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NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1916. PORT LIGHT . A gr : Oy Grantland Rice g, and -g?Od smOkes When Summer Days Were Long. | of it. The Yanks leave crippled, but ; You ve sald lt’ Bo, you’ve “He'd nothing but his violin_.I'q With their remaining heads still up. nothing but my son | The Red Sox are the people most = . . Yet we were wed when skies were blue red, for unless they are collared and cummer days were long”— | and halted in the next three weeks , s a l l fr— e e s e a r u . = | they will not be any harder to over- In Life’s Lost Gardens through the | take later on than a scared cayote. of cheerful chatter ever Arthur Shafer, the ex-Giant third i1 through heartache and | baseman, who quit the game two years gh tears ago, is a record addition to golf. Shafer never played any golf be- vs when dreams came true | tore 1914. We took him out one day apart from all the throng, | for his first test, and then he was Mecet once again when skies are blue | about as promising a beginner as any and summer days were long"— ne ever saw. Since then he has quit baseball completely for the Scottish Once more he drifts out from the fight, | frenzy. And in two years he has made lanes, more progress than any golfer we And in the dream that follows there | ¢ver heard about. Puts “blood of roses in her veing,” Shafer today plays with an easy, Spins yellow sunshine for her hair; ratural style, as if he had been at the While growing shadows blur the view | #ame for years, He handles a wooden He hears once more an oldtime song— | ¢lub nicely and plays his irons with He only knows that skic mne The proof is that he is Tl mRS T e now scoring with fair steadiness 5 from 76 to 80. He had a Once more hedrifts out from the fight, | 800d, healthy wallop in baseball, and And leaves his pls mid the game; | he now gets fine distance from the THeyondithclpuzplelhazelof nish tee. With two or three years' experi- He turns his burdened back on fame: | ¢(Rce he should be up among the Talvainithatutelen e leaders if his game continues to im- Ot glory with the brave and strong; | Prove as it should. He only cares that skies are blue S 1d summer days are long. Old Timers Speak. 1 Wagner to Matty, “Goodb Tn life’s dim Garden, one by one, top, We seck again some vanished day: | I'm sorry to see you're through; s us. when onr Youth is done, | But I may decide to quit myself Across the Fields of Far Away; Around 19 Through gray lost vears when dreams — came true Freddie Welsh denies that he is And #ach one followed snme old song; | looking for any easy matches. And When Life but knew that skies were | Colonel Andy Carnegie has always blue aid he abhorred the idea of being And summer days were long. rich. N McGraw's Last Flag Stand. The Giants, bolstered by Buck Her- 7og and Slim Sallee came back to the Polo Grounds on Tuesday. This home yolfobeteken I any US WAY. | qay can be considered as the last ey T heyese—Tor | pennant stand of 1916, The club has Hast o Mo Yor e i e ”‘f‘ come near kidding itself out of a flag Fors T b tha eyl vpe game. Be-lbv a foolishi 1dea that 1t couldn’t win : : Bt : at home. The Yanks, with a crippled usgoniseveral (oocasionsithatihe | o\ 'nalinroved welllleroushlt thatl ¢he o Rdesine fandiinoff intontion Biols i H sl ot shadowslont tho thelal wers merely hang on and draw his pay. | 58 20 S < Briefly, he had no inclination to be 20 1f the o1 0 ey Gt Hiratithey: """;j]';‘; ks “:’h“:“)"“m(:“” it js TOUSt get started with a rush now and el that ne shouiaire J6 S i clean' up against this Western in- moe 15 tackle the onis st of toy | YASion. Unless they do they will : d £ > liever overtake the Robins, Phillies ameliotes thellmanagcrial ibranchy| L oME L0 B0 