Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 13, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 June 1910 — Page 3

MY HATED RIVAL . g 'AND A LAME HORSE } By C. C. HAHN

- 1 had feft the lady of my heart at’ her -hou in a little village in the northernf part of the state while I came to f'he city to make my fortune. In the fneantime, however, Marian Phillips jwas true, and life would have run alo g very peacefully had it not been forja lated rival. He had money, while [ 'as, as yet, a rhere clerk. And there w ; s no one in the little up-coun-try towyl to say a word in my defense except @§ne person, her Uncle Tom. - At lepgth there came a heartrending lettbr from Marian in which she toid mej of dire persecution-to compel bher to [marry my rival, and closing with anl expression of fear that there was & jcenspiracy on foot to kidnap her—on some pretext or other to get her ovdr into Canada, where she could be conpealed from me, - ol did not give much thought to the latter- fpossibility, but the fact that Marianf was afraid was enough for me ang I started back home - -the-next. day. ¥ likewise took along a wedding sult 3 At Hronxton we reached the end of our jogrney by rail; from which place an oldifashioned stage line perpetuated its-franchise by means of an open spring wagon with threé seats. In the waiting room of the station, I met tyo fellow travelers whom I had seen pn the train but had not recognizéd, Years had passed since I had mjet Mr. and Mrs. Giles, the respectdd uncle and aunt of my hated rival. | The revelation of their identity: filled fne with undefined fears. What was the object of -their journey back from fMassachusetts to the old home at this most suspicious occasion? Th@ years which had changed the featufes of this sworthy couple had brought greater changes in my own &: . ~ ) S , B & NS }//\ﬁ: - \J Ly & Y : 7 L?’*W = NS NESPZNA <N i : Oy e 7o | T . it A i 2 X il \‘u{ . | | 1L {ll 5L S R T | 2 s’) | | L...1.ﬂl g . e “} Started Back Home the Next Day.” J : face. Thankful that they did not recognize me, and unwilling to reveal myself at that time, I gave my name as James Lacey, of Springfield, when we negotiated for seats with the stage driver. A breakdown near a small town created a diversion in the monotony of the trip, and, walking on to the village, which was only a mile away. .1 hired a two-seated sleigh. and inviting Mr. and Mrs. Giles to accompany me, wé renewed our journey. Again' Fate seemed to have it Jaid up for. me. We had gone no more than half a dozen miles when one of the horses went dead lame, and we barely 'reached‘ a halfway house by night. The driver assured us the team would be all right by morning. Half an hour later, I saw a team standing in front of the tavern—a ‘team so exactly like the one behind which we had labored for half a day, that I ran out to ask our driver what he meant by hitching up again. Rushing around to the barn I -found the driver in conversation with a long, loose-hung young man with a feeble jaw and hay-colored hair, dressed in his Sunday best. ' - “All right, Hank,” I heard the driver say, and with an involuntary start I stﬁpeq\back into the shadows. Hank Cqllins was my hated rival, and this was he! : 2

“Be ‘sure and rub my team down well, Pat,” my rival was saying.- “I've got to get back to Elmdale tonight. ‘Came over to hire Johnson's twoseated sleigh. Just got news that I will have to run over into Canada.” “A man doesn’'t need a two-seated sleigh to do that!” : “He. does in my business,” was the, to me, suspicious reply.” _ “There are others going with me and 1 know a fellow down state that would give his head to know about it. I'd like to see his face when he finds out we have turned the trick without him.” -

. Could anything be more conclusive? Marian’s fears were well founded. I had arrived in the nick of time to save her. ‘A shiver passed through me. In an Instant I saw the whole plot. g

