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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02

season went splendidly, but the fol-
lowing year brought failure and Chap
man went to Jail for debt.
The next management, haywood,
RoWbotha & Pratt, ran the place from
1881 to 1884. Their most notable per-
Torrance was to bring out Malibran,
noted singer of the day, who set the
audiences wild with enthusiasm.
From 1884 to 1849 Franklin G.. We
myss ran the house, and from 1910 to
1856 Dinneford & Marshall were the
managers. In this period many of the
famous comedians of the time were
seen at the house, which had become
the fashionable theater of the city,
situated as it was near the heart of
the then magnificent residential dis
trict. John Sleeper Clarke played
there many times during these years
before he went to live in Europe. Mrs.
Kendrick, mother of Mrs. John Drew,
the elder, was also seen on several oc-
casions as Mrs Malaprop.'' -. q
Dinneford & Marshall turned the
place over to Mrs. M. A. Garretson in
1856, but she relinquished her filter
ests to John Sleeper Clarke and Ed
win Booth in 1856. Booth was at the
height of his fame in these years, and
he and the actors of his time who
were the leading opponents of Shake
speare filled frequent engagements at
the theater, which had now been re-
named the Walnut Street. The John
S. Clarke heirs are the present own
>ers of the house, which has been I'M
der the management of Frank Howe,
Jr., for many years.
The list of actors of more recent
years who have been seen at the "a
nous place includes naturally. all who
have become famous in tragedy, COM
edy. or song. Fanny Davenport and
Nine. Modjeska were favorites there;
Joseph Jefferson played rip and
Bob Acres many an evening; Rich
ard Mansfield did some of his best
work in the old house. and Stuart
Robson left a happy memory there.
Nat Goodwin, e. H. Sothern, w. H.
Crane and host of others who are in
the public eye to-day are all included
on the programs Of the Oldest theater
in America.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02

Shick Of Harvard could show a clean
pair OF heels to all the intercollegiate
flyers in the 100 and 220-yard dashes.
He took both these events at every
intercollegiate meet at which he COM
peted, and was so good that he scared
out of competition men like the fam
GUS Arthur Duffy. Yet Shick was pain
fully thin, and to look at his long, lean
legs it was hard to see where he got
his driving power.
What is true of the sprints is true
OF middle and distance events.
The fastest man in the world at a
quarter of mile to-day is undoubted-
ly J. B. Taylor, the Pennsylvania ne.
gro flyer. Yet Taylor is not muscled
as might be expected.
The performances of Melvin Shep.
pard for the mile have been the mar.
vel OF athletic meets in the last two
years. While only schoolboy he beat
the college champions, and he has a
host of new records opposite his
name. Yet to look at Shepard would
be to feel only pity for his emaciated
condition.
Last years American tennis cham
pion, W. ]. Clothier, who forfeited the
title to Larned this year because Of
an injured leg, does not look like an
athlete. He is tall and slender, his
face is sallow and no hint Of muscu-
larity marks his physique. Yet no one
stands better than he the grueling Of
drawn-out tennis battle, which is
truly one Of the most terrific tests
that can be imposed on an athlete.
Even football has yielded to some
extent to the new idea that heavy
muscles do not necessarily make the
athlete.
Last year Pennsylvania strong
eleven was captained by Eddie
Greene, a tall, slender man Of no espe-
cial development, yet he was one of
the stars Of the season. In fact, dur.
ing his entire course at college he has
been generally conceded to be the best
defensive half-back in any of the col
leges.
The little Carlisle athlete, Mount
Pleasant, who is wonderful sprinter,
a star broad jumper, superb quarter.
back and g very good baseball player,
is a little sawed-of whose body gives
no hint Of the power and agility It
possesses.
Mount Pleasant is able to do things
Impossible to bigger men because his
muscles are free and 1.-THE In action.
because he is not victim Of that
condition known as muscle bound, !"
which gives a wonderful Development
to look at, but does It at the cost Of
speed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02
Icing MUSCLES. ARE.
NOW THING OF THE PAST
No Longer Considered Essential to Athletic PROFESS
Corbett the IDEAL Modern Athlete.

