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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
GAINESVILLE, FLA, FOR
PHILLIES NEXT SPRING

The Phillies. according to a report,
will do their spring training next year
at Gainesville, Fla, and will use the
athletic field of the University OF
Florida. William Shettsline. bust
ness manager of the Philadelphia
outfit, is going 10 try to book
series of exhibition games with the
Yankees and Senators during the
teams stay in Florida.
Last year Cactus Cravaths athletes
went through the greater part OF
their preliminary practice sessions in
Birmingham. Ala. While in that city
the players were Handicapped by fire.
quept rains and under the unfavor-
able weather conditions 1t was inn
possible for Manager Cravath to bring
his team NORTH as far advanced in
condition as he had hopes Of doing.
Gainesville will be remembered as
the city in which the Giants trained
for the 1919 pcnnant race. McGraw's
men worked out on the field which
will be inhabited by the Phillies next
year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15

Georgetown suffers from having no
cond-string players worth mention
ing. Carl Werts is available to play
center whenever Alec Anderson hap
pens to be rendered hors de combat.
Quinn has been used with fair sue
cess at tackle. Goggin Is supposed
to be a guard, though not quite
strong enough to start a game. There
you have the extent of the line
strength.
For the backfeld Jimmy Sullivan
might be used at quarter. IL any
win, but bringing Bill Kenyon back
into the ball-carrying section indicates
the backfeld weakness as well as
anything. Gus Malley. who injure ed
one of his knees at Annapolis, may
not be in shape to play any more. In
that case Kenyon will very likely re-
main at halfback.
HOW THEY DWINDLE.
When the first football call is
issued in September it is always in
teresting to note the mob to reply.
But the shrewd coaches begin pick
ing and choosing then and there.
Merely at a glance, a good coach can
discount size and activity. seeing
weaknesses here and there sure to
appear later under the strain Of COM
petition. Thus the Hilltop squad,
whileGt looms up large as II dashes
out upon the gridiron. actually Is
small In effectives. The mob report
ilg In September has dwindled seri-
ously by November.
Coach Exendine has been fortunate
that Tom Sullivan. Tony Comstock
and Meta Smeach have not been in
5ured this season. He would never
have been able to replace them. In.
deed, were but one Of them hurt for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
EIGHTEEN GAMES NOW
ON NAVY'S SCHEDULE

ANNAPOLIS. Nov. 15.-The spring
series of baseball games at the Naval
Academy win be the best in several
years. The. season will end with the
game against the. Military Academy
nine. to be played at West Point.
The games to be played at Annapo.
lis are:
March 90, Princeton; 30. University
OF Pennsylvania: April ?. Holy Cross;
O. Dartmouth: o, Williams: 13, Har-
ward; Is. Notre Dame: 20. Lafayette:
q. pending; 81. Georgetown: 80, Geor-
gia Tech, May 4. University OF Vir-
ginia; Z. University OF West Virginia:
II. University of Maryland: IA.
Swarthmore: IS, Villanova; 81, Catho-
lie University; IS, st. Johns
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
SAYS UGS"
Baer::
Cossack Champ in Six Day
Race - Sprocketelvich,
Ruled Off the Siberian
Turf for Rough Rid
ing, Joins Big Grind.

