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    THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 26. "IMS.
II AN ACERS HADE BY FIGHTERS
To Haadle ft Star Pugilist Keani Big
Konej. ' 1
KOW EOUE KX3 KAM A ETAUT
Bfllr Bragy, Tsrea O'Roarke, Her
ri ead (Xktn , Have ' Karaed
Mark run la Tl n '
Masmer, '
KCW TORK, March 28. A good, clever,
huntllna; manner of a star pugilist often
1aAh his man to fame and forturie. A
skillful end successful fighter mora often
helps Ml manager to 'wealth and promi
nence. When thejr work In harmony they
reap the best Jtervest. Many an unknown
has suddenly leaped from obscurity to
popularity and wealth aa the man n ur of
a clever fighter of championship caliber.
William A, Brady, tha theatrical man,
wa first brought prominently before the
public aa business' director of Jim Cor
bett'a flstle affair. Brady, however,, must
receive credit for giving Corbet t hla atart
aa an actor In the play "After Dark,"
when tha Californlan made hla first ap
pearance In the east after hla slxty-on
round draw with Peter Jackson. It Vaa
Brady who engineered tha match between
Corbett and Sullivan, which turned Jim
Into tha Champion heavyweight. That was
a great victory for both Corbett and Brady
and enabled both, of them to make big
money. ' '
When Corbett lost hie title, to Fttaslm
mona at Caraoh City Brady showed hla
ahrewdnea by dropping Gentleman Jim
and picking up Jeffries, who gained the
championship from Flt and enabled Brady
to star him In a drama called "Tha Man
from the Weat." But When Jeff began to
prove a poor Investment on tha road Brady
washed his hands of tha boxing game for
aver.
Pam Harris Is another successful theatri
cal manager who got- bis first bank ac
count and experience aa tha handler of a
champion pugilist. When Karris first took
Terry McGovern under hla wing he was
employed In a laundry. Together they made
a fortune, but when McOovern was beaten
by Toting Corbett Harris began to paddle
hla own canoe. HoGovern blaw hi money
In various ways, while Harris hung on to
hi and t soon entered . into a profitable
partnership with George M. Cohan.
Selllven Had Many.
John I Sullivan In hla fighting days!
had a score of managers who can still
remember what a hard proposition they
had to handle. Pat gheedy waa unknown
to the sporting world befor ha became
Eulllvan's manager. - Whether Sherd y ever
made much money wtlh tha big fellow, no
body can say, but If he didn't he must
have be?n tn hard luck, as he had Sullivan
during that part of hi Sareer when John
was a popular Idol ait over the United
State. ' " ' ' -.
Billy Madden became popular as Sulli
van's first manager.' He was with -John
Vhen ha won the championship from Paddy
?Hyn in 182. Soon after thla Sullivan and
Madden parted because of soma personal
differences, but Madden kept an tn the
managerial gam and made money. Al
Smith waa another of Sullivan's manager
in the eld' days. He toured the country
with John, meeting all comers, and they
:fc4 a very successful trip. But they soon
agreed to disagree, after mailing a barrel
ht coin.' . . , . i .,
j If Sullivan had atuck to Bmlth, who waa
good business man and decidedly broad
mlnded, tha big fellow. In the opinion of
?nny, could have now been- a millionaire,
limit h' a J vice, if followed, would have
kept John la the straight and narrow path
Instead of permitting him to run wild.
-.Among Sulltvan'a other manager were
Jiarry rhillips. Jack Bernitt. Parson' Da-
Mea,, Charley Johnston, Jimmy Wakely,
Frank Moran, Duncan B. Harrison and
Prink Dunn. Parson Davie iys that all
he svef got from Sullivan wa a few gray
hair, for John had a way of worrying a
.manager more than any champion that
ver etood in a ring.
Yeuar Ortffa'a Msutnerer.
' YOuug Grlf fo wa another tough proposi
tion to manage. He wa a wild drinker
'end seldom knew his own mini. Griff o had
,a habit of apiolnttfig every ready. money
men ha cam In contact with his manager.
"He would say In i.n Innocent way to a new-
corner:
- "If I only had a good manager I'd make
pot of money.
Immediately the newcomer would become
Interested and Grtffo would go on explain
ing that his manager at that time did not
, clothe or feed him properly. Then would
follow 'this sally! " ' '
V "Oh. if I only had a gent like yourself
who would look after ni a bit what a dif
ferent ehsp I'd be. Do you know, I've not.
had a square meal In a week, ao how can
I be expected to fight on tree lunch?"
This would appeal to Mr. Newcomer and
be would alio a ftv or ten spot to Grtffo,
at tlis asm time offering to buy him a
cedent suit of eiulliea. Tbe Autra,::&a
would get tha money for fha ault and then
would proceed to hunt up another easy
vtsrk who wanted to be a manager.
When Orlffo Appeared before hla real
BEanager after a fight for a division of the
money the latter would have two pile of
bills on th table, one pil mad up of tl
and (2 bills and tha other containing tf n,
twenties and finite.
"Which pile will you take. Griffo' the
manager would a ok.
"Why the biggest one, of course," the
uneducated Australian would reply aa he j
reached out for trie on and two-dollar
bin.
"All light, my txty," the manager would j
y as bs pot ketsd th smaller pile, prob
ably .three time valuable a tha other.
In thla way many a manager made ll.COO,
while poor Oriffo got Jus) for a hard mill.