I began to reason. Either Hank Collins must not get to the old home tonight or I must get there before him: But how? Then the thought of how his spirited team exactly matched my owu lame and tired one flashed through my mind and my plens were laid in an instant. “Pat,” 1 sald, after the driver had returned with Hank’s team and stabled it. “Have you had your supper?” “Nary a bit.” *Go and get it as soon as you have rubbed down the team. And—here's 'ss for saying nothing—-" L “Sure I can do that easy.” “I must get on to Elmdale tonight, ‘The lady and gentleman who were with-'me will come in the morning. Say nothing about it, but after you get your supper come. out ‘and hitch up for me.” 2 5

“But that lame horse!” “The hour’s rest will make him all right!” He mumbled a little, but the $6 bill was a wonderful argument. ~ As soon as he was gone 1 changed

"the location of those two teams, so that the lame horse was in Hank's stall and his fresh team standing where Pat had left my own weary one. This job safely accomplished, I went in to my own .supper, recalling as I .stepped inside the house that, in a moment’ of forgetfulness, I had signed my true name, Mark Hathaway, on the:register, anid there’ was my hated rival standing at the desk reading the list of guests. . Whatever scheme might be on foot, I soon noticed that the nephew was making a successful attempt to avoid frhe uncle, who clung persistently to | my side.- At length, however, we corim‘»red one another at the hall ‘eni trance, and to my amazement the i;yonng«:r man was embarrassed at j‘n‘ie-vting his relative. : A ‘“You lrere?” was his only greeting i as- Uncle: Silas ‘grabbed him by the f hand and hastened to introduce me as i‘"Mr. James Lacey, of Springfield.” i “Mr. James Lacey, of Springfield,” repeated Hank, open-mouthed in astonishment., *“Why, I thought——" “lI am glad to learn,” I hastily broke in, “that vou have been able to arrange -your trip to Canada.” -Hank shot a gleam of hate at me ag his uncle exclaimed: - e “Going to Canada? You don't mean to say——"" : I withdrew, and 15 minutes later Pat and-1 were on our way to Elmdale, conscious that if Hank followed he would have an_all-night job with a lame horse. Before midnight I had i told the whole story to Uncle Tom, )and‘» early in the morning we drove over to Marian's. Hank was not there, but his father gv."ns, and he glared at me in’ such a i belligerent manrer that I immediately ’mnk Marian in my arms and kissed her. “Young man,” he -said, spreading a | plous mask .over his face, “do you jx!':r-;u{ to say - -that you have come up | here to take this innocent girl away % from her home and friends and marry |'her against their wishes?” | 4T certainly intend to marry her,” 1 replied, 7 i /¢oOh, Marian, Bfarign? continued, Pa Collins; ohlittle Marian, who has t}bnon in my Sunday schoo!l class and { grown up under my eye, kin vou, I ask, kin yon so far forget yourself as to marry this man?” k * “lI certainly can and will,” came firmly from “little Marian.” “Then,” spoke up Uncle Tom, “the laws of the country having been complied -with, I as clerk of the county of i Wodster certify that you are man and wife.” ; They — are — man — and — wife!” asked Pa Collins. b ! “I am glad to hear you pronounce | them sO,” Uncle Tom flashed back before any one else gould speak. ““That was all that could possibiy be necessary to make the marriage regular. Valid it was, anyway.” | “What do you mean?’ demanded iboth‘ of Marian’s parents in one ! breath. P £ ! _“What do I mean? I mean just i this: That Mr. gollins being a’ jusitice of the peace, having asked each l[ one of these young folks if they would have each other, and both answering ‘ves,” he has pronounced them man and wife, and 1 as clerk of the county court will be obliged to make out a certificate for them to that effect.” - “That’s sO,” Pa Collins ejaculated, sinking back under the weight of the blow.. “But' I never thought of it." What more might have been saild ‘or done 'no .one can conjecture, for just then there was a jingling of sleigh bells and Uncle and Aunt. Giles burst into the room. ‘ " “Do you know what that scoundrel of a son of yours has done?” Uncle Giles cried, shaking his fist in Pa Collins’ face. “I sent him $5,000 to invest in the Canadian Mufiler company, with .a written agreement that if he should ever wish to sell out he would '- notify me so that I could protect myself. Last week he made a fraudulent assignment without mentioning me as - a creditor, and today he was to have gone to Canada with the three men he assigned to, where the assets were to be turned over, and I would have lost my money. But Providence was on the side of right, for by mistake he got a lame horse out c¢f Johnson's livery stable, : : . “So it was Hank’s horse that got mixed up with yours?” asked Uncle Tom, with a twinkle in his eye. | “It was.” “Then Providence was good to us all around, for I own half the shares in the Canadian muffler business, and Marian’s wedding portion would have been considerably r%duced if you hadn’t managed to make the exchange,. . Sister, shake hands with your new son.”

