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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
When Won Der Abe Was Feaze

When Chris Won Der Abe was the own
er of the ST. Louis Browns he had work
ing for him in those long-gone days a
center fielder by the name of Cliff Carroll,
who has been dead decade or more.
Cnf was the cause on many occasions
of making Won Der Abe break one of the
Ten Commandments for although Carroll
was one of the SWEETEST ball players of his
day. he had the bad habit of taking a lit
tie bit too much of the cup that cheers
and also inebriates.
OF course, Carroll never made a con-
tinual practice of this, yet like d good
many ball players of that period, there
were times when he would throw discre-
ton to the winds. and though Chris
would lecture him on the evils of 1ntem-
perance which lectures should have been
taken more to heart, for the reason that
Chris kept saloon, and SO was in a posi-
ton to know whereof he spoke. still he
could not do much with Cliff, when that
clever ball player got the bit between his
teeth.
One day when the st. Louis club was
playing at Cincinnati. they made the
Reds look like 80 cents in broken money,
and Carroll thought when night came
that it would be an excellent time to
celebrate so splendid a victory: He did
SO by taking in most all the restaurants
located oVcT Tic ItHihC' oilo III tudl
famous neighborhood the saloons are built
in blocks SO that when Cliff showed
around at the hotel where the boys were
putting up he had tide on for fair.
and 1t was only with the greatest of diff
Guilty that he could navigate.
When the irate Won Der Abe saw him.
he shook his fist at him in rage, and then
with the most awful imprecations he
started In to lecture Cliff. who. regarding
Chris with an owl-like gravity as he
I,>I1 90 toh hIv,rt TOD
"Shay, Chris. I'm not drunk, old hoy
you vas mutt trunk. Cleafe Carroll, -
shouted the irate Dutchman, as he fairly
shook with suppressed rage; IVY you vas
Won tam pig liar, you vas so trunk dot
you hat to holt on to der table, or else
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
Marquette League.

The following is the schedule for the
week: Monday. Marines VS.. st. Paufs:
Tuesday, Turnerites VS.. Vigilants; Wed.
nesday, Marines VS.. Vigilants; Thursday,
Turnerites VS.. st. Josephs: Friday. ST.
Vincent's VS.. ST. Joseph's; Saturday, Vigi.
lants VS.. st. Paul's.
The games this week will go long way
toward deciding which team will cop the
bunting.
At meeting Of the board Of managers
Friday night the strong Vigilants team OF
Southeast Washington was admitted TO
the league to take up the schedule OF the
Trinity team, which was dropped by the
league Mr.. Jennings, who is managing
the Vigilants. declares that his team Will
soon be strong enough to take fall out
Of the apparently invincible teams.
The games that st. Pauls outfit played
against St Vincent's and st. Joseph's last
week certainly put them in class by
themselves for stability and gameness. In
its game with st. Vincents Thursday,
when the score stood four to two against
them in the last half of the ninth inning.
they made a brilliant rally and tied the
score. After this grueling contest they
came right back the next day and put
crimp in st. Joseph's aspirations. With
the odds overwhelmingly against them
when they came to the bat for the last
time, the score being to g. they made
rally. even superior to the day previous.
and amid the hysterical roofing Of their
followers nosed out a victory by to 6.
Like most Of the teams In the league.
st. Joseph's moderated st. Pauls. Had
Lefty Wooden been sent in when Hessler
blew up in the final round there might
have been different tale to tell.
Manager Shurtleff's keen insight of q
players ability has done much to put the
Marines at the top Of the ladder.
Charlie Miller of ST Vincents Is leading
the league with stolen bases. The clever
little shortstop has pilfered twenty-seven
sacks in nine games. Quite a record!
Johnnie Salb is playing a stellar game at
short for St. Joseph's. His stickwork is
also commendable.
The game Norris pitched against st. Jo-
seph's the other day goes to show that he
has lost none Of his old-time form. Four
scattered singles in seven and one-half in
nings was all the nOrtheasterners could
do with his delivery.
Umpire Cleveland is still handling the
Indicator in first-class style. The large
majority of his decisions are met with
favorably. which is something unusual IN
dmateur base ball.
Fridays game between st. Pauls and
st. Joseph's was the shortest nine in
ming game of the season. It was played
in one hour and eighteen minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
How Pickering Was Treated.


