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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
BASEBALL
CANDIDATES OUT
COLLEGE BOYS HAVE
FIRST PRACTICE OF SEASON
IN OPEN AIR.

The Spiders started baseball prac-
tice yesterday afternoon with In.
creased vigor. II was the first day
of the season that they have been
able to work out In the open. Al.
though the atmosphere was rather
chilly. about thirty-five candidates
were on the field in varigated uni
forms. showing their ability to Coach
Mcneil, who vas In the midst of the
fray warning and advising the jealous
candidates.
Very little hard work could be in
dulged In, SO most OF the time was
occupied by batting slowly tossed
balls, getting the candidates used to
keeping their eye on the ball.
The prospects for good Spider
team are very favorable. the several
candidates. who are holding prep
school regulations, seem To be show
ing up well In preliminary practice
As Yet there has not even been a
surmise as to who will be the pre-
ferred applicants of the candidates.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
RANDOLPH .MACON
BOYS WORK HARD
THIRTY CANDIDATES ARE TRY
ING TO MAKE BASEBALL'
TEAM THIS SEASON.
Especial to The Richmond virginian.)

tSpecaaI 10 Inc nichmoho HHsin'aa''
ASHLAND. VA, March Ii
Ar,er a week ~ Ali kinds Of pre-
,,, l., ~. ,n..,,r,
h'hinAis u"lh'ue AZ ''' =,
the Yellow Jackets arc glad TO well
coma warm weather. They had a
-, ..,, .oa.x ava will
koou 'o"s ,o1
have to gel down TO gooo' nara work'
tor they nave a game next ,ufues.
The weather mas oeen 30 eo'o nm.
the pttcners nave no, nAu
chance TO get the KINKS oov Ok
their arms yer.
Coacn warren thinks II ne uan ue-
veiop one eood pltche. 10 eInale
Win SaeS' iAss ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
DOCTORS PRACTICE
LITTLE BASEBALL
MEDICAL COLLEGE CANDIDATES
GET OUT AND SHOW UP
VERY WELL.

Baseball prospects In the Medical
College OF Virginia look very bright
to the students OF that institwtion. the
Medicos had their iirst practice Ut the
season al Byrd Park yesterday after
noon. A game with the team Of the
John Marshall High School was on
the schedule, but the coach of the
school team decided that his charges
had better not indulge in a game 20
early In the season.
Captain Lewis, " the Medicos, gave
his men q snappy workout, and con-
sidering the fact that II was their first
appearance. and that the ground was
very soggy. the candidates showed up
very well.
In the squad are several men who
have made regulations In other schools.
Ayves. big twirier who made good
last year. will be on the Oh again.
and expects TO do even better.
Manat ger Bruce Barber today gave
out the following schedule for the
Medicos:
At home: John Marshall High
School, Mc0uira4 School. Collegtans,
Richmond Virginia I,eague) team,
Richmond College. Theologicai Semi
nary. Roanoke COlieGe ana Virginia
Christian College viii meet the Medi-
cos In Richmond.
Abroad: rarmville amateurs. wiz
stnaA Christian College. Randolph
Macon Academy. Roanoke High School,
Roanoks College. StAunton Military
Academy. Fishburne Military AcAu-
envy. Randolph Macou College and
William ana Mary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
Baseball Gossip
by the Old Man

To-, csstr,-,s mentioned as having
,,,a,a'a ,,-,th Eh,iadelnhia in the ola
a. h,yara the Athletics got into big
oan,nary That makes Lou something
~ on aia-tiynsr. himself.
sro,,nd far a mark In Newport
N.us has bean donated py a public
sntr,tsa ,aav hut street runs
,hrnn.n Tha Roara Of Aldermen will
10 asI al rax, week n close the street
!. 80, - Ia f,natinr In thn air in
,ha, c,tr thara i. rttle doubt hut
.ha, ~. c;tv fathers will close up
shss nsr,,.,,,.r street and lack Grim
nil, ~ Fanny Rnf the time II linn
ia - the season IN 10 omen In lit
~ .,.sr ronfh
vhsn ,ha ptahmena United States
r.a.,,s c,nh tak~. tts fr.4 trip to
|. yss Ss.sn~t .rs ,r.. ~ yst,etsf MAJ n, s,,<
o,,,.ian ,.,iil ~ run Tor tbs henef,t of
,ha ian. two-fiftv round trip
,ick., nil, ba taken ndvantara Of by
mary ~ tha local GRANTS tRaspect-
r,,iiS rsfarr.d 10 SQUIRE Jimmie Con-
ns,iv
Csn,a,r Iercv brown savs he has
49, IN ,nvater.t. hn~ ever sine.
ths rattora, rame wa PLAYED ON
Nave. leland II n safe TO saw that
he viii follow his club around the
c.rcu,. several times. ana. u as fur
ther safe * saw thai CAPTAIN Nor
aan Mills will b. n the xrandsiand
snn p,.,.hur~ av.rx time not count
sn~ Traveland ara New YORK,
win a propitious opening BY the
United states Iearue VIII start off
w,.h ' aas and hannsrs living and mu-
- "a. ~ ia c,,.fC,,, NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12

