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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-06
Police Find Notebook.

Joseph Rubico, Of the Fcrrcr
School, said that none Of the dead
men were members of the |. ". W.
tie said that Caron and his com
raAcs" were all philosophical anar-
chists.
"That is why 90 not believe that
they had anything to do with making
any bomb said Ituhico. The phil
osophy Of anarchy teaches the idea!
lie charity. kindness ard good viii.
Anarchists do mol believe in violence
or ~ murder"
Search of the ruined Berger nnt
Inst evening resulted in additional
finds by the police. Most impOrtan,
vas notebook belonging 10 Cnroi
ard containing the names and adj
dresses ~ more than hundred an
archist "comradcs" Scrubbed notes
were also found. but the nHturc Of
these was not diyrlgcj. In the de-
Iris one of the detectives spicd u
small boob. which upon exam nation
proved 20 be "Thc Life Of an Anar-
chiBi III Jail"
While aiding IN the search of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-06

Ocean Clty. y. j.. July 3."IWo ptI-
sons were so badly hurt they probably
will die and three others were injured
in a head-on collision between two
automobiles going at high speed on the
shore Road at the end OF Ocean City
Boulevard tonight
The two men more seriously injured
are Gilbert Nichols, champion golf
PLAYER of the Wilmington Country
Club. and William o. Rowland, of Jen-
kintown. Penn. The others hurt are l..
c. Page. of Rosemont, Penn; b. a.
Headley. of Swedesboro. and Carl
Christman, Of Mullica Hill.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
Mccoy Wants More Eastern Games
III -:n:- Az -:..:- AZ
Kepfer Has Had a Very Rapid Rise

non offer but the money would have
York.
Al Norton. tie novice under the
hand of Billy Mccartney. is of cham
pionship material and viii ripen and
develop, in the opinion OF a prominent
boxing critic on the number Of clean
blows landed Norton undoubtedly had
the shade in the recent Kansas City
fight. The effectiveness Of blows
Dillon had by large margin. how
ever Dillon again. was the stronger
at the finish Of the battle. Norton is
a tall ranGy he2vyweight with n
singing LEFT jab- Up 10 the ninth
round the battle was even. then the
tremendous pace set by Dillon began
In his initial workout before Los
Angeles fight fans. Tom Mcmahon.
the Newcastle heavyweight. exhibited
a lot Of class. II Mcmahon possesses
a sufficiently strong punch the bout
viii not 90 the limit. in the opinion of
well known boxing critic McMahOn.
Who recently won a decision over Jess
Willard, the Kansas giant, showed
lot Of speed and cleverness and carries
a stiff punch in either hand Mcmahon
IS as aggressive as any man IN the
ring today.
Freddie Welsh came in for lot Of
criticism that was not coming to him
after his 20 round dance with Leach
Cross at the Vernon arena Welsh was
Missed and hOOted for not going in and
trying to knock out the New Yorker.
Cross, in the opinion of a critic was
not clever enough TO make Welsh
fight The simple answer is. he did
not have the class TO make the Brit
Usher extend himself. Cross was in
the match for just what he could make
from a financial standpoint. and moth
ing else, according to the expert
Al SmaUldiug. duslcy Albuquerque
middleweight, with the reputation he
got from two draws with jeff Clarke,
the Fighting Ghost" Of Joplin, No.
which some wiseacres Of the Diff game
claim We're 'setups'' has visions Of
bouts with some Of the eastern fight
ers Of his weight who do not draw the
color line Smaulding is fast with
his hands and shifty on his feet but
lacks the bacon" punch Prospects
for his getting bouts with such boxers
as Joe Dillon, Al Norton. Billy Murray.
George Chip or other of that class are
not promising. and it is perhaps better
for Smaulding. for he's be sure TO
meet with disaster.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
BASEBALL GAME MAY
ADD TO ARMY DAY"

