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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-09

FOR sALE-GOOD PAIR FARM
mares weighing 1400 each in foal;
right. every way; also good wagon
and heavy harness. Geo. r. Giltner.
Ottumwa, Iowa, r. No. 9. Call Bell
phone Agency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-09

FOR SALE OR TRADE-SOUTHER
Iowa farm. Baldwin Agency, Union
vile, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-09

FoR SALE ALARM OF 931s ACRES
located near Kirkville Station, Iowa,
known as the VIM. Jenett farm. Price
$s5. j. e. Washington, 1913 Seventn
St. Des Moines, La.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15

Judge Rosalsky, who sentenced
Brandt for 30 years in order, it is
alleged, to break his association
with a member of Schiff's house
hold.
been written by Howard S. Cans,
Schlff's attorney, to then Police
Inspector Mclaughlin, pointed
to Cans as one of the conspirators
and the man at whose behest the
record had been. prepared. In
the letter Cans said he wanted a
record for Brandt which will in
sure a heavy sentence" -
That Cans fears indictment
was indicated when he retained
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15

Delaney Nicoll as his lawyer.
Cans declined to discuss the case,
except to say that at all times he
had represented Schiff in per
fectly legal manner"
The jury also took up the al
legation that while Brandt was
in the Tombs awaiting sentence,
conference was held at the Cri-
terion club, at which Judge Ros-
alsky, who later gave Brandt 80
years; Schiff, Cans, Mclaughlin
and man known as RothSchild,
were present.
Judge Rosalsky denied that he
had ever participated in such a
conference, and said he had never
been inside the Criterion club.
1t is generally believed that the
grand jury will return at least
two, and possibly five, indict-
ments for conspiracy against the
men already named. This atti-
tude is significant in view of the
fact that there were five partici-
pants in the alleged conference in
the Criterion club. A report will
probably be made within a week.
Meanwhile, it seems assured
that Brandt will be pardoned.
Justice Gerard has practically
threatened to Gov. Dix that he
will sustain the writ of habeas
corpus and cancel the sentence
already imposed on Brandt if he
is not Immediately released. This
canceling of the sentence would
make it plain that Justice Gerard
believed Rosalsky's action in SEN
+a-,o;,,cr D ~ooI ,,,o, TILT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
Matty's Great
Record On Mound
GIANTS HURLER PILED UP NUM-
EROUS VICTORIES IN IS YEARS
IN BIG LEAGUE.

Mathewson, since reporting to the
Giants in 1900, has pitched just 421
games for his people in National Lea
que fights, with 2s9 victories attached
against 1872 defeats. His average
through twelve years of mainstay
work stands 1856, and when it is re-
membered that his first three years
involved winning with tail-end team
the data flashed above can be better
apprecie ted
He worked but three games in 1900,
losing all three. But after this start,
taking up a full season's work, the
Giant star has known but one season
wherein he failed to beat 500. From
1903 on his lowest mark has been .647,
and in five Of these last eight years
he has Travelled at a $50 clip or bet
ter.
Mathewson's best season was in 1904
when he won So games and lost but 6
finishing with .814. His next best sea-
soh arrived in 1909, when he won rs
games with only defeats. His lar
gest list of victories was compiled in
1908, the Giants Inflated season, when
he came over with 81 wins out of 48
starts.
In viewing his work for 1911 the fig
ures show that Matty has worked at
an average clip. or only a few points
seasons.
Even more interesting is a record of
the Big Guns work against Ameri-
can league teams.
Since 1905, his debut season against
the rival circuit. Christy has fought
through eight post-season battles with
seven victories and one defeat. His
pOst-Season average is .875.
Matty's only defeat came from the
Boston Red Sox in 1909, when his peo-
pie were shut out and two runs were
scored against him. The boxed de-
tails attached furnish the complete
records.
In his eleven American league games
against Athletics, Red Sox and Yanks
Matty has yielded eighty-one hits. But
the most remarkable feature attached
to his entire showing is that in the
eleven post-prandial battles pitched,
the Giants has permitted but seven
teen runs. His only three shutouts
were against the Philadelphia team in
the series of 1905. The Yanks count
ed five runs off him in three games
in 1910 and the Red Sox scored two
years ago.
No American League club has ever
touched up Matty for over ten hits or
over four runs. The YankS and Red
Sox compiled ten swats each upon
two occasions, and the hard-hitting
AInle(1cS OF lSlz only dHdSSeQ twenty
five hits in three games
J. Franklin Baker and Iris Speaker
are about the only American 1eaguers
who have hit him effectively.
Mathewson is a native of Factory
vile, Pa. He first attracted attention
by his work for the Keystone Acad-
envy team at Factoryville. In 1897
he pitched for the Y. M. G. A. team
in Scranton. The next year he pitch
ed for the Bucknell College team and
he went through the season without
suffering a single defeat
After the college season was over
he joined the Honesdale, Pa, club,
and was with that club and with the
Taunton club Of the New England
League the following year.
It was not until he became a mem
Der of the Norfolk, Va, club of the
Virginia League that his playing at
tracted the attention of the top-notch-
ers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
Breaking Into The
n'ajor Leagues
The Hard Struggle Of Win
ming Success AS a Big
League Player
(By Hans Lobert, Third Baseman of
the Philadelphia National Club

