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NOISY JIM HAS A QUIET EVENING IN A FARO LAYOUT

enter. Moore gave the haif-hrced il slap
III the face and then the foot.
The next instant lie in the Law
ont, gently waving his forty -fours from
side to side 50 not only to cover
turmieN. who sat at desk going over
some papers, and the four lookouts. hut
tile whole crowd who sat LAYING at tue
tables
aiormley said Noisy Jim. iii his
quiet voice to Ciormiey. who looked like
man carved out of stone. come over
here to me-a runnin
'Gormlcy got up from his desk in 4
hurry and walked over close t. noisy
Jim IT . pretty nifty pace
'Thatll be near enough. said noisy
Jim, still tanning his guns as 10 keep
the lookouts in order. 'Gormley, what 5
this I'm hearin about your messin' up
this we're dude brother o mineo'
He lost his coin and made a beef
look in his eye. Then. when he got
mussy. he was dropped out of a window
Who done tn droppth'?' inquired
Noisy Jim, not looking at Gormey, but
watching every move of the lookouts
II did-it was comm TO him. replied
Gormley, then.
- heard you did. said Moore. quietly.
Then. raising his voice a bit, he gave
the command:
All hands present Sashay TO that cor
ner over yonder.' indicating by a nod of
his head the corner of the room where
there was the most space. The men in
front OF and behind those tables knew
that ii was a lottery as to which of them
would get it first if that order wasn't
instantly obeyed. They rose as one man.
dealers, lookotts and players, and glided
into the corner indicated.
You stay where YOU stand. Moore said
to GormIey. for the boss had turned as il
to join the crowd in the corner 1t
would have been perfectly easy for
any one of tho h,lddled crowd in the cor
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Moore vas in Denver makin. some ar
rangements for another long trek after
pay dirt. he got i letter from this XII,
brother of his III Leadyiilc Tie letter
stated that the Younger brother had been
pretty badly roG2hcd in Jack Gormles :
faro hank in Leadvillc. Tie Young fellow
had gone up against Gornlcy's brace
game aud. after sloushing off All Of his
coin. had rot into lit of i rev vim
tho result that Gormley himself had ,ifop
ned the lad out Of a second story window
and tho fall had broken one If his lr.s
Noisy Jim Moore made his start fo,.
Ifadvillc, | heard later, just ten min
ntes after lie got that letter from lis
kid brother.
This Jack t;ormlcy. the proprietor If
the brace bank. was "A prett, bad hom-
brey for anybody 10 PLAY tag with. He'd
been running flyer faro laSoutS all over
the southwest and through the Rocky
mountain country for years, and he i
never been known to duck blanch
when the toughest of his bank victims
had started in to puncture the fixtures
liter dropping their rolls. He was
gun tanner and knife fighter proper
and up 10 the time of this Noisy Jim
Moore incident nobody had ever called
him and got by with il.
'Gormley ran four faro tables at his
Leadville plant, and he'd picked every
one of his four lookouts for his ullickness
on the trigger. Moore knew Gormley
aud he knew all about those four sudden
gun propositions VINO sat iii the lookout,
chairs, too.
All the same at In o'clock the night
or the day he got that letter from his
brother Noisy Jim showed M at the en-
trance to Gormley's layout. He hadn't
been 10 see his brokeu-legged brother at
all lie Just wanted To see Gormley.
There was a half GreaSer OH the door.
and this Greaser, under Instructions,
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..Same's | ben a-gittin
How long We YOU hired fo:"''
It'll mex spring
Well. for all dun foolishness. You
plumb crazy.
Il dun know. replied Dan, with hum
hle uncertainty. Il jest done as
yoU--
We'll. ! know" interrupted Mr. Sill
with spirit
The next morning Luther Sill built the
kitchen fire for the first time in thir, I
years. True TO the agreement, Dan came
over in the afternoon and worked at the
trees with him. But what could be done
in two hours?
Day by day the grass grew Follower I'M
der the heap Of timbers from the Fan
ming place.
Well, Dan-she treat You we'll" asked
Nj. Sill one afternoon.
Yes, sub, said Dan. with the old
.neerfulness
After two weeks Of neglect a fourishing
crop of weeds took possession OF the gar
den. Dan. in distress. urged the hiring
Of man TO hoe it.
Yes, yes: I'm going u tend TO it," Mr.
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Preserving the Landmarks.
From the Omaha Rec.


