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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
Connie Mack Comes Across With
a Brand New Baseball Tale

The first sign OF spring appeared at
PhIladelp when a wise gentleman NAM
ed Cornelius MacGnlicuddy took his first
promenade of the year on the American
League ball parks green turf. at least 1t
was green when the snow had melted off
enough to let you see II, says special from
Philadelphia. 49,.
one swallow may not make spring. but
somnambullstic rambles over the domain
OF which he Is king 1t is sure sign that
the long winter Information of the baseball
fan in nearly at an end, and that there are
large and strenuous dolngs scheduled 10
be pulled off withain those same domains
during the dawning season,
Connie has been laid up with bad cora
for some time and is now In the south Win
the bail team a spring training Trip
saw Il that way. OF course. he is not put
tInr on MS gumshoes and slipping off on
the Warpath TO gather UP the pick of the
ssaaon's crop of youngsters from the bush
lea CUES of the Sunny South. II he Is he is
NOT saying anything about t. To let the
az out OF the bag at this stage OF tho
game would be singulariy indiscreet' ana
connie is noted for his discratinn.
How will the Athletics line UP in 1908
satd Connie "Oh about the same as last
vear / have few youngsters in sight 70
holm out wnere are weak Sure! We WIN
haYs a bunch that will make any OF than
bnstle for the pennant Speaking of young
stars reminds me that l got a letter from
the South the other day saying that they
have a boy down in Texas, who. old timers
saw IL better than Biff MoGuckin. Newer
heard of BIff McGuckin? He retired long
ago This is how he won the pennant in
the Cactus League and at the same time q
bride and a fortune:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
MANUSH TO REPORT
WILL BE BACK FROM PANAMA
MARCH II.
The Crack Third Stacker Writes Presi-
dent Cha hers That He IL In
Best Of Condition and
Returns His Contract.

President Chambers and Ed Grem-
niger are pretty well pleased with
themselves, the world at large and the
prospects of the Montgomery basel all
They have been looking at things
through rosy glasses for some time
but primarily the cause OF this iatt 81
outburst of the milk Of human KIND
morning from the Isthmus OF Panama.
The signature at the bottom of the
1Eistle was Frank Manush and beside $
his letter. he returned his contract all
In his letter Manush says that he
will leave the Isthmus at once and
will be at his home in Huntsville, Ala,
Of the 18th. q letter addressed to him
az Huntsville will reach MIN and he
says that in that letter. he would like
t. know when to report to Montgom-
Manush has a government. position in
the machine shops in Panama. rat
rays him $I75 a month and IA ; only has
II play ball Saturday and Sunday He
says that the season ,ends this wee:>
ano while he has the position in the
machine shops for all the year, that
he intends giving it up and coming
back to the States to play ball with
Montg omery.
This settles the question. Of the in.
and Manush-and gives the prediction
that he would be in Montgomery by the
middle Of the month. was close one.
He will naturally stay at his home in
Huntsville a few days and will be in
Montgomery about the 2lst
Another letter came yesterday morn
ing bringing back the registered let
ter and contract that had been sent
Whiteman at his home in Peoria. Ill.
He is not in Peoria and Greminger Is
wiring all about to locate him. his
most probable address being Houston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09

Years ago Biff was pitcher for the Pine
Gully team In the Cactus League Not only
was he peerless pitcher. but he was the
best batter the Cactus League ever saw He
went through the season without q hit be-
Ing scored against him. and. with the help
managed to score a winning run.
But he had a rival. Hamilton Highball,
OF the Poison Ivy. also pitched the season
through without a run being scored against
him. and in addition he conceived the idea
of surrounding the Poison Ivy grounds
with q rubber fence Thus whenever Poison
Ivy played Pine Gully and Biff made q
long hit which should have resulted In q
homer the ball struck the rubber fence
and bounded back into the infield 90 thar
It could be fieided and only one or two
base hit resulted.
AT last the day came for the final game
OF the pennant series. Neither the Pine
Gully nor the Poison Ivy team had lost q
game. and both had their crack batteries In
the box to decide which should break the
tie and win the pennant.
As an ADDITIONAL incentive both Biff and
Highball were in love with sweet Alice. the
only child OF T. Much Masuma the cattle
and mining king Of the neighborhood. and
she had said that she would bestow her
hand on the winner Of the deciding game
"On the dav OF the game Rff was in fine
form. For nine innings he held the Poison
Ivy, team without hit But Htkhball was
in great form. too and not a man on the
Pine Gully team reached first excepting
came to bat with the onlv result that they
rebounded from the rubber fence and the
farthsst he could get was second base. whore
he always died.
AT last, when the Pine Gully team went
into bet. In the last half Of the ninth. AAA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09

