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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-17
it and that is all that is ncces-

like it and that is all that is ncces-
sary.
"Thc hitting for several years has
dominated the game and with that
condition existing inside baseball has
suffered
When | asked him if there were
any feature of play in which he
noted decided difference, he an.
swered thusly. almost before / had
finished my question::
"Thcrc was more fight in the old
days. A majority of the players were
more aggressive and this made for
kcencr competition"
must agree with Ty on that angle.
but have no solution to offer for such
a condition.
Master Pitcher
Grover Cleveland Alexander has
lost some Of the sip on the fast
bah that once made him the greatest
rival Of Walter johnson but he is
still some pitcher.
Ordinarily when ! have an off day
the ball park is one place / shun.
was in Chicago recently with the
afternoon off and the Cubs were
scheduled to play the Cardinals.
! really had no intention Of going
to the ball game until | learned that
Alexander was slated to pitch. l
hadn't seen him in action since the
1915 world series between he Phila-
dclphia Nationals and Boston Red
Sox, in which | was one Of the UNI
| pires.
Big Attraction
| At that time Alexander was at the
| height Of his career. He had every
| thing including a side-arm fast ball
| that fairly whistled as it sped to the
| plate.
| Incidentally. there was the great
| Rogers Hornsby as an extra incen-
!! tive TO take in the game. Here was
the champion batsman arrayed against
| the old master. Some attraction.
| 1t didn't take but few balls to
! convince me that the good old right
arm Of Alexander had suffered from
/ the wear and tear Of many hard
+, seasons. There was a bit of effort
| rather than smoothncss to his de.
| livery but it was easy<to see that he
was still a master pitcher.
He won his game. 3-2. and gave a
/ fine exhibition Of pitching in which
! his brain served to better purpose
1 than his arm.
Slow Ball Asset
! Discussing pitching with Alexander
and the changes that have crept int
the game since he made his debut l;
! years back, he remarked:
The lively ball has made quit
a difference in the art Of pitching
might say the lively hall mad
a slow ball necessary part of ever
pitchers repertoire.
"Thc fast one and the curve is al
!, ] used for years and was prctt
successful but when they slipped tn
rabbit ball into the game l wa
forced to develop a slow one.
"The slow ball cuts down the powe
Of the batter because it has tend
ency to upset him. keep him off hi
stride. prevents him from getting
I toe-hold, because he is never quit
certain when the pitcher is going
slip over a change Of pace.
"The batsman. need only meet
fast ball to get distance; the spec
Of the ball helps supply the powc
On the other hand. when the bate
swings at slow one. all the in
petus must come from the swing.
mo yOungster can now hope TO
success as a pitcher unless he ha
slow ball. That feature is thu
most drastic change that has take
place in pitching"
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The Referee

f.f X Z
what was the, outcome Of the bout
between Eddie Huffman and Eddie
TremMley, held in Californis hast
year?G. II. J.
naffmsa wsn % kayo id third
What's the largest number OF shut
outs Grover Alexander has pitched
in i season ?-F. G. L.
Slxteen IN 1915
Il this Locke's hast season at Ne
braska ?--F. G.. N. ~.
Yer.
when did JAck Brjtton and PeAny
Leonard NEST IN, the ring and what
was the outcome IF. q. H..
Met = 1914, osittpn waan3ag - =
foal + tWelftA.
when did Lee Meadows, fibts-
bdtah pitcher, make his major league
debut IS. d. 8.
laelD1S With 81. Loais Cardinals.
What lMas the result u the 1ichi-
esnlQhfo 6tate track meet = fe16 -
s - ~. -, y - Il.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-17
MICHIGAN Is
In THELEAD!.IN
BIG TEN RACE
Wisconsin Has an Opportuni
ty to Push Illinois Out
of Second Place

Chicago, May 17.-LP-With Mich
igan leading, western conference
baseball teams today started on the
final three weeks of the season. Was
consin has q chance at Urbana to take
second place from Illinois. Michigan
is playing ut Iowa and Ohio state ut
Purdue. :,
Iowa figures in two mid-wcck
games, playing ut Northwestern We'd
ncsday and at Minnesota on Thurs
day and Ohio state has Fridays lone
engagement at Ann Arbor. Satur-
days schedule sends Purdue to Chi
cago, Indiana to Minnesota, Illinois
40 Michigan and Wisconsin to North
western.
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CARPENTER
TRAINING FOR
HUFFMAN BOUT
Victory in Friday Nights
Match Would Give French.
man Chance at Title

