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Kinc,”Now Runs TWO BATTING KINGS OF WOMEN OF KABYLM MAJOR BALL LEAGUES TO JUDGE A PITCHER Sully. Once "Cotton Only Way Is to See Him in Ac- Are Even More Beautiful Then tion, Says McGuire. Runs Their Circassian Sisters. Kinc,”Now Twirler May Have Everything in But Beware of These Beauties, As nqM Practice, Only to "Blow" When Also Have a Violent Temper They the Real Test Comes—Fight and Place a Yataghan Summer Hotel ssy- May ing Spirit Is What Counts. Between Your Shoulders. t f) j«*i retDemVf "Dan'' Sul- "The only way to tell anything about Tizl-Ouzou. Kabylia.—Though tha | Iv. the only genuine Cotton a pitcher is to see him pitch,” said Mauresques of Algeria and the fair- K-: g that N<» York ever Jim McGuire in response to a haired beauties of Circassia combine ques- knew, who only n few tion as to what he thought of some a remarkable loveliness of features year* ago was perc hed on of the youngsters of the Tiger squad. and complexion with a certain I the 4bw*s«» heights of au- “These boys have all the actions of voluptuous elegance, they compare 4actons wirrulntlns »w pitchers so far as any one can see with the dignified, graceful, insolent eaaed op I- OOt'.OOO in a from the practice stunts, but until they Kabyle women very much as the few months, loot it in a have been under fire I decline to pass show girls of a light opera chorus Ire mccute*. and vanished from tbe final judgment on them. compare with the star. lm«tight* WV-1 "Dan" Sully is tow “To my mind the ideal athlete is Even the humblest peasant girl, swelling a huajrditg bouse the one who is best when the neces- grinding the family flour between the it ta at Watch Hill Rhode Island, sity for being strong is greatest. It's upper and the nether stone in the t'cdeentahj teariy at the start that that old fighting spirit that counts. doorway of a mud hovel, possesses a the escotton king is really running There are lots of fellows who are distinction of form and feature which tV- boarding House He isn't just pre- wonders in practice, no matter what ! would attract attention in any assem- teodtag to •!,:ii.g a .oof somewhere line of sport they may be engaged in. I blage. With ail her dignity, however, la lonely tnajewty. lending tls name But parlor boxers seldom are fighters, the Kabyle woman does not rise su- wad prestige to the undertaking daz- and many fine warm-up pitchers fall perior to African's fondness for zling boarders with tales of past gran- tjie down terribly when they come to face personal adornment, being so Taden hear the music In a regular game. with bracelets, anklets and necklaces Xo The erstwhile czar of the cot- "Many a time 1 have warmed up oT gold, silver, turquoise and coral ton mark** tot only superintends men who had everything that I ever that when she moves she sounds like everything In 'he higher departments have seen a pitcher display. Speed, an approaching four-in hand. Her ef tbe Job. but be turn* to and takes curves, control and everything else approach is likewise heralded by the s band often in other natters which would be theirs and I would feel con- i reek of an exotic and almost over- fident that moot peoj4e tn his plate would dele- they would be able to win like the | powering perfume, which, that if we a gale to or hers business on account day got them couple of de of | celebrated parfum Bey Tunis, runs. Then these Mr swily pointed to the sea. whose of more business fellows would go | is composed of nearly a score of out to the ■ ares were roaring over the steep troubles," Mr. Sully center of the diamond and [ blended scents, the odor changing show water front of Watch lltll explained, when he * me about half of what they from carnation to heliotrope, to rose, had In “Over there to the left.” he said. "If I and the reporter jbA&zzx, displayed warming up prac- to violet, and so on, every few miu- tice. lilack is and To the right Is Mootauk ***** -j Beiuea mem- utes. ii isn t always a lack or gameness htiat Straight ahead tbe nearest selves to enjoy the sea air on the ver- and denly appeared in Wall street Lest this glowing description of land .