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med and rolled for several months, es- pecially for the contest The first game is called for Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock and the match will be de- cided by the best two games out of three.
 Polo was introduced in the United States in 1876 by James Gordon Ben- nett and the first public match of rec ord was played June il, 1879, in Brook lyn.
 The first International tournament for the American polo cup was played at Newport, in 1888. and owing to the ex- cellent team play of the English and the superiority of their ponies, they carried away the cup.
 That was quarter of century ago and it was not won back until the year before last. Now another team of Eng lisn army officers is after 1t again and has brought stable of 35 high priced English bred polo ponies in an en- deavor to lift" the trophy.
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MAXWELL PITCHES
 FOR BARONS TODAY

Bert Maxwell will probably be on the bill for Birmingham this afternoon, and 1t is probable that Harold Johns will op- pose him.
 The Barons will be, therefore, in posi- ton, for the first time during the pres ent Birmingham-Atlanta series, of giving the Crackers real battle.
 Tomorrow the Barons play a double header in Memphis, and it is probable that game will occur in the morning and another in the afternoon.
 From Memphis the club will move on to Nashville. There it will be joined by Pitcher Kent, and the Barons will then he in pretty fair shape.
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BIRDIE CREE IS
 STAR OF SEASON
By W. S. FARNswoRTH

Every season sees a new diamond star shoot to the front. One year 1t is Cobb, the next Collins. then Ford and ST on down the line. Right here I am going to make a plediction-I believe that Birdie Cree the husky little outfieder of the New York fankees, will be the sensation of the American league this year.
 Here is a fellow Nho looks immense He is playing grand ball, both on the defense and offence and right now is more feared than any other batmen on the Tanks roster Pitchers all over the circuit have told me that they would rather have any other man on the team than Cree up in the pinch
 Last year Cree was a wonderful bal nn.layer, but he is twice as good now
 thereby hangs a tale. With George
 Ilings at the helm of the Tanks
 ee could rot play his best game. The outfielder Is a high-class chap He would not stand for the abuse that Stallings often hands his players when they make Q mistake or are going wrong. And the result was that Cree did not give Stall ings tEe best in him.
 Under Chase, manager who has noth- ing but praise for his men, Cree has inn proved 100 per cent.
 Cree is natural ball player. He start ed as an infielder, but the outfield is where he belongs. The first season he was with the Tanks he gave the fans heart failure every time he went after a fly ball. He would run all around 1t be- fore making the catch. But today he is an excellent judge of line drive or a high lift, and once he gets his hands on the pellet it Is there to stay.
 At the bat he oftentimes swings wild ly at the ball, but he breaks up many good games by hitting wild pitches around his ear out of the lot. He can hit to any field. being a natural place hitter. He can run 100 yards close in to 10 seconds. and has a wing that is about the strongest and most accurate ever pos sessed by big League gardener
 Cree Natural Player
 Cree doesn't have to play baseball If he doesn't want t.. His real name and title is Prof. W. Frank Cree. He has a knowledge of trees and shrubs that stamps him as an authority He can go back to his trade and make handsome living, but he prefers to play ball. He says that as soon as his day son the dia- mono are over he will start school of forestry.
 Cree was born in Pittsburg 27 years ago. After graduating from the public schools of Stogs vile he went to the State Nor nal school to prepare for entrance to Pennsylvania State. Six years ago Birdie entered the freshman class of the
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Nashville, Tenn, May 2S.-For the first time in 25 years a league game of base ball was played here today, New Or leans won from Nashville in a slow and uninteresting affair." 10 to 8. All of the Volunteers runs came in the fourth in- ming, resulting from heavy hitting and Veasey's wildness. The Pelicans secured five of their runs in the first by hard clouting. There were between 5000 and 5000 people at the game. Twice play was interrupted by deputy sheriffs who served warrants on the players, but the delays from the officers did not consume over ten minutes altogether Score:
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Coster Beats Conley

New Orleans, May 2S.-Joe Coster of Brooklyn administered severe beating to Frankie Conley of Kenosha. Wis, in a twenty-round bout at the Westside Athletic club, Algiers. this afternoon. Three judges were unanimous in award ing the Brooklyn boy the honors, and he Is now slated to meet Abe Attell for the featherweisht championship.
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Maxwell Will Be On Hill Today
FIGURES SHOW THAT BUT
 FOR VERY WEAK FLINGING
 BARONS WOULD HAVE MODIFIED

