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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-18

a change made. n he told why. There a y good bit o opposition to
thu suggestion-but in the end Ban" johnson won out Charley Conn
lskey, eoa even in those days. ripped over to the park TO take a
peep At tn young mar n knew what h wanted got it, They liked
ne looks n OF M other. n made common cause rom tina time n
hat ume being pou a quarter century ago.
Mr.. Comiskey toll Mr. johnson II the fame and fortune to b squeezed
player said Mr.. Comiskey. NO" agreed Mr. johnson. again A mag
nates' said Mr. Comskey. quite right" said Mr. johnson. Il like the
gam o suggest n m be the maxnate. He a Between them. they
got tn Western league together. with a dandy little club for Comiskeys
cinnati
From that time m Ban" johnson as been The leader of the progress
slves. He IA never 20 back. He las always been authoritative. When
ne wrote his pieces for the paper. hey went. He didn't write foolishly in
the Western league. he pt a lot of though. Into what he did, n after it
vas done. 1t stale lone, N there We're no vain regrets.
men after some years of prosperity, certain sportsnen approached
Johnson m POKE earnestly of the irabi of a second bg easue to
rival the National and keep tn game spurred up. Johnson didn't dismiss
ne sugRestlon With a sneerb because it wasn't hiso original uggestio Some
owners might have seen in the project a owe inimical to their w inter-
from ever angle He lid nt tell the promoters H. was against Them. or
that lie was actively for them. He tok time to think it over. Then. M
day, after a nunber of more or less secret meetings he American league
FLASHED on as a actually. with membership in Chicago, Indianapolis.
the president Of same league a b johnson. h Cincinnati reporter boy.
After year, President Johnson, always planning improvements.
mad certain" suggestions" and these were followed, n the American
league lost indianapolis. Kansas City. Buffalo an Minneapolis and gained
washington baltimore Boston n hiadelphia which, geographically, If
In no the "a was a % for decided Improvement A little later. St
Louis was substituted for Milwaukee. Baltimore dropped u its place
being Tiled by New York, and with his record, IN league vas ready %
tand or fall
had to De mighty poor material between 10 make the whole structure weak.
But there wasn't poor material There vas the best johnson had seen to
that M the proof is hat this order a beer maintained eve since. and
no longer than last season Ban Johnsons organization played 20 n
fewer hn 3560951 FANS and on OF Ban ohnsnns clubs tn Phnadel
pia Athletics. n less get ot M waNoped the National league winners.
run away with the worlds championship. Ban johnson 10 so
very long x was res elected to n presidency of M American league for
the next 80 years but nc longer. IN given $4,000 a week, o something
ike that. n that's pretty God for a reporter boy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-18
CHARLES COMlSKEY, THE CANDY BUTCHER WHO
REcAME PRESIDENT

A TALL awkward, laky young fellow was amusing himself n after
30 odd years w on a back lot of Chicago. A number Of other chaps
of his g were in tn gan with him. n the game as baseball. Enter
stranger. Stranger studies the play for a few minutes AM then:
Do you val to work fol me?'
Youth: What doing"
Sullivan: Candy butchering Tor thu Western News Co All you got to
d % ss 20 sell cigars. chocolate caramels. newspapers, III the latest maya
zines Jude books and uh as that. o only to work1 6 hours a
day. The rest is all play"
Youth 0omewhat doubtfuny): What sort of play?"
Sullivan dmpressiveED: Baseball. And ! give o % bucks each
and every month";"
Youth: Il got you"
So Sullivan learned that the young man name was Comiskey and
that If he'd held u Comskey would have paid to b e allowed to play
baseball, instead Of figuring OF III py roll. Anyway, "Commy" vent %
Dubuque ID played shorAtopf or Sulivans Rabbits. So we'll did he play,
o ably lid h v all the teTttory anywhere lea First 81 game "a he
60 resourceful tha h e wasn't long a Rabbit.
q thu sar first baseman o. the brilliant Browns bt this same Com
iskey. Fine work by "Commy" in year n Of his ST Louis sojourn. Very
good, my boy, next year I'll make you captain. Thankee. kindly, sir, and
the year after captain. manager n first baseman. 'Ts veil n what
tn prospects Tor later ears! why, heaong- TN WoTlds champions.
to b . sue.
And ~ it fell out with Comskey. He went right to thu from because
Ahat ws the way he feta about It, A man who sits down to a poker game.
saying, II know I'm going to lose tonight 1 don't feel winny." is pretty
It a confident "Comny," all right He went into game he
didn't expect to win, and he felt 1t In his heart q 3 truly a his spoken
word indicated. Take one Illustration. the time Chicago o the National
league pennant, III Browns tore off the big honor in thu American
association. Al Spading. who had the Chicago team in charge. CAV tut
"a NE condition to meeting Ia Browns q winner take all clause "Commy"
~ nav said that 1t must b e remembered that in going against the
Snaldine OUTFIT, Comiskey wasn't framing u p n o per cent advantage
or himself. The Chicagos we're about a tender dtractablea a SO many
anigators. but "Commy" tanned 'ema and drew down the big purse.
A. comi.key came to be own and president of the Chicago American
league team and he's got q half million dollar ball park. maybe as
~ much money again in other Investments. EFT good or a candy
butcher yes?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-18
DICK PADDEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "OLD GRAY
NATTER"

