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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

that confidence
auf and thinks
Veil of h | S
ehances to dis
pose of h ! s
hghter rival In
the $4,000 bout
Il Shibe Park.
Benny is train
ing in Billy
crupp's gymna-
sum, which Is
locate d up In
Harl e m, ] u s t
around the cor
wr from the old
homestead. 1t Is
handy for the
champion, as he
an stay at home,
sIsep in his own
~ and na ka
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
LFAGTl
MANAGER MITCHELL
TRIES OUT SCHOOLBOYS
Tom Taguer, Brooklyn Lad, Signs Con-
tract to Play With Chi
cago Cubs

NEW YORK, July 24.-Tom Taguer, a
Brooklyn boy. was signed yesterday by the
Chicago Cubs for try-out this fall Taguer
is an outnelder and will join the Chicago
team on its last trip East He has been
playing semi-pro ball
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
Shorts on Sports

Charles A. Copiskey. president of the Chi. HI
fourth Contribution to the American Red Cross
yyoSsterdsy' presenting S8702 9S. This makes a
son started.
The future of amateur rowing will be the
main topic at the annual eonventlon % n i OF the s
he New York Athletic Club. next Saturday
night.
Announcement comes from the western coast
that the olympic Club, OF san Francisco VIII
East East next fan AithSuss the club club has Lost
has decided to continue sports
p.,.r whitehead, a resident of Slatngton
NJ re%a a formsr sprinter, returned to his home
iasf Saturday, and. althouxh he is sixty years
old, ne won loo-yard dash In the fast t'ue
OF II seconds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
4 WALSH JOINS
BOSTON BRAVES
river Voice Of Former Chi
400 Twirler Aids Him Sc
r,re Job With Stallings
'sAY GO AGAINST CUBS

,ocroN. July 24.--An incident In base
u. .h,s season was the signing Of Ed
|Sslsh by the Braves.
IN. ,,os up to Stallings to do something,
~ departure of Hank Gowdy left a big
4. IN the singing department. Walsh
- about It and he made a special trip
~. Meriden, Conn, last Friday, bringing
~. ,nsio roll along. From 2:10 o'clock in
..Wernoon until $40 Ed and Mr.. STALL
~. were closeted in the piano room. The
!Ds.;den Mocking Bird sank "Silver Threads
lang the Gold" Wake Up, America" and
~ Bonnie Lies over the Ocean,"
\. "a said Mr. Stallings was charmed by
~. rendition and signed him to a good
e..sract, The pitcher reported yesterday
Ssish says he is as good as ever. but no
". would believe him. He may beat the
ssss but that is no criterion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
"POp" O'Brien viii Referee
the Recommendations Fight

Frank C'Pop'O O'Brien. tho official referee
at shibe rark, last night ns,, was selected elected 70 he
ard the lightwelEht champion. and Johnny
Kubane. the, featheRweight king. will bat
tie tomorrow night.
The selection was made by draft, Tho
name OF four men entirely satisfsctory TO
the principals, O'Brien. Bert CrOwhurst, Jack
McGuigan and Billy Recap. were placed In o
hat, and O'Brien's name was drawn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
LEONARD CONFIDENT OF WINNING
bout WITH KILBANE; ENTERS RING
n WITH SUPPORT OF NEW YORK FANS
lightweight King Adopts Exact Reverse to
u Featherweights Method of Training-Will
Not Go So Far as to Claim Knockout
By ROBERT w. MAXWELL,

NEW YORK, July "a.
81 CONFIDENCE plays an important part
i IN Benny Leonard's young life. he will
tst naturally knock the tar out of Johnny
KIlbane tomorrow night and punch him
tyer the right.fleld fence for homer. The
Ifhtweight champion Is bubblng over with
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
Athletics Encouraged at Harvard

Fred w. Moore. graduate manager OF athletics
at Harvard University. stated that although
Haryard had Cancelled It's varsity football sched-
ule for next fall. the sport would IS
Freshman games will probably be played and In
formal games with New England colleges will
be held.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

BOSTON July 24-Manager Fred
Mitchell. of the Chicago Cubs, yesterday
tried out two schoolboy players and offered
them contracts. They are Bernard Frieberg
and Russell Murphy, two amateur stars
from Lynn, Mass
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
AMATEUR BASEBALL

