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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-29
SEEN AND HEARD

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 The bright clear blue sky early this
 morning. with the orb of day shining
 brightly was indeed a treat. and peo-
 pie who happened to meet could not
 help commenting upon the beauty of the day.
 The rain has fallen in plenty. the rivers. creeks and gulches are flow
 ing all that the miners require to car ry on their summer operation. so per haps 1t would be better to have It, tic sunshine. just to drive the mold and germs away. and give the women folks a chance to take some exercise
 with dry underfooting.
 The Nome beach is attracting the attention of the prospectors this sum mcr. and considerable mining has beeG going on. the beach combers ma%ing better than wages in many places. This has boomcd that kind Jf mining and rockers. almost forgottel in the past few years by disuse. are again making their appeJ.anee arHs tEeI beach to the westward of th mouth of Snake river
 Yesterday afternoon C. F.. DI Ing. the candidate failing to arrive n time to take the work in the Ancient Ata,.c Order Nobles of the Mystic Sh inc along with the twenty nine candidates was made a Noble yesterday rt thel Masonic temple. by getting early everything but what was really com ing to him.
 It Is a pity the candidates recently chance to work over Ned" and take him gently over the hot sands of thel Nile. they would have found so much pleasure in the capacity of guides.
 The steamship Senator will get away tomorrow, the boat was delayed at St. Michael. owing to the rough weather. which prevented the lighters from allowing the vessel to dispatch It's cargo at that point
 The way the vessels are running. the Victoria will be here about the time the Senator leaves and on the next trip the boats no doubt will be leaving Seattle for Nome about thel same time. For the benefit of the people in the Nrth they should leave from ten to fifteen days apart. and arrange their schedule to keep up such time limit.
 The principal topic of discussion at the present time Is the new mining law approved during the early part of this month by congress. and which the Nugget Is to publish when space will permit. and not have the same crowd owning association claims are worried is to the amount of assessment work .hcy will have to perform upon the ,ame, now that the new law requires 100 worth of labor or Improvements lpon each 20 acres or fraction there if The question Is Does the law lGect claims already staked? Now hat the association claims of 160I cres have been abolished, and people annot stake such, will the law require { he owners to perform $500 or s1OO ach and every year to hold same?
 Thanks 10 G. J. Lomen we know the well known explorer. as been found. and is now back In Mir. Lomen noticed the ccount in a Norwegian paper. which at forth his rescue in full For 1ng time the Associated Press has ad standing order here In Nome to ush at least one thousand words bout Mikkelsen should he show up n the Alaska Arctic region.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-29
SENATOR SAILS
 TOMORROW EVENING

Word was received this noon by Frank O'Connor that the steamship Senator will sail from St. Michael to- night at eleven o'clock and the pas sengers for Seattle will be taken on board tomorrow evening at and the vessel will get away during the even ing.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-29

Steamer Alaska ull sail for Teller ork, Tin City, Wales, Dssrins, kee- walik and kotzsbus September i, car. ryins freight and passengers. Inquire of U. s. Mercantile Co.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-29

the records and bodies cf MyluIs Erichsen who was lost near Denmark fjord. while returning to his ship.
 The story related by Mikkelscn and his engineer iverson. Is filled with hardship~ the two explorers had put up with. for the man found no records only one lone grave. and Mikkelsen was taken sick. during the search and hiz companion Geersan haul.' him for one hundred miles on sled tp the coast and established the nu. where they were found by the Wh1 els.
 Tn men were taken tu Denmark and decorated with gold medals " the king and the two men lost and believed to be dead are now the heroes of the hour back in their own coun try. Explorer Rasmussen is in the Greenland country at the present time trying to ind out something about the Mikk,ls,u ,Np,dition but he is cross Ing fram The west coast over To the east coast of Greenland.
 Don't make any dates for Saturday
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-29

MUSIC AT THE EAGLE. Every evening thsrs is music at the Eagle, also the best brand oi Gquors and sisars h the market, aI- ways to be had.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-29

We print anything and sverythins 6 in job printing line at the Nugget.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-29

Don't make any dates for Saturday night. There's going to be "A Fam fly Affair"-May Roberts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
GOOD WRESTLING BOUTS.
Turn Throws Leonard, and Mon.
tano Defeats Mitchell.

