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The Washington times., 1914-02-16

One of WashinStons youngest bowling
circuits. the Mercantile League is now
staging 4 competition which has held
it, members at Il close tension for many
weeks. This Is the first season on the
alleys for the Mercantile ro. lers and ii
must he more than graf Tying to its fol-
iCwerS to see SO close a race developed
in this, their initial appearance.
epco and Tinted States Trust have
sccn scrapping for the leadership for
several weeks. the former happening at
The present time to have the advantage
by the slender difference of two games
t'erco has, from early in the season, as
SCrted itself as an inSistent roller, but
II would he unjust to say that this
''alty has been more predominating
ilh il tnan with the rollers OF the
-nIed States Trust Company five.
Starch ~ will see the final game rolled
~ his Mercantile League, and II the
PeIco bow lers do not encounter some
Unforeseen setback, they should finish
lie season by about one set to the good.
II. Trust Company outfit is not by
TINS prediction. declared out OF the run
ming. 1t may have some latent quail
ties which have not yet shown them
selves and the mercst spuTt in speed
would 1t least perm of their finishing
the year tied with the Pepco team.
Young Mems Shop looks to be an easy
.-Ccond. although the Title Guarantee
qUint hOvers but !wo games in the rear
sld may finish in the running.
Too much cannot be said of the man
Her in which the Jonnsons have
~I.etChcd away to the lead in the race
hIch the Spa!ding Council Ck- of c.
l-.-ague is staging down at the South
est Alleys. Since the teams IN that
circuit first struck their regular Spr ed.
tlr JOhnSons nave proven themselves to
ave the better material and their pres
snt advantage of eight and one-half
Lines is the result of a steady style of
rolling which has been impenetrable by
me other three teams.
Normoyles have a safe inroad on sec
'Ed place, and Ralphs are just as COM
foTtably lodged in third place. Sheehys
have experienced some difficulty in
striking a gait which might place them
in the rum ng. but that team has as
serted 2 spirit of sportsmanshiD which
IS seldom displayed in the face of GER
tain defeat.
mother bowling organization made up
f Knights of Columbus rollers is the
arrOll League in VIII ch the Salvador
.Iimt seems to have things much its
nwn way. With a quartet OF eanes
laced between it and the Ninas. the
ultmate result in the circuit is certain
. mean a pennant Tor the Salvadors.
\inaS have put y = pluCky argument,
PARTICULARLY n the last half of the sea
..'la and time and again they have prov
81 themselves dangerous contenders Tor
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
A Prophecy.

over three years ago. before the Feds
ever thought of any uprising. the late
HEX 'ndited brief verse entitled The
Baseball Situation" Did he know any
thing about it? Read for yourself:
Sing song Of dollar marks reaching
to the skies:
When they tax Of millions now it
causes no SURPRISE.
Magnates on the inside. counting up
the'r tin:
Magnates on the outside. honing to get
in.
Stories of the big wads backing other
leagues:
Darkly limiting treachery. treason. and
intrigues.
Guesses that are crazy-s,atcments that
mislead:
Just an ounce of sportsmanship and
twenty tons Of gre"d
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. till You cannot
rest
Reaching for the kali, =c"d-,cn with all
the rest.
We ask again-Did hc know anything
"a ahnrlt itp Not a thing. of course
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

Dragging out for tn" moment the sue
culent statistic. we lump into at least
one bizarre coincidence from the year
behind Running through both Ma
tiona. and American League batting fig
urcs we find that each circuit boasted
sixteen people who massed $50 hits, or
more throughout the year.
And while in 1871 both leagues had
three or four each who compiled over
20 hits, in 1919 neither circuit was able
to show an athlet" good enough To po e
90 out of reach. In the American Jack
son mounted 20 49, hits. with Speaker
and I,aker each registering at 100:
whereat Crav3tth led the National with
- nosiup out J. Dauhcrt by one safe
blow Cobb was wen down, as the
,ieorl.ia TyphoUn l0itcred "A number OF
precious weeks on the way North.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

