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Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
Germans Behind In Tennis Play

X USTRALIA for several years has
 loomed up as the largest tennis continent on the map, yet the English and Americans have always been con sidered the leading opponents of the cleanest of sports. And. after all, the Australians are Anglo Saxons too. Much talk is being circulated about what the French might do to us if they sent team after the Davis cup.
 Why is nothing being said about the Germans? And why are the Germans not saying something for themselves? In tournaments abroad the Germans are never too modest to be boaStful. And the Germans have a gardenful of fine players. The names of the two Kleinsroths, pr. Pippes and Herr Kin gel are not household words in this country. and probably few Americans have heard of the German champion, F'reutzheim, but these melodious gen tlemen can slap some nifty wallops over the mosquito netting. In other words. the German tennis players can go some.
 One of the Kleinsroths. for instaroe swan across Lake Lucerne and back one afternoon and then won two rounds in the championship of Swift zerIand. His brother has a little stunt that is all his own. He takes nearly all his ground stokes on the half vol 1 ley. and his combined speed and gen | eralship make a neat tandem. Dr.. 1 Pippes has service that outtwists any | twist serve that ever twisted. Not l only does he throw the ball high above his head to slash at 1t as 1t comes down and doubles up like jackknife. but he also throws it out to the side so that he has to reach out after it. Mean while the man who is waiting on the other side of the net patiently for the serve to land is so interested in watch
 ing Pippes tie himself in a bowknOt
 that suddenly the ball smites him in the right shoulder.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
SIuggers Easy For O'TooIe

THE National league sluggers do not
 bother Marty OToole. Looking back over the records. one finds that he has had an easy time of it with such men as Zimmerman and Schulte of the Cubs, Bescher. Hoblitzell and Mitchell of the Reds, konetchy and Evans of the Cardinals and Sweeney of the Bos- ton Braves. In one game Zimmerman found Marty for two triples, but a diff ferent style of pitching made Heinie his strikeout victim like the rest. All of the above hitters are terrors to any pitcher, but they have been easy strike out picking for O'Toole. Only one slug ger in the league has had much luck with Marty's delivery. He is Sherwood Magee of the Phillies.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
IRISH FIGHTERS AGAIN
 BECOMING NUMEROUS

THE Irish are gradually regaining
 pugilistic control despite the cos mopolitan makeup of the boxing map.
 There is Kilbane; there are McF'ar- land and Gibbons and Coulon and Nc Goorty. two of them champions. two others just as well off and fifth a topnotcher, with possible chance of clutching title
 It has been years and years since such quintet of Celtic ringsters like the above group cavorted across the canvas.
 Past genera tiOns brought out John L. Sullivan, Jim COrbett, Tom Sharkey. Terry McGovern. Peter Maher. Jack Dempsey, the Sullivan twins, Martin Flaherty. Jimmy Barry and others too numerous to mention. For few dec ades the Irish just about dominated the game And then the value of emeralds declined for some reason or other. After Terry McGovern took to the slide good fighting Irishmen grew few in numbers.
 Danny Dougherty. Frankie Neil and Jimmy Walsh succeeded. but they did not remain in the high spots for long. Then Mcfarland and later Coulon hap pened to the front. Lately have come the rest of the crew.
 These boys. who really top all classes exclusive of the heavyweights. are per haps the five cleverest boxers, grouped together and working in the same pe- riod. that pugilism has ever known. What a peerless trio-Kilbane, McFar- land and Gibbons. And what a fine all around gathering of millers,
 Mcfarland. if he could make the weight. very probably would be light weight champion. Outside of the title he is that now. After all, what are two or three pounds when man is suppos- ed to be unbeatable? The last refer ence is to Wolgast. There is the chance of Ads losing out. but he ought to be willing to take the chance if properly remunerated and if he cares to be re- gsrded al a fearless title holder. Me Farland is the modern Joe Cans, ex- cept where the knockout clause is con- cerned. But Packey has the heavy wall Top when he cares to use it.
 kilbane in time to come will be re- garded as a great champion. He is a skilled boxer now, very fast and pos sesses generalship to a marked degree for a boy of his age. He stacks up ac- cording to all specifications, has ev- erything that a champ needs, and more but his real career is ahead of him.
 Gibbons is the sensa tion of the ring. the best combination of the various good parts. He is the personifcation of the ideal boxer. It should not be long before he makes the middleweight championship. Of all the candidates he is the best fitted despite the dis crepancy in his weight as compared to his rivals.
 CoulOn is a magnificent little boxer the best bantam in the world. He should last for long time. It will take 3 great fighter to whip him.
 McGOorty is one of the leading fol- lowers after the middleWeight silks He can box very well and is reputed to be the best left hooker in the prOfes- sion. Outside of Gibbons there seems to be no one to compete with him at 158 pounds. The weight and Gibbons are all McGoorty must fear If he gets heavier he may be ruled out of the scramble. If he doesn't Gibbons should master him. but McGoorty apparently ranks ahead of Klaus, Dillon and the others
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
Poor Attendance In National

