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Show THE SOUTH CACHE CITIZEN, HYRUM, UTAH Spend Millions for a Pennant y YOUNG CATCHERS FIND ROCKY ROAD Majority of Major Outfits Depend on Veterans. ELMO SCOTT WATSON The ranks of major league catchers, (, 1926, which opened to receive a new star In Mickey Cochrane of the Athletics last year, passed through the 1926 Western Newspaper Union.) Captain Roberts, the Unique of the sinister ranks of the brethren of the coast whose careers form the long history of piracy, there emerges the unique personality of Capt. Bartholomew Roberts. There are many factors which go to justify this characterization of Here are but a few: unique. Forced Into piracy himself, he never forced a man to become a pirate him-- , seif. Upon his election to leadership, be spoke laconically and to the point albeit not very gracefully nor grateSince , I have fully as follows: dipped my hands In muddy water and must be a pyrate, it is better to be a commander than a common man." He was the only total abstainer known to the history of piracy. He drank only tea! On board his ship all lights had to be out by eight oclock at night, and any of the crew who wished to continue drinking after that hour had to do so on deck, regardless of the weather. He would allow no women on his ship, and the man who brought a woman aboard disguised as a man did so under penalty of death. He always protected women prisoners. He allowed no games of cards or dice to be played for money, since he disapproved of gambling. He' was a strict observer of the Sabbath and allowed his musicians to have a rest on the seventh day this In face of pirate custom that every pirate brother who felt the Irresistible urge to sing or dance had the right to demand a tune at any hour, day or night. He had a particular hatred for natives of Barbados and Martinica, because he had been roughly handled In encounters with ships from those places. So when he designed his flag, be displayed upon it a huge figure of himself standing sword in hand upon two skulls. Under these were the letters A. B. H. and A. M. H. A Barbadians Head and a Martinicans Head." His motto was a short life and a merry one, and he often said that he wished to die fighting. His wish was granted, and when he was finally killed in battle, in accordance with his request, his body was thrown overboard fully dressed in all his regalia. He 'was a tall dark man and he wore a rich damask waistcoat and breeches, a red feather in his cap, a gold chain around his neck with a big diamond cross hanging from it. He was Invariably seen with a sword In hand and two pairs of pistols hanging at the end of a silk sash across a spechis chest not so tacle as a Blackbeard, perhaps, but picturesque enough. These are the things which distinguished Capt. Bartholomew Roberts, a Welshman, born In 1682 and killed in 1722, who made a name for himself as a pirate in his forty years of life. training camp grind without serious threat of other invasions. Melvin Ott, the Giants schoolboy star, and Bennett Tate, Washington youngster, created stirs In their respective camps, ott has been shunted to the minors for further seasoning, however, while Tate finds opposition from two of the best known veterans in the American league, Muddy Ruel and Hank Severeid. Bob OFarrell, former Cub and a player of eleven major league campaigns, has come back to earn a first string berth with the Cardinals. Picinlch and Hargrave are expected to share the major catching burdens in Redland, while Earl Smith and Gooch again will don the Pittsburgh OUT eye-fillin- g masks. Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox, and William n Wrigley, Jr., chewing gum magnate and principal stockholder in the Chicago Cubs, are friendly enemies in the baseball world, but they are both loyal Chicagoans and each has pledged himself to expend $1,000,000 on his 1926 tenw so that both Chicago teams will be contenders for the world championship this year. Photograph shows, left to right, Charles A. Comiskey and William Wrigley, Jr. -- well-know- Carpentier to Fight oik by am. Ana-mab- -- perience in Hartnett and Gonzales, but it remains for the Giants to produce a pair whose joint experience exceeds that of any two other regular receivers on one club In basebalL Grover Hartley now Is thirty-eigh- t Passing of Wally Pipp From American League The mystery surrounding the passing of Wally Pipp from the American league has finally been explained. It 1b all a matter of finance. No club in the American league valued Pipp to the extent of $15,000, and thereby hangs the tale that made him a member of the Cincinnati club of the National league. The Reds, badly In need of a first baseman, offered the Yankees $15,000 for Pipp. The New York club having no particular use for Pipp, since Gehrig had displaced him at first base, asked waivers. It Is said two American league clubs, Philadelphia and Cleveland, refused to waive. Both clubs were willing fo take a chance on Pipp at the waiver price, which is much less than the $15,000 offered by the Cincinnati club. On many major league baseball matters there exists a gentlemans agreement between the