The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 25, 1908, Page 2

WINTER JOURNEYS TO HAUNTS OF CELEBRATED. BALL PLAYERS GEO. VAN HALTREN, BY GEO, R. PULFORD. (Stay Special Service.) OAKLAND, Cal, Jan, 2%5.—To see Geo. BE Van Haltren ty an easy chair tn bis handsome home, wear ing a comfortable smoking Jacket and deep in a story of adventure fer adventurous fiction, not love atories, appeals to him—it ts hard to imagine that he is the dean of ball tossers But be ts, His professional cx redr began 21 years ago, in Pitts burg, and he has been in the game ever since. Most of the time has Been spent in fast company, in Pittsburg, New York, Chicago, Brookiyn and Baltimore. Now he ts manager of the Oakland team, and! still playing. And expects to play for the next ten years There really does mot appear a reason why he should not play for another decade His 41 years Ie lightly upon his shoulders, and he is Qs spry and active aw the young aters he tries out every spring Van Hattren ix married. His « fs @ musician and hix two daughte have inherited their mother's abi! ity wee» nately the veteran is abl to encovrage their tastes, for be is wealthy Am the result of saving es and investing it shrewdly be & noaber of apartment houses “which bring a large income, to which he adds by following bis trade aa a lather during the off sea on and baseball during the sum mer Tradition tells that Van Haltren early demonstrated hie preference for a profession. Instead of the usual salutation of “matima,” which fails from a baby’s fips, he “natonished his parents with “Stide, ‘Kelly, Slide,” at 10 months, white the firat object he grasped. when able to crawl, was @ ball left behind By an eidor brother ‘FOOTBALL PLAYERS GET SWEATERS » The hers of the footha!l team of the University of Washington shave redeived their sweaters, the symbols of recognition presented to the gridiron warriors jery year, vand the student manager this year the handsomest articie sever presented to athletes in (his part of the country The sweaters are of the vest pat (tern, and of the finest texture. The @olor ts royal blue, with the Wash ington “W" in gold in a square of purple on the left side The pix skin athletes are parading the new garments about tite campus and at tracting more than the seal auibation from based coeds. YESTERDAY'S RACES ‘ —— OAKLAND. Firat race, cleven-sixteenths mile —Eachequer, 100 (Scovilie), $ to 2 Won; Hilgert, 109, second; Sightly, 199, third. Time, 1:16 1-6. Second race, threerighth= mile Work Hox, 110 (Keogh), 4 to 2 won; On Parole. 107, second; Beau mont, 99, third Tilne, -37 24. Third race, mile and a half—Te tanus, $5 (Charbonean), & to 1 ‘won; Matador, 102, second; Graph is, 106, third. Time, 42 24, ourth race, mile and 20 yards Patrick, 106 (Mentry), 6 to 2 Save, Save Save and on what Open today from 10 to Van flaltren’s career has been varied. He was .born at St, Louis, his parents moving to Oakland when the future great was but 3.) And here on the golden slope of the Sierras he stnoe When 15 he joined the Greenwood s made ye bome Morana, a local club representing a business house. His youth caused the other players to object, bat when | the Ulness of the pitcher gave him an opportunity he made such a bit that the regular heaver never did come for his job. As the result of his work Van Hal tren was signed by Pittsburg tp 1887. After pitching a few games be was sold to Chicago, where he had & successful season. In 1590 he joined the Brooklyn Brotherhood team and pitehed games, when he was shifted to the outfield He finished the seasen with a batting srage of 346. In 1891 he went to altimore ing outfield and hert for (wo years, when Pittsburg purchased him After @ year he went to New York, where his career really commenced and where for 10 years he was ope of the sensations of the old Glants 1 was im 1904 that Van Haltren returned to the coast to play. He joined Seattio and had a