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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-23

her cheeks; her dark eyes blazed
dangerously.
"You stop" she repeated in low
voice. 'You look so small to me
that / can't scarcely see you t all.
But If you're still there, you'd better
lay hold of one thing: you let Thad
alone. Amt nobody's business where
he came from. nor who his folks were.
And If you can't find nothing better
to do than to tear little children to
pieces. you'd better sleep twenty-four
hours a day steady"
Mr.. Wopple dropped his shears and
assumed reproachful attitude. 81
jest thought you'd want to know
what's bein' said"
swell, / don't" she interrupted.
"And If you've got a grain of sense.
you'll put your mind on other things.
Everybody lives in his own genera
tion; he amt Just ref1ectin' what's
been lived before him. I know where
Thad came from, and it's all right.
Do you think you can remember that,
Mr.. Woppler
Mr.. Wopple. with some hesitation,
admitted that perhaps he could, Mrs.
Penfield having hitherto been a salts
factory neighbor; and she acknowl-
edged his courtesy by smile, half
conciliatory, half abstracted. But
when she had taken up the empty
clothes basket and gone back into the
house. she sat for several minutes
looking into space, her busy hands
idle, a mist of compassion in her
dark eyes. Once her lips moved.
"Why, why can't wipe out the han
dicaps entirely?" she breathed.
Don't seem right for any child"
She was still sitting there when
Thad came in. Mrs. Penfield gathered
the boy into her arms and kissed him.
"Penzie," he gasped. squeeze me
softer. please. I most can't breathe.
What you do 1t SO hard for3"
She laughed. "Bless your baby
heart I expect was keeping ev'ry-
thing away"
"Why. Penzie, amt anything here
just you and me-"
"Sure enough" she said, more
lightly. "And we mustn't sit here.
doing nothing. I've got to get to
work, and you trot along and play"
A few minutes later he came rum
ming to her in great glee.
"See, Penzie, found somep'n." He
held up small package. It was fiat,
oblong, tied with cord.
"Where did you get that, ThadY'
'In your room-all done up In
paper"
"You shouldn't have touched it"
She took the package. to carry It
back to her room; then paused in
astonishment. The cords were fas.
tened with wax; the seals had not
been broken. She turned 1t over. It
was soft to the touch. On one side
was simply the name "Bosley."
"That's never the family Jewels"
she thought, as she went into the
bedroom. Next time I'll let her keep
it to home. I'll bet 1t amt nothing
] want in this house."
L.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-23
CHAPTER I
Mrs. PenfieId, Manager.

Mrs Penfield's house had originally
been a barn; but 1t had CHANGED to
come up in the world as Mrs. Pen
field went down, and they had met
and Joined forces to make home
where none had been intended. The
only feature which had not suffered
change was the main door, a huge
sliding affair that precluded front
windows and was like no other door
for blocks around, belonging to the
type that had gone out with the prac
tical passing Of the horse.
If fortune led you that way, you
performed an operation on a small
crank similar to grinding the morn
Ing coffee, bell tangled, and in no
time at all the big door creaked aside,
and there was the plump figure of
Mrs. Penfleld. Her brown eyes had a
look Of youth that belied the iron
gray of her hair; and the cl erful
curve of her lips gave you welcome
that preceded the words-because
always she asked you to "come right
in." Your name, your business, were
secondary matters; you were first of
all human being and therefore in
teresting.
1t was Monday afternoon. Mrs.
Penfeld had started the second wash
ing of the day, when Crink returned
from school and bounded into the
lean-to kitchen.
Goodness mew she exclaimed in
dlsmay. Look what you've done,
and those are the last stockings you
got to your name"
Crink twisted his spine obediently
and looked down with every appear
ance of surprise. "Gee!" he said. at
must ha' been when clumb that
fence"
Il could most have guessed it,"
agreed Mrs. Penfield mildly. Folks
make lots Of trouble for other folks,
eavlng their fences so careless"
she examined the stocking with criti-
cal eyes. 1t was full of crisscross
runs, each representing previous
mlshap and materially lessening the
TOTAL capacity. II can't never mend
again, Crink. It'd strain right
out"
The boy glanced up in alarm. "Say,
.enzle, you don't mean I gotta stay
in"
she laughed. Land, no! Amt no
matter of stockings going to stand
.Neen you and society, Crink. You
Just watch those clo'es, that they
uvnt boil over, and I'll make you an
''nef pair in two shakes"
:, from an apple box in her bedroom,
mrs. Penfield produced pair Of long
oiack hose which had once been the
property of maid employed by a
,er'ain Mrs. Horatius Weatherstone
ou' which had been handed down
nun Its original stratum until 1t had
,ound a further level of usefulness
the household of Mrs. Penfield.
=. with practical skill she sliced off
@ Weatherstone garments at the
a.' auaie' saving the mended feet for
,polshing the stove, and divided the
sss into unequal portions, the mar
,S~ef cut for Thad, the wider Tor
W. nk' Staying the severed edges Of
~' latter with stout thread, she
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-23

