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'THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. MARCH 13, 1910.
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J JMIA. BUN DAT. MARCH 43, .ls:0.
FORMER STAR OUTFIELDERS
WHERE PLAYERS COME FROil
Tri-State Leapue Seems to Lead All in
Sending Out New Material.
Umpires of the Western League
Chief Haskell Writes for The Bee His Conception of the Unties of That
Important Official and Tells of the Qualifications of Clarke, Mallin
and Spencer, the Other Members . of the Western League Staff.
Old-Time Fan Say They've Not Been
Excelled.
UBGFIENTS
SOME W0JTDEUS OF OTUJEE DAYS
BIO LEAGUE SC0TJT3 ARE BUSY
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WHFN th National Association of
Ban Ball league mnli next
tlm It will hav as one bin
tank the proposition of reclassi
fying th lrajrue under the new 1
'-edition of the increased population
Men the census will ahow. As a matter
f fact, however. In loma cases the old
iisslflcatlcn may be left Intact and do
o Injustice. Th present order requlrea
combined population of 1,000,000 for the
ms A leagues and between 400,000 and
V'ioo.OOQ for clii.il B. A a matter of fact,
ihere are leagu under these clesslfloa
tiuna that do not and never have had tlits
ggregate population and will not rxosed
5 t under the new census. The WaaUrD
' .ague la one. It I In Clan A, but If Iti
right cltlea axe taken together, they will
not aggregate l.WO.000 population, quite. Of
('ourae, with their adjacent contributing
territory, they will. It Been, therefore,
that while both the country"! population
and that of bane ball wilt ahow remarkable
I growth under the 1910 ceiiaua, some of the
' task of reclassifying may be absorbed In
, the almplor dispensation of letting things
. stand la a frw casts as they ar. to give
; ' time for development. It la a wis move,
' of course, to cut these clothes too large,
i grittier than too small, and then allow some
"j'om for expansion.
Borne loyal, fan has raised the question
' of letting bright stars disappear from the
have ball firmament after years of brilliant
llli"T inatlon without so much as a word
to iJu.ik their going. lie suggests that at
; least such a man might be given a special
day In base ball when his memory and
achievements of the past might be stamped
on the minds of men everywhere by some
sirt of Impressive ceremony. The senti
ment la a good one. Every year some
player, who has been a pillar In the game
for a decade or more, passes off the dia
mond ha has helped make famous and
soma seasons many such men go. This
year, for Instance, there ara Billy Keeler,
George Davis and Isbell, men who have
: Aeen base ball Idols, Keeler and Davis, for
Jrnuch more than any decade. Why
Wouldn't It be a fair thing ' to bold an,
Isbeil day, or a Keeler day, or a Davis
day? As the Sporting News suggests, bene
v i fit are not necessary, nor. Indeed, deslra
i bla, except in rare cases, but just a big
day when everybody might turn out and
hurrah for this or that grind old man of
tti gam. ,
' Bui ball gives every promise of keep
1 ing up Ita end of tba general march of
t progress which this year 1910 shows.
There ara more organization, more play
1 era, of course; more hope of cloao com
) petition In the larger leagues this year
! than ever there have been, and more of
the big league, clubs ara Investing large
sums In modern, plants, thus paying
' stout tribute to the permanency of the
i game. On the surface of things there Is
every reason to believe that this will be
f the greatest year base ball haa ever
1 known. And there Is greater peace In the
ranks and courts of base ball than there
v haa been for some time. The annoying
I ' problem of California outlaws has been
' solved effectually and the- only serious
bitch with any player of consequence Is
the dispute over Kllng's reinstatement.
After all, how certain Is tt that Kllng.
if ha nturnitil to the Ouba. would OCCUPY
the' place he used to of first catcher?
Archer haa developed Into one of the
great catchers of the game anl hla
throwing has shown wonderful Improve
ment Kllng has been out of the game
for a year, la a year older, which at his
age count considerably; , haa had no
i spring training. Archer has been going
i steadily, is much younger than . Noisy
. John and la training up to the minute.
Off Kllng's powers to draw at th box
office there could be no doubt, at least
for a time, but of hla powers to excel
behind the bat as much as would be
necessary to allow him to displace Jimmy
Archer there la grave doubt.
