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Evening star., 1909-04-11
OUTLOOK IN THE EASTERN
LEAGUE FOR 1909

Inasmuch as the law Of drafting and
the sale of players works each Year to
the partial disintegration of all class
AA teams. it is always a problem to
try to work out in advance a satisfactory
line as to the possibilities of the clubs
which compose these organizations.
Viewing the situation in the Eastern
League at large the indications are
prophetic for better year in the summer
TO come than that of 1905, and the season
which has passed away was one of the
best that the Eastern League ever had
The introduction of new blood all along
the line means much for the race. Joe
Kelley will go back to Toronto as man.
ager. There's a help at once for the
Canadian team. He won a championship
in that city and he has proved himself a
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Take the players as they come anf go
and this German. Lobert OF the Reds. Is
just about as high-grade a star as they
make them. Lobert Is one OF the most
valuable players In either league. and
nobody Is any better aware Of tho fact
than himself.
Tom Jones. first baseman OF the ST.
Louis Browns, has a curious position with
The cub. Each year IL Is announced that
he Is all through; that the club is tired or
his mechanical. automaton-like playing
and will get a new first baseman. and
each spring seesS Mr.. r. Jones back on
the same old cushion just the same.
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Batting Strength Not Affected.

On the whole the batting strength of
the team will not be affected disadvan-
tageously BY these changes if the players
I've up TO the form OF previous years
Zimmerman is powerful hitter and was
well UP with the best in the league in the
games in which he took part last season
That Zimmerman can play as we'll on
the inEeld as Evers and that his worth
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few words I believe / have been able TO
show to the impartial reader that the
work Of the catcher is not all easy. and
that he is not mere machine or autom-
atom. but rather a Woodworking indvid-
asset.
In closing. I might say few words 10
the young man who is considering base
ball a lifework. If you have ability
and plenty of nerve, for cutters have no
play. 1t is ans honorable profession as
well as lucrative one and there will be
much pleasure in it for you. If you in
tend to be catcher get into the habit
of observing things: keep your eyes open
and learn TO think quickly. and, above ali.
learn TO be judge of men, for you'll
need to be one, IL you make the big
leagues.
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Strength May Be Waning.

Three or four of the clubs which were
in the thick of the fight in 1908 show indi-
cations of a falling off in strength to the
eyes of those who make base ball form
study. Last year they were at their
zeuith. Their stars are now in their
declination instead of their ascendency.
After all, the great battle of each season
is that which takes place between the
pitchers on the one side and the batters
on the other.
The closer these contending forces are
matched the better the race will be for
the championship and the tighter the
odds.
In the two major league races for 1905
base ball fans" may not have noted that
the pitchers of both the National and
american leagues were almost exactly d.
yided in regard to their ability in the box.
Almost half of the pitcners In the Ma
tional League won 500 per cent or more of
their games Almost half of the pitchers
in the American League did exactly the
same thing.
There is one of the very good and sub.
stantial reasons for the tremendously in
teresting contests in both organizations.
:Iiad but oie-third of the pitchers I'm both
of the leagues. instead of one-half, been
successful enough to win half or more
than one-half of their games the contests
in both organizations would have been
strung out in procession. with one or
two clubs so far In the lead that the re-
mainder would have trailed like the tail
of comet
When the pitching becomes so well
eaualized.,t that % per cent of those who
throw the ball are successful on the plus
side; as against 30 per cent unSuccessful
on the minus side. the owners Of the
cluos have unconsciously Handicapped
their teams with even better success than
they might have been matched had an
expert and a professional student of odds
attempted to achieve the same result
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Hard Task for comiskey.

Comiskeys task, IL he is finally called
upon to fill Jones place, is the hardest OF
any owner In the American League. Com
iskey can direct q team and instill the
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II will seem quite like old times to have
a Ward playing on a New York infield.
Yes?
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Arthur Deylin is due for a swell year
at the bat and on the bases. Artie can
travel like a ST. Yves if he is spurred a
little.
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Jake weimer can pitch winning ball
When his heart is in his work. Can Nc
Graw make him feel like a young and
eager star?
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Horace Fogel says that the Athletics
are 100 per cent better than they were a
year ago, both in condition and ability.
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CHIPS FROMTHE DIAMOND.

