THE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: FEBRUARY 18. 1917.
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WE DO NOT question the meaning of the word "patriotism" these
days when we are paying homage to the memories o the two
outstanding figures in American history, Lincoln, the emanci
pator of the nation, and Washington, the father of his country,
and glowing tributes are -sung on every side! The very sight
of the Stars and Stripes, whicli are floating over most every pub
lic building, as well as many homes, demonstrating loyalty to Uncle Sam
m his trying problem concerning the war, or the sound of the "Siar Spangled
Banner" gives us patriotic thrills such as we never before have experienced.
What comes to your mind when you hear the word patriot? Doubtless
you think it is one who defends the rights of his country by physical force
and you hoys courageously picture yourselves uniformed in a khaki suit car
rying a gun, while the little girls loyally consider the prospect of becoming
Red Cross nurses.
A patriot, you say, is one who through unselfish love devotes himself to
the welfare of his country. Very true indeed, but there is "another kind of
patriot of i far nobler type and much more suitable and optimistic for the
Busy Bees to think about, and that is the one who makes life worth living,
the boy or girl with true moral courage.
1 That patriotism which permeates and prompts little boys and girls to
deeds of service in the commonplace happenings of life, in the home, in the
school, and in your cities, is after all, the desirable type which accomplishes
the greatest good for one's country and fellowmen.
1 Proper conduct on the street, for example, is one way of meeting your
responsibilities, for there are duties to be fulfilled even there. Do you al
ways make way for the poor person.' the feeble old man, the woman with a
hild in her arms, the cripple with crutches and the family in mourning?
j Tagore, the noted poet from India, who has just visited our shores, said
'the only fault he had to find with American children was that they were not
polite. Can we afford to let a foreigner gain that false impression of us and
our country to carry back with him to the Indian children? Perhaps some
little children laughed at his native costume or his customs instead of show
ing the utmost respect for so great a man. ,
Tit prize story for last week was won by Vera Frances Bradley of the
Plue Side, and Tillic Krambcck and Augusta Stephens, both of the Blue Side,
won honorable mention. Interesting letters, which could not be printed be
cause of lack of space, were received from Ruby Petersen, Charlotte Tom
linson. Helen John, Lucille John, With Markey, Olen Krugcr, Kmma Hiebert.
Dorothy Tomlinson, Blanche Ringer, Mamie Paustian, Mary Vanek, Agnes
Divis, Hazel Monson. Kuhy Milton, Lois Davis, Ruyalina Kisnr, Margaret
Thorn, Raymond McConncIl and Harold BarulT.
Little Stories
! (Prize Story.)
Safety First.
By Vera Frances Bradley, Aged 12
Years, 1010 Center Street,
' Omaha, Neb. Blue Side.
' Now is the best time to memorize
nd practice your safety first rules,
Busy Bees. In the winter time ac
cidents are more apt to happen, for
there are many, many careless and
I stubborn boys and girls who persist
in coasting on the streets.
There is one rule, however, that
needs to be emphasized more than
any other one. That is this: "Do not
coast on street car tracks,"
Are there not enough sidewalks to
coast on? Surely there are, for every
where in Omaha there are plenty of
. walks, and if you coast on these you
will always coast in safety.
If you older children obey the
safety first rules the young children,
who are just learning to coast, will
follow your example and coast on the
sidewalk:
Now, remember, Busy Bees, if you
will obey the safety first rules you
will save many heartaches, besides
helping the street car motorman, for
if you are not coasting on the track
he will not be afraid that any minute
be may strike a child.
4 , (HonorableMention.)
George Washington.
Bx,Tillie Krambeck, Aged 13 Years,
i Gretna, Neb. Blue Side.
As I have been reading the chil
dren's page for a long time decided
to write a story for it. .
I am 13 years- old now. When 1
was 6 years 1 had infantile paralysis,
which has left both of my limbs
paralyzed, so that I can only walk
by the aid of crutches. My papa
takes me to school every day and 1
am in the eighth grade. I also take
music lessons, which I enjoy very
much.
