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SHEEHAN PLAYS THIRD;
DODGER COLTS WIN.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March pa
The Brooklyn colts defeated the regu-
lars yesterday afternoon by a score of
s to l. The majority of the runs credit
ed to the colts was due to the fact that
Tommy Sheehan, the little third sacker
of the regulars, played a one-handed
game, his right arm being out of COM
mission or account of Tommy.
will probably not be in the game today
against the Cincinnati Reds.
Finlayson, the young Brooklynite.
vas on the mound again for the regu-
lars, and pitched great ball. Besides
his flinging, the kid, as he is called by
his teammates, fielded his position like
a veteran, accepting ten chances.
Treasurer Medicus. who promised a
box of Havanas to the winning team.
umpired the game. and did a good job
of it. The score:
Colts ......... 0 0 0 l 0 2 SO 8 2
Regulars -. 0 0 0 0 o III Z 1
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Finlayson and
Bergen; Colts, Rucker and Ritter.
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Cheerful One Declares He Will
Never Play After He
Leaves Majors.

MACON, Ga. March 24.-Charley
tired" after his name last fall, for he
has often declared that he would never
play in a minor league and he thought
he saw that fate in store for him when
the Isl ended. In fact. Charley is
very sure that he was slated to so to
Minneapolis, the Cantillon farm in the
American Association. To be sure.
Hickman was a member of the White
Sox when the a of 1907 ended, but
IL is said that there was an under
standing between Cantillon and Comis-
key whereby the boy with the piano
legs was to be let out to The team in
tho Northwest. in case Comiskey had
no more use for him.
When Charley learned tina this was
20 he his fate. he gave away all his
baseball belongings-glove, bats, shoes.
etc. and told his intimate friends that
he was through. Then the news flashed
over the wire TO him that Cleveland
had purchased his release from Chicago
and his joy knew no bounds. He was
going back home once more-back
among his old friends, the friends who
had forgiven all his errors and who re-
membered only his mighty batting
II would rather be a bat boy in
Cleveland than be the star of the Min
neapolis team" says Happy 1.-THE
only minor league proposition thai APP
pealed 70 me At ell was an offer that
received from Baltimore. Jack Dunn
tried hard to buy me for his team, and
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HICKMAN WOULD QUIT RATHER
THAN PLAY WITH MINOR TEAM

might nave considered it if he had
been successful in securing my release.
as l then would have been able to go to
Baltimore every morning from Wash
ington and return home every might.
In that way, I could have looked after
business"
was not the only Cleveland
player that Manager Dunn, of Balti-
more, was after. During the last Amer
lean League meeting at New York
Dunn fairly Swallowed Vice-President
Somers, all the time making repeated
and fattering offers for the release of
Hickman, Pitcher Clarkson and In
fielder George Mil. To all the offers.
however, Somers turned a deaf ear.
Now Hickman must break in an en-
tirely new outfit. but he proceeded to
do so on Thursday morning. He Is well
supplied with bats, however, having
placed about half a carload to soak in
ltnseed oil right after he got the news
that he was to join the Maps, Three OF
them he has brought along with him
to Macon.
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HUNDREDS OF ATHLETES TO COMPETE in ARMORY
GAMES IN NEWARK, WHICH WILL BE HELD APRIL |

Hundreds of athletes, including some
of the cracks OF New York city, are
entered in the First Regiment games,
which will be held in this city on April
l. The entries closed yesterday, and
the number of athletes. both from Jer-
sey N New York, who are so willing
to compete for the prizes is gratifying
to the committee.
The committee has arranged an at
tractive and varied Program which will
furnish the spectators with all kinds of
interesting sport. First the novices
will show their speed in a 75-yard
event open to members of the regiment
only, and then there will be another
series of 75-yard sprints. In the latter
the members of The company will also
compete, but the contest will be a
handicap affair.
The schoolboys from the public and
parochial institutions are showing
much interest in the half-mile relay
race. There is a big field in this event.
and the affair should be decidedly in
%teresting.
The novices will have another chance
to show their speed and endurance in
a quarter-mile run, open to only the
members of the regiment.
one-mile Handicap a Feature.
Athletes from the New York A. c.,
Mohawk A. c., Mott Haven A. {. and
other clubs of Greater New York, and
also runner from Paterson this
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Chats with Newark Players
About Tigers Chances
Next Season.
BY G. A. FOSTER.

