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Show THE SUNDAY STANDARD: McGraws La.sl Year? 11 of iDMiiiLfiri of baseball team ill Ukc on a decidedly different appearance for next eaaoR. Several team lilrecturi who bavo won wido fame hair decided to retire from active service. Probably the leading one la Johnny McGraw of the New York Nationals, who, ti is reported, will definitely five up baseball at the end of the present peunani race. McGiuw and President John T. Brush of the Giants have deep admiration for each other. Both are perfectly content to be associated with the same team. But McGraw is tired of the continual hustle and bustle of the came, and as he has made a la rye amount of money he thinks he is entitled to a period of liiimp THE . rest. What Muggay Bays. a very intimate friend said a few days ago: To Mctiraw VI1 '"A U .. Social Leader A to anoih-- r au much, to say noth-in- s of m rnps .i for. iyn countries, '.hut tile very Mflii of a railroad train appalls me. 1 am lo Slav at hoiut. her.; in right hew York In spit of my sportlua proclivities mv tastes are dometti'. 1 want to Quench furever the feeling and that I siaie to the Pullmuu sleeper and the tender mercies of the hotel in the next cily. W htn asked if hie decision to up baseball was Irrevocable, he aald:give Practically it Is. Of eourse 1 bo mired to sign a contract for a might short of time say two, seasons or something like that for such an a dean is Seoul sum that 1 would be false lo my own and to the interests of tn if 1 threw down the proposition. family Now. understand me. 1 am nut lishlng for such a contract. 1 do not want it. I still love the national game as such, but 1 ara tired of ths traveling game end as soon as 1 ran 1 am going to stop moving around excel to go S' here 1 shall go from personal choice. country pe-rl- Frank Soles. I detest, sane than I eaa express in words, this moving from place to place Manager Frank Selees base bn II throughout the playing season. I have reer will soon end. He hue just been traveling from una part of tills signed the managerial end of a as Kid McCoy Tacbt ing hie emotions on that eventful sees-siu- n recognised by the Interlake 1. It and 21 as well as for when its nrst learned that soap all oilier darnel for which the recently would not Injure the complexion. South liraiige, N. J , will learn a lot adopted universal rating rules provide. about etiquette. pugilism and finance GOING BILLIARDISTS if It watches the Kid closely. BEN TAVId. ABROAD. Action hee been taken upon tbe plea COLUMBUS STAKES FILL WELL. of sending an American amateur buThe entries fur the seven stake races llsrdlst lo the Imernatlonal tournaat Ilia Columbus grand circuit meeting ment te be held In Paris this summer. to be held next September closej re- In New York the Liederkranx club votcently and all previous morda were ed tu enter J. Ferdinand Poggenburg News was and defray hla expenses. broken In the number of entries. Hrewerlea alse received by the officials ef the In the stake for (:1C trotters. $19,909. there National Association ef Amateur Biln are entries; Hartman Hotel liard Players that tlie Chicago Athleiio stake for .14 pacers. a.V09. forty-el- s association had taken similar aclioa lit entries; llie Columbus purse fur w ith ragard te Calvin Demurest $1,000, forty -- eight enMl trotter. FLICKS PROMISING TROTTER. tries; Nuard of Trade stake fur t:97 snlrtes. pacerw. fl.vM. twenty-seve- n It Is seldom that a professional baseIn Ihe Breeders' stakes twenty numl ball player gets In the harness horse nations are made for the Buckeye game and besides being a great enSlate stake, 2: It trotters, IMM; ninethusiast makes the game g profitable teen noniliiHtlune are made fur the King one. but eucti la the eese with Uiper stake for f;H pacers, $1,999. and twenty-nFlick, Cleveland's clever right fielder. ine nominations are made for the Flick is a good Judge of horseflesh and Merrhaale' stake for 1:14 I roll era, also ran develop green ones with aa $9,904. much euccaaa aa a professional trainer. He has a hobby ef picking up unYACHTING CARNIVAL ANNOUNCE tried youngsters, giving them their The Toledo (0.1 Yacht club amuMincra early education In winter, and then disthe formal opening of its new clubhouse posing of them at a good profit. Among on Aug. I. and It. These are Ihe hla iveaent possessions la a colt- - bp dales for the power beat carnival and Brunrlla. the latter an own brother to the sail yacht racing remmlliee now Amanlas, :!, and thle aimed candidate announces that In connection with the la now in charge of the veteran trainer, , motor boat carnival there will