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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24


 the game. Some authorities, notably MT. Henry Chadwick. claim that base ball is of English origin and was di- rect descendant of the old English juvenile pastime called Founders" while others claim that it was entirely of American origin and had nothing whatever to do with rounders or any other foreign game. Another author ity. after investigation and research. Is of the opinion that baseball had its origin in the old colonial game of "One Old Cat" "One Old Cat" was played by three boys-a thrower. catcher and batsman. The latter, after striking the ball, ran to goal about 90 feet distant, and by returning to the batsman's position without being put out, counted one run or tally" "Two Old Cat" was played by four or more boys with two batsmen placed about 40 feet apart. Three Old Cat" was played by six or more boys with grounds laid out in shape of a square. -Four Old Cat" required four throwers, alternating as catchers, and four bats men, the ball being passed from one corner to the next around the square field. Individual scores or tallies were credited to the batsman making the hit and running from one corner to the next. Some ingenious American lad naturally suggested that one thrower be placed in the center of the field, which brought nine players into the game, and which also made 1t possible to change the game into teams or sides, one side fielding and the other side batting. This was for many years known as the old game of "Town Ball." from which the present game of baseball may have had it's origin. One prominent baseball writer claims that he can prove that one of the founders of the Knickerbocker club came onto the field one day in the early forties with the original game of baseball worked out and described on . sheet of paper, and that this game was tried and liked so we'll that the game was adopted then and there, and the Knickerbocker club was orginazed and put into effect. While "One Old Cat" or Town Ball" may not rank much higher in the ancestral scale than Founders" yet they strongly ap- peal to the lover of our national sport as distinctively American games.
  By. beating. such men. as Gilbert. Crosby, Heer and Berden, at the recent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
PORTS AND ATHLETICS
According to one authority the game of baseball as 1t is played to-day will |

be 50 years of age this year, declar.
 ing that 1t was on September B, 1S45, that the original
 Kntck c r booker
 baseball club of New York : first formulated ' a n d published therulea of the popular na- tional game. There are other authori. ties that differ as ..
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
THE DIAMOND.
CROSBY B BOYS <, ; PLAY WELL
Defeat the Torrington High
 on Saturday = Greater Waterbury League Games
 Result of All Contests.

The Crosby High school boys went up to Torrington on Saturday and did few things to the Torrington boys. Mcdonald who pitched for the Crosby boys was in great form and struck out seventeen of the Torrington players. There was some ragged playing on both sides. Waterbury took bit lead in the first inning and was never headed. The score:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
BLUE BIRDS CHALLENGE.

The Blue Birds will play any team in the city under thirteen years of age.
 The team accepting this challenge can call on J. Murphy or J. Moriarty, 13 Pemberton street. The lineup of the Blue Birds is as follows: Patrick Shea c. Griffin p, John Murphy 1b. T. Mur- phy 2b. W. Griffin 3b. K Altman ss. Sullivan If, J. Moriarty cf, Hurley If.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
ACORNs BEAT APPEARANCES.

The Acorns and the Merrimacs fought for victory yesterday and in a light batting game the Acorns won out. The score:
 Acorns. ...... OO1 O32 s-6 3 1 Merrimacs. OOOO Il 2 ,
 Batteries-Snyder and Harty; Burns and Larson.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
WASHINGTON HILLS. DEFI.

The Washington Hills, the represent tatives of the younger element of that busy section of the city. through their manager Daniel Parker feel sore at tile Sluggers because they did not make good and play them q game as they stated they would. Another team un- der the name of the Young Consolida- ted under the same infringement would like to arrange a game. The lineup is as follow: Hartnett C. Phelan p, Wall 1b, Malley 2b, Donahue 3b, Curley ss. Phelan If. Parker If. Cassin cf. Call on NJ Wall, zoo Baldwin for a game.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
JOHNNY EDMUNDs A STAR.

The Hartfords played an exhibition game Saturday afternoon with the Bristol aggregation of amateurs of that town. The game was witnessed by an enthusiastic audience of 500 rooters from both Bristol and Hartford. Hart ford won the game, 5 to 2.
 The real feature of the game was the home run drive that Edmunds of the Bristols made in the fourth in- ming. He is the smallest man physi- cally on the team and his long hit sent the crowd up in the air. The score:
 R.H.E. Hartford e. 20 1O1 o 1 o O-5 Bristol ..... o OO2O 0 % 0-2 8 8 Batteries COughlin, Par kins and Doran; Bates, Epier and Far rell and Dawnton.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24

