The evening times. [volume], February 12, 1906, Image 7

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MONDAY. FEBRUARY
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,.Bangor, Me., Feb. 12—Up lathe
great north woods of Malne.where
•Jhousands of men have been at work
tor three'inontlui put etttilng down
the great trees which will make up
the^ winter's cut of logs tocome down
the riven to the mllla nut spiring, the
operators are now finishing up the
catting operation^, and the hauling to
.the. yards, and are preparing to luwe
the logs plied In the yards and hauled
..to the landings where they are handy
to the water. In which they wlH be
plunged when they start on their rough
passage downstream to the mills. The
hardest part of the winter's work fa
n.paat, the cutting and yarding, but'
|r ahead there Is the task of getting the
^millions of feet of logs from the yards
to the landings over long woods roads,
\J ^'vwhere the Jteamster has to be con
vtstantly on his watch for the safety of
ihis team" and the load of logs he is
(piloting.
\v \s There are woods roads In the Maine
lumbering region where it Is no more
vdU^cult to pilot a team of horses and
a load of Jogs than It would be to do
-the same.thing on a State highway,
but the lumberman knows too well
that such roads as this are, too scarce.
The*
character of the road depends on
)-ithe character/of the-country through
which It runs, and the Maine lumber*
*jlng region has its full share of the
^wrinkles and folds and creases on the
face of Mother Earth. Yarding the
tlogsls usually a simple matter, for the
', .haulto the yard is seldom more than
Jhalf a mile, and the road.ls "swamped"
Sk the place where the teams will be
imost likely to have the easiest, haul
"and ftvold the uneven character of the
ground. .'V
Hauling to the landings, however, !s
a difficult matter. The landings are
usually not less than a mile from the
yards, and often the logs have to be
hauled half a dozen miles before th-jy
reach the landing places. The logs
have to be hauled over roads that run
', over bogs, up hill and down dale, ov.jr
steep declivities wher.e .the load of logs
Is above the Wads of .the horses, and
wheye the breaking of .a rope or chain.
I ~jor
& slip of one of the horses might
mean death to team and .teamster. It
is on these deep inclines that the
snubline comes into use,- and where
some of the worst accidents ever re
corded in the Maine woods have taken
place.' The roads over which the logs
'have- tobe hauled are kept in as Icy
a condition as possible at all times.
The snow itself is not slippery enough
,to suit the lumbermen. Even though
the snowfall be heavy and the show
lies several feet deep on the roads, and
the surface be smooth aB a floor, they
,** are not satisfied, but must have the
surface pf the road a glare of ice.
Sometimes nature will bring this cou
ditieoi about by a rainstorm which
clears with a cold northwest wind
and freezes the surface of thtf roads
Instantly into a glare^of Ice* If the
rain do^a not come the lumberman' re
sort* to other meaflB to make easier
hanllng for his teams, .and many of
7 the concerns haVe sprinklers such as'
are used on the city streets and sprin
kle the road atoightuntllthe* surface
is a glace of ice. With the roads in this
condition a pair of horses will step
along at a lively pace with a dozan
huge lo^B chained on the sled where
the road is fairly level or the grade_
favorable.
,On the pitches, however, no ice is
wanted. Everything is done there to
retard the progress of the heavy loads
as much, as possible. The snow 'is
shoveled off these pitches, and earth,
boughs, manure and other stuff are
thrown on top of the snow, so that the
.j heavily loaded Bleds will not slip and
run onto the horBes or put! too severe
a strain on the snubline. The curves
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In the road, if there be any, are banked
up as much as possible to prevent the
sled from slewing in going/around the?
curves' and upsetting the load of logs
or breaking the chains which hold the
logs on the sled.
