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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

small visor. Two years before the baseball
player whose picture appeared on the cover Of
the manual Of that day wore round hat not
unlike the kind with the turned-up brim which
is about all one can buy for small boys ranging
form seven to ten years of age. In 1867, be-
fore professionalism was thought Of, the base
ball players cap was white, with black visor.
With this on the back of luxuriant head Of
hair, with full beard sweeping over plaid
shirt, and with long trousers, somewhat tight
in the hips but coming we'll down over the tops
Of his laced shoes, the man who played ball
must have created something of a sensation.
It is certainty that he could do it in any ball
park to-day.
Among the club records of the ante-profes-
sional days is the book containing the records
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of the old Knickerbocker team in 1867. 1t is
recorded that meeting was held June % of
that year at the Office Of Taylor Brothers, II
Wall Street, call members present" The secre-
tary goes on to relate that "a discussion was
had upon the propriety of allowing members
who had not been elected for thirty days to
play in the friendly game with the Palisade
Club on the 10Th inst and upon motion it was
decided they might be played"
On the 29th one finds the following record
Of the game: "Played the game with the Pail
SADIE Club of Englewood upon our ground. Full
game Of nine innings. Knicks, A; Palisade,
%. very good entertainment was had at
Perry's Hotel, after play. The usual speeches,
songs, etc. were INDUCED in, and good time
was had generally"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
BY FREDERIC VAN de WATER
illustrations by Jefferson Machamer

the truths Of the Koran, are insufficient ia
number. Furthermore, they say--for the
hand Of Allah is heavy upon then-that the
buildings crumbe and fall apart like the
courts of thy predecessor Jamshyd, which tn.
poet saith are kept by the lion and the lizard
Their crying stirreth the people to wrath"
Then quoth the good Caliph, laying aside
for the moment the works of the Sheikh u
Islam:
Send me here the keeper of my citys ac-
counts, even Ah-bi-Hirshfeld SO that he may
make answer for me. And it was as he had
said and to Ali-bi-H irshhcld, Hy-lan Of the
Ruddy Countenance spoke:
write me screed saying that all men who
rail against the schools of this my city are
liars and all women-or since the ways Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

The baseball libraries of Harry Wright and
Henry Chadwick are included in the collection.
This makes sure the preservation Of the writ
ings and scrapbooks Of the men who did more
for the game than any others, in the way Of
formulating rules, keeping vital statistics, and
altogether rousing popular interest. In one Of
Henry Chadwick's early-day handbooks is
found the following, under the title of "The
Model Player:
HE never permits himself to be pecuniarly
interested in q match, for, knowing the injuri-
Gus tendency of such course Of action to the
best interests Of the game, he values it's well
fare too much to make money an object in
playing ball."
The 'father of baseball" must have had some
vision of rolls of money under the pillows of
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caps, dark in color with narrow white stripes
and Jockeys visor Of white. The name of
the club appeared in Old English on the white
belt. Such is description Of the costume
worn by the old Excelsiors. The first start
toward the knickerbocker era was made when
the long trousers were gathered about the
ankle, in bloomer effect. Evidently this did
not prove popular, for the kniclerbockers soon
appeared, and by the latter part of the seven-'
ties the long-trousered ball player had disap-
peared
One sartorial effect that hung on for long
time was the flannel shirt with the shieldlke
front, which buttoned with large pearl buttons.
In the matter Of caps 1t was long time be-
fore baseball adopted anything approaching
standard. In 1871 the cap most worn had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

infde have given even these vote, let AS say
ali lad:es-are er-er- mistaken. And bid those
who watch over the fires Of the city to spray
my people with cooling waters in the streets,
for cleanliness is akin to godness and vfao,
beng washed, will cry aloud for schools?"
But when this has been done, behold the
tunlult continued and q certain dervish of the
desert Hascan ell Nudd by name led the shout
ing and the things that he said Of the good
CaIiph and his schools were much as in the
days of less temperate monarch would have
merited the bowstring.
Then called Hy-1an of the Rudy Counte-
nance to the keeper Of his parks, even the Emir
Galla-tin, saying: Filing open my preserves
to the people and bid them go there and COM
muno with nature, so that their noise he
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And madness descended upon the people,
so that they listened to the dervishes Of the
desert who predicted lamentable happenings
daily in the bazaars.
1t came to pass that while the heat was at its
fiercest certain women forgot the harem law of
Islam. These, tearing the yashlnaks from their
faces, mad through the Streets crying dis
aster. And the noise of their tumult grew 50
loud that it penetrated even the inmost cham
Der where the good Caliph pondered on the
writings of holy men, ct that he clapped his
hands and summoned his vizer, who salaaming
low and shielding his eyes from the glory Of
the Caliph's countenace quoth
Step-son of the Sunrise, behold certain
women whom Allah hath touched with mad
ness shout in the streets that the schools
wherein by thy grace the seed of Islam learn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

