The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 291, Ed. 2 Sunday, April 1, 1906 Page: 6 of 8
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TDK OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAE, ST' \TAY MGXHIXG.-..PRIL 1. 1 M.
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i he Cream oi the Sporting News of the World for the Past Week 2551
TIUINhRS IA1.K Of
LOU Dl LL LIN'S ClKIRAGt,
i.ird llllil
Two World Famous Drivers at
New Orleans Discuss Charges
of Murray Howe and Claim
Turf Queen is a Fussy Thing
Chicago, March 81—Mark Demarest "
genii i J i ills >11 .the well known dtl.P
aro both at Now OrlcBii - ami are i-ho
ing r keen inter* st In the charges ni
by Murray Howe that Lou Dillon w
tampered with prior to her dfttat*in t
now notorial; • gold cud race ii Me npl
|:i\h (hi Si. Louis Globe-Democrats H<
men think Howes char
they point !• Howe ." ndm ssi..n in o
of his interview- in Ni-w Y<> k thai t
ru n e was suffering I nun tin i!ii:inps
the time of the rare ;i.s suffb ent n :i
for her defeat by Major Del mar.
"Why," paid Demarest, "the way th
talk one would Imagine that Major 1><
mar was a U horse. He Is as great
trotter as I ever saw an.I was irt« 1«m>
edly superior to l.oj I> !l<*n in < -urui
though perhaps lie had Imo t)« .• t.• n
, lo speed In triu! against i • wat-a. H
there was i • greal difference l tw
-them. A week before the K"ld*< up ran
lio trotted a mile it Lexington ugub t
thr wind In i-V1 • about is good a null
a.- T ever saw trotted, Lou Dilllon * a' <
gervous, fussy sort of a maie th t woiid
tiot stand hard .-auipa :gnmg. ..n<l
given a very hard preparation for t
rue—too hard, I thought.* She .lid not
teem to be at her 1 .^whiU- Maj >r pel-
mar was at t'a \.o > |.>|t ..f hi I."
Pcott Hudson, who stood by while Dem-
arest was talking, corroborated what lit
had lo say. In referring to the man *
courage Hudson said:
James J. Jeffries Was
Too luird a Hitter
|GIVt WU..K II)
• AiiMY Of Hth
This is the Argument Turfmen
Are Advancing Against the Re-
form Element Which is Trying
Highlander Talks for
T«NS DDI HW HRSI-
. CUSS BAIL PUYtRS
Young Ball Players
Clark Griffith Says the Prohibi-
ting of Sunday Ball Playing
Shuts Out Many Young Wen
From Earning a Living
(By Mat.)
New York, March 31.—In his recent talk
to tho members of the Iirteftlty rtaseball
association. Clark Griffith dwelt on the
value of 4H>lltlcal action by the organiza-
tion.
"In Chicago," said Griff, "e-Wy base-
ball man that has ever run for office has
been elected, and Cap Anson Is Included
In the number. 'IMie amateur and semi-
professional ballplayers of the city by
the lake are thoroughly organized, and
when they desire any action by a legis-
lative -body in their interest ti-* player*
wait on the* candidates aak them as to
heir ^ittit tide on the question at issue.
the c u didate <1 l.ires himself favorai
to the ball players he geta rtieir votes.
Otherwise the players vote and wonk
uKalnst tlie man. They are now recog-
nised .;a power In the politics of that
ind they are treat'-1 with fairness
and liberality,
"The same thing could be done here
quite {ie effectively. Of ' our. , there aie
not so many open places on which the
men can play here as in the wrst, bit
as the case jiow jjtari'l- V <■ • n .-p. '«
l.ere are o bar red to the players. The re-
sult Is that very few plajers of major
league caliber spring from localities In
the city of New rork. 8o far as the
Jsland of Manhattan concerned, the .
I do
Lo*
p imo marc. I <1 ■ ^ i unm
both her and Major Delmar. .i
forced the pace with the latter,
driving against the mare Millard Hand- i
would always tell me to 'take in k' i;
r night up to her. When th rutin,
would com© alongside she would K1 ' '''
cited and would not bucklo do i
harder work to got away n was the fa.-
with the Major. * In the « dd cup rji<
Major Pelmar went away v\
from the start and carried her a
half. When iibe moved up to him at
stage Major P«'linar drew away ag
and It looked to mo as though the n
Aid not have the heart to try again,
seeing he was beaten Mr. llillliiKS t
eased her up. Millard Banders was sti<
lug beside me while all this was going1
on. anil he said, its soon as In -aav M iJo- ;
pelmar take t ae lend: "Way, I told Mr
Hillings to go right to too front with that
mare.'* 1 told h.:m It was all rinht to
tell Mr. Billings that, but maybe he!
