HURL ABUSE AT STARS
Fred Oarke Defends Ty Cobb’s
Action in New York.
Assault on Spectator in Grand Stand
During Game Will Have Good Ef
fect on Cowardly Fans. A 3d*
Pirate Leader.
Fred ('lark*, manager of the Pitts
burg Pirate*, defend* Ty Cobb for his
action in re**-nung insult by a New
York fan. and declare* that the De
troit star should never have been sus
pended without an iniestigatioa into
the merits of the case.
A ball player has home, loved ones
and feelings that are sacred just as
well a* any other man Cobb did only
what any self respecting man will do.
“They tell me that the man Cobb
attacked is a cripple and that be has
no hands. No sane man will believe
that Cobb took advantage over n crip
ple H* probably never noticed that
the fellow had no hands, aad. what
Is more, he probably didn't care A
cripple should not make remarks of
the kind
1 have always tried to protect my
own and visiting ball players on my
bom* grounds A ball player, like a
policeman, earns his salary by the
whose he mssi bear, but the ball play
er gets cowardly abuse from < ringing
sneaks against whom he seldom is
able to get back.
Nobody on the outside realizes the
terrible things ’hat Hans Wagner has
endured in his time They always
pick on the stars
"The same is the case with Marty
OTooJe There is a clean and re
spectable boy who. like any decent
man, has feelings No man could in
sult him within bis reach and get
away with H. All the same, he has
been obliged to endure some of this
contemptible stuff that made Cobb
lose his head. or. 1 should say. do the
very proper thing and resent the in
sults
“The whole thing is a bad mess. I
admit It is a three-cornered affair,
with the American league an I its dis
cipline on one side, the public on the
other and the ball player and the
feelings be bolds sacred oa tie other.
I don't know anything about this
»trik- by the Detroit team, but I do
know that Han Johnson or no one
Feed Clark*.
el** bn* th* right to punish or sus
pend fold without first Investigating •
the rast er
“Action Uke that hr Cobb may have
a had effect on baseball, but I am
sure that they do not hate nearly as
bad effort as tbe presence in ball
parks of tbe kind of coward* who
make a hall player do such thing*
Maybe Cobb's action will silence
*«*ue «rf this crass For seventeen |
year* I have seen ball players suffer
under dirty abuse from some comfort
ably concealed fan
"Wagner has borne enough of it to
drive fifty ordinary turn craay. and 1
goes* stars Uke him and Cobb are
tbe ones ubo are always picked out
by sorb fellows 1 hope to see Cobb
rein fated and an Investigation made."
Talk of a Player"* Union.
Officials of tbe American Federation
«rf later will make an effort to “union
ise*' baseball as a result of the
"•tribe" of the Detroit Tigers “Should
the player* file application lor a char
ter.” said Secretary Morrison of the
Federation, “the matter would be re
ferred to tbe eieruiire committee for
acre* It would determine whether
b**i'b*ll player* shnull be admitted
usto tbe PV-deratiuc There is how
ever. a gueftioe of doubt in my mind.
W# 'protect the wage earaer. and
would Lave to consider the classifies
tV”. erf tbe plajer* It depends on
that decision Are they to be classed
with doctors. lawyers, scientists and
prafessamain. or with tbe wag* earn
ers”"
Rule at Vat*.
A rwb* la vogue at Yale this year
Is that only tbe captain sad catcher
wtU be permitted to talk while on the
fie.4. and the coach is not to direct
tbe men when they are at the bat or
Many Bases on Balia
Twenty bases on bails in a nine
inning game was the record made re
"«tly by tbe Kansas City and Mil
waukee club* in tbe American asso
ciation Eight pitchers were used and
Mg one of tbe*a got away without
Two-H* Gam**.
Sallee 1* the first National league
pitcher to twirl a two hit game in tbe
American league Walter Johnson was
tbo first to accomplish the feat
Hard Hitting Tigers.
Thee* are Iff players in tbe Ameri
ca* tongue that are bitting AM or bet
tor. and the Detroit Tigers have more
AM bitters than any other club.