great pool and give It forth that this is doss
oy order Of the Caiiph who loveth his people
and warreth against the interests-so that
they may find refreshment therein and forge.
the troubles of the heat"
And the Pasha Prall, beating his forehead
on the carpet at Hy-lan's feet, cried aloud:
Father Of the comets and cousin Of lie
high noon, if this great pool be built as thou
sayest, where shall find artisans and mater
ais for the construction of my schools"
And Hy-lan of the Ruddy Countenance replied
"That is in the hands of Allah Let the pol
be wide and pleasant to lock upon and invite
all those who clamor against me to battle
therein Saturday nights and forget their mad
ncss. Let it also be very deep and ascertain
straightway if the dervish Nudd and Abu ibn
Craig and the-henl-ladies who are so griey
ously mistaken, know how to SWIM"
And It was as the good Caliph had said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

!n the onte-professionnl days full
boards, plaid shirts and long trousers
were the rule. From an, early-day
manual in the Spalding Collection
Then shout, shout for jog, and let the soelbiss
ring
In praises of our noble game, for health tits
sure to bring.
Come, my brace Yankee boys, there's room,
enough for all;
So join IN Umcle Samaeus sport, the pastinre of
baseball.
~ N SUCH manner did players sing the
praise of the national game in it's begin
nings, according to records in the base
ball library of the late Albert G. Spald-
ing, which historic collection has been present
ed to the New York Public Library and is now
being catalogued. The verse quoted was the
chours OF song given to the tune of ''Uucle
SANS Farm" at supper rendered to the Elk
ceisiors by the Knickerbocker team in 1853
Mr.. Spalding was one of the great players
IN the early seventies at the very beginning of
professional baseball. Seeing the possibilities
IN the manufacture of baseball material. he
founded the sporting goods house which now
bears his name. He died In 1915. The material
which came into his possession constitutes a
history of the national game.
IN the matter of uniforms it appears from
the pictures in the Spalding collection that the
styles changed oven more rapidly than the
rules Of the game. In the tc-professional
period, up to 1870. there vas prevailing
tendency toward waite shirtwaists, white felt
dark colored, long trousers, black shoes, fancy
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The shirt with the shieId-like front was
fauorite with earEy-day ballplayeTs.
Long trousers, gathered at the ankles
in a bloomer-like effect, loere stOagger
players when he wrote his brief code OF con-
duct for the athlete.
Among the advertisements in an eariy-das
manual is found the following:
George Wright's Baseball Catchers Noun
Protector. The above protector for the tee'h
of baseball players IS the most desirable aru'
Gle for the purpose yet invented Being ma0e
of rubber, it can be held in the mouth wltnou'
any disagreeable taste"
The modern baseball player, who has hi'
mask and breast protector no doubt Is "iH'Ae
to concede tie NERVE" of the catcher who wehs
behind the bat with only bit of rubber IN NV
mouth as partial protection against foul tips
In the collection aas Mr.. apalG@-as's eoan'
volumes of his own baseball guide; also 'h'
Reach guides and Beadle's and De "l's'
guides, which covered early years OF the gai''.
Also there are diaries notebooks and aecou"'
books, old baseball passes and pamphlets. o',
set of scrapbooks contains clippings coliec's,
by Mr.. Spalding covering the historic w0''1
tour in 1889-'99.
Many of the photographs in the collect'0A
have not yet been identified, as there are ~
names on them. Others consist Of groOo
photographs of some of the most famous =
the old teams. 1t will take about two moh'l'
to prepare the Spalding collection for paDas
inspection
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~ NOE upon time there lived black
= smith and his wife who wished to have
~ a son, for the bonze, when he married
them, had told them: "a sage will be
born of your union. He will be illustrious
among men,"
This happened long ago, seven centuries be-
fore our era, and it happened in China. The
Chinese were then free. They didn't wear then
on their sleeves horseshoe of silk or fur or
pig-tails hanging down their backs--two en-
blenls of servitude which the conquering Tar
tar imposed on them, contemptuously compar-
