HENRIETTA CROSMAN
DEBUT OF WILLIAM NORRIS.
Actor's Experience in London as a
Music Hall Performer.
William Norrls. now playing in tha
comic opera, "Tom Jones," tells the
following story of his stage debut:
".My first appearance on any stage I
was on a Christmas night in London.
I had run away from home in San
Francisco, determined never to return,
tnd equally resolved to become an
actor. I chose a music hall start, i
"The hall was patronized by tht j
laboring class, and accommodated |
about 7,000 persons. The crowds !»■ j
pan assembling about five o'clock in
the afternoon, to be sure of seats, and,
as this was too early for supper, there j
was an army of men with baskets >f 1
luncheon, which they peddled among !
the waiting throngs. The favorite j
article of food provided by the venders ;
was sheep's trotters, or feet. Of
course, there were bones.
"My turn came, and 1 began my act.
I had got. along to the first chorus, ,
when, chancing to glance at the side
of the proscenium arch, I beheld a j
glaring sign which read:
" 'Gentlemen Will Please Not Throw 1
Trotter Bones at Actors on the Stage.' j
"The significance of this request j
hit me instantly. Visions of sheep's j
feet filling the air and headed my
way petrified me with apprehension, j
My tongue stuck, my feet grew numb, j
my whole being was paralyzed. To I
jht<s day 1 do not remember getting off j
the stage, though I have been told the ,
stage manager dragged me off.
"I remember hearing him say: 'You
had better get out of this as soon as j
you can,' and my next clear recol- j
lection is being in the cab on the j
way back to my room. 1 removed my
make-up as best 1 could with my hand
kerchief, and ventured no further ap- J
pearance as a song-and-dance artist, j
Next season I came back to America ]
and went on the stage in a legitimate :
company, though 1 confess 1 told the
manager 1 had had experience in |
London as a music ball performer."
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.
Charles I'rohman is in conference j
b> cable with Otis Skinner with a ;
\iev. to presenting Mr. Skinner in a
Shakespearean repertoire next season. ■
Forbes-Robertson, the English ac
tor, is negotiating for the British
rights to"The Witching Hour," which
he intends to produce in London.
Clyde Fitch's latest comedy, "Girls," |
deals with the fortunes of four young
women who go to New York with the
determination to light their own way
in the world without any male assist-!
an< e Three of them start in business, 1
bat quickly yield to the temptations I
of matrimony and retire. The fourth
trie.-; the stage and becomes famous
in a night.
Pees education, or at least the edit- I
cation of the schools, mean success?
Augustus Thomas, who is credited >
with more stage triumphs than any
other American author, is said not to !
have attended school after his twelfth '
year.
In the new comedy, "The Traveling
Salesman," produced by Thomas \V. I
Ross and company in Washington, the i
action is laid in a country depot, a '
drummer's hotel room, and a general !
store.
Henry W. Harris decided to with- i
draw Dust.in Farnmrt in"The Rector's 1
Garden," which played just one week !
at New York.
"It is stated tha■ in early life Sam I
Bernard was a paperhanger. He does j
not particularly believe in papering
the house now," observes a Philadel- j
phian.
Manager Florence Ziegfeld is now ;
rehearsing "The Follies of 1908," his I
new musical revue, which will open
at his Jardin de Paris, atop of the
New York theater, June 1. Messrs.
BU kel and Watson. Mile. Dazie, and |
Cnarles J. Ross will be prominent j
members of the organization.
Charles Frohman has engaged Har-1
ry liulger for of Joe Mivins in !
"The Dairymaids?"
Martin Harvey will produce Stephen ]
Phillips' version of Sir Walter Scott's I
"The Bride of Lammermoor" in Glas
Sow.
GALLANTS ANNOYED PLAYERS
Managers Could Scarcely Keep Them
Off Stage in Revolutionary Days.
The theater in New York during th«
period of occupation by the British whs
; really quite a social if not an artistic
! success. The town was filled with
tories, who were glad to attend in
! order to show their love and affection
' for the British officers who appeared
las actors. Othello was a great favor
; ite as was Richard 111.
One advantage the soldier folk had
' over the civilian actors who preceded
j and followed them. The orchestra was
| always made from the regimenta'
bands, and there were 14 musicians al
a dollar a head a night to make pleas
| ant the entr'acte and to provide th«
| chills and fever accompaniment fot
i the slaughter of Desdemona.
