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I INTER SPORTS IS
1 COPPER GODNTRY
ifi
Idl Sorts of Pastimes Taking the
Attention of the Sports
r%n
men.
peoial to The Journal,.
Marquette, Mich., Jan. 1There "are prospects
hat Boxer Jlnimle Duggan, trainer of the Port
ge Lake hockey team, and Joe Ziehr, laat year's
rainer of the Calumet team, will shortly b
patched for a ten-round bout finder the mar
lute of Gneenaberry rules, the contest to take
jlace in the copper country Duggan is ready to
at $250 forfeit, and with %lehr's backers will
to match him, there is little doubt articles
1 be signed. %iehr is one of the best known
njeh wrestlers in the country, and is equally
andy with the gloves. Two years ago he pnrtic
*ted in a boxing bout with Duggan but the
i&tch came to an unfortunate ending after four
nd*. with the hocors even, and the sports are
loiw to see another contest arranged The
Inmet man is considerably the heavier of the
Pennant Presented.
t?
After several months' waiting the pennant
patch the magnates of the Copper Country-Soo
'aseball league voted should go to the champion
hip Calumet team has been received. The flag,
ne of the handBonrest ever turned out by the
Chicago house supplying it, is thirty-five feet
length. It is of silk and bears a suitable
ascription. Inability to secure grounds has
lade it practically certain that there will be no
asebaU team at Laurium next season.
One of the franchises of the league had been
ift open for Laurium, and it will now be
ecessary to either award it to an iron country
or cut the league down to four or five
earns. This will be decided at the annual meet
ag of the directors, to be held next month.
Iter* are several towns on the Iron ranges that
roold lrke to join the league, among them Crvs
al Falls. A franchise has already been award
Iron Mountain, and possibly another will go
utslde the copper country before the makeup
the league is completed.
Horse Racing Popular.
Horseracing has become a popular winter sport
the copper country, particularly at Oalumet,
there an ideal speedway is now being con
truoted under contract on one of Laurium*i
Ittle-used streets The track being laid out Is
ully three-quarters of a mile in extent, and
rhen completed is expected to be one of the finest
the northwest. Care will be taken to keep
in -good condition, and with the numerous
peedy steppers in the copper country some ex-
leUent sport is anticipated.
Curling is in full swing at the Soo. Four sheets
tf ice are being used and a number of interesting
patches have already been held preliminary
the local bonspiel to come later in the ma
on. The membership of the club has reached
eventy and will be well represented at the
nlut and Sudbury (Ont bonsplels
'IPE RS WON OUT IN
BRIDGE WHIST
iVeatherstpn
clenderson-
tKamsay
JTowler-
LlC
PyiY
The Canadian bridge whist party left last
light for Winnipeg, taking the tournament hon
rs with them The visiters came FridaY night,
ind in addition to winning the tournament by 407
obits, experienced the best of Minneapolis hos
Jtality
Hhe play was in two sessions, the first on Fri
ay night, which lasted until early Saturday moi
dng, ended with the Canadians 321 points to
he good. The Minneapolltans took a brace in
be second session of Saturday night and held the
"isitors to a lead of 68.
The teams and their scores follow
FIRST SESSION
Winnipeg
j3alt- jVldous W. 81
aargraft- leld W. 93
Kelly
Minneapolii
Whallon-
Hood N elson-
Briggs Piper Cobb
Marshall
Matschke L. 117
Fraser- Ken U. 38
Bagnel
,.Ii. 89
W. 34
W. 61
W 37
_cWilliams
Patton- 31ark W
Etogers-
Taruthers
S
Horner Christian-
Douglas
Net winnings 321
STCOND SESSION
Winnipeg
Jalt- Udous W. 14
EXargraft- "ield W. 40
Kelly- ffeatherstone ...W. 30
Henderson- Ramsay W. 41
Fowler- McWilliams W. S3
Patton- Sfoung L. 7a
(Net winnings
ij Grand total.
60
.L. 24
Minneapolis
Biggs-
Nelson L. 7-'
Fraser- Kerr L. 68
Corse-
Thomas 84
Whallon-
Hood L. 63
S Pillsbury-
Gllflllan L. 1
Warner-
Peavey L. 34
86
407
MOUND CITY TEAM
BEAT CHICAGO "SOCS"
Journal Special Service,
fit. Louis, Jan. 1.A well directed shot, booted
:hru the goalposts by George Sauerbnm in the
ast two minutes of play, saved the day for the
It. Louis association football team against the
,11 Chicago eleven at Sportsman's park yesterday
.fternoon. The locals won by the score of 2
"So 1, the break in a tie being recorded a short
ttime before the call of the game.
