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The Detroit times., 1909-03-29

SCARCITY OF SOUTHPAW PITCHING MAY
COST TIGERS THE PENNANT THIS YEAR

nants by the ability OF their lefthand-
ers 10 beat the life out of Boston and
Washington-clubs that turned out 20
be most dangerous To Detroit's closest
rivals. The illustration afforded by
Washington and Cleveland is probably
one OF the most striking in this line.
The Tigers have always been able 20
trounce the Nationals In big majority
OF the inter-club series. The Cantil-
Ion club IL admittedly powerless be-
fore good left-handed pitching Clcve-
land had no southpaws TO put against
the Senators. and thereby lost the Am
erican league pennant last season. just
at the moment when. after years OF
disappointment. the honor seemed
within her grasp.
WILL THE SAME LACK COST
THE TIGERS THE FLAG IN 1909?
The Detroit times., 1909-03-29

still living in Michigan, though long
since out of the national game. Writ
ually won for the big Four and Five
More" the pennant or 1887 in the Ma
tional league. and Lady" heaved from
the port fiipper. Western league fans
will remember clever Bobby Gayle and
later Eddie Siever who won many n
game for Detroit away back In the
early days OF the twentieth century,
as we'll as later on, in the first pen
nant year.
RUDE Waddell is another crack
southpaw that has done service on the
local club. Rarely has it been the case
that some left-hander was not await
ing duty on the Detroit stan of which
he was an honored and effective mem
Der.
AND ED KII.LIAN HAS BEEN THE
BEST OF THE LONG LINE, SPEED.
CURVES. PLUCK, CONTROL.
FIELDING AND BATTING ABILITY
ALL CONSIDERED. Bought for the
waiver price from Cleveland in 1903
be has never had a losing season, has
almost invariably won better per.
centage OF his games than his team
and To some clubs-notedly Washing
ton, Boston and Chicago-has been a
Nemesis implacable and enduring.
II is still possible that killian may
recover the use of his arm and shout
der sufficiently 10 resume his regular
duties. That Manager Jennings is In
tensely worried over him is obvious,
however.
This is the third season that kiillan
has had arm trouble and each year
the distress has been getting worse.
Last year he was unable to use speed
until the last month Of tho season and
then the effort cost him almost unut-
terable anguish fact Of which few
OF the fans we're aware az they ap-
plauded what they believed to be his
iong-deferred return to form.
Killian is showing nothing in the
way OF improvement this spring,
though he occasionally tries TO pitch
TO the batters bit He is taking ex.
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ax PAUL n. eRuskE.

SAN ANTONIO, TexS March 70
Unless some development. at present
unforeseen. places different face on
the situation, the Detroit Tigers VIII
be compelled TO fight out their pen
nant campaign OF 1903 without lert-
handed pitcher who can be relied on
for regular duty.
Game, resourceful Ed killian shows
no signs of any return Of that prowess
which made him the best left-hander
In either league In 1907.
George Speer, the Western associa.
ton recruit on whom so much praise
Was lavlshed last year for his work at
Wichita, may have the goods, but
hasn't demonstrated the fact yet. in
spite OF a multitude of opportunities.
II as now seems probable, the Ttg-
ers will be compelled 10 enter their
race and fight IL out To the finish with
out a left-hander, they will be severe
ly handicapped, beyond question.
BUT ONE TEAM HAS EVER sue
CEEDED IN WINNING THE AMER
ICAN LEAGUE REMNANT WITH
OUT ONE CRACK SOUTHPAW AND
MOST OF THE CHAMPIONS HAD
TWO
Plank and Waddell have been the
Athletics mainstay always. Altrock
and White were Chicago's right and
left bowers in 1906. Boston had Tan.
nehill in her second successful pen
nant campaign. Her first win was &C
complished without regular south
paw, the club being particularly favor
ed with a wealth OF right-handed stars.
| The Tigers won their first pennaut
with Siever and Killian doing regular
turns. Their second saw Killian. con-
siderably impaired in effectiveness, but
nevertheless a right good twirler at
times, winning more than half his
games.
In fact, the Detroit club has always
been more than a bit partial TO the
left-handed pitchers. The old-time
| fans will recall that Lady" Baldwin.
1
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Additional Sport On
Page Nine..'.
"A ToHrA.
Dsars The zIhs Kind You Have hIwsB Bought
''',a'''' EMZzlZg
Something Unique for Edgar
To Spring or Broadway Soon
By PAUL X. BRUsKE.

