The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-12
F. P. GRAVES AS SPORTSMAN
Enters Two Teams in st. Louis Bowl.
ing Tournament He Pays
the Freight"

superintendent +. L. Graves OF
the Doe Run Lead Company Is an
enthusiastic patron Of ten-pins as
well as other athletic storts, and en-
tiers two teams In the st. Louis
Bowling Tournament. The Repub-
lie of last Sunday has this TO say OF
him:
1t Is one thing TO be blessed with
the things of this world; another
to know how to use them wisely.
Rockefeller with all his millions
does not get the fractional part OF
the Joy in living that Is the daily
portion Of the modest and unassum-
ing sportsman, f. p. Graves OF Doe
Run, Mo.
Seeing to II that others get what
is their just due, must have been
early adopted as working maxim
by MIR. Graves. Few successful
men of to-day are so dearly be-
loved by coworkers and employees.
A visit to Doe Run will show the
interested one why this Is true.
Mr.. Graves, personally, estab-
lished and maintains for the use Of
the men employed by the lead com.
pany in which he is interested, we'll
equipped bowling alleys, club rooms,
n library of 800 volumes with read
ing rooms, billiard and pool parlors
and a museum, roughly estimated
to contain objects aggregating hum
dreds of thousands OF dollars in
value. All this and more he main
tains out of his private purse for
the benefit Of his employees and the
citizens Of the community of which
he is so important n factor.
An ardent admirer of all healthful
sports and recreatlons it was Mr..
Graves who gave Barney Petty his
first real start In baseball. Mr..
Graves is especially welded to the
teupin game. For years lac has at
tended the national tournaments,
and was "A conspicuous figure among
the many participants. At Pitts
burg he was accompanied by two
Buckeye teams. Unsclhsh and gen
erous, he could not enjoy the pleas
ure alone, so saw to it that the two
teams made the trip In style, with.
out farthing of cost To anyone
save the host of the occasion.
When the Missouri State Bowling
Association was organized, Mr..
Graves was in the front rank, and
was unanimously chosen vice prcsi-
dent Of the body. When the call
went out for supporters Of the move.
ment to secure the national meet
for st. Louis, Mr.. Grave was one
of the first to respond, and his ans
wer To the call was of such substan.
tial nature it won over many tim.
id and hesitating follower OF the
game. So well does he stand with
the bowlers, that any Office in the
gift Of the associations organizers
was his for the asking, but he asked
only the privilege Of being n part OF
the whole, and his election to the
Office Of second vice president met
with unanimous and enthusiastic
approval.
Mr.. Graves is never so happy as
when entertaining, at his Doe Run
home, visiting bowling club, and
those st. Louisans who have been
fortunate enough to make the trip
will ever have occasion to remem.
Der 1t.
Mr.. Graves is busy man, but
never too occupied to SAY and dc
things that will advance the game
of tenpins-a game he religiousty
considers the superior OF all Ameri.
can pastimes. BY such n sports.
mans hands are the affairs of the
national meet to be aided and en-,
Outraged. What more could the
most ardent devOtec wish?