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NQUISITIVE FANS.

lease. O From Louisville. ~ Rath
from Baltimore. Weaver from San Fran
cisco and Peters from Minneapolis.
weaver was originally obtained from
York. Pa. but was farmed out to San
francisco last season.
Sporting Editor Star:
There is man on first base. The batter
has no strikes and knocks a foul tip The
catcher catches the foul tip and throws to
nrst base. The runner has a lead and the
nrst baseman tags him before he gets
back to the base. Is. the runner out?
F. BROWN.
Sporting Editor Star: =,
Two men on bases, second and third,
with one out Batter hits a fly to left field
ana is caught out. Man on second starts
when the ball Is hit, while the man on
third holds his base till the fly is caught.
Fielder tries TO catch the man going from
tnird nome. but fails. Catcher then pegs
70 second and the umpire calls the man
out at second. Does the run count?
Yes. See rule 50 and note the last SEN
tence.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish the answer to the fol-
lowing In the pink sheet of next Sunday
Star: Is Joe Wood credited with a
strlke-out In his official record, over Noel
Ter In the ninth inning of last We'd
nesday's game, when the third strike
resulted In wild pitch, giving WASH
ington the game Kindly explain ,ul-
ing on this point. H. BOHNKE.
Wood is credited with a strike-out and
charged with wild pitch
Sporting Editor Star: 80
Will you kindly publish in your Sun
days pink sheet whom Walter johnson
pitched his first game against. and
where? 90 What is Dixie Walkers given
name! r. A. ].
~ Johnson pitched his first game
against Detroit on local grounds, losing,
2 to 1. 90 Ewart.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly give teams in both big leagues
which made most runs from April 10 to
April 3d. inclusive FAN.
CHICAGO. American. So; Pittsburgh, Ma
tional, 20.
Sporting Editor Star:
To settle bet, please answer In the
pink sheet Sunday the batting avera ges
OF these first basement. McInnis. Stoyall,
Flynn and Bradley. all in the American
League Respectfully w W. CHEW. {
Mc1nnis. .404; Stovall. .349: Flynn, lis;
Bradley. .25s.
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EPISCOPAL BEATS INQUIRIES.
Two Virginia Schools in Fast 4 to o
Game. 81

ALEXANDRIA. Va. May. 3.-The Epis-
copal High School team defeated. the Nc
CURES School team In one. OF the hes,
games ever sean on the Virginia field.
Capt. Green Of the High School boys car
ried of the batting ,honors, po.ing out
two safeties out OF as MANY trips to: the
plate. A. p. Kingsoiving pitched great
ball for the winner, holding his oppcnents
to one 'measley" sctatch hit. Huecher
pitched GOOD ball for the losers but
errors were the cause OF his downfall. !,
Score: .
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WHITE.

+ '(e) The variation given BY Gossip 10 $500.
BOB. 5P-o4 H-KKt4, 8P-oB4 P-QKt3 but
the next move seems very strong.
(b) Careful Analysis by the masters has failed
to .dnd loophoae for Black after this move, or,
indeed, after move Il.
Tel The manner in which Ills 1t now defends
his own K from Oh. and at the same time be-
comes the backbone Of the attack 10 almost
supernatural.
Mr. whitaker. who is now at Lynch
burg, va, visiting Mr.. w. l. Norman
and Mr. w. N. woodbury. In the interests
Of the Southern Chess Association. and
for the purpose Of playing Q series OF
friendly games with these southern
stars has promised to try some games
at this variation.
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Ss. e. g. Sex SEX:
Prizs ProsaemsN I. B-Kts.
Correct solutions to No. 10 were; re-
ceived, from Daniel Breeskin. 1924 9TH
street northwest: M r. Greene. 92S
avenue northwest; : o. ".
Thiele. patent Office Charles ]. Berner,
12S 18th street northeast; Robert Fuchs,
1926 N street northwest. - e,
: Correct solutions to No. 40 were te-
ceiveds from n. r. Greene, 923 Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest; O.v Thiele.
patent oflice:~ Charles ]. Berner. 12S
18th street northeast; T. L. C. 49, ~.
4 Correct solutions TO prise chess prob
lem No.. T. were received from NJ. r.
Creme. s2s Massachusetts avenue
northwest: James e. Payne. census of
ice; William Rufus Pratt, Ills Sth
street: northwest: r.. L. Areqds, govern
Hent printing ONCE: William w. Dyer
l021 Euclid street northwest; Wendtll N.
whiting. 1857 Church street northwest;
Robert Fuchs 1926 n street northwest:
Char les J. Deiner, 12S 18th sta Get nortn-
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WILL CREATE RECORD.
This Years. Olympia Horse Show
Will Be big Affair.

