davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE.
Professionals TO Begin Their season
Next Friday.

Greater Washington Professional Bas-
ket-ball League has completed its ar
engagements for the first season Of its
existence. -Four teams make up the Of
ganization, and each will play six games
with each other.
This is the first professional basket
ball league organized in this city, and
the players engaged by the four teams
are the best in this city. 1t is the in
tention Of this league to furnish a good.
clean exhibition Of the game. as it should
be played.
The president is Mai. 5. Porter House.
secretary and treasurer Lieut. J. 3
Baker The positions OF vice president
official scorer. and referee viii be de-
Cided upon at the next league meeting.
The team managers are: ". L. /, Capt
Samuel r. Shreve; Commissioners. ".
n Handiboe: Eastern Athletic Club.
George I. ). Boyd; Ordways, N. Bona
viers.
All games viii be played i'm Wash
ingtOn Light Infantry ATmory at 500
O'Clock, and will consist of two twenty
minute halves with ten minutes inter
mission. An orchestra viii furnish music
from $50 10 II O'Clock. The schedule OF
games follows;
October e. OTdways IS Commissioners %, Wash
ingt0n Light Infantry vs.. Eastern Athletic Club.
November 2, T. a. c. Us. OrdHays; g. ". L. ].
IS. Commissioners; g. OrdBays Is. ". L. l.. b.
Commissioners IS. L. 4. C.; 16. W. /. l. vs. Ord
WAYS; 90 Commissioners VS. T. A. g.; .. T. A g..
IS ". /. J.; r. Ordwsys Is. =. A. G. %, Com-
missiunCrs IS. OrdW4ys
December s. " l.. ]. vs.. Commissioners; T. Com
missioneTs Is. L. A. c. Il, Ordsays Us. W. L. J.;
H. E. \ C. vs.. Oniways Is, ". L l. Vs. Com
missi0nerS; 2. OrdEays vs. Commissioners
January 4, " L. J. IS. Z. A. C.. {, Z. 4. G.. IS
Commissioners; j. Or1ways ". Commissioners; Is
" l. L vs. urdWays e, Z. A. c. IS. W ]. J.,
p Ordways Is. T. A. C.; .. ". L. l. vs.. Com
missioners; =. Commissioners rs. L. A. G.
February J. W. J. /. vs. i. A G.; s. OrdBays vs.
Commissioners; S. Commissioners vs. W J. l.: T.
Z. A 9. vs.. 0rdways; Is, Ordways v. ". J.. J.;
IT, Commissioners vs. Z a. G, - W L. l. VS.
OTdWays, y. OrdWays rs. l. a G.
March !, ". l.. !. vs.. Commissioners: 5. C1mmis-
ziouers vs., ordsaysi s, W. l.. /. vs. T. a. c.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21

there we're eighteen parts and five lean
weeks coming. and tho actor had better
leave.
After a while the eighteen and five
was found to be too Ions. and some one
did an adding stunt and brought out
.twenty-three. +"
The racing man takes exceptions to the
above calculation of the problem of dis
covery. Not a bit like It, says he;
'twenty-three for that
Now, III tell you just where it did
come from. Ii was this way: There We're
twenty-three horses entered for The
Suburban Handicap over in New York.
and, Of course, one was 3. That horse
was ruled out. marked off the list. II
did not run So in racing parlance -
came to mean the horse that had to quit
the track. and so was used TO describe the
skate that wouldn't do.
Authority No. Is the press agent of
a circus. It's as much the circus man :
expression as Hey Rube," says he.
81 'Twenty-three' is eighteen or twenty
years old. I heard it soon after / went
into the business. In the ring show there
used to be twenty-tlFee turns, and after
the last one the boss canvasman had 20
work the boys lively 20 get the tents
down and pack things into the wagons.
THAT last feature, No ., was the Ro-
man chariot race. During the perform
ance the canvasmen always sleep par
ticulaTly if the show is playing One-day
stands. During the evening you'll find
them lying around on the hay and straw
in the various tents.
When the Roman chariot race started
the cry % was sounded through the
tents and over the lot to arouse the can
TaST1en and get ready for the heavy
work lust as soon as the event was over.
It meant get out just as it does now,
and it was adopted by the circus men
generally as a way of telling a COM
panion that they were through with
hin, -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
National League.
SWEET MARES TRAITS.
Famous Trotter Always seems to
Know What Is Expected OF Her.

