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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
AS THE STARS PLAY. BASE BALL

To watch George Mcbride work. one
t.In,.s sees the greatest fielding short
- W stop in the major leagues today.
Without strong arm a shortstop is
AZ a loss. and unless he is capable of
s,wfnging'' the ball in speedy fashion he
will never make top notcher" in fast
dfnhpany. To succeed in either of the big
fAsgues7it is absolutely necessary that a
stnrtstop be able to play deep field"
THIS Term in base ball parlance means
tstt;tbe player must be able to play back
hfi tse base paths on several men and
past able to get a grounder from this
deep Held and get the ball to first base
before the batter. This is one most i'm
farran-- play for a shortstop. If his arm
is not strong enough to retire batter on
deep hit to the intield he is not good
enough for major league company, and
will sooner or later revert to the minor
leagues.
AS in ali other positions speed and an
amount of ordinary horse sense are nee
essary for a successful shortstop. With
out brains and speed the position cannot
be covered in up-to-date fashion. There
are some players today in fast company
Who lack brains. 1t is not necessary to
say who these men are. but a few mo-
ments bordering the fielding averages
will TO the ordinary base ball fan make
their names stand out prominently. The
fact that there are some infielders today
playing in the big leagues who really are
only fit for minor league teams Is be-
cause there are not enough good. fast
men to fill out the infield positions In
the sixteen major league clubs.
TO be successful at short field IT is nee
essary that the player be equally sure OF
picking up grounders with either hand.
He is at times compelled to play close up
to the third baseman, and at times down
ia a position within but few yards OF
second base. With a right-handed batter
al the plate. unless he be what Is known
as a place hitter, and there are but few OF
these the shortstop must play arouno
toward third base. With ieft-handeo
batter he. in most cases. should play close
To second base.
e.. X K
With a right-handed man batting, the
shor;stop may at any time be called
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27

anese mines at Toxic. Yokohama. Kobe
and Waseda University. The team is also
to make the Philippines and Honolulu.
Cobb says he expects to visit Australia,
though the team will not go there. The
party leaves San Francisco early In No
vember. and will be back In February.
1t is more of a California team than an
all-star nine. though 1t has some cracks
listed. Frank Chance. Orvie Overall and
Bill Burns. the Washington twirler, all
Californians. are on the team. and there
are several others from the Golden Gate
district. D. Donohue. the Boston catcher.
who can also play second base. will be
on the nine He and Burns have played
in Honolulu and are cards there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27

Good batters have 1t born in them.
Few bad batters at the start ever get to
be good ones. 1 was a good hitter when
I played on the town lots. In some way
1 got the knack OF hitting where 1 aimed
when kid, and that's all there is to it,
This Is the way Hans Wagner tells 1t:
1T is no use trying to make q study of
pitchers. Study the ball. The minute a
batter begins figuring on what kind of a
curve the pitcher is going to give him he
gets nervous and will be fooled more than
half the time. The batter must simply
watch the ball. and If he sees 1t is coming
within easy reach OF his bat he must step
out and meet 1t. Most any batter after
he has reached the big league can tell
which way the ball is going to curve the
minute he sees it start. All this stun
about a pitcher sending in an outcurve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
BY CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

