Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 26, 1910, Page 3

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A. : : Louble and The Third company. coast artillery, team, armory champions at the indoor ‘baseball game, ran up against some real baseball falent at the armory on Friday evening, when they met a team from the Central Athletic club ‘and omerged from the scrap\badly ripped 2nd frayed around the edges. The score was 4 Oto 12 In favor Of the C. A. C. team in nife innings which were play- ed in the fast time of 1 hour and & minutes. Three umpires officiated with satis- faction to both ides, Sergeant Brews- | ter, Lieutenant Coleman and Lieuten- ant Nichols. Besides the heavy baf- ting and the gymnastic turns perform- ed on ‘the slippery floor, the feature work was two double plays and triple pulled off by the winners. The dou- bles were Riordan to J. Sullivan and Siattery to J. Sullivan. Slatery to Brennan to Fud Sullivan was the way the triple went. The lineups: C. A. C—Houlihan ¢, Slattery p, J. Sullivan 1ib, F. Sullivan 2b, Brennin 3b, Driscoll ss, Simcox ss, T. Riley rf, Riordan If. Third Co—L. Ortman e, E. Bussey p, H. Malmer 1b McMonnies 2b, Ortman 3b, Mason ss, F. Smith ss, W. Denison 1f, H. Burdick rf. Score by innings: A 149426686240 Third Co. .. 0002130812 Scorer, L, E. Broduer, Tinte, 1 hour S minutes, DUNN FAVORS ROCKVILLE AND MANCHESTER. These Towns to Complete the Circuit Are His Chol Mayor Dunn, president of the new Connecticut Baseball association, is as enthusiastic as ever over the prospects for a successful season. He has not heard from Secretary Fisher of the league as to when the next meeting, which Is to be in Middletown, will be held. As for the two.towns to com- plete the league, to make a six-club circult, the mayor favors Manchester and _Rockville. He oconsiders Bristol too far away, requiring too long trips for New London and Norwich.—New London Day. DUCKPIN BOWLING: Jule Harris Puts Up 1+4—Murphy Not Yet in His Stride at Bridgeport. Going across with Manager Stone at the Rose alleys on Friday evening, Jule Harris got his port side curve working nice, smashing the pins for a BROWN & PELKINS, litomeyc-at-law Shetucket St Bank ana_sat- r First Nat Bank, Entrance Stalrway next to Thames 3 Open Monday o Tel. 3 wrday eveni: oct28a " Lominick & Cominick Members of the New York Stock Eychange. Bonds and High Grade Securities Orders executed in Stocks and Bonds, Grain and Cotton. 67 BROADWAY Telephone 901 FRANK O. MOSES, Mgn Chapman Norwich Building Branch febea IN BLACK AND WHITE grand single of 144. This fitted in with two other £00d strings, the whole mak: ing a total of 366, which with Stone's 296, put this team in the- qualifying round of the handicap team tourney with a score of 662, The following. \\'el:_lthe boxes of-the high string by Ha | == s -3 s 8 — _ 28 46 54 71 79 $3 99 107 127 144 “p to then high daily single and the prize belorged to Maisack with a score of 122, but Harris took it away. Down at Eridgeport, Thursday night, the state league team of that city took on Allie Murphy to replace & man NDD _C. Defeats the Armsry Champions, 40 to 12— iriple vlays—Jule . arris Hig: at Ducipins—Battler Talks of Another Go With ‘who went bad in the first string. ' Al- lie also was out of form. as he got only 86 each in the two strings he rolled. - Against him was his rival, Tel- ler, on the Waterbury team, and this time thesWaterbury man had a shade on_Allle, getting 98 and' 92. ‘The match me on tonight at the Rose alleys is tween the two Bulle- tin teams, the newspaper five vs, the Jjob room. "Captain Neibert will have Burdick, Wilson, Trankla and Amburn in the job room- lineup, while Captain Suillvan will probably select Curran. Frew, Looby .and -Greenman to roll with him for the newspaper crowd. Bet on Jeffries-Johnson. Sporting Editor, Bulletin: There is a man in Plainfield who will bet $400 azainst $600 on Johnson; the sth of July, 1910. The stakeholder will be 'the’ Sporting Editor of The Norwich Bulletin. ‘Address all mail to Box 6, Plainfield; Conn. PACIFIC COAST PAIR INDOOR TENNIS CHAMPIONS. Gardner and Touchard Win in Five : Hard Sets. New York, Feb. 25.