TED EASTERLY NO DUDE
Not Particularly Strong on Sar
torial Embellishments.
When Cleveland Backstop Reported to
Los Angeles Club He Was
Dressed in Peaceful Valley
Dicer and Celluloid Collar.
When Ted Easterly, who Is playing
a remarkably clever game for the
Cleveland club this season, pried his
way Into the professional ranks as a
member of the Los Angeles team, he
was not particularly Btrong on sar
torial embellishments.
While indirectly from the "tall and
uncut.," Ted was a human dynamo
when It came to getting the Informa
tion and was "wise" to almost every
thing except duds, says the Sporting
News. But put him up against the
purple and fine linen game and his
combined batting and fielding average
would have been about .001 at the
most.
When Easterly reported for the first
trip north with the Seraphs he was
harnessed up in a Peaceful Valley
dicer and a celluloid collar. True,
there were other articles of wearing
apparel clinging to his person, but it
was the haberdashery stuff that gave
him the real sparkle.
This collar was the type that is
built to an extreme height of five-six
teenths of an inch, is invariably from
four to five sizes too large for the
wearer and shines with a luster all
its own. Ted is believed to have ac
cumulated it in Downey, Oal., which
was the scene of his amateur activi
ties. Celluloid collars were consid
ered quite recherche in Downey at
that time. Comparatively few of
them, however, survive at the present
tinje.
When the team landed in Oakland.
Hogan, and Brashear, with Easterly
trailing along, drifted into a stogie
shack, only to encounter "Bull" Croll
Ted Easterly.
and Joe Nealon, who were then play
ing with the California "outlaws." Ho
gan and Brashear at once started in
to "kid" Croll and Nealon.
"Come on 'bushers,' and have a real
class A cigar," remarked Hogan, air
ily throwing down a five-spot and or
dering the most expensive cabbage in
the house.
Brashear supplemented this with a
grand stand play of the same sort and
all the time a line of talk was handed
out to convey the impression that
Croll and Nealon were playing with
a sixth-rate league. These were at
a loss for verbal vitriol with which to
combat the caustic comments of the
Coast leaguers until Croll happened
to spot Easterly with the celluloid
halo about his neck.
"Class A, eh? Class A!" drawled
Croll, fixing a piercing gaze on Ted.
"Say, 'Hap,' bring your class A friend
with the China egg collar on over here
and we will buy him a good cigar"—
but Hogan had ducked.
PITCHER'S NAME HELD BACK
Connie Mack, Manager of Champion
Athletics, Never Gives Informa
tion on His Twirlers.
Connie Mack, manager of the world's
champions—and a mighty wise man
ager he is too—has one idiosycrasy
that is shared by few leaders in ma
jor or minor leagues. He never will
let anybody know who is going to
pitch for him until a few minutes be
fore the game starts. Almost every
other boss will give an idea the day
before who may be expected to work,
possibly naming a couple of men and
selecting whichever warms up best.
The Athletics' guiding hand, how
ever, positively declines to give out
any information on this subject. He
la polite and nice about it always, but
he yields not the slightest clue. The
reason given by Mr. Mack for this si
lence in regard to hurlers is that he
himself never knows who is going to
be on the slab. He has men whose
turns are somewhere near due warm
up at the ball yard and then picks the
one that he considers will be most ef
fective at that particular time.
On the other hand, Connie prob
ably has some idea at least one day
ahead who is likely to do his flinging,
only some flaw in this man's prelim
inary work being sufficient to change
the manager's mind. Still by keeping
mum, Connie gains a reputation for
guile that may help him in his busi
ness.
Protects His Feet.
Umpire Johnstone of the National
!>ague wears a metal covering over his
rhoes to protect hia feet from foul
Ups.
REMARKABLE WINNING STREAK OF MARQUARD
— ✓
Rube Marquard, SII,OOO "Lemon."
The winning streak of Rube Mar
quard of the New York Giants is not
only a season's sensation, but is the
cause of a lot of arguments l —some of
which can be settled by reference to
the records, others which must be de
cided only in each fan's own opinion.
As the Rube approached the modern
day records of Reulbacli and Chesbro
of 14 straight wins the delvers into
the dope began to dig deeper for more
ancient marks for him to shoot at.
