Show 1 t it I t NEW RULER OF ELKS r > r 1 t I I p IOHN K TENER ONCE A FAMOUS BASEBALL STAR Toured the World with an AllAmer Ican Team Years AgoIs Now a Successful Banker at Charlerol Pa Chicago John K I Tenor ono tlmo ball player piesldont ot the First im tlonal bank In the little town of Char lerol Pa and newly elected grand exulted rector of tho llenovolont Protective Pro-tective Order of Elks was once nn interesting figure In the world of sport John K Toner owes his fame and fortune to n phenomenal right arm his popularity to his unaffected good fellowship which remains to this day n tradition on tho dusty diamond of America Toner was one of tho first great American pitchers and ho showed I show-ed limo loyalty and nobility of Europe Eu-rope what a strong man can do with n little horsehide sphere To them It was like tho logcdermaln of the conjurers of India They saw him twirl his long arms above his head writhe his long body Into position and foico tho little HDhcro to describe arcs In tho air In apparent defiance of the laws of gravity It was their reduction to tho curved ball HO familiar fa-miliar In America that It has ceased to excite comment Capt Anson stoutly repulsed the Idea lint Tenors curves wnuld fall to excite comment today John could do anything with a hall that any of your diamond stars today can do ho said and Id back him just for old llnmos sake togo to-go them one better Ho was n great ball player and one of tho best follows fol-lows 1 ever met Toner was a green boy uncommonly uncommon-ly tall uml uiicnmmouly compactly built when Capt Ansbn of the Chicago Chi-cago National team discovered him In 1SSS Like all well grown American boys he had a tasto for outdoor sports baseball above all Capt Anson saw him play one memorable day when ho was pitching for the old Plttsburg Athletic team an amateur organization organiza-tion Toner was In good trim that day and unconscious that he was bo ling watched by a wan who had thor tho-r of making big players ho twirled his best Anson was Impressed Im-pressed lie went again to see the boy play and finally made i an offer That was how John K Toner come to give up the pen which ho was pushing push-ing none loo energetically over tho ledgers of a big Pitts burg steel concern con-cern all week and leap Into prominence promi-nence The trip abroad and tho fa nonce The trip abroad and tho fa They camo about through tho ambitions ambi-tions plan of n successful theatrical promoter to Introduce tho American game to Australia and the old world e Toner went na ono of tho two pitchers i carried by tho Chicago team In Its series t se-ries of exhibition games played with 1It ° t tho AHAmerlcnn team picked to oppose 4 op-pose It by Johnny Ward then captain J + cap-tain of tho Now York team Ills Ii ry partner In tho box was Murk Baldwin I now Dr Mark Baldwin of Plttsburg his lifelong friend and one of his most ardent supporters for tho lender r1 ship of the national body of Elks Teeter Joined tho Chicago team In 18511 and under coaching bncnmo ono of tho best known twlrlors In tho big 4 league He was already a seasoned veteran when Capt Anson was Intro e tinted by leo Lj ncli of Jackson Mich q i n famous theatrical promoter othoso v I days to join with him and Act Q j ct r q 4 j o L pl i II oiINjGr w R Spnldlng In arranging for a tour of I Australia Tho tour of tho world which later was expanded to embrace tho Islands of tho Pacific Ceylon and the moro Important continental countries coun-tries was In Its Inception much less ambitious After deserting tho diamond Tenor settled in Charlcrol a small town not i far from PlttsburB and engaged In a tho banking business Ho was always al-ways a loyal Elk and In 1809 ho or ganlzcd tho Charlerol lodge of Elks serving three yearns as Its treasurer 4 In 1002 ho wits elected Its exalted ruler In 1004 ho wan elected grand treasurer of tho grand lodge holding tho position until his election this year as exalted ruler In addition to being president atone at-one bank ho Is secretary and trans urcr of tho Charlorol Savings bank Prior to tho recent state convention q ho was mentioned as a candidate for stale treasurer |