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The Washington herald., 1912-03-11

Cleveland is husky young town on
the Ohio coast OF Lake Erie which Is
spreading over the map in a manner
which is causing Boston and st. Louis
the most profound alarm Thirty years
ago II was modest village where good
shows tarried for one night only. but
shortly afterward Il began to purioin
steel mills from Pittsburg, and since
then II has grown SO rapidly that II Is
row the sixtn city IN the United States
and Is one OF the most prominent wax
stations on the New Yorls-penty4i system.
In 1910 It had -5S90oo people. counting
John d. Rockefeller as merely one man.
and was<s stiIl ahead OF Pittsburg. al
though the latter had annexed Allegheny
City and twenU-seyen miscellaneous
hilltops in its efforts TO catch up.
Cleveland Is a busy town. which builds
ships. automobiles, railroad .'inakins.
and skyscraler skeletons for a.iiving. IL
also takes the raw petroleum from Penn
sylyania and Ohio and refines II into
midnight oil and jcyride Juice. some Of
the largest fragments OF the late Stand
ard OIL Company being located in Cleve-
land. When all its industries are work.
Ing. Cleveland abr assays as much smoke
tn the mouthful as Pittsburgs and the
wives OF the Euclid avenue mlllionaires
have to launder their lace curtains twice
a day.
Cleveland is full OF happy people. rid
ing industriously on its street cars for
3 cents a trip. The late Tom johnson
spent his fortune while tanning the street
car company. being one OF the few auto
mobile owners who have. been able TO
sympathize with the poor strap hanger.
The city Is now trying to segregate all
of its public officials in a civic center.
which looks as stylish on paper as Chi
cago's allegoricaI and hypothetical Lake
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Son1ers Was the Godfather
OF the american League

Philadelphia. Mar. I0.-American League
partisans are prone to praise the men In
the managerial and playing lines who
have been instrumental in giving such a
tremendous boost and Impetus 10 the
junior major organization. and forget
the puissant factor In the establishment
OF this association which has become an
adequate rival Of the older and capable
body.
It's all right to hand bouquets TO Connie
Mack for his splendid managerial ability.
for his wonderful team that twice has
brought TO johnson and his colleagues
a worlds championship.
It's fine to point with pride to Tyrus
Raymond Cobb and others Of the stellar
class, and ask where In the other major
league can there be found their equal1
But in this enthusiastic outburst the
partisan is likely to face the strongest
factor that made the American League
possible-lts godfather in fact. Charles
w. Somers. Philadelphia to-day could not
have boasted Of a worlds championship
team IL Charles Somers had not been on
the job. Boston would never have had a
worlds championship team II Somers
were not on the job.
Cleveland might have been now in the
cold without major baseball but Somers
was OiA Nht lOb. DAs L<OuAn " dohlbb-
ton. both OF these cities owe something
in their outburst OF baseball enthusiasm
and patriotism to the fact-Somers was
on the job.
Was Financial Poohbah.
Charles W. Somers was the financial
poohbah who helped these cities into
the American League. He is a million
aire whose prefix to that title has the
hyphenated multi" He has risked his
money with a recklessness that would
make some Of the present magnates
look like chaps betting a dollar on a
sure thing in the Brooklyn Handicap.
Charlie Somers Is not the man whom
you would select as a millionaire. He
is as democratic as the ocean breezes, q
splendid type Of man. has a keen bust
ness brain. cannot be fooled either by
friend or foe, and is a thorough sports
man.
He loved baseball He has had one
worlds champion-when Charlie was
owner of the Boston club-and he
wants another. Somers believes that
Harry Davis can turn the trick for him
thus he secures Davis. Somers will spend
his money to get team, spend IL judi
ciously, but he VIII spend II, II they show
him the goods. But he wants to see the
goods.
Somers' career in baseball is one of
vivacity. virility. and vicinity. The lat
ter word is meant TO convey the impress
sion that he has been all about the cir
cult.
Local Pride Started Him.
He went into the game from a spirit
OF local pride and civic patriotism.
Sounds Fourth OF July, eh? Well. here's
the story: When the National League
felt that a twelve-club organization was
too big and too unwieldy, Cleveland,
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on the reel. Evidently Hugh wants the
other managers to pay the 1000 bones
Manager Larry schlahy says the Jersey
City -skeeters" are sure pennant win
ners. because they san for their train
ing ground n Bermuda on March 70.
It doesn't listen reasonable. but then
you never can tell what the Pests"
will do.
With baseball leagues springing up
nearly every day. fans in Texas and
Oklahoma should be well fixed in the
national pastime next season. Among
the leagues aIready organized are the
Texas, Mld-Continent. Texas Oklahoma,
South Central Oklahoma State. Texas
Louisiana, and Mid-Coast.
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Bits Of Baseball.

