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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
GRIFFITH GETS GOOD RECRUITS
Bell and Blair of Highlander Team
Impress Very Favorably.

According to Umpire silk OLaugh.
lin, Clark Griffith has picked up two
live, wires in Outfelder Bell of Butte
and Catcher Blair. OF Williamsport.
Blair in particular looks To be the real
goods. In one game AGAINST Cleve.
land he turned back six of the Maps
who We're trying to steal.
Queer tia, Griffith was able to land
Blair at that Connie; Mack had the
pick Of the Willamsport team in con
sequence OF having handed that team
some players in the spring, but how
he happened to overlook Blair is more
than any Of the Cleveland players can
understand. Connie certainly needs
another catcher, as Mike Powers abil
ity to hit is on the wane and Schreck
is not the catcher he was a year or
two ago
Southpaw Nouor is another good
man picked mp by Griffith. lie did
some great work in the few games he
pitched. G~inibh, however, did moi
send him aga,nst the Maps, knowing
what the Cieyelanders We're doing t.
left handlers last season.
Talking about Connie Mack's catch
ing department, il is now reported
dat the hard hitting catcher that Con
ME bought from Atianta, Sid Smith
may not report TO Inc Athletics in the
spriag Although Sid Is over "a, h
! may yield 10 his noiher's wishes and
Quit the game. She haa ,donised hin
+, 81 interest il q store az lno&y.,la
Tenn, If he wiil quit, a,sa he- is COZ
sideriuH the ponast,ang
Martins Revenge.
A correspondent tells the story o
two house martins nests built agains
an attic window Of a farm, to whlcl
the bids came. for several successive
years. Last sogng however, before
they 2rriycd, spatgow took up he
abode in one of the nests.
Shortly after he martins retu-ue,
as usual, and one day The farm peo
, pie noticed fhat The hole Of the nes
which the srarrows occupied had beer
bloeke3 up, Next morning bo,
climbed up to ascertain the mean
ing OF tkig, and not-fnding any outlet
broke away pait Of the nest, to fine
-the poor little spamow dead on hel
| eggs
| The. house martins had walled hel
up for ta,ipg 90 take possession 81
| iheir hqs5e.-Ccuntrv l.HS.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP
BASEBALL GAMES

1SS4-ProYidehce boat the Metro.
poltans three straialit- games.
1SS5--st Louis and Chicago. tied.
three and three.
1SsG-st Louis beat Chicago four
out OF six games.
1sS7-Detroit neat ST. Louis II out
of l5 games.
1sSS--New York defeated st. louis
six out OF len games.
1Ss9--New York defeated Brooklyn
slx ont OF nine games
1S90-Brouklyn and Louisville tied.
three games each.
1s92--Boston defeated Cleveland
five straight games
1Ssl--New York defeated Baltimore
-four straight games.
1S95-Cleyeiand beat Baltimore four
ont Of fve.
1896 Baltimore defeated Cleveland
fom straight.
1897 Baltimore defeated Boston
fouraout Of five games
l903-Boslon defeated Pittsb,rg
five out of eight games.
1905--New York beat Athletics
-four out of five games.
l906-Chicago Americans defeated
Chicago Nationals four out O! six
games.
I00f---Chicago Nationals after tying
first eane defeated Detroit tigers
four straight.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18

ance of players is greater than
here or in any other country.n
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
letting Go All Holds.

Once there was Il woman who hal
spent many. many years in making
green lampmats--these mats, you
put them on the center Of the table
as ornaments--a ard never, never had
made them OF any other color thar
green One day, when In an unusually
~icked mood. She shut herself up In
her room, locked the door. pulled down
the blinds, and thea, yielding to an
uncontrollabIs- Impulse, she dissipated
in the most reckless manner by GRO.
cheting red lampmat.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18

