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A II tL r I 3 THE SUN SUNDAY APRIL 18 IflOS
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Bole Thonch and Thus n as Able hle to to14ln toIn
14ln In the Mono lone or Men skilled In the theScience
Science 8 lence of the Came GameThe The Final Blow Blowlt Dlo Dloh
lt la certainly orainly astonishing remarked remarkedCoL remaklrl remaklrlCol
CoL Dabney Dabne settling 5ttlnl himself himflf into his hisaccustomed hisactome
accustomed actome seat on the porch one sunny sunnyafternoon sunu sunuaton
aton afternoon how much some fellows fellowsknow fclow fclowklM
know klM about Ibout he < rules lleR of a I same Ilmo and inr yot yottant ot otan
tant < an > play pJy it i a little Utte bit bitWhat hi
What Wt tae < aine might mRht you YOI t 0 > alluding alludingto aluding aludingtoT
to toT demanded df1nded the te bartender setting ttn8 tho thochain thochain
chain back b ck against againt the wall wallWhy wal
Why 1Y draw poker pker of course There Thereaint Thereaint
aint nothing nting else ls in the card line lne worth worthcalling worthcatna
calling catna a game The thin that brought broughtIt hroulht hroulhtIt
It to t my mind mid was the the way wa that liaseball liaseballumpire hasbl
umpire urpire escaped getting Jetng killed kie last lst Satur Saturday Saturdav ¬
day He esCp didnt accuse acce no one of unfair unfairplay unfairpl
play pl Only Onl just laid down the law and let letit Ilt IltIt I
it to at that that3orhetirne tht thtae
ae 3orhetirne hnel they taya g his decisions decisionsalat decsion decsionalz >
alat alz fair ai and then ha geta it in the he neck neckobserved neckob
observed ob d tho barkeeper brkepr throwing one oneleg ont
leg over the porch rail railthats
prch rai
thats ts juSt what got me to thinking thinkingIt I
It over 2 > ow o in a game a real ganio Ame I I
UK UI poker when whn a mans mns got t the be law on his hisslija hislcbQ
per
slija lcbQ he dont have to accuse iCcus nobody nobo of ofcheating orhtg
cheating htg All Al hes got to do is to lay laydawn
dawn don the law and nn one aint got any anyexcuse any6xC
excuse 6xC to t lick lck him himIf bimIf
If the te other oter fellow Celow dont think that is isthe i8h
the h la I remarked rarked the barkeeper bvkeepr theres theresa therol
a I plenty good god chance chanc for a fight right rightthere rightther
there ther aint there therer ther therT
r Seems Dot not replied repled the Colonel drvly crvly
Frmp r jehatIve hat ve seed d of the game all they theyai
doe ai is to t put up their money mom > y and leave it itto ittte
to tte the papers ppr and the fellow Celow thats that got gotro gotbll
bll ro laT straight Itrllght swipes Iwlps the thewld wad I recol recollect recolJ ¬
lect J c hov h young ung Doo Do Wormer busted up a agame aallttt
game allttt at Myrte Myrtle Springs in Mississippi Mississippiboutiten lls8ilppl lls8ilpplb
boutiten b ten years yr ago just jl8t that thlt way w y and anddrove andfreto
drove freto two of r the slickest lCKfst poker sharps
tn intb those ports Ptt to working for a living livingDidnt Ivinl
Didnt Didt nobody pull pul a gun on him himderttandod himi
i derttandod a i the barkeeper barkeeperJyiiafcfor barkepr barkeprttlor
Jyiiafcfor ttlor He Hedidnt didnt accuse 8C1A nobody nobodyof nobodyord
of ord doing g nothing nothn He just set Fet there and andcays ad
cays Mf to ad and oo 0 is the rule 1ule of the game gme gmej
j andwhn And when thev wouldnt stand for it he heno beiDadST
iDadST no aad sar Leave Lve it to any paper ppr you youlike OU OU1ad
like 1ad and Ill bet on it and he got the wad wadj wadi4tte
i4tte i4tter
< j r < 1 H must P t have been ben prettv prty pood ood at atthe att
the t game phwelf hiaself nail tid the barkeeper barkeeperith bnrkeepr bnrkeeprW
W ith UI a a6Ic a6Ici smile smileNot
i Not No a bit of it snapped nappd the Coonel Coonl Coonl1JhttK
1JhttK Hphiftinghia hf chew He was wal just an or
f t Jilntry lrar every e r day chip < counter < one of ofthem
ithtlon them fellown that wonl wont draw drw to a bob bobtall bobtl
tall tl tinlesa t ters theres four times timls as much
tn bthet the jx > t as what it costs Cts to eet It cards cardsand cr
J and nd all U them sort sr of rcientifio tcentlfo frills fris He HeUdt
iJiont Udt appear nppat to know 1m 0 nothlnor nhout nhoutth houtth
th th real ral science reno of the the game glme lil 1 Bil Bi Whit Whitney Whitney ¬
ney and
ney Joe Jo Harris HarrisI Haris Harisliupp
I liupp suppose they thY was Wa the sports por that he heJad
Had Jad to call cl down downThats I ITbt
Thats what they were wer The had hadall hndl
all l the th tricks of o the trade trde up their sleeve sleeveand I
and Bill Bi always alway en Bid id if a sticker wouldnt wouldntStand wouldnttnd
Stand tnd one e thine tbins he would another anotherThen anotherTe
Then Te how ho did he break brak up the game gamebifiuired gameItur
bifiuired the barkeeper curioulv
Itur barkpr uriouI
j rfuSthy tby1Y laying down do the law IlW and nd back backIng backf I
Ing f up his hi own ow decision1 decsion with wib tho coin
II l You see 1 when the old doctor died vonnir oun
W e and ad took tok up u his practice practicettd prctk prctknd
ttd Ifefag fg younir younl and ad having money mane he het herut
rut t juet naturally Ur1y drifted drfe into the poker pker game gamebehind game6Hdrthe
behind 6Hdrthe the barroom bam in the hotel hotelAbout hotel
About otot the eecon jeol 1 night ni ht he e pla plaf e he herafrtd helnid1
lnid1 rafrtd hick Jd about passing pas lng the age and andaci
hie aci It didnt t never nr pa pi = i came cau e no one oneoould oneJJ
oould JJ bve it but the man that was wa com ear
telled tne to tOP1Y pay for th privilege prhlel Bill BillWntt Bi
Wntt t y jUth j l < t him S20 SZ on that and left leftIt Ilft Ilfti
Jtt It to tW tb papers p1 and four of em decided decidedth dllded dlldedtt
i > th tt d6itOr 6toi got his hi money money all al right rightthat right
that hat waa wa a a pretty prety good rakeoff rakeot for a aUrtr at
t Urtr laughed lugh the barkeeper I ItfouHnt Ii
tfouHnt i t mInd sitting siting in a twentyfive twentyfiveent twentvfve twentvfveht
ent ht Unit Jlt game me myself mysl if I could coull pull pulloft pul
oft of Meaty tenty on tho side now and then thenWell thenWel
Well Wel that wasnt w nt all al of it continued continuedthe continue
the bColon Colonel 1 About About two nights ni hts after that thatBlU thatm
BlU m Straddled itr ddle the blind hlnt and four fOlr men mencara
cara i in tho doc ro being l > il on Bills BiR left leftAfter lef
After ftltbe the draw Bill Bi told the th doctor it was wasup wustp
up tp to t him to make the f fust Ubt bet betNot betl
l Not a bit of it I says the th doctor The Theeffect Ineel
effect el tof Of the straddle die eiI with the draw drawAH drw drwI
AltJtdos AH itdoes is to t raifo leo the ante Youre Youre4he
I
4he teman roan under the gun and its it your fust fustbot
bat ture thing thingBill fbln
j Bill 11 thought thou b he saw his chance ellncl to ZPt ZPtevftn ft ftvin I
evftn vin on ntatpropolton that propobitlon w 10 > ho hojust just offered offeredto ofer1
f to tbtlfy bet fifty that the stniddler 6traddle didnt have haveto hawIt
tn to make e he fust 1 het > et That was wa loft to tothe I Itll
the paperf and the doctor tucked that thatUfty
tll
pnpr
It f Ufty ttyaW3Y away where the twenty had wont wontbefore Wfnt Wfntc I
c before bfor It ItThat Itj
j That Tt made Bill Bi pietty mad mael isil 1 1specfs IiU
iU specfs psblm him and doe oe Harris Ihri t jd fd it up to tothrow totbe I
throw the harpoon harpon into thn do < k > r tor o ois
is 80 to get ven hotli of tlirm thri Know 1low ing ingquite n nqult
quite altte a little about the scientific scontifc mpthoija mpthoijaof
of r making mkin tho cards ears como COIIO tiieir wny wnyThought uy uyThought I
Thought they the was ri first ft clii cls h plnyets plnyetsinterrupted plpJr plpJrfntetpted >
interrupted fntetpted tho th barke p r r My Ij etpcri etpcrience I Inc
ence nc has 8 always been Jeen that the men that thathaft
haft le to cheat to win WI is no good god in n 1 squan squangamej ual I
gamej gamejIm aameIm
Im kind of inclined Inclnfd to think < tliit tliitwdy
wdy y too 9 bill Whitney and Harris Harrs wanted wantedquicker wantpd wantpdqulcer I
IFP IF quicker qulcer action than a equaro Sluaru same glunE M 68 68t > S Sto
II P to t get a tbac back that t at seventy seventyThe Sventy SventyT6fu
The T6fu fust t thing they tried was a I little littletop lttle lttleto
top to stock dnd nd the doctor coltor ho tumbled tumbledto tumblEd tumblEdto
to It right riht away He didnt accilC IICIre nobody nobodyOf nobodyoCdolnl
Of oCdolnl doing nothing n thlnp only just told Hill Hi that thatIt thlt thltIta
It Ita waft against 4jalnst the rules to deal with wih one onetuirt oneoart
tuirt at the rack lying on the table and Ind
that h would wouli have to t start over Suiting Suitingth Hultng Hultngi
lillth i th the action acton to the word wor Doc threw up his hishand
t hand and two others did the same thing
i Of O course oure that tht didnt suit Bill Bi at all allcause al
cause c ha bad hO three kings on th top of ofthe oCs
the s part rt that was wal lying Ivin on the table tableand tableand
and It f was W8 Mf ts > intention to put that part partback
1bCk back on top of the te pair T ha waa w dealing dealng
f 1 from as I soon as th tM fellows fe1owe got busy
looking IOkg at cn their hind hnd Th Them m thre threkings thr thrklne
kings was w s for Joe Jo Harris Haris and three tens tenslower tns
11 lower 10w down was for the doctor doctorI d
cor corIt
I Suppose U P the th doctor d ctr pot ot another anth r bit bitout b t 1
J It out of him hl on that tt said the barkeeper barkeeperNo
h i No 10 Bill Bi would not no b2t on that and andfeerntd andl 1
l feerntd Itd to want ant to t pass pa it over overTho I IThe
The next kick the doctor made was waswhen a
when bs there vris W five f1e or six ix In th game and andI I
w ie i e noticed aolcd that awry f time tme Bill Bil or Io J oe l
