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2 G llEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS —SUNDAY, APRTL 20. 1010. LIKE BEST BID HIRLERDFMi Continued From Page 1, ly In hitting and a burler ww likely to pitch a one-hit game and lose It on errors and weak hitting. • * * \ ’OW ccmes a /iimtnt kink In Paul Mussor’s career. The Pennsylva nia lari starred as a member ot the Louisiana Slate University team. He sure did. "But did he ever go to Louisiana state University?” you ask. Fairly asked, we admit. "No,*' 1* the answer. “In fact, Paul never went south of MoSherrystown, Pa., during his college career." It happened that the I* B. U. team was making a Northern trip that season. They had a game with Sue fjuelrinn.’i University at Selinsgrove and Paul Musser worked. He hurled a mighty game, shut out the Dixie team and looked mighty good. That night the 1*. S. U. manager grabbed Musser, fitted him out with a uniform and started him out as a bona fide LoulManon, For the first week Musser couldn’t for the life of him remember the names of his own team mates but nobody was par tioular about ringers tn those days and Paul rang us true as most of 'em. The 1,. H. U. team met Penn sylvania, Brown, Harvard, Cornell. Yule, ltrown and Lafayette while Musser was amnmber. Paul worked In three games and lost them all. H«* held Lafayette to one hit but lost, on on error by the shortstop. • • • M USSER owes his start in profes sional hall to b chap named Spangler, then a student of Susque hanna University, now in tho O. and P League. Spangler handled a little Independent team at Somerset, Pa., and In 11)07 Paul went to that team, at Spangler’s request, and played through his first professional season. Musser looked so good with Som erset that Bill Coughlin, acting for Harry Wolverton, then the’manager of the MTlllamsjxirt, Pa. team of the Tri-State League, grabbed him in the spring of 1908. Of course ho was mighty tcung and Inexperienced and after a month or so on the bench he was let out and went to Sunbury 1n the Atlantic (outlaw) League. In 1909 Musser went back to Wil liamsport for another month or so. By arrangement with Coughlin Pfu* 1 whs allowed to s'lde over to Susque hanna University once a week or so and pitch n game and this proved hi* biggest season tn college ball. Musser spent much of 1909 kick ing about from team to team". He worked with W.lllamsport, Altoona. York and Frederick. V • • • I N 1910 Musser gave up col'ege ball and made his third start with Wil liamsport. And ns usual he failed jo ffft 111 enough games tn get ills name In the guide and was shipped to Rcrwlvk In the Susquehanna River ; League * • • A T length Musser emerged Into the light of real baseball and ri al leagues In 1911 lie bloke in with Canton of the O. and P. League und won nine straight games. The team was shy on pitchers,* however, and what might have been a grand rec ord was ruined by overwork. Mus- ser was forced to take part In 39 games of a 140-game schedule. He won IB, lost IB. tied 1. Mike Kahoe, the Washington scout, happened to see the Canton Club and Paul Musser tn action early in the season and liked his looks so well that, despite Ids poor showing toward the end of the season, he put in a draft for lilni and landed the MiWbeim lad. • • • M USSER broke Into the big leagues with a victory—and at that with a victory over no less an nuthoritv on pitching that F.d Walsh of the White Sox. The gamo was played sn June 7 of laat year and Washington vyop. 9.1(o l. The White Sox made but 9 hits Despite this glowing start Musser ■was not used much. Clark Griffith's regulars were going mighty good and a kid. no matter how promising, could not do much. So Musser Bpent most of the season on the bench and it was not until the American League nice was over that the Pennsylvania pitcher got his chance lie was then shipped across the continent to Los Angeles. The day Musser ended the exhaust ing trip he was allowed to rest. The next day he was worked but of 'Course he was not right. He was taken out In the IP si inning after the bases had been Jllled Hit, 1 nobody’ out The next day Musser was slapped right In and by this time he had his "Coast logs" under him and his de livery