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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09

certainly worthy OF a position on any
map" said Lorry gallantly, and bis lis
teners applauded with patriotic appre-
citation. "By the way, Mr.. Gug-Gug-
genslocker, you say the conductor
asked you for my name, and you did
not know it. May ask how you
learned it later onY' His curiosity got
the better of him. and his courage was
increased by the champagne the old
gentleman had ordered.
81 did not know your name until my
niece told it to me after your arrival
In the carriage" said Uncle Caspar.
81 don't remember giving it to Miss
Guggenslocker at any time" said Lor-
"You were not my informant" she
said demurely.
"Surely you did not guess it."
"Oh, no, indeed. I am no mind read
err"
"My own name was the last thing
you could have read in my mind In that
event for have not thought Of 1t In
three days."
She was sitting with her elbows on
the table. her chin In her hands, Q
dreamy look in her blue eyes.
"You say you obtained that coin
from the porter on the Denver train?"
"Within two hours after got
aboard"
"Well, that coin purchased your
name for me-" she said calmly, candid
ly. He gasped.
"You-you don't mean that YOU he
stammered.
"You see, Mr.. Lorry, I wanted to
know the name of a man who came
nearest my ideal Of what 1n American
should be. AS soon as I saw you l
knew that you were the American as
/ had grown to know him through the
books-big. strong, bold and ccmely.
That is why bought your name of the
porter. l shall always say that I know
the name of an ideal American-Gren-
fall Lorry."
Her frank statement staggered him
almost beyond the power Of recovery.
T-I am honored." he at last man
aged to say, his eyes cleaning with
embarrassment. II trust you have not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09
CHAPTER Nv.
THE INVITATION EXTENDED.

THE INVITATION EXTENDED.
"HEY were called by the porter
early the next morning. The
train was pulling into Wash
ington five hours late. Grenfall
wondered as he dressed whether for
tune would permit him to see much OF
her during her brief day In the capital.
After the train had come to stand
still he could hear the rustic Of her gar
ments in the next compartment. Then
he heard her sweep into the passage,
greet her uncle and aunt, utter few
commands to the maid, and, while he
was adjusting his collar and neck1e.
pass from the car. No man ever made
quicker time in dressing than did Lor-
ry.
"She'll get away. and that III be the
end of It," he growled, seizing his traps
and rushing from the train two mill
utes after her departure. The porter
ATTEMPTED to relieve him of his bags
OH the platform. but he brushed him
aside and was off toward the station.
"Nice time for you to call man, you
idiot" was bis parting shot for the por-
ter, forgetting Of course that the for
eigners had been called a. the same
time. With eyes intent on the crowd
ahead. he plunged along, seeing nobody
in his disappointed fight "rll never
forgive myself If miss her." he was
wailing to himself She was not to be
seen in the waiting rooms, so he rushed
to the sidewalk.
Baggage transferredW
"Cab, sir"
"Go to the devil-yes, here! Take
these traps and checks and rush my
stuff to - W avenue. Trunks just
in on e. and o." he cried, tossing his
burdens to transfer man and giving
him the checks so quickly that the fel-
lows sleepy eyes opened wider than
they had been for q month. Relieved
of his impediments, he returned to the
station.
Good morning, Mr.. Lorry. Are you
in too much of hurry to see your
friends?" cried clear, musical voice,
and he stopped as If shot. The anxious
| frown few from his brow and was sue
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09
EnaIish Names as Pronounced.

Abergavenny Is pronounced as II
spelled Abergenny.
Beauchamp is pronounced as II
spelled Beecham.
Bolingbroke is pronounced as II
spelled Ballingbrook.
Brougham Is pronounced as If
spelled Broom.
Bulwer Is pronounced as II
spelled Butler.
Cholmondeley is pronounced as If
spelled Chumley.
Cirencester is pronounced as If
spelled Sissister.
Cockburn is pronounced as II
spelled Coburn.
Colquhoun Is pronounced as II
spelled Cohon.
Cowper Is pronounced as If spelled
Cooper.
Grosvenor is pronounced as If SPELL
ed Grovenor. =,
Hawarden is pronounced as If SPELL
ed Hardin.
Holburn is pronounced as If spell
ed Hobun.
Knollys is pronounced as If spelled
Knowles
Leicester is pronounced as II spelled
Lester.
Majoribank is pronounced as If SPELL
ed Marcebank.
Marylebone is pronounced as II SPELL
ed observation-disclosures.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09

