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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22

all day. Probably the proudest man In
the camp was the good-natured Jack
o'Neill Dallas admirer of his. presented
Jack with a beautiful green tie, and Jack,
after practice, wore II with becoming pride
The weather since the teams arrival has
seen ssg The ss sun an shines SE and
are now in very fair condition, as the
groundkeeper has gone to work straishten-
Ing up the field for the opening Of the
For the past week Manager Donovan has
been pushing his big lot OF twirlers along
appearing, and the speedy boys are
commencing TO curve them and steam up.
citing finish last Sunday that they demands
ed another TIT. The Dallas club will at
tempt to trounce one OF Patsy's teams. The
event has been given widespread publicity.
and another good crowd is expected.
To date. Manager Donovan other than
in gestures e, and & has mot not
many Of his big pitching stan he is going
to keep.
his work to date. He is a husky fellow.
broad of shoulder. and handles himself
nicely. He Is youngster and he looks
pretty good. In last Sundays game. he
held the regulars down for four innings
without a run.
Kid Currie will surely perform again be-
fore the St Louis fans as he is one Of
those whom Patsy Is nursing in his own
peculiar way.
The little fellow has had plenty Of league
experience. and his work at the fag end Of
last season for the Cardinals was first class
He is stronger. faster and more confident
than he was last year.
BROWN IN GOOD TRIM.
- Miner Brown is another new man who
handles himself like ready money. He can
be placed on the ''pretty-sure" class II
he isn't. Frank Genins will have a fit, as
Frank said he would stake his reputation
on the young mans ability to make good
in the big league.
Charlie MacFarland Is one of the few
| arrivals who does not appear 10 be on the
anxious seat. II know just wha: can do
In the big league" says Charlie land IL
given chance 1 will not have much 20
| He is an untiring worker and as he me-
| iers warm weather, the present delightful
Gays here have served to boost him sew
! eral weeks ahead OF his usual spring form
! The back-stopping department is jogging
| along in good shape. Jack Ryan is the
| terror of the tribe with the willow In the
fungo batting he has lost more balls
/ than any other man on the team Jack
4 hit Ike house afire In last Sunday 8
| game. His six hits were corkers He saws
he has secured bat that suits him md
! with little luck will make Delehansy.
| Burkett and the other slugsers look .Itke
| 13 cents at strawberry festival. Jack
| ought to know. 80
Shadow" Weaver, the talIest man ON the
map. is one of the quietest ana harfeer
has been handling Eddie Murphy ami
| Charles Netherlands siants regular " Il
| is almost needless TO state thet Jack O'Neili
| is in good condition. He never tires III
working. and several times last week Man
ager Donovan was compelled to steal the
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park.
r Every day Of the last week the Sprint
Club. as Eddie Murphy terms the road
the hotel. distance of two and one-half
miles Usually Nichols, Murphy. Otto Will
lians. Hummer Smoot. Davy Brain and
Charles MacFsrland do the leading down
the heavy black Texas soil The roads re-
mind one very much of the unfinished
streets of st. Louis, and the running is
pretty hard.
In the evening after supper the players
their ficor-the top one. of course, as all
hotels make II a rule to house the profess
sional men as close to the roof as possible
the crowd The Rotten Brothers quar-
tet. as Jack O'Neill. the man who has a
name for everything. termed the four. Is
composed of Ginger" Murphy. Charlie
MacF'arland, Otto Williams and Miner
Brown II %
Murphy sings tenor. Williams lead. Mac
FarlAnd barytone and Brown bass. Manager
Donovan occasionally joins the group. but
he seems content with sitting about the cor
ridors downstairs. chatting with the many
ST Louis travelling men who stop over here
Though II Is entirely too early to state
with any definite degree of accuracy just
who will be dropped by Donovan, your cor
respondent feels safe in giving the follow
ing names of players who will. in his opin-
ion. shine in Cardinal trimmings next sea-
son:
Outfeld. Donovan. Smoot. Barclay: in
field. Nichols. Farrell Williams and Brain;
pitching department, King O'Neill, Eddie
Murphy, "Curis Curry, Miner Brown and
Milton.
Dunleavy and Hackett of course, are yet
to be heard from. Donovan says he has a
man on his pitching stan who will prove
sensation. As the two just mentioned have
not exhibited. II is a hard matter to try
JOE FINNIGAN.
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month. it may be mentioned that he
adopted left tabbing for the face in his
bout with Abel a somewhat unusual course
of procedure for Benny.
