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[ Brooklyn Fighter Thinks He Can Beat Nelson at the Dane’s Own Game I DOPE Exhibition games that will include | battles between the Detroit Tigers and [ the New York Giants will start almost, at the crack of toe spring training bat in th<> first week of March, if plans ' already being framed by Hugh’ey Jen- | nings are carried out. Leidy will have ; his young Brones on the scene early, i and will be ready for games as soon I as Jennings announces the Tigers fit j for an exhibition jaunt. It is understood Jennings already has his contracts made for several series with other big league teams. This may include contests between the Ti- j gers and the St. Louis Browns. Local ‘ fans will be particularly interested in such a series from the fact that it will show Griggs in big league harness. They hanker for a glimpse of one of those old-time wallops up against the left field fence or a couple of blocks down North Flores street. The departure from the usual order last year when the Tigers and Wash ington played a series, has not been I discussed in the meetings of the Amer- i iean league, so ante-season games be- 1 tween teams of the same league are permissable. Jack O'Connor, the new manager of the Browns, says it will be hard baseball from the first rattle , ’ out of the box. and as Jennings always : insists on this sort of ball, a series be tween the Tigers and Browns ought to ; be the real thing. Speaking *>f the Browns, the St. | Louis fans are expecting great things* from Bill Bailey this season. The j young Texan is said to have taken ex- i cellent care of himself this winter and I is said to be in good shape for the i opening of the season. Practically every big league club in the country its planning a long train ing season. The Browns. Giants and other teams who will train iu this sec tion will be on the grown! by the first of April, and the season for exhibi tion games will thus be extended con siderably. * Pat Newnarn has been spending sev eral days in the city, awaiting the outcome of his brother Frank's wounds. He wasn’t talking much dope • • ••••••••••• E SAN ANTONIO’S ! E LEADING HOTELS ; St. Anthony , ABSOLUTELY FiBEMOtf SAN ANTONIO’S NEWEST AND FINEST HOTEL l| MODERN IN EVERY DETAIL , Ne Better er Mere Complete Hetel . ef Ite Blae (gio rooms) In Americe "" j Liberally Conducted on the J I EUROPEAN PLAN • | _____ j asocial Attention PeM be I Cemmerelel Men. } E. M. SWEARINGEN A MM*, I Managing Directors. THE MERGER Tula well known Hotel remains as sver In ths past SAN ANTONIO’S MOST COMPLETE, COMFORTABLE AND CONVENIENT HOTEL. WM. C. BRUCE. Mgr. Mexican Bureau of Information and Interpretation in connection with this Hotel. HOTEL BRAYTON Madison av. and 27 st., N. Y. City. OVERLOOKING MADISON SQUARE PARK. High Class Refined, Fireproof Hotel In a Very Desirable Neighborhood. Catering to The Highest Class of Patronage. ROOMS. WITH BATH. $2.00 PER DAY AND UP, I SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO LADTfeS TRAVELLING ALONE. Chaimers-Detroit “40” Touring $2750 Auto Sales & Supply Co. SATURDAY, 11 A Short Ramble Through Baseball’s Dreamland and Which Includes Some Pipes, 11 Maybe, but Is Interesting । until yesterday, when it was assured I beyond a doubt that the wounded man 1 would recover. Speaking of the report ; that he was to try for the first-sack I job with New Orleans, he said he had ' not yet received a contract from Man : ager Frank and did not know for sure ' that he would go. , There is little question in the minds ! of baseball fans in Texas that New • nam would be a star in the Southern ; league. He is a big youngster, won ! derfully fast for his size, smashes the ball with terrific force, and is a fight ’ ing player from the jump. The only wonder is that he has stayed here as . long as be has. A report has alwavs been generally circulated that he couldn't hit a curved ball. He came near winning the pennant for Houston last season because of his ability to smash curved balls into the far off ing. He hit well irp in the bunch of leaders and was absolutely the main stay of the infield. That he could make good with the Pelicans seems to be a