Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 335, 7 October 1908 — Page 2

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THE. IttCUM.ONT 1AULAJIUM AXD SUN-TELEOkAM, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1908.

LEADING BATTERY OF THE SEASON

Rpnors Should Go to Mathewson and Bresnahan of New York Giants. FORMER'S GREAT PITCHING. GIANTS BOX ARTS REGAINS HIS FORMER CUNNING WON THIRTY-FIVE OUT OF FORTY-FOUR GAMES. By THOMAS F. CLARK. The baseball season of 1908 has been marked by sensational performances in pitching and catching, but the greatest of all batteries Is the MathewsonBresnaban combination of the New York Nationals. . Christy Mathewson has long been known as an unusually effective twlrlr, but In the thrilling baseball race just closed he attained new heights, ably assisted by Roger Bresnahan, who works better with Matty than any other catcher. Matty and Bresnahan are used to each other's modes of play In every respect, no matter how . minute, and they operate together like a piece of well oiled machinery. It la stated that Manager McGraw would not take $25,000 for the MathewsonBresnahan battery. Mathewson was never better In his career than he was the past season. B had all his old speed and everything else that has made him famous. He proved conclusively this year the assertion ef ten ' made that he is the greatest twirler in baseball. Matty led bit league In pitching, winning thlrtyflrt out of forty-four games and striking out over 240 batters. In 1905 Matty was hailed as the greatest pitcher of them all. Nasal diphtheria laid him 1o in 1006. and it was not until the middle of the 1907 Reason that he fully recovered. The friends of Mathewson will never forget the summer of 1906, when "Big Six," as he Is familiarly called, went to the slab repeatedly In a heroic effort to shake off the effects of the antitoxin treatment. Try as be would, ha simply could not round into form, and clubs whleh ha had easily beaten In former years drove him to tha bench time and again. One day he went in against Chicago and was slaughtered In tha first inning. The Giants were beaten that day by a score of 19 to 0. In a later game with the same team he was called on by McGraw to stop a batting rally. The bases were full at tha time, and Jimmy Sheckard hit the first ball Matty pitched for a home run. Matty threw down' his glove and went to the clubhouse without a word. He won a few games during the season, but showed little of his real class, and didn't do a great deal better In the at' '5 04 v .. 15 It CATCBU BOOKS BRKSNAHAN AIO PITCH KB CHRISTY MATHSWSOK, ORXATST BASSAXA SATTKBX OF THK TKAJU season of 1907, although on one occaion at th Polo grounds he ahut out Chicago -with two or three atingy hits. Roger Bresnahan. the big Toledo detective who plays ball In the summer time, la one of that small, small group of great backstops. He knows baseball as few , men know it, and e has the build and the force to put his knowledge into action. ; He Is quick to the weakness of a batter and know how to play o it.. Roger is a quick and accurate thrower, and be knows howto hold a base runner to his bag. In hia clumsy shin guards and wind pad. his head in a wire cage, through which at InterTals comes a stream of reproof, and comment as he fusses around the plate, he suggests some grotesque oTergrown hen trying to get the family In oat of the rain.v And generally he succeeds. ' 1Id What n yon going to wear to the parry this evening? Fan Everything that you've told me isn't becompg to aie. Chicago New-..

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JIMSY SMITH, EMMA "Paid in Full." Gennett. The New York Globe, in speaking of Wagenhals and Kemper's production of "Paid in Full" says: "The quality which makes 'Paid in Full' of value is its absolute fidelity to the little things in life. One might have been watching a room from which the fourth wall was removed. The characters are severely interesting. They are familiar types grouped around a familiar topic, and if the ultimate conclusion leaves something to be desired, one can only further compliment the author on his faithfulness to a popular point of view. Such criticism as can be raised against 'Paid in Pull' cannot be applied wholesale. We cannot close without a line to Mr. Kemper, under whose direction the play was staged. He moves in the same orbit with Mr. Beiasco. There is an ease and anturalness in 'Paid in Full' which does credit to the American stage." "Paid in Full" with a brilliant cast LL TEAMS ARE MADE Many Steps Necessary in Preparing the Big College Eleven. WORK FOR CANDIDATES. GENERAL PUBLIC HAS BUT A VAGUE IDEA OF SEVERE TRAINING GRIDIRON MEN HAVE TO UNDERGO DURING SEASON. Few except those in the game realize what the early days of the training season mean to the football players. While the days are still uncomfortable with summer heat the football playet begins the first course In the preparation which Is to harden him for the big contests scheduled three months away. This preparation varies in a multitude of ways. Some combine business 4, u V, "ft " v X CAPIAIX -r. H. BT7RB OF THE HABVARI . FOOTBAUi TZAH. Captain T. H. Burr of th Harvard !?vm hs one of the Crimsons' maints for two years. He is a uplendid t Uae alyr tad jcood jiunurj

