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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06
BROOKLYN
OF FANS WILL
FLOCK TO BALL PARK.
Team Enjoyed Another Good Days
Practice Yesterdsy--ludden viii
start Game To-Day.
The hating ordsr.

The Mating ordsr.
roovlyn- wheeling.
DaIoy. II Grey, SIS
Hummel, TT. JeweiI' liz
Breen. %. erhwa.,-
Daubert. ID. Strodd. IN
Unest CT Durham. RI
staIk. -. Nasher. 90.
Smitn. 3D. Moren.ib.
IRWIN. C. Welsner C.
nucker. y. Ludden, u.
Seh ps dtchie. y.
knetger, .. Murray
(By Mutt
With the Brooklyn Nationals here
to-day. Wheeling baseball fans will
nave the opportunity OF witnessing
the curtain riser on the 1912 baseball
season in this vicinity. and with ideal
weather conditions forecasted by the
weatherman. the indications are that
Island park will be thronged with
thousands. II will not be the second
team OF Trolley Dodgers that will face
the Stogies this afternoon bur the
club that will face the New York
Giants on the 18th of the month. Nan
Rucker. considered by many snort
writer's the peer OF all National league
twirlers, will work a portion OF the
game while other world famous stars
will participate in the event.
The Brooklyn team defeated Terre
Haute to l and IL to . last week
In the Indiana city. and the scores
here VIII be watched eagerly for many
OF the bugs think that a comparison
OF the scores VIII have a tendency
TO test the strength OF the two teams.
The Haute Is generally considered a
contender for the bunting. Agile
Grant has whipped a fast team into
shape but local fans do not give any
OF the IL clubs the edge on Wheeling.
ludden to work.
Recruit twirlers will work for the
Stogies in the opening game while
Sunday at Richland park, the regu-
lars will take their turn on the mound
The recruits will be watched eagerly
Ludden. secured in a trade from the
Topeka, Kansas, club, will start the
game and will work for three innings
he twirled last season for Charleston
In the South Atlantic league. and
while his record was not very eood
he is considered a conner. The
charleston club was a tailender and
Ludden was given no support. RitchIe
played with East Liverpool I'm the
OHIO and Pennsylvania league last
season and was secured BY the local
club when the East Liverpool club
went TO the wall. He will 90 in in
the fourth inning and twirI for three
innings, when Young or Murray will
be sent in TO finish.
Welcher will catch. and the Kid
Will be given an ovation by his throng
OF admirers when he dons the mitt
and mask. Our old friend "BulI'
Durham, will ramble around in right
neld and he will make some OF the
Trolley Dodger twirlers SILVER when
he starts banging the pill Grey will
play shortstop. the others with the ex-
ception OF Jewell being recruits.
Work Yesterday.
Work was enjoyed by the SQUAD
yesterday under ideal weather. The
players have all worked the stiffness
out, and while not down to weight
look nj TO start the season. The local
club has been more fortunate than
more than half the clubs in securing
practice. Rain and sleet has been
falling in Indiana. Michigan and Ohio
Tor the past several days. and the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

who's who.
Grey. shortstop. played last season
with tho Stogies. and vas one OF tho
best hitters and helders in tho Cen.
trail league Jewell played short for
The Smokes last year. but Will try out
FOR the Outhcld this season The
rabbit DID not have a good record
last season but r. on the cart this
year and should make good. Goat"
anderson. The pilot. ls not well known
ln this vicinity lie played in the
western league last year and was one
OF tho best feiders and hittora In the
circuit DE will play center field for
the Stogies. Peaches" Graham needs
no introduction 70 local fans. Ito was
one or the best twirlors ln the league
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

ington. Pa. lie played semibro ball
last year. Moren halls from Clarks.
burg where he played the initial BAG
Tor the semiprofcssional team OF that
city lie was recommended BY "BuiIT
smith. and has made a hit with the
fans here who have seen him work
10 y a hne fielder and a sure hitter
Richie is twirler who comes from
East Liverpool. Of the o. q r. league
he had n good season last year and
should make GOOD. Strood was %.
cured Ia trade with the Canton
Chinks Tie r. n fast third aacker
Murray. a twirler recommended hieh.
". played IN the Allegheny league
last season and won something ike
- out OF IL games, lie r. a big Eel.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

low and 10 prized By Anderson. Dash
bach played last year with Notre
Dame university lie was recon
mended BY Barney Dreyfuas. Of the
Pittsburgh Pirates. Ludden Is the
tWirier secured In a trade with the
Topeka team Of the Western league
He tvirior for the Charleston. South
Atlantic club last year Thomas is
another twirier that looks good. he
played semipro ball for Mt Pleasant.
q, last year Weiss pitched for a
brooklyn professional team last year.
lie comes highly recommended.
Lavely - an outnelder who played
IN the semiprofessionai ranks last
year Nasher. a brooklyn aemipro
player. Il about one OF the best in.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