magnates. New York explained its reason for aski.ng waivers was due to the offer received from the Cincinnati club. forof France, Georges Carpentier Cleveland - or Philadelphia could mer light heavyweight champion, and have Pipp before Cincinnati If either Eddie Huffman of California have been matched to fight ten rounds at cared to pay $15,000. Neither club beMadison Square garden on May 21. lieved him worth that much The match will mark Carpentiers gamble, in addition to the big salary first ring appearance of his present he would demand. Both clubs withdrew their admitted American invasion. desire of taking on Pipp and permitted him to go to Cincinnati. He Is certain Prices Paid for Players to add much strength to that club and Clubs is worth twice the price paid for him. Not Revealed of large sums Announcements changing hands for baseball players are heard no more. Morgans Only Rival When Ernie Nevers, the Pacific coast football sensation, was signed A to reckoned be is by pirate t(vF A the amount of damage he does and by the Browns, Owner Phil Ball said the contract was up in four figures. the number of ships he , takes, there Earl McBee, an Indian pitcher from can be no doubt that Capt. BartholoSouthern association, cost the the mew Roberts should be placed at the White Sox a fancy price, according very head of his profession, so says to Owner Comiskey. one historian, who continues He is Tony Lazerre and Mark Koenig, the said to have taken over 400 vessels. of the New The only man who can be said to most expensive purchases of money cost York plenty Yankees, rival him is Sir Henry Morgan, but' said Manager Huggins. Morgan, although in some ways an un- and players, For Walter Christensen, the St. Paul mitigated blackguard, was a man of the Cincinnati Reds "paid outfielder, much greater breadth of outlook than ManaRoberts ever was, and, moreover, was enough for him to make good, a buccaneer rather than a pirate." - ger Jack Hendricks revealed. The Coast league outfield star, Paul Roberts, a Welshman, started out and Infielder Hal Rhyne, cost Waner, even the honestly enough, though ship Owner Dreyfus of the Pirates Barney upon which he was first employed was plenty. engaged in a questionable occupation. He was master of the Princess, which sailed from London in November, 1719, for the coast of Guinea to get a cargo 1 1 of black Ivory" (slaves). At LVJ 11 1 1 1 the Princess was captured by the Welsh pirate, Howel Davis, who forced The Kentucky derby was worth $52,- Roberts to join his crew. Six weeks afterwards, Davis died, violently, of 950 last year, a record value. course, and the leaders among the Golf provides an excellent opportucrew who hoped to succeed him lords" all, they called themselves nity for a man to dodge the hazard of housecleaning. finally elected Lord Roberts. The new leader immediately sailed for Brazil, and there In the bay of No How Old Is Ann?" In Jack Bahia found a fleet of 42 Portuguese Dempseys problem of the age to which ships, loaded and ready to sail. With an active champion may attain. unprecedented boldness, the pirate sailed in among them to the heaviest The father of Joie Ray, the Chicago laden, which he attacked, boarded and runner, was' a boxer in his younger sailed out of the harbor. His booty days and he wanted his son to be a was some 40,000 moidors in money, fighter instead of a runner. much rich merchandise and a cross of diamonds for the king of Portugal. The British government plans to Soon afterwards b took a Dutch spend $1,000,000 to provide athletic ship, then a British vessel, and with fields in different sections of the supreme audacity sailed back to Bra- United Kingdom for civil service emzil to clean and refit his vessel. After ployees. that be began preying upon the commerce in the West Indies. New height of naivete: Believing In April, 1721, he was back on the that the expulsion of half a dozen Guinea coast robbing and burning. jockeys and a few horse owners has On one occasion he captured a minismade the racing business a thoroughly ter whom he tried to persuade to be- honest enterprise. come his chaplain, explaining that all he would have to do would be to say Although Night Patrol, an English prayers and make punch. But the horse, won his race at the Port Ademinister begged off and Roberts al- laide course In Australia, his suplowed him to go with alL of tls beporters got only their money back, as longings except three prayer books and all the play in the machine had been a corkscrew. The pirate leader exon the victor. plained that those articles were sorely needed on the Royal Fortune, his ship Texas and Drake uniRoberts end came early the next t University of elevens may visit football versity year. In February. 