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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-09

In case Michigan returns to the
Western Conference games with Penn
Cornell and Syracuse will have TO be
cut out Of the Wolverines scnedui"
ON account of the Conference RUE
against mtersectional games.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-09

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Bargains i'm everything. Come early
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-09

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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-09
leslie ANDMYRA
D|ETz ARE HERE
Children of Cameron Dam Defend,
er Tell interesting Story

Leslie and Myra Dietz, SON and
laughter respectively. of John Diel2,
..,h, defender of Cameron dam are
ia calumet. having come here to give
Illustrated lectures at the Royal thea
Ter tonight and tomorrow night Thcy
have been occurring In various parts
cl The country since Miss Dietz's re-
,o,cry from the bullet wound she re-
,ciycd at the hands OF Wisconsin
,louutics while driving to town about
, week before the Dictz home was at
tackled by officers.
An interesting story is told by Diet
ot the trouble leading up To his fathers
arrest and imprisonment
Nr Dietz has strong hopes of his
father being pardoncd by the governor
of Wisconsin. He was found guilty OF
tho charge of murder and was sent to
ursun for life. but the governor has
promised to take his case up after
election. Within the past few months
rrttions containing the names Of
thousands of Wisconsin citizens have
been sent to the governor, requesting
hin to pardon Dietz
The members of the Dietz family are
paving Oft debt of thousands Of dol
ars. contracted i'm defending the senior
for three years at an average of S2J
a DAY. Both sons and the daughter
are occurring and they are making BIZ;
money rs they are being greeted by
hacked houses everywhere they appear.
I'm addition 10 their lectures they also
Lave slide pictures of the dam, tha
home and many other interesting
scenes.
Dam on Dietz's Land
speaking of the trouble that led up
To- his fathers action in preventing the
rhiupcwa Lumber X Boom company
from using the dam. Mr.. Dietz said
,hd. the dam was located on his faith
rrs land ana that the company wanted
90 usc IL without pa ing for the priv.
~, ~ using the dam they also flood
.t MS liIIt' utStIbN lllS MS
nu M he asked them was ten cents
thousand feet for the lumber that
uIssrC through the dam. This il the
amount allowed under the Wisconsin
statute. The company refused to al
lur him a cent. in spite of the fact
thar The corporation was collecting
from other lumber operators a fee of
twenty five cents Il thousand feet foc
On. logs that passed through its dam
en- l'lambeau river. short distance
from Cameron dam. Before Mr. Dicrz
took any action against the lumber
company it was proven conclusive!y
D., tie corporations own surveyors
thgt they had no right whatever "a
Nh. dam. as all of il was on the Diet2
and and not on the cumpanN's land.
as they al first supposed. After the
rorort Of the engineers was given Out,
Nh DictZ placed signs on his properly
'orbddng trespassing anG the com
uJuN'g employers who were i'm SYM
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
Umpire Sheridan
 Simply Cant Retire

"SOMEHOW can't keep my word
 about retiring from the game" says Jack Sheridan. dean of the Amer ican league umpires. I've quit half a dozen times to go into the undertaking business, but when the ball players have begun kicking in the spring I've had to come back at Ban Johnson's request They pensioned me last year the magnates-and they pinned a medal on me. went to the coast last winter. prepared to live in peace and happiness the rest of my days. I was contented with the world in general when I got a wire from Johnson to don the spangles again. And do you know that really felt the blood boil ing in my veins as I started east! 1 prefer umpiring on the bases nowa- days because the strain isn't so great. but I can call 'em behind the bat as we'll as ever"
 Sheridan at one time was the king of umpires. He was absolute master of the situation. President Johnson built up the present competent umpire staff acting upon Sheridan's suggestions. The veteran umpire said: Enforce the rules as they are written and make the players afraid to kick Then rowdy baseball will disappear!" That always has been Johnson's policy.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
Sam Johnson Oldest Jockey

