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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-25
PLAY POOR
BALL ON ROAD TRIP

tice was held on Wednesday after
noon on account OF the Junior picnic.
which was held at Oak Park. Cap
tain Riddle who has been having his
trouble with his knee Is still limp
ing around but is doing great work.
He is running the bases IN fne style
and is putting up a good fielding
exhibition.
The Reserves journeyed to Philippf
last Friday where they divided honors
in two games played with Broaddus
college. The boys we're to have
played one game Friday and the other
Saturday but on account OF rain. n
doubleheader was staged on Saturday.
one game being played in the morn
ing and the other in the afternoon.
The first game which lasted eleven
innings. resulted in a victory for the
Reserves. by the score OF to 4, but
the afternoon game was dropped by
the score OF to l. IL was called In
the seventh inning TO allow the Re-
serves 20 catch train. The Broad
dus management accorded the Re-
serves excellent treatment and Il In
n safe prediction that athletic rela-
lions between the two institutions
viii Ot NlObtE iIOnn now on. ne ne
serves are now endeavoring to ar
range a game with the West Liberty
state normal school. TO be played on
the West Liberty grounds. but ar
rangements have not as yet been
closed.
Inter Fraternity Be5e Ball.
The first series Of games between
the fraternities were completed on
Monday evening when the Phi Kapsi
were defeated by the Sigma CHS by.
the close and exciting score OF 3 10.
2. These two teams we're looked
upon as the strongest in the league,
and n big crowd was on hand to wit
ness the contest. The Betas. Delas,
Phi Psis and Sigma CHS are still in
the race and the second series OF
games will most likely be started
some time next week. The winner
OF the entire series will receive a
silvr loving cup offered by ex-Sena-
tor McDermott. During the past week
interest has doubled in tennis and
every court about the city has been
placed INTO use. A meeting of the
tennis players was called during the
week at which time arrangements for
"A tournament TO be held the first OF
next month were completed.
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BOOKMAKING WILL
INJURE BASEBALL

the major leagues receive for a
years salary.
He had retired completely from
the horse-racing game, finding the
percentage in his favor better at
baseball. that is. playing the cold
calculations against the fanaticism
OF partisans. There Is no use com
menting upon the possibilities. II
the gamblers have seized upon the
game and found It profitable. II is
only a question of time until some
weak or needy player falls.
calahsn Another Jones.
Everyone is talking OF the White
Sox these days as they continue
heir metoric cruise through the
east. That they are going far above
their gait is not disputed Everyone
realizes that certain OF their players
are playing at an abnormal speed.
and that they are bound to slip. But
there is consolation in the figures.
Collins, Bodie. Walsh, Weaver and
Block are hitting 80 to 100 points
better than they normally can do.
When the veteran pitchers start
working right these fellows will
slump terribly in their hitting.
On the other hand. Lord. Callahan.
Zeider, the really good hitters OF the
team. are far below what they ought
TO be in batting. They are certain
TO improve as the season grows old
er. The pitching has been fair asd
much better than the opposents and
the SoX have been hustling and
lighting for every inch of ground, so
even though luck has broken abnor
mally in their favor. they have de
served most OF il.
The only one certainty is that Cal
lahan is making another Jones as a
manager. He is handling his Grip
pied pitching staff with wonderful
Judgment, and every game he gains
counts just as much now as in Sep
TENDER. He is over the worst per
Tod OF the season for a manager and
his great problem now is when n
bench the Sensational youngsters.
who have been setting the league
afire and put in veterans who car
hold a steady gait and cling TO what
the youngsters have gained
\ young team slumps badly .wher
is does slump. and believe Gala
han will watch closely and get tn,
faItreing ones out with honor the
moment they show signs OF falter
ing. Il is a hard thing for a man
ager TO retire a new star just in
time TO have him from showinl
himself up. but Call will do it. he
is out TO land high up in the race
IL is hardly possible that the team
weak a IL is in spots. can las
through a season and hold the lead
but II you remember. Pittsburgh
did il once with joke on first base
and a minor Lacquer on third. be
cause Clark sold Barbeau and go
Byrne just is time to prevent Bar
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beau slipping the pennant away after
winning H.
Cub Hopes Are Dead.
Cub hopes practically are dead.
The team is out OF the running for
the championship unless a miracle
happens-and the veteran players
know H. Chance Is squirting every
enort TO keep the team up in the
night, 10 make a respectable show
ing. and to rebuild the cub entire.
The old machine Is wen out. II
hurts to confess II, but every time I
watch the Cubs play. some little
lapse OF head or foot. some hit that
would have been beaten out four or
five years ago. and now goes as an
out. some ball that gets through.
some throw that is a trine too late,
reveals the fact that that the de.
cline has set in. The players who
formed the greatest tea mthat ever
was constructed have lost some of
the fire and dash. the determination
and fight OF youth that carried them
so far. Chance realizes Il, and he is
out OF entirely new material. OF out
OF material season on other clubs.
Here's a tip to National league
managers. II they want to pull OF
a few trades that will startle the
baseball world. apply TO F. Chance.
Peerless Leader. Olb ball park. He'll
swap or he'll trade some OF the
men who made baseball history for
Chicago. Most all OF them need an
injection OF new enthusiasm, which
can be supplied only by transfer to
some other club.
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high pressure they are naturally pass
ed on as there is no means of detain-
ing them for further investigation
That congress is to blame for such a
condition OF affairs is the opinion OF
one OF the commissioners. who says
that appropriations for suitable quar-
tiers and facilities to maintain an
efficient standard OF inspection have
been too long refused. Altogether
New York Is finding its increasing
flood Of immigrants a serious problem
which. unless proper steps are taken
may become grave menace to the
health Of the whole country.
The statement OF a prominent rail
road official that the enormous sum
OF $4,000. 100000 would be needed
within the next five years for improve
ments and requirements OF all kinds n
our transportation facilities are to
keep pace with the expected demands.
has set New York inanclers wonder
Ing as 20 the manner in which this
vast sum Is 10 be made available.
Even the most sanguine admit that Il
cannot come from earnings on the
basis Of the present rates. and many
assert that the country will soon have
20 decide between n lowering OF our
present. standards Of advance In this
field. or some method by which the
carriers can increase their earnings
That the whole situation g. one OF
wheels within wheels has been strik-
ingly illustrated here By the demands
81 certain employees for increases In
pay IN the face Of the fact that rail.
4
relative increase Tho whole aifua-
ton o. seen here SINNERS down 20
the endless circle which makes ~ nee
essary for Tho railroads 70 earn more
10 they are 20 spend more. and %
spend more ~ they earn more Zach
BY Itself ir a puzzle dimcuft n roIu-
ton. and fhn savings which have been
worked By the most careful eronon1 Ifa
are not sufficient 90 solve them Tho
lhss Of something Ike SEQ o00 000 a
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-25
Shoppers Spend Yearly
S2,OOO,OOO,OOO in NY.

