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Evening star., 1955-10-18
Towne Decisions
Sovuqe in TV Bout

NEW YORK, Oct. IS R.--
Artie Towne had a ready expla-
nation today for his uniInpres-
sive performance against Milo
Savage at st. Nicholas Arena in
"a nationally teleyised bout last
night.
Il was waiting to get In Just
one good punch" he complained,
|'But / couldn't
Towne won q split decision
from Savage in his first start In
the United States in q year after
Ia successful campaign in Europe
Referee Barney Felix gave his
vote to Savage. 5-4-l. Judge
Bert Grant gave it to Towne by
Ia 7-3 margin. and Judge Harold
Barnes awarded the decision tc
Towne on points. 6-5, after call
ling it even In rounds, 5-5.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Syndicate Gets
European Sires

LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 10 Up.
Two young European stations,
Arctic Prince and Solar Slipper,
win come to Kentucky next year
Ito stand at Spendthrift Farm
here in o syndicated deal involv-
ing approximately 100000.
Neil Mccarthy Of California
has purchased the young sires
from Brownstone Stud Of Joseph
|McC;rath Of Ireland for John w,
lHanes, New York industrialist,
land Leslie Combs II owner Of
lSpendthrift.
Thoroughbred industry sources
Indicated the syndication Is
virtually complete. with each
stallion being syndicated fol
about $4,000.
Both stations are scheduled To
arrive IN the United States In
June, 1866. and begin service al
lSpendthrifts In 1857.
Arctic Prince, hy Prince
IChevalier-Arctic Sun. BY Nearco
Idescends from the ST. Simon
line. He won the English Derby
|by six lengths in 1851.
Solar Slipper, foaled in l045,
lis by Windsor Slipper Solar
Flower, BY Solario. As 4 4-year-
Iold. he defeated Royal Drake.
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Odds on Desiderio
Drop S,Ihorply for
Cumbridoeshire

u LONDON. Oct. 10 R.--A 5.
year-old filly called Desideris
came in for betting attention al
last nights Victoria Club call.
over on the October % Cam
Ibridgeshire Handicap.
London's top bookmakers
sliced the odds against her from
40 to ! to % to /. She is trained
by Ken Cundell and carries onl,
100 pounds in the Newmarket
event, center OF the final Irish
sweepstakes OF the English flal
season.
Manati stayed the favorite
unchanged at 8 10 /. with Pirnis
second choice ct 100 to 3. Turks
Blood. shortest In the bettinl
only three days ago, eased from
100 to 8 to 100 to Z.
Other odds: Retrial. 100 to Z
ICronus. 10 to 8; Double Red
20 to /: Novento and Colder
Planet. 90 to i: North Gone, 2!
Ito /: Aberiady. Waystre, TIdol
Jlnks and Harbour Bar. 80 to l
Butterscotch, Pent House. Be,
fWallah and Tale Of Two Cities
40 to /; Kookaburra, so to /.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
.cABE SHINES ON DEFENsF
Ex-Woter Boy Proving
Stondout for Steelers

McCabe was the Steelers' 22t
draft choice. He relates HI
didn't think he had q chance
at training camp because 4
was too small"
everybody kept telling me
You'll get cut In a hurry. yoh'rt
too small, those big guys. vii
|trample you," McCabe said. "Bul
II made up my mind ] was COINS
to try and by luck I made tht
squad. ! Just hope ] can stick
It's not like playing college ball
These guys are tough" /"
Credits Veterans for Help
The former University ol
Pittsburgh star. who weigh:
slightly over IT'S pounds. credit,
Quarterback jim Finks and Emo
|Bill McPeak. along with Dick
Flanagan and Dale Dodrill. with
helping him.
We've got q lot OF rookie:
and il 1t wasn't for veterans like
Finks, McPeak and Dodrill help
ing us out-well we wouldn't b.
where we are now"
I There was talk at the training
camp that Rooney hired McCabt
because Of bis friendship with
Rooney's two sons.
EVEN II he grew up with
Rooney. 1t didn't make 4 bit d
difference to me-" Head Coach
Walt Kiesling commented. "1'ht
kid made the team on his abil-
ity. He's q fine, young. modest
kid who viii get better
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Traffic Judge
Not Badly Hurt

