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The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-09-01


with him to be ! drag a kim. Nevsf
until this evening had H thought her
misshapen or homely. The words or
4 neighbor. uttered half In lest, were
bearing fruit.
That night Uncle Hiram scarcely
closed his eyea 81 sleep. There va
q change In him. and he realized It.
He found himself planning things
that he would have turned from ar.
most in fear thirty hours before.
Yes. he went at AZ deliberately and
planned. and when the restless wom-
an beside him asked II he were
awake Ne deceived her. He didn't
want her either to weep or chatter
to disturb his planning. HI was to
"a out west somewhere aione and
maee the purchase. and the wife wal
- come on. That Il. they had planned
It that way. It was the fear of travel
that was keeping her awake that
night.
In the next two weeks many peo.
Pile wondered what had come over
Uncle Hiram. OF course, he would
be ! BIT sad about leaving the old
farm. but why his nervousness ana
irritahility? Why so brusque and
blunt with Aunt Jane? Why tell go
many conflicting stories as III the IL
cality he should head for? Those
who had known the man the longest
criticized him most.
When he finally started away there
eeemed much pretense II the part.
ing. The wife felt II, and was NOT
altogether unprepared for. what soon
stook placs. unele Hiram had been
gone I'VE days whom = friend from
th4 village placed : thousand dollars
~ Mr. hAnas and told her that She.
wout1 nev& zee her husband again.
Uncle Hiram went west. He halted
- i city for week 70 get slicked
- - 1n6fn ~ W1mAnASa
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xA141 X<#&N4 R
Uncle Hiram's
Experiment
~ Lawrence Alfred Cz0y

(Copyrisht. 1911. by Associated Literary
Press.)
The old farm had been sold--the
farm that Hiram jackson and his
bride had come to three days after
their marriage. That was q long
thirty years ago. Both husband and
wife were now over nifty. gray-haired
and bow-backed. There had been
years and years Of the hardest toll
Observation-Disclosures; but man
and wife had worked together and
had conquered.
That evening, as they sat on the
veranda and the sun went down there
was a lonesomeness they had never
felt before. Selling the farm was
tearing their world up by the roots.
For q long time they didn't speak.
For a long time they didn't look at
each other. In a week more the buy
er was coming to take possession.
The wife had these thoughts alone as
the tears stood in her eyes. The hus-
band had other thoughts mingled
with them.
That day as he chatted with .
neighbor the neighbor had said:
We'll, Uncle Hiram, I make out
that you are fifty-three years old, and
you have done a heap OF hard work.
I wouldn't take you for over forty.
however. II you was to dye your
hair, shave up and put on a good
suit Of clothes you'd pass for . spruce
young widcwer out west. where you
are going. Good wife you have got,
but it's q pity you are married. You
ought to have q chance to run around
and see life"
Both laughed at the remarks. but
they stuck with Uncle Hiram. He had
toiled Nike q slave. He had never
been twenty miles from the farm.
He had never attended a circus. To
bed at eight o'clock-up in the orn
ing at FIVE; pillow. plant. reap-that
the daily routine. Then there was
milking to be done, hogs to feed,
wood to cut. He had gone through
all this without complaint. but just
now he was feeling the bitterness
of II.
Uncle Hiram turned a BIT to look
at his wife. In his ~selfshness he
gave her little credit. She had done
her best. She had often taken the
place OF q man in the field. II age
showed more on her than or him. II
her hair was whittier. II she was more
stopped, II her face carried more
wrinkles. he should have felt more
tender. But he didn't. His bitter
ness was all for himself. He had
planned to go west and buy another
farm. He must take the "old woman
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Why the Mountain STAYED.

