Nebraska Newspapers

    SUMMARY OF LAWS
A Condensed Statement of the Work
Accomplished by Nebraska
Lawmakers
GOVERNOR SIGNS MANY BILLS
A Digest of the Bills Passed by Both Houses of the
Nebraska Legislature at Its Thirty-Second Session
Which Hare Been Signed by the Gov
ernor and Will Be Placed on
the Statute Books
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J<*» Si: h maker. Makes It a peniten
tiary offense to carry revolver.
111. Bassett. Appropriation of moneys
1-Un.i.ng to state normal library funds
for purchase of books for stale normal
at Kearney.
it. Fuller. All taxes shall he due and
payable at the death of the decedent,
it: Kotouc. Appropriation of 90 per
tit of ,ne mill levy for use of the Ne
: israska state university.
1'T Hatfield. An act to legalize, cer
• n defective assignments of mortgages.
. * H..tfi*ld. Provid-s for release of
1 mortgages within one year from date.
'*► F * O .r . ■ s terms of office of
* d.str et assessors.
U i kevlo:«! R-guiating the
fMs.- « of adiounii.i-nts or continuance
a.- * in the. d trict courts of the
| state.
17* <7 «• ifson. At: ends primary law.
ITT I •.'legal. Provides for the pay
n.-r.i ?< r all horse;, killed by the state
« were suffering with
-untegious diseases.
!T‘ Rusi.ee Establishes a county
*’ . l~iar.i of fite memlerj. to be
k own as tin- 1 agrd of regents.
lb McCarthy Providing a method
J for pert— : ng titles: to legalize instru
; newts now appearing of record.
Meizger Appropriates $*.0W for
'•situ ti >n «f a barn and store-room at
• la . fish hat heries. South Bend.
1*4 M. Kisslck Amends county as
law. nuking precinct assessors
j elect ive
!:..*»-tt. State university author
z-d to an opt gift or bequests.
N ilzm-i'. Appropriates JS00 for
• reic f of Sylvester C Hathaway, pel,i
j tenttgry guard, injured by gunshot.
19* Anderson of Kearney. Railroads
•: :c provide shelter for live stock.
7Lawrence. An act to provide for
dm - ig marsh, swamp or wot lands.
A-..lemon. Prohibits public exhi
bitions of hypnot.sm.
Il» Sandborn and Hardin. General
r* vieion of lams relative to sale of agri
colt oral seeds.
-71 Evans Appropriation for laundry
at Hastings asylum.
77 • ' :k. Appropriates It WO to pay
traveling exper*. s of district lodges in
• v. -- of the amount appropriated for
t-.s purt. se In 1909.
7.* Itae-tt. M.dical colleges to have
boci-s »f people mho die in pair houses.
*•!■' asylums and penitentiary, when
agreed to by relatives.
77« Tz\ or of Hitchcock. Amends
game laws of the state.
M* :z* r. Residents must have
ic • :;»es to fish and hunt.
747. Metzger Changes open season
j for hunting wild game.
.47 Grossman. Regulating and licens
j nut maternity homes.
74* >m ir.. Ap|.ropriatlon for expenses
j i f 1 -id. drug and dairy commission.
- M A? d:•*. Amends law relating to
reg.*tration of all motor vehicles.
• '** All* rj of Holt. Provides that
f el*-Mwn shall call attention of
;•»* to . > lsntutional amendment
I to I.m* vot*4 upon.
-*** rokenbush. Provides water
i v diii.em*. «n* of railroad bridges in the
► late of ,\'rl»r:i|ilw.
7« Cronin. Stale aid for bridges over
i. *«t in 1* t*?;. on public highways.
I"*'. M.i• df** Amends law relating to
; :• food ar.d drug department.
-•s Har.d An act to enable owners
4 5 irms tit record the name thereof.
*• Hard. Provides for appoint
• ? t >4 a m:n >< on to revise and re
•oip.P the laws of Nebraska.
Harlii. Prescribing methods of
t* sting and weighing grain.
Anders**n of Kearney. Provides
•at a : p» rm*::.s serving as jurors must
- «* qualified ©lectors of the state.
MrAnli* and Bassett. Provides
'or towmdup public libraries.
>4 M ki" k Provides for incorpor
• on uf Insurance companies.