Coming in from the west the local play
ers got up little pool among themselves,
such as tourists going to Europe do
Every man entered the pool putting i'm a
certain amount of money, and then each
fellow had d guess as to how fast the
ship, or as in the case of the Washington
players. how fast the train would travel
between different cities. The player guess
ing closest to the exact time. as given out
by the conductor was entitled to the en-
tire pool, and as the amount of money
in the pool was not large and no one was
In danger of becoming bankrupt, the fun
the lads had over the affair and the eX-
citement it caused was well worth the
expense attached to losers end Of the
game
Every one of the Washington players
won a pool or two except Ollie Picker
ing, and Ollie took the matter so serious
ly and had such a lonesome expression
on his face that Joe Cantillon, In his
breezy, outspoken way slapped Ollie on
the back, and as he did so the CHEEKY
manager sung out:
tWhy, Pick, old socks, Dame Fortune
doesn't seem to smile 9 OK YONG snorted Ollie.
"all Dame Fortune ever did was to look
at me and smoker"
And then amid the laughter of the
crowd Pick strobe angrily in the dircc-
IlOn OIL tllC Silionihe SOhp%A eiAiShe'
When Frank Dryer Was Hit.
When the Boston club was in Cleve-
land last the Forest city players were
commenting on the probability of Cy
Young hitting any of them with the
ball; for, If the truth must be told, the
majority Of the American League ball
players have a deep-rooted impression
in their mind. and no arguments can
convince them otherwise, that the
"Grand Old Man of base ball. in order
to win his game. will be not at all
careful in the manner in which he fires
the ball up to the batter. at the same
time keeping it we'll on the inside of
the plate. SO that the batsman. If he
doesn't want to have his coco knocked
of, had best keep a-stepping back This
is said to be one of Cy's greatest stunts,
but in pulling it off in the years that
he has been pitching he has hit many
q good man a hard crack with the
leathern-covered pellet.
He came near killing Davy Altizer
when he hit him that terrific crack
some time ago. The ball was thrown
with so much force that the impression
| of it was left on the side Of Davy's
temple, and to this day he feels the
| effects
The Cleveland players were all figur-
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hits we'll scattered. 1t was one to one
until the eighth inning: when smith my
an easy grounder to Cleveland. who let
the bali go through his legs. Mullin. next
I'D followed with a two-bagger, winch
gave the winning tally
c. Beckett led with the stick Friday.
making three hits. one being three
Dagger the others a two-bagger and a
single. -
Carrick, second baseman for the Attain
tics played a brilliant game Friday.
Norman Kraft is still in his old form.
He has been catching some real classy
ball games for the Brentwoods this sea-
son. In Fridays contest he made twelve
put-outs and got two hits.
John Mullin, who on several occasions
has twirled for his team at Hot Springs
and pitched them to victory. played a
notable game both in the field and at the
bat for the Atlantics Friday.
Payne on the slab for the Government
Printing Office team. showed great form
and kept the ST. Stephens guessing most
of the time. They could connect with his
delivery safely only three times Tues
day.
Not man stole a base on Penrose
Thursday
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Dick Padden's Great Steal

a game that was dropped by the Wash
lngton club to the ST Louis Browns hack
In 1904, came about through a clever trick
on Dick Paddens part Padden at this
time was playing second base for the
Browns, and his fellow conspirators in
this great play were all old veterans.
Jesse Burkett being on second base and
Joe Sugden on first, while Dick himself
was at the third corner
The desperate play was pulled off in
the ninth inning of the game, and it re-
suited in saving ST. Louis from defeat.
for the contest went into extra innings,
darkness preventing the carrying on of
the game after the eleventh Padden
was to steal home. and this he did by
sliding into the home plate. and as Kit
tredge tried to tag him with the sphere
Dick gave one of those famous Kelley
side twists, and the umpires, Messrs.
King and Dwyer, called the St Louis
player safe.
When Dick Padden slid into the plate
Burkett and Sugden both moved up, and
on the next ball hit Burkett came over
the home plate with the tying run. 1t
was d great play on Padden's part, and 1t
is one of the very few plays of a similar
character in the annals of professional
base ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
Johnny Evers' Freshness.

