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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-07
DR.. Philander P. Claxton,
United States Commissioner
of Education, Delivers
Powerful Address.
VAST AUDIENCE IN
GREAT AUDITORIUM
Speaker Says Teacher Must
Give All His Life and Be-
ing to Work to Be
Successful.

II school teacher be unable to give
all his life and being. not negatively. but
afhrma lively and aggressively. for the
sake of the child. for the sake Of the
home and for the sake Of the nation. he
should leave the profession, This Is
the view expressed by DR.. P. p. Clax-
ton, United States commissioner Of edu-
cation. at the tabernacle yesterday after
noon.
One OF the features Of the afternoon
was in the fact that the speaker was
frequently applauded and at the close Of
his address was accorded a considerable
ovatIon-a rare occurrence at a Sunday
meeting in the tabernacle. Such a thing
has taken place but few times IN the
history OF the big structure.
DR.. Claxton's Speech.
United States flags and bunting in the
national colors were festooned about the
speakers stand and around the edge of
the great gallery. The lower floor was
filed with people and the gallery partly
go. the immense audience listening To DR..
Claxton In an attitude OF interested at
teption and expressive of great appre-
citation. which was exhibited in frequent
approving applause. DR.. Claxton made
a splendid address. the chief points in
which were as follows:
Education constitutes the most I'M
portant institution in the national
economies. The public schools are
the most important agencies OF edu-
cation, because nine-tenJhs OF those
who receive any education al all at
tend them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-07

LONDON, July 6.-After ten DAYS of
Nilng, more severe and deadly than
lshng In the last Balkan war, q
~ hgnt begins to break upon the
EiRto obscure operations. In the
y place, the Servians have lost more
Z tnen In the whole previous cam
sn, and semi official statements is.
" Belgrade have the appearance
~ intention to prepare the public
news Of disaster.
pssperate fighting with varying for
- is proceeding along the Vardar
Sregalinitza rivers, which seems
= IN favor of the Bulgarians. I'M
'&nt news has been received of the
sAian invasion of Seryia through
ssfaachyE, about forty-five miles
'spsast of Nish, Servia's most i'm.
snt fortified town. No indication
tNen OF the strength of the Bul.
u 10y Column at this point, but the
kai'ans claim to have defeated the
sns and captured five guns and a
A'y OF other war material, and by
s'cupatlon of passes. to have opened
pad 10 Nish.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-07

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-07

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
PICKS JOE RIVERS TO
 WIN DECISION OVER CROSS
jim Corben Says Bout Next Week Should
 Be Hummer

from Coast paper in which it was stated that the referee gave the New Yorker a raw deal, that Tommy out fought his man all the way, and was therefore entitled to the decision. While Murphy's manager has also ut tered mild protests, Tommy himself has made no complaint to date, and was apparently well satisfied with a draw. The newspaper accounts I read imm ediately after the mill made it pretty even thing, and I imagine it was a rather difficult matter to pick a winner when it was over.
 Wolgast has announced he will nev- CT fight again if he doesn't win this match. Of course, other fighters have said the same thing and have retired for a while only to resume later on. Wolgast, however, is better fixed fnan- position to quit the game if he feels like it. There is no denying the fact that this fight will mean a great deal to him one way or the other. If he wins decisively, he can demand a re- turn bout with Ritchie. For that matter have been told that the pres ent title-holder has even gone so far as to promise Ad a match on July 1 if he wins, in spite of all his talk about taking on Packey Mcfarland, Freddy Welsh or Joe Rivers on that date. Wolgast evidently means to get into the best of shape for Murphy as he has long been leading the simple life and his training has been more severe than he usually indulges in.
 By beating Frankie Burns in twenty round bout at Los Angeles last Saturday Eddie Campi erased the Jer- sey City Boxers name from the list of aspirants for the bantam title, and strengthened Kid Williams position as the logical opponent for Champion Coulon. It will be recalled that a couple of months ago Williams de- cisively defeated the Pacific coast star.
 It begins to look as if Coulon will have to talk business with the Bal tirnore whirlwind. I read somewhere where Johnny says he will be ready to return to the ring shortly prepared to meet all corners, but that his price is $7,5o0, or nothing doing. That is a rather steep sum and I doubt if a promoter will be found willing to guarantee that amount of coin. I un- derstand Tom McCarey recently made Coulon an offer of $5,OO0 with the privilege of a percentage to box Will liams,e which is a bigger purse than the champion ever fought for in his career. If he insists upon the larger sum 1t will be tantamount to a con fession that he is afraid to take a chance with Williams.
 JAS. J. CORBETT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
COLLEGE PLAYER HAD
 TWO BASEBALL NAMES
Capron of PhiIies Was Known as Davis When Playing Sum-
 mer Ball.

