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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21
til he saw ball he thought he would
The Lively RaItimores.


The Baltimore Orioles have been
given credit for the invention of the
hit-and-run game, but Comiskey's men
did this before Keller, McGraw and
Kelly were in the game.
Comiskey played the deepest first
base that was ever seen on any dia
mond. 1t was often said that when
Commy played first base there was
no need of having right fielder. ny
the old Roman played 50 deep that
he was able to catch everything that
went to short right field He conse.
Quently first made the pitcher cover
the first sack.
Outfielder Tip O'Nein was ,oao of
the best EATERS that ever lived lie
Joined the Browns rs a pitcher. hui;
his great hitting power cause'' Co.
mickey to put him in the outtield In
order that his batting might be USED
n every game. ZIP Was said to have
been rather weak fielder, but that
vas never apparent TO the fans he.
cause of the marvellous work OF Curt
Welch in center
WEIGH took half the balls that lie
'onged to O'Ncill. and would often &C
'Ver into the other garden and gathel
few of the more difficult ones.
'urt was weak batter. but always
lad the nerve to allow himself to
We hit when it would help the team
o get run across the plate.
"Brudder Bill Gleason, the third
,aseman. was Il tremendous batter.
nut trifle slow in his work in the
icld. Bushong was Il great catcher,
md caught nearly every game that
he Browns PLAYED in during the four
ears from 1885 TO 1858.
In 1883 Comiskey replaced Carruth-
ers and Foutz with Charlie King. who
soon became one Of the best pitchers
IN the game. Jack Boyle took Bush.
ong's place, and. with only one good
battery, King and Boyle. the Browns
nearly beat out BROOKLYN for the pen
nant in that Washington Star.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21
Trains from Norfolk.

800 n. nj. Daily. Local for Suffolk,
Franklin Emporln, GAINESVILLE, Dan.
Vile. Oxford. Durham and interme-
dlate stations, Close connections at
Danvillc with fast through trains to
all points South and West.
1880 y. IN. Daily. Fast expregs train
for all points South and West, car
rylng through Pullman sleeping car
to Ashevllle.
Trains from Richmond.
700 n. m. Daily. Local for Char
lotte, Chase City. Clarksville.
1f:15 n. M. Daily. Limited Buffet
Pullman to Atlanta and Birming-
ham, New Orleans, Memphis, Chat
tnnooga and all the South. Through
coach for Chase City, Oxford, Dur
ham and Raleigh.
600 y. m, except Sunday. Keysville
local.
1880 y. M. daily Limited Pullman.
ready 9:30 y. m. for all tho South
York River Line.
$3.50 y. m.-Excopt Sunday. No. TO-
baltimore Limited.
2:15 y. m,-Excopt Sunday. No. TO-
Local TO West Point
i:45 n. m.--Except Sunday. No. IA
Local to West Point
G. TT, ACKERT. Vice.presldent and
General Manager S. II, HARDWICK,
=. y. NJ. w. II. TAYLOE, G.. p. A.,
Washington, d. c.
STANTON CURTIS, p. a.,
Norfolk, Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21

~ The team which defeated the Chi
Cage. White Stockings on October IA,
1886, for the championship by the
gscOre OF. 4 to in ten innings, was
composed of Comiskey, first base;
Robinson, second base; Gleason.
TIP ONeill, left field; Curt WEIGH
seenter field; Carruthers, right field;
Dave Foutz, pitched, and Bushong,
catcher.
The victory of the Browns was in
the nature of n surprise, as Anson's
famous "stone.wall" infield was con-
sidered the greatest in the country
/, and the White Stockings were con-
: sidered too strong in every depart
ment for the men from st. Louis
The memorable series swayed back
and forth the same as the great fight
between the Sox and Cubs, until the
count stood three games apiece. Then
came the final fight and the great
..tenthinning finish of the Browns and
the unexpected defeat of Anson's men
Comiskey managed to keep the 1856
team together in pretty good shape.
and the winning combination was not
broken until Chris Won der Abe. the
eccentric German owner OF the
Browns. sold Bushong, Carruthers and
Foutz, TO Brooklyn for $21, 900. This
broke UP the team and in 1890 Co
miskey jumped to the Chicago Broth
crhood team. After one disastrous
season the brotherhood went to pieces
aud Comiskey returned to st. Louis
under the peace agreement.
There were only few good men
left on the Browns, but Comiskey fin
ished in second place with them, af-
ter making hard fight for the pen
nant with the famous BOSTON Reds.
This was the last season that st.
Louis had first division team until
the first year of the American League.
when the new Browns finished in sec
ond place.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21
G WON MANY
WORLDS REMNANTS
Captured First Banner With
st. Louis Browns Twenty
Two Years ago.
Sk.HgFAa

