This new delivery of the ball cameInto use about 1871 or 1872, but it waamade conspicuous In 1874 by the peer-

less Matthews. The batting departmenthad a hard time to keep pace withthis new art In pitching, and men whowere considered good batters beforethe manipulation 'o£ the curve had toretire altogether from the ball businesson account of their Inability to hit the

new delivery. The pitching departmenthas ever presented a complex problemto the rule-makers nnd today the pitch-

Ing staff costs more to a major leagu?

club than entire ball teams did Inyears

past.

An ocular proof of the actual exist-ence of the curve was given In Cin-cinnati before the lending professorsof colleges by one of the crack pitchersof that day, showing the wise men ofthe scientific world two distinct klndnof curves. That settled It. Theory

had to give way to the practical, andthe curve ball was the talk of the dayat that time.

This Innovation to the pitching de-partment startled the country, and thescientific men of that time would notbelieve that a rotary motion, Impartedto a ball as It left the hand, wouldcause It to curve or change Its coursewhile in the air.

There has been tjulte a> discussionamong the pioneers lof professionalball as to wlCo was the originator of themystifying curve. Two men have beengiven credit for Its Introduction, viz:Arthur Cummlngs of the old Stars ofBrooklyn, and Bob Matthew*, whopitched in those days for the Mutual*of New York and Baltimore. Butfrom the most authentto and reliablesource

'(which Is Henry Chadwlck,

the father of baseball), we must give

the tredlt to Arthur Cummlngs of NewYork. The great Matthews, who hadbeen the pitching marvel of the coun-try for many years, developed and Im-proved the curve more than Cummlngs.

Origin of Curve Ball

*hle!i finally evolved the celebrate*curve.

| TRACK NOTES

Gotch 'is 27 years of nee. He Is builtjust right for a wrestler. Sheathsof muscle cover his neck. His body

muscles are as hard as oak and there

Is no effeminate waist line. His legs

are like great pillars and his. armsare tremendously powerful. Evidenceof his fine condition is that for fouryears he has weighed almost exactly190 pounds., In wrestling he uses allholds, but, like George Bothner, hisremarkable legwork is most buffiing to

his opponents.

After his return Gotch set out for amatch with Tom Jenkins. They met InCleveland two years ago and Jenkinswas given the decision.' They metagain and Gotch literally handled Jen-kins like a lightweight. He outwreatledand outroughed the champion, beat

him at every point and won easily. It

was said by' some that Jenkins quitlike a dog, but experts said he wassimply outclassed.

In 1901 Gotch went to Alaska to takegold out of a placer mine. He cameback with $35,000— made in the wrest-ling game. He beat every wrestler ofnote In Alaska, winding up by defeat-Ing Silas Archer, the. champion, Inonefall In eighteen and a half minutes.Golch's winnings In this match were$18,640.

After this Fanner Burns took GotchIn hand, taught him the science ofNelsons, crosslocks, hendsplns, ham-merlocks and all the tricks that go

with wrestling.

Finally Gotch became the acknowl-edged champion of the county. Aboutthis time he Joined the order of Wood-men. They gave a picnic at which aprize was offered for the best wrestler.A rival lodge Imported Dan McLeodto throw Gotch and pick up a few dol-lars. Dan came as a good Woodmanand tackled Gotch. Itwas science andspeed against strength nnd speed, andMcLeod won after an hour of gruelingwork.

A farm near Humboldt, lown, con-tributed Frank Ootch to the sporting

world. He was discovered by Dan Mc-Leod, who afterward made his findknown to Former Burns, who devel-oped the young giant. From boyhoodGotch thought of nothing but wrest-ling, and at 18 he whs a sold chunkthat was hard to handle. He wrestledhis father, his brothers or anybody thathe could cajole Into a rlnjr.

Frank Gotch, the wrestler, recentlyreceived a letter from Bob. FlUsaltn*rnons siskin* him whether he renlly

Intends to go Into the fighting game.

Gotch has doubtless concluded to wnltawhile before answering Lanky Bob'sInquiry.

lean Exponent of ScientificWrestling

Frank Gotch Has Become the Amer.

