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BRAVES TO MAKE HOT FIGHT FOR FLAG
MAINSTAYS OF BOSTON
Br JACK VKIOCK International News
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Tlio Boston Braves Imvo somcwhnt
of u reputation 11.4 it Ilghtln' Imll club
'l'lio Bruvos uro lighters on tho llelil
of piny nnil In thin year's ciunpnlKn
tlicy inny bo counted upon to muko
liot Unlit for tlio rug.
Hut wliiituvur nmy lo wild of tlioso
Bruves ono tiling stntlds out as tin un-
usual fenture:
t They Imvo more temperament nnil
nervous energy nncliored nround sec-
ond base thnn imy club In the two big
leagues.
Willi tlio veteran Johnny Kvers on
second nnd tlmt little pepper box
Wnlter Mnrunvllle nt short It enn bo
tiiitlifully wild tlmt there Is more en-
ergy nnil flKlitliiK spirit to tlio sqtinro
Inch represented by these Joint guard-
Inns of the keystone cushion thnn nny
other club can boast of.
Kvers In entering upon his sixteenth
yeiir In baseball mid lie hopes to nmlse
11)17 one of the best seasons of bis
long enrecr. Nenous teuipcriinient on
the Held of piny Is n chnruclerlstlc of
Kvers 'and no doubt his high-strung
nerves -have helped to keep him In tlio
game this long although lust season a
breakdown threatened to put an end
to bis career.
Murniiville Is a little cyclone of ener
gy. Ho Is the ranking shnrtstopper of
.
IS MOST WONDERFUL PLAYER
That Is Opinion of Manager Fielder
Jones Who Was Inclined to Be-
. . little Slsler at First.
Manager Fielder Jones of tlio St.
I.ouW llrowns Is out with it declara-
tion that be never will use George Sis-
George Slsler.
ler In tlio pttchcr's box again. After
pitching Slsler :;nds that his shoulder
muscles tighten up for several days
throwing lilni off his hatting stride.
Slsler Is n wonderful pitcher but ho
is moro valuable to the Drowns us a
lintter. Jones who was Inclined to
belittle Slsler when he llrst took hold
of the Browns now hulls tlio uotlcglnu
ns the most wonderful player he over
Haw. "Greater la some respects than
Cobb'' su.v Jones "and before the
year ends likely to replace Cobb as the
Host Kver." " '
DELIGHTED AT BA.WLING OUT
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It Was Happy Moment frJohn Tenner
When Cap Anton Called Him
for Making Blunder.
"I shall never forget." Vnys John K.
Tcncr "how happy I was one day when
Undo Anson walked over (p me oil tlio
Held and cnlled )ne one hundred nnd
nevontjvsovon assorted 'kinds of names
nil different nnd each more personal
thnn the ono preceding It. Anion was
always gentlo and kindly to newcom-
ers and bustiers but when n player bad
hecomo thoroughly skilled when n
niun was really n big league ball toss-
or then undo would open tip and
abuse him when ho blundered. In oth-
er wonts getting n bawling out from
Anson was tbo sign tlmt you had ar-
rived nnd were worthy of his ragol"
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NATIONAL LEAGUE T
E?AM.
his league when It comes to all-around
ability and like Kvers ho will light for
n point nt the drop of n hat on the Held
of play.
If Kvers has a good season-bin-presence
In the Braves lineup day In- nnd
day out will menu much t Boston. It
will also menu much to Mnrnuvlllc for
with Kvers on second the little Itabbtt
Is said to play n snappier brand of bull.
because they work together with ma-cbluo-llko
preclseness.
During tlio w I tiler Kvers attended
tbo National league meeting mid at
that time he looked to be In good
health. He said he had hluh hopes of
a banner year and If bo succeeds In
keeping his health all season ho may
make this his last year In tbo majors.
C. Kvots Is the Inst of tbo grand old
Cub Inileld. He stands alone its u laud-
murk of one of tbo greatest Inileld com-
binations oveivgot together for Tinker
Chance and Stclnfctdt have passed.
Kvers and Frank Schulte are the
only members of the Cub champions
of 1003 who played In tbo memorable
game In w'dch Fred Merkle pulled bis
famous ioner In New York by forget-
ting to touch second. Kvers' presence
of mind In that game marked him us a
brainy player and today there Is no
smarter man In baseball than ilic.llttle
Trojan. .
BASEBALL
STORIES
Tlio average youngster In the big
leagues Is about one to a club.
They used to call them "another Ty
Cobb." Now It's "another George Sls-
ler." ' '.
The Newark International league
team hereafter will be known ns the
Hours.
