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New Manager of the Cincinnati Reds
Charley Herzog, new manager ot the
lted Sox, at tlio end of a fall-away slide.
Herzog was probably the most brilliant
player In the Giant lineup In the 1913
cries- He also played great ball In the
title games ot 1911. During the 1913 series
his fielding around third was one of the
sensations of the series. Ho also starred
it bat and was a whirlwind on the bass.
HERE'S SOME FISH STORY I NEW
Monster of the Deep Bie Enough to
Swallow Twenty Jonahs.
FIERCE FIGHT FOR LIBERTY
A Klorltln Catch Forty-fire Feet
IiOiiK nntl Weighing Fif
teen Ton A 3In
enm Kxhtblt.
HEAD OF THE MAXWELL
MOTOR COMPANY.
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This is the biggest fish story ever told.
And Its redeeming feature is that it Is
absolutely true. Don't emllo. Don't
scoff. Don't be a Doubting Thomas, for
in this Instance the evidence Is prima
facie.
This big fish didn't get away. It was
caught, or rather captured, for It was
1 too big and too boisterous to be hooked
by the biggest hook ever cast: so big, In
fact, that not even one ot the enormous
steam rfcovols used In dredging for the
Panama canal could have scooped It up.
This fish, dead and dono for after a
mighty struggle of man against monster,
s visible to the naked eye. In a little
' while you can sec Its mounted skin and
I ckeleton by visiting the Smithsonian In
stitution Rt Washington, if It accepts the
offer made to It.
This big .fish that didn't get away
yelKhs fifteen tons, or 10,000 pounds. Its
'length Is forty-five feet, eight times the
length of an average man. Its clrcum
fjrenco at the thickest part Is twenty
three feet nine inches. The diameter Is
eight feet three Inches, so that a full
crown man' might stand upright Inside
Its belly. Jonah we'll get to Jonah a
little later, when telling what the preach
ers say about this fish.
"The mouth of this monster Is thirty
eighty inches, or more than, three feet,
wide and forty-three Inches deep. When
open, the' ponderous Jaws stand thirty
one inches apart. The tongue is forty
Inches long. The fish has several thou
sand teeth too many to count.
It Is a rather largo Ijull that weighs
3,'CO pounds, yet the liver of this fish
weighs that much-nearly a ton. The
spread of its tall, which looks like the
caudal appendage of. a monoplane, Is
ten feet from tip to tip. The pectoral fin
Is five feot long apd three feet wide. The
dorsal fin Is three feet long and two
feet nine Inches wide. The gills are
four feet long. The hide of the fish Is
three Inches thick, and there are, no
scales.
Deep Sen Habitat.
The fish-tvnd let It be borne In mind
that It Is a true fish, and not a mammal
of the whale or porpoise variety was
r.niur.H .ff the coast of Florida. Scien
tists bellevo that It is an Inhabitant of
the far-down depths ot tho sea, more
than 1,600 feet below the surface, and
that It -was thrown up by some subter
ranean volcanlo disturbance which In
jured Its diving apparatus so that it was
unable to return to Its native levels of
brine. The smallness of its eyes, which
are mere pin-points In relation to its size,
are evidence of its deep-sea habitat. In
those depths the darkness is such that
eyesight is not useful. The thick hide of
the fish, Its toughness and stiffness, also
tend toward establishing Its deep-sea
origin, for such an exterior is required at
those depths to withstand the tremen
dous water pressure.
Captain Charles II. Thompson, a vet
eran sportsman of Miami, Flo.. i en
titled fo the credit of capturing this great
rth. fit was a "great fish," not a whale,
that swallowed Jonah, by the way.) Cap
tain Thompson owns a yacht in wmcn
he was cruising for tarpon. He was off
Knlght'a Key when he sighted a huge
hulk that looked something like a whale.
However, whales never are found so far
unuth. Cantaln Thompson surveyed the
huiir which Droved to be alive and in
motion, through his glasses. Hardy soil
nra In his employ studied the monster.