)! ai Torn O'Aeark.
When Ceoig Dixou made his first ap
pearenr In th prise ring In, Boston Tom
O'Rourk. who later became his manager,
was working s a carpenter. The wealthy
sporting men who wore behind Dixon did
not ear for notoriety, so they appointed
O'Rourke as Dixon'a handler. Dixon waa
a nioney-gfttter from tha atart. and
O'Rourke was aoon cutting up tha profits
on a W per cent basis. Together they
earned a fortune. Dixon, however, did not
know how ta keep a dollar and died In pov
erty, O'Rourke has last a largs part of
tils bank ro'l, too. in recent years.
Fltaaimmon had managers galore. His
first direr-tor of affairs was English Jimmy
Carroll, the lightweight. The latter put up
th )tb for Fits to defeat Jack Dempsey
and accomplished hla purpose. Fits becom
ing the middleweight champion of th
world. Carroll and Fits, however, soon
got Into a row, separated and are still bit
ter (iimilts.
Captain Olori of Kestark then took a
fancy to Fits snd reslgnsii from the police
0l -ertment of that rlty to become the
C'oi -irishman's mar.aaer. Bob was In hard
lurk at the time snd Glorl was his staunch
Irlrnd. Ttey went on th road with a
theatrical combination snd as Soon as th
iwnuy came n.llli.g In to Fit he picked a
taarrr V. It ra the captain and they parted,
Gluti getting inuch iirlcnce, but very
l!u! money. Attt-r that Flu's brother-ltv
!w, Mdrlin Jul:n, . tha i
. t. lul U.fjf gut taf.J
decided to cslf It II eff. -Several other
tnansgnrs tacklfd th Jcb, but did h"t ac
complish much.
Sam FJtipatrl. k, th manaRer of -Jack
Johnson, who wants a crack at Tommy
Bums, has had consiilerable experience
with atar fighters. 11 made much mony
with Kid Lavigne and Peter Jackson. Bam
waa a fighter one himself and came to
America known aa the Australian Comet.
There are many other managrra in Amer
ica who owe much to th hard fighting of,
gam rlngsters Who ar now down and out.
EVENTS 02J TEE EUIimQ TEACKS
James B. Brady Wins tk e Roekaway
tvkea at Aqwediiet.
AQITRDUCT, N. Y., April 2B. Tlie Rocka
way atakes, a soiling race at alx furlongs,
the feature of tha card at Aaueduct, re
suited In an esey victory for the .split
favorite, Jnmcs B. Brady, Hyperion II and
James B. Bradv were equal choices In the
belting, both being held Hi 7 to t. Though
E. Dugan's ride on Blskin, the S to t sec
ond choice In the second race,- the fol
lowers of the boy were ahle ,to win. P. A.
Foreythe's Warden, which was played
down from SO to 1 to 10 to X, was second,
a head away. Summary: i
First race, four furllnsa and it, Belling,
mile: Samuel H. Harris (1IJ6, Brusel, 12
to 1) won. Zal lins, Bchllllng, 5 to 1) sec
ond, Master of Crsft (JOfi, McCarthy, SO to
1) third. Time: 1:4"H- Ir. Fox, Bohador,
Carry, Umbrella, Rockstone and Donna
aiso ran.
Second race, 2 year olds, four and a half
furlone-s: Plskln (Kid, E. Dugan, 8 to 1) won.
Warden (10. MusRrave, 7 to second,
Bight (103, McDaniel, ft to I) thlrdT Timei
O.io. Kororro, Dander, Watiere, St. Wll
held and Kumsle lao ran.
Third race, the Rockaway stakes, I year
olds and up. six furlongs: Jamea B. Brady
(Kift, MuHgrave, 7 to 6) won, Hyperion, II
(1. Nutter, 7 to t) second. Fleming (1(16,
G. Burns. 12 td 1) third. Time: 1:13. Don
Enrique also ran.
Fonrth race, handicap, mile: Zlensp (lit,
Musgrave, 8 to 'A! won, Berkeley (118, Mo
Daniel, 5 to 1) second, Poo1iielng (114,
Brussel, T2 to 1) third. Tlma: l:40Va
Crensina and Zeethua also ran.
Added starter. . i
' Fifth rsce, J.year olds, selllnx; six
furlongs: Black Sheep (104,, Musgrave, 12
to 1) won, Harcourt (107, Shilling, t to 1)
second, He Knows (100, McCarthy, to 1)
third. Time: 1:14 Please, Single Stone,
Hun Cltlsen, Sunglnam, Sandal, Orcagna,
Tea Leaf, Blue , iieron and Ida D., also
rn. ! .
Sixth rsce, mailden,' 3 year olds and. Up,
six end a half furlongs:. Robert Cooper
(108, Musgrave, 9 to e won. Troublesome
(108, Notter, t to 1 aecond, Montauk (108,
McDaniel, 2 to 1) third. Time: l:2i.
Pnlnn.1 fLnma n T J 1 1 V.ptuim nfim-
ear, Algie, and Sweetfern also ran. Enimjl
Cams was left at post.
OAKLAND, April 25. Summary: .
First race, mile: Jeremiah (9, Rice, 1
to 1) won, San Olmo (102, Kelly, la to 6)
aeoond, St.' K,ildaw (112, Buxton, 13 to 1)
third. Time: 1:42. Aromatlse, Athgold,
Supine, Cayenne Cora, Van Gordan,
Humero, Merrltt. Buxton and Toung also
rn.