Lexington. Ky. Oct 9o.-Sweet Marie,
the Totting mare THAI has surprised the
trotting horse world by her fcats 20 the
sulky, has her peculiar traits Of character
just Ike human geniuses
When your correspondent visited her
stall nc found the great mare asleep
She sleeps standing up. She had her
| head close Up IN "A corner of her heavily
blanketed stall and her eyes were shut
When spoken To, she started with a
jump, Just as q human would do il Wa k
ened from a doze. Turning round she
came TO the door with signs OF pleasure.
at the sight of her driver. a. p. Mo
Donald, of Albany, \. y.
Harry Williams, Sweet Marie's hostlcr.
| sleeps with her every night and watches
over her When she wants her breakfast
she shakes her groom 10 rouse him. She
DOES not Ike strangers and viii show
her displeasure by throwing back her
ears She wants TO be alone In the
blacksmith shop she is quiet only while
Harry or Mcdonald is with her
Sweet Marie travels in style having a
retinue of servants ana the best OF ac-
commodauOns. She is given a full section
IN the car, which Is well padded and
| bedded- Sweet Marie, you know. takes
more room than some stars, said Harry
In fact she requires lots of room. She
is sixteen hands Major Delmar was
fifteen and one-third She is not only
tall, but broad She is steady on her
feet, with the best set of nerves you ever
saw said Mr.. Mcdonald "She is not
easily excited and scares at nothing, and
Was never of her feed giving evidence of
the greatest enjoyment in her travels"
Strange is the early history of Sweet
ht
of a negro gardener. in the suburbs Of
Los Angeles, Cal. Her dam, Lady Rivers
daughter Of Carrs MambTinO objected
to being driven. and one day kicked to
splinters the market wagon of her owner,
Frank Shoemaker, who ran "a little hotel
lie sold her on the spot Her purchaser,
the negro, paid $50 in cash and contracted
to haul the garbage away from the hotel
TOR one year The mare had been bred to
Mckinney, but this made no difference to
her owner. He might have given her
away If the negro had not purchased.
After she had been half starved and
hacked about while -4,jy Rivers was
so gentle that the old negro's wife drove
her TO market with one line"
Her FLY was a fine one. and was
trained by a negro friend OF the owner
as three-year-old She showed speed,
and Milo NJ Potter, a member of the
Los Angeles Driving Club. bought her
for $500. When Sweet Marie was FIVE
years old Potter started her a number Of
times, getting a record of 2:13 ii with
her Potter sold his stable of horses at
auction. Mr. William Garland railway
contractor and capitalist LIS Angeles,
her present owner, bought Sweet Marie
for $3.50. He drove her IN matinees. She
beat all corners, PAGERS included, Mr..
Garland giving her an unprofessional rec
ord of eco ii. She IS now the talk of
California. She was first campaigned in
the far Northwest. Mr. Garland being
impOTtuned to allow her to enter profess
sional racing, finally did so in 1903.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
ANS0N's HEROES OF 1885.
Several of OId-tIme Chicago Team
Are Dead; None Playing.