George Washington was born in
; Westmoreland county, Virginia, Feb
ruary 22, 1732. .His father died when
Ihe was 11 years old and his education
;was directed by his mother. She
.' taught him to be truthful and obedi
ent and there were few of his age
who could equal him in running,
swimming or throwing.
! Early one morning a wild colt was
; racing about one of Mrs. Washing
ton's fields. This happened after
! George's father tfid. George liked
,to do things that frightened other
people, so he said to some of his
IMAM FANS STRING
I ALONG WITH FOLTON
Believe Minnesota Giant Will
Lick Willard Because of
Latter's Condition.
WIND HAS BECOME BAD
New York, Feb. 17. If Fred Ful
ton is matched with Jess Willard
this winter there are many who will
string along with the tall man from
Minnesota. This is not so much be
cause Fulton is considered so very
dangero';, although he no loiiger is
looked upon as a dub. The wise ones
who pick Fulton do so because they
believe that it is impossible for Wil
lard ever to regain fighting form.
This is the same old argument tliat
applied to Johnson, and it seldom
proves wrong. Condition is everything
in a glove bout, and in Willard s case
it is even more important than it was
at Havana, because Willard has little
or nothing of the wonderful defen
sive skill that the black possessed.
Willard's backers, of course, deny
that the champion has gone back,
but those in a position to know say
that he is not only hopelessly over
weight, but that lie has not taken
any more care of himself than some
. of the other champions who strayed
from the simple life and so fell vic
tims before their time. Even if it
were true that the gigantic Kansan
had lived like a Spartan, it is natural
to expect him to be on the down
grade at this stage of his career.
Willard always has had trouble with
his wind. When he first appeared in
'New York it was noticed that after
every rally he stopped dead, although
frequently it would have taken but
another blow or two to end the
bout. This was always put down to
his "good nature.'' It was said that'
lie lacked pugnacity and that he
would only fight when hurt But the
real reason was nothing more nor
less than lack of wind. Being an ex
tremely cautious fellow, he preferred
to take no chances of becoming tired
and leaving himself open.
In his bout with Moran, although
he was winning without having to ex
ert himself, his old habit was mores
pronuoced than ever, : w nenever
by Little Folk
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friends: "Boys, I want to break that
colt."
They caught it and put a bridle on
him. The colt ran hack and forth
across the field, then stopped short
and fell to the ground dead. The boys
went home feeling badly.
At breakfast time Mrs. Washington
asked George how the colt was. The
boy did not say anything for a mo
ment, then George answered: "The
colt is dead. 1 killed him."
Hil mother looked grieved, but said
nothing. She did not scold him, be
cause he had told the truth.
He was the first president of the
United States and was revered by alt.
He died at Mount Vernon December
14, 1799.
(Honorable Mention.)
By Augusta Stephens,. Aged 12 Years,
4311 South Twenty-sixth street,
s South Side, Omaha, Neb.
Blue Side.
Dick was a boy 14 years old. His
father was dead and he and his mother
lived together in a small house. They
were dependent upon his mother's
earnings and when she was taken ill
one day Dick had no money with
which to provide for a doctor or food.
His mother suggested that he work
for the grain man. Dick disliked doing
this because the man had three cats
and the boys would call him "Dick
Whittington with the cats."
As food was peeded, he went to
the feed store and got the position,
which paid him five dollars a week.
Mrs. Jones, the feed man's wife, gave
him his dinners. -The cats would sit
on his lap while he ate, making him
nervous.
One day Mr. and Mrs. Jones were
called away and left Dick in charge,
since they trusted him. That night,
as he was going to feed the cats who
a rally by Moran forced him to come
back hard in order to hold his lead,
he always stopped just when it, ap
peared that he was about to land the
knockout. After the bout he pleaded
an injured hand, and also said that he
did not want to injure the game by
polishing off his opponent, but neither
of these excuses rang true.