I lii lt dealt tho dealer didn ldnt t draw no cards cardsuntil cardsUJtU i
until UJtU coffie e one had hai made a bet b t I kind kindof kindof
of tfclnk tlo the te doctor auspectad aUip ct d the dealer dealerratt dealerIt
It t < ratt awork11 working a double discard discrd on him i icause I I1
1 cause Cu8 Whenh benhe asked aked the dealer how many m n i iatdathe i
atdathe he df dtw w Bill Bi said lid the dealer didnt didnthave I
1 have fave to t tell tl after ater a bet was made The Thedoctor Thei
doctor I offered oleed to t bet him fifty fftj on that that1proposition I
1 proposition ro ettn right away
it i tro That1 Tt where rigt the doctor lofct m mmoney
II money remarked remaked the barkeeper barkeeperNo blrkeert
No 0 he h didnt neither nither The papers papersdecided papersI I >
i decided declded that tat the dealer realer had hld to tell how howmany i
t ft many cards he took if the player tel what whatAsked whatJ I
I J Asked aekeC mycta him was WA in the thl pool 1001 and hadnt hadntmade hadn hadnmae 1
made mae a bet hissolf hilslf That little ltle bH btt put putStop I Ir
a Stop atp to t the te double discard game ame cause i
ft f that tt every ever player at th table got I I
1 mttt So watching wathlng the d alTs alM draw drw wh when > n oilh < thr ° r rBill i
r 1 Bill or orJo Joe was WI giving out th the < > rarrls rarrlsAccording I
11 i According Accrding to what I hoard hpard ercs toll trl To and andBill i
Bill fixed up another ttother scheme toeavp tOff them thrniMlv
fxed I II
I Mlv lvs s from lrm being bing bit Kolng up ngaUwt ngaUwtbid pahlt
I bid hands by b heading headinp off or tho play playfl
i 11bd8 i fl I exclaimed the barkeeper blkpfpr That Thatmould Thatt
t < mould ould be a fortune if i It Itd d work workOtarted workif
if U Otarted l trted out all al right If I EI Bill came camot
t r rI
I
n
l n
I I I Into Int a pot and vas a boosted up u pretty
I I high and didnt like lie thn look of things thigf
I he would ould just signal sigal to hii h partner Joe JoeHarri JoeHar
Harri Har and Harris Harril would suddenly prner stop Btopcounting stopfnllnK
counting his chips and skin over oerthe the cards cardsin curd
in n front of him hn having nastod with without ¬
out 11 looking and then hen htr pasrlc holler huler hed hedPU hedix
PU ix cards and andjt jt was a misdpal mlsdpalII
II Thats a I good one Onl exclaimod exclllmd the bar
I keep r No calling caln down that one onf 1 1Ilerkon 1recl
Ilerkon recl
1 < l
1 It didnt work more than once on1 or twice twic
bofore booIe tho doctor got wise wle to it I and he heiisea heuedto
I iisea uedto to reach ovpr ovrr and count Joes Joe card cardfor ardt
for him every elr time tm lie was a bit slow about aboutI aboutImln
I Imln cv > minR in so they lhe broke away fiom
I I that and a c tried a new ne stunt stuntIt i
It I appears there is i some tme law about aboutdraU
I draU dfll beina bell appar void if the pack aint just justright Justrighl
right card torn tor or urkeii crkec or o two of ofcm ofem
cm alike alkt > so when whe one 011 of the thE partners partnerswas
was Wa getting I ling the worst of the lhl raises after afterthe afer aferI
the draw the other would find nd that ho had hadtwi lad ladt1Q
I twi t1Q eights of clubs cubs in il hid hi hand or some something lome lomething ¬
thing of that kind and then ho would
I I shout fhout that the deal was wl8 all al off or cuut cuuse > o the thepack thepack
pack wasnt nt right rightThe right
The doctor got another nnothlr llfty Ify out of ofthem ofthem
them on that oiiwe laUe the papers decided decidedthat decidedIhAt
that it wag W3 too late to kick about Ibout the pack packafter plckaCttr
after aCttr the tJt draw What made Bill Bi mad madwas madwa
was wa that the paper explained why that thatwas
was the law and the doctor read rfad it out outloud outloud
loud to the whole gang gan It I sajd snd any one onecould amcould >
could make a pack wrong wrn by sticking toklnR a acard apard
card into his h s hand if he ht wan getting geting the theworst thewort
worst wort of it itI
I should think they th would wOllr have bought boughta bught bughta
a book of rules and studied them up be before bt ¬
fore the doctor got all al their money away
from them on side s de bet suggested the thebarl
barkeener barl < eeper a trifln imnatientlv
trife impatientv
I Thev The was to too bu buy y putting up lp jobs jobswith jobswith
with the cards to bother about that thatI tht thtI
I suppose and nd 1 rather rther calculate calulatc they
didnl urpo 1 think there would be any more moredisputes mor
disputes to bet bt on Thats Thlts juwt where wherethey wherethl
they lost their guess guessDoc gueS
Doc Wormer hud a way of always alwaysholding
holding on to his carda in jackpots even
if he didnt come cme Crc in He jackpt never let go gohis gohis
his five papers till ti hed seen openers
8n
Joe Jo Harris papr said id cording cnln to the opner ruled ruledevery rlet
every ever man that waant wltnt coming in must mustthrow mustthrow
throw his 1 cards into the deadwood deudwooc and andone nndone
one night when there was wa eight in the thegaum theRl
gaum Rl I and ud not enough cards to t go 10 round roundfor roundfor
for the draw lie demanded Docs Docl cards cardsbut cardsbut
but Doo wouldnt give g e them up
Thats where wher the doctor dotor waa wa in wrong wrongsure wrong5Urf
sure 5Urf remarked rmarked the barkeeper barkeeperWell Irkopr IrkoprWel
Well Wel the doctor docor said the rule didnt didntapply didntapply
apply to jackpots and that he had an aninterest auinterest
interest in the pot until unti ho saw it fairly fairlywon talrlywon
won and he offered olerd to bet bt another fifty fiftyon ffy ffyon
on that but Joe Jo was it I little ltle shy and andwouldnt allr i iwouldnt
wouldnt take him for more than twenty twentyaud
and he lost 10t that all al right rightThe rightThe
The devil devi he did exclaimed excaimed the lw barkeeper
keeper keeperYel l
Yes Yel sir fir It I happened happned this wtO w wHi
Bill Hi was wa in a jack ngalnst IgahlFt two others othersand other
and anr hed raised mild them both out olt both jof jofem
aC aCem
em throwing their curds ad8 away aWI When Whenit
it come to showing thoin openers Bill had pix pixcards fix fixcrds
cards crds and the doctor dotor opner said that being beinga bing binga
a a foul hand it couldnt culdnt win winJoe winJo
Joe Jo wanted to know who waa wa going
to dispute it if the other othlr fellows felows that thatwas thatwas
was bluffed bluled out had hd thrown up their cards cardsTheir crds crdsTheir
Their hands hnrs might have been bn foul too toohe t
he cJiid 8id The doctor dolor said he would dis dispute eis ¬
pute it as he still sti had his hi five fe papers papersin
I in I his hi fist and he w was sitting tlttng there to paprs paprsI pro protect protlot ¬
tect tlot his interest interst in that jackpot jackpt If Ifany I
any anyone ono took tok that pot he would but Bill Billshouldnt Bi
shouldnt never leer get it on a foul hand while whilethe whie whiethe
the doctor hud a fair hand even if he hehadnt hehrlnt
hadnt hrlnt come in inThats InThats
Thats a new one on me remarked remarkedthe remarke
the barkeeper trlepr but its Itl worth worh remem rmeUI ¬
bering br n Seems Sems all al right ri ht and logical too toofor toofor
for of course courle the doctor had 10lical his money moneyin
in the original orgil1 jack Ive seen hundreds hundredsof hundrl
of pots lott lo t by chucking up lp a hand too tooquick tooquid
quick quidThe v vThe
The papers papr Raid Faid that if a pot had once oncebeen onc
been ben opened it had to be played for if ifany Ifanyone
any anyone one hud come in II against the opener openerand openerand
and that a pot that was played had hd to be bewon b
won by somebody and that as the doctor doctorwaa docor docorwas
was the only man m11 at the table that bad a afair 1
fair hand he should have had the pof pofbut
but hit the doctor said faid he didnt dfcnt mind about aboutthe abolt aboltthe pi
the pot so t0 long as u he got his twenty tweny on onthe
the side b bet t
j t The he next racket they tried tre to work workwas
I was the high had game ame Bill Bi would wouldsignal wouldsignal
signal to Joe when be had something somethinggreat somethilg somethilggrMt
great and Joe Jo would wOlld como in and keep keepraising beeprising
raising rising When the other fellows felows got gottired gottired
tired and quit Joe Jo would call cnl and when whenBill whenBi
Bill Bi showed shoved his lapr papers Joe would wOlld pull pul a aface 1
face and say sy Thats good and chuck chuckhis chuckhis
his cards card into the deadwood deadwoodThe
The second seond time they tried that little littlegame 1ttle 1ttlei
i game the doctor mid he wanted to bee beeboth se
Iamc
both hands when it came to a call and andhe
1 cul
i he had picked picke up all al the other cards anc to tothere f0 f0there
there was W < S no chance chalcp for Jo > to mix his hi hiwith
j with tho discards di5uds Ior a minute it t looUwi loolfd loolfdI >
j I like II a fight lght but Joe b said iid n long is i hf hfadmitted headmited
admitted admited ho was wa beat it t WaR no 10 ones
I business hlFilti cauw cau there was W1 no one else elseleftin elseleft
leftin left in tliepot the pot All Al the elector said sair to that thatI
I was wal that he would bet htt fifty ffty or a 1 hundred hundredthat hundredI
that all al th the hands good Iood or bad in a call
I had to t be b shown to the w whole hole table tableThat tble tbleI
I That he > x r 1m 11 lost if they wa sharp sharpenough harr
enough lnollh to take him on aid the bar barkeepor hnrC
C keepor IHtpr Of couixn cOIre it was a all al right rilht as a
1 lon Joe witinrled loo 10
long HR IA wan atfld to tho pot potj
j and alI it WAnt no Jn OIIPH 11 busmews hlilts what
he h had I never leer show my Ij card when Im Il
heit h at on n the th call cal
1 The doctor loCtor didnt d dnl Iote lotf that bet neither neitherI
I drawled drIt1 the Colonel Iolonpl He just jlt put that thatfift
I I fift fn awiiv Iwn with wih the ro rlt < t mid Ilel he read readout Tfc
