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THE FARMER: AUGUST 20, 1913 Extra Sporting Page Copyrighted by Chaa. T. Coflyer. 1913. A Snake's Revenge - 111 the land of '"The Mortlng Calm" there once lived one whose name was Fak Tong-ho, a great lover of nature and a greats hunter. - When he had saved enougS money he purchased a house in one of those valleys under the mountain that la the guardian of the north side of the city. Through this beautiful valley flowed a stream eddying- round many; rocks, tumbling over great boulders that reared their heads and making beau tiful little mlnatur water-falls. Mas ivn oaki. and beautiful chestnuts threw their wonderful shadows over Its rippling, foaming surface, and in summer their leaves afforded ample shade from the power of the resplen dent sun while In winter their giant limbs and perfect branches formed an Incomparably beautiful tracery. From twig to twig of these trees .fluttered the little birds who caused t&e valley -to reverberate with their hartv eonrs. Could anything be "more congenerous to Pak than these wonderful surroundings, this, rythmic peace so conducive to the realms of dream, to. studious habits, to the healthful recreation of hunting. " After hi morning repast, he would betake himself with , his precious vol umes of the Chinese Classics to the borders of the tumultuous stream and sitting on some rock, shaded by some ancient oak " or luxurious chestnt, there, pore over the precepts of the great Confucius, or of Mencius. One day when as he was thus en raged in study, he "heard, above the murmur of the water a cry down the valley, and glancing along discovered a little bird helplessly fluttering. As It fluttered It seemed as though It were Impossible for It to rise. Grad- uaily but surely though hardly per- eeptible It came nearer and nearer to the earth. ' ' . Al-go! it was ufferlng from some bewitchment, or enthralldom. What .could It be? Pak became so Interest "ed; that be raised .himself by means of- his stick and crept gently forward to see what'might be the matter. - Approaching with wily steps he dis covered the. bird?- was being charmed toy aeravke. Hurrying forward in his one desire to save the bird, he struck jt he reptile - a heavy blow. The little I bird Immediately flew upwards, re leased from its deadly-fascination, and sped away, while the snake writhing in pain crept away to hide itself in it .crevice- at the edge of a, boulder. .: 1 Some weeks later . Pak went out ! hunting with falcon and blunderbuss 'far'tato the forest on the other -elde I of the mountain, and was greatly-eur-! prised to find, there 'a "newly erected j house, above whose ridge-pole hung a. sign ( announcing that wine-cotrld be. obtained within- As he drew -nearer i the door a -comely maiden met his ' astonished igase. v - Keeling much wearied: with! his tramp, he'went in and ordered a' cup of wine, whtchjwas set before hdm, but 'mm he raised. the cup to his lips the jgirl addressed him, and. he noticed as .she spoke, that she bad a clover ton- 'guej immediately recognizing in her -the cn&ke-which ha had wounded he put down the- cup and rushed forth. Instantly the girl changing herself into a reptile gave chase. He hur ried on. but glancing back "he per ceived she was gaining steadily upon him.; He paused and staked his all upon a close encounter. As the creat ure crept up to him he quickly charg ed hia weapon to the full and took careful and deliberate aim, placing the curved butt of the blunderbuss against his cheek, then at the criti cal moment put his light fuse Into the flash-pan filled with, powder; the report rang out, a vivid flash, his cheek was blackened i-nd scarred more indelibly than ever; but the contents of the barrel did their work, for it stayed the serpent, who, se verely wounded and with torn flesh, crept into hiding among the brush wood.' In the excitement of the mot ment, however, Pak had let loose his falcon, who flew away he knew not whither. Somewhile later Pak was as usual out in his beloved valley studying. Even as he studied there grew up be side him a little bush, but so absorb ed was he that he did not notice it, and at last, weary with, study, he slept. When he awoke he f ult hungry, and seeing ripe berries on ' the bush just beside, him, he plucked and ate. The same night he felt the most severe pains, a crawling sensation in his limbs, and his body began- to swell. He thought he must have been pois oned. Growing worse and worse, he took , the customary remedy of "ground ' deer's horn" given to him by the native physician he had called in, but all in vain.' In the morning he felt he was dy ing, and as a. last request he begged his