The Brighter Side.

One of the easiest things in the world is to form the habit of grumbling. . The occasional discontent at one's lot soon develops into chronic pessimism, a state of mind that sheds gloom around and completely over shadows the natural brightness of every normal, healthy veing. There’s an old saying that puts the matter in a nutshell: “If you can't have what you like, like what you have.” Try to see the good that may lie far beneath the surface of your lot, but in the effort to unearth it there will be developed a greater strength to withstand the harder knocks of the world. 2

The grumbler is a very unwelcome person. . He is in a constant state of displeasure with everything in general and with himself in particular; it is a reputation that few of us envy or covet, and one that if care be not used in the daily attitude toward life, will grow upon us until we are the slaves of a disagreeable habit. .

At Present Prices.

“Pa, what is an optimist?” _ “An optimist, my son, is a man who says, ‘Well, I don’t like becf, anp how.’* :

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Island of New Guinea are known as the Papuans, a race which is found in its purest g ‘and most typical sform in the northwestern portion of the island, but which spreads west to ‘the Island of Flores and eastward to the Fiji islands. Since the beginning of the sixteenth century, when Europeans first discovered New Guinea, lits inhabitants. have been known by the above name, which is said to be derived from the Malayan papuwa or puwah-puwah, meaning “woolly-haired.” Professor - Keane says the Papuan is “one of the most strikingly distinct types of mankind,” and though the natives in southern and eastern New Guinea differ widely not only from the type, but also among themselves in many ways, the typical individual exhibits such marked characteristics, both mentally and physically, that he forms an extraordinary contrast with the Malays on the one hand and with the Australians and brown Polynesians on the other. like all others, the natives of New Guinea have no doubt, intermingled with these surrounding peoples, and Malays have settled in some parts of the island and Australians and Polynesians in others. :

The typical Papuan is taller than the average European and strongly built, with large hands and feet, but his legs are thin and weak, and he is usually “spur-heeled.” The color of the skin varies in tint from deep choeolate to nearly black. The most important characteristic of the face is the nose, which is large and prominent, and through the septum is thrust a nose-bar, usually made of shell, bone or wood. The hair, which is frizzly, dry and stiff, is usually worn in an enormous mop, to the training of which much time and attention is devoted. Sometimes it is arranged in tassels' round the head, and various 6ther fashions are occasionally adopted. It is frequently decorated, especially on festal occasions, with bright-ly-colored flowers of the hibiscus and with plumes of birds of paradise, and. among the purer race one of the most characteristic decorations -is a long comb made of split bamboo and ornamented with feathers of parrots, ete., which projects above the forehead for a foot or more. Necklaces of shells, teeth and bones, as well as bracelets, armlets and anklets, are much worn;: also arm-bands of grass, which serve as pockets, in which small articles can be tucked away. The breast and arms are often decorated with raised scars, and the face and body are fre: quently ~painted with red, yellow, white and black. Unlike the Malay, the Papuan is described as impulsive and demonstrative in speech, his nature is joyous and open, his emotions and passions finding expressions in cries, laughter and boisterous gestures. Both men.and women in parts of the northern coast go about entirely -naked, but usually the former wear a small breech-cloth of bark and the latter a short petticoat of woven grass. Their houses are generally buflt on piles, and, as in Borneo, are often communal and of very large size, many families occupying one building, which may vary in length from 500 to 700 feet. There are also club-houses, where’ gatherings take place on festal occasions. The remarkable houses built in high trees and known as ‘“dobbos” seem to be peculiar to British New Guinea, and are, apparently, chiefly used in time of danger.

