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n KARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. C, A.. SUNDAY, A UR IT. 20. 1010.
weak woman Finds,j US | fifty Years Ago a Great Confederate
a and“ Rouses 5 General Wrote This Beautiful Love Letter
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By JEAN FINOT.
HAT Is the rtemal lVminine?
What are her attractions and
virtues? A strange charm
hovers about li.r. which i.s inlinitt
because it Is fnderiniable. A- the ex
tremes attract one another, the pre
historic man was drawn towards
woman, toward one who was a child
or a slave. This gave to woman her
faults and vices. Like all other weak
and oppress <1 creature sin almost
always fought refuge in lying <>r
ruses Her < at-like ur. •• of move
ment Mined to -yntlietlze the mys
teries of her soul and the direction
of her life. The poets who praised
her and called her a goddess never
« eased to see in her the force of lying
and betraying. Man’s lawp of honor
always appeared strange to her. The
celestial joys which woman gave t«»
man have always been poisoned by
her lack of that honesty which was
called a masculine virtue. This, at
any rate is the opinion of man. who
has taken upon himself to transmit
to posterity the merits and demerit?
of the two sexes. Rut man became
used to woman’s lies, as we become
used to thorns as the inevitable coni
panions of the rose.
And still, as woman rose higher on
the social ladder, her noul ennobled
itself. Having ceased to he a slave,
troman loses and is still losing her
principal stigma, the cowardice of
lying. Woman is becoming more sin -
< ere. Far from accepting her inferi
ority hypocritically, she openly de
mands her rights. She raises her
bead and almost makes her master
bow his. Sle breaks into the solid
squares which form the domain ex
clusively reserved for man.
As doctor, lawyer, writer, and jour
nalist she has proved herself the pos
sessor of sterling qualifies which
make man fear and respect her. In
ill these qualities she has proved
herself to posst us a professional sense
of honor, quite different from the lie
which for centuries has been one of
woman's attributes. And as virtue
ts aften as contagious as vice, ve
racity seems to take possession more
and more of woman’s soul. The fe-
mal* Satan, the delight of the poets
and novelists and tlie shocker of
readers, who amuses herself tortuing
the heart of man and drowning him
1n her lies has become an anachro-
nlurn. Under the influence of the ellt**
of women who work and think, tin*
standard of feminine life is raised
everywhere. Modern woman strives
far more than her predecessors
towards becoming an honest human
being instead of a perverse goddess.
She respects truth and becomes im
bued with the real sentiments of
honor.
The real beauty of life is the king
dom you establish in it by truth. Tie
true value of human beings is based
on their moral yupremui y
Looking upon life with the gravity
* becoming one who has been liberated
from a serfdom as old as the world,
woman learns to understand more
that her equality is to be founded
only upon a morality more serene
and more elevated than that of man.
The future of humanity depends
tirst of all upon this noble rivalry
between the two sexes. And If noth
ing else were accomplished thereby
but the enlarging of the empire of
truth in the world this ought to be
D-usun enough to throw open to wom
en all the careers of man.
In the meantime, woman will un
doubtedly continue to deceive, to be-
tra\ and to lie. Wo must render her
this justice, however, that she does
so almost as much as man waiting
tor the blessed moment when the
truly strong woman shall pass him
on the road of truth.
The eternal feminine 1ms under
gone a revolution. Imperceptibly,
nhe, whom we have admired in her
weakness. Inis left the prison in
Which we think she is still being
held.
dear, all my
happy, to k
fe shall be de-
ping all that
aking all that Is
ill help me to be
me to blew* you.
el at your altar,
er to you and to
c»u knew the in-
•slre to make you
how much your answer
while I plead. I am held
adoration for
less and I am
SOLDIER.
