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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07
ARE NOT ALL
IN WINNING REMNANTS
The Team That Has the Heady Backstop is the One
That Generally Comes Out on Top---Brany
Catchers Essential to Would Be Champions

the latter being good general The
peerless Lou Criger was Boston's main
stay behind the plate when that club
won the American League pennant In
1903 and 1904. SIS A
y The worlds champonship teams
since the Observation-Disclosures series be-
gan have been Boston. OF the Ameri-
can League; New York, OF the Nationa,
league. and Chicago, OF the American
League Sullivan. Brcanahan and Criger
are the respective catchers for these
teams, and the value OF each In helping
to win the highest honors In baseball
Is matter OF record.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07
THE. SECRET
OF COURTMEY,.S SUCCESS
Iron Rules Of Corne's Famous Rowing Crack Are
Greatly Responsible for Ithacan's Numerous
Victories at Poughkeepsie

Cornell and Courtney are synonymous
in rowing, for the very good reason
that he has been turning out record
twenty years. AS coach lilo has an
international reputation, but he belongs
to Cornell and Lake Cayuga. No offers
to change his colors have ever been
seriously considered.
Even tho West Pointers sent to Cor.
nell to drill freshmen In military tao
tics are not such sticKers for discipline
as is Courtney with the crew men
Absolute obedience, unbroken training.
and no back talk are rules With him.
He does not hesitate to send a crew
candidate ashore for single violation,
even though it costs the services Of his
strongest Oarsman.
Yet Comedians regard him so highly
that they have built q handsome resi-
dence for him on Eddy Street, near the
campus, and one never hears a word
OF criticism Of his czar-llke rule. There
is much OF the Courtney personality IN
story he told the other day about a
favorite coxswain who died in his
Junior year. Here it Is:
"How do I select my coxswains? Z
can't tell you that; It's one OF my
secrets But viii tell you OF Nat
Sherman, rs fine a coxswain as ever
was.
eve were rowing Pennsy In July.
end for some reason the place selected
was Lake NIinnetonsa, way down near
M1nnea polis.
well, the crews got away at last.
tteir wake and the usual pandemoniun
OF whistles and cheers. For two miles
1t was as pretty race rs any one
could care to see, nip and tuck with
Pennsy about two feet the hest OF US.
Then strange thing happened, and
this Is how little Sherman won the
race.
"You see 1t had been growing dark
all the time. and when the crews were
about half over the course it was al
most like night. The steamers We're
forging ahead full speed to keep UP
with the crews. ana high columns OF
fire shot up from their tunnels every
rev and then. With the screechlng OF
whistles. the darkness, and all 1T was
enough to scare any one.
sUp near the finish the excursion
boats stopped putting in for shelter
when they heard tho whistles and hud-
i died as In panic IN the centre OF the
lccurse n
"Nat saw that tangla OF boats dead
i ahead and realized that everything de-
pended on his being able to clear them
Ie never lost his nerve fora second
Ie veered to the right and tcircled
around the big clunlp, and then stored
I'm and out among tho others-He nVen
only knows hnw-and brought the
/ boys In at tho finish. safe and sound
three good lengths ahead Of Pennsy
Gollv, / was proud or the lad
Tie was as pure and clean as any
! girl, and 1t would have touched any one
t. see how fond my boys became OF
him and how gentle they We're with
him. He was such n little chap. you
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WESTERN CREWS
MAY ENTER RACES
University is Latest
Aspirant-More Talk on
West Points Chances.

In addition to the Navy and proba-
bly West Point next year, Washing
ton University may send a crew to
Poughkeepsle. and then there will be
a big time.
Also, Princeton will be asking for
admission In couple OF years Coach
Titus OF Princeton, whore rowing has
lust been established, was at Poush-
kecpsie for several days looking over
tho conditions there, and he said hs
til ought the Tigers would have crews
in two years. and would likely want
to come to Poushkeepsie. Next year
Pr viii devote her time to class
racing In order to build up q rowing
spirit.
Washington University, whose eight
defeated Leland Stanford and Califor-
MIA in the first eight-onred collegiate
affair In that part OF tho country, has
written q letter In which the hope Is
EXPRESSED that Washington Will be In
ytted to the Poughkeepsle races next
wear. and n member of the board OF
stewards of the regatta this season
said this would likely be done II
Washington again conquered In that
section, and expressed a Willingness
to come to Poughkeepsie.
Capt. Palmer f. Pierce, Of West
Point was an interested Vlsltor AT Ine
poughkeepsc races, and several days
previous to that oconelon he came ur
from the Point to make Inquiries con.
corning the cost and time consumed II
rowing practice. CAPTAIN Pierce wat
surpr!aed when Informed BIZ Coach
Courtney that a crew could get, all the
work 1t needed In an hour and rs
he aald the Army School would take II
up II they had the time for practice
1t is inferred from his remark they
will be able to do SO.
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JOHNNY KING WILL
WEAR shin GUARDS
Great Chicago Catcher Is Latest
Convert to Bresnahan's
Innovation.