It *♦.!.. n». Appropriation for mark
* g t: e Oregon trail in the state.
Qua* kenbusli. Provides when at
r ! t> for recovery of money may
I ill*sue.
N* ;r. Provides for filling vacancy
j in «.ngr«--u*
312. Qua* keabuah. Makes it a misde
for minora to smoke cigarettes.
-H Metzger Provides for the accom
•daliott id caret ik»*rs of live stock while
m transit oat railroads.
21t I*. :slice. Organises districts by
’•fate board of Irrigation.
Iv Hspodsky. Appropriates $100,000
• r- turn of new buildings at insane
spiral In Lincoln.
Files. To give cities and villages
; »wer to acquire a mill dam site.
M- K«-lvie. Appropriates $334 for
k South street. Lincoln, in front of
the Orthopedic hospital.
’•4. Itushee. Itelates to construction
of works In irrigation districts.
- <4. Potts Charges the county board*
14 sup-rviHors with the enforcement of
« -iro n. • rules and regulations of state
beard of health.
2S7 Potts. Village boards of trustees
'* barged with enforcement of quarantine
I rules.
360. Bulla. Provides for * state hotel
commission. »
366. Gallagher. General salary appro
priation bill for state officers.
36S. Shoemaker. Appropriate* $300 to
pay deficiencies of school for deaf.
377. McArdle. Amends law granting
franchises in cities of metropolitan class
for gas mains, electric lights, etc.
3S9. Kirk. Makes judges ineligible to
other offices during their term of office as
judge.
413. McArdle. Establishes Nebraska
legislative reference bureau.
423. Grossman. Appropriates $3,000
for water mains for the Nebraska school
for deaf at Omaha.
433. Reagan. Requires registration of
all redigreed stallions.
441. Gandy. Appropriation for the re
lief of W. A. Philpot, injured at asylum.
444. Stebbens. An act to prohibit
throwing glass, crockery, etc., on public
highways.
464. Prince and Sink. Articles of in
corporation must fix the termini of all
proposed street railroads.
466. Nordgren. Appropriates five thou
sand dollars for fire-proof vaults for In
surance department.
430. Leidigh. Appropriates $12,000 for
heating plant for the institute for the
blind at Nebraska City.
481. Leidigh. Creates a bureau of
printing and establishes a commission.
413. Bushee and Harrington. Appro
priates $123,000 to aid school districts to
hold at least five months’ school in each
5 ear.
503. Holmes. Appropriates $62,000 for
purchase of land for Nebraska school for
the deaf.
511. Gallagher. Appropriation law for
current expenses of the state officers.
325. Matrau. Appropriates $600 for
the relief of Iaruisa Rollins, injured in
the feeble minded institute at Beatrice.
355. Liver. Provides for changing
date of saloon license in metropolitan
cities and 'submission of question of sa
loon license in all cities upon petition
signed by thirty resident freeholders.
571. Gerdt'S. Compels all state institu
tions to deposit public funds with the
state treasurer.
572. Gerdes. Monies collected for ex
amination of insurance companies to be
paid to state treasurer.
576. Gerdes. Certain members of the
faculty of the state university shall be
under direction and control of the re
gents.
594. Kirk. Appropriates $15,000 for
construction of sewer and water system
at Wayne normal.
399. Gerdes and Potts. Provides that
all buildings erected by state appropria
tions shall be. constructed within the
limits of such appropriations.
60S. Leidigh. Appropriation for pur
chase of two blocks of land adjoining in
stitute for the blind at Nebraska City.
619. Swan. Appropriation for miscel
laneous items of indebtedness owing by
the state.
670. Joint Road Committee. Estab
lishes county highway commissioner.
661. Gustafson. All bridges on public
highways to be of sufficient strength to
bear the weight of traction engines.
703. (At request of governor.) Pro
vides for state inspector of buildings.
Senate Filet.
I. Skiles. Constitutional amendment
providing for the initiative and referen
dum.
7. Reagan. Constitutional amendment
permitting cities over 3.0UU to make their
own charters.
8. Tibbets. Amends law relating to
salary of county superintendents.
II. Kemp. Permits change of location
of school site at either regular or special
elections.
IS. Reagan. Providing for protection
of persons in and al>out the construction
or repairing of buildings.