SAN ANTONIO irrepressbe Edgar
.Wllet incidentally,
elaborate
down here which will ensurehm privilege
broadway when the
swing, with article of which win absolutely
Mr. Wett purchased from the other
evening beautiful tie, the basic material which had
snached from the
east advertised products though met with according
almost anywhere
idea
hide of snake with backing
the a
bouquet
ingeniousy of
which of
Displayed Wiets manly bosom N the
the Great White Way wiz silly by
but CANDY creation OF the
Edgar hasn't the tie yet He tried prckd
the nerockins
Tuh cauezed the wound however perma
damage resulted.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-29
D. j. 8. ATHLETES
SHOW TUESDAY

The annual indoor track games and
gymnastic exhibition of the Detroit
University scnool VIII be held Tues
dan afternoon in the Elmwood gyDna-
SUM Among the events are the 30
yard dash. low hurdles and high hur-
dies and relay race. The winner oil
the events, counting points, VIII get
the w. A. Sturgeon cup.
In the gymnastic program are such
events as the dumb-bell drills, tug-of-
war rope-climbing contest. horizontal
and parallel bars. fencing, wrestling,
Indian clubs and exhibitions on the
horses.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-29
FOOTBALL RULES
LITTLE CHANGES

NEW YORK, March 29.--The foot
bail rules committee has made but
few chances in the rules. The most
important is that reducing the value
OF a goal from field To three points SO
that two field goals just equal a touch
down and goal After a touchback
teams may now either kick out from
the 25-yard line or put the BAN in play
from scrmmage. \ penalty OF five
yards IS provided for a fake swapping
OF the ball BIZ center
The Detroit times., 1909-03-29
KAUFMANN DODGES
BATTLE WITH FERGUSON

SBOSTON, March 29.-Billy Delaney
has refused TO allow his protege. AL
Hartmann, TO meet Sandy Ferguson
70. the bout at the Armory A. A. on
April 16. and as a result Jim Barry
han been substituted.
BY many 1t is believed that the rea.
son for calling of the fight is not
distantly connected with Sandy's easy
victory over AL Kubiak and the spIen.
did condition that the Chelsea strong
boy is now in.
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A. A. U. President Is Author.

NEW YORK, March pa new
Marathon book. compiled by James f
Sullivan, president of the Amateur
Athletic union. has just been issued.
The book contains history OF the
origin OF Marathon racing and com
plete list of Marathon races held since
the revival Of this form OF sport.
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FEATHERWEIGHTS WILL
FIGHT AT WINDSOR A. c

Paul Sikora, just returned from a
trip 10 the Pacific coast. will meet
Charley White, OF Chicago, in the
wind-up bout at the Windsor \. c..
Wednesday night. Harry Paur and
Batch Zimmerman are the boys for
the first bout and Tom Hudson and
Pap Drouillard meet In the semi-hnal.
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.DELEHlNTY WILL
BECOME OUTLAW

CLEVELAND. o.. March 29.-Jim
Dciehanty hold-out Washington Sec
oud baseman. today accepted Western
Res crye uniyersity's offer TO coach the
baseball squad He had withheld his
signature. hoping 10 get $500 raise
from Washington. His decision may
mean that he will go TO the California
state league as an outlaw later In
the season.
"This work will keep me in shape
said Dolehanty today. Il had letter
from Cantillon this week, but it re-
ouired no answer. I might say It was
very tobasco in It's flavor"
The Detroit times., 1909-03-29
Giants Are undefeated SO Far.

DALLAS, Tex. March 29.-In th'
final game with Dallas yesterday the
Giants won by score OF 3 TO /. The
POLO grounds aggregation begins IT,
homeward march with an unbroken
line of victories. SAM CRANE.
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TIGERS PREPARING
FOR TRAVEL
NORTHWARD
LEAVE SAN ANTONIO WEoNEs-
DAY AND WILL PLAY BROWNS
AT pALLAs-LosT TO 6RoN-
cHos SATURDAY.