Phelan has caught up with McGil- vray in base stealing, each of whom has purloined II to date. McBride has stolen s bases and Yantz !.
 Tannehil and Trough have done the pitching for the club. Sexton was at the .500 mark when he was retired All others are below that figure. Fleharty has pitched the only tie game for the locals.
 The figures which follow are official and represent the work done in every game played by the Barons this sea
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THOUGH BEATEN INTO PULP| BURNS WILDLY CHEERED FC
 GREAT EXHIBITION OF G
BY DoUGLA S ERskINE

San Francisco, May 2s.-(Special.) .)-An- other victim was added to Ad Wolgast's long list yesterday. Frankie Burns, the Oakland lightweight who aspired to wrest the laurels from the brow of the Cadillac champion. acknowledged defeat at the start of the seventeenth round and Referee Welsh tapped Wolgast on the shoulder as the winner.
 It was an unsual ending. The seconds practically threw up the sponge for the Oakland boy, but it was not while the battle was going on. At the end of the sixteen round Burns went to his corner as thoroughly whipped as a man could be and still stay on his feet. During the interval the men in his corner did everything they could to bring him back to the point where he could defend him. self, but without avail. So when the gong changed for the resumption of hos tiities and Wolgast walked towards his opponents corner the Burns seconds did not climb out, but signalled the cham pion that the fight was over. Burns was raised to his feet and had just enough strength left to weakly shake hands with his conqueror.
 As the majority of the followers of things pugilistic expected Burns proved an easy mark for Wolgast. Not that he was so thoroughly outclassed that the contest was uninteresting, but there never was a time during the milling that even Franlxies supporters could hope for d victory. The Burns crouch puzzled the | champion and the unexpected sallies which are a feature of Burns peculiar style of boxing, took WolsSst by surprise several times and brought him some solid punches, but the champion was ever con- fident always alert to take advantage of the slightest opening in his opponents S hedgehog defense and from first to last he was the aggressor, the attacking force, the man who was winning-the cham pion.
 Burns Was Game
 1 Burns must be given every credit for the game stand he made. In the first two rounds he was smashed on the nose until the blood stfeamed down his chest. In the third, his left ear, disfgured from the receipt of many punches in the past, was cut, and another source of supply | after round Wolgast stood off and rained blows on Burns face and body, but until the final onslaught in the sixteenth round the Oakland boy did not wince. He stood to his guns like a soldier and when at last even his lion heart had to acknowledge defeat, part of the sting must have been taken from the defeat | by the knowledge that in all the crowd there were none who did not admire | his grit.
 1 It probably was mistake for the man ager of the young Oaklander to pit him | against the champion in his fifth pro- l fessional fight With such short sup I ply of experience Frankie could not be | expected to stand a chance of winning from a fighter like Wolgast who has met the best in the business and won
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AMATEUR GAMES
Aldrich and Jones Split

Aldrich and Jones divided a double header here today. First game, Aldrich 13, Jones ?; second game, Aldrich 6, Jones z. Batteries first game, Lawley and Lawley for Aldrich Reed and Ru- die for Jones. Batteries, second game, Alnis and Lawley for Aldrich, H. Reed and Rudic for Jones.
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Rayos of Standard Oil Win

A fast and interesting game was pulled off between the 'Rayos of Stan dard oil and the Indian Refining com pany on the Decatur Car Wheel works diamond by the score of F to g. Bat teries for the Rayos Culpepper, Fow- Ter and Garrett; Indian Refining com pany Carpenter, Ellis and Wallace. The fest ture of the game was the feldfng of Zoll, Gum and Wright. Empires, Apple and Frank Smith.
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Maps Tie White Sox

Chicago, May 2S.-Rain and darkness put an end to the second game of the Cleveland7 Chicago, series today with the score 5 to 5 in the tenth inning. The visitors hit Walsh hard in the seventh and looked like sure winners A batting rally by Chicago in the ninth inning, in- cluding two singles and base on balls, filled the bases. Bodie tripled to right center, clearing the bases and scored on Collins hit Gregg relieved Hardness and the batting was checked. With a man on second and two out rain came down in torrents and the game was called
 Three ticket scalpers were arrested for operating outside the grounds. The score: R.H.E. Cleveland .............. GOO 010 400 0-5 II 1 Chicago 100 GOO GOA 0-5 2
 Batteries: Hardness, Gregg and Land Walsh and Payne and Sullivan. Time, 2:55 Empires, Dineen and OLoughlin.
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Turtles Bat Fiene and Chappelle