Gant* Lead in Horn* Runs.
75* Giants are the home run lead
era la the National tongue, slth eight
atoms for the grand tour.
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CLEVELAND FANS BECOMING DISSATISFIED
Manager Harry Davis.
Harry Davis, leader of the Naps, is
having a hard time trying to figure out
a winning combination, and if the
Napa continue to show poorly, the !
“cry for Stovall" will surely be heard j
in Cleveland. At the beginning of the :
season Davis figured on a pennant, but
his prize outfield, his crack infield,
his wonderful pitching staff and his
unbeatable catchers are not standing
the gaff. One big drawback was the
accident to Napoleon Lajoie.
GOOD WORK OF BOSTON TEAM
Players Batting and Fielding in Ex
cellent Manner—Cicotte Strong
in “Jinx” Line.
Although Boston's pitchers have
been going rather poorly of late, the
team has been bat’ing and fielding in
good style, and Manager Jake Stahl
has the players and the Boston pop
ulace with him in his efforts to con
tribute a w inning team.
In Cicotte, Hall, O'Brien, Woods,
Pape. Boston has a strong quintet of
-■.’'-hers, and with Carrigan and Xune
tnaker in the catching department,
Stahl is also well fortified. The new
manager has a strong infield and out
field. and. what is more, he has the
players working in harmony.
Knuckles" Cicotte. the little twiri
er. is being dubbed the “tough-luck
“Knuckles" Cicotte.
kid" by the other Red Sox players.
Ed is in better condition this year
t ban for several seasons, and lighter
in weight, but still strong in the
"jinx" line.
Capacity of Big Parks.
The seating capacity at each major
league park this year Is roughly esti
mated as follows: National league:
New York. 40,000; Brooklyn, (Wash
:ngton Parkt, 15,000; Boston. 9.000;
Philadelphia. 20.000; Chicago. 30
•••; Cincinnati. 25.000; Pittsburg, 28,
000; St. Louis, 22.000 American
league: New York. 16.000; Boston,
27000; Philadelphia, 25J500: Washing
ton. 18.000: Chicago. 22,000: St. Louis,
20.000
Zinn in .300 Class.
Zinn hardly joined the .300 class
hitters when be was incapacitated by
a pitched balL Right after this injury
Harry Wolter. who was leading the
club in batting, suffered a severe in
jury to his knee, and Zinn was back in
the game again. He is some batter,
too.
“Tex" Westerzill Sold.
“Tex" Westerzill, the recruit third
baseman sold to Indirmapolls by De
troit, has been sold to Wichita in the
Western league. Westerzill was with
Wichita before coming to Detroit this
spring.
Minneapolis fans are beginning to
intimate that Rube Waddell is all
done.
Ownie Bush has scored the most
runs of any player in the American
league.
Tommy Griffin, secured by Sioux
City from St. Joseph, is going well in
new company.
Erwin, the Brooklyn Giant, is car
ried more for the batting ability than
his catching skill.
There isn't a point overlooked when
Kid Gleason is directing the base run
ning of the White Sox.
Infielder Schmidt of Wichita, is in a
hospital at St. Joseph, following an
operation for appendicitis.
"The Boston fans always did like a
winner.” says a paragraph. Boston
fans are bound to be unique.
Sam Mertes is out of baseball. He
has failed as an umpire on the coast
and has dropped out entirely.
Doc White is again ready to take
his turn in the box for the White Sox.
He had been a sufTerer from lumbago.
Billy Rhines, the once famous Cin
cinnati pitcher, will manage an inde
pendent club at Ridgway, Pa., this
year.
Tns Speaker of Boston has made
| the most hits, while Milan of Wash
| ington has the most stolen bases to
. his credit.
Heine Peitz is getting so good in his
j old age that Hank O'Dav is threaien
. ing to use the veteran coacher in a
game soon.
Ball players say the reason they
can't fatten batting averages off Wal
ter Johnson is that they can't hit what
they don't see.
Johnny Kling is much impressed
with the work of the Giants. He
thinks they'll stick in the lead and
never be headed.
