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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-10-09
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
ENGLISH TAKE Up BASEBALL
Great American Game Gaining Foot
hold in Edwards DOminions.
Teams Organized by the British
Draw Crowds and Arouse In
tereSt of Spectators.

London. June S-For nearly twenty
years an attempts 20 naturaIize lacross
in England have failed. but baseball
seems 10 be now fairly we'll established
and I'm the course of a few years may be
expected to spread throughout the coun-
try. j. Walter Spaulding, the we'll
known American sportsman, said the
other day that he thought baseball would
surely become a fixture in English
sports. He said:
Many attempts have been made ro in
troduce the game in England but they
have oil been failures, principally because
those who attempted to introduce the
game were all Americans. Last year
the English football players, with the
idea Of using their idle grounds and keep
Ing heir players in training, took up the
American game with satisfactory results
The development has been slow but sure
Last year a league consisting Of SIX
clubs. while IL Gid not secure amy profit
paid expenses, and az the final game : H10
persons were present. This year the orig
inai league was augmented by two 9th
evs. each OF six teams while various UNI
attached clubs bring the total number OF
teams playing baseball about London at
present 10 nearly forty. Teams are also
being organized al Cardiff. Newcastle.
and elsewhere I'm the provinces.
Everywhere a general healthy growth
of American league rules obtained, and
jhe game the English clubs put up Will
compare favorably with that of the aver
age amateur teams I'm the United States.
The excitement Of the game is catching
on rapidly, and the crowds have become
So intensely interested that in several
cases an unsatisfactory decision has
given rise 10 shouts Of Kill tie umpire
That I think. shows that the American
spirit Of baseball is being inculcated."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09

ZirlIo got two pretty bineles Friday.
Hubbard certainly IS clouting the ball
some.
Frye is one Of the fastest base ruhnera
In tile league.
Motif is getting his two hits per game
now almost as regularly as clock|ork.
Better tap wood boy.
Limburegr is beginning 90 clout the
bail Tie got two clean safeties IN the
game with Trinity, Wednesday
Dakev Mess is rapidly developing into
"a h.gh-rlass uGeIIer He covers the third
sack rs though Ee were born there.
Leo saII.yau'- bare-handed catch of
Goodmau's long Hv Thursday viii nor
soon bee forgotten by those who SAW TO-
Tie games last week were especially
close Both leading teams have been
made to hustle hard 90 retain their
sc1.ps.
Draog-r. who has been playing In the
lu6ed for the ST. Joscphs manager. has
aU the oarmarks OF concerto use an
ola and moth-eaten phrase.
Brennan who has returned from his
short stay with the South Atlantic
League. viii probably again don the
Green and Red of ST. Martins
Rev Eugene Hauns latest acquisition
for his InheId Is p0HHolIy. the crack lit
tie business second hasouau D0rae.IE
viii Dee seen ON the field before long.
It IS understood that the ST. Martins
have ordered new green suits Well. "A
look 40 tine percentage column VIII safe
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
BASEBALL BREAKING RECORDS.
Larger Crowds than Ever Betore
Scciuv Games This Season.

The Fellow Who Wants to Know
asked the Fellow Who Knew If the
baseball germ had ever been located.
dragged out. and diagnosed.
Sure" said the Fellow Who Knew
ANY time you see live one, that's it,
Mighty strange" said the other
Here's thousands go daft every day
over the game. fight each other like
Rrooklynites trying to get in. Can't
understand IT, Bingham says he'll stop
it if they don't behave
say" said the wise one. Tell Bing
Bang Bingham to bay at the moon
tell him to sweep back the tide. tell him
20 try something easy. Why, he hasn't
enough cops TO make one put-out'
Why
Because this is baseball town, be-
r7use this IS baseball country. be
cause the sun can go way back and sit
tight on ice. Ike it's doing, but we must
have bascball-bcCause the milkman
needn't come around. the butcher
needn't come around. the baker needn't
come around. payday needn't come
around. but we must have baseball
saws the New York World.
..nid YOU ever see a vacant lot that
didn't make a noise like a baseball
game in the good old summertime?
Did YOU ever see live kid who
wouldn't rather have a padded glove
than a pair Of red -top boots? Did you
ever hear Of "a crossroads that didn't
have a nine2
Look at II. They're smashing all
records this year. Little old 1907 is
putting It all over last year. And what
did they do last year? The official
records show that 100000 people at
tended the games in the major leagues
alone last year Add the number at
tending the minor league games and
you come close 90 the population OF the
United States To make a conservative
estimate. the attendance at the major
and the tweuty-odd minor leagues was
-. 600. 600. The prices of admission I'm
the minors are from 25 to so cents and
the major from so cents TO 81. Taking
a rough average. this makes $50, 100000.
That would run this town for year.
And that doesn't take in the independ-
cnt semi professional teams There are
twenty OF thSm right in New York.
When 10000 people tear the fence
down 20 get into the Polo Grounds. and
] 10000 are forced away because there
isn't even standing room. that looks 10
me like a unanimous vote for baseball.
If the cops went against that bunch
they'd get their. names in the obit.
column"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE NOTES