HENDNH60UYlLLE ". c., March
li.--Ahney MCCALL and his wife. Boa
ax1ee, who, With tina Hrsdseys hrash-
81 have been indicted for the MUIR
der Of Myrtle Hawkins last Septem-
her, will spend the next two months
IN tAs county Jail Of Henderson coun-
~.
Tha two Bradleys are today In the
Dnnoombe county jail 1T Asheville,
having been removed there Tor the
announced reason that the limited
quarters In the Henderson county jail
Wer0 net adequate TO properly accom-
mcda44 the number Of prisoners now
awaiting trial.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
BOWL

In one OF the most claQ1a
tested series the JoufnAls xS1
to capture two out Of three 15
Remingtons on the Newport
last night.
Mcfarland rolled the stAx on
the series when he totAi@A IN
also was high total. With va1
second. Purdie. Of the R1GAl
was high total and htgh scee4
team. with Cosby second.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
f.nryitnnIs wander ForssE-

JACKSON, TENN, March H.
The st. Louis Cardinals left here at
$40 r. III. for Jackson. Miss. whence
Manager Breenahan said today they
would continue southwark to Gulf
port, Miss. II he finds bad Weather
and q poor diamond ON which 20
train at M!ssissibpis capital. The
truth II there II no telling where
tho Cardinals are liable to land In
the next few days. Rain fell here all
day and no hotel was large enough
for the thirty-five Cardinals.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
WIN IllcEenso WAeee.

PHILADELPHIA. PA. March II.
p-The largest textile operators Of this
city q : secret meeting held last
Friday decided to increase the wages
10 the taxtils workers on m average
g ! Per cent g nelr present waSss
from nfty-eight TO Afty-four hours :
week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
Younr Yankeoe Win Came.

ATLANTA, GA, March il.--con-
aidering the fact that this was tho
ssst game o& &h4 practice yssxsea. ths
colta and regulars Of the New York
Yankees came through today with
flytng colors and showed good returns
for the weeks Of strenuous practice
Tho battle resulted In . to , victory
for the colts through the drafting Of
Wciverton In the last period.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
II Rains at Mobile.

MOBILE. Ala. March ll.-Man-
xE~r Davis put una Uvar on Jupiter
Piuyius this afternoon by engaging
the Y. NJ. G. 4. gymnasium and
working his pitchers and catchers In
doors. Outside It wAx raining tor
rents and both afternoon sessions at
The ball grounds had to be called on.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12

WACO, TEX. March Twin
perfect weather prevailing. Manager
Callahan gave the White Sox squad
the best workout of the spring to-.
day. The third team, which trimmed
the Waco bunch yesterday. had q re-
hearsaI all by themselves. and later
teams one and two hooked up in
seven inning game. the first winning
to 4.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
Dclcl,an.y Joins Tigers.

MONROE. LA. March Imam
ager Jennings opined today that the
Tiger team would be stronger than
last year even II Bush insists on his
holdout. for Jim Deiehanty arrived
In camp and assured him that the
leg injured in 1910. and which spoil
cd his playing all last year. had fin
ally healed completely. With Gamer
also In his oid-time form. the star
board side of the diamond Will be i'm
pregnable. Summers. Casey and Davy
Jones all came In at noon. Tomor-
row Crawford. Stanage. Mullin and
O'Leary will arrive. and perhaps Don
cyan, making almost q complete ros-
ter.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
nafAIIiPOx HALTA CASES
IN THE HESTIN(7S COUR

Owing 70 the fact that the city
3Ail y under smallpox quarantine. no
cases wero tried IN the Hustings
Court yesterday. and L b likely that
mono win be tried this week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
Cold News From Hot Springs.