They discovered that Radbourne had
won 18 straight for Providence in
ISB4, that Luby had won 20 for Chi
cago in 1890 and that McCormick in
1886 with Chicago had won 24
straight. So far as known that mark
of McCormick's is the premier feat
lh organized ball.
Disputes as to the clear title Mar
quard holds to some of his victories
AROUND
XBASES
Frank Scliulte's homers are more
timely this season than last.
Some machines have tire trouble,
but Harry Davis' Cleveland team has
first-base trouble.
Eddie Siever, once a Detroit pitch
er, is now an umpire in the Southern
Michigan league.
Baker and Cravath are doing more
to distribute leather to far-away points
than all the big Philadelphia factories
combined.
Eddie Plank of the champions is In
great form. lie believes that he will
get another chance to trim the Giants
in the fall.
The Detroit club has purchased a
shortstop from the Hannibal club of
the Central Association. Olde O'Mara
is his name.
Montreal papers are charging that
Chick Gandil didn't do his best for the
International league team. And, na
turally, Chick is sore.
Charley Dooin Is actually trying tile
scheme of giving his signals while
standing. He thinks the old crouch
thing will have to go.
The Phillies have been wondering
what players will be traded. Now
comes a rumor from New York that
Chalmers is to be let go.
Jennings says his pitching staff la
much stronger than it was last year.
The veteran members of the Tiger
staff are pitching grand ball.
Eugene Krapp of the Naps is so
clever at fielding that hia teammates
call him "Rubber," the idea being that
he bounds around for the pill.
The Boston Red Sox have purchased
another outfielder from the New Eng
land league. Outfielder Walsh of the
Kail River team is the youngster.
Clark Griffith wants to get Joe Hov
lik from the Milwaukee club, but he
will not be able to do so, because there
is a strong string attached to Joe.
Prank Smith, the veteran pitcher
that was released by the Cincinnati
Reds recently, is doing fine work with
the Montreal team in the Internation
al league.
Frank Farrell, owner of the Yankees,
is authority for the statement that his
team will be reorganized, no matter
what the cost, before another season
rolls around.
Jennings may become part owner of
the Boston Nationals next year. Ward
has been a dismal failure there, and
Jennings is anxious to get Into the
magnate class.
©ollv Gray, former Washington
pitcher but now of the Vernon team in
the Pacific coast league, is doing such
good work that his team U now lead
ing that league.
will always be open. For instance,
there was the case of his thirteenth
win. .Marquard went out of the game
with his team behind, but before an
other pitcher went in his mates batted
out a victory. Secretary Heydler of
the National League ruled that the vic
tory went to Marquard because he had
pitched most of the game. The fif
teenth game presented another situa
tion. Marquard went in in the eighth
inning with the score a tie: his team
won in the tenth. He also got creait
for that.
Whatever may be the arguments,
there is no question that Richard de
Marquis is one of the greatest twir
lers of modern times and the fact that
he is a left-hander makes his work
all the more remarkable, for left
handers have never been noted for
consistency.
ONE OF MACK'S GREAT FINDS)
Amos Strunk Fills Place of Captain
Murphy in Athletic Outfield
With Much Credit.
Amos Strunk, who is playing left
field for the world's champions, has
been with the Aihletics for four years.
Probably no man in baseball outside
of Connie Mack saw in Strunk the
"makings" of a great player. Amos
sure was a raw recruit when Mack
picked him up. Few and far betweeD
Amos Strunk.
were the games in which he partici
pated up to this season.
When Capt. Danny Murphy was In
jured a short time ago the wiseacres
said: "That finishes the Athletics.
Connie hasn't got a good man to take j
his place." Hut they reckoned not
with the youngster whom Connie
worked with for the greater part of
four years. Amos Strunk was as
signed to an outfield berth, and he has
proven by his terrific batting and bril
liant fielding that Connie's confidence
and patience were not in vain.
McGraw Behaving
John McGraw is behav::.„ iiimself
much better this year on the coaching
line than ever before. He has been
put out of the game but once or twice,
but then he has not had much reason
to kick against the umpires, as the
Giants have been having such an easy
time of it.
Watching Earl Mack.