~ The natives of Papua are, as a rule, indifferent seamen, and as a race may be described as agrictilturists, their chief crops being sweet ‘potatoes, yams, bananas and sugar-cane. Their domestic animals are pigs, dogs and towls, all of which are eaten, as well

Curiasities of Smell.

. “No substance that refuses to dissolve in water has an odor,” says a writer. “For it is the actual substance itself, floating in particles in the air, that appeals to the nose, and not simply a vibration of the air, as in the case of light and sound. The damper a thing is the more powerful the odor it gives off. A pleasant proof of the fact can be had by walking in a garden after rain.

“There is no end to the curiosities of smell. It is, for instance, the vapor of a liquid that smells and not the liquid in the mass itself. ' If eau de cologne be poured into the nostril the nose refuses to recognize apy odor there at all.- )

“It is not in the nostril that the sense¢ of smell lies, but in the upper third of the nose. There the red lining of tre nostril changes into brown and b:comes much more sensitive.”

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as various wild animals, reptiles, fish, mollusks and insects. Cannibalism; though not umiversal, prevails in a great many ‘districts. The native girls make great pets of the young pigs, and, like “Alice in Wonderland,” may be' seen carrying them about in their arms and caressing them! The bow and arrow and the club are the weapons ,most commonly used, while spears‘, tipped with hardened bamboo or bone, and knives and axes made of jade, are met with and highly prized by collectors of ethnological objects. As a people their artistic skill is very considerable. . This is shown in their wooden images, designed as earthly habitations for the ghosts of the departed, likewise in the carved headrests and figure-heads of praus, which are generally execduted with iron tools. Their religion consists mainly of saint-worship, and-their feasts, which are held on such occasions as marriages - and burials, are celebrated with singing and dancing. Chiefs are

m}kni;wn, each community of people Hving by itself, and in a state of perpetual warfare with its neighbors, having a dilferent dialect, facts which have rendered European administration extremely, difficult. ;

Kingfishers, parrots and plgeons of most brilliant plumage are very numerously represented in New Guinea, and in their way are almost as striking and remarkable as the birds of paradise. Among the birds of .prey the most remarkable known species is the harpy-goshgwk (Harpyopsis), which is, perhaps, most nearly allied to the great monkey-eating eagle (Pithecophaga) of the Philippines and to the harpy-eagles of America. There is probably also another very large eagle which up to the present!time has not been obtalned. Cassowaries, brush-turkeys and megapodes ure well represented, and among the smalil birds we have sun-birds, flower-peck-ers, honey-eaters and fly-catchers, as well as many more too numerous ta mention, a large number belonging to peculiar genera and species. It is difficult to forecast what new species of birds may yet be forthcoming, but we may safely. assume that many novelties will be obtained. The same may be said about the reptiles, in which the fauna of New Guinea is particularly rich. The chelonians, or tortoises, and turtles are the most interesting group from the mingling of Asfatic, American and Australian types, and for the discovery in the Fly river, some 25 years ago, of a huge fresh-water turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), which proves to be the type of a distinct family. More recently, a snapping-turtle, allied to Chelydra, has been found in the same river and described 'as Devisia mythodes. The family Chelydridae, or family snapping-turtles, is otherwise confined to North and tropical America. The lizards are essential oriental; a Wallace’s line does not exist for these reptiles. The genera are, most widely distributed, but allusion may be made to the curious scincoid, Tribolonotus, with {its large spiny bony shields, and to the remarkable crested Agamas, Gonyocephalus, Tree ‘monitors '(Varanus~),v green or black, are also characteristic of the Papuan fauna. Snakes are represented by members of the boa and python groups, harmless colubrids, poisonous colubrids—allied to the cobras and very similar to their Australian allies—highly poisonous ' colubrids—forming the great bulk of the Australian snake-fauna—and burrowing blind snakes (Typhlops). Bateathians belong to the familles of true frogs (Ranidae), tree frogs (Hylidae) and toad-frogs (Engystomatidae). -

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Mark Twain’s Name.

