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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 9

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THE DETROIT REE PRESS WEDNESDAY MARCH 1910 NEWS THE SPORTING WORLD STAR MEN A DAILY DIVERSION AIL TO MAKE GOOD SCHMIDT WOULD 'HUSTON AGAIN ENTER THE RING BEATS POSTAL BAXKLINS a into the handicap coveted JuEO MORIAR1TY 41 OWEN BUSH IN wrong TRAINING CAMP 1 the COLLEGE HINE SINGLE POINT IS Antonio WILL BE AST MARGIN Best)? Banner WILL BATTLE ON MARCH 23 Exclusive it over there 5 Cent Spring Styles Season 1910 The Banner EARLY ORDERS Detroit Distributors WINDSOR ATHLETIC CLUB SCHNEIDER eatables 475 477 WOODWARD AVE Phone Grand 3860 City1p98' Woolens Ready to W' ear Clothing Hats urnishings Come to Us asse Tailors a Haberdashers Crowley Mito Company Clothiers Hatters Cor Grand River Ave and Griswold St MADE BEST BRIAR weight The regulars are to be in line and Ilughie trip to ort out Hlff are AND WIND High Grade been battle AND WI make up best the Hand Made 8 3 0 2 2 6 5 0 a fancy for balls the inside such as batsmen to hitat He picks out these CAPT 1TZGER ALD arm seemed but mindful last season Vsi the oc the 14 I A Pittsburg March 15 Stanley Ketchel champion middleweight will meet' rank Klaus of this city at the Duquesne Gardens here one week from tomorrow night The date has 'finally been decided after a num ber of postponements because Ketchel claimed he could not get Ketchel arid his' trainers are on the way from Hot Springs to Pittsburg and are ex pected to arrive tomorrow afternoon He will be quartered at the Oakland Athletic club where he will train Klaus Is train ing in New Jersey 4 SPEED RECORD: TRIALS' TODAY home hurlers did 2 0'i work but they could not associates from mak ngs for Detroit to profit tim Murphy Heaphy Downey Monahan Herbert Schulte Heaphy Kelley I ield the strongest last season with a form Hili win nave the pick of "his 1909 stars as a nucleus and several promising candidates a tryout Branderberg the star pitcher of last year's team will ba the mainstay in the box learns de siring games are requested to call Man ager Hill North 1927 1 or Oak 251 of and Johnson SNAPPY defense features contest Sleeting of Eastern A'' Eastern Athletic club again will be in the field with one of the best teams' in the history of the club and Intends to make all teams' in' its class All of last players will be out for their jobs as well as several new men whom Manager Bass has signed for the year Eastern already has ar ranged a fine schedule of games several of which will be played out of the city The schedule now is being completed by the manager and any fast teams in the city desiring dates should get in touch with Bass at 449 Parker avenue All members of the club are requested to attend a meeting tonight at the above address as there are several matters of importance to be decided among which is the selection of uniforms Black Monahan 2 Baskets from 5 in 11 Heaphy 4 in ouls committed Kinsel 14 Average CAN NOT DISLODGE THE COSMOS 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 I 11 9 15 Either Lelivelt Nor Har den Is Strong But inneia Mania for Double lays Saves Tallies Only One of 14 Local Quintets Rolling in inal Squad Gets Into the Se lect Circle CADILLACS INISH 5 SIXTH WITH 2807 llnae HunoinR la Good riean league hopefuls are around the sacks on any Continued on Page Eleven LARRY PICKED AS PARTICULAR VICTIM i vort WorthTex March attendance was again very light 'There is morning practice here but max be at Dallas during the two days there A longer work opt than usual precedes1 the game Indianapolis has wired permission to play In San Antonio on Monday and Tuesday and has beengranted the same by the Detroit' manage ment This trip the Tigers are not play ing in any great luck on bookings Thursday' their first day in Dallas is "Dallas Day" at the? ort Worth cattle show here That help any 1 Lathers is not 'having much hit ting luck ort Worth having failed blngle here However' he walked twice today though he did not His fielding has been brilliant Kirk did some brilliant fielding tut had a bad day at the bat he is a left hander and Is that he will see a right hander some after noon showrhe can hit the star noara slingers Simmons has pitched high on they hand weak in self