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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-04
Sulzer Eavors BattIeshIps.

Washington, D. c., April 4.--Repre-
sentative Sulzer of New York, who,
by reason of his Craftsmanship, of the
foreign affairs committee, IS in con
slant touch with the state department,
took open issue today with his Demo-
cratic colleagues in the House, who
went on record twice in caucus
against any battleship appropriation
this year He predicted that when
the bill reached the Senate, provision
would be made for two more battle
ships. and that the House will accept
the amendment.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-04
Mark Smith Turned Down.

Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., April 4.-Sena-
tors Catron and Fall voted together
and with the majority, permitting
navy surgeons to retire at sixty years
instead of at 70. Senator Mark Smith
attempted to read into the record the
memorial of the Arizona legislature
against the confirmation of ex-Gover-
nor Sloan for the federal bench. An
objection prevailed it being business
for the executive session. Senator
Ashhurst introduced a bill for a pub,
| lie building at Prescott, appropriatins
100000.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-04
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The sunshine of balmy spring day
offered false hopes to the thousands
of homeless persons in the great
flood stretches of the Ohio and the
Mississippi rivers today, for govern
ment forecasters at river points and
in Washington said they could not
hold out the promise of a cessation
in the constantly rising food abov,
Cairo, III.
Washington. D. c., April 4.-,Witt
the Mississippi at Memphis three feet
above the high record mark, and at
Cairo, IL feet above the highest pre-
vious mark, Weather Bureau officials
today We're unable to predict any ces
sation in the constantly rising food
below Cairo. Reports to the Bureaa
indicated the water would continue
to rise slowly ana no prediction was
made as to when the food wOui-
turn. ssT i &'
The river at Cairo stood at 80
feet, rise of two-tenths since yes
terday. The previous high RECORD
was 522 feet, made in 1883. At Mem
phis, the stage was 43.4 feet, a rist
of eight tenths. The previous recort
was 403 feet. At Vicksburg the rive
stood at AZ feet. rise of five-tenths
President Taft directed the quarte!
master generals department to fur
nish rations to anv flood sufferers
who are found to be in want. He alst
promised Senator-elect James ans
Representative Russell of Missouri
to do anything in his power to ait
those made homeless and deprived o
the necessities of life.
Cairo Cutoff.
Cairo, ILL.,. April 4-Cairo is with
out train service today and is almos
surrounded by water by the breakin:
early today of the Mobile and Obi,
! levee which protected the drainag
district. All railroads pass through
the drainage district which is nov
under from five to fifteen feet o
water.
The lives of five hundred workmel
were endangered and property value
| in excess of $5,000,0O0 was submers
ed when the Mississippi river tore
crevice 125 feet long in the Mobil
and Ohio levee, around the drainag
district north of Cairo. The leve
| broke after more than three hundre
workmen had fought for five hours t
fill depression 70 feet long an
/ five feet deep. Five hundred me
We're fighting on the Big Four leve
| in an effort to stem the rise of tn
Ohio. Fearing that the Big Fou
levee would not hold under the strai
the tug Frances was ordered out wit
rescue party on board and succeed
ed in bringing them in.
Thousand Buildings Flooded.
The levee broke at a point near tn
bridge junction. The territory food
ed is what is known as the Cair
| Drainage District. It is located jus
north of Cairo and comprises abou
5000 acres Of ground.
1t is estimated that the number c
homes, business houses, and othe
structures flooded in the drainage di:
trict numbered nearly one thousanf
| Future City, negro settlement in tn
flooded territory, has a population c
more than a thousand. Urbandalt
with white population of about
hundred, had many well built home:
No loss of life is reported so far.
The city of Cairo, proper, is pr'
tected from the flooded section by
system of cross levees and the bi
force of men who were at work o
! the drainage levee have been throw
around the Cairo levee. The gaug
this morning registered $50 feet.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-04
Campas in Flight.
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1t is officially stated that the rebel
losses were three killed and twelve
wounded, but the list is undoubtedly
larger, as Campo in his flight was
compelled to leave the wounded where
they fell in the mountains and in the
them.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-04

Ell Diario. General Soto |
Parral when the federal tr
tacke dthat city decently. /
himself unable to hold the te
loaded his arms and ammu
a train, intending to send
General Pasqual Orozco at
General Francisco Villa
tackled Soto and captured J
the other chiefs with 250 riff
cartridges and one rapid fire
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-04

Continued on page four).
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-04
ESPANOLA HAS
LIQUOR WAR
Whiskey Troubles Affecting
Indian to be Aired in
District Court
GOVERNOR RETURNED TODAY
Has Been Taking Needed Rest
at Ranch Near Carrizozo
Past Week.

