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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05
Fears Giant Pug.ilist,

Cauut was in America and was
matched with Freeman, but when he
saw his man he refused point blank
to tackle him, asserting that no living
man had a chance with the abnormal
athlete.
"There ism u anybody alive who can
hope TO whip him. he said
This description was justified, for
Freeman was an agile man and quite
extraordinary, being able to turn
somersaults, make handsprings, and had
been through il thorough course OF
gymnastics,
Freeman must have been awe inspir-
ing for il must be remembered that
Caunt was no weakling, and, bearing
in mind what tho little Tom Sayess
did with giants, Caunt might have
tackled tho big 'un had he felt dis
posed.
There was method in the English
fighters scheme. however, for he had
views about taking Freeman to Eng
land. which he did and made lot
of money touring with him.
Like many other champions, Free
man died OF consumption when he WAS
only % years old, and this gave Caunt
the opportunity to claim the title
again. Caunt also died OF lung trouble
when he was 46 years old.
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see this retiring Young farmer boy wh'
has suddenly jumped into the spotlight
Of the baseball world now is To won
der if. after all, he duesn Z really con
slider it a dreadful misfortune to thu:
be inmmcd into the public eye.
Baker can hardly wait till the base
ball season closes 10 get back to the
old farm at Trappe, Nd. where he lives
with his parents aud his Young wife
and little daughter. and one of the
quickest "homc runs made bv Home
RIM Baker is the run home TO the
old homestead after the last game of
the season has been played.
The spectacle OF tins young farmer
boy. who FIVE years ago was tiGkicd 60
death to think that he could earn s.
week al PLAYING baseball, suddenly
walloping himself into world wide fame
in three days work with hickory
club. and now besieged by vaudeville
booking agencies with offers ranging up
into thousands of dollars week for a
few minutes of work each day, and 60
ing back 10 the old farm in an auto
mobile with his pockets bulging with
filthy lucre. only emphasizes the fact
that in this modern age the most use
fail implement for battering down thc
bars TO the Hall Of Fame is the baseball
bat.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05
SWEDEN PREPARES
FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
peoial Cable to Tho Tribune.

| Special Cable to Tho Tribune.
| COPENHAGEN. Nov. 4.--Sweden in
tends to make tho Olympic games. which
are 10 be held In Stockholm next year,
the greatest which have set been held.
Work on tho great stadium already is
wei under way, The building rs situated
close 10 the fashionable part Of the city.
at the foot OF a hill which forms the
northern side of the structure II is 10
] be OF a permanent character. built of
brick and granite. at the expense of the
Swedish government
The gates aud arcadeS are vauted in
The old medieval Swedish style. Ma
tonal heroes Will bo represented In
series OF scnlptured blocks of granite
on the walls, and the entrances Will be
decorated with representations OF Olyn-
pic gods.
AZ the side uf the eastern and western
gates stand two massive towers. at the
foot OF which large water fountains viii
bo placed From the top of these towers
tho signals for the various contests will
be given by blasts from trumpcts Be
hind these towers are two side build
ings each containing n hall aud assem-
bly, ROOMS. In the center OF the north
ern arcade, which connects these build
inGs. there will be a gate through which
all the competitors viii pass to the
ground.
The running track will be four laps 10
the mile. There Is only one cycle event.
and that Is q 200 mile road race around
Lake Malar. which win be partly an
individual and partly team race. There
will be accommodations for about %, 900
spectators Representative of the press
VIII have their seats at the finishing
post.
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chosen profession. and one of the things
that has made for the success he has
achieved is his intense enthusiasm in
bis work. He makes Just as careful a
study of his life's work as does any
banker or captain of industry, and
given moderate amount Of ability in
other channels the same qualities that
have won him success on tho baseball
field would have brought him an equal
lines of endeavor
Baker is type of ball PLAYER that
honors the great game of which he is
one Of tho highest exponents. He
neither drinks nor uses tobacco in any
form, never resorts TO foul play or
- dirty tactics 10 gain an advantage
is n modest and unassuming man at all
times who always eudeavors 10 give his
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05