U-r4t i. ~. matter v.Ifr pIfHHrv7
,-...r,. OF, tho gsr-ae ara CHING nine 70.
,.,,.,s
.-..- y-sr.o,.. mt. D.,
Tracy is PLAYING great game Tor inc
oyster, tray. ana p'oo' Nih'- lAIe
mo-" pieAels, shpd-d Keep tAe team ''I.'''-
.l--
~ IS worth lle price OF ADMISSION 10
"a'eh rec wee Evans chase dlo-i'l
iAe eAsAi'hs.
MorCland. Of the Ninth team is doing
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09

IHI7E-i''.I-TfIl'a y IF1lslTT.
Three balks were made last week. Ruff
".'' Ryan ana 'ilher oeihs the guilty
I.'."4'S'
The largest crowd Of the season was on
hand Thursday 90 cheer during the Navy
Treasury game
The hot weather II the past few DAYS is
lmher5ng up the players, and good con-
tests should result.
There seems to be an extr, ATTENDANCE
Of the fair sex along the third-basa line
when NAVY uIavs Wonder ,ybya
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE NOTES

And still the merry fight for the TOP
notch goes on.
IT. Zaneli. The Columbia Athletic Club
sh0rtst0p. has signed up with the Win
ston u. c. team.
Ed. Handiboe's work is 2 feature Of the
games, and he is helping the officials
along IN great shape.
Lold's catch Of Hofmans high hit
back cl shortstop in the AloysiUs game
was decidedly q feature
The ouchre for the benefit of the
league, 10 be held on June Il at the
Masonic Temple Hall, bids fair to be a
big success.
Charley Salb hurt his finger in the
Aloysius-Atlantic game and had 70 retire
in favor of ONeil. who. by the way,
seems an al-ar0Und man.
sam Simon. the Georgetown captain,
has been showing his form TO the crowds
IN one of the games q ball hit the end
Of the bat, near the handle, and rolled
fair
Wooden. the Atlantic pitcher. is there
with the goods, and IL he will only take
cafe of his whip will class with the best
this city has produced His slight ten
d-CCy to become ratified should wear off.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
Michirnn Athletes Honnrcd.

Ann Arbor. Mich, June S.-The fol-
lowing fourteen University Of Michigan
players got their m" sweaters last
night: Chester Taft (captain), George
A. Kelley. William Paterson. Allan NJ.
GiGdings Edward F. Dunno, jr., Charles
J. MaBarity George Wheeler. Ralph r.
Mellon Maxwell V Emerman. John r.
Sullivan. John s. Loell, Willis W. Whip
pie, John W. Ovitz, and Carmel Martin.
Eight track men also received the in
sigma, including only those who won
at Philadelphia and Cambridge. They
are as follows: John c. Garrels leap
tsinl. FLOYD A. Rowe. Harry L. Coe.
William Malorey, Horace P. Ramey.
GAYLE a. Dull, Edward French, and
Homer Heath.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
AMATEUR BASE BALL.

