Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 6, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 April 1910 — Page 7

The Possession of Fitzie Three

Ever since the day when, as a freshman, Davis Fitzgerald had arrived on the college campus with Robert Fitzgeérald, his younger brother and classmasate, and an altogether engaging bull terrfer following in-his wake, he had been known as Fitzie One. His brother, who had 'amazingly developed as _2ar as studies and athletics went, was " Fitzie Two; and the dog was Fitzie Three. LA g :

Fitzle One liked the girls, and because of his liberal and” sympathetic ‘teste in the matt?r, he wng kept in a constant state of indecision. At first he-had been moved to freshman raptures over the 30-year-old daughtér "of his Greek professor. ‘Then it was the sophisticated library stenographer, and then—but no one, save Fitzte One, himself, could recount the full number of his charmers; i 5 But everyone knew about Georgie Marston. - Fitzie One had come back & college as a sénior with a free and ready heart, and he had speedily, and with even. more | énthusiasm than usual, centered hi:s!;thonghts upon the' daughter ct the liQW vicar of the eollege chapel, the bewitching Georgie. “Do you know, Miss Marston,” he told her one Sunday afternoon as they were .walking through a woodland pathway, with the faithful Fitzie Three, “do you know, Georgie, it isn’t just because you're pretty? It's something deeper, more Intangible than. that.” . Georgle, because of her " inexperience, blushed and felt uncomfortable, Spe tried te think of some suitabld way to change the subject, when her eye caught(gight of the ‘dutiful Fitzie "I‘hrvo'pludm a few feet ahead. .“Isn’t .he a per dear of a dog? 1 am just crazy about bulldogs!” o “Oh, are you?”’ ‘exclaimed Fitzle One, whose enthusiasm at this point was mounting to alarming heights. “You can have him if you like!” *Oh, Mr. Fitzgerald!” she exclaimed, in a way that niade Fitzie One feel a thrill of age and manliness. And then she continued: “I don’t believe father G NG - 5 \L a@@é?? 05 O O“’;— X 4 :'i)i" 0, . ot ’"‘"\."’;: '7‘;)\"[’4’s] W (£ /T;fl » A . - g .'\" & ‘I ’ / P C.fa e (* YT A G ’.\&\h\ 9 (L , \oy I o & J =/ \": &1 “ ( % ~ bm A s \i N < : 1 \\'//‘\ , z - - " lEOU BILL GEr Frrzie- ) THREED, LLL JSAY YES Now CECRGLIE JHID aeAVE-zyi‘ would let me keep a dog, but perhaps I could borrow him sometimes?" : < “he idea met with Fitzie One's entire approval. : : “Oh, I'm so glad to have hivow," she went on. “He'll make such a nice mascot for our Browning society.” Then, as Fitzie One looked interested, she explained: “It's a club that some of us girls have just got up. We suggested all sorts of things—cards, and embroidery, and things like that—and finally we agreed on Browning. . We read together ?nce a week, and as the meetings are to be at my house, they said I could decide upon the mascot. If you don’t mind I'll make it your dog.” e i

“Your dog,” Fitzie One generdusly corrected. .

“Yes, my dog,” said Georgie, “and of -course I won't tell anyone where I got him. Ob, it will be perfectly lovely,” she cried as she knelt before her newly-acquired pet, and looked into his trustful dog eyes. - So it was that the Browning society acquired, for its official mascot, Georgig Marston’s new dog. But as the winter came on, and the excitement of college festivities «detracted t‘rofl{u the milder 'émusement of reading poetry, Fitzie E‘hree’s visits at the vicarage became less frequent. Final1y the forgotten . mascot, who shared his master’s fondness for girls, quite gave up hope of ever being stroked by a fairer hand, 8r coaxed and teased by a gentler voice, than his master’s. . In this state;of resignation, he found himself one late winter afternoon wq’lklng on the fr_dzen country road with-his master and some one with a .gentler voice. s ‘ _ “Fascinating dog of |your’s,” he heard and then as his master and the girl who had spoken—a girl with a rippling laugh, and not at all like anyone he had ever even thought of before—got down before him, he heard his master say: “If you'really think 'so, Cynthia, you can haye him. Cynthia, dear, I would do anything in the world for you.” — . e And then Fitzie Three, who was carried away at ' the idea {J)f being admired, jumped up an’dv gave his new mistress a dog kiss on the end of her fair nose. : " That was how Fitzie Three happened once more to be -in the pgosséssion of'a girl. Only this time he [never went to the dormitory at all, but had to stay at Cynthla's all the time, and, excepting when his former master came to see her, he was forced [to stay in the kennels with several other dogs. On the whole, Fitzle would much have preferred being back in the dormitory. Ix the meantime, with the coming of early spring, college festivities abated, and the members of the Browning so‘slety sought teo reunite,