special Correspondence OF The Star
NEW YORK. September 2s, 1908.
Fans attending the New York ball
games always get close peek at slews
of stage notables who have got the base
ball bug bad. All professions. including
the medical profession to almost monu-
mental extent, are represented in num-
bers at the games here. The other day.
when Doyle of the Giants got himself
spiked the umpire gave the call into the
stand for a doctor person. l reckon there
must have been at least hundred doc
tory looking chaps from the youngish
fellows wearing a solemn looking lambre-
quins to the Hidish boys with mutton
choppers of silvery white. bouncing to
their feet in the main grandstand and
offering to beat it over the sward to have
a look at Doyle's spiked shank.
But the theatrical profession has the
call at the New York games You have
only to cast your wick around any old
afternoon at the Polo Grounds to see
literally scores of the close-shaven stage
chaps souatted mostly in the boxes. and
when the pinch is tight they behave
scanlous in the roofing line, too.
Louis Mann-the Famous.
The most irreoressible rooter of the
stage layout is Louis Mann. the comedian
{but he wants to do Macbeth and such
like now, thereby coming into conflict
With Eddie Foy. who bankers to ham
string Hamlet), who got back from Paris
act long ago wearing one of those Quarter
Latin make-ups. velvet panties and big
bow tie and all. Louis has got roofing
voice like the steam whistle of a gutta
pfrcha factory. and when he arises In his
box seat and tells the umpire that he, the
arbitrator. ought to be working In a
hrickyard over In Hoboken. why, you can
hear Louie, yes you sure can. He gets
Ierrifically excited over it. too. as BELTS
his Teutonic nature, and his face becomes
the color of Canton firecracker. and
the veins swell up on his neck and fore
head and if you saw him at critical
juncture of the game you'd be willing
10 bet three TO one that he'd go up into
the air, among the grandstand flags. from
spontaneous combustion before the finish
Of the game.
George of Bank-Wad Fame.
George Conan jes' nachully hated to
hike on to Chicago with his Yankee
Prince show before the beginning of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
CAN YOU WALK A MILE
IN TEN MINUTES? TRY IT

a up a n
stone
before
Hammo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
CHERRIES LEADER OF
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

If F. Leroy Chance is the Peer
less Leader. what's the matter with
rewarding Norman EEberfeld with
the title of the Cherries Leader?
The Tabasco Kid has received
more panning to the square inch
than any New York commander
ever received and gets roasted on
every side. If Norman had asked
for the managerial job he would not
object to the criticisms that are
being heaped on his head; but as
he didn't ask for it. it might be
we'll to encourage him rather than
WELD the hammer.
The Highlanders are a hopeless
lot, as every one knows. but Elber-
field is not responsible for them
being in last place. The blame
must be put on his predecessor.
who had every advantage to turn
out winner and failed lamentabiy.
New York Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
Mcfarland Coming East.

NEW YORK. September 26-"Packey'
Mcfarland, the clever Chicago light
weight. who, it was expected. would be
Nelson's next opponent. has decided to
come east and get matches with the
boys of his weight now boxing in this
city Mcfarland. it is said, has tried his
utmost to get match with Nelson but
the champion refuses to meet him. Mel
son wants to rest for a few months. Nc
Farland is anxious for work and will I'M
mediately go scurrying for dates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
JEFF Won't Stand Monkey Business

LOS ANGELES, CAL September 90
Billy Papke will probably never get an
other chance to fight at Jim Jeffries'
club, where he beat Stanley Ketchel in
twelve rounds for the title Labor day.
Papke and his manager, T. E. Jones,
promised that they would fight Hugo Kel-
~ before Jeffries' club. but when they
received the offer from San Francisco
to meet Ketchel November 25 they can
celed their match with Kelly, and now
Jeffries says he will never let Papke
fight at his club again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27

They Have Cali All Proessions-Lou With Large Bow
Tie A Irrepressble Rooe George Cohan May Cancel
Part of His Chicago Engagement Attend Championship
Series--De Wolf Hopper Knows Great Deal More About
Game Than Jake MorseJohn Mason Eats, Sleeps
and Dreams Base Bal--Richard earle Medhaes
on Sucide-Wilie Collier Is Bugs Over
Game-Docksader Talks to HIMSELF
Sohern Hates Game of Cricket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27