Summary: Earned runs, Crosby ?. T. H. s. 1; two base hits, Johnson and Ryan; stolen bases, Wheeler 3, John son 2, Allen, Patterson, Delano, Thompson 2, Carroll, Ryan 3, McDon- ald 2, Guifoile 3 and Butterly; struck out, by Mcdonald 17, by Denalo 6; bases on balls, off Delane l; left on bases, Crosby 3, T. H. s. 6; passed balls, Brickle 8; time of game, hour 70 minutes; umpire, RQderick.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
SUNDAY BALL GAMES,

NEW YORK, April Professional baseball playing on Sunday was re. vived in Brooklyn with National league championship game between the Brooklyn and Boston teams. The contest resulted in another victory for the home team, as the visitors were shut out by the same score as on Sat. urday-4 to 0. Over 11,OO0 persons were present, and there was no inter. ference by the police other than their taking the names of the players and the sellers of score cards, which ad. mitted the purchasers to the different stands.
 At Chicago in pitchers battle the Pittsburg Nationals were shut out by the home team in very peculiar man. ner. After two outs in the eighth in. ming Brown swung at what should have been the third strike. It proved to be a wild pitch, however, anhBrown reached second, scoring on Casey's two bagger. An ideal day brought out an immense crowd, the attendance being close to 21,O00.
 At Cincinnati poor pitching marked the game in which St. Louis defeated Cincinnati 12 to 8, Thielman being the only one of four pitchers to perform well. Attendance, 17,327.
 At Chicago . record breaking crowd of 1a,816 greeted the Chicago Ameri- can league team on their return home and witnessed their defeat at the hands of Detroit by the score of 3 to ?. De- troit punched hits in the ninth inning, scoring two runs.
 At St. Louis Howell pitched great game for St. Louis and finally downed Cleveland in the eleventh inning by Q score of to 0. Hess also pitched a fine game. but he weakened in the final Inning, and two hits, base on balls and wild pitch let in St. Louis lone tally, with only one man out. At- tendance, 1S700.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
AMERICAN RUNNERS WIN.
Shrubb and Duffy Do Good Work ir
 Australia

Sydney. N. g. w. April A--Alfred ShrufJb. the English runner. won the three mile and two mile handicap races Saturday. Arthur F. Dufy- the Amefican sprinter. won the loo yard dash from . flying start In 10 Is sec eud2 but the judee declared the race wso1- DxRy vea the sixty yard haDdl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
CONN EXHIBITION GAMES.

At Springfield Saturday the Ponies were defeated by Amherst, 10 te A Seven errors were made by eFp1Mg- field and Red Nagle made three. Hens, Miller and Clark pitched for SpEing- field. Clark Is young Holyoke ama- ture The score:
 R-H.E Amherst .. o O 3 70 20 2 o 3-1O g 4 Springfield Il o 200 1 o O. 5 5 2 Batteries-NcRea and Newell; Hess, Miller, Clark and O'Connor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
AMERICAN LEAGUE

At Boston-Boston 3, Philadelphia o. At New York-New York 5, Wash ington 3.
 At Detroit-Detroit 6, Chicago 3. At St Louis-CIeveland 2. St Louis 1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
BATTING WAS THE ORDER.

BATTING WAS THE ORDER. A heavy sticking game was that be- /, tween the Good Wills and Big Sevens and 1t was any teams game until the last man was out in the ninth. The score: R. Fl. k. Goodwdlls. :. 11O21sO1s-17 l2 8 Big Sevens. 221O1O54O-15 12 9 Batteries-Goodwills, Dalton, Car mody and White; Big Sevens, Shaw, Bloomfield and Doran.
 CONNECTICUT LEAGUE OPENING.
 The bugle will blow Friday to sound the opening of the annual champion season of the Connecticut Base Ball league. which will be opened with q little more eclat than usual. The schedule expert made the opening dates as follows: ... Hartford at Meriden.
 New Haven at Bridgeport.
 Springfield at HolyOke. ..
 Norwich at New London.
 All of the teams are complete ex- cept New Haven. If anything was needed to show that President Dana her was really mad, his action Satur- uuy VIII uOl lCdNc uIy IOulu TUT uOuuts Secretary O'Rourke sent to the New Haven manager bunch of compliment ltary tickets to be distributed 8mo6g newspaper reporters and others who are obliged to see the games whether they wish to or not. Mir Danaher promptly returned the complimentaries, thereby breaking q record.
 The latest report from New Haven is that a New Britain man has made n bid for the New Haven franchise and has put $200 in Danaher's hands as an earnest that he would come down with $2OO0 more in short time. It is said that Mir Danaher wants $1O,O0O for his base ball property and he wants it all in cash. ..
 Most of the teams in the circuit showed up well in the exhibition games. Hartford and Meriden did q little better work than the others, while Springfield was somewhat be- hind. The teams played with good teams instead of sem-professional local organizations and the results showed that the Connecticut teams are wei. able to hold their own with leagues that rank higher.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
MERIDEN PLAYED WELL.