If 1 am spared, n
voted to making you
would hurt you far fron
good come nrar to you,
ever helpful to you and
If you know how every
if you could hear the prayers 1
our Heavenly Father for you, if
cessent thought and longing and
blessed, you would know
will mean to rne and how
back by a reverence and a sensitlv
you. For, my Sally, you are my go<
only your devoted,
IN < AMP, APRIL Ir». 1863.
Although her heart responded to the tender
appeal in this letter, the general's sweetheart I
did not come to hint a1 onee. On account of the
rigid social customs that prevailed in the South,
site could not face the prospect of leaving home
and beint- married by the wayside in this desul
tory fashion. Some six months later, however
soon after the great battle of Gettysburg, where
Pickett and bis men covered themselves with
glory—she became his wife.
The marriage was a social event of much im
portance in the South, President Davis and liis
cabinet and many of Lee’s generals attending.
Pefore the end of the war a son was horn to the
general and his wife. The hoy became known
immediately throughout the army ns the “little
general,” and in after years came to he Major
George E. Pickett, Jr., U. S. A. He died two
years ago, returning from service in the Phil
ippines.
Mrs. Pickett, to whom the letters just pub
lished were written, is now living in Washington,
where she has been a leader in the Southern
coterie for many years. Her “Soldier” died
away back in the 70’s. Hut, although she has
been known from girlhood as one of the most
beautiful women in the South, she has never
married again.
Out of the very heart of the long struggle be
tween the North and South, with the thunder of
guns still echoing in its pages, came the letter
printed below just fifty years ago. In it one of
the great Confederate leaders. General Pickett
he who led the famous charge at Gettysburg
begs ids promised wife to hasten their marriage.
The letter is one of many that the general wrote
to his betrothed during the war and now .just
published in book form under the title, “The
Heart of a Soldier." It was written shortly be
fore Gettysburg.
This morning I awakened from a beautiful dream,
and while its glory still overshadows the waking and
lills my soul with radiance I write to make an ear
nest request—entreating, praying, that you will grant
it. You know, my darling, we have no prophets in
these days to tell us how near or how far is the end
of this awful struggle. If “the battle Is not to the
strong." then we may win; but when all our ports
are closed and the world is against u«. when for us
a man killed is a man lost, while Grant may have
! 25 of every nation to replace one of his. It fleenis
Gener.il and Mrs. Pickett from an Old Photograph Re
produced by Courtesy of Seth Moyle, Inc.
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that the battle is to the strong. Ho often already
has hope been dashed to the winds.
Why, dear, only a little- while Mince, the Army
of tin- Potomac reumssed the Rappahannock, defeat
ed, broken in spirit, the men deserting, the subordi
nate ortker.s so severe in their c riticism of their su
periors that the great commander-in-chief of the
army, Mr. Lincoln, felt l incumbent upon him to
write a severe letter of censure and rebuke. Note
the change* and hear the bugle call of hope. Hooker,
who la alleged to have “the finest army on the plan
et.” Is reported to be on the eve of moving against
Richmond. My division and that of Hood, together
with the artillery of Hearing and Henry, have been
ordered to :» point near Petersburg to meet this pos
sible movement.
Now, my darling, may angels guide my pen and
help me to write- help me to voice this longing de
sire of my heart and intercede for me; with you for
;i speedy fulfillment of your promise to be my wife.
As you know, it is Imperative that T should remain
at my post and absolutely impossible for me to come
for you. So you will have to come to me. Will you,
dear? Will you come? Can't your beautiful eyes see
beyond the mist of my eagerness and anxiety that in
the bewilderment of my worship—worshiping, as 1
do, one so divinely right, :md feeling that my love
is returned—how hard it is for me to ask you to
overlook old-time customs, remembering only that
you are to be a soldier’s wife? A week, a day, an
hour as your husband would engulf in its great joy
all my past woes and ameliorate all future fears.
So, my Sally, don’t let’s wait; send me a line
back by Jackerie saying you will come. Come at
once, my darling, into this valley of the shadow of
uncertainty and inuke certain the comfort that if I
should fall 1 shall fall as your husband.
