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Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22
THE RING
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Though four goes into 1900 even times
With no remainder. this fast-waninc
year isn't what is called leap wear.
when maidens and widows. too. for that
matter have The right to ask the moment
Gus question of their bachelor admirers
For the why and the wherefore it isn't
leap year consult the astronomical
sharpS who make the almanacs Cham,
plon Jeffries card denying that the was
engaged to marry pretty Dorothy Drew
the actress. Il never gave Miss Drew
any announcement whatever in regard
10 matrnnonE. Isn't that rather a ba
fElshllke speech for a big husky man 10
make? Give her any encoura cement eh,
Why. you coy little innocent. WHY didn't
you ask her If her intentions were hon
orable when she first BECAME ac-
qualnted with YOU. Her answer would
nave clarified the atmosphere immedi-
ately, and you would have known wheth
ef she meant business or was merely
triling with YOU as is said to be the
practice of many actresses.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

CasSius Sloan. Or Cash" as he IS bet
ter known. who is a brother of Tod's.
and who rode in France, was ruled off
the turf q the old Garfield Park track
III Chicago many years ago. by the late
Colonel NJ. Lewis Clark. He afterwards
succeeded in getting reinstated, but later
Cn was again suspended. He was sus-
leuded at the fair rounds several years
t,eC for an unsatisfactory ride on st.
augustine. and also come under the ban
al San Francisco the winter before last
toI q bad ride on Fred Fosters Abuse.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Lester Reiff led the list of winning
Jockeys in England last season. He was
only a fair sort of rider on this side of
the pond. He won the Realization on
Walter S Hobarts Bright Phoebus some
years ago.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22


lhelr presence ON such a team is evi- I
dence in their favor, says the Sporting
News
Brown of Yale is the selection for can.
tam Everyone is hailing him as a great !
leaaer because OF his sound methods |
ana the success that attended them
Sheldon is the giant of the gridiron, and
his superior ability at making openings'
IN the lines gives him the position over
competitors who are not more than his
equal in other respects. They had to
play two men against him all the season.
on the Yale scrub One could not hold
nm at all. Hare is at least the equal of
either of these two men at guard, buff
because he has been playing half clll
at Penn all the season he is put up all
half back
Bloomer and Wallace are the choice for
tackles, because they are the equals OF
any on defense and because they are
head and shoulders above all the others,
in ground gaining power.
Coy is the swiftest on the gridiron,
and Hallowell the headiest. In all-roundi
play they fully equal any others. These
TWO qualities give them the preference.
You might as well attempt to convincei
the dyed-in-thew wool rooter that foot
ball is not a good game as to try and
leave Daily off the team of 1900 Little,
DAILY is one of the kings of the gridiron
this year and the ideal field captain for,
the All-Amercan team,
Hare is the best half-b back of the sea-t
son. and Weekes comes next. Weekes
runs very hard and fast, with eyes open
and hurdles like human kangaroo. He
Is fine defensive player, too.
Perry Hale has had the luck of PLAYING
behind winning team with a Sheldorf
in it. or he never would have beaten jos
Mccracken for full-back. The latter
either.
The kicking department can be taken
care of by Hare and DAILY. Hare ia
about as certain as any other kicker in
getting off his punts and can land thent
anywhere from As to 60 yards down the
field. DAILY and Weekes are sure catches
DAILY is as good any in drop kickingy
and Hare is exceptionally clever on the
placement kick.
Every year the critics class the AlI-
American team of that year as the best
ever, but in future days, far from the
heat of the moment, when the clearer
light of football history is thrown on it,
the AlAmerican team of 1900 will at
lea rank a & tha of
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Terry McGovern was in Cincinnati last
Saturday, and talked freely about his
fight with Joe Cans.
II never felt better in my life than i
do right now said Terry Il weigh
about l24 pounds. and can easily do the
feather weight limit. II there was any
taking done at Chicago l know nothing
about it. l always go in the ring to do my
best, and I think my work speaks for it.
self. l have aways fought on the square.
and | am not going to abuse the conf
dence my friends have in me by entering
into any fakes. You can just bet your
last dollar on me Whenever | go in to
fight that l am going to do my very
best.
How do YOU account for Gans's quick
defeat?" was asked.
II just sailed right into him. and the
very first punch l landed must have put
the bees to buzzing. The blow caught
Cans square under the jaw. 1t was a
right -hander. and had an awful effect on
the colored boy. 1t staggered him. and
when I saw this / followed it up with
body punches. The blows seemed to take
all the steam out of him, but he gamely
came back for more. He hit me wal
lop on the jaw, and also landed another
one on the chin. but they failed to do any
great damage. l saw in the very first
round that he could not hurt me. and l
was fully confident that l had him at my
mercy. At that. l did not take any
chances. and drove my right and left to
the body as fast as l could.
In what condition was Cans after the
end of the first rouni?" was asked
ITO me ihe appeared to be so weak that
he could hardly walk to his corner"
He was a bit refreshed when he came
back for the second round but did not
wait to see what he was going to do.
sailed right in, and with both hands wore
him down. He took the count two or
three times. and when he got up for the
last time i went for his stomach. A blow
under the heart is what settled him, but
he got corker on the jaw before going
down and out for keeps
Sam Harris, McGovern's popular man
ager, said the fight was on its merits.
and offered TO bet any amount of money
that Terry can beat Cans or any other
lightweight in the country.
1t is ridiculous to say that I would
allow Terry to mix up in fake fight.
We can make more money fighting hon.
esty than if we We're to go into a dozen
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