Twenty years ago-in ISS6-was the last
in which a Chicago club won 4 baseball
pennant until this year. and now the city
has two flag winners on its hands. The
Sc team was managed and captained by
Pop Arson. one Of the greatest play
ers who ever dOnned a uniform 4
writer in that city has grown reminis-
cent and tells what has became Of the
heroes Of SO
Clarkson and Mccormick did the pitch
ing, with a youth named Flynn to help
them now and then-and where was there
ever better bunch of pitchers?
Ciarkson was man like Miner
Brown in style ard skill Mccormick
was like Jack Taylor In many of his
pitching ways. and Flynn was a bit like
Phester, only much smaller man.
Garrison, his mind wrecked. is in q
sanitarium in Michigan Mccormick long
since left the diamond and took to follow
ing the horses. Little Flynn is supposed
to be dead.
Nike Kelly and Silver Flint did the
catching and they were the real. the gen
uine, the only goods, They don't raise
many catehers now like Flint and Kelly
Volumes could be written in praise of
he only Mike and the plucky Flint and
they deserved it all. And both OF them
died long ago.
Uncle Arson played on first. Uncle
IS still with US. the most prosperous of
the veterans. Fred Pfeffer covered sec
ond in matches manner never equaled
till John Evers Joined the team. Fred
is here yet-has buffet back of Nc
VickcT's Theater
Tom Burns played third and was a
monarch. too. And Tom died few years
since, while still in his prime Ed VIII
Hanson, one Of the grandest ball play
ers in history. was at short. Ed died
many years ago.
Dalrymple Ryan. Gore and Sunday
capered in the field. and how they could
catch the dies and soak the ball Sunday
Is now an evangelist, but still loves the
game. Ryan manages minor league ball
clubs Gore is said to be a policeman IN
New York. and DalTympie is railroaa.ns
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
WHENCE CAME FATEFUL "2S. "
"SkidOO" Number Has More Than
One Source of Origin.
ln 10 New York Evening Mai

t-A-a tAa @fEH 2LFa kFEIlUE Mali
sporting Editor Of the Mail: From time ia
anent the origin ana meaning of handing the
lemon but as yet we are mystihed by the
sense reason OF excuse Tor the expression 'TWen-
}y-thTegr meaning 70 beat It. skidOo brush
~ ana otherwise be on youT way. Can you en-
HsA'eh u.s. THREE SPORTS
The authorities display a lsmentabIa
haziness on this subject. Webster doesn't
mention it at all, and neither do other
famous language-map makers.
But the baseball world, the turf follow
ers, circus men and theatrical people each
have their own idea OF the expression s
origin.
Here they are, and you may pick out
the one you like best:
IWenty-three means being 'tin-can-
ned says a baseball fan. OF course.
you know that "tin-canned'' among bail
players means being fired. +" released.
Twenty-three' was first used as a
slang expression through the south and
southwest 1t is a modification OF the
slang phrase. Eighteen and five.
Eighteen and five was its first form. and
It was sprung by a transforming ten,
twent and thirt' repertory company
touring the jayhawk watertank towns of
the South and Southwest.
me man or woman who vas in bad
FAVOR was ordered by the manager 10
study additional parts until the number
reached eighteen, and at the same time
lne manager kept putting of salary day.
it TOOK nve weeks for the artful proprie-
Tor OF the show 10 work up the list of
eighteen parts. That meant five weeks
unpaid salary
BY that time the object of the scheme
reached the subject and he or she Quit
the show. So in that company Il got TO
DC a byword- When one OF the froupe
fell down or failed to make q hit. the
rest Of them would pass out the wore
eighteen and lfTe Tor you 1t meant that
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
HARNESS HORSE GOSSIP.