NEW YORK. Nov. l5.--The six
day bike clinic opens next week.
II you need a new oyercoat, obey
that impulse. The boys will rattle
around the revolving cage for six
days and six nights. which proves
that a bike riders brains must be
on a hunger strike.
The Twenty-second Regiment Ar
mory will be a beautiful place to
get your lungs upholstered with
dust. Hang zip your overcoat for
second and some philanthropist will
save you the trouble Of checking IL
during a long and dreary winter.
Admission will be from ifty megs
to a dollar. Seventy-five cents with
out bath. Gus Sprock etelvich. the
famous Soviet bicyclist. expects to
share in the prize money under the
Soviet plan. Gus has his new bike
with the egg-shaped wheels all set
for the bicyclist's Old Home Weak.
II he doesn't get four miles ahead
by Tuesday Gus will go on strike.
He is confident and expects to win
in a walkout
WON THE OLYMPICS.
Gus represented the Bolshevists
the last lap. his whiskers caught In
his pedals and he wound himself
up like cuckoo clock. Abian
WaIlgren. the Swedish punch dem
onstrator, won the race by a nose.
Rollie Zeider once won n race that
way but was ruled off for unfair
competition. Gus is determined
that no accident shall gum his
chances this time and has shaved
his whiskers down to the boiling
point.
He Is in fine shape. General Bad
penny. OF the Cossacks. having do
mated three massacres for training
quarters. Gus was accused OF hav-
ing a hand in the last last frolic at
tended by the Car. He was ac-
quilted on this testimonial, but had
to leave Russia when they found
his finger-prints on cake OF soap.
HERO OF THE WAR.
Gus is a hero of the ru nors OF
war. Whehn tings looked blacklist
on the Eastern front he was as
black as anybody. For sixteen
straight months he fought without
water in all the big barroom scraps
He finally fed into Siberia with
General Moofskfs army Of 81 .oO0.-
600 men and one toothbrush. At
tho peace conference Gus was
awarded tho mandate over the
toothbrush, but refused tho insult
on the grounds OF tradition. Ho
told the jury that he had formed
and opinion. and the. Judge sobered
up In time to fall off the bench.
This In the limit OF Gus bicycling.
but he expects to win with his
egg shaped wheels
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
i'm BAGBY FAIR
FLINGER.

1t takes a pretty fair kind of
pitcher to win thirty or more
games in a major league sea
son. Bagby, Of Cleveland,
joined the ranks of the select
last season when his thirty-one
victories for the Indians car
ried Speakers club a long way
toward the pennant. Denton
(Cy) Young, Christy Mathew
son, McGinnity, Grover Cleve-
land Alexander, Walter john
son and Jack COMBS are the
other boxmen who have won
thirty or more in a season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
FLETCHER DECLINES TO
LEAD BAKERS PHILLIES

Arthur Fletcher has declined an Of
fer to succeed Cravath as manager OF
the Phillies, and now Jack Miller and
Fred Mitchell are candidates for the
Job. with the first named ruling
strong favorite.
Many Quaker City fans expect TO
hear that Miller has been named as
the teams new pilot as soon as Pres
ident Baker returns from the West.
Since joining the Phillies Miller has
made many friends in Philadelphia,
and " he 10 selected to lead the team
the appointment will meet with the
approval Of the fans there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
Moore Takes Two.

Tom Moore, OF Washington and
Bannockburn golf clubs, has the
unique distinction of landing both
club championships within twenty.
tour hours Saturday afternoon he
defeated George 10. Truett In the fina,
at Washington by 0 and 3. Yester-
Gay AFTERNOON at Bannockburn he do
!eateo Lynn Haines 2 and ! for the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
Contest Called Off,

George Washington University and
the Naval Academy agreed to call
OF Saturdays engagement on the
Navy gridiron. The Hatchetites are
unable to give the Navy the neces-
sary opposition and as the Navy had
an easy game with South Carolina
Saturday II was thought that both
teams would benefit by having the
game Cancelled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
Destroyers Ready.

Manager A. r. Hewitt, OF the De-
stroyer A. c. eleven, Is anxious to
get games with Washington teams
averaging l2o pounds in weight.
neweu can be reached at ia North
phone 1Oo3-w Alexandria.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
FOOTBALL GOSSIP.

Georgetown's bat, cred football bril-
gade 10 due homo today. II Is not like
ly that Coach Exendine will give his
lads much hard work this week In
preparation for the W. and L game
Saturday.
Dartmouth gained 2s7 yards by
rushing to PENIS forty six Satur-
day, a fair indication Of teh relative
merits Of tho two systems OF attack.
Heisman's 0uakers were simply
smothered by the Hnnoverans.
Gil Dobic's Cornoliiens made short
work OF Bucky O'Neili'S Columbia
eleven and now tho Ithecans are plan
ming TO take Penn into camp on
frank sgiving Day. Many believe Cor
nell will win this big game.
Princeton gained TT yards In forty
ono plays, excluding forward passes,
10 sixty-n,re for Yale, -Four out Of
thirteen forward rassos gained fifty
three years for Princoton, Yale could
gain nothing by Ito forward passes.
Lehigh's wondorrul performance In
holding Penn State to q tie, 7 tot. has
filled its supporters with hope that
the BethIeheunites may conquer the
powerful Lafayette eleven next Satur.
day.
Jordan, Dartmouthis flying half
back, grabbd a punt Saturday and ran
sixty.flve yards for a touchdown. He
had such excellent interference down
the field that not a single Penn player
got within jumping distance Of him.
DreIsi Institute postponed It's
game Saturday with GaIlaudet and
took on MuhlenbefR instead. The
Philadeiphians were on the short end
OF an S2-to-0 score. Galiaudet Is ex-
pected to play Drexel next Saturday
and should be hopeful.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
GEORGETOWN Faces Trouble

