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The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
YANKEES GO SOUTH
Kid Elberfeld Joins High
landers at Lynchburg.
WHY ~OLD CY" WAS LET OUT
President John !. Taylor, OF BOs-
ton Americans, Tells of His Rea-
sons for selling Young To CIeve-
Iand-Jina Je6rfeS HftS the Pike
for Gods Country from Frisco.

Ne~ York. Feb S7.-The spring train
ing trip Of the HighIanders 10 Macon was
formally begun to-day when, IN response
to the call issued by Manager Stallings,
who has had several Of the players at
his Georgia plantation for some time,
a bunch Of ball tossers left here in the
morning over the Pennsylvania Railroad
In the party we're EIeinow. Joe Lake,
Ball. Keeler. Charley Farrell, who vii
coach the young twirlers. and Trainer
Burke
AT Philadelphia Knight. Ward. and
Quinn got on the train. Pitcher schmidt
boarded The car at Baltimore. and Elber-
field joined the party at Lynchburg-
From other points the rest OF the New
York Americans began their journey 10
the Southern Camp. Hal Chase Iefr san
Jose. Cal, several days ago, after spend
ing all winter on the Coast
The HIghlanders viii remain al Macon
until April ). except for a day at Athens,
when the regulars VIII meet the Uni
verssty Of Georgia In an exhibition game
When the training stunts have been con-
cluded Stailings VIII divide his players
into two teams.
The regulars, with Stallings at the helm.
will gradually work North. playing at
Augusta, Anderson, Charlotte, Lynch
burg. Richmond. Jersey City. and New
ark. the Iast-narned city being on the
schedule for April Il
Then the regulars win go back 10 Wash
ington to begin the American League
pennant race
Meanwhile the second team, under the
management Of Arthur Irwin, viii play at
Savannah. Charleston. Columbia Dan
Vile. Norfolk. and Richmond. by which
time II viii be definitely settled just which
players viii be retained or allowed 70 go
John Z Taylor. president Of the Boston
Americans. has Just announced the rea-
son why he let CT Young go 10 the Cleye-
lands He Gays:
u have determined 10 have nothing but
Young blood on our team. as I figure
that the pennant can come 20 Boston IN
no other way. Young VIII be forty-tvO
years old in March. has been pitching
nineteen years. and I can't figure out how
he can remain effective for more than z
year or two. I got two good young pitch
ers and a cash bonus for Young. but Il
I had waited until he was al in I'd have
been compelled 10 let him go for nothing
II was simply a business proposition.
Meanwhile the owners Of the Cleveland
club say that the addition of Young VIII
lust about land the flag for them
JeHries is on his way East with bis
theatrical combination, and viii make his
first appearance in this city one week
from Monday. He viii have sam Berger
and his retinue Of trainers with him. and
viii do his training before the footlights-
New Workers viii then have q chance 70
Judge for themselves whether the bulky
Californian can ever get into his old con-
5ftion
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
STORIES TOLD
FOR BENEFIT OF. RANDOM
Frank Khson's Crazy Stunt in City of Detroit
A Fan Who Got Back at Bill Joyce
Kittredge'S Weakness