einch, and his many friends i among the fans here would very much like to see him get the chance —they ' know he will do the rest. TALK WE'LL GET DURING WINTER Going home on the car the other night 1 overheard a couple of bowlers 1 talking. They had just participated in a mi.tch ami were discussing n. To a layinr.ii their talk sounded like Choc taw. Here’s a sample: “Going up against new wood is fierce. It was hole after hole, and the majority were railroads. In the second frame Rudy drew Big Dick and Jack fclloned with double peanuckle. Wal ter hits ’em Brooklyn, leaves the o 9 Lulu and plays the lead in the Cherry Pickers. Charlie cracks them in the pocket for a cinch strike, but leaves Bismarck up and poodles going after it. The Limit was up three times in two games, and the Ladv-finger fonr times, while the Baby was so common it was a chestnut.’' For the uninitiated. “Big Dick,” of ten the “Limit,” is the 7-10 split. “Double peanuckle” the 4-0-7-10 split. “Lulu’ a two-pin spare with pins in relative position of 5-9, 4-8 or 2-5. “Cherry Picking,” to lake off one pin in a two-pin spare. The “Pocket” is the space between the 1-3 or 1-2 pins. “Bismarck” is the 10 pin. “Lady finger” the 6-7-10 or 4-7-10 splits. “Poodle.” otherwise “One Dog.” to roil in the gutter. “Hole” is a split. “Railroad,” horizontal twopiu sprit, as 4-G or 8-10. “Baby” is 3-10 nr 2-7 split. “Brooklyn” to go get head pin on far side. % S >%% % •. S %4 % 4 4 4 ' 4 BASEBALL NOTES. 4 4 4 444444444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 | If the Now York Americans win the pennant next season Manager Stall j ings will receive a bonus of $2500. j As the Pittsburg club has sold Ab | stein, Jack Flynn looks like the regu- J lar first sacker of the Pirates next sea- son. “Nap” Rucker, the Brooklyn ' “southpaw,” says the injury he got in I Cuba was a minor affair and that he is i all right again. j First Baseman Murcb, who has had I a trial in Brooklyn*, Boston and De ■ troit, will play with the Indianapolis team next season. I “Jeff” Overall doesn’t like Owner : Murphy's offer of a bonus for thirty ■ victories, but wants a straight increase in salary with no “ifs.” George Daily, the young pitcher se cured by the Giants from the Spring field Three ! league club, won 23 out of 34 games dnring last season. The Cleveland club is after Bobby : Wallace of the St. Louis Browns. The I ’’Nappies” must bo thinking of throw ' ing “Cotton-Top” Turner into the dis -1 card. Sherwood Magee will be with the Philadelphia Nationals next season and it looks as if the Giants haven t a ehance to cop the star outfielder. M. J. (“Mike”)i Finn has bought a controlling interest in the Waterbury Connecticut, League club. “Mike” managed the Little Rock team for sev eral years. “Pug” Bennett, who played with Seattle, and led the Northwestern i league in hitting last season, is now a , professor at Oak Ridge institute, wher ' ever that is. Wheeling W. Ya.) faux declare that MeMeehnic, purchased by Pittsburg I from the Wheeling elub. will show Bob j by Byrne bow. to play the third station 1 with success. It is said that “Ducky” Holmes has given up his pet scheme of organizing a baseball league in South Dakota and has signed to manage the Toledo team in the American association. Manager Donovan of the Boston Red Sox is afraid that his team will not re ceive proper attention nt Hot Springs if more than two teams stop at the same hotel. “Patsey” wants only the Sox family. Cincinnati and Boston, in the same camp. KETCHEL WANTS TO m JOHNSON AN MIO RACE Challenge to the Black Champion for Test of Nerve On Speedway for $lOOO. IS PINNOCHLE DEFI NEXT? Michigan Assassin Probably Hopes to Beat the Smoke In- Some Way. Special Dispatch. Grand Rapids. Mich., Jan. 15.