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“The Quality Shop”
The
Hat
of #
The
Hour
At this season to bright
en up your attire, wear a
new Soft Hat in Grey or
light Pearl, band to match
or of dark green.
It’s the new hat for Spring.
‘‘Knapp FELT Quality.
$4.
Simon & Simon
Exclusive Dress for Men
Notices
MASONIC NOTICE.
A special communication of
Montgomery Lodge, No. 11, A.
F. A A M . Will be held Wed
nesday evening, March 3, 1909,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Work In F. C. Degree.
Members of Andrew Jackson
Lodge, No. 173, and Visiting
brethren are fraternally invited.
By order of the W. M
CHAS. W. HADEN, Secretary
BROWN-BAILEY
Decorating Co.
Painters and Paper Hangera. are showing
All the European Novaltlea for 1909. at F •
J. Cooledge A Hona, 20 8. Perry St.. Phone
SI70. Estimates cheerfully furnished.
Home Phone 2994.
Montgomery Agency of
United States Mortgaoe i Trust Co.
No. «. 8. Perry Bt.
: Prepared to make loana on Improved city j
property upon favorable terma. Money act- 1
ually on hand. No red tape or delay.
JOHN RANDOLPH. Agent.
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THE W. F. MAY
decorating company.
Fresco Painting.
High-class Interior Decorating,
ltd No. Perry H
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1/ SPOR TS
"Oermany” Schaefer of the Detrolt9
j|» said to have made but one hit against !
'Addle Joss in three years
Sebring will help the Brooklyn out- i
»Held considerably He is a good one '
ion the bases and bad with the stick. i
Lumley, the new manager, wants to !
.wager some Iron men that the Brook
lyn team finishes In the first division.
. Little Hoc.k tan boast of the oldest
•battery tn captivity in Hill Hurt and
lJack O’Connor. Cleveland can some
[second with Cy Young and Jim Me*
f Quire.
Pete Hustlng. the old Boston Amer
ican pitcher, who was with the Ath
jletlcs later, will come int<* the game
ithls year as an occasional pitcher for
'the Jf'ond du Lac team.
The expi ritnent of a baseball game
by electrb light In Cincinnati. April
li. vyhen the Cincinnati Beds play the
White Sox will be wat- !o*d with In
terest. by tans all over th* country.
Louisville has signed a pitcher named
Frank Decannlere. How it is pro
nounced is guesswork, but he comes i
tram the Independence. K.as . team He j
is claimed to be a promising youngster j
Manager Griffith luis given up all j
chance of sec urlng a shortstop from
the American League, and 1 e is pre
pared to stand pat on his present line
up, Griffith had a * !k w!t , Frank
chance about a possible d<ai for one
, of his extra m* o but c<»uM g**t no sat
defa tion and •:>•< s ret anything*
to come fl 111 It.
Hnrliig in Texan.
Austin, Texas. Mac h J -The Senate
Committee today reported unfavorably
the anti-racing b 11 > which was recently
passed by the House It is believed
that a bill wil be passed so amended
,as to permit racing to oontinue under
•tricter regulations.
PRAISE WORK
OF MANUSH
Is Playing Fine Ball in
Panama*
BEST MAN IN THE LEAGUE
A Critic Writes That He Scoops
’Em on the Run.
Montgomery Fan* Will Bo Interested
In Knowing That “Moose” Bax
ter Is Among the Men Flaying
Against ManusITs Team.
If Frank Manush reports to the
Climbers and the chances are all In
favor of his appearance here before
the month Is up. Oreminger should
have a man who is in the pink of
condition. Manush has been playing
ball In Panama throughout the win
ter and from all reports, the teams
which have been entertaining the pub
lic along the big ditch are no slouches
at the great American game.
There is no lack of enthusiasm on
the part of the people living on the
Isthmus. The rooter is just as vigor
ous as he is in the States and his
likes and dislikes are manifest at
every game. The umpire, from all re
ports, nas the most strenuous of Job*
umpiring games on the Isthmus, and
on more than one occasion, the umpire
has to settle difficulties with tils fists.
There is no national commission there
to protect tlie arbitrators and as a re
sult the spectators get a run for theit
money Insofar as baseball and prUe
fighting Is concerned.
