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Show THE JORDAN JOURNAL, MIDVALE, UTAH Coach~rs Old ' .• . I • Get Even With for Game down Scotland crammed rettlng our throats. Now bock &t them, we're crowding our breakfast down theirs. We-'ve made them take everything but pie for the matutinal repast. The change, which began working about ten years ago, Is Hdm and eggs now complete. Is now the national breakfast of Scotland, replacing porridge (or parraltch) anc! finnan ha<ldle. Then, American golf also gave the Scots l:inked beans for luncheon at the golf club. HANEY IS PASSED TO GET "TY" COBB • Left to right, Chief Bender, one of Connie .Mack's stars in the days when he was winning pennants and world series, and Hans Lol.lert, of New York Giants fame, who opposed each other once more when their teams met on the baseball field. Bender Is coaching the Annapolis basl)bail team, and Lobert Is coaching the \Vest Point team. Lucey Looks Good Picks Team of All-Time Big League Ball Stars Jani:a ~;Ortgonand Mormon Trails Again in Public Eye JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN Sixty-eighth congress by at· tempting to enact' legislation deslgnatlng the Oregon Trail hat stirred up the liveliest sort of hill· torlcal controversy In the NortJlwest-from St. Louis west to San Francisco and north to the -•'-''"7' Canadian llne. This designation would In etrect be a declaration lt~"f' by the United States government that' the Oregon Trail has a na. ttonal Importance beyond that of the Santa Fe Trall, the Mormon 'l'rail, the Overland Trall or any other historic trall, to say nothing of modern roads like the Lincoln Highway. And the controversy has developed all sorts of compllcatlons. States want to know what authorit'y congre11s has to change the designation of roads .already named by them. City Is fighting city for place on the Oregon Trail both from sentiment and from desire for financial advantage. There are many disputes as to historical facts; the aource books of western history seem to .contradict one another In many cases and the oldest of the old·tlmers are by the ears. And, of course, Trail I~ fighting Trail, with all tbt> others more or less combined against the Oregon Trail. Con~ess seems to have been a bit Indifferent as to historical accuracy, so long as a ••federal-aid highway" was selected. Naturally, this does not give un!Yersal satlsf!lctlon. Utah, tor example, does not want to have Its :Mormon Trall wiped out. The Overland Trail has Its ehamplons among descendant's of the Forty-nlners. And the contributors of many mfllions to the building and maintenance of the Lincoln Highway 1111 a memorial to Abraham Lincoln strenuously object to the loss of hundreds of miles of improved • and marked roadway The Santa Fe Trail, oldest of them all, bas a place 1n the controversy because It fs the Parent Trall from Kansas City to Gardner, Kan. Incl· dentally, It' comes to public attention on Its own Recount through the fact that Council Grove, Kan., Is to celebrate Its centennial August 10. A hundred annual rings have swelled the i!rth of the &turdy Council Oak, patriarch of Councll Grove, llince the council under Its shade secured peaceful paBSage from the Pawnees and the Osages-but not the Comanches-for the pale face eager to trade with the Spaniards at S'!nnta Fe. The senate paRsed a bill (S. 2053) designating the Oregon Trull, after several cities In Idaho, Oregon and Washington had been added by amend· menta In committee. It was Introducer! by Senator McNary, has no preamble and must have heen carelessly drawn, since "Laramie" Is designated tngtead of "Fort Laramie," evidently with the Idea that they ore t'he same place. In the house Representative Addison T. Smith ot Idaho Introduced a blll (H. R. 6494). Later he Introduced joint resolution 232 and stlll later joint resolution 328, which contains additir,nal clUes. The full text ot joint resolution 328 follows: Whereas the Old Oregon Trail, which originated at Missouri River points and traversed half a continent and was the route over which the "great migration" of cov~red wagons and ox teams went tn 1848 and saved the Oregon country to the United Btatea, and ovet which for many years the homeeeekers and empire builders went In great numbeu and made a great producing territory out of what 'IVa• formerly a wllderueBIJ; and Whereas the Oregon ceuntry at that time con· elated of all that territory between the summit of the Rocky Mountains and the shores of the Paclftc Ocean and between the California and Calj,ll.dlan borders, and was held under a joint sovereignty of J!lngland and the United States, and whose fate tor all time was settled by the migration of 1843 when approximately one thousand American men and women faced the