heiders that has been practieins He
looks like a and. lie had a nns rec.
ord IN the New England league.
Schwartz. an outhelder. played semi
pro ball last year. Peg Bemis vaa
secured through the Newark club.
Tie r. tWirier and r. considered fass
enough for the Central 0erchak ID
another twirier who played semlprci
ball last year Miller. the local backs
stop. semiprofessional player. 10
showing form in the practices. ~Cy~.
Young the twirier secured from Frie.
made good last year IN the q. q y.
league. Boeo, a eemlprO tvirier,
Collins. an outhelder. IL a semi-pros
fessional player.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

The fans should not expect too
much OF the Stogies against the
BROOKLYN first team to-day. The Troll
ley Dodgers have FOR weeks been
training In the south and are In the
PINK OF condition. while the Stogles
have had but three DAYS practice.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06
HOODOO FOLLOWING
SHERWOOD MAGEE

PHILADELPHIA. April 5.-Sher.
wood Magee. left fielder on the Ma
tional league team of this city. will be
out Of the game for at least a month
because of a fractured bone In mis-
right wrist. Yesterday during practice
he was hit by a pitched ball.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

The Rabbit" says he is on the water
wagon and will not be in Bugs" Ray
mond's class this year. Let US hope
that Benny means It.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

More than 4 hundred fans from
Wheeling will accompany the team
to Akron. to witness the opening game
OF the Central League.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

Strood will play third to-day. He
looks like a fast inhelder and Ander-
sen thinks a great deal OF him.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

Rabbit" Jewell made his appear
ance yesterday and was in uniform.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

ed ability both in fielding and in
hitting.
sunday. at Richland park, the
Stogies will meet the Trolley Dodgers
Tor the second time. Graham, Beattie
and Hammond will work for the local
club. and the veteran infelders and
outselders Will be in the lineup.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

teams have only been able to get in
door work.
Anderson had the players run the
bases. catch flies and field balls
knocked to the inneld They all
worked with ginger and all seem
anxious to get in the best of condition
for the Akron games.
The Brooklyn second team will play
the Dayton Vets this afternoon on the
Dayton grounds. Punch Knoll will
work four pitchers in the game. II
will be the first time the pennant
winners have played this season. and
they have had but little work owing
TO weather conditions.
That fellow Nasher, from Brook
Ign, looks like a conner The Brook.
lyn man is fast as lightning and will
be hard to beat out. He stands at
the plate Ike a slugger and smacks
the pill at will.
b. ]. Smith. OF the Central Lacquer.
who has been keeping close tab on
the Central league since II was or.
ganized, says that Moren, the Clarks-
burg first baseman. who is trying out
with the club. Is a conner. The first
sacker Is very young but shows mark
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31
ondlesnly occupy tho Orleanist# under
tho roign or Charles vi. OF France
autobiography of n Baby"