Memphis, May 2S.---After five in nings of brilliant baseball, Memphis batters took kindly to the pitching of Fiane of Mobile and batted in three runs in the sixth. Fiene was relieved by Chappelle in the seventh, who fared no better. the home club winning 2 to ]. Finlayson was effective at times when hits meant runs. Score;
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Powderly Forfeits Game

The Powderly team forfeited game Saturday afternoon to the Woodlawn Piquik club by not appearing to fill an engagement The Piquiks, however, had an interesting practice among themselves with the ladies officiating.
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Tannehill Still Improves

Jesse Tannehill was not free of fever last night, but his temperature was very little above normal. pr. Dedman, while hopeful that the pitcher will be out in few days. cannot state positively yet how seriously the malady may be.
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K. o. T. M. Victorious

The K. o. T. M. beat the Green Springs team in fast game by the score of to 2. Batteries, K. o. T. M., Malcolm and Brown; Green Springs, Holton and Dennis.
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American Association
STANDING
Results

At Indianapolis: Milwaukee B. Indi- annapolis 3.
 At Louisville: Louisville 12, Minne- apolis 5.
 At Columbus: First game. Columbus 4, st. Paul 1. Second game, Columbus D. St. Paul 9.
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VOLUNTEERS LOSE
 FIRST SUNDAY GAME
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday
Games Today

Memphis [, Mobile l. New Orleans 10, Nashville 8.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
chicago-st Louis game postponed, rain.
Pirates Defeat Reds

Cincinnati. May 2S.-Opportune hitting allowed Pittsburg to win from Cincinnati today by a score of to 5. Wagners bat ting was timely. Both Suggs and I.eifield were hit rather hard. Bescher and Dow ney hit well for Cincinnati. Score:
 f R.H E. Pittsburg ................120 02O 110--7 Il 4 Cincinnati ............... .020 100 002-5 5 Batteries: Leifield and Simon McQuil- len, Suggs and Clarke. Time, 2:15 Um- pires, Klem and Doyle
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Summary: Two-base hits, Butcher, Sea bough, Knaupp. Three-base hits, Smith, Bay, Perry. Sacrifice hits, Smith, Man ush, Doane. Bases on errors, New Orleans f. Stolen bases, Callahan 2. Time of game, 2:20. Empires, Collifiower and Eitz- simmons.
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Summary: Two-base hits, Swalm, Jackson, Finlayson, Courtney, Swa- cina. Three base hit. East Hits ap- portioned, Fiene In Ia innings with 8 runs. Sacrifice hits, Smith. Fiene. Altman, Knotts. Double plays, Finlay son to East to Courtney Bases on balls Fiene 2, Chappelle l, Finlayson A.. Time. 1:55. Empires, Byron and Pfen- ninSer.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Tigers Lose Listless Game

Detroit, May 2S-In a listless game fea- tured only by Bushs fielding, St. Louis defeated Detroit today 12 to 6. Score:
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Birmingham at Atlanta. Montgomery at Chattanooga. Mobile at Memphis.
 Nashville at New Orleans.
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COTTON STATES
STANDING

Results vicksburg 5. Meridian ?.
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The Batting Averages
The Pitching Averages

Totals .......1274 159 8o8 59
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31
SYNOPSIS.

