Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1921, Page 58

——————————— e e — e —— 9 == = = 2 - fightér can spare the pound of flesh, | wrong man in my life. ter would not last out the round—and 66 s g SLE mever the legs mor the shoulders.|fight when you stepped on _th the girl at San Rosario. * ¥ Finally he sat down on the bed and | scales, and I'fl tell imu why. You're 1, ul ar a s Or ase a ¥ swore discohsolately. ~ There was & it the cl boxer in h - no e;ceu fat on :o(tar’-xbog e AT and he't .lo: ull"l_n-‘“- .ll . s ’Y) o 7 at you weigh now, Keed?” al 0 tire you out OV A v o e e s MR e atchers,”SaysRingLardner I take five pound off by|:he weélght, and all he has to do is| C¥i t heem, Keed,” he coached. ’ A PRIZE FIGHT AND A PRIZE GIRL. 1 dry out three more, but|to kkeep away ‘lnd lo':u(hfif y::in'fl\(l: = “l e rcm:’d now ?‘Wh“ your . - - I h ot! ound 7" we know, Harlem, that it's y if you don’ win?" . By Gerald Beaumont. e e T Pone out. It|De a four-round fght—the t {9 Ana In that final question from his 0O the editor: T got & letter the ? o 3 = Grifin can get the welght hour at|four (m“nldd that any lightweights]trainer H Kid found other day asking why didn’t 1 th o'clock and the fight at ten, |ever travele write about baseball no more .9from the Big Town; both were ular weekly card was in order. He|Ill sign.” Potter raised his head from the 5 2 HE air in the Manhattan Ath-3F000 the BIE Town: Bocs ehe | managsd. to loeats McCarl just in| He left Adbul stil muttering: Pillow. cFour e e T T I b i e e Jetic Club was heavy with to-| F00 AUC i biic. T et oh s maling & | “Where | get heem the last pound?:| “Four” confirmed the Irishman:|ing its protests continually, was SLU| ‘ng& else, you might say. Well friends, bacco, and the hum of volc Tt was Jaokie who pointed out still | frantic eleventh-hour search for a| The next day the Harlem Kid | maybe less. You're golng to g b+ u"\:' to em'a":":i'" il wher |T may as well admit that I have kind ot Be- |anocther thing in common. substitute to go on with Knockout|held a long conference with 1'at | him out. Now, you listen: Vesper came. He had pul of: 1ose. f indlcated a capacity BOult. You nesdn't think you were the | Dailey in the semi-windup.; B W e rence 1o ‘telling | Part Mexican and part Indian, and|free of a clinch and was starting a e interest in the old game, or tween the second and third preliminaries who didn't dare eat a P 2 the vetran manager the whole story. that means he's a front-runner and L t for the head. when the champion | rather it ain't the old game which I the referee walked to the center of the | squar lem. A girl who iy + | Ana'it was on the advics of Grifin, he cam't stand the gaff. This is|Bast him toft “The blow ciughl him | have lose tnterest in it, but it is the ring and held up one hand appealingly. | SAAE Take & Rundrel o B ip i MC(iARE-;B.TmM menkhlg» d;bnllu | e Bantors about the e peras | His volce trailed of into a confiden- he |§ame which the magnates has fixed “Gen- men!" he cried. any other place. Nobody likes thelr | o In);n ywnl;;efl;;:“ p‘mm’d- ey's | e Rje, and with & single exception, :L-nl"r;nm:l;, ::‘:?"th;'l.( :ldll -:;ed"::; ntrenx‘t’g'concemnud s w‘.l'l':l g up to please the public with their - Gradually the nolse faded. flappers fat!"” # |told sher the truth, He sald nothing |ney. A48 Rotr PPASeC, BNC mromtswin usual good judgment. . . he shrilled,| Potter frowned. “If I catch any- ‘Never mind,” Potter fesponded.|about the welght, but told her that B [y - "yoTuh:n i',.'.,'i."?u.:":.-. in bad shape. | BO3Y calling you a fupper, Il kn;:k “T've been lving on doughnuts for|the (e match would murely -glve an inside. pocket he produced twa exhe humah ming dote aulokly un: mh;”::,,’:"t;fif ‘w‘f_:":";‘::h':‘:_m:: ' r block off,” he prom . “You 3 His friends want to mend him 1o 8| ougheDock oo B Pro e eq and | three days. Stake me to & meal| ;%o ,iq fgure on the ranch right | Polier's Inspection, 5 er Qe ot e ODey on “stab out | PIrth was made Into an outfieider on dry climate. Those' who want to help | thirty-three. I'm tiiting the bar at |around the corner and Il come ack |now. Ing o are o B reor K o smi3 and [ In & Tight cross and knew that his|acct. of how he could bust them and & hundred and forty now. and Dod | and show you something. i, “I ain't got any rich uncle, Sl&." |t oot 200 hein you pick out t own bluw was too late to beat It.ly. yogin breaking records for long the Kid out can throw thelr spare|& 3 . . N ys T'll do botter thah that when I he concluded, “and 1 couldn't sell a gun bluw was too late to beat it fune ot ‘water In e desert. "M | Conech 253 another swl of ten & e D rotection, "but the |distants hits and etc. and-he become But when he climbed into the ring, change Into the ring or give it to the; gof "aqy, th de. Good- " ushers who will pass among You.” ve "l’lnl‘::lol'"l‘\t e sighed |an hour later, in borrowed tights and fan do In fight, and 1 promise T won't | 0 tO sleep. B e a big drawing card and the master He leaned over the ropes and bor- comfortably. “Us for the cow-ranch, | shoes, he experienced a curious do it any more it I can just make this On: h(our hnforemrln. ime (l;‘rims his outflung fist c E s = Loy hat in | eh: Kiddo?" te for his surrounding one clean-up S0 we can grab thatisaw to it that the Kid was awakened|opjective, every nerve in his bod at controls baseball says to wsyed a derby. Placing the ! ne| Jockie smiled and sald nothing. |®e ‘mignt have lost the fight right relaxed under one blow that themselfs that if it is home runs that 2 the center of the padded canvas, ke z in':h:'q.uklit [Summer :lln{:fi S7a): | there had not a big man at the ring« 1 "fi'nhul"’i H D'!:';:fl_ the public wants to see, why leave us and walk- ning was brutally sud- |side suddenly climbed into hia cor- . Tl o Datact foto i o give them home runs, o they fixed up tossed Into it & silver coln, den. Potter discovered that he had [‘har with & yell and enci him ing to the ropes, leaned there eX-|gn gven hyndred dollars left to his |y ien an affectionate hug: a5 2 that he could not get to|a ball that if you don't miss it en- pectantly. ttered Into credit, that an exceedingly modest | qu] the Turk, wild with delight and N n seconds allotted tlral{ it will clear the fence and the DTS SR, QAL R o i TRk, ot oot g | Ioching, kg 5o mULOR, 0T T . B Dot S BN, s o v | P (el plavi mhich as - e ring. the ousang dollars an his cost. collar # o ze in hump back liners to glant ripped off his coa 1l that split the lower-pitched | the pitcher is now amongst our lead- e nE: wads of bills welghted with | LAEtE Hr oy G0 her Job at Rain- | Sherotid up his sieeves ; . sllver. g at the ey's under weight, because she was “I take you, K shouted, = ' (o crescendo. ing sluggers when by rights they “WELL, BHLL SETS THERE ON Alderman_Conners, seate broke, also, which ‘was a rather large | “Look out, boys, he i W 9 he shrigked. | couldn't take a ball in their hands ! THE BENCH AND YELLS AT THE ringside, turned a triend. ted. & discovery to make all in one day. He |you say, Keed? Jus . and knock it past the base umpire. . = “A good boys he commeniel., O hunted up Wismer and demanded | We keel hesm together, #h? ¢ opefied [ Another result is that I stay home | PITCHERS AND HOLDS UP FOUR mighty good boy, do you mindt "UUN | the truth about the girl. The &hy-l- The Hanlem Kid brought in the 4 A S slued {ang read a book. FINGERS.” bunch taok jelan was unprofessionally frank. bacon in the second round with the v to his place at the flnf-wlt his l'lgl But statistics shows that about 7 A, “The cafe life in New York will|ald “one-two" to the . . He went L a-gape, his eyes looking across the|eople out of every 100 is % cuckoo “ & bil. tabbd him kill her. Bhe needs another year at|home with Abdul after signing up for | J Y A e Kid to the | 45 they's still some that is still in-|curve ball that ain't fast or it ain't and just on hii h San Rosario, and if I owned the |th ore fights at catchwelghts and b A 7 3 terested in the national pastime 'so|slow, its just mediokum.” more votes than ;‘Zm:’: place or had the money, I'd stake her | a guarantee that a i % . for thefr benefit T will write a little | * % x x ean-living, clean about it as long as I don't half ‘°’nLISTE:\‘," Foays. oy, driena, “they red him a comer.” o ) 2L set through a game of it to get the| x “What's he got, the $°“<h t ‘conies : . 4% 3 material, ' ! use to,say that Connie Mack that's whi ‘ * & x * | had intrieate signs that it took smart 1 suppese 80 z within_the lght- | g 1 - X . i ) :’:,".‘h',"“;‘n." ;‘"‘p.( Joe Bilt and & { i E Proh £ f ' 4R spot _in ’ back of th WWELL 1 was in a certain town & {ball players®o I¢arn them. Well. you Jot of others. n you change a 3 4 <4 . 3% 3 P B i l’",;mg 8 .‘l}" '5"“"‘“:“‘;' little wile ago and run acrost a jought o try ;nd learn the Jigns we i - 3 Iy ] Y i Nt s » 3 are useing. For inst, say the other B he’ alderman accepted two ten- i f T I ;£ el | . ean't count 'em both out—stop at nine friend of mine that is a big league |eTub has Bot men on second and third done e anded one up through \ 1 il 7 giwE o . 