. Wind Only Weak Part.
So far, WiHard's lack of wind is
the most noticeable weakness that is
apparent in the big fellow, and if he
is to be defeated it is likely to be
done by taking advantage of it. In
order to beat him it will be neces
sary to make him work at top speed
and prevent him from resting. This
is even of far more importance than
landing clean blows, for if he can be
kept from resting he will beat him
self. In sizing up the lanky Fulton's
chances his ability to carry Willard
along at a hot pare should' be con
sidered above hitting ability or box
ing skill, Willard's next opponent
need not fear receiving a great deal
of punishment, for unless all signs
are misleading the champion in the
future will confine himself strictly to
defensive work and will not chase
after his younger and better condii
tioned opponents.
At long range work Fulton, with
his rapid-fire left jab, should do well
enough, but in order to force Wil
lard to exert himself all the time
a great deal of infighting will be
necessary, and Fulton has shown
himself to he very weak at that style
of work. He is too frail to pull and
haul with the giant Willard on equal
terms. The best that Fulton could
expect would be to outspeed the
champion and secure a shade decision
on points.
If that happened it would not bene
fit the game in general to any great
extent. It would simply cheapen Wil
lard without having any effect on the
title, and the bout itself probably
would be so disappointing that there
would be a loud outcry from the
spectators. Every time a champion
is defeated in a no-decision affair in
terest falls off in the class in which
he belongs. So far the heavyweight
division has escaped, and Willard is
looked upon as the real thing and not
a champion in name only.
Cannta to Swap Bnkh.
'Tie that Connie Mck will tril
Pltchor J Btwh nU Ctchir WMlljr Suhun,
bttuiw th pnlr hvc demanded a hule
morn irivy wllu their pay check.
Three Little Busy Bees, Who
Are Also Sisters, Greet Friends
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' Three little Gilbert girls all in a
row I
They are Dorothy Catherine, the
oldest, who is 12; Cornelia Mathilda,
10, and Margaret Fern, who is just
7 years old. Their father is Dr. G.
R. Gilbert.
All thre little girls go to Lothrop
school. Dorothy and Cornelia de
burglars came in and demanded that
he get the key to the cash register.
Dick professed ignorance, although he
knew where it was.
Just then the boards began creak
ing and the robbers said, "Someone is
coming," and departed. Dick opened
the door and who do you suppose he
saw Tom, Pussy and Nell, coming
for their supper. They had saved
Dick's life and he fondled them and
never hated cats after that.
He is now grown and earns $18 a
week, which supports both him and
his mother.
Unwise Mr. Fox.
By Irene Tooker, Aged 12 Years,
Fullerton, Neb.
This is the first time I have ever
written to the Busy Bee page, but
I read your stories every week.
I am in the sixth grade in school
and I have two brothers. My teacher's
name is Miss Alice Nunn and I like
her every much. I am going to tell
you how the fox, the tortoise, the
bear, the hare and the wolf were
fooled at a fishing party.
Once a rabbit met a tortoise. The
hare said he had planned a fishing
Karty and the tortoise said it would
e splendid. Pretty soon they met
Mr. Bear, Mr. Fox and Mr. Wolf.
The hare and tortoise told their
friends about the party and they all
said it would be just splendid. The
hare told them the time and when the
evening came they all met under the
moon down by the old mill.
The hare said there would be no
fishing that night and they wanted
to know why. "Well," said the hare,
AMERICAN TITLE
WITHOUT HOLDER
No Recognized Lightweight
Champion Since Ritchie
Lost World's Title.
LEONARD HAS THE EDGE
New York, Feb. 17. When Willie
Ritchie lost the world's title to Fred
die .Welsh, a foreigner, it was con
ceded that the American retained the
championship of this country. Ritchie
neglected to press this point, how
ever, as for the first year or so he
was too intent upon winning back
the honors he had lost to Welsh. By
the time Ritchie was satisfied that
Welsh did not intend to give him a
chance to regain the world's title,
the California!! had outgrown the
class. Therefore at the present time
there is no recognized American
leightweight champion.
