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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17
HARDWARE HOOPERS
Still HEAD LEAGUE
Keep Up Perfect Standing;
Games at Y. NJ. c. A. Are
Interesting.

The last games before tho holidays OF the Com
mcrcisl baskcLbsll league were played Inst night
at the Y. NJ C. A, gymnasium before large
crowd. All OF the games were fast although
the Bcores wore not close
The snlt Lako Hardware qulntctto retained It's
perfect percentage by winning from the Telephone
i've; i've; This game mado 1t four straight for tho
Hardware team. Tho 90 to 10.
The telephone team scrappcd bard, but could
not win from Captain Hofnsnn's boys. Tho
Hardware team used signals and several times
made baskets by their work. But two
OF the Hardware's fiyo points made field
baskets. Tho game was the toughest OF the night
Tho first half oudcd with tho acoro 20 TO In tho
Hardware nyo's favor.
The stor of this game was Gruntord. the Hard
ware forward lie oeored eight baskets and also
did Bomo good guarding In the first half be
made twelve points and In the second half his
Holman and Goodrich also played wolI for tho
Hardware five. Gum and Davis played steady
The lineup:
Salt Lake Hardware. Telephone.
walker ..s..s.......n,. ...s.,.-,.. pyo
Grunford ord..,.-...-....-.rt...., Bowen. Hudson
Hofmonn ...,............cs,ss.-.... Williams
Castro .,s...s.........l lg.....,...,. Gum
Goodrich re. Davis
Flold baskcts-wslker, 8: Gruntord. s; Eotmann.
A. Goodrich. L Williams. /: Dyo. 2: Hudson. !.
FREQ throws-ounn. out of 3: Dye. out OF 1;
Walker, out OF f.
The first game OF the evening was between
tho Boyd Park quintette and Halliday, with the
Boyd Park team played well and with tho
sistauce Of Parker. of tho best In tho
Captain Hammond OF tho Halliday five. may
protest the game. Parker may not bo egi-
bic The stars for tho Boyd Park team
Tracy and Pavy. Pavy made a Beautiful shot
from the middle OF tho floor, Captain Hammond
of Halliday played we'll
Tho game was the most interesting OF tho get
Tho Park team did good passing Parker and
Tracy several times carried tho bail up tho floor
alone. Tho first half ended in Porks favor
10 TO 3.
The lineup:
Boyd PARK. Halliday
Tracy. ,........ 80. Hammond
.-..-..... Tay
Morton .,...s....s,.... .e............ Bennett
Parker. Korns
Jarvis Hudson,-..... re ,s.s-s..s,., Upham
Fiod baskots-Morton .; Pavy,, 2: Tracy, l.
Jarvis. !: Hudson. /; Hammond. l; Tay, /;
korns /.
FREQ throwa-Tracy. out OF 10: Hammond,
out OF s.
The last gains was between tho Lucas five
and Hcnager team. For tho second time this oca
sop. tho Henager five without the services
of ono OF their men and wcro compelled 10 play
evcry team bad aligned up, full tcsms
would take tho floor
Tho Lucas qulptette fairly swamped the oppo
POINTS and tho game tho most one-slded this
year. Tho As 20 II in Lucss'g favor
The fast ittlo Lucas five mado basket aftor
basket until they got tiro5 Bosoni starred for
tho Lucas five. He made several long shots
whilo hi6 guarding also good. Tho Luca.
team did excellent raHsinI. schatz scored eight
baskets Spencer. who played In one half. put
six through tho ring
Tommy Fitzpatrick was referee and his work
could not have boon bcttcr
Tho line
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17
HARBERTSON DOWNED
TWICE BY KETONEN
snecial 70 The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
PARK CITY. Dec 16.-Walno Ketonen.
Finnish wrestler. tonight won compsr-
atively easy victory over Jack Harbert-
son OF Ogden. Ketoncn took the first fall
In thirty-four minutes and thirty five
seconds with a toe hold The second wax
obtained after fifteen minutes. when
'Ketonen fastened a reverse body hold on
tho ogden man. A, II. Fletcher of this
city was the referee. The match was
held In the Quinn theater. and Was wit
messed by crowd fairly large IN size.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17
HOLIDAY RATES.

One fare for round trip between ali
Utah points via Salt Lake Route
Tickets on sale December 10 to 25. in
elusive. December 81 and January l..
Return January 5. Ticket office, 10
East Third South. (Advertiscment.) }.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17
Bailey Sells Stock Farm.

