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FIRST GAME OF
FOOTBALL SEASOH
GOPHERS GRAPPLING WITH THE
HIGH-SOHOOL TEAMS.
Second Week of Work on Northrop
Field Finds the Team in Fair Shape
What the Men Have Been Doing
Making of the First Team.
O'Laughlin.
Football in the northwest opened in
earnest this afternoon when the kickoff
came in the game between the gophers
and the Minneapolis and St. Paul Cen
tral high teams. From this time until
Thanksgivi ng the man in the moleskin
will hold the boards, crowding every
other athlete to the rear. The season
is young but. all things tak en into con
sideration, Minnesota's outlook is fair.
The te am which confronted the high
school players this afternoon is made
up of two veterans of last year, some
of last year's second te am and raw ma
terial. Under a coach of lesser ability
than Dr. Williams the outlook would
aaot be encouraging. A it is, the
friends of the varsity are hopeful of a
successful year.
This week has brought about the vir
tual selection of a first team. Natur
ally Mose Strathern is center. Luce,
Ct promising youngster, is at left end,
jwith Bobby Marshall on the other side
of the line. Case, the ig St. Cloud
tackle, is next to Luce and is the most
promising of the new men. appar
ently knows more football and plays
harder than any of the recruits. It
was his coming which pushed Tschabold
and Ittner out of the going on the first
team. Max Eicker is playing harder
than ever before, and if he keeps up
to his standard of the week, is a fix
ture on the first team. Dan Smith, on
the right of Strathern, has been going
reat guns, and next to him, at right
ackle, is Percy Brush, the Macales
ter offering. Brush has improved won
derfully since he joined the Bquad at
iWacoma.
Hunter Goes Fast.
Little Hunter, who is running the
team today at quarter, is a prime fa
vorite with the followers of the Min
nesota game. The only fear expressed
about Hunter is that he might become
rattled in a big game. Today will
hardly ry him, as he will be playing
against men he has met before and
played wit h. N matter who comes
out or who does not, Hunter has the
making of a star quarter. next
?hearlimitsf
his ame will have spread beyond
of the "big nine" territory
if he continues to work as he has since
the serious work of the te am started.
Burgan will be at left half and looks
like a valuable man. plays his
game with all that he has in him most
of the time, and his lapses have been
few. Irsfield is at right half this after
noon alternating with Kremer, who is
working for a place on the first te am
with a vengeance. There is little need
to speak of Current at fullback.
is known from Ann Arbor to Lincoln
and from Hopkins to Hamline. Neither
high school should score on the varsity,
but such things do happen. La st year
Hunter, who is playing quarter on the
varsity team today, went around the
formidable 1903 te am for a touchdown.
Some promising youngster may repeat
the trick today.
Work of the Week.
The week's work has, on the whole,
been satisfactory. The men of the
te am arp working earnestly most of the
time, but there have been some lapses
which provoked wrath among the
coaches. The only reassuring thing
about these lapses has been that they
were on the part of men who rarely
offend, and who know better. The
scrimmage work has developed that
the te am is strong, altho the interfer
ence and offense are et to receive their
full measure of attention. On advanc
ing the ball against the ig men in the
second te am the mass plays have de
veloped that the line will be hard to
hold and attempts to work around the
ends have not been successful in the
main, altho once or twice they have
been worked. Punts have been well
cared for by the back field. Hunter
especially showing well in the carry
back.
The second te am contains some men
who cannot be overlooked for next
year. Tschabold should be a star of
proportions by next season for the first
team, and Ittner, Bandelin, Stanford,
Dan Clarke, Nuessle and Vita are men
who have given the big fellows no end
of trouble in the scrimmages of the
last ten days. Tschabold is almost good
enough for the first team, but did not
go into his early work with quite
enough snap. Next year he will be a
mighty obstacle when it comes to mak
ing up the first team, even if he does
not succeed in getting to the first squad
this season. oe Cutting and Varco are
two likely looking^ lads for quarter,
but both have their football book in
front of them for a good hard course
of study.
I is probable that the second te am
may be given a show this afternoon
against the Central high of Minne
apolis. Last night's plans were for the
first team to meet St. Paul the first
twenty-minu te half and the second te am
,to grapple with Minneapolis high for
the second. The lineups of the varsity
and high school tea ms will be as fol
lows:
UNIVERSITY.
Left EndLuce.
Left TackleCase.
Left GuardRlcker.
CenterCaptain Strathern.
Right GuardSmith.
Eight TackleBrush.
Wight EndMarshall.
QuarterbackHunter.
Left HalfBnrgan.
Eight HalfKremer, Irsfield.
FullbackCurrent.
MINNEAPOLIS CENTRA!.
Left EndLaVayea. Buffinpton.
Left TackleLarrabee, Simmons,
Left GuardAustin, Shave.
CenterParker, Farnham.
Right GuardSchroeder, Melin.
Right TackleMelin, Coppage.
Right EndGardner, Cochran.
QuarterbackHunter, Laxton.
Left HalfJamison, Toban.
Right HalfStorer, Weisman.
FullbackCaptain Morse.
ST. PAUL-CENTRAL.
EndsA. McGregor, H. Haldermaa.
TacklesJ, Bunker, K. Knoche.