autobiography of BABY"
BY rhomas l. Bradford. II. D. David
Mckay. OF Philadelphia. publisher. 50c.
All good women seeing this little
book will Immediately want a copy, for
II has ono of the dearest baby pictures
In the world on It's covers, and the lit
tie man of four years who tells tho
story OF the book, in outdoor dress,
wheelharrow In hand for fronts.
piece.
The little man knows what babies
do not like and what they like He
tells or many things that cause them
pain and discomfort through the care
lessne$s or ignorance OF nurses and
reintives. lie tells about food. hours
Oh Steep and outdoor exercise, of how
oaoies should be handled ana dressed,
and does 1t with the hope that il, may
conduce to the better care of babies
lie presents plans Tor ideal baby
e!othes' gives recipes for the prepara-
non OF various foods. protests against
the use of paclficrs and recommends, Inc
use of modified milk
INC little book closes with ihis
message: ITO all mothers and nurses
say that every word have told YOU
is true. When you look at the baby
remember that baby thinks ana IN.
derstands, although poli,cness may pre-
vent him from saying much.
III mothers will follow my hints
ABOUT babyhood, ! shall be happv and.
ana feel that have done nv duty nv
my fellow babies
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Louise Collier WILCOX. in her new
look. Harper publication. The Road
TO JOY" voices Il sane spiritual opttm-
ism which. vhil" no, dcnyinf; the diff
iiculties OF HES road points out its
beauties overlooked Ivy SO many tray
clcrs The following are Il few Of
TIC Gupiabl" passages:
Men are beginning to sec the value
~ living in the moment.
That is poor human soul that
can only hc beaten into comcly shape.
We have TO he trained 10y fate or
'ifc--of God IL YOU will Lot me say
50 10 put higher and higher quality
into our joys.
'rii~ is rcarsome and awcsomc
world and out OF It's dangers and dir
Identities Il man makes character ana
IS one looks around a, iife one
sometimes feels that the first virtue
ana the last the ono indispensable.
quality for living this human life. is
lust courage
Courage is the virtue OF the strong,
iorttud" the virtue of tho miserable
/ Courage Is strength in action, foriitu.ic
Is strength in endurance. Courage "a
,hr masculine, fortltudc the feminine
Th@ Nroyt soul mas rhroe chapcas
More mon nave sufic cd through i,.-
| noble fear than through All the mala.
! dies Of earth
Joy never leans on VIVA, happens
hut on what is.
| u would seem that only spiritual
g!its can he equal
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I sets up apartments for himself in an.
| other quarter of London, fashionable
| by comparison. and enters the field OF
| literature. Oliver has some talent. but
he vain and constantly overestimatcs
! himself and his ability. He is more
! over luxurious IN his taste and OK
| travasent and idle in mis- habits. He
| does not hesitate TO demand help from
| his father. ALREADY oppressed with the
! burden Of advancing years and the care
| of Il family which he can hardly sup
port. He does not hesitate TO borrow
from his brother. who is a scIf-dcnylng
young fellow. often snabbily attircd,
| and thus II contrast to divers smart
ness in the way OF attire Finally, and
worst OF all. Oliver does not stop at
accepting aid from members OF his
family; nc is quite willing to- take il
wherever it may be gotten.
And the curious fact OF the book Is
that all women he knows arc quite
ready TO help him. lie nearly ruins
the domestic happiness of katherine
Goldstein by persuadng her into all
sorts of unconventional cscapades. but
Katherine, fine-natured and clever wo-
man as she ia. invariably fcrEivcs
Oliver. and does a great deal moro for
him than he deserves, When he has
gotten into money difficulties. he re-
members another woman. named Vir-
s4Hih NNiidlIu Nv INK III tuidl tnSlanu
who has made him the dispenser OF her
charities because OF ner admration
for his literary work.
lie goes 10 a little village not IA,
from virginia Garlands home. accepts
the use of cottage rent free. from
her. accepts great deal else. and
hnailT marries her and has all or his
difficulties sm0othed out entirely.
The only reason that can be assign.
cd for such curious state of affairs is
this: Is that oliver Is y good looking
young fellow; that he is we'll hammered
IN the main. we'll dressed and has
way of throwing himself upon the
sympnthies of every woman whom lie
approaches. There are many Olivers
In the world. Readers of the book
VIII recognize the type. and wonder at
the infatuation which comes to tho ain
Of such and generally causes them 10
he reckoned as kind generous moral
and successful men.
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nooNs AND AUTHORS.



There is little trace cf the influence
OF dickens III John Galsworthys The
fotriclan tScribncrs), or his other
novels yet he sets Dickens above ali
other English novelists Dickens was
distinctly the biggest novelist we have
, ever had" he declared q "A recent in
/ tcfVlcW. lie was a 'rcforncr' in tho
sense that he had a great influence
ms BOOKS resulted in II distinct increase
~ humane and broad-minded feeling
III me community Eut 'reformer Is
an awkward word. what Dickens did
was TO sweep away til. cobwcbs. He
was the great scourEc OF Bumbledom"
ne thSiishman smiled again You
Know what mean by Bumblcdomc Of
neral red tapeism, and al that
dickens was 50 big. so broad mind.
sd' Novel writing has made progress
| IN mere art since Dickcns's time lie
sinned against all the little canons
OF art but lie was big enough to stand
'hat' He was the niggcat man we have
ever had. Ills personality, his love
OF people--thcsc were 50 great and so
broad. And Dickens has stood the test
OF time. He is az readable now as he
WAS when his books were written.
And that in itself is a Tremendous tri.
. butte TO Dickena's scope.
"Ihackeray, too, was n big tnar-not
so big as Dickens. but big man none
me less Time cannu, destroy MIN
either.
George Eliot has never interested
| me much. can't say Why don't like
her books, but somehow don't.
can take UP novel by Dickens or
Thackeray at any time ana become lost
. III II. But can't do that with George
Eliot. don't find her interesting.
~ Thomas Hardy / don't care to
speak because he is sull living. As
Tor George Meredith, he was a big man
Who 10 my mind, would have been bigger
II he had nov let his poetry invade his
Prose SO hcpelessly, think that is
where the responsibility lies for Mere
diths obscurity."
Not in The pa,ric!an' surely is
mere anything Dickensian, but per-
maps now and then there is in the
Sketches and studies II ~ Motley"
ana eertainl% though true creations
I OF the writer. those delightful vagn-
bonds Of The Pigeon" would feel very
much ut home in the Dickens world Of
characters,
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Anonymous stage Novel.