MahOmet was whistling and making
overtures to the mountain. says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. But the grim
old elevation failed to come 70 him.
oh, we'll" he said. with . amils
which poorly concealed hias vchasr1n,
the rates q that mountain house
we're simply fierce. Guess I'll stay q
home this sammer and savo money.
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OHOTEAU CAMP

OHOTEAU CAMP
No. ~ ". q. ".
Nesting nighto:
612edR fourth Thursday 81
v9r mon q III Kennedy hall
.ss':s g. 9. Johnson, g. G..
], 6vARrx, Clsrk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
It's Some Job Nursing so Ball
Players, Says Red Sox Trainer
BY DOC GREEN

Trainer or the Boston Red SOx
| The boys are in fine condition
| physically and need but little work
ito round them out in tip-top shape
for the long seasons grind. I have
conditioned good many athletes
in my day, but l never saw a finer
lot of young fellows than the Red
Sox players this year. There isn't
a weak man physically on the team
They are all clean-cut and hard
workers and I'll miss my guess if
Donovan and his men fail to cop
the pennant. 1t isn't any cinch
looking after 40 or SO baseball
players in spring training and dur
ing the season. 1t keeps a fellow
mighty busy. If one of the boys
gets a cinder in his eye he comes
to me for aid. 1 look after the
condition of the men at all times
and when l see one of the boys
going stale or anything else the
matter with him, take him in
hand and look after his needs.
Keeping the pitchers arms inl
shape is a difficult matter. If the
pitchers arms gets bad, why it's
all off with any ball team. But
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Portland has gracefully given
way to Los Angeles and the West
ern Bowling Congress, which is in
session in Spokane, will designate
the Southern city as the place of
the 1912 congress. Vancouver,
which was the only delegation to
object, has been promised the con-
gress for the following year. Close
to $4,000, raised by the business
men of Spokane, will be hung up
as prize money during the Spo-
kane meet.
BY defeating the Rhodes Bros.
team last night at score of 1870
to 2,403, the Dege G. Miner team
took a tighter grip on second
place.
The Presbyterians overcame the
Christians in game in the Church
league alleys last night by score
of 1889 to 974.. Williams was
high man with 200 points and
Miss Vance rolled 1873, the high
est score made by a woman. Both
are members of the Presbyterian
team.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
coffroth, Fight Promoter, Would Rather
Read the Classics Than Eat
FRISCO FIGHT PROMOTER
DOESN'T GO IN FOR SPORT
PAGES AT ALL, BUT PRE-
FERS HIGH BROW LITERA-
TURE.

SAN FRANCISCO, March Is
It's hard to make the layman, or
even a follower of the boxing
game, believe a fight promoters
literary aspirations go beyond the
pink sporting weeklies, but just
the same Jim Coffroth, the San
Francisco promoter, when not
making matches goes in for the
high brow stuff. Keats, Shelley,
Balzac and Shakespeare are his
favorites. Keats parties delight
him and he'd rather attend one
than to see boxing contest.
Two years ago a club sporting
writer of big New York paper
was sent to interview Coffroth.
Naturally, Ell thought that all he
could get out of Jim was fight
gossip. He found the promoter
pouring over a little volume which
he at once set down as a history
OF the prize ring. Imagine his
surprise. however, when Jim clos
ed the book and laid 1t aside,
showing the title Caesars Appeal
to the Romans.
Somebody leave it behind?''
queried the reporter.
mo- said Coffroth. ct brought
1t with me. Here are few more
OF the same class.
And he pulled THE Lady OF the
Lake." Eugene Aram," 1.-The
Last Days OF Pompeii" and vod-
ume of Shelley's poems out Of his
trunk.
Guess you thought you'd find
me with pink weekly" said Cot
froth smiling.
II sure did," said the reporter
as he started TO leave. When he
got back to his Office he wrote the
story of Jim as literary instead
or a boxing expert and hfs editor
said he was good reporter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
HOME RUNS RESULT OF
EATING CREAM PUFFS