Since Welsh appears to have no
intention of meeting a live contender
in a championship battle to a deci
sion, it looks like a good time to
feature the American ehampionship.
In the past the world's title was held
here for so long that there was no
reason to mention the lesser honor,
but now that Welsh has withdrawn
the world's title from competition,
the only thing to do is to feature
the American title 'unless the men
who are wilting and anxious to fight
are to be left with nothing to fight
for.
On past performances Benny Leon
ard is the most impressive performer
and undoubtedly would be elected
American champion if the matter
were put to the vote of those who
have seen him in action. Leonard has
done everything in his power to in
duce Welsh to Iheet htm over the
twenty-round route, but the tatter's
demands have been so absurdly high
that it is clear that he has not the
faintest idea of fighting.
Welling Is Next .
Next to Leonard come Joe Welling
and Charley White, who seem to be
about on a par. Welling is a good
boxer and a very clean, sharp hitter
with his right. Like White, his worst
fault is that he is inclined to hold
light their friends by playing piano
duets together, and when Margaret is
big enough so that her fingers will
stretch an octave she will begin to
take piano lessons, too, and then
m?.ybe we will have a Gilbert trio.
Reading is another favorite pastime
with this charming group of little
girls.
"the moon has gone in the water."
The fox thought of a plan at once.
He told the bear to go to the mill
and get the sieve. The hear fox and
wolf went out in the pond and tried
to take the sieve and pull the moon
out, but they did not succeed. Con
sequently the fishing party was a
failure.
Little Brown Mice.
By Willie Cook, Aged 11 Years, Ar
lington, Neb. Red Side.
I live in the walls of Farmer
Brown's house. My mother is a very
kind mouse and I have a father whose
name is Tenderfoot
One day when I was scampering
in the wall by the dining room, I
heard- the cook say, "I am' going to
put some cheese in the pantry."
I said to my brother, "I will gnaw
a hole in the pantry floor." That night
we went down there and saw two
big eyes, so we ran to the cellar,
where we found some popcorn. We
ate till ' we had enough and then
went into our holes in the wall.
The next week when the cook
wanted some popcorn she did not
find any, since we had visited the
popcorn sack. She set a trap there
and caught ray brother.
A Friend of Birds.
By Laurence Cook, Age 9 Years, Ar
lington, Neb. Blue Side.
I have been reading the Busy Bees'
page, so thought I would write
for it.
Last spring we built some houses
for birds and put them in a tree by
back when lie should be forcing the
Kace. Welling has a big advantage in
is unusual height and reach. He is
the tallest of all the men who claim to
be lightweights and yet he can weigh
in at the American limit of 133
pounds and still be strong.
Johnny Dundee's knockout at the
hands of Willie Jackson, while prob
ably a fluke, puts him out of the run
ning for a time. Whether Dundee will
eve? come back again as well as ever
is somewhat doubtful, as for some
time before the Jackson affair he had
shown signs of losing his once re
markable ability to shake off punish
ment without showing its effects.
Willie Jackson, the conqueror of
Dundee, is so little known it is hard
to rate him. It may be that Jackson,
like so many phenomenal boxers who
have gained fame over night, will con
tinue to perform like a top-notcher,
but his actions since his defeat of
Dundee do not indicate that he has
a great deal of confidence in himself.
' Jackson Unfortunate.
Jackson will not even discuss a
match with Leonard or with Johnny
Kilbane, who knocked him out over
in Philadelphia last year. Jackson is
unfortunate in the matter of weight
being in between classes. .He is a
little too heavy fo the . feather
weights and altogether too light to
cope with the 135-pounders. How
ever, he is a mere youngster and
growing fast, so that in a year from
now he probably will be big enough
and have gained enough experience
to be a real star. At present he is
wis,e in going slow.