aIIn the excitement immediately fol.
lowing the victory of the White Sox
over the Cubs in the great worlds
championship series last october Il
remarkable coincidence was lost sight
J, Of by the fans. October Ia. 1885, the
st. Louis Browns, managed by Charles
a. Comiskey, won the worlds cham
<pionship from Capt. Anson's famous
ASGhicago White. Stockings, and Oh DC
tober IA, 1906, Comiskeys White SoN
won the greatest honor in base ball
from the Chicago Cubs.
The winning of the worlds cham
pionship last year was the third time
that Comiskey's teams have landed
that honor for him. Besides being
the third championship won by his
teams, it was the seventh time that
he has had u part in the winning of
q league pennant
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21
comiskev,s Elrst champions.


Comiskey's first worlds champions
ship came in 1885, the second the fol-
lowing year and the third i'll 1906.
The Browns won the pcnnant in the
American Association in 1885. 1886,
1887 and 1888. and in four years Com
iskey was playing manager In 1900,
the first year of the American League,
the White SoX, with Comiskey acting
as bench manager, won the flag. In
1901 they captured the pennant for
the second time, and 1906 made it the
third time in the American League.
Comiskey's old st. Louis Browns
played a .similar game to that used by
the present White Sox The old Ro-
man taught the game to both teams.
and 1t Is only natural that they should
play along the same lines. The
Browns We're not known as hard hit
tiers. but what they lacked in that
department of the game they made
UP in their fielding inside base ball,
head work, tenacity Of purpose and
team work. All these attributes were
found In the worlds champion White
Sox, who were last in their league
in team. batting and second in team
fielding. The Sox never quit and
meyer lost an opportunity TO turn n
mistaketso their opponents into runs
and victories,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES.
Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Co.

The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol.
lows:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21

$4,000. Whether tho statement be
true or false. Mr.. Miller can console
himself with the face that he owns
game race horse. and one well
enough bred to head the most select
breeding stud In the world Mr. MIL
Ter Is the proprietor of n small stock
farm In the neighborhood of Colonial
Beach and there the bay son Of KEN
lin, 2:07 81. and Rusnlku will even.
tually find home, and, 1t Is hoped,
reproduce his kind.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21
TRANSPORTATION GUIDE.
Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway
HOURS THE QUICKEST LINE

See u. w. Robinson. Agent g. & o. Ry.3
Before arranging for your trip.
Through Trains, Vestibuled, Electric
Lighted, Steam Heated, Dining
Cars La Carlo through the
grandest scenery East OF
the Rocky Mountains.
For Richmond. Cincinnati, Indianap.
oils, Nashville, Chicago, Louis.
Vile, Nashville, Memphis,
West and Southwest.
1910 a. NJ. and 5:25 p M. daily.
Local for Richmond and James RIyer
Points:
7:40 A. NJ. daily.
Local for Richmond: 1-
$40 p. M, daily.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21
ON TURF AND TRACK.


Horsemen in Maryland and Vir.
sinia are naturally impatient over
weather conditions. During the past
four weeks the condition of streets
and roads has been such that owners
and trainers have not been able TO
give their charges the necessary
amount OF exercise. Previous to the
recent snowfall. horses intended for
the track or speedway were in fairly
good condition for faster work than
they were getting. 1t will now take
ut least thirty days OF constant Jog.
ging to regain what has been lost
The only important change in fas.
horseflesh during the week past is
that of the purchase of the fast and
highly-bred stallion Kushnn 2.1S 1.2,
by w Il. Miller of this city from T..
F. Hall. who purchased him trjflc
over a year ago. The price paid is
stated to be in the nelghborhood Of
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21

