Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1911 — Page 2

Climbing—and Climbing

A group of young people Was standng within the railing surrounding he platform at the top of the town tall. Below, straggled the village. Sailing away in picturesque confu* , (km from the hill on which the hall Wus situated. Off to the east, beteath the rays of a perfect moon, jgleamed the radiant surface of Silver take. V am going to climb the flagstaff,” ha id Calvin Brest He was a drug Ijderk in the village, a wiry, dark iyoung man. with the spirit of an adventurer, despite the humdrum occupation of purveying pills and powders. He felti moved to do something noteworthy tonight Spring was stirring bis riotous young blood and Jesisle Dane was standing beside him. ? There was a chorus of half-frlght-tened exclamations. The flagstaff feprang from the top of a low cupola ifust above their heads. It was a Ihick, crooked lance of timber thirty feet long, worn smooth by the beating bf many storms. Brest did not wait for his wild resolve to cool. From tbe top of the tailing he leaned forward and drew himself up on the roof of the cupola. With a laugh he laid hands on the bole. t Wrapping his legs about it he began to climb. It merely shivered a hit at first; but when he was a third of the distance to the top the pole bwayed back and forth. If it snapped trader his weight there was a sheer flrop of nearly one hundred feet to the cobbiestoned court below. But It did not snap. Brest reached the top without mishap, patted the gilt ball that crowned it and then with a whoop slid down the staff and alighted in their midst on the railed platform. * He was given the reception of an hdmired. spoiled child. They praised and scolded him. but tbe scolding was the greatest praise. The pole had never been climbed but once before, and then in the daytime by a steeplelack whose many precautions seemed foolish beside Brest's daring cleverness. ! Albert Whitcomb broke in on the (congratulatory chorus. “I am going up, too." he said, and there was another sensation. Whitcomb was a young farmer whose land adjoined the town. He glanced at Jessie Dane as bejpbke. The girl took a step forward and put out a hand as If to stop him; and then, realizing that any pleading might render her conspicuous, she fumed away without a word. ' Whitcomb got to the roof and began to climb. He was heavier than Brest, and less skilled. Under his labored efforts the pole' swayed and Shivered. j The smiles slipped from the faces bf the watchers; their gay words of encouragement were stilled. They retaembered that the staff was old; it had been years In place. At any moment Whitcomb might go down to his death. But good fortune waited on him, too. He placed his hand for a moment on the gilt ball, and slid back thankfully. *He was not so popular as Brest and his safe return was greeted by less of a demonstration. A constraint fell over the group. The same thought was In every mind. The incident was not yet closed. For the youth who had been Jessie Dane's boyish adorer was there. Would he do as much as the others? Whitcomb voiced the question of all when he said with a sneer: "Well. Peter?” Peter Price, leaning indolently on the railing, drawled, “Well, Al?’* “Are you a sport?** “Do you mean, am I going to climb that pole, too?" “That’s what I mean.” “Having been born with some aense,” replied Peter, “I am not. Because you and Calvin made fools of yourselves is no reason I should.” Whitcomb laughed boisterously. “I always thought you lacked sand,” he said. Later, Whitcomb and Calvin (Brest walked home with Jessie. Peter Price did not seem to notice any change In attitude toward him.' He attended the village merrymakings as usual and kept as near Jessie as possible, IbVcblng and carrying lor her and anticipating her wishes. As for Brest and Whitcomb, they enjoyed to tbe full the fame their exploit brought. They all attended the first picnic of the year on Snake Island, so called because of Its peculiar shape and the fact that It terminated In a bluff two hundred feet high which looked like the uplifted bead of a serpent. The Island was in Silver lake, perhaps a anile from shore. “The boat landing was on a narrow •trip of beach beneath the head of the serpent. To get to the top of the bluff, it was necessary to walk for a thousand yards along the beach to a spot where tbe precipice began to subside and a path wound upward. The day was beautiful with all the warmth of summer. When the dozen young pepple reached the top they sat down on the new grass to rest after the climb, and to enjoy the sweep of sparkling water and wooded shore spread out before them. A sudden scream of fear cut through their light-hearted conversation and brought them to tbe edge of the bluff. Below on the beach was s