perils of the desert and the wilderness to carve out ne:w homes ln. the Oregon country and make It American territory; and Whereas thousands perished by the way and were burled In shallow graves by the old trail; and Whereas the United States has ee! aside as na· tlonal monuments many battleftelds and oth•r his· torte epota In this count·ry; and Whereas the old Oregon Trail wal! more than a ~attlefteld and offered a greater challenge to courage, fer along Its dusty course ot two thousand lillie& American citizens dally faced death without the panoply ot war. the beating of drums, or the ll:rlng vf flags, and saved a vaat empire to the United !!tates; and Wberflas this service has long been neglected and the youth of our land ha,ve not learned ot the .,.,,ro:tc self-sacrifice ot those Intrepid pioneers Who so much for America; and In order that this, the ''world'a moat hichwa:r" ma:r be perpetuated In hllltory, ltll ~radltlona be kept alive tor all time, and OJ'der to ahow to the world that the American ~pie are not unmindful of the aacftftcee of our •ltlaeaa and 4o reoop&M Yaloroua deeds: There· tere be It Resolved by the Senate and House' ot Repre• aentatives of the United States of America In Congress assembled, That the highway extending from Independence, Mo., and from Council Blul'rs, Iowa, to Seaside, Ore., and to Olympia, Wash., through the States of Missouri, Kansas. Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, and vari· ously known as the Overland Trail, the Mormon Road, the Emigrant Road, and the Oregon Trail, and coinciding as near as may be with the system of fe:Seral-ald highways through said states, shall he;oeafter be known as the old Oregon Trail. Section 2. That the road herein designated as the Old Oregon Trail shall follow, as closely as economic and topographlo conditions will permit, the route traveled by the pioneers In their journeys westward to the Oregon country over said trail, and shall extend through Kansas City, In the State of llllssourl; Kansas City, Gardner, Lawrence, To· peka, Rossville, Louisville and Frankfort. in the State of Kansas; thence through ralrbury, Hebron, Grand Island, connecting with the road from Council Bluffs through Omaha, Fremont and Columbus, and thence through Kearney, North Platte, Lewel· len, Bayard and Scottsbluff, In the State ot Nebraska; thence through Torrington, Fort Laramie, Douglas, Casper, Alcova, ::'>h1a!l:r G'"';:l, :J;"Aen, Gran· ger, Kemmerer and Cogevllle, In the State of \Vyo. mlng; thenoe tnrough Montx>ell'lr, Soda Springs, Pocatello, American Falls, Burley, 'l.'wln Falls, Buhl, Glenns J)'erry, Mountain Home, Boise, Nampa, Caldwell, thence as a divided t~all via Payette, Idaho; and via Parma, Idaho, a'ld Ontario, Ore., to Welser, In the State of Idaho; thence through Huntington, Baker, La Grange, Perdleton, Umatilla and along the Columbia River thr<'ugh The Dalles, Hood River, Portland, Astoria an~ Seaside, In the State of Oregon; thence through Vancouver and on to Olympia, In the State of \Vashlngton. The hearings by the house committee on roads on these senate and house documents were lively a:t'ralrs. No less than fourteen representatives made argumPnts pro and con-and the end Is not yet. The mandatory language of the net and the joint resolution raised the question: Is con· gress trying to remake h1Rtory1 The attitude of the pros was shown to be substantially this: They do not wish to belittle the historical Importance of any other Trail, but they claim an Imperishable name for the Oregon Trail because It and It's pioneers gave the nation Oregon, Washington. Idaho and parts of Wyoming and Montana. 'l'here· fore they think that the Oregon Trail in relation to our national growth stands separate and apart from all other Trails and that it bas peculiar sentimental and historical significance entitling It to special recognition by congress. Suppose the Oregon Trail as designated Is historically Incorrect ln places, as was shown by the cons. What of It? ask the pros. Representative Elmer 0. Leatherwood of Utuh showed that the Mormon Trull In Nebraska was on the north side of the North Platte and the Oregon Trail on the south side of that river. Yet the designation proposed would put the. Oregon Trail on the north side and wipe out a long stretch of the Mormon Trail. Mr. Leatherwood Is not a Mormon-his great grandfather Leathenvood traveled the Wilderness Road hard on Daniel Boone's footsteps; he himself was born lr't Ohio and was edu- ' cated at the University of Wisconsin and went to Salt Lake Clt'y In 1901 to practice lnw. AU Utah, you see, has a sentlmpntal interest In the Morman Trail and Its pioneers who made a stat<:! out of a desert. Incidentally :Mr. Leut11erwood In· troduced a map prepared by the historian's