HOT SPRINGS. ARK, March IL
Whiting Park might ss we'll have
been located at the South Pole so far
as Manager Dahlen and his thirty
odd athletes were concerned today.
The very best the players could get
was a short sesston for the pitchers
and catchers in front OF the hotel
this afternoon. The remainder of
tho players went out for a little
work.
Cy Young leaves tomorrow for Al
Gusfa. Ca. to Join the Boston Ma
uouals.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
At the Empire.


Cheyenne Days at tho Hmpor
this week Ia the big feature. WIN
the whole stage set to repreee49 TX
ranch of the far West, a company ~
six mon and one woman. cowboyU nv
the manner born, and an 1asee
woman. there is plenty Of ooeae4H
by play. singing and the like. 1s
lady puts \ horse through some AlmM
school steps. Art Boden makes = s
riat do things that seem tmnaoelh3e
but the big noise 10 let looDo NnAn
attempt II made to saddle Ard f4MoR
an outlaw bucking broneho. -
devilishness Of the steed u only 49,
apparent throughout, but with 49,
stage roped OF from the au1i1n0o
the horse ID finally saddlSd An4
mounted and ridden around the stA61I
It 10 q thrilling exhibition.
The Creighton Brothers. IN naAk6s,
up. manneriSms. speech and Acti0AE
are two of the quaintest and ciGSS
crest "rubes" ever seen here. Th43t
songs, their talk. their buriesQue ~
music. and their dancing, wNll, olo 16
funnier than the other and they Woe&
Immensely popular with last nlthks4|
audiences.
Harry Holman and company rF1@s
sent sketch that kept the audiences
in roars of laughter. Anita rt1yqs
rose. character change impersoma10&Sa
displayed versatility. Francis Woed
hoop roller and 1uggler. was quite NJ
to the mark.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
Rain ri New (lrlaAns.

NEW ORLEANS. March 1.-THE
Cubs were put through a stiH work
out In the gymnasium today. Rain
prevented outdoor practice. The ball
park Ia unit and II In doubtful II the
weather will clear by tomorrow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12

Catcher Harry Smith. Of the New
ark club. LEFT this afternoon for Pc
tersburg to join his team. Scout Bill
iy Hamilton. of the Boston Nationals.
arrived last night. and LIS in the mar
ket for good ball players for the Gaff-
ney club.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12

Homer Drake. one of the 0a14
advance men In the business, ,oaya M
L. -sansaty-sa<eH years cid. hut 6eeq
look II. In In the city ahead Of W&M
and vokea. Happy Jacks" fk4qM
here are getting ready to We1c0M1M
him and his wife. Lucy DAILY. 3A1
win introduce q new play. with 14k
people. ssS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12


Pandemonium broke loose at 1E1g
Colonial last night during the ma
cal exhibition OF Signor yAienO a1l
his magnificent trained hand az H<aI
teen men. An intermingiing Of r0l1Na
ular selections with classics sorNo4 43|
whst the appetites Of the l6G1
crowds on hand. and encore oacca 1f
ed encore. until the finaf ae1oo(I
medley Of national. prtnCinG
Southern. airs. concluding
Dixie" and The Star spAngled I<
ner." cut loose the few ra1Antnl
bonds. The house rocked Wtth
applause and the spirit Of & ~ Il
Towns and Irwin and BIZ
O'Noil upheld the high standard
the entertainment With clevoe
Miss O'Nell. striking and r&e1nS
dressed. II performer Of merritt
Irwin has q clevernesa Of toNe6
finish to his work that. couptoa r.
the good material they have
unto themselves. made theirs : n
Ing numbeF -
Harry Frey and Lillian Field
fer an amusing titit; The H011
tor" Frey enacts the role % c.
comedian. Misa Fields the mnfA
brAtte. and their material =
TALLY amusing and pleaGaG. Sy
Some excellent motion pictuea
added enjoyment to the bin.
Carl Garrett stnss III Had xoS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12