Here is where the snubline comes
into play. The snubline is a hawser
three Inches thick, and of a length to
coincide with the length of the. pitch
on which it is used. The most common
way of using the snubline to to have a
line, about twice the length of the
pitch. At the top of a steep incline
a big: tree-has been felled, leaving a
stump four feet high. The largest
tree is always picked for the purpose,
i' raid the bark is then stripped from the
qtiimp from within a foot or so of the
top, leaving the stumps as smooth as
sitf.axe handle* o-
When the teamster comes to the top
V/f the grade he stops ills team and
jumps down. He takes the end of the
great hawser and passeB the line com
.!. pletely around the load of logs, mak
-•j-'. ing two half-hitches, so that when
strain is placed on the line the hitches
slip and the noose draws tightly abo'it.
the load. Then he takes the. line, and
k' passes it around the stiimp three .r
four times, shoving the coll down .s
Mar the bottom of the stump as pos
sible, clucks to: hiB horses and t4kes
of ^he slack, thefi jumps on the load
of 16gs and starts down hill. The fric
tion of the folds of the l^lg line on the
stump is sufficient to hold'-die load(
back\off the horses, while the weight
of the line p^sing up the hill ^o the
stump is enough to prevent it paying
off 'the stump too test Thfe driver
stands upright on hls load and watches
the stralning hawser with the. eye of
hapk. After a snubline liiaa be^n uBed
some time it becomes worn as smooth
as glass by the rictloh of the stump.
Sometimes It catches a sharp piece of
wood, and^lew^trandsarecut'IlieiO
btoke$ s6ind« iintwift llke a o^il^ii
spring, «hd.when the strain is thrown
oh i^ie line tHie break grows
ivHth ^maslng rapidity.. When onif
ths blg strands breaks the .teamster
knows it bjr the conylu^ve.
Up„«£iito
line,' and. he Is op the ^alfrt
If the ., line brsaks he ^sM^is1
horkeii, and sends his wKlit
about their heads. The IntelligeDt
brutes instinctively feel their danger
When the line snaps, and, throwliMf
themselves torwai^ Into tbdr ooiMrs,
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they start on a tace with death down
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hlllaM*. The driver stiioks to his
jpost ss leng as he can, and doeftlil*
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If yow want tobny or sell 1
II yon waiat help or want employment
Ifyou want to afellyour house
Ifyou want anything
best to gulde Ms steeds. He'Is com
paratively safe,. for he can juiqp at
any time without much dai^er or in
jury in the 'deep snow.
Not so With the horses, however.
xThe.great
load qi logs goes swaying
after thtiin almost as fast as Ihey can
run, even though they are not -har
nessed to the sled. All' thei frightened
animals can do is keep their feet, and
do their best to keep, the load from
running onto their heels, or Jeavlng
the road, to crash into .the trees and
take them with It If one of the horses
falls or anything atraut the sled,
breaks, it is all up with the poor
brutes. Sometimes the swaying of the
load will break a chain which holds
the logs on the. sled and let the great
sticks go shooting out over the heads
of the horses, perhaps catching the
teamster urtiawares, also, and crush
ing him.
The breaking of a snubline does not
always have a tragic result. It is the
miraculous escapes of the men and
horses that the men like to tell about
afterward. It
(often
happens that the
teamster guides his flying steeds and
their swaying load down over the
steep hill and brings them to a stop
after a mad rush of a quarter of a
milej cohered with lather and with
their sides heaving and nostrils dis
tended, but victors, in the race with
death.
In the above method of. using the
snubline one end of the line passes
back up the hill while the end at
tached to the load is going down. By.
this method one end of the line is al
ways at the top oi the hill, and the
teams are saved the trouble of carry
ing the line back up the hill. This
method is practicable on most hills,
but there are place's in the woods
where the grade is so long and steep
that Another method has to be adopt
ed. This other method, while seeming
safer, is as'a matter of fact, fraught
with more danger to men and horses
than the first The big line Is made
fast about the load as it was in the
first instance, and two or -three turns
are taken around the stump. The rest
of the line is coiled up a few yards
away. The teamster starts his horses
down the hill, and two men take the
slack end of the line and pay it out
gradually as the load descends, al
ways keeping the line taut and run
ning around the stump as smoothly as
possible. These men wear mittens
with thick leather palms so they can
grip., the line without having their
hands torn and blistered by the line,
passing through them. If th^line gets
the better of therii they have a way of
checking It by taking a cantdog and
using it as a lever to throw the line
harder against the stump, increasing
the friction and checking the load.