By JANE OSBORN

“Be sure to have our mascot,” sald the presidént of the soclety to Georgie.. . Georgie had told Fitzie Two—for it was Fitzle Two, instédd of Fitzie One, who now walked through the woodland pathways with the bewitching Georgle. “You've got to .get hold of Fitzie Three somehow, becausé the meeting is to-morrow, and if th? girls don't find him they’ll wonder, and, oh! it will- be just dreadful!™ p} “But, Georgle,” Fitzie had ®xplained, “1 asked Fitzie One about it jand’ he said he simply couldn’t get hi}n. You know he gave the beast to fC;.'nthia Standish, and he’s on pins and needles about asking| for him. He's Eéally hit this time' and he wouldn’t spoil his chances for anything.” [ “Of course,” agreed Georgle, *“and I'm not a bit cross, only it puh me in such_gefix. Really, I don't ?ee how Fitzie ever had the courage to make advances to Miss Standish. [She's so dreadfully rich. and she nevér mixes up with the college crowd at all.” -“That's’ just the trouble. If she was one of the girls, she’d understand, but he hates to explain to Cynthial” Fitzie Two sighed from the depth of experience: ‘But I know how hlg feels, Georgie. When a fellow is really, really in love he’s on pins and| needles about . everything. Say, Georgie,” he addeds-stiddenly bringing up a subject _ufhich only the day before| he' had promised to |drop forever, “I was thinking last night that if you'd prf‘omise to hold "off and nbt marry anyone . for two or three years, and give me a chance to do something worth while, that ,you might feel difierexlgly then. You said you weren’t sure I loved ¥ou enough. But if I should do something great to prove it—something that no one had ever donme before, and you knew 1 did!itljust for you—wouldn't that convinge you?” ' “If you will get Fitzle Three, I'll say ‘Yes’ now,” | Georgie said, grigvely. Fitzie Two's vision of zloridus worldly accompljshmént faded fnto thg humble dickering over a dog. “It's a go, Georgie! I'll manage it somehow,” he said;’and then he hurried the girl back _to the vicarage, and | with a friendly: “See you later, Georgie!™ he went out upon his knightly errand. It was unnecessary, putting him. to the test, for in spite of her fprofessed doubts, Gedrgl'e was sure, in Exer hea‘;t, of the depth and single-mindedness of Fitzie Two’s devotion; and ajs the afterndon passed she. began to doubt ber own wisdom in forcing him to undertake such a task. Her misgivings were, for ! the moment, put | aside, however, ffwhen at elght o’clock Mr. Fitzgerald land Miss Standish were announced§ by the Vicarage housemaid. Georgie hurried into the little drawing room, and behéld, not only Fitzie One and the dazzling Cynthia, but the much-coveted mascot of the Browning soci;'ety. . Fitzie One had brought Miss Standish—they -were. engaged- but only secretly, and Georgie prq{mis’,éd not to tell—because Miss Standish wanted to akologize /for keeping ';helgdog. “1 have so many at home,”she explained, “‘that I really shan’t miss this one -at all. - And Davis was %o foolish not to tell me sooner.” ¥ [ : “And then you teld Miss : Standish, because Fitzie 'Two askéed you?” queried Georgie. 1 “Oh, yes, to be sure,” saild Fitzie One. “Hp's been after ‘me for two ‘days ‘about it. He’s downright foolish.” v o Georgie smiled, blushed | and embraced the bewildered dog. ““Oh, I knew he would,” she said. f

A heavy step on the vicarage veranda and a plaintive” howl, made Fitzie Three look up with sudden expectation.! Then the front door swung open ‘and Fitzie Two was seen in the hall. -

“Hello, Georgie,” he called. *“l've. got the beast. - Hauled him in on a rope. .He's on the porch.” ‘| . Georgle, without excusing herself, rushed out of the drawing room.

*“I had to steal him fromfthe kennel after dark,” Fitzie Two went on. “And honestly, 1 don’t know what those Staneishes have done to him. You wouldn’t know him for the same animal. I tied him to a rope and he's been yelping all the way in.” 5 “Oh, my ppor, dear Buster!” cried Miss Standish, who had overheard. “He's stolen Buster by mistake.” The explanation was brief and hilarious, and. after e'nthu-siasiic pledges of friendship on the part of the two girls, Fitzie One and Cynthia and the abused Buster started for home. Then, when thelittle vicarage door was closed Fitzie Two and Fitzie Three were happy, for Georgie Marston gave her heart to one and a lump of sugar to the other. ' - — : Alphonse’s Destination, “Alphonse,” said the heiress, “I have been thinking.” L “Thinking of me, precious?” asked Alphonse. ! : “Indirectly, yes. I have been thinking that were you to mMUrry me, everybody would say you cnlyl did so in order to get my money.” | ] “What care I for the " lunthinking world?”| - L i “But, oh,” Alphonse, I wiil marry you.” ' | “My own dar—". f “And I will not have people say unkind things about you, so I have arrangéd to give all my fortune to the missionaries. Why, Alphonse, where are you going?” 5 : Alphonse paused long enough on his way to the door to look back and mutter, “I'm going to be a missionvy L § ‘. How it Happened. Helen—Of course he clasped you in his arms when the hoat upset? Hazel—No; just the ‘opposite. . Helen—Just the opposite? WrLat do you mean? L Hazel—Why, the boat'upset when he clasped me in his arms. e sttt W ~ It is better to be tracked by peanut shells than by champagne corks. |

