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The citizen, Friday, june 10, 1011.
me
Thirteenth
Floor
A Case Where (he Number Thirteen
Makes Good Id Reputation
By CLARISSA MACKIE
Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation, 1911.
As the ollieo door closed behind ilia
retreating form of Homer Dickson t!u
stout stenographer slg'jed relknedly
and drew n magazine fruiu liar de.sk.
"I though he'd never go," she said.
The dapper bookkeeper took a silver
quarter from his pocket and flipped It
toward the ofllce boy. "Peanuts," he
said succinctly us he spread the morn
ing paper over bis ledger and turned
to the market report.
"I saw Homer beatln' It for the fer
ry," remarked Jimmy when he return
ed with the peanuts and they had
been divided Into three portions. "I
guess he's good for the day."
"So he said," agreed the bookkeeper,
cracking shells and tossing them over
Ills shoulder into the waste paper bas
ket with admirable dexterity. "If you
want the afternoon off, M-lss Porter,
you can have it," be said, with a
smile.
The stenographer smiled lazily as
she reached for another peanut. "This
suits me," she murmured, turning the
pages of her magazine.
Suddenly the outer door opened and
precipitated confusion upon the trio.
A tall man, middle aged, with a
strong, clean cut face and piercing
dark eyes glanced from one to the
other.
"Mr. Dickson in?" ho asked sharply.
"Out," said the bookkeeper curtly,
thrusting the newspaper Into a draw
er and dipping pen into the ink well.
"When will he return?" asked the
stranger quietly.
"He didn't say. I think he's gone
for the day," replied the clerk ungra
ciously as lie bont above his ledger.
"I'll wait awhile," remarked the vis
itor, seating himself In a chnir and
opening a notebook.
Bray, the bookkeeper, shrugged his
narrow shoulders and applied himself
to his neglected work. Miss Porter
laid aside her magazine and thumped
noisily upon the typewriter, while
Jimmy swept up the accumulation of
peanut shells and filed letters with
Drisk attention.
The stranger sat absorbed in his note
book, making calculations with a stub
by lead pencil.
"Nice weather for crops," remarked
Bray, with a slight wink toward the
stenographer.
Miss Porter ruffled her flasen pompa
dour and, giggled.
"We got our hay all in," said Jimmy
nasally, as he scuttled past the stran
ger on business Intent.
"You re'cllect our old black hen?"
went on Bray facetiously. "Waal, by
gum, she laid a egg yesterday most as
big as a grapefruit. I reckon on send
ing It to the county fair."
"Did Mr. Dickson mention having
an appointment with Mr. Penworth
this morning?" asked the rustic.
A leaden silence settled on the office.
Bray broke It at last.
"Penworth!" ho gasped, with a sick
ly smile. "J. Augustus Penworth?"
The stranger nodded Impatiently and
glanced at his watch. "Did Mr. Dick
son mention having an engagement
with im?"
"No. sir," returned the bookkeeper
respectfully. "I think he must be de
tained somewhere. I'll try to trnce
him by phone. Jimmy, give Mr. Pen
worth a seat In Mr. Dickson's ofllce."
Bray disappeared within the telephone
booth with agitated countenance.
"Tell that idiot to keep away from
the telephone. I'll wait till Mr. Dick
son comes In," growled the visitor so
savagely that Jimmy skipped to obey.
The brutal message, conveyed verba
tim, Mr. Bray emerged from the booth
with a very red face and returned to
bis ledger, while Mr. Penworth ac
cepted a comfortable Turkish rocker
in the prlvato ofllce and lighted a long
black cigar.
"J. Augustus Penworth, Multimil
lionaire and King of Finance." So the
special article In Bray's Sunday news
paper had capitalized him. His name
-was as well known as that of the pres
ident of the republic, and tho entire
otlleo force had laughed openly at him.
Bray writhed on his high stool as he
looked at the back of the millionaire's
gray head, and he cursed his own bad
manners in ridiculing the stranger.