be the Dave M tickle, whs has thought well greatest eall yacht regatta ever pulled enough ef the Flick youngster te ehlp off on Lake Erie. Tbe evenu will In- him te the Glenville track, where he clude races for the three special classes will be trained for the coming season. Puebl (Colo ) club, owing to ill health Hr will remain in Publu te a 1 vise the team director bow to produce a winis on ot the ning combination most popular or all ball field marshals, and hi friend lament greatly bis precarious state of bealin. ee O'Rourke's Berry Flight. Another manager who bse met with dire misfortune is W. A. O'Kuurke. president of the tiin.ilia team of the Western league. He lust oue eye through disease several years ago, and physicians advise him that ihe other eye is likely to become nffa ted similarly very Hooter-Columb- fifty-seve- shortly through the same trouble. This of course means that O'Kourke must retire. Boston American Managerial Situation. Then, too, the managerial situation au regards the Boston Americana la by no means settled definitely. Ka one can tell whether or not Jlin McGuire cawill make gcod. reThat the former the catcher of the New York Americana the Washingtons, the Brooklyn, etc., has the strength, courage, determina- tion and brains to command the and obedience of the players there's no doubt. This fail will go a long way to solve the difficulties that have oiercome !h team and its management in the past. As a matter of fact Ihe Boston Americans have had enough managers and captains in the Iasi year to supply almost an entire league. But it's dollars to gingerbread bo'.ivars that Mr. Hobs Ferris will not hand to Jim McGuire any of the fat hunk of cheese Hugo that he presented to the late Mr. Huff of Champaign, III Jim, In that case. wouldn't unewer back, then pack up hla tugs and quit. He would lean over, grab Mr. Ferris by the nape of the neck and shake hla beck teeth dow-hie throat, cave in hla riba, push the Ferria lace three meridians to the southwest, yawn and then say, 006, but tills life la certainly alow. ct P n TWO OF THE - kw 7 V .5?. ' , A 7. ' SM i " ' fvAvHv'.s;; V .; ' : 7, ; ?A t n :i ' T' .v, -- "w1 , 1 :r'-- WJ I NOTED PLAYERS ON STRONG AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS j A '4T; 7 -- An Essay en Pugilism Versus Baeiaty, New Jersey hat several very exclusive very arirtocnatic, very settlements, where million-nir- e railroad officials, life Insurance -tors, bankers, brokers, etc., make their homes. The average person that invudea one of them for residential pur pones is made Just about aa wek-omand ae comfort able as a fly In the oleomargarine. The neighbors are about ae congenial and warm hearted as disappointed polltlcUne the day after the convention has picked other high minded statesmen to purify the nation. South Orange is one of these ultra exclusive towns, and the finance kings and queens there arejust now Buffering keenest pain. Why, oh. why? Because Mr. Norman Selby, beat known aa Monsieur Kid Urt'sy, has bought for a large eum a fashionable residence en a fashionable street in tbe midst of the SouLh Orange dollar chasing colony, t VS .'T , V" .!" Au&sEl&Si dim- RICHARD ORBY, CROKERS GREAT IRISH DERBY WINNER. BRED ENGLISH Orby Is a beautifully shaped son of Orrne and out of Rliodu B. Mr. Croker named the roll by taking the initial letters of the names of the sire and dam. and adding'Y. Orby b entered in other big transatlantic races and may be brought to America to compete in the Brooklyn and Huburbun handicaps. In addilinn to winning the celebrated event the funner New York political ' thief squared accounts with the Jm key club for refusing to allow him to train and only those acquainted with lls horses at Newmarket heath two yeera-ago- , Croker ran appreciate the sweetness of this revenge. The race was run In f. I:f4 fur the mile and Only Iwe Americans, plepre Lortllard and William C. Whitney, have, be- -, sides Croker, been able to land llie coveted prise, Lorillard with the great ' Iroquois in 1111 and Whitney with Volodovosky ten years later. The last named horse, however, was English bred, and Mr. Whitney had only leased him from " :f Lady Meux during hla racing career. . ' one-hal- '' HEAVY NATIONALS, e B, T JOSEPH TINKER, HITTING SHORTSTOP OF CHICAGO AFTER end he and his wife are lo commence a vigorous campaign te take first place in Ihe social ring. From now on the society news from Mouth Orange, N. J., will be mure interesting than Harry ronfesalrms, McCoy claims that he and Mrs. McCoy are as well bred aa any other couple in Bouth Orange, and he is deeply disturbed at rrpnrla that the irate