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BROOKS AND CAPT. WILLIAMS IN of players will be seen at the C.ci nett J theater tonight. The engagement will j be notable. Chauncy Clcott. Gennett. lake a breath from the heather-clad j hills of Inishannon is (he atmosphere j of "Ragged Hcbin." which comes here j to the Gennett, Friday night. Th:1 an-1 thors. Rida Johnfon Young and Rita j Olcott have invested it with a Celtic' spirit that is hard to define, hut which lends it an indescribable charm. It is a true and delightful picture of prai-ant life in the Emerald Isle, in tho days of our great grandfathers. J Vaudeville New Phillips. Fete Baker, the Mario trio, and good music that, is the bill at the New Phillips this week. Mr. IJakev is the inimitable German comedian, and he has the dialect down so pat. that if you didn't know him personally you would swear that he is a son of "Uer Vaterland." But he is not the muster of and training by selecting a vocation which gives them plenty of hard work in the open air, while others in perhaps more fortunate circumstances train a few hours a day on the outskirts ol some seashore or mountain summer re sort. Under tha supervision of their cap tain, coaches and trainer the more se rious work is begun. For the first few days little is attempted beyond th kicking and catching of the football, ruuuiug practice to improve the wind and endurance of the candidates and possibly an occasional lineup for illustrative purposes with all scrimmage work eliminated. At the beginulng of the second weel; the half hour of practice is lengthened Into twice the time, and, while the ru dimentary instruction is continued tackling, defensive and offensive for mations and a little scrimmage work are injected Into the training. The mile or more run around the track, followed by shower baths and a rubdown, closes a day's work. Kext the scrub, or second team, as it is known, is called into oieratiou, and the practice begius to acquire the as pert of a regular football game. As th players of the two teams contend under the watchful eyes of the coaches the latter point out and rectify errors in form and tactics which the players may develop. The training table Is started and the rubbers begin to be called Into use at the end of each afternoon's work in order to massage away the bruises and strains incidental to the practice. Then come the preliminary games of the season, which, with the afternoon's practice each day. keep the candidates we'l occupied between the close of recitations and the dinner hour. By the middle of October both the coaches and trainers know the physical and mental peculiarities of theii charges and fit the training schedule to meet their requirements so far as is possible. The squad of perhaps sixty-five candidates has been reduced 50 per cent by the elimination of those unfit from one cause or another to stand the strain of football play, and the remaining candidates are beginning to be divided Into those mystic sections known as varsity and second squads. Now approaches the period when, with the big games less than a moi.th away, the eleven players with their individual ability and playing peculiarities must be welded into a perfect football machine that acts with resistless force at the command of the quarterback. Afternoon practice is augmented by early morning work, consisting of drop kicking, tackling and other features of the play In which certain members of the squad may be deficient. Thus the men who win mention during the premier games of the football season round into form for the struggle which brings victory and defeat on the gridiron. Hunters say it Is very rare for mother foxes to leave all their young In one place. It la their cunning habit to scatter'the family, one and two In widely separated retreats. It is said, too, thai foxes will not rob roosts close to their dens, but will go miles away for food sad carefully hfeU Uudx trails,

"PAID IN FULL." ' he Orrnun dialect alone, as in his last song, he uses ten accent, Ik?- .Ma;io trio's act s-houhl not be U!i;-scd by any one that appreciates strength ar.d skill cti the bars. This trio l as stunts that Hie most finished c.crobnts talk at. Without a nuestiun il I-, the f:fiite:-t j:c rformailce of this na.ture that, ha-: b (r!t ever seen at this bouse. The bill lucks not for good music. Miss Ki la Hruiitdi. a mo;-:t polished violinist, wLo had an offer to be soloist for ttousa. wlien hfr hcali.li broke down, is on the circuit tor a short ran. She was a i-tiKic-nl of the teacher cf Kubelik. a ad from him has n most hearty ircomrneii'b'iion. She is one of the few who can charm an uncsthetic audiciics without the tricks usually resorted to by the average vaudeville artist. Her playing is high class. Miss Helen Wult.irs sines well, and with a good voice. She has left the cheaper gia.de of music for those whose voice cannot sing others, and adds to the high tone of the performance. WHO WILL WIN? NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Von Lost Pet Chicago !1S .V .041 New York 07 .".5 .;:!8 Pittsburg fts r.6 Philadelphia sJ 71 .!i:iG Cincinnati 7;; SI .47" Boston :! n .412 Brooklyn r.:j 100 .:?47 St. Louis 40 10."j .:J18

AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won Lost Detroit . .90 C:5 Cleveland 90 01 Chicago SS 04 St. Louis 83 09 Ho.ston 74 78 1'hilaclelphia 67 84 Washington 64 85 Xew York 51 100 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. .338. National League. Xew York 4; Boston 1. Philadelphia 9; Prooklyn 4. American League. Detroit 7: Chicago 0. Clove-land 5; St. Louis 1. i'oston 11: Xew York 3. Washington 3: Philadelphia 2. GAMES TODAY. National League. Boston at Xew York. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. American League Philadelphia at Boston. Xew York st Washington. Ci.o.vr. Wcrk. A curious note in "Pepys' Diary" refers to the unpopularity of hangmen in those days. Commissioner Pett. wito had traveled, told Pepys "how despicable a thing it is to be a hangman in Poland, although it is a place of credit, and that in his time there were some repairs to be made of the gallows there, which was very fine, of stone, but uohody could be got to mend it till the burgomaster or mayor of the towu. with all the companies o those trades which are necessary to b. used about thosse repairs, did go iu their habits with flags in solemn procession to the place, and there the burgomaster did give the first blow with the hammer ,upou the woodei. work and the rest of the masters of th. companies npou the works belonging to their trades that workmen mlgh. not be ::sh::n;ed to be employed upon dotnr of '" -- First Youth Scientists say that trees contribute to the heat in the atmosphere. Second Youth That's so. A birch has wH raanv a time. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY.

MISS GONMG STARS Musical Comedy Favorite Appears In "Marcelle."

BONIFACE AND JESS DANDY. Two Comodians In Strong Cast That Supports Miss Gunning In New Production at the Casino, New York. Story of tho Play In Detail. From Our New York Lramatic Correspondent. J "Marcelle," a musical comedy In two acts and three seeces, has oiH-ned at the Casino theater with Miss Louise j Guuning In the stellar role. Tho book is by Frank Tixley and the score by Gustavo Luders, who for the Crst time is coatributh: to the Shubcrts list of : attractions. All the sceues of the cotuedy are laid in tlx little German feudal ! town of Dtrph6f nnd thus permit of i picturesque settings and costuuiins. Mti;s dunning looks as attractive as she usually does on the stage anj sings an J acts with decided excellence The authors have nothing new to ofj fer in the matter of k!ea. but It is claimed that they lmrc treated their : story in a novel manner. There js an ancient blue law in Kerghof which specifies that the possessor of an estate shall deed it at the end of twenty year-! to a ncile heir. Now, this L; ; orab-'rrrissing to Von Rcrghof. head of j the V'ilijie, for tho reason that the ; stork lias passed him by and fie is as ! barren of heirs as r.n tel is of fur. To ? - A' . A W3 'FT-f I.OCISB GOrSIN-Q. make matters worse, his nephew Keri,

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servant, who is too old to get things straight, takes the first train to Paris and in due time returns, but not with a male heir. He has captured a charming girl, and it becomes her duty to act as both son and daughter. As sou the poses as heir; as daughter she makes violent love to Karl, who has reached the town accompanied by his solicitor. The complications which follow Include a duel with a pseudo son and a series of love plots with village maid ens. In the end the pseudot heir Is vanquished, and Mareelle, as the son- j daughter is called, marries Karl, who isn't a half bad chap once you got to , know him. Thus the old man's fortune ' is kept In the family, and every one Is made happy. j Miss Gunning Is ably supported by I Jess Dandy, Frank Rnhworth, Law- j rence Wheat, Herbert Cawthorne, Hen- j ry Vorman, George Boniface, Jr., Rob- : ert O'Connor, George El worth Heed, David Bennett, Miss Klsa Hyan. Marion Ford. Miss Xettic Black. Miss Edith Girvan and Miss Lena Anderson. ! PvOBEIlT BUTLER To Hold Fights In New Orleans. Xew Orleans once more is a bidder for tho best fights obtainable among ; the glove men of the country. This time the fights are to be taken out of the city and decided across the river In a new arena now being constructed in McDonoughville, La. Army and Navy Games. West Toint plays only nine games this year, and the navy plays thirteen games. Annapolis has hard games with the Indiana and Harvard, while the West Pointers play Yale and Princeton, although cutting out Cornell. The first gold coin called a sovereign was coined In the reign of Henry YIIL The present sovereign, as current at 20 shillings, was fint issued in 1617.

The "Professor' Visits the Country . ' We furnish the I on Also "Duty or Revenge" " r lmmense SCenC

NEW YORK WAITERS.

