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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12

excelling him in getting down to first
base: But he has two weak points
in offensive work. He is a very poor
waiter. and 10 does not get on nearly
so often as he would If he was able
to force the pitcher to pitch to him.
Hard Man to Stop.
His great speed makes him a hard
maj to stop on the bases. but he is
not on there SO much as he would be
II he could develop the haiti of watt
ing to better advantage.
Campbell hits Is points higher than
Bob. but the extra bases on balls Sc
cured by the Redleg were more VAL
liable than the extra hits made by the
Boston gardener.
Owing to his inability 10 wait
Campbell went to bat more Zines Of
National league last year.
He was charged with 624 tim es at
bat. and no other player reached the
600 mark. though sixteen Of them
played In as many or more games
than he did. This is d serious weak
ness in a lead-off man, who should
be on base more often by the pass
route. Campbell. in spite of his great
speed. is not a very clever base run-
ner.
While Bescher was stealing 81 bases
last year Vincent was coping just 10.
both men playing in exactly the same
number Of games.
II George stallings can show Camp
bell a few things about waiting them
out at the plate and running bases
smoothly after he gets on, Vincent will
be a great power for him. for he is a
good hitter and a very fast a
though not yet instructed in now TO
use his speed to the greatest advan-
tage.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
BIG HANDS AID
BALL. PLAYERS
Feminine Size Put Seymour
Out and has Been Draw
back to Campbell.

1t was the feminine size of his hands
which kept Cy Seymour from being a
great pitcher: When he first Joined
the New York Giants many years ago
he came as twirler. but he found the
greatest difficulty in securing cont: IL
of the ball. because hts hands are SO
small that he could not get his fingers
all the way around the sphere.
.Cy was finally forced to give up
pitching entirely and go to the OUT
field. where his hitting, rather than his
fielding. kept him in the game for a
long period of years.
Vincent Campbell, the fast center
fielder of the Bostons, has the same
handicap as Seymour in regard to the
size of his hands.
Campbell's mitts are far below the
average in length and diameter, and
the muffed flies which he is guilty Of
are the result Of this physical handi-
cap. to a great extent. He is also not
SO good a thrower as he would be IL
his hands were a bit more bulky.
Campbell. however, played better
ball last season than ever before, and
President Gaffney of the Boston club
believes that he is going to be a very
valuable man for his club this sea-
son.
Vincent is a speed marvel no one
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
AB0R|G|NE
BALL PLAYERS
Only Three Major League
Stars, With Scattering in
the Minor Circuits.

Comparatively few Indians have
In recent years those who have sue
ceeded to regular positions With either
American or National league clubs
can be counted upon the fingers Of one
hand.
Athletic trainers and coaches have
wondered at this. 1t is all the more
surprising when one stops to consider
n a Of all the nations there is zone
which can boast Of more natural ath-
letics than the a~borigines. Some
mentors have tried to explain 1t by
saving that the race has been retro
crossing. This. Of course, may be in
great measure responsible for the con-
dition.
Whatever the reason, it remains a
fact that only Sockalexis, Jack Meyers
and Chief Bender have attained fame
as big leaguers. Other Indians have
made good in the minors and have
been given trial in fast company, but
they have invariably fallen Just one
notch shy in their major league
ability.
Judge a Notable Minor.
Notable among these were Jude. a
reservation Indian, and ii RAY. a
Chippewa. They have always been
among the best in their respective
minor associations. but have lacked an
indefinite something SO frequently the
case with good minor leaguers.
Q Jim Thorpe has been added to
the list. and out in ST. Louis the
Browns may have an Indian playing
shortstop for them. Ealenti, who had
a trial with Cincinnati for a time has
been turned over to George Stovall.
sockalexis was regarded as one Of
the best players Of his time about thir-
teen years ago. He played for four
Years with Holy Cross, and then play
ed for about two seasons with Cleyc-
and but firewater was the cause OF
his downfall.
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by Walter Peet. Nj. DE-

