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inside of which were number Of empty shells of snake eggs-probably the king snake or blacksnake-and as he reached to pick one of them up for closer examination he caught sight of pygmy rattler coiled partly under some pieces of the rotting core of the log and jerked his hand away just in time, for the little snake struck viciously, narrowly missing it.
 We broke open all the hollow logs which we found, and in doing so found several very fine specimens of the king snake (Ophibolus getulus). Usu- ally when we found one we would find another one very close by. These snakes, while of a rather quarrelsome disposition among themselves or with other snakes, are remarkably gentle with man. Not one of the several we caught made any attempt to bite, nor showed any nervousness. When handled they would usually coil tightly around the arm, probably to prevent falling, and then would start slowly on an exploring expedition. These snakes are powerful constructors. feed ing principally upon obnoxious rodents and other snakes; they have been known to kill the deadly diamondback rattlesnake (Crotolus adamanteus), although they have no preference and
 will as readily kill and devour the non- venomous species. - From Snake
 Hunting in Florida" in the New York Sun.
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ATTACKED BY TINY RATHER
venomous Pygmy Reptile Was Hid den in a Log Near King
 Snake Eggs.

In a small pond we captured several of the banded water snakes (Tropido- notus facciatus). One, large and richly marked specimen, was lying as he was among the short growth of vegetation. I nearly stepped on him before saw him. On placing the forked stick over him he wound up it as far as he could and struck viciously at everything in reach, but was soon grasped by the neck and placed into a bag. These water snakes, though nonvenomous. were by a great majority of the people we me: thought to be very poisonous.
 Many snakes were uncovered in turning over the fans; mostly very young cottonmouths, which very strongly resemble the young copper heads (Ancistrodon contortrix) and the pygmy rattlers (Sistrurus mila rius). This diminutive rattlesnake would generally be found coiled on the protecting base of a palm and GOV cred by a palm fan. None that we caught made any attempt to escape but they were ready to do mischief
 if they had the chance. They were SC
 small, generally from 12 to IS inches | that their rattling could not be heare | unless held close to the ear.
 My partner had narrow escape | from being bitten by one of them. Ht had broken open a hollow log on th'
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FIat-Top Style of cuIvert an Approved

t-- crowning of eight inches and are made to 16 inches thick in the cen ter, the thickness varying with the width. The forms are placed so the tops and abutments are all in one piece. The bars or rods must be shaped so as to be partly embedded in the abutment walls.
 We have just finished four culverts 12 by 16 feet, made after the plan of the illustration, at cost of $15O. This may seem to be quite price, yet if they last as we expect them to, they will be cheap in the long run. We use lot of iron, any length, in these tops We get them cheap from junk dealers.
 This good roads move is money saver to the people. More has been done to improve our highways in the last five years than in any 15 years before.
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DIVORCED WOMAN
 STARTS A SCUFFLE
"MiIIion-Do Bride" Refused Sight of Child Pulls Mother
 in-LaW'S Hair.

Philadelphia.-Mrs Keith Donald son, divorced wife of Keith Donald son of this city and New York, and for merly known throughout society cir cles in the South as 'tthe million-dollar bride," was arrested and locked in a cell on charges preferred by her moth er-in-law, after sensational hair-pull- ing match at the latter's home here.
 Mrs. Donaldson, who said she came to this city several days ago, soon aft
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ROAD DRAG IS INEXPENSIVE
Constant Attention Is Price of Good Roads-Objection That Too Much
 Money Ia Spent on Grader.
Rx C. sCHuLTZ.l

fBy C. z1.1
 I have watched the use of the roao drag and the grader past my house this summer The drag leaves the road in better shape-the grader pill ing roughage in the middle while the drag smoothes 1t of nicely. But the greatest objection is that the drag IS not used often enough. Constant at tention is the price of good roads, ana the use of the drag is so inexpensive that good roads by it's use are obtain able, or would be if the money were not spent in using the grader witn four teams and five men. That's the way the m oney goes.
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SUBSTITUTE FOR POTATOES

the South and Southwest. where 1t promises to respond to cultivation even better than the potato. It is not able for a peculiar nutty flavor and the young leaves, when properly cooked. make an excellent substitute for spinach. Neither tuber nor leaves however, shouhi ever be tasted when raw. The acrid principe, character1z- ing the plant can be neutraltzed only
 by cooking a while. In preparing the
Williams news., 1915-02-11

Throughout the South new vege- table is rapidly appearing in the mar ket to take the place. to some extent at ieast. of the potato. This IS the dasMeen. a tuber introduced by the de- partment of agriculture from the trop- tcs. It resembles the potato ln many respects and in many tropicai ana sub-tropical countries dispiaces It en- tirely Experiment has proved that fbe dasbeen can be easily grown in
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Kills 25O-Pound Bear.