| Philadelphia, April 5.-The old adage, What they don't know won't hurt 'em,'' was never truer than in i the case of Ralph Capron, now with the Phillies.
 Three or four years ago, Capron was one of the shining lights in col lege football, playing quarterback on the university of Minnesota. ltean. During the summer months, Capron would steal away and, under the name of Davis, established quite a reputa- tion as a ball player in the Cotton state league.
 This was in violation of the anna teur code of rules, and had it become known that Capron was playing pro- fessional ball there would have been another scandal in college amateur circles.
 While in the Cotton states league. Capron became a friend of Jim Gal 1oway, the 300 hitting recruit now with Indianapolis, last year for awhile with the St. Louis Cardinals.
 Hello, Davis, where in the world did you come from?'' was Ga11oway's greeting to Capron, when the pair met the other day, in Indianapolis. The pair chatted a while, and shortly afterward Galloway asked Kelley d question about Davis.
 T don't know of any player around. here named Davis,'' said Kelley. Gal loway pointed to Capron, with the re- mark: There's Davis over there" Kelley said the Minnesotans name was Capron and Galloway said he was sure 1t was Davis. 'fWhy, I played ball with him for long time in the Cotton State league, and I know him to be Davis.'
 Kelley thought of those amateur rules and laughed. He said if the colleges would keep detectives on the Ira iIS of of nJa in the summer m onths there would be a hubbub for true.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
MARQUARD BEATS
 RICHMOND EASILY

Richmond, Va, April 5.-Another day of wholesale hitting was enjoyed by the Giants yesterday afternoon and a score of 19 to 5. Thursday seven teen hits were made against Norfolk and ten runs, hence the Giants have made twenty-nine runs and thirty two hits in two successive days against Virginia League clubs.
 The pastime was just a ronp for the Giants, and after they had gath cred twelve runs in the first three innings they didn't care much what became of them. The game furnish ed four home runs, of which mum Der fashioned the grand tour drives were Burns, Merkle, and Meyers. They were all c1ean-cut homers and MerkIe's was hoist over the left field fence. The fence is said to 479 feet away from the plate. This being so, Merkle's hit must have travelled 500 feet before 1t hit the ground. It went into an adjoining golf course and holes out at the seventeenth green.
 MT. Piez of Richmond also laid against the bulb for a four-bagger- He did it off Marquard. The Rube was unhittab until the Giants had taken a long lead. In the fourth and fifth innings he was hit freely. While he was going strong he had a change of pace which was effective. Dsmaree breezed through two inning and let up in the ninth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
MARATHON SEASON
 STARTS IN ST. LOUIS

The Marathon race of the Missouri A. A, which will be held at St. Louis April 19, will mark the opening of the season for long distance runs. Plans now under way for the race give promise that 1t will be one of the best in the year.
 The distance of this yeaD's run will be twenty-flve miles. The bad roads on the East Side early in the. spring when the club run is held, caused the local organization to transfer the event from Illinois to Missouri. An other reason for the change was the bad hill going up Eads Bridge at the finish.
 More than one hundred athletes are expected to enter the event this year. Many out-of-town stars are certain Co compete The Missouri A. c. will show at least ten men wearing it's own colors in the event. The cracks from out-of town institutions, together with the large number of ''unattached' as- pirants, who will face the starting line should set a high mark for entries. The course selected is the best pos sible, and every precaution will be taken to properly care for the run ners in the event of collapse or fail ure to finish.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
INSURE RED SOX
 MEN FOR $IOO,OOO
Owner of Worlds Champions Not Taking Any Chances of
 Stars Being Injured