Gl S e L e Ho wanted to £o to Cincinnati ip thig | 21% ¥, W10 a9 S0 BeIT S capacity d he had dome quite| "y pnn y MeGraw realizes that if the ¢nough for the New Yark club forj.aders are to be overtaken his men those in charge fo stand aside and |.,;q travel o switt pace to the finlsh, Frant his request One or even two of the leaders may «lip, but it is close to a certainty that all three are not going to break. Matty and New York, The protest that certain fans have de about Matty leaving New York i< not to be taken in anv serious way. Into the West Where the Dope Goes Down. | o, Connie Mack'’s club may not be When New York, Poston and Wask overly popular at home, but it is one ington move westward this week they | ¢f the most popular line-ups in the are due for one of the warmest recep- | fame for at least seven well known tions of the vear. American cities. Cleveland-Philadelphia, rain. , Mamie Vanor third; 40 E sh, 65 pounds class, Mar- International League. garet Beekinns first, Irene Veno sec- ety ond, Clara Buckles third; baskethall [ 1% W i , ; gggi?dtgniclx-rg %]ichnrond 0-6 rush, won by Edith Dohlman’s team; | WOrking people and children, accom- | terly mourn—his passing. Unbalances Him. i tate at the Indiana state capitol, r sense, the people of his native BANK MAN A SUICIDE, Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit have = v Halbio M batreaiiol relay race won by Esther Mattson’s ipulnul by parents, might view the “As governor of Indiana, I am anx- Great Barrington, Mass., July 24— | from 3 p. m. until 9 p. m. today. The | state felt and believed that he be- P hours were fixed especially when the | longed to them and they mourn—bit- | E0ds His Life While At Work Which shout decided that if the East is to be | ‘“‘Good golf,” says a critic, “is mostly Tl ; : i SaEoL D g : : ! 5 thecked and rolled back, the hour s | a matter of good putting.” But we| Baltimore-Newark, wet grounds. team. body. The poet was particularly closo ‘lfl,u:,rl\‘\‘-l;fu'-h: people be afforded an | Clarence Culver, acting cashier of the well nigh ripe for the checking process | :ave been in one or two traps where e e to the workers and children. i ]\vmci. o 7"“;‘1‘1‘6‘”‘_1“ ?“hhvl“ pect | National Mahaiwe bank, shot and toc zet under way. The Western club | it was a technical undertaking to PLAYGROUND RESULTS HONORS FOR “HOOSIER POET.” G )mm; ;‘L’;({“i“‘m‘]‘)‘:’m‘_’(‘fi killed himself with a revolver while, that doesn’t make a good showing nt[ handle putter with any marked SR letter to Henry Bitel, of this city, | therefore, to suggest that his remains | 8lone in the bank office yesterday. The home on this stand will be abaut out ! success, —_— Body Lies in State in Indiana’s Capi- | brother-in-law of the poet ,asked that | be allowed to lic in state in the ro- police believe he was mentally unbal- i | the body lie in state at the capiol. The | t 1 £ D C 't v d worr, Smalley! Playgroands|] Children| Pere or i v le L the L > | tunda of the capitol, between the | anced through overwork and WoIry. Y ¥ letter, which met with a favorable urs of 3 o’clock, p. m. and 9 o’clock Two of his superiors, the presldent and ready response from the poet's| p. m., Monday, July 24, 1916.” and cashier, have been obliged ta _— l h ll form Like Skilllul Workmen At| Indianapolis, July 24—The mavl’ dhcsadyin - " i % relatives, follow "he bo. g 5 o 1% . the las a J b R o I ana = vy will be placed under the | give up their dutles within Baseba l NeWS [ll a NutS e Weekly Athletic Meet. Of Tames Wbl comb e the Todlans s s Wihit comb RISy Rwast Tovadll Mo o ol pit s e ats | P manaties gt tlinses, and o Governor Samuel M. Ralston in a poet, who died suddenly on Saturday | by the people of Indiana as was no|ago Mr. Riley stood reading to the| bulk of their worlk fell on Culver, wiia The result of the competitive ath- | njght at his home here, Will lie in other man. In an exceptionally ten- | ssembly his poem “Old Glory.” was the cashier’s assistant. . letic contests at the Smalley pla ; NATIONAL LEAGUE. New London .. 