Academy.
Wednesday and Thursday. matinee
Thursday--"The Fortune hunter
Bitou.
This week-Daye Lewis In Don't
Lie TO Your Wife,"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-12
WHAT THE THEATRES OFFER
Viola Allen in The Herefords at the Academy Presents
Petticoat Sermon to Petticoats Most Excellentiy o
Acted by Very Superior Company
Other Bills.

automobile rdei. They ara aSreoo1
for speeding. sssss
Dave Lewis, himself, In about III
only one deserving special mentt91
Miss Gladys Wilcox, as the daugNS
WAS cute" ,sss.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25

Sarah Elder In the Northwestern Chris
tian Advocate.
Although there Is nominal religious
freedom and liberty in Hungary, any
religious movement which seems likely
to interfere with the state or Catholic
church may be reported by the priests
and then forbidden by the authorities
as injurious to public welfare. Appar-
emily any local magistrate may inter-
pref this part OF the law to his own
satisfaction unless some higher author
ity. more literally inclined. can be
persuaded to interfere.
In town in southern Hungary a
meeting had been appointed for Christ
mas eve. The magistrate sent a notice
prohibiting the service. but Mr.. NELLIE,
district superintendent, waited. One
hundred and twenty people came to-
gether The officers were present to
serve the notice Mr.. Nellie greeted
them. asked them to read the notice
aloud and followed the reading by a
speech setting forth his intention to
abide by the law and do nothing con-
trary to that which was expressly stat
ed in the notice. He turned to the Of
we may not sing?"
The officer scanned the notice. No.
1t was only prohibition of preaching
and lecturing.
Very WE'LL said Mr.. Nellie. "as 1t is
Christmas eve ! think we will sing n
hymn And all the people sang.
Again Mr.. Nellie questioned the rep
resentatives of te law. Does it say
anything in the paper against pray
|ing?"
Again the paper was examined. No,
1t said1he must not preach or lecture
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25

He was not quite Il years old. His name
was George Talliferro, the son OF a
clergyman Of Petersburg. His father was
poor country preacher and had a lot
of children. Before he was 10 George
had TO go out into the world and make
his own living. He had gone to Newport
News and obtained a position in the
shipbuilding works established there by
Coils p. Huntington. He had started at
$50 a month and after awhile had been
raised to $40 and appointed a litter. The
duties of the filter are to see that every
piece of steel in the ship is placed where
it belongs. The lad had received only
modest country education. but was eager
to study. He Joined the Y Nj. c. A. at
Newport News, got every book he could
that bore upon steel construction and put
in several hours each night In study.
He had fine technical mind. He was
inquisitive and acquisitive. He got to
know steel and to love it. When he had
been at Newport News six months he
had become one of the most promising
youngsters employed in the ship yards.
If he had been a little older he would
have been advanced more rapidly and
would have received more money But
he was satisfied with $40 a month and he
kept steadily working and steadily study
ing until he bad completed years
course in the yards. Then he resigned.
The foreman asked him to remain, but
he had his own ideas. He said he wanted
10 go into one of the steel mills In Pitts
burg and learn steel making from the
ground up.
He was on his way from Newport News
to Pittsburg when he happened to see
that first skyscraper that was going up
in Richmond. His trained eye discovered
tho fault the contractor had no knowl-
edge and ne remained about the sky
scraper until he attracted the notice of
the contractor.
The work young Talliferro did on the
skyseraper delighted him. He did no.
have any title. but he practically was the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25

