The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-13
SPORTING NEWS.
Terry McGOyern Has a Brand
New Automobile.
Takes Sam Harris Out for Ride
in Speed Car.
SEVERAL ADVENTURES.
Little Fighter Enjoys the Ter
rOr of His Manager.
Scrape Trolley Cars and Miss
Women by an Inch.
ADVENTURES.

New York Oct. 1s.-Terry McGovern
has an automobile.
In an unguarded moment Sam Harris
accepted an invitation to take ride
In it.
Last night was the date and
But let Harris tell the story.
Harris is good at description. partic-
ularly when he thinks he has had the
wost of it, and is, generally, truthful
withaI.
Il was standing in front of Tom
O'Rourke's soda fountain" said Harris,
when l heard an Internal clatter
across the street Something all wheels
and lamps tore around the corner and
came to a sudden stop where L stood.
Hello, SAINT sung out Terry. Jump
in and have ride. This is my new
machine
4 wouldn't have known him. but for
his voice. He had a long, leather ben
jamin on and cap that came to ms
shoulders. A pair of goggles, big
enough for horse. covered MS face.
1T was an automobile all right. That
1 knew, but of what particular brand
was a mystery to me. L don't really
than Con Coghlan does about fight
ing.
I hesitated. 1 remember my dear
old father once telling me that ne who
hesitates is lost I've always taken
his advice, but that time he was gated
wrong.
4 wish now 1 had been hesitating
yet. But on the second invitation 1
fell.
Terry put me in the front seat This
was kind and unselfsh, of course. only
1t had this disadvantage: 1 had my
back to where L was geing.
Pm not as game, perhaps. as Terry,
but l like to see what is coming to me.
This turning your back on the posi-
bilities requires more courage than 1
care for
Talk about rubbering, I nearly I'M
screwed my neck trying to see when
my finish came.
Terry swung the thing-he calls it
The Jolt and it couldn't be better
named-around a. corner on two wheels.
I almost acquired spinal meningitis
keeping myself on board.
Hold fast, old mani yelled Terry,
with one of those idiotic grins your best
pal spreads over his face when your
Iife's in danger.
7 chung desperately to the seat, as
Terry Strengthened up The Jolt and
took yard of paint off a, trolley car.
An old lady was ~bewildeFingly wonder
ing how she would. get across Broad
way. Terry quieted her nerves with an
unearthly screech from his tooter and
linen MISSED HeI DN HAIL dn 1IiCD.
up to this time L hadn't breath
enough to think coherently, but I pull
ed myself together and suggested
sandwich.
Terry made another crazy come-to,
but I managed to stick.
Now, my boy, I said when the
sandwich man put up the glasses, 1
like auto riding. I dote on it. I'd rather
take a spin in The Jolt than see you
win back the championship. but-here
T eli tho
riding at night. In the daytime. yes.
But when the shadows of eve dull the
landscape. me for the freside and slip
pers.'
You amt scared. are your asked
Terry.
Terry always was direct. Metaphor
and the rounded beauties of deduction
never did appeal to him. And when he
accused me of cowardice he wounded
my feelings.
No, I'm not scared said. I've
been training too long with you for
that, but
oh. come on he broke in. I'll go
slow
e Then I'll sit facing the music de-
But I have to run the machine
g Nevertheless, I look the way we're
going
let's toss for it,
You're on
Il won.
when we got outside the machine
was making the most horrible noise L
ever heard. There was a crowd of kids
around it, and they were making re-
marks.
Can't you choke it off?' 1 asked.
Terry said the blazuzus was too full
of gazazas, but it would be all right
when we got under way.
He pulled a lot of levers and things,
but there was something wrong. The
Jolt wouldn't even move. knew those
two bits I'd given to a Salvation las
sic would bring me luck.
Wen have to warm her up said
Terry Get out and give her a push
IT don't know how much that thing
weighed, but if you'd seen your Uncle
Sammy toting it over the asphalt while
Terry sat on the throne and did things
to the levers, you'd have wondered why
wasn't in the BOBBY barn.
g Let's get her on HILL said Terry.
Then she'll run all right.
1--WE got her on a side street with a
down grade toward the Hudson river.
She started then. After rolling a block,
she began to go. OF course, you've
never fallen off a ten-story house. but
if you had you'd have some idea of the
speed with which we were tearing down
that hill.
!" Stop herr I yelled. What do you
think you're doing2'
" I can't said Terry. She won't let
me-
THAT two-bit piece must have been
plugged. I could see US when we
struck the river-and I can't swim. 1t
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