A Northern exchange prints a story
which relates the experiences of an
umpire who had to whip two players
>n one game, and had to deliver knock
out blows to get them out of the game
The league, it is stated, has adopted
stringent rules since a recent out
break. to keep the game free of tne
fighting end.
The Panama league season ends in
April, having started during the Christ
mas holidays and as a result the ru
mors in reference to Manush not play
ing this sufamer have but little weight
A Northern exchange has the follow
ing to say about Manush's work:
"Manush. the young inflelder Connie
Mack had on third during the latter
part of last season and who has been
sold to the Montgomery team of the
Southern League, is putting up a fine
game on third for the Motive Power
and Machine team. He covers a world
of territory, scoops ’em up on the
run, and Is a remarkable thrower. He
is easily the best Inflelder on the Isth
mus Manusn is fit to take up his
work In the Southern League when the
cadi to arms Is given."
On the tail-end team, the Ancons, is
Moose Baxter Baxter gained everlast
ing fame last year In the eyes of the
fans by whipping an umpire in New
Orleans. Moose is playing second base,
and reports say that It is not because |
of his playing that the Ancons are ,
bringing up the rear In the league
down there.
The Isthmian • Baseball League is I
3trongly uftlcered. Col. Ooethals.
chairman of the Isthmian canal com
mission. is president. He was not i
chosen because of his official position, ,
but because he 19 a thirty-third de
gree fan H. H. Rousseau, another
member of the commission. Is the vice
president, and he is a positively dyed- <
in-the-wool fanatic. But perhaps the
most genuine, consistent. every-day '
rooter for clean baseball and prince of i
sporty-inclined fellows, William M
Wood, Is the secretary-treasurer. This
triumvir are as prominent in baseball
In the Canal Zone as was the famous
triumvir which promoted the national
game In the States, and if there Is
anything overlooked by the Zone trio,
no one has been bold enough to spring
It on the baseball populace.
• NOTICE.
I trill offer for anlr to the highest
bidder at It o'clock Wednesday, March
3d. I901), at the Louisville aud Nash
ville Hall road Freight Wnrehouse two
ears of lumber consigned to Padgett
& Vaughn, Montgomery, Ala.
wed-3t. F. S. Jenkins, Agent.
NEWS NOTES OF SPORT
The New York Giants were the first
team to reach the spring training
grounds.
The veteran pitcher. Otis Stockdale,
has been reinstated by the Southern
League.
Swimmers and fencers will now’ have
i short running among the Eastern
:olleges.
Alf Wicks, the old-time English box
sr, is in Boston with Joey Bowker.
“Germany” Schaefer of Detroit says
that Addle Joss is the one real pitcher
>u the business.
Bill Lang, the . Australian heavy
weight lighter, is coming to America
with Jack Johnson and Sam Fitzpat
rick
The South Atlantic League has de
cided to put the union label on all of
:ts tickets this season.
The lower branch of the Tennessee
Legislature has passed a bill legaliz
ing ten-round bouts w’ith decisions in
chartered clubs
Jimmie Burke asked for an Increase
in salary from tht* Louisville club and
was given his passports, llelnle Pietz
will manage the Colonels
Stony McGlynn should be able to fur
nish some good pitching for the Mil
waukee fans Give Stony anything
like an even break and he can pitch
four games a dav.
The Wallabies, the amateur rugby
stars of Australia, have been planting
the hornet on all the California foot
ball teams and will try to keep up their
winning streak throughout the North
west.
Manager McAIeer gffered Rube Wad
dell to Boston in exchange for Oy
Young. In order to get even with Me
Aleer Cy will have to win all of his
games against St. Louis this season.
John J. Brady of Cincinnati. J -hn
P Keefe and James .1 McKo-v-r of
Pittsburg. George Schultz of Cleveland
and Jess Goohler of Barberton have
been appointed umpires in the Ohio and
Pennsylvania League.
The Philadelphia politicians who have
purchased the “Quakers" are strong
and have things pretty much their own
way In Philadelphia But wait until
they get into one of those National
League annual meetings.