By M. J. PHILLIPS

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sight that for the moment struck them dumb with horror. 'Two of their party, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Pomeroy, had just landed and drawn their rowboat Into the cluster of other small craft. Barely had they stepped ashore when the huge, blackbearded figure of a man darted from a clump of- underbrush with club upraised. Mrs. Pomeroy bad screamed at sight of him. The group above saw the next act In the tragedy. Pomeroy advanced bravely, but the club swept downward through the guard of his arms and struck him on the head. He dropped, and shriek on shriek burst from his wife. » “That's the maniac who nearly killed his keeper at Falrvlew asylum yesterday and got away! They telephoned me his description,” gasped Patterson, editor of the village paper. “Oh. what shall we do!” moaned Jessie Dane. “See, he’s going to grab Edna!” She turned to the whitefaced young men. “Oh, run, run!” Peter Price slipped off his coat and shoes. “No time," he said swiftly. “She’d be killed before we could get down the path. I’m going this way.” He stepped down onto a ledge of rock on the perpendicular face of the cliff. Living foot had never pressed the face of Snake Island cliff before. It seemed a sheer drop of ten score feet from the grass roots to the sand. But there were ledges and shelves which furnished handgrips and footholds, however precarious. Price worked his way downward. He dared not look, for when he did his head swam dizzily. He groped with his feet, already stockingless, torn and bleeding from the jagged rock, and found support somehow. Hand under hand he crawled over the flint as a fly crawls on the side of the house. He was careful —but not too careful. For too much care meant delay. And Edna Pomeroy’s screams even now echoed pitifully as she struggled In the madman’s clasp. Once he lost his hold and fell for a yard or more; fingers and toes, Bpread talonlike, rasped over the merciless rock. Peter Price reverted to type, went back ten thousand years In the flicker of an eyelash. Once again he was a man-monkey who had missed a waving branch in the highway of the trees. His fingers had eyes in them; his toes clutched with fierce suppleness. He found crevices no wider than the bridge of his nose, and clamped onto them. Slipped—caught; and clung again. The fall was stopped. He climbed, with no time t<* be thankful for his escape. The plcknlckers, straggling, sobbing and panting, reached the beach. They found Peter tying the subdued maniac with a painter from one of the boats; Dan Pomeroy was laving bis throbbing head; his wife was crying a little, but quite calm—considering her experience—and wholly unharmed. Jessie Dane went straight to Petes and took both his scarred hands in her own. “Be careful Jessie; they’re bleeding. You’ll get all stained up.” He tried to speak in his old, matter-of-fact way, but his voice trembled. “I don’t care,” she Bald, and her eyes shone with a light that dazzled. "I don't care. For you are safe, Peter—dear!”

For China.

"China day’’ is an important occasion in a household. A wooden tub should be lined with a soft cloth, pearl ash dissolved In warm water, and the best antique cups and saucers, vases and plates washed carefully in it A pastry brush always should be kept, with which to work out dust which has collected la the crevices of china figures. while, after draining the china on t£ wooden board, it is dried with a soft cloth and then polished with a silk handkerchief. Putty to clean antique glass and wet whiting for pewter are two other secrets of a successful cleaning day. For the insides of decanters and bottles nothing is better than to soap small pieces of blotting paper and fill the bottle with them, adding water to Teatch haltway up, anh then shaking energetically until the contents froth

A Matter of Form.

“I have come to ask for your daughter’s hand In marriage,” stammered the young man. “And what if I refuse?” asked her father. “That will make no difference. We shall get married Just the same.” Realizing that nowadays he was lucky even to be consulted in the matter, the father gave his consent and his blessing.

His Reward.

Motorist--Yee, it took me about six weeks' hard work to learn to drive my machine. Pedestrian —And what have you got for your pains? Motorist—liniment. —Tit-Bits.

A Possible Solution.