Dwyer was a good young player and
probably did aa well aa could be expected
as manager for Pes Moines, but Dwyer
waa very foolish, to got the "Idea that aa
manager he was In any large measure re
sponsible for Des Molrwni winning the pen
nant. Ills playing helped mightily, but It is
doubtful if his managerial service did. He
more foolish when he allowed this
Idea to lead him so far astray as o refuse
to play unless he got a certain sum pt
money which ha thought a miooessful man
4gri),ight to get Des Moines, K la hoped,
wlU 'regain Dwyer as a player, but In the
..r.i.n thai ownership, team and fans
are to ba congratulated on getting the old
veteran, Oeorge Davis, aa manager.
i ext.. .a.n into the Western league
of Oeorge Davis U one mora major
league veteran to the managerial staff.
Certainly this league la well equipped In
this respect It has. perhaps, more good,
practll base - ball men at tha head of
teams than any other minor league.
Cooley at Topeka, lsbell at Wichita, Pa
: Ronrke at Omaha, ilollano. at ei. jopi,
Davta at Dea Mones, all old-timers, and
McGM and'Hendrlek at Denver, ahrewd
men in the business. This la an eletueut
of strength which the league and Its pa
trons cannot too greatly estimate. It la
an assurance against half-cocked ' meth
ods, a balance wheel to tha league In all
- situations.
" Tlhat Nebraska, Slate league will be
w&tcned very carefully by Fa Rourke and
ether Western league owners for ripening
: (uaAerial. Here's hoping the new organiza
' tloa meet wltti the most flattering suomms
' its flriA year, so that It will have a strong
' incentive to continue Its life.
Good old Cy Young Is coming up the pike
for his twenty-second consecutive season
; in naor league company In the bot of
I - art 4 . m ss V Sk wA uiMi'a wnrlr
j form ami m v - - -
George Tebeau says he hasn't a single
objection, to tha reinstatement of Kllng.
,' Why in the world do they delay the mat
ter, theut
. Now hey tell us Jack Curley Is to be
; the manager of the Jeff-Johnson fight
TUat' hot one. Wonder it Doctor Holler
U la on lit
They are looking for Fisher to make
fgooA down at t. liouls. If he doesn't some
body ought to take a pole and boat him.
No4 tt wa can arrange matters with the
bos father man that long schedule may
be the best thing we va s trues yet.
' Now they'va got out a yarn about
I I'uoblo angling for Dea Moines' franchise.
t ' Holy Sinokeal
' Two old Whit Sox stars, Davl and Isa
bel!, ar Westorn leegu managers.
Commy lores Omaha much that he
aands uaJU Tauitfan every year.
Ttils tliu ueit tuvnth!
From Calbbert, Pike, I-onard, Hlaee,
the Oreat Dicker, Joknataa, r
'"llll mm MeAlwr, Mule
flfferrnr la 9rn.
William Keller and Roy Thomas, two
of the best outfielders who ever played
In major league company, will probably
be misting from the big circuit this year.
They have seen their best days, Ilk many
other great players noiw In retirement,
though not forgotten by old timers, as
they have been released unconditionally
by the Highlanders and Boston Nationals
respectively. Keeler led the riKht fielders
m percentage In 1S99, v&l, 1901 and 1902,
while Thoma stood at the head of the
center fielders In 1500, 1901, 104, 1905, 1906
and 1907. Tho passing of these famous
ny-foall catcher recall the fact that
the best outfielder In harnes today are
considered no better than many star of
day gone by.
The National league bo&ats of Fred Clarke
and Tommy Leach of the champion Pir
ate, Schult of the Cubs, also Bheckard,
Tltu and Magoe of the Philadelphia.
Mitchell and Paskert of the Beds. Hummel
and Burch of the Brooklyns and Murray of
the Giants.