The truth about his selection of the name Mark Twain has, I think, appeared in print before, but nine out of every ten times it is stated falsely, and has so been published since his death. He did not adopt the pen nams directly from his experience on the river. On this occasion he said: ; “There was a man, Capt. Isaiah Sellers, who furnished river news for the New Orleans Picayune, still one of the best papers in the south. He used to sign his articles Mark Twain. He died in 1863—11 liked the name, and stole it. I think I have done him no wrong, for I seem to have made this name some what generally known.”’—Prof. W. L. Philips, in the Independent, New York.

Didn’t Get the Earth.

Hyker—Hello, old chap! Allow e to cougratulate you.

Pyker—Congratulate me! What forg Hyker—Why, it is reported that you have reecntly inherited a landed es. tate.

. Pyker—Well, the report i ground less, I'm sorry to say.

. | Make Batters Hit |: Bad Ones, Says | “Doc” White White Sox Southpaw Declares Pitching : e e e By “DOC" WHITE, (Copyright, 1910, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Winning games, from the standpoint of a pitcher, consists in making batters hit bad balls, ot balls so pitched that it is impossible for the batter to get his full strength behind the swing of his bat. z Perhaps the worst mistake a pitcher makes s in trying to strike out batters, and scores of games are lost each season by this alone, Control, of course, is the vital element in pitching, for no pitcher can hope for much success unless he can pitch the ball close to where he wants it to go. After securing control he is quite as badly off if he does not know wlere to pitch the ball. 1 strive always to keep on equal terms with the batter; that is, to pitch the ball over for strikes often

enough to keep “out of the hole,” for when a- pitcher is compelled to pitch straight balls, and the batter knows

he is compelled to put it over, the batter has the( pitcher almost at his mercy. Of course a pitcher must study each batter separately, and not only know what the man can do, but what he is likely to do under existing circumstances. Some batters hit well when nothing depends upon it, others are dangerous only when the situation is critical. The pitcher must judge the condition of the batters as to excitement or nervousness., A nervous or excitable batter can, when the situation is desperate, be made to hit almost any bad ball that {s pitched, and frequently a pitcher can save himself by making such bat-

e S ) - \ S CaßiTale . L NG @ A R R B ¢ A L S G T R i T L T e i - o ; w e RO f o R Gi S S [ e, e W") ERY o .., . TNy W R e o d . e O « X X 9 -':_..;A %)) . “Doc" White. ters hitvﬂ'y balls, provided the pitcher can vkeep ccol and keep thinking all the while. : Young pitchers ought to study pitching to the corners of the plate, - for such pitching wins. Modern pitching is, I think, more a psychological study than a physical exercise, and curves and speed, while necessary, are not the chief elements in success. The real science of modern pitching lies in “mixing them up” and never pitching twice alike to the same batter. 1 have a theory that much of the study of batters is wasted study. Some pitchers put it down as a hard and fast rule that a certain batter cannot hit a certain kind of a ball. Then they pitch that kind steadily. Soon the batter's weakness is cured and he hits hard. Mixing them up and keeping the batter guessing all the time whgt is coming pays much better. No batter can hit hard and consistently on mixed-up pitching, for he always is off balance when he hits. -

I try to get batters to hit balls when they are not prepared, and sometimes is seems to me they are not as successful in.hitting balls pitched exactly where they like best to hit them than on other kinds. They are not expecting the ball to be pitched there, and are tempted into hitting late. Pitching, however, is chiefly the study of batters. No one can tell 8 young pitcher how he should pitch. He can learn the curves, but the rest he must have naturally, or work out by hard study and practise. ‘May Get Back to Majors. Two pitchers who made a failure of their stay with the National last season are very apt to be found in fast company next year. They are Tom Hughes and Jesse Tannehill, both of whom are pitching :as well in the Amerlcan association for Joe Cantilion as they ever did in their careers. Clubs which are weak in pitchers will not hesitate to give these veterans another chance if they show good form all season, for they stand a better chance of coming back than some of the youngsters do of making good in fast company.