A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold. artful wife of a
drunken prospector in a western mining
ing, blizzard but are confronted by the
maudlin husband. He is shot by the
wife, but the chivalrous boy pins. a
1 npsn { Sims sea o IN th taking digh the to crime the
railroad station the wonlan's horse
falls exhausted: the youth puts her
on his own and follows hanging to the
ment, the woman thrusts her escort into
a snow drift and rides on. Half-frozen
he stumbles into the railroad station Just
twenty-five years later. this man, George
Gormly, is a multi-millionaire in New
York: He meets Eleanor Haldane, a
beautiful and wealthy settlement worker
Gor1nly becomes owner of a
line and finds himself frustrated in pier
and track extension plans by grating al
Company. An automobile accident brings
the Haldanes to his country home. CORN
ly announces that he will be mayor OF
New York and redeem the city from cor,
iruption. Mr.. Haldane in a long deslreo
interview with Gormly. makes an indirect
proposition to compromise the fight which
the latter has been waging in the news
papers against the Gotham Traction com
pany. and which Ha1dane is suspected OF
being the head. Gormly boldly ~nounc
his plan of campaign to Haldane. Gormly
rides to Haldane's place, carrying wore
of the auto accident. The next morning
HE refers to the ride of the night before
as mild compared to one he experienced
in his boyhood days. The papers an
lnounce his candidacy for mayor. Inc po.
,litical declaration of the merchant prince
produced a tremendous sensation. Enc
minority party, seeing in him a possible
Moses, make OvertureS looking TO tne IN
dorsement of his candidacy oy tne Jus 5,
Gormly, however. rejects all proposed al
li2nceS.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31

ent position. You have a level head.
I think we are all agreed on what you
suggest: eh, gentlemen"
"Good!" said Haldane after the as.
sents had been received. 1T only re
mains then to make up the slate.
Shall we do it now or later?"
I'VE might as we'll do our part of it
now" said Liffey. "Ill sex Benson to.
morrow and put it up to him. He can
name his contributions to the list, and
then we'll announce it."
"And our platform? 2" queried Ruther.
ford.
"To stand on our record and point
with pride, and say mighty little else"
returned the boss concisely.
Rutherford laughed; so did the rest.
1t was SO absurd and yet so exceeding.
ly adroit.
"And I'll carry out my part Of the
game" said the chief of police.
What part was that?" asked
Haldane.
While you were out" answered
Rutherford, "our worthy n of pub.
lie morals, guardian Of public inter.
ests. and enforcer of public law, sug.
gested that it would be a good thing
to employ the detective force of the
city in looking out for the interests OF
the party by Investigating the past,
present, and future Of Mr.. Gormly
You see a reform candidate has got to
be Of blameless life. That's the rea.
son we are none of us allied with that
party, I take it. And If anything
whatsoever a be found. which tends
reformer, his cakes dough."
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31

hesitate to say that I think Warren Is
the best man we can get. Ke know
him; we know Just exactly what we
can expect from him. He is rather
liked by the people, and his connec-
ton with this little ring here is not
too obvious"
81 guess that suits me-" returned
Liffey.
Habberley and Cornell agreed, and
Van Slyke and his colleague also as
scented.
Now" said Liney, I've got some
thing else to propose. What do you
think as to the likelihood of Gormly's
gittin' or acceptin' the nomination of
the outs?"
II think he could get it by turning
over his hand" answered Haldane;
but I think it is extremely unlikely
that he'll accept it. He told me that
he intended to run as IN absolute in
dependent; not to be tied to any party
whatsoever"
They'll offer him the nomination
sure" said Cornell. "They amt never
had such a chance as he'll present
| since I've been chief of police, and
that's nearly twenty years"
well, if he won't accept it. thatl
make them all sore as the devil" safe
Habberley.
Exactly" %interposed Liffey, "ane
therefore l propose that we make {
nonpartisan ticket to run against him
fho+ uo l;xi1o <ho of4ooc hnfUnon fh<
ms and outs; reservin' to ourselves
the most important and vital ones. O
course, but givin' the outs enough tt
make EN- feel good, let EN- git thei1
fingers into the public pie for a few
pickin's, and so On. We can easil!
do that without losin' too much, ant
We'll present a united front agains
him"
"a united front of all the grafters
thieves, blackguards, f%nanciers, AM
politicians in New York;" sneere'
, Rutherford.
"You don't like the scheme. MI
Rutherford" roared Liffey angrily.
Vastly. I think it's one of the bes
that could be proposed"
LAS for myself" said Haldane, ="
also think it has elements of attrat
tiveness, although l must protes
against being placed in the categor
you have enumerated, Mr.. Ruthel
ford"
"Oh, protest all you like" said tn
district attorney easily. 1.-THE su,
gestion is a good one, Lifey. It's nc
hard to see why you're in your pre-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31