The American league haa the noted Ty
Cobb of Detroit, Trls Speaker of the Boston
Bed Box, Dan Murphy, Crawford, Mcln
tyre, NUe, ugle and other, yet veteran
fan will tell you that these players are
by no means extraordinary. Going back to
171, when fielding records began to mean
something, you'll find the names of such
famous outfielder a Ed. Cuthbert of Phil
adelphia, Lip Pike of Troy and Dave Egs
ler of the Mutual. Veteran ball fan still
Insist these men could get under long
drive a well aa the modern stars, while
long-dlstanc throwing was their strongest
point '
Al Oedney, who played with both the Mu
tual and the Athletics; Andy Leonard, who
was a fixture as Boston' left fielder for
nearly ten year and had no equal; Paul
Hlne of Chicago and Providence, Jim
O' Rourke, who mad a big reputation, in
Boston; Jack Manning of tha same team.
Orator Shaffer of Louisville and Indianap
olis, Tom York, Paul Radford and Cliff
Carroll of Providence, Jake Evan of Troy
and Joe Hornung of Boston, war among
the leading outfielders up to 1S8S and 1884.
Hornhung and Evans were superb throw
er; In fact none of their predecessor had
anything on them In this respect. Evan,
who later played with Worcester and Cleve
land, waa the best of the' right fielder in
1880, 1881, 1881. 1183 and 18C4, and also created
numerous sensations by throwing out at
first baa batsmen who had mad appar
ently safe hits. Hornung, aa fast as a
whirlwind in getting under fly balls, had
auoh a reputation aa a long distance
thrower that base runner on third seldom
made a break for the home plate after one
of his catches. Hlnes, who led the center
fielder In 1D83 and 1SS4, waa not only' a sure
catch, but he could throw with the beet of
them and was also a great batsman.
Jim O'Rourlte, who was with Boston' In
1873, and did not quit the gme until last
season; was tho 'leading center fielder In
1S7S, and again In 1885, when a member of
the Giant. O'Rourke, always a big bitter,
waa kept on tho New York team for balf
a dosen year more, tut he became so slow
In left field that when he retired to Bridge
port he became a catcher. He could always
play behind the bat, for that matter, so
this experience was nothing new. Anson
had some star outfielder when Chicago
won pennant about this time Abner, Dal
rymple, George Gore, Billy Sunday, Hugh
Nlool, Hugh Duffy and Martin Sullivan.
Every one of these men could cover ground,
throw and hit In a way that made them
stand prominently in the records.
Boston uncovered a phenomenal center
fielder In Dickey Johnston In 1868. He was
picked up In Richmond and he hadn't
played balf a dozen game in the Hub be
fore he had tho fan by the ear. Some of
his running catches . were miraculous, a
memorable on being the capture of a
terrlflo drive from tha big bat of mighty
Dan Brouthers. Radbourne was pitching
for Boston In that game and e sent up a
&low one, waist high. Brouthers, the heavi
est, slugger In the league, landed squarely
with his stick and tho ball sailed o high
and far that the crowd expected to .see It
clear the center field fence. The moment
the ball left the bat Johnston turned his
back and dug for the fence. When he wa
within a few feet of tho board he turned
and leaped in the air. At tha same tlm he
threw up hi left hand In the nick of time,
for tba ball lodged In hla glov Just as he
crashed Into th fence. That catch made
Dickey Johnston and be was quickly called
th league' star center fielder, but he soon
fell by th wayaldo because of his habits.
Curt Welch of tha St. Louis Browu and
Pop Corkhlll of the Cincinnati Red were
playing In the American association about
this time and partisan critic Insisted that
they were superior to tha Boston oraok.
which may have been true, but the fact
remain that Boston veterans say even to
day that tha Hub haa never had a better
center fielder than th boy who came from
Richmond, unknown and unsung. Jimmy
McAleer, now manager of the Washington
team, waa another auperb outfielder when
be won tho uniform of the Cleveland club,
His wonderful catches were the talk of
balldom nearly twenty years ago and
whenever he played bis performance were
starred. But he wa a comparatively weak
bitter, which was, of course, a serious
handicap.
The Philadelphia had a wonder In Jimmy
Fogarty, now dead. He was the league's
star left fielder In 18S4 and Ibit, and also
led the oenter fielders In 1&8. Fogarty was
a natural player, a star base runner, batter
and fielder, and those who remember him
say tho only player who baa ever shown
similar clasa 1 Ty Cobb. Bug Helllday,
who passed away recently, was another
crack canter flulder. A a member of the
Cincinnati team he had th beet percentage
for Oils position In 1S90.