Charley Comiskey told Winnipeg
man that the SoX would win
the pennaut, with the Clevelands second
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Taking him as a concrete proposition,
George Mcbride, Cantillon's shOr;stop. Is
about as clever as they grow. No man
playing the shortfield today covers any
more territory.-New York Telegraph.
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st. Louis Good Move,

Had ST. Louis possessed Criger for a
catcher last year 1t is certain that the
team would have made a better showing
than it did. If James r. McAleer, the
manager of the team. has calculated his
strength we'll and meets with no disaster
in the way of injured players-the hurdle
over which many a team has plunged to
an unfortunate finish-the move which he
made to secure Criger from Boston is one
of the most strategic of the season.
In any event CrigeE will have abundant
opportunity to show exactly what his per-
sonal value may be to any club which is
fortunate enough to secure his services.
Review carefully the work CT the st.
Louis team in 1908, and. while it may
have lost games here and there by the
fortunes of base ball war. 1t Is, evident
that the crying need OF the club in its
crucial games was reliable and COM
petent catcher-a catcher who not only
could handle the pitchers. but who could
direct the team.
Hence the cleverness of the play to Sc
cure Criger for 1909. 1t is likely to place
st. Louis among the contending clubs
from the start of the race. 1t certainly
is going to make ST. Louis q team to be
respected from the start.
The Athletics are always to be treated
with respect. With a manager at their
head of the acknowledged ability of Con-
ME Mack they will keep many game
in the balance where less competent gen
eralship would fail to preserve their
unity.
Where St Louis fortified itself. Mack
has been less successful. If he were
stronger in the catching department his
team would be increased in fighting force
The weakness Of the nine last year was
behind the bat. and unless Mack is sue
cessful in developing a catcher after his
own heart, it may be a weakness which
shall display itself this summer.
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Cubs Crippled Without King. !.

Wise fans are predicting that the Cubs
will run second or worse since Johnny
Killing, the greatest catcher in the league,
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Pitchers of the Present Year.

VIII the pitchers be divided so evenly
i'm 1900? If one could but answer that
question it would afford qualification TO
many an owner who enters upon the year
full of hope and faith. but with a mega
tive touch to the brightest picture which
is painted in his imagination. as only too
well he. knows the possibilities OF acci-
dent and the penalty of accommodating
years upon his men.
If the championship races OF lJu9 are
not 50 close as those of 1908. and another
such nerve-racking strain would almost
separate families. there is at least plenty
of reason TO believe that they viii be
much superior to some of the contests for
the pennant which have taken place in
the past. For while there may be teams
which may not quite meet expectations. II
is Also to be taken into consideration that
any slumps, on their part may not take
them so far down the ladder has been
customary in other years. owing to the
fact that very good auxiliary strength
has been recruited from the clubs of the
minor leagues.
The younger players may be able to
stop the gap before a team which has
been successful is reduced in it's per-
centage by the loss of two or three series
in succession. If they are able to demon
'strate such worth to the clubs which
have engaged them for the season to
come they will very likely prevent any
zine from running away with the cham
-piouslIip. although they may not be quite
strong enough to save the championship
10 the club which has taken them on for
ths year.
Taken collectively il is a fair estimate
Of team values 10 say that the National
AMERICAN League. Eastern and American
Association races will he brilliant in
spots. interesting all the time il not inn
nIediately interesting TO all of the clubs
AL OF the time reasonably close to the fin
ish and more pregnant with possible sur
prises than the races OF 1905 which, even
if close. ran very true to the form which
was predicted of them. Perhaps il would
hc fairer to confine this to the National
and American League contest as the
class "A League must rebuild after its
teams have been partially torn to pieces
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Boston's Youth.