,MERIDEN PLAYED WELL. aMeriden played at Newark Saturday and did we'll against the Newark team. The score
 R.H.E. Newark .... o 1 3 4 1 0 0 s-9 g 2 Meriden ... co O22 2 o O-8 8 5 Batteries-McPherson, Pardee and Latimer; O'Gara, Rogers and Thack- era.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
BEN MOHRS BEAT CA.A.I.S

BEN MOHRS BEAT CADAIS.
 The Ben Mohrs batted better and played faster game than the Cadets yesterday and had the game we'll in hand from the start off. The score:
 R. H. E. Ben Mohrs o 1 OO1 1O5 1-1O 10 ? Cadets ... o 0 leo OOOO1 2 6 4
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At BrookIyn-Brooklyn 4, Boston o. At PittsburgPittsburg 6. St Louis 4. At Chicago-Cincinnati 5. Chicago 3. At Philadelphia-New York 10, Phil adelpfia 2.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24

E1-1 = ---- seekers afscr special p-.vilGge- Hat is a nlsenke- The great mass of the Democfat1c vot- ers in New York are just a mucA = posed to special privilege and tbe nKsb-
 cry and grafting that accompany ' and are just as good Democrats e yUa can find, Ay. in NfO0ud what 0q1 need is sincere. straightg1t and - le8 Demscfatic leadeFsA1R. nhat . nD- neve. thy vm hve-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
Fansus Herse sela.

NEW YORK. April A-,fajor Dain- eerfeld, the winner of many famous races and the holder of the three-year- old championship in 1902 vas sold to F. !. Dwyer in the Fasie Tpton auc- ton sale of the hofses of William B. Leeds and Andrew Miller at the Ac- oueduct race track for S3oo0. he stakes won by Major Dainserfeh in tbs post fosr seasons were worth D1Qu6-
 OoaaA Deahae W0a 1AFes D1osa.
 LAKEWOOD. N. J. Apfl A-En- tries from George T. 0ouh's stabls woa three blue ribbons in the Country ciubrs outdoor hoDe show. Mn C. N- van Heum o( Pitfshuzv disSasd hsa- as v1n e 0ouza saAh1a 0k1Ae 0res nuoD h 0s elnssso fgf nansU bu1R
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
RuBE WAS THERE.

Montreal won at Holyoke Saturday. { to 3. Rube vlckers yas I'm the box for Holyoke. Tn the Arst inning he gave three bases and plnked two men Tn the ninth Rube brought the fans to their feet by knocking out double and sending in q run The paid attend ance wcs 2,5o0L The score:
 R.H-E. Montreal ... 1O101 O1O+ . { Holyoke .O i o 1 0 o 70 1-3 BattefiesLHammond. McCarthy and Gibson: yickefy and Remeutef.
 COLLEGE SATURDAY. GAMES. At yorfolk: RHR yale ....-... s............s...O z vMxlnl4 .....s.. ...ss. . Hatf41D-De1l JaekDoa ana C1ng0n; An6nD an1 0lnnDG.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
Crowd at rrce Dall Game.


 NEW YORK, April A.-Free holiday baseball as played by the Bighlanders and their visitors from the national capital filled American League park Saturday with the biggest, best nntur- ed. most typically American crowd that ever entered the pretty inclosure on the banks of the Hudson. All the i'll fortune, the mismanagement and gen. eral bedevilment of the opening day were forgotten, and 25.000 persons from all walks of life and of varying degrees of prosperity basked in the sunshine and howled over pretty game cleanly played. The Highlanders won at last by the score of 5 to 3, and all was pronounced as it should be once more.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
GREATER WATERBURY LEAGUE.

GREATER WATERBURY LEAGUE.
 The eames in the Greater Water bury league besan yesterday afternoon on the Riverside grounds when three games were played wbetAer the Iea- eue will c01tinus of not VIII be set- tied this week It win be imposllble for the City Ieague and the GreatefWa- terbufy leae1e to pliy h the afternoon on the sane nuCndA The cptlos Ua the gfUm1s wns not secHfed untii Tueo6ay n1Uhf 1ast an1 the pFothe.f sf tne 0fuaoR Wates61zy IagUe kBev
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
RED WALLER WON.

