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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER,' MARCH 8, 1903. LATEST M Ml TH ORLB r: iuHtiiiMHiiiiiiiiimmwiiiniiMtniiiiiii'iiilimHT Tin Tiround the "DOCADKIIIS' BOYS NEARLY III SHAPE MANAGER M'KEVIIT SIGHS WESTERN fill Carolina Circuit " The day ot "spring fever" have arrived, and in six particular cltiea of the Old North and Palmetto Statea ?. thia means the "baseball fever." The old folks and the youngsters alike ' are beginning to talk about "our team" and what tt la going to do ' thia summer (win th pennant, of course). All around the circuit, from ; Greensboro to Anderson, the manag ." era are likewise talking ball and get ting together tho men who are to constitute their respective squads. - , CSREENVILLE'S LINE-UP COM- . PLETE. . ; ; - - Manager Stouch, of Greenville, 'says . - that he boa been carefuF as to who should have the - privilege . of sign- ing a Greenville contract and be . lieves that he has a string capable of delivering ttie goods. All , his pitch . . era have good records both In the box and at the bat Innelders Preasley and tarry are new men to Greenville, although the .. former in well known In. the college . game of a few years back when he was with the Eraklne College team. : Ha waa a fast man and a left-handed : bitter. He batted lomething . like - .151 with the LJncolnton ti'am last season In 100 games. Harry comes from the Western Association and la . considered Al In baseball. The pre diction of Manager Stouch la to the 'effect that he is tp be one of tbe favorites with the grandstand and bleachers. " . . . ' Kendrlck, the fast short which ." Greenville wad at the close ' of ' the ''season last year, is a great favorite In Greenville. He is. fast,, a hard worker and can alwaya be counted i upon to get a hit." ' . The outfielders are likewise fast ' men. They all hit . left handed and : throw right handed. , Taylor comes -" from the Eastern . League and Au- buohen, from Bt. Louis. ' Jackson '1 waa" with tho fast Greer aggregation last season and hit .398 In (2 games. ' Besides these Stouch' has strings on .' two fast outfielders and two lnfield . ers whoso names will be given out later. 5 Laval, to the gratification of hia v many friends, suffered no Injury from , hia operation during the winter. He Is looking well, feeling well and coaching the Furman K University team with his old-time Vim and .. energy. Stouch Js working his base .. ball students at Davidson, and Scott, who la impatient for the season to J open. Is selling meats for a packing concern to the city trade of Augusta, .' Ga. . - "All the men have been signed and ; there will be no disappointments In their not appearing when the time - comes." says Manager Stouch. o W. O ' . o X O x o o 'V o ': O ; O o it o . - o GREENVILLE'S LINE-UP. Catcher Stevens, Kelly. . . wingo, Pitchers Lval, Ham, Trlb- .O ble. Ware, McFarHn, Bpck- O wits, Forbes. Smith. . O First baseman Scott. O Second baseman Stouch O .(manager). i O Shortstop Kendrlck.- ' O Third ... basemen Barry, O Pressley. O Outfielders Taylor, Jack- O son, Aubuchen. O 8. o . o ooooooooooooooooo DOWN AT ANDERSON. With Elmore D. Hlnes, former sporting editor of The Roanoke (Va.) Times, as manager and a big bunch of hefty playera already signed, An derson ' Is anxious for the season to D p Indianapolis manufacturers and 1 dealers have Joined forces to hold a . show from March 16th to list. ', No account of fuel consumption ; nor of the troubles will be taken in '.the Irish reliability trials, to be held ' My nth an 26th. - During 1907 there were 17,303 pleasure gasoline -cars manufactured . in the United States and 6,000 steam and electric motor vehicles. . Sheffield University, England's fa mous educational Institution, has es tablished classes for automobile own ers and chauffeurs. , - Two Philadelphia playhouses, have established a line of ten motor 'buses ' to carry patrons free to and from he theatres nightly. ' , ; At a cost of $600,000. the county ' commissioners of Luserne county, : Pa., will build a paved highway across the county, 26 miles long. One '6f the 1963 models carries a folding seat over the rootboard to ac commodate the chauffeur when the wner of the car wishes to drive. Automobile coal wagons of three ton capacity, the boxes of which are ; i tipped by the 18-horse power