price of bread on a man used to eat
ing cake. II Is safe to say that ev-
cry club in ahe p. o. NJ paid more
than sl,SO0 monthly during the sea-
son of 1907 They had to in order
to secure the kind of clubs they
supported.
TOO high salaries was one of the
lcauses for trouble in the o. and p.
Hast season. While the salary Limit
was fixed, many of the clubs paid alb
solutely no attention to it. There
were men on the pennant winning
team who received $500 per month
which isn't bad stipend in the
American association, Many manag
ers have decided to pay more ra-
Itlonal salaries next season and such
i a course is necessary II the league is
to survive and the owners get back
anythng like the amount Of meney
invested.
Believing thai the eastern clubs
are firm in their determination to
Withdraw from the O. and p, the
western clubs are showing some ac-
tivity in the way of planning what
they shall do. Paul Sturges of Mans
field Is at the head of a movement
to form a league composed of San
duslsy, Lima. Findlay, Marion Lam
caster, Newark, Mansfield, and one
other city. Newark will be the hitch
in this. as Newark wishes to remain
with the eastern end of the circuit.
along with GAINESVILLE. Sandusky no
doubt has lost its desire for organ
lied baseball. Last spring this city
was strong for the o. and p. but
was turned down and played indie
pendent ball The club broke up in
a row and Herman Schleman, the
man who headed the o. and p. move
ment. was deposed as manager. II
is probable that Sandusky will desire
ito continue along the old lines for
another season at least.
The sour grapes howl, which is
something of a classic in story, Is
nothing compared with the dismal
wall which comes out OF Springfield.
When the cold footed fans of that
city discovered the club was sold to
Ft. Wayne the newspapers and dele
gations of prominent citizens trotted
put the time honored anvil and the
chorus turned up to a swell pitch.
Jack Hendricks, who had brains
enough to manage a pennant winning
team was blamed right and left. The
fans claimed Jack was extravagant
and so deprived them OF baseball
Evidently the fans forgot that II
takes money TO acquire a pennant
winner. At any events Springfield,
by its patronage, did not appreciai g
good baseball when it had It. and
the post inortem kick seems to come
without much excuse, So long as
baseball didn't pay the owners were
wise in taking the club where they
could get their money back. Spring
field would like to get into the o.
and P.--IIarry Neatly in Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
nrHE wAILs oF IERIcno,

"THE WALLS OF JERIClIOv !.
Miss Laura Burt and Mr.. Henry
stanford, the clever co-stars in
1.-The Walls of Jerichor society
comedy drama, at the Grand Opera
House on Wednesday evening are
not only clever and accomplished
artists on the stage, but are genial
and clever people off the stage.
They carry with them an atmos-
phere of geniality. which. with
their natural vivacity, makes them
delightful company. In Miss Burt IS
natural manner there is something
of the spirit of Lady Alethea. and
one sometimes forgets that the two
are not the same. No wonder she is
clever in her role, she is so nearly
natural
Miss Burt and Mr.. Stanford are
English by birth. Both have been
on the stage almost all their
lives. and both have toured with
Sir Henry Irving in the British
Isles of America. They appeared in
Sir IIenry's company In several
productions and the difference in
the roles they played is an evid-
ence of unusual versatility. Miss
Burt speaks entertainiuly of things
theatrical on the Isles and in
America, and draws some interest
ing comparisons "Theatre-going
in ENGLAND is much more expensive
than it is in America. the best
seats rarely selling for less than
10 shillings, six pence-S2, ,62-she
said. Besides. practically everyone
wears evening clothes. and most
of them have cab. The theatre
is taken much more seriously than
over here, and the social import
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
PLAYERS TO q
DELIVER GOODS
No "Crabs' for Marion
Next Season.
MANAGER IS CONFIDENT
That He Can Save Money
for Local Directors.
New Players will be Developed and
Sold to Major Leagues at Fancy
Prices.