—The Pacific coast pair, Carl K. Gardner and G. F. Touch- ard,’ today won the indoor national championship in the lawn _tennis doubles on the courts of the Seventh Regiment armory here. - They defeated ‘W. B.-Cragin, Jr., and M. S. Charlock of the Elizabethtown and Country club in five strenuous sets. Tomorrow R. A._Holden, Jr., the Yale captain, will meet Touchard in the final for the sin- gles champlonship. Change in Schedule. Cincinnati, Feb. 25.—The' Cincinnati and Pittsburg National league baseball clubs will close their 1910 season on Oct. 9, the same date on which the Ameriéan league plays its final game, according to an agreement made today at a conference between August Herr- mann, president of the Cincinnat! club, and Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburg team. According to this arrangement the gathes schedule@ at Pittsburg for Oct. 13 and 15 will be played on June 29 and July 1 and the games scheduled at Cincinnati for Oct. 12 will be played Sept. 2. Chicago Americans Off for California. Chicago, Feb. 25.—The Chicago American league baseball team tonight left for their spring training trip in ‘California on the White Sox Special train. President B. B. Johnson of the American league and his secretary, Rowvert McRoy, will be the guests of President Comiskey on the tour. Over 3,500 Bowlers at Detroit. Detroit, Feb. 25.—The American bowling congress begins its tenth an- nual international tournament here to- ‘morrow night. The rolling will be started on the fourteen alleys by fourteen officials of the local management of the tourna- ment and of the bowling congress. Five-men teams of the city of Detroit FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. STOCK MARKET IN A RUT. Period of Dullness Predicted—Attempt to Lift Prices Fai .1!. New York, Feb. 25—The lift t prices which was given in yesterday's stock market proved a disappointment in its after effects today. The move- ment flatiened out after futlle at- tempts to extend it by the profession- al board room traders. The latter part of the day was about as dull as the early part of vesterday. The large Individual transactions in one or two stocks revealed the profes- sional origin of the attempted move- ment. Some of the “news” on which the rise was baded proved so unsatis- factory to the professional _buyers that they hastily resold their takings. In other jinstances the news had no proof and lost its influence. Brook- vn Transit sold off when it was an- nounced that an award In its favor bad been made In a lawsuit involving we tell you of the high-grade work Kinds of zarments. We make old clothes look like new. freshening up their colors and putting them in per- fect shape again. Should it be neces- sary to change their color we can dye them to your order. We take the mreatest care of all garments intrust- ed to us and charge reasonably. Lang’s Dye Works, Selephone. 157 Franklin St. WM. F. BAILEY (Successor te A. T. Gerdner) Hack, Livery nd Boarding Stable 12-14 Bath Street. ‘HORSE CLIPPING A SPECIALTY. Telephone 822 apr2sa The Norwich Hicke! & Brass G, Tableware, Chandellers, Yacht Trimmings ‘and such things Pefinishad. £9 to &7 Chestnut St. Norwici. Conn. HECKER’S Prepared Buckwheat and Pancake Fiour at CARDWELL’S. a claim for upwards of three million dallars. The southern railroad stocks also fell back sharply, owing to lack e do in Cleaning and Dyeing of all | or vonfirmacion of yeaterday's of a fianclal plan which would carry valuable rights to stookholders. it was rather obvious, also, that efforts vere making to realize profits on pre- vious advances under cover of the new points of strength in the market. The conviction was confirmed by these de- velopments that the stock market was falling into a rut and was destined to a period of dullness and neglect pend- ing the defining of mew forces in the outlook. Answers were returned by various southern railroads to demands for increase of wages, thus further making up the {ssue to be decided be- tween the rallroads and their em- ployes. The pendency of this settle- ment is not helpful to the advocates of higher prices. The condition of the winter planted erop comes into in- creasing Importance as the time ap- proaches for the breakup of the win- ter. Conflicting reports today of the amount of damage done in the south- west by the severe weather were an influence both