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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-11

The Braves, languishing at the tail
end Of the circuit. were directly re
sponsible yesterday for the Cards half
game loss to the Cincinnati Reds and
the Pirates, who spent the day in a
futile effort to solve the second-place
problem decisively. The Braves smote
st. Louis Justify, II to 3. while Cincin
natl and Pittsburgh won games from,
each other by the same score. 5 to 2
The threat the Braves offer to the
three contenders can hardly be min,
imtzed As all three leaders must meet
them shortly. Boston has a habit OF
taking coptous defeats in their foreign
tours, only to turn upon invaders of
their home park with dire results to
pennant aspirat tons. The Cardinals
have three more games with the Hub
men. Cincinnati two and the Pirates
three. In home games played against
this trio this season, just half, or IL
out OF "a battles. have gone the Bos.
ton way.
1t was the SAME Boston team that
proved hard for Pittsburgh to defeat
last season when the world champions
were cruising pennantward.
The Hornsby clan. resuming work
after a two.day lay-off, played ragged
ly yesterday. and Grover Cleveland
Alexander. ace OF the round robin
series that brought st. Louis through
to the top, was battered from the
peak, and with Reinhardt, Welded IS
hits. Thevenod. Cardinal shortstop
made three costly errors.
Red Lucas was supreme in sthe
Reds victory over Pittsburgh. He al.
lowed McKechnie's men but four hits
In the second game. after Rixey had
dropped tight pitching tussle with
Ray kremer in the first.
Philadelphia emulated Boston. ris.
ing to smite the Chicago Cubs, s to 4
and break Guy Bush's record Of eight
straight victories. The defeat pushed
the Bruins three games below third
place. Dennis Sothern a recruit from
the Middle Atlantic League hit a
double and a home run in his frst ap
pearance as a Quake
Heavy silence shrouded the leaders
in the American League, with ST.
Louis hating the six-game winning
streak of the Chicago White Sox, 8 to
4, in the only game played. The game
went 10 frames. and McCurdy, Chi
cago catcher. lad his record of 10
hits in 10 successive times at bat
broken when he was within one OF
tying the world record.
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U. S.'lINKS HONORS
SOUGHT BY BRITONS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHORT HILLS y. r.. September
11.-Smarting under three staggering
blows delivered by American golfers
on British soil this year. England has
sent two able players to launch a
counter thrust at Baltusrol next week
in the national amateur champion
ship.
Eustace F. Storey and Maj. c. B.
Ormerod will reopen the international
conflict in an effort to balance the
winning by American stars of the
British oDen and amateur titles, to-
gether with successful defense by the
United States Of the Walker cup.
That their challenge is likely to be-
come a serious threat has been in.
Dictated In two impressive practice
rounds BY Storey. Each time he
posted a %, the best practice scoring
this week
Jess Sweetser. first America born
man to carry off the British amateur
crown. will not, be able to shoulder
mashie and nibleck in the home de-
tense. He is recovering from III
health.
But Bobby Jones' defending title
holder and winner of both the British
and American open championships,
ALREADY mas DeEun preparations 10
meet the invasion. Behind him will
be Ouimet. Guilford. Gardener, Gum.
Mackenzie and Won Elm. remaining
members of the octet which repulsed
Britain's attempt to wrest interna-
tional links supremacy from America.
Like the tourna ment Of 1925. next
weeks championship test will be an
experiment in new tournament con
ditions.
= The value of the seeded draw. al
ready accepted as successful in tennis.
will be tested for the first time on
the links. After 80 players have been
qualified in 36-hole medal play on
Monday and Tuesday. eight men to be
selected by the tournament committee
as outstanding conteoders will be
seeded among the 81 aualif1ers for
match play
Restoration Of the number OF
aualifiers to 50 has been favorahiy
received by golf followers after the
1925 experiment under which a re-
ductioD to 16 contenders knocked out
such old favorites as Ouimet. Marston.
Evans and Gardener.
With this return 20 old conditions
has come change in the first two
match rounds which will be limited,
to IS holes. Both will be played on
Wednesday.
The rounds on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday will be ever the resula
tion S6.hoie route.
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DEMPSEY ALWAYS
FIGHTS RIVALS WAY
By the Associated P"eas.
AMI A.TT~ T.yvr,y-


