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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-09

te IN ano, fue una tIrde a. hotel
de Prcsle,. calle de Ia Universidad, Y
ilamo a su hermana para una entire
vista particular.
En- cuanto VIC apsrecer 4 Renata
en- 81 gabinete, donde la esperaba. Dia
ma Sc echo, tremula y conyu!ss, en- los
brazos, diciendoia, con acento tragi-
co V de inmensa desolacion:
-iAh, Renata. hermana mia!....
~isalvame, tie 10 rlego!...
-Pero. ;qu6 tienes? iqus HI pa
sado?....-exclam0 Renata estuDe-
facta V subitamente despavorlda al
yer semejante actitud.
Diana comedianta habil. Sc oucd5
silenciosa Y estremecida, como opgi-
mida bajo ell peso de I'm secreto lie
dificil revelation. Renata procIr0 a
nirarla dulcemente, cor carino ia
ternal, La hizo sentar junto a ella
en- IN canape, apoyandola contra 81
pecho, tierno y piadoso.
-Hermanitai mia, habla. tie 10 ST.
plico .confiame tn pena!
-iJurame que me e~Xcusaras, Que
me perdonaras.-dijo llorando Dia-
ma.
/ Tie 10 promote. Pero..... :que
has hecho, Dios milo?
-iAy!... Isl supieraS!... It'll tan
pura.... tan digna!.....
Me das IN POGO de valor-. Te 10
voy a dscir TODD, todo.... Y me a.
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TIROS AL BLANCO
OPOSICION.

Hay para caerse muerto
sin decir nj I'm "agua va,
V hay para estarse 10 menos
dos amos sin respirar,
con 10 que esta sucediendo
a diario en- Ia Capital
llamada a menudo Jauja
Dor ciertas gentes de AGA.
Chucho Urueta, el carrancista
mas complete Y mas cabal,
el hombre grandilocuente
casi como CASTELAR,;
ell que 4 todos los gobiernos
ha sido fiel (?) por demas
iva que en- a~chaques p%oliticos
recorri6 sin vacilar,
como Ell ~''paleto" de marras,
''toda Ia escala social');
Chlcho Urueta, repetimos.
no as IN carrancista va
,ie aqutllos "a raja-tabla"
que llegaron 4 op:nar
que junto a Carranza Juarez
no vale nj media real.
IA el Urueta de hoy es otro;
~ en- Jauja, cuatro dias Ia,
declare que de Carranza
no e. un Unconditional;
diio que e. barbon 'ilustre'
por el canine que va,
no sacara . su "rebano'
del espeso lodazal
Diio qIe Acuna V Cabrera
(mancuerna muy regular(
de gobicrno y dc finanzas
NADIA saben nj sabran;
Giio que el actual Congress-
no tiene nada de ia,
que es IN hato de lgnOrantcS
Que solo quieren lucrar;
dijo otras muchas cosas
con 81 fondo de verdad
Y 81 dosi5 del cinismo
cue en- don Chucho es peculiar
y de todos esos ch;smes
saca~ puede en- limpio el mas
i~gnorantc de las cosas
que suceden por ALA.
que en- las milpas de don Venus
Sc avecina un huracan,
Y que la Madre Matiana
no anunci6 POI anunciar
porque no es como e. Antique
Calendario de Galvan'....
Urueta oposicionlsta!
Scnores.... no hay mas ala:
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porque, 81 tn supieras 10 que he ST.
~fridoi.....
Pero, 81 fui culpable, es. per asi. de-
cirlo. muy a mi pesar, a despecho de
mi voluntad toda.
Yictima de mi corazon. no pude
resistir a la passion loca que me a
r~rastraba hacia IN hombre a qlien
amo. La tranquila affection de mi
marido. su cast i~ndiferencia, me 10
hi:o desear aun mAs.....
Hoy Ell nal esta hecho, y padezco a
trozmente al pensar que no puedo
repararlo.
Nc me es possible mas que anu,ar
la prueba de mi pecado. Dios no
permite otra cosa.....
IA que prueba tie refieres, pues?
-Tengo I'm hijo-replico Diana, IN
clinando hipocritamente la cerviz, CO.
mo 81 la vergienza la anonadara.
Jun hijo, tu?...-exclamo Re-
nata en- un acento indignado. levan-
tandose de repente-iOh! La deshon-
ra es completa. tn crimen irrepsra-
BILE, en- efecto.....
Y. sublevada por 81 espiritu lcal,
grande en- su dignidad de esposa no.
nesta, repuso con o aspera y du-
ra:
-Entonces, jque vienes 4 hacer
aqui?... iVete! iVete a encont1ar a
tn amante, al padre de esa desventu-
radau criatura!... iLejos, lejos de A.
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oui, leio. do ni. de todoa nosotres!