“I wonder what Bluebeard had tn that aocret room?” "Probably some haircloth furniture. We keep ours oat of sight since mission styles came la.”

TALL MEN UNDER HANDICAP

Moriarlty of Detroit Declare* Elongated Infielders Seldom Make Good—-Wagner Excepted. George Moriarty of tive Detroit Tigers believes that a tall, man has no business trying to play shortstop or second base in the major leaguek, on, aecount of the natural handicap which his height Imposes on him. “It is an advantage to be tall if a man Intends to play first or third, but a handicap at short or second,” said tbe custodian of tbe Tigers’ hot corner. “A fellow who Is built close to the ground can make plays that would be Impossible for a six footer, simply because he doesn't have so far to stoop, and can get, low down when running. "Look at the way Ownle Bush goes oyer the ground. No tall man could scurry and make the plays the little Tiger pulls. He is in a position to handle the ball while on the dead run, tvhile a taller man would have to reduce his speed in order, to get down low enough to pick up a grounder on a short bound. “There are a few tall men who are good shortstopß, I admit. Honus Wagner is a whale, but he is built in such a peculiar way and has such bowed legs and long arms that he can get down to the ball -just like a short man. George Mcßride is tall and is a fine player, but there are mighty few other lengthy boys who are making good either at short or on the keystone sack. “I like a tall first baseman, for a big fellow gives the lnflelders confidence in their throwing. Take Ross-

George Moriarty.

man, for instance. When that old boy was on the bag I believe that I could have hit a dime if he had held it out. He was the best mark to throw at that ever I have encountered, and he could catch the ball when it came to him, too, even though he did seem a bit ungainly at times. If every first sacker were as easy to throw to as old Ross, and could handle the ball as well, there would be a lot less infield errors in baseball."

MEET FOR CORONATION WEEK

Biggest Event of Athletic Year to Be Held at Crystal Palace, London —Program Given. The most notable athletic event of the year in England will be the amateur sports carnival in connection with the coronation festivities. According to notices received at the offices of tlm Amateur Athletic Union in New wrk the meet will be held under the auspices of the council of the festival of enraire, in the Crystal Palace, London, w <■ The program follows: Athletics', 100 yards. 220 yards, 880 yards, one mile and 120 yards, hurdles, swimming, 100 yards and one mile, lawn tennis, singles wrestling, catch-as-catch-can, middleweights. boxing.

Pitchers Have Odd Names.

Cleveland has a pitcher named Fanwell. Detroit a recruit who answers to the name Koacher, Ball is with Chicago. Bender bends them for the Athletics, Gardner works in that department of the Pirates, while Steele is one of Clarke’s best base runners. Then there is Fanning of St. Louis, Leach of the Pirates, who has stuck for sixteen years, while Young is the oldest twirler in the league.

