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The Long-Drawn-Out Season.

The Long -Drawn-Out Season.
TT IS more than likely that the play
ing season for the national pastime
will be shortened next year. At
/ any rate, Mr.. E. B. Barnard, presi-
dent of the American League, Is
very much for it. In fact, he was for
1t in advance of the present season,
which is coming to somewhat lugu-
brious close. The pennant races were
settled long ago and the other clubs
were just playing out the schedule.
At the Yankee Stadium the other
day the slim crowd of customers sug-
gested the lean days of the old Yankees
when Frank Farrell owned that club.
At other parks in both circuits the
crowds consisted, for the greater part,
of base ball writer's and homeless per-
sons with passes who had no other
place to go. Apparently they went to
the base ball parks to enjoy the solitude
that is found only in large stadia on
the days when the customers stay away.
OF course, the weather kept many
of those who might have gone to
the Yankee Stadium from force Of
habit at home, where they could
soak in the steam heat. But the
weather Is not entirely accountable.
If the YankS had not been crowded
out of the top to q mathematical
certainly, as the boys call it, there
might have been more customers.
It is said of Cincinnati that If the
Reds lose the first game the customers
remain away for the rest of the year,
unless it should happen that the Reds
should recover in midseason and forge
to the top by about Ave games or bet
ter. Then some of them may come
back, But it. was only once in the his
tory of the Reds that anything like that
happened, and that miracle was fol-
lowed by the fixing Of the world series
that resulted.
The famine In customers at the
Yankee Stadium is backing for the
George NJ Conan statement that New
York loves a winner Incidentally,
New York (meaning the Island Of Man.
hattan) has no particular use for q
loser, or even for a team in second
place. In Brooklyn, larger borough,
they follow their base ball team to the
bitter end and get almost as much 1;sa
excitement out of a game between the
Giants and the Dodgers as they do
out of a world series.
Mr.. Barnard of the American League
talks good sense and good business. He
saws: I'VE agreed to the extended
schedule before looking into the situa-
ton thoroughly. The National League
suggested we start later and finish in
October and we agreed without giving
the matter much thought. We are
sorry now.
"The 1880 season will be shorter.
Even with postponed games We will
have our schedule finished by the last
Sunday In September next year and
every other year thereafter. There were
too many open dates this year.
Base ball fans like a shorter
schedule, naturally. No one likes to
see meaningless games. Here we
have both races over, yet there are
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Joe Kelley, Ned Hanlon Tell
HOiC Huggins Started in Came

Kelly, a friend Of mine, was managing
st. Paul and urged us to purchase
Higgins. think he cost the Reds $4,-
500. Before we closed the deal, however,
we had a scout or two look him over,
and the report Of his ability was so
good that we lost no time in closing"
cit was only natural that Higgins
with his natural base ball ability, should
fit into the Cincinnati machine of 1904.
/ was on first, Higgins on second, Cor
coran on short and Steinfeldt, later
of the famous Cub machine, on third"
Kelley recounted.
When Hanlon went TO the Reds as
manager, Kelley went to the outfield.
1.-THE former pilot of the Yankees
picked up the finer points Of the game
as quick as any man ever saw" de-
clared Hanlon, "and when left Cincin-
natl it was with the feeling that he
would be heard from later on in life. I
have watched his career with a great
deal of interest, and base ball has lost
great leader"
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H0RNSBY WILL RECEIVE
MOST Valuable AWARD

CHICAGO, September 81 P).-Rogers
Hornsby will receive most valuable
player" trophy.
The award will be given the Cub
second baseman by members Of the
American Boys Commonwealth, who
put together their dimes and nickels to
purchase silver plaque.
The Rajah was voted the most valu-
able player, receiving 319 out of 1874
votes Hack Wilson was second with
152, with Riggs Stephenson, Charlie
Root, Kiki Cuyler, Charlie Grimm, Zach
Taylor, Woody English and Guy Bush
all receiving support.
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NATIONAL.
ENGLE DUE TO HEAD
CHATTANOOGA CLUB

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, September
81 P.-Joe Engle, scout for the Wash
ington club of the American League,
said here today that a deal 1or tn e
purchase of the Chattanooga base ball
club would be closed shortly. The con-
sideration will be approximately $50 900.
J. B. Eynon, jr., secretary of the WASH
ington club, arrived here yesterday AND
started an examination of the books OF
the Chattanooga club.
Engle said he was acting individually
in the transaction, and that the WASH
ington club would not be interested
financially. He said he would be presi-
dent of the club.
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BY the Associated Press.

