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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02
RUNNING THE ekNTLET.
An indian incident In indiana's Pic,
neer DAYS.


David johnson, one OF the early set
tiers OF Indiana. was noted hunter
and at one time was with hunting
party OF which John Severns was a
member. On that occasion the early
settlement OF the state was discussed.
Mr.. Severns. having been there SO
many years before any other white
man. was accepted as authority ON all
such subjects. In the Pioneer His.
tory OF Indiana" Colonel w. NJ. Coce.
rum gives one OF MIR. SevernS' stories
as repeated 10y Mr.. Johnson.
Mr.. Severns said that in the fall OF
1898 he was with half doZcn of hls
Indian ueighbors. hunting. aud that ht
stayed all night at an Indian village
During the night two white prisoners
were brought I'm. aud preparations
were made for their trial and death
First two lines were formed facing
each other. ana the two men were
compelled TO run the gauntlet between
the lines. \ point some hundred
yards beyond the lines OF the gantlet
was designated as the place that was
10 be reached TO save their lives.
out % tue inou was OF lnluOle age,
but frail; the other was strong, ath-
letic young fellow. The lines were
made up OF more than 100 Indians.
mostly sq'laws and boys. with enough
active men to keep the prisoners from
getting away. The young man was
the first TO make the race He got
through the lane and to the life sta
ton without being much hurt.
The older man before he started
held up his hands and offered prayer
70 God for aid. then commenced the
race. which was not more than half
completed before he was Knocked
down by heavy club In the hands
of squaw and was set upon by the
horde of squnws and boys and beaten
TO death
As soon as hc was knocked down the
young man. who was several hundred
feet away. ran like deer aud jumped
into the throng Of Indians aud tried 10
save his friends life. but was soon
overpowercd and dragged away.
For this brave act the chief of the
village adopted the young man TO
take tie place of son whom he had
lost
Mr.. Severns. on being nSkc why he
did not intcrccdc for the prisoners.
said that II he had attempted TO inter.
fere IL would have cost him his life.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02

geant Th, rc was careworn look on
his face. lie stood there moment
as IL In rcvcrie. Finally as tears
eoursed down his cheeks he timldly
said:
Il want 10 give myself up"
What have you done that you should
seek felon's celly" the sergeant
asked
Il have long been fugitive from
Justice. The welfare OF society de-
mands that | should be punished"
But what IS it, What heinous Of
tense have you committedY'
IL am bigamlst--yea. n polygamist
and l don't dare think what worse
No longer must l keep IL from the
world. Lock me up. L am ready to
do pcnancc."
But will you not eXplain?"
yes. If YOU insist. | thought l mar
ried only the daughter. but L have
found, To my sorrow. that the whole
family was included. Kansas City
Independent.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02
An Eccentric Russian Doctor.

The famous Russian. the late DR.
Zaharln. was noted for his eccentric
methods. When summoned 10 attend
Car Alexander Ill. I'm his last Illness.
Or. Zaharin required the same prep
aration for his visit TO the palace as
TO any OF bis patients houses That is
10 say, all doSs had TO bc kept out OF
the way, an clocks stopped and every
door thrown wide open. He left his
furs In tire h'i his overcoat I'm the
next room, bis 'aloches I'm the third.
and. co.,iu".n arrived ut the bedside
I'm ordinary floor costume. He sat
down AFTER WA. ing every few yards
and every ci,nr stops I'm going up
stniiR l''u t' PATIENTS relatives
and every nc G.. @ I'm the house he re-
quircd abs' lu'r silence until he spoke
TO them, When l'3 que lions had TO be
answered - Yes or mo" and moth
Ing more
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02
BLUEFrELD EVENING LEADER.