New York, May 17.-[RD-Ccorgcs
Carpenter, former worlds light
heavyweight boxing champion, il 60
ing through Is rounds daily at Allan
tic City for. his bout in Madison
Square Garden next Friday night
with Eddie Huffman. the sailor from
the Pacific COST.
Victory in this contest will bring
the colorful .Frepchman consideration
in his plan to gain y chance 1t the
title which he lost to the late Battling
Sikh in Paris. The crown was OBJ.
tanned by Paul Berlenbach last SUM
mer after Mike McTigue had taken
it from Sikh in Dublin. Carpenters
last previous bout in this country
was with Gene Tunney ut the Polo
Grounds. Tunney scored d technical
knockout in tho 18th round.
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Billy Evans Says

Fighting Spirit
Ty Cobb broke into the American
League in 1905. He is the oldest
active ball player in the league as to
service and years.
Cobb has seen flock of athletes
come and go during his 20 years Of
campaigning in the big show. lie
has mingled with the stars of the
past and present.
Recently in, discussing the faiiure
OF several highly touted phenoms to
deliver. asked Tvrus how he sized
up the game of 20 years ago with
the 1925 vintage.
"It's better in some ways, perhaps
not so good in Others. It's an en-
itirely different style but the fans
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Cambriage: CafiferatA hopes to got
somewhere in the Poughkcepsic re-
gatta. Neither sent team east for
these particular jamIborees last year.
All Of which means the Pacific slope
will be well represented in both
Atlantic area carnivals this season.
INTRODUCING
Frank Shea, former University Of
Pittsburgh track twinkler. Shea
yhoac in the 22O and 44O. One after
noon in 1918 Shea turned the 44O in
~ 3-5. onc-fifth of q second behind
Mcredith's record performance. Shea
won by Is yards. Had he been pressed
he probably would have clipped the
Penn bey's time. On the same day
Shea ran the furlong in q As. Shea
is now an attorney in Pittsburgh:
also finds time to coach the Pitt
thinclads.
Roland Locke. Nebraska's great
sprintcr, has set more records without
getting the powers that be to allow
them than any athlete know. Sew
cral times he's hit the 100 in . 80,
not to dwell on his remarkable run
Of 9.b at the Drake relays. More
recently, as you know. he stepped the
furlong in 20.8, beating Paddock's
world mark. But, despite all this,
Locke's name remains outside the
bracket list. "Too much wind" has
kept his feats from being officially
recognised. Track conditions have
not been taken into consideration,
however, though Locke hung up some
of his best performances in sloppy
going, it would seem . heavy. slow
track would offset . strong wind
but Lockes marks still go uncfcdited.
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IT'S FOR PILES

r. G. Rockestrom. Of 808 Lorraine
Street. Detroit, writes: II suffered
with piles for over 25 years--nothing
did me any good. After my fourth
box Of Peterson's Ointment ! am near
~ cured. tbs the greatest ointment !
ever heard Of" Big box 60 cents at
all druggists. Best for old sores,
ulcers, eczema and rashes.
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NEWS BRIEFS

Mohammcd vi, who abdicatcd as
Sultan Of Turkey in 1922, dies ut San
Reno, Italy.
British governments estimates gem
clal strike cost 2OO,OO0,O0O pounds
sterling less than coal strike of
1921.
Dr. William Marx accepts Germany
chancellorship, announcing he will
retain the Luther cabinet.
John Barrel announces in Atlantic
City his withdrawal from Vermont
senatorial race to reduce the number
of President Coolidge's friends in the
race.
Premier BRAND and Finance Minis
ter Perct prepare to fight for rati-
fication Of Washington debt settle
Mcnt.
Albert w. Gilchrist, former gov
crnor Of Florida, dies in New York.
Relief boats take $50 passengers to
Miami, Fla. from Clyde Liner Seneca.
aground IN Miami harbor.
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MONDAY, MAY II, 1926