could it be?' she said under her
breath. With an effort she pulled her
self back to the present.
"And he didn't say who he wasT'
The boy shook his head. didn't
ask him, either. 'Tain't polite" he
proclaimed, giving back information
which he had previously received.
Mrs. Penfield smiled. mo, 1t
wouldn't have been polite, Thad. But
I wish I knew who twas"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-23

"a
mont, and later
years spent in CAL
ifornia; an intimate
association with
wealth and an ex-
perience as a vine
yard and cannery
employee alongside
of people who did
not know the taste
Of butter, have ac-
QuAintcd Florence
Bingham Living
ston with radically
contrasting view
points and expert
ences, and given
her q marked judi
cial power and abil-
ity to portray the
lights and shadows
nf life
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-23
Ito be Continued

Truth lies at the bottom of the oil
wells. Promoters lie at the top
Tampa Tribune.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-23
Florence Bingham
Livingston
ooe1e,eHr ey GEORGE H. DORIAN COMPANY

An ancestry OF Puritans on the one
sHs and Cavaliers on the other; birth and
yh0 "' childhood tr W.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-08-23

Dc
Land. no. l never claimed he was.
He's mine cause l adopted him and
love him. and cause he loves me.
That's all there is to It,"
Mr.. Wopple thought otherwise. TITS
easy said, Mis- Penfield, but I'll bet
there's lot more to 1t. Where'd you
get Thad, Mis- Penfieldr
With a quick movement she lifted
the sheet and pinned it into place.
1.-THE records are for Thad when he
grows up"
you got some records, thenr'
"Mebbe," she returned, on guard.
II don't see what diff f'runce 1t makes" /"
"Well, should say 1t made a lot.
Course you'd want to know what kind
O. folks he had. Might be things that'd
crop out. You'd be the one to be dis
'ppointed II he was to turn out a
robber or murderer or somep'n."
Mrs. Penfield shook out a white
skirt and smiled. "All you got to do,
Mr.. Wopple. is to look at Thad once
and you won't talk that way. He's
as sweet a baby as ever was, and
there amt nothing In his face that
amt good and dear. II he ever turns
out bad. 1t won't be his fault; it'll
be cause I failed him."
"'Shaw! More like it'd be somep'n
in his BIRTH"
Mrs. Penfield jammed down q
clothespin with violence that
snapped 1t in two. but her voice was
still pleasant. "Thad's got past his
birth by most four years, and he
Evening star., 1923-09-25
CALIFORNIA TO HAVE
WAGERLESS RACING

