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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14

letti, Mr.. Boughton and his bride left
last evening for San Francisco, from
where they will sail on April 49, for
Cebu, near Manila, where they will
remain for a year or. more, The good
wishes of their many friends follow
them to their new home.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
HERE FROM

julius Krecklow Of stanton, who is
suffering from an abscess on his
lungs, and has been in a critical cor
dition for some time, is in the city
to consult with the doctors regarding
his condition. "5[ .
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
Local NeUS
SOCIAL L U

The Mothers Social club will meet
Tuesday AFTERNOON, April IA, at the
home OF Mrs. A. d. Galusha on Eighth
street, at 3 O'Clock. ..'''
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
v 70

Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Sailer, Jr., and
family are now located in Stanton
permanently. having moved down
from Mannhaven. They are making
some extensive improvements on
their residence property in that city.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14

Strength comes from well digested
and thoroughly assiInilated food.
Hoods Sarsaparilla tones the diges.
tive organs. and thus builds up the
strtngth. If YOU are gett ne: run
down" begin taking H)c:i's at once.
It gives nerve, mental and digestive
strength:-Adv. j us
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
RETURNED FROM FARGO.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Best returned
home on No. 3 yesterday. from Far.
CO. where they attended the wedding
Of Miss Emir best, a 7Cce, to Mr..
Roy BOughtOa. 'ft
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
IN MANpAN.

Mrs. DR.. Quain leaves on No. 3 this
morning, for Mandan, where she will:
lecture under the auspices Of the Civ
ic improvement league. While in
Mandan she will be a luncheon guest
at the G.. A. Clark home.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
HOME BAKERY.

We sell Baldwin Fresh Creamery
Butter, also fresh country eggs;
home made bakery goods of all kinds.
Boston baked beans every Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Larson. Phone 42S.-Adv.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
CURRENT EVENTS CLUB.

The Current Events club VIII meet
with Mrs. G. A. Burton Wednesday
afternoon, at | o'clock. All members
not expecting to be present will
please telephone the secretary today.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
MANDAN BOY BROKE HIS ARM.

MANOAN BOY BROKE IT'S AKIN.
Alison Cary Of Mandan very badly
sprined his right wrist and slightly
fractured one of the bones, while do.
ing a tight wire" stunt on the iron
fence around the trees at the j. D.
Allen place. He slipped and in throw
ing out his hand to break the fall
sustained a very painful injury. He
received attention at the hospital ana
is now getting along very well.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14

over ten years with 1t until it got 90 bad I
was ashamed to 80 to . barber to get my
hair cut.
:. II tried everything i ssIEld get hold Of.
------ and --. but received no cur
until I commenced using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment whom the scale commenced to
disappear. Tho way I used the Ctticurs
Soap and Ointment was to wash my scalp
twice : day with warm water and Cuticura
Soap and rub on the Cuticura Ointment.
I received benent in Z couple Of weeks and
cured IN two months, (signed) r. J.
Blsher. Jan. %. 1913. '92 "i.
Why not have . clear akin, soft white
hands. . clean scalp and good hair? 1t Is
your birthrtght. Cuticura Soap with an oc-
cadonal use Of Cutlcura Ointment win bring
about these coveted conditions in most cases
when all else fails. Sold throughout tho
world. Liberal sample Of each mailed free.
With 32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard
."Cuticura. Dept. T. Boston" r.
A0'N1en who shave and shampoo with Gu
acura Soap will dnd it best for skin and scalp.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
PROMINENT FARMER MARRIED

Matt,7 Engesser Of Sentinel Butt0
and Hiss Lillian Coatney Of Badland
were married last Sunday at the Cath
ole church at Burkey.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
Hair Dressing and chiropody

All work doae according to latest
methods-High grade line of cosmetic
and hair goods. We do hair work
and repair wigs and toupecs. Work
done at the home.
MISSES cozAD AND SHERIDAN.
AD-'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
PLAN FIELD MEET IN MAY.