defense Model with topwinjl shield speedometer clock and full equip ment Call and see it a bargain and you will want it SI? NOW HASrNEARLY 200 POINTS ADVANTAGE Dubian is tbe Winner William Hill "was defeated by Du bian winner of recent pool tourn ament last evening Hill was to have played 125 balls' to 100 but was three short of this number when his opponent ran out Special to The ree San Antonio Tex March 15 Another ad dition was made to the Tiger lair tonight in the arrival of Owme Bush This leaves but three of the regulars to report The arrivals of last night in company with Delehanty Beckendorf Mullin and Dono van journeyed out to the electric park ball lot twice today and indulged in light practice Infield work and batting and a few sprints around the ball lot com prised the extent of the work Mullin is in great shape and has run in from the park the last two evenings Killian Summers and Willet took turns today pitching a few slow ones to the bat ters The workouts will be light for the next few days until the soreness wears off attendant to the first few prac tice Ownle Bush weighs 158 pounds and car ries several pounds or extra weather is perfect and the taking every advantage of it fettle when the youngsters Jennings return from a road Worth and Dallas next Saturday head has with germs that tell whip any ball player wore spikes Schmidt doubly serious in this thinks he stands a against any of the so called heavy weights barring Tries pretty shifty with his a fact He has been foul line where the distance shorter The Wisconsin played very classy ball in partments Another Tiger is belfig by the Texas league Gard ner of the Dallas club would like tp get Kirk though he has made no proposition There is no chance as Kirk was in faster company than the Texas league last season' being with a class club JLelivelt was due to bat in the fifth inning with two on and two out and his i pitching' stunt ended McIntyre suggested that Jennings hit and the crowd took it up Hughie missed one fouled another and smashed the third one towards left Salazar third baseman brought: the ball down one hand re covered and threw his man out Hughie tried 'to slide around the first baseman who was' pulled off the bag by the hurried throw but was out WLUilg must be the that when he leaves to join the! chances ior petroit youngsters HAVE nADi i sas March noment the priri ihe junior Jen to be to win regard as a fore to see if they opponents This to ort Worth to 0 despite the itching was not ose egg variety of the young oiinted for the set wed on tne uuiur his was tne imra rhe lime bucket 'ew York having I for his and says he gets more hits I off them than off good balls i home run drive was to deep left while all of those made by the New players were near the Is much leaguer all de A Sold by best Sh bps AwG' SIZES SHAPES the pivot man in two line stops bv Lathers then went high into the arrd a seemingly certain a man to Lathers Simmons made the a great throw to tabbing a grounder and mer going to third base" 1 another threatening nipping a runner off first 'an't pitched himself out other bad spot were quite in pretty of his ex lie did lit elving on his suonort wo men but in the main I to have good control Harden Often in Trouble was on the slab for the ius year and acted as arm is not quite right as in trouble in every one but when he tight exerted himself he was to any effect th elected to allow the iook at some more left both men used being Neither "got anything siiDDort or the score te been much smaller ais nrst basing was spe lous neitner man oemgat help to his'team Un antners get together a me up than have at i eh will not be while the nere the local outfit will strong enougn to rorce Detroit team to extend High Bun Is 23 high run was 23 made in inning while on another ran 17 and twice hit in Trtctsr run was block will be played in De Charley Wants to Go 20 Hounds and Will Back Himself With Regular Money Special to The ree Press Worth Ark March 15 The pugilistical bee is buzzing in the bonnet of Charley Schrnldt De sturdy 'backstop anj become filled him he can who ever says is matter ana good chance has one fault that "he will have to correct a tendency to leave the sack too quickly when he takes a throw Casey just breaking into the home run class his two base