couldn't. It showed That flnnder had
lwgnn to doubt the mare's courage and
thought the way to drive her to get th
<best results was to keep her In front
from the start. T think Major I
carried her so fast he simply made her
stop.*
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BAN JOHNSON WANTS
A STRICT MEASURE
Favors Severe Penalty for Man
ngers Who "Cover up" Young
Ball Players
Cincinnati, O.. March 3l.~Presld«
Johnson of the American leagu
mined to stamp out the evil of
up" minor league hill pi .\
H isn't fair to the players to
from advancing In their pr >fes?
has proposed a strict law to ho
toy the national banebnll com
prominent turn
who were, d
Hoffman iioi
I day. "I would not attempt
r hut I'm
'hat in than lc.'Hip pers c.rt would l>e
. -mother. The r
Id bo completely stumped if
What would beconu
. the hnndl
Jockeys, valets ahd .
i who an
the lending owners? w nat
ho are busS
1 . ■ ket iking the tr.n hi*
. 1'nen there are the Pinki
! I':e nun *:i ,! iv • r. Jobs n t i* Plnk-
and do an
I work without tho sllgl
I Wnat of them? Ixiok at the number «r
Pi
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t1
lieetwriters, bookmakf rs
rs, track w
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ii:.* 11> yotmg m« n of meant
bill la
liar.I to bell
matter, tor it
BUNT IS GETTING TO BE
THING OP THE PAST
J A Ml:.5 j. jurpRiiis.
K>d boiler maker an«l
r1 ir flcbter fr m
MANY PLAYERS GO INSANE
1 ""'Good Hitters Not Being Asked
nniy i to bv Wide Awake Managers
MAKING OP A C AMFION
to be a rnnrnnlon
to 1
ong
Case of Clarkson Recalls Fate oi
Others
She s.uJ case or John Clarkson, tho r
Hit to Please Spectators
Too Strong to bo Boiler Maker, \
Jeffries Became Fighter
gen and McN
•s with niurd-
A bill to permit pool selling has met de.1 once famous p ' • r. wlip i incurably It n- • ' ta:i. M
I feat In tho Ohio legislature. The turf-: Insane and therefore doom id to pass the; t <jk their own Ih
"Parmer Jim" Jeffries, who earned con- men d,,n't care for permission All they i-rlef rem i nder of his Mfo In mental shocking
Bi<l era-tile fame and a trunk full of cur- want ,s n jaW , prohibits but do- s not gloom, re.al ■ the la-' t^iat not a few pray to h
rency by Jolting his fellow men, got his prevent. diamond luminaries have passed Into ob-! all maladies, diseasi
start as a tighter because he win
strong to work. (" no day when he
walboping a boiler in a shop at l.<
geleu he put on a few extra pou
steam and knocked a holo in a
piece of armor plate.
r ca-i
and suicide, while'
•r and fjsterbrook |
under more or li ss «
umstances. Well may men t
w-ired that most dreadful of ]
of mind!
t lie I
I • SH I
(By im Murnane.)
:u-on, Gm., March 31.— Ih the bunting
e ol' hatting growing unpopular with
players? Long uo the baseball pub-
llscounted this style of work aa be'.ow
• of mnjor Infill plljmtl, M
' ; Ihc Western Runners will Strengthen Olympic learn
&
■which will hold
both n
leagrfe mnnagers
In s
Heavy tine, susp
nnd forfeiture of
protect;
ors are the penalties
Johns.
mends.
President PullL
the
league and Oarr>
' Herrmann,
members of the
ision.
the same over the
« quest
ering up" of play
«*rs, an
d It •
they will lend th
elr CO-.
a pi lull
scheme with reat
Ul*a
t>nt plsyfrs at-
unjust b
f kept
tain class of the
tninoi
longer time than
their
nat • a
justify, and beyo
•nd doi
"covering up' will be a t
hlng o
fee fore many da > .~
•'I know." said
Johns
sgers in both the
Nation,
.ti and
leagues hove beer
players, and It is
should cease. I
time t
prop i
hat fh
so tlu
measures he a«*
commission t > put
ipted 1
>y lb.
V
the power vested
In tlu
clubs, and I am
in favo
f of h
altles for all v
rial to prev
It and Mr. rNilllam
An Mitomoblle Jo'-rnal Inform
♦ r* that the N. va ijV v''v e« «rt
and appeals has nxxllflcd an
restraining iwitocnob'Ie owners t
<ng more th in a half p ut In
P« ctlve.tank*f It will Inter
biliat* to know that the cour
refers only to faaollne.
I looked for
mp .it thnt time was Jan
w
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mwm&k-
litii s
GOOD ONES FROM WEST
Missouri Runners Will Compete
in Olympian Games
V>f ncff.ilo hav.