RAPID DEVELOPMENT MlOF CHAMPION WRESTLER

370 Albert Knrlght (McCullough)..lo6372 Palmist (M. Tennes)..... 106372 Headstrong (J. Kane &C0.).. 106326 Frank Mayo (Angeleno stable) 106

(336) Capable (Rowe & D0n10n).... 106365 Cam-Jo (F. Holman) »104158 El Verraco (Mrs. Spiers)...... 101370 Exapo (L. A. Bonsack) *101

(361) Past Master (S. Polk).. TlOl361 Flora Bright (Marks & C0.).. »99

(374) Gentle Harry (Robinson) »9S(370) Anirad

'(Mrs.' Coffey) .r... *94

332 Rain Cloud (B. Schreiber).... 100352 Thatswhat (W. A. Stanton)... 103Third race, selling, six furlongs: ,

363 Komombo (Parker &Thwaite) 119377 Durbar (James Curl) "108377 St. Winifride (Schawacher)...*lo7

(362) Metlakatla (W. Durker) 10G371^Tyrollan (J. J. Ellerd) *93357 Sweet KittyBellalrs (WSPrlce) 9C344 Linda Rose (R. Angarola).... 96297 Revel (T. Stone) *95354 Sea Sick (F. T. Wood) •!).\u25a0;

371~

Azelina (H. 800ker)..... *95... Jerusha ..........; *91Fourth' race, purse, one mile:

376 Arabo (Kansas Price)......... 112351 Waswift (Joe Yeager)..... 108341 McGrathiana Prince (F.Regan)lOSS6I Gorgalette (J. D. Fitzgerald).. 100375 Fustian (W. T. Anderson.... S7364 Head Dance (C. T. Henshall).. 91368 Robador (F. T. Wood) 91•Fifth race, purse, three-year-olds,Slauson course: , \

-364. Hllona (L. A. Bonsack). 103391 Witch Hazel (F. Regan) 100368 Henry Ach (J. D.-Mlllln) 95350 Sinicado (F. T. W00d)...... S5347 Taxer (W. T.' Anderson) 92

Sixth .race, selling, one mile and fifty

yards:... Henry Clay. Rye. 109... Prince Palatine 101)

(367) Dr.Hollis (Wood) IT3206 Ca|h Box (Williams) 113319 Silver Sue (Williams entry).. JOT352 Expressing (G. B. Morris) 110221 Lady Walker (J. E. Cuslng)... 110

36" Search Me (Engstrom) 110352 Honest Boy (J. J. Ellerd) 110367 Avonella (J. D. M1111n)........ 107... Czarina 107367 Ha (El Rio stables) 100

363 Erlcula (Summerfleld) *101... Latoila *101282, Belle Dlxon (^. L.Holland)... St 6353 Anona (Mrs. E. Wilson) '. P6*... Vlndlc'la 91352 Rubiana (Mrs. L. Hull) *91175 Sun Mark (W. T. Anderson).. *9l324 Hersaln (B. Schrelber) *91

203 Lady Mlnora (J. B. Harris).. »91'Second race, purse, two-year-olds,

four furlongs:(352) Wee Girl (C. Stubenbord).. .. 120

First race, selling, six furlongs:318 Miss Shylock (P. Strauss).... 10fi

(152) Miss Provof(Cltrus stable)... *lo3370 Nnnon (8. Polk) *103

First race—

Sun Mark, Anona, Na.non.

Second race— Dr. Hollis, Expressing,Wee Girl.

Third race—

Azelina, Seasick, Ko.mombo.

Fourth race—

Waswift, Arabo, Me.-Grathiana Prince.

Fifth race— Witch Hazel, Hilona,Taxer.

Sixth race—

Anirad, Capable, Canejo.

r;ORM OF THE HORSES

Gwyn Tompkins, who was a visitorat Ascot a, week or so ago, has left forhome and will sail from New Yorknext month to sec the running of the

Gren national steeplechase at Liverpool.Tompkins expected to buy some horseswhile here, to make jumpers of, andwhile ho made several offers, he got

none at his prices. He did, however,buy a lot of horse blankets that hetook a fancy to, and cs he remarkedbefore leaving, he had traveled all theway across the continent to buy $52.50

worth of blankets.

