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had wrought such a wonderful change
In the athletes and athletics Of Sweden.
THORPE GREATEST ALL.ARoUNp
AIhLErE oE AGE.

Wonderful as was the showing mad.
by the Swedes In the wide range o.
events which made up the programme.
greater stlll was America in her tri-
umph. Not only In the stadium, where
the team made "a clean sweep. was her
superiority demonstrated, but also In
swimming. shooting and cycling the
wesrers of the stars and stripes shone
brilliantly among their competitors
Forty-four points were gathered by the
United States in these events alone.
Like giant among piginies stands
Jim Thorpe, the wonderful Carlisle In
dian. whose performances stamped hlm
he greatest all-around athlete OF she
age. lie competed IN no less than sew
cnteen events In the stadium. Fifteen
OF these were, Of course. grouped In
tho penta hlou and decatfslon, both OF
walch he won with ease. The other
two were the running broad Jump. in
which he cleared q feet. and the run
nlng high. in which he finished fourth
with Il leap OF feet / 1-2 inches.
Next to Thorpe stands the great
Finnish distance runner, Kohlemainen.
He scored hollow victories In both the
1000 metres ana the cross country. hut
was extended to his limit In the b.Dl
metre by Jean Bouin. the French
holder OF many records. While the
Amer can distance men and their train.
ers knew OF these two phenoms beror,
starting for the games. they deceived
themselves into thinking they would
not find the Europeans such toug n
propositions, and although two or three
Of our boys were out OF condition, they
agreed after the races that we We're
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Hasha the Speediest and Smallest
Rider in the MOtorcyclinq Game

''"sh"' Whue WORKING at the state
Fair at Dallas, Tex. he rode his first
motorcycle race 20 Al In. and showed
TO such sood advantage that the fac
tory. which was making fast motors
Mt the time, picked him up and put
him into the biggest contests OF the
year,
From the Line that he started riding
Tie two-whoeled Jusgernauts he showed
remarkable skin. Ills small frame ac.
commodated it, Ell 20 the machine with
remarkable agility until he seemed 10
become par. Of II. and he swung
| around the dirt racks till he was the
sensation OF the country.
When the hoard tracks came into
prominence he adapted himself 10 this
, branch of the .port with tho same speed
| that he exhibited In the old game. mt
io-day ne Is looked upon as one OF tn
best men that has ever handled The
! grp-voHtrol,
| In the battle with Albright io.nor-
! row nlsht h will De- given one OF the
best tosts that he has been subject ID
TO, and the New York fans will y,
enabled to see him In action under
strong competition,
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Timely Drive Sent Higgins
and Magee Home, Too, in
Third Inning.
BATTING ORDER.

WASHINGTON PARK. BROOKLYN.
Aug. 1.-The Dodgers had blood in their
eye when they started out this after
noon 70 give at. Louis Jolt at the very
| outset OF the series. All the fighting
glood Col. Ebbets crew possesses was
aroused by the Ave straight defeats sur
fered AT the hands OF the Cubs last
week, and II was quickly evident that II
| st. Louis was 10 win IL would be at the
price OF a strenuous effort. There were
| about two Thousand fans in the grand
stand and bicachers when the contest
] started. Bresnahan sent Sal,ee and
| Winso into starr the battery work for
ST. Louis knetzer and Miller were the
Brooklyn pair.
First fnning-HugEins fled foul to
Fisher. Magee fouied several times and
| walked Mowrey also drew four balls.
Konetchy famed amid great applause.
| The side was retired when Ellis went
| out AT first. Cutshaw TO Daubert. NO
RUNS
Moran struck out. Hummel sent q fly
10 deep right. watch Fills got a glove
on, but could not hold. and tho Dodzer
reached second, Smith flied out TO Ma
long ny. retiring the side, NO RUNS.
| Second inning--Knctzer steadied a
bit in the second and quickly famed
IIouser. Cakes singled past second
but winso picked out three bad one.
and whlffcd out. Sallee was also re-
tired on strikes. and the crowd gave
KnetEer a hand. NO RUNS.
| Wheat flied out to Oakes. Ellis
couldn't hold Cutshaw's fly and the
Dodger was safe on first, but was
forced at second. HurG!ns to Houser
Miller retired the side by flying u
Ellis. NO RUNS.
Third Innins. Smith ran IN front Of
Fisher on Hugglns' grounder and the
Card reached first. Magee walked again
Mowrey sacrificed knetzer to Daubert
| Then the grand smash occurred. Ko
netchy laced II 10 left for -four bases
scoring Huggins and Magee. Ellis out
Knetxer TO Daubert. Houssr single J.
The agony for Brooklyn ended will
Oaxess fly to Wheat THREE RUNS
Knetzer singled through short. Morar
forced Knetzer on srounder. Hum a,e
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Wagner Starts Things With
Homer and All Hands Con-
tribute to Slaughter.
BATTING ORDER,


