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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-25
st Louis Catcher.

John J. O'Neill. the new catcher OF
the ST. Louis club. of the National
league, was born on June 10. 1875. in
ireland. He learned to play ball dur
ing the evenings, in Minooka, Pa, after
toiling in the mines during the day.
His first professional engagement was
with the Cortland club, of the New
York league. in 1896. He played with
Cortland in 1897, Canandaigua in 1898,
Scranton IN 1899, Syracuse and Utica
N 1900, remaining with Utica last sea-
son, for which club he caught SO cham
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-25

There are many Grand streets llGs( r.
cities OF the United States ara NJ Il
quite possible that the future foundGeG4
of great centers of population Wftl4
christen streets yet to come 81
Grand" Celebrated highways do mol.
however, always keep up their dignity
Decay comes to them az to m0rtAlsf
and often fortune intervenes and racks;
and ruins a great and famous street. /
In the long past there was Grand
street in Babylon and of late DR.. Rob-
ert Holloway, with q STAFF OF learuodl
Assyriologists. has come across thej
great thoroughfare of Babylon. What.
of your Belgian blocks or your as
phalt? Common stone was not good
enough for the paving OF this street.:
The Babylonians drove their chariotsi
or walked over a pavement made OIL
blocks Of rudy breccia and these were}
placed with certain respect for de-
sign. There were crossings of solid
limestone and, what shows that dura-
bility was looked for. the superstruc-i
ture was set on a foundation of brick
and held in position by means OF ~
bftumen cement.
There was no frost in Babylon ana
so that pavement might have with;
that when Babylon was no more and
a mound all that was left the people
in the neighborhood Of that tumulus
which had for name Ksar, carried
off the stones and brick and built their
insignificant novels with the remains
Of the noble street.
According to recent researches, the
streets of Babylon were named after
the temples to which they led. There
were, however, streets christened in
our ordinary, commonplace way, as
Broad street, Water street, River
street, King street, and there was even
think of tia New street.
When did the Babylonian contract
ors put in their bids for the making
of the streets? Possibly as far back.
as 600 B. G. We cannot give precisely.
the date. 1t might have been some,
few years later. This Grand street OF!
Babylon, the professional, what did it;
lead up to? To the grand palace. thet
one Northumberland built. That pal
ace is now being dug into. We do
not care fig to-day for the anathemast
Of the Assyrian gods. With shovel and
pick we are getting glimpses of what
were the splendors of the past
A vast and superb chamber has,
come to light. some 12o feet long by:
60 broad And that is a fine proper
ton. AS far as can be made out, thisi
chamber, decorated with painted
stucco. is the precise room described,
by the Prophet Ezekiel Their royals
highnesses Of Babylon, if the scandal,
of the times is to be believed, were
much given to the use and abuse OF
strong wine, and this chamber must
have been the scene Of many orgies.
There is an alcove in the room.
where the great lord probably sat,
and so overlooked the merrymak1ng.
Might it not have been in this very
banquetting room that Alexander,
having no other worlds to conquer,
was worsted by wine and taken III
from a malady which eventually ended
his days? Anyhow, it seems probable
that Alexander died in the palace, 1928
B. C. Then, too, there come the
"reminiscences of BelshaZzar. How he
must have shivered when the Persians
marched into this palace and his end
had come!
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-25
Showed Russians How to Drive.

George F. Fuller of Nashville, Tenn,
left st. Petersburg for his home after
three years of service with the i'm
perial stud at Krinovoi. Mr.. Fuller had
three years contract to train trot-
ting drivers how to manage horses. He
received 10000 rubles year and his
keep and he sent $4,000 rubles to Ten
nessee to be invested in farm on the
Lebanon pike. This fact is worth re-
,cording. for, as was remarked When
Ar. Fuller left, lots Of people have
1Ought money into Russia, but few
re been known. to- cake. any out
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-25

The old-time ball player who In the
opinion OF the best critics of the game
was one of the best men VIII ever wore
a Chicago uniform is des-i. He died in
New York at the home Of his old-time
friend, P. 7. Towers. president Of the
Eastern league. His death was due to
heart failure. Burns career in base
ball dates back many years. Arson
picked him up in Albany, N. Y, during
the summer of 1885, He was a catcher
at that time, but the next season was
switched over to third base. He played
that position for ten consecutive sea-
sons After his release from Chicago
he managed the Pittsburg and Spring
field (Mass) ball clubs. He also man
aged the Chicago National league team
during the seasons Of 81 and Is. This
year he was booked to manage the Jer-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-25