their title. Had they reached their
s.! de month sooner. the Salvadors
would have been sure to encounter
t.uu.lc a.ong the road which is now
have third place cinched. but Column
b'as and Genoas are not through their
fierce attack, and may yet provide up
hill rolling for the Pineas.
Down by the Navy Yard. where the
league which goes by that name has
been hourishing on Manager Arthur
Bisslee's alleys. the Miscellaneous Shop
duckpin team has made distinct I'M
preston on the other five teams in the
circuit Miscellaneous has put up such
steady brand of rolling throughout
the season that there has never been
much question as 10 where II VIII
stand when all of the games have oeeh
Iireach Mechanism has stuck close to
the heels of Miscellaneous since the time
when the race really commenced 10 take
tangible form and ii has had only
Seer ndary Mount Shop to fight in order
to retain second place. Those three
teams now seem to have the first three
places in the competition cinched, while
West Shop. Erecting Shop and East
Shop are locked fast in an effort to stay
out of the cellar championship.
West shop and Erecting shop have
rolled two less sets than East Shop, and
their true status can hardly be fairly
seen by a glance at the present stand
iIigs However, it is certain that that
trio Cf teams will stage a warm battle
in an endeavor to stay off the bottom
rGrg of the ladder. In such n case, n
tail-cnd race is just as interesting as
Cre for the leadership.
UTr at Hildebrand's Arcade Alleys. tha
+ Tatent Examiners League is gradually
beginning to settle into such 4 form that
!. winner can easily be seen in the Engi-
necr quint. Something like nine full
games separate the Engineers from the
Printers. and only the most unexpected
reversal of form will dislodge TIE former
from their comfortable margin of vic
tories.
Along with the Printers. who trail III
second place are the Farmers. This
quint is tied with Printers for the honor
Uf taking the dust OF the Eng: neers. but
tnv tvpesetters are likely to reveal their
tine form when they take on the Inter
ference quint next Tuesday. All thre"
games should go 10 the Printers. as their
opponents have long since revealed their
hGrmlessness. In the meantime. Engi-
nccra take on the Farmers on Monday.
and this set is expected to take some OF
the starch out Of the latter The race
uuw looks like il will be one. two, three
FOR thc Engineers, Printers and Farmers
respectively.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
St. Louis Feds Will
Train at Monroe, La

ST. LOUIS. Feb. t6.-The st. Louis
club of the Federal League will depart
fer its training quarters ut Monroe. La.
on March !. IL was announced here la 81
Light AiOrdeCai Brown. manager of
the tenIn said h. had Contracted with
Practically al the PLAYERS he would
tax. South. but declined to give their
names. He said. hCweyCr. that seven
Of his rIcn were major leayuers
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
Revised Notices.

BY King Cole-"Leap before you
look"
BY Sacina-"Tf at first you don't sue
ceed. jump on to the Feds.
Why not let the Yanks and Dodgers
start south on SATURDAY, as per sched-
ule. and then keep the Athletics and
Giants chained until about the 10th OF
June:
If We had a ball club in first place.
We d hate TO sec the Athletics start from
eighth place on the 18Th OF August. or
any other date before the 9Th of Oc-
tober.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
BOWLING TEAMS GOING
INTO LEADS AS YEAR
REACHES ITS WIND-UP
Times Alley Expert Discusses Bitter Races in Mercantile
Spadng Council Carroll, Navy Yard and Patent Ex-
aminers Circuits, Outlining Possible Results.
By KIRK c. MILLER.

With another off the with
regulates
Stirling which
battles the mapeood
highway
Following Monday bowling ogan-
to-day the chances of the
Respective making the part of the dope
solely the
the conendrs particular refer
ence to their sing January
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

i"i the coming season.
roc M.1er. outGcldcr, has signed .,
contract To pl#: with Ii" Cincinnati
Ids.
Luther Bonn. former outiie'der OF the.
"IunhuS club Of th.. American ASsr-
Oh. has cast his lot with Tho Fed
.d MaJ'r. president OF III" Eenic. cIih
OF IN" Pacific Coast League is an tb,
f'sekout " "a good shorlatvp. All the
nttS~s-lSs''du!ls with In" team have been
The FederaIs nav. lost another IIayer
He iS Pitcher HI West, Of the portIapi
Cluc OF TIA" l'ac lie Coast League VINO
has signed with Manager McCredie for
the coming season.
No iaIboys and masc"ts Of the M; ior
league clubs have been signed bv tn.
FodvIalS.
Down in Texas last season they con-
sidcred Daniel Boone every bit as gnnd
:" sh"rtstop as Art Fletcher when the
latter operated in the Texas League
ltul Boone VIII have To travel some to
do ~ well in the jors az Fletcher
mas.
How many spithan artists will be seen
IN the majo"s next season? We know
Of one-Bip Ed.
Sometimes it pays To visit. Manager
lIugEins paid q visit to George Whitfield
and the latter signed a Cardinal con-
tract
Lawyer Scryes Notice 10 Rll KILL
fer He Must Show His Hand. reads
an exchange. Well. show EN- your mitt,
Bill; you've stiIl got EN-. haven't YOU?
Harry Woltcr, who recently Was sent
to Los Angeles by the Yankees. return
ed his contract to the management of
the PaciiH Coast League cint. Harry
thinks the salary is entirely TOD small.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
Gives Him Bonus.

