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■OVAL ARCH NOTICA
A special Convocation of
Montgomery R. A. Chapter
No. 22 will be held this
(Thursday) evening at 7:20
o clock, for work In P. M.
and M E. M Degree*.
Visiting Companions are
cordially invited to attend.
By order of the H. P.
DAVID W. CR08LAND
Secretary.
BROWN-BAILEY
Decorating Co.
Painters and Paper Hangers, are showing
ftll the European Novelties for 1909, at F.
J. Cooledge A Sons, 20 8. Perry St., Phone
SS70. Estimates cheerfully furnished.
Some Phone 2994.
Montgomery Agency of
Usited States Mortgage i Trust Co.
No. 6. B. Perry Bt.
Prepared to make loane on Improved city
property upon favorable terms. Money act
ually on hand. No red tape or delay.
JOHN RANDOLPH. Agent.
■-dOC
THE W. F. MAY
DICU1UTLNQ COMP AN X.
Fresco Painting.
■Igh-claee Interior Decorating.
U« No. Perry M.
the weather.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau. Local Observation
(Central Time.)
Montgomery. March 3, 1909.
Maximum temperature for day, 69 deg.
Minimum temperature for day, 53 deg.
Average temperature for day, 61 deg.
Normal temperature for day, 55 deg.
►v- *-4e*«»w»l, e>f* since Jan. 1. 269 deg.
Av. relative humid, for day. 44 per ot.
Total rainfall since Jan l. 11.30 In.
RIVER BULLETIN. J
0TATION&
Rome .. ..
Gadsden . . .
Wetumpka .
Milstead ..
Montgomery
*»elma .. .,
| Flood) Qage JCh'ng.l Raln
0tag» | Reade| 24 ( 24
1 T a.m.U lira [ lira
a—railing.
RIVER FORECASTS.
The upper Coosa will remain stationary,
and the lower Coo«a and the Alabama will
contlnae to fall elowly.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WEATHER BUREAU.
The low barometer area that was central
«ver North Dakota yeeterday has moved
rapidly eastward, now being central over
lower lakes. It has been preceded by quite
general though light rains in eastern dis
tricts. There was very little rain In any
other section of the country, except - very
light amounts along the Pacific coast.
Fair weather now prevails over the great
er portion of the country, under the Influ
ence of an extensive area of high barometer
which cover# most of the Interior, and which
will drift slowly eastward, giving contin
ued fair weather in Alabama during tonight
and Thursday.
Temperatures hav* fallen somewhat in
\the middle west and along the middle At
lantic coast, and have changed but slightly
•lse where.
Eempersture and precipitation reports from
selected Southern stations. For the 24
»• hoars ending at 7 a.m.,
* March 5. 1909.
1 Temperature.PTclp
W-• —|-(Ration
I »'
If tot | Max. [Inches
Atlanta ....
Augusta ....
Charleston
Corpus Chrlstl
Fort Smith
Galve ;ton .
Jacksonville
Key West .
Knoxville .
Memphis
Meridian ...
Mobile ...
Nashville
New Orleans
Norfolk ....
Palestine
Savannah
Vicksburg .
Washington
Wilmington
Mots'—T Indicates trace
FRANK
Moctlon Director
of preclplta
P CHAFFEE.
Weather Sure
WATCHING FOR BARRETT.
Wanted In -Memphis Resided Once In
Florence.
Florence, March 3—'Special.)—Presley J.
Barrett who shot Frank Smith in Memphis
yesterday 1* well known to the police of
'Florence, having made Ms home here ut
• •ne tim**. He left Florence about two
years ago
The police h*re and at Tuscur^Ma have
been notified by Thief Davis of Memphis to
be on the lookout for I3arr**tt as he Is be
lieved to be coming thjs way.
All trains from Memphis since the shoot
ing have b* i'» searched and me arrest was
',made at Tus umbia hut the suspect proved
ibis Identity and was released.
Sunday Baseball Bill.
Indianapolis. March 3—The Senate
£oday suspended the regular order of
business long: enough to pa»« to third
reading the new Brolloy bill which
legalizes Sunday bueeball. The vote
wan 31 to b. It la planned to put the
measure upon lta passage In the Sen
ate tomorrow The bill passed the
House committee yesterday.
Rhoden Scholar Wins
Oxford. Mar h 3.—At-the Oxford Unl
veisit;. sports this afternoon. L. G
Hull, of Michigan, a Hholes sc-hoalr,
won the handled yards dash and the
Quarter mile.
littbli M Men Hlgu.
Memphis. Marcn 3.— Manager Dabb today
received * contract from George St inrop.
'H** Aai) also not fled that Pitcher Dick
fvnttld *:gn his contract and forward 1*
Wadnesda Thu leave* Schmidt. Coulaou
and Dally a* the last of tbo hold-out* on
^Babb* list.