Kittens Get Frisky Again.
The Kittens and Holtxermans indoor baseball
teams will cross bats at Monitor hall Tuesday
vening. Both teams axe in fine form and a
'ast Same Is expected. Teams wishing games
with the Kittens call up H. Smith, East 48, or
Address 1 Oak street SB.
*v
Proposal of Glass Frizes Accord
ing to Price of Competing
Oars.
Philadelphia, Jan. 1.To place the Glidden
trophy tour plan on a rational basis has become
a subject of disousslou among automobillsls
second only to the proposed placing of speed
competition on a similai basiB. While the
proposed elimination of the weight limit rule
and the substitution therefore of a restriction
of cylinder displacement in road raciug is the
liveliest topic of. conversation among manufac
turers and owners of automobiles, the fact has
not been lost sight of that more satisfactory re
sults could be obtained from a national touring
competition if some method were devised for de
termining the most efficient service given by cars
of uiffeient powers and different costs.
In the tilladeu tour of last summer competing
machines varied in cost from $050 to $8,000,
and so large a proportion of them cain thru
with practically clean scores that the final award
was largely guided by the votes of the touring
contestants. While the winning cai was en
titled to award, there was a prevailing belief
among the tourists that some cars of smaller
cost and some also of greater cost were en
titled to equal recognition
Classes According to Price.
That all classes be catered to, the suggestion
has been offered by B. Oallaher of the Auto
mobile Club of America that the tour be con
ducted in three divisions, in so far as awards
are concerned He would have the Glidden
trophy made the award In the first olass for cars
selling at $5,000 and upward. He would then
have similar awards in a second class selling at
$2,000 and upward, and in a third class Belling
at less than $2,000.
With such a division Mr. Oallaher is of opin
ion prospective purchasers would learn some
thing of advantage about the comparative effi
cacy of automobiles at the prices they could af
ford to pay. He declares ihs belief that there are
sufficient public spirited automobilists to offer
trophies in keeping *ith the Glidden cup for
the classes to be created.
Another suggestion from the same source is
that cost of operation be figured in the final
result and that the penalties imposed for time
required in making repairs be more severe than
has usually been the case. Mr. Oallaher also
believes that a time schedule should be arranged
in the class for high priced cars and that a sys
tem of points be awarded for punctual arrival
at all scheduled points This, he contends,
would serve the double purpose of proving relia
bility and preventing racing
Great Length of 1006 Tour.
Much concern is shown by automobiiltst over
the great length of the 1906 tour. This route
from Buffalo, thru Ontario and Quebec to
Maine, and then to the White Mountains and
Lake Champlain, with the finish at New York,
is approximately 1 SOO miles, and many of the
roads to be traveled over are notably wretched
If an exploration of the route be made it is
believed the itinerary will be considerably
shortened
Charles Glidden of Boston, donor of the
Glidden trophy, is now touring across India, hav
ing left Bombay on Nov 24 He will return
for the cup competition in 1906, for which he
has predicted an entry of 150 automobiles or
more." PUT THE LID ON
THE FIGHT PIGTDRES
Acting on a protest filed by Hope chapel Sat
urday the police suppressed the Britt-Nelson fight
pictures which were to have been given at the
Casino roller skating rink yesterdav afternoon
and evening The managers of the pictures did
not know that the order was coming until yes
terday, when Chief of Police Doyle notified them
that the pictures must not be shown, and sta
tioned three policemen at the rink to enforce
the order
Several hundred people flocked to the rink
to see the pictures and were convinced with dif
ficulty that their non-exhibition was not a steal
P
today tne pictures will be show everv afternoon
and evening of this week at Normanna hall,
Third street and Twelfth avenue &.
FITZ GETS INTO
PHILOSOPHIC MIND
Journal Special Service.
San Francisco, Jan. 1.Bob Fitzsimmons will
leave for the east as he ended his engagement at
the Alhambra In "Fight for Love" last night.
Fite was shown the latest picture of Majoi
Miller and recognized it, but he did not indulge
in any fierce talk that marked his moods last
week. When asked whether he proposed to
visit his wife or Miller, he said
No, I am going to let them both severely
alone If the woman does not give me my jew
elry, there will be trouble. I am well rid of
her."