Boston is uncertain. with the uncer-
tainty which attaches to all clubs Of
young players. Undoubtedly some games
will be played with great briliancy 9th
ers will be lost with great unanimity
That always is the case where SO many
young players are in harness together
The loss of Young Withdrew a. tre-
mendous winning factor from Boston.
and the team hardly looks to be of cham
pionship caliber.
Washington will play interesting games
throughout the season because Of some
very pronounced strength in the box and
an ability to bat. which will help when
ever the games are close enough to be
won by a run or two.
New York is largely experimental. There
Is strength In the team, but the man.
ager does not claim to have champion
ship organization. although he is certain
that he will weld together a machine
which shall make every one of its an
tagonists work like Trojans to win
1t must not be forgotten that the New
York team is in the position where it is
practically to be reconstructed. and any
one who has had experience W tn profess
sional base ball knows that it will take a
manager at least one season to intro
duce his system of playing successfully
among his players and another season to
polish off the material so that 1t will work
with SmoothneSs and successful co-opera-
ton.
Evening star., 1909-04-11

Jocko Halligan has attached his John
Hancock to Scranton contract. The
former Skeeter has a whole lot of good
ball still left In his system
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Stats" Mcconnell showed Manager
Sta;linSs haw well he could hold down
the first station for the Highlanders down
In Macon Friday. With Hal Chase on the
hospital list the lanky twirler put up
star game on first being credited with
ten putoutS and one assist. He clouted
out two long hits, laid down a neat sac
rifice and crossed the plate with a couple
of runs.
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Jack Dunleavy. Delehanty and Tate
make a fast outfield for the Louisville
club, while Ambrose Pullman, Dick Har-
ley. Suter Sullivan and Bill Hogg. late
Of the Highlanders, will help the Colonels
keep In the running of the American
Association race this season.
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Schlitzer Coombs and Plank are work
ing on a new slow ball that Capt. Davis
introduced. All three have been getting
the hang of II very finely and now use i!
fin practice. The bali, in addition to be-
ing a slow one, has sharp drop break
that should prove a puzzler.
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Hughey Jennings has another backstop
on his card of possibilities, a youngster
named Spiesman, who played with the
Troy IN W team.
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Capt Dillon of the Los Angeles team
formerly a Brooklyn first baseman. is in
the young-blood class for fair. He was
the pitcher of Beloit University back in
1880
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10
TAFT TAKES IN
PANAMA DO|NGS
MAKES CAREFUL STUDY OF EN-
TIRE CANAL SITUATION
AND URROUNDINGS.

Panama, Feb. 3.-William II. Taft,
accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel
Goethals, chief engineer of the canal,
and the special engineers, proceeded
from Culebra to Colon yesterday morn
ing, and he had an opportunity to
look into the matter of the breakwa-
ter which it is proposed to construct
there. The engineers have decided
to recommend that breakwaters be
built from Colon to Point Toro, which
will better protect the Caribbean en-
trance of the canal and form a safe
harbor. The cost of these breakw2-
tiers will be $1O,0OO,O00, the same as
the amount estimated in the old plan
for the breakwater paralleling the
channel.
Engineers are contemplating the
saving of expense by building lower
dam at Gatun than that originally
planned. They will remain at Culebra
today for the purpose of consulting
data. Mr.. Taft will inspect the Pacific
locks and the channel this afternoon.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10
.GR|D|RON CLUB
BIDS FAREWELL

Washington, Jan. 31-A farewell to
President Roosevelt and Vice Presi-
dent F'airbanks-in their official capac
ity only-was said to them last night
by the Gridiron club at its annual
winter dinner. In all there were near
ly 200 guests, and the roll included
the president, vice president, ambas-
sadors, justices of the supreme court,
cabinet officials, senators, representa-.
tives, editors, publishers, and men OF
affairs generally.
The temperance movement that has
swept the country showed its effect
on the club. AS souvenir of the din
ner, the guests were given "Hs o IL
Illustrated Gridiron Almanacs, pub
lished by the Gridiron waterwagon
press" Between its covers there was
no remedy given for the ills of statse
men. journalists, real newspapermen,
molly coddles. malefactors of great
wealth, "other than plain H o. In
this almanac, the Teddy Bear
formed the center of the signs of the
zodiac. while the entire production
was marked as forwarded to congress
as Especial message, number 23232323
1928"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10
Match Makers Strike.

