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page two; iTHE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1911 WORLD o -SPORT LEAGUE OPENS CMUilVAL TO JUST ABOUT F FOR BUSINESS COME SUNDAY CHUGBIKE RAGE INIWO PUCES Sunday Games at Phoenix and Teinpe Start Off the Longest Schedule Ever Attempted in Arizona Fans' Real Chance President George Walter Brown o the Central Arizona Baseball league expects every fan to do his duty Sunday. There are two places at which a fan can express his black est thoughts about .boneheads and umpires, and incidentally view with enjoyment some baseball. One is in Tempe, where the Griz zlies meet up with the Pirates. Tak ing into consideration the two na tures of grizzlies and pirates, one must conclude that the scrap will be somewhat fierce. Neither is noted for gentleness. At Phoenix there is the game between the Senators and the Jewels of Mesa. The Senators are ordinarily calm folks, and Jewels have never given any cause for in ternal quakings, but the game here will ' be some game, anyhow. Having written the usual puffs about the teams, the scribe will now announce that these two games men tioned are parts of a schedule of four months' duration, ending July 12, and that the season just opening will be dvance Men Arrive and' Some Little Items of Prepa Confirm Contract With Phoenix Baseball Club "Women Fans to Have Popularity Contest Al Fisher, publicity man for the Campbell United Shows, arrived in ration for the Hundred- Mile Grind on State Fair 'Track Sunday Riders Tuning Machines Entry blanks, tickets, posters pro grams. Those are some ot me Hems the city from Tucson yesterday morn- ' that the motorcycle race committee has ing to complete arrangements for the ' had to get out prior to the 100-mile large aggregation to show in Phoe- race here Sunday. Take all this print nix. The show will arrive here Sun- ing, the arrangements for the track, ad day and opens .Monday night under j vertising through persons and news- FOOTBALL BIO REVENUE GAME The Sport That's Most In veighed Against Enables Colleges to Support Other Forms of Athletics Col lege Sport News SOX SCRIBES PROVIDED FOR Scorers and News Men Who Will Accompany Chicago Nationals to Mesa Tues day AVill Be Entertained Libcrallv , ASSOCIATED rilESS DISPATCH NEW YORK, March 25 The re cent publication of the various col lege athletic associations annual fi nancial statement brings vividly to m.nn aga.a me i. - - White Sox play at this place the pro received and expended in the course , . .... rectneu anu e.peum. ., ivsons being made for the visiting of a vear for the support of varsit I f 'port. These reports also point n (Special tu The Republican) MESA, March 25. As an evidence of the thorough manner in which the Mesa team expects to entertain the crowd 6n March 31st w hen the Chicago the auspices of the Phoenix Baseball Club for a week's engagement. Fisher says that it is the largest carnival company that has ever vis ited the city, and the fans and the papers, and you have a goodly portion of work. It is about- all done, now, and the preparations for the race are rounding into the last stages. Preparations of riders for the event J amusement-loving public will, after are also Deing conciuaeu. rasi. moior one visit to the show grounds, be 1 cycles are being tuned in many a back strong supporters of the shows dur- I llrt-. in ever' snP. "n tne track, on ing their stav, as the baseball club!1" roadside, wherever the rider hap will get a liberal percentage of ths J Pens t0 tnink of some "u or mlt ne receipts. l'an twist to add a jot to the speed of The show travels in its own spe- i "ifi mount- The track is almost a11 cial train of eighteen cars and has , ,h- tim0 in use- Fifty-five seconds is a fourteen-piece uniformed concert ! looming slow practice time. Peril is band which will give daily concerts on the streets. The Fearless Greggs, the most sen sational of all the automobile .'acts in the world, will be the Wading free attraction. The "Autos That Pass in the Air" is an act that will be re-1 menibered as the feature of the state f,-,f l.tt fi,u ! ... ' . mi , i to four tons when the speed gets up to A handsome arch will be erected . ' .. . ...... viewed with contempt that is bred of familiarity. The surface is so fast that machines are coming in with their tires shaved down perceptibly by the wear on the turns. Some chap with a head for figures has calculated that a motorcycle rid den by a 1B0 yound man presses the track on the turns with a force equal by far the most successful of any j at the entrance of the show grounds yet attempted in Phoenix. The sched ule printed in The Republican Tues day morning is the longest that has ever been pre-arranged in an Arizona league, and if the length of the schedule is any assurance of a solid organization, then the Central Ari zona league must be quite a bit more solid than air warm air. Notices about this league in out side publications have been