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Volume 49, No. 1. Philadelphia, March 16, 1907. Price, Five Cents. SPORTING LIFE March 16, 1907.
arso report and start right In to give fendants. The latter admitted owning looking better than he has for a long, the Phillies some needed work in real the ball grouAd itself, but ©having sold long time. He expressed himself as contests. all interests, rights and title in the feeling first class and said he weighed ©buildings and stock of the old clu©b to 172 pounds and had taken off fully The Athletics Hard at Work. the club organized toy James Potter, twenty-one pounds and was not which subsequently was sold out by through at that. Of course Jim got a The Athletics at Merlin, Texas, have the sheriff. Col. Rogers also testified warm greeting from the boys. He said put in a solid week of practice and that when the stands were built he he had no incoiweinience from his with the aid of trainer Lawler have left everything to the builder. When knee, but was inclined to favor it a already profited iby their work. The the testimony was all in Attorney little. Bob Unglau©b showed good most cheering bit of news is that Johnson asked that binding instructions sense in making the trip. He had a Eddie Plank©s pitching arm appears to for acquittal be given to the jury, and talk with President Taylor on the be all right again. The players have Judge Wilson complied with the re train and as a result succeeded in ar Owing to Infringement of His Pat been formed into two squads, the Reg quest. Lawyer Hassler then said that ranging matters to his satisfaction. ulars working under Captain Dayis, the case would be appealed. Half a He went to first base and put up such with Oldring in center field.and Cross dozen lawyers, representing other vic a game there from the start that it is ented Score Board by a Chicago and Nichols alternating at third base tims, sat through the trial. They will considered a cdnch he will play the and short field until Knight joins the take no action until the Cunningham bag when the season opens. He has team. Third baseman Jimmy Burke case has been finally disposed of. improved wonderfully in his bail toss Concern Browns Minus Stone has been returned to Kansas City, thus ing and is verifying the prediction of leaving Knight and Nicholls to fight it Henry Killilea that lie will make good and Spencer Owing to Protests. out for the third base position. The Local Jottings. on the bag. Killilea once told me that youngsters have been formed into the Mike Doolin persisted in calling the steamer Unglaub played the best first base he Tanigan team under the management which took the Phillies to Savannah the Murry- ever saw and Tim Murnane told me St. Louis, Mo., March 9. Edittor of Sam Erwin. Of the "kids" outfield- mac. here the other day that he never saw "Sporting Life." The Cardinals left er Lelivelt, the Copper Country League Charley Dooin proved himself an expert quoit it played any better than Bob has recruit, looks like the best man alike in player on shipboard when the, Phillies went played 1-t here. What will be done with on the 5th inst. for Houston, Texas, fielding and batting. Shortstop Foster, under Manager McClos- first baseman Netiring and pitcher South on the steamer Merrimac. Grimshaw remains to be seen. With key©s wing, shy only one Cahill look very promising, but all Pitcher Waddell weighs over 200 pounds, but Sullivan, Barrett and Stahl in the out player, catcher Marshall. appear to need more minor league sea claims he is hard as nails and that the added field it looks to me there will be no Before going Manager soning. The teams will remain at avoirdupois©contains very little fat. room for Grimshaw. He as a good McCloskey made an in Marlin until the time for the start to Manager Murray compels every man of his
however base ball arrangements are like some executive of the American League ha* railway time tables, "Subject to change with- a bad attack of grippe and is unable ou.t notice." to stir around. He came home from "Our club is as strong this year as last and New York in pretty bod condition. if Mathewson. Ames and McGlnnity arc in ANGRY GIANTS. condition we are stronger than we were In The New York Giants came and 1005. when we won the world©s championship," went, and were as mad a gang as I is John T. Brush©s view. ever saw in one spot at any given From a semi-official source it is learned that time. Donlin, Bowerman and Mullen the salary list of the local American League refused to go along with the team for club this year will amount to more than $65.000. the money offered them. Donlin said work at Piedmont Park in .Atlanta, On the other hand President Brush recently he had a good thing ahead in the the and wetither conditions are reported said: "Our club pays more money for its atrical line; Bowerman declared that as satisfactory. Chase, Chesbro, Con- team than any club in the country. It has his farm a,t Mount Clemens supported NEW YORK NEWS roy, Rickey and Deleharity are the been the most expensive team in the country absentees. Conroy was to have joined for three years and this year we are paying him at ease, and Mullen said the money the team en route, but his wife is very more money than ever before." wasn©t fit to offer a raw minor leaguer. ill and he is delayed. As Conroy never The Maujer Athletic Club, of Brooklyn, will They also said that there was fearful BOTH CLUBS HAVING THEIR varies much in weight in arid out of have as usual, a strong base ball team for the dissatisfaction among the Giants over season he is easily prepared for the road.© It will be composed of the following the price. There was a fierce chopping hard work. The absence of Hal Chase players: Reischman. first, base: Fleisehmon. among the salaries and the tempers PLAYER TROUBLES* naturally causes no little concern and catcher and left field: Fritz, catcher and left of the men were correspondingly field: Brehm. second base: Holman. pitcher; vicious. Bowerman got it hardest, the a great amount of gossip. It was con Donaldson. third base; Wittbohm. Walters. A. cut in liis pay being $700. Dahlen was fidently expected that Chase would re Boehler. The manager is arranging a schedule, chopped $500, McGann $500, Strang Ultimatums Delivered Respectively port in Atlanta soon arter the club to include all the most prominent independent about $400, and the rest were mostly registered at the Aragon Hotel, but clubs in the Eastern states and desires to hear hit for from $200 to $400. That crowd the young Californian did not materi from all such clubs as are desirous of having won©t have much heart in the good to Donlin and Chase Latest alize. Manager Griffith is having his this attraction. Address John, Konzchmann, work next summer. Bowerman defied troubles too, as -Chase©s hold-out 1348 Myrtle avenue. Brooklyn. N. Y. means much to his club. A despatch the team to force him to aecept the News From the Training Camps was published here the other day com salary or to fine him $100 for kicking. ing from San Jose, Oal.. and quoting He said he woul-d report at New York Chase a,s saying that while Griffith has on the opening day in good condition at Los Angeles and Atlanta. always Hreated him well he must re for playing ball and that he was will ceive $5500 from the New York Club Cubs Go to West Baden and Sox Start ing to thrash the subject out in court or he will remain in San Jose where For Mexico Tinker©s Illness Worries if the management remained stub-born. BY WM. F. H. KOELSCH. he claims to have ©been offered a half Frank also said he would meet the. _ New York, March 10. Editor "Sport interest in a business in addition to Everybody Cantillon©s Men on Hand. management half-way that he would ing Life." McGraw©s men are working- his salary. Griffith naturally refuses accept a cut of $350, but not of $700. , hard at Los Angeles in preparation for to discuss figures, ©but is still confident BY W. A. PHELON. a strenuous campaign. It that the.great player will ©be with his Chicago, 111., March 10. Editor is now reported that club this year. There is one phase of "Sporting Life." The training season NEW HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE, Bowerman and Mullen the Chase case Which has an almost has at last arrived and the joyous have cooled down and humorous turn. At first certain folks yelps of the fans are Is Now Permanently Organized With Four are on their way to the kept reiterating what a level headed heard afar. .From now training- ground. The and reasonable lad Chase had always on till April 11 the Clubs Concord and Franklin May Also latter had no chance to shown himself to be and that he could cranks can pore over the Enter the Organization. do any holding up, as be depended upon to be reasonable on columns of space from both Corcoran and Shay the salary question. Lately from the the South, and the daily Concord, N. H., March 8. A meeting are working hard for same source we learn that if Chase is guff will be full of new of the New Hampshire League was Billy Gilbert©s berth, with allowed to browbeat the club into giv names and strange faces. held here on February 28. It was at Sam Strang standing- by ing in to him the club is likely to have Every day we will hear tended by J. J. Connor, John F. Smith, ready for any call. Noth trouble with half a dozen players next how the old-timers are J. F. Griffin, J. A. McDonald, John H. ing more has been heard year. In the meantime George Mori- showing, slow form in Cavagnaro, A. J. McDonald, W. B. Van W.F.H Koelsch about Mike Grady join arity Is being worked at first base, and rouriding into shape, and Duzer and Henry T. Burns. A perma ing the club, although it is announced that if Chase remains how the youngsters are nent organization was effected, as he will doubtless do so if St. Louis obdurate Moriarity will become the developing wonderful follows: President, William B. Van finally decides to part witth him for a club©s regular first ©baseman. Now skill, but when the Duzar, Laconia; treasurer, James E. cash consideration. If Grady joins the that Yeager has been traded to St. W. A. Phelon starting gong is heard McDonald, Manchester; secretary, John club he is likely to be kept on edge Louis and Delehanty is also balking, the same old names will be upon the J. Conner, Manchester. Franchises for the first base job should Dan Mc the cluJack Chesbro, there is no rallied here before their jump to are concerned it seems that while some little sympathy expressed for Clark Galveston, while the New York Giants, of the men who basked in the sunshine Griffith, who has ^had hard up-hill in a sullen mood, came and went, and AMERICAN LEAGUE NOTES. of prosperity attending a champion work ever since he became manager the town, therefore, ©has been full of ship club have been cut in salaries of the new clu©b here. As one of the pioneers in the American League the ball players. Chance and his merry Catcher Spencer, of the St. Louis Browns, IB now that the magic words "World©s "Old Fox" certainly deserves better men were in the best of humor before holding out for more pay. Champions" no lo.nger adorns their luck. Everybody here hopes that they made their start, but Tinker©s The St. Louis Club has transferred pitcher shirt fronts, others have been either illness cast a gloom over them. Joe Ed. Smith to the St. Paul Club. raised or their stipends remain upon a Chase will climb on the band wagon. was smitten with appendicitis Thurs championship basis. The effects of the day and went to a hospital Friday for Pitcher Brockett. the Buffalo recruit, signed pampering and hero worshiping of a A Yefifcer For a Ripkejr.© an©operation. While the operation was a New York contract at Atlanta. year ago are now being felt. Mr. Don The negotiations carried on between a comolete success, the shortstop will Outfielder Bob Ganley. secured from Pitta- lin was apparently not wise to the Manager Griffith and President Hedges, be out of the play for many days to burg, has signed with Washington. situation when he made his modest of St. Louis were so extensive that come. Malachi Klttredge picks Cleveland and New demand for a $600 raise in salary. visions of pitcher Glade in a New York TINKER©S ILL LUCK. York to finish ahead of the White Sox. President Brush put a big crimp in uniform were seen by some fans. St. Joe is a strong young fellow, in the Chris. Lindsey has asked the Detrr©t Club Donlin©s claim -before the public when Louis wanted Yenger to round out its best of condition, and this very fact for half his purchase price to Kansas City. he expressed himself as follows: infield and landed him. Yeager will may delay his recovery, for the. doc At Oorbin, Kan.. where the Tiger pitcher "Donlin has been paid salary by the clnb for hereafter do his hurling for McAleer. tors say that a well-trained athlete is Willetts lives, they call him "Farmer©© Willett?. three years, hnt he really only played one In exchange Griff took Branch Riekny, a harder natient to operate upon than Pitcher Hogg has filled out a lot this winter season. He asked us to cuter into a contract the promising young catcher. That the a soft and flabby man with jelly-like and ought to have the pitching strength this that I consider unique. H really palls nnon new man©s name, while it suggests tissues. Appendicitis take;; queer year. tlie dub to engage a man to watch Donlin. a. favorite summer beverage, is other courses. Frankie Roth, for instance, Every man when he signs a contract, agrees to I Al. Shaw, who will be a regular catcher for jrive ©his best services and be in good condition. I wise linked is evidenced by th^ an was operated on a few weeks ago and the Boston Americans this year, was once a Donlin stipulates that lie should receive extra nounced that Rickey is a second David is now fit to go©right into the game. Detroit favorite. money if he keeps in condition." Fultz. He is said to be of strong re Billy Sullivan was operated on in June, Fielder Jones has taken on some flesh during ligious convictions and prominent in 1905, and it was October before he was the winter and is happy in the belief that his If there is any sympathy in this case Y. M. C. A. work. It seems that Rickey again fit for play. It is not thought ft is for McGraw, who needs the Will to Sox will repeat. has entered into a contract to coach a that Tinker can perform aga.in before The Washington Club secured "flag day.©© services of a hard hitter like Donlin, college team, which would prevent; his May 1, and. that he may be weak oven May 14, in Chicago owing to Comiskey©s for whom he has done so much in the reporting to Griffith until ,-ifter the then. During Joe©s absence Billy friendship for Cantillon. not very distant past. season is -well under way. Griff is try Sweeney, the new infielder. will get ing to induce Rickey to get his release a, good show to prove what he can do. The St. Louis Browns are now camped at Are They Working Too Hnr«l? Marlln. Texas. George Stone is now the only from the college fellows and join the Nobody expects that he will displace unsigned member of the team. At this distance it would appear forces at Atlanta. Thus far no word Tinker, for the team-play between The Highlanders left New York under Man that Manager McGraw has opened the has been received from Rickey. The Tinker and Pavers is something that ager Griffith©s wing on March 4 and are now throttle too soon. Yet according to latter is said to be a fine sticker, and no new men could take up in a hurry, hard at work at Atlanta, Ga. reports weather conditions in Los having given up a valua©ble man like but he will at least demonstrate how Angeles are said to justify the strenu- Yeager, Griff is naturally anxious to clever he really is. Frank Chance The Noire Dame recruit, catcher Jerry Shfe- ousness of the magnetic little manag get the other end of the trade. saw him work on the Coast and says han. will not join the Bostons until after the er. Several games have ©been played close of the college term in June. he looks like a real marvel. Pitcher Keefe is confident of holding his own with the Los Angeles Clu©b as well as Around the Bases. CATCHER KLING with the Highlanders, as he has quite recovered with St. Vincent©s College team. For Looks like Tom Corcoran for the second base is still holding out and- sending no from the illness which prostrated him last the first time since McGraw has been berth on McGraw©s club. word, while Pat Moran broke his nose manager of the New York Club his fall. This will be Jim MeGuire©s twenty-third sea a, few days ago in a gymnasium. This The mileage of the "White Stockings" team suffered defeat in a training son in the big leagues and lie says he is still leaves Kahoe and Seabough to do the spring training trip adds up to 8543. It was a game. The Los Angeles team turned good for a few more. catching for a while, so that Sea.bough jump of 2449 miles from Chicago to the City the trick, 6 to 2. Oscar Jones, tlie will have a better chance than would former Brooklyn twirler held McGraw©s "Cy" Barger. a tall raw-boned tw,irler from of Mexico. the Williamsport Tri-State League Club, lias otherwise have been accorded him. Deacon Jim McGuire has cut out the Hot men to three hits. Christy Mathewson joined Griff©s team in Atlanta. Most of the Cubs went direct from Springs trip this season, feeling too frisky worked three innings. Ames and their homes to West Baden. Brown to need the© treatment that he has taken in Wiltse also performed the same num MeGiiire. Williams. Thomas and Kleinow went from Terre Haute, Sweeney.. ber of innings. Matty is said to have are said to be the only men on Griffith©s team Pfiester and Steinfeldt from Redville. other years. Tised nothing but a straight ball and who need to take off superfluous flesli. The party that gathered here included Reports from San Jose. Cal.. are to the Ames was from all accounts very wild. Elberfeld. as usual, reported in good condi effect that first baseman Chase is holding out tion. "Little Tobasco" had been playing for Chance, ©Randall, Durbin, Seabough, for a $500 increase on the $3500 salary tendered An item of interest was that McGraw Tavlor, Slagle. Fraser and McCormick. him by New York. had trouble with the local umpire in three weeks at Hot Springs before he reached Big Jack looked fat and happy, and that game. Pretty early to begin Atlanta. Manager Lajoie. of the Clevelands, will not Banny Hoffman slipped and strained himself said lie would get the Cubs into prime train his men for endurance tests this year. that. From all accounts the men will be while running bases .but thus far no other ac condition. All the work laid out for the Naps consists well seasoned by the time they reach SOX OFF FOR MEXICO. of performances on the diamond. the Polo grounds. Dan McGann was cidents have been reported by the war cor Comiskey, who has been much wor hit in the ribs by a wild pitch started respondents in Atlanta. ried of late by the severe illness of Before leaving Bolivar, N. Y.. to join the bv a college pitcher. Tom Corcoran Moriarity has taken Griffith©s advice and is White Sox for the Mexican trip Fielder Jones wielding a short bat with good effect. That Mrs. Comiskey, left much of the pre and Pat Dougherty were given a farewell dance was under the weather temporarily, liminary work for the Mexican trip at St. Mary©s Hall in Bolivar, but is again on the job and the com suggestion is also said to have made a con to his subordinates, who have labored petition for the second base berth is sistent hitter out of Hal Chase last year. The first accident of the season to an Ameri President Gordon, of the local .Americans, cleverly. Last week the boys came can League player fell to the veteran "Cy" said to be keen, with Shay making a will sail fdr Europe early in .Tune accompanied into town in herds, excepting George Young, of the Bostons. He was hit on the strong bid for the job. Shay is describ by Mrs. Gordon. They will tour the continent, Davis. According to the latest ac forearm by a liner from Barrett©s bat and ed as a lively player of the scrappy returning to New York about September 1. counts, Davis balked on the trip ow severely injured. order. Young Hanifan is said to be Louis Brockett, the Buffalo twirler who is ing to business reasons, and the Big Tho St. Louis Clnb is trying out at Dallas, improving every day and one war cor said to be built much on the lines of Jack Chief good humoredly told him nobody Texas pitcher Andy Stevenson, a St. Louis respondent was so impressed that he Powell. was late in reporting in Atlanta and had to enjoy the sights of Mexico if youngster who has achieved more local renown fiaid Bill Dahlen will have to keep upon his arrival was at once turned over lo he didn©t want to. In a special train as a prize fighter than as a ball player. He is moving. There seems to be some doubt Jiui McGuire. decorated with flags and streamers the a big, husky chap. as to the side trip to San Francisco, as Secretary Knowles never loses a trick and base ball chamnions of the world The Washington players under charge of Man it appears that the ©Frisco people have knows when to do the right thing as is evi the Chicago team of the American ager Cantillon, started from Chicago on March made some demands which Secretary denced in the news from Los Angeles relative League left on March 5 for the City (J for Galvoston, Texas. Jake Stahl did not Knowles refuses to grant. It has also to a banquet which he gave the local news of Mexico, where the spring training go along, but John Anderson sent in his eon- been decided to stop a day in El Paso paper men out there. will commence. About sixty persons, tract and joined the party. on the Mexican border to break the Manager Griffith says that he is getting tired including the members of the team, The train bearing the Cleveland batteries to long trip to San Antonio. denying reports that Conroy will play third friends and newspaper men, were Hot Springs was derailed March 4 near Ben ton, b:i?o. lie cays Conroy will be in the outfield aboard the special. Ban Johnson, who Ark., through Hie breaking of a driving wheel. Griffith©s Men at Work. and (hat he experts, to plMy Laporte at third hru©i expected to make the trir> with Only the engineer was injured, the ball player* Most of the local Americans are at base on account of his ba,tting. In these times, I the Sox, was not able to go. The big- escaping with a saaking-up. SPORTING LIFE. March 16, 1907. r
DEVOTED TO BASE BALL MEN AND MEASURES "WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE AND CHARITY FOR ALL "-Editor Francis C. KicMer.