' The opening game between the Giants
and tho Pirates drew "A crowd OF 5000
to the Folio Grounds this afternoon, and
much interest was added to the contest
by the fact that Vanguard was pi,chlns.
Alike Donlin was back in the lineup
as regular Pirate outnclder and re-
ccived great ovation when he Arst
came to bat.
The Pirates jumped into the lead In
the first inning. After Byrne had gone
out Carey walked and was forced out
by Donlin. Hans Wagner then SMASHED
long drive into the LETT field bleach.
ors for home run. scoring Mike ahead
of him. Miller also walked. but wa
forced out by Wilson. TWO RUNS.
The Giants drew blank IN their
part OF the inning. Snodgrsss got a
base on balls AMI stole second. Rat
Doyle Becker and Merklc all died m
high flies.
The Pirates kept pounding at Ma
guard in the second until they piled up
another bunch OF runs and drove him
from the box. Mccarthy started 1t with
a three-base smash to eft centre. 0s1-
son was out on grounder 20 Merele.
Hendrix struck out. nut Meyers ie. tho
shet one get ny MIN ana ne was al 10 Rt
first. Byrne singled n right, scoring
Mccarthy. A Wild pitch by Marquard
advanced both runners. and Carey sin
slci 10 left. scoring Hendrix and Byrne.
Carey taking second on the throw.
bonl'n had d iuke single over and Ca
res scored. Wagner forced on. Donl.n
and Miller struck out. -FOUR RIMS.
Tee Giants again drew a blank. MUIR
ray grounded out to Wagner, Hendrix
throw out lieraos: Meyers walked, but
Fletcher popped out to Mccarthy.
hmes took Marquard's place IN the
box.
A.nes did 5e:ter and retired the Pr
a;cs wlthpu. a rIn In the laird. Wilson
oparei r..n Il two-Jagger and went 70
thirl ou McCarthy's sacrifice. but c;.h-
son, lied To- Murray aud Herzog threv
our Hendrix. NO RUNS.
\ftcr .tmes had struck out for tho
Giants Saodgrsss AID Doyle both sin
sied. but Sn0igrass was or, trying TO
take third on Doy!e's hit. Becker
forced Doyle second NO RUNS.
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Europe Has Shown Us the
Way Over the Long Courses
in the Last Three Olympic
Meets.
RyLAWsON ROBERTSON.