Now that the ball players are brush
ing up their spikes for little prelimi-
nary work before the real test. the
fans are showing signs OF renewed
interest.
Inasmuch as we are gre wing recon
ciled to the fact that we are to have an
eight-club league, the makeup of the
teams is interesting. Since taking
Horace FOCAL. New York has been con-
siderably strengthened and now has a
team that should give St. Louis and
Philadelphia a fight for sixth place, al
though Brooklyn has little to hope for
outside the fact that Ed Hanlon has
his health and can turn out winner
with moderate material. Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, Boston and Chicago are in
good shape. No one will be disap-
pointed at the work of New York. st.
Louis or Philadelphia unless some one
of these teams should turn out pleas
ant surprise, but all eyes will be turned
on Brooklyn to see how Ed Hanlon
will hacdle the material at hand.
The minor league fight in the West
Is growing interesting. especially at
Milwaukee and Kansas City.
Milwaukee may wake up out Of
trance with two teams to fan about,
while Kansas City will have a chance
to see some fine contests if Dale Gear
accepts Charley Nichols challenge to
play a series OF games. Even with a
fight on. it would be a good idea for
both the Milwaukee and Kansas City
clubs to play a series of games in the
spring. This would give the fans a
chance to pick out the strongest clubs.
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Racing in Colorado.

News from Denver is to the effect
that there Will be more than usual oc-
cupatiOn for the runners in Colorado
this year. A large number of horses
which were wintered successfully at
Overland Park are now being prepared
for the seasons campaign, which is to
wind up with a big meeting at the
Denver track in June. 1t is said that
Tom Stark, the Colorado Springs
horseman, has several very promising
youngsters. and that he is planning to
campaign in the East.
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Riley Grammar Recovering.

Riley Grammar, for several years
one of the heaviest plungers on the
American turf. has undergone a seri-
Gus operation at the Roosevelt hos
pital. New York, to relieve a disability
Of long standing. 1t was entirely sue
cessful, although Grammar did not re-
cover from the shock as readily as was
hoped. He is now so much improved
that his ultimate recovery is assured.
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Tho Loss of Sunday Games.

The first piece Of real bad luck for
the new American Association is the
prohibition of Sunday games at In
dianapolis by Mayor Bookwalter. Man
ager Watkins had confidently counted
upon being able to play such games at
the Hoosier town this season, hence
Mayor Bookwalter's determined stand
in opposition is a severe disappoint-
ment as we'll as financial drawback.
1t has already necessitated a partial
revision of the championship schedule.
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College Pitcher Promise. Well.

The New York team has signed a
college pitcher named Harry Thielman.
who is looked upon as a second Christy
Mathewson. He is 81 years old, is near
ly six feet tall and weighs $50 pounds.
He has great speed, good control and
an assortment of curves that is guar
anteed to fool the best sticker in tho
league. He pitched for the Jaspers, Of
Manhattan College, last season, win
ming Is out of IS games.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-25
Tho Difference.

A young heiress with penchant for
farming was explaining at length the
many difficulties she encountered in
pursuing her fad. Il really am a
farmer" she protested and then add
ed regretfully, although it must be
confessed that almost all I plant I,
lose" Therein differing from me-"
eourteously rejoined her table compan-
ion. rising young physician, for I
Ind in my case that all lose plant.
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Doyle Signs with New York.

For the third time in his baseball
career Jack Doyle has signed his name
to New York contract. 1t has not yet
been decided where he will play, but he
will probably go behind the bat, in
which position he is of more use to the
team than in any other. Doyle is
good ball player but much Of his value
to 4 club is spoiled by the discussions
which usually follow his entrance into
a club.
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President Sexton. . Good omeer.