varsity
ginning rheumatism finds the riffs mans
and much profanity Coach
strength be-
through hard schedule Georgetown being compelled
has oozed For
instance Navy Hoppe black and
bundled aboard
700 miles and against the powerful Georgia
which had already beaten Centre College and
within whisper Winning Pittsburgh too much Today
is facing troubles.
Next Washington and Lee American League
Virginia terrific battle
probably explains by Auburn II to The
careful handling this week. should be thoroughly
appear did not lose much strength
Birmingham, showing victory Georgetown
ease thernm thant woov Auburn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
Nav Cancel Game.

ST. Johns. of Annapolis, Md, is
scheduled to play Maryland Univer-
stty Saturday. but may ask TO have
the game called off on account of be
ina unable to muster sufficient
men
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
PLAY Tie Battle.

kntck erbocker A. e. players and
those OF the Boiling Field Aviation
station quit Olympia field yesterday
afternoon with a scoreless tie on the
records
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
ReSoIuteS JoIted.

The Hilltops. of Georgetown, de-
feated the Resolutes by a score of IS
to o yesterday. kiatta was the star
for the winners
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
Gallons 96 Yards.

Harris run OF % yards for a touch
down after interceptlng forward
pass featured the s-Montrose
game yesterday. Montrose lost by
- to O.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
Trenton Wins Game.

Trenton A. c. defeated the Senate
Props by II TO 0 yesterday on the
Quentin Field. Townsend's run OF
sixty yards on triple pass for a
featured the game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
PLAYER Is Hurt.

Clarendon A. c. players defeated the
Southern A. c., - to 9, yesterday in
Clarendon. Albert Robertson, Of the
winners. was removed from the game
early with broken collarbone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
Quentins Take Game.

oucntin a. =. players defeated the
Congress Heights team by . score Of
n 70 o yesterday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
Brentwood Beaten.

Mt. Rainier Yankees defeated the
brentwood \. c. play@s by 10 to o
yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
Rex Juniors Lose.

Rex Juniors dropped a 10 to game
to the Seat Pleasant eleven In Mary
land yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
M0haWks Win II.

Mohawk A, G. players had no
trouble in defeating the Independent
A. c. eleven by ~ to o yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
SCHOOLBOY NOTES.

years are making good with the
freshmen. McQuade. Conk-
lin. and Wardwell are performing in
fine style for Lyman Oberlin's team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15
0readnauQhts Win.

Dreadnaushts OF Alexandria landed
another yesterday when they dnfeated
the sesasa 0asss~s ~ - 70
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15

SBill Foley continues working his
squad out in the Central stadium.
here is always a big gang out the
day OF a football game too. which is
a fine thing for the other schools to
see
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15

Frank Greer. former Eastern High
star. and late coach Of Philadelphia
schoolboy elevens. may handle the
Western-Tech game tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15

Within the next few years Eastern
will have n gymnasium and playing
field for all sports which will be even
better than that at Central. The
Westerners have a large tract of land
and will be spread out more than
Central
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-15

There will be quite a deal oS specu-
lation on the selection OF players for
the All.IIigh eleven this year. Three
schools, as usual, will figure In the
selections. Business and Eastern have
one or two lads who are likely to
figure In the running.
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CHAPTER V.
A Message in Cipher.

