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This page is primarily a **sports feature with advertisements**. The main content is "Yarns from the Ballplayers" by Ed A. Goewey, featuring anecdotes from **Hughey Jennings, manager of the Detroit Tigers**, recounting baseball stories from the early 1900s (circa 1907-1909). The stories concern rival players—**Bill Donovan** and **"Germany" Schaefer**—and incidents involving losing games and heated confrontations. One anecdote describes umpire **Tim Hurst** sarcastically removing his chest protector to mock Schaefer's poor fielding performance. **The satire is gentle**: the humor lies in the colorful personalities and dramatic overreactions of competitive ballplayers rather than political commentary. For modern readers, this reflects early baseball's rough-and-tumble culture and the sport's prominence in American popular magazines. The page also contains period **advertisements** (Murad cigarettes, PB Ale, Beeman's gum, Wurlitzer cornet), typical of Judge magazine's revenue model.

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Yarns from the Ballplayers By ED A. GOEWEY Hughey Jennings, Manager Detroit Tigers UGHEY JENNINGS, boss of the Detroit Tigers, is as good a story teller as he isa manager, and that’s going some. He tells one on Bill Donovan, now a rival pou American League leader, but once upon a n't time the star tosser of the Detroit outfit. ~ “Bill,” relates Hughey, ‘thas lost his fa- mous smile on a number of occasions, and when we were fighting for the pennant in 1907, 1908 and 1909, he frowned almost as often as any of us. I recall one series in particular with the old Naps in 1907, We were in front, but couldn’t gain on the Ath- letics. The Naps had just finished a series with Mack’s men and had used second- string pitchers. So for us they were ready with Joss, Rhoades, Moore, Hess and Bern- hard, and we were beaten in three games. After the third contest I was arguing with boss. Donovan came over, accompanied by Rhoades, and soon the conversation became beated and the sarcasm flew thick and fast. Bill continued to smile, though some of the references to his defeat surely hurt. Then Payne, the Nap trainer, and a big, husky athlete who once had been a pugilist, joined us and at once started to bluff and bluster, This was too much for Bill. His smile vanished, his face became red, and be roared, ‘Now you get out of this! I know you think you are some battler, but tither show something now or blow!’ And Payne took one surprised and startled look at the angry Bill and blew ““Germany’ Schaefer,’’ said Hughey, “probably never will forget a little stunt pulled by the late Tim Hurst at his expense iMagame at Detroit. Schaefer was having abad day at third base. The balls were bounding badly for him, and his failure to get going caused him to vent his ill feeling the umpire. In the seventh inning of the game Schaefer stopped two or three badly bounding salls with his chest instead ofhishands. In the same frame Hurst de- cared a runner safe whom ‘Germany’ be- lieved was out. ““There’s another you missed!’ yelled Schaefer. ““Here is something you have missed all day!" replied Tim, and he removed his Chest protector and threw it down the third- ase line toward Schaefer. And to make his declaration good, he didn’t use the pro- tector during the remainder of the game."" MURAD THE: TURKISH CIGARETTE HOUSANDS of smokers of 25 cent brands have tried MURADS, adopted MURADS, and remained loyal to MURADS — because they like MURADS better. Today MURADS are the largest-selling 15 cent Turkish cigarette, not only in America, but in the world. Bunker Hill Breweries, Boston Exstablished 1821 Send for Booklet PARK & TILFORD New York Distributors Adraught fromthe fountain of youth ZIP ZIM'S Correspondence School ef Cartooni Art, and Caricature, ( AVOID THIS AD! Send four cents in stamps for full inform: Box R, Horseheads, N. Y. ROMEIKE — | New Band Catalog FREE Your name endaddress is engogh. au oll set ond WurRUTzeR 4 ae 's This Cornet bey, oo em Lyrie coroet. tiple . Generoee: want to be “up issearched. ‘Te HENRY ROM TH you, your friends, or any subject on which you may odical of importance in the United States and Europe 9 Press Cutting Bureau will send you all newspaper clip- pings which may appear about to date.” Every newspaper and peri- rms, $5.00 for 100 notices. IKE, 106-110 Seventh Ave., N.Y. comicbooks.com