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Show THE SUNDAY STAX I)A ED; OGDEN, . Torn aa tha knuckle ball with great elfert. emiern baseball scribes It ia a aort of cousin to tha spit ball. of what Ho presses tha knuckle of hia second WK.enly ob account a nw linear again, t a stain of the bail and they considered This now dts-r- " thereby give the sphere a peculiar rorte pitching art. tha public waa tary motion which causes it to drop informed they suddenly just before reaching the plata HSJrtS bull, aud it pul. aud Tlia knuckle ball bad the Giants com'.T the spit ball the rue ballatunta pletely baffled." modern pitching rfli IjjTVtfk In tha ahada of tha tall A Chestnut. To persons well acquainted with tha Talked Tea Mu oh. technique of ball pitching there is nothknuckle ball stuff went great un- -t ing new or startling in tha knuckle acribea described IL Then the ball as described. There la hardly a A rt scream waa emitted bp a teW ?behlu.r Ww. Pi tkw ly grasping tha smooth aidea at it ball. As for tha peculiar ratary motion, that is nothing more than tha ordiuaiy rotary motion of a cursing ball accentuated, and the audita drop the ball takes before reaching the plata. while different possibly from an ordinary drop, is nothing more or less than tha fade away ball used successfully by various slab men. ITAll, SI NDAV, Britaln. was arrested recently on a charge of murder. Palmer himself cants very near being ti e inlm of a nun Jer years ago in this country, when at Yonkers. X. T. he Wo defeated in one round by Terry Xl.'Guvern iu a battle for the champiotMiup of tne woiiJL Lajai Face Crisis. 1007 to u ike some member of the Napa, and record place was the bert that could be achieved. However, Lajoie is so that he is on the toed to victory that he has already announced that he will march his men along at such a gait that there will be no overtaking Uisin after the better half of the season eun-dilr- nt is poet. Cost af Baseball. Sometimes we hear disgruntled fans criticising their home ball team managements fur not spending large sums for new players. Reasonable criticism la alwaya allowable, hut if the fans in question really knew of the detailed financial obllgatlona of a major league ball team they would probably alow up a bit in their severe stricture. For instanca. the average major league team ha a salary list of from i.O.OUb to IfO.OM for players alone. Thn the pay of grouud keeper, ticket sellers, usher, etc., amounts to about (19.900 a year, and rent and upkeep if the playing grounds, s'ands and officers, etc, ruua from ftlf.OOU to each year. Ten per cent of the day's receipts are taken fur tha league treasury to pay salaries of officials and umpires, etc., before the rluba divide. The spring training tripa cost from (3,400 to fS.OOii. Fifteen tliuusand dollars goes for traveling expenses during the regular playing season. Incidentals like balls, bats, uniforms, etc., count up to ((,004. "Now. Ur. Kicking Fan, do you see why (ho club managers have to be careful why they have to nmko every cent bring in a full cent's worth In return? , Btop and figure to how many people at home andalroad a club must play on 150 daya 'during' the season, minus the 10 per cent for the lee g us treasury, to lake In enough to cover expense and you will find what chances a second division team hue of making any HARHT GRANT. profile. ittu. tor gf Ate Hi oiitibi U 12, In Cleveland theie seems to be na Canadian Baseball League. doubt that this la the last y r that the Powerful effort are being made to great Larry Lajoie wul draw down seas.ur Mias Button In Farm. a oik at ilia establish a bast ball league in Canada. (19.000 for his Mias May Sutton of Pasadena, Cal, head of Ilia American league baseball Pour teams are spoken of to represent will probably capture the woman's na- team unless be captures the pennant the tow n of Guelph. Woodstock, luger-so- il and Galt. The ire sent objiwt ie said to bo to nJLke the teams strictly amateur, but in the light of the past in Canadian athletic affairs, hockey, lacrosse, etc, talk of amateur