great deal to do with putting the team upon ite feet. A year later he came to Oak land and took held of the club, which had fallen by the wayside Under bix direction It took two ont of three pennants Van Haltren at one the cought | for “Only” Nelan, the firat man ta the West to throw a curved ball ‘The pair made an invincible battery striking out #0 many men that they were regarded with superstition, | and it wan a long time before their | opponents learned to bit a curved ball well enough to go up against them without a shiver canes won; The Enatienma Jocund, 10%, third. Time, 146-46 Fifth race, mile and o sixteenth fardonia, 99 (Hildebrand). § oh. won; Taunt, 104, second: Cryst Wave, 99, third. Time, 1:641-6 Sixth race, cleven-sixteenths intte| Marian Loulee, 103 (Miller), 3 to! & won; Pairy Street, 109, second; Sophomore, 103, third. Time, 1:11 LOS ANGELES. First rece. eleven sixteenths mile Hotenist, 168 (Sebilling), 3 to 5, won, Western, 168, second; Kirk field Betle, 103, third. Time, 1:07 3-4. Second race, threeetghths mile— Aunt Aggie, 105 (Schilling), 6 to won; Annie Wells, 112, second; Calera, 106, third. Time, :37 3-5. ‘Third race, seveneighths mile—| Master Lester, 96 (Ross), even, wen, Louise Fitsgibbon, 91, see ond Taos, tol, = third. Time, 1:28:44. Fourth race, one mile—Agora, 97 (Harty), 7 to 2, won; Asbasain, 99, | second: Gentle Harry, 106, third. Time, 1:42 26. Fifth race, one mile—Alice Carey, ry, 102, Foneasta, 196, third. Time, 4. to 1, won, Unele Hi a 1:48 2-6. THE Portugal Government Has’ Situation Well in | Hand. (By United Press) LISHON, Jan. 2 The govern | mont has a t nt dectar ing that It belleves the mainte | nance of order in, Portugal is as | sured 2 | Lisbon is filled with disturbing rumors, bat there have been po | new developments In the abortive attempt of two nights ago to over throw the w hy and proclaim Portugal a republic / The police have visited all the newspaper ofitoes are forbidden the | publication of anytmtag concerning | the men arrested. SEATTLE CLUB WINS TOURNEY The taterclub .tourney between the athletes of the Seattle and Spo | | kane Athletic clubs last night re sulted ta a victory for the local | organization, three out of four matohe ing wou by the Seattle contestants | Speck defeated Al Mammend, | | Spekane’s crack boxer, and in #0 doing proved himself to be one of the cleverest mithandiers who! have yet appeared for the 8. A. ¢ Vance defeated Wrestler Tilley of Bpok and Venable won in two quick falls from Adama, the com querer of @dear Frank Lorin Beges had to admit defeat at the hands of Young Orate, but pet up’a game fig! ust a. two REVOLUTIONISTS | TAKE TOWN pare expected off the coast shortly Jan Bory! will give protection to Britteh and French Interests Charlies Miot, the American con silar agent at St. Mare, hae been romayed from office because of his jcomplicity with the rebele. Mot wr lie a —— ITE OUTRAGE night at Girard, Ala, MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 25, (the residence of the president of | line by Franchise Inspector Wilt Dynamite bombs were exploded last eer: MOTHER’S LOVE WINS IN FAMOUS CASE The basketball teams of the Lin coin and Bellingham high schools meet tonlght in the Lincoln gym nasiom at 8:16. T Nellingham five comes here with an enviable reputation and & good game in pre- dicted by the high echool depesters. | / Dugdale yesterday — received | | First Baseman Sehofield’s con) tract, and locked it up with his/ This pute an end to the tutend. | ing to desert Seattle for one of the 7, | California outlaw clube. | TRACK IS TRIED 1 am fesfernial traahuendt bt’ the | versity of Washington yester |day proved that the sewly com structed running track i all to the | good, and that some of the new! material in school this year te) worth developing. Thorn, Tibbals, | Green, B. Thompson, and MeGIIT | leuddy showed up well in the prints. Kennedy ran « half mile| in easy shape and looks to be «) | comer ‘FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT | FOLLOWS RACE What was’ pretty close to a free-| | i | PHILADELPHIA, Jan 25.