~ ALTIMORE, September 27.-Mil-
- Ter Higgins first two managers
in his major league career, to-
IL day told how he broke into the
big game to rise until he became
the. leader of the greatest base ball
combine in history. They are Joe Kelley
and Ned Hanlon, both of whom helped
make the old Baltimore Orioles famous
in the middle COS and who still live
here.
Kelley managed the Cincinnati Reds
for four years, 1902 until 1905, and in
the Fall of 1903 Higgins came to him
from the st. Paul club of the American
Association, which then was managed
by Mike Kelly.
Kelley, one Of the ''big four" the
other three of whom were John Nc
Graw, Willie Keeler and Hughie Jen-
nings, of the famed Orioles, was sue
ceeded as manager Of the Cincinnati
club In 1906 by Ned Hanlon. Hanlon
piloted the Reds in that year and the
next and then came to manage the
Baltimore club, then of the Eastern
League.
"Huggins came to US wen recon-
mended." Kelley recounted. mike
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Simmons was dubbed impossible
when he came into the American
League because of his water
bucket" stance at the plate, but
Connie Mack laughed at the
critics, and Simmons became one
of the leagues leading batsmen.
He was runner-up for the 1928 bat
ting championship, and may win the
batting crown this season, to thus be-
come the first American League lead
ing batter to play in the series the
same year since Ty Cobb led the league
and played in the series of 1909.
Both Simmons and Stephenson are
right-handed batters and sluggers IN
every sense Of the word. Simmons has
belted out a total of 355 bases this year,
his hits including Al doubles. 8 triples
and 81 homers. Stephenson, in nine
less games has made "a two-baggers, 5
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Rhthanders Tackle Yank Series Rivals Rated Equal in Field
JONES, MARBERRY PITCH
In TWIN BILL TOMORROW
Acting Manager Fletcher Expected to Send Sherid
and Pipgras to Slab-Ruel Put Out of Game
as New Workers ROut Nationals.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.
4 n ANAGER WALTER

n n ANAGER WALTER JOHNSON plans a right
mn hand hurlers against Yankees
staged in Griffith Stadium pilots
overnight scraps
berry and Sam Both right well
Workers this
pitchers have had
be in good trim for the double header
Acting Manager Art the
day for New York where he and the other of the club today
attend the funeral of Miller
mite of his mound choices the Saturday twin
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O'DOUL LCc& A POINT;
HERMAN AT STSSNDSTILL

BY the Associated Press.
Although Frank O'Doul and Babe
Herman each hit 1873 on the day yester-
day, O'Doul dropped down a point to
1891 as Herman remained stationary at
1874 in their race for the batting CHAM
pionship of the Blk Six and the Ma
tional League.
O'Doul got two out of six and Herman
one out of three, Rogers Hornsby again
was idle, but AL Simmons picked up
point with two hits and Jimmy Foxx
begged down a notch with just one
safety. Babe Ruth got two out of four,
yoivoipO ono mint
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triples and II homers. The Mackman
is hitting 1868, and the Cub. 1853. Sim
mons, in the cleanup position has bat
ted in las runs, while Stevie, hitting
lower in the batting order, has pounded
in more than 100.
So there is little to choose between
the men in batting, and their fielding
is on a par. Simmons has made only
three boots on 345 chances for an
average of 991, while Stephenson has
erred only four times in 240 oppor-
tunities for 1888. Both have good arms,
and cover much ground for men OF
their weight.
Stephenson and Simmons are so cap
able in every department of the game
that it Is impossible to concede either
team an advantage in left field. Both
of the men are likely to star In the
series, and it is unlikely that either will
disappoint his followers.
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SPORTS BORN AT HARVARD.

College athletics had It's birth in the
United States In 1856 when Harvard
University erected boathouse on the
Charles River. and organized its first
varsity crew.
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BOXING MATCH LISTED.

