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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-09
KEhNEBEC.
EAST PITTSTON.

The ladies of the Methodist church vii!
serve a supper Tuesday evening, April 2.
from 6 to s o'clock III the church din
ing room.
Miss Helen Emerson, who has been
spending some months with her sister,
Miss Ella Emerson, returned to Lowell,
Mass, last week.
The Ladies' Aid will be entertained
Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. George
Dow.
Mrs. Amanda Pu.slfcr is at her home
again, after an extended visit in Palermo.
The Goth Century Club will give a Rub
her social Tuesday evening, April 16, in
Fowlcs' han, which, like the other popu-
lar entertainments of this club, will Dc
serve good patronage.
The village school Opened Monday uG-
der the instruction of Miss Ida Dow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-09

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THE THAW TRIAL.
Continued from Page Five.)

Delmas continued, 81 wish you to bear
in mind that three things had not yet
deVeloped-that for years after TINS
rape had been committed upon thus
girl. the mother received $500 month
from the rayisher; that the mother was
assisting the district attorney IN MS
prosecution. and it had not yet develop
cd that the mother had given TO the
district attorney written statement
nv which he might torture the SOIL OF
her daughter by which he might leave
her alone in the world-her father dead
her mother unnatural, her huspalu eA-
ocutc1.
when I learned that every shalt
aimed at her heart came from a culver
.,,,nIied nv her mother; when l learned
that If was the mother who was point
inc out the sore and tender Spots LOT
he district attorney to attack am
whom learned that the poor habbllnSS
of n girl in schOOl-her diary-had peeh
furnished by the mother that they
might be used against her daughter L
retracted, as | rctract now. me state
ments which made in behalf OF the
mother.
"Oh unnatural mother. that she was
m desert her girl and leave her the
victim Of the lust Of this gray-n2lFed
man. t. receive for yea! the wages
of her daughters dOwnfall; to wear
diamonds bought with such money as
tbie. and then to come now in the hour
Of her daughters supreme agony 70
stn,I ,vyay the life Of her only protect
or. ,.
..,I,I,,. gentlemen of the jury. a beast
protects her yourg.
"I b:y.. even seen a little bird watch
liz over her brood Of young ones, play
iur in a dusty road. ruft'e her brave
LITTLE feathers until she was twice her
nat,lya. size and fly straight at a pointer
who Ead come running up, until the dog
s.ood ahasEed and respected her moth
erlood.
| "On. shame upon this woman. not con-
font with what she had already DONE
she would take away the life oil the one
human being who came as an angel INTO
the lie IF this girl on the DOWNWARD
ratll, who told the girl that whatever sh2
might be in the eyes Of n sinful ahc de-
1,.luched world, he knew her soul was
pure.
T, "EIo said: yes. l know that your soul
is rurc. [ know it was not your fault, |
know You are an unfortunate and bctray-
ed girl; but come to me and L Will pro
tcct YOU. About your form | VIII thro"
the strong arm of Il man. i VIII NSh'
the battles Of life with you at my slde
No matter what others may think OF you
Il think you are an angel. To me 20"
! are faircr than Rachel at the well, OF
Ruth in the fields
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
RANG THE BELL
WITH HIS FOOT

Willie Locke. the secretary OF the Pitts
Hans Wagner: ION our return home from
the concluding eastern trip Of last season,
as the train was going around the famous
horseshoe curve in Pennsylvania. about
o'clock in the morning, the electric bell In
the sleeper used for calling the porter be-
gan to ring violently. For some unaccount-
able reason the porter was unable to find
Just where the call came from. All the
time he was making inquiries the bell kept
ringing and the natural result was that
there was a head sticking out of almost
every berth and growl about being awak-
porter glanced down at lower berth. in
which, judging from outside appearances.
the occupant was not disturbed in the least
by the mutterings and growls and continued
ringing OF the bell. Pulling the curtain
apart the porter quickly saw the cause OF
all the trouble. There, sleeping as peace
fully as a baby was Wagner. his right foot
exposed and his big toe against the small
push button with which each section 10
equipped. After repeated shakings the por-
ter brought Honus back to life and the
ringing ceased. In the morning. as the
train was pulling into Plttsburg, and the
passengers making their toilets, with az
much grace as possible. Tommy Leach be-
gan joshng Wagner about the bell-ringing
Incident. Leach asked Wagner IL he didn't
hear the bell. Now that you mention It,.
said Wagner. L remember something about
a buzzing or a tickling sensation, but
thought my foot was asleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
TREASURY MAKES
THE BEST SHOWING
BY Winning Five Straight
Games 1t Jumps From Eighth
to Fifth Place.

