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HERE'S YOUR REAL
ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
(By United Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—An All-
American team based on studies of
the best in the country by all the
leading football experts, Is pub
lished in the forthcoming issue of
Leslie's Magazine. The team
picked represents the consensus of
opinion of the experts.
Kilpatrick, Yale's star end, and
Cozens, Pennsylvania's center.were
selected for an all-star team by the
greatest number of experts, each
receiving 16 votes.
The ali-American line-up, with
the number of votes each received,
follows:
Ends—Kilpatrick, Yale, 16 votes:
L. Smith, Harvard, 11.
Tackles—McKay, Harvard, 14;
Scully, Yale, 8.
"BUT" STILL
HOWLING
(By United Press Leased Wire)
CHICAGO. Dec. 12.—Still main
taining that he was not counted out
in his fight with Owen Moran at
San Francisco and that Referee Se
lig was not warranted in stopping
the fight, Mat Nelson reached liis
home in Hegewisch today.
Nelson did not give out his plans
for the future, but it is understood
he will visit his parents for awhile,
then he will take a brief rest in
the mountains and will demand a
match with some of the second
rate fighters in his class.
MATCH GONLON
AND CONLEY
(By United Press Leased Wire)
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12.—John
ny Coulon and Frank ie Conley,
rival claimants to the title of bau
tamwe'ght championship of the
world, were matched today to light
20 i omuls for the championship
here January S. Both boys demand
ed the lion's share of the purse and
tried to dictate terms, and it was
only after much haggling that they
finally were induced to affix their
names to the agreement. The lads
agreed to make the bantamweight
limit.
Spokane moral and social re
formers are patting themselves on
the back these days over their re
cent victory over the Jeffries-
Johnson fight picture men. Spo
kane is the only city in the north
west where the fight pictures were
prohibited, according to John Self
fart, who has charge of the pic
tures.
By the way, Barney Oldfield
seems to be getting in with the
fight game men pretty strong
lately. His race with Jack John
caused him a lot of trouble,
Bud recently he took old James J.
Dut for a spin as passenger or me
chanic or something, and the two
of them made a mile In :53. Go
ing some for a down-and-outer.
Jack Johnson has matched his
protege, Walter Monahan, with
Hank Griffith. Jack hopes to turn
over his crown to Monahan if he
steps down, but here's hoping that
Griffith will whip the everlasting
stuffing out of Monahan. We don't
want .lack to bequeath his titie to
personal friends or relatives. Let.
some one else have a chance.
Packy McParland will meet Abe
Attell on December 19, and riug-
Sideri will get another chance to
see the little stockyard wonder in
action alter an absence of two
years.
Tho world's dirt track record for
a mile was broken by M. J. Graves
on a motorcycle at Santa Ana, Cal.,
yesterday in 60 2-5 seconds. Graves
dipped 1 1-5 seconds off the former
mark.
Thirteen thousand, three hun
dred and eighty blows were ab
sorbed by Nelson in his ring career,
according to a Los Angeles dope
O. F. C.
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Guards —Benbrook, Michigan, 12;
Fisher, Harvard, 11.
Center — Cozens, Pennsylvania,
16.
Quarter —Spracklin, Brown, 12.
Halfbacks — Wendell, Harvard,
13; Pendleton, Princeton, .7
Fullback —Mercer, Pennsylvania,
9.
The selections considered were
made by Dr. A. H. Sharpe, Yale;
J. B. Pendleton, Bowdoln; Dave
Fultz, Brown; Dr. Carl Williams,
Pennsylvania; Carl Marshall, Har
vard; M. Bergen and J. H. Moffitl,
Princeton; W. N. Morice, Cornell;
Clarence Weymouth, Yale; Fred
Crolius, Dartmouth; Lieutenant
Hackett, West Point; W. R. Oske
son, Lehigh, and W. E. Crowell,
Swarthmore.
ster, who makes an Interesting
sensation by the announcement.
Old Bat. certainly was the human
punching bag with a rubber lining
when it came to absorbing punish
ment.