Second race, six furlongs: Boorer Red
(112, Kelly, 9 to 10) won, Mont Clair (l'A,
Goldstein, 7 to 1) aecond, Oreen Gooda (HW,
Harris, 4 to O third. Time 1:13.. Ed
Davis, May Sutton, Margie D., Bainacle.
Cuernavaca, UiiRa, Balmoral and Mrs.
O'Farrell also ran.
Third race, mile; Luretta (107, W. Miller,
I to 6) won, Entrada (104. Moreland) sec
ond. Nonie (107. Bettlg, 15 to 1) third. Time:
1:41. Mcndon, Tommy Atiearn. Gene
Handlon, Rose Cherry, Mary B. Clark,
George Kllborn nd Golden Wave also
ran. ,
Fourth race, four and a half furlongs.
Ocean View handicap: Traffic (8,
Waleh, H to ), won; Mauretanla (106,
W. Miller, 7 to 6), cond: Bill Eaton
(100, Buxton, 10 to 1), third. Tim:
0:64. Woodlander, Royal Stone and
Lady Rennsaeller also tan.
Fifth race, mil and a sixteenth, Mar
tinmas (112, W. Miller, 8 to M, won;
Columbia Girl (110, Van Dusen. 10 to 1),
second; NahOnassar 116, Borrel, 23 to 1),
third. Time: 1:47. Ed Sheridan,
Mandarin, Balemon, Corkhill, ' Matador,
Tavora, Fairy Street, Markl May aud
Fudtira also ran.
Sixth race, futurity course: Lord Nel
son (109, Miller, 6 to 1). won; Koro Sllany
(9, A. WalHh, 60 to 1), second; Be I me re
(106, Sandy.' 4 to 1), third. Time; l:10fc.
Andrew H. Cook, May Amelia, prince
Brutus and Sid Silver also ran.
LHXINGTON, Ky., April 25. Sum
maries! First race, four furlongs: Direct (112,
J. Lee, 4 to 1), won; Trtnsfer (112, J.
Howard, I to 1), second; Casvowary (112,
Warren, 11 to 1), third. Time: 0:6fe.
Silverado, Scioptio, Mike Olt, Mc Ram bio.
Jekyi, jack Combs, Major Lawrence and
Lltiht Blue also ran.
becond race, six furlongs: Hasty
Ague (107, J. Lee, 1 to 2), won; Whihk
Broom (102, Ott, to 1), second; La
Snuer (104, y. Powers, 7 to 1). third.
Time:' 1:18. vMay Jane and Joyful Lady
aleo ran. ( ,
Third race, five- and a half i'urlongs:
Natasha (108, W. Ott. 8 to 1), won; Lla
xle McLean (100, Bktrvln, 15 to 1), boo
ond; Anna Scott (100, J. Baker, IS to 1),
third. Time: l:llVi. Harold D. Beau
rice K., Splon. Demo, Sum ciay. Cygnet,
Moonlight, Murphy and My Queen of the
Boa also ran.
Fourth race, one mile: Ed Kan (90,
Edmlston, to l,won; Bustle (100,
Sklrvln, 7 to 5), second: BUI Herron
(108, J. Lee. 7 to f), third. Time: I:4t.
Tinker, Durable, Convaolc- and Queen's
Pet also ran. '
Fifth race, four furlongs: Inli -(106,
Minder, 6 to 6), won; Ills Hupaburg
(100, Bklrvln, (I to 1), second: Guard AN
102. Burton. 8 to 1). third. Time:
0.61. bliverite, Semlone, Maritiaa,
Rena Navarro end Rosa Dawn also ran.
CONVICTS HAVE BASE BALL TEAM
Prlaoaevs at Walla Walla Pelten
tlary Wild Over the Game
SPOKANE. Wash., A
tpril 2&J-( Special.)
3 and 34; Imland,
Two-baas hits: m. 3
King, Moore, Jones. Three-base hits: til'
itnj 114; Kerns. Home run: ZsZ. Double
plays: 232 end 4&6 to m; Meyers to Doland.
Bases on bulls: Off 13, 4; off Johnson, 3.
Mruck out: Br 2aa. ; by Lynch, . Wild
pitch: in 3, 1. Passed ball, R4. Umpires, 1J3
and Jertgen.
The foregoing is a summary of a gamo
of tse ball played recently between con
victs, No. 1 team and Kddl Ctutnu'a In
dians, Spokane's nine In tha Northwestern
league, on the stale penitentiary grounds
at Walla Walla, southwest of Spokane.
That Is the regulation way of recording
the plays In prison gamos.
There Is keen Intbreet In matters base
ball among the 800 prlsonera at the Insti
tution and there are three regularly or
ganized team.
. i'mlurmi have been provided by the
state. They ar of green cloth, with a
smnll black strips, snd caps, stocking and
belts of deep reJ. The uniforms are of
standard pattern, with short, padded panta
and braided shoes. The grounds are well
kept and permit of fast fielding, and the
walla are sufficiently high to make It
f ractlcally tmsoelt)!e 'o knock a bail "over
he fence." It may be added thnt In the
event of a ball going over the walls, non
of the men chascc out after It. nor Is the
small kid given a seat on the bleachers
for his honesty In returning the sphere.
