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Show V - The itene xpresslon coming over his face. anoiju r mojjient tl he eyes of all the piazza bung upon him in the he grabbed his right meantime) shoulder and cried "I think it's here' A second later he hangul his grab to the let! side of his chest and declared that the iiard certainly was there The mother cart fully starched both plates, but there was no lizard I think said the boy. a little later, I think hes gone down in my trousers if he's Well," said the mother, gone there he's got to stay until I get you upstairs. And he did stay until the party had finished their drinks There was evidence that the lizard was eventually recovered in the seclusion of the lad's room, for he exhibited him in the afternoon, carefully tied to a string to prevent other ex ploratlons. As one of the women on the piazza quoted Oliver Herford: "One touch of nature makes the whole world squirm." Balm Beach tLe piazza of the the time the popular noon hour A Mnall boy sat with his mother and some friends at one of the tables. The small bo was about half through a tall lemonade when he Spied a green lizard (limbing on the wall of the .holel He demanded that lizard immediately and In tones that were not to be denied I wani-himother, he cried. want that pretty grten thing" The waiter, foreshadowing a tip. took compassion. For five minuses he chased Jlhe lizard with a broom and finally brushed it to the floor. The waiter picked it tip and gave it to the boy. whose years must number either four or five. The boy held the slippery green thing in his hand for a time, petting it Suddenly there was a squirm and the lizard darted up the boys sleeve The excitement was immediate ind most pronounced Mother went after that lizard with a vengeance. First she tried to reach up the boys sleeve. Then she unbuttoned his blouse and reached down Still no lizard. It is not there, she cried finally Well, exclaimed the boy, a trou Breakers bled ami i In 1 m, News. Webster and the Brandy Mr. Webster's fondness fbF'brandy about that Philadelphia brandy and if shall find that it leally is the best gave one of his important clients a very bad twenty four hours He was have made a useful trip. called to Philadelphia to defend the Several limes Mr Goodyear tried to Goodyear rubber patents and the head draw his distinguished attorney's at' of the firm met him at the station. tention to the particular point at is When they had entered the carriage sue. but he never seemed to take the he at onte turned to Mr Webster and slightest interest in it. The brandy referred to one feature of the evi- of Philadelphia was apparently the on dence to be presented in the trial the ly topic which interested him and he following day. always recurred to it. - "I speak of it, Mr Webster. he Mr. Goodyear left lum somewhat said, as it has a peculiarly important brusquely at his hotel. When he re bearing on the ease, and I thought you turned to his office his story was any"Weve got s might tiot have understood its signifi- thing but inspiriting. man who is supposed to be the great cance. who was looking est lawyer in the United States and Mr. Webster, dreamily out of the catriage wmdo'v, the only subject In which he takes any was recalled to a consciousness of his interest is Philadelphia brandy'" That night, though Mr Webster clients presence. He yawned and. settling back against the cushions, re- w oiked in his room until after 2 marked: o'clock, occasionally walking the floor Tve always hoped I might some and marshaling his cast into liatlle day come to Philadelphia, because airay. His plea the next day was one utterances in Ive been told that there Is no place of his most impies-iv- e in the United States where they serve its power and logic, and the case, in When I came away volving hundreds ot thousands of dolfiner brandy. I said to some of my lars, was given to the Goodyears from Boston friends: Boys, Im going to find out Harper s Weekly. 