Article 8, which will now read as fol would simply have placed another playing purposes. It is customary for lows: burden on the umpires, owing1 to the the uninformed and the unthinking- to SPORTIING LIFE guy about "All contracts between clubs and players In opening wedge for argument on ques PHILADELPHIA©S SLOWNESS, A WEEKLY JOURNAL the major leagnes shall be In form prescribed tions ©of intention. to jibe about her alleged provincial by the National Commission. All contracts be ism. But when it comes right down devoted to tween clubs and players in the National As sociation shall be in the form prescribed by that Now that the active season is about to solid achievement, to the cultivation v Base Ball, Trap Shooting and Association. Provided, however, that no non- of the spirit of friendliness without reserve contract shall be entered into by any to open a gentle reminder to the dia which man is little better than the General Sports club under the National Agreement, until per mond heroes is in order: It is not what brute creation, the Old Sport will have mission to do so has been first obtained from to have a ticket on the good old Quak the National Commission when such contracts they have done in the past but what er town. And the spirit of harmonious FOUNDED APRIL, 1883. concern major league players, or the National they will do in the future that will good fellowship never had a more im Board of Arbitration of the National Associa henceforth count with press, public pressive demonstration than it had at tion when such contracts eofieern players of that the dinner given to Managers Mack Trade-marked by the Sporting Life Pub. Co, organization. In either event, the secretary of and employer. To this end condition and Murray by the sporting writers the National Commission must be immediately is vitally important and now is the Entered at Philadelphia Post Office notified that snch permission has been received at the Majestic on Thursday night. as second class matter and such contracts must be at once promulgated time to acquire that desideratum. A by him with the proper notation of such per hint to the wise is as good as a kick. mission." ONE VIEW OF THE TOPEKA CASE. Published by And so, step by step, as experience ©^Sporting1 Life©s" 1907 Schedules will From Bridgeport (Conn.) "Post." and exigency point the way, the Na The Sporting Life Publishing Company be ready for the public toward the end The National Commission met in tional Agreement is being made the of March. Until that time those who New York and passed upon a number 34 South Third Street perfect supreme law of base ball. Long ihave sent in requests for same, with of disputes. The attempt of the West PHILADELPHIA, PA., U. S. A. may it live! ern League to take one of the Western the requisite two-cent stamp, must ex Association cities was not encouraged. ercise patience. When the schedules At the 1906 session of the National are ready for distribution the requests Association Secretary O©Rourke secur THOMAS S. DANDO...... President PLAYING RULES. ed the passage of an amendment to the J. CLIFP DANDO...... Treasurer will be filled in the order of receipt. constitution which prevented a league FRANCIS C. RiCHTER...... Editor-in-Chie( The report of the Joint Committee of a higher class drafting a city from MRS. WILL K. PAKK...... Gun Editor on Playing Rules was accepted and Now is the time for the players to a league of a lower class unless the EDWAKU C. STARK...... Business Manager come into the limelight. The magnates league of the higher class had bef-n adopted, as submitted, by the two subject to a draft from one of the major leagues, and under the rules as now have nothing to do but look after major leagues. Subscription Rates now amended base ball will be played the gate receipts and pay the bills. This amendment was of vital im That©s not always as easy as playing portance to all leagues below Class A, One Year ...... $2.00 everywhere during 1907. The report especially to such leagues as the Con Six Months ...... 1.25 was given in full in our last issue. ball and drawing regular salary with necticut League, and it was supported Single Copy ...... 5c. out further responsibility. by an overwhelming majority. With Foreign Postage . $1.04 extra per annum There was no radical change made in out this amendment the Eastern Payable In Advance any department of the game, the Com League, for instance, could come into mittee wisely confining itself to sim In Idaho a bill legalizing Sunday this league and take New Haven, or plifying certain sections in the code ball has passed the House, and in some other city, of course paving the Nebraska the same kind of bill has price, but doing the league more ©harm and clearing up or eliminating obscure than the sum of money allowed could phrasings. The few changes affecting just been defeated in the Legislature. possibly make up. Now these Class the pl©ay in any mariner whatsoever Sunday playing, like the tariff, is at A leagues cannot take a city unless bottom merely a local question. the National or American leagues have are herewith given in concrete: previously taken one from them. A rule to prevent any other player than the The Western League wanted to get ditcher soiling a new ball. The pitcher is al Topeka from the Western Association lowed to moisten the cover, but if any other WISE SAYINGSJ)^GREAT MEN. the worst way. The National Associa player does so he is subject to a fine of $5 for tion turned the application down good each offense. ©There are men who seern to spend and hard when Secretary O©Rourke©s A rule that if a pitched ball strike In front most of their time turning1 over new amendment was confirmed. The West of the plate arid bound fair at a height at leaves. G. Edward Waddell. which It could be hit by the ©batsman, if he ern League people were not satisfied, cared to strike at It, but failed to do so, it *High ideals, from an utilitarian so they took an appeal to the National is to be called a ball. point of view, are often like airships. Commission. Now the Commission de GROUP PICTURES. A rule prohibiting the stepping of a batsman Ban B. Johnson, cides that it has no jurisdiction and it from one side of the plate while the pitcher *Some people act as though it were sends the matter back to the National is in position to pitch, under penalty of being better to make good than to be good. Association, because it is a dispute be "Sporting Life" is now engaged in called out. Mike Donlin. tween two leagues in that bodv. It is the publication of a series of group A rule making the batsman a base runner a common sense ruling that "further when the catcher interferes with 1 a pitched bs 1 !. *The -fact that there are sermons in strengthens the splendid position of pictures of minor league champion A rule declaring the base runner out if while stones proves that even the minister the great combination of minor he is trying to score the catcher Is interfered may be out for the rocks. William leagues. teams. To date we have published pic with at the plate ©by the batsman. Sundas©. tures of the Buffalo, Columbus, Scran- A rule that if a base runner passes another By the way, speaking- about the po base runner on the way around the bases, the *Most trees require rich soil, but sition of the National Association, it ton and Birmingham teams. In this runner who passes is out. the family tree thrives on rocks. is of interest to recall at this time that number is given a group picture of A rule permitting umpires when two arc. James Potter. there were actually some individuals the Norwich team, champions of the officiating at a game, to decide between them *The fellow who never takes a who predicted ruin when it started selves what plays each shall pass on. chance may never lose; but, on the and ridiculed it at every opportunity. Connecticut League. In our next is A scoring rule that the batsman be r>ot mother hand, he may never win. Alex. It is amusing to think over now. sue, March 23, will be given a picture credited with a hit on a batte4 ball that hits Smith. - -o of the Grand Rapids team, the cham himself. The few changes noted above are *May we not call whiskey advertise pions of the Central League. ments "spirit messages." Andrew PRESS POINTERS* all in the line of progress without the Stevenson. Our series of group pictures of distraction, confusion and disputation The Ebbetts© Uniform Ticket System major league teams, sixteen in all, *The flowers that adorn hats may that would have attended any radical be artificial, but the monev it takes to Anticipated By Shibe. has been completed. This series com buy them isn©t. Charles Dooin. From Philadelphia "Inquirer. 1 © prises the world©s champion Chicago innovation such- for instance, as the foul-strike rule caused some years ago. *When the pugilist gets the worst At the recent National League meeting the team and the New York. Cleveland, of it his face naturally wears an in most important piece of business was the Athletic, St. Louis, Detroit, Washing It is about time that the principal jured expression. Jack O©Brien. adoption of a resolution calling for a uniform rules of base ball become as fixed as set of tickets to be used on all grounds in the ton and Boston teams, of the American *The average man never learns to circuit Charley Ebbetts. of Brooklvn, wag League; and group pictures of the the rules of cricket. The new amend play solitaire till he gets married. authorized to make a contract for 8.000,000 champion Chicagos and the New York, ments to the rules will be found prop Mike Mo wry. tickets. This system was, inaugurated by Busi *An optimist is any man who thinks ness Manager, John D. Shibe. of the. Athletics, Pittsburg. Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Cin erly incorporated in the codes publish it might have been worse. Hugh Mc- fiye years ago, and although somewhnt more cinnati, St. Louis and Boston teams, of ed in the official 1907 handbooks of the Breeh. expensive than the old method in which hard the National League. tickets were user! over and over dav after two major leagues the Spalding Na day, the guarantee against loss, the assurance tional League Guide and the Reach that no confusion can arise In the event of a THE MERITS OF THE QUAKER CITY. sudden storm, more than compensates for the American League Guide. With the aid extra expenditure involved. APPROACHING PERFECTION. of the above synopsis managers and From Philadelphia "Inquirer." players can now make themselves "In no other city in this country Judging; Only on Past Results. The three amendments to the Na would it be possible to give an affair From Philadelphia "Telegraph." thoroughly familiar with the playing like this," was the comment made by tional Agreement proposed by the Na rules before, the advent of the 1907 The experts in the West have started in at tional Commission have been accepted President B. B. Johnson, of the Ameri this early date to pick the winners in the re championship season. can League, after the banquet given spective ina.joi^leag©.ies. Of course Chicago gets by the National League, American by the sporting- writers of this city the call by a majority of the Westerners. But League and National Association, and in honor of Managers Mack and Mur there is not one who has failed to place the ray at the Majestic on Thursday night. New York teams in second place, rind in a are now incorporated in the organic IN SHORT METRE. Presiden.t Johnson©s statement may few instances the Giants and Yankees are law of base ball. The first amendment have been too sweeping. Philadelphia picked as winners. declares explicitly that no club oper A bill legalizing base ball games on cannot monopolize all the good fellow Sunday in all towns where the people ship in the world; but the fact remains The Public View of Salary Kick. ating under the National Agreement that as yet in no other city has there shall at any time negotiate for the shall so decide by vote was introduc From New York "Globe." been any attempt made to Many ball players are at outs with their purchase or lease of the property of ed in the Michigan Legislature by SOFTEN THE ASPERSIONS employers because of salary reductions. In another club without .first securing Representative Duncan, of Wayne which sometimes grow out of rival many cases the cuts were deserved. Some base ball sympathies and prejudices players, like some fighters, after years on the the consent of such club. It is em county. All other Sunday sports are through the medium of just such af diamond believe themselves to be as good as bodied in Section 1 Article 6, and reads strictly prohibited, and the playing of fairs as that of Thursday night. The they ever were, when as a matter of fact ball is restricted to the hours of the Philadelphia sporting writers were their retrogression is apparent to every one but as follows: themselves. There will be a lot of ©©©hedging" afternoon after 2 o©clock and before the first Lo recognize that the war was "No club operating under the National Agree over, and they lost no opportunity to in the next few weeks. Few of the players ment shall at any time negotiate for the pur 6 o©clock. The passage
which was in evidence on the part of the Brooklyn players last summer. IT IS TIME TO BE OF Don©t imagine for a moment that Brooklyn is always to be a, .city of Dead Sea fruit on the base ball map. Even Frank Bancroft may be con SECOND STAGE OF THE STOCK verted to the fact that there is some good in Brooklyn before the year is over, arid that crowds will turn, out to HOLDERS© BATTLE. see the home team play, if the home FOR 1907. team will only play ball that is worth a pinch of salt. Victor Uniforms are made in your interests. The WORDS OF CHEER. The Baltimore Club Ordered to Show There was a lot of talk during the National League meeting about the FLANNELS ARE THE BEST chances that the Brooklyns may have Why the Judgment It Secured to accomplish something this year. that can be bought; the LABOR is the BEST we Almost everybody who had anything to say about the club, at least had a can hire ; the Against the Brooklyn Ch&Shotild g©ood word for it. I won©t say that everybody thought Brooklyn had a sure winner, for there were some who Not be Reopened and Set Aside* expressed the opinion that Brooklyn might be fooled a bit this summer in the estimate which had been made of that the players could ask for. SPECIAL TO "SPORTING LIFE." the team©s strength. But let that go Send for our samples and prices and let us tell New York, March 12. Supreme for what it was worth. It is a fact Court Justice J. Franklin Fort issued that instead of hammer throwing be you some of the Leading Clubs which have already an order in Jersey City on March 5 ing in evidence on every side there bought from us. A postal card will do it, and it that the Baltimore Base ware scores of expressions congratu Ball and Exhibition Com lating Brooklyn on what had been may save you money. pany show cause at the done in 1906 and wishing P. J. Dono Court House on Satur van all manner of good luck in 1907. day, March 16, why the AND WORDS OF PRAISE. judgment entered against It is a pity that P. J. was not in VICTOR SPORTING GOODS CO., Springfield, Mass. the Brooklyn Ball Club New York to hear all the good things in the Supreme Court on which were said about him. Charley Monday should not be Ebbetts and Henry Medicus positively is in the South, is doing good work lowing order by Judge J. Franklin reported and set aside were compelled to blush with becom far in advance of the other members Fort issued last week puts the suit and the defendant per ing modesty for three straight days, of the team. Young Mal Eason is his back where It was originally: and that is comething of a load to mitted to file an affidavit name. He found that he could get It appearing that the judgment herein was of merit and to plead carry when you happen to be around down to Palm Beach this spring, pick improvidently entered, and also that the at or demur. The aplica- a base ball meeting where they are up a dollar or two in one way and torney of the defendant failed to file an af Chas. Ebbetts tion was made by Vre- usually more willing to hammer than another and at the same time-warm up fidavit of merits within ten days after servire denbergh, Bedle, Wall & to boost. Major leaguers and minor that right arm of his, which some of the summons and declaration herein; and it Wilson, counsel for the Brooklyn Ball leaguers it didn©t matter much who times goes right and sometimes goes further appearing that injury or wrong may Clu©b. Lawyer Howard Griffiths, coun they were put in at least one grain of as if the imp of unrighteousness had result from such failure to file such affidavit, it sel for the plaintiff in the suit, entered comfort for Brooklyn, and it was fre put two or three kinks in it. Appar- is ordered that the plaintiff show cause on interlocutory judgment by default, the quently suggested that if the pitchers entfer an early visit to the land of Saturday, March 1C, 1907, at the Court House, lawyers for the defendant having fail of the nine should happen to show a Jersey City, why the judgment herein should oranges and cranes is good for him, not be opened and set aside and the defendant ed to file an affidavit of merit within little better than they have in the as he really has been throwing quite past, there would be plenty of enter permitted to file an affidavit of merits and ten days after service was made. a little ball against the players who plead and demur. It is further ordered that REFUSE TO DISCUSS IT. tainment for every National League are in Florida just now. Nor need it in the meantime all proceedings on said judg Regarding the judgment for $52,000 club which crossed the Rubicon, other be taken for granted that all of the ment or execution thereon, as well as all entered against the Brooklyn Club by wise known as the East River, to play players whom he has faced have been proceedings in the cause, be stayed. default as the result of the suit with the reconstructed this summer. easy, as there are some fairly good J .F. FORT. Justice. brought by the Balit- K©RBKTTS© TICKET SCHEME. professionals scattered around Florida As soon as the order was signed more Club, or rather F. That National League meeting also trying their best to get in condition by Judge Fort it was filed with the A. Ataell and Edward did one thing to Ebbetts. It knocked for the coming year. him out of the trip to Florida. It did County Clerk at Jersey City. Hanlon, H. W. Medicus, WHAT MAY HAPPEN. treasurer of the Brook another thing. It put through that lyn Club, declined to pet ticket scheme of his with which Suppose Eason should have a good make a statement be he has been laboring for a number of season. What a difference it might PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE yond isaying that the years. If the reader doesn©t happen make with the chances of the Brook- matter was in the hands to know it, the fact is in existence and lyns. When he first broke into fast Reduces to a Temporary Four-Club Basis of his attorneys. Inci can easily be identified, that Ebbetts company the Chicagos thought they dentally a, rumor was in has had a notion that a uniform ticket had a comer, and it looked as if they But Will Hold Its Rights to the Seattle circulation that if Han for the National League would be the were right, until something got in his lon and Abell secured greatest thing which has happened to arm which doubled it a little and he Territory by Periodical Visits. control of the Brooklyn the sport in the way of facilitating lost the efficiency which he has shown San Francisco, Cal., March 8. Editor matters at the gate and also in count in his earlier games. Eason has the Ed. H. Hanlon Club eventfully they "Sporting Life." At a meeting of the would transfer the fran ing up after the show has begun. His experience, and if he can get astride Pacific Coast League, held here on chise to Baltimore. But as a deal of idea was to put together a ticket in of a %vinning gait he is likely to stick March 2, it was decided to drop this kind could not be made without such a way that it would be a com there for a long time. Conversely, If Fresno, Cal., from membership and to the unanimous consent of both the bination admission affair and a rain the winning gait happens to elude adopt a schedule for the San Francisco. National and the American League, check as well. There has been some him, it is all off. There is no sense Oakland, Los Angeles and Portland inconvenience at some of the grounds in keeping him in the box when he is clubs. It was officially determined to the yarn appears to be without foun being hit, for he will be lammed hard dation. of the National League in giving out place no team in Seattle, as the league AN EXACT DEFINITION. RAIN CHECKS. er before the opposing batters are could not finance a club and no local Regarding the rumor that in the Small boys had to be depended upon finished with him. capital was procurable, but to play a event of victory the Brooklyn fran to do it, and occasionally they might A CRYING NERD. series of games in the Washington chise would be transferred to Balti overlook a man in the scramble All of Donovan©s friends hope that city for the purpose of holding the more, Mr. Hanlon said through the turnstile and the result he will be able to develop one good territory. J. Cal. Ewing, chief stock the thing was impossible would lie a kick at the box office. The young outfielder before he gets back holder in the San Francisco Club, was as the National League overlooked man might be justified in to the North. If there is one thing elected president to take the place of would never give its his comr>laint, but the club manage which Brooklyn needs it is plenty of Eugene F. Bert, resigned. The Fresno indispensible consent to ment also had right on its side, for the encouragement in the outfield. Two players reverted to the league and such a move. Mr. Han- rain checks were on hand for distri positions -are well enough fixed for Los Angeles took "Happy" Hogan. 1cm said he and Abell bution and it might be attributed to fi©eilding, and two are well enoug©h Oakland took "Truck" Eagan, Portland simply brought the suit contributory negligence on the part fixed for batting, but it happens that took Pearl Casey, and San Francisco to preserve their rights. of the patron if he failed to get one. it takes three men to strike this hap took pitcher Brown. The season will Hanlon states that he Of course, lie wouldn©t look at it that py balance. In other words, one of start March 30. Portland will open and Mr. Abell represent wav. as the onlv thing which he could the best fielders is not much on the the season in San Francisco, while 49 per cent, of the stock, reckon up would be that he was out hit, and one of the best hitters is not Oakland will go South to Los Angeles. and yet they have been the price of the game. It may also be a whole lot -on the field, Donovan It is expected that the schedule can be kept in complete ignor said that there are among us some says that so arranged that only in one instance who are F, A. Abell ance of the business af OUTFTELDER MALONEY will two teams have to play two con fairs of the Brooklyn SMALL ENOUGH will bat better this year than he did tinuous weeks in the same town. Club. He says no trial balances have to work the old ga
Pitchers. Wiltse, Clemens. Ferris, Dunmyer, league has been drafted on by a major THE TRI-STAT1UEAGUL Scott, Kooppman, McPhillips, Chappele and league club: Long; catchers. Duff, Ingels. Purnel, Dawson Cincinnati, O., March 4. Decision No. 202. and Forter; first basemen, Haselton and IS NOT SETTLED. In re application of Western League for per The Schedule Adopted at a Meeting in Wetherbee; second basemen. Raymer, Knin and mission to draft from lower classes. The at Johnson; third basemen. Ilaminond and Gardner; tention of the Commission was called to this Altoona The Delegates Entertained at shortstops, Betcher and Gnlthell; outtielders, case by Mr. O©Neill, of the Western League. Dinner by the Altoona Club. Badel, Flourney, Uettinger and Levering. TOPEKA NOT GIVEN UP TO THE He stated that it was the desire of the League to draft the city of Topeka from the Westevn Altoona, Pa., Farch 12. Editor Association, but that certain legislation enacted "Sporting- Life." The schedule meet George Heekert Dines Newspapermen, WESTERN LEAGUE. by the National Association and incorporated in ing- of the Tri-State League was held York, Pa., March 8. George W. Heckert, the National Agreement of that Association, here March 6 and 7. The who for the past three years has managed the positively prevented a draft of this kind, and body adopted the sched York Tri-State base ball club and who will therefore asked that a ruling be made by the ule presented by Messrs. this season manage the Harrisburg team, to The Western Association, at a Commission in the matter. He was given a Bockel, Perrine, Tunis night gave a complimentary banquet to his hearing at the meeting of the Commission held and Myers. composing© newspaper friends in the grill room of the in New York, at which meeting also we©e Colonial Hotel. The menu was a good one and Special Meeting by a Vote of 7 present Messrs. P. T. Powers, J. H. Farrell, the schedule committee. the jollity of the occasion immense. Heckert Tiin Murnane and E. F; Bert. The latter re It is the longest and most always stood well with the sporting writers and quested that the Commission make a ruling as satisfactory in the his they gave him a rousing farewell. Daniel L. to I, Rejects Western League©s to their jurisdiction in the matter. tory of the Tri-State Hake, the Mayor©s new clerk, formerly a local After the same had been fully discussed the League. It was, however, city editor, was master of ceremonies. Othera Commission announced that they did not care a. long and tedious job present were T©. Bernard Elsesser, Lewis B. Bid For the Topeka Territory* to pass on the question of Jurisdiction at the to get into shape to tellers, B. Irvin Susong, Austin K. MeCullongh, present time, but that, as the legislation under please everybody, but it Ross E. Kauffman. W. M. George. James W. discussion was enacted by the National Associa was finally accomplished Shettel. Edison Williamson, Mark Slmlcr. Wil Chicago, 111., March 10. Editor tion without notice to the Commission or either C. F. Carpenter after many hours of hard liam Reynolds. V. Good. C. M. McElhinney and "Sporting Life." Following the an one of the major leagues, the Commission was work. The season opens Attorney S. K. MeCall, who has been Mr. nouncement by President O©Neil, of of the unanimous opinion that the section com April 24 and closes September 15. It Heekert©s advisor. The speeches breathed good the Western League, that plained of (being Section 4 of Article 27) was was also decided that last year©s will toward Mr. Heckert and wished him every the Topeka case had bad in its effects and therefore respectfully success excepting that of beating York for the requested that the National Board take up the tickets are to be used instead of the championship. Mr. Heckert responded grace been settled on March 2 matter at once, with the object of adjusting style adopted by the major leagues. fully. by agreement between same to the satisfaction of all parties, so as The regular staff of umpires will be himself and President to obviate any necessity for the Commission to engaged at exhibition games and scor Shiveley, of the West take any further action. ers paid a regular salary for services. News Notes. ern Association, with AUG. HKttRMANN, Manager Irwin has purchased shortstop Secretary Farrell as aid B. B. JOHNSON, THE DELEGATES DINED. Cooney from Buffalo for Altoona. and witness, came a HAHRY C. PdLLIAM. On the evening of March 7 the dele- Pitcher Charley Baum wires from Los Angelea counter-statement by National Commission. gratas were tendered a dinner at. the that he will be with Altoona this season. President Shiveley to the Franklin House by President J. R. effect that the agree Secretary Farrell Won©t Talk. Bockel, of the Altoona Club. Lawyer The Lancaster Club has signed second base- ment was entirely con Auburn, N. Y., March 11. Secretary S. B. Hare acted as toastmaster. Spe man Tom Downey, late of the Bridgeport Club. Farrell, of the National Association, cial ©guests were Judge Martin Bell, of Williamsport has signed the famous Charley ditional ©upon its accept Dexter as catcher and substitute first baseuian. D. M, Sliively ance by the Western was asked today for a statement as to Blah; county, and Judge J. B. Shull, of Association as a body. what action the National Board would Mifflin county, and both made fine The Trenton Club has accepted the terms of Immediately upon his i«eturn from the take on the action of the Western As speeches. Other speakers were Presi pitcher "Cy©© Ferry, formerly of Buffalo; aud of Buffalo conference President Shiveley sociation in voting not to sell the dent Charles F. Carpenter, Col. Per pitcher Leo Hafford. culled a special mee©ting- of the West Topeka franchise to the Western rine, of Trenton; William Connellv, of First baseman Johnny Deal, purchased by ern Association for Kansas City March League. He said that he had no of tiie Wilmington Club; John Cafney, Lancaster from the Cincinnati Club, has signed 7 to act upon the proposition of the ficial knowledge of the action of the manager of the Trenton Club; Arthur a Lancaster contract. Western League to pay $3000 cash for Western Association and refused to Irwin, manager of Altoona; Curt Wei- Arthur Irwin .claims that outfielder Farvell, Ihe Topeka territory. The meeting make a. statement on the newspaper g-and, of York; G. W. Carman, of Lan formerly of the St. Louis Club, will be the »vas held on ©the date and by vote of report of the Association©s determina caster; George Heckert, of Harrisburg-; sensation of the Tri-State League this year. . 