A feature OF Army Day exercises at
Washington park Friday afternoon viii De
baseball game between the Rio Grande
Bank stars and Company L. Goth infantry
teams, il plans Of president Paul F. Atkiu-
son. OF the Fl Paso City league do not mis-
carry AT a meeting % the officials Of the
league Wednesday night. 30 was decided that
the postponed game between the Bank stars
and Company a. would be played Friday
afternoon. IL arrange leuts can De perfected
Thursday morning ar. Atkinson had q
conference with Walter S. Clayton. chairman
% tire city park committee, and l. n Davis.
chief OF police Alderman Clayton prom
isel 20 give an answer to- the league officials
within q reasonable time Indications were
that the field would be cleared and every
thing arranged Tor the game as mayor KEEL
ly and q number Of other prominent Army
Day officials are said TO be in favor Ct
the plan
The only objection I'm immediate prospect
20 the game. 81 the fact that the soldiers
are said 90 have planned a field day in con-
junction with the card Of exercises already
arra ugcd- According 10 he plan Of Mr. At
kiusou. however. the field exercises could
easily De disposed Of by 1850 D. m- after
which there would be ample time 20 stage o.
fast seven inning game. The recent brand
Of ban exhibited by the City league teams,
is OF high class
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07

7 IT MUST be Is years ago now since a
party OF hOboes. around a little camn
fire that could be seen from a raiIroad
Junction in the far west. were startla5
at the appearance OF a b0yish looking but
husky stranger
The tramps didn't know whether n in
Flte him 70 the fire or run him away with
stones
Never mind. boss called out the
husky youth Il smeIled that stew cooking
ing" -i s-1i
The hoboes made room and let him edge
INTO the fire Then they got another sur
gILse- when the young man stuck out his
- tney discovered that he wore patent
ie1lher shoes and siikeu socks
me young man found that stew the
Deat ne had ever tasted and was 50 inter
I5,5l lhat ne secured the receipt and fire.
t-eLlly has i served in his home toda, A.
u lhe silk socks. that is his hobby He
iNess wears them and declares that az
-0,15 as MS money holds out ne alyvavgs will
ms interesting young man had frar,-s,i
- me way 20 the junction from a sr5s1I
- IN the middle west where he -
rom college 10 pIav bssebaI1 -
~ SLe Team had blown I'D and Iaf+ him
~. 2elng broke, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. me go
-. MS laLner "a banker ~ F--4
- --- on a hike TO t-- Pacific. rr.s-+ m
an ms 20 the h0boes and tho -
~ - t-i enough TO give him some -fr,z
fba- 80 ne could make it on freight trains
- 5Ie almost comfortable
Ito -eIo made it all right and a ,-ss-
--o7,,l," = blooming forth as a bassl,4I1
g. on me coast So much So f7 go
was purchased by one OF the bir
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
Players Work Hard On Birthday
Fang Batting Average Is FavOrte Pame; Pitchers
Display Efforts.
By E. ]. LANIGAN

Tor his team is Christy MatheWs0n. o. the
Giants, who would win an auto each year
II one were awarded 10 the major league
pitcher possessed OF the best control Natty' s.
birthday IS August J. and inspection OF the
records shows thar big Six does not ask
for a rest on his natal anniversary. but is
willing 20 go in and work on that day IN
less it be sunday.
Once Defeated on Birthday.
Only once has the Old master cousorted
with Dame Defeat on his birthday The
year this happened was 1919. and then
Christy- the crafty. acting in q relief ca
pacity for bombardad boImau. could not
subdue the Cardinals and they procured one
run of him winning onel after having
Egined seven counters off the man Natty
had succeeded Last year Matty pitched
part of game on his birthday against
the Supsrhas and held safe a two run lead
bequeathed him by Arthur Fromme-
ON August -. 1919. when MatheWsou was
celebrating his 32d birthday. he met with
defeat as before told on August u. 1911.
10 IS fortunate FOR Big Six that he was
not asked 20 work The Giants failed 70
get run OF Out Chalmers. OF the Phil
lies Chris-y had an afternoon Off on Au-
gust T. 1919. but on August l.. 1903. he
shut the Cubs out with four safeties and
on August =, 1907. he conquered the Pirates
and pitched the Giants into second place
Mltty VIII spend his 54th birthday in
New York The Cards then viii be in
Gotham and So win be interesting 20 see
what they do 10 him or what he does TO
them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07

