Show SAME OLD PRESS YARN I Yes UoP Anyhow I Reads Well in Print Some had thought that the system of playing baseball with marked cards was ended with the exposure o the buzzer at the Philadelphia National league ground by I leage Tommy Corcoran three seasons ago But that turns out to be n mlslukc The System has been revived hero by the St Louis American League club Both catchers Powers and Schrock engofcl nolltod that all through tho series with the Athletics the Browns picked out the straight balls with unusual unu-sual accuracy and certainty I was also noticeable that they rarely hit at curves That they were picking out the good ones It shown by the fact that In the four games but eight of them struck out Manager Mack felt satisfied that lucre was something doing but it was not until the second Inning o the last game that he located to his satisfaction tho cause of the singular Improvement In the balling of the Browns On the platform In front of the score board In time center field about aM faraway far-away from the plate n the position Morgan Murphy occupied In the Phil l > s cluhhouw when he was chief of HIt PhlllleK signal service Manager Mnck noticed a man sitting on I chair When the Browns were at bat thin man manifested the greatest Interest In the name One Instant he would hold both Jianda In front on his legs fire next ho would have ono ot his arms akimbo lacjc smelled a rat Calling Castro and Powers over he told Powers to call him the kind of ball Mitchell was delivering de-livering a straight or a curve and Instructed In-structed Castro to watch the man on the platform The clfcct of the different bails upon the platform was remarkable Whenever When-ever Mitchell pitched n straight ball the mans arms went akimbo But I curve had D soothing effect his arms remaining motionless in front of him Strangely enough Powells pitching had no effect whatever upon his strange man on the platform In fact when the Athletics were at bat he manifested only the ordinary concern of the ordl nan mctlnlor Manager Mack let It go for several Innings and then called to Manager I McAloer to cut Il out The latter innocently In-nocently denied that there was anything any-thing doing but Jesse Burkclt gave the snap away by declaring Well we had It for four games anyway any-way The man disappeared after the fifth Inning and during the rest of tho frame the Browns secured but one hit Whether It WHS Frank Donohue or Reidy who used the glass Is not known but the presumption Is that It was Donohue Frank got his education educa-tion from Morgan Murphy In Philadelphia Philadel-phia and knows how to work it Such a contemptible tinhorn trick has no place In legitimate baseball There may be no rule against It anymore any-more than there Is against the watering water-ing of base lines with the hope of breaking up pitchers Square sportsmen sports-men never play with marked cards SU Louis Exchange Sharkoy Steps Down and Out Tom Sharkey tIre exmarine and the man who irave Champion Jim Joffrlcn the hardest battle In his career has concluded to step down and out o the Hghflna cme Tom announ6td bin retirement from the ring several dayu ago aril just when a match between mm and George Gardner the only conqueror of Jack Root war on tie carpel Sharkey clurlntr his sojourn In the ring has had tlltii with ill IUPII of note and although not alwoyn successful managed to lay away nt least puOOo > IIo was fortunate In falling Into the bands of fn ORourke during the Horton law recline and while ho earned considerable money for Tom hlH share TIS enouib to make him comfortable for the remainder of Iris life Bluirkoy come prominently before the fighting public when be In connection with Wyatt Kiirp and others robbed Fltzslmmoua In their eightround light In San Francisco Tom wat nol a clever fighter but his rough and rendv style 0 milling made him a great favorite with ringgoers Ills beat light was that against Champion Jeffrlcf In which be was beaten BO badly he waa of no account afterward Now that be has thrown up the sponge It Is hoped a few more of the hasbeens will do likewIse More Dope on Big Fight John J Connlcllnc the New York sportIng sport-Ing man Is In Cincinnati accompanied Inb his wire Ho Is one of Young Cor belts strongest admirers and before bo wan In time city nn hour went to tho Prlco Hill house to meet bin friend Corbott Hind not Intended doing his gymnanlum work till evening but ho put on the mitt with Mack and Fitzgerald as sparring partners Conslillno has already made some largo bets on Corbctt and nays ho will wagor 5100y > more w1 waJ4r One reason why Corbctt will put forth his best effort to win Is that bo needs the money In tho winners purse Tue Denver boy In paid to be down to bedrock in finances with I rich mans