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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-10-02

Everything in the grocery line a
Berryman's. adv. tt.
Freda Heine, of Mackay, is tn.
guest Of Miss Lulu Young.
George Woods, of Lawrence, Kan
sas, was in this city Friday tran
sacting business.
Mr. and. Mrs A. w. Chapman, o.
Porterville, spent Saturday as bust
ness visitors in this city.
w. B. Rumble, clerk at Bergman
store, is confined to his bed with d
slight attack Of pneumonia.
Willard Lund, representing the
Swift Packing Company, was a bust.
ness visitor in this city Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Bischoff and Mrs.
]. H. Robinson spent Sunday visiting
friends and relatives at fIesto.
Hans Wager. representing the Salt
Lake Hardware Company, made O
business trip to Aberdeen Friday.
Mrs. r. Green returned from Ri.by
Thursday evening, where she spent
a few days visiting friends and re-
latives.
| Mrs. H. L. Lowe, OF Aberdeen, ar.
rived in this city Thursday evening
and is the guest of her brother, E. ].
Jones'
| George E. Duncan loft for his home
In Denver Sunday morning, after vis-
iting friends and relatives in this
Ctty for two weeks
Mrs. L. j. Buttcane, of Logan.
Utah, arrived in this city Monday
afternoon and is tho guest of Mr..
and Mrs. James Euttcane
Mrs. Maud Robins, who spent Sat.
urday and Sunday visiting relatives
at Idaho Falls, returned to her home
at Moreland Monday morning.
/ Miss Mabel Summercorn, of Spring.
field, arrived in this city Sunday
evening and is living at Ed. Boyle's
residence, attending high school.
Mrs. Grant Holt received word that
her mother, who has been very i'll
at Iowa, Is much better and she will
leave for Blackfoot Friday morning.
Mrs. Blanche Eldridge left Sunday
morning for Virginia, where she will
visit for a month with friends and
relatives. From there she will go to
North Carolina. Mrs. Eldrcdge cx.
poets to be gone about threa months.
Mrs. D. H. Biethan returned Sunday
evening from Boise, where she at.
tended the State Fair. Mrs. Bic
than reports that it was one of the
best fairs ever held in the state of
Idaho, but that their exhibits did not
excel those of the Blackfoot fair.
The regular annual meeting of the
Second Ward M. l. A. convention was
held Monday evening at tho Stake
house. The Mutual ladies' entertained
the priesthood. An effective pro.
gram was rendered after which the
guests spent an enjoyable time play
ing various games. A dainty lunch
was served.
Or. Scarborough, tho Reliable Ey<
Sight Specialist, will make hIs nex'
professional visit to 6Iackfoot, at the
Cottage Hotel, Monday, Oct. 6. He
has relieved old standing headaches
after every other method Of relief had
failed. II you suffer from headaches
be sure to consult him. s25o2-a
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26
WILSON WILL SOON
BE TRYING ART on
THE BALL TWIRIER

Washlngton. Feb. 26.-President
Woodro" Wilson will be officially in
Vited to throw cut the first ball when
tne American league baseball cam.
paign opens here on April 10 and
Mahaeer Grifhth intends to have quite
a celebration on that day. fN'
president Taft was ALWAYS will;nr
10 throw u the first ball" saws The
old Fox" land l feel sure that The
new president will be willing 7 shall
ask him. anyway"
An Dol ceremony is being
planned for the opening of the 1o1S
campaign in the capital. OF course
there Will be a band concert. No sea-
Q would start rightly without
snatches of melody between the in.
nings. But when the climbers and
tneir opponents. the New York Yam
KEGS. are ready to go to work, Manager
Griffith is DESTROYS Of having a bona
d parade from center field to the
Plate, both teams marching in a broad
iine. each led by its manager.
Ihls parade Is Il hobby of Griff's
re wants the band to play the ath-
letes In from center field to the plate.
where the teams will swing off toward
their benches and begin their warm
ing-up exercises. The home uniforms
will be spotless for the occasion and
several preliminary drills will be held
at the park before the opening day.
When the president enters the ,play-
ers OF both cams will be expected to
stand before his official box at atten.
ton. not dispensing until he has been
seated. Manager Griffith and Manager
Chance will then be introduce. to the
head of the nation and, after the ccre-
mony of tossing out the first ball has
been completed. the sphere will be
presented to President Wilson with the
compliments Of Manager Griffith.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26
LIABLE on FREE RIDES.