MAKING WAR
ON HOBBLES
Drivers Are Those tc
Object*
VETERANS UP IN ARMS
Movement Is Headed by Geers and
McDonald.
laalshtly Hurarni Rl((lu(, Ha* Bm
Hripnaifblp For Kpirljr All The
Ful Marks Madr Hr
Paprn.
The most astonishing bit of news ir
the harness world for months past u
the announcement from Memphis
Tenn., that Lon McDonald, Ed. Geer:
l and a dozen other drivers, who are t
' part of the Grand Circuit proceeding:
year after year, have drawn up a docu
ment and forwarded it to all grand cir
| cult secretaries, requesting them no
to allow hobbled pacers to start lr
: Handicaps that will be the prlncipa
features on so many of the season']
j programs ^"down the big line." Tin
wording of the document is as fol
j lows,
"We, the undersigned, are glad it
hear that you are going to give £
handicap race for pacers and we be
lleve it will be a good move, and w«
further believe that you could adc
greatly to the race by not allowing
hobbled horses to start. We bellev*
seven out of ten trainers would be ir
favor of it; we also think the public
will he In favor of such a mov*e."
The signatures attached to the let
ter are Lon McDonald. Ed F. Oeers, R
W. Rossmlre. H. M. Childs, Ed. Benyon
John Benyon. John Dickerson, Georg*
: B. Walker, Arthur Wickershatn, Georg*
! J. Fisher. D. L. Dodg**. S. I* Taylor
James *Hogan. E. D. Avery and L. D
Shaffer.
For the past two years or more a
war on the hobbled pacer has beer
brewing. Such veterans of the game
as Ed Gfeers and Lon McDonald long
ago refused to drive a horse rigged in
the leg-straps, and the feeling agalnsi
pacers of the hobbled variety hap
rapidly become more Intense. Several
States have bills before their legisla
tures to prohibit the use of the straps
,ln races where admissions are charged,
and it begins to look as If the battle
was to be fought to a finish soon.
Wind-shields w^re. some years ago,
ruled out by the American Racing As
sociation and records so U:ken were
pronounced unofficial. This action
was taken because It was universally
agreed that a wind-shield was an un
natural aid to the speed of the horse.
The same argument is being used In
the matter of the hobbles, and when
the record Is reviewed and the casual
reader observes that nearly 33 per cent
of the pacers to go to records of 2:05
or faster were rigged in the straps at
the time they took their marks. It
will be easily seen that the unsightly
harness rigging about a horse's feet
does not tend to elevate the sport, al
though it does aid the horse in an un
natural way to gain greater speed. All
of the critics agree that many horses
would be gooj, speedy, useful animals
If properly trained to go at the pacing
gait when being broken. On the other
hand, there are trainers who are In
such a hurry to go after the money in
races that they slap the straps on to
the legs of the hafees In their charge
and start for the purse'money. when,
with little more patience and a little
more training, the same horse would
be a smooth-going, easy gaited pacer,
naturally.
A cry has already come up from
some of the trainers who have for
years dealt almost exclusively In hob
bled pacers. These men are, however,
In the minority, and It is clearly a case
where the majority should rule.
As an instance, take the case of the
wonderful gray pacer, The Eel, 2:02
1-4. that was one of the turf sensa
tions of the past season. Everybody
l who knows anything of the gait of
that animAl Is aware of the fact that
he only wears the straps to keep him
from Jumping up. In other words, from
■‘breaking.” Naturally he is as true
a pacer a sever scored for the word,
but of a nervous temperament and go
ing round turns, or In big fields he
Is apt to go to a "break." According
to Dan McEwcn this horse wears the
straps to "steady him." With proper
care and training when young this
fault could have been remedied, but
now McEwen claims to have tried, on
more occasions than one, to get the
gray horse to go free, with the result
that fie "breaks" at frequent Intervals
and would be useless In a race.
Not only do the straps look ungain
ly and uncouth, but as well they re
duce the price of a horse from 50 fcn 60
per cent. Only last week, when Fred
Upton, known all over as a critic and
starter, was in BuKalo he took oc
casion to discuss this point with a par
ty of friends In the Iroquois Hotel. In
speaking of The Eel, he said: "If
that horse didn't wear the hobbles he
would be worth from $20,000 to $25.
000. As he is. Entrlcken would have
trouble to get $10,000 or $12,000 for
him."
The burning question of the hour In
harness circles for some weeks of
months to come will be. "Shall the hob
bles go or stay?"
HOLD-OUTS ARE SLOW
TO SIGN CONTRACTS
By the end of this week every team
in the National and American Leagues,
with the exception of the Athletics and
Pittsburg, will be at their training
quarters in the South or on their way
to Dixie, and still the hold-out league
j of the winter shows no signs of being
1 materially reduced. Only two of the
members have fallen in line recently,
j They are Ed Abbatchio. of Pittsburg,
( and Pat Dougertyf of the Whfte Sox.