motors : which drive them, are In use at Ber- Y- i A motor truck, with a capacity of ; six large nogsneaas ot wine or otner ' liquids, has been put Into service by th owners' of extensive vineyards near Paria The first endurance contest It ever has held and a series of gymkhama games, are being arranged by the Automobile Club of Hartford, Conn., tor May 16th. ' A Pittsburg chauffeur who ran Into and wrecked two vehciles recently waa sent to the county Jail for 30 days and fined six and a quarter cents by a police magistrate. A screw so worn aa to fall to fit tightly In the hole for which it is In tended rnay be enlarged by sawing across the end and Inserting a small scrap ot metal aa a wedge. - M. J. Budlong has resigned as gen eral manager of the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, to connect himself with a Detroit company that builds motor cars. pen. . The people of that hustling Palmetto city axe enthusiastic sup porters of their - baseba.ll team and are giving the club that will repre sent them their heartiest support (not merely In werda but in-a substantial way) ana a warm race It Is that that team will make for the coveted bunt ing. '-.-.-'.-"'' ooooooooooooooooooo o , O ' ANDERSON'S LINE-UP. o o o O- o o o o o o o Catchers Foley, Farrell, -Swlnk, Wood,- ficoflenberger, Pitchers Renther, Retcha. Watictns, Chapman, .. Rube WadJeU. ' Intlelders Hunruberts, Kuhlman, Corrlgan. Poole,, Meyers, Jackie, Rossitcr, Hlgh towslnger. . Outfielders -Strum p,' Dob son. '.-.'.' ' , o o o ooooooooooooooooo ' " IX THE SPARTAN CITY. , ; The Spartan City has a goodly i number of Its 1907 men for this sea 1 son and other recruits of 'equal re nown are being added from day to day .by Carlton Buesse, manager,. Buosse was last year manager of the Orangeburg nine., McKenzie is an other man who waa with Orangeburg and was bought by the Spartans. Buesse Is now at Athena. Ga., but will report In a short time with about 25 men of the first order. . . ooooooooooooooooooo SPARTANBURG'S LEVE-UP. Pitchers Omara, " Arm strong. First base-man Benbow. Second baseman McKenale. Shortstop Martin. Third baseman Watson. ooooooooooooooooo THE' TWIN" CITY'S "BLUES." - The Wlnston-Salemites were very hopeful of getting the six " Sumter playera they had bargained for, and were greatly disappointed when they did not succeed; but Manager Robert Carter is on an expedition In the North and West signing si fast bunch. He will report about the 15th tbe artists he has aecured. Carter la a splendid player-manager. He can hold down any posit' tlon on the lot He has made a .good record tor the past seven years, play ing with some of the best leagues of the West and South. He was for merly with Omaha but for the last two seasons was with the Memphis, pennant winners and next to pen nant Winners, respectively., GREENSBORO .GOSSIP." ' Manager James McKevItt, of the Greensboro aggregation la back from a scouting expedition In 'the North west and has secured several good men. Tbe Gate City fans are great ly pleased that the season opens on their own grounds and with a game with their old rival, Winston-Salem. The city . la a great baseball centre and the people turn out In great crowds to wltneaa all games played there. At one college game (and amateur games are not supposed to draw aq big a crowd aa professional battles), the OullfordiDavldson con test In 1906, there were 3,500 paid admissions. Everything there v is coming on In fine shape and the team will be put In trim In ample time for the opening, of the season. Motorists from all over the coun try will attend the hearing on the Federal Automobile Registration, bill, now before Congress, before the House Judiciary committee, on March 12th.- . . t The efforts of the Manitoba farm era to rash a bill through the Leg isiature governing automobiles has resulted in the formation of a motor league with' headquarters at Winni peg. . . The German Relchatag has been asked to require a chauffeur to drive a car 10,000 kilometers, about 6,210 miles, under the eye of an official ob server) ibefore he is, granted a license. In a single hour on a recent after noon while the streets were covered with ice, 63 per cent, of the vehicles which passed through a much travel ed block on Broadway, New York, were motordrlven.