ing them to animals
The blacksmitlps name was Kong -Te-Long
and his wife's name was Kong-Tien-Te, which
means Heavenly Virtue They piously await
ed the will Of the gods. And one fine day
Kong Tien-Te felt certain at last that she was
going to bear child. The blacksmith rejoiced
with her and the bonze said to the young wife:
"My daughter, listen to me and do what
tell you. That your son may be sage you
must teach him to know the truth by making
him know Nature. While you carry him with
in you open your eyes and your spirit to the
contemplation Of those things which constitute
The divine work Observe the fields and the
forests. the rivers and the mountains, the sky
in which the clouds float and the planets cir
culate Register in your mind the world about
you, IN order that your son may benefit from
the treasure you have acquired. For it is true,
my daughter, that knowledge is the begin
ming Of understanding, that understanding is
IN IF +hoA IL,
prone goal of all human wisdom"
Then he indicated to her pilgrimage which
she ought to make-slowly and by brief stages
1t would take her toward the west.
when 1t Is finished you will return here and
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O, YE seed of Sinbad, the mighty
mariner. draw near! Captains of
h the galleys of the All Merciful,
felucca men and all such who love
the waters that Allah hath given to his Faith
ful for the quenching of thirsts and the fol-
lowing of the trade winds, give ear to the thou
sand and twelfth tale of the good Caliph Hy-
Ian of the Ruddy Countenance and how he
washed away the discomfort of his people.
Now it came to pass that in the fourth year
Of the Profit that the good Caliph Hy-lan took
thought and set about consecrating himself
for the four years more of rule that his sooth-
sayers had told him still lay before him. And
he shut himself in his chan 1ber and improved
his soul reading the texts and the homies that
Allah had given him for guide through the
mouth of Will ibn Hearst, the Sheikh ul Islam.
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And the words Of Muir
fee the Mullah were
also as precious jewels
In the sight Of Hy-la,i.
Then the spirit Of his
devotions brooded ,ver
all the palace. So
great was the stiffness
that one could almost
hetsr the raiment Of his
vizier, Sinn-ott Of the
Gorgeous Garments as
he passed over the
mosaic pavements. And
Abou ibn Craig The
Wiseacre modulated
his voice in debating
with his fellow philos-
ophers in the hall Of
the Board Of Estimate,
while in the arena known
as The Chamber of Al
dermen no due!s or may
hens were carried on.
But the heat chat the
monsoon bore from the
Desert of Volstead
brought suffering to
the people of the ba-
zaars far removed from
that holy place where
the good Caliph medi-
tated. And those who
looked upon the glow
ing orb at sunset to
curse it thought also Of
the rudy countenance
of Tho nond Cn1inh
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Tale the Thousand and Twe Wherein the Scribe Reateth How the
the Heat Bareh Monsoon Upon Them From the Desert Voad

hushed and I may i'm
prove my soul in peace.
So by the generosity
Of the good Caliph his
parks were opened to
the people day and
night, yet the heat and
the crying of the wom-
en- and Of the dervish
Nudd continued and q
messenger came to Hy-
Ian saying:
Brother Of the hur-
ricane, the clamor still
soundeth in the streets.
The madness spreadeth
so that they demand in
their blindness and mi
guilty why more Of thy
treasure is not spent in
teaching the children
OF thy people of the
law and the prophets
and the writings Of Ma
homet. And even in
thy palace Abu i'm
Craig raiseth his voice
and predicteth dire
happenings regarding
thy schools.
Then quoth the good
Caliph, and his face
grew IS the setting sun
through a mist: 1.-THE
people / perchance may
pacify, yet Allah alone
knoweth how one may s
ibn Craig the Wiseacre
Emir Galla-tin and the
IF my schools and readn
my presence.
And when these had
Hy-lan af the Ruddy
follows:
"Thou, good Pasha,
keeper of my accounts a
science of numbers ar
these, so that the people
against the interests
stand. And write a SC,
market place telling of
my kingdom is spent
seed Of Islam, so that tn
Nudd may be stopped q
er--er-ladjes abate.
"And thou, keeper Of
be constructed in the ce
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
Rhine Question 0vershadows
Silesian Problem in Council