qui, lejos de ni. de todos nosotres! >.
Pero. antes, ten q valsr, q! taslos,
de declarar IA falta q tn natldo, de
ronper veluntarisnente log laZes le-
Eitimos cue to unoa 0 csc honbrs
honrado
i!Aa. no llsrando su nombre. no
10 ohlisaras a avergonzarss par tt,
to svitar6s 81 uentir para disimu-
lar tu rergnenza y ia ignominla!
iyete, vete q buScar a tn amante!..
Adi6s... mo te O va. no
ouie-o concerto mas en- mi vida!
-iAhl.... ipiedad!.... iPiedad!
-gimio Diana, dejandose caer de 10
dillas.-iNo me- abandoues! iT1. mi
hermana. tan buena, tan genera
SAL. iPiedadl
iRenata tie 10 ~suplico... perdcna-
me-. no me rechaces todavia... :.
ven en- mi ayuda, 81 no q~uieres que
me muera!
-iMorirg.. iE!as dicho morir?..
-repitio lentamenue Renata, aeon
gojcds, al fin, = eRterneclda.
iMorir IT, tan joven... 81 solo ser
cue cueda de mi familia! 80. No,
mol. ESQ es impossible. -. iTd no
haras eso!.....
isl, ego, IS mi recourse unico,
puesto que tt, en- que 70 confiaba CO.
mo en- una madre, me reehazas, me
echas!
-iAh, no, ao!... Estuve leca, Dla-
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- que habia de aplaStarla III die te-
rriblemente.
Y. POGO a POGO, habil en- ~calcuIar V
agrupar las circunstancias.
Di-na prepare 81 cobarde obra de
destruction.
NJ a1n Ia muerte de su madrc. So
breviniendo bruscamente. pudo a
minorar su
Quiso Diana. de IN golpe. herir =
la vez Ia ventura, Y matar IA
existencia de los dos ssres a quieneS
envidiaba V detestaba: Santiago Y Re
nata.
La p~resencia del senior de Saint
Meran en- Chatillon, IA permitio ma
durar su plan Y echar los primeros
garmenes de sospecha en- el alma del
senior de Presles.
Ella Supo. mas tarde, ahmentar
tales fermentos con vagas, pero di-
rectas insinuaciones, vertiendOiaS 60
IA a gotta. como n sutil, que des-
truye POGO a POGO el ORGANISING mas
robuSto.
e. amor de Santiago por Renata.
profundo Y potente, resistia, sin en-
barge. Pero Diana saba muy bien cue
Ia duda, una vez adquirida. Sc to=na
incurable en- e. alma mas creyente, y
transforms a menudo, MERGED a cual,
quiera circumstance, las apariencias
en- r~ealidades.
! Mas tarde, en- fin, hacia escasamen
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ma, mi pequeha Diana. TIE perdouo,
J to salvare... No saba yo NADIA, va
YES; ne te creia tan in~feliz...
GPuedo 70 mostrarme mas severa,
en- mi flaqueza humana, que A,lust
cuyo divine poder Sc apoya en- IA "a
ssricordis y en- Ia bondad infinita?...
Quizas Ell to absuelva.
wen pobre hcrmanita mia!.....
Ven. dimelo TODD, pequeha mia:..
Y lie sonora de Preaes, atrayeado
a su hermana desfallecida, en- apaiisn
cia, lie enlazo con SIS brazos mater
nalmente, como para Erotegerla
-iGracias, Renata, gracias! iEres
buena, eres muy generosa!
Al declr este con VOC impregp2da
de gratitud profunda, Diana abraz6
perfidamente a Renata, cuyos ojos Sc
h~umedecieron o amargas lagrimas.
Els inutil que tie refiera puE:o
por punto la historic de mi pas,6n:
es IA eterna scrie de compromises y
de juramentos de TODD amor culplble.
Esto data de a.gunas semanas III
ties de mi boda. .Emocionada por diul-
ces palabras, por vagas promesas re-
conocidas irrealizables luego, emo
tambien impulsada por n pasi3a j.
irresistible tuve lie debilidad de ca-
tregarme al senior Kerdrec.
No ADVERT las terribles c~onsecren-
cias de mi falta, hasa algunos si.,s
despues de mi enlace con ell se.ar
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CUARTILLAS FACILES
;TRANoUILIDAD ABSOLUTAi