In the stock and wheat markets. The report of earningh for January presented by the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe offered an object lesson Of the cost of storm blockades to the railroads. The operating cost for the system was run up $1,524.465 over that of January last year, thus converting a gain in gross earnings of over half a million dollars into a net decrease of a milllon. “A significant de- velopment is the heavy retirement of note_circulation which the banks have entered upon. Deposits of lawful money for thit purpose with'the sub- treasury are largely responsible for the week’s large gain by that insti- tution, which reached $6,138,000. Dur- ing January, current redemption of Dank notes by the treasury was the largest on record. The prospect of new government bond issues for Panama canal con- struction, will give the situfition an added interes Bonds were firm. Total sales, par value, $2,843.000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. . STOCKS. “Anlis Chaimers B .. Copper. Sales. 20 1 £+ 111111 H IR 3 PRERRFRELS l:|sgs!!s:€§§§§| | /| November. 12.30, Dece: Tuel & Tron.... 2400 Colorado & Southern 9% cas Jeff is really a freak, classified far 154 4 1y 100 Tnter Marine pra Interational Puped —— Internationa: Pump —— Iowa Central 39 Kansas ity Souii 3000 Loustiie & Nashitio 112 | cleverness, we must give it to 12000 Penusytvania . $138 Bwpie's Gas . 200 Pressed. Stecl Car. —— Pullman Palsco ety 1300 United States Rubber el 113 02% 00 Laclede Gas oo Total ‘sales, 558,300 shares. Mone~ on call 2 3-4@3 per cent.; ruling rate ; last loan 2 3-4; closing bid 2 7-8; offered at 3. Time loans firm and more active; sixty days 3 1-2 per cent., and ninety days 3 5-8; six months 3 3-1@4. COTTON. New York, Feb. 25.—Cotton futures closed steady. Closinz bids: Febru- ary 14.28 March 14.28, April 14,27, May 1434 June 14.09, Jul- 14.09, August 12.60, Beptember 12.79, October 12.43, er.12.30. Cotton svot ‘closed qulet, 5 points er: middling uplans 14.45; mid- gulf 1470; no sales. GHICAGOD GRAIN MARKET. Close 114 1138 073 0336 65 11510 v 36 % 338 “ 31e pige R BASEBALL| t which takes place on the 71% | back. | York the big fellow was as hard as | jin Johnson's place in those pink tea t the national commission last mi&,!‘l n’i Sepe, 1, 28 > - DULE FOR 1910 At Cincinnati| At Chicago | At St. Louis 20 April 22, 33, 25, 26| May 17, 18, 19, 20| May 21, 32, 23, 24,|May 13, 14, 15, 16 | May 8, 10, 11, 12 Sine 55 35" May 2 27 May 25 Juty 21, 22 33, 24| July 9, 30, 11, 12 [June 23, 24 ly 18, 19, 20 July 13, 34, 15, 16/ Aug. 2Z, 23, 2¢ July D, 16, 11, 12 13, 15 Bept. 5, 5 Aug. 19, 20 Aug. 20, 30/ Aug, 35, 37, 78 pril 23, 27, 2! 4 June 30 23, 25, 26| April 14, 15, 16 July 5,6, 7, 7 Sept. 6, 7, 8,9 Aug. May 9, 10, 11, 12| July 8 21,2228 26, 27 May 13, 14, 15, 16|May 17, 13, 19, 20 | May 21, 32, 29, July 9, 10, 11, 12{July 17, 18, 19, 20 | May 26 Aug. 23, 23, 24 Aug, 19, 20, 21 July 13, 14, 15, Aug. 29, 30 New York April 14) 15, 16 July 5, 6, 7, 7 Sept. 30 J|oct. 1’3, 4 April 27, 25, 29, - 28, 30, 30, Pt 1’2, 3 May 21, July 13, Aug. 29, 23,'24, 25 14,35, 16 30, 31 May 13, July 21 Avg. 27, May 17, 18, 19, July 17, 18, 1 Aug. 19, 20, 2 May 9, 10, 18, 19, 2 . |May 2.3, 4 May 13, 14, 16 May 1 w June 30 Juiy 8, 11,12 July 21, 2 Jily 17, 18, 19, July 1, 2, 4, 4 26 Aug. 25, 27, Aug. 19, 20, 21 Oct. 6, 7, § - June 6, 7, 8, 9 June 15, 16, 17, 15/June 10, 11, April 18, 19, 20 | April 24, 2 April 14, 15, 16, 17 Pittsburg Aug. 6, 8,'9,'10 Aug. 15, 16, 17 [Auz. 2, 3, 4, June 26, July 3, 31\ May 1, 7, 8. 2 June 20, 21 Sept. 17, 19, 20 Sept. 14, 15, 16, 21|Sept. 22,723, Sept, 1, 8, 4 Sept, Oct, 2, 3, 4, June Aug. Cincinnati 34, Sept. 23, 23, Oct. 9, 12 1 Sept. 26, ~ 11, 12, 13 37, 38, 20) April 25, 29 Ay 30.30.31 30 30 May 4 ane 23, aly 4, 4, CLASS June Aug. | June 15, 16,17, 18/June 10, 1.2 3 4 Aug. 15, 18, 17 Aug. 2, 11, 12, 13 Sept. 26, 27, 28, 29|Sept. 17, 19,20, 21/Sept. 22, 23, 24 Oct. 8 Apr. 30, M'y 3, 4, 5 11,18, 14|June 6, 7, 8, 9. 3 45 [Aug. 6, 8, 9, 10 June 24, 25 [Sept. 14, 15, 16 July 4, 4, 5, 6 June Tun Tuly April 14, 15, 16, 17 June 19 Sept. 5, 5 Oct. 1,2, 3, 4 June Aug. Sept. 14, 15, 16 Juss 15, 16, 17, 1i{June 10; 30 13, 1Jume 4 7, 5.9 5 24 | Aug: 6, 18 3 Sept. 17, 15, 16, 17 3 Sep. 42, 23, June 1. 