31. Cordcal. Cities of second class and
villages may fund their Indebtedness.
34. Placek. Repeals section 315. Code
of Civil Procedure, relative to new trials
in suits for damages.
33. Bartos. Actions may be brought
for recovery, partition or sale of real
property.
27. Cox of Hamilton. Fixes salaries of
officers In cities of second class.
31. Buhrman. Provides for the drain
age of water courses running through
private lands.
37. Tibbets. County attorneys to pros
ecute and defend on behalf of the stale
in neighboring counties under a changt
of venue.
39. Katrl. Fixes the limit of 40 mills
for school taxes in all cities and villages.
48. Tibbets. Abstracts of transcripts
of evidence shall be prepared in all cases
appealed to the supreme court.
50. Albert. Mayor and council in cities
having over 5.000 and under 35.000 In
habitants authorized to issue bonds for
construction of city halls, jails and build
ings for fire department.
33. Bantling. Provides for issuing dis
tress warrants by county treasurer and
for serving of same by the sheriff.
55. Ree. Prohibits hauling or convey
ing voters to polls on election day.
36. Tibbets. An act concerning private
and foreign corporations holding and
forcing liens upon property in this state.
59. Kemp. Provides for parole of first
term prisoners. •
63. Horton. An act relating to pan
dering to define and prohibit the same.
67. Morehead. Amends the law pro
viding for register of deeds, fixing salary,
etc.
71. Tileott. Making birthday of John
Howard a legal holiday in all penal and
reformatory institutions.
76. Brown. Kstablishes statutes for
organization of a parish of the Protestant
Kpiscopal church.
77. Brown. Fees to be charged In
office of secretary of state.
78. Brown. Fixing amount of fees to
bo paid by corporations annually to the
state.
81. Tanner. Provides punishment of
persons interfering with telegraph and
telephone wires.
88. Ollis. Defines meaning of co-oper
ative company, corporation or association
under the state laws.
93. Tanner. Amending South Omaha
charter.
115, Ollis. De-fines public stock yards
end places the same under control of
state board of railroad commissioners.
137. Bodinson. Provides when liens
against real estate shall not be enforce
able by reason of lapse of time.
147. Volpn. Amendments to constitu
t!on relating to term of office of member*
of legislature.
14S. Volpp. Cemetery associations
shall have power to purchase or take by
gift, devise or power of eminent domain,
lands, not exceeding 320 acres, and same
to be free from taxation.
154. Brown. Establishes law granting
divorce under certain conditions.
162. Placek. Authorizes and empower*
cities of second class to require and en
force the lighting of railroad tracks.
16S. Tanner. Amends law relating to
terms of members of school boards in
metropolitan cities.
171. Tibbets. An act authorizing the
organization of trust companies, defining
their powers and privileges.
173. Hoagland. Provides for the inde
terminate sentence of persons convicted
of certain felonies.
176. Banning. Auditor of public ac
counts authorized to deputize two com
petent accountants to establish uniform
ity In the system of keeping accounts.
1S4. Placek. Drainage district officer*
are permitted to issue bonds up to *5.00«
without the holding of election*.
190. Hoagland. Providing for the
drainage of self-irrigated lands.
191. Hoagland. Defining the duties of
board of directors of irrigating districts.
192. Hoagland. Provides for the filing
of petitions by electors in Irrigation dis
tricts.
193 Hoagland. Relates to meetings of
irrigation district boards, and provides
for publication of proceedings.
199. Tibbets. Court costs to be taxed
to persons suspended or disbarred in all
contempt proceedings.
200. Albert. Judicial district appor
tionment law. specifying counties in each
district, also number of judges to be
elected In various districts.
201 Buhrman. Designate* certain
days as “legal holidays."
204, Hoagland Provisions for estab
lishing a system of sewerage and drain
age in cities.
213. Mod rew. Amends guaranty of
hank deposits statutes.
223. Hoagland. An act to make irriga
tion districts liable in damages for neg
ligence in failure to deliver water.
226. Hoagland. To appropriate water
and irrigate lands for which water has
already been appropriated. a
227. Hoagland. provides for lists of
all hunts to be watered, names of officers,
owners and those in control of ditches or
reservoirs.
22S. Buhrman. Railroad companies to
build and "lnaintain sheds for protection
of live stock at all shipping points.
