North Carolina Newspapers

.1 fini te ivi 1.b The News has the Largest Circulation of Any Afternoon Pa, per Published in the Two Ca.roliraLS t- ITION TWO EIGHT PAGES. SECTION TWO EIGHT PAGES. "HE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISHED IS88. CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. C-orlotte Team About Complete "s team is now practically . Manager Reynolds, bavins;! to mis date fourteen men. :o i ho season opens, he will; have sixteen or eighteen of! layers of this class in thej ou his list to choose from.j .' team will be two North n. These are Plott and! o;h pitchers and botu heavy! i piayers, Manager Reynolds' c'stmaily seven, and knows: ciy what they can do be- start. rK-ese seven men, been on the diamond with :::agvr before are, Hint on, i '.T. Plott, Brennaman, Koch! Mi re players were with: season with the Ro hm in1.. k 1 will have the best bunch : s of any team in the lea-; : .Manager Reynolds. "They' g gentlemenly fellows, and; ao; a bum among them." JESSE KcVNOLDS, Manager Charlotte Team. ; Reynolds, the manager ofthej ::.-V has been playing profes-j ' since 1SIS. and several j ".- : re that, he divided his time! ';:?:; on independent teams in) r and teaching school in; - first team Reynolds managed! tn-v Vicksburg. Miss., team in '' :) States League. This was The Viekburgers finished second place, just nine-! ; i::ts behind the leader. Since! : ;... he has played successful: fohowmg cities: Man- ' X. H.. Naches, Miss., Colum-- ".. Charlotte, (1005): New Or- .; : ; n, Col. a son . Va.. Ind., Ottawa, Iowa and Reynolds managed the . team in the Virginia . On this team, though s not the strongest in e finished fourth in the winning pitcher. Greensboro Getting Ready '-' The News. ,!f:o. x. c.. March 13. Im- '' v: and repair work has been j;"2.'11. ii! ''rnost at Cone Athletic .-. pa rat ion for the baseball s,' :: :'iU- ' "; -h opens on April 30th for -.-slnji-,) league, with college f - hi -ivance of that date. The '-;;!;': " 'HeMls are being 'leveled and :: -'' i cr;ndi!ion; the accommoda-lh-- sp( ctators will be bet ' ',r ' ': tof;re. A spur track '''' i"n-. 1o provide for ten '', : ' ' ii'ing built in front ' 1 V: the park. , 'K'vitt is completing ! ' ie-r signiiig the remain-:-:"'! of the team. He will ' :!. practice within the " ' ;: :- and expects to have : ""' 'rim in sufficient time ;;:ng of the season. Basketball Game Tonight exciiing game of bas '.'.dictPd for tonight en's Christian Associa--'uiberners contest for Mystic Five. :ve team has strength ! a good game can be the teams meet. The :s follows: liinson, center; Kir - guards; Green and -Clark, center; Brad '. forwards; Benoit and A. Sure Gomn Some." :!;" ' ovr rror of North Caro ''If governor of South Caro ;i''e sure going some in "lin" or baseball." ' ;. resent at ive clubs in the ' eiiic- League, Carolina A'sso '.'itii Carolina League and an-i-Mio now forming, the Caro r" 'o have more baseball this "i-n ever before in their his- i.,,i: ton- XkM rA If I i5885 I NJ a jTwi'j r aid n m. sir ai tat w-m 19 tx v vr . ir -iff- Hornets to Play Near Colleges Manager Reynolds says that it is his purpose to have his team report here for practise aiivwhere from the oth to the 12th. and in a few days j thereafter the team will begin a j scries of exhibition games with the neighboring colleges. ! On the 17th the team will go to ! Davidson, and on the 22nd Davidson will come here to piay. Besides those two games there may be more arranged for Davidson and nossiblv with Wake Forest. On the 18th the Atlanta Dental Col lege will play the Hornets here, and a game is to b arranged between the Charlotte team am", the Tarheel Club of Morganton. These games will. put the team in shape to begin regular work on the 30th. when the league season opens. The first game will be played on the home grounds. id it will v be with Spartanburg. Th'1 30th of April comes on Thurs day and the two teams will finish out the -week here. Manager Reynolds says lie expects to see games. eat enr, it these initial Eastern League 'rectors Meet Special to The News. Wilmington. X. C, March 1-k A meeting of t'u directors and sohoaule committee of the Eastern Carolina Baseball League will be held in Goldsboro on April Sth at 3 o'clock to corridor several matters in con nection with starting the season off. Previous to that time the directors will decide whether to take Fayette ville and New Bern into the or ganization, mating 'It an elghT club instead of six club league. The directors and schedule com i A: mittee is as follows: Directors T. A. Fulghum. of Wil son; H. A. King, of Goldsboro; W. D. Coleman. of Kinston; R. H. Gwaltnev. of Wilmington; A. C. Cox, of Raleigh; N. L. Ak-oeke, cf Rocky.' Mount. i 1 Schedule Committee W. D. Cole- ' man. of