Ritchie Mitchell, the westerner who
recently made a show of Welsh, can
make the weight and is a fast, clever
boxer, but without much hitting abil
ity. On the strength of his perfor
mance with Welsh, Mitchell's stock
took a big boom, but it immediately
fell off many points when he refused
to go through with his match with
Johnny Kilbane.
If the limit for the American
championship, is set at 133 pounds,
Kilbane might be a strong, if not the
strongest, contender for the honors.
None of the lightweights has shown
any desire to tackle the feather
weight champion. On the other
hand, neither has Kilbane gone out
of his way to force the issue. Al
though he ran get no matches in' his
own class, Kilbane is not a reckless
matchmaker, and he is very careful
about running undue risk.
Six Years Old Tomorrow (Feb. 19)
Xsmc. School.
Brauiss, Jesse J ... Monmouth Park
Goldsmith, Dorothy Windsor
MclJonough. John Kcllom
Pollard, i rancis Clifton Hill
Redd, Thelnier; Highland
Rohan, Ruth Long
Seven Years Old Tomorrow:
Ainsworth, Beulah Elnora. Saratoga
Cox, l.ela...: Jungmann
Mantrnnaro, Teresa Pacific
c-ihart. Creolla '....Beats
Pollack, Fred St. Joseph's
Scholcs. Milton Lothrop
Smith, Herbert P.. Monmouth Park
Eight Years Old Tomorrow:
Anderson. Vencta Central Park
( vitak, John St. Wenceslaus
Dario, Antonette Mason
Mlcjnek, Marie Comenius
Nielsen Martin Walnut Hill
Vetuska, Morine Anna. . . .St. Agnes
Watson. Robert Hawthorne
Watts, Harold Kellom
Nine Years Old Tomorrow:
Anania, Angelo Ma.on
Ellington, Jean Clifton Hill
Hargis. Alice E Highland
Kohn, Helen Columbian
Parks, Joseph Brendan. . .St. Agnes
Spalek, Mary Lincoln
our house. When it became warmer
two little wrens came and made a
nest in the house. We liked to sit
down on. the grass and watch them
and hear them sing.
' Once we saw the mother wren go
away and come back later on with a
worm in her mouth. Then she went
in the house and gave it to the little
birds.
I am going to build some more
houses this spring.
Clever Pets.
By Gilbert Fleck, Aged 10 Years,
Box 38, Gretna. Neb. Red Side.
I have three rabbits, five chickens,
one cat and two dogs for pets.. The
rabbits' names are Bunny, Blackie
and Buckskin. They jump around
and are very happy all the time.
The chickens are great pets, too.
They arc Rhode Island Reds. I feed
them warm water and cooked oats
and we get two and three eggs a day.
My cat is very large. Everyone
who sees it says it is the largest cat
they have ever seen. It is white and
gray.
My dogs are very smart, one being
an Eskimo dog and the other one a
shepherd spitz. Their names are
Buster and Toodles. We got Buster
fronj grandma and Toodles from Mr.
O'Brien of the state's fisheries. Buster
can speak, .sit up, shake hands, dance
and do many other things. Toodles
can sit down when we tell him to.
On the Farm.
By Eola Gass, Aged 10 Years, 104
West Fifteenth Street, Columbus,
Neb., Blue Side.
Jimmy and Marie were on their
way to the country in a car. Jimmy
was 9 years old and Marie was 6.
They were two nice little children,
who were going to spend a week with
their uncle and aunt on the Tarm.
It was a very hot day and when
they arrived Marie wanted to see
the little chicks, kittens and puppies.
Jimmy liked the horses, chicks and
geese. Their uncle had a swing and
a sand pile for them and their aunt
gave them old dishes and spoons to
play in the sand with.
The next morning Marie fed the
chickens while, Jimmy was riding his
cousin's pony. Their cousin's name
was Billy. He was 7 years old, with
yellow curls. Billy and Marie played
in the sand until Jimmy got tired
riding.
Marie took a nap and when she
awoke she found the boys had gone
riding. She played with her pets.