out Olt th ipaiii 1101 for that decision to the
I snng too which wh Ch II H what whu hurt the moxl lul lulEvery
Every on 01 had to SP e every hand in u ucull I
cull cl after frr that in that Myrtle Springs Hpril game gameIt gall
It bnpnu h ln to look n 11 if thrmrliieix th wouldnt wOlldnt wOlldnt111e
111e hao enough pIOl h of a 1 stake tak left flrlnel ef to play pokfr pokfrwith I II
I with w th if they kept on betting beting fifties fft s with the thecllspu
cllspu atiol itioiis doctor doctorSoon
Soon S001 after afer that n 1 chap named lamed Jimmv Jhnlv
H HJrln rttm l hlw > l w into town tOWI Some nays Bill Billftt Bi
ftt for him Anvwny Iway h hn got thick thickwlh
with wlh Jor J > > and unl Bill Hi tight Ii ht nwuy IWI I heard heardtell hanrdtel
tell tel nftorward afterwur1 that he ht was Wn a grout grAlt shuflVr shuflVrand humerald
and ald thought thOIht Bills BIH ways WiY too old fushionej fushionejto flL hlonet
to t catch llcl thn th doctors doeto monoy manu manuI
He I could run rn up hands imd nd shift the thecut th
cut 11 whilf you YOI was looking rlcht rllht at him
His Ii troni trn holt hol wan W > to tt give givt a 1 man mal a licht
hand and let him fill
It fl it cause CIIle ho h wild a aman I
man Ian would < Iwt IIt morv Inn on Oi H lucky draw drawthan drawthan
than on 01 H f pat Imnd hlnd it iloolud looked bigger h ger
If I In pal hud a pair pli to go with wih and III
the Ihl Htickfr ckr drew crw to a I pair h hI < 5 10 would give givethem glvuthem
them both fhrppi thrfe on ni the draw drw arid Nit fil
tight ami 111 iaip hirnfelf just jllt to nwell we1 the thepot thopot
pot a bit hi Wh1 hpn the Ih fellow f low l > > tween twll hi hipal hipal
pal HIH ulc the MHker didnt d dnt dnrv the right rightnumber
number nlmb r of canN Jimmy Iimnl Horton ripht riphtnlmb jut j t
faced farc on chucked it i in the tht deadwood deadwoodand
and unc give ive his hi pard prd the right rl ht threo threoAbout thl readWI readWIunc
About the third timn tlno he tried tr ed this
Doc wa a the Ihl Hivt Ilt mnn to draw and JOP 10
Harris Harr wflrt two HeatH n nWHY way The Th mnn in
the middle held up a I kiokpr l < ekpr nnd lul Horton I
ju juet t faced rld thf tHthirc > third card Arl nurl thfn ran rn off 01
right three to away Joe Jo The doctor eoctor on th Il play kicked kickedright kicke
I Thats the second tecnd time t mQ youve done donethat donefhat
that says he You cant give that man manthroo
I throe cards crds now causo ono 010 of his mal js
faced fae He can cn tako takl two and nd wait until untilwere F
were all al helped before bCor he gets another anotherJim anolherJm unti
Jim Jm Horton Horon help looked loked ugly and said id the
1 face card belonged to the second man manthat manthat
that had drawn two only Then the
doctor said the th second 66ond man should get
gtt gttonly
only ono and that tht he had bd ono of Joes Joesthrcs J06sthrc3
thrcs He got Horton Horon for a bet of twenty twentyt twentyeJ
t eJ > n that andthrew and threw up his b hand hnd hndI
I I suppose he won that tht bet too and andth andthp
th thp barkeeper smiled Imied ImiedSure
Sure he won on it and ad it made Jimmy
1 Horton pretty prety mad ma Finally Finaly mae ho fixed fxed up up upbchme
a bChjme that none lone of the doctors aocors rules ruleswould mils milsuld
would uld beat beatJoe beatloe
Joe or Bill Bi sat Fat on Jimmys right to tocuf tl
cuf the cards or let them run he didnt didntCI
CAYQ CI which The other partner artner eat nov novtho n
the backer to t be skinned so 10 that theru therushould thetshould
should bo no falling falng down on the draws drasand
and no 10 interfering with wih the cur curAs cutAs
As the big pots and the best bet for the thekilling th thliing
killing liing waa wal always alwaf jackpots it It wag WiL in inthe in intho
the jacks that Horton Horon run rn up his threes thros throsfor
for the other fellows felows to get get In the draw dr
but hit it turned trne1 out pretty often that neithor neithorof neihN neihNor
of them had an original orllnll pair pall big enough noughto
to open on i
When Horton saw FIW them all al pass h1 h1would h hould
would open it i himself him > elf for a a chip if he hl
had the hands set et up When it came to totho
tho draw ho pretemJM to throw thrw n fit fitand
and said fd lie hud hld mistaken miltnken his hi hand hanr and ft ftand
didnt havo opennra ope I Of courso COUO ho lo 10lt 10ltthf t ttho
tho thf chip he hE opened oponedup up with wih but ho had got gotstarted getHtllrtl1
started Htllrtl1 right rilht for a good killing kiing i
80 they got a I scheme that the doctor doctorcouldnt doctorcOlldnt
couldnt cOlldnt keeper rubbing beat tMt after aCor his all a hands handsI laughed lughed the tl bar bal ¬
I 1 They hey thought th0 ght so for a day or two but blt bltLC
LC
the th doctor got wise to It I that thatloetbln thatloetblnwa something somethingwas
was wa wrong wrng with Jimmy Hortona turn tm to
deal and he suddenly took a notion noton to tcIhu
Ihu hurtling in the cards Iards hlsaelf no 10 matter matterwhoie mttJ mttJwhose
whose neal del it was If I any IlY one on made maderemarks any
remarks he said Id hed bet a hundred hUded to tcIIty
fifty IIty that he bad the thl right tt to shuffle huf If he hewus hewas
was superstitious supersttloub about It I but no one
took him on onThats onThat
That what broke up the game game 1 sup ¬
pose pot remarked the barkeeper barkcoperol
Not ol exactly exact I drawled drawlec the the Colonel Colonelsmiling Colonelling
smiling ling and shifting hlrtinl his chew b w again
but it put such a damper dam r on ni it that thlt there thereI
I I was wat nothing In it for Joe JO and Ind Bill B and undI
Horton left I ft town after aCer two nights of the thl
jrtoutorH I eoctor ahufning What broke l > rke up the thegame thAgUI6
game gUI6 and anrlnt sent JOP Jo and Bill Ul back to work workwas workWUI
was WUI the remarks rmarkj of a New York drummer
that happened to set et iu the game one ne eve evening evenln ¬
ning nln just to pass the time
tme tmeHe
He said sid tJiat Ilt in il polite polte society down
Kiist gentlemen genlem n didnt never nevCr enforce enforc the thestrict thestrict
strict rules of any name The idea that thatnny that thatalY
nny alY gentleman Ientemun would bo b guilty ull of 01 doing
anything on purpose wus WI unthinkable
I kind of recollect recolect that was wat the expression elprEssion
he used U ed unthinkable He said Rr d ovon In
bridgo they would sometimes somltme take re revokes revokcs ¬
vokes but every everthln thing else ello welt weltTh1t went wentThit
Thit Th1t set Joe Jo and Bill l thinking thinklnl and they theylinked
linked the drummer dummer on the quiet fulet what ho
thought about the doctors doctorf ways He Hesaid le leaic
said aic they was an 11 insult jlult to the other play players playt1 ¬
ers t1 So Bill Bi went up to the doctor and andasked andu8ke
asked u8ke him if he thought thouht ho wasnt wnlnt playing play ng
with gentlemen and if that was WII the reason realon
ho played ph td the rules rUl15 so 10 strict strictThe Itriet ItrietThe
The doctor dotor just laughed lau he and said the therul therlo
rul rlo i was WIS made to provide honest honOt players playerswith playel
with a weapon wcpn BO IO they oould ould protect protectrt prott prottthemselve
themselve rt wifhrmt hnvltiir hlv tn n nnntlMn nnv
one of cheating cheatng no n matter i ilr what i tth they
thought That mudn Billy Blv boiling hoinl mad madaud madaud
aud ho told the doctor right rillit there ther that ho howould hewould
would have haye to admit that they was wa all al per perfect ¬
fect fet gentlemen and that the ganio galo pr prfet was wal
dead square or fight fightOi fght
Oi 0 yoi yol But that was WI getting etlng down own to
business buslnet sure lure enough chuckled the bar ¬
keeper k pel pelThe
The doctor dotor seemed seeme to to think so s
drawled the Colonel shifting Ihifllg his chow chowagain chewagain
again He just told Billy niy that he h wns wnsperfectly Wi
perfectly perttly willing wilng to fight lght and being beil the thechallenged thechalengO
challenged chalengO party pary ho would take tke bowie
knives kli s both men to straddle strlrdle a log 101 with wih wihtheir
their left lef wrista wrts tied tie together and that he hewould hewoul
would woul he ready next morning at ten
That not being hein exactly exoty the Icind 1tnd of
fighting fghting Billy iy fancied CanCe and the town get getting et ettng ¬
ting tng to near about abut it 1 both Joe and Bill Bi just justquit Justquit
quit the game and the doctor and a few of ofthe ofthe
the reapqctable repttable element as lie called cale it itused ItIlo
used Ilo to play at their own houses house one Olf or ortwo ortwo
two nights ulght a week wek and I have heard hEard that thatthere thatthre
there wasnt want no one paid pad as a Uttle ltte attention attentionto atonton atontonto
tor to the himself himselfOLlt hlmselfOL1J strict Itrct rules rles of the game as I the doc doctor do ¬
OLlt DOC YOI mVu l tOlV tHV TOO TOOMiscalculation TUOmsaleulaton
Miscalculation msaleulaton tty 1 Two Men Ien Wno 10 Mould MouldHave Wouldlavl
Have lavl Fun FUl Mlth Wih a Iall al or BrI BrIIt ICBS ICBSIt
It was wa u bright spring sprng morning with withthat withthat
that subtle something in the air all which whichsends whichsells
sends sells a mans thoughts thought back to boyhdod boyhdodwith byh o owltb I
with a hop skip and jump On the main mainstreet mainstrt
street strt of the village v age stood std the pillar piar of the thechurch thechurch
church and the business bU8inE man manSuy manSay
Say John said sid the former somo somohow 60m 60mhow
how I dont feel lel more mor than 10 1 this morning morningseems momilg momilgeors
seems eors if i I grew grw young in the night nightYes nightYes
Yes replied rple John I feel kind o oyoung 0young
young myself mseland and just as full ful of kinks as asThe a
etr etrThe
The two men grinned grnnEI and remained remainedloitering rtmained rtmainedloiteril
loitering in the flood food of sunshine chatting chattingof chating chatingof
