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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12
HOPE IN THE STEAM ROLLER.

On the face of things ignoring the
steam roller altogether, 1t would
sAm hat Taft's chances for the NOM
,nation are very slim. He entered
the convention with POI uncontested
delegates. pledged to his support, as
onnosed 10 All pledged to Roosevelt.
Co far so good. But this brings us
nm right spang against the steam
roller. and that useful and valuable
machine insists on crowding into our
calculations. Up to this time the
roller has passed smoothly, with
scarcely a jar, over the c~areasses OF
m, Roosevelt delegates. Which in
cidentally means the addition OF lol
: IN the Taft column. SO that ne
roc now 3O2 delegates accredited to
him. .,
c. far the roller shows no evidence
ho;nq the worse for the wear ana
a.r 70 which it has been subjected
nosses on it's grim way n SHOWS
more signs of conjunction than
.ro celebrated car of Juggernaut' OF
Itch we used to read in the sunday
..sool Come to think Of IT, i mas
IA remorseless to be OF any use -
resent owner. He needs dele
- He needs all the contested
s-a,ogates. When he gets them al
iii, only have 455, or 50 less 'hah
rb 70 nominate him. NeVerthe-
~ will then be in sight q VIC
iesS There will be le6 unlnstrue-
delegates to draw from VI 'heSe
teu are from New York. and whlie
nlne', - 70 chicago without instruc-
they - tsey were strongly urged Oy
IONS state convention to vote i0r
Taft. -o,,er slips no cogs.
a ,ns for a Taft victory are
very good indeed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

According to Col. Askew, statis-
tician for the leading Texas rail-
roads, the statement Of the financial
condition of thirty of these roads
up to March 1 last shows a deficit
amounting to nearly three and a half
millions. Yet during the year end
ing July 81, 1912, an increase of 400
per cent in tonnage of Texas roads
is indicated as compared with the
tonnage Of the preceding twelve
months. Where would the railroads
have been had it not been for this
increased tonnage?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12
THE NAME AMERICA.

We are Gold that the name Of this
continent was derived from that of a
gentleman who wrote about it-Am-
CIRCUS Vespucius. His real name,
however, was Vespucci, and Vespu-
Gus is the Latanized form of it, just
as Americas is supposed to be Latin
for Amerigo. If the continent had
been named for Columbus it would
not, in all probability, have been
named Christopheria, but Columbia.
Why, then, if Columbus. was to be
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12
WE SHOULD ACCEPT.

Brownsville should accept Rio
Hondo's invitation to participate in
the athletic contests to be held at
the latter town during the big cele-
bration which it will hold on the
Fourth. Rio Hondo is one of the
latest marvels of town building in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and
our citizens should take a u up
there and see what is doing on the
neglected banks of the pic
turesque Arroyo Colorado.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

| was sure some sorry, a whole lot
grieved, and a heap provoked the
other day when l read about the eX-
periences of the Rev. DR.. Fly, who
failed to find any one Of a large con
gregation of American-born people
who could sing the words of
America"
| tried, in my feeble, inadequate
way, to express my contempt for that
crowd in the most fluent English at
my command. | might have gone on
indefinitely in that way if the person
to whom | was speaking had not
asked me to sit down to the type
writer and grind u a copy Of the
words for immediate use.
| did not comply with the request,
because, when it came to a test, |
discovered, to my grief and vexaJion,
that / could not reproduce from mem
DRY a single stanza Of Mr.. Smiths
immortal, but easily forgotten hymn.
Why? Don't ask me. l don't
know; or at least If | do know, l am
not ready to tell till l have said a
few other things first. The words
Of this song were in one Of the Nc
Guffey readers | studied when a
child. | have seldom seen a church
hymn-book that did not contain
them; and my life has been SO order
ed that | have had a good deal to do
with hymn books. On thanksgiving
days, and on all public occasions Of
a patriotic or quasi-patriotic char
acter, where | have been present,
that song has been sung, and | have
usually assisted in the singing, for
getting for the moment the comfort
Of the people in the adjoining pews,
in the intensity Of my own patriotic
sentiments. Fragments Of the song
are perfectly familiar to me. | know
there are such phrases as music
swell the trees, and ring out on the
breeze" heart with rapture fills
land tempted brooks and thrills
and that sort Of thing; but for the
life of me | can not by simple power
of memory, arrange these phrases in
to one complete stanza-as it is in
the book.
That's because you never con-
sciously tried t o commit them to
memory | hear you remark. No, I
have never consciously committed to
memory half of the poetry | know.
| can not remember when | did not
know the words OF "Star-spangled
Banner" | know Columbia, Gem
of the Ocean, Sword OF Bunker
HILL" Maryland. My Maryland"
the original words Of Dixie" Bon
ME Blue Flag" The Girl / Left
Behind Me-" and "The Captain With
His Whiskers," and other songs d.
rectly or indirectly bearing on our
civil war. on both sides of the strug-
gle. ] even know the words of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