found your first judgment a faulty
one" He felt very foolish after this fat
remark.
81 have remembered your name" she
said graciously. His heart swelled.
"There are great many better Amer
leans than l." he said. "You forget our
president and our statesmen"
II thought they were mere politi-
Clans"
Grenfall Lorry. idealized, retired to
his berth that night. his head whirling
with the emotions inspired by this
strange. beautiful woman. How lovely.
how charming, how naive. how queen
ly. how Indifferent. how warm, how
cold-how everything that puzzled him
was she. His last waking thought was:
"Guggenslocker! An angel with a
name like that!'
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

as ladies' days and savcral tournaments
will be gwen during the summer for
women. The opening, too. which will be
at the time of the club first tournament,
is to be made a social event.
Ten or twelve Of the members are show
ing up in excellent form and the club in
tends to hold a series of tournaments in
the club n with other city clubs and ten
mis- -aggregations. These will all be played
on the club grounds and will add to the
interest among its members.
The Country club is also taking up tennis
much more than it ever did before and
every afternoon finds the men diligently
playing on the two courts there. These
courts are black dirt courts and, conse-
quently, not very fast, but with such men
as Fred Hamilton, George Pritchett, Ezra
Willard, s. S. Strickland and Frank Has
call ON the courts the Country club will
have a very strong representation in all
city tournaments. Some of these men
played in the interstate tournament last
summer and made an enviable record and
the others promise TO do equally as good
work this year.
The game has also found charms for the
gentler sex at the Country club and the
mornings are whiled away by many of the
women in tennis instead OF In playing golf.
The Young Mems Christian association
courts will hardly turn out at any time
a representative lot of players, but much
Of the enthusiasm and the new blood of the
years to come is being fostered on these
four courts, which give recreation and play
to 100 players. Most OF them are young
men and the training that they get hero
will make them work further into the game
and their graduation from these courts
will be only to a faster set Of courts and
into company thai will make them players
of the first class. Anyhow the interest
created here is we'll worth the courts with
out thinking of the pleasure and recreation
hat they also give to many young men,
who are working many hours daily over
desks and indoors and who need the light.
the air and the exercise more than their
luckier brothers. who become more pro-
icient in the game.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

with Knox. Tobin sent the hammer flying
through the air. and II didn't hit bottom
until Il had gone 10 feet Z inches. Ex-
Captain Brew, who used to lead the Me-
braakans on the foot ball field, had a
record when he was IN chool OF III feet.
In the mile run Lehmer won with States
q close second. The Knox man was lost
in the shufie. Wilson Of Knox won the
ioo-yard dash. Manning OF Nebraska won
the 210-yard dash, as well as A0-yard dash.
Benedict won the half mile. The sensation
OF the day was the half-mile relay race,
which started with four men on each side.
The bunch kept we'll together until the
last lap, when Manning and Wilson took
the lead. and then II was a n~eck-and-neck
race. The two men were the best athletes
of their respective schools, and when Man
ming crossed the tape a good margin
ahead. the Nebraska rooters cut loose and
cheered him to the echo. The Knox team
depended principally upon Wilson to win
points for them, and he certainly showed
himself a good athlete. This victory over
n IL the FIRST big thing the Nebraska
track team ever accomplished. In other
colleges more attention Is paid to track
work than by Nebraska heretofore, but
things look good for a better status of this
class of sport in the future. Benjamin Lee,
an aiumnus Of Chicago university, and who
has been connected with college athletics
all over the west. speaking of the situation
In Nebraska, compared with the sentiment
toward track athletics in other schools.
said; Tn Chicago university, people will
cut out a base ball game any day to see a
track meet. Track men are as notable
characters as foot bali heroes. and training
is carried on for track work with utmost
care" II is hoped that this may be said
for track athletics at Nebraska at some
not far distant time.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