Official American Association Schedule, 1911 t r AT | AT AT AT AT AT AT AT I COLUMBUS TOLEDO INDIANAPOLIS LOUISVILLE MILWAUKEE KANSAS CITY MINNEAPOLIS BT. PAUL - May IS. 16. 17 May 9. 10. 11 May 12. IS. 14 |Aprll 26. ». 27 April 28. 29. 30 May 2. 3, 4 (May 6 t 6. 7 I’mi'uDro *¥T July.ls. 16. 17 July 9, 10. 11 July 12, IS, 14 June 17, 18, 19 June M, 19, 16 June 11. 12, IS [June B. v 9, 10 COLI MBI S ALL OF Sept. 4. 4. 6 Aug. 16. 17, 18 Aug. 13. 14. 16 July 26. 26. 37 July 82. 22, 24 July St: Aug. 1. 2 July 2&, 29 SO Sept. SO: Oct. 1. 1 Sept. 13. 12. H Sept. 6,7, 8 Sept. 22. 23. 24 Sept. 26. 16, 26 Sept. 16. 17. 1 i Sept. 18. 19 10 —■ ■■■ >■ . ■ ■ . —.— __ ■ - . June 4. 6. 6 May 18. 13. 14 May 9. 10. 11 May 5. 6. 7 May 1, 2. S. 4 April 26. 26. 27 April 28, 29. SO Tor rnn July •• 7 * 8 unQT July 18. 19. 20 July A 4. 5 June 8. 9. 10 June 1L 12, 13 June 17. 18. 19 June 16. 16 IULtDO Aug. 10. 11. 12 MOST Aug. 16 Au g. 16. 17. 18 July H. 38, SO July SI: Aug. L 1 July 25. 16. 27 July 22, M, 24 Sept. 9, 10. 11 Sept. 6. 7. 8 Sept. 1. A 9 Sept. 18. li. 10 Sept. 16. 17 Sept. 22, 23. 24 Sept. 26. 26. 26. 87 jjune U 1 May 29. 30. 90. U June AS,* May LA A 4 May AA 7 April 28. 29, 30 April 36. 26 27 INDlAVapoitr V u,y 1A • July 1A 1A 14 lupnRTiNT July 7 » * June U. 12. 18 June 8. 9. 10 June H. 15. 16 June 17. 18. 19 INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 7. 8. 9 Aug. AA 6 IMPORTANT Aug 10 n> u Ju , y S 1; Aujr x . j uly 29. 90 July 12. 21, 24 July 2A 26, 17 Sept. 1. A 9 Sept. 28, 29 Sept, 9. 1A 11 Sept. 1A U Sept. 18, 19, M Sept. 26. 36. 27 Sept. 2A SA 94 May 29. 30. SO. 81 June LAS May 16. 16, 17 April 98. ». 90 April 26. 2A 27 ' May 6. 177 May 1. AA 4 IvOUISVILLK July 18 > 30 July *• 10 - u July **• 17 ouniiTiMn "■ June K IS. 16 June 17. 18, 1$ June A 9. K> June 1L 1A 13 tAJUIi.vu.LJC A(j# , Au g. 7. A • Sept. 4. 4. 6 SPORTING July (2,2 AM July 26. 2S July 28. 29. SO July 3L Aug L 9 Sept SA 29 Sept 1A 18. 14 Sept. 90; Oct. A_l Sept. 26. 96. M Sept. 21. 22. 23. 24 9ept. 1A 19. 90 Sept. W, 17*' April 18. 19, 20 April 2L 2A » April 12. 1A 14 April 15. 1A 17 May 10. SO. SI May 1L 12, 13 May 9. 10 Mil Waiikff M* y 21. SA 3 May 1A 19. » Mfay *7, 28 May 24. 25, 86 mwwh Ju,y AA 5 July 10. if. 11 July 7. 8. 9 MILWAUKEE.... j une «>; July 1. 2 June 27. M. 39 June Mv 35. 16 June 11. *A *3 NEWS Sept. 1. 2, 3 Aug. U. 12. 13 Aug. 7, A 9 10 Aug. 31. 39. 30 Aug. 36. M. 17 Aug. SA SA 3A M Aug. 19. 20. 21 Sept. 27. 18. 29 Sept. A 7. « Sept, i, u April 2L 2A 28 April 1A ». 90 April 16. 1A 17 April 1A 1A 14 IMay 14. 18. 14 May 9. 10 May li, 1A 13 . w A'oab /, itt May 24. 26. SI May 27. M May 18. 19. 19 May 81. 2A 28 July 19. 20, 81 Dutuprim Ljuly 7 - *• • July 10 u, 18 KANSAS CITY... j une M jg. 26 June 11. S. 9 June 80; July A 3 June 27. *A 88 Aug. AA 6 PRINTED Aug. 7, a 9. 10 Aug. 1L 1A 13 Aug 23. 23. 14 Aug. 19. 10. 20. & Aug. 28. M. 30 Aug. 8A 26. 87 Bept AA 6 Sept. 9. K>. 11 Sept. A 7,8 uinkbapolib Ws-p is?#-## iSSW is?& V» „ raHl June r „ Jun<s w . July x , Jun# n a J K*. * Aug. 1A n, U Aug. 14, 16 . T,IESK J™ y * *• « Aug. 3A 9A 87 Aug 28. 29. 30 Aug. 19. 20. 21 Aug. 22. 23. 14. 34 Sept U. 13. 14 * Sept. 30. 30; Oct LI N \, 4 am —" 1 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ - ■ m 111 ■ ■■ ■ml ■■ 'i— ■ -■ - „ • * | . »■■'•*.'• f \ - r ;•* , April 12. 1A 14 April 1A 1A IT April 1A 19, »- April 2L ». ** June AA « June LAS May M, 16 May 27. 31 May 24. 16. 2* May 3L ft S, May 18. 19. 20 * July U, RII July M, 17. II |Maj ■*» COLUMNS. RT TALI Jure 21. 2A 23 June ft ft X June 87. 8A 39 June 30; July A 8 Aug. 14. 16. 81 Aug. I*. IT. 19 J“ ,y * V>m.. AA » Aug. ». 99. 80. 81 Aug. 3A SA M * Aug. *. 9A 87 Aug. 2A 29. 30 Sept 89; Oct Ll, Sept 1A n. 14 £u*. *» - R ? j ' .." . 11 - 1 -■. .. " ~~ 1 j ' " u .