Jockey Blake, who has recently ar-rived at Oakland, willbe seen in thesaddle In the near future. He is under

contract to "Red Leaf Will" Baird,

owner of David Boland and Instrument,

but will iiot tuke any mounts until hehas exercised 1hor&es for boitib days andbecome familiar with the track. Blake,although ene of the old-timers, canstill ride ns low as 103, and has not

lost his good form, which he has shownin'past years.

'"Boots" Durnell, who has been rein-

stated by the Jockey club of France, issaid to have been engaged by MontTennes as trainer at a salary of $20,000

per year. Durnell has disposed of hisentire stable to!Tennes. Durnell hadbeen inParis since November 14, plead-ing for the restoration of his license.With him was William Pinkerton, whohas always taken a great interest inthe little trainer's affairs. Thut Pink-erton brought pressure to bear on theFrench racing commissioners, as theyare called abroad, there is no doubt,

and without the help of "The Eye" itIs not likely that "Boots" would havebeen reinstated. . :

Jockey Vandusen has received a letter

from,Jockey Bcauehamp, saying thatthe latter, who was under the ban lastfall, had received a license from theGerman Jockey club and would ride asa free lance. The same letter conveyedthe intelligence that Trainer George

Walker's horses at Frankfort were all

wintering well. Walker trains for Dr.Wernberg, one of the wealthy turfmenof Germany, and he will have over ahundred horses inhis charge next turn-

mer. Vandusen Is under contratt todo the riding for the stable. .

The small bettors here are a source ofendless annoyance to the block men intheir desire to have bets changed. They

seldom seem to know what horse they

want to play, or how they want to playhim, and there is a constant changing,

which keeps the sheet writers swearing.Some of the bookmakers have tired ofIt and are now peremptory in their re-fucal to make any chunge after a betis registered.

Garvln, French, Esslck, Jones, St.Vraln, Cates and Gllpatrlck, pitchers,;McLean, Thlerln and Steehnan, catch-ers; Doyle, nrst base; Schafly, secondbase; Atz, shortstop; .itiuiklo, thirdbase; Van Huron, left field; House-holder, center field; McUreedle, rightHeld, and Uleason, utilityman.

POItTLAND, Ore., Feb. s.—The Port-land baseball team hits been completedand the list of players lihh been madepublic. With the exception of one ortwo, the players are all new men In thiscity. As announced by Manager Mo-Creedie, the following will be the line-up:

Strong Baseball Aggregation Assem.bled for Next Season

ByAssociated Preaa

PORTLAND TEAM COMPLETED

Nam»— , l.aind, l»in«.•* Ayr«.(Jan«Mm. I.Hplmm 3S «8» 171 M-tt USMm. T. .Mack JO 5104 170 4-80 224Mra.

'F. Purttr 80 im 119 M-SO 314

Mis. Quirk S.I *»3S 1.VI S3-S3 t»Mr«. Knox SU !»«l HJ l-«o I*3tin. Adalr 10 4113 13« 23-80 U«Mrs. Bcoil • .& MBJ 1«7 lt-SO 8:i

Ladies' Bowling TournamentFollowing Is the standing of the con-

testants In the women's championshipbowling tournament now In prugicbf.on Mackenzie's alleys:

TO CTRIS A CO VOn IK OMB DATI'M) Adam*' Irlab Mom Couch HaUamPr«*ertb*d by th« t...t phyilelan* far

Cough*. Cola*. liourstne«i, Bronohttis andall throat and lung troublM. Slo, 6uo. Al.11 druasUia.

PERSONALCol. W. J.; Fife of Hollywood re-

turned home last week from Washing-

ton, where he had been summoned bythe death of his father, W. U. Fife, adistinguished cltisen of the. atate ofWashington.