The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol.
lows:
NORTHBOUND.
Leave Portsmouth, foot of
North street ........... 500 pm
Leave Norfolk, foot of Wa.
ter street .............. 600 p M
Leave Old Point Comfort 700 m
Arrive In Washington 49,. 700 n M
Arrive In Philadelphia.
Penn. r. r. **10:5 80 n III
Arrive in philadelphia, b.
& o. II. II. ."*11:l0. n m
Arrive In New York, Penn.
IL. X. observation-disclosures. 1:1G p m
Arrive In New York, b. &
o. r. r, ...,.......... $500 p m
SoUTHBoUND.
Lv New York, Penn, II. r.. 1900 p IN
Lv. New York, b. & o. II. r. $500 p m
Lv. Philadelphia, Penn. II. r. 1855 m
Lv Phila,, b. 4 o. II. r.. 2:0S p m
Ar. Washington. Penn. II. r. 6:10pm
Ar Wash, Il Il o. II. X. "+5.00 p M
Lv Washington ......... $3.50 m
Ar Old Point Comfort. 1900 a m
Ar Norfolk .............. $500 n M
Ar Portsmouth ........ $3.50 u m
NDaily hDaily except Sunday.
The trip down tho historic Potomac
River and Chesapeake Bay on the
elegant steamers of this company Is
unsurpassed. Tho steamers arc COM
parativcly new, having been built In
1891, and are fitted up In the most
luXuriant manner, with electric lights,
call bells and steam heat in each
room. The tables arc supplied with
every delicacy Of the season from
the markets Of washington and Nor.
folk For tickets, reservation OF
staterooms, and further information.
apply to D. ]. CALLAHAN, Agent,
Norfolk, Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21

It's the highest standard OF quality,
It's natural tonic, cleanses and tones
your system, reddens the cheeks.
brightens the eyes. gives flavor TO
all you eat; HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea does. ]. c. Gorsuch & Co.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21
The Giants of 1888.

The New York team of 1883 was
one of the strong base ball mines O.
history. During the series with the
Browns Buck Ewing caught ever,
game, Tim Keefe and Smiling Mickey
Welsh alternated in the box, Roger
Conner, Danny Richardson. John NJ
Ward and Arthur Whitney composed
i've infeld. while Jim O'Rouke. Mike
Herman and Slattery worked in the
outficld.
This defeat was too much for Won
der Abe, and he was so angry that
he offered Charley Byrne of Brooklyn
the pick of his team. Byrne TOOK
Bushong. Carruthers and Foutz. anf
gave Won der Ahe s21 900 for the trio
These three men succeeded in win
ming the pennant for Brooklyn in
1889.
Team work, then in it's infancy. was
really responsible for the continued
successes of the Browns during these
years. Comiskey drilled his team or
that feature necessarily, and no man
on the team ever broke away from
the knowledge that there were eight
others OH the team working for the
same end that he was.
Comiskey's men introduced many
new plays in the game. but have never
received credit for all that they did
to make the game what it is today
During the four years of uninter
rupted pennants there were few
changes in the team. Hudson helped
in the pitching department, and Hugh
Nicol and Tom Mccarthy worked in
the ontfield at different times, but
the brunt of the work was borne by
the nine which defeated Anson's team
twice.
.Comiskey, WEIGH. Latham. Nicol
and Mccarthy were star base run.
ners, and the first two were the first
men to perfect and use the slide to
second base on steal. Latham per.
fected the bunt, and could fool any
pitcher by continually fouling off I'M
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21

The Tennessee and Arkansas legis.
latures gave knockout blows to the
race horse gamblers last week by
passing stringent laws against bet
ting. Everywhere the mtl-betting
sentiment Is spreading. If in time
every state in the Union places upon
It's statute books similar measures
against betting. the men who have
made the thoroughbred gambling
machine pure and simple have only
themselves to blame. In striking II
blow at the thoroughbred the states
that have already enacted stringent
law sagainst betting hpve helivcD,d M
equally effective blow at light harness
racing. In tho end, no doubt, all who
wish to race horses will be compelled
to resort TO primitive conditions and
trust to the gate money to pay ncces-
sary expenses. If the scheme will
work the sport Of racing will be the
better for 1t. Unfortunately. thus far,
every track management that has
tried II has had to put It's hands deep
down In It's pockets and make up II
serious deficiency. Few men. how
ever fond they may be of sport. are
particularly enamored with this end
of the game.
j. II. Richardson of Thorndale
Farm. Andoycr. has brought the sen.
sational filly Clarice Todd of A. j.
Furbnsh. This is the trolter j. Il.
Chandler claims was the fastest year
ling he had ever handed. Last fall
when 16 months old, she worked n
quarter around 30 seconds bare foot
ed. She is by Todd, out of II mare
by Jumps, second dam the Gov.
Spraguc, mare who was also the sec
ond dam of Ozanum 2:07.
Canterbury Girl, from Concord. can
pace quarters all the Afternoon in 81
seconds.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-21
Anson,s Famous Team.