office of the Mormon Church und In connection with It a portion of the "Historical Record, \" ol. LX" (189<))-a document not readlly accessible to historians. This comalned, among other things, a diary setting forth In detail the movements day by day of the Mormon Expedition of 1847 under Brigham Young which founded Salt Lake City. .More power to the controversy. Long may It rage, to the Increase of Interest a'\nong the people In the fascinating history of th~ West and the establishment of Its history on incontrovertible fact. For it opens up the whole history ot the trnnsMlBS!ssippl territory, wbleh Is elosely linked by chain of cause and etfect. Here ls a helpful chronology : 1U1--coronado b•clna exploration of American ao.th.-..t for ape ...... , .... ODate foa:nda Banta Fe; 1782, secret ceaslon b7 France to Spain of trans-Misslaslppl territor,.; 1769, discovery of San Francisco Bay and settlement of Callfornla. coast by Spanish at San DleJlO. 1579-Drake claims Paclll.o oout tor :mncland; 1778, Cook reaffirm• claim; 1670, England charters Hudson'• Bay company; 1783, North West compan:r or~anlzed by Scotch fur-traders of Montreal; 1111, merger of H. B. C. and Northweaters. 1682-LaSalle clalma Mlaall!81ppl Valle:r for France; 1760, Canada passes to English; 1761, French found St. Louts; 1800, Spain cede. Louislalla Terri tory to France. 1728-Russlans discover Behring Strait; 1810, Russian operation• extend south to San Francisco Bay. 1775-Amerlcan Revolution beglna; 1778, Clark captures Northwest Territory; 1788, peace ll.xe• l\11sslsslppl a,• western boundary of American Colonies. 1792-Capt. Robert Gray of Bo•ton discovers and names Columbia River; 1803, Louisiana Purchase from France; 1804-06, Lewis and Clark expedition and beginning of American fur trade; 1806, Pike explores Texas region. 1808-Astor forms American Fur company; 1811, founds Astoria by sea and expedition under Hunt goes overland. 1812-\V'ar with England; 1813, Aatorla treacherously sold to );orth West company; 1815, Battle ot New Orleans balks attempt of British to capture Mlsslsslpvi Valley; 1818, America and Great Britain agree to joint occupancy or Oregon Territory; 1823, Monroe vromulgateR :O.Ionroe Doctrine dealing with relations In Oregon Territory of Americans, British and Russians. 1821-Santa Fe Trail opens trade with Mexico, which has won Its independence. 1829-First agricultural settlement at Astoria; ,1834-35, Methodist, Presbyterian and Roman Cath· ollc missions founded In Oregon Territory by Lee, Whitman and De Smet; 1eu. midwinter ride of Whitman to Washington, D. C.'; 184!, migration sets In over Oregon Trail, Fort Bridger establl•hed as first "hotel";, Oregon Americans outvote Brltlshers and adopt provisional government; 1844, •;Fifty-four-forty or Fight" victorious slogan In Presidential election ot Polk over Clay; 1846. Oregon treaty ftxes north line at 49th parallel; Oregon made territory In 1S4S and state In 18G9; 1852-53. great migration to Oregon. 1845-Tcxas admitted to Union: 1848, war with Mexico and O<'cupatlrm of Xflw Mexico and California; 1849, discovery of gold In Calltornla, atat~ admitted to Union In 1850; 1859, overland stage line; 1860, pony express; 1869, transcontinental · rallroa.d completed. :i.846-l\1ormons leave Illinois for Nebraska; 1847. Brigham Young founds Salt Lake City; 1896, Utah admitted to Union. The beginning of the winning of the West Is Clark's conquest of the Northwest Territory in the Revolution. For that gave the Colonies the Mississippi ns thPlr western bountlary. That in turn brought about the Loutslana Purchase. In the spring of 1804 from the American side of tht' Mississippi Lewis and Clark wutched the red and yellow of Sp, In come down In St. Louis; the trl· color of France go up and come down and thE' red, white and blue of America go up to stay. Instantly tbey were off for the Pacific to see what we had bought. Two years later they returned as If from the dead. Thereupon began the forty years ot the Amerlcan Fur Trade which explored the West and made Inevitable the march of the Amer· lean people across the continent. And from ~here Old Glory went: up to stay the American pioneers went forth by varlou~ Trails for various purposes. The Santa Fe Trail was tor trade with the Spaniard. The Ore;{on Trail wus worn by a migration of homeseekers. ThE> Mormon TralJ ended In an asylum from persecn· tion-hecause of religion, from one viewpoint; fl'om another, because of "aliE>n and Inimical solidartty." Consider the consPquenccs of the Santa Fe 'l'rall. It led to the a<'quisltlon of Texas, t'he Mex· lcun \Var and the occupation of California. The discovery of gold started the rush of the Fortynlners over the Overland Trail, with Salt Lalte City as the Wftlf·way pluce. It