THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
fpf 35 second class mail matter, under the Act of ^farcb 3, 1879.
‘ WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.-.—.-.Editor and Manager
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
Single Copies.....—.
By the Month, by Carrier or Mail
Six Months, if paid in Advance
One Tear, if paid in advance
ADVERTISING RATES
Transient Display Advertising, per inch, per issue--1 .50
Minimum Charge --- LOO
Reading Notices, per line, per issue.-.--- -25
Legal Advertising, per line, per issue-- .20
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-pubii- j
cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper and also all the local news published herein.
..Two
Bits
1 2.00
9.00
15.00
BASEBALL.
Whh the commencement of the
World's series, baseball takes a para
mount place in the thoughts of
many persons. The word "baseball
as a designation for the national
pastime came into existence in the j
thirties of the last century, accord-:
ing to historians, and is the evolu- j
tion of the name "roundball,” which »
later became “townball," because
the game was played at town meet
ings.
There are two schools of thoughtj
on the origin of the game of base
ball. Some claim that the game is
the evolution of the old English
game of "rounders," while others;
claim in their writings that the sport
is of strictly American origin. Writ-:
ers of the first group say the game j
of "rounders” can be traced to the j
Netherlands, and in turn to Egypt, >
even going so far as to suggest that |
the Sphynx "may have been the first
umpire.”
Those who favor the idea that the
game originated with Americans, by j
Americans, and for Americans are t
in the majority, however, and to j
Alexander J. Cartwright, a New!
York man, the credit for originating!
the game as now played is given by ■
manv writers.
i
In 1842, it is written, Cartwright'
broke in on a game of “one-old-cat" ;
which a gang of New York boys i
were playing on the Murray Hill
grounds, and with a stick scratched .
a diamond in the dust, telling the
boys this was the game they should
play, and suggesting a player for
each base, three “scouts” in the
outfield, a pitcher, and a catcher. ,
In the early days, when the game
resembled cricket and any ball hit
j
by the batter was “fair,” the catch
er had a scout to assist him.
The game as suggested by Cart
wright took form quickly and on
September 23, 1845, the Knicker
bocker club of New York was'
formed, having the honor of being
the first baseball club, according to
historical writers of the game. The
first contest of the new game was
played between the Knickerbocker
club and another New York team
on the Elysian fields, Hoboken, N. J.
The New York team won, '23 to 1.
The first tabulated score ever kept
of the game, histories record, was
that printed by the New York Clip
per, July 16, 1853. The contest
was played on July 5 of that year
between the Knickerbocker and
Gotham teams.
In the early days runs were called
“aces” and a team had to make 21
to have enough to win. Rule one of
the early set of rules, copies of
which have been preserved, says that
all players “must be punctual and
observe the time for the commence
ment of the game.” This precau
tion was necessary because in those
days no bases on balls were possible
and it was not uncommon for the
pitcher to throw for half an hour j
before the batter decided to strike.;
Very few changes in the basic j
principles of the game as set forth
in the original 20 rules, made in'
1845, have been made. In rule two!
of the original set it is provided
that “before the commencement of
the game the president shall appoint
an umpire, who shall keep the game J
! in a book arid note ail the violations
! of the rules,” and rule seventeen
j states that there shall be no appeal
'from the umpire’s decision in case
jof a dispute. In 1848 a rule mak
j ing it necessary for a player to be
; "touched out” was added to the
j original code, and at this time slid
ing to the bases made its appear
jance. Other changes were made
| from time to time, making the prin
jciples of the game the same as they
; stand today.
; Beginning with the Knlckerbock-i
er and Gotham clubs, other organ- 1
|. |
I izations sprang into being and a
pioneer convention of baseball clubs }
was held in May, 1857. The next
year 25 clubs sent delegates to New ■
York and "The National Associa-'
tion of Baseball Plavers” was
formed. i
( In the late fifties, the game spread j
to Boston; Portland, Maine, took un
the pastime in 1858, and Buffalo'
and Rochester followed. Chicago;
started the game in 1856, and two !
years later was plaving match games :
.
with Milwaukee.
When the game spread to San
Francisco in 1859 it developed into!
a wild sport. Professional gamblers,
who infested the Pacific coast town
in the early days, bet heavily on
the games, according to historical
accounts, and the "spectators" were j
in the habit of shooting off re- i
voivers when a fielder was about to
catch the ball.
