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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
POPULAR SPORTS IN MEXICO
Many Amateur Baseball and Soccer
Football Teams IN Mexico City
Play at All Times.

That amateur sport Is flourishing In
the Mexican capital Is shown by the
fact that there are 102 organized anna
teur baseball mines in Mexico City and
its suburbs and 80 soccer football
teams. !
The season for all varieties Of sport
in Mexico lasts II months a year, as
the climate permits play at all times.
Even during the rainy season the morn
ings are almost always clear and sum-
shiny, and the nature Of the soil and
the high dry atmosphere make delay
on account of wet grounds almost I'm.
known.
No regular league series are played
by the baseball clubs, but short series
between three or more selected teams
are arranged for month to month. The
games usually are played on Sunday
morning or on feast days and holidays,
and, as a general thing, no admission
Is charged.
Many Of the larger athletic clubs and
colleges and professional schools have
three or four teams each, the first
teams drafting players from the lesser
teams as they are developed.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
KEEP UP FOOTBALL INTEREST
Biggest lnterseetionai Gridiron Con.
test Of Season Slated for Ann
Arhor, November 10.

Cornell and Michigan will do their
bit this fall to keep up the interest
in football. The annual game between
these two schools was scheduled as
usual last winter, but owing to unrest
in football circles as a result of this
country's entry into the war 1t was
thought doubtful for time that the
game could be played. .
As q result Of Secretary of War
Bakers boost for football and college
athletics in general, the Cornell ichi-
gan game, scheduled for Ann Arbor
on November 10, will be staged, and
it will be the biggest intersectional at
traction Of the season.
Cornell took stand for football
while Harvard and Yale announced
plans for abandoning their schedules,
and the re-entry Of Michigan into the
western conference stimulated interest
ut the Ann Arbol school and had much
to do with the decision Of the athleti
board to go through with football pl,..
on as large scale as possible.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
UNEARTH ANOTHER IRON MAN |
Mike Casper OF Cleveland Sand Lots,
Pitches and Wins Three Games
In One Afternoon.

IRON men have been scarce since Joe
McGinnity and Louis Durham faded
from the glare Of the spotlight, but
In q few more years the Cleveland
sand lots may produce one who'll out
shine either of the two former stars.
He's Mike Casper, now fourteen, who
pitched and won three games in one
afternoon for the Train street team,
participants in the city Fairgrounds
championship. Mike trimmed the
Lincolns "a to 1, the Fairviews 9 to o
and the Broadways, his third game Of
the day, 4 to 0. Then the next day
Mike came right back and pitched his
team to a to ten-fnnfng victory
over the Putnams, in the final strug-
gle for the flag. That Is pitching base
ball
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13

/. The next thing Rube Marquard,
maker Of records, will shoot for is the
24inning record Of Jack Coombs, who
in 1905 won the longest major league
game ever played. ..
RUDE, however, cCIld reti,e from
baseball tomorrow with more records
than any baseball pitcher ever
achieved. In 1912 RUDE tied Tim
Keefe's old record by winning 10
straight, and in 1914 he pitched the
longest National league game ever
fought up to that time, defeating Pitts
burgh in 21-inning contest. Recent
ly Vanguard got into the twenty-sec-
ond inning of the game played between
Brooklyn and Pittsburgh on Ebberts
Field in time to get credit for winning
the longest tilt in the AZ years the Ma
tional league has been in existence.
Famous Tie Game Of 1892.
It is a strange coincidence that
Pittsburg should twice be the team
used to establish new National
league record and that Vanguard
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Mint and Rue.

In the eleventh chapter of st. Luke
verse AZ 1t states: "Woe unto you,
Pharisees! for We 1.-THE mint and rue,
and all manner of herbs" Mint Is
mentioned no other place in the Bible.
In this day and age, or at least in this
country. both mint and rue have run
wild until in some places they are a
menace to better plants. Both seek
only damp soils yet both are quite re-
sistant to drought as the root system
still lives long after tops are de-
stroyed and will put forth again and
again. It Is evident that In olden
times these plants were Of great eco
nomic Importance in both culinary and
medicinal departments. Today, while
mint is widely used, largely In manu-
facture of perfumes, the use Of rue
has practically ceased.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
HORNSBY is SINGULAR
Gives His Opinions on Pitching
and Baseball in General
New York Reporter Interviews cardin
al Player and Leaves With I'M
preston That He Is Most Ex.
traordlnary Young Man.

