8 ttrin mm in i in mi in i I The Exploits of Elaine ——■—— —————— A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama " HBy ARTHUR B. REEVE D " *** I Th. Wtfl-K—n N,etll,t ,nd (A« I _ || Crtakt Utt "Crmif Ktnntjy'' Stmria J Presented hi Celsborstien Wtih the Psthe Players sad ths Ideate TOa Cotspasy * 11 Copyright, 1M«. by KM O—»paa J. All roralfm Rlfhla BHUTII CONTINUED SYNOPSIS. The Mew Tork police are mystified by • series of murders of prominent men. The principal clue to the murderer Is the warning letter which Is sent the vic tims. signed with a "clutching hand." The lateet victim of the mysterious assassin Is Taylor Dodge, the Insurance president. Hie daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Ken (Mdy. the famous scientific detective, to try to unravel the mystery. What Ken- Siedy accomplishes Is told by his friend Jameson, a newspaper man. Clutching Hand tries to kill Elaine by means of a diabolical device which generates a poison In the wall paper of her room that is deadly to breathe for any length of time. Again Kennedy's scientific knowledge Is brought Into play just In season to save She heroine from death. SIXTH EPISODE "The Vampire." Kennedy went the next day to the fe)odge house, and, as usual. Perry Ben nett, Elaine's lawyer, was there in the library with Elaine, still going over tte Clutching Hand case in their en deavor to track down the mysterious Roaster criminal. Bennett seemed as deeply as ever fen love with Elaine. Still, as Jennings ladmitted Craig, it was sufficiently evi dent by the manner in which Elaine left Bennett and ran to greet Craig that she had the highest regard for liim. "I've brought you a little document •hat may Interest you." remarked Ken nedy. reaching into his pocket and pulling out an envelope. Elaine tore It open and looked at the paper within. "Oh, how thoughtful of you!" she exclaimed in surprise. It was a permit from the police made out in her name allowing her to car ry a revolver. A moment later, Kennedy reached Into his coat pocket and produced a little automatic which he handed to fcer. "Thank you." she cried, eagerly. Elaine examined the gun with inter est, then, raising it, pointed it play fully at Bennett. "Oh, no, no!" exclaimed Kennedy, taking her arm quickly and geutij. de flecting the weapon away. "You mustn't think it is a toy. It explodes at a mere touch of the trigger—when that safety ratchet is turned." Bennett had realized the danger and had jumped back, almost mechanical ly. As he did so, he bumped into a auit of medieval armor standing by the wall, knocking it over with a re sounding crash. , "I beg pardon," he ejaculated, "I'm ■very sorry. That was very awkward ©f me." Jennings, who had been busy about the portieres at the doorway, started to pick up the fallen knight. "Too bad, too bad," apologized Ben nett profusely. "I really forgot how close I was to the thing." "Oh. never mind," returned Elaine, ■ little crestfallen, "it is smashed all right—but it was my fault. Jennings, send for someone to repair it." * It was late that night that a masked figure succeeded in raising itself to the narrow ornamental ledge under * 'laine's bedroom window. Elaine was a light sleeper, and, be aides, Rusty, her faithful collie, now fully recovered from the poison, was in her room. Rusty growled and the sudden noise i awakened her. Startled, Elaine instantly thought of the automatic. She reached under her pillow, keeping very quiet, and drew forth the gun that Craig had given her. Stealthily concealing her actions under the covers, she leveled the auto matic at the figure silhouetted 1:. her window and fired three times. The figure fell back, Down in the street below, the as sistant of the Clutching Hand who had waited while Taylor Dodge was electrocuted, was waiting as his con federate, "Pitts Sllln"—which Indlcat- j ed that he was both wiry in stature and libelous in delegating his nativity j —made the attempt. As Slim came tumbling down, hav ing fallen back from the window above mortally wounded, the confederate lift ed him up and carried him out of sight hurriedly. Elaine, by this time, had turned on the lights and had run to the window to look out. Rusty was barking loud ly- In a side street near by stood a walt ing automobile, at the wheel t which eat another of the emissaries of the Clutching Hand. The driver looked up, startled, he saw his fellow hurry around the corner carrying the wounded "Pitts Slim." It was the work of just a moment to drop the wounded man, as comfortably as pos sible under the circumstances, in the rear seat, while his pals started the car off with a jerk in the hurry of es cape. Jennings, having