desires Tho past year tho Denver boy has earned 20000 A friend says he han not got a cent of It heft l Tire money was made In the Hartford light In which Terry McGovern lost the Kid IJroad battle at Denver by special exhibitions around New York rind n theatrical the-atrical engagement at OW a week Cor rngarement belt kvipR a horse and buggy at Denver wears big diamonds and dresses llko a prince Money is 1 as water with him and ho Is said to wager sums 0 o and WOO on thc race track or at fare honest John Jcl visited Corbctt at tho Price Hill house He and Com < ldln arc among Iris closest friends IC smiths fled with the Denver Indo condition they will cook some biff wagers with Stun Harris Har-ris nnd other friends of McGovern They expressed themselves ns mor than pleased with tho champions condition Why Not Hold Fight Here Tho chances of the YoUng Corbctt Tern McGovorn battle being waged In California arc growing brighter every wrj W Groat opposition has sprung up in Loulavllle which pluco was decided upon after the doors of Connecticut were closed coscd on thorn and San Francisco seems to bo tho only logical battleground Manager Alex Qregeolna of the San Francisco I club hold the October permit In this city I and Is anxious to take thc affair In charge If I 1 Is found Inadvisable to at tempt to hold the IsM In Kentucky Ho has sent on liberal terms to both con testants and bao received a reply from Young Corbott but none as yet from tho McGovern camp Corbctt In willing to como bore but has asked several 1 conces I n OMB which have been granted by the club clubI Is expected that affairs will come to a focus In Louisville In the course of a few days nnd thut the McGovern pcoplo arc waiting for something definite there be lore negotiating elsewhere San Fran cisco lttotatng Fan Worse Than North Polo Hunt Cant Toni Riley chief of a corps of the cuards at ono of tbo Coney Island benches announces IrIs intention of mak Ins nn effort to swim across Dm English channel the task which EnRlsh blnn fa ltd to accomplish after being In the water more than twentytwo hours honrs Capt Riley saya he will go to the Florida coast miami will take I course of training durlntr the winter months Next June or July bo will 20 to Dover ii ml train tbcro for a month before try lug his foal To be In condition for a loncdlstnnce lonrtlstnnce swim of course Is necessary Wild RIley and a man cannot cut himself In rendi tion In one two or von three months Clio salt water baa a peculiar enervating pcculnr effect upon a person after bo has been in 11 for un hour or two At about lie fifteenth hour If tho swimmer Is not In proper condition ho la attacked with a pain In tbo pit of his stomach which mnkcs him feol as If the cowcatcher of the Empire Slate Express was taklnc a push at him 1 have boon In lie salt water off Coney Island for twentyelftht hours al a stretch and several sev-eral times for other long period and I know what obstacles a longdistance swimmer will run uy against In BOston I was In fresh water In a huge lank In Agricultural hall In aSB for olgbtynlno l hours Tlmt waa during rurlnf tho conical for the longdialnnco championship cham-pionship and I won I have been In swimming contests in the Ensrllnh channel and T know what a owlmmcr has to overcome Unually tho tides favor a swimmer who starts from tho French side of the channel but not always When I train for a long swim In saltwater salt-water 1 got my stomach in condition to hold sail water without weakening me I use It as n beverage I learned l that trick from a dog I brought a dot of mine from a fresh water nelybborbootl but be tackled the suit water when he wanted a drink At first It mado him very sick but ho soon got used to I and I believe ho drank ns much out of tho ocean aa bo did of fresh water I found that I could do the same only onl on a smaller scale and when 1 train for a long cult water swim I acquaint my stomach with a small drink of tho sea every day during tho last month of my trlnluC I When In the wator I uao as nourishment nourish-ment milk nnd raw eggs but no whisky or any kind of alcoholic drinks Alcohol will knock a man out quicker than any thing an RIley bccausw of his Boston victory claims the longdistance swimming championship cham-pionship of tbo world and a placard witli that announcement on it during the summer sum-mer has occupied a conspicuous place mtt the Coney Island resort where ho made his headquarters Iris season lie Is a man of powerful build S3 yearn old and he feels confident tbat ho ca accomplish the feat which Holbein missed by a mile Rllov was born In Lexington Ky IIo produly declares that ho IK an American und will rnnku the swim I unt wil flkl attempt to from Franco to England as a representative of the United Stales I |