Thorpe will not make good in base.
ball" is the cry now of several critics
His low record in the little league that
robbed him of his amateur standing
is the reason given.
But let us look into it from the view.
point OF the leading physical culturists
In the first place. the axiom that "a
man good in several branches of sport
physical disability or deficiency be.
ing eliminated-wiil make good in all
athletics" is especially applicable to
the Indian.
Jim Thorpe has excelled in every
thing in matters of the great out of
doors that he has tackled.
Furthermore. he fulfills every re-
quirement of the perfect athlete. He
has the height;he has tie weight:he has
the youth: he has the smooth mus
cles without a of muscle-bound-
ness. and. probably most important
of all. he has the proper psychological
equipment. This last asset means that
he has control of mind over muscle,
"a good eye, proper Judgment Of dis
lance. and that he has pluck.
In the Laboratory tests Of univer-
sity athletes it has been found that
their mental and muscular responses
to stimuli r much quicker than that
of the average student and that every
additional sport that they vent into
they eXcelled in.
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Thorpe Will Make Good as a
Ball Player, Says Physician

Thorpe has the eye and judgment.
He has proved this in. everything he
has attempted. And eye and judy
ment plus practice means art and SCI
ence. Take his football work and his
Olympic achievements alone: They
show all Of these requisites. Many
college men put him ahead of Brink
ley In goal kicking. He is a great
shot.
But also in pluck he is supreme.
Every football player knew this before
the 1ndian-West Point game. but that
showed it to the world.
1t has been said that baseball does
not need pluck as does football. Here
again the exhaustive university tests
have come in to prove the theory
wrong. 1t has been found that every
game. even without physical effort
or physical fatigue. needs sand.
Their are many men who are larger
and actually stronger than Thorpe
who would be pigmies in his hands.
One of our greatest baseball man
ayers said to me: Give me young
~all-around athletes and I'll make ball
players Of Them"
AS soon as he puts his mind on the
national game and begins to specialize
1t, under proper coaching, he will 70
right to the front. simply because he
has the goods both in brain and ply
sique.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
Weller TITLE
CHANGES OFTEN
There Have Been Clever,
Champs in this Class Since
the Early Eighties.

Tracing the trail of the America
welterweight championship the route
leads us back to the days of Kid Nc
Coy and Tommy Ryan, who were the
stars around the LA to 146
pound mark. Joe Walcott, who held
the championship for a number Of
years, usually defended his title at 14l
or l45 pounds. or at 142 pounds at 3
o'clock, ringside. Honey Melody and
Jimmy Gardner. also the claimants.
usually. observed the poundage laid
down by Walcott, and for twenty
years past this scale has been gener.
ally accepted as the correct one for
welters.
Jimmy Clabby laid claim to the
championship back in 1910 after Gard.
ner mad GROWN too heavy, and Clabby
defended his title until he. too. was
forced to advance into a higher CLASSIC
fcation because of increasing weight.
Mike Gibbons. another title claim
ant, fought Clabby three times, hut
in none of the battles was the recog.
nized poundage fulfilled, so that in
spite Of the claims Of Gibbons. he new
er has been justly entitled to the well
Milwaukee. Clabby whipped Gibbons
all the way. Their other engagements
were no decision affairs. It is now
claimed that the st. Paul will-'o.the-
'wlsp can make the legitimate scale,
but until he does, boxing patrons will
be a bit skeptical. If Mike can do
the figure he would surely make things
in the welter brigade.
Following is a table showing how
the American weiterweight title has.
changed hands since the early $685.
when Paddy Duffy of Boston first was
recognized as the boss Of the 142.
pound class:
Paddy Duffy of Boston. early sos.
(Title in allegiance until 1894.)
Tommy Ryan, 1~894-1896.
Kid Mccoy, 1S96-1S97.
Title lapsed until 1898, Mccoy going
into the ~middleweight class.
Mysterious Billy Smith. 1S9s-1900.
Rube Ferns. 1900. 10 months.
Matty Matthews, 1901. z months.
Rube Ferns. 1901, S months.
Joe Wolcott. 19O1-19O4.
Dixie Kid, 19O4-190S.
Jimmy Gardner, 19OS-1909.
Jimmy Clabby, 1910.
Title in allegiance. although Ray
Bronson laid claim to 1t during 1912.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
GAINS WEALTH
N 1855 FIGHTS
Harlem Tommy Murphy, at
That, is Not Even a Near
Claimant to Title.