of old pranks and boyhood joys It waa waaarly 1
torly < < arly and fuw wore wor ping to break brek the thethread thethread
thread of the old boys thoughts thoughtsOne thoughtsOle
One Ole figure fgur how however over wa seen fcen coming comingdown
down tho t hI long Ion hill hi It I wns ns very 11 erect erectand erct erctand
and bowed ceremoniously from time tme to totime lotime
time aa al it pubscJ the lilac lno sheltered sheler door doorways doorWIS ¬
ways Then Thert could be no doubt as to towho towho
who it ww wwHero WLHero
Hero comes conls old Doc Starkweather Starkweathertnir1
said f tho 1m ikilllr nf t IhA tin r hnrrll
niar
Thats Til t so replied pl i the th other I Iwonder 1onder
wonder if ha feels fel a 1 bit kiddish this thismorning thistoming
morning I guess gul < S not not Why hr hes been beenold en enold
old Doc over since I could romeuiber romeuiberAs JleUber JleUberAs
As the doctor approached apprache it was to be bebeen beeen
been that thlt he hE carried carred a large pail pailGood pal
Good morning moring gentlemen he said saidYou aidYou
You gee doctors doctor sometime get dona donations donations ¬
tions as well el as a parsons parfnl and he smiled smiledat smied smiedlit
at the pillar pillarA pilar pilarA
lit A boyish boy h grin overspread tho business businessmans businf
mans face fa co as a he hI eyed the pail of eggs
i He liPiitatet1 hpilal1 a moment momenl then nudged nudgedtlie nudgec
I the pillar piur and picking up a a largo stone stonestole etc > e ellole
stole llole stealthily stealhiy after atlr tho doctor coctor The Thepillar
i pillar pilar grasp rUpt xl the idea and another stone stoneand toneand
and followed followedSmash foUowedHrah
Smash Hrah wont the business mans InL stone Itone
into the pail pai and smash arash the pillars piar I
followed Col owed it They then fled fed I
The doctor looked a I bit dazed hut hutquickly hutquick
quickly quick I took in the situation s With Withttiirprising Withturprilag
ttiirprising agility agllt for one onl so IO old ho pur purKIIO purIod
KIIO Iod I tho fleeing fein pair flir and as a ho run one ole
hand hUld fumbled forn for a sound egg e m
The I ho first flt egg Ig hit tho pillar pllr full ful in il tho thohae
back hae < and burst with ih fine effect eee others olllr I Ifolowed
followed folowed nnd with as a deadly delly aim 11m Tho Thopursued h
pursued flruod turnerl tlnJ > 1 into ilto the village vilu e bank for foreheltor
helter but tho doctor ctor was close on their 4 4llrl
heels llrl nnd 1111 the th lira tir never ceased C1Id The I II
banks proprietor op a mk m < httlo lto man manmised
I mised his hii h fmnds hund in horror as a the eggs eggssmashed s I Iapainst
smashed against apainst wall wal and ad desk cCk and ld ep the I Ihunted
hunted pair pa r took shelter in tho Ih directors directorsroom d roctors roctorsrool
room roomThis rool 1 1Thil
This Thil room was merely mlrelv n small mal space spacepartitioned I Iparit
partitioned parit oned off of from tho tholarlf large room rom ny a awall 1 1wal
wall wal that went fn up six Ix feet ftft and stopped t tIvil
leaving a spuco between its top and the thoceiling theein
ceiling ein Tho Th doctor saw law his I1s chance 1 1l
Hastily l tiy pushing pl hing a tahlo against l ain t tho parti partition ¬
tion IIP II ohm olrheJ be I upon it i hauIoJ up 1 his hisammunition hisammunition f
ammunition ami opened fire fireYt fn fnYo
Yt > would would wOlld ye he cried criedThou
Thought Thou ht oll Doc couHnt run eh Eh and
he punctuated bis hi remark with eggs eg
In II desperation I tlio th pillar pinr rusliod through throughthn lhrol h 1
thn door upsetting UpfU il tho doctor coctr as ln lnpas8orl > i
pas8orl nnd the busmpss buin i man following followingswiftly folowing folowingswiftly
swiftly hud a < ghmpso lmpso of the good man manon 1 1on
on tlio floor for against the tll overtuiued overtul1ed table I
with wih tho thl last Ilt of the th eggs 11 in hi lap i I J t 1
Outside Outl de the two tWI men IPl lookpl sheppislily l lat
at oach ollmr 01 hAr aud alil sMrtol honip homl by back backstreet hwktrfN I
street trfN NeTt et day they hPttlod Stt led for the t
damage damlpe at it the I ho hank and aul loft an order orderat
at tlio tailors tailorp for a new null for oreor oreorat the thedoctor thedOPlor
doctor dOPlor Then thoy I rested rltl again in the thesun I
sun sln
slnI 1 fold you YOI said lirl fh rho pillar that 1 1wasnt If
wasnt WRft nioien 10 1 this thif weather wtath1 f fWoll
Woll WfI replieJ repled the business hWlnel1 man I I l las c ca
as a fppling fIlng pretty prety young invwelf IVlf but 11 11oj I I 1 1reknl in
reknl oj L ii u WA rvtiirlA a KnM nr mnlblu m on Irwil i r nn C t II
old l fDc Docs ag nge hed d be J a grand g idmnI man on u
baseball buebal team teamCf lear learWe
Cf IflOlS We M UIV IV Of II KLM KIIII7I KIIII7IG 7OO 7OOfit
fit G 1 Inquisitive IllnI51 In Hrotulwaj Jronrwn and Ha an anM anAfH
AfH M future eltur elturTh
1 Th he newsboys ne sboy8 had stopped selling selng their theirpapers thirpapel
papers papel to gaze through the iron fence in infront inCront
front of Trinity Church yard yar on Broadway
A citizen ctizen of Kalamazoo passing paM ng by bystopped byFtoppe
stopped Ftoppe to look too tooBefore to toBeforo
Before he had stood stoo there ther a moment momenthalf momenthalf
half H dozen cozen heads were wer bobbing around aroundhis aroundhil
his hil looking looklnp in the eamn smo direction dircion At AtI ¬
tempting temptnp to back away ho found fCund himself himselfwedged hhn 1
wedged against agalnF thn iron roD bars by an ever
I
increasing crowd
crowc
Tho eidcwalk eldwllk > was blocked and many mAn mAnpassing
passing around the outskirts oulsldrtl of the mass massinquired maF
inquired what WaN the matter No one
knew but there thlre wero wer many matter guesses A Aman Aman
man had dropped drop per dead lod of heart heart jue8l disease disas
there was wa a funeral in the churchyard
the sidewalk had caved In
The street Itrt cars had hac bpcome bcome blocked blockedand blockedand I
and a call cl was sent lent for the police pol 0 The Thewhole Tbewh01e
whole street strEt was 1 a JAm and anI the windows I Iof
of the office ofce buildings were ere black bla k with
heads when dozen wih I
a bluecoats hllecoata butted
their way WIY to tf the foat at of the trouble buted I
TilE I lie rnari mal from rrfJI Kalamazoo who had
dpwpaired de paired of getting getilp out ulne ae was hftod hac i i
from tho two forms beneath him which whichafter lfed
after afr fom om vigorous fgorlF treatment showed showedsigns whih whihafr
signs irnA of life lifeHey lfe lfeI
I Hey youse you snid ie the thl policeman polceman in incharge Incharpp
charge charpp what tVIIs 1111 the matter mat r
Hlowly getting gtlng back bnc his hl breath hrerth one of f
the newsboys newsbys looked loked around vacantly
for a moment then his hi face ffe lighted up
Oee he hf said dey was Be two IItbte wo chippies chlpple
fight fghtn in on a gravestone grav stoDe
FIRST COLLEGEJBALL COLLEGE BALL GAME GAMEr
r WON HI 8 AMIIEttST IHE1Ul FROM FROl WILL WILL11MS IfLL IfLLUUS
11MS ao O YEinS EiS AGO AGOThere 400I 400There
I
There Were ere 13 Men on a Side SIc1 and Earn EarnTeam ath athTn
Team Tn Protlclrd PrOtdfd iti It Own Ow DallSUt DallSUtme Oallblt Oallbltne >
me Inn Sft Slt a al the Limit Limi of the Game Gamehut Gamebut
hut the Final FIlal Score Jeore las 13 to 32 32Xow 3 3Nnw
Xow that the college colege baseball baeha1 season seasonhas eMsonba
has ba again opened ol ned it I is interesting Intereelng to toknow t tknow
know that this year is i tho fiftieth fflleth anni anniversary annletar ¬
versary etar of ot the beginning begining of intercolle intercollegiate Intercle Intercleglate ¬
giate baseball baseballWhat h eI11
What were Wlr the conditions condiion under which whichIt wbiobI
It I was w blurted and anc how was waF It received receivedby recived recivedby
by the public publo Extracts E trala from an olu olunewspaper 01 01new8paper
newspaper dated July 1 1830 180 answer answerthese anAWlr anAWlrthMe
these questions qUMtOI and give an nmuslng nmuslngaccount nmuslnl
account of C the firnt fTt game of 01 intercollegiate intercollegiatebaseball Interclegiate InterclegiatebaMhalr
baseball that This Thistook
thlt was ever played Thi
took place plac between betwen Amherst mhert and IVill IVilllams Wi
lams laml at Pittafield Pitsfeld on July I 1859 1151 and andwas andwas
was won 0 by hymhert Amherst by a aacorA score of 73 to 32 32There
There are nr now no hanging in the Amherst AmherstCollege Amhert AmhertColllo I
College Colllo trophy room the two balls balg which whichwere whichwere
were used In Inthis this game Iame which bear har the thefollowing thefolowing
following folowing inscription Itcripton The veritable balls ballsused bals balsused
used in the first frt game of intercollegiate intercollegiatebaseball Interclegiate Interclegiatebebl
baseball bebl ever played July 1 1859 1 O Am Amhcrst Amhelt
hcrst helt VB Williams Wiiams won by Amherst AmherstThis Amhllt Amhllthll
This hll in il how it came cme about atout At a meet meeting meoting ¬
ing of the college coleje directly after morning morningprayers morIng morIngpruer
prayers pruer at which Mr Smead of the senior seniorclass eenlorC
class C < S presided prsided Mr lr Cluflin Clufin made a a motion motionthat motiontlUt
that tlUt Amherst challenge chalenge Williams WiIams to a afriendly afriendly
friendly came of ball bal to bo played playe at
some lome intermediate intermEdlate spot on or before beforeJuly befor
July 4 which was passed by a strong strongmajority strongmajority
majority A committee commitee was wa appointed appointedof appinted appintedof
of J T Claflin Clnin senior Ienlor class ola8 Walker Walkerjunior Walkerjunior
junior class H D Hyde Jde sophomore and andT
T 1 Tomson freshman to make mlke arrange arrangements arange arangements ¬
ments for tho game ame A challenge chalenge was im immediately Immediately ¬
mediately sent und accepted for thirteen thirteenpicked thlron thlronpicked
