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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14
ETERS DEHIES HOFFMAN
 PULLED ''liERkLI:' PLAY


 JOHN EvERs recently had his atten-
 lion called Co statement by Nor decai Brown that Artie Holman really engineered the play in 1908 when Mer- kle failed to touch second. In answer Evers says.
 T have no desire to enter into any controversy with Brown over this mat ter In the first place, if I go back at Blown at length it will be just what the Federal league is seeking adver- tisi1g. Hoffman did not call my atten- ton to the play. and nobody knows this better than Brown have received a letter from Pat Moran. who was with the Cubs at the time. in which Pat says he Is sending some matter on the same incident
 -eWhiIe some considerable importance and notoriety were. attached to the Merl1e play. believe the same identi-. cal play which occurred ten days earlier in Pittsburgh was just as important It was in September, 1908. We were playing Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh The score was tied at 1-1 in the eleventh timing. Pittsburgh had three men on bases and twos out. Gill was on first Tor Pittsburgh. The batter hit one through Browns legs and it went to renta, where Jimmy Slagle was play Ing
 -arae rum went over the plate. but
 
 got the ball back from Elagle and foacnsd second By this time the play CTS of both teams were about off the field, and it occurred to me right away that tie play was not right.
 sI yelled to Umpire Hank ODay, who was at the water barrel. but he would pay no attention to D1e and told me to go baek to the hotel If there was ever a fine crabbed I did that day. All the way back to the hotel I grunnbled and inc Chicago players thought was crazy
 -a4saaf night at the hotel Murphy and Chance came to me and had me explain the spay- Murphy wrote one of his fa- nous long telegra1ns to President Pull liam, who investigated the play Chick Fra8r was the only Chicago player wfc agreed that was right. and a statement from him caused PulIiam to issae an order to urnpires not to leave ths grounds until the final play was csnpIeted. or. in other words, practt- cSly admitting that was right in my sontention.
 For some unknown reason little ID publicity was given the matter in the papers. yet to me it was just as fnpor- tant as the Merl<le incident and had a vital bearing on the race that year. Had the Pittsburgh game been order ed replayed and we have been fortu- nate enough to have won we would have had the pennant cinched before that game in New York In which Mer- kle hgured- As it developed. we lost. and when we played New York over again ws had only frlE game on
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14

ably next claim attention, for it is ex pected that they will take place late in August or early in September High powered motorooats are sensitive things. Not only are they sienderly built. when their power is taken into consideration, but In order to get mO- tors of hundreds of horsepower into a. craft less than forty feet long the enc gines must be complex in cpnstruction. Their engines would run tramp steamship. While the prospects for American victory do not seem to be as good as those of France, it is expected that this country will be represented by three boats. These are Count Man lxowsiSfs well known Ankle Deep, which is being altered and repaired, and Com
 modore J. H. Pugh's Disturber III, both Of which competed in last years races near Gowes. and James Simpson's g small Peter Pan VI. which is credited with speed of fifty five miles.
 And last, chrono1ogically of the sea- sons contests but the greatest of them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14

Boston crew of eight oarsnen would cross to contend at Henley early in July, and efforts are being made to send some athletes in quest of the Eng lish championships in the same month
 The fate of the polo cup will be de- cided earliest. The first match will be played on June on the Meadowbrook club grounds, Westbury. N. "; she second on June 13, and if a third is required to settle the affair it will prob ably be played off on the Saturday fol- lowing.
 The struggle for the retention of the hardly won Davis cup will be the sec ond of the International contests to be settled. The dates for the so called challenge round are Aug. 13.e If and 15. Challenges have been filed by Cana sda, Australasia, the British isles. BeI- gi iurn, France and Germany. The Ca nadian and Australasian and the Bel gian and British teams will play each other before July 25- The German team will meet the winner of the first pair. and France the winner of the second pair before Aug. l. The winner. of this round will then meet the de- lenders of the cup. McLoughIin and
 williams will almost certainly be among the defenders
 The motorboat races near Cowes for the Harrnsworth copper slab will prob
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14
Marsans Is Second Ty Cobb