- One of the cars In the New York totParis race is carrying flanged wheels for use on the Trans-Siberian Railway, a' permit to use the tracks having been obtained from the Rus sian government v ' 11 To advance the Interest in touring and to assist . motorists who do not tour, the Automobile Club of Ameri ac. New York's great organization, has added subscription membership to its Bureau of Tours.' The Indianapolis Commercial Club has asked Its city council to require drivers license of all automobile op erators, revokable for drunkenness, disorderly conduct or violation ofMo cal speed regulations. Hiram Maxim, widely known as the Inventor of the gun bearing his name, claims, to have devised new motive power to lessen the expense of driving automobiles, motor boat and other high-speed engines. One of the automobile measures now before the Massachusetts Legis lature amends the law relative to the storage of explosives and Inflam mable fluids so as to exempt gasoline tanks 'in' automobiles from its pro visions. The wisdom of the Clevelan I deal ers postponing their ;hw until Feb ruary waa amply proven by the bril liant success of th nti-rirle. The financial feeling was nuch better than It was two months bvfo"e. and a IITTITTTTIIIIIIIIIITTIITIIilHIIllIITTIITITTTTTTTTT - l SOPHS DEFEAT LITTLETON. A One-Sided Game of Basketball at the Baptist College, the Score Be ing 48 to 3. Special te The Observer. Wake Forest, March T. In a rather one-sided game here last night, the sophomore basketball team defeated Littleton High School by the score of 48 to 3. The visitors put up a poor game, "showing very little team work, ' while the sopho mores played a fast game, passing well and shooting goals eevery few minutes. Allen and Carrick' rtarred for the sophomores, making, some beautiful shbts from "difficult positions. Free man and McCullers guarded well also. Brldgers, H. C, shot the only goal for the visitors. ' The line-up was as. follows: Sophomores. Littleton. Carrick u. F. . . Briagers H. .c Allen.y R. F. . .i West Carrick C . .Brldgers, H. A. Freeman.,.,. R. G... ., Moss - (Beachboard) MeCuUers . ...T. G ' ..Ryan (Williamson) Time of halves, Z0 minutes. Um pire, Crosier. Danville has secured Brooksbank, who was recently engaged by the Augusta manager. . exhibitors reported doing ' excellent business. ' . The Quaker City Motor Club, of Philadelphia, has organised a volun teer corps which has offered its ser vices to city. State and national gov ernments to quell riot or Insurrection', or 'even to repel invasion In time of war. A successful ' membership contest has been Inaugurated by the Wash ington. D. C, club. The club has been divided into two parties and the party which brings Ut the most new members -. will be banqueted, by the losers. ,. In accordance with a proclamation by the Mayor of Savannah, the banks and commercial exchanges of that city . will observe as holidays March 18th and 19th. the dates of the race carnival of the Savannah Automobile Club. Thomas Cale, delegate to Congress from Alaska, la moat enthusiastic over the New York-to-Parls race, de claring hat If the contestanta get across his Territory it will mean much to the most northerly posses sions of the United States. When two heavy draft horses re cently failed to move a load of coal up a hill at Aurora, 111., a motorist drove up with a two-cylinder car, ordered the horses unhitched and, with, his automobile, readily hauled the coal to Its destination. 1 The latest thing In the competi tion line has been arranged by . a Paris newspaper. A number of cars are to be disabled In tha same man ner and the man-who rat remedies the trouble and succeeds In getting a car going will be awarded a prise. . in i as . An Italian newspaper is arranging for a race of motor boats from Havre to New York, to occur as soon as the New York-to-Parls automobile con testants reach the , latter city. Tbe Idea is to establish a record for an around-the-world trip by motor power. '.",'.. - ; According to an official report of the Federal Department of Agricul ture, the. automobile has displaced 60.660 horses In the United States, and breeding- has fallen off such an extent that there never ha been a stronger demand for rarm animal than at present. JESSE REYNOLDS, CHARLOTTE'S EFFICIENT MANAGER. ', ' "Manager Reynolds," says Tom mle Stouch, "Is a man with a keen eye and the Charlotte fans can bank on hia having enough go to make all