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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-10-03
Ashe County Now to Be Developed,

Ashc County Now to Be Developed,
Charlotte Observer.
The Virgin,a-Carollna Railway
the proposed road that is to
he built from Green Cove, Va,
to Todd. this State, was given
much attention by President l.!
f. Johnson IN his ANIMAL report
to the stockholders and and al.
rpctors of the Norfolk 4 Western
recently. This road, whichsis to
i.s,rt Ashe county and open up
the wonderful resources of that
county, will connect with t h e
Norfolk & Western at Abingdon,
Va. 1t will extend about 80 miles
and will touch not only fine tim
Der boundaries bat some OF the
best mining properties IN the
State. Ashe county is rlch in re.
sources and r. not tOur he'd 10y
O railroad. North WilkeshOrO Is
it's nearest shipping point on tha
North Carolina side. Todd, the
proposed terminus OF the new
road, is one of the border towns
between Ashe and Watanga coun
ties. With the Grandin Lumber
interests constructing a rond up
the Yadkin valley from " likes
boro and with thrVirgiuia.Caro.
lima road building southwest
from Virginia, thiHimmedlate TO-
cality should lie we'll served with
transportation facilities The fol-
lowing is what President John
son had to Say, of the project:
"The owners of the Virginia.
Railway desire to extend its line
to furnish All outlet for large
timber areas and for an excellent
mineral, stnk.raising, fruit and
general farming section Your
company was asked TO lend its
aid to this project. and after due
consideration a fayorable report
upon the subject was submitted
to the board OF direct ors, which
thereupon authorized your pres.
ident to purchase the remaining
10000 of the outstanding first
mortgage bonds of the Virgin
ia. Carolina Railway Co., and al.
20 to- acquire 81 per cent OF t b e
outstanding capital .tock OF that
company. This has been done,
and the yirginir.Carolina Rail.
way Co. has already inaugurste'l
the prelininaries to the coustruc
ton work it has in view"
1t is futher stated in the report
says The Manufactures Record
"thatNori ok &Western between
1900 and June 30, 1903, aided
the Virginia-Corolina Railway by
supplying it with secondhand
rails which could be used again,
together with fasteniEgs and
equipment, taking payment in s
per cent first mortgage bonds to
the am ,unt Of $6S,0O0 1t is a
revenue produce to the Norfolk 4
Western, and it's net income loT
some years has paid the interest
on the bonds and 5 per cent divl
den1s on the outstanding stock.
"This branch road rnna from
Abingdon eastward via Damas-
cus. Va. to Taylor's Valley
about 22h miles, with a branch
nearly two miles long from Da-
mascus to the Tennessee bOuniry
| where it connects with the Beaver
Dam Railway, a lumber railroad,
down to Crandull Tenn. From
LaureldaIe, near Damascus, itcot
meets with the Laurel Railway
ru ming down to johnson City
Tenn, the last-named road beins
narrow gauge. The Virginia Car
Dina also has an extension built
under another name from 'Fay
lor's Valley to Grassy Ridge, a
bout 5 miles, and has trackagf
rights over> the Whitetop Rail
,ad from there to kunnarock
Va, 2 miles.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-10-03
PR $40 N A L
VETERINARY SURGERY.

Ihave been putting much study
on this subject; have received my
diploma, and am now we'll equipped
for the practice OF Veterinary Sur.
gerry in all its branches, and am the
only one in the county. all on OF
address me at Villas, N. II. +. d. 1.
G. H. HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
5-17-r1.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-10-03
The Great .Antseptie Pain Releuer
for MAN and BEAST.
MEXICAN


Che Best Emergency Remedy jos
Farmers, Stock-raisers and Household
use. Speedily relieues Spocirs Sni1-
ney, Ha,ness Sores and Calls Shoe
Boils, Strains and Lameness In Hopes:
Cdked Udder and Sore 7eats b Cattle
and ailments of Poultry.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-10-03
SAFE AND SURE.

