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Chicago Company Provides For Its
Workmen.
Chicago. March 5—Car men In the
service of the Chicago City Railway
Company, toon will have the advan
tages and privileges accorded to mem*
hers of an aristocratic club.
Club rooms equipped with all con
veniences are being furnished In the
pew car barns being built by the com
feany.
The barns cover a city block and
the second floor will be largely de
moted to the club rooms, containing
[library, billiard and pool tables, bar
ker shop, bootblacking stands, shower
baths and an assembly hall with a
Vtage and piano.
lf«f Chicago Meet.
Chicago. Mcli. f>—Officials of several
Meat.
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Vferge packing concerns declare that
St is extrem
She consign
plained of by Dr Williams, the
extremely unlikely that any of
he consignments of diseased meat
_cal officer of the port of T^ondon,
as shipped from Chicago %
NEWS NOTES OF SPORT
The St. I/>uIb Nationals have secured
* rood Inflelder In Enwrtght. the Cal
ifornian.
Jones, Walsh. Donahue and Ander
son were missing when the White So*
left Chicago for California.
An effort Is being made to bring
Johnny Coulon and Monte Attell to
gether In a fight for the bantam cham
pionship.
York. Pa., baa taken Wilmington's
ilaoe In the Tri-State League "Doe"
totaling will manage the new team.
"Big Chief Bender, the Athletic
pitcher, recently carried off a 1376
purse In a pigeon Shooting tournament
Johnny KUng, the Cub catcher, has
received the "last notice" to report to
Manager Chance.• Johnny says all no
tices look alike to him
Jack Barry, the former Giant, says
that he will not go to Milwaukee for
II 000,000. Think of a ball player
turning down a handsome salary like
that
A Rochester baseball fan wants to
name John Oanxel's team the " ‘Bilk’
O'Loughllns," but "Bilk" Is called 483
llfferent names In ons afternoon along
in July.
The big teams that Pennsylvania will
naet on the gridiron next fall, au
:ordlng to the schedule just nnonnhved,
ire Brown, Michigan. Cornell and the
Carlisle Indiana
The University of Illinois team will
ilose Its football season next fall by
nesting Syracuse on November 20. It
S'lll be the first appearance of the II
lnols team In the East.
Among the well known ex-major
eague players who are to manage
nlnor league teams the coming season
ire the following:
Harry Wolverton, Newark. N. J.
Hugh Duffy, Providence, R. I.
Jack Dunn. Baltimore. Md
Joe Kelly, Toronto. Ont.
John Ganzel. Rochester. N. Y.
James Casey, Montreal.
Jesse Burkett, Worcester. Mass.
William Hamilton, Haverhill. Mass.
J. H. O’Rourke, Bridgeport, Conn.
Hal Eason. Lawrence. Mass.
Thomas Dowd, New Bedford. Mass.
Malachl Klttredge. Wilkes-Barre, I'm.
A1 Orth. Lynchburg. Va.
William Phillips, Kast Liverpool. O.
Frank Relsling, York. Pa.
Charles Carr, Indianapolis, tnd.
Henry J*eltz, Louisville. Kv.
James Collins. Minneapolis.
Monte Cross. Kansas City, Mo.
Richard Cooley. Topeka. Kas.
William Hylmes. Sioux City, la.
George Van Halteru. Oakland. Cal.
Charles Babb. Memphis.
W. H. Bernhard. Nashville. Ter.n.
Ed Gremlnger. Montgomery. Ala.
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HARKS A GAYLE.
TL'RF WRITER HEAD.
•mu B. Warms Passes Away la
Obscurity.
Chicago. March 5—Word has reached
Chicago of the death at Los Angelos
>n December 21 of 3am B. Weems, for
•ears Identified with racing both on
he trotting an<k running tracks.
For weeks friends are reported as
laving sought the old time turf writer,
rho disappeared front his usual haunts
ome time before Christmas.
At a I/Os Angeles hospital It was
innounced that Weems had steadfastly
efusad to reveal his Identity and
rhen he died he was buried in an un
narked grave. Weems was 54 years
•Id and was horn near Zanesville, o.
O'Connell Wins Boat.