the other five clubs keep hustling." SOLDIERS PLAY BASKETBALL. Fort Caswell Team Meets Wilming ton Y. M. C. A. Hnjcrs In n t Ioc ContcHt. ',..., -Special to The Observer. . Wilmington, March 7. In a fast and exciting game of basketball here last night the T. M. C. A. of Wil mington defeated a strong team from Fort Caswell by a score of 13 to 11. At the end of the second half the score stood a tie, 11 to 11, .but the local team won in two minutes of the play-off by adding. two points. The Fort Caswell team "vas In Charge of Lieutenant McCleary, . and a large party of the officers and soldiers at the fort and their wives accompa nied the players to Wilmington, re turning to their homes this morning after a delightful trip. ' Last night after the game the visiting team and ladles of the party were entertained at a luncheon in the' association building. Barns Not to Fight Johnson. London, : March 7. "Tommy" Burns, the heavyweight prise fight er, to-day withdrew his deposit he had put up with a cal sportsman as a forfeit to bind a match with "Jack" Johnson the American negro pugilist. A fine cf from $10 -to $500, or Ira prlsonment of from ten days to one year, or both, Is provided for viola tion of any of the provisions of the motoring law now before the Rhode Island Legislature.' The . license of an offender also may be revoked by the Secretary of State. . . The positive refunal of I he Park Board of New Haven,- Conn., to all' automobiles to enter Any of th parka of that city has kuKk 'J '.'t tho plans tor a hlll-cllmblm contest ".. er during the local ileu"r.4' how. which will be held March liih to 24th, or later In the spiiiK. .' An English court lecently decided that an automobile) cqmpur.v that provided a chauffeur and garage for a privately-owned car was responsi ble for the negligent of tho i;ttttui feur. In other word, thtt he was the company's servant, not his tem porary employer', ' Germany's new war iiutomoliHe Ik armored heavily enough to with stand rifle or shrapnel tire at '1,000 feet and carries flve men and a gun that will carry 22,000 feet. Weigh ing 7,000 pounds, its . motors will drive It 45 miles an hour ov.ir ood roads and 30 miles an hour over rough country, , - Officials of the townt-hlp of Mid dletown, Bucks county. Pit.. Mi ry In the fact that they .have coile-tcd over 34,000 in fines front kOO mutoriats In a little over a year, nevontly thy Induced the county up-rvlHl.-ir to recommend that he Pennsylvania Legislature enact itllt ore drastic laws. ' In a new motor the y5fnii-r re volve around fhe shaft, thus dif ens ing with the heavy flywheel and Its attachments. The notion lubricates by centrifugal force as well a closes the valves without eprtnjs r.n4 'the rapid revolution throwe off , thr hut air without the use tf fans or other cooling means.' The secret of prop-x b-ake Adjust ment is to mo set the lever rr x-3al that when back to 'te fill fktent the bands shall not drag back on the Irums and that hn th-t bm.lu are fully appplied there shnll yet te an appreciable amount "t clearance ! tween the lever and the w..Mr itoerd or the end of the tiegmenf. Motorists who suffered frm the motorphobte tende nil.-s of a Jurtlce - rTtttTTTTTT IXXZXXX Southern Amateurs Want to Hold ' Try-Outs for Olynipla Games. New Orleans. La., March 7. The Southern association of the Amateur Athletic Union, embracing seven States, to-night forwarded to New York a request for oermlsslon to hold try-outs here on May Ith ' for candldatea for the Olympic games next summer. The request waa sent to J. E. Sullivan, secretary of the American committee on' the Olympic games by . Lawrence Dl Benedetto, secretary of the Southern associa tion. The States In the Southern di vision are Georgia, Alabama, Missis sippi, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. ; - . Gotch Oatiase Joe Roger, But , Loses Handicap Match. ' New Tork. March 7. Frank Gotch, the American champion wrestler, last night lost a handicap match to Joe Rogers, being able to throw Rogers but twice, the rules governing the contest requiring that he should down Rogers flve times within an hour. The men wrestled catch-as-ratch-can style. Gotch secured the first fall tn 26 minutes and the sec ond In 36 minutes. Rogers through out the. match waa entirely on the defensive and often 'crawled oft the mat to prevent being pinned down. of the