The Giants have four representatives
on the hold-out list. They are Mike
Donlin. Arthur Devlin, George Wiltso
and Larry Doyle. Next In order the
most notable hold-outs are Govaleskio
of the Phillies. Chief Bender of the
Athletics. Fielder Jones and TM Walsh
of the White Sox. John Anderson <>f
the Sox is holding out and threatens to
retire because he don't like to ride in
sleeping cars. Hans Wagner of Pitts
burg, w’anls to sell automobiles and
run a cirrus. Walter Johnson of the
Washingtons also refuses to sign un
less he gets a big increase. Vic Wil
li, the Pittsburg Club’s winning pitch
er last year, wants an increase to 15.00ft
for next season. “Hackenschmldt'*
Spencer, traded to Boston by St. Louis
for lx>u Crlger, wants some of the pur
chase money. Patsy Flaherty objects
to being traded to the Kansas City
Club by Boston and threatens to play
with the California outlaw league «nd
Bob Spade of the Cincinnati Red# is an
other who wants a raise.
REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION
FOR BIG JIM JEFFRIES
New York. March 3.—James J. Jeff
ries was accorded a remarkable demon
stration on his arrival here today.
Nearly 2.000 people gathered at the
Grand Central Station and wildly
cheered tlje pugilist. Jeffries was ac
companied by his wife and sparring
master. Sam Berger.
He was compelled to accept the as
sistance of the station masters, who
escorted him to the baggage room to
escape the crowd.
A part of the crowd succeeded in
obtaining a passage way to the bag
gage room where it stood on trunks
and gave a further noisy welcome to
| the pugilist. The door was finally
' opened and Jeffries succi eded in gea
| tli.g to a carriage with his party and
: was whirled away. Jeffries appeared
• to be in good physical condition and
I he said
•*I have been training lightly for
several weeks and have reduced my
weight to about 246 pounds. Each 'lay
j find tliat I cannot box faster than
the day before and I am delighted to
dnd that my wind is in good shape. 1
fsel Uret rate but I can t say du finite
* ly whether I will again eater the ring
er not. I here been ont of the ring
four years and that any make It Im
possible for me to attain strict cham
pionship form again."
) Another crowd gathered around the
office building where Jelfrlee went on
hit arrival here and the polloe were
called to clear the thorougfare.
I BASEBALL RACES
CAN’T BE MANIPULATED
---
"There Is only one way seriously to
hurt baseball.” said old "Cap” Anson
yesterday, "and that la to try to regu
late pennant races, tone minute’s re
i flection will convince anybody that
auch a thing could be done eolely by
collusion between club owners and
players. Supposing a magnate, whose
team was gettng too far ahead of the
other clubs, told a pitcher to lose a
game. That pitcher. If he happened to
he so unprincipled as to listen to such
an order, would be In a position to de
mand a salary of 125,000 for hla next
season’s work, and the club owner
would absolutely have to meet the
pitcher's figure or he exposed. An ex
posure would wreck everything. Nay,
nay. Never will there be anything like
that. Baseball Is top complex. An
Intentional misstep In baseball would
he palpable to every person who saw
It. Talk of ruining baseball Is rub
bish. so matter how much the mat
, nates are Inclined to sling mud at each
other. 1 admit that their scraps are
sickening, but as for having any far
reaching effects, tut. tut."
HIGHLANDERS BUSY
THIRTY MEN AT WORK ON B0ACON
GROUNDS.
Stalling. Han a Young Crowd. Carry
ing Slitrrn ritotarrn— Sooth
rrarrn nrr oa Hla
Staff.
George Stallings has his Highlanders
at work at Macon. The squad tinder
the new chieftain is some thirty men
and their work Is being watched by
i live New York newspaper men. New
York Is watching with much Interest
I the showing of the bunch of young
: sters which Stallings has gathered to
gether, and with which he Is deter
mined to make a good showing lp the
American league this year. Ideal
weather marked the first two days of
work for the Highlanders and the ball
parks are crowded with enthusiasts
j who are watching the big leaguers
work out.
No less than sixteen pitchers are
Included in the squad. Zeller, Ford and
i Hughes being former Southern
l.eaguers. There are three catchers,
Sweeney being the Southern Leaguer
of the bunch. The inlleld consists of
eleven men, Including Ball. There are
live outfielders, but none have seen
service In these diggings.
The players now iln camp are:
Pitchers—Chesbro. Glade. Lake, Man
ning. Newton, Quin, Wilson, Warhop,
Ford. McConnell, Schmitt. Hchult*. Par
kins Zeller, Vaughn and Hughes.