Records show that New Orleans
became interested in baseball in
1860; then the Civil war put a stop
to the sport temporarily, but the
soldiers in the camps played, and
. writers say the war had a great
deal to do with the spread of the
sport over the entire country.
In 1867, the Savannah team, ac
companied by a band and rooters,
.went to Charleston to play for the
championship of the South, it is
chronicled.
Harvard university combined with
the town boys in 1865 and organ
ized the first college baseball team.
Later Tufts and Yale followed. In
1864 and ’65 the “Atlantics" of
Brooklyn won all their games and
held undisputed title until 1866,
when the Philadelphia Athletics
stepped in and handed the champi
ons a defeat. The two teams played
before a crowd estimated at 30,000
on October 1, 1866, and the Ath
letics won, 31 to 12.
It was considered a disgrace to
take money for playing in the early
days, but in 1866 three members of
the Brooklyn team were given $10
a week for playing. This, according
to historians, was the turning point
in the game toward professional
ism. The first professional team is
credited to Rockford, 111., where Al
G. Spalding organized the “Forest
City’s” team. To Harry Wright,
w'ho went to Cincinnati in 1867
from the Washington Nationals,
writers give the credit for import
ing non-resident players for his
team.
By 1874, professional, amateur,
and semi-professional clubs had
sprung up all over the country and
baseball truly became the national
sport. In 1875 the “Association of
Baseball Players” expelled the Chi
cago club for refusing to play a
return game, and thereupon, his
tones say, Spalding and McVey and
some other Boston players jumped
to Chicago. The Spalding revolu
tion is given as the reason for the
formation of the National league in
1876.
The neij-ly-formed National League
had for rivals the International As
sociation in 1877, the American As
sociation, Union Association, and in
,1900 the American League, which
stands today as the only rival.
HEROIC BELGIAN
! PRELATE VISITS
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK.—Belgium's beloved
spiritual prince, guardian of the
welfare of 2,500,000 Roman Catho
lics in the little kingdom whose first
fierce resistance stayed the German
avalanche. Cardinal Desideratus
Mercier, who is now in this city,
was born on November 22, 1851,
in Braine d’Alleud. a village only a
few miles from the famous battle
field of Waterloo.
Typical of the heroism of King
Albert’s countrymen, this physically
frail but intellectually powerful pre
late of the church stirred the whole ,
world to admiration of his courage
when, on the first war Christmas, in
1914, with Germans everywhere in i
Belgium, ne issued his famous pas- j
toral letter, denouncing the invader
and urging his people to resist in
these words:
“Germany has violated her oath.
We can neither number our dead
nor compute the measure of our
ruins. Occupied provinces are not
conquered provinces. The authority i
of the invader is no lawful au
thority. Therefore, in soul and in '
conscience, you owe it neither re
spect, attachment, nor obedience.” :
i
Later, in protesting against the
deportation of the Belgians for
forced labor, he threatened Germany
with “the reprobation of the civil
ized w’orld, the judgment of history,
and the chastisement of God.”
Fifteen thousand copies of the
cardinal’s letter were seized* and de
stroyed, the printer was arrested
and fined, and the brave priest was
kept a prisoner in his palace by
order of General von Bissing “until
a retraction of the pastoral had
been signed.” The cardinal not
only refused to retract his state
ments, but became even more de
fiant.
He was given his liberty, finally,
and continued to use his voice and
pen against the “mailed fist” in
crystalizing world opinion against
the Central Powders. AH during the
war. however, he was subjected to
petty persecutions and his secretary
and other aides were thrown into
jail. He w*ent through the bombard
ments of Antwerp and Malines and
braved the perils of the common
soldier.
Cardinal Mercier was created and
proclaimed a member of the Sacred
College on April 15, 1907. Before
that he was a professor in the Uni
versity of Louvain, which was re
ipeatedly pillaged and desecrated in
the war. The prelate’s distinguish
ed service for Belgium throughout
, the war has been told in frequent
news dispatchess. Less is publicly
j known of his early record as a
■churchman.
The cardinal studied at St. Rom
bout's colelge, Malines, and the dio
cesan seminary in the same place.
!He was ordained to the priesthood
April 4, 1874, entered the seminary
at Malines in 1877 as a professor
of philosophy, after taking a course
in theology at the University of
Louvain, and five years later was
called to the university as professor
or Thomistic or liberal philosophy.,
In 1886 Pope Leo XIII appointed
him a domestic prelate, with the
title of Monsignor.