Milwaukee.-One of the finest speci- mems of preserved bear skins in exist ence is to be seen in the window Of the Kroeger Bros. company. The bear was shot by Joseph Messing, measures six feet seven inches from tip to tip, and weighed 25o pounds when dressed.
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permanency of Bridges.

Concrete bridges for roads are the kind that spell permanency. Between threshing outfits and heavy motor cars the county with shaky bridges is in for trouble.
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Pastimes of the Sikh.

Two Sikhs, finding themselves tired of sitting still, wandered forth the other evening, and returned short time later to their commanding officer. "sahib," they said gravely, i've found a man with a rife: here is the rife.' AS to what became of the man, we are left in unpleasant suspense. but doubtless the man is not.
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compared to the shrill whistle of To- comotive engine. They are very abundant in the warmer regions Of both hemispheres. The males alone, are tuneful--a fact which was com mented upon by certain of the Greek poets and philosophers. one of whom writes: Happy the cicadas live. since they all have voiceless wives
 Strictly speaking. however. the ci- cada is not vocalist. but an instru-
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Starts Peculiar Suit.

Hackettstown, N. J.-William Mlsh- paugh, a farmer, has sued Hope township for money and time spent m carrying his son to and from hlsn school.
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dasheen, teaspoonful of sal soda to a quart of water prevents the hands from being affected by the irritant-
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 tary muscles. the AUIV17z1IA/fY result being the
 loud. shrill music for which the cicada Is famous
 Apart from the cicadas, the only other notably sonorific insects are found in the group which naturalists term the leaning orthoptera"-i. e. the grasshoppers, crlckets and their allies. In these instances the analogy of the drum must be discarded for that of the fiddle. Let us take first the grasshoppers. Everyone has lis tened to their chirping, and perhaps some inquiring spirits have observed that the sound Is always accompanied by kind of swaying of the insects body, and an alternate movement of it's hind legs. But the full inwardness or the matter can only be appreciated by the aid of the microscope On a cer- tain ridge on the inner side Of the grasshopper's hind femur-the thigh of the great leaping leg-there is row of extremely modified hairs. This ridge represents the bow of the souno- producing apparatus. By the move ment of the leg it is rubbed to ana fro against a prominent nervure or vein of the closed fore-wing; ana this fiddling process gives rise to the erasshopper's well-known song
 "Stridulation."
 Naturalists call the method "stridu- ,ation." In the case of the cricEets -t Ia, managed in different way. viz. by rubbing one wing over the other. Each fore-wing of the male Is fur nished with vein which is minuteiy r;deed or filelike on it's under side; and this bow plays upon vein on the upper surface of the wing beneath it. AS the apparatus is in duplicate each wing having its vein and bow the insect is ambidextrous, so to sneak. Tn practice, however. it IS found that the right wing is generally though not always. uppermost. The reverse is true of the long-horn, tree freuuenting grasshoppers. Their soil tary filelike bow is found on the underside of the left fore-wing. whicf ts always uppermost. In these in sects-and in the crickets to lesser extent-the overlapping fore-wing' form a kind of resounding chamber which intensifles the volume of eaci note that the fiddler produces.
 Time and Temperament.
 Dr. S. H. Scudder, an eminent oh server of insect life in America, ha expressed some of the songs of crick cts and grasshoppers in musical nota lion. He has also recorded the cur ous fact that there is distinct rels tion between the rapidity of note pro Auction and the temperature. Or warm days, when the sun is shinfn brightly, these little musicians t'ddl away with all their might, whereas i dull and chilly weather their executio ts slow and mournful. Many cricket! however, remain silent until tn shades of evening begin to fall. an then begin loudly to serenade thel aadyioves. For this is really the ou come of the whole matter. Only rare instances do female insects DO sess the gift of melodious expression As with the singing of birds, so wit the drumming and fiddling of insect each is essentially the language ( courtship. Love makes the world g round! Crickets have been observe fo listen eagerly-one might say, cri fcally-to the performances of the wooers, as if anxious to get the fu
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Keen Water Away.