—Here’s one rum go, piy word! That dealt boy. Stanley Ketehel, not satisfied with serving as a punching bag for Jack Johnson in the recent exercise gallop for the latter, the Michigan assassin is out in another challenge to meet the black champion —but not in the squared circle. No. no. Stanley admits that once was enough. His followers went back on him to a certain extent when he signed up to meet Johnson. They knew just about what kind of a chance he had. and they didn’t think much of him mixing with a coon just for a little money. The talk about the supremacy of the white race in the prize ring is all right, but the average fan has the idea pretty well established that it is the coin that most of them are after. So there would not have been much ob jection to Ketehel matching if he had been offered a puree commensurate with the affair. But the fight frame-up look ed .bad and it lost Ketehel a lot of friends. Then, when Johnson played with Stanley like he was a naughty boy and slapped his face all over the ring and ehided him gently, finally spanking him to sleep when enough pictures had been made, friends of the white hoy had a ehance to holler, “I told you so. ’’ But to return to Stanley’s new stunt: Just guess what he has done gone and done now! He has challenged Jack Johnson to nn automobile race for $lOOO a side. Stanley, you know, has lately entered the autoriding game. He has made strenuous efforts to copy the stunts of Johnson in this field, and now he is said to be anxious to indulge in a hook up on the speedway. Wouldn’t that curdle the cream? It reminds a fellow of the story about the Dutchman and the Irishman. They had a fight. After the bystand ers had wiped the bloody nose and as sembled the teeth, and put beefsteak on the left eye of the Dutchman, he turned to Mike and said, sarcastic, just like that: “Well, if I can't whip you. I can beat you playing pinnochle.” 444444444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 WITH THE FIGHTERS. % 444444444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 It looks as if dim Flynn is the Pnly boxer willing to take on Sam Lang ford. John L. Sullivan is revising and bringing up to date “Reminiscences of a Nineteenth-Century Gladiator.” Some of the New York scribes are touting “Harlem” Tommy Murphv as the proper one to whip Battling Nel son. Bobby Dobbs, the veteran colored boxer, is still indhe game and fighting now and then in England and in Ire land. LYNCH AND HEYDLER TO MAKE NEW SCHEDULE Pitt’burg. Pa.. Jun. 15.—If President Barney Dreyfuss of the Pittsburg Base ball club has his way, neither the local manager nor President Charles H. Eb ’ efts of Brooklyn will have anything to do with the making of the schedule. Tn his letter written yesterday to Ebbetts he makes the suggestion that both he and President Ebbetts tender their resignations a' members of the National league schedule committee and leave the work in the hands of Presi dent Lynch and Secretary Heydler. The Pittsburg Leader says that in i the American league although au hon i oary committee is named each yeat*, the j real work is done by President. Johnson ' end Secretary Meßoy and he thinks it j would be better for the National league to adopt a similar plan. HOGAN RESIGNS FROM WHITE WING SERVICE New York. Jan. 15.—. Tames J. Hogan, ♦he former Yale football captain, who has been deputy commissioner of street cleaning in New York for some time past has announced his resignation from the department. He will leave or Wednesday to enter a downtown law firm. Hogan’s position as deputy com- I missioucr pays $5OOO a year. The Cuban teams winning a majority of baseball games from our players, caused several scribes to roar that for eigners were fast gathering our cham pionship laurels. The scribes arc right in this lost laurel stuff. Look who holds the ehili-con-carne emblem, a Mexican. The spaghetti champions, from paper to heavyweight, live in Italy ami the Turks have us ground in j powder in the cigarette league. SAN ANTONIO LI G H AND OAZE TT E HARLEM TOMMY MURPHY HAS HUNCH HE CAN BEAT NELSON IN LONG FIGHT Tommy Murphy, the New York light weight, who trimwd Ad Wolgast in six “Philadelphia” uounds, announces his intention of going to California to get on with Nelson. Working along tjio theory that there's nothing like confidence. Murphy ought to win with ease; but Nelson has spoil ed a lot of fightein who had oodles of confidence, and unless Murphy has more than he has shown, a victory over the rawhide Dane would be little short of marvelous. Listen to Tommy* “Forty-five rounds with Nelson suits me. I 'in willing to go any route, ami