Bray was ambitious, and Penworth
was known to bo especially interested
in young men and if he know them to
be capable and willing to work could
always find places for them in his nu
merous Industrial plants. The book
keeper had read tho articlo in the Sun
day paper, and his imagination had
been fired with the possibilities that
-would open out If he should ever cross
the path of the great man.
Hero he was J. Augustus Penworth,
and Bray had ridiculed him! It was
too much to bear calmly, yet the book
keeper solaced himself with tho
thought that perhaps the millionaire
bad been too much absorbed in his
notebook to heed the Idle chattering
of tho office force. Bray's usual alert
manner and his courteous, almost
servilo demeanor toward his employ
er's customers would ordinarily at
tract the attention of a business man.
He welcomed a sudden acceleration
of business now. He transacted trivial
matters with a crlspness and courtesy
that mado Miss Porter and Jimmy
open their innocent eyes. Ho darted
from telephone to ledger and from
ledger to vault and spoke with an air
of authority. Altogether hi' showd
himself to be a nion of considerable
nffnlrs. All the Unit! he was pleasni-t-ly
aware that the tfiv.it financier li .U
wheeled his chair about and was
watching with curious iutentness.
After awhilo when business had
quieted down tho financier beckoned
the bookkeeper Into the private ofllce,
and as the gratified Bray paused be
fore him Penworth asked:
"now long have you been with Mr.
Dickson?"
"Ten years," stammered Bray ex
citedly. "And I suppose you arc satisfied
with your position?"
"Well not exactly, sir. You see.
there N no chance for advancement "
"H'm I can Imagine not here'"
"How much is Dickson paying yxx
now?" demanded J. Augustus Pen
worth. "FKteen hundred, sir."
"I'll give you three thousand," snap
ped out Penworth. "I like your looks,
and you're just the sort of chap I'd
like to have nround young, active and
businesslike. What do you say?"
Bray gasped. "Why, yes, sir thank
you, sir! I shall be delighted" he
stuttered.
"Can you come to me tomorrow?"
asked Penworth.
The bookkeeper hesitated a brief In
stant, then: "Yes, sir, I will come to
morrow. Of course Mr. Dickson could
not expect mo to refuse such nn ex
cellent offer," he said reflectively.
"Of course not even if you have
been with him ten years," rejoined
Penworth grimly. "Now, Mr. er"
"Bray Harry Bray, sir."
"Mr. Bray suppose you sit right
down and pen a letter of resignation
to Mr. Dickson. I like to have these
matters cleared up as I go along, other
wise I'm apt to forget them. If you
resign now I can put you right into
our main ofllce here to fill an impor
tant vacancy. There are writing ma
terials hero on this small table."
The bookkeeper sat down and nerv
ously Indited a brief epistle to his em
ployer, in which he formally resigned
his position, stating his reasons for
doing so and generously waiving all
salary due' him In lieu of longer notice.
This ho closed In an envelope which ho
sealed and addressed. Mr. Penworlh
held out his hand for it and regarded
the envelope with a thoughtful smile.
"Now that's settled," ho said, "1
suppose you'll want to settle up your
books, Mr. Bray. I'm rather Impressed
with the rapidity with which that
young woman out thero operates her
machine. Now, I'm in need of just
such an expert stenographer, and while
I suppose It doesn't look exactly
square to take Dickson's neip nway
from him It's all In the business and
I pay my people well. Send her to me,
will you?"
Miss Porter was flattered and charm
ed to accept a position in tho luxuri
ously appointed offices of Penworth &
Co. at double her present salary. Soon
er or later ability will meet with its
proper reward, she told herself, while
she was writing her letter of instant
resignation at Penworth's dictation.
He held the two letters In his hand
and regarded them thoughtfully.
Jimmy drooped forlornly when he
heard the whispered confidences of the
other. Ho had not read "From Office
Boy to Millionaire" for nothing, and
hero was his chance to rise. J. Augus
tus Penworth was pushing people
along on the upward path. Why could
not honest Jimmy Lee bo among the
risers?