NEW YORK. May "a, 1912-That
London. Berlin and even Paris are
far behind New York as shopping ecu
tres are indicated by figures just com
piled for the first time, which show
that the great plant in which New
Workers do their shopping. that is the
great department stores. represents
an investment of $3.50, 900, 900. This
figure includes only real estate and
buildings. exclusive OF stock. which
represents probably an equal sum. and
makes the island OF Manhattan easily
the greatest shopping district for its
size in the world. The amount ex-
pended by the shoppers from all parts
OF the country who throng these great
establishments Is incapable OF exact
estimate. but is probably not less than
two billion dollars in the course OF a
year. Were all the more important
stores on Manhattan Island alone
gathered together in one section. in
stead OF covering a wide area. as they
now do, they would easily spread over
a space OF land equal 10 about FIVE city
blocks. each block measuring 200 feet
In width and 500 feet In length. This
illustration does not do justice 10 the
immensely Of the department stores
OF New York. for. rolled together into
an integral mass. they would form
a structure more than 3C2 stories IN
height. with base measuring about
.OO0xs0O feet. Taking such a struc-
ture. were 70 possible 81 erection. with
an average height OF fifteen fet to
each floor. 70 would rise toward the
clouds higher than the peaks Of many
mountains The roof of the structure
would be $3.50 feet above the street
level
That a nev high immigration record
for a single month will be- shown a.
soon az the official figures for April
can be- completed ls nov REGARDED a.
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ton 60 know estimate thar more than
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-25
FULLERTON TELLS OF WINDY
CITY OPERATIONS.
Cub Hopes are Practically Dead
Many Of the Stars OF the CHI
esao Team Have Gone stale.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON.