The United states Marine baseball team ,hi,
sen in The State Of Pennsylvania. Should the
team accepting ths sre sG MAKE tse
nsnses will be- paid For further details ad-
dress Captain Hogan. League Island
stratford +, G.. an eleyen,twslye.year-ol
am would like to hear from any home team
htsaTnx August 25 open and all OF September.
"a nAvGi vGirseG, 2287 North Fourth street d.
whit. diamond A. A. would like to hear from
4, warst IS teams haying all OF August open.
]" Brown. 2o27 orthoooA stree!
Arre A.. sswiprHId SId ti5ssssiins iss IN team team % ha.
July ~ Sgiety' Sagity' A. A., Melross. wildwood. j.
Daily. Tis Belgrade stree.
ps,,.dslphiA American Cotton Waste Er-
Fn viii play the Boston American Cotton
chance chanxs ~ on Thursday. on the Strawbrdss 4
ccltctRisr grounds at 2so:
nsrthwsst Aii-gtars cempossd .ef Xsrwick
y; I i;lls \: s''l;iiI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

|hrney McCaffrey, ex-Pugilist, in Navy
IA tAzLETON, Pa, July 24.--Barney Nc
rtiSrey. the lightweight pugilist, who re-
ma from the ring about a year ago, has
sriisfed in the navy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
Distances Fool Players

One of the things which puzzles the play
ers who play at Shawnee for the first time
is the matter of distance. On all sides ex-
cept looking UP the Delaware River the
tremendously high mountains which shut
in the course foreshorten the shots. par
ticularly the approach shots. The result Is
that player uses q mashie where he should
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

ps s;:;s T;:i';I s;;s.s & i:ss 4!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

Frank Klaus. who lost his middeweifht title
according to Pittsburgh reports. In his heydsy
Klaus was a great middleweight but Il would
harness after his two-year layon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

Young Dundee, handled by Johnny spatoia. Is
in shape for = muss with Johnny Rosner. Joe
Dorsey or any Of the ''l6'' Founders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

Dsttling Lsvlnslv landed hard right on the
e Ss'S' = ous q sSs * ssns 81 iss ssvsssi weeks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-22
STEADFAST CONFIDENCE
The Following Statement Should form
Conclusive Proof of Merit to Ev-
cry Sank Centre Reader.

Could stronger proof of the merit
OF any product be desired than the
statements of grateful endorsers who
say their confidence has been undi-
minished by lapse of time? These
are the kind of statements that are
appearing in your local papers fol-
Doan's Kidney Pills. They are twice
told and confirmed with new enthusi-
asm. Can any reader doubt the fol-
lowing? It's from a resident of Osa-
kis.
Mrs. ]. H. Passon, Lake St., Osa-
kis, Mimi, says:
"My back ached and was so
weak that I dreaded my house.
work. 1 was troubled with dizzi-
ness and spots seemed to float
before my eyes. I used Doan's
Kidney Pills and I no longer had
any of these ailments. I didn't
feel languid and weary in the
morning and my strength also re-
turned"
Statement given September 1900
DOan's Always Effective.
Over Three Years Later, Mrs. Pas
son said: "I still use Doan's Kidney
Fills and they always bring good re-
Suits"
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Passon has twice publicly rec
commended. Foster-Milburn Co..
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. adv
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08
Funny Side of Funny
Stories

Most folks who tell funny stories
commence like this:
II heard new one the other day
there was fellow, etc." but DR.. c.
B. Foltz, who has a reputation for
telling only such stories as have long
been tried and found true, breaks
right out and usually gets it over be-
fore his victims can protest. Lately
his friends have acquired the habit
of anticipating the point Of his stories,
so Doc cooked one up on 'em.
Zone of my neighbors," says the
doctor, was approached by an old
schoolmate who gave him the rush
act for a $40 loan.
" I'd lend it to you, but I think
you'll forget my address,, reproached
my neighbor," said Foltz.s
No / WON'T promised the old
school mate.
Yes, you will, if give you a
chance. Here, I'll write out four
addresses and put one in each pocket
of your vest
Forthwith DR.. Foltz' entire at
dience shouted: THE next day
your neighbor got letter saying:
Dear sir, lost my vest
NO" triumphantly hooted the doc
tor, who for once pulled something
new my neighbor didn't loan him
the ten. He only gave him the ad-
dresses"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08
By A. R. GRoH.
Chapter TX, Peter A. Sarpy.