They spent a week of fun and on Sat-
MISKE WILL TRY
THE LONG ROUTE
Goes Twenty Rounds With Gun
boat Smith at New Or
leans This Month.
KILBANE WINS FAVOR
New York, Feb. 17. Billy Miske is
one fifehtcr who is not afraid to fight.
Having cleaned up all the available
light heavyweights' ill this section,
Miske is now going to try his hand at
twenty-round bouts at New Orleans.
Usually when a boxer begins to at
tract a little attention he carefully
avoids the labor and risk of a long dis
tance battle.
Miske is going to face Gunboat
Smith this month in the Crescent city.
This should not be a particularly hard
task for the conqueror of Jack Dil
lon, but Miske, in his enthusiasm, has
been dnng so much fighting of late
that there is danger of going stale.
Jack Dillon was the promoter's first
selection, but, as expected, the alleged
man killer refused.
Whether Dillon is going back or
not, it is evident that he has the great
est respect for the St. Paul man. En
durance is Miske's long suit. He never
seems to tire, no matter how fast the
going, and there is no doubt that he
would outlast Dillon in a long fight
and would have a very good chance
to score a knockout.
Unless Miske agrees to face the
giant Fred Fulton or can induce Les
Darcy to take him on, there will be
few good matches in sight fdr Miske
after he has taken the measure of
Smith. In the few short months
since he first made his appearance in
New York he has R'ine right through
the list of the lighter heavyweights
and now he must either take a chance
with the giants or box return matches
with men he already has defeated.
Apparently Miske has been im
pressed with Fulton's size, for he ad
mits that he is not ready to mix it
up with the tall man from Minnesota.
He would like to meet Frank Moran.
but the latter can see no profit in an
encounter to Moran in his match with
Jack Dillon and he is satisfied to con
fine his efforts to meeting the big fel
lows who are only less slow and
clumsy than himself.
urday their father came for them. The
children did not want to go, but
their father said. "A week and school
will start." So they packed their grips
and went home.
A Noble Dog.
By Helen Crabb, 4010 North Thirty
fourth Avenue, Omaha. Age 9
Years. Red Side.
In the mountains of Colorado many
of the streams go dry in the summer
and fall, but in the spring they are
very strong and dangerous.
A family who did not know about
this built a cabin near one of these
dry stream beds and remained all
winter. The father cut pine trees
and made telephone poles, while the
mother and baby and large dog kept
house.
One rainy night they were all awak
ened by a loud roaring noise, and
before they could even get up their
cabin was struck by a great flood of
water. The cabin was broken into
pieces and floated away. The father
held the mother on one of the logs
and landed safely further down, but
the baby in its wooden cradle and
the dog had gone from sight.
In the morning at daylight the anx
ious parents hunted up and down the
stream, which had gone down again,
for the baby and dog. They found
them together, the baby in a clump
of bushes, where the faithful dog was
guarding it. The baby was not hurt,
but only hungry and had been car
ried to the place by the dog. Her
papa and mamma were very happy.
Wasn't he a noble dog?
Abraham Lincoln.
By Mildred Johnson, Aged 12, 1724
Lake Street, Omaha. Blue Side.
Abraham Lincbln was the sixteenth
president of the United States. He
was born in Kentucky February 12.
1809. His father, who was a poor
farmer, moved from Kentucky to In
diana in 1806. Lincoln went to school
for about a year.
When he was in Illinois another
man and himself took up the work
of splitting 3,000 rails in one day and
he was given the name, the "Rail
splitter." His leisure hours were spent in
studying law. In 1834 he was elect
ed to the Illinois legislature. He was
elected to this legislature three times
and in 1854 he was a leader of the
republican party.
On the 1st day of January,. 1863,
Lincoln announced that all slaves
should he free.
On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was
murdered by an actor named John
Booth in a theater at Washington.
From an Indian Reservation.
By Dorothy Rook. Aged 10 Years,
Pine Ridge S. D Blue Side.