You know that I love you with a devotion that
absorbs all else a devotion so divine that when in
dreams I see you It is as something too pure and
sacred for mortal touch. And if you only knew the
heavenly life which thrills me through when 1 make
it real to myself that you love me. you would under
stand. Think, my dear little one, of the uncertainty
and dangers of even a day of separation, and don’t
let the time come when either of us will look back
and say, “It might have been.”
WHY AMATEUR POETRY IS NOT WANTED ■ By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I ARE publishers willing to accept
or pay anything for amateur poe
try?
2—Doe.* the production have to
loach a certain standard?
3—Could you name any reputable
publishers?
.So much very good verse is being
written by so many tulentcd men
and women in all parts of the world
to-day thut amateur verse Is not in
demand.
Despite what source and sated crit
ics state to the contrary, there was
never an era when so much really
excellent poetry was being written
as to-day.
Not academic verse (though we
have that too), but poetry which
deals with present day conditions,
and with human emotions, and poe
try which will bear the test of the
critic who demands literary stand
ards and good technique. All this
is being sent out so voluminously
that it is not generally appreciated.
The literary firmament is ablaze
with poetical stars, and we base in
theii light quite tailing to remark
their brilliancy. Were there but one
or two we would accord them more
praise.
No publishers can be suggested to
the writer of amateur verse who
would buy his wares unless they pos
sessed some very vital quality of
their own. If they did, he could find
his publishers alone and unaided. The
following letter shows how mistaken
an educated man or woman can be
on tills subject.
“1 am a university graduate, with
years of specializing In English and
a broad practical experience in writ
ing. Now, 1 have placed in the hands
of one of the keenest critics in New
England some of my sitories and
satires. This critic, in conversation
with a friend, spoke of the work sub
mitted as ‘original, of rare power and
most remarkable mastery of style.
“Not unnaturally, I believe this
work to be of sufficient maturity to
publish. The two strongest MSS
were sent the round of the magazines,
carefully wrappe 1, and In every case
they were returned unread, with the
usual polite formula of rejection. Us
ing the same trap, 1 have sent out
more than two hundred MSS. with the
same result— they were unread. With
the fair cry’ ringing on the ear of
my inner consciousness. 1 must \\ rite.
Hut against the wall of lazy MS read
ers one stands helpless. Can you
tell me, Is there a way through them
or around them? As to closing my
ear to the call of my pen, that is
impossible."
Almost daily' letter#* of similar Im
port come to my hand and eye. Young,
middle-aged and old aspirants far
literary honors ask for the influence
of one supposed to be near the throne
of the August editors, and assert their
conviction that only by such influ
ence < an the most taleuted newconuu
hope for admittance into the charmed
circle of the “accepted.”
No more erroneous idea ever in
truded into the mind of mortal. It
is absolutely without foundation.
Literary success-, like all other suc
cess of any degree or kind, depends
not only on talent, not only on indus
try’, but mainly on will and desire.
I have known a man of unquestioned
talent to work iwelvc hours a day
for as many yi-.i.s, and yet to mike
but sma<i progre- s tow ard success.
I do not mean tltnt he accumulated
little material gain, for that is a
small factor in success. But to reach
an audience and hold the attention
of people means to be able to enter
tain, help or benefit humanity, and
those are surely factors in success.
This talented man worked from a
sense of duty, because he knew he
possessed gifts of expression, und tils
tastes led him in these lines. Yet he
felt no ambition to be known or rec
ognized. and gloried in self-efface
ment, while he grieved that his hard
work was not better regarded for the
sake of the good he felt he might
do were the world of editors more
appreciative of his productions.