Washington. Feb. Retrospective
Of the Hepburn rate Law. the supreme
court today held Il person accepting
%gratuitous transportation from a rail-
road still is under the protection of
the state law against injury or death
by negligence.
The decision was reached in the
case of the heirs of Charles a.
Schuyler. assistant chief clerk of the
railway mail service. at Ogden. Utah,
killed in a wreck while riding free or
his commission as an employee in q
mail a n. The Southern Pacific rail.
way claimed he was a trespassed be.
its employees had no right t.
admit him to the a and therefore il
vas not liable for his death.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26

breakfast every morning. Sometimes
MS work interieres. but it's safe to as.
sert that he gets two hours leg cxer.
e'se before breakfast three days out of
When he returns from the walk
kolchmainen gets a light rub, after
would kill al ordinary apartment
dweller.
II kolehlnalnens do all their prac-
tice running at the same time of day,
namely. at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Hannes has his job arranged SO that
he can get away at that time every
day. and when training he never miss
es Il day. no matter what the weather
nay be.
Once the Kolehmainens offered to
help a local runne in his develop
ment by running with him. What
night will come out?" asked the To-
cal champ. we run at 3 O'Clock ev-
cry afternoon" said Willie Koleh.
mainen. "Hannes has always trained
at this time of day. and he will not
change for anything" The local boy
had to pass up the opportunity because
he worked in an office and could not
get away in the afternoon.
Takes Care Of His Muscles.
The care Of the muscles is another
thing about which Hannes Kolehmain-
cl Ia iiiCte llldu par IcuIdt. IIc ucNSI
allows his muscles to get chilled.
Watch the Finnish wonder preparing
for a two-,niie race. He Will make
as much fuss over his leg sinews as
does the ordinary marathoner who ex-
poets to do over rs miles.
Nor will Hannes allow his muscles
to get chilled when he has no race
in the immediate future. On very cold
days k~olehmainen wears women's
stockings that reach we'll up to his
thigh to insure keeping the cold out
of the great muscles that have made
him the most famous athlete in the
world.
If the average athletic enthusiast
were to spend a day with Hannes ko-
lehnainen, get up with him at 6 a. M.
walk two hours with him before
breakfast. and then go through the
rest of the day with the Finlande-.
doing something at every turn to bet
ter his condition. Hannes' wonderful
ability to glide away from the other
distancers and smash worlds records,
would be better understood.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26
PICK K|V|AT TO
defeat JONES
Experts Predict Wonderful
Runner will Topple the
Worlds Mile Record.

New York. Feb. 26.-Does Abel
kiviat know what fatigue is: This
question quickly flashed into the
minds Of those who saw the wonder
full little runner from Staten Island
win the Baxter mile In worlds record
time at the Columbia university
games Saturday night a week ago.
After running Taber and Hedlund in
to h ground, and covering q mile in
4:1S LIS, Kiviat was comparatively
fresh. He finished in a whirlwind
sprint, and, after getting his sweater
on and taking half a dozen Ions
breaths. Abel showed scarcely any
sign of his great exertion, excepting
for II perspiration thai stood out on
his manly brow.
The mos wonderful part Of Kiviat's
running was the fact that he made
the pace for every step Of the way.
Norman Taber began to show the eff
fects OF the grueling pace hat Kiviat
made as early as the half mile. A
quarter of a mile from home Taber
a beaten, but Oscar Hedlund hung
moved up and attempted to go by
kiviat. The nsw that Kiviat gave
Hedlund settled the race right there.
Abel opened up with a sprint that
carried him clear of the game little
E%ostonian by yards.
There was much speculation as to
whether John Paul Jones would have
troubled Kiviat, had he started in the
Baxter mile. Judging from Jones
Jones running in the two mile relay
race IT is hardly likely that he would
have been nearer to Kiviat at the fin
lsh than was Oscar Hedlund. Kiviat
a everything last Saturday night,
n had the race been run on the fast
track In Madison Square Garden there
Is small doubt that he would have
done as fast as 4:17 for the mile.
kiviat's wonderful running of late
demonstrates clearly that Abel is bet
Ter now than ever before in his ca
reer. 1t is not exaggerating a bit to
state that he is two seconds faster for
the mile his winter than he was last
year At his time. Ever since John
Paui Jones came to the front as the
worlds greatest miller Kiviat has
sought to show that he is at least as
good as the great Comedian. In
thei first meeting Jones beat. Kiyiat
when the local runner was out of con.
dition. Then Abel came along and
ran a full mile within one-fifth of a
c Of Jones' record, and on ton
OF that beat John Paul in the 1900
mer. "S 1
Depend upon it, Kiviat will beat
4:lS 20 for a mile during the com
ing outdoor season or break his erea,
little heart trying. Lawson Robertson,
700, is II to see kiviat get the
worlds mile mark. Robbie broupht
kiFlat out. and has taught the Staten
Islander everything that he knows
ABOUT running. At the start Kiyia,
q wonderful natural strength and
speed. but his development into one
OF the greatest runners in the histnr,
OF the cindcrpath has been due in mo-
coach. VI has
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26
THRILLING MOMENTS ON THE DIAMOND
WHEN LEACH F1ELDED A BLUNT.