ATLANTIC CITY. y. j.. September
l1.-Jack Dempsey always fights the
other fellows way. And this principle
Is to be the basis Of his tactics when
defending his title from Gene Tunney.
II always fight the other fellows
way" the. champion said. II figure
that II I'm champion I ought TO be
good enough to match any style OF
fighting that is put before me. If I
fought in the same manner In each
fight some clever fellow would be able
to fathom the weak points in that
style and beat me. And there are. of
course. weak points in any manner
OF fighting. Therefore ! always let
the other fellow start something and
I try my best to finish like he started
it," .ra
1t is the belief of Dempsey that If
you Immediately show your opponent
you are willing to fight his way, then
prove to him you are a better man
at that style. you will discourage and
dishearten him.
Dempsey's workout Yesterday after
noon after three days idleness was
witnessed by ring celebrities. includ-
ing Benny Leonard. Many of the ex-
perts expressed the opinion that
Dempsey still needed a lot of hard
work. but he could reach top form.
Dempsey has sent a message of
good will to TUnney. The champion
said he hoped Tunney was training
we'll and would be in excellent condi
ton He assured the challenger of
his friendship-outsid side the ring-and
said he did not believe all of the
boasting statements attributed to
Tunney about how he would knock
out the champion in a round or less
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brought me the hnCst thlnR man
tried an1 true friends and not fair
stuck to me through thick and thin
TX to me.
ing contest with Jack Dempsey. They
are praying for me. they say; they
send me sacred emblems. tokens of
good luck. little gifts. | appreciate
these things more than | can tell and
I'd like nothing more than the oppor.
tunity to meet every person who has
written me here at Stroudsburg. and
offer my heartfelt thanks. However
that is impossible. and it is, likewise
impossible for me to answer every let
ter that comes my way. My days are
too much tAen up by training for the
match which | so confidently believe
will result in my being crowned cham
pion. I can tell of my gratitude
through this column. however. And
now to these friends let me repeat:
Il am going to be heavyweight cham
pion,'
This may smack of ,bragga docio, but
il Is merely a firm conviction on my
part that | am a better pugilist than
is Jack Dempsey. We're / not certain
of that nothing would. induce me to
meet him, for I most assuredly would
not enter into contest backed by the
money and well wishes of my friends.
if I did not know that would win for
them.
Copyright. l926.l
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o ana Wnen I nPdIfl
that Busch had only been in II fghts
weighed only 40, and was feet I?
inches tall 7 didn't expect much. Put
that boy is good-awfully. awfullv
good He is very clever. he steps
around nicely he knows how to take
care Of himself. how to hit-aud ~
can take it, He's a boy with real
ring future or I'm guessing wrong.
: Mike Arnold is n good mau-iuS'
about as good as any that Tunney has
Jimmy Brown. the mddieweight from
Panama is streak vt lightning
JOHNNY Sa xon and Frankie Carpentier
are mighty good men. too.
My sparrers range in weight from
the 230 pounds that Bill carries +"
about 1875 for Saxon, They are or all
shapes and sizes, and ! figure that.
grouped together. they make an ideal
crew. For one or the other provides
me with whatever I need to get prop
erly tuned-speed. defense. mauline
clinching or punching practice.
OF course. Gene may he Highland
the record hooks and the stories o.
the ring achievements OF my sparrinG
partners may be all wrong. But
think nv mates are the best tha1 any
champion ever had. If Gene thinks
his are better, why, perhaps we could
match the boys up some afternoon
his partners and mine-and see which
crowd is better.
Or if Gene thinks my boys are So
easy To knock over. why. 7 might get
soft hearted some day and give the
boys rest by letting them go over
to GeneS camp and letting him try
to knock them over. \,
l do want to be nice to Gene In any
way that I can--until4the gong bangs
After that it's going to be surprising
1v different-fOr Gene.
t (CoryriKht: 1922
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Although he has high hopes of land
ting his outfit in the runner-up berth
this season. Bucky Harris does not
tntend to drive his Nationals along
without giving any attention to the
new talent that comes his way before
the finish. He has said that s fast
as pitchers recently purchased and re.
turned from farms report he will look
them over carefully .and those who
seem capable enough will be given
turns on the slab.
Those who have been serving reg.
ularly on the hill for the Nationals for
some time Will have plenty to do, but
the manager figures that there will be
enough work during the next couple
OF weeks TO keep all members Of the
mound corps busy.
Jones First 10 Report
First of the new talent to report il
Decatur Jones. one of the three right.
hand fingers purchased from Chatta-
nooga Of the Southern Association
Jones has been hurting very well in
the Dixie circuit and is one of the
three or four Of the entire lot of slab
recruits lately bought Of which Presi-
dent Griffith and Manager Harris ex-
pect much.
Jones arrived here late last night
greatly in need Of good rest after a
tedious journey from the South. He
was to be out in uniform this after
noon. He is a tall fellow with a deal
or weight right now and likely TO fill
out more before next training season
rolls around
Joe Carroll. purchased from Little
Rock, and Lefty Thomas. brought
back from Birmingham by way of
Rochester. were expected 10 breeze
into the Nationals headquarters here
at any time today.
Natives Pulling for Reds.
Now that the Indians seem to be out
~ the running for the pennant. Cleve-
land fans are not showing much inter.
est in the American League campaign.
but they are quite excited over the
scrap in the National League. Stores
in the heart ofathe city and even in
the residential sections are posting
inning scores of games in which the
Cards, Pirates and Reds are involved
Loyal Ohioans that they are, the
Forest City fans still are roofing for
the Cincinnati club to get the flag.
and after the Reds, they are strong
for the Cards.
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MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
svra,u.e 9 Buffalo
Baltimore 2 Jersey Cry. /
Newark 4 Reading =.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Earsss CIV =: ST Paul =
Toledo = Trdisrlnc''s :
Louisville. II Co'umhrs J.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
aatlsra . New Orleans
Nashville s Little Rock. o
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
witsn, s Norfolk q
Pe-tsrouth :: Eichnlond J.
Petersburg g Kinston. =
PIEDMONT LEAGUv
Winston Salem. 20 ! Salisbury. -.
nr-ham 4: Ra'eTh
Greensboro 10; Hieh POM :.
aoUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
rharlotte 8 Asheyile .
Columbia. 8: Augusta. g innings. tie
rncIvill., 3, Greenvile. III innings Il,
spartsnburs at Macon. postponed 'rain,.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Houston IL Waco l,
Shreveport :: Dalia. 8
San Antonio a Beaun.ont
Fort Worth. 49,: Wichita Fails. SIS.
FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE.
Sanford 5: Bradenton .:
lakeland 4 Orlando .
At Petersburg. 3: ~. Myers ~
Tampa. SIS. Sarasota. >.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
ErdsnS. 5: sscrsren,e. :.
jar francisco. s Hollywood. ..
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Famous Battles
for
Heavyweight Title