hit landing on the fence about five feet i oeiow tne railing it was mt to deep left Immediately after game here the team will take an interurban car to Dallas getting supper at 'that city There are Thursday and riday games at the neighboringtown Manager Jennings Trainer Tut hill and the war correspondents are wearing the button of the St Louis stockyards They ory members of that body which Is now in session here Drake had the jinks on ort first basers' all four of the errors of that ibag being made on him Three were bad throws i on ground balls and the other a miss off a toss to get him off the bag 1 Harry Ball must have given up his ridea of turning around which he tried at San Antonio He has faced three left handers here and hit left handed against all of them His catch that ended today's game was the outfield feature If the locals could get a few more' raw hands they might do 'better Pendleton reported today and got into the game immediately The first ball pitched to him was hit for a clean single and he got two more later He was on the 1909 team: Af far as two observation might indicate the Detroit club playing here now without any aid from the vets now at San Antonio could go into the American associ ation or Eastern league and hold up its end It would be In the first division in either McIntyre got two cleanhits and a pass off first left hander but was baffled the other one The latter Pickens was 'pitching the first game he ever went into against any league club major or minor He looked pretty good for a raw hand Detroit must be bad medicine for ort Worth Last year the number one team was ibooked here on a Saturday and the town came near burning down This afternoon just before the game a big fire broke out just across the' track from the park and did a few thou sand of worth of 'damage to a furniture manufacturing plant Wednesday March 16 Curtain Raiser 4 Rounds 118 lbs YOUNG DUPONT (Detroit) Detroit team his absence will cause the miners to forsake' his thirst parlor here erns is also an ex miner and with him 'slinging the hops Schmidt believes his absence Will not cause any interference witji his trade I already has started an ath letic club here and Schmidt who has delayed joining the Detroit team for two weeks is an active pupil He works out every day and is in fine condition His work is a surprise Today he went ten I rounds with erns and then an I nounced that he was ready to fight any ball player in the bigleagues Open to AH Comers want a fight and I want it says Schmidt am open to meet any heavyweight ball play er in the two big leagues I want a crack at that bone headea Larry McLean of Cincinnati If I get a fight I will insist on 20 rounds or more I am willing to put up from $500 to $2000 on my 1 on hT rn Ola ior the bout ana bid It would determine the among self would lively heavy weight chamoionshin major league ball players and might furnish material for the worlds championship i Of course the fight be held until after the close of the coming season but I will be jin shape three weeks after Right says erns who will officiate as manager and trainer if a bout is securedSchmidt is as good as Tommy Burns ever was and he can lick Burn'jteasy thick Schmidt has tt right stuff7 in hirrfyriW'''T am willing to back him on a chance againstany man in the big leagues Now if McLean or any other player wants some' of our game let them come DETROIT COLLEGE BASEBALL CAPTAIN Hill's Athletics Athletics one of local amateur: teams of again will be inithe Held laaoie aggregation Oscar Roeder of Kansas City Takes Second Place In All Events One Pin Behind Richter After 18 days of continuous roll ing during which time no less than 401 five men teams struggled for the honor of being called champion and the rich prizes offered by tho American Bowling Congress the' Cos mos of Chicago who hit for a toxaf of 2SS0 on March 5 are now the crowned leaders and will carry back to the Windy City the sum $S00 allotted to the winning team in his event When the Tolling had been finished last nighty none showed a count big enough to tumble the Chi cagoans from their lofty position and along with the Lipman Bonds urniture City's Century? Gun thers Ansons idelias and Standards the name Cosmos' will appear as champions of the A After all others had failed De