"hey hsve a rooters' organisation at the
pen that skins snythlng 1 have ever seen
or heard," Eddie Qulnn, manager of th
Prwkine team, eahl on hi return from
Wai'.a Walla. "Thar must b 150 negroes
there, and any one who lias ever sean a
live one at a ball game know what bug
those colored folk are."
WITH THE BOWLERS.
The Onlmods won two gimas from th
Mets Brothers team st the Association al
leys last nlgnt. i inly three of the city
chiiiis were ahle to apeiir and the sub-
weie uimble to mtke any records.
Ted Neale's tn4 was the heat total and he
followed a 144 game with Jit for th highest
stiiale game. or:
METJS BROTHERS,
1st.
VS
7
14
H
U4
7uj
ONI MODS.
1st.
14
1.4
l'J
1..1
8nS
2d. 2d. Tolal.
14 U bS
ll 141 1,7
1-3 11 bS)
i-i 1j8 oiu
1(1 1,0 bej
644 TfcJ
Sd. Sd. ToUl.
141 1.6 i
i"0 13 ,.;
1'4 IjO '
14 l.tf f-.j
-'l los
Si M 2.iJ
Keale ......
Wood
Stone
lilakeney .
Huntington
Total '.
Elliott ....
Tracy
Carman ..
ThouiHS .,
FraiiciM.O
Totals
YALSITY CIHL3 OUT OF ATHLETICS
Athletic board sides wllb Dean wt
LINCOLN, Nrb.. April S.pcUI
Attitet.C uoaro I: fcM.itkhrl In left .
Iher-ln- Athletic hoard today' a !.! :Kr ,1 Intrrctu
latiaae- Itite kim. tho for ti.n i .jiuuu-t-ribll
, , , .!.. Tne .tti'o.i th I ,.ard ih m 1 1
up audUlJ tji L.n u Vvuuu iiia. Luo. L
Pstkley, who made a long fight agsinst
allowing the ro-ed to Journey to other
school to take part in atnletlo content.
The decision of the board mns that th
Nelrnk girls will r.o longer have an
opporturilty of meeting their sister In
haxket bull and tennis conteete. Mr.
Baxkley chitted to the gamea for girls
on the rround that they tend to lower
th sphere of women. ,
ANOTHER BASSET BALL LEAGUE
Jttw Association Likely to Be Formed
Among .Eastern Schools. -
. NEW YORK, April 25Thens appear
to be a 'possibility of the formation, of
another Intercollegiate basket ball league,
to take the place of the Intercollegiate
Basket Ball association, which practically
dissolved at, th conclusion of the last sea
son. At least that Is the idea prevailing
at Pennsylvania, Columbia and Cornell,
the only member remaining of tha old
bodv now that Tale and Princeton have
withdrawn, and the matter will probably
come up for disenssloa and possibly settle
ment when the annual meeting of the orig
inal association is hId in thla city next
month. The managements of th three un
iversity teams which remain believe that
a league of less than five teama would be
without any practical use, and therefore,
If It lis decided" to band ', together for a
league season next winter, at least two
morecollegea wHl be admitted to member
ship. Syracuse. haa been anxloua to affili
ate with the league for some time and th
claims of the Orange may be considered.
For tho other possible- member. Brown
looks to be about he most logical choice,
and If alx teama should finally be decided
upon for tha league Dartmouth might have
next choice. I
The basket ball association meeting next
month will wind up th affair of th old
league. The cup emblematlo of the cham
plonshlpwlll be awarded to Pennsylvania,
and among other business definite action
will - be taken on the schedule for next
winter. ... .
BIG FIGHT C0E3 TO MILWAUKEE
Pfk and Ketehell Will Not Meet en
'Ihs' Coast. -4
NEW YORK"! April &. The California
fight clubs will not get the middleweight
championship battle between. Billy Papka
and Stanley Ketchel. Realising that he can
get more money out of a fight with Ketchel
in Milwaukee than he could by' battling
with him st Calmaj Cal,,- or on of tha
'Frisco clubs,' Billy P&pke ha signed ar
ticles of agreement calling for a ten-round
bout with Ketchel In tha Hippodrome in
Milwaukee on the night of May 25. A bout
between these fighters in Milwaukee will
aslly draw a 3,000 gate.
GUN TOUKNEY DRAWS ETTEREST
Annwal Amateur Competition of Gun
Clnb Elicits Many Inqalrlea.
Numerous Inquiries re being received
from all parts of the western country con
cerning tne annual amateur tournament
of the Omaha Gun club to be held at the
club grounds al the emit end of the Doug
las street bridge May 5, 6 and 7. The pro
fessionals are allowed to shoot for targets
only. Tho arrangement whereby amateurs
are to get 10 cents back for every target
broken and a chance At the purse besides,
seems to be quite attractive, and Inquiries
have been received from Kansas, - Okla
homa and all over Nebraska, indicating a
large attendance. -
Several shooters from Tekamah will be
present thla afternoon at the regular shoot
of the Pottawattamie Gun club and with
good weather a record breaking attendance
of shooters Is expected.
The thirty-third annual tournament of
the Nebraska Sportsmen's association will
be held at Lincoln May 26, 87 and 28, under
the auspice of the Capitol Beach Gun
club. -
BELLEVUE BASE BALL GAMES
College Has Hard flcheanle, bat Hopes,
Win Moat.