The secret Is out at last. Ping
Bodie, of home run fame, trains
on cream puffs. Ping, who played
field for the Frisco Seals last sea-
son, knocked so many homers the
papers lost count. This year he
is with the White Sox. About the
first thing he did on reaching the
training camp was to put the ball
over the fence. Then he told
about the cream puffs and now
everybody knows why Ping gets
SO many homers.
Talking about enthusiastic
baseball fans, here is one from the
Texas league, which TAX es the
cake. Houston and Dallas we're
practically a tie near the close of
the season. Bill Brady, who
pitched for Galveston last year,
but goes to Toledo this Season,
shut out Houston three times lin
succession, and thus squelched
their pennant aspirations. Hols-
tons fans we're so worked up over
the incident that they rushed
onto the field after the belfgerent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
PORTLAND ON
The MOVE
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire
PORTLAND, March 15.--Secre-
tary Hugh McCredie received a
letter from Manager Nick VIII
Jams of the Portland Northwest
team today that he will be in
Portland the latter part Of the
week, and will at once begin get
ting the new aggregation In line.
A call hes been sent to each play
err, and the majority of the team
will he on the ground by the time
the blond manager arrives.
Nick will bring two or three
players from the South, one of
whom will be Rex Ames, the for
mer Seal and battery partner OF
Williams, and Nick is depending
on Rex as his mainstay in the box
this year.
Manager Williams intends to
arrange a series of games with
the fast semi-pro teams around
this neck N the woods. A few
games will also be played with the
fast team of the Columbia uni
versity, which is being coached by
George Ort, Portland's speedy
utility player.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
PITCHING
DAYS ARE OVER
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

Y
LOS ANGELES, March 10
Bill Tozier will pitch no more.
According to the surgeon the Ibul-
let which penetrated the arm of
the Angels star finger, perfor-
ated the very muscles used in
pitching the ball, and while the
injury is not serious at ALI 1t Will
ruin Tozier's usefulness as a pitch
err and practically deprive him Of
his occupation.
The shooting affray is learned
to have been the result Of JOSH
ing between several of the Angel
team, and Flo Israel, the race
track tout, who inflicted the
wounds. Israel was pressed into
service as an umpire in a practice
game at the camp. He was roast
ed for his decisions during the
game and was followed to the ho-
tel, the roasting continuing. Fin
ally the tout became enraged and
the shooting resulted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
BURNS HOT ON
TRAIL OF AID

(By United Press Leased Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, March To-
Jack Perkins, manager of frankie
Burns, the crack Oakland light
weight, is today hot on the trail OF
Champion Wolgast. Perkins has
decided to accept most any old
terms offered for his protege to
meet Adolph, and the lads may
meet here in a twenty-round bout
March 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
HEAvYWE|GHTS WILL
CLASH TONIGHT
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
OAKLAND, March 15.-Fight
fans are expecting a treat tonight
when Gunboat Smith and Walter
Monahan, heavyweights, clash be-
club. Eddie Smith will referee.
Even money prevails in the bet
ting. Monahan will be seconded
by Champion Jack Johnson, who
will also referee the preliminary
bout between Jimmy Fox and Ed
die Campi.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
BEST FIELDING TEAM FROM
MANY LEAGUES

Although the majority of the
players named here are from the
minor leagues, the team, as pick
ed, is the fastest fielding organi-
zation in America.
Compiled after a search through
baseball guides, all but two play
ers fielded perfectly. True they
did not all play throughout the
season. Some participated in a
few games, but as the records are
based upon a standard number of
games, the men whose names APP
pear at the top of the list must
Of necessity be the leaders. The
best fielding team follows:
Houser, lib, Athletics, American,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
Hochwalt Will Award
Ribbons at Bench Show

Secretary F. E. King of the Ia
coma Kennel club has received
word from Judge A. +. Hochwait
of Cincinnati that he accepts the
clubs invitation to judge the
bench show to be held April 10,
20 and 21. Mr.. Hoehwalt rs a
national authority on dogs and
the club members are well pleased
that his services have been Sc
cured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

20 games, 1000.
WEIGH, 2b. Sioux City, II games
Western, 1000.
Coughlin, 3b, Williamsport, 80
games, Tristate, $50.
Gray, IS, Wheeling, 10 games,
Central, .981.
Easterly, IF, Cleveland, 80
games, American, 1000.
Anderson, CT, Rochester, "a
games, Eastern, 1000.
Nalley, If, Dayton, 32 games,
Central, 1000.
Lee, p, Newark, 3S games, East
ern, 1000.
Donahue, C, Is games, Athletics
Boston, 1000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
Speaker Sure
Some Player
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SAN FRANCISCO, March 49,
Baseball fanatics were agreed to.
day that Iris Speaker of the Bos.
ton Red Sox is one of the nifti-
est players ever seen in action on
a San Francisco diamond. Speak.
er made five trips to the pan, got
four hits and was robbed of a per-
feet score only by a circus dive by
Melchoir in the game with the
Seals yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
POLICE STOP FIGHT

