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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH the rich countymatter reaped F Entered as in the NOT The second-cla- ss office Randolph. at the Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879. Wu. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop SUBSCRIPTION S1J0 Per Tear in Advance 8. 1929. pst Wi and Hutoo S ? - . V? : W, b6x score. biggest fee ever paid an American race rider for a single race was the $20,000 Georgie Ellis received for doing his best with the Warm Stablefe Victorian in the $94,000 Aqua Caiiente Handicap of 1930. . . Waiters in one of Brooklyns more celebrated restaurants are highly elated over the recent Dodger deals. It seems that some of the departed athletes were accustomed to leave nothing on the table save the plates. . . Although most of the fans seem to think he is of Swedish or Norwegian descent. Gene Venzke, the Penn miier, will tell you that his ancestors were Germans. Horace Stoneham, young president of the Giants, once was a better player e than Ross Young, one of the baseball greats. That was when they both performed on a team Horace had street organized on the Seventy-nint(Manhattan) docks. Young, who had been recalled from Rochester but was ineligible to play for the Giants so late in the season, functioned in mediocre fashion at second base while So Horace was the teams star. Young became an outfielder when he returned to the professional pastures. When Primo Camera was in Miami Mike Jacobs signed him to a contract calling for his services to be the exclusive property of the Hearst A. C. He did this without consulting manager Louis all-tim- New Tork Post. WND Service. Fellas From South ALL IMPORTANT h Wont Keep Giants From Third Position The undersized husband was trying on the overcoat his wife had bought him for Christmas. You know, dear, he said, gazing at himself in the mirror, this is a may be no truth to the nice present and all that and dont THERE that Eddie Brannick, the think that Im ungrateful. But really, singing secretary, has been warned to isnt it much too big for me? get off the River Shannon and to conI know, my dear, she returned. centrate upon the Suwanee in all his "But we cant help that. lou must future vocalizing. Likewise there may remember that its got to cover the be some overstatement in the report radiator of the car in cold weather. that no Giants rally henceforth can We have to consider that first, havent start until Horace Stoneham rears up we? Answers Magazine. in his presidential box and emits the rebel yell. Yet while I am not Brooklyn fans could do lot of good next summer ing Marching Through SUREST CURE by substitutfor Georgia their equally celebrated version of the n Yankees they are not neces-earl- y kidding themselves about a possible World Series. Instead they merely are speaking their native language since, right here and now, the New York club is bedding and boarding more home-grow- n southerners than might be found elsewhere throughout the entire length and breadth of that Hows your wifes hysteria? Much better. What did you do for It? Got her a new hat. tourist state. If he wished to do so Billy Terry whose grandpappy was a Georgia colThe Best Way onel long before the Virginia legislaA doctor was called in to see a very ture got around to conferring the same testy and irritable patient title upon the National leagues leadWell, sir, whats the matter? hitter could assemble a very fine ing That, growled the patient, is for team of athletes who were born below you to find out. the line. With Gus I see, said the doctor, thoughtfully. of the Houston, Texas, Mancu-so- s Well, if youll excuse me for an hour as the catcher and with Clydell or so Ill go along and fetch a friend Castleman of the Donelson, Tenn., of mine a vet. Hes the only chap i Castlemans as the pitcher it would know who can make a diagnosis with include all save two of the regulars. out asking questions. Even though Phoenix, Ariz., more or less belonged to the Indians at the ' Wouldnt Chance It Again time when the Confederacy was trying You never told me, dear, said Mrs. to shake itself loose, it has displayed Jones, what was your real reason for a very liberal inclination when intergiving up drinking. preting other laws and rules might Well, said the husband, after some let Hank Leiber into the outfield if hesitation, it was like this. The last big Jim Asbeli faltered. time I came home tight your mother By the same token Dick Bartell, the was here. I saw two of her and the unreconstructed Philly who was born shock cured me. Stray Staries Maga- in California, need not necessarily zine. have these things held against him. He is such a tireless upholder of The. General Demonstration States (and shortstops) rights that Opportunity, said the ready-madhe might very well be admitted to the philosopher, knocks at every mans fold in case Charley English of Dardoor. lington, S. C., wished to be relieved but from the unfamiliar shortstop post Yes, replied Mr. Growcher; there Is so much knocking going on these days that its hard to make disTerry Is Tops; tinctions. Mason-Dixo- Man-cus- n o e Completing the Job e Are you a man?, asked the lady with a note book. answered Mr. Dustin Stax. No, I am the master of my fate up to a certain extent, but Id never get to a party If my wife didnt tie my necktie for me. Giants Have Ambition self-mad- Always Lacking First Bilgediver The old ship aint what she used to be. Second Mucker Naw, and she never was. U. S. S. Marblehead Light. Tired of Waiting Dick Was the boss annoyed