hastily slipped his trousers on over his pajamas, came ruaning down the hall, while Marie, frightened, came in the other direc tion. Aunt Josephine appeared a few seconds later, adding to the general ! excitement. "What's the matter?" she asked, anxiously. *A burglar, I think," exclaimed Elaine, still holding gun in her See "Exploits of Elaine," Sixth Episode, In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, March 27 • READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY WEEK j k J) hand. "Someone tried to get into my window." "My gracious!" cried Aunt Joseph ine, in alarm, "Where will this thing end?" "Well," Blaine laughed, a little nerv ously, now that it was all over, "1 want you all to go to bed and stop worrying about me. Don't you see I'm perfectly able to take \.are of my self? Besides, there isn't a chance now of the burglar coming back. Why, I shot him." "Yes," put in Aunt Josephine, "but Elaine laughingly interrupted her and playfully made as thourh she were driving them out of her room. "Rusty!" she called. "Down, there!" The intelligent collie seemed to un derstand. He lay down by the door way, his nose cloee to the bottom of the door, and his ears alert. Finally Elaine, too, retired again. Meanwhile the wounded man was being hurried to one of the hangouts of the mysterious Clutching Hand. Ths car containing the wounded "Pitts Slim" drew up, and the other two men leaped out of it. With a hur ried glance about they unlocked the front door with a pass key and en tered, carrying the man. Indoors was another emissary of the Clutching Hand, a rather studious looking chap. "Why. what's the matter?" he ex claimed as the crooks entered his room supporting their half-fainting, wounded pal. "Slim got a couple of pills," they panted as they laid him on a couch. "How?" demanded the other. "Trying to get into the Dodge house. Elaine did it." Slim was, quite evidently, badly wounded and was bleeding profusely. A glance at him was enough for the studious-looking chap. He went to a secret panel and, pressing it down, took out what was apparently a secret house telephone. In another purt of this mysterious house was the secret room of the Clutching Hand himself, where he hid hia identity from even his most trust ed followers. His telephone rang and he took down the receiver. "Pitts Slim's been wounded, badly, chief," was all he waited to hear. With scarcely a wbrd he hung up the receiver, then opened a table drawer and took out a full face mask. Next he went to a nearby bookcase, pre«ed another secret spring, and a panel opened. He passed through, the mask adjusted. x Across, in the larger outside study, another panel opened, and the Clutch ing Hand, all crouched up, trans formed, appeared. Without a word he advanced to the couch on which the wounded crook lay, and examined him. "How did it happen?" he asked at length. "Miss Dodge shot him," answered the others, "with an automatic." "That Craig Kennedy must have given it to her!" he exclaimed with suppressed fury. For a moment the Clutching Hand stopped to consider. Then he seized the regular telephone. "Doctor Martin?" he asked, as he got the number he called. Late as it was, the doctor, who was a well-known surgeon in that part of the country, answered from an ex tension of his telephone near his tjd. The call was urgent, and apparently from a family which he did not feel that he could neglect. ' Doctor Martin was a middle-aged man, one of those medical men on whose Judgment one instinctively re lies. It was only a matter of mlnntes be fore the doctor was speeding over the now deserted suburban roads, appar ently on an errand of mercy. At the address that had been given aim he drew up to the side of '.he road, got out and ran up the steps to the door. A ring at the bell brought a sleepy man to the door, in his trousers and nightshirt. "How's the patient?" asked Doctor Martin, eagerly. "Patient!" repeated the man, rub bing his eyes. "There's no one sick here." Slowly it dawned on the doctor that it was a false alarm, and that he must be the victim of some practical joke. "Well, that's a great note," he growled, as the man shut the door. He descended the steps, muttering harsh language at some unknown trickster. As he climbed back into bis machine and made ready to start two men seemed to rise before him as if from nowhere. As a matter of fact they bad been sent there by the Clutching Hand, and were hiding in a nearby cellarway un til their chance came. One man stood on the running board, on either side of him, and two guns yawned menacingly at him. "Drive ahead that way!" muttered one man. seating himself in the run about with