Official Playi Schedule of the Three=l . icial Playing Schedule of the ree=l lLeague .33:Y! A : . v ‘ : . , - For the Season of 1910 g e o ‘ | At Waterloo. { At Dubuque, ’At Rock Island.. I At Davenport. | At Peoria. |- At Bloomington. ' At Danville. iAt Sprinzfield." W':W—W’M}m“*m'mm ‘M——-‘ ot naon -AN . ! : il\my 30, 30 X. Juli May 7, 8 8 9. JuniMay .0, 11, 22 823 May 15 8 18, 17. Jun!May 12, 13, 14 JuniMay 2, 21. Jun I 8 iMayv 18.19. Jun 21 WATERL'O| READ {l, 2, 38. Aug 15, 16,i24, 25. Jul 28, 29, 30./Jun 29, 30. Jul 27,113, 14, 15. Jul 25, 26.116, 17. Jul 22, 23, 24{19 8§ 20, Jul 20, 21./92 33 Jul 17.8 18, : ! - 21?. Sep I, 18 8. [Bep 55 X. %Aug 20, 21 8 XX. JAug 27, 28 8. iS. Aug 29, 30. {Aug 22, 23, 24, 19. Aug 25, 26 ee e e e| et ettt o | ettt ettt |e,| s B e Nt . {May 4,5, 6. Jun 11, . May 10, 11, 22 8 :.K_&é.\!a)' 27, 28, 28 8. Jul{May 12, 13, 14. Jun{May 15 8 16, 17. Jun{May 18, 19. Jun 21, ;May 20.21. Jun 18, DUBUQUE.|I2"'B. Aug 2 8 ¢ THIS Jun 29, 30. Jul 27.i4, 4X 5. Aug 18, 19,116, 17. Jul 22, 23, 24{13, 14, 15. Jul 25, 26.{22, 23. Jul 17 8 18.{19 § 20. Jul 20, 2L Sep 3..4 S. Aug 20, 21 8 XX. [Sep 15, 16. IS. Aug. 29, 30 'Aug 2, 88. 119, Aug 25, 25. JAug’ 22, 23, 24, — e — e - © |May 27, 28, 2. Juli May 24, 25, 26. Jun| : |May“s, 5, 6. Jun 11,May 18, 19. Jun 2L May 2, 21. Jun 18,|May 12, 13, 14. JuniMay 15 S 1817 R. - ISLAND 4, 4X 5. Aug 18, 19.126 8 27, 28. Jul BL} PAPER _ {l2 B.» ‘Aug 2, 3,422, 23 Jul 17 S 18,{19, 20, Jul 20, -21.{18, 17. Jul 22, 23, 24{Jun 13, 14, 15. Jul {Sep 15, 16. fAug 1. Sep 1, 2. ° I ‘Sep 3¢ B. *l9. Aug 25, 28. - }Aug 2.2 % iS. Aug 29, 30. . 125,26. Aug 27,28 S. ; May 24, %, 2. Jun May 7, § S 9. Jun/May %, 3X. Jul 1| (May 20, 21. Jun 18, May 18, 19. Jun 21.|May 15 § 16, 17. Jun May 12 11 4 DAV'P'RT.. 126 .8.27, 28. Jul 81 8.{24, 25. Jul 28, 29, 30.{2. 8 S. Aug 15, 16| IF 198 20, Jul 20, 2122, 23 Jul 7 8 1813, 14, 156. Jul 25, 26.|Jun 16, 17. Jul 22, {Aug 1. Sep 1, 2. #iSep 5, &X. {l7, Bep 17, 18 | : g Aug 22, 28, 4 ils. Aug 25, 26 gAng 27, 28 S. }:'ZK. 24. Aug 29, 30 ————— e ———— W_L—q_;i.m:m:‘_?___,_».g——————-———_ —_— . lJun 6,7, 8 Jul 6 7,iJun 8 10. Jul 9, 10,/May 31. Jun'l, 2iJun 3 4, 5 8. Jul| {Ma_v 25, 26, 21. JuniMay 6,7, 8§ 8. Jnn?),m;,- 4.5 285,98 PE0R1A....;8. Apg 13, 14 8. 11 Aug 10, 11, 12:|Jul 12, 13. Aug 7 Sil4, I 5 16. Aug 5| YOU {26 8 27. Jul 31 Si 24, 25. Jul-28 2.17y1" 4,4 X. Aug {Sepf. 9. & - {Sep 6, 1. - 18,9, Sep 12, 1% . 6. 'Sép 10, 11 8. 1 |XX. Aug 1, 16, 17. [Sep 2.3, 4S. tis 19 Sep 13. Is. jJun 3,4, 5 S JullMay 3L Jun 1, 2!Jun 9, 10. Jul 9, 19, June 67. 8. Jul 6 May 22 S 23, 24 Jun| A %Mn.v 4. 5. 2% 2 8 Mav 67. & Jun BLOOM'T'NiI4, 15, °'l6. Aug 5, 6./Jul 12, 13. Aug 7 B{ll. Aug 10, 11, 12,7, 8. Aug 13, 14 S./28 29, 30. Jul 27, 28.] WANT {Jul 4,4 X, Aug 18,124 25° Jul 29, 30 § |Sep 10, 11 S. i‘s 9. Sep 12, 13. |Sep 6, 7. ¢ . *'Sep 8, 9. {Aug 20, 21 8. | : : i’.9. Sep 15, 16. - iSep 2, '3 4SB ittt _i-————-_.—_...__..! “—‘“’f‘“"—"—"““i‘f“—“—“‘—"———‘—~"—“"“m it oit ( __'__W iS et sttt | s e . iMay 31 Jun 1, 2.{Jun 3, 45 S. JulilJun 6,7, 8 Jul 6, 7,/Jun 9, 10. Jul 9, 10 S May 30, 30 X. Jul '}, {May 9, 10; 1L Jun| g.\'m.\' 28523 2 DANVILLE/Jul 12; 13. Aug 7 814, 15, 16. Aug 5, 6.[8., Aug 13, 14 8. /1. Aug 10, 11, 12.12, §S. Aug 2, 3 4 |ll, i 2. Jul 5. Aug 3. | THE {Tun 28, 29, 0. Jul ' {B,'9. Bep 12, 18, {Sep 10, 11 8. iSep .8, 9. Sep 6. T. Sep 17, 18 8. {Sep 1, 55 X | = 17, 8. Aug 20, % . /Jun 9, 10. Jul 9, 10{Jun 6, 7. & Jul 6, 7./Jun 3, 4 5 Jul 14, May 3L Jun 1, 2/May 9. 10, 1. Jun May 30, 30 X, Jul L|May 25, 2%, 2. Jun! = _ SPRINGF'D'S 11. Aug 10, 11, 12.i8. .Aug 13, 14 8. " |l5, 16. Aug 5 6.[Ju1.12. 13. Aug 7i11,.12 S. Jul §. Aug(2, 3S. Aug 2,8, 425, 2. 27. Jul 31 S| NEWS - iSep 84. i Rep RS .- |Sep 10, 11 8. i 3 38. Sep 12, 1331 Sep 1, 5. SX. ' Sep 17, 18.. XX, Aug 1, 1817 .:s-<.‘e - - * - 0 ’ The season opens May 4 with Dubuque at Waterloo, Rock Island at Davenport, Peoria at Springfield and Bloomington at Dan- | , ville. S designates Sunday, X morning and afternoon games, and XX double headers. _