(By Hans Lobert, Third Baseman Of
the Philadelphia National Club.)
In these days when baseball has be-
great game and so many thousand
American boys are looking forward to
a big league career, perhaps few
words from one who has been through
the experience might be acceptable.
The life of a professional ball play
er appeals to the healthy boy more
than ever before, and it is right that
it should. I believe one of the most
wholesome effects of the National
game has been the influence which it
has exerted on the healthful outdoor
life and physical exercise which it in
spires in the young. But, like all
ideals, Il must say it fades on realiza-
ton. for it involves a great deal of
hardship and disappointment. How
ever, in the end 1t certainly repays
man for all his anxiety and labor.
The boy who is to make" the big
league player of the future get his ex-
perience on the sand lots, in the back
yards, or on the outlying fields of his
home town. Here he receives his first
valuable lesson in that training upon
which his future success is built.
This is perhaps the most pleasant
experience of the big league players
life, for any petty worries or cares
which may come to him then are
quickly lost sight of in the dreams he
builds for the future. I suppose every
boy taking part in these games sees
himself sometime as Ty Cobb or a
Hans Wagner, and the fact that most
of these dreams never come true
doesn't make the battles of the corner
lot diamonds any less pleasant
Most of the boys, of course, who ell
gage in these childhood pastimes go
to higher schools. or drift into other
occupations or lack ability enough to
progress in the ranks of the profess
SIGNALS. But those who have the most
ability and most opportunity in time
make good enough showing to be
taken on by some Independent Club.
Here the training is more exact1ng,
more steadying and more according
to schedule. There is some of that
system which was lacking in the first
games OF the players earliest expert
ence when he sometimes engaged in a
game with seven men on a side and
ball made out Of carpet rags. Here
he begins to lose some of his ideal
view of baseball in the hard knocks
of practical experience and it is here,
if ever that he makes progress
enough to call his work to the atten-
ton of some major league scout.
1t is proud day in the life Of any
ball player when he signs his first
contract 1t does not make much
difference how small the league is or
how far down in the list of Glass D
clubs, it is at least a part of organ
lied baseball and he is a real pro-
fessional ball player He does not
stop to consider that there are thou
sands of players signed up yearly in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
JENNINGS HAS NEPHEW
ON NIAGARA VARSITY

Niagara Falls, April 20.--When the
Niagara University team lines up on
the diamond at Ithaca for the first
game of the season with Cornell uni
Versity, there will be a yOungster in
left field position upon whom the eyes
of all baseball fans and players
throughout the country will be train
ed. The youngster is Marty Corners,
nineteen years old, of Scranton, Pa,
and nephew of Hughie Jennings. He
has been placed at the university by
his uncle for development and Hughie
has asked Coach Barrett to keep a
close watch upon him with the hope
that he will ultimately develop into a
great player
There are many characteristics in
young Corners which denote his rela-
tionship to the Tigers great manager.
He is said to exhibit the same demon
lac enthusiasm while on the diamond
but off it is one Of the quietest and
most orderly students at the univer-
sity and a diligent scholar. Coach
Barrett is confident that he will make
good on the team and will give him
every opportunity for the development
of any embryoic talent he may possess.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
GIANTS DEFEAT
BROOKLYN EASILY
MathewsOn Presented With Auto BY
Fans of New York