picked men of each college coleje to meet on onJuno onJune
Juno 27 A delegation deltation from frm Williams Wiiml was wasto wasto
to moot that from Amherst at Chester ChesterFactories ChesterFactore
Factories Factore and Inl draw up the th rules nlea and regu regulations rgu rgulations ¬
lations for tho thl game Mr Hyde HydE of Am Amherst ¬ I
herst hert met tho two Williams Wllaml delegates dele at but butnothing butnothing
nothing was agreed are on On Mr Hydes Hydesreturn Hydesrtur
return rtur negotiations were carried on by bymuil bymidI
midI for two weeks weks till ti at last it was wasamicably wa
amicably settled Ued that nach ech party pary should shoulduso houldus
uso us its own ball hl and it must always be becaught b
caught on the fly fy sistyfive sbtyfve runs to be bethe b
the limit lmit of tho rnme Iame The Pittsfield Plteteld Base Basebjll e eh1
bjll h1 Club offered oflred its it grounds and July 1 1was 1waA
was appointed as IS the date dateThere dateThere
There was wa to be but one drawback to tothe
the game All Al Williams Wll ms College Colege was wa to tobe tobe
be present preent including the faculty while whileAmherst wbie wbieAmhelt
Amherst Amhelt sent only the players playersIt player
It is interesting Interetng to note the manner mannerof manntr manntrof
of selecting selectng the team for this game g me The Themen Themen
men were ere chosen choen by ballot balot from the thestudents thettldents
students ttldents at large There was w a no long longperiod longperiod
period of daily dai practiceand practce and noelimination noeliminationfrom no elmination elminationfrom
from the squad it various times timesOn tme
On Thursday afternoon Amhersts Amherts sev seventeen fev feventen ¬ I
enteen enten picked men started stre for Pittsfield PittsfieldThey Pltlfeld PltlfeldThey
arrived in Pittsfield bat battle battc
They arrivO Pittsfeld eager earer for ¬
tle tc Soon the Williams Wiiams boys began pour pouring pourInp ¬
ing Inp into town twn until unti it seemed seeme as 8 if Will Williamstown Wi
iamstown must be b deserted drerte Old men and andwomen andwomon
women young men and maidens pro proprietors pr ¬
prietors prietor of female femae schools with their theirpupil theirpuplsthe
pupil puplsthe the great square of the the ball ground groundwas
was n suTiounded 6uiIounCEI five fve or six deep
The appearance appearn of the thE teams on the thefield thefeld
field feld must mUlt have been very amusing al although alhouJh ¬
though houJh there th r was WI some Iome attempt a T1pt at uni ¬
formity or clresn ereS U3 lI tne imams Inams Team Teamwero teamwere
were all al dressed drfe alike l1ke and Ind wore belts beltsmarked beltsmarkcd
marked Williams Wiiam but the nppearanco nppearancoof Ippearnc I Ior
of the Amherst Amhelt team was wa decidedly decdedly un undress undre ¬
dress dre Tho only attempt atempt at a uniform unorm was wasthe wa
the blue libbon which each ech man had hadpiiuifd hadpinued
piiuifd on his hi breast breastIt breat breatIt
It beeim leem3 that tmt the question qleton of profes professionalism profe ¬
sionalism sionalsm entered cntfre even into tho first Ilt game gameas ame
as 1 it was wa rumored rumord that the Amherst Amherstthrower Amhert Amhertthrower
the blacksmith blacksmithw
thrower was professional blcksm th thwio
w wio ho had been hired hIre for the occasion occasionA oCion oCionA
A remarked that the
bystander bytander remarke story storymust stry strymust
must be true tnl as a nobody hut a blacksmith blacksmithoould blacksmithould
oould ould possibly throw for three and a a half halfhours halfhOlr
hours hOlr as he did didTho didTho
Tho Amherst Amhert ball hal weighed wellhed two and andonehalf andonehaIr
onehalf ounces ouncs and wan wal about six inches inchesin
in circumference lrclmCenTC It waa W mado by Henry Henr
Hebard of North orth RrooUfleld Brookttld and was con considered cansidlrd ¬
sidered sidlrd a work of art at t the time timeThe tme tmeThe
The Williams Wiliams ball bal waa Wa about seven seveninches Iven IvenInche
inches Inche in circumference crumCercnc weighed weihe about abouttwo ahouttwo
two ounces ounC and was covered cover with wih light lightcolored I ht htClor
c colored Clor leather oo as I to make mae it seen sen with withdifficulty wIthlmluly
difficulty lmluly by the batters battersAbout battr
About Abolt 11 1 oclock ocod < the game started startedwith starto
with wih Amherst Amhert having the first frt inning inninganil ining iningimr
anil imr at the the end of the second send round rund the thescore theco
score co stood toOI Amhorst Amhelt 1 Williams Wllarl 9 9This 9Thil
This Thil success 6UCC called cale out from Crm the Williams Williamshtutirnts Wiiams Wiiamstldlnts
htutirnts tldlnts a long 10nJ universal clapping capping and andencoring andehrnl
encoring ehrnl whenever ono of their com comnidrs commdc
nidrs mdc gained Jainl a tally taly Amherst Amhert grew grewdesperate Irew IrewCprt
desperate and lnd at tho end of the third thirdround thinlround
round Cprt stood stoo even at the theeml end of the fourth fourthAmherst fourthrmhcltledlnd
Amherst rmhcltledlnd led and continued cntinue to do so until untilthn unti
thn thf end of the game ame sometimes ometimel having havingthreo haYingthreA
threo tallies taBeR to one for Williams WilliamsAfter Wiiam Wiiamrer
After rer four fUl l hours houl of steady steady playing playingin play ng ngin
in which twentysix rounds had boon boonplayed Ucn Ucnlayll
> played with no 10 intermission and with withunabated withmahatd
unabated mahatd interest on tho part of tho spec spectators specatol ¬
tators atol th tho game amo was decided finished finishedand fnished fnishedmd
and Ainherst Amhert was declared the winner by bythe
the score cor of 73 32 32The 2 2The
The The hatting battng order orer of tho teams teaml was as asfollows 1
follows followsThe olow
Iml rdln I wun TUf t tI
I T Cllnln 3plaln 7 II s And rRon 11 11W
W PIn 51 T c khol
1 sorr 7 H I Icche 3 3I
I Towr 7 1 I flsh 4 4I
I n CRtln 4 1 I nox 4 4I
I 11 51H W Iwlt d I Inn
nn 11 J Qllck
I 1lrdllrowcrln F Jailnl 4 4I
I 51 I 1hI 3 3t
t I nom 1 slmmnn 4 4I
I Urhll n P len t tI
I Prat 7 I I IIth 0 0roon
roon II n P ukr
4 4J
J r h nw r 11 n k it11 i Jc riin Jd Jdhal
hal Jlb JlbThe
The sooro sooe by innings Innlnl nn n given jiyen in news newspapers newslap ¬
papers rl develops several Rvpml interesting Int ftnl facts factt
It lap t was wal allowable alnwahlf to nut a man an out Olt between betweenhahCH btween btweenalf
hahCH alf by hr spotting potin him with the Iwill hul A Afoul
foul 11 ball was wlltermed termed a I ticked ball bal The Thehatter TheIntter
hatter wnn WI allowed lowd to knock the ball hal
II any IIY direction dlrfctlon which ho chose hence heno
In Inrm niij hek Ifnrtr knnI > lru u iirtn iJ drlk afrlLAa
Ac No gloves glov 1 of oYt any nort orC were er worn wornat n
at 1 t this this time tme nor was there any Iny thought thoughtof thought thoughtof
of mask nUllk breast rast protector or any of the thebasoball theblBbl
basoball blBbl paraphernalia > raplernala of today todayFirst todayFrt
First Frt Inning hUingClnfin Claflin A home run runback rn rnhack
back strike Itrlke Tower A caught out by
Bunh BUlh W Parker Plrker W put out Olt on fourth fourthbase fourtbbse
base bse by Storrs Strrs A Amherst Amhfrst 1 1Second 1condEvans
Second condEvans Evans CA A caught out Olt by
Pratt Prtt W Parker W put nut by
Tower Tower A AI Amherst 1 Williams lllams 9 9Tenth 9TnthGulhman
Tenth TnthGulhman Cushman hit between btween first frt and andbocond pndcond
bocond cond basn baf by Bcocher Becher W WFourteenth WI
Fourteenth Fourtenthfenn Fenn A made the long longest longcst ¬
I est knock of tho game gameTvrpntysiTth gameTwentYII
TvrpntysiTth thThe The last lat inning The TheAmherst TheAmherst
Amherst boys bye ran around regardless rgantess of ofdanger ofdanger
danger or appearances appamncl They mado maro thi thlr thlrbllB ir irbattoa
battoa bllB as I though 3 tallies talE was wal the limit limitof lmit lmitof
of the gamo ga IC instead of fd fdThese fj fjThl5
These Thl5 fow examples of innings show showtheir ehowthir
their method of scoring and indicate indicnt the thefjct thef
fjct f rt that ono man 111 out 011 on each sido fida con constituted conIt ¬
stituted It utcc an inning Inninl A criticism crltclsl of the thegaum the1U1
gaum 1U1 by this Franklin Jrankln and Hampshire Hampthirelartltf Hampshireaarll
aarll lartltf gives glvf us aomo of the details detis of the thogame thegame
game teams and tells tpI the relative rlatve merits meris of the theteams thetlm
tlm tlmmhrt
mhcrst certuinlP rertulnly played play r tli brtf btr T we wethinlt e eI
I think In iv CWI ry department flplrtmnt of the aamp aamplliclitd IJmp
lliclitd so > 0 1111 treat a victory vieor cnnnot RIIOl hp hp ac accounted aI ¬
counted rOltfd for otherwise olherwlll In II knocking Inoeklng Jhpy Jhpyhud Jh Jhhar
hud har tha advantage a < ttage of side Ilr knocks and baik halk halkrlks
strikes In riinniiic William rtalnly
rlnniul illn cx cxi r reled
i oiled eled as 11 far as R lued pe d wns WI concerned concrrnrd but butloci
loci 10 I at iI least lealt eiRht II ht or ten minutes mlnltll by prema premature rm8 rm8turf ¬
ture turf pfTorls orR while whlA the th mherst mhfrlt plajprn pllr ran ranonh ranonh
onh at thn word oniirir mptuln utl ln In flpld flpldluc nld1m
luc Williams Wllal niiulp 111 pquallv fCual good ood catrhps catrhpshilt callI
hilt in pHSSiuc pHIAlng ttipv th thrpw Ihrf too wildly wid I each eachwhere ealhwlfrp
where wlfrp he plpasecl ninl a 11 nothing i II more In Injurious InJurloul ¬
jurious Jurloul than bad outplay Mr lr Be Blech chrxv chrxvthrew W Wthrew
threw swift Iwlt and strong but was sufferto suffertoIrom aulera auleratOO
Irom tOO a lame shoulder Ihoulder Many of his hIl balls ball
= >
were too high to tobe b cau uUht ht and so Amhent Amhentatlned AmbsrCsaine
atlned saine tallies talles Mr Hyde A threv every eer eerbal
ball bal at the beck bek of the catcher with wih a pre precision pr prHloD ¬