PLAYED BASEBALL
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Bonesteel, S D., Jan. 1 Christmas afternoon
a match game of baseball was played at the
Lucas park, about a half-mile out from town,
between the old Bonesteel league team and a
picked nine from Lynch, Butte and other Ne-
briUa towns within a short distance of Bone
steel The game resulted in a victory for
Bonesteel by a score of 5 to 0, after five Innings.
Quite a number of spectators viewed the game
and the usual number of Bonesteel rooters were
on hand to encourage the home team.
Should the weather continue fine the Bone
steel and Butte (Neb teams will cross bats
here on New Year's day.
MERCHANTS O FINE CLOTHES.
Our Regular Annual Sale
Begins Tuesday, Jan. 2
Better Values Than Ever
$ 1 and $1.50 Shirts, 55c
12k Collars,
25c Cuffs
The Great Plymouth Clothing House, Nicollet and Sixth
TROPHY TOUR Offig PRESIDENT ANGELL
RATIONALBASIS ON PURE ATHLETICSTHE
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Monday Evening, THE MINNEAPOLIS joy
Michigan's Director Blames the
Public for the Standing
of Football.
!V^^TfT^TTTt^V-ia3rcnCT**
JAMES B. ANGELL, LL.D.,
President University of Miohigan. 5
Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 1.President Augell
of the Lniversity of Michigan, in his annual
report, speaks at length upon the athletic situa
tion. His opinion is the more Interesting be
cause he has taken no part in the hue and cry
raised aga'nst the game. And his pointed critl
clsm of college athletics will be the more ef
fective because of the suggestions he offers for
Improvement.
It is rather notable that Dr. Augell regards
Michigan as guiltless of many athletic sins
now quite prevalent. His words in part follow
"Thi subject of college athletics has been
so much under discussion of late years that It is
not surprising that both students and faculties
have been exposed to criticisms which are un
just as well as to some which are just.
"Some of the criticisms assume that the col
leges are more given over to the passion for
games than are the public generally. On the
contrary It is in large part the passion of the
people for interesting games that stimulates the
students to play them When we read of 80,000
or 40,000 persons rushing to intercollegiate foot
ball games at Cambridge or New Haven Prince
ton or New York, and most of these persons of
respectability and intelligence and maturity,
\shen we see that journals of the highest charac
ter devote &t least a whole page to the report of
a game and publish the portraits and biogra
phies of the players as heroes of whom readers
most desire to hear, may we not truthfully say
that the public are as crazy about football
as the students, and that the passion of the
latter is only a part of the national passion
which has taken possession of the country.
Students But Human.
"And since the public admiration for the suc
cessful players has become so intense is it
strange that the ambition of so many young stu
dents is fired to win laurels on the playground?
"One might as reasonably ask young men in
college not to share in the excitement of a presi
dential election, or as reasonably ask college
faculties to prevent them from doing so, when
every man out of college is wild with excitement
about it. The colleges are no longer monastic
establishments cut off from all relations with
the outside world, and cannot be regulated as If
they were.
The college faculties, above all others, do rec
ognize and deplore the incidental evils still
by the overmastering passlo ___
gains, cherished by both students and the general
public.
The Michigan Rule.
They regret that so often the minds of men on
the teams are during the season of training for
gains preoccupied by their practice and they
have adopted strict rules forbidding anyone who
is delinquent in his studies to play In a game,
and here at Michigan, at least, that rule is en
forced. They regret that everywhere there
should be unfair and unsportsmanlike conduct In
a game, and we believe that our teams do not
resort to it. If Anyone should permit himself
to indulge in an unworthy act our board of
control, If aware of it, would discipline him
for it
"Indisputably, then, something remains to be
done to rid college athletics of certain objection
able practices, and college faculties who have
already done so much to abolish abuses are not
likely to neglect their duty in the future. They
all desire to secure the general participation of
students in some form of outdoor activity."
MORE STAGE MONEY
AT CLEVELAND MAIN
Journal Special Service.
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 1 One of the biggest
cockfights ever held in this section was pulled
off In Southbrooke, a suburb, early this morn
ing and about $40,00 changed hands. It
was a fight between forty Ohio and Pittsburg
birds of the Dublin strain against the forty Wat
son birds of Windsor, Ont, and was attended
by 1,000 people from this city, Chicago, Detroit,
Pittsburg and other points. M. Humphrye, an
aged man from Detroit, refereed the main and
Yance Nuckols, the famous grand circuit horse
man, was stakeholder. The Canadian birds
lost the fight, whi"h was for $500 and the gate
receipts. After the main there were sack fights
and much money changed hands on these.
