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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERTOR, STARCH 2, 1903. 1 . , . . 1 ... 1 "ME ; VSPOMTOG WOMJD V 1 L ; Ek i - layeirs Old Reliable Drifts In From lUtanokc, Vs., and is Ready For Business rrot-petut Bright tr a Team That ", Will Carry Off the Banner at tlie liCut Has Knirared Two Catchers and Four PlUhcrs Bedde Himself 4 i flayers From All Section But 411. Hare Good Records or ery Jllgh Recommendations. .'. h With no ostentatious blowing of tiorns, but quietly confident that he will put for Charlotte a team in the eld that will give a good account of Itself and walk oft with the pen nant at the final show-down, Mana fr Jewe T. Reynolds, of the Char lotte league baseball team, blew Into the city last night Xrom Roanoke; Va., where ' he has been engaged In work for the Norfolk; , & Western Railroad. . Although Mr. Reynolds lad not teen a single one of the Charlotte -officials and knows little juf WhQt has been going on at this end of the line In arrantfing facilities for , locafgames, he has been holding up his own end of the bargain, with the result that already ha has signed ,1J men. besides himself, to ross the phere for the Queen City. The club win hate probably IS members. "I don't expect to try to hire a small army, an some do," remarked the , player-manager. , J ' REYNOLDS' CAREER. - The logical plain to begin talking about the team of 1908 Is with Jesse Reynolds, pitcher, . outfielder and manager, who will be its mainstay and its backbone. .Everybody In Charlotte knows who he Ik, of course, but very few know all of his varied and lengthy career of 11 years on the diamond. So here goes: :: Prior to adopting baseball ' as a profession Jesse Reynolds was a school teacher in the public schools of Ohio. He played ball In and around Portsmouth, O., In 189S-7; 'with Marlon, 111., In 1888; with . Decatur, Ind., In 1899: with Rich mond, Ind., In 1900 and the first part of 1901. finishing with Jackson, Tenn. ' In 1903 he pitched for and managed Vlcksburg, Miss., when his team finished a close second, this being the first , year of the ' Cotton States' League. In' 1903 he was with .Man chester, N. II.. in the New England . League, also Natchez, Miss.; in 1904 .with .Columbia; 8. C, In the South Atlantic League, where he led the league In four different departments: led the pitchers In fielding; also led the- pitchers In control, giving less free passes than any other pitcher; also led the outfleldera with a perfect ' fielding average, and had more as sists from the outfield than any out fielder In the league. In 190S he was with Charlotte In the Virginia-North Carolina League- until the league disbanded, flnihlng the season with . New Orleans,. in the Southern League. Jri 1909 he was with Marion, Ind., in the Inter-State League, until the league disbanded In July." when he ," Joined Ottumwa,. Iowa. At the close - of the Iowa League season he Joined the Denver, (Col., club, of the Western Ieague, remaining with them till the close. October 20th. In 1907 he- pitched for Roanoke, Va., in the. Vir gin la League, Where he won 13,llost 7 and tied 1 a 'winning per cent, of .850, standing ' fourth among the league's winning pitchers. The Roan oke club, finishing in; fifth place, makes, his 1907 record all the more creditable. ' He again led the league pitchers In the matter of . control, control and nerve In tight places being his strong points in the box. Although of slender build, en durance Is one of his strong points also. While with Richmond. Ind he pitched three, days .In succession, j winning all three, and with two days' J rest pitched a 20-lnnsng game In i which neither side scored until the.; final Inning. While with Vlcksburg,, in the .Cotton States' League, he pitched a 16-lnnlng 0 to 0 game; also a double-header, winning both. The first was 4 to 1 and the second 5 to 0. allowing only 7 hits In the 18 In nings,. . ;''' Besides nltchlntr. Reynolds Is a very good all round man.both outfield j hitter, yet, in a pinch, he Is reliable at the ' bat. He doesrft drink, smoke,' fheW or wear,, and in 13 years of service he was never put out of a game by the umpire, or even fined by umpire or manager. . w . CATCHERS SELECTED. . To start behind