 THE Cincinnati Reds have two Cu- 4 bans on the regular lineup who are expected to be stars of the Nation al league during the season. Gonzales and Marsans are the names of the Cu- bans secured by Frank Bancroft, business manager of the Reds.
 .sMarsans will prove the Ty Cobb of the Nationals,n said MT. Bancroft. eff it is possible to have another such wonderful player as Cobb is. then Mar sans will be the player. He will play the left field position this season. re- placing Bob Bescher. and, mark my word, he'll be nothing short of a sen sation.
 And Gonzales. whom I signed on my trip to Cuba last summer. prom |ises to be second Archer. His throw ing to the bases is most accurate, and he throws from a flat footed position. Gonzales cannot speak word of Eng fish. and Marsans is used as inter- pxstar.s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14
CHAMPION KRAMER MAY
 NEVER RAGE AGAIN
X MER1cA has probably lost it's best

s A MERICA has probably lost it's best
 cross country and long distance runner, for Billy Kramer, the great athlete of the Long Island A. C., has broken down and may never again be able to don another racing shoe. Dur- ing the three mile special race at the
 Gonumen ent A. c. games at Celtic park. New York, recently he injured the achilles tendon of the left foot and is now scarcely able to hobble around.
 The injury is not new. as Kramer first strained the tendon while training on the steamship Finland on his way to the Olympic games in Stockholm. While it still pained him Severely he started in the 5000 meter race in the to quit before half the distance had been completed. For two weeks he nursed the sore tendon, which controls the movement Of his heel. and then he started iii the Olympic cross country run. As in the 5000 meter race he was forced to quit before finishing the journey.
 After this contest the late Mike Murphy, the veteran trainer who had charge of the team. declared that he would never again be able to run an other race.
 On Krarner's return to this country Lawson Robertson devised a rubber brace that prevented a "jarring on the injured tendon, and this support enabled the cross country king to re- sune training and campaign again through the indoor season.
 Kramer began athletics in 1908 as a member of the Acorn A. c. and soon jumped into prominence as great cross country runner Two years later he joined the Long Island A. C. and while a member of that organization won many titles. including half dozen cross country and the three and five mile championships.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14

all. ftting climax. is the race hetvTeen Liptonss Shamrock ". and an Ameri- can yacht for the possession pf tne giant bottom1ess silver vessel denoui- mated the Americas cup. The first rsAea is scheduled for Sept 20, the other races until three have been won by one of the competttors following on tne Succeeding Saturday, Tuesday, Thur day. Saturday. etc.
 Never before have there been gc many yachts h1ilt in a year 70 deferc this simple $500 silver orna.ulent sa structfon- They are the Hespluts- building at the Herreshoff yards. at Bristol, R. l., for the SO called Wander bilt syndicate the Defiance, which being constructed at the Fore ALiVet yards for q syndicate Of New Horl- Philadelphia and Boston yachtsmer, uf which George M- Pynchon IS the naan- aging director. and the Vanitie. which Alexander s. Cochran is buildins at Neponset. Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14
OWEN MORAN REPORTED VICTIM OF TUBERCULOSIS

NEWS comes from England that
 Owen Moran has contracted tu- bercuIosis. and it is feared that he has but a short time to live. Moranss last appearance in this country; was with Young Shugrue in New. York last Jan uary At that time the clever little Englishnan showed that there was something arniss with him. as he was forced to stop after boxing seven rounds.
 Next to Jem Driscoli, Moran was probably the best featherweight Eng land ever sent over to his country. He held Abe Atte1l even in three hard bat ties when the American champion was at his best. Moran also has the distinc- ton of being the only boxer to make
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14

Battling Nelson take Fthe f1ll count This happened in 1910 at San Fran cisco.
 That feat marked the stprnipg poiu, in, Moran's ring career. Tn subsequent battles he failed to show his best form ally went downhill- He still retained his skill as a boxer, but his atauaifla and hitting ability left him In hiz bout with Shugrue he made d show of the Jersey lightweight while hia strength lasted but he was unable 70 stand the pace. and. rather than suffer a Knockout, he stepped to the ropes al the end of the seventh round and gave up the contest, saying he was throuEh with the ring for all time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14

