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Good Nature Prevails.

The good nature which prevailed all OF
yesterday afternoon was again evidenced.
The Roosevelt people presented a
minority report, but made no fight, and
the Taft delegates were seated viva voce.
Amid chorus of foot. toot'' and
'Choo. choo'' from the galleries, the re-
port on the contest in the second district
OF Mississippi was Eead. The report
characterized the Roosevelt contest as a
paper case.
There was no minority report and the
vote was taken without delay, Chairman
Root announced the seating Of the Taft
delegates The sane procedure seated
two Taft delegates in the NTH. sixth and
seve9th Mississippi districts
A. the result OF each vote was an
nounced a chorus or shrieks. sroans and
cat calls greeted the statement The
ayes have it
Way up in the rear gallery a specta-
for with a mechanical whistle blew two
short shrill blasts as each contest was
disposed of.
one by one the contest reports we're
brought in. read IN near riot of dis
order and passed.
The fourth North Carolina, third Okla
homa and the second Tennessee on
which there were no minority reports.
went through under the gavel about ONE
fourth OF the delegates hearing the read
ing of the reports.
The Washington cases came next and
the convention sobered down after an
edmonition from Chairman Root.
Steam Roller Exceeding Speed Emit.
An amusing incident preceded the re-
port of the committee. Il. H. Howard. a
delegate from Mississippi, arose Mr..
Chairman. / make the point Of order that
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DETAILED STORY OF PROCEEDINGS
AND SCENES AT THE CONVENTION

Not more than 100 delegates were
in their seats at 9:45 o'clock this
morning. The galleries were practi-
cally empty. and the prospects were
that 1T would be we'll after the hour
set for converting before the conven-
1ion settled down to the work Of what
the leaders hope to make the last ses-
>siop. Not a single official had put in
an appearance except Sergeant-at-
Arms Stone. who was busy comforting
with his assistants and the convention
police.
At 10 o'clock there was only a
sprinkling of delegates on the floor.
and the galleries were practically
empty. There was talk Of an attempt
at a Roosevelt demonstration. Chair
man Root issued orders to the SER
geant-at-arms and the police that no
delegations were to be allowed to
march into the hall Orders were also
issued to bar all banners.
As the delegates seats on the floor be-
gan to nil Chairman Root, Senators
Crane and Penrose, Secretary Hilles,
William Barnes, jr.. Representative Mar
tin Olmsted and Secretary Nagel of the
Department of Commerce and Labor APP
pedred on the platform.
A Pennsylvania delegate, with q mega
phone. shouted derisive comments al
Penf0SG ana Root, winch evoked only
q smile from the senators. Senator Smoot
of Utah joined the platform group.
AT 1890 signs of Impotence became
evident in the hall, and a Pennsylvania
delegate rose in his place and yelled al
the chairman:
MIR. Root. call the convention to or
der. It's haf-past TO-
Forty-Three Minutes Late.
1t was 1913 when Chairman Roof let
his gayel fall. The floor in confu-
sion and the aisles were crowded with
delegates seeking their seats.
Clear the aisles," shouted the SER
gean; -at-arms, and his force scattered
through the hall 10 quiet the disorder
No sooner had Chairman Root announc-
ed that the convention was opened than
stentorian voice from the galleyies
shouted: 'All aboard
Chairman Root. when some semblance
of quiet had been secured. introduced the
Rev. John Wesley Hin of New York who
opened the proceedings with prayer
Is DIR. Hill closed some one In the gal.
Jerry yelled ''Toot, toot.' and there was
much laughter.
Contrary TO expectations. the first re-
port presented from the committee on
credentials dealt with the Mississippi del.
egates AT large. Ii recommended tn,
seating OF the Taft delegates When the
reading was finished the gallery crowd
shouted:
ne ayes have n
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Roll Call Not Demanded.

a point TO put the Taft delegates on the
permanent roll was also put and carried
without a roll call.
This was distinct surprise. The Roose-
welt people had been expected to demand
lineup of delegates. The acquiescence
in the viva voce vote seemed to take Sem
ator Root by surprise. He hesitated for
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Foreign Tryouts Show Americans
Have Little to Fear at Stockholm