GuardsF. S. Sandberg.
Center1JohnEllison,
Sheahan
QuarterbackPerrier Le Claire.
HalfbacksH. Horwitz, J. Watson.
FullbackWilliam Fitzsimmons.
SubstitutesCrooks, Dafrou, Hobson, S. Rex
ford.
CHANCE FOR R. ROSE
One Fitzsimmons Announces Willing
ness to Punch His Head.
New York Sun Special Service.
New Haven, Conn., Sept. 17.Bob Fitzsimmons
wants a crack at Ralph Rose, the big Universlt
of Michigan shotputter, who has challengi
fries. FItz will meet Rose in an exhibition bout
while his show is running or will arrange
match for some future time.
"Business is at a low water mark in the fight
ing game," said Bob todax. "I haven't a pugi
listic date made and I am not pressing for any.
"But let me tell you that this talk about
u everybody being afraid of Jeffries is all wrong.
&c I am ready to meet him at any time he wants
K'to talk business and he knows it. He didn't
WM name me when he said that he was ready to
Be meet any three men at one time, one after an
other. He said he would give me another chance
m. some time, and when he gets ready I want him
to do it.
iff ''But I would like to take a punch at that
H* student chap,d Ralph Rose,business" who thinks he's
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GLOOMY OUTLOOK
AT IOWA CITY
Sorrow Enthroned, Report Says,
in Midst of the Football
Camp.
AKELETS FAST JUNIOR BASEBALL TEAM
Iowa City, Iowa, Sept. 17.Actual prac
tice has begun on Iowa field, and the out
look Is anything but hopeful for the com
ing season on the Hawkeye gridiron.
"Wolf stories" are not In favor at the
university Iowa, but even Captain
Jones is blue in look and speech, when
he talks of the situation here.
Jones and Coaoh Chalmers both admit
that they have a mighty hard piece of
work cut out for them.
Disappointment upon disappointment
has come to Iowa, and without exagger
ation, it may be stated that there are only
four members of the old eleven now ready
to apply for a post on the '04 team. They
are Jones, the brilliant left half Atkin
son, a guard, who made remarkable de
velopment during the closing part of the
'03 season "Beddy" Griffith, the midget
quarter and Schwinn, a strong tackle.
Thus far, Magowan, a fiery tackle who
made many a victory possible last year,
has not rejoined the force Donovan has
decided to go to Wisconsin, thus leaving
Iowa with one guard Fred Buckley, the
plunging half, will not come back to
school Johnston, center: Coulthard and
Watters, ends, have toeen graduated, and
Allen, another fine half, is convalescent,
aftey a fight with typhoid fever.
With this array of talent gone, Coach
Chalmers must practically mold a new
team out of green material, most of
which has never been seen together in
any game. The coach is now putting
the men thru a "course of sprouts." It
looks like a veritable high school prac
tice on Iowa field this week, and the
gloomy ones are already bewailing in ad
vance the possibility of a defeat at the
"hands" of Coe, a minor college that has
never had even a "look in" before. Coe
has had practice a week longer than
Iowa, and has a team of experienced
young fellows, who are nerved to do
things to the very green varsity eleven
that must necessarily meet them on
Oct. 24.
The Akeley Juniors have gone thru the season in championship form, winning
the large majority of their games. Their friends claim for them the title of Junior
champions of Minnesota.
A number of good men, whom Coach
Chalmers expected to see this week, will
go elsewhere, and this adds to Iowa's
dissatisfaction. The beat new talent is
found in a bunch of young fellows from
Iowa high schools. Bernard Murphy, the
state champion high hurdler, is very
fast, and may be used advantageously in
a line that needs all the help it can get
Moore of Harlan played subcenter last
year, and he will try for the place this
fall, since Johnston cannot come back.
Hilweg, who towers 6 feet 2 inches, and
weighs 180 pounds, will be a likely can
didate for guard. Seidel, who has not
come out before this year, will also try
for center. French and Coyle, two Hum
boldt boys, who are fast and steady, will
work for end posts, and Coyle, tho but
a boy in weight, is really entitled to the
phrase, "little wonder" that Coach Chal
mers has given him. Kent, a Marshall
town quarterback, will provide Griffith
with a- good successor in case of' acci
dents. Incidentally, Kent is a star base
ball performer in the box. Hildreth is
another big man who may make, guard.
He weighs 190, pounds, and is not slow.
White, weighing-187, seems a good man
for tackle, and he is one of the fastest
sprinters out of the Cresco high school.
Knapp, who played finely as a sub-end
last season, and Staltenberg, whose work
at end, when called ill,' was also excel
lent, will be apt to be seen more often
than in '03, at those positions.
MAROONS VS. LOMBARD
First Game of Season at Marshall Field
Today.
Chicago, Sepjfc. 17.The western collegiate foot
ball season opened here today, the University of
Lombard meeting the University of Chicago on
Marshall 'field.
The prospects of Chicago making a large
score were not very bright, as Coach Stagg
gave most of his green candidates a chance
to get into the game.
The Lombard team is lighter than last year
but Coach Appleman expected to spring a few
surprises on Chicago.
COLUMBIA DRAWS FIVE MEN
Some of Them Have Never Played
Football Before.
New York Special Service.