9"NVthlhg OF SENSATION mas DC ~
created 10y an anonymous stage novel
when Is said 70 be 50 anonymous that
even ihr publishers do not know the
real name OF the person who wrote
II. TN story is written in the first
PERSON and M. /. c. its lille. IS
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"Thc Pigeon"

sy John Galsworthy Charles Serb
hers sons, OF New York, through tho
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MS itte fantasy in three acts is
luil OF the individuality which renders
NJ "a isworthy such a notable figure
IN English literature AZ the present
, ,.lne, me persons of tho play are
christopher Wellwyn. an artist; Anna.
us seventeen year old daughter: GUM
cVcTe Megan. flower seller Rory Me-
gan Der husband Terrand, an alian.
'fnson. once cabman; Edward Ec-Ln
10y q canon; Alfred Galway. a profes.
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others.
The action passes in w,iiwyns stu
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Christopher Wellwvn's whole snort
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iuclines him 10 lend a ready cay "a Tho
most eEtrayagant demands made bv
ineSs people aid he finally is IN ds
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ton.
anne is long-suhering but even her
patience Is a length worn out. she
calls in her friends, IN. canon. tba
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|
BY Amelie Eives, Princess Troubetz-
koy. j. q. Lippincctt Co, of Philadel-
phia. sl.2O not.
This charming little volume by "a
faVorite Virginia author has n frantis-
piece by Gayle Porter Hoskins. and Is
inscribed TO the authors dear friend
and cousin, Helen Martin
The story turns on dual personality
The Two forces that are said to exist
In every human soul and that arc here
described In the personalities of Molina
and Robtna Jardine. supposed to be
twin sisters. The scenes OF the story
nave most romantic setting In the
free wildness OF Virginia mountains.
The jardine House is called Hidden
House The mountain against which
II is buil, is known as Thunder Noun
tain. The name OF the house has been
given TO it because OF its unusual To-
cation which hides it from the eye OF
a visitor until ne is almost immediat
ly al it's threshold II is needless 10
say that the story is wildly and beat
t!fully told because Virginia people
arc too familiar with the literary pow :
ers OF Princess TroubetzkOy not TO take
what size writes al its p-opcr valuation.
The present story is evidently
| founded on some wild mountain
legend which has been utilized by the
author. y visitor to the Jardinc home
In search of health first met ana loved
Molina Jurdine Aftcrward. when
MONA disappeared and Robina took
her place, his allegiance wavcred.
His senses were confused: he could
not tell Just where he stood nor what
he fclt The sweetness ana gentle
| ness Of one impersonation and tho
wldncss OF the other appeal TO differ
cnt phases of his nature. Scenes In the
fire lit kitchen OF the Jardnc home.
with Rohinaa figure glad In scarlet
and whirling in a dance are sharply
contrastcd with Moina's clear auietude
and the sweet gravity Of her Madonna
| like face
The book is tragi, in tone and tragic
| in ending. Mo!nu'4 second entity is
driven out for good and all, and
| MONA vows never to marry and bring
| down the curse which She has inherited
| on others The visitor who tells the
| stor1; goes back 10 his Northern home.
land the old grandfather. who has
| always loved the Robina side of his
granddaughter far better than Moina,
lis left alone in the old house lament
! ing. ,
/ The story closes with poem. The
| sang o. the Ghaist That Wun Hame'
and tic last paragraph says: u end
as began. with questions which nor
! | nor any other man may answer. ana
toward which God keeps majestic ana
| inviolablc silence
..Hcctor Grncme.'
by Evelyn Brentwood John Lane
Company. of Sew York. Sl.a" mel
somewhat out of-the- ordinary
! s4or, Of military life in India, with d
| man named Hector Graeme fer 'er"'
lie is not {. man who could ever We
nonu1ar as an omcer in the EnSlish
srnv. Nc is TO the last degree ihno:-
mall. ambitious and nnscrnpulous re
liza. the desire - mako a Napoleon "'
himself without the ability ne mas
unusual psychic powers and uses thlS
ernins, whorn his anger or his aatred
NAV be dircctcd The hook is far from
attractive; the character IS overGrawn
and the story is altogether toe IN
natural 10 entertain the imagine