Meager reports Of the foreign try
outs for the Olympic games which
nave reached this country have failed
TO snow that any Very dangerous COM
petitors have been developed. or at
least in sufficient numbers to threaten
the supremacy of America in track
n field sports. The Swedish discus
nilsson. set up a worlds rec
ORD for the event on May 25. only to
nave it beaten at Celtic park the fol-
lowing day. when Jim Duncan threw
more than twelve feet further than the
SWede's record hurl. In Germany.
twenty-five men have been selected to
make the trip to Stockholm, but the
competitions. lasting two days. in
which these men We're chosen did not
reveal any high class athletes.
AS a matter of fact, the best two
athletes in Germany did not compete
in the %try-outs. but they will be found
among the Teutons in the events at
the stadium just the same. If these
men cannot show anything better
than their recent performances they
will not be very dangerous. Rau. the
Splinter who has been touted as a 10
So seconds man for the 100 meters,
ran -four times owe that distance,
twice in liz seconds and twice on a
had track at Celtic park on Decora-
ton day by several men who. it is
pretty well assured. will not he con-
sidered good enough to he taken as
members of the American team. What
Craig. Carey and Henry will do to
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those figures if they come together
mt and we'll next Saturday at Boston
will be q sad thing for the Germans
to contemplate.
Another Man.
The other mar banked on hy the
Germans to take a first place in the
big meet is the middle distance run
ner. Braun. h latest performance
credited to him is 500 meters in /
minute 81 As seconds. Sheppard in
London in 1905 put this race to the
crcdit of America in l minute - 10
seconds Today there are several mon
IN this country who can run as fast
If not faster than Sheppard. Passe-
man. a wonderful pole ~vaulter, has, it
is said. injured try-outs. a poor
track and cold weather is given as one
reason that the Germans did not do
better. but so far as can he Judged
America has little to fear from that
quarter.
In England the try-outs attracted a
crowd of 10000 persons and the
critics pretended to be gratified with
the results. hut there We're really very.
few feats accomplished that should
cause n American managers to sit up
nights Worrying about the outcome.
The n pointed out as the best of the
day was made in the event in which
America Is stronger at the present
time than for many years previous.
c. n. S~eedhouse ran 400 meters in
~ Is seconds. That equals the best
time ever made for the distance in an
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olympic final. and the one thing in
Seednouses favor is that for a month
previous he had been running con-
~sistently around those figures. In the
trN-outs he Won by half a dozen yards,
so that it is quite likely he will be able
TO improve on the time made.
Meantime there is every confidence
tina the event will be placed in Amer
ica S won column, and this is justified
by tn" fact that there are so many
promising men at the distance that
the committee has entered forty men
in the 400 meters. Also it is generally
believed that in Reidpath and Daven-
port there are TWO men as good as the
worIds quarter mile record holder.
MaHey Long. Whether the Cambridge
man. Mcmillan, will accompany the
English team to Sweden is not known.
hut should ne elect 10 try for the 400
meters he elect to try for the 400 me-
tiers he is another who might help to
make the event the most interesting
of the games.
looks Dangerous.
/ There is one event in which Eng
land looks dangerous. the hurdles. but
the latest reports indicate that an UNI
timely accident may eliminate the
most dangerous man. A week before
the try-"uts q r. l.. Anderson ran
the 12o-yard hurdles in Ii is sec
ends. beating *. Powell a yard for the
London \. c. challenge cup. This is
one-hfth of a second slower thai the
worlds record held by Forrest Smith
son and faster than any of the hurdles
nave shown this YEAR. Later in the
DAY Andersen ran in the hurdle han
dlcar and broke down. The injury
could NOT have been Very serious, for
Anderson appeared in the trE-outs a
week later There he won his heat in
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Surgeons Knife
Nearly Ended
Horine's Career
Broken Piece Of Ligamcnt Played
Hide and Seek-Jumping Power
Ascrfbed to Thick Cartilage.

