Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-12

has been acting in a dangerous and
suspicious manner since the worlds
series games started. He would bunch
over at his desk in the former and fig
ure for hours on piece of paper, CIV
ing vent the while to weird cries and
throaty mumblings. Since yesterday
he has eaten three pencils in the ago,
ny of concentration and picked SO
many splinters from his desk that his
l.. c. Smith did not feel safe any more.
At exactly four minutes after ten
this morning Hen" jumped to his
feet with ad istracted look in his
eyes, having temporarily removed his
spectacles.
I've got it," he cried; 1--WE got it.
Col. Furlow, the city editor. said
that it was plain to see that Henry had
it right. He wanted to know what he
vas going to take for it. His pre-
scription was rough on rats or aro-
matte tincture of arsenic. But for po-
likeness he asked what it was Henry
had.
"a sure way of winning money on
the ball games" said Carter. Il can
find out who won before the games are
played. 1t won't be any risk to bet
on them by working my plan"
This sounded wild-but interesting
We gathered around him.
Its like this" explained Henry
Morton. "You know that here in
Americas we get the results of the
games an hour before they are played
The games start at o'clock, but we
hear about it at l. That's due, Of
course, to the difference in time"
Everybody went that far with him
and gave him guarded permission to
proceed.
Now, San Francisco is four hours
ahead of New York. They gel the
first wire on the opening game at 10
o'clock in the morning. All right
Here's the way to work it. Some
fan in Frisco opens an account for two
or three million dollars with bank
in New York and oranges to have n
telephone line clear through for the
day of the game.
He gives friend in New York all
thority to place this money as per
instructions, and his him stand with
his ear to the phone. Four hours be-
fore the game is owe rim New York the
man in Frisco knows from the wires
who won.
so he gallops to the telephone;
yells to his friend in New York who
copied the game and instructs him to
place his money on the winner. In
that way the man in New York would
know before the game had been played
hich team won. Do you get it?"
The group was badly dazed by this
and held on to each other for support
while Furlow Rodgers began counting
his pocket change.
Col. Furlow was the first to emerge
from the state of como THE only trou-
BILE with that" said he with the sar-
casm for which he is justly famous, els
that the difference in time " orkS back
the other way, too So the man at the
phone in New York, would get the
massage after the wire telling him of
the winner had been sent. New York
lis Just as far behind Frisco in point
of time as Frisco is ahead of New
York"
Sure" sighed the rest of the group,
thankfully. They felt that they were
getting back again into the land
where two and two make four Carter
was anything but offered.
"All right" he agreed cheerfully,
"but here's another way 1--WE all got
firm holds on nearby bits of furniture
and told him to shoot.
Some Scheme This.
"You have to go to New York TO
work this one-and it will take a good