Remove not the ancient landmark" u
a scriptural injur CT ION to whose value the
United States is only beginning to sub
scribe in earnest. Spasmodic efforts at
preservation have heen made here and
there. the most notable being in the case
of the Yellowstone. but the insensate
greed Of the unitarian world has wrought
heavy damage in many spots of beauty
and wonder ere the people awoke 10 !,
realization of the wantoness
The palisades Of the Hudson have been
saved after years of desuitory fighting.
during which commercialism was steadi-
ly at work soaring the noble features or
the Hudson. Similar destruction OF the
famous Delaware Water Gan has been
averted with the utmost difficuity Only
private enthusiasm and ability to paw
saved and perpetuated the Garden OF the
Gods. which wealthy patron has iusr
presented as a Christmas gift to Colorado
Springs.
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inns Cost a Dollar More.

N was entertaining group of maya
zine editors at luncheon in New York.
To compliment upon his fame Mr..
lie GallIenne said lightly:
But what is poeti"al fame in this age
of prose? Only yesterday schOolboy
came and asked me for my autograph. I
assented willingly. And today, at break
fast time, the boy again presented him
self.
with you give me your autograph,
sir?' he said
But said l. i gave you my auto
graph yesterday.
~ swopped that and a dollor he an
swered. FOR the autograph Of Jim JEFF
fries. -
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slid think III told You Thar emnng! Tim, :
these last two-threc years Why don't
re" Pull harder. Harder I'll ta:.c
somebody with backbone % gel this
cleaned NJ before snow lilies Somebody
with backbone.
That night Mr.. Sill enJ">e. tie whole
some. pleasant WEAKNESS ~ Tho lahore,
who comes home at tllr daN's .r.l with
Lis dinner pail. lie Lad earned not on's
his bread. but The right t. ..ii on tie ste -
and watch the sun go down. Th.r had
made a good beginning On lIos" LII.
sticks. lie had not expected t. do .
much.
II" leaned back ii his chair and. class
ing his hands behind lis head eazcd OFT
upon The shaded road on the long orciIar /,
generous in its promise for the autumn.
and ON the garden. where moi Il weed We
TO be seen.
Best-iookins garden asi> where's around, !
he reflected. Guess Ian i..rs; l.. ont
there before daybr"ak.
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between UIanketS. even ]! tHe Wiz ""s
in Colorado have completely gone. jim
was as game a man ever accepted
grub stake to hunt for pay rock. When
knew him back In the early eighties,
and later when the Creole excitement
was putting the hectic flush on the old
time prospectors. Noisy Jim was so
dauntless a chance taker that | used 10
think that nothing short Of busy bolt
OF lightning would ever get the breath
nut of him The nickname Noisy Jim
was fastened onto him because he was
the most silent man In Colorado 1t was
a rare thing for him to speak ten words
in succession.
II happened to be In Leadville when
Noisy Jim did one of the nerviest jobs
1t rcrvr Fife. Jim had brother liy
ing In Leadville, young fellow in his
n,.cs unu worked in the Leadyllle
express office. This younger brother
hadn't been out from the east very long,
and Jim sort of viewed him tender
foot and dint have great deal of COM
merce with him even when he was in
T.easlvi,le, which wasn't often. for Noisy
lin was generally off somewhere pros
pectinC-
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AIR. Luther Sills back yard
Nr I.utber sill could be depended on :"
,,ke ANYTHING that would burn. The news
that a house was 10 be pulled down. OF .
Tree cut brought him at once TO lHe
spot. with a fair offer for the "oou.
F,uel of this sort frequently cost him more
han coal. but. if he knew. il did not
trouble him.
Forty wears before Mr.. Sill had danced
in the long parIors of the Tanning house
and wandered about the box-edged pathS
:, Tho Garden once he had sat in the