Catchers—Kld*«ow. Sweeney and
Blair
Inflelders—Chase, Elberfeld. Gardner,
I-aporte, Ball. Knight, Austin, Barry,
Ward Donovan and Engle.
Outfielders—Kesler. Hemphill, Cree,
McElveen and Demmltt
TO ORGANIZE CLUB
SOUTHERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB
MEETING PLANED
A movement la ou Foot to Call Sporta
men together for the Pnrpoae
of Electing; OfHcera.
The movement to organixe a field
trials club, to be national In Its scope,
with headquarters In Montgomery,
Alabama, Is well under way,'and with
in a tew days a call will probably be
Issued by State Game and Fish Com
missioner Wallace, for a meeting- of
sportsmen to be held In Montgomery
to perfect the organization of the
club.
The general sentiment seems to be
that the club should be called. “The
Southern Field Trials Club,” that It
should be Incorporated, and at once put
on a solid basis and on an equal foot
ing with the best clubs In the coun
try. From all indications , Hon. J.
Kirk Jackson, a prominent business
man of Montgomery, formerly secre
tary to the Governor, during four ad
ministrations, will be president, and
State Game and Fish Commissioner
John H. Wallace will be secretary.*
The trials will be held on the best
grounds In the United States. This
will be an Important event in the field
trials world.
It will materially assist the Geor
gia club. Year after year a band of
enthusiastic sportsmen of that State
have made a commendable effort to
have successful trials, but they have
been handicapped in their efforts for
the reason that handlers hesitated to
take the expensive trip down there and :
then the long jump to the United
States trials.
By a proper arrangements of dates,
the new club will form a link between
the Georgia trials and those held In
Mississippi and at Grand Junction.
Tennessee. thereby Justifying the
handlers in going to Georgia. Sports
men are expecting great results from
| the new club.
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF NEW BOXING LAW
Nashville. Tenn . March 3.—The first
boxing bout under the new Tennessee
law will take place here Friday night
under the auspices of the Tennessee
Athletic Club, recently chartered. The
contestants will be Billy Kerr, the
"Bowery Boy of New York, and Fiddle
Jones, said to be Atlanta’s best at his
weight. These men are 140 pounders
and will go the distance as allowed bv
the new law. eight rounds of three
minutes each with six-ounce gloves.
JOCKEY NOTTER IS
TO RIDE IN ENGLAND j
New York, March 3.—Joe Notter. wjio
! headed the list of winning jockeys on
! the Metropolitan last year, and Is one
* of the best riders ever developed in this
country, sailed yesterday on the Kaiser
Wilhelm II.. to fulfill a contract made
to ride In Germany this year Durlnjk
i the last season Notter handled 149 wln
1 ners.
AERIAL RACE PLANNED
IN THE FAR WEST
Berkeley, Cal.. March 3.—An aerial
i race from this city to Reno, Nev., is
I being planned by the San Francisco
I Aero Club which has already placed Its
[order for the construction of the four
balloons which will be used
ANl’RBMBim.
At The Grand Friday \tght,
“Jnok Ntraw” and “The I.ady of Lyoaa.**
When John Drew* produced "Jack ’
Straw" In New* York last autumn sev- I
oral of the newspapers hastened to 1
point out that the author. W. fiomer- i
j set Maugham, had borrowed the idea '
' of his plot from "The Hkdy of Lyons. *♦
There Is one very great difference,
however, between Jack Straw and
Claude Melnotte. Calude is a peasant
who disguises himself as a noble to
woo the lady he loves and whose par
ents he knows would not listen to a
proposal of marriage for their daughter
from ft peasant. Jack Is a prince all
the time He Is masquerading as a
waiter when the play opens, and some
people •tfho don’t know he Is a prince
nnk him to pretend he Is a nobleman to
help along a joke. He agrees and
merely resumes the title and name
which are rightfully his. So you see
»t Is rather a different storv after all.
Mr Drew come* to the Orand tomor
row night with "Jaek Straw" and then |
\<>,i can see and fudge for yourself.
Depend upon ft. whether it resembles I
P.ulwer-Lvtton's old play or not. It Is
one of the brightest, cleverest, most
amusing comedies that Pas been seen
on the stage In many a long day and
the title role Is the best part Mr. Drew
has had for a very long time.
adv.
i ;-•
Boston On&e '"ore Startles
Base \ll World With a Deal
Boston was the first to startle the
bkseball world by paying 910,000 for a
ball player. The Investment proved a
great winner and Boston followed up
ths play by paying the same club
another 910.000 for a player forming a
120,000 battery In Mike kelly and
John Clarkson, both dead and gone,
says Tim Murname.
Now Boston cornea forward and ac
cepts 917.000 for a veteran ball player
or 927,000 for a small battery in Cri
gsr and Young. A check for 95,000
and a player that would ring $5,000
on the market In Spencer came In the
Crlger deal, while a check for 912.500
and two players worth at the ruling
market price at least $4,500 came In
the “Cy,r Young deal.