Tim Murnane rises to remark:
"When it comes to calling a turn on a
base runner. Thomas of the Athlet
ics is the headliner.”
Cincinnati papers are wailing over
Hank O'Day's success as a manager,
'"think of all the time he wasted.”
they say, “as umpire.”
One of the hardest things the man
agers have to do is to find players as
good as those they had when they
! were winning pennants.
Henry Jasper, pitcher, who has been
with the Anaconia. Okla.. team, has
reported to Manager Hank O'Day of
the Cincinnati club for a trial.
The nickname of Weaver, the
White Sox's shortstop, is “Buck.” Did
any one ever know a Weaver who
didn't get that handle to his name?
Baseball experts figure that Russ
Ford will be about ten times more
effective now than he has been this
season. He has Sweaney back to
catch him.
The Nashville player* are said to
have been told that if they do not win
they are likely to be held in contempt
of court and for that reason they are
doing better.
Chief Meyer's batting slump, which
now has him down to less than .450.
is not due to inability to see the ball,
but failure of pitchers to put it where
it can be hit.
MINE RATS SWARM
OUT AFTER FOOD
Suspension of Work in the An
thracite Region Leaves Them
Without Kind Friends
Wilkesbare. Pa.—The suspension ol
mining in the anthracite region the
past several weeks has brought about
a plague of rats in most of the mining
towns. Rats are to be seen every
where. They have overrun the cel
lars and outbuildings in the towns of
Warrior Run and Sugar Notch. When I
the mines are working the rats, which I
are of great size, make their home in ]
the underground workings. The min 1
ers make pets of them and feed them j
from their pails.
The average miner is superstitious |
enough to believe that if the rats re
.-a. 1 v' ■ a.1 -' " rrvTga
They Devoured Everything in the
Larders.
1 mam in the workings there is no dan- i
j ger of an accident. Instinct seems
! to tell the rat when a fall of roof is
: threatened, and he takes his depar
'■ ture. When the collieries were shut
i down and the miners no longer
| brought their dinner psils into the
j workings, the rodents were left with
; out food. Hunger compelled them to
make their way to the surface. Reach
ing the top of the earth, they made
their way into cellars and outhouses.
Their coming was unexpected, and
j they devoured everything in the lar
; ders the first night. Then they invad
• ed chicken coops, and did not hesitate
to attack the biggest chickens in the
flock. In a hennery at Warrior "Run
the rats killed a 12-pound rooster.
There was a hard battie, as the roos
ter put up a good fight Nearly all
the feathers were torn from his body.
The fatal wound was in the neck,
where one of the rats bit him and
sucked the life blood.
Owners of henneries now stand
guard over their properties, and rats
are being killed by wholesale.
BOYS PLAY INDIAN; ONE SHOT
: ‘Big Chief” Meets With Defeat at the
Hands of “Wild Westerners”
in New York.
New York.—The mother of seven
year-old William Farno of 526 Mor
ris avenue, Bronx, went to awake him
for school the other day, and found
him covered with blood. She ran to
his father, who summoned Policeman
Cramb. The policeman found the boy
was suffering from a gunshot wound
in the groin. At Lincoln hospital it
was said he is in a serious condi
tion.
Young Farno was shot the other
evening, but concealed it from his
parents, going to bed early. In a
vacant lot near One Hundred and For
ty-ninth street, small boys of the
i 1 i
"Stuck His Gun at Me and Fired."
seighborhood play "Indian and cow
boy" every evening. It was during the
game that the accident occurred. On
the pleadings of his mother and fa
ther, the boy told Detective Tierney
the story.
"We were playing cowboy and In
dians," he’ said. ‘I was the Indian
chief and had captured a lot of cow
boys and they were going to rescue
them. The cowboys came down the
hill and we fought them off. Then
they attacked us again, and,” he hesi
tated, “Bispchini America stuck his
gun at me and fired. It was not his
fault, and we were all frightened. 1
ran home and went to bed because 1
didn’t want to tell on him.”
Many to Lose dobs.
