BASE BALI.
5TORIE
WHY TRAVEL?
Schalk Is a worthy son uinl a bright
Ray tn the Sox lineup.
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Stealing a bus«> isn’t petty larceny.
Fans think It » grttud.
Before deciding on a business trip, see if the
long-distance telephone cannot save you the journey.
The belici' a rookie Is with the stick,
the better chance he has to stick.
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“Greatest »«•colui baaeiuan I ever
worked with." says Bam i oft of
Frisch.
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Th«> fruits of the hu«eba|l season for
a player who pulls boners are usually
razz berries.
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The Los Angeles club has transferred
Tex McDonald third baaeiuan. to
Wichita Fall«
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Pitcher Joe Cofllndaffer of the Birm
ingham Southern league team uouì
play bull this year.
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Home Kun Baker aaya the Yanks
will win the pennant. That's the Frank
opinion of It.
A long distance call is a round trip. You start
and return with your errand done, all in a few mo
ments and without the inconvenience, expense and
loss of time incident to travel.
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long-distance operator will quote you rates upon re
quest.
Get acquainted with the money and time saving
“station-to station” service, explained on page 3 of
the current issue of the Telephone Directory.
Save traveling expenses—Ask for Pacific Long
Distance.
Byrd I.y tin. who once caught foe
the ('hicago White Soi. now I« with
Salt Lake City.
Frank Brazil is likely to be one of
the main nut* that holds the 1‘hllllea*
machine together.
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Joe Oeschger Is a pitcher with the
Boston Braves. Bet you don't spell It
right on your scorecard
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Bribery of baseball player* has fc.-en
made a felony under a law pass«*,! by
the Missouri legislature.
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Perhaps Miller Hugxin« will play to
a full house this year. He s rvrtnlnly
got the ('ard» to draw to.
• •
A son of Bill Clark, once famous ball
player, is a freshman at Prtoceton try-
Ing for the freshman team.
The Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company
GRADUATION
stands out as one of THE events of a per
sons lifetime and Gifts chosen for this occa
sion should In* selected with the thought
of making this event memorable and the
donor remembered in the vears to come.
For this purpose nothing can take the
place of Jewelry. See our window for sug
gestions.
Some of rhe »core cards to be kept
by fans this coming «eason will make
wonderful bits of futuriat ari
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Now the story going the rounds la
th»t Connie Mack Intends to retire
from baseball after thl- season
Whether a man has just arisen
from a good night's sleep or
has just come from a hard
day’s work, a first class i?ath-
room presents more attrac-
tions to hint than any other
room in the house. All of our
plumbing fixtures are built to
look well and wear well.
ROBINSON AS YOUTH
PLAYED WITH TENER
Battery Mate Became Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania.
Played With Bultimor« When John
McCraw, Hughi« Jsnnlngs, Kasl
er, Kelly and Othsrs Made Ned
Hanlon's Orioles Famous.
Manager Wilbert Robinson, who
the second time In the year« l«sl
Brooklyn National league club's play
ers successful!) as pennant winners,
was born at Hudson. Maas. 5rt )«-ars
ago. For 3d years Robinson has been
Identified with tlu> national game
Away back In 1884 he was catcher
for the Haverhill (Mn«a) team. for
which at that time John Kinley Tenor
was one of the club* pitching stuff
During 1884 and the following season
Toner and Robinson proved to be an
effective battery. Many years later
Pitcher Tenor was elected governor
of Pennsylvania and afterwanl be
came the chief executive of the Na
tlonal Baseball league.
tn 188*1 Robinson jolnetl the Phlla
■ lelphla Athletic* of the American
usimw I h H oii iiik I In hla first major
league game a* catcher, scored the
only run made by his team, which was
beaten 4 to 1 by the New York Metro
politan*.
Robinson's fam«* as a catcher and
batter as well as a fust bn erunner I"
closely alll«*l with Baltimore where hr
»(•«•nt tnanj years of hl* baseball cn
reer. Rack In the 1*0'* with McGraw
Jennings, Keeler. Kelly and others
Robinson establish«*! an enviable rep
unit Ion as a great player when Ned
Hanlon's famous Oriole* won the
championship thiw year* in sueces-
«Ion.
After McGraw became manager of
the New York Giant« In list-'. Robin
«on remained In Baltimore and played
for several seasons with the Interna
tlonal league club there.
In the develo|«nient of pitcher* Hoi»
Inaon was singularly *uc<s*s«ful and
for «•■«era! «••«»••ns he a«»l«tril hl* old
friend .M'tlraw tn th!« department. II
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going scout, your on our route, and you
G ()OI>
are broken down.
Some one from every country wants
to take the Davis cup away from
America. Causing a lot of racket,
•
Babe Ruth strikes out twice In <>ne
-Huie Almost a* unusual ns It I* for
the average player to slap out a homer
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TAGE 8IX
“It’» the «rpirlt that wins ball game*,
«aya John Roydler. bead of the Ni
donai league, Not
hits.