"Whatever it is," said Thompson, "we'll
no after It."
A lifeboat was manned. Captain Thomp-
n BccomDanled the crew ana me mys
t.rimti rtlneoverv was pursued. It dis
appeared, but arose to the surface,
harpoor. was shot deep into its side.
More FlaUt than Frolic.
Then began the fun, as game fishers
.might describe It, but this was more of
a fight than a frolic. The great tun
though unable to employ the deep-sea
diving powers which apparently it had
lost, proved to be a speed artist on the
surface. At times, the sailors and Cap
tain Thompson say, It made forty-five
miles an hour. Four more harpoons were
shot into it. About ISO bullets also were
fired Into the fish's hide, but as sub
sequent Inspection showed they did but
little damage, hardly more than piercing
the thick skin.
The fight took place in sight of some
of the Florida Keys, where thousands of
people gathered to witness It. For thirty-
nine hours two days and a night that
fierce and frantic fish pullled tfxe lifeboat
through the water, with no stops for
meals. Captain Thompson and his men
swear to this. The yacht followed.
keeping, as, near to the lifeboat as it
could do with safety. Finally, the mon
ster was subdued apparently. As a
matter ot fact, it was tired, like the
men who pursued It. Anyhow, the fish
quit struggling and was lashed fast to
the Thompson yacht, alongside. The
landward voyage th?n began.
The yacht Is a thirty-ton vessel. It
had a fifteen-ton fish lashed to its side.
Presently the flih became lively again,
having enjoyed a rest. It began to
millionaire sportsman of IndlanRPolls,
who has u winter home at Miami, told his
friends about the big fish, which he hnd
seen on tho Florida beach. They were In
credulous. Fisher hnd the fish loaded
upon a flat car and transported to In
dianapolis, where It has been placed on
exhibition to prove that he was not tell
ing a fish story of the traditional sort.
And among tho many persons who have
seen tho fish are several clcnrvmnn. who
have formulated the theory that It was a
sisn oi mis Kpecics wmcn Bwauowca Jo
nah. New York World.
Jesse A. Vail, who waa recently elected
chairman of the executivo committee ot
tho Maxwell Motor company, is one of
the most interesting personalities that
has entered tho automobile industry for
somo time.
Like some other men who are today
billing prominent executive positions In
this new industry, Mr. Vail brings with
him a broad and varied experience in one
of tho more conservative Industries, hav
ing been for years identified with the
Fairbanks-Morse company, of which well
known concern ho was general Imauager
for tho eight years Just preceding his
Joining tho Maxwell Motor company.
Seven New Styles
Added to Packard
Motor Oar Line
The addition of seven new styles to
tho Packard lin or motor carriages,
making more than twenty in all, illua
trates the wide range of selection In body
designs, which can be secured in con
Junction with a high grade chassis.
i'our new six-passenger oodles are
among the most distinctive of the luxuri
ous types manufactured In the Parkard
shops. These are the Salon touring car
and the new style Umouainc. Landaulet
and Imperial Limousine. The Salon Tour
Ing body Is exclusive. It provides two In
dividual seats for tho driver and front
passenger, with a passageway between,
permitting the front passenger to change
teats with anyone In tho tonneau while.
the car is In motion. Persons using the
extra folding seats can stretch out more
comfortably and guns or golf clubs can
be carried conveniently on tho floor of
the car. All passengers may enter or
leave the car by the same door.
The npw Llmouslno and Landaulet are
a departure from the rounded roof type,
having well defined corners and sweeping
roof line. Every superfluous piece of
molding has been omitted. The Imperial
has the same simplicity of exterior.
A new Coupe, seating two, with a drop
seat for a third pasengcr, Is a particularly
smart design. The driver's scat Is sot
forward of the passenger seat to give free
nrm movement.
wriggle, and thot wriggling , waa some
thing stupendous. With one nowrfnl
blow of Its tall the fish knocked the
ruddor and propeller off the yacht and
smashed in a portion of the after part
of the hull.