Jewish Community Center boxing
team, city team amateur champions for
-the past three years, will open its sea-
son october "a, entertaining Quantico
Marines in the Center gym.
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RIGGS STEPHENSON GIVEN
PARITY WITH AL SIMMONS
Rugged Cub and Sturdy Mackman Both Are Power
full Batsmen and Steady Fielders Likely to
Star i'm Base Balls Title Set. ~sf

of the most cooru players base ball Stephen
son Of the Chicago Cubs and al Simmons Of the Phadphia
the coming world series Both are giants OF men powerful
which Joe Mccarthy and Connie Mack hope achieve the world
base ball
Stephenson product McCarthys judgment players
Cast off by the Cleveland Indians fielder he jogging
Association
he not only
nued his powerful batting but developed into capable fielder
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sRatted for Hadley in seventh inning.
+Batted for Brown in eighth inning.
Washington ........0 o o l o. 3
Runs batted in-Goslin, Ruth, t2), Gehrig.
o.. purst Rice West; Pa ;ss I.r1 pc crS.
MIN. Durst. west Three-base hits-Goslin,
G GEL; Ruth, Dickey.. Sacrifices Durochsr'
Wells, Rice. Double plays-Judge to SI oInin'
YES Meft on 10 basesMNsw York. 8: Washington, II:
Bases on balls-Wells. Z; Hadley, 5; struck
l. Hits-on Wells, 8 in 7 innings tnone out
in eighth; of Moore. in 2 innings on
Hadley, 8 in innings; on Brown; IN l
inning; of Braxton, 4 in inning. winning
pitcher-Wells. Losing =, piteher-Hadieyi;
Umpires-Messrs. Campbell, Dinneen an1
Noliin. Time of game-2 hours ana Is
minutes.
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Big League Leaders

BY the Associated Press.
AMERICAN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Athletics: 81.
RunsYGehringer, Tigers, 1873.
Hits-simmons, Athletics, 2o9.
Doubles-Manush, Browns, A:
Triples-Combs, Yanks; Gehrlnger,
Tigers; Miller, Athletics; scarritt, Red
Homers-Ruth, Yankees, 46.
Stolen bases-Gehringer Tigers, 70:
Pitching-Grove, Athletics, won 70
lost S.
NATIONAL.
Batting-ODoul, Phillies, .39l.
Runs-Hornsby, Cubs, 148.
Runs batted in-Wilson, CUBS, 1oz.
Hits-ODoul, Phillies, 235.
Doubles-Frederick, Robins, So.
Triples-L. Waner, Pirates, 10.
Homers-Ott, Giants, A..
Stolen bases-Cuyler, Cubs, 49,.
Pitching, Bush, Cubs. won 10, lost o.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Columbus, 4; Kansas City, @.
Indianapolis at Minneapolis, rain.
Louisville, !; st. Paul, .. (seeond game
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BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS

American League
Yesterdays RESULTS.
Chicago-Cleveland, rain.
Philadelphia, S; Boston, 8.
New York, 10; Washington. 8.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
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GAMES TOMORROW.
Pittsburgh at st. L. :
Boston at Phila,
Brooklyn atm. Z.
GincinnAti At Chicago.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
San Francisco. 4; Los Angeles, z.
HOLLYWOOD, 5; Missions, 8.
Oakland, q; Portland, g..
Sacramento, .; SEATTLE ..
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GAMES TODAY,
Pittsburgh at ct. L.
Boston ct Phna.
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GAMES TOMORROW.
Phila. at Boston: <
New York at Wash. Cd.
st. Louis at Cleye.
Chicago at Detroit.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-12

Stephen came often during the week that she remained at home They planned picnic for Saturday when Connie could stay with her mother.
 Mildred made sandwiches of crisp bacon and chopped egg, cup cakes with chocolate icing and coffee. 4 nd she'd taken a loose old sports coat and made it into an ensemble to be worn with a sweater. All in all with the sun shining determinedly, it looked like a day of days,
 She rushed about, putting the flat in order. making her mothers room neat and comfortable. fixing a lunch for Connie: and then al last she was ready to put on the suit that was all most new. pull a bright red heret over her brown curis and sit down 10 wait for Stephen who was already past due.
 Fifteen minutes later he telephon- ed. He was like small boy who couldn't go to the circus only it hap pened that on this occasion it was to be picnic
 (TO Be CO1tinued)
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1 dizzy
 And whether or not it was dizZi- ness he remained in the same mental state throughout the rest of the aft ernoon. For Pamela would not take an interest in the car. She was con- sumed with a desire to paint Mil dred Lawrence as a heartless for tune hunter, and the more she tried the more Stephen found himself de fending the absent girl. When he drove Pamela back 10 the hotel she barely said eoodby 10 him. She flew in the entrance with : out so much as a backward glance at stephen.
 That evening Stephen called again on Mildred. and without the formality Of telephoning for permis- sion to do so. He took up flowers and some magazines for Mrs. Law renee. Her gratitude was touching but Stephen had no idea that much of the warmth of her welcome came from mothers heart on behalf of a daughter whose secret she had pene- trated.
 Connie went to bed early and Mrs. Lawrence fell into a sound sleep be- tore 10 o'clock.
 Strpen and Mildred had an hour together without interruptions. stephen decided. on the way home, that he'd been making big mis- take in seeing so little of Mildred For his returning so soon had con- vinced Mildred that he was not merely paying a duty call that after noon. She became her natural self ., only slightly subdued trace Of the bitterness she had felt re- mained.
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about your mother and ask if can