Manhattan .... 3o000O10s-1O 2 Cuban N Giants 0O1O00200-3 6 2
 Batferies-waller and Cotter: Ball and Jordan
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24

Newark. April A.-In an exhibition game of base ball played here yester- day. the Newark Eastern league team defeated the New York National league champions 4 to 8. The home team took the lead In the opening in ming, scoring four runs, and this lead proved to be too much for the visitors to overcome. The scorer
 New York. O020O 0010s 8 Newark. ... 4 o o O o O o 0 0-4 6 6 Batteries-EIliott and Clarke; Hes terrier and Shea.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24

By. beating. such men. as Gilbert. Crosby, Heer and Berden, at the recent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-24
LrSDBRMAN WAS BEATEN.

R.H.E. Perth Ambcy o % 1 0 O00 0-1 2 3 Hoboken ... % 1 2 0 1 0S [ 1 Batteries-Enderman and Friedberg: Foxen and Lamar.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10
State News.

A girl in Logansport, Ind, shot
and killed another girl because
the latter kissed the former S
sweetheart at a dance.
L. Farere an employee Of the
Y. and M. V. r. r. was killed at
Yazoo City Sunday afternoon by
Miles Henricks. The killing was
said to be accidental.
A disasterous fire occurred i'm
Indianola at an early hour Tues
day morning and it is estimated
that the loss amounts to over $40,
600.
Mr.. w. M. Kimbrough a prom
inent citizen was seriously and
probaly injured by a falling wall.
Eight buildings and the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church
were destroyed by fire at Coffee
vile Monday night.
The Supreme Court last Mon
day affirmed the decision OF the
lower court and sentenced Ed
Gammons to be hung on Feb.
18th. Gammons killed his sweet
heart and her father about one
year ago near Water Valley.
Mr.. H. Z. WItherlee, one of
the oldest and most substantial
citizens of Greenville, died sud-
denly Tuesday.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10
LEGAL QUESTION RAISED
IN CASE Of j. ". FUCITT.
Petition For Pardon Must Be Published Thirty Days Before
Communication Gan Be Granted MOT Sufficient
Time To Comply With Law

the subject, ard General Will
liams holds that a Communication
in its effect is nothing more than
a pardon, as it is a reduction
from higher to a lower SEN
tence, and as such must be gov
erned by section 124 of the con-
stitution, the vital portion of
which bearing on this matter is
as follows:
'No pardon shall be granted
until the applicant therefor shall
have published for thirty days,
in some newspaper in the county
where the crime was committed,
and in case there be no newspa-
per published in said county,
then in an adjoining county, his
petition for pardon, setting forth
the reasons why such pardon
should be granted
This law has heretofore been
disregarded in the granting of
combinations. as there are sew
eral instances on record in re-
cent years where the chief execu-
tive committed death sentences to
life imprisonment when no pub
lication had been made.
The petitioners for Joe Watt
Fugitt barely have enough time
in which to comply with the thir-
ty-day law, and of course the
governor will not take the case
under formal consideration until
this is done. It is barely possi-
BILE, however, that if the date of
execution arrives before the pub
lication is completed that a ten
day respite may be granted in
order to give the governor op-
portunity TO pass on the case.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10
Mrs. Fuigham m.

Mrs. M. T. Fulgham died Mon
day afternoon at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Peacher,
from the effects of cancer which
had caused her much suffering
for q number of years. Mrs.
Fulgham was about fifty three
years of age and from girlhood
had been a consistent member of
the Methodist church.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted from the residence at 3
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon by
Rev. L. NJ. Broyles and the re-
mains were laid to restin Friend
ship Cemetery.
MIR. Peacher has the sympathy
Of many warm friends in this
hour of grief and sorrow.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10
a New Enterprise

Messrs. d. II. BOwlin t Co.. Of
the Columbus BOttling Works.
have added a new feature to their
already large and prosperous
business. AIr. Bowlin recently
had patented a box for packing
soda water bottles, which Is such
a great Improvement on the old
styles that he has demands from
every section. These demands
becoming SO great that his CON-
pany decided TO put in a plant
and manufacture the boxes them
selves. The plant is yet in its
infancy but about fifteen men are
employed getting out boxes, the
orders for which have come In
unsolicited. When The CONNER
cial man was around a day or
two ago they were Just finishing
up an order for five hundred boxes
for 2 TazOo City firm.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10
City Solons
Transact Business.

