfair in this, and
II has been done successfully time and
again by other championship teams
since baseball was invented The De
troit Tigers are reported 10 be doing
the same thing now. and are winning
games when all looks lost, simply be-
cause the Tiger batsmen are said 70
know what 70 expect from opposing
pitchers.
When the Senators arrived IN Phila-
deiphIa 10 was decided among three
or four of them 20 look carefully az
the methods employed by the cham
pions and see n they could not detect
how the signals were learned. u was
noticed that Render. COOmbs OF Plank
Is always one OF the men on the coach
ing line.
When Of the champions happens
20 get 10 second base 70 s. almost a
rule that those following him begin
20 hit the pitchers better than before
any ~ Macks men landed on thc csc.
ond sack. Tho base runner watches
3D.. efg,sta ,g b.frg gf,., D.. .E.
hacks,In nd rosrns tb.,a e., ,Io
COachcr and the batter With careful
backstops Ike Billy sullivan. Oscar
StanaRc. Charlie Street aud Jack
Kloinow The champions got fow signs
until they land "a runner ON cscOud.fo
tbcm boing g.yor y, ibo ri,gtc-
81 49,. 49, . 49,
FOR -opposirr plfobers IN gye tbs.r own
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08
TO RECOVER
LOST GOLF BALLS
EACH BALL is MARKED WITH
INITIAL OF OWNER.
Golfers Should Be Divided Into Three.
Glasses In Match Pisy-Strona.
via. and Short

Possibly tho most annoying thing
~ golf is tho Loot ~ golf balls. This
was never moro true than 10 Ia now
lnasfuuoh as the cost ~ balls has in.
creased materially 800 tho lasf year
Efforts have boon made AZ every club
.1 Tho country 'o reduce tho pos-ibu.
Joy OF loss fo % minimum Notices
nave been posted fOrhiddire m.m-
beers purchasing LOST balls from cad.
dies and the latter have boon v..rrod
OBJ dismissal VIII follow sales 81
balls 'D members Corrective meas.
Nr's haFo failed. and th" asio goes
m'rrl.r on .u many clubs.
Whi.o there arn hundreds ~ plav.
on. "l0 RIIl. under up condition. Luv
iI.It from rHfI In.. frora or. many
who dp NOT think DO Improper ,o brv
balls which they know aro mo prop
'rfF OF others with Them if b. a
matter of economy Tho tact that
in' ha.Ia arr fro property OF oft,r,
"nd fHr tnnr ledge Thar rho club f...s
considerable money through ,r. I,.s
Ni sales cuts trr. little NrIra s.fb
fNIs typo ~ golfer
Ih" boai method ycf aIupfrd IN
correct fh's rtI is Chat used boz 100
lnil"d'.phlH clubs. and if Oh. probable
ihaf thr s1fuo system .s in vot.fa \,
other sections OF tho ruurfr. Do o-.r
ina'ol ni'h fHc W7Ii.mar.l Valley
'oInfrv club la.f year.. and -re sauna
plan has 'lrf boon plf into service ,f
fho Delaware County Country rfrb
Tho scheme l4 aImuIo zach r0-f b,I
is married. either With fhc Irs4fs III
ihc member nr haa 90 chur.sfrrIs.fo
mark known FOB fho PLAYER Tho marks
irn Registered with fho caddIr master
SIS inaf 1908 fIo lost balls aro found
IInr Hrr turned over fo tho c4ddIo
master. who PAYS fHo caddIe frn c.nfs
Tor rForF h1lI returned FOB h.m Tho
PLAYERS redeem fho nails a' nrean
',niH Zach Ihia remove temptation
VI ih'n and Ir.H-rr fho return of
l'IIs fo tholr proper 0nuer Tho rI,r
h'f worked out .u 90 most satisfactory
manner
Record FOR Frerehmsn.
Among numerous DISTINGUISHED
f"IiInF achievements. Armand Massey
Las done hto holes ga Que stroke each.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08
STRUNk TELLS OF
PECULIAR PLAY,

Talking about peculiar
plays" said Amos Strunk, Il
saw one that had everything
] ever read about skinned
eight ways from the ace. Il
was in Milwaukee when /
played for the Brewers.
This happened one Sun
day. We were playing Toledo.
] think. and Newt Randall,
who vas with the Cubs and !
sent TO US. was at the bat. II
Is the custom out there to
sell beer 20 tho bleacherites,
and everybody who is Dutch
drinks his beer and watches.
the game too.
up In the top row OF thet
b~leachers close to the fencei
was a stout little Dutchman 1,
with the bottle tipped up. and ,
the suds were gurgling down,
his gullet. a ball was flung
TO Randall. and he hit Il an
awful wallop. Believe me or
not, that ball sailed into the,
bleachers. knocked the bottled
out OF the Dutchman's mouth
and hand, and carried Il over
the fence along with the ball
itself. II was a home run, the 4
funniest thing ever saw"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08