& CHICAGO, July 6.-When Roger
Bresnahan. the New York Giants catch
er, resorted to wearing shin-guards, he
Was Numerically "kidded" and guyed
BY players and spectators, and yet
no less parsonage than John king,
OF the Chicago club, purposes 70 wear
the shin guards in future King re-
Gently said:
.As soon as can muster up nerve
enough, Il intend to wear those shin
guards. I believe they are @ sood thlns.
and eventually every catcher IN the
the mask and chest-proteetor. the
roasting the rooters gave Bresnahan
during the New York series here has
taken away my nerve and ! 3cannol
them at home. guess will try them
away FROM home first, and then II
won't be SO bad"
1T isn't often catcher gets nit on
ii hurts said Mike Kshoe. = also
believe there are more low fouls MT
than there were two or three
years ago, and ones shins are likely
to get It any minute. Also they are
ing Into the plate. although have
never been injured. to speak Of. in this
manner.
"one baseball man told me that he
and pointed to the fact that for years
catchera had gone without them. "a, and
few Of them have been injured. That
Is true. 1t was not many years ago
that we used to catch without chest
the mask was unknown. Nowadays
they tell me Sheridan. umpire in the
American League, never wears chest
That may BE true ht an and me ne
other hand, one of those. foul tips Is
likely to get him any day."
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NATIONAL COLE DRAWINGS. /
Pnirings Of Prominent Contestants in
Mig Tourney in Cleveland.

: I5
NEW YORK, July 6.-The drawing
of pairs for the qualifying round OF
the national amateur golf champion
ship tournament, which will begin next
Tuesday and last throughout the week
at the links Of the Euclid Club, Cleve-5
land. was announced yesterday by
Secretary Fellowes. of the United States
Golf Association.
81 Among the most prominent players
mentioned in pairings are: Y
Ehen NJ. Byers. of Pittsbure, the title
holder VS.. Il. l.. Griffith, Arlington,
Mass: II. Chandler Egan. EXncor
Country Club Chicago ltwho won the
title twice.. VS.. jerome p. Trayers, of
Montclair N j. (the metropolitan and
New Jersey champiom Walter ]. Ira
Wis. of Garden City (also q former!
double winner and British champtono,i
VS.. r. r.. James, of Plttsburg; Charles
B. Macdonald, Garden City lwho while
member OF a Chicago club won the
first national championship, VS.. Rtch--s
ara Garlick. Mahoning, @. and George
& s. Lyon, of Canada (the runner up last
syear), VS.. G. w. Butts, of Altoona, Pa
On Tuesday and Wednesday each
pair will take part in 1s-hola medal,
play rounds, the leading 50 to continue
at match play rounds of Is holes each.
on Thursday and Friday. The two sur-
vivors Will meet IN the 36-hnle final
round on Saturday.
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HAS BOB GAN5LEY
!. REPLACED. KELLER.

Il now looks as il Bob Ganiey. the
nusted Willie keeler from the honor
can League. For many seasons the
diminutive New Yorker has been alone
in his class, but years have had their
effect upon the veteran. and he no
made him famous. He is still fairly
fast man. but he does not beat out his
bunts with the regularity that he did
a few seasons ago.
On the other hand. sGanley Is a faster
man than Keller. and seems to be just
as capable In outguessing the opposing
pitchers and infielders as ever was
Keller In recent games he has had
with enthusiasm with his work. One
timn he will lay the bail down along
the flrst-basa line and beat It out:
again he will bunt it along the third
base line. and the opposing third
nail him at first Then, with the OPP
posing felders playing for q bunt. he
Will smash the ball Just over the in
field for base or two. his speed
enabling him to grab two cushions on
drives that would merely be singles
for other batters.
!, AZ IN all, he looks to be about as
American League In a season, or two.
Just why Pittsburg ever let him go Is
not known; but 1t is said in the Smoky
lCity that the older players on the team
took dislike to him and crowded him
| OF. At any rate. the Plttsburg rooters
are still knocking because he was al
lowed to go.
His case seems to be similar to that
OF Harry Bay. Cincinnati had no use
for Harry Bay. and tried to farm him
out to Indianapolis. Harry, however
refused to be farmed. and came to
)CleveIand, where for four years he
was one of the greatest stars OF the
league. An accident impaired his abil-
jity thlsyspring, but he Is still far better
4 than mary of the men who have been
In the Cincinnati outheld since that
| time.s 7lt tII.t51- 7.e = -4T
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07
NEW AUTOMOBILE Laws.
a n. I, Governor Has slgp