Sometimes the snubline gets the bet
ter of the men handling it, and in
stead of paying out smoothly goes by
jerks, getting from four incheB to a
foot of slack at every jerk. When this
happens thei is trouble in store for
somebody unless the men can stop the
line with their lever. Every slip of
the line Bends a thrill through the
whole length and sets it to flopping
and swaying and vibrating just as the
violin string vibrates when the bow is
drawn across it This makes a° great
strain on the line, and if giere is the
slightest imperfection in it it is likely
to snap, or in its gyrations it may get
the better of the men and run through
their hands so fast that the leather
palms of their mittens smokfe and tiny
have to drop it to save themselves.
They send a-shout of warning down *o
the teamster and another race ensues,
with life and death tossing a coin .to
see which wins.
There are times when it is not
necessary to use a sdubllne all yet
the sled has to be kept from running
on to the horses. This 1B done by
using a log chain, on the runnerB of
the sled. The' heavy lo£ chain is
wound'around the sled runners sp that
as soon" as the load starts the chain
is drawn under the iron shoes of the
runners, cutting into the road so that
it impedes the progress of the sled.
Many teamsters consider the log chain
the best .thjng to be used under most
circumstances, but the use of the
chains makes havoc with, the roads by
the way thejr cut In and make great
ruts. Then again, there is the pos
sibility of were beln&.a flaw in the
chain, and it brfeaks when it strikes
a rock and jeopardizes the Mites of
men and horses.
There are many Places in the Maine
woods where the logs cannot be haul
ed at all, but have to.be rolled [down an
incline. In some places great chutes
are constructed of logs, and the logs:
are sluiced down to the landing place
below. A notable example of this is
to be found not many miles from Ban
gor. Up on Squaw mountain, about
six miles from Greenville, the Shaw
Lumber company has maintained a log
sluice nearly'-ftvmile in length and,
sluiced thousands ot feet of logs down
.the mounfaln ^hd Into Moosehead lake.
Up on Mount Kathadin this winter
jOhtt
Ross Son are rolling togs
down, the: side of' the mountain and.
yardtng them on ttte low land. It lB a
thrillingsiftbtto seethese greatstt^ks
go tumbling and rolling for hundreds
of feet down the mountain side: and
stop In the,yard below. Lumbering la
an
interesting^ operatioa anyway, but
there
is
ing
PLOW IN A GUI
AT 6ENQTT
T. Haveland Instantly Killed
in the Big Cut During
Storm.
While in the act of stepping down
onto the track from the switch, where
he had hung up the signal lantern for
the night, Theoi Hoverland, section
foreman on the Great Northern at
Benolt, was struck Friday evening at
about 6 o'clock by a snow plow that
was sent out to clear the Tilden cut,
and was instantly killed.
The snow plow that was sent out
was in front of a special train and the
section foreman was entirely ignorant
of the fact that such a train was on
the road. The plow had been sent out
from this city to clear the Tilden cut,
a few miles on the other side of Be
nolt, for the incoming trains that pass
over that line.. The storm in the open
was one of the worst that had been
experienced this season, it being im
possible to see ten 'feet ahead. Com
bining the circumstances that prevail
ed It can be easily seen how the acci
dent could happen.
It is reported that Hoveland was hk
in such a manner as t« instantly kill
him and yet he was neither bruised
nor mangled in the least The blow
was Instantaneous and there is little
doubt but that the victim never knew
what happened.
INSTANTLY
KILLED HIM
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probably more of picturesque-:
ness to be found In these phases of it
than' in any 'othe^. unless lt bes the
ti^ilHng and
dangerous work of
said
driv­
jam-breaking which
will
to be dooe in the spring.
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In some partlcular wlndow so long
that yon oome to wonder what was
wreng wltli the ptyiwrtyl Placarding
Is primitive^ Very primitive—advertis
Inc. It's just .a Uttle better than
nothing—while want advertising -to.
tin Bvenlng Tlues to a little bettor
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Details of the Death of Thomas
Loftus Told By Bramerd
Despatch.