NATIONAL LEAGUE men all over
 the circuit complain that the gate receipts this season have been much smaller than usual They say that the unfavorable weather and the Giants runaway lead have affected the general interest in the pennant struggle. There is a lingering hope in Chicago and Pittsburgh that something may happen to McGraW'S men, but in the other cities the fans have lost heart. All of the American league cities, on the other hand, are turning out the usual crowds because of the uncertainty of the race for the flag.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15

MANAGER FRANK CHANGE of NA the Chicago Cubs wants to win another pennant before he retres Not a strange ambition by any means. but Chance should know the difficulties which surround such a proposition. It must be plain to him that before he can land another flag he must rebuild his entire team. Ball players do not last forever and it is a gamble when you try to build up.
 Really only a small percentage of the young players who come up make good, and when the great amount of compe- tition is taken into consideration, there being sixteen major league clubs. all anxious to strengthen, it must be plain that a single clubs chances to build up new ball team are rather slim.
 It is questionable whether there IS anoth her instance where so many young players of ability have been picked up by a single club in the course of a year or so aS has been the case in Washington this season. That may not happen again in a decade, so that Chance may have to live a long while and remain identified with the game in order to realize his ambition.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
George St0vaIl Making Good

Since Jim McAIeer, then manager of the Browns. decided in 1909 that Tom Jones day of usefulness was past there have been nineteen St. Louis first base men. of these. eighteen failed to fill the bill. Stovall is No. 19. and he's worth more than the other eighteen put together Georges presence on first has improved all the other in felders. Besides playing a great game at first. Stovall is showing managerial ability. and St. Louis fans look for a first division club in 1913.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
Browns Land Crack Pitcher

X NEW pitcher has been captured by
 the St. Louis Browns. He is a cOllegian Right Hander Adams. and halls from the Albright college of My erstown, Pa. Adams was discovered by Professor Charles s. Kelchner, one of Colonel Hedges unknown scouts in the east, and is due to report to Boss StOvall immediately.
 Adams fame was gained few weeks ago when he pitched two games in one day, morning and afternoon, and ac- complished the feat of striking out thirty-tWo batters, sixteen per show. Kelchner is the one who picked up First Baseman Ed Miller. If Adams is as worthy as his namesake. Babe of the Pirates, and can whiff sixteen every time he pitches. then the Browns have the wonder of wonders.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15

GEORGE sToVALL is wearing the
 same smile as he did last season when he was plotting the Maps into third place.
 He has good reason to smile. He has made something of a ball team out of the St. Louis Americans, and he is given credit for it.
 George is hardly any better this sea son than during the seven and a half seasons he served as a Nap. The Browns needed just such a player as he is, and needed him badly.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
uard, the Great Sensation of the Baseball World

Reulbach and Chesbro of fourteen straight wins the delivers into the dope began to dig. deeper for more ancient marks for him to shoot at. They dis covered that Radbourne had won eighteen straight for Providence in 1884, that Luby had won twenty for Chjcago in 1890 and that Mccormick in 1886 with Chicago had won twenty four straight, and the flying Rube was told to keep on going if he wanted to win real fame. So far as known that mark of McCormicks is the premier feat in organized baseball.
 Whatever may be the arguments, there is no question that Richard de Marquis is one of the greatest tWrlers of modern times. and the fact that he is left handler makes his work all the more remarkable, for left handlers are not noted for consistency.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15

