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THE MARION DAILY MIRROR, SATURDAY AUGUST 17 1907.
9e0SSet
Music Lessons v
Piano and Organ.
Miss Ada L. Bowen
Clt. Phono 1202. 622 H. Center Bt
cs of the Hour In
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Orval Overall's Pitching Career Spokane's Jap
TeamHans Wagner's Advice on Base Running
the Baseball
World
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Mr' -i "Li. g
NOT all professional baseball
playeis were 'poor bojn who
began to play llio game '"
tho bac k lots and gradually
worked up to tho top We ato familiar
with the college men '"who lme mailo
good In the money making end of tho
game, find thn their Hie other players
not from t-olleges who had plenty of
money to slait life with, but who took
up baseball meieh bemuse they want
ed tp. not became they could not do
anything ole that would bring them
In as much money
Orvnl Oveiall the big plt her who
Joined the I'lilrHgo NatlminN after
leaving t'lni lnmil i rlii,-i nt th
latter rials Mf i tlm n f a vi
wealthy Oaiif.nn.jn iing in Hi.
C0URTLAND SMITH, THE BEST KNOWN "GENTLEMAN JOCKEY"
IN THE EAST.
Courtland Smith Is rrohably tho nhl-m of the gmup of eastern gentleman
Jookeyi) Ho ti a member of in rx Iumvp Miciotv ,olonv and ItaB competed In
many big turf events both Kiorplu basest and Hut rates Ho is riding thl3
season In excellent fashion
Amusing
IFrom Our New York Dramatic Corre
spondent J
MANY are the stories told or
Raymond Hitchcock, the
comedian who will go on
tour dining the season of
1807-08 in "The Yankee Tourist" Tho
latest Is to the following cfToU: Dur
ing the last season Hitchcock was In a
large eastern city and desired to teach
MARIE L0HR AS BEATRICE
THEATER,
a certain couutiy club located on the
cfty'e qub1(IUm Hitchcock, It Is ie
lated, called on a. well known phyalclau
end stated that the doctor's aetvlcei
Ware badly needed ut tho club In ques
tion. "I'll go rl&ht ?ut In my automobile,"
aid Urn Cuctdt,
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northern part nt the stale, and Orvle
In himself owner of an orange orchard
valued nt over $100,000
"Tho old man," says Orvle, "wants
me to retire fiom the game, nnd somo
day 1 suppose I'll lmc to give In to
him, particularly If my utm should go
back on me."
Overall does not allow his wealth to
Ittlluenco his plujlng or mode of liv
ing Ue vvoiks na hard and as con
scientiously as the most ambition
Biibotltuto who Is tijlng to supplant
some regular member of u team
How Chance Instructed Overall,
Oxemll did poor work with Cincin
nati ami wan pi.utlrally "made" by
u t iln J Link ('hum e of the Chicago
iiories About Stage Notables
"Well " said Hitchcock. "I'll go out
with you "
"Come along." nssented the physician,
nnd Into tho machine Jumped the
comedy stai
On urrlvlng nt the clubhouse Hitch
co( k hopped gayly out of the auto and
said.
"All light, doctor, you needn't come
Inside, but whut's your cliaige?"
IN "MY WIFE," HAYMARKET
LONDON.
"Why er urn I charge H a
visit, but I haven't seen the slrk m.in,"
the physlclun fplutteied lather con
ftlKedly "IIbih'h your four, and there Isn't
nn j n!i man. pini'ly kiteiv jou would
l Ida out hmo tn imiKf " fall for fHr
iMi inonpy than any cab dilver would
Nationals. Chanco taught Orvle haw
to field his position, how to cover first
base when tho first sacker tviit drawn
uway from tho hag by an Infield hit or
a bunt and how to contiol his then
wide and wild shoots Yes, Orvle owes
dunce a big debt for remedying thoo
three faults. Also Chance mudo him
drop pitching his favorite underhand
haU and made hhn throw overhand
all the time, thus Increasing Orvle's
spaed.
Overall pitched his first professional
game for the I'rcsno (Cal ) club
against Oakland, In tho Pacific Coast
league. He defeatod tho Commuters,
as tho Oakland wero called, by 4 to 0
Some people call him "a second Amos
nusle," others "the Christy Matltew
son of the west," nnd many of his In
timates call him "Ulg Jeff," because ho
Is as big and as strong as Jim Jcffrios
Spokane's Jap Ball Team.
It Is Interesting to note that Spokane.