Governor Mcdonald returned today
from brief sojourn at CarrizoZo.
Federal Court
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
TO
HEAD LEAGUE
Commercial Managers Eat
and Grow Fat-Com-
mittees Appointed.

At a diner at the Columbia hotel
the managers of the teams In the
Commercial league got down to bust
ness last night and elected Thomas
Griffith president of the association.
Thomas Woods was chosen secretary
and J. r. Carley, treasurer.
The officers of the league with the
chairman of the physical committee
of the Y. NJ. c. A. and the chairman
of the subcommittee ON baseball and
the managers of the teams in the
league will comprise the executive
committee of the Commercial league.
A committee consisting of Thomas
Woods, AL Olson and Walter Hawkins
was named to draw up a schedule and
constitution and bylaws and to report
at another meeting of the managers
to be held probably Monday night.
The first game of the season will be
played on Friday. May 8.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
SPILLANE
BUSY IN MINOT

Minot, April 2o.-M'ith a view of
enlisting support for the purpose of
putting a high grade semi-professional
baseball team in Minot, Doc" Spill
lane. star pitcher. will confer with
Magic City merchants and get their
sentiments relative to the proposition.
Nearly every town of prominence
throughout the state is going to have
a fast team, and providing Mr.. Spill
lane can get the necessary backing
he proposes 10 give the Magic Cit,
a. team that will be able to compete
with any Of them. Do has a line
on some of the fastest players in the
west. There are hundreds of enthu-
siastic fans in this city. but It takes
more than gate receipts to keep a
god organization going. and from
$1,00 to $500 will have to he sub
scribed before the club takes the field.
A ball team is a splendid advertise.
ment for a town n it is hoped that
some method will he devised whereby
Minot will be able to see a good ar
ticlc of the great American game this
season. 1t has been suggested that
the hackers of the Commercial club
team and Mr.. Spillane get together
and draw up Il plan for presentation
to the merchants and professional
men.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20

ping up the men. while the track
had to be swept clear out of snow
prior to the start. Longboat started
off at an absurd pace. running the
first mile in 4:45 3-5 seconds. really
too fast for a ffteen-mile race.
Holmer was rapidly left and over
Tapped at six miles. kolehmainen.
however. was far behind. and
he ran up to the Indian and assum-
ed the lead in the thirteenth mile.
Longboat followed his rival closely.
and in the last twenty yards managed
t ohead the Finn. winning a terrific
race by half a yard. Professional
records were we'll broken. but the
time fell short Of F. Appleby's worlds
amateur figures. created on July FL,
1902, when he beat A. Shrubb in the
last lap. Appleby. however. had a
warm. still evening. and. given bet
ter conditions. Longboat and the
Finn are probably capable of lower
ing the present figures.
1t is really remarkable that Long,
boat was able to win after such a
fast beginning. and he would GER
tainly do better II he set out on IA
steady pace of 5 minutes 20 seconds
per mile-equal to so minutes for the
full journey. In comparison to APP
pleby. he ran his first five miles in 25
minutes AL seconds to the English
mans 26 minutes 25 seconds. Apple
by. however. ran his second five
miles in 26 minutes 40 seconds, and
his third five miles in % minutes 25
seconds. as against Longboat's %
minutes IL seconds and "a minutes
So seconds respectively.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
British Runner Gives Some Advice to
The Prospective Olympic Contestants