Anson's Famous Team.
,,sAnson's famous team was composed
ID yofln ClaFkson and Mike Kelly. the
fa,hous $4,000 battery; Capt. Arson
afEStXbase: Fred ePfeffer, second base;
Ed. Williamson, shortstop: Tom
= Burns. third base; Ed. Dalrymple. left
field: George Gore, center field. and
Jimmy Ryan, right field. Mccormick
and Baldwin were the extra pitchers.
!, and. Silver Flint was the substitute
: backstop.
two victories over the White
Stockings In the worlds champion
shin series the Browns came to grief
Il when they met Detroit, the National
SaJdRagle spennant winners, in 1887. CO.
nSfskey's team received an awful
shock when it was showed under by
the. fast Detroit bunch. The Tigers
hadkone Of the greatest aggregations
y 6f g$3uggers that ever appeared in the
history of base ball. No pitcher was
ft6o hard for them, and many twirl-
ing enigma was shown up by the
$1,000
Tile championship team of-1SST~was
ssse6Inposed of Charlie Bennett. catcher;
Lady, Baldwin, Charlie, Getzein and
Airy T%itchell, pitchers; Dan Bro'l.
Tiers, first base; Fred Dunlap, second
base: Jack Rowe, shortstop; Deacon
n White. third base; Hardic Richard.
SsDn left field; Ned Hanlon. center
.Mield and Sam Thompson. right field.
7 or this aggregation, Brouthers. Rich
atdspn, Thompson, Rowe. Waite and
d lDnnlap We're all able to clout the
sphere. away over the 800 mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02
SIMPLE DIAMOND TESTS.
Needle Hole in Card One Means of
Detecting Imitation.
From the New York Sun.


There are few persons" remarked a
ieweler. who are able to purchase a dia-
mond on the strength of their own knowl-
edge and observation and without placing
implicit confidence In the man who sells
the stone. 1t is a fact that even pawn
brokers have often been taken In by Jew
elry and precious stone takers.
Although 1t takes many years of actual
observation and experience before one
can become a diamond expert, there are a
few simple tests which will considerably
aid a buyer of diamonds One test is to
prick a needle hole through a card and
look at the hole through the doubtful.
stone.
IF the latter is spurious two holes will
be seen. but If 1t is a diamond only one
hole will be visible. Every imitation stone
which resembles a diamond gives a double
reflection, while the diamonds refraCtton
is single.
difficult to see even a sharp and defined
object through a diamond. The single re-
fraction of the diamond also allows one to
determine an uncertain stone.
IF the finger is placed behind 1t and
viewed through the stone with watch
makers glass. the grain of the skin will be
plainly seen If the stone Is not a diamond.
But if it is diamond the grain of the skin
will not be distinguished at all
"A diamond in solid settings may be
identified in the same manner. If genuine
the setting at the back cannot be dis
cerned, but if II is phony stone the foil
or setting will be seen.
There is no acid which has any percep-
tible effect upon a genuine diamond. Hy-
drofuoric acid. If dropped on a stone made
of glass will corrode it, but will not affect
diamond one way the other. A
trained eye can see the hardness In a dia
mond, whereas the limitations appear soft
to the vision of the experts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02
REDUCING SMOKE VOLUME.
Steam Railway Companies Using
Coke Within the City.

The various steam railways that operate
within the boundaries of the District of
Columbia. after "a joint conference, have
undertaken to materially reduce If not
eliminate. the smoke nuisance within the
city Information to this effect was given
to Commissioner Mcfarland by Superin-
tendent M1lliken Of the motive power d.
vision Of the Pennsylvania railroad. He
told the Commissioner that after expert
menting with other fuels his company
has found that coke Is the most effective,
and that it is now being used on all out
going locomotives and on all locomotives
useG solely within the District and the
approaches to the city.
During his conversation Mr.. Milliken
said that the incoming locomotives do not
have to make smoke because they use the
remnant Of their steam. He said that
inspectors were maintained by the rail-
road companies and all violations of the
rules reported and the engine men dis
ciplined unless they could show that they
were not culpable, and that the console
dated reports of the inspectors showed a
steady decrease in the number of VIOLA
tons of the rule.
Mr. Milliken said that he felt that he
could now report that the alleged railroad
smoke nuisance had been practically
abated. He said the railroads desired to
see 1t reduced to the lowest minimum and
would continue to keep up their efforts.
AS yet they had not been able to find
any effective locomotive smoke consum-
ing device. but they believed that by en-
forcing the rules as to the use of coke
the end would be obtained.
Commissioner Macfarland said he was
glad to hear these statements; that he
had already noted an improvement in the
railway smoke emission, and that he
hoped 1t would continue. But he added
that he believed the locomotives should
be brought under the smoke law and
would ask the Commissioners to SO rec
ommend to Congress.
Mr. Macfarland said that without ques-
tioning in the least the desire and purpose
of the present managers of the railroads
to do all that they could to help free the
National capital from the smoke nuisance
he felt that the railroads ought to be I'M
der the law, as well as the District plant
owners.
The railroad corporations could change
their policy in this matter at any time
and in any event the abatement of the
smoke nuisance ought not to depend upon
voluntary action by any person or cor
poration controlling smoke-emitting en-
gineS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02
Women Inventors.
the Chicago Journal.

