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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-25
MOVES. BODY TO .r:RAxEL.

Editors Remains viii Be Sent Back
to Washington.
Los Angeles, Feb. 22.--The body OF
Crosby s. Noyes, the aged editor Of
the Washington Evening Star, who
died yesterday, will be taken to Wash
ington by the editors sons, Theodore
Moves and Frank b. Noyes. They
leave tomorrow morning.
Several hundred messages of CON
dolence were received today by the
Noyes family from all parts OF the
country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-25
R'E R! I A
/ FOR Elk's SHOW
.rHE COLLEGE pEAhAnT,- REAL
THING N MUSICAL COMEDY.
HAS EXCELLENT CAST
whitney and Ren~tek In Leading
Comedy Roles-Prnclpais and cho-
rus Ar People " Undisputed His
tr,onts Abiilty-6ro~n 10 Director.

The real thing In musical comedy
with goodamusic, jests that are clever
and notable for their absence Of but
foonery and cast that Is unsurpassed
is promised in 1.-THE College Pennant,'
which will; he produced by home tai
!ent under#th auspices Of the local
Elks' lodge and under the direction OF
II. u. Brown at the Babcock theate1
March 2 and 8.
Il The production will be one OF the
best, the most original and decidedly
the ',classiest" of the musical come,
dies that have been produced In Bill,
ings this season. It is centered on the
boat race between Harvard and Yale
and has the most gorgeous scenic Of
.fects that are used outside OF the
eastern cities.
Those who liked the "Elks TOOTH
which was produced two years ago by
the Elks under the direction of Mr..
Brown, will go into ecstasies owe his
latest offering which he chose with
the idea Of giving the people some
thing that is really good and extreme.
ly novel.
Versatile Comedians.
In selecting a cast MI. Brown found
that he had a wealth Of good material
to pick from and IN q sort time he
had selected chorus and principals.
that judging from their work at re.
hearsals are going to more than
make good.
Ira u. Whitney and Bruce RenWick
In the leading comedy roles are yer.
satile comedians that cannot be beat
en- in the amateur class. Their work
is Of the kind that made Frank Dan
iels, Eddie Foy, James Powers and
other comedians known throughout
the country and far famed as provok-
ers Of laughter. and THE College
Pennant" Is the proper vehicle to
prove their ability along this line.
Besides these and q chorus Of 20
voices, the cast includes, Mrs. Harry
Wright, Mrs. Mabel Bennett, Mrs. r.
.Vermilye and Messrs. Charles Taylor,
Carl Hunkins, G. G. Bever, Gill Clark,
j. Collins West, George Lanstrum,
Dick Post, w: b. Calhoun and Earl
Morse. ~.
All Have Made Good.
All OF. the gentlemen mentioned
have shown their histrionic ability in
previous productions, given by the
Elks and the ladies are vocalists Of
note in the city.
Rehearsals are progressing nicely
and the cast is rounding into fine
shape. All of the principals have
memorized their lines and rehearsals
are being held every afternoon and
evening. Every member of the cast is
working hard since but little more
than a week remains before the pro-
duction will be staged.
Tickets are being sold by members
OF the local lodge and a large number
of these have already been disposed
.4st'ss ~! %tG3 .S#3 sFgs a4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-25
FIRE DESTROYS THREE STORES.

Mancelona. Mich. Feb .12.-Ffre
last night destroyed three two-story
brick ttores owned by John Otis and
caused a loss Of $4,000. -Four fami-
lies living over the stores escaped In
their night clothing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-25
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.

George A. stockwsell, who for q
number Of years conducted an employ
ment agency, loan and brokerage Of
Ace on lower Montana avenue has re-
Gently purchased the Eagle Clothing
store In the Smith block 1t No. u.
North Twenty-seventh street, and has
opened. an employment agency. brok-
erage and loan once. In connection
With the clothing business.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-25
Police Don't Know Boyd

indianapolis, Feb. 2z.-The police
authorities of this city say that no
man by the name Of Frazier or Boyd
Is wanted here for murder.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-25
PRESENTED BY AN EXCELLENT
REPERTOIRE COMPANY.
MAKES GOOD.
Play 10 Artistically Given, While spe-
cialties of High Class Order Are
lntroduced-several Well Known
Players IN Cast.

