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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-07

cr wire If the Edison company. and
somehow caused short circuit Instant
~ tho fcathcrcd hiped WAS Il maSs Of
flames II dropped into some stubblc.
and the fire spread with rapidity. An
hands were summoned aud after work
ing NIL night the flames were eNtiugui~hed.
Six hundred acres of pasture land We're
swept clean Tn" body of the great bird
of prey, burned tn Il crisp. is uu pNhihi-
ton at the Tciou ranch
John u RocAcfelcr one of the richest
men in the world and famed for his
ability to make a difference at mt-teuth
of cent in re price of "A gallon or
oil add untold Thousand, to- his fortune
has overlooked Nl3.1u oViug to him from
| ucle sam
Under the iaw MIR Rockefeller WAS
entitled to SSI.4I for his recent visit to
Chjcag" To- tell Judge Lands how little
he knew OF the workings of the stan
durd oil company. this being his Wit
ness fees aud mileage from ritts6eld.
Mass. Ia Chicago. In making up his
however, Mr.. Rockefeller only
sent IN bin for ST39I. thus chcatm.
himself out of $3.50. He had returned
only to Cleveland, instead of flttshcld.
and apparently decided not 4" Charge
Uncle sam tur the trip he did not make.
'ttbIEt ~ Long OF ANlaltH. III. M.tO
suicide after the death ct one
of u pair Of faVnrite horses, lcft a he
quest of $4,000 to keep the either horse
in comfort rs long as il lives.
1t is doubtful il any effort viii hc
TTTrtT To contest the will lcf 10y Long.
although II is the common opinion that
the man WAS insane when he died. 1t is
said that Long often had expressed the
opinion thnt hc didn't care To live after
his brothers had both been able Ia az
qunc farms, and that rs soon as he saw
that desire satisfied he was r,>.ldy 10
die at once. He was n man of only -
years of age and came To Atlantic only
Il few years ago as Il Swedish cmigrant
IN short space of time he amasScd a
small fortune of 100000.
An alligator. which is said 10 hc sin
teen feet in length and as big round MS
an ordinary horse. attacked aud almost
SWamped sixteen foot skin containing
four men in the Ohio river ut the
'KockS,' ten miles below Mount Vernon.
Ind The men We're Edward Schakel-
ford. Benjamin Schaifer, rank Bauer
and Edward Hayes. all reliable farmers
living in Point township.
Mr. Schakclford. in Smoking of dhe
adventure. said the party had started ont
Juggling on the river and were rowing
up the Ohio on the Indiana side with the
idea Of placing their hshinr floats in the
wafer and then drifting down in pursuit
Of fish
Suddenly large object which slightly
rcScmhled a suukrn log. arose from the
water within few feet Of the Skif The
breakm. of the water came with such
force that the skin was nsuo~t over
turned
The men were panic-stricken and began
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-07

Raying over the death of his brother,
e. X. Hancock, who was killed in rail
road accident al GaleShurg. How.
ard Hancock of Omaha was taken from
a Burlington passenger train at Osccol1
Ia, and brought To Burlington for con
finement until he could be- transferred
in a strait-iackct to the Mount Pleasant
insane asylum The young man required
the effort OF the train men to keep him
from iniuring himself and the pnsecn-
gers
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-07

Mel Trotter, a Kalamazoo saloon keep
or who recently became converted ana
Joined Il church. announces that he will
at once convert his saloon into Il mis-
Slon and dump his stock of liquors into
the street. The place is well stocked
and ii he makes good his promise $1,000
worth of >piriWou> liquors will minglp
with the sewage.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-07

What is probably the finest work on
botany ever published has recently been
issued from Il l.eipsic press Go th, order
of the Brazilian governments Ii consists
oi ~ volumes. comprising l;iO parts.
with 20,1:;3 pages. dealing with 10000
species of fora found in BrnzI. ~"
work was begun in lSl9 Icy MarIujS and
has been built up by 90 authors
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-07

because In w. l.. lines Of Warsaw.
Ind has signed saloon rcnIonstrancc,
liquor men decided to boycott the War
saw Ice company. OF whcl, he is stock
holder RreWcrics will ship in the ice
used ia the saloons Those who have
signed liquor rcmonstranccs which are
being circulated held meeting ami de-
cided TO patronizc no merchants who
have not placed their nHmcs on the re
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17