+ LONDON. May A-This years.. inter-.
national horse show at Olympia WIN. ~
II has done on each previous occasion.
create a new record. There Will. be l1O
classes and the prize list, which last,
year amounted to 10000, will now be
So, oea.
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No. /

on Black moves Is % or 25.ei whites
reply is 3 the sane: and. Of course. If he moves
Correct solutions to prize checker
problem No.. were received from j.
A. Hoffar. $50 r street northwest:
Charles Thomas. truck company. No. 3.
District Of Columbia fire department Harry
4. Solomon, 729 18th street northwest:
p: s. Leahy, No. 90 engine company, Dis
trict OF Columbia fire department.: Eugene
May, 1922 Brown street.
Washington Chess and Whist Club
Notes.
When Rudolph Spielmann. winner of the
Abazzia gambit tourney, recently an
nounced 1t as his opinion that ell the
kings gambits can be turned to Black
advantage, he merely voiced the belief
OF. the entire modern school Of chess mas
ters; the intense interest which his state
ment has aroused arises from the start
ling brevity Of the analysis by which he
proposes to destroy the most numerous
and fully developed class of gambits
known to chess players. P-K4. K4:
P-KB4; .PxP:, B-B4 or Kt-KB3, POI and
according to Spielmann the gambit is
turned in Blacks favor.
Pos in reply to B-B4 leads to we'll
known and exclusively analysed lines Of
to -Kt-KBS is almost a minus quantity.
One variation is noted by Gossip. also by
Peterborough and Rankin; Morgan's
Chess Digest gives this same variation
with three or four derivatives. This Scent
ingly strong move probably owes its long
neglect to the following marvellous game
by Paul Morphy. and. indeed, 1t Is well
nigh impossible to disprove a line Of
play adopted by this Incompatible mas
ter. However, there Is this danger in
foil AZ - 10 tot
could only be correctly played by
MOrphy
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Small men behind the bat are sinfre-
quent. but the st. Louis Browns entire
SIAN -fofs' backstops.- kriehell and
Stephens--consists of ecatchers below
medium size. -
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WELLS NO MATCH
! FOR MCFARLAND
Packy Had the Englishman
Going Throughout Every.
Round of Bout.
NOW LOOKING FOR A
GO WITH WOLGAST
Chicago Scrapper Is Logical
Contender for Lightweight
Honors NoW-Other
Boxing Gossip.
BY JAMES J. CoRBETT.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, May 4-Packy Nc
Fariand easily demonstrated he's, the
master of Matt Wells. England
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And the stage is set for one Of those
extraordinary plays which have made the
name of Morphy in chess what the name
Of Shakespeare 10 in literature.
COMBINATION STUDY.
BLACK.
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lightweight cham
pion. and is now
prepared to argue
the matter Of
superiority 1T h
AID Wolgast, when
ev er the latter
feels so disposed.
The Garden Ath-
letic Club would
like to stage a ten
round boif ha
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Always the Same
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OUTFlEID

games), and Nutting lost to Wendell
and Reagan, and drew one and won one
against Humphrey. A complete score
will be given next week.
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Games.
CENTER GAMBIT.