But t tiara were other good outfielder
in thoM days, notably Ed Html on wlh
the Detroit. Walter WUmot with the Sen
ator, Pete Gillespie with th New Yorks,
Sam Thompson and Hardl Richardson
of the Detrolts and Mike Tlernan, who
played right field fur the Giants for many
years. Thompson and Richardson went not
so fast as the others, but they mad up
for It with their terrlflo batting, which
helped Detroit win a world' championship.
Tlurnan, who ia a portly saloonkeeper (n
Harlem nowadays, was one of the most
popular player who ever wore a New
York uniform at th polo grounds. He
broke Into th gam a a luft-handed
pitcher, but because of hla hitting and
swift base running Jim Mutrle, tha Giants'
manager, put blm In right field. He was
a suoces there Immediately and developed
In on of tb heaviest batsmea la th
leagu.
Darby O'Brien and Mike Griffin, both
deceaotd, were alar In the Brooklyn'
outfield In 11 nd IHJI Wltr Brorfie,
dug up by the late Frank Selee, also mad
a 1'U Kiiutsilon with the Bostmis at that
time. Uiudl later played with the UaiU-
s.
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MPIRES are just like ball play
ers; they must work a couple
of years to become seasoned be
fore they are any good.
This has been demonstrated
in many league and especially
of late. It has been demonstrated in al
most every league in the country. No um
pire can be perfect the first year out An
umpire in hi first year lack confldenoe
In himself anC be fears the - orowds. He
also I too prone to aldestep when an ob
streperous player gets too rambunctious. It
take a seasoned player to meet emer
gencies that dally arise on a ball field.
Th Judgment of th fan and manager
I not always th best in regard to "
umpire. Before I came Into this league
they . bad about ten umpire during the
season. When I came wo went through the
season without a change.. A year ago we
had a big fellow In the league named
Brennan. He aulted soma of the fans, but
did not suit th managers of the league.
There wa a general clamor for 'hi re
lease. President O'Neill let him go, contrary-
to my recommendation. What was
the result? H 1 now employed, by the
national league and has a permanent
booth. I recommended him to the Wlscon
ln league and from there he went up, to
tho national.
The western league will have a splen
did staff of umpire this year If my Judg
ment I any good. Spenser is the new man.
H hall from Denlson, Tex., and last
year waa the best umpire In the Kansas
state league. He 1 not a novice and this
is his third year out. I am not in favor
of hiring an umpire who has not been out
at least two years, for, as I said before,
umpires aro Just like ball players; they
are no good until they have had at least
two years' experience.
The two other umpires are George Clarke,
who Is an Omaha boy and who needs no
recommendation, and Mullin who was here
last year. Clarke has the making of a good
man and will prove entirely satisfactory
this year.
W are extremely fortunat in having
Mullin in this league this season. It was
only by the most extraordinary force of
circumstances that wo were able to keep
him In this league for the coming year.
I had recommended Mullin to President
Pulllara of the national" league. I am al
ways anxious to get the boy a good
berth as possible, and, although we would
like to keep them In th western league, I
will alway recommend them for a better
birth It I think they are deserving. Mr.
more and continued to be a star. Joe
Kelley, manager of th Toronto club, also
mad himself famous a Baltimore left
fielder, leading th league in 1&3, 1393 and
1S93. Ed DeUhanty. who committed suicide
several years ago, waa Philadelphia' pride
when h proved tho best left fielder in
Wa and 1&7. Ho wa originally a second
baseman, but Harry Wright decided to
turn him into an outfielder. Del, a.s he
waa familiarly called by th fans, was one
of th league' big slugger, and with the
noted LaJole following him in. the batting
order many pitchers were mode to look
cheap.
Philadelphia and later Boston had a
splendid outfielder in Billy Hamilton, now
a New England league manager. Hamil
ton, a little fellow with short legs, was the
league' champion base runner for a time
aud also a solid bitter. Chick Stahl, who
killed himself because of some unknown
trouble, wa another Boston star alio will
be recalled. Kip Selbach and Eddie Burke,
both former Giants, were crack left field
ers, the latter being so popular In New
York that th old 25-cent stand at the
polo grounds wa named "Burkevllle" In
his honor. Sandow Merte, of more recent
date, wa another populur idol In Harlem.