wife to carry him out to his fa vorite spot beneath one of the big oak trees In the valley; lying there he fan cied that hanging from every twig of this massive tree there was a little snake, each . writhing and grinning hideously at him.. ' Then he realized, alas! too late, that- his enemy .the snake had at last accomplished .its revenge. . . " These distressing thoughts were disturbed by the beating of a .thousand wings; numbers' of? little -finches flew all around him, then they settled upon him and began pecking his flesh. The Irritation r was terrible, and the pain' severe, but he was so weak as to be unable to drive away the birds. Very soon one had pecked a hole through his skin,. , out of which: crept , a little snake. Then the truth flashed upon him that ' these little ones ' were the friends of the bird he had rescued from the snake, that they had 'heard frotnisf rostTfalcorh how heVhad.been attacked by the serpent and seeming ly condemned to almost certain death, but that they had come to deliver him from ' its' terrible revenge. . The birds kept on pecking here and there over the surface of his body and as they continued to make holes there came creeping out of. every hole scores of little snakes. - ' ' . . -" So Pak once more recovered and remembered how true was the saying that "a friend in need Is a friend in deed." : FDOTBILL SEASOn WILL OPEN-FIVE WEEKS FBQL1 TODAY CTbe Foltowtag Saturday All Bi sft Col L lege Teams UHJ Be Tearing -Oft "- - Practice Games. .'I RVhiIe,tbe aporta of summer are Will taking"! uj' columns of space the j -first faint whispers are- arising of that jlord of vail the fun of autumn, the jgaraexth&t -draws a more truly enthusiastic- crowd of fans than any other. Io you happen to realize that in live weeks football will be covering the gridirons throughout the country with squads of husky young men And that from then -until the end of Novem ber the game will grow better and better? And it's a safe prediction that this year's style of play will be showier and at the same time more interesting technically than ever be fore. That was plain to see along toward the close of the season of 1912 and now, with tho changes in the football rles minor,- though they ap pear the gridiron game of 1913 will toe worth while watching. The' football season, as far as this mart of the country is concerned, fmeans that part of the year In which those ancient foes, ' Tale, 'Harvard, (Princeton, Pennsylvania and Cornell. Ussume prominent roles. ' It has been found best to limit the Vdays of play -to Saturdays, andv there fore the mid-week games which for Iberly were a regular part of the erhedule have been largely eliminat ed. Tale has one on its program. the curtain raiser, in fact, a meeting with Wesleyan, on September 24. On the same day Cornell is to tackle Ur slniu. Then the big doings will be 1n. .. There is more than condition gain ing, though,, in the wish of the coach es to start practice as soon as may Pbe. Rule changes made this year, wniie noi raaicai, nave Drought a tneed for close study of the more open ,&ame and then, too, the season of !3 912 did not giv the teams enough time to master the distinctly different game Which the rules of that date called for. Now, with most of the varsity team rosters still bearing the names of last year's veterans, there is every chance that the fine points of football, which were Just glimpsed at last year, will be brought qut in all their keenness. . TODAY IN PT7G TLI STTO ANNALS. 171 George Meggs defeated Bill Stevens, the Nailer, winning the heavyweight championship of Eng land. Some pugilistic historians say this was the first "fixed" fight in ring history, and that Stevens, who had won the title In 1860 by whipping Jack Slack, was paid to throw the .right with Meggs, a Bristol coal miner. fThia opinion was generally held by V I. , - the fans of those days, who there aiier reiusea to recognize the cham pionship claims of either Meggs or 'the Nailer.": - t 1909 Jnhnnv Tir vna rtce r: . J uvioai.ou J ' 1 V IV Hyland in 20 rounds at San Francisco. Matinee Excursions. ' i The delightful matinee excursions on the- steamer Park City to Port Jeffer son, N. T.; can be "enjoyed daily for the next two '. weeks. There is no pleasanter time to plan for this out ing than at this season of the year. The steamer leaves the wharf at the foot of Fairfield avenue at 1;30 p. m. The trip across the Sound occupies about one hour and thirty minute. The return trip is made leaving Port Jefferson at 4:30 o'clock. The steam er lies at her dock in this beautiful bay for one hour and a half, thus giving time for a . stroll, a drive, a sail or a swim.. Special excursion rates