7 to 1 the Western Association rejected tion. He refused to make any pre- Louis Opperman, of Johnstown, and The Trenton Club has released pitcher Wil the proposed settlement. This action, judgment of the Case or to hint what William Gray, of Williamsport. A let liams and has signed shortstop "Kid" Young, according- to President O©Neil, of the the position of the National Board ter of congratulation from Editor the best inttelder that Trenton has produced Western League, is a violation of the would be. "Here is a case involving Richter, o.f "Sporting Life," was also since the days of Billy Gilbert. agreement with Secretary Farrell as thousands and thousands of dollars read. It was the concensus of opinion First baseman John Calhoun, of the Harris- the representative of the National As- and I do not care to make a statement of the speakers and diners that the burgs, has been employed by the State College eociation. The purchase price, $3000, on a newspaper report of the Associa most prosperous season in the history athletic officers to coach the base ball candi was sent to President Shiveley, of the tion©s action," he said. of the Tri-State League is dawning. dates of that institution in inside ball. Western Association, a week ago. Catcher Biggins, transferred to Trenton by The York Club©s J>ine-TJp. Providence, to date has steadily refused to sign Will Fight It Out. THE INTER-STATE LEAGUE. York. Pa.. March 10. Editor "Sporting with Trenton. That club has secured catcher Life." The local club will have strong financial Crist from the Philadelphia National Club. Kansas City, Mo., March 11. Im- backing during the coming season. E. K. Me- Manager Foster has ordered his men to report rnediately after the Western Associa A Chance For Would-be Schedule Makers Conkey is president of the Association and at Lancaster on April 1. This will give the tion had by vote of 7 to 1 turned down to Try Their Hand and Earn a Little William Myers secretary and treasurer. Other team but four days© practice before the first the Western League proposition Pres backers and contributors are Dr. James A. Dale. game, on April 4, with Connie Mack©s Athletics. ident Shively telegraphed J. H. Farrell, Money on the Side. E. W. Spangler. Sydney Souter, Fred A. Al- The management is planning extensive im secretary of the National Association, Punxsutawney, Pa., March 10. At vord. William A. Reist, Young & Busser, James provements to the Lancaster .grounds, which notifying him of the action taken by the recent meeting of the Inter-State H. Findlay. president of the "York Wall Taper have been leased from President Iliemenz. The the Western Association. Shively said:- Company; John McCoy, Dr. Charles D. Ritchie, grandstand and bleachers will be enlarged, two League Directors it was decided that Fred A. Small, Charles Kline and many others "If they beat us there is nothing to or ticket entrances will be provided and changes the championship season should begin who responded liberally last yenr. The roster will be.made to the players© quarters. ganized base ball. When 1 was iu Chicago May IB and end September 7, each of reserved players is: Joe Smith, catcher; Harry Pnlliam, president of the National team playing- 40 games at home and 40 Matthews and Meyers, pitchers; Conn, first The Tri-State League teams will now turn League, told me that the National Commission games abroad. The Directors, at said base: Weigand, second base; Owens, shortstop; their attention to spring training. Johnstown had no jurisdiction over the matter and that as meeting, also adopted a resolution of O©Neill. left field; Clay, center field: MeFar- goes to State College to train; Wilmington to ji meiubrc of the Commission he would vote land, right field. Manager Weigand has in Portsmouth, Va.; Trenton to Danville, Va.; against the drafting of the club. Ban Johnson, fering a, prize of $25 to the person view several young pitchers and a third base- Altoona to Martlnsburg, W. Va.; Barrh-bir ff president of the American League, also told me compiling schedule adopted by the man, but thus far none have been signed. He and York, and possibly Lancaster, remain at tln©t they had no right to do this thing. We Inter State League. Any person desir has sent out contracts to all the players whose home. Williamsport has made no decision as will fight it to the last ditch. We don©t want ing to compete for prize offered for names have been mentioned above, but thus far yet. to be outlaws. h;it If Topeka is taken away schedule will be furnished with any none of the contracts has been returned. from us the Western Association will leave information desired as to opening and the National Association, become outlaws and closing dates, number of games to be The Wilmiaston Ball Park. put a club in Kansns City. Mo. The Western played, names of teams and towns, etc., Association hasn©t much money but it will be Wilmington, Del., March 12. The Wilming nble to put up a mighty strong fight against by applying to W. J. Brown, Punxsu ton Club©s South Side Park is to be thoroughly orgiinixod base ball. I know that we could tawney, Pa., Chairman of Schedule remodeled. Manager Connelly on Saturday went make money here in Kansas City." Committee. All schedules offered in over the grounds with Connell and Pierson, competition for prize offered must be the architects who are to have charge of the It is reported here that a conference submitted or addressed to W. J. work, and as a result of the inspection it was will be held in Kansas City in the near Brown, P. O. Box 312, Punxsutawney, decided to add fifty-two feet to the grandstand. future between President O©Neill, of Pa. ___ The entire bleachers will be torn down and the the- Western League, and interests© new ones to be erected will have Just double ONLY FOR representing Wichita, Kan., regarding News Notes. the seating capacity of the old ones. The the probable admission of that city "Billy" Sims has signed to umpire in this grandstand will be fitted with about 500 chairs. ,00 into the Western League. The West league. It has been decided to move the diamond out, ern Association will fight for this city Ralph Davie, who until last season was and a club house with all modern conveniences also. pitcher for the Bolivar (Pa.) team, will join is to be .erected in one corner of the grounds. Complete the Olean team in May. Manager Connelly intends to have up-to-date Including T3ie National Commission Ruling-. grounds in every respect and says South Side Lettering. SUITS Semi-Professional Ball at Newark. Park will not look like the same place by the As a matter of timely interest we time the season opens. Made to lit and tit to wear. Better grades append the National Commission de Newark. N. .T., March 10. The Newark Ath up to the .League Suits. Samples of goods letic Association, one of the fastest traveling free. Address, Dept. S. L. cision in re the appeal of the Western semi-professional teams in this city, would like The John at own Club. League against the rule of the Nation to hear from all first-class teams offering Johnstown. Pa., March 9. It was officially Manufacturers al Association prohibiting the drafting suitable inducemens in New York or within announced today that Manager Charles Ather- Base Ball Supplies, of any league territory by any league 100 miles. Address Manager Joseph M. Holler, ton, of the Johnstown Tri-State League Club, CINCINNATI, OHIO. from a class below unless the drafting 98 Napoleon street, Newark, N. J. had signed contracts of the following players: March 16, 1907. SPORTING LIFE.
Charley-horse, soreness and jimjams; a very good diamond; the best of surf CLEVELAND CHAL bathing; a well equipped gymnasium JAKE STAHL SAD. and swimming pool in the Y. M. C. A. Pitcher Joss and Shortstop Turner Come building; and hotel accommodations that are at least as good as were ex Into Camp Pitcher Rhoades Now the pected, are the principal features of the situation. The first important Only Hold-Out The Team Now at Work game will be played with the St. Louis at Macon With High Hopes. Nationals a week from next Saturday. The aggregate record of well-known BY GEANTLAND BICE. pitchers just published contains the The Best Spikes on the names of only two Washington twirl- Cleveland, O., March 9. Editor Claims That President Noyes and ers, Patten and Kitson. The latter has "Sporting Life." The murky cloud an average of games won for eight which has hovered above this township Best Shoe is the Claflin years of .528. In seven years Case Pat for a fortnight past has Manager Cantillon Positively ten has won 110 and lost 133 games been brushed away. Amid for an average of .453. Considering happy salvos of joy from. motto. On the the support he has had this is as good Rooter©s Row the Nap Promised to Trade Him to the a record as has been made by the clan advanced on Macon pitchers at the top of the list who have and among- the number Boston American League Club* done most of their work with pennant were Addie Joss and contenders. As it is about time for the "Tuck" Turner. After Claflin Shoe PREDICTION DEPARTMENT holding back for a week the Human Slat blew in SPECIAL TO "SPORTING LIFE." to get busy, for those who are rash enough to make base ball prophecies, from Toledo about two (The Sprinter), worn by Chicago, 111., March 12. Jake Stahl, it may be as well to start it by the hours before the train manager of the Washington American forecast that Patten will win a major crept from the local sta League Club last season, charges the ity of his games this year, no matter tion, and the result of a most all the major league management of both the where the team finishes. Cleveland Grantland Kice heart to heart confab Washington and Boston will win the American League pennant was Addle©s signature stars, the spikes are forged clubs with breaking and New York that of the National. to a document calling for his services faith with him. Stahl (To be. continued). So Gus Weyhing, again. No hint was handed out as to says that Manager Joe the former Washington twirler, has who gave in. * of the finest steel and fin Cantillon and President broken into the delivering end of the THE MAIN POINT T. C. Noyes, of the Wash wet goods business! Gus can therefore was that Joss would be "among those ington Glut), and Man continue to hand out halls as he used present" when the April fusillade be ished by hand at the vise. ager "Chick" Stahl and to in days of yore, and may turn a gan. In place of leaving for the President John I. Taylor, trick on the side by working at the Springs to join the hurling colony They can©t bend nor break, of the Boston team, gave improved style of frescoing he tried there Addie left for Macon with the him their word of honor to popularize at Green©s Hotel, when main bodyguard. He has been work that they would put he was on the other end of the ir ing out while laying back for the coin, nor clog with dirt. through a trade for him rigating ga.me. It seemed for many so reported in good condition to take Jacob G. Stahl at the recent schedule years that Weyhing©s arm would never up his job at an advanced spring Write for descriptive meeting of the American give out, and he was one of the foxy stage. Up to get-away day no word League in New York. The trade was slabmen of his day. had been received from "Dusty" booklet of Claflin Shoes. not made and Stahl says positively he CHARLEY JONES Rhoades, but the ©bonnie Scot is pretty will not play in Washington, as he has is still unsigned. He is not kicking sure to be in line shortly now that Sprinter, $7.50 Professional, $5 told the Washington management all over the figures in his contract, but his "pal" is under cover and out of along, and that he is now making wants the club to furnish him round the wet. Turner was bagged again Minor League, $3.50 preparations to go into business here trip transportation, which has been after an hour©s talk. Both "Tuck" and in Chicago. refused. Jones has not been figuring the ball club were satisfied with the You can buy Claflin Shoes by mail by draw-! in the team line-ups handed out from arrangements made, so the landscape ing outline of foot on paper and enclosing same ] Club and managerial sources, and his is lovely again. with size and width of street boot. Remit witfl FROM THE CAPITAL. connection with the 1907 Senators is SOMERS ON DECK. order and save C. O. D. charges. therefore more than doubtful. Jones On account of an excess of corre The Washingtons at Galveston Stahl has everything© except batting power, spondence and other business to be and a better thrower was never in the cleaned up Business Manager Barnard© WALDO M. CLAFLIN, and Jones Not Yet in Line A Few Pre game. It is hard to tell why he is was detained at home while Charlie deficient in hitting, except that he Somers made the trip in bis place. The 1107 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. dictions and Some News and Gossip. overlooks a great many good ones. Naps© vice president will remain on the When Jones does land, he sends them scene until the latter part of March BY PAUL W. EATON. out just right. An improvement of when Barnard will leave to join the the field as of yore there will be Washington, D. C., March 10 Editor forty points in hitting would make him ©club again. The additions of Joss and trou-ble for all rivals and a lot of the "Sporting Life." At 11 o©clock last a most valuable, man. In Class A Turner chased away the gloom and it same. It©s a long lane, they say, which Friday morning the Washington base circles he is but little shy of .300. Last was a happy bunch that hit the hasn©t any kinks, and this installs the ball team steamed into year in the American League .241 was Georgia trail. After a week©s work- 29th season of the Cleveland Club. The Galveston, four hours his figure, which was a gain over 1905. out in the Central City the opening previous twenty-eight have been quite late, from Chicago, and If Charley gets his eye on the ball scrimmage is booked for St. Patrick©s void of pennants, ©but it©s high time took up their quarters at about April 1 a change of managerial Eve., March 16. From this point on the lane was bending. the Tremont House. A plans is apt to result. there will be a preliminary battle al temperature of 75 de most every day until the team reaches grees tended to cheer Detroit, when the real fireworks open CONDENSED DESPATCHES. them up, and it is prob NATIONAUJEAGUE NEWS. up. All they ask is enough fair able that while this let weather to unravel the kinks and so Special to "Sporting Life." ter is being written they Tim Jordan did not go South with the Brook- be able to get ready for the strenuous The Toledo Club has sold pitcher Albert are engaged in their lyns. work later on. Farrell to the Trenton Club. first game with the Gal The Chicago Cubs will finish their spring HEAVYWEIGHT PLAYERS. veston team. All the The Montreal Club has sold pitcher Harvey training at tlrbana. 111. Bemis and Clarice were both a bit Williams to the Albany (N. Y.) Club. . players were present or The new umpire. Charles Rigler. is at present over weight when they reported, which Paul W. Eaton had indicated their in fact brought great joy to "Doc" Payne, The Galveston Club, of the Texas League, getting into condition at Hot Springs. has signed pitcher James Smith, of Leipsie, O. tention to join the team During the last week the Plttsburg Club the club trainer. "That©s what these within a day or two, except Jack received the signed contract of first baseman trips are for," remarked he, "to take The Holyoke Club has signed a young pitcher Warner, whose wife has just under Nealon. off weight. If a man©s already in shape named James Convery, hailing from Kltnira, gone a surgical operation in New York, N. Y. . ,;. , . President Dreyfnss and family will sojourn he is liable to grow stale any old and who will not leave her for a week at Hot Springs throughout the Pirates stay at time." Joe Birmingham weighed President Carson, of the Central League, has or ten days, and Garland Stahl. The that resort. twenty pounds more than he did last called the schedule meeting for March 20 at last-named player is quoted as saying fall, but he doesn©t expect to carry Evansville, Ind. that Presidents Noyes and Taylor CaMier Phil O©Neil. formerly of the Cin this surplus long. The ex-Cornell star Manager Hugh Duffy, of Providence, has each gave him his word of honor that cinnati team, is coaching the De Pauw College is out to give somebody a run for that signed a catcher named Stone, of the Bidde- they would make a trade for him at base ball team this spring. open gap in left field, and as Congal- ford (Me.) Club. the New York meeting, and then failed Second baseman Jim Mullen wisely changed his mind and on March G left Avoca, Pa., to ton and Hinchman are both of the Manager S. D. Flanagan has transferred the to do so. The two presidents undoubt join the Giants in Los Angeles. same mind the argument is bound to Manchester team and franchise In the New edly made an earnest effort to make be a wooly one straight .through.. But England League to Brockton, Mass. a deal, and it. is not too late vet. Pitcher Ewing, of Cincinnati, believes he if Birmingham gets to hitting lie will A telegram from Clark Griffith asking owns in Platt, Jr., (2.17%) one of the fastest The veteran Charles Dooley. who has been pacers on western trotting tracks. have the call over all rivals on .ac out of the game several years, has been ap Manager Cantillon how much money count of his speed and ability to chuck pointed manager of the Utica (N. Y.) Club. he would take for Stahl reached Gal The old-time National League pitcher. E. ©em back from deep outfield to the veston ( about the same time as the CumilngViam. lias been appointed coach of the plate. They doYi©t grow anv finer arms Second faaseman Ferris and catcher Carrigan Northwestern University base ball team. . have re-signed with the Boston American Club Washington team. Mr. Cantillon re or faster props than the Binghamton the former for two years at $3500 per annum. plied that he was really embarrassed Manager Donovnn and his Brooklyn .players, boy wears. by the amount of money he already left Brooklyn by boat on March 5 for Jackson HARRY BAY The Williamsport Trl-State League Club has ville, Fla., where they are now established. settled upon Lexington, Va., as a training, had and could consider no proposition was still - uncertain concerning ©the place, the eighteen players to report March 8. exceDt an offer of players. His price Jimmy Sheckard is said to iiave objected good Stability of his underpinnings. The 1 for Stahl, he said, was two first-class and hard to having his salary treated to an cornet player has taken life easy all Shortstop Fred Parent, of the .Boston Ameri alum bath by President-Murphy, of the Cubs. can Club, has gone to Little Rock, Ark., to players. If the ex-manager fails to winter and has given his weak knee "talk things over" with President John I. report for duty on bag 1 Cantillon will Tom Corcoran wrote to a friend in this city cap all the rest possible. He will take Taylor. play just previous to starting for California that he things easy around Macon at the start expected to land the second base position with Frank Owen, the White Sox pitcher, was ar BLANKENSHIP ON FIRST BASE. until he is certain that the twisted bone rested at San Antonio, Texas, March 8, follow He says he considers Cliff a better the Giants. is strong again. Harry himself is sure ing a "gun play." Owen explained he was player than Stahl was when he first Manager McGraw claims that Mathewson is that he will be in as good condition merely -using his revolver to illustrate how he broke into the game. Blankenship is his old invincible self again and that all the as ever, but there is still some doubt aecidently shot himself last winter, but the, touted as a good batter, and that is a effects of the antitoxin have worn away during that he can cling to the track all the police would not release him until Comiskey big factor. John Anderson©s signed the winter. year. If he should cave in Birming interceded. Owens© case will be heard March contract reached President Noyes Catcher Pete Noonan has re-signed with the ham will ©probably draw an assignment 20, when the Chicago team returns from about the time the despatches stating St. Louis Club. His brother, Thomas, is a in left, leaving Hinchman and Congal- Mexico. The White Sox were detained at San that Andy would not play with the candidate for a pitcher©s position at the Uni ton to fight it out for center. Plick Antonio for twelve hours. Senators reached the newspapers. versity of Pennsylvania. balks on being moved from right. He Pitcher Reulbach, of the Chicago Nationals, Anderson©s activity in his trade of There is a rumor in circulation just now has played this job so long that he has appealed to the National Commission for re carpentering will be confined during that when the championship season opens Frank doesn©t care for a switch at this late lease from reservation and three-year contract Bowerman, the New York catcher, will be date of his career. with the Chicago Club because the club did the championship season to driving found with the Cincinnati team. not tender him a contract before March 1. some nails in the coffins of the pen THE HOT SPRINGS DELEGATION President Murphy adtnits his failure, but says nant hopes of other/teams and knock Catcher Bowerman says he refused to re-sign has been getting along smoothly. Earl that as Reulbach©s contract extended over a ing enough boards off the center field with New York because his salary was reduced Moore©s trouble seems to have faded period of three years, it was unnecessary to fences to keep him busy next winter $700. He also says that McGann, Dahlen and away completely and right now he sign another. The primary cause of the trouble making repairs. It is rumored that Strang accepted $300 reductions. looks good for a regular©s berth again. is the salarv question. The big pitcher as-ked the plan to paint the Fred Miller, a left-hand twirler from Paducau, The squad has drawn good weather for an increase, which Murphy refused. CENTER FIELD FENCES GREEN Ky., has been signed by the Pittsburg Club. for the start and this has enabled the That makes three southpaws on the Pirate list. men to get well advanced from the will be resented by the Teutonic ele Hillebrand and Leifleld being the others. jump. Howard Wakefield is already ment among the players as being an Mertes© release has been purchased outright ten pounds Lighter than he was open other Irish trick. The pretzel brigade by the Boston Club from the St. Louis Club. ing day in 1906, and this means that CHEW will hold out for red. white and black "Sandow" will strengthen the Boston team, if he will be in much ©better shape to or quit the game. The Washington fence he decides to play and not to remain in Cali look after his end of the battery labor. was in the Hibernian class last year, fornia. CONFIDENT PLAYERS. except in some spots reached by The first accident of the season in this league Pete O©Brien seemed to be well Charley Hickman©s drives. There will ©has been recorded. While trying to stop a hot Beeman©s pleased with his change from St. be sadness among the fans if there is gromider at Marlin, Texas, John Ganzel, the Louis here. Pete is an optimist. He anything in the indications that Hick first toaseman of the Clncinnatis, had a finger figures that the Naps have about run The Original may be confined to utility roles next split the other day. through their share of hard luck and .season, as there isn©t a more popular John Haggerty, for eighteen years superin are due for a general killing this sea player on the team, which he led in tendent, groundkeeper, carpenter and all-ronnd son, wherein he will become involved batting, in 1906. ^Charley plays a fine man at the Boston National Base Ball Club©s in some, world©s series proceeds. As Pepsin first base, a good third or outfield, and South End grounds, is through with the Bos to how high they will finish we won©t has been seen at second .and sn©o-rt as tons. Thomas Pallis, a gardener from the even toss out a guess, but take the tip well. However, it will take the spring Bowditch estate, has been appointed In his straight that the outfit is fully 30 per practice to .determine .who©s who; and stead. cent, stronger than any club in the until that is over, not eyen Joe Can Mike Donlin Is still trying to bluff the New history of , this township. They are tillon can tell with certainty who he York Club into paying him a $600 increase in Cures Indigestion salary. The latest yarn sent out from Chicago fortified against accident in every de will use in every position. The Wash says that Donlin and Iris wife. Mabel Hite, partment of play, with better helping and Seasickness. ington players have found conditions the actress, have purchased the St. Joseph material back of the bat, in the box, AT GALVESTON Club, of the Western League, and that Donlin, around the infield and outfield than just right. A clear and warm atmos- if he cannot get his release from McGraw, will ever before. Unless they explode again All Others Are Imitations nfaere that insures immunity from manage the team from the bench. in mid-season and fragments strew SPORTEVG LIFE. March 16, 1907.