Portland. Oregon. March 6—Eddie I
VConmdl. wrestling instructor of the;
dultonomah Amateur Athletic Club. I
uccesafully defended his title of wel- j
erweight champion of the world here !
ast night by winning two straight *
nils from Con AJbright. of Rochester, I
*. Y.. in 47 minutes. 47 seconds and
13 minutes, 50 seconds respectively.
*oth men weighed 145 pounds ringside.
VConnell secured both falls on haru
nerlock holds. It was the fastest bout
ver seen in this city
Fight to a Draw.
San Bernardino, Cal., March 5.-—
loward Baker of Boulder, Colo., and
:!arence English, of Omaha, fought1
n rounds to a draw last night before]
he Gate Gity Athletic Club There
lore 1.000 spectators. The features
rare the in-flghtlng of English and
laker** better boxing Both m»n took
onsiderahle punishment but finished
iron g.
Investigate Unas. j
The Southern Amateur union Is now
nvestigatlng Haas, the forward on the
lohile team, whose playing without
roper registration raised a how] of
roteat from the Birmingham Athl«H>
Hub.
Papke Goes In Training.
Los Angeles, March I*.—Billy Papke, *
)rmpr middle-weight champion. ar
Ived last night from Hot Springs and
rill go Into training for his fight with j
Jm Flynn on March li*. Flynn has j
een In training here for several days ‘
EXPERTS TO
SHOOT HERE
Big Trap Event For
March 13,
CHAMPIONS WILL CONTEST
U, M. C. Team is Making a Tour
of the South.
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; t »<lrr the Auiflcca of the Country Club
Capt. T. A. Williams, It. o.
Hrlk.es «ad William H.
M«et Will Appear.
Under the auspices of the Country
Club, the U. M. C. Remington trio of
trapshooters will be seen in Mont
gomery March 13 In connection with
the appearance of Capt. T. A. Mar
shall, R O. Helkes and William H.
Heer, three of the beat known profes
sionals In the business, the local trap
shooters will participate in the events
and the occasion will be a big on« for
trap shooters of Montgomery.
The IT. M c. team is touring the
South for the purpose of making
friends The three experts ale ideal
sportsmen and have thousands ol ac
quaintances throughout the United
.States. The ocaslon is expected to
boom trap shooting nere.
Tom a. Marshall is well known to
the shooting fraternity as the only
man who ever won the Grand Ameri
can Handicap twice. At his spacious
home. Kelthaburg, 111., lie holds per
haps more beautiful trophies than any
other living shooter, lie was captain
of the well known American team,
which traveled abroad and never expe
rienaed a defeat, lie was also captain
of the U. M. C. Southern Squad of
1903 For twenty years he was Mayor
of Kelthsburg and would be today if
he were at home long enough to be
elected.
W. H. Heer, known as "the silent
man from Kansas," has the honor of
making the highest yearly average of
1906. 96.3 tier cent, out of 15,000 tar
gets. He is perhaps the greatest liv
ing shot today. As an amateur Mr.
Heer won every championship for
which he competed, Including the State
championships of Kansas. Nebraska
and Oklahoma. Last year he broke 100
targets straight, twenty-tfhe different
times, and in 1905 he made the grand
score of 694 out of & possible 600. In
cluding a run of 307 straight. lie was
also a member of the U. M. C -South
ern Squad.
Mr. R. O. Helkes is one of the best
known trap shooters in the world, and
is toften -called "The Daddy of them all."
Mf. Helkes probably has held more
records than any other living shooter.
He won the Cast Iron Medal, emblem
atic of the World's Championship at
Live Birds, five consecutive times; also
the target championship five different
times. Mr. Helkes was a member of
the U. M. C.-Southern Squad and of
the All-American Team, puring the
last three years Mr. Helkes has been
shooting better than before, due chief
ly. as he says, to the Remington auto
loading shot gun, which he has used
exclusfvelv.
BAT NELSON GETTING
TO BE SOME JOKER
Ba: Nelson is getting to b« quite a
joker, and his sarcasm frequently cuts
to the quick, with some fighters.
Bat’s latest Is a fling at Freddie
Welsh, Jabez White and the other
Flnglldh pugilists now in this country
asking for engagements with him.
Here Is what Bat says.
“Just to show the admirers of these
English scrappers and as a grand
finale to my ring career, T have made
* proposition to James W. Coffroth to
fight all the lightweights in one day.