ONE of the quaintest characters seen
 on the turf today Is Sam Johnson better known as "Chief' Johnson. the Indian Jockey. who is without doubt the oldest race rider whose name still anpears daily on the board. Born in Wagoner Indian Territory. forty-two years ago. the chief has been riding races for twenty-six years. His first winning mount was on quarter horse called White Stocking at Bonham Tex. and his first winning mount on a bie track was on Leachman at New Orleans twenty-three years ago. The chief comes b~ his Indian blood from his mother, who was a full blooded Cherokee. He is able to make ninety eight pounds.
 The chief has ridden for many prominent owners. including J. w. Fuller. s. J. Charles, Ed Fitzgerald, Thompson brothers. Red" Walker and w. T. Anderson, and when asked how many different tracks he had ridden over during the twenty-six years re- nlied that he couldn't count them.
 To the chief belongs the distinction of winning a race over the jumps and on the fiat in one day. It happened at Kinloch park, St. Louis, he winning on Compass and repeating on Itacatiara, both horses being owned by Red" Walker.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
IA ROUGH LIFE IS THIS UMPIRE'S

HI OVID you like to be the umpire ?"
 was the title of song that fell from the syncopating pen of one of the great American dramatists. The Ques- tion was asked and never answered
 But now comes Garnett c. Bush. a St Louisian. who deposes that the life Of the indicator is rough-with a bold face R.
 Bush. just twenty-eight years old, is now National league holder of an in dicator and holds the unique distinc- ton of being one of the youngest men ever honored with a permanent berth in the parent body. He won his posi- tion on merit He earned his spurs during seven years service in the bush" leagues. Now he is regarded as one of the finds" of the decade
 The question naturally arises: Is Bush an umpire2 There have been men who held the indicator in the big league who were undertakers, clerks, blacksmiths. ball players and anything but umpires. However. Bush Is essen tially an umpire. He has been convict ed of being one. and that's evidence be- yond doubt
 Yea, Bush has a "criminal" record
 
 good umpire Looking back over his tempestuous career in the minor league, one sees that the St. Louis man has been "Jugged" no less than four l times, and in each case he was tried and found guilty of being an umpire | fearless umpire.
 To enlighten the reader on this sub- 1ect if would be well to state that in laac ! as ''homers," the same being umpires who always favor the home club. Bush never was and is not homer" He rendered his decisions as he saw them. | without fear of man or police force. What was the result7 Not infrequently he was arrested and put in jail In Keokuk, Ia, one day about five years ago Bush was called upon to give hard decision on a play at the plate The tying run for the | home club was coming in in the tenth | inning. A relay from the outfield was | made perfectly, and the ball beat the | runner coming from third by a hairs | breadth
 | You're outl" shouted Bush. . You're a thief" roared the fans. There was a riot. The police force
 
 clubs bench. came on the field an6 | took the first punch at Bush. Then he hustled the umpire off to jail When I reached the jail" says Bush 'T had on my mask and protector A pair of yeggs were sitting in the eel that also was to occupy. One of then | said to me. What they got on you 1 palT
 I'm an umpire I told him. | Well, you're in bad.' was the reply T was arrested down in Texas an. | other time for appearing on the street | The previous day had chased six o the home players for some reason ol | other. When I left the hotel they tool | me in tow. They put me in jail at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and kept m, | there until 7:30 that evening Thel | charged me with being an umpire
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
i. E 1
Jesse Burkett Was a
 SupoTStitIOUS Ball Player
OF all the superstitious baIl players

0F all the superstitious ball players
 none can hold a candle to Jesse Burkett, the old Cleveland outffelder.
 Jesse and the rest of us were out at Delmar track. in St Louis," says Boo- by Wallace of the St Louis Americans in telling the story Jesse got down s20 at to on good thing that may be running yet.
 "Burkett had been tipped to this oy George Keister, race track man. After the race Jesse turned on Keister with one of his snarls. and Keister. knowing his fear of hoodoos said:
 "Tll put the Spanish curse on you for a week for that
 "The next day Burkett failed to get hit and muffed fly. The day after he booted a grounder and struck out twice. That night he hunted up Keis- ter.
 "'Come up to my room.' said Bur- kett.
 "Keister went along. and Burkett un- wrapped package. displaying beau- tiful Ascot, and said:
 "'George. I'll give you that scarf--ft cost me s2-if you'll take off that Span. ish curse.'
 "Keister snapped his fingers three times and said. It's off,
 And the next day. strange to say. Burkett made three hits and fielded like . dend."
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
Hard to Get AIexanderS Goat

