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THURSDAY, FEB. 18.
DOINGS OF THE DAY IN THE SPORTING WORLD
CBEIBIIIIS ARE
GIVING MONEY TO
CWSTOII
CHARLESTON, S. C. —President
Wilson Matthews of the Charleston
Basqball Club received a contribution
today from an unexpected source in
his mission of raising money to in
sure a good team, representing Char
leston in the South Atlantic League
and the money came from three en
thusiastic fans of the Game Cock
town. There was no string tried to
it.
Fitzhugh T. Bryan, E. G. Cook and
G. Frazier Cooper, of Columbia, the
first two named. Aldermen and the
last an official of the City. Govern
ment, according to President Mat
thews, tried to take the breath away
from the Charleston officials, when
they came forward with a cash dona
tion, after a pleasant chat. Matthews
said today that the Columbians were
all to the good, in the matter of their
enthusiasm and boosting of their town
but they were wofully off when thev
started »o .ell of what the Game
Cocks were going to do with the Sea
Gulls.
To listen to the Columbians, said
Matthews, after the view, one would
imagine that Columbia had the only
team in the League and of this idea
resident Matthews tried to disabuse
the minds of the generous people
from the Congaree. Matthews told
them as a rejoinder that there might
be a few rain days but all the games
between the Sea Gulls and the Game
Cocks would not be on wet soil and
he left the Columbians to draw' their
own conclusions. He said that the
Columbians comprehended.
Subscriptions to stock are not com
ing in as lively as at first but still
Matthews has no doubt of raising the
money which is wanted.
SWEDENSENDSHER
■wiier
NEW YORK. —John Swanberg, the
champion distance runner of Sweden,
Is coming to America to race. Con
rtarv to expectations, however, Swan
berg is not coming as an amateur,
but as an out and out "pro.” Swan
brig 4s out to run any man in the
w-orld,!|from five miles to the tradi
tional Marathon.
In December Swanberg ran five
miles In tw'enty-four minutes and
fifty-seven seconds, and twelve miles
in sixty-three minutes and twenty,
seven seconds. These times class
w'ith even Alfred Shrubb’s perform
ances On the Athens Olympiad, three
rears ago, Swanberg finished second
to Lieutenant Hawtrey of England in
the five miles and second to Will
Sherring of Canada in the Marathon
race. At London last summer the
grlty Swede ran third in the five
miles and eighth in the Marathon.
Swanberg was taken violently ill with
cramps in the middle of the latter
race and was obliged to lay on the
grass at the roadside for twenty
seven minutes. Then he got up and
staggered home eighth.
Swanberg will race in this country
under the management of John Lind
quist, the well-known distance run
ner of the Swedlsh-American A. C.
TWO PEIEEBS ME
SIGNED Jf ICON
MACON, Ga.—Felton Mitchell and
Jack Robinson, two Sons of Swat,
who have mads good both as ball
players and gentlemen In the past,
are under contract with the Macon
team for this season. The release
of Mitchell has been secured from a
team in New England and Robinson
has simply signed a new contract
for the coming season.
Both men will have the advantage
of having wintered in Dixie and will
be able to begin work sooner than
the others if they care to. Mitchell
is as well-known in Macon as his side
partner, Jack-the-Rob, as he played*
ball here at Mercer several years
ago. He also served under the stand
ard of Happy Ed Eshenback at Char
leston during the season of 1905 and
his good work there attracted atten
tion of the magnates In New England.
At that time Robinson was playing
with Jacksonville under the teams
beaded by Kelley, Pender, et al.
SATURDAY,
Matinee and Night.
THE
GRAND
GEO. M. COHAN’B MUSICAL
l WHIRLWIND.
‘The honeymooners”
Seata Now Selling.
Prices:
Matinee 25c to *I.OO
Night 25c to $1.50
AMUSEMENTS
IHBBjaYvyifc N ijol- 1 ■ . >? :< j
Scene from “The Man of the Hour,” at the Grand
Monday, Washington's Birthday, Matinee and
Night. Seats ready Morning.
CALENDAR
..Tonight—“A Royal Prisoner.”
Tomorrow Night—Lyceum.
Saturday Matinee and "night—Geo.
Cohan’s musical play, “The Honey
mooners.”
Next Monday, matinee and night—
(Washington’s Birthday)—“The Man
of the Hour.”
Next Tuesday, matinee ano night—
Max Figman in “The Substitute.”
The Crescent Comedy Company.
Ladies Free Tonight.