The esteembed Galveston News de-
clares that the only way in the
world TO reduce the food trusts to
submission, outside of governmental
interference-which it calls a prob
lematical remedy-is to starve them
out by starving ourselves. But
wouldn't that be playing directly
into the hands of the coffin trust?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

A New Jersey worshipper of the
Strenuous One has named his baby
girl Tralice, combining the initials
Of his political idol with the name Of
the latter's daughter. Perhaps the
little girl may live to get even.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

Senatoo Penrose says that the con-
dition as regards the presidential
convention is very mixed. A close
inspection reveals fists, clubs, hair
teeth, spurs and sizzling adjeetives
al. in a pile.-Galveston News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

A gas plant should be a profitable
venture in Brownsville. With fuel
becoming scarce and higher each
year, the problem of securing fuel
for cooking must be solved by the
manufacture Of gas for this purpose.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

daily - Published every morning
except Sunday, by mail postpaid to
any point In the United States, Mex
ECO or Cuba, or delivered by carrier
70 any part Of the city, West
brownsville. Texas. or Matamoros,
Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

Marching Through Georgia. and
the words of that great, truly spirit
'ual, intensely ferocious war-lyric,
1.-The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
in which the piety of the Puritans
and the blood lust of the Viking are
SO curiously blended. None of these
things were ever consciously COM
mitted to memory by me.
| know many war songs of other
lands. / know the "Marseillaise
Hmyn"-an English version of it. !
know Halls TO the Chief" when the
Blue Bonnets Are Over the Border
Bonnie Dundee" The Campbells
Are Coming" 1.-The Hundred Pipers.'
and perhaps others. do not say,
mind you, that | coHd furnish all
the words of all these songs at a
moments notice, but | could supply
off hand, on demand, at least a
stanZa of every one of them: all OF
many of them. Yet | do not know
by heart a single stanza OF
America" Yet | have assisted in
singing America at least twenty
times to every one time | have at
tempted to sing either of the Others
| have named. Rather sad, don't
you think?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

Really, these are the best lines in
the song. So smooth, so soft, SO
plausible, and yet 50 abjectly COM
monplace, with its obvious rhymes,
rills, hills and thrills. MY heart
with rapture thrills, like hat above"
Like what above? In singing that
song did you ever stop to explain
that rather cryptic couplet to your
self? Now that YOU do stop to ex-
anime it. you easily conclude that
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims pride,
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.

Honest Injun, does this appeal to
you as poetry? Can't you see that this
is feeble, disjointed, irrelevant, and
immaterial? Land of the pilgrims
pride" Mebbe so, but how so, and
why so? Also what has that go TO
do with ,he ringing of freedom from
every mountain side. No n ever
noticed any freedom ringing out
much where the pilgrim was, when
the pilgrim was able to be about and
still on the job. But, waving all
that, can not see that this is machine
poetry? Don't you know that the
average high school girl in Browns
vile can beat it, with both eyes shut
and one hand tied behind her? Can
you honestly blame any n for not
remembering it?
Once more:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12
Once more:

81 love thy rocks and rills
Thy woods and tempted hills,
Ny heart with rapture thrills
Like that above"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

Doubtless the English words are
tames as compared with the French;
but in either case they must be COM
monplace enough. Nevertheless,
hearing that chorus, / want to drop
everything else and get my gun. l
want to throw up my hat and howl. |.
want to choke the life out of some
tyrant or other: any old tyrant will
do.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