the re-entry into major league base ball
of Frank Isbell the second baseman of
the White Sox, recalls rather amusing
story that occurred just before the open
ing game of the Chicago Nationals and
the Chicago American post-season a few
years ago.
This was in 1906. and at that time little
Johnny Evers, the bang-up second base
man of the Chicago National League club,
had only been in majsr league base ball a
season or so, but ne was even then known
as one of the greatest second-sackers that
the game had seen In years On account
of Evers' stature and his youthful appear
ance he looked like a sixteen-year-old
boy. and, in fact, the little fellow at the
time was not more than twenty-one years
of age; but he was right there with the
goods. all the same, and as far as nerve
went Johnny had some of the seasoned
veterans beaten city block
Aside from Evers being grand little
ball player he is also one of the chestiest
little men in the game, and pitchers say
that to get Evers and Tinker. his side
partner, after one Is enough to set any
man bughouse. for these players will say
anything that first comes to their minds,
and their sarcastic manner of saying the
same has started many rumpus on the
ball field
AS Frank Isbell tells the story. he was
standing over near the Chicago Amerl-
cans bench, when little Fellow Walheu
over to him who. he says. he thought was
a mascot for the Chicago Nationals, he
never having seen Evers. although he
had heard about his great playing. Judge
Franks amazement. when the little TEL
low in uniform walked up to the veteran
second baseman of the Americans, and
taking a self-satisfied pose in front OF
him, began to look Icy over. much as a
spectator out at the Zoo would gaze on
strange animal Isbell becoming inter
ested. was about to ask the little fellow
in the uniform of the Chicago Nationals
what was eating him. when he was
startled by the following which was shot
at him in quick. snappy sentences:
so you're the big guy who has been
setting things on fire around second base
in your league. Ell? Well, | want to tell
YOU" went on Johnny. my name is
Evers. and. 1 am just playing in this
series. in order to show you how the bag
ought to be played
And with that Johnny walked away
| leaving big Frank paving wildly for air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
BATTING AND FIELDING AVERAGES
OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting Averages.

flayerS anu cIuDS.
Crisis, st. Louis.
Thomas. Detroit.
Shweitzcr. st. Louis. .
Cobb, Detroit. .........
DEI.EHANTY. Wash.
Turner. Cleveland.
Rossmsn. Detroit .....
Mcconnell. Boston. 80.
Stone. st. Louis.
Wallace. st. Louis. -.
Isbell. Chicago. .......
Chase. New York.
Lord. Boston. .........
Stovall. Cleveland. =.
Iajoie. Cleveland. -.
Gessler, Boston.
Keller, New York. 49,
Remfs, Cleveland. 49,.
n. Davis. Philadelphia
Young, Rostop. ..-..-.
GANLEY, Wash. 49,.
I.aporte. Boston.
Thoney. Boston. $3.50.
CLYMER, Wash.
Hemphill, New York. d.
Crawford. Detroit. -.
Hoffman. ST. Louis. .
Mullin. Detroit.
Anderson. Chicago. 80,
OLeary, Detroit.
Oldrfng. Philadelphia.
Cravath. Boston.
Unglaub. Boston. .....,
Vickers. Philadelphia =,
Ball, New York.
Niles. New York. 49,.
Cicotte, Boston.
Orth, New York. ......
D. Sullivan. Boston -.
Hickman. Cleveland. -.
Dougherty. Chicago. Z. .
Stahl. New York.
Scbaefer. Detroit.
Hartzell, st. Louis. .
Williams. st. Louis. -.
E.Collins. Philadelphia
Bradley. Cleveland. =.
MILAN. Washington. &.
G. Davis Chicago.
G. Jones. st. Louis.
Stevens. st. Louis.
J. Clarke. Cleveland. .
Mcintyre. Detroit.
Howell. st. Louis -.
Wagner. Boston
Schmidt. Detroit.
Hinchman. Cleveland =. .
PICKERING, Wash. -,
Manning. New York. J..
Ferris. st. Louis.
+. Jones. Chicago. 80.
White. Chicago.
Plank. Philadelphia. &.
T. Jones. st. Louis.
Donobue. Chicago. .....
Tannehill. Chicago. -.
WARNER, Wash. -....
Lake, New York.
n. Jones, Detroit. .....
Mcfarland. Boston.
McHale. Boston.
S. Smith. Philadelphia.
Downs. Detroit.
Coughlin. Detroit.
ALTIZER. Wash.
Rurchell. Boston. .....
FREEMAN. Wa sh. -.
Hartsel. Philadelphia.
Killifer. Detroit.
Murphy. Philadelphia. D..
Moriarity. New York. .
MCBRIDE, Wash.
n. Clarke, Cleveland. :,
Carrigan. Boston
Spencer, st. Louis.
Birmingham. Cleveland
Perrine. Cleveland. -.
w. sullivan. Chicago. i.
Nichols. Philadelphia =.
Hahn, Chicago. ..-....
Conroy. New York.
Liebhardt. Cleveland.
Coombs. Philadelphia. j..
SHIPKE. Washington.
r. Smith. Chicago. go.
Blair. New York.
Schreck, Philadelphia.
J. Collins, Phila delphia
Elberfeld. New York.
FALKENBERG, Wash.
Seybold. Philadelphia. &.
STREET. Wash. .-....
Joss, Cleveland. .......
Powell. st. Louis. 49,.
Kleinow, New York. -.
Powers. Philade lphia.
Atz. Chicago. .........
Chech, Cleveland.
Graham, st. Louis. 80.
Newton. New York.
Criger. Boston. ..-...
G. SMITH, Wash. 49,.
ChesbrO. New York.
Moran. Philadelphia. :.
Gates, Washington. -.
Winter. Boston. .-.....
Owen. Chicago. .....-.
Parent, Chicago. ......
Walsh. Chicago. .......
HUGHES. Wash.
Rhoades, Cleveland. -.
BURNS, Washington. .
Killian. Detroit. ......
Purtell. Chicago. $500.
Shaw, Chicago. .......
Summers, Detroit. $50.
Dvverf PHILADELPHIA :.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22
From MI. O|Vetk

