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New-York tribune., 1912-03-18
IN LONDON.

Why are they worrying DER the strike
In good old London town.
Why on each statesman's dome Of thought
Appears an anxious frown?
Why should they grieve Ger lack Of coal?
Why not that lack contemn?
The suftragettes Will make It sure
Quite hot enough for them.
There will be plenty things to burn
In good old London town:
Coal will not be the only fuel
For fiery words and burning wrath
And red hot atmosphere,
VIII all and more supply OF heat
That's needed many year.
Oh, therell be lots OF good warm times
In poor old London town,
For roasted will be every ono
From minister to crown;
The striking miner IL trial,
But minor one, as yet;
No mine can Yield the fires made by
The warlike suffragettei
Baltimore American.
\ court in the West recently tried a suit
brought by miner who had become sud-
denly rich against an express company for
damage done TO statue shipped 10 the
plaintiff and which was delivered minus
one arm. The manager OF the local express
Office was sure that the crate was deliv-
cred Just as received. After the case had
been on trial for an hour or so II occurred
TO the lawyer for the express company to
ask the plaintiff what the statute repre-
sented, and he answered. the Venus de
Milo" The Judge dismissed the suit.
Given up anything to please your wife
during Lent?
MY salary. as usual."-Detrolt Free
Press.
The Chinese believe that evil spirits are
able to move only in straight lines and that
they cannot penetrate through solid mat
ter. therefore the problem Of keeping them
out Of a dwelling or a garden seems 10
them a simple matter. On passing through
the entrance Of the ordinary middle-class
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

IoREIGN-An almost complete stop
,,.oo of railway service In England was
r,e,ea stoned nv the coal strike. -- Inc
Csormau miners. despite denials shoWeu
eions of weakening i'm the Westphahan
Jistrict .-- The offer Of a loan OF
600 600 taels. made by the four-
pnv-er" group TO the Chinese govern
r,,ent on Saturday, was Withdrawn OWInS
Il Premier Tang Shao-yis action ~ CLOS CLOS
ing with the offer Of the Franco beiSldh
Gvndicate behind the backs of the -Four
5ov.erJ' qrollp. - A Rumanian was
arrested I'm Rome. charged with beng
An accomplice of Antonio Dalba, VINO at-
ternpted last week the life OF the hllle
OF italy. - Francisco de la Barra lett
France for Mexico.
DOMESTIC. - President Taft lelt
Washington for Boston, where ne VIII
address the Massachusetts legislature
going afterward to New Hampshire 10
speak at Nashua, Manchester ana Con
cord. =- Secretary Knox sent caDle
message urging the ratitlcatloh Oh INC
Nicaragua treaty; he said business was
hammered by the Senates failure 10 acI
md that pleas for the convention were
rathetic - The Supreme Court VIII
he asked to order a trial in New YORK
of the so-called Amityville- Wyoming
coal land cases. - Rear Admiral
George W. Melville. u. 5. n. (reured)'
died in Philadelphia from paralysis.
- Ii was said at Boston that wage
increases in the mills OF New England
would aggregate more than $1O,OOO,ODO.
-- Sixty pounds of dynamite eN-
ploded in the fee pack in the Gehesee
River at Rochester did considerable
damage 10 surrounding property. -
A letter from the State Commission III
Lunacy to Governor Dix concerning alien
l. 10 ~ 4 hg
The business section of MOSS folht
Miss, was destroyed by fire.
CITY.-Cardinal Farley pontifcated at
ST. Patricks. and the preacher, Father
Vaughn, S. J., continued his attack on
socialism - Mrs. Grover Cleveland
attended the exercises in honor of the
seventy-flfth anniversary Of MI. CleVe-
lands birth. held in the great hall or
the City College. == It was said that
when the trial Of the sugar men was re-
sumed to-day attorneys for the defence
would object to the introduction of let
fsrs written by John +. Parsons, former
counsel of the American company. -
Dr. Alfred ]. Fox, Of No. 21O West Doth
street, announced that lie had effected 4
Cure for deafness Of eighteen years
standing by hypnotic suggestion. -==-
DIR. Mary Walker. the noted woman
physician, is dangerously i'll at the Pres
byterian Hospital. -- Judge Rosal o
sky's friends said they believed the bomb
which exploded in his apartment was
sent by some person on the East Side;
while the police advanced the theory
that it was the work of an insane man,
who also sent to Mrs. Taylor the bomb
which killed her. - A man was
killed in a Chinatown tong shooting
while an emissary from the Chinese En-
bassy at Washington was holding A
meeting to bring about peace between
the warning factions
THE WEATHER.-IndiC for to-
Ssv: Cloudy. The temperature yestcr~
day. Highest, 81 degrees; lowest. 80.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18
1T ALWAYS SEEMS so.