Ito hunt. he would show him! I,
wouldn't be as easy as it had been the
time before. He wouldn't be out
guessed and tlzzle on the play as the
other Pittsburg third bascn1an had
The game began. Attacking furi-
ously, Philadelphia center fielder
sent the ball screaming toward tho
ropes. He didn't stop running until
he reached second base. The next
man waited and, receiving a base on
balls; scampered down to first. Then
Leach saw the tall Frenchman NOV
ing toward the plate-cool. confident
l%Iajoie. stiff-shouldercd with the po-
tentialtty Of power. Two were on
base. Men on first and second. And
as Leach watched Lajoie step lightly
into the batter's box, he wondered
sow the e. attack fda k,u would be made.
some sign. Leach saw him relax the
grasp or his bat AS it moved to his
shoulder. Instantly he remembered
how I.ajoie had done something sim
liar when he had made that bunt
weeks before. The loosencd grip-it
was a clean ~giveaway.
SO" Leach told himself, hes going
crowd. is he? Going to bunt and.
figuring OF taking me by surprise, All
up the bases. is he: Well. III show
him! ] may De young. but he won't
take me in like he did the man who
used to play this base before met"
And having made up his mind that
l.ajoie VAS preparing to bnnt. Leacl,
stole up the grass toward the plate.
Apparently Lajoie had not seen him
stealing in. for now the bat was being
held even more loosely than before.
So Obvious was it that Leach began
~chuckling. BY the time Lajoic hunted
he would be SO close to the ball that
the play would become childishly sim.
PIE. These big leaguers weren't 50
Dig. after all. Leach assured himself.
But now the ball was streaking to.
ward h plate. Like a cat Leach was
watching llajoie. Suddenly he saw
the Frenchman's muscles tense. the
grip on he bat tightene. the shoulders
bunch heavily. the Then there
came a crash-a resonant meeting OF
leather and wood. Something white
flashed toward him. Just above the
ground 1t swept. a terrific line drive
that. bringing up against Leach's
shins. knocked the feet from under
him. As he fell face forward on the
grass Leach saw three things-the
ball bounding u into left field, La
1ote racing toward first, and the Great
Dipper, that had begun to dance be.
fore him at the shock Of the fall. Then
he rolled over on his back. groaning:
bunt!"
He was just a youngster. you see.
after all.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26
CHANGED HANDS
eleven times
Duffy Of Boston First Reeog-
nized Champion of 49,
Pound Class.
BY Farren

Tracing the trail Of the American
| welterweight championship the route
leads us back to the days Of Kid Nc
Coy and Tommy Ryan, who were the
reigning stars around the la to LAG
pound mark. Joo Walcott. who held
the championship for a number Of
years. usually defended his title at
141 pounds, or at 142 pounds at 3
o'clock, ringside. Honey Melody and
Jimmy Gardner. also title claimants:
usually observed the poundage laid
down by Walcott. and for twenty
years past this scale has been gen.
orally accepted as the correct one for
welters.
Jimmy Clabby laid claim to the
championship back in 1910 after
Gardner had grown too heavy. and
Clabby defended his title until he, too,
was forced to advance into a higher
classification because of increasing
weight.
Mike Gibbons. another title claim
ant, fought Clabby three times, but
in none of the battles was the recog-
nized poundage fulfilled. so that in
spite of the claims Of Gibbons. he
never has been justly entitled to the
weller crown. In their first contest
bons all the way. Their other en-
sagements were no decision affairs.
1t is now claimed hat the St. Paul
will-o'-the-wisp can make the legiti-
mate scale. but until he does, boxing
patrons will be u bit skeptical. If
Mike can do the figure he will surely
make things interesting in the weller
brigade.
Following is a table showing how
the American w~elterweight title has
changed hands since tho early SOS,
when Paddy Duffy of Boston first was
recognized as the boss Of the 142-
pound class:
Paddy Duffy, Boston. .... Early 'SOs
Title in allegiance until 1894.
Tommy Ryan. .1894-1S96
Title lapsed until 1898, Mccoy going
into the middleweight class.
Mysterious Billy Smith. 80. .1ss8-l9O0
Rube Ferns.........19oo. 10 months
Matty Matthews .......19Ol, 2 mouths
Rube EXPERIMENTATION. S months
Q Waicott. ..1901-190a
Dixie KID ................1904-1908
jimmy ..1908-1909
Jimmy Clabby. 1910
Title in allowance. although Ray Bron-
son laid claim to It during 1912,
A widow can gain a wide reputa-
ton for business accumen if She
doesn't lose the money her husband
left her.
An old soldier feels that he should
have The same privilege Of fixing up
the story to suit him that history
takes.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26
Consistent Training is Secret
OF k~olehmainen's Great Feats