his gun close to the doc tor's ribs. The other kept his place on thesrun ning board, and on they drove in the s ' ' % HARRIBBURG STAB-INDEPENDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1915. direction of the mysterious, dark house. Halt a mile, perhaps, down the road, they halted and left the oar beside the walk. Doctor Martin was too surprised to marvel at anything now, and he real ised that he was In the power of two desperate men. Quickly they blind folded him. It seemed an interminable walk, as they led him about to confuse him, but at last be could feel that they had taken him into a house and along passageways, which they were making unnecessarily long in order to de stroy all recollection that they could. Finally ho knew that he was in a room in which others were present. A moment later he felt them remove the bandage from his eyes, and. blink ing at the light, he could see a hard faced fellow, pale and weak, on s bleod-statned couch. Over him bent a masked man and another man stood near by endeavoring by improvised bandages to stop the flow of blood. "What can you do for this fellow?" asked the masked man Doctor Martin, seeing nothing else to do. for he was more than outnum bered now, bent down and examined him. As he rose, he said, "He will be dead from loss of blood by morning, no matter if he is properly bandaged." "Is there nothing that can save him?" whispered the Clutching Hand ; hoarsely. "Blood transfusion might save him," replied the doctor. "But so much blood would be needed that whoever gives it would be liable to die himself." Clutching Hand stood silent a mo ment, thinking, as he gazed at the man who had been one of his chief reliance. Then, with a menacing ges ture, he spoke In a low. bitter tone: "She who shot him shall supply the blood." • •••••• A few quick directions followed to his subordinates, and as he made ready to go he muttered, "Keep the doctor here. Don't let him stir from the room." It was just before early daybreak when the Clutching Hand and his con federate reached tlfe Dodge house in the city and came up to the back door, over the fences. As they stood there the Clutching Hand produced a mas ter key and started to open the door. But before he did BO he took out his watch. "Let me see," he ruminated. "Twen ty minutes past 4. At exactly half past I want you to do as I told you— see?" The other crook nodded. "You may go," ordered the Clutch ing Hand. As the crook slunk away Clutching Hand stealthily let himself into the house. Noiselessly he prowled through the halls until he came to Elaine's doorway. He gave a hasty look up and down the hull. There was no sound. Quicklv he took a syringe from his pocket and bent down by the door. Inserting the end under it, he squirted some liquid through, which vaporized rapidly in a wide, fine stream of spray. Before he : could give an alarm Rusty was over come by the noxious furties. rolled over on his back and lay still. Outside, the oilier crook was wait ing, looking at his watch. As the hand slowly turned the half-hour he snapped the watch shut. With a quick glance up and down the deserted street, he deftly started up the rain pipe that passed near Elaine's win dow. I This time there was no faithful Rusty to give warning, and the second intnider, after a glance at Elaine, still sleeping, went quickly to the door, dragged the insensible dog out of the j way, turned the key and admitted the j Clutching Hand. As he did so he | closed the door. Evidently the fumes had not | reached Elaine, or, if they had, the inrush of fresh air revived her, fot she waked and quickly reached for the gun. In an instant the other crook had leaped at her. Holding his hand over her mouth to prevent her scream ing, he snatched the revolver away be fore she could fire it. in the meantime the Clutching Hand had taken out some chloroform. ar J rolling a towel in the form of a cone ' placed it over her face. When Elaine was completely undet the influence of the drug they lifted | her out of bed, the chloroform cone still over her face, and quietly carried her to the door, which they had opened stealthily. Down stairs they carried ber until they came to the library with its new safe where they placed her on a couch. ••••••• At an early hour an express wagon stopped before the Dodge house and lennings, half-dressed, answered the bell. "We've come for that broken suit of irmor to be repaired," said a work man. Jennings let the men in. The armor was still on the stand and the repair ers took armor, stand and all, laying it on the couch, where they wrapped it in the covers they had brought for the purpose. They lifted It up and started