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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20
Ball Players Never Did Learn
to Lay Off, on Timothy Hurst

While Joe Birmingham is not a slug
ger, he is handy with the bat. Every
player loves base hits, for they make
800 averages, and 800 batting averages
get the money. 1t is natural to get
peeved when a slump occurs
Several years ago Joe was hitting
in fine style. His average vas near the
select 800 and naturally he was elated.
He didn't give it a thought when he
went for three games without a hit.
When six games passed in which Joe
failed to hit safely, he worried. Each
day with its failure increased the feel
ing. Not for a dozen games did Birmy
break into the hit column, and as a re-
suit his average shrunk to a rather
delicate figure.
In the twelfth game he made q near
hit. As is always the case when a fell
low Is going bad. the opposition seems
able to make sensational plays on every
ball hit by him. On this occasion Joe
hit q ball to deep short. st. Louis was
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20
MuIIin Ranks GainOr
Higher Than Hal Chase

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb. 20.-New
Workers may think differently; in fact,
the bugs In most ~metropolises may
cling to an absolutely opposite version.
but in the opinion of George Mullin,
the veteran right-hander of the De-
troit Tigers, who is paying his sixth
successive February visit to the Amer
lean Carlsbad. Hal Chase, the gem
orally accredited king of the first
sackers, is not as fast, cannot souse
the sphere as hard and has nothing
'on' Del d~iainer, Hughie jennings
youthful first bagman.
Gainer made his bow as a big
leageur last spring. He get off to a
running start and was one of the main
reasons why the Tigers beat the bar
rler in such sizzling style: also the
reason why they backed UP SO and
eventually tossed off what appeared
like a sure pennant to the merry mel
of Mr.. Mack.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20
Discovered! The Man Who
Discovered Roger Salmon

one end and a key on the other and
drew down electricity out of the clouds
some gink came along and said he
knew that lightning was bottled up
electricity all along.
just so in baseball. They all hang
around with their ears to the ground,
and the minute that they hear the
runlblings which presages tho advent
of a new phenom he has more discov-
erers than the combined population
statistics that six ordinary villages
can show.
The case of Roger Salmon is no ex-
ception. Roger was discovered before
he was able to wiggle his left toe
swing q rattle or say "agoo,' evident
ly from some of the stories which are
floating around since Salmon signed
with the worlds champion Athletics
Over in New York there's a fellow
named j. C. O'Reilly, who is ~supposeS
to scout for Louisville. O'Reilly says
he knew Roger was good before Connie
Mack ever heard of him and that he
was the first representative of a cluf
in organized baseball to tender Salmon
a contract. With striking logic he
goes ON to say that Ii was he Their
hat brought Roger into the limelight
Salmon never signed with Louisville
n perhaps he never heard of O'Reil-
ly, hut then those '~discoverers'' art
pretty good press agents, for in seek
ing the limelight for themselves they
pull youngsters into the same ring.
Long may they wave.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20

the opposing team, and Bobby Wallace
went over ON the run, made O one
handed stop and got the ball away with
the same motion. 1t was a hair line
decision and Tim Hurst declared Birm-
ingham out.
This play ended the game and Tim
was one of the first off the field. He
never ave Joe a chance to tell what
he thought of the ruling. A nights
rest didn't make Birmy feel better, and
when Tim CAME out to start the game
the following day Birmingham was
waiting for him.
THAT was a fine decision you made
on me yesterday. You must have lost
your sight entirely" was Birmingham's
creating.
'sOh, I guess I'll be able to worry
along.' answered Tim, ''but IL you don't
get y base hit SOC the folks in Elmira
will begin to think you have lost both
arms"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20

Gamer can outhit ghase and every
other first baseman in the world de-
clared Mullin in the rotunda Of the
Eastman Hotel the other afternoon.
He's a hitter. and it takes a Cobb or
a Crawford TO lose him in that depart
ment of the game. AS for Hal, Del
has him left at the post, only, perhaps,
when it comes to going through with
the hit-and-run stuff, and Del is rap
idly learning hat gag. AS for speed,
Gamer is a much faster man than
Chase. Yes, Hal Isl probably the great
est defensive first baseman in the
game. owing to the ground he covers
and the fact that he is a left-handed
workman. But Gamer is steadier thar
Chase. though Del nor no one else will
pull as much fancy stuff as the New
Yorker. However,, the steady, reliable
mar on first goes for me, and Del has
it on Chase in this respect
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20
Sure Signs OF |
Early Spring
Are al Hand