ny LAWSON ROBERTSON.
(soseial Correspondent Of The Eve
njno World at the Olympic 0ames.)
- low that the hfth Olympisd Ii
nj a thing Of history and the
/ y NTH victory Of the American
athletes has been duly impressed
upon the nations, the world must
now don its hat 10 Sweden In &C.
owledgment Of the manner In
which the games were conducted. OF
course there were some events which
called forth protest. but In spite OF
this there was a spirit Of fairness and
general disposition to please every
body.
Some compensation for their hard
work as host to thirty-eight nations
was obtained when on the last day o.
IN. games the swedes could look at the
scoreboard and lind that their country,
with n total population smaller than
London. had not only given America q
hard nxht, but had also scored almost
double the points credited It's nearest
opponent. Great Britain.
The Swedes. WHO regarded the
Olympic Games as a definite ana pow
erfui weapon for the promotion OF ma
tional culture and. as the Crown Prince
said In his farewell address. IA stronger
factor for peace than ten thousand
peace conferences. spared no pains In
their four years Of preparation for the
event. To build mp team OF athletes
for whom the nation could root, they
began by importing the American
trainer. Ernie Hterthers. Hjcrtherg' =
organization and training methods
promptly injected a spirit Of American
ism into tine proceedings. The swedes
'rah, ran, ram when one OF their coun-
trymen appeared In the van opened the
eyes OF all the nations, and even be-
fore the games were over II was openly
rumored that both England and Ger
many were angling for the man who
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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

N~sults Of Y~sterday's Gnses.
hochsster =; Jersey CITY D.
Montreal. y. Nswsrf. q.
Games Scheduled for To-Day,
NsvafA a. Noa.rtG Two gsmes
baltimore at Toronto. Two BamS
Pro,il.ncs a. Buffalo.
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AMERICA WAS iNvlNciBLE IN
THE SPRjNTS,

In the spirits America was invincible.
In the SOO-metre Meredith. merely a
schoolboy, won from the veteran Shep-
pard. the greatest track general OF tho
age, because Sheppard was too anxious.
The l,5O0-metre race was looked upon
as a gift to America, what with Jones
and Kiviat carrying the American col
Ors. As In the case OF the S0O-metre
the field was large and unwieldy. Many
think the hest man did not win, and
that one OF the six Americans should
have been sacrificed as n paccmaker to
XIII of the Britlsher. Jackson. 1t Is
well this was no, done, for it was lust
this for which we crlt,cistd our British
cousins In 1908. Furthermore. jackson
In great runner, and Will do greater
things yet.
We were wofuily weak in the hop,
step and Jump and javelin throws.
There IL no reason why an abundance
Of hop. step and jumpers cannot he
developed in the United States. and now
that this event Is AN Olympic fixture 1t
seems as though the athletic clubs and
Intercollegiate associations ought to add
this event and the javelin to their lists
OF open events for dual meets and inter-
scholastic and intercollegiate champion
ships.
Our twelve entries in the Marathon.
with one exception, wero in excellent
condition. and all finished with lots 10
spare. Had The race been a team prize
America would have gained the hon.
ors, for ten OF our men finished among
the flrst nineteen. Everything was "all
TO the American" In the weights, AZ In
, the lsn-metre relay. The only false
note was our unfortunate disqualified.
! ton in the t00-metre relay.
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Battling Hurley. the Psssaic Cyclone.
bea Jack Lundy at the Royale A. -. a.
Brooklyn Saturday night. The belt was
a welcome sound to I.undy In both the
ninth ana tenth rounds.
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TITUS FORCED OUT
OF ROWING REGATTA
At LAST MINUTE