working flawlessly This time he heal the Vernon team. 4 to 1 Mussers career In the Pacific Coast was brief but brilliant When the season ended he was shipped back to Washington ami by Clark Grlttlth Le was turned ever to tho Atlanta Club Musser belongs to the Senators. He will inevitably go back to them in the faii if lie continues to show a* well with Atlanta as he has thus far. Clark Griffith has a few fading pitchers —notably Tom Hughes., lie will need a useful right hander by next year. He believes that Paul Musser is the man. ... I N closing be It remarked that Musser looks better right now than any young pitcher yvho has busted in with Atlanta in very many years. Jle may go and pitch a bad game the next time up. just to worry us. But on what he has shown thus far there hasn’t been anything better in the league In very many years. • * * P AUL Musser has pitched some great fRmes in * his --day. Twice he put ho hit gaxties ft) his credit, one' agalnet Nercopeek and one against Blooms burg, both of the Sus quehanna Valley League. While these are the best games he ever pitched his best contest in speedy company was on the Coast lWt faU. Work .? for Los Angeles he defeated Portland with AI Kla- witter on the slab, 2 to 1. pitching air-tight . ball and winning the game yyith his lOwn •..... •. ... admitted that it was one gainst Baltimore last sum- ■ Finn t.Oiim '’il'i'1 1 r | >HK Boy Scouts of Atlanta and jj Decatur held their first annual track meet at Piedmont Park yesterday afternoon. Several good marks were made, es pecially In the 100-yard dash. Mar shal] Woodson was the winner in 11 seconds flat. The meet was in charge of Captain Asa W. Candler, of Cofhpany B, Fifth Infantry. W. J. M. Webster and Hamilton Douglas, scout master, were his assistants. Philip Weltner was timekeeper. The summary: . * 100-Yard Dash Won b> Marshall Woodson, Troop 3. Time, 11 seconds; second, Albert Jennings, Troop 11. One-mile race—Won by Newton Thomas. Troop 6; time, 6.24^; second, William Thompson, Troop Decatur! third. Joseph Thompson, Troop 3. Running Broad Jump—Won bv Ed ward Davis, Troop 7, distance. 16 feet 8^. inches; second, Ben Adams, Troop 3; third, David Chambers, Troop 1, De catur. 220-Yard Dash- Won by Newton Thomas, Troop 6; time, 27 2-5 seconds; second, David Chambers, Troop 1, De catur: third* Albert Jennings, Troop 11. Running High Jump-Won by Louis Adams, Troop 3; height, 4 feet 7 inches; second. Robert Prichard, Troop 1; third, Edward Davis, Troop 7. 440-Yard Dash—Won by David Cham bers, Troop 1, Decatur; time, 1 minute 2 6 second; second, William Thompson, Troon I. Decutur, third, Edward Lit tle, Troop 7* • . Three-Legged wace*-Won by George Brown and Cfgtie Thbrnton. Troop 1; time, 16 2-6 seconds; second, Lewis Estes and Murphey Candler. Troop 1, Decatur, Shoe Race—Won by Lewis Estes. Troop 1, Decatur; second, George Marsh bank. Troop 5. # Potato Race; Boys Under Fourteen— Bill Wamble and Joe Davis, Troop 7. first . .Johnson and Hinton, Troop 1, sec ond; White and Freeman, Troop 8, third. Two-Mile Relay Race -Troop 1, first; Troop Decatur, second; Troop 7, third; time, 9 minutes It seconds. Eight Potato Race - Morris Flynn, Troop 3. first; Will Marshbank, Troop 5, second; Gus Allen. Troop 7. thlVd. Decatur and Troop 3 tied for tlrst placo with 27 points each. Troop 1 was- second, with 19 points. Many Ball Players Comedians q o e © o © o Waddell Pulled “Freak” Stunts over to Baltimore for an exhibition contest. Musser was stuck in to pitch and he went strong for four innings. In th»* fifth he faltered, flickered and went out entirely. The Orioles made 10 hits and 7 runs in the inning. Jak" Gettman bounced j two off the center field fence and! there were other amazing batting foals. Paul admits that it was pretty tough going. "It’s nothing to what I went through one winter, though,” says Paul. That season I taught school in a little country school off the rail road, olT the highroads, oft' the map and nut of civilization. They were getting ten . hits an inning oft me that season," • • * TV 1 I'SSFU is 23 years old. six feet 1 tall and weighs 175 pounds. He is single, handsome, a fine "catch" anti promises to be a matinee idol of distinction. But this matinee