Twenty-eiSht years of s thirteen
Years in the iisht game, something
like l65 battles all told, wife and baby
girl. and an income of $3.50 a month
from the six houses he owns in
Brooklyn. n. y.
That's the story Of Harlem Tom
my Murphy in a nutshell-a sort OF
thumbnail sketch of a scrapper who
has always been d credit to the game
even if he isn't a champion. and is a
remarkable piece Of machinery con-
sidering how long he has been iden-
titled with the sport.
For these many years they have Ia
beled Tommy Murphy as an old. man
at the game. q veteran who must be
beaten. but just about the time that
he seems tagged for the discard he
hobs up with a good showing, and
rejuvenates himself.
Il know l can't go on forever" he
said the other afternoon in San Fran
cisco, land l don't expect to. If l
have another Year and a half l will
fortunate that l have had so many
chances"
What is there remarkable about T.
Murphy, " ask2
Has Been Consistent Winner.
Nothing less than the way he has
been able to keep pegging away when
fighters who are far younger than
himself have been dropping by the
wayside all through.
Its good living and regular hab-
it's" is the only explanation that he
offers. II drink a little beer now and
then. always have, in fact. At the
same time l can't take more than
three or four drinks without being
busy, and SO ! don't try. 1 never did
smoke. and for the past five years
I've been married. We have a little
baby girl, and that would keep me at
home If nothing else would. To me
the boxing game has been kind. 1
started at it thirteen years ago, have
done practically nothing else. and
now have something laid aside-six
houses in Brooklyn hat give me a
good income"
Murphy also sounds a warning that
ought to be interesting. He says the
average person thinks that a fighter
must keep on exercising even when
he has no matches.
That's a mistake" he says. AT
least l nave found that it isn't neces-
sary. Why, for the last two months
and a half up to this last fight. 1 did
not have on a glove. When I am not
in training ] like a rest and a change.
In Brooklyn ] have my W machine,
and when I'm not busy around the
house can go out for a spin with the
family"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
GRIFFITH DRAWS
SCHEDULE PLUMS
He Gets the Highlanders for
Opening at Washington
I'm Gotham April II.
New York, Feb. l2.-Clark Griffith

New York, Feb. l2.-Clark Griffith
is TO be congratulated.
Last year he as manager and one
of the stockholders of the WASHINGTON
American league team had the salts
faction OF seeing the Nationals change
from a team OF also rams" into one
OF the most powerful baseball clubs in
the country. Now he has drawn two
plums from the schedule makers
which are sure to cause the shekels
TO drop lnerrily into the Washington
clubs treasury and incidentally into
Griff's pockets.
The American league fans are anX-
lousy awaiting an opportunity 10 see
the New York team under the man.
agenlent OF Frank Chance. New
Workers are now. because of the fact
that Chance is part of the New York
Americans, beginning To admit that
the Giants are not the only team in
Gotham. When the Ilishlanders make
their first appearance at the Polo
srounds, the crowd is certainly sure to
lc Il big one.
Griffith wins both ways. He gets
the HishianderS at Washington for the
opening game of the season. and like
Wise cops the opening date If the
American leaeut season in New York.
Clark Grittith's Washingtons will
open the American league season with
Frank Chances New Works at the
Polo Grounds on April IL. Griff is
enthusiast over the arrangement.
Griff is also We'll pleased With the FAC,
that the New Works will begin the
championship rae in Washington on
April 10, and that the Senators have
received the Fourth Of July plum at
the Brush stadium. The WASHINGTON
manager already has that
Walter johnson will pitch against
me on April 10 and II.
which means that the New Yorks will
have to fight for all they are worth 10
carry off the hunors.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
Trainer Jack Watson
Leaves America; Was an
Unwelcome Surprise

Ames. Iowa. Feb. 1.-THE resigna-
ton Of Trainer Jack Watson from the
athletic staff of Anes was an unwel-
come surprise to students. especially
TO TN" athletic men. Who will De
Wataon's Successor is unknown. The
new mentor may not he chosen for
several months. Sentiment is strong.
~ in favor of the promotion VI Clyde
Williams. football coach. to the post
OF athletic director in the mes phys
zeal education department which was
created by the board Of deans with
the completion Of the new sylunas-
inm. 4 week ago Coach Watson is
sued the first cali for track athletes.
Fifty men, the largest number that
ever reported here, came out. The
track schedule follows:
Nebraska, April ?6; Drake. May 2;
Iowa. May 10. Missouri Valley will
be met at ST. Louis some time carly
in June.
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The following was the lineup fol
Would Have College Men
Train on Battleships to
Fit Them for Naval Duty