233. Judiciary Committee. Fixes fees
of shorthand reporters In all matters
other than district court work.
23S. Hoagland. General irrigation law.
241. Taleott. Board to make rules and
■ egulations for admission of pupils in
public schools and junior and summer
normals.
242. Oiiis. Provides for appeal from
decision of state railway commission.
249. Morehead. Provides for a fire
board, to have authority for the Investi
gation of fires in all cities where a fire
department is located.
230. Morehead. KstaMishes “State Fire
Day” in all public and private schools.
25S. Horton. An act to legalize issu
ance of bonds for purpose of maintaining
parks, etc., in Omaha.
237. Smith of Fillmore. Prohibits send
ing or receiving telephone messages so
they may lie overheard by persons near
the person sending or receiving.
239. Horton. Prohibits persons mak
ing connections with electric wires with
out knowledge or consent of owners.
202. Hoagland. Repeals section 0323.
Cobbey's Statutes, relating to irrigation. !
270. Bartos. An act to prevent over
loading of passenger cars.
271. Smith of Boone. Provides for the
taxation of mortgages on teal estate and
prevents double taxation on encumbered
property.
273. Placek. Legislative apportion
ment. realist rioting the state in senatorial
and representative districts.
27S. Horton. Fixes salary of sheriffs
in counties having a population of 100.000
or over.
2S3. Bodinson. Prohibits the sale of
soda or carborated waters, containing
saccharine or coal tar sweeteners.
292. Taleott. Authorizes villages and
cities under 3.000 to sell real estate where i
same has been abandoned.
293. Hoagland. Defining the term
' state board of irrigation."
294. Tibbets. Amends law relating to
sewer and water districts in all cities.
299. Kemp. Provides fees charged by :
county judges in certain cases.
300. Seileck. County superintendents
shall hold public examinations of persons
desiring "teacher's certificates on third
Saturday of each month.
304. Bodinson. Provides for division
of counties in supervisor districts.
307. Hoagland. Commissioners may
appoint temporary county judge under
certain conditions.
310. Varner Provides for .recovery or
damages against drainage districts.
313. Brown. Compels corporations, for
eign and domestic, to tile articles of In
corporation.
314. Banning. Amends statutes rela
tive to salary of county attorneys.
318. Bartos. Prohibits bucket-shops,
and provides penalties for those engaged
in promoting or patronizing the same.
319. Banning. Compels railroads to
furnish watchmen to protect shipments
of freight.
336. Selleek. Authorizes county boards
to grade or pave in counties having cities
over 35.000 and less than 100.000 inhabi
tants.
333. Reagan. Authorizes use of photo
graphic processes in making and copying
of public records.
343. Banning. Commission plan of
government for all cities having a popu
lation of 3.000 inhabitants or over.
358. Selleek. Provides for committing
dependent or neglected children to suit
able Institutions for the purpose of car
ing of the same.
363. Tanner. Kstabiishes rates and
condition of service under authority of
water hoards in South Omaha.
376. Hoagland. An act to determine
the rights of parties who have acquired
water rights under the act of congress
of the United States.
377. Hoagland. Provides for laying
out of public roads where topography of
country will not permit following section
lines.
388. Selleek. Authorizes mayor and
council in cities of first class to levy
text's for purposes.
BOTH bills introduced.
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R affraare o' ut grLrrai Itfitli
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torattral Lara of thr Met all bill «•*-j
tor a riuw asuwrixteff tvs
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jj* '.»ri':ers for agricultural losses
*1 n h they will sustain under the Can
i'-st acie-'Otent. but It contains also
f-odsiuffs and boo's and shoes. The
is as follows: Plows, harrows,
• e:trs. harvesters, reapers, agricul
f u al drills and planters, mowers,
l re rakes, cultivators, threshing ma
lt cotton gins, farm wagons,
fa.-.a carts and all other agricultural
•lenents. including re;air parts.
P-agging for cotton, gunny cloth and
Ui>rics suitable for baling cotton, bur
:.i- s and bags for sacking agricultural
products; hoop or band iron or steel
foi^baling cotton; wire for baling hay,
straw and other agricultural products;
grain leather, buff, split, rough or sole
leather, bend or belting leather, boots
and shoes, harness, saddles and sad
dlery and leather for manufactured ar
ticles barbed fence wire, rods, wire
stands or wire rope, wire woven or
manufactured for wire fencing.
