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The Washington times., 1909-06-10

PHILADELPHIA. June 10-Stanley
ketchel the Montana cowboy. is the
big factor in the puginstic world to-
day.
His defeat of Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien in less than three round> last
night has made him the favorite here
for the tight with Johnson. Both men
have been seen in action in the same
ring. Those who attended the bouts
declare that KetcheI has much harder
punch than Johnson, that he is very
much faster, and that the ffat-footed
style of the negro champion would
make him a comparatively easy mark
for the Western man.
'Ketchel viii beat Johnson TO a pulp
when they meet in San Francisco" de-
clared OBrien today. I have tried
out both men, and. / want to say right
here. no more Ketchel for Minis He
surprised me. and has improved won
iderfully since I met him in New York.
He is the hardest hitter / ever met. ]
Thought I had a canoe to win until he
got to me with those body blows. and
beat johnson. The negro cannot stand
stomach punishment, anC in that he IS
nos alone, as WOlCott, Cans, and Lang
ford were in the same boat. Now.
ketchel fights with the idea that one
good punch in the stomach. is better
than half a dozen to the jaw. and
believe ne has the right dope there to
heat the negro.
Every punch he starts has the knock
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out in il. but. fortunately, most of them
go wild I am free to confess now.
that l would sooner have a roof fall on
me, than to act as the receiver for
many of KetcheTs blows l was sorry
last night when the referee stopped the
fight, but / know better now that
have had a chance TO feel the effects Of
the punching / got.
O'Brien pu, up a game fight but he
was outClaSsed from the start For
the first time in any of his fights Ketch-
FL showed speed direct from the go in.
He was after O Brien like 9 flash when
the latter tried to get away from him
after the initial sparring, and he rained
q fusilade of rights and lefts 10 the
body of the Philadelphia As a matter
Of fact, the bell saved O'BTien in the
the third he was 50 dszed he did not
know what ne was doing.
\ singing left to the stomach had
taken all the ginger out Of the local
man and he was very pale while there
was little of the shifty fighter in his
appearance then
The tlIird round lasted less than a
minute. O'Brien resle1 and floun0ered
about the ring and .ketCnel sent him
down with a blow. the impact of which
could be heard all over the house.
OBrien was all but out and Referee
McGuigan waved ketchel to his corner
as the victor. He explained later that
had ne permitted Knockout there was
every chance that O'Brien would have
been fatally hurt.
The crowd numbered about $500. and
the receipts Appropriated between So
COO and $1,000.
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wearing qualities, which are essential
TO greatest tire economy in ordinary
touring or other unusual service.
The extension of the tine OF entry for
the Gndden tour to June ID at the regu-
lar fee of 500 promises to bring in a
number Of the larger cars whose makers
could not be hurried into a decision,
the time taken TO consider. Now the
only ones who will have to pay SSO(
will be those who delay entering until
after June Is. The entries finally close
July J.
William E Metzger, one of the best
known automobile men in the country,
is in the city for few DAYS. Mr..
MetZgeT, who is greatly Interested in
the problems of mechanical flight, as
wcll as in automobiles. came 10 Wash
ing especially TO see the presentation OF
the Aero Club gold medals 10 the
Wright brothers, which function toob
place this afternoon at the White
House.
More than ordinary interest attaches
to the Unconstitutional trip which Mrs.
Alice r. Ramsey began yesterday from
New York IN q Maxwell touring ear,
accompanied by three other ladies.
From the start to the end Mrs. Ramsey
viii do the driving and viii make all
the tire changes and repairs This viii
be the first time a woman has ever IT.
tempted the long journey between New
York and San Francisco under these
conditions
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LiUe Wire Notes and Tips
From the Sporting Arenas
All OUer This Country

will meet in a ten-TOund bout at Read
ing on next Tuesday night. Jack Brady
viii box the best man who can be Sc
cured for the semi-windup.
Battling Nelson is again giving out
the statement that ne will retire from
The ring in September after he rights
Fred welsh.
In the coming Stanley KetcheI-BilIv
Papke fight he money will be split %
per cent-to the winner and . per cent TO
the loser
BaEty Hinkle, the NicetoWn light
weight, las been matched to meet Fred
Mitchell of Chicago, in Philadelphia
next Tuesday
Jack itanlOu is trying 10 get on a
match with Tommy Quill for Young
Louehery- quill fought draw with
Jimmy Gardner or Tuesday night, and
LouGhery has all eadv beaten quill
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Psckey Mcfarland has been matched
TO meet Phil Knight in a ten-round bout
at Kansas City. June II. before the club
conducted by G. /. Knight.
Johnny Lotus. the well-knOWn Phila-
delphia trainer. has gone to San Fran
cisco with LeeCllt,ross.
Fred Welsh. the English lightweight
had sailed for home He viii return
To this country IN the fan for his match
with Battling Nelson.
d. 4. Upton, of Cleveland. has just
won the amateur trap-shOOting cham
pionship of that State with score of
49, out of a possible 200. In his three
days shooting he broke $50 out Of 500.
Paddy LAWN, the Buffalo lightly eight.
and Young Loughrey, OF Manayunk
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MOST REMARKABLE
FEATURE OF AFFAIR