Yanger had things all his own way in the
opening round. and Abel succeeded in land
ing but one punch In that period-a right
sixth rounds that Abel managed to land at
all frequently. and even then he did Il
largely by the grace of Yanger. who left
Yanger, of course. got the verdict
This characteristic stomach punching of
fanger seems inseparable from any plan Of
is one reason why followers Of the game
do not favor him so much as Young Cor
bett or McGovern. assuming that he meets
the winner OF the forthcoming bout. 1t is
doubtful IL he would be able to land hard
enough on man who protects his stomach
by his crouching pose as does McGovern to
with blows that settled the matter.
In case Young Corbett Is returned the
victor and should meet Benny. IT is pointed
out that any lowering OF Yanger's guard
will spell disaster for him. as the cham
pon has a faculty of seeking the jaw with
good, hard punch on the slightest opening
Abe Attell, in spite of his miserable work
with Eddie Toy in their battle lately, has
the 122-pound champion of the world Abe
probably thought this was a safe assertion
70 make, as It is extremely doubtful IL
anywhere near the figure. Yanger has also
admitted that he cannot do less than la
and be good for anything. So Abe can
claim the title without much danger Of con-
tradiction. 80
Whether. it will do him much good re-
mains to be seen. Joe Humphreys and
others of the McGovern party assert that
Terry can do the. figure. and they state
that they are willing to bet 5000 to that
effect. Whether Terry can fight at the
weight. however. is a different question.
The raising of the .featherweight limit IS
so generally recognized. however, that Az
tell Is not likely to profit by being admit
tedly the cleverest boxer at the former
feather-weight figure. -
~
Johnny Reagan. the bantam who made .
splendid showing here on several occasions,
but who afterwards went blck in FORM Ii.
in the city and Is now under the manager
ship of Nal Doyle. Both Doyle and Regain
claim that he has rounded to his oid-tfme
FORM match probably VIII be arranged
for him in the near futurs. Regain Is aTfx-
ious to have another go at Forbes with
whom he fought draw in their battle here.
Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan has announced
that lie is open 10 fights in the 12a-pound
division. and states that he has not retired
from the ring.
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Dallas, Tex, March 21-"will I, or will
not?' is a question no doubt raking the
brains of about dozen of the Donovan
family now encamped in the Lone Star
State. where "black-waxy," artesian water
and cowboys are main features.
The chances are. Patsy Donovan would
: give something right now TO be able to
go into trance for the next three weeks
He has burdens on his shoulders which
would make an ordinary mortal take to
the tall grass. He Is here the center of a
group of twenty-one confident. willing.
ready-to-do-or-d die" bail tossers
There Is not one of them in camp but
feels almost sure that he is going TO be
tapped on the shoulder when the time comes
by Patsy and asked to report at League
Park to perform all season. What makes
Patsy's task all the harder is the fact that
II begins to look as though the Robisons
have succeeded in corralling strong lot of
players, pitchers liz particular
Donovan. under ordinary circumstances
during the playing season. is not a hard
tesk-master. He does most of his talking
With his eyes and hands. However, he took
the bit between his teeth since coming
hefe, snd he Is ruling his big gang of war
rors like a WeyIer.
Ay,-e be unto Inn who shrks or misses
Mactice. He does not order the boys about,
bit when he asks them to kindly ice on
, time TO go to the grounds. there are very
seldom any straggiers. / never saw Dono-
Van on the warpaih but his old teammates
must nave from Inc way they obey and
adore him They act as though ii would
be u crime to cross his path
DONOVAN WELL PLEASED.
This love for the big fellow has affected
the great crowd of new arrivals, anu it is
no wonder that after the seventh; days
haru practice had keen finished Patsy on
returning TO the hotel remarked:
'Di0 you ever III your lie a better
lot or bah players to handler"
This was quite speech. coming. as IL
did. from the silent mana~e:. 1t meant a
good deal to those who know and under
stand Donovans nietnud of saying th.ngs
that the players have conducted themselves
nicely since here. and their actions in this
regafd are the talk of Dallas. For seven
DAYS steadily have they made their daily
joys out to the grounds and back like
so many trained soldiers. 80
The pace set by Donovan from the very
outset has been closely followed by every
man on the team. with the exception OF
s.Deerfoot" Barclay. George arrived here
last week suffering from indigestion and
worse. Tuesday he did not go to the
grouads at all. He is badly missed by his
: side partner Hummer Srnoot as the big
Mellow says he Is afraid George will close
his job a. happening which, of course,
sossERVE ST. PATRIeKs DAY. :
st. Patrick's Day was. of course. observed
nv many members of the team. Murphy,
Donovan, Mike O'Neill. Barclay. Farrell,
Nichols. Ryan. Mcfarland. Eide Murphy
and Dusty Rhodes wore the little green
ribbons in honor of 'lreiano's patron saint
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Nee. Upon arriving at the hall, Forbes
found that but few spectators had arrived
and that only about s15 had been taken in
at the box Office. The club mana cement
had promised to put up $500 as guarantee,
but this amount was not Forthcoming.