From The Charleston News and Courier
A man who wants to know how things look
on the other side. and is desirous OF inter-
viewing Julius Cesar and Horatio. drank a
lot OF carbolic acid. Then to be sure that he
would die he drank half pint OF wood alco-
hol That proved TO be a return trip ticket.
and now he's quite as active and well as any
body else in Kansas City. Providence certainly
cara ~ fools
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18

The deprivation OF New Jersey jus
tices OF the peace OF the power TO per
form marriages has already decreased
the number OF weddings in Jersey city
and Hoboken by one-third. Judging
from the character. antecedents and con-
sequences OF good many Hudson County
matches that may not be an unmixed
evil over which We should mourn as
those without hope.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18

II would be practicable and effective 70
nrevent such discriminatory through
rotee" when both railroads and steam
chin lines were under the same owner.
shin or would be necessary to forbid
such ownership That is the proDiem
which the pending measure involves
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18

o,0ned and published daily oO INC
Tribune Association, a Nelo YORK. coFpo-
ration: ogden II. Reid, President co"ae
HdmIin, Secretary; James al. baHe's'
Treasurer. address, Tribune bu''"'"''
No 154 Nassau street, Ne1o YORK.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18

The United States has no proud prece-
dence over Italy so far as the laws
delays" are concerned. The public pros
ecutor at Viterbo has just made sum-
ming up speech fifty hours long in the
prosecution OF the Camorrists. and their
trial has already lasted over year.
Some OF the procrastinators in our courts
ought to find the climate and legal insti-
tutions OF Italy highly congenial
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18
A BREAKFAST BENEFIT.

From The Washington star.
Burbank has developed stoneless plum. II
is unfortunate that the boneless goldfish cake is
little out OF his line.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18
HE HAD NO FAREWELL TOURS"

From The Philadelphia Ledger.
one of the oberammergau players has just
passed away at the age Of ninety-three. having
been q participant in the dscenniai play since
1850. Sarah Rsrnhsyat puli Look n hsa hacsiA
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18

inch stripes at old Fort Macon, n. C., dur
ing February and March, 1853. hope l
have made the method plain. c. NJ. g.
New York, March 9, 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18

New York apologies to Virginia for
certain recent disparaging remarks, and
will prove herself no less determined in
the effort to bring the guilty to justice.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18

The report OF a volcano under the
Canal Zone turns out TO have been both
metaphorically and literally nothing but
hot air"
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18

The Governors break with Murphy
comes too late to benefit his political
fortunes.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-18

Tho Iowa idea" now is that President
Taft should be renominatsd.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24
WHAT ZIMMERMAN DID
WITH HIS LITTLE BAT

Heinie Zimmerman. OF the Cubs.
was the j. Franklin Baker, of the
National league last season. leading
the players of the senior organization
in batting in runs. The Chicagoan
hammered home 9S TALES in Is con-
tests, being outranked in percentage
of runs batted home per game by
Larry Doyle, OF the Giants, winner
of the Chalmers car awarded to the
National leagues most valuable play
er, and by Jerry Ellington, of Pitts
burg and Charlie Stengei, Of Brook
lyn, athletes, who can he placed In
the morning glory class because they
took part In only a few games.
There was . close struggle for the
leadership In the total Of runs bat
ted in, Hans Wagner and Owen Will
son, of the Pirates, and Bill Sweeney.
of the Braves, doing almost as well
in this respect as Zimmerman, of Chi
cago, who was born in New York. and
Doyle, OF New York, who was born in
Illinois
Wagner batted In "a markers. Will
son. SO, and Sweeney, 90. Other
consistent clubers were Konetchy. Of
st. Louis: Murray. Of New York:
Mitchell and Hoblitzel. of Cincinnati,
and Miller, of Pittsburg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24
Racquet Champion
Decides to Retire

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.--Gecrge
standing. the Racquet and Tennis club
professional will retire from competi-
ton after January !. 1913, and Will
devote his entire time to his duties
at the Racquet club. With the ex-
ception OF Tom Petit, of Boston,
Standing il the oldest instructor OF
racquets and court tennis in the United
States. ana for several years has been
recognized as the leading exponent
Of the game In professional ranks
Since his arrival in this country
Standing has defeated many OF the
leading racquet and court tennis play
ers Of Europe. For many years stand
ing was classed among the four best
racquet players In the world. He de-
feated Tom Petit OF Boston, Fred
Forester, Of Lakewood; All Tompkins.
OF Philadelphia and many others. ana
was the acknowledged champion OF
America.
Hts victory over Peter Latham, OF
Englan nd, one OF the greatest racquet
PLAYERS Of all times, gave him the
worlds championship. which he sue
cessfuliy defended against Ferdinand
Garcin, Of France. Williams, the pres
emit British champion. Is the only play
err OF note who has defeated him
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24