awards are TO be in cash or plate. at
the option Of the winner.
The different districts OF the United
States and its possessions VIII each be
represented by an association member
OF the Contest Board. who will keep
the board advised of contest matters
in his district.
The Glidden tour Is not to be affec-
ted by the terms OF the agreement be-
tween the manufacturers and the A.
A. A. No sanction will >be granted
for a long distance road reliability
contest within q month OF the dura-
tion Of the Glidden tour.
tion Tor sanction for contests has been
adopted and all entry blanks win be
uniform for corresponding events.
Every entry blank must contain the
words under the sanction and rules
of the American Automobile Associa-
tion.'
The schedule for sanction fees is.
Road race. where stand Is erected.
$500; track meeting. inclnding twenty
endurance contest. $50, and road and
filiated with the A. A. A. are entitled
to a so per cent. reduction from tr ese
rates.
The new body assumes no respon-
sibiiity for occurrences OF the past.
but In SO far as 1t may be practicable
II will, when granting future sanction
to clubs or promoters. use Its good Of
fices in an endeavor to dtsentangle
complications that can. without dis
elimination. be brought within Its ju-
risdictfou.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
Tod Sloan, Greatest American
Jockey, Is Seeking Reinstatement

According to press reports Tod Sloan
has applied for renewal of his
license to ride in England. The prob
abilities are that 1t will be granted.
A strong feeling has manifested itself
that Sloan has been sufficiently pun
ished. that its un- English to pursue him
longer as an outcast from the English
race track, and that the time has ar
rived when the clemency of the Jockey
| Club might justifiably be extended to
him
Strong representations have been
made to that exclusive body. and re-
ports at the Turf Club lead to the be-
| lief that even King Edward fs inter-
esting himself in the brilliant jockey.
Tod Sloan. whose successes on me
adoption of the American seat and
the departure from the conventional
| style of riding in vogue for more than
hundred years by the leading Englis h
in England. and accordingly from rid
Ing wherever the rulings OF the
English Jockey Club are recognized.
for five years. -,
The bar to Sloan was simply quiet
| " conveyed warning from the officials
Of the English turf that he would not
be granted license as jockey in
1904 Convinced that there was no
hope Of securing license. sloan neve.
made application, but the understood
denial was as effective as a ruling off,
and Sloan has not pursued his calling
| at any time since, except TOT prlei
| period in 1905 at New Orleans. when,
through the influence OF Edward Cor
rigan' he rod. for a short time at the
| New Orleans tinter races. at the City
| park track with such little success
| that horsemen were unanimous IN
agreeing that Sloan's riding days mao
For nearly ten years before that
| sloan had been the most sensationally
successful rider in the United states,
and for five years OF the time NAG neen
the tn patronage of the great men of the
turf. from the King of England and as
Prince of Wales. and the late Lore
william Beresford In Eng!and 10 10
and of Pierre Lorillard, of the Ameri-
sloan has been jockey for, nearly
twenty years, and Is a brother OF
OF the nineties. From 1890 to about
| 1925. he was rated as among the very
ordinary riders, but in California under
! the patronage of the late George F.
niunger' the developed ability that at
tracted attention. from 1895 until ne
| made his first trip to England In 1893
was the most scnsationally successful
Jockey In America In Engl nd s,d ms
was described as the monkey on a
stick" Jockey by English critics be-
cause Of his shQct stirrups. his for
ward position in the saddle, and his
crouching over on his mount neck. but
! he rode so many winners that the lead
| ing English turfmen employed him and
| American turfmen bid high to induce
| him to return to America.
In 1890 the late William c. whitney
gave Sloan $1,000 and his expenses tc
/ come back to New York and ride a
single race on Ballyhoo Bey in the
Futurity with bonus In case he won
4 Sloan rode Ballyhoo Bey and won ant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09