the bat with the list of players signed, Phil F. Hin ton, whose . reputation has preceded him, will be one of two selected to officiate there. HInton's home was originally In Baltimore, Md., though he has lived in Richmond, Va., -for the past two years. During the sea tons of 1906 and 1907 he played In the Virginia league, on ioanoe. Richmond and N'nrrniu. ha n i t h -- well, -being both right and left- handed. . Another catcher will be L. W. Metz, of Cumberland, Md. This young man played with Reynolds. In Vlcksburg, Sllss., 'in 1902, Reynolds being his manager. It's a safe gamble, there fore, that the astute manager knows what sort of article he Is getting. MeU played In 1904 and In 190S In the Texas League. Last year he was In the Western Pennsylvania League, t PITCHERS SOME. Among the pitchers Is H. H, Plott, of Plott. North Carolina; named for him. He has had no league ex perience, but is a ' husky fellow. weighing about isa pounds ana measuring feet 2. Plott pitched up in Virginia about the Blueneld section. He reported for spring prac tice at Roanoke last year, and was turned down without a trial. Mana ger Reynolds, however, saw him then and believes he has the stuff in him.; Vije Is a right hand twlrler. f T Frank Grubbs. of Good Hope, O., Is another twirling artist. He has pitched for independent teams In Ohio and Indiana, and uses his right .hand. i Let not the athletic form of Wiley Piatt, left hand pitcher and a big leaguer of many years' experience, be overlooked. Having played both i . on American .and National Ieague; - diamonds, the game Is by no means! a new one to him.'II has played on' the Philadelphia , Americans, the Philadelphia Nationals, the hlcago ' Nationals, the Chicago Americans and the Boston Nationals. He started In the big leagues In 1898. 10 years ago, on the Philadelphia Nationals. He was a big leaguer from 1891 to 1904. In 1905 and in 1900 he was on the Toledo American ' Association.- In ; times gone by he was noted for his stick work and will probably make good In this line Again when he gMs into practice. He Is t feet and weighs about 180. James E. Finn, of Frostburg. Md, is another Wt hand pltrher. lie is a young; fellow, who played In the Pennsylvania League last! deal Is in progress which ' the addition of two more No names can be given J pitchers. yet, but. If the manager concludes It to be necessary, it Is thought that they can be secured. , ; ' THE BASES.' First bag "will be held down by a youngster from Troy, N. Y., named Corrtgan. v .He comes "highly recom mended as a good hitter, batting being his strong point. "If he can hit. I ll make a first baseman out of him," said Reynolds last night. ' . Second base, Joseph Brennan, of Portsmouth, O. For three years he has. played Independent' ball. Shortstop will be guaraea oy.aau Koch, of Otway. o. inis lime vil lage la the home of Manager. Rey nolds. and also of Piatt. - Koch Is vfwine. but a aood man. Third base will be roosted on by James Bradley, of Camp Point, 111 He has had three years' minor league experience In the Western League and the Iowa State League, lie is a fine base, runner, being like light ning on his feet. He Is a good man all around. Manager Reynolds is counting on an experienced man for short stop and will probably get him. Koch is not-"Ms "sole dependence for- that position. " ' .FOR THE OUTFIELD. For the Dosltlons in the outfield three men have been booked, be sides Reynolds, who will play there whpn nnt nitfhlnr. These are ' R. E. Lewis, of Portsmouth, O., who has been playimj independent ball In Portsmouth for the last two vesra. He la a rood base runner. "George Bateman, of . Portsmouth, n hie- fellow with the usual 185 pounds of avoirdupois to his credit. He is a good hitter and fast on hla n. It. Brannaman. a .college boy from Roanoke College, Salem, Va. vto I. wft. hand hitter and a good one, as well as a fast runner. He will not report for duty until the first of June, as he has to wan unui mo closlncr of his college season. The baseball season will open about April 30th. The schedule, on hii.h Miir Kinn. the areat schedule artist, has been srorklng, has not hun nfflrtnilv announced, so far as local baaeballlsts know. What is known is that each team will play 100 games and each town