CLARK GRIFFITH, manager of the - Washington Americans, was tell ing some friends the other day about an attempt he made to get Pitcher Alexander's goat last summer. He parked from the coaching lines, insin- uating that Alex had a streak of ocher up his spine and that the young pitch CT, in company with his hollow horned ruminant was about to cut the rope and begin a cloud shattering aviation. The Philadelphian stopped pitching for an instant, addressed Griff and told him some sweet aphorisms that sent the veteran staggering to the bench. com pletely obfuscated
 It isn't often that a pitcher can come back strong and upset the coacher As
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
pUClISTS ASK EXORBI7ANT PURSES FOR BATTLES'

orbitant prices for the privilege Of wit messing f1stic contests then the fighters will come down in the prices some of them are asking before they will show. Boxing with a five ounce glove and even suffering a knockout now and then is not so hard as many people who pay to witness these things sup pose.
 There was a time when fighting was a much severer test than 1t Is now. and the price a fighter received was far below what 1t Is at present Fighters were plentiful enough then and al ways will be so long as fighters are permitted to battle.
 Battling with gloves. even to nn- ish. and risking loss of title. three or four times a year is much easier than real work for f1fty-two weeks. and this includes the training and all the hard ships that go with the business or pugilism. Many of our fistic experts who pull down sums ranging in the thousands for one performance would not make as much in an entire life time if they had to dig 1t out of the workshops and factories.
 All this is not intended as ar argu- ment to support a theory that boxing should be put on a salaried basis. New ertheIess the price paid the fighter should be somewhere within reason Of what his performance is worth and the public given the benefit of the consequent reduction that would be possible in the price of admission to see the glove wielder at work. It is not disputed that he gives an inter- esting performance that many people want to witness, but this fact should not be taken advantage of to make them pay several times more than 1t Is worth
 Contests today are mild in compari- son with the real fights that have made ring history, but the pay In a majority
 of instances is princely compared with what champions of old received. The punishment and inconvenience en- dured in these modern contests are not to be compared with the fearful suf- ferings of former prize ring days. This i is true of all angles. from the time a match Is made down to the time of its settlement in the ring.
 There was a time when training for light in Itself meant physical torture The face, neck. hands and arms of fight
 CTS of the old school were pickled to the l hardness of a walnut to better with stand the slashing and battering they were sure to receive. The flesh from about the eyes. cheeks and neck oi | fighters was literally massaged away | so that there would be little left tc swell The same thing was done for | the hands so that there would be nc
 meat to puff and render them useless. l Training periods som metimes lasted for months under a dieting of coarse
 foods and abstinence from almost ev- | erything that makes life worth living l These fights were to finish. with two | ounce fighting gloves. skin tight gloves l or no gloves at all and there was nc | limit to the strength and endurance
 that might be required. Every sinev
 of the body was trained to stand the test, and there was something more tC
 be done than merely making weight | exercising the muscles and seeing tha the wind" was right-something tha
 some of our professional boxers now do in a weeks time.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
By TOMMY CLARK.

WHERE is one play in baseball that
 when tried fails on an average of nine times out of ten, and yet on the possible chance that the runner may be cut off at the plate it is attempted almost whenever the occasion offers, on the chance that it may be the one time it is successful The play comes up with a man on second and a single Is made to the outf1eld. Nearly all ways the outf1elder takes a chance and heaves the ball home. with the result that the batter goes to second. from where a single would score him. where as if he were held at first 1t would take two safeties to send hir1 home. It looks like the better play to throw to second. but, as has been said, the field CT is generally willing to take the chance.
 In a recent Washington Detroit game the play was tried seven times
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