Kinston; T. A. Fuiglutm. ofj" Wilson; and X. L. Alcock, of Rocky j' Mount, were appointed by the presi-i' dent. : ' Varsity's 'Line Up This Season Chapel Kill, N. C, March 14. After a fierce contest for positions, the fol lowing men have made their places on Madison, Wis., March 14. Many ath the 'Varsity baseball team: Hobbs, j letes, representing the cream of the catcher: Fulenwiden, Stewart and An- j ccllegiate and scholastic performers of drews, pitchers; Hamilton, first base; j the Middle West, have been stream Wade Montgomery (of Charlotte), j ing into this city all day for the second second base: Fountain, short stop; j annual indoor relay carnival at the .Ismes (captain) third base; Stevens, I University of Wisconsin. In the num- left field; Cole, centre field, and ads worth, right. The outfield is still to some extent open, and the fight for outfield posi tions i-: still. Otis H. Stocksdale is coach and James A. Gray, Jr., in manager. Coach Adkins--- """""""" v ... Ho has a s-.lend ri record as Ditc . i . xl. - i Trmitu x L ftlrtinrtk k verv encouraainq. Trinity's first game 'will be with Trinity MARCH 1 -IT 1-1 !N THE ANNALS OF tPORT. 1SS7- At Chicago F.van Lewis defeated Joseph r'aulK ner in catch-as catch-can wiestiing match. At. St. John, N. B: F. .!. Breen defeated Hugh -Jr' -McCcrmiek in 2-mile skating ra-e for profes sional championship of America. 1594 At Petersburg. Va. The Virginia State Baseball League perfected its or ganization. At Kansas City Tommy P.ynn knocked out "Mys terious Billy" Smith in fourth round. 1000 - At Philadelphia Bat tling Nelson won from Terry McGovern in six rounds. 1007 At New York Calvin Demarest, of Chicago, won the national ama teur billiard champion ship. WISCONSIN RELAY CARNIVAL. her of competing athletes and then high quality, the meet will break all records at the university. The fea ture of the meeting is the conference championship event, in which Illinois, Chicago and Minnesota meets Wiscon sin over the mile course. Trinity College , a ..-,: ii,.;nt. ner tor u;c Dctmmuic intn .- team eoual to oast seasons. ' and Sporting Fraternity j Conducted by J. J. W. all Flayers Worked Hard ? : ! Special to The News. jj Davidson, X. C. March 14. Coach i ! Tommy C. Stouch is working very hard 'j to round the team into form. He puts j j them through, a hard practice every $ evening ana every night he 'lectures to them at. a baseball meeting. There will be a regular match game between the 'Varsity and the Scrubs f--j next Tuesday. l j The players have been narrowed dovn to two squads so that they may "5;get moie practice. Jfc ! The First Squad. 5j C. Barr, first base; W. H. Johnson, A . second base; J. A. McRea, short stop; ife-l W. J. Guerrant, third base; D. W. '. Klutz, left field: J. E. Wilkinson, cen- j;ter field; W. F. McClure, right field; 4' L. M. Denelson and J. C. Turned, pitch- J!er; E. A. Sherrill, catcher. The Seconr-' Squsd. 4( John McSweeney and W. A, Elliott, 4''' first base: J. Y. Templeton, Jr., and J'E. P. Davis, second base; J. S. John son and L. v. Johnson, short stoi: J. T. McClintock, third base; E. L. Booe, left field; W. A. Armitage, cen ter field: E. B. Fisher, right field; W. C. Bailey, C. S. Clark and Brian Floyd, pitcher; D. M. Buie, catcher. The manager of the track team has written the University of South Car olina trying to arrange a track meet in Columbia, but they have not yet been heard from. A & M to Meet Big Leaguers Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, March 14. Raleigh baseball fans are to see some fast ball this afternoon, when the A. & M. College team meets the fast ag gregation of professional ball-players on the college diamond at 3:30. That Cy Young is with the bunch is enough to insure a large crowd, and then, too, Mike Lynch, one of the fastest shortstops that this country .has ever seen, will also appear on the diamond to shew how the sphere ought to be handled. Young will do the twirling act while j Fitzgerald will do the backstop work. While the Farmers can hardly ex-j pect to win they feel confident that i even the "big boys" will not find' them asleep and an easy mark. j The line-up for the professionals is as follows: x I E. G. Fitzgerald, c; "Cy" Young,! p; jack tiiauery, isi u; ruastman. nci b; Howard, 3rd b; "Mike" Lynch, s. s; McCorey, c Finnegan, 1. f. Lewis, IIT JEF From San Francisco comes the noise ' that Tex Rickard, the western min ing man and fight promoter, has sent his representative to l.os Angeles, cai.. j says a special from Chicago, to see Jef fries and offer the retired heavy weight champion a $35,000 purse to don the sieves again and meet Jack Johnson Labor Day at Rawhide, Xe-.' i i r. f ; and FRIES NO JOHNSON TO meet mmm vada. 16 if MA. K r r r, -: v 1ST ' 1 1!4I