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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20

who, as Miss Ruth Hanna. was one Of
it's greatest bellies. Mrs. Hanna en-
Joys entertaining.
Two much-loved widows who re-
call civil war memories are Mrs. John
a. Logan and Mrs. Phil Sheridan. Mrs.
Logan's residence, Calumet place. is
this year leased to Secretary and Mrs.
Bryan. 1t is ont of the most famous
houses in Washington, with an unsur-
passed view Of the city, and is filed
with mernentoes OF the famous gen
eral. who was both soldier and states.
man.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20

The .pessimist has q. chronic Isl
.ofa indigestions. -.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20
FISK is CAIIEn-

Devils Lake. n. n. March 90
Judge Butts has called Judge Frank
Fisk Of Williston in to preside over
the mandamus action against the
board of county commissioners, In
volring the question of advertising for
bids for printing. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20
STATE TREASURER INVESTS

Alexander, N.Tp., March 20.--State
Treasurer Olson Is making moro in
vestments in thM, locality. He and
others have purchased the Citizens'
State bank. Mr.. Olson was elected
president, G.. A.; Jacobson, vice prcsi-
dent, and g. C.ISsksunderson, cashier.
The latter was until recently a. clerk
in the office of the state treasurer.
Mr.. Olson owns all elevator here and
has other investments in Mckenzie
county. 1t is claimed that he may
eventually make%.3tlis county his per-
manent home, as$le is. also interested
in ashorse rancN.shear here.
The .pessimist has a chronic case
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20

The matter of having a pilgrimage
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20
RECOVER HORSES.
Lester smith Must Face Trial n,
NOrth Portal ON Serious CharHc.

North Portal. Saskk.. March CO.
Mounted police returned TO this city
today after an eleven days ride to
Plentywood. Montana. and other
places in the mountains of Montana,
where they recovered the band of
horses, stolen from John u. Mcleod,
OF Tribune, Sask.. a small village
near this place.
Two men. Lester Smith and Pascal
Paterson, have been committed for
trial In this case, which Is scheduled
I" come UP at the next a~sSizes.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20

again this year also came up for dis
cussion. 1t was decided to visit only
a few Of the buildings on the pill
krfmagc, as 1t would take too much
time TO visit all of them,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20
NIar,icd in NTinneanol,s

Rev. z. L. Nudge Of this city and
Miss Olive NJ. Paul were married in
Minneapolis Wednesday at the home
of the bride. according to cards re-
cetred@im this city. today. The couple
will make their home at 705 North
Fifth street in this city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20
4. O. O. T.. II, Meet.

\ meeting OF Sinai encampment No.
:. !. o. @. F., will be held at tho odd
Fellows hall tonight. There will be
work in the Golden Rule PatriarchaI
dcgrcc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
OLYMPIC FUND FAILURE


 TTNHE Duke of Westninsterss appeal for S500.0O0 for the Olympic games fund has fallen flat. Less than $5o.o00 has been subscribed up to date, and the rate at which@ the subscriptions are coming in is steadily slackening. The fund committee announced that unless S125. .00O was subscribed by the end of the year the scheme will be aban- doned. Lieutenant Blair. secretary of the conmitteN said:s
 A serious condition has already arisen as regards our trainers on ac- count of this lack of money The best of them have been approached by for eign nations with definite offers for their services. and therefore they will not only be lost to us, but employed in training our rivals unless the public makes a speedy decision.
 .sThe sum of $50,000 is practically useless. The organizations which we must assist cannot be helped by such a sum. When they ask $5,0o0 a year for four years there woHld be no earthly use in offering them $300.'
 England no doubt will be represented at the games, but there doesn't seem to be the slightest chance of getting from the public anything like the sum asked for. Active attacks on the scheme have failed. not because the opposition has been overcome, but because the scheme seems to have been killed and public opinion in general has arrived at the conclusion that a true amateur team cannot be trained for four years at the public expense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19