Fortunately the monster had hen
lashed at Its head by the vessel's anchor
chain. The chain held. No hemp cables
could have withstood the herculean strug
gles of tho infuriated captive. The yacht
uemg out of commission two stout tug
boats were called upon for aid. The fish
again quieted down, and was supposed to
be dead but only supposed to be. The
tugs towed the apparent carcaBs to
Miami, and a mechanism was rigged up
by which It was pulled upon. the deck.
There waa life In the big fish still. It
gave a sudden flip of Its enormous tall,
smashed a considerable portion of the
dock, demolished the dockhouse and
broke a man's leg.
After that tho men kept their distance.
The fish struggled for a while nnd
finally gave up the ghost. Uxamlnatlon
to determine Its species then was under
taken. No piscatorial expert ever had
seen or heard ot a fish of that variety.
It was altogether unclassified a speci
men of an unknown denizen ot the deep.
LuadluK the Catch.
Captain Thompson, having landed his
catch, was in the position of the Irish
man who went up a tree to capture a
catamount. Ho didn't know how to get
rid ot it. The fish, unlike the cata
mount, was dead at last, but its huge
bulk fifteen tons ot it lay there en
cumbering tho earth. It was rolled oft
on the beach and became the center of
curiosity for the population. The Miami
authorities ordered that the carcass be
removed.
Just what to do with the prize er
bravely and laboriously won was a prob.
lem for Captain Thompson, but tha":
problem was solved when science be
came interested In the tlsh. The Smith
sonian Institution sent J. S. Warmbetb,
a skilled taxidermist, down to Miami to
pre)are the carcass for preservation, so
that all men hereafter may believe tn the
big fish story, or at least so many as
may visit tho Institution at Washington.
Warmbeth embalmed and mounted the
creature. He used fifteen barrels ot
formaldehyde, In addition to other chemi
cals in job lots. All the professional un
dertakers for miles up and down and In
land from Miami were called to aid the
taxidermist. They worked night and day
to get the tlsh properly pickled before
mortification set in. TKe thickness of
the sides and the extraordinary tough
ness of the hide made the work exceed
ingly difficult. Finally the work was
completed, the skin being mounted in
steel ribs to restore the original form,
and the specimen was hauled away on a
flat car to Atlantic City, where thousands
of visitors viewed it.
When the undertakers finally pene
trated to the interior of the carcass they
found a 1. SCO-pound fish as big as an
ox which the monster had swallowed
whole and partly digested. Strange to
say, In the cavernous stomach was found
also a live cuttlefish, or octopus. Several
hundred pounds of coral and other solid
matter were contained in the stomach,
Now aa to Jonah. Carl Q, Fisher, a
KNOWN THE
WORLD OVER
Herzog Given Chance
to Make Trades
CHICAGO, Dec. 19. Charles Herzog,
new manager of the Cincinnati team, waa
offerod today his first chance to show
his ability as a tiader, President Murphy
of the Chicago club. Inviting him to .look
over the Cubs' reserve list as a prelimi
nary to a poHslble deal. President Murphy
said ho' was not ufter any particular
member of the Cincinnati team, but
thought n trade might be arrived nt. The
Invltutlon was made over the long dis
tance telephone between Chicago und
Cincinnati.
GRAND ISLAND BASEBALL
ASSOCIATION REORGANIZED
OIIAKD ISLAND. Neb.. Dec 19. Rn
clal.) At an adjourned meeting of the
supporters of base ball in this city It
was decided to amend tho articles of
incorporation of the CI rand Island Iln
liall association so ns to Inrrrimn (hit
. cnpiiai 'siock 10 fzo.uju. Tills step was
taken lo givo legality to all contributors
votes during the past few months as well
us the first year nnd provide for future
contributions. It waa also" decided to
authorize tho employment of a secretary
ny the board. These amendments will
be adopted at tho end of thirty days nd
a new board ot diretcors of five men will
be chosen by the supporters of the team
interested enough to attend the meeting.