just like want ads for players. Tanned young athletes with gnarled fingers and sharp eyes have come in shoals. Field Manager Brown of the Solons had twenty-two men at practice yes terday. That is, all were not prac ticing for the same team, but there were that many aspirants on the ground. NEW RECORD IS SET FOB I and will be illuminated very bril liantly by the light plant carried by the Campbell Shows. The show will be here for the week commencing Monday, March MK showing on Wash ington Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. Popularity Contest The Campbell Shows and the base ball club will give the most popular lady in Phoenix a diamond ring val ued at $125, and the ring will be on i ()f sixty miles an hour. Just try to figure it out how heavy a rider must be who is crossing those turns at seventy miles ! an hour! He must be like the well I known individual who resides on Ju- I piter, and weighs as much more pro portionally than a man as the largest I planet outweighs the little earth. And some of the tiny racing tires that come in from the track look as though they had been through the mill, all right. One hundred miles is a long way. To travel it at more than a mile a minute is almost more than any sort This Letter Contained Some Classy Examples of Queries Fired at United States Land Office exhibition at the Herzberg store, and ; Aftpr the h()(ir r.K.e a Hakersfk.I(li the ballot boxes will be placed in Hak(,r.s frnt tire was slice(I (.ean down convenient places to be announced i t( thp fabrjc on U)e ,eft where it later. The reason for the ring being , wor? hariest on tne turns given by the show and the ball club But ljn,s are thp ,east ()f tnp ri(k,r.g is to find out who is the most pop- .orrios Me has ah,lt a hundred ular woman baseball fan in the city. r,ollms ot steol tnat imlst l)P tinkered All that is necessary to enter a can- , t thp last nichi muKt stand friction didate is to go to any of the polling ' lhat wou(- wear ,1(uvn thp hardest places, secure one of the ballot en- metal were j mit for the lubrication, velopes, write the name of the cn- I it r.niHt stand the hout of trip exjilosions didate on the same and place the of- that wou, urjve ten million rifle buf fering in the envelope, to he sealed pts on tnt,ir a,ip0inted trajectories. and deposited in- the ballot box. I ne For eV(.rv revolution of the ordinary A new record for asking questions was .'established by an applicant for land office information yesterday who wrote it all down on paper. It was in a letter addressed to the receiver of the land office that the following quer ies were closely crowded: "Is there any tillable ' government land vacant In Yavapai County on Date Creek? "Could it be irrigated from Date Creek? ,"Or is there any on AVilliams River in Mohave and Yuma Counties? "Also in Maricopa? "How much land in a homestead? "Can desert land be taken at the places named ? "Can a man who has used his home stead right in another state take up desert land m Arizona? "Can you give me extracts from the law relating to desert lands in this state? "Will you send me a map of Yava pai County, showing plats for town ships and how much vacant land there is?" votes will cost 1 cent each, and- one can vote as early and as often as he or she may choose. ; The standing of the contestants will be published daily, and t the voting will continue for the week; or dur ing the engagement of the Campbell United Shows. The baseball boys are very anxious to make this engagement a success, as part of the proceeds will go to ward putting the team on a tooting that will insure it playing- -winning ball this season. . ..... o HORRELL BEATS LOOKS LIKE THE V. A. Horrell, Arizona's most fam ous handler of the racquet, is still in the game for the Y. M. C. A. tennis championship, having beaten Joe Doron in two sets on the association couit yesterday. Horrell's scores were 6-1 and 6-4. One of the surprises of yesterday's play was the victory of Blair over Byers. Having returned from an ar duous trip to Roosevelt at noon, the racing machine's back wheel, the en gine shaft must make at least three complete turns. For each of these turns there is one shot of the gas charge, and for each shot of a twin motor the pistons must move up and down twice. Imagine the rapidity with which the reciprocating parts must travel, and then say that the man who made a racing motor was not a genius. The wonder is(Jhat ordinary metals. molded and hammered by man -can stand it. RESPITE FOR HUMPHRIES fARSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH! COLUMBUS, March 25. A respite of one year was granted by Governor Cox today, to Leslie Humphries, under sen tence to die on Friday. The Governor made it known that while doom will continue to hang over Humphries, he will recommend that future Governors grant respites from year to year pro vided that Humphries makes a good record as a prisoner in the penitentiary. His wages will be turned over