Lots OF people think it's a cinch tc
be a champion athlete. The average
citizen who takes in an athletic NEE
now and then has an idea that all
that a young man like Hannes Koleh.
malnen does to win worlds laurels is
now and then.
OF the development in a runners con.
dltlon is the racing that he encages
IN. Another race will put him right
is an expression often heard at ath-
letic gatherings. but the ordinary mar
does not realize hat there are hours
Of hard work n dozens of little
things to be done in preparation be.
fore another race" counts.
Take ko!ehmainen. for instance
There never was a youth more careful,
of his condition than this lad from
will invariably bring out the comment;
Its no wonder he's a worlds cham.
pion." Sufficient to say now that the
same faithful rubber who looked to
his wants during the Olympic games
in STOCKHOLM is living in Brooklyn
with Hannes. He is paid not a cent
and never was. His has always been
a labor of love. When Hannes de.
cided to come to America last fall his
dlteIludut SAID: Il Will so also ana gel
a job" And SO it happened.
\ CoDtcntcd Trio at Homo.
Hannes kolehmainen, his brother
Willie. the worlds professional dis
tance champion. and the attendant live
in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn
The trio are as happy as newly mar
ried folks in their little suite of rooms
They cook their OWL meals: prepar
ing every lnorsel that they take will
as much are SO does Oscar. Of Wal
dorf-Astoria fame. Hanncs koleh'
inainen east nc meat. He specialize'
on fish and oatmeal, with plenty Q:
vegetables as a "filler."
The greatest amateur runner in tn,
world eliminated meat from his die
more than a year ago. and declare!
that since he took this step he ha!
been a better "a in every respect
Six o'clock in the morning is thu
hour that starts kolehmainen to train
ing. lie hops out of bed, and afte>
taking half a dozen long breaths. get
into his clothes for a bit of a walk
IIannes tries to walk two hours befor'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26
(BY Edward LNcll Fox.l

From the enc of the home bench in
old Exhibition park. Pittsburg. a tiny
man. almost boyish looking. was
watching tho progress OF a game. In
the field. scattered w the outfield
grass n drawn closer on the rim Of
the diamond. was his team, the
Pirates. At h bat, waiting on tho
bench. were those arch enemies Of the
old Pirates-Philadelphia.
The young ma Che had just been
recruited from a smaller league) knew
nothing of the existing feud. He only
knew that Philadelphia had a terrific
hitter-a tall Frcnchman by the name
OF Napoleon Lajoie. Two innings be-
fore he had seen this Lajoie clear the
bases with a smash to the center field
fence. In a moment the rangy. dark
skinned Titan would come to bat
again. Leach (for it was he. the
youngster on the bench) wondered to
what corner Of the field the hit would
fly this time.
In the little league from which he
had come he had never seen such
ease. such confidence in a batter. He
had not believed 1t possible. He found
himself wonde ring what he would do
were a ball from Lajoie's bat to come
burning his way. Then he thought
third base would ever be given him.
It was as a third baseman tina Pitts
burg had drafted young Leach-boy-
ish Leach. as tiny in his conception
OF National league baseball as he was
in stature. So different from the
crafty Leach of today-the clever
was Years ago.
And now I.ajoie was at bat-an inn
movable figure. who stood facing tn.
Pittsburg pitcher with just the trace
Of a sneer crossing his face. How
powerful he looked! How swift and
already would ,n1d r,n be his rs. SWING I'M ! ri Leach e; 4, h
through the Pittsburg inield. But
as he watched he saw Lajoie sudden
~ extend his bat. Holding It loosely.
parallel with the ground. Lajoie met
the ball gently. In an instant he
broke n his stride. tearing toward
first base. leaving the hall spinning
slowly toward third.
"Ho!" exclaimed Leach. $50 he's
foxy. this Frenchman! Sometimes he
chance to field one of those bunts!"
Two relief pitchers were sitting near
him. and at the outburst they smiled.
One of them, particularly, remembered
how he had longed to face Lajoie. He
bat and the home run that had crash
ed into the right field seats. But l am
depressing.
Some months later Philadelphia
again came to P%ittsburg. Meanwhile
Leach had been given a chance to play
third base. In fact he had played 50
we'll that the manager had decided t.
give him the post in the inportan,
series against the hard-hittinE Phil
lies. now Just starting. And as LeacF
trotted to his station that afternoon,
As proud as a young peacock, the
thought of Lajoie came to him. a:
last the chance to face the notorious
Franchman vas his.
Leach strutted a little more. paved
the ground. and rubbed his glove de-
termidedly. If that Frenchman tried
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26