The stout-set catcher caught the ball and Sheehan for Blue. That tender indicates right on the trade mark and a scream that Blue must have been well thought of by OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE ing line fly started for the center Col. B. field fence. The ball looked like a Headquarters men discussed the prospects of The Situation at Youngstown Now En ure four-bagger. It was hit savagely Chicago being without Tinker in event, of an and kept curving upwards, the kind of operation for appendicitis. The actual opera tirely Cleared Up A Local Company in tion for the removal of that defunct organ is a line fly which tries the heart of trifling compared with the sequel. There is Process of Formation. very outfielder, star and otherwise. danger of hernia for a period of three months Hanlon started for the ball, but it and more. This is due to the Reparation of Youngstown, O., March 10. Editor looked like a sixty to one shot agai©nst three layers of tissue forming the abdominal "Sporting Life." While the work of him. The sphere was about forty wall. raising the money for retaining the feet off to his right side and carrying base ball team here is possibly ten feet above the ground. in progress, President Phillipine Plugger For Pittsburgh Red runners on the bags cut loose for Morton, of the League, home. One man was over the plate THE P,-0,-KL LEAGUE. has taken charge of the when suddenly Hanlon made a bold team, holding it subject team Has More Entertaining side leap at least three feet into the air One of the Magnates Commits Suicide as to the Youngstown Club©s and with both hands stretched to their re-organization. When utmost, clutched the oval and held a Result of the Recent Disastrous that is accomplished all Comment Base Running Plans onto it. Striking the ground again the Waynesburg Bank Failure. «of the signed and reserv old man staggered, taut kept his feet ed players with the team © WiU be Closely Followed, Etc* and held up the ball, showing his Waynesburg, Pa,, March 10. Editor will be turned over to catch. The grab saved the day. O©Neil "Sporting Life." Evidently because the new company. In didn©t dare leave "Pop" at home. Han he lost his franchise in the Pennsyl going over the club©s vania, Ohio and Mary roster President Morton i BY A. R. CRATTY. lon went on the jaunt, cards shifted land League, as the re his way, O©Neil was downed, while Charles Morton found that reserved Pittsburg, Pa., March 11. Editor © pop" Later on got his chance to go to sult of th©e failure of the players J. C. McCloskey, "Sporting Life." The Pittsburg team©s Baltimore. Now he is worth a cool Farmers© and Drovers© A. C. McClintock, E. G. Hilley, Harry patron in the Phillipines. William Tal- $100,000. * National Bank, Sherman Redman and R. F. Beatty had not tend bot, of Talcoban, has Grim, borough treasurer ered contracts as yet. In order to again favored us with a For Utility Work. and a well-known at protect the Youngstown Club in their missive on the diamond torney, committed sui rights to these players President Mor sport. After paying1 a Homer Hillebrand may stay with the cide on March 4 at his ton mailed Secretary J. H. Farrell, of tribute to the "Sporting local team as an all-around player. home here by drinking the National Association, their con Life" as a fair, impartial, Hillebrand has often pitched good ball, laudanum and slashing tracts, stating the situation in Youngs- up-to-date journal, Tal but a slight kink in his arm queered his wrists and throat towm and that not having these play bot writes that he has Ms effectiveness as a slab artist. After with a butcher knife. ers© addresses it was impossible to been sizing up the fray so many rounds something seemed Grim last year held the reach them only through his office and of 1906 and is tickled to to go wrong, then the opposition Richard R.Guy franchise for Waynes in this way protect the rights of the see the King of Players, either hit the ball in bunches or man burg in the P.-O.-M. Youngstown Club to their services. Jo©hn Henry Wagner, after man took the four ball route to League and lost close to $300 in nis The following p»lay,ers have signed shine as of-yore. ©Then first base. The clu©b, as in the case of base ball venture. This season he ex contracts: Richard Breen, William Talbot raps the men who Beaumont, is spending large sums In pected to make up his loss. Then came Kelly, John McSweeney, William A. R. Cratty tried to make out that expert surgical treatment in hopes of the failure of the Farmers© and Drov Fmke, lorworth BUount, W. H. Thomas, Joseph Nealon, Califor removing the defect which is crippling ers© National Bank and practically his John Hole, George A. Cass. Edward nia giant, had failed in the National one of the best port-sided twirlers. entire fortune was swept away. Grim Linderborn, L. A. Smith, William B. League. "Scanning the averages," Hillebrand is now under the care of was unable to put up the necessary Bailey, L. M. Schettler, Frank Fisher, says he, "I find that Nealon was fourth the Mayo brothers, famed for surgical guarantee at the last meeting of the Andrew Kelly, James A. McDonnell in number of runs scored and eighth work. They are located in Rochester, league and President Guy, after wait and Frank J. Laskey. The contracts in total bases, as well as leading the Minn. Joe Cantillon was once No. 13 ing for some time finally transferred of Starr and Ostdiek have not yet first basemen in total chances, having on the list for an operation at the the franchise to Pittsburg, where a been turned in. The last-named has 115 more than Tenney, the second man. brother©s hospital. He got better stock company is being organized to applied to President Mqrton for the Take Hal Chase, who is ranked as a despite Ms hard luck number and ever take over the franchise and players. since he has been importuning Col. B. team management but this will be left wonder in 1906, and look at his 1905 This seemed to be the last straw for for the new company to decide. record, his first year in major com to send his cripples to the place. Hille SPrim and to his wife he said: "I©m brand singularly has no trouble in pany. He batted .249, scored 60 runs, losing my nerve. It seems funny that News Notes. made 115 hits, 15 doubles, six triples throwing, and if the surgeons are un after all I went through in the last and 18 sacrifice hits, with no home able to adjust his wing to pitching year that I should lose my nerve." His Second baseman Ed Havel has re-signed with runs, stole 22 bases, had 31 errors out conditions. Homer will be kept for wife left the room for a few minutes Newark. of 1266 chances, a fielding average of emergency purposes. Being a left- and returned to find her husband dy The New Cnstle Club has signed pitcher Harry .976. Nealon©in his first year in fast handed thrower he is handicapped be ing. Camnitz, brother of the more famous Howard company leads Chase in all depart hind the bat. However, he is game, Camnitz, of Toledo. ments, excepting in stolen bases. Neal and that covers much of the impost. News Notes. Pitcher Cecil Armstrong, of the Akron team, on is the man for first base, notwith Pitcher Maddox has signed with Unlontown. was married at Youngstown, O., Feb. 26, to standing the kicker from Florida." Since Decided. Miss Naomi Benson. of that town, The Steubenville Club has signed outfielder President Charles F. Mischief, of the San- On Secretary Locke©s return from Edgar Maitland, of Williamsport, Pa. Hurt the Premiers. the League meeting he was quizzed dusk v Club, was married in Cleveland, O., on the rule puzzlers spoken of in a McKeesport, the latest addition to the P.-O.- March 5, to Miss Lena Nlelson, a wealthy Talbot regrets the decline of Clar recent letter. "Some of the tangles M. League, will make a desperate effort to widow. ence Beaumont and expresses the idea were decided fifteen years ago," said bag the pennant this season. Jack Menefee The Lancaster Club has reorganized by In -that "Beau" was foolish to steal that will manage the team, play first base and do© corporating with capital of $5,000. James A. one base if he didn©t Intend to grab Locke, "yet they have often come ur> a little pitching occasionally. His old head Davidson. W. E. Gray, Louis Rosey, Charles and worried base ball men. Recall will be a great help to the youngsters he is any more to keep it company. "I can that point about the run counting Scovel and Clarence Mock were the incorpora- see by the averages," continues Talbot, signing to make up the team. tors. "that the Pittsburgs of 1906 were way when a, double play occurs by ©a fly The Marion Club has received the contracts to the bad in base running. Only 162 catch and a throw into a base before Another Ball Player in Trouble. of .Timmie Lucas, last season©s utility man, and purloined, and of this bunch .Wagner a runner could get back. Of course Law ton, O. T.. Feb. 28. Tommy Kerns, who Frank Fan-ell, the outfielder secured from had almost one-third. A New York the run counts. The point is that the played base ball on the Guthrie team last Steubenville. It was reported that Lucas scribe declares that if it wasn©t for batsman did not make the third hand season, was arrested at Walter today upon a would go to Wheeling. Wagner, Pitts©-burg would never be out. Emslie vows that the thing was grand jury indictment charging him with grand Bob Lindermnn. who jumped from this league heard of. I don©t think that it is decided way back in the days when he larceny. It is alleged that lie took $45 from to the outlaw league two yeaa-s ago, has sent quite that bad, but I believe that with was a pitcher. As to that rule about a pocket book which he picked up in a store at in his contract to play first base with the out J. H. W.©s services last year the a base runner standing on third base Walter and then gave the purse to one of the Marion Ohio-Peunsylvania League team. He nine would not have reached fifth and another in a see-saw between saleswomen. was secured through a trade with East Liver third and home. Even if the man on pool. place. Let us hope in the flag fly Amateur Base©Ball Player Dies. soon to start that the Premiers im third is touched with the ball he is Manager Drumm. of Marion, announces these not out. That©s the puzzler which you Sbamokin, Pa., Feb. 2G. George May, son contracts- Lefty Wilhelm. Al Wilmot. Tim prove their base running and Col. know got some of our old-timers up of the late Isaac© May, coal operator, died here Flood Bobby Qn©inn. Kd Hilligan, Billy Smith, Barney gets the value of his money in the air during a recent fanning last night. He was formerly one of the best Dick Thumb Ed Mulcahey. Hugh Tate. Lusky put out for players to add snap to the fest in headquarters." Locke was amateur base ball players in this part of the Shafer, Riley, Guinette, Burke and Pickett. cushion-stealing section." pleased with the changes made in the State and contributed largely to the mainten The club has yet to .receive the signatures of rules. That one preventing a man from ance of professional base ball here in the days Bob Llndeman.©BHl Miller, Jimmy Lucas, Doyle, May Help Some. leaving the batter©s box and running of the old Pennsylvania League. Red Farrell and Houser. Talbot©s wish about a bracing up over to another just before the ball In base running is certainly shared by is pitched, is a blow at Roger Bresna- the Pittsburg team owner. "Col. Barney han and a few other Giants who have ©has seldom talked of anything else often come this way padded up to during the cold days. Before starting withstand the bumps and carry out from home last week his attention their plav of "get on any way you was called to a criticism that the can." -This ruse often put Pittsburg- pitching corps of the team didn©t look twirlers in bad shape. good enough, especially based on the staff©s work in 1906. "Don©t blame it • A Novel Reminder. on the slab men," was the chief ex A gruesome base ball souvenir has ecutive©s reply. "The fault wasn©t been located in-a museum collection of with the pitchers. Failure to steal a well-known hospital in this city. bases put the team out of manv a In a bottle filled with alcohol is a six .game in 1906. The twirlers worked by four inch section of the skin of the hard and deserved ©better fates in forearm of a well-known player, who numerous contests. The nine was first died about ten years ago. On the In team batting- and second in fielding, speciment is an india ink drawing of but then look at the base running a ball player, bat in hand, about to count. We missed ©Beau©s© once fleet- swins on a high ball. The drawing footedness; also Clymer last year. is tri-colored. A red, white and blue Anderson and Hallman, our new out- can is followed by a dark blue shirt, flelders, should help out in base run with trousers of brown hue, red stock ning. Then again you cannot belie the ings, etc. The proportions of the ability of ©Batty© on the bases. Our sketch are high clnss. "Where did T pitchers were good enough last year get it?" remarked the surgeon owning- and I cannot see any reason for a the specimen. "Well. I cut it out of decline." the arm of a man wlio died in a citv hospital. I held an autopsy and was Turned By a Catch. attracted by the fine picture. It was Jerry Harrington, catcher for Wil put in a bottle and here it is." Sev liam Ridgway Rhines over fifteen eral oH-timers have expired within years ago, is now living in retirement the period mentioned, but guessing the in Keokuk. Iowa. This little brief in name is a puzzler. the "Sporting Life" last week was a memory jolter on a famous catch ac March Wind*. complished in this city, which helped The Allegheny flo-ists gave Charles PMlltn to mark the starting point of a noted his usual spring send-off. They made a record base ball chief. Back in 1891 Ned this time. The old man had a rattling speech Hanlon was center fielder of the built, hut lost his grip amid the shower of Pittsburg team. "Pop" had been held enthusiasm. on the nine by Capt. Kerr and other Under the plans for the visiting nJayers club members of the old Players© League house at Expo Park men on out-of-town teams mlrate for Free Catalog element, but as J. Palmer O©Neil, club will not have to run up to hotel clerk dailr president, was the National League and ask him to keep their valuables. Pittsburg stockholders© representative, there was will have steel lockers. some wrong geeing between the two. Michael Mooney Lynch didn©t take time to O©Neil had the battle nearly won write in annoucing his determination to plav when Hanlon turned the tide in his ball again. January 4 he wrote that he hadn©t made up his mind. No more news until be REACH CO. favor. The Pittsburg team was about to go on an eastern trip. Hanlon; 1 ac wired: "Will report on time to go South." cording to O©Neil, had not been playing Sunday©s papers had a photo of William Tulip and Palmer Sis.. Philadelphia. well in center field. O©Neil had planned Hallman. It was fnrnished by the local club to let him stay at home. The Reds officials and the index line. "Almost certain to were here and had been giving the be a fixture in the Premier©s outfield.© ©is not home team a hard run. On the final disputed by men who know the feelings of PACIFIC COAST BRANCH combat Rhines and big Jerry were on the club owners toward the ex-Louisville outer duty. Pittsburg had the game in hand guard. Phil B. Bekeart Co. 1346 Par* St., Alameda, Cat A local man declares that Pittsburg gained by one run when the ninth round came by keeping Phelps instead of trading him for up. Two men got on and there was a Blue, of Columbus. The latter, according to heap of excitement. Two hands were report, is slow on his feet. Brooklyn blocked put out when Harrington came to bat. the deal when Pittsburg wanted to trade Phelps March 36, 1907. SPORTING LIFE. AT HOUSTON. EXHLBITIOIS UAMES. OABDINAL8.AB.B.P.A.B. K©Hara.lf. ....4 1 U 1 Bery 2b © ©jj Two-base hit O©Brljn. Struck out By IN CINCINNATI Belly,cf...... 4 1 1 1 Zim©man, 3b..4© 1520 Coombs 1, by Dygert 3, by Girrett 7. Stolen AT MEXICO CITY, tyrne,, 3b,...4 1 2 3 aennett, 2b...3 1200 Kay.©if©"©! 1100 Da Ee3-Murphy 2. Doubi* play - Garretr, SOX.JB. AB.B.P. A.B. WHITE SOX. AB. B.P. A.K. Urndt, lb...... 4 1901 Hostetter, c.©.©4 2 3 3 0 Stark and O©Brlen. Bases on balls Off THE "BUGS" ARE ANXIOUS TO Freeman, cf.5 0 1 0 0 fcolly, ss..... 0 * <[ J©Coombsl, off Dygert 1, off Vickers 1, off Gar- Qulllin, 3b ...4 1021 F.Jonea, of.. .5 1 1 0 I March, ri...... 3 1 1 0u V "•«„!., I.J...... U l -, l v . Isbell,2b...... 5 0 1 2 0 barsbali, c,.4 l 7 i o Fromme.rf,, p 4 0010 rett l. Umpire Bailey. EYE RECRUITS* Lejeune,lf....4 0201) Donahue.lb..4 2 13 0 0 11 32 M©Glynn, -" p.rf.ij 1 051- - AT AUSTIN.AUSTIN Bundon, 2b...4 1272 Robe, 3b...... 4 2321 arger, p.....2 003 Hie»ann , p...i n (i n a Towne,c,rf...4 0202 O©Neill, If... 4 1110 BROWNS. AB.B. P.A.B. AUSTIN. AB.B.P.A.B. Sanberg, ss. ..4 1 3 4 ( Sullivan, C...3 0 4 2 0 Totals...... 33 8 27 13 4 Totals...... 35 82716 5 Nlles, 2b...... 6 3 5 31 A trock, lb...4 1 13 0 1 McFarland, c.l 1 1 0 0 McCuUy,ss...5 01 2 3 Cincinnati©s Brand New Team Be Owen, p ...... 1 0010 Tannehill,ss..4 0050j? Cardinals...... Tj .....001nrs~~8~nnPT7 ^l°^ri °g\^i I ,} 9, ? SulHnger.lf ...5 1 3 0 0 Colts...... 0 1010000 2-* watt ss . 4 6 25 0 Wllkes. 3b ...4 203 1 Sweeoey, lb..l 0010 Walsh, p.. ...2 1000 Two-bas« hits Kelly, Zimmerman, Noonan,3Deiaha©y, 3b.!i 102 A exaa©r, of.,3 0 0 0 U gin Their Practice Stunts in Patterson, p..l 0 0 2 0 iiGordon, c... ..5 2 4 0 1 Totals. ....37 4 27 18 8 ,Brown.Stoienbas.-Arndt.^m^ J i o 0 Porter, lb.....4 0 15 2 0 Totals .....;-9 10 27 16 2 Decker,2b.....4 226 0 Texas An Unsolved Mystery nens, 0...3 001 Ketchern, rf. .5 3 0 1 0 1UUOOUUU 1 ||cffFromme2.2 Hit by pitcher-By Gleason 2. ;Buefow©cP ""j o f l u Sutor, p...... I 0 1 1 0 022 U 0121* 8 Nelson, p.....2 1022 0 Gus Bonno©s Lamentation* Two-base bite Sanb erg, Altrock, Donobue .2 U 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 2, McFaDand. Three-bs se hi s Quillin, Hahn. Totals...... 39 10 27 18 5 u"-***""""" ©Browns ...... I Totals.....3 .39 11 27 19 5 BY REN MULFORD, JR. Struck out By O wen 1, by Fiene 2, by Walsh 410001 l-ll AT SAVANNAH. Austin...... 2 U 0 0 0 2 1 U 1 6 Cincinnati, O., March 9. Editor 1 Bases on balls 0£E Walsh 1. Umpira Sporting- Life." The echoes of the Frank Smith. BBGCLARS. R.B. P .A. B. R B. p. A.H- Two base hits Ketchem, Delahanty. Tiiree- earliest ! Thomas, cf...3 3 | 1 0 Sentelle, 3b...* 2 so g-bas« hit-Wiikes. Home ruQS-Niles, Wallace crop of base hits made ... AT LOS A NQELES. Gleak on,2b...l 2 8 1 1 ^be^b.....! 0 2 1 Plckerlngi Morgan> Baseg Qn balls_os Mor. Texas will be responsible I,. AKGELBS. R B. P.A.T.. NEW YORK. R.B.P.A.E. 1 0 ll for an epidemic of fan- Bernard, cf, ..1 1 4 0 t Shannon, If. ,.\ 2200 : Magee. If. ....2 3 01) in, lb.....l 3 9 u 2,gan2, off Farris 3, off Sutor 4, off Nilson 1, ofl fever in Redland. Curi Carlisle, It. ...1 2 ©4 0 0 Browne,rf....2 4100 Branefleld, Ib3 2 00 osity is now rampant Br8sbear,2b .0023 t . evlin, 3b....(> 01100 Couitney, 2b.2 4 21 ovan, ss.. 132__ _ _ _ Bailey 1. Struck out By Sator2, by Bailey 1. among- the Bugs. Even Uilloc,lb.....O 041 Seymour, cf..l 0601Ir Doolln, ss ....2 306 Corrtdon, 11..U 000 ~ pitcher By Morgan 1, bySatorl, by the defection of "Torna J, Smith, 8b...O 0301 McGaan,lb...l 1 ti 0 0U Jacklitsch,c..l 1 1 1 Neuer, rf.,.,.1 000 Raiiev 1 do Jake" Weimer has Cravat h, rf....u 2221 Strang, lb.....O 13100 Duggleby, p..2 1 0 1 Moren, p. ...0 2 C 2 1 aane? * e-Qulgg. failed to arouse much Mclntyre, ss.. I1 0211 Dahlen, ss... 0 1 2 2 1 Hlohle,p...... O 111 Mack, p...... O 0011 AT TEMPLE. comment. The" Tornado" McCloskey,p..U 0 0 1 01- A Smith, 0....0 0 3 U 0 Totals...... !9 21 21 13 .TE.MPLB AB .B .f. A. K.. IlIJD f. AB B . P A.K may not be playing a 2 :l bluff. He has about as Bresnaban, c.U 0100 Totals.... .81021 10 0 2 1 Wolters, rf . .5 2 0 U Totals...... 3 8 27 11 2 Vickers, p....O 1110 A 1 1 U 1 V^owery, ss. .4 2 3 1 1 much love for Ned Hari- 4 1 10 U 0 2-1 !8helton,©n>..© 4 1 13 0 2 Schlei, 2b.. 'Colts...... 3 1003 1 0- .2 2 3 1 lon as a Maine Prohibi Totals...... 5 12 27 9 2 ©Bagsdale.C.. .3 1 3 0 1 Uanzel, lb. . ,5 1 4 0 0 tionist has for the dis Two-base hits Magee 2, Courtney, Doolin 2,©Mclver,_il....4©Mclrer, If ... 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 U ii U U U 0 H McLein, 3t> .5 1 U 0 Keniniuhord, Jr tiller of Jersey light u 5 Sentell*. Dooin, Donovan 2. Tnebo, cf.... 1 u 4 U 0 Kwing, of. .. ..4 1 2 0 0 ning-. One of the scan- 2 U 0 1 0 0 0 ZJI^S 1 2 3 1 Haas, c...... 4 2 1! 1 U dals of last year was blanketed be Three-base hit Bro wne. Two-base "hTts^- Rainwat©r,3b 4 1 0 2 ] Minahan, It© .4 1 0 0 0 fore it escaped from the Red stable of Shay, Bro-wne, Carlisl e. Wild pitches Vick- Struck jout Doolln, Jarvis, p..... 3 0 0 5 0 Mason, p ... .2 0 I! 1 U CCapple p . .1 0 0 1 0 inside information. Weimer came Totals..... 3 1 within an eyelash of bolting from the ers.Jone?. Bases on ',13alls-Off VickertTa, on abe. Double play TI 6 27 12 7 aall, p...... 1 0 U 0 0 Jones 3. Double plaj '— Cravath and Clark. i Titus, ranks of the Porkopolitan elect during- Totals..... 3r 9 >7 ft I the season. It took the masterly Hand Umpire Jake Beckley 8«ntell«, Knabe 3. StoUn of diplomacy to win him back to his Red love. Smarting under the in AT MA KLIV. ... " vf irwjgSen©.elle^.