AS to america" | do not know
any other song that pretends to be
patriotic where such feeble words
are sung to such a feeble tune. The
only good excuse l know for that
song is that the tune is not American.
Perhaps the air, when sung to the
words Of God Save the King is
not a misfit. But let the tune go.
The words are the distressing feature
Of the hymn. I grant that they are
deeply religious in tone-as the
words Of a national hymn should be.
| grant that the sentiments they ex-
press are harmless, commendable.
even. Yet somehow they do not
stick in the memory. That is be-
i they are commonplace. What
ever jingle they have is easy, com
monplace jingle. Good? oh, yes,
the coolest kind of good, in a way.
Yet one hopes that to be good is not
necessarily to be inane.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

The explanation? The explanation
is simple and very obvious. In each
of the songs | have named there is
something that impresses itself on
the mind of the reader or hearers;
som striking quality in the thought
or in the phrasing that grips the at
tention. Or perhaps, as in the case
of the Marseillaise Hymn, there is
something in the air that sets the
blood on fire and drives the words
home in the memory. Dear me, | can
see those siX-hundred dark-eyed,
swart, sunburned children of the
south, as they enter Paris, dusty,
way-worn but indomitable, singing
that magnificent chorus:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

March on, March on, all hearts re-
solved
On victory or death"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12

Take il and examine it for your
self. You do not know the words
any more than l do, but get the
hymn book-page I'll, song No. 1872.
All right, here we go:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-12
AMERICA" VS.. MYSELF.
Dope Artist Enters Plea of
Confession and Avoidance.

y : < x x x x x x x x x x x =
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-22
PATHFINDERs ARE
PLEASED WITH ROUTE
San Miguel Hill Is Only Diff
ficulty, and It Viii
d Ohriafnd

Enthusiastic over the trip and the
roads. the automobilists VINO Men. ~ -
the road logging trip from Fl Paso 70
Tucson. returned TO FL Paso Weones-
day. -,
tween Fl Psso and Demlng, san
Miguel hill. which we dubbed san ) Juan,
where the sand is pretty bad, the roaus
are wonderful and the trip IS one %
the prettiest ] have ever taken, salo
J. D. Bukey, secretary OF the II Faso
Automobile club. This road over san
Juan bill IS going TO be changed BY
moving il across through Canu tito. IL
viii cut of about Is miles Of the dis
lance, and save much time by com
pletely- avoiding the sand The citi-
zens Of Canutillo have agreed to build
a road across the bosque there.
we took bunch OF photo graphs,
one showing the e. machines that
went from Douglas TO Bisbee. a line OF
cars that extended three blocks, and
which was the biggest parade of auto
mobiles that has ever entered either
city.
THE log we made Of the road VIII
he published IN the Automobile maya
zine and in pamphlet form by the diff
fereut cities interested These will be
given large circulation among the
various cities. and automobile asso-
I'VE have practically the assurance
~ H c. Drumm, chairman of the
transcontinental touring club Of Amer
lea that if the log is practical he Will
uee all his influence IN routing parties
over the Fl Paso and southwestern
route In Yuma the chamber Of com
rrerce told Us that the average vas
two touring car parties day, going
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-22
KELLY APPARENTLY
As SLOW As EVER
He and Brown Do Not Lack
Nerve Though Claim
ing Ketchels Title.

Kenosha. Wis. Feb 22.-HugO Kelly,
of Chicago. last night Outpointed Geo
C"KnockOut'D Brown, Of the same city,
in q 10 round bout here The men are
middleweights.
Due to Browns hanging on tactlcs,
the contest resem5led a wrestling
bout more shan II aid a prize light
Brown constantly sought to WORK un-
der Kelly's guard and sent home tell
ing body blows. He had little difIi-
Guilty in getting close TO Kelly, but the
majority OF the blows he landed at
close range were weak. They did lit
tie damage Brown was Kissed re-
peatedly by the crowd for his poor
work
In all the open fighting Kelly clear
" outdistanced his opponent He con-
stantly jabbed Browns head with his
left and followed Up with right hooks
or right uppercuts At the opening Of
the fifth round. both OF Browns eyes
were puffed badly from Kelly's Jabs-
The last four rounds Of the battle
were the best Brown realizing that
he was OUtdistanced. tried to make
up the lost ground by rushing Kelly
Off his feet Twice Brown succeeded
in bowling Kelly over By bUtting him
with his shoulder but there was not
a clean knockdown in the entire fight
Neither man showed enough class
to warrant his claiming Jne middle
weight championship. Both assert
they are entitled to the laurels OF the
late Stanley Ketchel.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-22