Retless horse racing is to become
a reality in Southern California.
. Charles w Clark. son of the multi
millionaire Senator w. A. Clark, is
sponsoring the project. and backing
Dick Ferris. the originator OF the
idea, who holds leases on 140 acres of
choice California land at Culver City.
and has a twenty-year franchise from
the trustees of the Los Angeles
suburb.
A mile track will be ready December
for a midwinter racing season OF
100 days
Clark has been named president OF
the Southern California Jockey Club
which is building IL. He is several
times millionaire and one Of the
best known sportsman in the west.
Construction already has started
The total outlay before the first field
faces the barrier will be approx
mately a half million dollars. The
track will have a steeplechase course
and a turfed infield for polo. A goli
course is to be laid out so that ehe
steeplechase jumps will make goli
hazards.
Carleton F. Burke, internationally
famous polo player, will be presiden,
of the track clubhouse. He intends
making II one of the gathering places
of the social and sporting elite of the
entire United States. The clubhouse
will be open the year around.
Evening star., 1923-09-25

But to those followers of the Bust
ness team there is one consolation
to know that of the four regulars
back. two are capable of making their
opponents sit up and take notice. Bob
Greenwood. al1-high tackle of 1922,
and Walter Watt, last years quarter
back. are apt to bring Business to the
limelight if they uncover the same
brand of play that made them stars
last year.
Greenwood has grown considerably
since last year. He now weighs about
175 pounds. His work last year, both
in offense and defense, earned him
the admiration of the four opposing
school teams. He is captain this year.
Walter Watt also is being counted
upon by Coack Kelly. This youngster
was one of the best kickers in the
high schools last fall. He was boot
ing them yesterday for fifty yards.
Watt usually got his punts away
slow. but practice should remedy this
fault.
Cy Cummings. guard. and Barrell
Calker, guard, also received letters.
What distinction Business has gained
on the ,gridiron for the last several
years has been made through
strong, fast line. The lack of speedy
backfield has marred its progress
during this time, according TO Kelly.
If the Business mentor can develop
four or five clever backs and has his
usually strong line, then the Stenog-
raphers will present a formidable
eleven.
Unless the dope is all twisted, Busi-
ness will average 155 pounds this
year. Seven positions will be filled.
Donovan. Bangs. McAuliffe, May, Du-
fef, Main. Copperman and Bromley
are the youngsters who graduated
last year. McAuliffe's loss will be
particularly felt. for he played a
game that sparkled in line plunging
and defensive work.
In addition to the regulars. here
are some of the candidates out for the
| varsity: Linemen Bobys, Munson,
Neriaser. Cameron, Nickol, Mallery,
Hoskinson. Moser Deegan and Nc
Clean. Ends-Gillette, Haas. Koontz.
Graves. Bastable. Berkeley and
Dougherty. Backs-Mudd, Savage.
Enright, Mensch, Furman, Hisle and
Becker.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
2 Collegiate Grid Champions Hard HIT Business High Has Ahead
KEEP ON THE BALL."
Is CROP AT HOPKINS

BALTIMORE, Md, September 25.-
Keep on the balln' beloved Coach
Ray Van orman, to his squad of am
bitious foot ball candidates in the
two-hour practice session at Home
wood Field yesterday. Johns Hop
kins' timber may not be classed as
the most formidable prospects of the
season, but If hard work and willing
ness ever brought about a surprise,
this years Black and Blue squad
should effect an upset.
All of the thirty-odd candidates ap-
pear to be in the finest of physical
condition, but several rough spots are
worrying the bosses. ~
Line Coach Barney OReurke has
sent all of his rockies through the
PAGES. but still not one outstanding
horses. Rolling on the ball, covering
punts, fumbles and loose twisters
occupied the early warming-up seS-
sion yesterday afternoon.
Capt Buck Bonner, who filled in the
gap at quarter for a while last year,
where his line tearing ability will be
more useful Doug Turnbull, one of
the best-looking boys in the pigskin
outfit, Is finding warm spot in the
hearts of j. II. U. boosters with his
smashing tactics Cook looks like
the other half who will start in the
backfield, while Taylor has been sent
in to the hole at quarterback.
This quartet worked behind make
shift line yesterday afternoon, in an
hours scrimmage. The boys do their
stuff with a real system, but the
driving power will stand some jim
provement.
Tex Barton, one of the rough and
ready boys of the squad, is fitting in
at guard and appears to be one OF
the most formidable men on the Of
fense. He was unable to hit his
stride last season, but has gained
confidence and form in the early
training sessions that are now stand
ing him in good stead.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
ICk-CEORCETOWN A. C..
GRID RIVALRY RENEWED