CAPTAIN WAITE C. HAMRICK, Captain Hamriclc has an enviable Captain Hambrick has. an enviable record as a college ball-player. Ham rick, in his freshman year, made the 'varsity over a nold man, and during his junior year was elected captain of the Baptists and under his leader ship the "preachers" had its most successful year on the diamond. Though he is only 19 years of age he has a head that would do credit to an old leager. He batted last year around 350, Hamrick is a native of the Palmetto state and hails from Gaffney. Sammy Strang of the Xew York Giants is to play ball in the future under his real name, which is Samuel Nicklin. f Mitt M THE VALUE OF ATHLETICS 7 1 f' . --t u 7,'. - - . - V " v rv -a This country is rapidly developing into an athletic country. Today the sentiment is for clean athletics, and people are being educated to go into athletics for their own good. They are taking it up in a recreation way, the business man who has neglected athletics in his earlier days has found out that he can, even at an advanced age take some exercise that will bene fit him physically. The boys are taught at school, wherever a teacher who understands athletics can be found, that athletics help their moral condi tion. There can be no question what ever on that score. Dozens pf cases can be cited of boys who were inclined to lead a life that would not be beneficial to them, either morally or physically, who are saved by athletic exercises. It is the foundation of the athletic struc- a K3 E HELL!" WITH RALEIGH Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, March 14. The di rectors of the Raleigh Athletic Club have elected Major Chas. H. Gattis, secretary treasurer. He resigns his place recently held on the executive committee and H. H. Carr, general manager of the street railway compa ny, was made committeeman in his stead. The executive committee has elected George W. Kelly, known in sporting circles as King Kelly as man ager of the base ball team the club will enter in the Eastern Carolina league with Wilmington, Goldsboro, Kinston, Wilson and Rocky Mount, There is also a strong possibility that New Bern and Fayetteville will also be admitted, making an eight-team league. The season opens June 8th and closes August 15th. King Kelly, who will manage the Raleigh team is well known in baseball circles, have managed the famous "Red Bird" and other interstate league teams Raleigh has maintained in the past. Special to The Xews. Wrake Forest, X. C, March 14. The baseball candidates have been doing some hard practice on the athletic field during the past few days of favorable weather, and Coach Crozier is very much pleased with the results. Manager of the team, Mr. Vander F. Couch has, ariaed an admirable sche dule of games, and the local fans are well pleased with the goodly number to be played on the home diamond. There will be several games in Raleigh, Charlotte and other large towns. The trustees of the college having re pealed the regulation prohibiting the team from going beyond the borders of the state, means that athletics will have a larger sphere in the life of the college, and for the first time in a num ber of years the team will make a trip outside the state. The line-up as given by Coach Croz ier is given below: W. C. Hamrick, captain of last year's team, will hold the receiving end. W. T. Temple, twirling artist for A. & M. College last year, is first depend ence in the box for Wake Forest. He will be supported by Couch as alter nate. R. C. .Tosey, a new man on the field, who shows a promising future, will hold down first base. V. E. Couch, another man with three years experience, will again be at sec ond base, while not in the box. H. Benton, sure, swift and safe at shortstop, with two years experience, retains his old position. Hammond, third baseman for Oak Ridge last year, handles the stick to great effect. E. V. Freeman begins his second season in left field. H. P. Dawson, last season a member of the Trinity Park School team, will cover centre field. The season opens with a game with Orange Grove school. J2L jKDi '.I.!. J"-A.V i ture to teach a boy to take care of his boay. Business men all over the country are beginning to realize the great im portance of taking physical exercise, in both summer and winter. The Young Men's Christian Association is always on the alert to meet the physical needs of men and therefore makes the pro vision for same. The accompanying cut shows the ten nis courts in the rear of the building, and it is a great sight to witness ' the exciting games of tennis played on these courts every afternoon in the summer. The old-time tennis fever will soon return and the association expects to have the courts in shape ear ly in the summer. Tennis is one of the best