The spirited contest between the
Philomathean and the Shakopean So
cieties Of Mandan High school waged
in literary circles during the winter
will be extended into spring and sum-
mer sports, AYERS Principal Morton.
He already has a movement on foo;
to organize a track team in each OF
the two societies and hopes to ges
up baseball teams, too.
A field day, the first real field day
in the history Of Mandan High school.
will be held about a fortnight before
school is out, when all Of the track
and field sports on the in~terscholastlc
calendar will be participated in by
rivals from the two societies and will
count for points in their schedules.
If teams a be organized, baseball
will be played for points, also.
Mr.. Morton believes that If the
much needed addition to the school
building is erected the High school
attendance will increase so greatly
that a good football team can be or
ganized next fall.-Mandan News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14

me0ced 70 Itch and l would
scratch them ind in time
they got larger. forming 4
scale or scab with . little pus.
and chunks Of hair would
come out when I would
scratch them OF. 1t caused
mo to lose most Of my hair.
1t became thin and dry and
lifeless. I was troubled for
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
SCALP TROUBLE FOR
OVER TENYEARS
Small Bunches on Scalp. Itched,
Formed Scale. Hair Came Out.
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura ONT.
Il ment Cured in Two Months.

a6s Harrison st., Elyna. Ohio. My:
case was s!scslp trouble l nrst yynoticed
mail bUnchoa on nv cain 1,hLeh rcvr,,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
70 Cure = Cold IN One Dey

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Qulr11NE
tablets. Stop the Cough and Headache
and work Of the Cold. Druggists refund
money If Il fails to cure. E. W. Groves
signature 10 on each boz. Is cents.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
$4,000

Total ..........i.. g.. $3.50. 90
+ With such figures % these before
.us and, wages as they are It seems
possible for anyone to obtain Al
least : normal education, and at an
institution that defies competition.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14

Il. N. Cassen of Mitchell, S. Da.,
arrived in the city yesterday and has
taken a position with Henzler's ga.
rage.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14

KODAK WORK DONE PROMPTLY.
If anxious for best results send us
your films. Mail orders solicited.
HoLMe0E PHOTOGRAPHIC STU
DO, BISMARCK, N. D.
AdVt..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
POPULAR TAYLOR COUPLE MAR
RED

George Weibel Joined the ranks OF
the benedicts, for his marriage took
place in Chicago on Saturday, April
II. The bride, Miss Laura Hawkins,
is a resident Of Chicago and two years
agovisited with friends in this local.
ity. Meeting Mr.. Weibel, a friendship
formed and ripened into a romance,
eliminating in the happy event which
occurred Saturday. Mr.. Weibel, in
partnership with his brother, Fred.
owns and conducts the place known
as the u. X. Slack Ranch" located
on Knife river, and to this beautiful
farm he will bring his bride and take
up their abode. Mr.. Weibel is one
of this community's most popular
young men and. although the bride
is a stranger to many of our people,
1t is. conceded that in winning the
heart and hand of this young man
she must be possessed of many ster-
ling qualities and accomplishments.
Il. n. CasSen of Mitchell, S, d.,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14

Scrub Brushes " 1''IN
Clothes Pins Clothes Lines
!. Gold Dust, Soapadc, Star, Ma
pllla Powder, Pcarlinc, 90 Mule
Team Borax, Household Ammonia,
Bon Ami and Sweeping Compound.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
QUIMBY MELTON
Sporting Editor
MAKES OLD PEOPLE
STRONG AND Y

We want to get the news to al
people about Rexall Olive-OiI 4
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which we irmly believe is the
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weakening, facilitating effects q
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You do rot feel much better and stu
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ly give back your money
Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion con-
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endorsed by successful physicians
here for the first time combined
result is a real body, nerve and t
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overcoming debility, weakness and
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strengthen the nerves and enrich
blood. You who are weak and
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If it doesn't help you. come and
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Americas, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10