orgaiilial Inns must bo looked on as in era jocularity. NkZ 1 MAY Um Vtpi rf flputi lptre - low cxlM THE cam tkit oImcih TWO WIDELY TALKED OF PLAYERS OF THE BOSTON AMERICANS IN ACTION. RUNNER WHO BROKE' LONGBOAT, INDIAN ORD IN BOSTON'S 'MARATHON RACE. af raising takes a mysterious drop just before It reaches tha baiter. It also bus a funny break: ' Bums of the New Tork club who have gone up against this freak ball have nckrly corked tbemselvea biffing the wind. When they saw that old underhand awing they naturally expected the ball to raise. ' When It dropped they mlosed It a block. "After all." says McOInnlty, "there I nothing like ouigueealitg'the batter. Wlist you have to do Is To tnake him think lie knows whet la coming and then hand him the double cross. Taka Hans Wagner, for example. Ha has a habit of running up on a ball tha minute he sera you wetting your fingers, aa he then expects a spit bell. I often change to another kind of a ball, and liana ia fooled." same way, but Instead IRON MANS" NEW CURVE. Its all off now, "Iron Man Joe pitcher of the New Tork Nationals, ia to bkimo for it all too. Ho has Invented or eleo bought the exclusive tight to a brand new sort of a curve. Joe admits he has the new wonder, but is modest enough to aay he hae not quite perfected himself In using It He MAHER'S LATEST STAKE. Is guarding hi secret well, but It Is known that It Is a modification of lila Lenny XI a tier, (he Amerlcen jockey, famous underhand ball. Tha under- at the Kemplon park meeting won tlie hand ball raises as ha lets go, and Queeu'a prise of 1,009 sovereigns, the evsry one knows It I pretty hard to principal race of the meet, on Lord hit Tbo new wrinkle la delivered tba Derby's Drtdge of Canuy. The event ty, he bsttaa Iotm kin, THOMAS ' (Km capable box man In the grama today who does not press a knuckle or a UnThe ger tip against a seam during the de(uriag a recent gatna in Philadelphia livery of one or two particular curves. Mvtn the Quaker Nationals and the Ever vlnce curve pitching cams Into Xt York Giant when Twlrler lioren vogue twlrlers have had braina enough to know that by exerting pressure U the box work. Hero la ons of Horen's performance on against a ball's aeams they could get more of a purrhaM and get better reitatKcasiun: Kona used what Will become known sults than may be obtained from mere- i out. They would have been if they hadn't talked so much. scrlbea got wise to tha kmlckle hall Mend was PWtaM-Jt-o WF itlM il right . Udfftf I ipartktfc Gmaj i mm Oar New Tork Dramatic spondent. THR ft. JUNGLR, .Corre- which i ttk j uf ea :ron Alio , m p a M eft tee as a one workingman. The beef trust and Its alleged methods of conducting the alleged "am I meat" business waa purely be presents a ranting melo-fan- Play--Lond- w. We see tha heroic hero In raga tin well fed villain equipped with other clothes In the world, JJ Isn't IL that most at the stage are so prosperous and most of nal vlllsina (such aa are not acting writing plays) are pining away In jder Jail?mw Yet it ia the proud boast .toeiodrw makers that melodrama JJ only form of stage narrative that wth closer to nature than the gas tmniw Wjian Workingman Prominent. JKj- - Sinclair and Mias Mayo made of ury interest the Bufferings of the , burg, Rochester, Springfield. Worcester and tlie Majestic theater In New York. Rlaw A Krhinger contributed tha Trrmunt Ihratei, lawton; Grand Opera House, Brooklyn; Nsw Forrest theater, IhllsdelpliU, and tba New York Ute- - made similar remarks about him In the past. fact that there . Statement ky Managers. In an announcement Klaw A Er-la- n ger declared: "The new arrangement will at en dear the theatrical atmnspheiw There were altogether loo many theater devoted to high Okies attractions. Wblls Utrre was an enormous public to sup- -. and vaudeville atport popular tractions, the higher class theaters nec. essarily catered to a minority. Thora-fu- n the now syndicate will see to It Unit mom popular priced aud vaudeville performances are placed uimm tha stages of the theaters controlled by 1" nid them. "The booking agenry will