league team. And of course the 9TH
ers lolling about in the leather chairs
are ball players. They like to kid the
college recruits.
Most every season a college star is
discovered and signed by a major
league club. A big part Of the pres
ent day diamond heroes have had
their early training at college. Not
Il few look back to- the good old cam
pus days. Les see now. there's our
old friend Matty-he's a college boy
And Jake Stahls another and Red
Murray al we'll as Chief Meyers of
course. And now that Jim Thorpe's
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26
STARVED BABY DIES IN COURT.

Chicago. Feb. 25.-As Mrs. Frank
Stupka, emaciated and thinly clad.
stood in the court of domestic rela
tons today waiting to testify against
her husband. on a charge Of nonsup-
port. her baby died in her arms. DR..
Park of the city health department
declared the baby died of starvation.
Stupka sat stolidly in his chair
when told that the baby had died.
Judge Chlir called him before the
bench and asked sharply:
What arc you going to do about
II can't do anything. 1 can't sup
port her" stupka replied. although
He was sent to Jail.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26

Washington. Feb. 25.-Clyde Milan.
the bull moose of the Senator'S out
field. is expected to do some big work
for Washington this coming season.
and incidentally beat the worlds base
stealing record.
Last year Milan's daring exploits
earned for him the title Of 'the ter.
ror of the base-lines." He pilfered
eighty-nine bags. thus easily making
himself the champion base-stealer of
the major leagues.
Milan's rise has been rapid. In
1911. when Ty Cobb distinguished
himself by burgling eighty-three
sacks, Milan trailed in the vanguard
with f%fty-eight. In 1912. however,
the case was reversed. Ty had to be
content with third honors in this .e-
partlnent. Eddie Collins pulling down
second. Milan first.
Milan is not only a base-stealer OF
rcnown; he's some swatter. too. Last
year he participated in 154 games. go
ing to bat 800 times for a record OF
1873 hits and 105 runs His extra
base-swatting constitutes twenty-five
doubles. eleven triples and one homer,
for grand total Of 200 bases.
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signed up we might as we'll mention
him too.
President Lynch Of the National
league has said that college players
are more than welcome in the big
show. They are as q rule, intelligent
and heady and wise to the inside
points OF tho game. Then too they
are an amiable crew and there are
few disturbers a,nonS them. But
above all they've got lots of pep and
spirit they're always up on their
toes. Which is a big item In the max.
ing Of a good ball player.
That early raw.raw.raW stuff cornas
In handy In their diamond r
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26

A. husky young man with a suit
case, a pair Of multa -colored socks
and o large fund of self-esteem walks
into the hotel and asks for the man.
ager of n Giants or maybe the Ath-
letics. Seated about in the lobby are
other husky young men who scan the
new arrival critically and after get
ting an cyeful of the garish garb com
mcnt somewhat AS follows:
We'll. kick me silly. Isn't he the
dolly guy"
Oh. Huthie dear. come lend me
your powder rae!"
The new arrival in q college player
who has been signed by a major
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26

A widow can gain a wide reputa-
tion for business accumen II she
doesn't lose the money her husband
left her.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26

An old soldier feels that he should
have the same privilege Of fixing up
the story to suit him that history
takes.
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EXPERIENCE. But NO TREAsURr

EXPERIENCE. But NO TREASURE
Panama. Feb. 25.-The treasure
hunting party led by Miss Gcnevieve
Davis of London. which has been
searching in Cocos island for some
store of experience, but without any
pirate treasure.
The party left Plymouth, Eng, in
September last. Cocos island lies
about $50 miles southwest of Panama
in the Paciti ocean. They hoped to
find there a hoard ofjcweis and gold
valued at a hundred million dollars.