VICTOR, Col, March 15.-The
police last night stopped the
scheduled 20-round bout between
Kid Ross of New York and Peter
Jersen, the Battling Dane" of
Denver, at the end of the first
round.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Trainer Doc White of the Cleve-
land Maps says that Vean Gregg,
with Portland last year and Spo-
kane the year before, has a freak
arm-a bundle of chords instead
of bunch of muscle. The Maps
think kindly of Gregg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
Don't Be Without The Times
KICK!!!

II the boy should fail to deliver
your paper before $50 or GAS,
call up Circulation Department, M.
1888 or A 1873 before 1880 and we
will serve you by special messen-
ger. Information regarding poor
service will be appreciated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

NEW YORK, 15-By boxing and better ring
geneashp Pacey Mcfarland the pride of the Chicago ckyds
Englishman laid Battling
Nelson their eround bout before the Fairmont Athletic club
night Both their the
with Mcfarland.
Chicago
elusive when tried
of Knockout Brown
Both weighed in under 1876
lightweight limit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Once more in regular harness,
Jim Callahan, ex-boss of the Lo-
gan Squares of Chicago, promises
to make things interesting for out
field aspirants in the Comiskey
camp this year.
Callahan was pitcher once up
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Mike Lynch, the Tiger pilot, is
so sweet on his recruits that Ike
Rockenfield is the only regular
sure of job. Ike will stick,
says Mike, but the other old-tim-
ers will sure have to hustle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
WITH thsAnATEUp.!s'

The Times is going to have the
best baseball page in Tacoma this
summer and is going to give anna
teur games particular attention.
1t invites the managers of anna
teur and school teams to make
free use of its columns, for its
challenges, results of games or
|any other items Of interest. Bring
in your baseball news.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

DR.. G. e. Case has moved to hts
old offices, rooms 304-5 National
Bank Of Commerce Bldg. Hours
2 to 4 p. m. sss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
ITS REAL LIVE SPORT NEsVVS--TTS RIGHT HERE
DIAMOND GL|NTS

The Portland Coast league team
will put in a few days at Fresno
and may play a couple of games
with the Tigers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
SPORT CHIPS

Judging from the hard time
Hackenschmidt is having with the
second-raters, whom our Frank
can throw any old time he pleases,
the former result is not likely to
be reversed, should these two try
conclusions on the mat again.
Isn't 1t funny people always
like to do something they can't.
For instance there is Jack john
son, who is one dandy scrapper,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

McFadden has more trouble on
his hands. First Howatt was
touted for his position and now
Young Goldenson has shown just
enough to worry Mac more than
ever.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Garden plants and roots, flow.
ering plants. etc. Tacoma imp. &
Seed Co. sss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

The second team of the Lincoln
High school easily defeated the
second team of the Bryant High
by a score of IL to z yesterday af-
ternoon. The game was played
on the grounds at Eleventh and L.
streets. link pitched for Lincoln
and Nelson was in the box dor
Bryant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Good bread Is boon to every
homo. Pyramid Flour VIII bring
this boon to your home. go
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

on time, but he won't work on
the mound for the White Sox. No,
he'll cavort around center, the
place vacated by Fielder Jones
when that brainy leader forsook
the game and listened to the call
of his timber interests.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

but who couldn't be an automobile
racer if he had a million years
to practice. Jack has just signed
for race with Brouaurd, the
French driver.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Shredder may be a little late
getting those players from Danny
Long, if he gets them at all.
Danny says he is not ready to cut
any of the young seals adrift be-
cause he has not seen enough of
them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Those two old "has beens," Bat
thing Nelson and Jimmy Britt, are
to have another meeting before
Jack O'Brien's Philadelphia club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15
BOYS WANTED