~ account OF an injury to his hand.
Constance y, illus, the New
York sculler who won the cfam-
pionshlp In 1905 and who expected to
make q "come-back' In the fortleth an
nual regatta or the National Associa-
ton OF Amateur Oarsmen at Peoria,
Ill, next Friday and Saturday, has
withdrawn his antry. TWENTY-FIVE row.
ing clubs of the United states and
Canada will compete In the event, with
the St. Louis clubs and the Winnipeg
Rowing Club the most promising start
ere. The withdrawal OF Titus leaves the
championship senior single scuilinr
event 10 u. u. Butler OF Toronto and r.
IT, sheppard OF the Harlem Rowine
Club OF New York.
H. l.. Wcstfsil successfully defended the Ian
easter cup IN IN. challenge round ~ the teuni,
singles yesterday 81 k~issmer, l.. !. 4. II, Mar
u, . r.s r,Rsr W.. sr ne eS.lsnss "u , cen
The first oct .aA the hardest fought ons. but aite
that Man tired and wOstfsll Won. al -, 81
Ray Peck. the Newark speed demon. isaped I,
ihe front At the stadium Motoriroms by deistln,
out d thrss. JOHNNY Albright q beaver espius,
the ii,si%,,s Professional fen Mercer and Wrsl
at2 IS Merrisr fini.hed second and wrsy tool
down third money. Arthur ChAppe lowered BIZ
So-sscond track record 10 rs a. In a twomll,
record trial he vgstsfrd !. 10 SIS. one nth of
second lower than the former record
J. iTvtr iurktpbsrh's Empire @, the At.4nti,
Yacht Club won the long distance power. boat rae,
nom the clubhouse at the foot Of siItieth street
South irooklyn. Ia ssaonght, thence 10 ant
around the Ambrose chsnu.i iisnt aud bach TO tn
.isrias ,iDs !, s'S jns craft SIs Of fosty
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Texas Daredevils Early Pro-
fesSional Life Spent as Fea-
lure of Water Show.
distinction Of being the small
est and also the fastest motor

TUli distinction OF being the small
est and also the fastest motor
plot falls to Eddie Hasha, the
Texas speed King. holder Of the worlds
mile record, who meets Johnny AL
bright OF Denver in the feature race
at the Stadium Motordrone at Brighton
Beach tomorrow night.
Weighing but lis pounds, the Ett',
daredevil whose record-smash.ns trips
have made aim the sensation of every
track where ho has appeard, is Il plgWy
when matched IN size with some Of tho
other stars u the motor game. but ha
has been riding with the best OF them
since his break into the sport, and to-
day he.stands In the front rank.
Hasha has been taking chances all
his life. His first professional life was
spent as the feature act OF Q water
show. with a hlgn diving speciality. He
played the Southwestern fairs for three
years --s.N vas billed . SPEEDY
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H|GHLANDERS SCORE
EARLY IN CLOSE GAME
WITH DETROIT TIGERS
Jennings's Men Tally in First
Inning Gil Bush'S Bad
Error.
BATTING ORDER.

DETROIT, Mich. Aug. 5.Fair wea til
er favored the Hig,landers and Tige;s
for the second game OF their series.
Despite the lowly position o: the New
York team Manager Wolverton stated
before the game that his team was N
the fight TO the finish and could IA
counted upon 10 do much damage
among the high moguls before the close
OF the season.
The Hilltops have been especially ca sy
for tho Tigers of late. and Jennings
said he expected no trouble in dispOs-
ing OF the series. The Tiger manager
Is saving his best front for Boston. The
hunllisting defeat OF the Detroit team
At the hands OF the Red Sox Is the last
Eastern series still rankles in the breas
of the scrappy manager and ne Is anx-
ious TO take fell out Of them when
they meet here this week
First Tnnins-paniels lined u double
to centre. Chase laid down a perfect
to third Moriarity retired Sterrett un.
assisted. Daniels scoring. linn went
out, Louden to Moriarity. ONE RUN.
Sweeney fielded Wits little tap tn
Chase. Martin made a mess Of Bush's
slow boundsr. Ximm sprinted over Ia
right centre for Cobb's drive, Bush pi,-
fering second. Crawford walked. Lon.
den singled to centre, scoring Bush
Crawford was nipped trying to make
third, Sterrett to simmons to Pad
dock ONE RUN.
Second Inning--Bush tossed SIM mon,
out at frst. Deal sprinted to the De.
troit bench for Paddock's FOUL. Martin
boosted to Muliin. NO RUNS
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Even in the Cross. Country Run
Our Club and College Cham
pions Failed Miserably at
Stockholm.
Co,yrsb'. 1912. BY the pnss Pabli.hiss 70.

