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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12

Shortstbp Raymond Move, Of the Troy
team in the New York State League, has
been sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers for
800.
The Giants will raise the 1912 pennant
at the Polo Grounds on July Is The
Cincinnati Reds will play in New York
on that date.
Ryan and Carisch, Of the Cleveland
Maps, got six hits between them in the
Jane with Philadelphia yesterday.
Two members Of the Yankees were
victims OF an exceptional play by the
White Sox in which both were put out
az the plate. One was out in the sixth,
Peckinpaugh was on third and Knight
was on second when Smith hit to Pitch
er Russell who threw the ball to Catch
er Schalk, tagging Peckinpaugh after
chase toward third. Smith kept on for
second and drew a throw. Knight had
reached third and sped on toward home.
but Rath dashed in, took Weaver's
throw and got knight by close margin.
Miner Brown, who pitched for the
Reds yesterday and won, Is still suffer
ing from an injury to his knee, although
his arm is as strong as ever. His rum
ming is badly handicapped.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
DON 7 HOLD YOUR
BUT
Sc Nd THEM IN
You May Have Just Enough to
Place Your Favorite Ball Player
in the Lead.

N ONT be a vote holdout." We
mean you fans who are holding
hundreds of coupons that you
have clipped since the Hearst Sun
day American and The Atlanta Geor-
gian inaugurated its great contest to
player in the Empire State League
Send in your coupons now, lest you
be too late.
Thousands are coming in every,
day, but there is room for many more
thousands of coupons in the files of
the Popularity Baseball Editor.
Perhaps you have just enough
votes to send your favorite into the
lead, and, having attained that lead,
he is likely to hold it until the end of
the contest and win the loving cup
and the honor of being the most
popular player in the Empire State
League.
AS our newly acquired poetist re-
Gently put il:
HE who gets a lead in May
Can stand a slump some other day"
Learn from that, fans, and send in
the coupons you are holding out.
The coupons appear daily and
Sunday in this paper. Clip them, fill
them in, and mail them to the Popu-
larity Editor, Atlanta Georgian, At
lanta. Ga
Jordan Regains Lead.
In the votes sent in yesterday Otto
Jordan and Holiday are still running
a neck and neck race, with the VAL
dosta manager again taking the lead
by a very narrow margin. Holiday
is right on his heels and a little hust-
ling by his followers will again send
him to the front.
But. another dark horse has en-
tered this contest in the person of
Herbert Pat" Murphy, shortstop of
the brownsville Club. Votes have
been piling in for him at a rapid pace.
Following is one of the letters re-
ceived for him yesterday:
D Votes for Murphy.
Popularity Editor Atlanta Geor-
gian, Atlanta, Ca: Enclosed find q
votes for Herbert "Pat" Murphy, the
popular shortstop of the Townsville
team. He is my faVorite player in
the Empire State League.
Yours truly,
MISS ELLA SANFORD.
The standing Of the leading players
will be published tomorrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
MAILER DENIES THAT HE
AND STAHL HAVE HAD SPLIT

CLEVELAND. July Thames Nc
Aleer, of the Boston Red Sox, to-day
denied a newspaper story that he and
Manager Jake Stahl have reached the
parting Of the ways. McAleer, who is
here for day or so. denies there is any
truth in the yarn
The story said Stahl, Jealous Of Nc
Aleer, had been seeking the undermine
the Red Sox president with the majority
stockholders, wanting that position him
self McAleer, according to the report,
learned of Stahls action and arranged
10 meet the minority stockholders in
Chicago Saturday, prepared to buy or
sell
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
FEDERAL LEAGUE.

Score: r. e
Plttsburg 600 900 OK o
Fiske and Dennis; Ramsey and Muir
ray. Umplres, Pears and Wilson.
Cleveland Indianapolis game called in
fifth inning on account OF rain.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
KID DUKE VS.. KID BROOKS.