That was how it happened that he
approached tho great man and respect
fully asked for a Job as ofllce boy, au.i
he got it. Twice tho salary he had
been receiving caused his eyes to spnr
Icle joyously. Mr. Penworth had in'.
told him that he could write n letter
of resignation when thero was the
sound of rapid footsteps In the eoni
dor outside.
Instantly tho millionaire leaped to
his feet, and Bray and Miss' Porter,
who were In tho Hue of vision, saw
Win drop their letters of resignation
through the letter slot into Dickson's
closed and locked desk, and they ex
changed glances of satisfaction.
Tho outer door opened, and there
was tho sound of footfalls. J. Augus
tus Penworth thrust asldo the startled
Jimmy and darted behind tho tall
desk, where he crouched as If in fear.
"J. Augustus Penworth? Let's have
a look at him," said a gruff voice, and
two dark forms filled tho doorway of
tho private ofllce before they discov
ered the millionaire and pounced upon
him Just in time to wrest a revolver
from his hand.
"No, you don't, Mr. Mike Hennes
sey, allns Tho Farmer, wanted for
forgery and so forth! We tracked you
to this building, nnd we've raked ev
ery office with n fine toothed comb till
we come to the thirteenth floor. Say,
Mike, this number thirteen 's an un
lucky number for you all right."
Tho detectives laughed ns they hand
cuffed their prisoner, and the other
asked, with a humorous wink: "J. Au
gustus Penworth, are you moving in
high financial circles, eh? What kind
of business you been transacting
hero?"
Tho prisoner stared impudently at
the horrified faces of tho bookkeeper
and the stenographer and winked to
ward tho locked desk whero their res
ignations waited Homer Dickson's re
turn. "I been Btudying human nature
some and playing schoolteacher by
learning these folks some lessons," he
eald, with an affected nasal drawl.
Then they led him away.
It was Jimmy, tho ofllce boy, who
broke the ghastly silence that fol
lowed his withdrawal.
"I guess I better dust up Mr. Dick
son's office," be said virtuously. "He'll
be pretty busy the next few days, and
somebody's cot to bo on to the Job."
i n rn rn rn"n n-ivri n rnv
MANAGER CLARK GRIFFITH
ESTABLISHES NEW KICK- 4-
I KG RECORD.
Manager Griffith of Cincinnati
T established u new kicking record
JL recently whop ho was canned
T from the playing field for kicking
X on n decision that bad never
been made. Tom Downey was
on second in the eighth inning
when Minor BrowD uncorked a
4 wild pitch. Tho ball glanced off
Catcher Archer's foot, hit the
stand and then bounced into the
tho rooters' row. Downey scor
ed on the mad toss and then for
some reason turned nnd went
back toward third base. Griff
charged O'Day like nn infuri
ated bull.
"Why did you send Downey
back to third?" he demanded.
T O'Day simply stared nt htm in
X open mouthed wonder, while
T Griff frothed a little more.
"I didn't send him back to
T third," O'Day said finally, "and
I guess you had better ctinso
yourself from tho lot for getting
J- too prominent without cause."
Griff sadly walked from tho
field mildly Irritated and won-
T derlng why the dickens Downey
j. had gone to third anyhow. -j-
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WHY THE PHILLIES SLUMPED
Rumors Say Manager Doom and Presi
dent Fogel Have Had Run-in.
Unless President Fogel permits Man
ager Dooln to manage the Phillies
without interference the club Is likely
to slide to the bottom of the heap. It
la learned from a reliable source that
the slump of the Phillies during the
past few weeks is due to a row be
tween Fogel and Dooin. The presi
dent of the club Is accusing some of
tho players of doing too much joy
riding and has charged Manager Dooin
with having been looking at tho moon
through a wineglass. Fogel wants
the men fined for tho most trivinl of
fense, but Dooin refuses to sanction
fines. Tho result is that the players
do not know Just where they are at
and are not putting their heart in
the work. Unless Mr. Fogel refrains
from interfering with the active play
ing department there Is likely to be
mutiny. Manager Dooln says the men
are behaving themselves and he will
not stand for any interference.
First Round Unlucky One For Murphy.