All preparations are nearly com
pleted for the Southwestern amateur
athletic federation basketball tourna-
ment which viii be pulled off at the
'.Y'' Friday and Saturday.
The visiting teams VIII arrive Fri
day morning and at noon there viii be
a banquet for the players and officials.
The schedule Of games wiz be ar
ranged as soon as all the visiting teams
arrive and viii be announced at the
banquet.
The opening games viii be played at
o'clock at the ~ gym Inen Inere
will be two more gamB at night, ana
Saturday will be a long drawn out
basketball game, with the games play
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-22

-F WAS the greatest fighter OF
them aiI-it mattered not the
\ \ weight. He was so clearly en-
titlsd 10 the championship that he was
proclaimed the title holder without one
dissenting vote.
He did not surround himself with
press agents; rather he depended upon
his Inherent strength and Valor to
boom his name down the canons Of
fighting annals. he was always ready
TO fight. whatever or wherever the
stake. Neither did the odds matter TO
him fer he had confidence in himself
He was the same cool headed and
level chap in victory or defeat for 1t Is
true that his were not all victories
even though ne was a champion OF
champions.
He was born Feb. p. 1872.
sure. George Washington
I Personally. I fail TO see what OBJ
lection can be raised to Sunday base
ball I see no reason why there snould
not be Sunday baseball IN Boston = sW
York. Brooklyn, Washington ana mi
adelphia- the same as there is IS De
troif. chicago. Cincinnati and St
Louis.
Choose any basis for argume NATION
What religion could legitimately Cd
iect to sending tens OF thousands OF
baseball lovers out into the open air
and sunshine for q genuine pleasure
outfnz2 Season in and season out
what an immeasurable peneflL TINS
would be to the physical serves OF
those people who spent this time IN
the open air. who II offered no IN
centiTe to go out ana De amuseU'
would more than lkely Say IL
Baseball has been greatly EeLlutu
in the past five or ten years Peo-
pie DO not go TO the game nova
DAYS with the fanatical idea OF win
ming at any cost and kllllng me I'M
pire in the event Of loss Rather
has the diamond come to be regarded
as an outdoor rheaters a place Where
8 man may take his wife and family
10 their enjoyment
In time become as progressive as the
west and not only countenance sun
dav baseball. but actually covet It
are priests and pastors and II IS not
unusual to see them at Sunday games
cut it out" was probably first ut
tered by sporting editors shears
1t has not been definitely decided
whether the national indoor game IS
bowling or pinochle-
While it is immutably true that it
takes a good bowler to make good In a
national tournament, II is Just as true
that many a good bowler falls down
hard in these events and that a bowler
unknown TO fame may develop lucky
streak during any tourney and cut into
the money
The reason so many good BOWERS
Tall down IS because pins and alleys
are new and most boWlers like 70 &C
custom themselves TO bowling on al
laws on which they have rolled be
fore and against. well. not brand new
pins. IL is not al all unordiqary to see
rrhaf lnnks Ike g perfect bau draw q
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-22

split" N one OF these big tourna-
ments.
The following conversation in a
hotel lobby might have been pulled
between two well meaning gentlemen
and touts- one for the Mexican war
Situation and the other for the Juarez
race track. each without any previous
1T looks as though MaderO viii
breeze in"
What race?'
But the odds are against win
why. is it fized?"
I'm going to string along with
Orozco until they close the shutters
That's one horse I never heard tell
Of. Orozco? Who bred Imp"
'9The trouble is that they viii start
something they can't finish
NO quarter horses for mine"
Look at the attitude the United
yes. BUT they tell me. they're going
to open all the old tracks again this
Therein be an awful lot Of loot
when 4 does come through.
Yes. but the bOokies know how to
Ssav. watcher tryin' to DO. kid me?''
Nc Are you trying to kid me-
s'No"
"AlI right"
ali right"
They part.
Jack Curley now says that he viii
not definitely announce the site of the
big fight until May, Must be JACK
wants to make a few more trans-con-
tinentaI trips at the expense OF pros
pective promoters.
Yes. indeed, there are worse habits
than wearing monocle
Johnny Kilbane is married, has a
year old girl baby. Miss Mary kilbane,
ne does not smoke. swear nor drink. he
goes TO church regularly-no ne IS not
minister Hes a prize fighter
'The man from Mexico" is musical
comedy, but the man from Mexico IS
usually a sartOrial and mental tragedy.
He stood on the bridge at mid
night was not exactly dedicated TO a
Fourth cavalry sentry: But TN 90
Lew Arms; sporting editor The Her
aid: Does a triple cross bear a double
A subscriber.
You talk ike a laundryman. Yes
a ouadruple cross viii beat both. on
can run into one any day over In Jua-
rez.
was there ever in the world such a
joyful feeling as being done with the
dentist for six months Answer: No.
The gentleman with the fur on his
o-ercoat collar IS not necessarily q
grand opera tenor
As TROUT they might put Cass
Tarrer against the Mexican insurrecto
movement His press agents say his
foot work IS unexcelled-
ball league The best night baseball is
PLAYED IN the hotel Hobbies after the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-22

