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The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
Opening Day Dope
Points 10 Great
Meeting
b. HAROLD = WILCOX

STATE FAIR GROUNDS I RACK.
july 24-The Grand CirCui, opens
ln Detroit this afternoon With the
promise 81 the greatest meeting
thar ever featured harness horse
racing The track L. lightning fast.
the weather L. hot enough TO get
the best out OF The horses who can
stand the gaT. entries IN every
class are record breaking. and it Is
deemed probable that records will
be broken in many events.
Never acre such large and classy
fields entered ir the Is ot e. AMI
the VI. & NJ. the harness games two
classic race. and o great on pour
ing Of the lovers of horses. excite.
merit and picturesque scenes is Ger
tain on the days when thcs premier
races are stage President Schantz
OF the Detroit Driving club, has
made great effort 20 make the BiAe
Ribbon races this year attractive tn
the Jay fan. ~ vel "a 70 the genu-
inc horscmen. and vlde spread re-
spouse 10 his efforts Is expected.
Among the most popular NJ the In.
novat!ons is the shift TO the three
heat plan. by which each race goes
three heats. the purse ttiuE divided
into three sections and raid 20 the
horses as II eacl heat vere a race.
This scheme Will bring Jut greater
speed and max. he sport more
spectacular For the >tpeculators
the parlmutuel system has been
installed Tho Jcokics have been
run out and this much fsirer meth
% OF wagering substituted.
While early gossip among the
hOrsemen 81 the track csnters chief
" around the relative merits Of the
horses entered in the two classics,
the Monday program IL far from
featurelsss The htadliner IS the
2:l7 pace, which has so many en-
tries that n has been necessary 20
split the field and make two races
Of II Both OF these races are er-
pected 10 be tcrrid affairs. There
IN a big difference Of opinion on the
merits Of the horses. and there seems
20 be- no chance for agreement I'M
til the racing is over. This 2:i7
pace s. the -. 4 r. event. and two
other club events vii D." raced this
afternoon. Second on the program
IL the 2:lO trp,, known a. the CoHn-
Try club purse This race has a
bunch 81 dand: horses entered,
With Bennington rerhaDs the best
known u tho laymen.
The 2ls trot known as the De-
tioit club purse. also haa notable
field for it's class. This will be the
third race, and the fourth viii be
the second division Of the 2 II pace
Most 81 the VI g " talk this
morning WAS about Mabel Trask
the Cox entry In the big trot and
likely 10 be the favorite. There
seems 10 be an opinion that Geera
will drive ST Frisco. instead OF
Jones, md ihet VIII make a differ
ence In that hors"'s chances. accord
ing 10 the notion OF the boys who
think they know Whether Geers
will be In top trim himself, ever
though he does drive, IL another
thing which Is being taken into con
sideration.
Detroit Driving club oficials are
enthusiastic over tho form showed
at the Cleveland meeting. and mas
much as the week starts bright and
sunshiny. with the excellent Detroit
track in tip top shape, they are
positive that wonderful racing viii
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
Fast Track and Fine Weather
Greet Grand Circuit Here

De seen here this REX. De pi,o
he backward sprin,, harness horses
reached top foru THIS summer long
pfo.c ths Grand Giro IT season
opened No tho least interesting
hing connected with the blk line
this YEAR rs tho large number 81
half milors Nho have been promot.
"a hastily 20 blue E.bbon lass Thoy
are making great showing in
Grand Circuit circles. too
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
.NI WHITE STAR uNE<

Eastern Time. For the FLATS and
r I..r.. p bSmUS a.s,s, !ss.s, sssas,.
f.n q. m. t.to o. m, zee y. m. sun
days a m. and iio y. IN eundeys
extrs bost for Ftsts. Tsshmeo and Aise-
nae. 90 %. IN.
FOR SUGAR ISLAND. daily. i:ss =
IN. Sundays $40 o. m. sac q m. sss
D m and 100 o. m.
FOR TOLEDO daily. $50 O N. . ,
WAR re. e or,..c,1 ssfss&
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STANDINGS
American League.
STANDING
Snturdn,,. Re-uIt.