Brainerd Dispatch: Thomas, Loftus,
one of the beBt known railroad.men 'n
this section, having worked at Staples
in various capacities for fifteen years
or^more, was instantly killed Tuesday
morning at 8 o'clock at Staples while
at work-in the yards there.
It seems that he was going out with
a switching crew, over which he was
foreman, to do some work. He stood
on the track awaiting the approach of
the engine intending to step up on the
footboard, as is the usual custom with
switchmen. Just before the engine
reached him there was a gush of
steam Irom the exhaust pipes which
completely enveloped the engine, par
ticularly the front foot-board which
Mr. LoftuS intended to step up on.
On account of. the density of this
steam he lost all sight of the board
and in^trylng to reach for it was hit.
by the engine, thrown backward on
the track and' in instant his body whs
mangled almost to Bhreds. He died 10
minutes after that, never having gain
ed consciousness.
The deceased was very well known
In this city, having married a daughter
of Mr. Tim Reilly, and having been for'
years a frequent visitor here. He
leaves besides a Sorrowing wife four
children by his present wife, three
girls and one boy, and two' step chil
dren, William and Hazel McGinnis.
William McGinns is a resident of this'
city, being an attendant at the high
school here, and treasurer of the
Brainerd opera houseN
M. J. Reilly, Miss Mayme Reilly,
Mrs. H. P. Dunn find Mrs. J. A. Batch
elder, brother and sisters respectively
of MrB. Loftus left for Staples this
afternoon. William McGinnis left for
there oh the same train.
Mr. Loftus had been a resident of
Staples for nearly 20 years. He was
man of sterllhg qualities, and was be
loved by all his fellow workmen and
other friends ln-'Staples and Brainerd.
He was one of the most trustworthy
employes of the N. P. company at
Staples. He'was about 45 years of age.
Much sympathy Is expressed for MM.
Loftus In this city. This Is her second
affliction, her first -huBbahd having
been killed in almost the same man
ner. His name was Thomas McGinnis,:
a brother of P. McGinnis, of this
city.- He was,' killed about 12 years
ago.
The remains of the late Thos. Lof
tus, who was kilted in Staples- yards
Tuesday moming, were shipped Wed
nesday to Wabasha, Minn., for burial.
They were accompanied by membero
of the family and reliatives from Brain
erd, It was tiie desire of Mr. Lottos
that he be burled at Wabasha, where
the other members of bis famlly have
been interred, Mr. Loftus is the laiBt
of a large tamlly to die/
DISPATCHERS' VHIOIT.
To Be Organlied at Keetinpr Called
te Be Held ta pes Xelnes.
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Fort: Dodge^ JPeb,, M^r-The meeting
otitraja dispatehers which Is called
for tomorrow «t lies' Moines, .-Jta^the
purpose of organising-» nnlon„ is
meeting with no objection upon the
part of the railroad official*!
4 'The call has been Issued for a na
tional organisation, and delegates will
be present from all over tbe eountty.
As near as can be learned, the new.
union Is being .promoted laifely bir
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Des Moines operators. At first the
railroad officials viewed the matter as
an idle ruihor, but an investigation
has proven that the call is in earnest
The Train Dispatchers' association
is not .'tc be confused with the new
union. The former organization will
no dou£t suffer greatly by reason of
the union. The Train Dispatchers' as
sociation was an organization which
is free from labor agitation and as
such was always held In high esteem
by the railroads.
WiU Put In Tourist.
Beginning the 15th of this month
the Northern Pacific will put on a
tourist car to nun from Winnipeg to
the coast an'd to run on every suc
ceeding Wednesday while.the cheap
rates are in effect The road is mak
ing exceptionally cheap rates at this
time and those who are Intending to
take a trip to the coast will do well
to take advantage of them. The tour
ist car will leave from Winnipeg, and
sections will be reserved in it for pas
sengers from each' station between
that point and Winnipeg Junction.
