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The Washington times., 1913-09-30

Some one is accumulating considerable
stock in the District National Bank,
one of the local operators on the ex.
change evidently having orders to buy
all he can get at 145. Following the
purchase Of twenty shares yesterday at
this figure, the same broker bought two
blocks today, one Of ten shares and the
other of five. He offered TO take more
The Washington times., 1913-09-30
Cruisers San for Bermuda.

DEvoNPoRT. England. .Sept ~
The British cruisers Suffolk. Berwick.
ioined by the Monmouth. have oa1lsd
Tor Bermuda From that base the New
~ constructed British west Atlantic
squadron. commanded by Rear Admiral
Sir Christopher Cradock, VIII watch
Zone.
The Washington times., 1913-09-30
Earl Saves Paintings
When His Home Burns

DOVER. Ensland, Sept. 3e.-.Ffohtinv
flames. which burned to the ground hts
famous mansion at WaIdernhaRe Park.
psrsoasiIy ssved many famous paint.
inen from the gallery of His home. Nc
evidence was found Of the hrsss ORIGIN
The Washington times., 1913-09-30

The National Bank Of washington
has added savings bank department,
paying per cent interest on deposits.
The Washington times., 1913-09-30

bankers will Be invited to, submit ques-
tions In writing ahead Of time, SO that
these may be given othe currency ex.
perts for explanation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05

lyon days of the old Northwestern
league and tell %wondrous ale Of the
players Of the days when Duluth and
Eau Claire we're in tho same league
with st. Paul and Minneapolis, then
but an Overgrown village with a big
white hope alone lighting up the vista.
Nothing, apparently-though base
nall waters often run decp-has been
done since the adjournment Of the
recent meeting at Minneapolis. Mike
|Cantillon. president of the Minneapolis
Baseball club. liz in Milwaukee,. and
he may he there on business that has
TO do with the new league.
Whether the national commission
must give its august consent to the
proposed invasion. or whether IL ia
strictly a matter for the American az
ISOLATION magnates to decide. seems at
the present time to be q question beg.
gtng for an answer
1t is believed that there will be n
meeting of the representatives. of the
Duluth. Superior. Winnipeg. Grand
Forks, Virginia and possibly the pros
pective added members OF the league,
VIII be called within the next two
weeks. and at that meeting the formal
organization Of the league will be ef-
fected.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05
Here and There in the World of Sport Winter Season Gossip

mandcd Tommy. Curley and Hart
admitted that they were. THAT being
the case. I want a third interest in
those buttons.
For. once Ryan had o~verreached
himself. Curley could not divide the
buttons into three equal parts with
out hopelessly mutilating them, and
they continued to embellish Marvin's
ample wrists.
Hart Wanted it All.
by tho time the Curley bunch land
ed in Los Angeles, Hart had develop
ed symptoms of money madness. He
gave .Curley $500 to bet on himself
and Jack chippcd In $500 of his own
money. He left the combined wad
with a local commissioner. Tho latter
was able to get down but $500 of it.
When: Hart was in his dressing
room before the fight l told him the
amount which had been placed and
suggested that. We divide it," said
CurleN with a reminiscent smile.
Marvin could not see 1t that way and
insisted on having it all for his own.
Rather than argue the matter l let
him have it and he dropped the wad
all by his lonely. Poor Marvin Ger.
tainly had a funny way Of looking at
things.
Il saw him in Louisville a short
time He is attached to the state
attorneys officer as a special officer.
Hc is big and hog fat, but still thinks
he can whip Tommy Burns.
III McCarey want to delve into the
antiquities and stage a. real grudge
match l would suggest Hart vs..
Burns,'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05
Blame is Put on Catchers
For Delaying Ball Games
Magnates Agree That in Efforts to Hide Signals From
Opposition Much Time is ~Lost-President Navin of
Detroit Suggests Moving Back Coaching Lines.