him. only 70 be laughed al by the BOYS.
for they had seen II happen so often that
u had become a standing joke with them.
1 remember very funny play pulled on
By sam Crawford at Kits" expense in
Detroit several years ago Kit had hit
a screaming liner 10 right Crawford
came in on the rIln and got the ball on
the first bounce before Kittredge was half
way down the line Kit az a glance
knew that sam vas going 20 Try 10
throw aim Ogt az first. so he put MS
head down between his shoulders. and
under full steam. went down the line,
As he thought. al a mile-a-minute clip.
But really you couldn't hardly notice Il
al all Crawford made = perfect throw
to first, the ball beating Eittredge by ten
feet. When Kit saw that he wss out
he raved Ike a Wild man. bur the boys
gave him the laugh for fair.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
ONLY FEW SHOW Up
Blankenship and CantillOn
Are Expected To-day.
OUR NATIONALS IN CHICAGO
Tom Hughes First OF the Gang 90
Put In Appearauee-Niie KahOe
and DeIehanty Are Also in the
windy CIty-OIIfe Pickering Has
z 6rOuch-BOnE Tom Talks.
Special to The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL 70 The Washington Herald.
Chicago. Feb. =. Joe Csndll0n's Ma
;ionals began gathering in Chicago to
day fer their annual training trip. Since
Cantillon has disposed Of his saloon and
cafe. however. the ball tossers had no
regular place TO meet, and they ambled
about in search Of their comrades.
Tom Hughes. who lives here. was the
first Of the gang 10 put in an appear
ance. and constituted himself chaperon
and guide for the newer men,
Take il from me-, said Long Tom,
I'm going 10 have something 10 say
about things this season. This idea Of
cracking I'D Walter johnson and the other
kids as marvels Is all right. and it is a
good idea makes the children chesty
and they think they have IL on all the
other clubs. I never was better and III
win So per cent CT ny games with any
team behind me
BIankenShfp In Good shape
Locks 10 me as if We had some team.
TOO. and what I Ike best is the improve
ment behind the bat. Street is a corker.
and will work more smoothly than ever
when he knows that Blankenship is ready
70 90 in If he gets hurt The NOriarity
boys saw Blank work in California, and
they tell me he has become a wonder
Mique Kahoe was also an early arrival
This silent performer. Ike Hughes. never
has much 10 say. It is generally admit
ted that MiQue would have a swell chance
10 stick II his arm showed any strength,
hut II IS thought that the wing is spoiled,
which viii mean his rerocession 10 the
minors.
Oliver Pickering blew in with the bunch.
Pick" does not take his consignment TO
the minors kindly. Pick" thinks he was
handed the official ounce. and feels
trife sore about IL
CantilIOn is still 81 Hickman. KY. hunt
Ing and nobody has the slightest idea
when he VIII return Probably ne viii
not be on hand until tO-moTrw o. Mon
day. II is not known al what hour the
team VIII get under way, and the only
definite rumor is that the first hop
viii he over the Chicago and Alton TO
Kansas City.
DeIehaafy Il in Earnest.
Jim Delehanty vas evidently serious TO-
day when he said Ire would not play in
Washington If the ban on him in Cleve-
land were not raised. He still has the
Pacific Coast outlaw offer up his sleeve,
although he Is by no means trying 10 use
II as a club. and would prefer TO play in
Washington rather than any other city.
Blankenship may get in from the Coast
tomorrow. according TO a friend Of his,
but il is not likely that many OF the
gang vii! appear until Monday
There Is no possibility OF telling at
present who wiH go Monday night, but
with the number OF hOld-oUts II Is not
likely the squad VIII be large enough 10
necessitate q special train.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
The Eamonas Challenge.

The Edmouds baseball team has organ
ized for the season. and would Ike 70
arrange games with strong teams aver
aging from fifteen 20 sixteen years Of age.
The Edmonds lineup follows: Pitchers.
Pole and Delauder: cstchers. G0bie and
Hebrew; first base. e Allen: second base.
n. Allen; shortstop, Thornett; third base,
Love: center field. Meier; right field. Phil
ips and Whamond: left field. Wright and
Blake. Address Fred ". Meier, man
ager. ss4 Tenth street northeast
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
CPORTTNG SIDELIGHTC
By BILL BAILEY.

Charley Hickman blew IN on Wednes-
DAY
Here is an impossible story. beginning:
About 10 o'clock last Wednesday night,
as our poker club was finishing the last
hand
The United States Is paying more for its
baseball than it is for its managerial
stan
With the Cooper trial and prospective
D7ize-hghtinE. Tennesseeans no longer need
devote All Of ,heiy interest 10 the night
riders
Notice that they are going 10 play ball
By electric light in Cincinnati Now, why
would It not be a good idea for Cantillon
10 book ''CincP' on his spring training
trip. so that in case the Nationals show
1Ip poorly during the first home game, he
can offer the excuse that they were IN
po0r condition on account Of working after
regular hours
II has been rather a strenuous winter
for Us baseball bIOkes. vicarious and 9TH
erNise. and We welcome the blowing Of
the abstract and the incoming OF the con
crete. Beginning tomorrow. We shall spiel
real baseball 70 the best OF our knowledge
and belief
So Ollie Pickering is kicking because he
has been shipped 70 the minors. What
had we better do about it,
We shall have 10 adapt ourselves TO
some new scenery in Philadelphia Mr..
ShettsIIne. whose name We got used 70
spelling. is giving place 70 a man named
i McNichol-
Anticipating our advice Harry Pulliam
has blown Nashville and is row pulling
his hysteria 10 Florida. Wise move. The
/ best place 20 rest is where everybody else
I IS trying TO-
Dear Bill: How can Tom Smith get
/ over the hurdles so vel when he's so fat7
MABEL
/ Answer-You talk about Tom Smith be
ling fat Did you ever see Charles I. S. A
{ Roth
] The baseball iine-ups in The Washing
/ ton Herald guessing contest continue 70
/ roll in. and are as diversified and differ
ent as any one could wish. The fellow
who sent one written in Chinese should
! be entitled 10 something. We thought II
was our long-lost laundry check az first
sight
In Buffalo they call champagne hiss
water" Never having tasted any, Ne
are hardly in position to dispute
The Great Pie Route-Do you remem-
Der the mince pie that mother used tc
maker Pie fuf Of raisins and boiled
cider and brandy. Two pieces would give
you a pretty good edge and Eve would
make you bowling drunk Well. We uhe
editorial Nel have a scheme. We're 60
/ ing 70 start a great pie route IN the
/ States and counties and cities shat have
gone dry. We are going 10 Eirdle the
/ country with mince pie stands from
North to South and back again. Wher.
/ ever g saloon has been put oct OF busi.
ness ne viii place pie stand. The pro
/ hf5itiOnists may stop your grog, but they
can't interfere with your pie. Pie jag:
viii soon be the vogue.
Have anosher piesch Chic) of ninsch
I BIZ" will be heard over the land
/ And the man staggering home with hi:
load OF pie viii be met at the door by his
| wrathful spouse, just the same
Why. you drunken old beast. Beer
eating pie again, have you?'
Bingi
Comlskey must have felt relieved wheI
Doc White showed UP for the spring
training trip.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