Good live Sth grade and high
school boys to carry good paying
Times routes. Call at Times office
in person after school; ask for
Allen or Kinney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

The Angels of the Coast league
are having all kinds of hard luck.
The other day Deal, their crack
first7sacker, was struck on the
head with a bat which slipped
from the hands of one of the play
ers. Eight stitches had to be
taken. And now Pitcher Tozier
is struck by a couple of bullets
from % rifle and probably will
never pitch again. Hard luck so
early in the season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

President Shredder will proba-
bly, be in Fresno today in time
to see the game between the Tt
ger regulars and the Yannigans.
The Boston Red Sox have
promised Manager Graham of the
Sacramento Senators, a catcher
and couple of pitchers, as soon
as the wedding out process IS
over.
Jack Lively, the former Oak
land pitcher, who outranked all
the twirlers in the Coast league
last season, has made a good i'm
preston at the camp of the De-
troit Tigers.
| Jack Killilay had a chance to
show John I. Taylor the sort of
stuff of which he is made the 9TH
er day. Jack, who is with the
Boston Americans this year,
struck out -four Seals in a prac-
tice.
Nick Williams, who will handle
the Portland roadsters in the
Northwest league this year, is ex-
pected in the Rose city in day
or so, and will make arrange
ments for the starting of spring
practice.
| Bert Hall, Shreeder's veteran
finger, believes the coming sea-
son will be the best of his career.
Bert says he kept himself in good
condition this winter by motorcy-
cling, his favorite pastime.
Steve Kane, who comes from
the National league, is one dandy
umpire, according to Ike Rocken-
field of the Tigers.
! The sporting papers of the East
are giving Dick Breen, with Van
couver last year, some nice send
offs. Dick is trying for regular
berth on the Red team this year.
Gus Thompson, who pitched
good bali for the Seattle team two
lyears ago, and was under contract
with the Vancouver team, will not
report to Manager Brown this sea-
son, but will manage a team in
Kalispel, Mont.
President Coin of Spokane has
a refractory twirler in Pitcher
Swenke of Louisville. Cohn says
he will be able to get along nicely
without the Soutnerner, but that
the player is out of organized
baseball IL he does not report
pretty soon.
Jack Sorenson, who will try out
as a receiver with the Vancouver
team, caught for the Kalispel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Big Six Matthewson of the New
York Giants has invented a new
curve ball. Matty vets his fing-
ers and then you have before you
what some call a slow splitter and
others a double dip. 1t comes
to the plate so slow you can see
the seams and then disappears so
suddenly that even the catcher
can't find it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Pipes and Tobacco. A. J. Innis. :
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Brady, who had luckily escaped
from the grounds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Clark Griffith says that Bob
Bescher, his fleet-footed redleg,
is by long odds the fleetest+footed
player in baseball today. Griffith
admits that Bob's record is not
on par with either Cobb or Col
Inns, but he accounts for this by
the fact that the National league
catchers have the American re-
receivers faded, when it comes to
pegging to the bases.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Jack Killilay had a chance to
show John I. Taylor the sort OF
stuff of which he is made the 9TH
er day. Jack, who is with the
Boston Americans this year,
struck out -four Seals in a prac-
tice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

President Shredder will proba-
bly, be in Fresno today in time
to see the game between the I'll
ger regulars and the Yannigans.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Jack Sorenson, who will try out
as a receiver with the Vancouver
team, caught for the Kalispel
team last season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Nick Williams, who will handle
the Portland roadsters in the
Northwest league this year, is ex-
pected in the Rose city in a day
or so, and will make arrange
ments for the starting of spring
practice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

The Boston Red Sox have
promised Manager Graham of the
Sacramento Senators, catcher
and a couple of pitchers, as soon
as the wedding out process is
over.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-15

Jack Lively, the former Oak
land pitcher, who outranked all
the twirlers in the Coast league
last season, has made a good i'm
preston at the camp of the De-
troit Tigers.