ronde California a s1at:e over night. Followed the Overland Coach, the Pony Express. and the driving of the Golden Spike when the railroads met at Ogden. Today the American people are awheel on auto· mobile highways where once ran these Wilderness Trails. Every historic spot should be marked. Nation, state and city should vie tn setting up memoclala l'o the trappers, traders; prospect•n, explorers and pioneers who pve u. thla pril'«f!U :llnce picking all-American football teams is all the rage, just to be different Hughey Jenpings of the r•~w York Giants was asked to pick an allAmerican basehall team. Hughey, who has bE>en connected with major-league baseball tor better than thirty yea~s. is ·certainly qualified to make the sel~ctlon. Always game, wllling to take a chance, knowing his choices wlll meet with disfavor in many quarters, Jennings spoke thusly: "The greatest infield I have ever seen In action would be made up of Sisler at first, Lajoie at second, Wag· ner at short and Frisch at third. "My selection of Frisch over Jimmy Collins w!ll no doubt occasion some surprise. Despite the fact that FrisM Is now playing second, I regard third as his natural position and consi<IPr him a more valuable all"flround player than Jimmy Collins. "The outfield would be made up of Cobb, Speaker and Keeler. I have selected Keel€r tn preference to Ruth because I regard him as a greater team player. . "My battery would be Mathewson and Bresnahan. There never was a ' better one. Inc\dentally, I would be content to manage the team In any league. • Joseph W. Lucey, former star pitcher for the Jersey City Inter· league national team, is pitching fine hall with the Boston Red Sox. One Play on Field Nets Frank Chance $140,000' Frank Chance, the "Peerless Lead· er," who died ln Los Angeles, Cal., gained part owi.tershlp of the team he so frequently led to victory through a single play, he once related. The one play netted him $140,000, since his stock In the club soared to that value. It was in 1906, as Chance told It, and the Chicago Nf\tionals were In second place fighting for the pennant and with only a few rnorf' g:unes to play. In a hot game ut Cincinnati Chance hit safely and stole second with one out. ·Joe Tinker, shortstop and then a heavy hitter, wa;; at bat. Everyone Star class yachts number over 300 expected Tinker tn \\'ing heavily. But In all parts of the world. Chanre signaled fnr a bunt. Tinker laid do\'lill a perfect bunt and Chance ThPrP are over 3,fl00 ~rolf and coun• streakecl for third. The "Peprless i try clubs in the Unitl'd States. headed for but Rtop, not did Leader" o * • 1 safely. in sliding home, ?.000 ooolf h ,., There are more t an Next day Charles P. Taft, tile new cluh~ In the Briti«h isii'S, In addition owner of the Cubs, sent for his man· i to 800 clubs for womt>n. agPL·. 0 * • Chance quoted him as having said, The United fitates Football assocla· "That was the greatest play I ever l • 1 tion, the governmg body of soccer, lllS saw or ever expect to see. I am going I $12.218.42 in Its treasury. to show you that I appreciate your • o • work and efforts. I am going to let Knno::n R City C.\:lo.) Country club you buy a tenth interest In the club may Pnter a polo tpam, In the Ph lin- for $10,000." delphia !ourney In September. Chance sold out for $140,000 after he left the club ln 1912. The United Rtatei' i<pends more on sports each year than all the othe~ countries in the world comuined. • • • I I heritage. • • • • • * Billiard Cue Caddies a New Wrinkle in London Because of the popularity of betting New wrinkles appPar continually In on ali sports In England 300,000 bookThe latest Is the use of a sport. bets. ta!.fng In makers are engaged cue-caddy. The thing started In Lon• • • nd has now hPen hrought to Helen Wainwright woman all-around don, Rwimming champiot~, hlls announced'~""' York, and lt Is thought will likeher entry Into the professional ranks. ly be popular amongst the more opulent pi ayers. • • • \Vhen a certain noted amateur ap· Before golf began to be what It in one of the noted b!lllard peared is. peoplE> used to ask occa!lionally of London, with a boy academies what made the tired business man carrying a bag containing several tired. cues from which he made a sele<'tlon for clifferent shots as the occasion We haven't heard the worst until arose, he ere a ted considerable of a word comes that l\Ir. Dempsey's trick In even such a blase sporting furore nose will dillquallfy him for riveting atmosphere. In another emergency. 