5 |—stop at nine! ball “player which 1 won't say which ibase and it's 4 close game and thein the ropes, and then a moment later ' ‘S g A - - y 2 H . £ The frensied message penetratéd| | p he {g on, but he made the remark | best hitter is up and we don't want 1@ rumpled up its companion and tossed - .3 ) b 4 o : f the pandemonium. The third man in that days when his club comes | ke & chance on him. gy ¢ { R 2 B . S 2, ! the ring recognized in the advice the |that now days when his club COME® .we)l. Bill sets there on the bencly A" guess the Kid needs it more el : : = : 2 IR ERA y = 3 i only possible solution to & problem | to the Polo Grounds In N. Y. he don't jand yelis at the pitcher and finely the i l.d he explained to his friend. ] i) L) new to the prise ring. His voice|never see me setting in the press coop |pitcher looks and holds up four fore the main event the ¥ N \‘, Loy 2 , rang clear and true in the knock-out|no more, and I says I was working |fingers. This me he wante the nounced that the contrib ) . 3 e Ty litany: pretty hard and he says: pitcher to give the man four balls. ) “Seven—elght—nine and. “You would be surprised the num-{Then Bill points to first base. That and that the 3 / v A v ¥ g 7 i}"','f,..f"m‘a“w:\:l‘: ok ‘e In per- i ’ " ) s iy With one hand quivering in the|ber of people that is too busy to come |is to show the nitcher that it is = 1 - G air, he backed against the ropes,|and watch us play ball." base and not third base that he w 50l ted up by Abdul the Turk, & J 4 2 H wide eyes set on the two supine fig-| So I said it waen't only his club|the man passed to. en the pite o -haired, hasel-eyed youngster ; 3 ures palpitating on the canvas floor. |that I didn't have no time for but it {is as 1ibel as not to stick one right y p s s - d s ¥ The tenth second was officially sus-|was all the clubs and I couldn't et |the groove and«he star batter knocl lose the ball gal pitcher what was ropes and stood his ey‘:: "l.:o l;:lllum. his pended! steamed up over them no more and heek-bones too prominent, his voice / Back to the spot nearest the Hdr-|maybe it was because I was getting S ek w to be heard past the fifth row. ; ‘ ; 1 Sdadi Ty lem KIig plowed Pat Griffin, but Ab- |old. the matter and 1he pitcher is libel to "'?ry,“re(em came to the rescu e . = dul the Turk was ahead of him, a| “Well,” he says, “they’s a lot of |say he thought Bill onlyheld up three “The Kid ne and all.” ; " 8 4 ns howling Hercules wielding a water- [others getting old. too, and if they |fingers, meaning to try and strike the he shouted, il . l soaked sponge and pounding like a|keep on ageing like they have so far|guy ou day he hope 4 ? . - 5 maniac on the padded platform. |this season, why pretty soon we wili] “Listen.” says my friend, “you think tatn You agaln. - ; 3 Bedlam reigned in the corner of the|ove haveing secret practice at 3:30|Schalk and Killifer and them babies ‘-n.2 Kid nodded corroboratiorn, o champion. v.g_.' is brainy catchers and they are sup- ved both hands at the darkened i - Two seconds ticked by, and the ‘ell, T finely got up nerve to ask |pose to outgu he batter and ete. Dleachers, and then, because he was ’ lim figure of the Harlem Kid|him where his club stood in the racc. {Well, our catchers has o outguess the on:)" twenty years oud and t l"f was g $ - " _ stirred and rolled over. The bronsze| “We are a good eighth.” he saye.|pitchers, too. L. for inst. take his world, he n on the lower s : p . 4 ¥ Dody of Joe Vesper quivered, and|‘and we are proud of it. A club that is |Schalk. 'If he signs for a curve ball, rope and cried. 2 his arms thrashed the floor. Some-|Out in front in this race hasn't got |why he can get ready te catch a curve Yf-.. Abdul the Turk who lifted 2 » 3 = 2 ? where deep in the brain cells of |nOthing to brag about as you can't|ball But if one of our catchers signs the Kid out of the ring- Abdulmldho - e Ry :7“‘ ;"; stirring the age-old con-|See how they can help it. But whenlfor a curve bull and the nitcher says fon wrestler of the East e. . $ 3 ct of the races. . . D e Mohammedan carried b . \ . GriMin was no anthropologist, but i@ to the seclusion of & 5 =t - he knew the history of the rin dressing room and there kidded him ot : Ly “White in against dark, into composure. o . ¥ 3 2 trumpeted. ‘“Come on. Harlem! 5 p X3 -} And_ Potter arose, not in triumph ’ . i 2 A X ¢ d as befits a champion of the world +ORTHWEST from Deming, N. M., & B T 4 but lurching drunkenly against the the ‘rallroad crosses the Mimbres 3 ropes and looking vainly for the heads for the Geronimo - 2 other man. wvalley and heads fo . — > The poised arm of the referee de- mountains. :“?