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Show i --r ji j i i mi "T i n I i I , n L FAMOUS PLAYER OF PITTSBURG PIRATES I a Sti2l Artist Cnr Skstcl)i Honus Wagntr Running Out Hit By HOMER CROV. J. II. Wnunrr, allsa John Ktt'f, tilu John Telnr, allaa linns, nn Honus, Hon-us, tho mint who nuul I'ltlshsri ts-niuiia, ts-niuiia, was dincuvorctl at Hteulxormn. O . and now oor a your that cllj iris out Its sli'siu cslllni and tbs town i bsll slar .unnl'tl banner, nun sprri lii'n and bus a children's dmnin, I all In honor of tin shlltlcnt shmstop i Hint ever mrtMli tho Iriind. Tks Unit tlm bu hunt lic.l up tils shntlitws, lulled out his mrk and slrl. a dcntl run for Itrnt bnne, two Is din fnlntf.l and a llltls Klrl bjr tin sumo ' nl l.lllls rrlcil (or hall an hour. Alter thui, b.'toro Hans stiirled for llm, I ho jkiII.o ulwny wciit alituil clcarisa sp the Inn k mid wurnliiK nervous Isdles 1 on the bit ncl.ois to look tb ether i way. I-Tiini Htrulienvlllo ho was ranker bnnrded tu Warren, I'u., (rom thtru to Puterstin. N. J., ami (rom then ho lumped Into the king row at lotus-lll lotus-lll under rulllain. Pur sevei sra-luns sra-luns bo has led the National lauus bstntnen, and for 14 years naiaVrun-nlni naiaVrun-nlni has been koeplnit It over .two. Whenever It Rets very much t5" J40 be gets nervous and calls Is the doctor (very alternoon to lout at II tonxue. When Honest Honus has his base-bsll base-bsll tos off he lives at Carni-xls, Pa., where the pooplo want to hare an Iron fountain made In his honor lo be placed Just opposite the town bsll, reprenentlng Ihe Flying Dutchman wilh an anb allrk polned ready lo line out a three banner, w ilh cool sparkling water gushing (rom the end o( bis bat Autolng la his hobby, and he owns one ot (be beat cars on four wheels. Ills favorite Indoor sport Is giving his auto gulp of ganollne. He reads every paper In the eaat that has an aiiloniobllo page, nntl he wrlies (or so tunny catalogues that the pnilman on Knllrnnd avenue, Carnegie, has round shoulders and a nervous, worried expression. ex-pression. Ho knows Hie fitfully and baptismal niiino of every aulonioblle niniiiirnctured and cun (ell the make of a car by (he smell of tho gasoline. He owns n chicken farm wilh 2i0 hens selling nruuiid (he .300 mark, and In I ho hutching season bo sits by (he Inrubiilor night and day with a book on poultry turned down on bis Vn.e and In his bund a cutnlng M of automobile accensorles. He has 37 bltxnlcd dogs, owns part Interest In a circus and has never told bis age. The Hope Diamond of the Pirates Is one of the wealthiest players In the business, having so much money that whenever one of his tires goes popl when be la put on the rosd be laughs all over to think It didn't happen at home where tt might bsve frightened on of his fat pullets and mad ber run her weight off. The Adonis of the Diamond Dia-mond from Carnegie haa never married mar-ried and his worst dlsslpstlon la chew lag a toothpick after meals. (Copyright, lilt, by W. O. Chapman) |