RECORD FOR BASES ON S g A former New York. pitcheér —Billy George, a left-hander, probably - holds the National league record for wildness. George was with the Giants during the Mutrie regime. In a game at the -old Polo grounds, on the morning of Decoration day, 1887, the southpaw passed 17 of Adrian Constantine Anson’s Chicago. White Stockings to first base, hit two men and uncoiled a pair of wild pitches. All this inaccuracy was crowded into a game of regulation length, the visitors winning it by a 'score of 12 to 11. Mark Baldwin, "who afterward was with the New York club and who now is a doctor in Pittsburg, pitched for the Illinois team.

"SYNDICATE BASEBALL” ~ ROW IN THE CENTRAL

GRAND RAPIDS, SOUTH BEND AND EVANSVILLE MAGNATES MIXED UP IN ALLEGED » DEAL

Last winter when it was rumored that Charles P. Taft had purchased control of the Philadelphia National league club, there was a great cry about “syndicate baseball” because it is pretty well-known that the president’s brother owns the Chicago Cubs. The trouble was finally hushed up and nothing has been heard of it recently. Now the Central league, the playing schedule of which is printed today, has a fight of the same kind on its hands. As a rule, allegations of various kinds have been made against Bert Annis of South Bend, owner of the Grand Rapids franchise, in particular,'and against Eddie Wheeler, manager of the South Bend team, and Angus Grant, of the Evansville team, in general. As a result of the insinuations and charges;, direct and otherwise, Annis and Grant issued a positive denial that either had any influence, stock or players in the other's club, and offered to make affidavit to that effect. - : When it was announced that Wheeler had purchased one-half the stock in the South Bend club from Annis,