TStar's Correspondent with Tigers.l
HADDOCKS, Ga, March 24.-Our old
friend, the weather guy, did all the
playing down this way yesterday, and
unless the grounds dry out more quick
ly today's practise will have to be
called off. The players are all in good
shape, but are anxious to go up against
a little unknown pitching. Nothing has
beer heard down here from Manager
Stallings since he left last week.
Several of the players went over to
Macon last night INK held a tanning
bee with the Cleveland players. Null
len, McManus and Pardee went and
had a talk with Cheerful Charlie Hick-
man, Harry Bay and the only Jaoie.
Some of the men Manager Stallings
looked over while here look pretty good
to the trio from Haddocks. McManus
who is personally acquainted with
Perring says that the youngster who
played last season with Toledo Is one
Of the best third basemen in minor
league circles today and had it not
ensfo his injured lamp he would
have shown uD more brilliantly with
the Blues this spl ing.
Mac says that Perring holds a record
in batting all his own. He claims 1t
is a consecutive hitting record, and has
never been duplicated in the national
game. We wanted to hear it, but Mac
reserved it until later on.
Lajoie appeared rather interested In
the Newark team in talking with Me-
Manus n Pardee. The great Napo-
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BALTIMORE WANTS WAnnELL.

SHREVEPORT. La. March 24.-The
heavy storm which dropped down upon
the Browns camp here Saturday night
made 1t impossible to play yesterday.
r. baltimore capitalist, who is said to
be interested in an independent league.
is IN cwn Object. so rumor has it,
TO sign Waddeil, Wallace and Spencer.
he is visiting all the Southern camps.
II Is ! he offered Waddell and Spen-
Ger, the Browns star battery. a three
year contract. calling for 1G,00O. Other
PLAYERS saw they have ret been an
preached. Waddell and Spencer deny
being approached.
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Ran as They Felt Like, TAX
ing All Kinds of
Chances.

SHERMAN, Tex, March 24.-Out of
the conglomeration of t~wenty-four
stolen bases, eleven base hits and nu-
merous errors, some of which were re-
moved by lenient scoring, the Giants
managed to extract as few as twelve
runs in the game with the Austin Col
lege team here this afternoon. The col
legians let in most of the New York
runs by contracting the habit of use
less and wild ~''pegging' by the infield-
ers.
Had the Giants played serious ball
they might have scored a dozen or two
more runs. The college team did not
average much more in year than a
high school outfit, most of the players
being not more than seventeen or eigh-
teen years old. These youngsters were
gritty, and at bat evidenced no symp-
toms of stage fright, but in the field
they suffered from an ~oversupply of
strong throwing arms.
That the %collegians scored at all was
due to the fact that their coach, Salm,
a Texas League player, was on first
base. He got a couple of long hits off
Crandall, and dug up a lot of bad
throws, saving his charges many
errors thereby. Saints triple in the
first inning and his double in the eighth
saved his team a shut-out.
A crowd of girls and boys, who at
tended the game, marveled at the run
ming ~propensities of the McGrawites.
The young catcher of the college team,
a lad about seventeen years old, could
not stop them, and when the infielders
We're attacked with rattles, as was fire.
quently the case, the Giants simply
walked from one base to the other.
They worked double steals, delayed
steals and Squeeze" plays galore. Ten
ney alone committed base larceny five
times. 1t was like taking candy from
children, SO McGraw ordered his men
to slow down and called. them u every
time the play was even close.
The infield was rather rough, which
accounted for many of the errors, and
the outfeld was full of holes. How
ever, the Giants eontented themselves
with bunting and playing the hit-and-
u game most of the time. Malloy.
the first pitcher to face Seymour, hit
j. Bentley on his sore ankle. and IN re-
taliation Seymour banged out a home
run. That was the only time any OF
McGraw's hitters got peevish.
It was quite a day of accidents for
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NOACK w JOHNS /
ON NEWARK ALLEYS.