TO FIND WHICH GAMES ARTS PLAYED AWAY PROM HOME, BEAD ACROSS THE PAGE. TO FIND THE GAMES AT HOMF, BEAD THE DOWN COLUMNS. «=£«
April 1, ?,Tyh6re they will put in two weeks© X^T\ T^ A Y T A H T1 f X^Y T A *T* of 20, 17, 48, 18, 55, 15 and 10; Conklin practice .getting in shape for a week©s trip 10, 11, 18, 61, 16, 34, 15 and 39. Win through the New England States. ner©s average under 7, loser©s not 7. PENSION PLAN. Billy Gilbert was ottered a $300-per-month CREAHANSCHAT contract with Newark, but tore it up ras soon The third game was between Mial as he came to the figure clause. and Poggenburg, and was a serious The Toronto Club is making a strong effort defeat for the latter, the score being to land catcher Archer, the Toronto backstop 300 to 200 for Poggenburg. High runs who is under contract with Detroit. for Mial 10, 6.9, 72, 17, 10, IS, 23 and 33; Rube Kissinger declares that this will be Poggenburg 17, 29, 25, 15, 34, 24 and 22. his last year with Buffalo. He hopes to at Winner©s average under X 14, loser©s tract major league attention by 1908. under 10. Pete Cassid.v will not play © in Wilmington, and. according to Manager .Foe Bean, he will BY JOHN CREAHANc Scliacfer Defeats Sutton. Chairman Herrmann, of the Na cover the initial sack for tue Skeeters next Amateur billiard tournaments have Special to "Sporting Life." season. © reached that point in ©this country that Chicago, 111., March 12. Jake Malachi Kittredge, of Montreal, will pet. they practically attract as much public tional Commission, Working in condition ©for the Southern trip of the Schaefer, of Chicago, last night won Royals at Bnckspcurt, Me., where he will try attention as tournaments between the the world©s -billiard championship at Out the Details For a System to work oil© about twenty pounds of flesh :on tlie leading professional masters of the 18.1 billiards from George Sutton in road. Kittredge. says his playing weight" is game. There are but few of the lead the thirty-sixth inning. Schaefer©s about 100, and that die now tips the scales at ing, cities in this country now,© if I average was 13 32-26. Schaefer won of Pensions For Old Players* JSO pounds. . am not in error, where these tourna by 500 to 448. The New Jersey Court of Errors and©Appeals ment are not given regularly each has sustained the ©derive oi© Vice-Chancellor year, with a result that they not only Manager Fred Clarke, of the Pirates, is out SPECIAL TO "SPORTING LIFE." Pitney in fining Counsellor Howard© Oiiffith, create great, public attention where Captain Ben Haagjen-;en--and Angn.*t Seastroili they take place, but grea©tly enhance with a statement to the effect that he has a Chicago, . 111., March 12. August stronger team than last year and that he fears for contempt of court in refusing to o-liey an and stimulate the interest in the ©game. no team in the National Leagu.e, not even the Herrmann, chairman of the NationaJ Injunction against Sunday playing at Bayonne, Chicago Cubs and the New Yorks. Commission, is now working out a N. J., last spring. These tournaments are now, prac plan for the proposed tically, if not in reality, divided into ftind for the protection WELL WORTH HAVING." two classes, the first and second, just of old ball players in as "professional playing is between the Ket the Kstcnig Trade-Msrk line ct distress. The members first masters of the game, and what is of both major leagues Group Picture of the Norwich (Connecti known as the "short stops," or second Base Ball Supplies—and get satisfac seem favorable to the class, professionally speaking. There tion. idea. President Ban cut League) Team. are t©imes indeed, when it is a distinc Johnson says that a fund On the first page of th4p issue we tion without a difference, as some of of several hundred thou publish a group picture of the Nor the so-called short stop professional sand dollars can be rais wich Club of 1906, champion team of players frequently play better than the A 15c BASE BALL SCORER FOR 6c (STUMPS) ed in a year, as the lov the Connecticut League. For the ben first-class masters. As a rule, how ers of . the sport will efit of readers who desire to frame the ever, the line has been well drawn, and take enthusiastically to picture, we have had same printed on I probably justly so, otherwise the dis the proposition. At the heavy plate paper, size 13x14 inches, a tinction would not have .been made, A. -Hen©iuinn big© base ball banquet in copy of which will be sent postpaid to which now seems to have passed, into Philadelphia on Febru any address securely wrapped in mail history. ary 28 Manager Mack said it would ing tube, for three two-cent stamps. Vie© a simple matter for all the clubs to Particular attention is called to the Were the tournaments between the name one day each year for a benefit clearness,and brightness of our fram j leading amateurs advertised by post- game. President Johnson says that ing pictures. No .guesswork about ! ers in all the public billiard halls of the. American League would start the who the players are, Each .one posed j America, as is the rule in professional ball rolling, when the proper time specially for these groups. We also ! tournaments, it is difficult to predict came©with a check for $25,000. It will have 1906 group pictures of the fol j which of the two would attract the now be up to August Herrmann to lowing clubs: more attention. Personally, I am in produce the plans to work under. MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS. clined to think that the amateurs American League The world©s champion would, if only for local pride, to make A "leader" in de Chicago White Sox. the New York team, the no reference to their numerous friends sign, material, THE EASTERN_ LEAGUE. Cleveland team, the Athletic team, the St. in clubs, billiard rooms and the public Lenis team, the; Detroit team, the Washington in general. workmanship and The Baltimore Club Announces the Com team and the Boston team. fit made from an National League Tha champion Chicago The present tournament between six all-wool fabric (10 plete List of Players Who Will Report team, the Now York team, the Pittsburs* ©team, of the leading amateurs of this coun the Philadelphia team, the Brooklyn team, the try, .with perhaps the exception of colors) in same For Duty on March 25. Cincinnati team, tlie St. Louis team and the Mortimer Rolls, of this city, and well careful manner as Baltimore, Md.. March 10. President Boston team. as he plays, I am inclined to the be the costliest Koe- Moses N. Frank and Manager Jack MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS. lief that he is outclassed by the others, Dnnn have put .the finishing touches The 190(i Buffalo team, champions, of the promises to be the most interesting nig- grades the Eastern League. in the history of amateur tournaments jbest "snap" outfit to their winter©s work The IfiOG ©Columbus team, champions of the and have announced the American "Association. . © in America. The game played is the 1 ever built at the 1 907 Baltimore team. Mr. The lOOti "Scranton team, champions of the 14-inch balk line, 300 points. Edward price shirt, cap, hose, pants, belt, Frank says that without New Yoik League. W. Gardner, of Passaic, N. J., the pres an exception the present The 1006 Birmingham team, champions ©of the ent holder of the championship em- and nothing extra for lettering. players are the superiors Southern League. ©blem; J. Ferdinand Poggenburg, of Samples of flannels, also list of of any that ever started OTHER GROUPS. New York City; Dr. T. T. Mial, of other uniforms free on request, a season on the Balti We also have group© pictures of any of the New York; Calvin Demarest, the boy more .Eastern League teams in the National and American leagues expert of Chicago, whose age is said Club. He cited the fact for the years 100.©!. 3904 and 1905, to be 19 years: Charles F. Oonklin, of ffa If £1 £^8 Sis* 877 B r°ad that the securing of Jack Copies of any of these can be had at Chicago, and Mortimer Rolls, of Phila En «flg EaSliaiiliiayij i\©ewark,N J. Dunn as manager >of the same price, three two-cent stamps for delphia, are the players. club was a. popular each. Address this office. move, both as regards The opening game was between De Jack Dtmn the players and the The New York Club will transfer shortstop marest and Rolls, and was probably as public, as Dunn is gen- Jack Hannifin to the Newark Club. wise a selection as could have been erally liked. Following is the corn- made, although it was a severe test for Mr. Rolls to be placed at the out EWEHW ISMS.L PL&VER plete roster of the team: SHOULD HAVK A PAIR OF Pitchers E. S. V. Anda. T. W. Green, L. set against one of the strongest play Kinsella. W. G. Mueller, F. Burchell and M. ers in the tournament, while it was 99 ADJUSTABLE T. Adkins. predicted at the outset, by some, that SLIDING PADS Catchers H. Hearne, J. W. Byers and H. Dernarest would win the emblem. It Patented. F. MeC.©ibe. was good physic, however, for Mr. Affords maximum protection with minimum Infielders First baseman. F. Hunter and T. Rolls, who is a sportsman or nothing, weight. 5 ounces lo pair. Quickly adjusted. Fits any Crook. Second base. J. Pnnn and R. James. and it is to his credit to know that he player. Impossible to cut or scratch skin. Price $1.00 Sliortstop, .1. H. Csvtiz and W. Dithridge. Third made a very good opening record, with per pair at your dealers or seiu postpaid upouje- base, L. O. Bnrrell and JL J. Lynch. ceipt of price. OutfieUters R. Hall, W. O©Hara, C. R. Dem- runs of 15, 27, 24, 16, 22 and 21, with CARR-BRADLEY SPORTING GOODS CO., ©mitt. 5"j. Rapp. : an©average of under 7. Later on the CLEVELAND, OHIO. Of the pitchers Adkins and Burchell Quaker will do better. are old and tried members and are Demarest©s playing was practically popular and well known. Van Anda on a par with that of a "short stop" and Mueller come from the I.-I.-l. expert. Before this tournament is League, Kinsella from the Kitty over he may do work worthy of a first- League, Green from the Iowa League. class .professional master of the game. Of the catchers McCabe was recom His best runs were 10, 12. 14, 23, 20, 15, mended by John M. Ward. Of the nev 11, 22, 68, and an unfinished run of 64. inflelders James comes from Troy, Dith His score was 300 to 199. Loser©s av ridge from Cairo arid Catiz is a Balti erage under 10. more amateur. Outfielder Rapp comes from Toronto. The Orioles will report The second game was between at Oriole Park for practice on March Gardner :and. Conklin, and was one of CINE TABLES, CAROM, 25. On April 4 they start on a trip the most desperately fought contests running to April 25 when they open on record, as the score was 300 to 299 1 : : COMBINATION AND the championship season at Newark. for Conklin. It is very doubtful if Orders from all parts of the world promptly j another contest of such interest will attended to. News Notes. be played during the tournament, al- The Jersey City players have been notified thought the runs and averages may Joha Creahaa, Green©s Hotel, Philad©a, Pa, to report at West Side Park, Jersey City, on be much larger. Gardner made runs Over 1,000.000 Noise Subduers March 16, 1907. LIFE. n
AVONDALE^CLUB TRAP SHOOTING BOOMS AMONG SUCCESSFUL TEAM RACE AND ; GUN CLUBS NEAR BOSTON* TARGEl^TOUKNAMENL Griffith Scores Again at Welling ©Dead Shot" WeUes Heads Off ton Hodsdon HighatLexington Billy Heer Roser High Amateur Middlesex Defeats Harvard - Rising Sun Club Defeats the Pittsfield Has Team Race* Home Team of Ten*
Pomeroy, Pa., March 9. Editor BY WILL KIRKWOOD. "Sporting Life." This was a red Boston, Mass., March 11. Editor letter day among the trap shooting "Sporting- Life." Representatives from element of Avondale, and Maine to Rhode Island gathered at grim old winter granted Wellington on March 6, a little respite in his the occasion being1 the rigorous weather. The ninth date in the Boston Avondale Gun Club ar Shooting- Association©s ranged an all-day shoot winter serial. The un and had the following impeded rays of old Sol trade representatives made comfortable weath among its visitors: W. er conditions, but the H. Heer, F; E. Butler, H. strata of air in which S. Welles, Neaf Apgar, the targets moved, was Sim Glover, J. A. R. El- violently agitated at liott and Lloyd R. Lewis, times and the resulting with H. Linn Worthing- target capers took the ton assisting in the de W. H. Heer crisp edge off some event tails of the shoot. These E. C. Griffith totals. Under the condi worthy representatives of the game tions the shooting was found the Avondale targets rather hard of. a high order, six finishing the pro to fatten their averages on. The g-ram at a 90 per cent, or better aver honors were warmly contested b©e- age, with two others maintaining that tween H. S. Welles, With "Dead Shot" gait for over 100 targets. Griffith powder, and W. H. Heer, with U. M. C. jvas enjoying one of his fastest spells shells, and it took the final event to of target breaking, and right behind settle the matter, with the result that him was Frank, who after the first, Welles came out one target ahead event, by splendid work in the next with the score 151 out of 160. He was 110 targets, pulled up even, and one heartily congratulated on his fine lost target coming in the last 25 was shooting and accepted the honors very all that separated the two. H. Kirkwood, modestly. Roser, of the home club, too, was well up for first honors until was high amateur with 139, while the last three events, when four lost Funk pressed him hard with 138. targets placed him third. Rule, of L Event No. 7 was a team race be Lowell, though considerably shy of tween Avondale and Rising: Sun, and practice, put up a steady lot of scores the visiting team was victorious by a and landed in fourth place, while his margin of 14 targets. Avondale lost fellow clubman started "off with a the first match of the series at Rising coijple of 15s, a performance that L L WADE, OF DALLAS, TEXAS. Sun January 29, and they accepted Comer and Keeler duplicated during their defeat gracefully, it ©being their the afternoon. High score of the cup A Peters Cartridge Company Representative With .926 Average For 1906. first one for several years. Several of match was made by "Kawop," one of the Avondale shooters seem to have the new stars in the Wellington firma- lost their grip lately and they will nent, that now shines with consider Edwards 9 17 14 10 17 100 in the two events. Howell not only now inquire of the Rising Sun shoot able luminosity. At,this shoot he had Smith . 10 15 17 9 13 100 won the regular club cup, but was ers how it is that their men save up all one string of 93 broken out of 95 shot Morse 8 15 1C 7 14 100 high gun in the Whitney cup contest, their nice scores for the team race. at. Prank and Kirkwood tied for 8 14 10 7 13 100 thus winning a leg for this trophy. His Here©s hoping to make it more inter second on 48; Griff, Nelson and the Rowen ...... 7 15 15 7 10 100 Fennington ..... G 18 15 7 11 100 score in each event was the same, 99. esting for them in another series later Caviechis, Sr. and Jr., tied on 47. Clinmlierlaln .... The scores: on. Gifford was high with the fine Scores: 7 14 11 8 14 100 Club. Wbitnev. score of 24-25, while England came Sibley ...... 8 8 5 9 10 5 11 100 Hp.Bk.Ttl. Events. 1 2 ?, 4 5 0 7 8 0 10 11 Ttl Dinneon ...... 5 11 12 5 10 100 Hp.Bk.Ttl. along with 23. For the home team Targets 15 15 15 15 10 15 10 15 15 15 10 150 Brown ...... Howell ...... 16 S3 99 15 84 99 Connor was high with 22 and Roser 6 5 4 9 11 9 10 100 12 86 98 14 84 98 Griffith . 14 15 14 15 10 1.T10 14 14 15 10 144 Powers ...... 7 13 12 G 17 90 Ellis and Darlington had 21. Team scores Frank . . 12 15 14 15 10 14 10 14 15 14 10 14:-! Nash ...... Barnes ...... 18 79 97 18 71 89 5 13 12 8 Gleason , ...... 4 93 97 4 82 87 at 25 targets per man follow: Ki-kwood 14 14 15 14 10 15 <) 14 13 15 8 141 Kronk ...... 3 8 .... AVONDALE. Rule ... 12 14 14 15 10 13 !> 14 15 13 10 1Hfl Willard ...... 10 1G 17 G Hallett , ...... 10 85 95 10 82 92 RISING SUN. Buffalo . 14 14 15 14 8 13 10 13 14 13 10 138 Farmer ...... Powell ...... 0 88 94 8 86 94 Oifford ... 24 Connor ...... 10 15 13 10 Titoouib ...... 15 79 94 15 78 93 England Roser "Climax" 15 15 14 12 8 14 14 14 14 8 135 Marden ...... 7 1C 14 7 Rose ...... 22 Darlington Comer , 12 15 15 13 10 15 7 14 12 12 7 132 Gilman ...... 9 . . 13 1G 5 Clark ...... 12 SO 92 13 76 89 Hebbard 11 11 15 14 9 13 0 14 13 14 8 131 Springer ...... 7 9 12 6 Owen ...... 12 78 90 13 82 95 Riale ...... 20 Sharpless Knnies . 11 13 13 15 9 14 10 12 15 12 7 131 Cushinan ...... G 12 9 4 Adams ...... 9 80 89 9 80 89 Kean ...... 20 Gray Nelson .. 13 12 12 15 9 IT 9 14 14 9 8 130 Ford ...... 5 8 11 3 Farmer ...... 15 74 89 14 75 89 McCush ...... 19 Mattson Sibley .. 12 15 12 14 8 12 8 11 13 12 10 127 Duke ...... 10 7 13 Whitney 26 51 77 Irwin ...... 18 McLaughlin Keeler .. 15 15 11 13 10 13 8 11 13 8 9 120 Clark ...... 12 8 Phillips ...... 22 49 71 Martindale Megilligan Hassam . 13 12 13 12 8 14 McVieker ...... Pierce . .. Agnew 7 13 12 12 8 124 . . . . 4 ...... Williams 14 Cox Wheeler. 13 13 12 13 8 12 8 12 12 14 7 124 Team match, 50 targets per shooter Oak Hill Won Shoot. Ste\ens . 13 14 12 11 8 14 9 13 12 9 8 123 MIDDLESEX. HARVARD. Total ...... 189 Total Riohard©n 12 15 13 8 9 14 9 11 12 13 7 123 Dagget ...... 45 Gilman ...... 34 The Oak Hill Gun Club won the Rick ... 13 11 10 12 8 10 8 10 11 5 7 105 Biiriies ...... three-cornered match on the Oak Hill Program scores: Lawson .10 9 0 10 fi 11 8 9 10 H 5 98 Smith ...... Powers ...... 33 rang-e, Pittsfield, Mass., March 9, Events .. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bk. K. Cavie©i 13 14 14 14 9 13 10 1.5 12 . 114 Chamber-lain ..... Springer ...... 27 against the Dalton and Williams Col Targets .. 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 160 F. Cavi"©I 11 13 14 14 10 14 9 14 13 . 112 Rick ...... Cushman ...... 25 *Welles ... 13 14 14 15 15 15 24 15 15 11 151 Powdrell. 14 14 14 12 10 11 lege clubs. H. Earl Henry, of the Oak *Heer ..... 12 15 15 13 15 15 25 12 15 13 150 "Knwop" 8 12 li . 107 Hills with 87 received the watch fob, 10 15 10 14 10 15 15 14 8 111 Total ...... 192 Total ...... 154 *Lewis .... 13 12 12 13 12 13 21 15 13 12 136 Hardy .. 12 14 11 13 (t 13 8 14 . 91 the prize for highest individual aver *Elliott .... 11 11 13 13 12 12 21 13 12 15 133 Wood ...... 12 13 8 13 8 11 12 age of the day. In the handicap *Apgar .... 12 11 11 11 12 10 24 14 14 11 130 TTorrigan .... 7 5 4 7 G 9 0 .... 44 New England Kennel Club. match at 25 targets Alien and Geer, of *Glover .... 10 13 13 13 14 12 20 12 11 10 128 the Williams Club, with handicaps of »Butler ... 11 11 12 12 12 14 21 11 .. .. 104 Temple .10 8 5 9 ...... 32 A bright sun on a snowy field made Totals made in 50-target cup matrh: seven each, tied with 18. In the shoot- Roser ...... 12 14 13 13 13 13 21 13 14 13 139 "Kawop" 49, Frank 48, Kirkwood 48. Grif- a glare that was severe on the eyes at off Alien won, 9 to S. The line-up of Funk ...... 14 13 12 14 13 12 24 11 12 13 138 fit©.i 47. Nelson 47. E. Caviofhi 47. F. Cavirchi the weekly shoot of the New England the teams and scores in the club match Rose ...... 13 10 12 12 13 14 22 14 12 14 136 Kennel Club, Braintree, March 9, yet were as follows: Darlington .. 13 11 13 12 10 12 21 12 12 11 127 47. Rule 40, Comer 46, Hebbard 45, Rnrns 45. there were several good scores made. Mattson ... 10 13 14 13 11 12 17 12 15 10 127 RntTnlo 44, Stevens 44, Climax 43. Richardson Oak Hill Henry 21, Blake 18, Hausen 20, Keen ...... 13 9 10 13 14 12 20 12 10 13 126 43. Hassam 42, Keeler 42. Powdrell 41. Hardy In the shoot for the club cup offered Beaudrot 23; total 82. 41 Wheeler 40. S. Wood 40, Sibley 39,/ weekly Thomas Motley, Jr., won with McGush .... 12 12 12 12 9 9 19 13 12 13 123 a score of 27. The leg for the season Dalton Mackey 18. F. Lansburg 21, Grosbeck England ... 12 13 13 10 13 9 23 11 10 5 119 Rick 3G, Lawson 34, Horrlgan 20. 19. Silvernail 20; total 78. Williams ... 14 11 11 14 12 10 14 9 10 12 117 trophy was secured by J. J. Cairnes Williams Dr. Kellogg 10. Alien 18, Geer 13, with a score of 28. The contest for the Ferguson .. 9 14 13 9 11 10 20 8 13 8 115 Middlesex Gun Club. Osboru 16; total 03. Fieles ..... 11 12 12 11 10 10 17 14 11 6 114 season trophy is getting close enough Gray ...... 6 7 61311151814 813111 A team match with the Harvard boys to be interesting, with seventeen Keen Wellington Competition. Connor ..... 6 7 8 8 13 11 22 8 6 7 96 and a 100-target invitation sweep shoots cancelled and eleven remain Gifford ...... 10 9 14 13 13 24 10 10 7 111 stakes were the attractions that drew ing. According to the rules the man The current serial contests of the Megilligan . .. 10 6 13 14 11 16 10 13 8 101 twenty-nine shooters to the Middlesex with the largest number of wins will two Boston clubs (the gun club and Irwin ...... 12 11 10 11 11 7 18 8 .. .. 88 Gun Club©s grounds at East Lexington, be presented with the trophy at the the shooting association) have assum McLaughlin. 9 10 7 13 9 9 16 ...... 73 Mass., March 9. Three events were end of the season. So far Archibald ed interesting stages, where contest Scores of those shooting at 100 _. less:-... - shot before the match for practice, in Blanchard and W. O. Gay are tied with ants make every effort to occupy posi Martindale 100-71, Cox 100-57. Sharpless 70-54, which Burnes, Bowen, Roy, Dagget four wins apiece. Thomas Motley, Jr., tions at the finish that carry with Riale 70-54. Pierce 55-37, Agnew 40-22. Patchell and Horace Kirkwood made some good has three to his credit and Henry N. them an order on the prize department. 40-14, Dale 40-23, Himmelwright 40-26, Crowl totals. The 100-target match was shot Richards has two. The following have The gun club©s serial has just turned 40-24. in seven events, Roy Hodsdon winning one apiece: J. C. R. Peabody, William the half and close finishes are com ©Professionals. B. Emery, Francis H. Stone and J. J. mencing to brew. The shooting as first position with three targets to sociation©s serial is starting on the NOTES OF THE SHOOT. , spare, putting up a total of 92, splendid Cairnes. Scores: There were 5000 targets thrown from one Club. Season. fourth quarter and some interesting shooting under the difficult conditions Hp.Bk.Ttl. Hp.Bk.Ttl. "cup scraps" are in progress that will Magautrap. of a bothersome light and howling T. Motley. Jr...... G 21 27 3 15 18 call for immediate settlement. In the Apgar amused himself by building fires in breeze. Kirkwood was second, with T. J. Cairnes...... 8 12 20 7 21 28 90 per cent, class Horace Kirkwood an empty barrel. Dagget third. The team match result R. O. Storey...... 5 14 and Griffiths are only separated by one Mattson©s gun broke down in the team race ed in a win for the Middlesex shooters S. Hammond...... 8 11 target in a six selected score total of and lost him several targets. by 38 targets, Dagget being high in A. Blanchard...... 2 1C 300 targets, while Dr. Gleason is a There were thirty-six shooters on hand and dividual scorer with a 90 per cent, Thomas Silsbee...... 0 17 possible winner, though lack of regu 19 shot through the© program. total. Scores: .T. I.. Motley...... 10 7 C. .A. Coolidge...... 2 13 lar attendance handicaps him some Glover made some fine cartoons of Billy Events ...... 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 W. 0. Guy...... 3 11 what in the throwing out of weak Fieles© position while shooting. Targets ...... 10 10 10 20 20 10 20Shot.Bk. scores. Frank is practically slated for Billy Heer has not much to say, but he Roy ...... 10 8 9 19 20 10 1G 100 92 one of the 80 per cent goblets, but the "gets busy" when squad time comes. Kirkwood ...... 10 8 9 17 19 8 IS 100 89 B. A. A. Gun Club. other is coveted by a couple of aspir Dagget ...... 7 8 10 19 1.8 8 17 100 87 ants. The 60 class is another center of Elliott arrived late, and being scolded by Hebbard ...... 910 91410 717100 82 The attendance at the weekly shoot Butler, warned the latter not to push it too Burnes ...... 8 7 7 18 15 9 18 100 82 of the B. A. A. at Riverside March 9 peaceful strife, with George Hassam strong for lear it might bring on one of those SVlieeler ...... 10 9 7 15 15 7 18 100 81 was large, and good scores were made CONTINUED ON THIRTEENTH PAGE. "brain »torms.©»