Rev. Broadas Middleton prealh-
ed here recently.
T. B. Ballard is getting ready
to erect a new residence.
M. G. Osteen was the guest of
Miss Mary Ward recently
A. II. Osteen will soon have
his new residence completed.
Joseph Taylor is the builder.
]. D. Maybin's new house will
soon be completed.
j. w. Tankersley and his neice
Miss Flora, made a flying trip
to Flat Rock recently.
The public school here is pro-
crossing very well. Much in
terest is taken by both pupils
and parents.
Busy BEE.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22
WOKE Up WEOng Man.

John Grant woke up the wrong
man when he started the report
that Congressman Crawford
would notscondes cefid to visit the
country districts and address the
people in rural communities.
Mr.. Crawford has been Smelling
the woods" ever since the con-
clusion of his whirl-wind cam
paign through the district with
Mr.. Beckett and lays bare the re-
diculous falsehoods republican
leaders have been circulating
about wood pulp, lumber and
reading latin. He made several
speeches in each county during
the campaign of 1893. when he
defeated Richmond Pearson.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22
North Carolina.

man too good to mix in politics
Said no one knew Elwood Cox
and Charlie Toms had to spend
a day introducing him to Hen
Jacksonville republicans.
Told of the republican father
who had three sons. The old
man had just caught a possum
and promised it to the boy who
would give him the best reason
for being a republican. One
son replied he was republican
because he believed in a party
which had set four million peo-
pie free. The next one said he
was a republican because his
father was. The third one sad
he was a republican for the pos
sum.
And you have a great army
of men here who are republicans
for possum for pie" said the
speaker.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-22
Notice. :.
State of North Carolina,
County of Henderson.
In the Superior Court