Beavers are becoming a pest in
B. C. Right here baseball bugs
will prick up their ears and whistle,
but nix on the baseball dope. It
is the real live furry kind that we
mean. Restrictions will be re
moved on the hunting of them next
year, it is said, and old trappers
will be happy once more.
Juniors and Sophomors won from
the seniors and freshmen in the
interclass basketball game at the
Whitman college gymnasium Sat
urday.
I M. C. A. ATHLETES
GET CONCESSION
Sectional liberty in managing
their own athletic affairs has at
last been granted the Y. M. C. A.3
of the northwest by the Amateur
League of North America, and the
Amateur Athletic Union. Y. M. C.
As. of the northwest demanded the
right to control their own affairs
and threatened a split if they were
not granted their wishes in the
matter, but the above named organ
izations were wise enough to grant
it. The next move of the associa
tions will be watched with interest.
Several federations formed with
the idea of abolishing costly prizes
and reducing gate receipts, it is un
derstood.
PICTURES SHOW
NELSON WAS NOT
COUNTED OUT
Battling Nelson has contended
ever since his fight with Moran
that Referee Selig did not count
the full ten before calling him out
on that memorable afternoon, and,
despite the fact that every news
paper man. and everyone else who
was watching the affair distinctly
heard Selig count the tenth num
ber, the fight pictures, shown at
Frisco for the first time the other
night, distinctly show that Selig
raised and lowered his arm but
nine times. So "Bat's" little howl
will now be heard from ocean to
ocean, and the pictures will be
cited as showing the justice of hta
contention.
HOLLAND TO HAVE
GOOD 60
Spokane fight fans will watch
with Interest the outcome of the
10-round go between Fritz Holland
and Jack Duurte, which will be
pulled off in Portland on December
Hi. There will be no decision ren
dered if both men are on their feet
at the end of the go, but Holland
writes from Portland that one of
them will be down before the fight
ends.
Art Goods and Toys
Closing ou* a brand now
stock. Sec us before buying.
Picture framing.
OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
SIT. Lincoln St. Cor. First Ay.
This Isn't Humor, It's Serious
SIR JOHN MILBANKE AND LADY CHESTERFIELD, IN THE
COVERTS AT BALCOMBE.
Sir John is a very fine shot, md is a major in the Tenth Hussars,
the famous regiment who "don't dance," but can fight. He saw ac
tive service in South Africa in 1899-1901 as A. D. C. to Major General
J. D. P. French. Sir John married Miss Crichton, the daughter of
Colonel the Hon. Charles Crichton, Irish Guards. Lady Chesterfield,
one of "the beautifuk.Wilsons," Is a daughter of Lord Nunburnholme,
some years ago married Lord Chesterfield, who in appearance and
manner is so reminiscent of the traditions of the great Lord Chester
field. The above was taken from an English publication, and gives
an idea of the English way of telling it.
WELLS, ENGLISH FIGHTER, GOOD,
DECLARES PRESS CORRESPONDENT
Giant Boxer Has Won Place as
England's Best Heavy—May Be
"White Man's Hope."
By Fred Boa It.
LONDON, Dec. 12.—Take it from
one who has seen him fight, when
the time comes —if It ever does —
for Bombardier Billy Wells, "Eng
land's best," to meet Jack Johnson
for the championship of the world,
that large and capable colored pus
son will have to go some to hold
the title.
Wells licked the whole bloomin'
British army, one by one, in India,
before he. bought himself out of
uniform and came to England a
few months ago, to be a pro.
He went to Wonderland, in
Whltechapel, and begged lor a
chance in a preliminary. The audi
ence laughed at the tall, thin boy
with curly hair and the face of a
scholar, whose name they had
never heard. He was matched with
Corporal Brown, a burly, heavy,
rough-and-tumble fighter, with
more ring experience than boxing
science.
Brown went to sleep in the first
round.
Eugene Corri, the referee of the
National sporting club, heard of
Wells, who boxed several times for
him in private. Then Corri said:
"We have found at last in Eng
land a heavyweight worthy of the
name. Wells is England's best."
