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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-09-18

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-09-18
STRAvFD

Strayed from Dnukirk Plantation.
on the Izth day OF August. one yel-
low Jersey milk COW. Finder wlIl
return TO this plantation and receive
reward E
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Good Story on Phillippi.

Perry Werden is telling a good story
on Deacon Phillippi. the old Pittsburg
National League pitcher. Phillippi twirled
for Minneapolis In the early nineties, and
as a young box artist he was little less
than a marvel His work attracted wide
attention all over the country, and many
Of the big league teams were putting
out their hooks for the conner. Louisville
got in first, however, and the Minneapolis
tWirler was sold to the Kentucky city
club, which was then owned by Barney
Dreyfus and was in the National League.
Phillippi received a salary of $4OO for the
season with the Minneapolis club. and he
was told that he would receive a big in
crease when he Joined the big league
club He received his contract i'll due
time which called for $500 A month. and
Phillippi, not noticing that the S40O was
for a month, thought he was being taken
in for a NUT, and he lost no time in send
ing the paper back to the big league
with a rather curt letter telling the
Dreyfus bunch that he was not a rube
and letting out a nice bunch of English
in an attempt to let them know just how
badly they were fooled when they offered
him the same salary that he received at
Minneapolis. His letter was received by
the Louisville club secretary. who was
Harry Pulliam. with the result that Phil
lippi was Informed that he was on the
wrong page. ''It took the deacon some
seasons to live down his disgrace" says
Perry, '-but, If you stop to think. he Is
still holding out as big league twirler." !"
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Yale Already on the Water.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. February 27.-
The Yale University crews have in
augurated the outdoor rowing season
among the eastern colleges and uni
versities by taking the initiative in boat
Ing its crews on the harbor here. Ii
is the intention. of Capt. Howe TO keep
his candidates for the varsity eight on
the water just as long as the weather will
permit. and all indications at the present
time point to the transition from gym
nasium work to the boathouse for the
whole squadron being made In the near
future. For the past few days the men
have spent an hour each afternoon on the
waters Of the harbor in barges. and the
work is progressing rapidly. Capt Howe
is rowing stroke at present. Practically
all of the fall practice was spent in try
ing to secure good stroke for the 1909
boat. Although several promising can
didates developed early. they fell back
in their work, and Howe has been moved
from No. 6, his old seat. to the pace
setting position. Rice. the other veteran
OF 1908. is rowing at bow. At the present
time the boat is made up as follows:
Howe stroke: Mills, :: Hyde 8; Baker,
5; Van Sinderen, 4: Howard, 8; Glenny,
,. and Rice, bow.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Bresnahan as a Kid.

Roger Bresnahan, the former New York
National League catcher. and now mans
age" of the St. Louis Cardinals, was at
one time a pitcher on the Minneapolis
club. Bresnahan started in to twirl for
the millers in the middle Of the lSas
season, and although he was pronounced
a nice young fellow and possible conner
base ball player his finish in that
city came quick and without a great
deal of ceremony. A score book of tie
1898 season shows where Bresnahan n
pitched for the millers against the Indian
apolis club on July 80 and was wallopeI
to the tune of Is TO IL. Pink Hawley
pitched for the Indians. and il was 4
draw as TO which pitcher was the widest
Twenty hits Were made off Bresnalan s
benders, six OF these being for two bases
and one for three bags Two days later
the Milwaukee team beat Bresnahan by
a 3 to count. This August = game must
have proved Bresnahan's downfall. for
his name never appeared on the score
book during the remainder of the season.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Tonv Smith From Texas.

Tony Smith. third baseman on last sea-
sons Minneapolis base ball club, will not
be seen in Minneapolis uniform this
season Smith was sold to the Sioux
City team of the Western League last
week by Owner Cantillon of the Millers,
and "Ducky'' Holmes, manager of the
Sioux City club. intends TO play Smith
at third or short. Holmes has seen
Smith I'm action, and thinks that he will be
a big star in the Western League. Smith
played good game for the Millers last
season. and it was generally thought that
he would be retained by Cantillon this
season, but the acquisition of Jimmy Col
linS, the hi. league star. took the third
bag away from Smith and the result was
a sale tn Holmes
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Harry Trube Retires.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. February o.
Harry Trube of Cornell University and
n. Y. A. c.. the greatest miller in this
country since the days of Tommy Con-
neff, has announced his retirement from
the cinder path. This news comes as a
great disappointment to athletic follow
accomplishment of his great feat of run
ming mile Oh the boards in 4 minutes
10 40 seconds Trube would go after the
worlds record of 4.15 So, held by Con-
nef. Trube Is evidently satisfied with
what he has done and is content 10 re-
tire as American. Canadian. intercollegiate g
and metropolitan champion. as we'll as
holder of the worlds indoor record for
his favorite distance. In the future the
Martinique champion will devote all his
energies to the engineering profession
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Collins a Game One.