Henry Hchuff and Phil dlade wero se
lected as delegates to the State league
meeting In January, In addition to the
present directors. Financially the asso
ciation Is in better shape than It ever
has been, though the team ended the
bcason in tho cellar position.
WILL PLAY LIVE GAME
OF SOCCER SATURDAY
A soccer foot ball game is to be played
Saturday afternoon on Crelghton field,
between a picked team of Omaha players
and the Burlington Rovers of Have
look. Stars ot the Omaha City, Caledonia
and Svea athletlo clubs will comprise the
local team and they expect a lively
tussle with the visitors from Havelock,
who are touted an wonders In the
! soccer art. The game has grown In
local popularity ever .since It was first
played at Miller park a few years ago.
Now a goodly number of Omaha athletics
are enthusiastic participants.
To secure the interest of high school
and graded school boys, the admUlson
to them will be only 10 cents, while other
persona will be admitted for a quarter.
The concession to the school lads is
made to show them the advantages of
the soccer style of the game for young
players.
SEASON'S WISHESUto him,
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soap, shaving brush, and plate-glass
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PRESIDENT OF THE M0LINE AU-
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Falrbury Defeats Mratrlcr.
FA I It BUR. Y, Neb.. Dec. 19. (Soeclal.)-
I The Falrbury high school and North
. western Business college team ot Beatrice
1 nlflVAH a fd.t a nil ..Wn.ia ' ... 1 .
ball in the hall north of the Majestlo
theater last night The score was 39 to
16 In favor of Falrbury. The line-up
Falrbury. Position. Beatrice,
Denney Center Bloodgood
Bradley .... Right Forward . .Foster
Left Forward.. ..Sherwood
Right Guard.. ,. .... Nixon
Left Guard Chard
Holeman.
Powell
Coleman .
Ebbets Goes to
Close Tinker Deal
NEW YORK, Dec. ltt.-Charles H. Eb
bets, president ot tho Brooklyn base ball
club, left tor Cincinnati today to close
the deal for Joe Tinker, Kbbets carried
with him a check for $15,ni)0, the pur
chase price, less the J10.000 bonus for
Tinker, which the Brooklyn club main.
W,Ti. VaxiDervoovt
tains It Is entitled to hold until tho player
signs a contract with Brooklyn,
TAX ON B0XINGB0UTS
AMOUNTS TO $110,000
NKW YORK, Dec. 19.-In filing the an
nual report with the new legislature at
Albany, tho State Athletlo commission
wilt show that since the boxing law went
Into effect in August, 1911, about 1 10,000
has been paid Into tha state comptroller's
office, this monoy being the amount oi
tho & per cent tax on the gross receipt
of alt licensed clubs operating under tha
statute. Thero has been a falling off In
receipts during the last year,, duo prob- j
ably to tho poor quality of many so-called
star bouts.
Aspires to Be n Cop,
John Anderson, onco a noted major
leaguo first baseman and outfielder, haa
given up the real estato business In
Worcester, Mass.. and is seeking an ap
pblntmcnt as policeman.
CMrTTlTwSTin
Brooi
Plans for Missouri
Valley Conference
&t Lincoln Finished
UNCOhK, Neb., Dec. 19.-The program
for the meeting of presidents and govern
Irg boards of tie Missouri Valley con-
ferenCA llnlvmltla hii-A jAnimrv 14 tina
been announced. I
"Shall the ruling of the conference
loroiaaing intercollegiate contests oik
other than college grounds be repealedT"
Is the chief object of the meeting, with
a view ot allowing Nebraska university
to play at Omaha in some foot' ball con
test and permit the annual meeting of
the Missouri and Kansas foot ball elevens
at Kansas City. The proposed rule meets
with opposition, however, at Nebraska.
Uniform scholaatto and athletic stand
ards will be discussed and a plan sub
mitted whereby faculty representatives
of the universities of the conference will
be directly connected with the depart
ments of physical training.
The report of a committee investigating
fraternity conditions at the variouj
schools Is expected to make a report and
u discussion of a better method of de
termining the efficiency of teachers is
planning.
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