Panama.—The dry season on the
isthmus ended Sunday with a great
rainstorm. The dry period has facili
tated digging of the canal, and it is
announced that 1,000 white employes
will be dropped from the pay rolls.
ADMIRAL OSTERHAUS ORDERED
TO GO TO HAVANA.
—
A RAGE WAS IN THAT CITY
Negroes Being Goaded Into Violence
is the Information Received at
the National Capital.
Washington—The Navy department,
acting under instructions from the
State department, Sunday night order
ed Admiral Osterhaus to proceed
forthwith from Key West to Havana
with one dispatch ship and one other
ship. These orders were issued by
thd State department after the re
ceipt of a dispatch from Minister
Beupre reporting that conditions in
Havana and suburbs of the city has
assumed the character of a race war.
It is probable that Osterhaus, be
sides the dispatch ship, will take his
flagship, the Washington into Cuban
waters.
Minister Beupre's message said con
ditions in and around Havana had
been menacing since Friday night and
that Saturday night there were anti
negro demonstrations of large pro
portions by irresponsible elements
and that there were clashes in every
quarter of Havana and vicinity. He
reported that the negroes were being
goaded into violence and that retalia- J
tion might have disastrous conse
quences. Americans and other foreign
ers and many Cubans, he said, were
very apprehensive and desired the
sending of an American war vessel.
The State department has decided
to leave entirely to Rear Admiral
Csher, commanding the fourth divi
sion of the Ailantic fleet, the disposi
tion of the American marines who are
to be employed as guards for foreign
owned properties in eastern Cuba.
That officer communicated to the
State department through the Navy
department an abstract of the reports
he had received from the naval and
marine officers scattered throughout
Oriente and told just where each de
tachment of marines had been sta
tioned.
It is felt that being on the scene
and an officer of much experience in
such matters. Admiral Usher should
be given a free hand to deal with de- :
velopments without delaying to seek
authorization from Washington in
cases requiring action. He will, of
course, be expected to consult the
State department where questions o:
policy are involved.
An appeal for protection came from
Paracoa on the north coast of the is
land, Americans and Norwegians join
ing in the application for guards for
their plantations. As the gunboat
Nashville is nearly in Nipe bay, Cap
tain Davis, its commander, will be
commanded to extend necessary pro
tection.
A Protest From Roosevelt.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.—The republicans
of the country were called upon Sat
urday night by Colonel Roosevelt to
protest against the action of the re
publican national committee in ruling
on the contest for seats in the na
tional convention from the Ninth Ala
bama district. The colonel served no
tice on his opponents that, in his
opinion, the party as a whole would
repudiate a nomination if it were ob
tained “in deflance of justice.”
Statue of Columbus Unveiled.
Washington—Christopher Columbus
was enrolled in the American repub
lic's hall of fame Saturday. In the
shade of the ccpitol a majestic me
morial fountain, wrought around an
heroic statue of the discoverer of the
new world, was dedicated.
The president of the United States
pronounced the country's eulogy upon
the intrepid sailors who tore the man
tle of mystery from the unknown At
lantic and revealed a continent.
President Has Narrow Escape.
Old Point, Ya.—The presidential
yacht Mayflower, with President and
Mrs. Taft and party, and their dis
tinguished guests aboard, narrowly
escaped a collision early today with
the steamer Northland of the Nor
folk and Washington line, not far
from Point Lookout, where the Poto
mac river empties into Chesepeake
bay.
Mack Announces Meeting.
Buffalo, X. Y.—National Chairman
Mack announced here that a meeting
of the committee on arrangements
had been called for Thursday, Juno
30, at Baltimore.
Thugs Dressed as Women.
New York.—Thugs dressed as wom
en attacked Mrs. May Bernheimer at
her home in a fashionable uptown
apartment house and robbed her of
gems worth $10,000.
Army Changes.
Washington.—The name of Cap
tain Peter W. Davidson, Sixth infan
try, is placed on the list of detached
officers, and the name of Captain
Harry D. Mitchell, infantry, is re
moved therefrom and he is assigned
to the Sixth infantry.