LEXINGTON. Ky. Dec. 1s.-Formsr
senator Joseph BAILEY OF Texas sold to-
day the Fairisnd stock farm, where he
has raised harness horses for many years
The price paid is said 10 have been 800
600. The sale OF Fairland farm Is be
lieved to mark the retirement iof Senator
Bailey as a breeder OF harness stock.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17
School After Schrader.

The Tribune rs I'm receipt OF a letter
from Hop Reid. manager OF "Mugpsy''
School dated Cheyenne. The note is TO
the effect that School wants 10 box ten
lie prefers Al Schrader for his opponent.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17
Ssuiorr
WINDSOR AND Z. e. Nj. /.
WIN BOWLING GAME

The Windsor and q. C. NJ I. bowiin
teams last night were victors over "a
Nationals and Utah Coppers, In the CT
and Commercial leagues, respectively. M
night the Broadways and Business Nd
play, and the Utah Power & Light neof
the General Dlectrics. Last night
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17
South Dakota Elects Ferguson.

VERMUsLIoN. 8. D., Dec. 16.-CooIey
Ferguson OF North Adams, Mass, for
three years South Dskota's s halfback was
elected football captain OF the 1914 team
at the annual football banquet last
night.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17
Costello Seeks Match,

Joe Costello OF Salinas, Cal. 10
town. He is looking for a match vi
Young Peter Jackson. Costello bftu
up the beam at l6S pounds.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17
SOPHS CHAMPIONS IN
HIGH SCHOOL SERIES
Defeat Juniors in Hard
Fought Battle; Matches
Were Interesting.

The closest interclass basketball series
ever held at the Salt Lake high school
was completed yesterday afternoon, when
the sophomore quintette defeated the
junior class team by the score OF "a to
% The game was played in the high
school gymnasium. The sophomores are
therefore champions OF the school
This years series has been the most
bitterly fought since the hoop game was
INTRODUCED at the west side. Yesterday 8
game was necessary TO decide the cham
pionshlp, as the juniors Won from The
iors and the sophomores had great teams,
While the seniors ana freshmen had medi-
ocre fives, The freshmen won the first
H, came Of Of The series s from the Juni1Fs
until toward the end of the series.
Yesterdays game was hard fought. and
the juniors were playing a great game at
the finish. The second-year players did
some great passing. and the work OF
the sophomore guards was of the best,
Both teams used the same lineup
replaced Leonard for the juniors.
At the start the sophomores played a
hard and rough game and had scored
two baskets before the juniors made a
had all the better Of the game during the
first half The half ended with the score
10 . in favor OF the winners,
In the second half the juniors showed
some Improvement and scored a. number
Of baskets. but were unable to beat the
sophomores committed many fouls:
The feature of the day was the basket
shooting OF Stanley Johnson. the husky
center of the second-year men. He
scored six baskets and his passing was
Of stellar order. Lester Jarvis, the holder
Of the interclass series record for baskets,
was able to make only five baskets. ow-
ing to the clever guarding OF John Hol-
den. Holden watched his man keenly
and also made four baskets. Two of
them were long shots.
The juniors did not show the fight that
has characterized their playing in pre-
vlous games and appeared to be in poor
condition. Rydalch, Lyman and Captain
Romney threw basket from midfield. 1t
was the longest shot Of the day.
The officials were Coach Henry Rich
ardson and Captain Roy Siddoway of the
first team. The lineup:
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Field bsskets-Schatz. s.: Spcncor, s. Hoisluston
3, BoSoni. 5; Erickson. /. Wilson 3. Robinson
J.: WILCOX, !: jacobson. ..
FREQ throws-WilcoI., I out o' &
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-17

Field baskets-Johnson 6, Jarvis 8.
Holden A. Holt 8. Lyman ;, Lambert @,
Rydalch 2. Romncy 1.
Free throws-Donl<ln. out OF z: Ly-
man, out OF q, Rydalch, l out of A.;
Jarvis, out OF !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