The Three-I. League managers for
1909 are Ja k Tight*, Hock Island;
Charles Sheffer. Davenport; Hollo
Brown Cedar Rapids; W It McNam
ara. Bloomington f F -rest plass. Pu
1 • ueue; Frank Donnelly, Peoria; Fred
Moore. Decatur
The following will manage the Con -
ne.tlcut League t-;i!M.s this season:
Bridgeport. Paine f( O'Rourke w«
terburv, H H Durant; New Britain.
William Hanna. Hartford, Thomas J.
Oonner\ Holyoke, M J. McCormick;
Springfield. John E. Zeller. New Ha
ven. George D Bone. Jr ; Northamp
ton. Edward Pow’ler
TO LEGALIZE RACING.
Arkansas Members Present 1)111 for
Hot Springs.
Little Rock Ark M h 'J--Represent
atlves Whittington and H<>ul» of Gar
land county in which Is located Hot
Springs, have introduced a bill in the
home to allow hor.-ie raring irj that
city for a period of forty day* in the year
The bill provides that racing shall be
conducted under a commission appoin
ted by the governor, the secretary of
state and the attorney general, of cit
izens of Garland county and to allow
betting on the races except where It
is shown that fraud Is perpetrated
The bill provides for racing four
lays in the week as against three
day* under the old order. (
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NOTABLE TBKTS
OF AITO SPEED,
Chicago road race, first In
America, Thanksgiving Day.
1895. won by Charles E. Duryea
(Duryea,) fifty-four miles.
First mile under a minute In
America: Henry Fournier (50
h. p. Mors), Coney Island boule
vard 1001. Time ;51 4-6.
First mile on track under a
minute: Barney Oldfield (60 h.
p Peerless), Los Angeles, De
cember SI. 1904. Time, :63.
First mile under 40 seconds:
Henry Ford (80 h. p. Ford). St.
Clair Hlver. Detroit, on Ice, Jan
uary. 1904. Time. :39 2-5.
First Automlbel Club of
America tour: New York to
Philadelphia (117 miles), June
2, 1900; twenty starters. Time,
11:50:00
First show In America: Con
ducted by Automobile Club of
America at Madison Square Gar
den. New York, November S,
1900. -
First Automobile Club of
America road race: Dong Island
course (SO miles), AprU 14,
1900; won by A. U Hiker,
(Klkef electric). Time, 2:03:30.
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WO!f A MILLION-.NOW
“orr of a job.
Walter Miller. Jockey, cham
pion American rider of two wea
pon*. 1906 and 1907, winner of
fortunes in purses probably
greater than have ever been
credited to any other rider In
history of the thoroughbred
world, has ended his remarkable
saddle career.
A winner of more than $400.
000 for James R. Keene during
that millionaire's record-break
ing winning season of 1907. and
nearly $600,000 for others to
day Stiller, or “Marvelous Wal
ter.” as he was called, finds
himself unable to earn even a
$10 riding fee. And he couldn’t
earn $10 a week out of the sad
dle.
Miller's sensational career
ended rather abruptly at Cali
fornia's Emeryville track, when
he refused to pay a fine of $300
imposed by Judge Hooper for
an alleged rough ride on the
mare Cloudllght. It was a
stretch duel.
Notter, Miller’s great rival
and his successor as the Keene
stable Jockey, had the mount of
Jacobite. A bumping match re
sulted. hut Miller got Cloud
light's nose home first.
VETERAN CATCHAR TO
COACH THE HIGHLANDERS
Manager Stallings is responsible for
the engagement of the veteran catch
er, Charley Farrell, who will go to
Macon to coach the Highlanders’ young
pitchers. Stallings always held Far
rell In high esteem. He says the once
great backstop will be retained aJl
season and that he feels sure that
his presence on the field will be of
Invaluable Bervice to the team. Far
rell was one of the best catchers In
the National League when he e&ugnt
the New York pitchers. Russia and
Meekim in 1894. the year that the
Qiants defeated the champion Baltl
mores In the Temple Cup series. He
was a glutton for work, going be
hind the bat day after day and land
ing the terrible speed of the big fel
lows without a (law. He was a su
perb thrower, a rattling hitter «ind a
splendid inside worker. Later Far
rell caught great ball for the cham
pion Brooklyns under Ned Hanlon’s
management, handling Hughes, M
James, Kennedy and other star twiTi
ers in masterly fashion. Stallings has
so much confidence In the big back
stop that he Intends to leave the de
velopment of the young pitchers en
tirely to his Judgment. It will be up
to the "Duke of Marlboro” to say Just
which men shall be retained or re
leased.