“I will never appear In the ring1
(*fter the Fourth of July next, but be-j
fore I retire I want to Show the I
world that an American boxer, and
that boxer is myself, can beat all the ;
so-called great lighters in England.
“I will let Coffroth pick any two I
r>f them, and will fight them for $25,
[)00. I will fight three of them for
130,000, four for $35,000 and after
that as many as Coffroih wants for
12,500 apiece, all the same day.”
PHILADELPHIA HAS
SIGNED COVELESKI
Philadelphia fans are not content.
Big Ooveleeki has at iast come to
terms with the management and is
bound for the South for the spring
training camp. The Phillies are head- ,
i'd for Southern Pines and Manager
Murray lias a big bunch of men un
Jer salary, which will he paid by the
new Phllly owners. Jacfclltch. the
catcher, is still holding out for more
money, but up In Philadelphia no one
seems to be bothered about Jack be
cause it is stated he never has shown
Amy great class since he Joined the
Phillies. He Is lazy to an alarming
Jegree. Pitcher Corridon has not
joined *the team because of sickness in
,1s family
HATTY MATHEWS ASKED
WAIVERS ON HIMSELF
It is very seldom that a player asks
waivers on himself, but this was done
jy Harry Matthews, according to Chol
y Frank. The Peliclan manager says
,mt when he was talk ng with Matty :
lb out a raise in salary, which lie re
used to grant. Matty suggested that •
"rank ask waivers on him. This 1
«'rank consented to do, and turned to
ils desk and wrote to President Kav- 1
tnaugh asking waivers. He says he 1
hen laughingly handed the letter to i
idatty and asked him to mail It. so '
je would be sure that the letter went
o Kavanaugh. Matthews sakl he 1
arould wait awhile to post the letter 1
Frank aaid a dav or two ago he 1
lidn’t know whether the letter was
er mailed cr not. but It Is said Bil
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Just received notice that waiver* ha,v
been a*Iced.
It will now be up to some othe
team In the league to grab Matty fo
1440, which ts $100 less than Manage
Frank paid Birmingham for him thro
years ago.
Of course, there Is still a chance tha
Matty will stay In New Orleans. I
all clubs waive on him, it will be u
to Matty to find some other trade. It I
not absolutely necessary for Frank t
sell him, but the Dutchman said th
other day Matty was for sale to an;
club In the league for the $400 waive
once.
ONLY PICKED TEAMS
ALLOWED TO STAR'
As the purpose of the managemen
of the six-day pedestrian race, whlcl
starts midnight, March 7 In Madlsoi
Square Garden. New York, Is to hole
the contests down to a field or not mroi
than twenty picked teams, great cart
Is being exercised lnj the final selectfor
of the men from the hundred or more
applicants already listed as probable
contestants
Among the prominent foreign team!
who have signed the agreement for the
race the most noteworthy combinatlor
la Eduardo Clbcy, and Louis Orphee
the very best pedestrians that could ht
found In France to represent their na
tive country. Clbot is an eruluiance
performer of great reputation and hi!
partner, Orphee, equally well known
was a competitor in the 155 kilome
ters road race recently held from Hou
en to Paris.
Ahother notable foreign entry is that
of Ferrl, the champion ^distance run
ner and walker of Italy, who holds the
record of having beaten Dorando Tie
trl, the famous Italian Marathon race
runner.
The rtnal choice of the teams to rep
resent England and Germanay is be
ing held in abeyance until tests which
are to reduce the selection to a mat
ter of actual performance have been
made.
Ihe combination which lias arouse<
comment In the pairing of the Amerl
can entries is Mike Spring, the Mara
thun aud long-distance runner, wit!
Rd Adams, the veteran road ajij en
durance racer. Spring has iftade i
grej^t record In amateur pedestrlai
races lD New York| and has only re
eently entered the professional ranks
while Adams, known #is the winner o
the 1,900-mile road race from Mlnne
apolis to New York two years ago, li
considered an excellent mate for thi
fle«t Spring. *
Another combination agreed upon b]
the athletes, subject to approval of the
race officials, is P. j. Dlneen and W
i ' who are to represent Ire
land. These men are known as cham
pion long-distance and endurance run
I\fr,,wncl %’alkers, the former holding
the \V eston gold belt won In the six
day continuous race held in Philadel
phia a few years ago.