The lid of the National League sea-
son in Manhattan was pried off at the
Polo Grounds yesterday, when Johnny
McGraw's Giants delighted the home
folk by throwing the harpoon into
the Brooklyn Superbas by a score Of
to 2. Though a fair-sized crowd
turned out to view the Giants in
their first championship game on their
native hearth this season, the usual
hurrah Of opening day was missing.
MathewSon was hit hard, but des-
pite the fact that Ebbets' men denied
teen bipgles. Matty pitched a heady
game On account of the cold he
did not work up full head of steam
except in emergencies. When there
was no danger of the Superbas men>
acing the scoring. station Matty was
satisfied to put the ball over the
visitors were in for a rally Mathew
son became the same old master Of
yore.
After the horseshoe was removed to
the side lines the automobile which
was to be presented to Christy
Mathewson was wheeled from centre
field to the home plate. The car is
a Columbia knight and was a pres
ent to the peerless Christopher from
the fans of New York, Joe HUMPHREYS
the demon announcer, made short
speech extolling 'Matty' and intro
duced Police Commissioner Rhine
lander Waldo, who made the presen-
tation to Mathewson. Matty looked
as pleased as a schoolboy, and seated
himself in. the car to see how it felt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
New Britain Is
Winner In Ho|yoke
BILL YALES BASE RUNNING
HELPS IN TEN INNING EX-
HIBITION VICTORY.

Holyoke, April 2O-Under atmos-
pheric conditions that might be call
ed ideal up in the polar league re-
gionS, but far from suited for base
ball at this season of the year in
this part of the universe, Dan O'Neil's
Holyoke Hopefuls and Jimmy MUIR
phys delegation of job seekers from
New Britain crossed the weather man
Friday afternoon, when they pulled off
a midsummer exhibition of the ma
tional pastime down on the Berkshire
street grounds. 1t took 10 innings to
land the winner and the decisions fin
ally went to the Nutmeg invaders by
to o.
AS an indication of the interest that
has already been aroused among To-
cal fans. the gate count showed 1900
paid admissions in spite of threaten
ing skies and chilly breezes. Until
Steve Manning was showed on the slab
in the 10th, with little chance to get
his southpaW flipper into shape, New
Britain had never been dangerous.
The sudden squirt that landed the
Murphy men on top had its inception
in a wild throw that Jack O'Hara
made to Tom Standard when Bill
Yale, the first man up in the 10th:
bumped a weak roller down third
base way. O'Hara's error gave Yale
second and when Decker flied out to
Tankersley in right, Yale went to
third, scoring when Sager went out at
first on a grounder to Manning. Ryan
hit out to right field, but Hannifin
tried for the ball instead of leaving
it for Tankersley, with the result that
Ryan got credit for hit. Manning
tried to get Ryan off first, but his
throw evaded Standard and Ryan
rushed along to third. Gygli turkey
trotted to first on four balls and
then started for second via the pilfer
,ro,,%a Ahoorp triod RI head off fha
base stealer. but the throw was poor
and Ryan came home with the second
and last~run. Cahill and Sager pitch
ed for New Britain. Ft
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
PENN TEAM BEATS
HOLY CROSS TO l

Worcester, Mass, April 2O-Holy
Cross went down to defeat at the
hands of the crack University of
Pennsylvania team on Fitton Field,
yesterday afternoon, in the opening
game of the season, score to 1, the
contest proving an interesting one
from start to finish. The Philadel-
phians scored their first run in the
third on bad error of the local team,
and was given another in the fifth,
when Lynch walked three men. A
neat single of McNabb's sent Dono-
van home, giving Pennsylvania the
winning run. The Holy Cross aggre-
cation held them in during the rest
of the battle, which was fought on a
muddy field.
The Holy Cross players scored their
only run in the fifth on a wild throw
Of Hawks to first on a pickup of Cans
bunt, but not once did they. have any
real opportunity. to increase their to-
tai, INLAY proving a puzzle from then
on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20