The Nadisons defeated the Eme~zons
Yesterday in a hard-foUght game bv 4 10
p This leaves the two teams nearly tied
for first place in the race for the penrsnt
of the Congressional League. with urH-
two weeks more 20 play.
The Memorials who have won thirteen
/ of the seventeen games they have PLAYED.
would like 20 arrange games with teams
in or out Of the District, averaging six
teen 20 twenty years. Address 4. q.
Sharp. 6l2 Thirteenth street northwest.
Line-up-Evans. third base. NcD0nough
shOrtstOp. Martin. second base. Rapp
Cation. c. Hunt, first base. T. Bromley.
Wrenn. GOuCher. W. Bromley. outnelders.
Murphy. McGann, Baggett. and Biggs
pitchers.
Thursday afternoon. az LauEdou. th7
Winthrop A. c. defeated the Langdous
IN an interesting game by to g. The
feature was the pitching Of Anderson for
the winners. he striking out eleven men.
The lineup Of the W. A. G. is as follows.
G. West right field. W Grove. first base.
F. West, center field. II. owen. catcher.
W. White. left field. C. Pollock. short
stop. O. Anderson. =. L. West. second
D '',i'FNF e. -'tiiN''tir tl-atA NrI~H ~. EHft.rH
with the w, A. c.. address J. w Wilton.
| 7c9 Eleventh street northeast.
The Belmonts yesterday played Fort
Reno to a seven-inning Tie. the score be-
ing s TO s The features were the fielding
of the Fort Reno team and the pitch
| ing of Johnson, for the Belmonts The
Belmonts would like TO hear from the
/ following teams: Diamond QuiCkstep-.
Piedmonts, Walfords. Anacostia Tigers.
/ Garfelds, Stonewalls. Ratters. Buster
/ Browns. True Blues, COlOred Americans.
/ Lafayettes, Newbergs and Park Temples
| Address all challenges 10 Thomas john
/ son, captain. 1888 b street northeast
The junior team Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission defeated the Lawrence
! Athletic Club In a ninC-inninE game on
| the Monument grounds yesterday after
noon. by a score Of 70 to 7. The game
was a good exhibition up 20 the last in
/ ming. when the J. c. {. youngsters got
/ busy with the stick and pushed five runs
/ over the pan Lamb and Kane. FOR
/ the winners, had a shade the better
! of brennan and Oakley battery for the
! losers. The c.. G. ponies are open for
| dates with teams averaging seventeen
years. Apply to Frank Hall. manager.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
KINNEY IS LEADING
Tops Departmental League
in Batting.
MURRAY, OF NAVY, COMES NEXT
Despite the Fact the Commerce and
Labor Is Last i'm the Race the Team
Is Leading In Team Batting, with
Navy Second and Treasury Third.
Charley Lord Best Base Stealcr.

Although last in the Departmental
League. Commerce and Labor leads IN
team batting. with an average OF go
Navy is next, with an average Of .2i2
while Treasury, the leaders In the league
stand third, with per cent Of .e2i
kinney, Of Commerce and Labor. leads
The individual sluggers. with an average
.of 44 for four games. while Evans. Of
the same aggregation. is hitting at Az
clip. Murray the Navy slab artist, stands
second. with an average Of 49, for four
games. Kraft is the only Post-office man
20 show in the 80 class, while Belaski is
the only Treasury player in that class.
Interior has no men tn this class, Carr
leading that team, with an average of
.2S5.
Lord leads the league IN stolen bases,
having annexed eight in six games, while
Orris0n. Of the Mail Carriers. has pilfered
six I'm four contests. Torney leads In sac
rihce hitting, having ;hree 70 his credit
The Omciai Averages.
The official averages for the league. in
Guiding Thursdays game. follow:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09

Chesbro and a few others are not in as
good form as OF old they say the spit
ter" did IT, Not necessarily. Pitchers
VIII come and go. In the old Baltimore
days they used 10 say that Robinson
killed his pitchers making them throw
curves. Ii another man made them use
speed. the same kick would be coming
! can name many a great pitcher that has
gone. even though he never used the
spitbal This is my third year with H..
and I do think I never was In such good
form with speed and curves as l am to-
doy-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Lynchburg, ;; DanvilIe, I.
Richmond. 81 Norfolk. I.
Portsmouth. D; Roanoke, p
No Games Scheduled for To-day,
STANDING OF TIE TEAMS
RICHMOND DOWNS NORFOLK.
Seven thousand Fans See Defeat of
TaiIcnderN in League.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Richmond, Va. June S-An error by
Fender. a sacrifice by Reeve. single by
Hcfsor. Kirkpatrick two-bagger and
O'Nenrs one-baser. gave Richmond three
runs in the eighth inning this afternoon.
and the game was won for the locals
The crew put up a good game in the
field, but failed to connect with the bali
as delivered by Long. Fox was effective
IN all but the fatal eighth. The game was
good and fast. and the 1000 fans who
have been knocking Richmond were salts
aei. Score:
r. H. b.
Richmond ............ 0 0 OO3N-3
Non0.k................ 0 0 t-l
Batteries-Lons and Cowau; Fox and Edwards.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
Lynchburg Takes Final Game.

SpCcia. 20 The Washington Herald.
Lynchburg, Va. June S.-LynChbuTg
made It three straight to-day from Dan
Vile. playing much the better game az all
stages. Kline held his opponents 10 sin
gle and d scratch. while the locals hit
Cominger freely. Rain threatened TO
break up the game several times. Score:
r H. T.
Lvnchbrre. ........... OOlOOo4 Ks
DanyiIe. .............. ] o. . 4
Battsnes-Line and Bentley. Conluscr and Ryan.
JmpTc-Nlr. Truly. Attendance, 1000.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09

Gales Ferry, Conn, June S-The Yale
varsity and freshman Fights had
three-mile race yesterday afternoon. re-
sulting In a victory for the former by
five lengths The men padded three
miles down the Thames and then raced
back TO the bOathouse
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09

