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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16

MILLER
JOINS HIS CLUB

Hickman. KY. March 16.-FranN
Owens. tho Miller catcher, who has
been holding out all winter for a sub
stantial boost in salary. has come to
terms with the management. HI" join
cd tho club today. lie is looking tip
shape.
The Miller M%araudcrs We're filled
with JOY for a brief period yesterday
when the sun came out and tho NOR
cur firted with the 20 mark. But
the joy vanished this morning and an
army of slooms in battalions and
brigades has completely ovcrrun the
haunts of the athletes. The hurried
disappearance of the joy legions was
occasioned by another heavy fall of
rain last night.
The precipitation was unusually
heavy and tho good work of the sun
yesterday was undonc today.
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ARE BUSY
AT HICKMAN CAMP
(By ], II,

Hickman. Ky, March 16.-The first
Miller workout of the season was held
on the cinder track of the railroad in
the heart of town, with Jimmy Will
liams. Hub Dawson and Tip O'Neil in
uniform. The entire contingent in
town worked out yesterday afternoon
and found the footing good. &C. the
wade to the park had been negotiated.
Real Work Monday.
Manager Joe is at Reelfoot lake
with Rossman. Patterson, Altizer,
Ferris. Kellifer. Smith and Waddell.
Last night Leverett. Kramer and Lar
son came in. The party now at the
moor and on Monday the whole crew
will start working in the ball yard.
Citizens Of Hickman have donated
$1,000 to building the ball park over.
The diamond has been switched, a
new grandstand built and an entire
new board fence has been built
around the lot. The Millers now have
one. or will have one of the finest
training camps in existence. and if
terdaH there will be no trouble.
Mercury Sails Up.
O%vercoats came off yesterday and
the thermometer settled around the
20 mark. There is a sea Of mud in
Hickman and surrounding country.
Inc streets are deep IN mud and wa
ter and part of the ball field looks like
a swamp. bitches are being dug and
it is expected that by Sunday night
the entire playing field Will be bone
dry.
The fellows who have been at Reel
foot lake are in tiptop condition. and
the incomers all seem to be In better
shape. Hobe Ferris Is almost as light
as he was last spring and easily TWEEN
ty pounds lighter than at the close of
last 8 Dawson Is as slim, tough
and wiry as he ever was and looks to
be in better health. I.everett weighs
$50 pounds and Is ready to pitch.
Grogans are F1Ourishing.
. The whiskers are sprouting every
where. The Grogan club is initiating
every new arrival and all are taking
a solemn pledge not to feel the kiss
of a razor until after reaching Min
neapolis.
Joe Cantillon is not worrying great
~ owe the absence of Gill. He says
that IL salary is the only point of diff
Terence 1t will not be difficult to get
! i'm in line. Joe is sure that Gill will
report and he Is not making any ar.
rangements to place anyone else on
the sack.
Burns has been sent transportation
and will report. although Joe is dick
ering with Detroit for q trade. Hughie
Jennings has the bunch that he a
Use Burns to good advantage. Will
bur Smith is in better shape than nc
has been since becoming . Miller.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
GAME Of
BASKET BALL YEAR
Science School of Wahpeton
is Playing the University
This Afternoon.

The university and the state science
school are going at it this afternoon.
The game will be an interesting one
because of the fact that DR.. Dunlop
will probably give his second strong
men a chance to show their metal in
a real live game. Whether they will
plav through the game or not is not
certain. The second team men most
likely to play are Burfering and Rue,
forwards; Chittick. center; Rohwcd-
der. Asselstine and Hcisicll. guards.
The scientists play Il fast game.
There is "a strong probability that they
will make the second team men
hustle to keep out of their way. The
university-science school game two
years age was of the most ex-
citing of the year.
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NEWS OF SPORTDOM

