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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
TY COBB IN FOUR POSES

meadows and coiAd insert his power into their already formidable batting order.
 St. Louis Is conceded some chance of being in the fight for the banner by some critics. and if it's prospects are worth considering with the lineup that Jones now presents there would be nothing to it. with Cobb in the fold. St. Louis has a fine pitching staff and a very good infield. Give them an out fielder as good as Tyrus and they would be hard to stop.
 With the peerless Cobb on the roster the Nationals would just about cor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
Tom Jones Lucky Manager

SOME time back the sport writers
 were fond of referring to the late Billy Delaney of California as the real maker of champions" because he had developed and brought out Jim corbett and Jim Jeffries. All of this was based on the truth. but the maker of cham pions" of the present day is one Thomas Edward Jones of La Sale. ul.. present manager of Jess Willard. worlds heavyweight title holder. Jones is no word miser at any time, but a firm believer in telling the world about the merits of the men he has in charge.
 A story of Tom Jones' sporting career verges on the romantic and at times on the sensational. His first fling at the sporting game was with Billy Pap- Ike, then known as the Illinois thun- derbolt." Just about the time that Papke was an undeveloped fighter Jones was running little athletic club in La Salle, III.
 He recognized champion in the hard hitting Papke and signed him to a contract. Bills home was in Kewa- nee. Ill.,, and the public did not seem to think a great deal of him, but that didn't deter Jones. and he started out to convince 'em. That he did so is shown by the fact that he steered Bill into the middleweight championship. l After Papke had run his race and had | stepped back into retirement Jones, realizing that championship meant a whole lot of money for fighter and | manager, began to cast about for a new one to boom into a title Ad Vol gast. then a preliminary boy on the coast, caught Jones' eye. and he signed him up. Inside of few short months Jones had matched Wolgast with Bat tling Nelson for the worlds light weight title and stood by while Ad an- nexed the honor.
 Remembering that Papke had profit ed by having "Thunderbolt'' as a nick ! name. he called Ad the Michigan Bearcat," and 1t struck
 ! He wanted . real worlds champion and began to ask himself where :.e i could ind somebody to beat Jack | Johnson. He caught sight of Willard and the deed was done. That's the | fellow for me"
 But it was a feat that brought out every ounce of Jones' wonderful execu- tive and financial ability What Jones and Willard went through before Jess caught Johnson with . right hand swing on the chin in the twenty-sixth round of that battle in Havana will never be known or appreciated by the fight fans of the world. They were in positive want at different times dur ing their chase. but 1t all turned out fine and . fortune finally crowned their efforts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
"~|COBB IS BALANCE OF POWER;
 = SHIFT WOULD DECIDE PENNANI
Pacers Scorned In Byg0ne . Days

RACK in the bygone days of light
 harness racing Robert Bonner. a f.mous horseman of that era, expressed the opinion of his generation when he said. ''No gentleman will drive a pacer." But times have changed Once unwanted, once classed as the riff raf of the horse world. the strictly pac- ing animal has come into popular fa- vor. Not only. do gentlemen own pacers. but they spend fortunes to ac- Quire the speedy "wigglers."
 No better illustration of the ex- tremes to which horse lovers will go in these days to own a speedy pacer can be shown than that involving William, 1,68h. the equine whirlwind. c. K. G. Billings, a multimillionaire New York or. parted with $s5.000 last summer to secure possession of the pacing stall lion. and trotting experts claim he got . bargain.
 Twenty-Five years or so ago, when horsemen were prejudiced against pure pacers. . horse of Williams caliber would have brought only thousand or two. The price paid for William is the record for pacers. but 1t is one that won't endure for long. Horsemen are coming to regard the pacer almost as highly as the trotter.<
 Why the change in sentiment?
 Well. the pacer of today isn't as elovenIy in his gait as the pacer of years ago. The pacer of twenty or thirty years ago was a queer gaited animal. He wiggled-almost wobbled --from one side, as veteran turfman once put 1t, "A pacer. coming into the stretch. was disgustingly vulgar sight" They called them "rackers."
 To learn the why's Hand wherefores of the "reformation' of the pacers we put the question to s. s Toman, editor of the Trotter and Pacer Magazine. who has been Identified with light haTness racing for a quarter of a century,
 Breeding is responsible" Toman oaid. 'Turfmen of the past twenty i've or thirty years have done every thing possible to stamp out the gait of the pacer of the other days. They have exceeded in a wonderful way, because the pacer of the present times moves almost as steadily and straight as the pure trotter. Looking at a free legged pacer of Williams type as he rounds the turn. 1t is hard to tell him from g trotter.~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
COAST HURDLER IS A CLEAN
 JUMPER,