At a recent meeting of the Lon
don Athletic club, held for the pur-
pose of discussing Marathon run
ming generally. the debate led to
much useful knowledge being
brought to the notice of those inter-
ested. There appeared to be a thor
ough agreement Of opinion. both
among past and p~resent-day cracks,
hat the proper way to run a Mara
thon race was to start slowly and
gradually improve the pace when
warmed up. Harry Green. winner Of
the last Polytechnic Harriers Mara
thon, for which the Sporting Life
trophy is put up. gave some interest
ing particulars of how he got At.
He went in for steady runs of sew
en- to ten miles for nearly Il month,
varying this with long walks up to
forty miles. When fairly fit he in
dulged in long. steady runs Of three
to three and one-fourth hours, pay
ing nc attention to the distance COW
cred. Following this. he INDUCED in
three long runs. which was virtually
at racing pace. The distances run
were twenty-five miles. twenty-four
miles and seventeen miles. In the
first he set Il at a rate of 6 minutes
Is seconds per mile to get inside
six minutes per mile for the first ten
miles. and made no effort t o get in
side six minutes per mile until he
had gone seventeen miles. from
which stage he was running about
five seconds inside. and the entire
journey worked ont at about six
minutes per mile. In the twenty
four-mile run he adopted the same
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
LONG DISTANCE
-. RUNNERS NAMED
List of Olympic Contests
Given Out Following
Boston Meet.

Boston, April 20.-Long distance
runners. who will represent the Unit
ed States In the Olympic Marathon
race at Stockholm on July IA, were
named last night. following the six
teenth running of the Boston
Athletic associations Marathon race.
Michael ]. Ryan of the Irish-Amer-
lean A. c., New York. the winner of
the race. heads tho list of eight rum
ners chosen definitely by Secretary
..Jahies l.. hon of the Amateu.
Athletic uni.t. and other members
of the Mara.uYn committee.
Certain members of the team are:
dian running like Thomas H. Ltney,
nnother choice under the colors of the
North Dorchester Athletic associa-
ton: Fritz Carlton. Minneapolis;
British Columbia; Harry F. johnson,
Pastime Athletic club, New York:
Richard F. Piggott, Medford; John j.
Gallagher, Yale; and Sidney Hatch.
Chicago.
Clarence H. pemar Of the North
Dorchester club, last years Boston
Athletic association winner and hold
er Of the record, which Ryan broke
today: Lewis Tewania. Carlisle In.
dian school; and L. Plilivant, Chi
cago.cago. probably will be chosen.
It was said by officials and winners
Of the New York Evening Mails
modified Marathon race and the Los
Angeles Marathon I'll are also to be
made members of the team,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20

plan--a slow start and put up a
better relative performance than
when winning the Poly race.
He did not do SO we'll at seventeen
miles. when, contrary to his train
er's advice. he tried the experiment
of starting faster. with the result
that he was fairly done at fifteen
miles. Green said he tried to do his
twenty miles in 2 hours l minute in a
Marathon race, but was content to
average between 6 minutes 10 sec
onds to 6 minutes Is seconds for the
first few miles. He also volunteered
the information that he tok his final
meal about two hours before his race
and nothing during 1t. His meal. by
the way. consisted of roast beef.
greens and potatoes. with a milk
pudding. AS to his footwear. Green
Wore rubber-soled canvas shoes and
natural wool socks. He wore wide
elastic bands around his ankles and
turned down the top of his socks
over his shoes so as to keep the dust
out.
The fifteen-mile professional sweep
stake among Tom Longboat Of Can
ada: w. Kolehmainen of Finland and
Hans Holmer Of London at Edin-
burgh recently produced a wonderful
performance. Incidentally. the race
also emphasized the value Of a
steady. uniform pace. The race was
the outcome of the recent Edinburgh
Marathon. when Longboat led for
sixteen miles. and Kolehmainen ev-
entually won by five yards from IIol-
mer. The conditions in the last race
were unfavorable. a cold air nip
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
AMATEURS WILL Open THE SEASON
IN EAST SIDE PARK TOMORROW
Pieketts and White Sox Have Picked the Best of the
Young Players in t he Two Cities
Game at 3 O'clock.

The lid will be lifted off the base
ball ssasan in Grand Forks so far
a. the big amateur teams are con-
csrned tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. when the Picketts and White
Cox will meet in the East Grand Forks
park.
These two teams composed of the
best amateur stuff there is in the two
towns are billed to give the fans some
good entertainment this summer. The
teams were not picked until after the
managers had seen Just what the in
dividual players could do and from
watching the boys in workouts 1t
would seem that the selection Is about
q standoff. The Picketts have a
strong lineup and 80 have the White
Sox.
In the probable lineups for tomor-
row afternoons contest appear the
names of some Of the best known
boys In this part of the state. who
have Just about reached a stage
where they will soon bid farewell to
the amateur class and jump into a
further advanced department.. Only
this week three Of the boys who will
be seen In action Sunday were offered
propositions to 90 to Minnesota towns
to play and later take salary Jobs.
The outlook for amateur ball i'll
Grand Forks this year is getting
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
Monte Cross Tells the Reasons
Why Recruit Players Always Fail