During the past two weeks the Treasury
made the best showing in the Departmental
bowling League. By taking three straight
games from lest years champions, the In
teriors and two from the Farmers, the
Money Counters advanced from eighth
place to the top of the second division.
passing the Commerce and Labor and
Printing Office teams.
Navy Yard increased its lead a few points
by winning five games, while the Bureaus.
In second place. could do no better than
cop two each from the Commerce and La
Dor and the Printers. The Farmers, In
third place. won seven and lost five games.
This team is up to the minute on its
schedule, not having missed set, while
some of the teams have six to nine games
postponed.
The Commissioners had easy sailing, go
Ing up against teams short one man, CIV
Ing them six straight.
Bowsher continues his phenomenal work
with the pins, breaking the seasons record
of ego for high set held by Schrader. Bow
sher bowled successfully sets of 661, 665
and 623, giving him the leadership of the
league over ODonnell. In the Nays last
set Bowsher ran GA, making his fourth
straight set over 600, a record for the Dis
trict in any league giving him an average
for the four sets of PIG per game and pull
Ing his average up six points to 191.
Hilton of the Aggies has also done good
work, advancing from an average Of 173
to III In two weeks.
Schraders 278 is still high single game,
and Bowsher holds the two highest sets,
665 and 661.
There are three ties for the individual
leadership of teams. Field and German of
the Farmers each have 179 average: Rice
has pulled up even with CARROTS 1S2 aver
age on the Interiors and three of the Post
Office boys have 176.
The following averages include last We'd
nesday'S game:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
JENNINGS WANTS TO BE
ALONE AFTER DEFEAT

There is whole lot more going on under
that sorrel thatch Of Manager Hugh Jen-
nings of the Detroit base ball club than
his modest manner would lead one to sus-
pect, says the Detroit Free Press. One Of
these instances came to light the other day
when Jennings started out to hunt up an
abode The new executive Is widower.
and with his eght-year-old daughter safe
ly in a convent boarding school, has no
one to look after here but himself Instead
Of finding quarters at some OF the down.
town hotels however. he announced that
he was looking for some quiet place just
out Of the swirl of the business section OF
town.
II want a place where I can be by myself
after the game IL want o.. he explained.
IT don't mean to sidestep the fans. and III
be as ready as any other fellow to talk
over our good games with the people who
make base ball possible by their support
at the gate.
"But / don't want to get into am argu-
ments with any sore lovers. I'm too sore q
loser myself to want to be round whero
postm0rtems of that sort are going on. !
want to be able to go home and think u
over quietly. II got to discussing 1t else
where I'm afraid there might be some dis
agreements"
And the more you think Of 1t the moro
you have to give II to the modest little
Irishman for his seal and foresight. Isn't
1t oof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
GRiFFlTH'S CAREER
AS A BALL PLAYER