Run furrows along hills that may conduct water to a road and keep the water away from road and ditch.
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Always Met the One Daily Train
 Through the Town.

of which we have dreamed so long is will be pleased"
 The next page was evidently writ ten after he had been informed of his sweetheart's death.
 Seeks Solitude.
 Waiting for the train that was to bring her to me, the message came that Nell was dead. Killed in wreck while only a few miles from me. There is nothing now for which to live. The past is a blank, the future holds nothing for me. I am going to seek where I can live alone, where l can forget, if that is possible" reads the diary.
 The rest of the diary tells of his coming to Oklahoma and settling in the clearing, where he lived until his recent death. It tells of his going to the train each day in the hope that she would some time come as she was to have come.
 .T must go to the store today. l am almost out of food," were the last lines written in the diary. It is thought that Martin became ill short. ly afterward.
 He was found lying upon his bed with the picture of beautiful girl in his hands. Even in death his last thoughts had been of her. An inves tigation failed to develop any infor nation as to where he had come from or whether he had any relatives. The body was buried in the cemetery al Haywood, where it lies today in an unmarked grave
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Old Acoma,

Acoma, N. M., an Indian pueblo. is the oldest inhabited settlement in the United States.
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mental1St. T b @ sounds that it makes are due to
 a special mecha-
 niSm which resem-
 bles a pair of ket- tiedrumS. T h e S e have their place in cavities on each side of the thorax. and are protected beneath by large plates which may possibly act also as sounding boards. The membranes of the drums are not beaten, but are thrown into rapid vibration by a spe- ciai set of volun- tary muscles. the result heinz tha
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INSECTS are a silent people in the main. Many of them pass through life without uttering a single sound But there are some interest ing exceptions to this rule.
 The harvest flies, or cica- das, for example, are noto- riously noisy. the song Of some species having been
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Operatinu a Drag.

Ride the drag. You can control the cut by shifting your weight.
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of which we have dreamed so long is waiting for her and I know that she will be pleased"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29

The Douglas County Fair association
Is advertising It's meeting to be held at
Benson, September 81 to "a in the turf
papers. and is already receiving entries
OF horses. Entries will close September
/. Records after August is are not a. bar.
Following is the program Of the four
days meeting:
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Edgar Gets Better
Of Ingleside Team

EDGAR, Neb.. Aug. 8-(special Tele-
gram.)-Edgar fans witnessed one OF the
best games Of the season on the home
grounds this afternoon when Edgar de-
feated Ingleside. The Ingleside team Is
said to be one OF the best teams of the
class In the state. Score: R-HE
Ihklesiue '''.'''''.'..'............. :
rug ...'ss.s''. .s...s....s-...sss..ss.s4 ]
Batteries: Inglesida. Gato0n and Green;
Edgar Richards and Mckinney. Struck
out: by Cation. 6; by Richards, 49, First
base on errors: Ingleside, 4; Edgar 2.
Umpire: CLYDE Henninger.
Edgar defeated Alinden. to 2. In the
second game yesterday afternoon on the
Edgar grounds. AZ the end OF the ninth
the score stood 2 to In the tenth
Minlen failed to score. C1ack. FOR Edgar.
knocked one into left field and II was
caught. but clack started tor- home the
instant II landed In the glove. He was
almost home when he fell down, but sue
ceeded In crawling to the base a fraction
OF a second ahead OF the ball This
ended the gone, with no outs for Ed
gar. Batteries; Edgar, Sconce and Grey;
Minden. Rasmussen and Wilson. Um-
pire: Clyde Henninger.
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YANKS PULL BACK
ON TIGERS TAIL
Split Double-Header with Jennings
Boys and Check Their
Climb.
KRUGER CATCHES WINNER

DETROIT, Aug. 2s,-New York and Dc
troit divided a double-header here this
afternoon. Caldwell winning a fine pitch
contest, while Fisher was defeated In "A
very ragged game. to 2. by Coveleskie
in the second encounter. Caldwell won
his own game. Twice Detroit had men
on third with but one out. on one oc-
casion Caldwell struck out Cobb and the
other time he famed Burns. The sole
run was the result of a triple by Cald-
we'll and a single by Cook, Wits bat
ting was the only feature Of the second
game. Score, first game:
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SUPERBAS ANNEX
PAIR OF VICTORIES
Move Closer to PhilGes by Defeat
ing Pittsburgh Pirates Two
Times.
HURLERs FIGURE PROMINENTLY

BROOKLYN. Aug. 2S-Brooklyn beat
Pittsburgh twice today and moved
closer to Philadelphia I'm the race for the
National league pennRnt Both games
were pitchers battles and IN both the
Brooklyn boxmen figured prominently
with the ball.
Rucker made two hits off Harmon In
the first game, which the Superbas won
by to l i'm a ninth inning finish. With
the score tied in the last half of the ninth
Harmon walked Stengel, who came home
when Hlnchman let Wheats single roll
to the right field wall.
one of Pciffers two hits helped his
team mates win the second 3 to G. With
the count to in the eighth. Mamaux
went into the box. Two hits, a pass
and sacrifice hit put Brooklyn out of
danger Score Of FIRST game:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
COmiSkey's Pale Sox
Lose to Athletics