Rather than disappoint the few assembled
Harry went on for four-round sparring
exhibition with boy named Jack Brennan.
While the affair was in progress. the club
management announced that Daugherty
had been matched with Forbes and that the
bout would be pulled off before their club.
Forbes is said to have smiled sardonically.
but did not commit himself as to whether
he was willing to risk another battle before
the institution
To revert to Yanger. who meets Hugh
McPadden in Detroit the latter part of the
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C0RBETT AND M'G0VERN READY !
FOR THEIR IMPENDING BATTLE.

Weight Title Will Hinge Meeting 81 Beon
the Hayes Valley Athletic CubFOOwers Pugism Are Di
vided the Outcome but McGovern Probably Will the
FavOrite at the Ringsde-Yanger Won His Bout From /
Abel in Handy Fashion Last Week and Meets Nc I
Padden Shortly.
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CARDINAL MAKEUP FOR SEASON
CAN BE OUTLINED IN PART.

From Work Shown to Date ONe Murphy Curry Brown and Mil
ton Seem Likely Obtain Places for Steady Work While Dun
eavy and Hacket Are Yet Be Heard From-NichO Far
rell Williams and Brain Are Likely Infelders-Squad
Makes Good Impression at Dallas
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Ne + . . = . . . 8 . . . 90 = = Y
o WHAT THE CARDINALS .
ARE DOING IN TEXAS. .
=, Donovan, under ordinary circum- .
. stances during the playing season. is .
4. not 4 hard SaskrGe ster. He does .
. most OF his talking with his eyes and o
q. hands. However, he took the bit q
. between his teeth since coming here, .
=. and is ruling his big gang Of war q
-. riors like Weyle-. q
. He Is an untifing worker and. as he Q
q prefers warm weather. the present =
q delightful days here have served to .
. Eoost him several weeks aheld CT his q
q. usual spring form. =
= The backstopping department is .
g Jogging along in good shape. Jack Q
q Ryan is the terror of the tribe with .
q the willow. In the ''funeo'' batting /
. he has lost more balls than any 9TH .
e. er man en- the team. Jack hit like &
. house a-fre in last Sundays game .
y & q . q - q . 90 q %><6
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-24
WARREN.

The regular weekly devotional meeting
Of the Y. p. 8. G. z. OF the Baptist
church was held In the vestry last night.
full quota OF members were in attend
The proposed band concert, which was
to have been given on Warren common
last night, was postponed. partially on
account of the weather. and also because
a band stand. The material for the stand
arrived on the common yesterday. but the
work OF erection w was mo not begun; ,i, .o,s,,t
prayer meeting service at the Baptist
church tomorrow night. Rev. H. b. Cady
will deliver the sermon at the mid-week
service tomorrow evening at the NJ. Il.
church.
The display of italian fireworks. which
Will take place here on Fourth OF July.
play ever witnessed by the citizens of the
town. An italian fireworks concern of
New Haven. Conn, will furnish the fires
last piece of the evening is a transfor-
nation one. ending with the words.
Good Night" illuminated in fireworks:
end In charge, and have secured an ex-
cellent outlay. The display will be made
from the Franklin lot on Franklin street
birth of John Wesley will take place az
the M. E: church on Sunday evening next!
The pastor. Rev; II: b. Cady. gave the
Life and Times OF John Wesley" at the
| NJ. z. church last Sunday evening. and
| this Sunday he will finish the discourse.
| Special singing will be held Two soprano
solos will be rendered by Mrs. William
Ransom,
| The invitations for the wedding OF Miss
| Ida Allen and Mr.. John Bachelor are
being distributed. The ceremony will be
held in the Baptist church on Monday.
! July 8.
Amity lodge, 10. o. F.. will hold a
business session in Odd Fellows hall to-
night, ,..,u.,s,,,o :. ,., -, .. .
| the superior drilling OF the privates OF
the Warren artillery on Monday evening
| for the position OF corporal Several OF
| the new recruits drilled in remarka BILE
manner. The winner ]. L. DNckerson.
drilled to perfection, paying attention to
| every little detail
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-24
BRISTOL.
Captain Church Celebrates His
Ninety. Third Birthday
June Weddings.