Der of them. But, perhaps, the most
logical is the fact that no baseball
player can always play up to his stand
ard. II he could, the stars in the big
league, instead of being elated at bat
ting three-hundred or over for the
season, would all have batting aver
ages of a thousand per cent. and field
ing records that show no evidence of
their having made any errors.
Every player has many "off days"
when he hits nothing he hits at and
holds nothing that touches his glove.
And so, it happens now and then, that
really star player on strong team
will suffer a relapse in form at tho
crucial moment when his mis- play
means the losing of the game. And
occasionally all, or nearly all, the play
ers on team will slump" during the
same game-and then the other side
'cleans up" to finishl
Now, of all the Juvenile stars" in
the county in which the members of
the Red Lot Team lived Smoke BALI
Thompson was far and away the
greatest. The fame of his wide curve
and his fast one" as you know, had
travelled far. 1t was freely predicted
that when he grew up he would make
the big leagues, If he cared to. There
was not a boy within miles around
who did not consider it an honor to
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Norton was a crackerjack on the
bases-he saw what had happened.
Then he streaked it for the plate.
Every man on the Red Lot infield
was yelling at Smoke BALI to throw
the ball to RIP" Dugan, the catcher.
And Smoke -balr' was trying his best
to recover from the effect of the SIN
I--he couldn't see rip at all: every
thing was blurl
Now all this happened, you under
stand, in far less time than it takes
for you to read about it.
But, before Smoke BALI was able
to see even dimly Norton was within
few feet of the plate.
And when Smoke ball" let fly. the
ball whizzed far to the right of the
waiting catcher's outstretched glove.
rip" just did manage to knock it
down" but, of course. could not pick
it up in time to touch the sliding Nor
ton.
The game was overl Score-Red
Lots. IL; Vigilants, 10.
And it was "SmolSe-ball's' wild
throw to the plate that had lost it,
The Vigilant rootars went almost
mad with JOY. The Red Lot Team
was wild with rage and disappoint-
ment, and poor Smoke -ball"-well,
there's no need to tell how he felt.
But it all goes to show what queer
things can happen in a game of base
ball and how no game Is ever won
until the last batter has been retired
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TALES OF THE
RED LOT TEAM


know Smoke balr' well enough to call
him by his nickname.
But the other day-well, read for
yourself and see how not even he is
immune TO the first and foremost rule
of the game--its uncertainty.
For eight and one-half innings the
battle between the Red Lots and the
Vigilants had waxed fastsand furious.
Now, the Red Lots may have been
handicapped somewhat by the fact that
they We're not playing on their own
grounds; but that could scarcely ac-
count for tho miserable showing they
had made--considering the rather
wobbly reputation of their opponents.
The Vigilants were not a strong team;
indeed, quite the reverse. Already
the Red Lots had defeated them in
two former contests.
But in this, the third game, the
tables seemed to have been reversed.
And the principal offender had been
the mainstay of the Red Lot Team
''Smok balp' Thompsoni
If you doubt 1t, glance at the score:
Red Lots, IL; Vigilants, 10. Think of
1t, weak hitting team like that scor-
ing ten runs off Smoke ball" Thomp-
son! But he had given no less than
eight bases-on balls and in three
separate innings the Vigilants had
punched" their hits, sending runners
across the plate.
What was wrong with him, not even
Smoke ball" himself could tell. He
seemed to have his usual speed and
his quick breaking curve; but, some-
how, the Vigilants seemed to know
just when to wait him out" and when
to paste" the ball.
To make matters worse, there was
no other pitcher to put in his place.
Oven "BSd. Allison, the captain and
shCst stop of the Red Lots, had fig
ur1d the game would be an easy one
and Smoke ball" was the only
pitcher he had brought with the
team So, there was nothing to do
but leave him in and trdst to his
recovering his fofs,. and control as
the game progressed.
At the end of the eighth inning the
Vigilants were two runs ahead. But
the doughty Red Lot batters had
come to the front with a ripping
ninth-inning rally, pushing three runs
across the plate. This made them one
AOi W tliC 6OOQ--etno surely OInOke-
ball' could hold weak hitting team
like the Vigilants in check for a single
turn at the batl
1t had been nerve-wracking strug-
gle, with the lucky breaks all favor
ing the enemy; but now, possessing
one-run lead, 1t certainly seemed
that the game was won.
So, the Viligants came to bat for
their final "raps," not really believing
themselves that they could win out
Indeed, their amazement at the lacing
they had been giving Smoke ball"
all afternoon was written large on
their gleeful countenances.
The first batter up struck out
Smoke balP' was returning to
form
The next one lined out beautiful
two -begger along the third base line.
And his animate who followed
him sent a ringing single to right-field
on which the runner scored, he him
self easily making second on the
"throw-in' that failed to catch the
runner at the plate.
The game was a tiel Two hits in
Succession off Smoke ball"! 1t was
more than humiliatingl And, oh, how
Capt. bud" wished he had brought
another pitcher along with himl
The crowd was hooting and yell
ing and. convinced that the great Red
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Lot pitcher was truly ratified. calling
out all sorts of jeers and taunts at
him and the whole Red Lot team. AZ
ter two defeats earlier In the season,
you see. victory was sweet to them.
And you can't exactly blame them,
can your
bud" ran in from his position to
encourage Smoke ball" Imagine it!
Now If it had been "Curley" Graves
in the box or Joe Parker, their very
newest pitcher, 1t would not have been
so surprising. But-"Smoke- ball"-
we'll 1t was almost unheard of
"Stick 1t straight over, Smoky" :"
whispered the Captain. Were all
right behind you-and you bet we'll
just knock the cover off that ball next
inningl"
Smoke balp did and-Bill Murphy,
the next Vigilant batter, pulled off
clever bunt. on which Norton. the
Vigilant runner on second easily
reached third and he himself beat out
the belated throw to first.
The situation was tight indeed. The
score was tie; one man out; a run
ner on third and another on first!
Smoke BALI gritted his teeth and
vowed he would put every thing he
had in him on that ball. Just make
the second out, he told himself, with
out Norton being able to get "home"
on it and the third man would be
easier to attend to, since the Red Lot
infeld could then drop back to their
regular positions. instead of playing
in close as they were now. Besides,
George Brown. the batter up, was one
of the weakest hitters on the Vigilant
team. Smoke ball" wondered why
they hadn't put in a pinch hitter for
him.
With two strikes and but one ball
on him, George lifted high pop-f1y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
Flung Both Arms Eyes Shut Out The Burning Igh