~ New York
FRS. game postponed wet grounds.
Second game
81 Louis o % o o 90 I o
N~w york o. o o n Z 81 III : 0
Batteries--I'avenpn and Ssvsroid .
lNawkey and Euraraker TmplTes
-Diu~en and Ssliln.
~ Philadelphia
cleveland -phla5slrffa both games
postponed wet grounds.
At Washington
Tnzs l23i5s S3ioiIl y n " r
chicago q Ge0Nf 900 q o o. D
Washn g00GG0U0t o o al !
Batteries -- Benz Russell and
Schaik Gala Johnson and Henry
and A4n=rtfn
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n wasmo he The
- the ninth
i
- = the bench
a
juggling thus
10
sitting nearby and differ
knowing the of the crowd and realizing thar ne
called could
denied Scnak catch marched boldly toward
the
II of a Perhaps half
gooiy
all everybody
a II didn't the
arbiter a opportune
that condor
Of
bottle somebody
In
a
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
Watching the
Scoreboard
yFsTERDAvs HERO,

yEsTERDArf HEHOi
Morde~ni Drown. The three
anG~red wizard Of y~~eryesr
srafn~ BACK spd To the cheers
Of ~ 600 rsbtd Chicago bvGs beat
the Gispts. Miner brown didn't
do anything startling but the
very fact that he trimmed the
GIsnts mad~ him one OF the
worlds famous mes with the
whsle fans.
Ness. white sox frst -sckev. got
y triple two doubles and two sin les
out Of sir times mp.
The browns whipped Cleveland
whom they Jnmmed over three russ
IN the tenth iaainE. Each side play
I'd errorie-- hall.
Roureh. Who went 20 the Reds al
mo.t uHuotired In the Mathewsoa-
U~rxoE desL got two triples srd n
single In four times MP, but hi.
teRmmatrs fHiI~d 80 deliver ard lest
to the PhilIies. = 20 ..
Thirty-sir hit. were msde OF the
nine pitchers used In the white soH-
Detroit game.
Rudolph outpItehsd steele. koIdIrg
~. Louis 60 siH hits sad winning for
the Braves. 10 q
Denison. the 1915 pennant winner
In the western association. ~ again
showing the way In that orgsnisa-
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24

81, -, fsou'a-
Innings 2,iys7 RHE
pasfyp 40 . . o = 5 "a 7 n
~ Louis N . q o % Q o. {
Batter i-udolrh and G0wdy.
steele snd Gonzalez Uwpir~s Harri-
Hrn and Efg'sr
50 Cincinnati
Innings tss7s RHT
Unfiiies .l 7h2 q 3 ? l-sI7 n
rIncIrr1't F . o . q q o. {,
Bafta-ieH- -rhIiz Knotzer. Toney
and 'FinEr. Alexander and Kiiiifer
IUpirrE #Hrfu and Eason
- ChiraEo--
Innings z7tss7 ss RHF
EeW York q % q G y q Ill :
Chicago - . n o I : 80 .-sIT
Baftrri~s- Brntpr Schupp. Ander-
son and Earifrn. Kochcr. brown and
Fischer Fnpifes-- KLEIN and Ems
lie
only games schednIeH
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
Another Riot"

VANCE Of Regis Welsh in the
-four
Potomac
had He
Send a scout down fms ripe
the majors.
everyne freehting which
featured freefora hght between the clubs and that
the
overt following started north
today border fast /
VIII write later-Welsh
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
'' g ::!': ! :. .!!'a! !.!':;