already that the class "A teams that
are competing with the Federals are
towns the Federals have OutdraWn
them and 10 to I in conflict games
At some of the International league
games only zoo or SOC persons are lIl
the stands crowd that didn't orlhS
enough money TO pay half that DAY $
hotel expenses for the visiting club. 10
say nothing of salaries, railroad fares
and the score Of expenses ball CLUB
must meet
The class "A minors must average
around 25O0 to 5000 attendance day
10 break ahead at the end OF the sea-
son. According to the early statistics.
they viii average about 1000. perhai's
less. including in this average even the
attendance I'm cities where there is no
Federal competition such an attend
ance is ruinouS-
Not only in this way have the Feds
placed the class "A minors At their
mercy, but also in another way, as mas
been pointed out. That's i'm the matter
added TO their income by selling their
star players to the major leagues
Some minor league clubs that had DE
veloped some exceedingly glitterinS
stars averaged an income of SZ5,Ouv
season through this source
Feds Just Grab Players.
But the Feds aren't in the business
OF buying players They Just gran
them. In the case Of some star minor
leagues they'll go in and agree to pay
him the same salary for signing that
the ORGANIZED majors Will pay him. and
in addition they'll give him a bonus
It's not hard to guess what the
PLAYERS viii do is il. when IL comes
10 a proposition of taking $4,000 year
from the American or National leaEue
or $4,000 a year and an additional S2199
or $4,000 from the Feds in the form
Of bonus money.
And every time a player accepts the
EedCrars proposition il means that the
minors will lose the purchase money
on the face OF all this. isn't II quite
logical TO presume-and TO predict
that the minors viii cut loose from the
ties that bind them to a crowd that
hasn't lifted a hand to help them AMI
to join forces with a crowd that viii
wreck them utterly in another year IL
they continue in opposition
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07

~RANK J. NAVIN. owner Of the Detroit
" Tigers. has had the suggestion made
To lim that whenever any Of his play
ers ls 20 have birthday the fact be
announced i'm the papers in the city In
which the Jeuningsi-es are performing The
reason Tor this suggestion Is that on July 4.
1917. the Detroit papers called attention 20
the fact that George MuHin would that day
celebrate his SD birthday Por-Iy George.
now with the Indianapolis Feds. proved
some ceIebrs-or for he not only BANKED
the Browns in runs. but denied them hits,
too
ON the morning o. April IS last. a Detroit
paper carried a. story that sam Crawford
was celebrating his 94th birthday, it being
pointed out in said story that "WahOo
SAN on his birthday aunlversaries. was
not 90. the habit Of batting heavily and that
his average for the games he had played
on April IS from 1909 on. had been just
-e3L sam. noting this fact. proceeded to
bat At 900 clip against the Maps. polling
a single and homer and boosting his
birthday batting average from --5l to --l6-
Lewis Also Celebrated.
Another American league outfielder who
celebrated his birthday on the same date as
sam Crawford and iu a hefittug manner.
was George Edward Lewis. OF the Red SoN
Duffy" was IS years old on April IS last
and he eiorified the occasion 10y delivering
the wallop that placed on the records the
only run scored I'm the Boston Pililldelph ia
game
An able athlete who generally sees 20 ir
that his birthday IS made a day Of s-aduess
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
Minor Leagues, Facing Ruin;
May Join Forces With Feds
Smaller Organizations of Organized Baseball HaveCa
to Major Leagues For Aid to Keep From Drowning,
and Have Not Received It. Joining Forces With
the Enemy Seems Only Chance at Present.
BY FRANK C. MENkE.