The two wrestling bouts carded for
the Lyceum and Gayety theaters last
night drew out very large crowds, stand
ing room being at a premium at both
places.
The bout at the Gayety Wen. to Joe
Turner, who threw Martin Leonard in
ffty-three minutes, after fierce strug-
gle, the New York lad showing unex-
pected strength and dexterity. In the
second round or fall Turner's strength
and cleverness told the tale very quick
ly. as Leonard's shoulders went to thu
mat in eighteen minutes. Both men
put forth their best efforts, and as a
result the cheering and shouting were
almost continuous.
Montana had almost as much trouble
as Turner in winning his match from
Mitchell at the Lyceum. as the second
fall required fifty minutes. The first
fall came quickly, only eleven minutes
being required for Montana to get the
proper hold to turn the trick. The work
during the second round was somewhat
rough, and as a result the spectators
wanted to take a hand in showing
Referee Pat O'COnnor how to handle his
end of the game. Pat has the reputa-
ton of being one of the best referees
in the country. and the followers of the
sport should know enough to take his
decisions without a protest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
MANAGER GR|FF|TH-|S
SOLID WITH THE KIDS
Talks to Y. N. C. A. Boys and
Donates a Silver
Loving Cup.

Clark Griffith proved a decided attrac-
ton last night at the membership rally
of the boys department of the Y. NJ. c.
A. Between three and four hundred
boys wendell their way through the snow
to the gymnasium and heard stories OF
Manager Griffiths early base ball career.
That the Washington team will be sup
ported by the younger generation goes
without saying since the demonstration
last night.
He told them stories of his early base
ball career and his disappointment in
making the team. 1t seems that MIR.
Griffith began his career as player on
Y. NJ. C. A base ball team. He en-
couraged the small boy by saying that
he was kept off the team for long time
because Of his stature. but finally won
out. He gave good, sound advice upon
all-around development and closed his
remarks by offering to the team that Sc
cures the greatest number of new men,
bers during the contest a silver loving
cup. This brought forth vociferOus APP
plause from both teams. That Mr.. Grif-
fifth made tremendous hit with the Z.
M. G.. A. kiddies was apparent. Ther0
was a strong determination among the
members of the two teams to win the
silver loving cup Mr.. Griffith donated.
His advice was of the stand-up-to-the-
e-and-do-your-best kind, and was ap-
preciated by his youthful adience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
BY J. ED GRILLo.

The Nationals pitching staff was in
creased by one left-handed pitcher this
morning, and may have two added before
the day Is over. Taylor. a southpaw,
who was with Brownsville in the South
west Texas League last season, was pur-
chased by Manager Griffith by wire this
morning. and Eppa Rixey. the star per-
former of the Virginia University team,
may be signed to a contract some time
this afternoon.
: Taylor was purchased by the Chicago
National League club this fall. but the
commission rejected the purchase because
Of some irreguIarity Bill Bernhard. the
old Cleveland pitcher. who manages the
Nashville team in the Southern League,
wired Griffith a few days ago regarding
Taylor and urged him to buy him.
Griffith got busy at once and accepted the
Brownsville clubs terms this morning.
Taylor is described as being one of the
most promising left-handers to attract
attention last season, and Griffith is
pleased with his acquisition.
Rixey. the Virginia pitcher, is at pres
emit i'm the city with the basket ball team
from that institution. Griffith will have a
conference with him this afternoon, and
III the collegian can be persuaded to give
up his studies he will be signed to a con-
tract He is over six feet tall and hardly
out of his teens. but judged by his sue
cess against the big college teams last
season. he must be most promising
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
GRIFFITH BUYS LEFT-HANDER
FROM A TEXAS LEAGUE CLUB
Taylor of Brownsville Purchased by Wash
ington-Was Purchased by Cubs, Who
/ Lost Player Through Irregularity.