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shape of a dance at Kramer's hall, witha large attendance of guests and mom-bers. This chapter/ of the Delta Oml-cron was Installed in Throop institutewith the, following active members: 'Earl Johnson, Frank Benchley, CharlesArchibald, Amos Shumway, GeorgeStoney, Anson Lisk, Loujs Lambert.Scott Lea, Fred Calkins, Clare Cam-eron, Ernest Wakeham, William Wake-ham and Howard Sanborn. RcUronessesof the dance were Mrs. F. G. Calkins'and Mrs. M. K. Johnson. Program*wnre dainty affairs or lavender ainl •

gold with the pin in gold In one cor-ner. \u25a0

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James L.'Ramsey, aged 83 years, dle<l ,this morning at his home on NorthMorton avenue. He. was a native ofPennsylvania and had resided InPasa-dena twelve years. Interment will beinRogedale cemetery.

Delta Omlcron BallLast evening the members uf the

Phi chapter of the Delta Omlcron fra-ternlty gave their Initial party In the

The small theater of Hotel Oreen Isto be the scene of two \u25a0 amateurplays on Monday evening, February 20,by the members of the Histrionic clubof Los Angeles. Taking part will beMrs. Leland Bagby and Capt. LesliePeacocke. One of the little plays Is"Lady Pat," while the other is "TheSyndicate," both written by Capt. Pea-cocke. A number of aoclety women ofboth Pasadena and Los Angeles arcacting as patronesses for the affair.

Society Women to Act

Celeste and Bernardo, In their love

affairs. In the end [all turns out hap-pily, the bishop of the diocese straight-ening out the various entanglements.

Much of the action of the opera takesplace in the patio of an old mission,

while in the other acts a Spanish fiestais portrayed in fascinating reality.

The chorus consists of Spanish senor-,

Itas, cowboys, Indians and monks. Thecast of characters is as follows: FatherAnselmo of the mission, Guy Framp-

ton; Wood B. Everlll, comedian, Dar-win Gretllnger; Sylvester, an up-to-date cowboy, Leßoy Hunt; .Chiqulta,

Miss Vestinel Scobey; Celeste, MissVyne Bowers; the bishop, Ernest Behr;Bernardo, Miss Chita Kraft; Martinez,

a cowboy, William Crowley; Josef aand Maria, Spanish senorltas, Elisa-beth, Woodville and Isabel Harah; Sis-ter Ksperanea, Hilda Wood.

•;,From the time that tlje game wasregularly played by the Knicker-bockers of New York until It becamea profession, change after change hasbeen made in the rules, to make thegame as perfect as possible in its ma-chinery. . The game is about fiftyyears

Of age, that is to say, before It becamenational it was played in New York

-and New England- up to 1861, but dt'l-foot reach the limits of our countryuntil 1565 and 1866. The most import-ant-changes In"the . rules after theFtructure of the game was put up was

.first eliminating a put out on the firstbound by an outfielder. Foul boundwas In vogue up to 18S3, but the most

intricate and perplexing rule of all'for years was the regulation of thepitching department. The pitcher atfirst was compelled to deliver the ball

at the batsman with the arm swingingperpendicular. Very little speed wasimparted to the ball so delivered, andin such a manner, but the great pitch-ers of that time, namely, Crelghton,Dick,Mcßrlde, AlSpaldlng, Tom Pratt,George Zeitleln and Walters, disguised

j those required movements so nicelythat they got a great deal of speed tothe ball, and that by v simple snap ofthe wrist. Those mentioned were thepremier pitchers of those days. They

jxtre men also of the highest order ofIntelligence, which added v great dealto their pitching ability.

The pitching rule was modified aboutthe years 1870 or 1871 by allowing th«pitcher to deliver the ball below theshoulder, which was termed "a sidearm swing." This amendment to thepitching rule caused no little trouble—for pitchers, when they got a chance,would deliberately throw a ball over-

hand to the batter. The penalty wasa balk— then commenced the debate onthe distinction of the height of thearm, and lo! (he poor umpire. Onepitcher would say he delivered the ballbelow ,the shoulder, but his arm raisedon him as he delivered the ball. Aftera' few years of annoyance on this verypoint, the rule makers wisely wipedthe distinct ion entirely out, by allowingthe boxman to deliver the ball aa hepleated, while within the prescribedlines of his position.': This wag (lie