Al the recent American league meet
ing in Chicago when discussion came
up for Inauguration of methods that
would prevent games dragging and
put more life into the entertainment.
President johnson chided some of the
team managers for permitting catch-
ers to take SO much time in giving
signals to pitchers. and held that it
was n OF the most serious of the de-
rays IN the game. to his mind. Connie
Macks answer was that the time was
necessary to battery cooperation and
tnat the delay was due TO the cautious.
ness IN hiding signals. President Ma.
YIN OF Detroit has come forth with an
.uea ina MAY permit the catchers TO
coaching lines moved back ten feet,
SO coachers cannot detect signals.
Umpire Billy Evans is quoted as in.
dorsins the idea.
The idea is that it takes the hack.
stops so long to hide their signs from
the prying eyes Of coachers who oc-
cupS the present positions on the lines,
that they hold up the exercises un.
necessarily. With the advisory COM
mlttee standing within a few feet Of
the first and third the wind
pad artist must be careful TO give his
prescription for a pitched hall in such
a manner that it can be read only
from dead ahead.
Were the catcher to leave the re.
quest for a curve or fast one unpro.
tected on either side. the wise lads sta.
toned TO exhort base runners would
catch on instantly and communicate
10 the batsman just what was coming.
Mhat a batsman you'd do to the
hall u.arn ho oh1o % -.
one and be sure that it was to be pitch.
ed: might endanger the lives Of in.
f1elders. The mammoth clubbing feats
Of teams which have maintained sign
tipping bureaus Will prove this. A
great many pitchers have practically
no stock in trade except their ability.
to mix EN- up" and with somebody
advising the batters as to what is COM
ing every time, the hurlers would be
taxing big chances Of being decapitat.
ed by a line drive.
Would Save Delay by Catchcrs.
We figure that by moving the
coachers away from the base line we
might obviate the necessity for SO
much stalling on the part Of the
catchers in giving their signs" said
President Navin. The games are al
together TOO long at present. and any.
thing that would tel to shorten them
would be appreciated by the players
and fans alike. Ban Johnson has been
trying for several years to cut down
the time consumed in playing a ON
test. and this looks to me like a good
way"
a we'll known backstop has this to
say about the shifting Of the coacher,s
box with regard to increasing the
speed of the batterymen and "such:"
I'm my opinion the slowness or
auickness Of the average backstop in
winging his signals to the pitcher is
not in n way affected by the man
who happens to be coaching at first
base. For one thing, a catcher who
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05
O'Brien Has Formidable
List OF Stars Signed

According to the latest bulletin Of
j. II. Farrell. secretary of the Nation
al Association Of Professional Baseball
clubs, Duluth has received contracts
from Monte Woods, Henry j. Bracket.
Fred Marcellus. Harry j. Myers. Fred
w. Trcpton, Charles Few, Elmer j.
Smith, Gus Burkholtz, Ed Copeland,
Harry 1.isle. F.. Ray Barley and Har-
~ Aldrich.
The word sent along by the Irish
Orator is to the effect that among this
bunch are soinc of the hest players
that he has ever signed.
George Stewart. Walter Hicks, II. NJ.
Mcclure, f. Gubridge and several 9TH
er players have also accepted the
terms offered by the genial Darby,
though they have not as yet duly for
"arded their signed contracts.
This goes to show that the manager
of the White sox has not been idle
since he left here. and that in the
event Of this city getting in the league
with the twin cities, as the indica-
tons point to it at the present time,
Dulfth will probably be represented
win. the strongest baseball team in
the history Of the town. though there
are those who mark back 70 the hal
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05
how o. | HART GOT
!: {. BURNS MATCH
Jack curley Tells the Inside
Story! Of Losing Title and
Money by Marvin Hart.