Few people who have heard Of the
sensational western jumper, George
HORNE. know how near the surgeon's
knife came to the Stafford man. Two
or three years g HORNE twisted
his knee and in doing th'- a minute
portion of the ligament was broken
off. Occasionally this bothered the
jumper. and about eight months ago
he went to the doctors for advice.
Nothing would satisfy theem except
an operation. and HORNE went to Dad
Moulton. his athletic mentor. to tell
him that he was to undergo an opera
rtton on his knee. Go ahead" said
Moulton. IF you must. but remember
that If you have that operation per-
formed your days as a jumper are
over" HORNE followed the medical
for the operation and the knee was
shaved ready. for the knife.
Then the doctors began feeling for
the broken piece of ligament, which
had been easily found on his previous
visits to them. With the critical mo-
ment at hand the despised part. Of
his anatomy took a hand in the game
and played hide and seek wit hthe
,Esculapians so successfully that search
a sthey would they could not locate
the broken ligament. HORNE was lib
Grated. but shortly afterward the knee
worried him again and he wen to an.
-osteopath TO treatment. Then began
a long siege. which resulted in the in
Jured member being entirely cured.
While the professors Of osteopathy
We're working on the Jumpers leg they
look great interest in the wonderful
einews that developed so much spring.
According to the r1en who welded the
knee back into shape. HORNE has a
thicker cartilage around his knees and
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-14
CONGRESSMAN WILL
PLAY 0

Washington, June 14.-For sweet
charity's sake eighteen members of
the house of representatives will play
baseball Saturday. The lineup divided
strictly on political lines follows:
experimentation. Minnesota,
catcher: Miller. Minnesota. pitcher:
Patten PENNSYLVANIA, first base: Ken
dali, Iowa. second base: Porter. Penn
sylvania. third base: Faerr. Pennsyl-
vania. shortstop: Reyburn. Pennsyl-
vania. left field; Ames. Massachusetts.
center field; Lafferty. Oregon. right
field: Sloan, Nebraska. substitute.
Delnocrats-Rouse. of Kentucky,
catcher; Webb. North Carolina,
pitcher; Ranch. Indiana. first base:
Cravens. Arkansas. second base: Har-
rison. Mississippi. third base: Scully,
New Jersey, shortstop: McDermott,
Illinois. left field: White. Ohio, center
field; Carter. Oklahoma. right field;
Edwards. Georgia. substitute. The
game will be 4 society affair and the
receipts will be devoted to hospitals
and children's play grounds funds.
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L0HR GAN SEE
RAIN COMING
--
Sprinkling Cans Always In
dictate Wet Spell in
the Series.
CATS ARE ILL OMENS
Especially if They Are Black
and Will Not Turn
Back.
b ''Hank.")

- aAAn
Every time l see a sprinkling can l
know it is going to rain,' said Mana
ger Lohr last night at a little tanning
bee.
"1f l notice one of these Internal
machines on the way out to the park
I am pretty sure we are going to have
4 wet spell before the series is over.
we were going out to the grounds III
Superior. Sure enough. it rained that
afternoon and it rained hard. Next
to black cats crossing my path. l think
the sprinkling can is the worst bad
luck sign 1 have to contend with.
II might have known that it would
rain yesterday. While we were work.
ing on the diamond in the morning
] found 1t necessary to employ a cou-
pie of sprinkling cans to bring water
to the hard places, which needed some
attention in the soaking line. When
the first can appeared on the field 1
got my bunch that it was going to
pour and. it certainly did. Believe
me. ! am going to run a hose clear
GU from town rather than use one
OF these cans hereafter. Every bail
player has his kibosh sign and l guess
the sprinkling cans and black cats are
my worst.
When black cats start across your
path and then turn back why, that is
!" siSh u 6oou luck. VIII never as
long as / live forget how this sign
worked gu in a game between
Charleston and Augusta some years
ago. Pardon me for getting reminis-
cent, but i feel That way tonight.
Just before l entered the park that
afternoon a great big black cat started
across my path. l stopped dead still.
needed that game and 1 didn't want to
start in with any bad lunches. AS 1
stopped. the cat also stopped, looked
at me an instant and then beat it on
the jump. / never realized before
that ] could put the run on a cat and
especially a black n but l did that
'ime and went into the game with a
light heart and, guess. a smile. l
told the other boys about it and the
men on both sides seemed to be I'M
usually merry that day. My job was
centerfield and l really had some good
luck thai afternoon. Out of thrce
times up l bingled out a couple of
safe e and everything went lovely
in tn field. That black cat has been
many times: since that contest. for
turning back. No telling what would
have. happened had the beast con-
tinued across the path ahead Of me.
Well, the game was Il pretty one
n Charleston won by scoring two
runs IN the fifth inning. For the
third time in the game the score stood
a tie in this inning-three all. Then
my black cat n l combined for he
fun of the day. With the second
.baseman up. the pitcher baked I'd
our left fielder was allowed to advance
to third. The second baseman famed.
! had the pleasure of knocking out a
SINCE to center and the winning run
was brought home.
"After the gamc 7 triad ~ lool, a,
that black cat; l wanted to buy him
a. drink"
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known today. The governor admitted
he had heard such rumors and that
he had conferred with District Attor-
ney c. G. w. Ward and Mayor r. ].
Taupert of Las Vegas who had as
sured him that the anti-gambling
laws would be enforced strictly. AL
though Governor Mcdonald has not
received formally the opinion of At
torney General Clancy regarding the
possibility of preventing the fight un-
der New Mexico laws. it is believed
generally that the state authorities
Will confine their energies to the en-
forcement of the anti-gambling laws.
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Superior at Winnipeg. .
Winnipeg. June 1.-THE Winnipeg
Brownies wallopcd the Superior as.
gregation numerically in both games
Yesterday. the afternoon fracas re-
sulting 10 to . and the evening fixture
IA to 8. The locals chased Chief
Chase In both games and handled the
rest of Red Sox twirlers in a similar
manner. The locals PLAYED like real
champions in the afternoon, when
they outplayed the visitors at every
stage. running the bases wild and pull
ing off all kinds of stunts. The even
ing encounter was featured by one of
the greatest finishes ever seen on the
local diamond. The hitting of Cloth
Ter was the feature. he driving out
three home runs. two of them in the
afternoon game. The score:
Afternoon Game,
Superior 80 0O11o0Oo-2 6
Winnipeg .S2120o2o0- -lO 10 }
Batteries: Superior. Chase. Carroll
and Ford: Winnipeg, Seaton and
Hasty.
Second Game.
Superior ........3 o 0--5 s
Winnipeg .......0 1000 ia 10
Batteries: Superior. Chase, Rhoades,
Taylor. Jensen. Carroll and Ford, An.
derson: Winnipeg, Hirsch and Glass
and Hasty and Jones.
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I L
IS RELEASED