Being made Of oils it soaks down
straight to the bone. banishes pain
ind saves suffering. Only oil fni-
1nents can soak through muscle and
tissue. Alcohol liniments evaporate
before they can he absorbed by the
flesh besides they are dangerous
when used near a 6ye or lamp.
Mexican Mustang Liniment vii not
burn even though a lighted match
be applied. Mexican Musans Lin
iment is THE SAFE a. wc1 a. Ia
SURE-TO-CURE remedy.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-10-03
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GREExsBoRo, Ga.
As slong ago as I can remember I Aave
known Of Mustang Liniment al
ayskeepitin my house and II any Of ny
family get injured. in any way. sneA q
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in condition. Very truly lour4.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09
Inside
Baseball

.f'dE Inside work Of O team depends
entirely on the ability of the fndivid-
uai player being able to discern the In
tent OF his teammates There Is, Of
course. communication by means of .
signal code. but these codes vary among
the different players SO as to make their
detection more difficult by the oppos-
Ing team Players who get the signs
without attracting q lot of attention
are those who are the most successful
Modern baseball is played along lines
that make 1t possible for the base rum
ner and the batsman to have a thor
ough understanding as to what Is to
be attempted 1t has long been estab-
lished that in order to get satisfactory
results the base runners and batters
must work together. II the base run
ner is to attempt a steal the batter
must know It. and II the base runner
Is to play the hit and run he must get
his information from the batter, Then
there is si.sn for the squeeze play
and another for steal of third for
which the batsman makes a bluff to
bunt so as TO draw In the third base
man, thus making It most difficult for
him to get back to his bag In time TO
handle a throw from the catcher.
1t takes weeks. even though all the
players are seasoned. to get a code OF
signals to working smoothly. Usually
there are two sets. for 1t is dangerous
| to work one set continuously. for the
opposing teams will soon solve them
when. instead OF benefit. these sig
nails become a handicap to the teara
using them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09

strong and rugged and always makes
rushing fight Not much Of q boxer
he knows a good deal about the game
and Is always dangerous He had little
chance against Langford In any OF
their battles. although one of them
went as a ten round draw. 1t was the
general opinion that Than saved Flynn
up for another go. theory which was
established In their next encounter.
Kaufman has not fought for some
time. and he is fellow who ought to
have a lot OF work His defeat by
Flynn will be a good lesson to him. be-
cause 1t is likely that the fireman
caught the big Californian out of con-
dition. At that. AL should have known
better than to tackle such a tough OPP
ponent in anything but the best OF
| shape, because he has fought and beat
en- Flynn before and knows that he Is
| q dangerous card.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09
Players Plan to Stop Cobb

Every ball team in the American
league when about to play Detroit
tries to figure out some plan by which
to stop Ty Cobb on the bases He 10
the one player whom all the teams try
to lay a trap for. but 1t is seldom
that the Georgian falls into II He
had the laugh on Payne and zeider Of
the White Sox recently. They tried to
work a trick catch on Cobb but II
failed. In the recent game Cobb was
on third base and Crawford on second
Payne twice made q bluff throw to-
ward second in an apparent effort to
catch Crawford mapping. Each time
Cobb ran up the line. obviously ready
to break for the plate as soon as Payne
should let the ball go.
On the next play Payne did cut
loose. As be threw Zeider tore over
behind the pitcher. grabbed the ball
and was ready for a throw to the plate.
where they expected Cobb to be run
ming. but instead Cobb stood still
few feet from third. giving the Chi
cage players the laugh Had Cobb
gone for the plate he would have been
an easy out. but he saw the play In adj
vance, and the trick failed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09

The American challenge cup was
presented by the Westchester Polo club
of Newport to be played for under the
following conditions: For the best of
three matches to be played on the
grounds and under the rules of the
country for the time being holder of
the cup"
AS was to be expected. England
scored a somewhat hollow victory
winning both matches by an over
whelming score. For fourteen years
England remained In undis7uted pos
session of the cup. and the idea OF
winning 1t back seemed to become
more and more remote. In the mean
time the Polo Association of America
was organized. in 1890. and the game
began to grow in popular favor. Tie
Polo association. however. formulated
its own rules OF play. and as these diff
fered in several important particulars
from the birmingham rules, under which
the game is played In England the
prospect grew still more discouraging
| In 1890, however. Foxhall Keene and a
| team consisting chiefly OF Americans
who had been playing abroad for some
| time under birmingham rules chal-
| lensed England. but played only one
match, being defeated goals to 2.
| Mr.. Keenes teammates were w. Me-
| Creery. F. ]. Mackay and L. McCreery.
and the English team was composed of
Captain the Hon. J. @. Beresford. F. NJ.
] F'reake, w S. Buckmaster and John
Watson Again in 1902 America chal-
lenged for the cup. but succeeded In
winning only one out of the three
matches played. The American team
was composed of r. L. Agassiz. j. Il.
Cowdin. Foxhall Keene and L. Water
bury. the latter's brother. ]. III. Water
bury. replacing Mr.. Cowdin In the final
| match. The English team of 1902 was
made up OF c. P. Nickalls. +. M. Freake,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09
Jack Johnson Going Abroad