summer house by moonlight With pretty
Polly Tanning. and she had asked him
why he did not marry some nice girl
re did not know any. he had said. VITA
J. choke in his throat, for her small white
hand Law in a ray of moonlight within an
inch of his own-that would take him.
was what he would have added the next
moment. but she broke into a gursie OF
laughter and ran of to the house.
Polly married q naval officer not long
after Blu, she told the story to every
cir! in town. and he had never found the
courage 10 look al woman's eyes since.
II was u cool. bright morning. with Z
crisp breeze coming from the west just
the day to saw wood. Mr.. Luther reflected
rontsntediy. as he got the rollers ready
Guess veil have enough stuff to carry
We through the winter, said Dan. sur
veyine the pile. Where goin TO put 4,
Mr.. Sill? The sullar's full Already.
As master and man. Mr.. Luther Sill
and Dan had sawed great deal of wood
together in the last thirty years.
The Sill, family had been one of gov
srnors and Judges, brilliant statesmen,
lawyers of renown and skilled physicians;
but Luther Sill had either fallen behind
in the race or had not cared to run.
Something of his inheritance appeared N
his voice, rarely failing index. for
though he might lapse-and frequently
did-from gramma teal rectitude, his In
elections were those associated only with
culture and breeding.
When his mother diet.. and his last
brother and sister married and went away
from home Luther was left with the old
place and Dan. Ever since the two had
lived and worked together, had cooked
their meals and eaten them together. in
intimate but never familiar relation.
Dams head and shoulders were bent as
10 yoke. and his respect for the S!lls
lad no limit He labored steadily be
tween suns, and yielded patient and un-
questioning obedience, like dumb crea-
uure.
When they were at work Luther Sill
fretted at him continually, with a fussy
irritabili,y. 1t took the place of converse
ton, and both men would have missed il.
Dan seldom replied, but as soon as nc
was left alone could he heard sinsin.
gospel hymns in loud, cheerful voice.
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man and woman and child all that lac q,
she needs-and should therefore have a
justice which extends to our thoughts A
10 our actions. And lastly, LET us hope
Tor charity-not the doles In the poor blii
sympathy and fair construction ard
real help for those who fall below oar
standards. for all who stumble for de
fectiyes and delinquen's and dependents.
Tor the people sent tn this world hair
formed or badly formed. and for those
who have been crushed ia our struggle
for existence and orr struggle for pre-
edence. II would be happy New Year
II Won and l and the rest of us'' could
walk through the streets and SEQ no dis
tress. no misery. no corruption
All this viii rot cone in iaia. hut Al
VIII come. Let uS wish. therefor. that
II the wear upon which We are now sn-
tering does not bring as Utopia. II viii
at least bring MS an inch or two nearer
Ia the topia. In human progress, not
the goal, but the direction, counts; not
the final attainment. but the constant
effort To attain.
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READ in a Denver
paper the other
day that Noisy Jim
Moore, a famous
colorado character
in the boom days,
had piped out
peacefully in his
bunk" said a min
ing engineer. Jim
was the last man
Id ever figure on
TO make a ilnish
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Now. said Noisy jim. after Gormlky
had tossed the last table out and stood re-
garding Moore with blazing eyes you
follow your layout.
Noisy Jim was half a head shorter in
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There was half Greaser OH the door
and this Greaser, under Instructions
tried TO tell Noisy Jim that he coul,lnt
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NEW ROWING COACH
SUGGESTED FOR YALE
ament Fact That Crews Co..
lapse and Show Lack
of Condition.