peace of East Oreenbush, N. Y who Imposed the inuxlmiiit -en-alty possible whenovar ho caught a victim, have obtained their revonge by bringing a chance against him of falling to return fines collected to tho county supervisors. Braking by means of the engine Is at times particularly desirable, de clares an expert. The regular se of brakes with which a ,ar la equipped are, of courae, eufflclent to hold It on any decline. Yet, thia continued use generates a large amount of hat. Which not onlv nun ri hmb tends ttf burn them out irr-il VKK'' fmo" throughout France as racing starter and a fa miliar character at the Grand Prix, who recently resigned -rom the i. vice of the Frraoh Jockjy Club. Is In reality an Engll.hman. He Is" note- rlOUalV tut u n,1 ill . j . . .. t..- - , "-"rreo, DUl in French take him so humorously that he -has atartel ail . . ... the past IJ years. , Fr. JV Bwnr.fl. of Brooklyn, en gaged tn Ink r h ... - the Italian car In the New York to r'.C.'. md" r,P 'und Ithe world at 13 on a sailing veam-l, has fought In the Phllipplnea, haa trav eled extensively in China and Japan and has had a wide xp-rlenc with motor cars. Anxlaus to compete Hn the present rap ! itr-rA hi. vces free. Routes for this ye.ir's Glidden tour hsve ben suggested by the Greater Charlotte "lub. an Industrial organi sation of Charlotte. N. O,. and by the Louisiana Automooil League. The former would have it r jn from Cleve land down through Kentucky., Ten nessee ' and . Georgia, returning through the Carolines and Virginia to Washington. Baltimore. Philadelphia and New Yrk. whll the latter-would have It start from Denver and end at New Orleans. ' ; A recent officii! Census showed 111.618 motor vehicles in the United Kingdom. Of lhso 61.617- were pleasure automobiles, 4,124 commer cial or traction machines and S3. 177 motor cycles. The number of licensed drivers totaled 205. (04 and. nearly H.000 more pleasure vehicles were registered In 107 than id 1106. Df. Leo Joelson. of Houston. Tex., recently worked out oovel scheme for painting aluminum foottmards. whk-h. are practically Impossible to Trinity's Coach Will Probably An no u lice life IJne-l'p This Week Hot Contest on For Three Impor ' rant Positions No Changes Made In Schedule as Published. Special to The Observer. Durham. March I. HarJ practice continues on' Hanes Athletic Field, and when the'Trlnity nine Is select ed during the early part of the wees there are all reasons to believe that the fortunate ones will have been amply tested for the different places for which they contest. . Dr. Adkins, the efficient coach for the team, is working the men hard and knows how to handle them, too. He knows how to make them work, and all the latent talent of the many men who are trying for the team this season will be given a chance to come out of hiding and develop. An Interview with Manager Daniel to-day revealed the fact that the team would In all probability be chosen and picked during the early part of the week, and the number of men to which Coach Ad sins will then have to give his entire attention will be considerably reduced. There are several places on the team which are being hotly contested for by sev eral, men third, ahort anj catch. For each of thee places many men are working all good men who ap parently understand the game' well. But "Doc" Adkins, as the boys' are beginning to learn to call him. knows how to discover a man, and his abil ity and will, of course,' get the best man for each place. From all Indi cations the team this year will be up to the ukuhI standard t efficiency, and It Is believed Trinity's "Blues" will have a successful season. No changes have been made In the schedule and It stands now practi cally as It did when published some weeks ago. The team will leave here aome time about the 9th of April for a ten dys trip In the South ern Statea, where It will play some good games with some of the lead ing colleges and universities. The manager has arranged a few more games for . the home diamond than usual, and the local fans will have a good chance this season to enjoy some good ball. TAIl HEELS WIN. Down Southerners at Tint-Wet ball Score of 45 to 30. by The Tar Heela won a great victory In basketball at the Young Men's Christian Association last night by defeating the crack Southerners in one of the hardest fought games of the season, thus