2. 7, 4 [Aug, 11, 12, 13 Sevt. 26, 27, 28, April 21 June 27, 2 , 9, 10 19,720 22, 23 Sept. 5,5, 6, 7 Sept, 30, Oct. 1 April 24, 25, 26, 30, May 1, 36, 28, 29 Sept, 10, 11 Oct. '8 May 30,30 June, 26, Sept. 3, 4 Oct. 7, 9, 10, 12,15 NEWS Ho idays— Bunker Hill Day At Home|indevendence D Memorial Day Labor Day jindependence Day Memorial Day Labor Day Memorial Day ndependence Day Labor Day Labor Day rorlal Day Independence Da Mem will take the alleys Saturday night and Sunday. More than 3,500 bowlers will partici- pate in the tournament before it closes March 15. Nelson Full of Confidence. Ogden, Utah, Feb. 25.—“After my fight with Cyclone Johnny Thompson in San Francisco in April, I will be ready for a return Sght with Ad Wol- gast. I will make a side bet of 35,000 on the resuit, and I will bet $5,000 that he cannot stop me in twenty rounds,” said Battling Nelson today on the way to Chicago. McGrath Wins at Po Before a large crowa in New London Thursday night Michael McGrath of Mystic, amateur champion pool player of the state, defeated Egdie Raymond of New London in the .second match of a series of three. The score was 100 to 85. McGrath also won the first match, 100 to 77. Cincinnati Lets Go of Torrey. Cincinnatl, Feb. 25—Bill Torréy, outfielder, was unconditionally released to New York today\by President Herr- mann of the Cincinnati club, Torrey was awarded to the €incinnati club by ‘year. ’ Basketball Team Busted. That basketball team of Boston col- lege girls which played at Jewett City last Monday night seems to have gone to smash. A Hartford paper contains an adv. for five new ginls. All Clear for Langford-Barry. San Francisco, Feb. 25.—Louis Blot said today that he had a fight permit | and that Sam Langford and Jin Barry Wwould meet in San Francisco on March 1. CAN'T SEE JOHNSON. Big Black Looks to Kid McCoy Like a Soft Thing for Jeffries. “If Jim Jeftries were @& matura human-like fighter Jack Johnson would have a chance.” says Kid McCoy. “But above the average pugilist, tae dig black pugilist can only hope to collert secopd money when he stacks up agalnst the retired champfon. Don't let that bunk. ‘he éan’t come back, faze you. Dom’t worry over the loud songs about Johnson’s cleverness and don’t let them dazzle you. These two phrases should be handled roughly and thrown into the discard, w)l:r thay belong. I have been in’ the fizuting game for many years and known 4 I tle something of condition. I dom't hesitate to say that Jeffries is now The last time he was in New nails, and had his old reliable wallop with him. About Johmson's reputed him. He is a pretty shifty negro. That lets him out. The terrible ‘haymaker’ that a champlion should _have. however, is missipg in Johnson. And he expects to beat Jeft? A pretty good Joe Mill- er. In fact, I will use it in my vaude- ville sketch. “Did Johnson ever whip a real good fighter? 1If so, it Is not mentioned in the record book. He claimed the world’s championship when he beat Tommy Burns in Australla. Another good joke. A look at the pictures of the great (?) batde will show you a game little fellow making ineffectuas jumps and lunges at a big black man. Johnflgr;“d’d no; {bt‘lbfnsnl. Burns causes s own defe: simply tack- ling Johnson at hle%wn game. Then Johnson came home, went out to the coust avd licked Ketchel, a middic- weight champion, but in_my op'nion an inexperienced fightre. What I mean by ‘inexperfenced’ is this: In all' ef Ketchel's battles ail he did was to take a lot of punishment in order tu get a good wallop, Ketchel managei to beat a lot by this method, but you must admit It is crude work. No fighting of this order will gain a man the world’s title. These two connts are the basis on which Johnson fignres to Dbeat Jeffries. Any sane man will acknowledge that if Jeffries had been affairs two coroners would have hcld inquests long ago. My friend Rilly Madden has mentioned that a left- handed fighter is at a disadvantage when meeting a mau handy with the right. Ask him what I did to Gus Ruhlin with my left hand. “Now, everybody knows that Jefr Is stricily a left-handed fghter. But that is the only arm that ths big fel- low will need to whip Johnson. Did anybody ever notice particularly _the natural defense of Jeffries? Without being egotistical, I-wish to say that 1 was the first to use the crouch. Tom- mv Ryan copped Jt from me and taught it to Jeff. And, believe me, it is a grand way to keep off your op- ponent. As-Jeff crouches with his lett extended. it is impossible for any man to hit him In the stomach. If an op- ponent lunges for that of the ‘body he just wards the blow_off with his right. This means that Johnsor's well touted right uppercut will be of" on that day of the meet. Johnson will lpvrobfil] start to = fight on defens- ;t.