KARL THOMPSON. the University of A Southern California freshman, who equaled the recent worlds record of IA 4-5 seconds in the 120 yard high hurdles in recent meet at Leland Stanford university, tying the mark of Robert Simpson, the University of Mis- souri star, did not touch one of the hurdles in his flight over them.
 Thompson is>a powerful lad of twen- ty-one and possesses a long. low stride. He holds the interscholastic worlds record of 15 1-5 seconds made while at Long Beach (Cal.) high school. He has run the distance in IS seconds three times since entering the Univer- sity of Southern California last fall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09

the pennant. What Grifith principally needs is hitting strength, and Ty would supply enough of that to win a lot of close games for such a pitcher as Johnson and others of a formidable staff. Ty is worth almost run a game all by himself.
 As for defense, with Cobb and Milan in the same field, the enemy would have to hit the ball over the fence in order to be sure of getting it safe.
 Looking over the National league as 1t stands at present, the conviction is born that Cobb would almost be able to win the bunting for any one Of at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09

least six clubs. They are very well matched in that circuit, and one player as valuable as the Tiger center fielder would give his possessor a marked edge. e~s
 Some may ask why. if Cobb Is, such a. wonder. he hasn't been able to win a penfiant for the Tigers since 1909 Detroit club has had such glarins weaknesses in the box and elsewhere during the last six years of service that no one man could pull 1t through.
 If the Tigers could get as good pitch- ing as their principal rivals they would be favorites for the flag this season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
MACK THINKS WELL OF
 HIS COLLEGE PLAYERS

another wonderful infield. He says that 1t will be some time before the men have become accustomed to each other and that they may look bad at times, but that he is not worrying about his infield problem and will now turn his attention to the outfield.
 So confident is Mack that he is well fortified in the infield with the addition of Rowe and Lawry that he will de- velop King. youngster. whose batting and base running impressed him greatly. into an outfielder. Lanning the Wesleyan collegian. who has beer playing in the outneld, is not an out fielder. but pitcher. and in the future he will pitoh. Mack says Lanning is good hitter. but is not fast enough Tor the outfield. and as he has shown lof of stun as pitchsr he will connne himself to pitching.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
JoNgs HAsM'r SHOWN ANY
 THING.

ST. LOUIS is not bragging about
 Fielder Jones' great ability as manager these days. During the win ter some of the Mound City critics led their readers to believe that 1t wal. not necessary for Jones to have high class team, as his own strategy would offset any weakness that might be prevalent andA that the pennant was assured. Jones helped this impression along by reminiscing about what he did with the White Sox in 1906. when he had team which could not hit balloons.
 But Jones has not shown anything as yet He is fortunate that Mack is be- low him, and Mack is confident that he won't be by the time the race is over.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09

MANAGER MACK of the Athletics
 declares that his college recruits will not be able to show their true form for several weeks because. with the exception of Eddie King, the youngster from Amherst Aggies. all are in poor condition.
 According to Mack the layoff after the close of the college season had . bad effect on the youngsters, and 1t will require some time of strenuous practice to bring them back to the form they showed when they were signed. Most of the lads did not have a ball in their hands for weeks, while Lawry. the most highly touted young ster, has been i'll and is still weak. It probably will be some time before he shows his true form.
 The wizard manager is satisfied that he has the material at hand to develop
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09

the game could almost order their worlds series tickets now.
 Cobb would render another pennant almost certain for the Red Sox unless their fine pitching staff went to pieces. His hitting. fielding and base running. added to the present strength of Carri- gan's club, would likely make the race a regular procession.
 Similarly, if he were to be sent to the White Sox the fight for the 1916 flag would be as good as over. Even with their comparatively weak infield, Row. lands men should make it mere gall Top if they had Cobb in one of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
DENIsoN LOSES ATHLETES.