Nine silver dollars started the Ath
letic baseball club of Philadelphia.
Nine dollars of real money a set Of
old uniforms, and nine pairs Of stock
ings-not entirely whole-was all the
capital that "Zack" Phillips, Sharsig
and Mason had when they formed
what is now the most famous Dase-
ball organization in the world.
The rent of their grounds, Oak
dale park, cost them So a day. For
three weeks the trio hustled for all
they were worth, scared up crowds
that were sometimes as big as 800,
and at the end Of that time found
that they had gained 50 apiece for
their twenty-one days of labor.
1t was a case of give up or do
something desperate They decided to
40 something desperate They decided
to make or break and guaranteed the
Boston club, the big baseball attrac-
ton of the days of 1881 $500 or 800
if it should rain They then set back
and prayed for fair weather, for there
was not a dollar in the treasury to
pay in case Of rain.
Things broke right They had 4
crowd of 5000, of whom 1900 had to
stand because the seating capacity o.
the park was only 400. But all paid
and after paying the guarantee and
giving the home players 25 per cent.
of the gate receipts, the three promot-
ers had enough money to buy lumber
for stands
These home made affairs were
more strong than handsome as
Phillips remarked after they were
completed but they would seat 1000
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
FEDERAL LEAGUES
PRESIDENT RECEIVES
BLACK HAND LETTER

Chicago, Feb. 8. - President Gil
more of the Federal league, has re-
ceived black hand letter in which
he, his home and the proposed ball
park of the Federal league in Chi
cago were threatened by a bomb
thrower, if he did not retire from
baseball. He also received the ihfor-
nation that personally he stood in
danger Of having a knife slipped be-
tween his ribs. President Gilmore
was inclined to take the whole mat
ter as a joke, but Charles Weegham,
hacker of the Chicago Federal league
team, is considering placing the latter
in the hands Of the federal authorities.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
GEORGIA ANNOUNCES
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
HeqOy Programme for Red and
Black Tossers

Athens, Ga, Feb. 9.-Following is
the official schedule of the University
o. Georgia baseball team for the com
ing esason, as announced tonight:
Clemson at Athens March 25 and % /.
West Virginia Wesleyan at Athens
March 81, April |; Auburn at Auburn,
April Bird double header and 4th;
Michigan University in Athens April
Sand g. University of Illinois at Attn
ems April 10; Vanderbilt at Athens
April Is and 49, Alabama University at
Tuscaloosa, April 20 and 81
Games away from home: Navy at
Annapolis April 25; Maryland A, and
NJ, College Park, April 81; Washing
ton and Lee at Lexington, April % and
20; N. c. A. and NJ, at Raleigh, Apr.l
80 and May /; University of North Car
DINA at Chapel Hill, May 2,
Hcme games; University of Ala
bama at Athens, May and 5: Tech
(Athens or Atlanta). May and q.
Tech ATLANTA or Athens) May IS and
IS; Chinese University Hawaii. prob
able) May 20 and 81.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
FLORIDA ANNOUNCES
BA SEBALL SCHEDULE

Gainesville, Fla, Feb 9.-Manager
Shaw, Of the University OF Florida
baseball team, has announced the ten
tatye schedule for this season which
shows the greatest array Of diamond
material yet arranged for in competi-
ton with the Floridians,
The Florida boys are being coached
by Pat J. Flaherty, man of acknow-
lodged ability and star in the big
leagues" of many years standing He
had the boys out last Thursday for the
first time and they viii be in good
trim when the date for the opener
arrives.
A new grand stand is being con-
structed with accommodations for
twice as many as the old quarters and
it is expected that college baseball here
this spring will draw large crowds
especially since the Philadelphia Atn-
letics and st. Louis Americans will
play here
The tentative schedule given out
by Manager Shaw is as follows
March and 3, Rollins college, in
Gainesville.
March 10, II and H. probably Uni-
versity of Georgia, in Gainesville.
March 20, Philadelphia Athletics, in
Gainesville, one game.
March %, St Louis American team,
in Gainesville, one game.
1t is probable that the St Louis Ma
tons will also come here for one game
in March.
April 3 and 4, Mercer University, in
Gainesville.
April, 9, 10 and II, Auburn in Tall
lahassee.
May and 9, Mercer in Macon. The
Floridians may go to Atlanta to meet
Georgia Tech on this trip.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
NOSE and HEAD STOPPED Up FROM
COLD OR CATARRH, OPEN AT ONCE