A scribbling sharp in New York
sought to interview Roger Hornsby
Of the Cardinals on his opinions con-
corning hitting, pitching and baseball
playing in general.
"How do you figure pitchsr?' was
one Of the questions asked the Card
inal swatsmith.
Figure him? Not much to figure"
said Hofnsby. "All any pitchers got
is fast one or a slow one or a curve
or maybe a splitter. If he don't get it
over you walk. If he does, bust it on
the nose"
This was not enlightening, so the
scribe tried new tack.
"Were you nervous when you first
faced big league pitcher" was the
question. ,
"Naw, why should I be nervous? The
other birds was hittin' him."
That was enough along that line, so
the scribe ventured: "What position
do you like best? That is, what do you
think you play best?"
"Don't see any difference" said
Hornsby. IF they hit ball where
you can get 1t, then you got to get II
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
HANK PUT ONE OVER ON MIKE
End Man Needed on New York Bench
and Donlin 10 Ordered to Sit There
for Afternoon.

The other afternoon Mike Donlin
was In a reminiscent mood at the
Polo grounds. He told Of one after
noon that Hank O'Day was having
one of those of days and he felt 1t
Incumbent upon himself to chide
Hennery. "What yer trying to do;
make minstrel show Of this gamer
said Miguel. "Nope," said Hennery,
but they need an end man on that
New York bench and that is where
you can hang out for the rest Of the
afternoon" That day Hank was ONE
up.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13

brown in tone. The front of the build
ing was disappointing at first glimpse.
The yard was bare and bleak looking,
the monument raised to JuniperO
Sierra, and luxuriant green pepper
tree being the only outstanding re-
liefs. But it was when we wandered
1nguided through the long arcades on
the inner court, penetrating into musty
rooms within the three-foot walls and
swinging the massive wooden doors to
behind US, treading upon the worn old
tagging curved to fit the feet Of priest
and neophyte Of long ago, that the
real atmosphere Of the place comes
over us.
I tried to forget the half-dozen au-
tomobiles standing outside on the
road, and the groups of tourist-folk,
who, curious-eyed, were making per-
functory pilgrimage there at that same
hour, and instead of taking cursory
glance and motoring on again, asked
permission for our small party to eat
our lunch in the long shady arcade
overlooking the inner court, where the
kindly green of ivy was clinging to
the barred bricks Of the arches.
1t was not hard to rebuild in men,
ory those broken arches encircling the
patio, even across there where q small
laundry was dangling in pathetic in
cOngruity, and imagine the place
rich with green growing things-lus-
ciOuS foe ap6 yro ,oc o,d o,oo,os oua
other transplantings from Catalonia,
CASTLE and Old Mexico. Then, upon
just such quiet, peaceful MONDAY
as this, Padre Anselmo and Padre
Miguel might have been sitting on this
selfsame old bench, looking across the
luxuriant greenness to where the
brown. arches merged into the summer
brown Of that selfsame hill beyond,
against the same soft blue sky. The
hill and the sky remain unchanged
now, but the arches are crumbling and
the padres are dust.
We babe farewell to San Juan Capt.
strand and took the curving road
again. A great brown hill sloped down
to meet an unbelievable blue ocean,
and from here on the sea was scarce
~ once out Of sight.
"Truly," said, drinking deep Of
that beauty of color and contour, this
Is picture country, If there ever was
One!"
Those stretches along the water,
down close to the sand where the ice
plant grew, were delight. After long
miles marked off by the picturesque
bells, we passed San Onofre canyon
and San Onofre creek opening into the
sea, the canyon widening to hold as
magnificent a grove Of sycamores as
there is in southern California.
| We climbed the SCARED and pictur-
esque heights where the TOrrey pines
crouch in the wind like giant bodies
with craven spirits. From this COM
manding vantage point we looked
across the valley away from the sea,
where colors Of vegetation and cOlors
Of soil mingled in singularly rich va
riety.
And at last we saw the city of our
destination shining ahead In the after.
noon light, a white city, like Cadiz
overlooking the sea.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13