Cariseh. who was my regular catcher all season, hugged the plate as close as he could back of the batsman. We'll. he did that to spear these dirt balls. before they got a chance to dig into the ground, but naturally he couldn't get them alls He was doing great work to get as many as he did, and lots of times he just had to make a wild stab and really accomplished quite a feat when he prevented the ball from get ting away.
 sIts was because he was snsedsto ham ding fadeaways that he was sent be- hind the bat in all the games I pitched. I'm to be congratulated that only thir- teen wild pitches got away from him all season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
GNAPPY WINTER BASEBALL TALK WRESTLING AND INDOOR ATHLETICS

Is not the first time that Shafer has quit the game in the winter and re- ported in the spring. But there is no doubt that he is in position where he does not have to play baseball for a living, and he does like to run his au- tomobile over California roads.
 That the ..f1elder,s choice will be re- stored to the scoring rules before the next season opens seems assured It is as good as settled that when the rule makers get down to business this win ter one Of the first changes to be made will be killing the .Cincinnati base Iit.'''. There is much opposition to this farcfcal method of scoring the time honored .'fielder's choice which was wiped out by the new rule last season, and it is understood that the, rule rnak- CTS propose to change the rules as they were before last season
 Charley Comiskey of the White Sox has long been an advocate of a. rule which will force ball players to wear high shoes, which are expected to pro tect their ankles against injury Last season many players were incapacitat- ed by reason of injuries made possible by the wearing of the low shoe.z .zand it is believed that if high shoes are worn many of these accidents would be pre- vented It is not unlikely that both
 major leagues will consider this sub ject at their next meetings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
4BATTlNG EYE" A MYTH?

pEOPLE who think batsman keeps
 his eye on the ball from the mo- ment the pitcher delivers. it until he connects or misses are badly mistaken. says Cobb.
 A man hits a baseball by instinct. He sees the ball leave the pitchers hand. of course, but doesn't keep his eye glued on it until he hits. If he did his batting average would be minus zero or thereabouts.
 A man hits by instinct in the game of baseball The natural batsman is the chap who doesn't have to worry about hitting the ball. He simply steps up and bfffs away. The light hitter seldom improves. no matter what he does to increase his efficiency.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
FRITZ MAisEL ONE OF HIGHEST PRIcED BALL PLAYERSOF1 1913.

ERITz MAISEL of the New York
 Americans and Larry Chappelle of the Chicago White Sox were the two highest priced ball players of 1913. Fritz cost President Frank Farrell s12,eoo and two players. while Chap belle. outfielder, cost the Sox s1s.oOO.
 Some gilt edged 1addies. these eh?
 Maisel has established a reputation as the kingpin of the New York Amer ican ir1fie1d and will be a big aid to the team next season. Manager Frank Chance has several deals in process of completion which will bring him other able players for 1914 and relieve him of the burden of having to fight des- perately to keep out of last place in the race.
 Maisel came from the Baltimore team of the International league, and. like Chappelles made good in his first year in the big leagues.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
PITCHERS WILDNEss DUE TO FADEAWAY

GY FALkENBERG isn't surprised at
 all to find that the official pitching averages recently issued from Ban Johnsons office show him to have un- corked more wild pitches during the 1913 baseball season than any other American league twirIef- s.gz.z.
 The fact Is, he rather expected that he would lead the league in untamed hurls or that if he didn't he would be close on the heels of the leader. He planes it all on the fadeaway and says it's the nature of the beast to cause wild pitches
 naturally a dirt ball. By that I mean that it hits the ground close back of the plate. You will notice that Fred
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
PHILLIPS WILL GoLIGHT IN HIT PLAY NEXT SEASON

A LTHOUGH the Phillies made more
 sacrifice hits last season than any other club in the National league. Manager Dooin has become convinced that such a play can be overworked. If Charlie can get one or two men speed fer than he had last season the chances are that he will cut down on his orders to sacrifice next year.
 The sacrifice hit play, in my opinion. should not be worked very often. Here is the way l figure it out" Dooin says.
 We get a man on first base with no one out The next man sacrifices and puts the runner on second; then the next man has to hit it safe If he doesn't you have wasted two of your men, and it is up to the last chance of the inning. In each case after the sac rif1ce is made and the man is advanced the percentage is against the batsrnan by one chance in three. Even with two
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19