Beginning tomorrow. there viii be FIVE
days racing at the GentIemen's Drfv-
ing Park, Baltimore. The programme
for the meeting embraces seventeen
races, including four stake events These
are for go trotters. 2:17 PAGERS, us trot-
tiers. and % PAGERS The purse in each
OF these stakes is $1,000. J. J. O'Keefe's
Finch viii start in the 2.I7 pace on
Wednesday, ana T. f. Halls Kushan
viii start in the 2;lS trOt on Thursday
Both horses viii be driven by Alonzo
Corbin.
John Seeley who has been driving
Wash. MAYORS chestnut stallion. Red
Rock, on the Maryland and Virginia
circuit. viii arrive at Brightwood with
his horses to-day. He has, beside Red
Rock, Kate Tyler. a green trotter. and
the runners Sea Gate and Gunston.
The prospect for a match race between
j. J. O'Keefe's Finch and Charles Nc
Dermotts Montauk does not appear TO be
promising. The original proposition was
that the race should be for 81 900 a side.
and that it shall take place during this
weeks meeting at the GentIemen's Driv-
ing Park. Baltimore. II is understood
that Mr.. O'Keefe has notified B. r Nc
Caulley, the holder of the forfeit money.
that he is ready 10 post the remainder
of the Finch end of the bet whenever
Montauk's supporters come forward.
The report that came from Richmond
last week that negotiations for the sale
of Paulding Boy were in progress proved
of much interest to horsemen here, for
III is known that a popular Washing
tonian has had his eyes on this stallion
for some time. Paulding Boy reduced
his mark this year from 2.13 IL 10 Eli II.
and is still not all out He is a race
horse all over, and would be a welcome
acquisition to the local harness horse
brigade
Col. Tom B. Davis, brother of Hon.
Henry e. Davis. who was the Demo
cratic candidate for the Vice Presidency
at the last national election, is an ardent
lover of harness horses, and during the
racing season about to close has been
one of the familiar figures on the tracks
IN this part Of the country where he has
had a stable of tTotters and PAGERS. In
his string are Harrison PIG IA Julia
Mason, 2:iS II; Miss Ida, and several
other promising ones. Col. Davis watches
the races with keen interest, notwith-
standing he is fast approaching three
score and ten.
Charley Waters showed two Kinster
colts at HageTstown and Frederick that
drew the attel.>tHn of every horsemen
on the fair grounds. One is the sorreI
stallion kinslee, that started green this
fall, and is now going along with the 20
trotters, and the other is a bay stud four
years old that has yet to be introduced
to the racing game This youngster is
clean-gaited and fast, and should be a
race horse of the true sort next year.
Larry Mccormick has brought Mysotis
in from the racing tracks and will con
fine her further stepping for this year
to the speedway. where he anticipates a
lot of fun with her when operations there
open UP. Mysotis started about ten
times this year. Won five or six times.
finished second a couple of times in fast
races. and was at no time outside Of the
money She went out with a mark 81
2:iS II. and came home with one OF
2.12 II.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
aL'ENVOT."

When EaTth's last Ball Game is finished and the
crowd has passed from the stand.
When the youngest Fan has subsidized and gone to
the Promised Land.
We shah rest. and. Gosh. but ven need it, knock
of for q season or two
Till the greatest Of all the Series shall set rs TO
root anew.
Then all Of the Fans shall be happy, they shall sit
in shady stand.
They shall smoke their clear Hayanas and list to
the Heavenly Band
They shall see real stars in the diamond and watch
them swat the ball
They shall cheer for an age at a sitting and never
grow tired at al.
And no one shall be Rnocker and none of the
Fans shall blame:
For no one shall make an cITor, and no one shall
cali out SHANE.
You thief you rctberl you lobster'
But each in his cushioned seat
Shall can it just decision and know that his team
viii beat
The Bohemian
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
ConsoIations of clothes.

From the New England Magazine.
Mrs. Helen Bell Rufus Choatexs bril-
liant daughter, remarkable for llsi
ana wit made that remark "a IN
out credit by Emerson: /
the consciousness of beias s.
gives a Alse of tranquility
fails to Sestow..'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21

In lie things arc not what they seem
There's many crooked deal,
And many a man WeaTs an auto cap
Who hasn't an aHtomobilel
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
BESTCLUB WON GAMES
Tom LOTUS Says Cubs We're
Whipped Early in Series.
GAMENESs OF THE WHITE SOx

Former Manager Of the Washington
Club Gives "A Most Intelligent Re-
sumo OF the Worlds Championship
Serics-JOnes' Team Always on ITS
Toes, While Cubs Lacked Spirit.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
Accommodatinr.