| despite tho crowd Of advisers who
counseled him to improve himself.
Caunt had tho most casual views on
training, and would do pretty well as
he liked In this direction, getting flesh
off when it suited him and at other
periods doing nothing but take lit
tie healthy exercise on days when he
had "A fancy to,
Yet this mass Of beef and Drawn
could 90 through battle lasting three
hours and of over 100 rounds.
Cauut would scarcely condescend to
defense, on some occasions, taking his
grillipg and chiefly, in fact solely, be-
ing intent on knocking out his oppon-
ent by overwhelming him at slugglug-
He varied in weight in his fights from
300 pounds to 240 pounds and was
heavy rs n boy, when he fought all
he came across.
Born in 1915, he was beaten by
Thompson in 1885. Thompson after
wards was known as Bendigo. When
he was 23 he met Bendigo again and
nearly strsngIed him (nice rules). The
bullocky. bear squeezed all the life out
of his adversary When the ropes were
cut Bendigo lay down at last
Fought 101 Rounds.
Caunt beat man named Brassey In
l0l rounds, and after losing to a man
named Ward on "a foul through a hit
of bad temper, met Ward again and
whipped him.
| have heard from an old timer that
men who lived at tho time of Caunt
laughed at him and called him II ''tap
room rough and tumbler.o That the
man was courageous there is no doubt
whatever. but without any other at
tribute, Tor a champion except his
strength.
One can only suppose that it was
not an age of E'nerves" and that pun
ishment was tonic They did not
fence and wrangle then over terms,
There were no pictures, - no 6ncssing
about the gate, no seats sold twice
none of tho tinical modern nonsense.
j suppose, howovcr, that boxing is n
spectacle and all spectacular shows
should be allowed to be on a profit
making basis.
Caunt would not have lasted with the
men OF the present day who have re-
duced training TO a science. Their
wonderful clevernets might have made
sorry spectacle of Caunt inasmuch
as he might not have hit them.
Just one word moro about training,
Whiie Cannt was so Indifferent about
it himself, he was very exactiug with
his American pTotege, Freeman, and
he made tho giant ''go through it. !"
reducing his weight over fifty pounds.
Caunt got over this fear OF the 60
Hath and when poor Freeman would
demonstrate from his Z feet 3 inches,
Caunt would threaten him physically.
The joke of 10 all was that at the time
Caupt had been scared by Freeman g
size the latter had never been in
prize fight in his life, but Cannt did
not know this until afterwards.
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9 Of the Game.

~ ,eiaransrd pitching even more
10y 10y IN the second game than had
<s9n <,n,n ~ the opening contest, with
~ .,sd at one all with two down
..SoinsAlh inning. and the clouting
.; IN pniahs struggling vainly for Il
rcs Gr'ng OF four aud two thirds
"itnont tho semblance of hit
Sleat pitching Of the New York
n An INC single Philadelphia tally
6ss Se result OF some fuzzy work on
G r;,, Of Marqusrd IS supporting
.an Philadelphia g hopes for sue.
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Bakers cleanup" wailop (after the suing.
Shouting the iron-lke rigidity of the forearms
that gives the etkick" to the bEotu

world by four straight wins, as Math.
ewson would have been in better form
TO face his labors in the fourth game
of the series but for the extra strain
placed upon him in the previous games
through the clouting of the 'sTrappe
Torpedo. So why not hand the su-
prenc bonors OF the baseball world for
1911 to Trsppe. Nd. even though she
doesn t class with us in the high life
stuff?
Hits ANY Old Ball.
Following Baker S first cleanup"
wsllop in the recent series, there was
much discussion among the New York
adherents as TO what kind of bali it
is that Baker slams out Of the con
fines of tho park; but after his third
rampage with his old war club and the
fruitlcss efforts of New York's star
pitchers 10 fathom the mystery, the
only question of moment that remained
was whether Baker could reach it with
his big bat Mathewson and Marquard,
at time when they possessed superb
control. tried everything known to the
art of pitching, and Baker walloped
them all. The defeat OF the Giants can
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05

dcrance Of slow big
men and their lack
Of science is not al
ways compeusated
by their bullock
strength,
Ben nlamin Caunt,
who was champion
of the world twice
won nearly all his
battles by sheer
brute strength and
weight. When he
relinquisbed the IL
tie for the first
time IL was because
he was opposed by
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05
WORLDS CHAMPION WAS
FRIGHTENED BY GIANT
Ben Caunt Refused to Fight American Goliath
but Had Grit Enough to Go l01
Rounds with Another Puq
By the Marquis OF Queensberry