game when the players always get
together and play over every important
feature of the contest Of the after
The sporting writers south with the
major league baseball teams mast now
proceed TO proclaim new and wonder
Inl Iinds among the youngsters who
are IN training. SeTen-eighths Of them
as per schedule will blow up promptly
on April 10. or when the regular base
ball season opens.
Sporting Editor. The Herald: With
Two men out, batter knocks ball to
shortstop. ShOrtstop throws it to first
but the runner beats the ball. Howev-
er, ne steps on the first basemans
FOOT not touching the bag. Is the
runner out or safe?
J.H.K-
Answer; This is entirely a matter
for the umpire to decide. II he inten-
Ilonally ran into the first baseman
and prevented him from fielding the
ball he is out II. on the other hand.
he 7unintentionally ran into the first
baseman or, If the first baseman was
standing IN such position as TO block
runner from the bag before the ball
had reached first base. the player is
safe Whether the base runner is safe
or out lies largely with the umpire's
powers or observation and the way he
happened to see it. The rules are
elastic rather than explicit in this
case and put 1t up to the umpire to
decide.
Sporting Editor. the Herald: A.
claims Jake Schaefer. a one time
billiard champion, was known as a
Bloomington. nj, boy. while B. claims
he is from LeavsnWorth, Kansas.
Which is right2
Where did he die
Was he champion at 1872 balkline
when he died?
Answer. Scbaefer did molt Of his
early training about Indianapolis and
later ran a billiard hail in Chicago. He
died in Denver No, at the time OF his
death Willie Hoppe was, as he Is now,
the 1872 balkline champion.
Sporting Editor. The Herald: Where
was Bob FitZsimmons born? How old
is he? A Bets that Fitzsimmons was
reer. bets that he was knocked
out at~ieast twice Who wins?
Answer: Bob Fitzsimmons was born
in Helsten, Cornwall, England, on June
4. 1852 Therefore ne is 40 now Fitz-
simmons was knocked out no less than
five times, by Jeffries twice. Phladel-
phia Jack OBrien, Bill Lang and JACK
Johnson The majority Of the knock
outs occurred during the last years Of
his ring career
Sporting Editor. The Herald: A. bets
that Archie Duffey is the only Ameri-
can amateur that ever covered the 100
yard dash in nine and three-fifths sec
onds. B. bets others have done It. Who
Wins2 7 G. jameson
Answer. Three amateur athletes Of
the United States have been given
credit for this time. They are A. 2.
Duffey, Dan Kelly and Clement VIII
son Kelly's mark. in particular. has
been most disputed. but IT has been
sworn to by all Official timers at the
track meeting which was held in Spo-
kane.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-22
MIGHT MATCH YNN
AND ENGLISH CHAMP
(BY TOM S. ANDREWs)

weights stacked up against him, win
be greatly disappointed In the man
saw him box POrlNey Flynn IA London
last March. and he made the Boston
man look like a dray horse
Wells is very fast on his feet Tor q
big man. and has a splendid left hand
with an unusually long reach. His one
weak spot Is his stomach but they tell
me he has been able to Stren8 then up
that part Of his anatomy through con
slant physical culture work With all
the boosting Jim Flynn has been get
ting OF late I doubt whether be would
be able TO defeat Wells in a 10 round
bout. but ne might do 50 IN long
battle, for he certainly has great STAN
ina 1t would be a real test for the
Pueblo fireman. and II Is good bet
that Jack Johnson viii not sanction
match between Flynn and Wells pre-
vious to his own contest with Flynn
next July.