DITCHER SLIM" SALLEE of the St Louis Nationals is a figure bug. The lengthy Cardinal pitcher is a dope artist and carries the figures for him. self and associates partly in his head and mostly in a little book.
 Ask Sal who made a baseball hit at 1 o'clock last week, and he can tell you. Likewise he knows how many games he has won and how many were lost and the number of safeties in each.
 The schoOlroom never was overbur- dened by Sallee's presence, yet he is a student of his occupation far better than many whose station in early life permitted them to attend the institu- tions of learning. Sal is an earnest worker.
 He makes no bones of the fact that his habits in previous years had been
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15

RUBE VANGUARD is the sensation
 of the baseball world this season. Besides doing great work to put the Giants in the lead. Reuben has smash
 ed all modern pitching records for vic tories won. The winning streak of Marquard is not only a seasons sensa- tion but is the cause of a lot of argu- ments. some of which can be settled by reference to the records. others of which must be decided only in each fans own opinion AS the Rube ap- preached the modern day records of
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15

HUGH JENNINGS of Detroit is fac \ ing the same proposition that has confronted other managers of cham pionship teams. His team is deterior- ating. and he must rebuild it. Of the entire lot now under Jennings there are perhaps not more than five or six who can be relied upon to help his team. The others must go and young men be secured to take their places.
 It is going to take time to make these changes and keep the team a winner. and it incidentally will be Jennings first opportunity to show whether he is capable of building up team. It was a ready made championship outfit which was turned over to Jennings when he took the team in 1907. He has made but few changes since then, and some of these were by means of trading for seasoned material. Now he must de- velop youngsters in order to get back in the limelight, and it will be new experience for him.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
aCHiCK" GANDlL.

to the Washington Nationals virtually made the team. 1t is generally under
 stood that he cost s15,000, including the assessed valuation of four players and a cash balance, the deal being similar in this sense to the one by which Rus sell went from Baltimore to the Ath- letics. ~ Russelrs purchase was dead loss, but that was entirely the fault of the player. who put himself out of the game So far Gandil has been a sue cess. He has proved that he is star
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
Ruling by Czar Johnson

President Johnson has ruled that of teams who appear in uni- form must include themselves in the list of players allowed each major league club up to Aug 20. After that time the number of men carried by each team is increased to thirty five.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
Giants Owner an Invalid

John T. Brush sees the big games at the Polo grounds from his wheel chair. The owner of the Giants is an invalid. but when Chicago or Pittsburgh en- gages his hired men in battle Mir. Brush is as eager to watch the fun as any fan in Manhattan.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
GANDIL WORTH ALL
 THAT WAS PAID FOR HIM

WHETHER or not it pays to go
 into the market and bid for young players of promise, even if the prices seem high. is answered in the case of Chick" Gandil, whose addition
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
CHANGE WANTS TO WIN ONE
 MORE REMNANT, THEN QUIT

against the best work, but he takes q lot of pride now in the fact that he never even enters a saloon. When the athletes stop at European hotels Sal never takes a business mans lunch" because that necessitates eating in a barroom. Instead he goes to a dairy lunch
 He has steered clear of every detri- mental influence, and the tall, earnest finger deserves a lot of credit.
 \ MAN in baseball ages rapidly.
 Five years before the public usu ally age him about ten or twelve in the public mind. Tom Hughes of the Washington Americans gives an illus tration of this. Whenever Hughes pitches some one is sure to ask if that is the same old Hughes who used to pitch for Chicago. Boston and New York. and when that identification Is accepted the remark is made that Hughes must be over forty years old.
 But Hughes is not quite thirty three years old. He started his major league career in 1901. when he was a mere strip of a lad. but he has been before the public ever since and consequently is counted among the veterans of the game.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-15
Callahan Is Generous