troiters pinned their faith in the squad of 14 local teams that took their stand last night like many of their predecessors they failed to show the ability that would bring the top honors to this city In this squad were 14 of the best teams that Detroit boasts but of them all the Cadillacs alone were able to get a look in on the first 10 The city champions 'under the leadership of George Whitmarsh did the best they culd and their effort was productive of sixth place Continued on Page Eleven Canadian Trims Bonhag New York March 15 John Tait the craz middle distance runner of Toronto Canada simply romped away from George Bonhag of the Irish American Athletic club in a special mile match race at the annual games of the New York Ath letic club at Madison Square Garden to night Tait won by 30 yards or more in the record time of The former Amer ican Indoor amateur record for the dis tance was 657 being held by Bonhag RANKfJN Capt itzgerald Brown Rutter Merker I Merker Ro bar Harry Kinsel will referee the game EXHIBITION GAMES Hot Springs Ark March Boston American regulars 5 7 5 second team 3 9 1 Brooklyn National regulars 4 second team 0 6 3 New Orleans March 15 Cleveland Amer icans 10 2 Chicago Nationals 4 5 2 Mitchell Kefstner and Clarke Carson Knapp and Moran Waco Texas March 15 Indianapolis 3 hew York Nationals II The Last Word on Winter Clothing Today the Stocks Are Sorted Up? and the Remaining Suits and Overcoats Worth Jefferson Avenue Institution Has I Wealth of Good Material This Year Buffalo Boat Averages 3036 Miles an Hour in Trial Palm Beach la March 15 With three well contested events and Ideal weather conditions the sixth annual motor boat regatta of the Palm Beach Power Boat association opened today Jack Rabbit won the Black and White cup of the American Power Boat asso ciation in the open handicap race In which there were ten' entries In the speed record trials Courier II won the Palm Beach $500 cup with an average of 3035 statute miles per hour Diana won the speed contest for lorida boats thirteenth caslon he Ivories for trolt riday night and the match will be concluded in Ann Arbor Saturday i The score for the two blocks already played Is: Huston 500 Postal 304 To night's Summary: Huston: "i 0 0 3 23 12 0 0 2 1 6 1 4 8 0 4 7 8 15 21 0 11 17 6 1 2 250 HiKh 23 17 15 15 brs Postal 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 13 0 High run 14 ranklin Settlement team haa working had for Its scorning with the Spalding five which takes place in the gym Wednesday even ing The ranklins promise to give the Sport the game of their lives The river front boys have7 not played since they defeated the' Solvav team three weeks ago but have been 'working hard together and are now in fine con dition The game will be 'for the bene fit of the Settlement and tickets now are on sale at the Spalding store 234 Wood ward avenue Capt itzgerald has shift ed himself to forward and will work there with Brown as his mate I and Merker Baker will loolj after the defense end of the team with Rutter at center Manager Grogan will use his full regular steam as he expects a tough game The teams will: line up as "fol SPALDING 2 5 0 0 Ann" Arbor Expert Increases Lead Over Detroiter in Sec ond Block Tide at Daytona Prevents Instal lation of Timing Appara tus op Tuesday Daytona la March 15 The automo bile record trials scheduled for the Day tona beach this afternoon were 'postponed until tomorrow on account of the tide coming in too rapidly to admit of timing appartus to be put In working condition Barney Oldfield Un his 200 horsepower Benz George Robertson In the Christy racer and: David jBruce Brown in a 120 horsepower Benz exhibition miles with no time being VS THE CUBAN (Detroit) i Semi inal 6 Rounds 127 lbs PAT DROUILLARD (Windsor) vs YOUNG SHARKEY (Detroit) Windup 8 Rounds 124 lbs EDDIE NELSON (Windsor) vs BIZ MACKEY (indlay O) "Thomas Touring Car was well satisfied showing and had no vain re worried a little end of the game York in five not make less than anv day Detroit this when the ninth John Ness the Wis aiker who played fine attended to the affair the longest homerun have seen in a spring i prodigally productive rs After that they get the game over Pciroit Pucher Take it Easy ed two pitchers one of velt was not anxious to ances with bls arm at and