he In nowise affected by tne' corpora lion," tha statement concluded, "but will remain Intact Rnd continue as heretofore under the cofitrol of Al Reyman and Klaw A Erinnger. None of the existing con- . tract of either party to the agreement will be affected by Uie change." v Bhubert Syndicate Combine Talk. n All kind ef talk, all the varieties, have been freely circulated In regard to the recently announced combination at the Interests of the theatrical syndicate, headed by Klaw A E danger and the Fmhmane, and of tha Sbuberts, the leading body of indeALU N AZIMOVA, RUSSIAN ACTRESS. RECENT NEW YORK pendent theatrical promoters. STAGE SENSATION. To the general public aa well a Ho the dramatic world denizens the first won haa Mme. Naximova the favor of all the New York critics aa Nora In news of tha proposed merger was distinct sensation. Il was a shock, for "A D oil's House and aa Hedds Gabler. both Ibsen roles and very difficult many a man will be unmade by the ones. Ska la now playing at tha Bijou In "Comlesae Coquette." new combination who was formerly secure. profit and transform them Into vaude- equally affected by the merger.new A.cor-L. ville houses. Erlanger is president of the The Probable Cause. Some of the dramatic .gossips are poration, Lee Bhubert. vice president, Rumors Indicate that the Shubsrta, what effect the new coalition and Marc KMw. treasurer. The nomiwere forced to open negotiations with wondering will have on the Fl"ka and Belaaco In- nal amount of capital stock Issued to the syndicate because of the Insistence' terests, which are now practically all cover the new trust Is 11.099.400 "paid of their out of town financial support-er- a that are left of tha original Independ- -. In," the incorporation papers say, to that they have either larger profits enta. cover the transfer of theaters, to the or better security for their Investments. A corporation has been formed In amusement company by the parties to New Jersey to control the newly com- the contract. Mere Vaudeville Housed From Bhubert brothers the trust get bined Interests cities: At any rate. It has been announced playhouses in the following CoAffects Lagitimat Heuaaa Tea. Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chattan-ioga- , LEAVES that Klaw A Erlanger will take over and conduct several theaters that the The legitimate and vaudeville enter- lumbus, Denver, Kansas City. LouisShuberta have been operating without prises throughout the country are ville, Milwaukee, Xsw Orleans, Pitts fifty-seve- nip ap t at attkad ' wto Uw- M m tronH na at!' orttaA yser f'v , auk KAL NOTED MUSICAL COMEDY STAR, WHO STAGE TO WED. rthiaf liar rrtrf sweet faced fact that the cockfight to pulled off at a ladles' seminary gives unlimited latitude for Mr. Leech's good comedy. Edna Faasett who waa understudy for Frital Scheff In "Mile. Modiste and who sang Miss SchefTs role on several l,!thinh occasion this season, to prims donna at on Ogden. Utah, of "The Tattooed Man." William Pruthird month of her New York engage- - expects to open 4 r ths ment. has scored s success nt the Em- July Si end play west to San Francises! etts of Mias Scbe ITS company to also in Robor features Girls the east of the sew Victor Herbert One of the amusing n iii. am pit theater with her third play, for London j ert Marshall' farcical romance. Hi Will Be Giris is a genuine cockfight opera. V:2?tUn of blooded h. Mam of Indulged In by a number Hour." Excellency th Governor. Many well known actors win piny in t'ss repeated In New! Arthur Dunn, the diminutive come roosters carried by the company. The stock companies this summer. Henry CF THE STAGE. b lo r to Chicago fcfJ York her Philadelphia hit In in The Tattooed cons." Frank Worthing, whom William JL Brady is to star next season, also ' Stored to excellent ocored os Ties Pruncllea, ths husband. ' Ethel Barrymore, who is now In the GOSSIP ,H of I'- 2- - r" - ?n .. - f dian, nnd Mari Glaxifcr, and pretty, are again In vaudeville with a sketch which gives the sawed off fun maker an opportunity to exploit hla peculiar gifts of song and dance. Ezra