Men of less talent and less Indus
try surpassed him, and he wondered
wiiy It was. The explanation lay’ in
his own lack of keen desire and un
conquerable will. There was a girl
on a Western prairie, who had no
education and no knowledge of the
world, and no acquaintance among
editors. She possessed a certain crude
talent, and ideas of lur own. and im
mense ambition to be heard. Night
or day the thought burned in her
brain and ho art that she had some
thing to say to the world, and that
the world must hear.
The fact that site was a mere child.
ARE WOMEN IMPARTIAL? Bv Irene Lavi
I N THEfc.E days, when women are
claiming the same political privil
eges as men. on the grounds that
they are as much fitted to enjoy such
privileges as the other sex. the ques
tion as to whether women are reailv
capable of being impartial and Just
is naturally one which has come
greatly into prominence. The argu
ments art* pursued with some heat
on both sides. The Suffragists scorn
the suggestion of the "antis” of both
sexes thut women’s judgment is apt
to spring from the heart rather than
the head; they realize that the aver
age woman ip distinctly more inte’li- i
gent than the uverug« man, and « n
this base their claim that the colie’- i
tjve opinion of women, or juries, for j
instance should be worth if anything j
more than the eollectiv
same number of im
pent ~ : ’ll... U\ .,
be put wit ii grea
[».k point, howey*-
o many miff rag-
le assumption t
function* anti e
pinion of i
men The ar- |
at first. an- 3 , j
eat force. / s l
as in th'- case j
arguments Ilea j
it male aUrio- j
only ones which are desirable. The
idea of the “inequality” of the sexes
nowadays, is only kept alive by those
who vociferously seek to disprove it,
I do not believe that it ever oc
curs to the average man or normal
woman to think that the sexes are
not entirely "equal” because, merci
fully. they are "different.”
The functions which fall to the
mans lot are not ipso facto any
more desirable than those which 1V1
to the woman's. Serving on juries,
for instance, is no more uplifting
work than visiting the sick, but it
happens to be one for which innif
stupidity is more fitted than feminine
quickness. The stupidity of the av
erage mule necessitate** the mlnuu
sifting and re-sifting of evidence In -
fore a decision is arrived at; the eiun
orate weighing of this evidence. t
slowness vvhiei to a feminine ju >
kould be Intolerable. A woman's
mind :s essentially ait i: she is i -
tuitivc. arrives at swift decision-.
These are higher qualities than those
possessed by the average man. but
arc more adapted u those sides ei
file which the r le wrest and wises
woman are content to adorn. Tluae
is another point which those who
urge that women are as unbiased and
impartial as men do not seem to real
ize. and that is. that their very par
tiality in favor of those they love is
a far nobler and higher quality than
any mere justice. Without it. the
world would be a far more hopeless
and intolerable place than it is.
Would a strictly Impartial moth r
continue to watch over and care for
an atrocious little wretch of a son
or daughter" And how many almost
hopeless men -men in whom their sex
could s* * no good whatever— have
been aav.d from destruction by tile
"unreasonable” love of a woman? I
hope fo
munii \
ike of the whole eotn-
ouieii will never wish
heir natural qualities
are
in
ur-
’a Is*'
function!
superior.
of the in a h . The*,- ,r-
•hey a;e merely differ-
and ignorant and uneducated, could
not silence this overwhelming deter
mination to compel the attention of
humanity . She sent out her roughly
written little thoughts to lordly edi
tors in city offices, and with them
alio sent such a powerful, Intense
demand for recognition, that in spite
<>f all the seeming obstacles between
her and success the editors had to
heed her. It was not her talent, nor
her “style,” not her industry that
won their recognition, but it was what
went with the MSS.
No “power behind the throne” could
have done for her what her own
commanding wish and unflagging
purpose accomplished.
A middle?aged traveling man. in
perfect health and vigor, yet with a
blase mind and a bored air. and a
boy with all the courage and eager
ness of ignorant youth, recently went
forth from the same business house
on the same errand—to solicit orders.
The man sent homo discouraged let
ters, saying trade was at a low ebb.
and that he was not even allowed
to open his samples in many places.