Clark Griffith has written brief sketch
of his own base oall career, which reads:
My first season in fast company-at
least my first professional engagement
was with the Bloomington Reds of the
Interstate League This was in the spring
of 1887.
Il started out as q pupil of Charley
Radbourne, who, by the way, was the
greatest twirler of the days gone by on
record. Radbourne was then in his paImy
days, and what he didn't know about the
game wasn't In the books. Well, / worked
with Radbourne season, and then left
the bloomington team to take a tryout
with Milwaukee. l stayed three seasons
with Milwaukee-1SSS, 1889 and 1890. Eigh-
teen hundred and ninety was the year the
big war broke out between the National
League and the American Association, and
l jumped over to Comiskey's ST. Louis
Browns. Chris. Won der Abe then owned
the Browns. and we had a team for true.
They finished second in the race that year,
but before the season was out l went to
Boston and the American Association. Ne
had the good luck to finish first, SO
started out In fast company with pennant
winner
In 1882 things didn't break as smooth
ly, so l signed up with Oakland, in the Cali
fornia League, and took a trip to the coast.
IN 1893 L came back to Chicago. l was
then in the National League, and it was
here l first played under Arson. Old Pop
was great ball player in his day, and one
of the greatest managers the game ever
knew. He is out now-out for good-but
his name will last and be remembered when
others are forgotten. He was as honest as
the day. and | never knew him to turn a
trick that wasn't right. Old Pop was a
hitter. too. The way that fellow lined up
against high ball was sin, and I've seen
him smash EN- time and again all over the
lot: just as long as tkey kept 'em around
his neck it was all off. He was better when
two strikes had been called on him than
any other time.
why, I've seen him walk to the plate
and let tie first two balls come right across
the center and never move. Line this one
out Pop, We would tell him. But unless
it came where he wanted it Pop wouldnt
move his bat, and that's where he made a
great hitter of himself. He waited until
he got one where he wanted it, and then
good-by. Arson played his last game in
1897 with Chicago. The next season he
managed the Giants a month or so, but
was let out and retired. He was forty-six
years old then and decided to quit for
good.
well. I left the Chicago Nationals when
the war between the National and Ameri-
can leagues came UP and went over to the
other side. 1 signed with Chicago again,
but I was with Comskey in the American
League ranks Then 1 became manager
and pitcher for the Highlanders.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
GENERAL. BURT A
BASE BALL ENTHUSIAST

After introducing the great game Of
base ball into the army of the United
States, and incidentally. into the navy,
Gen A. S. Burt. U. S. A, is now endeavor-
ing to make the system Of calling balls
and strikes a simple one In the major
leagues. He bases his argument on the
fact that not one fan in dozen knows
what is called on a batter, and if the
umpire should be instructed to raise his
right hand above his shoulder in calling
a strike and his left hand in calling a
ball every fan would know at once what
was doing.
silk" OLoughlin, one of the American
League handlers Of the indicator can be
heard probably better than any other
umpire In the major leagues today but
even his powerful Strike tub" does not
carry way out to the farthest bleacher
seats, and the sitters In that region have
to guess and guess and guess But, as
the general says. the mere raising of q
hand would clear everything up and
tighten the hearts Of the faithful.
Gen. Burt Is known in the army wher-
ever there Is a ball team. 1t was he who
had the courage to play with enlisted
men. he himself being a commissioned
officer. and In this manner paved the way
for others. In the Philippines he often
competed IN SdHieS III WHICH tne captain
of the nine was a mere sergeant And as
there must be discipline on a ball nine
the same as in an infantry company the
general was not the boss during the
game.
BY introducing the game into the army
while in the Philippines IL Is now played
wherever q Yankee soldier spreads his
tent. be it in Cuba, or Hawaii. or Panama,
! or Porto Rico. And whenever the battle
ships or cruisers touch a port where the
natives know anything about base ball q
game Is arranged speedily between the
crew and the shore folks. Especially has
this been the case in japan.
Thss II Gen. Burt succeeds in getting
the Innovation through with regard to the
calling of balls and strikes he will
merely add another triumph to his al
ready long list and baseballdom will have
occasion to do him homage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
Nv Clarence L. Cullen.