owner Somers Of the Maps slipped
Steve O'Neill $40 for participating in
more games than any other Cleveland
catcher. Steve is seriously considering
purchasing q farm with the snug bonus
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
Eayrs Is Recalled.

I.ddic Fuyrs. the former Brown Uni.
Nersity star. has been recalled from tine
Columbus club. of the American Asso.
citation. hy Barney Dreyfuss. president
of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
RABID RUDOLPH SAYS
Season opens
month after next.
Better start re-
. hearsing looking
as if You needed
an afternoon off"

Ouimet sails for England on Apri! II.
If this were prize fighting instead OF
golf. Messrs. Vardon and Ray would
sail for America on April 18th.
Johnny Gallagher. the famous distance
runner, writes that he is in good shape.
and expects to make the Tango team on
Youns's Million Dollar Pier this sum-
mer.
Hank ODay was knight OF the in
dicator. then managed the Reds for
O'Day or two, then knight again Now
in the twilight of his baseball life he is
going to work for one c. Murphy. This
last job should be the break O'Day.
1t is always darkest before the break
O'Day.
Griff's rockies go South next week.
The population of Washington there
'ore drops from $50. 900 to about go
New rules state coaches must keep
hands off baserunners who reach third
base but it fails to inform the base
runners how to get to third base with
Walter pitching.
Alfonso BertilIon. who invented the
finger print method Of Identification.
died the other day in Paris. USns his
system you could always tell when tn"
waiter had his finger in your soup. but
II never did you any good.
College professor desires |" stop col
Iege players from play ImIs professional
ball in the sunlm.r Well prof., VIII ~
they sign their contracts. ION should
stimulate that IL the document
New rule--IF = THROWN BALL
HITS THE UMPIRE. THE RUNNER
SHALL BE ALLOWED TO Pun AZ
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

FAR AS HE CAN. We advise him to
keep ahead of the umpire, no matter
how far he runs.
Looks as if the rule makers were Try
in; to make a target out OF the uInp.
The Middies lost at fencing and SWIM
ming Saturday, but won ut wrestling,
so that Army game taught them some
thing after all.
A famous Paris surgeon has fitted a
street vendor with an armor pate skull.
Now that the tourists are II Paris,
Muggsv should give him the twice over
leg skating was the king of indoor
sports until this cold snap started, but
having suite Of rooms at the airing
ton will continue to be the prince of
outdoor pastipCS.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
Diamond Briefs.

G"org" Wilson. first saclf"r. who lon-
ird tn" New England League In hit
N'- 'St season. with a .3El mark. has
Si-urd his contract with the Red :. .
i"i the coming season
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
MINCE PIE
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING
By BUGS" BAER.

Grifr has again offered 100000 for
Tyrus Cobb. Not to be outdone by a
Gringo. President Huerta has printed
400 900 pesos The race for first hon
ors IS very keen
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

Physical director of Columbia UniTers.
ity claims that all sports will improve
il the students will only exercise. Fine,
Commence by making all college Glee
clubs run around the world.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

| both. in the summer desires to play a
little baseball for the love of the game,
, and not for any ka1e attached above
expenses, there is little justice In shut
ting him off from this recreation. The
onc-year rule and a clean standard OF
| scholarship takes pretty fair care of
any professional tendency. Lifting all
minor restrictions may be choosing the
lesser of two evi's. but In a complex
situation of this sort was can observe no
other way out.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

Complete amateurism can only be at
tanned by those who play the game
not those who make the rules. For once
the rules go too far In any given di-
rection the answer Is cinch.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

Ouimet sails for England on Apri! IL.
If this were prize fighting instead OF
golf, Messrs. Vardon and Ray would
sail for America on April 18th.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16
A Turn in Figures.