The boy sent home orders which
caused Ills employers to gasp with
astonishment and smile with delight.
The man said that the country was
going to the dogs; the boy said it
was the greatest land on earth. The
man said competitors hud ruined the
business by cutting prices, the boy
said their house was the wonder ot
the world, and was taking all the
business along tin line.
A mew months after the man lutd
passed over his route, the boy fol
lowed. and doors and purses, which
had been closed to the former, flew
open to the latte'*.
Tie* eagerness. ; . earncstn* >s. the
1 burning ties!re and virile ambition of
the boy were the secrets of his suc-
1 cess.
j *lt is not the force of tlie leaden bul
let which sends it to its mark, it is
the combustible power back of it.
That is all there Is of achieve
ment of any difficult nature. The
man with literary ability with u mes
sage for tin- w »rld will compel the
attention of that world, if he pos-
mssi's this combustible force back of
his talents. He will not send his MSS
forth to return unread. They may go
forth many times, before they are ac
cepted. out they will be read and
they will be published eventually.
No power behind the throne can
giv* another human soul this intense
quality. It must come from within,
and must. 1 think, be born in the
temperament. Vet possibly it may
he cultivated by proper understand
ing of *he power ( (' concentration, and
by a sy stematic effort to be self-re
liant ami unswerving in purpose.
Tin- library mail or Wuinan win
puts tii ■ quality of feeling into a
'lory or a poem will not And his oi
In r thoughts uinvad by i,\o hundred
'•fit'”". Mothoug the v.oik may no
poss " tyie.
An Old Freedom Is Still
In Existence In
Holy Russia
By GABRIEL HANOTAUX.
II710 arc absolutely ignorant
everything in Holy Russia. Its
I history* is a secret, it* politics a mys
tery. To the public, a- a whole, the
main lines of this history and poll- I
tics are “caviar” as they say in Ger-
| many. It is perhaps possible, how- j
ever, in the light of the past to draw
forth from these obscure lines the
principle* which have guided Czar
Nicholas II the reformer. You feel
that they give a vague Idea of the
national ambitions und when you look
at them closer you may perhaps ap
ply* to Russia the words of Mine, de I
Stael about our old regime in France. 1
"What is old in Franc# Is not des
potism. but freedom.”
Yes, tlier* is an old freedom ini
Russia and it is this freedom which
Czar Nicholas has wanted to draw
forth and reinstate after centuries ot
prejudices and violence.
At the outset the Slaves of Poland
&nd Russia living as nomads on the
plains between the Ural mountains
and the River Vistula did not obey
any* chief. Even after the establish
ment of the dynasty of Rurik, the as
sembly of the fathers of the families,
the “Vetch” alone decided the affairs
of every* tribe. Hut this was very
long ago. It is easy to understand
how the requirements of conquests
of an extensive territory substituted
for this deliberate regime a more
strict and better organized system.
Conquering Russia became a military
monarchy.
The Russian sovereign is less a
chief than a father. To his people
who are still so close to Asiatic tra
ditions he still remains the master
of the tent. It is towards nim that
all eyes turn. He is feared, but he
is also beloved, obeyed because dis
cipline makes this necessary, beloved
because that feeling comes natural to
his subjects.
Thus the imperial power is tem
pered by the kindness .appropriate to
the head of the family. When the
Czar steps down among his people he
does not lower himself, when he asks
theii' advice he loses nothing of his
authority if he sometimes contradicts
himself he does so in a laudable de
sire to do better, for does not a
father try every means to promote
the welfare of his children? And the
children respect him even in his er
rors. if the father needs control and
restraint he finds them in his heart.
The working together of wills and
souls is after ail tne whole Russian
constitution. Therefore, reforms are
at the same time easy and difficult;
easy when they tend only towards
developing or re-establishing tin har
mony of social sentiments, difficult
when they pretend to follow foreign
examples or c onform to the precepts
of pure doctrines.