almost straight up in the air.. He
threw down his bat in disgust. while
the Viligant rooters groaned.
1t was plainly "Smoke-ball's" ball
and the Red Lot infielders called to
him to take IT." Up, up, up scared
the ball and then down, down, down,
with Smoke ball" twisting and turn
ing under 1t, stepping now forward,
now back, now to the side. 1t looked
to be the easiest kind of an out, espe-
cially as Smoke BALI always fielded
his position splendidly and was almost
sure death" to pop-fiies of that sort
Down. down, down came the ball
with a peculiar. twisting motion. Sud-
denly, 1t seemed to take sudden
shoot in Its descent and Smoke ball"
turned quickly facing the plate. to
catch it.
And as he turned, gazing straight
UP in the air at the descending sphere.
the blazing, hot sun caught him
squarely in the eyes.
Have you ever lost a. ball in the
sum-" Then you know what it feels
like. You know that, to save your
life, you can't keep on staring straight
into that burning. blazing orb. You
loose sight of the descending ball en-
tirely and you simply Lave to cover
your eyes with your arm.
Well, Smoke BALI lost that ball in
the sun. But, game to the core. he
stuck out both hands blindly. And as
luck would have it, the ball hit his
glove squarely-and stuck! Then. his
eyes so blinded that he couldn't stand
it second longer. 'he flung both arms
before them to shut out the burning
light.
1t seemed to him scarcely a fraction
of second that he stood thus, sway
ing dizzily, when he heard bud" cry
out. Home, Smoky quick. shoot it
homei"
What? Could 1t be that Norton was
attempting to score from third after
the ball had been caught: No, no!
That was absurd No runner would
take such a desperate chance as that!
But Norton was. Indeed, yes! He
waited, with one foot on the bag,
while Smoke ball" caught the de-
scending sphere; and instantly-for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

