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MIDNIGHT RUN OF
, CYCLISTS ON NEW YEARS,

All local amateur cyclists and motor
cyclists are deeply Interested IN the
New Years midnight run OF the A. c.
&C. of n. Y, This event Is one OF the
best known OF bicycle and motorcycle
competitions, having been Instituted
twenty-five years ago, and the motor
cycle division having been run of for
the past Fix years, There nave been
many trophies offered 10 the successful
competitors in these events. In ord ~
10 prc.htbE any possibility OF unfair
pacing enroute To Nuukors aud I.rrE-
town the committee In charge arranged
with six Well-knoWn autumubilists Tor
the use Of their cars, which vii, be dis
Tribute on he various routes and
carefully watch the work OF the wheel
men ana mOtorcy CAsts, So that no team
work or club ASSISTANCE * given any
competitor. The same cars viii take
care OF any rider unfortunate enough 10
break down,
Wheelmen starr al l2Q A NJ. and
motoroyollSts at ~ 81 4. NJ. Jan. ! from
columbus Circle for Frhukforts Hotel
81 Nonksrs and Florence Hotel al Tar
yytoNn, Committee headquarters al No.
10 West Sixtieth street, New York ANY
emateur ~iheelman OF ElotoEcyGlst IL
hisibls 70 sompstA
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Manhattan and Brooklyn
Boys in Hot Athletic Duel

by the youngsters this side OF the
bridge. while the Brooklyn schools are
expected to win the baseball honors.
This Will tie things up. and the track
championship will be the deciding issue.
The champion team OF Manual Training
has lost It's three best men. CozEens ana
Sanford sprnters, have left school. and
Young Is running under the co!ors OF Eras.
mus Hal In Law. Sicily and Kelly the
Blue and Gold mas some good mlddIe-d stance
men. AoweyeG. and Il IA .NDecIed that I. good
team Wi. lie bult W.
st stuyyesant has never had an exceptional
IAck team, but the meet OF tAe Red ana
blte' 70 be held Jan. 10, is expected ~ bring
OUT some good material Crppen me
hPrHtd 10 about TIE c!aksiest man ON
Goach AaTstOn's force, While Huuicr ana
work. 1OOU
4 valuable addition. to the Commerce
swimming team Is Brown. formerly Of
Eon1ha,a Freq.aratoFy mad nov a f'N''1, a.
any ana hundred yard daAnes lie "a "a
CAPABLE fooihat payer anu 40 expo a.. -
make regular position "a the JrluE, and
Blue eleven next fall. Brown PLAYED p7lard
on the FuTihaiu Prep. team
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that only the real. genuine, s!mol.pure
athletes will survive.
The six men We're suspended at
meeting held at the West Side Branch
OF the Y. NJ. C. A. The chief ground
for the suspensions, us given out by
Messrs. Obertubessing and Warner ap-
pears somewhat vague. Their state
ment follows:
In view OF the published statements
in the Press and sun OF Dec. q, the
Registration Committee desires 10 state
that they have not been negligent, but
have been diligentlf pursuing a course
of inquiry, with the result that they
feel that several athletes have been
receiving money beyond what are
termed legitimate expenses. They nave
decided to ask the New York newspa-
pers TO cooperate with the committee,
as there must be some good foundation
for the two articles written, and the
committee would appreciate names
times, places and amounts demanded
and amounts received. And as they,
the committee have the petver 10 sus-
pend upon any kind OF evidence such
as the newspaper articles. the commit
tee suspends Mel Sheppard, Jimmy
Lee. Harry Porter. Charles Bacon.
George Bonhag and Fred Bellars,"
II is presumed that the committee has
some information TO back the alleged
articles. 1t IS uncomfortable that they
would put a stigma on SIX athletes
merely on the strength of published
story.
Charge Exorbitant Prices
Were the men suspended on the
strength OF the newspaper stories?'
Mir. Opertubessing was asked.
We'll. yes. they We're" he said; but
we have a letter from the seventy
fourth Regiment, OF Buffalo. which
shows that the men. barring Lee who
tant expenses for that meet on Dec, L. 4"
Why did the men fan 20 appear, here
and get hearing?" he was asked.
them 10 make an itsmized sEqtemen:.
evasive and some did not reply at all"
Attention may be called here TO the
duced the uprising 1t was impossible
for some of the accused men to reply In
time, Bonhag and Bacon were the only
accused athletes present at the meet
After his hearing Bonhag SAID he had
10 get special sanction. IN order 10
give a nfty-dollar prize When he ar.
thy had fa,ld 10 apply for II
An order was made on a New York
frm for prize. but before accepting II
he consulted Mr.. Obertubessing, who
turned him away abruptly. He then
interviewed President James r. Sulli-
van. The latter advised him to write
10 the regiment, asking them to coun-
Bonhag claims he did
Bacon Did Not Testify.
IT did not get an opportunity to tes-
tify," said Bacon.
That the committee Is hot on the trail
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Matty Baldwin Fights
lem Drisc0H 10-Niqht