the other of whom anoarcntly is riot ready yet was in a lew possiote tiations but their support ved the enemy to death than four of these coni ngs were pulled off the to which attention esterday being mainly COURIER II IS SPEEDY Good judges tell us that in everything that goes to the ideal assortment we compare favorably with the large cities of the east have to offer We would "suggest that the many gentlemen who wjll come to us for their MadeAo Order butts do so as early as convenient with the assurance that by so doing they will derive a greater satisfaction than later on at the height of the season course Jef Schmidt qs dukes fnrjl 'minpr and bears the reputation of the best m)t artist among the pick and shovel gangs of Arkansas Among the late entrants toSchmidt's athletic menagerie here is rltube erns former middleweight no special effort scrapper In getting hold ot terns 1 QUlK 1 Dff in 2 lot uioyicijo mo Xrf XV base thieving I ness Most of trade lies 4 UUIUUq LHC LAJCLX JI I1C led M4 Husky Detroit Backstop Issues Challenge to ight Any Ball Player Living Riversides Just Manage to Nose Out I by Score of 22 to 21 Coached on by a collection of wild rioters the Riverside and I basketball teams battled in frenzy last evening at the A gym The result was a victory by the closest of margins single point the final count being 22 to 21 Though the victors led from the start to within two minutes of clos ing time they were all but nosed out in the dying moments when Herbert tied the score at 21 all with the last field basket of the game A few seconds later Jack Kinsel scored the point that prevented an overtime battle by successfully ne fourth straight free shot of the second A It was a rough and tumble match from start to finish so much i so that Referee rank Lerchen had to let much of the fouling go uncalled It started Cut very much Riverside that is when the scoring did start It was about seven or eight minutes before a field basket was scored then Al Walker for the Riversides scored three field baskets In suces sion giving the Riversides a fairly comfortable lead the count standing 9 and 4 Hereabouts Schultz was hurt forcing Heaphy to guard and placing Downey at forward Then in the last five minutes of play the Council boys started a which Herbert Mono han and Downey each scored once from the field This would have tied the count at the close of the first half but for a field basket by Black well which made the count and 10 Riversides Geddls Starts It Geddis opened the field scoring in the second half A foul by Monohan worked in before the Riversides scored again from the field this one by Schaefer Kinsel increased the lead by a couple? from the foul line and' the rivals worked along at this distance for some time then about six minutes to go the I opened another spurt which all but cost the Riversides the game some erratic work from the foul line by Monohan spoiling a swell chance They died game however but their best was a tie which as said before Jack Kinsel Droke in the last minute In the preliminary contest the I Reserves defeated the Trinity Athletic club in a one sided game 2S to 12 Bergand Teahen the de fense men for the 'victors featured The summary: RIVERSIDES Blackwell Scliaeter Kinsel Geddis Walkr inal score Riversides 22 Score first half Riversides 12 10 Baskets from field Walker 3 well 2 Schaefer Geddis Herbert 2 Heaphy Downey fouls Monanan in 11 8 Geddis 3 Walker 3 Schaefer 3 Downey 3 Monahan 2 Herbert 3 Heaphy 3 Referee rank Lerchen Anderson Scor Goldman Time of halves 20 minutes 0 14 5 1 0 14 2 5 5 9 1 0 2 i Average TOLD ABOUT THE TIGERS RAlTNn SPAI DINHS Local Draw Shots ail to Work Third Block Comes riday Special to The ree Press Arbor Mich March 15 SL Hus ton former state champion at 142 bil liards increased his lead over Harry Postal of Detroit tonight in the second block of the match for the IS 2 title The Ann Arbor man went game with a lead of 250 to 172 and immediately lengthened the Huston ran hfs 250 points tonight in 44 innings giving him theneat average of 576: Postal secured but 132 points av eraging 3 As has been the case with all of the tournament games played recently in the Huston5 Bros establishment tonight match drew a big crowd and as both men played well considerable enthusi asm was shown work tonight was