%.. e o the at Brg‘ck.lyn Y Abroad|Lator bay orlal Day at New York ndependence Day|Memorial Day at Philadelphla Labor Da: [Independence Day| at Boston 'y at Brooklyn Memorial Da at Chi Bunker Hill I at Bostc Labor D: at Pit Memorial Day ndependence Day at Pittsburg at Pittsburg Independence Day|Labor Diy at St. Louls at Cinginnatt cut the big fellow's face to ribbons. After the Cornishman got_tired Jett sent over @ few wallops and Fitx tobogganed te the down and out di- vision. And remember that Johnson will never class with Fiz when it comes to real hitting. “I suppose you will say that Jeft cannot come back. But take, for ex- ample. my fight with Young Jim Stew- art. When I hooked up with that big imitation I had 15 days to prepare. 1 SoSk /15 poutida. but wap I mo s when I climhed into the Fing. . Yet Stewart proved a mark to me. With Jeft it is entirely different. He has been training lightly for nearly one year and when he fights it will mean nearly 18 months of work. This, in my opinion, will more than offset his long et ent from the riny It would not surprise me if Jeff entered the ring so far improved over his old condition that he will be simply a fighting marvel. This battle will not find Jeft much time getting a line on J m. I there is one person in the world who is hated by Jeftries, it is the black champion. The big fighting man will enter the ring with one idea and,that is to smash Johnison down as quickly as possible. And it s very seldom that Jeff fails to make good, Gameness is absolutely necessary in a big fight. We all know that Jeff ‘doesn’t know what fear is. But how about Johnson? 1 don't think he is one of the gamest men in_the world. There s nothing about the fight that can make me give Johnson even 2 possible chance,' And when it Is a over the negro’s admirers will be won- dering how they ever figured he was in the same class with Jeffries.” GAMBLERS GOT ABSTEIN. Pirates’ First Baseman Was . Thei Target—Abuse Broke Up Game. The latest story on the downfall of Bill Abstein at Pittsburg is told by the Cleveland Leader, which says It wasd dde to the continued prosecution of the gamblers who infest the bleachers back of first base. The story follows ‘When Manager Frank Chance was ardered from Forbes fleld by Umpire | Klem in that memorable serid® be- | tween the Pirates and the Cubs, the thousands of Pittsburg fans arose in their seats and cheered—the ump. The club manager restrained his anger and stilled his tongue until he reached the stand back of first base. Then he yelled two words. They were: “Crap_shooters." And thereby hangs ta tale. Manager Fred Clarke says he will win another pennant with his Pirates. And he says he will win because he bas found a successor to Bill Abstein | in Bud Sharpe, a recruit secured from the Newark team of the Eastern league. So passes Bl Abstein. Why? Man- rger Chance told the stody when he howled. “crap shooters.” Boseball players will tell you that first base In Pittsburg is the most dif- ficult position in baseball to play. No berause of the lacation of the dtamond. Not at all. But because of the fellows that congregate back of first base. The Pittsburg sports like to bet on bauseball. Not when the game iz on. That isn’t permited. But down town thex make books and Jagse sums of roney are red. Yod ean get al- most any kind of & bet you want that the Pirates will win; that the Pirat.s will lose. But always at odds that (av. cr,the gamblers. 'Then they congregate back of first base. And they make life miserible for the first baseman. They aren't you kno ey are rs. And when their money Is against the Pirates they get after the first basoman. And when their money is on the Pirates and the first baseman errs they get after him. For, Leing gamblers, they have no for- tearznce. They want Pittsburg to win so_they can coliect. ‘Well, they got the nerve of Bill Ab- stein. 