when any Of his theatrical pals In the
same box with him are hardened and CAL
lous enough to smile and chat In ever so
low tone when the team he likes Is be-
hind. why. he just glares and glares at
EN-. you know, like those German persons
at the grand opera glaring al people who
Will persist in conversing in the boxes
while the performance Is on. Collier. too,
thinks. or used to think, that he was
some ball player. Pitching. he imagined.
was his meter. as We say in our set.
Willie pitched. or started to pitch. game
last summer for stage pair Of mines.
who were pulling the thing for oharita-
BILE purpose. He'd taken quite stack
of lessons from Chrsty M@thewson in
the fade-away ball thing and the down
shoot stuff and all like that. and he felt
sinister sin and shame what he was
going to do with that poor bunch OF stage
slobs. his friends. who were going up
against the new style Ringing stun that
Matty had uncoiled on him in private.
Well, those hitsmen for the other side
made seventy -four hits of of Willie's up
to-the-mnute stun in the first inning. and
then Lew Dockstader. who was captain OF
the nine on which Willie played. staked
Willie to the reckoning finger and told him
that II that was the best he could do he'd
better go buy jute bag for himself ana
finish out the rest Of his life wearing
yashmak. like member Of the sufan's
| seraglio. or words to that general insult
Ing erect. w lille was SaQ over IL, too
and he told Lew that he hadn't had
CHARGE to warm up for more than three
or four or FIVE hours before the game. and
that IL he were only allowed to continue
he didn't think they'd get more than q
couple Of thousand Of hits of OF his de-
livery.
Dockstader Monologues.
Lew Dockstader himself is one Of the
chief rootists of the theatrical brigade
Lew keeps up a steady monologue during
the entire progress Of the game. which is
meant for the hearing Of nobody else
but himself but. Of course. when you're
sitting near his box. why. you can't help
but hear his mutterings. Curiously
enough, he's one of these pessimistic
rooters, and he can't ever see how the
! dickens the team he wants to win Is go
ing to win. doggone 'em. anyhow. He's
like that fellow you've often sat next to
at the races. who, when the horse he has
bet his good kale on Is away out in front
in the middle Of the stretch, ten lengths
TO the good and only swinging, with the
boy only kidding the others behind him.
just can't figure it out how the dooce he
going to connect, and says to you: "Oh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27

class shortstop. The position calls for too
much ground to be covered to allow any
but the fastest Of players to be successful.
To sum up shortstops requirements:
He must be able to get grounders on
either side. he must be able to throw ac
curately underhand he must be able to
block runners and take throws. and he
must be a sure catch of fly balls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
John Henry Wagner. common

John Henry Wagner. common
ly known by his nickname Of
Hans" shortstop of the Pittsburg
National League team. Is the great
est batter in base ball today. He
leads the National League hitters
with good margin over Mike Dom
lin. and his percentage is much
higher than that of Cobb, Crisis,
Goode, Delehanty or any. other
slugger of the American League.
AS swatter of doubles, triples and
homers Wagner has no rival. In
this article he gives his. views on
the art of batting"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27

With right-handed man batting, the
shor;stop may at any time De calieu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27

George Cohan jes' nachully hated 10
hike on to Chicago with his yankee
Prince" show before the beginning of the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
UNPLEASANT SITUATION.
Honduras May Cause Trouble For the
 United States.

Washington, July. S1.-An unpleasant situation has developed between the Uni ted State and Honduras growing out of the action of President Davila in can ceiling the exequaturs of the foreign con- suls at Ceiba, Honduras, because of their alleged friendliness to the revolutionists' cause. These officers include American Consul Drew Linard and Vice Consul Reynolds, and the vice consuls of France and Norway.
 The reports which have reached the state department uphold the contention of the consuls that they have not been guilty of any breach of propriety; that they did not advise the surrender of the town when demanded by the revolution ists, as charged by Honduras, but sim ply communicated the demand to the comm andant. The incident has caused considerable annoyance to this govern ment, which, ever since the revolution in Honduras commenced, has exerted it's best efforts to prevent any breach of neutrality in Central America which might prove adverse to President Da- villas government.
 Secretary Bacon had call today from Senor Ugarte, the Honduran minister, who presented to MT. Bacon some infor- nation he had received from Foreign Minister Fallios, giving the Honduras side of the controversy. MT. Bacon will take up the matter again next week. He had intended to start on an official mission to Porto Rico tomorrow, but this and other state department questions demand ing his attention made 1t necessary for him to delay his departure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
STUDYING PLANS
 FOR WORLD PEACE