The year that Jimmy Collins Boston
American League club captured the
worlds championship pennant by defeat.
ing the Pittsburg team brought out his
true worth, and it demonstrated that
Jimmy was game to the core. He lost the
first three out Of four games and the
fans began to shy clear Of the Boston
bleachers. Collins took his players into
the clubhouse after the third game had
been lost and gave each man strong
talk, urging them to get together and
show the fans that they were not cutters.
The players took to the next three games
with steady plugging. and all three
resulted in victory for the Collins ag-
gregation, the worlds title being decided
by one game. During the series Collins
made nine hits, two of which were three
baggers and one a two-sacker. In the
field he had twenty-nine chances from the
bat; of what was considered one of the
best-hitting teams that ever played ball,
making only two errors.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Roy Thomas Coaches Quakers.

PHILADELPHIA. February 2T-In an
effort 20 put base ball at Pennsylvania
University on a self-supporting basis the
base ball committee has engaged a pro-
fessionat coach. He is Roy Thomas. "A
graduate of the class of 1894. and who
since his graduation has been a member
OF the Philadelphia and Pittsburg Ma
tional League teams. Ever since the de-
parture OF Arthur Irwin the university
has been utilizing its graduates for coach
ing purposes. Daniel c. Coogan. a class
mate of Thomas, and now the coach at
Cornell. had charge for two years and
with considerable success. lie was sue
ceeded by John Blakeley. the captain of
the famous 9S team. Rlakeiey was an
amateur coach and did not have a great
amount of success.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Indifferent Player.

Tip O'Neil will be seen in a Mime
apolis uniform again this season II
was the general opinion of the fans thai
O'Nei was through as an American AS
sociation player. but Mike Cantillon sent
him a contract q few weeks ago and
last week the center fielder sent the
binder back with his scribe annexed
O'Neil can play ball when he wants to
and as grandstand man he has nc
equal in the association. He takes
streaks during a season and pulls down
flies and drives that seem impossible
When O'Neil wants to play his work is
filed with thrilling stunts. but lie plays
AT Indifferent game. and If he hopes to
make good with the fans this season he
Will have Ia brace up and put forth tn,
best he has i'm him.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Once With Washington.

Jack Zalusky, the former New York
catcher, who for the past few years has
been catching for the Denver club Of the
Western League. has signed his contract
with the Denver1tes again and will be
seen behind the bat when the opening
bell sounds in the Western League. Ia
husky played first base in thirty-seven
games last season. and was desirous OF
grabbing the initial sack position this
year, but the clubs new manager. G. D.
Burke. thinks that Jack is too good a
backstop to send out to the first sack, and
as a result the contract calls for work
behind the bat ZaIusky intends to
make his home in Minneapolis perma-
nently, and last week he purchased a
home out Minnehaha way.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Big Noise Down South.

Russ Ford. who last season pitched
great ball for Atlanta and who was sold
TO the New York American League club,
is spending the winter at Milwaukee
working at his trade. which is that of a
draughtsman. He has been doing gym
nasium work all winter, according to his
brother Gene. ana he is confident that
his 'spitball' will make a name for him
in the big league. Russ was the big
noise in the Southern League last year
and several of the big league teams had
their scouts on his trail. The Atlanta
management owed the Highlanders a
favor however and the result was that
Ford was sold outright TO the New York
club.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
By Fred Lake.
tManager Boston

With team of fast youngsters who
have their careers before them instead ~
behind them, think the Red Sox will be
right up in the pennant hunt every step
Of the way A long list of new players
will be taken to Hot Springs for the early
training there. and i think two or three
good ones-corking good ones-are in that
bunch. We have been criticised in some
quarters for letting Criger and Young go.
But wait and see We Will do better than
last year. when we had those two great
players. And We are going 10 do a whole
lot better. None of them has got any.
thing on us.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
To Increase Batting.