rolls are seut TO Your rOom. or YOU
can so into the dining room and Get
them when you choose. Not having
had breakfast enough. a German
spends all the rest of the day In max.
ing up for IL. At 1880 or II every.
body takes lunch. ,rhe laborers along
the streets ali stop TO eat. And in
general IL may be said that I'm all
places and at all hours it Is good form
and u matter of course TO draw out n
substantial sandwich OF rye bread aud
raw ham and ~ To- tnunChing Won
en- do IL ut the opera. StudeatS do II
az the university between laSSeS
Dinner comes AT = O'Clock. ABOUT )
The maid brings tu your room coffee
aud rolls and perhaps cake. AIS y. m
Is supper. Those who are ruing out
to any entcgtaiumcnt may have sup.
per AT q or :. But there Is always
long enough iutcrmlSSion at The opera
or thoater for those who are disposed
Co take lunch. and most persons are
disposed
There are innumerablc restaurants
all about the city. aud tens OF thou.
sands OF people cat there. sitting ut III.
tie tables In the open air risat toy thu
sidewalk. After The day win all its
cares and meals is over IL IS "a faVoritc
custom 20 so 10 u restaurant and sit
there for half the night eating and
drinking and listening TO music. No
city I'm the world hears so much good
music so cheaply rs >Berliu And rv.
crybody who Is anybody knows
enough about music TO talk with some
intelligence. Berlin Letter 20 Sprmg
field (Nlassl Republican,.
Dalton's Experiment.
The English chemist Daltcr was a
schooltcachcr. lie worked y rhCus 4
laboratory and with crude apparatus,
mostly made 10y himself from simple
materials. Here is nm cxampl, describ-
ed I'm his own words:
Took nm ale glass Of Il ccnical fig
ure. two and a half inches i'm diameter
and three inches deep; filed Il with
water that had been standing I'm the
room and consequently Of the tcmpcra-
ture Of the air nearly; put the bulb Of
the thermometer 20 the bottom OF the
glass, the scale being out Of the water
Then. having marked the temperature,
put the redhot tip of the poker half
an inch deep I'm the water, holding II
there steadily Tor half minute, and
as soon as IL was Withdrawn dipped
the bulb OF n sensible Their lometer
into the water, when IL rose in a few
seconds to 80 degrees"
He then determined the temperature
OF the wat az the bottom gfter five
minutes, after twenty minutes and aft
or an hour and found that IT rose grad
ually from A to % degrees This
staple experiment proved that water
mas tie 20, or TO conduct heat. which
had been denied by no less an author
ity than Rumford. Youths Compan-
ion.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02
TIE JOY OF EATiIG.

u Is Courted to the Fullest Extent In
Berlin.
The Germans in good many ways
get more happiness out OF lie as they
go along than we do EaIIug * an in
nOcent pleasure. and they 90, otteuer
and moro. 40 one is rcquii, q 10 get
UP TO breakfast There is sever any
form1l family breakfast Cunec and
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02
WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, WHO,
AND HOW WE TEACH.

The Bluefield Normal and business
College gives individual instruction
90 business meaning ladies and gem
uemen. In both Day and Night SEES
Sons on all branches to the prepa
ration or expert Stenographers,
Bookkeepers. Clerks. general Office
people and teachers. NJ the corner
OF Tyler street and Blueneld avenue
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02
VIII Err.
are you buying your whiskey?
From the so-caIled cheap mail
order houses of today. or direct
from the manufacturer?

TNON'T You know that imitation
whiskey and cheap drugs are dear
''0-S" atany price? Poisoning your SIS.
TEN and adding to your doctors bill dav
by day. Buy double stamped, old fash
lond, pure copper distilled goods direct
from the manufactures, guaranteed 100
per cent proof, and strictly pure; and not
this rectified stuH-the human DESTROYER
a{lll3. which the United tates Govern
lnent IS now waging bitter war This
IS what we have to say, and will vouch for
same. We are operating an old fashion,
ed copper still producing the same grade
OF stuff as our forcflthers drank years ago
and lived TO enjoy ripe old age and
never knew headache. It's pure;i' as
clear as spring water; it's the old fash
loned make. Our di5tillery is located at
Godfrey w. Va, in the heart OF the
Flat Top Mountains, made famous bv
POCAHONTA COAL and HAWKS
'WFlIKEY. Here is where the famous
HAWKS BRANDS are distilled; here YOU
have the middle mans profit
Don't fail to give us The names ofall your
friends who you tink would like TO trv
HAWKS BRANDS. will send them
one Of our circulars and not mention
your name and maybe they will patron
ne us and stop buying cheap stuff or
rather class OF goods the purity OF which
IS hard to determine.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02
a Necessity.

