The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-11

tones, "that the real issue against this
yotA,g man is not mitgated in the slightest
degree, 81"
: : 0Crr1ackl" went the mighty bat Of the ,
Giant at the plate. The ball shot on a line
past third base, eluded the clutches Of the
left-felder and rolled merrily on to the
fence.
The man on second scampered gleeiullv i
home with the winning run and the
Cardinals had gone down in defeat
4 X \ X
The crowds began streaming out; those in
the boxes, for the most part, sank back in
their seats, waiting until the exits became less
jamalcd and congested.
II hardly know whether TO be gad-or
sorry" exclaimed Edith dilbiongly; of
course, wanted New York 10 win--but |
wanit9. Joe to win, tool
Neither Flo nor the Colonel ventured any
response; the latter being, apparently, lost il
his own reflections and his daughter COM
pletelj absorbed in an earnest but not en-
tirely successful endeavor TO catch glimpse
OF Cardinal "utiliy man" in the scattered
group Of players still busy with their bats
and cases around the bench. She was
wondering now hoping against
hope that he would come to her. she felt
that she muSt speak to hin, ii only for a
momentl
Suddenly her attention, as well as that 81
Edith and the Colonel, was directed to the
conversation of the two gentlemen in front,
who had been in the next box
There's an interesting bit Of history about
that young Cardinal utility player" one OF
them was saying, as they stood waiting for an
opportunity to make their way out; "it y.a5
tcll {, me BY banker friend of mine: be
knew wouldn't ever repeat it."
"Oh, no; certainly notl' rejcined the
ctnrl facetiously.
Well Imean to any one who Nigh. know
the pa-tie- personally"
Il understand"
at seems Fleming was Senior at SONS
college ,iown South, and captain Of the Var
sit base-baI 4eam He had a boy ehum he
thought considerable of, ard this boy got lr
bal scmc way ssolt lcl Of !1oney belonging
to the athletic cinbl I'nc soy mother came
TO rJroing. and begged rim 10 save her son.
Well Nc aad h'ile MONEY, icst enough TO
fnisl & llcsr . i, ID to take hi, sister through
the t,lo y;ng jcs, he turned over his shair.
and WIN, c.,Jugh; then ne wrote to t-is
banker, =, ,lr friend Of his father
and boro7ved money to save his frierds
ho1orl re didn't want to tell the banke,
what he war ted with the money: he m.ce
him do it, III he never told another sDul'
. just gave ZIP his career friends
to 90 and earn back in the only honorable
way he knev how, the money bis chum lad
stolen! He was engaged, at the time, to one
OF tile girls at the college, but when he joined
the professionals, her Of man cut up roagh
about IL, and busted the whole thing up,
and Come on, now; here's away cut.
In another romcnt they we're LOST from sg.
in the crowd.
Edith was he first 10 speak.
"Well, zshai do YOU think Of that'
Flo, the tears Of Joy glisiening in a-' 5lve
eyes, was far too happy to say any.f;ss =. all;
then, too she was busy watchins ~ Gar
dlnal' rapidly making his wayt ~N;., 'n-n.
The Colonel, however, had soi a''as TO
say-and he expressed himself '~s''> ~. 70
the point.
Young ladies il that Util:.y Nan zee
approaching our box will accei. my terms
an my apology I'm Isir = iSa
hin up for he
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