Boston, April 5-Vice President John l. Taylor Of the Boston Americans organized new $1OO,O0O Red Sox quartet yesterday when he took out $25o0o life insurance policies on Iris Speaker, Joe Wood, Hugh Bedient and Larry Gardner. The policies which were placed by Bayard Tuckernan, Jr., are straight life affairs
 That the policies were placed through local agency is the best evil dence that Christy ATathewson. who has been gTunning for a similar, set of contracts all winter, has lost out again in the tenth or whereabouts, although no doubt Big Six came as near as Es- ual to coraIling this particular Big Four
 The four. players repResent a great part of the playing strength of the Box combination, Wood and Bedient as the naainstays in the box, and Speaker and Gardner as young stars upon whose work depends to so large a degree the success of the club in it's fight for the pennant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
ATHLETICS WIN
 FROM PHILA. TEAM
Capture Series by Taking Four Straight Contests from
 Nationals

Philadelphia, April 5.-Connie Mack's Athletics again won the city series here yesterday at Shibe Park by defeating Charley Dooin's PhilIies for the fourth successive time by the count of runs to 8.
 Young Wyckoff who b1anked the Phillies in the first game of the series, held Dooin's team runIess until the seventh inning. In this session he developed a wild streak, and Eddie Plank, the veteran southpaw, went to his rescue.
 singled and Oldring popped to Doolan. Mayer walked Collins. Baker poled a terrific drive against the right field wall that bounded back so far that he was held to single. Murphy scored and Collins went to third. McInnis forced Baker, Collins scoring. Strunk singled and so did Barry, McInnis scoring.
 With one out in the seventh, DooIan singled. Miller bated for Dooin and forced Doo1an. Then Wyckoff lost ted for Mayer, and hit Knabe with a pitched ball. A wild pitch scored Mill Ter. Lobert and Magee walked, Dolan being forced home. Plank went in and hit Luderus, forcing home Knabe with the tying run. Cravath lined to Strunk.
 The Athletics went into the lead again in their half by gathering three runs off Moore, who succeeded Mayer. OIdring's single, McInnis double and passes to Murphy and Collins did it. They added three more in the eighth on Thomas single and double by Mur- Dhv and Collins.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
CAN GUNBOAT WIN
 WITH ONE BLOW 7?
Contender for Fistic Lraurels Depends on Single Style
 of Punch

Whether Gunboat Smith with that deadly right swing as his sole asset will be able to batter his way to the championship is a question now being argued with much Vigor among box ing enthusiasts. Precedent is against any such happening as a one punch boxer attaining the highest honors, but the general opinion seems to be that Smiths devastating swing will prove all sufficient to give him at least on even chance against Luther McCarty or Jess Willard.
 Smith lacks many things that are usually expected in a champion. In fact, outside of his ability to swing a heavy fist he has yet to show any thing indicative of championship call lore. He has no defence to speak of. This was again made apparent by that colossal joke, Fred Mckay, who was able to land whenever the spirit moved him until he bumped into the right handler that laid him low.
 Smiths open guard is going to prove a big handicap when he encoun- ters McCarty and Willard. However, McCarty will have to develop a bet ter defence than he has yet shown in order to keep his chin out of the path of Smiths fearful swings. It be- hooves the holder of the McCarey championship belt to polish up his ducking and sidestepping if he ex- poets to escape with his doubtful hon ors still in his possession. At the present outlook Smith will be the fa- vorite if the men ever meet
 Against Willard Smiths prospects do not look so bright. It was appa~ rent that he was badly handicapped by McKay's great height and Willard is even taller. Willard too has the best defence of any of the present hopes and would not be caught nap ping. He also possesses a punch that is only trif1e less convincing than that of Smiths. On all form, he is the real obstacle in Smiths road to the top
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
JOHNNY EVERS PUNCHED IN FACE DiscOrd in Chicago Squad Breaks Out When Trainer Hits
 Manager