The scenery is said to have beei;
insufficient and of a quality hardly cal
culated to arouse vast applause, awj
1 yet it is known that Maj. Andre was
; one of those who helped paint t.h«.
scenery for several of the productions
l Thomas Harrow, originally a coach
: painter and afterward New York's
' only dealer in engravings, was his as-
I sistant. They painted roadside flats,
! drops, side scenes, including in the
1 general effect "streets, woods and
wilds, chambers and palaces," accord
i ing to a writer familiar with their
efforts. A Capt. Delaney also gave
1 his talent with the brush as a con
j trilnition to the success of these a ma,
; ietir shows.
The costumes were of the best, how
ever, for, no matter what the play,
| the actors appeared in the uniforms of
! their regiments. The young subalterns
| borrowed the gear and millinery ol
their friends among the torv dames
of New York and cast back to the
j days of Shakespeare, when all the fe
j male parts were played by men.
For a long time in these early days
of the New York stage the hardest
tight the managers had to make was
; 'o keep the gallants of the day otl
j the stage. They insisted upon tin:
i privilege accorded box seat holders in
London and dawdled about the stags
(hiring the action of the play, bab
; bling among themselves or talking
: io the actors who were not actually
1 engaged with their lines.
That they were an addition to tht
scene slightly incongruous and foreigi
! was not only admitted, but insisteo
I upon by the managers of those earl>
days, but ii required a vast amount
i of nerve on the part of an actor-man
; agor to insist upon the withdrawal ol
a Schuyler or a Clinton or a Living
.-iton from the stage in the New York
of those days.
Culture and Agriculture.
Richard Carle, the hen-pecked hero
of "Mary's Lamb." delights in exploit
i ing sham. Sometimes his quick re
torts strike deep, This was the case
! not long ago when be was one of a
party at supper. In the party was
! a man who was boasting about his
farm in Maine and boring the others
j with a long account of his four blood-
I ed cows.
"Of what breed are the cows?"
: asked Mr. Carle.
"Really," replied the bore, "1 can't
! say offhand."
"What!" said Mr. Carle. "You mean
j to say you have only four cows and
I you don't know their breeding? Why,
! you ought to know their initials."
Piece, Not War, the Cause.
During the rebellion a dramatist at
| tended a performance of one of his
j plays at a theater in Baltimore. The
! house was quite empty, and the play
wright in discussing the circumstance
j with his leading actor, remarked that
j the poor business probably was due to
the war.
"No," replied the actor. "* should
judge it was due to the piece," and the
dramatist changed the subject.
His Objection lo Shakespeare.
"What is your object in saying that
i Shakespeare is not a great poet?"
j "Oh," said the modern author, "you
i think it is a professional jealousy, but
i I assure you you are wrong. I feel
| it my duty to attack all sorts of preju
dices, and the prejudice in favor ol
| Shakespeare's works is one of th«
I most conspicuous that I know of."
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908
/ AW
/yMNCIES
I i=.
Tho American turf is weaker in
Jockey material than it has been for
some time. Otherwise Miller, who,
barring his quickness at the start, is
far from a finished horseman, could
not have headed the list of winning
jockeys with 224 victories to his
credit. This year the conditions are
likely to be even worse, as four or
five boys who ranked well up last
season may be unable to secure li
censes. Among these are Mountain,
who is under suspension at New Or
leans; Willie Knapp, Radtke, J. Mc-
Intyre and B. T.yneb, a boy who gave
great promise at Oakland. Jack Mar
tin. too, has decided to give up riding,
it. is said, and no matter what their
faults may have been, Mountain,
Knapp, Radtke and Martin are riders
above the average and with a far
better knowledge of pace than either
Miller or B. Dugan. Willie Shaw and
Tommy Burns, who rode abroad last
year, will be back again and thus help
to fill the gap, and two or three boys
developed at the winter tracks, not
ably V. Powers, who han been liding
well and stands next to Notts v on the
iist of winning jockeys at New Or
leans, and Gilbert, a lightweight in
California, may also take a forward
place, but the outlook is not encour
aging. T. H. Williams has paid $lO,-
000 for Gilbert's contract, and the
youngster, who rides at 85 pounds, is
said to be one of the best jockey
prospects ever developed on the coast.
The jockeys who must be depended on
to do the bulk of the riding this year
are Miller, E. Dugan, Notter, McDan
iel, Nicol, W. Burns, Shaw, T. Burns,
C. Koerner, Shilling, Sumter and V.
Powers. Of course there are many
others who may or may not shine, in
cluding Delaby, G. Swain. Musgrave,
Horner, Brussel, J. Lee, Garner, Lie
bert and Preston. Lucien Lyne ex
pects to ride for the greater part in
England, but will accept engagements
in Ireland, Prance and Belgium. He
has an understanding that he will ac
cept mounts for Richard Croker,
James Buchanan, Richard Dawson and
some others.