Twenty dollars Tor rctrlmmmg your
hatw exclaimed MIR Madison but
we agreed TO spend nothing except for
things that were positively needed"
well. John. this is. You see. my
best friend has just had hers re-
trimmed, and | have promised to SO
with her TO the concert on Friday"
"Oh. all right. But | can't give you
more than nftccn this morning because
| broke my mecrschaum and must have
II mcndcd."
Cant you smoke your old brier-
woOdT"
Certainly, dear. And you can wear
your old hat"
John. lets begin To economic next
month after we get things all straight
encd out"
AN right"-New York Herald
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02

county and State aforesaid. on or be-
lore the l4th day OF October, 1909.
Given under my hand this 18th
day OF September. 1909.
JAMES S. KALE,
Commissioner In Chancery.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02
Manufacturers Distributors the Famous
HAWKS BRAND OF WEEISKEY
and APPLE BRANDY
GODFREY, w va.
TO MY OLD FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS.

beg call
solicit AS
well Ar
III 70 he
and therefore dwell vii imply
ar o me still the eneria
roll County q
they havene
f in maxim the
following
the note
ASS
rather n1
s the me day t i received
and with
atronagc am,
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02

1t Is often woman who inspires us
with the great things That she VIII pre-
vent Ms from accomplishing. -Alexnn
dro Duinng
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02

CORK screw end Drinking Glass In
Every Package
EVERY shipment put up in neat,
plan package. Examine every ship.
4 ment before taking out OF the ex-
press or freight office, in the presence Of
the agent, and if not entirely satisfactory
III every Respect return at orr expense
ana get your money back. Could you
ask more Could wc saw more2
Ours are The BEST; and that's not All
We know because "BuLP Htwss with
Tum Iatno EHrrrIE>cr. MADE Tmu
WITH The assistance of experienced CO..
workers
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02

The Mistake He Mad.
He Fauntcrcd into the central police
station pn' approached the frslS ser.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
JOINTS RAIDED
HANG-OUT FOR THIEVES AMI
HARLOTS BROKEN UP.
Police Put Negro Couples i'm Jail on
Charges of immortality

With the determination of break
Ing up the colored bawdy houses on
Kentucky avenue Chief James Col
Inns of the police department left or
ders with Lieutenant Henry Bailey
last night and after midnight "A
wholesale raid was made on several
joints, resulting in the arrest of thir-
teen who. were charged with immor-
atty. Three men and three women
pleaded guilty to the charges in
police court this morning and were
assessed a fine of $40 and no costs
each by Police Judge Cross. All
three pairs went to Jail TO serve out
the fines. There are Charles Loftin,
Henry Russell, Nora Wilson. Lizzie
Baker, Lon Tucker and Nonnie
Sides.
Seven pleaded rot guilty and
were sent back to Jail and their
trial set for this afternoon at ?
O'Clock. The rest are Cora Easley,
VIII Albritton, Rachael Wilson.
Mary Harris. Louia Hughey. Pennie
Shemwell and Edward Meise.
The raid was planned and the
police went about quietly and the
negroes were caught like rats in a
trap. The first visit was made at 1
O'Clock this morning by Patrolmen
Clark and Bryant and five men and
women were arrested and hauled to
police headquarters In the patrol
wagon. The patrol wagon and
Driver Thad Terrell were kept on
the move from then until about day
light. The patrolmen made their
way back to the vicinity of Tenth
street and Kentucky avenue. and at
3 o'clock corraled two more, and at
4 o'clock they arrested the remain
ing six. This assortment in the city
Jail has about rid that section. Some
heard of the raid and made their
escapes.
Since the street was rid of white
characters 1t has become infested
with negroes. and swarms with rob
bers and thieves. Chief Collins said
this morning he intends TO break up
the resorts. as several robberies have
taken place in that vicinity In the
past few weeks.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
CHORAL
AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SET
FOR AUGUST ..
Important Musical Event at Wallace
Park Casino for the Woman's
club.

On Thursday evening OF next week
a concent Of many unusual features
will be given in the park Casino
under the auspices OF the Woman's
club and directed BY Mr.. Harry NJ
Gilbert
or especial interest viii be a chill
dren's chorus OF $50 voices and iudg-
ing by the rehearsas. more expert
enced choral clubs will have to look
to their honors. The numbers TO be-
rendered are popular Ia style without
being boral.
The boys ana the girls WILL have
individual as well as concerted mum
bers. and all will be given with
orchestral accompaniment.
Mr.. William Deal's orchestra Will
be augmented to fifteen musicians
and play several numbers on the
program.
The soloists OF the evening will re-
ceive meEtion In later issues OF the
paper
The children are reminded of the
rehaarsals Thursday and saturday
mornings In the woman's club hous,
at 9:3O o'clock.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
SLEEPERS
GIVEN WALKING PAPERS BY
JUDGE CROSS.
Five, Three C0lorcd aud Two Whites,
Are Taken From BON
Cars