Henry Shelton, much In demand as t
partner, has expressed his desire t<
Frazer, who hold!
fifty medals for all sorts of road riboei
a‘ . dlatance,> George Harrington
veteran six-day racer, and Jerry Sul
nlonn.bi!Th0,ci?lms the distance cham
0, Jle<v -’ofrey. have agreed
to pair, and the combination Is offered
Wrt.w«#rOVa . George Klubertanz. ol
Worcester, and Tony Loesleln, of Erie
r„h° ha C0ntpeted as partners la sev
eJaI. ““durance contests, are deslroui
being considered as a team
Other pairings agreed upon 'by the
athletes are Henry Gulgnard and B
^a“"'co.ll*3lt a? a Swiss team and twe
?nae*i teams Jhh N. Q. Athanassladet
and Andrew Devarls as one pair and
ot'h.T Th"", and J1 Typaldos as the
r-snt , TJl ?f'LTroU ‘“am selected by
S’Lf.' “ McRae, who has charge of
the Filipinos, are NufN’ewt and Ma I,ec
Dan, both Bontoc Igorrotes of Luzon
nnsLa^ "°w ln Philadelphia training
Murphyht *eneraI dlrectl°n of Mike
One of the most Interesting test
made to bring out material that ma
»>"«!“» <° wtnlnng the race is tha
which the soldiers of Fort Leavenwort
arc conducting to try out In the hop
of finding a team that jnay credltahl
represent the United Aatei Army \
ine race.
MONTGOMERY MAY
HAVE MOTOR BOAT CLUB
Montgomery will soon see some mo
tor boat racing, If the plans of the
gentlemen who are foBterlng a motor
bout club organization, pan out
In various sections of the countrv
much Interest Is being taken In motor
boats and motor boat races, and while
m3 n?,1 generally known, there Is con
rnotor? ioa£tere8t *“ Mont*omer* In
Although the fad has not been given
any publicity here, there are at present
two dozen boats being used by
Montgomerlans and at least a dozen
more are In the course of construction
so by April i. It is planned to have
rlose to forty boats plying the Ala
bama River.
Motor boat racing is sald to be a
moat fascinating sport and on the Mis
*isslppiand lOhio Rivers it is reigning
fct the present time. * *
A meeting of motor boat enthusiasts
Is to be held at 15 1-2 Dexter Avenue
tomorrow night, at which a perma
nent organization will be perfected
There is a national order of motor boat
enthusiasts and the local enthusiasts
Ulan to join this body, through ilia or
ganization of the local body.
FIRST GAME OF BALL
AT MOBILE TODAY
Mobile. March 6—(Special.)—All is
n readiness for the first exhibition
game of the season, which takes place
lomorrow, when the Cleveland Naps
meet the Mobile Southern League team,
>n the new grass diamond at Monroe
Park.
Cv Young. Joss, and other famous
wlrlers will work for Cleveland, while
'!lg Clarke, another celebrity, will be
ieen in action on the rear end of the
>.Tap battery. Torrey, Hlxon, and
Schultz will work for Mobile, with
3raun and Eddye Eauzon, of the Tex
es I.eague, training here, doing the re
viving.
Tire Cleveland club will be made up
>f the pitchers and catchers, aided bv
Jeorge Stovall, who will play first base
irrlving this morning. Stovall brought
vith him Andreada. a Spaniard, whom
te picked up twirling In California,
ind he states he Is a find, and on the
itrength of Stovall’s recommendation,
he Naps signed Andreada.
Most of the Mobile club have report
id and will probably line up as follows
omorrow:
Sabrle. first; Gregory, second; Sen
ell, short; Watson, third; Thornton.
?nte and Wheat In the outfield. The
ither players of the Mobile club will
ill be in by Sunday.
VUTO MEET TO BE HELD
HERE DURING APRIL.
It wan learned here yesterday, that
ilana were being; made tor the hold
ng of the automobile meat at Van
liver Park some time during Apo*il.
rhe meet was originally scheduled to
ake place March 5 with Stnang Rob
ertson, Burnham, DePalma and* other
lUTiouH drivers as participants, but
»ecause of the destruction of machines
n the New Orleans meet. It was found
lecessary to abandon that date.