phia this day, and Frank was working
against Rube waddeH
Frank had been up twice during the
game. and had succeeded in hitting the
ball: that's al. The last tine he went 20
bat-the game was close and a long hit
would make trouble for Rube-some one
told him 20 take a chance ard cut loose
al one. Frank allowed the umpire 70 call
the first two, but when the third came
over he gave one mighty swing. in fact.
he hit 80 hard az the bsll that he swung
clear around and started for third base,
thinking Il vas first. He never noticed his
mistake until the crowd gave him the
laugh. Frank felt so bad over this play
that he would never let the boys talk
about Il.
II you have always been In the grand
stand at ball game you ought 10 take a
dsy OF. and join the real dyed-in-the-
wool fans in the Scent bieachers Il
will be well worth your time and troubls,
for yoa viii hear some witty and original
remarks hurled at the players on the
visiting team
One OF the best shots. from a fan III
the bleachers to q visiting player. was
told 10 me BY friend Of mine who heard
the remark himself
II was about BIZ Joyce, the old Wash
ington third bsseman. who had been sold
20 New York. and the time he made his
first appearance on the Washington
ground IN a Giant uniform.
BIZ was always a great fellow TO get
back az the crowd in the bieachers. and
they were always hack at him. for Bill
was one Of those fellows that usually got
sore when a bug broke ore of
When Joyce went 10 the bat the first
time the fans in the first base bleschers
set up an awful howl calling to the
pitcher 70 strike him out, and a thousand
other exasperating remarks The first
ball the pitcher handed up. ''BTll" hit for
a single. and when he got on first he
turned around to the bleachers and gave
the fans the merry ha Ia.
The boys were so surprised to see ''Biil''
make the hit that they couldn't say a
thing At last some little fellow who must
have been an admirer OF Joyce called
out IN weak voice for him 70 steal sec
end. to be answered a secoad later by
some fan on the TOP row OF seats with a
voice Ike a lion. Steal second? Why all
BIZ can steal is his salary"
Every baseball fan remembers Kit
tredge, the old Washington catcher, and
how SLOW he was IN getting around the
bases. kit could never win any medals
in a 10o-ysrd dash unless the other con-
testants fell dead in their tracks.
Kittredge. II you recollect. was a dead
rightheld hitter. He couldn't take the
bail in his hand and hit IN any other ter
Titory. and OF course the felders always
switched over for him when he came 10
bat Invariably KIT would hit short
! line flies over the second baseman'S head.
( balls that would have been clean hits
for any other player. but not so for Mr..
Kittredge They we're always caught.
Many a time have seen him walk back
| to the bench after going out on a fly bali.
cursing the fates for being so cruel to
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
SOUTHWARK, HO!

Out from the West vagrant breeze
Is waited a that thrills thrills;
And roIlicking strains Of its joyous notes
Echo and vibrate over valleys and hills.
does speak OF a G-famed feet,
Nor the wonderful tale Of a heree dead
IT'S the dire rumblings OF threatened
It's the strident voice Of the Iron Steed:
It's the clankety-ciank the iron rails
AS the Pullmsns Ger mountain plain;
But It bears tding heart yearns to hear
The Nationals are on their way South again.
Henry T. Rodie
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
six-day walking Race Planned.