town Athletic Association foot ball
is keen. Over i'll Georgetown these
e and time again for supremacy of
]. of clever gridironers, each combina-
nile most of the independent elevens
the Knicks and Georgetown are well
brisk scrimmages thus far. Already
<hicks. Manager M. Cook, 1927 Wis
TO book a game with the Knicks.
Smith at Lincoln S43-W between
and o'clock.
waverIy gridiron athletes were
booked to practice tonight at 6
o'clock on the Terminal Y. M. c. A.
grounds. Games with the Waverly
eleven can be arranged by calling
Manager Kersey, Franklin s126.
Members of the Argyle Athletic
Club will hold a foot ball meeting
Thursday night at the home of Will
liam Mehler. 1906 Meridian street.
Argyle has booked tough opponent
in the Perry Athletic Club for It's
opening game.
Mount Rainier Emblem Reserves
are seeking games with teams av-
eraging los pounds. Telephone chal-
lenges to Manager Harry Stergess,
Hyattsville 307-R-J.
Seat Pleasant Athletic Association
eleven is rapidly.rounding into shape.
Candidates are expected to report for
practice tomorrow night at Z o'clock.
Manager r. H. Schilke, Lincoln 547S-
w. is booking games for the Mary
land copbination.
Piedmont Athletic Club will stage
its first practice tomorrow on the
Cardoza School Fairgrounds Last
year the Piedmonts mopped up the
field with several colored teams.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
DOUBLES TILT TODAY
AT DUMBARTON NETS

A change in the program Of the
first annual invitation tennis tourna-
ment at Dumbarton Club postpones
the singles final to tomorrow after
noon. leaving only the doubles divi-
sion match for decision today. In the
latter. event Clarence N. Charest and
Wait c. Johnson will be opposed to
Tom Mangan and Paul Kunkel.
Charest and John Temple Graves,
jr., will clash in the singles match
tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
Mangan and Kunkel advanced to
the doubles final yesterday with a
5-7, 7-5, 60 victory over Roland
Ballinger and j. Holt. Charest and
Johnson vanquished Jack Dudley and
Al Gore in a semi final battle, 6-S
6-1, 6-1.
Evening star., 1923-09-25

II IVALRY between the George
n team and the Knickerbockers
two elevens have battled tin
that section. Augmented by an ARA
ton Is confident of its prowess. w
have held only preliminary practice,
advanced and have staged several
Georgetown has hurled def at the.
consin avenue, declares he is ready
Thirty-five candidates of the
Georgetown outfit drilled for three
hours yesterday. Coach Bill Martin
seemed pleased at the outcome. An
other workout will be held tonight
at 1880 o'clock. j. Clark, H. Clark, C.
o'Neil, r. o'Neil, Baker, Sellers, Cha
conas. Cave, Boetler. Plank, Gibson,
Collins. Scanlon. NJ Cook. p. Cook,
Emmett, Dorsett, Calker. Hodge, Nc
Cure: oidheld. Lowe; Nolan. Martin,
erts, Bromley, Daniels. Golden, Brown,
n. Sullivan. A. Clark. r. Chaconas.
Lyddane. Ward and F. Cady are ex-
pected to report.
knickerbockers held their nightly
session of practice. Searchlights from
a number of automobiles supplied the
light. The regular lighting system
on the knicks' field refused to work
Quincy Athletic Club plays it's first
game October z, meeting the Park
view outfit. Practice will be held by
the Quincy gridironers tonight at
1880 O'Clock. Candidates are urged TO
report at 120 Quincy street north
east.
Manager John Smith of the Lexing-
ton Athletic Club is casting about for
games. The managers of the Circles.
York Props, Trinity and De Molay
teams are urged to get in touch with
Evening star., 1923-09-25
WEST POINT NEWCOMERS
SHOW SKILL IN PRACTICE