SULLIVAN WILL BE
SUCCESSOR OF JONES
Billy Sullivan will most likely man
age the Chicago White Sox during the
coming season- He was closeted a
long time with Comlsky when he
signed his contract, and while the
general public has not been informed
that Comisky has given up hopes of
landing his star outfielder, and great
field general it is reasoned that Bil
ly Sullivan has been given to un
derstand that lie will get the chance
at the Job.
Sullivan has been the right hand
man of Jones throughout the success
of the latter, and it is stated that no
man on the Chicago team is better fit
ted to step and run the team at the
present time, than Sullivan, who is
popular with both the pul^llc and his
team mates. Sullivan showed Tuesday
that he was the chief of staff by
handing the uniforms to the men while
speeding toward California.
SUN INTERFERES WITH
WILLIE KEELER’S BATTING
William Keeler, who will try out his
potato masher attain this summer with
the Yankees, will likely play ln another
position while he Is dulne hln work
on the hill top ground. The sun ln
right held on the hill top Is worse than
lti any ground ln the American League
circuit, and there Is no doubt that
"Johnny Haymaker" has a great deal
to do when It comes to the hitting part
of the game.
Keeler has been covering right field
for a number of years, and thinks It
has spoiled his eye for batting It was
a noticeable Incident that Keeler hit
better when he was on the road than
he did on the home grounds. Now
It's likely the Brooklyn midget will
play In some other field when the team
Is on their home grounds.
WASHINGTON MUST HAVE
A GOOD TEAM THIS YEAR
The Washington club is evidently de
termined to get out of the rut this
season, as Cantlllon is not letting any
thing stand in his wa> to secure new
players. The manager of the Senators
is out with a statement that he will
not sell any of hlH stars, but is in the
buying business himself
He will trade some of his star men
ln an endeavor to strengthen his team.
He tried hard to get Elberfield, and
did succeed in landing Conroy This
player will make him a most valuable
man The critics are puzzled as to how
the Washington team will line up this
coming season.
ST. LOUIS TWIRLER
MUST DELIVER THE GOODS
Barney Pelty, pitcher of the St. Louis
Browns, will have to show the goods
from the very Jump-off this coming
season. Barnev refused to go fiouth
to get ln condition*, claiming that he
had business of such a pressing nature
as to make it necessary for him to put
off the date of reporting until the
Browns h£d returned to St. Louis.
President Hodges did not take kind
ly to P*'lty\s desire to keep from tak
ing the spring training, and warned
him that if lie did not deliver the
g«»ods whor »*v* r called upon, that he
would be shipped to the minor league
CLEVELAND’S HARD LUCK
STORY BEGINS EARLY
Cleveland's hard luck story ha* an
early beginning this vear. Harry Be
rnls, the great -catcher, upon whom La
jole puts so much dependence and who
is believed to be the only Nap who
will be able to hold Cy Voung, is in
bed with typhoid fever. In fact he was
but recently reported to he In very
erious condition If lie pulls through
he will not be In shape to play any
baseball until June.
Jockey J. fl. Wood I)le«.
Los Angeles. March 2—Jo. key J. B.
Wood, of Frankfort. Kw. who was in
jured at the Santa Anita race track
by being thrown from ills horse, Tom
Lynch, died last night In the hospital
after surgeons had performed an op
eration on his skull. He never regalu
tod oonacloufipesB gltw tke Injury.
Major Leagues Spend $100,000
Getting Bali Players in Shape
The major league ball clubs are Just
on the point of pouring $100,000 into
the strong boxes of Southern railroads
and hotels. And for what? Why. for
that mystic, intangible something call
ed “form/'
A vast army of big leaguers is on
the march; some are already at their
training camps and others are Just pre
paring for the Journey. All of them
are on the same mission—looking for
championship form, which Is almost as
hard to find In the Southland or any
where else as the fountain of youth.
Penantltls is the consuming fever
that is causing the magnates to loosen
the purse strings and send their tal
ent Into every State in Dixie looking
for the end of the rainbow where lays
the form that will win a championship.