Jack Curley has unreclcd the inside
story OF how Marvin Hart landed the
match with Tommy Burns at Maud
Junction. and received an artistic
trimming Tor his trouble.
Hart and Tommy Ryan were tour
ing the country under the manage
ment of Curley and meeting all COM
ers.! This was shortly after Hart had
won from Jack Root. and he was bill
ed as the heavyweight champion of
the world:
Curley a receiving wires from
Ton McCarey relative to IL middle
weight bout between Ryan and Tom
my Burns. Ryan insisted on 15S
pounds ringside, while Burns held out
for that weight at 3 o'clock. 1t is
probable Il compromise would have
been reached, had not Hart intcrfered
and insisted on regarding Burns as
his meat.
Wanted Easy Picking.
When we landed in Butte ! no
ticed that Hart was nursing IL pceve.'
said Curley. LIN the afternoon r
found him sitting in a back room, his
head in his hand and sorrow depict
ed in every line inc features
after considerable effort l
ed to corkscrew the cause of Harris
grief out of him.
"'Oh, it's just this way said Mar
vim. You are always picking the soft
one for Ryan, while I'm sent in
against fellows like Johnson and Kid
Carter. Why can't l have some of
this easy picking? am entitled to
this fight with Burns
Later in the day l found Ryan in
a friendly mood. and he readily %
scented h a Hart be given the match.
The really humorous feature of the
situation lay in that fact that regard
less Of whether Hart or Ryan fought
the money was divided among us
three ways.
Hart could have sat at the ring
side and watched Ryan and Burns
fight it out, but for his funny way
of looking at things. He would have
received as much money as Ryan, and
would not have j~eopardized his title.
jabbed Hart out of the heavyweight
championship. and just about broke
tho big fellows heart"
When Ryan Lost Out.
Curley had to exercise the wisdom
in his Queensberry family during that
tour. Hart was Jealous of Ryan.
while Tommy always had an eye out
for the main chance in "A financial
way.
When Curley's boxing troupe landed
in Butte. one of the local sports who
wanted to referee the Hart-Callahan
fight, spotted Curley. He mistook him
for Hart. He bought Jack a pair of
cuff buttons, thinking that this would
grease the, way into the, referee's job.
Curley, of course. turned the but
tons over to Hart. They were worth
about $50. Ryan cast IL covetous eye
upon them. .
Hey. now. amt we cutting the
proceeds of this trip three ways?" de-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05

knows his trade has no trouble what
ever in ~concealing his signs from a
coacher who is forced TO stay within
his boundaries.
"As a matter of fact. the wise catch
er of today doesn't hand out his sig
nails from a screened point of vantage
between his legs. as is the common inn
precision. but resorts to some simple
m~aneuNcr after fuSSing around With
bluff moves by fingers the greater por-
ton of the time consumed.
It's All a Bluff. anyway.
1T is ten to one that when the wind
ing his eyes toward the coaching box
and exhibiting symptoms Of distress
lest the mar on the sidclines has OBJ
served his manipulation of his fingers.
he is not telegraphing the sort of ball
he wishes at all. The pitcher man
shakes his head and then after the
man behind the log has Strengthened
up apparently ready to receive the
delivery some simple movement of his
sign.
Hence this masking Of the signs
will take just as long whether the box
is moved back OF not. There isn't Il
chance in the world Of a coacher get
ting a flash at what takes place when
the catcher is squatting. providing he
keeps the leg on tho exposed side tilt
ed at any angle at all.
The only man who has a chance
TO lamp a finger signal is Il runner
on the second sack. and few back
men are on base. So it is just as easy
TO get a real catcher's work from the
bench as on the first base lines.
The up-to-datc shock-absorber uses
but three signs. one for Il fast ball.
one for a curve. and another for Il
|pitch-out. or waste hall. His throws
TO the sacks are usually regulated by
the man who takes the peg.
much of the evident d~eliberateness
of a wise catcher is caused by his de-
sire to work the pitcher slowly for
hest results. Many fingers lose their
effectiveness if they are permitted to
work rapidly"
Plain Ginger the Main Need.
There can be no doubt of the de-
|sirability Of doing so!..ething to short
en- the games played in American lea
quo parks. Last summer the average
playing period in Detroit was close to
two hours for an ordinary nine-inning
contest. which is altogether too long
for the comfort and convenience Of
the fans.
Fans living in the North Wood
ward or extreme east and west side
districts were very liable to get home
to a cold supper Il they stayed until
the finish, and as the Tigers are noted
for their penchant for n~intk-innning
rallies. nobody wanted I o quit carly.
'resardlcss Of the score. 1t would seem
that by displaying a little more ginger
in their work the players might lop
at least fifteen minutes off the time,
and that would mean a lot. for it
would enable the patrons to get On
their airs before the downtown rush
hour and thus obviatc n great deal
of discomfort and Inconvenience"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05
NAVY BASEBALL DATES.