Fourth game of the championship match
finished April %:
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George Cowan has been released by
Norfolk. Georges trouble evidently being
light stick work. He has been In the
league since its formation. and will prob
ably catch on with some other team, or
history will fail In this instance to re-
peat itself.
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east: 1. L. Sheckells. 7ss Sd street north
west; Frank J. Nagel. go 5th street,
J. A. Hoffar, $50 r street northwest.
Solution to Prize Checker Problem
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No. 10. QLkt7.
No. 20. .eR4.
Prize Problem No. 1. B-Kt5.
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!, PRIZE CHESS PROBLEM NO. 2.
A. c. WHITE. 1897.
BLACK.
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When Prof. Harry Griffin reports to
the Danville team in a few weeks the
Red Sox pitching staff will be materially
strengthened. Last season Griffin played
twenty EIGHT games in the box without
an error.
The Delta independent., 1912-11-15
CHAPTER TX.

When Miss Jackie vining went to
her room after her unsatisfactory at
tempt to wiring from Bedight the name
Of the unconventional young woman
who walked with him in the moon
light. she was angry. And It is pos
sible that. knowing his feelings to-
ward her she was angrier still because
with this influence she could not Sc
cure the confession she sought. It is
likewise true that she felt in her heart
that Bedight was right in protecting
the name of the girl and should be
eulogized rather than scourged for 1t
and yet. when a man has almost
told a woman he loves her. she has a
right to expect that he will do almost
anything quasi-reasonable that she
asks Of him. Failing to handle MIN
augurs complications for the future.
And most of US are alike In this.
that we love to appear melodramatic
to ourselves, doing all sorts Of drastic
things that. slept over, we undo, say
ing things that we initiate with self at
the time being and stick a pin into
later when our ardor has cooled. In
this mood Jackie vining seated her
self at small writing desk in her
The Delta independent., 1912-11-15

walked rapidly away. nsr neau ere1.,
her shoulders back, every inch .
splendid woman.
Scarcely had she disappeared when
Bedight heard the bar thrown back.
and a voice whispered cautiously:
"Walter! Walteri The door II un-
barred. Wait until get awayl"
From his dingy window Bedight
saw another feminine form saunter
leisurely up the trail-and this one,
too. was slim and fair to look upon,
\ woman that any good man might
we'll desire to win.
Ito be continued)
The Delta independent., 1912-11-15