BESIDE que el mundo Sc metlu en-
este zipizape de la guerra, a la po-
bre Humankind Sc Ia estan llevando
los tres mil de q cahallo.
Ell orden Sc ha alterado en- todos
les paises, Ell todos los pueblos y en-
todos los hogares Y no hay desde ct
tcnces, IN mueble en- su sitio, nj TN
seso en- su mollera.
En- Filadelfia, sin embargo con
motive de la r~eciente vista de Joffre
V de Viviani, Sc observe IN iigcro
cambio revelador de que todavia hay
gentes pagadas de buenas costum-
bres, que no en- balde han estudia-
do urbanidad' y que pueden, llega-
Go el case, perder la vida eli estas
Igrescas inteInacionales pero no asi
81 reposo, nj la pulcritud. nj la ecua-
niInidad.
Estos concentrates honestos nos %
Yrovoca 81 anuncio del Royal Thea
tire" inserto en- los periodicos' o
motive de- una fiesta dada en- non3c
del heroe del Marne, y que decia:
"Eu,aca, tres dolares. NADIA que Gar :
los acomodadores. NADIA dc gastos su
perflucs. ~Tranguil.dad abso!u:a.'
No faltaba mas que otro par de
r~englones GijeSa: "~Esplendido piano.
rama. Aires puros. Aqua caiiente l
tcdas horas. Servidumb-e decentita''
para que e. lectcr Sc hiciera perfecta
cue7ta &c uue sc tratabI de un esta-
3lecimicnto ter.na! 0 dc una casa lie
sa!ud pdb.iea.
iTranquilldad absolute! Ben sab.a
10 cue anuncian esos buencs emure-
sarios De! Royal Theatre" iPues 10
. fa.taha m:.s. Va Sc sabe que el lu2
We = una diversion es porque quiere
o.vidar que II Eujer no Sc pe.na, cue
los chicos sc escarban las narices, que
los botines empieZan a romperSe' que
e! icfe de Il oficina lie ha echado una
trvnca F2rluc eseribi6 'apercibir" sin
H., = que Armada, cl cCntertulio ha ju-
yado hatirsc con q. 81 vuelve a arras
trar una sota uganda al tute.
Todas eStas c~a!anIdadeS reunidas
lc hacen n ciudadano buscar aleun
Tcposo en- el teatro, Y aspira, e! muy
ia~occntc. Z que TODD sea algeria, y
atenci6n. y ~comodidad.
-por aCui, caballero. Tenga listed
n boHGad, sc 10 suplico, de no trope-
Zarsc cor eSa arTuga dc Ia aiftm-
bra
-iCaray, Por Que no Ia Qultan.
He tcrido especial gusto en- in
; dic;.rsclo asi varia: wees al senior EN-
prcsario; pero dice que. mientraS 81
puh'ico = yer q Ia Sanchez al
! fernando con L. Bella Cacatua," &
jm?or:a IN pimie:to IL alfombla y el
| rcuma. y crca listed que yo sufro
cahallero.
Fl esDectador Sc ante Ia
ticrna an;abilidad del ujier, CUE Of
cho sea De paso, es un chico sin estu-
dos uniycrsitarios, y cuando ocupa
81 butaca. ~Ieflcxiona Y dice:-Asi da
ousto. Este horlbre Is In rerdadero
carame!o.
pero pongan ustcdes el case con-
trario. Fl case glacioso en- que entire
bo!etcyo. acomolador. guardarrep2,
~rropina. Y dema, .oealiha-. ponep a
lPasa Il Ia g.. p'ana. eel. ts.)
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REQUISITES