to carry it out. "Be careful," cautioned the thrifty Jennings. Rusty, now recovered, was barking and sniffing at the armor. "Kick the mutt ofT," growled one : man. The other did so, and Rusty snarled ; and snapped at him. Jennings took him by the collar and held him as the repairers went out, loaded the armor ' on the wagon, and drove oft. I Scarcely had they gone, while Jen nings straightened out the disarranged j library, when Rusty began jumping I about, h&rking furjouslv. Jennings looked at him in amazement aa the 1 dog ran to the window and leaped out. He had no time to look after the dog. though, for at that very Instant he heard a voice calling, "Jennings. Jennings!" It was Marie, almost speechless. He fotlowed her as she led the way to Miss Elaine's room. There Marie pointed mutely to the bed. Elaine was not there. There, too were her clothes, neatly folded, as Marie had hung them tor her. "Something must have happened to her!" wailed Marie. Jennings waa now thoroughly alarmed. To Be Continued BOWLING RESULTS CASINO LEAGUE Oi jihcums win close contest— OK PHBUMS Ross 18S 202 150 — 540 i Boris 142 157 171— 470 !W. A. Miller 172 188 188— 548 Beck 163 171 168— 502 Wilson 201 186 183 — 570 Totals . . 866 904 860—>2630 SENATORS 1 .\lcntgomerv 183 162 195 540 Oourley . 197 142 129 468 . Stigelman . 144 183 171 — 498 j Kobb 184 207 156 547 ! I bach 170 177 ■ 202 543 Totals . 878 865 853—2596 P. R. R Y. M. C. A. LEAGUE Kasv for the Bisons — EAGLES I Bitner .... 157 186 181 — 524 Hartzell .. 169 136 142 447 | f'nnll 124 161 157 442 Askin 119 133 167 419 | Diller 157 224 175 556 Totals .. 726 840 822—2388 BISONS Ford ...... 221 157 203 581 1 Chord .... 150 164 135 449 1 Davis 159 148 138— 445 I Miller .... 171 202 185— 558 j Hostetter .. 179 170 160— 509 Totals .. 880 841 821—2542 AT THE CASINO Schmidt bowlers defeat Ilarrisburg Baking Co. tcam - HAKRISRIRG BAKERY Hinnenkamp 125 82 104— 311 I Smith 121 89 97 307 Ogden .... 98 'J2 95 — 255 j Farriday . . 84 75 84 — 243 j ' Totals .. 428 338 380—1146 SCHMIDT'S 'Storm 96 99 93 288 j Balsbaugh . 109 82 112 — 303 1 Xu.lrell ... 96 96 81— 273 j Plank 92 111 101 — 304 j Totals .. 393 38S 357—1168 SMOKERS 1 LEAGUE Even Stevens defeat King Oscar by 88 pins— EVEN STEVENS Brenner .. 143 ■4 5 130— 418 ! Wallace . .*. 164 128 190 — 482 Totals .. 307 273 320 900 KING OSCARS I Gi'bson .... 142 150 153 — 445 Woodward . 107 125 135 — 367 Totals .. 249 275 288— 812 | Counsellors top Taros bv 32 pins— TAROS Troup 128 152 147 427 Cunningham 90 91 72 253 Totals .. 218 243 219 680 COUNSELLORS Cunkle ... 94 112 132 338 ItSebourn .. 130 115 129 374 | Totals . . 224 227 261 — 712 ENOLA PLANE LEAGUE Biplanes faster than Monoplanes— MONOPLANES A. M. King 119 154 122 395 | Winn .... 150 117 186— 453 Totals .. 269 271 308 — 848 BIPLANES I Branyan .. 153 87 126 — 366 I Brenner ... 142 150 201 — 493 Totals . f 295 237 327 859 Slight margin for Hvdroplanes— DIRIGIBLES AJ. King. 133 129 103— 365 Kosenberry. 127 70 123 — 320 Totals . . 260 199 226 — 685 HYDROPLANES I Bitner 92 124 121— 337 j Totals .. 261 256 295 — 811 PENNSY MEET DELAYED Date Changed From April 10th to April 17th I The indoor track meet of the Pcnn | svlvania Railroad Young Men's Chris j tian Association, which was to be held |in Chestnut street auditorium, this j city, April 10, has been postponed un til April. 17. The change was made I yesterday when secretaries from a number of associations throughout the State held a meeting In the rooms of the local association. It was also announced that the Ty rone band has been secured to furnish the music for the occasion. McCreath Defeats Whipperman McCreath won from Whipperman by the score of 100 to 72 in the Common wealth pool tournament last evening. Cqrl defeated Snyder by the score of 100 to 59. Slabaugh and Cleckner will settle tournament honors Thursday niotht. SIX TEAMS ENTER HILL BASEBALL ORGANIZATION Fast Amateur Teams to Play Twilight Qam ea During Season—Howard Mengel, of the Beading Railway Club, Is President For the first time in many seasons Harrisburg is to have a city baseball league, the Allison Hill Amateur Base ball league having organized with six teams as follows: Hiek-A-Thrift, Iner seal, Albion A. A., Galahad Club, Read ing Athletic Association and Kagle Athletic Club. The leaguo will play strictly ama teur ball and all contests will be play ed during the evening leaving the clubs to schedule other attractions for Sat urdays. Three such games will he played each week. The season will run from early in May uutil Septem ber. The grounds of the Reading Rail way Club and one at Fifteenth and Herr streets will be used. Officers were elected as