when you told him I was leaving next week? Mick Yes, he thought it was this week you were going. HAVE AND HAVENT She If it hadnt been for ue youd never have had a penny. He If it hadnt been xo, you, I wouldnt have needed any. Mans Place Is in the Home Where have you been? asked Mr. Meekton. To a lovely automobile show, said Henrietta. And how have you spent your quiet evening at home? Looking at the department store pictures showing the latest designs In baby carriages. So Sores! Immediately forgot that he was mad with the Garden and now we Soresi. hinting that themselves a Bronx cheer one thing is certain. When the Giants now speak of how they would like to meet and beat those A v To achieve success a team must have excellent pitching, a powerful punch or a fairly generous combination of the two. Good reserves or as was the case with the Tigers of 1934 such good luck that no substitutes are needed comes next in importance. Finally there are the matters of team spirit and managerial strategy. Bill Terry Is one of the best of managers. Probably no other camp contains as many happy, energetic and ambitious young men as this one. There will be more speed than was displayed last year, some good pitching and probably some better hitting, but Carl Hubbell still is a good pitcher, but he is not the sensation he was two years ago. Even though their ailing wings seem to be doing nicely, Hal Schumacher and Fred Fitzsimmons must continue ifs until the season is at least a month advanced. So it is with the rest of the staff. The newcomer veterans, Marberry and Coffman, can scarcely be depended upon to rise much above spot or relief duty. Howard Sipler, the Giant Swartnmore collegian, is a tidy prospect but he is a year or two away from the big time. So also is Clem Dreisewerd, the most impressive rookie in the camp. Tfiere is Jacksons jumpy knee, the question as to whether Dick Bartell can overcome the jinx which leaped upon him last season. Terry definitely is almost through even if he beats the old knee Injury. twenty-year-ol- d a have the affair. . . Either the bike races are slipping or New Yorkers have quit staying up For the past year the 2:30 a. m. sprints have been unable to attract more than a sprinkling of spectators. i Jack Torrance, the star who starts off with size 14 shoes and ends up with a size 7 hat stuck on top of a neck, weighs 312 pounds. That is just 30 pounds less than the combined weight of his parents, his Pappy weighing 198 and his Mammy 144. , . . Bobby Roberts, who plays such a very good center half for the Manhattan F. C. (soccer), is the son of the famous John Roberts, outside left for the Barrow F. C. in the days when that team had all England cheering. Carnera-Gas-tanag- shot-puttin- g h FLOYD GIBBONS Adventurers' Club 99 The Latch That Moved in the Night By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. boys and girls, its Mrs. Margaret AND today, N. j., who tells us of her greatest thrill Alexandet of a.id swells the long list of names already in the New Jersey contingent of the Adventurers club. , v you folks who live in the man-mad- e cliffs and canyons of Manhattan might find it hard to picture yourselves alone in a lonely cabin high up In the heart of the Rocky mountains, but try and do it You will appreciate Margarets story ail the more. Margaret was a city gal, too, and was suddenly whisked away to the rugged gold mining country of Colorado. Dan Alexander, her late husband, was made superintendent of the Ruby mine, out Weston Passway, some thirteen thousand feet above sea level. Thats plenty high, Just about ten times as high as the Empire State building. This was all back in 97 when Margarets son was only four years old and in the gold districts as tljey are now. things werent so settled and In the valley, some miles from the mine The little family occupied a log cabin and 20 miles away from the nearest neighbor. law-abidin- g Dan Left Margaret an Ivory Handled Six-Shoot- When Dan had to ride into town on business, as he did about once with Margaret. a month, he always left an old ivory handled The old gun was a gift from an early prospector and had a couple of significant notches in the handle. Margaret knew how to use it, too. One winters day Dan hitched up his horses to the sleigh and rode off for town after grub. He planned to be back that night, but he left the with Margaret just in case. Town was 29 miles through the mountain passes. Well, sir, Margaret says, her husband hadnt been gone many hours before the snow began to fall. And what snow ! It was the first real heavy fall of the winter. All day long as mother and son played before the fire In the cozy log cabin the white flakes fell. As the drifts crept higher and higher against the cabin wall Margarets fears grew greater and greater. How would her husband ever get back? alone with her baby In As night camp on the prospect of being the cabin was terrifying. The baby wasnt a bit worried, Margaret says, but Just dropped off to sleep as though nothing was wrong. The anxious mother envied him. She tried sleeping, herself, but after tossing for hours, got up, lighted the lamp, and began to write. Suddenly she sat up straight, fear clutching at her heart. six-gu- n six-gu- n snow-boun- d Mexican Knocked at the Door. the cabin door ! Margaret couldnt believe her ears. A visitor at this hour and during such A Hard-Visage- d Somebody was rapping on a snowfall seemed impossible. She picked up the six-gu- n and opened the door. New Orleans Pulls Ponies From Hialeah Racing at Hialeah park is so poor this year that even Nev: Orleans