The American team of athletes that
will journey to London in July to
compete in the Olympic games will b:'
accompanied by a professional train
er. "Mike" Murphy, the veteran at
the University of Pennsylvania, has
been selected for the position. Never
before has an American team had the
services of a professional coach, but
it was considered advisable to have
one this year in view of the excep
tional size of the team and the impor
tance of the games. Murphy is one
of the most prominent trainers in the
country. For more than 15 years he
has been known as a great developer
Of athletes. He formerly trained for
Yale university and the New v ork
Athletic club. During his career as
a professional coach he brought out
such champions as Berne Wefers, the
world's 220-yard record holder; Alvin
C. Kraenzelein, the world's greatest
hurdler, and Tommy Conneff, a cham
pion miler. He is also a great foot
ball coach and trainer. During the
last 15 years the teams Murphy has
trained at Pennsylvania and Yale have
won every intercollegiate champion
ship but three. Harvard and Cornell
being the only other winners. Mur
phy's selection as trainer means that
the members of the American team
will toe their marks at London with
the minimum of men out of shape.
"Wizard" Jake Schaefer, dean of the
expert billiard players of the world,
retires from championship contests,
acknowledged as the greatest perform
er with the cue in every respect that
ever stepped up to a billiard table.
Recently he defended his title as
champion of the world tit 18.1 against
Willie Hoppe at Chicago in the last
contest lie will compete in for world's
honors, and after a sensational match
proved the winner by the score of 500
to 423. The championship emblem
will be given back to the donors by
Jake, and it is possible there will nev
er be another game played between
professionals at this style. Schaefer
will confine his entire attention here
after bo exhibition gaaiea.
TRAVELING COST
OF BIG TEAMS
MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS TO SPEND
NEARLY $70,000 FOR CAR
FARE THIS SEASON.
PIRATES COVER MOST GROUND
Smoky City Aggregation Will Make 37
Trips and Cover Distance of 15,057
Miles—St. Louis the Premier Tour
ists in American League—Average
Cost Is $1 Per Mile.
In order to fill their scheduled cham
pionship dates next season the clubs
of the American league will have to
travel 95,722 miles, and the National
league teams 92,405 miles. At the rate
of 2 cents a mile and at the average
of 18 men to each party, the sum of
$67,765.32 will be paid to the railroads
for transportation alone. Of this
amount the Johnsonttes will con
tribute $:14,477.92 and the Pulliamites
$32,287.40.
Of the American league teams St.
Louis will be the premier tourist. The
Browns are booked to journey 14,307
miles, and will make 31 trips. The
White Sox will make 30 trips and will
travel 12,222 miles. Their longest Jump
is from New York to St. Loui.-s, 1,066
miles, ihe St. Louis Browns twico
will make the biggest leap possible on
a circuit, going from Boston to St.
Louis, a gap of 1,229 miles.
Of the National league teann Pitts
burg will find circuit chaßing the most
expensive. The Pirates are to make
37 trips and will cover a distance of
15,057 miles. The Phillies have to trav
el only 9,4'{j spiles, the reason for tho
difference in mileage of the two teams
being that Barney's Rwceaneers con
stantly have to leave home to flls Sun
day engagements in Chicago and Cin
cinnati.
The Cubs are due to make 28 trips
and travel 12,271 miles to fill their
schedule. Chance's champions have to
make the jump between St. Louis and
Boston once, the Doves and the Cardi
nals also being down to make this
trip.
The number of miles each club will
have to travel, trips to be made, and
the amount to be expended for trans
portation (railroad fares alone) by
the big league teams during 1908 are
as follows:
NATIONAL U3AGTTE.
< v Trips. Miles. Fares.
Pittsburg 37 15,057 $ 5,420.52
St. Louis U',417 4.470.12
Chieasc US 12,271 4,417.56
Cincinnati 31 12.131 4,367.16
I SOHTON L"i 11,524 4. 14^.<>4
NPVV Vork 25 10,102 3,636.72
Mnioklyn L' 3 9.532 3.431.52
Philadelphia L' 7 9,431 3,395.16
Totals 229 92,465 $33,287.40
AM ICR [CAN T,RAOrn.
Club. Trips. Miles. Fares.