Jimmy Bheckard, who is still with Chi
cago, was unearthed by tho Brooklyns and
with them he was tb beet left fielder In
1902, th am year Clarence Beaumont
topped the center fielder' while playing
with th Pittsburg. Fielder Jones, who
made hla first bow with th Brooklyns
and afterward maoaged the Chicago White
Sox. cannot be overlooked, while Mlks
Donlin, who ha probably played his last
game, Is too well-known' to need descrip
tion. There ar many newcomers in the south
Just now who hop to become great out
ftelder and unit of them may succeed
as brilliantly aa Cobb, Hpeakrr and th
other modern stars, but old-timers who
remember sum of tb grant ball players
nvtutloned in this story will no doubt b
slow to admit that future outfield guar
dians will excel th one who hav gone
from th ball field forever.
gckedal for Chicago.
CHICAGO. March 12-Coach Btagg has
announced th University of Chlcugu Mi
foot ball schedule. It reads: October 8,
Ii.J.U.u at Marshall Fluid; Oulobor 15,
Illinois at l'rb.!a; October 22, Northwest
ern at Mahall Field, October 27.. M!niK
soia al MulisU Field; Noveiubtr S, 1'ur-
M CH1ET OF WEvTTilur g- .'J
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LEAGUE UMPIRE OU
Pulllam would have accepted Mr.' Mullin
but he died and President Heydler took
hi place. He, too, would have hired Mr.
Mullin, but he wa deposed and President
Lynch took hi place. He had some men
of hi own so we are fortunate In having
Mr. Mullin with us again this year for he
1 a great umpire correct on ball and
striken and tearless In making hi de
cisions. .
Only threo umpire hav been In th
business In the big league a long aa
I hav ' and no on can gainsay
tho proposition they hare Improved With
age In- the business. They are Hank O'Day,
Sherrldan and ElmsII and they have not
missed a year since litSl, when I first
started a a professional umpire. In spit
of th splendid reputation these hav at
the present time it 1 not stating the
matter too stoutly to say thai they were all
rotten the first year out, and that It took
a few years at least two year to season
them to the business.
An umpire ha a splendid opportunity
to. learn of the players, and many. um
pire have gone to th front Joe Cantillon
wa frlst a player, then an umpire and
finally a successful' umpire. President
Lynoh of the National league wa an um
pire of no mean ability and It was while
officiating in that capacity that bo ao
quired a knowledge of th game which
placed him in his present high position.
While I have th honor to bo chief of
the umpire staff of th Western league,
I still have other work before me, a many
of the manager of tho big leagues rely
upon my Judgment in regard to players,
and I continually have telegram to look
for player of ability who might be able
to fill positions in the big league.
I look for a prosperous season for th
Western league this year. I think th ad
dition of 8t. Joseph will be a great thing
for the Ieagtle. 6t. Joseph waa a good base
ball town when It had a good team under
a good manager and will still be a good
town, now that It again ha a good base
ball man at the head of Its affairs. Jack
Holland I a natural leader of base bell
men and may be relied upon to put a good
team Into that town, and I am sure St.
Joseph will support a good team.
The umpire is th man who Is supposed
to be unprejudiced, and his recommenda
tion goes a long way with tho managers of
th big leaguea. It gives m great pleasure
to set) so many men In th two big league,
who have gone up because of my recom
meodationa. JACK HASKELL,
Chief Umplr Western Leagu.
due at Marshall Field; November 12. Cor
nell at Marshall Field; November 19, Wis
consin at, Madison.
BIO TRACK MEET IN THE SOUTH
Money Being; Raised to Insare Buc
, ee of tb Meet.
NEW ORLEANS, March 12. Prepara
tion are being made for th big cham
pionship athletic carnival to be held her
next October under the auspice of the
Amateur Athletlo Union of th United
States. Money to defray expanses I now
being collected by popular subscription.