is luring star thoroughbreds away from the beeooteeful spot One of them, the crack colt Grog, is now pointing for the Louisiana Derby on March 29. . . . Mulleavy, the Buffalo shorte stop who had several tries, runs a table tennis emporium in the winter. . . . His teammate, First Baseman Jack Smith, is a private deWhen picking an tective. . Washington team the other day, Clark Griffith named Walter Johnson, p; Muddy Ruel, c; Joe Judge, lb ; Meyer, 2b ; Cronin, ss ; Bluege 3b; Goslin, Milan and llice outfielders. Eighty-fivper cent of the employees at Florida racetracks must be natives of the state. The item is mentioned for the benefit of the New York State Racing commission, which wanders all over the country while selecting its helpers. . . . Jimmy Johnston, the Garden matchmaker, is on an orange juice diet . . . The Crescent Hamilton A. C. soccer team, managed by Joseph J. Barriskill, president of the U. S. F. A., is a League of Nations outfit Among the players are men from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Russia, France, South Africa and, of course, the United States. It never will happen, but the finders of loopholes in basketball rules insist that a man could score seven points on one play. This is the : In shooting a goal from the field a player is ganged by all five opponents. Therefore the referee awards him a free shot for each man who fouls him. . . . Although they may be backward In some things the Chinese make it easy for you to bet on the races. All you have to do is to sit In a restaurant with a tall glass in your hand and give the wager to the waiter. Kiki Cuyler, who carries his own movie camera, took eight reels of films while the Reds were training in Puerto Rico. . . . Rube Marquard, who won so many in a row for the Giants in the good old days and now peddles ducats In the says that baseball has softened up. . . . Claims that if a pitcher can get past two or three good hitters he has easy going. Don Meade, who was the leading jockey in Miami when he was suspended for (among other things) unsatisfactory riding, is a cocky little fellow. He speaks in clipped accents and is no hand at all among strangers. His friends, though, dote upon him and are promising to scream from the housetops if the brass hats of racing do not open up and announce ' what they really have against him. big-tim- .1 all-tim- e, all-st- ar e set-u- p pari-mutuel- s, . The Latch on the Door Was Slowly Moving. She recognized the visitor as the cook from the camp, but she was not at all Mexican whom she had always inreassured. The cook was a stinctively feared. The man wanted to know if her husband had returned with the provisions he had gone for and Margaret was forced to admit that he had not come and, that in all probability he would not be able to come for another day. The Mexican muttered something and shuffled off through the snow. Why had the man trudged through all the snow in the darkness of night to learn something he must have already known? All thought of sleep now left her and she decided to sit in a chair, gun in hand, facing the door, for the rest of the night The long night wore on. The stillness of the mountains In their soft white mantle began to be frightfully oppressive. Eleven oclock came and went. She noticed through the window that the snow had stopped falling and with the promise clear weather gave for her husbands early return, she began to think that her fears and premonition of impending evil that possessed her were perhaps imaginary after alL hard-visage- d At Midnight Margarets Nerves Were on Edge. , ' - Midnight found her dozing in her chair. Suddenly a slight sound brought every one of her nerves on edge. The sound came from the door. She sat up tense and stared in the direction from which it came. And as she did, Margaret says, she felt her hair rise. The latch on the door was slowly moving! Margaret brushed her hand across her eyes. She must be dreaming, she thought. But no, it moved again! She watched the latch, fascinated. Once more it rose and fell and the slight click told her she was not "seeing things. Thoughts of her baby sleeping peacefully in his little bed nerved her. She , . gripped the gun ! Whos there? she asked in a shaking voice. No answer! She waited. Her heart was In her mouth, she says, but her eye, glued to the sights of her gun, never left the latch. i r , Right Through the Door She Shot Three Times. - The latch moved again ever so slightly, and Margaret fired ! Right through the door she shot three times stopping only to save the rest of the bullets for an emergency. Still not a sound came from outside. Inside the baby woke up crying; Is papa shot? he asked. The question further terrified the mother. The thought that she had perhaps killed some other childs papa tortured her. But she was afraid to open the door and look. , The baby went back to sleep and Margaret back to her lonely vigil. She sat there rigid until the first streaks of gray lit up the mountain sky. Dawn gave her courage and she opened the door. And there on the doorstep, shot through the heart, was the body of a FOX ! x A Fox Seeking Shelter Was the Target. , t Yes, sir, a fox, seeking shelter from the storm, had actually tried to lift the catch as the smart animals are capable of doing and Margarets bullet had hit him as he stood on his hind legs. Well, sir, Margaret was sorry she had fired and she shed a few tears over the fate of her strange visitor. But Dan- - when he returned, shed the foxs skin and Margaret still has the fur piece to remind her of her night of terror. WNU Service. |