Wedding Bells for Cole.

“H{” Cole, as he was known in the Southern Michigan league, or “King” Cole, the Chicago National league pitcher, and Miss Ada Seder were married at Bay City, Mich., recently. The wedding was the culmination of a romance which began when Cole was pitching for the Bay City team last year. i ;

Channell Suffers Broken Leg.

Lester Channell of the Highlandcrs and a former Cub, broke his right leg just above the ankle sliding into third base in a game against the Browns. It will be at least two months before he will be able to play again.

JACK FLYNN MAKES GOOD IN PITTSBURG |S- ¥ | : )_;;’f L %’? | | g b v i } ” E) A TR B A o JACK FLYNN. ’

AGAIN Fred - Clarke's judgment of baseball players has been sustained. He needed a first baseman to take the place of Abstein, whose usefulness he said had vanished. He looked around, drafted two or three men and tried them out in the spring training. It wasn't long until he selected Jack Flynn, obtained from St. Paul, to hold down the first sack. Flynn has been doing it to the quesn's taste. The former captain of the St. Paul bunch not only covefs first and the territory that goes with the initial corner, but he is “some punkins” with the stick. :

Flynn did most everything but pitch on the St. Paul team. He may have done that, but there’s no record of it in the dope books. First base, however, was his proper “spot, but he was shifted from that position to others to fool the scouts for the big league teams. Cldrke heard about him and suspected that St. Paul was covering Flynn up, so he just grabbed him without sending a man out to see him play. ) Flynn has strengthened the team, of this there’s no doubt. ‘Abstein, whom Clarke released, has not ‘done well with the St. Louis Browns, which shows that Clarke knew what he was doing when he cut the German off the Pittsburg pay roll.

When Hughie Jennings took his cage of tigers into Philadelphia and turned them loose at Shibe park they spolled the Athletics’ chances of equaling the world’s record for number of games won successively. Connie Mack’s bunch had annexed 13 straight ,when the Detroit team reached the Quaker city. They were playing like a house afire and wanted to win seven more to tie the record. Of course they would liked to have had eight and beat the merk.

. But the wily Jennings had a different idea and when his Tigers were through with the first game the Mackmen had suffered the worst defeat of the year for them. Detroit only made 12 hits “Nuff ced.”

- When Providence was in the National league in 1884 the team won 20 straight games, which still stands as the record for big leagues. They won the league championship, Lancaster, in the Atlantic league in 1897, won 21 consecutive games, which is the minor league record as well as the record for all organized ball. e While Philadelphia was piling up victories the St. Louls Browns were doing about as well with defeats. Out of 25 games played the' St. Louis bunch, under: the leadership of Jack O’Connor, lost 20, won four and tied one. The losses weren't in consecutive order, however, so the Browns had a little consolation. Back in 1899 in the American dssociation race the Louisviile club lost 26 straight games before they won. You might not believe.it in these days of Wagner, Chance, -Leach, Adams and Gibson, but in 1890 the Pittsburg team went without a victory for 23 games. In 1906 the Boston American league team lost 20 straight. - The first year Detroit won the American league championship, the team started off with more than a dozen losses. So it might be well to suspend judgment for a while to see just how this thing is coming out. One thing is certain, theré’'s going to be an awful hot race in both big leagues, and it will be “dog eat dog” right up to the finish. While we’re talking about it, we might point to that battle for first honors between St. Paul and Minneapolis in the American association. They ‘say the Twin City bugs are actually maniacs. Can you blame them?