cision < HloD and a strength which was A remarkable remarkablemore remarkablemore
more more f fUltlfsS unit I ess and aclentlflo Rcimtfo throwing Ihro dn we wehave weIIe
have IIe naver seon ieen The catching on the tbl part partof partor
of Amherst Amhprgt was undoubtedly undoubte much superior superiorno
no halla bals were allowed alo < to pass pal the catcher catcherwhich ctchlr ctchlrwhich
which were Wlrl within wihin his reaoh and very N few fewwere fewpre
were pre allowed alowed to drop which he touched touchedHe
He missed mi 8el hut one tiokftd t0kt ball bal iu the course courseof COIT COITof
of the wholi holo janip which was wa a remarkable remarkablefeat
feat when hen the striking str klnR was WIU as quick elulrk und undstrong andItronl
strong Itronl as al was as that thaI of William Wilaml More than thanall thanal
all al Amhornt mhcr t took the lead IPd by Its il perfect perfectmilitary pertec
military miiary discipline dlsclplnc The AmUorst Aml rlt captain captaingoverned cptin cptinIoverned
governed Ioverned his men with great skill ski and not notmore notmarl
more marl than ulr Ix errors were made mae by the team teamIt ler
It I was tho unanimous IQanhnolR opinion of both the theIlttsfleld theIIUIOeld
Ilttsfleld IIUIOeld and the Williams Wilaml clubs cubR that they
lud had never ne r seen leen such fine fne amateur playing playingIt playlnl
It I is often remarked rEmlrked nowadays that
the players plyer in times timf past past nowaays used to ply play
each for himself hlmsel without wihout any use reganf for
rgan
team work but the following extract extractproves extractprove
proves prove that this was wa not ao The Te throw throwing throwIg ¬
ing Ig of the two rartel parties x was as about equal eual
the catching or a Amherst Amhft superior but
the pivot on which tho f hole game turned turnedwas tumo
was the drill dri Every Ever Amherst Amhert player plyer
had bound bund himself himslf to t obey oby all al the com commands cm cmrands ¬
mands rands of the th captain cptin let the result tlult be bewhat b
what it might trusting trstnl to t his oversight overlght
I The game gale was wu a silent sient one onel no unnecessary unnecr
conversation converaton was wa carried carrlo on and every
man played as if the reputation rputton of ever his hiscollege hIScolege
college colege rested re8t on his getting gettng a tally tly All
this drill dri however was WI not no attained attlne by
frequent freuent meetings meetngs of tho club but by
placing plcing ono man at the head hed
1 The he game passed pas off ol pleasantly ple nty and
there ther was great rat good oo will wi between btwen the thecolleges thecoleges
colleges coleges The players plarer from Amherst Amherstpoke Amhert Amhertspoke
poke in n the tl highest terms of their oppo opponents op ¬
nents and it was the general Ienerl opinion of
the players that they never played > d wih with
more gentlemanly gentemanly more upright uprh players playen
than those from Williams Wi lamA Nothing waa
decided deolde before bfore it was referred rferred to t the um umpires ur W8 ¬
pires and no decision decsion was WQ complained complainedof
of at least openly
After Arer the opnly game the two teams tams were wereentertained wereenterined
entertained enterined by tho IMttsfield Pittfeld club cub at a
dinner and speeches speeh1 were made by mem ¬
bers and friends friend of both teams tems
The news of tho game reached Amherst Amherstabout Amheratabout
about H 1 oclock ocock that night by special specialmessengers spcal spcalmesenger
messengers mesenger who went through the streets streetsshouting trts
shouting houtng Amherst Amhert wins win 73 to 32 321
Tho students who had tired of waiting for fora Cora
a a report had gone wuo to bed bd but they were wereeoon wer
eoon aroused 8rold and sent snt a 0 special spcil embassy
to President Stearns for
Prsident asking permis permission permi ¬
lon for a general celebration clebmton The presi ¬
dent was wa absent hut permission was wasgiven
given by Miss lss Stearns Itears for pnl8ion such an WI im important imprant ¬
gen
portant event as this so bells
prant a IO bll were wer rung
bonfires rnf
lighted and
bnfrs lghted tho night spent in incheering 1
cheering for the victorious victrious players plyer
The Te following folowing afternoon attroon tho playel players playerswere
were wer met with a coach cach and four Caul and driven drvpn
through thrugh the streets strets accompanied by their theiradmiring theiradiring
admiring adiring comrades cmrade Speeches S ehes were wer made madeon
on the campus by members of the faculty faculy
members of the teams and their friends
A large banner inscribed Inlcrbd Amherst Amherstwins AmheTt AmheTtwin frends
wins win 7332 133 was wa carried arie with the balls ballssuspended
ball
suspended from frm the top
Of the Amherst Ahelt men who played in that
first frt game but but two are now living lving besides bsidts
the Amherst umpire umpir F E Tower class classof ells ellsof
of 1880 186 is 1 > now a clergyman iu Hough
keep kefptie ie N Y Marshall Malhal c rgrman B Cushman can
be found at the Patent Office O tn Washing cn ¬
ton D C and the umpire umplrL c L R Smith
R
II is now a Lulled luitd Slates Senator nator He Smih was wasat wa
le
at one ole time tme Judge of the Circuit Court of
Alabama fahaml Henry D Hyde was a promi prominent prmilent ¬
nent lent lawyer lwer in Boston Uostn for many years yearsa yer
a trustee tnte and also aL a a great benefactor to
his 1 alma mater matr whoso reputation he BO BOwell 80wel
well wel upheld by b his skilful 8kllul rpltaton pitching
Capt J J T Claflin Clafin was later president of
Tougaloo University Universityroivrjvrr Univeriy UniveriyCO1UIN1T
roivrjvrr CO1UIN1T OARDEXS OARDEXSNen nRIJEV nRIJEVe
Nen e Feature Flatlrc of the Plant Fruit rul and anilflower andIower
flower Iower Guilds Guids Work Work Thin Thil 1 far farCommunity lr lrCommunity
Community gardens will wil be a new newfeature newfeaturo
feature of the National 1atonl Plant Fruit ruit and
Flower Guilds work this year ear Mont Montclair Iontcair
clair cair Upper Uppr Montclair Qlen Kidgo and andRochelle andRochele
Rochelle Rochele are each to t have a garden garen and andthre andthre
thre are ar prospects pr081 > ot8 of others other The idea idel is isto i ito >
to establish esfablsh them In connection with chil childrens chi ¬
drens drns playgrounds school schol gardens vaca vacation vac ¬
tion schools schols and similar simiar institutions instiutons for forthe rorthe
the purpose of raising flowers fower to send snd to tothe tothe
the New York tenements tenement in summer summerMrs ummerMr
Mrs Mr J Sherman Hoyt who is president presidentof prsidentof
of tho national natonal organization originated originatedthe
the idea some years ago in Rowayton RowaytonConn
Conn where her summer home was waeplot A Aplot
plot was secured which the village chil children children ¬
dren cultivated in common one summer summerand summernnd
and at an expense of 20 for seeds tools toolsand tool13and
and boskets 44000 bunches of flowers flowerswero flowersIro
wero Iro Bent to New York that summer summerund summerund
und distributed to tenement house chil children children ¬
dren through settlements missions day daynurseries daynurserietl
nurseries vacation schools and so on onThen onThen
Then the Dollies toot it up Years Yearsago Yearsalto
ago Miss 1i18 Ada Fairflold who is secretary secretaryof
of the national guild had a club of little littlegirls littlegirls
girls at the University Settlement culled culledthe calledthe
the Dolly Madison Club The girls are arenow arenow
now young women but thoy have hit ve retained retainOOtheir I Itheir
their organization and are widely wldel known knownIIH
I I11M
IIH the Dollies DolliesThreo DolliesThroo
Threo years ago they got the use of a avacant avacant
vacant plot of ground in The Bronx and andi andthat andthat
that summer raised 001X1 000 bunches of offlowers of110ers
flowers for distribution Tho next nortsummer nextBummer
summer they raised 0000 bunches bunchesHummer Iallt IalltBummer
Hummer they had another plot near nearNeperan nellrNepemn
Neperan in The Bronx and now they theyure
are looking over the real estate field for fora
a club fann where they can spend their theirweek theirweek
week ends and vacations They The have
1000 in hand and expect to got tho rest restof restor
of the mcjnoy that is necessary when they
have found what they want wantThe wantThe
The Dollies did true community garden gardening gardening ¬
ing In Tho Bronx They The did not have haveseparate haveseparate
separate garden beds but cultivated the theplot thoplot
plot as a whole Then was a digging diggingcommittee diggingcommittee
committee a hoeing committee plant planting plantinll ¬
ing watering weeding and thinning out outcommittees outcommlHoo
committees and they raised n 11 fine no crop cropof cropof
of sunburn red cheeks and good appetites appetitesas s sas
as well welllU as sweet peas and marigolds marigoldsThe
The success of the Dollies and of the thoKowayton theHowltyton
Kowayton club inspired the idea of mak making mnkIng ¬
ing the community garden part of the theguilds theFuildlI
guilds work In New Rochelle the com community eom1111nlty ¬
munity jtarden gar ien Is to take the place of the
proiutio woodynrd wooclY rd aa a work test for ap ¬ I Ipllcanta
plicants for charity This Is the idea ideaof ideaoC
of Mrs Irs William R Pitt president of the
New Rochello branch of the guild guildIn
In Montclair the school hoard has de declared ¬
clared itself it unable to furnish the > money moneywhich moneywhich
which has been appropriated approprl < ted for the theschool thechool
school gardens for several seasons past
The Montclair Flower Guild will therefore thereforeprovide thereforeprovide
provide money for this purpose tako the theowers
flowers owers raised to send to New York and andafter andafter
after the close of school will carry on the thegardens thegarden
gardens the rest of the summer In Glen
Ridge the garden will bo run In connection connectionwith