The "Three-Eyed" league is to be
congratulated upon Mr.. Sections d.
cision to serve as president for another
term. AS Mr.. Sexton is an able. clean
cut and forceful gentleman, well
versed in baseball and possessed of all
the requirements of league ruler, the
reasons for our congratulations are
patent. Men of Mr.. Sections executive
capacity are comparatively rare in base
ball, hence it is no surprise that when
a minor league discovers one 1t Crap
pies him as with hooks Of steel.
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Aaa snsny u ne man. quietly pn4e
away In Allegheny PAsy - ~ 49,
since. He had sbeen lingsf1n9 q
deaths door for weeks. Long since out
OF the diamond. he had tried nrst one
thing and then the other until. weak
ened in body and sick at heart, he gave
way to fatal inhrmities. without .
struggle. with no words for his friendss
THE Little Steam Engine" as his COM
rades called him, passed into the in
ming that has no termination.
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McGuire to PIav with Detroit.

Catcher MCGUIRE of Brooklyn has
signed a Detroit contract, completing
the makeup of the Tigers for the sea-
son of 1902. Mcclure had previously
signed with Hanlon, but it is alleged
that the Brooklyn management did not
fulfill all the terms of the contract. In
teresting complications may develop.
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Character Actors.

1t is in character parts that the
lasting successes are usually achieved
Which is practically tatamount to say
ing that actors really succeed hes.
when they do act. There are occa-
sional instances where personal charm
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Hard Problem for johnson.

President Johnson is quoted as say
ing that this season he will hold the
American league team managers re-
sponsible for the conduct OF the play
ers on the field. This reads well. but
how is Mr.. Johnson going to reach
such managers as may be crafty
enough to shield themselves behind
their players without personal overt
acts?
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PLAYERS Are Directors.

Three of the players on the Balti-
more team are directors of the club
wilbert Robinson. John J. McGraw,
and Joseph j. Kelley. Kelley's father
in-law, John J. Mcmahon, is president
of the club.
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A Retentive Memory,

Actual conversation overheard a.
the matinee performance of LAS You
Like It. at the Theater Republic in
New York:
She-Who is that playing the part
of the baniShed Duke?
He-That's Barton Hill, one Of the
veterans of the profession.
Shells he very old?
He-Well-er-I don't know. But
he created that part.
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Kulilea I'm complete Control.

President Ban Johnson has returned
from St. Louis to Cincinnati after an
important conference with Henry Kill
lilea. AS a result of the meeting it
was officially announced that the Mil
waukee magnate has secured from the
capitalist whom he formerly represent
ed the actual ownership of the stock Of
the Boston American lOgue ball club,
which he previously controlled.
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Maude Adams's Charmed Lite.

Maude Adams must bear a charmed
life. Though she has been on the stage
since her infancy, she seems never to
have met with any of the exciting ac-
cidents and incidents which befall the
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Plans of "Kid" Mccoy.

kid" Mccoy, according to a story
that has been waited across the briny
deep, is to open a swell boxing acad-
envy in. Paris and teach the gilded
youth of the gay French capital tie
finer points of the game. The Kid
should prove a good instructor, as he
is a past master of the "hit-and-get-
away" art.
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Morgan's Way Out.

q Edward j. Morgan has paid his d.
vorced wife, Adelaide Cushman. 50 600
in settlement of all claims for alimony
and upon the promise that she won t
bother him any more. Mrs. Morgan
has been following her husband into
different theaters and from the front
seats making faces at him.
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Damrosch, Seppilli, and Flon, earned
800 for every night they sat in the
chair, with the odds slightly in favor
of Damrosch, who had the Cycle.-New
York Press.
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gain seen on The grand circuit,
when He lowered his mark to 2:09A
During 1000 he made his third and last
campaign. when he placed, his record
at 2:09, where it remains. Dare Devil
has been the subject OF much attention
on account of his. great beauty.
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pionship games. He batted close to
800, felded 1913 and led his team in
base running and run getting. He is
the brother of Michael Joyce ONeill,
who played with Montreal and St
Louis in 1901 under the name of Joyce.
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Death of John Lawson.