.New.._YoBun
ki Sep* 17.Fiv more new men
joined the Columbia football team yesterday, and
with the extra number it was possible to fix
up two elevens which ran thru signal practice.
The new players are Leslie, a candidate for end
from New York Military academy Starbuck o*
the '07 class eleven Williams, a former Am
herst player, and Kilroe and Untetmeyer, two
men who have not played the game before.
Coach Morley announced that David A. Smith,
who played tackle on the eleven of 1901, would
return to college this fall.
With Smythe and Thornton as tackles there
will be a chance to use Duncan Brown as a
guard and thus strengthen the line Immensely.
Home Visitors' Excursions to Points in
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky
From points in the northwest will be
run on Sept. 13, 20, 27 and Oct. 11, at
rate one fare plus $2 for round trip.
Tickets good for thirty days. Ask for
tickets via the "Big Four Route."
Agents will gladly sell ou via this
popular road. Tor further information
see your home agents or address J. O.
STEFFENS LOST
TO THE BADGERS
Fails to Make Good in the En
trance Requirements of the
University.
Special to The Journal.
Madison, Wis., Sept. 17.Keen dis
appointment is lelt here oyer the fact
that Walter Steffens, the crack little
back of Chicago, cannot remain with
the Wisconsin university football squad
because the faculty has decided not to
permit him to enter the institution, as
he does not hold sufficient credits in
his studies. Coach Curtis' is casting
about for a. likely man for quarter
back, the place for which the Chicago
boy was booked.
I is announced %ere, too, that Cap
tain Bender of the Nebraska university
football team has decided not to come
here, as he would be debarred from
trying for the Wisconsin team. These
are the two disappointments of the
week in football circles.
The high quality of the new mate
rial, however, has served to buoy the
spirits of the coaches. A glance at the
new men indicates that the team is
likely to be unusually heavy this sea
son. A majority of the fellows are
big, beefy men, and if they have the
speed, the badgers ought to cut a de
cided figure in the championship games
this season.
This has been the first week of reg
ular practice this season. The squad
was brought back fr6m the Monona
Lake assembly grounds last Monday
and turned over to Head Coach Cur
tis, who has been putting it thru a
stiff series of stunts during the last
few days. Much attention is" being
given to instruction in the fundamen
tals of the game. During the last
couple of days the linemen have been
instructed in charging, breaking thru
and blocking, the ends have been run
ning down under punts and" stopping
the backs. N tackling, however, has
yet been done, and will not be until
the men have several days' work in
throwing the "dummy." It will prob
ably be some days before any scrim
mage work is indulged in.
Coach Curtis will have only four or
possibly five old members of last year's
te am to construct an eleven with this
season. The four who are sure to be
here and certain to hold their old places
are: Eemp, 190 pounds, at center
Bertke, 190, guard Findlay, 178,
tackle Captain Bush, 170, end. The
fifth old member who may come back
is Vanderboom, 179, the plunging half
back who played .two years on the
team.
The "W. men who played thru at
least one-half of a championship game
last year and who are back are: Clark,
170, Wrabetz 168, and Eobinson, 176,
all backs, and H. Jones, 178, end.
The "subs" who have returned are:
O'Brien, 195, and Larish, 200, centers
Franzke, 167, and Perry, 180, backs:
G. Jones, 142, Schreiber, 152, and
Kuehmsted, 164, quarterbacks, and
Wagner, 160, tackle.
The most promising of the new men
are Cummmgs of Duluth, halfback,
a 174-pounder who played good ball
On the Andover {Mass.) college -team
last year: Simpson, 168, halfback on
the Northwestern academy te am last
year: Stromquist, 189, who played on
the Bethlehem college team of Kansas
City last year Donovan, 205, a guard
on the Iowa university te am laBt year
Conville,-187, of Albion college, Mich.
Acker, 180, and Lappe, 17GL of Colo
rado Springs Egan, 16o,.of Manitowoc
high school Schneider, 170, of North
western academy Claire, 185, tackle
on the Highland college te am of Des
Moines, Iowa Heintz, 160, formerly a
halfback on the Nebraska university
team Melzner, 160, substitute quarter
back on the Iowa university team
Watson. 190, of Livingston, Wis. Muel
ler, .180, and Dittman, 178, of a
Crosse, candidates for tackle and guard
respectively: Kinney, 205,-and Dough
erty, 190. of Fond du Lac, candidates
for guard or tackle positions, and Tur
ner, 170,. of Kansas, 'Candidate for
tackle.
Trainer Andy O 'Dea has returned for
a hunting trip in the Dakotas and wi ll
take active charge of the training of
the men next ween. The training table
will probably be started in a few days.
BARNEY OLDFIELD COMING
John S. Johnson Plans Automobile
Meet at Hamline.
John S. Johnson of St. Paul is planning for
an automobile meet at the state fair grounds
in October. He has about secured the appear
ance of Barney Oldfield. the rider who was re
cently injured in a race with A. C. Webb at
St. Louis. Webb drove the big machine at the
recent meet at tho state fair grounds "a mile
in less than a minute.
The event of the meet will be a race between
machines driven by Johnson and Oldfield.