Baseball. as a great national sport,
Ia In greater peril today than ever
before. Not until the present week
did realize this fact
The gamblers. bookmakers and
handbook men. who ruined horse
racing and drove II out OF existance
as a sport. and who made fighting
a noisome scandal. have attached
themselves to baseball this year as
never before. The extent to which
the evil has increased since the
opening OF the present season is
great enough TO alarm anyone inter
ested In the sport 1 have known
for years that gambling on baseball.
as an organized business. has exist
ed in Pittsburgh and in Boston. In
both towns the gamblers have exert.
ed an influence over crowds.
In Pittsburgh the gambling has az.
fected certain elements to a degree
that has made for the wrecking of
the club. Twice in that city scandals
have been narrowly averted, or.
rother. once only partially covered
up. In the other cities, OF course,
there has been betting. but until a
syndicate of Cincinnatians last sea.
son attempted an open book. and
New York gamblers began organic.
ing the evil had been local and not
strong enough to endanger the fame
Handbooks In Chicago.
The other day | discovered that
the handbook men of Chicago. are
operating books on a large scale ex
clusively on baseball. Further. | dis
covered that. in one month. the bet
ting has more than handled are
larger per day by far than the
gross receipts OF the games.
know of four books doing big bust
ness. chiefly in the downtown dis
trict OF Chicago. and hadling i'm
mense sums OF money. Just how
many OF the bookmakers have turn
ed their activities 10 baseball |
can not tell. / believe that almost
very handbook man downtown in
Chicago has gone into this lucrative
form OF gamblisg. II is harder fol
the police 10 reach. and IL Is much
easier to get returns than in horse
racing and IL is superseding the
horse as the gambling medium.
One OF the gamblers. a friend OF
mine. gave me some inside figures
on his book that day. He had hand
led between $500 and $4,000 in
bets. over 81 1000 of which was or
the White SoX-Philadelphia lame
He was handling more money in one
day than nine Of OF ten players in
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-25
RESERVES PLAYED GOOD BALL
DURING RECENT
GAMES.
(sy C. p. lesthen~ood.)

Special Dispatch 20 the intellisencer.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. May "a
The second and last road trip taken
by the Varsity base ball team re-
suited almost II not worse. disastrous
ly as the first. as the teams played
on the trip Just closed are looked
upon as weaker than those met on
the first invasion trip. To date the
Varsity has won but two games out
OF eight played on foreign grounds
and the showing is somewhat OF n
disappointment to the students and
followers OF the aggregation. The
games played on the last road trip
were all closely contested, but in
most cases the Varsity was out
played. At Ann Arbor. where the
boys played Michigan. the bad work
OF the umpire helped defeat them but
this. II the box score counts for any
thing, was not the only cause. The
boys seemed utterly unable to con-
meet and in the four games played
less than eighteen hits were secured.
The pitchers were not as effective as
they might have been but they were
not given the proper support either
In the fielding or hitting departments
OF the game.
Team In Good Shape.
The team arrived home Sunday az
ternoon all members being in good
shape. On Monday evening the men
were put through a stiff session of
batting and the coach was DESTROYS
OF having the men in good shape for
the three big games with Washing
ton and Jefferson. Two hours were
devoted to this department of the
game, the session being ended with
fifteen minutes OF fns infeld work.
On Tuesday evening the coach call.
ed all the Reserves out for a game
with the Varsity and the scrubs re-
ceived their first decisive defeat OF
the season The Varsity men seem
ed at their best and hit the pill and
ran bases almost at will. No prac-
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far smaller since Il Is estimated that
each fly now will produce at least a
hundred later on. II Is estimated
therefore that II every man, woman
and child were TO kill two flies a
day for the next ten days, the city
would progress so far toward fly
lessness as to make the joke about a
bald-headed man without flavor here.
OF course not every one will kill his
or her share OF flies. but the swat
the fly early program is already well
enough under way to indicate that
this summer should show a vast i'm
proyement over previous years.
LONGACRE.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
A. PIATT ANDREW QUITS
Assistant Secretary of Treas
ury Resigns.
Says Employees Are Hampered by Mac
Veagh's Idiosyncraces and In
r. capacity for Decision.

A. Piatt Andrew rendered his res
ignation as assistant secretary of
the treasury. In a spirited letter to
the president, Mr.. Andrew writes of
conditions in the treasury department
which are alleged to be due to the at
titude of Secretary MacVeagh toward
many of his subordinates.
Assistant Secretary Andrews letter
of resignation charges that subordi-
mates in the treasury department
'''have been hampered and discouraged
at every turn by Secretary MacVeagh' S
idiosyncracies and his incapacity
for decision"
1t contains a scathing arraignment
of Secretary MacVeagh's administra.
ton of ''the government affairs
and created a profound sensation in
official circles.
Secretary MacVeagh in a published
statement declares Mr.. Andrews res
ignation had been repeatedly asked
for before the assistant finally re
signed but had never mentioned to
the secretary the things he told Pres
ident Taft in his letter of resignation
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
CONvlCTS CAMORRA CHIEFS
Viterbo Court Fastens Murder Of
Ctocco.o Cc-ple UFon Them.