' Az xAACy AAAA60p QAS0CASNU @ -
Babcock theater last night by the
Bittner company was delightful. Not
only was the play entertainingly pre-
scented, but between the acts clever
specialties were introduced. That the
entire production pleased a large au.
dience was attested by the liberal ap.
plause.
AT Piney Ridge" has been on the
boards so long as a stand by for re.
pertoire companies that it is scarcely
necessary to criticise or comment
upon 1t. Suffice it to say that it was
better presented than is usual, and
practically no fault a be found with
the Interpretation given the different
characters.
A word in regard to the company
and the s%pecialties, however, is not
amiss. The %specialties are unusually
excellent. There are none Of the
worn out jokes or stock numbers, such
rs stock companies usually present.
You could go. to the best theaters in
New York, the finest vaudeville thea
ters in the country and you would not
see any thing better or Q up to
date than George +. Miller's imita-
ton Of Victor Moore and Kid Burns
in the talk OF New York. It is an act
that is now the sensation Of the east
and when it comes west in another
year it will be presented as new. The
Cassidies also give clever singing and
dancing %specialties and last night
they ELECTED vociferous applause. Mr..
Cassidy is an exceedingly clever
AonOnp Tha fE Gin nir~ NJ h6N Tnhn
Montgomery also made a decided hit
with the audience, especially his
rendition Of Love Me and the World
Is Nine"
An Excellent Company.
Had Billings histrionic lovers known
the personnel of the company which
Mr.. Bittner has gathered the new
theater would not have geen able to
hold the audience. There is Mr.. Bitt-
ner and Mrs. Bttner. who have long
been favorites in Billings. Nj. and
,nrs. John Cassidy. who last year
we're on the road for John Cort: Jack
Montgomery, who has been with ~
leading stock company In Denver; H.
B.. Carpenter, who has been leading
mar at the Lyric theater IN Salt
Lake; William 3. Men. who made the
hit OF the performance last night, who
until recently was with the Lyric
stock company in st. Joe. Mo-, Andrew
Arnoldus and Charles Brewer, who
have been with several repertoire
companies; and George r. Miller. Mr..
Miller 10 q decided afayortte in the
northwest. though probably few Bill
ings people recognized him. He was
here two years ago as Little Johnny
Jones in George Cohan's opera Of
that name. BY many It was pro-
nounced the best production that ever
showed in the old theater.
With a cast such as that a clever
production Of Eat Piney Ridge" was
to be expected. Those who expected
1t 9 not disappointed. It cost
only so and Is cents to see 1t, but
since the new theater has been opened
the people OF Billings have paid $3.50
and 81 to e productions not nearly
so good.
Such productions as that given by
the Bittner company last night will
insure them a good audience any time
they want to come back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
A GOOD BALL PLAYER
BUT MIGHTY POOR ACTOR

Dropped into Hammersteins the other
night to see Mike Donln of the Giants
and second only to HonuS as a hitsman
in the National League, and his wife,
Mabel Hite. gt away with that S2.O0O-a
week sketch of theirs.
Mikes wife, you know, is a Sure-enOugh
actress. and she was addressing for large
happened to make N5chaers acquaint-
ance. But. of course, the combination of
htg>league ball player and an actress
wife was a proposition that made the
pair mighty signable from box office
point of view.
Well MichaelS wife is about nineteen
twentleths OF the performance. in imita-
tionS. funny-wunny songs and such like
but Mike ne comes right out and sludges
through his part of it. too. He wears a
suit of clothes of that up-to-the- minute
pockets and four-inch cuffs and all of
those nifty kinks. and if he doesn't look
like a picture right snack-dab out of the
back part of magaZine-one of those
ads where the young fellers that wanna
be right are advised TO buy their toys by
mail-then Mike he doesn't look like any
thing or anybody.
In addition to the above Mike has a
lovely black enamel and diamond watch
fob hanging out of the slashed breast
pocket of his de rigeur sack suit
Additionally. Mike has a horseshoe pin
of di'ments I'm his hand tie that
would fit any Percheron's foot at any
hour Of the day or night and they
ought To provide folks with smoked
glasses to ward off the heat created ~
the binding rays of the same.
Furthermore, Mike wears d counle of
ice-littered rings that have a radiance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
Donlin Not as Good
an Actor as Bali Player.
Goes Abe ad With His
Wife, However, and
Cops Out Bunehes of
Money.