Ter Cteveisnd, tttsburgb and an
pslats .eoth and east bali 10 rs .. M
fsre 70 Cleveland. sz.ssi Pittsburgh.
DAY TRIPS TO so
Tv~sasy, "Wednesday, Ihursday aud SGT
ySaay. siso Q. IN.
Fw hsnsIs s.d all po,sts east
= q faotSp THir. A1 "'''' one --'i
T~ Maekinae Island end wsyposf---
Monday and sstssdey. y. nj Wed
sesdsy SD FRIDAY, $50 .. m.
Special Steamer 70 Msckiaso--Mon-
dsys. $50 .. MI Thnrsdsys 5 D M
WEEK END ExcuRsroN EVERY
SAT- NOTWITHSTANDING $50 Round
Trip for transportation.
ststsroom Accommodations - Upp.,
bsrth. Sll lower berth, $780, whole
TItksT OYvICKs-rh,ra Ave. What.
Isl WesAvard Ave, lMAlestte MAJ. -
vsse ~ Wssa, Opp. fssts<nce.
PrtVttps-the plain neat hfnd--ths
n fnhf--Tt0ses Jnh nsnf-Ma HrTo
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
Ye.t.rday'. Gsne.

Innings IzsG5s7ssi0 r. - r
=, Louis 80 % q o 0O1 o - 10 o
Cleveland o19I6000 % I 0
Hatterisf-Ciould. Klepfer and
DAILY. Groom. Weiinau and s~veroid
Cmpires--EvAns and Hildebrand
No others scheduled
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
American Association.
sTANDtNG.
Yr.trrdnr'. nr-nIt.

Indianapolis. ~ Milwaukee. ga.
Minnehpniia. 2-ii. Columbus. Id
Kansas city Ia louisville, 0-s
st Paul. "a. Toledo. ii.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
Speeding Up the Game

and minutes play that Yesterday
batteries OF both clubs
Sabbath Nan hed will De used as
in Not
Griffith and Sid Kener ST Louis had conference and
difficulty
frequently his notions fine Here are the
Arlington recommendations:
adopted would 10
minutes of the length o a
no
4 be n mis- OF a rule
balls a walk
relieving pitcher his
TO
4 Tut out he
that have field 10
before game order
Of
a
today
his Sabbath
and try for man bases he
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24

IWo- N as hIft-aW tIhNr. tAInNF
Three-bzse hit-Cohh Sacrifice hitE
Bush. Burns. Cobb, Barry. Gard
nsr = Young. Lewis Mitchell Lett
on basas-Detroit. g. Boston. S
First base on -rrors-Detroit, l..
Boston. bases on hAils-OT rhore
J OF Mays ~ Foster. OF Mt
chell. J. Hits and earned ruuH-OT
shore. hitsAnd run in ii In
nings OF Mays. 8 hts and I run in
80 ~ Foster. hits and I run In
!. 81 Mitchell hits and runs in
: struck out-py Mays Z Time
1888 pl~ez--4}2E@ns and Connolly
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
A Pitching Season

OF the Notwithstanding this
pitching York. Cleveland. Detroit Washing
leadership Of
featured The
Cuop and Caldwell
led while
Coumbe all pitching good ball The Red
Tiger
didn't challenge
the played
month which their averaged OF
That's the only month in which the Hose have much Any
hitting that viii acceptable the pitching thing
that makes the boys climb this
George Moays numerous friends in Detroit will be learn
inhede
that part OF the time has been unable be with his club has
Memphis and
But Dixie has agreed with him standpoint
When Tex Covngton former
the
This godplated Achison south
who calling
is
- dried to Milwaukee, thence
In Siberia
o. and
straight
straight underhand delivery All this
latter, providing
ting with his gonash OF for he
winning chuckers
Speaking of scandal.
lame this week because fly ball fell
speaker
10 Carnegie medal and raise In salary.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
An Old, Old Story

YE are told with
sAAl Grand this
fW Wv Only week has Murph lead,ng
winners Walter q
mt and N
nd Earl another
thant leading drivers
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24
a the % Had Decision and Face rate Far

should feryen vote
Of famous
a unpleasant sabbath
Iah
for Mr. Naln was
itself the moment biserns ho'
OF
started nothing the ae TO eheAg me
mobilization
cold drink TO be had
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24

Denlson. the 1915 pennant winner
In the western association. ~ again
showing the way In that orgsnisa-
ton
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24

pitching scandaou ana me
already dragged and DELAYED at every
Jennings chased for protesting the error an
II the eighth and with the bases full and the midst OF the @
spoiled The
while needed The last eh~
- npped by Schak a questionable manner
aryth!ne
provided the
him the reutray OF thousands
for the jumps
appreciation IN an unmsaksble
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24