New York, June 16.-Over the beautiful course at Sheepshead Bay next Thursday will be run the Suburban, one of the greatest of American turf fixtures. It is a handicap for 3-year-olds and upwards, one mile and quarter, for a purse guar anteed at $200O0. and a more classic field of horses than this years has never been entered for the event. Of the eighty-four nominated 1t is probable that not more than eighteen or twenty will start, and though the race has but once been won by 3-year-old colt-in 1903. by African der-the entrants in this division this year seem to hold it secure if reckonings based on past performances count for anything. Standing out prominently in the Swear old division are James K. Keenes Brooklyn handicap winner, Superman; Electioneer, who won the futurity last year, and this year ran Peter Pan a good race in the Standard stakes; Montgomery, the south ern horse that has shown remarkab ble speed and gameness in all his races: Sal videre, last years champion 2-year-old
 and Veil, Sewell, Fountainbleau, and Frank Gill. Flip Flap, Dandelion, Dr. Gardner, Blandy, Beacon Light, Okenite. Dishabille, Accountant Oxford, Cotton Town, Coincidence, Ironsides and Run
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17
FORMER BARONS S7ARRING BRILLLAN7LL |

While the fans throughout the state are interesting themselves in speeulating on which will win the pennant, Birming- ham or Montgomery, there are a few thoughtful fellows who have dug up the dope on several of the players on other teams who formerly made good with the Barons.
 In this connection it might be stated in way of preface that former Barons are studding the sky in every league They are too numerous to mention. The bright est starts today, however. among the Bir- mingham "discards" are Frank Smith, pitcher of the world champion White Sox of Chicago. and Harry Niles the hardest hitter of the American league, the a1- mitted star of the St. Louis outfit, and the fastest baseball player in the United States
 In pointing to these two. the pride of the local fanatic swells to bursting. While Comiskey used Frank Smith not at all last season, the fact that he thinks the big fellow a giant of strength was ex- emplifed at the beginning of the pres ent season when the local club felt" for him. That Comiskey's opinion of Smith was not misplaced is borne out in his wonderful record up to date this season. The big ex-Baron. who, according to the memoirs of the oldest fans, smashed out the longest drive that was ever seen at West End, and struck out the first nine Shreveport players who faced him In a game that he ultimately lost, has pitched eleven games for the White Sox thls sea- son and of that number won nine.
 Harry Niles was picked up by Harry Vaughn season before last. The star was hidden away In the wilds surrounding Gulfport He came to Birmingham and instantly made good. He is deer on the paths. He stung the ball exceedingly hard. Last year he played irregularly 'n the outfeld of St. Louis. This season he Is on second base, and, as stated, is lead ing the hitters of the American league with a percentage of .3S6. His speed, the eastern critics admit. Is greater than that of Pay, for years called the fastest
 Once upon a time Birmingham's pitch ing staff numbered Frank Smith, Irwin Wilhelm and Billy Campbell Wilhelm went to Boston, and, while he did well, tail-end club wore his arm to a thread. He eventually returned to Dixie. and last season was among the five leading pitch CTS in the Southern league. Smith, as stated above is still with Chicago, and is reckoned among the best. Campbell went to Louisville in the American as- sociation. and starred there for two sea- sons. Finally becoming dissatisfied, he jumped to the outlaws, Harrisburg, Pa. When the national commission took the outlaws back again to Its bosom, Camp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS.