and was a dismal failure six. The one time though, that 1t succeeded 1t was the factor which probably saved the game for Washington. Bush. Cobb and Crawford singled in succession. Two runs had been made, and Mo- riarty was on second when Louden drove the ball to center for a slashing single Milan got the ball. and, mak- ing the throw to the plate. got Mo- riarty at the plate by four or five feet.
 It was the one time in the game that the play was carried through, and that one time more than counterbalanced all the other failures. It Is the one chance for which players are always trying
 Taking that play as a general thing straight through the season, 1t is likely that it more than evens up in favor of the team at bat. There IS not much chance to get the man at the plate try ing to score from second on a single.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
CATCERS OF CLASS SSARY TO MAKING OF GOOD TEAM

NO team can be classed as a great
 ball club if it lacks a high class catching stan. It is almost impossible to figure out the immense difference a classy and an ordinary catcher make in a ball team.
 The Washington team Is a corking good ball club this year. but no one factor has played a more prominent part in the success of the club than the catching department In John Henry and Eddie Ainsmith Clark Grif- filth has two of the greatest receivers in the business. Both have wonderful arms. and 1t is always a good bet that the runner who tries to steal will be thrown out Both are fairly good hit- ters. death on foul flies and for catch
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
Baseball In the Philippines

TT is an unfailing source of pleasure
 to Americans visiting the Philip pines," said c. H. Keith of Kansas City, Mo-, recently. ito watch the interest manifested In baseball by the little Filipino boys and in basketball by the girls. The United States army was primarily responsible for introducing baseball into the islands. but the schools developed 1t and added basket ball.
 At Baguio, in the interior of Luzon. Igorrotes may be seen pitching curves with the skill of the small boy in an Indian school Still clfnging to their ancestral loin cloths. the boys add blouses bearing the letters of their teams and thus present a strange pie ture. So the national game has spread through all the archipelago. lnterpro- vincial meets attract the villagers, young and old, from ths adjacent coun- try. They not only come tc see, but they come to root for their favorits teamA7
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
Baker Is TImeIIest Hitter

IF all the members of the Philadelphia Athletics had hit in the timely fash ion that John Franklin Baker has done this season few of the Mackmen would bavs been left on the bases during this campaign, and the probabilities are the White Elephants would be way out in front instead of trailing the Red Sox and the Nationals. for J. Franklin is leading not only his league. but also the National, In driving in runs.
 Baker has passed the three-quarter nost in bringing home the tallies, hav- in1 seventy eight to his credit He Is closely pursued for the honor of being tho timeliest hitter Of the major leagues by Larry Doyle the Giants captain
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

CTS they are mighty fast on their feet Better. still. they do not get their pitchers continually in the hole by calling for waste balls. So true are their arms that they don't have to con- tinually resort to the waste ball to get the runners stealing.
 The Boston club Is going well be- cause Bill Carrigan is having the best year of his career: because Cady. se- cured from the Newark club of the Eastern league. has developed into a star in a year; because Nunamaker who is doing very little catching of late, Is a better receiver than the regu- lars on a number of the major league clubs. True. Carrigan has not a very good arm, but he manages to get the
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

ball down to second in good time With such great man as Heine Wag- her receiving the throw. Carrigan does not have to be very particular about its accuracy. just so he gets it there ahead of the runner. Carrigan uses his brains to advantage and is a great aid to the young pitchers.
 The catching staffs of the three tail- enders-Cleveland, New York and St Louis--do not compare with the clubs ahead. That is one reason this trio is down near the bottom. Baumgard- ner and Hamilton of St Louis: Steen. Kahler and Banding of Cleveland. and number of other youngsters would be showing to better advantage if they had men like Henry. Ainsmith. Stan- age. Carrigan and some of the other classy boys doing the receiving.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

a rule, a pitcher is sort of sensitive plant, with delicate organization and nerves so finely strung that rude re- marks from the coachers will put him all to the woozy. Grinth was one pitcher whom the coachers couldn't rattle. Some years ago. when howled at by a famous New York player-now dead-chirped sweetly: would you mind pinning your ears back. old pal. so the folks in the stand can see the gamer" and that particular coacher had no more to say. As a rule. though. the pitcher is an easy mark. especially if he is juvenile. and his Angora goes maintaining up the alley when the old
 warworn coachers get upon the trall
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