iIT- B. Maurice MeLoughIin 4<-Francfs ouimet. 5.--Ameriean ternis cracks Cleft ts right, Hackett, MeEou5hsiny Little and Williams. 6.-Chick Evans. 7-Jeror.e D. Travers-f as-sees1e at intsrnational
 By DODGERS 1T. GURNEE.
 HIS pronafses to be the greatest
 year fn American spordng his-
 tory. It's importance rests in a large measure on the many lnter11atf0na1 contests to De decided Most 1f these contests will be held here m America. for most of the fro-i phIes> are in our possession. One Of then~ however. reposea safely in Eng land It is the Harmsworth trophy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14

lsymbo1ic of the speed boat champion ship, and we are going to try and take I it away from her.
 In four sports there are cups for the possession of which sportsmen of diff
 ferent nations will contend. These are the curious ewer shaped piece of silver
 known as the Americas cup, which Sir Thomas Lipton hopes to wrench from it's anchorage the international Polo cup which has been defended by the horsemen of America since it's recovery
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14
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! In 1908; the Davis cup, which Mo Loughlin and Williams brought across the seas last year after their contest on the tennis courts of England, and the Harmsworth cup, which might much better be called a trophy. which was taken to England in the motor boat races of 1912sand kept there.
 There is no international golf cup to be fought over. but Ouimet. the youth who took the honors from the famous Vardon and Ray in the open cham pionshfp last year. Jerome Travers. Fred sHerreshoff. Charles w. Evans. IT,. and one or two others are to begin their invasion of the courses of England at Sandwich. They are in search of both the open and the amateur champion- ships and comprise the most fornfda-# ble attack America has made on these prizes. It was reported recently that
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-10-08

The Appear reaches the homes
Mr. Advertiser.
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Men Wanted

Men wanted to visit the trade with
our cigars. Salary SIS weekly to
start. Cordelle Cigar Co., Station D.,
New York City. Jl3-3m
Don't bother your neighbor Sub
scribe for the Appeal.
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BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

Notice is hereby given that the
assessor has this day delivered to the
undersigned the assessment roll for
the current fiscal year.
And that the Board of County
Commissioners will meet as a Board
of Equalization at the County Clerk S
office on Tuesday, September p,
1914 at 10 o'clock a. m, and continue
in session from time to time, as pro-
vided by law, until the business OF
equalization is disposed of.
E. O. PATTERSON,
Clerk of Board of County Commits
sioners Ormsby County, Nevada.
Dated, Carson, Sept II, 1914.
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Phone Your Orders

w. B. Yates has opened plumb
ing and steamhtting establishment
on the west side of Carson street,
opposite the capitol building. Shop
phone, l4ll; residence phone, l4l3.
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Two Standard Cigars

Those two Standard brands Of
smokes, the Palencia at bit and he
Regencia at 5 cents, distributed by
Boltz, Clymer & Co., of San Fran
cisco, are on sale in Carson at Kitz-
meyers, Mrs. Raftice's, Vaughn's
Smokey, Bakers, Kelly & Lindsay 5
and Shoots. Ask for no other if
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TAX NOTICE

The first half Of the State, County
and City taxes for the fiscal year
1914 are due and payable from and
after the first Monday in November,
1914, being November 2, 1914, and
1914.
Taxes payable at the County Treas
urers office, County Building, Car
son City, Nevada
E. O. PATTERSON,
a31-d1 Tax Receiver.
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Order your block wood, slab
wood, cord wood from BATH. Phone
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Wood for Sale

Andrew Drake of the old Thorn
ranch has fifty cords of good fire
delivered to any part of this city
wood for sale at S. and Sc per
cord, delivered to any part of this
city. s8-1m
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Subscribe to the Appeal.
Wocdl Woodl

One hundred cords of good dry
wood from 81 to SO per cord deliv
cred. Phone your order to H. c.
Kattleman's iced yard 18-tt
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Office Removed

DR.. S. S. Jarrett has removed his
residence to one of the Springmeyer
bungalows on South Carson street.
and his offices to rooms over the
Eagle market on Carson and Proctor
streets. a3-tf
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PHONE 1911 FOR

King coal, dry wood and first class
seed, delivered promptly by H. c.
Kattleman mis-
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Read This

Porisknit underwear for youths
have arrived at Joe Smyth's. You
will appreciate them better after you
have tried them in the hot wealth
er. ais
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FOR SALE