And the Southern training camp is no
longer the privilege of the rich major
leaguers. The more Important of the
minors have tuken up the spring prac- I
tice tours, for they are Just as anxious
to bring pennant glory to their respect- i
lve cities as the big fellows.
Does It pay? In n*ie cases out of
ten the answer, financially speaking, is
“No." Artistically? Well, that de
pends. President Momiskey, of the lo
cal American League team is taking
his White Sox on the most elaborate
Junket to be made by any of the teams.
They are en route to San Francisco on
a Special train, which Is an exact du
plicate of the Overland Limited Swell
training trips are a hobby with the
master of the Sox, and he spent $6,000
for his train alone* That is as much
as the average club spends for its en
tire. training trip. But Commy says
he will get it all back and more. too.
Possibly he will, for he has scheduled
about seventy-five games for the two
section* of his team, inasmuch as he
will have the whole of the far West
practically to himself It looks like a
reasonable guess that the Sox will have
proved themselves bread-winners when
the trip Is over.
There are two good reasons for the
Indifference with which the Southern
fans view the coming of Uie big league
squads. One Is that they don't like to
see their own pets whaled so frequent
ly, and the other Is that the stars from
the North don’t extend themselves to
the point of showing oft all their fine
points. That Is to say, the swell slid
ers don't slide and the top-notch ding
ers are content to go along without
displaying benders. It is the most dif
ficult task for a manager to make his
team work Its hardest in the exhibi
tion games In the South.
Every spring there Is a larger num
ber of players who ask to he excused
from the Southern trip. They prom
ise the management that they will re
port In “the pink of condition" when
the championship season opens. Since
there is no way to force a player to
take the practice Jaunt, the manager
has nothing to do but bow gracefully
to the star s request and wait to see
If the promise to report In the pink of
condition Is made good. In most cases
the player who sidestepped the prac
tice In the South Is timid in his batting
when the bell rings for the opening
game of the season The swatting orb
Is trained In onlv one way, and that
Is to swat steadily every day.
Ball players are getting so thrifty
nowadays that many of them make
their ball playing a tecondary feature
of their lives. “Octf to stay home from
the training trip on account of busi
ness" is a regular, everyday alibi with
the tossers now.
Joe Tinker Picks Out Donovan
as the Greatest of Twirlers
Joe Tinker !g making: certain speech
es twice a clay between the acta of his
new play. “A Home Run." Joe told
something- pretty good In one of them.
He gave Bill Donovan, of the Detrolts,
credit for being the greatest pitcher
he ever saw.
“ ‘Wild Bill* Is the, only pitcher I
ever faced wrho a-ctually had such speed
that I couldn't see the ball,” said Tink
er through the grease paint. "I hart
the good fortune to get to Donovan for
a home run In the second game of the
last world s series. It happened In the
eighth Inning, and until then no run
had been made by either side. Twice
before I had been to bat, striking out
the first time and hitting a grounder
to second on the other occasion. Hut
let me state that neither time did I
get a good look at the ball. When 1
hit the homer I think ‘Wild Bill' had
weakened. At any rate, the ball was
not hard to see that time, and I pickled
it. But those other two times up!
Whiz! Just a streak ann a blind swing
at It, without any notion of where
the ball was.
**I doubt if any pitcher ever had the
stuff on the ball that Donovan did for
seven Innings In that game. I have
seen teams shut out for nine innings
without a hit, but I know tlie pitchers
who turned those tricks had no such
speed and curves as Donovan had this
day. I think he worked too fast. He
never rested a second- As quick as the
catcher tossed the ball to him he sailed
It across the pan again. When he did
weaken he went all to smash, and we
scored six runs. Mathewaon and Ed
Walsh, McIntyre and Cy Young: are
all wonders, but I don't be’teve any
pitcher evej was In possession of hte
wonderful foolers that ‘Wild Bill’
showed us for seven Innings In the sec
ond frame of the last world's series.”
Tinker had to win a stance Rame with
a home run In the ninth every day.