In a previous exitance Richard Padden invented the shall game. he
yer n under seven device. the three card monte pastime n all kindred
diversions calculated to get thu other fellows COL n goat. His known
recor makes the foregoing statements certainty n axes way M lin
gering element o doubt. AS a baseball snategist Richard figures as the
dependable wager
In h histories Oft these United States a certain interest attaches to
the w ferries. Martins Earpers. One is associated with IN anne
O John Brown sometimes coupled with the sour apple tree referenc
The ther-Mart ferry got Oh the IA because it a the birthplace
o Dick Padden. Padden wa heard of in the early portion of his career
a a reliable, and amazing member Oft h Pittsburg outfit The tricks h
showed hat reverend Collection are in practice to tisd day, though h
good lodi 10Y drawsn 40 royalty from h use OF hism methods.
Padden, in hisd lays O palm. wasn't notable al a fenceh urter. a speed
marvel or nigh jump artist But he manager of the teams h onored
with his presence ent frequently m record as saying they would rather
have him at bat when a hit vas needed han m other man OF h team.
Also they preferred him on base when runs were needed. N h reason
of it is summed u succncty in IN nickname they gave IN esimahle
gent which "a Brains"
Paddensg ay matter was Sc abundant the interior of his frontispece
looked like a cloudy la He played the gam of bal with his rare old
head. He was the original Colonel Pinch. of the Hitter tribe. n he
a point isl lost b " a pncher through 100 great agerness Too often there is
h attempt % Tut The vail u of the lot, when a perfectly good single is
all that is of immediate requirement So thist thinking machine, which
vas Dick Padden, didn't try fol seam :earers whenp tut in to pat tut a hit
He didt TIN best lie could Ito plant the bal where 1T would worry the in
feders n h e usually ucceeded
O n the bases it VA he same "a Padden wasn't the swiftestr run
ner that yer sandaled owe tn jumps. ut h val undoubtedly the trick
Test. When lie started to play off first ne draw q throw, it was a pretty
safe bet he would b. on second before there IA an out He had spent his
youth showing thu eelsh ow to pc slippery, AS everybody who as n eel
ing aroun Martins Ferry will tell o ". A creased pole was a sandpaper
surface compared to u gentleman. n III consequence vas that the other
fellows scored few putouts when Dick wal in action.
Coupled with this admirable disposition a a natural bent fr leader
White Sox, n again to the captaincy Of the St. Louis Browns. AS a
teacher, Dick Padden wal a shining ight-a lamp to the feet of many a
youngsbr who today is trying with more or less Of success to pull the
same stuff.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-18
RAN JOHNSON. the PERPETUAL PRESIDENT.

A large YOUNG man. built something o. I'll n general general plan. o. q tan,
critically but imparttany the play going on in front of him. shook his head
A.rA6edfv nj - notedt he q . certain feldef handled himself. wrote
Gown some words that stirred up q near riot when they hit the then
eo,Malep u he linotype The reporter had said something. He wanted
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-18
cY YOUNG, THE PERENNIAL INSTITUTION.