The personnel of the teams in the league
has been practically decided upon and is as
follows:
l.. G. A. Orig~inals-Foley, first base;
Bradford, second base; Kennedy. short
stop; Waller, third base; Scully. left field;
Howe. center field; WEIGH. right field;
Saffelder, pitcher; McIlvaine, pitcher;
Welch, pitcher; o'Keefe, catcher; Creigh-
ton, catcher.
b. Jetters-Clarke, first base; Fletcher,
second base; Lynch, short stop; Cahill,
third base; Rawley, right field; f. Clark,
center field; Alderman. left field; Collier,
pitcher; McHale, pitcher; Sullivan, pitcher
Tonneman, catcher.
Easles-Moore, first base; Shugart, sec
ond base; Brewick, short stop; Sinclair
third base; Griffith, right field; Howarth,
center field; Duncan, left field; Matthews,
pitcher; Mosher, pitcher; Gordy, pitcher;
Strong. catcher; Shugart, catcher.
Crescents-Petersen first base; Hall, Sec
ond base; Weed, short stop; Lynch, third
base; Clute, right field; Casey, right field;
Rodman, center field; Ryan, left field; Ken
nedy; left field; Troby, pitcher, Crawford.
pitcher; Murray, pitcher; Carr, catcheri
Bowler, catcher, Tracey, catcher.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

four AZ that. None Of the rest Of the Tot
Is doing anything worthy Of mention. un-
lesa Il be the batting matinee Des Moines
held on Friday. when the Undertakers
tolted Kansas city's pitchers for twenty
safettea.
In the big leagues there is a very pretty
race Just now. The National has revived
memories OF "a when New York an Chi
oago fought ali the way around the course
for the lead McGraw's team sull has the
advantage OF playing on Its hons grounds.
while 9elee has played q majority OF his
contests on other diamonds than Chicago'a
II the Colts get an even break with the
Giants during the series which begins to-
morrow on the Polo grounds. Chicago will
return for a long home series veal IN the
lead OF the league. Once during the week
the Colts had the top place and for the
first time IN history two Chicago teams
were heading the professions. A post
poned game at Boston put New York back
In FIRST, but it's only an eyelash hold Mo-
Graw has on the position. Both teams are
playing magnificent ball and have the
others well strung out. Comiskey has taken
his White Stockings to the front and is
making the race in the American q hot one.
Detroit IL still hustling and so IL Cleve-
land, but Chicago holds on to the top POSI-
ton. Comiskey has had the advantage
OF a long home series. HIS team must now
take the road. and II may take a tumble,
too. Clark Grinith hasn't accomplished
any great things as yet with his New
York Americans and doesn't seem at all
likely to. So far as popularity goes. the
Gotham fans take to the McGraw crowd
and the patronage is something to make
Andy Goose Freedman's pockets bulge.
In Chicago. too, the leaning is toward the
National, now that the team is making
good. and the prospects are that Colonel
Hart will have to enlarge his park or
arrange to play to overflow crowds when
the team gets back home.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

At La Plata, Mo-, the other day Cole
Younger did something original, especially
for a Snowman and an ex-bandit. A patron
OF his wild west show told Younger that he
had been short changed out Of IS by an en-
ploye of the show. He pointed out the man
and Younger went to the employee and said:
Give this man his money back" what
money! asked the man, feigning surprise.
Did you near me?' returned Cole. "Give
this man his money" The employee COM
menced to explain. IT don't want any ex-
PLANTATION" said his employer; pass that
money over and pass it over quick" The
money was handed over and the dishonest
employee discharged then and there. Frank
James. who stood by, approved the action
OF his partner.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
QUAINT FEATURES OF LIFE.