Tonight ladies will be admitted free
under the usual conditions. The
Crescent Comedy Co., will present
tonight, “A Royal Prisoner.” A com
plete play of vaudeville acts will We
offered. Miss Allen will also appear
again tonight in her great mystery
acts. Seats now on sale. Prices 10.
20 and 30 cents.
The Honeymooners.
Geo, M. Cohan's musical play “The
Honeymooners,” which has proved one
of the most popular attractions dur
ing the past summer in New York
where it was played for three months,
will be presented at the grand Satur
day, matinee and night, by a special
cast, a large chorus and with the en
tire ciiginal production. “The Hon
9ymooners” Is considered one of the
best musical pieces ever presented
by Geo. M. Cohan. Its musical num
bers are bright and lively Including
several song hits of pronounced pop
ularity, while several big dancing
numbers by a pony ballet Is a popu
lar feature.
Seats now selling.
Prices, Matinee, 25c to SI.OO.
School children at the matinee 25c.
Night Prices, 25c to $1.50.
“The Man of Hour.”
"The Man of the Hour,” George
Broadhurst’s clever play that has tak
en New York and Chicago by storm,
will be the attraction at the grand
Mnodav, Washington's Birthday, mat
inee and night.
No play of the present era has re
ceived the attention from press or
public that this clever oomedv has.
Like New York, the Chicago Press
wag unanimous in its econiums. There
was not dissent from the general ver
dict that here is the "best American
play yet written." Mr. Wm. Winter’s
succinct and forceful tribute—“ Here
is a play that means something,” was
repeated by a score of wordings by
the Press of Chicago.
Wm. A. Brady and Joseph R. Grls
mer, the managers thus complimented
have left nothing undone In putting
before the public in first class man
ner what is critically and popularly
regarded as “the greatest play of the
day.”
Seats on sale Monday morning.
Prices, matinee, 25c to SI.OO.
Night prices, 25c tc, $1.50.
Max Figman in “The Substitute.”
Mr. Max Pieman who will be seen
at the grand next Tuesday, matinee
ar.d night in his latest success by Beu
lah M. Dlx and Evelyn Greenleaf.
“The Substitute" needs no Introduc
tion to local theatregoers. Augus
tans remember Mr. Figman quite well
In “The Marriage of Kitty” which
was presented here several seasons
ago and his splendid Interpretation of
the stellar role of Harold McGrath’s
great novel “The Man on the Box”
The press of Atlanta praised very
highly the work of Mr. Figman and
also states that In this play Mr. Fig
man is seen at his best.
Seats ready Saturday morning for
both performances.
BEfIUFOBT WITS
LEAGUE BASEBALL
BEAUFORT, S. C. —The latest news
here in baseball is that we are to
have a league consisting of Hamp
ton, Brunson, Walterboro, Fort Fre
, mont, Beaufort and possibly Varn-
Ivllle or Ridgeland. Jhe matter has
| not been taken up ‘with the other
towns yet and we would be glad to
j hear from any of them In regard to
j same. There is no reason why we
j cannot have this league; that is, if
j we can get the other towns to come
in with us.
The plan now under consideration
is to have one or two games every
week In each town, the schedule can
be fixed so that the boys that have
to work will only be away from their
work two days every other week
which they should be able to do very
well. We have here in Beaufort
some boys that are born ball players,
and once started in professional ball
will be sure to see the major league
some day. Beaufort’s line-up will be
practically the same as last year with
the exception of Rabadeau, who will
play regular with Beaufort and not
Fort Fremont. Rabadeau Is one of;
the best amateur all around ball play- j
ers in the state, and it Is surprising j
that he is not playing professional
ball - now.
ICON DATES ARE
SAID TOjOIFIICT
MACON, Ga. —Macon will have but
one request to make of President.
Jones of the South Atlantic League
when It comes time to reform the
present schedule, and this request
would hardly be necessary If ex-Pres
iden Boyer had taken more pains in
preparing the present one.
Before the work upon the schedule
was on in earnest, Mr. Boyer was in
formed by the local owners of the
club, who asked him to arrange the
schedule accordingly. When it was
finished, It showed three conflicting
dates. This means that something
will have to be done to straighten the
affair out. The three dates in ques
tion fall during the latter part of
April. The alTalr can # be remedied
without trouble.
SAVANNAH PYTHIANS
CELEBRATE
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The founding of
the Knights of Pythias will be cele
brated here Friday with a parade and
exhibition drill of the uniform rank
The parade will be participated in
by the four companies of the rank
here and will be through the princi
pal streets of the city.
LARGE FERTILIZER SHIPMENT.
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Thomas A.