Para obtener IN abono
err Il Opera de Paris.
'segGn Ia version curiosa
cue en- cierto diario lei.
no cream ustedes que basta
tener Glen duros....O mil.
.egun Ell monte de "arte'
que ''circule" por ali.
Para acudir a csc centric
donde va Ia genie chic,
er. donde ell que no es un principe
no pasa de un infeliZ,
hay que ser, como principle,
de 10 mejor de Paris.
hay que tener autom0vil
V saberlo dirigir;
hay que ser hombre tan serio
como de ~tejamanil,
' 81 Is hembra. ha dc ser bella
y de impecable vivir;
puGs 81 es IN Viuda Allegro
como hay muchas por ali.
nj pcsada en- + llega
4 n Opera de Paris.
Cuando algun rico heredero
porque padece de "splin'
quiere al susodicho tcatro
por las noches concurrir.
le probara al empresario
que es ~impecable 81 Chic,
cue sus perlas Y brillantes
nc son alhajaS "gofir',
que no tiene hipotecada
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trevere, quizas, a pedirte en- sNaguida
el im%portante servicio que espero &c
tn afecto hacia mi.
Diciendo este, Diana Sc desl:go sua-
vemente de los braZos de SUI hcrmana,
fijando er ella, bajo sus puplIas, una
mirada en- la cual brill6. porun segun-
do. IN esplendor de odio indecible.
-Veamos-dijo Renata, sin notar
nada;-veamos, habla pronto, peque-
ia. Nj marido podria e~xtranarse de
la duracion de esta entreviSta miste-
ROSA.
Va sabes que ely yo estamos ha5i-
| tuados a no ocultarnoS NADIA.
-Pues...-se trata-empeZ0 con
a., voz firme. hablando bajo Y apr:sa,
en- un acento que parecia encerrar c!
deseo de a~rrepentirse :-se trata de
que engane a mi marido. Y de que sos
pecha.... tengo miedo a su brutall-
dad V a su fuerza.
Lo sabe toio. o POGO menos, pUes
lltimamente intercepto una ,arta dc
mi amante.
-cDe tu.. .amante?-interrnmpio
Renata gravemente.-:Asi Isl, tn, Diana
de Changis, mi hermana, til, themes
IN amante. has ~deshonrado nuestvo
nombre, manehado Ell de tn marido?
iHiciste TRACTION a Ia fe jurada?
i%Infeliz!. ..iInfeliz!...
-Oh, 81, muy infeliz, en- efectc-
gimio Diana bajando Ia cabeza;-
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ri una finca por ahi:
que son toda sNus cestumbics
irreprochables =, Ell fin,
que pone a disposition
del ~empresario Cain
su honor. su hacienda, su vida;
ifriolera! I'M grano de aniz!
Con que, 81 ustedes aceptan
cuanto queda escrIto aqui....
podran tener IN abeno
de n Opera de Paris
To....no. que en- este verano
no me propongo salir:
cstoy Ia mar de contento
con c! cllmita de aqui....
CHANTECLER.
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National Excha ase and Commits 0e

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taidad de Blgica, el ENABLE rncSn de calna. afanoso y feiz, que c viejo
mundo habis elegido para el dis de Ia gran contHnda que hce tantoSa amos
germinaba per bajo Ia hporeGa de la diplomacia europea.
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(Pasa a IA Sa. Col. la.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-22
TO HAVE FULTON
AND COFFEY MEET
IN GARDEN ARENA

New York. Jan. 22-The thud of
the padded mitt will be heard again
at Madison Square Garden in the very
near future. The two gladiators who
will inaugurate the revival of boxing
there are Frederick Fulton, the pre-
cocious plasterers of Rochester, Mimi,
and Shamus Coffey pride of County
Roscommon, Ireland and County
Bronx, New York.
Grant Hugh Browne, the Goshen
sportsman, who also has number of
enterprises in Cuba, will be the new
lessee of the Garden, if all goes well.
He has Fulton tied up to year con-
tract and three big bouts. Following
the bout with Coffey there will be
a Weinert-Fulton bout, and later in
the year the celebrated Willard-Ful-
ton bout.
It will take some little time before
Browne will be able to secure control
of the Garden. There is, first, the
little scandal lin connection with the
application to Pollok, McKetrick &
Co. to be cleared up. Then, too,
Browne will have to go through the
formula of getting a license for con-
Quoting boxinx' contests To do this
he will have to show a years lease.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-22
GlRRITY WILL BE
MANAGER OF THE
CLUB IN PORTLAND