The National leagues team Of time
Hest hitters would be made up OF
Alexander, of Philadelphia, and Mey-
ers, Of New York, as battery men;
Konetchy. Of St. Louis; Doyle, OF
New York: Zimmerman, Of Chicago,
and Sweeney. of Boston. as infield-
ers, and Wagner and Wilson. of Pitts
burg, and Murray, OF New York. as
outflelders. These men put the I'm
ishing touches to 1872 tallies.
Thirty-five hits were made in the
National last season that swept the
bases clear of their three tenants.
The only player who twice turned this
trick was Chief Wilson,. OF the Pi-
rates, he making a triple with the
hassocks congested off Dickson, Of
Boston and a homer when three were
on off Steele, of st. Louis. That
there was class to New York's pitch
ing stan is shown by the fact that
only once during the year was long
hit made off Giant hurler that
brought in three runs. Lee Magee. of
the Cardinals, made this wallop off
Jeff Tesreau when acting as an emer-
bency hitter.
Below will be found a list of the
National ieaguers Of 1912, who aver
aged SEQ or better in driving In runs:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24
Young Mr.. Hendrix
Is Gentleman and
Athlete AS Well

Howard w. Lanigan writes to the
Washington Star from Hot Springs,
Ark, this:
Railbirds here see so much baseball
In the spring that their forecasts can
scarcely be ciassed as childish chat
ter. A year ago at this time yours
truly waited 1T northward that joe
Wood. the Boston Red Sox's star
young twirler, was down to enjoy IA
phenomenally successful season He
had II. Now RiaIto talk his Claude
Hendrix, the crack young Pittsburg
pitcher. who is blessed with as stun
ming an athletic frame and as much
strength as the best in the profess
sion, slated to be the best bet In the
National leagues fiinging set Hen
dirk had a big season this year He
was high as to Victories and was Sec
Cnd high as to strike-outs.
Hendrix Is q whale OF a young man.
His habits could not be better; in
fact, in praising Claudea habits the
appended little anecdote ia not amiss:
Yours truly was engaged by New
York firm last March to secure the
signatures of n lot OF baseball stars.
Said signatures were desired to ena-
BILE a big New York tobacco house
to give away the photos OF said stars
with q certain brand OF cigarettes.
Under the laws Of the state OF New
York no photos OF a celebrity can be
given away In an advertising scheme
without written permission. I was
instructed 10 line up the Pirates, and
thanks to good pal OF mine on the
team secured the bunch with one ex-
ception. The exception was Hendrix.
He fatty refused to sign the little con-
tract
II don't think 1t right for a bunch OF
athletes to boost for a cigarette house
and by signing to let them give away
their pictures; that's what it practi-
cally means" stated the crack young
twirler in making known his objec-
ton. The kids are tempted to buy
cigarettes with our photos inside each
package. and while / am generally
agreeable, here Is where I balk."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24
Ahearn Outpoints
Britton in Bout

NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-Young
Ahearn. the dancing master Of Brook
lyn, outpointed Jack Britten. OF Chi
cage. in a hard fought ten round bout
a. the Royale A. c., OF Brooklyn.
tonight Ahearn Jabbed Britton at will
ana had the Windy City boy missing
continually. Time and time again
Ahearn had the crowd couating from
ore to five as he jumped his left to
Brtttons face without s. return.
Ahearn clearly outboxed Britton.
AMI he was easily entitled to the YER
dict Britton landed two hard
punches. one in the sixth and ar
other in the seventh rounds. and Ii
looked as though Ahearn vas going
out both times. but he raille1 and
held Britton safe from then on
The weights were; Britton. lS5 1-2.
Ahearn, 1876 "a.
In the first ten round bout Mickey
Deyine. OF New York. outfought Jini-
MY Barr, of Brooklyn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24

