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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA', MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1915.
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GOLFING STARS SHOW WAY
ert, Williams Rattier, Lindsay, Wright, Marshall, Bartholo-
Mio ana vieveianu in omrnuy
"50-in-l" Club Panacea
b- nt birdies hovered over the play
S ballsome yesterday at Aronlmlnk
tight or rne bot p"" "
4 for a best nan i -.
krns, nanlcr, Lindsay, Wright. Mar-
...i.i -,tnw nnd Cleveland were In
KSlr great shape. Pars were no good.
IMKJInS' u.j .-.I nmt men even an
Kkis take the hole. Several holes were
B51;. Ji.. nolnc out. Wright had
BSJ.t wi iwo down, while Williams,
Ek . ww three down, Bnllsomos, as
jfrponwUh favor by most golfers
Sh finance, A...-
;ttw c
fry Vardon feels that even If ho
to weed out his bnttery of clubs and
Ms bag t" -he very bone, he -would
ai'.iind a clinnco unicss it wu
SI'S clubs around with him through
All H w . ...... -1..Y... l.. nr.rtfti
ir... ..niimnntttl reasons, but ho
Wi that at least 11 clubs should and can
V"!' a Amorlenn aolfor carries a
,. forrcsT of tools over tlio llnks
S1!..f0rrnC.Vw. blowers, anything that
&.nehes. or out of the babbllnir
line
&t remained for 11. C. Huey. p
l?Lhi. irnlfer. to bring out a GO-ln-1.
fSittMi tor all troubles, and a olub
IH.W: . .Lj miTr. it holeB 'em out.
US what It ls-a putter. It's a long
& putter Mr. Huey slips It In his
H,.and when his gamo begins 10 suae,
rtinroduces the putter. Ho drives with
K then holes out, all with the same
Bifc And he gets beautiful shots. He
lUces ait uie '- ::.,.,".
Kri using It puts Mm right back in tho
KTclub you haveTo get used to."
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T.mM B. Hackney, golf theorist and
tttfenlonal at Aronlmlnlt, not only has
ill the 8ne points of golf up nis sieovc, aui
&V hn lets drlvo at tho flags. Yester-
r,- k vin .i henutifut 72. which Is ono
ttritr par and n record for the course.
Hackney played par golf up to the 7th
friers he needed G, but on the sth he got
Tklrdle and was oui in m. uii mo ""
iftook one more than par, but got birds
rnh nth nnrt 13th. On the 15th he
frjnmed tho cup twice before ho sank his
Ull, taking nvo to par iour. um no
fSS under par when ho got a bird on tho
imiL His card follows:
Hickney-
OUt ...., .1 O . 1
. ' .. G 3 4 3 4 G
4-33
6-37-72
RT. 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 4-33
Im 4 3 G 4 4 4 4 6 43373
RHuknty's opponent wa A. E. Hughes.
IHmheJ was the first ono to hole out in
tea over the new course. He accomplished
utr trick lost August on me imru ui.
Sltll 158 yardsi Hughes UBed an Iron from
.?: ... --j i., v. .ni in thn trftn In
Ul lee, anu ins dhui ,... .. ... - -
'fcS, nf h trrefln. But It bounded on to
hsTereeh, where, after negotiating two
RampJ, It rimmed tho cup and finally
imiti in. since men mo now no" "-"
Wmrk for economists, and on at least
.occasions has been wooed In one.
B
Hire than 300 yurds wore added to the
, .I--.,... rnii miima thlu venr In
ItHparatlon for tho Lvnnewood Hall con
tlt. Considered from tho standpoint
Offbrute strength alone, this extra dis-
fhco would requiro at least two inn
Itlthy shots. So, when Travcrs sub
Seted three for a 72 from tho record
iftch C. C. Van Vleck, Jr., made over
K,old 600S-yaid course lp 19U, he ns-
Nfedly st up a. mark at wnicn iocai
ME MIRACLE OF
BOSTON BRAVES
By GRANTLAND RICE
The Blue Jubilee
Evoked by thoughts at Now Haven
Mtho graduation ot Charley Urickley
Jl Tacks Hardwlclc from llnrvard.)