idol stuff doesn't make a hit with Paul. He is retiring to the last degree. Talking about his hotel the other night he said, "It's a nice place and I'd like to slay hero all seuaon. But if they go to talking baseball here it’s all off. I can't stand It with my meals. The first guy that pulls that old stuff on me about how I like baseball and ain'T it an easy job and nil that I'm going to see how hard I can hit him without breaking his neck. Ard the first time some dame gives me the one about. *Oh, are you a ball player? Dear tne, 1 don't set how anybody so refined can do such coarse work’—well, there's only one thing I < an do and that's to get i j)*»w boarding house where ihe\ never heard of baseball md play out the season ’here under an assumed I By Innis Brown. W ITH all the noise going the rounds about “Inside baseball,” it is evident there is a lot to the game now from the player’s standpoint, besides batting, running and throwing. There is likewise a considerable bunch of stuff pulled off in the various leagues that interest the spectators outside of the mere playing of the game. To thiday there is hardly a bet ter drawing card in the country than George Edward Waddell, better known as Rube. Whenever the an nouncement is made that the Rube Is going to pitch, it is a bum ball town *that won’t turn out to see the performance. His popularity is large ly due to the long list of funny stunts which he has been known to pull off. A favorite trick in his palmy days was to call in his outfield for the final Inning of the game, and retire the last three men with the assistance of the inner workB alone. Rube Joined BurUsque Show. Further than that George Edward had a keen appreciation of the value of publicity. A few years since while a member of the St. Louis Browns, he spent the winter in St. Louis Things were dragging in the way of press notices, ho the Rube had himself put on one night as a judge in a chorus girl contest at a burlesque show*. A few' days later he led the Gorman at a firemen’s ball in a small town just out of the city. At that time, the marathon game waa going great. Dorando, the Ital ian champion, was brought on to hook up with Al Shrubb, an English man, who had several creditable per formances to his credit. Rube prompt ly made connections with Shrubb in the capacity of a trainer. He had Shrubb do three or four miles each morning at the hippodrome, and then followed a tour of the wet goods em porium. where the dispensers of liquid joy were strong for the Rube. So far as could be learned this completed the training. Shrubb did four miles in the contest, and pulled up with flat tire. Latham Rivals Rube. The Rube, however, never had any corner on the funny stuff by a mile. Aril© Latham who at one time had them all standing on their heads with hi6 work around the three-quarter bag is Pome comedian himself. In fact, he held a contract with the Giants only a few years since, be cause of the ginger he was able to put into the team as well as his abil- it\ to kid opposing players. Hughey Jennings, with his famous "Eyah" coaching veil Rnd grass pull ing, delighted thousands with his fun ny antics. At the same time Ger many Schaefer, then a member of the Detroit Tigers, was getting away with some of ih# funniest stunts that was ever pulled off on the diamond The Southern League has also boasted a high average in the "nut” leagiie. One of the choice perform ers in this circuit was Tacks Parrott, who worked with Nashville several years ago. Parrott got away with any number of funny stunts, but his personal appearance was of itself enough to raise a howl. Tacks was the only player, who ever played in this league, with a full bush of wills* . kers. Not a “soup strainer” or "mut- I ton chops-',” but a full-fledged beard that rivalled Paul Krueger when the old Boer carried his thickest shock. j Many Freaks In Baseball. Among other freaks who have played in the league are Eddie Lau- zon. Dom Mullaney. Eddie Beecher. Bob Wallace. Hub Perdue, and our recent fellow townsman, George Tre ble. Either of these fellow’s could put on a sketch that would start a howl of laughter. Taller King tells one on Perry Wer- den, the gigantic first baseman of the Memphis