lew York. May 1t wouldn't
X be surprising II the Federal
= league became the ruling power
in baseball before another year rolls
around The minor leagues Just now
are threatening 10 break loose rom
the American and National leagues ana
form an alliance with the Federals- Il
they do il means the taking away rom
those two major league organizations
the very soil that has nourlsled them
There's hardly a minor league mas
nate who isn't GUESSING 10 the moAlis
OF the major leagues ana lhe nat loll.-t
commission The Feds have ao9uL
wrecked a dozen teams in the class Il
minors. but il isn't the Feds that the
small magnateS are swearing AT most
~. It's their supposed friends IN inc
big lea cue who failed tnem-aild
failed misera bly-iu the greatest crlSlS
in baseball history.
The national agreement IN Nnlcl
the hig and little leagues are a park
provides that the big fellows shall
take care of the little ones in times
OF trouble When ri.e Feds began
raidinC the little fellows ethsa5- yellet
10 the big fellows for help. And rise
big fellows answered something about
having troubles Of our own iammed
cotton in their sound receivers and
kept it there
Didn't slip An Oar.
Under ordinary conditions the major
leagues would slip an oar TO the little
fellows. But this isn't an ordinary
period It is one in which the majors
feel they need about all the available
oars to keep themselves afloaL And
they've left the little fellows to sink
The statement may seem odd that
she minors may hook up with the very
same crowd that put them on the fritz.
but il seems the best move they can
make They can't get help from the
majors and they can't stand alone
against the Feds. SO the only thing
that remains is for them to mage peace
with the enemy at whatever terms
thew can get And. unless we miss
our guess by a mile. the Feds viii
make them good terms and take them
10 their bosOms in a loving, mother
like fashion.
Class A Teams IN Straits.
From Buffalo. Baltimore, Kansas
City and Indianapolis come reports
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07

. I Mccoy, conqueror Of George
n Chip. wants to reap the benefits
L n Of his victory over the middle
weight title claimant before taking IN
on any of the western boys Jack
Dougherty, manager OF the Brooklyn
lad states that Mccoy wants a couple
more fights under his belt before he
attacks the 20 round game. Jim
Buckley. manager of GunDOar Smith.
and the New York representative of
promoter James W Coffroth, presented
AN offer To DOugherry for his charge
70 meet Fighting Billy Murray I'd
Fetroskey. the sailor middleweish e.
may call off the pending negotiations
FOR bout with Murray and leave for
the east in the near future.
Probably no major league recruit
ever had such a sensational rise rs
"a KEEPER, now mal4stay Of the
JWlrllnE staff of the Venice Coast
league team During the fall Of 1910
KEEPER toiled in four games for the
Clifton. AriZ, club Of the Cactus league
a. Washington park. and was never
considered dangerous pitcher. one
year later KEEPER was purchased b.
the New York Americans from a
Texas league club where he stayed for
the major part CT 1912 Early in the
1913 season he was sold to the Venice
Tigers. and indications are that sew
eral Coast league records will BE
broken if he keeps up his present
winning form
On receipt of advices from Ad Vol
CAST that he had injured his hand,
promoter Tom McCarey Of the Vernon
arena. has called off the proposed
Rivers WOlgast bout scheduled TO-
May q in an effort TO get a substi-
rute TO box Rivers. McCarey has tele-
Eraphed to Jack Britton and Jimmy
Duffy On hearing that WOlgast had
backed out. Leach Cross promptly
filed his application for date with
Rivers Joe Levy. manager Of Rivers.
stated. however. that he would rather
have the Californian box BrittOn or
Duffy than Cross.
Johnny Coulon, bantam champion OF
the world, has packed his fighting
After his arrival in Los angeles. Cou-
Ion viii go up to Wheeler's Springs.
where he will spend three weeks
hunting and fishing There will be a
real battle this time declared the
little Logan square battler, shortly
before he left the Windy City. This
Baltimore Kid Williams has insulted
the champions flag long enough and
now he's got to fight When the war
Is over, Denmark will know that the
United States can fight
George Mcdonald, manager Of sew
eral English boxers, is in cOmmuni-
cation with lightweight champion
Willie Richie with reference to meet-
ing Freddie Welsh. for the title some
time, at London. during Derby week
Richie replied that he had been given
to understand that Bob Vernon was
prepared 10 offer him $500 for a
match with " elsh at London. Ritchie
stated that ne would accept the Yer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07