-oast breeze anda that accounts for a pitcher’s failure Is the of Kioto That “Last fall I went to England to began operating in cotton in accord- " their charms should start you post- -omes see to do as well in a game as in practice. d!rwrt from there about some business matters there. ance with a that seemed to •‘system” haste for let me warn you I Kabylia, Some of the men are so anxious to "Whrr l vaa busy tn the cotton intended to spend the winter either be infallible. This is the man whose that these insolent- eyed beauties are of American win that work •warhet in New be went there or out west Tyrus Cobb, Champion League. they themselves into York." on. or In the southern methods completely mystified the and of and headstrong hot temper, a stew. There are of fellows 1 lowed there was no like this states. wisest in the plenty place old stagers country, that if to the At the half way mark of the two 41 you happened say wrong who are game yet can't do their best for resting J> rents the brain as no But the that I had made did whose ran as as plans profits up high $600,- to them it is more than major league seasons. Cobb and Zim- thing prob- when they want to. It seems to be other e does, and when not turn out well I to man whose fail- pie. you're and decided 000 in one coup—the able that would find the double- merman are leading their respective you a sort of a baseball instinct that en- working in Wall spend the ros- atreet it's the brain winter right here in Watch ure. when announced from the bladed which leagues in the matter of batting prow- yataghan, every Kabyle ables the great to rise to the that oog'3t to get rest t used to run Hill. It was the first time that I or trum of the cotton on pitcher exchange maiden wears much as an Ameri- ess. In the American the lead for very emergency. He has that spirit, up bore every Friday snd stay till mv family had ever stayed here in March 18, 1904. caused the wildest Tris fighting can wears a bunch of violets, several weeks was held by girls but at the same time keeps his head Monday morning It made an im- the cold weather. But. when I built panic ever known in the history of the sensational outfielder of planted between your shoulders. Speaker, cool. mense difference to me the house. I put steam heat into it. that institution. the Boston Americans. Cobb, how- They are fond of cold steel, are Ty “The Oo tl so we youngsters of the Detroit subject of Wall street, that were very comfortable. And The "Dan” Sully who now takes ever. In the last week or two has bat- these Kabyles, for at the conclusion squad ball when mode aid broke him. Mr is riglr there the Idea struck me. not his house and might pitch great Sully ; people through quotes of a the bride- ted in remarkable form. In four suc- wedding ceremony handing them up to the batters in tlslacii. -d to talk. Ai best be is a ot.ly to run this as a on rooms to them was once he place boarding prices groom, holds aloft cessive games in Philadelphia walking backward, practice with nothing depending on man of few surds, bat on cotton and house but as an all-the-year-round | worth $3,000,000. He lost nearly $2,- made 14 hits in 18 times at bat a naked dagger, and the bride, follow- the outcome of the efforts specula* two tn be U boarding house.” of it in two minutes. Accord- sluggers’ general Sphinx- 000.000 the of it be- against the Athletic pitchers, and ing him, keeps point and yet fall down even a like In that Idea of the announced his volun- against something orig- ing to him, he tween her teeth. Another these hits included two home runs, marriage mediocre club in a I “I*o you want to bark to Wail inality of the “Dan” who to the regular game. get Scully tary suspension superintendent custom of even more bar- three three-baggers and three two- Kabylia, Brick Owens wears have seen it that street* be was asked evolved a and of at 1:45 on the Umpire steel repeatedly happen “system" played the j the cotton exchange baric, consists in the baggers. As the result he has ad- part martyrdom shoes while on the has a twirler would make the batsmen of “Of -Mirae I'd like he an- cotton market to a standstill that fatal March 18. It job. He to." crops afternoon of of the clad in her wed- vanced to the head of Ban Johnson's bridoe, who, corns. a strong American league club look swered When a man's been In out again T'p to the present time no- was not read on the floor of the ex- Infielder Mattick of Kewanee is a badly when he was pitching to them really tcirr work he want* to get body has ever thought of that wind- change until two minutes past 2.
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