CHICAGO. Aug. Suitability 10 hit
with men on bases and poor base run
ming on the part Of the Chicago White
SoX cost them the second game OF tho
series with Philadelphia today The
score was 4 TO 2. in favor Of the visitors
punched bits, coupled with n wild pitch
two errors and base on balls. gave
Philadelphia its runs
Knowlson was wild. but was given per
feet support. Benz was hit hard ana
Faber had one bad inning. Lajo!e led In
the attack against Chicago with three
hits Score
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
Braves Take First
One from Cinci Reds

opener from Cincinnati today, 2 to 0,
after a pitchers battle. during which
Rudolph and Toney each allowed five
hits Boston got a run in the third
when Evers doubled, was sacrificed
along by Snodgrass and scored on Ma
gees single to center In the fifth a
pass TO Evers with an infield out, and
Magee's sacrifice put the Boston cap
tain on third. Schmidt's single scored
him. Herzog had three hits in four
times at bat.
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RED SOX LENGTHEN
LEAD BY DUAL WIN
Rampant Hose Of Boston Defeat
Cleveland Twice on Enemy's
Field.
INDIAN RALLY IN FIRST FAILS

CLEVELAND, Aug. 2S-Boston gained
on Detroit today by taking two games
from Cleveland. Timely hits off Morton
won the first game, to 8, Mays stopping
a Cleveland rally off Ruth in the eighth
inning. The second contest was a pitch
ers' battle between Collamore and Shore,
in which the latter had the advantage.
Triples by Hooper and Speaker decided
the game. Catches by Speaker and Lewis
featured each contest. Catcher Thomas
Of Boston was hurt in a collision with
Catcher O'Neill at the plate and was
forced to retire. Score, first game:
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xxBatted for Carroll in this ninth;
xTwo out when winning run scored.
Des MOtnes ....'.......... w ~ ~
Topeka s......s...-.'....'. WI Wv w -
Three-base hits, Brown. Hahn; two
base hits, Tydeman, Jackson, 2, Monroe
Trainor Breen, 2, Gilligan; sacrifice hits
Carroll. Hahn, Thomas sacrifice fly,
Sawyer; rouble plays, Bostlck TO Fisher
Jackson to Monroe, Hartford TO Sawyer
TO Jones' Hartford to Sawyer: stolel
base, Fwoldt hits off Carroll, IL In In
nings off Lakaff. In l innilg. off Gil
ligan. 9 In 8 2-3 innings, off Thomas, in
q inning; bases on balls Off Carroll, 4, off
Gilligan, 2, struck out by Carroll. 2, by
Gilligan. 4: passed ball. Breen. Time
OF game 2 hours and q minutes. I'm
pires Rapps, Graham and Abbott
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
FIRTY-oNE DAYS or FALL
RACING IN OLD KAINTUCK

LEXINGTON. KY, Aug. 8.-Dates for
tho fall race meeting to cover forty-one
days have been allotted to the Kentucky
tracks. Lexington begins with nine days
on September ., Douglas Park. Louis
Vile, follows with eight days. starting
September 90
Eight days also VIII be consumed by the
New Louisville Jockey club. which opens
on September .. I-atonia VIII wind up
the campaign with sixteen days. from o.
tober to October q. inclusive
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
PLANK'S TWIRLING
WINS FOR TERRIERS
Ex- Mackman Bests Henning and
Kansas City Federals Drop
the Second Game.
THREE TO TWO IS THE SCORE

ST. louis, Aug. 2s.-Plank bested
Henning In u pitchers duel here today.
enabling st, Louis to take the secony;
victory of the series from Kansas City
by score OF 8 to 2. Up to the seventh
inning the visitors could not send a man
around the bases, but In this inning a
series OF singles, aided by local errors,
brought Bradley and Rawlings home.
Score: R.n.E.
Kansas City.O 0 0 2 o. 8 3
st. Louls...0 2 90 "a 8
Batteries; Henning and Easterly;
Plank and Bridwell.
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Senators Are Beaten
By st. Louis Browns