DENISON university loses an ath-
 lete this year who has won more all-Ohio positions in the Buckeye col- lege circles during his career than any other collegian within the past three years. Carl L. Thiele of Dayton is the first name sporting writers scribble when choosing all-Ohio football or basketball combinations, but now they will have to look for another reliable" as he has departed, along with two other of Denison's all-Oh players and a half dozen stars.
 Don Ladd. captain and all- Ohio quar- terback on last years "big red" grid iron team. has played his last game. Hickman. recognized by Cincinnati writers as an all-Ohio fullback last year, has also left via the graduation route. Standard. Harrington, Willis and Marsh have bid goodby to foot ball. Yoakum has twirled the baseball team into victory for the last time, and Chase has run his last track race.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
the occasion. he ~fas never any ma

the occasion, he vas never any match for Wilde.
 The men looked very fit, and at in- creased price the building was packed to the very doors. Wilde had what might almost be called ''walkover," for, with the. exception of one or two mild taps in the face Smith never laid a glove on the champion, whose speed and brilliant boxing science grow more bewiidering than ever.
 For the first minute Wilde amused the spectators by simply lodging and duclxing the efforts of his rival without attempting to return a single blow. In- deed, he regarded the affair more as an exhibition bout than anything else, and the extreme cleverness he showed in missing purposely by the merest hairbreadth must have deceived many of those present besides his opponent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09

jury, thus far, but the hurt has to be decidedly serious before Hans gets out of harness.
 He is from the old school, when ball clubs carried no more than twelve men and the injured could not be spared by their team. Wagner pays little atten- tion to spike cuts, for he has become calloused to this by his many years of service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
MITCHELL CLAIMS HE HAS Ir ON
 NORTON. '

WILLIE MITCHELL resents the idea
 W that Guy Morton did such . won- derful feat when he struck out four Athletics in one inning recently Mitchell says that when he was with San Antonio he struck out seven men in one inning, yet four of them scored. Dolly Stark was catching him. or. that is. was trying to catch the bells Mitchell throw.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
Wagner Playing
 Like a Youngster

TIME makes no difference in Hans
 Wagner. Though he is forty-two. he still plays the game like youngster, fields his position with the stars and hits the ball as of old. Wagner still is recognized as the star of his team, a deserving compliment which is paid him by his manager. Jim Callahan.
 Wagner has not missed a game. though he has not been free from in-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09

in last place for a long road trip and returned in first place. We had only three pitchers at the time."
 Something to ponder over.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09

for certain American and National league clubs were he to be sold to them.
 There are numerous other stars who could be used very nicely by any one of the sixteen major organizations. but not a single one of them, American or National. could upset the balance of power" so completely as the Georgian
 If Tyrus were to be transferred to certain other towns the followers of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09

NY COBB'S greatness becomes
 more and more pronounced
 when you stop to consider what he would be able to do
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-10