Peter Abadie Sarpy could have
spent his life as society dude in St
Louis il he wanted to, But he chose
the hardy life Of an Indian trader.
And now his picture is in the his
tories and one Of the best counties in
the state (Sarpy county, is named
after him. II he had spent life oil
ease, loahng around the clubs and
tangoing around at dances in St.
Louis he would be forgotten now, A
lesson for us here, indeed.
His fathers name was Gregoire
Berald Sarpy and his mothers was
Miss Pelagie Abadie before her mar
rage. They were French people and
very refined and cultured. The
Sarpys moved in the same social set
as the Chouteaus, which was the very
creme de la creme" the very de luxe
Of the elite society of St. Louis.
Peters name was in the society col
umns OF the papers nearly every day.
But this did not satisfy him. So he
occurred a position as clerk for the
American Fur company and came to
Bellevue in 1928. Within a year he
had worked up to manager.
He was only 20 years old then. But
he had been married four years al
ready, having led Miss Cabanne, one
Of the most popular members Of the
younger set OF St. Louis, to the altar
IN 1920. ....--
On this occasion the Cabanne home
was prettiy decorated in green and
white. The brides gown was white
satin, with long drapery Of net en-
broidered in silver, and over this a
drapery Of net embroidered in white.
The tulle veil caught with orange
blossoms formed the train. The
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08

serve association because he loved
trees and was imbued with the convic-
ton that a bird sanctuary hereabouts
would be splendid idea.
Member Reed. head of the finance
committee, said his hobby was sailing.
He expects a new sailboat for Lake
Manawa this season. He is a regular
skipper. He knows all about lacking
and other things sailors should know.
His early sailing training was received
at Fulton, on the Mississippi river.
Just give him sailboat and he will
forget all about meal time, live stock
quotations and school board affairs
Though perhaps. it couldn't ex-
actly be called hobby, Judge Craw-
ford OF the county court has notice.
able hankering for good tobacco.
Good tobacco in the judges estima-
ton must be Of just the right blend
that makes for the aroma desired
by the connoiseur and epicure. While
the Judge smokes tobacco in all its
visible forms, he, like all true lovers
OF Milady Nicotine, falls back on the
Jimmy pipe when real treat in
the smoke line is sought. Judge
Crawford has quite a collection OF
briars, ct al, and court housers are
not surprised to see him smoking diff
ferent pipes on each day of the week,
Many q young lawyer has got on
the good side" of the Judge BY letting
it be known that he smoked tobacco
of some rare vintage.
Deputy Sheriff Jimmy" Lindsay
is the Beau Brummell of the fourth,
and fifth floors of the court house
and fancy vests are his hobby. Thi:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08

Guess what is Sophus Neble's hob
by. He is member Of pioneer fam
ily and is identified with the Board
Of Public Welfare. Mr.. Ne5le's hobby
Is gcraniums. He knows the many
species OF this plant by names and
forms. He sends potted geraniums to
friends for presents.
Mr.. Neble maintains that the fra
GRANGE Of the geranium has benign
effect. IF you feel out of sorts Just
hold few geranium leaves to your
rose and note the results" said Mr.,
Neble.
He owns several thousand plants
and finds much pleasure in the cult
walton OF these flowers.
Members OF the Board OF Education
have their hobbies just like other hu.
man beings. Attorney Herring enjoys
game of horseshoes now and then.
He expects to have match with
Member Clark Of the board some OF
these nice spring days. He maintains
that pitching horseshoes is a respect
able game, affords exercise for most
of the muscles, trains the eye and Is
lots of fun, just lots of fun. He wishes
that horseshoe pitching teams nigh,
be organized and, perhaps, a league
with schedule of games, as they dc
in bowling.
VI President Ernst goes in for hort.
culture. He loves trees and shrubs
and vines, of which he owns FIVE acres
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08