\u25a0beginning of the overhead throw—

."Americans today the Inventive torch

of the world, and has been for the las!fifty years. The first seed of America'sInventive genius took root in RobertFulton's brain when 'he advocatedsteam as a motive power. ,: The next Inline was Prof. Morse'3advocacy of theuse of the telegraph wire as a trans-

mitter of ,sound. This invention wasfollowed by the sewing machine thatrelieved the weary housemaid of herburdeni' On its heels came Cyrus Mc-Cormick with hl3 farming implementsthat taught the world how to reap itsharvest In' one-tenth the time and

with a fraction of the labor of formerdays. The last and greatest of Amer-ica's Inventive thinkers la Tom Edison,

the wizard of electricity, who has elec-trified and Illuminated the world by

\u25a0his inventions— and makes his nativecountry the electric light nf the inven-tive,world. This may be a digressionfrom the theme inhand, but Iwish toshow- the originality of the AmericanIk the line of Invention

—whether it be

a pastime or a beneficiary to the com-mercial world. To return to the origincf-the game, the sons of Albion must

let up on this rounder business beingthe groundwork of our national game,

or,we will tell them that they took ournoble and democratic same of "shinny"

to England and brought it back dis-guised in a dress suit and christenedgolf. To say. rounders Is baseball wouldbp the same as claiming that a palace

\u25a0 was a hut because ithad a door, or awheelbarrow a carriage because it hada wheel. No, my dear English friends,baseball is not rounders, but It is anAmerican invention, suited to the tem-

.perament and genius of the Americanpeople. • ,

Changes in the Rules

Americans as Investors

The origin of baseball may be theevolution of townball, barnball, .two-old-cat,, or yet It may be the sugges-.tlon of the three named, says Ted. Atany rate, the game Is the product ofAmerican genius and temperament,and not an offshoot of English round-ers as our English cousins would haveus believe. Of the many limes t havebeen inEngland the subject of baseballcame up, one Englishman would say

to the other: "Why, -that -bloomingAmerican game they, call baseball Isnothing but our old game of rounders,.you know."',Ihave nothing but the

highest .'.regard for an Englishman'slove of sport— for it is inherent in a:Briton, from: the present king down,and should an Englishman have onlyhis last sixpence, and should the alter-native arise whether he should eat or

\u25a0 nee a field sport—he would undoubt-edly decide in favor of the latter. ,tmust, totally disagree, however, withrrty British couftins that their primitivea'nd'pleblan game of rounders Is themother of our national game.' Oh, no,

dear cousins; chase that idea out of3;our heads.

Of all old-timers stilt In harness TedSullivan is as good as the best, or a

trifle better, when It comes to review-ing tHe history of diamond doings ofthe hoary past. His memory goes backto the year. one of baseball, and hisstory of the origin of the game makesa good bit of fan literature for the offseason.

Nelson and Brltt both think thaithey are the best drawing cards thatBhii Francisco has ever known andfight managers have aome trouble ne-gotiating with them. Both want abonus for appearing in the ring. Younb

-Corbett entertained the' same ideaabout himself a few short months ago,but he has gotten bravely over It bynow. He will algn for a flfht withBrltt,or Nelson on almost any cornll-

Nelson Is due to fight Young Corbettthis month, and if he is returned awinner , he will sign with Brltt Im-mediately to fight a month later. Hrltt

has not said "yes" as yet,' but •closefriends say that he will not wait foriuhez White, as the latter could notbe prepared for a fight before April,and that would be too late Ifthe Ral-aton bill Is passed. \u25a0

It now seems possible that JimmyBrltt willgive BattlingNelson the onedesire of his life—a return match.There is considerable fear and trepi-dation among fighters and managersthat the Ralston bill may be passed bythe stnte legislature, in which eventthe boxing game will be killed. It isthought that thin has influenced Brlttto reconsider, his refusal.

Brltt and Nelson

The plot of the opera Is based uponthe difficulties of Bernardo, a novice,

who falls.In love with Celeste, «nEnglish girl whose father has come toCalifornia for his health. A leadingcharacter is Chlqulta, a Spanish girlwith whom ',Sylvester Is in lov«. H«rmother, however, objects. to her marry-ing a cowboy, ;and the nenorl ta aids

"ha Fiesta de Han Xavler," to lie

put on the stage of the Lowe 'operahouse February 10. Is a strong story ofAlta California, the musical scorebeing by the late Owen Foster and thelibretto by Miss Grace Bowers of SanDiego.