Fielder Jones thinks ho has an Iron
man In George reimlugton a recruit
hurler.
Sam tllce Senator outltelder. Is be-
ing made over Into a llrst-sacker by
Manager Grlillth.
Mntly doesn't want to pitch for Clu-
cltiuntl. lie hates to soo himself go-
ing hnek that far.
Take away George Slsler and ltoger
Harnsby nnd the two St. f.ouls teams
would have to quit.
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When Kenny Knult Is hitting he
ipilts ordering bats and orders an-
filler new suit of clothes.
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Warren Adams Pittsburgh's new
first baseman Is u lad of distinguished
South Carolina connections.
lleds nnd Cardinals would still be
plnylng off the tie for last place If they
were lit the Class A Illlllard league;
One hundred St. Louis business men
have bought the Cardinals. Sure of
some one seeing the games anyway.
Ban Johnson gets $2."000 per annum
for hiring tlio umpires. McGraw gets
$50000 per season for baiting them.
..
The Athletics have bats balls uni-
forms masks gloves u ball park and
everything just like n regular big
league club.
Clirlsty 'Mnthewson's Idea It Is re-
ported. Is to take a slice out of the
lleds" pay envelopes for the time they
uro ol tit sea. - . -
Speaking of conservation wrpiob-
servo that the baseball guldos sjlil-i'e-for
to It lis baseball In splto (Kde
high cost of white paper.
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Experts figure that seven clubs In
the American league have luchnncp to
cop the pennant but onlVno tins' n
chance to finish in the cellar.1 .
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Theuo Is ono TlRor recruit who does
npt have to worry over ihe blue en-
velope. He Is John Couch n pitcher.
John nnd his live brothers own n 10-000-acro
cattle runch In Moutunn.
MORE MONEY WANTED
Strike Threat Throws Light on
Mercenary Motives.
Not Intended tc- Protect Misused Minor
Brothers but to Bluff Magnates
Into Paying Larger Salaries
to Themselves.
The death blow struck the players'
threatened baseball strike at tbo Na-
tional lenguo meeting brought docu-
mentary proof tlmt the strike was pri-
marily called not for the unselfish
native of protecting the misused minor
league brothers ns had been nnnoticcd
but for the pure reason that the play-
ers believed they would bo able to
bluff magnntes Into paying them larg-
er salaries.
All of which suggests that base-
ball would be n greater gnme mid n
blFTCr drawing card If the players
would take n III lie more Interest In
baseball and a little less In what they
were going to get nut of It.
The renlly great players of today
and of the past generation were the
players who were actually Interested
In tlio game the men who loved base-
ball on mid off tlio field.
Played for Love of Game.
In the days when $!i000 u year sal-
nrles were practically unheard of ev-
ery player had his heart In tbo game
and was out for his love of the sport
and not hs love of the coin he was to
get out of It.
Trls Spenker and Ty Cobb with
the highest salaries In baseball may
not seem to be good examples to Illus
trate this point In prnsent-dny base-
ball but nevertheless these two stars
nro always In the gnme when they are
on the field and are always planning
off the field to. dovlso some system to
Improve tlutfr piny.
It is bruins and deep thov.'lht as
much ns anything else that makes Trls
Speaker the greatest outfielder In the
game mid ho Is constantly striving
to Improve. The .snnio thing inny be
said of Col ill's hitting anil base-running.
A couple of months after Jim Dunn
had bought tlio Indians ho declared
that Speaker was nlways trying not
only to help his fellow players and to
do nnytfilng In his power to help the
ball club hnd win games mid make
money.
If more ball players would work
with their club owners there would
Im less friction and Jietter Imschull.
Dreyfuss Friendly.
For years Harney Dreyfuss used to
travel with bis ball club. He liked the
atmosphere . and wanted to bo on
friendly terms with his players.
A fe.w yejvrs ago lie noticed n dif-
ference In their' attitude to him.
They avoided him1' nnd gradually let
lilni see that they wished to have
nothing In common with him.
This caused' Dreyfuss to discon-
tinue his trips with the club mid
caused him to lose Interest In them
ns Individuals.
Keeling of that sort Is not n good
tldng for baseball and the sooner
the players learn It the better.
LAJOIE TO PLAY FIRST BASE
Veteran Keystone King Will Hold
"Down Initial Sack and Act as
Manager of Torontos.
Napoleon Lajole late of tlio Phila-
delphia Athletics mid u veteran second
bnso stnr plans to piny llrst base with
Nap Lajole.
tho Toronto club of the International
league the coming season. Lnjole will
manage the team. - .....j
MUST REBUILD HIS SIGNALS
Christy Mnthewson With Cincinnati
nnd Larry Doyle With Cubs .Mana-
ger MeGraw Is Worrle'd.
