Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-09-21
The Sporting Side OF Lie.

The Sporting Side OF Lie.
Squirrels and rabbits are reported
plentiful.
John Barties killed seven squirrels
at Cherry Run, Monday.
Won Erect bagged seven nice spur
rels along the Opequon, Saturday.
York won the Tri-State league pen
nant.
Birmingham won the Southern
league pennant.
Columbus came Off victorious in the
American Association baseball .leagpe.
Uniontown won the pennant in the
p. o. NJ. baseball league, Washington
was a close second, Cumberland fin
ished in fifth place.
The Cumberland baseball club de-
feated the Cincinnati National. league
team at Cumberland Monday, to l.
The Danville Va. team took two out
Winchester club. Friday and Satur-
day.
The "West Virginia Wonders,' our
colored baseball CLUB, have arranged a
number of games to be played at the
new ground, as follows, HGgerstown,
Friday, Rockville, Saturday and Mon
day and Winchester, Wednesday after
noon. The games will be interesting
and amusing as our colored brethren
usually contest all points in a despeT-
ate manner.
Walter Tewkesbury, OF Philade /
phia, and Eddie Flynn, of Scranton,
have agreed to run their postponed
lO0-yard match race at Scranton, oct.
10. The match is for $500 q side.
The following sections of the State
game laws will be worth remember
ing by the sportsmen of this section:
Open season for deer, October 10 to
Dec Is; squirrel and rabbit, Sept. 10 to
Jan, /.
.AQuail Nov. to Dec. 20; grouse, Oct.
10 to Dec. 10; wild turkey, Oct Ito
Dec Is.
Limit of bag to one person-deer TWO
in one season; quail Il in one day.
Running deer with dogs is prohibit
ed. Hunting with ferrets prohibited,
eggs of all nesting birds protected, and
all new game birds not of destructive
nature are protected al all times.
While swimming in Cheat river
Thursday morning, az part of their
daily training, Coach Forkum and
Capt. Tom Leahy, of the West Nir-
GINA university football team, narrow
ly escaped drowning. Capt. Leahy gave
out while swimming across the river,
and Coach Forkum, in endeavoring TO
assist him, was also overcome. Both
men went down twice, but were res
cued by other members of the squad
who went to their assistance in a boat.
Harry Burkhart, Of Cumberland,
and his brother William, of this city
and L. Dew. Gerhardt and Charles
Russler spent several days this week
at Falling Waters fishing
Messrs McCarrol, Wilson and Staub-
ly were out Saturday night, west Of
town coon hunting. They captured one
and made strenuous efforts for another
but he succeeded in reaching the tall
timber.
The football squads of the colleges
are getting in tune for strenuous sea
son. The Carlisle Indians eXpect to
make better showing than ever this
year, claiming that the new rules that
make the game more open will give
them chance TO show their speed.
Secretary Williamson, af the Crescent
City Jockey Club, New Orleans, an
nounces that the Crescent City Derby,
tobe run on March %, will have a
guaranteed value of 10000,
Manager Riddles NJ. \. G. team de
Gated the WiIliam-port club at Atb-
letic Park, Tuesday afternoon II to ).
Oscar Wild started to pitch for the
home club but only lasted one inning
runs Icing made Off Of him in that
time. Loptonian Gettle, Martinsburg's
Rube Waddell pitched the last eight
innings and the visitors only got one
run olrhis foolers. only small crowd
saw the game which was not very eX