Kendall to to appear next season In a new play by George Ade. He Gertrude Rennysen. cablegram announce that Gertrude Rennyeon, for four years one of the prims donnas with tha Savage English Grand Opera company, ta soon to make her Euroiiean debut as Elsa In "Lohengrin under tlia management of the Theatre Royal de la Monnale, In Brussels. Miss Rennyson last appeared In this country Hiegllnde In ."The Valkyrie." During the post year aba haa been studying In Paris. A same. Coquetting and fretting and constantly getting A man Into all sorts of woe. New, ain't that the way with a woinsii, by jingo! Tbs woman that you and I knew? - fhaf TOD SLOAN MAY RIDE AGAIN. Tod Hloan'a friends aay that ha la likely to bo riding In this ooantry within a month, aa lie expects ta be by tha French Jockey dub. If a licenea this is dona ho will receive to ride in this country. 1 Sloan has bars working horses for John' K. Maddta ' for the paa( few weeks. ft rain-slat- ed THE TROTTING FUTURITY. Sorrel ry Horace Wllaoa of tha Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders association haa announced that tha eighteenth renewal of the Kentucky Futurity, value ISLM, closed with the entry of 1,407 morse, lha largest entry ever made, except la 119k, wbea MU marea wars entered. and Sothem; on Mr. Sothem, In recognition of the la no or little difference of opinion as regards tha quality of hla Still, I think. If Mr. Sinclair had apacting, ought to determine to Interject pealed In the east himself. In the relo some new elements lots hla technique. of the Jungle Sausage, he would have Tha Way With a Woman. added strength to the play, and possiSan Francisco papers report that bly the effect iff real stockyards atmosphere would have been produced. Raymond Hitchcock haa made a hit No play can succeed without atmoswith a new song In "The Yankee Tour-1It la called "The Way With a phere. At least that's what the critics say, and they never make mistakes. Woman," tha words being written by Wallace Irwin to music by Robyn. The Members of the Company. first slanxa rune aq followa: In the cast were Cecil Owen in the A woman well, aay. shes a curious role of Jurgfe Rudkua (not a ruddy thing Strange mixture ef angel and cat cuss), the hero; Wilson Mel roe as Bhe loves you. you think, and you're Connor, the employer, who wouldest , proud as a king; sacrifice virtue on the altar of his base But the next thing well, when are and Ignoble Iniquity, and Henrietta at? yoa Brown aa the lady who supplied the Yen quarrel with your wife, qnd ebe's virtue. quick to make plain The plane In your head when ya lack. She'll sulk twenty minutes, and then As London Beee Mr. Botham. he'll say. Dear. observafter London Several critics, Com heok up my dree In the back." Walwork the at ing E. II. Sothem' CHORUS. dorf theater, assert that he la not a New, ain't that the way with a woman, great or a faultless actor.' by jinso! Is It possible that Ur. Sothem had understand such a game t don't to go all tba way to London to find this You search from Chicago ta Santo Doout? It would seem not. In view of the mingo fact that various American critics have They're alike, but they re. never the writer haa named secondary, probably to better the subBungle," a jects at hand for dramatic purposes. hr. Sinclair and Margaret Mayo rats the adaptation, which la, truth to teO, not a very able production In any "nw of the word. Mr. Sinclair, like Immature writers and stage au-i- k loses control of hla emotions to Mb an extent that In tha dramatised Jungle" f Ray Hitchcocks New Song Hit and Other Topics of Upton Sinclair's novel at all . waa for three -- year-olds and upward at on mil and it half. This la tha second Important event Maher haa added t hla list of vie- tar lea this season. On March II ha wna tha Liverpool Spring cup of ,(N on the same bursa. Tba batting then waa IN to U against Bridge af Canny. MWRRRRRRMNNRRARRfiMMAARAfNk friling with the Workingman and the kwf problem, waa recently put on at Keith A Proctors Fifth Avenue the-t- r, H)fli for hla employers In tha race now In progress. Lajote