The surest sign of spring comes along
when the semi-pro challenges and
notices of activities in the amateur
ranks begin to drift into the news
paper offices. Today's mail brought the
following baseball challenges:
The Windsor A. c.. held a meeting
recently and appointed Paul Brause
manager for h coming season. Thee
candidates are; w. Hahn, first base;
Bull Coddington. second base; III. Off,
shortstop; Bill Brause, third base; f
Schitlelick, left field: Paul Brause,
centre field; Edward Eberhardt, right
field. The Windsors would like to ar
range games with the Ironside F. c.,
Parkview A. c., Forest Hill r. c. and
teams of like strength. Address Pau
Brause, 173 Sixteenth avenue.
o
The Fifteenth Ward Belmont Pleas
ure Gu would like to hear from a
strong battery. a fast infelder to play
short and a good first baseman. rho
Belmonts would also like to book
games with all light semi-professional
teams within 100 miles of Newark Of
fering a suitable guarantee. the Morn
ingside A. c., of New York; West
tiaiieAn -. -, Gushing q. ID. =. anu
teams of like strength preferred. Ad-
dress all communications Belmont
p. c. headquarters, 1o1 Mt. Prospect
avenue.
o
The Red Hounds A. c. would like to
book races with any four-man running
teams. either Marathon or relays, at
the age of II and 10 years For chal-
lenges see Walter Bleier, manager, 80
Madison venue Newark, ". ].
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20
KINDS OF MOTOR
BOAT ENTHUSIASTS,

The boatmen who visit the motor
boat show in the Madison Square Gar
den are divided into three divisions.
There are those who are speed-cragy
ana who are looking for nothing but
speed, with the idea OF winning races;
those who love & small open boat, suit
rhle Tor afternoon outings, and those
who go in for cruising in comfort.
These three divisions of motor boat
men are all Well cared for at the show
TINS year, and in each division there
are some of the finest craft that have
ever been turned out from the builders
yards.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20

AZ FROM EVER

49,. the ouiet shades of evening there comes Z mighty tramp,
M NJ usa,o Of an army that has broken up Its camp
cohmnf aced AM SAD Of Visage, like a los With busted tah,
nmo Never vases along to hit the odh home trai
~ a. book 10 h bushes where they looked SO perta Inc Sect,
paok uhere h rootersn never noticed awkward feet,
p.cE uber n ocer trusted them for Things TO eat
-" n IFS zach to the bushes in the morning.
yyn beads held high to d. oil die, wherever they should roam;
no 40 or die. that was their boast, and q. they surely tried;
80 &c they couldn't {, of course, It's natural that they die
n is hack TO the busiA where the happy dreams were o"h,
paok where there's moss to cling on every rolling stone,
paer where the crowd don't kick because a head is bone
80 o. it's back to the bushes in thu morning.
!, pnnlimviu they brstledh the forefront of the fight,
~ n seems thew carried nothing up except an appetite;
Their batting al all tenderness, their fielding awful coarse;
Tpey co,udnt steal a base, unless they rode aaCharey- horse.
pnok where The pitching is especially perpendicular,
pack where the umpfres voice gives n 20 ofense auricular-
- hrs ack 10 the bushes n the morning.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20

That William McGill should make
good with the Norfolk team. of the
Virginia League, with which club he
signed a contract to play yesterday, is
evident by the excellent record he has
made while a member of semi-pro
teams in this city and vicinity. McGill,
although but 20 years of age, is a
c~rackajack. and has batted close to the
500 mark with such prominent aggre-
ations as the Morristown A.. A., Ar
mory A. G. and Forest Hill A. c., of the
County League. 1t was with the lat
ter team that he made a grand bat
ting average of .525. He will have Joe
Finneran, an Orange hoy, as a team
mate in the South.
600
Hughie Jennings has been III base
ball longer than any other man on his
teams roster. He has seen twenty
one years service. Other veterans are
Sam Crawford, twelve years; Jim Del
ehanty, thirteen: Wild Bill Donovan,
seventeen: Davy Jones, ten; George
Mullin, eleven, and Charley Schmidt,
ten.
Pitcher Donovan is The Oldest player
on the team. He is 80 years old. Five
men are on the pay roll who nave not
yet attained their majority.
Crawford is the heaviest, weighing
1875 pounds. owen Bush is the lightest.
He tips the scales at 14S pounds.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20
YALE GRAPpLERS DOWN HARVARD.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 2O.-The
first wrestling team from Harvard to
compete with Yale met a decisive de-
feat here last night, losing all the seven
bouts. The 15S-pound and the heavy
weight bouts Were won by falls and the
others by decisions.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20