Five railroad box ear aeepere,
three negroes and two white. were
before Judge ID A. Cross In police
court this morning and three were
given walking tickets and orders 10
lmake themselves scarce IN les than
an hours time
The mixed quiutotte were picked
up On the south yards OF the Illinois
Central railroad this morning az
% clock by Parolmen Merry and Eich.
The white prisoners were Erred Rice
aud Frank Vaughn. They claimed
their home as Chicago aud said thcy
were en- route back when arrested.
Rico said he was "a years old. Robert
Hubabri. co,orod. said b. was tG
years 10 the bad and was on his way
70 his home In ST. Louis The trio
were turned loose with r.gid inftruc-
lions from the Judge 10 hike"
The other negroes were Frank
Br.sco. who tagged the Windy cry
a. his haneout aui John Crump. 81
Nashville. Judge Cross held these
two until this afternoon
This Evening suD-iOc n woek-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
JOINT INVITATION
To PRESIDENT TAFT
TO VISIT CAIRO ON TRIP.
Mayor, Commercial Club and Board
of Trade Unite in Urging Him
to Stop.

Cairo, H.. July rs Meetings
were held last night by the Cairo
Commercial club and the Cairo board
Of trade to consider the proposition
10 extend an invitation to President
Taft to visit Cairo on the occasion
of his trip down the Mississippi. The
mayor attended both meetings and
it was agreed that formal letters OF
invitation from both these bodies be
enclosed with that from the mayor
1t was believed this would be more
effective than to send the letters sep
arately.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
Officers Char Wilbur.
Pigslxin Champions.

Football teams had better be-
ware, for the Mechanicsburg pig skin
chasers will be called together next
week for a council of war. The mem
bers of the Paducah Athletic club
will organize, and intend TO put a
strong team in the field next fall and
will go after the first honors. Prac-
tice will begin the last week in
August and Will continue until the
last game of the season. This year
the team has a large number of can
didates to pick from and some ex-
perlenced men will I'll positions on
the team.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
That's What We Said.

Did you say So cents a ream? !
have been paying 75c for the same
thing and paying expenses besides.
That is what a customer said about
Sun typewriter paper. II you have
not gotten one OF the sample books
call Sun Publishing Co., job depart
ment, either floor.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
KEEP POSTED.

Read metropolitan newspaper
and keep thoroughly posted. Any OF
the following delivered TO your door
each day: Chicago-Tribune, Record
Herald, Examiner. ST. Louis--Re-
public, Globe-Democrat, Post-Dis-
patch. Louisville - Courier-Journal,
Times. Memphis - Commercial-Ap-
peal, News-Scimitar. Nashville-Ten-
nessean, American.
JOHN WILHELM.
Local Circulator.
1f8 s. Fifth. New phone 1916.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
President ConpratuIatcs.

81 congratulate both OF YOU and
thank YOU for the privilege OF wit
Messing such a flight" added the
president. and again shaking hands
with the brothers. ne entered his au-
tomobile amidst cheers.
At O'Clock the machine was
ltrundled to the starting derrick and
prepared for the flight. At GEO
Lahm boarded the machine. Five
minutes later orville took his seat.
and at G:36: 40 the areoplane SCARED
gracefully into the air. about sixty
feet Round and round she went. II
times about the great drin grounds.
sometimes In shorter circles. but US
uaNy out at the edges Of the fun
boundary. at a height varying but
slightly.
As the hour drew to It's close. the
excitement became intense. A
thousand watches were out and eager
~ scanned Al the conclusion OF the
SEVENTEEN turn, a great shout went
up; automobile horns were tooted in
a deafening chorus. and hand clap
ping and cheers. and the waving OF
hats and handkenchiefs told the men
in the flying craft that their task was
accomplished. Wilbur Wright ran out
beneath them and waved his hand
kerchlef. The crowd expected Orville
to come down. but he kept on. He
was after his brothers aurels.
Officers Chan Wilbur.
Wilbur returned TO the starting der
rick, whore army officers were gath
cred and they began TO chaff him
about his record, now IN peril With
broad grin OF appreciation he now
kept count OF the minutes which re-
manned of his own record, and then
he said: "on the next turn he has
got me. When he comes by, let's give
him cheer"
Wilbur waited until the machine
was almost overhead. then rushed
ahead OF 1t waving his hat and dane
ing gleefuMy.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
Benton Wins.