Jimmy Callahan, manager of the Chi cago Americans, has big heart. He was presented with a heap of floral pieces upon the SOx's arrival in New York. He immediately sent the flow CTS to the Washington Heights hospi- tall Callahan thought they would do more good there than with him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06
Florida Town Burned Out.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla, June O.
The business section of Fort Lauder
dale was swept by fire at 2 O'Clock
this morning causing loss, roughly
estimated at 100000. The Miami
and Palm Beach fire departments
were called on for aid but reached
the scene too late for active service.
A partial report Of the losses is
as follows: Wheeler Mercantile COM
pany $4,000, Stranahan & Co., $685.
900; Everglades Grocery company,
S15,O0O; postofice wiped out. Other
places destroyed of which the losses
have not been estimated were the
Fort Lauderdale pharmacy, Pioneer
Realty company, c.. Gutchins, baker;
C. G. Rhodes's residence; Williams
Bros, contractors; Snyder & Short,
real estate; Johnson's millinery store,
Jeffres meat market; Herald printing
house.
The Osceola hotel and adjoining
properties wer saved by dynamiting
the buildings.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
acknowledgements About
Men and Happenings.

Anderson has four candidates for
mayor: w. B. Magruder, Robert E.
Lyon, Clarence e. Tolly and ]. A.
Cook. The election comes off June
18th.
John B. Cleveland and the Saxon
fills have donated II acres of land
near the mills, in Spartanburg, for an
industrial school, to be conducted by
the Methodist conference under the
direction of Rev. D. E. Camack.
The annual meeting of the South
Carolina Press Association meets
next Monday in Spartanburg. A
most interesting program has been
arranged, and number of atten-
tions, including banquet Tuesday
night, will be rendered the news
paper men by the citizens of the
"city of success" No doubt there
will be a large attendance of news
paper workers and their friends.
Hon. John L. McLaurin, of Ben
nettsville, formerly United States
Senator, has recently been urged to
enter politics again, it being the idea
of numbers of his friends, especially
in the Pee Dee section, that he should
make the race for congress this year.
Mr.. McLaurin has issued statement
saying that he is more interested in
the industrial development of the
State than he is in politics, and that
he does not care to enter politics
again.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06
HYDE TO BE ELECTROCUTED.
Wish to be First Electric Chair Vic
tim Granted by Court.

Anderson, June samuel N
Hyde, the wife murderer, convicted
here a year ago, was resentenced TO-
day, by Judge Prince to die by elec-
trocution July 5. Hyde came into
the court room smiling and Joking
with the deputies and at no time dur
ing the morning did he show the
slightest worry, even when Judge
Prince read to him the fatal SEN
tence. He had expressed the desire
to be the first to die by electrocution
in the State and made this request
to the judge, who Informed him that
the apparatus would not be complete
ly installed until the latter part OF
the month and might not be in good
working order and he knew that he
would not want them experimenting
with his body and prehaps making a
bungling job of it.
Hyde replied that he had no OBJ
lection to them experimenting with
his body, and expressed the opinion
that it was as good for that purpose
as any other, therefore Judge Prince
granted his request and set July as
the day of electrocution.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06
SLANDER WAVED ON HIGH.
Schoolboys Unfurl Banner Attacking
Ambitious Principal.

The town school officials of South
Norwalk, Conn.,, on Tuesday morning
were excited by the appearance of a
flag on the pole in front of the high
school which bore the words: "Want-
ed a man, not a grasshopper" and
Down with the grasshopper."
The flag was hoisted to the top of
the pole in the night and the ropes
were cut. Late in the afternoon a
lineman took down the banner.
The Norwalk board of education is
trying to select a superintendent OF
schools. Edward H. Gumbart, princi-
pal of the high school, a candidate
for the Office, was displeasing to DR..
William J. H. Bohannon, member
of the high school board. DR.. Bo-
hannon recently said that the board
of education should select a man,
not grasshopper-referring to
Gumbart. Hence the writing on the
flag. 1t is believed that the banner
was put up by high school boys.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTAL BANKS
Additional Offices Designated-Bam
berg Postmastership Situation.