Official Playing Schedule of the Central League ' : - : For the Season of 1910 , ) JAt Wheeling. lAt Zanesville. At Evansville.:| At Terre Haute.| At South Bend. |At Grand Rapids. At Dayton. ‘At Fort Wayne % May 29, 30,30, 31. - (June 22, 23, 24, .25. |June 26, 27, 28, 29. |{June 18, 19, 20, 21. |May 21, 22, 23, 24. |May 12, 13, 14, 15. [May 17, 18, 19. 20 WHEELING.... THIS |June 30. July 1, 2. |Aug. 5,6, 7. Aug. 8,9, 10. . |Aug. 2,3, 4. Jily 19, 18 16 duly 18, 19, 20, {July 15, 16, 17. i {Sept. 17, 8, 9. Aug. 23, 24, 2%. |Aug. %, 27, 8. |Aug. 20, 21, £ Aug. 17, 18, 19. Sept. 13, 14, 15. [Sept. 19, 11, 12. May 25, .;‘. 27, 28, | 26, 0128, .|dJune 22, 23, 24, .| May 21, 22, 23, 24. June 18, 19, 20, & May 17, 18, 19, 20. ‘May 12,.13, 4, l; . \May 2,2, 27, o 8 June 26. 27, 28, 29.|J 22 25. | 20, 2. |M 1 ANESVILLE.. !Jul.v S 4 ¢ PAPER Aug. §, 9, 10. Aug. 5,6, T. {July 12, 13, 14. Auvg. 2, 3 4 July 15, 16, 17. {July 18, 19, 20, ‘ {Sept. 5,5, 6. Aug. 2, 27, 28. Aug. 23, 24, 25. [Aug. 17, 18, 19. Aug 20, 21, 22. |Se_pt. 10, 11, 12. [Sept. 13, 14, 15. June 10, 11,.12, 13. - |June 14, 15, 16, 17. May 25, 26, 27, 28. |May 13, 14, 15, 16. |May 17, 18, 19, 20. |June 18, 19, 20, 21 |May 21.22, 23, 24, EVANSVILLE.. [July 30, 31. Aug. 1 July 2} 23, 29. PRINTS July 3,4, 4. {July 18, 19, 20. July 15, 16, 17. July 12, 13, 14, [Aug. 2,3, 4 - [y Aug: 30, 31. Sept. I|Sept. 2,'3, 4. : , , |Sept. 5,5, 6. |Sept. 16, 17, 18. Sept. 19, 20, 21 Aug 20, 21, 22 [Aug. 17, 18, 19. —e e ee T T Te T June 14, 15, 16, 17. |June 10, 11, 12, 13. |May 29, 30, 30, 31. lMa_v 17, 18, 19,20 |May 13, 14, 15, 16. \|May 21, 22, 23. 24 |Jun IS, 10, 20.-2 L. TERRE HAUTE|JuIy 27, 28, 29, July 30, 31. Aug. I.|June 30. July 1, 2 ALL July 15, 18, 17. July 5,6, 7. . gue 234 [July 12, 13, 14. ; Sept. 2,°3, 4. Aug. 30, 31. Sept. I.|Sept. 7,8, 9. |Sept. 19, 20, 21 Sept. 16, 17, 18. ug. 17, 18, 19. {Aug. 20, 21, 22, . June 5,6, 7, 8. June 1, 2. 8, 4. May 4,5, 6, T. May 8,9, 10, IL. | May 25, 26, 27, 28. ' [June 14, 15, 16, 17. {Jun 10, 11, 12, 13. SOUTH BEND..|JuIy 21, 22, 23. July 24, %5, 2. Joly 6.7 8 July 9, 10, 11. THE July 3.4, 4. Aug. 5,6, 7. Aug. 8 9 10. . pAug 11190 a 3 Aug. 14, 15, 16. Sept. 10, 11, 12. ' |Sept. 13, 14, 15. Sept. 7,8, 9. Sept. 2,3, 4. Aug 30, 31. Sep L June 1,2, 3,4, June 5,6, 7, 8. May 8,9, 10, 1L May 4,5, 6, T. May 29, 30, 30, 31. June 10, 11, 12, 13. |Jun 14, 15, 16, 17. GR'ND RAPIDS|JuIy 24, 25, 26. July 21, 22, ‘2B July 9, 10, 11 July, 18, 19, 20, June 30. July 1, 2. NEWS Aug. B§, 9, 10. Aug. 5. 6, T. Aug. 14, 15, 16. Aug. 11, 12, 13. Sept. 13, 14, 15. ° |Sept. 10, 11, 12 Sept. 5,5, 6. Aug. 30, 31. Sept. I.[Sept. 2,3, 4. : May 4,5, 6, 7. May 8, 9. 10, June 1,2 8 4 |Junes, 67, 8. |June 22, 23, 24, 2. <|June 26, 27, 28, 29. May 29, 20, 30, 3L DAYTON....I....{JGIvy 67 § Ju%; 9 10, ll.m Jg?;e.?l,‘?z, 23. Ju{‘ye 24, 25, 26. Jg?}? 30, 301. Aug. 1. Jggre 276; 2’B 29. ALL THE _ {Jun 30. Jul 1, 2. Sept. 16, 17, 18. . |Sept. 19, 20, 21. . |Aug.'l4 15, 16. ‘Aug. 11, 12, 13. Aug. 23, 24, 2. Aug. 26, 27, 28. Sept. 7.8, 9. . _|May 8,9, 10, 11 May 4, 5,6, 7.. . |{June 5,6, 7, 8. June 1,2, 3,4, June 26, 27, 28, 9. |June 22, 23, 24, %. |May 25, 26, 27, 2. i FT, WAYNE....{JuIy 9, 10, 11, July 6,7, 8 July 24, 25, 8. | |July 21, 22, .. |July 27, 38, 29, July 30, 81. Aug. L|July 3,4, 4. " TIME. ’ Sept. 19, 20, 21. Sept. 16. 17, 18, Aug. 11, 12, 13, Aug. 14, 15, 16. Aug. 26, 27, 28, Aug. 8, 4] %. . |[Sept. 5, 5. 6. Mmm - The season opens May 4 with the following games: Dayton at \Vheeling, Ft. Wayne at Zanes- — ; < A - ; % i A T ville; South Bend at Evansville and Grand Rapids at Terre Haute. - . :