ulc of the Naval Academy baseball
team, announced today. follows:
March 2:. Pennsylvania; 20, Holy
Cross; 2, Vermont: April 2. Colgate:
., Amherst; g.. Cornell: IL. Lehigh:
fAnnapolis:l 20. Agricultural and Me-
chanical College OF North Carolina;
30. Virginia: May 3. Catholic Univer-
sitH; I. Georgetown: 10, Johns Hop
kins; -. Mount st. Mary's College;
81. %otrc Dame; 90. st. Johns. Col
lexe, fAnnapolis:) 81. Army. All
games will be played at Annapolis, ex-
cept the game with the Army, which
will be at West Point. r.. l.. Breck-
enridge has been re-cngagcd as coach.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05
CUBS SUED FOR s25,0O0.
Nrs. Annie DObkip Asks Damages for
Being Struck BIZ Battcd Rail

Chicago. Feb. 4.-Suit for $4,000
Was filed in the superior
court Yesterday by Mrs. Annie Dobbin
against the Chicago National League
Baseball club, because of injuries sus-
tanned by being struck By a foul bali
batted from the West Side Park dur-
ing 81 game last summer.
Mrs. Dobkin alleges hat the bail
sailed over the park fence and into a
window Of her home whore she was
seated. The ball. according I, The
attorneys for the plaintiff. struck the
woman in he head. Knocking her OF
the chair and causing partial paraly-
Sis, which rendered. her hclplcs. for
several months.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05
o a NEW LEAGUE.
Hockey Organization to Be Started in
Connecticut.

connecticut.
New York. Feb. NO unusual ak.
element has been pcrceptible in the
ranks OF the American Amateur Hook
league since the announcement that
another amateur hockey league will
be formed very shortly in Connecti-
cut. There isn't any particular rea-
son why managers of local sevens
should shoulder any unnecessary bur
den OF worry because Of this fact.
Connecticut is welcome to a league.
~ 1t is necessary the local organiza-
lions will gladly furnish the prime
movers in this effort with some knowl.
edge. gained by experience. as to how
1t IL best to launch the undertaking
and furnish a copy Of rules and con-
stitution. Hockey can stand another
& Tho more leagues the better
the brand IF hockey in future.
The game is established and being
better cultivated. Now 1t must be de-
VclODed. and there In only one logical
way OF developing 1t and that Is to
arouse enthusiasm amOng younger as
pirants.
1t is said that the new league
when organized will draw upon col
lege graduates for its players. and
that this will be- keenly felt by the
Amateur Hockey league of this city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05
THINK LEWIS IS
A GREAT FIGHTER
Next to Ketchel and Fitzsirn-
mons Best that Ever. Lived.
Says Dan McKettrick.

Next to Stan ketchel and Bob Fitz
l regard Willie Lewis as the greatest
nghter there ever was" says Dan Nc
kettrick. Mckettrick has c%haperoned
Lewis for ten years.
Not BECAUSE l have managed him
do say that. l must give the man.
credit for what he has done. He was
"a wonderful fighter, and he still could
whip a lot Of welterweights if he
would take a notion to train"
An exceptional fighter is Lewis. In
the game thirteen years he made a
fortune and Il rosy record. Yet he
never took care of himself. Training
rules and the ordinary observance that
a X exercises. played no part in
in bed he was out buying wine.
Years ago when Harry Tuthill was
training him he employed all kinds of
lodges to evade work. Lewis had a:
Dig hight on and Tuthill was anxious
that he should be in condition. Willie
was on the road a week and failed to
take on a pound of weight. Tuthill
couldn't make out what the trouble
perspiring freely. hut his heft did not
decrease. Tuthill was stumped. One
morning he arose early and trailed his
man. A mile out from the city he
found Lewis under a shade tree read:
ing a book. Willie had been spending
an hour every. day dclving into litera-
ture, and when it had been time to
get back into camp. he hid the book
and sprinted the mile back to quar-.
tiers.
One on Trainer Tutllill.
Tuthill sem u dog with Lewis the
neXt morning. He thought the dog
would keep him running. For three
days Lewis and the dos came in
wringing wet. But Willie did not lose
any weight. Another bit Of gumshoc-
Ing was necessary. Tuthill again
found Lewis under the tree, reading
the book. The tree overlooked n
small pond. Willie had boon throw
ing u stick into the water and the dog
had been chasing it assiduously.
Lewis is a Very clever fellow and Il
humorist. according to McKettrick.
He numbers among his friends the
most prominent men in the country
who never tire Of his wit and stories.
Charles Dana Gibson and William X.
Vanderbilt r among Willie's best
pals.
Willie gave Harry Lewis his name
when the Philadelphia boxer boxed
his first contest. Willie had a ,splen-
did tenor voice until a year ago when
he got a punch in the Adams apple.
which changed his tones to u deep
bass. He got into the boxing game
through singing songs as a kid in tho
Brooklyn fight clubs during intermis.
SiOnS. ="
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05
BEAT OLYMPIC RUNNER.
Tcwanima Outrun by 5O.Ycar.OId
Rcdskin i'm Oklahoma.