Portland. Me-, Jan. 22-Hiram
Abrams, a son Of Portland, but now
living in New York, is buying the
Portland club of the Eastern League
from Hugh Duffy, who has owned
and managed it for four years, and
has just been named coach of base
ball at Harvard. Preliminary papers
were passed Saturday at a meeting
of lawyers representing Duffy and
Abrams.
Michael J. Clarity, a former New
England League manager, and lessee
of the Jefferson theater in Portland
will be manager of the club for
Abrams, and Clarity will go to Bos
ton to arrange details for the pur-
chase, pending ratification of the sale
by the Eastern League at meeting
expected soon for just such purpose
and for consideration of the location
of one other club the other side Of
Worcester, probably in Lawrence.
Indications are that Chester
Sweat, captain of the Portland team
for couple of years, will handle the
players. Abrams is one of the kings
in the motion picture game. and is
buying the club solely out of love
of his native city, and all in all that
it will be the greatest year in the his
tory of the sport there is promised.
Harry Lord the former Boston and
Chicago Omerican, and Buffalo Fed
eral League player, together with
Freddie Parent, the former Boston
American shortstop, talked of buying
the franchise, but made no bid for it.
The prize, while not made public, Of
flcially, was about $4,000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-22
WANT 20 ROUND
BOUTS IN new YORK

New York. Jan. 22-There is talk
Of introducing a bill at Albany to in
crease the length of bouts in this
state from 10 to 20 rounds, with a
referees decision, and just to make
life merry one for the legislators
who would do away with bob-tailed
bouts, the New York Civic League in
tends to introduce a counter bill askl
ing for the repeal of the law.
An attempt to increase the length,
Of bouts will be sure to attract the
foes Of boxing in this state, and they
would be sure to really to the support
of any bill intended to sound the
death knell Of the manly art Of self
defense.
Boxing has prospered since the
making of the law now in vogue.
There have been few Unsatisfactory
contests, especially where great purses
have been guaranteed, but in the
main the poor bouts have been showed
under by f1stic struggles that were
we'll worth while.
Time and again it has been s,lg-
gested that referees decisions be al
lowed, but the plan has always fallen,
through simp1ys because it was
thought best to let we'll enough alone.
There has been an endless argument
for and against the idea, and if the
bill to increase contests to 20 rounds
and . decision is actually introduced
at Albany tongues will wag all the
livelier.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-22
BROOKLYN TEAM
ENGAGES PARK AT
HOT SPRINGS, ARK

New York, Jan. 22-Announcemen
was made by the Brooklyn National
League baseball club yesterday that
has closed contract to train it's team
at Wilmington Park, Hot Springs,
Ark, next March. Wilbert Robinson
will shortly notify the pitchers and
catchers to report at the Springs about
March 1, and others of the team
about March z.
Practice games will be played every
afternoon ait Wilmington Park be-
tween the "Brooklyns'' and Super
bas" after March z. On March II,
II and Is games will be played be-
tween the regular Brooklyn team and
the Boston Red Sox. About March
"a camp will be broken. The Bos-
ton Red Sox, champions of the world,
and the National League champions
(Brooklyn) will then make an exhibi-
ton tour, playing a series of about II
games between March "a and April 6.
The cities in which the eleven
games are to be played will be Sc
Smith, Oklahoma City, Wichita, To-
peka, Kansas City, st. Joseph, Dav-
export, Bloomington, Peoria, Keokuk,
Burlington, Springfield, Decatur, DAN
vile, Terre \E1aute, Indianapolis, La
fayette. Muncie, Frankfort, Marion,
Richmond, Dayton, Zenia, GAINESVILLE,
Chillicothe, Columbus, Youngstown,
Wheeling and YOUNGSTOWN.
The Brooklyn team will arrive in
Brooklyn the morning of April and
open Ebbets Field that afternoon in
a game with the Yankees of the
American League.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-22
Springfield Beats
Y. M. G. "A. Wrestlers

Wrestling invaders from the
Springfield college journeyed back to
the Home City with the balance OF
victories in their favor after they
had met the Y. M. G. A. team, Sat
urday, in the new gymnasium. The
score was IA to II in favor of the
visitors. The bouts were each of 10
minutes duration. Summary of the
matches:
Flint of Springfield VS.. Rosen OF
Bridgeport-3 1-2 minutes. Rosen
stunned by accident. Bout awarded
to Flint.
Hughes of Springfield VS.. fash Of
Bridgeport-f0 min. Decision to
Hughes. No fall.
Bretschneider of Springfield VS..
Peterson of Bridgeport-10 min. De-
cision to Bretschneider. No fall.
Niday of Springfield VS.. Olof of
Bridgeport-10 min. draw.
Van Arsdale of Springfield VS.. May
er OF Bridgeport. Won by Mayer by
fall in five minutes.
FiSlding of Bridgeport VS.. Graham
Of Springfield. Won by Fielding by
decision-10 min
The next bouts that the local boys
will take part in will be held in the
Ansonia Y. M. c. A. This is return
meet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-22
M'AULIFfE GETS
MORE OFFERS BY
DEFEATING REDOY

