The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-20

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| life-to be basketball player like
! his dad.
1-u Quite naturally,
! ,,c,,r the managing gent
| JII<l;S us OF the Detroit
| "AMBI>H.' hletic club
doesn't fight tins
! idea in the least, but fosters II by
subtle means. The boys at the CLUB
saw that Jake is training the Kid SO
J that the second generation can step
| into the shoes of the first when the
! fond parent makes up his mind To
Quit active participation In the game
If this stage ever arrives.
To promote interest, Jake bought
! the kid a little basketball and rugged
| a diminutiye basket at the Mazer
home. The youngster is said TO have
an excellent eve for the basket.
| though he hasn't yet succeeded IN
shooting II fouls hand-running as dld
! his fond parent on the occasion OF his
| clubs recent clash with the ~
But Little Jake" wasn't satisfied To
shoot his baskets in street attire. ana
recently demanded real basketbail
suit. This was ordered from a local
dealer in sporting goods. The order
was naturally OF the special type ana
some time was consumed while IL was
being filed In the meantime Little
Jake" fell i'll with diphtheria.
There were some anxious days and
nights in the Mazer household and
Little Jake" had some very nauseat-
| ing medicine 10 take. lie bore up TOT
several days without protest. as any
game basketball player should. but
one day an outraged palate rebelled.
Little Jake" handed out an ultl-
matum TO the effect that he would
| take no more of the contents of GER
tain bottle which he had come TO
dread by reason of sad experience.
Like his famous dad when the Y. NJ.
| c A. team proposed to play their ID.
A. c. series in the "Y'' gym. instead
OF at the armory, Little Jake" has a
mind OF his own. Cajolery and dire
threats failed alike to move him.
Finally Mazer Sr went 10 the tele-
phone. which happen TO be within
hearing though out OF sight-of the
room where Little Jake" lay i'll.
Hello" quoth Jake ST. lis this the
man | ordered a little boys basket.
ball suit from?
"Oh. You're the very man I was
talking TO, Ell? Well. stop that order.
We don't want the suit The little
boy won't take his medicine and |
guess we won't need that suit this
winter So
| Papa" There came an agonized
! vail from the bedroom. "lll take the
| medicine"
| Say. wait a minute" Jake was
busy with the fake telephoning again.
II guess you can let that order stand
! after all.
| Little Jake was in mood to bolt
| the most nauseating dose known 10
medical science He took his medi.
cine He got well He now has a
basketball suit that is the envy and
| despair of all the kids in the north
Woodward district
The game at Juarez is said 10 have
settled down into the same old propD-
sition of dog eat dog, the horse-own-
ers and the bookmakers each making
six daily endeavors 10 put one over
on the other side, while the public
remains haughtily aloof.
Harry Lewis says he would like 10
fight Johnson were he only a few
pounds heavier and three inches tall
err This is deemed the safest def
yet hurled at the heavyweight world
champion.
The Y. NJ c. A. has Paul Revere
out today The hostile Hessians are
al our gates. Torontos West End
basketball warriors landed in town
and must be repealed.
The list of white hopes has been
increased by the addition OF c..
Schmidt Charlie always has these
spasms about this time of year