— ! | for fight wi the result of the | 1,000-yard special rece between Melvin Sheppard and Haskins | Sixth rate, thirteensixteenths | yesterday. The men bad ran six| mile-—Harvel, 112 (Preston), even, won; Chief Desmond, 102, second; Grindstone, 103, third. Time, 1:26.) Engineers in Field. PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 25.— A special force of United States) friends rushed to bin assistance engineers have arrived from, Van couver barracks to augment the/ and the race was forfeited to Has-| veent field foree at work on the | King hores of Discovery bay and 5y Nine draw A% you save by depositing it with the Union Savings and Trust Company Second and Cherry 12 a. m. and 6 to 8 p. m. PODOOOSHOOOSOSOOOOOOOOOOD jlape when Haskins In trying to | pass Sheppard jostied him. Shep | pard caught hold of his opponent.) and threw him to the floor Friends | of Haskins then kicked and punch | ed) =Sheppard aod Sheppard | | A gosen policemen restored order | THEY ALL (By United Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan An epidemic of influenza has attacked the impertal family. Grand Duke Alexis Nikolalevitch, the emporor'’s only son, and his four sleters all have been stricken. The condition of the heir apparent ix complicat ed by an inflammation of the ear Grand Due Marie Pavlovna daughter of Grand Duke Paul) Alexandrovitch and financ of Prince Wilhelm, of Sweden » is down with the disease. SEND UP A HOWL United Proas.) WINNIPHG, Man, Jan, 25.—The members of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange threaten to close the ex change, They claim legisiation proposed by the farmers’ organtzn tion —Grain Growers’ association A bill to amend the rest riet trading privileges of members in favor of the farmers was before the legislature today * SEATTLE SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1908. a DEAD- GAME KENTUCKY COLONEL, VINTAGE OF 1908 me ml a a et Seo’ CM attained-—-by sige : on thie ts hate gy but a higher court or | dered a new trial. Then the mother [abducted the little one, She was located at Lawrence and signals tor a waste ball, that he may chance to get away lin another action the court awarded the child to the foster mother once more. Students of the Kansas state | university helped Mra. Bleakiey to} evade the officers and 1 would be enforced Mra Marclay followed her to Mie where the women had a per Mrs. Bleakley fied (ey United Press) PRINCR, Hayti, 16.—The revolutionts’ GETS SCHOFIELD $ possession of the town of Port | Paix, 35 milee west of Cape Hy, CONTRACT =" DYNAN sonal encounter resorted to the which left the ebild Here Mra. Barctay federa! court in the mother's ally assuming its charge. Now this court has awarded the child to ite mother, An English and a French but the foster | declares that she will ap peal from the decision. INSPECTOR IS INVESTIGATING Sctcpili buena to. Snap ‘CHAUFFEUR NAMED -genggpr the Green Lake and Ballard Hnew! resulted in a general invent poe ot conditions governing the the Seattle Klectric (By United Press) f) operation of “ne is sald that the new train | SAN PRANCIBCO. ee Jan. yg ~The Mme. Tereen Careeto, the 4 line has divorce suit of James Sutton. & est of all tiving woman lengthened the running time by 15 Wealthy clubman, against his wife, wit be beard ii minutes, and the city officials have Ethel) came before Judge Graham Grand opera house on t been asked to force the company | today, but went over one week. of Feb. 10. wither to restore the fast service} or remove the traflers it is pointed out that this can be done under the clause in the fran-! chise which provides that each car) must be in charge of @ gripman and conductor REPORT OF POST OFFICE) BUSINESS FOR YEAR the Law and Order cross SO sales of stamps the Seattle postoffice