r 4 -. I f. Is
bodies that the ancient sculptors de-
picted are warming benches or are
out of jobs, Keller goes along year
after year ranking among the leading
hitters. and incidentally drawing one
of the biggest salaries of any man in
baseball.
During his long stay with Baltimore,
Brooklyn and the New York Ameri-
cans Keller has been accounted one
OF the greatest hitters in baseball his
tory, yet if he got in fight on the
street with an ordinary sized man,
the latter would be condemned for
punching such an easy mark.
Roy Thomas, little, fat-chested,
looking as if the hospital was yawn-
ing to claim him, is another ball play
er who proves the theory that muscles
alone don't make success.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02

They never made a thinner or less
developed man than DR.. G. Harry
White, the famous southpaw Of the
Chicago Americans in last years
series for the worlds championship.
Yet G. Harry's slender arm can shoot
ball up to the plate like a streak of
light, and slender as he is, he pos
sesses all the endurance essential to
an extra inning battle. In fact he sell
dom loses a game that goes beyond
the regulation nine innings.
Recently Roger Bresnahan, on the
New York team, was hit in the head
and nearly killed by pitched ball.
After he came to, some one asked
how it happened.
"The ball curved SO fast and broke
so sharply he answered, that I
couldn't see it."
Yet that ball was delivered by an
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02
WON BY DIPLOMACY
WASHINGTON PHYSICIAN KNEW
HUMAN NATURE.
Two Doses of the elixir Of Life" All
the Payment for Privilege of
Shooting Over Long For
hidden Ground.

A Washington sportsman tells a:
story of how he gained the privilege
of cunning on the farm of an elderly
woman in Virginia. privilege that
the woman had denied her neighbors
as far back as the oldest residents OF
the county could recollect. The Wash
ington man was visiting friends in
Westmoreland county, and early one
morning he started out with two Of
the country people to shoot rabbits
and quail. Before noon they reached
neighbors warning their city friend
that she would not permit them to
shoot upon her property.
"And if she ever did permit it, said
one of the country people, "she GER
tainly would not at this time, for she
is suffering from malaria and is hav-
ing chills apd fever every other day"
IF that is the case," the Washing
ton man said, IT know we will get
the privilege
Turning from the road the city man
started in the direction of the house,
but before he had gone many feet he
was halted by the woman. She called
to him to go back, but he merely put
down his gun and kept walking. He
spoke to her, asking if she were not
Mrs. -
'That, sir is my name" was her re-
spouse, "but you must not shoot on
my farm"
She was assured that the man from
the city had no idea of shooting on
her premises. He told her he knew
she did not permit shooting on her
farm, and he, therefore, had no idea
of cunning upon her property.
II happen to be a physician from
Washington said the gunner, 1'and I
merely stopped here because I heard
you were sick"
"That I am" she confessed, "and
I'm awfully sick.''
"Your appearance" said the man
who had left his gun resting against
the fence, Indicates that you have
chills and fever"
'sYou must be good DOCTOR" the
elderly woman said, because that's
just what's the matter with me-"
The sportsman produced his bottle
of fire water" poured out an ordinary
drink, telling her it was elixir of life.
He then gave her a dose of quinine. A
second drink made the elderly woman
recall the days when she attended
dances and did the light fantastic. Her
rheumatic limbs were able to move
as they had not moved for a number
of years, and-she forgot her Injunction
against cunning on her farm when the
doctor assured her he had no charge
to make for his services.
Doctor she told him, "you and
your friends may shoot on my place
all you. please, but be careful and don't
shoot my cow"
Forty-two rabbits were killed that
afternoon, and neighbors still recall
the unusual sight of sportsmen gun
ming on that particular farm.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02