(Copyright. 1911. by the Marquis Of
Quecnsberry)
1t has been frequently mentioned to
me by big men of the first class In
boxing that as rule they would soon
CT take on big fellows that clever men
inferior in stature Thcrc is a prcpon.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05

be told in three words. Too Much
Baker.
In addition to the productive swats
that counted in the series, Just TO show
that these weren't accidental punches,
Baker also slammed long drive on the
Polo grounds that Murray caught
against the wall of the right field
stands. hit a line drive into the right
field stand at The Polo grounds in the
first game that went Just few feet
foul. and during batting practice wal
loped three over the right field fence
at Shibc park. Philadelphia. AS an IL
lustrstion Of the kind of whack that
is required to go over this long right
field wall at Sbibe park, it is only nee
essary to say that in the history of
baseball at these grounds but four 9th
ting a ball over this wall; Murphy Of
the Athletics, a tcammate Of Baker g;
Crawford of Detroit. Cree Of the New
York Americans. and Easterly of Cleve.
land. During this time Baker has hit
fifteen fair hits over this wall for cir
cult clouts, eleven Of them during the
season Just finished. and in the game
against Detroit In which the Athletics
cinched the American league peunant
Baker hit two home runs over this wall
in the one game. In the face OF this
evidence there is no chance to spring
that over-worked "lucky-punch stuff
in connection with the recent world g
series.
Always a Hitter.
Baker has always been long bitter
ever since he first grabbed a baseball
bat and faced an opposing pitcher
Born on a farm at Trappe. Nd, on
March Is, 1886, he FIRST entered the
limelght Of the baseball world with
the Risley. Md, team in 1906. Charlie
Herzog, who played third base against
him for New York during the recent Sc
ries. was his first manager, Herzog GO
ing to Baker 8 farm at Trappe on the
recommendation OF a Risley man who
operated a saw1nill at Trappe. and pro.
curing him TO play third base on the
Risley team for the muDificent sum Of
50 per week Baker never played more
than one season with any team he
signed with until ho Joined the Ath
letics, his promotion being rapid, and
the faster the company he Joined the
better he played. 1t was also Herzog
who recommended Baker to Cambridge.
Md, with whom he played iu 1907 and
'0S, being teammate of Herzog's and
the late HSi' Nichols of Baltimore. In
1905 he Joined the Reading team in the
league whence he was drafted
by Comic Mack in the fall of 1905
Baker is Que Of the quartette of young
sters secured by Mack in the same sea
son. and which he has developed into
what all critics declare to be the most
ln6eld that ever araced the
diamond. Mclnuis, Collins. Barry and
Baker.
Baker had no sooner Joined the Atb-
letics than he began to show his won
dcrful long range ability with the
training trip south with the Athletics
Baker won the opening game OF the
schedule against the New Or
leans team with home run over the
right field fence, and followed this up
oy winning two straight games against
The Mobile, Ala. team by hitting the
ball over the fence. He has now con.
,ractcd the fence habit. and it is usually
good night when Baker comes up
IA pinch.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05

tho biggest man who ever held the
championship. Charles Freeman. The
"Michigan Giant as he was called,
stood seven feet three inches and
weighed 333 pounds.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05
Baker q Big Man.

John Franklin Baker is one inch
short of being ''six footerp and
weighs 173 pounds He is built along
"rangyn lines. with no superAuous
flesh on his frame, and careful study
Of his wonderful forearms in action
shows the power from which he derives
that awful Chick 10 produce those
long Cleanup wallops, Baker doe:
not meet the ball with u vicious Ground
house y lunge. bur IL is short. rigid
snap. backed up by the iron-like rigid
ity Of a wonderful pair of forearms,
the muscles of which tense into uugiv-
ing resistance at the moment the bat
meets the ball that gives the "kick -
TO the blow and distance TO the hit that
follows. This is likewise the cause of
Baker, a long distance hitter, also being
q sure hitter with always high aver
age. never dropping below the select
800 class. He docsn I start his swing
before the ball breaks. as is usually the
case with long-distance hitters who re-
sort to the long lunge, but his work is
the result of careful study of each
ball pitched TO him by the opposing
pitcher, in combination with quick per
ception and perfect harmony between
a wonderful set Of iron muscles and an
active brain.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05
Huge Fighter Dies Early

Ben Caunt began his career as an
old fashioned brniser pure and simple,
From what heard many years ago
from an old racegoer who had seen
him. Caunt bad few, if any. ideas of
boxing and was totally ignorant OF
its finer points. What is more. he
would never tske any trouble 10 learn.
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Keeps in Good Condition.