The Bel'.evun college base ball team haa
been forging ahead since th early season
and Is now In good shape for th hard
ached tile which is before it. Bellevue haa a
splendid pitcher In Browfte the left-handed
f-ot ball star, and hopes to win a majority
of the games. The players are consider
ably encouraged since the fine showing
mads against the Rourke family early In
the season. The schedule includes these
games: April 27, Amity at Beilevue; April
SO, Doane at Balls vue; May 2, Amity at
College Springs, la.; May 4, Shenandoah
at Shenandoah; May 8, Kearney at
Bellevue; May 9. Nebraska School for Deaf
at Bellevue; May 12, Highland Park at
Bellevue; May 18, Peru at Bellevue; May
21, Wesleyan at Bellevue; May 25, Cotner
at Bethany; May 2. Kearney at Kearney;
May 27, Doane at Crete; May 2S, Wesleyan
at University Place; May 2, Peru at Peru;
June 2, Cotner at Bellevue; June , Drake
University at Bellevue.
HIGH WIND AND . LOW SCORES
Not Many Shooters Tarn Oat nt Gnu
Clnb Prsvat9c.
High winda interfered with good scores
at the regular practice shoot of the Omaha
Gun club Friday afternoon and but few
turned out for the sport. The big team
race between th Council Bluffs nd Omaha
cracks was postponed. A match race at
fifty birds between Woolman and Brown
was won by Woolman by the acoro of 46
to 43. The scores: ,
Match Race
Woolman .'. .....S3 2446
Brown , , 'j) 2342
Practical Shoot-
Brown i 23 18
tO-78
21-7
21 7X
10-4L
1 7S
20M
2073
.. 3
..Si
Woolman 24
Hardin iO
Ixiomia , 0
Gtaeomini ,,. in
Townsend 20
Damon , 18
Doplta 20
Gilbert 18
WAR SANDERS IN FINE FORM
mm
Little Soatnsaw I Kate? to Get Down
, to Work.
Warfleld Bander arrived in Omaha Sat
urday morning fresh from- the mountain
of Tennessee with that left arm of his
fraught with pennant possihtllt ies. He
didn't bring Mrs. Sanders and Mis San
der, but they will com on in a month
or so. .
"I am feeling fine, better than I ever
felt, and I ouht to pitch tha best season
of my life." modestly said th liule south
paw over at fa s smoke house. "I haven't
any doubt of our winning the flag again
tii'B year, though I think we shall have to
fight for it all the way along. I am more
tnuii anxious to get to work and do my
part.. I ll be gild to aee tha sun shine as It
was when I lelt home."
L. G. A- Original, at Diets Park.
Manager Fred Broadford, accompanied
by ins band of Oilginuls, will perform at
Diets park Sunday. They will play a
double-header with th two Diets teams.
The two Diets teams have mostly new
f 'layers th?s seaeon. Aa both teama are
n the Int'-City league. It probably will
be the only chance to see the Lee-Glass-AndreSKen
Orislnais and 1'leti teams meet.
Inasmuch as neither team has been de
feated this spring. It is thought that It
will be two ell played games. The first
gam will be called promptly at 1.3a Th
linkup:
Hist same
Association. Poeition.
Hall Second. .
lfferty Ift
Lastman Snort....
Dinttea Center..,
K. rtpwllman Calch...
L. G. A.
.... Mullen
Casey
.... I.awler
Gibson
... E. Clair
. Klnnlkus
... C. ti.lr
Daugheriy
Jallen
. Morearty
... Bunnell
L. O A.
.... Mullen
Caaey
.... l.awlrr
.... (iilsun
... E. Clair
.. Mlnnlkus
... C- Cislr
Daughterly
...... Jeilun
,, Mor-artv
.... Bunnell
NeMlfbiu h .... ...Third
Lynch-Masaman.'. hirst
(-hi-sunk UlKht
1'iobst 1'llch
llittfens&ck 1'lich......
Barrett Pitch
Second Game
C. N. Diets.
Position.
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Weluler
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tems j.ii v'l a uji.h t.( tn iih Iiiks at
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CHANGES IN BASE BALL TEA1IS
Figurei on the Lenglh of Lifo of
Their PcrsonneL
ANSON AND MTIIEE HOLD RECORDS
Playera Shift from Flare to Plare
Often, and Only a Few Stay
. wltn One Clnb Con
tlnnoosly. NEW TORK, April 2S.-Of tho thirty or
mora playera on the list of th New Tork
American league bane ball team for th
corning season only four were on the hill
team when the American league Invaded
New York five yeara ago. This la a fair
aampls of th changing nature of the per
sonnel of base ball teama, and an Interest
ing phase of the professional side of the na
tional game in the way the component
part of the teama of the leaguea coma and
go or hang on. ' .
By tha nature of the game, with il ex
perimenting to got together the strongest
possible combinations, the peraonnel of the
teama changes often, this dosplte the fact
Uiat th law of the game except tn times
at war or when outlaw leaguea are getting
In their work make it possible tor clubs
to retain their playera from year to year
aa long aa they want them. Outlived use
lulnesa, releases, aalea and tradea work
changea conatantly.
Sine the present era of peace' between
the National league and 'American league
began, nearly every club of the sixteen haa
on Its roster at least one man who has been
on It during all of the time referred to,
but even In that email apace, of time there
have been sweeping ohangea In moat of
the teama. The Bt. Loula Nationals, for
Instance, have Just about cleaned house en
tirely with the big quantity or young blood
tried out, and the aame la true of the
Brooklyn a '
Some Modern Veteran.