An old fashioned Idea that huge,
bullying muscles are essential to .ath-
letic prowess is being steadily dis
carded by the developers Of athletic
skill to-day
It used to be that the man who
would succeed in baseball, football,
track and field athletics, rowing,
swimming and tennis felt it a first
requisite to build up on his shoulders,
back. arms. thighs and calves great
piles of knotted muscles.
This was called elopment, and the
possessors were prouder of such an
equipment than a woman Of a good
figure. But the modern tendency is
getting entirely away from this idea.
Men like Delaney, Mike Murphy,
Muldoon and Coakley, who know how
to turn out winners, have discovered
that a quantity of muscle can only be
gained at the cost Of speed, and that
except in wrestling, where man has
need of absolute brute strength, the
big muscles are more a detriment
than an aid.
Tie ideal athlete Of the future will
undoubtedly be the man built on the
lines Jim Corbett had when he fought
John L. Sullivan fifteen years ago.
Never was greater disparity than
between these two men of the old and
new school. Sullivan had a wonder
full neck, shoulders and arm. Corbett
was slender and 1.-THE. No muscle
showed on his body when he got into
action. His were long, slender fbers
that could not be detected under the
white skin, but which did their work
SO swiftly and well that the giant who
in wrestling bout or rough and
tumble fight could have crushed
"Pompadour Jim" to death, was a
child in his hands in bout governed
by the recognized rules of boxing.
Kid Mccoy offers still better illus
9tration of the fighter without muscle
development, yet who could hit hard
enough to knock out men twice his
size.
Mccoy was flat-chested, his arms
were thin as pipestems, his legs were
nothing in point of muscle, and in the
ring, stripped for the fray, he would
have made laugh but for the knowl-
edge held by the public Of the terrific
hitting force that those puny little
arms held.
Tommy Ryan, a wonderful fighter,
whose sway has extended over fifteen
years, and wha is still :proyerbially
good enough to take care of any man
anywhere near his size, is another
case of the boxer who boasts no heavy
muscles. Joe Cans, the lightweight
champion of the world for many
years, shows no more development
than the ordinary man out of training,
yet blow from his ebony fist that
only travels eight inches, carries a
knockout message with it.
In baseball the tradition is the
same.
More little men are playing now
than ever before.
The famous teams of the past were
made up almost entirely of big fell
lows. Arson, Prefer, Williamson,
Gore, Flint, Kelly, Brouthers, Conner,
Thompson, White, Browning, all fam
ed hitters, were men who lowered up
to the six-foot mark, or close to it,
and who were built in proportion.
Then it was thought that only a
big and powerfully muscled man could
hit the ball hard, but nobody pays any
attention to ideas like that now.
Willie Keller is one of those who
blazed the way for the ball player
without prominent muscle develop
ment.
While the giants with the kind of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02
LARGEST American FLAG.

To hang in the great court Of the
postofhce department in Washington
a flag will soon be made which it is
believed will be the largest IN the
world. It will be 60 feet long by about
IS feet wide. The thirteen red and
white stripes will each be nearly feet
wide. The cost will be 5000.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02
WALNUT STREET THEATR YEARS AGO


when he was permitted to act in the.
customary benefit performance, he
played to $215 audience.
The next year, April 9, Edmund
Kean was seen for the first time in
Philadelphia at the Walnut, which
still retained the name of Olympic.
Kean appeared in Richard ILL.," and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02

debut of Edwin Forrest on Nov. ~,
1920. Forrest, who was a native Of
Philadelphia, had done we'll in anna
teur theatricals and his first appear
ance in Homes Douglas was sue
cess, though his fame was not made
until six years later, when he played
"Othello" in New York.
Forrest played to a house which
netted 1919 at his debut, and later,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02
Not the Real Thlnu.

They say" remarked the dear girl
at the seashore. that few marriages
result from summer engagements.''
guess that's right I" rejoined the
race-horse man. .'rhey are mostly
trial heats. = ss &.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-25
HARTFORD TOOK TWO.