gress and threatens to become a dis
turbing factor when it comes to the
final adjustment of the title. I saw
the yOungster box ten rounds with
McGoorty at the National Sporting
Club several months ago, and while
the more experienced boxer earned the
verdict the bout was very close
throughout and Morrow proved a pu-
Pill worthy of his clever master Ryan
Is satisfied to make haste slowly and
believes the best plan to be adopted
In the development of his protege is to
give him thorough course in the
school of experience.
Johnny Kilbane is overwhelmed with
challenges OF all sorts these days.
Large and small, good, bad and in
different they all want to box At
that such are their ambitions. john
ny Dundee, the New York feather, who
cleaned up in the recent elimination
tournament. may be given first
chance with the champion. Likely
the Madison Square folks will corral
the match as the matchmaker propos-
es dealing in head-1iners exclusively
and can well afford to outbid rival or
CARNATIONS. It Is said Kilbane has
been made an offer of $500 to box
Dundee in the Garden arena.
Johnny has promised to give Attell
return match before the summer is
over, provided Abe does not permit
some mediocre performer to knocls
his block off in the interim. Jim
Coffroth is bidding for the engage
ment between champion and the Eek"
but Tom McCarey is thought to have
the affair sewed up.
1t may be said to Kilbane's credit
that he is generous champion There
are few who would give a deposed
title-holder q chance to regain lost
laurels so soon after defeat. 1t
smacks Of true craftsmanship on
Johnny's part as well as confidence in
his ability to defend the title.
JAMES J. CORBETT
April 90 1872
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
United Press
Wire Service

oiscouraging conditions. At first al
is pleasant enough. The newspa ps1s
have been Watching his record in W.
hibition games an are almost always
glad to give MN boost. Generally
they give him too much Of boost.
and this is bad all around. 1t raises
the expectations OF the public and it
makes it so much harder for tho new
man to make good.
When the new "phenom" finally ap-
pears on a major league diamond, he
finds himself watched by thousands
people expect great things of him,
for they have read the f1atteripg no.
tees Of the press. He feels very Anx-
ious to live up to their expectations
of his work, and because he is 80 anx-
1ous, he grows nervous and unable to
do himself Justice. Perhaps he fails
to hit, he may field poorly or get
mixed in some bad play on the bases
It is here that the older players or
the team begin to give him advice.
and quite often blame him for plays
which are not really his fault. II
the young man has any spirit, 1T :s up
to him to resent this and argue the
matter out with his teammates.
Usually the young player doesn't
make good from the start. He takes
part in several more games, perhaps
fails in some of his best opportunities
anu Is DenCneQ Dy the manager II
is here the older players begin to get
after him and make life miserable for
a while, just as the older students
haze the new men in many colleges.
This is the time when the young
player is having the crudeness and
lack of finish of his bush league days
ground out of him and the polish and
finish of the big league players work
substituted in its place. This, be-
Iieve, is the real turning point of a
big league players life. If he has nat
ural ability and faith in himself and
has spirit enough and perseverance
enough to stand the abuse and sar-
casm which is heaped upon him from
the other players, he is bound to make
good, but If he becomes disheartened
and discouraged, which is more than
likely to be the case, he loses his
nerve and has no prospect but spec
dy return to the minors.
In short, this is the last and most
strenuous experience Of ALL II the
young player falls here, he fails for
all time, but # he weathers the storm
he is fairly embarked on a career as
a major league player which should
last, barring accidents, for several
years, and which should repay him
in good measure for the difficulties
and hardships he has had to under
go in its achievement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
HOLDS YALE TO
ONE LONE SINGLE
But Jason Malcolm of This City Loses
Game BY Hard Luck

New Haven, April 2O-Although
Malcolm held Yale to a single nit.
this won yesterdays game, 2 to !.
from the University Of Vermont.
which had a clean cut lead of one to
nothing when the final inning began
The Green Mountaineers faltered just
long enough to allow the Ellis to push
two runs over the plate.
McGhie, pinch batsman, drew pass
in leading off, and Gross sacrificed.
McGhie scored the tieing run in an
uproar when Mayforth let a pitch
slide past The ball hit the --npire.
and Vermont claimed that McGhie
should have been sent back = third
base Captain Merritt worked Z a.
colin for a pass, slipped to second o..
the delayed steal, and was scored by
Reilly's single to right, the only safe
hit of the game Malcolm is a Bridge
port boy and formerly pitched for
Bridgeport High school.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
AMERICAN ATHLETES
WILL TAKE NO CHANCES
Steamer Chartered for Olympic Tour
to Garry Enough Lifeboa.s.