Oshkosh, Wis, Feb. IA walkOut
involving between twenty-five and
thirty men, took place yesterday
morning at the Oshkosh plant of the
Diamond Match company. Those
quitting work were employed in the
saw room and the cause was the re-
fusal Of the company to grant de-
mand for increased wages. Accord
ing to those who went out, the com
pany reduced wages last fall and
promised a restoration when business
improved. When the crew went to the
superintendent and asked for the
scale to be restored, this was refused
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10
TAKES TWO YEARS
/ To MAKE A BARBER

BARRIERS in the state are on the war.
path against the schools which prom
Use to make full fledged tonsorial
artist of man within six months
The state board of pharmacy requests
all those who contemplate taking such
a course to consult it's members.
Young men who wish to become
BARRIERS should be careful about pay
ing $50 or more for course in a bar
Der college, under the superstition
that Immediately upon graduating
from such college they can practice
the tonsorial art
The state law Of Wisconsin demands
that those who wish to become bar.
bers serve an apprenticeship of two
years and then pass an examination
before they are given certificates max
ing them full-fledged BARRIERS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10
sERvlAN VILLAGES ARE BURNED.
AIbanians Resent interference OF Old
Enemies and Go to War.

Vienna, Austria, Feb. alarming
news comes from the sanjak OF Nov
ibazar, where, since the Austrian evac-
uation, the old hatred between Ser
VANS and Albanians has broken out
again in open hostilities. Albanians
have attacked and burned Servlan
villages, killing many of the inhabi-
tants. The Servians, it is said, in
trigued to incite. the Albanians against
Austria and the Albanians resented
the interference of their ole enemies
and turned upon them. The situation
would not be so alarming were it not
for the fact that it involves the risk
of a Montenegrin attack upon the Al
banians. 1t is also feared that a
great disturbance would lead to fight
ing between Servians and Mohamme-
dams in Bosnia, where anything OF the
sort at the present moment might be
fraught with the most disastrous con-
sequences to the peace Of Europe by
precipitating a war between SerVia
and Austria.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10

Hudnall at previous sessions pro-
test that all proceedings were null
and void except the announcement of
the election of Stephenson.
1.-THE chair holds the request to be
out of ORDER answered President
Strange.
Then Senator Page read the protest
in full.
THE chair refuses to take notice OF
the protest"
The ballot followed, the joint SEES
sion was dissolved, and thousand
visitors to galleries and lobby passed
from the capitol.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10

hood where the crime was committed.
were arrested yesterday for the MUIR
der of aged Alfred Mailman, who on
Sunday night was shot down by
masked robbers while at the bedside
OF his sick wife at his home in
Pequea township. Fornwalt and Ben
jamin Aston, the authorities say, con-
fessed that all three were present
and that Walter did the shooting.
Fornwalt was in the door and Benja-
min on guard outside.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10
CONTROL
OF UTILITIES
INTERESTING PROPOSAL BY SEN
ATOR LEHR-DlSPLACE RAIL
ROAD COMMISSION.

proposed enactment TO which
will attack much interest is that
which Senator j. Elmer Lehr will
press for passage in the legislature to
create county public utility commits
Sions.
Senator Lehr's bill will provide for
the. establishment in each county in
the state of commission to consist
OF three persons appointed by the
governor for a term of three years to
have full control of all public utility
corporations in the county. No per-
son shall be appointed to the commits
sion who is interested in a public
utility. The compensation of the com
missioners shall be $40 per day for
every day actually and necessarily
spent in the service together with all
necessary expenses and disburse-
ments.
This board of COMMISSIONS shall
be vested, by the terms of Senator
Lehr's bill, with power to supervise
and control, to fix rates, tolls, charges
schedules, regulations, etc. 1t may in
vestigate rates, hold hearings thereon
and order changes. Appeal shall lie
to the railroad commission.
An interesting feature of the bill
is that which provides that the juris-
diction of the railroad commission
shall be limited to those utilities
which furnish inter-county service and
to the hearing of appeals from the
county utilities commissions.
Should the bill become law it will
create places for PIG officeholders.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10
100 REPORTED
KILL Ed BY QUAKE
TOWNS OPPOSITE GIBRALTAR
SAID TO HAVE SUFFERED
BY SHOCK.
MADRID DiscREDITs sToRY-RAR-
cELoNA UNMovED AND EV-
ERYTHING NORMAL.