hopelessly outclassed. Then when Eng
lands champion snatched third place
from George Bonhay. Americas best,
II began to look as though America
still has much TO learn about long-dis-
tance running. for Europe has shown
us the way over the long courses in the
last three Oiymplads.
Even IN the cross-country run our
club and college champions failed mis-
erably. In fairness to our men. how
ever, the course. designated as a 5000
metre eroes-country. WAS more like q
10 900 metre obstacle race. During SONS
stages the runners had to climb and
jump over verltable precipioes. not to
mention ditchcs and boys. Even the
Firms, who were barely beaten for
team honors by the swedes. protested
loudly. and they openly accused the
ofYiclals Of unfairness in laying out the
course and also claiming the swedish
runners had an advantage In being &C.
utaintcd with the course.
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AMERICA HAS MUCH TO LEARN
ABOUT DISTANCE RUNNING
Home Country Shouldn't
Prowde An the Judicial
Officials at 0ympiad,
SAYS Lawson Robertson.

~ 10 also generally aSfssA,"
says Lawson 1obsftson, the great
trainer Of the Ir1sh.Amsr1oan a.
o. ana the Evening worlds cor
rsSpondsnt 81 the recent 0lym-
Pic games at Stockholm, shat IL
70 not conducive 70 entire satis-
faction among the nations for the
home country to provide Ill the
judicial ofaoials. OF courss IL 10
hsrd 60 satisfy every one, but IL
does not seem fair that one conn.
try should have TO bear the whole
burden Of adverse criticism. n
has bssA said and believed BY
many that . Judge cannot prevent
. tings Of bias creeping into his
mind whore his own oouutrymsn
are concerned. II sssms ~ though
IL ought 10 be possible for each
country to nominsts JUDGES TO
take turns at serving With tho
stipulation that they withdraw
Whenever their own countrymsn
are under observation.
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. - q: e.; "a ast Ss. e. !;
0Ast sfiisA Sd =. bns. sto |? A. ~ %;
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singled past third. Smith famed and
Moran was nailed at second. NO
RUNS.
FOURTH INNING.-Wingos' long ily
ended IN Hummel's nit. Sallec again
struck out. The sido was retired ~
Higgins ny to Cutshaw. NO RUNS.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-07

spirit which Is abroad IN the countys
beginning with october lst Demlng
VIII spend Ia twelve months the SUN
.of 100000 for advertising. The vlgor
and daring broodncss of the ndvcrtis-
Ing campaign inauguratcd and carried
out so successfully In the last few
years by Dcming has astonishcd tho
larger towns OF the state. While the
latter have been cxhortcd by their
press Go uy the magic influence of
printers ink for placing their COM
munitivs before the people OF other
states IN an advantageous manner
they have, as n rule. refused the cdi-
,orial advice and our large towns are
now douug nothing. comparatively
speaking. to advertise New McXico'H
man, resources. The result is DEM
Ing is now the best advertised town
ln Nrv Mexico AND the hand of pros
pcriN is resting more than Ecu,l
upon her citizens.
Torrance county has AN orgonl2o-
ton which if properly encouraged
cnn by iudicious advertising. make
this central section ct the state tho
mecca of the immigrant who has his
Icycs turned to the southwest
We have everything here tu this
central county 90 encourage nu in
coming population. We have rail-
roads. an abundance or Irrigation
water. rains ana SHOWS To- cheaper
90, .. OF pumping. a magnificent
climut, with % minimum ,' wind. a.,
have timber and our vast mineral
resources are set untouched, uur soil
Is as rich as any iu the Rocky muuu-
taius; set, with all th,s, advantages,
We are passed hy lur less favored
cOmmuuItice WHY because Uo do
mo-, blow our horn loud enough Geo bc
heard outside of our own county %
So, want outsiders Co come here and
help us develop our many natural re-
sources. We must give our horn q
Gabriel blast
The Torrance County Development
society II given the moral ana finan-
Cial support of every citizen ot the
county. can ana will soon place eos
on the map This organization can
ON account OF being county wide. do
much in the way of advertising this
section az yer, low cost. " 10 rv'
cciycs the support II should have
Hence. every resident ot this counts
who desires 60 see 10 progress. -hpu,o
bee an active member ut the develop.
mcnt society.
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MUNICIPAL FARMING ~ OKLA
lIOMN.