Capt William Howe Church, one OF the
few remaining old time ship masters or
this town, celebrated the SD anniversary
of his birth yesterday at his home on
Bradford street. A large number OF
friends called TO congratulate him and
pass a pleasant hour with him. The
captain still remains as hale and hearty
as many who are 20 years younger ana
with the exception of inability 10 see Wen
has the possession OF his faculties as weii
as ever.
He is a real son OF Revolutionary sol
der and Is a member OF Bristol chapter.
Sons OF the American Revolution: lie
was born In Pappoosesquaw June ZS, lslV
and is the son OF the late Thomas and
Louis Napoleon Bernard OF this town
and Miss Aes Louise IS MsNS,y a6s Ssasr
Joseph La Moray Of Pawtucket and Miss
Mary Josephine Bernard Of this town
were united in marriage at St Mary
church In Warren this morning at
o'clock.
At ST. Marys church yesterday morning
Rev. Father McCabe united Joseph THE
viege OF Warren and Miss Delvina Ca
borette OF this town in marriage. After
the ceremony wedding breakfast was
served at the residence OF the bride 3
parents on High street.
terday and this morning that the Nam
quit"hill had been purchased or negotia-
tions were being made for It's purchase
by the Bordens OF Fall River 1nforma-
ton from Supt Hill gave the rumor no
credence whatever.
William O. Low. Jr. and family have
arrived here and will occupy Boulder cot
tage at Ferry Hill.
Mrs Crawford Munro left here yester-
day for New York. where she will Join
her sister Mrs. Stilwell and her daughter
Miss Elsie Stilwell the three sailing for
England today on the steamship Phil
adelphia OF the Red Star line
Mrs. Sarah u. Barclay OF Stamford. CT,
and the Misses Caldwell Of England will
arrive here today and occupy the Smith
residence on State street.
Mrs Wilfred H. Hodglkin and family
OF Fresno, Cal, are the guests Of Colonel
Samuel p. Colt. at Linden Place, and
will remain a month
Lieut.. f. +. Gladding. commanding the
Naval Reserves. has issued orders tc
bring in all state property to the armory
next Friday evening.
Walter A. Staples Is reported by DR..
c. j. Hasbrouck as being Ill with the
measles.
Rev. Harry Howe Bogert and his
daughter Edith. late OF Cory, Penn. have
arrived here and are the guests Of Mrs
j. r. Minsher on Church street Miss
Edith is 10 spend the summer here with
Mrs. Minsher. Mr.. Bogert Is visiting In
Pomfret. Conn, on business.
The total number registered up to this
morning was $50. A registration rally Il
| TO be held on the common Thursda,
evening to be addressed by ex-Mayol
Fitzgerald and Mayor Higgins, both o.
! Pawtucket.
Miss Annie M. Tobin entertained tn,
| graduating class OF the Bristol high
school. OF which she is a member at hel
home. "Ferncliffe." on Bristol Neck. las
| evening. Next Saturday afternoon tn,
members Of the class will be the guests
OF Miss Agnes NJ Herreshoff and will
enjoy a trip on the steamer Roamer
owned by her father, Captain Nat G
! Herreshoff.
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Unusual Interest Being Displayed in
Political Matters.
Organ Recital by ". Louis Chapman.
Happenings About Town.

guilty to the charge and was placed on
probation until Oct. 2.
James Hawkins also pleaded guilty and
was placed on probation
Percy H. Crumley acknowledged that he
was an habitual truant amidst pro-
fusion OF tears. The truant officer also
informed the court that he was In the
habit OF remaining away from home all
night He was sentenced to two yeara
In the state reform school.
MY mother did not give me anything
to eat and I had no Shoes" walled the
little fellow as sentence was pronounced.
Anthony Simmons was tried as an In
sane person. He was committed to the
state asylum.
FUNERAL AT RUMFoRD.
The funeral of Peter A. McGuigian was
held yesterday from st. Margarets
church at Rumford. The deceased was
well known and highly esteemed by
neral was largely attended by friends
The decedent leaves a wife and two
member Of Mcfarland council X. Of C.
His early education was received from
the schools of the town. For a. number
Rumford Chemical works. where he
worked at the time Of his death. The
floral tributes were many and beautiful.
THE SOCIETIES. 4
Bucklin post. No. 20. G. A. r.. met last
night In Post hall. After the transaction
OF routine business old times were talked
over Interesting "reminiscences were
Reliance lodge. T.. o. o, f.. met last
evening In Odd Fellows hall. Several
visitors, who spoke in a fluent manner,
f Howard ard lodge. No. T.. K. Of p. viii
meet this evening.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-24
PORTSMOUTH.