Arrangements have been made with
he Fair Association for the holding
»f the meet at a latter date, and ad
dles yesterday from racing; head
iuart<*rs, would Indicate that it will
>e the Idea of the promoters to hold
he meet here during- the latter part
>f April, following the Florida Beach
-aces at a time when the eelebraties
vl 11 be in the South with their famous
narhlnea
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I’ELVEEN DETERMINED
TO WIN REGULAR BERTH
Humpty MeKLveen, the boy who i
tings ’em to the far corners of the '
Jt when he does connect and who
iade a very acceptable captain for the
hampion Volunteers last year, is now
e&dy for his big league tryout. He
ays that he !s goirg to make some
ody go some to beat him nut for a
egular berth on the Trolley Dodgers
nd Manager Lumley will have to i
eep an eye on him from the very i
tart. Nashville fane, however, ex*
ect to see Humpty back on the Sul- j
bur Del! before the Southern League
Baton Is much undar wav. i
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Wolverton to Manage President
McGinnity of Newark Club
narry vv olverton, late manager of
the two times Tri-State champions,
will while acting an manager ol the
Newark club this season appear in a
role altogether different from that of
any other baseball manager.
Wolverton, this season, will have
the honor of managing the president
of the club for which he Is working.
It has just been learned that the
purchase of the Newark club by Joe
McOinnity, the former New York
twirler. does not necessarily mean
that Wolverton is to lose out but In
stead It Is now known that Wolver
ton will not be Interfered with and
that McGInnlty will not take charge
of the managerial roles until next
year. In the meantime, howenrer, Me
Olnnlty Is going to take hie regular
turn In the box and will be under
the management of Woleerton. Mc
Olnnlty was recently elected presi
dent of the club and the fact that he
will work under his manager makes a
new situation In baseball.
The Career of Lucky Baldwin
Was Most Interesting to Public
The death of Lucky Baldwin recalls
to the public a most Interesting career.
Lucky Baldwin, as he has been
known for many years by racing: men
throughout the country, was born
Ellas Jackson Baldwin, In Ohio In
1828. and early In life he considered
the West a good prospect. There ho
went and made a fortune. Lurk was
his without question, but with It went
the pluck that was necessary In those
days of hardship and a faculty for
profitable speculation that soon made
him famous.
His first big strike was In the Ophir
mine, which adjoined the Comstock
lode, owned by Mackay, Fair, Flood
and O'Brien.
“The Ophir deal was the one that
won me the title Lucky," said Bald
win once. “There was no luck about
It I came out about $5,000,000 ahead
on that deal, and I could have ruined
a number of people, but for reasons of
my own did not do so
“Those were the days of gigantic
manipulations In stocks, and a man
that had a finger in the pie didn’t
need to look elsewhere for excitement
I pulled out some 6retty Juicy plums,
though Mackay and the rest of them
W'ere gobbling as fast as they could.
Mud hens a Nuisance.
“Because I was supposed to be nat
urally lucky people would dog my
footstepB and hang around my office
begging for a tip on the market. The
women stock dabblers were the moat
persistent—these mudhens were big
ger nuisances than the men because
you couldn’t throw them downstairs.
“I wouldn’t give an outline of my
life without mentioning that I’/ve been
in court more times than most men—.
sometimes as plaintiff, sometimes as de
fendant. 1 really don’t know how
many lawsuits I have been mixed up
In, but my lawyer says enough to
make me a pretty good lawyer. I
worked on my cases as much as the
lawyer hlmeelf, and I’nu^pretty well
up In law, even If I haven’t a sheep
skin entitling me to practice.
“It Is said that I trusted so much
in my luck that I never insured any
of my property It wasn't lhat I had
faith In my luck, but it is a fact that
I never cared to Insure my property.
I kept an insurance account, and up
to the time of the hotel fire I was
$500,OuO ahead. When 1 built the
Baldwin Hotel I first leased the ground
on which it stood and afterward
bought it. The hotel cost, when it
was finished. $2,000,000, and $200,000
was afterward put Into It for Improve
ments. The hotel paid an interest of
$150,000 a year, so it wasn’t a bud
investment. The house stood for years
without any Insurance, and only the
year before it was burned did I take
out a policy for $50,000. I had been
warned that a certain party had
threatened to burn my hotel, and that
was the reason I insured It. I have
never had another piece of property
insured.