County of Henderson.
In the Superior Court,
Before the Clerk.
James A. Laughter, Administrator Of
Marcissa Middleton vs.. J. w. Middle
ton, Susan King and husband Ben
King, Nancy Stallings and husband
Frank Stallings, Baxter Middleton and
Drayton Middleton, Joe Middleton and
Ben Middleton, Ellen Corn, Naoma
! Higgins, Ruth McCrary and husband,
Boyd McCrary, Annberry Fulliam and
husband, Burt Fulliam, Lucy Lanning
and husband John Lanning, Mary Orr
and husband R. F. Orr. =.
The defendants above named Will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the Sup
erior Court of Henderson county, North
Carolina, to sell lands belonging to the
estate of the late Narcissa Middleton
to make assets to pay the debts OF sad
estate; and the said defendants will
further take notice that they are re-
quired to appear in said court on or be-
fore the 23rd day of November, A. u.
1903, and answer or demur to the COM
plant filed in said action, or the above
named plaintiff will apply to the court
for the relief demanded in said COM
plant
The following is description Of the
land to be sold as advertised above
Lying and being in Crab Creek Town
ship, Henderson county, North Carolina
Beginning at a large white oak, q
corner of the old Wilson tract, and runs
S. IS. E. with Nelson's line 6 poles to q
stake in the Still Branch, thence WIN
Still Branch as follows: S. W. 10
poles, thence S. 80, w. IL poles, thence
S. IS, w. "a poles, thence S. 50, W.
poles, thence S. %, w. 2 poles and Z
feet to the mouth of small brancn,
thence S. 6, E. poles to the head OF .
ditch, thence with said ditch w. ~ II IL
poles to Willow Creek, thence S. II, ";
crossing Willow Creek 6 poles ana
foot to a stump, the old original Mile,
corner, on the north bank OF the ON
Hendersonville Road thence S. AZ, W.
% poles to a chestnut, J. F. Mace's D
E. corner, thence N. so, ". Wl!i'
Mace's line a. poles to a corner, an OIL
gial hickory corner, thence n. 10, VI,
crossing. the old road and Willow CresA
poles to the mouth of a bran 1Mo
thence N. about Is, E. with the mlGao
of the branch and General Mace's IIS
% poles to ford of branch, thence ~
with General Mace's line "a poles any
feet to John Morris corner in an ""
road, thence N. so, E. with John MI NIL
riss line "a poles to a stake in NV
fat near q spring, also B. B. MiddlteIITTG;dg
corner, thence n. 46, e. with sad nv
dIeton 3 line % poles, Is IL feet " w.
stake, B. B. Middleton's corner, tne aios
s. IS, E. with Middleton's line 80 poi'S
to the beginning, containing 81 :
This, the goth day of.october, A. D.
'-' en-. PACE,
Clark Superior Court of HenderS''D
GoNntX.
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vents Major Rollins, J. G. Grant,
and other republican speakers
from meeting their democra tic
opponents. This fact is too APP
parent to admit of a doubt now.
Referring to the panic while
Cleveland was president the
Major said corn sold at thirty
cents a bushel and eggs brought
only six cents per dozen; under
republican rule the market value
of corn jumped to 81. 90 per bush.
ell and eggs sold reac i y at thirty
two cents a dozen. he claimed 20
'haye heard two democrats, lone
from Big Ivy and the other from
Green River drawing this. COM
parison. His speech failed to
enthuse the crowd and one re-
publican complained that the
Major is old and in his dotage. =
Mr.. Crawford followed in a
two hours speech which captur
ed the audience and greatly
strengthened the cause of de-
mocracy. He showed the alb
surdity of attributing the panic
of 1884 to Mr.. Cleveland's adj
ministration, giving the lateSena-
tor Sherman as authority. Sen
ator Sherman declared on the
floor of congress in 1893 that. the
panic was decidedly here before
a single democratic statute had
heed enacted. Mr.. Crawford
went after the republicans with
gloves off for permitting the pan
ic of 1913 and the Major
squir1med as the unpalatable
dose was administered to him.
Mr.. Crawford quoted from the Stat s.
teal Abstract, issued by Secretary
Coftelyou of the Bureau of Labor and
Commerce, which shows the prevailing
prices of all products of field and facto-
ry for thirty years, in reply to Major
Rollins claim about the market value
of corn and eggs under democratic and
republican management of governments
al affairs. His report puts the average
price of corn on December l, 1894, after
the passage of the Wilson German Bill,
at AZ NC11 - oLtO SSSSg lug CCIlCS per OOA-
en-; December /, 1893, under President
Mckinley and the Dingley Law, the
average price had dropped to % cents
per bushel on corn and 164 cents per
dozen for eggs. The report further
showed that wheat brought 72 cents
under Cleveland and 81 cents under Nc
Kinley. Turning to Mr. Rollins the
C Congressman said: This book is the
product of republican official. Is. it
all right, Major?' And the Major adj
mitted that it stated the matter correct
ly.e Then why don't you quote from it
instead of going to Big Ivy and Green
River for your information" suggested
Mr.. Crawford, in his sarcastic way, as
the crowd applauded vociferously. The
major was visibly disconnected and was
completely conquered.
Crawford enjoys q fight and was at
his best on this occasion. 1t was a field
day for democracy at Fines Creek and
the democrats down there will give q
splendid account of themselves on Nov
ember g. Mai Rollins was sufficiently
amused with the first round and did not
take time for rejoinder, leaving Mr..
Crawford IN full possession of the field.
Fines Creek. Oct. 90, 1901