am fit to go it, to« “I believe tbne has come. I’ve been going slow, contented to fight my way in short battles, learning all the time and developing. I can take on three men of my wight and box them one after another instil I tiro them out. “I beat Wolgast, in six rounds and Moran in ten. and he admitted it, al though he got a Boston decision over me. “I believe T can T>ut Nelson out. Not in a short fight, bit in from 20 to 45 HOOHOOS SPLIT lIP WITH ALAMOS r Both Games Are Hard Fought; , Throughout, the Last Be- 'ing Won By 7 Pins. , TURNER BOWLING LEAGUE. ■ Standing of the Clubs. . Plv’d. Won. Lost. P.C. Koch 14 10 4 .720 r Waters 10 7 3 .700 - Wagcnfehr 10 6 4 .600 Schmitt 12 7 5 .583 Oppenheimer .. ..12 6 6 .500; I Ellsworth 8 4 • 4 JOO 1 f Gutzeit 12 5 7 .416 Hoefgeu 12 5 7 .416! Welker 10 3 7 .300 | ‘ Dunham 8 1 7 .125 ' I 1 ’ “Remember the Alamos.” was the i battle cry of Schmitt’s Alamos last i | night on the Turner alleys in their con- ;. ! flict with Waters’ Hoohoos. The wart ‘ erv seemed to gingered up the men to| sueh an extent that they pulled the I Hoohoos off their high perch on top of the percentage ladder into second place. I • It wasn't without a struggle, however, I • for the Hoohoos fought every inch of. the wav. The first two innings went in ' favor of the Alamos to the extent of. 1 ) 37 pins in the lead. It was iu the next j 'three innings that both tennis strained | themselves. Although the Hoohoos taak ; all three innings it was by such a small margin that they were still 28 pina be- j hind. Just to show how easy it, was to make the lead larger the Alamos Wat into the sixth round and added 23 tiwre, giving them the first game by 5! ptins. The stars in this game for the J.latnos were Schmitt. Kuehn and Schroeder. , For the Hoohoos I}aters. Rtcliy and Riedner. To even up matters, the Hoohoos went into the second battle With a determination to make it an even I break. The Alamos seemed to <* ject to their intentions for this battle was , fought even harder than the first, the Hoohoos taking the first inning by ten, the second going in favor of ’tie Alamos by five: the third to the Hsiohoos by three; the fourth to the. Alamos by; four; the fifth to the Hoohoos by ten; I which gave them a lead of 14 on the > ' game. The Alamos wiet into the sixth inning. however, afnd tried to make it two straight, but fhe best they : eould do was to cut down the margin । of the Hoohoos' victory to seven pins. The stars in this round were Waters, I Goldbeek, Hehende). l teisrell and Phil-1 lips. Score —First game: Schmitt 56 62 57 46 57 57—335 । Waters 36 45 IM 4, >8 ..4—-84 Score —Second panic: _ ’ Waters 44 52 47 4 I 53 36—276 Schmitt 34 It I* 43 43—269 There will be nn annual meeting of the Turner Bo’irltng league tonior- • row morning at Turner hall at 10:30 for j i tne purpose of elrieging the officers for j | the ensuing term. * rounds. I'd never make ft match unless I felt I eould win. Britt fought Nelson p right, and had him hanging onto the 11 ropes. J 'I “Young Corbett showed the wrong ' way to fight Nelson. He tried to knock hint out as soon as possible, and was r whipped in 10 rounds. He tried it again, same tactics, and was downed in t i nine rounds. You can't outslug Nel- i > [ son. EMBARGO AGAINST COFFROTH RAISED After a Lay-Off of Some Time, San Francisco Fight Pro moter Obtains Permit. 1 Associated Presa. San Francisco. Cal, Jan. 15. —Janies I W. Coffroth, figlit promoter, again will ; be allowed to conduct prize fights in ! this city, after being denied that priv- ; ilege for the last three years by the j reform administration. The police committee of the board of ( ! supervisors has granted the Shasta club, jof which Coffroth is the controlling । . spirit, a permit to hold a limited round i fight in this city in January. No ac | tion has yet been taken on the appli i cation of the Marathon club, repro semted by Jack Gleason, for a 45 round ' permit and |ho question of the location | of the Jeffries-Johnson fight is as yet | indefinite. GOOD PROGRESS IN TICK ERADICATION Over Eighty Thousand Square Miles Freed From Pest and Quarantine, Special Dispatch. Washington, D. C., Jan. 15. —Con- tinued progress was .made during 1909 in the campaign being waged jointly by the federal and state authorities and individual cattle owners for the exter mination of the ticks which spread the disease known as Texas or tick fever of cattle in the south. An order issued by the secretary of agriculture on Dee. 1909, and effective Dec. 6. 