Washington, June 3.-Additional
postal saving stations have been des-
ignated to be ready to receive depos-
it's July 1 next, at the following
South Carolina postoffices: Lamar
St. Matthews, Timmonsville, Brun.
son, Dorchester, Elloree, Eutawville
Fairfax, Furman, Greelyville, Holly
Hill, Kline, Loris, Neeses, Nichols
North, Norway, Olar, Ridgeland
Ridgeville, Scranton, Springfield
Varnville, Williston.
In the interest of Postmaster Muir,
ply, the incumbent, an effort is be-
ing made to hold up the confirmation
of Editor A. w. knight, of The BAN,
berg Herald, to be postmaster al
Bamberg, S. C. Mr.. knight is g
Democrat. While there may be q
brief delay to see what those who
are objecting have to say, if they say
it quickly, there is little prospect
that the nomination will not be con
firmed.-K. F. M. in News and
Courier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06
DALTON GILBERT SLAIN.
Young Man Killed by Companion in
Woods Near Hartsville.

Hartsville, June 3.-Dalton Gill
bert, a young man, son of A. j. Gill
bert, a farmer of good standing who
lives about five miles west of Harts-
vile, was shot to death last night
between 10 and IL o'clock by an
other young white man, Barney Wal
lace. The killing occurred in the
woods of a byroad from the public
road, leading from Hartsville to Nc
Bee, via Segars mill, about three
miles from Hartsville. The spot was
an isolated one, and there were no
witnesses. 1t appears that Wallace
and Gilbert had been driving togeth-
er all the afternoon and apparently
had been friendly. The coroner's
inquest held this morning developed
the fact that seven shots had been
fired into the body of Gilbert, three
of which, if fired separately, would
have been sufficient to cause death.
Mr.. Segars found the body of Gill
bert in the road last night, he hav-
ing heard the reports from the pistol.
It was clear from reports that the
young men had been drinking. The
body was found 40 yards from the
spot where Wallace, who was present
at the inquest, claimed the shooting
took place. Wallace claimed self-de-
fense. The jury's verdict was that
Gilbert came to his death from gun
shot wounds at the hands of Wallace.
The cause leading up to the difficulty
had not developed. A few months ago
Gilbert was married to sister of
Wallace, but for some time it is
said the two have been living apart.
Mrs. Gilbert has been living in Harts-
vile, and her brother, the principal
in the tragedy, has been staying with
her. Sheriff Register came to Harts-
vile this morning on his way to
seek Wallace. AS he was driving out
he met Wallace, who was coming in
to surrender. The sheriff took him
into custody, and after the inquest
carried him to Jail. He will prob
ably be tried at the next term of
criminal court.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06
Established 1891.
CONDITION OF COTTON 76.9.
From Reports Made to New York
Journal of Commerce.

New York, June 2.-The condi-
ton of cotton on an average date OF
May 1924, according to 1877 re-
plies of special correspondents of the
Journal of Commerce and CONNER
cial Bulletin, was 1853 per cent, COM
pared with 1878 per cent. year ago
at this time; SO.2 in 1910; S2.1 in
1909; 70 in 1908, and SO in 1907.
This is 60 points below last year,
which was the highest condition for
June in ten years, but 7.9 points bet
ter than in 1907, when similar con-
ditions existed as now, only in exag-
gerated form.
Owing to the exceptional lateness
of planting, it has been impossible
to secure satisfactory returns on
acreage with this report. Our final
estimate on acreage is, therefore, de-
ferred until the middle of the month.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-06-06
Blazing Gusher Causes Damage.

Taft, Cald., June 3.-Fire of un-
known origin, which started here in
the engine room of well No. 3 of the
Buck Oil Company, near Fellows, ig-
nited the 7,O00-barrel gusher of the
Pacific Crude Oil Company, 100 feet
away. Two 5,O0O-barrel tanks are
within so feet of the blazing gusher,
and 100 feet distant is we'll known
as No. 2.
This may be destroyed. The
flames from the gusher early to-day
were mounting hundreds of feet in
the air and can be seen plainly from
Taft, seven miles away.
The gusher came in last Thursday
and had saturated the ground for
many yards, making headway easier
for the fire. The flames spread to
the bunk houses and other buildings.
It is believed that the well will burn
many days.