The verdict at Viterbo, Italy,
in the Camorra trial was handed
down. Nine of the accused were
unanimously declared guilty of the
murder of Gennaro Cuoccolo and his
wife. The remainder Of the band
were found guilty of belonging to a
criminal association.
The verdict declares Corrado Sortino
guilty of both murders; Nicolo Nor
ra, Antonio Cerrato and Mariana de
Gennaro, guilty of the murder of Cuoc-
colo, and Giuseppe Salvi as well as
Corrado Sortino guilty of the murder
of Cuoccolo's wife.
The instigators of the murders, in
Guiding Enrico Alfano, Giovanni Rapi,
De Marinas and others also are de-
clared guilty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
IN DEFENSE OF LORIMER
Senators Dillingham; and Fletcher Ad-
dress the Senate.

At Washington Tuesday Senator Dill
bingham continued his derense of
Senator Lorimer's election when the
senate resumed consideration of the
noted case.
Senator Dillingham; sought to show
that money paid to members of the
Illinois legislature mad been taken
from a jackpot fund which had been
existing since 1897. He declared that
the only evidence against Lorimer
was that of Charles A. White, author
of the original charges, who, he as
serted, had entered the legislature
with the purpose of accepting brides.
Senator Dillingham; gave up the
floor to Senator Fletcher before he
had concluded. Senator Fletcher's at
tack upon Theodore Roosevelt for
condemning Senator Lorimer was very
bitter
Theodore Roosevelt could enjoy a
luncheon with Booker Washington at
the White House." declared Mr.
Fletcher, "but could not afford to
dine in the same room with Mr.. Lori
mer, a member of the club of which
he was a guest"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
18 KILLED ON RAILROAD
Horrible Accident to a Picnic Train
Near Ligonier, Pa.

Eighteen were killed and many ia
tally injured on the Ligonier Valley
road when a passenger train carrying
picnickers was backing into Wilpen
through a misunderstanding Of their
orders.
The accident happened at the fair
grounds, about one and half miles
from Ligonier, Pa. 1t was caused by q
double header freight, which crashed
into the rear coach of the passenger
train, telescoping several cars. Ac-
cording to latest reports but one pas
senger on the train escaped injury.
The coaches contained large num-
Der of children who were being taken
by Miss Matthews, a nurse at the
home of George Senft, president of the
Ligonier Valley railroad, for a days
outing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
40 PEOPLE ARE KILLED
Fatal Accident Occurs Two
Miles from Corning, N. Y.I1
Express Train Crashes into Passen
ger Train-Two Coaches Hurled
Down an Embankment.

Forty persons were killed, sixty in
jured when an express train crashed
into the fast westbound Lackawanna
passenger train No. 9 two miles east
of Corning, N. Y.
The passenger train, which runs
from New York to Buffalo, had been
standing on the track for twenty min
utes when the express train, which
carried no passengers, struck it in the
rear at full speed.
The two day coaches attached to the
rear of No. 8 were hurled down an
embankment and the express plunged
half way through the rear Pullman of
the standing train before it came to
a stop The collision occurred at
5:25 a. M
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
TEACHERS IN CONVENTION
National Education Association Holds
Meeting in Chicago.

At Chicago politics stirred the
members of the National Education
association and as result the ses-
sions of their convention are expect
ed to be enliyened by a hard fight for
control.
The main points of contention are
the presidency of the organization
and amendments to the constitution.
Rival factions in the association have
been preparing for weeks for the APP
proach of election day. At midnight
caucus Edward T. Fairchild, state so
perintendent of public instruction Of
Kansas, was selected to oppose Miss
Grace e. Strachan of New York in the
fight for the presidency.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
Four Girls Drown.

At Perth Amboy, N. J., four
pairs of little shoes and stockings,
found at the edge of water-filled clay
pit, told the story of the drowning of
four small girls in Perth Amboy
Ellen and Martha Paneon, in com.
pany with Susan Pazen and Frances
Stanley, went to pick berries. AT
night the parents became alarmed at
their absence and a search was com
menced. Finally two boys came upon
four pairs of shoes and stockings be
side a large clay pit on the outskirts
of the city The pit was dragged and
the bodies recovered.