Amaker, a large merchant of St. Mat
thews is in Charleston with a repre
sentative party of merchants, coming
to Charleston to make final arrange
ments for the dispatch of one of the
largest individual trains of fertilisers
which has been sent out of Charles
ton.
THE AUGUSTA HERAU '
“BOBS" RAYMOND
HAD I BAB FALL
CHICAGO. —“Bugs" Raymond was
the victim of an accident yesterday
which may prevent his playing ball
the coming summer and is practically
certain to delay his getting into con
dition to pitch for the Giants. “Bugs’'
was attempting to board a car while
he was carrying a deerskin and a
pair of antlers, and though he got
the trophies of the chase on the plat
form, he missed getting on himself
and was thrown to the ground. His
knee was pretty badly Injured In the
fair.
Raymond was taken to his home In
Irving Park, where Dr. A. C. Ham
mett attened htin.
“The injuries to Raymond's knee
are such as to prove a handicap to
him in his work as pitcher unless his
recovery Is complete,” said Dr. Ham
mett. “I have been unable to judge
just how long he will have to keep
off the limb. With good care and
good luck It Is possible he will bo able
to join the New York team before the
training season is over."
Raymond is the erratic pitcher who
was traded to New York by St. Louis
In the big deal a short time ago. He
is thought to be one of the hurt
twirlers in the' league when he is
right, and it has been predicted that
under the guidance of McGraw he
will be right most of the time. Mc-
Graw has been counting on him as a
regular member of the Giants’ staff,
and his absence at the opening of the
season, should he be unable to play,
will be a serious handicap to the Nev;
York club.
GOLFERS TO MEET
111 BIHMINGHAiII!
BIRMINGHAM.—H. F. Smith, of
Nashville, president of the Southern
Golf association, has settled the ques
tion of the place and date of the an-1
nual meeting of the directors of the
association.
The place selected is Birmingham.
The date Is February 27.
The meeting of the directors this
year will be one of the most excep
tional of all meetings in the history
of the association. In the first place,
President, Smith has offered a loving
cup to be played for by the directors.
In the second place, the looal asso
ciation has offered a loving cup to be
played for by all members of the as
sociation who are not directors.
This means that there will be two
interesting golf tournaments In Bir
mingham this month. All the direc
tors will be present and from Infor
mation received from the several
cities holding membership in the as
sociation many golfers who are not
directors will attend.
The directors In their annual meet
ing will select the? place for the an
nual southern championship tourna
ment. Memphis will probably be
chosen.
The local club has extended an in
vitation to all southern golfers and
the directors’ meeting may assume
the proportion of a regular champion
ship meet.
BIG WEEK-END ATTRACTION
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BARGAINS
MONEY SAVING THAT MERITS ATTENTION. EVERY ITEM A TRADE WINNER. EVERY PR&E
QUOTED A MONEY SAVER.
LADIES’ HOSE
300 dozen Tan and Black, perfect, finest seams,
all sizes (per pair) 7c
CHILDREN’S HOSE
50 dozen in Tan, Black, White and Polka Dot, rib
bed, all sizes, 15c value, now 7c
MEN’S SOX.
60 dozen Tan, Black, good fast colors, all sizes,
well made (per pair) 7c
LADIES’ DRAWERS
50 dozen fine Cambric finish Muslin, hemstitched,
deep ruffle, splendid value 19c
MUSLIN GOWNS ~
22 dozen with Lace Embroidery and Pin Tuck
yokes, good full width, big value at 49c
MEN’S MADRAS SHIRTS
100 dozen with various style designs, stripes,
dots, all fast colors, all sizes, at 39c
TURKEY RED DAMASK
40 pieces in many patterns, 35c value, at 19c
IRISH APRON LINEN
10 pieces, Brown, good Linen, good service, 10c
value, at 12V2C
MULLARKY & SULLIVAN COMPANY
Training" Season on; Giants
Assemble For Southern Trip
McGraw’s Men Gather in
I Gotham for Trip To Mar
lin Springs. Will Carry
Twenty Youngsters.
NEW YORK—With the gathering
of the McGraw clan in Gotham today
preliminary to the trip to Marlin
Springs, Tex., the baseball training
season will soon bo on, in earnest.
The Giants will be the first to get
Into the game, although only the ju
nior crowd will report at the Texas
camp this week. A majority of tho
aspirants to major league honors
will accompany McGraw from this
city, but those who live in the West
and Southwest will go direct to Mar
lin Springs, having been ordered to
report, next Saturday.
The older players including Ten
ney. Matthewson, Wlltse, Bridwell,
Devlin, Donlin. Seymour. Schloi, Mc-
Cormick and Needham will not bo
required to report until March Ist.