Since then Wells has fought
three times in tha "elimination
series" promoted by Hugh Mcin
tosh and Jimmy Britt, to find "the
best white man." His opponents
were Sergt. Sunshine (whom Sam
McVea made short work of a lit
tle later), Private Voyles, cham
pion of the army, and last, Seaman
Parsons, champion of the navy and
conquerer of Voyles.
I saw those three battles, and
Wells won them all. He has never
been beaten!
He knocked out Sunshine in the
sixth round.
He knocked out Voyles in the
ninth round.
Upon both occasions he was suf
fering from nervousness and stage-
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fright. It was the general opinion
that Parsons, the strongest man
that could be brought against him,
would give Wells a tougher contest
than did either Sunshine or Voyles,
and probably defeat him. But the
bombardier did not suffer from
stage-fright the third time.
And Parsons lasted 2 minutes 14
seconds.
Wells has won all his fights by
knockouts.
He is 22 years old.
He is 6 feet 3 inches tall.
He weighs 190 pounds, but can
carry 220 without being fat.
He is as light on his feet as a
dancer.
His reach is 79 inches.
He spars as daintily as a bantam,
but hits the way a mule kicks.
His next opponent will be Bill
Lang, champion of Australia. If he
defeats Lang he will go after
Tommy Burns. If Burns is disposed
of, he will challenge Jack Johnson.
STRONG TEAM FOR
WHITMAN NEXT YEAR
Strong hopes of a winning team
for Whitman in 1911 are expressed.
Coach McCaa will be back next
year, and with practically all of
this season's team to start with, he
will have plenty of good material
to work on.
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DIAMOND GOSSIP
LONDON: With the sport under
Jockey club rules past, we shall
hardly see a contest without jumps
this quarter. There is a strong
desire to revive these flat races,
on the ground that they give ama
teurs a chance of riding in public
in an unambitious manner, and
that some of them may train on
and take to riding over a country,
as it were. These events got a
very bad name, and it is to be
feared that the name was deserved,
but there is a much stricter super
vision of National Hunt sport now
than there used to be, and if ?.
vein of amateur talen is to be tap
ped, many would be glad to see a
revival of the once discredited
stakes, notwithstanding that a flat
race usually appears a bit tame in
the midst of races over a country
and over hurdles. The diminution
in the number of gentlemen riders
is mainly due to the discourage
ment of the sport by the military
authorities. They prefer "book
soldiers" to practical horsemen,
and the preponderance of these
GREAT GAME
111 INDOOR
LEAGUE
In one o the most exciting fin
ishes ever seen on the local "gym"
floor at the S. A. A. C. yesterday,
Campbell's team in the house
league put over three runs In the
ninth, tielng the score and then in
the tenth came back with two more
and the game. Bane's men came
back in the tenth with one run,
and with Coonley on second it
looked fovarable, but the little run
ner lost his head and was tagged
out. The Skadans had a cinch with
the Mulverhills, and in the second
game of the season ran away, 14
to 2. It is likely that a fifth team
will be organized to play on Sun
days, so as to give one team a rest
or one day every month.
XT
Those miners down in the Idaho
city seem to be some bowlers. Wal
lace ran away with the Spokane
team yesterday again. In Satur
day's game the Spokane men only
had three of the team down in time
to play the first game, so that the
two teams were made up among
the Idaho men of three men each,
and Spokane's three went up
against them, but in two games
Spokane lost both times.
night Spokane took the first game,
but lost the last two. Jenkins of
Spokane hung up high score at 212
and high average at 190. In the
afternoon the team from Mullan
lost handidly to the Spokane men,
2533 to 2409.
The Bricklayers took the odd
game in their special match with
the Spokoma Hotel five at Pfister's
last night, but the Spokoma five
weren't satisfied and have chal
lenged their opponents to a return
match to be played December IS
under the same conditions.
Monday night, December 19, the
two-man ragtime tournament will
begin at Pfister's.
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authorities not being sportsmen,
they do not understand the value
of the training an officer derives
from taking an active part in
chasing. Among the authorities in
question, there are, indeed, a few
eld steeplechase riders who do
know, but they are overborne, I
suppose, by those who do not. Mr.