&Mv over the squirming figure ‘Where the steel rails end, 6,000 feet above the sea's surface, is a region rich in'silver, copper, turquoise mines he cried. But no one him. Abdul the Turk was through the rapes in time to catch the toppling and ancient Spanish lore. But more J ; N 2 precious than all these is the sr 3 = ; fo_‘l;:n of the Harlem Kid. aseptic alr that blows across bal- : hotel roo! Abdul, Nosey Mundorft and others of the jubilant ‘m‘ro“chl't that they sent It_was to Silver City > \ the Haslem 2 retinue. It was then that an awe- Dr. Anton Wismer, examining phy- sician at the San Rosario Sanitarium, talogued Richard Walter Potter's an- tecedants, history and characteristics = 3 on the four-page form. The examina- : - re n@nths at San 1 asted one honr, and at its con- Glusion Wismer asked but one more Flelat leastitwa M . “And meT* asked the Kid. Abdul and the Harle: made a|wire me.” Pt D Tare of yourself, and you're | §00d pair, Abdul-umcanplly Aextrous| Three days later he got this re- ekt | 0 rise fo the oco all right But I wouldn't fight any | as a trainer and faithful a St. Be 1 The referee had concluded his in+ He grinned sheepishly at “Oh, my God!” said the Harlem Kid. “Onh, my God!™ nard, Potter coolsheaded; intelligent| “Go get him, Kid; I love you more | 4/ ctions with an admonitory, “Shaké |blue time-table on his bed and the and handed an inspired telegram. thal X read: “Remember, Dick, carry 38 '’ hecocunion, but ranch. Now, don't you worry, Sis: and if you ain't mad, I wish you'd 1t was in the morning, and they | ™0 o0 214 thanked him me- | and & dorn fighte than eve itory, were all bundled up in steamer chairs T e T e proagered amas- | "The Marlem Kid never did fina|Bands as syou come out” when thetgkels A ST strung out along the sun porch, the N e e satd. “I want you to ingy. "rhe mid llmate the absence [out that Pat Grifin, shrewdest man-| 2T, Kid spoke up: - o Tram, 5 patle - A : transfer that hundred to the account | f any demand that-he weight | ager in the business, had sent a two: The champion grinned, extended his | —Just tell averything’s jake.” centive to lity. The Harlem| (*3fra. Potter, and there'll be more |82d the fact that g.m nia’s four- [ hundred-word night'message to Mrs. | g1oves {n'a’ sweeping movement and % e 5 B D n oga and then Teaned back | coming’ vignt slong: o was igadlly mblted to the | Potter, pledging her nusband's safety | Nuiicca Sack’ 1o his. corner. To the « “Mrs. Potter’ 8 surprise of the great crowd, the chal. L e e R s b1 Tive The| . “Yes. I'm going to marry Jackie in | TeloP rengt San Rosarlo the day after the match, | jenger remained In the middle 6f the Value of Sundial. projecting rakishly from his lips. The as a drawing cards hat th 1t 5 the morning and leave on the afte: ; no matter what the result. ring, eyes fixed intently on hig. op- e ;T‘:e:l‘:::‘; the Potter | | oon train. She stays here untll she's =:|"=‘;“ 0, the Al e Mass, hej o sooner had the articles been|ponent's corner. His gloves Noore {N many a rich man's garden a sun- ¥ d hi; f,'. cured—understand? Tl guarantee | 780 &% 7 po e fone | Mgned, calling: for & fitteen-round |drawn into position, his feet braced ai biIL” wslterweight | bout, with the challenger weighing in | under him for a spring, and his head 181 tANa (he time, théngh nobolly the bilL champi 3 1 plonship of the Pacific coast.|at three in the afternoon, than Griffin | th 1t looks or listens. It i brown eyes that &h aa’{,’:’,",‘_",‘n’“ ,f"‘,‘l{ ,‘;:",;_},‘,‘,:‘, Ly :{-'n:ggml:fif_r;;:m:qh:-; Tt one of turned the Harlem Kid over to Abdul | of his: flnfhb(v:c’i'ynl’hr;:r&ul?h‘eh:l:r:t:: the -sundial nanv.er nv.- fi:.xt::m(::t In contrast l(o :n.l“ ry of | vh'l::l' l::nm::: ‘!Ill'::l;‘rlllf:n v';:::':é ter every battle to sérawl ,“’.,,“ mes- | "“I've done my part,” Fe said. “Now ;""{l' s su'l’f‘; :‘te-( z'::“ucr;lul&t‘h:: 'nrf::':fi: tion that could not have been obtain- :-eflu;u:"m r ripp! in and looated the object of his search gu on - hotel stationery to 8an|you do yours, and don't forget there's!to, accomplish its mission. More |®d more quickly in other ways. The ective trame. " ved. The girl|in the. summer-house, Potter had | roieficiosns bis efforts fo accountls ten-thousand-dollar = forfelt up on | extraordinary still was the eagerness |sundial fulfills & function In a ma: \ = ter sir! In e Tammact '“.“h' e Tn satisfactorily for the money orders|his making the weight.” manifested in every taut, quiverin, S Tayghed. time to, althy uncle In | were s0 ambiguous that Jackie be-| ' Where weight-reduction is the gli- | muscle and limb of the Pride of Hars|Sorden. but that function is not to © eorNever mind, Harlem:: she con.