MoGraw, McQlnnlty, Mathewaon, Taylor
and Bresnahan are tha only member of
th ' New York National who have been
on th team lnc MoGraw cam here. The
entire Brooklyn team la made up of playera
who cannot be classed aa old atandby ao
far aa their aervlc on the Brooklyn, team
la concerned. Toung Cy Toung haa been
with the Boston team longer .than any
other present member, and he baa not
played there such a long time. Thomas,
Spark and Dooln are th veteran in pomt
of constant service on t(he Philadelphia
squad, while Pittsburg, jf having Clark,
Wagner, Leach, Leever and Phllllppe still
In tha harness, ha retained Its individuality
longer. Swing and Bchlel are the only
members of the present Reda who are in
th old atandby class on that team, and of
the champion Chicago Cuba all but Chance,
Tinker ahd Kltng have Joined th team In
the last few year.
When Griffith cam to New York to tak
charge of the American league team tier
h brought with him Corney, Keeler and
Chesbro, th only one now with him .who
came hero originally. Crlger, Winter,
Parent and Young ara th only old mem
bers of the Boston Americans.' The rest
hav ' scattered : and gone their vartoua
ways. The Philadelphia Americana have
held together better than any other major
league team. Davis, Murphy, Bender,
Plank. Seybold, Schreck and Powers hav
been playing eteadlly under Connie Mack'a
banner a long time a things go. Th
Washington team haa been practically
made over since it haa been in the Ameri
can league, while Lajoie, Turner, nick
and Joss are th only one who have been
on the Cleveland any length of - time.
Jonea, Davis, Donohue and Sullivan ar
the Chicago White Sox veterans; Mullin
and Crawford are the only one of that
class on the Detroit team, and Tom Jones.
Wallace and Stona on the St. Louis Browns.
In the Day of "Pop"' Anson.
It may be that teams change oftener now
than In the old days. In any event there
la nobody now In base ball whose record
for aervlc in on city can hold a candle
to that of Old Cap Anson in Chicago. The
old man was playing ball on the lake front
In Chicago In 1878, and he was with the
Chicago Nationals without interruption
from 1878 to 1IW, Inclusive, twenty-two
years of playing In one city. Thafa a
rare record In base vall. Only Bid McPhee
of the Clnclnnatls haa a record that ap
proachea Anaon's. Between the American
association and National league he waa In
Cincinnati continuously for upward of
eighteen yeara
There are instances of playera remaining
In one place uninterruptedly for ten years,
but there are ao many whose length of ser
vice In on place waa 'only two or three
yeara ' that It Is hard to estimate a fair
average of the length of tlma in which it
takea for the peraonnel of teams to change
entirely. Figuring It out on the basla of
the eight club that were In th National
league In 1890 th average la somsthlng over
eleven yeara but thla average la brought
up by the -fact that a few men, auch aa
Anson, McPhee, Tucker, Nichols, Long,
Lowe, Clementa, Daly, Holllday, Klttredga,
Tiernan, McKean, SKImmef and Young
served a long stretch,' and ao long aa there
was one man who stayed th peraonnel
did not change entirely.
How Things Chance,
On the Brooklyn of 1890 were O'Brien,
Pinckney, Fouls, Burns, Collins, Tarry.
Carruthsrs, Donovan, Daly, Bushong. Cork,
hill, Lovett, Clark and Smith. In 1S01 only
O'Brien, Fouts, Burns, Terry. Collins, Car
ruthers, Daly and Lovett were left. Two
yeara later only Foutz, Burns and Daly
were left. Fouts waa with the Brooklyna
until ISM, Burna unUI 1S96 and Daly until
1&7. The Utter went west and returned
to Brooklyn after an absence of a year or
ao, but of th team a It waa in 1890 n,ot a
single member waa left in 1807.
Philadelphia players in 1890 were Hamil
ton, Clements, Thompaon, Smith, Decker,
Myera, Bchrtver, Burke, Sunday, McCauley,
Gray, Allen, Gleason and Vlckery. In 1K'J2
every one of these fifteen players had
sought other climes except Hamilton, Clern.
enta and Thompson. ' Hamilton was with
the Philadelphia until 189a, when he went
to Boston, whlla Clements, who was
unlqu' a left-handed catcher, played tn
Quakertown steadily from 1884 to 133 In
clusive. His period of unbroken service
covered thirteen yeara. And yet there ara
playera who think they may atay In on
towtr too long. Bam Thompson Joined th
Phillies In 189, and was with them until
137. In 198 there waa none of th team
that had been with it In 1830.
Pop Anson'a array of athletea In 1SS0 In
cluded Luby, Cairoll, Wllmot, Burna,
O'Brien, Cooney, Glenalvln,' Nagle, Earl.
Foster, Willie (Bill) Hutchinson. Klttredg.
Andrews and Stein. Aa a unit thla aggre
gation waa ahort-Uved. Auaon himself,
who had Joined th team In 1578. styed
with It th kiiget, until 1K98. when ha
cam t New Tork for a brief term of men.
agement. So th peraonnel of the Chicagoa
went twenty-two year befora it was wholly
regenerated. Hutchinson wa wtth the team
until 1S98. Klttredg until 1898 and Wllmot
until JKJ, but none of th other was with
Anson after 18H2. j
Oner's Fassvon Crew.
The various Influences thst disintegrate
ball teama mads big Inroads Into tha ranks
of ths Clnclnnatls cf lM, and In a short
spac of lime. Th personnel of Ui was;
Knight, Rellly, Marr. Muhane, llolll'iay.