1 1 Nearly all ray life I have heard If you would look a dog In the eye when he starts after you It would Intem-,pfe- r, t. according to the Ne Orleans but I do not take much stock In the idea. The fact is that all this talk about cowing any kind of an animal by looking him squarely In the eye Is all blarney and hodgepodge. I have tried It on the dog. I never met a lion on anything like equal and unrestrained terms, and consequently 1 have never had a chance to look a lion Bquarely in the eye when he was Times-Democra- approachlrg me in a threatening man- To be perfectly frank about it, after my experience with the dog, I would rely more on my legs and less on my eyes, if I should meet a lion under conditions at all threatening. Some years ago a friend of mine In Arkansas owned a very vicious dog, and it fell to my lot one afternoon to try the theory of looking the said dog squarely In the eye in order to intimidate him. I went about the thing !n ner. American League Notes. Pat Hynes, of the Browns, has joined the Minneapolis team. The Birmingham Club has offered St. Louis $1,000 for infielder Harry Gleason. One of Kmmett Heidrlcks best friends says the St. Louis outfielder will never play ball again. Report has it that Jesse Tannehill has mastered the spit bail and will use It as his stock in trade this year. Case Patten firmly believes that Manager Stahl will surprise the American League circuit before the season Is over. Pelty. Howard. Glade, Morgan and Buchanan are fixtures on the Browns' pitching staff with Sudboff as the reserve man. Jimmy Collins Is delighted with the fine showing made by pitcher Josslyn, who has a fine underhand ball and always knows what to do. During the season Manager Jones will have his catchers sixth on the While Sox's batting list. ..The consistent hitting of Sullivan and McFarland justifies the move. At Joplin, Mo., an Indian, touted to become a hi league pin her, held the Chicago White Stockinm- - to four hits. The Indian's right names Sam Mor-- i is. He is also called Sckalexls, and the Joplin funs have givdj him the name of He is a blackfoot Indian. V Hanlon May Fight Corbett Kddie Hanlon, the famous little Gal- ifornia feather weight who has been a resident of Philadelphia (or almost a year, will in all probability again meet Young Corbett, whom he fought for a world's championship when he was Morris Levy, the only lb years old be a swore blow to the club s early prosper, as last jear he pioved an eaceinSt eatly season peifoimer. Southern Sayings. SbOftitop Dan J. lAiwnev of Nash ville, h announced his permanent re tireme from baseball' He has opened A doctor's office at New Bedford, Maas. Lav Cross of the Athletics, who has se most of the Southern league teams in action, picks the New Orleans lunch to win the pennant this year. . will have about the Blrntfegham fastest outfielder in the league with Dusty Miller, Hennessy. Murdock and The infield, while not as DelehMiy. Is a great deal strong s the atrongtr than the last year's quartette. The hitters are better and flelden just as good. The deal whereby Birmingham gets Outfielder Delehanty In exchange Lynch has gone through, and thd Axu, hard hitting player has reported for duty. At meeting of the Montgomery club Major Steiner resigned as vice preaidset of the club, and Mr. Ray Ruabtoa, the new attorney for the Montgomery Street railway, was elected iu Major Steiners place. Mont gomery has good financial backing this yar and If money can get a good team are going to have it, says the of the new company management who Ixwght out the street car line. out-wor- ry j short time ago and Is proving a able general on tbe field, try-ou- Impressed d cap- - V- - Fight Would Be a Crime. San Francisco sports are not at all reticent In saying that Hart is no match for Champion Jeffries. Some of the siMtrts even state that it will be California match maker, wired Hanlon criminal to send Marvin into the twenty-ffoot squared circle with Jett. and offered him a $12, Out) purse to our meet the former feather weight cham- Dthers of the sports are free in declartrip pion. The men have the privilege of ing that Hart ought to take" plitting the tirse in any manner they around the country and meet men of the class of Gus Ruhlln. If be surchoose. Hanlon has been after a third en- vives, they say. he will be better fitted gagement with Corbett for some time, to fulfill his ambition of meeting Jefand the answer of Corbett will make fries. or break the match. End of Terry McGovern. Hanlon has begun to train in anticiTerry McGovern, of Brooklyn, at ona pation of the signing of the articles, which will be forwarded by Levy to time greatest Itttle fighter of hi! Inches In the world. Is down and out Corbett. answer He will never again he able-t- o Territhe bell calling him to battle. Entries Not Up to Mark. lest week the entries to the two ble Terry. as the little fighter was classic fixed events of the Detroit dubbed when he was mowing down on Grand Circuit meeting next July were after the other, is a nervous wreck. It made public by Secretary Walter J. Is said" to be' Improbable that he will Snyder. The $10,00)1 Merchants' and ever be the man he was either phya-leallor mentally. Manufacturers' stake lias twenty-twhorses nominated by eighteen own Game. No Cadet-TIgo- r ers. The $3,000 Chamber of Com Cadet Morrow, manager oi tbe West merce stake for 2 24 class pacers has twelve horses nominated by eleven Point football team, gave out tbe schedule of games arranged for tbe nominators. These lists are In a certain sense coming season. The annual game with a disappointment. They show a con Princeton la missing owing to the sideiable and an unexpected falling Inability to arrange a satisfactory off from last years. Then mere were date. Yale and Harvard play a week thirty-onhorses named in the M. and part. The date of Nov. 18 Is still open, M , and twenty in the C. of C. a total aid will no doubt be reserved for the of fifty-onas against thirty-fou- r this scrub team, for whom a minor college per will be scheduled. year a loss of exactly 33 cent. TAR OF COLLEGE BASEBALL. American Jockey to Ride in Franco. Pat Freeman in a letter to a friend In Islington, Ky., gives the following list of American Jockeys, Including himself, who are under engagements J. to ride in France this year: Ranseh, W. O'Connor, N. Turner, W. L. Russell. M. Garrlgan, G. Hayes and C. Kelly. Freemans present engagement does away with his prospective visit here lnmldsummer. and he will not return to America until next winter. Freeman says the opinion prevails In France that there Is no in England the equal of M. Blanc's Middle Park plate winner, Jardy, and the French look for this colt to repeat in the English yiaaslca the matchless triumphs of Gladfkteur. y o e 3 National League News, Dave Brain has been elected captain of the St Louis Cardinals. 'jL vCiltral League Chatter, club has signed Catcher It Is Hanlons belief that Doescher jwfhI Edmmda, late of the Columbus club. will be his best pitcher this season. Jud Overmeyer, who played the Courtney, of the Phillies, has the last largest hands of any man playing ball. outfield for the Columbia Reds t by The Pittsburg Club has released seasea, will be given a Ralph Savltige to Savannah and Fred South Bend. pitcher of Wicker, a Bridges to Springfield, 111. by the New la Ind., signed of Albany, the Brooklyna, Dillon, formerly doing some fine batting and fielding Evamvllle club, has asked for his release and it has Jy?en refused him stunts in the Pacific Coast League. McConnel of WheWing, is at Frank Manager Tenney says Jim Delehanty Un (bllege, Tenn., to coach the baseIs going to lie one of the greatest outball team for several weeks. This Is fielders In the business this season. Hanlon is quite enthusiastic over hit his ncond year as their coach. Cedi Gray, the Frankfort pitcher Superba aggregation and claims that bis team will cause some surprises may lot make good with Terre Haute on (he slab, because of his Injured this year. arm. He may play In the outfield. Hlllebrand, fbe Princeton ' Freeman, the star twlrler for the player, has been placed on Pittsburgs ftoffae Vardon Ip Form Again. regular pitching staff. Leever must Padwah team in the Kitty League, The forme open Championship golfEvans-Til- l, will be by purchased or probably show go. I locked my teeth deliberate fashion. is again In good although the deal haa not bee a er, Harry Vtfrdon, Beckley has asked the St. Louis knit my brows and trained my lights Last form. week, playtng over the on the dog when he came bounding Club for hla release. He swears be contaminated yet. nfew eighteen-holcourse at Farnham and barking toward me.against Jack White, the present open "It was all so quick tbjkt really up James Braid and bis brothebanploUr to this good day I cannot Vay whether er Tom, be tied with Braid for the first I looked that dog squarely1 in the eye. and second prizes with a score of 75, About the only thing I remember which beat the record of 77 previously clearly Is a yellow streak which held by H. viirdon. The latter played seemed to be coming my way. That the first twelte holes perfectly, but at dog landed squarely on my parapet, the thirteenthhe missed an Iron shot tunneled under my counterscarp, bomAt the sixteenth be pulled hla second barded my brisket, executing a few Into the rough but his 75 represented stunts while promenading on fine golf. Bralt played a brilliant long my neck, and cut other capers which game, but White waa right out of completely bewildered roe. If that form. dog had any eyes concealed about his Raca Schedule. person I never found them, and if my own eyes were of any particular