His trip around the bases Isn't all In
plain view of the audience. One mat
inee before the piece got to running
smoothly Joe was a little slow In
making the circuit- The catcher got
the ball with Sir Joseph about ten feet
from the plate. He would have been
a deep-dyed villain to tag: the hero out
when the old homestead depended on
that home-run smash. Tinker made a
slide for the pan which wasn’t any
stage slide at all. He threw himself
with a long hook slide, pellmell, for
the pan. and tipped over the catcher,
umpire, and his best girl, who was
waiting to crown the hero with a lau
rel wreath give him her hand and all
that other flub-dub business which
goes with a fine piece of heroism. The
umpiro was over two minuses trying
to sputter out "Safe!"
Another of Arlie Latham9s
Clown Acts Is Recalled
The return to the diamond of Arlie
Latham, and his connection with the
New York club, brings to mind some
Interesting tales that are told about
the “clown” when he was working for
Chris Von der Ahe, who himself was
one of the most Interesting figures in
baseball.
Von der Ahe was a typical German,
with a Teutonic dialect as wide as his
girth. Latham never missed a chance
to put one on the “Posh manager.” but
after everybody had given Chris the
laugh he would come hack with this:
“Mit all his faults I luf him still.”
I^atham was playing in St. Louis on
one July Fourth. The park was
crowded. Previous to going on the
field Chris and Arlie had a run-in. and
the German whose fiery temper caused
him to sav things he never meant, told
Latham that he wished somebody
would “Shoot him dead."
This was a cue for Arlie. When he
left the clubhouse for the field he had
concealed in his blouse a giant fire
cracker. This he placed under third
base when Von der Ahe had his back
turned.
The game had gone about two in
nings and Latham had made two er
rors. Chris was furious. From his
perch In the stand he yelled:
”ITnd dat la a pall player. Yes, Vhy
doant somebody shooted him?”
Tills was Latham's cue. He had a
match in his pocket, and lifting: the
bag. as if he was to fasten it, he touch
ed off the giant cracker.
Everybody was interested in the play
when suddenly there was a loud crash
at third base. With the report Arlie
Latham was seen to totter a few steps
and bring his hand up over his heart
and sink to the ground.
Von der Ahe saw Arlie drop. He let
out a screech and tumbled out on the
field and was soon kneeling beside
Latham.
“Ach Got. Arlie. I didn’t mean dat
aomepody should shooted you. Blease
speak.”
Latham suddenly Jumped to his feet
and. rubbing his ear. said:
“It’s all right. Chris. The bullet
struck me in the mouth and I swal
lowed it.”
Chris did not see the Joke until the
team left the field. He then hastened
to the clubhouse and fined I^atham $50
for "shooting off” fire crackers on the
field. Of course. Arlie didn’t pay the
fine. If he had paid every fine that
Chris handed him, Latham would now
owe Von der Ahe money.
Prospects Bright at Nashville;
East Does Not Want to Report
Nashville Is ready for the call of the
umpire. Manager Bernard has not
brought his men to the Sulphur Dell,
but he has given orders for their ap
pearance. The champions ohls year
will start the season with but one or
two experiments. Robertson will be
seen on llrst and Manager Bill has
announced that there Is no question
about his making good. On third
Noyes will be seen as a successor or
McElveen, although It Is hinted In
Nashville, that It is not altogether cer
tain that Humpty himself will not be
seen at the difficult position, before
the season Is well under way.
Bernhard lost two good twlrlers
When the big leagues gobbled up Sit
ton and Hunter, but with Kellum,
Duggan. Puedue and himself remain
ing of the old corps and with several
additions, which have been made oo
the staff. Bernhard cannot see how
his staff will be weakened any from
last season. Hub Perdu© has shown
better form in each succeeding year
and is expected to have Ills best sea
son in the 1909 campaign.
Before the season starts, Bernhard
may have to look around for a capable
second baseman. Last year. It was
several weeks before the Nashville
team had a second sarker of any de
pendence, but finally a trade was made
whereby Walter East became the pro
perty of the Volunteers. This
luckv deal was instrumental in lsuid
ing Nashville the pennant. East dees
not want to play with Nashville again
He has written that he will not report
He says that lie has a chance to man
age the Pueblo Colorado team and is
wlllllng to buy his release from Nush
ville, in order to enter the field of a
manager. Nashville needs him how
ever, and it is stated that Bernhard
will have to see a mighty good man
in sight, before be will consider the
majtter of permitting East to get away.