Meats, fresh, salted, pickled, dried,
smoked, dressed or undressed, pre
pared or preserved; bacon, ham.
shoulders lard, lard compounds and
substitutes; sausage, buckwheat, flour,
corn meal, wheat and rye flour, bran,
middlings, and other offals of grain;
oatmeal and rolled oats, all prepared
cereal foods, biscuits, bread wafers
and similar articles not sweetened;
timber, bewn. sided or squared, round
timber used for spars or building
wharves, shingles, laths, fencing posts,
sawed boards, planks, deals and other
lumber, except ebony, mahogany, rose
wood and other cabinet woods.
Sewing machines and salt complete
the free list.
at*C£ OVERTURES IN MEXICO.
WuUdCio* —initial Urj.( to brine
abeM poour la Xetltb, Mipidemeat
•tC lolormai adtaaee* *o far made to
that ead. oer* taken Wednesday. Dr.
Vmi»i Gorki toad of the on Aden
tial acetr) of tto rerolotlun:*;* l0 the
t'ailtd State*, announced to the Aaao
r:at«d ***** that o* had completed
•penal am«|t*ttu for expeditions
hriesrapkie cMMtaaKatlob between
•he coma of Motor® ind ifclhnahna
nod M’aakiaslo*. The result* or the
1,'ieyj tt- toofereace *::h hi* col
leaco* which wlil Include definite
urn.* by w hich peace may be effected,
wit! be transmitted by Dr. Gomez to
Mexico City.
The first message from Dr. Gomez
to Madero wa* sent in the cipher of
the revolutionists and an answer is ex
pected at once. Assurances have
U ■ n given by the authorities con
cerned that the messages will have
right of way over the Mexican tele
graph lines. Dr. Gomez's message was
addressed to Francisco I. Madera in
care of a friend In Chihuahua City.
The agent there of Dr. Gomez has
Uen accorded permission to pass
through all lines to execute his mis
sion. l)r. Gomez would not reveal the
contents of his message, saying only
that several long telegrams would pass
back and forth in the next few days so
that their position might be fully de
fined.
Dr. Gomez declined to say how per
mission for communication through
the federal lines had been secured, ad
mitting merely that it had been effect
ed through a friend.
Federal authorities have shipped a
large consignment of rifles to Texas.
Missoula. Mont.—A light snow and
cold wind did not serve to dampen
the enthusiasm of Missoula’s recep
tion to Theodore Roosevelt when he
arrived here. The crowd at the depot
and along the streets waited patiently
for an hour or more, just to catch
sight of the former president as he
passed from his private car to the ho
tel. Mr. Roosevelt's train arrived at
7:15 p. m. Preceded by the military
and followed by a score or cowboys
and as many Indians in full war paint
the former president was taken to hb
hotel.
BUSH PLAYS WITH CHILDREN
Little Detroit Shortstop Is Great Ad
mirer of Girls and Boys—Also
Fond of Animals.
Owen Bush, one of the most aggres
sive ball players in the world, and a
man who fights for everything when
he la on the field, sparing neither um
pire nor opponents if he thinks some
one is trying to hand him the worst of
it. is as mild as a kitten when he has
a chance to play with children. The
little shortstop has a mania for amu
sing himself with the youngsters, and
will spend hours talking to little boys
and girls whenever the chance offers
itself.
Bush's idea of a real happy day is
to be permitted to mind a brood of
youngsters for several hours. He
likes nothing better than to visit the
married men of the Detroit ball club
and spend his time talking to the
kids. If there are children in the
house, the grown-ups need expect
nothing of Mr. Bush. Beyond the
usual salutations, he contributes
nothing to the gaiety of the adult cir
cles. resenting it if anyone other than
a child makes demands on his time.
It is a matter of record that Bush
once spent four hours of a visit to a
fellow ball player amusing a child,
without so much as speaking to any
one else present. Fans who might
have gathered the idea from watch
ing Donie on the field that his favorite
recreations are murder and assault
and battery therefore will have to
form a new opinion of the energetic
and scrappy player.
Next to children. Ownie likes ani
mals. Anyone who abuses a dog or
horse when he is present is likely to
encounter a variety of trouble, for the
Indianapolis boy has the courage of
his convictions and will stand up for
the beasts every time.