Wash., has an all Japanese team of
basebtll players The Japs show tare
ability to pick up Ameiican pastimes
and Ameiican dollars
The club is known as the Kels OlJIku
club, the cnplaln and manager being
T. K Nakamura, secietaiy of the Jap
anese Association of the Island Um
pire. Among tho players ate eight
former members of tho Washed.i
(Japan) university team, which while
on a visit to the Pacific const last sea
sot) played a series of fast games
against teams from Stanford, the I'nl
verslty of Oregon and the Multnomah
(Portland, Ote.) Athletic club, losing
by such scores as 2 to 1, 3 to 2 and
4 to 1.
How Players Improve Equipment.
Many baseball players aro not satis
fled with the gloves, bats and olher
paiaphemalla supplied by t-o leading
manufactuteis, but are continually al
tering their equipment to suit their
own individual tastes Somo plane
down the handles of their bats, others
wiap the handles with cold or tape, to
make them thicker In the past some
players have been known to hollow out
the thick ends of (heir bats and fill the
cavities with lead or Iron, claiming
that the added weight enabled them to
send tho ball farther.
Ilubo Wnddell. the Philadelphia
pitcher, has a thick pad sewed on the
lower edge of his fielding glove, tho
little finger edge, and this pad enables
him to cover Just a little bit more
ground when stopping drives through
his territory, and 'also is a better pro
tection to his hand. Other players
take tho padding out of the middle of
the palms of their gloves, leaving only
the thin leather covering as a protec
tion to the middle of the palm of tho
hand. They claim that they can grip
tho ball better thiough this arrange
ment and that balls naturally fit Into
the hollow thus formed, ehabllng them
charge to bring me out. Their price Is
J10 and $12, you know By-by, doctor."
Commercial Life as Soon on the Stage.
Ono of the stories now being told In
the vaudeville houses by monologlsts
Is, In the main as follows A xlirowd
but tricky merchant was about to
mako on uaslgnment for the benefit of
creditors To ono creditor ho said, "I
will make you my preferred creditor
so that you will have the best chanco
to get the amount of your bill, but I
want ISO cash before 1 do this." The
creditor ogreed and paid the money.
Later the merchant assigned without
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GERTRUDE MILLAR IN "THE GIRLS OF G0TTENBERG,"
GAIETY THEATER, LONDON.
any preference at all. "You won't get
anything," he said to the Indignant
ct editor.
"Rut I thought I was to be the pre
ferred ciedltor?"
"You are the preferred ciedltor. I
tell you pqvv you don't get any money.
The other ctodltors have got to wait
thirty days befoio they find out they
don't get anything."
On Typ of Parisian Play.
In Puila theio Ih a theater devoted
entirely Id llp piuductlon of iiHo
diHinnilp honor. Tho maiugcr will
pay aliitijHt any pilrn for a play Unit
will teulfy or shock the audience.
IJW4U
HARRY STEINFELDT, GREAT BATTING THIRD BASEMAN, CHI
CAGO NATIONALS.
to mako one-hand catches nnd stops
much easier than with ordinal y gloves
Probably n stIU better Idea would bo
to have n pad'soakM In glue held In
the palm of tho plovo. That would bo
a big old to somo'playeis How about
It? '
Wagner's Pointers on Baso Running.
Hans Wagti'-r the veteran Pittsburg
shortstop, Ins, tho following to say
about bai-o tunning nnd base stealing.
"Your first . I iNB baseball team of tho
future will be made up of thrco prin
Needless to ray that his house la al
ways well filled. One of the recent
productions h n chlpfly to do with a
man who ha lost an arm In a rull
road wreck 'few days later he U
sitting up In hd nnd watching a pet
dog chewing mi something Part of
this subHtnnie glistens, nnd on ln obli
gation It Is dlHiovcied that the pup Ij
chewing on a human finger, nnd on
the finger Is the seal ring of the maim
ed man, a r'ng that he wore when he
lost nls arm and hand It. the railroad
wreck!
Is It any wonr er that somo Parisians
yawn when thoy visit America nnd
iSjjMk
i II n wa
say (hat our thcut ileal unniseincnta
uio piettj pei Imps. l)Ut they lack nov
elty and genuine Intereht? It Is to
be hoped that Amei leans Will contlnuo
to modulo plays that "Imlc novelty"
etc, If the only vny to lemedy the al
leged derect Is to Imitate the tlo of
popular Trench play nfoie descilbed,
London Critics Versus Americans,
More than Hkejy the pioductlon of
AiueilLiin plays In ISnglnnd by Ameii
can cmnpimtes will lint bo Indulged In
no fiKiucnily in fuluie as In the nem
I'ast. ' in. AipfrlUan inaiiuger, player
and playivrliiht seems to win the un
dying enmity of'th Uritlsli ciltlc In
. r
cipal features hard hitting, cood
pitching and fuat base running. By
fast bare tunning I mean u standard
nbov'o that whlih linn existed In tho
big league for some time.