From the chicago Journal
Women are stepping at lively gait into
the field of invention. There are many
successful devices patented in the names
of women and few of these have made
large returns to their inventors.
One woman had offered to her as soon
as 1t was patented $4,000 for her device
Of a satchel-bottomed paper bag. The
glove fasteners which have almost super
seeded the old-fashioned buttons and but
tonholes are the invention of a woman
Domestic utensils naturally attract the
ingenuity of women, and there are fiat
irons, pie tins, ovens, stoves and baking
dishes which are paying their originators
well from every-day-in the-year sales.
But women are not confined to any
field. No pent-up Utica contracts their
powers.
A letter box with signal for the post
man when there Is a letter in the box is
one of woinan's inventions. Another wom-
an has invented an embalming fluid for
undertakers-grews thing to think
about. There are pages of women 8
names in the Patent office reports, There
are wheels. locks. brakes. alarm clocks.
fire escapes. and all sorts of patents is
sued to women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02
Con1scated Weapons.
,om the Richmond Times Dispat ch.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Chief of Police Werner agrees with the
Times-Dispatch that confscated weapons
should be destroyed and not put up at
public auction and resold, as the law now
provides. He says that the present meth
cd of disposing of such firearms and
other dangerous weapons has given con-
siderable worry to the police in every
city In which they are sold at auction.
Instead of giving relief. as the law In
tends, from dangerous persons having
weapons, 1t facilitates them in procur-
ing at a minimum cost from the govern
ment itself such dangerous instruments
as they would probably not be able to
purchase from the regular sources of
supply.
we arrest negro for some minor Of
fense." says the chief by way Of Illus
tratiOn and when searched he Is found
to have in his possession revolver. This
Is confiscated. and held for short period
to be finally disposed of by the high con-
stable at auction. A worthless character
with a grudge against some one hears of
it and attends the sale. He purchases for
so or 60 cents a revolver that would cost
in a store So or "a. and. finding his man.
wounds II he does Lot succeed IN killing
Ids victim Then ensues the arrest a long
trial. with the result that the city expends
from $3.50 to $500 in an attempt to convict
the man. While this, of course, does not
happen in every instance, 1t is no unusual
occurrence, and l can recall several In
stances of this Ktnd.'
Justice Crutchfeld concurs In the view
of the chief. The Times-Dispatch has
but recently called attention to this de-
fective law and mas urged that it be
amended in the way now suggested by
the chief of police and the police Justice
w hnr
hope some member of the Richmond dele
cation will introduce a bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02
Why Thirteen Is Unlucky.


b 1t Is usually stated that the superstitious
objection to sitting thirteen at a table in
Christian countries was based on the fact
of the last supper, when Christ and His
twelve disciples sat down to eat together,
Immediately before the Savior was seized
by His enemies.
But in the Morse mythology, which is
supposed to antedate the introduction of
Christianity among the Mortimer. we find
the superstition referred to the fact that
at banquet of the gods, Loki, the spirit
of mischief, intruded himself, making
thirteen at the table, wherefore there was
fight. and Baldour, a young hero espe-
scially loved by all the gods was killed
For the fact Is the objection to this NUM-
Der seems to have existed even before
Christianity. Among the Turks the num-
never even named: with the Aztecs, the
aborigines of Mexico. it was believed to
have magic power. and a like fancy has
been found in other Indian tribes.
Among the ignorant blacks of the south
the fear of this number in any connection
is actually absurd but whether they have
borrowed this idea from. their imperfect
knowledge of Christianity, or whether 1t
is a survival of the Voodoo worship of
their ancestors. 1t is impossible to say
for the superstition has strong hold
everywhere, even among those who should
know better than to be sWayed by it. In
Italy 1t is never used in making UP the
numbers of the favorite lotteries and in
Paris it Is omitted in numbering the
houses on the streets.