class. Some are worse. When the last
man is retired they climb into open
face vests and step behind the foot
lights, doing most anything, from the
theatrical manager to the public. UNI
til they again hear the call of the
mineral water diet.
OF this class it can be said that a
training trip lasting from the close of
one season to the opening of the next.
would do much toward e~levating the
stage.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20
GOODMAN AND BURNS.

The boxing supremacy of the West
Side will be determined at the Fair
mount A. c.. tonight. when Kid Burns
and Jack Goodman hook up for their
ten-round bout. Goodman Will have IA
slight advantage In the weights, as the
agreement stlpulates that he shall
weigh in at 40 pounds.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20
DE ORC BEHIND.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-J. A. Shoe
maker defeated Alfred De ORC in the
first block of their t~hree-eushion carom
billiard match at Doyle's Academy last
night. Shoemaker scored SO to De Oro's
AZ. Shoemaker's highest run was %
and De Oro's IL.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20

ing ear of the pitching marvel, The
brains and poolroom fellow get it
simultaneously.
Taking a look at the bank book,
searching for a balance, they clean the
mud from last years spikes, grab bat,
glove, rubber shirt and uniform and
board a train for the training camp.
The Sensation of the league Oh.
he goes back to ripen. He has served
his purpose!
All players do not belong to this
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20

When Chris Columbus discovered
America he had hardly flashed back
the news when some unknown stepped
forward and claimed a prior knowledge
of the location of the new world. When
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20
COMPTON TO

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 2O,-It was
announced here last night that the
Louisville Association team has pur-
chased Pitcher Compton from the Gin
cinnati National League Club.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20


Billy Lewis has recovered ifom the
effects of a couple of broken rlbs ne
sustained in his fight with Billy Sher-
man and will fight Young eastman
at the Fordon A. c. next Monday night.
Billy Is now under the management OF
Andy Blip and has plenty of work IN
sight.
Boyo Driscoll and Digger Stanley
have. been matched to meet in London
next Monday night. Both of these lads
are well known here, as they nave
done a lot of fighting in this city.
900
It's pretty hard to understand how
the Columbian and United States can
8 ne anything but outlaws, when one
considers they are encroaching OH ter
ritory already allotted to organized
baseball.
kid Lavinge, the Saginaw Kid, who
was at one time a good lightweight,
in Detroit last night h a
he intends reentering the ring, says an
exchange. OH shades of n~ever-ending
wonders,
900
owen Moran says he'll lick One
Round Hogan, Knockout Brown and
other lightweights to get another
chance at Ad Wolgast.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20

The National League will ask postal
authorities 10 watch out for mali Of
bookinakers on ball games.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-20

Manager Cavanaugh. of the knights
of Columbus team, of Harrison, mas
booked the fast Ironside A. G.. as the
Washington's Birthday card at Parish
Hall, Harrison.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
INACTIVITY DEFEATS.

On every hand you hear the re-
mark, "Let US have the commission
form of government" Well, ladies
and gentlemen, you can have the
commission form if you want it. Tell
every man ard woman that you meet
that you want it. Tell them we are
going to have it. Have them tell ev-
erybody they meet to come out to the
meeting at the court house tomorrow
night. Many of these much needed re-
forms in government are lost not be-
cause of the active opposition to them
but because of the inactivity of many
Of our citizens who are really in favor
of them. We can't blame any one who
is honestly opposed to change for
working that way, but we do insist
that the majority of the Durango peo-
pie are in favor of a change. Then
let us have good charter offered for
adoption.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
SURVIVORS
ON BOARD
.CARPATH|A