New York. Feb 27-Not since the days
when "Leper' Hughes. Pop Weston,
Richard Golden. NOremac. and others
strove for honors on the cinder path viii
there be such an aggregation OF long
distance walkers as VIII compete on
March IN a six-day go-as-you-please
team race at Madison Square Garden.
With twenty-one teams already entered.
and four others likely 20 come IN. the
race viii bring together the best "peds'
Of America and Europe.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

be A left-hsnded
pitcher in the box
against him. ! saw
Frank pull of one
Of the cTaEiest
stunts ia Detroit
while he was a
member OF the IT,
gers pitching staff
that Il has ever
been ny luck TO
witness. ! was with
Detroit az the time
had lust been
traded from Cleve-
land for Charlie
Car. We were
p!avinE Philadel-
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
VIRGINIA IS ADMITTED.
Southern Athletes 10 Compete at
soldiers Field. Cambridge.

New York, Feb. z7-Strengthened by
the admission Of three prominent schools,
the intercollegiate Athletes Of America
held a meeting to-day. az which Soldiers
Field. Ffsrvar5's athletic ground. at Cam
bridge, was accepted as the place for
holding the annual track meet this
spring
The three institutions admitted TO men,
Oership are the Massachusetts Institute
Of Technology. the University Of Virginia,
and Bowdoin. officers were elected for
the ensuing years as follows: President.
Harry E. Hill. Columbia: secretary, J.
H. McGrath. New York University.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
Exeter wins Big school Meet.

Poston. Mass. Feb 27-Exeter Acad-
envy won the interSchoIastic indoor track
championship meet from a score OF
schools here to-day. scoring 241z points
Only one record was broken. that in the
high jump. A. D. Chandler OF Brookline
High School. clearing the bar e. ; feet
ipzs inches.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
WESTERN CRACKS DO WELL.
Garner and HayeOck, of Rifle Team,
Try Targets.

In practice yesterday for the coming
inte-scholsstie rife meet, Western High
School Was represented by two Of last
years rife team-A- F Garner ana 4. l.
Haycock. Three targets were shot by
each, the results being as follows:
4 L. Haycock-45 out OF possible -. -
out Of possible 80. and IS out Of possible 90.
A. F. Gamers out Of possible %. -
out Of possible %, and = out Of posi-
bic 50
These were the highest scores made BY
any high school. and show what may be
expected from the team across the creek
IN the coming meet
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
JOHNNY king IN BAD"
Cubs Catcher Lays Himself Liable
to Heavy Fine.

10 HeaFy F1ne-
Chicago. H., Feb. 27.-New trouble is
threatening the Chicago Cubs as a result
OF the determination Of Catcher John
King not 10 report until April 10 Chance
said to-day he had not heard from king,
but that IL the catcher thought he could
do light spring work he would do so az
the risk Of incurrinE a heavy fine
Chance and fifteen men viii start for
West Baden. Ind. on Monday.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
BY CHARLES T. HICKMAN.

guess every fan remembers Frank Kit
son. the old Washington pitcher. and that
he was a left-handed hitter. and a mighty
good one. too. unless there happened 10
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

Hanover. n. H. Feb. 2I-The Dart
mouth freshmen lost in their annual
hockey game with the sophomores to-day.
the score being s 70 1
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
VIRGINIA TECH BEATEN.
Military Institute Win. Basketball

MILITARY Institute oAnS o0skct-SdAA
Game, 10 10 ..
Special 70 The Washington He-Sld-
Lexington. Va, Feb. Z7.-The Virginia
Military Institute basketball team to
night defeated the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute by the score Of IL to g. The
game was a haTd-fought battle from the
start. Both teams played good ball.
The stars for Lexington were McEntee.
Pattison. and Buracker, while Hargrove
and Hughes were the stellar players for
Biacksburg-
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
BASKETBALL.
OTHER SPORTS.
FINAL CAPITAL MEET
Georgetown Indoor Games
Booked for Saturday.
CREAM OF TALENT ENTERED

Carlisle Indians 20 BE Represented
by Ten Stars-YsIe, Cornell, and
Penzsy I'm THree-cornered Relay.
Records Likely 20 suGer-OIymRis
Athletes to Take Part in Carnival.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

Coals-MiIlsr % 4 Du1can I3T- No-IsT o
Horre. W Duncan. o'Dounsu 81. Mcronsid l5,.
Arras 81, Hover a. Bi7ck Free tosSss-Eoppe
o. Brick Retsree-Mr- B. L CraTel. CT Cal
lsude1 CoIieEe. TinskesTs7-Mr. s. " HAMS. q
Gailsa6et CoIsEs. Tine q hsites-2o minutes.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

Comlskey must have felt relieved when
Doc" White showed UP for the spring
training trip.
Wei. good-by. See you all in church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
FARMS WANTED

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

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