amounts to hobby with her and
hobby which has such a firm hold
upon her that she slips away every
spare hour to shoot.
Can she shoot?
Say, her craftsmanship would make
Nebraska guardsman sit up and
take observations. while it would
make the sharpshooters OF Uncle
Sans regular army jealous.
At this very moment you may stroll
into the Office on the seventh floor of
the Brandeis building and find her
busy at her desk. Just mention tar
get practice to her. She will look up
quickly. Then she will reach among
some books and papers on the desk
and drag out little bundle OF sticks.
You perceive they are fragments of
| y weeds. Close observation will
show you that every one of them
has been cut off, not by knife, but
by % bullet. The larger weeds
are not cut off, but have bullet holes
bored through them. This is the
kind OF work she does at fifteen
PAGES.
She can knock nickel into eternity
= twenty PAGES; she can clip off ma
pie buds from the highest twig and
she just loves to nip the necks off
any bottles she finds floating down
the Missouri river with the spring
rise.
AT Christmas she got new repeat
ing rife for a Christmas present.
Someone knew her weakness for fire.
arms.
| Miss Jacobs will not shoot birds
] or any living creature.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08

Il l1 :, .ne iaW VII wear lhe iouu,
w ma.s,eoa,s oll lhe lhaiket anu
sisn because tne 'nanulacturers aon
put more snap IN them' ne dotes
on ootted eheetS Done IN verlcolored
velvet: NO old English weskit had
Lindsay displays on particular oc-
casions. One doesn't have to see this
deputy to know that he's coming
you can hear him from round the
corner.
fishing IS a common, hobby among
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08
BY A. EDWIN LONG.

Sitting on a promontory off Chris
tiania, Norway, angling for Green
land shark, two score years ago, o.
E.. Berg in knee breeches looked any
thing but the part of future dry
goods merchant of Omaha.
But he had the right stuff in him,
and so Christiania could not hold
him. 7.t
Il. had the stuff in him because he
belonged to race with stuff in it. He
belonged to that ancient race of tail,
blond "longheads," as the anthropolo-
gists call them, which inhabited the
wilds of Norway ever since Neolithic
times. This is the branch of the
Teutonic stock which has made the
world 60 round ever since.
The mettle in this lad might have
made an army officer of him, for his
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08

father was colonel in the Norwegian
army. But the boy didn't like the life
of soldier. .,.
He might have becom fisherman
by trade, for as lad he padded about
in the Christiania ford and hooked
cod, herring, sprat, macketel,, had
dock, coalhsh, pollacl::, torsk, and
others of the 200 species of fish sport
ing about in Norwegian waters.
But he didn't want to be fisherman
by trade.
He might have been Morse ex-
plorer like, his great, great, many
times great grandfathers, for he had
tramped over good portion, Of the
10000 miles of Norway's coast line, ex-
cept in the region of the midnight
sun, where it was too cold to tramp
barefooted.
In summer he divided his time be-
tween Haunting red handkerchiefs in
the faces of reindeer bulls in the
neighbors' pastures and teasing hedge
hogs on the country road. T.
More or less aimlessly this chap
dallied his way through boyhood,
without definitely forming an ambi-
ton. When he rolled hedge hogs
along the country road it gave him
no impetus to be an animal trainer,
and when he whipped the RENDERS
around he evinced no ambition to be
Santa Claus. d.
His father wondered why he
couldn't make a soldier Of him, but
he Just couldn't, that was al.
At l6 the young man felt the blood
of manhood stirring in his veins and
America doomed large in his imagi-
nation. He put to sea and sailed TOR
Philadelphia. There was after all
nothing in Philadelphia to attract his
attention. He had supposed it would
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08