44 2 2 grounds Saturday morning, are as fol- < e — e by Worcester . tso) 3 E e Yesterday’s Results. pringfield 38 g 40-yards dash, 50 1b. class, (boys), g0 8, New York 3. Lynn . 317 ¢ & first, Max Finklestein; second, Fred - B BRIGGS 8, Cincinnati 1 Lawrence .........29 g -9 | Weston; third, Abe Finklestein. ST Lowell .... ooy . 40-yards dash, 65 1b. class, first, I. Hartford ........ o W. Crane; second, J. Galamberti New Haven . s third, N. Norkin. Bridgeport ...... - 40-yards dash, 95 lb. class, first, I. = Zeitlin; second, W. Crane; third, D. Games Today. Kotch. i ! Hartford at Portland. Relay race—Won by I. Zietlin's Chicago 2 ; Lawrence at New Haveq. team. e 5 Lowell at New London. Obstacle race—first, I. Zietlin; sec- Pittsburgh .. .. . Worcester at Lynn. ond, W. Crane; third, D. Kotch. FETolis I sa o g _— Three standing broad jumps, 50 lh. Cicinnati .........3 INTERNATIONAL LEAGU cleas, fuel, Ae Finkiestehis second, Max Finklestein; third, Vincent Har- Ty enter s e rer'}l;‘er, dltsta?’ce 16 feet 4 inches. e e e ree standing broad jumps, 65 lb. SR G Neae e neemond 4 class, first, W. Crane; second, V. Rob- ) e o ington; third, W. Gordon, distance, AN O LA Standing of the Clubs. EURICet RS Inchiens : = Three standing broad jumps, 95 1b. Yesterday’s Results. L. -C- | class, first, F. Griffin; second, J. Chicago 12, Detroit 9. Buffalo 34 - Crane; third, I Zietlin, distance, 18 st. Louis 5 2 | Providence ........ 37 feet 2 inches. a Toronto . 35 Smalley (Girls). Standing of the Mop el oontll -k We 54 40-yards dash, 50 lb. class, first, A Anna Feigenbaum; second, Ethel New York T dau5a B ey 46 Geburnick; third, Ida Birnbaum. Boston e cees.49 . | Rachester ... o 46 40-vards dash, 65 1b. cl 5 f?rst. Cleveland .........49 : Anna O’Brien; second, Helen Levine; Washington A o = third, Florence Prill. ChICAEO ...........47 S (EonEy ey, 40-yards dash, 85 lb. class, first, Tietrofti s vr aiiiibie Richmond at Newark. Freda Newhoff; second, Mary Dixon; Sty Louis .00 0 00 ias Baltimore at Providence. third, Mary Griffin. Philadelphia Montreal at Toronto. Three-legged race—TFirst, Anna Buffalo at Rochester. O'Brien and Anna Croll; second, So- phia Heckt and Freda Newhoff. 1 ‘hitago : Basketball hustle relay, won by Chicago at Detroit i TURDAY": CSULT'S. Sophia Heckt's team: second, Mary o Dixon’s team. . Eastern League. At the East Sti:et School grounds Lowell 10, Hartford 1. the results were #s follows: Standing = 5 Portland 2-1, New Haven 1-0. broad jump, “lcrence Olson, 8 feet; Epringfield 9, Bridgeport 2. Lawrence 2-3, New London 1-1. Frank Anderson; third, Elmer My- g Worcester 7, Lynn 6. bery; running broad jump, Clarence Standing of the Clubs. Springfield-Bridgeport, rain. Olson, 11 feet, 6 inches; second, Wil- w. L — liam Tanard: third, Frank Anderson; portland ..........48 20 National League. three standing broad jumps, Clarence Olson, 21 feet, 10 inches second, e ProokIyRl 8 Elttbineh gl Frank Anderscn; third, Elmer My- SMOKE Coicaco B Flew York 2 berg: 40-yards dash, Clarence Olson & Sl el [ st 4 first, Frank Anderson second, Harold Cluctazatfe SEnBdeinhias s Higgins third; leap frog relay. first, Elmer Nyberg's team; second, William ) iAmetican Deacue. Tanard's team: relay, Harold Higgin New York 1, St. Louis 0. first, Walter Johnson's second. Girls A MILD, PLEASANT 5c CIGAR Detroit 4-0, Boston 3-1. events—40-yards dash, 75-pounis ‘Washington 2, Chicago 1. class, Esther Mattson first, Violet Rus- * 3altimore . | Richmond ... 05 42 Games Today. s Results.