GIANT PITCHER INVENTS NEW CURVE

New York fans have received news of a new ball developed since !ast season by Christy Mathewson of the New York Nationals. It is declared a wonderful puzzler by friends of the Giants’ star pitcher. The new ball Is described as a slow double dip. The sphere is said to t

THOMAS GOES TO CAPE MAY

Veteran Philadelphia Player and Coach to Manage Seashore Ball Team During Present Season. Roy Thomas, the present coach of the University of Pennsylvania baseball team, and former member of the Phillies, has been selected to manage the Cape May baseball team for the present season. It is expected that he will secure a fast aggregation of players to represent the seashore town. Thomas was persuaded to accept the managership through the efforts of Adam Suelbe, a dyed-in-the-wool enthusiast, of Cape May. The ball park has been thoroughly renovated. better accommodations being provided for the players and spectators and the grounds greatly improved. The games are being booked by Albert H. Wilkinson. He has already secured several fast teams for his schedule.

Ed Geers Started in 1872.

Ed Geers, the veteran reinsman, and known the country round as the "Grand Old Man of the Tyrf,” who celebrated his sixtieth birthday anniversary In his native state of Tennessee a few days ago, began his career as a driver and trainer in 1872. One could hardly imagine when he drove The Harvester on the Lexington track a few months ago against the two-mile record with all the modern regalia, new harness, new sulky and the latest pneumatic tires, that this same genius won his first race in 3:04 in a highwheeled sulky with springs, behind Little Dave, and thought he was flying then. From Little Dave, 5:04, to the Harvester, 2:01, is going some, but “Pop” seems to think that the end is not yet near, and expects to lower the stallion record with The Harvester In 1911. v

Outsider Wins Dog Derby.

The Waterloo cup, the annual dog derby, was won at Altcar, England, Sir R. W. B. Jardine's puppy, Jabberwock, a rank outsider, who defeated tbe favorite, Silk and Scarlet. When the heats were started bets of 1,000 to 20 were laid against Jabberwock. In addition to the cup given by the earl of Sefton and valued at SSOO, the winner takes $2,500 cash. Jardine’s Long Span won the derby of 1907.

Christy Matthewson.

“float up to the batsman with all the seams showing.” Just in front of the plate it does a double dip so deceiving that even the catchers miss it until after considerable practice. Mathewson throws this ball after wetting his fingers, and the Giantshave. christened it the “slow spitter.”