to his dependant family. Humphries killed Samuel Kelly and at first said he robbed his victim of several hundred dollars. Later he maintained the kil central secretary anticipated a regu-!,. .v.. i. ,.r nht That is a good sample of about a ; ar beating, and for that particular B ' ' . tnousand letters a month, according to reason would not back out when Chief Clerk James P. Lavin. He says given a chance. He put a light hat he often has to sit up until unmention- I ovor his sunburned forehead and able hours in the morning trying to j vvadi J in. He cleaned Byers by figure out what some of the questions scores of 6-2 and 6-3. mean, and how best to answer them. It was expected that Judson would ; 0 beat Fast, and that the game would I be iust the same as the last man's An attack of malaria may keep I name. And so he did, and so it was. ne.ne wugner, snonsiop oi tne nen Tm? srores were 6.3 amJ 6.4 tnc Sox, out of the game until the eham- i ri0sest of the div I Today's games will be: . Munson vs. Townsend at noon. Judson vs. Peatross at 4 p. m. Larson vs. Wilkinson at 4:45 p. m. Coggins vs. Prescott at 5:30 p. m. pionship season is under way. o A. H. Woods is to produce a farce- comedy from the German called "Sleepy Theodore." . ; : . "DO GOOD" IS TIRE FLUID NOT UPLIFT CAMPAIGN Sion on East Adams Street Presents Necessity for Explanation Most people deny they believe signs, but there is a sign on East Adams Street, in front of the Griswold Bicycle Shop that would make the world the better for it if all men would read and heed it. "Do Good" says the sign. When those two words appear before the eyes of the hundreds Say, I don't want to hafta apply mostly a stall. The best of it all is 0f men, women and children who daily NEWS AND VIEWS OF SPORT for police protection to keep the Grant park grounds clear while we are practicing, complained Brown of the Senators yesterday. He was re ferring to the mob of, twenty-two candidates for positions on the team, who infested the diamond while the regulars were trying to get a little that most of the applicants are Phoe- pass along Adams Street, it is alto nix players. There is enough material gether likely that the first thought is right in Phoenix for two cracking that it is part of another uplift move ?ood ball teams. men. The truth of the matter is that while unerring aim to the sports and com petitions which, because of popular favor and attraction, not only pay for themselves but carry the burden of others, wherein the expenditures are far in excess of all receipts and subscriptions. Some years ago, during the period when football was subjected to a bit ter attack', a famous defender of the game declared boldly that football, despite all the sins charged against it, made possible all the college sports which the reformers were con stantly comparing with the gridiron game, much to the hitter's detriment. That there has been little change in the situation in recent seasons is clearly evidenced by these current athletic association financial repoits. Football is still the big money-maker and the sport that supplies the funds tor the support of a majority of the other athletic teams each year. Some idea of the amount of money received and disbursed by the foot ball authorities during a season of approximately ten weeks may be gathered from the annual reports of the Princeton and Harvard athletic associations. These financial state ments, so far as football is con cerned, refer to the season of 1912, but since there is not much devia tion from a general average, they serve all practical purposes when used on a comparative basis. Prince ton's gate receipts for nine games amounted to $67,313, of which $41,933, or more than one-half, was received is the Tigers' share of the Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth games. The six contests with minor colleges netted Princeton but $5,3711, an aver- ige of less than $1,000 per game. A source of revenue, in addition to the gate receipts, was the training table, the players paying $656 for board, while the football programs netted 414. Against this revenue, were expenses amounting to $36,064, showing a bal ance of $32,322, far in excess of the net receipts of all other sports com bined. The various items of expendi tures furnishes an insight into the wide range of activity and outlay necessaly in connection with the satging of a big varsity football cam paign. Princeton spent $9,201 in traveling expenses and guarantees given other teams. The services of coaches cost $7." 