When Mr.. Taft was in the South a
Cracker did him some small service,
which was paid for. and, like me man.
forgotten. Some time after the Presi-
dent-siect observed a seedy individual
hanging about the Eolf links
is there anything you would ike?
Mr.. Taft presently Nsked. good-uarured-
~. having just made a onderfJl drive.
Thar shO is. And ike 10 see yc' in
auguration'' the Cracke. announced,
and was instantly frightened almOst TO
death at his own daring.
well Mr.. Taft replied smiling
but, anyway. a Georgia Cracker was in
Washington on March (. He had never
been ten miles away from his home
cabin before.
Upon his return a neighbor inquired;
Nv hat war the most remarkable thing
bout the whole shebang. Bud?'
Bud elected a stream of tobacco juice
with percision.
Me bein' thar he replied with EN-
phasis.-Harper Weekly.
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OWNERS HOLD OFF
ABOUT CANTILLON
Serious Slump in Teams Work Delays Offering New
Contract Misleading Fight Dope Concerning
Ketchels Chances With Johnson.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

II anybody ought to know whether
the directors OF the washington base.
ball club have taken steps to retain
Manager CantiIlon for another year, il
Is President Tom Noyes-and he says
nothing of the sort has been done.
The truth about the apparent eonfu-
sion between Mr.. Moves positive decla-
ration TO The Times. and that which
evidently emansies from Cantillon, is
probably that when it was first an
nounced in The Times last February
that Cantillon might voluntarily get out
of major league baseball to look after
the business interests OF himself and
his brothers, one or more of the Wash
ington directors may have sounded him
on the subject At that time Washing
ton was figured by all the lear ing base
ball writer's and managers as a serious
contender for first division honors. On
paper. it APPEARED the best team the
city had ever boosted. Cantillon ned
landed number of bright stars from
the minors. All that was necessary, so
the owners imagined. was for him to re-
main al the head of the organization,
perfect its team work, get the results
from his material and set the Capital
fans crazy
Conditions Different Now.
All that was in the dim pass. and the
dismal present has upset the calcula-
tons. The material did not materialize
in the games-won column, and the club
has actually made worse showing
than last year. This has inevitably
tended to allay some of the wild fears
that arose al the thought Of losing the
manager and there will be a lot Of
palaver and cOgitation before CantiI-
Ions contract will be renewed or the
same terms. unless the team takes a
brace and begins TO deliver the goods
This does not mean that the directors
are sore on the manager. OF that they
are falling for the inevitable tendency
among the general run OF fans to blame
every slump on the man directly in
charge Of the players. They are broad
enough. and have sense enough, to cDn-
slider the case from al angles, and are
roofing wildly for Cantillon to win out
but they are awaiting developments be-
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FORD is IN LEAD.

Charles =. Miller q Bro. received a
telegram this morning stating that one
of the Ford entries in the ocean 20
ocean contest arrived first at Manhat-
tan. Kan The other Ford. which up to
this time has been second, went into
twenty-foot often. The latest word is
that it is out and is rapidly making up
the lost ground.
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HUNTING DOGS SCENT.

IA bbit hears a man and q dog
coming and goes bounding away Tor
safety. The dog strikes the scent.
smells around briefly. and then is
of in the direction the rabbit has
taken. The wonder is not that the
dog should strike the scent but this
Each Of the several spots the ia bbft
touched was touched by him within a
fraction Of q second OF one another
yet so accurate is the sense OF smell
OF the dog that he can tell which was
touched last and so get the direction
Of the rabbits course.-New York
Press
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SAME THING?