league clubs and became a regular at once.
In an his career he has played in but two
positions
one OF the striking things about this star
is that he was regarded as the greatest
man in the game for stretching a longsingIe
into a two Dagger Notwithstanding his i'm
mense stature He could always hit In
fact it was one Of his long wallops that
broke up game in the worlds series not
so many years ago.
This young man with the fondness for
sllken hose now draws a salary almost three
times greater than that Of a e. s senator
and. at that he doesn't need It He Is in
dependently wealthy and owns a beautiful
ranch In the land where there is no light
nlng or thunder and where they brag on
the climate as a regular theme OF conver-
satlon with strangers.
notwithstanding his financial prosperity.
NE has not been bed Of roses for our
nero during the past few years. He was
double crossed by employer in a way
his friends indignant. but I'm way that
cost him the chance Of being a prominent
stocEholder In one OF the best paying ball
clubs in the country
one Of the hobbies Of our friend. outside
OF 'hobc' stew and silk socks. is the auto
mobile He owns and drives several
in the winter time he IS never seen BY
those who admire him in the summer But
he is with US now, on his toes and fun Of
pep
Who IS he2-Copyright 1914 by the
Wheeler Syndicate. Inc
The ball player who was the hero Of veg-
teruay story is Fred SnOdgrass
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
STORIES ABOUT STARS"
HumOroas and Serious TaIes Of dc Bal Ia
By BILLY EVANS

T Is customary for college teams
to select their own umpires. Usu-
= ally much difficulty is experienced
in getting men suitable TO both sides.
when one OF the big games is sched-
ulcd- Lose a game FOR some college
by a close decision that was per-
foctly proper. and you nave probably
lost your chance fer a Job in the fu-
turC when that club is one Of the con-
testing teams
Charley Sterrett. the former Prince
ton star. pulled a good one at my eX-
pense early last spring that makes ne
smile every time I think OF it. Sterre-t
was secured by New York during
Glasses reign rs manager. He was Sc
cured as catcher. but was also used
nj first base and IN the Outfield WIKI
only ordinary success When Chance
took the club. he tried out the Prince
tCniau' AT several positions. and then
tits only duty was TO act as pincn
hitter Realizing that his chances Of
retention depended largely on his
mttln@ in tine pinches. he was rather
h3rd 20 please on balls and strikes
when he stepped 10 the plate
Had TO Have an AIibf.
In one game with three on and two
down. Chance called on the coliegia1
10 hit in place of the pitcher. who had
been webbing from the very start
naturally Sterrett was much peeVed
when 7 called him out on strikes. A
nit at that stage would have made him
a hero. and of course il was up to him
70 abb il possible, At my expense
That last one was a foot outside
remarked Sterrett
Run along little boy" 7 replied,
you are no longer at Princeton"
II realize it, If ] was I would have
selected an umpire that suited me. and
u clnch lt wouldn't have been you"
Don't worry about me-" I replied.
u You don't make a mia soon. YOU
won have to put up with my work
Two weeks later Charley was sent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
MOTORCYCLIST is
MAKING FAST TRIP