"Cut off his allowance"
Unfortunately, he has sufficient
money of his own from his GRANDPA
theirs estate, to keep him from-er-
want; and as he is quite of age, my
influence must be a matter OF per-
suasion."
"Gentlemen," said Rutherford, this
is a very serious indication Of the
gravity of the situation. If young
men like Livingstone Haldane espouse
the of George Gormly, it means
that he'll have a following among that
class that has tremendous weight"
"That class as a rule don't cut much
Of a figure in politics." said the street
commissioner. TITS my white wings
and ConnelI's gang and the society
that does the work."
Don't make any mistake" said
Rutherford. "The class to which you
refer, if it could be walked up, is
capable of doing amazing work"
IF I know anything about it." said
Van Slyke, "Gormly will wake them
up too"
II, guess we'll have to fall back on
Mr.. Warren and his administration"
said Haldane.
Gentlemen" began Warren SEN
t~entiously, II shall always be glad to
serve the people and-er-my friends
and supporters in any Office to which
I may be chosen"
We'll take care Of that" Interrupt
ted Lihey contemporary.
I'm order to make it regular" said
the district attorney, Il propose that
we all declare here and now our pref
erence for our candidate. l don't
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31
CHAPTER TX.
The Plans of the Rine

The Plans of the Ring.
At this moment Haldane reentered
the He looked gravely trou-
bled.
Gentlemen, it is past belief, but
when I asked him whether he would
accept the nomination or not, he
said"
Haldane paused.
He said he had already pledged
his support to Gormly that afternoon
at the intercession of-er-my daugh-
ter and some other friends"
well I'm damned!' said the boss.
Are you goin' to stand for that?"
Il hardly see how I can prevent it"
answered Haldane, very much per
turbed, unless I should disclose my
own connection with the administra.
ton; which, I take it, is a thing to be
avoided for all our sakes."
Eyes, unless we want to kill the COW
we're milkin'," returned Lifey, 1T is,
But can't you put pressure on him?"
ITO a certain extent, yes"
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"oh, 1 guess you'll take your order

"Oh, l guess you'll take your orders
from the society,""
Not from you, Liffey, not from any
body" said Rutherford quietly
enough, though his face flushed at the
insult. CAS- a matter of fact, being
district attorney, / hold the whip hand
of you ALL" And again the uneasy
movement from the f1nanciers evi-
denced the truth of that assertion.
MY term still has two years to run
remember, and there r things
could do even with you. Don't forget
that!"
Liffey gritted his teeth; but said
nothing in tle face Of so obvious a
proposition.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31
Hard Luck.

IT hear the play you wrote was L
failure"
Eyes. I always was unlucky."
do you think 1t was merely a case
Of luck?"
Certainly 1t was. It happened that
the leading critic Of the town In which
the play was produced o a pair Of
new shoes to the opening perform
ance. How was It possible In the cir.
cumstances for us to get a fair write.
up?"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-27
Dickens and the Dolly

Charles Dickens love of children is we'll illus
trated by the following story told in the London
Telegraph: He walking in the neighborhood
his property there, when he suddenly into
a little girl wheeling dolls perambulatOr. In
instant the tiny vehicle upset, the dolls being
thrown out. The little maid burst into tears
and much to the novelist's sorrow refused to be
comforted. "Then come home with me-" Dick
ems whispered soothingly, "and we'll if we
can't find some grand lady in silks and
satins for YOU But it is in the sequel that the
best part of the story lies. The child's heart
set on making some return for this kindness, so
her parents, who had not the fantest suspicion
of her friends personality, took her to town to
choose something. Her choice fell eventually
upon a gorgeously bound book When Dickens
the next day undd the parcel his small visitor
brought him he was surprised and delighted to
see copy of David Copperfield." Not until
many years later, when they met again in society,
did the little girl learn who the kind gentleman
was
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-27

shed and riot, the Steel Trust magnates do
not care
They had rather see bloodshed from the
mob than have their system under which they
mercilessly rob changed.
The Democrats have suddenly discovered
that there is much waste going on in and
about the Capitol at Washington amount
approaching about $180,0O0 per year.
A large sum of this money goes to police
men in the Capitol building, who were put
on watch at the beginning of the Spanish
American war to keep the Spaniards from
doing harm to the building, and, as the
policemen didn't know that Spain has long
since given up the idea of taking the City of
Washington, the policemen were still drawing
their pay to keep the Spaniards out
1t was found that a fourteen-year-
daughter of the doorkeeper was drawing
handsome salary as the doorkeeper's clerk,
with an extra allowance for an annual vaca-
ton.
Several telegraph operators who didn't