Mosie was typhoid conyalescent. he
had been in the hospital seven weeks.
tut in ali that time no one had sue
ceeded in winning even the faintest
smile from the little fellow. Perhaps
the sorroWs of Russia were stiil too
vivid z memory
And then one daY the nurse tickled
him playfuliX Gnder the chin. He look
ed up with a pitful little smile
"Oh, 20 you are tlcklish, said the
nurse. laughing.
NO. ma am he replied the smile
instantly vanishing. I'm Kiddish. ~
Everybody's.
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CORNELL OARSMEN
PINNED FOR RACE
RumOr Says Both Red Crews Are
Going at Fast
CIip

ITHACA, y. y, June lot has Leak
ed out at the Cornell boathouse that the
Cornell Varsity crew roWed a fast time
trial over the four-mile course on Cay
uga Lake the last two miles against
the fast freshman crew
Yesterday tie varsity, which roWed
against Harvard, was sent against time
10 show If il was better than the recon
structed varsity. This test was pro-
n0unced satisfa Glory. Coach Courtney
announced that he would leave for
Poughkeepsie Saturday, with twenty
four men and two cOxswains.
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ACCIDENT VICTIMS
FULLY RECOVERED

q. II Sullivan. proprietor of the Sui
Ivan Stables. on Ohio avenue. has re-
covered from the shock and Injuries
which he suffered when thrown from Il
night.
Mrs Lang Shears. Of 1924 Third street
who. with her husband was also\ out
driving ia another carriage and who
was struck as she stood Ia the road.
has also completely recovered from the
effects of the experience
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MELODY IS WINNER
IN BOUT AT PARIS
Easily Defeats Curly Watson, an
American, in -Four
Rounds.

PARIS, June lO.-Honey Melody. Of
Boston, former welterweight champion,
last evening knocked out Curly Wat
son IN the fourth round of warm en-
gagement here Both Melody and Wat
son are American pugilists who in
vaded Paris since the boxing game has
--,.iscn new lease Of life in these re-
nff3.g
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YALE OARSMEN Off
TO TRAIN FOR RACE
Student Body Tenders Rousing
Send-Off TO Varsity and
Freshman.

NEW HAVEN Conn. June 10--More
than 1909 Yale graduates yesterday gave
the Yale crew and substitutes and the
freshman crew one Of TIE most demon
strstiFe scnd-Offs IN years. when they
left TO finish training for the big race
Nth Harvard. The oaIsmen went L.
Gales Ferry
The varsity crew at the preesnt time
is made up as follows: Stroke, Wallis:
No. I, NanblarscOm. No 8. Captain
Hove; No. :. Boker; No. 4, Hyde. No.
s. Wodell: Nc ., Glenny; bow, Rice
coxsWaLn. CasS
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PENN GETS ANOTHER
FAMOUS TRACK STAR
Joe Ballard, Scholastic Distance
Champion, TO Train IN
der Murphy.

PHILADELPHIA, June I4.-PennsvI-
vania viii receive another great 1niier
next fall when Joe Ballard, the scholas-
Sc runner from Providence, Il l.. who
holds the scholastic mile record or
n % viii enter the dental department
of the Quaker Institution
Ballard also holds the scholastic half
and two-nile records and .snould. under
Mike Murphy's training, rival even the
great BILLY PAUL.
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PTTTSBURG, June 10-Frank Klaus.
the welterweight, from PittsbUrg, has
been matched to fight Hugo Kelly. OF
Chicago. in PittsbUrg, on June %, be-
fore the National A c.
Kelly was ranked rs one Of the best
middleweights in the country, and al
though his showing in his last two
fights has not been up TO his standard
he should have little trouble with so
small a man as Klaus
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AMATEUR LEAGUES
Games Today.

Capital City Lea gue-Colun1bls
Athletic Club Us. Brooklsnd
Departmental LeagUe-POstoffics
VS.. Interior
Marquette League-St. Martin vs..
TangieWOOd.
SUNDAY School L.eague-St. Paul
vs.. Langdon
Independence Leagae-Advent vs.,
TWininC
Suburban League - Takoma vs..
WoGdburn
I r. r. Y. NJ. c. A. LeagIie-Shop-
men vs. Car Department.
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Standing Of the CIubs.
DoRsETT TEAM CHALLENGES.

The L. P. Dorsett Garage has organ
lied baseball team for this season,
and would like to hear from any gar
age teams. Address z. A. Patterson.
care l. p. Dorsett Company, or call
North 1921.
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Auto News and Gossip
BY. HARRY WARD.