Massachusetts Governor Has Signed
The New Registration Bill.
IL PHILADELPHIA. PA. July 6.-Goy-
ernor Guild. OF Massachusetts, has sign
ed the new automobile registration bill
The measures does not mention tho
much discussed sliding scale registra.
ton system. but provides for a flat
annual registration fee of SIS for auto.
mobiles and 80 roc motorcycles. The
fact that the new law becomes effec,
tive on August LIST Will mean that l5,.
900 or more automobile ownors Ii
tho Bay State will be Obliged to
have their cara registered and viii
be compelled to pay So for the pro
cess. no matter II they have Just pale
S2 under the former law, Moreover
the first OF next January they will have
TO pay another IS, as the law pro
.vides for an annual registration onstht
,1st OF January OF each year.
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International Horse Show Plans.
A 1E7f| v,,ISy

PH1LADELPF1lA. IA, July ~
James Trevelyan Hyde. assistant sec
rotary Of the National Horse Show
Association. who has lust returned
from tho international Show In Lon
don. is enthusiastic over the success
OF the first show, and declares that the
Judging was singularlv impartial. Mr..
chairman of the international Show,
had called a meeting for this week,
at which would be decided the rendez-
vous for next years show. Paris Is
generally favored. and 1t Is believed
that it will be decided on. with the
possibility of New York as the city
for 1909 Eg 5s sl
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would Have Made Good.