about your mother and ask if can do anything"
 Thank you" Mildred said stiff ly There isn't anything; Mother will be pleased to know you came in"
 Stephen suddenly looked at her with a worried expression. LOOK here" he said: this must be pretty hard on you, Mildred; you v.
 'I suppose look a wreck" Mill dred interrupted. ''Mother had a restless night and it's job getting Connie off to school. But I'll be or ganized tonight and then staying home will be a vacation
 "Going to be away from the hotel long?"
 q don't know"
 Well. when you can leave your mother let's have picnic up in the country somewhere. It's great to be out these days" Stephen spoke en- Enthusiastically. The idea of suggest ing something pleasant eased the slight sense of guilt he felt in re- gard to Mildred.
 She was a great girl. He had rush ed her a bit and then, darned if he knew how, something always hap pened to keep him from seeing her.
 Mildred smiled. If l can get away" she said vaguely. but to her self she was saying tiercely that Ste phen didn't mean word Of It. II was just another phrase like "see you soon," or how about letting me come up some night"
 But whatever it was it made Ste phen feel better. and he left in gay CT spirits than when he had arrived. After all, it was not day of gloom. Pamela surely was going to buy a car if he knew anything about sales manship. But the little devil de- manded concentrated selling effort. Had to be shown.
 "Ill show her." he said to him. self that afternoon when he stopped the new demonstration car in front of the Judson and went in to pick up Pamela.
 He found her as cross as she alone knew how to be. Even when he helped her into the gleamirg new chariot at the curb she disdained to notice if.
 What's the natter" he said. thinking he might as well loose the storm and have it over with. He might be involved or he might not but he knew he couldn't talk cars to her while she had a tempest brewing.
 'Some people have no sense Of re- sponsibility whatsoever Pamela began indefinitely. But she soon got to personalities Miss Lawrence knows perfectly well that I'm de- pending upon her to handle the debutante and bachelor lists for Mrs Sperry-Whvte's Persian fete. I wouldn't have taken it on at all if l hadn't expected her help. ."
 "Why cant Mrs. Sperry- Whyte put out her own invitations?"
 Don't be absurd. Everyone needs
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help for really big affairs. I've prom ised to ask the right people in the younger set"
 You mean you promised to have someone else do it.'
 So you're defending her too. are you?"
 Well but who's the other ."
 Harold I think it's perfectly dis gusting in a girl of Miss I.awrence's position to play up to a boy like
 "Nonsense," Stephen spoke more sharply than he realized.
 'It may be only nonsense to you. but it's rotten to me. Harold was there until all hours last night and :"
 "You're wrong. Pam. Mildred wasn't playing up to Harold last night, if ever. She was nursing her mother. You wouldn't be so severe on her if you had the faintest idea what she's np against :"
 50 she's playing up to you, too? Working the sympathy racket? We'll when did you see her? Let me see it was three o'clock when you brought me home last night. After that?"
 Stephen turned and glared at her Don't you know your insinuations are too cheap to get over?" he asked wit eringly.
 Sudenly Pamela slid over closer to him and cuddled up to his side.
 "Is my boy mad?" she llsped mockingiy.
 Stephen shook her away from him. "I don't care what you think of me" he said anerily: but you oughtn't 10 insult Miss Lawrence. If anyone would receive a caller after three o'clock it would be you" "It would be if I wanted to do it." Pamela replied unhestitatingly "Who ever started the idea anyway that our morals change with the hours? For me, l could slap fresh guy just as hard at three a. m. as I could at three D, m."
 "Well. you know Miss Lawrence isn't like you and your red-hot friends that talk like BoWery belIes," stephen told her. "Anyway if you think it all right to be un- conventional what's wrong with Harold staying up there as late as he pleases?'
 "One up for you" Pamela ad- mitted, 'but it does make differ ence. don't you think. that Mildred Lawrence knows Harold is in love with her and that he's just kid whose father is safely in Europe
 "A gain the dirt" Stephen snorted. Cant you believe that Mildred is no cradle -snatching adventures 1T Harold is so crazy about her and she wanted him do you think shed be working now?"
 T think she wants to marry him. Pamela retorted. Even with stupe like Harold that may take time"
 "Oh, for lands sake, shut up,' Stephen eroaned and stopped the car. Here, take the wheel. I'm
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lie and will Lcnl'n.irhro:e flat event. Some of the lu.t,,.Iss of the forbidden city i.s"if may serve as the exposition grounda.
 Besides stimulating the improve merf Of Chinese manufacturers It is eNp' led the exposition will pro- mote Sino-foreign commercial rela- lions. A third object wili be to plan a solution for problems in- NolNing capital and labor. which, in the opinion of Dr. II. H. kung, min ister of industry, commerce and labor who is responsible for the scheme, cannot be solved without Warld cooperation.
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hotel where Pamela recognizes him as the salesman who had sold her car. She snubs Mildred and tries to lure stephen away by pretending she wants 10 buy another car. Then she meets Huck Connor, who be- comes infatuated with her. and she amuses herself by playing with both men.
 When stephen favors Mildred the manager warns her 10 be careful or Pamela will have her discharged But this may not be so easy as Harold Judson is in love with Mil dred. He is a wealtling and Mildred permits his attentions to save him from Huck's gambling crowd How ever. he suspects that she cares more for stephen than for him and
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of danger. After he leaves Mildred remembers that she has not found out why he fears Huck.
 (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
 CHAPTER XVI
 When she went to open the door Mildred tried to tell herself that it couldn't he Stephen who had runs the bell He hadn't been to her house for ages. But it was stephen and Mildred had difficulty in hiding her pleasure at seeing him.
 'I heard about your mothers ac- cident,' he said. Harold told me" Then he paused and looked at Mill dred as though he, too, were think ing what a long time it had been since he had called on her.
 Had demonstration up in
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Industrial Exposition
 Is Planned for Peking