Almost a quarter Of a century ago whe Young" VAS a description ri
vel as a mann Denton t., o better known as "Cy" was taken m b. the
cleveland clb to d o a workout against nson There hasn't been a sea
son inc then hat the nam of "y" Young hasn't come in for espectfu
mention att the hands of the reporter boys. and general m genuine ID
miraton from the of major. minor. friendly rial teams Today
I'M Dig FELLOW Who ook k an ice wagon. but ISM is an institution.
wen In the days of his YOUTH. Young wasn't OF thu fawn like propo
ton that CAV for grace. If % spoke of him al awkward, o. blunder-
som In ppearanc therew "a n 10 han for a pettfogging LAWYER to col
lect anything fol- a libel for tina vas certainly IN "a Young impressed
the behoder He looked k a sprawly, ergrown Newfoundland or a
farm han dropped in from tn pasture for IN unwonted froic with te
athletes.
Whe the enteman began to pitch, III impression If ward
ade AVA from the spectator Young hat speed control M AN assorted
n OF waiting wares.a an eye ike a hawk bird sc hi 1T cost Won a mt
out ABOUT ever time o tried to sneak a base: nd a disposition hat
"a kind N gentle as a bridegroom in the first week of te honey
moon period. After that early trial against Ansonis Chicago outht.C Ieve-
lahd wouldn't nave traded Young for the subtreasury. He broke into i'm
Mediate favor. n la been there ever since.
Last season, Young NO his 50Oth game. it being IN second game of
"A plehea against Washington. No other bauplayer OF ton of te
professional baseball earth has pitched 500 winning m and II ha.
taken Young a funl2 q ears to set the mark Besides consistent ntching
ne is in possession of the brilliant n of the delivery as wen Everv -
vatve papers dig up a haltone ut and give the old boy a place on na.a ,
'. Just 70 keep the lame oil this distinguished performer fresh in In mind of
m reader, here ohoweth his record OF past performances:
ATIQN Il L AGIL
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Sonnerftas, 81. Sftober 1912.
Sempfratif6e Ncminationen.
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The Greeley tribune., 1912-01-11
Directors
of Ditch Company

Unanimously indorsing the fight
of the Platte River association in
the attempt to prevent the transfer
of excessive waters to the land east
resolution was passed at the an
nual meeting of the No. 2 ditch
company, which was held Tuesday.
This company IL considered one of
the richest in the county. An as
sessment OF SO cents share on the
ditch shares was levied. The direc-
tors elected were B. C. Rienks,
David Kelly. A. NJ Lyster, H. N
Bickling and G. H. Rea.
The No. Reservoir company
held the annual meeting the same
day. An assessment of $1.5O a
share was levied on the stock. The
old board OF directors were re-elect-
ed. They are B. c. Rienks, David
Kelly, A. N. Lyster, II. N. Bick-
ling and Lewis Kern.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-01-11
FIRST ORCHESTRA RECITAL
BY PHILHARMONIC WILL Be
sunday AT 0RPH[UM THEATER
Prominent People of Greeley are Identified With
Movement for High Class Music by Large
Organization--More instruments to be Added
at Once Ten Cent Admission for Music Fund.