follows: Howard Mengel, of the Reading Athletic Association, president; Benja min Whitman, of the Hick-A-Thrifts, vice president, and Louis Jenkins, a former Central High athlete and mem ber of the Bethany Boys' Club, secre tary and treasurer. Committees to report at the next meeting of the league have been ap pointed as follows: Rules—A. H. Fritz, chairman; A. E. Atkinson, W. F. Stroup, H. F. Stcbbins, George Bacon and Morris Cleary. Schedule —Benjamin Whitman, chair man; Charles Pattison, George Bacon, 1* A. Sanders, Karl Stonesifer and W. W. Sterrick. Grounds-- Earl Stonesifer, Charles Pattison and W. W. Sterrick. Louis Jenkins will act as a member of all three committees. The following representatives at tended the meeting: Hick-A-Thrifts, A. E. Atkinson and Benjamin Whitman; Iner-Seal, W. P. Stroup and L. S. Lan dis; Albion, H. F. Stebbius andi Charles E. Pattison; Galahad, A. H. Fritz and Paul D. Marsh; Reading, Howard Men gel and George Bacon; Eagles, Morris Cleary and J. E. Stonesifer. "WILD BILL" DONOVAN SUED Wife Seeks Divorce From Manager of the Yankees Savannah, Ga., March 24. —William E. Donovan, manager of the New York Yankees, was served with notice here yesterday that a suit for divorce had been instituted against him at Reno, Nev., by Mrs. Helen Stephens Donovan. He did not receive the bill of complaint simply the summons, and the charge on which the divorce is asked is not yet known to the Yankee manager. It is understood, however, that desertion is the charge. Donovan and Miss Helen Stephens were married in March, 1905, at Wind sor, Ont., where the bride was a noted beauty and very prominent in society. Donovan at that time was a member of the pitching staff of the Detroit Amer ican League team and was generally regarded as a star. Mrs. Donovan left Philadelphia in September, 1913, and the JJew York manager has never seen nor heard from her since that time, has been liv ing since that time with relatives at Reno, which fact explains why the ac tion was brought at the noted divorce city. Donovan is allowed forty days to make appearance in answer to the sum mons, but he announced yesterday that he did 1 not plan to contest the suit. YORK WILL MEET TECH Fast Scholastic Game in Chestnut Street Hall To-night Tech High will meet York High, claimants of the Eastern Pennsylvania sehblastic basketball championship, this evening in the Chestnut street audi torium. It will be a lively battle as York will bring 200 rooters' up for the game. Melville and MeCurdv will start the game at forward for the local team. Yoder, who has been out of game for more than a month on account of an injury, will likely get back in the game for a short time. The scrub teams of the two schools will play a dual con test. Dancing will follow the games. The lineup: Tech. York. Melville F Wiest Yoder F .... Eichelberger Emanuel C Grecnawalt Beck G Kraber Scheffer G Shetter Stanley A. C. Organizes The Stanley A. C. baseball nine, com posed of employes of the State Print erv, organized and elected H. E. Earp, manager; John S. iMacklin, assistant manager; Mr. Mackert, treasurer, and John Sweigert, captain. Address communications to John S. Macklin, assistant manager, 1276 State street, for games. DR.KLUGH, Specialist k PkTrici.. )«««« Offices) Me Walant St, Harriahnr*. Pa. Olacaaea of womrm all mm ■pedal, private, apeclflc, aervona aad rhrnale dfaeaaea. General office work. Coaaal. fnttoa free aad coaSdeattal. Medlcta« rurnlahed. Work guaranteed. Ckarsea moderate. M reara' experience. UK. KI,UGH. tke vrelUkaona Specialist ASK FOR-, I Lancaster's Favorite Brew ■ RIEKER'S BEER I JNO. G. WALL, Agt. I Nercr an | Error T/UMOr&jk m * h ° BASEBALL fl| ' JLs HOE S;.j I 1 you surely would trat '.j^R pay a sporting goods dealer $5 for a pair of '" \j£sj Baseball or Athletic shoes ■KM . when you can buy shoes j net like them Direct from the *. Maker at $2.50. Remember Hf that sporting shoes are made |U^| by the Shoe Maker, and that - the sporting goods dealer is but the middleman whose profit you have to pay— S«T« thin profit tor your- wlf—b ay the Votvarlf Newark shoe , Mmn « « O I «a Direct from the Shoe Stores Co. frti'u" MlKi^H Harrlsburg Branch Sitaj ,lT 315 MARKET ST. In un o'clock accommodate our Order* Spertief Gttii Hmmi cLria $S Other c A neiirhy t York, Rend- a ■ . ty ui) ittK. Altoona. rne# Vfcf more, l.ancoMfr. -137 Stores In 97 CH'tt- l ~ = — === — LANCASTER IN THE RUNNING Objects to Independents Being in Line . for Championship To t'he Sporting Editor: An article published in the Philadel phia "Public Ledger'' of March 21st states that the Harrisburg Independent bask'etball team is in a fair way to claim the basketball championship of East Pennsylvania. A record of the team is given, but no mention is made ot' the game played at Lancaster De cember l,.when the Independents were defeated by the Lancaster five by the score of 36 to 23. The Lancaster to.