Boxing Bouts Classed as Prize
Fights in Pennsylvania Counties
The fact that the police stopped a
boxing t out, or rather prohibited one
frmn taking place, at Norristown re
cently. ('alls attention to the fact that
there Is a rather peculiar law in Penn
sylvania regarding boxing and Pr z,^
fighting The latter is prohibited all
over the commonwealth by a very strict
law and anyone taking part In prize
fighting as principal, second or even
as a spectator, Is liable on conviction
to an Imprisonment of one year and
a lino of $500. Im' ln t,1<‘ comities of
Pike Erie, Pchuviklll. Luzerne and
Montgomery boxing matches are class
ed the same as prize fights, and the
same penalty Is Imposed on any person
engaged either as a principal, second
or spectator at a boxtng match In any
of those counties.
Various reasons are given for the
fact that boxing matches are prohlb
ited in the counties named, the princi
pal one being that boxing matches
were arranged ln those counties very
often for the purpose of attracting the
attention of the police miles away from
depredations which were proposed to
be pulled off In other parts’of the com
monwealth by lawless gangs, which
then Infested the interior of the State.
In all other counties, how'ever. box
ing matches and prize fights are re
garded as very different afTalrs and the
former are legal if properly conducted,
and the courts have more than once
decided that they cannot be Interfered
with unless they become so disorderly
as to he a nulsapce to the community
In which they are held, when It Is the
business of the- county sheriff to sup
press them, even If he hns to call for
the aslstance of every able-bodied man
In the county.
It is a matter of record, howrever.
that all over the State boxing matches
are now so generally well conducted
that they attract the best class of cit
izens, and there Is rarely any such dls*
Irder as is usual at baseball and foot
ball games and the only thing that the
police officers or sheriffs' deputies have
to do is Jo enjoy the bouts, says The
Philadelphia Record.
Hugh Jennings Will Have to
Go Some to Repeat This Year
The Detroit champions will he
without the aenvlces of its captain.
Coughlin, thia coining season. Cough
lin has taken the place of Harry Wol
verton as manager of the Williams
port Tri-State Club, and George Mo
riarty. late of the New vSrk Ameri
cans will look after Coughlin's Job on
j thirl for the Tigers
Jennings seemed to have improved 1
his team bv the change Morlarty is 1
one of the best utility men In tr.e |
huslttess cid hla work on lo rd f v
the Highlanders last season a as of j
smelt a nature as to brand him as one
of the best In the business when play
ed regular In that position
Mortarty will have a fast boy to
work with as Bush, the Indianapolis
boy proved to be the biggest kind of
a And, when he Jumped into the har
ness toward the fag end of last sea
son and aided very materially of help
ing the Tigers over the rough places
in the closing games of the American
League season.
U^th the change of Morlarty, the
Tigers will practically stand pat on
the present pennant winners. The
same superb outfield will he their with
their fence breaking hats and the
same pitchers will again be on deck,
but the sporting public In view of the
changes being made by Cleveland and
St. Louis, do not see where Jennings
will be able to repeat this year.
I'lnjors nt West linden.
West Baden. Ind.. Mch. 2—Practi
cally all of the pitchers ajid catchers
of the Chicago National league team
In charge of Manager Chance reached
here this morning, those In the party
included Pitchers Brown. Overall, Fra
zer, Lundgren. Pfeister and Kroh and
Catchers Moran, Archer and Mlalon*.
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Ha* Words of Praise For Mori arty Aad
Rush And Says That The
New Men Have Added
Much Strength.
Detroit. March 2—Hughey Jennings,
who has won two consecutive pennants
with his Tigers, Is perhaps, more con
fident of victory in the coming cam
paign than ever before. Hughey Is
never boastful, but he has to smile
when he thinks of the improved form
his team will show with Moriarty at
third and Bush at short.
It is not often that Hughey talks of
his team, but when he does he usually
says something. He went over the
makeup of the other teams today as
well as his own, and made some
significant comment. When asked
what he proposed to do about the play
ers who are holding out for more
salary, he remarked:
‘‘There’ll be no trouble as to those
hold-outs. Time will smooth out all
the kinks. Not one of thei* has any
real grievance."