Students to Product Optra

Miss Florence Alma Whitman; ofthis city Is to be married on St. Valen-tine's day to Luther Kurtz Row of LosAngeles. Itis to be a quiet wedding atthe home of the bride's parents and nocards Imvp been Issued. The attend-ants are to be Mies Annie Schell Row,the little.sister of the groom, andMaster George Whltmore, brother ofthe' bride. The bride Is the seconddaughter of Mr. anil Mrs. F. F. Whlt-more of this city and has many friends.The

_groom, who Is. with the Coulter

Dry Goods company, Is the- son of Mr.and Mrs. A. M. now of Los Angeles.

""Announces Wedding

Dr. Robert O. Moody of Berkeleyarrived from New Haven, Conn., lastnight, bringing his mother, Mrs. LuciusW. Moody, M. 1.)., and bis sister, MissMary G. Moody, who will spend the

season at 4T5 Kast Walnut street.Mrs. Moody, who is the mother ofCharles A.IMoody of Out West, Rev.Francis M, Moody and Dr. RobertMoody, all well known in this city, washere two years ago for several months,going east soon after the death of herhusband, the late Lucius W. Moody,In the South Orange Grove avenuehome. A severe illness compelled thepresent trip, but it is expected thatwinters in future will be spent here.

Returns from the East

It is of general interest to the friendsof J. S. Blllhelmcr, formerly of thiscity, to know that he is to* take themanagement of the Los Angeles yardsfor the Consolidated Lumber company.When InPasadena Mr.Blllheimer helda position with the Bllnn Lumber com-pany/and since that time has organ-

ized the Lordsburg, San Dimas andClaremont lumber companies, havingbeen the manager of all three.

To Assume New Duties

The pall bearers were Rev. ,E. J. Vas-quez, assistant pastor at Az'usa; Rev.Ainlngo A. Mata, pastor at "ArvlllaStreet church at Los Angeles; SenorDellno Minguares of San Bernardino,

Senor Marclso Mendoza of Los Angeles,

Emanuelua Salazar, elder of the churchat San Gabriel, and Senor .AntonioRamirez of San Bernardino.

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After' the singing' of "Lead, KindlyLight" by the congregation, the ser-vices were over. Among the many

floral offerings sent, were three of spec-

ial meaning from the Twilight club,

the Society of Colonial Wars, of whichorganization Rev. Mr. Merwin waschaplain, and from the Sons of theRevolution.

The church choir sang a suitable se-lection, and then both Rev. Robert .T.Burdette and Rev. Malcolm J. McLeodgave touching tributes to the charac-ter and work of Rev. Mr. Merwin, who

had been a close friend to each.

It was pathetic in its appreciation ofthe loss of his people in Rev. Mr. Mer-win's death. Rev. Armlngo A. Mata,

assistant pastor in the Arvllla streetmission, Los Angeles, gave the leadingaddress, also In the same language.

From San Bernardino, Azusa, Glen-dora, Los Angeles, San Diego, SanGabriel and outlying old ranches camethe Mexicans to show their respect

for their late teacher and friend. Rev.E. J. Vasciuez, fo rseven years the as-sistant pastor under' Rev.

vMr. Mer-

wln at Azusa, opened the funeral ser-vices with a prayer in Spanish.

Two of the speakers were of theSpanish rac? and spoke In their nativetongue. The pall bearers were six ofthe deceased's most trusted helpers Inthe Spanish work of the Presbyterianchurch In Southern California.

In addition to hundreds of Pasadenafriends, there were seventy-five or moremen and women to whom the mis-sionary had been a friend and helper,and these occupied the front seats.

Pay Loving TributeAt the funeral of the late Rev.

A. Moss Werwln, held this after-noon at First Presbyterian church,

the positions of honor were given to therepresentatives from the Spanish peo-ple among whom he had worked.