bell sighed to get again into the Baron field. Birmingham. too, sighed for Billy Efforts to bring the southpaw again 10 the south, however, failed. In Pennsyl- vaniai however, Campbell is doing him self proud. having won up to date seven games out of thirteen
 Brmingham too, is represented in the National league. Ed Minahan, when Tom O'Brien managed Birmingham, was the leading pitcher of this section. He was turned over to Birmingham by that prince of rowdies, Johnny MeGraw. manager of the New York Giants In spite of the fact that his "flaxen haired, Apollo" as he was termed was then fond of his booze, he made good with a rush. He WAS drafted by Cincinnati, was turned over to St. Paul, and brought again to Cincinnati. Jack Rider and Frank Hot Air" zuber, Cincinnati sporting writers, declare that Minahan could rank with the best if he care to. However, the German lad still worships Bacchus, and nandicaps him self Nevertheless, Cincinnati clings to him, and it is barely possible that after while he will star, as he should.
 Minahan, of all ball players graduated by Birmingham, is the wealthiest. He has recently been declared a joint heir to a fortune aggregating s2O,OOOO0O left by German brewer, to whom the Minahans were related. Minnie however. is not turning from the diamond with a purse proud air. He declares that he will twirl as long as he can flag his wing.
 Birmingham players are making good in the Cotton States with a rush. Jackson acknowledges itself greatly in debt to Birmingham on account of the fact that Harry Vaughn turned over to that city Roy Montgomery The new manager of the Jackson outfit is playing center field, whereas with the Barons he was sta toned on third base. He is stinging the ball presently at a rate of 1899. He won Thursdays game from Columbus, hitting in each of the four runs made by Jack son. He was at bat three times and thrice he singled.
 Among the star pitchers of the Cotton States three are ex-Barons Billiard and Plyant of Meridian. and Bruner, of Mo- bile. Bruner was drafted by Birmins- ham at the beginning of the present sea- son from Meridian. The lad was not considered strong enough for the Barons, and was ultimately turned over to Der nie McCays Mobile Sea Gulls.
 Former Birmingham players are occa- sionally seen in the Southern league, too. In Atlanta no man Is more thought of than Castro, who toward the shank of last season played shortstop for the Bar ons On the Nashville team is Pete Lis ter. who for a while this season was Brminghams first baseman. Gordon Hickman. Shreveport pitcher. was not only a Baron once upon a time, but is native son of Birmingham. Harry Mat thews, whom the New Orleans scribes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

Judging from the reports of eye-wit nesses who witnessed Hardys downfall in Memphis, Babb deliberately put the Nashville backstopper out of business. One Nashville fanatic who witnessed the contest states that the Memphis mosui, sore at being caught with the winning run. threw his spiked feet into Hardy with no other thought except to put him down and make him drop the ball.
 Hardy himself Is of the opinion that Babbs action was intentional He states that the reports circulated to the effect that Babb called to see him were untrue that he never saw the Memphian after his injury, And while he isn't indulging in any long winded threats. 1t isn't I. far guess to hint that the ex-Brooklyn- ite is booked for a healthy Jolt one way or another when he makes his next visit to Nashville.-Nashville Tennessean.
 Once or twice ball players wives an their effect upon the game have been commented upon in this column. It's an easy matter to get along with an ordi- nary player who is fortunate enough to be single. but a married man Is almost a hopeless case. You can boost nm all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17

The annual regatta of the New York Yacht club, will be held Thursday, and that of the Sewanhaka- Corinthian club, Friday.
 Ten little jib and main sail yachts of the so-called Sonder class, a type made notable by the races last year for the Roosevelt cup, are assembled in Mar blehead harbor and on Tuesday will begin a series of races for the honor of repre- senting this country nI<iel ill August for the second international contest between Germany and America for a trophy offer ed by Emperor William.
 The cotenders this year, three of which will be selected to go to Germany, Aux, owned by A. H. Rollins, Corinthian Yacht club; The Bonedri owned by George Ah- bolt, Eastern Yacht club: Cheewink VIII, owned by F. G. Macomber, Jr., Corinthian Yacht club; Corinthian, owned by B. C. Tower, Corinthian Yacht club; Marble head owned by W. Fl. Joyce. and sum ner IT. Foster, Boston Yacht club; Maria, owned by Max and R. L. Ogassz; Sally VIII, owned by A. P. Loring, Boston Yacht club; Spokane I. and Spokane H. owned by Vice Commodore F. Lewis Clark of the Eastern Yacht club, and the Windrim Kid, owned by George Lee of the Eastern Yacht club. The Chee Wink VIII Corintnan, Marblehead, Maria and Spokane are the new boats in the fleet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17