will get SO - games. The season will close about the last -of August or the first of September. Reynolds' bunch will ronnrt for duty some time between inrii nth ami l nth for practice Speaking of his men as a whole. M,nur Remolds Is satisfied with them. Those whom he does not know personally havs been highly recommended by men whom he does know ana wnuws ;uuun.m : " ' o tan into consideration with the nf thn individual slayers. Rah for baseball! V It's beginning to get In the air. ASHEVILLE'S SIDE OP IT. Y. M. OA. Team or Ashevllle Wants to B Set Right as to the Wake Fore Basketball Game Claims chamDlonHhiD of State Wants Game In Cliarlotte. To the Sporting Editor: We notice an article in your paper of the 88tlT Inst entitled "Baptists' Southern Trip." In this article the reporter or the Wake Forest baoket ball team, presumably Mr. Crozler, complains of .their treatment while In Ah4ville. and knocks tne x. m. i a. team for the manner In which they Dlay the game. In other words, they niiLre the credit for their overwhelm inr defeat at the hands of the Y. M. c. A. ieam to a cold, which some of their slavers had contracted at Ashe villa School the night before, and this aforesaid cold, combined with tne "holdina- a Dlayer wtth both hands. hurrlhir the ball. running with we ball, rushing and slugging," which was all done by the Y. M. C. A. of course Wake Forest lost. -ye have had a basketball team at tne v. .m. C. A. for five years and never has a team complained of their treatment here until the Wake Forest team makes that as an excuse for their defeat. After the game at the Y. M. C. A.. Mr. Croxier said he had no kick coming as to the official and that he was beaten by a better team. If e trtate1 tn. Wake Forest team discourteously we wish to apologize to them, for this Is the first time in the history of the team -that we have been accused Of. playing 'Mirty ball." Mr. Crozler before taking his. trip made statements about playing Georgetown for the championship bf the South, and, it was only natural that he should feel sore over his poor showing. We claim the championship of North Carolina for several reasons. We have not been teaten this year, we defeated the Asheville Prepara tory School 47 to 12. while Wake Forest won from them by the close score of 18 to IS. We have defeated the three beet teams in Tenneoeee, tTniverftv f Tenne.e 2t to 7: ... . . . . Maryvllle College SO to 17 and New port 27 to 14. We also defeated Farm School and Asheville School two games and Wake Forest 2 to 12. Wake Forest was Mmply outplayed at every department of the game. even Mr. Couch, the star forward for Wake Forest, , only broke even with his guard as to .field goals, while he (Couch) only threw four fouls to his opponents eight, but we do not write this letter to either square oVrselves with the public, or to advertise the Y. M. C. A. team. It H for this rea son we write: Mr. ?ro!er says' "they . have no foundation, to claim the . championship until they have played and defeated Guilford, Trinity and Littleton." We wanted- to make that very trip but Mr. Crozler wrote us that It was Impossible as Guilford had disbanded. ' Now we do not want the championship of North Carolina, unless we deserve tf,. We feel that we have the best tca.nl In the State and if Mr. Crozler doubts it we win fiddly make) him a. proposition. We will play them In Charlotte any day they wish, such team to pay Its own expenses to Charlotte, and we will divide the gate receipts any way that Mr. Crozler thinks fair. Each team io .choose an official, both officials to be chosen from Charlotte men or Charlotte basketball players. Very truly your a ED B. BROWN, Assistant Secretary Y. M. C. A. Asheville. Feb. 29, J90. Colonel Walton Looking After Races. Special to The Observer. Raleigh, March L A well-known race' manager and horseman. Cot Samuel Wlton. of Virginia, was here yesterdiy. to confer with Secretary Pogue, of the State Fair, la regard to -the racing next October, at the fair. They say the racing will be better than ejrer before. - Fred Tenny has come to terms with the New York club and affixed bis signature to a 1908 contract. Western ! year. A concerns OAK RIDGE'S SCHEDULE. List Js One ol the Hardest the College Has Eer Tackled FIto Old Men and. a