John McGrnw Is going to Imvo n(
hard time of It with his signals thfs
season. They sny he tins n system that
st has used for years a sort of deaf
and dumb alphabet scheme iv'ow that
Mathewson.ls with the Heds'mid Larry
Doyto with the Cubs MpGniw will
have to change bis style. When Mc-'
Grrtw Is shouting at n player nnfl shak-
ing' bis fist nt him ho Is glvlpg n slg4
mil according to the way his Angers ard
held.
Wwr $ 4
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CASTAWAY
By MARY PARRISH
(Copyright by W. a. Chapman.)
Jcnn Thayer having for the past ten
yenrs earned her living In olllce posi-
tions nnd the occnslonnl acceptance of
n story at very small pay nnTTwltli
long Intervals between the checks wns
very glad to find herself In u position
with better pay shorter hours nnd
some promise of perninticncy. Like
many other women not trained to nny
trade or profession when she found
herself thrown on her own resources It
wns a case of experimenting to see
what she could do nnd like many moro
women who have not the fnlth In them-
selves that moves mountnlns her ex-
periments had not met with much suc-
cess. - . .
When Peter Shields hnd nsked her
to l)o bis prlvnte secretnry she hnd nt
once accepted the offer. Ho was the
senior member of n publishing firm
and had begun to withdraw from an ac-
tive participation In the business. He
enme down to the ofllce for nn hour or
two sometimes only three or four
times n week. He was a collector of
autograph letters and manuscripts nnd
was becoming more nnd moro devoted
to tils hobby. Jcnn working In the of-
fice ns n stenographer had attracted
Ids attention. She was not n "girlie"
with very short skirts very high heels
nnd vividly tinted checks nnd lips nnd
she attended to her work without side
Perhaps She Could Help This Man In
Some Way.
glances nnd ruses ti nttract attention.
The senior partner decided she looked
"sensible" mid engaged her.
It was n pleasant change for Jean
when she walked Into the hnndsomc
library that expressed everywhere the
fine taste and attainment of Its owner.
Shields had no family. A housekeeper
and servants took care of the. bouse.
After a time Jean found tlmt thq por-
trait of tbo young beautiful. woijinn In
the library wns his wlfo who bad died
twenty years ngo. 4
Ono day an noiunlntnnce; whom Jean
hnd worked with in tbo publishing
house met her nnd asked n good.niany
i ouestlons nhont her "new berth." lien
It came to Mr. ShleUis' doiuetc r"ela-1
tlons before Jenn entered tho -hoop
she knew nothlmr but the acquaintance
seemed to know jx great deal. Mrs.
Slilelds had died when the little girl
was born nnd tlio child had only lived
; five or six years.
"Poor man !" said tho girl. "He's had
plenty oi sorrow and trouble". Wasn't
It tivful about that son?"
"Son?" queried Jenn. "I never knew
there was one."
"No I don't suppose he ever spenk3
of him. Don't you remember when n
young fellow Nuthan Shields forged
his father's nnmc for n big amount nnd
got sent to the penitentiary. It was
flvo or ten years I don't remember
which. He denied to the very Inst tlmt
tio was guilty; but all tho evidence
wns dead ngalnst lilni nnd ho wns con-
victed. People tliouglit If he hnd con-
fessed his father would have done
everything In his power to snvo him
but he believed him guilty nnd turned
ngnliist him. It was a strange ense.
Thero must have been something more
In It than most folks knew Tley say
Shields has never once been to visit
his son In prison since lie has been
there. And of course no ono dares to
even mention his name to him. I
enn't understnrid how n mnn can bo so
hard on his own llesh unit blood."
Jean's Informer left her wondering
greatly. But sho doubted tf she would
J ever know nny more about tlio mystery
limn sho did then. .Mr. Shields- eyes
began to give him trouble nnd often
lie asked tier to drop tier other work
and read to htm. Then when tio bad
kept her overtime ho would beg her to
stay nnd dine with him.
It enmo to her ears that peoplo
wero saying that Peter Shields would
either marry or ndopt Jenn Thayer.
But ut nny rate sho wns likely to be
well provided for for life Jcnn was
happy In tho work nnd companionship.
end there was also rent comfort In tho
w&
steady Income without the fluctuations
of former years.