'He played a corking game in the arly months of the year year. You remember when he was cheered as one of the finds of the year. He wa Yiern’ded as the man who had mmde the difense impergnable. He was cheered 21 the long sought—a good Pirate rar n. Then the gamblers got after him. Day after diy they plugged at him. And finally they got the nerve of the rst baveman. Toward the latter part of {he seasw he was referred.to as a bone- head. Put it wasn't discovered until the gamivers got his perve. - 1t dian’t require Hugh Jefinings ‘ong to make the discovery and Absteln wis played as the weak imdividual of #the | ageregation all through the series. KENTUCKY TRAINERS WORRIED. | ion. but to were really promising. He gives for the cause of this dearth of goofrotting ma- terial the great demand in the east for &entucky bred trotters, especially the get of Peter the Great, Mok, Walnut Hall, Jay McGregor and other great Kentacky stallions, and the high prices realized for yearlings and 2 year olds in New York and Chicago markets have eaused many brecders, who in the past had their youngsters trained at the Lexinton track, to,send them to the market, and in this way the horses pass into hands of trainers who have their headquarters in the east, and many of them who desire thelr horses to be ready for early racing winter them at Memphis, Tenn. GET A CATCHER. First Position to Be Filled on Winning Ball Team. ‘What is the most important position on_a baseball téam ? Many, without the slightest hesita - tion, will reply third base, adding that it 8 aiso the hardest to play. A Some will advance strong argument’s to show that nothing is more essentlal to a winning team than cracking good pitchers. Others will tell you ihor second base, first-base or out- Prt “T once heard a prominent critic ask a well known big league manager what s the first thing he would do it given unlimited money to try and turn out ‘a pennant winning team,” sail Umpire Bill Evan “Almost before the question had ben finished he replied: “The very first thing I would do would to be zecuro a clever catcher who could recelve throw and think. 1 wouldw't care very much about his hitting ability or his Speed on the bases, but 1 would insist on the first three qualifications. Such a man 1 would secure regardles® of cost’ “While all the positions on a ball team are more or less important, it would meem that this imanager, by the way has been at the head of mighty few losers, looks on the catch- ing job-as the most important of all. Nn "doubt there arc many who will disagree with the gentiema those familiar with the conditions as they exist on the ball field there Is no denying the fact th the man behind -the —mask prominent part in the success or ure of a ball club. “It'’s baseball bistory that mighty few clubs have been penpant winmers unless at least one star catcher was in the line up. Possibly somé people who witnessed the different world's series in which the Detroit team hos taken part will insist that the Tigers’ catohing staff didn’t 150k any 00 fore midable. To those who have seen the Tigers in_action in only tho big show there aré good reasons for such -an opinjon. However, there are, thou sands of Amorican ‘league fans who stand willing to _testify that the De- troit catching staff has, some very high-class material. ~Still, therc Is no getting around the fact that they fall- ed to show thelr usual form in the big show, aithough the reason for the fail- ure has never been apparent, It As a fact, however, that the Detroif catch ers have always caught far better than the average ball during tha American league season, otherwise tlie Tigers would not have landed the pennant three times in succession. “The Chicago club is an excellent ex- ample of what a high-class catcher means to a ball team. With Kling do- ing the receiving. the Cubs won the National league pennant for three suc. cessive vears, twice making runawasy races out of the campaign n the old- er organization. Last season, because of some grievance, he fafled to pla. with the Cugs, and the three time win ners were beaten out in the. fac the bunting by Pittsburg. The Chi g0 