1909, re leased from quarantine areas amounting to 9266 square miles, and 13,544 square miles were released last spring, mak ing a total of 22,810 square miles re leased during the past year as a result of having been freed from ticks. The total territory released from fed eral .quarantine since the beginning of the work of ticket eradication three ' and a half years ago amount to more than 80,000 suare miles, as follows, by states: Virginia 9,778 North Carolina 10,199 South Carolina 2.673 Tennessee 9,849; Kentucky 841 Arkansas 6,078 Oklahoma 4,752' Texas 1.481 ■ California 35,706 Total 81.357; < « » Doctors Curry & Waganer, Dentists—Gibbs Building. —Wanted —Extra carrier boys with horse and cart. 8. A. Light and Gazette. “The way to knock out the Dane is ■to fight him hard and fast; keep an ' even pace all the time, and bent him ■ down. Gans tried to drop Nelson early, and made a fatal mistake. Gans eould ' hit hard, but Nelson could take punish ment. Britt peppered him for 20 rounds and came within an aee of fin : ishing him. “Welsh would give Nelson a good j fight. He hasn’t a hard punch, but he ZYBSKO MATCHES UP WITH BIG TURK Latter Must Throw the Pole Twice In Hour —One Fall ' By Sneezum Enough. Associated Press. Chicago, Jan. 15. —Yussif Mabmout, the Turk, aud Stanislaw Zyltsko Cygan- ! iew'ez, the Polish champion, were [ matched yesterday to wrestle a handi cap bout in private on January 30 tor j $5OO a side. According to the articles ’ of the agreement, Mahmont is to throw j Zybsko twice in one hour of actual ‘ nresiling or lose the match. If the Pole t wins a fall he shall be declared the ] winner. The place is to be selected by E. W. Smith, who will act as referee, name the official time keepers and ar range other details of the match. Free Coupon Good for 2 votes in the Light and Gazette $17,500 grand prize contest, M District Void after January 21st. Contest closes March Ist, 1910. Nomination Blank Good for 1,000 Votes for the San Antonio Light and Gazette $17,500 Grand Prize Contest Only one nomination ballot-will be credited for each con testant. CONTEST DEPARTMENT, LIGHT AND GAZETTE: I hereby nominate as a contestant in your Grand Prize Contest: M .‘\ddress District Name of Nominator Address Date Nominator’s name will positively not be made known to anvonc. Don’t ask. JANUARY 15. 1910. I keeps peppering away. I begun to karw the game from the time Terry MeGov- ’ ern knocked me out. I am 25, and be- | Heve I know it thoroughly.” Well, that’s prqjty good talk, and maybe Murphy can deliver the goods; s but he's got to show a big crowd of lt individuals from Missouri before they'll „ believe him. Battling Nelson is no wonder in a | limited go. He needs time to get his man.rand a strong man. who is a fair boxer, looks good against him over a short route. Wolgast outpointed i 1 Nelson in 10 rounds, and was in turn shown up in six by Murphy. But when di they go over the long distance Nelson el is the best in the division.- IGNORANCE OF DREYFUS TOO MUCH FOR HOOSIER When the Pirates and Detroits were nearing the point iu the world's se ries where & seventh game seemed to decide the world's championship, the big guns in the baseball world met to decide upon the eity iu which to play the game. It was when the discussion was at its height that Louie Heilbronner, scout for the Cincinnati Reds, proposed tho game be played iu his home town. Fort Wayne. “What place is that you mentioned, Louicf” demanded Barney Dreyfuss. “Fort Wayne. Indiana, by cracky!” Louie shouted, drawing himself up to the limit of his majestic 60 inches. “Is there a hotel near that place?” Barney asked, with a look that would havb secured a “not guilty” verdict from any jnry in the world. And Louie took the next train out of town. Dr. Applewhite has moved his office to the Cohn & Co. San Pedro drug store. New phone 269, old phone 158-2 rings. 7