Alaska Volcano Is Active.
Cordova, Alaska.—Volcano ashes
are falling thickly over this city,
showing that the heavy cannonading
heard in the mountains was the noise
of a volcano in eruption.
Practice Drills of Army.
Dubuque, la.—Fifty thousand per
sons witnessed the practice drills of
the provisonal or experimental regi
ment of the United States army which
has been mobilised here. The troops
are from Forts Snelling, Sheridan,
Crook and Brady.
Count Tisza Made Target.
Budapest, Hungary.—Count Tisza,
president of the lower house, had a
narrow escape from assassination in
the diet. He was fired upon three
times by Deputy Julius Kovacs.
Dr.
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Its use a protection and a
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Many consumers use alum baking powders unaware.
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Oddities of Justice.
That the whole theory of penal
codes is practically unsound and op
posed to the modern conceptions of
the relation of the state to crime, is
the contention of Eugene Smith of the
Xew York bar, writing in the May
number of Case and Comment, the
lawyers’ magazine, illustrating the ab
surdity and disparity between penalty
for crimes in different states. Mr.
Smith says: “The average sentence
for perjury in Florida is ten years, in
Maine one year; for larceny, in Dela
ware ten years, in the District of Co
lumbia ten months; the penalty for ar
son in Pennsylvania is twice that of
burglary, but in Connecticut the guilt
of burglary is twice that of arson; the
guilt of counterfeiting in Ohio is twice
that of perjury, but in Rhode Island
the guilt of perjury is twice that of
counterfeiting.
Still Hoping.
“Ltfe is a series of disappoint
ments."
“Yes. I know a man who has been
hoping nearly all his life that he would
some day come into possession of a
coin worth more than its face value.”
A very successful remedy for pelvic
catarrh is hot douches of Paxtine An
tiseptic. at druggists, 25c a box or sent
postpaid on receipt of price by The
Paxton Toilet, Co., Boston, Mass.
Slightly Puzzled.
“Say, pa?"
“What is it?"
“Which union does a jack of all
trades belong to?"
Cole’s Carbollsalve
Relieves and cures itching, torturing dis
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A superior Pile Cure. 25 and 50 cents, by
druggists. For free sample write to J. W.
Cole A Co., Black River Falls, Wis.
She Wasn't.
“Come into the garden, Maud."
"What do you think 1 am—a far
mer?”
Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as
many clothes as any other blue. Don't put
your money Into any other.
We all like to see a man who is up
and doing, providing he isn’t doing us.
fin
The Only Way.
An elder while baptizing converts at
a revival meeting advanced with a
wiry, sharp-eyed old chap into tne
water. He asked the usual question,
whether there was any reason why
the ordinance of baptism should not
be administered. After a pause a tall,
powerful-looking man who was looking
quietly on remarked:
“Elder, I don’t want to interfere in
yer business, but I want to say that
this is an old sinner you have got hold
of, and that one dip won’t do him any
good: you'll have to anchor him out in
deep water over night.”—Life.
What She Wants.
"I want you to build me a fashion
able home.”
“Have you any special Ideas as to
the style of house you want?” asked
the architect
“Not exactly. I want one of those
modern places. You know the kind I
mean—one with a living room too big
to keep warm, and a kitchen too small
. to cook in.”—Detroit Free Press.
—
Many a little dog has to bark loudly
| to keep up his courage; and we won
der if our too self-assertive friends
aren't sometimes doing the same
thing.
Some people away up In the social
scale are really too light to bring the
scale down.
Hrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnp for Children
teething, softecs the gums, reduces inflamma
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When a man boasts about what a
miserable sinner he used to be, the
devil laughs in his sleeve.
Red Cross Ball Bine, all blue, best bluing
value in the whole world, makes the laun
dress smile.
If every Ue In the world were
nailed there wouldn’t be enough nails
left to build houses with.
The old friend Is better than the new.
Garfield Tea is Dot only old but tried and
found true. Made of pure wholesome Herbs.
No amount of culture will make a
man stop snoring in his sleep.