outs left you have only two chances out of three to drive in the run
 @On the other hand. with runner on hit fast man can very often get from first to third on an infield out at first base In that case you have advanced your man to third base instead of to second, and you still have only one out.
 stShould. the runner get only as far as second base you are just as well off as if the batsnnan sacrificed On the oth- CT hand, the batsnan may hit safe and you have the other fellow ins a hole with no one out. Of courseSthHre is the danger of aadouble play being made on a line drive, but that's one of the risks of the game. s
 .sOf course there are times when the sacrifice hit should be used, but think that it is bad policy to adopt the rule of sacrificing. every time the first man up in an inning gets to first base,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
pRlNcEroN TO LOSE STARS

NEXT fall Princeton loses Captain
 Hobey Baker and Phillips by grad nation, and Streit on account of the three year rule. All the other mem bers of the football team will be able to play. They include $. Baker Law, F. TreHlkfaan, p. Trenkman. Hammond. Brown, Click. Semmens. ". Swart and I. Swart. Ballin, Shea, Lanaberton and Borden. From the freshman. team, Driggs, Eberstadt. Rogers, Dfckerman and Charles will most likely prove valuable recruits. Three men who were ineligible this year will be avail able next fall, Roland, Kirby and Dol ton. Ballin. who played left tackle last season and is an All American man. will be captain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
TINKER REVEALS CINCINNATI
 NAkf0 E

TOE TINKER, deposed manager of
 theCfncinnati Reds, has made an
 interesting statement regarding his
 relations with President Hermann and the directors Of the club, which, if
 true, throws much light on the trials and tribulations of former Porkville
 managers. 2 ss
 T expected to get my release,'s says
 Tinker, .sbecause there was friction,
 and the only reason am sorry to step
 down is the fair treatment received from the Cincinnati newspapers and need 9 manager, according to the way
 the club is run by the directors
 eCincinnati managers before me were simply goats. The owners of the club ran the Reds the way they pleased land then fired the manager because the goat under this system. but fought hard against interference It did little good, however.
 .sThe directors sold two players dur ling the latter part Of the season with Iout even going to the trouble of letting Eme know anything about it. learned | of these deals through the newspapers. The sale of Almeida. the Cuban, is an Iother instance. Had been consulted h would not have let these men go un- Hess in trades which would have strengthened the Reds, but the direc- tors sold the players outright because lthey wanted the money
 Under such conditions. which will continue to exist, the only kind of boss needed in Cincinnati is a field captain who must carry out the d1- rectors, orders. But he must be pre- pared to be censured for trades and tother official acts by the owners that handicap the team, although he will not be informed in advance what deals are to be made. l During the minor league meeting in iColumbus was informed that Harry Stephens friend of the F1eischnanns. had been appointed secretary of the Reds for next season. Stephens will travel with the team and act as a spot ter.
 @He told me after he had been ap- pointed that must not speak about the clubs affairs to newspaper men: that he would do all the talking and that would have to take my orders from him. That convinced me that I could not remain with the Reds, and after had written 2 letter of protest
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19

spring training in the old home coop. out by the brewery and the army post.
 Great stuff! It enables the manage ment to save lot of car fare and also simultaneously fatten up their popu-S larity percentage by claiming they train at home out of sheer love for.the grand old town. A good passer of the buck should make much hay in the way of aroused local patriotism out of this performances
 Under the management of Bill Carri- gan the Red Sox may regain their form of two years ago and again be con tenders in the race After Cardigan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19

took charge of the team late last sum- mer there was marked improvement in it's playing, though. of course, the poor start the team got. together with the Inability Of Joe Wood to pitch, was too much of a handicap to put the for
 mer champions in the running But Cardigan gave evidence of having man
 agerial ability even during his short
 regime last season, and his prospects the coming season are even brighter.
 The first action Of President Lannin. the new owner of the Red Sox. was to inform. Carrigan that She was in abso- lute charge of the team on and off the field. that he was at liberty to make
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19