Henry Crawford. a resident Of New Ro-
chelle. N. Y, boarded a train for New York
n took a seat in the rear car. He was
ordered by a brakeman to take the car
ahead, but as the door was open when he
entered he refused to move. The brakeman
tried to eject him, but was stopped by the
conductor. Mr.. Crawford complained to
the company, but got no satisfaction. Then
he sued for damages and has just compro-
missed for $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

But II isn't only the knockers who are
worried over the condition Of the Omaha
team. Even the most faithful OF the boost
ers are talking just now about the games.
and wondering II there IL going to be any
change. No one tries to locate the diff
Guilty, but a spirit of apathy seems to have
settled down on the members Of the team,
and not one OF them IL playing the ball he
is capable OF. Some hard luck exists In
having both Hickey and Gonding out of the
game thus early with badly injured arms.
but that doesn't account for Il all. Take
Wright for example. Last fall he came to
Omaha from Rock Island, and fairly set
the league on IRE with his playing. He
batted .s76 and fielded away above 20 per
cent. During the last week he hasn't made
a hit and has made an error in every
game; his errors are not all Of commission,
either, the most glazing and costly being
those Of omission. His work has been far
from the nap sort he IL capable OF.
Wright IL not the only offender In this d.
~rection. but Is referred to merely as an
example. Bobby Carter Is setting a fine
pace for the others at the bat. having an
average Of .342 for the season. None Of his
team mates approaches this. save shugart.
who has only been with Omaha since
Wednesday. II the others would only put
some Of his spice into their work the tale
would be much different. It is hardly
necessary to look farther for the cause. A
batting average for the team Of .90S, a frac-
ton OF one hit out OF every hve times up.
is in itself a volume. II the record of Car
ter and Shugart is omitted from the total.
the team batting average 30 far il .107. II
anything more is wanted. the following
tables will supply II:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

Because his wife had deserted him TWEEN
ty-three times Samuel Enders Of Joplin,
Mo, has filed suit against her for divorce.
In his petition Enders states that he has
been put to great Inconvenience and ex-
pense in prevailing upon his wife to return
to him after each of the other twenty-five
assertions and that patience has at last
ceased to be a virtue" He sets up that he
has been long suffering and kind, but that
he doesn't propose to stand 1t any longer
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

After having spent $4,000 in search OF his
boy and having passed fully twenty times
within the shadow OF the little tin shop in
which he stood tinkering away for nearly
two years, Martin Walls of York. Pa. is
overjoyed because his son George was
found. George left Spring Grove on octo-
Der p. 1901. He says he was drugged by
companions and he remained in a dazed
condition for a week. He Travelled as far
as Riverton and went to work for Jacob
Hunkle. He says he did not know his
father was looking for him until he read an
advertisement in a country newspaper.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

Dave Shannahan have been chosen for the
teams and Charles Banther of
Council Bluffs and Harry Kelley of South
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
.TRI-CITY LEAGUE AFFAIRS
Two Teams Dropped and Schedule
10 be Worked over for
Four Clubs.

After having arranged for a membership
of six teams in the Tri-City Base Ball
league a change has been effected whereby
the membership is reduced to four. The
Regents and the c. n. Dietz teams did not
come up entirely to the requirements of
the league, and so were dropped, leaving
the Lee-Glass-Andreesen Originals, the
Council Bluffs Eagles, the B. letters Of
South Omaha and the CresOents as the
members of the league. These four teams
nave all been together for hve years or
more, and during all OF which time they
have been among the strongest of any of
the local amateur mines and promise to be
even stronger this season than they nave
ever been before.
This change in the makeup of the league
has made It necessary to revise the seized
ule, and the managers of the teams are
now working on that and will have 1t pre-
pared by Monday night. The season Will
open, as originally planned for, on June g.,
and play on Saturdays and Sundays and
holidays from then until the first Sunday
In october. This will MAKE a very full
schedule and will give the different teams
a great opportunity to test their goodness
and should make the race for the pennant
very exciting.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
BASE BALL GOSSIP OF WEEK
Home Knockers Drive a Good Ball Player
from Omaha.
TEAMS SLUMP DUE TO WEAK HITTING
Only 1--WE Men In the BSneh
Able q Find IN rail-
with Anything Like
Regularity.