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2s.-Pratt's single in
the twelfth inning scored Hamilton with
the winning run. giving st. Louis
twelveInning victory over Washington.
to 1. here today.
The visitors took the lead In the third
when Foster walked. stole second and
scored on Hamilton's wild pitch. How
nrd's homer tied the score in the sew
enth. Score:
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1.-TWO out when winning run scored.
Slated for Moeller In eleventh.
'Ayres awarded first base on Interior
ence by catcher In eleventh inning.
Wash 10 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 Oil
st. Louis 20 o 90 0 0 0 0 o l-2
Two-base Lifts: c. Milan, Foster Shanks
Home run: Howard stolen bases: Fos-
ter. Walker. Shotton, Pratt C2) Earned
runs: Washington, !; st. Louis, p Double
play. Walker to Agnew to Austin. Base
on errors: Washington. 1. Bases on
balls: orr Ayres, 3; off Hamilton, g.
Struck out: BY Ayres, 2: by Hamilton, 2
EMPIRES: Evans and Chill.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
Tesreau Hurls Giants
To Victory Over Cubs

NEW YORK. Aug. 2S.-Tesrau dupli-
Gated Mathewson's fine game yesterday
and pitched New York to q long victory
over Chicago. Tho big Giant pitcher
held the visitors to three hits and re-
ceived great support.
HUMPHREYS also pitched fine ball for
Chicago, but New York scored an earned
run in the first inning on singles by
Doyle, Robertson and Merkle. Score:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
TOPEKA SELLS MONROE
TO BROOKLYN NATIONALS

TOPEKA. Kan, Aug. zs.-Edward Mon
roe. catcher OF the Topeka Western
league team, has been sold to the Brook
lyn Nationals, It was announced here
tonight. The price was not made pub
lie
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
Savages Beat the
Leaders by Staging
Rally in Ninth Half

TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. S.-Topeka
staged a batting rally in the last half
of the ninth inning and overcame Des
Moines' five run lead after two were
out. A great throw from centerfieid
20 the plate by Manager Jackson retired
Des Moines scoreless in the tenth. In
the home half of the tenth Jacksons
two Dagger scored the winning run
Score.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
GRIZZLIES GAIN AS
THEY TAKE COUPLE
Bears Beat Sioux Warriors Twice
While Leaders Drop One
TO Kaws.
DARKNESS CALLS THE SECOND

DENVER, Colo. Aug. 2s-Denver pro-
aressed in It's efforts to overtake Des
Moines by defeating Sioux City twice
here today, while the leaders lost to To
peka- Denver took the first, TO 3, and
the second, s to /. The second was called
in the seventh on account of darkness.
Score, first game
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st. Edward Trims Petersburg.

ST. EDWARD, Neb, Aug. B.-(Spe-
cIaL)-St. Edward defeated Petersburg
yesterday in a base ball tournament at
Petersburg. This makes four wins
straight from Petersburg this season.
ST. Edward Il lO2 OOl0 O-5 10 2
Petersburg % 2 o o % / % 4 2
Batteries; ST. Edward. Powers and
Fisher; Petersburg Getchel. Madden and
Pepski Umpire: Wright
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sT. Joseph.

Left on bases: Wichita, q Sc. Joseph'
o Earned runs; St. Joseph: |; y WtGa It's
Three-base hit: Tallion. Stolen bases;
Bannett' Hits: Off Nolte.. in one In
ming Double play qrod Wd; to g 4 SH eafs
Rases on balls: Off Nolte, 1; off
Pate, j. Times 1890. Umpires: Ryan ana
Cusack.
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SIOUX CITY.

Sacrifice fly: Kane Hit batsmen:
Boothby, Lejeune, Hensling, Sacrifice
Three-base hit: Coffey. Home runs:
Kane. Shields. Struck out: BY Sterzer,
4; by Boothby, T. Bases on halls: OFF
sterzer. 8; off Boothby, 2. Double plays:
Callahan to Cooney to Kane, Cooney to
Callahan to Kane. Time: 1880 Umpire:
Geisel Score, second game:
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Slated for Stanage in eighth.
sRatted for James In eighth.

|IHIIVIE'
New York "'.'".S Q I 9 9 a.
Two-base hit: Veach. Three-base hits:
Crawford. High, Caldwell: Double plays
Bush to Young to Burns, James TO Burns
to Stanaga; Burns iunassistedl; Nuna-
maker TO Maisel. Boone to Peckinpaush
to Pipp. Bases on balls: OFF James D.
off Oldham, 1; off Caldwell 2. Hits: Off
James. In eight innings; of Oldham.
none in one inning Struck out: By
James, 4: by Caldwell. 0. Umpires
o'Loughlin and Hildebrsnd;