and hustle it to some base. Or IL you're
playing first, you got to get the throws
they give you If you can. If you don't
you're no good"
"How do you account for your sue.
cess in the big league" was the next
thing fred at Hornsby.
"'Count for it? Say, how do the
rest of 'em count for it? They just
do the best they can, don't they? Well,
that's what I do"
The newspaper reporter retired with
the opinion that Hornsby is a most
extraordinary young man.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
FRENZlED FINANCE.

Young DeSmart-Say, do you want
to make $4,000 in few minutes?
Old GOtrox-Sure
Young DeSmart-I understand you
intend to give your only daughter
100000 as marriage portion.
Old Gotrox-Yes, that's fact. But
what has that got to do with the $1O,-
600?
Young DeSmart-Well, I'm willing
to marry her for 100000. See?
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
CHIEF BENDER BIG SURPRISE
Former Athletic Star Causes Comment
by Return to OId-Time Skin
With Pat Moran.

One of the great surprises In base
bah recently is Chief Charles Bender's
return to winning form.
The Indian was supposed to be all in
as a twirler when Pat Moran signed
him for the Phillies, but the baseball
wisdom Of the willy Pat was once more
displayed to good advantage. Pat
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13

Some one sent the bat boy out from
the bench to ask Wagner who he want.
ed down in the bull pan to warm up.
"'Oh, I don't care answered Hans.
Send anyone you like
'The game was just beginning. Why
should he worry about the tenant Of
the bull penn"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
III. WAGNER WAS NOT WORRIED
Why Should He Fret About Occupant
Of Bull Pen When Game Was
Just About to BegiE2

During Honus Wagners brief en-
gagement as a manager he had one
or two funny experiences" says Chris
ty Mathewsen.
ave played the Pirates the first day
Hans was on the job, and he moved
out to the frst-base coaching lines,
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13

should be the Winning pitcher each
time.
Fortunately Marquard was not
forced to extend himself in the game
referred to, as RUDE has had tough
times after making his records. After
Marquard's winning streak was broken
in 1912 he just dubbed around until
the end Sof the season, being Of very
little use to the Giant team. He found
himself in the worlds series that fall,
winning two of the three games won
by New York from the Red Sox in
1912.
Pittsburgh Beaten Twice.
After Marquard established new
National league long distance record
in 1914, by beating Pittsburgh on July
II, he did not win another game that
year. He lost ten straight. He then
started the 1915 season in a blaze Of
glory by pitching a no-hit game over
Brooklyn, only to go to pieces after
that. In midseason he was released to
Toronto.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
In Doubt.

Il understand she's taken up knit
ing?"
EYES,"
what Is she making?"
THAT we can't tell. You see, even
she can't uake 1t out just yet wheth-
er It's going to be a sweater or pair
Of socks"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
No LONGER Quiet.

Bill-Do you remember my brother!
Gill-Oh, yes, very well.
Remember how quiet he used to be
ut schoOl?"
"Yes, indeed"
"Well, look at him now"
"What's the matter with him n0wT
"He's q bass drummer"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
The Right Place.

DO you know have specks before,
my eyes,"
"Well, where else would you want
to wear 'em?"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Natural History.

Freddie-Its always in damp places
where mushrooms grow, isn't it, papa7
Papa-Yes, my boy.
Freddie-Is that the reason they
look like umbrellas, papa.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
The Baoinnino

"How did You happen to become q
lightning change artist?"
II got started at the game by switch
Ing my winter fiannels on and off,
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Described.

PA, what Is luck?"
Luck is what the anti-preparedness
people think we should depend on to ,
keep us out of trouble"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Its Class.

'The minister says his parrot Is so
well trained that it joins in the family
prayers"
"Well, that's the first time I ever
heard a parrot was bird of pray"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
A Bad Way.

"He's in bad way"
"Broke, eh?'
"WOrse than that. He's down to-
the point where nobody will lend him
money any more"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
A Problem.