villagers contemplate lynching the real estate agent who aold lilin the house. McCoy believes that he will be an ornament to any drawing room. He la ready to. slug on the proboscis A ONE. HIGH any other lady te Ihe contrary. or gent who avers When McCoy opens his social battle, he wlU of course have some of hla eld time Astir friends on hand to meet the tnp lajer of Bouth Oranges fashion a bias. He will present Mr. Jack Mun-ro- e, Mr. Peter Maher, Mr. Thomas Hhurkey, Mr. John L. Hullivan and Mr. to the local debutantes Jumea at their "coining out parties. Then, low Mr. Gus Itublln and Mr. Kid Broad will undoubtedly he familiar figures (and, oh. thnae faces) at afternoon teas. GEORGE STOVALL, THK REMABLR CLEVELAND FJKBT HA tf EM AN, Broad csuld amuse the guests by relat J "WIDOW CONROY, HEAVY HITTING NEW YORK LEFT FIELDER. -- .Mi Review of Dramatic Situation Piays Old and New; Marlowe and Sothern Return Brigand Raisuli For Vaudeville! ' - of the Danish production, objected If her (Is lire with the leading man and allot and killed them both. About the as me time 4n a Ruse Ian rity the actor playing the comedy role of Tbe Merry Widow received an official request to appear before the gnv. eranr general, wbo addressed him If the Russian language. The at tor, nupi posing he was the recipient of a verbal bouquet, bowed hie thanka and smiled his happiest with vlaluna of special decoration for bin artistic performance. But the Interpreter dashed his hopes when ha explained' that the rotund Si'iori "makeup" was g near resemblance ( tbe governor general, who wee also fat, and that as aa example to others a fine had been imposed of I1.IU, to be suspended in rase be left Russian territory Immediately and promised never again te use the same makeup In the part. Dramatic Corrs . . apondent v ... MARLOWE and e! H. fresh from their campaign, opened at the Academy of Music for a short mgagement, presenting Romeo and Ham-le- t Twelfth Night" andlullet, These playa were the ones the found most prpfllsble ip LonThe only drama in ' our reperdon. tory, say Mr, fkithem, "that the Eng- -' When lisb people did not take lo wan ' Knighthood Wea In Flower.' Miea Marlowe ia the proud possessor IFTom Our New York JULIA - rs ilTXi ' of a rambler rosebush, presented to her her by King Edward VII., who aaw play In Hamlet. 111 addition to the gift from the king, Mlsa Marlowe brought over her three valuable doge, a King Charles spaniel named Prince Charlie, a Japanese spaniel, flolomon, and an Irish terrier. MARGUERITE CLARK. Marguerite Clark is to be starred by the Mhuberts In The Road to Tester-day- ." at the Waldorf theater, ig Lon-dd- n. Miss Clark's rise fo a stellar rank has been extremely rapid. A few years age ehe was a chorus girl In one of ths Aborn companies. Mora recently she been In the support of Do Wolf Ai Stopper. C A&clvw Arbuclri t two Welsh Brian Boru. as well-'hponies which ehe bought In London. A fourth dog. an English bull named Wellington, died in mldorean and was buried-a- t sea, an American flag being wrapped around it. Miss Marlowe was too much affeted by the dogs death to be, present when it was consigned to the waves. Both Miss Marlowe and Mr. Foibern expressed themselves as vastly pleased with tlfrlr London venture. The story that they were booed" during one of their performances to vigorously denied by eaih of them. It was a bald fabrication. says Mr. Sothern. s IAMEB CAREW, WHO RECENTLY MARRIED ELLEN TERRY. Carew's correct name to James Uascl tnann. He Is a native of Goshen. Ind. He has appeared in many important playa. STAGE CoGeorg Honeymooners," hens latest, .is Mi old Jilece, .Running For Ufflce, with some new Mess worked In. A play on the woman suffragist question by Elisabeth Robins, su. actress, was produced at the Court theater In - v- Undon recently. It to called Tote Fur Women and has the subtitle A i pie truth full of holes and thrown It overboard in a bag weighted with lead. Once more he hee strangled veracity and left It tornagd bleeding by the wayside. In hla moat recent communication I read tllat no less a personage than Raisuli, ,the notorious Moroccan bandit, will teum the United States, through the medium pf a well known vaudeville circuit. Now. the question Is, Who to paying the champion P. A.t salary this time Raisuli or the vaudeville circuit In question? Evidently the vaudeville organisation to hla employer. for. as I remember, Raisuli doesn't pay anything to anybody for anything. ) Lk cJostphLothiauv. Julia.Dears.and Harold or if. no a week. On Ihe contrary, his natural Held would be politics or high finance, in which hie peculiar abilities would