Being hit or the head by a pitched
ball seems to take the heart out Of
many ball players. Base ball history
shows that almost all the players who
have been struck on the noodle by a
thrown ball are really never the same
afterward. IL auses them to lose
their nerve. which affects their field
ing and batting. OF course there are
exceptions. but the majority OF them
do not regain their old form.
Many a brilliant youngster has been
absolutely spoiled in just such a way.
Unless an athlete is exceptionally
nervy n such experience makes him
fun shy for life.
For instance. there is Charley Carr,
now manager OF the indianapolis team
In the American Association. Several
years & Carr looked like the best
batting and fielding first baseman IN
the country. He had his nose broken
by a pitched ball while travelling with
h Detroit club in the south. lie was
able 10 maintain his previous
traded him TO Cleveland for Hickman.
and Cleveland sold him to Cincinnati.
From the last named town he went
20 Indianapolis. where he has been
ever since.
Hughie jennings had his big league
career cut short by being hit with "A
pitched ball. as did Dom Paul Kruger.
formerly OF Pittsburg. Danny Hoff-
man was Connie Mack's most valuable
outfielder until he stopped an inshoot
with his eye. The following year he
was of little value 10 Philadelphia and
was sold to New York. From there
he Eel to st. Louis and has now
passed TO the minors.
Eddie Summers when with Indian
apolis ave Jap Barbeau n terrific Jolt
on the head. For a time IL was thought
that Barbeau would die as the result
Or the blow. but he finally recovered
and played a brilliant game at short
for Toledo the following season. but
he has not his as well as formerly.
Then there was Bill Bradley. whose
arm was broken by an inshoot deliv.
cred by Bill Hogg. Prior 10 his acct
dent Bradley was a 800 hitter and as
much feared by opposing pitchers as
Nap Lsjoie. But such is the case no
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08

more. Before being hit by HoRg,
Bradley was famed as being particu-
larry skillful I'm taking his base as a
result of being hit with a pitched ball.
After that memorable game at New
York he attined first by such means
less frequently. lie is now with the
Toronto team In the Eastern league.
Terry Turner hos been OF little
value to Cleveland for two seasons on
account OF injuries. although when he
did play he showed better form than
ever before. Elberfeld has been an in
and outer because of frequent acct
dnts.
II was n pitched ball that cut short
Freddie Parents career in the major
organization. In the season of 1907
the clever little Frenchman was
bowled over by a swiftly pitched ball.
and he never has batted strong since.
Pete Meloan's name must 40 down
on the list OF good batters who we're
injured by being hit on the head by n
pitched ball. Chicago fans remember
what Paul Mclean was before he was
hit on the side OF the head by one or
Quinn's fast ones. Mclean is with the
st. Louis Americans and manages TO
get in his little bingle now and again.
but he is not the batter OF old.
The promising career Of young Car
han OF the Chicago Americans may be
shortened. In New York recently he
was hit on the %iugular vein by one or
Russ Ford's spitballs.
Probably no player in the game has
been hit on the head as often as Frank
Chance. manager OF the Chicago Ma
tionals. The peerless leader SAYS his
noodle has been touched for thirty
eight hits during his career on the dia-
mond. II was not until this season
that he began To feel the effects OF
being hit on the head. Recently
Chance stated that he believed that
his days as a regular PLAYER were
about over and he would manage from
the bench.
There have been others. too. who
have had their careers ended by
pitched balls. II takes away their
nerve and makes them timid. which
naturally affects their fielding and
batting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08

the modern course Is ample: once off
that fairway no n should complain
Of anything save the loss of his ball.
Most players believe in a rather wide
fairway. as the loss OF ones ball is a
serious matter. and as q moderate
error in direction from the tee bail
can be dealt with adequately by max
ing the ext shot impossible.
The short. accurate golfer is very
hardly dealt with on many courses.
Confronted with cross-hazards beyond
his carrying powers. either off his
drive or second shot, he has { o suffer
the ignominy Of playing .hOr7. mat
this IS unjust Is easily proved. Can
any contend that the man who can
place his ball near a given spot some
TOO yards away is not a better golfer
than he who can bit a ball $50 Yards,
but knows not in what direction IL
will travel?
The short. accurate player is pun
ished severely by the length of the
modern coursA without being com.
PEELED to play short OF hazards. Not
merely is he incapable OF reaching the
long two-shot hole in less than three
shots. the third being n considerably
lengthy approach. but he is hit even
more severely by a well laid out drive
and pitch hole. The drive pushes him
20 the utmost and the pitch calls for
his driver or brassie. which. used no
matter how skillfully. is incapable %
stopping the ball on a small and well
guarded green.
Nature may call for n few long com
pulsory carries. but for such nature
alone should be responsible. Wien
art is called upon 10 supplement- ma.
turc there should be- provided a way
OF escape for the short driver and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08
Professional Sports
By
Carl P. Leatherwood
CAREERS OF DIAMOND
STARS is CUT SHORT