1t may be little early to launch
another crusade in favor Of number
ing the players in football, but two
punches are better than one, and
the members of the rules committee
apparently are in need of a lot of STIR
ring up to work this much needed re-
form.
Thus writes Herbert Daily In the
New York Tribune.
The question is pertinent at this
time for the reason that the plan OF
numbering basketball players worked
out so we'll In the Columbia Fordham
a.ifne last Tuesday. At "a recent meet
ing of the intercollegiate Basketball
league a recommendation was passed
TO bring about this happy condition,
so far as championship games are con-
cerned. and the Columbia team used
the numbers in the exhibition game
with Fordhain for the first time. 1t
worked well, too so we'll that the on =
lockers were able to follow the play
and the players with so much ease
that It gave them a far better under
standing than was possible under the
old conditions. In fact. the innova-
ton was heartily welcomed. and IA
vorable comment was heard on all
sides.
If numbering the players adds in
terest to a basketball game. how much
more 1t would simplify and improve
football, in which eleven players, in
stead of five, take part. 1t has come
almost to be a necessity, and yet the
football rules committee hesitates to
make a recommendation which would
do SO much to add an extra flavor to
the great American college game. Six
or seven years ago l was one of the
first to urge that something be done
to identity the players when on the
field. have never missed an oppor-
tunity TO emphasize the Importance of
si,ch a move since that time. and /
have not been alone either, az fully
a dozen critics have pleaded for the
same cause. 1t has been OF no avail.
and II may be of no avail this time,
but I have a feeling that something at
last will be done that at least will
uoirt the way.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24
McGraw Looking
After His Team

NEW YORK. Dec. .3.-Msnager Nc
Graw, of the Giants. will be here to-
day to spend the Holidays. He will
talk over the affairs Of the club with
President Hampstead and the other
New York ofTicials before sending out
contracts to the players. McGraw will
receive absolute authority to 90 ahead
in accordance with his own ideas The
little manager is bristiing with conf
dence. He believes the Giants will
prove more formidable than last sea-
son. He doesn't hide the opinion that
the pitching department with Mathew
son, Marauard and Tesreau Will be a
hulwark Of strength. He will have tho
veterans Ames, W;ltse and Crandail
in harness again and expects some
thing from the youngsters Demaree,
Goulait. Shore and Robertson.
Mccfraw will MAXI no changes be-
hind the bat, for Meyers. Wilson and
Hartley are good enough for any team
The basenen. Markie. Doyle and Her
zog, viii line up as usual. There may
be some tinkering with short Held
with Fletcher competing with Shafer
and Groh IN the outheId the Giants
leader may find a regular berth for
George Burns. who in his opinion 10
coming star. But pevore. Srnd-
grass and Murray again will be TN
deck. McGraw isn't bothertng his
head about the other National league
teams He simply says that he hopes
they will be stronger so that the Giants
will have TO fight harder to win ar
other pennant.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24
I MOTORING AND GENERAL SPORTING NEWS>2
PLAN TO NUMBER MEN
ON FOOTBALL ELEVENS

o..a,, A. ma, 49, av,, MIA aiynd An
So ~ ~" r,a.nliI' pny,nsyI.
,.eta 49, rhs nLss1y,ng aav
,,shs., nsao,toajI,, aynr,, pnyssr,a r,er
,,.r,ta- .aa,.aa Sae,ain uarc.- Nth
srarrtrr 49,, a to1ss Wall on a fumbie
- p,,rntra af,v r,ls Gar a ,n,tch-
dn,xr ,rh,rh snstiaa victory when
~ .rtr, -, fact tIsrrtnr.nn vvas the
~ p'4"t !, raars 80 70 10 80 70
hia, Cpnnad mn as thev ara At ali
b,ar GO an tha tonn,.,at tier Of
,hs .o,.ar;,y stands they must de-
na,a ,,,o,, Their ovp Knowledge of
~ ia,.ars or accent souebodv glsA.s
~ as r. 81 made this rim or that
.a,tia Tha r,I.vers are oftcrt,n,es so
Stsgnisaa Nth had rear and ban.
go ~. ,hair w. fr,atas can hard .
~. ,dsntt,,, thay and undar the cir
c,,,,sta,nas q is snnr,sing that more
,,ois,at-as .-a bot made Another
l..,S.t., 80 81 go ha o,tf,tad.
IT, =. x1a,.i,. at,.,ted 90 n,atn 81 the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24
Commission Weight
Is Latest Class
in Boxing Game

NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-secretary
Charles j. Harvey, of the State Ath-,
letia commission, made public yes
terday the revised rules to govern
boxing bouts which win take effect
tomorrow. Practically all Of the old
rules are included In the code for
1918. with additional clauses to cover
various points that have been in dis
pute. The rules covering actual ring
contests are interesting. They pro-
vide for a ring not less than sixteen
square. the floor TO extend not less
than three feet beyond the lower
rope and the surface TO be heavily
padded as well az the posts.
The new scale Of weights which
soon may apply to all championship
contests in this country has been thor
oughly discussed. Contestants must
scale at the ringside, making the fol-
lowing limits in the various classes:
Paperweight, l0s pounds; bantam
weight, lis pounds; featherweight,
ls5 pounds; lightweight. 1875 pounds:
welterweight. las pounds; middle
weight, 15s pounds; commission
weight, IT'S pounds: heavyweight, all
over 175 pounds.
Air bouting bouts must be conduct
ed in accordance with rule which
calls for a clean break, or no hitting
while breaking out OF clinohes. Con-
testants must not hold and hit, butt
with the head or shoulder, wrestle
or clinch or use the elbows Illegally
Abusive language by boxers also Ii
prohibited.
The public IL protected by another
rule to the effect that when a bout
is stopped by referee q member
Of the commission or the secretary
OF that body for an infraction OF the
code must hold the box once receipts
for period OF forty-cight hours
pending the commissions decision in
the matter.
Unequal matches will be impossible
IL rule prohibiting a boxer In or
under the lightweight class from
meeting an opponent ten<pounds heav-
Ter than himself In enforced The
commission reserves the right to ex-
ercise sole Judgment in adjusting all
other points not covered by the new
rules
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24
High Praise for
Veteran Golfer

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-1n the opin-
ion of a certain well known follower
Of the game, a golfer, no matter how
brilliant. has to have a certain amount
Of luck on his side in order to be
consistently successful Take. for in
stance, Alexander Herd. probably the
most unlucky of all the great foreign
professionals He has. to be sure. a
including the winning Of the open
championship and the News Of the
World tournament. but for years he
has had to be content to hang to
the heels Of the great triumvirate"
with Ill luck In almost constant at
tendance.
Despite ii all. this master from st.
Andrews has remained wonderfully
cheerful and Is still sensibly optimistic
Of his future. A happy temperament
has enabled him to retain his health.
and though two years Older than VAR
don and Braid and three years older
than Taylor, he is younger In Activi-
ty than any of them, altogether a
splendidiy preserved man II during
the next FIVE years Herd could be
granted as muCn gooC lush as In the
last ten years he has experienced bad
luck he would inevitably delay the
arrival at the top of the tree Of the
younger aspirants, OF whom Duncan
In at once the most consistent and
brilliant and Tom Ball on his day the
most thrilling, Excepting for an oc-
casional round from Ball. Duncan has
certainly nothing to fear from any
OF the younger school. his trouble
being that 1t is improbable Ray, Var
don. Taylor. Braid and Herd will all
break down at once, but he can re-
fleet that the first named four are no
more likely to be formidable next
year than Is Herd.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-24
Jim Jeffries Picks
AL alzer to Win
in M'Carty Bout

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23.--After
looking over Albert Palzer In training
for his twenty round fight with Luther
McCarty at Vernon. Cal, New Year 2
day afternoon. James J. Jeffries said;
IF Paizer doesn't stop McCarty in
less than ten rounds l Will be sur
prised O'Rourke has wonderful
tighter in this big Dutchman He is
faster than | expected and Is a. re-
mendous hitter. l had been led TO
believe that Palzer was just strong.
rough greenhorn. but 1 am now con-
WINGED that he knows a lot about box
ing and ring generalship He is one OF
the best heavywe!ghts I've ever seen,
and unless / miss my guess he is the
coming champion of the world.
Tim McGrath. the veteran trainer.
who helped to put Tom Sharkey In the
front rank of hsavywe!ghts many
Years ago, also waxed enthusiastic
over Palzer after he had seen him
work al Jack Doyie's quarters near
Los Angeles.
Why, this fellow amt a man." ex-
claimed McGrath. He's a monster.
He don't belong to this age. ] believe
he could Kill a man with one blow!
Say, he has heart all right He
don't want 10 hurt his sparring part
my eyes, / just couldn't look. He'll
stop McCarty In three or four rounds
Palzer has made such favorable
impression while in training that Los
Angeles sporting men have installed
him favorite over McCarty.
O'Rourke says that the Iowa farmer
will be at his best for the coming
mill: that he has reduced to 21s
pounds and has bden greatly i'm
proved by the California climate
Palzer is confident bur neither he
nor his manager is undertaking Nc
Carly. who has developed into dam
gerous fighter. McCarty 10 training
at Venice, He weighs 2o5 pounds
and he is faster than when he boxed
In New York He whipped Jim Flynn
SO easily that he doesn't fear the re-
suit of his scrap with Palzer.
McCar;y figures that he can hit as
hard as Bomhardier Wells and pos
sesses greater stamina, He points to
the fact that Wells would nave knock
ed Palzer out in New York If he had
been able 10 keep up the terrific pace.
But McCarty possibly forgets that
Palzer in that affair was hog fat.