Billy Noack, who has taken Vein
garth's place in the Greater New York
and intercity individual bowling tour
nament as the representative of the
Tuxedo alleys, defeated Lee r. Johns
in a match on the Oxford alleys last
night. winning six out of seven games.
Inasmuch as Alex Dunbar is the only
other pin knight who has eve turned
the trick of defeating Johns on his W
drives. last nights feat was an alto
gether remarkable one. Noaclk hit the
pins beautifully, and fully deserved his
success. He averaged y209 81, while
Johns had an average of 1853. The lat
ter did not roll his usual game, but he
would probably have lost anyhow. for
Noack a in fine fcttle and not to be
denied. The scores follow:
Johns ....201 IFS 16S 1s4 $50 l72 215
Noack ...1s4 ISL ZIG 2s6 2o1 22s 222
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Assistant clerks OF eourse-John NJ.
Judge, Color-Sergeant j. Madden, First
Regiment.
ofiicial NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. F. o'Brien.
Field judges-Ernest T. Gaylord. Harry
r.. simmons. 5r., j. c. G.
Official s~corer-Joseph II. Gunn.
lnspectors-Captain William II. Cam
field, Company b; Captain M. G. Mum.
Company F. Captain Harold Wakefield,
Company e, First Regiment, N. g.. N. ].
Official committee-Chairman, Lieutenant
James Lamhie Company F; Lieutenant
Wesley \; McL9rinan Gommissary and
tenant Louis T.. Bachelor, Company L.
Prize committee-Chairman Lieutenant
Edward n. Balevre, Company IL; Lieuten-
ant William B. Powell, Company A.
FIRST regiment a. A executive commit
tee-Honorary chairman, .LieutenaH1-Col-
onel John. D. Frazer. chairman, Lieu
tenant William b. Powell, Company A;
secretary, Lieutenant Wesley S. McLori-
nam treasurer, Lieutenant James Lambie,
Track training n entry committee
Chairman, Lieutenant Thomas A. Brady.
Company b; Lieutenant Thomas r. Cadiz,
company !; Lieutenant James Iambie,
Reception committee-Chairman. Lien
tenant Louis i. Bachelor. Company l.:
Lieutenant Samuel j. Marshall, Company
G.; LIEUTENANT Thomas A. Brady, Com
pany b.
Arrangement committee4Chairman Lien
tenant August H. Short. Company e;
Lieutenant w. Jones. Company c: Lien
tenant Wesley s. McLorinan. Second Bat
TALON.
Printing and advertising committee
Company l; Lieutenant Samuel ]. Mar
shall, Company G.; Lieutenant John r.
Ryan, Company X.
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OLD JuP PLuY IS 0N InR.

YICKSBuRG. Miss, March 24.-Oid
Jupiter Pluvius shut out the worlds
champions at least rs to 0 yesterday.
the Chieagoans never getting on the
bases. 1t rained all night and all day,
with a brief interlude during the after
noon. The chances are that the Chi
cago club VIII have to leave vicks-
burg without playing off their tie with
the Yixens. The grounds are inches
deep in mud. The only cheering news
of the day came by wire from Meridian.
when Crazy" Schmidt, now manager
of the Meridian team, wired that he
had all the good weather in the South.
eornered and IS saving 1t until he
worlds champions play there tomorrow
afternoon.
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city, will compete in the one-mile
handicap, which is expected to be one
of the most holly contested races in the
meet.
Company athletes will have things to
themselves in the sack race and the
quarter-miley handicap run
Orders have been issued by sColonel
ii. ". Freeman to the commandments OF
the various companies to furnish a
squad consisting of twenty-five men
for duty on the night of the games.
Twenty men, under the command of
Color Sergeant Fred Reidinger, viii
act as ushers.
Melvin Sheppard and Fred Bellars
are among the well-known runners
who are entered in the one-mile invi-
'tation affair. This race is expected to
develop into a decidedly fast and inter-
esting contest.
List of OmcIals.
The following officials will nave charge
of the games:
Honorary referee-Colone II. w. Free
man., First Regiment, N. G. N. ].
Referee-James II. Reilly, Institute A. c..
Judges-John +. Dempsey, Is. J. Owens,
I. A. B. s.: w. NJ. Brown, Fred Schwinn,
Brown University; Francis 6. Abbott,
Frank A. Cadiz.
Announcer-First Lieutenant Fred stiles,
starteT-John ]. McHugh, A. A. u.
Timers-Fred c. Fischer. Robert Stoll,
William J.. Knowles. Captain Charles j.
DIGGER, Twenty-second Regiment. N. G..
Clerk OF course-R. NJ. kennedy, Star
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CATHOLIC
SCHOOL BOYS TO
GO TO MANHATTAN
Relay Team from St. Joseph's
School to Compete in New
York Athletic Meet.