There it will be attached to the
through coaQt train and will be rush
ed. This car will be continued until
the cheap rates now prevailing to the
coast are taken off.
MAKE A PLEA
Ask for Uniform Regulations
in Minnesota of
Mileage.
The request of the United Commer
cial Travelers for uniform mileage and
excess baggage regulations in the
state of Minnesota was discussed Sat
urday at a conference before the state
railroad and warehouse commission of
a committee of the United Commercial
Travelers and Passenger Agents of the
railroads. The railroads promised to
take the requests tinder advisement,
and to. give a reply in a few'days.
The traveling men had a committee
of twelve or fifteen present and among
the railroad men were F. I. Whitney,
passenger trafllc manager of the Great
Northern, A. M. Cleland, general pas
senger agent of' the Northern Pacific,
and George. H. Macae, assistant gen
eral passengfer agent of the Omaha.
The first request of the traveling
men was that they be given a 5,000
mile book good on all railroads of the
state and to be sold to them for $100.
This they did not ask the commission
to order, but they asked it merely as
a favor of the roads.. They stated that
at present they buy a credential for
$1 and then buy their tickets at the
full three-cent rate and get their re
bate of a third at the end of the year,
or when they have used up 2,000 miles
of tickets.
They urged that this is inconvenient
as at all times they must have invested
a considerable sum of money in mil
eage. The credentials are good on the
Western Passenger association lines
and those that travel on the three
northern roads must have a separate
book for each of them and in this way
the jobbing house with a number of
men have thousands of dollars tied up
in mileage.
To Head Off Scalper*.
The railroad men stated that the
principal reason for the present ar
rangement is. the scalpers. For if a
traveling man did not want to use the
book he could sell it to the scalpers,
which they could not very well do
with the credentials where they get a
rebate. If a system of Identification
could be devised by which none but
-the person for whom the book is in
tended could use it, they might be
more willing to sell such books.
If the 5,000-mile book could not be
secured, the traveling men said they
would like at least to have a system
of credentials by which one credential
would be good on all the lines in the
state so that one book would serve
the purpose of the three or four they
now use. At present the three north
ern roads, the Great Northern, the
Northern Pacific and the' Soo, each
have separate mileage books. The
travelers Wanted the two-cent rate
made applicable to all points and
asked the railroad commissioners for
an order to this effect
Dlacarded Plan.
Mr. MacRae stated that the 5,000
mile system had been tried by the Cen
tral Passenger association and aban
doned.
Reference was made to the practice
in .the New England states and New
York, where a 6,000-mile book Is used,
Interchangeable on all the roads and
sold for $100.
"I can assure you," replied Mr.
Whitney, that when the density of pop
ulation .becomes as great on the Great.
Northeirn as it is in New York and the
New England States, we will give a
2-cent rate to all, the same book for
everybody or without any book."
The flatter of excess baggage was
also. discussed. The traveling men
asked that 250 pounds be carried free,'
but they withdrew this request and
asked for\an excess mileage book good
on all roads In the state,
NR FEAB OP ISOLATION -"J
Moerhead aid Fargo People Want'
New' Great Xortheni Branch.
Moorhead, Minn*. Feb. 12.—A move
ment has been started, by the Moor
h«t4 fend Fargo commercial clubs to
get the Great Northern raliroad to
build a short line ot road 'trom Har
wood, N.'®., on the main line of the
Great Northern in a northwesterly di
rection to hit the Aneta line in the
vicinity at Page or Ayr.
1B.'view of the pig improvements
about to be made on the roadbed of
tihe Gasselton or Aneta line and the
extension of the line from Aneta tb
Devils Lake, the people of Moorhead
and Fargo fear that they will .be cut
off from the main line of the Great
Northern, and from direct communica
tion with great territory tributary to
the many stub lines of the Great
Northern, in the northern part of
North Dakota.
CONTRACT AWARDED.
Construction of Dnlnth, Rainy Lake
and Winnipeg Extension.