NEW YORK, April 1.-The revised
figures, given out this morning by the
officials of the Star Steamship COM
pany, place the number of dead in
the sinking of the liner Titanic at
1910.
1t is stated that the total number
of people aboard the Titanic was 2,17S,
comprising 1,46S passengers and the
crew of 800, that 1858 are aboard the
Carpathia.
The following wireless message was
received via Cape Race from Captain
Hadderock Of the steamship Olympic:
please allay rumors that any of
the Titanic's passengers are aboard
the Virginia. Neither are there any
aboard the Partisan. believe that
the second, third, fourth and fifth Of
ficers and the second Marconi opera
tor are the only officers reported
saved"
In faintest touch with the wireless
station at Sable island, the Cunard
liner Carpathia, with hundreds of
survivors Of the sunken Titanic on
board, was creeping down the coast
early this morning, making the best
time for this port the foggy conditions
would permit.
Speeding up the coast toward the
rescue ship, hoping to get within wire
less speaking distance of her before
many hours, were the scout cruisers
Salem and Chester, ordered by the
government at Washington to make
all haste possible toward breaking the
silence which so far has kept the sur
vivors on the Carpathia from making
known to the outside world the thrill
ing story Of the Titanic's last hours
afloat and the momentous happenings
after she had taken her two mile
plunge to the bottom off the Grand
Banks of New Foundland early Mon
day morning.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
NEWS
OF DISASTER
A MYSTERY

LONDON, April 1.-THE London
Standard prints this morning the fol
lowing under the head "a mystery
of the news who sent the wireless
falsehoods:"
"One of the mysteries in connec-
ton with the Titanic's disaster which
is at present unsolved is the extra
ordinary series of false messages with
which the world was lulled into fan
cied security on Monday.
"For sixteen hours, until 1 O'Clock
yesterday morning, right through the
editions of the evening papers and
the earlier morning editions flood
of alleged wireless messages were re
ceived. They reported that all the
passengers had been saved, that the
Titanic was proceeding under her own
steam to Halifax, that she could not
possibly sink, that twenty boatloads
of passengers had been transferred
to the Partisan, that the Partisan and
the Carpathia both were in attend
ance, that the Virginian was towing
the Titanic toward Cape Race to beach
her.
"Then when the true news came
that the Titanic had sunk at 2:30 a.
m. it put the possibility Of the great
disaster forward for tie first time.
"The news agencies and correspond
ents who sent the false news mes
sages merely transferred the reports
given out to them. All praise is due
them for their exceptional prompti-
tude, but who sent. these wireless mes
sages and from where were they sent :?
These are the questions the public
will naturally ask.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
ATTEND THE MEETING.

The commission plan of government
is receiving more attention just now
than is any other subject in Durango.
The people who feel that organized ef-
fort is better than none have formed
a league to work in the interests of
this PLAN This does not mean that
only those who are members are IA
voring the new system no more than
it means that Republican or Demu-
cratic club has all those who will Up
port the Republican or Democratic
tickets. There are hundreds Of peo-
pie in every community who are not
in position to give special time to
organization work, but are earnest ad-
vocates and take an active part as in
dividuals IN such movements. In this
work all who are in favor of chang
ing our present form of city govern
ment 20 tnat of the more efficient CON-
mission form are requested to meet
at the court house tomorrow evening
and becor,e acquainted with the work
being done along these lines.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
FREAK OF CHANCE
Is SHOWN IN DISASTER

CHICAGO, April 17.-Love for her
two younger sisters was the cause of
the death of Mrs. Alice johnson, n
passenger on the Titanic. She ex-
changed her second class tickets and,
with the two children, went into steer
age that with the money saved she
might bring her sisters to America.
The mother, her babies pnd the two
younger women probably perished.
Oscar w. Johnson of st. Charles,
H., a business man, was anxiously
scanning the newspaper accounts Of
the disaster Wien the postman
brought him letter mailed by his
wife before leaving her parents home
abroad.
Mr.. johnson had sent the money
for his wife to purchase a second-class
passage for herself and children
Harold, years old, and Eleanor, l
year old. They had spent the win
ter in Sweden and were coming home.
In a newspaper he read that practical
ly all the women and children Of the
first and seeond-elass cabins had been
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
IMPORTANT BUSINESS TONIGHT