Manager Frank Lohr commenced
his cutting down process last night.
when he released wild Bill' Dono.
van. who was secured from the Winni.
peg club and has been playing left
field. Altman. who came from he
Maroons to the Dacotahs this week.
will be seen in Donovan's old lob.
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Chased Eight From Park.

Chicago. June 14.-Playing on a
rain-soaked diamond. Chicago cut
Boston's lead down to one full game
by winning the opening game of
the series. to 2. Walsh's single.
scoring Zeider. who ran for Bodie.
scored the winning run in the ninth.
Boston's only hits were made in the
third inning. Admirers of James Nc
Aleer and Robert Mercy. owners of
the Boston club. presented them with
gifts before the game. McAleer re-
ceived a chest of silver and Mercy a
watch. Manager Stahl was presented
with flower tributes.
Umpire Sheridan chased eight mem-
bers Of the Boston team out of the
park for protesting a decision. Chi
cago players raised a flag emblematic
Of the city championship.
r. H. E.
Chicago , 10 3
boston ? : 1
Walsha and Block: Collins and Car
rigan.
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PETERSBURG PLAYS
SOME FAST BALL

The Petersburg baseball team is
putting up some splendid ball this
year and last Sunday succeeded in
defeating the McCanna team by the
score of IL to 2. The batteries we're:
Petersburg. Anderson and Vogel: Nc
Gamma, German and Graham.
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That Grand Forks player who did
the beefing stunt about the city news
papers in front of the grand stand.
will he presented with a nursing bot
tie and a bit If he does the baby act
again.
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ST. Louis June 14.-George StovalL. the Browns new leader, is low
beginning to show his managerial ability. He has bee min charge mi a few
weeks. but the team has braced up wonderfully and o fights from start
I eohnish. Stovan showed great managerial ability in Cleveland last year
m nd IT II not lot nee that tn deal vas already framed by which Harry Davis
n tn Forest City. When he was traded to ST. Louis for a second rate
leagne had engineered TIL deal in order o Ia Stovan the Browns mar
aGer. The thing hs apparently worked ont Al YER schedule. If any a
car make thu Browns into rea baseball team StovaIl should do it..
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LAS VEGAS NOT
TO Be WIDE OPEN
Authorities Will con6ne
Their Energies to Anti
Gambling Laws.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, June 14.-Reports
that plans were being considered to
give visitors to Las Vegas for the
Johnson Flynn battle July 1 personal
experience with old time frontier life
by open gambling as in pioneer DAYS
have been brought to the attention, Of
Governor w. c. Mcdonald. 1t became
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Rohermel. the Grand Forks hurler
still is suffering from a sore arm. 1
was on account of this that Manager
Lohr pulled him from the game IL
the first inning Wednesday evening.
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Philadelphia Takes First.