We oood oW tuoiW seems hriphtcr
Sthan it has been in yrars;
Sthe atmosnhera is llnhtcr.
iScpltte with rousing cheers;
IJFe fcnoio fftaf red war leaves
i Along Eurapa's plain;
We knoto that written pan's
Wire out records 0 the slain:
Put u?7iat if Prlnco or Drover
Spames to his final runt
EFor Urickley's day is ovor,
Via llardwlck's timo is done.
Somehow tho grass seems greener
'And tho sky's a brighter blue;
Somehow all life is keener
KKA a dream that's overdue;
eqr though there comes the leceplng
St a million in their woe,
Bjw! ioiifl?i the Eagle's sleeping
In-the shadow of the foe.
iiriq( pains are these to,sevar
ne golden dream ice've spun
(nee Brickleu's itasscd forever.
Eii Ilardwlek's iima is doner
Come, sound the iocslnned glory,
ana tart the jubilee;
Vme forward with the story
The Blue, at last, is free;
Me now from torment torrid.
(be uulldog walks in priae,
ffuh scars upon his forria,
Ind patches on his hide;
re seek, nmld the clover,
fliS old Plarn iti the Sun.
Where Urickley1 's day is over.
uaramcK'a time is aonc.
Wouldn't You?
gom Stalllngs tells us that ho will
a tills 1315 pennant to a certainty, aim
"believe him. For he told us last
Smer h vn trnlner tn win the HM
E. and last October that his club would
the Mackmen four straight .games.
1 this record of veracity back of him,
are we to doubt his word?
hlch la much the way the rest of the
Wean League felt when Eddie Collins
J to Chicago, Bender and Plank
for the Feds and Baker resumed
"S the cornfields of Maryland,
The French Red Hook
.f?ran( you Tyrus Itaymond Oolfb is
in there 0 ways;
Tris, the nilahtu BostanU, is fun
of pennonf plays;
$ none is stronger than myself for
, Laughing Larry Doyle,
is- nit ting great aooaramy iu
records and to lloyw;
tell of U Wagner and th things
that he has done; .,
H Crau ford's mighty bludgmn still
drives in the winning fMB." . .
t thouoh 101 roHt and fflf abut
f.. Bvrs, tote ot Troy
:' (Hift is wita tRt uamnv v "4
,np Lajoy. . . .
tloutino orb is clalc has stood
the test of iimt; .
ngu its out fur -many wra "
still 1$ in its prime;
muutc, ut the twirling art WAM
wihu ut that nam
Hon tun, rattffc So Of awat, ITOW,
brtakmy up a .awe.
u.it ,). iukA J!l lMI
ON COURSE AT ARONOMINK
ijicrnoon Sport It, & Ilueu's
Gossip Amona thn r.nitn
golfers tofnhnhiu .. .i.. . ..
vnln f, .:. .; n" luRE PO' snots in
Wf0,,5 tlm8 to come-maybe Until
In
aiiwK" qme8 Mk ftnd 8ct8 "P
n,ua1L-a'rt".,i,0 ''ave ben added I
velBlo.1 ii. . .K'a on ,ln,, been '"
the left ',' t,h8 h,c!me ree"' Is on
slKhed in Ui"l1B ,"ngc""1'y and Is de
hoH, , .?alich. errln" lrlv8 All re
ports nre that t s doing Its duty
t
nfT!!vrc.18 anrln attached to the elbow
or oery golfer as ho putts. In tho case
or the expert who feels annoyed If his
.hSI"!,1"1' of lne - the spring
ii ttl,?'n?1 to his motor heurones and his
Kinesthetic nerves arc well greased. His
good putting is due to his sense of touch.
In other wortls, and if ho pulls off an
jxtra. good putt he Is said to be suffering
from kinesthesia.
But in the case of the poor soul who
tecs up nt tho 18th, with a score well over
tno century mark, the aforementioned
spring seems to bo Just plain attached
to his ribs, and It'B not a very delicately
tempered eprlng at that. As witness:
On the tenth, In the nnnls of tho Lvnne-
wood Hnll tournament. Inst week at thn
Huntington Vnlley Club. Marston rolled a
long putt down hill Into the hole from tho
edge of the green for a two after Travrrs,
15 feet away, had pushed his ball Jtiat
hard enough uphill to cup out In par
three. Two onlookers were much Im
pressed, nnd, after the match, camo back
to see If such putting "really could be
done." The one taking tho downhill shot
dubbed his first for fear ho would hit too
hard and then proceeded to roll the ball
across the green Into a trap. Tho ono
coming up hill determined to hole out.
went two of the IB feet on his first putt
and eight more on his second. Both nro
averago golfers, but It took many trials
before tho shots were holed out In ones
They both now feel that there are putters
and putters.