St. Louis 31 14,307 ) 5.150.52
Cleveland 3,3 13.501 4.X60.36
Detroit 34 13,295 4,786.20
Chieaßo 3n 12.222 4.399.92
Boston UK 11,963 4,306.68
Washington 37 10,529 3,790.44
New York 29 1 0,524 3.788.04
Philadelphia 29 9.431 3,395.16
Totals 241 95,772 $34,477.92
According to the books of one
major league club it costs in the neigh
borhood of $1 a mile to cart a ball
team around the circuit, including rail
road fares, Pullman and hotel bills,
the average number of men in the par
ty, including manager, secretary and
trainer, being 19.
One remarkable feature of the trav
eling done by baseball clubs is the way
in which the teams dodge accidents.
The only bad smashup in which play
ers have figured in recent years was
the wreck of a special train carrying
the Si. Louis and Cleveland American
league clubs from Cleveland to St.
Louis in 1904. Some of the men were
hurt, but none of them badly, and the
Sunday game was played as scheduled.
In 1893, while the Chicago Nationals
were returning home from Cleveland,
their train ran into a freight, near
Fremont, 0., and three men were
killed in the wreck. Of the players,
the only two injured were Jimmy
Ryan and Malachi Kittredge, who were
badly cut about the head and body.
Kittredge was able to play in a week,
but Ryan was out of the game for the
balance of the season.
So fur as known no player of prom
inence ever has been killed in a train
wreck while traveling with his club.
Capron Ousted from College.
George Capron, Minnesota's greatest
football hero, who, through his mar
velous drop kicking last fall, brought
victory to the maroon and gold ban
ners in more than one game, and who
is regarded as the greatest all around
athlete that, ever attended Minnesota
university, has been expelled from the
institution. It is claimed that "crib
bing" caused his downfall. There have
been rumors for some time to the ef
fect that the famous gridiron hero
would be seen at Minnesota next fall,
but it was due mainly to the reports
that he had tempting offers by many
of the big eastern schools, and for a
time it was even said that Capron
would be missing before the present
school year had been completed. Ac
cording to the university authorities,
Capron been expelled until next
fall, but he will never return to Min
nesota.
Swenholt to Lead Badgers.
Helmer Swenholt of Madison, Wis.,
the flaxen-haired lUtle forward, has
been elected captain of the basket-ball
team of the University of Wisconsin
for the ensuing year. The only other
candidate was Ewald Stiehm of John
son's Creek, the giant center on both
the basket-ball and football teams. The
election was decided by tostting a coin
and Wwenholt won.
STAR SHORTSTOP TO RETIRE
N OOHN ("HANcf 'X WAGNEU
Hans Wagner, the big Pittsburg shortstop, has refused absolutely Uy
• ign a contract for the present season, declaring he is going to rest for oh
least n
HANS WAGNER DETERMINED
TO HAVE SEASON'S REST
Star Pirate Shortstop Turns Down
Tempting Offers—Will Raise
Chickens Thia Year.
rijmu Wagner gave Pittsburg base
ball fails a jolt recently by announcing
tßat he would not wear it l'irate uni
form this season. There has been no
trouble between President Dreyfuss
and Wagner. Hans is not holding out
for more money. He simply says he
wants to get out of the game and will
not play.
Wagner says when the season opens
he will lie found superintending his
fine chicken farm near Carnegie. War
ner is worth more than $<50,000, and
has been anxious to quil playing ever
since last season. Wagner declares
his mind is made up and cannot be
(.hanged.
On finding that Wagner meant
really to retire, the owners of the
Pittsburg team offered him a straight
salary of $15,000 and agreed Jo allow
him to cut out the spring training.
When he declined this bait a contract
signed by the Pittsburg club, with
only the salary line left blank, was
shown to him, and he was asked to
fill the figures himself and the club
owners would pay it. This he refused
also, saying there was not. enough
money in the world to make him play
ball, this year at least.
There is intimation there was more
than rheumatism back of Wagner's re
fusal to play ball this year. He has
always been opposed to spring train
ing trips, and, having always played
his best ball with Kitchey, he felt
somewhat, aggrieved a year ago when,
after a quarrel with one of the club
officials, Ritehey was sent to Hoston.
Wagner, who was never known to
talk much, told a friend that bis busi
ness interests were 'now getting so
large that he could riot afford to
play ball.
BATTING EYES MADE TO ORDER
Scheme of University Coach to Help
Candidates for Team.
The University of Pennsylvania
baseball team candidates are doing
cage work daily. In addition to trying
out the battery men the coach has a
scheme to put an edge on batting eyes
that is regarded as a wonder by all
who have seen it.