pitcher. Rixey still has another year at
Virginia, and it remains to be seen
whether he Is willing to quit school to
take up professional base ball. But If
Kixey is determined to remain at school
this year it is likely that Manager Crit
will make him a member of the team next
spring.
President Fielder Jones Of the North
western League advocates the plan OF
numbering players which has been adopted
by the Pacific Coast League. says the
New York Sun. Many base ball writer's
that some day it will find favor with the
major league mOguls. Base ball fans, 1t
is argued, should be kept posted as to the
identity of the players. and there seems
to be no easier method than the use OF
numbers to correspond with those on the
successfully at several Of the big foot
ball games last fall.
Pitcher Russell Ford of the Highland
ers who is wintering in Minneapolis. has
been heard from. He welcomes the new
manager. Harry Wolverton. with this re-
mark: "Wolverton will supply the team
we need. Chase is a star ball player. but
is too lenient with his men. He made
wise move when he stepped down. VOL
verton will find me ready to take my turn
regularly. l am heavier than year ago
and / shall go south to do some extra
hard work. Really. l believe the High
landers, under new conditions, Will make
a strong bid for the championship. We've
got the pitchers. catchers and fielders, and
the team as a whole is as fast as any
in the country. All We need Is q strong
hand at the tiller."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
nERTINENI @ftnENT
RsHappenin&$s rSportdom

Der ever since. Plank has played steadily
with the Athletics, while Sullivan has
been the mainstay of the White Sox De-
hind the plate. and manager one year.
If Norman Elberfeld is retained by
Washington he will make the fourth
member of the American League VINO
was with the organization at the begin
ming Of it's existence but Elberfeld Is
slated for the minors. Several other
players now in fast company deserted
the National League for the american
League In 1902 These include Sam
Crawford of Detroit Bobby Wallace and
White of the White Sox, Bill Donovan OF
the Tigers Tom Hughes of Washington
and Topsy Hartsel of the Athletics. Cy
Young came over in 1907. but is now IN
Matty MCINTYRE and Charley Hemphill
all came near getting into the honor roll
as well. Hemphil and Hartsel nave no"
become minor league managers Calia
ham, Mcintyre and Hughes nave not
played continuously.
Criticism Of Chase's managerial ability
is mot uncommon, coming from members
of his team. Russell Ford, for instance
is out with a statement that WOlvertOn
will give the Yankees backbone and
energy, and that is all the team lacked.
Such assertions only to go show what
a harmonious lot those Yankees were
last season. Chase must, indeed. nave
u
| to play with him again this season open.
ly criticise him. Such conditions are
apt to be harmful, and the very mrs,
thing Wolverton will have to do is u
put the brakes on this sort OF talk, Oh
he is sure to be in charge OF team
badly disrupted by cliques.
Had deals which were contemplated
gone through both Pittsburgh and Chi.
cago would have been better fortified al
first base next season than they have
| been Tor several years. Pittsburgh want.
ed Tim Jordan from Toronto, but the
deal fell through when Toronto failed t.
get waivers on the player. Chicago hac
everything framed up to make a swaI
by which it would get the services OF
Gandil. the Montreal first sacker. but
Pittsburgh refused to waive on the play.
ers the Cubs wanted to send up there
and another deal fell through. It Is not
the clubs alone who suffer thereby, but
the players. too, seem destined for an
other year in the minors. when they
| might be drawing much bigger salaries
in fast company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
SOMERS TRIES TO TRADE
STOVALL FOR HARRY LORD
Cleveland Base Bali Magnate Visits Chicago
Office and Has Conference Of Several
Hours With Manager Callahan.