I. E HOFFMAN. of the Franklin fac
tory is in the city visiting the Cook
& Stoddard Company. Franklin agents.
Mr.. Hoffman Is on a trip through the
South. where the Franklin has many
friends.
Harry D. Benner. manager o. the
Philadelphia branch of the Michelin
Tire Company. is in the city for day
or two.
H. Q. Wilson < Bro. have received
z close-cOupled American Simplex,
which has been greatly admired by
many motorists, who have called at the
Wilson sslesroOm to get a glimpse of a
car that is new TO this market. The
American Simplex has many good fea-
lures that commend II 70 the motorists
Charles E. Miller & Bro. report the
sale of model T Ford touring cars 20
H. NJ. Foote and Dr.. SchafhTt
Detailed informa ton about the per
formances of tires in the worlds great
speed and endurance contests is Of de-
cided value to the conservative auto
mobile owner, even though he may not
be interested directly in high speeds
or international records. Facts prov
ing superior tire endurance and durd-
bility cannot fail to impress the
thoughtful mind fsvorably. The speed
contests OF today impose terrific wear
and tear. and tires that are able to
withstand such severe usage prove that
they possess superior strength and
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MARINES CHALLENGE.

All teams desiring games with the
Marine aggregation should address
Baseball Manager. Washington Bar
racks.
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RINGSIDE GOSSIP

Tommy Murphy is being kept busy
these times He has been matched Ia
at Pittsburg. on June I5
Jimmy Britt, OF California. and John
ny Summers, the English lightweight.
will meet in the ring in London ON
June l9
Aufella Herrera. the Mexican light
weight is back 10 the fighting game
and he has been matched 10 fight Chick
Hudson twenty rounds IN California on
July ).
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ATTELL IS WILLING
TO FIGHT NELSON
Featherweight Champion, Agrees
to Go Twenty Rounds With
the Battler.
the Battler.

Abe Atteh has accepted the offer of ].
&. Desmond. Of the North End Club, of
San Francisco, TO box Battling Nelson
al that club IN a twenty round fight on
JuTe p
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KETCHEL'S PUNCHES
MAKE HIM FAVORITF
Philadelphia Critics Figure His Body Blows Will Stop
JOhnson-E1s Speed and Boxing.Also
Cause Much Surprise
81 CAN WHIP JOHNSON"- Ketchel
Cause Much Surprise.

sitting rOOm <etehe
81 knew could whip O'Brien On
rushin tactics nd was
beaten frcm the first
m OF
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NELSON MAY MEET
PACKY MCFARLAND
Promoter Jim Coffroth Offers to
Stage Mill on Septem-
Der g.

CHICAGO. June 10.-"Pscky-- McFar-
land now believes he has a good chance
for bout with Battling Nelson for the
lightweight championship. in CoffToths
arena September g
A telegram has been received BY him
In which Cohroth stated he would be
glad 10 put the boys in the arena on
that dav
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Otis Clymer is at his home in Penn
sylvanta, recovering slowly from bis
The only thing that can be said Of
Jack o Brien is that in being beaten
last night by Stanley ketchei. he seems
to have been on the level. Let us hope
ne will get out OF the boxing game and
stay out. with two appar ently square
bouts with ketchel to his credit But.
instead of gratifying this hope. it is
more than likely he will begin picking
ler-ans again and bob up in the near
4 ttsT Win another siX-round go
satZst some man much in the public
VI He has been a discredit TO the
game from every point of view, and if
ketchel permanently closed the faker's
career last night, the Montana scrapDer
deserves the thanks of every decent
sportsman.
Game to-day at 40 D. m.-maybs.
Ladies day tomorrow.
Stanley KetcheI is being picked to
whip Johnson by those who saw him
oeat OBrien and saw OBrien fuss
with 5ohn@cH fer six rounds. That John
son made q rather absurd showing with
o. Brien Is perfectly true, hut this line
of dope is likely 10 be misleading and
is not good CROUCH grounds for stalking
the family jewels There were many
intimatifHs that Johnson did not try his
white mans record. that seemed highly
probable. Also, II was openly charged
that Johnson was by no means In con
dition and merely looked upon the, boot
as soft money, which sounded about
right Aga n, On the comparatively few
occasions when Johnson did display en-
ergy in his exhibition with O'Brfen he
maze the white man back up. and for
this reason some competent critics
would have given him the decision The
fact remains that Johnson did not let
himself out when facing O'Brien and
drawing eonclsesions from such a show
ing is foolish. The only point in faxo-
of I<etchtI in this kind of an argument
is that tie moving pictures show John
son fought Tommy Burns for the
worlds championship in much the same
manner that he fought O Brien but in
neither ease was he forced to the limit
ana it Is difficult to tell Just where he
stands Ket2hel will be giving away
scme thirty 'Sr forty pounds and three
inches in height when he meets johnson
and the figh pictures proved at least
one thfng-Jonnson is hard for little
ran to reach effectively.
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Standing of the Clubs
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results.
Cincinnati. 10: Boston.
Pittsburg, s; Philadelphia. o.
st. Louis. 4, BROOKLYN. Z
Chicago VS.. New York-Rair1.
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fore charging into the breach with the
documents.
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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Yesterdays Results.
Washington vs.. ago-Rain.
Philadelphia vs.. CleVeland-Raf
New York VS.. Detroit-Rain.
Boston, s; St. Louis, 2
Games Today.
Chicago at Washington.
St Louis at Boston.
Detroit. at New York.
Cleveland at Philadelphia
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Games Today.