NEW YORK. Oct. rs R.
Trafiic Judge. one Of the tor
3.year-oids Of the season, will
be out Of training for a week Of
10 days. but is expected 10 b
available for the washington
ID. c. international 1t Laurel
November II.
Traffic Judge suffered severa.
cuts during the running OF thu
Hawthorne Cold Cup saturda,
lat Chicago. He almost fell ant
was bleeding from q front leg ai
he finished seventh In th,
S94, ,050 race.
Examined by q veterinarian
yesterday at Belmont Park. Traf'
nc Judge was found to have suf.
|fered several cuts. one "verl
deep" on the right foreleg be,
low the ankle. DR.. william,
Reed. who examined the horse
said another horse jumped OF
Trafic Judges foot at the star
Iof the race.
Woody stephens, Tram
Judges trainer. Is due here to-
day and will inspect the injuriel
before making further racinI
plans for the horse hut Or. Rec,
said he believed Trafiic Judgl
would be ready for the Interna
| tional.
This year Trafiic Judge ha
won the. Withers Mile, Ohi'
Derby. Ventnor, Jerome ant
woodward Stakes.
Evening star., 1955-10-18

As generally anticipated, Marl-
boro's experiment with October
racing dates produced q book Of
new records for attendance and
betting at a Maryland minor
track and indicated that Laurel
and Pimlico are headed for bio
meetings this fall.
There is nearly q two-week
lapse before Laurel opens its au-
tumn meet on Saturday, October
30. It win continue through No
vember is and viii be followed
by l6 days at Pimlico.
Despite the break in the turf
calendar until the end Of the
month, however. Marlboro's most
successful session In the history
Of the track viii cause officials
Of Laurel and Pimlico to look
forward optimistically to theii
fall meets although they viii
gamble with cold weather.
#&4
In evading competition witt
New Jersey, both Laurel and
Pinllico viii race on dates ex.
tending closer to the winter sea.
son than ever before attempted
Laurel's fall meeting will oper
with the running Of the $20. .0Ot
Turf Cup. The highlight Of tht
session is the s65,o00 Washing.
ton, D. c., international on No.
vember IL.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Michigan Hopes Injured Men
Viii Be Ready for Minnesota

we're Guard Paul Shwaiko. Gen.
ter Bill Mcnamara, Quarterback
Jim Miller. Tackles Jerry Cven-
gros and Jim Reinke. All might
lbe In the lineup Saturday.
PURDUE-Four players were
battling for the starting right
halfback spot against Notre
Dame. Coach Stu Holconlb in.
dictated the starting position
will 60 to either Erich Barnes
Bin Jennings. Jim Peters or Ed
INeves.
| INDIANA--End Brad Bombs
who led Indiana to q t4-13 vic.
tory over Northwestern last yeal
lis not expected TO play against
1.-THE Wildcats Saturday. Bombs
suffered d dislocated knee car
lin the Villanova game.
ILLINOIS Ray Nitschke
sophomore fullback. instrumental
in Illinois victory over lows
State two weeks ago. returned Il
action. However, the Illini NIGH
be without the services Of Enc
Rod Hanson. who suffered q knee
Injury against Minnesota.
NoRTHWESTERN--End Jacl
lstillwell and Iialfbacks Jerr,
Weber and Jim Troglio misset
practice because Of injuries. AL
Evening star., 1955-10-18

CHICAGO, Oct. 16 lR).--Mid-
west football briefs:
MICHIGAN - Coach Bennie
Oosterbaan is hoping End Ron
Kramer and other injured stars
win be ready for the Minnesota
game. Despite an uninspirec
showing against Northwestern
the Wolverines were put through
light drills.
MICHIGAN STATE Halfbacl
Clarence Peaks and Fullbacl
Gerry Planutis missed practice
Peaks was resting an injured
ankle and Planutis was NURSING
q chest cold. Both are expected
to be ready for Illinois.
OHIO STATE-The Buckeyes
were still tuning over o disputet
touchdown scored BY Duke Sat
urday. However. Ohio State los
little time in making prepare.
tions for its battle against Wis
cOnsin.
MINNESOTA - Halfbackl
Shorty Cochran and Ken Yacke
and End Jon Jelasic returned
action as the Gophers drilled TO
Michigan. All three missed TIN
Illinois game.
WISCONSIN - Five regular
we're nursing bruises In the Wis
eonsin camp. On the injured lis
Evening star., 1955-10-18