WEST POINT: n. Y, September
25.1Army's foot bali squad has be-
gun preparations for the opening
gridiron battle here next Saturday
with University of Tennessee. Coach
McEwen has weeded out most of the
dead wood" and the Cadets will be
given some new plays this week.
Hartley, a former quarterback on
University of Georgia eleven. and
Tiny Hewitt, one of Glenn Warmers
best halfbacks at Pittsburgh last
season, are among the new men who
have been doing good work
Evening star., 1923-09-25

The men they are pinning most of
their hopes to are Norris. the former
center. and Blair. the old tackle. OF
course. Milstead. the stalwart Wabash
guard, is available and il worst should
come to worst, one of the positions
could be filled by this giant. But a
man as fast on his feet as Milstead is
ought to be at tackle or in back of the
line. for his speed and activity are not
available at guard in the Yale style of
play. So Norris and Blair are likely
to get their first assignments.
Several correspondents have writ
ten to ask me why the writer gives
other teams such good prospects for
middle west conference honors in view
of that fact that Howard Jones Iowa
team did such wonderful work last sea-
son. The answer is simple. Jones
spent several years building up last
years powerful combination. Now he
has lost not only Locke, who was a
real star. either at quarter or farther
back of the line, but he has lost Min
nick, fine kicker, and Kadesky,< a
star end. His line also will feel the alb
sence of Thompson. Meade and Heldt
So that although he has some good
men coming up, it is big task that he
faces and the odds are against his
Evening star., 1923-09-25
NETWOMEN TO PLAY
FOR TITLE THURSDAY

Play for the singles title in the
annual tournament of the Women's
Tennis League has been set for
Thursday afternoon at o'clock on
the war finance court. The contest :
ants will be determined today when
Alma Krucoff is to meet Helen Sin
clair and. Elizabeth Pyle is to face
at 5.
Drawings for the doubles have
been made and the first-round
matches will be played today and to-
morrow. The drawings follow:
Feen and Webster VS.. Mrs. Pyle and Miss
Pyle; De Sousa and Krucof vs.. Smith and
Clinedinst; Sinclair and Wooden vs.. Ruhlman
and Sewell; Conard and Welchel VS.. Wood
ford and Rohsion.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
NEIDLINGER WITH, YALE
SQUAD FOR FIRST TIME

s NEW HAVEN, September 25.--
While the Yale varsity squad had
two hours of work on the field yes
terday, the extreme heat prevented
anything more strenuous than q
dummy scrimmage. the rest of the
time being spent in individual in
struction.
For the first time this year. Neid-
linger quarterback last season. was
to get hmbered up, while Lyle Rich
sson was at quarterback on, the first
team.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
ONLY FOUR LETTER MEN
In MIKE KELLY''S SQUAD
Stenographers Counting Heavily Greenwood and
Watt, 1922 Stars-Thirty-Five Players Take
Part i'm First Practice
BY ARGYLE FINNEY.

USINESS HIGH faces its campaign bleary OUT
look Ot the thlrty-hve youngsters who responded first
yesterday Tidal
regulars of the 1922 eleven while the Others
Mike Kelly know little about the Business will
cy team-ths fall From yesterday appears
Kelly
will figure the nterscholasc championship serie
While the other high of
behind
however will rapid for his charges
four rival
hour with forward passing receiving punng starting and falling
OF lie
Evening star., 1923-09-25
INTERNATIONAL CLASHES
TODAY IN POLO TOURNEY