He comes of a distinguished re- j
ligious family, other members of
which have won honors in the j
church. One uncle, the Rt. Rev.
WANT ADS
! FOR SALE
At Wholesale Cost
| ' HORSE HARNESS
HORSE BLANKETS
HORSE COLLAR PADS
VEEDOL MOTOR OIL
MONOGRAM MOTOR OIL
CANVAS—ALL WIDTHS
GOVERNMENT COTS
SIMSON’S
jFOR SALE—Lady’s pony fur coat
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Mc
Donald.
FOR SALE—Famished house, four
rotms, with summer kitchen, at
tic, large basement and winter
cellar for vegetables. H&ated by
furnace. Winter supply of veg
etables Full comer lot. One of
the most desirable parts of town.
Inquire at News office.
FOR SALE
ROCKING CHAIRS
DINING ROOM CHAIRS
PIANOS
ORIENTAL RUGS
FUR ROBES
MUSIC ROLLS
SIMSON’S
BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver-:
tisement.
FOR RENT
Brand New Kohler & Campbell Pi
ano, per month, $10, a' will sell it
on the Instalment Plan at $25 per
month.—SIMSON’S.
FOR SALE — Showcase, 5*2 feer
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
Adrian Croquet, bora in 1818. was j
a pioneer missionary among the In- :
dians for 38 years in the Canadian
Northwest. He died in Belgium in
1902, and it is the cardinal’s wish i
to visit the scene of his uncle’s
labors.
Cardinal Mercier's visit to the
United States is largely the result
of importunities from all sections of
the country. He will first pay his
respects to Cardinal Gibbons at Bal
timore, after which he will visit a
number of cities, including Phila
delphia. Pittsburg, Scranton, Albany.
Boston, Providence, Hartford. De
troit, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and
Chicago.
It •> I I* * K I, # », V l> R P K I K r, V
* «R
* MARINE BULLETIN *
•t •!
It RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR *
Davis, Kelly, Sibilla, and Relief,
at Gibbon.
Tanana, down Chena, 11 p. m..
1st.
Alaska, down Xenana, 5:30 p. m.. j
1st.
Reliance, at Chena.
Carl White, up Tolovana for Fair-1
banks, 11:30 p. m., 1st.
!
Benchley, dow-n Melozi, 9:30 a. m.
Washburn, up Koyukuk, 11:30 p.
m., 1st.
Louise, at St. Michael.
Seattle X'o. 3, up Rampart, 5 p. ;
m., 29th, last report.
Yukon, at Circle, 5 p. m.. 1st.
Jacobs, down Stewart, 10 a. m.,
1st.
Dawson, down Labarge, 9 a. m..
r.s. McDonald i
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
JUST UNPACKED
NEW STOCK
Raincoats and Slickers
FOWLER & MORRIS
GENERAL MERCHANTS
i
«aaooooot%ssssaoooaoes»gogwg^^
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
BLANKFIELD EXPRESS
Clean Dry Wood for Sale
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL
Hauling of All Kind*
RESIDENCE PHONE
1st.
Selkirk, down Yukon Crossing, 7
a. m.. 1st.
Casca. up Stewart river.
Territorial Commissioner of Edu
cation L. D. Henderson was at Fox
today, visiting the school at that
place. He plans to visit Chatanika
also before leaving for the coast.
Ed Odegard and Herman Bloom
are among the arrivals in Nenana
from the Chatanika district.
DR. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second t*d Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,,
Secretary Dictator. ‘
Department of tbe Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commiiaion
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office it
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foat of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 a. m.
On and after july loth the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 8 a. m., until further
notice.
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
SOUTHERN HOTEL
BUILDING
*
SHIP TO
GEO. R. GOSHAW, Inc.
ALASKAN DEALER. IN
RAW FURS
SEATTLE NEW YORK
AU.k. Building 137 W. 17th ItrMt
We do business direct with you and solicit your RAW FURS.
[ Your shipments are handled by expert gTaders and New York
Market Prices are paid on correct grading the day received If
desired, your shipments will be kept separate in order that our \
prices may be approved by you. Providing that our valuation
does not prove satisfactory, the Furs will be returned to you,
transportation charges prepaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or
Express. Ship in dry condition. Always enclose an itemized j j
list of contents with name and address. Also place duplicate
; list on the outside of package or bale. All payments are made
■ by check on the Seattle National Bank, or in any other manner ‘1
desired. Special instructions, if any, must accompany shipment.
SHIP NOW
> .. I i