All of the fans in the circuit of
,the Ohio-Feansyiyania league arc
awaiting wisli interest the coming
meeting of the league magnates to
be held in Cleveland in January at
which time .t viii be definitely de-
icided whethc., or not the o. and P.
league will remain intact.
The fans in the western division of
the circuit are not alarmed nor are
the magnatcs. If the league is torn
| in two and 40 leagues formed, Ma
|rion, Mansfield, Newark and Lam
easter will not get the worst of it,
land will be in a league that will
be fully as fast as. is the present
lone or as will he the league formed
around the present eastern clubs. ,
1t Is probable that two new leagues
would be better for every city con-
cerned. At the present time there
are too high salaries paid through
out the league. Several of the
teams last year paid out near
ly three thousand dollars per month,
and there is not club in the league
that can afford that much. Unless
there Is a salary limit placed in
the 20. p. league, If 1t should con-
tinue, the existence of the organiza-
ton will be limited If two new
leagues are formed the first thing to
be adopted in ecah will be a salary
limit and If enforced the organiza-
tions will prosper.
1t had been stated by Charles M.
|O'Day, the new manager of the Lime
Burners. that Marion will have a
much cheaper team next year than 1t
had last year and he promises the
directors that. Marion will stand
better in the race or he will forfeit
his job. Last season the local man
lagement paid out over twenty-five
hundred dollars per month in sal
aries during the greater part of the
season and the team landed in last
place. The players said that they
were not paid enough last year On
that basis. II team would win the
lpennant. 1t would cost about five
thousand cart wheels.
Last year the Marion ball team had
several men under fancy salaries at
that, who were not earning their
cakes. They laid down at times
land never throughout the season did
they play the aggressive game of
which they were capable. "Creh
! will be conspicuous by their absence
on next years team and any man on
1.-THE team who draws a fancy salary
will earn it or he will cease to draw
it. Deliver the goods and you will
get the money will be the slogan
OF the O'Day management. O'Day is
widely known throughout the base
ball world and is man who is able
to pick up plenty of players so that
there Will not be a man on the team
who will be SO necessary TO the
team that he can loaf on the job az
lsummer and still draw his money.
O'Day hopes to develop several
lyoung men for the big leagues. He
Says that it is in the low priced
,men-the youngsters that are devel-
,oped-that minor league club
makes its money and he promises ia
sell enough players to the big leagues
at he close Of next season 70 more
than pay his salary during that per-
iod
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18

Football is as strenuous a game as
It ever was. The large number Of in
juries sustained by~players This year
is evidence of the fact The new
game is thoroughly established and
still bones will give and tendons snap.
1t is in the very nature of the game
to test bone and muscle. It's a more
polite game than II used to be and
more care is taken, but when runners
are felled they hit the earth just like
they used to and ~ len the ball goes
into the line tue IN the arms of a
back there = going to be opposition,
Just rs CT ycre.
It's gar fer the ri I'd aud they
efen somatiIes su ~ ~, the bene-
1T derived over3h w ~ danger, IS
the question to 9 j. 'fhe American
college youth ane ~!s s;yDorters evi.
dsntly think so.
The. navy ccacaes chuclle every
time any one asks abodt sha;soth, tho.
2t0pound subsatuse, who PLACED
against Burr Ct Harvard shafrotf is
q powerful player, who has been ac-
uuiring great speed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
s,porlIlg
GOSSIP.

Some one with taste for figures
has discovered that over $2O,0O0O0o
has been spent racing for the Ameri-
cas- cup, the original cost of which
was only about $3.50. Possibly this Is
true, but what if it is? The races have
been enjoyed by pretty much the
whole civilized world. extending
through several generations. The adj
vancement in the art OF building speed
yachts has been most wonderful and
has surely been benefit to the sport
of yachting. The men who have fur
nished the money to build and handle
the challengers and defenders were
wealthy enough to furnish such luxu.
ries. and the people who have witness.
ed the contests have surely been well
repaid for the outlay. 1t win be dis.
tinct loss to the public should there
be no more races for the Americas
cup.
The figures referred to on the past
performances for the famous sea
trophy are as follows.
Number of defenders which have
raced for cup since 1t WAS won
by the America ..........,..... Il
o,rrr ua, p9a,s .,.. PUT ,Sl. ana us'd IN >,
Total value nj average cost of
sl25.ooo .........,....,..,. ......,,s s,i25.ooc
orlSWai COST OIL America, tesu-
snnnt !, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., ~ m IN O''
COMMITTEES ........................ 1000. 900
Public spent at thirty-one =lccs
n Anerica ,VOoooo 9'VOOooo
Expenses of chnllengas iriais
etc ....................... G,OOo,OOO
| Cost to Sir Thomas Upton IN
'' ''''''''''''''''''''''' l,ovv'y..
Total 2sGto ooD
Cost of the Americas cup ....... $50
Present value of ilve cup racers .. ooo
''eV'' 'oi Se''pS' '''''''''''''
-All talk to the contrary, 1t is one
good bet. that Fred Tenney not only
will not manage the Boston National
league club next season, but that he
viii not be on the team, going to some
other club in return for first base
man. President Dovey makes no
bones of saying the season of 1907
on top OF the fact his club was Sc
verely crippled by Injuries. His hrst
great disappointment was the death
of Cosy Dolan early in the spring;
then the catchers were crippled,
Flaherty and Pfeffer went on the hos
pital list when they were most need
ed, and Young was unable to deliver
the goods as he had for two seasons
before. The handling OF the club was
execrable. Game after game was lost
by wretched base-running and poor
coaching. The team work was Tar
from good. President Dovey said
nothing, for he had given Tenney en-
tire charge of the team, perfectly free
| from any interference on his part. He
now is on the lookout for men who
will help his team. Sweehey who
was secured with Randall in trade
| for Howard made good, and will be a
fixture on the team next season, but
Randall has not proven success. It
| is doubtful II either Catcher Need
| ham or Brown will be on the team
| next season.
Ralph Rose, the California giant, is
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
ERIE RAILR0sn