Almost every section of the United
States wants representatives on the
team. and already kicks have been
registered from quarters that r sup
posed to be sighted. One of the first
localities to go on record as a neglect
ed district is Los Angeles. Cal, and
there Is word from there that there
will be no financial help if the mel
from the bailiwick do not find places
On the team.
The followers of athletics think
there are crack performers in that
part of America n IL all goes to all
they will raise a fund to send their
men to the front. 1t should not be a
very difficult matter to collect as
much as would send a half-dozen mon
along. Matthew p. Halpin. the man.
ager of the team. has estimated that 1t
will take $500 a man to and from the
Swedish capital, SO that about $4,000
would suf1cie for the five cracks. who
arc said to be two swimmers. two
track men and a boxer, although there
will not be much to do for the last
named class of competitors in Sweden.
Another thing which has stirred up
some dissatisfaction on the coast is
the arrangement of the tryouts. Los
Angeles things it should have a
tryout meet of it's W and not have
its athletes chasing to Frisco t en-
gage in the tryouts there.
As to the capabilities of the track
men n swimmers of the Los Angeles
section. nobody seems to know. hut
of one prospective Olympic candidate
the local athletic expert says:
Jack Warrington. who recently
broke into tho limelight at the Los
Angeles Athletic club as a handball
shark, will be one of the strongest
men that organization will have on
the aquatic team"
Forrest Smithson. the great hurdler,
lives at Los Angeles, yet there is no
mention that he Is to make one of the
team from there. It need not worry
Smithson, for should he show any,
thing at all like his old form he will
not have to ask the Los Angeles en-
thusiasts to contribute a cent toward
bic oynoncoo
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
UILEIN ESTATE
L

Chicago. March 16.-c. X. G. Bill
ings of New York has purchased The
Harvester. 2:01. the famous trotting
sol of Walnut Hal and the champion
stallion Of his class. from the August
Uihlein estate. it was made known
last night. The exact sale price was
not made public, but was said to be
lin excess of $50.000."
1t is said hat The Harvester will
be shipped to Russia with the rest Of
the Billings string. among which are
Uhlan and Lou Dillon. in q few weeks.
Charles Tanner of Cleveland will take
the horses abroad. The Harvester,
which is now Z a old. has been un-
der the training of Ed C;eers for four
years. AS n 3-year-old he was sold for
$4,000 to Uihlein. At that time he
was not broken to harness and Geers
put in six weeks breaking him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16

Wagner has eight times carried off
the National league championship.
His first conquest vas i'm 1900 and he
was the monarch of the league no
later than last season. which is an
cpir in sustained hitting ability. More
orrc, Wagner WAS principallN respon-
sibl" for Pittshnrgs rennant triumphs
in 1903. 1902. 1909 and 1909. Every
season his bat has kept the F~rccboot-
ers in tho race and made tho mag
nificent plant at Forbes field posi-
BILE.
Hans is still q first class fielding
shortsfop. although not quite so fast
as he was some year ago. but he could
hold down tirt base ar . position in
the outf1eld to perfection.
Wagner was born in 1874 and will
he IS Years old or tho cath of this
month. He is the highest salaried
player in the National league and i.
independently wealthy.
The other veteran who refuses I.
wear out is Clnristy Ma1hewson. who
is today considered by many critics
as the best pitcher in the National
league. Matty has been pitching at
top speed since 1900. He Joined the
Giants a rocky and In a few months
was the talk of baseball.
He pitched New York to p%ennant
victory in 1904. 1905 and 1911. and
has always been their mainstay. Matt,
has never showed the slightest signe
Of cracking as a pitcher. and the COM
ing s will be his thirteenth ip
the major league. Most pitchers ar,
passe before the ten-year mark.
Matty's greatest triumph was to
shut out the Athletics three times in
the worlds series OF 1905. That will
stand as the greatest example OF
pitching in an important series in
modern times.
Matty helped the Giants in the
championship last year. but in the
world series against the Mackmen he
received the first setback of his career.
He pitched three games against the
Athletics and the Mackmen licked
him twice. This was the first time he
was ever shown up in a world series.
1t must he conceded that Matty was
tackling a far superior bunch Of Attn
letics than he did in 1905.
The big pitcher takes good care Of
himself and ought to have several
more winning years with the Giants.
What with his big brain. his in.
domitable courage and his superb con-
troll, he IL still one Of the greatest
pitchers in the country.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
FAMOUS VETS
REFUSE TO SLUMP
Wagner and Lajoie do Not
Seem to Mind Wear
and Tear