“For years I ran both the hotel and
the theatre personally. The Baldwin
Theatre opened with Barry Sullivan
as the attraction. I have one of the
programs of the first performance,
and the day after the fire we found
In the ruins a program of the laet
performance ever held in the theatre.
It is charred and burned around the*
edge, but I Intend framing these pro
grams, <me dated 187o and the
other 1890.”
This was the cheerful chatter of the
old speculator some years ago. and
whatever else may be said of Bald
win he kept his hold on theatrical
and racing life to the very end.
“aid ‘ ”• * -
Baldwin In Theatricals.
Lucky Baldwin’s first experience in
a theatrical venture is beet told by
himself. Even a believer in luck he
attributes his continual good fortune
to a talisman, a lucky ring he got in
Japan after hie fir*t great success In
California, and he used to tell tho
yarn in this way:
"It was on this trip that I got my
‘lucky* ring In Japan. 1 also brought
back with me a company of Japan
ese and Chinese actors. I played them
in every big mining camp In Cali
fornia, making gold dust by the suck
ful out of them. Then I took ihe
company East, ftnaJly pla/.ng them In
New York at the Academy of Music for
6laht weaks to the biggest business
this theatre had ever nu4.
“Luck? WW1, it lyoka more to me
like good, common sense. I knew ;l m
Oriental actors would be a curiosity
.n this country and calcu««;tsa that
there must bo money in it for tho fl/tt
man who would play the.n i BOid out
to Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan
fame, and he took the company
abroad, where it played to almost
every crowned head of Europe. It
was doing the thing at the right time,
1 wouldn't make carfare playing that
name troupe now.”
was Having In 1878.
As a racing man Baldwin cut quite
a. figure In the yoars that are gone.
A.s Tong ago as 1876 Lucky Baldwin
was in racing. When Baldwin’s first
turf venture in 1876 at San Francisco
proved a defeat for his horses, Grmi
iteail and Rutherford, he was going
:o sell the two stallions to the h!g;»
sst bidder. He had gone on East
Lhe year befoTe to Sarutoga and paid
118,000 for the two hordes to win the
b'rlaco $30,000 purse at four-mile
neats with one or the other But
3rimstead girt lame and Rutherford
;ouid only run second to the Oregon
lorse, Faster, ridden by William
_«akeland. the developer of Blecdon
>er the Futurity winner of last
/ear.
Then Budd Dobla, the famous reins
nan and Baldwin’s son-in-law. said to
he disappointed aspirant for turf
»onors: *rLook here. Old Man Bald
win; these stallions, Send them down
o Santa Anita, buy some good
horoughbred mares and start a
>reedlng farm. You can raise colts
i- *re as good or better than :.’uss
last. take them back over the monn
dins and heat the Kentucky colts on
heir own ground."
Baldwin fell in with Doble’s sug
[estlon, and long before Haggin’e £
ianebo del Paso f*wrm me# storied
laita Anita had toeobme famous as -a
birthplace of great winner*. Five
American Derbys and classic events
on every racecourse East, except New
Orleans, fell to the wearers of the
“black, red Maltese cross," and b.s
horses went back over the mountains
eacli fall laden with honors.
Two of the first mares that Bald
win secured 'nr stud matrons at San
ta Anita were Clara D. and Jennie B„
by Gleneg, August Belmont’s great
racehorse and sire. And then ho
paid a stiff price to Theodore Win
ters for the great little mare. Mollie
McCarty, after she had been beaten
by Ten Broeck, at Louisville. He
took her back East the following sum
mer and won the largest bet of Ills
turf career with her at Chicago.
The Mollie M’Cirtliy Coup.
In the spring of 1879 Mollie Mc
Carthy trained s> well, though then a
6-year-old. that Baldwin and his son
in-law. Doble. determined on a coup
with her at Chicago. And snipping
East early In June, they von: direct
to Chicago, dodging her Latonla Cup
engagement tor several reasons, one
being that a win there en‘.a led a pen
alty In the Chicago event.