Turtles, several years ago. which entitles him to a place among tho league’s humorists. This one to^k place at the expense of the Track ers and proved rather costly. The game was being played a; Pc 1 ...4-nt Park and the Trackers were working a. young pitcher. Things’ went along very smoothly until the ia<t in tv the fans were about to label the new comer O. K. However, the loss of control for a minute, a walk, a hit batsman, and an infield tap filled the bases and jarred the rookie aloose from his moorings. At this time Wer- dren was occupying the third base coaching line. The twirler was plain ly worried, and was figuring what to do next. Taking advantage of the situation, Werden yelled out quickly: "Here, let me see that ball." The trick got by in great shape, when the kid fired the ball at,, the, <?oacJiej\ Werden ducked and the ball rolled to the stands By the time it had been recovered all ^runners scored, and the stunt won the game for Mem phis. Another local enthusiast is author ity for a funny one put over by an umpire in a small league in Massa chusetts. Things were getting pret ty tough in the way of finance, and in one town, the owner of the club also operated a hotel and restaurant. Money was tight, and the players sometimes drew meal tickets instead of real coin. When the umps plaster ed a fine on some belligerent member of the team, said member showed lit tle concern, since he had no money to pay, and entertained slight pros pects of getting any. All were. how ever, bountifully supplied with meal tickets and even went to the extent of packing them around in their uni form pockets. Ump Punched Meal Ticket. The umpire got a hunch of how to handle the situation and obtained from a local hardware store a ticket punch. The following day he had occasion to stick a fine to one mem ber of the team, and instead of an nouncing that the offense would cost said member five bones, he quietly went over and extracted a meal ticket from the player’s pocket and proceed ed to punch five dollars worth of credit from the ticket. All in all, it is probable that there are as manv comedians on the ball field as there are in vaudeville, and if ball players fail to make good on the stage It is due rather to the fact that they can’t get their stuff over, rather than to the fact that they don't have the goods. CROSS GETS OFFERS TO BOX THOMAS AND WHITE NEW YORK. April 19.—Leach Cross, the New York Fighting Dentist on the strength ot his splendid show ing against Joe Rivers, the' Mexican whirlwind, is receiving offers to box local stars in all parts of the coun try. D. J. Tortorich, the fight promoter of New Orleans, has wired Cross a flattening offer to meet Joe Thomas the crack lightweight of that city, in a ten-round bout at the Orleans A. C.. early in May. A wire from Kenosha offers him a 82,000 purse to fight Charley White the Chicago lightweight, a ten-round exhibition. He has also received offers, from Indianapolis, and St. Joseph, Mo. The St. Joseph promoter wants him to meet Pa! Brown, the promising Wes tern lightweight. HARVARD OFFERS STADIUM FOR BIG COLLEGE MEET CAMBRIDGE, MASS.. April 19.— The Harvard stadium bids fair to stage another big college meet this spring. The New England I. A. A. can hold its annual track games on May 23 and 24 in the big college en closure if its officials desire to do 30, according to an announcement made by W. F. Garcelon, Harvard's grad uate manager of athletics. Mr. Garcelon, after a conference with Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, ex tended the invitation to the inter collegiate officials to bring their meet LEAGUE TITLE By Jim Glover. T HE local Prep. League base ball season is now well under way and the race nas narrowed down to three teams. Marisrt, Boys High and Tech High are the contend ers for championship honors and there is as yet little to choose be tween them. Boys High is leading in the percentage column with two won and none lost. Tech High is second, having won three games and been beaten once. Marist has both won and lost a game. On general appearances Marist has it on both of the other nines. The team is the best proportioned of any in the league and the men are all old heads at the game. Besides this