DANIELS RETAINS HIS TITLE

Keeps 100-Yard Swimming Championship by Two Inches—New Yorker Given Brilliant Race. One of the most remarkable finishes ever seen in a swimming race was brought out at the New York Athletic club the other night when C. M. Daniels, the record holder, again won the 100-yard Amateur Athletic union championship. Only two inches behind Daniels at the finish was Perry McGillivray, the

eighteen-year-old schoolboy of the Illinois Athletic club of Chicago, while a few Inches back R. E. Friselle of the Missouri A. C. of St. Louis beat out Harry Hebner of tbe Illinois A. 0. for third place. The four men were only a fraction of one-fifth of a second apart as they touched the finish mark. The time of the winner, was :56 4-5, which is four-fifths of a second behind Daniels' own American record for the distance with three turns.

Charles M. Daniels.

TO TRY FOR ENGLISH DERBY

John E. Madden Ships His 3-Year-Old, Adam Bede, to Enter Great v Turf Classic. Adam Bede, John E. Madden’s great 3-year-old colt, a son of Adam and Grace Gumberts, was shipped for London on the Atlantic transport liner Minnewaska the other day. He will be entered ip. the Derby, and those who watched, his career closely as a 2-year-old predict that he t will be a worthy American representative in that greatest of turf events. It Is a hit remarkable that the Adam filly Bashti, for which Harry Payne Whitney paid $30,000 last summer, has been sent to England to take a shot at the Oaks, and now a son of the same sire will have a try for the Derby, . ! Andrew Miller and Thomas Welsh of the Newcastle stable, under whaee colors Adam Bede appeared last season, both consider him a remarkable colt. His English career will be watched with a great ddal of interests by all the racing public of America.

KETCHEL’S BELT GIVEN AWAY

R. P. Dickerson of Missouri Gets SIO,OOO World’s Championship Insignia—Also Has Gloves. The world’s championship belt, valued at SIO,OOO, won by Stanley Ketchel, champion middleweight pugilist of the world, in his fight with Billy Papke at San Francisco, Cal., has been presented to R. P. Dickerson by the estate of the slain pugilist. Mr. Dickerson was a friend of the dead pugilist, the shooting which cost Ketchel his life having occurred on the Dickerson ranch In Webster county. } Practically all of the gloves used by Ketchel in his big fights have been presented to Mr. Dickerson, along with other mementoes of the prize ring favorite’s laurels in the arena. Both sets-of gloves used by Ketchel in the two championship fights with Papke are in his possession and are being displayed at his "Jewelry and brokerage office here.

YANKEE FIGHTERS GO ABROAD

Dan McKetrick Leads Exodus of American jPugiiists to London—- , Matches Already Arranged. Dan McKetrick left New York the other day for London on board the Adriatic of the White Star Line, taking with him a group of fighters for whom he has arranged matches in England. Among them were "Willie” Lewis, Frank Moran and “Sammy” Smith, Moran is a heavyweight, who has been participating in many bouts in York clubs during the last six months. Lewis, the middle-weight, is signed to meet George Gunther, the Philadelphia boxer, on the other aide. This bout is scheduled for twenty rounde. Smith hopes to meet Matt Wells, the English lightweight champion.

Change Charter Oak Stake.

At a meeting of Ahe Connecticut Fair association the puVses for the Grand circuit harness meeting? at Charter Oak park in the fall have been decided upon. The Charter Oak SIO,OOO ptlrse for trotters was changed from th 6 2:09 to the 2:14 class. The chief events will be: Charter Oak SIO,OOO purse for trotters, 2:14 class; the Boulevard $2,000 purse for pacers, 2:30 class; the Nutmeg $2,000 purse for pacers, 2:16 class; the Park $2,500 purse for trotters, 2:08 clasß, and the Hartford $3,000 handicap trot

Want Motorcycle Race Circuit.

The Federation of American Motorcyclists has launched a movement for a national racing circuit for motorcyclists. Riders are enthusiastically in favor of the plan and hope it means a revival of interest which will make motorcycle racing as popular as bicycle racing was during the period of the L. A. W.’s greatest activity.

Governor Vetoes Fight Bill.

Governor Cary has vetoed the Umsbler bill legalizing prize fights of 2E rounds in Wyoming. The governor in his veto message said“l cannot too strongly condemn the act, and I hope there is no man or woman in Wyoming who would be willing to Nevadalze the state.”