Because of his success against Bat
ting Reddy in New York on SATURDAY
night, Young McAuliffe of this city Is
sure Of more bouts in the metropolis.
Billy Jacob, who manages K. .. Eg-
gers Of New York, has sent a chal-
lenge to McAuliffe offering to tight on
the winner take all basis. Eggers was
originally intended as McAuliffe's OPP
ponent in Saturdays bout but Reody
was substituted by the Fairmont A.
c.. matchmaker.
A large number of Bridgeport fans
wre at the ringside when McAulne
beat Teddy. The local boy had all
kinds of confidence and went right
after Reddy. It was the general opln-
ion that Mac earned honors in eight
of the ten rounds Reddy surprised
McAuliffe in the ninth by his rushing
tactics but Mac came back to form in
the tenth. Matchmaker Billy Gibson
was so pleased with McAuliffe's show
ing that he wants him to meet Reddy
again in the near future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-22
AMOS STRUNK OF I
ATHLETICS RANKS
HIGH AS SLuGGER

Although he is with the Athielcs
flaughter). Amos Strunk's perform
aifce last year entities him to rank
among the great outf1elders OF the
game. In stick work he STOOD 1ourth
among the regulars of Ban Johnson
league, with an average or $40, pelns
surpassed only by Speaker, Copp ano
Jackson In fielding he stood second
in the roll Of the circuits outneld
regulars. He is one OF the 1astest
men in tho game, and his headplece
is useful as well as fairly ornamental
Experts declare that Amos is the
greatest ground coverer in the big
slaarnes and those who are acquainted
with his work will not dispute their
Judgment.
Strunk passes his 2Sth milestone to-
da,N as he was born Jan. %. 1883.
Stranaest of all. Ames was born in
Philadelphia, and he thus gains the
distinction Of being one Of the very
few players who have caught on. and
made good in their home cities He
got his start as kid player in the
parks Of the Quaker City, and IN 1908
he broke into professional ball with
the Shamokin, Pa, club of AL Law
sons unhardy perennial, the Atlantic
league. His Shamokin playmates
rallied him Cupid" because Of his
chubby face, when they didn't call
him Beau Brumme1,' but, what was
more to the point, Connie Mack called
him back to Philadelphia in 1909.
Having a real ball club at that time,
Mack sent Anne to Milwaukee for fur
ther seasoning. Under the eagle eye
(: of Jawn McCluskey, the young Phil
adelphian learned a lot during his
year with the Brewers, and. although
! he batted only .224, he had speed to
burn. Having a fondness for the lads
who lead the fast life on the diamond,
and the slow one Off, Mack recalled
0trunk for the 1910 season. An injury
to his knee kept him from doing much
that year, but he batted 1888 in 16
games. The following year he eased
into regular. berth, and he has been
out there ever since, playing his head
of it fat years and lean. strunk's
batting average last year was the
highest he has ever hung up, his near
est approach to his 1916 figure having
been -3o5 In 1913.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-22
Hitting The High Spots

Tom Jones, who owns a half interest
in the betty champion, has quit the
metropolis in disgust. He says the
New Workers think Willard is all
right when he asks for $4,000 for
match but when he mentions $65,000,
he is a false alarm. Just for that
Jones threatens to stage Wizards
next bout in Milwaukee. What has
that peaceful hamlet done to deserve
such punishment?
Dean Briggs of Harvard says the,
Harvard boys give Yale too much
prominence in sports. Must bet a
little professional jealousy because,
Yale football players made such a
hit with The Century Girl" chorus
in New York last week.
Ping Bodie. the Pacific Coast slug
ger, declares he was offered a salary.
Of $4,000 bysConnie Mack. He wants
a $4,000 stipend or he will continue
driving a. brewery wagon. When 1t
comes to handing out salaries, Con-
ME win never die of enlargement of
the heart.
Charley Pick. who played third
for the Athletics last season, has been
sold to San Francisco of the Coast
league by Connie Mack. Pick was a
good man in the International league,
but didn't set the American afire.
Mack has secured Bates, a Coast
league wonder, for his regular third
sacker. a.
The two St. Louis clubs hope to-
avoid trouble with players by not
sending out contracts until the last
minute. They think the present dis,
pute may be settled before February
1. A player would feel foolish if he
went on strike before getting his con-
tract and then discovered he had re-.
ceived raise.