|Californie, an equally Actitious|came frst suspicious, 'then siarmed.|important ~conaideration, ' the traglay | Tem. 747 Ltell the time. It is often of no beauty | soled. . t, but you nd was only quieted by Cecil Big- |of the training period is reserved for| Quick protests broke from the op;|and aiways of no utility, but there “’l"h’-ol‘ilgl“m‘ croque Is a cult jn old things or in new never look the same. Wait until they | job a8 a traveling salesman surance that he knew what| final two weeks, and it is the last five | osite corner. The referee ha: eyes widened. “Where dolonely and very much in love. She|was quite all right but & fearfully | Gethsemane. There is a preliminary| Potter's eyes remained riveted on|things that are fashioned afterNold Jackie was nineteen, exceedingly | her husband was doing and that “it|days that constitute the puglilist's|forward. “What's the idea?" “WE KNOW TWO OR THREE BOYS IS GOING TO HAVE A COLLISION, you a‘" ,that Harlem stuff?’ he de- ;(mod :r‘:q ‘::;c .uml:lou:n :.n-;::: :: Jol; 13 O L ::3‘::3:'1:;‘::‘12!{( i:ofige“m.o:st‘::m; m‘-oomn;:;; v:m mn shoelmlqulm.d things, and & man likes t oset up a led. & 1 8 s croucl into Rainey’'s on One Hundred and|conduct the search. weight and how much she loved him. ” enty-fifth, just off the Square?" Potter had just polnted out that|The Harlem Kid committed mome sen- | 3t9re for It you know it." Ask - 8 ‘When the Harlem Kid.came back| The referee hesitated was “Listen,” he says, | jocAsic me did I'ever pull on & glovel” [ wiih s “cattic. rancn °“everything | tences In particular to memory and|rom te Slerras and settied down to|He backed away and SiEncied to aag | 107 in excellence and elegance many |come ouf and set on our bench some |, “A IMitle uncertainty like that is } yon know about Rainey's?” i be o, P e waiting for the ‘bell to ring,| the Erind of road-work at San Rafacl, | timekeeper. The bang of the bell and old things surpass the newest things, |day and get an education? They's 2 (what Keeps us from zoing to sleen “I worked there,” she answered. red in = Lo, "elle—T 887 |1t helped to ateady his nerves. | he knew what was expected of him.|Votter's spring were slmost simultane- |and that a thing survives the years|of the new boys that was overseas)out there, as they's never no uncer- Slim arms stole from the blankets and | ¥ o e tD-M‘fl“-l . od, | T o hen opponents became scarce in|Dbut the first time he donned the rub-jcus. 14 in & way testimony of its' worth, |[05ether in the war and after they |tainty in regards to who is going to swayed Thythmically as she hummed a |24 then turned to olt, Dut the Tu-|the south, they moved,to San Fran. |ber undershirt and Abdul swathed| The Harlem Kid remembered the . got back to America they didn't see|win the game. popular refrain. Something in the turn :I‘"'n o e = | cisco and scored-more successes in|Waist and chest In the tight flannel stroke of the gong, remembered clearly though also in a way it may be tes- |each other till this spring when they & ‘But we have other excitement, like O S S SO "o Bt | I e ol dear.” ehe crfed.| (AL ity a0 ssross the bay Iy Ouk: | bandsser. hia gpleits stnk—and Orif; | the loap that carriod Rim inio by gp-|timony of M worthlossnoss. | There |52 i G whire by’ lant | 0 TR The Aol and somebady on * = a X by v] » a s a y on smile electrified the Harlem Kid. He e to b ‘the Deat man;(1aRd. The Kid now began to get|fin resorted. ahead o ponent’s corner, and the sting of the (is sometimes & flavor about old|S8ked the other TRtre, 0o Bt play |the other club hits & fiv. ball. We W he A djusting the scales so that|first blow that he t beit upright and swung his 16gs to | aor®, e Didk? "And you'll mave o |Qérs from Chicago and even from |trick of adjusting the scalel Ro (L0 | (Rot DIOW THAL he rove home agalnst | enings which new things lack, sort|only a couple months He says he | know 2 or 3 of the bovs is going to o New York, wher: - % o seen you therer” he wheesed, |£0 0n TAkIng love to me aftorward, ey, Yo Pormitied, " hut “the eers |at nlght, Potter belloved himselt making | his body was & machine automatically [of an odor of boxwood and lavender Way leld vp wWith & long ‘sledge ‘ot |bave & OIUNGA but we dont know - eally was. beonsc s . Phether they are were conditioned on his making the | better progress than he really responding to su lous sugges.|instead of varnish, fresh paint and | SKnes® . .o one of the boys was|to get hurt or killed — So far-thes old thin st beca: and believe me we got genfus.’ throw and most of the time, when it a8, JusCbeckuse they, &rs ol “why don't you |comes it's a big surprise. .