excitement became so intense that Mrs. Ma
.ums swallowed her false teeth in an effort
out and a special train made up to take her
fhty miles to the nearest hospital for med
| ica aid But the game went on Just the
same.
Now the track of the railroad ran
through the Poison Ivy backgrounds.
Hamilton Highbail easily disposed of the
doubtable Biff, appeared the section Of the
Mrs; Ma.uma dashed through.
Hamilton Hishbali wound himself up
horsehide spheroid left his hand in one of
the famous high balls which had earned
Calmly Biff awaited its coming. gaug-
Ing Its flight with his eagle eye. Just as it
came within striking distance he swung at
Rolled" he muttered. and hit 1t fair. care
fuiiy aiming II for the rapidly passing train
team saw that it must hit the train and
that Biff had frustrated their unfair trick
of the ear sMa
from view. 1t was carried away by the
fast vanishing train Biff made circuit
win the game and the pennant.
AS the enthusiastic multitude was carry
ing him NJ rom Nm The, the ground he was astonishsd
the crowd his face radiant with JOY. his
hand extended.
My boy. I want to thank you for saw
ing my wife's life he said to Bff The
ball you hit crashed through the side of
the hospital car, Just as she was choking
to death. and hit her in the back SO hard
that she gave a final violent cough and
eoughed up the teeth that were strangling
her. understand that my daughter has
promised to marry you, Ny blessings on
you. my boy. name the day
80 Biff married and became a rich pork
packer and lived happ ever after.
"Hows that" said Connie with q wink
of his larboard optic. WELL I'm off now.
60 long"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
MARVELLOUS MILLER THE
JOCKEY NOW A SCHOOLBOY

Walter Miller. the Jockey. has de-
veloped into Walter Miller, the school
boy The richest lad that ever strad-
died Thoroughbred. and the boy, who
since the days of Tod Sloan, is now
receiving his sdnca'ion This dossnt
from 1t. A sharp. shrewd youngsler,
Walter was as well educated as the
majority OF boys. That does not sat
mind In one of the most prominent
business colleges in Brooklyn, in. order
to fit himself to handle the fortune
he made in the saddle.
When Miller started on his career,
which wound up in burst OF glory,
he followed the same road travelled
by all his predecessors. Routed out
Of his warm bed at dawn to gallop a
thorough around the track for
several miles. kept busy all day lend
ing a helping hand around the stable,
the ambitious lad never had much OPP
portunity to pore over, school books;
As the years rolled on and Miller
kept steadily climbing the ladder OF
fame, there was very little change IN
star was busy every second OF day
light. Instead of spending his win
tors around the tracks in the East,
Miller never let the golden opportuni-
ty OF Increasing his fortune slip by,
and Invariably went TO the coast with
the horses This steady grind KEEP
the little JOCKEY Duby 10 tne NIllt, ana
when he had any spare time It Mas not
for educational purposes.
1t was his recent visit to the coast
that hurried Miller on hts studious
career He was fined 5000 BY the
stewards at EmeryviIle. which he de-
clared was unjust, and refused to pay.
The officials disagreed with the rider
ed up and came East. Miller has on
iy been at his books for a little over a
week. According to his instructors,
he Is very bright, attentive and quick
to grasp the meaning OF any study,
and Industrious to the extreme.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
ALL AUTO RACING is TO BE
CONTROLLED BY BOARD

Hereafter all automobile contests.
including track events. other than in
ternational in this country Will be
controlled by the Contest Board Of the
A A. A. and it's Advisory Committee,
through witch the Manufacturers
Contest Association oo-operates with
the A. A. A
This mater. as was stated at the
time. was decided upon at the recent
meeting of the two boards and has
been ratified by the Executive Com
mtttee of the A. A. a. The purpose Of
the new arrangement 70 advance I'M
tests at the same time vesting con
troll in a body having national club
affiliations. and TO insure adeQua to
care in granting sanctions for con-
tests. SO the same may be carried on
fairly and efficiently
All prizes must be guaranteed by
those In immediate charge Of contests,
and trophies with valuations attached
must be appraised with integrity. II
must be proved 70 the satisfaction Of
as advertised, will be awsrded prompt
h. and when values are stated the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
WANTS CONSUL DEPOsED.
Munji Bey In Charged With Graft ID,
Ottomeu,