tops defensiyely-a sure tackler
and q fine pass defender.
Only on q tumble does the
eye. seem to bother him. The
ball might be right under him
and he might not see 1t. Oc-
Icasionally-twic this year, ]
think someone might slip up
|on his bad side and block him
out Of q play. but 1t doesn't
bother him at oil on pass de-
Tense. He hasn't intercepted any
but he's broken up i lot. He's
Iso good on defense we're afraid
to take him out.
He's played 90 minutes Of
every game for us. .
Jacksonville. which has an
enrolment Of 1900. opened the
season with q victory over Chat
tanooga, q team which proved
troublesome to Auburn, Tennes-
see and Vanderbilt. The Came
cocks since have rolled ovei
Maryville. Carson-Newman, Liv.
ingston State and Troy Stats
and piled up 83 points to none
for the opposition.
The 24-year-old WoodhaIn LOST
the sight in his left eye as d re-
suit Of Coatz disease. . rare NAL.
Iady, while . sophomore In high
school at Albany, Ga.
7 believe his greatness stems
largely from q burning desire "a
overcome his physical handicap
Coach Sails said.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
eyed HoIfbock Running
Like Cruzy for Little School

JACKSONVILLE, Ala, oct. il
R.-Jacksonyille State Teach
ers is the only unbeaten. united
unscored-on college football
team in the Nation and much
Of the credit goes TO AL Wood.
ham, q one-eyed halfback who
can run like crazy.
In fact. his head-tossing, leg.
tlnowing style has earned Wood.
ham the nickname "Crazylegs'
in some quarters.
Woodham is q well-travelet
halfback who journeyed first tt
Auburn, then to Florida Stats
before returning last season Il
Jacksonville. where his dad wa.
. star guard q generation ago.
The 5-foot-10. 185-pound sen.
Tor has gained 488 yards in 4:
rushes this season-better thar
II yards per try.
Coach Don Sails. who playes
all backfield positions at Ala,
bama under the late Franl
Thomas in 1941-42. is slight,
ecstatic about his star halfback
"He can pick his field bette
with one eye than most back
can with two" Sails said. HE,
the greatest back we've ever had
When he gets out and start
tossing that head and throwing
his legs out wildly he fakes de
tenders out Of position. And he.
Evening star., 1955-10-18

|for-all PAGERS available in the
Nation. Besides Adios Harry.
who holds the competitive mile
track record Of 1855, and his
arch rival. Adios Boy. the field
will include Philip Scott, who
won a $4,000 race here recently;
Meadow Rice, who holds the
track record Of 2:oils; Vernon
IElkington. who has won five of
his last six races; Hillsota, the
I"pride Of Maryland who is
owned by Mrs. Alice Miller OF
IOxon Hill. and Chuck Volo.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Cards Repurchose
Miller, Sell Three

ST. LOUIS, Oct. ID Rl.Stu
Miller win be given another
chance by the Cardinals to re-
capture his brilliant 1852 form.
The Redbirds repurchased NIL
Iler from their Omaha farm club
yesterday and sold three other
pitchers to minor league teams.
Miller had been sold to Omaha
when he failed to repeat his 1861
showing. He had q l7-I4 record
and 500 earned run average.
third In the American Associa-
ton. this season at Omaha.
al Gettel was sold to Omaha
and Righthanders John Mackin-
son and Jack Faszholz went 10
Rochester. also st. Louis farm
Evening star., 1955-10-18