An upright piano, splendid tone
and in good condition. Apply 2G2
Nevada street s29-l~
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Has New Cadillac Auto

DR.. T. H. BROWN-Femalec COM
plants. No detention from home Or
occupation. Antiseptic and painless.
Private rooms. Utmost privacy as
sured. Hours daily: 9 to IL, to ;,
to 8. Sundays by appointment only.
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esd ANNUAL STATEMENT
January l, 1914

Thomas E. Lovejoy, president,
Manhattan Life Insurance Company
of New York; John Landers, presi-
/; dent and vice-president, San Iran
cisco, Cal, agents in Nevada; John
Matheson, resident agent, Virginia
City, Washoe County Bank, Reno.
Capital deposited IS 100000
Assets NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II, 13I ,99O.So
Liabilities, exclusive of
capital and net surplus II, 524 ,o45.%
Income
Premiums .....,.,..-.---------.-$ 2,1O5,21o.So
Other sources -.,- 1,12O,132.52
Total income 1913 S 3,225,352.21
Expenditures
Paid policy holders IS 2,387, 57O92
Dividends to stock
holders .--......-.---..--....-.-... 100000
Other expenditures - 7O8,2oO.3S
Total exp ditutes lo13$ 3,111, S61 so
Nevada Business
No. of risks written SIS 100000
Amount of risks written 3,6OS95
Premiums received $3.50. 100000
Losses incurred - 100000
No. of policies in force
December 81, 1913 - S6
Amount of said policies o0,o05.OOI
Local Agents wanted throughout
the State of Nevada, and to those
who can produce business a first
class commission contract with eX-
elusive territory will be granted.
Write particulars to
w. A. WANN, Manager,
500 Underwood Bldg, SIS Market
Street, San Francisco, Cal
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Everything hrst-class at the Sac
ramento saloon. Drop in, get ac-
quainted and ask for anything you
want. tt
The Washington times., 1914-05-01
Japan IS HANDS OFF,

Japan's refusal to permit itseH 10
be identified with the interests of the
Huerta government in Mexico is
sound policy and good sense, AS we'll
perhaps as recognition of the fact
that in the relations between Japan
and the United States there exists
always the possibility of serious fric-
ton.
1t would have been unfortunate
had the Mikado's foreign office con-
scented to represent Huerta in this
eountry after the severance Of diplo-
matte relations. Such course would
have lent some color to the reports
Of a quasi-alliance between Huerta
and Japan and stirred to new re-
sentiment the always smoldering
antlJapanese sentiment on the Pa
eific Coast.
Japan has announced to the world
. policy of strict neutrality and nom
interference in our troubles in Mex
leo. 1t is wise and prudent stand.
The Washington times., 1914-05-01

of the Federals. There are rumors
that Kansas City is to lose its outlaw
club and Pittsburgh does not smile
much at the aggregation playing un-
der "Doc" Gessler, formerly a Wash
ington outfielder. This brings up
the possible solution of the entire
problem-amalgamation of all three
big leagues.
IT Chicago refuses to support the
National League, perhaps it will sup
port the Federal League. If the st.
Louis Cardinals must fall by the
wayside, leaving he competition to
the American Leaguers, the fans will
be satisfied. If Baltimore refuses to
be a minor league city, why not let
Che Federal League remain there as
a major league? And so it goes all
down the line. Byron Bancroft John
son, the shrewd leader of the Ameri-
can League, expressed the following
opinion last winter: "The turnstiles
will decide this question. If there is
room for another big league, the pub
lie will let US know by their support"
Apparently the public of st. Louis,
indianapolis, Chicago, and Baltimore
believe there is room.
However, there is this phase Of the
situation which has not been clearly
brought out before the public-the
personal unpop,ilarity of certain
magnates. II the outlaw leaguers
are winning in st. Louis and Chi
csgo, the hatred of the public for the
National League owners must be
considered. This same reasoning ap-
plies in other cities Of the Federal
League circuit. With this condition
existing, the only possible way out Of
the affair is amalgamation. Some
major league owners must be drop
ped and some minor league mag
mates will suffer. But if the public
insists on this, the public will get
what it wants. It always does.
The Washington times., 1914-05-01