hundreds of thousands of men and boys play the national game every summer. The casualties are 1eW con sif7ert,,r the number of players engag- ef4.4. None of ethe major league players received fatal injuries. There are many fatalities in football each year. where hundreds of thousands play. yet it is seldom that the well trained college and club men are seriously hurt If anything, the fatality list IS q sermon in favor of better coaching and train ing for all boys.
 Columbus baseball nagnates an ro,,nce that the Senators will do their
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19

such changes he saw fit in an effort to make the team winner and that there would abe3 no interference with him in any manner or form.
 For a newcomer into baseball Iaan-i min seems to have the right idea For a manager tosasucceed he should have fun authority over his players. l+.
 McGraw is having his annual scare namely. that Arthur Shafer will not report The Californian has once more announced that he is through with baseball. and McGraw. of course. is worrying over how he is going to fill his place. Fortunately. however. this.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
PURCHASE TWO 5PLAYERs.

TT was announced at the recent
 Texas league meeting at Houston that Beaumont had purchased Pitcher McGu1ler and Catcher Bobo from Aus. tim Manager @Leidy of Beaumont.also tried to- trade Pitcher Martina for Pitcher F,entress Of Fort. Worth but
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19

games Of his career Recent events -haxe shown how scarce good managers are. and Evers. having finished in third place with 8 team that was not ex- ,pected 70 cMx much of a figure certain E 1s deserz1nE of a lot of credit and nnofher trial. to say the least
 asFRfkeez deaths was the, baseball toll aek 1s72 Twelve players were killed by being hif on the head by pitched balls T1zrSs spectators were killed by foul -t1ps- In Chicago three players we're Killed by pitched balls
 While this seems to form an alarm lns 1ist. eit must be remembered that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
. ar ToMMY cLARk.

Ws@HOUCH Johnny Evers made
 splendid showing with the
 Cubs last year. finishing
 ~ third when it was the gener- nl opinion that he would have hard ftrue remaining in the first division, 1t sss5runored that Charley Murphy is -eMnhdng seriously of making change the raanaEement Of his team 9o nEaxrpny has done a lot of peculiar things in baseball. but it Is hardly to -hao believed that he would depose Ev- Her,k who undoubtedly has shown hiIn- <rsif a leader Of more than ordinary rnsRSlity, besides playing one of the best
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
OXFORD TO SEND TEAM TO MEET
 PENN IN APRfE stzss

OXFORD university will send team
 from England to compete at the annual relay races under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. next April fes 4
 There are three men on the Oxford team capable of E1Inningssthe mile in are Tabor, formerly of Brown; Jack son, the EngHshman who won the 1,500 meter race at the 1913 Olympic games, and Rudd. the South African half nnile champion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
JAMES E. SULLEVAN'S
 NEW APPOINTMENT

JAMES E. SULLIVAN. secretary e1 treasurer of the Amateur Athletic union, has been made director of ath-
 etics at the Panama Pacific exposition so be held at San Francisco. MT. Sul- livan was athletic director at the St Louis worlds fair and at the Paris eX-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
CHARLEY BROOKE. AS & FOOTBALL INSTRUCTOR

CHARLEx BROOKE. the famous
 veteran of the University of Penn By'EVania football eleven is preparing a written system of instruction for the excluEEzs use Of Pennsylvania teams in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
HoFmAN ,AvAiLARLE

A RTIE HOFFMAN. formerly of the Cubs and Pirates. succeeded in securing his unconditiopai release from Nashville. having determined not to play ball in the south Artie is now a free agent and aopen to an engagement with any club desiring his services
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19

HARRY STONE BEATS MATT WELLS IN AUSTRALIA. HAERX STONE of New York got the
 decision over Matt Wells Of Eng land in. Sydney. Australia. acco-ding g lssm eableEram-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
DoHERTY 10 REeIfsaT Rs eAIu l= r

pOHEKTY TO 7 Esf54T E R9 GAM E. H L. DOEIFsItT has Inost decidea.
 to re-enter the ranks Of tennis con- tenders Not sf fnce s07 has he been seen in an interna tional contestl Neverthe- less the name of + L. Doherty, to- gether with that his brother, R F.. will be remembered by. tennis players of all continents. As a true sports- man as well as an expert of rare abilf- ty H. l.. won an undyfng reputation.
 Doherty has written several manuals on tennis which are considered the best compositions of their kind in ex istence. How well tfl e Doherty broth :. ers' theory Of the 1gaine worked out was shown hundreds or times in their international matches as well as play at home oh the English courts. H L. Dohertyis greatesf feat was to defeat Bil1 Tsarfed when the latter was at the top of the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
BoTaNER