Chicago, April 5.-AIleged dissen- sion between Manager Evers and mem bers of the Cubs came to a head terday after a seven weeks training trip, when Trainer Semmons present ed his resignation in the form of a blow to the managers jaw.
 The fight occurred just as the train was pulling into this city from Kan sas City. It is said that the training trip has not been as harmonious as was reported. Evers, it is learned from persons who took the trip, has not been able to control his temper and there have been many minor sQuabbles. The new manager is said to have been rather sharp in his criti- cisms and has engaged in feuds with newspaper correspondents as well as with members of his squad.
 While there were no open out breaks, resentment was obvious and Semmons brought the affair to a crisis yesterday.
 The fight started when Evers asked Semmons if he had ordered the team to report for practice. The trainer replied that he gave such instructions when ordered to do by the manager. At this Evers lost his temper and is said to have applied foul language to the trainer, who replied with his fist.
 Evers fell over into a seat and the players ended the fray and prevented further damage. Evers was not knocked out, but was pretty well shaken up by the punch. He admit ted using the language to which Sem mons objected, but said he did not mean it the way the trainer took it.
 Semmons- left the squad at the rail- way station. He said Manager Tinke wanted him in Cincinnati and that he would sign a contract to train the Reds.
 All the members of the Cubs are now in the city except Al BridwelI, the shortstop, who is at Portsmouth, Ohio, to ascertain how much damage the flood did to his property in that city, and Pitcher Orval Overall, who will join the club later.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
AUSTRALIAN STARS TO VISIT AMERICA

According to a report from Sydney,
 a bunch of Australian tennis players
 and cricketers will assemble in that
 city to-day to board the American
 bound steamship Ventura. The rac-
 Quet experts from the down under" country will meet the United States
 team in a preliminary for the Davis international cup. The Australians held the trophy until defeated by the Britishers at Melbourne last Novem-
 Der, and they are naturally anxious to recover the lost honor.
 It is generally admitted that Uncle Sam's tennis sharps caught a Tartar in the drawings when they were pitted against the Australians in the pre1im- inaries. In January of last year the American team that had won the right to challenge the Australian holders of the cup was defeated five matches to nothing. This time the Austra- Hans will be represented by an entire Iy different team. In the other pre- liminaries Canada will play South Africa, Germany will meet France, and Belgium will also have a, try at g. chance to meet the British cup de- lenders.
 ing over to meet the best teams of the United States and Canada. The in vading aggregation includes some of the worlds best cricketers, among them Trumper, Mccartney, Crawford, Bardsley, Mayne, Whitty, Mailey, Campbell, Arnott and Collins-names almost as famous in the Antipodes as are the monakers of Cobb, Wood, Mathewson and Wagner on this side of the Pacific. The proposed tour will begin in British Columbia and will extend to the Atlantic and pos sibly to Bermuda, Jamaica and Bar bados.
 The cities on the tentative routing include Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Prince Albert, Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto Ottawa, Hamilton, Halifax and Sydney, in Canada, and Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York and Providence, in the United States A feature of the tour, as arranged, will be a series of test matches in which the Australians will meet the picked men of the best Canadian and United States teams.
 The Australian cricketers have late ly taken up baseball, and it is ex- pected that they will engage in a number of diamond contests as a side issue. The Tanks and the Canucks, while not excessively hopeful as to the results of the cricket contests, feel sure they can teach the inva ders a | thing or two about baseball
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWING INDIAN CLUBS l2O STRAIGHT HOURS

Since that time the record has been attacked in all directions, Burrows himself beating 100 hours at Tam worth, Australia. This performance did not long stand on the books, as in 1911 Jack Beamish at Maitland, West Australia, kept going for 1O4 hours. Last July at Broken Hill, South Aus traIia, another British swinger raised the record to no hours, which was beaten in October by Harry Lawson at Ipswich, Queensland with record of 112 hours, IS minutes. The lat est performance and certainly the best on record, set up by Captain Bax, ought to spell fnality in this branch of athletics, which to say the least is not an edifying spectacle and serves not a good purpose.
 It was proposed recently to institute a tournament of this kind in some city on the Pacific Coast, and another in London, but it is doubtful whether either one will materialize as the pub lie does not take enough interest in that kind of sport-if sport it can be caI1ed-in the States, and the same feeling seems ito exist in England re- garding it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
DECIDING BASKETBALL
 GAME NEXT WEDNESDAY