TO CARRY TWENTY-FIVE MEN
Manager Duffy of Chicago White Sox
Gives Out Information He Will
Keep Full Quota.
Manager Duffy let loose the Infor
mation that he was firmly convinced
of the necessity of carrying the full
legal quota of twenty-five athletes all
Manager Hugh Duffy.
season and had so recommended to
President Oomiskey.
"The way the team Is shaping up
and the way the young players are
making good. 1 don't see how I can
help keeping the full limit of twenty
fire players all season." said the Sox
leader.
"Practically all the young players
we have give great promise. To my
mind the way to bring out and de
velop a youngster la to keep him
where he will be learning something
every day and will get a chance to
Jump in and do things as big leaguers
do them.
"Sending a wise player back to a
minor league will not develop him.
Frequently he will work for mana
gers who do not know any more
baseball than he does and usually
alongside of flayers who won't try
to help him. He Is pretty sure to
come back the next year, if he does
come back, no better than he was
the previous spring and perhaps with
more faults than he started with."
If one report Is to be believed. Ad
dle Joes Is all In; If another is be
lieved to. his arm was never as strong.
Elliott, the new inflelder of the
Highlanders, has been left >30,000 by
a relative. He says he will keep right
on playing ball just the same.
Comtskey says Jimmy Callahan Is
the wonder of the decade,” that Cal
has come back with a vengeance, good
as ever.
George Stone s tegs are In bad con
dltion. and he fears that hls playing
days are about over. Stone didn't
last very long, but he had his share
of the calcium.
New Haven, «t Is stated, has pur
chased Pitcher Maberry from Cleve
land. He was told to take his choice
of Fanwell. Doane or Mayberry and
lie took the latter.
Connie Mack has announced hls reg
ular lineup for the start of the season.
Hogan, an outflelder. and Callamore,
a pitcher, are the youngsters he picks
to stay with the team.
Topeka has sold Outflelder McLaur
in. secured from Chattanooga, to
Waco and has bought Crompton, a
youngster secured by Cincinnati from
Johnstown. Pa., last fail.
Clark Griffith, like Hobby Wallace,
it la said, wants no more of Hot
Springs as a training camp and the
Reds may go into Texas next spring,
probably to San Antonio.
Harry Davis stood up like a little
man the other day and remarked;
"None of that St. Louis Brown stuff
for mine. I’m going to stick to the
Athletics as long as they'll let me,
and there isn't a manager's job is the
world that can induce me to leave."
OLDEST MAJOR LEAGUE INFIELDERS
--- ———
Fred Tenney, Manager of Boston Nationals.
Not many of the infielders in the
fast set today have seen ten years or :
more of service with the majors.
Of the ancients on the Inner works
the oldest la Fred Tenney, recently ap
pointed manager of the Boston Na
tionals. and who will try to play first ;
base in addition.
Tenney entered the majors in 1894
or 1? years ago. and played almost all !
that time with Boston. In 1908 he 1
was traded to New York along with A1 !
Bridwell and lasted two seasons with
McGraw’s men. He had to quit early
in the season of 1910 because of bad
legs, and the remainder of that year
was spent in the minors.
Another baseball venerable who
stamps on the base lines is Harry
Davis, field leader of the world's
champions and the good man Friday
of Connie Mack. Captain Davis be
gins his eleventh consecutive season
with Mr. Mack this year, yet he was
considered a veteran when he first
Joined the Athletics In 1901.
Before his career as a Mackman
Davis won a reputation with the New
York and Pittsburg clubs. Davis car
ries his years well and played an ex
ceedingly swift game last season.
Mack expects him to be as much of a
help to the team this year as be was
in 1910.
Rhody Wallace has seen many sea
sons come and go in his long and hon
orable career in the majors. Wallace
is a Pat Tebeau find. He began his
career with Cleveland when that club
was in the National league.
Larry Lajoie of Cleveland has been
with the big show for many years. Hs
joined the Phillies in 1896 and has
divided 15 years of playing between
Philadelphia and Cleveland.
BRITISH GOLFERS TO COME
Braid. Vardon, Duncan and Taylor
Plan Trip to Compete in Big
Open Event at Wheaton.
