Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02

| Of speaking said:
| why there is only one flower that is fl
to stand our national flower. and that
| piece of heritage is called by a name that.
! think. will apply to everything that Is
| American
and what flower is that?" asked Magee.
| THAT flower" replied Titus. he turned
over another page lis the daisy
Connie Mack on Cigarettes.
Connie Mack of the Athletics is violently
opposed to cigarette smoking. and, knowing
that these deadly dope-sticks are RESPONSE
BILE for SO many professional ball players
falling down in their averages. never
fails to impress upon his men the danger Of
these deadly packages. particularly where
| a ball player is concerned. whose business 1t
is to keep In the best Of condition.
! The other day Murphy, that gallant sec
ond sacker of the Philadelphia team. was
| reading In the paper about some old gentle
man who lived up In Vermont and who had
| arrived at the age Of 116 years.
This person had always used tobacco. *
the paper asserted. and when Murphy
came to this paragraph In the art,.- "a
| asked:
What do you think of that, fellows?"
He should have tried cigarettes calmly
| replied Connie, as he proceeded to light
P1ttsburg stogie.
What Waddell Did Not Understand.
/ When Rube Waddell was a member of
| the Pittsburg team. he and Phlllippi and
| Charley Lever were one day sitting in
| front Of their hotel, when the subject arose
| as to the previous occupation Of an
| other and their reasons for leaving it.
1.-The first job ever had. said Waddell,
was with florist in my town.
And how did you come to quit?" in
quired Phillippi
Why" answered George Edward. as he
scratched his head, the man l was working
for one day told me that he did not think
1 I understand hlnnDoin0
| business
To this day both Lever and Phlippi are
unable to state whether this was conscious
| or unconscious humor on the part OF the
| big pitcher.
| Turner's Experience With Spring.
They were all tanning" about the wealth
er. as base ball players are prone to do.
when Jimmy Collins of the Bostons said to
Turner of the Cleveland club:
This Is the latest spring that ever re-
| member"
II experienced a late spring myself last
| night" answered Turner.
| II don't get your meaning clearly, re-
| piled Collins.
Why 1 got out Of bed in the dark" ex-
planned the cotton haired one, land l step
| ped on tack.
What he Wore the Medal For.
Two seasons ago there was soft
| drink vender employed on the st. Louis
| grounds, who was conspicuous on account
| of a huge medal he wore, which was Of a
| golden color. and certain to attract atten-
| ton anywhere.
1t was really a disc given away by some
! of the advertising people during the ex
| position but the vender who wore it thought
as much of it If 1t had been pinned on
| his breast by Andrew Carnegie.
All the visiting players used to remark
this medal and the st. Louis players were
made tired by the inquir1ng ones who wished
to know about it.
One day when the Boston club was prac
ticing out on the lot Freddy Parent asked
Rhody Wallace. the St. Louis shortstop:
| Il say. Wallace. what is that guy wear
ing that big medal for?'
THAT" said Wallace he began to
| knock the dirt out of his spikes. was given
| him by the Society for the Prevention of
| Cruelty to Animals. on account of that
| young hero having. on one occasion, saved
| a frog from drowning.
Another Bump for the Cigarette.
Wyatt Lee came into the Washington
club house one morning and in his mouth
there was q lighted cigarette. something I'M
usual for Wyatt to smoke. The whole lot
of players we're getting ready for morning
practice, among which number was Bill
Everett, the first baseman and captain Of
the team who was an inveterate smoker OF
the deadly cigarette.
Bill caught sight of Lee with the lighted
dope-stick in his hand and he said to him:
why, Lee I'm surprised to you smok-
ing cigarettes"
| "Td give anything to smoke a good ci-
gar" answered Wyatt
well, why don't you?" inquired Everett
Cant" answered Lee as he took puff
of the cigarette. Doctor says 1 must not
use tobacco for some time to come"
When Phillippi Roasted Himself.
There are some fans who make it point
| to hold forth in their loudest tones on a
street car. and instead of edifying their
hearers, as they innocently suppose when
returning from the ball game. they make
nuisance of themselves.
| One day last summer Phillippi pitched a
game that was not up to his standard, and
he lost 1t by slight margin. Well this kind
of luck is liable to happen to any one. YET
Philiippi is a hard loser and never forgiyes
himself for game which he believes was
lost by his own poor work.
This particular day he boarded a street
car, and no sooner had he secured a footing
on the dashboard than he was approached