PASADENA, Feb. 25.— While It wasofficially announced • last night thatthe eighth amendment had been de-feated at the election yesterday, ithas been found today that It was notnecessary, na was supposed, to have athree-fifths majority, and the last re-port Is that the amusement amend-ment has been adopted by a majorityof eighty-eight votes. This amendmentprovlded__for the expenditure by thecity council of a sum not exceeding$2500 for the good of the city, and waspopularly supposed to cover the cost ofband concerts if desired, to furnishaid for the annual tournament, or tobe used as a means of otherwise help-

ing the general advancement of thecity.

Pasadena At»ney.114 EMt Colorado Btr««t

Pn*ent Your Fbo«o«r»»a Coupon* Be/ox*> rfbruaiy TAllreaders of the Los Angeles Her-

ald holding photograph coupons *r«requested to prevent th«m *t Mar*ceau's Studio, 227 South Spring street,before February 7, as the coupons willbe invalid after that date.

IfHenry Harris U successful inhieeffort to land Nealon for nist base, litmay frame up a trad*, with a certain

Hall itisn says that he is negotiatingwith Pitcher Dan McFarlan of thedefunct Uolsa club. It he comes toterms with him h« cays his team willbe complete. McFarlan played a fewgames with Portland in1903. Portlandsecured htm from tho Eastern league.

President Bert has been notified byRuss Hall that he has signed 'RalphFrary for next Beason. Frary willprob-ably be one of Seattle's catchers andmay be used at first base In caseJames, the young amateur, does notfulfill expectations. Frary is quite ahitter, but onlyan ordinary fielder, \u25a0'

Wlggs' stunts were ludicrous in theextreme. His efforts to annex thohoreehide were mure amusing thanthe antics of v trained clown, He felldown, slipped, threw wild and finally

wound up the seance by spiking him-self In the liiiml whtlo trying to pickup a dumper. Mr. Wigga was given anopportunity to think it over, and hasapparently been cogitating deeply uponthe whims of fortune ever since In theretirement and seclusion of v privatelife. :>;!/•• •

The deadly parallel is drawn in con-nection wtlh the experience of theCincinnati club with a big, ungainlytwirler by the name of Wlggs during

the summer of 1903. Wlggs was agiant and his appearance and spring

training was promising' to an extreme.Inhis warming up stunts he displayedcannon ball speed, fine control and agreat- assortment of twisters. ButWlggs had a weakness that was Blowin manifesting itself to the apprecia-tive management. He could not get outof his tracks when once assuming thu

pitching position, though this was notdiscovered until the season was severalweeks old. But one fatal day Wlggs

was put up against Selee's diamondartists from the Windy City. It re-quired tho opposition about live min-utes to locate the weakness of Wlge"and they began to bunt. Without hit-ting the ball out of the diamond theyrolled up seven runs in the first Inning.

After examining the' official averagesof the Pacific Coast league, easternfans have concluded that Ovie Overall,

the giant twirler who passed up thetwisters for .the Tacoma club last sea-son, will encounter considerable dif-ficulty In making good in fast com-pany. Overall has the poorest field-ing record of any coast league. twirlerfor last season, and if he fails in thisdepartment of the game in the bigleague it will not be long before hedecides to return to his native heath.Like most bigmen. Overall's efforts toconnect with torrid bingles that cutabout the box are productive of sym-pathetic comments upon the part of theonlooker who is new to the game, andto the hardened fan observations of anentirely different import and ungener-ous witticisms directed at the kittenishand ineffective caperings of the formercollegian.'

in BigLeague BallPredict That He Will Not Make Good

EASTERN FANSDUBIOUS OF OVERALL

LOS ANGELES*

HERALD: MONDAY MORtfING, FEBRUARY 6, 1905.

PASADENA VOTESFOR AMUSEMENT

TED SULLIVANON BASEBALL'STORY OF BEGINNING OF NA-

TIONAL GAMEEIGHTH AMENDMENT NOW RE*

PORTED SAFE

Purely an American Sport and Did,Not Spring from English Round*

era— Discovery of Curve. .Ball ', \u25a0. \u25a0

Spanish Mourners from Surrounding

Districts Assemble In Force to

Attend Funeral of Be.

loved Pastor

"Dick" Boettlger, who was given hisfirst professional lessons by Pete Loh-man, and who caught for Seattle twoytars ago, will serve as utilitycatcherfor Portland. He Is now on the Berke-ley police force, but will resign whenItIs time to begin training.