will prevail for the remainder of the season. Children - under" 12 years of age half fare. Adv. M'GQORTY WILL BE FIT WHEN BELL RINGS (By T. S. Andrews.) Eddie McGoorty. the Wisconsin middle weight, who did not fight up to his standard the past few months of his campaign last. spring, has decided to get down to business now and pre pare for a busy time this fall. Eddie has had a good rest among the north ern pines and is now ready to get Into harness. He is still working with Rudy Unholz and they are endeavor ing to get a match with Jack JOlllon at Denver1 for Labor day, but that will likely fall through. Another match they are after is with Bob McAllister at San Francisco. McGoorty was to have met the winner of tho MeAllister Petroskey bout' the other night, but the fact that it was a draw and a good fight may result In another match between' the two,, in which event Eddie will have to wait. Mc Goorty realizes now that he must get 'back into the first rank, otherwise he will not be the money maker he was last year when he started the season. There is no reason why he should not be at the top of the list, for he has everything that goes to make a great middleweight size, height, strength, cleverness and hitting power. Eddie needs some more of the roughing end of the game and he will probably do better. . A match between the Osh kosh boy and Dillon should be a treat for both are on about a level now and anxious to cop off the coveted middle weight title. They have Frank Klaus and Jimmy Clabby to contend with, and It looks now as though Bob Mc Allister of California will come along and prove a contender, in which case the race for the. honor will be ill the more Interesting. National League. . TESTEKDATS ItESCIOS. Pittsburgh, 8; New "Sort, S. St. Louis, 5; Brooklyn, 2. Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 2. Cincinnati, 4; Boston, St. .-- Cincinnati. 2; Boston, O. STANDING Oft TIITE CLUBS. - ' Won. Lost. P.C. NewYork i.... IT 84 .694 Philadelphia .'. . . 4 41 .610 Chicago ........ . 82 SI .549 Pittsburgh 58 SS .523 Brooklyn ......... 49 59 , ' .454 Boston -.4 83 .422 Cincinnati . . . ;t. ; . V 45 - T2 .885 St. Louis 43 71 .377 HESSIAN WINS SHOOTING TROPHY Bridgeport Man Grabs Honors In Big Shoot At Camp Perry, Ohio (Special to the Farmer.) Camp Perry. O., Aug. 20 John W. Hessian of Bridgeport, Conn., yester day won the American Corps Cup, presented to the National Rifle As sociation by the U. S. Marine Corps by scoring 195 out of a possible 200. Hessian hit the , bull's eye 39 out of 40 times in a gale that compelled him to use a wind gauge. Throughout the whole shoot a typical Lake Erie wind blew across the field. Hessian bested over 600 contestants. Sergeant Charles Loring of the Marine Corps tied Hessian's score, but the latter got 98 at a. thousands yards while the marine stopped at 95 alter making the 600 yard possible. : - Hessian is a salesman with the TJ. M. C. Co. and resides in Maplewood avenue. He was a member of the 1908 Olympic team that contested at London and of the 1912 PaJma and Argentina! teams, v He held the 800 yards world's record, 5 7 bull's eye. until Cs.pt. Wise of Massachusetts stacked up 103 "bull's" at Wakefield, Mass., last July. Hessian, holds the world's- record for 1,200 yards, 40 out of 60. ; " . ; - '.. I; 1 MAJOR LEAGUES j Those Highlanders . are - stepping along at a lively clip. They won the final game In Chicago, mainly through Bay Keating' s work and opened up in St. Louis with & victory. - Chance is getting real work out of his team since his pitchers began to show some thing. . GAMES TODAY, ' ' Pittsburgh In New "Sarki St. Lonis in Brooklyn., v , -Cincinnati in Boston, v Chicago in Philadelphia. American League. V YISSTEBPAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia, 4; Detroit, 3. Washington, 5; Cleveland, 1. - Chicago, 5; Boston, 1. The St. Lonls-STew York game postponed on account of rain. 'STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Won. Lost. P.C Philadelphia, .-. 74 88 .661 Cleveland ... . . ,89 .46 .600 Washington ........ 63 49 .562 Chicago .... , . ..-ri 2 55 . .530 Boston ..... i .... . 53 . V - 57 ' .482 Detroit ............. 49 r .86 ; ...426 St. Louis ......... 43 73 .381 New York ........ 