In private life Baker is distinctly q
home man, seldom being seen in public
without his wife and little girl, and
knows no excesses barring baseball He
apparently lives for just two things.
His family and his work on the base
ball field. He has always been over,
lpoweringly ambitious 10 succeed In bis
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-29
THE REASONABLE WAY

Strong vigorous men, women and
children hardly ever catch cold-its
only when your system is run down
and vitality low that colds and coughs
can get a foothold.
Now isn't it reasonable that the
right way to cure a cough is to build
up your strength again?
Mr.. Patrick Wren Of n. Birming-
ham, Ala, knows about this. He says.
Il caught bad cold year ago and
had a bad cough for a long time, but
Vinol relieved it completely and built
up my health. Vinol is the best medi-
cine 1 ever used or heard of for coughs
and colds"
This splendid cod liver and iron
remedy does not smell or taste like
cod liver oil, but is so delicious that
children love to take 1t. Yet it has
the Strengthening value of cod liver
oil, with tonic blood building iron.
Chronic bronchitis yields to Vinol
because it builds up the system in all
weakened and rundown conditions.
You can get your money back any
time if Vinol does not do all We say.
Whites Pharmacy. Pensacola, Fla.
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OFFICERS Of
GERMANvESSEL
Z VISIT MAYOR
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON RE-
TURNED OFFICIAL VISIT MADE
TO CRUISER ON MoNDAY-ALso
VISITED CUSTOM HOUSE,

Mayor Frank Reilly was visited in
his Office yesterday afternoon at i
o'clock by German Consul Gerhard
Rolls, Captain Feldt of the German
cruiser Hansa, and Settled Schmidt,
lieutenant and secretary to Capt.
Feldt, the visit being a return of the
official visit OF the mayor and other
officials to the Hansa on Monday
morning. While in the city the OFF,
GERS also made an official visit to va
rious officials in the customs house
building.
Capt Feldt is the same officer who
was in command of the Hansa on her
last visit to this port and IS well re-
membered here by a great many Pen
sacola people.
The Hansa viii probably go out into
the gulf for some torpedo practice
during next week, after which she will
return to the harbor and remain here
for several weeks.
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CkSCkRETS FOR A
SICK, SOUR STOMACH
Gently but thoroughly cleanse and
regulate your Stomach, Liver and
Bowels while you sleep.

That awful sourness. belching of
acid and foul gases; that pain in the
pit of the stomach. the heartburn.
nervousness, nausea, bloating after
eating, feeling of fullness, dizziness
and sick headache, means indigestion;
a disordered stomach, which cannot be
regulated until you remove the cause
1t isn't your stomach's fault. Your
stomach is as good as any.
Try Cascarets; they cure indiges~
ton, because they Immediately cleanse
and regulate the stomach, remove the
sour, undigested and fermenting food
and foul gases; take the excess bile
from the liver and carry off the de-
composed waste matter and poison
from the intestines and bowels. Then
your stomach trouble is ended for
ever. A Cascaret tonight will straight
en- you out by morning. Decent box
from any drug store will keep your
entire family feeling good for months.
Don't forget the children-their little
lnsides need a good, gentle cleansing.
too.
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st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 2s.-The gov
errors special" bearing the chief ex-
ecutives of the prosperity belt" which
stretches from the Mississippi to the
Pacific-Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, Colorado. Wyoming, Montana,
Idaho, Oregon and Washington, and
the governor of California as the rep
resentative of the Panama 1915 eX-
position-left tonight on a trip to the
east of 1000 miles, including visits to
twenty-one cities in that number OF
days. The governors composing the
party which is to make this remark
able journey, carrying the message or
the west to the east, includes Governor
A. o. Eberhart, Minnesota; Governor
John Burke, North Dakota; Governor
r. S. Wesley, South Dakota; Governor
E. L. Norris, Montana; Governor Os-
wald West, Oregon; Governor j. II.
Hawley, Idaho; Governor NJ. E. Hay,
Washington: Governor j. M. Carey,
Wyoming; Governor Hiram johnson,
California. Governor Shaforth of Colo
RADIO is to meet the special at Chicago.
1t is not unlikely that governors of
other states may be picked up en-
route. Four cars have been fitted up
with exhibits of the agricultural pro-
ducts, minerals, timberS and photo
graphic views, which are attached to
the train. These exhibit cars will be
open to the general public at all the
cities at which the governors special
stops. The itinerary of the governors
special is as follows: Nov. %, Chica-
go; Nov. 20, Kalamazoo, Grand RAPIDS;
Nov. so, Detroit, Toledo; Dec. 1. Cleve-
land; Dec. 2, Buffalo: Dec. 4. Roches-
ter; Dec. 8, Syracuse. Utica; Dec. s,
Albany: Dec. Z, Washington; Dec. 8,
Baltimore: Dec. 9, Philadelphia; Dec.
II. New York: Dec. IL. Harrisburg;
Dec. IS, Pittsburg; Dec. IA, Columbus;
Dec 16, Indianapolis; Dec. Is, st.
Louis: Dec. 10. St. Paul, Mimi
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-29
A BRAIN WORKER
Must Have the Kind of Food That
Nourishes Brain.