WESTBURY, N. Y. September u.s.
The Indian Tigers ride into action to-
day against the American Shelburne
team in the second match of the open
polo championship at Meadowbrook
Field. In another match the Ameri
can Flamingo four plays the British
armY quartet.
There has been lapse of several
days, due to wet weather. since the
first match, in which the Meadow
brook team defeated the Hurlingham
outfit of England
Evening star., 1923-09-25
SECTIONAL TITLE HOLDERS
HAVE LOST GREAT STARS
Princeton, Iowa and California Realize Going Will
Be Tough-Tigers and Hawkeyes Have to
Develop Many New Lnemen.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

considering Princeton California
grdron leaders 1922 the thought How feetng
of intercollegiate championships?
ton Only the uIaenthu the of the
the undergrad and alumni of the
voved-Would to the a
may finds
ballad of golden
what 20 it's today"
They the this Berkeley
looms menacngy Stanford bulk
pack
Ad p;ca l-a :
Evening star., 1923-09-25
TIGERS SQUAD CUT
TO 43 CANDIDATES

PRINCETON, n. J., September 25.-
Coach Bill Roper has announced the
first cut of the 1923 season for the
Princeton foot ball squad. forty three
players being retained on the varsity
and thirty going to the Omelettes
The cut revealed the great wealth
of backfeld material the Tiger
coaches have on hand. OF the forty
three warriors retained five are quar-
terbacks and thirteen backs. The rest
Of the squad includes eight tackles.
seven guards, six ends and three CEN
ters. A
TiiSon. veteran end, appeared in
uniform for the first time yesterday.
The workout lasted three hours in
the blazing sun. Roper sending three
elevenS through elemental plays.
The first eleven lined up as follows:
Ends. Stot and Tyson; tackles, Emery
and Hills; guards, Paschal and How
ard; center, Caldwell; quarterback.
Dinsmore; halfbacks. Beattie and
Snively: fullback, Newby.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
PEAsE COLUMBIA STAR.

NEW YORK, September 25.-George
Pease, the Manual Training High
School quarterback who captained
the Columbia freshman team last
fall. was, as usual the star OF the
Blue and Whites practice at Baker
Field yesterday. Although Pease has
not been playing on the first team.
many believe that Haughtoa has
placed him on the second. eleven for
the sake OF maAing the backfields of
teams A. and % OF about equal
strength.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
WILSON STILL IN RUNNING.

CHARLOTTE. N. c., September 25.
Wilson. Virginia League champion,
remained in the fight with Charlotte,
South Atlantic titleholder, in the
seven-game series. when Quinn. for
the second time. turned Charlotte
back and won his game, to 8. The
count now stands three wins for
Charlotte and two for Wilson.
Evening star., 1923-09-25

ana winter.
There are many arguments in ia
voF of either method. The drop
kick supporters claim that their kick
is gotten. off more rapidly than the
other and that the chances of error
are less because only one man han
dies the ball after it is passed-the
kicker. Those using the place-kick
claim it is better method because
the kicker may concentrate entire
ly on kicking the ball, as another
man holds it for him. Each side
claims their method of. kicking Is
| more rapidly gotten off. We have
found by repeated tests that the
! place-kick is yard or two under
when the drop-kick starts.
This advantage is offset by the
fact that the drop-kicker has one
more player to protect the kick than
the place-kicker. In the latter In
stance this extra player holds the
ball.
Dropkickers who crouch low and
| receive the pass knee high, kicking it
| instantly, as Princeton worked it
| last fall, probably have a slight ad-
I vantage over place-kickers. But in
wet weather the place-kick is about
the only one that can be made. for
| a dropped ball on such days usually
skids instead of rebounding. as a
Evening star., 1923-09-25
W0MAN's MEET LIST GROWS

NEW YORK, September 24.-En-
tries for the national women's track
and field championships, to be held
at Newark, N. j.. Saturday. al
ready include stars from Boston
Philadelphia. Baltimore, New Haver
and Bridgeport, Conn; Paterson, N
j., and New York.
Evening star., 1923-09-25

ball must for a drop kick Accurate
low passing by the center is the one
factor that makes either kick certain
Copyright. 1921
tSoI Metsoer, our foot ball er-
pert, and one of the foremost foot
bali coaches IN the country. DilI an
St0er any questions about playing
foot ball sent him, care Of the sport
department. if return, stamped,
euUeloDe is tnclosed)