Benton, KY, July %. (special)-
A one-sided game was played between
the Paducah night Riders and the
fast Benton team, the score being
10 to In favor of Benton. The Pa
ducah boys in the end met the same
fate that 10 other clubs from Padu-
cab have met. The feature of the
game was the hard hitting by the
Benton boys. Speight making two
and ID. Ford one home run. Benton
now challenges a picked club from
Paducah on August 10 at Benton.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28

Doctor-Did you give your hus-
band the powder / left, Mrs. Multi
gan? Mrs. Mulligan-Indade OF did.
sor. An he's been BLOWN me up
ivir since.-Judge.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Columbus /, Milwaukee 0.
Indianapolis 2, Minneapolis 7.
Louisville 3, Kansas City 2.
Toledo 4, st. Paul /.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28

A great man never has time to
wait for an audience and he never
needs to- -.... .
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28

When the danger point is passed and
begins. >. IL takes time
to bring the enfeebled body back TO
its natural strength. Atthis vitalperi-
cd. when exhausted nature IS striv.
ing to regain her own, you Will lind
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
Pal1St Extract
MeBeSrToaic

Combining in correct proportions
the nutritive and digestive elements
OF rich barley-malt with the quieting
and tonic effects of choicest hops, II
offers nourishment in predigested
form. giving new life and strength
TO the weak.
Insist Upon IL Being Pabst -
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28

Pale Delicate Women anG Girls.
The Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC drives out ma
laria and builds up the system. For
grown people and children, SOC.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
Twelve INNINGS TO a Tie.

st. Louis, July 2S.-St. Louis held
Chicago ~ innings to a tie, after be-
ing apparently hopelessly beaten.
Darkness stopped the game.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28

During afyear a mole eats 10000
earth worms.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28

There are stingless bees in Mont
serrat.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
Last Attempt Recalled.


Poignancy was added TO tho
achievement by the realization BY
everybody present upon orvilles hst
attempt to navigate the air with a
passenger. Lieut.. Selfridge was killed
and he himself terribly injured. Miss
Katherine Wright. who nursed him
through the period OF his recovery
from that disaster. anxiously watched
him from the doorway OF the shed
where the aerOplane is kept and when
he returned unhurt from the flight
gripped him eagerly by the arm and
nestled her face against his breast
and said: Bully for you. brother. 70
was beautiful"
President Taft shook hands with
both the brothers. ngratulated Or
Vile upon his success. and declared u
a great exhibition. "You beat the
worlds record" remarked the presi-
dent
Yes. sir" replied Orville. evident
~ embarrassed. Il beat my brothers
record"
The president and everybody IN the
crowd Joined in the laughter at this
sally.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
An Even Break.


Acknowledgment, More, Brown
and Graham; Mathewson and Myers.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
.ORVILLE WRIGHT.
BREAKS RECORD
so MILES IN 1 HOUR,
IL MINUTES. 40 SECONDS.
Performance More Than Equals En-
durance Test Demanded by a..
;. Government.
PRESIDENT TAFT WITNESSED.

Washington July 2S-The worlds
aeroplane record for two men for
both time and distance was broken
last evening, in a flight of one hour.
~ minutes and 40 seconds. upwards
OF so miles and at a speed averaging
40 miles per hour. by Orville Wright
at Fort Meyer, with Lieut.. Frank p
Lahm, of the army signal corps, as
passenger. The former record was
made last year by his brother Wilbur
at Lemans. France, with Professor
Painleye, of the French institute. as
a passenger. That flight was one hour.
nine minutes and thirty-one seconds.
Wilbur was an eager spectator of his
brothers fight today.
The cheering which heralded the
.sattingaof a new mark IN the conquest
of the air was led by President Taft
In person, who had sat an intensely
interested spectator. throughout the
flight, and who insisted at It's CON
clusion upon personally congratulat-
ing the brothers upon their success.
The flight completed the first OF
the two crucial tests Of their machine
imposed upon them by the govern
ment-the so-called endurance test"
which required one hour continuously
in the air with one passenger. Or
vile did nearly thirteen minutes bet
ter than that, and could have kept on
Observation-Disclosures and a half, the
limit imposed by the gasoline capac-
ity OF the supply tank.
The other test, speed, will be COM
piled with tomorrow, the weather per
hitting
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-28
willis Was Strong.

: Pittsburgh. July 2S-willis pitches