It is thus understood how in Rus
sia. the most rigid autocracy fives
alongside the most extreme demo
cracy. Between the Czar and his
people there is the fellowship of
common interest and tendencies
What occasionally disturbs their re
lations and brings them out of con
tact with each 'other is the adminis
trative hierarchy with which fatal re
sults come between the will of the
sovereign and the wishes of the peo
ple. This intermediary hierarchy—the
nobility or “tchine”—has too often
made the law of the empire but it
is in turn often exposed to the awak
ening of the two forces above and
below which crush it between their
two millstones, when they come to
gether.
When Ivan the Terrible had reach
ed the age of manhood he entered
into the fight 'between the adminis
tration of the Boyars and the Duma,
that is to say he took part against
the aristocracy which surrounded and
hampered him. Just as Philip, of
France, convoked the first assembly
of the Estates to counterbalance the
ecclesiastic hierarchy and the aristo
cracy. tic Russian monarch appealed
to the representatives of the lower
classes, the natural adversaries of
the Boy ars. Ho too convoked the first
assembly in which the representatives
of the people were admitted along
side the aristocrats. This was the
famous “Sobor” the Russian Assembly
of the Estate-, whose existence was
prolonged till 1882, that is to say' to
the time of Peter the Great. So you
see there is old freedom in Russia.
In the meantime the territories ot
the empire continued to expand. The
ever increasing distances made the
establishment of some kind of admin
istration absolutely' necessary. Dur
ing the Three centuries of modern his
tory this administration continued its
work keeping the people in abject
slavery and elevating the Czar on
the pedestal of military despotism.
It is superfluous to remark that this
persevering method often causes
blood revolutions from below follow
ed by violent repressions from above.
Peter the Great himself, imbued with
the monarchists ideas of Louis XIV
was the declared enemy of the aristoc
racy. Like our Richelieu he de
stroyed what the Conventions called
the “intermediary powers.’’
The nobility perished and there
remained around the imperial throne
only a vast democracy, kept by an
army of officials In a net of obscure
and arbitrary regulations. And this
democracy preserved until one time
tlic appearance of serfdom.
in February 1861 the imperial au
thority struck its lust and most po* -
erful blow to do away with the evils
of serfdom. An act of an Incredi
ble energy inspired by this love ot
the people and the hat rad of all priv-
leges which is the very essence of
political autocracy, when it wants to
preserve its paternal and patriarchal
character, an act which by a single
stroke of the pen in the midst oi
countless complications made 50 mil
lions of serfs free. This great meas
ure had been planned, desired am
promised by the successor of Nicholas
I since 1856. the day after the fall
of Sebastopol. and he pronounced
then a sentence which applied fully*
as well to our present time.
It is better that order Is created
by reforms from above than to wait
until troubles arise from below.
Might we not say tuet it was these
words which Inspi * I Cza X
when he. during a crisis equally as
fey
grave as that of 1856. dictated that the ,
Imperial edict which opened u wide
field for future re-forms! The inspir-
is th'* same. The imperial p Di
ver deviates*. Once nioiv it cn- 1
lutuvors to break through Uu wclij
which separates it f «*in the people.
| Tin lather turns to ds <a,ildr* n and
lakes council with th* m. In t a days
of the crisis he wanted to tils. u-s with
1 them the late of the country.
The SUNDAYAMERICANS
GREAT BASEBALL TEAM
All the important leagues of baseball are now in action. So are tens of
thousands of fans. So are also the men who write of the doings of the dia
mond stars for those same fans to read.
It is the newspaper with the STAR TEAM of writers that makes the
strongest appeal to baseball enthusiasts.
BUT—to be stars, baseball players and writers about the diamond
warriors must be fair and square. That is an essential part of KNOWING
THE GAME.