PITTSBURGH. oct. Is Rl.
Eight years ago q frail- ookinf
youth walked up to Art Rooney
owner Of the Pittsburgh Steelers
and asked for Job.
do you think you're big
enough to carry q water bucket?'
drawled Rooney.
sWell. ] can try" the youngstei
replied.
Il hated to turn the kid down.
Rooney recalls. "and I'm glad
now that ! didn't. He's turned
out to be quite q football player
Maybe just watching the pros
helped"
Now "a, still shy. but q few
pounds heavier, the same young
ster now Is one of the .standout
Steeler defensive backs. His
name Is Richie McCabe.
Proves He Can See
Some say that McCabe, who
wears glasses. can't see too well
without them. That's q lot Of
talk" McCabe says. Il can see
all right"
And he's proved It on the field
In four games. the rookie back
has intercepted two passes and
scampered so yards for q touch
down after q tumble recovery.
One Of his pass interruptions
against the Philadelphia Eagles
Saturday night helped the
Steelers to q crucial 1871 victory
that kept them In q tie for the
top spot in the National Football
Leagues Eastern Division.
Evening star., 1955-10-18

and top money-winning harness
horse in action. head the Grey
hound Trot field. Challenging
this pair viii be Kimberly Kid,
who recently won q $4,000 trot
at Yonkers Raceway.
Friday nights big race brings
together the classiest field free-
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Hune0riun Soccer Stur
Disappears ii Yiennn

VIENNA. Austria, Oct. i8 lAls
"A Hungarian soccer team iefi
Vienna last night for home. short
one Of its leading players.
Vienna police said that despite
q search. Hungarian soccer offi-
cials were unable to find any
trace Of Gyula Csernai, q mem
ber of the Vasasczepel club. He
helped his side score q So victory
over Austria's r. team herr
Sunday.
: Police speculated that Csernai
had broken with his country's
Communist government.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
At THE RACES
With JOE KELLY

Adding interest to this session
win be the appearance Of Jockey
Willie Hartack. the Nations
leading rider, who is trying for
400 winners this year. Hartack,
who now lives In Charles Town,
wv. Va. has enjoyed Q great deal
lot success on the LAUREL oval and
Ihe should be kept very busy a.
trainers fight for his services.
Currently at Garden State,
willie Is due ut the Maryland
track lon opening day to ride
Blue Choir. who won Atlantic
ICity's United Nations Handicap
among other grass stakes this
year, in Latrel's Turf Cup. Har-
tack Is hopeful Of riding Calumet
Farms Dukes Lea In the Inter
national.
Lanrels meeting competes
with Garden State until Novem-
Der s.. when the New Jersey sea-
son closes.
Marlboro ofiicials, including
President Edward r. Farrell. are
Istiii somewhat amazed by the
surprising figures produced By
the 1866 meet at the Southern
Maryland track.
The S4.Tl9,5O4 betting total
represented q 1873 per cent In.
crease over last years betting at
Marlboro and the largest To-day
wagering figure for any Mary.
land minor track.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Dodgers Buy Pitcher

BROOKLYN, Oct. ii H1.--
The Dodgers have purchased the
contract Of Bob Walk. 23-year-
old righthanded pitcher. from
Montreal Of the international
League. Walk pitched for Mo-
bile Of the Southern Association
during the 1855 season and COM
piled an 8.7 record.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Mock Doinq Well

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. is tR).--
Connie Mack is reported doing
very wen in Presbyterian Hos
lpital. where he is recuperatine
from an operation to join q frac-
ltured hip. Hospital oficials said
he Is bright and cheerful and his
Icondition is very satisfactory"
Evening star., 1955-10-18

are expected to play agains
Indiana.
NOTRE DAME - Fundamen'
tails we're the order Of the da!
for the Irish, Coach Terry Bren'
nan cited poor blocking ant
tackling In the Alt loss u
Michigan State and wants M
recurrence against Purdue.
MARQUETTE-The Warrior
held light drills and then listenet
10 scout reports on Boston Col
leee, Friday nights opponent.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Northwest Area
To Get Top Pros
On So Fall TouI

PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. i8 tR.
lGolfdom's hotshots win invade
the Pacific Northwest in force
next fan under a plan revealed
lby representatives Of the Pro-
Ifessional Golfers Association
here last night.
A proposed fall golf tour start
ing in Vancouver, British Coz
lliimbia, In September and wind
ing up in San Diego in October
was outlined by Bob Leacox.
IPGA schedule co-ordinator. at
ID meeting Of the Winter Golf
Sponsors Association.
The dates for the winter tour,
starting with the $4,000 Los
Angeles Open January 60 and
ending with the $4,000 Baton
Rouge Open March Ia. were
approved.
San DieEe Vscates Dates
San Diego vacated It's dates
lon the 1856 winter tour TO claim
ID spot on the proposed fall tour.
Other proposed tournament sites
include Spokane. Seattle, Port
land and San Francisco. Dates.
purses and sponsors remain TO
he worked out
The $4,000 Crosby Invita-
ltional will be held January i2-I5.
with the January 1922 dates
assigned TO San Diego left open
for d possible new tournament.
| Following the iayon will be the
ls2O. 900 Palm Springs Invita-
ltional. January 1929: the $l5.-
1000 Phoenix Open. February 2-5:
THE Sl2.500 itentative) Tucson
lopen. February 9-12: the s20.-
1000 Texas Open in San Antonio.
February 1919; the $4,000
Houston Open. February 23-26
land the $4,000 Baton Rogue
open, March Ia.
Season win Be Lengthened
Leacox said the PGA had felt
lfor some time that the North
western part Of the Nation was
'Iheing sighted as far as PGA
tournaments were concerned
and "the weather in the fall il
ideal for golf in that part Of the
country"
I He said tournaments already
ion the PGA schedule In the East
would be moved forward to ac-
Ieommodate the fall tour but thai
1.-THE major effect Of the addi-
ltional tournaments would be X
llengthen the golf season.
/ Eddie Jones, representing
,lbackers Of the San Diego Open
said he felt the coast city would
IIhave better weather on the fall
.ltour than 1t has experienced on
1.-THE winter tour Ia recent years
I'VE feel we would only bs
smart to reschedule our tourr1a.
Ement during q fall tour II one !.
.Eplanned. he said. II feel Ger.
tain there win be one In 1885,
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Matthias in Kuruchi

KATsACHI, oct. Is Bob
Matthias. twice olympic decath-
lion champion. arrived here
yesterday. He will give demon
lstrations In several track and
field events. including one foi
men OF the Pakistan armed
forces, during his weeks stay.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
viroinic Booters Tie

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va,
Oct. ls tRs-The Virginia and
North Carolina soccer teams
played to a ii tie here yester-
day in an Atlantic Coast Confer
ence game.
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Howord Beuts ZuIuetc

HALIFAX, Oct. 10 N1Dick
tKid) Howard, won . split deci-
sion last night over Cuba's Or
Ilando Zuiueta, seyenth-ranking
lightweight.
Evening star., 1955-10-18

MEXICAN HORSENEN
real 81 anthony here
zed after an automobile accident while en- route o the Pennysna National
Joaquin DHaou Looking on s the team commander Brig Gen Hbero
Cara suffered disod will not be able compete the
Evening star., 1955-10-18
Race Franchise
Al Hot Springs
Ruled Invalid

| ~
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. oct. ls
tP1 THE Arkansas Supreme
Court ruled yesterday that the
present franchise under which
OaklaWn Jockey Club operates
horse racing at Hot Springs IS
void.
That means the Arkansas
Racing Commission may now
open three sealed competing bids
including one from Oaklawn
for d new franchise.
And it may mean that next
years racing meeting could be
delayed beyond its customary
February-March dates.
New Track Possible
John g. Celia Of st. Louis,
president Of Oaklawn Jockey
Club. has declared no other
group will be permitted to use
the clubs Hot Springs plant.
If another bidder should be
the racing franchise
and Celia should hold TO his
stand. It would be necessary to
construct another track.
The Supreme Court said the
current Oaklawn franchise Is in
valid because 1t was granted on
April Is, 1854, TO extend for 10
years from May IA. 1884 AT the
time Oaklawn held an earlier
i0-year fracilise which didn't ex-
pire until May. 1855.
The Supreme Court said the
law was specific that only one
franchise could exist in any
county at any time and that a
franchise started from its date
of issuance.
Before the suit was fled, Oak
lawn and two others submitted
sealed bids for the new franz
Ichise. One bidder was identified
las the Eastern Racing Associa-
ton, which operates Suffolk
Downs at Boston. The third bid
der has never been identified.
E
HOT SPRINGS. Ark. Oct. IL
tR.-Suffolk Downs officials are
reported en- route here following
action OF the Arkansas Supreme
Court in voiding q l0-year
franchise held by Oaklawn
Jockey Club for horse racing
here.
The Hot Springs Sentinel
Record said 1t had received word
ION good authority" that Presi-
dent John c. Pappas and Gen.
eral Manager Joe Lindsey OF
Suffolk Downs were coming
here.
Evening star., 1955-10-18