+ O 0L & * “T've heard you sing that! I live only|pr "pm pot!” by day th d-work in the hot | tion. He ht e es” you are” contradioted _the|UEBt:welght limit, and he disdained Dy By Ot weight: and tight- | sario under the. turauotes chics atio- [Wet plaster. Sometimes the odor of [talking about a pltcher on another |ain't nome of them been killed, but night he lay awake for some time won- | ®i%. just as soon as I can get hally Pat Griffin, towing a couple | ness of bandages and cloting was in-| ing to the prattle of a girl. old things is musty and more sug-|club 8nd we hadnt seen thig pitcher The I Satoniy shout 4 over g Sy o S h, I sy Bigbee protested. of b , R0 In search 'of | crassed, ‘the ratlon of water which| Tho fourround game tesches man |gestive of moths, worms and decay et with him. last season. So we RING W, LARDNER i . already e out from Ne peed, speed—an more = < v st 0 % 5 * Sectgea"to get well and marry Jeokls | (LoU, dgnt mess It! Really? "ER.) Yori just in tine to ase the Kid out- | s real welght dropped to ons hun. | The drying-out process taken the 1ok?|theR of boxwood and lavender. asked this boy what this here pitcher | Great Neck, July 1 box Denny Malloy, the Denver crack. d thirty-nine, then to one ness from the system. The| The sundial is nothing like so em-|had and he s e got a great | (Copyrig! Pryer. Such is youth dre He told her of hi; So they were married in the morn-| " «1¢ you can do one .hundred and;hund: and thirty-eight, and then a id was naturally an aggres-|cient as a watch. It never was very plans the next 01 . & on the sun-poroh, with the < 3 , + day, and Jackle, tilting back her head | IS thirty_three pounds,” sald the Irish-| half-poind less, But on the tird day | sive, two-handed fighter of the hurrl-!much of an aid to man as a time match with | before the contest, after four hours|cane type. And now, under Griffin's n- P or: "I mever Drofessed to a0 A Famous Tree. :l‘-:_o :l':lr:; ihffll’i!r; F:’\:;icg ms:‘:. .,::3 trumming on an imaginary guitar, erend Peter Standridge, & new |mgn, arrival, ofclating. . - on the road, and two more in the|structions, he had become a fistic “I love the nerve of Goorg:‘ It was Epstein who, suspect- gymnasium with lunch omitted, he|clone that from the tap of the gong more than tell the time of day, be- .DEAD giant of a tree stands in[f"""‘ adjacent fortifications were But he ought to remain in France, (aE the trub-state of aetalrs. come Mrore end mare. aere oF the | SN exactly the same as the day carried the battle to the man In thg |CAuse it could not tell the time of A s | popping away at each other, a num- is supioions_and = thousand-doliar = n in the |night, and on old sundials, as the grounds of the United States |ber of Confederates cli P ' . % 2 e many now oges, ip this sentences Hompital st Weaahe | and contimsed Miring. o ohe. Hir For oh, ma, oo, la, la! He's taking o fact that there was no big money to | before. other corner. L3 ] Giaat aniittery Sttt e Tog e be made in the welter class, and it The body began to send its tele- In the heavier, tawny f . . i yoThen she’ waved to & purse, oTne “My dear young Christian friend was D& money that the Kid was atter | graphic protest to the braln, and the | Vesperandes, known S L e I s Bo that on Tomendm | ington—Walter Reed Hospital. The e e mad ot dnbe oL arq; lous,’ clgar J —now. night, his mind}Joe Vesper, X R 3 o e of o sserted Jackle. “You'd better take his ;\:t !'h': et for the little Mrs, Box-| I ‘don’t think I could make it, .‘.‘.i"m‘,?:.' aTthe rhythmig subconscious | flowed. o :%bmu?.'. '{,‘: f:,'m or on days ot"floglm and cloudy skies, (Breat branches of this tree have been | busy streets of the National Capital iperature. - er all the good-b; had been |FSL, he said truthtully, “not unless|demand: “A hundred and thirty-three |up and waited for the storm to sub- the “gnomon.” which is that triangu- |sawed off—amputated might be the now called Georgia avenue, and then The Hariem Kid wased indignant. -Co| Afer sl the goot-bres had been|reutoffaleps — . " |t three—s nundred and thirty-thres | aide, but as the tumult from fioor and lar piece whose shadow points out|petter word, bearing in mind the | the Tth street plke, there ie a ceme- on away! iriffin no« 3 10U not, ant N leries inc: o . .t emetery. hy 4T could step twenty! ia_step-— " | mountain road accumpanied by Ceqlliv's ‘to bud. Vesper s Tha | At Rree” msulted with Abaul the| Floves ripped at hia ribe eng moclESe | The sundis became a 8 10 ShadoW. | blace where the tree stands—so that | story s that a number of fhe s e made s valiant effort, fal B e e o P Yrichg | Melsht elther. any more, but he's|ryric. 