SAN ANTONIO. March 29.--Just
three days more at San Antonio and
then the Tigers break camp on the
initial stage OF their journey To the
northland where remnants are chased
---and won. The final game with San
Antonio Thursday, and that with the
collegians at Austin Friday. have been
cancelled, and the Tigers will spend
those two days in Dallas instead OF
practicing with the local team and
getting ready for the Saturday and
Sunday series with the st. Louis
Browns.
Il has been a very fine trip so far,
Capt. Schaefer's illness being the one
bad point about IL. Some OF the 9TH
ers have had their training troubles
also, but II looks as IL the lameness
will be gone before they get home.
Tigers Got R-r-reven-n-se.
Sundays game was notable for
three things--for Donovan's first APP
pearance on the mound, for the size
OF the crowd and for the horrible and
slaughterous way in which the Tigers
went out to take vengeance for the
defeat that was given them Saturday.
They slammed the Texas pitchers all
over the lot, they ran the bases In
way that gave the infielders Mysteries,
and they finally succeeded in putting
the whole herd Of Bronchos away up
IN the air.
Only once did the Jennings tribe
slip. Pitcher Willett, though perform.
ing his celebrated specially of making
the batters hit where the ball wasn't
most of the time, let down enough 10
allow Of four runs being scored in the
intervals OF whiting batters.
How We Lost Saturday.
Pitcher Harris. OF San Antonio,
should get a medal from the fans OF
this city for beating the Tigers. The
game came to him as a tie and he
not only held the Tigers scoreless with
q deceptive curve, but batted out the
home run that left the final score To
i IN favor of Santone. Mullin. Killian
and Summers all worked for the Tig-
ers and none OF them showed their
best form, although they kept the hits
scattered. George Mullin repeated a
past performance well known by max
ing the Tigers one run possible. With
O'Leary on base and long fiy needed.
Mullin placed his bat against the seam
Of the :, ball and arched it out far
enough SO that the run scored.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-29
Harry TuIhi|I5 Jaw More
Durable Than Joe dTin'5


SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March
22.--If one is 80 believe the evi
dence OF something like a score
OF photographs and half.tones
which form considerable part
of the big sCrap-bcoks which
Harry Tuthill. the Detroit train
er. has accumulated, Harry has
a Jaw which Is made OF hickory
and copper-rivcted az the joints.
Harry. as all the pugilistic
world knows. has trained many
famous pugilists. among them
Young Critic. Willie Lewis.
Terry McGovern and Young Cor
bett. He Is boxer himself
and usually worked out with his
men. Whenever the photograph
ers visited camp. Tuthill was
the man who posed with the
star. and on him the latter Law
ished his fav0rite, punches for
the benefit OF the camera man
who at that tine gloried in that
sort OF thing.
Harry has stood up under
Young Corbctt's terrific pictorial
fusillades score OF times. All
the other boxers mentioned have
handled him with similar rough
ness.
but the remarkable part OF II
al is the fact that he doesn't
show single sign Of IL In the
way OF scar. BRUSkE.
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.Battod for Miller

I 'BnItDd Tot WIIINF.
petrol, q Z 3 g 8 ! 8 !
SAM Nnt..0 0 ! o o o l o =
Innings pitShed--By Mulln 4. by. Kil-
liam g. by summers l. by Miller .. ny
! IIarris At bat-Agalnst Mullin q,
! I{illlnn IL. Summers 3. Miller ~, Harris
rs Hts-On Muliiu ,. on Killian :. OF
| Miller .. or Harris g. Two base hit
! killian. Home run--liarris. Sarriif'
4 -Rcckcndorf Miller. McIver. Sac-
rifc6 fly Mullin. stolen basHs-M Mo-
! riarty OI,eary ., West First base on
! balls-On Mullin I. or Summers J, OF
Miller 1 Hit by pitched ball--By Null
| lin I, by Eillian /, by Harris J. Left
on bases-Dotroit 3. SAN Antonio :.
struck ont-Bv Mullia ?, Summers J..
/ Harris s Double plays-l3ush and
/ O'I,cary. shan. Letdy and Flrcstinc.
i Time--1;S5 Tmpirc-Donovan Detroit.
! Attcndancc--35O.
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Sob Printing done right. Times Print
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John ". Marsh. ~