Would Have Made Good.
II believe would have made good,'
said Darmody. "stil. may have
gone to the bow-wows and the poor
house.
II know positively that I am the
man who made the first triple put-out
unassisted" continued Darmody. when
asked to tell about It.. 1T was In the
spring Of 1873. Baseball was some-
country then, but / had been playing
with the college team. and we organ
ICED the Stars, and the first season we
won thirty-two out OF thirty-flve
games. We played Delaware the day
I made the now famous triple. and it's
laughable when I think Of 1t now. be-
cause 1t was done so quickly the peo-
pie did not know what had happened.
and hooted and yelled at me to throw
the ball home when man was run
ming from third.
Crowd Didn't Know.
"But Just walked slowly in from
second, where ] had been playing. held
the ball till got to the pitchers
box. then threw 1t to Red DECKER
son (now Postmaster Dickerson), and
5plcley' was wise to It all. When 1t
dawned on the crowd what had oc-
Cured they nearly tore me to pieces
in their crazy enthusiasm. The town
was Johns.
This Is how the play was made: II
was the first half OF the second and
the bases were full, was playing
second base, and was about ten feoi
off to the left OF my station. The mar
at bat sent me a hot liner that ha6
to reach up for. When the pitche,
swung to deliver tho ball the men or
bases were off. got the ball in c
flash. and leaping to second base
planted my feet thereon. My frs,
thought then was to throw the ball t
first. but on second thought concluded
! was good Splinter, so ran dow,
the man between first and second, ant
the three We're out though 1t was {
good while before the crowd tumhlot
to it,
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Crack pitchers are all right-a base
ball team has to have them to win a
pennant.
Nevertheless teams that have won
pennants and have not had capable,
brainy catchers are as scarce as hens
teeth,
The catcher stands there behind the
bat inning after inning and game at
ter game, taking a pounding and hlling
less spectacular role than any other
member of the nine. His work Is not
as snowy. Specifically viewed, he Is
more of dray horse than any Of
his fellows. but in reality he Is a great
power In tho teams Success, though
often he doesn't come In for as much
credit as the players who work more
in the open, 80 to speak. she
An Old-Tlmcr.
IT the old National League days OF
'fc the Chicagos won the pennant and
they had for chief catcher Jim White.
backstop who used his head. Lew
Brown, who caught for the champion
Bcstons OF 1917. was another thinking
catcher, as was Charley Snyder, who
caught for the Bostons when they won
the pennant In 1873.
Here is list of the pennant win
rers from that day down to the pres
cnt. together with the principal catch
ers. and there isn't q backstop In the
list who did not use his head as well
as his hands:
1879. Providence. Lew Brown; 1880
and 1881. Chicago, Silver Flint, 1883.
Boston. Myrtle Hackett and Mike
Hines; 1884. Providence Gilligan and
Nava; 1855 and 1856. Chicago. Flint;
1885, Chicago. Mike Kelly; 1887, De-
troit. Bennett and Cancel; 1888 and
1859 New York, Buck" Ewing; 1890
Brooklyn. Doc" Bushong and Tom
:. DAILY, 1891. 1892 and 1893. Boston, Ben
nett. Camel and Kelley; 1894. 1895 and
1886, Baltimore, Robnson:r 1897 and
1888. Boston. Martin Bergen; 1899 and
1900. Brooklyn. Charles Farrell and
Jim Mcclure; 1901. 1902 and 1908. Pitts
burg. thinner; 1904 and 1905. New
Great catchers were Bennett. Ewing,
Bushong. Kelly, Gilligan. Hackett.
Martin Bergen, Robinson and Farrell.
And great present day catchers are
Roger Bresnathan and Jony King.
both identified strongly with pennant
winners and pronounced factors In the
success OF the New York and Chicago
teams.
Mike Kelly caught for the Boston
Brotherhood team, which team won the
pennant of that organization In 1880,
the only year of its existence. Apro-
pos OF Flint, there is in one Of the old
guides the interesting statement that
AZ u pCl1Vu Oh luiElceIl years Ic III
S35 games of the 1925 that his team
played. lin Mcguire must have a still
more extended record of service.
doc" Bushong was with the St
Louis American Association team wher
1t won the pennant under Comiskey In
1856, and Charley Snyder, with Gin
cinnati. when they won the American
Association flag in 1882. Not all the
great catchers have been confined tc
championship teams, but materia
share OF the success Of the various
pennant winners was due to the pres
ence behind the bat OF such masters
as Bennett, Ewing, DAILY, Bushong
King, Bresnahan. Snyder, Kelly. Gil,
ligan. Farrell. Robinson and other ex
I perts with whom the mere physica
duties of their position was a matter
of secondary import, They were gen
erals. thinkers, planners and origina
tors.
sullivan's Great Record.
American League successes. too, hay,
~ I. I..,
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sullIvnn's Grent Record.

Y American League successes, too, haya
have been made by teams that possess
ed this same shrewd capable type of
backstops A star in every department
Is Billy Sullivan. of the worlds cham
pion White Sox. Chicago won the
American League pennant in 1900 1901
and 1906, Sullivan being with them In
all Of those years
THE catchers of tho Athletics, who
won the American League pennant In
1909 and 1905, are Schreck and Powers,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07
WHO MADE FIRST
Perfect TRIPLE
John Darmody, Of Cincinnati,
Claims the Honor of This
Distinction.
TELLS HOW 1T HAPPENED
Crowd Didn't Know What Had.
Occurred, It Game So Quick
ly-They Went Wild.

/: MARION. O., July 6.-John Darmody.
society man, and one of the city's
wealthy retired merchants, though stu
In his fifties and prime OF life, not only
claims to have made the first triple
play unassisted in the history OF base
ball. but empha sized it by declaring
his to be the first and only cletln one
so far, despite tho stories that Hines
made the initial triple play.
al In his day Darmody was one of the
crack players OF this section. Had It
not been for the pleas OF his aged
mother the season of lS73-the same
year he made his famous triple play
would have found him with the st.
Louis Browns. While student at
Notre Dame. Darmody held down sec
ond base. and also played as backstop
for the college team. 1t was here
that his playing attracted attention
and he signed with the Browns He
had his trunk packed and was ready
to go. when his mother pleaded with
him. and he remained in Marion, later
to wed a bankers daughter and grow
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see. and most OF them were strapping3
big fellows
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
FURIOUS HUMoR ON CHILD.
itching, Bleeding Sores Covered Body
Nothing Helped Her-cuticura
Cures Her in Five DAYS.