miliar desk, heaved a great sigh of
comfort, and opened a manuscript.
ITS only four O'clock" said I. II
can get in that hour I wasted in sleep
this morning. Can you find something
to read?"
II ought to-" she smiled.
I plunged into the manuscripts
silly novel. 1 read on, vaguely aware
that the west was breaking, and the
room growing warm. Presently l heard
a window opened and felt the cooler
rush Of rain-freshened air from the
fragrant orchard. Then [ heard the
painters come downstairs, talking, and
tramp out through the kitchen. It was
five O'Clock. But I still read Oh, to fin
1sh a chapter. The painters had de-
parted. The entire house was still.
Suddenly there stole through the
room the soft andante theme of a Mo
Fart sonata, and the low sun at almost
the same instant dropped into the
clear blue hole in the west and flooded
the room. l let the manuscript fall,
and sat listening peacefully for a full
minute. Then I moved across the
floor and stood behind the player. How
cheerful the room looked, how boOky
and old-fashi0ned! 1t seemed as if
had always dweIt there. How easy it
would be to put out my hands and rest
them on her shoulders, and lay my
cheek to her hair! The impulse was
r1d1cul0usly strong to do so, and /
ingled to my finger tips with a strange
excitement
Come" I said, at is after five, and
the sun is out. We will go to hear the
thrush"
The girl faced around on the bench,
raising her face to mine. yes, lei
u.s." she answered. How lovely the
room looks now. Oh, the nice new old
roomr'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-10

"Oh, forgive me-" she answered. ST
didn't realize! The path has made it
look different, guess. Forgive me-"
She spoke very low, and her voice
was grieving. Did it mean so much
to her? A sudden pang went through
my heart-and then a sudden hot wave
Of joy-and then sudden doubts. was
silent. So was the thrush. Presently
l touched her hand again, gently.
Come" said l, ''we have scared
him with our chopping. He will come
back, though, anA then we will walk
down the clean path, making no noise,
and hear him sing"
mice path" she said, "to come out
Of your door, through your orchard,
and wander up a path by a brook,
through your own pines! Oh, fortunate
mortalw
"And find Diana wading in a pool"
1 added.
Again she shot an odd, questioning
look at me, and shook her head. Then
she ran into the south room and put
the books back on the shelves.
(Which one did you read, Marius or
Alice?" l asked.
Neither" she smiled, as I locked the
house behind US.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-10
CHAPTER TX.
Action and Diana.

Memorial day dawned fair and
warm. Bert and his wife and all their
''help' went off to the village after
breakfast. There were no painters in
my house, and Mike had MIXED the
COWS and gone home before I arrived
Miss Goodwin and I seemed to have
that little section of BentfOrd quite to
ourselves, after the last of the carry
alls had ratified past, taking the vet
Grams from Slab City to the town Hav-
ing no flag yet of my own, | borrowed
one from Bert, and we hung it from
a second-stOry window, facing the
road, as our tiny contribution to the
sentiment of the day. Then we tackled
the rose trellis, speedily completing it,
for only two arches remained to be
built, one of the carpenters having
built three for me the day before, while
waiting for some shingles to come for
the barn. Indeed, we had it done by
ten o'clock.
'Now what?" said she.
I looked about the garden. The roses
had not yet come, so we couldn't very
we'll plant them. l judged that the
morning of warm, sunny day was no
time to transplant seedlings. The
painting was not yet completed in
side, so l could fix up no more Of my
rooms. The vegetable garden didn't
appear to need cultivation. We couldn't
paint the trellis, as there was no green
paint.
Good graciOusw I exclaimed. "this
Is the first time I've been at a loss for
something to do. It's a terrible sensa-
tom
Couldn't we build a bird bath?" she
suggested
Madam said l, you are a genius"
cat the brooke" she added.
mo, not the brook. I've a better
idea," said I. MY plan is to put the
bird bath on the east edge of the lawn,
halfway between the house and the
rose aqueduct, corresponding to the
Sundial in the center, and to a white
bench which will be placed at the west
side when the grape arbor is built
approved" laughed Miss Goodwin.
We measured off the spot, and I
mixed a lot of cement laid it over
thick, set the bottomless box frame
down upon it, and built up the four
sides. AS the girl had no gloves, l
would not allow her to handle the
cement (for nothing cracks the skin
so badly, as I had discovered in my
orchard work.. But she kept busy mix
ing with the hoe, and handing me
bricks. Some l broke and put in end
wise, and I was careful to give all as
irregular a setting as possible, till the
5op was reached. Then, of course, |
aid an even line Of the best bricks all
ne way around, and leveled them care
FULLY. We had scarcely got the last
prick on when we heard Berts carry
al rattle over the bridge and Bert's
voice yelling Dinner
"Oh dear! That cement in the boz
viii harden!' l cried. Dump it all i'm
Then, mixing more cement I laid
a square bowl. as 1t were, two inches
deep, on the top Of the little brick pile
We let it settle a few moments, and
then carefully broke away the box.
There stood the bird bath.
Can we put water in it yetT the
girl asked.
Surely" said 1. Cement will hard
en- under water. And We'll plant climb
ing nasturtiums around it, too"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-10