The Transportation Committee Of the
American Olympic Committee held a
conference yesterday morning after
getting in touch with the Custom
House authorities. and issued the fol-
lowing statement: ''The passengers
that make the trip to Stockholm on
the s. s. Finland which has been
chartered by the American Olympic
Committee to take the team of Amer
lean athletes and their friends to
Stockholm, Sweden, where Uncle Sans
athletes compete in the Olympic games
in July, will be we'll taken care OF in
the way of protection against any ac-
cident such as the Titanic met with,
as the Finland will be equipped with
enough lifeboats and RATS to keep
afoat at one time all he people on
board, both passengers I'd crew.
The gross tonnage of Ie s. s. Fin
land is 12,776; the car ng capacity
of passengers is 1854, c., PSI, a to-
tai of 2,145. She is fitted t. with if
teen boats and eight rats tn to-
tai carrying capacity of 974. On the
trip to Stockholm she will IN the
full crew, 281 and $50 passengers az
athletes, total of 631 in all on board
AS the lifeboats and RATS will accom-
modate 974 it will be seen that the
maximum number Of people to be on
board, 691, could be well taken care
of if any accident should occur.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
WEST ENDS TO
PLAY ANSONIAS
AT 8 TOMORROW

At West End Park. tomorrow. tho
West Ends will play the regular An
sonia team with Willie Hope at the
helm. Hope is the old Danbury
pitcher and has big reputation all
over the State. He will bring along
the following men to back him ur:
English 2b; Hurlburt, 1b; Doyle, r.:
Lynch, IT,; Graywacy, c; A. Nolan, CT;
r. Nolan, 3b; Davis, ss; Hope or Cor
coran, p.
The West Ends will have their best
team out, including Kerr, D'Andrea.
Nelson, Davis, Cunningham, Baker.
Johnson Kasperak and Havenfeltz.
Boyd and Treat, two new men, will
be given tryout. The former is an
outfielder and the latter a catcher.
The game will be called at p. r.
Rocky Farrell will umpire.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
THIS DATE IN
PUGILISTIC ANNALS

lSS2-John L. Sullivan knocked out
John McDermott in 3 rounds at Ro-
chester, N. Y.
1S84-"Prussian" Sheriff and r..
Welsh fought rs rounds, draw, in
Philadelphia.
1903-Jabez White defeated Spike
Sullivan in Is rounds at London.
1906-Jim Barry knocked out
Frank Steineck in 1 round at Madi-
son, Wis.
1911-Joe Jeanette knocked out
Al Kubiak in 8 rounds at New York
1911-Johnny Coulon outpointed
Phil McGovern in 10 rounds at Keno
sha, Wis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
Weather Indications

New Haven, April 20---Forecast.
Fair tonight, Sunday increasing cloud
mess probably followed by showers
Moderate, variable Winds
An area of high pressure central,
this morning, over western Pennsyl-
vania is producing pleasant weather
in the lake regian and along the At
lantic coast north of Hatteras, N. c..
A well defined storm area central over
Colorado is producing unsettled
weather with showers in the western
and southern sections. Temperatures
continue low over the northern sec
lions. FrOStS were reported this
morning, as far south as Philadelphia
and Atlantic City
Conditions favor for this vicinity
fair weather followed on Sunday by
increasing cloudiness and rising tenn
perature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
HARVARD TEAM WINS
FROM COLUMBIA NINE

Harvard defeated Columbia in a
loosely played game at New York, yes
terday, by a Score of to 5. Both
teams were reckless. on the bases, their
fielding was ragged and the pitching
was unsteady. For four innings Fell
ton, who pitched for the Crimson,
could not find the plate, but in the
fifth he began to improve, and before
the game ended struck out ten men.
He also issued ten passes, but allow
ed only three hits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
JOHN T. BRUSH OUT
AGAINST APRIL OPENINGS.

New York, April 20.-President
John T. Brush, of the Giants, opposes
the early opening of the baseball sea
son.
81 have looked up weather records
for the last dozen years and ! kt--
that the average temperature a -ais
part of the country is A or 45 de-
grees all through the month or
April" declared the Giants owner.
s'The southern trips are worthless un-
der present conditions. 1t is absurd
to begin the playing season In the
south"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20
WEST PARKS BEATEN
BY VETERANS, 6 TO 3

The game between the West Parks
of Bridgeport, and the Veterans of
Norwalk, resulted in victory for the
Norwalkers. The score was 63. This
is the first defeat for the West Parks
and they will try hard to make it the
only one.
Sunday, the west Parks play the
''Some Team" lads at Sport Hill. This
is the second game, the first being
stopped in the sixth on account of
rain.
Bob Landers. a newcomer from
Rochester, N. Y, has taken Ross
berg's position as left fielder for the
West Parks. LanderS is an excel
lent pitcher, and can also catch.