6ic
12k
INTER SPORTS AND PASTIMES NOW TO .THE FORE
WEST IS COMING IN
ATHLETIC LINES
Crowding the East for Suprem
aoy in All Branches of
Sports
A review of the doings of American track and
.field athletes during the last year, which ended 5j
yesterday, shows that 1905 has bean one of the jjj
greatest in the history of cinderpath sports. 1
Hardly a meet has been a failure, \and hardly
a set of games has failed to develop something
sensationul in the athletic line. Champions have
been made and unmade with bewildering rapid
ity, and new records set up in all sections of
the country.
By fai the best feature of the situation is the
undeniable evidence that gieat athletic revival is
sweeping the country fcrom north, east, south
and west, reports have piled in of school, col
lege and athletic club meets which denote beyond
a doubt that young Americans are giving a
proper amount of their time to the pursuit of
gooa, healthy exercise.
As far as performances go, first place on the
list of Yankee record-smashers must be conceded
to Wesley W. Coe of Somersville, Mass., who
journeyed all the way from the Bay state to
Portland, Ore., in order to get a chance to com
pete againBt Ralph Rose, who at that time held
the world's record of 47 feet 7 inches for the
sixteen-pound shotput. Coe beat the world's
record nearly a foot, with a put of 49 feet 6
inches, which effort stands as the premier per
formancjs for 1905.
In the Sprints.
In the sprints Charles L. Parsons of Cali
fornia has come to the front with a rush. Par
sons, altho almost unheard of In the east, has
never suffered a defeat at his favorite event, the
100-yard dash. He took the measure of the
heretofore unbeatable Archie Hahn at the na
tional championships la Portland with appar
ent ease. Of the eastern sprinters, Snick of
Harvard has proved himself one of the most con
sistent men that ever wore a spiked shoe. His
"two twenty" in 21 2-5, last spring, stands out
as the best performance of the year at that
distance.
The quarter-mile, always a stirring race, has
furnished some great sport during the last year.
Flist place among the country's long sprinters
should rest with Hany L. Hlllman, Jr of the
New York A. 0., who turned the quarter-mile
better than 51, at least a dozen times. His best
effort was at the Canadian championships in
Montreal, where he did 49 2 5 and 50 on the
same afternoon. After Hillman comes Waller
of Wisconsin, with 49 2-5, at the national cham
pionships, Hyman of Pennsylvania, the college
champion, and Groman of Chicago.
Great improvement has marked the work of Am
erican distance runners, and signs point to the
factthat the day is not so very far off when we
will beable to clip the wings of our British cousins
at this game. Parsons of Yale ran the half
mile in 1 66 at the lntervolleglate games In
Philadelphia, which should place him in the
van of the half-mile men Lightbody of Chi
cago leads the western "ecv
couple of 1:57 races.
'880'' flyers with
The Distance Banners.
Lots of people figure Lightbody better because
he has not been forced to show his best of late.
Likewise in the mile the Chicago runner is far
superior to western rivals, but is forced to yield
the palm to an easterner* as far as time goes,
J. Sullivan, a New York boy, almost unheard
of, reeled off a mile at the Metropolitan cham
pionships in 4 22 4-5, the fastest time ever made
by an American-born athlete. Among the col
lege milers in the east, O. Munson of Cor
nell figures the best, with performances of
4 24% and 4-25 1-5.
In the long distances Harvey Conn of the
Irish-American A. 0., has shows the best all
around ability in the east This remarkable lit
tle athelete enters any distance event from 880
yards to ten miles, and the clanging of the bell
for the last lap invariably finds htm up with the*
leaders Oohn is credited with 1 58 for the
half-mile, In addition to his sterling races In
longer events. W. J. Hail, the Yale two
miler and cross-country champion, has done* the
-best long-distance running in the eastern col
leges, his best effort being 9 47 for two miles.
Just one second behind Hail's Is the performance
of F. A. Rowe, Michigan's champion two-miler.
In the low hurdles, as In the quarter-mile, the
honors rest with Hillman of the New York
Athletic club. Only once during the year was
Hillman extended to his best At the New
York Athletic club fall meet Hlllman "let him
self out" In the 300-yard low hurdle race, and
came home a full two seconds ahead of the
record of 36 S-5 seconds, held by A. C. Kraenz
llen. On account of a technicality as to the
distance between the flights, Hlllman's time
does not displace Kraenzlien's, but stands as
a new event and record The only hurdler In
the east capable of giving Hlllman a run is
Castleman of Colgate university The Oympte
champion took Castleman's measure at the
Metropolitan championships so easily as to leave
no duobt as to their respective ability.