certain Washington fumber of the
past-performance charts woke UP one
morning last week with such nervous ana
busy horse bunch that he cut himself four
times while shaving and split cup Oh
scalding coffee on his pantaloons While at
the breakfast table
He had a premonition that he was going
to be able to select SIX winners at the HOT
Springs track that day. having dreamed
something to that general effect on going
to bed after a frankfurter and beer refec-
ton on the previous night.
He arrived at the Baltimore pool room
before the board markers got there. SO
that he had to wait couple of hours be-
fore he could get the house betting on MS
six Hot Springs picks.
When the house betting finally went up on
the board he figured out his combination to
nav GOO to 1. He wanted to put up 500
on the combination at that figure. but the
manager Of the Baltimore room said that
he knew of easier ways to pick up hun
dred than by standing to lose 100000 in Or
der to get it.
About s. will do" observed the manager
of the Baltimore room. THAT will give you
IS OOO-maybe You don't want to be too
hard on>us with those hundred thousand
dollar things. We're trying to get by the
same as you are rer al And 4 5000 is quite
So the IS, 600 to s. ticket on the six-horse
Hot Springs combination was written. and
the Washingtonian sat down to wait for the
money.
Five of the horses listed on his combina-
ton ticket won off the reel. The combina-
ton was to wind up with j. P. Mayberry.
]. P. Mayberry outclassed his fed, COM
! prising a bunch Of common platers, by
about twenty-four pounds, and went to the
post, at that. with the liberal odds of even
money against him
himself, gloating over his ticket when the
price against ]. P. Mayberry was chalked
up, 'fs yellow metal. It's like stealing one
of those painted little wooden things out Of
a Noah's ark. 1t calls for sS,OO5, don't it?
Well, l wouldn't sell 1t for $8.O04. This
ticket Is daylight. larceny. It's gumshoe
job on the public highway. It's like pulling
of before
after the fact It's like frisking a man for
| his watch after he's been run over by fast
freight. It's like a basketful of the gov
eminent scrip for the fair-haired sunlocks
| from gran'ma. It's like"
They're of at the springs" droned
the operator at the point Of the Wash
start" Then, after a pause: u. p. May
berry all but left at the stick
One minute later the operator droned.
| in tired sort of way: "Cursus wins
"Uh. yep. 5000 is a few-when you
get it." dryIy remarked the manager Of
the room to the Washingtonian as that
ex-gloater slouched out, tearing his tick
ct to small chaff and tossing 1t to the
four winds.
| A sage old THUNDER OF the dope. in
the Baltimore pool room at the time
commented upon the punctured bunch.
T. only sentimental shoe clerk or q
village clipll play horse combinations"
he said. Combinations would enable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17

A sage old thumber OF the dope. in
the Baltimore pool room at the time,
commented upon the punctured bunch.
E "Only sentimental shoe clerk or
village ciipIl play horse combinations"
he said. Combinations would enable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
VALUE OF THE LONG
TRAINING TRIPS DISCUSSED

In the University of Illinois gymnasium was
the extent of the good derived from the stay
In the academic atmosphere.
Then one day came blizzard, and Presf-
dent Murphy chased the team to Vicksburg,
Miss. Here the Cubs ran into more bad
weather. but managed to get a little out
door work Some of the exhibition games
were stopped by rain. and on the whole the
team did not get half the real training work
that il planned to get.
The poor training trip. however. did not
appear to have any bad effects on the play
ing of the team The Cubs got away at a
good pace in Cincinnati then slumped bit
In the opening series with st. Louis on the
west side grounds, and then regained Its
form and continued to win steadily all
through the season.
That the team was able to play fast ball
from the start after a poor conditioning
trip h1Neeonvinced Owner Murphy that the
shortsffaining jaunt will do as much to put
a team In condition as a longer and more
expensive one.
This year the Cubs will spend a week at
West Baden and then week at New Or
leans before starting their exhibition games.
Murphy was afraid to take chance on
keeping the team In the north after the ex-
pensiye experience last season.
Last year the White Sox did their train
ing at New Orleans and had fairly good
luck. although they encountered lot or
rain in the Crescent city. The division that
came on north playing exhibition games
had fair weather. but the western con-
tingent, which went out to Wichita and
Topeka. ran into a few billiards. Most Of
the work of this squad was done on roller
skates indoors.
The Sox are going to take no chances on
not getting into condition to defend their
worlds championship title and are going
as far south as is practicable. The eX-
pense of the Mexico journey will be tre-
mendous and there is no chance of the
receipts of the exhibition games making up
more than half of the outlay. The new rail-
road laws concerning rates, passes, ETC.,
will make the trip even more expensive.
MuggSy McGraw will take his dismantled
Giants 20 Los Angeles. and hopes that the
close proximity of Ascot Park will make
them forget their troubles of last season
The club will assemble in Chicago February
IS and Immediately depart for he Pacific
coast. II is estimated that the Giants will
travel 5000 miles on their trip. which is not
as much DIS the White SoX expect 10 cover
in their Mexc?n tour.
Ted Sullivan the advance agent of the
Sox. has already arrived in the City of Mex
leo. and has received very cordial recep-
tior from the natives of the sister republic
President DiaZ is planning to hold recep
ton in honor of the worlds champions and
1t is expected that the ball park will be
filled to capacity every time the Soy per-
form there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
RIJVTNG COMBINATION
TICKETS ON THE RACES