We ask again-Did Ii know anythini
about il? Not q thing. of course.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

The FederaIs nav. lost another pIayer
lie iS Pitcher HI West. Of the IortIanJ
Cluc OF TIA" l'ac lie Coast League VINO
has signed with Manager Mct're,iie far
the coming season.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

40 iaIboys and masc"ts Of the ma ior
league clubs have been signed by the
F,dcIalS
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

i'oc NJ. Ter, outGeldcr, has signed :,
contract I" plH.- with Ii" Cincinnati
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

ia AaJ'r. president ol th" Venice. cI,,I
Of IN" Pacific Coast League. is ON th.
tggkoul ~ good shorIatUp All III.
.! ~! S1''n"!s with tn" team have been
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

Luther Bonn. former outtie'J.r of ,b.
"lumhus club Of the American Assn-
Oh. has cast his lot with Tho Fed
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

How many spitbaIl artists will be seer
IN the majors next season? We know
Of One-Big Ed.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

Sometimes IL. pays to visit. Manager
lIugEins paid a visit To George Whitted
and the latter signed q Cardinal con-
tract.
The Washington times., 1914-02-16

"Lawyer Serves Notice TO E:u KILL
! fer He Must Show His Hand reads
! an exchange. Well show EN- your mitt.
| Bill; you've still got EN-, haven't YOU?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-09-24
IDAHO MINES At FAIR.

II anything has been done by or
through the Idaho commissioners to
the Panama exposition toward making
a creditable exhibit Of the mineral re-
sources OF the state we have heard
nothing of 1t In this district, which
produces 30 per cent Of mineral out
put OF Idaho. The commission is COM
posed Of men Of exceptional ability
and breadth Of view, of extensive
business experience and a thorough
knowledge Of the Industries and re-
sources OF the state. In fact. In the
Judgment Of The Miner, three men bet
ter adapted for the work Of the COM
mission could not have been selected.
No one for a moment suspects them of
purposely ignoring the mining in
dustry, and men of their calibre must
certainly appreciate the value Of min
Ing to the state, but there certainly
il a growing feeling that mining Is
not receiving the attention at their
hands that 1t merits.
The great exposition at San Fran
cisco will open in February, practi-
cally only four months away. Those
four months cover the season Of bad
weather when the snow is deep in the
mountains and when 1t Is difficult II
not impossible to reach many import
ant mining sections for the purpose
OF collecting ores and necessary data.
And ~ ! rule It Il these inaccessible
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-09-24
vol VIII THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER "a, 1914. NO. 30.

properties which most need the benefit
that will certainly follow a creditable
exhibit. Further delay will mean that
weather conditions and lack Of time
will prevent an exhibit in keeping with
the Importance Of the mining industry
being made.
Ii Is not presumed that the exposi-
ton commissioners will have the funds
TO cover all Of the expense Of making
an exhibit. but they could at least put
men in the field to collect the ore and
such data as is deemed necessary, and
create an active local interest in the
mining districts of the state which
would insure ample support to make
the exhibit success. The state OF
Idaho has appropriated 100000 to be
used In exploiting the Industries and
resources OF the state, and certainly
ICCcNS uttSh&AcH
in the expenditure Of this large sum.
! II is not to be understood that it is
up to the commission to take care Of
the mining exhibit alone, but as rep
Iresentatives Of the entire state II Is
certainly up to them to take the lead,
to let 1t be known what they can do
and make start toward doing 1t, for
the exhibit should be representative Of
1.-THE entire state. Then will the people
Of the various mining sections Of the
state become active and the commits
sion will be assured of cordial coop
leration which will make the exhibit
a success and insure substantial bene-
i. to the mining industry and to the
state at large.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-09-24
THE SPOKANE SPIRIT.