Washington. March 8-Three hunt
dred thousands erstwhile Ottoman sub.
jects, living in the United States, have
petitioned Kaizim Bey, Turkish AM
bassador to the United States. to urge
that Munji Bey. Turkish Consul in New
York City, be deposed for conduct
which Is termed by them grating" in
that they allege that Munji Bey has ta-
ken advantage of the ignorance of Sy-
rians, Greeks and Armenians SEEK
ing passports to their native land. by
overcharging them for his official sig
nature and the Turkish stamps essen
tial to those documents.
Ambassador Kaizim Dey on receive
ing the petition said:
"I shall look into these grave
charges with diligence, dispatch and
care"
The accusations against Munh Bey
range from "insolent language" 70
grating" It Is specifically alleged
that the consul has in numerous cases
doubled or trebled in charging fees.
The petition bears tbs signatures OF
the most prominent Turkish subjects.
because of the Importance of the port
Of New York and the fact that almost
evary Turkish subjects coming into or
leaving the United States must deal
with the Consul. those now at enmity
with him, are said to be in the major
itv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
MORE WORK FOR THE
POOR ovERWORKED UMp

OWING to the rather indefinite man
ner in which informal ion has been for
change in the rule In reference to the
fitness Of the field for play. 1t is not
wholly certain as to the exact action
of the rules committee In Chicago.
appear that the home captain may rule
that the ground Is not in condition for
play after rainstorm. II the visiting
captain demurs to this judgment ne
that official Is then to be the sole
Judge Of the fields condition. without
regard to any opinion which may be
entertained by the captain of the home
club.
To some 1t seems that this is another
instance of throwing too much upon the
fair to both sides. he might lean to-
ward the visiting club. and start the
teams in a game upon diamond which
was not all that 1t should be.
Still another feature of this modifica-
tlon of the rule has to do with the fact
OF disappointing spectators and pro-
ducing annoying and vexatious waits
prior to, the beginning of a game in
cities where the playing ground Is re-
motely distant from the center OF bus
mess
For example. suppose that It should
rain in this city at o'clock. The cap
tain of the home team. knowing better
than any other person the natural
ground condition of the diamond. would
announce the postponement of the
game. The captain Of the visiting club
also being present would object to the
postponement. The umpire might be
present and he might not AS the ap-
peal would be submitted to him It
would be necessary for both captains
to walt until he arrived. He might
take q little time before he rendered
an opinion. Meanwhile the manage
ment OF the club would either be COM
PEELED to open the gates and permit
spectators to enter with the usual rain
check, or keep the gates closed while
the crowd congested
II the gates were opened and 1t was
then decided not II play the game the
crowd would be asked to file out again,
have their rain checks but the usual
criticism would he passed on the home
team that II let spectators within the
Enclosure. took their money and then
turned them back without opportunity
to see anything. 1t Is quite true that
the home team would be absolutely
blam eless; but 1t is also quite true that
II the home team had sole Jurisdiction
in the matter decision would be
reached at the earliest possible stage.
and the home team would be respons!-
BILE for It,
One would gather that a change was
made in the rule because certain clubs
tain dates That is largely tommyrot
No baseball owner viii permit a date
10 get away from him II he can avoid
1t. Every postponed game Ia a dead
day. 1t never comes back 1t might
not happen once in a lifetime that a
team would lose a scheduled date and
still be a gamer financially, to say
owner has in winning as many games
as possible for his own team.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
ADJUSTMENTS.
william Fl. Crane I'm Father and the
Boys"