tried TO get into the Marathon derb
at Now York. but his entry was no
accepted.
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But at the same time the pedestrian is said
to be comparatively poor man. On his walk
in 1908 from Portland to Chicago, he en-
tered the Windy City with the expectation of
lecturing. He did little speaking, but not to
any great extent
To show his absolute integrity is an offer
which was made to him, and rejected by him
almost Immediately, of a firm manufacturing
shoe device. He could have turned his sig.
nature to the company's testimonial into sew
eral thousand dollars on the spot, had he
chosen to sign paper, stating that he had
worn the shoe continuance on his Journey and
found it satisfactory. He had not worn it. and
refused the offer without seconds hesitation
For him Professionalism is one great round of
pleasure. He likes to walk and the agreement
he made to traverse the continent in 100 DAYS
simply furnished more than three months of
enjoyment.
That was Weston's idea. The agreement was
IN sense, secondary matter. His vigor, vi.
tally and recuperative powers are declared
wonderful by physicians who have studied him
He is probably the greatest athlete of the age
everything considered.
BY post roads the distance from New York
to San Francisco is 1900 miles, but according
TO the estimate furnished by Mr. Weston and
MS manager the distance is 1900 miles, which
oe1ng accomplished in 100 days, excluding Sun
Gays, necess1tates tramp averaging 46 miles
each day. .....
Considering the many setbacks which are
pound to occur on such journey as this the
progress which Weston made was considered
remarkable.
1t was declared that the automobile which
was following Weston deserted him in the west
because that particular make of car failed to
get the amount of publicity desired. This was
something of a setback for the old man, be-
cause the machine carried provisions, refresh.
ments and other necessities
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reach Denver from New York.
leaving him ~ days for the trip
from the Colorado metropolis to
the Golden Gate. :
Even when Weston had SO near
~ completed his journey as to
ssalely traverse the Great Salt Lake
desert there were some people in
the great cities who were skeptical
as to the walkers ability to reach
his destination.
can't reach Frisco, eh?"
querled Weston with an archtng of
the eyebrows which seemed to echo
user all over his wrinkled visage.
,Why, I'll reach the coast with
time to spare" And the square
weston jaw seemed to augur well
lor the success of his resolve.
In every big city through which
tne New Highlander passed en-
route to the Pacific ocean, police
protection from the over-enthusi-
astlc public was necessary, and he
declared that of all the friends he
mace the city minions were hearth
er IN their wishes for his ultimate
success than the thousands and
thousands who were interested in
his long tramp. ...
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tesles OF various character were extended to
MIN and 1t was necessary to acknowledge
them. In so doing, little speech and per-
haps stopover for some local festivity neces-
Stated lots of fast walking when the trail was
again taken up. ~! h..
Cow paths, big paved city streets, country
roads, bitches, rights of way belonging to rail-
roads, and often mere trails through the woods
furnished the line of travel for the great jour-
ney of this aged athlete.
Intense enthusiasm was manifested all
through the west and true hospitality of the
plains was accorded him after he departed
from Chicago. Only year previous, he had
passed along the same New York Chicago
route, and he seemed an old friend to the
countrymen Consequently, like every old
friend, his feat did not cause nearly so much
CONSERVATION there as in the west.
Mercy, how do you take care of your corns,
walking as much as you do?" white-ha1red
grandma In Indiana asked Weston, as he
quenched his thirst at her well.
20, they're just ordinary feet. have few
corns, but cold water is the best medicine
they know. 1t keeps them in great TRIM
Weston wore out dozens of pairs of shoes
during the journey. He had to have an espe-
cially pl1able shoe, one which neither pinched
his feet nor was too loose, and one of the diff
ficultles of the trip was procuring just the
correct footwear.
1t was 40 years ago and more that Weston
startled the country by one of his especially
long walks When passing through Illinois on
his last venture, he encountered an aged
farmer who was summing himself in front of
his farm home.
Hard work had told on the Ilinoisan's
physique. He looked little like the young man
who had stopped his blowing one spring morn
ing back in the nineteenth century to offer the
then 30-year-old Weston meal at the farm
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ford them comfort at night, will also
promote thrift and growth. There
may be something in that argument.
Certainly hog cannot be too clean
If he tried. I do know that naturally
a hog is pretty clean sort of animal
and he enjoys bath as much as a
man does. If the hog is considered
filthy animal that devours filthy food
it is because Of the treatment given.
Hogs will select clean and wholesome
food always IL given the opportunity
to do so.
The time Is not far distant when
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declared it was the best time he hac mnj9
during the trip.
To every one along his route of travel, VIII,
saw him appear on the horizon to the east
and then vanish again toward the setting sun.
he was the same CHEEKY, hale, hearty, happy
old gentleman. His feet might be clogged
with mud, if the weather happened to be in
clement, his clothes rain, dew soaked 1t
made no difference with the Weston smile,
however. It shone no matter what the condi-
tons.
Smiling upon everyone in general, bowling to
the matrons, throwing kisses to the misses,
his whole being reflected the power of the
good nature which his manager declared as
sisted him in his difficult task.
Treading the slope of the Rockies several
days behind time, he only saw the silver lin
ing in the clouds that threatened to blast his
hopes of reaching the Pacific coast at D. M,
on the 9Th of July.
At his journeys end the whole city of San
Francisco abandoned it's last hour of the bust
ness day in the hope of making the pedestri-
ans welcome a warm one. Just as other west
ern cities had turned out to wave a CHEEKY he'll
10 and good-by to Weston, big, rejuvenated
Frisco was proportionately hospitable to this
remarkable character ...
With the eastern slope of the Rockies ira
versed there were some who questioned the
possibility of the pedestrians safe arrival at
the Golden Gate on the day set for his well
come.
II am still young old man." he said laugh
ingly, "and have shown the pedestrian young
sters of SIS and 60 years that my heyday is not
on the wane. .
There have been plenty of obstacles to
overcome, but with path to tread and will
behind me, nothing is insurmountable"
Fairly swimming through a sea of mud was
one of the everyday happenings with the
walker. 81. s -.
"1agreed to walk from ocean to ocean, but 1
had no idea I would be compelled to swim part
OF the way he said But that is just what
l had to do in Colorado. My walk into Denver
was over roads which were terrible I carried
tons OF mud on my feet, it seemed to me, and
it was a supreme effort to lift the dirt itself
with taking step which carried my own body
besides"
1t took Pedestrian Weston just 70 days to
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uen months
chef of the
whose we'll being
accompanied the Tas everywhere they wentto CINCINNATI Hot
VA to Augusta Ga, sde trips"
Phadepha New Haven New York other points The
"hh Wheeler displayed
$3.50 ~
when President Taft walks
VI washington
shadow The conscientious service
object
hours the president
oh lnqusltVe
curtains OF the box If the
insisted that his boyguard should walk his
pursued that although
mas oeen innovation
president
Wheeler like the
ABOUT 80 of
the best OF condition by
of
is nothing either
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Ever know man to scrub his
hogs unless he was intending to take
them to a state fair? Well, I have.
| have a friend in central Ohio who
keeps his hogs as clean as his Jersey
COWS. He declares if two lots of
hogs are treated alike in every re-
spect, except that one lot receives a
thorough scrubbing with soap suds
once in awhile, there will be a
marked difference in favor Of the hogs
that are washed when the time for
slaughtering comes. "A clean bed of
straw, with dry house, so as to at
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cutters, sewer traps or any receptacle
where water can lie for period OF
five days.
Teacher for sixty-Five Years.