sgTss m Hs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19

to Hermann knew that my release would be Forthcoming
 ssIf had remained in charge Of the Reds for another year feel sure that would have developed winner. Two of the best trades ever put through by the Cincinnati club were engineered by
 me. I gave Pitcher Fromnie to the Giants for Anles, Groh and Devore, and the Reds were greatly improved by the trade @I also got Miner Brown from LouisvlI1e for-tsRoVer LouderrnIllS. and Brown was big help in the box "a
 '.The best thing Hermann can do now is to trade me to some other Na@ tionaI league club as will never play for the Cincinnati club again. did the best IT could under the most trying circumstances. and am glad to be re- lieved of a troublesome burden-,s..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-19
SOCCER ONE or OLDEST gpoRTs.

SSOSEEA N&lN lrs5&S S<3fOE k9s EVEN soccer. he. gran drnother of
 American footbali.a .a Used to be a leader among games.
 Legend has it that in; 962, during the Danish invasion of England; a good ma9 of Chester captured a Dane, be- headed him and knocked his head out into the street to furnish sport s0r the fellows" The game of kicking bleach4 ed skulls around the city streets and even outside the walls of the ancisnt Roman built City grew in favor The game was ihdulged in whenever a. Cheshire sport could annex a Danish head. IF 3..es-- Latersa abalIe of leather called a foot balle'' was substituted The game de- yeloped into a rough and tumble scrimmage. and the ball itself would d often lie forgotten for hours while the excited players chased one another through alleys and lanes and broke into, the houses of the more respectable citizens as results of eglts over the rtles The game spread in favor and. jun D. ing over the intervening cerlf tries. is still spreading.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-01-23
DESTRUCTIVE fire
OCCURS AT SPRUCE

Canton. Jan. 21.-Fire which
started yesterday shortly after the
noon hour, caused by sparks from
shifting engine, destroyed two board
ing houses, a large commissary store,
three residences and the office of
the Champion Lumber company at
Spruce. Is miles from here at the
terminal of the Tennessee and North
Carolina railroad. The damage is
estimated at several thousands of
dollars but it has not been learned
just what amount was covered with
insurance.
In spite of the fact that the flames
started at time when large num-
Der of people were near and their
united efforth were bent on extin-
gushing the fire, such a high wind
was raging that the property could
not be saved. The entire stock of
goods of The commissary was burn
ed and practically all the contents
of the dwelling houses were con-
sumed in the flames. One man, who
had been at work there some time
lost his entire savings of $500. The
spectacle was a pathetic one with
strong ablebodied men standing
helplessly by unable to check the
progress of the flames which were
destroying their entire belongings.
; The fire is a heavy blow to the
mountain people who work in the
woods for the Champio-. Lumber
company, but those who were made
homeless are being cared for at Sun
burst, three miles futher down the
road and work will be continued
Citizen.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-01-23
CONVENTION AT ADDlt

Jackson Singing Convention met
at Addie Saturday and the organi-
zation was perfected by selecting
Rev. M. A. Norman as moderator.
While he e was a very good repre-,
sentation at the Convention Satur-
day from differenr points of the
county. the big crowd did not come
until Sunday when the church was
crowded all day.
The three choirs present, Addie
Okra Hill and Loves Chapel. entei-
tanned the people both days with
singing numbers of hymns.
Sunday Rev. z. P. Ellington OF
Sylvia preached an excellent ser
mon at II o'clock, after which the
Convention took recess for dinner
The good ladies of the Addie com.
munity served an abundance o1
good things fit for the feast of kings
Sunday afternoon was spent i1
singing by the different choirs il
attendance.
The matter of holding only on'
general Convention each year a
some central point and utilizing th'
three divisions into which the coun
ty is now divided for holding tn