Jack Johnson Is making arrange
ments to visit England to see the coro-
nation of King George He says he
will remain In London about three
months. but doesn't expect To do any
ring work. johnson is In disfavor In
England because OF the fact that he
ran out OF match with Sam, Langford
at the National Sporting club OF Lon
don two years ago. He has steered
clear of Great Britain ever since In
spite of several enfscing offers from
fight promoters and vaudeville rnan-
ayers. That Johnson intends to set
the world on fire with new faimenf is
indicated by this order placed with a
Chicago tailor: Three dress suits. ten
fancy vests. three overcoats, five extra
pairs OF trousers. three Tuxedo suits
and two Prince Alder, coats II John
son viii consent to wear o brown der
by hat and tan shoes with this finery
his triumph win be cprnplete-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09

q. A. Miller and W. 8. Buckmaster.
It was not until 1909 thl.t Mr.. Whit
ney, with his associates of the Mead
OVERLOOK team, which has practically
held the American championship for
years, made a final and successful eff
fort to regain the CUP from England.
In order to accomplish this Mr.. Whit
ney personally assumed enormous ex-
pense in the matter Of ponies. some of
which were shipped from this country,
while many more were purchased In
England. The matches were played
at Nottingham. the headquarters of
polo in England. and the Americans
won two straight games. The Ameri-
can team was composed of Lawrence
Waterbury. J. NJ Waterbury, Fl. p.
Whitney and Devereux Miiburn The
English team for the first match num-
bered Captain Herbert Wilson. F. III
Freake. p w. Nickalls and Lord wode-
house. The English team in the second
match consisted of Harry Rich, F Nj.
F'reake. p. w Nickalls and Captain
Hardness Lloyd. The first score was 9
goals to s. and the second was goals
to 2.
In choosing team to represent Eng
land as challenger for the cup this
year the birmingham committee has
! greatly favored the army. all of the
six candidates for the team being off,
GERS. They are Captain j. Hardness
Lloyd. who is also captain of the team
and who played against America in one
! of the 1909 matches; Captain Herbert
Wilson, who was also a contestant in
| the last International: Captain Leslie
St C.. Cheape; Lieutenant e. w. E.
Palmes. Captain f. w. Barrett and
Lieutenant Noel Edwards. 1t is no,
known yet just which of the SIX will
be selected to comprise Englands four
The Englishmen have not played to-
gether as a team. but In several in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09

IMAM individual play. The waterbury
brothers. who have now been playing
polo for twelve or fourteen years, have
always been able to accomplish WON
ders by their mutual efforts. while the
all but invincible and daring style Of
Mtiburn. together with Whitney's per-
severance and enthusiasm. should help
form combination hard to resist
Both teams will be mounted upon
the worlds best available polo ponies.
When England decided to challenge
this year a fund was raised by sub
scription for the purchase of the best
ponies to be had. Some owners of
crack ponies offered to lend them for
the occasion. OF course the players
themselves brought their own favorites
The English string. thirty IN all. COM
prises a splendid lot There are Eng
nsh and Irish thoroughbreds among
Them, Indian ponies. ponies from New
South Wales and ponies from America
All are In excellent condition. having
been fed nothing but English oats
since their arrival here.
The American team win be fully as
| .7ell mounted Many owners have
volunteered to loan their best ponies
but 1t is more than probable that the
| nleduoWOTook team VIII De apie 10 tak<
care of itself In this respect Harr.
Payne Whitney himself has had ne
fewer than sixty-eight ponies playing
at Lakewood. Some OF these were use<
by the American team at Eurlinghan
In 1909. and many of them have woI
distinguished names for themselves OF
the polo field.
1t has been suggested above that diff
ferences In the rules of play establish
ed by the Polo association In thi
country and those of the Huriinghau
club in England for long time dis
couraged international polo. Thes
consisted of the birmingham rul
which permitted players under certain
conditions to hook mallets,' which
was forbidden in this country. and tn
English rule regarding "offside." whicl
was never recognized here The latte
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09
BY TOMMY CLARK.