They SpoiTed the Appetite of the Transplanted Citizen. These New Tork waiters have got on my nerves." said a transplanted citizen from a smaller town. "Dining In the magnificent hotels and restaurant: would be a Joy If some one would kindly remove the waiters while you ste. I cn think of nothing but the big. black buzzards that hover over your head In Florida. "There are so many waiters standing around, all in black, and they look so big and get their faces or their hands so close to you and your dinner that you feel like throwing the china at them. Vhea your waiter has disappeared a smaller edition keep right after you. f.IMug your glass, removing dishes, giving you more butter, and if you look away from him the head waiter has his eye on you. "The most maddenlug thing of all to me is the way the waiter orders your dinner for yon. One took me in hand the other night, and I let him have his way just to see what he would do to me. I hate fish, but he averred that fish was the best thing 1 could eat and one particular dish was the chef's mas terpieee. He brought it aud. je gods, it was fish all greasy with a dope made of cheese and mushrooms that about finished me: but. fortunately, he only let me take two bites when he whisked my plate away and set down a salad that had several kinds of fruit laced to lettuce leaves, with strips of red and green peppers and French dressing over that. I barely looked at that when he took it away in triumph and gave me an ice cream thick with chestnuts and fruits. . "Now. I dine on rare roast beef, plain lettuce and never take dessert, bo you see bow near he came to suiting me. 'Come again, sir." said he. 'Not If I'm conscious, said I." New York Times. Blue Drinks. "Champagne Is jrolden," said a bartender, -!eir is amber, claret Is red. cream of mint is green, whisky is brown, punches are white, but you will never, never find a drink that Is blue. Doesn't the thought of a blue drink seem unpleasant to you? "Blue drinks could be easily made, but the public would have none of them. Nothing bine would go down with tho public. Why is this aversion to blue so general? Many reasons have been advanced, but none of them Is good. One is that blue, being the color of poison bottles, incites distaste and horror." New York Press. Even the Hash. Kmbarrassed in the fashionable restaurant by the menus written Jn French, the Wall street man of busl ness exclaimed: "Hang these froids. entrements and bors d'oeuvresl Bring me a plate of good plaiu hash if you've got such a thing on the premises." "You mean an olla podrlda. sir,' said the waiter in a tone of dignified reproach. "And afterward?" Cincinnati Enqn'er. Water bills due Oct. first. 28-10t

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THE GREAT 11 V n rs In New York "Success" - Xew 3 fnililTJYork Herald. "Season's bess find." A 1 1 a 1. Dale, American. "Exception a 1 1 j absorbing dra ma." Times. "Big dramatic hit." Acton Davies, Sun.

Brilliantly Cast and Staged. Greatest Dramatic Snecesa In 20 Years. Most Important Theatrical Event ol the Season. Seat Sale Oct. 5. at 10 a. ra. Prices, 23c to $1.50. NOTE Mall orders for seats accompanied by check will be accepted now and tilled In order received. , Address Mrs. Swisher. Box Olllce. Gennett Theater.

GENNETT THEATRE Harry G. Sommers, Lessee and Manager. FRI DAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 9 AUGUST PITOU PRESENTS

Chauncey Olcott

By Rida Johnson Young in Colaboration with Rita Olcott. Laid at Innishannon, Time, 1830.

HEAR OLCOTT'S NEW SONGS "Tha Eyes that Cam From Ireland." "If You'll Remember Me." "Sweet Girl of My Dream. "The Laugh With a Tear in It." and "I Used to Believe in the Fairiea. SEE The Good Little People The Fairy Host The Banshee The Vill-o'-the-Visu and the Wealth of Beautiful Scenery, including The Big Bog Scene. Prices, 23c to 51.50. Sale opens 10 o'clock. Wednesday morning. Box Office.

Wrestling Champions Meet at Phillips Theatre Friday, October 9th TERRIBLE TURK and Delewuck, the Mad Wrestler Best In three falls. Seats on sale at Simmons Cigar Store and Phillips Theater.

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Lowest Call and sea Gilbert T. Dunham 627-629 Main St. Wanted -50 Men To try our GUARANTEED Work or $1.50 Dress Shoes Notice Our Windows J. Will Mount & Son 529 Main St. Richmond. Ind. INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE i LOANS, RENTS g t W. H. Bradbury & Son Room land 3, WootoottBlk J HOME MADE BREAD Baked by Mrs. Burke. Telephone for a Trial Loaf. HADL.EY BROS.' PHILLIPS 11 THEATRE Vaudeville Week o! October 5th. The Mario Trio Celebrated Novelty Gymnasts. Pete Baker Ol "Cbris and Lena Fame. 4 Other Big Acts Admission 10 cents. Reserved seats S cents extra. Kor3f1 For Indigestion. m'v-' Relieves tour stomach, palpitation of the heart Digests what you eat TONIGHT AMERICAN PLAY S Months In Chlcaao "Absorbing.Burns Mantle, Tribune. "Strikes home." A. I, Hall, Journal. "Triumphed." Percy Ham mond. Post. "Great Warren. . Mclntyre, American. 135 : 'p,s Ragged Robin Play Scenes FOR FXJFM