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Show Wl , - tup nvniin 1IKIW1U1 . in TOgaaaoaaaKRaa:ia;a:; MARINES BUILD STADIUM FROM WASTE OUTFIELDER MILtER 1 THE TEST' i IS TERRIFIC HITTER 4'-- -i By MILDRED i. lm, Wtlr Gall sat WHITE Ig Weakness at Bat. Nawnpapor Uulon.) at the window looking down the long road. It was a very beautiful road, bordered with great trees, but the girl In her loneliness would have preerred to see gateways here and there, inviting to companionable homes. In coming to this mountain Isolation Mrs. Kenzie had pleaded broken health. True it was that her active business life lu tire great city had left little leisure for rest or relaxation. She had eiuleavorod, from tiie time of her husband's- - death, years ago, to carry on bis real estate business, and well had she succeeded. Gull, their only child, hud been rglveu ao college education and the various homes In which mother and daughter Inui liyed together hud been homes of,, comfort and beaut)', later disposed of to advantage. Mrs. Kenzie, now retired from business, exacted the undivided companionship of her daughter must one not Jealof gratitude? repay a ously the mother guarded ti is child of her love. The girl sometimes, sorrowfully fancied that her own jealous keeping wns the true reason of their solitary living, and not the frail health of which . her uiotlijr complained, yet showed no symptoms. She had. long known that the possible event of her own marriage was her tntither's greatest fear. And It was not alone the selfish fear of separation which moved her. Mrs. Kenzie had realized the tragedy of disillusionment in her "own marriage a husband ever and ever absorbed in business affairs, to the exclusion of home ties and home Interests Inter, separation. When, after years, he returned begging his wife's care in his death sickness, that care vvus not denied him. Anna Gall Kenzie nursed her husband faithfully and buried him without weeping, but to iter little girl she remarked: "I hope that you may never marry." So, during Gall's attendance at the girls' school to which her mother sent her. Mrs. Keiuie occupied a house nearby and wus a tireless chaperon. There had been two serious suitors, whom even Mrs. Kenzie's unscrupulous interference could not discourage. An opportune uttack of pneumonia' with no serious results, was nec'.iry upon the first occasion to Gail's sympathy and loyitf attention. The second case was thought to require a trip abroad. "Gail, darl'tig," said her mother one afternoon, "you bad better take a walk to the hl:h bridge If you feel mopy." Gail did not choose the high bridge for her destination. Though she was all unaware, fate was directing her path, which led through a piny wood toward a clearing. A crude shack Mood there. As she passed, curious, a young man from the cabin to rest on the doorstep. "You wished something?" he asked. "No," she replied; 'T was merely wondering bow this little house came here so quickly." "We really carry them about," he told her. "1 am a civil engineer and we are looking this land over." Gail sat down on the step at ids side ' and visited. The second meeting was accidental, but no less delightful. She had this time dutifully taken the high bridge walk nnd Stephen Ware was there. So love came to them. Stephen asked Anna Kenzie for the future keeping of her daughter. "She cannot dissuade me from marrying you. Stephen." Gall had assured d Chicago Cub' Fly Chaser Is Not Slow for One Weighing 208 Pounds, and Is Hard Man to Pitch to When H It Going Right. mutantur ct nog mutamur In tllia. JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN HE Latlp. has a terse and forceful way of 1 1 putting things. Now, tne nrst quotation above has been rendered in Tempora By All (7 vJ free-and-ea- style: Old Man Horace, (prigged with bay Truly thou dost say, sir, Time speeds faster on its way Than the swiftest racer. guards at the doors saw that none except those with credentials got In. During the last hour of the Old Year the people feasted, and at the first stroke of the New Year everybody in every s in band, restaurant arose, and drank u health to the Now Year. It was comparatively quiet indoors, but t lie people in the streets made noise enough to scare young 1000. Every sort of implement known to man except cannon and dynamite bombs was in active use. "(let your horns and ticklers!" was the prayer roared by thousands of and Trucks fakers all evening. wagons were halted at the curb, loaded with tin horns and thin sticks with s a bunch of at the tip. If you were a real devilish New Y'ear's humorist you proceeded like this: First, tickle some stranger under the chin with the feathers; the.: as lie turned to protest, you blew the horn in his face. A universal custom of .New '.'ear's of tho.