1722, he was at1926 Christmas the Honolulu during tacked by H. M. S. Swallow, and the for a game or more, if negopirate captain was struck in the holidays tiations being conducted are successthroat by a grapeshot and killed fully carried out. Behind the plate for the Cubs will be two players of several years ex- Stadium ar concrete Plans for a stadium, built along the lines of the Yale bowl and seating upwards of 100,-00disclosed by Tex Rickard. , were This gigantic structure, the promoter said, will be built either in Long Island City or the Bronx and will be completed some time in 1927. It will provide for all outdoor sports in the metropolitan- - district, a companion piece to Rickards new indoor arena, Madison Square garden. million-dolla- r 0, Sir Thomas After Cup None genuine without the Croee and Circle printed in red. Alabastine comes in all standard colors and these intermix to form countless others so that your decorating taste may be accurately followed. 1 I WANT FARMS FOB CASH BUYERS Deal with owners only. P. TREHAIN, 60t Dillon, Castle Rock, Colorado. Cartoonist's Ideas The tiger as the symbol of Tammany Hall, the elephant of the Republican party and the donkey which Republican papers use as emblematic oil Democrats are the Invention of Thomas Nast. Originally the donkey, which came first, was not applied to the Democratic party. PARKERS HAIR BALSAM Removes Dandruff-Stop- s Hair Falling Restores Color and and Faded Hair Beauty to Gray 60cand 6LOO at Dranists. Hlscox Chem. Wks..Patct oguc NT. HINDERCORNS louses, etc., ail Removes Corns, Cal ensures comfort to stops pain, tbg feet, makes walking easy. 15o by mall or at Drugyears old, while Frank Snyder has Hisoox Chemical Works, Patchogue, N. Y. gists. survived twelve major league races. No Room Philadelphia and Boston each has Him Yes, maam, girlie, Pm one a comparatively young staff in the guy that never stretches Any book you want his Imagina-f- cy mail, c. o. National, the former with Henline and tion. Wilson to do the bulk of the work Deseret Book Co. Her No wonder, wheres the room and the latter placing chief depend- for it to stretch in? 44 East So. Temple, Salt Lake City, Utali ence on Gibson and Taylor. Veterans predominate in the American league, with Ray Schalk of the White Sox and Wally Schang of the Browns returning to the game after I mare.Jtban a decades play behind the plate. Alex Gaston of the Red Sox, Bass-le- r of the Tigers, Myatt and Lube Sewell of the Indians, ail have seen h several seasons of service, but and Collins of the Yankees are comparatively young in major league experience. OUlfliS A car Ben-goug- v SQUIBS Eddie Farrell, young infielder of the Giants, and three of his brothers are dentists. Eppa Rixey, Cincinnati pitcher, Is an active member of the Cincinnati Indoor Tennis club. Fred Lake, one of baseballs veterans, Is going to manage Nashua, N. H., in the New England circuit. The Columbus club of the American association has sold Shortstop Fred Nicolai to the Evansville club of the Three-- I league. George Jackson has been given his release by the Tyler club of the East Texas league, in order that he might manage the Greenville team of the same league. . Donie Bush, manager of the Indianapolis team, boasts a pair of bespectacled pitchers in the persons of Car-mi- n Hill and Arthur Reynolds. The latter is a youngster. Louis Fonseca, Phllly inflelder, has accomplished the rare golfing feat of making a hole in one. Willie Kamm is the only other member of the fraternity to achieve this honor. ball-playi- The Seattle club of the Pacific Coast league has released Pitcher Steve Chekaluk, a reputed Eskimo, who was carried last season. Steves wildness could not be overcome. We are a peaceful people: The man who thought up, Say It with flowers, is being feted and given a large gold medal, while the genius who first said, is unidentified and Kill the umpire unsung. .. 1 From chasing flies on a ball field to chasing crooks is a far cry, but that's what the mighty Ping Bodie is doing right now. Ping is one of the finest at Wichita Falls, Texas, where he landed after his big league as well as Coast league days were over. Sir Thomas' Lipton, noted Irish sportsman, has arrived In the United States for the purpose of filing a challenge for the American Yachting cup race to be held in 1927. exactly the color you wish. Instead ofKalsomine or Wall Paper - Million-Doll- apply to any interior surface. The sure result is beautifully tinted walls in 1 Boxing Replacing Duels Among German Students Boxing is slowly replacing student duels with sabers as a major sport in German universities and high schools. The first Interscholastic boxing matches ever held here have Just taken place between pugilists of the University of Goettingen and the Hannover School of Technology. Educational authorities In many states, including Prussia, have sanctioned boxing and its popularity is becoming widespread. The lower house of the Baden legislature has passed a bill prescribing the same punishment for student duelists with sharpened sabers as that meted out to those who attempt to settle affairs of honor with other weapons. Jui t mix Alab&stme with water cold or hot and John McGraw has announced that the Giants will train at Pennant Park, his new subdivision city near Sarasota, Fla., next spring. There will be polo grounds, trap shooting course and other features at the Tennant Park athletic field when completed. for every purse and purpose industry several IN THE automobile classes have developed. price General Motors is represented in each. 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