Paul Mclean, formerly with the Chi
cago White Sox and the ST. Louis
Browns, has signed with the Toledo Club
"smiling Ar orth. the former big
ieague pitcher, has landed back IN the
Virginia League, this time as an umpire.
Hack" Engle says the only way the
youngsters can win the second-base job
with the Boston Red sox Is for them to
toss him on bridge.
President Ebbetts. Of the Brooklyn
Club, can take things easy until the
opening OF the season. as he has no hold
outs among the superbas-
''stuny'' McInnis' broken wrist. which
kept him out Of the worlds series last
fan, is entirely healed. He Is working
out with the Athletics at San Antonio.
and looks 1T
Thomas ]. .o'connor. Of Erie. Pa. has
been elected vice president Of the Central
League. He will look after the eastern
end Of the twelve-club circuit. and Presi-
dent Carson will take care OF the west
ern cities.
Senors Mendos and Conte. sporting edi-
tors from Havana. viii meet the Cincin-
natl team in Columbus. Ga, and remain
during the training trip. in order to
watch the work Of Marsans and Almeida,
the Cuban players.
President Jim McAleer. OF the Boston
Red sox. says that he played with the
Brewers. of Milwaukee. in is7S Jim must
have been a pretty bright youngster to
break into the big league at the age Of
ten.
The New England League will put over
something a little out OF the ordinary
when Il opens the season. April 10. with
morning Eames. April 10. Lexington
Day." Is a holiday In Massachusetts,.
hence the morning and afternoon Pas
time.
Some critic once said that Cy Young
had every dollar he ever made playing
baseball. When asked recently how much
he was worth. Cy said. Il have made
over $4,000 playing baseball, but have
spent more than half OF II foolishly."
George Edward Waddell, leave the room
this instant.
A short time ago Hugh Jennings said
he didn't care to sign college players for
his Detroit team, and now he says a
college player entering the professional
ranks. should demand 5000 salary right
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stroke of his oratory determined me to
give him the silver; and he finished so
admirably. that 1 emptied my pocket
wholly into the collectors dish, gold
and ALL
He and Whitfield became fast friends.
and Whitfield stayed at his house. In
replying to his invitation to visit him.
Whitfield answered; IF you make that
offer for Christ's sake. you will not miss
your reward"
To which the philosopher replied:
Don't let me be mistaken; II was not
for Christs sake. but for your sake
whitefeld often prayed for his friends
conversion, but never" says Franklin.
had the satisfaction of believing that
his prayers were heard"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-11
Little Thines that Count.
From The sarannah News

From The SaEanoah NeWA
Often II Is the little things that count.
One wouldn't be apt 10 think that a
family could travel around the world,
taking UP three years Of time, on a COL
lar button. Yet that Is what George
Covell and his family have done. Covell
invented collar button, and he went
ION the road to sell II at retail. He
talked and studied collar buttons until
he rarely II ever thought Of anything
else And the, collar button proved a
good friend. The inventor-peddler has
money in the bank.
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Georgetown renni. schedule.

Manager McQuiIlan. of the Georgetown
tennis team, announced his schedule for
the coming season, and from present in
dications the team will be even better
than that which represented the institu-
tion last year.
The candidates for the team are Capt
Brosseau, McI1ane, O'Boyle, DevIin, wy
mard, Cunnif, Mulligan, Sill, Morgan,
and Medigan. Practice will begin soon.
At the present time the courts are under
going repairs.
The schedule follows: April q, Johns
Hopkins, at Baltimore; May g. Johns
Hopkins, at Washington; May II. Navy.
st Annapolis; May Is, Pennsylvania, at
Philadelphia; May Il, Virginia, at Wash
Ington.
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AND FRANKLIN GAVE UP.

George Sidney Fisher: The Real BENJAMIN Ff1nk-
iin.''
Whitfield, the great preacher. who to-
ward the middle Of the eighteenth CEN
tury. started such a revival OF religion
In all the colonies. was Of course. man
of too much ability to escape the serious
regard OF Franklin. who relates that he
attended one of his sermons. fully re-
solved not to contribute TO the collection
at the close of Il.
II had in my pocket" he says. "a hand
full Of copper money. three or four silver
dollars, and FIVE pistoles in gold As
he proceeded. I began to soften and con-
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Georgetown Props VS.. Epiphany.