A local golfer, who has an airily un
limited handicap and boasts of It, evened
things up with an opponent tho other
day on the seventh green ovor the Hunt
ingdon Valloy coirse. Ho had done the
first four holes Impartially In sevens anil
was three down. But ho took tho next
three in par. Crossing tho road for the
eighth, there was notlccnble that slightly
hysterical run in his laughtci and a domi
neering tone In Ills commands to his
caddy which betray all golfers who havt
been unflorrnted and who feel that they
are coming Into their own. And when a
perfect drlvo flitted sweet and true from
his wood on the eighth ho quite cried out
for Joy. Ho qulekstcppcd to tho perfect
lie nf his ball nnd, ns he glanced back
nt the tee hazily distant, he felt that
"dor tag" had atTlved Indeed. He grow
eloquent.
"What a setting for my next," he said
"O'orhend tho beautiful blue sky, behind
mo the woods, and nothing before me but
a sloping strotch of green and tho flag" '
"And tho purling brook," softly crooned
tho other, who had takon four to Ir I
his ball beside the first
The first golfer, at top of his swim,
heard tho whisper. A tremor shook his
frnme. Topped ball, splash. Into tho creek
at his feet.
"Ah, yes, tho brook," he said, Silently
and grimly onward went tho game.
Jorry Travcrs Is said not to have swung
on a bull and missed or taken up the
sod behind a ball for a three-Inch shot
since tho days when ho used to play
around In his backyard and holed out
his ball by hitting a tree. Many durters
who swing on tho ball and fracture a rib
without touching the thing are said to
bo slightly envious of Travers" little
vcakness In being able to get off a
straight ball and true about every time
ho tries his hand.
I've seen my share of Slugging Bans
but none compared with Nap;
And so no matter whom we cheer with
cries of "Atta boy"
MY faith is with the Batting Eye of
Nap Lajoy. (Freckles.)
The Brave Slntus
(Jeorge Stalllngs and his clan still be
lieve that the Braves are duo for another
pennant your. But Colonel Stalllngs.
while he refuses to admit It, Is undoubt
edly bothered a bit as to the delayed
sturt. For the Boston mandarin Is wise
enough to know that the Miracle Stuff
doesn't work every season. No club can
continue coming eternally fiom bolilnd
nnd leaping tho tlclds of glory. Tho
Urnres expected to bo well out In front
nt this stage. In place of which they
cro lighting for a grip at tho top of tho
second division, getting erratic pitch ng
and falling to hit with expected vim.
THREE BOXING CARDS
BILLED HERE TONIGHT
Quaker City, Broadway and
Garden Clubs Will Stage
Bouts Other Ring Notes.
Weekly shows at the Quaker City A. A.
nnd Garden A. C. and a special stag at
the Broadway A, C. tonight will slvo
ocal flX fans a pick of three pugilistic
performances. The main mix nt the
Quaker CUy will bring together Joe Dalley
and Bobby Scanlon At the Garden, Jack
Tolnnd will encounter Reddy Holt. W
fventucky Rosebud and John Henry John
son gam-men of color and leading feath
weights when In their prime, w II mingle
fn the feature fray at the Broadway.
Tho program follows:
quAKBlt CITV.
First bout-Jimmy IWton . VtatLnd. N. J..
.!? Youne Oaltny. Germantown.
PThird Ju-Noah MIW North 1'er.r.. .
Y$urth BK-WrfdJWio. North P.nn, v..
r-'W'nS: North P.nn. v..
Cin,dV-fe'r.PN?cnetoWn. .. Bobby
Bosnian. "Germantown.
QAnDEN,
Mrt bout-Jo McDermott, nichmond. va.
Sdfe-M-pilf.'K.n.tnstea. v..
d u51n,.n. Bouthwark. v..
MEnWKInS-'ul?r.nfito0nHar.. 17th Ward. v..
Holt, North Pnn.
BIIOADWAT.
Plrrt but-Ywnr Joa Wclah, Bouthwark. y:
Pt L ?V"V.??i S, w.tr. Soutbwark. v..