The current issue of the Base Ball
Magazine has a story by Billy Fox. the
former Minneapolis captain and second
baseman. dealing with the revelation Of
bettering the batting department of the
national game. FoX's idea, it will be
remembered, is TO widen the foul line so
as to save about 20 per cent of the wild
hits by the batsmen. The plan is being
discussed all over the country and many
close followers OF the game are of the
opinion that next season Will find the
national commission considering it,
Evening star., 1909-02-28
By George Stal1ings.
(Afanager New York,

New York is going to be the surprise OF
the American League. There is talent on
that team that will surprise the fans, take
that from ME. They finished last in 1905.
but many unpleasant reasons accounted
for that. The Highlanders won't be last
this year. They may not win the pennant,
but when the season is over people will
be saying: "The New York Highlanders
were a great team And mind you We
have an even chance for the flag. | am
not conceding anything to any other team.
Some are already awarding the pennant
to Cleveland Well. wait and see. | ad-
init the Maps are fine. but we won't tahs
their dust. In knight and Ward I have
two better players than the fans really
know about. There are other surprises
coming
Evening star., 1909-02-28

happened to come home from the east
with Cy and in a joking sort of way
remarked:
We'll. you know it's popular to retire
during the winter, Cy. so / suppose you
will maze your announcement during
the winter.
Not me-" he responded. 81 did think
Of retiring a couple of years ago. but
I've gotten all over it. Now l have
a strange desire to see how long I can
really pitch effectively. None of the
minor leagues for me. though. When /
can't stand the fast pace, then I'm ready
to go back to the farm
Great fellow, that Cy Young.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
By Joe Cantillon.
(Managpr Washington. j

The Washington club looks great to me.
I think we will make the best showing
ever made by a Capital city team. Gus
pitching staff is as strong as anybody's
and the other departments are strong and
well balanced. Some of the dopesters
have started giving Cleveland the pen
nant again. What the Washingtons did
TO Cleveland last season was a sin, and
we Will be right there after them again.
We have got it on that bunch and will
continue to trim them next season. Cleve-
land won't win any pennant, and You
can make that strong as you like
only wish that all OF our 154 games wers
with Cleveland
Evening star., 1909-02-28

proposed to build two tiers Of boxes In the
front Of the Nicollet park stand and TO
put the press box on top Of the structure.
The Minnehaha park will undergo a
complete change. the entire fence and
stands being torn down and rebuilt. the
new grandstand to be erected in the
northwest corner Of the field. The Miller
leader hopes to be able to give the fans
more this season than he has ever prom
ised. both IN improvements at the grounds
and in the bali team and from all indi-
cations the Millers will be better repre-
sented on the diamond this season than
for any year since Cantillon took hold
Of the oYganization.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
The Real Goods.

Roaring Bill Clarke has been discov-
cred at Albany y. Y. where he has been
placed at the head of the Albany team.
Reports from the eastern city have II
that Clarke is getting together world
beating team for the fans and Williams
has decided TO play the first sack him
self. Clarke should make big hit as
manager as his short reign al the head
of the MilIers at ;he close of the 1ans
season convinced the local fans that Bill
is the real goods leader.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
By Connie Mack.
tManager Philadelphia,

From the big squad we had last fall and
from new players coming I think a team
can be put together which will be fully
up to the old standard Of the Athletics.
We were in the rut last season all tha
time practically. However, new blood has
replaced the old. and can see the possi-
bilities Of fine team. 1t is up to us 10
make good In our new ball park, and I
guess We will be there all right when the
bell rings. The west won't carry off all
the honors this year. All four places In
the first division went west last season.
That will be changed. Cleveland does
loom up strong, that's fact, but doubt
if they win it.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
MINNEAPOLIS improvements.

NJ f. Cantillon, owner OF the Mime.
apolis club, wrote his secretary, Edward
Dickinson last week saying that he
preliminary arrangements for the open
ing of the base ball season. Cantillon is
planning OH making several changes at
both Nicollet and Minnehaha base ball
parks, and lie wants to he on hand to
supervise the drawing of. the plans 1t is
Evening star., 1909-02-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE
. MANAGERS PROPHETS
Each One Picks a Good Posi-
tion for His Individual
Team.

That American League club owners ana
managers are going to watch the Cleve-
land team pretty closely next season was
apparent after the news came out tha,
the Maps had secured "Cy' Young from
Boston. There are those who think that
Lajoie couldn't lead a team TO the cham
pionship II all his players were az good
as he Is. They don't go on record quite
as pointedly as that. but below are their
carefully wortled opinions:
Evening star., 1909-02-28
By Frank j. Navin.
president Detroit.)

j think some OF the American I.eaeue
teams were lucky to finish as close to us
as they did last year. The Tigers struck
a slump late in the season and the team
was broken up so badly that our once
safe lead was seriously jeopard!zed But
we are going out to win another. and T
think with the team We have now we will
lead every day after July l. We have
been strengthened vastly by the ac-
quisition of Moriarity and Bush What
the other new men will do. OF course. I
can't say, but good reports come with
most of them. Chicago is the team we
always figure we must beat to win tho
ampionshfp. l think I'VE can all right.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
By James McAleer.