Games Today.
Philadelphia at Pittsburs.
Boston at Cincinnati
New York at Chicago.
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Charles f. Miller & Bro. report the
sale of model T Ford touring cars 20
H. N. Foote and DIT. SchafhiTt.
The Washington times., 1909-06-10

Game to-day at 40 D. m-maybs.
Ladies' day tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1909-03-23

hearty manner and expressed his pleas
uIe at the warmth OF his farewell.
Dodge Photographers.
Arriving at the Long Island City sta
ton the father and son hurried aboard
the waiting ferryboat and took up a
position on the lower deck, where they
were Kept constantly changing their
position 30 keep the photographers from
getting good snapshots. The passen-
gers and crew united in a cheer as they
leit the boat and Roosevelt doffed his
hat and smiled.
Inc pair jumped quickly into the wait
IhS automobile Of Douglas Robinson.
and We're hurried 10 the entrance to the
itoooken tunnel where train was
waiting This was RooseveEt's first trim
through this tunnel, although he start
ed the first train on February p, 1898,
by pressing button n the Executive
Oiilces in Washington.
he gazed curiously around at the I'M
foreground station, ana as soon as he
got aboard the train went direct TO the
motor box where MOtOumaE ShLharts
was waiting for the signal TO proceed
want TO shake hands with you.
Sdl1 the former President, and then
the big motorman srasped his hand in
a sturdy grasp.
Arriving at HObolen a quick run was
made to Pier ], of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can line, which by this time was sur
rounded by throng OF $500 people. lie
was cheered wildly as he arrived, and
dothng his SLOUGH hat. ne hurried OntC
the pier, and aboard Of the steamer.
Suite Decorated
His suite had been decorated with
flowers, consisting chiefly of roses. the
gift OF William McAdoo, head of thu
Hudson Tunnel Company. Until RoOse-
welt had settled in his stateroOm al
visitors were kept out, but finally M
announced that ne would see his friends
and then the crush started.
Probably never before has Roosevelt
personally received such enthusiastic
well-wishes as today From far anC
near the people had cOngregated, anC
IL was a most affecting scene as the1
crowded and pushed, some seemingly
content TO just catch one last look a
We're politicians, statesmen. plain citi
zenS. and policemen who had been pu
on the New York police force by ~
departing rateSman when he was polio
commissioner. He was plainly affecte'
5y the enthusiasm which filed ever
one.
A big bronze was handed TO him b.
a delegation Of leading Italians il
honor Of the aid granted by his Orde
as President TO the Italian earthquake
sufferers Inscribed on il was It
/ Theodore Roosevelt
TO you and the United States. thi
is a token Of friendship and regar
from the Ttalo-Amkrican Colony, 20
, help in Catania and Sicily
The Washington times., 1909-03-23
NElGHBORS EXPRESS
WARMEST FEELINGS

OYSTER BAY. March 23.--On his re-
turn here last night from ais New
York trip. Colonel Roosevelt was ret
at the station by NJ. F. Cronin. the
Adirondack guide, who drove him over
the mountains in the Adirondacks tn,
night after President Mckinley die,
seven years ago. Mr.. Roosevelt was
driven from Mount Marcy by teams in
relays at that time, and Cronin was
in charge OF the third relay from Alden
Lair 10 North Greek Station.
The speed going over Che rough
mountain road in the dark that night
killed one of the horses. and the other
vas never any good afterward.
Mr.. Roosevelt. Tn Cronil.." was the
guides single greeting as Colonel
Roosevelt alighted from the train.
Greets Little Girl.
well. WELL exclaimed the ex-Presi-
dent. this is bully and good Of you
my old friend" And then they shoob
hands heartily.
Cronin said that he mad come all the
way from the Adirondacks to wish the
ex-President godspeed on his journey
to Africa. After again thanking Gro
min. Colonel Roosevelt started fOI
Sycamore Hill.
The sun was still shining brightly a.
the carriage went through the town
and women shoppers, shJpkeeDers, anG