Gibraltar, Feb. 1.-Centa, on the
Morocco coast opposite Gibraltar, and
Tetuan, twenty-five miles rom Tan
gier, were badly shaken in an earth
quake yesterday morning. Over 100
persons are said TO have been killed
or injured The American battle
ships Georgia and Nebraska are at
Tangier, which is not far from the
scene of the reported disturbance. No
word has been received from there to
confirm the report.
Madrid Discredits the Report.
Madrid, Spain, Jan. 3I.-No further
news has been received here regarding
the reported destruction of the village
of Romara, in Morocco. Natives com
ing into Tetuan declared that this vii
lage had been buried under an ava
lanche of earth and rocks and that the
dead and injured numbered 100.
These statements are similar to previ-
Gus reports received week ago.
No Shock at Barcelona
Madrid, Spain, Jan. 31.-All COM
munication with southern Spain and
with the city of Barcelona is uninter-
rupted and normal and reports eman-
ating from England relative to a dis
astrous earthquake and tidal wave at
Barcelona are untrue. There was a
slight earth shock at Totana in the
province of Murcia. but no serious
damage was done. The walls of only
a few houses were cracked. Slight
shocks were also felt in the neighbor-
ing village of Olias.
At both Totana and Olias the inhab-
itants fed panic-stricken to the
suburbs, fearing that disaster was
upon them such as devastated Mes
sina, Italy.
The seismic disturbance was regis
tered on the instruments of the insti-
tute at Valencia.
1t is reported that the moment the
quake occurred the sun was hidden by
a dense gray cloud, which, however,
disappeared Immediately, while
shower of hailstones as large as wal
nuts covered the ground to depth
of several centimeters.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10
UNIONS CONFLICT
WITH HEPBURN ACT
RAILROAD ORDERS FACE TRou-
BE ON SCORE OF FREE
TRANSPORTATION.
FORBIDDEN TO CARRY FREE MEM
BERs OF FRATERNAL
ORDERS.

Members of the different railroad
brotherhoods are likely to get in
trouble with the government on ac-
count of carrying fellow members OF
their unions free. 1t has been a long
standing custom in railroad work for
conductors, engineers, firemen and
others, members of the brotherhoods
of those departments, to be carried
over rival roads free on their order
card.
Usually if an engineer out of work
and in good standing in his order de-
sires to ride over a railroad he is
recognized by the engineer hauling
the train and is allowed by the con-
duCtor to ride in the cab of that en-
CINE If he desires &c ride in the
coach it is up to the conductor to
carry him and since the two big
brotherhoods have got on friendlier
terms the courtesy is usually granted,
but the engineer considers it his
right to carry a brother engineer out
of work in the cab Conductors ex-
tend similar courtesies in the coaches
to brother conductors and usually to
brakemen and train baggagemen.
The favors sometims go so far as
recognizing former Pullman conduct
ors out of employment or conductors
of that service who desire courtesies
for their wives. This custom, how
ever, is not widespread as that re-
lating to regular trainmen.
All of these concessions or favors
are entirely illegal and in direct con-
f1ict with the anti-pass feature of the
Hepburn act. The law says that no
free or reduced rate of transportation
shall be given except for certain spec
flied classes, among which are rail
road employees. The statute. however
does not say that even railroad en-
ployes may be carried on trains with
out tickets. The requirements are
that there be some written evidence
complying with the law.
The feature of the custom that is
Illegal is the carrying of members of
the different railroad brotherhoods
when out of work--when not connect
ed with any railroad. These men are
usually in pursuit of positions, but for
the time they are not in the eyes of
the Hepburn act. railroad employees,
and are not entitled to free transpor-
tation. Though they may be mem
bers of one or another of the labor
unions, unless they are actually en-
ployed they are outsiders, and if they
ride free even on a pass they are
subject to fine of from $500 to
$4,000, and the one who carries them
is subject to a similar fine.
While the law seems to hit this
class, there is apparently no way to
have the act amended so as to al
low free transportation to railroad
men temporarily out of employment.
One or two of the railroads have
recently issued orders to engineers
and conductors forbidding the carry
ing free of any one, not excepting
members of the orders, without proper
tickets, on penalty of discharge