-- o days was the currier's New Year's address. This was often in ihyine if the carrier or any of his inends could string t lie jiugling lines together or find an old carrier's address to copy. Such verses as these were popular: Clever, but the Latin says It more Horace, forcibly: Crowned-wlth-laurwhat you say Is true : , Flies than the southeast wind faster time the devour-e- r of things. And the second wine-glas- quotation above neatly supplements . the first by saying: Times change and we are changed la them. All of which suggests most forcibly that time has destroyed the method of observing" several oi our American national holidays; that the times have changed and we in (hem. noise-makin- g toilet. The "beaux." and "dandles," and "gallants" attired themselves In their best and started nut early In the there's the Fourth of July, for morning, culling first at the houses The example. Fourth where matrons received, and afterward is so entirely gone that we don't quite upon the younger Indies. The drinks know what to do with the day. In the that were offered at every house of old days we used to twist the Lion's liny prominence were ardent and ditail when we didn't know what else verse. to do, but since we It wns not until about the middle of fought side by side with the British In the Great War, the century or thereabouts that, the that seems as out or place as do fire- liaise which linally led to the cus crackers and the casualty list of small tom's decline For years the began. boys. dandies rivaled one another in the And It's just about the same with length of their culling lists, ami the New Year's About all that's calls soon cam.' to he nothing more Day. left us is to listen to the whistles blowithan hasty gorgings of cake anil ng at midnight and to make good resof wine. olutions. And what 'then the Indies the matrons as changes the day bas seen since first Americans began well as the young women began to Its celebntion! vie with one another in the number of America's celebration of New Year's their callers. This led to the most Day owes nothing Callers were to Puritan New extraordinary practices. England. In the North New York, be- recruited, drummed up. Cards an ing Dutch, was the center of New nounclng that .Miss This-o- r Thai would Year's guyety. The South, being Engl- be "at home" on January 1 were sent ish, but not Puritan, also celebrated out almost indiscriminately. The enthusiastically. The custom of makinewspapers began to print lists of ng calls probably Is as old as civilized those v im would receive, mid the man; It is likely that it originated houses of thoso mentioned In the lists Independently in almost every clime. were sun1 to be besieged by numbers European chieftains used to of men whom the ladies bail never met Set "New Yeiir'a" nnni-- t ua a lfiv nn or beard of and desired never to meet hich they would condescend to re- again. . ceive substantial tributes from their Men would go culling in couples underlings. Elisabeth re- and parties, ,un ' t ven in droves of;',0 Queen served New Year's calls every year, or more, remaining - short n time a: and there was each stopping phot tin possible, and always much rivalry her ambitious courtiers us to announcing how many everywhere tne quantity and value of the gifts culls they had already made, ami how foey should bestow upon the virgin many they expected to make before Mvereign. it was on a New Sear's Day At every place they they finished. that Sir Walter Italeigh gladdened the drunk. Tln result was a most apWeen'g beart wttli a memorable pair palling assortment of "jags" long be f silk stockings the first ever made fore sundown, and a crowding of the Md worn In England. police stations at night. In Holland the Tliis New Year's observance finally custom of making new Year's calls had been general became so abused that it was called long before the settlement of New n "national evil," and w as attacked hy Amsterdam, and the natives of the icforniers everywhere and ministers, Netherlands who came to live In the thundered against it from the pulpit. new liVhM i .... it uruugm uie practice wuu Finally fashion set Its face against them. And, of course, they had and It died a gradual death. Plenty to eat and drink Its place was taken after a while by for who ever Heard of Dutchmen who did not take entlng and drinking In the restaurants, care of their and by the stieel carnivals, gpmachs? v'p to the h If Croesus himself bad come hack beginning of the century the typical New Tear's to Mirth and hud visited New York In 'MV. wrvance was a neighborly custom, or uny big city in the country "en It became an observance decreed he couldn't have got a seat In any fashion and was observed In every restaurant of note after ten o'clock the of uny gize in the country. night of Ieoe:nber 31. for all Ids Tie younger women of such Imuse-'i- s fabulous wealth. In fact, lie probably as hud daughters were the host-an- couldn't have got inside the door. great was their rivalry, one Every table was engaged- - at big Diners jtn another, in respect of richly load- - prices ;.nd long tn advance. refreshment tables and elegance of had to get out at nine o'clock and Now, gulp-lug- hackle-feather- s This day devoted now lo mirth, To open i.uuse and social hearth, New trtcndnhlp mounts on airy wings And Kivt-- s lur tuneful harp new siring While plenty spreads a festive board, (ii vviii,. and food and ample hoard. In iiilt nejjH and laughter .gay, i" spend the hours yils happy day. All save the carrier, whose snowy feet .Still tnUht pace up the snowy street. So Kive to him a moment's heed, yiiice he aione this comfort needs. And to your ample. Jovial store Let him teu lind a closed doer, etc, tc. Sun-ciu- . I'.y liill there were strong Indications of a saner celebration of New The feasting in restuuranls Year's. .New Year's Kve was still hi full blast, with singing and dancing added. But most of the large cities had ordered the police to enforce a "sane" celebraIn consequence tion on the streets. there was less noi.se and rowdyism out of doors. Chicago, for instance, for bade horns, confetti and ticklers. Cleveland probably had the ".sanest That fit New Year's Kve in l'JM. gave the New Year a "coniiuunii greeting." In keeping with the spir of community Christmas celebrated week before. Twelve bands, with 'J." musicians, were massed In the publ'. To r.n audience of thousand Muare. they played hymns and patriotic air. Announcement by the police thut" tl midnight closing law would be ei forced rigidly cut hotel and restanrnn In i'.ir. festivities down markedly. cinnati the police had the promise every hotel, cafe and saloon keeper t close promptly at midnight. Siiuilui conditions prevailed In Detroit and Indianapolis. Then came the Great War. And then prohibition. So at present the celebration of New Year's Kve nnd New Y'ear's Day is betwixt and between. What will It lie ten years from nowl And what a century hence e a- n l. Nine-went- -- J d to appear hack of the rn whan Wings of Birds and Fishes area the model moved through the air. Ills conclusion Is that this sheltered nroa By studying the wing structure of acts as n force to drive the wing jngbirdsfish,hasan authority on the flight nhead when soaring.' found that their wings some four or five times as efficient tfSalnt Tammany." for St. Tsminany. the tutelary genius soaring flight as the wings of He attributes this to the fact of the famous Tammany Society of "lt the fln ray formed projected New York city, was a funx'tis In "if on the under surface of the flinn chief, about whom many fancied ngs. Mo Is said By experimenting with models legends have gathered. Delaware. of native been h to on have found similar lines, he jMliloned Turn After attaining his majority. removed to the banks of the where lie became the grenl Ohio, sachem of Ills tribe, and nciptlred a wide reputation for wisdom, firmness and moderation. According to tradition, be signed the treaty With WIl Ham Perm, and w s chosen by the troops of Washington n patron saint Ills prlnci in place of St. iteorge. pal maxim was "I'nlte. In peace for mutual happiness; In war for mutual I'or what reason lie was defense." culled "Hnim" does not appear in any of the literature about hi in. many , enj-ig- e ne him. When Stephen had passed out from her mother's sitting n 0111 alter the great question, Gail did not know. l'.rletly, curtly, her mother explained: "I told him that your place was here, lie saw my point and went away. And you need not fear that he will find time for grieving; he has had Hie oifcr of an Important commission far away." Saddened, (iail sought the cabin In lite wood It wa vacated. And though she herself walked each day to the village post office, no letter rewarded her there. Calmly, then, he had accepted the decision. Tlie brightness seemed to fade from her fa at her mother's repealed assurance that "all men were that way selfish-faithl- hi ,, f lit X(S ! V Ate the-'ies- hem. IWSKi Vir-- 3r a, t , v- - -- f: sii vs?r- . I v.' i Lr " - '"SSi' ' Stiller is a ref"cTrawing card because of Ids unusual history and personality. Chicago fans should not cat her the Idea that Hack Is any world beater as an outfielder, because he isn't. Hut he Is a hard man to pitch o when going right In talking with a Portland pitcher, who has faced Hack scores of times, he said thut many persons think Miller Is weak on a low ball on the but that Hack frequently lilts that kind. Moreover, any pitcher try-rto specialize on any supposed 8 "i jmfx sac .