The sun., 1915-03-09

sing one Of tho Sunday revival hymns.
hut the effort perished in the first
breath or two. with their customary
courtesy, the undergraduates gave Mi
sunday fnc skyrocket cheer Ihis
may have encouraged Mr.. sunday
20 ask for "pd Nassau Hut when the
request was made II Was refused so
promptly that there was distinct em-
harrassncnt visible among the group
ON the stage. Even the singing OF
Come F,li In lime for Princeton and
this was done with zest and Will failed
70 mitigate the refusdl'to render 'Old
Nassau
The Rev. billy started his sermon to
tho undergraduates very briskly
rye been always pluggin' for you
boys in Princeton" he said. II always
read about your games with YALE and
Harvard"
Then he began what lie calls his "Dr
Jekyll aud Mr. Hyde" sermon. and the
Philadelphia reporters Instantly tell.
sraphed /" thcir city editors:
Release 40 2i--Jekyll aud Hyde"
"l.ooN at 'hr booze h'.stcrs. YOU boys 80
crird the Rev. Bil'v. "They sNill the
sun so long that finally ,noy haven't
aot clothes enough left to max. laggins
cent. boys. and booze histcrs
Look at Daniel. he wouldn't 60 down
,re line httin the booze l.uok AT
Joseph. when old Potiphar's wife made
eyes a. him. what did he say? 'Nothin'
dom Some people say there is no devil
We'll, II there aiu't. he has left mighty
lively ol'icu force 80 carry on his worS
: mrhody's on the job"
1t may be that by this time Mr. sun
dty realized that this particular audi
cuce OF intelligent young men wac nut
vastly moved by his dissertation on
morality and religion. At all events Ia.
jumped suddenly to baseball-.livc. stir
ring "reminiscences Of his own brilliant
career upon the diamond As = nook
from which to hang these stories ht IN
s,duccd the miserable end Of some OF the
m"r he had played with On the o,i
chicago White Stockings. drmkards'
deaths following needless poverty.
The Rev Billy backed TO one side of
tho stage, wound up" and swung his
arm downward in a sweeping overland
stroke.
Wei. was playing right field II
came along To- the ninth inning and two
men down and old Jonu had been muw-
ing the Detroit boys down with fatal
regularity Up came Charlov White
must have slipped or something. because
heard an awful crack and | saw the
bail heading my way. As ! turned and
ran I offered up a pravef 'Oh. God
prayed. I'm in an awful hole. Help
me get that ball. and YOU amt got much
time to make up your mind "
We'll. boys that bail kept sailing on
until | saw IL was going into tn" crowd
standing IN deep right held but
lunged right into them yelling Get out
OF my way y" and they parted like the
Red Sea letting Moses through \ little
wind started up and It just did slow up
that drive so that | could stick ont my
bare light hand and grab tre ball. I
rolled over and over but | ne'd tn" ball.
Tom Johnson. VINO used to be Mayor OF
Cleveland. cam" running up to me aud
jammcd a ten dollar bill In my hand.
"'H'll,' ne yelled, you won sl,5oo
for NE 10y that catch. Take the ten
spo; and I'll stake you to Il suit Of
clothes tomorrow.
When | told my pastor abou' that
ne said. Did you take tn" money and
suit
sure. DID told MIN"
The rrircetonians We're cheering en.
Enthusiastically by this time and the
Rev. Billy very quickly finished his talk
Immediately. howeN.r he surprised
every body by inviting the students To
"3it the trail
"Iiow many are there here who would
ho willing tn come forward and shake
my hand a. a pledge that they mean to
live Christian lives" Ne asked
Probably half ~ the audienc" &C.
cepted IN. invitation. but ~ 4 matte"
pi simple observation II was by no
means apparent that they seis the
opportunity to shake hands with the
Rev Biily because they were stirred
rsligiously After the handshaking he
held d, snort overflow meeting In e large
auteruom of the church and II was there
that he offered = prayer for the unver-
sity and for it, president, pr Hlbben.
pr. Hibhen asked to he excused from
making any comment an Mr. sundays
visit.
II have heard NJ sunday twice. was
all the president of ~" uniNersit! would
say