Tommy Murphy was knocked out
twice during his career and, strange to
relate, in about the same time on each
occasion. At Philadelphia Oct. IS,
1003, Terry McGovern tumbled over
the former narlemlte in the first round
with one clean punch. Recently in
New York "Knockout" Brown felled
Murphy to sleep In exactly forty sec
onds and with flvo punches.
FORD'S CURVE COLLECTION.
New York American's Star Pitcher Has
Fourteen Ways of Using Delivery.
Russell Ford, tho famous New York
pitcher, throws fourteen different
kinds of balls to batters, as follows:
No. 1 Spltter Breaks straight down
either slow or fast.
' No. 2 Spltter Breaks "In" for right
hand batters.
No. 3 Spltter Breaks "out" for left
hand batters.
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BUSSKIiIi FORD, NEW YORK AMEEIOANS1
dltUAT BPITIlALIj MTCUEH.
Fast Curve Starts straight, but
curves near plate.
Slow Curve Much like Joe McGln
nlty's "Old Sal."
Slider-Glides fast, with little rota
tion. Crossfire Same as Cy Young's "one
best bet"
Inshoot Approaches batter shooting
inward.
Fast Ball Thrown straight with ter
rific force.
Slow Ball Mixed In with other deliv
eries. Dope Ball Served slow to batter
without rotating.
Drop Ball Not unlike Mathowson's
fadeaway. ,
Raise Ball Thrown underhand with
great speed.
Hop Bali Breaks up and Jumps near-
1
TYLES OF S
OF STAB BATTERS
Not Aii Hard Differs Prove to
Bo GgqcJ Swatters.
CRAWFORD HAS MIGHTY SWING
Slugging Detroit Outfielder Hits Ball
Harder Than Any of His Fellow
Players Wagner Shifts His Style.
Methods of Cobb and Lajoic.
By TOMMY CLARK.
There are good hitters and hard hit
ters in baseball. Sometimes the words
are synonymous; sometimes they aro
not. The good hitter is not necessarily
a hard hitter, hard hitting being used
in the sense of driving the ball away
from the bat hard hitting it with
great force. Thero aro good hitters
who do not send the ball away hard,
but who are proficient with the club
because they aro skillful and make
many hits. The hard hitter, however,
is likely to be a good hitter, because
the forcible Impact of the bat against
the ball often drives the ball with
such speed that it gets by the infield
ers. Little men produce their share of
hard hitters. As with big men, it may
be because of a hard swing or may bo
because of an accurate swing that
meets the ball squarely and thus
makes every ounce of exerted muscle
tell.
Willie Keeler, the ex-blg leaguer and
now a member of tho Toronto team of
tho Eastern league, is an example of
a player who is a good hitter rather
than a hard hitter. He beats out a
good many infield grounders with his
speed in getting to first base, and ho
taps many safe hits to unguarded
spots. Fred Tenney of the Bostons is
another who makes fewer long hits "In
between," Just over tho infielders and
Just Inside the outfielders. George
Stone, formerly of the St. Louis Amer
icans and now a member of the Mil
waukee team, Is a ferocious hither. Ho
swings hard, and when he moets the
ball flush it fairly hums.
"Old nonus" Wagner of the Pitts
burgs is a fine batsman and one of
those free hitters who connect with
any kind of a balL He Is another of
whom it may bo said that he some
times hits a ball too hard for distance.
This nnturally robs it of some of its
speed and converts into a one base hit
what would have been a two bagger
or better had tho ball gone up a trifle
as it left the bat. But tho Dutchman
lands so hard that what would be nn
out for a ball struck with less force,
but in precisely the same way, be
comes n b.'iso hit with him.
Wagner's hard hitting prowoss is
further shown by tho way his curving
fly balls carry when there is any sort
of solidity to tho hit. A three-quarter
impact, tho ball being struck below
tho middle, would be an ordinary out
Held fly and a sure out If made by any
body putting less force In the blow
than does the burly Teuton. Wagner,
however, does not always take a long
swing. He can shift his stylo and
chop a ball, but he generally gets force
and therefore makes more hits off
balls hit on the handle than most play
ers that is. a ball hit on the handle by
him Is more likely to go safe than if
made by a less robust slammer.