The Minnesota Land & Construc
tion company has been awarded the
contract for the construction of the
100-mile extension of the Duluth,
Rainy Lake & Winnipeg road, from
Ashawa to Beaudette, on the border,
where connections will be made with
the Canadian Northern.
This company, which Is controlled
by the O'Brien-Cook syndicate, will, it
is expected, sublet the work. It will
be required that the road be com
pleted through to the border by Jan
uary 1, 1907. There will be several
bridges along the line, the longest of
which will be across the Big Fork
river. It will measure 800 feet from
end to end.
EXCURSION TODAY.
Jobbers Hake Arrangements to Take
Many Buyers to Duluth.
Zenith City jobbers and manufac
turers run their second spring buying
excursion today on the Great North
ern, Northern Pacific, Duluth, South
Shor'e & Atlantic, Duluth, Missabe &
Northern and Duluth' & Iron Range
roads, upon which all return trips will
be a fare and a third, and a fare and a
fifth on the Omaha road. Tickets may
be purchased from Feb. 11 to 18 com
ing into the city and return privilege
may be exercised from Feb. 13 to 27.
The method of sale is that the in
coming merchant or salesman shall
buy his single fare ticket to Duluth
and receive a certificate which he
must have endorsed by the secretary
of the Duluth Commercial club, when
the holder will be entitled to a re
turn ticket at the reduced rate.
MINNESOTA
AIDS REFORM
University Authorities Accept
Recommendations of "Big
Nine" Conference.
Minneapolis, Feb. 12.—The Minne
sota football authorities today accept
ed the recommendations for bootball
reform adopted by the "big nine" con
ference, recently in session at Chicago.
This action by Minnesota will not re
sult in the abolishment of the game
here, but will modify it to a consider
able extent. President Korthrop ex
pressed gratification at Minnesota's
action, but the students do not take
kindly to It.
SPIT BALL NOT FOR YOUNG MEN.
Nichols Says it is Bad for the Pitching
Arm.
Charley Nichols is another pitcher
who believes that the spit ball will be
dropped from the repertory of twirlers
who expect to remain in the business
for any length of time.
"The spit ball will never be used
long by any pitcher who wants to
save his pitching arm," says the vet
eran. "The throwing of the spit ball
calls into play an entirely different
set of muscles from those used in
hurling the other curves or straight
balls. The result is that the pitcher
who uses the spit ball builds up mus
cles that can be used only for this
one ball. In building up this set of
muscles the other muscles naturally
suffer, and when the pitcher tries his
other curves he finds he has lost much
of his former effectiveness. 1 would
not advise any budding pitcher to' try
to cultivate the spit ball, for it means
an early death to bis diamond career.
"I can't see that there has been
much Improvement in, the game of
baseball over the way it was played
nineteen years ago, when I first en
tered the ranks of the players. The
so-called inside playing is nothing but
team work, and as there were as
bright fellows playing the game years
ago as there are now it was but nat
ural that they should develop that par
ticular feature of the game. Take the
Boston team in 1897. It played the
inside game to perfection, but we
called it team work, and that is what
it Is—every man playing in perfect
accord with every other man on the
team." ..
A New Bnle.
New York, Feb. 12.—Ten yards to be
gained in three downs was the prin
cipal football reform tenatively
agreed upon at a meeting of the Na
tional Intercollegiate football rulos
committee In this city today. This
rule, .lit finally adopted, the football
experta believe will do more than any
thing else toward opening the game
After tody's meeting the secretary
of the coinmittee, W, T. Reld, Jr., of
Harvard, explained that none of the
rjftes suggested either today or at the
conference two weeks ago had been
finally adopted. Th ecommittee is
framing a set of rules covering differ
ent points of the game and when these
are completed the rules will be voted
upon. The committee adjqurned to
meet again Saturday, March 8, In this
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IFA
To#
for Fargo Olrls.
The basketball teams of the Fargo
high school went to Tower City Friday
evening and played the high school
teams of that place. The Tower City
girls' team, proved too fast for the
Fargo girls, winning by the score of
27 to 1. The boyB' game was closer
and the Fargo team won by the score
of 26 to 17. Captain Slingsby was the
star player on the Fargo boys' team,
throwing most of the baskets.