Jack Johnson tore a page from
Uncle Remus" in defeating Stanley
ketchel In the twelfth round al CoIma.
Calf. July 4, 1907. "Br'er Postum
showed johnson the way.
Ketchel drove home a series of ter
rife smaShes to the champions head
Johnson simulated grogginess and the
challenger rushed in to finish him.
Suddenly the negro came to life and
Ketchels charge was stopped by a
right and left to the jaw. either of
which might have felled an OK in the
Judgment of expert opinion of the
day. -.--
The loser was severely criticized by
his friends. who declared that he was
guilty of carelessness in placing him
self in a receptive position for the
telling blows.
No information was available. how
ever, that Ketchel had heard of the
tactics of "Br'er Possum" in playing
dead when he was very much alive.
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HORSE WINS FOR OWNER.
WHO is IN NEED OF CHEER
By the Associated Press.

bH ms Associated Press.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, September IL
A sick, elderly man. who had trained
horses and faithfully entered them
In races for 10 years, is happy to-
day because his horse won for the
first time In q decade
Robert Larsen. So. too i'll to climb
up TO the grandstand at the Mime
sofa State Fair Friday. sat beside
the stall of his beloved horse. Gilded
Parkwood, and feebly cheered as 1t
won the $1,000 Sweepstakes and d
silver cup. The race was the 2:25
pace.
Injured in an automobile accident
last Summer Larsen LEFT his bed TO
see the races. When his horse won
he expressed his simple philosophy:
Well. a fellows got to lose lots 20
appreciate winning"
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and without any shock or bruises.
You sort of wrap YOUR body around
the ball as you fall on 1t as the
sketch shows
This may not feel so good the first
day. Don't overdo it, But work in
some Of that practice every afternoon
you're out on the field this Fall. 1t
is very important TO have II men
who can fall on the ball There are
sure to be fumbles in every game,
maybe from your side and maybe
from the other club. Be ready to
pounce on the ball when it gets loose
from the carrier.
I forgot to say at the start Of this
practice that you should wear your
padded jerseys and pants today. for
when YOU fall on the ball you need
some padding Pads on the shoulders
and elbows OF Your jersey should be
arranged in such a way that they will
protect the point Of the elbow and
the bones Of the shoulder. Don't
have them big and cumbersome.
Next-Ali Foot Hall
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DENCi0 FIGHTS MEYERS
IN ANNAPOLIS TONIGHT