While Kate listened to what Curly had to tell her the dark eyes of tue girl were fastened upon the trembling little woman standing near the door.
 Do you mean that she is going to let my father be killed rather than tell what she knows?" Her voice was sharply increduIous, touched with a horror scarcely realized.
 'T-I don't know anything about st." the harassed woman iterated.
 "What's the use of saying that when we know you do? And you'll not get out of 1t by sobbing. You've got 10 talk. You've got to tell-you've just got to-" Kate insisted.
 The little woman shrank before the energy of a passion so vital. No strength was in her to fight But she could and did offer, the passive resist
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evidence against Luck

evidence against Luck
 We've proved Cass Fendrick had to get father out of the way on the very day he disappeared. One day later would have been too late. We've shown his enmity. Any evidence that rests on his word is no good. The truth isn't in the man."
 Maybe not, but he didn't make this evidence"
 Kate had another inspirational flash. He did-some of it. Somehow he got hold of fathers hat, and he manu- factured a story about shooting it from the robbers head. But to make his story stick he must admit he was on the ground at the time of the hold up. So he must have known the rob bery was going to take place"
 Bolts shrewd eyes narrowed, to a smile. "You prove to me that Cass had your fathers hat before the hold up, and I'll take some stock in the story" F... ...
 And in the meantime," suggested Curly. .~.. /. I'll keep right on looKlng TOT LUCK Cullison, but I'll keep an eye on Cass Fendrick, too"
 Kate took up the challenge confi- dently. "Pll prove he had the hat at least I'll try to pretty hard. It's the truth, and 1t must come out some how" #..'E tE.. '.a.
 After he had left her at the hotel, Curly walked the streets with sharp excitement tingling his blood. He had lived his life among men, and he knew little about women and their ways. But his imagination seized vividly upon this slim, dark girl with the fine eyes that could be both ten der and ferocious, with the look of combined delicacy and strength in every line of her.
 "Ain't she the gamest little thor oughbred everY' he chuckled to him. self. Stands the acid every crack. Think of her standing pat so game just like she did for me that night out at the ranch. She's the best argu- ment Luck has got" t#* -,
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from / the unknown writer. Each of them was printed by hand on a sheet of cheap lined paper torn from a scratch pad. He smoothed them out and put them side by side on the table. This was what he read: HEARTS ARE TRUMPS."' WHEN IN DOUBT PLAY TRUMPS." PLAY TRUMPS NOW"
 There was only the one line to each message, and all of them were plainly in the same hand. He could make out only one thing, that someone was try ing to give the sheriff information in a guarded way.
 He was still puzzling over the thing when a boy came with a special deliv- cry letter for the sheriff. Bolt glanced at it and handed the note to Curly.
 Another billy doc from my anxious friend"
 This time the sender had been in too much of a hurry to print the words. They were written in a stiff hand by some uneducated person. 1.-THE JACK OF TRUMPS, TODAY"
 "Mind if l keep theseT Curly asked.
 Take 'em along"
 FIandrau srroiled back 10 town along El Moline street and down Main. He had just crossed the old Spanish plaza when his absorbed gaze fell on a sign that brought him up short. In front of a cigar store stretched across the Sida walk a painted picture of a jack of hearts. The same name was on the window.
 Fifty yards behind him was the Sil-
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ed into inc bacK room,

ed into the back room, which was kind of combination liv- ing room, kitchen and bedroom. A door led from the rear into a back yard filtered with empty packing cases, garbage cans and waste paper. After taking a look around the yard he locked the back door noiselessly. There was no other apparent exit from the kitchen-bedroom except the one by which he and his uncle had en- tered from the shop. But he knew the place must have a cellar, and his inspection of the yard had showed no entrance there. He drew back the Navajo rug that covered the floor and found one of the old-fashioned trap doors some cheap houses have. Into this was fitted an iron ring with which to lift 1t.
 From the darkness below came no sound. but Curly's imagination con.
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Cullison's hat with hffn punctured so neatly with bullet hoIes?" #s
 Hold your hawses a while, Flan- drau. and look at this thing reason able. You're all prejudiced for Gull lison and against Fendrick. Talk about evidence! There's ten times as much against your friend as there Is against Cass."
 ''Then you'll not arrest Fendrick?'
 ''When you give me good reason to do it," Bolt returned doggedly.
 The four adjourned t1 meet at the Del Mar for a discussion of ways and means.
 "Well keep a watch on Fendrick- see where he goes. who he talks to, what he does. Maybe he'll make a break and give himself away" Curly said hopefully.
 "But my father-we must rescue him first"
 "As soon as we find where he is. Killing him wouldn't help Cass any, because you and Sam would prove up on the claim. But If he could hold your father prisoner and get him to sign relinquishment to him he would be in a fine position" #~
 If we could only have Fendrick ar rested"
 What good would that do? If he's guilty he wouldn't talk. And if he is holding your father somewhere in the hills it would only be serving mo- tice that we were getting warm. No, Pm for a still hunt. Let Cass ride around and meet his partners in this deal. We'll keep an eye on him, all right" -.#
 Maybe you're right" Kate admitted with sigh. -.'#
 