Kid Duke the local bantamweight.
viii 90 on in a siX-round exhibition with
KID Brooks. Of Chattanooga, Friday
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
WALSH BACK FROM BUTTE;
HAS PRAISE FOR BROWN

CHICAGO. July 11.-Tommy Walsh
who handled George TX. O." Brown July
in his winning fight with Jimmy How
ard, at Butte, returned to town yester-
day with the Greek warrior Walsh al
lows *. O." made a big hit up there
and will be given a Butte match with
one Of the star middleweights before
long. Walsh likes Butte as a boxing
town so well that he is going to take
Joe Mandot up there to fight in the
fan Mandot will be here to Join Walsh
in few days
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
TAGGART DECLARES He is
NOT CANCEL" FOR TRACK

FRENCH LICK, IND. Iuly IL
What? Me the angel for the Mineral
Springs Jockey Club? Quit kidding
me-" shouted Thomas Taggart. when
Intercepted as to the reports printed
in Chicago newspapers that he had
guaranteed purses offered by the Jockey
Club so that the meeting would not
blow up"
Mr.. Taggart pronounced the report as
"a pure fabrication" or "untruth," de-
clartng he had no connection whatever
with the Porter races.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.

Score-First game: r. n, z.
Portsmouth &c. o.. 900 100 coo 3
PETERSBURG . o1o 2ot ooN-4 0
Verbout and Holoman; Hedsepeth
and 6renneean. Umpire, Norcum.
Score-Second game; r, n. {.
Portsmouth. ... 900 900 600 8
PETERSBURG. o.. e.. 600 200 Ok 0
Verbout and Holloman; Cooper and
Lauzhlin. Umpire. Norcun.
Score-Fjrst game; r. n. 6.
Norfolk 900 900 600 I
Newport News 900 900 oot-f ?
Sheen and Stewart; PaSson and Mat
hewson. Umpire, Kelly.
seore-Seeond game: r, X. &.
Norfolk 81. 900 900 600 0
Newport News 900 0oi oox-f 10
Weeder and Stewart; Barton, Austin
and Powell. Umpire, Kelley.
Score: r. n. z.
Roanoke e.. . 90 900 ooS- s
Richmond 90. o.. 900 ofo 900 s S
Gardin and Riley; STRAIN and More.
LnAo4 res = Gross and AoccuRa.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
SUMMARY


Two base hlt-McGiT. Three base
hit-Paulet Storuck out-by Hogg (.
Bases on balls-on Hoag 2; of Dent T..
Sacrifice hits-McGill Stolen bases
abbey, Clark, Robertson. Umpires,
KERN and Wright.
PONCE DE LEON BALL PARK. July
ScdNo4Sic,xB ID Oh HJghC shrd luu
11-Hogg twirled air-tight ball here this
afternoon. and as a result the Gulls
BANKED the Crackers. 6 to 0. in the
second game Of their series. A batting
rally in the fourth session netted Mike
Firms crew five runs. which practical
ly settled the combat They secured
their final tally in the NTH inning
Brady started for Smiths men, but
was routed in the fourth period and
was relieved by Dent, who hurled good
ball the rest OF the route Stock and
Paulet did the heavy stick work for the
visitors.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
GEoRGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE.

Score: r. n. {.
Gadsuen 900 100 ooo-f 2
Newman. 900 200 oo3-5 u o
Waters and Whitefsld; Luttrell and
Rice. Umpire, Poole.
Score; RE Z
Admission 900 oot 600 o1-2 9
Lagrange. 900 01o 600 oo-1 9 8
ssnnistsr and 5llllngsleyi Batson and
shsppsrd. Umpire, Burke.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12

. HE inexperienced player usually
plays from two to three strokes
poorer in a tournament than
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