38 69 .355 PERSONAL MENTION. A number of well known local fans attended the ball game between ths Pirates and- the Giants yesterday at New York. Thomas McGulre, William Redgate, John Fitzgerald and j. Leo Bed gate motored down as the guest of Mr. Redgate. They returned last night and declared that they enjoyed every minute of their trip. - ' Miss Helen $3hright of Pittsfleld, Mass., who was the guest of Dr. and Mrs.; Quinn and Mr. and Mrs. Henry CHara of this city, has returned home. ' Quick, Easy and Positive Cure for All Foot Torture The following is said to be the sur est and quickest cure known to sci ence for all foot ailments: "Dissolve two - taDiespoonruis 01 (Jaiocide com pound in a basin of warm water. Soak the feet in this lor fully 15 .minutes. gently rubbing the sore parts." The effect is really wonderful. All soreness gojes instantly; the feet feel delightful. Corns and callouses can be peeled right off. It gives immediate relief for sore bunions, sweaty, smelly and aching feet. A 25 cent box of Calocide is said to be sufficient to cure the worst feet. It works through the pores and removes the cause of the trouble. Don't waste time on uncertain remedies.- ' Any druggist has Calocide compound m stock or he can get it In a few hours rrom his wholesale house. - ALEX. N. COOK, D. C. Graduate Chiropractor Spinal Adjusting Parlors, 651 State St., Bridgeport, Conn. Explanation of Chiropractic Mailed Upon Request 1 GAMES TODAY. 1 New York In St. Louis. Philadelphia in Detroit. Boston in Chicago. .' - . Washington in Cleveland. International League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Rochester, 2; Jersey dtp, 1. Newark, 14; Toronto, 1. . , Proiidence, 8; Buffalo, 2.". Baltimore, 7; Montreal, 1. Baltimore, 6; Montreal, 5. ' STANDING OF THE CLUBS, v Won. Lost. P.C Newark 80 , 41 .661 Rochester 70 52 ' .574 Baltimore J . . 62 58 .51 7 Buffalo ........... 59 61 .492 Montreal . v. . 57 ' 63. .475 Toronto 55 66 ; .455 Providence ....... 55 , 66 .455 Jersey City . ..... .' 45. 76 .372 GAMES TODAY. Jersey City In Rochester. . ; Newark in Toronto. '. : Providence in Btiffalo. Baltimore Hi Montreal. . Eastern Association. "Doc" Scanlon, the former Brook lyn pitcher, has decided to quit "the national-' game and devote his , entire time to the practice of medicine in Brooklyn. Scanlin is the property of the Philadelphia club of the National circuit, but refused to report to- that club because he was not satisfied with the contract tendered by that club. Scanlon has been pitching semi-professional ball for the Ney Brunswick N. J.. clab and his twirling has been sensational. .. Twice this summer he has pitched no-hit games and the Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Chicago clubs of president Lynch's circuit have sought bis services. ' , Scanlon was one of the mainstays .-on the mound for the Dodgers, for several seasons and was traded to the Phillies for Pitcher Stack. . Hugh Jennings and his Detroit Ti gers will bear considerable watching near the close of the present season and the start of next. Jennings has purchased the cream of the left-handers in the Southern league in Coveles kie, Williams and Cavet. If they show "anything like their Southern league form, with Dauss, . Willett and Dubuc working as well as they have, the Tigers' hurling corps, which has been their one weak point, will com pare as favorably as . any In either league. With good twirlers the Ti gers will romp, as any crowd of Jiit ters like the Tigers are sure to amass enough runs; during the season to back up good pitching. . .' How they fall when the start going down. - Poor old George Mullin, the mainstay of the Detroit Tigers in their palmy days, finds the going so tough in the minors that he has practically decided to give up baseball. ' If Mr.. Farrell of the New York Yan kees keeps buying players at $9,000 a crack he may have a ball team some day. It's hard lines being a Peerless Leadetwlth nothing to lead, and that nothing . not anxious to be . led, any way. . ' Jack Rowan, a pitcher, has been purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Dayton club of the Central league. - Rowan was. with the Reds a couple of years ago, but .was sent back to the minors. . YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. : Bridgeport, 4; Meriden, 2. . Waterbury, 4; Newi Haven, 1. Hartford, 1 ; Plttsfield, O. Springfield, 5; New London, 2. iKew London, 8; Springfield, 2. .. . STANDING OP THE Won. Hartford 69' New Haven ....... 69 Bridgeport 60 Waterbury ........ 62 New London ...... 56 Pittsfleld ..... . . . . 52 " Springfield......... 