The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-11

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prsve1t naSder::s hws aeninst o9hsr
clines that % not prsvsaf, but an
tAess lave hoosstly enforced. includ-
ing prohibItion. win reduce their VIC
lation to . Minimum
You don't give license 20 people 10
murder. 70 seducs. - burn On. 70.
Yet you cay 70 the saioonist, you pay
your licen.e and Ne viii give you the
right TO wreek homes. make staxxerl
ing orunknrds and turn out criminals
who viii break the laws that We re-
fuse to license. This II the business
preach against and there Isn't q
man they hate any more than me.
"hham Meanings Bryan 10 one Of
the greatest specimens OF American
managed In the country to-day, but he
VIII never get the nomination. He IL
against the whiskey business and they
will knife him. -
The wicked won't live out half
their lives. for God will bring them to
Judgment
"ohe time there wa. a
Gang Of Ball Players
sitting on the curbstone ut the cornsr
.. State and Van Buren, streets IN
chicago. drunk. and listening to the
sing,ng or the Salvation Army. 1
looked at a little card I had in my
pano inviting the holder to the little
mission down the street. and / arose
ana turning TO the gang, said: Well.
ooys, good bye. I'm through. I went
10 the mission and sat through the ser
vice. was impressed and went back
again. 1 was more impressed and I
went again. Finally. after I had at.
tenoed nve or six meetings I waited
one night for the invitation ane when
was given i started for the mourn
ers bench and upset five or six chairs
setung TO It, But right there / gaye
my neart 10 God twenty-six years ago.
AFTER l left the building I wondered
what the boys would say. Whether
tney would teer me or not. IL was
mashed around the town that Sunday
nao been converted and when went
uown 10 the ball park the next day
ana unlocked the gate. the first mar,
70 greet me was Mike Kelly. Mike
WASH strong on religion but he said.
Bill. You Did RIqht.
and II there is any way i can hs,n
you III do it. Then came old Pom"
Anson, Dalrymple and GARRISON and
ery member on the team gave me
the glad hand
Shortly after THIS the Chicago.
prayed afour-game series with Detroit
and IL was the series that decidsd ,hs
pennant winner. We had got 10 the
hnal game with Garrison pitching and
heiiy catching. We have got and
nave had some headliners in the mitch.
ing department OF the game. Addie
JOSS whose funeral sermon I had the
nohor or preaching. Matthewson.
BENDER and others. but Clarkson was
In a class by himself. He would bend
JACK tiIl his hands touched the ground
ana then come up and let 'er go and
the mercury would drop two degrees
as sne went over the plate.
IL was In the ninth inning and we
hsd Detroit beat 3 to with Detroit
at pat In the last half. They had two
aown and two on with Bennett at the
Dat and we had two and three on him.
Bennett Couldn't Hit
hieh one but II he got a low one he
could XIII II. I was out in right feld
ana yelled 70 Clarkson TO look out.
ne wound up for the final ball ana let
20 and Just as he did his spike slipped
ana he partially lost control and the
pail went over about a foot above
the plate. Crack! I heard that smsck <
and ] looked up in the air and saw
me pail coming my way. Bennett
patted right handed but he always hi,
20 right center. I guaged the bail and
inquired II was going TO drop right in