forms of out-door athletics in which every muscle in the body is put into play. ... . COACH CROZIER MUCH PLEASED 2crr UH READY FOR AUTO RAGE Savannah, Ga... March 14. Interest in next week's race meeting of the Savannah Automobile Club is at fe ver heat, and the promotors of thje meet predict that it will be the peer of anything of the kind ever held in. America, not excluding even the Van derbilt Cup contest. A number of the cars entered for the meeting are al ready here tuning up for the races and the remainder of the entries are expected within a day or two. The conditions surrounding the meet promise to be everything that could be desired. The races will be run on an eighteen-mile road course, just outside of Savannah. The course is a remarkable one and of unequalled road conditions. There are two straightaways of about five miles each, over hard finely-surfaced roads, and wide enough for three cars to run abreast at top speed. Then there is a shorter stretch of river road and a winding causeway built over the sea marshes. In all, there are twelve turns, ten of which have been banked in order to allow the turns to be made at full speed. At two points on the course, where street car tracks cross the theroad, the tracks have been torn up an tithe road perfectly surfaced. On the day of the contests the en tire course will be thoroughly po liced by troops of the Georgia Na tional Guard. In addition, all cross roads will be fenced off, and the entire course will be oiled. There is little prospect of price cutting this spring, it is said, in the standard car. Indications point to a big demand for these cars ail along the line. Manufacturers of such lines have no intention of disorganizing the trade by trying to increase sales. As a preliminary to the Savannah races, a Studebaker 30-horsepower stock car is racing from Philadelphia to the Georgia city with a 40-horse-power Pullman. Each car carries 4 passengers, with baggage. As the roads have been in poor condition, the test is one of considerable diffi culty. j . ' ST BALL-TOSSERS Winsfon-Salem, X. C., March 14. Manager Robert Carter, of the Winston-Salem Blues, has signed up with nearly all of the men needed for his baseball team. He says he is well pleased with the men chosen, though he is still fishing for two or three more fast players, with good chances of suc cess, and that if he lands them he predicts that Winston-Salem will have a winning team. There are three pitch ers in the "bunch" engaged. Two of them are left-handed twirlers, these being Ed. Wills, of Prairie, 111., and Phil. Thomas, of St. Louis. The right handed chap is Carl Johns, of Cham bersburg, Pa., and Manager Carter de clares that he has never seen a man in the box that could put more speed to his balls. Pat Collins, of Chambers burg, an old catcher with a reputation of taking everything that come hit way, and Mr. Peloquin, of Baltimore, another expert at the same position, will play behind the bat The other players include Dunbar, of Lynchburg, and Harrison, of Cleveland, Tenn., infielders, both of whom are to show what they can do before a contract is closed. Eowens, of Chambersburg; Burden, of Mobile, Ala., and Rushworth of Camden, N. J., all of whom can play fast ball either on the infield or out field. Manager Carter's team will come here for practice about April 15th. Trinity Plays Game Monday Special tc The News. . , Durham, X. C March 1-1. Trinity s baseball season v.'ill open next Monday cn her home ground, and the first game will be played with Trinity Park School, as is the usual custom each year. The wee:-: cr pracuew just closed has been very satisfactory, and Coach Atkins has strong hopes in holding up the pant record of a cham pienshin nine which has placed Trin ity on the front row in athletic circles. The interest manifested by the stu dents is ver conclusive from the diii cent uractice for the past week. The onlv feature that is absent this year is the fact that on her schedule there are no games Avith North Carolina col leges, the manager assigns as the rea son for -this that other state colleges do not observe the S. I. A. rules. The games are called off that Avere played last year, are Avith A. & M. college, of Raleigh; Guilford college, and Da vidson. Two more games have been added to the schedule since it was is sued by Manager Daniels, these with Richmond college, of Richmond, Va. The old players in the line-up this year are Captain T. B. Suiter, sec ond base; Chas Bivins, left field, Fred Flowers, center field and Armfield, first base. All of these will appear in the first game Monday. Lane, Trinity's leading pitcher this year, is back i:i harness, and shows; up in fine shape;, he is ablv assisted? in the box. T HAS 1 1 1 a it 3 Id Park next Monday.