Connie Alaok has ordered his scouts
to watch his son, Earl Mack, in ac
tion, with a view to taking him on
the big team if he looks good enough.
Karl is manager of the Atlantic City
: team and is a comer in the estimation
i of every one that has seen him.
CITY OF BANBURY" PASSES
famous Old Place in England la Being
Despoiled, While Many Relics
Are Revealed.
London.—The glory of Banbury Is
departing. It Is no longer necessary
togo to Banbury to eat Banbury
:akes; they can be bought In London.
The old cross, dear to the old lady
"who rode a white horse" and to the
inmatesof countless nurseries, has been
replaced by a modern spirelike erec
tion; but still the pride of Banbury re
mained, could the old Globe room be
seen; and now that is going, and the
folks of Banbury are angry because
they think it Is being despoiled for the
gratification of American antique hunt
ers.
The old Reindeer Inn Itself bears the
date of 1662 and Is full of quaint pan
eled rooms, with waving. Irregular
ceilings and unexpected beams, and in
its courtyard Is the Globe room, which,
Old Reindeer Inn.
| with its beautiful stone mullioned wln
! Jow, its panelled walls and its plas
tered ceiling, is said to contain the
: finest Jacobean work in the country,
j The date 1637 is carved on the panel
! ling, and It was in this room that
Cromwell Is recorded as holding a
council just before the battle of Edg
hlll.
In the process of removing the pan
elling some interesting "finds" have
been made. Many old coins have been
picked up, the majority being of cop
per and belonging to the eighteenth
century. But the most striking dis
covery has been a double barreled pis
tol hidden away behind the paneling
near the fireplace. It is in excellent
j preservation and between the two bar
rels runs the inscription: "Presented
to Dick Turpin, at the White Bear Inn,
Drury Lane. February 7, 1735," and
the name of the maker is given as
( Baker, London.
Banbury has no legend associating it
with the famous highwayman, but the
genuineness of thj relic is taken for
granted.
MANICURES FOR ANIMALS
Departments to Care for Nails and
Bills Started at Zoo In
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa. —So as to keep the j
nails of the animals from the lion to
the monkey and the bills of the birds !
from the eagle to the canary in good
! shape, a well-equipped manicuring and 1
dental establishment is maintained at
j the zoological gardens. The depart- '
i ment is under the supervision of Head '
Keeper Manley, *ud it moves its
j sphere of work lK>m cage to cage in
j the various Uousts, as the occasion de- |
mands. It is constantly at work.
The tools employed by the mani-
I euri-its in connection with their labor j
i among the creatures differ materially
i from '.he dainty utensils used by the !
blonde Venus cT the barber shop, and
consist of a hammer, a chisel, often a
| hatchet and saw, and always a large, j
j rugged file about 14 inches long. A
; sharp, strong pair of steel wire nip
| pers is also used on the nails ol the
j larger cats.
fhe manicuring establishment at the
I gardens was organized by Superin
tendent. Carson. Realizing that the
animals could not wear off their nails
on the boards of the cages as quickly
as they could on the rocks of their na
tive haunts, and that because of this
i the claws frequently grew long, turned
and penetrated the soft part of the
foot, Mr. Carson decided that in order
to alleviate the distress caused by in
gfowing nails these would have to be
; clipped.
KATTLESNAKE BITES BABY
Three Hours After Accident Poison Is
Discharged Child Is
Dead.
Goldendale, Wash. —The three-year
old daughter of W. B. Smith, who re
sides on Crofton rrf.irie, ten miles
west of this city, was bitten by a rat- j
tlesnake in the finger and died just
three and one-half hours after the ac
cident.
The child stepped out into the gar- |
deu a few feet from tiie house to get a
kitten, and as she attempted to pick
up the kitten she was struck by the
snake. The mother corded the arm
at once and applied such antiseptics
as were available.
The accident occurred a quartet
mile from where Mrs. R. D. Gray was
bitten and died as a resait about one
year ago. Mrs. Gray was bitten on
the same finger of t'je same hand.
31 Words In This Will.
Joliet. —Paniel Hughes, who died
mdden'.y the other day, leaves what is
believed to be the shortest will evei
TALE OF WINCHESTER BATTLE
Col. Mulligan Met Death During Fight
Near Winchester —Several
Thrilling Incidents Told.