«s ers have also had a great record this season, having played 4 0 games, scor ing 1,807 points against opponents' 1,468. They have defeated such teams as Harrisburg Independents, Philadel phia Garnets, Maryland State Cham pions, of Baltimore; Vincoine, of Phila delphia (twice); Olivets, of Reading (twice); Camden, Eastern League; St. Elizabeth, of American league, of Phil adelphia; Hazleton Professionals, Har risburg P. R. R. Y. M. C. A.; Senecas, of Pottstown. and Jasper, Eastern League. Jasper was defeated by 19 points. When it comes to elaimiug the bas ketball championship of East Pennsyl vania, we think Lancaster is right in lino and entitled to make a claim for the championship. STEELTON HIGH TO PLAY Second Game With Central High Fri day Night The Steelton High school five which defeated the local Central High five in Steelton by three points several weeks ago will meet the local team in a re turn game in the Chestnut street audi torium Friday night. This is the start of Central's final rush toward the close of the season. Monday they will meet Tech High at Chestnut street and Wednesday even ing Altoona at this place. LANCASTER HERE SATURDAY Fast Independent Five to Meet Harris burg The Harrisburg Independents will meet the strong Lancaster five on Sat urday night in Chestnut street audi torium. This game should prove an in teresting one as Lancaster has an un usually strong team. On account of the rivalry between the two towns a large crowd of Lan caster rooters will come along and plenty of excitement and fast basket ball will be seen. The game will be called at 8 o'clock and will be followed by the usual dance. CENTRAL TRACK TEAM Begin Practice for Penn Relays On Thursday Practice of the Central High school track men for the Penn relays, which will be held on Franklin Field, Phila delphia, April 24-25, will be started Thursday afternoon at 3.45 o'clock on Island Park. A meeting was held in the school assembly hall yesterday and en thusiasm for the season was stirred by Faculty Athletic Advisor Saul and Captain Bingham, who spoke. Coach E. A. Kirkpatrick will have a job getting the new men in shape for the spring meets. Few of last yeer's stars are in school and most of the track men will 'be out for their first time this seasou. LAYS BLAME TO PLA^H Hard Times in Baseball Holding Up Magnate^^H Chicago, March 24. Chivington, president of the Association, does not agree plan of arbitration proposed ■ Fult 7., president of the crs' Fraternity, for settling ti^^| I ball '' Fultz is talking from I viewpoint," Chivington said night. "Unsettled busiuess ! combined with the baseball forced all leagues in the couitfl adopt a policy of aries and player limits have and I do not think it is an tion to say one-third of the erg in the country will be plovment this season. "All this is due to the j by the players last season. Federal League as a club Fraternity to buck them of their demands, the men ! ties that cannot be allowed if^^^J to prosper. "Repeated jumping ' the patrons of baseball, forßPWhj ' club owners must suffer. To pro ■ themselves the club owners icirtt I expenses." | KLING WITH FEDERALS Veteran Slated to Succeed Stovall Kansas City Manager Kansas City, Mo., March 24.—( sistent rumors which were unden have it that John G. Kling, for] world's champion Cub catcher, signed a contract to catch for and n age the Kansas City Federal Lea club, in case the court wills the t here, which now seems certain. Kling announced a month ago t :he wanted to play in this, his li I town. He said he wanted to buy I American Association club here. | failed to meet Owner Tebcau's lei According to his close friends, li Federal backers induced him to ! for one year at a reported salary SIO,OOO. The deal will be annoui at a Federal League banquet here night. George T. Stovall, former mana is in very bad with the local Fed backers, and it would not be siirj ing if he were succeded by Kling. Gerdes Honored at Chicago Paul W. Gerdes, a former ten High school basketball star, was el ed captain of the Freshman team the University of Chicago vesten He was awarded class numerals for work on the Freshman team this , son. A Convalescent requires a food tonic that will rapic build up wasted tissue SsssSSi S containing Ilypophosphitea is a most reliable prescription which' always recommend for that purpose. George A. Gorgas
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