declare the best backstop in the country, WAS a member of the pennant winning Barons last season. Season before last Birmingham supplied Memphis with Duffy and Tamsett, center fielder and short- stop. Last year Montgomery's manager
 Dominick Mullaney, at present managing Jacksonville in the South Atlantic. was a former Baron, he having made his first appearance in the south in local uni- form on the local first pase. Indeed, Birmingham has given Montgomery two managers, the other being Tom O'Brien, once also manager of the Barons.
 Montgomery has owned two of the present Barons. Captain Molesworth and Leftfeder Gardner. When the "Rube' was 0 Pretzel he was pitcher. Canada supplied the Barons with a first baseman in the person of Henry Meek undues- tionably the best hitter in the south. Second Baseman Walters was once the property of Memphis, and played on the pennant winning teams of that city. Shortstop Demontreville was formerly eaptain-manager of the Atlanta Crackers, having been brought again to Dixie from Toledo. Third Baseman Alcock first saw professional baseball in Birmingham. he having debutted here from Ohio. He was brought south by Clark, who in turn was brought south by Wilhelm. Alcock has done his duty. too, he having induced Dlllldtu ID leave w OSleT TOT lut SldBpllts Catcher Garvin was formerly with Little Rock, having been brought to that city by Dale Gear. The two playe together in Kansas City. Packs" Latimer is one of the oldest players in Dixie, and has seen service under nearly every sky. Pitcher Clarke has played with Birnling- ham for four years, he having seen pro- fessional service nowhere else. Wilhelm. as has been stated has been in the Ma tional league, although he debutted with Birmingham. Turner, last season, was the start twirler of the South Atlantic league having been domiciled at Charles ton Ragan was brought to Birmingham three seasons ago from the Texas league. Rightfielder Smith played on several Mis- sissippi teams, then came to Birmingham season before last.
 Of the members of the pennant winning team of last year the majority are still In the local garb. Catcher Matthews is with New Orleans, his place being filled by Latimer, who began the season with Nashville Pitcher Sallee was drafted by New York, and then turned over to one of the minors In New Jersey with a string attached. Shortstop Oyler thoroughly out of condition failed to make good this season, and is with Webb City in the Western league. Third Baseman Mont gomery is now managing Jackson in the Cotton States. Leftfielder and Captain Dale Gear has retired from the profess sion and Is praeticing law in Kansas City, where he is doing finely and wishing the locals all kinds of success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17
DOPE SHEET.

Pretty good. after all.
 Turner will get a no-hit game yet.
 It's a good bet that they split even on this trip.
 They fattened their batting averages yesterday
 No quintette of games could have been better played nor more evenly divided.
 The man who drew the hit in the first was the only Pelican to reach the ir- itial corner in that struggle.
 Atlanta and Memphis are still winning. The Barons will have a hard job yet wrenching the rag away from those two.
 Clark struck out nine men yesterday. It is probable that he has famed more men this season than any other pitcher in Dixie.
 So close were the conflicts that Frank couldn't trust the catching to Harry locals hoped that he would catch them all.
 The locals open up in Memphis today Wilhelm will pitch the first game. He should win it, for of all the aBrc" pitch CTS he alone has never defeated t..e Mem phil this season.
 They still believe in Birmingham that Gastons triple was a foul. They will always .eotieve that Meek was right. How ever, had Zimmer so ruled, he would not be breathing the fresh air this bright June morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17

eran pitcher which was more terrific on account of Manuers huff of Alcock's fly after Meek had got on. Walters singled and the bags were densly populated. Guese gasped for breath when Gardner pasted the pill to center and two men scored but rallied after the next two were retired on grounders. and except for desultory hitting and Beecher's bad throw, there was nothing doing until the last when each side counted.
 The Pellcans' Spurt.
 The final rolled around with fans flow ing from the stands and fuming to their happy homes. The show wasn't near over, however, for Gardner swung safe ty to center and scored after reaching third from Garvins and Lattimen's outs. Molesworth had been doing such nice work that he was given hand. so that after doffing his cap 1t was not surpris- ing that he met the first one on the nose and scored the last named Mir. Gardner. The Pelcans' plumage was sadly runled, but after Atz had grounded out, Beecher singled Manuel famed, the sea breeze was passed and Phil Nadeau responded to urgent requests for a homer by a sin gle to center, which scored Beecher. Gas ton followed with another safety but Gatin's wallop to Captain Gladys ended the rally
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17