That brought him to make Omaha
his headquarters for the first time.
He liked the place. Omaha looked
like opportunity to him. He was a
travelling salesman for M. E. Smith
for twenty years and then plunged
into the merchandise business for
himself.
Though he was the principal loser
in the big fire which recently swept
the, Continental block off the map of
Omaha when the Berg Clothing
Company stock was completely
ruined, he is still the same smiling
gentleman Omaha has known ever
since he came here as travelling man.
Already he has set up temporary
quarters and is doing business and
soon expects to have permanent
swing.
Omaha got him through a round
about course, and Omaha does not
intend to lose him.
Next in This series-"How Omaha Got
the Mickels."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08
be the height of earthly felicity to
reach Philade1nhia

be the height of earthly felicity to
reach Philadelphia.
He bought a railway ticket and
Numbered into Chicago. There was
no real romance there either. He
bought another ticket for Blair, Neb.
One place seemed no better than
another, for he had no relatives nor
friends anywhere in America. Blair
was about as far as his money would
take him, so that was as good place
to stop as any other.
He worked on farm near Blair
for $12 month and stuck to the job
three years. Farm. didn't cost
much in those days and first pay
ments were easy, so the young man
used his nerve and proceeds of his
three years work and bought farm
near Blair.
Soon he traded the farm for a stock
of dry goods in Blair and engaged in
merchandising. His fortune did not
come at once, even with this venture,
so he sold out and began to travel for
the M. E. Smith company of Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08
Comb Honey
By EDWARD BLACK.
,oinp 70 See the New Baby,

One OF the most eXhilarating OF In
door sports is going to see the new
baby for the first time. 1t reminds
one OF having a tooth pulled, or hav-
ing your photograph taken with your
wife; the sooner you have done the
deed the better you feel about it. Let
us suppose you are going to view the
first-born OF your 'wife's brother. The
superior part Of your ffty-ffty domes-
tic combination takes the lead and
YOU follow with mind filled with
encomiums fitting through your men.
tai recesses like thoughts on parade.
You enter the home OF your wite's
relations and are greeted by the in
fant's maternal grandmother, who an
nounces in positive terms that yoy
lare about to behold the most superb
specimen OF infantile humanity.
The father OF the baby greets you
with all air OF newly-acquired impor-
lance and an enlolgated formation
OF tobacco commonly known as a
cigar. Having thus observed the So
cial amenity of the occasion, the pa
ter-familias conhdes the information
that there may be other babies in
this wide, wide world, but not another
quite like this one. You readily agree
that he is telling the truth and moth
ing but the truth and you make it
understood that you are just as dis
corning as he. You may have done
foolish things in your life, but you
are not going to get in bad with
your wife's relations over such a
trife as baby. You are there with
the conversational soothing syrup, and
YOU launch some OF the encomiums
which were conjured' while waiting
for your wife to get ready for the
outing.
The grandmother enters with the
baby on a pillow. II may be possible
to keep step with the father or mother
Of frst-born, but getting the stride
OF the maternal grandmother is quite
a different chore. If you falter at
this crucial moment you are lost, you
are lost. without compass or chart to
guide you.
This is surely the grandest baby l
ever saw, you ItIIidik, ds tlic II anu
mother admiringly contemplates the
little red face and fists all doubled
up as if ready TO meet world Of
stern realities.
You think of something else to say
and then your wife suggests that you
hold your new nephew. You feel
YOU would be base churl to re-
fuse to hold the newcomer into the
family, so you hold your new nephew
and then he starts to cry, as il to
protest against so much attention.
"Just like a man; can't even hold
baby" is the objurgation Of your
wife, as. she shows you how It is
done.
You reach your peroration by re-
marking that the baby looks just like
his grandmother, although when you
said it you realized you were NOT
addicted to habit which made the
name Of George Washington house
hold word from Bangor, Me-, to Red
Oak, la.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-08
Grohhis History oof0maha
Allthe truth and untruth that's fit to know

an Iowa Indian woman named Nj
co-mi.
In his married relations he bore
a striking resemblance to Manuel de
Lisa, whom we studied in the last
chapter, who also had two white
wives and one Indian squaw.
Peter Sarpy twas a small and wiry
but very stern man. One can tell
that by looking upon the lineaments
of his face in early life. (In later life
he wore whiskers.)
But he was always a high-toned
gentleman, inheriting this from his
ancestors who had been cavaliers in
the courts of the French kings, per-
HIPS. Especially did this show when
he was in the presence Of the fair sex.
Even to the Indian ladies he would