The Hurdles.
In the high hurdles the college athletes have
monopolized the honors. Amsler of Pennsylvania,
Castleman of Colgate and Ashburner of Cornell
lead the eastern division in respective order,
the best time accomplished being 15 8-5 seconds,
by Amsler. Friend of Chicago, Catlln of Chicago
and Shrledler of Indiana show up the best of
the westerners in topping the tall timbers.
In the hammer-throwing events, John Flana
gan, the Irish Hercules, has proved that a man
can stay in athletics successfully for more than
five years. Flanagan has been at the top of
the heap in this country for nine years or more,
and there Is no one In sight to give him any
worry. In an unofficial event last summer the
missile was hurled the unheard of distance of
175 feet A. Plaw of California is the only
man in the world who has a chance to give
Flanagan a rub at hammer-throwing
gan is the peer, with his friend. James S.
Mitchel of the New York A 0. right after I
Mim. iMtchel has been In athletics twenty-flve &
years, but is still the best '56" man in the
country, barring Flanagan and Dick Sheldon
of the New York A .0.
The Jumpers.
By wonderfully consistent work. Meyer Prln
stein has fairly won the title of premier Ameri
can broad juniper for 1905. Time after time
this veteran has gone ont and bettered 23 feet,
and he is by long odds the best in the country.
After Prinsfeeln comes Symonds of Princeton
(23 feet 2Mt inches), and Friend of Chicago (23
feet inch).
The high jump has witnessed the downfall of
S. Jones, New York A. 0., principally on
account of lack of training. Jones' place has
been usurped by J. T. Mahoney (S feet), an
old-timer in the athletic game, who has come
back to form with a rush. The crop of high
jumpers has been especially scarce this year.
It looks as If the east still holds the athletic
supremacy of the country by a narrow margin.
That the westerners are making big inroads
no one will doubt, and from now on we may
'expect to see, the balance of prowess swing west*
ward at any time.
CINCINNATI LOSES EOT
Indian Pitcher to Remain at the Car
lisle School.
Cincinnati, Jan. 1.Patsy Flaherty of the
Pirates will no^ be a re diejr. When Barney
Dreyfus asked the other National league mag
nates to waive claim to Flaherty, so as to
transfer him to another league, it was reported
that Cincinnati would get the Carnegie boy, but
President Hermann today said he does not want
him and has waived his claim.
"I wanted Flaherty last summer, but could
not get him then, when I needed him," said
Hermann. "Now I don't care to have him."
The reds will also lose the Indian pitcher,
Charles Boy, who agreed to terms with Presi
dent Hermann when the Carlisle Indians were in
Cincinnati in November for their football game
with the Cincinnati university. At the time
Koy did not sign a contract because he said he
wanted to set his parents' consent to play pro
fessional ball. Now he has chansed his mind
and decided to remain at the Carlisle school.
The first news that Rov was lost to the reds
va contained in the following telegram from
Major Mercer of Carlisle. 4
"Charles Roy is now away on leave at the
White Earth reservation in Minnesota. He re
turns here to school March 1. He Informed mc
that he does not Intend pitching professional ball
for at least two years
LOADED FOB THAT.
Chicago Trtt/une.
"Do you deny that you are a turncoat?" in
terrupted a man in the audience.
"No," thundered the orator, who was making
a campaign for re-election. "More than once I
have been compelled to turn my coat into money
to pay a grocery bill, as many a poor but hon
est man hes had to do before me.'
The applnuse that followed was tremendous,
and the unfortunate man that had asked the
question was shoved rudely out of the hall.
JOHNNY STUDIES ENGLISH.
Newark NewB.
The children were told to write three nouns
ending in "e" that take the suffix "cus" and
become adjectives. Johnny Beeclass turned in
this list: &
Outrageoutrageoue.,JW"r*-** Couragecourageous* *wtfbt
Gorgegorgeous.
BELIEVES RULES
MUST BE ALTERED
President Droppers of U. of S. D.
Writes on the Football
Outlook.
^xe:nranKXxr4&*r7^^
Special to The Journal,
Vermillion, S. Jan. 1."There are so
many, centers of criticism and Investigation that
it seems something definite must result in the
way of football reform, In the west, especially,"
saya President Garrett Droppers of the U. S. D.
in an article contributed to the football num
ber of The Volants, the college paper. "At
present, however, we are still In the stage of
discussion, and must doubtless wait some month*
before reaching any tangible conclusions In re
gard to the whole question.