"What are the chanoes for the (lag
for a third year?" he was asked.
"Good." was the prompt response,
"better than they have been since we
became champions. We have strength
ened every weak spot, and have not
weakened ourselves anywhere."
"What about Moriarty?"
"He ought to make one of the best
third sackers in the American League
for 1909. He is a strong, willing play
er, fast as they make them, game as a
pebble, and. best of all, possessed of a
keen, well-balanced baseball brain.
He’s a star on the hit-and-run play
and looks to me like the ideal man to
fit into the Tigers' style of play.
Given a steady berth, his hitting ought
to improve steadily."
"And Bush? You know they are
saying around the country that maybe
he played above his speed last fall—
that, maybe, he was just a flash in
the pan.”
Hughle’s red face took on a more
lurid hue: the freckles became pale
spots in contrast.
"Who said that, who said that?** he
demanded hotly.
"Well, they just suggested maybe it
was so."
"Well, don’t you believe it. Bush is
no ‘flash in the pan.' Owen Bush will
be one of the sensations of the season.
.Tust you mark what I say."
"Then there will be no contest for
the position of shortstop? Bush gets
it, hey?"
"Well, yes. O’Leary will fit in fine
ly as a utility player. Bush is my
choice now.”
Then he continued:
"Bush has the indelible stamp of a
great ball player. He didn’t play
above his speed last fall. You can tell
a great ball player by the way he goes
after a ball, by the way he handles
himself. An ordinary dub on the field
can make a sensational play, but it
means nothing. Class tells, and Bush
has It. He showed me more as a ball
player when he was making errors
than any other man I have seen mak
ing these so-called star plays. It’s the
way he does things. He’s one of the
great natural ball players. He's a star
in the making.
"There’s one thing of course. he
won’t be as good at—that’s hitting.
He will not be as good In the long run.
because he’s by no means of the hit
ting type. His speed, however, and his
Judgment will make him a nasty man
at the bat."
"Now. about the catchers?"
"Well, we’ve got Schmidt. Good
man. that Schmldtty. Can’t beat him
when It comes to work. He'll again be
the mainstay behind the bat. As to
Beckendorf, that's all I've heard down
In Scranton all winter. They say he's
as good as any major leaguer when It
comes to brains. Little shy on hitting,
but we can stand for that. He is all
that Connie Mack and others who have 1
watched him say he is. And then w« r •
have Stanage. I like him. A swell
thrower, cool, collected, and steady;
not a bad hitter, and a mighty gooj
base ball head. Our catchers look bet
ter than ever."
"’Frald of your pitchers?"
"None; not a bit. Who could be?
We've got all the men of last year,
and Summers and Willett ought to be
far stronger. Thqn the colts ought to
show something. Say. honest, X
haven't got a thing to worry about."
"Perfectly satisfied with your team,
then?"
"Yep."
"Well, then, what about the other
chaps? How about Cy Young going
to Cleveland?"
“Oh. he might help, he might help.
Can't tell. In fact. It doesn't matter,
hou see. the trouble with Cleveland
last year wasn’t over its pitchers.
Joss pitched good ball; so did Rhoades.
Berger, Chech,. and Llebhardt. They
pitched good ball. Nothing the mat
ter with that pitching staff.”
"Well, why didn't they win?"
"Oh. Just general inability to play
together. Failure to grasp the oppor
tunities presented them by other teams
in the league. Opportunity, you know,
knocks once in a while at a map's
door In baseball, but it won't hire a
brass band and stay up all night
pounding. They didn't need any
stronger pitching staff to win the
pennant."
"Well, they’ve got Jim McGuire?"
"Yes, so they hove. I hope Jim gets
along. He certainly deserves suc
cess."
"Is the pennant fight to again he
among the Western clubs?"
"It looks that way, but then, look
out for Connie Mack. Connie's
youngsters might round to and start
trouble, but of course there will be no
serious danger from them. You can
safely say It's a Western fight, all
right."
"Chicago?”
"Is Fielder Jones coming back?”
"Spposlng he doesn’t?"
"Bad. I don't like to say they would
he out of It without him. but they will
he badly handicapped. He's a won
derful ball player."
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