Mr.. A. X. Riser, the United States
field man for dairy work in this sec
tion of the country, and r. L. Cochran,
the state dairy commissioner, arrived
in Durango last evening and are meet
ing the business men today in the
interests of dairy and creamery busi-
ness. Mr.. Riser is specialist in this
line of work and will address all in
terested at the board Of trade rooms
tonight at 8 o'clock. The meeting
promises to be one of an educational
nature preparing us for the awaken
ing in this industry. In many sec
tions of the United States the dairy
and butter business is the chief in
dustry of the people. Those who have
examined this territory claim it to be
naturally adapted by nature for dairy
ing and we feel sure that in the near
future this industry will be one Of We
most important engaged in in the San
Juan country.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
MEN ON BOARD NL-FATFD TITANIC FACE DEATH lIkF
HEROES WHILE THOSE THEY LOVED ARE SAVED

cleanup notices were being served
He recommended the individuals who
had no visible means of support be
employed by the police court agency
to repair the city streets. In connec.
tion with the police department the
board voted to provide horse feed for
horse which belongs to one of the
force. The animal is to be used in
the service.
Upon motion of Alderman Logan a
water main will be installed at the
cemetery from the northeast corner of
the G. A. r. lots to the west side of
the ground.
Bids for coal, lumber and printing
were submitted. The latter bids were
returned unopened because the Dem
ocrat management contended that in
the call for same issued by the city
clerk the section which relates to bal
lots was not sufficiently specific. The
board agreed the contention was a
just one. All bids were returned un-
opened and the bidders instructed to
file amended ones.
The coal contract for the year end
ing March 80, 1913, was awarded to
the Royal Coal and Coke company at
the following prices: Lump or nut,
$3 per ton; mine run, SITS; pea, $3.50,
and slack, SIPS.
The contract for flume slaves was
awarded to the Durango Planning Mill
and Lumber company, at $50 per
thousand feet The lumber Contract
was also awarded to said company,
'neir only bidding competitor beue
the independent Hardware and Lum-
Der company. The Independent Hard
ware and Lumber company bid S32 on
flume slaves and $22.75 per Thousand
on common lumber, rough or surfaced
as per specifications. The Planning Mill
company's bid on lumber was as fol
lows: On No. Ike SIS, $21 per
thousand; on 2x6 No. common
S1S1E, $3.50 per thousand; 3x4, AZ;
and 3x12 common No. l rough, S23 so
per thousand feet.
City Clerk Wilson was INSTRUCTED
to turn over polling list to the coun-
ty clerk in order that the registra-
tion list for election purposes might
be made out according to law.
Election judges for all precincts
were appointed for the election to be
held on May Ia, also polling places
designated.
All business being completed an ad-
journment was taken until the next
regular meeting May Z.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
EX-MARSHAL JAMES
BENNETT LAID TO REST

At $3.50 this morning the long fu-
neral procession eseorting the remains
of the late James Bennett, ex-city
marshal Of the cities of Montrose and
Durango, and pioneer resident of the
San Juan, left the family residence
at 422 Third avenue, for st. CoIum-
ba's church, where services were held
commencing at o'clock.
There was a large attendance OF
friends Of the departed, great many
of whom had known him from early
days. Members of Sitting Bull tribe
No. 48, l. o. r. NJ, and also of Aztec
camp, No. 30, w. o. W., were pres
ent in body, the eight pail bearers
being selected from the two organiza-
tions. They were Messrs. A. Bernard
Oswald Link, II. j. Brady, P. C. Cum
minis, N. Barton, Charles Wallace, Joe
Enninger and James O'Connell.
Rev. Father M. F. Callahan had
charge of the service, which included
the requiem high mass and sermon
in addition to special music. Inter
ment was in Greenmount.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
ONLY A FAIRY STORY.

c. C. Harris of Atlanta, Ga, is
spending the day in the city. Prob
ably Mr.. Harris would be very mucn
astonished to know that he was once
private secretary to President McKin-
ley. We were. In fact SO much SO
that we forget the rest as to the i'm
portant and secret mission which
brings the ex-secretary to the presi-
dent, to Durango at this time. While
we have no reason to believe that our
informant INDUCES habitually in pre-
varication (we'll ask his wife next
time we see here, and we still admit
fondness for fairy tales and pretty
speeches, but both must be at least,
plausible, or they are not much fun