mo. 10, Chataqua Ex. -. ...12:25 am
"No. s. New York Ex. .....9:O0 am
No. 12 am
"No. 4, vestibul Limited ..6:15 pm
No. 16 Accommodation 2:52 pm
G. A. n. DIVISION.
mo. 22 arrives ........ 500 pm
sNo. 1e Limea ccom. arrives. .12:i0 pm
'No. 8, Chicago Express 12:45 am
sNo. 3, Vestibuled Limited 10 54 am
sNo. 15 Kenton and Lima ace i:40 pm
sNo. q ................... 1900 am
'No. z, Pacific Express 11:0O pm
SOUTH AND CINCINNATI.
sNo. 9. Cincinnati! Express. .1:fB am
sNo. 3,Vestibuled Limited 10 80 am
'No. Is .................... .4:45 pm
Daily. Daily except Sunday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18

Chicken dinner served at Central
Christian church next srnesday from
II 2. m. to lao p. m, 25 cents.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
FOOTBALL RESULTS

Ada %, Marion 0.
Western Reserve II, Kenyon 6.
Case II, Ohio state, 8.
Cberlin 27, Wooster TO-
Ohio Wesleyan Il. Ohio Northern 0.
Miami II, Marietta 10.
Wittenberg A, Muskingum 0.
Mount Union SO, Ohio University o..
Pennsylvania G, Michigan 0. 4
Carlisle IL, Minnesota 10.
Wisconsin 12, Purdue 6.
Nebraska 81, Denver 0.
Colorado "a, Utah 10.
Washburn ~, Faiimount o..
Missouri 27, Washington 0.
st. Louis IL. Kansas o.
Vale 12, Princeton 10.
Csrnel 1S, Swartlmore o.
Dartmouth 22, Hafyprd 0.
Syracuse 4, Lafayette. 4
Annapolis 6, Penn. State 4.
West Point 81, Tufts O.
w. and +. 3, w. u. P.,2.
Bucknell As, Dickinson 0. S
Lehigh 27, Ursinus o..
Williams 26, Amherst 6.
Yale freshmen 6, Harvard freshmen
0.
Penn freshmen 10, Tome institute
0.
Virginia 2S, Georgetown 8.
p and M 4. Haverford O.
Vanderbilt 81, Georgia Tech 0.
Chicken dinner served at Central
Christian church next srnesday from
II 2. m. TO 1:S0 p. m, 25 cents.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18

Virginia 2s, Georgetown 6.
p and M 4, Haverford 0.
Vanderbilt 81, Georgia Tech 0.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
New York Central lines
rB,G FOUR ROUTE.

All trains daily eNcert IOcaIs HHu
Nos. and 10.
Phone GAG.
Effective, Oct. 26th. 1907.
l.. e. NEBERGALL,
Ticket Agent.
For further information regarding
trains, call information operator,
either phone.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA,

all his muscles there is not<a knot.
His shoulders are rounded and his
knees slant in a manner anything but
athletic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-14
HELD UP AN ITALIAN
NEGROES ROB AND BEAT BERNAR-
 DO MARJNO,
PeddIer Was Accosted on Lonely Road Near Birmingham and Assaulted Coroner Paris Will Puy
 Debts of Son,