Boston. Mass, Feb. ia plan to
have college students train on United
States Warships so as to fit them for
naval situations in times Of war. is adj
vocated by President Lawrence Low
ell OF Harvard university. In speak,
ing today President Lowell said that
he favored having students go aboard
battleships or training ships during
the summer months. and learn some
OF the principles OF naval warfare so
n a the college men Ould be called
upon as reserves in s of national
danger.
President, Lowell's suggestion. It
WAS announced. would be discussed ut
y mass meeting Of Harvard students
tonight. al which Prot. !. n. Hollis Of
Harvard and Capt. e. &. Marsh. u. s.
~. would explain President I.owell's
plan in more detail.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
Here and There in the World of Sport Winter Season G0ssin
Manager Johnny Evers Has a
Plan to Steady His Pitchers

Manager Johnny Evers Of the Chi
easo Cubs is our with a suggestion
in regard to the playing rules that will
doubtless be accepted as Il compromise
ny those who are in favor of penaliz-
Ing the pitchers for deliberately Civ
ing a base on balls TO a heavy hitter.
would it ae advisable 10 do so To pre-
vent disaster.
Evers's suggestion is to allow a base
runner to advance a base every time
a pitcher gives a base on balls. Also
TO reduce the number of balls from
four To three.
Evers is of the opinion this plan
would augment the hitting more than
two-fold. He declares i; also would
eliminate one of the bad features OF
the game. When Il twirler deliberately
passes a heavy striker % get a weaker
n the fans are disguised if the visit
ing pitcher issues the pass. Evers
says his scheme would obviate that.
often in a contes, men Will reach third
and second base With q strong bats
man coming TO the plate. The finger.
instead of trying TO make the batter
nit. will pass him TO get the following
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
Sig Olason Gets Two
Falls in Less than Two
Minutes with Thompson

Mountain. n. d.. Feb. ia good
attendance of wrestling fans Witness
cd the match here last night between
Sig Olason of Grand Forks and T..
Thompson OF Michigan, the former
winning In two straight falls that
consumed less than two minutes Of
actual wrestling. Thompson out
weighed his opponent by seventeen
pounds.
The first fall went TO Olason in for
ty-fve seconds with "A half Nelson and
n body hold. The second was secured
in thirty seconds by the same hold,
Olasan demonstrating his superior
knowledge Of the game and his great
fr experience in a remarkably short
time without cXertion or display of
SCIENCE. Tho bout was refereed by
Vain Thorlason.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12

hitter. who supposedly is weaker. In.
der Ever's rule this would be abolish
cd. Should the pitcher purposcly
walk the strong striker the man on
third would be permitted to score and
the man on second advance to third.
The scheme to be advocated by Ev-
ers is to make the pitcher put the ball
over the plate. He contends if only
three balls are allowed more effort
would be made by the fingers to mas
ter control.
Virtually it would force them to get
the sphere over. thereby enhancing
the chances of the batter to hit. He
adds it undoubtedly will mean more
work for the hurler. but it will crafty
the desire of the followers of the pas
time for more slugging and fewer
pitchers battles. His opinion is that
a combat is doubly exciting and inter-
esting to the average fan if there are
men on the bases in every inning.
Besides, the rooters like to see
scintillating plays pulled Oft by the
felders and this would he done oftener
if the pitcher rave the batsman more
opportunity 10 connect.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
MINNESOTA AGGIES
LOST TO N. D. QUINT

st. Paul. MIMI, Feb. 1a.-Thc
University of North Dakota has
ketball quintet defeated the Min
neSota agricultural five last night
by a score of 20 To 1G.
II game was fast throughout.
the Flickertails getting the junlD
on the Gophcrs at the very start.
running up Il total of seventeen
points to their opponents two in
the first half.
capt. Wilcox was a star for the
North Dakota team. he and Rob-
inSoh at guards playing wonderful
ball. SaSen. right forward.
counted the greatest number Of
points for his team.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
Cambridge and Oxford
To Challenge Americans
For Rice Chess Trophy