1 SPORTING LIFE. Marcli 16, 1907.
EVERY At tlie Pacific Coast Trap Shooters© League Tournament, San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 22-24, were won by shooters who used
A. Webb, S. A. Huntley, M. O. Feudner and C. M. Troxel. I R. C. Reed, E. Holling and C. A. Haignt.
Trophy Winner Score Reed Trophy, . S. A. Huntley 4O Straight Peters Trophy, . C. IV 59 out of©SO Roos Trophy, . T. Prior, 63 out of 65 Du Pont Trophy, A, J a 64 out of 65 Professional Trophy, 18 out of 2O
Muldoon ....19.. 7 6 8 9 9 10 6 AKARD©S EXHIBITION. the one on top, thus left without a FREEHOLD SHOOTING CLUB. Clay ton ..... 20 13 8 ...... 4 support, would start towards the Scores on 50 or loss targets: Ivans 25-10. ground, only a short distance away, Good Attendance and Good Scores at All- H. Matthews 45-30, Brown 45-23, Newinnn Some Amazing Feats of Fancy Shooting but would be smashed before it could Day Tournament. 30-23, W. Wooley 30-21. J. Wooley 30-23. reach the earth. Probably the best Barkalow 35-23. Applegate 50-2B. Mulholland by the U. M. C. Man. feat of the afternoon was the breaking1 This club, which has been active of 50-22 Sharewood 50-28. Dudley 50-30, McGowan The Waco (Texas) "Times-Herald" of a bottle on either side of him. by late, held a tournament on March 7 25-13, Dey 25-14, Vandervoort 25-21. describes an exhibition of fine rifle firing simultaneously a rifle and re with thirty shooters in attendance, shooting© given at West End by J. W. volver, the bottle behind him being- who required some 4000 March 2 Scores. Akard, of Pair-play, Mo., broken by means of a. glass held in targets ere their desire Freehold, N. J., March 5. Editor representing the U. M. C. front of Mr. Akard while at the same for gun practice was sat "Sporting Life." Scores follow of the and. Remington Arms time aiming at and breaking the front isfied. Fifteen shot regular weekly shoot on March 2: Co.©s. Never before were bottle with his revolver. Two bottles through the program of Targets 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 ShotBk. such feats equalled in set out in front of him about ten paces 370 shots and of these Muldoon 8 9 10 9 10 9 S that city and the crowd and about three or four feet apart J. A. R. Elliott was high (Uayton 8 9 (i 8 8 ©7 present was spellbound. were broken simultaneously by balls with a total of 158. Harry Dudley 10 9 8 9 8 10 A small rifle was used from a pistol held in either hand. Welles came next with Barkalow 7 7 7 7 !) 9 10 in most of the shooting, The exhibition wa,s the finest ever H54, while Manager Mul- Matthews 6 8 (i 0 7 5 10 and during the exhibi seen here, and if Mr. Akard ever shoots doon, notwithstanding Smock .. f © © .© .© 7 7 9 0 ©s tion there was shoocing here ag.ain he will have even a bigger his manifold duties, ac Vanderhoef 5 4 5 0 ©s ©7 with a mirror held up, audience. Some excellent shooting- counted for third aver Quackenbushish . 10 10 8 8 10 Mulhollaudd . . fi 8 7 7 5 while Mr. Akard also lay was also done ©by Ed. P. Posgarrl and age honors with a score Brower 7 8 7 down and shot, held the his little son, Sam. Mr. T. E. Hubby J. A. R. Elliott of ]47. Creighton and gun at his hip and hit was present and also Mr. Joe Speight Matthews divided fourth J. W. Akard tin cans without even and favored the spectators with a little honors with 145. Purses were divided Coleman Defeats Brewer. taking aim, just shooting "Indian of their splendid work, both being- 40, 30, 20 and 10, the professionals The match made a few weeks ago fashion" and by feeling, A tin -can very popular. shooting- for targets only. $10.00 aver between Fred Coleman, of Philadel thrown high in the air had half a age money was divided between the phia, and Capt. John L. Brewer, of dozen holes shot through it before three low guns, who proved to be W. Camden, N. J., was shot on the Key it Struck the ground, the gun being Fairmont Gun Club. Wooley 106, J. Wooley 123 and Dr. stone Shooting League grounds at the kind which loads itself automatic Pairmont, W. Va., March 9. Editor Burtis 132. J. A. R. Elliott, for the Holmesburg Junction, Pa., March 5, ally after it was fired; marbles thrown "Sporting- Life." The Pairmont Gun Winchester Co,; Harry Welles, for and there were plenty of spectators to in the air were rent by rifle pellets as Club had for its guest today Mr. H. H. "Dead Shot" powder, and Jack Fan see the two skillful shots in action. though they had been as large as the Stevens, the po-pular representative of ning, of the DuPont Powder Co., rep The morning developed a snowstorm, head of a barrel; the rifle was laid the U. M. C. Co., who was very wel resented the trade. Many extra events but later clearing conditions prevailed, across the arm and shot without aim come after his long absence from this were shot in which Johnson did the and while the wind was a factor, also at objects, hitting them; the sights of territory. Old War Horse George best work, breaking 112 out of 130 the t>irds exceptionally good ones, the gun were encircled by a big piece Lilley got started and could not be shot at. Scores: such offered ©the better facilities for of cardboard, and yet small articles headed off until he had broken 117-125, Events.. 12345678 0 10 11 12 Bk. testing the comparative marksmanship tossed in the air were struck easily; This is going some, but you never Targets 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 170 of contestants. a postal card held off to one side by know just what George is going- to Elliott ... 8 0 15 15 14 14 1.3 14 13 15 14 14 158 At the end of first half each had Mr. Joe Speight, with the thin edge do. Weidebusch and Merrifield were Welles . . 8 0 13 13 13 14 14 15 14 14 13 14 154 killed 43 birds, Ooleman showing the towards Mr. Akard, was cut in twain, also in fine form. After the regiilar Muldoon .10 8 11 11 14 14 14 14 11 14 14 12 147 steadier work of the two. In the while matches held up thirty or forty events there was a team race between Matthews 10 7 13 13 11 10 13 14 13 15 13 13 145 third round of 25 Brewer lost the feet distant were ignited by shooting the Democrats and the Republicans Creighton. 9 0 13 13 11 12 15 11 13 12 14 13 145 match, along with .his five birds, as a rifle ball against the sulphur tip; which was won easily by the Dems. Wilson .. 81014121313131014121410143 Coleman gained four then and there, Scores: A.Berinett 9 7 11 14 12 12 ]3 13 13 12 14 12 142 round pieces of metal the size of a Shot.Bk.i Shot.Bk. Dr.Kennedy 9 9 15 14 14 9 14 13 7 12 12 12 140 which lead was scarce to be overcome dollar were thrown into the air by the W. Weidebusch 100 951A. H. Donnplly. 100 R4 Fanning ..10 9 14 13 10 11 14 12 12 13 13 9 140 in the final round. It was here Brewer score and probably fifty were hit with J. Mei-riflold.. . 100 05 .T. O. McXeely 100"" SO" Clavton . . 810 9 12 12 13 12 14 11 13 12 13 139 did his best work, grassing 24 to out making a single miss, these being George"-" Lilloy.r ©" . 100 04 G. Miller... .. 100 78 Johnson . 8 10 11 14 11 12 11 13 13 13 13 0 138 Coleman©s 23, and the scores stood eagerly caught up as souvenirs; a tin R. H. Ta.vloi-.. 100 90j "Smith" 100 07 Walker . . 7 9 12 10 14 14 10 11 12 13 11 13 130 Coleman 90, Brewer 87. A couple of can was laid on the ground and a H. II. Stevens. 100 SO C. Oonnawav. 100 f>9 Dr. Burtis 9 4 12 13 10 9 10 13 11 13 14 14 132 other matches were shot of smaller bullet sent hurling through it, and T. A. Neill.... 100 87!R. M. Hito.©. . 100 r, targets per man. Xewman 10 12 14 13 13 12 Lamb 13 to 8 in a 15-bird race. another leaden pellet would follow and DEMOCRATS. | REPUBLICANS. Watts . , 15 J3 15 15 15 G. Lilley ...... 24 jW. A. Weidebusch".©. 22 Mundy .. 14 13 12 13 14 Match, 100 birds. $150 a side. strike it, keeping the can skating .T. Merri field..©. Coleman 22220 22220 22202 22222 22220 21 through the air as long as it was 22,E. H. Taylor.. 19 Truax 14 12 12 14 13 J. O. MeNeely 23|H. H. Stevens. 10 Walling 14 14 12 12 12 22222 22222 22222 20002 22222 22 in range; as many as five discs of clay J. Phillips.. ..©. 20:"Jones©© ...... 22 Ivans . .. 12 14 11 10 9 22222 22222 22222 22220 22222 24 were sent whirling high in air and A. Donnellv... 21 IT. A. Neill.... Dudley . 9 11 1011 . . 22222 22202 22222 02222 22222 23 90 they were all broken, separately, be Lyster . . 7 . . . . 12 12 Brewer. 20202 22222 20222 20222 22202 20 fore they struck the earth, while Irish 104 Danser 0 10 8 9 . . 02222 22222 22022 22222 22222 23 potatoes thrown into space were shot Barkalow. 3 S 7 .... 22220 22222 22222 22000 21022 20 to pieces with the greatest ease, and R. S. Pringle, of Bradford, Pa., writes us: Doats ...... 22122 21101 12222 12222 11222 24 87 small©pieces of brick were shot into "We are going to hold our summer tournament Bloodgood . . . powder; as many as four clay pigeons, July 0 and 10. with $200 added, and we expect Height . . 7 The Lincoln Heights Gun Club, of Scranton. thrown into the air at one sweep,, were to guarantee every shooter his money back tliat Kxtra events Pa., hold a llvo-bird tournament March IS, 19, broken before they struck the ground shoots the entire program through, less the Targets 25 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20. Three events are billed on Monday, the price of targets. This program should make a Creisrliton 17 . . !> !) 0 ...... Lincoln Heights Special at 25 birds, 28 yards by Mr. Akard while lying flat on his good shoot for all classes, as there is nothing Burtis . . 22 13 4 .... 7 0 7 10 10 7 rise, $20.50 entrance for Tuesday, and the back on a board and shooting back to lose for the poor shooter and there is some Bennett 19 . . 8 9 Anthracite Special at 25 birds, 21 yards rise, over his head. Another amazing stunt thing to win for Mr. Good Shot. Programs Lyster .. 22 10 one barrel, $20.50 entrance. Further informa was to set a bottle on the ground and will be ready to mail June 1, 1907. and all Johnson 23 15 9 9 10 tion .will be furnished by J. T. Lewis, secre then place another on top of this, the communications should be addressed to R. S. Matthews 21 .. tary, 1113 Eynou street, Scranton, Pa. bottom bottle being shot to pieces and Pringle. secretary."
V March 16, 1907. SPORTING LIFE.
or 16 equals the 12 guage, but the skillful shot will accord the twenty bore much praise for its wonderful shooting qualities combined with re duced weight of both weapon and am munition. Perhaps another twenty years will see again the special clause in programs, this time barring twelve guage guns, not tens.
LOOKING BACKWARD. NEW ENGLAND NEWS./ CONTINUED FROM ELEVENTH PAGE. Nowadays we are so familiar with holding the whip hand, though not out the possibilities of th/e medium and of danger of dethronement should small bores for all reasonable ©game Kawop continue to riddle the targets and targ-et shooting that a mere glance in similar form to the last few weeks. over ancient programs and reports New England Briefs. •SMOKELESS- furnishes interesting reading. A Dr. Gleason made a fine run of 75 program of the early ei-ghties, or ©bet straight at the weekly shoot of the A TOWDE©R OF ter still, a report of the shoot, pro Boston Athletic Association March 2. vides, for the enthusiast, all sorts of The Montpelier Gun Club started the Clean shooting,©makes perfect pattern, high velocity, safe, unaffected novel and curious comparisons and trap season in Vermont with a very successful mid-winter tournament. by climate. Write us for booklet. causes some wonderment as to why Twenty shooters participated, though shooters twenty years ago should con the weather Feb. 22 was very cold and sider necessary the weighty "cannons" the wind blowing a gale made the shooting difficult. High average, a fine AMERICAN POWDER MILLS, Boston, Mass., U. S. A. and canister loads ©then used. How gold watch fob, was won by W. P. many present day trapshooters, in Springer, of Northfield. B. A. Eastman ST. LOUIS. MO. CHICAGO. ILL. handling- their 12-guage guns and 3 to and IX Alien tied for second average and each received a sterling silver 3% nitro loads, know of or remember match box. The principal event of this old-time conditions and regulations? tournament was the first of a series of five matches between the Dog River A Philadelphia pigeon match of 1874 Gun Club, of Northfield, and the Mont limited the load to 7 drs. and 1 3-8 oz. pelier Gun Club teams of five shooters, in a 50-bird event with entrance of 50 targets per shooter. The Dog River $50, under Rhode Island rules, 21 yards Gun Club won by a score of 174 to 171. rise, 80 yards fall. The $800 sweep Out of the twenty-nine shooters at was divided as follows: $350 to first, the Middlesex March 9 shoot only five entered for the money, Roy winning $225 to second, $100 to third, $75 to first, Dagget second. Merely one more fourth and $50 to fifth. There were illustration of the cardinal principle two scores of 44, one 43 and one 42, by that the evolution of trapshooting GUNS CANNOT matters in New England has handed UUH9 SHOOT the way. down for guidance, i. e., if good shoots How many of today©s target shoot are to result the "sweep optional" ers are aware of the particulars of a clause must appear in program. LOOSE big shoot held in Chicago during the Ten shooters attended the practice year of 1SS4, in the early stages of shoot of the Springfield (Mass.) Shoot clay pigeon shooting? ing Clu©b on March 2, W. H. Snow be ing high gun, with 63 breaks out of There were fifty-four contestants, of 85 shot at. A. Misterly and C. L. Kites whom five shot twelve guage guns. Of had a close race for second, the former these, two weighed 7 pounds, the oth breaking 64 out of 95 and the latter ers 8% and 9 pounds. Of the forty- 57 out of 85. nine ten guage guns, twenty-seven weighed 9 to 10 pounds, and twenty- Live Bird Shoots. two weighed 10 pounds or more. Six There was only one straight score out of a field of seventeen shooters By turning: Compensating Screw F to the right all wear in action is at once shot "Wood powder, either four or five to feature the weekly live bird event taken up. Send for our 1907 catalogue E containing many additional advantages. drams by measure, and the balance of the Belmont Gun Club March 6, at Nanberth, Pa. S. C. Aiman killed ten used varied brands of black. Of these birds straight, while Dupont, A. Smith LEFEVER ARMS CO., - Syracuse, N. Y., U. S. A. ©black powder men, one shot the small and Hewes divided second money with charge of 3*4, while two used 3 l/2 nine straight, and Staley and Young split the money for third prize with and the remainder had between 4 and eight straight. The stiff wind and 5% drams- in their shells. All this the slow flight of the birds as a rule had a tendency to puzzle the shooters. CHAMPIONS saltpetre powder, with its consequent Scores: Sunny South Handicap, Brenhatn, Texas, January 21-26, 7907. thump and bump, that brittle red clay R. C. Aiman ...... (29) 22222 22222 10 saucers might ©be smashed. Dupont ...... (29) 22202 22222 9 Mr. E. S. Fosgard, Waco, Texas, wins Live Bird Championship A. Smith ...... (28) 22222 02222 9 The big Loads were not always ef Hewes ...... (28) 10222 22222 9 fective and some few misses were re *Free ...... (28) 02222 21212 9 Young ...... (29) 02022 22222 8 corded in the five-man team race Staley ...... (30) 02222 20222 8 Mr. H. N. Reno, Douglas, Arizona, wins Target Championship, shooting which was the main event of this par "Pratt ...... (28) 22222 00202 7 ticular meet. All contestants stood at Killlan ...... (28) 20220 11201 7 .Tones ...... (SO) 22220 22020 7 15 yards rise, shooting 10 singles and Miller ...... (29) 20022 02222 7 5 pair each over five traps, and a New Kohler ...... (28) 21220 02220 7 ,T. Smith ...... (28) 02020 12111 7 The Best Shotgun Smokeless Powder on earth. Two eggs in the 1907 basket at once Englander, who broke 16 out of his G. Emerson ...... (28) 22022 02202 7 20, 8 in each event, drew the $250 Hart ...... (28) 12220 02200 6 Poulson ...... (28) 00002 22210 5 ) A/VD EMPIRE <«*«> diamond badge, while the team score Nealon ...... (28) 00020 22200 4 of 6S^©OU©t of a possible 100 was good *Not in the money. THE BEST TWO SPORTING SMOKELESS POWDERS EXTANT enough to win the first money, amount ing- to $750. These latter figures vary Schilling Hfsh Gun. •9 75 Chambers St., N. V. City Nine men faced the traps on the a trifle from the 5-rnan team work at Feltonville (Pa.) Gun Club ©grounds Indianapolis last year, when 470 out March 6 to take part in the shoot at Barnes ...... 3 14 16 of 500 targets took $135. 20 live birds, and well were they re Koeler ...... 2 Pro©bably a number of our readers paid for their coming, as a good after Wolf ...... GUNS, AMMUNITION noon was passed away in shooting. Esslinger ...... are unacquainted with the early clay Despite the high wind the birds -were Barnes ...... 3 14 and pigeon, that inverted, brick-colored a fast lot. Schilling carried off the Titlow ...... 20 saucer which was destined to entirely honors with 18 kills out of 20, while Pavis ...... 19 Hothersall was second with 16. Lang ...... 18 SPORTING GOODS. and quickly supersede the glass ball Smith ...... 17 Schilling ...... 1111022112 12122 12021 18 13 Hothersall ...... MOOT 22102 22221 20212 10 Klett ...... and in its natural evolution of cheaper Dwyer ...... 10 J. B. SHANNON & SONS, imitations beheld the gradual decline Fulton ...... 22002 22022 22022 20222 15 l>r. Smith...... 22202 12022 20012 02022 14 Eutter ...... 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. of the sport it aimed to imitate, while .Tones ...... 22220 (M202 20220 22002 13 New Gun Catalogue sent for the asking. creating© its own special recreation Kruss ...... 20202 21202 22022 20020 13 O©Neill ...... 22002 20220 22022 02020 12 Live Birds at Quarryville. that today has such a firm hold all Black ...... 22200 22020 20220 22002 12 Quarryville, Pa,, Feb. 28. Editor over the United States. It proved the White ...... 22200 22022 02020 20020 11 "Sporting Life." The live bird shoot Jefferson County Gun Club. first practical inanimate flying target held here today proved a grand suc Darby Sweepstake. cess. 500 birds were trapped and put on ©the market, and while not a Louisville, Ky., March 4. Editor The members of the Darby Gun shooters from nearby towns assembled "Sporting Life." The Jefferson County perfect substitute for the live pigeons, Club, held another live-bird shoot, to witness the special match between Club held a target tournament Feb. yet offered, from the start, many ad March 5, at their grounds, Colliiigdale, George Hansell and Nat Ressler, both 22. C. B. Semple was high with 99 out Pa. The first event, sweepstake, was of Lebanon, Pa. The conditions called of 115. C. O. LeCompte (professional) vantages for improved practice over a tie among John Nealon, W. W. for 50 birds each, $50 a side, to be held and C. E. Walker were second, 98. the skyrocket flight of its glass pre Grobes and W. Staley, who divided on neutral grounds, but owing to the Scores: decessor. It was first manufactured first money after killing five straight, late arrival of one of the participants while second money went to W. Per- only 25 birds each were shot at when Targets 15 15 15 15 25 ShotBk. with a pasteboard tongue, which the the light failed. Ressler proved the Walker .. 14 11 13 12 20 115 98 kins, Joe McClure and F. Hewes, who Booker 13 12 10 .... 75 60 trap arm gripped for its horizontal killed four out of five. The "miss-and- winner, and from the start it was Mourning 11 ...... 45 32 throw. These becoming detached too out" event went to John Nealon. The noticable that Capt. Nat had his eye Semple .. 13 14 13 12 21 115 99 scores of sweepstake: "W. Staley 5, and nerve with him, as he centered Le Compte 12 11 12 12 21 115 98 easily in transportation and trapping, John Nealon 5, W. W. Grobes 5, F. his birds well and shot with snap and Loesch 6 15 11 8 90 63 the natural sequence was the No. 3 Hewes 4, J. M-cClure 4, W. Perkins 4, ginger. Hansell seemed a trifle nerv Bourne .. 12 11 12 75 60 clay pigeon with a tongue-like projec Franklin 3. __ ous as his birds were hit with only Biel ..... 7 10 11 8 20 115 76 part of the load. Proprietor Adams Marton ... 12 13 13 75 62 tion, target and tongue of the same left nothing undone to make the visit Dennison 14 9 12 75 58 refractory material, particularly when Belmont Gun Club. an enjoyable affair and H. Linn Worth- F. Pragoffi 13 10 13 . 75 54 A. combination live bird and target ing-toii gave valuable assistance by Goodridge 8 11 8 90 00 over baked. shoot was held March fi by the Nar- | refereeing- the match to the satisfac C©ampbell . 10 . . 0 00 34 The early Ligowsky flay pigeon was l.u.©rt.h Gun Club on the Belmont race tion of all. Scores: Tulerman 12 .. 2 (JO :i7 much ©tougher and harder to break track, and there was-; a g-pod turn-out. .",0 23 Tn the live-bird events, K.Hlian did the Four events, seven live birds, Bond ?.. . ifs i:: 14 75 (50 than the composition target of today, entrance. Curl ...... r, 1 ::o 6 best .shooting by killing 18 out of 20. Hessler ...... 5[(!linn ... Wolf ...... 10 .. ::o 20. still, it was found .in time that the First three events were at live birds, lebb ...... 7 Leaman Helm ...... 12 r;o 24 1>ig- loads were a trifle unnecessary, No. 3 being sparrows, and-events 5 and Uarr ...... (i Diehl . .. 6 were at targets. Scores: (i Anderson just .as in these later years we are I©oleman ..... 5 5 10 25 Frauciscus .. White The Delia (Pa.> Gun Club will hold its spring learning that sixteen and twenty Killinn ...... 4 5 9 .. Adams ...... Reese 2 shoot Tuesday, March 19. The program calls guages will do the work of a twelve ,T. Emerson...... 4 5 7 .. Gruel .... 6 for 180 targets, including 10 pairs, entrance Babb ...... 4 5 8 18 Match, 2 birds each, purse ,$100. $12.50. purses divided percentage, .$3.00 t« lor many kinds of shooting. It were Coylo ...... 4 2 t> Ressler ... 22222 22222 22222 22222 *2222 24 high amateurs shooting through program. A. proving too much >to say that a 20 G. Emerson...... 34 1 16 Uansell .., 22**2 22*22 22202 *222* 22220 18 A. Somers, secretary. SPORTHVG LIFE. March 16, 1907,