BY BEING AIT WITH PITCHED BALLS IN MANY INSTANCES
TAKES HEART OUT OF BALL PLAYERS AND CAUSES THEm
TO LOSE THEIR NERVE WHILE BATTING.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08

Maud s., astonished the world in 1908
by trotting in the phenomenal time OF
l:5S15. crossing the two minute goal
with a rush that must have astonIshed
old time turfmen.
Low sulkies came into general use
in 1892. although some OF them had
been used prior TO that time. The i'm
proved low wheel cart of feather
weight almost and ball bearings was
OF immense assistance to Lou Dillon,
who is the present record holder.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08

fight. Alix in 1894 gave great promise
OF equaling her 2:O4 and the following
season made the distance in 2:0324.
He was followed by The Abbot. who
sent the figures closer TO the W min
ute goal by doing the course in 2:O3A
and 2:03L in 1900.
Cresceus, the famous stallion. in
1901 twice set new records. travelling
the mile in 2:02A and in 2:O2h. Lou
Dillon. with much about her TO recall
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08

his latest experience ut such having
occurred at st. Jean de Lux. with
which course he is now associated as
professional. There in a four-ban
match his shot from the fifteenth tee
carried plump into the tin on a l25
yard hole. where. remarkable to re.
late. il remained.
An arnes mathematician in the
person OF X. b.. Townsend has calc,l-
lated. with the aid of vvrious formid.
able propositions in the way Of ig.
ures. what chance a moderate golfer
Possesses of accomplishing a hole in
one. He has arrived AT the conclu.
sion that the ordinary person. playing
two rounds every day for fifty years
over a course which has three short
holes. and always reaching the green
with his tee shots 10 these short holes.
mOy obtain the lowest possible once.
and once only. during his long period
Of application. II seems hardly worth
b%othering about.
The green being all ground within
twenty yards ~ the hole. Mr.. Town.
send views 90. Tor the purpose of his
calculations. az q circle forty Yards
In diameter. The space in which a
player may be regarded as dead" is
a circle n yard in diameter. stunt.
ed in the middle Of the green. with
the hole in the center. The areas of
circles are 20 one another as the
squares OF their diameters. and from
this formula Mr.. TOwscnI estimates
that She odds against the average
golfer laying his ball dead are 1893
TO T.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08
Baseball Boxing Bowling

subsequent difficulty for his next shot.
II he is obliged 10 play TO the left
from the tee to avoid a carry beyond
his powers. the green should be very
closely guarded on the left, for the
long and accurate player must reap
his reward. The most effective OF all
hazards are those close TO or on the
green. They determine the play from
tee to hole. rendering the second shot
on a misplaced tee shot almost impos-
slble.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08
Course Wide Ene<qh.

Dividing golfers into three classes
strong. Wild and short-iittIe need
said about the wild. The width OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08
oURT THEATRE

wAHREHs OF vIRorE1A
'Nf. al0 HI H.rr tIr house
"s 100. 2.,. gsc. 90
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1911-12-26
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of an execution in my
hands, issued out of the district court
OF the Fourth judicial district of the
State of Idaho, in and for the county
OF Twin Falls in the suit of Crane Co.,
a corporation, against Samuel H. Boil
ton, duly attested the 18th day of De-
cember, A. d. 1911, have levied upon
all the right title and interest of the
said Samuel H. Bolton in and. to the
following described real property, sit
uated In Twin Falls county, Idaho, viz;
The north half of the northeast quar-
ter OF section twenty-six (26) in town
ship ten (10) south of range eighteen
(lS) east OF Boise Meridian.
Notice is hereby given that on Satur-
day the 9th day of January A. D. 1912,
at IL o'clock A. M. of said day, at the
front door of the court house, in said
county OF Twin Falls, I will sell all
the right, title and interest of the said
Samuel H. Bolton in and to the said
above described property, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
said execution and costs, at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder for cash in
lawful money of the United States.
Given under my hand, this 18th day
OF December A. d. 1911.
H. G. VANAUSDELN, Sheriff.
by +. z. SCHNEIDER, Deputy Sheriff,
| Dec. 15-2229 Jan
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1911-12-26

Gaylord Yost. vioIinist, has valu
able violin which he acquired under
interesting circumstances. His story
of the find as told by himself fol-
lows:
"One day in Berlin, as came out
of one of the music stores | was
stopped by couple of gypsies. They
had at least half dozen violins caught
up loosely by the necks. Some were
stringless, cracked and dirty. They
asked me II l wanted to buy violin
cheap and replied that was always
looking for good violins. Meanwhile
l had scanned the violins and l OBJ
served one with very artistic lines and
workmanship, good varnish. but in bad
repair. l asked him how much they
wanted for that one and they replied
100 marks OF course could not try
the violin In the street SO gave them
my card and told them to call In the
afternoon AS soon as l placed the
bow on the strings realized what
it was finally got the violin for 70
marks. l guess 1t was cheap. Would
l sell it? Well, hardly"
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1911-12-26
THE GREAT LESSON.
Governors Special Pleases Wall Street
Financial Writer.