ItlU CU". gofl
•I
j >y
tob
*1 J J*V o VJ'l
r the ordinary
mix things u;
inn In four citVe cai rj- o it
e play with anything Ilk* professional
rtainty. There is notai|ig more <lis-
e s ng than to a h.inl hitting batsman
irtailed .in his work at the plate doing
imethlng lie han neither t ti: r
ability to perform well. <
Wc have seen the Boston players .•
practice ten do:-." this spring withou: - i<
a Kempt at bunting the ball, and it
strikes me thai Mariata]' Collins lias ia>! - .
look. -I I. e • i hi lies f. a advan ,t q
the teams' ;i<ging. Cutting out t ie
slugging ii would have been « good id. a
to ptaei e ill the other players on t m
bunt game.
per cent mr
stiok.
The leaders In both rnajer league tean.s
lnet season. New York, Pittsburg, Ath-
letics and Chicago*, were all bunting
teams, the <limits having for long drivers
Merta, lMnloti, MeGnnn and Brcanahan,
while the Athletics had Serbold, Murphy
and Harry Davjf. Pittsburg had Fred
Clarke and Wagner, while Chicago 1.
(Jeorge I avjs. Tarirhill and I'alhtiian.
Little base running Is neeessar ■ a
ball team of harj, long 'Ai.vei
send a man home from first base.
great ball player is the man who • an
bunt, place the ball and make a l n:
drive, and this is Jlnimle Collin.s grea:
value to the Boston Americans.
llow different w^th Frank S« leo when
handling the Boston champions Selco
was forever working out some scheme
and giving the players a private lecture,
completing a signal an i working
r rough out a cawpaign as if he were nble to
II,« brst Ktl'l 'or * co:intry' frwiloin s. l. p
r. 'on faurUip * theorllt, with Uwa cilli.d .town clover
io that ***** ""• * . • « !>• « l>'o
u. I treats enthusiasm among his players.
ITo win bail cat^es the players must
have "■* BEI
n Jonn
ng use-
appointed by the league, <nd the game*
• ako soored by leagui gfpoSntMf. so
that there is no chance for dispute ir
•i.., particulars.
i faet, the Saturday and Sunday
in Chi'ago arc conducted wit*
, n.o order \ sv.-ie'.n that \t observed •
• • major league contests. The same
gfow York, u|
tin i me is ripe for the effort "
BATTLER AND TERRY
ARE TO CLASH AGAIN
This Time the Route Will be
Longer and the Third Man in
Ring Will Have More Power
yltourko'.i ri.-w lab. nea
elphis, on Apr'l 2S. Real motley
amount of JG,<XO hoy been put up
; I . g\ ,r-1 :«t • M.a* be WOI
f tlie light. Tids evidence of go -d
nd
has com-
huslasm.
• rjahs a team of men with ordinal
V tv full of enthusiasm than to have
pick of the professionals w'ho wcr
rf. > i.' T ie indifferent l"4l plaj
ihr i i robe of the profession and
M-t under the wire only at m
e and salary day.
he major league clubs are already '
to unload their yonn- players to l'
mr leagues all over tho K.untty,
i v player will look for nn Increas
try as tho result f being even
rue l it M t < •* H has .. K-
j under the train shed at Ph i ideiphia a J ed up two \ery ( lever catclisrs In Peter- i
• .nner few -lays ««••. 'i i'< winner w ined ] son froiff l'.irrlsburg and Graham from j
in the i to the minute on righteous ind.gnatiou, the coast league * • I
Minnie Adams, the Dee^ winner, la
heralded ns a second Yo Tamblen, but
her pretentions are somewhat blighted by f
the time-frayed report that sho ran the
tulle and a quarter without dmwmg ; 4
. the wily Nolan
. a.-.on, owing to the pe. illar fact thnl
ORourke has been vainly trying for
some rime to start his club going with a
good fight, having had at one time of
4 other nearly even- fighter < f promi-
nence In the'country under consideration.
Every time so far, however. v meth:r®
has prevented the iniilal performance
and Nolan hss wisely d temunad to ta.ke
no chances.
It is a bad match, tho.igh, from any
standpoint. With twen / roiBadi before
him. Nelson can beat McOovern at 1 ts
leisure This much was generally cet «
iede.1 before the men met for Uit i; i l l*
ndelphia contest, •althoinh Terry w.i
licved to have a chs u thit bd"le
■ a account of hla supposedly auf' •if
speed. But the speed failed to materia*
Mr In the rn.it"| Of I •«
i i nch, nnd clinchli.-; tactic u wall n ;l
i. >• him In a longer battle .
Ii'.wever, If the fl-st light goei
ait any hitch, there will be an<
• two wi'eks Inter according to
t plans, thnt will • lowly res ml
ra who will hook up with S>
■ • Afexieun Is e-t ifnly ti I
mark Kelson hfiw beaten
< had an awful time •!
will, no doubt, be k« pt preltv
peeting the Li<k. Tl boys will
a 120, flQO irirve.
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 291, Ed. 2 Sunday, April 1, 1906, newspaper, April 1, 1906; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc126090/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.