"Vou will find that the best, batters
are usually good base runners, nnd tho
reason Is obvious the base running
helps the batter's average out by mak
ing hits where other plnys would score
merely Infield outs on the saina sort of
tap
"It Is not tho man who has stolen
most bases that la tho heat hasp run-
and Stae Doings
a most discouraging number of cases
The peisccutlnn that in Ungland for
merly fell principally to American
Jockeys, horse owners and nthletcs of
certain classes seems now to havp
been tiansfoircd, In pnft, at loitHt. to
American producers and players of
diama
KYRLE BELLEW, WHO WILL
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PAUL ARMSTRONG.
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It nffmds Homo balm to I.nidon's
ciltci, it nppeara, to seo Atneilcuit
plays jiiesented bj onmpimle made up
exclusively of Kngllsh playciH lint
vvhrn American players, as a tiilp. ilnm
to uppeiir biiforo l.ondnni'iH.Mn loii;
don. In a nadvo Ameiican play, flic
delicate dlgevllons of the bfttlniB In-
M. It 19 the man who uses his mind
tint! Ltad to help his feet get him
around tho bags for a score, whether
It bo stolon liases or not. A good base
runner Is Just as much tho man who Is
nblo to get u quick start from tho
Plato and beat out an Infield hit as Is
tho ono who steals third base. The
man who docs his share of a play with
tho batter toWard getting down to sec
ond Is also a good batter. Many good
base stealer will sacilftco tho best In
tel est of the team to get credit for a
pilfered cushion or to, make n dashing
play, but a good baso runner does theso
things only when it serves tho best in
terest of his side.
"Ilasc tunr.lHC is not base stealing
nnd don't go tho pair inlxod It Is
true that imwl baso stealets nro good
baso ritnncn., for tho reason that In
profeslon' circles tho team play Is
highly (Kt'clnped and the Individual Is
lost in ilic off in t to liclp out the club.
Hut J.i semlpiofesslonnl nnd nmnteur
elides, whence comes tho tnlent which
ultimately w ill go to mako tho major
league, much loose work Is wltnes-ed
on tho bases. Men will go down with
out tho least notion of a reason for
It and will sorlflco the batter and tho
leum for nothing. A base steal should
be i csortrd to only when clrcum
Htancex sttongly Indicate It un'tlio best
play
"I can't tell you when to steal nnd
when not to, because the conditions of
eaclt gnmo uto different. " In general,
how over, baso stealing should only be
Indulged In ficely when tho enemy's
team Is on tho tun and your own side
several points to the good, Baso steal
ing under such conditions nerves to
demoinllro tho enemy."
CHArthUS K. RpWAnDEHk
LIVING PROVIDENCE VETERAN8.
Chut He Ilnssolt Is "one of tho finest"
In Paw tucket, H. I. lie was capta
of the police baseball team last sun
nier and clouted the ball In the sains
old way as he did in ISSv Center FleleJ.
er Paul HInes, the heavy hitter tint
i'rtr. Is running his cigar stand at
Washington. ' Unrney Gllligan, tin
plucky little butcher, was last hcu a
from In Cambridge, Mass., and finds
time to size up the material on the
clubs around Boston. Ned Allen, the
piesldcnt of the 1884 Oroya, Is still llv
IriC In Providence and says he has the
banner won by the Grs that season
safely tucked away In his cellar.
Providence Journal.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINAL8.
Manager McCloskey Is continually
shifting the Infield of tho St. Louis Na
tionals, but hns not yet struck a win
ning combination Tho only player
who Is leaping any honors Is Byrne,
the little third baseman. Tho youngster
hua been slugging tho ball In ovory
gamb and Is holding un his end in tho
I fielding gatnci
dellcata Urltlsh critics go to smash
practically unanimously Wo nil know
whut offset acute Indigestion has on
thu wiltlngs of dramatic critics,
Charles Ti oilman nnd George Tyler
saeni to ho tho only American man
agora, that can depend on getting fair
ti oat merit for most of their plnys from
APPEAR IN NEW PLAY BY
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ing of the galloiy gods.
Richard Mansfield.
Richard Alanstttld will not act th
coining fceasou, but will take a long
ru.it.
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