WITH THE AMATEURS
The Bachelors will meet the HopkinB aggre
gation Sunday at Hopkins. All members of the
Bachelor team are requested to meet at the
St. Louis depot at 1:80 p.m. J. Phyle and
Barry wiU work for Hopkins, while Suerth. Car
ney and Olson wlU oppose them.
The greatest amateur game of the year will
be played between the Palaces and the Javas
at Minnehaha park tomorrow afternoon. There
will be two games, the Wllmot and Fairview
teams clashing at 1 o'clock sharp. There Is ex
pected to be a record-breaking crowd, as both
teams are confident of winning. The Palace
larrnpers hope to down the heavy-hitting stars
who belong to Manager Byrnes' team.
1 4 DAY'WITH THE A OUT OF DOORS
INTEREST HIGH
INHORSE SHOW
CLOSING PROGRAMS HEIGHTEN
SPIRIT OF COMPETITION.
Drivers Call Into Use Every Tanfcark
Trick to Catch the Eyes of the
JudgesOverflow Attendance Ex
pected at Closing Program Tonight.
Twin city society will have its last
view of the horse" show tonight. The
week has been a notable one and those
in charge plan to make the concluding
program the best of all. Despite the fact
that the weather has been against the
show from the point of comfort, the at
tendance has grown at each program.
Tonight it is expected that the big tent
will De filled to overflowing. A more
notable, collection of horses has never
been gathered in the. northwest, and
those who love thorobreds and correct
appointments should not fail to see the
show on its last night.
Last night showed a better attendance
than Thursday night, and competition
ran high. Owners of the big stables
were fighting for the awards and calling
into play every trick of driving calcu
lated to show their horses to the best
advantage. So close as the competi
tion that the judges occupied" an unen
viable position. The crowd picked its
favorites arid at times were, inclined to
show a little displeasure when the judges
did not agree with them. The judging
has been of an extremely satisfying na
ture, altho In instances some exhibitors
have permitted their .disappointment to
get the advantage of their Judgment.
The tandem team contest provoked the
greatest comment and enthusiasm of the
evening. Frank K. Bull of Racine, won
a notable victory with Seourity and Divi
dend over the Pepper stable. To make
the win more of a victory it was over
Creighton, known to horsemen from
coast to coast as the -greatest leader of
tandem pairs in the country. Creighton
as superior to Mrv Bull's leader, but
his wheeler cost him the honors. The
famous horse made a- splendid showing,
leading one of the grooms at the prome
nade rails to break forth with the full
hearted exclamation: "Ain't he a gen
tleman?" Third place went to W. G.
Carting of St, Paul with King Dodo and
King Lee.
The contest for road teams was won
by the superior handling of the Crow &
Murray entry. "Tommy" Murray prob
ably having few peers as drivers on this
side of the Atlantic. Pepper stables,
Toronto, took second place. The single
harness horse blue ribbon went to Em
press, owned and driven by Murray, with
Frank K. Bull's Bumblebee second and
W. G. Carting's King Lee third. The
combination class as another victory
for Jack of Diamonds, Helen Walker
second, and Artist Rex third.
Park pairs were next. Indian and
mate, Pepper stables, were awarded first
with Crow & Murray's Sporting Duchess
and Butterfly second. Trotting pairs
awards were made'to Miss K. L.-'Wilkes,
Gait, Ont.F W. A. Rule, Kansas City a'nd
George R. KIbbe, St.* Paul. Creighton
Pepper's entry, won'the park horse-, sin
gle, class with Empress, Crow & Murray
second, and H^ar^ng's Kln^ LWe third.
In the potato raceme riding was h"8t so
spirited as onr
previous occasidrfs. Wal
ter Hill' of St. Paul, 'was first' *W. L.
Tarbox, St, Paul, second and' '"James
Britt, St. Paul, third. The program
came to a close with' the sporting tan
dem class. Myopia and mate were first
with Siberia and' CoQuette second. San
Toy and mate were third.
This afternoon's matinee was largely
attended. The show' was made up of
ponies in harness a special exhibition of
the thorobred French 'coach horses from
the stables of McLaugh'In Brothers, St.
Paul local horses to
broughams, victo-
ria or cabriolet ponies under saddle
competitive riding for'girls and a boys'
riding competition Best performers, in
and out, followed and closed the pro
gram. There was a large attendance.
Tonight's program is as follows:
8 O'CIockClass 16, ruriapout class.
8:20Class 3, roadster,' single, with appoint
ments.
8:40Class 20, tandem team3.
0:00Class 40, high school stallion, mare or
gelding.
9:20Class 49, local pairs' to suitable park
vehicle.
9:40Class 23, four-in-hand, park teams.
10:00Class 48, potato race, local (post en
tries).
10:10Class 44, high Jumping class.
NEW ASSISTANT AT Y. M. O. A.
E. R. Chattleton to Help Muscle-Build
ing in the Physical Department.
B. R. CHATTERTON
E. B. Chattleton will assist in directing thft
physical department of the Young Men's Chris
tian association. He received his training at
the Y. M. C. A. training school, Springfield,
Mass. Mr. Chattleton has a splendid physique,
5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds.
LAOHANOE A BACK NUMBER^
"Tody" Grimshaw of Buffalo to Join
Boston Nationals.
New York Sun Special Service.