SUCCESSFUL PITCHERS MUST STUDY BATTERS. There is a lot to pitching baseball besides speed, curves, control and a level head. If you expect to last a long time in the big leagues you have to study the batsmen who face you every time you are on the slab. Because there comes a moment when the tricks that fooled them once will fail. Then you have to switch your whole game., > : : Manager Frank Chance of the Cubs and Clark Griffith of the Cincinnati Reds were discussing baseball as a genepal proposition and pitching in particular. Becoming reminiscent Chance asked Griff why he quit pitching. “You had almost as much ' speed when you quit as you had at any time, didn’t you?” queried Chance “1 did,” answered Griff. “And I believe that I had befter curves. It's a cinch that I was a better general. Because all the time I had been on the mound I had been studying batters.”

with full control and management of the affairs .of the club, with the conditional clause that Wheeler must buy or sell his franchise to Annis at the close of the 1910 season, and }hls after Angus Grant had purchased the Evans§ville club, a howl was sent up at Terre Haute about syndicate. baseball. F. R. Carson, president of the league, came to the rescue with the positive and official statement that Grant did not own a cent in either the South Bend or Grand Rapids club, and that Annis did not control of own one cent of stock in the Evansville club. It was thought the syndicate talk had been stopped. 5 " No one denied that Afnis owned one-half of the South Bend club. All the league directors approved .of the transaction, and there were no secret deals nor underliand conferences. Everything was open and above board,

- WALSH SAYS HE'S READY FOR THE FRAY. . :.?{.) -..,A.:;V‘A-i;(‘»:v_ | . S NS i gl g T v : o - /»;’7 $4 i \;: S . 3 : ™BT e ‘»’\\‘ AT NG i N s e T e T g Y g ARy R S G e e WSS : The star twirler of -the Chicago £t s 7 O Sox is In great condition this sea- L P o son and has declared he will be &8 &8 = - ready from the first to deliver his %i e 4 share of victories to Comiskey's & team. Walsh did not start early last S - season, and many of the Sox admir- &;‘ ers belleved his lack of condition fil"f*i'i‘;;;‘j.-lfi_::ffi’ # ; had a great deal to do with the bad R : Ermmomws ShOWing of their favorites. When B S WEPSEET &0 & BRI : : EROIESN . Bl s | | heis “right” Walsh is unexcelled by @R . @ £ao . any pltcher in either league. He and 4 | L ORS . . s e USLEIOR: .. .| Frank Smith have been Comiskey’s £=& o Toieal i\‘%"” mainstays in the twirling line. ; {/Az(w ,// In the practice games he . has e ,fifi”}‘ffi?’% B g . i ks R R ¥, #4B pitched “Blg Ed” has shown 'that & "‘f"‘h oet o dnd he still possesses his old-time speed. f# S 3 oNQQM i s : : R R I R A "fiv’ He misses his old battery partner, ;\ ‘m’f‘?’e 23 Bitly Sullivan, who is ill in Califor- fi”ifiig 2 %%"w% Bt A Fdy o R || nia but it will not be long before the | PRSI = - two are seen “in the points” again. - :

“Then why did you quit?” queried ‘Chance. “Well, the game has changed. The j batters that -came before me were not ‘the ones that I had been pitching to. : The new fellow has it on me here as I used to have it on the old fellows. “The balls that fooled the old fellows were easy for the new. The game had changed and I hadn’t changed with it. I think that’s the answer.” L “So do I,” continued Chance, “for I know two men who went just as youdid. - - “Take Carl Lundgren. He had that same cold jump ball when he quit that he had when he; began. I think he had better speed. He had a better 1 knowledge of ithe batters. He had just } as much enthusiasm. “For a while he would go along ana ‘win a lot of games, But finally they ‘began hitting him. And there was 'nothing more to it. Carl couldn’t win. 'The same ball that had shut out the ‘enemy now resulted in large scares. It wasn’t that Lundgren had gone l back, for 1 don’t believe that he had.