A relay team composed of boys from
st. Joseph's Parochial School are en-
tered in the indoor scholastic meet at
the Sixty-ninth Regiment, which will
be held in New York on Thursday
night. The games are to be held under
the auspices of st. AIMS branch of the
Catholic Athletic League, of New York
city.
Edward Dowd is entered in the 15O-
yard dash, James Cribbins will start
in the 60-yard dash and 150-yard dash,
Frank Kelly will try for honors in the
600-yard novice race and Joseph Far
rell will compete in the mile run.
All of these athletes will form a relay
team. The school boy athletes have
been trained by Hugo Bouderman, of
the Father Mathew r. A. b. Society.
They will go to New York under the
personal supervision of the Rev. Ed
wark Quirk, treasurer of the Catholic
School Boys League. of this city, and
James Owen, manager of track team of
Father Mathew T. A. b. S.
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TIRED OF MEDIOCRE
PERFORMANCES OF UMPIRES
POWerS'S Staff for 1908 May Bring Relief From
Some Of the Bad Work Of Past SeaSOnS--A.
A. i. Fires First Shot Of International
War--NO Chance for Pirates.
BY BERT DODGE.

49, HAT the Eastern League has been long afflicted by incompetent I'M
pires is generally admitted along the circuit
d This statement should be qualified by adding that there have
been good judges of dongs during baseball games; but the poor work has
stood ot so prominently that the fans sin the various cities have wearied of
complaining, and the mediocre performances have come to be regarded a $ a
necessary evil
1t is to be hoped that the staff which President Powers has just selected
will do bettert than the indicatorhandlTso of years past
Kelly IS ne of the umpres who is likely to make good. He created a
runpus here not sc long ago, and a riot of big proportions was narrowly
THE police put the ban on Kelly for a while, but he has since
secured the favor of baseball fans here and in other towns along the circuit
bases and has backbone enough to stand by his judgment Altogether he
may be regarded as a probable success
Moran Made Good Impression.
Augie Moran a in the Eastern League two years ago and made a
pretty fair impression. He worked in the Tridate League last year and
has presumably convinced President Powers that he can make good again
with tho 1atters organization.
Stafford is somewhat of a doubtful quantity, for the reason that he failed
TO suit Ban johnson in the American League. Just why President Powers be-
neyes that Stafford will suit him is moi known. but the latter probably put
forth some gooda arguments
Umpire Conway had all sorts Of trouble along the Eastern Leagu circuit
last ear and if his judgment is nt regarded with ny more favor in 1908
than it was in 1907, a repetition of the chickering's and disputes can only be x
Maybe he will see things differently however, an avoid snap judg-
ment in deciding the plays on the Bases a weakness with him in last sea-
nAr nanns
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providing he was fine when he first
raced.
Princeton's suggestion should be
carefully considered by the Olympic
committee. Some of that 5000 might
also be saved.
A. A. u. Fires First Shot.
The first outward indication that
there is a war on between the Amateur
Athletic Union of the United States
came to light yesterday when the Ma
tional Athletic Club of Brooklyn re-
ceived word that its basketball team
had been suspended. The charge is that
Of playing the Hamilton Y. M. c. A.
five of Hamilton, Ontario. The Cana
dian Athletic Federation of Canada.
which the A. A. u. recognizes, notified
the American body that the Hamilton
Y. M. G. A. a was not registered
with it. though 1t was affiliated with
the Canadian A. A. u, with which the
A. A. u. is on the outs. Then came the
suspension.
1t is said that the National Athletic
Club will probably be expelled for un-
fair dealing with it's basketball players.
No Chance for Pirates without Wagner.
Hans Wagner's retirement from base
ball for a season viii deprive him of
a princely income, put Pittsburg out
of consideration as a contender for the
championship in the National League
and probably reduce the teams to be
considered in the fight for the flag to
the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants
and Billy Murray's Phillies.
Ball playing has beer work for one
of its greatest opponents since he
was assigned to shortstop, and the
wear and tear of that ~exacting position
has SO crippled his ~underpinning that
he fears that another strenuous season
before an extended period of rest would
result in a breakdown from which he
would never recover.
League VIII Suffer.
He has adopted the only remedy that
will work a cure, and unfortunately his
club and league will suffer from his
temporary disability. Without Wagner
the Pfttsburg team will have to fight
for a first division place, and the
patronage in one of the best baseball
cities in the country may suffer a
slump.
The players resolution was not hast
lily formed. At the close of the 1906 sea-
son he went to Hot Springs to obtain
relief from the suffering that he en-
dured with patience and fortitude
through the last half of that season.
He secured relief and returned to duty
last spring, and stayed through the
campaign. He requires rest now. but
runs the risk of ~retrograding during his
layoff.
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BETTING IS
HANGING BY A HAIR NOW