Economy is the watchwOrd Of the
hour. Everything must be used. Moth
Ing must 60 to the waste heap"
But what are we going to do with
our kings?"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13

'"The practice Of medicine has cer-
tainly changed. When I was young,
the doctors used to bleed their pa
TENTS" !
"Huh! I don't see that they've
changed much in that respect"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Its ADVANTAGE.

"How can you keep up the pretense
that your grabbing is profitable In
dustry?"
swell, any way you look at it it is
o net gain"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Anythinu but That.

Mrs. Fussbody-If don't get a lett
ter from you every day I'll feel so lone
ly I'll come right back home.
Hubby-Never fear; I'll write twice
q day.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Admit Scott to Camp.

Jim Scott, White Sox pitcher. Joined
the officers reserve training camp out
side Of San Francisco.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Old Method Revived.

Old Method Revived.
"What do you suppose will be the
next reform to ship on the educational
crusade"
81 wouldn't be surprised If It were
spanker BOOM"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
There'd Be None Left.

Author have put a good deal Of
my own life into this story.
EGitor-I wish you had put all Of It
Into II.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13

The lnvariabie Assertion.
Every man who tries to wake
A disposition scrappy
Declares he does II all to make
His fellow mortals happy.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-10-13
Beauties Of the Ruins.

Pomegranatc trees and dusty red
geraniums grew in front Of the ruined
walls rising against the pale blue OF
a MONDAY sky. Where the whitewash
was gene, the ruins were rich golden
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-02-28

svyn and Marie. AT sight OF Hardy the
young man stopped short, but, meet
ing the president = cordial. smile, came
forward with easy assurance. Marie
did not look at Hardy, as she fol-
lowed. - =. II IT,.
f The president addressed Vandervyn:
Captain Hardy has declined to ask
tor clemency. 7 have decided to sus-
tain the findings Of the court-martial.
In the face of all this, he has had the
temerity to make a charge Of fraud
against your Indian contract
Vandervyn nodded: captain Hardy
is too skilled a strategist not to realize
that the best way to shield himself is
to raise the cry Of stop theft against
others. Does he al4ege that the sigma
lures to my contract are forged?"
'The signatures are genuine. They
were obtained by fraud" bluntly
charged Hardy.
my word is as good or perhaps
somewhat better than that of a cash.
Tered officer rejoined Vanderyyn.
'You deny the charge" the president
stated rather than inquired.
'Most emphatically," pleasantly
agreed Vandervyn. He looked signif1-
cantly from Hardy to Marie. "As q SOL
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-02-28
CHAPTER XIV.
Condemned,


The court-martial began it's session
at nine in the morning, and the trial
Of Hardy was over before three in the
afternoon. Vandervyn testified to the
suppression by the accused Of the ex-
istence of the developed mine and of
Redbear's misconduct.
Hardy's statements in explanation
of his actions were as brief as they
were cold and dry. Acting as a civil
officer, he had considered the question
Of Withholding any mention of the
mine as a matter within his discretion.
When Intercepted whether he had not
taken advantage Of this suppression
to enter the contest and win the mine
for himself, his bald admission Of the
fact, unaccompanied by any explana-
ton Of his motives, was received by
his officer judges with marked gravity.
The other charges were far more
serious, and he opposed them with
vigor. he denied emphatically any in
tention to desert or to remain perma-
nently absent from his proper duties
without leave, and showed the tele-
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-02-28

gram from a high official in the war
department that Jed him to believe his
resignation and application for leave
Of absence would be at once favorably
acted upon by his commanding officer
at Vancouver barracks. This, in some
circumstances, might have been con-
sidered sufficient excuse for his con-
duct. But his refusal to explain his
reason for taking advantage of his Sc
cret knowledge of the mine perceptibly
Influenced the members Of the court
to doubt the statement Of his purpose
In coming to Washington.
Though the court-martial adjourned
without rendering its findings, he left
the courtroom ten years older in ap-
pearance than when he entered. The
regretful, commissioning glance of the
most friendly Of his judges seemed
plainly to indicate what would be the
findings. The thought Of voluntarily
resigning from the service had been
hard. To be cashiered was almost I'M
endurable. q. e. :
- Yet he walked out with his back
straight and his head well up. He
Went directly to the White House and
sent 10 2. written application for an
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-02-28