An income OF $4,000 ycur from q
municipal farm is contemplated By
William r vohlbcrg city park supcr-
ir tcudcnt Of oklahoma city. II ppas
he b. making for agricultural en-, 20.
Irises are carried out
lie purposes 60 plac, la cultNuto,
tour hundred acres along GranI bout
Nard. motor car highway iv,u.y-
nine miles long that com ll,t,l
circles the city and which was come
p,rtcd recently aj cost of oboJt
&,fU.ouu. Hc expects returns TO the
ms ui about ilou AN acre
The area 20 De cultivated rs that
owned uy the city from the outer
edge of the speedway proper To- iho
border or the tract Vahlbcrg expects
TO plant alfilfo principally. and some
wheat, oats aud probably other crops
nom which there is good ipoomc
Tho planting and culti,Bung Of
these crops would give continual cm-
ploymcnt Co the small army OF men
employed by the park board. aud the
profits to the board from tar several
crops would be- considerably mrg,r
than 10 the area were cultivated by
private PARTIES
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Trlmble's LiyeTy slables Phone ,,
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uiils1oro-NiHe separate and disc
uuct ana consecutive bears we're seen
by Hay Graysun and two companions
Who have returned from hunting
Trip In tlc ilaCK Range. ono ~ them
WAS shot
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CONSERVING Carbon.

They have actually got us tu the
point where we dusu't even burn a
hmu ol ooal-assumin that We ar,
abl, tu buy tho lump without fear
ana trembling lest IL s tho last lump
thW this old earth viii produce for
a.. enrichment OF the coal man.
pf unusual interest was the report
oi ur Joseph 4. Holmes. director OF
a. United states burcau or mining
~, m.1, the startling statement that
of .uu.uHu.Ur tons of coal mined in
th country u-t ,rur. 100000. 90
tou u,r, either wasted an Icf, nm.
duuuuud probably unit FOR mur,
us. 400 addition 90 his tiy.tral
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and there was lull In the battle.
The horscmau was the referee ana he
told thr gallant soldiers that they
had been beaten, constructlycly be-
fore they fired shot, ana the brave
lieutenant Was informed that hc had
been dead. conslruc,lvcly three hours
aud fifteen minutes. This was au I'M
cidcnt of the recent war In which
several thousand soldiers took part
near Kansas city.
Tho soldiers were taken prisoners
constructi,cly ana they spent the
rect ot the afternoon soaking their
blslcrcd feet In ncar-by stream
The heroic young lieutenant went
straight 10 an automobile whore nut
tcriug things showed the presence OF
several young ladies, ana an hour
later he was drinking lcmonpdo ut
the club. This also was "wnr"-cru"l
savage "war!"
u ~ pleasant to contemplate What
science has done for war Novuday.
SOLDIERS fight bleed and die. con-
structlyclN without turning hair
They gain glory and corns in IA,
knowledge that they arr considered
first class life insurance risks when
they are Killed. construcuvcly. IA,
death h. pninlrss-nuy. 10 is most de-.
lightui. Tor they are Immediately
transplantcd To- tho heaven OF q shady
place where hIghballs an. thicker
than bullets
The thought Intrudcs itself that alI
modern wars ought To- De- conducted
In this humane ana pleasant was
why can't nations battle constructive.
~ ana sicgcs be- conducted un theory
why cannot wax bullet, take IA,
place ot the dcadl, lead ana steel
ana war purluko OF the aspects cot d
vacation War shoru or its blood
ana misery. OF lbs hurdships and cru.
city. ~ It's dreadful drain In human
lives ana property would bc very pop.
ular an around one might DE con,
structivcly hanged without q shuddcr
Ana city might bee constructlvcl,
captured and all H. people put to IN,
sword without interrupting street eat
traffic.