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Sporting Goods -»-\ DEMOTED TO * © . BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS. Volume 48—No. 21. Philadelphia, February 2, 1907. Price, Five Cents. CYYOUAfG TANNEHILL FERRIS, 29 B. HAYDEM, Q/: MORGANJUi JOHN t.TAYLOR FREEM/IM, Q.F. GQOW/M,Q.F. ( I SPORTING LIFE. February 2, 1907. Fountain Square smoke house he if league will be held at Centralia, 111., January phy like that he will soon be running one of the directors of the Walnut 20. and a sweeping change in the circuit is Ted Sullivan close as expected. Danville and Jacksonville, angered Hills Roller Skating Rink. "I had a at the refusal of the K.-I.-T. authorities to A BASE BALL SAGE. dream the other night," said "The let them withdraw in order to join other Washington readers of the sporting Rabbit," ©©and Cincinnati was fighting leagues, have announced that they will not supplements noted with pleasure that for the© world©s championship. I clean place teams in the field, and Cairo and Paducah the astute Ted was in Chicago and in ed the bases with a home run drive will probably be dropped on account of poor a terribly robust condition. Sure! THE ERA OF EXPERIMENT IN GOOD that gave us the title, and when I slid patronage. The probable circuit will consist of when last seen in this city he was so over the home plate I woke up." Vincennes, Mattoon, Paris, Pana, Centralia and strong he could have acted as pinch OLD CINCINNATI. East St. Louis. hitter for the Clevelands and gone to , A Pop Corkhill Memory. bat for Lajoie when there were men Over my desk is Charles Dana Gib- on bases, but for the fact that he son©s great base ball picture "Bases FROM THE CAPITAL. would have broken all the bats. By Ned Hanlon Has Cut Loose All Old full, two out and (flrS0 strikes on the the way, they say Addie Joss is pulling man at bat." It is one of the best for Charley Hickman to come to Cleve studies in fan-expression known to Manager Cantillon©s Plans Progress land. He is quoted as saying that Btood^-The Part the Manager sporting art. Will Johnson, ,^an B.©s Made in Signing Washington Players "Hick" is the only batter he is really brother, : and ontoe secretary v of the afraid of, and that he is the hardest American League, .laughed 1 bverr* the President PullianYs Visit General hittec in the American League. Come Must Play in the Drama of "Re remembrance of a game recalled by to think of it, there©s a piece of one of the picture durfrig a visit the other News and Gossip. Joss© elbows lying- against the local stored Confidence." Some Tales afternoon. "I think I must haye look center field fence where a line drive ed ifke the gentleman with the pleased BY PATTI, W. EATON. from Hickihan©s bat carried it a season look on the left," said John. "It wa Washington, D. C., Jan. 27. -Editor or two ago. at a strenuous point of the game. "Pol? "Sporting Life;"- Latest , advice% from : PRESIDENT PULLIAM, BY ©HEN MTTLFOBD, JR.! ©Corkhill W^.s at b^f] : What a ©beautiftr Manager , Cantillon are to- the effect of the National League, was in Wash Cinclnanti, O-, January 28. Editor punch he gave the ©leather.- AsS it skim- that he will be in town ington about a week ago. John Heyd- "Sporting Life." On that most de ;med ^through the infield And the red- in about a week and will ler, secretary of the©parent organiza lusive of base "ball assets form Cin hosed pilgrims on the bases raced go hence to the American tion, accompanied his chief, and the cinnati©s chances for home with the ruris that won, ©the League meeting 1 in New two moguls successfiilly ran the 1907 look about as brigh whole crowd rose as one man an^ York. He announces gauntlet of all the local newspaper as a silver dollar buried shouted their joy." Good old "Pop.