"There are obviously two waye to reform
the game of football. One Is to play the game
as it stands, merely making slight modifications,
and, above all, establishing severer penalties
for foul plays, and enforcing them more rigidly.
This Is the method generally preferred in the
American colleges today, especially among the
coaches and football enthusiasts. The ether
method is more radical and proposes to estab
lish an entirely different game in place of the
one now played. It was with an eye probably to
the latter result that President Bliot of Harvard
watched a game played between two elevens un
der the Rugby rules on the athletic field at Cam
bridge, Mass., some weeks ago. All critics of
the game as now played are looking about for
some solution to the existing difficulties.
Exertion Too Severe.
"I think we must admit that the game as now
played, is in fact, open to serious onjectio*. It
Is not only that injuries occur and that the
game Is more dangerous than any other college
sport. I believe there are more important criti
cisms of the game. The real objection, In my
own mind, is that football requires an exer
tion which at bottom even to those who are not
Injured, is over-strenuous end strgains the consti
tlon with Injurious results, at least In some
oases. The game is only played for three
months In the year and then we have no ade-
Sae
uate substitute at the end of the season for
strenuous life it demands. This sudden and
temporary effort where a considerable number
of young men exert themselves to their utmost
and then suddenly drop Into mere relaxation, I
believe, to be one of the most unfortunate fea
tures of the game. In their normal conditions
students who exercise themselves properly are
stronger every year of their lives, but it Is to
be noticed that the football players of four
years' standing are rather
tha.n
players,
whether football does not wear out the student
rather than develop him. Over-training Is ad
mittedly one of the most serious criticisms that
can be made against any sport.
**If this view is correct, it must be admitted
that a radioal change In the game la necessary.
The first suggestion that a slight modification
and severe penalties would accomplish some
thing 18 then untenable. The faet Is that under
the severe oompetton that now prevails In inter
collegiate games severer penalties would only
open the way for charges of unfair decisions,
When penalties become so severe as to endanger
the whole success of a game, any rigid enforce
ment of them implies a degree of Impartiality
and courage very hard to find. Therefore, the
general conclusion I have In mind fs that the
game of football should be so radically changed
as to make It in essence a different game alto
gether."
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..worse^ with thetrains.and ^J^^^ +betteM
NEW WORLDBEATER
HAS CHARLEY MITCHELL
PhUadelphia, Jan. 1.Charley Mitchell, always
In search of American gold, has bobbed to the
surface with announcement that he has die-,
covered an Irish champion who is undoubtedly a
world beater. Mitchell has so far declined to
Plaw won I make public the name of the newn slugger, but
the national title from the western crowd at declares that he will soosn him to this
Portland country and will matceh him against any of the
Likewise in the fifty-six pound weight. Plana- be8*
~bring
neavies.
tc
Irishman can beat O'Brien, JfcCoy
mon nec
ftme
Fitssim-lsha
,8a randrin*thatxperienchiosreman
wil be
Jigme, when
able to tackle Jeffries,
Mitchell has always been a champion talker
and booster and has grown rich as a natural
consequence. But he has never brought a fighter
to this side of the Atlantic that amounted to
anything. The last "Irish champion" to be
foisted upon an unsuspecting public was the
lamented Mike Morrlssey, who received a hard
slap on the shoulder from Peter Maher and took
the count after sixteen seconds of the first
round had elapsed. England has developed a
heavyweight called a champion in Jaok Palmer,
but Mitchell evidently knows his little book
when he steers clear of puglislsts of his nation
ality. JACK BONNER DYING
FROM BLOOD POISONING
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 1.Frank Bonner,
who in recent years has played with Louisville,
Cleveland and Philadelphia, and who was cap
tain of last year's Kansas City American asso
ciation team, is dying of blood poisoning.
Mrs. Bonner ended her lite by taking poison
at her home in this city less than a year ago.
WHEN PEACE SHALL KEXOV.
Puck.
"But, sleeping on your arms night after night,
is not a great hardship?"
The conscript saluted respectfully.
"Oh, no. sir I" said he, "Our new musket, you
see, is a combined musket and folding bed Ol
course, there 1B always the danger of the thing
shutting up and smothering one, but the life
of a soldier is never free from danger. 'TIS
sweet to die for one's country."
"You ire a brave fellow."
"Thank you, sir."
DOTE OP PEACB TOOK FLIGHT.
Boston Herald.
The late Judge Hill of Sandwich, N. H., used
to tell the following story
There is pre two old men living in Carroll conn
ty who had been bitter enemies for many years.