After nineteen years of strenuous
work on the diamond even a man of
Iron would be on the decline. and
while "Cy" Young is about as near to
the iron man as the world can hope
to see, yet he must soon give up the
game, more so as he Is well fixed In
this world's goods, and will never stay
a moment after his real work » over
Seventeen thousand dollars Is by far
the most money ever paid for a ball
player, and it is pretty safe to say
that the Cleveland management never
paid the price without turning the
money over several times.
It was simply a case where the
newspapers and the Cleveland public
forced the Issue. Once they found out
the old Idol could be brought to Cleve
land and help pull off the champion
ship, there was no peace for Charley
Somers, and while the price paid was
beyond good business Judgment, the
chances are that it was a fine invest
ment. and Just three parties will be
better off for the chapge—Mr. Young,
who will be much nearer his hillside
farm; Boston, who will have a clear
field with a great bunch of young
sters. and Cleveland, who will draw
large crowds on the road. Then. too.
the club that pays the money always
looks more rosy to the great Ameri
can fans than the club that receives.
The sale of Mike Kelly, and the next
season John Clarkson by the Chicago
club for $20,000 was a serious blow
to baseball In Chicago, and. while It
proved a big money winner for Bos
ton. It gave the gam a black eye In
Chicago for a number of years, and
lost Captain Anson many loyal sup
porters. This was natural, as clubs at j
that time carried but a dozen players |
and never over two first-class pitchers,
and Kelly was at the height of his,
fame with Clarkson nt his best and
both good for ten years of good, hard
work. The same conditions do not
apply to the deal made by Boston, for
both Crlger and Young have long
since crossed the divide and are now
passing down the west side of the
baseball mountain.
In fact, this might be well said of
each and every one of those great
ball players who came here with the
American League eight year* ago and
brought baseball glory to the Hub.
such as Jimmy Collins, Billy Dineen.
Hobe Ferris, Freddie Parent. George
Winter and others still in the game
I believe one of the reasons why these
men were so soon forgotten was the
fact that not one of these players ever
made Boston their home outside of the
playing season, for. after all, it's the
player that remains In a city during!
the winter months that has the I
greatest following.
Great players will come to Boston,
receive big money and never know
what the centre of the old town looks
Ilka. While they can win |un«i they
look rood, then cornea the chance, a
ilttle hard luck, the fickle fan vanishes
and, hearing no eloae friends to boom
him, a player aoon becomes one of
the discard.
A few days ago I met a man who
haa followed the game here for the
last twenty-five years. He was not
satisfied with the Idea of parting with
"Cy" Young, and thought It would In
jure the chances of the Boston club to
draw out the crowd. I asked him If
he could not name one of the large
number of great players that had been
passed up by Boston. He was puazled
and could not name one. The larger
the city the more apt are the fans to
forget the old Idols.
A winning team will draw the
crowds, even should they come from
Africa, and the one aim of all man
agers la to get winners.
Personally, I am not one who can bs
convinced that a string of young play
ers. no matter how clever can ever
pull off a championship In major
Ieagus company, yet I know there Is a
time when players and good players
become a handicap to a manager, and
the wise man will become a sort of
vandal for the time. Boston has been
tearing down for the last three years.
an/1 now having every old plank rip
ped up, will start out this season
with everything brand new, built for
speed, with the hope of developing a
winner within the next three years.
The one man connected with the
Boston red sox this season not fully
appreciated by the baseball public Is
Manager Fred Lake, and I am willing
to risk my baseball reputation on tha
prophecy that this native son man
ager will not only surprise'all by his
all-around ability to make good, but
Is the one man who will hold his Job
with tlie club. Watch him come.
Here are a few of the managers that
I figure will agreeably surprise the
baseball world this, season—Clark
Griffith, with the Clnclnnatls; George
Stallings, with the New York High
landers; John McCloskey, gone to Mil
waukee; Roger Bresnahan with St.
Louis, and Fred Lake, of Boston. These
are all baseball men who will not
only hustle but know how to handle
players when given full power, and
no manager should be held responsible
unless given a free rein, the conditions
that Jennings, McGraw, Murray, Mc
Aleer. Chance. CantUlon and Clarks
now enjoy.
Even clever managers must have
the confidence and honest assistance
of some one connected with the club
to gain the best results. Sometlmss it
Is a player that the manager can oon
fer with. Sometlmee It may be that
the president of the club Is well vers
ed In the game, such as Comlskey or
Connie Mack; McGraw has made a suc
cess and, while apparently going It
alone, has never lost sight of the
fact that some old heads In his team
could materially nsslat him and has
called on them for advice. It Isn’t
always nece*sary to follow advice, but
it helps when you are In doubt, as
two good heads are better than one,
and the lieutenant Is often the man
most valuable to a ball team.