N lawson, known upon the bi.
tracks as the Terrible Swede,
1t Milwaukee Of pneumonia. Law.
paught q severe cold while riding
whirl, and 1t developed quickly
pneumonia He was sent to ST
tph's hospital and his condition be-
e so serious his brothers, liver and
kav Lawson, were sent for. Law
aade game battle, but the dis
was too much for him.
Hson began his track work in
e developed and was soon hailed
by as the middle distance cham
the world. In 1897 he became
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President Eliot thinks New York n
city the usliest town in the world. havz
ing but two good features-Centrait
Park and the waters surrounding the
city.
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Patriarchs of the old regime of base
ball players grew short by one when
Ammy Calvin, swift twirler of the ball
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Taking a stout girl out riding in q
light buggy is suggestive of a spring
meeting.
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tramp on the stage, MT. Jones Is rec
ognized as one of the best dressed and
brainest men in the profession. His
rise has been rapid and his success
easily attained, but it has in no way
"swelled his head" and he is one o.!
the most popular and approachable OF
actors
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-25

r;he logical deduction from many
so-called statement of facts is fully 100
per cent.
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This is the portrait of a 19-year-old
Rockford, Ill.,. boy who recently made
twelve successive strikes for a perfect
score of 800 in a regular championship
league bowling match.
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Walter .Jnnas.

Though he has won fame and fortune
by his characterization of ragged
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History is the true poetry. Car
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81 BASEBALL, RACING And OTHER SPORTING NEWS 3

cago T. Washington 5; two-base hits.
Jones, DAILY, Delehanty, Ryan, Strang;
sacrifice hit, Green; stolen bases. Strang.
Keister; struck out by Patterson A.. by Lee
3; base on balls, off Patterson 2, off Lee
2; time, 1876; umpire, Sheridan.
WIItse Pitches Good Ball.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 6.-Wiltse's good
pitching was given splendid support today
and Baltimore won the opening game OF
the series Two hits and a steal Of third
base by Mcfarland scored Baltimore
first run, and successive singles by VIII
iiams, Arndt and Mellor brought in the
second one. Two hits, a base on balls and
Wiltse's wild pitch were responsible, for
r. H. E.
Detroit .......0 10000 d 6 z
Batteries-Mullin and Buelow; Wiltse
and Smith. Two-base hit Elberfeld; sac
rifice hit, Arndt; stolen bases, Mcfarland
Barrett, Arndt; base on balls, by Mullin 2,
by Witse 4; hit by pitcher, Eiberfeld,
Arndt; left on bases, Detroit 6, Baltimore
g.; struck out, by Mullin A. by Wiltse 2;
Wild pitch, Wiltse l, Mullin /; time, 2:OS;
umpire Connolly; attendance, 1,746.
Amateur outpitches WaddeII.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug 6-Smith. a
today, Cleveland winning out in the ninth
on singles by Bay and Lajoie.., 1t was
WaddelPs first appearance in Cleveland,
but rain kept the attendance down. Score:
Cleveland ....2 0 Q 0 10 Q Is u 2
Philadelphia Il 3 0 0 o. 8 1
Batteries-Smith and Bemis Waddell
and Schreck. Two-b base hits, Hickpan,
Davis, Schreck, Waddell; three-base hits,
BemiS, HartSell; home run, Hickman; sac
rifice hit, Bay; stolen bases, Bay, Fultz,
l.. Cross, Hartsell; double plays, Bradley
to Hickman. Cochnauer to Lajoie to Hick-
man; first base on balls, by Smith 3, by
Waddell 2; left on bases, Cleveland 8,
Philadelphia Z; struck out. by Smith 2 by
WaddeH u; wild pitch. Waddell 1; time,
1:40; umpire, O'Laughlin; attendance,
1910.
.kahoe Loses for ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 6.-Kahoe lost
the game for st. Louis today by wild
throw to third in the sixth inning, and
stupid base RI ming in the ninth. The
Wind-up of the game was the most eXclt-
ing seen here this season. Attendance,
g. 900. Score:
ST. Louis IL O111O2 % II 2
Boston -. 20 0 OF II 2
Batteries-Powell and Kahoe; Dineen
and Criger. Earned runs, ST. Louis 4,
Boston 5; two-base hits, Burkett, Hemp
HILL Anderson, Padden, Powell, Stahl, La
chance, Ferris; three-base hits, Collins,
Criger; sacrifice hits, Heidrick, Criger;
double plays, Ferris to Lachance, Parent
to Ferris to Lachance, Freeman to Col
Inns; stolen base. Burkett; bases on balls,
off Powell 1, off Dineen 4; struck out,
by Powell /, by Dineen 2; left on bases,
st. Louis 6, Boston 5; time, 1856; UNI
pires Carruthers and tombstone.
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In the last seven games he has been
at bat 81 times and has hit safe 10
times.
Little Marcan's batting slump did
not last long. The shortstop had three
chances yesterday and hit safe each
time.
The Saints looked fast enough to
beat the best in the association yes
terday. Shannon's fast work in CEN
ter caught McFarlan, who tried to
stretch a single. Higgins knocked
down a drive from O'Hagan and won
the applause of the fans, and Gefer
shot up into the air and knocked
down what looked a sure two-sacker
for Fuller.
The fans are beginning to appreciate
the winning work of the Saints, and
if the team returns with a good record
the crowds will once again fill the
stands at Lexington. 4 marked in
crease in the attendance was noted
yesterday and the knockers had no
chance with the enthusiastic ones.
Stimmel got bad start, but the big
fellow settled down, and from the first
on to the eighth allowed just one hit.
O'Hagan led the Senators in the
stick department. The former Giant
secured credit for three singles during
the afternoon.
McMakin got out of tight hole in
the fourth. Shannon, Lumley and
Higgins singled and filled the bags.
Daugherty, Kelley and Hurley had a
chance to clean things up, but Daugh-
erty sent up high one, Kelley forced
Shannon and Hurley famed.
Fox worked behind the plate while
Bailey was on, but Fuller wore the
pad and mask for McMakin.
McFarlan raped the ball hard in the
eighth, but when he had a chance to
drive in a run in the ninth he famed.
Stimmel had Hart on his staff and
famed the second baseman twice.
Milers Beaten by One Run.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Aug. 6.-Tole-
do won today on pass, a hree-bagger
by Mock and a single by Burns in the
ninth. Both pitchers were hit hard but
Mock was given the better support
Score:
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ALL READY FOR THE CUP RACE.
Trident Will Sail in Event for the
SeaWanhaka Trophy