Beard, Latham, Harrington, Nicol, Bhlnes,
HuMwtn. luryea, Keenan, Vlau, Foreman
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famous names. 01llelleardrKnlght, HugH
Nicol, Jim Duryea, Kid Baldwin and Leon
Viau were not with the team the follow
ing year. They had taken their good and
chattels elsewhere. Long John Rellly, Lefty
Marr, Rhlnes he of the raise ball were
gone by 1893. and Tony Mullana had
pitched hia camp in some other olty a year
later. Of the othera, Bug Holllday was with
the Reds until 3K59, McPhee until 1900 and
the only Latham until 1830.
Of that period tha most striking case of
a complete cleanup In a short period of
tlma was the Pittsburg team. Decker, Mil
ler, Burke, Berger. Sunday, Veach, La
roque, Oeborne, Hines, Kelley, Sales, H ac
ker, Roat, Wllaon, Hemp, Crane, Dunlap,
Baker and Jordan are the namea In tha
archives of players under contract to Pitts
burg In 1S90. Only Doggy Miller and Ber
ger were left in 1891. Berger departing tht
following year and Miller not lasting after
I8P1 Of. the nineteen player that com
posed the team in 1$90, not one waa doing
business at tha aame stand three years
later.
The famous old Boston Nationals went
to the other extreme. The roster in 1890
was: Tucker, Brodle, Sullivan, Lowe, Gn
tel. - Donovan, Long;, Clarkaon, Nichols,
Hlnea, McOarr, Getaeln, Smith, Hard I and
Bennett. Th group consisting of Tucker,
Lowe, Ganael, Nichols ' and Long earned
fame as much by the length of time they
played together aa by their, ability. Hlnea,
McOarr, r Dortovan, Getaeln, Smith and
Hard! were not with th Bostons in 1991,
and Brodle. Sullivan and Clarkson not tn
1692. Tom Tucker was on deck until 1S97,
when he gave way to hi noted successor,
Fred Tenney, and hied him to Washington.
For a while after Tucker's departure it
seemed to Boston cranks that Bunker Hill
monument had been torn down," such a fix
ture had Tommy become. Bobby Low and
Charley Nichols were with tha team until
1902, when they went west to play, a lo
cality whence Nichols cam. Long hung on
tho longest of the lot, until 1903, when he
came to New Tork wtth Griffith, but h
wa all In aa a major league player and
aoon passed out of the realm of the tip
toppers, and yet in Ms day he waa one of
the greatest ahort stops In base ball. Gan
act lasted until IMS. From 1SS until 19G3
the personnel of the Boston team existed
without being entirely changed.
On the New Yorks in 1890 were Glasscock,
Burkett, Tiernan, Bstsrbrook, Whistler,
Rusle, Buckley, Henry, Bassett, Hornung,
Murphy, Clarko, Denny, Bharrott, Welch,
Crane, Howe and Sommera Mike Tiernan
outlasted any of this group. Ha played
with the New Torka contlnuoualy from 1W7
to 1S98. Burkett, Eaterbrook, Henry. Hor
nung, Murphy, Denny, Bharrott, Howe and
Sommera had dropped out In 1891. Glass
cock, Bassett, Whistler, Clarke and Welch
were gone by 1892, and Crane by 1893.
Rusle, barring one year's absence, bent hi
wonderful curve over the plat until 1898.
Jack Virtue, Ed McKean, Dalley, George
Davis, West, Feek-a-boo Veach, Joe Ard
ner, Chief Zlmmer, fimalley. Bob Gllks,
Dowse, Delaney, Wadsworth, Sommera,
Beattn, Viau and old Cy Young wer Cleve
land's array of playing talent tn 1898.
Dalley, West, Veach, Ardner, Smaliey,
Gllks, Dowse, Delaney, Wadsworth, 80m
mers and Beatln did not stay mors than a
year. Davis came to New York two years
after that, and Vlau waa gone by 1K92.
Virtu was with the team until 1895, end
McKean wa wtth It without a break from
1889 to 183S. Inclusive. Chief Zlmmer joined
the asm year as McKean and left a year
sooner. Young, too. left In 1888. The
Spider, aa they wer known then, flour
ished tor ten years before there was a
complete transformation In their personnel.
Omaha In Summer Race.
H. V. Rlessen of Beatrlc. secretary of
th Nebraska Ppeed association. Is In
Omaha lth a view to Interesting Omaha
light harness men to take part In the sum
mer race meetings that are to bearln early
In June In tha southern part of th state.
Several date re open snd some fairly
good purses ar hung up ( a stimulus for
speedy horses.
Two Ball Came at Nebraska City.
NH1BHA.SKA CITT. Neb.. Arrll 28 (Spe
cial ) The high school hae bell team snd
powtofflce employes plaved a mstch gsme
yesterday atternoon and the high school
lean1! won hy a score of 76 to 0 In a five
limine- s.ime.
Court house officials were defeated In a
same of b ball Friday evening by the
business eollese hv a score of 7 to Con
atderahlf Interest ts taken In th city league
teams' same and everv evening a five or
alx Inning game la played befor largs
rrowds
" Imperial Want Uasa.
The Imperials would like to get games
with anv other team In or out of the city
undee 15 year" of for Hundav garnet
no till June Jit. AMree all answers to
Frank fcallande- lta North Twentieth
street, or telephone Webau-r 217 In the
eventr.g,
Ilalnh Blrrherd Kleeted.