peasant Iass That a simple church
ceremony had preceded this step was
both affirmed and denied; hearsay de-
scribed a marriage at a neighborfng
village: more malicious gossip dis
credited it. A man of rank. A wom-
an OF the soil. Feudai custom for
babe belief that the proper sort of
nuptiaI knot had been tied
Be this as it may, for a time the
sturdy, dark brown young woman pre-
sided over the Seigneur's fortunes
with exemplary care and patience
She found them in a chaotic condi-
ton: lands had either been allowed
to run to waste, or were cultivated by
peasants that so long had forgotten
to pay the. metayage. or owners due,
they had come to regard the acres as
their ovn-a delusion this practical
helpmate would speedily have dis
PEELED, save that the Seigneur him.
self pleaded for them and would not
permit of the poor people" being
disturbed Whereupon she made the
best of an anomalous situation, and
all concerned might have continued
to I've satisfactorily enough unto
themselves, when unfortunately an
abrupt break occurred in the chain
of circumstances In presenting the
Seigneur with a child. half-peasant,
half-lord, the mother gave up her own
life for his posterity.
At first, thereafter, the Siegneur re
manned a recluse; when, however, a
year or two had gone by, the peas
ants-who had settled in greater num-
bers thereabouts, even to the verge
of the forest-noticed that he grad
ually emerged from his solitude, ven
tured into the world at large, and oc-
casionally was seen in the Vicinity of
the Mount This prediction for
lonely walks clearly led to his undo
ing; one morning he was found
stabbed in the back, on the beach at
the foot of the Mount.
Carried home, he related how he
had been set upon by band OF mis-
creants, which later, coming to the
governors ears, led to an attempt to
locate the assailants among the
rocky isles to the northwest. haunts
of privateersmen, rogues and those
reformers who already were begin
ming to undermine the peace of Louis
XVI's northern provinces. In the
pursuit of these gentry, the governor
showed himself in earnest Perhaps
his own sorrow at the rather sudden
death of his lady, occurring about
this time, and leaving him, a morose
widower, with child, little girl,
led him to more relentless activities;
perhaps the character of the crime
a noble stabbedi-incensed him. Ger
tainly he revenged himself to the full;
not only raked the rocks for runa-
gates, but dragged peasants, inclined
to sullenness, from their huts; clap
ped some in dungeons and hanged the
rest. In the popular mind his name
became synonymous with cruelty, but,
on his high throne, he continued to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
Soda Lake In Africa.

In English East Africa is the rich
est bed of soda in the world. Engi-
neers say that it contains 200,000,00O
tons The lake has a surface of more
than SO square Kilometres. During
the rainy season, which in this local
ity is short, it's surface is covered with
a shallow layer of water. When
block of soda is taken out, another
forms, and the natives say that this
occurs so quickly that an equal
amount of soda may be distracted for
a number of years from the same
place-Harper's Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
sackino the Animals.

Spader Johnson, one of the princi-
pal clowns with the Ringing circus.
was spinning yarns in the padroom
and told this:
A rube visitor to the city had spent
all of the morning reading circus
bills and was just going to his hotel
when he saw red painted United
States mail wagon going down the
street He sized 1t up for circus
wagon and followed it four miles to
the postofice and with wide open
mouth watched the unloading of the
mail.
Late in the afternoon he met an
other rube and remarked:
'Adner, I followed one of them cir
Gus wagons all the way downtown.
an when they unloaded they took the
varmints out in sacks. -Chicago
Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

large bay into two smaller basins.
But the ocean, jealous of territory al
ready conquered, twice in twenty-four
hours rose to beat heavily on this
dark promontory, and, in the angry
hiss of the waters, was reminder OF
persistent purpose. Here and there,
through the ages, had the shore-ljne
OF the bay, as well as the neighbor-
ing curvatures of the coast, yielded
to the assaults of the sea; the Mount
alone, solidly Indifferent to blandish-
ment or attack, maintained an I'M
varying aspect.
For centuries a monastery and fort
ress of the monks, at the time of
Louis XVI. the Mount had become
stronghold of the government, strong
ly ruled by one of its most memorable
mobiles. Since his appointment many
years before to the post, my lord. the
governor of the rock, had ever been
regarded as a man who conceded
nothing to the people and pursued
only the set tenure of his way. Dur
ing the long period of his reign he
committed but one indiscretion; gem
orally regarded as a man confirmed
il apathy for the gentler sex, he sud-
denly, when already past middle age,
welded. Speculation concerning
step SO unlocked for was naturally
rife.
In howell and hut was It whispered
the bride Claire, only daughter OF the
Comtesse de la Mart, had wept at the
altar, but that her mother had ap-
peared complacent, as well she might;
for the Governor of the Mount and
the surrounding country was both rich
and powerful; his ships swept far and
wide, even to the Orient, while the
number of metayers, or petty farmers
that paid him tribute, constituted a
large community Other gossips, bend
ing over peat fires within mud walls.
aff1rmed-beneath their breath. lest
the spies of the well-hated lord OF
the North might hear themi-that the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