Boston, Sept. 17.George Lachance, who has
covered first base for the Boston Nationals for
the past three years, will probably join the
horde of veterans who have outUved their use
fulness In the major leagues and are now shining
as stars in the minor organisations.
When the champions go on their western trio
next week, they will take with them First Base
man Grimshaw of Buffalo, who will be tried at
the initial sack. Manager Collins is confident
that Grimshaw will be an improvement over
Lachance, who has fallen off considerably in bat
ting, and competent judges who have seen Grim
shaw play predict that he will make good with
Boston.
PLYNN AND GARDNER DRAW
Past Pight Before the Denver Athletic
Club Last Night.
Denver, Sept. 17.George Gardner of Lowell
and Jim Flynn of Pueblo last night fought a
ten-round draw before the Denver Athletic club.
Flynn strength prevented Gardner from put
ting him out. Be compelled Gardner to fight
close, and through the exchanges were about
even. In the eighth round- a hard right to the
heart visibly weakened Flynn, but Gardner was
unable to send hi the twinning punch. It was
notlceablt that Gsrdn|^B blows lacYtd power.
BOOTH IN CHARGE
OF CORNHOSKERS
Giant Center in the Eyes of the
Nebraska Football Con
tingent.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 17."Bummy"
Booth, Nebraska's football coach, strode
onto the Nebraska campus yesterday
and took active charge of the cornhusk
er s' practice. I was Booth's initial
appearance of the season. Booth does
all of his coaching attired in regula
tion football togs, and there is nothing
fancy about his course of instruction.
Scrimmage work will not be at
tempted until next week, as most of
the players are still soft. The first
game, that against Grand Island, will
not be played until a week from Satur
day, and Booth will delay scrimmaging
until the last possible moment. Grand
Island is considered an easy proposition
and if his pupils are able to run off four
or five touchdowns in two short halves,
Booth will be satisfied.
Twenty-five men were out when Booth
took charge and this number should be
doubled. So far only four veterans of
last year's aggregation have appeared,
but or three, and possibly four will
likely be added to the roll with in a few
days. Booth was well impressed by the
form shown by several of the green
men.
One feature of the practice was par
ticularly pleasing to the coach. "This
was the showing of Mills, the 260-pound
giant, who is the biggest an sver don
ning a football suit on the Nebras ka
campus. I view of the fact that Booth
must develop a center to take the place
of Borg, the giant was given a work
out at the .center position. Booth had
Mills snap the ball, while the coach
charged into Mills as if he were in the
opposing lineup. Booth's object was to
test how solidly Mills stood on his feet,
and whether the new man was as capa
ble of resisting a charge, as his tremend
ous frame would indicate. Booth can
play center some, as that was his posi
tion on two of Princeton *s championship
teams, but the coach found the new man
a hard nut to crack. Mills stood his
ground splendidly, and he slammed
Booth back as if the latter were a mere
plaything. Mill's showing tickled
Booth immensely and if the newcomer
can but master the tricks of the posi
tion he should make a formidable cen
ter.
CYCLISTS TURN
TO THE BUBBLES
Old Time Racing Stars Are Now
Driving the Big Racing
Cars.
With the growing popularity of the
automobile, many of the bicycle racing
men who have won fame and money
on the banked tracks, are now trans
planting their affections to the power
driven machines. Scores of good men on
the bicycle are now either racing auto
mobiles or driving them for wealthy own
ers. As might be expected, these daring
athletes outclass almost all other types
at handling fast machines.
Eddie Bald, the one-time champion, is
working in an automobile shop and will
appear on a track with a racing car
within a couple of weeks Tom Cooper
has been doing great work in the west
Earl Kiser recently brought the world's*
record down to 62 4-5 seconds for a cir
cular course, the figures being formerly
credited to' Barney Oldfield, at one time
the amateur champion of Ohio, but who
has been one of the stars of the automo
bile world during the past two years H.
H. Lyttle is driving a big racer, while
A. C. Webb, the former Milwaukee rider,
won over Oldfield at St. Louis, and will
drive in the Vanderbilt Cup race Al
Newhouse and Bob Miller are piloting
cars for wealthy New Yorkers, while
Joe Nelson is identified with an automo
bile concern In New York. Fred Titus,
winner of the great Quill Club $2,000
handicap at Manhattan Beach a few years
ago, and who is the husband of Edna
May, the actress, is working in a Toledo
factory and when he becomes acquainted
with the powerful cars, will enter the
racing field H. H. Hills of Providence,
a good amateur in his day, now drives a
fast machine for a Boston enthusiast Jed
Newkirk, who finished second in the six
day bicycle race in New York, is making
a circuit of the county fairs in a racing
MAJOR DELMAR FAILED
Stiff Breeze Made Record-Breaking Im
possible at Readville.
Readville, Mass.. Sept. 17.Major Delmar
failed by three-quarters of a second to break the
unpaced trotting record yesterday at the Kead
ville track, principally by reason of a some
what heavy track and a stiff breeze that sprang ietic club,Asht
upe
suddenly _aftcr the
horsedhad son of De Ma reache the three-quarters
pole
int
1:30% it as if the
Aristcx, br
Time2:1(5, "2:08
2:04 class,. pacing,
(De Byder) 6
purse $1,000 (two In three:
Nathan Strauss, g, by Director (Thomas). 1 1
Gallagher, (James) 2 2
Albert, ro McDonald) 8 3
Ersklne Reed, (Carpenter) I... 4 4
Time2:06%. 5:d7%.