PARIS, Aug. IA bigger fight
than that over the division of Upper
Silesia, now passed on 10 the league
Of nations, is due in the supreme
council meeting beginning at 1870
tomorrow morning at which the
premiers will take up the proposal
to relax the guarantees along the
Rhine.
Great Britain has maintained that
inasmuch as Germany has com
piled with the French ultimatum
the occupation OF Dusseldorf and
the Rhine marriers should be aban-
doned and that France should now
forego her economic and military
guarantees in order that Germany
may have a chance TO recuperate
and fulfill her obligations.
1t is recalled that Premier BRAND
and Lord Surzon, the British secre-
tary of state for foreign affairs,
nearly split on this matter some
time back. during CurEon's ps<r
parlers on the Near Eastern situs-
ton. held in Paris. II is unlikely
that BRAND will reccde one whit
from this stand now especially con-
sidering that President Milerand
and the cabinet will support him
unanimously.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
SOLDIERS CALLED
TOPREVENT LIQUOR
TRAFFICON BORDER
Michigan State Troopers
Report in Detroit
For Duty.

DETROIT. Mich. Aug. 12.-Late
tonight seventy-f1ve troopers from
the Michigan State constabulary re-
ported for duty to c. p. Campan,
Detroit representative of the Michi-
gan Public Safety Commission. The
detachment will be divided into
patrols. operating along the Ameri-
can side of the Detroit River and
portions of of Lake St. Claire, for
the purpose of suppressing the
wholesale influx of Canadian beer
and whisky.
Mr.. Campan declared tonight that
he intended to get every bottle OF
beer and whisky that is brought
over from Canada" Three high
powered motor boats will be pressed
into service tomorrow morning,
manned by troopers armed with
rifles.
Trucks Are Loaded.
Although Federal Prohibition Di-
rector, Graham announced today
that after a conference with Cana
dian customs officials he found that
reports of the amount of liquor be-
ing cleared for the United States
from Canada were greatly exag-
gerated, seven automobile trucks.
counted on the municipal docks at
Sandwich. across the river from
here, this morning while the con-
ference was in session. Each truck
load was placed aboard launches,
which, when loaded, headed for
Detroit.
Launches were piled high with
whisky and beer openly. Sandwich
City employees worked nearby and
paid no heed to the liquor runners
operations. At one of the Windsor
breweries inquiries brought the an
nouncement that eight or ten truck
loads would be leaving tonight.
with beer consigned to Detroit by
way of small river boats.
Greater Than Ever.
Rum running from Canada, which
was well-nigh stopped when On
tario went dry, July 10, has not
only been resumed. but Is assuming
greater proportions than ever, fol-
lowing ruling of Magistrate
Gundy in Windsor police court
Wednesday. He declared that Ca
madam officers had no right to stop
shipments of liquor destined for the
United States or any other point
outside Ontario.
Canadian customs officers there
after determined that since such
shipments were legal, they had no
right to deny them clearance
papers. >.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
BLAMES BOMBING
ON BOOTLECGERS
Effort to Wreck Dry Agents
Home After He had Re-
fused Bribe.

wAUKEGAN, Ill, Aug. Ire
wards totaling $500 were oneree
for the capture and conviction OF
bombers Of the home of States Az
torney A. v. Smith at waukegan
lwho today barred details OF huge
bribe offers he and his dry agents
received to "lay of" Fox Lake this
summer.
while / cannot place my HANDS
on those who offered the bribe'
am convinced that they were In
earnest and that the $4,000
month they offered would be forth
coming IL would relinquish prosecu-
tfon for two months" he said.
MY answer to these law vioia-
tors in the Fox Lake region as
well as elsewhere in Lake County
will be to- redoube my efforts to
stop the booze trafic and brins
them to justice"
The big bribe offer Is taken to IN
dieate that the rum-runners at FOX
Lake have been driven to despera-
ton by the unceasing watchfulness
and rands staged by the states at
torney.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
British Satisfied to Let
League Settle Problem