At the Chicago Dilving Club Park
(rack Mollie McCarty did everything
that was asked of her in Impressive
fashion, and a wesk before the race
■flowed ber trainer a trial of two
miles in 3:30. As this wag half a
■econd faster than the record at the
ilstance, held by Gen Abe Buford s
ill-fated McWhlrter, Baldwin, Doble
ind trainer, L. R. Martin were In
ecstasies and began to look around
lor a first-class Jockey for the mare.
George Howson. who had ridden
dollle in most of her races up to that
•Ime. had grown so heavy that he
*as no longer available. It was a
ilty, as he understood the game little
nare thoroughly and she him. In this
llleii.t'ia, Martin wired to New York
;o his old friend, Charles J. Foster,
glitor of The New York Sportsman,
o get them a first-class jockey of un
tuestlonable honesty.
Foster secured for the Californians
Sdward Feakes, then riding for Milton
Janford. Col. Puryear and others who
lad proven his ability to bold his
>wn with George Barbee, W. L&ke
and, W. Hayward, James Rowe,
.eorge Evans, W. Donohue, Palmer,
dennessey and all the beet riders of
hat day. Feakes reached Chicago
wo days before the race, and gave
dolll* her Anal work, a at Iff two-mile
jallop. Then he wired Editor Foster:
She can’t lose.”
It was the first season of bookmak
ng In the West. That Is to say, the
Luctlons and mutuel pools were altlll
nedlums of speculation, and racegoers
vere gradually becoming educated up
0 the new system. The night before
he cup, Robert Cathcart had some
rery heavy pools at Chapin & Glore’s,
vlth Janet a pronounced favorite.
t allforuiaus Were Game.
Solicitor was made second faivotite,
dollle McCarty third, and the Bald
vln party bought their mare In a
lumber of pools that aggregated some
142.000 for an Investment of *3,700.
Cue next day at the track the two
fallfornlans, father-in-law and son-in
aw, Invested fully 37,000 more in pools
uid books at nearly the same rate of
hI(1s—if anything, a trifle better—for
he Janet craze was a pronounced
me.
Mollie McCarthy was a front run
ier and despite the fact that she was
arrylng 116 pounds, Martin tord
'cakes to take her out In front and
tay there; to run the first mile In
:48 or 1:69, and If he was pushed to
;o faster, the second In 1:45 or theTe
.bouts, and then come on and win
And tile fleet little California mare,
n spite of ner pacemaking, answered
very challenge with a gameness that
ould not be denied. Coming to the
mme stretch, she led by two lengtna,
nd the gap was never closed She won
aslly by a good three lengths, So
icitor beating Janet In a drive for
he place
The time was 4:00 1-2 and Mollie
,ld not blow enough to snuff a candle
fter the race. Tne big crowd gavo
’cukes and the mare an ovation when
hey came back to welgb, and they
.eserved It Baldwin and Doble cash
d 393.000 In the pools and books,
rhloh Included the amount they nad
ut up, 312,700. Doble had 32,900 at
he play and Baldwin the rest, whion
eft the winning in the proportion of
bout 317,000 for Doble and 363,000 for
laldwin. Lewis Martin also had a
■ood bet down, while Feakes received
32,000 fr«.
Baldwin’* Biggest Winning,
It was Baldwin's largest netting
oup on any race of his turf career,
'hen Mollie McCarty was token to
aratoga. and a big three-cornered
aoe got up for her, Bramble and the
tare Fortuna at Brighton Beach
lut Mollie was not sent down from
aratoga, and going wrong, she never
an again.
Baldwin carried ids own feed (al
nlfa), and water East with his mare,
lollle McCarty, and for years after
lard whh Volante, Empprlor of Nor
olk, Verano, Mission Belle, Lucky B.,
Lapido, Sinaloa, Loe Angeles Ganci
nd other great horses.
Lucky Baldwin’s notable feat In win
ing the American derby four times is
ften told and there were champions
1 these days if there were Colins and
ysonby* and air Martins in later
aist In 1885 Volante, with Isaac
lurphy up, beat Favor and Trouba
our, In 1886. Silver Cloud beat Blue
Ping and Sir Joee*«h: In 1888 the
reat Emperor of Norfolk won from
aloon and Loe Angeles, and six years
iter Rey El Santa Anita defeated
enator Grady and Deapot.
Twice he secured place with San
ago and Miss Ford Los Angeles
lowed when entered for an attempt
i secure first money.