Jackie vining did not meet his eyes
! In her heart she felt a strange, new
| feeling of elation, softening of re
sentiment, but women were theorems
long before mathematicians struggled
with right-angle triangles and hypote
muses.. and all their non-understand
able descendants. beautiful and sweet
and charming as they are. still per
sist in being mans hardest problem
Your frankness in some things
she said without emotion, 'is as com.
mendable as your lack Of 1t in others
Must repeat my question still anoth
er time? Who is the girl?"
The mayor spoke firmly and with
decision.
"As a man who is at least that
much Of a gentleman, refuse to an.
swer. The girl has done no wrong
She"
"Mr. Bedight, on Tuesday night
saw one of my crowd Of young ladies
leave the arbor after a clandestine
night meeting with you. Tonight
chance to blunder upon you at mid.
night, again in the company Of a
young woman. There are no others
here. aside from our party. feel q
responsibility and / must insist on
your answering"
The mayor shrugged his shoulders.
who was she?" asked the Judge
for the fourth time.
why don't you ask her yourself r.
said the mayor.
Where is she?'
"The last l saw of ner she went
through that door," he -eplied, dog
gedly.
Miss Vining stepped toward the
door and opened it. In the farther
end of the boathouse a second door
stood open and through 1t the moon
light streamed.
Il see l have been out~itted," an
grily.
May walk to the hotel with you?'
asked the mayor humbly.
Il prefer to go alone" she replied
in tone Of finality. starting up the
path.
Miss vining!"
1t was the mayor calling fr-m the
dock.
She stopped.
What is 1t. Mr.. Bedight?" smpa-
tiently.
You remember saying the girl With
me must be one Of your party because
there were NO other young ladies
about?"
YES" crisply.
The mayors voice had something
Of the o:d ring in It as he asked:
did you think of the colored
cook?"
But the fudge" going up the path
briskly. did not deign to reply.
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Fired In the General Direction Of the
Moon.
OF the night? I have a right to know
and had thought you a gentleman.
though l should have known that no
gentleman would have-have-" she
finished lamely.
kissed your" questioned the may
or, the frivolity scarcely gone from
his voice.
certainly" she flashed
Bedight puffed thoughtfully at his
cigar, the fragrant .pungency Of the
tobacco waiting to Jackie as she
stood in the moonbeam's path, the
light giving an ethereal beauty to her
trim, erect figure.
at was wrong, admit" he said
impulsively. II am willing to admit
that-but l refuse to believe that no
gentleman could be other than hon.
ored by such a privilege. AS one who
has tried to be such. l would be will
ing to do 1t again if"
"Mr. Bedight"-the voice was keen
now-and the mayor hesitated. 81 did
not come here to handy words. 1
never shall cease regretting that
am in a sense guilty Of a misdemean-
or which makes 1t impossible for me
to condemn you as SHOULDN'T 1
warn you not to presume to justify
further presumption"
Miss Vining paused effectively.
But you have not answered my
question. Mr.. Bedight." she continued.
who was the girl that came down
the path with your"
The man drew closer to her. The
hippancy was gone from his voice.
His face was earnest
Miss Vining, you have inferred
that l am guilty OF conduct unbecom-
Ing a gentleman. A few mornings
ago you ran after me in a spirit of
mischief. and in the same spirit
caught you in my arms and kissed
you. II ! have hurt you / am sim
cerely sorry. but /. too, am reap;ng
the fruit Of folly. You have chosen
to arm yourself with a distant de-
meanor toward me, you rebuff my at
tempts at entering the circle Of your
real self. you are Judge" both on and
on the bench. distant, suspicious,
naughty. You pursued me; / took
toll. With your permission promise
to forget that you ran. but cannot
forget that l kissed you. l am not
. boy. ! have seen some Of the world.
4 do not know much about love. I
have been too busy trying to do some
thing, to fall in love. or else l never
have happened to meet the woman.
Since coming here l don't know ex-
actly what sort OF an erchantment
have entered-but ! do know that
cannot forget the ecstasy Of the mo-
ment when our lips met. You may
scorn me and It lies within your pow
er to discipline me-or defeat me-
but shall not try to obliterate the
thrill Of that brief momepti"
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,pyr,sht 1919, wesssr. Newspaper Union
IT understand" whispered the girl

IT understand" whispered the girl,
excitedly.
Slipping through the door, she
closed 1t softly. Pulling a cigar from
his pocket, the mayor scratched q
match on the sole Of his shoe and
blew . puff of smoke at the same tar
get which earlier in the evening he
had failed to hit with his leaden mis-
sile.
The woman rounded the corner and
came directly toward him.
II beg your pardon. Mr.. Bedight,"
said Judge" Vining in a cold, formal
voice, "for following you. but as chap
erone of the young ladies at the hotel
feel that 1t was my duty to do SO.
l."
The mayor bowed.
DUTY to the one performing It," he
interrupted gallantiy. 'is oftentimes
irksome. but begrudgingly done fire.
quently conveys pleasure to another.
/ do not desire to appear selfish in
your eyes. but find your duty pleases
me greatly" bowling again. Now. the
moonlight"
The Judge" made a deprecating
gesture.
do not attempt to evade," she
warned. Il am deeply in earnest
Where is the-the-" She seemed at
. loss to proceed. Finally she threw
diplomacy to the winds. who was
the girl with you-alone-at this hour
The Delta independent., 1912-11-15


-otes OF the district. WINE runn,ns
race near Squirrel Inn he dropped
rom his pocket the inclosed bill
which he expects to introduce. II elect
ID.
81 feel 1t my duty to apprise you
Of the real character Of the man and
trust that you will act accordingly.
Sincerely,
"(Miss) JACKIE vINING."
Placing the letter and the bill in a
long envelope. she laid the package
on her dresser and retired.
But with the cool touch of the linen
and the luxury Of full repose, Jackie's
heart smote her. cf1s
We'll. anyhow" she unused, as she
dropped OF to sleep. I'll hold the let
ter few days longer"
To be in the tolls of states attor-
ney fs bad enough in any event. hut
The Delta independent., 1912-11-15