Papa teaches on the Indian reserva
tion so we all live there. We have
horses, cows, chickens, pigs, a dog
and a cat.
I will tell you some of the Indian
children's names. I know Nancy
Eagle Horse, Lizzie Swift Bird, Bill
and Benny Bucknian, Jacob White
Whirl Wind, Jake Cow Killer, Rosy
Yellow Boy, Julie Plenty Wound, and
Olie Red Shirt. These children came
to papa's school.
On the last day of school we gave
the children a dinner. The Indians
have a funny way of eating. They
use their fingers instead of knives and
forks. They make a noise when they
drink soup. I will write again and
tell more about the Indiaus.
A Disastrous Storm.
By Grace Dewesse, 317 West Thomas,
Shenandoah la., Blue Side.
I am 8 years old and in the third
grade.
I will tell you about our trip to
Talmage, Neb., last summer. We
drove in our car and stopped at Ne
braska City and several other towns
on our way there. We had a nice
time visiting our cousins who live
on a' farm. I frequently rode horse
back. While we were there a bad storm
came up one morning while we chil
dren were in bed and the house was
For the first time since he left this
city in more or less disgrace, Johnny
Kilbane will show himself to local
fans this month in bouts with local
lightweights. Since the feather
weight champion so easily disposed
of George Chaney, who was the only
contender for his title, there has been
a great change of sentiment in Kil
bane's favor. He now is recognized
as the great fighter his unhampered
reign would indicate even if there
were no other reason for rating him
as such.
It now is up to Kilbane to make
good and show New Yorkers his real
form.t In the past his bouts in this
city have been most unsatisfactory,
and unless he intends to do better he
would be wise to remain away. The
difference in Kilbanc's form as shown
here and in Philadelphia and other
cities is so marked that it is one of
the mysteries of the ring. Just why
he shouldjnflict his poorest perform
ances on New Yorkers and thereby
lose standing in the boxing center
that pays the biggest purses is hard
to understand. ,
The match that Kilbane is most
anxious to obtain is the one with
Freddie Welsh. However, until Kil
bane puts up one or two high-class
bouts and so removes any doubt as
to his popularity with local fans, the
promoters cannot afford to take a
chance and put on such a high-priced
affair. But if Kilbane shows cham
pionship form in his coming cam
paign there will be such a demand
created for a match with Welsh that
the promoters no longer, will have
any reason to hesitate about bidding
for the bout.
Wliile Jackson, the youngster who
sprung the surprise of the season by
knocking out Johnny Dundee in one
round, finally "has consented to fight
again. For a time it looked as though
Jackson was going to wait until his
remarkable feat was forgotten before
getting into action. Jackson has
agreed to tackle Eddie Wallace at the
Harlem Boxing club on February 16.
Whether Jackson really has anything
like championship form should be
made clear when he faces the Broolc
lyn lightweight.
Sam Fitzpatrick, the veteran who
piloted Jack Johnson when the latter
won the heavyweight championship
from Tommy Burns, has taken Pat
Bradley, the Australian welterweight,
under his wing. Bradley is hard on
the trail of Marty Cross, whom he
thinks he would take into camp if
given an ppportunity.
truck by lightning. It struck the
room where my two sisters, brother
and I were. Mamma and my aunt
thought we were all killed, but we
were safe, though black with soot, as
the chimney was struck.
We all ran out to the summer house
through the pouring rain, for w;e
thought the house was on fire.' We
were very glad there was no fire, for
it was the worst storm we were ever
in. Wc children will always be
afraid of lightning.
Fishing.
By Esther Hahn, Aged 12 Years.
David City, Neb. Red Side.
My cousin and I were sitting. on a
wooden fence, continually dangling
our feet. It was very hot, but we did
not notice the heat.
"It seems that we always have so
much fun, but I don't know what to
do today." said niy cousin.
"Yes; I suppose fun can't, last for
ever," I answered'
After we had dangled our feet till
we could dangle them no more, we
got down from the fence and went
down by the cool creek, where a few
small fish darted about.