penetrates and heals the infamed
swollen membrane which lines the
nose, head and throat; clears the air
passages; stops nasty discharges and
feelings Of cleansing soothing re-
lief comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight, struggling
for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils
closed, hawking and blowing. Catarran
or cold, with its running nose, foul
mucous dropping into the throat, and
raw dryness is distressing, but truly
needless.
Put your faith-just once-in "Ely's
Cream Balm" and your cold or ca.
tarrah will surely disappear. Hooks
Pharmacy. advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
SOUTH ATLANTIC CLUB OWNERS
WOULD INCREASE SALARY LIMIT

Savannah, Ga, Feb. Ball players
who labored in the uniforms of South
Atlantic clubs last season and are
bound by the cordially despised re-
serve clause to return to their toll at
the same old stands this spring, will
receive with agreeable surprise the
announcement to-day by President n.
P. Cornish that, provided the sanction
Of the National association can be OBJ,
tanned the monthly club salary limit
for the 1914 campaign will be raised
from $1,000 to either $1,7OO or $1,75o.
Any way the wind blows redress seems
in sight, for a higher salary limit vir-
tually means more wages for the COM
non people.
Final action in the matter will be TAX
en- at a meeting of the league moguls
here in the very near future Presi-
dent Corish stated yesterday that the
question of raising both the player and
salary limits had been carefully gone
into at the January session and that
all that is needed to put the new limits
into effect is the approval of the ma
tional body. This, he is inclined to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
DIXIE QUESTION UP
AGAIN FEB. Il

- Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 9.-Promoters
OF the Dixie league presented to a COM
mittee representing the Southern lea
que here today proposition to place
teams in all but two of the cities now
having Southern league teams. The
proposition was taken under advise -
ment, pending a meeting OF the South
ern league, to be held in Mobile Feb
ruary 81.
The Southern league was represent
ed by President William NJ. Kavanaugh,
Ct Little Rock, Ark; Presidents Cole
man, Of the Memphis club; Manager
Finn, of the Memphis club Secretary
c. z. Colsson, of the Mobile club, and
Southern league secretary Adolph ia
cobson of Little Rock, also attended
the meeting William NJ Bacon and
H. N, Pharr, CT Memphis and W. J.
Francis, of Birmingham, urged the
claims of the Dixie league.
The discussion centered largely Oh
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
My Cleansing, Healing Balm Instantly
Clears Nose, Head and thrOat-StOps
Nasty Catarrhal Discharges
Headache Goes

Try EIy7s cream Balm!
Get small bottle anyway, just to tr 7
it-apply a little in the nostrils and in
stantly your clogged nose and stopped
up air passages of the head will open;
you will breathe freely; dullness and
headache disappear. BY morning! the
catarrh, cold-in-head, or catarrhal sore
throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the smaIl
bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any
rug store. This sweet. fragrant barn
dlssolges by the heat of the nostrils,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
ALL RATE JOHNSON
king OF HURLERS
JOE BUSH LAUDs WALTER
He and Turner Stamp Him
Best in Business