Detroit. Mich. June 14.-Philadel-
phia won the opening game Of the
series yesterday 4 to 3. In the fifth in
ming. the visitors punched three hits,
including a triple with a base on balls
and scored three runs. Plank was hit
fairly hard. but was effective with
men on bases.
|. n TT
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be in fair shape for this evenings
game.
Winnipeg Free Press: That certain
ly was a warm reception that Umpire
Brennan received after the game. He
was surrounded on the Superior bench
by about 200 wild eyed fans, and thew
Kept things warm for him even fol-
lowing him as far as the car. The
umpire showed nerve at that, and Of
fered to lick any mar in the
crowd. His decisions on balls and
strikes were the best seer here this
year. But for the rest i. Oh, my!
Winnipeg Free Press: In connection
with the protest filed by Manager
Brown yesterday. when Umpire Bren-
nan hanished MacMurdo from the
grounds without the option Of a fine
1t looks as if the league president can
hardly help but allow the protest and
order the game to he replayed. Pre-
vious to h opening of the season
PRESIDENT Blume sent instructions to
the various managers as to playing
clean ball. Of which the following is
an extract /: Because Of the unlimit.
ed number of players allowed to be
carried by each club / have instructed
the umpires to impose a fine for mis-
conduct before ~suspending a PLAYER.
AS the latter action was cripple the
team seriously where so few PLAYERS
are carried. Dc not get the idea that
suspension is done away with; 1t Is
merely a second resort"
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Giants G a Cubs.

New York. June 14.-Nev York
made it three out of tour from Chica.
go yesterday by Il score of 8 to ..
Mathewson had the better of Cheney
in a pitchers battle. Leach opened
h ninth inning for Chicago with a
triple but neither Miller. Safer nor
Evers could bring him in.
f. H. E..
New York 8 10 .
Chicago ........... .... 6 l
Mathewson and Meyers: Cheney
and Archer.
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Looking.
Quite likely someone is Cooking"
for YOU. You can tell by looking
through the want ads"
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Thirteenth Victory.

Cleveland. June 14.-Washinston
scored its thirteenth victory of the
western trip yesterday defeating Cleve-
land played Eible. late of Reading,
Omitted States league team. in right
field.
II. H. f.
washington ...s.s...... b Id !
George. Banding and Livingstone;
GrOome and Henry.
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Divide Double Header.

Columbus. June l4--Milwauken
kept Columbus out of a tie with To-
ledo for first place by winning the
first game of tine double header,
in which McQuillan allowed hits to be
punched. On a squeeze play Capron
got a triple when his safe bun bounded
away from Miller at first. Packard in
outpitching Slapnicka in the second
game. struck out six of the first seven
batsmen. and eleven in all. Hinch-
mans single after a wild throw by
Charles won the game.
First Game r.. II. z.
Columbus 2 9
Milwaukee IA 8
McQuillan and Smith; Hovlik and
Schalke.
Second Game r. II. f..
4
Packard and Smith: Slapnicka and
Hughes.
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National League
Standing of the Clubs
Won His Game,

Brooklyn. n. y. June 14.--Marty
O'Toole pitched his first game in
Brooklyn and shut ont the To-
calls 5 to 0. He had a no hit game
up to the seventh. Hoffman played
his first game for Pittsburgh.
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Dope From a RAINY Day

Manager Stanchfield has me work.
ing on the diamond today so it should
be in fair shape for this evenings
game.
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American Assn.
Standing of the Clubs,
Errors Lost Game.

Louisville, NY. June l4.-St. Paul
defeated Louisville in the fourth
game of the series. Errors by Ludwig
and Mclean allowed Mccormick to
the plate in the ninth inning
With the winning run. Aulrey's fast
work around first base featured the
game.
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Sam Menice. the Duluth outfelder.
who has been laid up with a sore arm
for the past few days, will undoubt.
edly be back in the game today.