Hartford, July 25.-Hartford took a long step forward in the champion ship race yesterday by gathering in two games from New London, while Holyoke was losing to Norwich. The score:
 First game. RH E Hartford ...01000 0100"-2 5 l New London 0 0 0 0 0 100 0-1 s
 Batteries-Schall and Ross; Reig- CT and Rutianbe.
 Runs, Ross, Luyster, Rankin; two base hits, Moves, Ross, Rothfuss; stolen bases. Rankin, Barbour; sacri- flee hits, Fallon, Rankin; double play, Waterman. Murray and Page; first base on balls, of Schall 2, off Reiger 4; struck out, by Schall 2, by Reiger ?; hit by pitched ball, by Schall 1; left on bases. Hartford 5, New Lon- don 1; time, 1884; umpire, Kelly. Second game. R H N. London OOOO0O0Oo-O 2 ' Hartford .001O303 "-11 13 3
 Batteries-Ward and Rufiange, O'Connor and OLeary.
 Runs. Gastmeyer 3, Lelivelt 2, Fall lon 2. 0Leary 2. Nehring. O'Connor; two base hits. Gastmeyer 2, Fallon, Luyster; home run, Lelivelt; stolen bases, Rothfuss, Lelivelt Finn Rufi- ange; sacrifice hit, Luyster: first base on balls, of 0'Connor 8, of Ward 2: left on bases, Hartford 8, New Lon- don g; wild pitch. O'Connor; first base on errors, Hartford 5, New Lon. don 2. Time, 1856. Umpire, Kelly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-25
TWO FAvORITES WON.

Albany, July 25.-A large crowd witnessed the second days card of the harness racing at Woodlawn park yesterday afternoon, the weather and track was all that could be desired and the three events on the program furnished excellent sport. The tall ent was happy as two favorites won first money. Betting was spirited. General Shafter had good following in the 2:15 pace, but Cutler, Jr., the Troy horse, we'll handled by Haywood succeeded in taking the race in straight heats,
 Daniel, the Syracuse entry, winner of the 2:16 trot, was closely pressed by the field, and second, third and fourth money was divided equally.
 The 2:17 pace provided number of exciting heats, which pleased the spectators.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-25
CLIDDEN TOUR ENDS
Fifty-flve Mud Spattered Au-
 tos Reach New York.
BUFFALO WINS COVETED TROPHY.
Record Motor Car Endurance Run of 10000 Miles Left Cleveland July l2-Mrs. Cuneo Only Woman
 In at Finish.

NEW YORK, July 25.-Fifty-fve mud spattered and dust covered auto- mobiles, in which were seated three sunburned women and 200 men, wend- ed their way across Twenty-fourth street to Broadway. It was the finish of the Glidden tour. which started from Cleveland. O., on July F. The tour came to an official end at the city hall, Jersey City, and a grand celebra- tion was held in New York last night.
 Of the seventy-six cars that started fifty-five finished. The Glidden trophy goes to the Automobile club of Buffalo. Only three of the ten women who started finished, and twenty of the men who entered failed to complete the course.
 The New York Motor club was third. The winning team was made up of two Thomas Flyers. two Pierce Great Arrows and Packard.
 Although several women started bravely from Cleveland. the only one to finish at New York with the party was Mrs. Andrew Cuneo. She endured the hardships of mountain travel and never fiinched wIaen confronted with difficulties of ths road which drove other women to give up the trip. Her companion travellers plan to give her a loving cup as a mark of appreciation of her bravery and endurance.
 On the trip there were several acci- dents between Cleveland and Toledo. in which one life was lost and more than one person injured The total distanced traversed was 10.5T0 miles. the longest tour of It's kind ever held. The Buffalo Automobile club takes the ClIdden trophy for the third successive tine.
 During the twelve running days the cars traveled from six to twelve hours per day and, ss a tourist expressed it. ass fast ss the speed laws would allow and sometimes faster Eighteen cars. co far as can be determined. made q perfect score. The judging of the length of the runs made is complicated and puxzling to the lsynan. az 1t in- cludes the allowance for hills mud gasOline-in fact. everything involving e test of the machine
 Dressed principally in khaki suits and seated in the bexrimed machines. the tourists made . picturesque sight e they went up Brosdwsy. Piled on
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-25
New York Markets.