With the record of having neve,
missed even a half day in 81 years.
service in teaching school in Boston
charles James Capen, sc years old
senior master in the Boston Latin.
school, retired from active duty.
ne IS the Oldest teacher in Boston
ana probably in the United States
Ills retirement is due to the 7o.vea1,
limit rule adopted by the BOSTON
school board. Mr.. Capen has been a.
senoolteacher IS years, but since.
1897 his service in the Latin school
has been uninterrupted.
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house. It was 40 years later, yet We,
ton recalled the meal, and the OLE
of the good things the young wife had
put before him.
Weston inquired after the mans wife
and was told that she had been dead
20 years. Tears came into the eyes Of
the aged Illinois farmer.
Then the pair, like two old cronies,
set out down the road together, West
on abandoning his long, sweeping stride
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THE FARM AND THE FARMER

more thoroughly I am convinced that
it is more in the man than in the
farm or location. I have seen men
on eastern farms that had naturally
thin soil who were making good money
on their investments, while on the
other hand I have seen men who
were losing money every year on
some of the most fertile farms of the
west. 1t is the man more than the
location.
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Crusade Against Mosquitoes.

In warning against the great sum-
mer pest and menace-mosquitoe
the department Of health of Philadel-
phia says: Mosquitoes, as rule, de-
post their eggs in stagnant water,
which hatch out with great rapidity
in the form of small animals called
'wrigglers,' named from the manner
in which they propel themselves
through the water, which, in a few
days become full-fedged mosquitoes.
A sufficient number of mosquitoes to
annoy an entire neighborhood can be
developed from a very small quantity
Of water. A neglected tomato can
containing water is sufficient for this
purpose: therefore, watch, remove,
or tightly cover with cheesecloth all
barrels. boxes. tin cans. choked roof
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for shorter, slow.
er steps, more in
keeping with the
physical condi-
ton of his friend
of four decades
ago.
Their good-by
at the cross
roads, a quarter
of a mile from
he arm e r. 8
abode was touch
ing, and for the
first and last
time during the
entire trip, tears
appeared in the
pedestrians eyes.
It was the recol-
lection of the old
days when Wes-
ton was compare
lively a young
ster, and was be-
friended by the
big-hearted in
habitants of the