Mr.. Carnegie to die poor. all right if he
went at them with the proper enthusiasm
and stayed with them long enough.
"Oh, they win once in a while-ye- en-
So does a land crab climb a tree once
| in a while. I've won a few big combi-
| nations myself But for every one of
been garroted and torn in two by a
hundred.
The last time I fell hard to one Of
them was in the summer of % at Chi
cago y trainer who had a string at
Gravesend wired me hot one on a skate
in his barn named Frank Harris
Put a blanket mortgage OH the whole
! works, his wire read, ard get wealthy
suddenly right today. Don't let the price
stampede you
Nov, 1 knew that this trainer was
one of the deepest gee-gee handlers that
ever masticated a straw, and he had
never pushed me one that didn't back the
-dray right up to the alley gate. So
breezed around and famed up $50 note
they weren't sliding very easy then. at
that-and went to one of the Chicago
rooms to slaughter Frank Harris.
Frank Harris was already up on the
board at 100 to /. That gave me the
be a chance of my coping too much
coin. So 1 gazed at the board and re-
flected.
'On the blackboard I saw the name Of
a horse named Herman in st. Louis
race. The longer 1 gazed at Herman's
name the better I liked him. SO finally
decided to put my hard-scraped $50 on
Herman to win and Frank Harris to
slide into third plotz.
And that's what I did. There came
bunch of flashes on Frank Harris, and
his price was knocked down from 100
to to to at post time. Herman ruled
an odds on favorite in the ST. Louis race
ITO me, 1t looked better than a meal
ticket before punches were invented. Frank
in time to win by the sensitive quivering
of his lower lip on the wire.
IL don't know whether I'd better buy
few likely two-year-olds with this money
l smoked to myself, gazing at that combin-
alton ticket or pick up two or three sea-
soned campaigners. I'll sleep over it, any
how
Herman, without getting a signal from
the outworks at any part of the cruise.
finished ninth. I could have blown out of
that room with 5000 win il I had de-
posted my little $50 stack on Frank Har-
ris when I'd first nudged into the room
and let the combination game go for the
fat-heads. But I've been letting that kind
Of ticket sprint for the O'Shaughnessy fam
lily ever SINCE
"Once knew young fellow who woIEed
in New York hardware store. WHO one
day picked the whole card on a ticket that
paid 5000 to SO. You'd naturally suppose
that man winning one combination of
that kino would flag the altogether stun
for the rest of his life. But this one didn't,
ION the following day, in a poolroorn
he slapped the whole bundle on a two
horse combination. both horses to win. One
Of them was a western horse that was
chalked up at to 5, and the other one
was pretty fairish sort OF rdcing tool
then racing at Monmouth Park, called Ham
over-maybe you've heard OF Hanover yes7
There are famous turfmen. you know. and
tust ones. who hold Hanover to have been
the greatest Thoroughbred that ever mug
xled lump OF sugar from the slender white
hand OF lady.
THE peol rooms held Hanover at to ID