Number ofTPromlsins; Candi dates Are Trying For Positions, ... Special to The Observer. ' - nli . Wt l 4 sank uiIaaV - for-the fciaseball team Is most promls- Ing. With Professors Moors and E. Holt in charge of the' large number oXj applicants for positions, there Is'po doubt of a winning team, Mlth Ma berry, Moore, Hooks. Cook and- Swink of last season's team. Oak Ridge has a pretty good nucleus for the 1908 team. Among the sew candidates Robinson. Beeson. Arey, Cravens, Cummlngs, Stephens, Brown Bason, and Mlsen tvelmer are showing up well in the preliminary work. Muberry will be the chief pjtcher. though several colts of local reputation will make their debut in the box. . Schedule of games Is as follows: March 20. Eton . College at Elon College. " ' March ELUnlversity at , Chapel Hill. ' ' ' , March 7. Lafayette at Greensboro. March IL William and Mary at Oak Ridge. April 8. Davidson College at Greensboro. ' . April 4. St, Mary's College- at Bel mont. Anril 1L Divldson , College at Greensboro. : r- -.- -.-r- April 16. Bingham School at Oak Ridge. " , . April 23. Roanoke College atOak Ridge . April 27. Elon College at . Oak Rldre. V In addition to the above definitely arranged games. It U probable that games will' be arranged with Wake Forest, Catawba, Danville, ' Va. league team, and the School for the Deaf and Dumb at Morganton. Two or three games will be played with Winston and Greensboro professionals during their practice season. ' The local athletes of note havs al ready made their arrangements for the summer. Prof. Earl P. Holt will pVay with Lynchburg this year, as cutcher and first baseman. Prof. Moors expects to play with Wilson In the iastern Carolina League. " Cabell Cook will pllay with Orange burg in the' North and Bauth Caro lina League, holding his old position at third base. . , ; Hhyvey Bolt will play third base or THE MECHANICS' J 207 N. TRYON ST. i$B3 . - February short stop with Greenville, S. C, ta the Carolina League. Prof. Bennett will manage and cap tain the Seattle team, in the. Pacific Cast League, and hold down second base. .... . v Murrow Ben-bow will hold his former position us chaplain and first baseman, of the Spartanburg, 8. C. team. Carolina. League.' . . . Bob Stafford (Sir Rorert) will man age and captain the Danville team in the Virginia League, and hold the initial sack. American Boys Win at Oxford. Oxford. Eng. March L A. M. Stevens, of Willimantlc. Conn., a Rhodes scholar from . Yale University, won the high Jump and the hammer throwing contest, in the university sports yesterday afternoon. He clear ed 5 feet inches in the Jump and threw the hammer 129 feet I lnchea F. W. Buchlos. of Florida, was sec ond In the hammer throw with 107 feet,' while T. C Hull, of Michigan, won a heat In the 100-yard dash in 10 2-6 seconda The final in the last mentioned event will be run next Monday. . Italians File Protest Against Ameri- . can Car. Chicago, March 1. Before leaving Chicago yesterday the drivers of the Italian car filed a formal protest against the American car. This document will be forwarded-to Paris. It alleges that the American machine was altered while undergoing repairs at Buffalo; was towed two days with out the motor running; that it was towed byte trolley car In Indiana; that it used the railroad tracks be tween Michigan City, Ind., and Chica go, and it Avas put on sledges at cer tain places. MoCalllo Goes to Chattanooga. A special from New York to The Atlanta J6urnal says: ' "Cornell athletics have received another set-back with the announce ment that Robert McCallie, last year's half-back and an all-round athlete, and a promising candidate for the varsity baseball team, will quit the university to return -to his home at Chattanooga, Tenn., to engage in business. This is the third football man to leave the university this year, the others being Thompson and May, from last year's line." The pitchers and catchers of the Cleveland team will arrive at Macon, Ga., to-day and at once begin prac tice. . OFFICE QF, PERPETUAL B..