-- . W S g B mum iu.i in, rlr,.,.l,t.Jlr,l.,vm,im..,.,K.. I Air Photograph of Hugo New Athletic Built entirely of waste and donated material nnd without cost to the taxpayers of the country, a stadium which will rival any unlversltv-nthleti- c "field is approaching completion at the United States marine corps base fit Quantico, Vn., nnd was used for the first time November 11. So quietly has work on the big structure progressed, few persons outside of the marine corps have heard of the unique project. Secretary Den-btook occasion to call attention to It, to praise the spirit of the men at the Quantico base, who, under Hrlg. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, are making it a Reality, nnd to point out that the stadium Is being built hy the marines In honor of the marine dead of all wars. Spurred by Victory. Victory of the Quantico football team In Its first important game with a university team the contest with Georgetown is said to have strengthened the determination of the murines to complete the stadium. This Is hoped for by the opening of the 102:5 football season, as approximately 7." per cent of the work lias already been done. The stadium Is being built lu n natural amphitheater formed by I.iUa tusk along a small stream. The fir-of tho marines, who are ' i.ig thV of the work after the regular dnt'-- U. 3. ATHLETES TO COMPETE INVITED SWEDEN IN American track and field athletes will have an opportunity to compete in Sweden next summer if the Invltn tio.i received by the Amateur Athletic union Is accepted. The Swedish Athletic association notified A. A. I'.' officials that a set of IntornM lonrd games will be held at Gothenburg .luiy 1 to in, to commemorate the "00th anniversary of the establishment of that dty. A stadium to sett some "00';) Spectators bus been erected nnd a fast track an lnli"ld Installed 1 Specs on Grid Star Bowl at Quantico. station nre completed, consisted in changing the course of the stream. When finished, the stadium will be over the stream, which will nn through a conduit beneath the playinj. field. The ends of the sfMnlnniphlthea ter have been closed, this task Involving the moving of more than 150.CKK cubic yards of earth. The stadium proper will be (i:!fl feet long nnd '.' feet wide. The seats, of which there will event ually be 100,000, are being built of concrete upon the sides of the hills. The cement was donated by n number of large firms dealing In that ma terlal. and the Iron rails to it were obtained from wnste dumps and supplies of condemned war materials. Approximately 35,000 of the seats will have Individual plates, each bearing tiie name of a marine who lost his life In the line of duly. A memorial arch will form the entrance to the stadium. Little Money Spent. of money, Necessary expenditure which to date has amounted to less has been met through than from the lrreattnTi fntid of the lutse. This fund accumulates from sales at the camp stores. Marine oflicers ctlumte that the stadium, when completed."" "will represent a cost of had the work been done by private u ntnictors. .T-- y j Outfielder Hack Miller. weakness of the former Oakland life. "Any batter can be made to look foolish with the change of pace, but tin-rare few who have It down pat to be effective at all times.'' onoii'-"You may fool lay ii formar.t said. lhii-wiib a slow ball one Inning, anil the Jit xt trip to Hie plate he Is liable io ri'n.vn i he sum--- sort of n ball ovei the fence. And there you are." IIihs Is twenty-eigh- t years of am and lives In Oakland. His batting wut the terror of the Coast league last year. He hit .iUO and fielded MX lie is ." fei-II Inches in height, but looks .shorter because of ids huge bulk, all of which is muscle, not fuf. Miller Is a team, not an Individual player. He Is not the sort that hunts publicity, but Is the kind that gets It easily because lie Is so different fron. most ball stars. h ' of All Kinds (iulucy is becoming an active candia berth In the Three-league, date for Bethlehem Steel company soccer eleven seeiiie the best in this country paper says reliable scarce. Thl plfclteis not news. New York ! It Muggins Mav Retire Cornell will bold the eastern col logb'to wretling championship Mirth 23 nJ 1A next s ? 