Second bout
MOTDIIU UUUt """W ..----
(oof"". Smoky Hollow, va.
Statwtad-u.P-
:uoi-ddl McKw, U. S, Navy. v.
trTTKS2fiky BoJatarf. l-oUrd rt,
Tomorrow night at tw Atlas A. A.. Bos.
ton, 8am ingfor4 ad m MeVey will
elash In a U-royn4 boat
WiUlo Hrn and HmY Hwber will
aomMSe th anal at theBroadway A. q.
Tlmf3toy night. A return matgh lW
BobbyMoCatm and Voung TuJar aUo
wUl b stalled.
BaaauM of a turnl ankU. Qaorge
cSyTof Baltimore W
bos for 1 months.
Frankta Howell nud Bobby "ayiW)ll
meet in th mtttui4 at th Ludiow A. O.
mu Friday ulgtw-
WHEN A
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BIG YACHT IROLITA
WINS AT MARBLEHEAD
E. D. Clayk, of Philadelphia,
Elated at Success of His
Craft in Eastern Y. C. Race.
MAIIBLEHUAD, Mass., Juno JS.-Tho
big yacht Irollta, owned by V. D. Clark,
of Philadelphia, was the first to cross tho
finish line in the Eastern Yacht Club's
race from New London to Marblchead.
A good start was made from New
London Saturday morning and It was
expected tho boats would make Morblo
hoad by Sunday afternoon, but thoy
struck only tho lightest sort of winds
rounding tho cape.
Tho lleet Balled In about 10 o'clock today.
ENGLISH WANT RACING
Petition Presented to House of Com
mons for Approval
LONDON. Juno IS. A monster petition
has been presented In the House of Com
mons by Colonel Hall Walker, the woll
known racehorso owner, signed by thou
sands of owners, trainers, Jockeys and
others interested In tho sport, nsKIng for
a reconsideration of tho Government's
decision regarding further race meetings,
with the exception of those to be held at
Newmarket. . . . . . .
All affected are very hopeful that a let
up will be permitted during next month,
and already preparations aro being made
to hold the big meetings at Nowbury.
HAS SIGNED TO COACH
iHk W (r' jFjmF
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LARRY A. WHITNEY .
Dartmouth's great athlete has signed to coach the State foot
Jufll team next year. Athletic followers wondered why he was not
tK to prZnt ttoEwt at the t $
Xammoaships as he quaMed Saturday at Boston. He outumaU-
FELLER NEEDS A
PENN STATE ELEVEN
TO BE COACHED BY
ATHLETE LA. WHITNEY
Dartmouth's Famous Shot
putter to Head 1916 Con
tingent, According to In
formation Received Here
Today.
Larry A. Whitney, the Dartmouth
athlete who won the Intorcolleglate shot
putting championship on Franklin Field
this year, according to Information re
ceived hero today, has signed to coach
tho Penn State football team next year.
According to the report, Whitney signed
tho contract Saturday, and will be unable
to compete In tlte Pnnaina-l'nolflo cham
pionships, as he automatically becomes
a professional by strict Interpretation ot
the Amateur Athletic Union laws.
At the Eastern tryouts at Doston Satur
day, Whitney qualified to tako the trip to
tho coast next month, but was not se
lected. Whitney Is perhaps tho most remark
able shot-puttor of his weight In the coun.
try- Despite the fact that he weighed
Just about half as much as Ralph Rose
and Pat McDonald at the Olympic Games
at Stockholm, three years ago. Larry
stuck with the giants and finished a good
third.
PENN STATE ELEVEN
FRIEND
LANDIS PROMISES
BASEBALL DECISION
Federal Judge to Hand Down
Decision in Federal Suit at
Early Date.
CHICAGO, June 53. Federal Judt$e
Landls today promised nn early decision
In the big baseball suit of the Federal
League against organized baseball.
In refusing to net at once on n petition
of A. 12. Gates, representing tho Federal
St. Louis Club, to have dissolved a
temporary Injunction granted tho Cin
cinnati National Leaguo Club restraining
Armando Marsans from playing with the
Sloufeds, Judge Landls said-
"The court prefers not to net on tills
petition now. It will be dealt with In nn
early decision In another case Settle
ment of this other case should dispose of
the Issue at point today "
SPORTING WRITERS
ARRANGE AN OUTING
First Affair in History of Or
ganization Is to Take Place
July 11.