NEW YORK. July 16.-Some Yale
alumni have expressed dissatisfaction at
the way Yale crews have trailed behind
Harvard in recent regattas on the
Thames. They have suggested that a
new coach was needed by the Blue, and
a rumor was once circulated that James
E. Rice of Columbia or Robert Courtney
Of Cornell would be called to take charge
at Gales Ferry in the future.
However. the general run of Yale grad
yates do not find fault with their coach.
nor do they lament the loss of a race as
much as the fact that recent Yale crews
have collapsed at the finish and shown
lack OF condition.
AS for changing their coach, most Yale
men believe that John Kennedy has not
lost the reputation which he Justly won
as a builder Of finished crews. His sup
porters argue that the Yale coach Is all
right, but that the Gales Ferry system Is
entirely wrong.
Harvard crews go to Red Top and
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Club Batting Records.
Club Fielding RECORDS,

ton: Long John" Reilly. AL McKinnon
ana Club Sullivan, Dan Brouthers, Ro-
ger Common and Cap Arson were first
oasemen. but not great f1elders But mvi
now they could wallop the ball! One does
not see many batsmen of their caliber
nowadays. and the pitchers box in the
days when that big tslo Of hitters We're
in their prime was only forty-frve feet
away from the home plate: now 1t is
ffty-fve.
But it was in the outfield that the old
timers showed the greatest superiority
over the present guardians OF the outer
positions. There are Ty Cobbs now and
Crisis Speakers and Jack Wheats but in
the days OF twenty-five years ago there
were the Jimmy McAleers, the Curt
Welches. the Charley Fergusons, the Joe
Hornungs. the Ned Hanlons, the Tommy
McCarthys. the Hughey Duffys, the Sam
ThQgpsons. the George WOODS and others
who II they did not throw on; one or
two runners at the home plate in every
game didn't think they were earning their
salaries. and they were getting lust as
big stipends In those days as the players
are today. Who ever hears NOWADAYS
OF ouofielders pulling of such shrewd
tricks in the outfeld as those heavenly
twins" Tom Mccarthy and Hughey
Duny. used to do right along? l saw
Mccarthy trap two fly balls In one
game and double up runners both times.
The games are faster at present than a
quarter OF century ago. perhaps. be-
cause there are more fast players; but as
all-around ball players. 10 batting. field
ing and running. the stars of the old days
mad shade on the fashiest OF today.
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train. They see no friends, they pay no
social calls on cottage verandas. They
eat four meals a day and steadily. The
atmosphere at Gales Ferry is that of a
summer resort rather than a training
camp. and there Is no physician in
charge. as there is at Red Top. Customs
have grown up at the Yale quarters
which permit the crew men almost I'M
limited latitude. and Yale rowing coach
Is not vested with the autOcratic author
ity which Courtney enjoys at Cornell.
When Yale oarsmen are not on the
water they are permitted to go to visit
and stroll with the sisters and sweet
hearts through the cottage colony. They
are dressed in their neatest and relax
their efforts to condition themselves.
At Red Top the Harvard men pitch
quoits for amusement and wear no more
clothes than are required to avoid a dis
orderly conduct charge. When the day Of
the regatta comes several Yale oarsmen
collapse at the finish line and the Har-
ward oarsmen appear to be in perfect
condition.
There seems to be little reason for the
report that John Kennedy will not coach
at Yale again. Even If Yale would like
to have the wizard of the Hudson at the
head of the Blue rowing system, Court
ney's contract with Cornell will not ex-
pire for several seasons, and Courtney
likes his place. He Is Cornell institu-
ton.
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Saratoga's Stake Races.

SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y, July
1S.-The Saratoga Racing Association
has announced the following schedule
Tor the stake events to be run at the
Spa in August: August 4. Flash and
Saratoga handicap: August s, Alabama:
August 6. Hurricane, Delaware handt-
cap and Saratoga steeplechase; August
s. Kentucky: August 8. Seneca; August
10. United States Hotel: august IL:
Champlain handicap and Albany handi-
cap; August IL. Schenectady; August
Is. Saratoga special, Travers and North
American steeplechase; August Ii, Mo-
hawk; August Is. Spinaway: August
II. Grand Union Hotel: Angus: Is. Trov
and Saranac handicap; August 10,
handicap and Shillelah steeplechase:
August %. Vassar selling: August 20,
Huron: August "a. Adirondack handi-
cap: August Is. Wellesley handicap;
August 2s. Amsterdam selling: August
81. Rensselaer, handicap, Saratoga cup
and Beverwyck steeplechass.
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0LD-T|MERS WERE
BETTER THROWERS
Present Day 0utfieIders Do
Not Make HeaveS That
Did Veterans.

The outheld playing OF today is hardly
up TO what Il was in the earlier days Of
base bali. says Sam Crane. In the infield
the present-day style is faster. for they
have more speed boys now than for
merly: and also the great advantage that
goes with the fielders glove But the
best individual infielders Of today are no
better. if as good, as those Of a quarter
of a century ago.
ed Williamsons. Jerry Dennys, Jack
Glasscocks. Fred Pfeffers, Danny Rich
ardsons. Club Sullivans, Charles Comis-
keys. Arlie Lathams and other crack
inAelderS OF twenty-five years past were
possibly superior In many ways to the
stars o. today IN the same positions. Ed
Williamson has never been surpassed In
the all-around ability that goes to make
q crackerJack shortstop. and neither has
Jack Giassock t(Pebbly jack, who, al
though he wore a No. 4 cap, was all
there when 1t was up to him to play base
ball.
Jerry Denny was the best third base
man Of his day. He was a two-handed
player, and. mind you. never wore q
glove when he was at his best. Either to
the right OF left he was just as good.
and his overland scoops Of hard-hit
grounders were famous.
There was Tommy Burns. too, who was
Just as good a third baseman as there Is
playing ball today
johnny Eyers or Eddie Collins never
had anything on Fred Pfeffer or Dannie
Richardson or Fred Dunlap In fielding
the second-base position or In head work,
either, and Evers is considered one of the
brainiest players today-and he Is.
AS TO first basemen. all hats muSt come
off TO Hal Chase of the New York Ameri-
cans He has never been even approached
IN playing the initial bag. But there were
great first basemen in Charley Comiskey,
who frs; made first base fielding posi-
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TO Be Real Marathon.