& IT IS FINISHED TO THE PUBLIC: ; V Y With the opening of the 51st Series this Tnsti-" tution. completes its existence of a quarter of a century; twenty-five years- how easy to say it but ohl how many things have transpired in the lives of each of us- many shareholders ': in this institution have been born since, grown to man, or woman's estate, and are respected citi zens of this communnity; and how many cares and perplexities have we, jits officers encoun tered in the management "of this to us sacred trust. But we point with pride to our achieve ments and give them to the publje hereby. . . - 4 "Multum in Parvo" ' ; t We have handled during this time $6,000,000. We have' made nearly 3,000 loans. We have paid off to matured shareholders $2,500,000. We have earned for the shareholders in prof its nearly $500,000. , ' . We, have loaned out at this time nearly $850, 000. Our last year's transactions amounted to $1,100,000. v All these vast sums handled at an expendi ture on current business of less than 1 per cent. We Have Not. lost One Cent, Either 6 Bad Loans, or Otherwise. . TO YOU THE PUMie " . v ' . . . 'As our jurors, we tender the case. 511t SEMES jOpens on Monday, March 2, and the first pay ment has to be made Saturday the 7th. - The books are now open at our office, No. ,207 North Tryon street. Bespeaking for this institution your contin ' ued favor, we extend to you the greetings of the management. R. E. COCIIRACUec. & Treas. . S. ViniWIlY, President 23, 1907. AMERICAN MOISTENING COMPANY 79.11ilk Street, Boston, Mass. J. S. COTHEAN, RpresenUave, 405 Trast Bldg, CHARLOTTE K 0 MORE COLLEGE GAMES HERE THIS SPUING THAN CaUAL The managers of the baseball teams of the colleges of the State appreciate the liberal patronage which the Charlotte fans give, and have arranged their schedules this spring eo as to have as many games on the grounds in this city as possi ble. The teams that are to - meet each other here are the best college nines of the State and the exhibitions they will give will toe the gilt-edged article of ball. The games thus far announced to be played on the Latta Park diamond are: April 4th Davidson vs. A. ft M. April 8th Davidson va 'Guilford. April 18th Davidson vs. Universi ty of North Carolina. May let Trinity va Clemson. May 2d Davidson vs. University of Tennessee. Homeland Wins Walking -Match. . Kansas City. March 1. W. A. Hoaglartd, -of Auburn, N.-Y., last r.lght won the six-day walking match, having walked 280 miles in 62 hours. He thus retains the world's cham pionship. i J. v Blake, of Florida, and z. Lloyd, of Columbus. O, dropped out of the race last nignt, leaving five men t4 divide the purse. SHORT SPORTS. The American car in the New York-to-Parls race reached Clarence, Iowa, last night. Bad roads caused an accident to the . French car and when night came it was four hours behind the Italian car. The New York open the season at Americans will Hot Springs to morrow in a game with a local team. Ner Orleans has signed as fast a bunch of players as ever gathered in that city. Five of the number come from last year's btg league teams. Roche, who won the championship for the White Sox in 1008 by his heavy batting. Is among the list. ..V I L ASSOCIATION CHARLOTTE, N. C. FRAN'S HOLUSTER'3 Reeky Certain Tea Ilugefs , tuv Ms fcr Btty rVsta tVtagi SoMai Hank ssi ImmI VKm Aspect to ferCMMlMtlea. IasirssUoo. ttvwt sss Ktencr treaties Pimple, brat. Impure Blood. 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Prices reasonable. , Tho Mot Modern and Luxuriant Hotel In the Camllnas. 150 ELEGANT ROOMS. 15 PRIVATE BATIIS. Located In the heart of Charlotte, convenient to railroad station, street cars and the business and shopping centre. Caters to high class commercial and tourist trade. to 7-30 d" ht dlnner" :C0 t0 ,:S0 MuB,5 every evening EDGAR B. MOORE - - . . . . proprietor. What Congenial Hospitality Means Rest and comfort administered with hospi tality mean so much to the weary, tired traveler. At the Clegg Ilotel all this and a good deal more await you who sojourn in the City of Greensboro, N. C. CLB.GG HOTEL j . . Just a step beyond Presbyterian College For Women CHARLOTTE, JC. 0 Second term begins Special rates to Rev. J. R. Bridges, (INCORPORATED! a school wrrn a rkpctation fon doi.no high-grade work One ot the best equipped schools In the South. THE LARGEST, TH8 BEST. The strongest faculty. More graduates In positions than all other schools In the State. 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