The “big four” professional golfers
of the world—James Braid. Harry Var
don. George Duncan and J. T. Taylor
—will cross the Atlantic this year to
compete in the national open cham
pionship tournament of the United
States Golf association to be held at
the Chicago Golf club. Wheaton. The
news was brought by Stewart Gard
ner of Exmoor and James Donaldson
of Glenview, who returned from their
trip to Scotland the other day.
The only doubtful “starter" of the
quartet Is Braid, who has often assert
ed he would not come here to play
because of his horror of sea trips. The
Chicago "pros," however, are inclined
to believe that the British champion
would reconsider his decision before
time came for starting to the Vnited
States and accompany the others.
The tournament is to be held June
23 and 24. and it is already predicted
that the event will rival any that has
ever been held.
Queensbury Rules Prevail.
Word was received in New York
the other day that in the future all
fighters who are signed up to meet in
battles in Paris will have to agree to
box straight Marquis of Queensbury
rules, in the recent fight between
Harry Lewis and Blink McCloskey.
which went 25 rounds. McCloskey did
considerable clinching and landed
few blows. This was caused by the
men agreeing not to hit in the
clinches and in the breakaway.
Since then the club owners have de
cided on straight rules.
THE BASEBALL SEASON OF 1911.
Opening Date. Closing Date. No. Games.
American League.April 12 Oct. 8 154
National League .April 12 Oct. 12 154
American Association .April 12 OeL 1 168
Eastern League .April 20 Sept. 24 154
Southern League .April 15 Sept. 16 140
Pacific Coast League.March 28 Oct. 22 206
Western League.April 21 Oct. 8 168
New England League.April 24 SepL 9 126
Northwestern League.April 18 SepL 4 116
Tri-State League.May 3 Sept. 16 112
Connecticut League .April 21 SepL 8 126
New York State League.May 3 SepL 16 126
South Atlantic League.April 3 Sept. 9 140
Texas League .April 12 SepL 4 140
Western Association.May 3 Sept. 5 126
Central League.April 26 SepL 10 140
Ohio-Pennsylvania League.. April 27 SepL 10 140
Carolina Association .April 27 Sept. 2 112
Cotton States League.April 6 Aug. 20 120
Southern Michigan League.. May 3 Sept. 17 140
Blue Grass League.May 9 Sept. 4 120
Kansas State League.May 11 Sept. 4 112
Kitty League.May 25 Sept. 25 120
Mountain State League.May 20 Sept. 20 120
Wlsconsin-lllinois League... May 3 Sept. 10 126
Western Canada League-May 3 Sept. 2 112
Southeastern League. May 8 SepL 6 112
UMPIRE STOPPED BALL GAME
Arbiter Calls Off Play Because Team
In Field Couldn’t Retire the
Club at Bat.
Baseball games have been stopped
on account of rain, cyclones, accidents
and divers other reasons, many of
them novel and some rather question
able. but one rarely hears of a game
stopped while the sun is still shining
in all its glory for the simple reason
that one team had such a lead that
there was little chance of the other
team overcoming it.
Pitcher Earl Yingling of the Cleve
land Naps participated in a game dur
ing a baseball tournament at Bucyrus,
O., which the umpire ended for no
other reason than that the team In the
field could not retire the club at bat.
‘There were a number of players
in the game who had played league
ball." said Tingling in telling the
story. “I was with the Tiffin club.
The fans were wild. Talk about your
world’s series enthusiasms, It hasn't a
thing on that shown at these base
ball tournaments.
The game in Question had scarce
Iy started before we started to knock
the ball all over the lot. In the
fourth inning the score stood 14 to 1,
with no apparent chance for our op
ponents to get our side out. One
fellow on our team made two home
runs In that fourth Inning.
“By that time the Tiffin rooters
were the only ones left In the park.
Finally, much to everyone's surprise,
the umpire shouted:
" ‘Game called.'
"It looked like a raw deal to our
fellows. They rushed up to him and
angrily wanted to know the reason.
“'Just because I don't want to
hang around here all week,’ was the
answer.”
Tip O’Neill says that ball player#
are too much petted these days. When
he played ball he said he was glad to
ride on freight trains and get any
kind of a bed to sleep in, but now
adays the big leaguer has to have the
flneav there la or elae he sulk&