IF there is any one thing In par
"a ticular that makes baseball the
ID greatest of all sports it is the
B games uncertainty. You never
can tell what is going to happen on a
ball field.
A strong team VIII sail along now
ing down the best OF its competitors
and then---au of suddsn--it will go
up against a notoriousiy weak team
and suffer an everlasting trimming"
at their hands. That's the beauty of
the game-theres no certain way of
doping II OUT
Ask any big Lacquer, or any one
who has followed baseball closely, and
he'll tell you that. Co, II you happen
to hear fellow you know saying,
"We're bound TO beat them; last week
the Little Rocks walloped them s-3
and we beat the Little Rocks the week
bofpre 18--2l" you can put 1t down
right away that he's only blowing or.
at ell events. doesn't know what he
is talking about. No game is ever
wnn, remember, until the last man is
outf
There is a reason for this-a num-
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mingham. England, you would won
der even more at several of the
queer Industries by which some peo-
pie make their living there. For in
stance. they manufacture such un-
usual things as jews-harps, gold-leaf
and policemen's whistles.
Birmingham, in fact, Is the prin-
cipal source of the jews-harps used
by the entire world. The people who
make them have. as rule, taken up
the work where their fathers left off.
And here is a peculiar thing about
jews-harps. The majority of them
are exported and sold to the half
civilized people in different parts of
the globe. The Zulus are especially
fond of them and must have them
made extra large to fit their enor-
nous mouths.
The making of gold-leaf by gold
beating, as 1t is called, is a tedious
process. First the gold. 24-karat,
comes from the rolling mills in long
ribbons little over an inch In width
and one-thousandth of an inch in
thickness. The beater cuts ribbon
into " Inch squares. He places one
of these squares in a pad consisting
Of one hundred vegetable parch-
ment sheets below the gold square
and the same number above It, He
then takes a hammer that weighs
fourteen pounds and beats and beats
fn 1., inv
gold square is considerably thinned
out.
Next, he places the square between
leaves of what is known as gold
beaters' skin; which is nothing more
than an unusually thin and tough
membrane taken from the OK. Gen.
orally. some eight hundred Of these
little squares are beaten between
these leaves at the same time-with
a seven pound hammer.
Then. they are divided into quar-
ters and beaten again. The process
continues until the gold leaf is but
one-fifty- -thousandth part of an inch
in thickness-which is so fine, in
deed, that neither you nor I can even
begin to appreciate how thin 1t is.
But-well, it's almost as light as air!
Birmingham, too, comes very near
supplying the world with policemen's
whistles and handouts. They make
unusually good ones there, generally
out of German silver. But, every
now and then, when an extra fine one
is desired. it is made of solid silver.
Right here in our own country we
use many. many whistles made across
the seas in Birmingham.
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Uncle Wills "Great" Scheme

his face was all covered with little red
splotches. My Mamma and Papa
your Grandmother and Grandfather,
you know-came in and looked at
him. Then they sent for Doctor
Brown.
"Measlesl Yes. the doctor assured
them, it looked mighty much like a
case of measles-but it might turn out
to be only some sort of rash Uncle
VIII must be kept In bed and not al
lowed to go out for several days.
Now. long toward the afternoon.
Uncle Will, who was not a very good
boy as you will see presently, thought
OF a great way to make money and
buy that fishing rod. So, as quietly as
ever he could, he crawled out of bed,
dressed and tip-toed down the back
stairs and out into the street. And
Mamma did not hear him at all.
After a while, however Mamma
went up to his room to see how he
was and, of course, found his bed
empty. She called to him and
searched all over the house. Then,
very much worried, she got DIR. Brown
on the phone and told him that Will
had slipped out -of-doors when she
wasn't looking
I've got him here with me- DR..
Brown replied. and I'm bringing him
home in my buggy right away. The
young rascal needs a good spanking
I'll tell you all about 1t when I get
there'
so, presently. the Doctor drove up
xsrif1
up in thick blankets and looked very
scared. He was hustled up to his
room and put to bed Immediately.
Blankets were piled upon him and he
was given warm things to drink-to
keep the measles from going in DR..
Brown explained.
Now, Madam" said DIR. Brown,
after Uncle VIII had been fixed, what
do you think that young scamp did?
You can never guess in the world.
Well, | was sitting in my office when
my door opened and in walked Will.
was so amazed l could scarcely be-
lieve my eyes. And what do you
think he wanted--bless my soul
what do you think he wantedl
Actually, he asked me how much
l would give him to go around and
play with the other children $3.50
so-they would catch the measles
from him and-and--bless my soul
/ could then make money by Doctor
ing themi Think of it, The young
rascal! He said something about
wanting to buy a fishing rod; but I
think, Madam, he should be given
some other kind of a rod!
"And he was, too, Dorothy; but not
until after he had recovered from a
very bad case of the measles His
being out of doors made it much
worse and-well you may be sure, be-
fore he was well again, he wished he
hadn't sneaked out of the house that
way.
so, you see, Dorothy, every plan
for making money that comes into a
child's head isn't always good one to
follow. Now, IL you and Mary and
Susie want to make some chocolate
caramels tomorrow, I'll help you
make them and you children can sell
them at the drugstore. But-no
'snowballs.' "