Absolute loyalty to the men In au
thority from the corner stone to the
weather vane Is the only way a ball
team can ever win the honors In mi
lor league baseball. One specked or
ange will soon destroy a basket of the
finest fruit, and changes In the line
up of great ball teams can often be
accounted for In this way.
Australians Hand Hot Roast
for Champion Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson’s unbridled tongue
may cost him all chance at the future
big putses In Australia. This Is the
latest sputtered over the cable from
the land where tl#ere are more kanga
roos than sparrows, and If It Is true,
Johnson has undone all of the work of
Sam Fitzpatrick, who had planned to
use his champion In a series of matches
against men like Jeannette, MeVey,
Langford and Morris Harris.
Johnson went to Australia, broke,
humble, and unknown, and there he
annexed the heavy-weight title by
beating Tommy Burns, but he won in
such a manner that the beaten man Is
a bigger favorite In Australia than
was the winner of the Johnson^Burns
bout.
Burns conceded every natural ad
vantage to Johnson but reach, and he
fought a gallant fight. The reports
from Australia say that when Johnson
had Burns helpless he cursed him,
played with him, and made remarks
to the crowd which did him no good.
The American public will be further
lurprlaed to know that Burns had
Johnson on the run at times.
Burns fought for the body, and as
Johnson knew what was coming, he
made the most of Burns’ Intentions,
and he directed his Jabs to Burns' face,
and this kept Burns at long range, but
there were stages of the bout when
Burns got close to Johnson’s body, anj
Jack proved that he had no taste for
blows to that region.
"Burns Is liked by the fight fans,
and he will be matched here with
whom he pleases, but It looks as
though the authorities would not per
mit Johnson to fight here again, unless
It is against Jeffries,” Is what an
Australian paper has to say of the
present holder of the big gun title.
There Is no distance fighting in the
East of America, the South and North
have not the field for it, And the game
Is not too healthy In California, and
tho London Sporting Club will stand
no nonsense. With this narrowing of
the fields of his efforts. Johnson had
better lead the simple life.
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Considerable interest Shown in
Races Which Were Called Oft
It was manifested yesterday that
there was considerable interest In au
tomobile racing: here. The sporting
editor of The Advertiser had frequent
calls yesterday concerning the automo
bile races, which had been scheduled
to take place at Vandiver Park, be
tween Strang, KobertBon and E>e Pal
ma. the crack drivers.
Throughout the surrounding towns
it had been advertised that the death
braving struggle would take place here
March 3 and that the famous drivers
would contest in an international 100
mlle champinship.
A week ago it was announced in The
Advertiser that the races had been
called off. as several of the valuable
racing cars had been wrecked In New
Orleans, and as a resutl the races would
hardly take pl^ce In Montgomery be
fore early In May. Evidently all those
Interested In automobiles did not see
the notice, which came from President
Chambers of the Fair Association and
when they found that there was no ex
citement in town yesterday about the
races. The Advertiser was consulted.
The auto people of Montgomery re
gret that the races were not held here
yesterday. The day was an Ideal one
in every way and the famous drivers
would have had an opportunity to go
after some records, as the track at
Vandiver Park is now In the best of
condition, tl is hoped by the outolsts
that the race will be held here early In
May, as is contemplated.
By Constant Application of
Oxygen, Corbett Makes Good Fight
New York. March 3.—The adminis
tration of oxygen, considered by most
persons as a fanciful scheme for
strengthening athletes under strain,
proved a boon to Young Corbett In his
fight with Johnny Marlow In which he
had a shade the better last night.
His natural courage, Combined with
the oxygen treatment, enabled him to
put up the light which surprised so
many of his followers. Copious doses
were given to him after each round and
the effect was Immediately noticeable.
While some experts declare the fight
was a draw, the victory was generally
conceded to Corbett.
The oxygen treatment, it Is predicted,
will be used often In the future.
FROG IS UNPROTECTED
GAME LAWS OF LOUISIANA UPSET
HILL OF FARE.
Onr Firm tin* Closed ■ Contract for
the Supplying: of 100.000 Frog*
-j for New Orleans
Market.
New Orleans, March 3.—Recently en
acted lane In Louisiana have tempor
arily upset bills of fare, offered for
many years by the celebrated New Or
leans restaurants. Game of practical
ly every description Is tabooed from
sale for several months after March 1,
and the restaurant people have had
their offerings of many choice delica
cies summarily curtailed.
Such Is the situation which has turn
ed attention to the frog He Is not put
down as forbidden quarry, and the
Creole chefs are elaborating their art
of the culinary preparation of frog
legs. In which particular line they have
long maintained a high reputation. One
Arm In Rayne. La., has closed a con
tract for the supplying of 100.1)00 frogs
for the market In New Orleans and
other places.