serDefinite action has been taken on vice to me I never found lt out. the program of raceg at the Since that experience I have had regatta at New Ixmdon, June 29. little respect for and no confidence in All three races will be rowed on the the theory of checking and cowing a morning tide. In each Instance, howvicious dog by looking him in the eye. ever. a time is fixed for an afternoon Others may resort to this method race should tbe morning conditions if they please, but as for me, my be unfavorable. Tbe varsity race will be started at 10:30 a. m., and tbe legs and a hickory stick are the only finish sill be at the bridge. In case weapons I shall rely upon when the bad dog starts In my direction. of postponement the race will be upstream, starting at 6 p. m. Dog Was Not timidate him and quiet his rising said a man who takes an Interest in pet theories and old dreams, i e jiu-jits- Yale-Harva- Yale-Harvar- d We Reap What We Sow MICHIGANS BASEBALL CAPTAIN. t CCONNOR. Few men who have led Notr Dame teams in the past have secured tbe confidence of the college that Is reposed In the third baseman of this years baseball aggregation. OConnor generally Is regarded as one of the best sackers of western college teams, but unfortunately a had knee may keep hl.m out of the game for some time to come. This will be the young mans lest yeer at school and hla record of three years on the diamond haa been brilliant. HU hatting and fielding averages have been far above the ordinary and much better than the other men ot the team. Yale Runnere In Fine Form. Yale track athletes held their spring meet April ISr And with the wind strong against them made first clsss tlmein the running evenU. Charles Hill, a sophomore, made the best showing by taking the mile rua Bob from Charles Alcott In 4?34 Twltcbell took both tbe sprints by an eyelash from Robinson, the baseball third baseman, who leftjbe nine only yesterday. Dray, who won the pole vault with 11 feet 1 inch, waa one of the surprises of the day. ea-nu- 4-- For pleasure or pain, for weal or for woe, TIs the law of our being, we reap what we sow; We may try to evade them, may do what we will. But our acts, like our shadows, will fol- low us still. world Is a wondeiful chemist, be sure. And detects In a moment the base or the pure. We may boast of our claims trrgenius or birth. But the world takes a man for Just what he is worth The or fame We start In the race for fortune And then, when we fail, the world beats the blame; But nine times out of ten tls plain to be seen. There's a screw somewhere loose In the human machine. Though life may appear ' t as a desolate , tract, Tet the bread we cast on the waters comes back. This law was enacted by heaven above. That like attracts like, and love begets love. We are proud of our mansions and stone. In our garden are flowers of mortar from every tone. But the beautiful graces which blossom w ithiu Grow shriveled and die In the upas of sin. We make ourselves heroes and martyrs for gold. Till health becomes broken and youth becomes old. Ah. did we the same for a beautiful love. Our lives might be music for angels above. 'J,'' V - 5 v will not play unless his salary la restored to Its former basis. Manager Collins, of the Boston Americans, likes the work of Overall. He predicts that the big fellow will make good in fast company. Manager Jack Dunn, of Providence, expects to secure pitcher Elliott', catcher Marshall and shortstop Neal or Hall from the New Yorks. He will also secure pitcher Eddie , Poole, late of Brooklyn. The signature ot Teddy Purcell, who jumped Wheeling last year to play independent ball, puts the Stogiea In pretty good shape as far as outfielders' are concerned. Reports from Terre Haute say that Warrender has secured a wonder for a imtcher to take Streets plaee behind the bat. He Is a Valparaiso boy by the name of Forney. t - .w Vi $ i -- Three-- 1 League Tips. Connors at BioomingtoL Manager We leap what we sow O. wonderful American Association Affairs. says: - " cannot say that I am going truth In hard this worn and wearied Are you A truth haid to learn In the days Of our Left Fielder Coffey will be. turned to win the pennant, but I will be up 'earthly strife? South, to South Bend by Louisville. among tbe bunch that dues. back, Do you yearn for affection to sweeten But It shines out at last, as the band has sent Outfielder Some little delay was occasioned at your life? Minneapolis wall. on the been often has Remember this gTeat truth For the world has Its debit and credit John House to the Ottumwa club of