A committee for this purpose ha been
formed and it has formulated plan for
campaign. It 1 figured that 23,000 will
be none too much to defray tha total ex
penses. The track will be erected in back of
Tulane university. The grandstand and
track. It la figured, will cost at least
12,000. To bring athletes from all parts
of the country her it will coat at least
$2,000. Th stadium will b a great
structure. The track is to be mad of
cinder over a clay base, one-quarter-mti
In circumference. -
This 1 th flrat tlm that a southern
city ha had th opportunity to hold as
large a meet a thl. Local follower of
thlettcs ar very enthuslastlo over tha
plans and It Is thought will be liberal In
subscribing to th general fund to defray
expenses. Money 1 also expected to be
received from other neighboring cities.
W0LGAST HAS WORTHY F0E3
Page Cross the Pood to Meet the New
Champion.
NEW YORK. March 12. With Freddie
Welsh, the English lightweight cham
pion, due to arrive in this country in
about five weeks, and Tommy Murphy,
now In line for a battle for the light
weight title, it looks now as If Ad Wol
gast, the new lightweight champion, will
give Murphy th preference for a fight
with him when he gets ready to battl
again.
Murphy wa given a newspaper decision
over Wolgaat at th nd of a alx-round
bout In Pittsburg vral month ago
and, as Wolgaat baa always ald that n
would Use to get Murphy in a looger
fight, th chance ar that b win con
tent to take Tommy on first and ttwa go
after tb clever Englishman.
Be Want Ad are Ui urt and beat
fur uulck imUuu.
Iatermodlato Leagues Arc Skipped
tr Maay Totiiattn This Ymr,
Who Hare tlern Slated for
Larger Berths.
NEW YORK, March 12. -Th Taclflc
Coast league has turned out many a great
ball player, but It begin to look as If
the old Trl-State lead the 'getting In tho
good ball player league by a big margin.
There wa a tlm when this organisation
wa the pest of the big league, but since
It ha been brought Into the fold of or
ganised base ball the subject conies up a
to the number of ball players the league
haa sent out to every club In th big ahow.
It seems that the scouts of the big league
beat it to the Trl-State first to look over
the good ball player. The Wllllamsport
club, the three-time pennant winner,, lead
In sending out good ball players. Daniels
and Warhop of th Yankees cam from
that club.
Th Eastern leaguo and tne American
association cam' in for their share of con
tributed player from tha Trl-State league.
Just take a peep over the list of players
who have broken Into the big league, and
It's safe betting that the majority of the
fans will say: "That's right," and here
they are:
From Wllllamsport team are Joe Dele
faanty, brother of the great Edward Dcle
hanty, now deceased; Johnny Lush, the
clever southpaw, who especially distin
guished himself last season by pitching
a no-run, no-hlt game; Bailee, another
outhpaw, and Corrldon, all with the St,
Louis Nationals; Rloh. and Bhean, with
the Boston Nationals; Charles, with Cin
cinnati; Street, the only players who ever
caught a ball tossed from the Washing
ton monument, and Unglaub and Clymer,
with the Benators; Fanning, . Cree and
Warhop, with th New York Americans;
Hlnchman, with Cleveland and Vlckers,
formerly with th Athletic..
Lancaster, the pennant winner last year,
ha also done well by th big leagues.
Covalaskl, tho big Polo, who kept tho
Giant from winning the pennant tn 1908,
by defeating McGraw's men three times
In on week during the latter part of the
season, while with tho Phillies, now with
tho Reds, was secured from Lancaster.
Pat Doughjerty and Altlser of th White
Box played one season there, as did also
Downey and Roth, with the Reds; Meyers
and Lennox, with Brooklyn.
baker, with the Athletics; Henog, with
tho Giants, and Lelivelt, with the WaHh
lngton American, played in Reading. The
following player hav been secured from
tho Harrlsburg team: Bender and Krause,
two of Connie Mack' best pitchers; Camp
bell and Egan of the Reds, Pattee of
Brooklyn and Starr, recently with the
Phillies.
Wilmington, while in the league, turned
out among others player "Silent" John
Hurnmell, with Brooklyn, the star utility
player of the. National league.
Lobert, with Cincinnati; Mach, with the
Cube; Goode, now with the Philadelphia;
Miller and Johnson, with tho Senators;
Hop, with Cleveland, and McAleese, ' with
the. St , Louis " Americans, all came from
th Johnstown team.