MONTREAL, Aug. 6.-Everything is
in readiness for the series of races
which will begin tomorrow on Lake
st. Louis for the possession of the
Seawanhaka cup. The cup was first
won by the ST. Lawrence Yacht club
in 1896, and has been successfully de-
Tended each year since then. 7. Her
rick Duggan, the designer Of all the
craft which have defended the trophy,
has built a boat of peculiar design for
this years contest.
The new yacht has been named Tri-.
dent. 1t was at first provided with
three centerboards, one on each side
of the keel centeFboard. During the
trial races it was found that the cen
trally located board was useless, and
it was taken out. The Bridgeport
yachtsmen were at first inclined to
protest against the Trident as a freak,
but it has been decided that she comes
within the rules governing the races.
The form of the course will be de-
cided upon tomorrow. Tecumseh, the
challenger, will probably be sailed by
Jones, the two Gates brothers and
Sherwood. Routh, assisted by Nc
Naughton, Macdonald and Sherwood,
will sail Trident.
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that the st. Louis American manage
ment is trying to cut down expenses.
we are after the pennant," he says,
and cannot afford to get along on lit
tie money"
Henley, the crack Atlanta pitcher,
won seventeen out of twenty games.
Waddell won nine games in success
sion and struck out seventy-fve men.
Ban Johnson says that the American
league has greater resources than ever
before. Yet there are those who think
the organization is drawing it's last
breath.
Manager Selee says that SlagIe,
Dobbs and Jones, who are to play the
outtield on the trip, all want to play
center. He does not know yet how he
will line them up.
Bill Schriver. Of the Louisvilles, de-
clared that in Tannehill the Cincinnati
club had secured as fast a shortstop
as any team in America could boast
OF. He also predicted that Pitcher
Flaherty would be a success in fast
company.
1t is now practically certain that
Edward Abbaticchio, Of the Nashville
Southern association team, will be
playing second base for the Philadel-
phia Athletics inside of two weeks.
Manager Fisher will receive a hand
some bonus for the big mans release.
The Reds are getting to be the
greatest team in the business to shift
players. They slough off an old man
and put on new one with the ease
of "a Beau Brummel changing his
neekwear. They have left Dobbs with
the Cubs, and it is probable that Dex-
ter will shortly appear in a Cincinnati
uniform