Dubuque In the work on the grand proved. stand through the discovery by Presifor all the Iowa We must make ourselves lovable, would II H. Pitcher Ralph Gibson of the Blues, dent Keeley that carpenters we be loved Is said to be big and strong this sea- were engaged by the contractor In son. Last year he was a shadow. charge. After two days controversy Arthur Irwin has announced that he the matter was adjusted and work rewill declare Tuesdays and Fridays sumed. carof heavy construction, weighing combeen the coming season ladlesday have tests severe during Further 1 League News. ried out In London with the Ivel ar- plete 8,000 pounds. The front or steer- as usuaL This season promises to be an unCharley Strobel Is now out of the mored Red Cross 'motor intended for ing wheel is of small .diameter, stoutly and shod with base ball game at Toledo for good. He usually good one throughout the K. I. service with the army medical staff constructed of steel wide iron tires, so as to insure a se- was given hla coin and good wish by T.'"' ) at the firing line. The Ingenious ap-of cure Lou Rutledge, of last year's Cairo was the idea grip of the ground being attained. tbe people now In charge. plication of this motor miFor Canadian military ambulance work the the Catcher Monte Bevllle, claimed by team, will manage Hopkinsville this of Major Palllsfer motor Is entirely incased Kansas City and awarded to Milwau- seh son. Rutledge Is a good, man and litia. says the Scientific American. shields. The armor proof- kee by tbe National Commission, has wtfl do much toward giving Hopklns-vi- e to steel similar conditions under Trials a grinning team. made good bis threat and haa atgned ing consists of Cammell bulet-proo- f those existing in war were carried outa steel of one quarter inch thickness. with the Harrisburg (Pa.) IndependHugh Nlcoll predicts a one, two, few weeks ago at Bisley. where of tbe motor is so ent club. three bunch for Peoria, while Donnelly member of the Amertacn embassy in The back casing t Springfield, with many of last years Pitcher John Fisher of the IndianLondon was an interested spectator. . constructed that flaps open outward on the ground, apolis club, has gone to Hot Springs, pennant winner still with him, says The motor employed for these on either side and protecting the ambulance Buffering with rheumatism. He hopes nothing and smiles significantly, while thereby la identically the same a operations d for agricultural work. It staff while engaged in tbeir work be- there to geftnto playing condition be- enthusiasm bolls around him. The vehicle propelled hind. Tbe area thus protected is fore the championship season la far rivalry between Springfield and Peoria d Is a about nine feet In width by seven feet under way. The loss ot Fisher will will be Intense thS season. eightero-horse-powby an Is In height. tractor The motor. gasoline State-Leagu- f T-- 4 zv - - ' J . V J- Garrels Breaks Discus Mark. Johnny Oarrela startled the Ana Arbor College by breaking the worlds record In the dfkcua throw, by nearly' four feet. The record la 127 feet 8 Inches, held by Sheridan of New York. Garrels hurled the platter 131 feet 4 inches, and that It was not a fluke waa shown by the fact that he followed it up with a toss ot 127 feet. , Mora Praise for Rose. e. non-unio- n Armored Red Cross Motor K.-I.-- that-devise- three-wheele- twin-cylind- Y f i m r . Ralph Rose, the giant California ath-lete, did great work at the Seventy-fourtregimental games .at Buffalo, shot ,47 when he put tbe feet. Roses feat Is little short of marvelous. after having ridden all the way from a town In Tennessee. ll wal not off the train for more than an bouf when he competed. Buffalo Stakes Announced. ' The Buffalo Racing Association bat announced its stake program for tb thirty-ondays meeting, which will be held at Kenilworth Park. Tbs stakes close April 22. The chief stsks will be the Buffalo Derby for olds, which has a guaranteed value of e " q I . Z .Aril - f Y $6,000. CHARLES F CAMPBELL Although tnere haa been a hoodoo hanging over the University of Michigan baseball team for several seasons, Campbell hopes to dispel this and develop a great diamond aggregation for the Ann Arbor school. Campbell was elected to tbe leadership a Tarry McGovern Goes Home. Teiry McGovern, the pugilist. Is at bis borne In Brooklyn, where he will long rest He Is suffering from a nervous trouble and It was reported he was coming for treatment In a sanitarium. It is believed, however, that a complete rest at home will restore him to health take ; |