on the bases, Invariably takes "a
position 10 to Is feet back of first
base, slightly in foul territory.
It is possible for hard hit ball
down the first base line to 50 Eng
lish". after it passes that base in fair
territory to cause it to. come into
contact with the umpire who is stand
ing lin foul territory and is unable
to avoid being hit. Ia
When Auch q thing happens the
ball is considered in play, no attcn-
ton being paid to the fact that it did
strike the umpire.
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o 0 0 Q 0 III
State Hospital
o o o 2 ) l -
Two base hits, Gasnik /, Sacrifice
hits Ralph /. Home runs, Peoples 2,
Ralph l, Daugherty l. Stolen bases.
Riley, Casing, Longrie, Ralph, A. j.
Roggy. Struck out by Gasink Z, by
Babbc 6, by Tcel l.. Bases on balls,
off Gasink 1, off Merrill s, off Babbe
4. Hit by pitcher, by McCrill
(Babbc), by Babbc (McCrill and Jack
SOM. Winning pitcher, Gasink. Los
ing pitcher Teel. =
Umpires. Cayou of Bismarck and
Ferguson. Of jamestown.
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Limited number, of Hart
Schaffner & Marx Sport Coats
at greatly reduced prices
Harris Robertson.
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CHANGE OF HEART

CHANGE OF HEART
"Just fancy Jim refusing to marry
you! Didn't you tell him about your
rich widowed aunt?"f
eyes. Maybe that's why he's my
uncle now."-Bullctin (Syiney).
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AND NOT JONES

AND NOT JONES
BLACK: That Jones boy has his
fathers honesty.
WHITE: Well. ! always thought
somab ody had it.--Answers.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
x..s.. ..~>.l

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston Z; St. Louis IL.
Philadelphia 3; Chicago 8.
brooklyn o; Pittsburgh 2.
New York 6; Cincinnati IL.
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WESTERN LEAGUE
Tulsa Sc; St. Joseph 81.
Denver 1913; Lincoln 7-6.
Oklahoma City It's; Wichita 2-15.
Omaha IL; Des Moincs 20.
SATURDAYS RESULTS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Minneapolis 10; st. Paul 2.
Columbus 2; Toledo 16.
Kansas City 6; Milwaukee 3.
indianapolis and Louisville, post
poncd, Derby.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
st. Louis and Boston, postponed,
rain.
Cleveland 4; Washington 8.
Chicago~1: New York 10.
Detroit Q; Philadelphia 8. =,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston Z; St. Louis IL.
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Albert w. Gilchrist, former gov
crnor Of Florida, dies in New York.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-08

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New Britain herald., 1926-04-08

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The Washington times., 1926-08-05