Here 8s The Hearst Sunday
American Team for 1913
CHRISTY MATHEWSON pitcher for the New
York Giants. Known everywhere as one of the brainiest players in the
business and one of the squarest in whatever he writes about the game
of which he is master.
IO IF API 17 D The Crackers’ sensational first-sacker. He is
ILi nu LLIv giving local fans all the “inside” news of Bil
ly Smith’s aggregation. His comments on plays are immense.
W C FARNWORTH- Hisstoriesofthebi s lea ^ ue
• kJ. r VV 1 n teams are right up to the
minute. Having traveled with the New York Yankees, New York
Giants and Boston Red Sox during the past seven years, he is able to
tell of the “workings” of the major league clubs.
H WHITT NP over seven years he has
I 1 O. W m I 1 INVj b een writing Southern League
baseball. He is the dean of Southern diamond experts and has the larg
est following this side of the Mason and Dixon line. He is fearless in
his writings and always tells the truth.
O A P R ANF A. b3 £ league ball player for years and per-
kj/AlVI V-x £1, sonally acquainted with all the major
leaguers. For the past twenty years he has been writing baseball and is
considered the greatest student of the game in the world. He travels
with the National League Champion Giants.
T\ A DT TMVDM The wittiest baseball writer in the
U AIYIU1N KUIN I UIN East. He tells of the big league
games in a manner that has a laugh in every line. But he never gets
away from baseball like most of the humorous followers of the diamond
warriors.
W I ■ FIPTI I ** 3S ‘‘i nB3( le” stories of big league games
. «!• iYlCOIL 1 O cannot be beaten. He sticks to facts and
figures and his predictions are followed by thousands of fans. He has
traveled as “war correspondent” with nearly every big league team dur
ing the past ten years.
PH A PI FV HR VTIF N The Mari* Twain of baseball.
\^OrAi\L<lLi I 1 L/Lilx For years he has traveled with
New York, Philadelphia and Chicago teams and his writings are base
ball classics. He is personally acquainted with every big league player
and probably has the largest following of any baseball expert in the
country.
A f ¥ p MITPHFl I Considered the greatest expert
. FI. U. IYil A UOLLL in the New England States. His
stories of last fall’s world’s series were marvels. He roasts when a
roast is coming and praises when praise is due. He has been writing
baseball for twenty years.
^ANPRF F * s we ^ ^ cnown 3n South, hav-
riLLLil kJ/AIN ing been here with big league teams
on training trips for the past fifteen years. He will travel with the New
York Yankees this season, and his stories of Russell Ford and Ed
Sweeney, former Crackers, will be of especial interest to local fandom.
J. W. McCONAUGHY ball fans because of his fear
less writings. He never gets away from the truth, but tells a straight,
readable story. He has been writing baseball in St. Louis and New
York for twelve years.
HFIQTM[ A Nf Considered the greatest college coach in
, VV • FlILlOiVIrA.I^l the South. His college stories are copied
by every paper in this part of the United States. His predictions are
seldom wrong, and his weekly review of Southern college teams cannot
be beaten.
FOF 017 A 1ST s coa °h °f Marist he has led all the other prep
OIL/A. ii school coaches a merry chase. A few years ago
he was the star shortstop of the New York Giants. His stories are
bright and interesting.
IMMIQ R DAU/ AT _ For four years he was considered one of
Di\\J VV li the greatest athletes that ever attended
Vanderbilt. His baseball stories of college teams are read by every un
dergraduate and graduate in the South.
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As well as in baseball, The Sunday American scores an exceptionally
large number of base hits in all other branches of sports.
Ben Adams, hero of the Olympic games, writes interesting stories about
track and field athletics. The boxing world is well covered by Ed W. Smith,
W. W. Naughton, H. M. Walker, Ed Curley and “Left Hook.” Tick Tich-
enor takes care of the golf. He knows every golfer in the South and his
stories are real live “bearcats.” Tennis and automobiles are two other
branches of sport that are covered thoroughly in The Sunday American.
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