The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

another player Of tho Pohank league.
says Brown to Jones: This Smith Is q
wonder. and you reed him. But he's got
nus heart set on playing with the Sko-
going to draft him. He will listen to me,
though. I can get him for you. Now, ri
tell you what to do: You give me $500 and
railroad fare and I'll get him for you or
return the money
The magnate hands out the 500. and
the next day there is a great triangular
celebration in the town Of Bazoo, as the
Goin is divided up in three portions, Smith,
Brown and Smiths manager ali getting a
section.
where does the grating come In? Only
tnls way-that the Skohacket Club had
never even thought OF drafting Smith, and
that the eager Jones was simply induced
to give up 500 by neatly concerted ar
rangements on the part Of Smith, Smiths
manager, and Brown"
BASEBALL MEN AS NIMRoDs.
Among the famous hunters are Picker
ing. Lave Cross and Murphy Of the Ath-
letics; Bill Douglass of the Phillies; Chick
Fraser and his brother-in-law, Fred
Clarke Of the Pirates. orth Of washing
Reds; Dobbs n Strang Of Brooklyn;
Bowerman and Mertes Of New York; Kit
son and Crawford of Detroit; Isbell, Pat
Jack Taylor and Chance Of Chicago Ma.
tionals; Dick Padden Of the Browns. and
Flick Of Cleveland.
There. are others who shoot an occa.
toned are the real nimrods. They know
the hunting game the same as baseball,
and spend the greater portion !of their
time on the trail. Occasionally they fish
a little IN southern sections. but hunting
Is the main sport.
Chance and Mertes devastate the noun
s Saannnss ana marshes Of California: The
nome Or nance is carpeted with the
slain by the great Chicago player. Sandow
Mertes prefers ducks, which he sends to
tho assay Office as fast as he gets them.
The California duck is so scarce and the
refuses to drop out Of the sky. until the
BODY contains shot equal to the weight
OF the duck. By that time the bird IS unfit
ducks dDr s0 s%;elt sS to the recover spSat; tine .m hays sae
Colonel Dick Padden OF the Browns
OWNS a submarine ice boat in Northern
Michigan. When weary Of hunting Colonel
works 1t is a professional secret which
Dick refuses to reveal to his fellow
anglers.
DOLBY A FOX HUNTER
Perhaps the most spectacular figure Is
Johnnie Dobbs of Brooklyn. He Il a fox
hunter in Tennessee. While on the chase
Johnnie wears a red coat and rides .
horse with its tail cut of. Some
times Mr.. Dobbs gets lost in the dense
forest. In that case he winds his bugle
horn, assemblies himself for q consulta-
ton. yells Tally Hoi" in q loud voice
and takes a fresh start. Tally He IN fox
hunting vernacular means 'out Of the
Half the time Johnnie Dobbs
Doesn't know whether he or the fox Is
,ut Of the bushes. but that makes little |
The merry chase goes on just
he same.
Pitcher Ed Poole of the Reds combines
.rapping with hunting In Southern Ohio. |
he owns 100 steel traps specially designed
o blight the future of fur-bearing ami
malls. In a lonely stretch Of forest Mr..
Poole has a ton Of wolf skins cached at
he foot of a large tree waiting for a rise
q the price Of pelt. He expects to realize
t Christmas and have a swell time with
he money at Cincinnati during the holi-
LayS
Jake Buckley hunts geese on a sandbar
q the Mississippi a few miles below Ham
ibal, Mo. 1t is not generally known that
axe has a contract to furnish all the quill
ems used on the stage. The willis, mort
ages and all kinds Of valuable papers b
lelodrama are null and void unless signed