And Packey Mcfarland though holding no championship title, did re- ceive S10.000 for boxing Matt Wells. l England's lightweight champion. ten rounds.
 Are they worth 1t? Do they earn 1t
 Ask some of the fighters of long ago and compare their battles with those of today; then figure it out
 When the public refuses to pay ex-
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

HACK JOHNSON. champion of the world demanded and was to receive s3OoOo to defend his title in the ring against Joe Jeannette in New York, and this amount was guaranteed him win lose or draw"
 Ad Wolgast. champion lightweight of the world. is to receive $22.5OO as his pay to box Packey Mcfarland ten rounds before a New York audience.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

There was no law on the statutes which made such a crime punishab ble. so they turned me loose.
 T have passed a few other nights in
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

the city jugs for giving decisions as ] saw them, even though they did hur1 the home clubs chances. but that's al in the game"
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
PLAY THAT FAILS NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN

and the throw home always places the batter making the hit in a position to score on another hit when if he had been held on first 1t would have taken two to send him over. It would appear good baseball to make the effort to get the runner at the plate only in the last couple of innings when 1t appears that the run will win for the side at bat BASEBALL is an odd sport When
 ever a player comes through with a bit of daring base running. say takes two bases on a short single or an in field out, he Is a marvel. Let the same bucko on the following day dzzle on the same stunt for which he was lion- ized on the previous afternoon and he is a wotnot goofie. @ boob with wax mustache. Yet baseball Is a game of chance. It is the chance taking team that generally wins out in the long run
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-08-23
Goebel Sisters Welcome to
Deming.

1t is with much pleasure and
satisfaction that we note the ar
rival, as permanent residents. the
Goebel sisters, M. EstelYa, Grace q.
and Marguerite, who have been very
important factors in the building
I'D of Columbus. At the first state
election Miss Grace G. Goebel was
elected county superintendent of
schools and as she had one of the
finest office rooms in the court
house, it almost necessitated her
removal to the county seat.
Miss Margerite Goebel became
well known in educational circles as
a teacher in the Columbus schools,
and when this year she was elected
to a position in the Deming city
schools, her residence must neces.
sarily be transferred to the big
town. This left the elder sister
alone. and it didn't take her long
to decide what to do.
They are just completing one Of
the finest bungalows in the city, or
South Copper avenue and will soor
be at home" to their hosts o.
friends.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-08-23
More Evidence of Prosperity

II the most skeptical outsider,
who reads these farm stories from
week to week, could take run out
to our Little Vineyard tract to-day,
he would be an owner of a s. or 10
acre tract in less than "a hours.
Here, crowded on ten acres, is as
much produce as a back east farm
err would put on 40 acres. Why?
Because this is an intensive farming
proposition. You don't wait for
water, your crops are never at a
standstill because of drouth, one of
our big wells will produce one and
one half million gallons in "a hours,
and we have three of them, doesn't
look much like failure. does it?
Some of these small farms are
now planted to fruit and nothing
ever looked more promising. Acres
upon acres Of fine crops maize,
oats, alfalfa. kafiir corn are grow
ing beyond belief. And why not
perfect climatic conditions, rich
alluvial soil, pure water and plenty
of it, are bound to produce wonder
full results.
Very soon the last small farm in
the Little Vineyards tract will be
sold and then you'll wish that you
had made your Investigations ear
lier. Our tract of land is only a
mile from town, giving your chill
dren the advantage of Deming's
schools 1.-THE very best in the state
Our contracts to bona fde inves-
tors are liberal and no man who
has the Twill" spirit can fail to make
himself independent in short time.
This land properly cared for will
pay for itself in one year, one of
our purchasers will do this, this
year. Better act now, hadn't you?
Little Vineyards Co., Room Is, Ma
honey Building.