'l'he . t h lng however has ere a ted a grPat deal of discussion pro and con. Kewman, the professional Tom champion is rleadly opposed to It In championship play. He thinks It might be all right for amateurs to give them a chance to develop different shots In practice, but he maintains that It would. not only bE> against the spirit of the game, but wwld cause delay and confusion, since the professional looks upon his cue almost as part of himself, and has It so evenly balanced, and so sensit!Tely aimed, that to change cue during an Important match, would throw him entirely off his game. • • • Dudley Lee Is Stat' ;++++++++++++++++++++++++t; ++ t Fo' ur Errors 1·n Game i+ ... Gives Record to Ross i+ Chestl'r Ross, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, is reported to ~ + have set a new error record for + modern-day pitchers when he ;t + turned in four miscues In a game + against the Browns recently. + According to the books, the old + mark was three, jolutly held by : L~dley Lee of Tulsa, Okla., for several hurlers In the American : : up dug whom President Bob Quinn the tidy sum of $30,000 and ex- + league, the last one being Bob + changed a player. Lee is said to be ;: Shnwkey, who chalked up ll trio + a second MaranvillE:, and he'll make i : of hoots June 25, 1921. Ross committed his quartetj the big leaguers sit up and tal{e no- , + over an eight-Inning stretch, tlce, according to those who have seen making. two in one lnnlng. hlm tn action. Lee Is a power botb i ;t I i i li I Ul battl\lr and fteldlnr. t.t++ttttt+t +t++t+tt+t+ + Altrock's Act Gives Tiger Star Unique Distinction in Baseball. Fred Haney claims one distinction that no other ball player In organized baseball, or anywhere else for that matter, can equal. It Isn't generally known, yet It Is true, that Fred was purposely passed by a pitcher who showed a preference for pitching to Cobb. Haney doesn't go around boasting of the fact, still It Is a matter of record, und "Nick" Altrock was the vlllnln In the plot. Several years ago promoters on tha Paeific coast Induced Altrock, for a sum of money, to cavort for the edifi· cation of fandom along the coast l<>ngue circuit, and at about the same time Cobb appeared In a number ot games In lbe sunset section of the ccuntry, In time Altrock and Cobb met on opposing teams and the one the Peach performed for emhraced Haney in It!'! line-up. "Nugget" batted just ahead of the Georgian, an Ideal situation for the \Vashington comedian to "pull his stunt." Altrock didn't fear ITaney, but he wanted to give Cobb the "nE>edles," so he protnptly proceeded to pass Haney and subsequently shouted his challPnge to Cobb. "Nick" only tul.f.lled half of his purpose, however. It was a simple matter to pass Haney, not so easy to subdue Cobb, who crailhed 'the come!Uun's first good pitch through the box so vehemently thut It almost took Altrock's glove with It. Passing anybody to "get" Ty Cobb has its danger. BASEBALL A7JI NOTES MJ Baseball peanuts at ten cents a t11row Is another case of shell shock. • • • With the lively ball in use third basing has become a matter of bruvery. • • • Opening day has lots of bearing O!l the rest of the season in the P_!lrllchute league. • • • As an outfielder this season Mr. Ruth has proved a highly effective publicity agent. • e • Ferdinand Zegrl, left fielder, has been eleeted captnln of the Columbia baseball squad for next season. • • • Jonah Halstead of East Paterson,~ J., was elected captain of the Lafayette college 1'926 baseball team. • • • Catcher Lew McCarthy of Baltimore continues his hurd and timely hitting, since his return to active duty. • • • Tom Stanton, a big right-handed pitcher from St. Louis university, hns been signed by the Boston Red Sox. • • • The Baltimore club of the International league ~<ecured' a fast man In Archdeacon of the Chicago White SoL • • • Latest reports are to the effect"that there are 57 fewer pounds of Bube Ruth in the public eye than formetfy. • • • Aubrey Speer, star shortstop o! the Trinity university team of Texas.. bus joined the Chicago \Vhlte So tor a trial. e e First the International sent up an Archdeacon, from Rochester, and then Jack Dunn followed with a Bishop to the A's. e Johnny Lenihan, third baseman of the De La Salle academy team of Chi· cago, has been taken on for a trial by the White SoL • • • • e • 11l 1907 Hans Wagner stole second, third and home In a ~adle with New He repeated tbls stunt In a York. game with Chicago In 1909. e • • Elmer Duggan, southpaw hurler aJid proprietor of the New York Yankees, who was with Rochester until recentl)', has been turned over to Providence. • • • :t Spartnnhurg has turned Pltc~r Herman Br~·son back to the Ashevllle Tourists. He failed to convl~&ce Man· ager Kelley that t.e could deliver the goods . ;t The Clnclnnatl Reds are reported to be Interested In the work of Benny Gaudette, a you~~~r outftelder with Jersey City, who bu been one of tbe early hittinr Hlll&tiODB In the IDtea-natlonal le~e. I • e • .,. ..• ~ |