Prtw,tns--the plain neat ktrd--thst
IL rHht-Times job Dept>-Msin t5zo.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-24

LAKE AND RIVER STEAMERS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25
SWINDLER WORKS
LOCAL MERCHANT

A man giving the name of John Nc
Rae extracted IS from William Levine
Of this city Friday night and appar-
entity used the money to get out of
town. He went to the Levine store
early in the evening and wanted to buy
some goods and offered in payment
$50 check drawn on the National
Shawmut Bank of Boston. Levine re-
fused to accept it as he did not know
the man and the fellow went about
town trying to get some one to identity
him. He did not succeed but as he vis-
tied police headquarters and several
places where it would be natural for
man to go who was all right, Mr.. Le-
vine finally told him that he could
leave the check there and he would
advance him IS and would call up the
bank in the morning and If the check
was good the fellow could come and
get the goods and he would pay him
the rest Of the change due him. This
the fellow agreed to do and he has not
been seen since Saturday Mr.. Levine
called up the bank and was informed
that there was no such account there.
So he is apparently out the S. and the
cost of a telephone call to Boston. The
officers have a good description Of the
fellow and hope to be able to locate
as a man answering the description
bought a ticket to Boston on Friday
night and left on the 10 o'clock train.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25
Great Resource.

"A naval officer to succeed must be
very quick witted and resourceful,'
said Dewey. I'm fact. he must be
like Hamilton Tootlitcs.
Ham Footlites leaned on the rail Of
his seagoing yacht, soliloquizing about
love while the blue waves rolled and
he0ved splendidly. each blue wave be-
ing a super under roll of canvas.
But the waves were here and there
threadbare, and suddenly wave rip
ped and head bobbed up in the midst
Of the heaving sea and stared around
In bewildered fashion.
Ham Footlites silenced the audi
ence's filters with one stern glance.
"'Man overheard" he yelled in stem
torian tones.
"Then the super. managing to draw
back his head through the hole In the
wave. disappeared. Ham Footlites
heaved stormy sigh.
"'Another victim seized by the re-
lentless sea, alas! he said."-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25

complimentary, decided to stroll
down to the theater to see how tickets
were selling for the second nights per-
formance. As turned the corner into
Broadway almost dropped from Joy
and astonishment. A line Of waiting
persons extended along the block and
midway into the block below.
"As l wormed my way toward tho
box office met the house manager. 1
clasped his hand warmly, expecting
hom to congratulate me. Instead he
looked at me sadly.
"'Well.' babbled, 1t looks like .
hit, doesn't it7'
'Hit-thunder!' he said morosely.
The producer came round behind the
stage last night after you left and
posted notice. Your show closes at
the end of the week
"'But look-just look at all these
peopler gasped. Aren't they trying
to buy ticketsT
They're not customers he said;
they're depositors. The savings bank
next door closed this morning! Sat-
urday Evening Post.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25
FOOLED BOTH WA i!
n Looked Like =, Hit. but 4 Rsasly
Mas a-Diow. x;

k Looked Like ! Hit but Il Really.
Was a-Diew. nv
A popular playwright = prosperous
now, but struggling onceclaims ~ p
the central figure of the champion hard
luck experience.
Il had wrfs3en . dozen or more
plays" he says, .and All Of them died
a-borning. Finally ono Of my brain
children lived to see production on
Broadway. One door farther down the
street from the theater where we ex-
pected to play stood a savings bank.
and in that savings bank was depos-
tied the last $500 l had In this world.
"Well. we had our opening night.
The crowd seemed fairly enthusiastic.
though I noticed that the critics pres
ent managed to restrain themselves
and remain calm. The next morning
when had read the notices in the pa
pers, none of them being particularly
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25
Surs IL Was His Wife,