and it was announced to all the circuit' that Annis -owned one-half the club, but that-Wheeler would be compelled to buy or sell at the close of the 1910 season. It s now again reported, or alleged, ’and this time from Ft. Wayne, that ’ Annis, Grant and Wheeler are parties to a syndicate which plans to run the lCentra’l league, "exchange players as: desired and do various other things not consistent with straight baseball and barred by the rules of the Central. Evers’ Last Year With Cubs. - It is said that this will be Johnny Evers' last year with the Cubs.- When -he signed in 1909 for two years it was with the understanding that he would be released at the end of the season. Evers aspires to the leadership of one of the league teams. : N N N N NN NN NN NI NSNS NINT N NSNS NSNS NSNS NINTNTNINS

But the game changed and Carl didn't change with it. “Jack Taylor went the same way. When he quit he still had that same roundhouse curve. It was just as big as it ever was and Jack pitched with just as much speed. His control was never better. You watch him work out before the game and you would say, ‘He’s there to-day. “The bombardment began as soon as he got on the slab. Jack hadn’t | changed. That was the trouble. But the .game had: For years the batters ‘had been studying him. They finally got wise.”, l-CUB PITCHER ONCE IN UNCLE SAM’S ARTILLERY Alfred James Carson is the only member of the Cub recruits who has served under the flag. He put in three years in the artillery in California and when he received his honorable discharge he ranked as master gunner. He acts'like a soldier and is as brave under fire on the diamond as he would

; USE 20,000 BALLS A YEAR. ‘ Twenty thousand balls are used annually by the major. league clubs during the training trips and championship cam- ~ paigns. John A. Heym\er. gec-retary-treasurer of the National league, reports that last year the teams in his organization ‘called on the manufacturers to ‘furnish them with 800 dozen spheres. The Cincinnati Reds . used the most balls, and then came the Pittsburg Pirates, the ( Chicago Cubs, the New York E Giants, the Phillies, the Boston ( Doves, the Brooklyn Superbas E and the -St. Louis Cardinals. ¢ Each ball costs: probably 80 E cents. The price of the spheres ( varies from year to year. E ) 1 ( NV YV YVY Y VY VY Y Y VY YV VY Y Y VYV

OVERALL SAYS WAGNER IS BETTER THAN CGBB “Baseball fans in many towns have approached me asking for information as to the relative hitting abilities of Ty Cobb and Hans Wagner,” says “Big Jeff” Overall, pitcher of the Cubs, in a signed story in a Chicago paner. “Having pitched against Cobb in the world's series of 1907 and 1908, when the Cubs scored two titular triumphs, I feel in a_position to discuss the batting prowess of the Detroit star. Wagner, being ‘a leading member of our league, I have had numerous chances to study his method, if he has any, of hitting. .Of the two stars 1 figute Wagner to be the more dangerous. “*The Flying Dutchman’ is by long odds the most formidable batsman the baseball world has ever khown. The pitcher opposing Honus has just as much chance by whizzing the ball down the groove as by trying a curve. Wagner will hit anything, any place on the lot and with tremendous driving power. Then he is a.source of great worry to the pitcher gfter reaching base. ‘ “Take Cobb on the other hand. The Tiger whirlwind is lamentably weak on a low curve ball, next to his knees, but not over the plate. He usually chops at that offering. At least he did in the four games I pitched against Detrolt@ in 1907 and 1908. Cardinals Release Two Men. . The St. Louis club has released two recruits—Second Baseman Truesdale to Sioux City and Second Baseman James Corridon to Keokuk.

| be In' military evolutions and knows but one thing when ordered by his superior officer—to obey. Carson has won the hearts of Presi- | dent Murphy,” Manager Chance, and his mates, so that when he was home- | sick for California’and his home awhile |ago he was shown every respect and escaped the chaffing that such a condition of mind usually brings down upon the young player. ‘ Upon laying aside his blue uniform Carson received an offer to’put on the uniform of the Tacoma club of the Northwest league. He accepted and thus began his professional career. That was two years ago. Then he was purchased by the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league and thence to the Cubs. : Carson is married and owns proplerty in San Diego. He saves every cent he can and sends it all home. He is an extremely likable fellow and should he fail to make good this year as a major leaguer he and his friends will have the satisfaction of knowing that he tried his hardest and did his best. No one can do more. ’

Two Sabbath - Incidents Sunday School Lessca for May 1, 1910 Specially Arranged for This 4Pa;:er