16; suits and sup plies $1,637. Rubbers, physicians and medical supplies required an outlay of $73S. Payments made to those nerving as officials at the nine games scheduled amounted to $1,038. Print ing, advertising, telegrams and tele phone bills totaled $3S2, while the ex penses of manager and captain were set down as $267. One of the biggest terns, was the repairs and upkeep of the wooden stands surrounding the football field, $10,423 being expended for this purpose, which explains the present agitation for a permanent concrete stadium at Princeton. No other sport at Princeton ap proached these figures either in re ceipts or expenses. Baseball cost $15,034, while receipts were $25,693. leaving a balance of $10,659. The track and field team showed a net loss of $3,982: gymnastic association, $268; basketball, $402; swimming, $714; wrestling, $918, and rowing, 16. Hockey showed a profit of $75. which puts the ice spoit in the fi nancial category with football and baseball at Princeton. At Harvard similar conditions pre vailed. Football receipts amounted to $114,864, against expenses of $30. 151, showing that while the Crimson's profits were $46,478 greater than at Princeton, the expenses were $5,913 less, but it must be taken into con sideration that Harvard, with its con crete stadium, escaped the wooden stand upkeep necessary at Princeton. Baseball at Harvard was a money maker to the extent of $6,396, while hockey made $312. Rowing showed a net loss of $11,547; track athletics $7,082; association football $1,461; lacrosse $2,367, and gymnastics $196. newspaper men is cited. The scoring and news end of the game has been turned over to Ray Lesueur. Mr. Les ueur may be relied upon to make ev ery provision for the comfort and con venience of the scribes. He has al ready reserved a place immediately in front of the grandstand and adjoining the players benches where tables will I be arranged and plenty of chairs will be provided. A special feature will be the Ireatment to be afforded the visi tors on the day of the game and Mr. Lesueur expects to have his depart ment that of scoring and news not the least attractive of the general line up. The National Leaguers are taking no more interest in their spring training than are the Mesa Jewels in preparing for the big game as well as the opening of the Central Arizona League at Phoe nix next Sunday. Every evening sees them on the diamond for a fast tryout with some organized" team from the schools. Last evening they took on the first team from the Union High School for a practice stunt. This was good work for the school team as well as the regulars and it furnished splendid practice for each aggregation. Th" umpires will of course be fur nished by the White Sox but it is the intention of Langowsky to use R. H. Tebben as the Mesa umpire if it is pos sible to secure him on that date. It is the idea of the Mesa manager now, as has been at all times since the game was first scheduled to give the Mesa team as much of the benefit of the Six visit as possible. It is for this reason that either Goodwin, Campbell or Goss will start the game. It has been decided to insist upon Morris catching the game. There are a good mam fans who want to see Walsh in action and he has been selected as the man to assist the Mesa team on that date. Republic $ 1 500 T. 0. B. PHOENIX The Standardized Truck The REPUBLIC TRUCK is an honest truck built for hard ser vice. Every part of its construction is made to stand 50 per cent more strain than it will ever be subjected to, NO OTHER TRUCK offers as much dollar for dollar value. Every component part of the REPUBLIC is the product of parts makers of world wide reputation. You cannot duplicate the RE PUBLIC for $500.00 more than we ask. For you men who "know" we give a partial list of the "Stand ardized" parts entering into the REPUBLIC each a masterpiece of parts-maker's art. In the REPUBLIC TRUCK you will find Continental Motors, Eisemann Magnetos, Russell Jackshafts and many other high-grade features. EVERY REPUBLIC TRUCK IS SOLD UNDER A RIGID SER VICE GUARANTEE a definite, tangible contract which saves dollars to every owner. CARR AUTO COMPANY ARIZONA DISTRIBUTORS Phoenix, Arizona is to be hoped that an effort will be made to bring in some of our west ern friends." Clemson college, of South Carolina, with an enrollment of a trifle over 800, tinned out more than one hun dred candidates for the baseball team on the first call. Mesa, Arizona, will be in the date Griswold is just as firm a believer in lines all over the country next week, ' the uplift and all other things that when the enthusiastic correspondents tend to better humanity, the sign is flock around and watch the Jewels reallv one of the nlans he has adopted warming up. Although there were combat with Jimmy Callahan's first to call the attention of people who use nearly, enough men for three teams, team on TeS(-av. The reason the rubber tires either on bicycles or upon Brown could use but one. He wel- j press dispatches will carry Mesa in- j automobiles to his well known tire cornea the newcomers heartily, and stead of Pnoenix is a secret that Paul preparation "Do Good." He is the dis- alu.iit r..1i, rirAlHnn Q ....... ..... J"-" I''-v-c ,,.1.... i j. L,angowski, Mesa s live manager, coverer of the compound tnat is guar- will not tell except on slight provo-. anteed to "do good" to any tire