Jean bad been Instmcted to silt tho
ends of envelopes nnd Iny ttyo malt
ready for Mr. Shields but not to open
or read any letters unless cnlled upon
to do so. Two letters addressed In "a
masculine hand she had noticed ho hnd
toscd Into the wnstelmsket without
even taking them from the envelope. At
first; she thought not much ubout It
supposing lie took It for n begging let-
ter or some Inconsequential matter
about which ho did not wish to be both-
ered Hut she noticed that after each
of these letters be seemed Irritable.
When tho third one came nnd met
with tho same reception Jean's won-
derment find curiosity reached tlui
boiling point. Among other wild sur-
mises one suddenly struck Her with
force. Suppose those letters were
from tho son trying to seo or 'speak
with this father?
She could see the corner of the let-
ter stlckug out between others. She
wns entirely nlone with Hint letter. No
one would ever know If she rend It. But
Jcnn had n strong sense of honor. To
rend another person's letter wns to her
about the same us putting her linnd In
his pocket nnd taking something; still
she rensoned perhaps she could help
this man In some way If she only know-
how. She wns nware this was sophis-
try but It got tho better of her. She
looked ngaln nt the letter drew It out
and read It.
"Denr father" It said "I have re-
ceived no nnswer to nny of my letters.
At first I thought you might not have
gotten them but I am forced now to
think otherwise. SHU I nm making
ono more appeal for It' seems Incred-
ible you should go on believing me
what you said. It 1ms come nearer
to breaking my heart and making
ti wreck of my life thnn anything else
In tho whole hitter experience. If
you wilt not listen to me or see me nt
least let mo Know u you nro wen. i
have been out of prison for over six
mouths but have found It hard to get
anything to do. Tho tiilnt follows me.
At present I nm working on ti railroad
with day laborers but this Job will
not last very long."
Jean copied tho address and put the
letter back In the basket.
Her thoughts ployed havoc with her
work. The appeal and pathos of
tho letter haunted tier. It seemed
tragic to her that this father and
son should bo so far apart. But
even suppose fchc could bring them to-
gether what would she ho doing for
herself? She had begun almost to
know tlmt Shields felt toward her ns
though she were a daughter nnd her
future seemed nssured.
"I nm well punished for my curios-
ity" she thought. "If I had let that
letter alone I would not have to be
fighting this bottle with myself."
Day after day she put off doing any-
thing till only n short time Intervened
before tho two weeks would bo up.
There wns only one right one Just thing
to do nnd that was to try to bring this
man into his own. She wrote to him
explaining who she wns nnd telling
Mini his father had never opened his
letters. She nsked htm to have con-
fidence In tier nnd to let her know nny
change In his address till she could ad-
vise him furtl'ior. Ho answered ex-
pressing tils gratitude for her kind-
ness. One day in tho parlor of her board-
ing house she faced n man of about
thirty with clear-cut features u good
pair of shoulders nnd the bearing of a
gentleiiian. It .was Nnthnutel Shields
He told lr something- of his story. A
woman wljom ho hud found out to lie
nu adventuress bad mnnuged to gain
the affections of bis father some threo
or four years nftor bis mother's death
nnd when ho bad finally succeeded tn
unmabklng her to bis father so that
tho engagement bad been broken off
her revenge Had not rested till sho
bad succeeded by tlio help of ono of
her pals In throwing tho guilt of the
forgi'd note on him. After hts comic
IMn'shc lm'd'wrltten his father tlmt he
meant to irlve the money to her. us
ho had been giving her largo sums to
tyuy her silence since ho was deter-
mined sho should not marry him mid
tlmt alt his stories were lies.
Joan believed htm. The moro sho
snw of him the moro was her confi-
dence enlisted In tils behalf. Ono dny
she said to" him ; "I can see but one
tldng to do. I will bring you to him. If
.he sends me from tho house never to
enter It again It must bo tried."
"I can't let you do It" bo said.
"You must" sho nnswered. "It will
be kinder to me to do us I nsl: than to
refuse."
Tho next dny sho took htm with her
to tho house. She put him In tho
drawing room knowing that Shields
would not be likely to go In there. In
tho library she found tlio elder mnn.
"Thero Is sojneono wnltlng for you"
sho said. "Someono you ought to
see "
"No!11 bo broke In seeming nt onco
to divine who It was.
"Yes" she said. "By the eternal
Justice I by God's Justice yon must I"
She went -to the other room nnd
brought wttti her Nathan Shields. Tho
old man stood like a rock not speaking
nor moving.
"Ho is not guilty nnd ho Is your
son" sho snld. Then sho turned and
went from tho room.
Jean waited In tlio great drawing
room wondering whnt would happen.
In'nbout half on hour a maid canio nnd
nsked her to go to the library. Peter
Shields met her taking tier tiand tn n
warm grasp. Looking In 'his face she
knew whnt tiad happened.