Dermott McCalmont Is one of the
few recruits who have become a
familiar figure on race courses,
and very often he can not get
away to ride his horse, though he
has a sympathetic colonel, himself
'pjnoM oum 'Suisbud to o,no.\ap >b
we may be sure, always grant
leave for the purpose, so far as
duty permitted.
* * *
TRANSLATION.
Racing under Jockey club rules
has ended, and three months of
cross-country and timber-topping is
in sight. Gentlemen riders are
scarce, thanks to the attitude of
the military authorities. Dermont
McCalmont is a recruit who rides
when regimental duties permit.
NEW MEN FOR
WHITE SOX
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—Charles
Comiskey and Ban Johnson left
Chicago today for New York to
gteher, to attend the meeting of
the American league directors,
which will be held this week.
Comiskey said he intended com
pleting deals for several players
that will be seen in the White Sox
lineup next season. It is generally
believed that Comiskey has his
eyes on Pitcher Wood, Catcher
Carrigan and Jake Stahl of the
Boston Americans.
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TALES OF GREA T 'UNS
"I see," said Clarke Griffith—at
least Clarke is credited with say
ing it—"that the scientists have
traced the game back to ancient
Egypt."
"That right?" queried big iJirry
McLean. "I thought it started In
1842 in New York"
"Nope," said Griff. "It merely
came to life. The inscriptions on
the pyramids and on a tablet found
in the tomb of Sesostris prove
baseball was played 4500 years
ago, and that the championship of
the Egyptian league for 2673 B. C.
was settled by a five-game series
between Memphis adn Cairo."
"Ah, come on Clarke, what d'you
think I am? Memphis is in the
Southern league and Cairo's is In
the Kitty. They ain't even in the
same circuit and never was."
And Clarke Griffith fell into the
handiest chair with a moan that
caused a scurrying among the bell
hops for restoratives.
Greatest of his day was Tim
Keefe, the pitching sta rOf the
Giants when they deserved the
name—the same being in the days
of Ewing, Keefe, Tiernan, Welch
and the rest of that great aggre
gation. Speed, control, change of
pace, fast breaking curves, nerve —
Tim had.them all —and a slow ball
that caused more backaches than
hod carrying.
According to Pop Anson, Tim
Keefe had in his repertoire a ball
that acted like a spitball. But it
wasn't a spitball. When Keefe
was coaching the Harvard pitch
ers he showed them this slow ball,
which he held in the palm of his
hand, gripping It with his thumb.
How he controlled the ball is a
mystery, for while he tried to show
it to the sons of John Harvard, not
a man could make It behave.
"I never was superstitious ef
anything on the diamond until
1907," says Bill Bradley, greatest
of third basemen in his day. "We
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LANCE—7O9 RIVERSIDE AYE.
ESTABLISHED Of 1888.
were playing In Detroit one day.
when Kid Gleason came over to the
bench carrying the handsomest bat
I bad ever seen.
" 'How would you like to have
that stick?' he asked.
" 'Great-' I answered, standing;
up and swinging the bat as If I
was making a home run. 'What
will you take for It?'
•"It's yours If you'll take IV
said Gleason.
" 'Take it, why not?*
"Brad, that bat's cursed,' said
Gleason.
'* 'A curse on a bat?'
"Yes, sir. I can't make a hit
with it. Nobody can. It's got a
curse.'
"I laughed, and when it was my
turn at bat I used the stick. 1
sent the ball way out by the club
house, but Jimmy Barrett got It.
The next time drove a liner to
Dick Harley. The third time I hit
straight to Gleason.
"It was the same every time I
used that bat. I hit the ball hard
but couldn't get it safe. I tried
off and on for three weeks, but
never got a hit.
" 'Where's the bat now, Brad?*
asked Larry.
"Out in our ash heap. I fed M
to the furnace last winter."
DOUGHNUT WAS FATAL.
LOWELL, Mass., Dec. 10.—While
eating a doughnut in a lunch room
here, Paul Rouchelou, 27. was
choked to death when a piece ot
the pastry lodged in liis windpipe.
Josh Wise remarks: "Seems ter
me the women haven't discarded
the bustle—they're simply wearin'
a wireless kind."
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