the fact that Joe Bean is coaching the Catholics is a strong point in their favor. Joe is conceded to he the best prep coach in the State. Tech High Has Not Hit Stride. Tech High has not been playing up to Its real ability this seasan. The boys on the team are a bit younger than those on the other nines and were nervous in the game with Boys High. On account of their lack of experience they are more lia ble to go up in the air. If the team can keep steady for the rest of the season there is no reason why it should not annex this year’s Prep League pennant. The other two teams in the league appear to be hopelessly outclassed. Peacock is decidedly at a disadvan tage in an athletic way. There is a limited number of students at the school to draw’ from and the boys are, on the average, younger than tho3e attending the other institutions of the city. Taking these things into consideration Peacock has a mighty good little baseball team but it is no match for the other Prep nines. G. M. A. is the team that is push ing Peacock closely for the cellar championship. In former years G. M. A. has always been in the running and has w r on the pennant more than once, but this year the playing of the team has been ragged, the pitc hers weak, and the batters still weaker. Hurlong and Hardeman were two stars who left the school a short time ago and the loss of these to men practically spoiled the chances of G. M. A. this year. Many Good Shortstops. Judging by the way they are going now it will be a tough job when the time comes to name a shortstop for the all-prep team this year. Right now there are four men who would fill the position beautifully. If a choice could be made at all, It would in my opinion go to Spurlock of Boys High. He is an old head at the game and bats wdth the best of them. He is always there is a pinch. Solano, of G. M. A., is also a .classy short stop. He is a brilliant little fielder and know's the game, but on account of his short stature cannot bat as well as Spurlock Wells, of Peacock, and Bill Parks, of Tech High, are two more stars at short. Wells is playing a good, consistent game wdth a losing team and Parks is helping Tech High win the pennant. It is doubtful if this league has ever before had as many good shortstops playing at the same time as it has now’. FRAN* CHANCE WILL WEAR ARMOR AT BAT THIS YEAR NEW YORK, April 19.—Manager Chance has hit on the idea of using a headgear when he goes to the bat this year up at the Polo grounds and on American League baseball fields The Yankee manager is confident that with the use of the dress he will regain Ins »ld confidence and be as good as he ever was with the F0)D for Sport Fans PIKER. Croesus gazed upon his treasure Piled around in many a heap. Yet it gave him little pleasure And he sat him down to weep. “I have labored night and daytime,” Was the burden of his wail: "I have sacrificed my playtime To increase my pile of kale. "I have skinned my next door neighbor, I have flimflammed friend and foe, I have spent my life in labor t For this little chunk of dough. •"Enters now a baseball geezer, Walks upon his fejlow men Jumps on them like .Julius Caesar. And they hand him all their yen. • "He pulls down the milk and honey And he doesn't even try; When It comes to making money I’m a common bush league guy/’ Mr. Cobb arises to inform the world that he can make $1,000 a month with his barnstorming athletes. If he can only play fifteen months a year he can afford to leave Detroit flat on its back. race. Ban Johnson says: "The weaker clubs are stronger." Important, If true. Mike Donlin refuses to join Joe Can- tillon’s team, possibly on the theory that he has not arrived at the proper age. "We don’t want to get out in front arid set the pace," quoth J. McGraw. All of which is as good an alibi as any other. Al Palzer burst in with the Informa tion that he is scheduled to do battle with one Jack Johnson. Looking through the files, we learn that Johnson once was a pugilist. THE B. B. HERO. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r. And all that goes to make an ath lete’s fame, Are gone and all forgotten in an hour. If he should pull a bone and lose a game. Rudy Unholz asks us to refrain from mentioning his name in connection with free lunch. We hereby refrain. Rudy Is a straight little guy except for his legs. Several hundred thousand enterpris ing automobile firms will now burst into print by offering Ty Cobb a $15,000 job. THE MAGNATE'S PLEA. "Knock, if you will, my haughty head, But spare my gate receipts,’’ he said. Tom Sharkey, the well-known philan thropist. has opened a boxing school. There is reason to believe that he never will teach his pupils to be spendthrifts. One might say that the National League heavers have the Indian sign on Jim Thorpe, might one not? HE BEITS The press a^ent informs us that Mr. Lc Marin is like a bull, hut throwing that animal is the best little thing Mr. Zbyszko does. Al Palzer. pugilist, has returned to our hospitable shores. He was not bothered by interviewers. Far be it from us to disturb the de funct, but what has become of Oscar Matthew Battling Nelson? THERE’S A DIFFERENCE. The home team wins. "Grealc w’ork!” the rooter cries. It loses. "Bonehead luck!” he sadly sighs. There are several classy shortstops in the ITep League this season. Tull, of Marist; Parks, of Tech; Solano, of G. M A.; Wells, of Peacock, and Spurlock, of Boys High, are stars at playing the short field. * * * Never before, since the league has been organized, has there appeared so many great shortstops. It will certainly be a difficult matter to select a mon for this position on the All-Prep base ball team. * * * If there can be a choice at all it lies between Spurlock and Solano. Solano is playing grand ball with a losing team, but he can not bat quite so well as Spurlock. He fields his position as neat ly as any shortstop in the league. Spurlock has a good head and pos sesses the ability to hit the ball in a pinch. * * * * The three leading pitchers are Calla han. of Marist; Fox. of Boys High, and Parks, of Tech High. They are a trio that is hard to beat. All of the boys are whirlwinds at the art of twirling and are as steady as a clock. * * * Parks is the best hitter on his team and one of the best in the league. It looks as if there will be three pitchers named for the All-Atlanta Prep selec tion thlh year. • * * The Peacock School is placed at a dis advantage in an athletic way. There are a small number of students to draw from. They are also considerably younger than the majority of students attending the other schools. * * * A few weeks more will witness the annual prep athletic meet at Tech flats between the prep schools of Atlanta. The schools entering this meet will he Marist. Tech, Boys High, G. M. A. and Peacock. * * * At this stage it looks as if the main point winners in the meet will be G. M A. and Boys High. Marist and Tech High, however, may come to the front rapidly in the next few weeks and be able to give a good account of them selves when the final day arrives. • * * There seems to be a lack of good jumpers an<1 pole vaulters among the athletes in the prep schools this year, while on the other hand there are more sprinters, weight throwers and distance runners. * * * Numerous prizes will be offered and a c.up will be presented to the team making the largest total number of points as well as to the highest indi vidual point winner. * * * The prep schools outside of Atlanta teams this year. Riverside, G. M. C., Gordon, Locust Grove and Stone Moun tain are all evenly matched. •e w * Riverside, perhaps, nas the shade over the others on account of having the services of Hicknian. He is playing the best article of ball that has been seen in prep circles in many seasons. He has been signed to play with Washington and will join them in June. * # * Armisiead, of Boys High, who has not been showing up well thLs year, has at last hit his stride. He is catching for the team, and last year was an a11- torep selection. He was' In j tiffed In a football game last fall and did not thipk he could play this year. Bedell and Meyers are making good headway with the track team at Tech High. Both of these men are good ath letes and are members of the baseball team. Bedell has been tossing the 12- pound shot 40 feet in practice. PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK FIGHT FOR DATES NEW YORK, April 19.