player will come to Chicago. Mr.. Somers
insisted on getting Harry Lord. but am
satisfied that he will back down when we
decide to make definite purchase or
trade 1 have good list of player and
some money to offer Mr.. Somers for Sto-
vail, and he will soon see the wisdom OF
submitting to the several propositions that
made him.
..Somers said that he did not want to
sell Stovan but he wanted to strengthen
the Cleveland team. ! believe that sue
ceeded in proving to him that he could
do this without my giving him Harry
Lord. Somers needs third base material
however, I believe. and We need strong
first baseman, which Stovall certainly IS.
But do not feel like weakening the Tar
corner to strengthen first base peheVe
we will get together in a week or SO on
some kind of an understanding. Our con-
ference, while not absolutely dennite. GER
tainly bids fair to show results.
Mr. Somers spent several hours with
callahan at his headquarters at the
White Sox park and good-naturedly twit-
ted the Chicago manager over the 1act
that he felt certain he would beat MN
out in the race the coming season. IT Is
understood that Mr.. Somers was here IN
connection with the business relating 70
his coal properties. Callahan laugnine!y
said, however "Somers seemed to forget
ali about business and did nothing put
talk base ball while he was with me-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27

CHICAGO, January T.-"The White
Sox will have fine first baseman by the
time the season opens. and 1 believe his
name will be Stovall."
This statement was made here last
night by Manager Jimmy Callahan fol
lowing a conference between himself and
President Somers of the Cleveland club
Primarily Mr.. Somers came here on bust
ness Of private nature. but took the
time to drop in on Manager Callahan and
talk trade. Callahan's first proposition
to the Cleveland man was to buy Stovall
outright.
Il want players" replied Mr.. Somers,
land not money. ! could use Harry Lord
and am willing to give you Stovall for
your third baseman."
Callahan demurred to this and offered
Mr.. Somers cash or several other play
ers for the Cleveland man.
In speaking of their conference. Mr..
Callahan said: IT feel certain that Stovall
will be In g. White SOx uniform by the
time we open our season. l cannot give
the positive announcement, as Mr.. Som
ers and myself did not reach a definite
understanding, but I feel justified in say
ing that we progressed far enough to in
dicate to my mind that the Cleveland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
BY J. ED aRILLo.

Abe Attell is thinking about bringing
suit against the New York boxing COM
mission for having barred him from par
ticipating in any bouts for the next six
months. 1t is to be hoped that Abe will
go through with his threat, for once the
matter gets into court there will be some
interesting developments regarding Abe 8
methods Of arranging fights.
Fortunately, the commission has not
made public all it knows about the At
tell-Brown bout. and on this account
Attell and his manager are proceeding
slowly, for fear that when the expose
comes 1t will show matters to have been
really worse than was suspected.
Attelis next fight will be with Johnny
Kilbane February % on the coast. XII
bane is said to be a tough proposition,
and unless Attell can fix him he may
meet his master on this occasion.
With Johnson guaranteed $31, 600, the
question naturally arises, Where is Flynn
coming in If that fight between this pair
ever takes place? There is really not
enough interest III the bout to bring the
gate money up to Johnson's guarantee
let alone pay other expenses or keep a
little piece for Flynn.
OF course the making Of the bout has
given Flynn some .notOFiety which he
finds helpful in his theatrical engage
ments, but he could probably get more
money lighting the several ambitious
white hopes than he will by waiting to
| meet Johnson and get nothing for his
trouble.
Judging from the few players who have
been IN the American League continuousi,
since its expansion in 1901. the career Of
q major LEAGUE ball player is short. u
the 200 players who were in the Amen.
can League in the season Of 1901, when
the younger organization made it's rea
bid for equal honors with the National
League. only three are fixtures for the
next campaign. Each one OF these play
ers is bright and particular star in his
department, and is expected to shine as
brilliantly this season as heretofore. These
three are Nap Lajoie of Cleveland; Eddie
Plank, the southpaw of the Athletics, and
Billy Sullivan, the catcher of the White
Sox In 1901 Iajoie was with the Ath-
letics, but the following spring joined the
Maps. Of which team he has been mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27