"You must stay and dtno with us"
ho said. "Wo. will hnvo n family par-
ty." '
Jean did not nt onco loso her posi-
tion ns secretary though thero wns n
slight Interruption when 6bo bccam
' Nathan Shields' wife
DIDDraVK
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OR. SUN.
"Did you over in nil your life seo
anything to equal that?" asked Mr.
Sun of his children the rays.
"Did wo over seo anything to. equal
what?" asked the Sun Hays for they
did not ut nil know what Mr. Sun wus
talking ubout.
"Wei' I'm surprised you haven't
noticed" said Mr. Sun.- "The very
came thing tins b"cn happening for
weeks yes two weeks nt least."
The Sun Bays looked Htlll more puz-
zled. Something had been happening
for two weeks that their wlso father
Mr. Sun knew nil. ubout..iind which
they hadn't nn Idea of. x
"Do tell us father" said tlio Sun
Bays.
"In yonder house" commenced Mr.
Sun nodding Ids bend In u certain
direction so tlio sun In that direction
seemed-to bo growing warmer "In that
house" ho continued "thero lives u
little boy."
"Well." snid the Sun Bays. "There
Is nothing so very astonishing In thnt.
Is there? Thero nre ninny little hoys
In many houses nnd they nro npt to
stay two weeks. You said tbo same
thing has been happening for ubout
two weeks."
"So It has" agreed Mr. Sun.
"There Is nothing strange or wonder-
ful nbout n little boy being seen for
two weeks In the snmo house. Tney
live In the same place for years don't
they?"
"Yes children" sold Mr. Sun "you
nre quite right In whut you sny."
"We nro quite right" beamed tho
Sun Buys.
"But you have not yet heard Just
why I said I had seen something so
wonderful. .You guessed nt It all."
"So wo did" said the Sun Hays.
"Won't you tell us?" - -
"For over two weeks a. llttlo boy
has followed me nround."
"Whatever do you mean?" nsked tho
Sun Bays. .
"Ho tins been 111. IIo 1ms hail a
very very bad cold. Oh ho lias been
so wretched and bo has not felt llkt)
doing anything. A ltttlo boy Is pretty
III when he doesn't feet like doing
anything nnd wants to stny quiet."
"That's true" snld the Sun Bays.
For how often they had seen small
hoys scampering and plnylng nnd
sometimes they bad danced too for
Joy.
"The doctor comes every day" con-
tlnhed'tlic Sun. "Sometimes becomes
twice n duy nnd once ho came three
times. But every time ho conies ho
tells tho llttlo boy always to sit In
the sun! And he lias boon following
me nround. When I nm shining Into
"Listen Now" Said the Sun.
ono window In the morning there I
faSTI
seo me little boy sitting by tho win-
dow. In tho afternoon when I cliooso
nn entirely different part of tho house
to shlno In the windows there Is tho
little boy again. And for two weeks
he tins been doing this. . Just follow-
ing me around. I do feel so honored.
And you my good Sun Bny children
you should feel honored too."
"Wo do" snld tho Sun Buys.
"Listen now I" said tho Sun. And
they all stopped talking to listen.
. There wns tlio little hoy sitting by
tho window hnd by him stood Ids .i
mother and n big man with u low V
voice. The man was carrying n llttfu
black satchel and bo was talking.
"Well how nro you today my boy?"
he nsked.
"Oil much stronger nnd better" snld
the boy. "I nlmost feel like getting
out ngnln."' ' ' '
"You'll ho nhlo to in n very few
days now."
"Oh doctor" snld the mother "you
hnvo snved my llttlo boy's lite ilo
was so sick." But the doctor shook
Ids head.
"I did not suvo his life" ho said.
"Tho Sun did that. Tito Sun fights
germs better than medicines or doc-
tors. Wo nro needed to tell tho
Peoplo to tnko ndvnntngo of tlio Sun
nnd use It nnd wo hnvo to tell them
what tlio troublo Is. For tlio Sun
can't talk. If ho could nnd would tell
Folks what ulled them ho would bo
ono of tho greatest doctors In tho
world. For tio nlways carries tits euro
with htm. Ah now ho helps mo drtvo
nwny mo colds tho many horrid sick-
nesses that come when llttlo boys hnvo
to stny In tho house."
"Dear father" said tho Sun Bays
"you are really Doctor Sun." &
"And you my little assistant
nurses" snld the Sun.
But onco moro they heard tho doctor
ntktng. nnd tills Is what tio said: "In
.wo days you can go out to play 1
you will stay tn tho Sun."
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