Monte Cross. who played ball for
many years with the Athletics, and
was q star In his day. says that there
ts no such thing as luck in baseball.
Monte IL positive that all good clubs.
the ones that are always high in the
race year after year. make q study Of
the game and players. and that by
Thoroughly mastering every point they
nave little trouble in ripping of vic
tories, Cross says that to become per.
feet In baseball. as in anything else,
n nus devote considerable time to
the study Of the game. That explains
h reason. according to Cross. for the
continued success Of Manager Mack
and the Philadeiphia Athletics.
Having a system Of signals is one
Of Mack's sreat secrets. Another is
are going to pull of. Mack and his
players. says Cross. never fail to catch
h signals Of an opposing team. and
when. once they do everything 10 EASY
sailing. Says Cross:
when the first man on the Athiet-
ics trots up to the plate hc has in.
atructions to watch closely every move
that hts opponents mako In the field.
and. especially the pitcher. Lots Of
times . batter can tell what q twirler
=, w.t sains t. t., ' fsstt o Tss, the %. D'at s,n BY
Nv AOOks 44AOAls tltt0uy l1lII8s
ers have certain little habits not no
ticod by. the fans. perhaps. by which
. smart ball tosser can tell Just what
Kind OF q curve is going to come over.
This trick of telling what kind of a
ball is to be thrown is lone by closely
observing the pitchers swing, and al
SO how he, holds the sphere"
Give Their Throw Away.
MANY pitchers fail to learn how to
cover up when delivering q ball. Most
young pitchers will plainly show in
throwing" to the initial sack some lit
tie habit that should be easy for the
runner to-. quickly solve. The fault
with every recruit that comes up from
the smaller leagues is that when they
are about to throw to first they will
invariably drag their foot on the
ground in making the quarter turn.
When they are going to pitch to the
batter they lift the foot.
Il want to tell you something Of
considerable interest that perhaps few
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brighter every day. though the sea-
son opened under a dark cloud. The
Picketts r raising funds to pay off
the indebtedness on their park. and
the o are starting out with good
financial backing 1t is said.
The news that Grand Forks is also
to have high class organized baseball
this season does not dampen the en-
thusiasm of the aamcturs and their
friends. The amateurs will play
their games Just the same. furnish
ing the big card when the leaguers
are on the road. That the Picketts
and Sox will get the crowds is not
questioned as both mines have many.
many friends in the W towns. How
ever. the fans, NJ matter what they
think of the players, will insist on
good clean baseball.
The probable lineup Of the teams
for tomorrow afternoon was an
nounced this morning as follows:
Picketts-Ed. McIlrath, catcher;
Norton. pitcher: Henning. first base;
Tierney. second base: Chandler. short
stop: McGrath. third base: McWil-
liams. H. McIlrath, Farmer. out
ffelders.
White sox-Hankey. catcher; Ho-
hoff. pitcher: Wilson. first base:
Bridston. second base: PoIotiski, third
base; Figlog. shortstop: Filteau. Han
nan and Dryden. O~utf1elders.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20

Of the fans have thought of. When
a young bush league pitcher ia
brought up for trial. and by his won
derful speed and great curves the
manager decides to retain him, that
Ices not necessarily mean that he is a
900 ringer. Just because a recruit
happens to have a grand physique,
speed and curves is not BY any means
all that is required. He must also
have brains"
Youngsters Work Too Hard.
And now We are getting down to
the real interesting point that want
ed to tell you about. Perhaps this
younsster Will 60 along for two or
ball. All the while this particular
man will be working as hard as he
knows how: in fact. almost throwing
his arm off every time he goes to the
mound. This sort Of pitching is an
awful strain on a man. and It soon be.
gins to have its effect. Suddenly, by
constant hard labor. the pitcher ono
day strains his arm. his speed and
curves are gone and the fans figure
that he Ia through. Far is such from
being true.
ly awakes to the fact that his arm is
gone be becomes a really clever pitch.
er. and by that 1 mean q smart, heady
twtrler. He then has to rely solely
upon headwork to fool the opposing
hitters. and instead of merely using
his once wonderful arm he falls back
on his brain to hold his Job. Remem.
Der. quite a few al ago Christy
Mathewson hurt his arm. and many OF
the wise ones had it that this fellow
was through. Well. what did Matty
do? He simply developed a new curve
ball. and today he is still considered
one of the grandest pitchers in the
game. There are many other cases
quite similar to that Of Mathewson's.
There Is another thing I want to
say about bush league pitchers who
get a chance in the big leagues, but
are turned back because they lack
control. If these same men would on.
~ practice hard under some manager
coach who knew Just what to do
under such conditions not half the
would be sent back.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
NEW RECORD
IS HUNG Up
Mike Ryan Wins for Irish
American Club of
New York.