THE RACES
Results at Tamps.
Tampa, Fla., March 3.—The weather
was fine, but track slow today. Emily
Almanac, ridden by Obert, finished first
In the sixth race, but was disqualified
for fouling. The betting on her was
4 t o5. in the first. Revery, 3 to 1,
wheeled right after the start and was i
pulled up
First race, about five furlongs: Pearl
Hopkins. 103, (Brannon) 5 to 1. won:!
Fresh, 106. (Obert) C to 1- second: j
Brown Jug. 106, (Troxler) 8 fo 1, third !
Time 1.08 Boomerang, Fancy Dress, [
Thesjoll. Darling Dan, ReRvery ran.
Becond race, six furlongs Busta
clan, 104, (Reid) even, won; Prince
Alert, (Obert) 10 to 1, second; Hawks
Flight. 101. (Lovell) 7 to 2. third. Time1
1-1. Catherine Cardwell, M. L.
Dawson, Maleeon, C. Clamp, Charlotte,
Hamilton. Camel ran.
Third race. about five furlongs'
Cloisteress, 103, (Haynes) 5 to 2. won
John A. Munro, 97, (Lovell) 6to 1, sec
ond: Pinion, 87, (Held) 4 to 6, third
Don If. Nloless, Ramble, Nettle Carlta
ran. Time 1:02 3-4.
Fourth race, about flve furlongs:
Rlrdlayer, 10B, (Iteld) even, won Alex
Grant, 106, (Obert) 20 to 1, second';
-ady ^Itzherbert, 104, (T. Bums) 8 to
1. third. Time 1:02 1-2. Orlften, Jack
McKeon, King Thorpe. Donaldo ran
race' mlle and half: Teeta H.,
(Haynes) 3 to 5. won; Dr. Young.
So 3 to 1. second; Bright Boy,
11441 ( Ui*n tivt n \ 4 a i . i i a __.
100. (Brunnon) 4 to 1, third. Time 2:44
Layson, True Boy, Colonel Craig, Yu
murl ran
Sixth race; about five furlongs- Wheat
Bn,»d. 103 (Hannan) 7 to 3. won PlatL
In? /v?hl.te> 4 to 11 ,econ<L Lord ’ Direct
104 (Neely) 10 to 1, thin! Time l:nj(j.'
Ume. Emily Alarnac. Jlgaer, Black
Fled. Foxy Grandma, aleo ran. *
Why Gleason Is Valuable.
Speaking *of the value of old ball
players to a team. Manager Lake of the
Red Sox. said: "Old players, even
when they slow up, are often a valu
ible asset to a ball club. Taka Kid
Gleason; he was a very Important fac
tor In developing the Philadelphia Na
tional League Club that William Mur
ray Is now handling. It was Hugh
Duffy who really appreciated Gleason’s
worth as a good roan to have coaching
the young players. The J*ld was al
ways full of ginger and wide-awake to
Inside baseball. He was always on the
ilert to note the weakness of his op
ponent ana could tip off his fellow
players what was about to come off.
An old plavor of this kind Ip sure to be
a great help to any ball team.”
Servian Humor Not Relieved.
Paris, March 3—The sensational re
port from Vienna that Servla had re
fused to accede to Russia's request to
abandon her demand for territorial
compensation finds no confirmation
hare and Is not believed. Jtdvloes re
ceived at the foreign office early this
afternoon Indicate the contrary, name
ly, that Servla has decided to follow
the advice of the power*.
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GREAT TWIRLER JOINS TEAM
MATES IN MOBILE.
The Cleveland Club Will Line V»
Against the Mobile Tout In
Tbelr Pint Game
Saturday.
Mobile, March 3—(Special.)—The
great Cy Young, this year with the
Cleveland Napa of the American
League, Joined the club, which la In
training here, the veteran twlrler ar
riving this afternoon and taking quar
ters with the rest at the Battle House.
Young was greeeted by the players
who will compose hie team mates this
rear, and though there are over ten
pitchers here trying to make good with
the club, there Is no Jealousy and If
the same good feeling prevails on the
Held. as In the hotel. Cleve
land's team work this year will
be hard to beat. On Saturday, the Mo
bile club, most of whose players have
reported, will stack up against the big
leaguers In an exhibition game. Le
lolo and the rest of the inflelders
»nd outfielders of the club, will sgrlve
Sunday, and then real practice will be
on both the Naps and the Mobile olub.
to work out twice a day, morning and
evening. _
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March 4, 1909.
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Freeh Spare-Rib Pot Pie
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Salad a la Waldorf
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SUICIDES IN LONDON.
Unknown Mnn Believed To Haro Boon
American.