Photos by American Press Association
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09
Jim Flynn Good Trial Horse
For Aspiring HcavyWeishtS

IF Jim Flynn, the fighter who sur
prised the sporting world by his de-
feat of AL Kaufman in Kansas City
recently. had been born with a phys
ical frame In proportion to his heart he
would have probably been a champion.
In q way he is the Joe Choynski of his
time. though probably never the fight
er Joe was Like Joe. however. he has
fought them all. big and little. and
there is always one thing certain about
Flynn-the spectators will see battle
any time he crawls through the ropes.
Flynn, whose real name IS Andrew
Chiariglione and who Is Irish-Italian.
is no longer a young fellow as fighters
go. He is about thirty and has been
fighting steadily for nearly ten years
He never weighs over 168 and came
into the game at a time when the big
men were too good for him. He has
fought and been defeated by Johnson
and Langford. the latter giving him
three battles. He has met Billy Papke
and nearly all the other middle and
| light heavyweights of his time with
varying results.
| Flynn himself declares that the onll
| time he laid a hand on Johnson In thei
eleven round fight was when they SHOOT
hands. They kept up running fire o
conversation throughout the session
Flynn abusing the big black and John
son good naturedly Joking his small an
| tagonist
You awful strong fob III Whit
boy" Johnson would remark. and Flynn
would answer him with bitterness un
til finally his talk got on the big fel
lows nerves, and he laid Flynn away
| The westerner is great trial hors
for aspiring heavyweights. He 4
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09

seems very complicated 70 the Amer1-
can snind, especially in the thick OF .
furious ride Under this rule a player
could not hit the ball or interfere with
the game II he was ~offside"--that is,
If at the moment the ball was hit he
had not at least one opponent between
himself and the opponents goal Ex-
ceptions were when q player was all
ready In possession Of the ball or where
. player was following up a teammate
who had possession of the ball.
The Polo association suspended the
rule against hooking mallets some
years ago, and this season the "off-
side" rule has been abolished In Eng
land Whether this will be permanent
or whether It was simply suspended
temporarily In order to give British
polo players q chance to practice the
American game so as to compete for
the cup remains to be seen Many
polo players are of the opinion that
the "offside'' rule will never be restor-
ed. as its absence makes a much faster
and snapper game.
Both the English and American teams
have done most Of their preliminary
practice at Lakewood, N. J.. where
on account OF Its sandy soil and mild
climate. the polo season usually COM
mences. There on the Gould estate
are two splendid fields. and thus the
international teams have been enabled
to practice without interfering with
each other In the least. Every facility
has been given the Englishmen to get
into form. A number of our best polo
players, who. however. are not likely to
figure In the international matches
were staying at Lakewood and they
formed scratch teams from day to day
so that the visiting team would not
| lack for opponents In the same way
teams have been made up in order t
give. the Meadowbrook players prac.
tfce.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09

RASE stealing has reached It's limit"
says Billy Hamilton. the famous
old ball player.
In my opinion base stealing has
reached perfection so far as one man
annexing an extra bag is concerned.
New tricks are possible in the double
steal or any other combination. depend
ing largely on the character of the de-
Tense or where the ball is in play. De-
velopment must come in the defensive
work, in breaking up these complicated
steals But IL is now largely case of
arm and eye against the legs and dash
of the runner.
worrying the pitcher, getting the
lead off first, the quick start and slide
into second bag-all these things were
pretty well doped out during the twelve
club National ieague-in fact. away
back In that organizations infancy.
Every year some chap hobs up who is
more or less of a phenom in stealing.
but 1t is fieetness and not anything new
that makes him shine on the paths"
Deacon Philiippi. the veteran Pitts
burg pitcher. disagrees with Clark
Griffith of Cincinnati. who declares bat
ters can be made il they aren't
born" Managers" confldes the dea-
con, ''can often help players to hit the
bali better by offering suggestions rel
alive to their position at the plate and
their methods of swinging at the ball
Batsulen who draw away from thu
plate may learn to advance toward thu
ball and others who try to knock thu
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09
Left Handed BaiieTs Plentiful