Boston. April oo.-over an unusual
ly sticky course. Mike Ryan. wearing
the colors of the Irish-American Ath-
lctic club of New York. won the Bos-
ton Athletic associations sixteenth
marathon race and tut the for
mer record of ; hours. Il minutes and
is Is seconds, and practically assured
himself of a place on the American
Olympic cam.
Ryan ran the % miles in , hours. 81
minutes and is 1-o seconds against
a field that included western athletes,
Carlisle Indians and the fastest and
sturdiest long distance men. The for
mel record of > hours. II minutes and
SO 80 seconds. was held by Clarence
Demar. whose former performances
We're sufficient to qualify him for the
Olympic amc
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20

President Charles Murphy OF the
Chicago cubs. nov announces that
his million dollar hall park is to be
the last word" in baseball parks.
Mrs. Helen Britton. of tho
St. Louis Cardinals. being a oma
and entitled 10 her rights as such.
should take notice.
llnshje Jennings SAYS the hest bali
teams he "ver PLAYED with. or ever.
saw. w"rc the champion Baltimore
Orioles ana the Brooklyn team ut
1892 and 1900. which Won tho Ma
ti"nal league championships in those
wears. liugaic gave his reasons for
picking these teams. and he picked
each f"r Il different purpose. He chose
III" orioles because of the love they
had for IN" game, and the Brooklyn
team h"caus" of its efficiency.
Cutshaw. now with the Brooklyn
club. mad" the seasons record last
wear OF nInnhcr OF games played. He
tok part in 1oG games with tho Oak
land club ri the Pacific Coas league.
Manager Harry Wolverton of the
llishlandcrs tool part i'll 15a M
With tho same cam. more than any
third l'aseman in the National or
American league. Fl" played the bag
in 1876 games and starred as a pinch
hitter in the other seven.
When if comes ia having control
C'hristv Mathewson is in a class all
by himself, In tho battles he waged
last season h" gave mp an average
of Just one base ON balls for every
iinr innings. He had them all backed
off tho boards. Ed Walsh. the lead
ms American t"irler. when ii comes
T." having the control. averaged l IL
per am
Hank O'Day says the shift from
urnpiring 10 managing makes less Diff
ference than he expected. Now, in
stead Of calling players out. h calls
Them down.
Ty Cobb says that all of the Ath-
lctirs except Baker. Plank and Bender
are his friends. He can recount TO-
III 'isliie nj Paker, but says he car-
not understand the enmiis of the
tr"o siaf"neT. 1t is the base hits
'He "as" hts.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
AMERICAN
Standing of tic Clubs.

Washington. April oo.-t'old wealth
er and tho Titanic disaster played hav-
&c with the Washington club'c open
ing of the season here yesterday. The
former kept MANY of the fans AT home
and the latter was responsible for the
absence of many nctablcS of social
and government circles.
President Taft has always been at
Washington's opening game at home
with him came Major Butt. diplo-
mat. and leaders nf the capitals so
cial set.
Walter Johnson was i'm brilliant
form and Washington had an easy
time shutting ont the Athletics 6 to o.
Three hits We're registered ly the
champions and eight persisted ON
strikes. The locals hit Brown hard
and a timely double 10y .Ainsmith in
the fifth inning which Strunk lost in
tho sun, scoring three ms Errors
by Baker at third wcr" costly. His
tumble of McBride's roller in the fifth
inning should have made the third
out, but instead four runs cam" over
the plate before the final man was
retired. The champions. at no time
were dangerous and i'm five "f the nine
innings they went out i'm the order If
going to bat.
r.. II. Il.
washington ............. II 10 !
Philadelphia ............ . 4" >
Johnson and Ainsmith; Brown and
Eagan.
Detroit-clevelan game postponed;
wet grounds.