Bad weather and possibly bad man
agement have left deficit OF some
hing like $4,000 for the Spokane In
terstate Fair association to take care
Of To raise this amount would not
be a very heavy assessment upon the
people Of sunny old Spokane" who
boast Of population Of 125,c00, but
how they do groan and sweat under
the burden. And now comes w. D.
Vincent, cashier Of the Old National
Bank, with a solution to the difficulty
that Is truly typical Of Spokane and
worthy Of the great financier that he
Is. While he does not put 1t In this
way, his scheme in reality means that
since the people of Idaho and Montana
declined to visit Spokane during the
| fair and submit to the process Of being
separated from enough coin to place
the fair on velvet and contribute to
the numerous private Golfers waiting
| to be enriched by outside money, the
people Of these states, part Of that
vague territory Of uncertain bound
laries which Spokane delights to refer
to as 'the Inland empire" should now
come across with $4,000 from each
state in lieu Of the cash they would
have left II they had attended the fair,
land also, in order to avoid embarrass-
ment to the fair management in the
future, Mr.. Vincent thinks Idaho and
Montana should bind themselves to
contribute like amount annually for
| the next five years. Hear him:
1.-THE Spokane Interstate fair Is real
| ly an interstate fair, and believe that
the states Of Washington. Idaho. and
Montana should each contribute to-
ward its support. If each Of the three
states named would contribute $4,000
for the next five years, the pcrma-
nency Of the Interstate fair would be
|assured. From q business standpoint,
too. the investment would be profit
able one The benefits which accrue
to Idaho in the opening up Of Its
logged of lands and the development Of
the dairying industry each year would
more than repay 1t for making such
IAN appropriation.
Spokane has always borne the
brunt of the battle to maintain the
fair and to make II each year better
than the preceding one. It Is time that
outsiders began to realize that the
benefits to Spokane are small COM
pared TO what the fair does TOR the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-09-24
EVACUATION OF VERA CRUZ.

After months Of watchful waiting.
the American soldiers at Vera Cruz
have been ordered home, an order that
was no doubt most welcome, for the
routine Of guard duty, drill and In
spection become most irksome to SOL
diers on foreign soil and under
tropical sun who had been transported
there with the expectation of seeing
active service and having respite
from the duh monotony Of barrack
life. They will therefore welcome a
return to that sort Of life on their
native soil, since there was nothing
else in store for them in Mexico.
Now that the return Of the troops
will mark the close Of the incident, the
magnitude Of the great national dun
can be fully appreciated. A squad OF
marines were arrested at Tampico by
a Mexican officer and were promptly
released upon demand Of the American
consul, there being no valid ground Tor
holding them. Their release was i'm
M ediately followed by a demand from
this government. through Admiral
Mayo, that the Mexican authorities
salute the American flag as redress
Ter the unwarranted arrest. The de-
mand was passed up % President
Huerta, who in his reply expressed re-
greet that the marines had been arrest
ed, which he regarded as sufficient
and which was practically a refusal
to salute the flag Thereupon the en-
tire navy Of the United States was
hurriedly rushed to Mexican waters
and troops were rushed to Galveston
to be transported to Mexico. Surely,
| It was thought. watchful waiting is at
an end, and now the flag will not only
be saluted, but American citizens are
at last to receive the protection to
which they are entitled.
But It was all bluff, with nothing
back of 1t but grape juice statesman
ship. The navy and army were there
chatting under the restraint and tug
ging at the leashes that held them
back. Twenty or more brave boys fell
victims Of Mexican bullets. And now
the troops are ordered home because
the guerrilla aggregation that now
controls Mexico by the grace OF their
presence says they are no longer de-
sired The flag remains un-saluted.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-09-24

dent Who goes beyond the mere course
OF study and makes conduct and char
SaAar essential to advancement with
= ootps Of instructors which insures
the very best in mental and physical
draining. We believe its superior In
duceusents win soon become 50 mani
fest that 1t win be the means OF at
itrsctine many desirable families to
/ this city in order to secure the benefit
OF its advantages.
The enthusiasm shown by the pub
llic u proof that the gymnasium. plunge
and bowling alleys are going to I'LL
la long felt want" The basement OF
| the building In which these features
are located Is going to prove popular
club for both men and women, from
which they VIII derive inestimable
benefit and pleasure. So far as we ere
Iinformde this IL the first time that
provision has been made for the gen.
eral public in the plans for q public
school building. and we predict that
/ n win prove so successful here that
| II will be adopted in many other places
|throughout the country. Altogether the
new high school building. with It's
splendid facilities for pupils and pub
hi. Il an institution in which every
citizen may feel proud and Is priv'l-
edeg to enjoy its benefits.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-09-24
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

We believe the people Of Wallace.
through the school board, builded bet
ter than they knew when they erected
the new high school building with
every modern facility for the advance
ed education Of the youth Of the city.
and when they took a step in advance
Of any other city by including in It a
splendid gymnasium. plunge bath and
bowling alley for the pleasure and
benefit Of the public as well az for
the pupils Of the school. With the
occupation Of the building. equipped
in every department for giving thor
ough instraction, with ! supsrinten.