more popular. though impoverished
Seigneur Desaurac had been the
favored sutton with the young woman
herself, but that the family of the
bride had found him undesirable. The
Desaurac fortune, once large, had SO
waned that little remained save the
rich, though heavily encumbered lands
and. in the heart of the forest, time
worn, crumbling castle.
Thus it came to pass the marriage
of the lady to the Governor was cele-
brated in the jeweled Gothic church
browning medley of palaces, chapels
and monastery on the Mount; that the
rejected Seigneur Desaurac, gazing
across the strip of water-for the tide
was at its fuli-separating the rocky
fortress from the land, shrugged his
shoulders angrily and contemptuous-
ly, and that not many moons later,
as if to show disdain of position and
title, took to his home an orphaned
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
Woman Who Can Do Things.

Gen. Sir Robert Baden-PoweIl be-
heves in the woman who can do
things, and the other day he held up
Lady Baden-Powell as an exponent of
this much-desired art. The chief and
founder of the Boy Scout movement
was describing a tour that his wife
and he recently made in Algeria 81
saw Lady Baden-Powell," he said, mot
SO long ago in-what is the feminine
for shirt sleeves ?-scrubbing out a
saucepan. We were living the simple
life in the desert. We had only one
pan, and that was a saucepan. Il
had to do for frying our fish in the
morning and also for boiling our cot
fee in. After the lady had done the
fried fish she had to get some grass
roots and sand and scrub the pot out
so that we could make our coffee in it.
The lady was quite able to do it, and
she did it well. She also did the wash
ing. But General Baden-Powell add
ed, 81 must stand up for the Scouts
and the mere man-she had to fall
back upon me to do the ironing"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

a French syndicate with a capital
of soc, 1000 francs ($115.sOo) and n
nanced by the Banque Francalse pour
la Commerce ct lIndustrie, OF Parls.
has purchased property on the south
coast of Iceland for the purpose OF
building a new harbor there Inc
srdicat;e has also secured control Of
large waterfalls which are situated a
few miles inland, and engineers have
investigated the possibility of utfiiz-
ing this power, which is estimated at
about zoo, 900 horsepower. to generate
electricity for operating factories,
which viii be built near the harbor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
Our Chief CapitaI.

William Muldoon. the health spe-
cialist, said in a recent interview in
New York: The health of the aver
age American is far below what 1t
was a generation ago. The trouble Is
that we Americans put dollars ahead
of health. ahead of life. ahead of eV-
erything-
They say that European, land
ing for the first time in New York.
once asked a native: What is the
capital of this country, sir?'
~ forget just how much the capt.
tai is the native replied; but any
how, it's all In Pierpont Morgan's
hands,"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

exercise his autocratic prerogative
and cared not what the people
thought
Meanwhile, the Seigneur Desaurac,
recovering. became a prey to greater
restIessness; no sooner was he able
to get about. than, accompanied by
faithful servant, Sanchez, he left the
neighborhood, and. for a number OF
years, led a migratory existence in
continental capitals. The revolt OF
the colonies in America and the news
OF the contemplated departure OF the
brave Lafayette for the seat of hos
tilities. offered, at least, q pretext to
break the letters of a purposeless
life At once he placed his sword at
Lafayetteis disposal. and packed him.
self and servitor-a fellow Of dog
like fidelity-across the ocean There.
at the seat OF wars alarms, in the
great conflict waged in the name of
liberty, he met a soldiers end. far
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
FRIENDS HELP.
ST. Paul Park incident.