The advance sale of seats for w Fl.
Crane in Father and the Bows. =
George Ade's immensely successful
play, opens at The Grand this morning.
The story of the piece deals with an
old mans love for his boys. With
never a holiday. he has worked hard
all his life. his only hope being that
the two lads will reap the benefit of
his labor. He has made them part
ners In his business in order to pro-
mote their success in the financial
world. But the young Fellows, thought
lessly. never give 1t a moments con.
siderarion. One of them devotes his
time to athletics, while the others sole
ambition Is TO be recognized as a lend.
or Of society The breach between the
father and his sons grows wider e.veI v
DAY. and he :lna'ly realizes that be is
twenty miles behind the "procession"
In which they are geily marching He
decides 10 let himself loose. ana not
only to catch Up with the procession.
hut lead Il. He does il so erectually
that he brings his boys to their senses.
and, incidentally. enjoys the FIRST vaca-
ton of his life. adv.
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also rode other winners in the brief
interval before he could get snip
back to England.
Sloan fell into disfavor through ms
questionable associates and his AFRO
Gance over his success. he held lead
Ing place among the Jockeys IN ENG
land, and was employed by all the
chiefly on the friendly interest King
Edward took in him and his connec-
ton with the big winning stable IRAN
ed by John Higgins, for Pierre LorL-
now dead. English jockeys had come
to Initiate his style OF riding In the
hope of equalling his success, ana inc
ridiculed monkey on SUCK now is
used by the most success1ul JOCKEY
in England, the native born as well as
the American jockeys who fiockea 20
England after Sloan had opened 'he
Sloan's troubles. due to his assocla-
ton with turf gamblers. ms , ea,rasS
reached crisis in 1908 when the KING
withdrew his patronage and sloan zen
into disfavor though Lord bere.ot ~
still befriended him. Sloan 1lsurea ~
several brawls. and became o,ne u, ~" ,h )
40 conspicuous that the stewards OF tne
Jockey Club agreed he was a pad IN
fluence. and, though no charges o!
anything dishonest were ever Iroust
against him the turf officials ellmina.
ed Sloan by warning him that he wouio
not be licensed to ride another year.
The Jockey returned to America to
find himself barred here because ne
did not come with proper c,eIeh'dai :
from the English Jockey Clup. anu l
nTlcaton for license to ride In Englanso
Tor fear that 1t would be rejected
sloan has been trying ever since tn.
bar was raised to secure indorsemen'
Nurtt
and regain his standing WIN '"e he
lish Jockey Club.
In the height of his success Sloa an
accumulated q fortune said to nave
been nearly half a million ioIiars, aho
an income OF nearly 100000 year
He never abated his extravaganct
when HIS income was cut off. and fol-
several years now has been regarded
as broke" by the associates OF ms
former prosperity. In 1905, he mace
desperate effort to rehaoilloat traot nm ~
Edward Corrigan at the CITY ParN
track winter meeting In New orleans
but showed to such poor aovantast
among the younger jockeys tnat Mt
was laughed at. and rlnaliy CAV s up
as he could not secure nouns excep
from the Corrigan stable.
Sloan's success has long been mat.
ter for argument among horsemen. anc
ne has been accused OF using every
kind OF aid from drugs to electricity
but no device that could help him has
been discovered He is still OF light
weight and in good health: but there
ia no case on record of Jockey whe
had been in such retirement as Sioar
has ever regained his best ability and
skill, and Sloan's return to the saddle
in case he succeeds in securing the In
terest of King Edward and is licensed
by the English Jockey Club, will b.
watched with interest by turfmer
throughout the world
Sloan is about So years of age and
native OF Kokomo. Ind. About a yea
ago he married Julia Sanderson, tn,
actress
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
POLICE DOGS.
Two Show Themselves as Practical Of
6cers of Law.

Two Show Themselves as Practical Of
Rcers of Law.
New York. March 8.--Two OF New
York's police dogs. Max and Nogi. have
shown themselves to be practical Off
GERS OF the law.
In a lonely portion of East New
York. they gave chase to three fugi-
tive bakers who had been lighting over
union matters and succeeded in inter
fering with their running to such an
extent that they were Immediately
overtaken by the police. When the
men fed. the dog Max ran ahead turn
cd sharply back and butted the man
nearest him in the stomach, knocking
him to the street Meanwh Nogi
was busy running between the legs OF
the other two men and tripping them
until they fsl to the sidewalk
As fast as the mon would get up and
attempt to run one or the other OF the
dogs would trip him up or butt him
in the stomach. knocking him down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
CAPRON A HOLD-OUT
MOBILE MAY NOT HAVE MUCH
NAMED PLAYER.
The Good Press Agent That the Cotton
States Player Secured During
on Season, Has Ruined
Him.

Mobile, March Especial George
property Of the Mobile Baseball Asso-
citation, has Joined the 'hold-outs." and
it Is more than probable that he VIII
not be seen in the local flannel this
season. Robb was with the Meridian.
Miss, team of the Cotton States
League. last year, played a game or tw O
with Memphis. and was also used once
or twice by Charles Frank off the Pei
leans.
Capron fell across good press
agent during the closed season and his
stock, according to his own notion.
went high. He Is after the long green
His contract has been sent to him at
Minneapolis. Mimi, and Capron still
has the paper.
Jack Hardy. this years catcher. ar
rived today