mind about drawing the color>7ine and fight
Ing him, sam LangfoTd the coored fighter
OF Boston, has guaranteed to stop Eetchel
in roun isen, and. furthermore allow Ke,Chel
10 name his own terms for the bout. II the
men should meet the chances are that Lang
ford would be the favor!te in the betting, as
the Frisco sports think he Is q wonder.
Herman Moss. matchmaker Of the South
srn A. c.. OF New orleans, has wired Freddie
Welsh. the English lightweight. an offer OF
81 Ooo with the privilege OF accepting rs
per cant Of the gross receipts, 10 meat
young CorOett' In twenty -fye-round bat
tie at show TO be held by his club on
WashinEton's Birthday afternoon Welsh viii
probably decline the onsr, as he has been
day IN California.
Miah Murray. manager OF tho Armory
A. A.. OF Boston. tried to clinch a match he.
tween Joe Jennings and Jack Blackburn. n.
coored fighters TO take place a week from
morrow on the Adriatil he was compsiisd 70
turn down the offer. Jeannette Ia signed up
for six battles in Paris, for which he ia ~
receive more money than he could get by
lighting In this country.
Abe Attell will pick up some more easy
weight, for ten rounds at the Southern A Z,
class with tho little champion IL would not
be a surprise II Abe put him away In few
rounds. Attell intends to engage In few
rghts in the Quaker city after this bout and
then return 70 California,
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Richard r. Carman, the wealthy horse
owner is IN trouble again with his trainer.
This time ~ Is with Not Do7ley. who has had
charge OF tie Csrmuu string since they were
shipped 90 the Santa Anita course Dooley
L. suing cIrnau iog $4,000 on al assault
charge FTuwluE out Of d mlX-up between
rl. IU,u uf Tie stable last week when,
I,uoIey rslue lr was knocked down by Car
nan ana severely beaten.
Pennsylvania Is IA rho lead IN the TRAN
guar college Chess League. which opened
.ts tenth uuu#aI tournament az The rooms OF
fh- la.r I..HH club yesterday. In the
games paved t,nusyINarla Won INu, Brown
one. HUIr cornell, last years champion,
sailed 60 even yet 4 dru"n game TO their
credit,
Tom Lougbuat, the Marathon runner, was
married o. Toronto las' nirh' t1 Miss l,aNt
rftA NlE4.tH. -uEghuut ads married az a
Christian. having succeeded lu satisfying the
church a-'Lnp.lrs that his conversion last
week was genuine.
Charlie Comiskey. owner OF the Chicago
White So1, has yuecssdsd In purohAlinK
sIsSsIS a. Thlris -afih street ana WsaissTtk
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1t is not unlikely that the action Of
the committee will bring about the or
ganization OF a professional league.
The pro" spirit Is In the air. and it is
well known that certain promoters
have recently felt the pulse OF many
athletic stars with more or less prom
Using results.
II the charges on which the men were
suspended are proven true, II is obvious
that they will be forced 10 seek laurels
in the pro ranks. 1t is understood
that the A. A. U. has started out on
general housekeeping expedition. and
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of the professional bee was made evil
dent in the following statement: The
Registration Committee have been in
formed that professional trainers and
coachers have been demanding appear
ance money from athletic clubs and
p p, S of men of their team Tie
committee will not countenance this,
and warns any athlete VINO allows him
self to be hired out FOR any such pur-
pose that he will be promptly declared
professional"
Sheppard is to compete in a meet in
Pittsburg tonight. Unless he receives
official notification OF his suspension. he
can enter the games.
In Lees case, he was suspended on
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COMBINE AGAINST
JOHNSON BY WESTERN
FIGHTING PEOPLE.
Especial to Tho Evening worl1.)