Coal is being ca~ied from Newport to
South Portsmouth so that should another
strike arise the winters supply will be
on hand.
Among those from Portsmouth who
graduate from Newport schools this week
are: From the grammar schools, Miss
Lu Albro, George Albro and Roger Man
chester From the Industrial school,
Miss Josephine Anthony. sr
Captain Cotton OF Newport surveyed
Sandy Point road last week preparatory
to the needed repairs. and the new road
that is TO be built there. md afterwards
surveyed the route Of the Providence and
Newport electric road.
Mr.. Walter Tallman, conductor on the
Island electric road was married last
week TO Miss Anna W. Peckham.
Mrs. Florence y. Macy Ellis, sister OF
the Rev Edward ~. Macy died Sunday,
after several weeks severe Illness. lt
The thunderstorm Sunday afternoon was
very heavy In the vicinity OF the car barn.
the residence OF Mrs. Bowel was struck
by lightning and very narrowly escaped
a conhagrstion.
Middletown 20 one Of Henry G. Anthonys
houses near Park avenue.
The funeral OF David q Hedly was
solemnized Saturday at the residence OF
his son, Mr.. Henry Hedley. Rev. Oliver
NJ Martin OF the VI. r. church officiat-
ing At Intervals quartet consisting
of Miss IIttlefeid. Mr.. and Mrs. William
r Brayton and Mr. Charles r. Ashley
sang "A5ide with Me- and Asleep IN
Jesus" The interment was in Ports
mouth cemetery. The bearers were hts
four sons. Henry. Atwell r.. Arthur a
and John Hedley. =
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-24
PAWTUCKET.

There ls a decided prospect that sup
erintendent OF schools Hervey will be
chosen by the Maiden school committee
TO have charge OF the schools In that
city Mr.. Hervey 1t is believed would
accept the position II offered to him as
the salary is $1,000 year The school
committee OF this city might in that case
be able TO agree on some man for the
position OF superintendent here under
whose management the schools might
continue TO improve as they have i'm
proved for the greater part of the past
20 years The Maiden committee viii
select It's man this week.
There are n goodly number of candida
ties for the three places on the license
commission. There is at present live
ly fight on between different factions in
the city council.
A notable marriage took place at St
Marys church yesterday morning at 9
o'clock, the high contracting parties
being Frank j. Mcdonald and Miss Ter
esa Winifred Kearns. The cclebrant OF
the nuptial mass was Rev. Father Nc
Cabe Miss Margaret Kearns was
bridesmaid and Edward Kelly best man.
There was a reception at the BRIDES
residence on Donsdale avenue for which
the Amphion orchestra furnished music
and the happy couple received the con-
gratulations OF many friends.
Edwin c. Colwel was unanimously
chosen captain OF the high school ball
nine last night The election took place
AZ the very enjoyable banquet given by
the Tokalon club to the baseball fellows
last evening
A large number OF the friends OF the
Sacred Heart school attended the exer-
g ses of the graduating class In the par
tsh hall last evening A very interesting
nrosram arranged by the sisters OF ST.
Joseph was we'll carried out. During
the evening appropriate remarks were
made by the pastor Rev. John Harty.
The graduates are as follows Mary Don
erty. Katie Allsworth. Annie Curry. Ro-
selia McLoughhn. Josephine Crane. Nell
lie Daily. Sadie Coyle. Mary Mcmahon,
Annie shanley. Mary Kelly. Francs Nc
Cabe. Francis Mcmahon. Frederick De-
yanney. John McGinty. Thomas Gfolin.
James o'Neil Robert Dwyer George
Feeney.
lar meeting tonight. Important matters
will be considered.
purj,an lodge No 2.3s7. Knights and
Ladies of Honor elected the following
Officers last night at a meeting held In
the pencer block
Protector. Jessie Crocker: vice protect
or Mrs Eta Carpenter: guide, Margar-
81 Kerr; guardian. Edna Martin. senu-
mel. Frank T. sherman; treasurer, Jacob
Uereth; financial secretary. Frederick
spooner: corresponding secretary. Henry
NJ smith; pianist. Lucy Miller past
protector. Phoebe ]. Mellor.
Installation July 18th.
Real Estate Conveyances-Wheeler w.
Arnold sold TO Morris Perlon and wife
land with improvements on lafayette
street: consideration. $40. Lloyd y.
Rounds sold 90 Mon Real Estate COM
pany lots Nos IS and 80 on Oakland Park
ata,. oon.,deration $40 ThaddeuH NJ
Adam. sold TO Lloyd Z. Rounds lots Nos.