When the Athletics captyred the 1902 championship, the club’s infield was Davis, Murphy, Monte Cross and Lave Cross. Davis is the only one left. Boston won the next two years with Lachance, Ferris, Collins and Parent. Lachance is gone, Parent is a White Sox; Hobe Ferris and Collins are minor leaguers. In 1905 the z}thletjcs again won with the same infield as in 1902. ' The White Sox were the 1906 winners, with Donahue, Isbell, Davis, Tannehill and Rohe. ' These have all passed out but Tannehill, who is but a substitute on the Sox aggregation. The 1907-08 Tiger infield was composed of Rossman, Schaefer, ()’Leary and Coughlin. All have gone. Tom Jones has Rossman’s place, Jim Delehanty has replaced Schaefer, Coughlin has given way to Moriarity and Owen Bush ousted O’Leary out of the shortstop position.

The open season for newspaper men is here. Two leagues have named the limits to which the pencil-pusher may go without risking his neck, for the Three “I” league has barred staff photographers from the diamond and the Northern association has taken out a

copyright on its schedule. If Al Tearney, budding minor leagiue president, can’t wear bells, he'll stay at home. Al got all riled up when Tom- Lypch beat him to the idea of keeping staff photogs from interfering ' with the progress of the national pastime, but he didn’t let Lynch's scoop deter himfrom his noble purpose. Al issued a pronunciamento to his faithful staff of umps and among the first instructions is a short but forcible sentence barring picture makers from the -immediate scene of conflict. President Burton of the Northern association sprung something new on his circuit when he took Uncle Sam into his confidence in schedule-making. As the games are copyrighted with “all rights reserved,” what will happen to the harassed correspondent when he gives out the score without permission? ' The death of Patrick Gillespie at his home in Carbondale, Pa., recalls ‘the days when this once famous outfielder of the New York Gianis was idolized by the baseball enthusiasts of Gothanm. Columns have been written in the New York newspapers, ‘telling -of the.exploits of this-celebrated star player of the Giants who in the 80's was the hero of the Polo grounds, and whose wonderful batting won the pennant for New York in 1888. On that occasicn Mr. Gillespie was borne triumphantly from the flield on the shoulders of his enthusiastic admirers. The fame of his work on the diamond was nationwide in those days, and no player was in greater demand while he .was in the zenith of his powers. After his day declined as a star player, he retired from the game altogether.- Heé had many témpting offers. from . minor leagues, and could have secured a good salary with them, but he would never condescend to play .in them:. Having achieved glory as a star, he scorned to become a satellite, and retired to his home in Carbondale, where he went to work in the mines. He will bé remembered as one of the great baseball players of the country,

“The Giants should win the National league pennant,” says Sam Crane. “McGraw has the best pitching- staff. Mathewson should be-able to win: 25 games this season, Raymond 20, Wiltse 15, Ames 15, Marquard 15, Drucke 10 and Crandall 10. That makes a totg]l of 110—the exact number of games it took the Pirates to win the National league championship last year.” Yes, but what will Pittsburg and Chicago.be doing all that time? Certainly not losing four straight to the St. Louis Cardinals.

They are ralsing a big stir in the South Atlantic league because of the “no-farming” rule. This year it is agamst the rules of the league to use a player who is not the absolute property of the club with which he is identified. Under such a system it 4s impossible for a team to secure aid from a club in another league.

Grant, ‘Magee and Bransfield of the Phillies pulled off the second triple steal ever seen at Cincinnati. Grant saw that Rowan was wasting a lot of time winding up and made a daring dash for home. He beat Rowan’s throw and, of course, the other two Quakers moved up a base each. ;

Tyrus Cobb doesn’t hit in the east as he does in the west. The ‘great and only” struck out twice at New York in one game and did not hit the ball outside the diamond in three other attempts. - s

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