Mc’s and 0‘s Missi.'g
‘•What Is the old game com
ing t«»?” miiMNl an old-time fan
as he watched several hundred
Chinese tripping Into Madftion
Square garden Hie other night
to see thp fights. “Who’d ever
think it?” h»* went on. “The
program tonight has for toydin
ers a KusMnn and an Italian.
The ’■»enii-final has a Chinaman
and a Swede. while the two
Loy* in rhe curtain rai«*er with
the Tri*h name« are two Jewish
youngMtenik
“Where are rhe Mu's and O’»
of yesterday?”
rest vour face, and get
b
Lehigh Is sad tn»ra«’archer
Mike" Wilson of the varsity ball team
uas signed with the Pittsburgh Nation
als.
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With the flock of nrwwfnv'e- on the
Chicago American team, “you can't tell
a player without a score card" will tit
pretty snug.
Grover Land, veteran catcher, who
will be with Little Ilock this season,
'van the first man to report to Mana,. r
Kid Elberfeld for training.
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-’TLANTA GETS SCHULTE
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514 F Street
PHONE 308-J
Henry Wolfe, an «»uttiekler owned by
the Louisville American association
club, ha* been turned over to the Mo-
bile club of the Southern association
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With Mark Both us club secretary,
Bobby Both playing the outfield. and
Frank Both coaching pitchers the
Yankees are ImAled drawn with Both»,
to say nothing of having Ruth In the
party.
JACK COOMBS MAKES APPEAL
Asks Student Body to Encourage WIL
llama' Baseball Squad to Stick
to Training Rules.
Jack Coombs flu- one time pitching
star of the major leagues now coach
of the nine at Williams college, called
for a new order of things In an ap(>eal
to the undergraduate body the other
.earning that training rules had
your woe»,
do what you desire.
And make our GARAGE a place for vour ear
to lodge.
scape
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■niuyrmj gg.
Manager
Wilbert Robinson.
made several trip* to the spring train
:ng camps of the Giant* after Ite hai
eeaseil to Iw an active player. A* a
pitcher'* coach wltli th«- New York
National* lie brought out Tlube Mar-
■piarti, who contributed bls share to
the winning of three successive |ien-
nntit* In 11*11. '12 and '18.
Robinson ta-enn hl* management of
Hu- I'.rooklv ti team In RII I mid two
years later made them champions of
sll.elr league lie persuaded president
Ebbets to secure the service* of Mar-
quurd and Miimnnx when these pitch
er* were on their way to the minor
leugne* und they nre still with him
now that lie bus landed hl* club for
the swonil time its a big factor In the
world «cries.
Never a martinet with Ills men Rob
Insoli seem* tn lune Innate power of
controlling his player*, displaying a
«ort of fatherly Interest In them an>l
by establishing a bond of confidence
and camaraderie with them gets the
lie*t that I« In every member of Ills
team either on or off the playing field.
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DJAMO%» BRAM» PfLLA,fw»S
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Frank Schulte, former major league
outfielder, who managed the Syracuse
(N. Y.) team last year, has been ob
tained by the Atlanta Southern asso
ciation club In a trade for Uarry Datu
ra u. iutlelder.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
"Yankee Doodle.”
The authorship of “Yankee I l'esile'’
la generally ascribed to Dr. Richard
Shuckburg, a British surgeon and wit.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale has attrib
uted the present version of “Yankee
Doodle” to Edward Harvard Bun.:
who graduated from Harvard In 1777.
The tnoe has been attributed to va
rious countries and even carried back
to the church of the middle age« but
most likely It had Its origin In Eng
land. It is found In an opera by Sum
<iel Arnold, "Two to One," produces,
in London In 1784.
Probably Most Common Name.
Thousands of years before Christ
the Hebrews had a name correspond
ing to our John and this has remained
a most popular name, met In some
form or other In almost every coun
try. One of the variations t* the Latin
Johannes from which Is derived the
modern German Hans. Without’ thia
Jack Coombs
final “s" this was widespread In Eng
i
land during the middle ages and from
been observed In rather y “ara,
this Is derived the modern Hankln for Coach Coombs said, he asked the stu
little John), Handcock, or Hancock. rient body to encourage the member*
Hanson and Hankinson.
of the squad to train, to criticise them
If they did not and to help them I d
studies.
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• •
California has Hbnndonpfl all effort*
to schedule a football game with some
Eastern team for next season.
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('apt. Bob itoper has whaled both
Brennan and Martin, About time to
recognize him ns a contender.
Coach William J. Bingham, fiar-
vard's new track roach, has begun a
new ».vatern of developing hla team.
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John Heapby, <*Hptain*elect of the
Boaton college football team, has left
school because of scholastic difficili-
Newport anti New York have staged
the national lawn tennis singles cham
plonshlp ever .since Ita Inception, 40
year* ago.
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The national cup soccer final will
be played In the East this spring. For
the first time Bethlehem Steel Com
pany F. C. will not be a finalist.
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Sporting Notes
Harvard has
croaae games.
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to small.
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