2:16 class, trotting, purse $2,000 (three in
five): John Caldwell, g, by Hathaway
(Thompson) 1 8 1
Kyrillic, ch (Young) 3 2 1 4
Free Sliver, (Demarest) 2 3 3 2
Jimmy McHale, (Nuckols) 7 6 2 8
Fairview Chimes, (Humphrey
ille) 4 8 6 ro
Red Bird, (Ratbbun) 8 4 5 ro
Masconomo, br (Hyde)........,.. 6 5 6 ro
Cassie 0., blk (Kinney) 5 7 7 ro
Dr. Short, blk (Titer) dis
Time2:12%, 2:14, 2:14%, 2:13iA.
2:10 class, trotting, purse $1,000 (two ln
three):
John Taylor, g, by Dispute (Wil
son} ._. S 1 1
Knox's Gelatine King (Anaconda)
(Trout) 7... 1 5 6
Norrio, (Span) 3 4 2
Promise, blk (Dlckerson) 6 2 8
Jim Ferry, (Frank) 2 6 7
Grade Kellar. (Nuckols) 7 3 4
Monroe, (De Byder) ..4 7 5
Robert Mac, (Jolly) dis
Time2:09%, 2:00%, 2:10%.
to- beat 2:02%. trotting, un-
Against time,
paced: Major Delmar, g, by Del Mar-Expecta
tion, by Autograph (McDonald).........Lost
Time2:02%,
\/L*l0 tl HIM AJl 'September 17^1904. M?0m^S? =p|gfigf Mg&f
WATKINS CLOSING
UP FIRST YEAR
Fans on Tiptoe to See the Team
Stick in the First
Division.
W. H. WATKINS,
Manager Minneapolis Team In American
Association.
Baseball fans are on their tiptoes these
days to see if Minneapolis will finish tho
season in the first division. Manager Wat
kins is also on the anxious seat. When
he took charge of the locals he declared
that if possible he would give Minneapo
lis a first division team. If he keeps the
promise it will bo by the "skin of his
teeth."
Whether Watkins "makes good" on the
promise or not, baseball fans of the city
are satisfied with the season. Watkins
has spent his money liberally in getting
players and little more can be asked of a
magnate. Things broke badly for the
clubowner at the first of the season. Men
were sick, out of condition and injuries
were frequent. Watkins took hold of a
baseball woodpile that contained much
dead timber, and this had to be tested
and cleaned out. Since July 4 the team
has been playing fast ball and its progress
is a source of satisfaction to all who have
followed its progress.
Just how many of the players of 1904
will be left for next year is doubtful. It
depends on how cleverly Watkins has
"gone to cover" with them. "Buck"
Weaver is scheduled as a Philadelphia
Athletic prospect, but is not generally ex
pected to go. He is a clever catcher,
but not up to the batting expectations.
O'Leary is a clever lad behind the bat
and sticks well. The pitchers are to go,
from all reports. Ferry alone is left and
the former star of the Buffalo Eastern
league team has had a poor year. "Buck"
Freeman, the first baseman, has a bad
leg, which he should get rid of thru the
winter. He is a good hitter and sound
should make a splendid man at first. Fox.
captain and second baseman, is weak with
the willow, but a heady player. Oyler, at
short, is the greatest "in-and-out" per
former of the teama star one day and
bad the next. His hitting is fair. Gre
minger is to be the heavy hitter next
year and will be a strong man at third.
Coulter, Sullivan and Maloney, the star
outfield of the American association,
seem to be elated to depart. No one has
tampered with the bat boy, but he has
transferred his field of activity to North
rop field, where he Is chalking the gridiron
and otherwise assisting the coaches in
the making of a team.
Of the remaining games of the season,
the Kansas City series should, on form,
give Minneapolis a safe lead whereby,
with an even break, they could finish the
season ahead of Louisville after the Mil
waukee games. Baseball has had a pros
perous year in Minneapolis, and Watkins
will doubtless respond next year by giv
ing the fans a team that will go a little
faster than this year's aggregation. First
of all, the local fans want a team that
will whip St. Paul. They would prefer
this to a pennant-winner. After that, they
want a team which will be in the running
for the flag from the opening of the sea
son. There has been a general smashing
up of the Fourth of July leagues thruout
the country and material Is plentiful for
the minors. Minneapolis will doubtless
get some stars before the majors gobble
them up.
So far, Watkins has not expressed an
opinion of Minneapolis as a baseball town.
Maybe he will after the season is over.
So far as can be observed, Minneapolis
thinks pretty well of Watkins. His trial
balance tho has probably told him that.
WRESTLERS ARE UNEASY
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machine, with which he circles the tracks Ownh company. He offers to throw anvy man I Brooklyn" 130
at railroad speed Fred Walsh, one of.