Members of the Sporting Writers' Asso
ciation will hold the first outing In their
history July 11. at tho Mohican Club, Mor
ris Junction on the Delaware.
Invitation has been extended to the
members to bring their wives and chil
dren along, while others are urged to
bring their best girl along. No chnrge
will be made for the members, but a
charge nf li Will bo made for tho women
and children.
Tho outing Is to be a llrst-clans affair.
There will be a baseball game and other
athletic stunts for the men, and prizes
will be awarded In tho arlous events,
Mualclans will be present to furnish the
liveliest dance selections, Thero will be
a priie awarded tne moat giaceiui
dancer. Alexander 11. Brooke and Sam
uel Jones will see that tho awards are
made properly.
Supper will bd served at 6 o'clock so
that an early return to the city can be
made.
Morris Junction Is is minutes rldo from
Camden, and the round trip fare Is SS
cents. It Is cheaper to purchase tickets
at Camden than on the Philadelphia J de.
A 10-strlp ticket may be bought for ll.ss.
Atlas Nine Wins
The Atlaj Bays Club i'd $ ''?
a i bvi ftcore of 13 to s. .Tn ifaiura oi
tho iame w. the pitching of Uooft.ll, who
fanned 18 pita.
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A Sorrel-Topped Youngster Enters the Hall Gamp of th4 Apaches
To Watch "Dad" Play Ball A Bawling Brat,
Maybe, But the Apadhea Didn't Raise d Kick.
, .. .. ... . . . ,
by CHARLES E VAN LOAN ' '
Th werWs meat fmou tnttef ot bbAH netlen.
(A NOVBhBTTB.)
THIS Apaches could ploy baeeball, flvo
tattered pennants bearing witness.
They could also play stud and draw
poker, as visiting Intimates dlcovered.
As crap shooters, Uiey were moro to bo
feared than "faded." At any sort of
rough-and-tumble fighting Ihey fould pro
tect themsetves, but when It came to
mothering a small boy who was Just los
ing his baby teeth, the Apaches fell down
and fell hard.
Of course, they did the best they knew
how which was not much and conse
quently John Wesley Jones, aged some
thing undor 10 years, knew everything
which a boy of his age should not know,
including the taste of plug tobacco.
Women might have pilled him, hut
John Wesley scorned their pity. He
would not have changed places with the
son Of the President of the United States,
for that young man, despite his relation
ship with greatness, could never sit on
the bench next to Ous Uergstrom and
fondle tho bats with which the Terrible
Swede broke up so many games.
John Wesley Jones entered the big
lenmie when he wan 8 years of age. Tho
manager of the Apaches had bought a
red-headed Bensatlon In the shape ot a
shortstop, and when "Drlck" Jones re
ported for spring practice he brought
tilth him a snub-nosed, flame-topped
youngster whoso clothos bore evidence of
rumbling masculine fingers,
"Whafche going to do with the kldt"
I nuked Pete Carr, the Apacho team cap
tain
' CJolng to take him with me," an
swered the recruit shortly.
"Bad stuff," said Carr. "Think of the
night Jumps nnd tho traveling you're
going up against. It would bo a 'Whole
lot better If you could send him to somo
good school for kids nn asylum, maybe"
The nuw Intlelder glared.
"See liorel' said he. "That asylum
Uilng runs for your kids mnybe: not for
uilno. I snld tho kid sticks With me, and
tlint goes. If you don't like It, say so.
1 know plenty ot leagues where they'd bo
glad to have us both."
"Oh, all right, all right!" said' Carr
hastllj "I nan JiiBt thinking nbout tho
inconvcnlcnco of It, that was all. No ob
jections, none in the least!"
"Gee' but thnt jones Is toucny About
that kid of his," said Carr to "Gibral
tar" Jordan, the left fielder. "Jumped
nil over me for Just suggesting that he
better leave the kid somewhere during
the plnylng season."
"Huh"' said Qlbrnltar. "These bushers
seem to think that this Is n sort of In
fant class on tho side. Where's the kid's
i mother?"
"Died last senson." said Cnrr. "And
say. Joidle, old hawss, better not let
tl'nt ledliead hear you call him a bustier,
lie doc3n't start often, but when ho does
all welterweights better git outside tho
ropes!"