After my granddaughter of about
seven years had been cured of the
measles, she was attacked about a
fortnight later by a furious itching and
painful eruption all over her BODY.
especially the upper part of it, forming
Watery and bleeding sores, especially
under the arms. of considerable size.
She suffered great deal and for three
weeks we nursed her every night.
using all the remedies we could think
OF. Nothing would help. We tried the
Cuticura Remedies and after twenty
-FOUR hours We noted considerable i'm
provement, and after using only one
complete set of the Cuticura Remedies.
In five consecutive days the little one.
much to our joy, had been entirely
cured. and has been well for a long
time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht, r. ID. No.
3, Bakersfield, Cal, June 25 and July
20, 1906"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
OLD CANNON CAN'T BE BROKEN.
Armament Of Old Craft Was Made to
Last.

A good story is being told at the
Mare Island navy yard concerning q
San Francisco contractor who bought
al the old obsolete cannon which were
sold at the local yard some time ago.
The cannon were all of the smooth
bore kind, and in order that they
might be easily handled for shipment
70 the city all sorts of schemes were
tried to endeavor to break them with
dynamite and blasting powder, but
tney were unsuccessful
An electric drill machine was even
set up at the yards and the cannon
were drilled full of holes in order to
weaken them for breaking open with
wedges, but this was also unsuccess-
ful. The cannon were then taken
away and the last heard of them thew
we're corralled in the hills near. Point
Richmond. where an effort was being
made to break them open with dyna-
mite again.
The cannon which proved to be go
strong were among the armament of
the war craft which sailed the seas
In 1912.
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Brick-Bats.

1t is fitting that man always stand
on two occasions: When a lady enters
the room and when he is buying a
new pair of shoes.
Weeds are just like bad habits. II
you let them alone they will grow
and destroy everything good with
which they come in contact.
Vinegar and cooking soda will
knock warts, says beauty doctor.
Suburban residents should remem-
Der that one robin does not make a
spring.
Spring, like some men, does not al.
ways make good on it's promises.
If some mems hearts were as good
as their tailors. the interests of hui
mansty would be greatly enhanced.
The longer man lives the more he
knows-and the more he forgets that
he once knew. :
In the bright lexicon of youth there
is no such word as-whiskers; but
they will come in time-and then the
talkative barber
When father and mother both object
to the young man as son-in-law, the
young man should saw wood and say
nothing. Mother and father cannot
agree long on any one subject and
there is still a chance that he may
be accepted into the bosom of the
family
Some weeks it seems that Sunday.
Monday. Tuesday Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, each and
every one, is my Jonah day,
Many men who have reputation
for being good conversationaiists sim
ply let the other people do the talk
ing.
nurseryman's business always
should be growing.
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The Cheerful aoh.n.i..

never see you that you aren't
ngnt-hearted and cheerful" they said
to the seedy Bohemian. "Why ia II
We wonder"
Well, you see," the Bohemian ex.
planned, I've got so used to never hav.
Ing any money, to being always broke
to realizing that I've come to the end
OF my rope and there's nothing left
Tor me, that I've made up my mind to
pake the best of it and take my medi.
cine with SMILE"
Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau.
ty. Home laundering would be euual-
~ satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starchingy the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickerine
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance OF your work.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Churninq Dous.

A curious point in regard to the new
dogs act occupied the attention of the
Carnorvan county bench on Saturday,
says the London Daily Mail. The SUI
perintendent reported that eight per-
sons had applied for exemptions in re-
spect of dogs which were used for
churning. Issard Davids inquired
whether it had not been decided that
to use dogs for such a purpose was
cruelty, but several of his colleagues
repled-in the negative The bench
decided that the owners of the churn-
ing dogs must take out licenses.
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Forqettino,

vale I know
Where breezes blow
That fill the heart with singing,
Where babbling brooks,
Through tangled hooks,
Are soothing incense bringing!
In monotones,
BY stepping stones,
The rifles foam and mutter;
The angry jay
disputes your way,
And chipmunks frisk and sputter.
When roses bloom
And pheasants boom,
man may go and linger
Along the leas
Where ecstasies
p Are reckoning their finger.
About his feet
The grasses meet
And dew-drops nod their petals:
The fern is there,
And bluebells fair
Are holding up their kettles!
Where minnows CLEAN
Along the stream,
A heart may lose it's worries,
And in the grass
Let trouble pass
On blossom-laden fiurries.
Prone on the sod,
Alone with God,
A man may just forget it,;
Go out some day
Just this-a-way-
You never will regret it!
Now what's the use?
Just loose the moose
And fill your heart with singing,
Where babbling brooks,
Through verdant hooks,
Are soothing incense bringing!