and to cation. prolong its life indefinitely. In the manufacture and distribution of the Most of the Salt River Valley fans preparation Griswold had given to will have maternal relatives to bury ; Phoenix a new industry, one that em Tuesday when the White Sox play ploys quite a few man and women and at Mesa. We can see a stream of that serves in its own way to advertise automobiles heading across the Salt Phoenix while bringing in a substantial river right now. j financial return to the originator. BascballGoods FINNEY & EOBINSON 17 South Center nwvWMw-Mv-i'-i'i'i'i' - The new scoring rule adopted by the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America, giving five points for first; four for second: thiee for third; two for fourth, and one for fifth place in track meets finds general "favor in the eastern college athletic world. The Harvard Crimson states editorially: "It is no wonder, in view of the elaborate apparatus and severe regi men of training required for modern college athletic competition, that par ticipation in athletics is confined to those who have some chance of be coming first rank men in some one line. It is an evil incident to high specialization that the average man is ruled out. That it is an evil to have college athletics restricted to the few possibilities of winners, any advocate of athletics as a wholesome place of college activity will agree. "The recommendation of the I. A. A. A. A. seems, therefore, particularly timely. Group competition should en courage the lay student to 'come out,' as he does not now. Further, it ought to broaden the area of compe tition, inasmuch as the small col leges and the western colleges, which have' less chance under what might be Called the capitalistic system of athletics, will now have more of a reasonable prospect of 'placing.' it The University of Colorado is ne gotiating with the University of Washington for a post-season foot ball game to be played early in De cember. The Colorado team won the championship of the Rocky moun tain conference last season. Colo rado teams have made trips to the California coast and are now anxious to play in the northwest. Dean Rob erts, chairman of the faculty commit tee, thinks there is no valid reason why Washington should not play Colorado. He states: "It would be much better if we could play the game earlier. However. I am in fa vor of playing Colorado the first week in December, if the coach and players are willing to keep in train ing that long." The new crew coaching system at Cornell, which went into effect re cently, is expected to materially in crease the interest of the student body as a whole in lowing. Under the arrangement between the athletic council and the inter-college athletic board, the college crews are to be coached by John Hoyle, under the di rect supervision of Charles Courtney. The new system will give the college oarsmen a regular coach and will as sure them the daily advice of Court ney. Rowing under Courtney's in struction is likely to stimulate in terest in the college crews and form a better source of supply for the varsity boats than heretofore. By the new arrangement the number of men will be largely increased. The equipment of the university and col lege navies will be practically merged. In speaking Courtney said: "All of the FOLLOW THE CROWD TO THE EMPRESS nrvFr TTTr a nmrh ir 1 1 liin 1 Unprecedented Success of the of the new system, crews that row will now be under one head, and if I should w-ant to pick one of the col lege oarsmen for a varsity boat in the middle of the season, I will know that he has been given the proper training up to that time." President Richmond, of Union col lege, in an address on the present methods of athletic training and management in American colleges, stated that the idea of broad training and scholarship was rapidly being lest sight of in the present methods or specialization. He spoke of the ancient Greeks. who were equally proficient in athletics and scholar ship, saving: "It is not so today, as athletics are managed in our American colleges. The average college athlete is not a good student, and the whole system of training, for the high-class ath lete, is adapted to produce a low class student, if not a low-class man. I believe in athletics. There is noth ing that has contributed more to raise the general tone of college life in the last generation than a whole some interest in athletics. The de velopment of winning teams, how ever, is another question. It is not only extravagant, but unwholesome and often degrading." o Trade unionists in Italy number about 700.000. BOSTON IDEA Opera Company Presenting OPERA IN ENGLISH Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday GREATEST OF ALL COMIC OPERAS "The Mascot Presented as a Serial. , THIS WEEK THE ENTIRE FIRST ACT. Concluded Next Week. People's Prices10c20c30c NO HIGHER. OLIVES Something extra fine, grown in the Salt Kiver Valley. Then ask your grocer for