giving them a strong er grip In the race for the trophy cup. A score of 45 to 30 waa rolled up against the defeated ones, but they took the. medicine like gentlemen and left the field realising that they had ' been defeatej fair and square. An Interesting featu.'e of the game waa the excellent and accurate goal shooting by Crowell, of the Tar Heels. Hia work in throwing foul baskets was very fine, At different Inter vals both teama exhibited good Judg ment in passing the ball down the field, and thia feature added much to the beauty of the game. The struggle for the trophy cup is growing more intense as tha games progress, and there Is every reason to believe that the gtmea will be close ly contested until the end of the sea son. The standing of the teama Is aa follows: Flayed Won lx)t P C. Southerners Tnr Herls ., Athletics ... Mystle Five .... 11 7.4 .... in 4 .... 1,4 I ' .... 10 $ At present the fight seems i to e between the Tar Heels and the South- erners, although It is believed that the Athletics will make a good show ing if not secure second place. Whltsett Students Take Much Inter est In Homo Paschal!. Special to The Observer Whltsett. March 7.--Con.lderable Interest la being taken. In athletic mattera now and almost wery after- noon finds a large crowd on the ball grounds. While the school does not put out a traveling team agaln.t other schools, there Is none the less interest here In the games which are being constantly played between the classes, societies, various boarding houses, etc. In fact, a great many more take Invest In the game, now man wnen they were under the for- mrr manffm.n( with .11 est In a winning team. clean thoroughly. He first coated the surface with varnish, harmonizing with the color of the rest of th car, "e,V re Ace. i to a won; then sandpapered off :he varnish i!ro"h!"n- " 1;,1Jt0,u,: Irr,,"r 1 from the smooth edges and high ,h'rd; J"m , v ' placea, leaving th.'se exposed and ' Hfth i ace, mtle and an eighth, handl eaally . reached portions In bright""; F'" Premiums t L won; Alma aluminum, while the less exposed r)u,our- 7 second; Yankee Girl. 6 te portions remained coatod with tho J.hT' T"n- ,f M aaally washed varnish. , auth race. mil. and a irtxnth. sell- Paris now has an American taxi- !" '.!ronl: Convol- th"- Time, meter automobile driver. William 1 f, .K ., , Klumpke. of New York, and hia ma-' !vntn ',' ''"! -veniy yards, chine, a 30-horse powor affair. Is the fr1""; n'"' C0V- ! . J- 0: DslpWe. moat gorgeous and Ur.st vehicle for,' r seoon.1: Artful Dodger. I 1. publlo hire In the French capital. i nlrd. Time. 1 :l-. found the car too expensive to keep Tor mere pleasure," he frays, "and I think the Job of motor courier la good enough for uny getitaeman. It. H. Johnson, a member of the touring committee of he American Automobile Association, who recently completed tour of 2,004 miles from New York to Savannah by a circuit ous route, passing through ten Statea tells of some sensational fording of rtvera and creeks in the South. "Often the water washed over our big 36 Inch wheels." he says, "and several tlmea our burner was extinguished." One of the most scathing rebukes evrr delivered la contained In a reso lution recently adopted by the Cam den, N. J Automobile t'Jub condemn ing the Frf linghuysen iaw. of which It says: "It permits Justices and constables to rntr Into conspiracies whereby they mar waylay the trar eler whether tourist or cltian. and, tinder th prot-ctlon of the law, take from him large sums of money for the mere gain of etatutTy feva. " In a new system for using denatur ed alcohol as fuel a receptahle con taining calcium carbide Is attached between the carburettor end the in take, so that each charge of sir car- buretted with diluted alcohol Is drawn through the carbide tn Us pas sage to the enrflne. In this way some ef the water of the akhol combtn with the carbide, forming - a little acetylene In the mixture, ehlch. when compreaeod and fired, burns almost exactly like gasoline. The Gate City Club Gets Catcher and Outfielder From Cirand Rapid and Two Pitchers The Fans Not PlMmut W 1 1 K &0.vs1..1 ' rangedgrounds Being Remodel ed. Special to The Observer. Greensboro. March 7 The arrival of James McKevItt, who is to manage the Greensboro team In the Carolina League, haa Infused new life In the baseball situation here. Manager