Special to Tie Washington Herald.
Roanoke, Va. June S.--POrtsmouth made
it three struights to-day. and Roanoke
made 1t seven straight defeats. Roanoke
was easy picking and never had a ghost
Of a show TO cop the battle. Loos. for
Portsmouth. had the locals at his mercy
and won hands down. Score.
HH q.
Roanoke ................ 0 10000 OI O. 9 q
Prrtz-nrgtd.........-.. o @ 0 @ C-j 10 !
BattaIasycmulc ard Cotcy; Laos and Martin.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09

Lo.t on Ea55s-1ia7Ia1dst s, Mt s.. j0sc1ls. 6
First base on balls-oE Dillon. g. "a Hg,lcy T. In
nngs pitchcd-By Dillon. -; By ODonucu ; 2-5
HIS made-Of Dillon. II of OD0nner. 2 Struck
oJt-B- Dillon 3; hy Hurley g. Tvohase hits
Teal Smith Hover. Coarer Sacrifice hts-Cooper.
Preston. Cornell. Murphy Bucl N:'sra. stolen
bases-MoTis ~. Hover ~. Cooper Teal Council
Murphy ~. Nrsc,i Double play-NCrri- 10 Bell
Wild ptches-Dilon. Hurley. Passed balls-Haruer
o.. Ump.rs-Messrs. Holiday, GaIlaudet. and bet
ernau. Baltimore. Time Of game-l hour and IS
nlnu.es
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
shaw Dartmouth's Captain.

Hanover. y. H., June S.--A B. Shaw.
'0S. was unanimously elected captain
of the Dartmouth track team for next
year.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
HARD CURVE TO HIT
Harry Howell Describes the
Pulling Spitball.
CALLED UNHITTABLE PITCH

Crack ST. Louis American TUirler,
Who Is One of the Greatest Ex-
ampIes of the MOistened Deceiver,
Gives Illuminating Description OF
the CurVe-Docs Not Hurt Arm.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
Does Not Hurt Arm.

Ike the bail, though many people say
It hurts the arm. 1t never has hurt mine.
and I use il as often as any man pitch
ing. Tw0-thirds Of all balls I throw are
"spitters." Throwing the curve hurts me
much more.
4 good many pitchers lose their curve
when they go 20 throwing "spitballs"
This is due to the fact that they uncon-
sciOuslv cease 70 use the two first fingers.
whereas the thumb develops and becomes
stronger ! throw my curve witEou. the
use Of the thumb at ALL in the old school
boy way Of gTaspiag 1t between the ball
II the thumb and the fingers This gets
the thumb out Of the way and makes the
fingers work. This is why l have never
lost my curve
There is a lot OF noise about the injury
done to pitchers by the spitbaH. Because
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09

I SAY YOUR I'D IN THE HERALD
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
he OmciaI Aver


The official averages FOR the league.
GLIDING Thursdays game, follow.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-06-21

Such a man was Albert P. Fau-I
cette, and the writer hopes that
the life of this truly good man
may be an inspiration to others
to go and do likewise. Shake
pere makes Mark Antony say
that "the evil that men do lives
after them, the good is oft in
tered with their bones. !" But
the Bard of Aron knew that the
influence of a well spent life is
imperishable, for one stormy,
dark night, he sees a small cam
die in the distance, and says:
How far that little candle
throws its beams, so shines a
good deed in a naughty world.
Such was the life of A. P. Eau
cette, he was a light not hid un-
der a bushel, and his deeds, and
the memory of them must abide.
We are accustomed to think that
the influence of a quiet man,
keeping the even tener of his
way is lost amid the noise and
confusion of this busy, hustling
world, but it is not, and Carlyle.
in his great essay on Burns, re-
minds us that while the Shake
spere and Milton roll on like
mighty rivers through the con-
tinent of thought the weary
traveller will turn aside to such
a gushing little fountain as Burns
and there quench his thirst. So
while American youths may, and
do, and should admire the great
ness, the true hero-spirit of Lin
coin and Lee, they will likewise
find inspiration and encourage
ment in the life of A. P. Fau-
cette. Great in life, amid its
storms, he was also great, and
patient and severe in suffering.
Stricken with paralysis he lay
through months and weeks OF
helpless, if not hopeless, yet his
chief concern was not death, but
that he should part with those
he so fondly loved, as for him.
self he looked beyond the silent
stars and knew there was fol-
him a final home. He knew
when he had believed and that
he was able to keep that which
was committed to him against
that day. Then came the end
and the golden sun was fast fall
! ing toward the West, the sum
mons came and he was ready Il
go. M. H.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-06-21

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