She fingered in the doorway q sec.
ond, and then we stepped out Of the
front entrance. where we stood en-.
tranced by the freshness of the rain.
washed world in the low light of after.
noon, and the heavy fragrance of wet
lilac buds envelcped US. Then the girl
gathered Ter skirts up and we went
down through the orchard, where the
ground was srrewn with the fallen
petals, through the naples where the
song sparrow was singing, and in
among the dripping pines The brook
was whispering secret things, and the
drip from the trees made soft tinkle
just detachable, on its pools.
We waited one minute, two min
utes, three minutes in silence, and then
the fairy clarion sounded, the "cooI
bars of melody from the everlasting
evening" 1t sounded with thrilling
nearness, so lovely that it almost hurt
and instinctiveiy I put out nv hand
and felt for hers. She yielded it. and
so we stood, hand in hand, while the
thrush sang once, twice, three times
now near, now farther away, and then
it seemed from the very edge OF NV
clearing. 1 still held her hand. as we
waited for another burst of melody
Gut he evidently Gid not intend to sing
again. My fingers closed tighter over
hers as L felt her face turn toward
sine, and she ans Wered their pressure
while her eyes gl4stened, I thought.
:Sith tears. Tnen her hand sltpraa
away.
Don't speak," she said, leading the
way out Of the grove.
We went into the house again to
make sure that tie fires had burned
down. The room was darker now, filed
with twilight shadows. The last of the
logs were glowing red on the hearths.
ana the air was hot and heavy after
tae fresh outdoors. But how cheerful.
now friendly, how like a human thing,
win human feelings of warmth and
welcome, the room seemed to me!
1t mas been wonderful day." said
y as we turned from the fires to pass
out. I wonder if I shall ever have
SO much JOY again in my house?"
Inc girl at my side did not answer.
looked at her, and saw that she was
struggling with tears.
L did instfnctively the only thing my
clumsy ignorance could suggest-put
my hand upon hers. She Withdrew it
quickly.
mo, nor she cried under her breath.
ION, L am such a fool! Fool-middle
English fool, fole, fol; Icelandic, fol;
old French fol-always the same
Wordp'
She broke into plaintfve little laugh.
ran through the hall and lifted the
stove lid to see if the fire there was
OUT and fastened to the road, where
L had difficulty to keep pace with her
as we walked up the slope to supper.
You need a rest more than Won
think, guess 1 tried to say, but she
only answered, Il need it Iessp' and
made off at once to her room. That
night L didn't go back to my house to
work. [ didn't work at ALL | looked
out Of my window at a young moon
for a long While, and then-yes, I con-
fess it, though 1 was thirty years old, 1
wrote sonnet!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-10

have the vague idea of so many other
things to be done always crowding
across the threshold of our conscious
ness"
Perhaps" she answered. 'The 81
words, for instance, if they get + done
before my return. Thank heaven, u
hasn't contributed so many words to
science as 'Hy'r'
Forget the dictionary I cried.
''You are going to stay here a long
tfme-till these roses bloom, or at any
rate till the sundial beds have come to
flower. Besides, there. be a lot of
things about my house where your ad-
vice cannot be spared"
She darted a quick look at me. and
turned back to the trelIis. where
she was mailing on strips. She
did not speak, and when I came
over to face her, with post
for the next arch I saw that her