The third OF the series OF basketball
games between the Epiphany Regulars
and Georgetown Props, which was sched-
uled to be played at the Arcade next
Wednesday night. will be played at the
Y. NJ. c. A. boys department instead
Of at the Arcade. the managers of the
two teams falling to arrive at terms
with the Arcade management
The game promises to be one Of the
best and most interesting OF the season,
as each team has already won one game
from the other. Both teams have been
practicing regularly for the past week
with this particular game in view, and
may be expected to show the best that
they known in basketball.
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Sometimes Counted out.

From Eppincotts
Cincinnati man who visited New York
not long ago was presented TO Big Tim
Sullivan, Of Tammany fame It hap
pened that in the course Of the conver-
sation that ensued between the Western
old saying. Truth crushed to earth will
rise again"
Big Tim smiled In a superior way, sI
suppose that's right. my friend" he said
but sometimes not before the referee
has countad ten
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Confined from Page Eight.
0. Recruit Pitcher Peters gave q re-
markable exhibition of early season
work. tanning the first six hatters. He
labored for five innings and held his op-
ponents helpless throughout. Then Jim
Scott took up the burden. All of the re-
cruits worked in splendid form. The Sox
twirlers held Galveston to two hits.
Atlanta, Ga. March l0.-Sabbath calm
enveloped the recruits and regulars Of
the New York Yankees to-day, the play
ers putting In their time discussing the
five-inning game, the real commence
ment Of the practice season. and the be-
ginning of the big fight for positions on
the 1872 team. The game Is to be played
between the eNregulars and the colts, and
its result and the result Of those thar
follow will shape the membership of the
team this year.
Fort Worth. March 1o-In a closely
played game. with light batting by both
teams, the No. ! colts Of the New York
Giants were defeated here this afternoon
by the score Of to 1. Munsell, FulIen-
welder. and Ferreli pitched three innings
for the colts In the order named. Paulett
was the catcher. The colts played
ragged fielding game. The day was
cloudy and very cold. Coach Robinson
was in charge Of the visiting outfit.
Hot Springs, March 10.-Manager Dah-
len. OF the Brooklyn superbas. did not
lose very much to-day by not being al
lowed to practice in his "own ball yard"
The weather was cold and cloudy. the
never reaching the forty mark
once. Automobiling, golfing. and horse
back riding are the only things allowed
On the Sabbath by the authorities.
Dahlen said tonight that Pitcher Slack
would remain with the Brooklyns wheth-
er Scanlan reported to Doom or not.
The impression here is that Germany
Schaefer left tonight to Join the WASH
ington club at Charlottesville, Va, and
Tomorrow night cy Seymour leaves for
ST. Louis.
Dallas, March 10.-Joe Gardner's Dallas
team, of the Texas League. put up stiff
game against the Giant regulars to-day,
the New Workers pulling out q victory
by the close margin OF 10 . 1t was
a thoroughly interesting contest.
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FINAL GAME THIS WEEK.
HiIItoPPers TO wind Up Basket-balI
Season Against c. 4.

The Georgetown basketball team will
meet Catholic University five some time
during the present week for the cham
pionship of the District, and this will be
the closing game of the season for the
Blue and Gray quint.
Immediately after this game a captain
will be chosen to lead the team next
year. At present there seems to be only
two logical candidates for this honor
Roy Walden. the crack forward, and Ed
ward Heiskell. guard on the team for the
past two seasons. One OF these two men
will surely be given the honor.
The team next year will lose the
services of George Collihower, the guard,
and Schlosser. the center on the team for
the past four years. .
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LOCAL PLAYERS SIGN.

HerreII Goes TO bridgeport, Conn.,,
and Brady 10 Petersburg.
Walter Herrell and King Brady, former
local amateur stars. are both slated for
a change Of scenery during the fast ap-
preaching season. Herrell was given a
short trial by the Nationals last sum-
mer and then sent to johnson City, Tenn.
He has been recommended highly by
Tom Crooks to the Bridgeport club. of
tire Connecticut League, and has already
signed a contract.
Brady goes to Petersburg, of the Vir-
ginia League, and Mickey keiliher is
his sponsor.
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Below 10 show an exact Photo
graph-aetual size OF Poisonous
Catarrhal 1ueold and Bile Accrs-
tious removed by my remedy. They
are the causes OF about 99% Of
sll Stomach, Liver and intestinal
Ailments.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-11
VEST POCKET ESSAYS
Fy GEORGE FITCH
CIEvELAND rfhor Of SipasA"

Front Park. and when this Is done it win
be able to watch them all at the same
time with an unrelenting eye.
Cleveland Is a beautiful city with wide.
clean streets and great business build
ings. and the visitor is greatly Impressed
The Washington herald., 1912-03-11
HERE'S A FEW spoTLIGHTs.