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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-05-26
Whiiqviille

WHIGVILLE - Mr.. and Mrs.
Fletcher Bowan, of GAINESVILLE,
spent Sunday afternoon with
Mrs. Mat Gulick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Hayes and
children, of Caldwell, spent Sun
day afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs,
Kenneth Cutler.
Mr., and Mrs. Cecil Pollock and
sons, of Cambridge, spent Mon
day evening with Mrs. William
Gulick.
Several from here attended the
commencement at Summerfield
Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Watson
and son, Jerry and Marilyn
Wehr were at Columbus, Friday.
Marilyn obtained work with the
Bell Telephone Company.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith and
son, Donald, spent Wednesday
evening with Mrs. Mat Gulick.
Mrs. Andrew Bates was re-
moved to the Guernsey Memorial
hospital at Cambridge, Tuesday
where she underwent major sur
gerry.
Caroline Franklin spent We'd
nesday night with Ruth Gulick
Jane Brown, of Beallsville,
spent Sunday with Glen Archer
and family.
Mrs. M. B. Johnson and Mrs
Jack Oliver, of Caldwell, were
calling on Mrs. H. D. Carter on
Wednesday afternoon.
Mat Gulick was calling on
Freda Cutler, Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gulick
and children were at Cambridge
on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Gessel and
Gloria Cutler were calling on
Mr., and Mrs. Forest Danford on
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Cutler
and daughters, of Caldwell, spent
Friday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Cutler.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Berry
were at Summerfield Saturday
evening.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-05-26
REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS

George w. Flood to Charles
Deal, of Batesville, lot 70.
Cora and Everett Ross to Fred
Myers, of Seneca lake, lot SO.
Odella and II. l.. Bates to
Wanda Jean Clark, Caldwell,
cart Of lots 392 and 393. Improve
ment committees.
Oeie Leisure to Clyde and
TWila Archer, Of Sarahsville,
lots Is, 26, 27, 46, Az, and AZ.
Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation to Virgil Watson.
Notice Of lein.
H. c. and Pearl Mckee to the
Permian Oil and Gas Company.
Orla and A. L. Schafer to the
Permian Oil and Gas Company.
Right Of way agreement.
Hazel and Walter Woodford to
the Permian Oil and Gas Com
pany. Right of way agreement.
w. J. and Rachel Ann Kim
mach to Athel and Mary Pitts,
of Caldwell, lot 344.
f. Q. and Clara Davis to Doc
Davis, of Olive township, 51.2C
acres
Wilda McCarty to Clayton w
and Jean Lou Stringer, of Jack
son township, AS acres.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-05-26

Berries come high in a plot
nearby
High for the robin whose song
is mute,
From the deadly lead, as he
fluttered by,
Ere the young in the nest had
learned to fly,
He paid with his life for a bit
of fruit.
Red is the hue of strawberry
stew
Red as the blood that stained
the breast
Of the mother robin that lately
flew,
In the early morn, when the
day was new,
To gather food for the babies
in the nest.
Mid-May, but no robin circles
the sky!
Gone from the lawn, each
little guest;
Heralds they come, and,
brooding, die;
Stilled is the orphaned fled
glings' cry
Nothing remains but the empty
nest.
viii He who notes the spar
rows fall,
Will He avenge >the robins
slain,-
And the deadly course of the
leaden ball,
And the little brood i'll the
nest,-and all,-
And the price they paid, and
the crimson stain?
Josephine w. Sullivan
Dexter City, Ohio