—To settle a controversy over the dates fixed for the American Henley, at Philadelphia May 31, and the .Harlem regalia, in May 30, the Harlem Regatta Associa tion has filed protest with the* execu tive committee of the National Associa tion of Amateur Oarsmen urging the refusal of sanction for the Henley date. The local oarsmen assert that for the past 40 years they have held their races on Memorial Day and that the naming of May 31 as the date for the Henley is an unwarranted conflict with condi tions here which would exclude local oarsmen from the race on the Schuyl kill. Telegrams were forwarded early yesterday to western members of the executive committee of the N. A. A. O.. urging them to refuse sanction to the American Rowing Association for the Philadelphia races. T IE Georgia scrubs defeated the Tech scrubs on the flats yester day afternoon. The sco>* was 2 to 1. The game was the best that has been played at Tech this year, and was a pitchers’ battle between Jordan, of Tech, and Dur%ien, of Georgia. After twirling great ball for his teAm, Jordan had the misfortune to make the only error of the game, which spelled defeat for Tech. In the seventh inning Jordan made a wild throw and on this heave G-eor- giai scored the winning run of the contest. Wooten, Tech outfielder, ] made two swell stops. It was Ms t spectacular work that kept the Geor- ’ gia boys from making at least three more scores. The work of the Geor gia infield was the outstanding fea ture of the game. Tech scrubs got 4 hits' and Georgia ••scrubs 5 hits. - Pink Beat a Train in Daredevil Ride; He’s Immortal Now Motion Picture Film Tells Tale of Auto Dash Through Giant Redwoods. TROPICO, CAE., April 19,—A big Cole motor car piloted by H. J. Pink tea tured to-day In the making of a thrilling film of a wild 14-mile race with one of the fast Southern Pacific trains between San Fernando and Tropico. The story of the motion picture play entitled "Bedford's Hope," hinges on the necessity of the hero and heroine beating a fast train by machine in order to foil the cunning villian of the play Barney Furey and Miss Alice Skinner were the hero and heroine who took part in the dangerous ride. The setting for the play was ideal i or miles the San Fernando Boulevard parallels the Southern Pacific tracks A speed of 65 miles an hour was neces sary to outstrip the train, but, never theless, the car won. Pink has the highest praise for the nerve of Miss Skinner, the plucky little woman who rode in the car. "\Ve took a chance at the crossing just above Tropico that I would never have taken m the world if she had not urged me to try it,” said Pink afterward "We had only the barest lead on the train and of course it was necessary for me to slow a little on the curve. We went across the track on two wheels, and I honestly believe the engine brushed our rear fenders. STUDEBAKER COAL RESERVE. Several months ago the Studebaker Corporation bought 30.(K>0 tons of steam coal and stacked it in a corner of 1 the main yard as insurance against fuel famine. Employees have dubbed the mountainous pile "The State of West Virginia." MORPHINE III by new pair WHISKY AND TO BACCO H ib'ts Cured v painless method. NO DE POSIT OR FEE required ifntil cure is effected. Endorsed by Governor and other State ifficials. Home or sani tarium treatment. Booklet free DR. POWER GRIBBLE. Supt Box £ft5. Lebanon. Tenn. WOOD AND NUNAMAKER BORN ON THE SAME DA' BOSTON, April 19.—Curious bit fror T, he Red Sox arc onIy team in profession Pfs^ali tbat can present a battery o NSnamak J er the S&me '*—'*"* Both of these athletes were born tober 25, 1889. Can you Wt that ft se^ef w»r! SHORTSTOP BREAKS LEG ROANOKE, VA., April 19.—Short stop W. H. McComas, of Baltimore who plays under the name of “Baker ■ of the Roanoke team, broke hot) small bones of his right leg yester day in the game here again*/New port News He was attempting tc steal second and the accident oc curred as he was Sliding to the base He will he disabled for the season according^ attending physicians TAKES McKECHNIE NEW YORK Anril 19 tl. , of Tnflelder W. B Mckechnie wa“s purchased yesterday from the Bos Chance “e Newark® A Frank League club. McKecknt e wiltbTtised Pitts burg‘in l™Und pmS 2 T mg^ to at. Paul, of the American