2 roreasing ooced, s omeng head with | den ornament in'the sunny parts of | only the trunk and the butts of the | whose bones rest there were killed back disconsolate. ._-n s wirim “urn s end champion, and you know what that He can't stand any more sweat-| Ignoring the advice of his .w: £y Furope in th,; fifteenth century.|pig pranches remain. It was a gaunt, | DY shots fired from this tree, Which e el Che ) :“you’r"s lucky beggar. you ing; dry him out. Nothing but & cup | he abandoned footwork and sclence and Thers were older time recorders: |5 % O U hospital was es. | SieSSved,In the grounds of Walter ew—having an uncie and all’ thatbut he makes the other guy get dows of coffée In the morning after thla | elected to mix with the man who had (that marked the {ime by their burn: | tablished. It was & vellow poplar, pered. ‘“We x.fip each &P | **uncie, .:'h,,. ‘exolaimed the Kid. to thirty-three, and that gives-him a |}y salivary glands dried up com-| The bell clanged repeatedly, signal- ing; lamps that indicated the hours|.,, gied a good many years ago from Rere Just B N e ‘seventh man | “The oniy relative T've got_is right Tnads one Bundred sad thees-ihres o] PIgtelY. F ihe Confeat e ook | AS the end cf the sound, and “otll] the | B2e ‘Water clock, which was the most |age and neglect. It was stripped of and—and— back there on the hill BigEY: | few months ago, but not now. The morning of the contest he riem Kid and the king of the light- | reliable of-all 'these time-recordi o, and its bare wood ' ‘wan only strong coffee, and Abdul, sniffiing | weights stood toe to toe in ng | its bark long ago, od | you'Te & good sport, snd I want you| The Irishman raised inquiring eve- | BB *UNE fubbea off the Ainal pound. | of gloves until they were Dried apace, | dovices; When the sundials came Into ||, weathered to an ashen gray. That, too, was part of Grifin’s plan; {who could well afford to have a clock,| There is a tablet on the trunk of t's groan me’N kid. “I'm down for the count. to look eut Jolly her b ot for brought Joe Vesper up for the {the cost of which was less than the this tree which bears this legend: .m, TOWS. § “Well, you bétter get right up,” she if she gets blue, and for the-love of “I was in a hospital,” explained the " for a cattle ranch, that's my idea of blue nyci lighted. |a hand in dismissal of the subject. ternoon the Harlem Kid, naked|and the light of anger in his small «yUsed as = signal station by Con- ] “ . a t o ranEth. Potter was enrolled in the |'m damned glad to have met you, eh?” | wife, & lettér that was different from attack, and the telegraph instruments July 11 and 12, 1864. Also occupied awful chance. cheéck Dr. Wismer. ‘Th means.’ “Syre; he wont weigh in himself, The Wooden Indian. THE wooden Indlan is nearly ex- tinct. Time was when a tobacco- nist did not hope to sell goods with- out a wooden Indian as an assistant. Usuvally the savage held a packet of cigars or a bundle of tobacco in one hand and a tomahawk in the other. His attitude was half inviting and half threatening. A cigar store could not do business without a shed. “T was only going to say | Mike, keep the sporting pages away |kid. 2 2 + Admont e s my lucky number, and as | from he P "Oh." commented Grifin, and waved| AT eXoctly three o'clock In the 2f- | second round with his nostrils wide . So there! he called as the train| Potter went back to his hotel and hy he was born, stepped on |black eyes. federate soldiers under Gen. Early ey o weeks unfolded and he gained |moved out. “If I don't see you again | found ree-page lotter from ‘his | toe meaies at the San Franciaco Pre- |, AFSN the Harlem Kid leaped to the k during the attack on Washington, cast of the San Rosario All-Star Theat-| Leaning out of the car window, Pot- | her sidio and held his breath. The bar,|beat a staccato chorus as the ingsi, 8l rical Company, which presented nightly | tes fancied that Bighee leaned a Ii tom Post pt: set at one hundred and thirty-three|experts strove vainly to fouro- ufl.: The south of Euro] by sharpshooters.” in e?e h|'[“r‘eeln‘l:(on '::oev;nmma original (.l;dhuv:nrml:::lm:l\:l“anml:h auk m?:flhzumflu:{ B-l:;dl':"t e“r':fl.'i' pounds, trembled, 1ifted, settled back ::':‘o t"-lvxnulh‘ pace they had ever seen tundl -gr:;;l 't‘o llll s When Gen. Jubal Early and his o edy, “Carry tha cheek- Z 3 , ) = Dasne h Seshina of that & bo red red. Can't we tak Y| 2ina the Kia toppled of Into the|iNS title maich. Only one man. s vet-|fashion BT U, foEc], i IBIAR BT | contederate