Hot Springs, Ark, Feb. 9.-Master
Joe Bush, one of Connie Mack's sweet
young swirlers, who is taking a course
Of the Spas famous baths and doing
some road work preparatory TO joining
the worlds champions in Jacksonville
Fla, the first week in March, was ask
ed the other afternoon to name the
king of the fingers.
He quickly replied, walter John
SON"
Master Terry Turner, the veteran
ditto efficient inhelder of the Cleveland
Maps, who has been here since early
Noymter, having come this way with
his wife, whose health of late years
has beeH none too good, was next
asked to make his pick.
Equally as swiftly he calculated,
walter johnson"
AT that, Johnson has never puzzled
me very much; rather I've been lucky
against him." said Turner. 1--WE al.
ways got my share of hits off hiIA
though I will frankly admit don't see
how | ever bump him But somehow
or other | always did wallop the good
pitchers Rube Waddell probably the
greatest left-hander that ever lived,
was always easy for men. And who
do you think was my greatest jinX?
Nobody but Harry Howell, who used
to pitch for the Browns. All he had
was a splitter and a change Of pace,
but any time l cracked cut as much
as a healthy foul off him l thought
was going some. .
You know, the Maps busted John
sons winning streak last summer Bill
Steen, who would be a sure enough
wonder if he didn't put so many good
ones over the heart of the pan, had
the distinction Of taking Walters taw
Bill twirled a great game that day-a
much better game than Walter offered
Clark Griffith stalled hard to save
Johnson. We hit Walter pretty hard
and after almost every ball the King
pitched Griff would temporarily stop
the game and hold a confab with the
big fellow and Captain Mcbride.
4 think about ninety-nine out oi
every hundred players in the Ameri-
can league will nominate Johnson as
the greatest pitcher of all times,
chimed in Bush. q know | have him
inserted in first place Just the same
he is the one pitcher l cracked
for $50 last summer 1t was in Wash
ington, too, and !, rode one of his
fast ones squarely against the ball
sign on a line | was the most sur
prised man in the game when l got
the blow"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
believe, will be given.

LSIieFe, Will De given.
Thirteen players including the play
ing manager, will be allowed under
the proposed player limit, a fact
which is certain to meet with the
hearty endorsement of those who for
the past several years have contended
that provision for a second string
catcher or general utility man should
be made in the league regulations
However, it is probable that the ma
jcrity of the club owners will continue
to carry but twelve men and have the
veterans on their clubs the benefit D.
the increase in the salary limit. thus
stepping, right foot first in the glow
ing march of progress toward better
pay for the hired hands.
Calls from the players, howevec,
properly should be withheld until the
magnates raise has been seen and
passed upon by the National associa-
ton 1t may be just as we'll to add,
too, that the deck has been stripped
of all jokers, and the entire matter is
directly up to Secretary Farrell of the
National association.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10

With staff of twirlers such as these
Collins, Leonard, Coumbe and Rad
loff-the Red Sox have been pronounc-
ed to be very strong on southpaws this
year. Some seem to think that if Col
Inns alone was the staff they would still
hold the honor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
Nine Dollars ProOide a
Start For Worlds Champions

and from that time on the success o.
the club was practically assured.
In less than five years the company
cleared 100000, the pennant- winner
of 1883 helping a great deal. Their
success, while not remarkable by
madern standards, was sensational,
judged by similar projects of the same
time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10

the financial phase of the project,
which Mr.. Pharr met with the an
nouncement that his associates were
prepared to furnish bond for $4,000
to guarantee that the entry of the new
league clubs into southern association
towns would cause no deficit in the net
income of the Southern league below
the average for the past five years.
The baseball men were in session for
several hours, discussing phases of tho
proposition
The meeting here was preliminary to
a session later of the Southern league
schedule committee. Four tentativa
schedules were considered according
to President Kavanaugh, who also said
that the probable opening dates Of the
season would be April IA and is or
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
mutual GIRL" is Az LIN
At THE ALCAZAR too

Patrons of the Alcazar viii see
day the third series of Our Nut
Girl" and the scenes depicted will
OF intense interest. Large audien.
have welcomed Our Mutual Girl
the advanced series and the pictu
have been Of absorbing interest, %
fail to, see them today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10

April Is and 16, with Memphis at CT
tanooga, New Orleans at Montgom,
Mobile at Birmingham, and Nashv
at Atlanta. He also said that il
practically assured that this seasg
schedule will include 1874 games,
cause the former 14O-game SEIZED
would not take in Labor Day WI
this year falls on September I.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10
ALL THE LATEST SPORTING NEWS

son to turn down when the Federals
offered him $4,000 for a three-year
contract, although this report has not
yet been confirmed by the Federal
league authorities.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-10

Jimmy Sheckard must have REGARDED
the Pittsburg Federals as naught
when he turned them down and signed
to manage the Mud Hens. Can the To-
ledo club afford to offer him more
money than the Federals? Looks
strange