LESSON TEXT.—Matthew 12:1-14. Memory verses, 11, 12 ' ' ’ 0 GOLDEN TEXT.—"I will have mercy, and not sacrifive.”—Matt..l2:7. - S TIME. —Earily summer of A. D. 2% Mark and Luke place the event earlier thar} Matthew's grouping would indicate. ) PLLACE. —Some field and synagogue in Galilee; probably in- Ciiber«n:mm.“ § e Suggestion and Practical Thought. A Work of Necessity.—-Va, 1-8. The Cause of Criticism (v. 3 What act of the disciples seemed to defy the law of the Sabbath? **Can you not imagine that quiet Sabhath afternoen walk. through the ripening corn-fields!. The sun is-declining in the ywestern sky, there is not a cloud i‘vthe blue heavens, the breath of wind ‘stirs the wheat-field now white with harvest. To-morrow busy reapers will be here with the sickle, to begin the great work of the year—the cutting and carrving ofy the grain.. Then the heayy ‘ears and the light ears, the scarlet. poppy and the blue-bottle. and the purple corn-cockle will be mown down together. As Jesus and the twelve walk through the corn-fields they are hungry, and they pluck the ripe ears, rub them in their harnds, blow away the light husk, and eat the hard brown-yellow grains that remain in their palms.”—Rev. 8. Baring-Gould. The Charge (v. 2). What was it in the act that the ~Pharisers, spyving upon them, objected to? Not taking the grain or eating it, but the manual work involved. " Reaping ‘and threshing were properly forbidden .on the Sabbath, and the Pharisees insisted that plucking grain with the hands was a kind of reaping, ‘and rubbing the husk off was a kind of threshing! C. The Fourfold Reply ivs. 3-S). Our Lord's answer te the Pharisees’ charge is especially interesting be. canse of its variety. - .

" First Reply, the Example of David (vs. 3. 4), who,. when fleeing from Saul, persuaded- - Ahinrelech the priest to feed him and his hungry followers with the twelve symbolic: loaves of bread kept on the golden table in the Holy Place of the tabernacle to =ignify that God was the provider of the people’s food. . . S Morecover, this was done on the Sab bath, the day when the loaves were changed (see Inductive Study 2). and no one but the priests was allowed 16 eat that sacred food. Thus Jesus “met them first on. their own ground; because life is more than law, even according to rabbis.”"—*“lan Maclaren.” It was an illustration of the far greater importance of human need than any ceremonial requirement or outward form, however sacred. “Perhaps there may be just a hint in the double. Have ye not read? that they could not produce Scripture for their

prohibition, as he would do for the liberty which he allowed. The first illustration is perhaps chosen with some reference to the parallel between himself, the true King, now unrecog: nized and hvnted with his humble followers, and the fugitive outlaw with his band.”—-Alexander Maclaren; D.D.

Second Reply, the Example of the Priests (vs. 5,6), for whom the Sabbath is the busiest day of the week: But no one blames them, but rather alf men praise "them',‘ because they are serving God's holy temple: . Third Reply, the Law's Real Requirement (v. 7), ,which js mercy, and not sacrifice—a point upon which the prophets often insist. Joarth Reply, Christ's Authority (v. 8). Mark's dccount precedes these words with the mnotable utterance, “The Sabbath was made for man, and

ot man for the Sabbath.” "The Sabbath was not made to annoy mah, re. strict him, impoverish him, but to enrich him, free® him -from bondage to ;oil, bless him with the highest joys that God can bestow upon him. ' A Work of Merey.—Vs. 9-14. A. The Blessed Opportunity (vs. 9, 10). What is. the best test of correct Sabbath keeping? See whether it conforms tc Christ's example! Seven of his re ~orded miracles -were performed on ‘he Sabbath; among them, this of the withered hand. - What sad case won Clirist’'s sympathy? A mf@an which had his hand withered -—his right hand, the most useful one, as Luke -the physician carefully noted. . - Tradition says the man begged Christ to heal him, and Luke tells us that thes scribes and Pharisees were there watching him, as they. had dogged his steps through the wheatfield, —watching him furtively, the Greek implies. How was the cure performed? With a look of sorrow and indignation cast upon the = cold-hearted Pharisees (Mark), and with only a calm command to the cripple,” “Stretch forth *hine hand.” Perhaps only the I}nnd was withered, but probably the arm also was paralyzed, and if the man had stopped to think and reason, instead of promptly obeying, he would not have been healed. ‘‘And it -was restored whole.” The Unmerciful Pharisees (v. 14). What effect had the miracle -on_the Pharisers? They could bring no tharge against Christ, for he had done no work; he had merely spoken a quiet ‘sentence. Nor could they proceed against the cured .man, for he had only stretched out his hand. And vet their fanatical-spirits were more enraged by Christ’'s defiance of their absurd Sabbath restrictions tgan by anything else he evér did. They at once began to plot how they might destroy him. To such depths can a man’s selfish pride bring the.hu'man' heart! . S : s Christ Our Friend. 3 We no% only want one to be 'with us, and {eel with us in our hours of simple sorrow, we want one to he with us and aid us in our hours of temptation and conflict, weakness and defeat; to be near us, to uphold us, when fiesh and heart shall faint. and fail;. to be the strength of our hearts then, and afterward our portion foi'e\'er. In" all the universe there is but one such. Therefore to him, our own. loving, compassionate Almighiy Saviour, let us cling. : o i ~ All that is human must retrogrsidel if it does not advance.—Ecdward Gibbon:

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