Show S MATCH MAICH FOR t. t ROOSEVELT Bear is Bear ear Would Have Furnished Strenuous Sport or for or President CUI CUMBERLAND ERLAND Md Id Nov ov 22 22 Had President Roosevelt lt come In contact with Un the bear that attacked Charles o. o Skelley the year sixteen son of a former farmer living at Pinto nine miles mlles north of ot here Instead of oC Skelley doubtless b troth both th would ouM have been len pleased The latter was waH returning from church hurch and vas vas taking a near cut through the fields A fire re was raging In the surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding mending mountains and among the wild animals that had been n routed out was aas ils a monster black bear 1 Infuriated because It had been driven from Its mountain haunts and happening happen tug trig to emerge from Cram the woods near Where Skelley was passing It made at him At sight of ot the animal the youth c commenced the race of his life which V was TUB II kept up UI for fOl nearly a n mile with bruin a close second Finally a n. fence was teas reached 4 1 J AB Skelley attempted to scale the fence bruin caught him with Its paws t him almost nude Seeing It as 1 fight or die the lad seized a fence fence- j stake when a n. terrific c battle ensued would have o been killed had not L bulldog from tram a n. nearby farmhouse e et t been een n attracted b by Skelley's cries and rushed to the rescue At sight of oC the canine the bear fled led Jumping into th the Potomac and crossing Into the West Y r lnla mountains r. r Shelley Skelley was nearly dead when he her r reached chel home having been badly lacen lace- lace Crated n ed t i i |