At a meeting of the Mayor and
City Council Monday night the
oath of office was administered to
the members of the Council by
Mayor Gunter, who had previous
ly qualified before Chancery
Clerk Richards. The Codncil is
the same as for several years
except that Mr. E. s. Moore sue.
ceeds Mr.. E. G. Chapman, who
did not stand for re- election.
The Mayor presented his an
nual report which is produced in
full elsewhere in The Commercial
After transacting some routine
business the meeting adjourned.
On Tuesday night the regular
session was held, all members
being present. At this meeting
all of the old policemen were re-
elected as was also the Street
Commissioner, City Attorney and
City Marshal on the same salaries
except Gen. Sykes, City Attorney.
whose salary was raised from
S10O. to $3.50.
Mr.. N. Butler was elected
superintendent of the water
works and Mr.. James Ellis as
sistant to succeed Mr.. b. s. Allen
and Mr.. W. H. Coburn, res
pectively, resigned.
The bonds of the Secretary and
City Marshal were increased
1000 and hereafter will be made
in a guarantee company.
Other business transacted was
of routine natuEe, such As the
allowing of accounts, etc.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10
A Slick Rascal.

Just before Christmas when
James Lindsey had been arres-
ted and convicted for running a
"blind tiger" one John Lancas-
ter expressed considerable sym
pathy for the man because he
had two little girls and three boys
without a mothers care. Lam
caster proceeded TO do the good
Samaritan act by taking up col
lection to pay Lindsey's fine.
With such foundation for ap-
pealing TO the sympathy of the
people he soon had raised about
$1,000. But instead of using it
for the purposes claimed he skip
ped the town for parts unknown
and has not been seen since.
Lancaster came here last year
from South Carolina and for sew
eral months drove a delivery
wagon for the Columbus Bottling
Works. He has a wife and two
children here now. The police
are making some Investigations,
and it is hoped, that he will be
caught and prosecuted.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10

Some days ago The CONNER
cial contained a lengthy article
concerning the case of Joe Watt
Fugitt, now in the jail in this city
under sentence Of death for the
murder of his neighbor, Ran
Cunningham, in Prentiss county,
and stated that his friends would
make an effort to save him from
the awful death which now stares
him in the face. Governor Var
daman has been asked to stay
the execution, but a
LEGAL QUESTION IS RAISED
and unless the Governor gives
the condemned man a respite
there will not be time enough to
comply with the law.
Referring to the case a jack
son special says:
Governor Vardaman has been
asked to grant a communication to
life sentence in the penitentiary
for Joe Watt Fugitt, the cele-
brated Prentiss county prisoner
new under sentence Of death for
the murd II Of q neigh Dor named
Ran Cunningham and the date
of whose execution was recently
fixed by the supreme court for
the Both of January.
An interesting legal question
has been brought up in connec-
ton with the request for commu-
tation, and it appears that the re-
quest is not properly before the
governor, and cannot be until
thirty day publication is made of
intention to ask for Communication
on behalf of the prisoner. Gov
ernOr Vardaman has asked the
attorney general for a ruling on
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10

Lockiaw, or te-auus, IS caused 81
bacillus OF germ which exists plentiful
Iy iu street dlrr. Dc ls Inactive SIP long
rs exposed o. the air, but when carried
beneath tle skin, g= IH the wounds
caused bY percussion caps W uy r-s-F
nails, and when the air is excluded che
germ IS reused tl activity and pEll1eea
the most ViruIeut poison Zn1wu. Tbese
germs may be destroyed and 4.l danger
of Ioekilw avoided by applying Chan
1erlaiD's Pain Ba.u freely - s0~r as
the injury is received aim k-.u 81
an antisePtie and causes cuts, bruises
and like injuries t1 heal without w4-
mrariau and Old 0ne-tblrd the #u= re-
gUiraI by the usual treatment ~..l uE
Johnston E Cai1e Druggists.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10

]. w. Davenport, Wingo, KY, writes,
June IL, 1902: "I want to tell you be-
Iieve Ballard's Snow Liniment saved
my life. | was under the treatment of
two doctors, and they told me one of
my lungs was entirly gone, and the
other badly affected. | also had lump
in my side. don't think that couli
have lived over two months longer.
was induced by friend to try Ballard's
Snow Liniment. The first application
gave me great relief; two fifty cent
bottles cured me sound and well. 1t is a
wonderful medicine and recommend it
to suffering humanity" 25c, Soc, $t.oO.
Sold by Johnston & Caine.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-01-10
PEBBLES Curry.

Mr.. W. B. PEBBLES of this city,
and Miss Annie Curry, of Car
rollton, Ala, were married last
Sunday at the home of the brides
parents, and left soon after for
Florida.
Both parties are too well and
favorably known in this section
to need any introduction. The
Commercial joins their many
friends in extending congratula-
tions.