noon find recognition. But then Raisuli might hesitate about entering politics for fesr he would be outclassed by his American rivals and I use hie reputed millions. He has the boldness, but lacks the polished thoroughness and finesse, of hie American compeers. The Roundup's Run. The Roundup. Maclyn Arbuckle's new starring vehicle, has proved so great a success at McVtcker'e theater, Logically' It would seem that If Ral-gu- ll Chicago, that Klaw A Erl anger have really did come te America he decided to bring the play to their New Latest Frets Agent Sensation. could have nothing to do with vaude- Amsterdam theater In September for agent press world's champion The In which the most he onuld earn what they confidently believe will prove ville, all competitors has outstripped would he a mean little stake of 12,900 an all season run. again. because of arrangements el pis y. which, they declare, to In no sense spring, TALK. ; dramatic. Edith Wynne Matlhlaon. ready made for aa American tour In know n in the United States, vaudeville. to Dramatic Tract." The crltk-- differ re- who thewell role. Novelty to the thing. In order to Some leading has of the merits play. garding the received a cable message crest a stronger amusement appetite Gnu Robert the sacrificed authoress believe that the In New York at one thefrom the management of the Fslsce it is proposed artist Ot the propagandist and that the ater this summer to set the scenes on Arts. Reblns offering London, theater. the than help play will Injure rather House, a the stage without lowering the curtain. of tbe Manhattan cause of woman suffrage: others rail j Isle weeks' season ut theOpera MU. Curiosity la expected te do the rest. False. six admit all It a clever entertainment: Denver Is thinking of grading theater would no. she notified Qrau.ihst Arts say but many i be able lo swept the offer before next licenses according to the admission tlist It to well written, Uie of the word "tract" to descriptive a The MooverZ) CH.JoHtvPeKTSon. t t 4 I Florence Rockwell, the leading woman, end Arbuckle, as well an other prominent members of the cast, have scored Individual hits. The play has virility. sLronglh and the atmosphere of the western plains that appeals ta the great mass of theater goers. Rustic steins with Indian d -- orations were given to the woman patrons as persouvenirs when the seventy-fift- h formance of The Roundup was recently celebrated. Changes in the last act of the melo- drama Introduce a sunrise and 'enable all the characters to make their entrances on horseback. Adelaida Keim B cores as Camille. . Adelaide Keim, the promising young New Terk actress, who has played Hamlet (In tights), the leading wo Houses which charge per pay year. Those charging from 99 to 7S cards for seats will pay 1909. Where the seat never sell higher than (0 cents the annual fee will be 1100. Turkey may he a serious country, but they do not evidently care to pile on the agony for all that. When In their plays somebody has to be killed, ihe actor goes off to be murdered and prices charged. In excess-o- 11.99 will lU Haxtscll) man's role In The Priilce of India, etc., has scored a distinct hit as at the J roi Kills theater. Miss Keim's versatility to one of the topics of the hour. Her pronounced ability, coupled with her beauty of face and farm, makes her certsin ef rising te unusual heights. ta-nnl- le M-- The Merry Widow. Frans Lenar's comic oiera, "The Merry Widow. which promises to be the comic opera treat of the coming American season, aeema destined to attract alt manner of attention before It ' V 4V ; 7 heard In America. The drama Is now being played In Kuruia by more than s dozen different companies and in almost as many countries. Recently the husband of ADELAIDE Mme. Nsthsusen, the lending woman to s' - " ' v, v , '4- ? - 7' sh. KEIM, A SUCCESS CAMILLE. AS to Its humor ta the fact that they still think Punch funny ever there. Reawakened Interest In Shakespeare Charles M. Southwell, long conn-ete- il hardly knows where to atop. "Love's with the management of tbs Walnut, Labor Lost was revived for the first Grand and other Philadelphia theaters. time in many year lately In England. Is now managing the Academy of MuRhakespeare Is certainly capable of great possibilities. Othello was latesic, Scranton. Pa. Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbagt Patch" ly given, or handled, at Baltimore In on the broad grin. the sign language before an audience of is keeping Lon-lnWhat lessens the value of ibto tribute deaf mules. then comes on again, finishing up with a little death struggle as g guarantee that he has died. |