FnoeuiZ- Ariz-. May Having covered
the distance between san Diego and Phoenix
IN two days. Erwin g. Baker. who IS trying
TO break the trauscontinental motorcycle
record, passed through Phoenix. Baker ar
rived in Phoenix. his home city. just a few
minutes behind the schedule he had set for
himself His gasoline tank ran dry three
miles west % Aqua Calieute and he pushed
into thai place The present trauscOntinen-
tai two wheeler record is 20 days. seven
hours and one minute. set by Volney Davis.
Baker thinks he can make IL in II days.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
D. L. FULTZ ADMITS
JOHNSON EXPELLED

Ncw York MAJ David l. FuItz presi-
dent or the Baseball Players fraternity. has
confirmed a report that pitcher George 60.
t"Chief'f Johnson. who jumped from or
ganized baseball TO the Federal league. has
ton.
johnson was under contract with the Gin
clnuau Rational league club and jumped 10
the Kansas city Federals.
Hearing ON motion 20 dissolve an in
junction restraining Johnson from playing
with any baseball Organization viii be held
m chicago on May a. The Cincinnati club
ulLlLneL hi. InInn.lInu
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
BIG LEAGUES ALTER
PLAYING SCHEDULE
President Toner Also Announces Approval
Of Contracts and Releases Relating
to PLAYERS

to Players
New York. May President John X
Teuer. OF the National league announces
several changes in the playing schedule. IN
Guiding the assigning Of dates FOR games
postponed on account OF weather condition.
The revision Of the schedule moves forward
the Cincinnati game at St Louis, scheduled
for June 9. TO May s. and the St Louis
game at Cincinnati. scheduled for September
{. TO June O.
open dates which have been utilized for
the playing OF postponed games are
At Pittsburg. June 4, st. Louis: September
10. Cincinnati.
At Cincinnati. June "a. Chicago; August
81, Chicago.
At Chicago September a. Pittsburg
The following contracts and releases are
also approved
ContIacts-With Brooklyn. George T.
Walsh. with Chicago. Jesse Barnes.
Releases-By Boston to Cleveland "a L..
George Beck BY Chicago. unconditionally
Harvey Utrecht. Bv Chicago 10 Birmingham
s A.. Chas- Stewart BY Cincinnati TO Day
ton &C. L.. Albert Wickland. BY Cinciu-
natl 20 san Francisco. Wayne Braharn- BY
Philadelphia to Dcniaon. j.. c. Hafslfp. ~
Philadelphia TO Harrisburg IT. $. L., VIM.
j. O'Neill-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
N. M. NJ. I. TO ENTER
CRUCES TRACK MEET

Roswell. y. ". May THE New Mexico
Military Institute track team is expected to
enter the All-Southwestern track and field
meet to be held at Las Cruces. May Is.
Practice IS being held daily by the team
The following will be represented at the
meet y. N. " T.. r Paso high school Fl
Paso T " O. A.. universities Of New Mex
leo and Arizona. State Agricultural college
and teams from Bisbee and Phoenix
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
Us ENTRIES FILED TOR
NV YORK RACING MEET

Syracuse, Ne Y. May One hundred and
seyenty-live entries have been received in
the 10 classes which make I'D the early
closing events Tor the grand circuit meeting
state fair this fail.
The Empire state $4,000 stake for s-rt
trotters attracted - entries as did the
Syracuse Ell pace for a purse for 5000
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS.

Where They Play Friday.
san Francisco at Sacramento.
Venice at Oakland
Portland at Los Angeles
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07

At Sacramento: san Francisco. .; Sacra-
meuto- e.
At Los Angeles: Portland. l.: Los An
EeICs.
At san Francisco. Venice. 2. Oakland. 4.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
AlIERICAN AssOCIATION.

" Cume~estA = b24u1e~-
At lllvaullee- Louisville. 8. milwaukee L
AT Kansas City. indianapolis Is, Kansas
City. o.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-07
CROWDS TOO SMALL. MANDOT
GRIFFITH BOUT CALLED OFF

| Racine. Wis. May THE scheduled 10
! round boxing contest between Joe Aandot
Of New Orleans and Johnny Griffith ~
I Akron o.. was declared OFF "Wednesday
| night because Of poor attendance