catchers did well enough, but the star pitchers of the team imissed the brainy Kling, who had the power (o steady them when they were about o make an ascension, who could throw {he fastest of base runmers out with monotonous regularity, who knew ihe weakness of every hitter in the organ. ization. e are many who beli<ve that Chicago would have copped for the tourth @ime had Kling been direct- ing the destinies of the team. “Any New Yorker will tell you that the absence of Brespahan weakened the Glants in more ways than one. Cincinnati fans realized what a really valuable man Lary Mclean was after he.hud been injured and .the club de- prived of his serylces. Every Phila- delphian knows that the tragic death of Doc Powers was a body blow to the Athletics. All Pittsburg footers are aware of the fact that no ome man played a more prominent part in the success of the Pittsburg team than the ‘hard working George Gibson.™ . NO FUN TRAINING JOHNSON. Hard Knooks and No Pay—Yank Kens ny ls’ Suing the Champion, Life 1n the training camp of & hox= . acsor o, hat stiray play | | who | 1 place, the g denies re Kenny's tro Johnson's weakness fc and some of his training methods, After telling about the good job he left to be Johnson's trainer,” Yank Boeg on to sa “The worst class Sold “Pinally J coast withou x cept t . up to Chicag T tra $1.25 I began to read sip from Lhe me that I had b last of the pigs ralsed got Into touc came at Cedar Lake. Johnson took me down to that holo n the “{J{n. and hired o cottage Then he went out and bought & cow and a calf. ‘That was 8o ho could hay the fresh milk to drink. Then e bought a litter of pigs, for he likes pork better than automobiles Then instead of staying down there and training, he used to get into his buzz wagon and come 1o Chicago every and sometimes ho didn’t get home 1 I was milking the cow in the morning. also had to take There were nine or ten of them atart with, and it was quito a job. I get any ribs and backbones Johnson is a big man eater and ome small chance with_hi crackling. Som the calf would afternoon while I was after my housekeeping then it was Yank out ir round her up in time case the cliamplion boxer of the might come down from the cit motor full of friends, Johnson Fond of Entertaining. ou see, Johnson was awfull of entertaining: so fond, in fact he wasn't always careful when tertained. Well, sometimes when just_got the place cl empties thrown into the would come tearing down the with us many friends as the car hoid in the seats and on the footboa and then my troubles would n always b fond of itle | sleep. Sometim: aidn’t any until the crowd noon train back (o tow Then Johnsan, for 2 vt wh or maybe he ng of it and it sk over to t sponsibl murder 1 are of tha pi together I Not ad SPORTING NOTE slgned to box 14 I mes y away taking a labors, the woods to for supper, in world and 1ong naj s fong that I had Rrook "e that | start of th |to that wonc get The Phillle player > everal z be slgned at a playing coupl " inmist —but at any ra me gotting on the Tounda. And e And you, 1 am not complaining ak the bumps, for those come in the busl ness, but 1 kind o thought' it wa rubbing it In Laughs, Though Sors. *“When I look back to Jaugh until I r $2,000 back pay. T Wretched Jitt Tows slamming aw making noise enou miles off on a still afternoo " cham Kondrir r wpared champio Orleans By Our We produce In Hoot's Sareaf a medicine that ha an roached record of cures o Sorofula, eczema, eruptions, o that Formul 1 whe. sgmething uncanny shout it rheumatism, anemia, nervweusness might have got on the nerves of some | geen"E0F BHOMIR, HOryae fellows, with even the grasshoppers in ",'r"‘m (_”'”‘I‘;"”' 2 ot appos the weeds outaide stopping to listen | 0 proj to the furniture getting tramped to he more than twenty different ren wallop agents contained in Hood’s Barea piecas as we exchanged “Well,, the train. wighed, “that was | are known only to ourselve the way’ it went along. Johnson spent | can be no subsiitute. plenty of money, but I never saw any | This medicine makes healtl of it after the first fow woeks. Why, | srong the “ Little Soldiers T haa to borrow money of u neighvor | 1ot T TR0 Boldienel woman to get my laundry out. 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