Raymond makes me laugh. They gave exactly s33 toward the fund to purchase the pitcher. The list of subscriptions footed up to $SS Of this Jack Mullin gave $1O, members of the board of di- rectors of the baseball club gave $l5 manager of the team gave s25 and the baseball club made up the difference which was s217 Besides the cash, Pitch CT Christman was given in exchange for Bugs.'-Charleston Post.
 It makes everyone feel good to know that there is no trouble of any kind in the Southern league and that everything is running smooth. The league is in splen- did shape and there should be no trouble to come up like last season. Atlanta, Bir- mingham and New Orleans seem to be getting along as nicely as possible,-Mont- gomery Journal.
 The above is thoroughly characteristic of Horace Hood. Here we are on the verge of the greatest war that ever shook the Southern league, and still he pipes off peace and pillow songs-Bir mingham AgeHerald
 Hugh. it's a fact. I hadn't seen the Age-Herald or the New Orleans Item. so that accounts for it.-Montgomery Jour nal.
 The spectators were inquiring for Har- ry Vaughn, manager of the Birmingham team. yesterday. but failed to get sight of him. The reason was Vaughn sat :i the bench, f1anked on either side by a policeman. JrN cause was one of those quiet jokes of Manager Charlie Frank During the recent visit of the Pelicans to Slaetown the partisan fans of that city continually yelled for the scalps of every New Orleans player in sight and after Beecher and Phillips had been es- corted from the lot by order of the um- pire, Manager Vaughn sent a copper to the visitors bench. fearing attack on Franl. by the Birmingham mob which in habits the two-bit seats. Nobody gets excited in New Orleans when the Peli- cans are the under dogs, but Frank thought he would hand Vaughn a scare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17

ming Water are the leaders among the older horses.
 Chief among the athletic events of the week will be the track and field cham pionships to be held at the Jamestown ex- position Saturday. A great gathering of athletes is assured, and keen eompeti- ton is expected. The University of Penn sylvania, Princeton, Harvard and Yale, all have teams entered for the various contests.
 Starting tomorrow over the Hoy Lake links, near Liverpool. competition for the open golf championship of Great Britain will begin. Alex Smith, the American open champion, will represent the United States in the tournament. To win Smith will be forced to defeat the highest class of professional golfers in Scotland and England. The rules of the tournament call for 72 holes at medal play, thirty six holes being played daily. Smith sailed for Europe some time ago and re- ports received here concerning his play say that he will prove a dangerous conl- petltor.
 The American open golf championship will start at Philadelphia next Thursday. The "open" always has been an easy event for the professionals. but this year. with Smith absent, the hopes of the ama- teurs are centered in Jerome D. Travers, the Metropolitan and New Jersey state champion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17
Pointers tO FandOm
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Chicago. June 16,-Brooklyn hit Taylor hard in the first and fifth innings and Durbin who took up the task, was very wl4d Brooklyn won without difficulty Score. R.H.E. Chicago ...............OoO Ol0 Voo- 4 Brooklyn .......... .000 322 400 II 10 8
 Durbin, Taylor, King and I<ehoe; Bell and Ritter. Time, :5S Umpires-Car- penter and Johnstone.
 St Louis. June 16.-Boston shut out St. Louis today, to O. Both pitchers were in great form, but Boston effectively punched hits. Score: R.H.E. st Louis .... .00O GOO 0O0- 0 6 9 Boston ...,..............o .o0 oOV w
 harger and Marshall; Dorner and Brown Time, 1:4. Umpire-Rigler
 Cincinnati, June 16.-Phlladelphia was unable to hit Ewing with men on bases today. Score: R.H.E. Cincinnati .............0 GOO 010 0l'- o Philadelphia .......... GOO GOO 000-
 Ewing and Schlei: Pittinger and Dooin. Time, 155, Umpire-Klem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17

his intentions would be until the ball left the bat.
 Harry Niles, who batted .229 in 142 games last year, is faster to first base by two steps than Burkett ever was, and, while not the adept at bunting Jesse was. Harry places the ball with considerable cleverness and should get 300 credit this year with comparative ease. He Is close up to the top in the averages of the American league, with a mark of 1885. ani instead of being a mark for the pitchers, as he was a year ago, is hitting the ball hard, and, best of all, is as liable to line 1t to one field as another. In 1906 he was right-field hitter when he met the ball, and majority of his base hits that were not bunts were of the Texas league brand. He was swinging after the ball had struck the catchers glove and never put up fight with the pitcher.
 Since he joined the Browns Niles has worked hard to change his system of bat ting.
 Harry" McAleer said to him, you handicap yourself in taking so long a swing at the ball, and the pitchers are working you. Cut that swing out and take slap at the ball. You'll not make a fair average while you are changing your style, but don't let that bother you. III be satisfied If you show improvement, for as soon as you get the lSnack you II help to win many a game for me. watch Keeler at the bat. l can't advise you 10