Jimmy Isaminger. the Philadelphia
scribe who is with the Athletics IN San
Antonio. Tex. is responsible FOR the, fol-
lowing squIbs:
San Antonio promised worlds champs
finest water in the South. but didn't ex-
plain that II was to come by the sky
route.
In planning his 1872 menu. Salmon looks
better to Manager Mack than Pike for
the fish course.
The Harmon boom seems a little beist-
ed. All st. Louis pulled It's head OF for
him last year when he was beating
Mathewson. Brown, and the other big
league stars.
Every white Texan seems to think that
the only blot on the State Is its being the
birthplace Of the worlds champion pug
Hist.
In Marlin Frank Baker is referred to
as Jimmy Valentine" His two home
runs took about 500 from each Giant
pocket.
More newspapers could spare writers
for the Mexican war had not the base
ball training made such demands on their
STATS.
With two teams UP In the race. games
to start at 3.3o and a subway coming. the
baseball fan who wouldn't live In Phila
delphia Is a hopeless Crouch.
Rain has washed all the paint OF the
'wslcome. worlds champions TO the
Sunny South" sign in front OF the Hotel
Menger in San Antonio.
Texas promoters want the world 5
champs 10 put their money in water. Not
the stock kind, but the variety that
brings the onions FROM the soil
Tin trust is working night and day to
turn out enough cans to supply wants Of
big league managers when they begin
reducing squads.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-11

which had a team knowu as the Spiders,
with the Tebeaus, Cy Young. McAleer.
and the rest as its stars. was dropped.
the franchise going TO st. Louis. The
Robisons. the late Frank De Haas and
NJ Stanley, owned the team. and they
took the club. boots, batbags, and body,
TO the Mound City.
This left Cleveland stranded. 1t was
not 10 the liking OF Naplanders, but they
were forced TO stand for 1t.
1t was some years later that the
American League began its expansion.
Byron Bancroft johnson. who had been
a newspaper man and was president Of
the American League. came into Cleve-
land with the idea Of starting a club
there.
Ban Was recommended TO Somers.
Charlie had considerable money In his
own right. while his father had hogs
head. johnson argued so well thai SOM
ers, who was interested anyway, aroused
w. F. Kilfoyie and Henry Everett TO
take an interest in the scheme. and the
Cleveland team was started.
In 1901 the Eastern invasion began.
One night a tall. slim man met In the
Hotel Continental with certain other
men, and there in a room planned the
present Athletic baseball team. One Of
these men was a big. portly fellow-Ban
johnson. One of the others was short,
slender. nuSlinB Cndps WIN oaiN AeASf
but thought mEch-Charlie Somers.
That night the American League was
launched in Philadelphia. Somers told Its
projectors that they could have anything
they wanted from his bankrolL Those
who wanted the money got II. During
the discussion the conversation drifted
around the other Eastern cities that might
be taken into the circuit.
Boston. Baltimore, and washington
were mentioned. How to get into Boston
that was the question. Somers slipped
out of the room, boarded a train for
Boston. bent on buying the old Charles
River Park for a grounds and take the
franchise himself. He didn't secure the
Charles River Park, disused bicycle
track, but he got the present Huntington
avenue grounds. which has seen its last
game.
Boston q Winner.
somers interested Henry KilliIea and
others IN the Boston club. They put their
money into the venture. carried the war
against the National League into Africa
and took all the great players from the
National League.
Boston won the championship in 1903.
the FIRST year OF peace. beat Pittsburg for
the worlds title. Then Somers and the
rest felt a year or more later that a team
should be owned by home capital. Gen.
Charles II. Taylor was allowed TO pur-
chase the club, a price Of $l2 900 being
placed on the franchise-dirt cheap. too.
Somers money went into Washington,
II helped St. Louis, and IL assisted Phila-
delphia In other words. Il was Charlie
Somers who made the American League
possible. and who stands ready to-day to
help It out in any way. shape. or manner.
Thus. in passing around the compliments.
the partisans should save a little for
Charles W. He deserves them.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-11

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The Washington herald., 1912-03-11

The Rochester champions will open the
International League season on April IS,
in Providence.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-11

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with IL as soon as he has escaped from
Its railroad stations. These stations were
brilt when Cleveland was small town
and have persistently refused TO grow up
with u. Cleveland and Buffalo citizens
have very little in common with each
other, but when they discuss their rail-
road stations a bond OF sympathy grows
up between them and they go forth In
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The Washington herald., 1912-03-11

Rain has washed all the paint OF the
''wslcome, worlds champions TO the
Sunny South" sign in front Of the Hotel
Menger in San Antonio