division Won the battle On. e almost transparent. | sca: ooden India: From Cecil Bigbee, a British aviator own paims, he signsied | ernment land right away? I've saved Turk. Pugilism’s | tch gentry fled to th ) and came down on|W ndian any more than a bar- T LB et S 8RRttt 0 it 4R o 8oty YL e o o ML e e ngn ot o o e |y ERIEREL i Sl | aningon. b7 mamhing (weny | 0 308 B SO S s, an_equl E o took witl em the idea - it its ¢ of abeurd capa an equslly Abeyrd DI e Hariem Kid alwaya|horria, things ahout You,’tos, DIK-Z| In the scant seven hours that was |y cioolic™ !7 QEBUNE againet time” he |0l was' not s garden i o and akirmishing & good | ZHERU o S s on his flylng celors which jed all | remembered that Salute. ‘what ‘i‘!“ it all mean?” “2 given them, Pat Grifin'and the train- | the next, or a decision-for th .:".( sundisl, any. more than it could be|P&r i - i the absurdity, the Harlem Kid learn. Amvln{ in Deming, it took Pot-y The Harlem Kid réuted Abdul out ' e champ. | "garden without a box hedge, a its red and green lights. Many stores ed the gentle art of entertaining |ter only ‘unty-t-‘:"buu ‘to learn | of bed that night, and standing in the | er threw all their skill and strategy * K Xk ko border of jonquils, some arbor vitse now seem to pely on big red borders ' o Jxvense. Just 3t |ing: sions O N o e | O rot-clotan "™ fung ‘ot into the task of rehabllitating Har. | ;AT Grifin kmew the truth when the [fe0% & SFavel walk and & rustis ed il around the show, window, and it was . BIEbee oot A e matn. mil. | Aght. promoters or ghorting” editore | “Losk me over, A% ne commanded, | wilgning in. they Tad Him in a res- Harlem Kid sank into hig corner | in the older settiement o e protection of the city. = |not many years ago that this fashion | ionaire tobacosnist, secretly prac- |In desperation he telegraphed the "umdhu A rr:l‘- i o tt;fiuld get down to|taurant around the corner, where a after rocking his opponent again and land and Virginia -.nr'l This tree stood in =n opent F. 41 came tn. (ma [y dm;e: g: I:ve ubtn fl”,‘: mad of a club.at vm& one hun l: " 'n.i-!hrn ;.‘u;y“mm ‘.'.',:;{:'::’.'.‘.::‘5‘:‘.,‘, khmn'. agam until the roar of the hunting |t f Columl about 1,000 yards n‘;p‘:&“fl: o ke woolsn Safttan wab sl Lt o 8 the ta 3 perm! 3 o {008, mnerisms snd. vosablery. of | ransportation. HE Tark was wide awaiié/6n the | il And then after o briet auto-ride|Peck rang full and clear, against the |“stumo” o N Sremt ‘stood during & part | tar as known B never drank whis- Loule the Fish and Abdul the cCarl needed new | THE Wurk wes | they put him to bed in a hotel not half [ rafters. He cast one glance down' at [rested, in the of the fighting, having arived oo te|ky. or smoked his own tobacco and | and sundry others who fulfilled, in a the instas e questioff ‘w a|a block distant from the huge pavilion, | Abdaul, working furiously on the boy’s ere there was & sun. the foet mom 'at the Soldiers’ Home, | massacred people with his tomahawk. challenge to all his abilityas a trainer (and there he remained, sipping beef- |, vering logs, and another at Joo Ves- D e e e Sun | i out two miles neaber the city. The | He was faithtul to his post. But, as read: measure, the popular conception of a Y undred prize-fighters. Nothing doln g it dler of human i He | to8, 8t resular intervala. | ver than the land | the flesh and blood Indian is passing T and refund ticket if you win. han esh. This was Pat Griffin’s cue to dis-|per, his head tilted back on the ropes, | weights ticked away in the manor|tree grew in land lower than the lan: > pl.lnl;”gha oAt e Potter covered the 738 miles to Cal- [circled the room barefooted, eyes|play the gemius that had made hisinis'eyes closed, and his chest heaving | in the massion house, and g ita] from Kb Peo Muw the Spoden India NDER the circumstances it was |ifornia in three days b: rvlnsur lh tiin, n, Y Be a K ,| name synonymous. with ring success. 'ho coul to be expected that the Harlem |valet to a cattle shipmeat. Hatying the Trass of Widfriend nd sat 3 rolling flelds that | been mwumr"" o He locked the Kid's ds e dis: |noting_particularly the thighs and|down by the Beaside. o K el O o | atvetched ‘away to the parapets and | survives only where o few tob o out to the Vernon pa > Kid and CUff Rainey’s star show-irl | covered—which he hadn't ‘known— [ waist and hips. for it la from! “Harlem,” he began quietly, “y: tenes of Fort Stevens. te & .should fall in love. They were both m&nv—mdfltn" o. reg- | these "::!hn of the body alone & kmow ne-l'n_nw-rbe:::en’;ndm into ring. He 2 ’c‘wh: u.{’mu«. skirmishers and un-_ f : 3 y : 4