© that he is going to sell talent, although it is .possible that they in-A bucket of tar. Stil What a fellow Corkhill was on those his Chicago place and made no effort to do so. At any rate, there©s no telling wha forward fanning catches. He could confine himself .excusiye- if the two officials were here on any good fortune may be skate in on his breastbone and snatach ly to the base ball in secret mission nothing to that effect found in red hose in the flies off the grass. Talk of outfielders dustry, and if he is suc could be learned from anyone who Days-To-Come. Base bal of the past and present! There are no cessful here during the could be identified as having talked games are not won on men in the National League today next three years he may with them while they were here. About the hits that were made who have any edge on Jim McAleer become permanent resi the first symptoms of real base ball on the good pitching anc "Pop" Corkhill. Dickey Johnstonc and dent of Washington. All in these parts will be the opening fielding of the past. The the late Curt Welch in the way they Baul W. Eaton right Joe, the latch- GAMES IN GEORGETOWN. cyclone which has blown used to prance over the dandelions. string is out. It is only A lot of contests with Yale, Prfnce- through Camp Hanlon a little more than a month now until ton and the other big ©uns are schedul KenMulford Jr nas cleaned out nearly One On Sam I/aroquc. the Washington team will be mobiliz ed for frapped dates. The writer is every notable on the ed at the Log Cabin, preparatory to in not yet informed as to the exact en roster. Miller Hugglns and Admira! Ed. Ashehbach has been feeding a vading the South. Talk of an invasion semble of the collegians, but it is a Kchlei have 1 attained the degree ol cold on quinine, oil of pine and other of Texas reminds one of Davy Crockett cinch that they will fight every inch, patriarchs of the squad. The infield things at his West End home since his and Sam Houston, who were so well of the way. If the visitors are at their looks good. The outfield has a prob return from the National congress of fitted to make such an enterprise at best, ho doubt the games will partake lematical air. There is just as much minors in New York. He did run up tractive to© men who were fond of of the nature of cataclysms, and will strength behind the bet as there ha town long enough to tell a story at the taking long chances. But, under the result in a majority of victories for hee,n at any, time since Heiny Peitz Bug Club, "Old Sam Laroqiie is a flag of vice-admiral Cantillon, of the the local brainery. Georgetown has a was counted out. None has succeed wonder," said "Ash." "I expect to see "White Sox," the local army has as date with the Washington American ed the German Baron who knew base him leading his club in hitting in 1936. little fear as a Texas Democrat about Leaguers in the ante-season schedule, ball as he knows it. Cincinnati hasn©t Sam has an appetite that will make the result of a State election. The Sox, and anyone who thinks the profession ranked very high in the possession of Harry Vaughn©s take place at a Pure Giants and Cincys willget a move on als have a sure thing should consult ,real brainy backstops for a number of Food Show. Sam was in a Southern them even sooner than the locals. Tom Loftus. ©years. It is at the slab where the town once upon a time and his manag PRESIDENT BAN JOHNSON, tean\ looks like a bunch of Louisiana er succeeded in getting the gang into who, the faithful will be happy to T^ottery tickets. It is not fair to say a swell hotel. There were baths at learn, got back to work at League COTTON STATES LEAGUE. that there are no bread winners among tached to each room, and leading his headquarters on the 24th, has practic them. Perhaps a capital prize or two captain to the lavatory the enthused ally engaged six husky umpires for Manager Blackburn Gives Out the will be turned up, "Tornado Jake" boss of the minors exploded: ©Sam, the approaching season, including Weimer is the one seasoned slabman of how©s this? The big league couldn©t Patti Sheridan. Your correspondent Probable Line-Up of His Vicksburg the Hanlonian corps. Bob Ewing will beat this layout. What do you think may have to confess to being -an ©hear, the cuckoo call before the days of it?© Sam took one peek at the "American League writer," after all, Team For the Coming Season. of spring arrive. Prom Hall, Mason, apartment and grunted: ©You can©t eat having developed a mild case of the Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 18. Manager Essick, Coakley, Hitt, Minahan, Chap- bath-tubs." grippe just after President Johnson Blackburn, of the Vicksburg team, has pelTe, Leary and Kennedy Ned Hanlon did. If anything in this letter reminds returned from New Orleans, where he will try to lift a Mathewson or a Flooded Ball Parks. your readers of quinine or the other has been for several days, and has Walsh. He seems cheerful enough.
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