NEW YORK. July 16.-To judge by
what happened at the recent annual
meeting OF the international Olympic
committee at Luxembourg, the Swedish
program when finally arranged will be
remarkable for a lot Of changes and
innovations. Only the rough draft of
the program has yet seen the light.
but with almost two years to work out
the details. still more complicated
events may be introduced
The event to come in for considerable
attention was the marathon race. and
at Sweden 1t will be an out-and-out
contest of endurance-that is, there
will be a clear course from start to
finish and the runners will not be al
lowed attendants, nor shall they take
refreshments or receive aid from any
body. along the route under penalty of
disqualification. Neither will autos,
motor cycles. bicycles or conveyances
of any kind be allowed on the course.
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INQUISITIVE FANS

Sporting Editor Star Will you kindly inform
me as soon as possible with what team, IL any,
Mac Hayden, the catcher who played with
Washington in 1905. is playing! F. NJ G.
The last heard. Of Hayden he was with
Kansas City.
Sporting Editor Star: VIII you be 30 kind as
to answer the following questions?
1. What is the record for throwing base ball
for distance?
g A claims record for kicking foot bali in
Gaelic foot ball is $50 yards. Would like to
know what record is. Thanking In advance.
am, M. C.
1. John Hatfield. Brooklyn, N. Y. Octo-
Der Is. 1872, threw a ball 133 yards 1
foot ~ inches.
2 No record of this feat available.
Sporting Editor Star: Will you please answer
this question in your next Sundays pink section
in the column entitled "Inquisitlve Fans?
1. Did not Princeton come second in the base
ball championship next to Pennsylvania?
2. Is it true that Jeffries will fight johnson
~ ' CHARLES n. PRICKETT
1. Pennsylvania first, Yale second.
Princeton third.
2. No.
Sporting Editor Star: A says Jeffrles got 60
cent. Who is right:
Sporting Editor Star: Is willett's name spelled
Willett or Winetts?
Willett. At least. we have his word
for it.
Sporting Editor Star: What were the batting
averages Of Ty Cobb and Larry up to and In
GLIDING July? J. A. Lands.
Cobb. 1878: Lajoie. .401.
Sporting Editor Star: / would like to know
the worlds records for the 1O0-yard dash, the
22o-yard dash. the 22O-yard hurdles and the
120 hurdles. r. 8. V. p.
The records are:
1oO-yard dash-A. F. Duffy. Berkeley,
Cal. 93-5 seconds; Dan Kelley, Spo-
kane, Wash. 9 3-5 seconds: Minoru Fulfil
Toxic University, on grass, 8 20 seconds
tunoficiaD; JAMES A. Rector. favored
by wind, 92-5: r. P. Williams (pro-
fessionaD, New London. Conn.,, 8 LIS sec
onds (unoficiaD.
22O-yard dash-B J. Wefers, Toronto
Ontario. 1897. Il seconds fiat.
120-yard hurdles-A. B. Shaw, Chicago.
1908. Is seconds fiat.
22O-yard hurdles-A. C. Kraenzlein,
Brooklyn, 1898, q 3-5 seconds.
Sporting Editor Star: I. What takes place
when the umpire calls balk on the pitcher!
; 2. What IL q balk Is made when there Is no
one on the bases? P.J
man on first base the man on first base
goes to second base. but the batsman
cannot go to first base.
= .. If no one is on the bases and the
pitcher makes a balk the batsman is not
entitled to take first base.
Sporting Editor Star: Will you kindly settle
this bet? A says that Jeffries gave the cham
p.onship to Marvin Hart. says to Tommy
Burns. Which wins? > READER.
A wins. Jeffries transferred his title
to Marvin Hart when he retired from
the ring.
Sporting Editor Star Please inform me II
Battling Nelson was ever knocked out; II So by
whom. HARRY WALTERS.
BY Wolgast. He had gone the limit of
his endurance, his seconds conceded his
to come back and the referee
gave the verdict as knockout.
= Sporting Editor Star: Was Beckendorf loaned to
the Washingtons was he released outright?
j. e. L.
The deaf is recorded as an outright
purchase.
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Chain of Motordromes.

CHICAGO, July 16-The opening of the
Los Angeles board motordrome last April
gave automobile racing a great impetus
in the west.
There was talk at that time of building
a chain OF like structures. Speedways are
now established facts at Los Angeles and
Indianapolis. and Denver is to have a
new and up-to-date track that will cost
In the neighborhood of $4,000 to con-
struct. This city also plans to enter the
field.
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Matinee Auto Races.

NEW YORK, July 16-Though the Mo-
tor Racing Association has postponed its
next twenty-four-hour race until August
10 and %, it has been decided to hold
matipee races on the Brighton Beach mo-
todrome Saturday. July g. There will be
a program of nine events and a match
race between George Robertson. driving
the Simplex racing car, and Ralph de
Palma, the Fiat Cyclone" The match
three, for q purse Of $500. All the other
events will be ten-mile dashes a distance
that insures the cars being driven at top
speed all the way.