Mc- . . , . . , . . , ,,i ,9 riiiiiuB abl c orr inn DrDi - pects of the league with which he has cast his fortunes for the season, and la especially pleased with the out- iook tor tne ureens'oro team. He brought with him signed contracts with several fast Western players, among the number Te!ng: Charles Adams, of Grand Rapids, who Is to work at the receiving end of the bat tery; C. A. Sisson, .iU of Grand Re nins malt tn h a ,T-..lr tstHAw Kern, of the Chicago City. League, and GlcHSon. of the Wisconsin League, both of whom will play la the box. The work of remodeling and en- larglng the ball paik haa begun and. Is expected to be7 completed in twv weeks. When the work la finished.' the park will be an admirable one In The Greensboro Electric Company is building a spur track from tha Sumlt avenue line to the park. This ill improve greatly transportation facilities, which have not been alto gether satisfactory lieretifore. The Greensboro fans are loud In their condemnation of th Carolina League schedu'e as arranged by Mike Finn, of Little Rock. and say Its adoption would work untold harm te the league. , '.-. IXDOOR MEET AT GEORGETOWN". Washington, March 7. The foafure of the tenth annual indoor meet and field games of Georgetown University heM here to-night at Convention Hall was a two-mile relay race for the championship of the United States at that distance between teams repre senting Cornell and Columbia Unlver sltlea. It was either teams race until the last lap, when the Cornell runner gradually pulled away from the Co lumbia man and won by about 20 yards. A one-mile relay race for tne cham pionship of the South between teams, of the Universities of Virginia and Georgetown was also a. star event Virginia won easily. F. Smlthson. of the New Tork Ath letic Club, In the 50-yard hurdle race, broke the American record of 6 -J seconds held by W. Steffena. of ChU cago, smlthson's time was t 1-3 sec- ondr. Princeton with a score of 26 points, won the cup for the college, scoring the most points. Central High- School. Of thfa m.U 1 i . ond. . Elon Expects to Put Out Tlila Year Her Beet Team, Special to The Observer. Elon College, .March 7. Interest In athletics continues to grow as the days go by and tho time for the first practice game drawa near. Mr. M. B. Murrow is proving himself a very capable coach and Jio and Man ager Prltchptte am verv hnn.r,iVi.i the tea mthia y-er will be' a very creditable nnn ln,l..H Tk.o A yet predict the outcome of the games. - - - ...... ... . , , -. ,aiiir. but It is very evident thut they ex pect to win a good percentage., and J from the talks heard on the campus aniung mm siuaents ni idea also seema to be prevalent that Elon will have the best team In her history. NEW ORLEANS RACES. vX. . VrW a1 " Z """ 'lA.r h. 1"' r M?r" J 1 "T' by. UJJ "t Ab wn'n! "'.I i 0,"r ro' three ether IT,""" ,-uJr- , o , . JV'rV.tX Zlll ? T' ' 7 '"J" !IW,.K"1: J 7", ' imi ' ! . .,, 1 , . , ZlJV" "'Iv! , " , ,"' . " "'T'" T.iVZi . B,l,r' . tlilr.1. Time. l;H4-5. . Third race. furlongs, selling: Kaeut scheon. li to I. won; Mlsa Rtrome, i te t, second, Ifannlbal Bey. 13 to t third. Tim. 1 I1U Fourth rc, 1' furlongs, the Carnlt . . ..iif,n. ... w.i, im men, t SHORT SPORTS. Pitcher Sparks and Second Base man Knabe, of the Phillies, are holding out for more money. The letter's modest request Is 3S.40O, Sprang football practice atVandr bllt began thia we-k. , The Sally League moguls are thinking of getting Wilson Mat thews, who won the pennant for Charleston last seaaon. to umpire thia summer. Torn Brown, formerly an umpire of the American League, has been aecured to act In this capacity for the Southern League. Earl Holt, who has been playing first for Lynchburg, haa been moved behind the bat. He haa made a fine first sacker. but hia splendid head work and strong arm can be of more service at the receiving end. Bentley goea to right field In ordr to keep hlrn In every game for hta batting. Well. Rather. Montgomery AdvertUer. The ' Charlotte Observer J.-Mne Ts Advertiser In wishing for leaiors s will lead Democracy in the right di rection. "The men ho led ,-r-T-inte the Slouch of Lwpnni." it h "ml.iht at leist have th" g-- wek-ome rescuers." Wnp 1r if T Observer means anybo-Iy?
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 8, 1908, edition 1
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