51 Meriden 37 CLUBS. Lost. P.C 41 46 52 54 58 63 62 80 .627 .600 .536 .534 .491 .452 .451 .316 , . GAMES TODAY. . . Waterbury ' In Bridgeport. Hartford in Plttsfield. . : New Haven in Springfield. ,. Meriden in New London. FOURTEEN HYDBO-AERDPLANES IN CHAMPIONSHIP RAGE Chicago, Aug. 20 The American speedboat championship for 32 footers will be decided here, today, in the harbor off Grant Park. ' Fourteen hydro-planes, double the -number which ever before competed in a race of this sort, have been entered. Some of them will develop as high as 600 horsepower and are the fastest craft on the continent. Among them is Baby Speed Demon owned by Commodore J. Stuart Black ton, of New York, the 20 footer which won the 20 and 26 foot championships. "The chances of the Los Angeles baseball club to win the Pacific Coast .ueague pennant, this year - took a slump when the Chicago White Sox exercised their option on Harl Mag gert the former Springfield outfielder. Maggert has been leading- the poast league in" battipg, and has bn second in stolen bases. , He is expected to go to Chiqago immediately. PURISTS WOULD HAVE MODIFIED SLANG IN BASEBALL WRITINGS Chicago, Aug. 20 Slang as a means of writing baseball news Is a little behind -straightforward English ac cording to the verdict of several thou sand readers in a test vote taken by a Chicago newspaper. Of a total of 3,- 930 ballots recorded, 2;004 declared for the English prescribed by diction aries, and 1,926 against. The figures in favor of the pure English were qualified by several thousand voters who. expressed them selves in favor of the use of a mod erate amount of snappy, descriptive phrases, not limited necessary to die tionary words, however. Many voted In favor of . slang but advocated the limitation of nicknames. I'LL MEET YOU AT , HARRY QUINN CAFE AND BOWLING ALLEY 166 Fairfield Ave. One Minute from Main Street Knickerbocker Beer SocEwdl & Forester Correct Dress For Women and Misses 1108 MAIN STREET y ANNOUNCE The Informal Opening of Their NeW Store Thursday, August 21st, 1913 , AT,10 O'CLOCK The Latest Modes for Autumn fiowns, Tailored Suits, Coats and Wraps ( WILL BE ON DISPLAY .. . r' - - We prefer you to attend our Opening -without any idea of purchasing and gain a better idea of the character of merchandise we intend keeping. ( - CONSIDEE THIS -YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION I - CBWTORD, HERO OF VAHOO, v , i IS Tiill-CTY -THREE TODAY , Very likely you don't know where Wahoo is, ' Therefore, as it is the mis sion of the journalist to uplift, edu cate and instruct, , it may be as wll to state that Wahoo to-the. capital of Saunders county Nebraska, said coUn ty being adjacent to 'those containing Omaha and Lincoln and colored : red on the map. Aside from the entranc ing ' cadence of its name, "Wahoo is celebrated in song and story- as the birthplace of that heroic -figure, Sam uel Crawford, outfielder' for the De troit Tigers, and. by virtue of his prowess in piff Heating the pill, one of the leading lights of the Order of the Sons 6f Swat. ' It was just thirty-three years ago today that the hero of Wa hoo first saw the light of day. His youth, so far' as can be discovered, was no different from that of just an ordinary human being. In his early teens he determined to , become a pro fessional ball player, 'and at eighteen he realised this ambition when he was hired, at a salary of J75 per month, to cover a garden ' position for the Chatham, Ont., club of the Canadian League. The youth' from -Wahoo was a rather indifferent fielder, but he soon had all the twirlers or the circuit eat ing out of his hands, and finished the season with a batting average of .370. ' The following year, 1899, Crawford played with Columbus' andv Grand Rapids, then in the Western League, and he was only.- nlrieteen , when he was drafted by the ' Cincinnati Red Sox and found himself ' In fast com pany. During his first year in the National he batted only ,270, but he increased this to .334 the following year, and was halted as one of the big finds of the year. He remained, with the Red Sox until -the 'close of tha 1902 season, when be jumped to De troit. His first year in the .American League, 1903, was very successful, but in 1904 his batting slumped , below .250. The following year he recovery ed his eye and ever since he has been near' or above the .300 mark. Sam's big year was f911, when he batted at a .378 gait, b.eing surpassed . only by Cobb ancj Jackson. , The-veteran right fielder is said to receive a salary of $5,000 "a, year. , For several seasons he was tried out at first base, but never made a shining success at that post. , S t .'. . .Woman Is Interested and honld know about the wonderful Marvel J?iH1" s.pr' iioucne Every Aslcyourdrimifttfor 11. If be cannot snti ply the MARVBLv accept no otner. out send stamp' for book. Marvel Co., 44 E. 23d St., W.Y. For sale by Ailing Rubber Co., 1127 Main Street. Mall orders solicited. DIFFERENT F H O T O G R A F H Y , ' Something yon cannot get elsewhere. That's our kind ARMSTRONG'S WHITMAN STUDIO Park and Fairfield Aves. Win Armstrong of Boston, Proprietor WES33ND . 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