The apparatus consists of an upriglv.
with horizontal arms at top and bot
tom, between which, on an elastic
cord, is a ball. The ball may be shifted
to any desired height, and consider
able practice is needed to clout it
squarely.
When hit true the ball springs
straight ahead, but if struck below or
above the center it jumps down or up.
The men who have used the device
claim it is the best ever for line
drives.
Capital on Outlaw Circuit.
Arthur Irwin, now coach of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania baseball team,
will manage the team that will repre
sent Washington in the outlaw Union
league this year. A decision to have
th® capital on the circuit was reached
at a meeting at which it was an
nounced W. F. Hart, will lie president
of the new club, W. J. Lambert vice
president and E. EL Ueim secretary
treasurer. • -.j V
HARVARD'S ATHLETIC
RECEIPTS DECREASE
Treasury Is Shy $16,0C0 in I*l6 O-E.
Compared to 1905, Acccrdin
to Annual Report.
The annual report of the treasurer
of the Harvard University AthlftJe as
sociation for Ihe year 190K-7 show.s ~
considerable decrease, both in
receipts and expenditures* over '(».•
showing of"the previous y<»ur. AK in
the past, the financial importance oT
fool hall was again demonstrated.
'I he gross receipts for Uic year
$110,110.56, as against $ 127,?*fHM© V:ir
the preceding year. The expenditures
were $!'5.470.09, as against ?88.7;;&.2I'
for 1905-6. The decrease, both in re
ceipts and expenditures, may ac
counted for by taking into considera
tion anil comparing the rwo footfe.!!
seasons. In UtOG the Yale gasie »a.,
played in New Haven, meaning ?MS.OOO'
less than when ih<> game was play<>dl
in Cambridge in 1905. The «!(.((»•
son of 1!) 06 showed a loss of RJS.ttWi in
the receipts, as compared with the ma
son before. This is miiKlil.v Ifofi
amount of the total decrease in the
gross receipts of the year ISOS-7
that of the previous year. As the
Harvard graduate manager sar> in his
report, "the surplus of the year de
pends on the surplus of the foothafJ re
ceipts over the football expendi
tures."
There is practically no change* in
the receipts and expenditures of itv*
other sports. The baseball! team paitved
a little, owing to its expenditures re
maining the same while its reeeiyfcs
increased. The crew and track
were, as usual, not self-supporting and
had to rely for financial assistance <m
the association funds. Of the nitnr«r
teams, only the hockey and tetmi**
teams paid their own way. The hockey
team has always stood well financistlly,
while the fee charged for tin u«e «#
the college tennis court accomts r or
the showing of that branch cf sfiwi
The freshman football team and?
lost money, while the other fresfimeta
teams paid their expenses by
tions. The total loss in the Trvjstiraan
branches of sports was sl,KfS.of>.
In concluding bis report th<-
ate treasurer calls attention to rtie
great need of reclaiming the r.p •
land on Soldiers' field to rae<;t *f in
creased demands for room, and tliv- ne
cessity of building fireproof hawbaZl
bleachers.
FIELDER JONES' REAL NAME
Reporter Thought White SOK Ceaiisr
V.'as "Kidding" Him.
Is Fielder Jones' name 3 "itlde.r
Jones?
That's a question that 3«rr.
asked ever since—or iaefcee—Ut«
noted leader of the Chicago Wbio
broke into fast company.
Hvidently it is, for here's Kiiul lit
told the Portland (Ore.» Post matt
about it:
"When I left the littlo Pennsyi'vcima.
town where I had been playing
professional ball to join the Pittsburg;
club an enterprising rejtorter came to
men and wanted my pedigree. He com
menced:
"'What is your full name?*
" 'Never get full,' 1 replied.
"'No kidding. I mean yeur real
name,' said the scribe.
" 'Fielder A. Jones.'
" I know you are a fielder* said ibe
scribe, 'but what's the handle to the
Jones part of your name?"
" Fielder is my given name.* J re
plied, commencing to get ho! utKiet
the collar.
" 'Well, I'll have to take it, bur
where are you from?'
" 'Sliinglehouse, Pa.*
" 'You're too fresh for a lu°
ginner,' angrily replied the iMerncn
er, and 1 really believe thai lit wnuhl
have toasted me unmercifuiH j r g
hadn't been lucky enough to *ret uf!
good with Pittsburg and bau«d JHvt.
a fiend for that season. He foully
thought 1 was kidding him, ln.it 1
not, for my name is Fielder Aldtru
Jones, and i was born at t>binglehovis©,
Pa."
That ought to settle the qw-sti&n!«:.•
some years—but it won't.
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