won handily with 26 out of a possible 25. This of course included his handi cap. Event No. 7 was from 20 yards. On the 23d inst. Billy Heer will visit this club and demonstrate what a burn Tot" of shots we are. Scores: Events ...... 1 2 3 4 5 6 NOT TOO PERSONAL BUT JUST Targets ...... 10 15 10 15 25 10 10 C. G. Blandford.....(13) 8 11 6 11 20 8 PERSONAL ENOUGH* B. Brewerton...... (9) 8 7 8 13 17 S f> T. T. Washburn...... (5) 712 71015 8 6 J. T. Hyland...... (3) 7 8 9 7 16 7 ,T. Kirby...... (0) 2 5 3 4 .... (r. B. Hubbell...... (3) 812 7 12 IS .. Bits of News, Gossip and Comment W. Haijrht...... (3r.. 12 6 8 17 8 5 W. Huff...... (6) .. 9 4 813.. A. Aitohisoti...... (0) 5 ...... AT KANSAS CITY About Men Whom Lovers of W. Burdiek...... (0) ...... S .. 5 W. Fisher...... ,(6) ...... 13 .. Captured a lot of the big events during the Tournament, February Shooting Know in Person or 20-23, 1907, as follows: National Park Gun Club. Through the Medium of Fame* Livingston, Mont., March 3. Editor Elliott Live Bird GhaHinge Gup ...... "Sporting Life." The club held its Won by regular tri-weekly shoot with almost Hunter Arms Co.. Trophy, Targets, 30 Straight BY MRS. WILL K. PARK. perfect weather conditions, so there Wtn. was a good attendance and a large Inter-State Championship, Targets .... In the report of Elliott Interstate crowd of spectators. H! Jondrow scor tournament last -week we inadvertent ed a second win on the -c>lub medal, High Amateur Average last day, 98x100 . . ot Falls City, ly gave the Missouri team credit for and as we have had only two medal winning- that hard-fought team race shoots this year as yet, he is starting Second Amateur Average, four days, 410x450 on the first day. The stores as given out with a good lead, J. Jondrow Nebraska were correct, but in summing up we leads with nine points on the Win should have said: "The decisive miss- chester gun, while Prater has eight Watch for announcements of further winnings with PETERS ahd-out proved Ka.nsas the champions and Gemmet seven out of a possible on the second round." Capt. George fourteen points. Shaneleck bids fair from time to time. Their superior quality insures K. Mackie, who captained the victori to lead in this event as he has eight ous team, in asking the correction, out of the twelve points that he has success in either trap or field shooting. writes us: "Were it not for the fact finished. A score of 25 with the handi that this was the best State team race cap added makes one point. Scores: ever, I would let the matter rest as Targets ...... 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 you report it, but the honor of win Prater ...... 21 19 21 25 21 10 .. .. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Cincinnati ning such a race is too great to let Niles ...... 17 15 Ifi 17 18 15 14 10 New York: 98 Chambers St., New Orleans: 321 Magazine St., the error go unchallenged. The losing C.emmett ...... 19 20 10 14 23 17 19 24 21 T. H. Keller, Mgr. J, W. Osborne, Mgr. os such a race is no discredit to such Prefson ...... 17 19 13 20 ...... a good bunch of shooters as our Mis J. Jondrow...... 17 20 20 16 . . .. souri friends,, on the ©banks of the H. Jondrow...... 21 23 17 19 20 . . .. Kaw." Shanoleck ...... 15 19 18 H 20 18 21 .. Fortenbacher ...... 15 .. .. 14 .. .. 17 .. Mr. O. W. Brenizer, of the Philadel Kbert ...... Ifi .. .. 14 .. .. 17 .. phia Single Trigger Co., is down with Pill ...... 12 .. 13 .. 11 ...... typhoid fever. His many friends in Confarr ...... 19 21 24 24 24 25 .... this section wish him a speedy conva lescence. Our Review in Book Form. Li. H. Reid, the Peters rifle and shot "Sportinpr I-ife©s" Trap Shooting Re gun expert, is to manage an indoor view for 1!>07 is now issued in book SINGLE rifle tournament at New Paris, O., form and will fee sent to all who apply, March 21. An interesting feature of enclosing five cents in sf-anips. This the program will be an event for the Review of 1906 records contains the cnainpionship of Ohio and Indiana. entire year©s tournament shooting of 140 representative amateur and pro On the Keystone Shooting League fessional trap shooters.. In addition St Never grounds at Holmesburg, Pa., Richard to these complete tables is included Lamb, of Mt. Holly, N. J., defeated the following information: It Never ES&Jfas Fred Muller, of Philadelphia, on March One-day Average Winners. POSITION FOR FIRING 8. Scores were 46 to 45 out of 50 live Other Important Events. SECOND BARREL Independent of recoil. No light birds. On March 9 B. Johnson outshot Matches at 1OO targets. springs. No delicate parts. W. Campbell 47 to 41 same place. I-ive Bird Matches. Twenty-five T/ive Bird Sweeps. SecretJary Teeple, of the Chicago "Winners of S<;:ite Championships. Gun Club, informs us that the Palmer Important Team Matches at Targets. House has been selected as official IjOnpr Runs on Targets. The only Single Trigger that has a mechanically controlled movement headquarters for the Grand American Straight Programs. that always works the same either with a blank or the heaviest pigeon load. Handicap in June; also the Illinois Squad Records. State shoot in May. Both big meets Grand American Handicap Results. This Movement is Simple, But Positive are to be held on the Chicago Gun Subsidiary Handicap Results. Club grounds. This reference book mailed upon re We will place the Philadelphia Single Trigger and fully guarantee it ceipt of five cents. Requests unac on any standard-made hammerless gun. Write for descriptive booklet. The DuPont Powder Co. are sending companied by st&mps or cash will be out a useful as well as ornamental ignored. souvenir in the form of a letter opener, PHILADELPHIA SSFMGLE TRIGGER Co., Olncy, Philadelphia, U. S. 4. advertising their Giant powder. It is one of the neatest and handiest tools we have seen. TRADE NEWS. Our scores of the North East (Md.) THE OLD RELIABLE Club, published last -week, contained OF THE an error in Mr. Haze Keller, Jr.©s total. It should read 123 out of 150, Mrs. Topperwein©s Scores. not 113, and we are glad to correct. The California "Wing Club held its first pigeon shoot of the season at the Inerleside grounds, San Francisco, March 3. The best scores were ma.de itrfiiL places. This is certainly mofet re- by Webb, McMurchy, Golcher, Turner irkable shooting and not only shows the mderful prowess of the shooter, hut also Feudner and Prior. "mplifies the remarkable qualities of the tvder which she shoots, viz., "Dead Shot At the Cincinnati Gun Club shoot lokeless." March 8 F. Le Noir was high gun with * * 184 out of 200. Mr. Le Noir has lately moved from Chicago to Indianapolis, "Dead Shot" Doingrs. which ,is a more central point for his third annual interstate travels in the interest of the American ton t held at Blue River Shoo Ka . ity. Mo.. February 20 t(. _... .__ Powder Mills. Graind Western Handicap at live pigeons was Miss Horneck, the little lady who woi11 by Alec I). Mermbd, of St. Louis. Mo., on At Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 16, 1907, 25 straight at 31 yards. High average over J. E. Cantelon, of Clinton, Ont., practices quite regularly with the all and high amatenr average for the four days won the Grand Canadian Handi North River Gun Club at Edgewater, wo i by Dan D. Bray, of Columbus. Neb. High N. J., is becoming an accomplished professional average for the four days won by cap at live birds with a straight shot on targets and oftentimes excels Chairles Speneer. St. Louis. Mo. .All these score from the 30-yard mark. A her friendly competitors. gen tlemen used 3% drams "Dead Shot" Smoke- splendid piece of work. Send for catalogue. lessi powder, 1% ox.. No. 7%- chilled shot. L. I. Wade, the Peters© Texas and PARKER BROS.,©WSfffr Meriden, Conn Louisiana traveler, -won high average Forthcoming Events. New York Salesrooms, 33 Warren St. at the Palestine (Tcx.) Gun Club©s High Scribe Thomas A. Duff .of the Canadian holiday tournament with 99 out of 105 Indians sends- broadcast the- following invitation targets. F. M. Faurote, the Ballistite for the annual tournament May 24. 25: powder representative, broke 96. Montclair Gun Club. rels, and 10 pairs of doubles, was the "The annual Love Feast and Pow-wow of regular bi-monthly event for the the Tribe will be held on the camping ground Montclair, N. J., March 2. Editor Hunter Arms trophy and was tied for . The Western Gun Club, of Los where many moons ago the former great pale "Sporting- Life." Weather conditions Angeles, Cgfl., has recently been or face chief, ©Duke of Kent.© father of our by Messrs. Batten and Boxall, each ganized with grounds on the Emery beloved Queen Victoria, erected his wigwam, today were not favorable to high making a total of 36, but on the shoot- ranch. © about fifteen minutes out on near the historic Plains nf Abraham, the battle scores, for gales alternated with off at 20 targets, Boxall won out by the Pasadena short line. Fifteen ground on which many of the Braves of Britain calms, and showers with snow squalls. breaking 15 to Batten©s 14. Event No. members attended the preliminary and France lost their lives in 1759. The guns At times it was almost impossible to 5, a relay team race, was won by team shoot, of whom W. H. Wiltshire was will spit fire and lead at the elusive Blue maintain one©s position on the plat No. 3. More than twenty-five clubs high with 50 breaks out of 60 targets. Rock. Friday and Saturday preceding the full form, hence some very erratic shoot have already signified their intention J. B. Wood and Will Wright scored 49. of the moon, in the glorious month of May, ing. Events 1 and 2 were for practice of being represented at the Champion and the noise will mean peace an.l goodwill to only. Event 3, at©25 targets, handicap, ship of Metropolitan Clubs shoot on all men. no matter of what race or creed. It for a year©s subscription to "Forest Capt. J. L. Brewer, the well-known is hoped that every Buck will arrive with a April 3. Scores: wing shot of New Jersey, was found and Stream," was won by W. I. Sover- new blanket, his Squaw and Papooses, all el, while event 4, for a silver prize, was Kvonts . ... 1 4 unconscious in a P. R. R; car ac decked in holiday attire, and assemble around Targets ... 10 15 cording to an Atlantic City news item the camri fire, each one in his place, to recount won by Mr. George Batten. A relay lOp Coekefair . ... 5 14 0 of March 9. When restored to sensi the daring deeds done (and not done) since team race was won by team No. 1, Boxall ...... <) bility he told the police he had been last we met in joyful conclave at Camp Hochel- made up of Messrs. Boxall and Wins- 11 low. Scores: Hudson ...... 7 11 4 drugged and robbed, and though the aga. and accept the hospitality of our brethren Dukes ...... 7 12 6 hospital physicians found no evidence of tho historic and strongly fortified City of 1 2 4 Winslow .. ... 7 10 8 of poison Brewer insisted that he had Quebec. Chief Citadel will be our guide, ©phil 10 15 25H.T1. 25H.T1. Batten ...... 7 9 11 taken a counter dose to ward off its osopher and friend. A cordial invitation is 0
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Wiekes, Lambert, Neuman, Gest and NEW YORK TRAP. PHILADELPHIA, Ray, but in the shoot-off Lambert won with the top score of 27. . Fleming, Good Work on Targets at Both Athletic Charlie Wewcomb Creates a City Target Larsen and Lambert made the best the net scores. Club event, shoot-off and Clubs of the Metropolis. Record With 156 Straight Meadow extra events follow: One of the largest fields of the year Accidental Discharge Impossible Springs Handicap North Camden Tie H. 25 Tl. H.25T1. 10 10 10 10 15 gathered at the Bay Ridge (N. Y.) flest ...... G 21 27 0 13 19 ...... 13 traps of the Crescent Athletic Club Every owner of an Iver Johnson Shoot and Highland Weekly. Fleming .... 5 22 27 5 18 23 . . 10 . . . . March 9. The day was perfect for has a double feeling of safety safety Larsen ..... 4 22 26 4 18 22 .. 8 9 8 .. shooting1 and as a result the scores The Glenmore Gun Club held an Newinan .... 8 18 2t> 8 1(3 24 ...... 4 10 as to protection of life and property, open ©shaot on the grounds at Seventy- Lambert .;.. 5 20 25 5 22 27 910©.. 8 .. were .-all high. The leg on monthly fifth and Glenmore avenue Saturday, Wiekes ... ..4 21 25 4 .20 24 . cup, , event 2, was won by Frank B. and absolute safety as to accidental March 9, for a gun, and Ray ...... 4 21 25 4 17 21 . Stephenson, a scratch gunner, who Charlie Newcomb, of the Marcy ...... 3 21 24 ...... 9 1.0 broke straight. Stephenson also won discharge; for there is but one way to S. S. White Gun Club, Pfeil ...... 5 19 24 ..... 8 .... 14 a trophy shoot, and with his partner, discharge the and one of the Quaker Taylor ...... 5 18 23 ..... 8 7 .. .. O. C. Grinnell,© Jr., scored a leg on the City©s foremost target French ..... 3 20 23 ...... team race prize. The scratch shoot was shots, -won out in an ex J. F. Pratt.. 8 14 22 ...... won by F. W. Moffett and the other Htratton .... 6 15 21 ..... 9 ...... 13 winners of the afternoon included W. hibition of high-class Grant ...... 6 11 17 ..... 8 7 7 6 5 work not often shown at C. Damron, -who won two events; A. E. BVEBJOHNSON Prosser ...... 4 7.. 7.. weekly club shoots. Hendrickson and ©N. Hubbard, Jr. Be SAFETY Entries and unlimited sides these winners O. C. Grinnell, Jr., AUTOMATIC re-entries were 25 cents, Highland Shooting Club. and. G. G.- Stephenson, Jr., divided one ten targets each chance, Eighteen marksmen took advantage of the club trophies. Scores: and Newcomb took five of the fine weather March 9 to visit H.25 H.25 H.10 H.15 H.15 15 H.15 and that is to pull the trigger. chances at the start. the Highland Gun Club©s grounds at A.Hendricks©n 4 25 4 23 . . . 2 13 2 14 62 13 In addition to the safety features of C.H. Newcomb After the 145 entries Edge Hill to participate in the open W.C. Damron 2 22 2 2. , 1 15 1 9 1 15 12 2 12 sweepstake events. "Doc" Wentz was .T. W. Marsh, 3 22 3 24 ...... 81 12 the Iver Johnson is the knowledge of had been shot there were F. W. Moffett 2 21 2 22 1 14 1 14 1 14 14 1 10 some twenty "straights" and it was high gun with a total of 94 breaks out, .J. H. Ernst. 4 21 4 23 2 14 2 13 2 11 .. 2 7 absolute reliability and accuracy and agreed to shoot miss-and-out with five of a possible 120, and M. G. Bell car N.Huhhavd.Jr. 7 21 7 l(i 4 11 4 12 4 13 .. 4 11 dependable quality. men up, shooting ten targets at a time, ried off second honors with 93 breaks F.B.Stephen©11 0 20 0 25 0 13 0 15 0 14 12 0 13 unless dropping out. Newcomb went out of the sa,me number. The program H. Kryn.... 1 20 1 22 0 11 0 9 0 11 S 0 10 straight fifty on the second round and included eight even/ts. Scores: I.. C. Hopkins 3 20 3 18 2 15 2 12 2 8 0210 Iver Johnson Safety then there were only eight shooters Targets 15 15 15 15 15 D.C. Beunett 2 21 2 22 ...... 1 13 eligible to stay in his class. C-thsrs Ha mil . .. 8 R. E. Fox... 6 18 6 in 2 10 4 10 4 0 .. 4 12 Hammer Revolver shot in the squads for practice and a Hilyer ... 9 11 11 W. Marshall. 5 "18 5 17 ...... 3 0 9 3 13 3-inch barrel, nickel-plated finish, Ballantyne 11 l*f 13 C. A. Sykes. ... 3 23 ...... third round of 50 was negotiated, 0.Grinnell.Jr. ... 2 22 ...... 22 rim fire cartridge, 33-38 «C / *«*- where all but three of the other con Clark ... 11 fi 10 13 0 14 center fire cartridge - - - *On testants failed to make good. These Bender 11 0 11 S. P. Camp.. ... 4 21 ...... 8 ... Davis ... 5 9 D.E. Hopkins . .. 4 21 2 10 2 11 2 14 2 13 three were Fitzsimmons, Harry Fisher Boyer .. . 4 8 10 C. StepHerison . .. 3 20 2 15 2 13 2 12 2 14 Ever Johnson Safety and Holznagle. In this round Fitz M. Wentz 9 10 13 T. W. Stake, .... -5 15 ...... 3 10 simmons missed his third, Fisher his Lolir .... 0 n ©fi K. Brown...... 2 10 ...... fourth, Holznagle his sixth arid New- Wakeley . !) J. W. March...... 1 12 Hammerless Revolver comb broke his sixth and quit a win Mabin .. . 10 10 n H:Vanderyeer ...... 2 13 3-in. bbl., nickel-plated fin ner of the prize with an unfinished M. G. Bell.... 12 10 n H. O©Brien,...... 2 13 ish, 32-38 center «g p run of 156 under strenuous conditions. (©filbert ...... 11 4 fire cartridge - *OiB Some wanted him to continue, but it Williard ...... 2 N. Y. A. C. Sold by Hardware and was getting dusk, and as he had shot Hnber ...... S © Althoughi the traps at Travers Sporting Goods dealers.© | up the last 106 with only a stop be Lee ...... Island, N; Y., were clogged with snow Mergen thaler . .. everywhere, or will be tween squads, just long enough to get the New York Athletic shooters had sent prepaid on receipt shells, he decided it were wise to stop. Roatche ...... a good day of it last Saturday. The light was -good all,, day and especially of price if your dealer so while the six events were being dis will not supply. Meadow Springs Club. . Toronto Trap. v posed of. © The, 50-t"ar.get race for a leg A goo©d crowd visited the Meadow The second match between the Park- on" the monthly©:c}ip opened the day©s Springs Gun Club at Fifty-seventh and dale and Balmy Beach gun clubs in work and victory fell to F. H. Dugro, Lancaster avenue March 9, entries in the Toronto City League series was who marie a total of-.48 -with a liberal club event and ©the practice afterward shot March 2 on the. latter©s grounds, handicap, J,; Fred Pel ham, the -fore numbering over twenty. B. Howard resulting in a. win for the home te,am. most scratch i man, made 42. .Borland with 22 breaks won the club prize; C. The scores were as follows:-*. , - . was successful for trophy No.; 3 with Beyer©second with 21, while Cantrell PARK DALE. BALMY BEACH an al-lo-wance©of. five! The-leg on the and Roberts lust kept in the 80 per Reed ...... Booth ..... Huggins cttp was secured by F. H. cent, class. Events three and four had Fenton .... . 21|Seager .... Schauffler, And like Dugro, he quit two prizes each, and event five- had C. Thomas with two victories to his credit. With three prizes. Howard won the two Williams . . If) Pearsall . .. a handicap of live Schauffler made a Look tw the 15-target events, and Cantrell that at Hooey .... 19 J. A. Shaw. full tally for the Huggins prize. In Cwl©sKsad *> °™ Parker ... 1:9 Davis ..... the next event,, which was trophy No. 20 targets. The shoot-off in third Devius .... IS! Case! ..... Booklet, event for second prize left Mardin the 1, Schauffler©s handicap was reduced to ©Shots©1 Pearce .... 18|l)ingman three, but he -won again with a full winner, and in a similar shoot-off in Ward ..... K! I Draper .... On the iHHi© *"11 of firearm lore; the last event Roberts came off victor. Wolf ..... Hi Lyonde .... score. Capt. J, Nelson Borland won Considerable rivalry was started be trophy No. 2, and with a handicap of 9^ |feSi$£?Sffi£ tween Charley Beyer and Frank Total ...... 18«| Total ...... 195 one made 23, which earned first place arms should know; Cantrell as to who would outshoot the for him. The final event went to J. goes into details and il Fred Pelham, the scratch man, and his other, and when the last of the 100 Riverdales vs. Stanley. lustrates by sectional views targets was shot at it was found that score was highly creditable. the peculiar construction of both men quit even with 76 breaks. Owing1 to the wind storm which H.50 H.25 H.25 H.25 H.25 H.25 Iver Johnson. Scores: blew with bulldog tenacity the scor Dugro ...... 10 40 5 24 6 IS 5 22 5 25 . . . Iver Johnson©s Arms & Cycle Works Hp. 25 Tl. 10 15 15 15 20 ing in the league match between the Schauffler ..... li 44 5 25 3 25 2 21 2 23 2 in 154 River St., Fitchbnrg, Mass. Howard 0 22 22 .. .. 14 13 15 Stanley Gun Club and the Riverdalc Pelbam ...... 0 42 0 21 0 21 0 21 0 21 0 22 New York: 99 Chambers St. Pacific Beyer 0 21 21 11 12 9 12 Gun Club March 2 was not as good as Knohler ...... (i 42 3 23 3 24 ...... Coast: P.B.Bekeart Co., Alameda.Cal. CaiitTell 0 20 20 expected. The average made by the Maekay ...... (i 4,0 3 21 ... 3 20 3 22 3 20 9 13 12 19 PattnsjSi...... S 40 4 17 4 23 4 17 4 19 . .. Europe: Pickhuben 4, Hamb©g.Germ©y Warner . 3 17 20 .. 10 10 15 Stanleys was 19 12-15 as against iv?r Johnson Sieves and Sinete Barrel Shotguns Kaiiffmau 2 IS 20 ..11 9 18 19 6-15 of the Riverdales. McDuff, Williams ..... 0 3fl 0 It) 0 22 0 20 ...... Roberts . 20 20 ...... 18 Dunk and Best were high guns. The Suter ...... 10 38 5 22 5 20 5 19 5 16 5 18 Mark ... 19 19 scores: Whitman ..... (i 41 0 11 0 22 0 13 ...... 1
^•i^^ The big Interstate Tournament, held at Kansas City, Mo., February 20-23, was replete with victories won with Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, the most important being: HIGH GENERAL AND HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE Won by Mr. Dan Bray with the splendid score of 421-450.