Altoona has sent among other players
to the big league Bell and Burch of Brook
lyn, .Needham, with the Cubs, and Den
nlnger and Ward, with the Phillies.
Mowrey with the Reds, Tom Jones with
Detroit and "Doc" Rexsllng with the Wash
ington American were secured from York.
Stem and Mattcrn of the Boston Nationals
and Matthew with the Red Sox came
from Trenton. Among the former Trl-State
players who played In the American Asso
ciation last season were: Hoey, Hayden,
Hlnchman, Puter, Sullivan, Tato, Upp,
"Stony" McGlynn and Frambee. .
Tho former Trl-State players who played
In the Eastern league last season were:
"Bud" Sharpe. Wolverton, Zimmerman,
FlaUr and Brady with Newark; Mall, catis,
Dessau, Lewis and Pearson with Baltimore;
Holly and . Bergor with Rochester; Hoff
man, Arndt, Mar an and Peterson with
Providence; A pp legate and HouBer with
Toronto; Calhoun and Foster with Jersey
City; O'Neil. Cocklll, Jimmy Wlgg and
Baum with Montreal. The lattter two wer
purchased from Altoona at the close of last
season. ('
With all these player leaving In the
course of a few years there are still many
youngsters In the Trl-State league who are
nearly rip for fast company; In fact, a
number were drafted by the major leagues
last fall for a trying out this spring who
were .not included in the above list There
are now many former, big league players
In the Tri-State league and among them
can bo mentioned "Pop" Foster, Al Sel
baoh, Litschi, Barton, Barthold, Clay,
Magoon, Brouthers, Joe Myers, Jack Town
send, "Bill" Coughlln, O'Hara, Cannell,
Hoch. Owens, Gleason, Welgand, Moser and
Deal. Since securing protection the Trl
State !:ague haa bad fair success In a
financial way and President Charles Ti
Carpenter of Altoona, to whom most of the
credit 1 due, state that 1910 will be tho
most suocesaful year In tho history of thej
organisation.
PITCHING MACHINE FOR MIDDIES
Compressed Air Shoot Any Kind of s
i Curve.
ANNAPOLIS. Md., March 12. -R. II.
Lake, the Inventor of pitching machines,
which have been used in practice by a
number of the leading professional and
college nines of the country, is now a
ship carpenter In the navy and stationed
at the Naval academy here. He is con
structing the most powerful machine of
the kind ever made, for the use of tills
year's squad of midshipmen.
Th machine Is driven by compressed
air, can shoot any kind of a curve as
much a eight feet wide, and I capable of
propelling the ball at a rat tremendously
greater than the speediest of human pitch
er. It also contains a number of new fea
tures. Including a device by which the ball
Is delivered automatically at the sain time
that It would have been delivered by a
pitcher, who stand by the machine and
goes through th now pitching motions.
Thl give th batsman soma hint a to the
movement of delivery, as In a regular
game.
English Uaelnat Date.
NEW YORK. March 13 -Th automobll
racing Season at the great Brooklands
Motordome, England, begins on' March 2&
The program follows: .
Th Raglan oup (Hag Ian Automobile club,
rating sixteen and under; stroke not to
exceed 121 mm.); First twenty-one, rating
rao (a handicap); March handicap (iUg
han Automobll club, rating eighteen and
over); Easter Junior Private Competitor's
handicap (Raglan Automobll club, rating
twoy-flv, and over); Easter Senior Pri
vate Competitor' handicap. (Raglan Auto
rneuu club, rating eighteen and over), and
Eaoter Bprlnt iao (for oar which have
don over eighty mile per hour). Two
motorcycle event ar also Included: Tiie
Easter Motorcycle handicap aud th Spring
Motorcycle handicap. )'
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Burlington Fast Mail No. 7,' which has been running for 26
years from Chicago to Omaha, and is scheduled at 40 miles an
hour, including stops, for the distance of 492 miles, reached
Council Bluffs Transfer on time every day in September, 30 days
out of 31 in October, 27 out of 30 in November, 1909. It was
"on time" 87 days out of 91. The total time lost in 91 days was
67 minutes, or an average loss of seyen-tentha of one minute per
day for the distance of 492 miles. S, . '
Such precision of train operation tells tho story of the track,
tho power, equipment and organization of the Burlington.
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