The day that Emperor of Norfolk
on Baldwin bet 310.000 against 31,000
n his favorite’s chances. The same
ear Emperor performed the unpar
lleled feat at winning the Western
hndteap and Sheridan Stakes
The uetahlMtuzMot at the near raoo
>usee-at Areedka was :*>■ kast'aoMsm
p D Jl y n MONDAY NIGHT
U n H N U MARCH 8
Return of Last Season’s Greatest
Success
THE MAN
of the
HOUR
By George Broadhurst.
“The very best play I have eve!
seen.”—Theodore Roosevelt.
Prices: $1.50, $1.00, 75c, and 50o
Gallery, 50c and 25c.
Seat Sale Saturday 9 A. M.
racing Interest of the veteran of the
Western turf and in this beautiful
track he took great pride. He was a
regular visitor to the course and his
colors were seen there Just as they
were in the gala davs of Washing- >
ton Park, Chicago, when Volante. Sil
ver Cloud and Emperor of Norfolk
were invincible
Lucky Baldwin, at his best, typifled
the hardy adventurous life and spirit
of the West, which is shown in a re
mark of his made a few years ago
when he was then an old man:
"I don't bellovo It Is ever too late
in life to take a fresh start.”
“Going like hot cakes’’ doesn’t hslf
express the enormous sales of onr Meal
Mixture Fertilise, and High Grade Add
Phosphates. The people will here no
others.
MARKS A GAYLE.
BERNHARD FOND OF
HIS TWIRLING CORPS
Including: Manager Bernhard, Nash
ville will have four* of her 1908 pitch
ers back on the job at reporting time.
The others are Win Kellum, Johnny
Duggan and Hub Perdue. They are
good ones, too, but Bill is not going to
place all of his dependence in the vet
erans. He understands the ups an«|
downs of a slabman’g career, there^
fore he has scoured the minor leagues
for new twirlers and has bagged four
from which lie believes he can devel
op one or two good ones. Berny,
though, is not through. Far from It.
He has his eagle eye on a couple of
other pitchers. One has been working
out East and the other Is from the
sticks of Alabama. The first named Is
said to be very promising and while
no deal has been made it is not un
likely that the party in question will
be seen in a Volunteer uniform before
the campaign is on.
Manager Bernard wears a broad
smile when any one asks him about
the pitching department, ‘Sure, I
think I have some good ones,” Is the
way he puts it. “Didn’t Nashville
have the top notcherR last season?
Well, I have got three of the vets
back and then there is Weaver, Case,
Gilroy and Syfert, all new ones, from
which to give a trial. I am well sat
isfied with this part of the team.”
Gilroy, according to all the informa
tion at hand, looks like he is coming
to stay. He was with Lawrence, Mass,
last season, where he did clever work.
Since fall he has been down In Mexico
playing winter ball and latest reports
have it that he has won many of hit
games. Then there is Case, a young
ster recently picked up in the Three
Eye League. Mike Finn has been hot
on this lad’s trail. He made all kinds
of overtures for him, but Berny was
first on the job; in fact, the local mo
gul Intended putting in a draft for
nim last fall. He had been watching
him closely and when Case tipped him
off that he could purchase his release
from Springfield Mr. Bernhard held
off. By doing this he got him without
using his check book. Little is known
of Syfert. He, however, comes highly
recommended and will receive a tho
rough trial before the pink slip is han
ded him. Weaver has never been in
fast company.
“I look for Johnny Duggan to be
better than ever,” opined Bill. “He
has been Improving with each season,
and there Is no reason why he should
not continue to do so. He is young,
active and a hard worker. Then he
has the noodle and can field. I'll be
surprised if he does not prove one of
the best men in the league this year.
Perdue, too, should come back better
than ever. Hub has everything, and
all he needs is p. bit more experience,
rhe pitching department looks good to
mei”
Should the new recruits fail, M&na
?er Bernhard will get busy with the
major league moguls, from whom he
Is sure he can pick up at least one
reliable pitcher.—Nashville American.
Think of It
$5 quality, $5 style, five dollars
worth of wear and satisfaction
—that’s what you get in the
Vogue’s $4.00 Shoe. Try a pair
and be convinced that this is
not idle talk.
The VOGUE
WARREN 6 WILSON