"Wonder why he's so stuck on lugging
a squalling brat around with him all tho
time?" asked Jordan.
Gibraltar kept on wondering, for Brtck
Jones never told. Had ho dono so It
might have been made easier for him at
the beginning, for ball players, In spite
of a rough exterior, nre sympathetic nnd
clannish, llrlck Jones' little life story
would havo touched a soft spot.
Thrco years before Jones, Junior, en
tered this vale of tears. Brick Jones was
a telegraph operator In a small Western
town, tho division point of a transcon
tinental lallway system. "Jonesoy," as
ho was called, earned SCO n month by
working 12 houis a dny and sometimes
more. Tho railroad men had a baseball
team which had beaten everything within
a radius of 100 miles, and one day, In
fielding practlco beforo an Important
game, "Jodie" Knight, tho shortstop,
broke a finger. Tho quiet, red-headed
operator climbed out of tho grand stand
and volunteered to take Knight's place,
Joncscy played such a phenomenal game
that tho rallrond men wero dazzled, and
thereafter Jodie went to the outfield.
"My soul!" said the yard foreman, who
was also the team captain, "where did
you learn to play ball?"
"Alwas knew how. I guess." said
JoneBcy. "I played Bomo at sohool."
Boon afterword Jonesey's pay was In
creased to JT5 ft month, whloh, In some
towns, used to be a great deal of money.
Naturally the young man's thoughts
lightly turned to the Blender llttlo brun
ette who waited upon the tablo In the
railway eating house.
She was u nice little girl, who said
red hair was pretty, and did not appreci
ate dusty ahd impolite traveling men.
So, when Jonesey cleared his throat and
rather huskily asked her tho great ques
tion, Bhe said, "Oh, Charlie!" and hid her
face upon his shoulder. They wero mar
ried at the Methodist parsonage, and tne
couple Bettled down to housekeeping- at
1T3 a month, strong In tho mistaken be
lief that two can live as cheaply as one.
In time there arrived the third mem
ber of the family, a tiny, red-faced llttlo
mite with golden fuzx instead of hair
and the voice and lungs of an auctioneer.
The mother named him John Wesley,
after hor uncle, who had been a Metho
dist minister. ,
When John Wesley Ws two yeara old
Jonesey was still "pounding brass" In the
same ollice at the same salary and begin
nlng to realize that raising a family on $75
a month was not the simplest problem In
the world. He still played baseball for
the lovo of the game, but nobody ever
thought of offering him any money for
his services, Jonesey never thought or.
asking for any. He knew. In a hazy sort
of way. that professional baseball play
ers were well paid, but that was In the
days when Jonesey was modest and did
not suspect himself of being a marvel.
o. flnv n tmsehall scout, prowling
through the waste places In search of an
Inflelder for the Eureka team of the
Sagebrush Leasue, stopped over to see
...m4 h.moen the ra Iroad men and a
team of miners from a nearby town. That
evening when Jonesey came down to take
his night trick on the wire, he found tho
stranger waiting for him.
"If It's a fair question," asked the
stranger, "what doe this wlre-tlckllng
Job pay your'
"What's It to yout" asked Jonesey.
"Nothing to me." said the inan, ''but
unlets I'm very mush mistaken. Its
something to you. Do you always Play
bail like you did this afternoon?
Why ye." said Jonesey, slightly puz.
sled. "Vretty much the sam. 8me
times I hit a little better"
"How would you Uks to play profss.
slonal ball?" asked th man.
'What l there In Itr asked Jonesey.
"I oan gt you I1J6 month. I'm lok
Ing for a shortstop for ths Bureka Club.
Your expanses on the road will bs aaw
and the Vsason Issts Sight months. Bow
do taat lisisn "' ,.,, ..
"Can t- iw oy w" "" -'
"Get by?" rspeaiw. m "
"Uks a
runawai freight train :
"Put that offer In writing!
said
rTL bstter than that." said thfj man.
"I'U aw the msnsgw it Uw Isarsks
team la ! you so xpis mens
and ts you waw to upon. '
Th swings wrete out ft mssasgs.
jonesey ptnlsd" it sad elattersd H oft
with a ftutUrmg nsJ una "
1 4iicU puU une Snir4 (UWi tweniy-
SUNSET"
(lT6 tlollArs a month for playing basebslll
It couldn't be true! But the next rnorri
Ing he received a message from th
Eureka manager Instructing him to rS
port In 10 days and Informing him that
the locat agent ot the express company
hsd been authorized to pay him 150 for
expenses.