Il am literary man whose nervous
energy is a great part of my stock in
trade, and ordinarily I have little pa
thence with breakfast foods and the
extravagant claims made for them.
But l cannot withhold my acknowl-
edgment of the debt that I owe TO
Grape Nuts food.
Il discovered long ago that the very
bulkiness of the ordinary diet was not
calculated to give one a clear head,
the power of sustained, accurate think
ing. 1 always felt heavy and sluggish
in mind as well as body after eating
the ordinary meal, which diverted the
blood from the brain to the digestive
apparatus.
Il tried foods easy Of digestion, but
found them usually deficient in nutri-
ment. l experimental with many
breakfast foods and they, too, proved
unsatisfactory, till l reached Grape
Nuts. And then the problem was
solved.
Grape Nuts agreed with me per-
fectly from the beginning, satisfying
my hunger and supplying the nutri-
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foods lack
Il had not been using it very long
before found that I was turning out
an unusual quantity and quality OF
work. Continued use has demon
strated to my entire satisfaction that
Grape-Nuts food contains the ele-
ments needed by the brain and ner-
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lie writer" Name given by Postum
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There's a reason" and 1t is ex-
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person found stealing subscribers papers
sfte~ deliver" NJ same by carrier.
w. =. Pinnell, of Jacksonville, ar
rived in the Deep Water City yester-
day for a short business visit. While
here he is guest at the San Carlos.
w. w. Wesley, of Point Washington,
spent yesterday in Pensacola. Mr..
Wesley is well-known in Pensacola,
where he frequently visits.
w. J. Hicks, ]. D, Russ and ]. J. Nc
Caskill, Jr., of Freeport, are among
the well-known citizens from that
section in Pensacola today. They are
here on business and are making their
headquarters at the San Carlos.
W. w. Phillips and Miss Effie Phil
lips, of cambridge, are making a short
visit to Pensacola, guests at the San
Carlos. Mr.. Phillips is well-known in
business circles of that city, being
connected with the wholesale grocery
business there.
S. A. McMuldon and wife, of An
1erson, Ind, are among the late ar
rivals from the north who reached
Pensacola yesterday. They are here
for an extended visit and are COM
fortably located at the San Carlos.
c. NJ. Ausley of Tallahassee, was a
business visitor in the Deep Water
City yesterday. Mr.. Ausley is a lead
ing business man of that section and
comes to Pensacola occasionally.
H. S. Laird. of Milton, was among
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Visitor-So your agricultural show
was a great success? Big exhibit of
live stock, 1 suppose. Native-Nope,
not a one. You see, we had to use
that space to park the automobiles in.
Puck
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CITY HALL To
Be CLOSET. ON
THANKSGIVING
USUAL CUSTOM, THE
CITY OFFICIALS WILL TAKE
HOLIDAY ON THURSDAY AND
PERSONS HAVING BUSINESS
WITH THEY ARE REQUESTED
TO CALL TODAY.

Following the usual custom, all of
the offices in the city hall will be
closed tomorrow on account of
Thanksgiving Day, and the city off,
Gals and their employees will take a
holiday. The building will be closed
during the entire day.
All persons who may have business
with any of the officials in the build
ing are requested to attend to it to-
day, if possible, otherwise they will
necessarily have to wait until Fri
day.