with he Playground Association and in
Upper Montclair some similar arrange arrangement arrangement ¬
ment will bo made madeEverything madeEverything
Everything is done for these the children
in the suburban towns said a member memberof
of the guild Playgrounds apparatus apparatusschool apparatulfIIchool
school gardens are furnished for thorn
They are novor asked to do anything for forany roranyone
any anyone one else The guild believes that a
little cultivation of their altruistic Instincts Instinctswill Instinctswill
will be a useful part of their education
The New York branch of the national nationalguild nRtlonalguild
guild of which Mrs Lev P Morton is ispresident
president pre ldent will have a block beautiful beautifulthis
this summer Since 1006 it has distrib distributed di trlb trlbutfrl ¬
uted window boxes boxesloo 100 the first summer
800 last summer These bozos have been beenscattered
scattered 8 all over the city
The city has been divided into four dis ¬
tricts and a visitor has been kept I < e > t busy vis ¬
iting the boxes from May to October each eachyear eachYEar
year teaching the cam of tho plants and
the taking of slips for new boxes At the tbenel
end nel of the season prizes have been given
for tho best boxes and blue ribbons for
the next best This year the branch branc11plan
plans in addition to consolidate at least
zoo boxes on one block in order to show
what a pretty thing a New York tenement
block may be with 200 boxes full of bright
geraniums scattered 88tt red up and a d down down1hofront tho front
or tbe bulJdlng
21
T
EVER WRITE A DIME NOVEL NOVELTHIS
THIS MAX DID AFTEK A ItlX ItlXOF
OF SEVEN FAILVRES FAILVRESKind
Kind or Uterary Composition That TbatMeemed ThatHeemed
Meemed Easy and Proved Really to Be BeHo Oeto
Ho o After Att the Secret > t Was Iemmcd amedTh amedThRequIrements The Thenequlrements
RequIrements Set Sellotth Forth by an lixprrt lixprrtTurning Elpf > rt rtTurmng
I
Turning now to the twentythird chap chapter chapte ¬
ter te > r of the text book on Essential Ee ntlaJ Ordeals Ordealsof
of Authorship said the professor of the theSchool theSchool
School of Experience we come to tothe tothe
the dime novel novelYou novelYou
You will observe that it propagates propagatessectionally propagateesectlonally
sectionally once a week and that so far faras larIll
as the research of the loading lights of ofliterature 01literature
literature baa been able to discover it itis Itill
is perennial and gives no alms to ob oblivion oblivion ¬
livion Its heroes and villains remain remainunchangeably remainunohangeably
unchangeably young occasionally ac acquiring aaqulring ¬
quiring an additional revolver or other otherpiece otherpiece
piece of artillery it is true but otherwise otherwisenever otherwisenever
never changing in material character characteristics charactCfisti ¬
istics isti although there is an occasional occasionalshifting ocoaslona1eWltfllg
shifting of the scenery sceneryI
I would most seriously urge you to togive togive
give this subject of your curriculum much muchthought muchthbught
thought The writer who has not written writtenhis
his dime novel has failed to achieve the theheights thehelght8
heights of difficult writing He who whohas ho hohas
has performed that feat deserves dt8 rvea the thefame tbefamethat
fame famethat that he later is sure to find await awaiting awaitIng ¬
ing him in pleasanter fields fieldsYoung fieldYoung
Young gentlemen I have written a adime adIme
dime novel and I am proud ofit of it Just Justto
to illustrate and to ironresa the importance
of thl this species of literature Ut rature I will relate relatemy relatemy
my personal experience to those of you youwho youwho
who care to listen The spring poets may maybe maybe
be excused excusedIt ex used usedIt
It was as during the JapanRussian War Warthat Warthat
that I thought out a plan by which I Imight Imight
might add to my income In Ome ns a writer writerthe writerthescribbling the thescribbling
scribbling at odd hours of sundry dime dimenovels dimenoveli
novels I had no conception of the dime dimenovel dimenovel
novel in its raw typewritten state My Myacquaintance Myacquaintance
acquaintance had been made in the chan channels cbannela ¬
nels of consumption n nI
1 entered into a correspondence with witha
a publishing house whose business it is isto Ieto
to supply such dime novels as the little littleboys Ilttleboys
boys care for and in duo time Ireceived Ireceiveda
a very courteous letter from the head headof headof
of the house He said that the firm firmhad firmhad
had found during the SpanishAmerican SpanishAmericanWar
War that there was no demand for novels novelson
on the th subject presumably because becausethe
the newspapers covered the Held so thor thoroughly thoIoughly ¬
oughly that readers became tired of it itbefore Itbefore
before it oOuld be presented to them in infiction Infiction
fiction form In view of the twentyfour twentyfourextrasthat i
extrasthat flashed forth every day the thepresumption thepr6l
presumption pr6l umption seemed logical The writer writerof
of the letter added addedIf
I If you give much time to this thl class of ofwork ofwork
work and are in a position to supply us usmaterial usmaterial
material on order of stories of adventure adventurefor
for our five cent libraries we should be beglad beglad
glad to know of it so that we might call callupon callpon
upon you at any time that we were in the themarket themarket
market for this class of material materialTo
I To shorten the details I had an inter interview Interview ¬
view with an exceedingly pleasant pl > l ant gentle gentleman ¬
man who told me for thirty years or more morelie morehe
lie had written for tho house There was wasleally wasreally
leally nothing that I could scribble just justthen justthen
then unless I cared to write a Nick ick Carter Carterstory Carter8tOry
story The author being absent his hisbupply hislupply
bupply might be used up So the firm firmwas
was always willing wlllin to consider Nick Ick Car Carters Carters
ters to be held against a lli llt a possible dearth dearthfor
for they must publish one of them regu regularly regularly ¬
larly every week weekNick weekNick
Nick Carters said the pleasant plen nnt gen gentleman pentlemnn ¬
tleman are very hard to write We have haehacl
hud hundreds of professional Jlterarv lIteranmen
men fall on them I really would r radvise t tadvise
advise you to be too sanguine sanguineWe
We do not caro to have much gore
in the libraries but there must be plenty plentyof
of pistol shooting and we prefer to
have the villain sent to jail instead of
being killed The good must always alwaysprevail alwaysprevail
prevail and the boy reader must get geta
a 1 simple moral lesson in courage self selfrestraint selfrefitrnmt
restraint and triumph of the good
The Interest mubt bo sustained but butthere
there must not be many climaxes climaxesI
I need not say sa that I bought a copy
rf a Nick Carter It was absurdly im impossible iml ¬
l possible > ollllble it was simplicity itself it was wasacklng
lacking any symptom of unity I wrote wrotea
a Nick Carter 30000 words long the pre prescribed prescribed ¬
scribed length lengthI It > ngthI
I have never enjoyed nny writing
so intensely It was US delicious to give
full rein to your imagination knowing
that incongruity was at a premium
Then I waited for the answer The Theanswer TheIltlBwer
answer waa typewritten for my benefit
by the reader readerThe rt IlderThe
The first half of the first chapter chapterstarted chapterRtarted
started off with a flavor of Nick Carter
Then the remaining half contains enough enoughmaterial enoulIhmaterial
material and action for three novels
living the nineteen additional chapters cba > tel8 I Ito
to fill as many more novels novelsThe novelsThe
The writer has Nick Carter solving
the mystery of a a bank robbery in the
first chapter In the second he has him himchasing
chasing a yacht in a submarine Then Thensubmarine
F submarine and yacht are lost lostThen
Then there m u madman who doea
t things and there arc several comedians
i introduced Then conies a storm in the
Indian Ocean and so on ad lib libIf
If the writer intends to make a second secondattempt
attempt let him have but one climax climaxat
at the end of each chapter and lead up
o it slowly Then the great climax at
the end endThe
The professor paused to wipe his fore ¬
head headThose
Those directions appear simple and BO
they are but not knowing the reader I Iwas
was filled with the idea that ho wan my mypersonal
personal enemy
I lold you it was hard to write Nick
Carters said the very pleasant gentle gentleman ¬
man consolingly Why we could never
have carried that
much manuscript any anyw
w ay The length is thirty thousand words wordsspace
space not thirty thousand words actual
When you run dialogue of course it re ¬
duces the number of words needed Some Someold
old timers manage to skin out with as
few as fifteen thousand words wordsSince
Since you wero here we hare been
looking for Rome ono to write a scrips of
Young Rough Rider stories We have
had some trouble with them The man manwho
who has been doing them lives in San
Francisco and the mails aro delayed some sometimes ¬
times If you want to try I dont ad advise ¬
vise you to of course you might The
ranch out West ana their adventures adventuresreceived
received wan really a warrant for mur ¬
der The noto simply said that it was wasu
u good story but it did not have the color colorof
of tho West nnd was therefore rejected
The unknown reader added The Thewriter
writer of this story U wasting hie time
I knew now he was actuated by malioa
Thn next attempt was an attack upon
thn Buffalo Bill aeries It is not a Buffalo
Bill said the reader There could be no
doubt about his dpitefulries dpitefulriesIn
In all my dear younpj gentlemen suf ¬
fering dally the mortification of the
damned I wrote and rewrote sovon sovonstories
stories for seven weeks and each week
I added a reject to my collection
If I bad had any doubt that the un ¬
known reader was a personal deadly