ANNAPOLIS. Md September IL
Young Dencio Of Washington meets
Johnny Meyers. Army fiyweiRht
champion. here tonight in an eight
round boxing match at the Severn
base ball park
Gillio Dennis meets Kid Woody,
and George Leslie faces Harry
Groves in six-rounders. In three
four-round matches Sammy Hogan
takes on Jose N'illes. Ted Walcott
meets Bat Brashears, and Mixer
Mitchell steps with Young Toby.
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EDERLE ASKS RACE WITH
MICHEL ACROSS CHANNEL

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. September
11.-Gertrude Edel'le. the frst girl to
swim the English Channel. wants to
race Georges Michel. the Paris baker,
who was successful yesterday. across
the famous waterway next Summer.
She alos sent welcome home"
message to Mrs. Clenington Corson
the first mother to swim the English
Channel.
Welcome home said the tele.
gram.
Am sorry engagement here in
Philadelphia prevents meeting YOU
personally. Good luck
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ight he'd marry He got the notion
lughed him out OF it. Hc'i wind up
lain it pure puppy love. Then he'd
dy and Id have to do the father stuff
but once.
lg heart impulses. He liked and dis
IS of tornado. But I still insist that
psey. III tell you why. She was the
| that is genuine. even If it is rough
creature. witty. peasant and cork
her. and Dempsey did.
him that I had opened it by mistake.
He was good natured about it, but he
was sly as great lovers have to be.
The cream Of the correspondence /
didn't always get. He beat me to 1t
sometimes, but in the nlt,in. shielded
him from a lot of trash that even he
couldn't have laughed off.
= One fellow came along one time
who fancied that his daughter had
taken too deep an interest in Jack
and he wanted to bump him off. He
had his cap pistol with him and no
mistake. You don't suppose that |
troubled the champion with that kind
OF stuff, do you: I gave the fellow a
hundred dollar bill. showed him the
6-foot drop and the end OF a rope
finale to anything like he contem-
plated and chased him.
He would have killed Dempsey as
sure as fate. Dempsey doesn't know
that to this day and won't unless he
reads these lines.
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TUNNEY is so FIT
He REDUCES BOXING
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STROCDSBCRG. Pa. September
11.-Gene Tunney's boxing program
was ordered reduced to four rounds
to guard against the possibility of
too fine an edge early. He has been
going six rounds each afternoon. and
much Of the time in Spectacular he
boxed eight rounds.
Tunnev himself is pleased with
his condition at the moment. Loui
Fink his trainer. and Billy Gibson.
his manager, share his satisfa ction
The challenger is confident that
that he will win the championship.
He does not believe that Dempsey's
sledge- hammer blows can hurt him,
for he has convinced himself that he
can take it,
He also believes that he can hit
hard enough to knock out Dempsey.
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10 lI(lOSlNC'
Headquarters will he At Chalfonte-
Haddon Hail. to which point play
ground supervisors, leaders and health
specia lists will be drawn 10 exchange
views in open meetings and to gain
new inspiration for their work or
tea aching Young people how to play.
Nationally-known lecturers, recrea
ton and medical heads will address
the convention. offering suggestions
and assistance in building up a CON
structive program OF outdoor activities
for the ensuing year.
Semi.f1nalists for the interplay
ground net championship. will clash
Monday on the Bloomingdale courts,
according to Maude Parker. director
Of girls activities.
Teresa Breen and Alice Brown OF
Garfield, the combinat ton favored by
many to win the title, will face the
New York avenue defenders. Virginia
Ryan and Margaret Moore. while
Judith Fishburn and Louise Raft of
Mitchell Park will oppose Bertha
Ryan and Emily Harrington of Bloom
ingdale.
Winners of these matches will play
for the title Tuesday, on the same
COuIlS. OOIu WIN W q W n NSN
the championship team.
Collecting % points by placing first
in four events and second in a fifth.
Theresa Rrown won highest individ-
ual score in the Payne playground
track meet yesterday. Thelma John
son topped the cards on the Howard
field, gathering 20 tallies also BY dupli-
eating the Payne winners per-
formance of ( firsts and ! second.
Helen Flynn scored over Willow Tree
contenders with &c points to her
credit.
Summaries:
Payne Play ground.
70-pound class: 40:yard dash-Won by
Florence Perry; second. Geraldine Westray j.;
third. Mary Brown.
RUNNING high Gsan. h. ss1s
n: TS.e% d.3sws. b. ANNE ANN
Bsisneinsmwon By Mary pro.n; second
A sbspounG T" class: 50.ysrd dssn-Won BY
B.ox. ssssnd Gladys franklin
EranEiin: second. Theresss BroVE third
Brown: second. GLADYS Franklin; third,
Throw Tor distance-won By Theresa
Brown: second, Gladys Franklin. third
NoTe.tv rarewwon by Theresa Brown
second. Gladys franklin; third. Odessa Hol
lsway.
i00-pound class: 60-yard dash-won by
Vera Yates: second. Olea Hale; third c.
celia Matthews.
Running high iunp-won by Vera Yates;
second, Olea Hale: third. Cecilia Matthevs
second, Cecilia Aatahsws; third, Cecilia
Fenyich.
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Watts Indian Series With Tn Bill yLauds His Partners
NET TOURNEY FINAL
IS INTERCITY CLASH