| Every good Of you to offer. How
ever, I believe have enough left to
last me through. And in any event,
could not impose on your generosity.
The money would be used against him
which, you see, would hardly do"
"Then you refuse any loan?"
1T was most kind Of you to make
the Offer"
"Don Quixots de la Mancha!" she
murmuTed.
| "Tildng at machine -windmills !" he
replied. -
Though there was no trace of bitter
ness or satire in his wit her chin lift
ed to the angle of offended pride.
"That is sufficient, Captain Hardy.
May I ask you to take me back to
him?"
Vandervyn was waiting for her near
the president. AS they approached
him, she gave Hardy look Of half
|relentment. "You must understand,
Captain, that I must do as my heart
dictates, though I confess that lobby
ing is far from agreeable to me. I
have already met his excellency, and
he has been so kind as to promise me
a hearing"
II cannot wish you success" he re-
piled.
She gave him a quizzical glance and
turned away with Vandervyn.
Standing in the eager, jostling
crowd that waited for a word or even
nod from the president, he fully ap-
preciated the ease with which, in the
midst Of so great crush, she man
aged to obtain several moments con-
versation apart with the nations chief
magistrate.
She was still beside the president
when the sharp-eyed man to whom
Vandervyn had spoken came around
beside Hardy and murmured a few
words in his ear. Hardy looked him
in the eye, bowed, and quietly started
to move away. The man followed him
until he had left the White House.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-02-28
CHAPTER XVI.
The Sentence.

In the anteroon the doorkeepe1
waved Hardy to door on the right
1t led him into stenegraphers' room
He saw the founce of woman's skirt
behind revolving bookcase near the
far end Of the room, and paused
Someone stepped into the room after
him, and touched him authoritatively
on the shoulder.
Zone moment, Captain Hardy
your sentence"
He turned and faced the presidents
aide with the clear, unfinching gaze
Of brave man about to be shot. The
aide saluted with punctllious formal.
ity. Hardy responded with equal for.
mality. The aide presented an official
document, saluted, and withdrew from
the room.
For long moment Hardy stood with
the decree Of his fate slowly crumpling
in his hand. His eyes were fixed on
vacancy. Doubtless he was seeing the
years Of soldierly comradeship and
duty that now lay in the past and the
vision Of the career to which he was
to have given the utmost Of his pow.
ers. He had always loved his profes.
sion-and now -
The woman whose skirt he had seen
was in front Of him before he became
aware Of her presence. He found him.
self looking into the cool, half-mockine
face Of Marie.
Are you afraid to read your sen
tence? she tainted. "Had it not been
for you, he would have had the mine
and a million from his contract and
me. The president conferred with Sen.
ater Clemmer an hour ago. The treaty
appropriation bill win be passed with
a clause that no commission Is to be
paid for the services of any tribal
agent or representative. He has lost
everything. And now-I am waiting
to see you read that paper"
Hardy drew himself up, opened the
envelope, took out the document and
read. =.
As Marie saw the look OF blank In.
.credulity that came into his face, her
eyes flashed under the lowering veil Of
their long lashes. He stared up at her,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-21
AT THE ORPHEIOf.

a posing act employing seven
beautifully formed girls, is the fea-
ture on the vaudeville bill at the Or
pheum. which has final showing to-
day. others on the same program
are Valand Gamble. McLallen and
Carson. Daisy Harcourt and Booth
by and Everdeen.
A comedy sketch that abounds
with humorous situations, much
dancing and many song numbers
is the headline attraction on the
new bill starting tomorrow. Earl
Cavanaugh and Ruth Tompkins.
assisted by four attractive young
ladies form the presenting company.
The Princess Kalama, assisted by
William Kao, offers a novelty which
is termed "A Hawaiian Nights En-
tertainment". Bernard and Scarth,
in a comedy slit entitled. "A Busy
Afternoon: Lewis and Leopold, the
merry men from songland, and La
Viva. in a posing novelty makes up
the bill.