"Let's go over to the pond and
fish!" cried my cousin.
I assented, so we got the lines,
hooks and bait and with two straw
hats carelessly adjusted on our heads
we started out.
At first luck seemed against us. Al
though the sun beat through our
hats, we did not notice it, but threw
out our lines with an air of true
fishermen.
At last the bites did come. We
pulled out our lines one after another,
always to find a fish struggling on
the hook.
Finally we trudged away, satisfied
with our work. When we ate the
fish that night we felt that we had
earned our dinner.
A Camping, Trip.
By Helen Green Aged 11, 200 Graham
Avenue, Council Bluffs, la.,
Red Side.
Last summer we went to Whiting,
la., and while we were there I was
invited to go camping for a few days.
We decided to go to Blue lake, about
two miles from Whiting.
When the morning came I could
hardly wait till my friend, her father
and the rest of the girls would come
for me. We went in the automobile
and took a girl to cook for us. We
arrived about dinner time, so we gath
ered sticks for the fire
After dinner my friend's father
came Wk "A Vrought another man
and woman. We hired boats and
rods and went fishing. We caught a
lot of fish and 1 cleaned and fixed
them for supper, as none of the others
knew how.
The next morning before break
fast I caught a fish. The men who
went out on the lake only caught
three fish a piece, so they gave them
to me and I cleaned them for dinner,
That night daddy, mamma, Aunt
Jane and Uncle Bert came and we
had supper, then went to Onawa to
a picture show.
A Skating Party.
By Gladys Paustian, Aged 11 Years,
Ballantine, Mont. Blue Side.
It was very cold last Sunday, but
we went skating anyway. There
were twelve of us in the party.
We skaU'd on the canal. We took
our sleds with is and we skated,
pulling the little ones, who did not
have skates, on the sied.
About 12 o'clock it began to snow.
We did not want to go home yet, be
cause wc had only been there an hour,
so one of the girls suggested that we
could build aisnow house by the bank,
which was so high that the wind
could not strike us there. We all
thought it would be just the thing, so
we took big blocks of snow about
six inches thick and built one about
five feet higj), six feet long and four
feet wide.
By that time it had stopped snow;
ing and we began to skate again. We
stayed until 5 o'clock. It was the
best skating party we have ever had.
HERE'S THE REASON
DAVE FULTZ IS MAD
Players' Frat Head Gets Shady
Deal When He Was an
Athlete,
STILL HOLDS GRIEVANCE
Admirers of Davjd Fultz, and lie
has admirers as well as enemies who
can see no good in him, declare David
is absolutely serious in his opinion
that the ball player always gets the
worst of it from the club owner and
that it is his (Fultz's) bounden duty
as a former player to secure the
rights of the athlete. This fixed opin
ion in the mind of 'Fultz may be due
to an experience he had himself when
he first broke into base ball as a
youngster just out of college, where
he had made a reputation as great in
those days almost as that which
George Sisler in these times brought
into professional ball with him.
Fultz came fresh from Brown uni
versity with offers from several clubs
in his pocket. He decided to accept
that of Colonel Rogers, who then
owned the Phillies, and the contract
called for $2,400 for the season. That
amount was then the National league
salary limit and F ultz thus was ranked
with the high-priced stars of the
'game. He played good ball and ev
erybody told him he was worth the
limit.
The next year, however, he received
a contract for $1,200, and went at
once to Rogers to protest. "Why."
said the latter, "surely you didn't
suppose you got $2,400 for playing?
Half of that was a bonus for sign
ing with us."
"There was nothing in the original
contract to that effect!" comments
Fultz, "and I remember going out
of Rogers' office and saying to my
self, 'My gorry, is that what wc ball
players are up against?'"
From that day to this Fultz seems
to have nursed his grievance. Instead
of being a light-hearted college boy
he changed to a man obsessed with
the notion that every man's hand if
that man happened to be a club own
er was against him and every other
ball player.
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