If the present plans are carried out
Mike Donlin will be permitted to con
tinue ills theatrical tour until March
15, provided he keeps himself in tip
top condition in the meantime.
‘"The old fellows —meaning those
who have had experience in the big
league,” said McOraw, “do not noed
training in team work. All that Is
necessary for them to do is to get
themselves in condition. When thoir
muscles are right they know what to
do when called upon. It is the young
ster who needs attention. He needs
to be taught the inside work of the
ganje whicli includes base running,
bunting, backing up, and all (hoes
things. Wljen the old fellows arrive
I expect to have the youngsters so
well worked out that we can go right
ahead and begin playing games.”
McGraw will carry more than twen
ty of the youngsters with him. When
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Beginning Thursday, we will entertain our patrons
with light refreshments, by serving delicious chicken
salad, made from
“Royal Salad Dressing.”
A competent lady will be in charge of the table,
and will be pleased to tell you about salad mak
ing and also about Royal Salad Dressing, which is a
true mayonnaise.
VON KAMP, VAUGHAN & GERALD.
Cor. Broad And Jackson Sts.
the whole squad is assembled it will
number forty-two. The Giant man
ager explains that it, is hard for forty
men to practice at the same time, and
even If they did so it would be diffi
cult for him to pay attention to the
individual work of the men.
In the first contingent of Giants
will bo (he following: Mnrquard, Dur
ham, Raymond, Wnllfer, Scupper juid
Holmes, pitchers, Srhlei, J. Meyers,
Snodgrass and Wilson. catchers;
Fletcher and Simmons, infielders; and
B. Moyers, Murray, O'Hara, Cocash
and Heller, outfielders.
Among the pitchers who will have
to report, early are Marquardt and
Durham. McGraw wants to have
this pair to himself for about two
weeks. Marquard requires a lot of
training Not that his arm Is slow
In oomtng around hut lie must he
taught a whole lot of tlilngß in a big
league which are not required of a
pitcher in a minor organization.
WRESTLING BOUT
MS CALLED DEE
The wrestling bout which was to
have been pulled off Wednesday night
at the Armory hall between Harry
Seebeck and Eddie Sears proved a
frost. When the hour for beginning
the bout came there wore few paid
admissions In the house, and the
wrestlers sizing up the situation de
cided that the show would not go on.
Tills was accordingly announced and
the few who had paid their money
were given It back, and they with the
crowd who had come In on paper,
make a quihk get-nway. The wrest-
SHEETS
25 dozen good wide, excellent fabric, 50c value,
at 37V2C
SILK WAISTS
37 iri the lot, all Silk, Massaline Taffeta, Liberty
Silk, solid and plaids, $5.00, now $2.50
PILLOW OASES
40 dozen, extra size, no starch, 1214 c value, to go
at 914 c
OUTING GOWNS
10 dozen good weight, fancy stripes, 59c value, to
go at 37%C
TOWELS
10 dozen Linen “Iluek,” 40x20, fancy borders,
worth much more, now 10c
knitljnde sskirts
10 dozen fancy stripe, close fitting, 25c, now.. ,15c
MOHAIR DRESS GOODS
56-inch wide Silk lustre, good Black, 75c value, to
go at 59c
ALL OVER LACE
15 pieces PJcrn Cream White, dozens of designs to
select from, value SI.OO, at 39c
PAGE FIVE
CHICKS PIKING
UP BASEBALL LOT
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The committee
of grounds—Messrs J. C. Otis, George
W. Collins, H. Frank Wheeler and
Manager Granville—have been busy
the past few’ days looking after the
work being done on the Elmwood ave
nue ball park, and when all the work
that the committee has decided to
have done Is finished Columbia will
have a baseball park second to none
in the Sallie League.
The bleachers are to be set back a
little to bring them in line with the
grandstand. The entrance to the
grandstand is to be rearranged. Some
private boxes are to be erected on
the ground in front of the grandstand
with wire netting in front of them.
There will be an extra charge for the
use of these boxes. The grandstand
proper will be wire netted from floor
to roof in order to keep batted balls
from landing In the stand.
They are fixing up a press coop that
will take the place of the little old
box taht did service for four seasons.
It, will be up to date and have room
enough in it for the telegraph oper
ator, scorer and newspaper boys who
turn out tho dope.
There is to he a general sprucing
up of the stands, grounds and ticket
facilities and such other things that
go to make up an up-to-date baseball
park.
Want-advertlse It—making a “cam
paign” of It If need be—and tall that
home and lot.
lers followed In the same quick tllM
and failed to pay the rent for the
hall.