Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-07-20

growing tired of the strenuous work
of training and racing and absolutely
refusing to trot.
Herman c. Hirschy. the profession.
al trapshooter we'll known to Mon.
tana sportsmen because of several
trips through this state, recently made
PA straight breaks at the traps in
Minneapolis, establishing new ground
record. The previous ground record
was also held by Hirschy, and was
1T. In another recent effort he broke
1879 out of 200. The first hundred was
straight.
| In Chicago recently we'll known
clergyman of that village delivered a
eulogy on baseball which made up the
major portion of his evening sermon.
and was very well received by his
congregation. "Base ball is an in
tellectual developer" said Rev. C. ].
Sage. pastor of the Park Ridge Con-
sregational church. mo fool can play
it and win. You must keep your wits
about you and think. At any moment
the situation may change entirely, and
the player should be quick as a flash
to grasp his opportunity and act. It
is pretty work. The game does not
end on the diamond. It's benefit is
lasting. Playing ball keeps a man
from the low forms of vice by provid-
ing an outlet for his surplus vital
force. 1t teaches selfcontrol. for the
player must keep his temper to win
1t develops courage and staying quail
tiles. If you lose your nerve you lose
the game. Some of you expected,
perhaps, to hear me roast Sunday
base ball. I do not defend it, but it
is no worse than other Sunday amuse-
ments. If engage in the pursuit of
pleasure On that day what right have
I to complain of ball playing? Church
es that break the Sabbath day by
charging admission to entertainments
on that day cannot we'll object to base
ball games for profit on the same day,
The game teaches tolerance"
Not even excepting the $1,000
Watercress, no horse is held at Elmen-
dorf with the esteem Salvador is re-
garded. Even on his shortest visits
Haggin always pays his respects to
Salvador by visiting the famous horses
stall or paddock. The Suburban win
ner of 1890 won the Haggin colors,
$12O,1 more than any other horse
ever did. and, though in the stud, he
has never reproduced his matchless
self, he is still the king of Elmendorf.
Salvador is as active today at service
at 20 years of age as when he first
entered the stud at 5 years of age.
1t WuZ dis way. A mug come out
wild a fancy bag all stripes an big
checks an hands de bag to a little
kiddo wot de calls de caddy. Den he
lakes a club out Nv the bag an takes
a little wife ball an puts it up on de
top NV lump of sand. Den, swift.
an hully gee. de ball wuz tree hun
dred feet in de air an goin' seventy
miles hour fer kingdom come. "A
good drive says me friend. Sure"
says I, II calls dat a fine ascension.
Wen does it come DOWN. Den de
odder guy he does de same stunt an
sends de ball four hundred feet in de
sky an knocks out two stars an
lands somewheres widin' ten feet NV
de next hole. l thinks "Chee dis is
all to de good, desc guys are de heavy
hitters." But wait. Dey gets near
to little spot dey calls a green an
den dey begins to send out little
bunts tryin to land in a hole about
a inch across. gets sore. "Swipe
de ball." I yells, 81 wants ter see a
home rum" But nay! nay! Pauline!
dis wuz buntin' game an dey give
me de laugh. Finally one guy gets
de ball in de hole; "Holed out in
four" says de score keeper. "Wot?"
says uio 10 OC nAoI ou uO
runs yet?" But dey puts de balls on
little knob of sand an biff off dey
goes again. Troo de winders Nv heav-
in an you could hear 'em rebound
from de pearly gates. Den dey'd bunt
little more an OATS de game. Just
chasin dem dinky little balls over
twenty miles NV grass an tings.
Wen dey gets troo we all has a
high ball an dey talks about stymes
an hazards an bogies an twenty cd
der tings till | goes dippy. Dat may
be a great game, but | wants some
hing cXcitin'.
Why say, afterwards 1 goes out
wild croquet mallet an knocks one
NV dem balls over tree tousan' yards.
Dis drive ting amt so much after all.
Philadelphia, July 19.-Sam Berger,
the California amateur heavyweight, !
tonight gave Philadelphia Jack o.
Brien the hardest six-round battle of
his career. Notwithstanding that
O'Brien continuously sent his left to