London, July 31.-The government to- night rendered a banquet to the delegates to the universal peace congress at the Hotel Cecil. Lewis Harcourt first com missioner of works, presided. The guests included Herbert Henry Asquith, the prime minister; Lord F1tzmaurice, the lord chancellor; Lord and Lady Court ney, the countess of Aberdeen, James Bryce, British ambassador to the United States; William T. Stead, and other prominent persons. /
 MT. Asduith, in proposing a toast to the international peace movement, hearth ly welcomed the delegates to the univer- sal peace congress and assured them of the British governments sympathy. He said he was not consoled by the argu- ment that colossal armaments were the surest safeguard against war, when he was assured by the authority that the annual expenditure of civilized nations for armaments was somewhere near four or five hundred million pounds sterling.
 We must ask ourselves the prime minister declared, where we are bound to acquiesce in the futile fatalism which accepts the argument as fact. He was sanguine enough to believe that the youngest among those present would live to witness the advent of universal dis armament. National security must always hold first place in the plans of the gov ernment of any country and while com- munities, like individuals, remained they were liable to be swept with gusts of passions and imprudent statesmen. They provide against the contingencies of war. But admitting all that MT. Asquith con tinued, the plain fact remained that there was no enterprise more worthy of the efforts of good men than to devise prac- ticable means, not only for minimizing the risks of international quarrels. but for providing a rational substitute for the settlement of disputes by warfare. Among the various means of progress in this direction he said the first was the growth of international agreements. The second was the substitution of interna-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
He Knew They'd Fit.

From Everybody's Magazine.
 A southern colonel had colored valet by the name of George. George received nearly all of the colonels cast-off cloth ing. He had his eyes on a certain pair of light trousers which were not wearing out fast enough to suit him, so he thought he would hasten matters some what by rubbing grease on one knee. When the colonel saw the spot, he called George and asked if he had noticed it. George said, Yes, sah, Colonel, l noticed dat spot and tried mighty hard to get it out. but l couldn't
 Have you tried gasolne?" the colonel asked.
 Yes, sah, Colonel, but 1t didn't do no good"
 Have you tried brown paper and hot iron?'
 ''Yes, sah, Colonel Tse done tried mos everything l knows of, but dat spot wouldn't come out"
 well, George. have you tried ammo nia?' the colonel asked as a last re- sort.
 NO, sah, Colonel, I an't tried 'em on yet, but l knows deyll fit''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-01
MACK ANNOUNCES HIS
 CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES

Buffalo, N. Y, July s1-Norman E. Mack, chairman of the democratic na- tional committee, today appointed com mittees to serve during the campaign. The members of the labor committee are all members of the national committee. He will announce next the committee on finance, press and speakers. The appoint ment of a subcommittee for the eastern and New York headquarters will be taken up on the return of Chairman Mack to Chicago in about a week. The committee named today are:
 Executive Committee-Norman E. Mack chairman; P. L. Hall vice chair man. Nebraska; Urey Woodson, Ken lucky; Martin J. Wade. Iowa; Josephus Daniels, North Carolina Thomas Tag gart, Indiana; John T. McGraw, West Virginia; G. W. Green Rhode Island; R. M. Johnson, Texas Clark Howell, Geor- gia; T. E. Ryan, Wisconsin; J. F. c. Tal- bott Maryland, John w. Tomlinson, Ala bama: John E. Osborne, Wyoming; James S. Kerr, Pennsylvania; F. B. Lynch, Min nesota; Edwin O. Wood, Michigan; Nathan Cole, Jr, California; Robert