Accommodating.
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Waiter. this beef isn't fit for a deg to
eat
All right. sir; win bring you some !.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21

Injuries have been fewer at Harvard
than usual this keasQRr- win nothing to
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21

SAY YOUR I'D. IN THE HERALD
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21

Capt. Wright. of the Springfield Train
/ ing School eleven, has played against Yale
this season and has seen Harvard play,
and he thinks Harvard is the better team.
Harvard appears to me to be faster than
Yale he says. The players get away
well together and are very aggressive,
more SO than Yale. Harvard seems to
know more football She has a good CEN
ter. strong guards. weak tackles and a
strong back field. Harvard is making
heroic efforts to brace up the weak tackles.
Blagden, tackle on the crack 1901 eleven,
mas been coaching them, and Cuts the in
eligible who played the other tackle on
that star team, is coming ali the way from
Seattle to take the tackles in hand. Fred
Crelius. the Villanova coach. declares that
the Princetonians are playing more foot
ball than any eleven he has seen this year.
He says they viii loom uD the strongest
team Of the year Poor Yale, What
chance has she?
Injuries have been fewer at Harvard
than usual this keasQE,-wfth nothing to
4
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

New York. February 3.-FLOUR
dull but steady. Minnesota Patents
$3.50 TO Sass: do bakers $3.50 to So
90; winter patents s4.10 to SAC
Buckwheat -four dull s2.10 TO SAILS.
BUCkWHEAT-Dull 61k.
CORN MEAL-Steady: fine s1.15;
coarse s1-02 to sos: kiln dried $2.10
to S2.e0.
RYE-Nominal; No 2 western %.
BARLEY-Dull: feeding AZ: mat
ing Al to So.
WHEAT-Firm: No 2 red 90A ele-
vator. Options y to &C net higher.
May 90s. July s9A; September s7&.
Options as net advance. May SOS:
July SOS; September sos.
OATS-Steady; mixed 35h to 36k-
BEEF-Steady: family s11.5o 90
$1,000: mess $500 to $1,000: beef
hams s25.00 to s21.50: packet s1o.5o
to s11.00
CUT MEATs-Dull: picked bellies
81 to 8: picked shoulders Ga to 4.
Picked hams 9 to 9h.
LARD-Steady; western steamed
S7.S5 to s7.95: refined steady: CONT
nent $500; compound 6b to 6A. 7
| PORk--firm; family $1,000: short
clear $500 to $500: mess $500 to
$3.50.
COTTON SEED OIL-Was steady to
firm with. a moderate rade. Prime
crude t o b mills 24h to Is: prime
summer yellow 31A to 80: prime white
IS to 35E: prime winter yellow 35 to
35h.
POTATOES-Weak; Bermuda Sec
onds per barrel $500 to $500; Maine
n other eastern per bag $1.75 to ST.
90; state and western $3.50 TO $3.50;
foreign $3.50 to s1.75: sweets un-
changed.
CABBAGES-Dull. unchanged.
PEANUTS-Steady, unchanged.
BUTTER-Steady. unchanged.
CHEESE-Quiet but unchanged.
EGGS-Firmer; nearby selected rs
to 26: western firsts 49,.
RICE-Steady: domestic So to 6.
WORCESTERSHIRE: New Orleans 80
to 3S.
COFFEE-Spot Rio firm: No. Z in
voice $40: mild steady: Cordoya 9A to
12M. Futures steady at a net advance
of 5 to 10 points
SUGAR-Raw quiet, fair refining
2h to 8; centrifugal 96 test 8 7-1b 10
3k; molasses sugar 2 f1-16 to "a. Re-
fined steady: ca~nfectioners "A S4.55:
mould A s5.05: cut loaf $40: crushed
s5.A0: crushed $3.50: ~granulated $4.70:
cubes S4.95,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS.

