Evening journal., 1915-08-26

wandering over the States VI
Pennsylvania and Delaware last sat
urday. was a baseball team, under the
name Of silverbrook. The said team
was scheduled to play the Glenn Mills
team, at Glenn Mills Everybody was
to be on deck at the Y NJ. c. A., at
l 80. going 10 the Pennsylvania town
in two ive-passenger machines.
Here's the story. the kind you read
about. The machine in which Smith.
Deakyne Mckay and Greenman we're
riding shall be known as machine No.
1. The machine in which Mathewson.
Siemen. Sharpe, Crooks and Ellicott
were riding. shall be known as ma
chine No. 2. Everything went along
very nicely with both machines until
No. ! broke a spark plug. The ma
chimes took different roads, No / go
ing by way of West Chester, and No.
2 by way OF Chester. No limped 10
West Chester with a minus spark
going over little bumps and big ones
alike West Chester came in view
and a spark plug was purchased. This
made them a little late. and with a
full crew Of spark plugs, had little re-
gard for any kind of bumps. They
went through West Chester, looking
every direction for a road leading TO
Glenn Mills. After taking numerous
roads, No. landed into a burg called
Lionville. A hecker came TO the res
cue and said that the only Glenn Mills
that he knew of, was about fourteen
miles hack from where we had come.
Il was then three o'clock and the
game was TO begin at 800 The jour
new of fourteen miles was started
After going about ten miles, we in
ouired which road led to our destina-
ton. Everyone had a different route.
Finally a cop came to the rescue and
got us on the right road for once. On
the right road once we got on another
wrong one. Finding our mistake, we
turned around and knocked a gate
oock-eyed. We tried another road.
only to be the wrong one. Another
one was tried This proved to be
someone's private lane. In backing
out Of this, we almost collided with
one OF Henry Ford's pieces of mech
anism Out of this scrape we took tho
only road that was left for us to take.
Il proved TO be the road 10 Glenn
Mills. We got there at o'clock We
should have been there at g. Much
worse. when we arrived. we found that
No. 2 had left at about fifteen minutes
before we got there. We stayed there
a while and got a good description OF
the place, so we could describe It, TO
prove that we had been there.
The homeward journey was started.
IL was growing dark and there were
no lights on the machine. We hit a
farm wagon and made the mud guard
look like the gate We missed two
automobilists by a quarter of an inch
and three wagons by less than that
went into two bitches and almost
over turned twice. More hurry, less
speed so we gave out Of gas to clap
the climax. We pushed up hill and
let the machine coast down. This was
repeated about thirty-seven times and
got rather tiresome.
Finally. Chadd's Ford came in view.
How we got there. no one knows We
Just turned one road to the right and
the next to the left, not knowing
where we might fall on the edge OF
the earth. At Chadds Ford and near
by farm houses. five gallons OF the
dearly beloved gas was purchased.
This brought No. to Wilmington
about half past seven. with no score
to tell the tale of a game.
Number also took roads unknown
and landed at Clifton Heights. From
there they got on the right road and
H. 4 H..
got tired of waiting and decided that
quarter Of five was no time to begin a
ball game, so they went on a search
OF No. 1. Their hunt was as vain as
any hunt can be. However. they ar
rived home at o'clock. Both parties
voted that they had had one of the
best times of their lives, even II there
was no game Someone said: Let's
go to Cape May by automobile next
Saturday It was met by an em-
phatic mo"
siemen and Simpson have the
country fever. Both say, Down on
the farm with the chickens"
Whether the team is going TO Cape
MAY to play ball or have a good time
next Saturday and Sunday remains to
be seen.
Tough luck, Matty. no girls at Glenn
Mills. Which is II, Bridgeport or
odessa?
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES No.
/ when the gas gave out.