Mrs. Jones cried a little when Jonesey
told her that hs Was going to quit his
Job. In her heart she had always felt
that baseball was not quits respectable.
"But think!" said Jonesey. "I'll hava
alt my mornlnrs nd nights at horns
with you and the kldt"
So Mrs. Jones dried her eyes and set
about packing their small btlonglr.gs.
The numbers of the railway team gave
Jonesey a farewell banquet In the rait
way eating house, with two kinds of
wlna on the table, and: the next day
Jonesey stood on the rear platform ot
No. 3 and watched tho old town fads out
of sight.
Jonesey made good. Having discovered
that there was money to be mads out
of baseball, ho set hlmsett to learn the
finer points of tho game, ahd the man
ager of the Eurtkas went about tapping
himself on the chest and taking great
credit for discovering the most promising:
of the season's recruits.
At the end ot his second year In the
Sagebrush League, the Amer'cnn ASso-
"Whtn 'Drlck' Jones reported
ho brought with him ,n snub-noaed, idme
topped jounffltef."
elation coveted Indcldcr Jones to the ex
tent of $223 a month. Mrs. Jones shed
somo more tears, packed up a, second
time, and bought some patent-leather
pumps for John Wesley.
There was no sagebrush In Jonesey's
hair when he Joined his new club, and
by mldseason every one knew that Brick
Jones had signed his last minor league
contract. Lnto that year the ApaehW
bought him outright, and his new con
tract called for $2500 for the season. Mrs.
Jones wept again shft had never been
strong since John Wesley's birth and
Intlelder Jones started oft on his last
trip around tho American Association
circuit. In tw6 weeks he was recalled
by a telegram from a phyalctan:
"Your wife dangerously 111. Come at
once."
At the end of the sixth day the doctor
camo out of the darkened rooni and
touched Jones on the shoulder.
"She wants to see you," he said.
"Doe," said Jonesey, "you don't think
-Jlt'lsh't riB1 bad as that?"
"We can always hone." said the dowJi
tor. 'l'ou mustn't exclto her, remMa
bcr." ?
Jonesey "went In and sat down on "
tho side of tho bed( taking the thin
white hand In his own brown paws.
"Well, little girl," he said.
"Charlie, dear." said the sick woman.
"It's about tho boy. You're going away
off Cast among strangers. You mustn't
send Johnny to nn asylum. I couldn't
bear that. I Want you to promise me
that you'll take Johnny with you wher
ever you go."
Jonesey slipped to his knees, his face
hidden in the bed covering.
"Don't talk like that!" ho begged.
"You mustn't give up! Why. what
would I do?"
Tho white hand found his howed head,
and began to stroke the tangled red
mop.
"You haven't promised," whispered the
voice.
Jonesey promised.
"Wherever you po for always and
always," repeated the woman. "Now, I
want to see Johnny."
Mrs. Jones died that night, and three
days after tho funeral Jonesey Was
back nt his position In tho Infield, and
there sat on the bench with the team
a graVe, solemn-eyed, round-faced little
fellow, to whom all the players were
very kind. Some of their wives, who
had known and liked Mrs. Jones, of
fercd to take John Wesley, but JoneBey
steadily refused.
"I promised his mother," was the only
answer he would make.
That was how John Wesley Jones, aged
five years, entered the big league. At
first the Apaches regarded him as x
cess baggage, but that was berore they
saw his father piny ball. Brick Jones
Jumped Into favor as soon as his spiked
shoes were tied, and the baseball scribes,
always optimistic before the opening of
a, season, were thankful to find at least
one man among the recruits about whom
there was not the shadow ot a doubt,
(CONTINUED TOMOBBOW.)
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New Record for Discus
MADISON, Wis., June JJ.-AtU Mueks,
Wisconsin's giant weight man, bettered
the record In the discus throw in prac
tice at Csmp Randall, when hs threw the
mtssUo l ' Tne rteotd was mads
by j. Duncan, of Long Island, N. Y.. In
Itis. when h throw the weight itt feet H
inches. The Muoks mark will not count
as a record, as It wss not established IS
competition.
Pitches No-Hit Game
MoniLE. Al., .June S8,-Tx COVtnltsa
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