New York, February 3.-Total. to-
day, at all ports, Mex receipts 1881
bales; exports to Great Britain. 264
bales; exports to France 1906 bales:
exports to the Continent 1856 bales,
stocks S89,433 bales.
Consolidated, at all ports, Net -e-
ceipts 1881 bales; exports to Great
Britain 264 bales: exports to France
1906 bales: exports to the Continent
1856 bales.
Total since September 1st, at all
ports, Net receipts 5~.752,486 bales: ex-
ports to Great Britain 1870 0S bales;
exports to France 544675 bales; ex-
ports to the Continent 1,6O0,583 bales;
exports to Japan 43,63U bales: exports
to Mexico 1864 bales.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
NEW MILLINERY STORE
One to be Opened on the Corner O
Front and Grace Streets.

On March LIST Miss Jennie T. King
and Miss Ella V. DonneIly will open a
millinery store On the southeast cor
ner of Front and Grace streets. At
the present time the building is occu-
pied by the Stieff piano people. The
Misses King and Donelly will
go north in a few days to buy their
stock Of goods. They will have an
expert trimmer from the north.
Both members of the firm have
had considerable experience in the.
line. Miss King has been with Mr..
Chas. FL. Fore for some tire and until
the past few months Miss Donnelly
was with The c.. w. Polvogt Co. The
store to be opened will be the only
exclusive millinery store in Whining
ton. The Stieff store was the only
one that could be secured at this time
but it is the intention of those who
expect to OPEN the store to get a bet
ter location later.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
DAILY COTTON MARKET.
Port Movement.

Galveston steady at II: net receipts
1902 bales.
New Orleans steady at 1913: net re-
ceipts 1886 bales.
Mobile quiet at 1913; net receipts
254 bales.
Savannah quiet at 10 lille; net re-
ceipts 1926 bales.
Charleston quiet at 10 11-f6; net re-
ceipts 81 bales.
Wilmington nominal; net receipts
141 bales.
Norfolk steady at IL: net receipts
928 bales.
Baltimore nominal at 11R.
Boston quiet at 11.45: net receipts 60
bales.
Philadelphia steady at ITO.
Jacksonville: net receipts 100 bales.
New York, February 3.-New York
steady at 11.45: gross receipts 1,056
bales: stocks 207,5R bales.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
UNION ELEVATOR BURNED
Wilton Bushels of Wheat Destroyed.
EntaiIing a Loss of More Than ST.
900. 600.

East st. Louis, February 3.-The
Union elevator. containing a million
bIshels of wheat, was destroyed by
FIRE tonight entailing a loss of more
than 81, 1000, 900. The fire spread to
the stables of the ST. Louis Transfer
Company, and two hundred horses
and two hundred wagons were burn
led, as we'll as the stables. The fire
started in a brick engine house thirty
feet from the elevator. Before the ar
rival of the fire department the flames
had spread to the elevator. Assistance
was sent from St Louis and the eff
forts of the frement were principally
directed toward preventing the fire
to adjoining elevators and
warehouses the Union elevator having
been concerted into a furnace within
= few minutes after it caught fire.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
THE LIVERPOOL MARkET.

Liverpool, February St .. m. cot
ton: Spot good business done: prices
6 points lower: American middling fair
6.34: good middling SOC: middling 81
day were 10000 bales of which I,C00
were for speculation and export and
included $500 American. Receipts
$4,000 bales. including 2e,1e0 Ameri-
can. Futures opened easier and clos
ed steady: American middIing G. o. c.
February 5.79: February and March
$50. March and April $50: April and
May SIS; May and June 5.Se: June
ard July Sd: July and August SOB.
August and September 5.S7: September
and October SIS: October and Novem-
Der 5.s1: November and December
5.5S.