Right handed smuggling outfielders are
becoming a very scarce commodity.
In fact. the species is almost extinct
1t is hard to get one OF these nowadays
even among the Juveniles. for almost
every young outfielder breaking into
fast company hits left handed They
have all been told that left handed bat
ting is the caper. and from. kidhood up
the juniors now work left handed
against all kinds or pitching Out OF
every ten felders that come into fast
company eight are left handed hitters
AS result right mitted slugsmiths are
becoming scarcer than flowers In
Greenland during December.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09

stances tvos and threes OF them have
been on the same teams. Several have
come by most of their polo experience
by playing the game In India In fact.
1t looks as though Nottingham had
more confidence In Indian polo than in
the home variety. SO largely does the
eastern contingent predominant.
Although no announcements have
been made SIS yet to that effect, 1t IS
more than likely that the American
team viii be made up precisely as II was
when 1t won back the cup from Eng
land In 1909. In this respect the Mead
OVERLOOK team will have an enormous
advantage over the English in having
played together as a team for several
seasons. Polo at its best depends tre-
mendously upon team work. rather
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09


n JUDGING from present indica-
lions. the coming international
4 polo matches for the American
challenge cup. which are sched-
uled to take place at the Meadow
brook Polo club grounds, Long Island.
N. z May 81. June 3 and 7Swill afford
a splendid exhibition of that most SEN
sational game. Polo is gaining in
popular favor every year. and thou
sands win attend the international con-
tests.
Although an English team visited
this country last summer. this will be
the first opportunity for the many
polo enthusiasts in America to wit
ness big international match. Since
1886, when the American cup was won
by an English team at Newport. the
matches for 1t have been played In
England. but the victory of Harry
Payne Whitney and his teammates In
1903 brought the cup to this coun-
try after twenty-thr years. and Eng
land must win II back on American
soil before 1t again crosses the water.
When the cup was first played for, in
Newport. in 1885, polo was In it's in
fancy In this country. The American
team was composed of w. K. Thorn,
August Belmont. FoxhaI Keene and
Thomas Hitchcock. The English team
was made up of Captain T. Hone Hon
R. r. Lawley. Captain M Little and
John Watson. The game had been
played quite extensively in England for
some time, and II was especially popu-
lar with the British army officers in
India Only q few years before James
Gordon Bennett and a few enthusiasts
had introduced the game here. 1t was
first played at Jerome park, New York
then the most fashionable race course
and the first mallets used were croquei
rr1<,11afa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-09
SHORT INTERVIEWS
WITH BALL PLAYERS

cover off every time they swing may
make more hits and assist their teams
more in run getting by learning to just
meet the ball. These things a manager
can teach a player. but as a. general
proposition no system OF instruction
can make a good hitter out of O. poor
one.
Good batters are like poets; they are
born, nor made. You can teach a man
to field. but it is next to impossible to
teach him how to bat, and there are
times when q mans efforts to comply
with Instructions from his manager as
to his style of hitting prove a detri-
rnent rather than q benefit. The aver
age hitter does more effective work
with the stick If he bats in natural
way. without any attempt to comply
with any fixed rule as TO how he shall
stand and how he shall swing"
Signals and inside play are great
things for a ball club to have. but plain
common sense. quick thinking and inz
telligence have signals beaten to
DEATH" says Catcher Tom Clarke of the
Cincinnati Reds.
What use have signals and inside
play been against Mathewson, Brown.
Moore, Camnitz and other star fling
ers? Put q pitcher in the box who has
brains and he Will smash ell the team
play you ever saw. Base runners will
| be pie for the catcher and hit and run
plays will be jokes. Give me a pitcher
| in there with the old noodle, and I
want to see some of these machines
work.