New York. Feb, 4.-According to
Joseph Shoulder. director of athletics
at Sherman Institute, the United
States was not represented by her best
distance runners in the Olympic games
at Stockholm las summer. 1t Is the
belief of Shoulder that the desert re-
gions OF Arizona a alone supply the
endurance men to compete successful
ly with the distancers of those coun-
tries where the simple life is led.
Zeyouma, the little Hopi who went
down from Sherman at the last min
ute and won the modified Marathon
last season at San Francisco, is from
the same tribe as Tewanima, the lit
tie Indian from Carlisle School, who
was the only member of the American
team at Stockholm to score in the long
distance runs. Last year these two
runners went home to Arizona to spend
their vacation, n a race was ar
and the champion from Sherman. The
distance was twelve miles. Tewani-
ma. appeared in his Carlisle track suit,
and Zeyouma wore the Sherman COL
ors. AS the race was about to start
some of the older men of the tribe
looking on said that the boys did not
look like runners.
young bucks" and Tewanima said:
IF you don't like our looks get in,
and show, what you can do"
The challenge was promptly accept
ed. and a number Of the older red
men" started. They wore no running
shoes nor track suits, merely discard
ing coats and removing their shoes.
Both Zeyouma and Tewanima were
hopelessly beaten. The pace was too
much for them, and at the siX-mile
post both the trained athletes fell out,
leaving the ace to the barefoot
runners in the lead.
Shoulder did not remember the
name Of the winner. but said he was
a man about so years Of age, who
looked like he was dying Of consump.
ton.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05

You are going to hear a lot about
the tariff from now until the time of
its final revision. but that isn't posi-
tive evidence that o will learn all
about it: no has. as yet.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05

Although there is ''many a slip b.-
tween the cup and the lip." ". II.
senatorial superstition. has
resigned Us district Judge. Thompson
wears sprjna bottom pants.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05

We notice in the Falls City News
that n grooms up there are still
wearing the conventional black.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05

You probably have noticed that
the newspaper boys will fall for any
thing that wears skirts and keeps out
of the police court.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
COOPERATIVE REALTY co.
EXCHANGE LIST

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ChiCGEO-Iiigh class restricted aDarr-
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BoStoB-Several modern stone and
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anQ q brick stone residence of u rooms
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Nashville, Tenn.-Cottages and va
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$4,000 for q farm
Tennessee-24OO acres timber land at
SO per acre for Texas or Oklahoma
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Columbus, O.-Revenue property. 81
5 81 e., LlOuIl,s-Bric1 residence. $4,000 or
arkansas Flour mill. residence and
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Indiana-Lirhe and cement plant.
Dalias--Iwo cottages. $4,000. for i'm
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-or 1000 or 1000 acres in central Texas
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Livery stable
Jones county farms and property in
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Denton county farm for Randall or
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Tor ranch store building. general uer-
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
NEW BUNGALOWS.
VERY CHEAP.
EAGN TERMS

Ii = A4AGFARs
East FL PasO. Douglas
St. Two ; room, hardwood
floors, builtin features
$3.50.
Grand View, near Coun-
try club and paved road.
one , room and one 6 room.
$3.50 and $4,000.
SPECIAL PRICE FEW
DAYS ONLY.
One beautiful 5 room
bungalow, near Country
club. On fine level lots.
$3.50.
We have a number Of
we'll selected, choice lots in
Grand View and East FL
PaSO. where values are
rapidly increasing. Small
cash payments and balance
aSy.
The Sutton Realty Co.
Two Republics Bldg.
Phone 1909.