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-25
THE SPORTING NEWS.

ed Norwich row of goose eggs in the last game the Papermakers play ed here, was again stacked against the champions, but this time Norwich solved the puzzle. The score:
 RH E Norwich ..O01021 *-5 12 l Holyoke ...10000 0 0 o 1-2 8 4
 Batteries-Plank and Mccarthy; Stackpole and Thackara.
 Runs, Plank 2, Pastor, Perkins, Mccarthy, Hoffman, Boucher; two base hits, Hoffman, Boucher; three base hit. Massey; earned runs, Nor wich 3, Holyoke 1; first base on balls, off Plank 8, off Stackpole 1; hit py pitched balls, Golden, Pastor; struck out, by Plank 6. by Stackpole 3; double play, Ramon and Baker 1; stolen bases, Golden. Soffel, Perkins, Hoffman; left on bases, Norwich 10, Holyoke Il; sacrifice hits, Cote 2, Ramon, Boucher; time, 1:42; um- pires, Hodge and Bridges. .1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-25
PONIES STILL WINNING.

Springfield, July 25.-Even with a pair of castoff Ponies adding strength to their ranks. Con Danaher's New Haven Brownies were unable to stop the onward and upward march of the O'Neil herd at Hampden park yesterday. The score: R H D Springfield .1lOOO2 2OO*-4 5 Z New Haven. l 0 % 900 1 0-2 z 1
 Batteries-McLaughlin and O'Con- nor; Nolte and Lucia.
 Runs. Connor, Standard, Rising, Waite, Cornell, Hayward; sacrifice hits, Burns, Curtiss; stolen bases, Curtiss, Hayward ?; two-base hits, Stankard, Keenan; first base on balls, off Mclaughlin 5, off Nolte 4; left on bases, Springfield 4, New Haven 8; struck out, by Mclaughlin 8, by Nolte 2; hit by pitcher, Waite; double play, Yale and Burns; Wild pitch, Nolte; time, 1885; attendance, 800; umpire, Kennedy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-25

is rated as fast man and the future will tell the tale.
 With Eddie Hogarty twirling in New Haven tomorrow and Eddie Farley officiating here on Saturday against Holyoke we ought to come pretty near landing two more plums.
 The Waterbury police and the New Haven police will do things to each other out at Reidville tomorrow. Sam Walsh says there is nothing to 1t and that although New Haven has a former state league twirler they vii find him for enough hits to win.
 Again did Jim O'Rourke enthuse over the Waterbury team yesterday. He said. that the owners of such a team should feel elated and ought not to feel blue, even if they do have a bad day once in while.
 Wallace will twirl for the local police tomorrow and Commissioner Harry Minor says that if he does not win he will see that he is reduced several grades. Jimmy Madden has S for the occasion and intimates tha the fence should be moved back.
 Manager Burnham of Newark denies the report that Pitcher Tommy Me- Carthy, the Michigan wonder, has been sold to the New York Giants. He says Mccarthy is not for sale. Uncle Jeems O'Rourke might have injected himself into the game at Hol- yoke recently, but he was taken i'll and may be laid up for several days.
 An exhibition game is being arrang- ed between the Holyoke leaders and the strong Rockville independent team to be played in Rockville prob- ably next month. The date will be settled upon later.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-25
BASE BALL NOTES.

Cooney Rice has been released at his own request.
 Mcdonald will probably be retain ed as a utility man for some time at least
 No player in the league vas ever more deserving of a present than Herman Schincel. and the beauty of It is that the team owners and the management recognized that fact themselves. while his comrades on the team are not Yne bit envious
 Davis. a college pitcher has been annexed 10 the staf of the local club and vi1I have his try-out- today. He
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-25

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