New York. March 16.-Threc ac-
complished ball tosscrs who neglected
to wear out and are as conspicuous in
tho game as they We're Years Z are
Nap Laloic. tho Cleveland second
bascman: Hans Wagner. the Pitts
burg shortstop. and Christy Mathew
son, the Giants pitcher, SAYS the
Montreal Star.
Everyone of the three is a slittering
constellation of high candle-powcr.
For years they have been the main
stays OF the respective teams. and to-
day there is nobody to challenge
them that honor.
The oldest in point of service in tho
big league is Lajoie. who came To
Philadelphia i'm 1896 from Fall River.
He was discovered by George StallinSS.
then manager OF the Philics.
In the sixteen consecutive years that
King Larry has played in the fast set
he has failed only twice of entering
the 300 class. AS a rule he is far
above that mark. Hero is Laioic's
wonderful batting record since hc was
taken off Inc bon of Il cab in Fall
Ri,.av.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
T
O OLYMPIC GAME

Chicago. March 1s.-of late the
idea has gained ground in athletic cir
cles throughout the country that a
mar has only to figure we'll in the diff
ferent tryouts to be sure Of a place on
the Olympic team for Stockholm. that
Is. irrespective of the merit of his per-
Torrance.
Although the executive of the
American Olympic committee has
made no official rule on an athletes
qualifications for selection. it is un-
derstood to be contrary to the view
entertained by the athletes.
That ar athlete may win a first
place at any Of the tryouts does not
entitle him to the trip until the COM
a chance to score a place in the big
competition mex July in Sweden.
In short. the performance must be
first class. for the committee is MOI
going to spend money on men with
only lame prospects to help out In
the grand total toward the point
championship. For instace. A three
mile walk could be introduced on the
tryout program at Boston, Chicago
and San Francisco to test the walk.
ers. and as far a the public form
of the front rank brigade of this class
show there is hardly a heel and toe
artist between New York and the Pa
cif1c coast who could do much better
than % minutes in a style that will
he tolerated at Stockholm.
That these figures will cut a poor
that there will be at least three men
capable Of coming we'll inside Of TWEEN
ty-one minutes and we'll able to
maintain the same cracking speed for
any distance between one and sevc!
miles.
They are Golding Of Canada. St
Norman Of South Africa. and Kerr OF
Australia. That these. with perhaps
an Englishman or two. will be in a,
certainty, and to lose by trying with
even a twenty-five minute man would
he serving no good purpose. In other
events 1t will be practically the same
There are two men in the Die world
who beat twenty-three feet in the run.
ming broad jump last year. and as
there is room for Improvement in both
likely to be doing around twenty-foul
feet this season. To be hopeful of re.
suits from men not capable of clear
ing 90 feet 6 inches against such for.
eigners would be trusting too much tc
chance. 30 the tryout men here who
could not come near this distance
might as we'll be left at home.
Inc same condition applies TO the
running high jump, in which nothing
short OF a man able to bound over 6
feet 2 inches will have a chance fol
the place. Pasaman. the German
champion, Is credited with 6 feet 3 Ia
inches and there is a Frenchman and
an Austrian almost as good. There
Is no doubt that a man like Lawrence
of the Boston A. A.. who recent,
got over 6 feet 41-o inches indoors
would he able to take the measure OF
these Europeans. but he will have hi.
hands full and will need to be in the
very best fettle to land first place.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16