Ty Cobb of Detroit hugs tho plato
fairly close aud stoops just a trifle, ne
doesn't take a big swing at tho ball,
but puts all his strength into the effort.
Like all good hitters, ho uses his shoul
ders in the swing and never pulls
away from tho plate. Cobb's great
speed helps his batting average won
derfully. It's not so much in tho hits
he beats out, but simply becauso when
he's at tho plate the opposing team is
all on edge, knowing that the ball must
be handled fast and clean In order to
get tho southerner. The result Is that
Cobb gets a hit on many a ball that
would havo been handled perfectly had
not tho opposition been overanxious.
There is no player more graceful at
the plate thair "Wahoo Sam" Craw
ford, Cobb's sldo partner. His is an
air of confidence from the time he
leaves the bench until he assumes his
position at the plate. Crawford uses a
big, heavy bat, which ho poises on his
shoulder in such a manner that It al
ways makes tho opposing pitcher feel
better when he is out of the way.
Unlike Cobb, he stands at tho plate
with his feet wide apart Instead of
closo together. Crawford takes, a
mighty swing at the ball and generally
hits it on a line and far away. It's not
exaggerating in tho least to say that
Crawford goes out on more hard hit
balls than any other player in tho
major leagues. With men on the bases
Crawford is very dangerous.
Lajole of Cleveland bits tho ball as
hard as Crawford; but, unlike tho
Tiger slugger, he doesn't take a big
swing. Lajole doesn't swing at tho ball
like Crawford or chop at it like Keeler;
he's Just the happy medium of these
two styles. Into his swing ho puts all
the strength of his powerful physique,
and his drives generally cling close to
the ground or go to the outfield on a
dead line.
One of the hardest hitters In the Na
tional league is Sherwood Magce of the
Phlladolphias. Hia bat cornea nround
with a powerful sweep, but with his
body under control. He Is a useful dis
tance hitter and makes the ball travel
oven when his bat gets only a slice
of It
A TIM HURST TELLS'OF HARD-
EST DECISION HE EVER
MADE.
I asked Tim Hurst what was
tho closest and hardest decision
ho ever made. "It was in Balti
more," he said. "McGraw was
on first, Jennings on second nnd
Stenzel at tho bat. They started
n double steal. Jennings as he
passed Long hit him, and Long
tripped him, after which Jen
nings went on and jumped into
Collins. Tenney tried to hold
McGraw, but lie broke away,
reached second nnd kicked the
ball out of Lowe's hands. Sten
zel swung his bat and hit Rob
inson on the hand, trying to
keep him from throwing. Rob
by tripped ma nnd poked mo in
the back to keep me from see
lug, nnd Stenzol spiked my foot."
"How did you decide it?" I in
quired. "I called it a foul ball, sent
the runners back and kicked
Stenzel on tho shins," said Tim.
Hugh Fullerton in Juno Amer
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C0UL0N TO FIGHT ABROAD.
Bantamweight Champion Will Go to
England to Exhibit His Skill.
As soon as Johnny Coulon, the ban
tamweight champion, has turned the
majority of the fight emporiums In
this country upside down and shaken
all the shekels that ho can Into his ca
pacious coffers and his given all the
aspiring youths a chance to exchange
punches with him he will quit this
country for tho time being and con
tinue hi3 get-rich-quick search on tho
other side.
His father-manager has announced
that he will take Johnny to Europe
when things begin to slow up hero
and during tho "off" season will grab
some of the European currency, lie
says that the fight followers in Eng
land, arc anxious to see the llttlo fel
low in action.
The trip to Europe has a twofold
purpose. Money Is not tho only object.
"Pop" Coulon has conceived tho idea
that Johnny may pick up five or six
pounds while on the ocean and when
ho returns to his native heath again
be heavy enough to challenge Abe
Attell for tho featherweight champion
ship. Choosing a Puppy.
In order to make choice of a puppy
from among a number of others it is
best to leave the choice to tho mother
herself. In carrying them baok to
their bed tho first the mother takes up
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