be seen. Just now everything is up in
the air, and the bookies, with a term in
prison confronting them in the event of
conviction, are a frightened lot.
For the secon day of the opening
meeting Of the racing season Bennings
offers one of the cheapest cards ever
framed. The fields are not only small
in three of the races, but the horses
engaged wouldn't bring a decent total
at an auction sale. OF course, there
are the usual chances for speculation,
and if that satisfies the public thai is
all that is necessary. A handicap for
~S-year-olds and upward serves as the
days feature. Fillies and mares 8
years old and upward meet in the open
ing event, and maiden 2-year-olds are
gathered together in the third. The
rest of the care is worse thar ordinary.
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MCCARTHY DOES SOME
GREAT STICK WORK.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. March pa
The veterans and colts of the Cincin-
natl Reds played the last practise game
of the training season here yesterday
afternoon. 1t was a contest character
lied by some heavy hitting. in which
the vets batted out a victory, winning
by a score of IS to IL.
The stick work of Hulswitt, Kane,
Mccarthy and DAILY were features in
the batting. Lobert made a brilliant
play in h sixth. A hot grounder
struck Spades foot, bounded high in
the air, was caught by Lobert, who
threw the runner out at first.
1t was a quick and clever piece OF
fielding. The vets had the game won
in the ninth, but Captain CAMEL or
dered another inning, just to give the
boys good practise, it being the last
chance here.
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MCCLELLAN OBTAINS
ALLENTOWN FRANCHISE.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, March 24-The
Atlantic League of Baseball Clubs met
behind closed doors here yesterday af-
ternoon and adopted the schedule for
1908, the eason opening May 8 and nd
ing September 8. The clubs are Allen
town., Easton, Pottsville, Shamokin,
Mount Carmel and Hazleton. The res
ignation of Hugh MacKinndn as Allen
towns manager was accepted and the
Allentown franchise was awarded to
James Mcclellan, who will sell his
Hazleton franchise to Hazleton people.
fight may he made in court for the
Allentown fair grounds, which MacKin-
non claims by lease for his Pennsyl-
yanla-New Jersey League team.
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SAYS STALLINGS
WILL HAVE A WINNER

leon said that Stallings was after three
of his men, but as they seem too good
to let go at present the deal for m of
them has not been contaminated.
"Stallings will give Newark baseball
if any manager can" said the greatest
of ball players. HE has friends in
every big league city, and is in an ex-
cellent position to get players where
other minor leaguers would be turned
down. The fact that he has not lined
up his team as yet is not surprising.
But he'll be there when the bell clangs."
Manager S%tallings has assured his
pitchers and catchers down here that
he will have a first-class team back
of them when the umpire calls play ball
in the opening game Of h league
season.
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Talk of Raids Throws a Scare
Into the Book
makers.

WASHINGTON, March 24.-The bet
ting end Of the racing game is hanging
on by a hair. There is still talk of
raids, and my day is liable to see a
wholesale cleaning out of the book
makers. Ten detectives attended the
opening days races at Bennings to get
evidence on which arrests might be
made. They made bets at various
books, and were careful to get the
names of the bookmaker laying the
prices and his crew of clerks.
Just what will come of it remains to
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FOxING BOUTS AT. La RAus,s.

A large and enthusiastic gathering, most
Of them business men, attended the semi
monthly foxing carnival in Professor La
Raus's gymnasium last night. The star
bout was the 70 between AL Spiro and
Andy Williams, both OF this city. 1t was
one OF the cleverest bouts seen in this
city In some time and kept the spectators
in a high pitch of excitement throughout.
At the end Spiro had a little the best of
It and was declared the winner. Both BOYS
were heartily cheered.
The bout between Bert Chambers and Joe
Handler was stopped in the first round be-
cause Handler was In no condition for the
fray. Other bouts decided were between
Joe Certify and James Passaic. Frankia
Nelson and Thomas Yanger, Sam Michael
and Fred Lang. Two other bouts coin
pleted the programa
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MAPS HEAVILY INSURED.

CLEVELAND, March 2i.-The Cleve-
Baseball Club has taken out poll
cies on the lives of its players, insur-
ing them, in the aggregate, for 500, 600,
in case of death while travelling. Lajoie
is insured for $4,000, Bradley and
Turner for $4,000 each. n the four
other Maps for $1,000 each. The
policies do not insure the players
against accident on the ball field.