Especial to Tho Evening WorlG.)
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. go
What has all the earmarks Of q
combine against Jack Johnson has
been entered into by the fighters
and promoters n this section. The
object Is to refuse to fight John
son until he returns to America,
and then keep him on the waiting
list so long that he will be willing
to let white men dictate tho terms
of match.
OF course, no written compact ex-
TITS to this effect, but there is a
"gentlemen's agreement" equally
binding. Billy Delaney, Al Kauf-
mann's manager, appears to be one
Of the leaders. with Jeffries and
tho other fight promoters in line.
Barry intimates he will fight John
son, but 1t Is predicted he will
swing into line.
1t is an open secret here that
johnson will have to fight in
America, probably in California,
and his opponent will dictate the
terms.
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suspicion Of having received money for
connecting
TIN athletes We're SUSPENDED for COM
petlns in the unsanctioned road race at
lnhkers on Christmas Day Following
are the men under the ban: c. Apple
T TntG, Il, ISirydio. J. slndhouse, j.
us, +. Russell. ]. Lidon and y. Seho
Appleyard Is the only athlete of i'm
p1r. ance' He sports the colors OF the
NM,erCtry A. C. and is n well-known
Harry Porter and Mel Sheppard were
among a number OF New York athletes
VINO lett last night for Pttsbu-g. where
they expected TO compete in the West
ern championships to-day. OF course
as the suspension was given Immediate
, erect Sheppard and Porter will no, be
moved 10 compete in the Smoky CITY.
others in the party. hut who are NOT
under suspension. are Martin sheridan,
ciau&e A Ailil,,n"' Body clo"shen and
What Sullivan Says.
James L. sullivan. President OF the
A. a. L.. said:
The committee erred when it sus-
printed in newspapers and on which n"
hearing was had. While the committee
mas the power to act on any kind OF
evidence, l DO not consider anonymous
reports OF much value unless charges
are oihcia!y made before the A. A. l..
some Time ago We heard that eX-
cessiVe expenses We're being charged bs.
some athletes An investigation was
started; We found that many expense
blIS We're In excess of those permitted
by the A. A. L. We then thought it
was time to call halt, as such meth.
DDS had caused the downfall of amateur
boxing bouts and We didn't propose To-
| meet with the same fate. And I think
every man who has the good OF athletics
spect. ''S
Every athlete will get a square deal
Each man will be called before the
National Committee and receive a fair
and impartial trial. If not proved
standing.
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COLE DEFEATS ROBINSON
IN VICIOUS BATTLE.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec %, - George
Cole. won a hard-fought six-round bout
from Jack Robinson, of Chicago, in the
wnd-up at the West End A. C. last
night in the presence OF big house
In the opening round hardly a blow
was struck. The men warmed up TO
their work in the second round. Robin
'son having the better OF the session by
a big margin.
After the second round there was
nothing to 1t but Cole. the latter max
ing Robinson cover up both IN the ex.
changes and clinches.
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SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP

avenue for u new bail park, which viii be
the largest In the country when It Is thrown
open a. the comgme99oemsnt OF he 1910 sea y. y.
nearer downtown Chicago than the Old park,
covers an entire city square, being loo feet
In length and 800 feet In width, making II
the largest held in the country. The price
was $3.50 900 for the land alone.
Robert Harrington. nfty-two-pound lad,
brought home 30 10 winner when he sent
En- and I'm across the line at Oakland after
putting up a splendid rido on the horse.
Harrington IL about the lignteBt lad running
In the country at the present time,
Walter Miller. who leads the Jockeys at
the oakland track, has drawn a three day
suspension for lie ride on Darlington the
other day lie crOsed the track Ia front
Of Garg uautla and prevented that horse
from winning th0 race,
n, s. Morton. chairman OF the Composition
Committee Of the Federation OF Amsri-
can M99.oreye.i.ts, has anRoaHesa that ne
and faIryt0wn, scheduled to. sts1 ~ is'6i
a N, Jan, l, has not and will not b sane
toned ~ The Committee, and that 81 motor
syeiisL s0nSstinE vii es susDsEaAx ~ Saas.
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Lightweights to Meet in Fiji
teen-Round Bout Before
Boston Club.
BY John POLLOCK.

A MOTHER important fght between
n little fellows will be decided in
L \ the ring OF the Armory A A. OF
Boston. tonight. The nghters who VIII
clash In 1t are Jem Driscol. tho lesiu-
mate English feather-weight champion
and Matty Baldwin. one of the best
ughtweghis ever produced In New
England, and the bout Is scheduled to
90 fifteen rounds. This WIN be the
second time they have battled, Driscoll
having outponted Baldwin in six
round bout at the Fairmont A. c.. OF
the Bronx few months ago. Both are
IA excellent shepe for the contest, and
are confident of winning. The victor
vill be matched TO meet Abe Autell, the
feather weight champion.
Tony Ross, III. Italian .iheayyy,yeight OF
he night heavyweight, OF Cambridge, Mass.
Who Mere 10 have fought at Rochester y, y
on Dee II, but the police would not allow
The contest TO take place, VIII most likely
clash in a ten-round bout before the Sew
castle pa A. c. tie second week In Jan
rGTv Both are anxious to get together, and
Narchmaker Jimmy Dime has decided TO put
them on.
with the hope OF getting Stanley Ketchel,
the middle-welght champion. 10 change his
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BOXING STAG TONIGHT.

The Dry Dock A. G. will hold its resu-
lar weekly boxing stag in it's clubhouse
on East Tenth street. near Avenue G
tonight. In the main bout the nr,n-
clpals will be Young Otto" OF this
city, and Joe Sieger. OF Denver, Col.
IheE VIII battle for six rounds at CATCH
Me!shts, No interference is expected
from the police, as the club has a per-
manent Injunction. Five other bouts
VIII precede the star attraction
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TWO MORE WORLD RECORDS
FOR SANTA ANITA TRACK.

Two new records were established at
the Santa ANITA track yesterday Cha-
pltepec ran SIX furlongs IN u, chip
made hy Elmbus at the Empire CIV
track on Aug Is last, while LADY Irua
ran hve ana one-Aalf furouEs in Los a..
beating the record ~ Fern L.. mad.
earlier iu tao season a. Seattle, Dy one
ffth o. second
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a THOUGH basketball holds the
IN nnntra nf The schnla site stara az

A THOUGH basketball holds the
"A centre OF the scholastic stage at
4 \ present. the high school track
athletes are also busy practising for
The indoor championships TO be held
Jan. Is. The track honors will in all
Probability decide whether the Man
haitian or Brooklyn schoolboys will be
supreme in athletics this year, Up to
date Poly. Prep, las won the football
champ! onship, Manual the soccer and
Commerce the cross-country honOrs,
giving Brooklyn two championships TO
Manhattan's one Basketball and the
rife championship will probably be held
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Former College Pitcher Did
Not Figure in Distribution
of Championship Money.
BY BOZEMAN BULGER.