Three o'clock was the very earliest
the man could get up to the store. so
his wife asked him to meet her then.
II don't know in what department l
shall be at that time," she said, "but
Just before 8 I will telephone to the
clerk at the information bureau near
the main entrance. and II you will
Just step over and ask him he will tell
you where l am"
At two minutes past 8 the man
sought Information as to the where
abouts of his wife.
II have a message" said the clerk,
''from a woman who said her husband
would inquire for her about 3 O'Clock.
Maybe 1t Is for you. She said to tell
you that she has gone to Blanks store,
over on Sixth avenue. to finish her
shopping because the clerks in this
store are impudent, the place is Ill ven
tilated and she couldn't ind anything
she wanted here anyhow and never has
been able to find anything here and
this 10 positively the last time she will
ever try to find anything here. OF
course that might have been your
Wife
"Oh, yes" said the man; "that was
her all right. York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
OF HELLO GIRLS

One Of the finest examples OF the
true Christmas spirit which has been
shown this year was that of the young
ladies' Of the local telephone exchange,
who, setting aside their usual custom
of the exchange Of Christmas gifts
among themselves. Joined in furnish
ing for numerous Christmasless chill
dren Of the town, a Christmas tree
loaded with toys. candy and nuts, In
the Moor building on Main street. The
gifts were taken down at 4 o'clock and
a great many children. under the
management Of the Little Wanderers
Home were there to share them. The
young ladies worked we'll to make the
tree success and the results show
that their unself1shness at this Christ
mas time was greatly appreciated. This
is not the only bit of philanthropic
work these girls have done. They were
active in sending Christmas parcels to
the soldiers in hospitals somewhere in
France" and many other kindly deeds
may be set to the credit Of the Water
vile telephone operators.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25
MERCHANTS HAVE
FINE BUSINESS

SATURDAY was one VI the best days ever
enjoyed by the merchants on Main street
in Waterville. The shoppers. or rather
buyers, arrived early and they stayeu
late and they carried home with them the
largest amount Of goods ever sold in one
day in Waterville. Many of the stores
were completely cleaned out on their
Christmas goods and in others there were
only few odds and ends left that will be
disposed Of during the coming week at
reduced prices. The best Of all from the
merchants standpoint was that the buy
ing was not confined to the Christmas
goods wholly, there being a large sale In
every department. The stores on the
street were open the latest Saturday eve-
ming that they have ever been SO far as
the Oldest merchant on the street could
remember. and when the dry goods stores
closed there was fair sized crowd on
the street. The electric cars were loaded
all day long. Extra cars were put on
early in the day and they ran until prac-
cally for the day, whether on the Fair
field Oakland or Augusta line, was filled
with people, many Of them standing up
Everyone was carrying bundles, from q
chair or large rocking horse down, and
everyone seemed happy and enthused
with the spirit Of the season. There was
not even the usual letup at supper time
and the reduced forces OF clerks which
were on hand at that time were kept on
the jump. The travelling outside the city
was very bad In the morning but 1t froze
steadily all day and before night was
reported as being good. 1t was cold
and disagreeable day on the street but
this apparently did not affect the num-
ber of people who were out and 1t GER
tainly did not affect the business. for
practically everyone had all they could
handle and there were times during the
afternoon when it was impossible to get
into some of the stores and people would
be standing outside waiting for the crowa
to thin out little so they could get In,
while inside the stores the usual funny
pictures OF the bargain counters were
outdone. 1t was a tired lot Of clerks that
finaliy started for their homes, but the
most of them were made glad by extra
money for the extra work. 1t was
Christmas business that will be long re-
membered in Waterville as the greatest
ever,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25
HOLIDAY p. o. SCHEDULE
Announced by Postmaster Richardson
for Christmas Day

Postmaster Richardson announces
the following schedule at the Water
vile postoff1ce for Christmas day, Dec.
25:
Full delivery and collection over the
entire city in the morning by city
carriers. Full delivery on the rural
routes ( from the Waterville office.
Usual evening collections at 6 p. M.
The boxes in the business section COL
lected at and II A. M. and at 6 p. NJ.
The postoffice will be open from to
10 A. NJ. only. Money order department
closed all day. Money orders will be
issued at Station No. at the College
Avenue Pharmacy; at Station No. at
70 Water street, and at Station No. 3
at Jones' drug store. 4S Main street.
Stamps, etc, may be procured at Sta
ton No. 3 when the main office is
closed. Full delivery in the morning
over the entire city of parcel post mail.
Mails for the night Pullman west,
train No. 2. close at P. M.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25