 Sheriff Bolt, though a politician, was an honest man. It troubled him that Cullison's friends believed him to be a partisan in a matter of this sort. For which reason he met more than half way Curly's overtures. Young Flandrau was in the office of the sher- If good deal, because he wanted to keep informed of any new develop ments in the W. & s. robbery case. It was on one of those occasions that Bolt tossed across to him a let ter he had just opened.
 i've been getting letters from the village cutup or from some crank, I don't know which. Here's sample"
 The envelope, addressed evidently in a disguised hand, contained one sheet of paper. Upon this was lettered 
 PLAY THE JACK OF HEARTS"
 Flandrau looked up with a sugges- tion of eagerness in his eyes.
 "What do you reckon 1t meansY' he asked.
 Search me. Like as not it don't mean thing. The others had just as much sense as that one chucked them into the waste-paper basket. One. came by the morning mail yesterday and one by the afternoon. I'm no mind reader, and I've got no time to guess fool puzzles"
 Curly emptied the basket on the floor and went over it's contents care-s fully. He found three communications
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 ceived the place as full of shining eyes glaring up at him. Any bad men down there already had the drop on them. Therefore neither Curly nor his uncle made the mistake of draw ing a weapon.
 'Tm coming down, boys" young Flandrau announced in a quiet confi- dent voice. 'The place is surrounded by our friends and 1t won't do you a whole lot of good to shoot me up. I'd advise you not to be too impulsive."
 He descended the steps, his face like stone wall for all the emotion it recorded. At his heels came the older man. Curly struck a match, found an electric bulb above his head and turned the button. Instantly the dark ness was driven from the cellar.
 The two Flandraus were quite alone in the room. For furniture there was a table, cot which had been slept in and not made up, and a couple of rough chairs. The place had no win dows, no means of ventilation except through the trap door. Yet there were evidences to show that it had recently been inhabited. Half-smoked cigars filtered the floor. A pack of cards lay in disorder on the table. The Sentinel with date line of that day lay tossed In q corner.
 "Mal;e anything out of it7" the older Flandrau asked.
 He's been here, but they've taken him away. Will you cover the tele- pboning? Have all the ranches notI- fled that Luck is being taken into the hills. so they can picket the trails"
 How do you know he Is being taken there?"
 "I don't know. I guess. Blackwell is in it. He kEows every nook of the hills The party left here not two hours since. looks like"
 Curly put the newspaper in his pock- ct and led the way back to the store.
 "The birds have flown, Dick. Made their getaway through the alley late this afternoon, probably just after 1t got dark" He turned to the woman. Mrs. Wylie. murder is going to be done, I shouldn't wonder. And you're liable to be held guilty of it unless you tell us all you know"
 She began to weep, helplessly. but with a sort of stubbornness, too. Frightened she certainly was, but some greater fear held her silent as to the secret. q don't know anything about it." she repeated over and over.
 Maloney had an inspiration. He spoke in low voice to Curly. Let's take her to the hotel. Miss Kate will know how to get it out of her better than we can."
 Mrs. Wylie went with them quietly enough. She was. shaken with fears, but still resolute not to speak. They might send her to. prison. She would tell them nothing-nothing at all. For some one who had made terror the habit of her life had put the fear of death into her soul.
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CONTINUED NEXT wEEKl
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ance of obstinate sIlenck


 Curly had drawn from his pocket the newspaper found In the cellar. Ills eyes had searched for the date line to use as cumulative evidence, but they had remained fastened to one story. Now he spoke imperatively.
 Come here, Miss Kate. believe this is message to us"
 "A messenger
 From your father, perhaps"
 How could 1t ber' .
 'T found the paper in the cellar where he was. See how some of these words are scored. Done with a finger nail, looks like"
 This was the paragraph upon which his gaze had fastened, and the words and letters were scored sharply as shown below, though in the case of single letters the mark ran through them instead of underneath, evidently that no mistake might be made as to which was meant: