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CHAPTER Nv

The Lady Eulalia huddled herself
into as small bundle as she could
on the doubtful seat of the lancha
which was pulling rapidly away
from the unfriendly harbor of San
Bias. AS the standing oarsmen bent
to their long sweeps she could
glimpse between them the low ware
houses on the shore, and the bare
ribs of a ship under construction in
the shipyard. But her tear-filled
eyes watched, until it was no larger
than watermelon seed, her COM
Portable coach sitting on the shore.
Resolutely she looked about her
in the craft. There sat Angustias,
with her pet Capuchin monkey in
her arms, cuddling the shivering
little beast to her gaunt breast, her
eyes as dismal as the monkeys.
Pedro the Younger sat beside
her. Soon a huge shadow doomed
over them. They looked up.
There, with screaming gulls wheel
ing and whirling about her, rose the
steep sides and high, ungainIy poop
of the paquebot San Carlos, some
times called the Golden Fleece.
For few terrifying moments, Eu-
lalia hung between heaving sea and
uncertain sky, clambering up the
bullying unfriendly sides of the San
Carlos to the deck.
Immediately, in her stuffy cabin,
began suspension of time and fac
ulties, broken only once, as she
reused herself to ask a question of
the drear Angustias, wan with worry
over her seasick monkey.
my chests - they are safe
aboard?"
Being treasured that the SO chests
of raiment, jewels, linens and silks
were safely slowed, she relapsed
again into her coma of mareami-
ento, seasickness, and emerged not
until she was safely on the shores
of Baja California.
California! Anxiously she regard
ed the ancient mission settlement
of Loreto, the first outpost of that
mysterious land to which she was
summoned. Here was the sordid-
ness for which she had been pre-
pared, but where were the glories
that had been mentioned?
Beautiful California;" S h e
sneered. Lovely California! My
home. Ha." Then she smiled gra-
ciously at the young officer come to
escort her to quarters in the quad
rangle. Once within its bare white
walls she felt she could abandon
herself to all her weakness, her des-
olation, her fear of this strange
country and the dreaded journey be-
fore her. But she discovered some
of the million black evil bugs.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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Study Present Crop

Take the present crop of big
league managers. Probably not
more than four out of the sixteen
would have to be reckoned with
when the roundup of all-time stars
is made. They are Mickey Coch-
rane of the Tigers, who was a catch
er; Frank Frisch of the st. Louis
Cards, who was second baseman;
Bill Terry of the Giants, who was a
first baseman, and "Pie" Traynor
of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who was
third baseman. And not all four
of these could be counted completely
successful managers.
Then study the other side of the
picture. Joe Mccarthy of the New
York Yankees would have no trOu-
BILE in proving he is a successful
manager. Yet he was never a good
enough player to land a big league
job and spent his playing days in
the kerosene circuit. Bill McKech-
ME, now at Cincinnati, who was a
success at st. Louis, Pittsburgh and
Boston, was just another ball player
in his day. Nobody ever called him
star.
Connie Mack, who must be reck-
oned as the No. / manager for all
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Coach Blasts Alumni

No sT of the ten football coaches
Az who lost their jobs at the end
of the 1887 season would probably
add a hearty "Amen" to the re-
marks of l.. C. Boles, athletic direc-
tor at Wooster (Ohio) college before
the recent meeting of the College
Physical Directors society at New
Orleans.
He charged that Influential alum
nj, trustees and curbstone coaches
can still bring sufficient pressure"
to force the dismissal of athletic
instructors simply because they fail
to produce winning steamS.
Referring to the pressure"
brought on university authorities to
drop instructors not producing
enough victories, Boles said:
cat this very moment, able men,
bers of college physical education
departments, who, according to
their contract, were regular mem
bers of their college faculties, are
now looking for new position be-
cause the win at any cost group
is dissatisfied with their coaching
record"
Boles said one was led to believe
a sports writer in recent magazine
article had shit the bulls-eye" when
he referred to college football as
zone of the last great strongholds
of old-fashioned American hypoc-
risy"
Appeals from college presidents
to their alumni to come to the sup
port of the athletic team, Boles said,
indicate the close tieup with college
finances.
'The many pOStseasOn, so-called
bowl games have resulted in many
undesirable rumors," the coach as
serted. eff we can accept only
small part of them as facts, they
have resulted in conditions not con-
ducive to respected education recog-
nitiOn."
Improvement of team standings
in intercollegiate leagues, Boles
said, "has followed too closely upon
the injection of physical education
into their curriculum.
The ten coaches whose official
heads fell after the 1887 season
we're: Harvey Hartman of Pennsyl-
vania, Harry Kipke of Michigan,
Prince CallisOn of Oregon, Harry
Mehre of Georgia, Ed. Walker of
Mississippi, Don McCallister of
South Carolina, Ralph Sasse of Mis-
sissippi State, Tom Sullivan of st.
Lawrence and Clyde Propst of
Southwestern of Tennessee.
Dodger Finances Again
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Virginia StiverS Bartlett
G Virginia Stivers Bartlett
WNU Service

The priest smiled at his impetu-
Gus speech.
''I'm sure you should go. You
would be too impatient to sit here
and wait, as / must do. But / shall
be here to greet you all when you
return"
"Ah, yes, there was something l
wanted to ask. ! must have my
house in order and l want to have
the little Indian maid, Indizuela, in
the house for my wife's servant. Will
you see to that?"
Serra's face fell.
what is the matter? Does she
not do well?"
Every well, indeed. She has been
taught to sew, spin, cook and will
be a good wife for good soldier.
But need l remind you that the In
dian neophytes are wards of the
Church, and we are responsible for
their welfare? We have not deemed
it well for the Indian maids to as
sociate with the-with the"
with the soldiery, I suppose?
Well, good Father, do not be afraid.
She will associate with my wife, and
l assure you she is not a soldier
like person at all, and will not cor
rupt the little ones morals"
The father protested. 81 do not
mean that :"
'And there will be another wom-
an, too. There is the bona Angus
tias. Ha! She will make that In
dian maid adhere to the straight
and narrow path. She is my wife's
duena, very thin female with mus
tachios like a grenadier, a pious
churchwoman, and a militant vir-
GIN"
Sierra smiled. "Ah, my son, your
humor is dear to me. You are re-
sponsible for many a smile that
would not otherwise have lightened
my face, just as you are responsible
for many heartache-but none of
that. Come with me, Don Pedro,
and you shall see IndiZuela."
They paced slowly together, and
stopped before an unpretentious
structure, built as all the other mis-
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sion buildings were built, long and
low, with a matched roof.
''Hola!" called Sierra. The chat
tering and laughter that rollicked
through the high barred window ap-
ertures stopped. A song ceased sud-
denly in singers throat.
1t was the quarters of the young
Indian women, half facetiously
called the monjera-the nunnery.
The sun shone on the warm red of
tiled floors, and wildly emphasized
bright colors on blankets and cloth
which some of the girls were weav-
ing. 1t shone on sleek blue-black
heads raised for a moment from
fine needlework, and seemed to
point out to FACES eyes a young
girl, whose half-opened mouth had
still a fragment of song lingering
on the lips.
'Indizuela!" called a woman's
voice excitedly. "Girls! Do you not
see? 1t is Ell Gobernador himself!
And Fray Junipero! Rise, all of
you'll" There was a great fluttering,
as the Spanish matron and her flock
of dark doves made their obei-
sanceS. When they were seated
again, and pretending to work, Fray
Junipero walked to Indizuela and
took her by the hand, saying, "Your
benefactor, Ell Gobernador, wishes
to speak to you, child"
The singing girl walked toward
the Governor with grace and poise.
Somehow lighter, somehow taller,
somehow fairer-formed than other
Indians" he thought as she came
the long length of the room.
She waited for him to speak first,
but he only twisted his beard, so
she spoke in careful Spanish.
81 hope you are well, Senior ell
Gobernador. I pray God for your
good health and deliverance from
all infirmities. I thank God daily
for your kindness in saving me from
death and horror"
FACES started at her words.
Someone has taught you to say
that! You have learned it word by
word. Haven't your"
Isl, Senior ell Gobernador. Padre
Junipero and Dona Maria have
taught me-"
FACES laughed, twinkling his eyes
and opening his mouth widely. The
other girls and the matron looked
at one another. Sierra looked at the
floor.
Have you, then, so little graft
tude that you must have words put
into your mouth to thank me for
bringing you here from the desert
of the Colorado where I found you
deserted and starving? What say
your"
The girl looked at the matron-
then proceeded along her own lines.
"They would not let me say the
things I think myself, Senior. For
have said you are the most wonder.
full man in the world. l think you
are god. surely, and that"
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Case of Jimmy Wilson

Jimmy Wilson, manager of the
Phillies, was a better-than-average
catcher, but not an immortal. Still,
he's good manager in a rather
hopeless spot. Casey StengeI, now
pilot of the Boston Bees, was a
flashy, aggressive player, somewhat
theatrical. He was hardly a star,
but he can be regarded as a good
manager. Gabby Street, who once
won a pennant for the Cards and is
present manager of the st. Louis
Browns, was an adequate catcher,
but not a star. He derived his prin-
cipal fame from having been Wal
ter Johnson's battery mate. He once
caught a ball dropped from the
Washington monument That was
quite feat but it didn't earn him
a niche in baseball's hall of fame.
Charley Grimm, manager of the
Cubs and successful in making them
finish one, two, three in the Ma
tional league in the past five years,
was not an all-time star as first
basemen go in his playing days. He
was graceful and resourceful, but
there are few that would Outrank
him in all-star reckonings.
Oscar Witt, the newcomer in the
major leagues managerial ranks as
pilot of the Cleveland Indians, has
not yet had chance to prove his
worth in the fastest company. He
was definitely not top-rank star
when he was actively toiling for
the Detroit Tigers some years ago.
But he had an impressive record
OF success as manager in the
minor leagues.
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CHAPTER H-COntinued

81 suppose" she painted, then took
a deep breath and spoke defiantly,
coldly, 81 suppose l may take my
coach to Monterrey"
AS she left the room the three
men looked at one another.
"Why did you tell her she might
take her coach?" expostulated Gen.
eral de Neve to Romeu.
"Um-m-m-she might" he an.
swered slowly.
The Viceroy was looking at the
map.
AZ have heard" he said, tracing
a trail with his finger, that there
are places on the road where scarce.
ly a burro can pick its way"
Fright" agreed de Neve. There
are places where she will have to
60 on foot"
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Dodger Finances Again

WITH what promises to be one
w of the most prosperous base
ball seasons on record coming up
in 1888, the sorry plight of the Brook
lyn Dodgers fast is becoming of Sc
rious concern to rival clubs in the
National league.
They are sitting by helplessly and
not laughing while strife and indie
cision in the Dodgers front office
tears the stuffing out of one of the
most valuable holdings in the bust
ness.
There is gloom in the other offices
when the subject comes up. They
just have heard that the Dodgers
1888 spring training schedule has
been made out for them by the
Yankees, there being no one in the
demoralized Brooklyn headquarters
to attend to such chores since Gen
eral Manager John German got his
walking papers some weeks ago.
Here and There
Probably the most nettled victim
of that recent pea soup fog in Lon
don was the goalkeeper of a soccer
team who stuck doggedly to his
post not knowing the game had been
called off until long after the other
players had left the field. A search
ing party finally found him
Lining up talent for the Brooklyn
Dodgers is supposed to be one of
the hardest assignments in base
ball, but Ted McGrew, former Ma
tional league umpire who retired
in 1881 to become a scout for the
Dodgers, is thriving upon it :.
McGrew, who weighed ITO pounds as
an umpire, now tips 206 Two
Chicago owned thoroughbreds are
tied for the lead on the American
sire list in the number of races won
by their sons and daughters in 1887
They are Reign Count, owned
by Mrs. John D. Hertz, and Wise
Counsellor, the property of Fred
A. Burton Each has been repre-
scented by 81 winners ;. Pop bottles
and other deadly weapons are
barred by police order at soccer
games in Mexico :. Every time a
goal is scored excitable fans throw
seat cushions on to the field.
q Western Newspaper Union.
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Mistress of Monterey