for the year 1907 amounted to $695,342.51 total of money orders paid at the office amounted y or cash collee tens from al! sources amounted to 786,442.42 and the total disburse- ments of montes by the office was Fixed estin jof about $35,000. decision made mittee yesterday to the Inability finance com the comptrotier after they have been earned rather FATHER AND MOTHER OF MA) Tots 3 RIAN, MARIAN, THE FAMOUS INCUBATOR BABY. wattle Star Exclusive fair whe was placed im an where the spark of life was nursed carefully FOR RENT—Piper 1024-26 Second av pound and fifteen onnees ' yarents had been divorced, © had never seek the child viher assented when Mre oh an attendant, ire to adopt the tiny bit of humanity adoption pape: legal stepe we Fly On The Flyer | SEATTLE-TACOMA 35e—Round Trip, 50c. FOUR ROUND TRIPS DAILY. LEAVES SEATTLE end 10:25 a. m., 2:05 and 5:45 Marian Charlotte famoos tm th incubator baby,” has been awarded to the custody of her mother by the and the necessary taken in due form . mM. world-old conflict be x LEAVES TACOMA — 8:35 a. m. and 12:15, 3:55 and 7:30 p. m. | U. SEELEY, Jr., Agent. serted itself and Mrs for her child. When it wae r Marian was » brought sutt erueeeten enw — - ALLS = STRIK adi. Joos at | the . “coud and fe whieh on pit the ie off the . op Ie » tate Copyright, 1908, by the Newspaper | Pulled fel, pam ¥ prise A 1 : A “0 ae fay mle noe to tt ith ‘er 0) esa gg means, bat o ” nah i not letter titute J wet the bait ine thee out ‘ "i i andin bet weet ou " ‘man of second the eer peneains retclans work in this renpe hectnetl ae Ok The fans see the signs between fen they wage und catcher, for they « herd to the bag wie uned on ched ball 4 old havea ly the bach » signnis for the sort him @ e in pe of ball be wants, When this does bh not t boere aipped’ did nee onstrate % ana olf second, ne ond ee set the approval of the heay ¢ shakes his head, putting t ner wike to what he will th There are but two batle pitched fast ball and the curve. What . known as an “inshoot” in @ fast ball, With «pit ball pitchers the catcher has a sign for the deliver Usually two-nets of signs are used for the purpose of bewildering the opposition, when @ runner fix on second who can see the signals Often, when the pitcher shakes his head, he does so to fool the man at|sary Wh bat For instance, a batter may be! Oven pulled off a weak on & ¢ ball, He realizes » day last ‘| the battery men know this, so when 1 second dnd Kiet the pitcher shakes his head, t out and Moff man at the plate tx apt to think |he signaled Nig ¢ the backstop has signaled for some- | would try for Orth. © thing he can bit. The shake of the! for a waste ball and head fools him ahd he sees one slip | second like a butlet, past he could have murdered | flat-footed. Then With a man on first Hable to! Orth chased Kieniow, break for second, the battery must down. Watch batter and runner. The hit che outfield ts kept and run ma nm, and elther may | by the cateber, w signal for it watching closely, pitcher are tipped either pit or catcher may get haseman. This seo the sign n he thinks the rnn- | of the phenomenal o ner is going down, the backstop |the signals give ‘the maces ae sew es ,ouresc eves get a better chance to throw out / direction when the sili BANK CASH TAKES LI (By Unites Press.) home of Rockemo GREAT BEND, Kan. Jan. 25.— He bad given bo IRE. BE an., Jan. cusrt, toaay., a |W. Leo Bockemohle. cashier of the jierendered him smi suapended Bank of Eltinwood, at Ellinwood, Kan, under arrest for were leaving, and making false statement of the gate, when Bock bank's condition in December, shot “Walt a minute.” and killed binwelf last night saw Hockemohle The sulcide took — at the the head and fail d notify him of their 4 Sutton names Walter’ claims that upon alleged misconduct of bil While at Gibraitar, euit. Mrs. Sutton only tarned from abroad. 3 atari. 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