As the years rolled by, time had a softening
effect on one of them, and he took occasion to do
a generous thing for bis enemy.
Filled with the consciousness of having done a
kindners to his foe, he called on him and related
the circumstances, and added' "After all, Mr.
Blank, I am not the worst man in the world,
am I?"
Mr. Blank eat in gloomy silence during the
narrative and then, looking surlily at him, re
plied: "You may not be the worst man that
ever was, but yon are the worst man I ever
The white wings of peace were not there that
time.
TJNFIN1SHED.
Milwaukee Sentinel
"You say he is a self-made man?"
"I did."
"Got tired quick, didn't he?"
Legtform Trousers
A blessing to men with bow
lege, knock knees, slender
legs and men having extra
large legs.
$5 a pair to measure
YEHOfl Nicotiet Areaie
"TERRIBLE TERRY"
TO MEET DANE
Fighters Agree to Go Six Bounds
in a Philadelphia
Ring.
N
Journal Speoial Serrloe.
New York, Jan. 1.Articles of agreement were
signed yesterday at the Hotel Metropole for a
six-round bout between Terry McGovern and
Battling Nelson, to take place on March 16 be
fore Bob Deady's Philadelphia club. The articles
call for a straight marquis of Queensbnry con
test. The fighters agree to protect themselves
at all times, and this clause Is about the only
OB0 that gives McGovem any advantage, because
of his ability at infighting. In every other re
spect McQovern seems to have the worst of the
match.
The fighters agree to weigh in at 183 pounds,
ringside, and are to divide 75 per cent of the
gross reeeipts, of which 45 per cent goes to
Nelson, win or lose, and Terry gets 30 per
cent as his share. Both managers promised to
post a $2,000 forfeit before Jan. 4, $1,000 of
which is to guarantee weight and $1,000 to
guarantee appearance.
A whole roomful of sporting men was present.
Including the principals and their managers
and Jimmy Brltt Brltt had a certified check
with him for $2,500 which he offered to post
with George Oonsidine to bind a match, and for
a time It looked as If the whole business would
be settled then and there. But finally the men
changed thier minds and ended by signing a con
tract to meet within two days after the Mc
Govern-Nelson match, and arrange for a fight
to take place between Brltt and Nelson, whether
the latter was beaten by McGovem or not.
Nolan insisted that tne proposed match between
Brltt and Nelson be arranged on the winner
take all basis, and Brltt immediately agreed.
MATERIAL MOST
BE VERY SCARCE
Talk that Harvard Will Not Play
Football the Coining
Season.
New York, Jan. 1.It is better than an even
chance that there will be no football at Harvard
next fall. Coach Bill Raid, on the rules com
mittee, did not present Harvard's plan for re
forming the game at the meeting in Philadelphia
Friday night and he told the other members of
the committee frankly that be did not know
when Harvard would be In a position to make
its position public. Before Raid's associates left
the Quaker city they had the idea that the foot
ball situation in Cambridge was exceedingly deli
cate.
It talking with a prominent football man in
Philadelphia it came to light that the senti
ment in favor of suspending the sport at Har
vard for a year is much more widespread than
has been generally supposed. It now appears
that the Idea of suspending football originated
with the bine stocking clique and that several
of the men, representative of that clique, are
demanding that the suspension of the game be
made the feature of the committee's official re
port. It was with the full approval of these
committeemen, it is said, that President Bliot
came out the other day in a letter to Chancellor
MacCraeken of the University of New York ad
vocating a suspension of football for at least
a year.
Warning! I Don't Oo to California.
It would b a great mistake to ar
range for a trip to California at this
time of the year without first looking
into the new sleeping car service to
kansas city over the minneapolis and
saint louis railroad, making close con
nection in kansas city uirion depot
fast luxurious California
himited N other road offers
such through servicelowest rates.
Consult John gee rickel, four twenty
four nicollet ave.
SAYS CHAUFFDERS
SHOULD BE SOBER
President of Automobile Club of
America Makes Pertinent
Remarks.
New York, Jan. 1.The chauffeur propoalttosi
has always been one of the most tronblesome in
motoring, and despite the so-called overproduc
tion of this mechanician the field tor good, reli
able and capable chauffeurs is a wide one, and
no man who is careful, sober and honest need
go without a position.
In speaking upon this question recently. Presi
dent Dave Hennen Morris of the Automobile
Club of America hit the nail on the head whoa,
in addressing a party of students, he said:
"Let me be frank with you at the outset. The
automobllist and the chauffeur do not at present
stand well In the community. The automobiliat
is very largely looked upon as one who baa no
consideration for anything bnt a trolley car and
a brewery wagon. Both, perhaps, have bee*
the result of experience.