And then we have alligator pears as
big as your fist and as green as new
peas. They have a hard outer shell,
which, when cut through, shows a
flesh of pale green or white as soft as
butter and of an o1eomargenous taste.
Dress this fruit with salt. pepper and
vinegar, and ii makes a delicious salad
which melts in your mouth. You may
buy alligator pears in New York at so
cents or upward apiece. but they are
not so good as those of the isthmus,
which you can have almost for the
asking
And then our grapefruit, Those we
eat here come from Jamaica, and are
far better than any raised In the states.
They are sweeter and juicier and their
quinine like flavor just suits the stom-
ach. We have delicious bananas from
Bocas del Toro and ripe pineapp1es
from the Island of Toboga which you
can eat with a spoon We have man
goes fit for queen and have fresh
vegetables all the year around. More
over, Uncle Sam is weekly shipping
down apples, pears and all the products
of the temperate zone and we have al
so tropical vegetables such as yucca,
chayotes and yams. Indeed the aver
age mans table at Panama has a
greater variety than 1t could have at
home.
A Land of Game
One always thinks of cold countries
as the only ones fit for hunting.
Strange to say. Panama is a land of
game and wild fowl. The country is
as rough as the Allegheny mountains,
and Is full of deer, wild hogs and one
may now and then meet a tapir. The
tapir is a kind of cross as far as
looks are concerned. of hog, a horse
and an elephant. 1t has hoofs like a
horse, save that they end in sharp toes
It's tall is like that between pig and
1t Is often the size of q stocky pony
measuring about a yard and a half
from the ground TO fits shoulder. One
of Uncle SANS zone judges who spends
his vacation hunting, tells me he shot
number of these beasts and that the meat
Is delicious. He has shot scores of deer
and as for wild ducks / sec great flocks
OF them every time I pass the now fast
rising Lake of Gatun. Back from the
canal zone, where the population is
scanty, there Is plenty of game, and ven
ison is frequently served at the hotels of
Colon and Panama.
One of the strange kinds of wild beasts
seen In the markets Is the guiana What
would you think of eating a lizard? Well.
that is what the iguana is. 1t Is a lizard
as big as a cat with a coat of hard scales
covering its back. Its flesh tastes like
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25

So he prayed. And then he asked:
Does it say anything against rid
dles?"
Riddles were not forbidden.
II will PROFOUND riddle and the
people may give the answer" said the
resourceful preacher. What letter
with elm will make much more prec-
ious word?"
Many letters were suggested, but as
no one gave the right answer. Mr..
nellie himself solved 1t. Elm means A.
one; a house. one house; but put m
with the word and we have mein,' my
house. Isn't that better than one
house. or "a house?' wouldn't you
rather be able to say my houseT
Doesn't it make the word more prec-
ious? So, tonight. we may say Elm
Christ but isn't 1t much moro prec-
ious to say Mein Christi" And SO he
went on with his explanation of this
and another riddle, talking an hour and
forty minutes
Afterwards Mr.. NELLIE overheard two
old women talking
THE riddles were interesting, and
he is a pleasant man., said the first.
YES" responded the other. land Is
MT it too bad he couldn't preach?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
STRANGE THINGS AT PANAMA-By

had hcheld and trying to Guido the other.
FOR time it was nip and tick until fl
nally the first woman said:
"Well, have seen something that you
have rot seen. have seen Colonel Goe-
thals car called the Yellow Devil, in
which he goes around the works. and /
even saw Colonel Goethals himself.
well, who is Colonel Cocktails asked
the other woman.
"I don't know" replied the first. but
anyhow he owns that car"
She Was From New England and
Wanted to Know
Another tourist of the feminine sex
came here with a notebook. and upon her
landing started in to take down everything
she heard She first drove To Christobai
and there accosted Colonel Eugene Will
son, who has charge of Uncle Sans no.
tells, and all the commissary arrange
ments with this question:
''Where is this Isthmus of Panama? l
have come all the way from New Eng
land and want to see II. | SUPPOSE 1t Is
that Point over there" And with that
she directed her umbrella toward the
lighthouse on the Toro breakwater.
NO, madam" replied the genial colonel,
tina. is not the whole isthmus of Panama.
1t Is only part of it. The isthmus is the
great neck of land that connects the
two continents of North and South Amer
ica.'
'Oh. is that So" replied the lady, busfly
writing. II thank you so much, but you
see 1 come from New Hampshire and I
want to know
Seeing the lsthmus
do not know how many tourists the
canal has this year, but 1t has run high in
TO the thousands. The Panama Herald,
in recent issue, says that a few years
ago the tourists came in couples and a
little later In scores, but they are now
coming in hundreds and thousands A
single excursion boat with two or three
kunderd Cookies" is not uncommon, and
we are having parties of hundreds repre-
sentlng boards OF trade, chambers of COM
merce and other business organizations.
We have clubs of dentists, doctors and en-
gineers, who swoop down without notice
and load the hotels. Crowds are coming
from England and Germany, and next
winter the prospects are that the visitors
will be far more than can be taken care
of.
During my stay here the hotels have
been crowded. There have often been a
dozen men on cots in the room opposite
mine, and at times the public parlors
have been fenced of and guests have
had to sleep on the floor. Uncle Sam has
made some additions to the Tivoli during
the past season. and the Panama Railwoy
company is putting up $4,000 hotel at