Business College Won.
The basketball team of the Dakota
Business college played the Moorhead
Normal team at the gymnasium of the
latter institution Saturday and de
feated them by the score of 15 to 14.
It was a very fast game. The Moor
head team suffered its first defeat id
two years- at the hands of the Fargo
boys.
Malachi Kettredge, one of the Wash
ington catchers, has gone to Raleigh
to trot out the agricultural and me
chanical college baseball squad. Kit
expects to develop a team that will
defeat North Carolina. After flnUhlng
his duties as coach he will join the
Washington' club at Charlottesville,
and should be in excellent condition,
with an advantage of six weeks' train
ing over the other members of the
club.
Cosgrove, the recently appointed
baseball coach at Princeton, has not
yet accepted the position, and may not.
Since graduating at Old Nausau, Cos
grove has been employed in the West
inghouse establishment at Pittsburg
and unless he is granted a four
months leave of absence, he will de
cline athletic work.
After a lot of talk Jesse Burkett is
pointing his way out of major league
baseball. Monday the old Boston
player bought the Concord franchise
In the New England league and will
transfer it to Worcester, where be will
go as player-manager, provided the
Boston club will give him a release.
Frank Shiebeck, the veteran Wash
ington shortstop, and Dr. Relsling,
who played with Brooklyn and Sha
mokln last year, are candidates for
the position of manager of the Akron
(Ohio) team.
The failure of a Tennessee bank
robbed Outfielder Hahn of the High
landers of his baseball earnings.
Manager Griffith eased his mind some
by increasing his salary for next sea
son.
Professional baseball games will be
gin in Philadelphia on March 31, when
the first of the Athletlc-Phlllie series
begins. Nine games will be played,
alternating on the two grounds.
The Washington club has renewed
its lease on the ball yard for three
years, but the owners will leave it to
Manager Stahl to get a lease on the
pennant for a few years.
Manager McGraw has ordered Pitch
er Ames to give up bowling, as he be
lieves that his arm will be stale when
he should be preparing it for actual
work on the diamond!
A church baseball league is being
organized in Chicago, but so long as
its clubs do not play games on Sun
day the big semi-professional teams
will not mind it.
St. Louis Cardinals tried three man
agers last season without success.
The Cardinals need a house cleaning
among the owners. There's where the
fault lies.
Connie Mack has sold his diminu
tive catcher, Harry Barton, to the
Providence team. He will succeed
Thomas, who has been signed by the
New York Americans.
Qnail Missing.
Dawson Leader: J. S. Werner says
that the quail he has been keeping out
on the farm have mysteriously disap
peared. Two years ago Mr. Werner
sent to Kansas for a dozen quail or
six pair in all, which cost him $18.80
laid down here. After receiving the
birds he took them out to the farm
and let them loose. This fall he count
ed the birds and found that the flock
had increased to forty or more. Just
last week Mr. Werner went out to
his place and only four of the flock
could be accounted for. He went out
again the first of the week and could
not find a single bird anywhere. Now
either some of the many dogs around
here have had a feast or some heart
less hunter has dined on quail for
some time, we know not which. If it
was dogs they will probably turn up
missing one of these fine days, or at
least they ought to. If It was a human
being he can imagine what people will
think of him after reading this. Mr.
Werner has taken a great deal of
pains to raise the blrdd, as it was his
intention to stock the surrounding
country for hunting purposes.
Worth It
Express Clerk—Valne of this pack
age, please?
Fair Damsel—$25,000.
Express Clerk—Huh 1
Fair Damsel—You heard what I
said. Those are love letters from old
Bagsocoyne, and I' msendlng 'em to
my lawyer.—Cleveland Leader.
Plainly.
Justice to the inhabitants of New
Mexico and Ariaona forbids their being
yoked up together like cattle or har
nessed together like mules—'Washing
ton Post ..v
A coward is a nan who knows he
Is wrong and refuses to admit It
en work an empty koaor for
ul thm to In Iti?.,
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