Leonore. that makes an arc light on a
frosty night look like tallow dip by
comparison.
Incidentally Michael. he wears by way
of shoes pair of paytent feathers thatve
got those cunnin' white. tops. y'know, ana
if that isn't givin' the house a tone.
whittier are we drifting?
Mike. too. swings a cane that looked.
from where we sat. like as il 1t might
have been bought right out of a real cane
and umbrella store. and the beauty or II
is that Mike doesn't swing ii as IL IL
were a ball bat at all. but just like a
cane
The final thing that Mike wears. how
ever, is the comedy. rs the Sheepishest
lea south of Hudson's bay or north OF
the land of Montezuma. You never saw
or heard OF read or dreamed of such
sheepish grin as Mike wears the while
that little stage piece progresses ana
he's Obliged to stick around under the
cruel glare OF the calcium. It's the inc
radicable grin. too for Mike doesn't ap-
pear able to brush it off with a curry
comb. II sticks and fiickers there on
and ii deepens when some of the gang I'm
the house land the fans are there in
numbers every night. hand a wad of the
kidding stuff across the footlights. When
the boys shoot those quips over Mike
looks as if he'd like to crawl off into
Death valley or somewhere. and die out
Of hand, but the grin sticks right around
1t even sticks when he has TO do two
or three jiasteps anyhow, but he's got two
Methodist legs. between us. and dances
like locomotive off the rails. But he s
getting by with it, and then those two
thousand metallic men at the end of each
week are poor, kind o, yes?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
WANTS TO WRESTLE,
BUT CAN'T FIND GOTCH

There's one OF those big sweetmeat-eat-
ing oriental WrestlerS in town who wants
crack at Gotch and can't get it. He
can't even find out where Gotch is, nor
can his manager. | won try to set down
the name of this enormous Turk, or
Syrian, or Armenian, or Arabian. or what
ever he is-he may be little Bit of each
because it's pretty hard TO typewrite, and
it doesn't make much difference, anyhow
saw him patrolling the main way few
afternoons ago. and if hugeness goes for
anything las sometimes it does, and if
YOU don believe 1t ask Jeffries). he sure
looks as if he might have more than
look-in with all the GOtches that ever
trudged in or out of Ioway, Gotchs state.
He's a little bit shy Of being seven foot
in the air, and he's got waist line that
reminds you of Dutch salleon in the
dolGrums down in the Caribbean sea.
wherever that may be. Harry Pollok, no
SLOUGH of critic of wrestlers. saw this
Turk person Juggling relays of 'longshoreL
men around in a gymnasium the other
day, and he tells me that the man would
be able to pull GOtchs legs off of him as
If the Ioway wrestler We're common or
household variety of fly. But the farmer
catch-as-can-ist who worked the eye
gouging thing on HackenschmiGt and won
that way, as he could have won no other
way. in the opinion of the leading critics
Of the game, is neatly under cover. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
RIDE THOROUGHBREDS:
DO THE NEW YORK COPS

You ought to see the New York mount
ed cops. of whom there are many
hundreds. p-ancing around their new
horses Thoroughbreds. you know Ken
lucky bluegrass thoroughbreds, with pedi-
grees as long your arm and longer.
Not only thoroughbreds. but race horses.
Not only race horses. some of 'em, but
actually race horses that have won races
on the big tracks around New York.
The police department of New York
picked up these thoroughbreds for little
or no money. The racing game died IS
dead as Jim Hickey this year. not to be
revived according to the sagest informa-
ton. for many a long moon in this
neighborhood. and OF course the race
horses were of no value to their owners.
They couldn't be kept around in their
stalls eating their heads Off and thus
the cops bulged in for thoroughbred
mounts Slews and slathers CT the racers
We're bought by the police department,
and now the cops are gradually getting
the high-mettled beasts trained out of
their lordly freshness and making bully
oeat-patrolling and parkpolicing animals
of them Thus it happens that there
isn't a mounted police force on the globe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