New York, Feb. 11.-According to
advlces from England received by 4.
>. Jameson, chairman uf the i~ntcrcol-
ieslate chess match committee. OK
ford and Cambridge have decided to
issue 81 challenge for the Rice inter-
national trophy. which has not been
competed for since the Americans
won 1t In 1910. for Inc third time in
succession. While the challenge has
not yet come to hand, IL is known
that the English universities desire ia
play on Saturday. March Is, just be-
Tore n annual varsity chess week.
Inc record of the series to date is:
America, a; England, g.; drawn, 3.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
McGRAW WANTS HEyDH,y

Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 11.-Manage,
McGraw of the New York Giants
thinks so we'll of Claude Hendrix, III.
Pirate splitter. hat he offered our
PLAYERS and $4,000 in cash for The
pitcher who led the National lcapul
last season. Hendrix will remain with
Pittsburgh at least during the 1912
season. Whether McGraw's offer was
only a 'feeler" or was made in GOOD
faith is not known here. BarneI
Dreyfuss turned down the offer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
MURPHY STARTS DRAINING.

san FranclScO, CaI., Feb. 11.-Har-
lem Tommy Murphy. who will meet
Ad Wolgast here in a 20-round fight,
day.
II am glad l am to meet Wolgast
instead of Joe Mandot." said Murphy,
''as it will place me in a much better
line for the championship"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
P.ALZIsR ILI.

Plymouth, Eng. Feb. 11.-Alber,
PHlzer, the American h~cavvwcirh,
lighter from Iowa. arrived here YES.
terday. He is suffering froin malaria
FEVER and WAS seasick throughout the
voyage across The Atlantic. He cx.
poets to Iisht Jack johnson in rari.
on June 26.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
NORMALITES BEAT
TEAM

Valley City, n. D.. Feb. 12.-Accom-
panied by Coach Burckhalter and five
or six rootcrs. the normal school pas
ketball team iourneyed to jamestown
and defeated the %collegians by a score
of % to II. The game was a fast one
from the beginning. and owing to the
narrowness OF the hall. which allow
ed no ont Of bounds was %necessari-
~ Of a rougher nature than usual. but
having found their bearings on the
strange floor, the normal school team
allowed their hosts to make but two
baskets. when they secured the lead
and kept it for the remainder of the
evening.
At the end of the first half OF the
game the score stood II to 8 in favor
Of the normals and at the end of the
game it had grown to ~ to II. This
score MADE by the normals on a
strange floor under handicap is indi-
cativc Of the york done during the
past week and augurs optimistically
Of the outcome Of the Mayville-Valley
City game TO be played hero February
10.
The following was the lineup for
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12

The country is much interested in
the romance said to be budding in the
White House. But just wait until the
new administration comes in.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12

And the worst if it tina, Tho Han
conference probably can no, he in
dnced to interfere in the suffrage war
in London.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12
ARRESTED FOR LARCENY.
English and Buckles CHARGED WI,
R01NhQpS, nm r~nS.

Robbery on Train.
Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 11.-Clarence
English and Guy Buckles, the former
a we'll known pugilist. were yesterday
hound over to the district court by
Police Judge Fullerton on the charge
of larceny. The complaint was made
by Clarence johnson, a train news
agent. who claims the two robbed him.
They were committed to Jail.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-12

Tho Fact that the next president for
babe tho inaugural ball is no. nccc.-
sarllH AN indication that he has any
%antipathy toward the base ball.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-01-16

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lmmen,, Ant HIIIa

West African ant hills are veritable
giants. frequently standing forty feet
high. These ant hills are shaped
something like . sugar loaf and are
divided inside into hundreds Of tiny
rooms. They have. needless to say,
myriads Of Inhabitants, and these are
all busily making roads. gathering
food and watching over the eggs and
youngsters. The natives are afraid
to touch these hills. except from dis
lance with firearms. The ants often
make their strongholds around trees
and they are built very solidly, With
sides sometimes twenty inches thick.
Tho inside II hollow and ct the top
there II Q sort Of attic. The royal
CELL" where the queen ant lives, II a.
ways found on the ground floor. This
good lady IL . prisoner. but II careful
~ fed By her busy subjects, the eggs
she lays being Immediately carried
away and deposited in "rooms" Get
apart for the pufpose.-Wide World,