bound for the South, the night
Terry Parker met his death"
my ship was clear of the
Narrows and on the high seas
soon after daybreak. And so
never knew anything about the
Parker case. The trial took
place while / was cruising round
the Gulf ports. I'd never oven
heard Of Terry Parker.
1--WE locked at New York two
days ago. Yesterday I'd the al
ternoon ashore, and seeing the
picture house with a display out
side that looked extra good. !
blew in. 1t was that poster or
Miss Mafalda here that got me.
I'm dyed-in- the-wool movie fan,
and she looked to me like win
ner!
"And so was the play. I'd
never seen the like of 1t. The
audience was all wrought up
about it and l got mighty inter
ested too: it was the scenery that
fetched me, and I recognized the
wharf. as large as life.
T.. Il said SO to the man sitting
next to me. Told him won"
dered how they got it, why.
mate said he. this play is no
dream. it's the real thing! They've
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seen. But she rolie.I ~ her.
sleeves and went to work. And
how she did work! After a while.
the pile began to lessen and she
leaned back against the wall to
rest.
A man stuck his head In the
door.
what you doing in joint like
this. cutie? he said. You don't
But Betty only smiled. > She
was too tired to resent anything.
Encouraged. the cook entered and
sided over to her.
have to work I'll bet.
Not until the cook tried to put
his arm around her did Betty
realize what he was up to. Then
she looked up scornfuIly and
spoke. without moving
Who do you think you are"
she asked him, Damon Navarro,
or Douglas Fairbanks.
The cook backed away and looked
at her. She had not moved even
yet and heA realized that she
didn't feel up to par. But he
gazed at her so steadily that she
went back to the endless pile of
dishes and continued her task.
Several times as the afternoon
advanced, the cook made overtures
toward her. Perhaps he nIea ri
well, but to Betty he was a for
eigner;; besides, she didn't take
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She prayed .hey wouldn't. Fpr
the little spark, that never downs,
still held hope that some miracle
might straighten out the mess
she had made of her marriage.
Back to the restaurant she went
the next morning, and the next
which was Saturday was pay
day. The crude attentions of the
cruder men on the staff dis
gusted her. She had held them
off by. subtle means which were
beginning to fail and she knew
that today must be her last.
Even today she had forseen
trouble enough to warrant wear
ing her holster and placing a
block Of wood to look like the
butt of a revolver. Pay day would
naturally be a time for the men
to celebrate!
She was right in her anticipa-
tion of trouble. BY afternoon she
had found it necessary twice TO
reach for her gun. This gesture
had been sufficient to keep them
clear Of her but It had also
created an air Of hostihty.
ABOUT o CLOCK pO1CSAAtoh 80
tered and spoke to the manager
who motioned him toward the
rear. The officer sought. Betty
out. glanced at the holster and
said:
young woman don't you know
it's against the law to carry q
revolver?
she laughed aloud at that. She
had frightened them into telling
policeman. The officer frowned
until she opened the holster and
showed him what she carried and
told him why. Then he too joined
the merriment. patted her on the
back and found his way out
through the kitchen.
Go Be. Continued Tomorrow
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and Father, /" then laid it down
again.
There came a knock on the
door and she rose and answered it.
"Mr. Cotter brought us some
ice cream" the old lady said,
land we thought perhaps you'd
join u.s."
Thankful for the respite she
went out and visited a few min
utes. But the chat turned into
a regular inquisition into her own
life and as soon as she couid
politely ask, to be excused she
returned to her room and picked
up the pen again.
This time she wrote rapidly:
1--WE are in Chicago" the note
read. 81 do not know how long
we will stay, but wish you
would send me the name of the
town where mailed you the
letter after I was married.
want to write to the minister's
wife.
cared is wonderful. I know
you will. have a hard time for
it was love, overwhelming love
at first sight and nothing else
mattered. It was rash of course
but everything has turned out
all right. Loving you as always,
Betty"
She sealed The letter quickly
and went out to mail it. The
, answer would be the first clue to
a mystery, Of that she was con-
fident. Even now her weakness
of a moment ago was passing
and her determination to solve
the mystery came back full force.
The thought came to her as
she dropped the letter in the box
that they might come to look
up the address but she hoped
they wouldn't. More than that,
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wrapped it UP like a story.
but it's Just the Parker murder
case, and the girl playing the
leadin' part is the sister Of Jill
Seaton. who's in prison for a
thing / believe she's no more
guilty of 1t than you or me.
it. I've been to see this show
myself three times. reckon Con-
gress ought to take it up. They
say the chap who put up the play
is an old detective.
HE told me as much as he
knew about it while the reel went
skidding along, and l watched
A Sure Hit .
"All the country's talking about
with my eyes sticking out. For
there was one scene-just one in
cident above all the others-that
hit me with an uppercut. When
| saw that, / said to myself.
Jack Barton, this is up to you!
You're the man who can turn
the light on
LAS soon as it was finishe T.. l
got out of the house and Wen to
the library. l asked for the old
newspaper files, and read up all
about the Parker trial. When I'd
done that, l. went straight from
the library to the telegraph Of
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by houses, Betty forced herself
to face the facts. It was hard.
One finger traced the fancy border
of her skirt.
Deserted" She said the word
over and over again until it
ceased to Er.rt when she said it,
then added, Broke alone. no
clothes" 1t was getting to be
habit for her to cry whenever
she was alone. The tears rose
now, but she controlled them by
a superhuman effort.
Walking back and forth she
fought it all out with herself. She
was like Gagged thing. Three
steps took her across the room,
three steps and she was back
again. Her stride was more like
that OF a tigress than 1t had been
before she met Jared. He had
given her d great deal In way of
character and understanding, but
why, why had he run away? And
even as the question formed in
her mind she knew the answer.
lie was guilty of something and
he believed that she would carry
out her threat.
Would she really betray him?
She did not know. She loved him
more than anything in the world.
Nothing would change that. He
belonged to her, now and forever.
But although a sense Of right was
inbred, at that moment had she
known how to reach him she
would have wired a promise never
to do anything to hurt him.
So the battle within herself
ragged but in the end she sat down
before the dresser and framed
letter to her parents. They must
never guess why she wrote. The
pen wavered in her fingers. She
started to lay it down, picked 1t
up again, wrote Dear Mother
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NOlO Continue