The federal governments antitrust
suit against the Prince line and other
steamship companies engaged In the
trade between the United States and
Brazil is set for trial at Washington
on Saturday. Particular interest at
taches to this case because 1t will be
the first trial under the Sherman law
based upon alleged deferred rebates
and freight agreements.
The Delta independent., 1912-11-15

room and indited the following letter
to the chairman OF the woman's
clubs in Bedight's district:
Squirrel Inn. Wis.
my Dear Madam: The campaign in
your district Is about to open. Among
the canc Iates is one Walter Bedight.
who is running for the legislature. He
will andeavor to secure the women's
The Delta independent., 1912-11-15

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-02-08
CHAPTER Xxx.
Rising In the World.


The painter had Just finished nut.
ting bright green coat OF paint upon
the low, fiat ro0c OF Miss Minerya's
long back-porch- And he left his lad.
der leaning against the house while he
went inside to confer with her in re.
gard to some other work.
Billy, Jimmy. Frances and Lima had
been playing Fax and Geese" Run.
ming around the house they spied the
ladder and saw no owner to deny
them.
lie g clam " and get on ton the
porch" suggested Jimmy.
Aunt Minerva Il put me to bed IL
do" said Billy.
Mother II make me learn a whole
page of the catecAism If 1 climb a lad.
der" said Lima.
My mama II shut me up In the
closet, but our namas are MT bound
to know bout it,--this from Frances.
Come on, let s climb up"
i amt never promise not to clam
no ladder but =" Billy hesitated.
"You-all bout the skeariest folks
they is" sneered Jimmy. Mama II
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c--s 40 wvmsx ar an 'cepring my
mama and Miss Cecilia kiss me. But
Leon IL bout the kissingsst kid they
Is; why, he'd use a. soon 3 not let
Frances and Liza kiss him; he amt
got no better sehss. Course | gotta
let Miss Cecilia hiss me cause she's
bout the plumasst Sunday school
teacher thsy Ia Dad the Bible say If
your sunday scheol teacher kiss you
on one cheek turn ths other cheek and
let her kiss you on that, too and ]
ali time bound - do what the Bible
say You d bssssr call him back.
Frances, and kizs him. you and Lima
re so stuck on Kim"
would MT has him to save his
me- declared Frances; he s got the
spindliest legs ever saw"
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CHAPTER XXI.
Pretending Reality.

TTeScHolnS neatly
The chain-gang had been working
in the street not far from Miss MI
nerva's house, and Lima, Frances, Billy
and Jimmy had hung on her front
fence for an hour, watching them With
eager interest. The negroes were
chained together in pairs, and guard
ed by two, big, burly white men.
Lets US play chain-gang," suggest
ed Jimmy.
Where we goin' to git a chain?"
queried Billy; ct won't be no fun
'thout lock an chain"
Il can get the lock and chain OF m
Sarah James cabin"
"Yo' mama don't low you to go to
her cabin" said Billy.
my mama don't care if l Just bora
a lock and chain; so M going to get
it."
81 m going to be the perlice OF the
gang" said Frances.
''Perlice nothing. You all time talk
ing bout you going to be a perlice, +"
scoffed Jimmy. Il m going to be the
perlice myself"
@NOS JO0 ale nut lHlCIpOSSQ LAIR
firmly. Billy and l are the tallest and
we are going to be the guards, and
you and Frances must be the prison
ers."
We'll. I amt going to play 'thout !
can be the boss of the niggers. 1t s
Sarah James chain and she 3 my
mama's cook, and I'm going to be what
/ please"
Il II tell you what do" was Bnly's
suggestion, well take 1t turn about f;
me an Lima II first be the perlice an
y all be the chain-gang, an then we
II be the niggers an y all be the
bosses"
This arrangement was satisfactory
SO the younger boy climbed the fence
and soon returned with a short chain
and paddock.
Billy chained Jimmy and Frances to-
gether by two round, fat ankles and
put the key to the lock in his pocket.
I'VE must decide what crimes they
have committed" said Lima.
Frances done got rested fer shoot.
In craps an Jimmy done got rested
fer 'sturbin' public worship" said the
other boss.