is as it should be. 1t makes the mail
service cheaper and better.
The truth is, that there is need
for less, rather than more, Of stand
ardiZation in the architecture of pub
lie buildings. One can almost uner-
ringly pick out the Federal buildings
in any city or town by their style.
They look rather more stolidly ugly
than any other structures, and de-
cidedly less adapted to the service
they are intended to perform. They
look alike, and they are too much
alike in their general lack Of adapta-
ton to the business for which they
are wanted. 1t is ventured that the
effort to standardize dimensions,
plans, specifications, etc., in groups
of projects for cities of various sizes
and conditions, would in the end be
found a waste of money, and, be-
sides, would be highly unsatisfactory
in results attained.
The commissions program for the
District of Columbia is in effect the
ono to which Congress has long been
committed; that is, to provide suit
able structures to house all the va
rious activities of the Government;
to have them architecturally appro-
pirate and creditable, and to locate
them where they will contribute best
to the general effect Of the city.
The commission would like to have
this work pushed along faster, and
it points out that there would be
sound economics in that course.
Congress has authorized a lot Of
building expenditure for which it has
not provided money. Conditions in
some of the departments are bad.
and getting worse, and utterly bar
red from the possibility of getting
better, because of the long delay
about providing buildings that have
been decided upon and for which
sites have been bought at great ex-
pense. It is thoroughly bad business
to have Government activities scat
tered all over the town, in rented
buildings, untitled for the purpose.
It compels a waste of effort and en-
ergy that is expensive, while the
Government must pay rentals 90
high that in most cases it would act
ually save money by housing it's es-
tablishments in better structures Of
its own.
The Washington times., 1914-05-01

ing in concentration, and the method
is not conducive to self-control.
The recess IL an old-fashioned relic,
and not in Keeping with the up-to-
date methods of education, and 1t
should be abolished.
Another reform which / should like
to see made, is the introduction Of
manual training in the hfth grade.
If the girls can be taught to ply g
boys can begin to use a hammer.
Only one day a week is all the boys
get, and not until the seventh grade
is reached are they allowed to enter
the carpenter shop.
1t is not long enough-not q long
enough period to develop talent. nor
yet long enough to perfect one. The
carpenter shop Is good. common
sense method of education-training
a boy into a usefulness with his
hands, which is a valuable asset In
his education.
Along with the carpenter shop
comes the cooking school. and here
again a benefit to our girls might be
made by introducing the course a
grade or two earlier. Every girl
should know how to cook, even II she
doesn't like IT, Some day. II she has
a home OF her own. 1t becomes part
of her business In life to know what
good cooking is. and to see that her
family gets II.
If Il is her lot to be a business
woman, outside Of the home. II Is
still necessary to know what good
cooking is and to demand 1t. And
only by intoxicating into the young
the fundamentals Of civilization can
We hope to see perfection IN the
future generations.
The Washington times., 1914-05-01

By MRS. G. GROSvENOR DAVE.
There are several conditions in our
schools which I believe might be
changed without greatly disturbing
the present system, and would make
for greater efficiency. In all re-
form movements. II always seems to
me, we make a great mistake in at
tackinx the biggest problem first;
just as in our daily conduct we cor
rect the greatest fault first, for
getting that 1t Is the little faults out
Of which big ones grow.
One of the changes which might be
made with advantage would be to
cut out all recesses and make the
noon hour from II 80 a. m. to p. m,
instead Of from IL m. to p. m.
Pupils and teachers would then have
an opportunity to 20 home and eat
a hot lunch, a distinct benefit TO the
many who are now obliged 10 re-
main in the school buildings. Aside
from this feature, the recess out OF
the class room Is productive of more
harm than good. especially In the
cold weather, when boys and girls
often rush out without hats or
wraps, and catch cold.
The few minutes allowed out also
lends to excitement and restlessness
rather than to a condition OF relaka-
ton. Five minutes in the class ROOM
with open windows and gentle exer-
else. would more than compensate
for the disturbance Of recess.
When YOU take into considera-
tion that the two sessions of three
and two hours long are interrupted
by recesses of fifteen and twenty
minutes, respectively. it is an intima-
ton that our boys and girls are lack