Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
ON SPECIAL JEFF
IS THE FAVORITE
Smoke Money Breaks Up Jack
Pot as Train Is Near
Lancaster
FIVE TRY TO STEAL A RIDE
Big Los Angeles Party Makes
Merry on Its Way to
See Battle
FIVE TRY TO STEAL A RIDE
BY j. G. GRIFFIN

BY j. G. GRIFFIN
LANCASTER, July 2.-The Hancock
| Berry Reno special train is well on its
way thank you. Everyone aboard is
well and there has been no untoward
| incident to make anyone wish he was
| back with the Angels and the home
folks.
The long train, from the big steel
shod nose of our big iron horse to the
tail light of the rear coach, throbs with
fight.
"How long will it last?"
What kind of punch will Jeff finish
the smoke with?"
do you think Jeff will make the
dinge tin can from the first wallOp to
the end or will the big boy take a
| chance and stand up till he is put
out?"
Just one look at that line of con-
verse and you'll notice it's all Jeff A
| seat to seat canvass of the entire string
| of cars reveals the fact that just eight
persons out of the 250 aboard are hope
| ful--or maybe it's fearful-that john
son will put our James" in the list
| of Couldn't come backs" Perhaps
there are several more who favor the
smokes chances, but in the face. of
such overwhelming opposing sentiment
| they are afraid to declare themselves.
Anyway, the eight have made names
| for themselves as brave persons. With
every click of the rails saying Fright!
| Fight" and every murmur of the car
purring Jeff! Jeff" it takes lion
| hearted man to make himself known as
Johnson adherent. But each and eV-
cry one of the eight has declared him
self with the coin of the realm, so
| theirs no doubling their definite stand.
And such a bonn bardment there was
on the part of the rest of the train to
get down on this Johnson money before
| it was all gone. Right in the midst of
as neat little jackpot as one could
wish to gaze at some one came through
the cars with the news that a
flood of "black'' money was be-
ing turned loose further down the
train. Hen Berry, just in the act
| Of showing in a stack of blues to show
how kindly he felt toward a duo of
Johns and the run wild" joker in his
mitt, dropped his hand and did a Duffy
for the other car. John Brink was one
jump behind him and George McKeeby,
despite his corpulence, was a bang up
third. The trio arrived on the scene
lust in time to see Bob Gollmer, al
ways Johnny with the carving knife
when a melon is about to be ampu-
tated, plaster $50 bucks with five neat
looking centuries The boy playing
the short end is nice chap and his
folks stand well in their neighborhood,
so it wouldn't be fair to give his name.
It's enough disgrace to be so foolish as
to think the dinge has a chance, let
alone express such an opinion with
such large change.
FIVE ELECTED
Once or twice on the way up some
thing has happened which for a mo-
ment broke in on the tanning bees and
put the word fight" back in the die
tionary for a breathing spell. One of
these occasions was when five youths
whose front should stand them in good
stead in a worthier cause, were routed
from their seats on the trucks of the
forward car and thrust forth on the
desert wastes near Lancaster. Those
riding on the cushions" urged the train
crew on in their efforts to sidetrack
the elusive five, and when this was fin
ally accomplished we were on our way
and the old line of fistic rehash and
conjecture resumed
If old man Southern Pacific lives up
to the promise he has made, the spe-
cial will spill it's burden of humanity
into Renos already oVercrowded streets
at around o'clock Sunday night. A
twenty-hour schedule was arranged,
but the conductor has his doubts about
it being adhered to. At that he says
he will be only a few hours late, and
what's a few hours when fifteen or
twenty more must be passed before
Jeff goes after the smoke
Every one of the 250 aboard the train
is beginning to feel mighty kindly to-
ward Hen Berry and George Hancock.
who have successfully engineered what
is spoken of by the conductor as the
longest collected conveyance of its kind
ever put on schedule. Care in seeing
that every person aboard was provided
with berth accommodations has result
ed in plenty of room to move around in,
and everything else is on par The con-
verted baggage car which is serving
as a buffet enjoys liberal patronage
and as the Pullman representative is
ready to bet his life, there's plenty of
grub aboard and no fears of a famine
are felt when the bunch descends on
the two dining cars which are to serve
as eat shops until the bunch is safely
back in the home village.
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ladies' singles between Mrs. b. O.
Bruce and Miss May Sutton, and the
consolation doubles in the morning
The afternoons schedule will be the
exhibition match between Miss Sutton
and Miss Hotchkiss, following which
will be played the finals in the Pacific
states championship mems doubles be-
tween Bundy and Hendrick and Nc
Loughlin and Long. 1t is probable
that some exhibition singles and mixed
doubles will be arranged to keep both
courts occupied, but the official an
nouncement has not as yet been made
RESULTS OF TOURNEY
The results of the tourney are as
follows:
Championship doubles-First round:
Ora wford and Salisbury d. Sheldon
and Feitshans. GA. GA, Ga; Freeman
and Holmes d. Dawson and Hopper
GA, 7-5, 6-2.
Second round-Mace and Noble d.
Kobbe and Newell, 60, 6-2. GA:
Browne and Sinsabaugh d. Bacon and
Young, Ga, 6-S, Ga, 6-1; Braly and
Duncan d. Goodrich and Knox, 6-1, 6-2,
SO: Bundy and Hendrick d. Craw-
ford and Salisbury, 6-1, SO, so; Free
man and Holmes d. Salisbury and
partner by default; Mclaughlin and
Long d. Johnson and Harnett, 6-1, 6-l,
60; Wayne and Variel d. Weller and
Robb, 6-2, 6-2 6-1; Rogers and Rogers
d. OVerton and Bumiller, 6-2, 7-5, GA.
Third round-Browne and Sinsabaugh
d. Mace and Noble, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 2-6,
6-2; Bundy and Hendrick d. Braly and
Duncan, 6-2, 3-6, $40, 6-1 TO; Nc
Loughlin and Long d. Freeman and
Holmes, 60, 6-3, AS, 6-3; Rogers and
Rogers d. Wayne and Variel S-6, 2-6,
6-S 6-3, 6-3.
Semi-fnal round-Bundy and Hen
drick d. Browne and Sinsabaugh, 4-6,
GA, GA, 6-1; Mclaughlin and Long
d. Rogers and Rogers. 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, S-6.
Ladies' singles-First round: Miss