MS TAM" SHOWS that I.aloic, in his
sixteen Years in baseball SO far as
slumpinS II In hitting. was nearly
as good as at any time i'm his carccr.
larry Comes Back.
He led the American league stick
in other Years was generally ZEAL the
top, In 1907. when Larry dropped out
OF h 300 class for the first time in
his life. tho tan were quick to say
that h Frenchman WAS finally being
whipped by nature and it was pre-
dicted then that his fall would lac
rapid aud that he would quickly dis
appear from h swift set.
Larry slumped again in 1905. but it
was only q lew points, and his show
inc of .2ai WAS not creditable solely
extraordinary percentages. Some of the
fans said that Larry was diving hard
and that 1908 would sec his finish.
Instead. Larry jumped back in the
800 class and followed with a 1854
average In 1910 and a $50 percentage
last year, These figures prove that
the Cleveland second sarker is back
in the irresistible strid" which makes
him ono of tho most dangerous stick
smiths in America.
mere is no reason. bar accidents.
'h'' Nv 'ii''ilJi I wv ~ pow tTIuI WIN
the bat next season as last. Time has
certainly been kind of I.ajoie. who is
as nilnh)c and sharr-cycd as he was
away back in 1895. when he knocked
on the clubhouse door at Broad and
Lohigh and said to- one Of tho en-.
ployes:
Where's Stallings" J. mLsinie. the
new nan"
Wagner Also a Veteran.
Hans Wagner lealped into y major
leagu" box score one year later THAI
his hrother-walloper. He came from
the Paterson cam. in the Atlantic
league. and the late II. G. Pnllinm.
president of the National league. is
credited with being the christopher
Columbus to discover him.
This was in 1897 and Pulliam was
then an officer of tho Louisville club.
When the Louisville Colonels first
lamped tho bowleggcd hoy from Car
negie they siggled and wondered
whether hte club Was going to turn
into II dlrne museum. Rut they soon
found that the awkward looking Ger
man could whale the ball and il was
mt long before they were naming
c drinks after Hans.
In The fifteen years that Wagner
has tormented pitchers he has a grand
average of .344. Not once since he has
been in the major league has he fail.
ed to hat above the $40 mark. His
lowest percentage in fifteen years was
Boa. Here are the remarkable fig
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16

One thing that will increase JET
fries stock os determination will be
the idea. that, If he a overthrow
johnson. he will not only revenge him
self and regain the championship. but
restore all the credi. that was his be-
tor he fought johnson first and
which he was deprived of when john
son laid him low.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16

New York. Marcn l6-In a letter o tine executive committee of the
United States Golf association Harold H. Hilton. III English international
golf champion. announces definitely that he will again visit America this
to defend his title. This time h will be accompanied by a large Marty
of prominent British amateurs. all ea ger to add a few American scalps to
heir trophies. Hinon expresses plea sure at III change in the champion
ship dates there's explaining thu for some reason or other BrNons have
come to regard with terror the American climate during July and August"
championships at Westward No. Her :eshos. 1t will he remembered car
amateur championship At Apawamb last September.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
BELMONT SCHOOL WON.

The Belmont school basketball team
defeated the Washington school Fri
Gay Afternoon by a score of 10 TO ,.
The lineup follows:
Belmont. Washington.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16

not be any Jim corbett or Joe Choyn-
skis around Jeffries' next stronghold
and probably no Bot Armstrong
croaking eternally dis man John
sing hab no idea what he Is goin'
against: no idea" There will be less
unwarrantable enthusiasm and more
work in all probability.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
v DEFEATS
SCIENCE SCHOOL

Mayville. n. D.. March Is. The
Mayville normal basketball team last
night won the interstate college con-
ference championship by defeating
the Wahpeton School of Science team,
90 to 10. The conference is COM
posed Of the Glendale normal. the
Moorhead normal. the School of Sci
ence. Concordia college and Mayville
normal.
The game last night was interesting
throughout. Both teams put up a
good strong game. but the visitors
were unable to cope with the team
work of the locals.
The linc-up is as follows:
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MODEL G TEAM
DEFEATED LAKOTA

Lakota. n. d.. March 16.-In a
hard-fought game here last night, the
local high school team was defeated
by the Model high quint of the uni
versity by a score Of 10 to IL. At the
end of the regular playing time. the
o stood 1910, and three extra
minutes were required to determine
the result. During that time. Henning
of LAakota. fouled and Murphy. for the
Model high. negotiated the free throw.
: LuDd. who played forward for the
Model high. had to he taken out of
the game during the first half because
of injuries.
Following is the lineup and score:
Lakota. Model High.
a Foley. acknowledgements. Lund
McMaster. Murphy
B. Foley. Helmkay
Henning. ..... Ct. Goodman
Sheets. .........G. Delameter, Cooke
Summary: Field goals. McMaster
3. A. Farley /. Lund !, Goodman l..
Murphy J.. Helmkay 1, Cooke 1; free
throws, McMaster I, Murphy /.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16

additional sports on want ad. page.,.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
Penn State Tramples
On Pittsburgh Eleven