Comrade B. M. Clayton, Twenty
sixth Ohio, speaks of a fight near
Winchester as happening July 20. It
was the first or second Sunday In
August. The command I was in was
on Its way back from the battle of
Monocacy Junction, near Frederick,
Md., through Virginia. We crossed
the Shenandoah river near Snicker's
Gap, nnd there got with Mulligan's
brigade and the First New York cav
alry, which was very good company,
writes Wm. C. Eckman of Atlantic
City, N. J., in the National Tribune.
We went around Winchester and
struck the plko at Kernstown on
Saturday.
The command to which I belonged
was a detachment of Cole's Rangers,
under Captain Link. Me was in the
advance. The first New York cav
alry did picket duty that night. On
Sunday many were cheated out of
breakfasts. Just at that time that
old familiar call, "Boots and saddles,"
sounded. The rebs had sighted us,
and opened fire on us with three
small guns. We were ordered to
charge. We drove them back, but
we did not get back to our break
fast. That started the fun for the
day. We had a few chargers and
skirmishers with Cole's cavalry.
About 3 p. in.the enemy came ot't
of the woods on our left and front,
and it was there that Colonel Mulli
gan was killed and left in the hands
of the enemy. He and Captain Link
were leading us and the First New
York cavalry, but the rebs were too
much for us. I did not see any other
command but Mulligan's and Cole's
men.
On Wednesday of that week some
of Captain Link's men escaped, and
Mrs. Mulligan, under a flag cf truce,
went through the lines to Winchester
and brought her husband's body to
Martinsburg. We covered the retreat
through Winchester on the north of
town. I was sent along with 25 or
30 men out behind a stone fence to
hold the rebs in Winchester until
General AveriU's cavalry came from
Berryville. But we were cut off be-
tween the two lines. We had a
guide with us, and he led us through
woods and brush and swamps till
we struck the old dirt road to Mar-
He Led Us Through Woods and Brush
and Swamps.
tinsburg. It was night then, and we
had not had time to eat our break
fast yet. It was a beautiful moon
light night, very quiet. Lieutenant
Wesley Mann was in command. We
came in contact with a squad of Im
boden's cavalry, and I had my horse
killed. Cole's Rangers came in, well
armed. Iran along a deep gully un
til I thought it safe, then I came out.
I was not long without a horse. My
new mount was an old swaybacked
horse, but nevertheless she took me
to Martinsburg. I got there Monday
about 3 o'clock. I had had nothing
to eat since Sunday night except a
few pieces of hardtack. Early's men
were leaving there,, and I slipped
through to Williamsburg. Md., and
there I found my comrades. They
thought I had been killed or cap
tured.
Change for the Worst.
Some boys of a Michigan cavalry regi
ment, revisiting the scene of a scout
near the line between Virginia and
North Carolina, came to a Cracker's
home, which formerly stood within the
state of North Carolina, but which,
owing to the relocation of the bound
ary line, was then in Virginia. One
of the boys asked the old lady how
she liked living in Virginia. She re
plied:
"Don't like hit. 'Taln't healthy like
North Cay'lenia. Never used to have
no rheumatics; now I got 'em all tli'
time."
Japanese Ration.
The rations for a day provided by
'apau for each of her soldiers in the
leid are three little bags of rice and
bunch of dried vegetables. This
leans rice for all three meals and fa
egetable addition lor dinner.
JIMMY HOOKED.
fT?
He—How would you like a little
puppy for your very own?
I She—Oh! James! This is so sudden.
EARN MONEY NURSING.
The Philadelphia School for Nurses,
2227 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.,
1 Is now enrolling students for vacancies
in September and October. Some free
' scholarships are available for young
I women who apply early. This School
also has a Home Study Course, which
! physicians say is of superior excel
lence. A special Short Course is also
; provided for those who desire to
; quickly prepare for self-support. This
! School is highly commended. The
; nurses are under careful supervision
; while in training and are assisted and
| encouraged in their work.
An Ominous Assurance.
"I think," said the young statesman,
I "that some of my speeches will be re
! called with interest in years to come."
"They will," replied Senator Sor
{ ghuin, "unless you are exceptionally
lucky."
|
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