4.0-a- . The Ilocheater team of the Interim will do its spring training at Selnin, Ala, tbnal league a Anierl'-n- as jp- The annual dojj d .by i,l Z? ioiir will be held February 2 at the Pai Man. The. purse will be Sil.SOO. I'rof.ssor Guerdon N. Mcjser, athletic director at Williams college, will coach the varsity basketbsll team this winter. ' ' MANAGER MILLER ' Sport enthusiasts of Manila have started a fund to buy a diamond belt for I'unco Villa, the Filipino lad wbl took tiie flyweight tltla from JoJiory Buff. MADE G30D Pilot of San Francisco Team Was mensely Popular With Fans . Had His Own Way. Vincent IL Y'onng of londou, Ky.. branched out as a horse owner and b will campaign a small stable at Uavuus the coming winter. San Francisco .Winter ltasebail league has HO nines enrolled, ("lay wlp be In two sections. There are '24 nines in Section A and 2fl In Section B. Newspaper Unlork earn-paic- F. E. T.rjsh was elected nptnln of the Hamilton (ollege football teHUj for the season of liri't by memiwrs of the vnrsllv squad. , kWim Despite tlie ract ttiat Miller Huggins has been reappointed as manager of the New York Yankees, the impression prevails that he will not be at the helm when tlie 1P23 season opens. I'nrjuestlonnbly the job is Hugglns' if he desires to accept it, but those close to the mite manager say it wouldn't surprise them If he stepped down and out before the next Ksstern I eague club owners at a meeting at Springfield, Mass.. went on record us opposed to the present draft system t f "l'lHyeis nre plentful," eays the bnse-bal- l sciijit. "but not those who can play ball." Kimk Siieilc'iibacli is going to pull a John Scott nest year with the Ver lion Tigers of the Const league. Tlis .photograph, shows Kd Klsber, Columbia university tsrklo, who claims to be the only football player who wears eyeglasres while In t action. Fisher Is s great player and wenro glnsses constnnrly. anil when be announced himself ss candidate for the football squad halt a special headgear built In which were glasses of th unbreakable kind. Stai Is due for the Surprise of his youn Sporiin Squibs Wilbur (iood has been mnnager of Kansas City .sotintion baseball leant. piny-woo- forgive" wotld-re-nowne- d Hke-fih- -- long-draw- you J .1 s -- " WS -- ess." The lust scarlet and golden leaves were falling from the trees in the when rme day (Jail came upon Stephen Ware. "And when your mother told m that the doctors said you must always live in this motmtnln atmosphere, because of your sick lungs, dearest ; when she showed me thut the harsh tnng of oci'un air w here my big commission must be fulfilled would never do for you, why, 1 went away and I refused the Commission. We will b happy here together so long ns It takes to itmke you well again." A step rustled the leaves nearby! Anna Kenzie stood before them. There were tears In the eyes, no lunger stern and appraising, but softened to tenderness. "I lied to hlni about you. Call," she said, "because- I had to be snre that he could stand the test In sickness nnd In hen It R, you know. And I wanted your husband to love you mors than amotion, more than power." She gave to him a packet of letters. "I even forestalled her In gMtlng these I had to be sure. "8'it." asked Anns Kenzie, "rtyi Hack Miller, who has a Tegular Job. field for the Chicago XJab-i- dol of the coast, son" vt a strong man, a Quaint tidmor-ist- ,' a terrific sluggernas, "rtal weakness except that be Is bothered by a change of puce, Just otlter batter, is a fairlv Ikceur-rf- e fieWftnr-A- " )t so tieni,tilrtikfl-.Uiitiparty weighing rQS JioumK tn GOIK-lioii, and one vvifctJ Sometime falls Into i l of batting relaMjJIke in left . M" ,"11' life-de- iaurlger Horatlus, quem dixlsti verutn Fugtt Euro ciuus lempua eaax rerum. Real fiangt ef Im- Among other first year managers have made good, check up Jack Miller, who handled the San Francisco team tills year. Even when things looked dark for Miller's team It Is noted that fandom was strong for him. He has been Immensely' popular and the general verdict Is thst he has got ten out of the Seals all that was lo them. He has been a real manager on his own, too. Charley Graham offering no Interference as to the mij lo bus handled the Seals U the Coast league campaign. who j (Additional sports on following Page) , C- - tfr. ' |