Holland, the financial writer for the
Wall Street Journal, says:
The spectacular object lesson and
unprecedented travelling exhibition
now in progress under the auspices of
eight governors representing as many
western states will supplement the
National Land Exhibition made recent
ly in the great amphitheater of the
Madison Square Garden. Personally,
the eight governors have gained not
only high regard and great respect
but sincere admiration for their per-
sonalities. In each case the manifes-
tation of cordial good will, the utter
freedom from affection and any sham
dignity or self-consciousness of high
office holding and the intense enthus-
iasm which centers in the natural re-
sources of the great west and in the
opportunities for most profitable and
honorable development of them Will
surely cause the visit of these western
governors to the east to become tradi-
tional. At Albany, for instance, the
other day, at q luncheon given to the
governors just before their departure
| for Washington, there was the most
cordial intermingling of representa-
tives of the east and of the staid and
| conservative wealth of Albany with
the hearty, open-minded, frank-man-
nered and enthusiastic types OF the
manhood of the great west
The governors did not need to eX-
pound the purpose of this excursion
The exhibits which they had brought
with them are of themselves marvel
Gus object lessons. They bring in con
crete form evidences of the wonderful
riches of the west.
The governors say that they have
come to the east to show the people
what the west can do and is doing
Evidently they are of the opinion tina
information in this matter is very lin
tied in that part of the country which
lies east of the Allegheny and Appa
lachian ranges of mountains, and thl'
belief is not wholly unwarranted.
! Very likely the chief lesson, botf
for the east and the west, which viii
be taught by this visit of those fin'
types of American manhood, the eigh
western governors, will be the fac
| that the country has become national
lied, in the broader meaning of tina
term, SO far as it's Industrial, its min
| eral and it's agricultural activities are
concerned The railroads, the tele
graph, and telephone, and improved
water navigation have served to unity
the country from business point O.
view. Our great national banking sys
tenn has contributed far more thai
most OF our citizens suspect to tina
national development. The governor
OF Oregon stated at Alb; by that thu
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1911-12-26
JOHN W. GATES AND THE CAB
Little Gambling Episode in Which
"Watch-Me" Was Able to Say
"You Lose" Three Times.

A Gates anecdote that never got
so far as it deserved, if it was true,
was about his riding down town from
New York hotel in cab with stock
market friend.
'I'll match you," said John Watch
me, ito see whether you or l buy this
horse and cab from the driver, If it's
his"
It was cabby's, SO they matched,
and John Watch-me had the satisfac-
ton of saying, You lose" The bar
gain struck, John Watch-me had an
other proposition to offer the new
owner.
Now I'll match you," he said, Ito
see whether you keep the outfit or
whether you sell it back to cabby at
his own price" And once more John
Watch-me said, you lose"
Here it dawned upon Gates com
panion that in the last match John
Watch-me had stood no chance to lose
whichever way it went, and he made
remarks.
"All right" said John Watch-me
"I'll match you to see whether you OF
l stand the difference between tht
buying and the selling price" Fol
what he had just sold cabby woult
only give buying price that was JUS
500 less. This was the stake in thu
last match, and for the third timt
John Watch-me was able to say, "Yo'
lose."
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1911-12-26
BEING BRISK A GOOD HABIT
Children Should Be Taught Quickness
In Running brands and In
Dressing Themselves.

II child is allowed to acquire
slow, dawdling manner when told to
do any particular duty 1t will be
found very difficult to effect cure,
and this means a serious hindrance to
success in after years.
Teach them while very young to do
everything promptly and to finish
what they have commenced. If they
are sent on a message make them to
clearly understand that they must go
direct to the shop and not loiter on
the way. Children may be seen at
any time carrying a message and lin
gering to look at everything on the
way.
often wonder at what time the
poor mother gets her messages home,
when / see child lettering about in
stead Of walking along briskly.
Quickness in dress, also. should be in
sisted upon If too young to dress
themselves they should be taught to
keep still while the mother or sister
puts on their clothing.
At later age forbid any running
| about the house until fully dressed
| and quickly dressed Some little
maidens are rather fond of looking If
the glass while dressing and this Is
a habit which should be at once re
pressed 1t not only encourages van
ity but 1t causes the child to waste
much valuable time.