cowardly dastardly enemy it would have
l > een removed by the time tii3 seventh seventhwas
was returned He had written The Thewriter
writer if ho intends to keep on must make makenn
nn effort to deliver clean manuscripts
Now I said to myself I shall put
this devil to the test I shall paraphrase paraphraseH
H novel and band It back to them
To that end I took a published number numberof
of tho series and I began starting with withthe
the title page The first four lines of the theopening
opening chapter were exclamations I Iwroto
wroto four lines of exclamations
The next paragraph was a description descriptionof
of a boy unmercifully beating a borao i
I substituted an Indian and n whlto man
for the horse and boy The boy was 11
interrupted suddenly t > y tho hero I
interrupted the fight with the hero stop ¬
ping the white man The descriptions of ofwhat
what happened between the two were
Identical only I had the hero conquer tho 1 1man
man with jiujitsu jiujitsuiho
iho iflconcT chapter started with a >
cattle rustling plot I followed with a
jail delivery plot So on I followed the thepublished
published story closely substituting inci ¬
dent for incident incidentI
I did not expect to wll the tory hut
I did expect to prove to tho editor that his hisman
man was prejudiced I could tell nun
that I had written the story lino for Un Unafter
after an accepted model modelWell
Well said tho editor the pleasant pleasantgentleman
gentleman when I camp again jr jrHcem
Hcem to have hit it this time It v ju juwhat
what we want You can write u < < > n nof
of them every week If you can keep tho thostylo
stylo as you have in this until further furthernotice
notice Heres the readers comment commentI
I was rather dazed as you can imagine imagineparticularly
particularly when I opened thfl letter and andread
read something like thi > The wri
I am pleased to say seems to have ct
last acquired the knack cf writing tlii
Young Rough Riders IHs lawt tors torsIs
Is full of fine local color of junt the right
hue tho humor ta sparkling and of jai jaithe
the characteristic sort tho Htorips nppd nppdTho
Tho boys ure each clearly defined and thi thiinterest
interest is sustained admirably I < or orno >
no reason why ho should not enmity7 enmity7and
and hold a contract for tho series seriesThere
There was u murmur of uppLiuse from fromthe
the class classThe
The subsequent proceeding aro nf nflittle
little Interest concluded tho professor professorbut
but tho results of the eight attempt w ro rovery
very valuable I found in attacking other otherfields
fields of literary work that tho tuchnicnl tuchnicnlskill
skill I had acquired in eacli succesniM succesniMdefeat <
defeat in the dime novel field was of im immense ¬
mense value It hod given me form formsimplicity
simplicity and mont valuable of all an anexpertneea
expertneea in the handling of the shift shiftby
by which the interest is maintained by byswitching
switching the attention all around th thstory
story or subject subjectwTherefore
wTherefore scorn not the dime novel novelHe
He who can write thorn buccentfully is a amaster
master of his craft craftWhereat
Whereat the class applauded loudly
WniTEttS HELP Tfl7 WOJfEV WOJfEVW
W n Howrlls Heads the 1 Jtrrarr Section Sectionof
of tne Suffrage Petition
10 West Thirtieth Street StreetJANC
JANC ARr 4 I two twoFor
For the good of tho cause Mme rou routhink
think so I remove my name from mr daugh daughters ¬
ters petition where tic both liked to hav havit
it und siun It on the enclosed pnprr pnprrW
W I HOWELLS HOWELLSThus
Thus Mr HoweUs responded to a re request ¬
quest to let his name head tho writers writerssection
section of the great woman suffrage peti petition ¬
tion to Congress now being circulated circulatedthroughout
throughout the country under tho aus auspicofl
picofl of the National Suffrage Association AssociationThe
The writers petition which was started startedat
at the New York suffrage headquarters headquartersat
at 29 East Twentyninth street threo threomonths
months ago has revealed the fact that a alarge
large proportion of tho best known knownwriters
writers of the country are in fnvor of ofwoman
woman suffrage suffrageI
I did sign in Indianapolis but Im Imglad
glad to sign early and often Thanks Thanksfor
for another opportunity wrote Booth BoothTarkington
Tarkington from Pinohurst N C CI
I have much pleasure in signing thn thnpetition
petition I am still an American citizen citizensaid
said Elizabeth Robins writing from fromWoldingham
Woldingham Surrey SurreyMy
My friends are all against suffrage suffragewroto
wroto Agnes Laut historian of the Cana Canadian ¬
dian Northwest which makes my own ownface
face about conversion all the more signal signalAm
Am too busy just now to write on the thesubject
subject but one of these times I am going goingto
1 to give my reasons in some publication publicationin
in torms of the concrete which will make makeyou
you sit up stiff stiffMr
Mr Clemens asks me to write for him himand
and say that he has already signed the thepetition
11 petition from Connecticut headquarter headquarterbut
j but ho thanks vou for your note wroto wrotoI
I V Lyon Mark Twains secretary secretaryMany
Many writers approached hod alreidr alreidrlike
like Mr demons signcdthe general peti petition ¬
tion Among them were Edwin Murk Murkham
ham Ellen Glasgow and Will Allea Drum Drumgooie
gooie Many persons active in other otherlined
lined oi work but nligiblo as author authoreditors
editors or writers to tho writers section sectionhave
have signed the petition Among them themis
is Annie S Peck tho mountain climber climberwho
who says that sho considers herself a apretty
pretty good exponent of the theory of ofthe
the equality of the sexes sexesOthers
Others are Frances A Eellor whn whnoriginated
originated the remarkable line of investi investigations ¬
gations which she has carried on in the theconditions
conditions of domestic service in thi1 thi1country
country Florence Kelloy secretary of ofthe
the National Consumers League Dr DrEdward
Edward T Devine secretary of tho Char Charity ¬
ity Organization Society Gen Charles CharlesKing
King U S A Jane Addama of Hull HullHouse
House tne Rev Josiah Strong president presidentof
of tho American Institute of Social Service ServiceLucy
Lucy M Salmon professor at Vassar VassarAdelaide
Adelaide Nutting professor of household householdadministration
administration at Teachers College C o olumbia
lumbia University and Lavinia L Dock Docksecretary
secretary of the International Committoe Committoeof
of Nurses NursesThe
The list of fiction and general imtars imtarslooks
looks like a catalogue of the popular popularpublications
publications of the day On it are the thenames
names of James Lano Allen Frances FrancesHodgson
Hodgson Rurnett Grace McOowan Cooke CookeIrving
Irving BachcllerLouisc Forsslund Thomas ThomasWentworth
Wentworth Higginson Harriet Prescott PrescottSpofford
Spofford Upton Sinclair Kdward Town Townsend
send Hamlin Garland Charles Battcll BattcllLoomis
Loomis Krnest Thompson Seton Oracp OracpGallatin
Gallatin Thompson Seton Grace Kllprv KllprvChanning
Channing Amfilie Rives Robert Hunter HunterAnna
Anna Randal Diehl Charlotte Perkins PerkinsGilman
Gilman Hlizabeth Stuart Phelps Mrs MrsJames
James T Fields Jesse Lynch Williams WilliamsSarah
Sarah Orrno Jewett Marietta Holloy HolloyRichard
Richard Le Gallienne Elbort Hubbard HubbardAnnie
Annie Hamilton Donnell Abby Meguirp MeguirpRoach
Roach Elmoro Elliott Peake John Spargo Spargoand
and Elizabeth Akers AkersThis
This petition is in the hands of writers writersfor
for circulation in Boston Chicago Denver DenverPhiladelphia
Philadelphia and elsewhere and returns returnsfrom
from those cities have not yet been made madeIt
It is beginning now to penetrate into intonewspaper
newspaper and magazine offices and many manyeditors
editors and staff workers have signed if ifA
A list of sixty of these was turned in from fromone
one newspaper office in New York secured securedby
by a woman on the staff The manaKJOR manaKJOReditor
editor of one great magazine publishing publishinglir
lir > n a nhlnh hna > ROO pmnlovoos in OHP
buiidlngHignedandnearlyall thoassistant thoassistanteditors
editors in tho building did the same sameIt
It is evident that the general petition petitionwhen
when tabulated will reveal a great deal of ofcurious
curious statistical information concern concerning ¬
ing tho suffrage movement For instance instancein
in the three months since the petition petitionbegan
began to circulate In New York city about
12000 names have been turned In pastod pastodin
in rolls and tabulated Examination of ofthe
the tables reveals the fact that only about
1000 more women than men have thus far farsigned
signed in New York and of tho women womenwho
who have signed more than threefourth threefourthare
are selfsupporting selfsupportingEASTER
EASTER ECO FOn LOT f SF SFquick
quick Kjrd lillrlren 1rnrn tlip INnmc < > r rOne
One Young Mans filrl filrlA
A store uptown recently went into tf tfbusinrtts
businrtts of marking Easter eggs fh fhchocolate °
chocolate kind with any name tint th thpurchaser
purchaser might want to have inscribe inscribeon
on them Tho marker with a littlrt tuo tuoof
of sugar Icing lettered the eggs whi whiseated
seated near tho window thus affordioc affordioca
a crowd of children and even grown folk folksomething
something to walcli walcliAH
AH this caused om embarraasmen embarraasmento
to on young man who decided he oupbr oupbrto
l to wind his girl an Easter egg with hp hpname
name on it He went into the store and andgave
gave his order Tho ualesman tarn
diately put beforo the workman a slip of ofpaper
paper with thn name on it and tho mark markset
set at work workOne
One of the quick eyed children outside outsidesaw
saw what the name was and OB the youn younman
man stepped out of the door be was wasgreeted
greeted with a chorus chorusSay
Say his glrla names Louise How >
Iioulse and so on

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