A base ball record held by only one man
who has played in the major leagues.
Among all the 700 men or more who
may call themselves major league players
today only one man who seems likely to
equal that record, says the Pittsburg
Press
Party of the first part Adrian c. An
son. grand old man of base ball now
living in Chicago. Party Of the second
part. John p. Wagner. now playing ball
for the Pittsburg club of the National
League
In the thrty-two years history OF the
major leagues there have been just ten
men who have batted 300 or better for
ten consecutive years
Pop Arson. beginning in 1876 the
first year of the National League. had an
average of eco o. better for fifteen con-
secutive seasons.
Dan Brouthers and Willie Keller turned
the trick for eleven straight summers. Ed
Delehanty and Napoleon I.ajoie have a
record of twelve successive years each i'm
the 300 division. Delehanty might nave
equaied the record Of Anson had not death
interviewed. He hit RS his last year on
earth Billy Hamilton and Joe Kelly bat
ted roo for eleven straight years Hugh
Duffy and Jesse Eurkett ton years each
The season of 1908 was the twelfth
year in which Wagner has batted 800 or
better.
OF all these ten famous sluggers only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

three are still playing ha in the big
leaSues-keeler, Lajoie and Wagner. Kee-
Ter dropped out of the 800 rank in 1907.
Lnjoie in 1905
In the major leagues there are now
only three men besides Wagner who have
batted 300 for two or more consecutive
years. Ty Cobb and Claude Rossman
have hit over 300 for two years each,
along for thirteen years more without
dropping below the coveted figure. but he's
got long. hard road ahead OF him, and he
is prone to severe ''slumps." one of which
may some time prove fatal. Rossman
hardly has a chance He hits hard but
he is a slow runner. and that fault is
almost certain to drop him below the
mark some year in the next ten.
Donlin would seem to have good
chance to equal Wagner's mark, and per-
haps Anson's. But Mike is fond OF gay
life. he's on the stage now: he and his
wife. Mabel Hite. are members OF a con-
vivial set and it's dollars to doughnuts
Mikes social batting average will knock
cut of base ball mark before half a dozen
more seasons have rolled around.
Wagner looms up as the one man in
line for the honor OF euua:ing the WON
derful mark set by Arson.
Three more seasons as q 300 hitter,
and Wagner will have euuale Arson S
great feat: four more. and he will have
set Il base ball record that would be likely
to stand fer few decades. if not forever.
.tnSon. Rrouthers. DeIehanty and the
ia'nented Pete Browning were the great
e. sluggcrs who ever lived Duffy and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
OLD-TIMERS SORE
ON THEMSELVES NOW

Met a mighty mournful old sport the
other day whose tale of woe approached
the limit. Ordinarily. this veteran or the
sport-promoting game is all on the cheer
f1,l side. but his days are stuffed with
sadness every time the cable Whistles
over anything about the money Ion1inS
Burns is making in the antipOdes
The old-timer has handled all sorts o.
pugs in his time. and exploited all KINDS
of sporting propositions with money
end for himself He said that a Few
wears ago before Tommy Burns bulged
into the light. he was in Port Huron,
Mich. thinking of starting skating rink
there. when he met up with Tommy
Burns. Burns wasn't anybody on earth
then-just husky young fellow who mad
the makings. The old-timer couldn't see
that Burns had any unusual maklnGs;
however. and when Burns begged and
mplored him to sign him up and nudge
him along in the ring. why, he COULDN'T
see the proposition with an observatory
glass. burns was then clubbing around ma
the little Michigan town scrapping Tor
Se5 and $50 purses. and he was positively
heartsick to have some person who made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
Nelson and Mcfarland
Do a Press Agent Act
That Takes the Cake.
It's Awful What They
Intend to Do When
They Get Together.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


NEW YORK. November IA, 1905.
AS previously mentioned in this corre-
spondence, New York is the fall guy
among cities.
IF you deal in that kind of merchan-
disc you can sell more green goods and
working afternoon among the deadwise
inhabitants of this island than You can
purvey in Sedalia. Mo, or Pottawotamie,
Kan, in fifteen years.
Conology is the chop suey OF this popu-
lation. They like it, They scream for
1t. They'll have ii or bust.
Reference is now had TO that recent
jawology between Battling Nelson and
Packy Mcfarland in a New York after
noon newspaper office. You can guess the
name of the afternoon newspaper.
Battling Nelson and Packy Mcfarland
are going to get together in the ring pref
ty soon That's inevitable. Packy is the
logic of the situation SD far as Nelson
is concerned and the Battling one can't
get away from that situation.
AS simple matter of fact, of course.
Nelson doesn't want to get away from the
situation.
lie has his minds eye upon one OF
those $4,000 purses that Coffroth. out
Wonder OF the coast, offers TO people OF
rank in the fighting game.
However, Nelson and Mcfarland nat
urally enough. felt that it was incumbent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
Kid Elberfeld's Great Plav