LONDON. Aug. l2.-British diplo-
mats arc apparently eminently sat
isfied with the result OF the Su-
preme Allied Councils decision to
turn the Silesian matter entirely
over TO the League of Nations for
settlement especially since this
means that the necessary entente be-
tween France and England has been
preserved without either nation re-
ceding from its expressed policies.
And this. they argue. was exceed
ingly more important than the issue
Of Upper Silesia itself.
The League undoubtedly will con-
slider the Silesian dispute a matter
of extreme urgency, and hasten its
however. may not be expected for
some months.
he action Of referring the problem
to the League is considered IN many
quarters as having a direct bearing
on the probability OF Lloyd Georges
attending tn. Washington disarma-
ment conference since-barring
some Unforeseen development in ST.
lesia itself-it shelves one fthe
most delicate problems before the
British Premier.
Lloyd George now has two othG
comparatively urgent matters de-
manding his atteption-ths Irish
question and the domestic situation.
II is believed possible in many Of
fic.al quarters that the Premier may
be able so ably TO administer these
two problems duriag the months of
September and October that he viii
be Tree In Noverber TO take up the
American conference work.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
u. s. FEUDIST GETS
BIG NAPLES BURIAL

NAPLES. Aug. 1.-THE grandest
funeral ever held IN Naples. except
that of Enrico Caruso. was that of
Alberto Alterio. chief Of the Cam
mora in the United States, whose
wife brought the body here for
burial and followed Il to the grave
Friday. Alterio died in New York
three months ago with precipitation
and violence
Almost to a man, the entire Cam
morista element of Southern Italy
gathered in Naples to participate in
the obsequies- The widow. whose
fortune may be estimated from
the fact that she deposited 100000
cash with the ships purser on the
voyage to Italy. patronized every
norist In Naples. buying not one but
several huge wreaths from each.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
De VALERA OMITS
AMNESTY DEMAND
FOR PRISON
London Believes Cabinet
Will Try to Satisfy
Irish Appeals.
Especial Cable to The Washington Herald
and United NevL)

Especial Cable to The Washington Herald
and United NsvL)
LONDON. Aug. 12-Eamonn de
Valera's reply to Lloyd Georges
peace terms, according to an au-
thoritative source, does not include
a demand for the release of the
rank and file Of the Irish republican
army-some 5000 strong-now held
in British prisons and internment
camps
While it has been varously
hinted that the Sim Fein answer
to the British government-paruc
larly after the drive to eject the re-
the proposal that members Of the
militant Irish organization be given
amnesty, such appeal. the United
News is informed. does not form a
part Of De Valera's counter de-
mands."
Contents Kept Secret.
It is known, of course, that lead
ers OF the Sim Fein would consider
it nothing less than an act of jus
tice" to set free all Irish prisoners.
that pressure is being brought TO
bear daily upon headquarters to
present a firm demand to the Brit
ish cabinet to that effect.
The exact contents Of De Valera's
rote are still held as closely secret
as IL was the moment IL was handed
to Austen Chamberlain at Downing
Street.
The situation apparently hinges
ipon what action the British cabl-
ne will take when IL meets Satur-
day to hear the details of the Sim
Fein answer. Those who are close
ly in touch with the entire affair
are exceedingly optimistic, and the
belief is freely expressed that what
Ger new appeals may have been
urged by the Sim Fein president in
ais latest Communication to Lloyd
George, they will be met in a con-
oiliatory attitude by the govern
rlent.
"The negotiations are still con-
tI- uing," they declare. ''and what
could be better indication that we
are making progress towards the
hoped-for end?"
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
SOCIALIST WOMAN
ORATOR KIDNAPPED
Speaker Says Police Re
fused to Rescue Her
From Mob.

SHENANDOAH, Iowa. Aug.
1.-THE authorities of this
town have surrendered to the
mob.,
There is no free speech In
Shenandoah.-
This was the statement of
Mrs. Ida Crouch Haxlett, of New
York. Socialist speaker on q
tour of Iowa, when she was re-
turned from q 40-mile automo-
lille trip, after she lad been kid
naped last night by n mob.
In the midst of a speech at
Shenandoah she was terked
from her car by n mob and
placed in an automobile. Mrs.
Hazlett demanded that the po-
lice arrest her to take her out
of the hands of the mob, but the
police refused, according TO Ida
c. Pimbsley, local Socialist
leader.