MADISON. Wis.. April 28 trtpeclal Tele
gram.) Kalrh Mrchord of Omaha was
elected business manager of the badfruie
team by Wisconsin university students.
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PCRVIS. Mis. April tt-An air of death
and dsulatlon marks Purvis today. Th
total nosth list In this vicinity has now
reached sixty-two and It is believed thst
further particulars from th4 surrounding
luunUy will add ii.aUrlnily tj thwe future.
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LINER SINES WAR VESSEL
American Ship St. Paul Hum Into
British Cruiser. -
TWENTY SEAMEN LOSE LIVES
Collision Take Place la Snow Storsa
' Passengers and Crew of the
St. Paul Are Reported
Safe.
PORTSMOUTH. April 25.Th American
line steamer, Bt. Paul, and the British
crulaer, Gladiator, were in collision thla
afternoon off tha Iale of Wight.
A heavy snowstorm was rasing at the
time. Ths Gladiator was badly damaged
and has been beached. Its crew took to
the boats and durina; this .operation some
twenty men ar reported to hav lost their
live.
The passengers and crew of the Bt. Paul
ar all safe. Th Et- Paul sustained a
damaged bow. It la now standing by th
disabled cruiser.
The St. Paul was outward bound for New
York and th Gladiator was on its way
from Portland to Portsmouth.
The St. Paul, outward-bound had left
Southampton at noon. There wr only a
score of saloon passenger on board. Th
collision occurred qff th Needles In a
anowetorm. SThe Oladlator Is one of tha
class of vesels delnd to serve as rams.
It is S20 feet long, has a speed cf SO knots
an hour and carries a complement of 45
men.
The Gladiator belongs to th horn fleet
and was on Its way from Portland to
Portsmouth. It has been beached a quarter
of a mil from th shore and lies on Its
starboard aide on a rising tide.
Th casualties to the crew of the Gladi
ator occurred during the operation of tak
ing to the boats, and it la feared that no
leas than twenty lives were lost. The
operation waa made particularly hazardous
by ths bllssard.
All the passengers and crew of th St.
Paul ar af.
FIFTEEN DEAD IX ALABAMA
Estimated Los I L1( Win Reaeb.
This Fia-er.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April 26. Report,
though till somewhat meager, aa to th
results of th tornado that went through
parts of Alabama yesterday, Indicate that
fifteen peopi wer killed in this state and
between aeventy and 100 wre Injured, l
or eight fatally. At Bergen, In Walter
county, four ar dead and fifteen hurt. Re
ports from Arbertvlll place death at nine
nd thirty-five Injured. Near IReid th
death list Is placed at two, with three hurt.
At Cedar Creek, Walker county, eight art
hurt, two fatally. At Democrat. Walker
county, half a dosen wer ceverely Injured.
Several courxry districts have town devas
tated and people hurt, but poor telegraph
and telephone facilities prevent accurate
report being secured. Tha property dam
age will amount to hundreds of thouaandi
of dollars. As many of ths sufferers of th
tofnauo wer poor people, there is consider
able distress.
VALLEY SPRINGS' STOftH LO
Oaly Ots Ms lajared, kef Several
Have Narrow Kseape.
GARRET SON, 8. I.. April 16. (Special.)
A disastrous tornado visited this section
last evening, th most dsmsge being dona
In Valley prlnss, near here. Th prop
erty kws, which will amount to about
ftf.000, as confined mainly to ths residence
purlton. of the town.
Only one man. Allen Hedges, a teamster,
a, a liijuivJ, his tullar bona btlng broken
im. ;ji
when the barn, in which he was doing
chores was completely demolished. . , '.
Th Methodist Episcopal church wa com
pletely destroyed, not. one portion of a
board being left on the alt of the building.
Th large belfry containing th bell was
dropped at the corner of the residence of
T. R. Bennet, and had It fell three feet
farther it would have demolished that part
of the building and would have struck Mrs.
Bennet. The following list gives the loaaes:
School house, slightly damaged: L 8. Het
land, Mrs. Moore and A. Richard, barns de
stroyed completely; Otto Ross, Albert
Tackley, George Fay, J. J. ITrquhart, Anton
Olsen, August Outka, S. A. Plnney. Maud
Shekk, Mrs. Mellen, houses or barns al
most total wrecks. Most of th property
loss was Insured but only 4 part of U
policies contained tornado clauses.
DEATH RECORD
Sameel Fltsslraoas.
GENEVA, Neb., April 25. (Special.)
The funeral of Samuel Fltslmon, who died
Thursday after a short but aevr4 illness,
was held today, conducted by Bishop Will
iams of Omaha. A short service waa held
at bla home and alao at the, Methodist Epis
copal church In Carleton. The body wa in
terred in the Carleton cemetery. Mr. Fits
slmons was 80 years of age. He leaves a
widow and seven children, six son and one
daughter, Mr Irving Augustine of Grand
Island, who were all with him at the last.
H waa a devoted member of Trinity pis
copal church of Geneva. Ha Was president
of the Brunlng German bank and a success
ful business man. Mrs. Fitssimon is lying
seriously 111 from the shock.
Attorney Geaeral C. W. May
HONTINQTON. W. Va., April 24,-At-torney
General Clark W. May died today
at his horn at Hamlin. Ten day age lie
wa thrown from a horse and death, re
sulted from th Injuries ha received.
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