After drinking coffee for breakfast
/ always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning
duties. Then in about an hour or SO
a weak, nervous arrangement of the
heart and stomach would come over
me with such force would frequently
have to lie down"
Tea is just as harmful, because it
contains caffeine, the same drug found
in coffee.
AT other times 1 had severe head
aches; stomach finally became affect
ed and digestion so impaired that I
had serious chronic dyspepsia and
constipation. A lady, for many years
State President of the W. c. T. u,
told me she had been greatly ben
Gifted by quitting coffee and using
Postum; she was troubled for years
with asthma. She said it was no
cross to quit coffee when she found
she could haye as delicious an
article as Postum.
Another lady who had been trou-
b1ed with chronic dyspepsia for years,
found immediate relief on ceasing cof-
fee and using Postum Still another
friend told me that Postum was "a
Godsend, her heart trouble having
Deen reileFeo dlter ieds1HS OIL cones
and taking on Postum.
so many such cases came to my
notice that concluded coffee was the
cause of my trouble and 1 quit and
took up Postum I am more than
pleased to say that my days of trou-
BILE have disappeared am well and
happy.
Look in pkgs for the famous little
book, 1.-The Road to MELVILLE"
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine true and full OF AuRa1
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

stomach and there was no cure al
most thought the same, for my breath
was offensive and 1 could not eat any
thing without great misery, and grad
ua1ly grew worse.
Finally concluded to try Peruna,
and 1 found relief and cure for that
dreadful disease, catarrh. I took five
bottles of Peruna and two of Manalin,
and now feel like a new man. There
is nothing better than Peruna, and /
keep a bottle of it in my house all the
tiIne''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
CATARRH
OF THE
STOMACH
Could Hardly Eat. Gradually
Grew Worse. Relieved
by Peruna

Mr.. A. M
Ikerd, Box 81,
w e s t B u T.
lington, Iowa,
writes:
Il had ca
tarrh Of the
stomach and
s. m all intes-
t i n e 8 for a
n u m b g r of
years. / went
to a number
of doctors and
got no relief.
and fin ally
o n 9 of m y
doctors s e n t
me to CHI +
C a G o, and I
met the same
fate. T b e v
S a / d t b e y
could do moth
ing for me;
S a / d I b a d
- H.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
CHAPTER II.
An Echo of the Past.

Immovable on its granite base, the
great rock. or Mount. as it had
been called for centuries, stood some
distance from the shore in vast bay
on the northwestern coast OF France
To the right. a sweep OF sward and
marsh stretched seaward, until lost
in the distance; to the left. lay the
dense Desaurac forest. from which an
arm of land. thickly wooded. reached
out In seeming endeavor to divide the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
Hard Enough Single.

THAT young man has about the
hardest job in the world
What is he doing?"
Trying to lead a double life on $50
a week"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
Answered..

I'm about to give an opera party.
What boxes should take?"
ANY, except chatterboxes. Judge
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-02
CPORTINGC
y ~ ~ NEWO
BY Dan Mccarty.

The Providence Internatio league
club is stacked with talismans and
good-luck emblems. If any import
ance is attached to their possession
Donovan's boys ought to slide right
up into top place.
It's good thing there are plenty
of league else where would Dummy
Taylor and Waddell find a temporary
stopping place? The Dummy. who
was with the Giants many seasons
went from New York to the Interna-
tional league. thence TO New Orleans
and now he's with Topeka in the
Western league
Jack Miller who was the brilliant
luminary of the Pirates in 1909 after
being secured from McKeesport, is
again playing star ball with Pittsburg.
His work in the east was feature.
The pitching Sitton brothers. We'd
der and Phil, are members respective
ly of the Troy and Syracuse teams in
the New York State league. They
save them the embarrassment of
twirling against each other.
Not content with getting three
players from the Giants for Arthur
Fromme, Joe Tinker has purchased
Red Nelson from the Phillies for $500.
Jockey Carroll Schilling's appIica-
ton for z license has been turned
down by the New York Jockey cub.
Schilling was one of the most IA
NOUS riders when the game was killed
in the east. He probably will ride
in Europe.
Edgar WiIlett, who is pitching great
ball for the Tigers, announces himself
in the IA &c for thinking up methods
of shortening games. Edgar wants
10 ARo& Sby wouldn't it be a good