- EVERAL bali players were out
with a noise last fall lamenting
~ the fact that while they were
members Of the Cubs they did not get
a slice OF the championship prize
money, but the man who was stung the
hardest said nothing until yesterday.
Andy Oakley, who won two games for
the Cubs. and, incidentally, that was
enough 10 win the championship. acct
dentally let 1t be known that lie was
handed the shells"
Coakey was bought from Cincinnati
for the sole purpose Of bolstering up
the slipping Cubs. and he made good.
When i came time to divide the prize
money the players did not allow Andy
one farthing, and Charlie Murphy al
lowed the same amount. OF course,
Murphy didn't have 10, as there is a
law In the league now which prevents
owners from giving a share OF their
money TO the players.
Be that as II may, nobody came to the
rescus Of the former college pitcher.
and ne W IS left high and dry. Coax
ley. by the way. has always been in a
peculiar position as regards the Giants.
are his best friends, and still on TWO
occasions he has been depended upon
TO beat tnem out of the championship.
He was the mainstay OF the Athletics
when they played for tho worlds cham
p!onship, and last year he was called
10 the rescue OF the Cubs. No,with-
standing those facts he plays billiards
with McGraw every afternoon and
spends his winters in New York.
Sammy Strang has been engaged TO
coach the West Point baseball club
next spring, AL the arrangements
were made yesterday, and Sammy Will
report a, the Academy in February.
May be you aid not know II, but sammy
used to be soldier himself He STOOD
the examination during the Spanish
war, and was appointed a lieutenant IN
one OF the Tennessee regiments. sammy
has always had a warm spot IN his
heart for the army, and 10 tickled 10
death with his new job.
While talking to one of the Cadet
pitchers yesterday, Sammy asked HIM
which he mad rather pitch, the spit
ball or the SpaldlEg ball.
"DUn't know as II makes much diff
ference" replied The youus pitcher, so
long as I've got control"
Sammy SAYS he thinks that young
man has the night idea, and VIII be
ono Of his stars.
The ball players who ara wintering IN
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CHAMPIONS SUFFER
SUSPENSION BY A. A.U.
AT SECRET MEETING
Sheppard, Bonhag, Porter, Bellars,
Bacon and Lee Put Under
Ban by Registration
Committee.


| put a stigma six o leading athletes
Sheppard George Harry
nfnrese thu final
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Sammy Strans 10 Coach the
West Point Team for
1909 Season.

heard nothing that would warrant him
in turning loose this erratic and spec
tacu!G- infielGer. He says II he can
get sonnet airs good re will make a
trade. i ou can be: on il. though"
he said, that I viii not let Elbcrfeid
go without getting a good player In
return
Charley Atherton appears TO have
the baseball billiard tournament sewed
up. Mattv says that the other players
gave McGraw a good beating yester-
day Notwithstanding the fact that he
PLAYED Mac" 100 ~ S. All the fans
in town We're on hand 10 See the Giant
manager get It.
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ST. NICHOLAS SEVEN
EASY FOR HARVARD

easy picking for the Harvard seven
last night IN two periods OF thrty-nye
minutes each, Harvard won BY score
OF 70 I and outclassed their opponents
~ al STAGE q the gsma-
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COAKLEY GOT NOTHING FOR
HELPING CUBS WIN EENINANT