in marked' contrast to his showing in the recent 142 tournament as hts av erage was better than lie secured at the easier style of game Iuston opened the scoring clicking ojt 9 in the first inning He then ran 7 13 14 and 5 before he missed thereby accumulating a lead on the second block from which the Detroit man was destined never to oust him Postal came strongly in only a few innings as his usually reliable draw shot failed to prove as effective as usual The winner played a good open table game his drives for position being the feature of the night worje Little Tiger Shortstop Joins Other Veterans at San Kindergarten Again es Whitewash to ort Worth Itself Scor ing Seven Runs We Take Great Pleasure in Calling Attention to Our Showing of the New ashions In With a number of last veterans back in harness and a host of ambitious yougsters striving for places Detroit College expects to have this season a baseball nine that will? be fully up to the high standard' of this? dia mond representatives Manager itzgerald hajs prepared a lengthy and attractive schedule which in cludes games with a number of state asr well as with local teams S' Leo Morlarity an experienced catcher' has heen captain and' the enthusiasm with' which he aiready 'has imbued the candidates justifies 'his choice for the position Claude Stark the local boy who has had several experience in professional ball "who will play with Hartford in the Cohnec this season will coach the squad until he joins the Nutmegstaters Stark should be? able to mold a formidable team from the materi al at his command and should have the like a machine in another month if the weather is at all favorable He has had much ex perience in coaching young players particularly pitchers being himself a catcher men ar out for the hurling squad Maiter' D'Haene' Keller and Martz All of these boys lack ex perience but each has shown prom ise of developing Capt Moriarity will do the bulk of the receiving with McLaughlin as understudy tns veterans llKluson fielder Haugue first base and gins and Cameron infielders to 'hold down places New men who look like good ber are Kent Raoaut Chambers Ratitran and The last mentioned played with the Villa Nova team' last year The College will play its home games on the A field and Will' bring some of the strongest of the' state teams here The men already have been working out in the gymnasium and as soon as the weather permits will begin outdoor practice If conditions are favorable the team should be in shape for games early in April SOLICITED OUR CUSTOMERS BEST TESTIMONY COMPLETE SATISACTION 2nd loor' Bowie's Bldg ormerly A)' Jim Hogan Is Dying Torrington Ct March After a con sultation of physicians late last night It wax announced today that the condition of James Hogan the former Tale football captain who is III at his home with nephritis is critical hope is held out for his recovery Cigar Mfg Co Splendid Chance for the Man Who Appreciates a Bargain At season? as would be naturally expected Winter Jines are badly scarcely more than three or tour Suits or Coats in any one style yet a fairly good choice in the aggregate $12 50 is the lowest priced Suit or Overcoat in the entire collection and most of them run from $15 to We will lose money on them of course at such price' as $775 but they will at least be an advertisement for the Store that will cause talk among men for some time to come There are 256 Suits in plain blacks blues I There are 85 Overcoats of black Kersey and and fancy materials sizes in the lot Men 'facY Scotch Bannockburns Plainer military Suits will certainly get bargains 1 collars for young and older men All sizes 32 $1250 to" $20 grades to 44 $1250 to $20 grades or dependable merchandise of all kinds pertaining to Men dress xf Ll i js Sf 'Luf' s' A 1 'Av '12 16 A illiLANhINfi OPPONENTS 1 1 k2 I 1 Tiger Hl Aor li jn Te Mn taeir BMd dr todu Ek 1 HHf net roit acLihi Ml 1 ir sorro lallies Atceai ked ofi MH nrxi elve Ml 'fnpv were Mb Iwatas ih EE did Hl riJia on i 0 9 MH beei tv da kill EE ph BB A A WuV A a niibLng "auk rr ible un 4 a cr a rui rnde i 'Ae 9B ij lit a i 1 ii WO titro 9 i ir arlv i of I i i I I A I I rw HSSST'a 'SsHHBB Va 1 MbME xY BBi j': a A A 'T 4 I I ElW 1 I Kxz 1 9 I I EC "1 i I I Is' I Ik 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