The third and deciding game of the city championship basketball series will be played at Colonial hall on April g. As both teams have won a game this game will be for the title and will be well worth going miles to see Doc Hull of New Haven, will referee. There will be no preIimi- nary game and the big game will start at 8:30 sharp. After the game danc- ing will be in order until midnight Al Burdtck who dis1ocated his should CT in the first game will be on the Ribbons line as they are going after the Brooklawns with all their might. Treat, who was out of town on last Saturday night, will be found in the Brooklawns' lineup. The players:
 Blue Ribbons-Leavy, Hurley, Keat- ing, Burdick, Morrison, Lush, Cahill, Bierbaum.
 BrookIawns-Gra Brown, Treat, Hoffman, Aurilio, Fankel, Shea Lud- wig.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
BOSTON BRAVES
 BEAT WASHINGTON BY GREAT RALLY

Washington, April 5.-The Boston Braves played a cruel trick on Clark Griffith's Senators yesterday. After leading for eight innings by a score of to 0, Griff sent in several of his youngsters. Gala, a recruit pitcher, who succeeded Johnson, blew up com pletely in the ninth and the Braves made eight runs, winning the game by a score of to 7.
 Johnson, who pitched the first six innings for the Senators, was inVinc- ib1e, and only one hit-a singIe-was made off him. Not a man reached third while he pitched. The Senators made all their runs off Otto Hess, who opened the game, but could do little with Brown and James, who finished in the box for Boston.
 The Boston made their eight runs on five hits, pass and a pair of Washington errors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
POINT JRS. CHANGE NAME
 TO ATHLETIC B. B. TEAM

To the Sporting Editor of The Far mer: We, the Athletic B. B. team would like to state that we have changed our name from Point Jrs to the above name. We average from 16 to IT years and would like to have it known to the teams of this class We would like to book games with any team of this class after Sunday An important meeting will be held Sunday morning at the corner of Stratford avenue and Bunneu street. Those requested to report are: E.. Dorr,J. Michael, L. Howard, J. Con roy, F. Dunn, H. LaVery, w. Blyden- burg, w. Cunningham, R. Whelan and Grant Casserly.
 Athletic Baseball Team.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-05
IN MAJOR LEAGUES

Manager Stova1 of the St. Louis Browns says that in the future he will take no man who has had a trial with the big leagues and failed.
 Johnson and Groom will pitch for Washington in the games with the Giants Monday and Tuesday. Last spring the Giants won both games. in Washington.
 The Troy club claims to have lost $4,Oo0 last year. Unless the fans turn out in bigger numbers this sea son, the management may switch the club to Schenectady.
 John Henry is again practicing with Washington. He feels that the injury to his knee is a thing of the past.
 Ray Morgan will start the season at second base for Washington. This probably means that the position is his for keeps. Laporte will be kept for emergency work, while Sheer will be sent to the Providence club.
 Manager Griffith opines that if Nick Altrock keeps up at his present pace he will give him chance to show whether he can "cone back
 George Mu11in, the veteran pitcher of the Tigers, has recommended to Hughie Jennings, his 17-year-old brother, Walter, who is now with the Fort Wayne club of the Central lea que.
 Bresnahan and other Cubs are try ing to instiI1 ginger into Pitcher Bill Powell. The big fellow has plenty of physical ability, but not enough pep per to suit Evers.
 Harry McGi11icuddy, younger broth CT of Earl, is playing on the Iatter's Raleigh team, making two sons of Connie now in organized ball.
 While the Maps were in New Or leans the Athletics arrived and put up al a hotel on the next block. Neith- CT Birmingham nor Mack sent cards to the other and none of the players mingled. The Maps still are angry over criticism of them by Connie last fall and the feeling is perfectly mu- tual.