FINALLY Betty made her way
1 outside and paused undecided.
Her eve swept the hurrying crowds.
everyone bent on reaching his
own work. while she stood. like
derelict with no place to 90.
CHANGING down at the show-win-
dow she caught sight OF a card
that read dishwasIer wanted
After a minute she turned and
: went slowly back into the restau-
rant.
who is the proprietor? she
asked the man at the cash regis
ter.
II am the manager"
You ought to see me wash
dishes.
How much would it cost? The
man was Rrinning.
How much would you pay?
Fifteen dollars a week and
your food.
Done Betty stuck her hand
: across the counter and the man
grinned as he shook it. He called
TO one OF the bushboys.
Take this lady back and SHOW
her the dishes" he sail. and
winked.
The bushboy smirked ami jerked
his head toward the rear. Betty
followed. until she faced the big
,gest pile of dishes she mad ever
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THE stranger was a broad
l. stockily-built man Of about ~
with a bronzed face and intel.
ligent brown eyes. He. wore
blue uniform with brass buttons
and two gold bands on his
sleeves. His peaked cap hung
on the back Of the chair and
bore the badge of the Yellow Star
Line.
John Barton" said Quinn,
''let me present you to Miss
Diana Parker. Miss Ma
falda Seaton."
John Barton, with a seamans
eye for two uncommonly pretty
girls, shook the hands extended
to him.
He turned, with some embarrass-
ment, to Diana. He seemed quite
at loss how to begin; his distress
was so obvious that Diana at once
came to the rescue.
Il, too. shall have to hear the
truth" she said quietly "but l
am Terry Parker's sister, and 1t
will be difficult for you to speak
Of him before me. Mr.. Quinn will
inform me afterward; l will come
back when you have done. if you
do not mird."
The others agreed with a relief
that was only second to that of
Barton. AS soon as she had left
the room the company seated
themselves, and with eager expec.
tation awaited Barton's news.
I'm make it as short as l can"
he said diffidently. "I'm not much
Of a talker. and it's a queer sort
of story I've got to tell you. DO
you mind if smoke? 1t will help
me out.
81 am second officer of the 8.
s. Wyvern." He nodded TO Frank.
'One of your fathers ships. !
sailed on her from New York
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cIfe MAGIC EYE By John Goodwin

flee and sent wire to the chief
of the Ross Film Company, whose
address l got out Of the directory.
In two hours 1 had an answer to
it,"
Barton turned to Frank.
1.-The Magic Eye is a great
picture play" he said. Its mighty
to the mystery Of the Parker case.
But-there's one thing wrong
with it. One real mistake"
Barton knocked out his pipe.
It's where Parker is rescued
out of the river by the chap
who picked up the hatpin," he
said deliberately. 1.-THE fellow
you call Ell Greco. He waits.
you'll remember, on the river
front lower down, and he meets
Parker swimming ashore
then comes the fadeout!
That's wrong" said Barton
quietly. 1T didn't happen like
that. And now I'll tell you how
1 know. That film of yours has
fixed the guilt where it belongs
Mr.. Quinn. You were wide of the
mark in that one place-but not
so very wide"
He rose from his chair and
faced them.
my ship lay in port that
. night. At five in the afternoon
was cruising about in the ships
dinghy and visited one of my
friends.
Soon after dark coming back
l was abreast of the wharf when
] heard somebody splashing and
spluttering, and saw a boat
adrift, close astern Of an old
lighter moored way below the
wharf 1a
Ito Be Continued TOmOrrOW.l
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The Story OF q Woman Who. Placed Her
Whole Future in the Scales of
the Goddess of Love.
The Story Thus Far

se4ty Fresn was hit eighteenth
Is to
happened! Her
optics of The blood
to suddenly
met
with
hadgO
to
fo
hereo rgua with decided
a
telling her wild
the oil m0rF!
letter
Methodist As
The OIdm man
90
n the Windy City alone She is to have
fore she finds her missing husband.
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like that Is just to laugh him
off,. why flatter him and his
new love By letting yourself slip
into shabby. hopeless frame Of
mind and appearance and cut
yourself off from all the other
wonderfully fine men in the world
who can appreciate you as much
as he did?
Talking like Poilyanpa and
looking like the wreck Of the
Hesperus don't fool anybody.
Just snap out of it and look
I great, and you don't have to say
anything to a soul