Death claimed a number of wellknown baseball players during lastyear. The most prominent of the old-timers were "Bobby" Cargo, "Fred"Carroll, John Clapp, "Shorty" Puller,"Jimmy" Knowles, "Chip" McCarr and"Mike" Slattery.

first baseman. whose name he willnotmention now. .He Is thinking of ex-changing Gorton, Anderson and Barberfor iiplayer whose reputation Is wellknown to the fans. As his team nowstands, he has no use for Oorton andAnderson, nnd he 'can afford to partwith one of!his pitchers.* Harris wantsa good man for first to found his teamup, and no one realises this morekeenly than he does. ItIs hoped thatthe right noft of player Is engaged tofillthe only vacancy which now exists.

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Wonderful Opportunity for Inves-tors Both Large and Small.

The Carlsbad Consolidated Oil Co., composed of ,some of the foremost business men of Los An-geles, own by right of deed over seven thousandacres In the heart of that wonderful corner of ,

v New Mexico known as the Carlsbad Oil District. .The location of the holdings of the Carlsbad Con-solidated Oil Co. In endowed with every essentlflelement that points to the production of high-grade paraffine base oil on a large and magnifl-

Tltusvllle, OH City and Beaumont are matters ofhistory. Men made millions In a day. When thedevelopment In the Carlsbad field gets fairlyunder way you: will see the same thing repeateda hundred fold.

There is a tide in the affairs of men which. If,taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Now Isthe time to invest In the wonderful Carlsbad dls-

The leading stockholders and officers of theCarlsbad Consolidated Oil Co. are men of reputeAnd standing In this community. The company Is

.' not a small one nor a- cheap one. ItIs a gigantic \business enterprise, organized, put In motion and,,to be kept In motion by the best business brainsin Southern California. These men have their ownInterests and their own names to protect. Theywould not put a proposition before the public i

unless they were amply satisfied as to the meritsof the Investment, figuring on a most conservativebasis.

By order of the Board of Directors It has been '

decided to offer a limited amount of stock forsale at

25CeritsPer share. As the company, with Its enormousholding of over seven thousand acres, Is capital-ized for only three million dollars, it will readilybe seen that this low price affords ample oppor- ;

tunlty for enormous profits. It is the intentionof the company to not only produce oil on a large .sea)e, but to lease portions of the land to minor

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companies In tracts of twenty acres and upward.The profits from these leases alone will be enoughto Insure dividends that will place the stock atpar within a very short time after the leases goInto effect. .Remember the Carlsbad Consolidated Oil Co. Is a \u25a0

company that has the choicest territory in the'

. i .Carlsbad Held. Remember the Caj-lsbad Consoll- . ,.', dated Oil Co. is a ,company backed by men- of . . -

standing. Remember . the Carlsbad ConsolidatedOil Co. is a company whose holdings are largeenough to guarantee operations on a scale that

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will produce quick and highly profitable results.

We honestly believe that it can be conclusivelyproven that the Carlsbad Consolidated Oil Co.'s ,shares at 25 cents each are not only a magnificentinvestment, but it Is the best oil proposition everput before the public of Southern California. Wehonestly believe that It. will pave the path toprosperity with bright and shining dollars for •every man who makes a small or large invest- \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0

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Office,Rooms 904-905 Braly Bldg.Office apen every night this week until nine o'clock.

\u25a0 OFFICERSDR. H. BEHT ELLIS, Pres.

JOHN KOSTBR. Vlce-Pres.' ' 'WARREN GILLBLEN, Treas. V

JOHN J. LONERGAN. Sect. : .LUTHER G. BROWN. Atty.

'>; . J. M.KELLERMAN. Gen. Mgr.

B.A.NYMETER, Chief Engrr.

DIRECTORSJAMES McLACHLAN,

JOHN J. LONERGAN, .J. M.KELLERMAN, »

J. F. BAXTER. .JOHN KOSTEn.

WARREN GILLELEN,,-DR. H. BERT ELLIS. ,•