Shanghai April 12 Pt-China has opened her doors. The country that half a century ago was fighting the intrusion of foreign traders is now planning to invite the manutactur- CTS of the world to participate in an international industrial exposition. The affair will be held in 1881 in Picking on the goth anniversary Of the founding of the Chinese repub-
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Yonkers this morning. he went on, attempting to lend an air of casualness to the occasion. AS g matter of fact he was keenly con- scious of having felt impelled to rush to Mildred as soon as he heard there was trouble at her home. He didn't bother to analyze the feeling. taking it for granted that it was merely friendly interest in people who had welcomed him into their hospitality.
 But he did realize that his inter-
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refuses 10 stay one evening when Stephen calls.
 As the weeks pass Mildred real izes that Pamela is winning Stephen and that Harold is hopelessly tangled with Huck's gamblers. When fuses but persuades her to dine with him. They drive by her home so she can change her dress and they learn that her mother has had a serious accident. Harold gets a doctor and assists in every way until she is out
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est was belated--that he shouldn't have waited for a special event to bring him back if he really liked the family. and the realization created an aWkwardness in his man. ner that was misleading to Mildred. She assumed that he was acting un- der politeness only.
 On" she said flatly ''it was nice of you to drop in. I'm sorry mother cant see you: shes asleep"
 She motioned him to put his hat on a table in the hall, but stephen carried it into the living room and dropped it on the floor beside the chair he took. Cant stay" he re- marked lightly. T have to do a re- lief shift downtown as soon as ] can get back. Just wanted to inquire
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THIS HAS HAPPENED

Mildred Lawrence, stenographer at the Judson hotel, has her fox fur stolen from her in a crowd but Stephen Armitage catches the thief and returns the scarf. He asks to take her home. Not wishing to seem ungrateful, she invites him to din- ner.
 Their evening is spoiled when Pamela Judson, daughter of her em- ployer. phones Mildred to return to duty. stephen escorts her to the