Birmingham, July 13.-(Special. )- The third highway robbery in two days took place this morning at 6 o'clock as Bernardo Marine. an Italian ped dler. from Ensley. was en route to the city to purchase his supplies from the commission and was halted b. two ne- groes.
 One of the negroes led the Italians horse into the woods, while the other Jumped on the wagon and with a sharp knife slashed the peddler across the throat. The Italian showed fight but he could not get away from the brute. The two negroes jumped on the Italian and after slashing him some more on the face with the knife and taking $3o from him made of.
 The robbery took place at a lonely part of the road between Ensley ana Owenton. where year ago another Italian store keeper of Ensley was as- saulted and killed by highway robbers.
 The sheriffs office was notified of the robbery today and deputies were sent out at once, but no arrests could be made as the negroes had too good 8 start.
 Yesterday two white men were held up by negroes and robbed. one. man being struck with a heavy stick over the head and seriously injured. The Sheriff will make effort to land the bold highwaymen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-14
BANKRUPT
PROPRIETOR OF PICKWICK BAR
 FORGED INTO COURT.
Local Firms AIIege He Favored One Creditor and Secare Appeintment of George stuart as
 Receiver,

Fred Rudolph. proprietor of the Pickwick bar at 103 Commerce Street. was forced Into bankruptcy in the uni- ted States Court early yesterday after noon on peNtion of -~Greil Brothers Company. B. $. Grcil and Company and the Montgomery Light and Water Power Company. George Stuart was appointed receiver under bond Of $2.000 and immediately took charge of and closed the saloon. pending an out come of the proceedings.
 The petitioners allege that Rudolph Is bankrupt and that he committed aQ act of bankruptcy on July when 1t IS claimed he transferred. while insof- vent, portion of his property to one or more of his creditors in preference tors the petition recites. Is the Winter Loeb Grocery Company
 The petitioners allege that Rudolph is indebted to them In the following amounts: Greil Brothers Company. notes, $1.200: account, $361.S0. B. (ireil and Company. account. $213.4S; Montgomery Light and Water Power Company. account $242.
 Rudolphi is well known in Montgom- cry and for some time past has con ducted the Pickwick Cafe and bar at l01-1os Commerce Street. Recently however. he abandoned the restaurant and was conducting only the saloon when he was forced into bankruptcy.
 Rudolph has been cited to appear In the United States Court July 28/ and show cause. If any. why he should not be adjudged bankrupt.
 H. w.. Johnson, a merchant of Gi- rard, Russell County. filed voluntary petition yesterday in the Federal Court
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-14
A THREATENING EVIL.
Are the America4 People to End as
 A Nation of GamblersS

Twenty-thre years of my life. writes Jacob A. Riis in the Century Nigga zine. were spent at the New York po- lice headquarters. where the final re- suits of the race-track are checked off in the case of those who lose, and. often enough, of those who win, too, nave seen the thing work from the time the office boy caught the contagion and "swiped" stamps at the office to bet at the pool room ever conveniently handy to downtown business, to the day when. man in years, he was tax en to Sing Sing, handcuffed. for steal ing his employers thousands. They had gone the same way as the stamps. ran the game. and there was left the poor thief. the wrecked manhood. and the desolatd home.
 One man I knew personally for many years who, up to the May when he went to Coney Island and on a bet of $5 wor $650, was decent. industrious man.. and good father. From that day he was a ruined man. Within q year he robbed his friend, and employ CT and deserted his wife and children The gambling devil had him and had could fill a book with such cases and have enough left for sermons for ev- cry preacher in the land. Don't tear ly telling you my reasons for saying that horse racing now serves no god purpose, whatever it once did.
 one or tne t1oW Ihutu bdS it to do. this spirit that seeks ever to get something for nothing-some- thing that has not been earned-with the corruption of the young, even in the street, where shooting craps is tho game of the gutter; with the more than doubtful ways that make old days; with the "graft:ng" which Dis universal? Ask yourself. How much has it to do with the bribe- giving and bribe-taking that is our national curse and peril? How much with the dicinG habit in politics that sits on the fence waiting to see which way the cat will jump" before making up it's mind that is, afraid of throwing away it's vote" by casting 1t for the right when that is in. peril of losing-that sacri- fees good government. principle, par ty, to "coming in winner" and boasts of it as if it were the. aim and end of citizenship just to win Reason 1t ont and see if you do not think there is a connection. and a very close one
 This evil thing is gripping us tight CT every day. In corrupting the pleas ures of the young, it is laying heav- fer mortgage on the future of our peo- ple than any nation can well stand How are we to shake it off? We need 10 be about it without delay unless this people-chosen of God. as I verify be- iieve. to water and tend His tree of human freedom, which underneath all crudeness and all error has somehow in 1t the germ of the divine, of the ultimate life-is to end instead es natiaa of aanhiars.