Won by Mr. Alec. Mermod, the well-known St. Louis Amateur, with a straight score of 25 "kills." HIGH PROFESSIONAL AVERAGE Won by Charles G. Spencer with a score of 420-450. Mr. Bray©s victory demonstrates clearly the superiority of Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. For several years he had been shooting another make, and, great shot as he is, he was only able to do "fairly well, thank you." At the Kansas City Tournament he changed to the winning Winchester brand, and outshot the big field of cracks. If you have any doubts about his thinking the change was for the better, just ask him. There are many other cases like Mr. Bray©s, the moral of them being, if you want to win shoot \Vinchester Factory L,oaded Shells
Murphy©s 20 and Mr. Henry©s 10. That grounds. J. A. Anderson, who has re May 16, 17 Montpelier, Vt., annual tourna SOUTHERN SHOOTING. shows the kind of birds being trapped. cently accepted a position with the ment, Montpelier Gun Club. Dr. C. H. Burr, U. M. C. Co., made his debut before the secretary. Many Cups Make Interesting Contests at President Dolan is kin to all scatter gun May 20-24, inclusive Lebanon, Pa. Seven artists, for he left his favorite gun at home members with a line of guns. In de teenth annual tournament Pennsylvania Stat» Palm Beach. and while, here used various makes and drops, monstrating the new auto-loading Sportsmen©s Association under auspices Key etc., his scores suffering as a result. Bring shotgun he broke four targets thrown stone Gun Club. S. G. Trarford, chairman; Palm Beach, Fla., March 7. Editor it along next year, Yale, or you may lose in the air simultaneously. Scores: J. R. Bollmau, corresponding secretary. "Sporting1 Life." The shooting season your reputation. Shot.Bk. | Shot.Bk. May 21, 22. 23 McMechen, W. Va. West Vir of the Florida Gun Club at Palm Beach Supt. Garnbell, of Cincinnati Gun Club fame, "Fairfield" 100 90 100 48 ginia Sportsmen©s Association. Dr. H. S. opened later than usual this year. who has had charge of the Florida Gun Club Lawrence 100 81 Porbil 100 38 West, secretary. However, since commencing it has this year, is filling his engagement despite MacLelland . 100 80 Medico ...... 75 03 May 22, 23 Fargo, N. D.. tournament of Gate kept on steadily and seven handsome the fact that he would much prefer being in Robinson 100 77 Loco ...... 75 49 City Gun Club. cups have been shot for since Feb. 19, Cincinnati, owing to his severe loss, caused NO. 23..:.:.. 100 Burgess ...... 75 45 May 22, 23 New Bedford, Mass., Paskaman- when Col. Emerson, of Baltimore, by the burning of the Cincinnati club house. Parker ...... 100 40. Henry...... 25 14 sett Gun Club tournament. E. G. Bullard, started thing©s up by giving a silver H. J. Walsh. 100 72 Tritton 25 14 secretary. loving cup. This cup was won by Cincinnati Gun Club. May 22, 23, 24 St. Louis, Mo., Missouri State Mr. Henry from the 31-yard mark with Perryman Wins. Game and Fish Protective Association an a score of 10 straight, and he immedi Cincinnati, O., March 2, Editor nual tournament under the auspices St. Loui« ately announced his intention of giv "Sporting Life." There was a better Ferryman, Md., March 5. Editor Trap Shooters© Association, $350 added money. ing- the cup for the following day. attendance ttoday ithari for some time "Sporting Life." The Ferryman Gun James W. Bell, secretary, 3644 A Arsenal The Henry cup was shot for on Feb. past, showing that the members are Club defeated the Rising Sun Gun street, St. Louis, Mo. not feazed by the loss of their fine Cluib, of Rising Sun, Md., on the May 23, 2^ Lexington, Ky., Kentucky Trap 20, and won by Mrs. McKimm. Mr. Shooters© League fifth annual tournament. Emersqri©s handsome daughter, with clubhouse, burned last week. Tempor grounds here today in a 10-man team Frank Pragoff. secretary. a handicap of 25 yards and four extra ary quarters have been fixed up in one match by 409 targets to 345. This is May 22, 23, 24, 25 St. Louis, Mo. Thirtieth birds to shoot at. On the following of the .large storage sheds, and the one of the very few times this year annual tournament of the Missouri State Game day Mrs. McKimm also won the devotees were all comfortable, al that the Rising Sun Club has been de and Fish Association under auspices St. Louis Schv/artz Bros, trophy from 26 yards though things were not quite sto con feated. Lester German made high in Trap Shooters© Association. J. W. Bell, sec and four extra birds to shoot at. On venient. A strong wind made shooting dividual score with 48. A return match retary. the 23d Mr. Kdgar Murphy won the difficult, and the leading score of 91 will be shot at Rising Sun at a future May 24, 25 Quebec, Can., annual tournament Florida Gun Club cu©p with a clean out of 100, made by W. B. Darton, New date. The scores follow: of Canadian Indians, $1000 in cash and score of 20 from 31 yards. Haven, Conn., was exceptionally good. FERRYMAN. RISING SUN. trophies added. T. A. Duff, High Scribe, Mr. H. Yale Dolan, president of the Hesser -was second high with S(i, not Foord ...... 43 Keen ...... Toronto, Ont. club, and whom we all know as one quite what he .can do, but a whole lot McKelvey ...... 40 Alexander ...... May 27, 28, 29 DCS Moines, la. Iowa State of targets to break in the wind. Her German ...... 48 Gifford ...... Sportsmen©s Association tournament. Budd of the best pigeon shots in the Bast, Smith ...... 39 Rose and Whituey, managers. $300.00 added gave a cup for©Feb. 25 which was won man was third with 81. Scores: Bowman 40 Kwing money. C. W. Bndd, secretary. by Mr. Houghtaling with a score of . Match. Practice. Bando .... Pierce May 28-29 Rochester, Ind. Annual tournament 18 out of 20 from 27 yards. On the © 25 25 5>©3 25 Tl. Shot.Bk. L. Towner England Trap Shooters© League of Indiana. M. Wilson. 28th the Mrs. McKimm cup was shot DartoH ...... 24 22 22 2:? 91 .. Emmord Fox ... secretary. for, having been postponed twice ow Hesser ...... 17 23 28 23 80 25 20 McCommons 42 Sutton . May 30 Ossining Gun Club eighth annual ing to. the non-arrival of birds, Herman ...... 19 22 19 21 SI .. .. P. Mitchell Decoration Day tournament. G. B. Hubbell caused by a railroad wreck. This Keplinger ..:..;...... 20 17 23 20 80 secretary. Bullerdick ....;...... 15©1S 28 21 77 Total ...... 409 Total 345 May 30 Newport, R. I.. Aquidneck Gun Club cup was won by Mr. Paul Rainey from Halsted ...... \S 18 15 10 70 28 yards with a score of 18 in 20. annual tournament. C. M. Hughes, secretary. Brown ...... © ]« 15 12 23 <>(? FIXTURES JFORJTHE FUTURE. May 30 McKeesport, Pa. Enterprise Gun The beautiful trophy given by the Uhodes ....:....-..... 1«- 18 22 15 60 Club©s eleventh annual tournament. Geo. N. Beach Club on March 1 was won by George ...... 16 15 13 12 50 March 20. 27 St. Joseph, Mo., first 1907 Mains, secretary. Mrs. McKimm, from 26 yards, one Green ...... 12 7 7 14 40 May 30 Phila., Pa., S. S. White Gun Club Fulton ...... tournament of the Missouri and Kansas miss a kill, giving her a straight score League, on the Metropolitan Gun Club annual tournament. of 10 and making her third win, all Meyers ...... May 30, 31 Utica, N. T., Oneida County Le Boiteanx ...... grounds. A. A. Carolus, secretary. well earned by some splendid kills. April 9 Brooklyn, N. Y. Bergen Beach Gun Sportsmen©s .Association annual tournament. Mr. Rainey was straight in this event Dick ...... A. J. Lowery, chairman. Ahlers ...... CluVs fourth amateur contest. L; H. Schorte- until his Last bird, a hard left-quarter mier. manager. June 4, 5, G Uoluuibus, O. Ohio State League McKnight ...... shoot. ing out-goer. Cottingham ...... April 11 Wilmington©. Del., annual spring tour There were nine entries for the nament of the Delaware State Trapshooters© June 5, 6 Wellington, Mass., Boston Gun Martin ...... Club Annual Invitation Team Shoot. H. .C. club cup March 6. It was won by Team race, 50 targets. League, under the auspices of the Claymont Gun Club. W. M. Foord, secretary. Kirkwood. secretary. / James Spear, Jr., of Philadelphia, 28 Hesser ...... 44 Darton June 5, 6, 7 Phillipsburg, N. J.. New Jersey yards. Second money was divided Keplinger 38 Herman April 13 Easton, Pa., Fourth Annual Tourna ment Independent Gun Club. Edw. F. Mark- State Sportsmen©s Association annual tourna between Howard C. Brokaw, of New- Ahlers .. 38 Cottingham ment on Alert Gun Club grounds. W. R. York, and B. H- Lott, of the Crescent Harry Brown ley, secretary- Athletic Club, Brooklyn. A 25-live- George 19 Halsted ...... 30 April 10, 17 Memphis. Mo., Gun Club Spring Hobart, secretary, 440 Summer ave., Newark. Green ...... 19 Rhodes ...... 25 tournament. J. A. Nichols. secretary. N. J. bird match between Howard Brokaw April 18 Freehold, N. J., Freehold Shooting June 11, 12, 13 Syracuse, N. Y., New York and W. A. H. Stafford was won by State Sportsmen©s Association annual tourna Total ...... 195 Total ...... 197 Club tournament. Frank Muldoon, manager. Brokaw, who made 23 kills to Staf April 19 Springfield, Mass., Springfield Shoot ment on Mnsonic Temple Gun Clnb grounds. ford©s 22. NOTES. ing Club©s spring tournament. C. L. Kites, June 11, 12. 13 Sioux City, la., Soo Gun Club©s The season will profoably end Thanks Del, you©re a prince. Coleman keeps secretary. © 13th annual tournament. W. F. Duncan, sec about the 15th, before which time you company. Ap*ril 19 Westport, Mass. Annual Tournament retary. several more prizes will be shot for, Cut out that bad round, Hesser. we need Westport Factory Gun Club. A. W. Lewis, June 11, 12, 13 New London. la., annual among them one given by Dr. Karsner all good ones. secretary, Fall River, Mass. tournament New London Gun Club. Dr. C. E. and one by Mr. Paul Rainey. April 24, 25, 2U Hutchinson, Kan. Eighteenth Cook, secretary. Eaton talked as much as usual, while Falk annual tournament of the Kansas State June 18, 19 Marion, Ind., Marion Gun Club an NOTES. maintained his customary silence. Sportsmen©s Association. C. T. Rankin, sec nual. H. C. McClellan. secretary. Come on, boys, get together and work; this retary. June IS, 19, 20 and 21 Chicago, 111., the Paul Rainey*s win was popular and he earned Interstate Association©s Eighth Grand American his laurels by good shooting. is the time for us to show ourselves. April 2T Plainfield. N. J., merchandise shoot, Dick started to infringe on the rights of Plainfield Independent Gun Club. H. P. Handicap Target Tournament, on the new The club house porch and gallery are al Davies in the line of walk-around flinches. Vosseller. chaiituan, 98 Chambers street, grounds of the Chicago Gun Club; $1000 added ways well filled at every shoot. New York City. money. Elmer E. Shaner, secretary-manager, Mrs. McKimm uses excellent judgment and The presence of our friend. Miss .Altherr, April 25 Wolcott. N. Y., Catchpole Gun Club Pittsburg, Pa. has splendid time. Her wins were all well lent an unusual atmosphere to the occasion. tournament. E. A. Wadsworth, secretary. July 9, 10 Bradford. Pa., annual tournament earned. Willard B. Darton, of the Marlin Co., paid May 1 Danville, Pa. Danville Gun Club tour Bradford Gun Club, $200 added. li. S. us a visit and set a good pace for the boys to nament. W. T. Speiser, secretary. Pringle, secretary. Mr. Robins came near It, very near it, but follow. May 2, 3 Snow Shoe, Pa., fourth annual July 11, 12 Shamokin. Pa., Shamokin Gun missed his last bird and took second money in Club©s annual tournament, $100 added. S. C. the McKimm trophy. Brother McKnight brings canned goods from spring tournament of the Clarence Rod and Otterbein, Ind. He carries two lines, 4»ut the Gun Club. C. H. Watson, secretary. Yocum, secretary. The birds are all fast, extremely so for retailer only sees one. Come again. May 4 Phillipsburg, New Jersey, third annual July 16. 17, 18 Boston, Mass., the Interstate this climate, and with a 30-yard, boundary the target tournament of the Alert Gun Club. Association©s Second Eastern Handicap Target back men are up against a hard game. , Not long since those pinochle players kicked Edward F. Markley, captain, Easton, Pa. Tournament, -under the auspices of the "Pale Houghtaling kept pegging away until lie about receiving so much publicity, but in face May 7, 8 Fort Wayne, Ind.. Limited Gun faces;" $1000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, finally got there. He nearly landed the second of the difficulties attendant on playing a game Club tournament. John V. Linker, secretary. secretary-manager, Pittsburg. Pa. time, but took the airship route and failed. in our next present cramped quarters, they May 8, 9, 10 Richmond, Va., the Interstate July 30. 31 Newport, R. I., Aquidneck Gn« must be complimented on their "sticktoitive- Association©s Second Southern Handicap Tour Club tournament. C. M. Hnghes, secretary. Mr. Henry has a splendid first barrel and a ness." as today the game was again in full nament, under the auspices of the Deep Run Aug. 7, 8, 9 Toronto, Ont., seventh annual very good, though rather slow, second, the sway. You remember Ahlers saved the chips, Hunt Club, $1000 added money. Elmer E. tournament -of the Dominion of Canada Trap latter fault caused his failure to carry away cards, table and all. Ask him about it. Shaner, secretary-manager, Pittsburg, Pa. Shooting Association, under the auspices of several trophies. May 9. 10-ftPort Lavaca, Tex., tournament the Stanley Gun Clnb. Thomas Duff, secre Dr. Karsner, first to come and last to leave, Richmond Gun Club. Social Gun Club. C..Wr. Grubbs, secretary. tary. 3 Maynard avenue, Toronto, Can. says that youth must be served; we old chaps May 14 Brooklyn, N. Y. Bergen Beach Gun Aug. 14, 15 Lock Haven, Pa., third annual must go to the rear. The Dr. has not shown his Richmond, Va., March 6. Editor Club©s fifth amateur contest. L. H. Sehorte- tournament Lock Haven Gnn Club. C. A. true form this season. "Sporting Life." The big windstorm mier, manager. Jobson, chairman, ex. com. Edgar Murphy is the same old busy boy, March 2 did not deter enthusiastic Slay 14, 15 Twelfth annual tournament Clean Aug. 20, 21. 22 Denver. Col.. Interstate Ai- keeping things on the more all the time he "scattergun" artists from facing the Gun Club. Fred F. Mason, secretary, Olean, sociation? s Second Western Handicap target Is here. He bad some luek .and a great traps on the Richmond Gun Club N. Y. tournament under auspices of the Denver Tra» many fine kills to his credit-on-his cup win. grounds, and making some rattling May 14. 15, 10 Chicago, 111., Illinois State Club. $3000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, good scores. "Fairfield" was the bright Sportsmen©s Association thirty-third annual secretary-manager, Pittsburg, Pa. "Dan," brought from Cintr, ^--Supt. Gam- tournament, under auspices Chicago Associated bell, has been doing excellent retrieving de particular star, with the high mark of Gun Club. PHILADELPHIA TRAP SHOOTERS© LEAGUB. spite the hot weather. This cltm©ate is fear 90 out of 100. An individual match at May 15. ]C> Wilmington, Del., annual spring April G S. S. White Gun Club. fully hard on any dog from the North and twelve pair dou©bles was shot between tournament Wiiwaset Gun Club. W. M. April 20 Final shoot for Winchester trophy * especially hard on setters. H. J. Walsh and W. S. MacLelland. Foord, secretary. Edge Hill. y It has only been taking three and four birds Walsh was in great form and easily May 10 Skaneateies Junction. N. V. Glenside May 4 Finnl shoot for Fox trophy at Carndt*. to win the big miss and out races, and. only two accounted for 19, breaking live pair Gun Club tournament, added money. CoUle May 18 Final shoot for Remington and t©arhtf straight scores made in ail the rices Edgar straight, an unusual feat ou these and Kuapp, managers. > trophies at Media. Pa.