The greatest play that Kid Elberfeld
ever made. so he states was one of an
accidental nature. 1t occurred during a
game between Philadelphia and Cincin-
natl and 1t came about this way: Cor
coran was at the bat and Dwyer was on
first base and he tried to steal second
Elberfeld, who was playing at short,
ran over to take the throw. and as he
neared second mosquito flew in his right
eye. To protect himself from the run
ner he blindly threw out his gloved hand
and the ball landed in il and at the same
time the runner rushed into the ball and
he was called out.
Never in his life, says Elberfeld did he
ever hear the equal of the cheering that
greeted this purely accidental stunt. and
at the end of the game the crowd CO...
ried the Kid to the clubhouse on their
shoulders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
SEVEN NO-HIT GAMES.

During the past season there were
seven no-hit games in the Ameri-
can Association. most amazing
record. No league ever had so
many such games in one season.
There have been but eight no-hit
games in the entire history of the
American Association. Jess Stovall
of Louisville, was the first pitcher
to turn the trick. On April - he
beat Minneapolis . to O. He passed
five men and famed seven.
May . Cliff Curtis of Milwaukee,
who was drafted by Connie Mack,
let Indianapolis down hitiess, win
ming to o. He passed one man
and three reached first Oil errors.
He famed one man.
May IA Brandon of Kansas City
beat Indianapolis to o. without
the semblance of a hit. He passed
two men and famed six. and two
men reached first on errors
May II Joe Wood OF Kansas city
did the trick to Milwaukee, win
ming l to .. He did not pass a
man, and not a man reached first
til! the ninth. when an error by
Cross gave Robinson a life. He
famed nine men.
There were no more hitless games
until August 10. when Hi West of
Toledo won The first game of a
double-header at Milwaukee. : to
q. West passed four men and
famed three.
August IS George Upp of Column
bus celebrated his release from the
hospital by beating Kansas City
:; to O. He passed three men and
famed three and hit one man.
September :, Ruba Maruuard,
the Giants latest star. reached the
cherished goal. beating Columbus,
20 U. He passed two men and
famed four.
OF these seven achievements that
OF Wood was the best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
Yale's Basket Ball Schedule.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, November IA
The playing schedule of the Yale Univer-
sity basket ball team is announced as fol-
lows: December >. College Of the City of
New York, at New York. December @,
Manhattan, at New York: December l.
Fordham. at New York: January 9, Wes-
leyan, at Mddletown; January Is,
Princeton. at New Haven: January IS,
Dartmouth, at Boston: January 20, Alum
nj. at New Haven; January 23, Princeton,
at Princeton; January -, Trinity. at
Hartford: January 30, Brooklyn Poly
technic Institute, at Brooklyn; February
3, University of Pennsylvania, at New
Haven; February D. Frat Institute, at
Brooklyn: February 6. West Point, at
West Point: February L. harvard, al,
Cambridge; February u, Brown, at
Providence: February IL. Columbia, at
New Haven; February 20, University of
Pennsylvania. at PhilaGe phia: February
3, Columbia. at New Haven; February
Is, Harvard, at New Haven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

Hamilton were marvellous hitters. but
they were aided greatly by their speed
in getting to first on inf1eld drives. kee-
ler Kelley. Burkett and LajOie all ap-
peared AZ stars after the bunting game
had developed as an aid to sticking. The
first named quartet were all big men, mot
wonderfully fleet OF foot, and they made
their averages by hitting the ball.
Their terrific hitting is more closely APP
preached today by Wagner than by any
other ball player He is fast in getting
to first, but it is his hitting. and not his
what he did this past season. Made POI
batter to make 200 hits Average. 3o4.
Made 30 two-baggers. 10 three-baggers
and 10 home runs-total bases, 3O8.
Wagner is still a young man. some
where in the early thirties. He is play
ing the best ball of his life. He takes
the best of care of himself.
1t is possible that Honus may quit base
ball. however. Just because he doesn't
care to play any more. He threatened
to do SO last spring.
And he doesn't have to play ball if he
doesn't want to. He is one of the heav-
lest property owners in his home town
of Carnegie. Pa. He has business block.
A bowling alley and chicken farm. also
brewery and railroad stock. two autOmo-
biles and thirty-seven blooded dogs.
He also has. according to late advices
from Pittsburg. gone into the circus bus
mess with two brothers and the 'Wag-
ner Brothers Show will be one of the
big noises on the road next year.