Jimmy Michaels' pacemakers, drives a unter MO O*
car for a Wall street magnate who bets
a million or so every time his horses
race, and there are dozens of others who
were prizewinners on the bicycle tracks
that now guide the modern cars.
i
started. When I are being made by which the
wl
me rArrangements,
reiordo go bu the breezelookedd an track proved to much
of a drag. The times were, :30%, 1:00%, 1:30%
Summary:
2:12 class, trotting, purse $1,000 (completed
two In three):
Altro L., blk g, by Alcantarus (Dlck
erson)
Patchen Maid, blk (Starr) 4
Invader, (Demarest) 2
Lady Gail Hamilton, blk (Hudson), 3
El Milagro. Lasel(l) 5
The General, ch (Nuckols) 6
Time^-2:13J4, 2:14&, 2:10i4.
2:08 class, trotting, purse $1,000 (two ln
three):
Jay McGregor, h, by Jayhawker (Hud
son) 1 1
Mazetto, blk (Dlckerson)....... 2 3
A.iglola, (Ames) 2
MeKlnley, r (Jolly) 3
Marion wilkes.b (McDonald) 5
4 1
1 3
2 2
6 4
3 5
6 dr
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Mr. Conklin, "altho a stranger in these parts,
has traveled' in the east for the past three
months, defeating all those who have come be
fore him. He would like to hear from Mas
Lettbeg, John Mattson, Gene Cole and Profes
sor Felkey.
GOODMAN AND HERRERA
Silver Bow Athletic Club Arranges for
Another Battle.
Special to The Journal.
Butte, Mont., Sept. 17.The fight between
Kid Goodman, the crack Missouri lightweight,
and Aurlio Herrera, has been arranged for Oct.
17 under the auspices of the Silver Bow Ath
Il under a guaranty of $2,000 and Philadelphia 124
would divide the moneyOO and 40 Per^cent.^ They cJevelana 128
will weigh 130 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon Detroit 130
of the match. This match has been talked of gt Louis 12S
for some time in fact, ever since Abe Attel Washington 131
failed to arrive. Each man is anxious to get
a chance at the other.
WESTERN TEAM WON
Trans-Mississippi Golfers Lost at Glen
Echo Links Play.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 17.The Western Golf
association team defeated the Trans-Mississippi
team in the special team match at the Glen
Echo links yesterday, scoring a total of 20%
points against the 15% made by their opponents.
The scoring was done by the Nassau system.
The teams were composed of the following
players:
Western Golf AssociationChandler Egan, W.
E. Egan, K. Edwards. Ned Cummings- and C. E.
Smoot, Exmoor Macon, Phillips and R. B.
Hunter, Midlothian: D. B. Sawyer and Simpson
Fouls. Wheaton AUls and Boyd, Milwaukee R.
H. McElwee, Klaimes and J. L. Russer, Glen
more, and R. N. Elli3, Lake Geneva.
Trans-MissIsslppl TeamH. P. Bend, St. Paul:
T. S. Stewart. A. B. Kusler. J. B. Rahm, Dr.
Sumney. R. R. Kimball, Omaha E. F. Burnard,
R. H. Bundlne, Warren Dickenson, Des Moines
H. Ferguson, Cedar Rapids Walter Fair
banks, Denver J. R. Maxwell, Keokuk H. D.
Cady, Rock Island, and O. T. Jaffray, Minne
apolis.
MAN FROM MAINE BACK
"Big Carter' Will Play Football with
Yost's Team.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 18.There arrived in
Ann Arbor yesterday big Carter, "the man from
Maine." who played guard on Michigan's cham
pionship 1902 team. Carter was out of college
last year, but has returned to complete his law
course. He is looking much better than two
years ago. He then weighed 240 pounds. Some
of his fat has evaporated, and he ought to be
faster than ever. He will probably Join the
squad at tbe lake on Monday and he wlU make
the seventh "M* man to be on the 1904 team.
With such men as "Ted" Hammond, Beechler,
Graham. Rose, Sfchultz. Curtis, Shulte and Carter
to select from Yost ought to have the heaviest
line inside of ends in the country.
Ralph Rose, the giant shotputter, is very
wrathy at the reports which have been sent out
to the effect ~that Hie Is desirous of fighting
Jeffries for tbe heavyweight championship.
MILLERS MAKE A
BAD BEGINNING
LOSE THE FIRST GAME IN FINAL
SERIES AT KANSAS CITY.
But Others in the Association Also
Lose and Minneapolis Still Has a
Good Hold on Fourth PlaceCy
Ferry Largely Responsible for the
LossBetter Luck in Prospect.
Further evidence that good luck is with
the millers at the close of the season was
furnished yesterday, when the teams fol
lowing the Minneapolis team in the per
cenatge column obligingly dropped games
as easily as Minneapolis dropped the
game at Kansas City.
Louisville, which has been closely tag
ging the Watkins team, lost two games
to Columbus, one game going thru lack
of playing ability and the other going
by default. Indianapolis, which also has
a place in the lower division, attempted
to cinch it by losing to Toledo. The gen
eral result was a strengthening of tho
millers' position in fourth place, since
Milwaukee and St Paul are too far
ahead to be in danger of losing the lead,
or at least of getting lower than third
place.
The tale of yesterday's trouble is re"
counted in the first inning when both
pitchers indulged in the rattles and the
Kansas City team was a little the faster
in getting around the bases. Cy Ferry
did the slab work for Minneapolis and
indulged in enough of an off day .to give
the Kaw persons six runs. This was
after the millers had made a brilliant be
ginning by circling the diamond to tho
tune of three.