'Rah for the knockerl
He got one scalp last week, and II he
can only keep up his present gait he'n get
another. Ace Stewart couldn't stand for
the deal he was handed by the Home
Rooster club and IL now wearing a Peoria
uniform. In losing Stewart Omaha parted
with one Of the finest bali players that ever
wore a uniform. He was a capable fielder.
a fair hitter and a general Of the highest
ability. But above all, he was a gentle
man on the field and OF; he knew his au-
thority as field captain ana he knew his
rights. and insisted on having them, but he
was never known to stoop to w~rangling or
unseemly debate to secure fair treatment
for his team. What he lacked in "aggres-
siveness," as some of the fighters call their
rowdy tactics, he made up in irmness His
career in Omaha was a distinct success,
and his going a matter for sincere regret.
He leaves hero with the good wishes Of a
l~arge-body Of base ball patrons, who will
remember him as a careful, courteous,
painstaking ball player m one who IL a
credit to any team.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
AVERAGES.

Papa Bill Rourke says he is doing all he
can to get new men and that he proposes
TO strengthen the team II possible. h
he is in need of just now is a couple of
pitchers who can he relied on and a third
baseman who can hit a little and neld
with some certainty. Then get the rest
or the team geared up to the pitch OF last
season. and the outlook will be much
brighter. Every patron Of the game in
Omaha feels confidence in the ability of
the team to play ball. and every man who
has any interest in the game wants to see
this confidence redeemed. Knockers have
always existed here. and the best answer
TO the knockers Is TO win games. Just a
little ginger In the right place Is all that
Is needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

One of the most enthusiastic base ball
cranks in the country is a b!ind man, James
Judge of Minneapolis, a master steamhtter,
successful contractor and mechanical int
ventor of pronounced ability. He has been
totally sightless for forty years n never
saw a base ball game in his life, but he
never allows business to interfere when he
wishes to "see" a contest on the diamond.
Mr.. Judge is always accompanied by some
one who tells him OF the various plays
and he yells as loudly as anybody. even
shouting down in 'front.' when someone
obstructs the view of those who can see.
He is an inveterate smoker. too. thus dis
proving the oft-heard statement that one
must SEQ the smoke In order to enjoy a
cigar.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

In other respects the league race shows
little change. Old Bill Everttt and his
Money Burners still jog merrily along. pill
ing up victories as fast as they play games.
Bin has a stack now 30 high he can't see
over It. and can play his first trip away
from home on velvet and lose three out OF
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

With one parting look at the locomotive
he had run for so many years Jackson
Adams OF Pittsburg, Pa. probably the old
est engineer on the West Pennsylvania
road. dropped dead this afternoon. Adams
had been on the railroad for thirty years,
first as a fireman and then as an engineer.
He did not work today. but love for his
old engine could not keep him from the
r~oundhouse. He visited the place this aft
ernoon and was standing looking admir-
ingly at his engine when he suddenly reeled
forward on mis- face. When picked up It
was found that he was dead. Heart disease
is suppose to have caused his death
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

The original intention OF placing the
Crescents in Florence and of playing a por-
ton of the games there has been abandoned
as the people of Florence decided that any
team that should bear the town name and
receive the town patronage should be com
posed Of local players, and so the idea
was dropped Florence Is too anall a town
10 put a hrst-class team OF local talent in
the game that could make It interesting
for the others in the lague. and so the
refused the proposition inconti-
They say hat only teams h
can play bali are to be allowed member
ship, and that the games will be Of the
first order or not at all.
The games are 20 be played on the
grounds at Lake Manawa, Vinton Street
park and on the b. letters field at Twenty
eighth and w streets, in South Omaha.
While the ManaWa N Vinton street
grounds are used regularly by the Western
and Buck Keith's league, the games
will be played on them at times when the
eag teams are playing away from home,
There is also a strong probability that some
OF the games will be played at CORTLAND
Beach. The grounds there are not particu-
larry good, put an attempt will be made 10
put them in shape for playing and. IL Il
succeeds, some OF the games will undoubt
eddy be played there.
The umpires for the season have been
selected and they promise TO be both fair
and 0cod and ahould add greatly 10 ahe
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

The umpires for the season have been
selected and they promise to be both fair
and good and should add greatly to the
value Of the EAmsA Mood Hartley and
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

Captain Tobin. who recently broke the
hammer throw record of the Nebraska
field. raised his own record in the event