The trians Saturday and Sunday
were crowded to the doors with home
going people and there was a great
quantity Of baggage, express and mail.
Nearly all of the trains were in two
sections and practically all Of them
were late. The night Pullman No. 2
was in two sections both Friday and
Saturday night. the first time that any
one about the station can remember.
Both sections were way behind. The
morning Pullman No. which is due
to go through here at about 2.3o did
not go through Saturday morning until
nearly o'clock and was one Of the
heaviest trains that has been in the
station for long time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25

1xikaAeu I. Philip Nagem. Cecilia Parent
Acllle Picher, Alphonsine. Pilotte 8.
ss HSiess Bas tOra ssota
Herman cieppsooe Au d Fsrdnsna RDrcSe. eSa.
ysfa v,aa,. Davis ~. .b 5; Ralph s Deo1say. GLADYS
tina Maheu, Jeanette Michaud 8, Grace
Morrison. Lorean Poulin 2, Emile Reny,
Clement Roi. Arthur Sawtelle s, Del.
mont soper 9. Harold Swain 5. Raymond
Five A: Elizabeth Barney 2. Napoleon
Bisson 2, Bernadette Cabana. Fabio Ca
bana g. Walter Derouin. Marguerite
Greanev Gfeas hipn Hen Fitch Snnnn< Marors
Jones 2. Elise King 8. Harry Kitchin 4.
Lionel Lamarre. Etra Lambert Adeline
LeClair. Adjutor Lessard. Ralph Levecque
crime Msrshaii % :. Violet ethaa Psrkman. % Yvonne
Plante. Hilda Perry 9. Thomas Peter. Lii
lian sanborn. Julia Spear 9. Katherine
Thomas Andrinette vigue; South Gram,
Roulette, Wilfred Carey, Fernand Clair.
Freeman Etchie 4, Samuel Lavoie. Amos
Lessard. Jennie Liable 2. Clement Lou
Joseph Maxwell, Azrel Mckenzie. cnr-
Arthur Peiietier. Ada Pouiin 8, William
Poulin. George sawtelle 5. Nelson Thibo-
A: Frances Allen. Aiexina Cabana, Eliza
beth Dustin, Marvin Dyer g. Ralph Cur
ney. Ruby King S, Albert Larsen. Edmie
Pelletier, Frederick Pooler. Alice. Trial.
Wood Z; South Grammar Four b: Arthur
Bolduc 2, Henry Cameron, Simon Carter
3. Lillian Cuddy 2. Vivian Farwell 3. Lio-
mel Groder 3. Royal Lessard. Ruth Lunn
chael; Armand Michaud. Leone Murray.
Allie Pennacchi, Roland Roderick, Rosan-
ma Thibodeau. Dorothea Wyman; South
Grammar Three A: Annie Bolduc. Freda
King 3. Edward Libby. Alphonse Pelle-
tier. Harold Pooler 8.
Grove Street Two A: Bernard Cote.
Cecile Delaware, Edward Lachance, Leo
Pooler, Harry Purnell 8. Anna Rioux:
Grove street One A: Harry Maheu, Car
malne Matthew, Mamie Zufelt; Grove
street One B: Lyman Brooks 5, Cecilia
Gagnon, Lorena Lessor. Delorise Mat
thew. Eugene Shorty, Louise vashon.
Victor Willette.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-12-25
TEAM COLLIDES
WITH STREET CAR

There was an exciting few minutes
at the corner Of Main and Silver streets
Sunday afternoon when a team driven
by man by the name Of Forth from
Winslow came up around the corner,
slowed into the car track and the
sleigh went over. throwing the horse.
The animal was somewhat cut up and
was taken to veterinary who fixed
up its wounds and the owner was able
to drive it home. The sleigh was not
damaged and the man escaped without
injury.