Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1915 — YANKS WANT CHARMED PENNY [ARTICLE]

YANKS WANT CHARMED PENNY

Captain Huston Wants to Becure Twin Brother of Stallings Luck Bringer—Rice Spurns Offer. A bundle of regular U. S. greenback money was offered for the twin brother of the penny that won a pennant and a world’s series for George Stallings, chief of the Boston Braves. Captain Tillinghast Huston, part owner of the Yankees, made the offer. Captain Cushman Rice, the foremost American in Cuba and the owner of the penny, spurned it. And now “Cap” Rice fears that “Cap” Huston will bang him on the knob some dark night and try to take the penny away from him, or hire someone to burglarize his rooms. Cap Huston wants the penny so that he can pass it along to “Wild Bill” Donovan, manager of the Yankees. “Wild Bill” wants the penny because he feels that if he gets it he can win a pennant and a world’s series just as did George Stallings. Cap Ride gave the penny to Stallings early last summer. At that time the Braves were hopelessly in the rut. “Take this, George, and keep it with you. It’ll bring you luck,” said Cap Rice. Stallings took the. penny—and everybody knows what happened afterward. On the same day that Stallings got that penny the Braves won a game. The next day they won another. And they continued to win until there wasn’t any more use of winning. They had won everything in sight.