The first of the recitas planned
by the Philharmonic orchestra will
be given Sunday afternoon, begin
ming at $3.50, at the New Orpheum
theater. A fine program has been
arranged and an admission fee of
10 cents will be charged to defray
the expense of the theater and to go
into fund for the purchase of
musical library. The orchestra will
be augmented by the addition of
several instruments, so that 1t prob
ably will number 25 within a few
weeks.
Al the rehearsal held last night
at the knight-Campbell Music COM
pany the numbers were selected for
the first program. There will be
fourn umbers by the orchestra, q
duet with orchestra accompaniment,
instrumental and vocal solos.
Since the announcement OF the
concerts there has been general
commendation of the plan from peo-
pie of the city in all walks of life.
The popularity of the municipal
concerts in Denver bids fair to be
repeated in Greeley The Orpheum
theater is an ideal place for the
music and Manager Cannon Is
thoroughly in sympathy with the
movement and is doing all in his
power to assist the orchestra.
Those taking part in the first
concert will be:
]. C. Kendel, director; Misses
Lucy Delbridge, Lima M. Harris,
Emma Poirson. Helen e. Phillips
and Thomas w. Olson, first violfns;
Harry Faulkner, Catherine Elmer.
Florence Barber and Arthur Chase.
second violins; John 1nsinger viola;
Morris NJ. Rathbun, violoncello, e.
L. Durham, bass viol: l. o. Glazier,
cornet; II. w. Burnard, flute; V. G.
Gates and j. Scott Thompson. from
bones: DR.. ]. A. DUNCAN and X. b.
stevenson, French horns; Miss FL
freda Taylor, piano.
1t Is expected that clarionets ant
drums will he added to the organi
The Greeley tribune., 1912-01-11

zati0n at an early date.
Aeny OF the leading residents of
the city have consented to act as
patrons and patronesses for the re-
citals that will be given every two
weeks. Among those who will aid
IN the movement for good music for
the people of Greeley are:
Mr. ana Mrs. E. r. Thayer, Mr..
and Mrs. George Fisk, Mr.. and
MRS. Fl. D, Parker, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
w. Bullock, Mr.. and Mrs. D. D..
Hugh. Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Howard,
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin Starkey, Mr..
and Mrs NJ, r. Lowe, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. G. Stron", Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Camfield, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wood
! bury, Mr.. and Mrs, Hall Jones, Mr..
and Mrs. James Tuckerman. Mr.
and Mrs ], ]. Purcell, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. r. Gray Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Craig, Mr. and Mrs. c. II. Ward,
Mr.. and Mrs. 7 A. Enright, Mr.. and
Mrs. ] B. Patton, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
s. Hickman, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.
Mosher Mr.. and Mrs. f. l., Dun
ham, Mfr. and Mrs. w. D. Dedrick
Mr.. and Mrs. George D. Horne, Mr.
and Mrs H. 7. Weibking, Mr.. and
Mrs. z F.. Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. ]
l.. Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Rus
sell, Mr. and Mrs. w Fl. Delbridge
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Rueh. Mr., and Mrs
j. L. Brush, Mr.. and Mrs. G. f
Carter, Mr., and Mrs, Bruce Johnson
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. X. Snyder, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Strong. Mr.. and Mrs
C. H. Southard, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B
McCutcheon, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G
Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. ]. NJ. B. Pet
rikin, Mr., and Mrs. Orville Shat
tuck. Mr. and Mrs. G. r. Clark, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence English, Mr.. an'
Mrs. ] Scott Thompson, Mr.. ant
Mrs. r f Graham. Mr.. and Mrs. F
r. Hatch, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Rey
nolds, Mr., and Mrs. p, B. Coulter
Mr.. and Mrs. i. r. Phillips, Mr.. an
Mrs. Clarence Neill, Mr.. and Mr..
| William Mayher. Mr.. and Mrs. Job
g ff -, Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Star
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gale.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-01-11
DEMOCRAT IS
CONGRESSMAN
FROM KANSAS
George A. Neely Succeeds the Late
Il. NJ. Madison, Republican, in
Seventh District

Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. To-
George A. Nicely, democrat, was
elected to the United States con-
gress from the seventh Kansas dis
trict to succeed the late E. II. Madi-
son, republican.
John NJ. Kinkle, chairman of the
republican district committee, last
night conceded the election of Neely
over Frank l.. Martin, republican,
by 1900 to 500 votes. John Gray
bill. chairman of the democratic
committee, claims the election of
Neely by majority of 1000.
Representative Madison was elect
ed in 1910 over Neely, who also
was the democratic candidate at
that time, by 5000 votes. Today's
election puts two democrats in the
house of representatives from Kan
sas, Joseph j. Taggart having sue
ceeded the late A. G. Mitchell, rep
resentative in the second district.
Judge Martin. republican, who
opposed Neely, was nomineted upon
a progressive republican platform
after a spirited primary, but In the
election all republicans factions sup
ported him.