London. March 8—A man giving the
name of Dr. Bud R. Pullman of
Chicago, who committed suicide at tho
Savoy Hotel yesterday by cutting hi*
throat with a razor when he was dis
covered, leaving the premises with a
quantity of Jewelry which " had been
sent to him. ha* not been Identified.
At the inquest the police testified
that the min was not a known thief.
He, had only 13.76 In his pockets and
his only baggage was a valise filled
with newspapers. He was about 3S
years old and witnesses said, spoke
with a strong American accent. This
the police say may have been assumed.
A letter written In German was
found In one of his pockets. It dealt
with some suggested business which
might Involve contact with the pollca
The following phrases Is significant:
"One or two appearances lh a court
of Justice would not matter."
The value of the Jewelry that the
man attempted to get away with Is
placed at $10,000.
Not Known In Chicago.
Chicago, March 3—The name Dr.
Pullman does not appear In the
Chicago directory nor 1s It known to
the police.
FOR DIVORCED PERSONS.
BUI ProTtdea Penalty for Paine State
ments
Chicago. March I.—Chicago clergy
men heartily endorie a bill Introducad
In the Legteleture providing for line
and Imprisonment for divorced persons
who, by falsehood and misrepresenta
tion prevail upon ministers to marry
them.
It Is Intended to remedy a defect In
the 8tate law which provides that no
divorced person shall j-e-marry within
one year and In some cases ten years
after the decree of divorce.
This act provides no means whereby
the clerk issuing the license or the
clergyman performing the ceremony
can ascertain the facta, except by In
quiry of the principals to the marrfhge,
and provides no penalty for their mak
ing false answers
SWINDLERS INDICTED.
Grand Jury Return. True Bins In Mt-'
tie Reek.
Little Rock. Ark.. March *e—The
grand Jury today returned one Indict
ment In which J. C. Mah ray alias J.
C. Gordon: F. M. Clark alias George
Leonard: I. J. Warner alias Dr. James:
J. C. Johnson alias J. C. Lovejoy, and
H. M. Stock well were Indicted for
grand larceny and false pretenses In
the alleged swindling of J. G. Kile, of
Cisco, 111., out of $10,000 here Febru
ary 13.
Bond was fixed by Judge L,en at $10.
000. All of the men but Mabry will be
held here Mabry WIU be taken to
Council Bluff* to answer chargee (here
of using Use mail for fraudulent jpmt
pOMS.
SECRET SERVICE MEN
house COMMITTEE SUBMITS ITS
REPORT.
Work Has Bern Wwwary Bit Dona
Without Authority of [aw—
Conclusions Reached Are
Unanimous.
Washington, March 3.—Legislation .
should be enacted by Congress giving
a permanent character to the secret
servloe force of the government, ac
cording to the report of the select
committee of the House to investigate
this force submitted to the Houae to
day.
This committee consists of Represen
tatives Olmstead, of Pensylvania; Cur
rier, of New Hampshire; Young, of
Michigan; Brantley, of Georgia, and
Bowers, of Mississippi. It was appoint
ed to Investigate the amount of appro
priations devoted to secret service
work and the number of employes en
gaged therein. The report is unani
mous.
"We deem It proper, says the commit
tee," to call attention to the fact that
the secret service division of the
Treasury Department now exists with
out permanent authority of law, de
pendent entirely upon appropriations
made from year to year, and that the
like force In the Department of Jus
tice is similarly without permanent au
thority of law, and le paid out of a
lump sum appropriation for Incidental
expenses.
"Whether the separate forces of se
cret pervice men now existing in the
Treasury Department and in the De
partment of Justice should be com
bined In one, under control of the At
torney General, we do not attempt to
decide but suggest that whether sep- j
arately maintained or under one con
trol, they should be permanently pro
vided for and their duties clearly defin
ed and limited by law."
The total number of employes en
gaged In the detection or prevention of
fraud, whether called secret service
men. detectives, special agents, special
Inspectors or by other names, in all
the departments combined, the report
says, id found to have been just 100
more than in 1808. The committee
found that fl,980,708 had been ap
propriated In lump sums, which have
been, but was not used In detective
work.
In speaking of the secret service
division of the Treasury Department ■'d
the supply of men to meet the demands
of the Department of Justice In the
past is touched upon.
"The committee finds," the report
saye on this loan of men, "that while
not strictly within the authorisation
of the statute, it had originated years
ago In the exigencies of the oaae."
Again the committee says:
"Except in the few Instances indicat
ed in this report we have found no
branches of the public service, or
persons employed therein, engaged In
any duty not contemplated by law; but
whether any such persons have been
or are engaged in any duty not con
templated by law or the appropriation, ' 4
establishing or providing for such ser. f
vice could be accurately ascertained
only by an examination of each person
so engaged In any such service, which
examination could not be made within
the life of the present Congress.”
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