says there1 Is no doubt aa to who will win, and n case the present batting of tha nine la any Indication the team will canter home at the end of the season an easy winner. HowPedlar Palmer. ever. such things have been said Of thia Pedlar Palmar, tha talkative feather- name club before, and favorable starts weight champion pugilist of Great have been nude, but misfortune seemed i The Jungle Ptim (tonal tennis title again this year. Her form In her early games has been most I in posing. A particular feature has been her hard hitting. Bhe ia developing tremendous power In her drives across tha court and to tha baas Una. REC- rati monopoly. DRAf tTIC NOTES. Supreme Court Justice OGorman was asked recently In New Tork to Issue an Injunction restraining Ed Dunkkotwt, who la known as "tha lha human freight car, from appearing In th sketch "Mammas Darling Buy under the management of any person Morris J. Berman, ' tha plaintiff. Berman says Dunkhorst has "a unique personality" and Is the only peiuon fitted for tits rols assigned to him in ths sketch., Dunkhorst weighs 419 pounds. Mis Viola Allen and her company mads n novel departure from their regular course recently by giving In Powers' theater, Chicago, one scene such from four plays of her repertory. They were the wooing arena from As You Like IL" ths screen scene from "Ths School Fur Scandal, ths balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet and ths trial scene from "Ths Merchant of Vankw. ex-ce- pt THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY." After spirited bidding by traveling amusement purveyors all over the country the dramatic spectacle, "The Great Train Robbery," has been awarded to Pawnee Rill by Arthur Voegtlln, bolder of the copyright, who produced It at Luna Park, Coney Island, N. Y last summer. The production will be a leading feature of Pawnee Rill's Wild West and Far East show, half Interest of which has recently been purchased by Edward Arlington. A thirty ton engine and twe regulation passenger coache will be transported from city BETTY DODSWORTH, FLAYING IN to city, and ether Impedimenta will In"THE BELLE OF MAYFAIR." clude portable mountains, ateel railroad trarl-.a- , a prairie and a forest, "Ths Belle of Mayfair" has hid a dance halls, gambling house, streets lung run nt Daly's theater. New York, and a reservoir at luO.099 gallon ra- and on of ths able young actresses In pacity. The piece Is a radical depart ths cost In Betty Dodrworth. of Clare Hummer's musical comedy, "Noah's Ark. and has several songs In which her fine voice to heard to advantage. A hundred thousand miles sound quite a distance. Denman Thompson's and George W. Ryei'i Hardscrabble Washington, Robert Droust In Cleveland. Kathryn Osterman and Valerie town comedy, Our New Minister." hns traveled that far In the time it has been Bergrre In Toledo. Miss Kellie Fisher, who Is pleasantly before th public. About fifteen thouremembered as the beautiful Leila in sand miles a season ! tlie average Frank Daniels' latest vehicle. "The travel record of the play. For the past two weeks David Se- Tattooed Man, to the dainty Rosebud Dlxey Is going out In Edgar Selwyn's "The Energetic West." Amelia Bingham and Virginia Hamed are going to St. Louis, Dorothy Donnelly appears. In Denver. Katharine Grey in Milwaukee. Guy Standing and Edwin Arden In ure from familiar wild west routine and marks the end, showmen aay, of the timeworn Indian bnttl seen. The traveling rights secured by Fawns Bill are exclusive, and Mr. Voegtlln announced the proposed immediate institution at several Injunction 'suits against disappointed Competitors whs threatened to Ignore hla copyrighted lasco haa denied himself to all caller and cut off all connection with his executive staff, locking himself up In his studio and devoting his entire time and attention to the new play on which he Is engaged fur David Warfield end which is to open the new Stuyvesaut theater. New York. Charles Herman has Joined Robert XlanteiTs company. Alida Conelyou has replaced Jul'e Opp In the leading feminine role to "The Squaw Man." ' |