Hugh McDiarmid Of Western High
School was to face Louis Kurland of
Baltimore at Chevy Chase courts
early today in the final of the annual
schoolboy championship tennis tour
ney.
McDiarmid earned try at the
Harding Memorial trophy and the
District junior title yesterday when
he eliminated Yeomans in a three
set match. 6-1. 50. 60.
Kurland. who sprang the biggest
surprise of the tourney on Thursday
by putting, Dooley Mitchell. local
pubic courts champion. out of the
running, reached the final at the ex =
pense of Freddy Dodge. The scores
were 60, So
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SET TO DECIDE RUNNER.UP
BERTH IN PENNANT BATTLE
Criffs Must Take Three Out of Four to Have Good
Chance to Overhaul Tribe-Decatur Jones
First of New Pitchers to Report.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

September lseond place wrested from the
4 tina be
the American League before leaving
would
land
As the started the Nationals
That
a cuisines for
Aef Cleveland the but
ohoud they themselves back Of
they would
dams took o finish OF iris Speakers
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CHAMP ASSERTS HE HAS
BESTBATCH IN THE CANE
Jack Perfectly Willing to Match His Training
Assistants Against Those of Tunney to
Demonstrate They Are Classy Lot.
BY JACK DEMPSEY.

A TANTIC CITY y i September ilsome Of these days
~ happen read what Tunney has
been saying about thnand then they liable jumping
Genes comeback when he hears that I'm bouncing around
and dropping ewis:
Wei who couldn't Dempscys got poor sparring
partners Anybo beatt them
Bill Tate chief parring partner And
Harry Wills
Bill obhgdand knocked the wadng
the
time couldn't drag Harry II he ring wit Bill.
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$4,000 RACE HORSE
POISONED BY MISTAKE

CHICAGO. September II R).-
Captain Hal, recognized as the great.
est stake horse of the year. died in his
stable yesterday from poison. A sta
ole hand. intending to give the animal
some linseed OIL mistakenly fed him
dose of poison.
Captain Hal. owned by five tobacco
clerks at Louisville, in his last eleven
starts won nine races and placed sec
ond In the remaining two. His owners
rated him in>Salue at $40, 900.
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associ ated Press.
CHICAGO. - Midget Smith. New
York, beat Archie Bell New York UW.
CLEVELAND, Paluso,
Salt Lake City. defeated Billy Wal
lace, San Francisco G2). Pico
Ramios, San Francisco. beat Johnny
Moore, Pittsburgh 8).
HARTFORD, Conn..-Johnny Riske,
Cleveland. and Pat Mccarthy, Boston
fought a draw 02). Jack Cagon. New
bedford, Mass. knocked out Young
Peterson, Detroit Gu r. 4.
FARGO, n. Dak.-Billy Petrolle,
Fargo, n. Oak. beat ALI Simons. light
weight champion Of Great Britain
00) Redy Fry. St. Paul. and
Johnny Mack, Mime polls, drew (6).
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TODAY'S GAMES.
ST. Louis at Boston.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati a. Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at New York. =,
SWIMMING MEET TODAY.

Eight events make up the program
Of the final swimming meet Of the
season at Wardman Park pool today
at $50. South Atlantic champion
ships will be awarded In the 220-yard
free style for men and the 2o0-yardl
breast stroke for women
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VIRGINIA NEEDS GUARDS.

UNIVERSITY. Va. September II.
Development OF guards for the Viz
Einia foot ball team is worrying
Earle Neale. head coach. He is hav-
ing a difficult task filing the places
left vacant by Mackan and Cockriil
Fast guards are needed in Virginia s
style Of play If strength and weight
alone were required. the matter
would be solved.
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dempsey. Demp'
sey loved and was
ms a nelly jealous
by turns. His
jealousy over her
ended up In a. free.
for-all battle one
night at Fanny
Wards II o u s e .
Jack sicked big
Bill Tate on Teddy
Hayes and there
came near being a
tragedy over it.
I picked up a
stray letter in
Tedd.y's bathrobe
one day and, with
never a thought
Of Jacks flying off
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