"Ai, al! Indizuela." The matron
hurried forward, and Father Sierra
lifted a restraining hand. But FACES
only roared louder.
"You are right, Dona Maria, and
Fray Junipero! Don't let her talk
about me! A CODA hero! Al, al,
al! Ho, no" He stopped breath
lessly. The girls giggled, and Indi-
zuela sat indifferently down to her
weaving.
At last FACES got his breath.
"After all, Padre Junipero," he
said, "she is just child"
"My son." answered the friar, 81
am pleased at your unworldliness.
Come with me and see this dove
COTE" He led the Governor through
the long dormitory where he could
see little straw pallets beneath
barred windows.
"Nests where they sleep at night,
safe from HARM" explained the
priest.
They went into the kitchen where
great bowls of mush boiled and
dubbed, and curious girls watched
the process that they might learn it.
Then they passed into the garden.
''Now, Pedro Fages," said Sierra
gravely, "think well on what you
have seen. Remember this dove
cote where ignorant Indian girls are
made into useful pious women,
where they are kept safe from the
evils of the world. Most of the
girls you have seen so busily en-
gagged, would have been depraved
animals had it not been for the
teaching we bring them"
81 know" replied the Governor
thoughtfully.
''Do you not think they are better
off as they are?" inquired Sierra
anxiously. "Do you not think they
are really happier? Think Of their
lives as savages! You know as
well as I the frightful, filthy Gus
toms that attend the Indian women
at their child-bearing-"
"Ugh, indeed I do, Padre" He
put his hand on the others Shout
der. "You are wonder worker, "
he said respectfully.
"Thank you. Oh, I have prayed,
my son, that the blessed Santa Ma
ria would soften your heart toward
her poor savage children. If that
had happened-if that could hap
pen-the way of Junipero Sierra
would have been much easier in
this land"
FACES looked thoughtful.
"You are right. But Our Lady
does not seem to think her servant
worthy of being filled with the milk
of human kindness. I am sorry.
You have deserved better"
Sierra raised a hand in protest.
81 have received what I have de-
served. 1t is my destiny to irrigate
this vice = covered field with my
blood"
FACES fingered his beard uncom-
fortably. "Um-m. should call that
destiny a doom. To mingle ones
blood with the soil of California!
There could be more dreadful
dooms."
"WeIl," spoke Sierra with hearth
ness, "we will not consider that
now. 1 could sing for Joy at the
news you have brought me! My
hearts wish, my Mission Santa Bar
bara! At last, at last!"
eyes, and my Eulalia and my
young Pedro, at lastl Now I must
go, I am departing early on the
morrow, and will not see you again
until I lead that train from far
away Mexico with your two good
men of God, into the Royal Preside
of Monterey. And then what plans
we shall make for the Mission of
Santa Barbara"
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Noted Ancestors.

'NN THE little Hogg-Dickson
ranch at Casa Blanca, Mexico
only 300, 900 acres-I met the caporal,
or head man, of the cow herd and one
famous as rifle-shot, an upstand-
ing, clear-eyed Mexican, but, I fan
cied, with some faint indefinable sug-
gestion of the Anglo-Saxon in his
facial contours. However, his name,
as I caught it, was pronounced Ger
nesto Boo-na," which, to my alien
ears, sounded Latinesque enough
for all purposes.
He knew no English, yet, when I
mentioned Kentucky-a thing I've
been known to do before-he
poured out a ripping flood of Span
ish. Louis Kresdorn, the TeXas-born
manager, translated:
"Ernesto says he has heard of a
far-away place called Kentucky. Ac-
cording to a legend in his family,
his great-great-grandfather once
lived there-WaS muy valiante, muy
vivo, and was the nephew of an even
greater Gringo warrior who drove
the savages before him like tumble
weeds before a wind
So I saw light and I inquired
how Ernesto spelled his last name
he spelled it the orthodox way.
So, as members of the same stock,
a pioneer ancestress of mine having
married a kinsman of the great
pathfinder, held reunion with this
mighty huntsman, who is proud that
he too, collaterally, is descended
from Daniel Boone.
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This accomplished, she would be a
drawing card of sufficient magni-
tude to demand sizable contract
from the man who bosses the pros.
But Helen may find her comeback
trail strewn with hurdles. There's
her arch opponents, Helen Jacobs,
and Helen Marble to think about.
And what's more, there's that dur
able Polish girl, Jawiga Jedrejow-
ska, who is a sort of feminine Jug
gernaut in fattening tennis opposi-
ton. Anyway, here's luck to you,
Helen, in your venture.
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"Poker Face" in Comeback

little poker face" is COM
IL ing back to tennis. Fresh
from her divorce, Helen Wills
Moody is starting the comeback
trail that may lead her through
the courts at Wimbledon and
Forest Hills to the Olympian
heights of women's champion
once more.
There is story from the West
coast to the effect that Helen very
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time, has n e " e r
been mentioned on
anybody's all star
team. Jimmy Dykes,
the successful man.
ager of the White
Sox, missed being
an all time star
player by a narrow
margin. Burleigh
Grimes, pre- S e n t
manager of the
Brooklyn Dodgers,
was a star in his
day, but hardly to
be placed among the
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nearly turned pro a
while back and
joined up with the
troupe that features
Fred Perry, Wilmer
Allison and Bill Til
den. Then the story
goes, she considered
her long layoff
might be a detri-
ment and resolved
to fight her way
back to the top of
the amateurs before
she tried her mettle
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Calling I'm

Mrs. De Snobbe was staging her
first reception, and informed the
new maid that from seven to
seven-thirty she was to stand at
the drawing-room door and call
the guests names as they arrived.
eyes, ma'am," replied Sarah.
'Tl do my best. l suppose the
first thing that comes into my
head about 'em will do"
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| @P EAKINC
IA Of
By GEORGE A. BARCLAY
Are Star Players
the Best Pilots
in Big Leagues?
no STAR baseball players
L

no STAR baseball players
~ make the best managers?
Toss that one at some of your
sports expert friends at a hot
stove league session one of these
cold winter nights and see if the
fur flies. You'll probably find
the answers are, eyes" ''No"
and eyes and No." And may
be each of them will be right.
1t all depends on whom you pick.
The records, however, will probably
support the fellow who says that
playing ability has nothing whatever
to do with managerial ability.
If you were asked to name the
greatest ball player of all time, you
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tain the very highest peak of in
dorsementology by jointly indorsing
the famous society queen who has
indorsed more products than they
even, or anybody.
Maybe it's a sign of the times
that today the most fascinating lit
erature and the most familiar
names are found in the advertising
sections of a magazine rather than
in the table of contents.
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uJtMt Q
g. EWnE I'M
9.O1obb
Nvv1bD about
Personal Endorsements.

HOUSTON, Texas used
L 1 to be pretty fair hand at
indorsing things. But l realize
now what a piker l was. I in
dorsed only one thing at a time.
For the present champions, l of
fer a suggestion. When that distin-
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Gather Ydrn Scraps
for Flower Afqhdn

Rows and rows of flowers in all
colors of the rainbow-that's the
feature of this striking afghan
which is the gayest, easiest thing
out! You simply crochet it in
strips that are 7 inches wide, and
do the flowers in scraps of yarn
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Hunting in Texas.

IT WAS raining so hard even the
seagullS were trying to get in the
clubhouse. So the ducks went away
somewhere, out of the weather. So
the hunters, who were less intelli-
gent than the ducks, came back
from the blinds dripping like so
many leaky hot water bottles.
After being bailed out, we sat
down to vittles-nothing unusual,
just the customary club dinner. All
we found on the menu was beef
hash, duck stew, liver and onions,
country smoked sausage and home
made headcheese, also hot biscuits,
corn pones and rice cakes; likewise
turnip green's, rice, sweet potatoes,
squash, snapbeans and eye hominy !;
moreover, six kinds of pickles,
preserves, jellies and jams; besides
stewed pears, apple pie, papershell
pecans and various fruits. Then
Mrs. Jacob Smothers, the club host
ess, came in to say that, if anybody
in the future craved anything spe-
cial, she'd try to fix it up-and won
dered why such of her gorged guests
as weren't too far gone uttered fee
BILE laughter.
Being now convalescent, I am
able to report that Southern Texas
is one part of the Union where eat
ing is still being carried on as a
regular habit.
IRWIN S. COBB.
Copyrieht-WNU Service
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would undoubtedly
select Ty Cobb or
Babe Ruth. Cobb
had a thorough trial
at managing the De-
troit Tigers after the
departure of Hughie
Jennings. He was
not a success. It was
said that Cobb could
never figure out why
his men couldn't
bat, run bases, field,
throw and think as
xrya1 &c ha bod lora
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top-f1Ight performers of all time.
And he has yet to prove he is an
effective manager.
Bucky Harris of the Washington
Senators quit playing when he was
close to being a great star and Joe
CrOnin, manager of the Boston Red
Sox who had practically arrived at
that estate seemed to diminish in
playing value when he added the
mana gerial weight to his shoulders.