This nice young lead was too much
for the visiting team and altho the Kan
sas City folk were in a state of mind
bordering on disgust and threatened to
leave the grand stand, the game contin
ued to the bitter end and victory perched
on the banners of the cowboys.
It is believed by local fans, than whom
there are now none more loyal, that with
a change of pitchers and a little spurt
the millers con wrest the rest of the se
ries from the Kansas City team, putting
still greater distance between them and
the team next on the list.
Tale of the trouble:
Mpls.
Maloney rf. 2
Freeman lb 0
Coulter If.. 2
Grem'ger 8b 0
House cf 1
Schmidt 1
McNlch c-Sb 3
Fox 2b 1
Oyler as 0
0 0 Ferry
Totals ...10 24li
Minneapolis 3
"Unknown" Lightweight Will Meet
All Comers at the Dewey.
Charles Conklin, who claims tor bforfeiet th ligh,t
weight champion wrestler of the world, will be! st"Louis 129
seen at the Dewey theater with Sam Devere's Cincinnati 130
fcj
K. O.
0 Aiken 3b
1 Nance If
0 Frantz cf
0 Bonner 2b
0 Massey lb
0 Lewee rf
0 Sullivan ss.
1 Butler
0 Isbeli
1 Eels
3 Totals 8 27 14 3
0 0 0 1 0 2 0 06
Kansas* City 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Earned runs, Kansas City 4, Minneapolis 3
two-base hits, Butler, McNichols, Maloney
sacrifice hits, Nance, Frantz, Eels, House stolen
bases, Bonner, Massey, Coulter 2, Greminger
double plays, Aiken to Bonner to Massey, Free
man to Schmidt, Fox to Oyler to Freeman hits,
off Isbeli 9 in 6 1-3 innings, off Eels 1 in 2 2-8
innings bases on balls, off Isbeli 3, off Eels 4,
off Ferry 5 6truck out, by IsbeU 1, by Eels 4,
by Ferry 4 hit by pitched ball, Butler, Maloney,
Schmidt: passed ball, Butler le:t
bases, Kansas City 5 Minneapolis 10.
St. Paul 142
Milwaukee 146
Columbus 143
Minneapolis 140
Louisville 145
Indianapolis 143
Kansas City 147
Toledo 147
lef Butler Minneapol
1:20.' Umpire. Haft. Attendance, 370.
Time,
At ColumbusFirst Game E
Columbus 00002081 *6 10 1
Louisville 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 04 8 3
BatteriesMaloney, Dorner and Xeager
Campbell and Schriver.
Second Game SHE
Columbus 0 020 0 0*2 4 1
Louisville 0 02110 04 8 1
BatteriesHlckey, Berger and Abbott Egaa
and Schriver.
Second game forfeited.
At Milwaukee E E
Milwaukee 0 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 9 1
St. Paul 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 04 8 8
BatteriesCurtis and Slattery Corbett and
Sullivan.
At Indianapolis
Toledo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Indianapolis 0 0000000 2-:-8
2 16 0 1
BatteriesBartos and Brown Fisher and
Berry.
STANDING OF THE OX.UBS.
Played. tVon.
03 84 82 77 79 67
57
40
Lost.
49 62 61 63 66
81 90
107
Pet
.655
.575 .573 .550 .545 .453
.3SS
^72
GAMES TODAY,
Minneapolis at Kansas City.
St. Paul at Milwaukee.
Louisville at Colunbus.
Indianapolis at Toledo.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Played. Won. Lost.
New York 129
Chicago 130
Pittsbur..!.!.!'.!.!. 128
fifteen minutes $25 i Bosto 13 2
Pet.
.786 .600 .593 .566 .562 .502
.864 .293
34 62
52 66 67
67 84 94
95 78 76 73 73
48
89
Philadelphia 133
GAMES YESTEBDA7.
New York 2-5. Brooklyn 1-8.
Chicago 8. Cincinnati 2.
Pittsburg 10, St. Louis 1.
Philadelphia-BostonPostponed.
GAMES~TODAY
New York at Brooklyn.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg at St. Louis.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE 0I,TOS.
Played. Won. Lost.
Boston 132 81
New York 130 79
Chicago 130 75
delphla 12 4 71
Pet
.614 .J.3
.573 .573 .589
.423 .422
.287
61 51
66 63 59
75 74
65 54 81 100
GAMES YESTERDAY.
New York 6-2. Boston 2-4.
Chicago 1, St. Louis 0.
Washington 5, Philadelphia 8.
Detroit 1-3, Cleveland 0-2.
GAMES T0DA7,
Chicago at St. Louis.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Washington at New York.
WESTERN LEAGUE
Omaha 5, Denver 1.
Colorado Springs 6. St. Joseph L,
Des Moines 12, Sioux City 2.
Cheap Rates to the Southwest.
The Chicago Great Western Railway
will, on September 20th, October 4th
and 18th, sell tickets to points in Tex
as, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and
New Mexico at extremely low rates.
For further information apply to
H. Heard, General Agent, corner Nicol
let and Fifth street, Minneapolis.
Tference
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