the course Of the ball, which passed di-
rectly over the center of the plate, MAX
ing. the third strike on the batter, and
retiring the side. In reality the base
runner has stolen home, but the third
strike, which retired the side, made his
run void.
Immediately the fans believe the UNI
pire has declared the base runner out.
They look on 1t as q horrible decision,
and don't hesitate to say SO. Thus the
umpire Is roundly abused. simply be-
cause the fans have gotten an entirely
incorrect impression Of the play.
Often the base runner would have made
successful steal of home without any
outside help. The batsman however in
an effort to aid him interferes with the
catcher in making the play, thus forcing
the umpire to declare an out because of
the interference. Every now and then
the catcher, seeing the base runner is
pretty certain to reach home in safety,
loses his head momentarily. rushes out
in front OF the plate. receives the legal
delivery. and apparently tags the man
out. Such action on the part OF the
catcher is baik, and the umpire is
forced to score a run. although to the
spectators it seems as II he was an easy
out
In other cases the base runner appar-
emily steals home, and the fans are much
surprised to see the umpire send the run
In such cases you can rest assured that
the catcher has interfered with the batter
in his effort to hit the ball. The rule
covering this play in my humble opinion
is bad one 1t enables the foxy catcher
by taking advantage Of 1t to break UP
the steal home or the squeeze two of the
most sensational plays in base ball. I
have discussed this play In a previous
article. All the catcher has to do, II he
believes the runner stands a good chance
of scoring, is to tip the batters stick and
play Is stopped. the batter being sent to
first and the runner back to third. no
runners being allowed to advance on such
a play except when forced.
A wide throw often pulls fielder q
few inches OFF the bag, making the rum
ner safe, when from the stands 1t looks
like an easy out. Often a base runner
slides back to the bag and seems safe,
but is declared out by the umpire. In
such cases the man covering the base
that the runner. instead of sliding back
into the base, is simply up against the
infielder's shoe. Many times during the
year a player reaches bag In advance
of the throw, seems safe from dis
lance, but has overslid few inches, and
is touched before he has time to return.
Often the ball reaches the base in. ad-
vance of the runner and he is apparently
out. Momentarily cloud Of dust OBJ
| scures the play; the infielder drops the
ball. making the runner safe, but the
fielder has the ball in hand again before
the dust lifts. The umpire sees the miss.
the crowd doesn't. Result, the decision
| is hooted as rotten"
Oh, yes, the life of the umpire would
| be much easier If the fans only knew
what really happened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
WILL CHALLENGE.
Royal Canadian Yacht Club to Try
for Trophy.

BUFFALO, n. Y, January 25.-There
is strong probability that the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club will challenge for
the new trophy which has been offered
for yachtsmen of the lakes. This trophy is
to take the place of the Canada cup, now
held by the Rochester Yacht Club. and
about which there was a long controversy
two years ago. The Canadians have the
31-rater Patricia, with which they re-
tanned the Fisher cup last summer in
series of races with the Seneca of
Rochester, and it is very probable that
a series of races will be arranged for the
new trophy and that the Patricia will be
named The conditions governing the
new cup require that the yacht must be
built in the country from which the
challenge is made. but, as the Patricia,
which was built at East Booth Bay, Me-,
was sailing before the conditions of this
cup were framed. she will be allowed to
compete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
PUSHING NEW LEAGUES.
Promoters of Two Organizations in
Cleveland.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. January 27.-Both
the new base ball leagues that are pro-
posed for the big cities the coming sea-
son have an eye on Cleveland to support
a team. j. T. Powers Of Chicago, who
is seeking to organize the Columbian
League. and A. S. Whitman of Reading,
promoting the United States League, ar
rived here today to look the field over.
The visitors soon got together and agreed
that but one should place a team in
Cleveland. 1t is said it was not de-
cided, however, which one that should
be. Powers, however. it is understood,
has engaged team hacker and grounds
Whitman, too, consulted with local men,
whom he sought to interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
TO BUY REMNANT.
Giants Receive Check for 500 for
New Flag.

NEW YORK, January "a check fol
500, carefully signed by Secretary Heyd-
Ter OF the National League, is in the
hands Of Secretary O'Brien Of the New
York Nationals. 1t is part OF the annual
reward reaped by the pennant winners
being the amount allowed by the league
for the purchase of championship nag
Just what the design will be for the
new pennant at the Polo Grounds sta
dunn is not known. but 1t will be OF SILK
and as good as 800 can buy. It viii
wave to the breeze from the fagmast
whore the worlds championship pennant
won by the Giants in 1905 has heretofore
flown.