The Browns made them all step some
last year. but we will he far better in
1909. I think Criger's presence behind tho
bat will add at least IL per cent to our
playing strength. There are no better
backstops than Lou. and getting such a
man means a tremendous advantage In
us We thought we were going to get
"Cy Young. too, but fell down on that
deal. There is a great deal of uncert aintv
about the American League race. Every
team except Boston has been improved.
Perhaps they have, too, but don't think
so.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
By Charles w. Somers.
Vice President C1erelsnd.l

Cleveland fans were delighted to mar Of
our fortune in getting ''Cy' Young, and
they are already claiming the pennant.
I surely feel that we will make a Sreat
fight for 1t, but there are 154 games to
be played. you know. and nobody can "a v
what luck will be our share. If IL shouId
happen that both Flick and Turner come
back in their old form. don't think any
other team would have a chance with usp
Our pitchers are not our only long suit
for the Maps are great hitting and field.
ing team. Lajoie did wonders last season
in finishing as we'll as he did with a team
never in its right shape.
Evening star., 1909-02-28

Jim Swift, whose real name is Michael
Propetski and was named Swift by his
base ball associates. has sent his signed
contract to Manager McAleer Of the St
Louis team, who drafted him at the
close OF last season. For two years he
has been the star twirler OF the Wilkes
barre team.
Evening star., 1909-02-28

Adrian G.. Anson played his first profess
sional base ball for $65 month. Charlie
Comiskey received the same sum when he
broke into the game in 1882. The last
year Comiskey played with Louisville he
received 81 600 a month, at that time the
largest salary ever paid q player.
Evening star., 1909-02-28

Milwaukee has purchased the release
of Charles Moran, the st. Louis Ameri-
can catcher. who was with the Savannah
club before he Joined ST. Louis last fall.
Evening star., 1909-02-28

Manager Stallings is going to take south
who has played independent ball in and
around Boston. Experts declare him to
be conner; he resembles Chase in ac-
Evening star., 1909-02-28

John Goodwin, who was with the Boston
AMERICANS two years ago, will play on
the Pacific coast this coming season.
Evening star., 1909-02-28

How long Cy will last no one knows,
hut | can't see ANY reason why he
SHOULDN'T he good for four or five years
II high-class work ! DO know one thing.
~ Lad more stuff last wear than when
: came into the league in 1906
81 Tn. close OF the l9'S campaign
Evening star., 1909-02-28

The catcher's mitt was first used in 1878
by William McGunnigle Of Fall River
team. His hands became sore and to
protect them he purchased pair Of
brickIayer's gloves, cut off the fingers
and used them against Harvard. Tying.
who caught for Harvard, took to the idea.
Buck Ewing was the first catcher to use
the big mitt. Catcher Tying invented the
catcher's mask.
Evening star., 1909-02-28

The National League magnates say that
the alleged differences between some Of
their number and Harry Pulliam were
greatly exaggerated and that seven clubs
stand ready to give him q hearty well
come If he returns fully restored to
health.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-24
GETTING RIGHT VENTILATION

Practically, we must judge fresh air
like the classic handsome" not so
much by what it is by what it does.
If it makes those who breathe it UNI
der normal conditions feel fresh, it is
fresh. If it doesn't, it isn't. We
must always remember that we are
not ventila+ing rooms, but people.
This is no reflection on the inven-
tors of systems of ventilation. On the
contrary, it is frank confession of
our ignorance as hygienists, as to ex-
actly what constitutes pure air" or
to put it more precisely, what the ele-
ments are which render air impure Or
unfit for breathing. The better class
of inventors and engineers, by fans,
forced draught, and suction have de
livered the goods in the language OF
the day, according to our specifica-
tons.
We were even more disappointed
than they to find that they did not fill
the bill. But an honest confession
is exceedingly good for the soul,' and
our comparative failure in our more
ambitious efforts has led us to re-
examine more carefully and radically
what are the qualities which we wish
to secure and what are those which
we wish to avoid in good air for
breathing purposes. In other words,
what is really fresh air?
Strange as it may seem, this prac-
tical failure of our most elaborate and
scientific attempts at ventilation,
while theoretically discouraging, is
really just the contrary, from prac-
tical point of view. In short, it has
led us to define "fresh air." as work
ing concept, as air which is simply
what it's name implies, fresh from out
doors. Wherever you get this into a
room, you get good lung food" Wher-
ever you don't-poor lung food
In other words, the simple, every
day method of ventilating, which is
within reach of ninety per cent of us,
day and night, through open windows
and doors, is the one that gives not
only the best, but the only satisfactory
results. 1t requires constant and IN
teligent attention. It must be, as the
artist Turner said of his colors,
mixed with brains" But that is one
of it's advantages.-Dr.W Wood Hutchln-
son in Outing.