New York are very much concerned
about Roger Bresnahan. The former
Giant catcher is laid up in bed with a
near attack Of pneumonia. He caught
severe cold while in Little Rock, Ark,
making arrangements Tor training
ground for the st. Louis Cardinals IS.
The latest reports from Toledo say he
is some better, and It is hoped that in
another week he will be able 10 go to
- Louis. They are making an awful
fuss over Roger out a. St, Louis, The
papers are calling him the Moses
who is expected 10 lead the Cardinals
out of the wilderness. We all hope ne
makes good.
Now that Chase is a very probable
member of the H!ghlanders. the Hin
top stock has gone up, and Stall!nss
rnlnks he has tAe markings OF first
class team Farrell is In comunica-
ton with Chase, and It is believed that
everything can be arranged for his
return to New Yor's. The only sad
part about this arrangement Is that
Morarny Will 60 to Detroit.
There is some talk OF Elherfeld going
TO Chicago. but as yet StaIl!nGs has
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many a battle-the dying effort OF
q gladiator has oft slain a wouid-oe con-
r queror. Tom Sharkey was falling uhueF
: Kid McCoy's merciless rain of blows
c when the Sailor swung over the knock
out.
S-URNS says Johnson was firing. Per-
haps he was. One thing is certain,
- the American fight fans will
gather in force when the pictures arrive.
They will tell the story.
willing to fight again. Can beat
HIM" wires Tommy. Well. some day
johnson may give Burns another
chance 1t is not likely. however. that
. the two will meet again in the near
future. Johnson will go out now along
odhe golden path OF fame. He will never
equal Burnss record as a money maker.
g in all the history of the fighting game
no man has ever even tied Tommy in
" the art OF gathering gold. He is worth
close to a quarter of million.
OF There is a pathetic side to the defeat
OF Burns. In some quiet spot in far-off
SAustralia, thousands OF miles away from
his relatives and friends, he Is probably
nursing his bruises to-day, his invalid
wife at his side. Alone, almost forgot
ten, the, Australians iauding his CON
queror his full purse is his only con-
efsolation. 1t was Tommys intention to
quit the ring in case he defeated John
son. He had given his promise to his
wife. With all his glory shattered, and
a defeat AT the hands OF a negro blot
ting his record, Tommy is probably do
Ing some tall thinking. He is too much
OF fighter TO retire with defeat.
ef<kK TOT for a Million" said Jertr4es
e. ~ when asked if he would return
ey to the ring and meet johnson.
a Promoter Mcintosh, OF Australia, could
well afford to offer $4,000 for that match.
Many Americans would journey TO Aus
tralia to see it. Ana JeffTies would win.
After Jeffries knocked out Jim Corbett
I'm ten rounds Corbett said to me;
You cannot hurt him. During al my
ttrsining ii practsed a one-two punch on
I a heavy sandbag. l knew II was my
only hope. Well. l finally got II in. The
left sent Jeffs head back and my right
crashed In on the point of his chin. !
never landed a harder blow. But he
only shook his head and came after me.
| 1t was no use trying"
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strated that he was Ganss master And perhaps ne wou nave "0
Cans down At Co5feI if the battle had continued to real finish
THIS first word from Burns 0onnSonS seeo so INK pony
- son ,e doh he saws willing and eager to fight
on unfortunate that the were not permitted to night TO
finish The accounts Of battle however all agree that burns was
outfought from beginning But Tommy was game 10 'e ' any
battle stopped one punch mas won
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COLONIAL t 1%ss; " yo,1 hss: 4 G..
HAT. Daily. Zoo. lNoy-llus, l'hat auart.t, 80. as
Al HAMBRA M s.%s + R Asi Studies @s
'~p''"S' Jessie Preston, Ruyb
Mat. Daily, zoe. Allen, Exposition Z. others
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with the hope OF getting Stanley KetcheL
the middle-we ght champion, 20 change his
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The ball players who ara wtntertng IN
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-26

now call the United States as the heri-
tage of the church The thirteen col.
onies were settled by strong and stur-
dy Christian men.
Our forefathers at first thought
the western boundry line was at the
summit of the Alleghenies. But they
pushed on until at last the great wat
ers of the Mississippi was discovered.
They thought this was the extent of
the western world but the sturdy men
pushed on again until now the broad
waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific
protect us on the east and the west.
Great men have been at the head of
the nation in the past and there will
be great men at the head of the nation
in the future. We have many things
today that we should be grateful for.
There are many things that we can
praise Him for. The Psalms say, Let
him.
"W should offer gratitude because
we are a nation of peace. We should
rejoice this day in this service because
we have been highly favored during
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