PITTSBURGH. Nov. estate College
eleven demonstrated yesterday why it
has not been defeated this year and
why It Is the best football team In Penn
sylvania. Score: State. IS; Pitt" o.
States work was the cleanest ever
seen in this city and its clocklike move.
ments' both on defense and offense, were
wonder to the Pitt rooters.
Captain Mauthe probably never played
q better game in his life than he did
today. his last game Of football. as he
finished his football career when the
game was ended. He was responsible
for 20 Of the s. points his eleven made.
He started his side to victory when.
after a few minutes Of play. ne sent
tho ball between the goal posts from
the H-yard line for a beautiful goal
from placement. He then crossed the
line for two tOuchdowns. after which
he kicked both goals. making the frs,
II points Of the game.
Resides playing a great game on the
offense. he did his share in preventing
| the locals from scoring as he made sew.
eral tackles when they were needed.
/ Quarterback Miller also starred in hi,
work as he was everywhere and his
touchdown. made after he had received
forward pass. was a fine bit Of play
ing. He escaped half dozen Pitt play
ers who were waiting for him.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
SATISFIED
WITH SEASON WHEN
CORNELL IS BEATEN
Mercer Runs Fifty-6ve Yards
for Lone Touchdown
of Game.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Nov. 29.-Vic.
tory over Cornell. even by u streak Of
luck. has closed PENIS football season
with great celebration. When Michigan.
Carlisle. and Cornell are humbled the
Quakers are satisfied with their season.
However, nothing but luck gave the
game to the Red and Blue. 7 to 2.
Toward the end Of the second period
Bennett started into the line. Just as
he hit the forwards he fumbled the
slippery ball. and Roy Mercer. the
Quaker captain. seized It. He had an
open field and raced fifty-fve yards for
an easy touchdown. He was chased all
the way to the goal line by number
Of Ithacans. but gained on them all the
time.
In the first period came the Cornell
score. With the ball on his twenty
yard line. Minds attempted to punt
Whyte. the Cornell center. broke
through. blocked the kick and battered
II toward the goal line. Minds and
Whyte raced for the leather. the Quaker
falling upon 1t at the vineyard line and
sliding over the goal line In the mud.
Referee Langford declared 1t a safety.
giving Cornell two points.
The field was In wretched condition
| after the snowstorm. both elevens slip
ping and sliding IN the watery mud.
wind against him. Forward passes gen.
orally went wrong. the receivers being
| unable to reach the spot where the ball
would fall. Straight rushing failed on
both sides. owing to the mud. The
the big crowd, their tackling being es.
pecially hard.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
Gridiron Results
Georgetown. "a; v. p. l.. 3.
C.thoIic Jyniyersity. 10;

Georgetown. "a; v. p. l.. 8.
Catholic University. 10; Mt. st.
Msry's. Z.
virginia. 6S: North Carolina, o.
Washir gton and Lee. 49, North Caro-
line A. and NJ. s.
v. M. l.. 20; Johns Hopkins. 0.
Pennsylvania. Z: Cornell. 2.
Carlisle. 81; Brown. O.
Maryland Angles, Is; Penn Military
Academy. IS.
Holy Cross. q: st. Louis Univer-
Notrc Dame. g; Marquette. 0.
Michigan AgRies, s.: Ohio state. 20.
Wilmington High. IS; Raleigh. O.
stanton, q: Augusta. ~.
Washington and Jefferson. q; Buck
penn State, 81; Pittsburgh, O.
iehiRh, 70: Franklin and Marshall. O
Muhfenberx, 10; Ursinus. o.
Detroit, n; Loyola, g.
Christian Brothers. 0; Haskell In
Cincinnati, q; Miami. u.
Georgia Tech. 20: Clemson, O.
Georgia, u. Auburn. &
L 6. t.. Il: Tuians. &
Chattanooga. u; u. 9. Cavalry. q
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
Bucknell Falls.

WASHINGTON. Pa. Nov. 29.--Retore
crowd OF 5000 persons Washington
and Jefferson In its final game Of the
season defeated Bucknell University by
score Of % to 7. The only score made
by Bucknell, a touchdown In the foutrl,
period, was made possible through a
rumble Of 4 punt by w. and J. Cruik-
shank. OF Bucknall, recovering the ball
and getting away for the touchdown.
nucknell kicked the gcai In the other
three periods Of the game and In fact
in the greater part of the final quarter
Ruckuen was clearly Outplayed.