Drunken. Drivers.
"About two years ago," continued the Mr.
Morris, "I stated that nine-tenths of the auto
mobile accidents were due to drunken chauffeurs.
I have been called prejudiced because I had an
unfortunate experience myself as a result of
which I had to pay for some expensive repairs
to my machine, and now have a suit for $600
damages. But I see no reason to change my
assertion. A man who is going to drive a car
must not drink.
"I had a chauffeur once who was on* of tho
best in the world One day I took a long ride.
The machine worked to a charm. It gUded eas
ily and readily over the road, took hills splen
didlyin fact was perfect. At the conclusion
of the journey my chaff ear reminded sae gently
that he had been with me just a year, and
hoped the machine was working well. There
was only one thing tor me to do, and I raised
his wages.
"Wined" by Frienda.
-'He then went to dine with a party of chant
feurs. He told of his good rack, and everyone
stood treat. Someone made a disparaging remark
about his car. All hands were at ones invited
to see bow fast it would go, and the result was
that about 4 o'clock the next morning my efcaaf
feur ended his reckless career by running into a
big grocery wagon. That experience has not
prejudiced me, but I believe it is positively tne
that drunkenness is at the bottom of nearly all
the automobile accidents."
Mr. Morris condemned as useless and danger
ous the use of acetylene lamps in the city. They
are only intended to light up the road ahead at
night, but in the dry there is little danger of
running into pitfalls and the blinding light that
the lamps make Is bewildering to pedestrians
and liable to canse accidents.
STILLWATER SKI CLDB
PLANS FOB 10URNEY
Stillwater, Jan. 1.The Norwegian Ski elnb
organised a week ago tor the purpose of en
couraging and promoting all manner of oudoor
sports In Stillwater, met yesterday and adopted
a eontltqtlon and also elected the following of
ficers: President, N. A. Nelson vice president,
Adolph Nelson, financial secretary, Peter Land
recording secretary, Adolph Christenson treas
urer, Qulov Hanson auditing committee, Otto
Bonn add Peter Ebne captain, Nicholas Bach*.
The membership of the club win not be con
fined to Norwegians, bnt others who are inter
ested in outdoor sports are privileged to Join.
It is the Intention of the clab to prepare a rink
for skating and also to arrange for a local ski
tournament sometime in February. A year hence
arrangements wttl be made for holding the grand
est ski tournament at Stillwater that has ever
been held in the northwest. The club starts
off with a charter membership of about forty.
Defeated Ottawa Team,
innlpeg Man Jan. 1 In one of the fastest
exhibitions of hockey ever seen in the west, the
Kenora thistles defeated Ottawa, the world
champions, eight goals to six, Saturday sight
With eight minutes to play, the score was 6 to
4 in favor of Ottawa. Bnt tho weetern cham
plons, by a whirlwind finish, rushed in tour
Sellght.sendieg
Harry Mitchell's Editorial.
oals, the big crowd Into a transy of
To theWorkingmen of Minneapolis
I am glad to see that you have made great strides the past
year in the appearance of your clothing. Hundreds of yon who
have been paying $15 and $20 for ready-made, hand-me-downs,
have got bravely over that folly and are now getting your clothes
made to order by me for $15, $20 and $25. You get the identical
same garments as the Lowry Hill folks pay the other tailors ap
the street $35, $40, $45 and $50 for.
To those who'have not got over that "ready-made" habit I
want to say a word: I have leased the store next to my present
location and the contractor starts in ripping things up so I have
got to give him room to work and in order to do so must sacrifice
my stock.
All my $20 goods (the $40 and $45 kind up the street) I have
reduced to $15. This means for $15 you get a suit as good as any
of the big bugs wear, and for which they would pay $30 to $40 for.
It is you, Mr. WorMngman, that I want to help. I want you
to give me one trial order just to show you how different you will
feel in my mado-to-your-measure suit from the shoddy hand-me-
down you've been used to.
I'll bet dollars to doughnuts if you take my tip, yon'11 never
buy another hand-me-down.
Yours truly,
HARRY MITCHELL,
Store 310 Nicollet Ave.
OUT-OF-TOWN MEN WEITE FOR SAMPLES. I can make your clothes,
no matter where you live. Pit and satisfaction guaranteed -or your money
refunded. Just tell me about the kind of clothes you are thinking of getting
and I will mail samples free.
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