panne Maher. who seems to be the
most popular American jockey in Eng
land. With the exception of little Johnny
Reif. was the central figure in enc of the
biggest turf scandals of the racing sea
son of 1898 in this country. He was riding
for the late w. H. Clark Of New York
Al the time In the suburban of that year
he rode Mr.. Clark's horse. Banastar.
who had won the Brooklyn handicap a
few weeks previous. Ranaster was a
strong favorte for the suburban. and
Maher's failure to get the horse away
from the post. Banastar having been left
standing, cost Mr., Clark and the general
public a fortune. Mr.. Clark suspended
Maher for this affair and eventually re-
.eased him.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

torlous team are shown in a better light
than any others, and the mere fact OF
thelr presence on such a team is evi-
uehce IN their favor, says the Sporting
News.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

The big champion doesn't shine in this
matter with effulgent brillfancy. He
seems to mere copyst. When he an
nounced his willingness to give Fitz an
other chance to fight him in preference
to all other opponents, Fi.z in reply,
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Every year the critics class the All.
American team of that year as the best
ever but in future days, far from the
heat of the moment, when the clearer
light of football history is thrown on it,
the All-American team of 1900 will at
least rank as the equal of any.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

The cleanest and most decent member
Of the American colony in old England
the past season was little Johnny Reff
the midget brother Of Lester Reiff. who
was recently eXonerated of having pulled
Richard Cookers horse, The Scotchman
II. Little Johnny Ref1 is only IA years
old He is a perfect little gentleman.
His brother, Lester, is also a clever boy
Of good address and manners. He has
had charge of Johnny and deserves
credit for the gentlemanly manner in
which the lad deports himself Johnny
started in to ride two or three years ago
in this country. He weighed about so
pounds when he commenced his career
in the saddle and hardly weighs over SO
pounds now. Little Johnny's riding has
never been questioned by any one Both
the Reiff boys We're at San Francisco
winter before last with Enoch Wishard,
who had the Croker horses in England
last year. Johnny became a great favor
ite on the coast.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Though Kid Broad was outpointed by
Tim Callahan in Philadelphia. it by no
means follows that Tim would have
won had the bout been to finish He
was the cleverist lad but appeared to be
the stronger at the end of the bout, and
as he has the wallop'' he might have
landed it later on. The result of this
contest shows how wise Jeffries was in
declining to meet Corbett for six-rounds
In such contest the ex-pompadour
would. barring accident. go around Jeff
like cooper round a barrel He would
win as Tod Sloan rides. hands down.
1t looks now as if Corhett would never
set another chance at either Jeffres or
F1tzsmmons. Both have beaten him.
but both of them avoid another meeting
with him as they do plague. Kid Nc
Coy threatens to come here again in the
near future and he expressed desire
to tackle Corbett again. though he still
AYERS that his battle with him was on
the level. Failing a match with Cor
bett. he is willing to take on Jeffries or
any other of the heayies
If Mccoy does come back such press
III W III pe vi ought upon TO give
him another battle as he will find it diff
cult to resist. What a drawing card a
match between them would be for Gin
cnnau. Even a match between Fitz-
simmons and Jeffries would not exceed il
in interests. Bob says thatths time he is
really out of the ring. Perhaps he is.
He is as erratic as the course of a comet,
and there's no telling by what he saws
What he means TO do
Macon. speaking of the McGovern-
Cans fight. says:
Men who have seen Cans fight re-
peatedly felt sure that he had a streak
of yellow in him, which would deyelop
into the brightest Of saffron whenever
he ran up against it good and hard I
felt that this was SO when he quit with
EIne after getting sharp punch on the
eye. which cut it and made it bleed
freely His conduct on that occasion
convinced me either that he was not q
dead game man, or that he was quitting
purposely. [ now believe that his cult.
ting on that occasion was not in the
interests of the betting ring. as some of
the Knowing ones have claimed but was
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Bloomer and Wallace are the choice for
tackles, because they are the equals Of
any on defense and because they are
mead and shoulders above all the others
in ground gaining power
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Ben Rigby. another member of the
American riding colony who distinguish
ad himself in England last season. is an
old South Side and Sportmans Park
outlaw. South Side and Sportsman's S
Park, it will be remembered. We're race
racks that operated at night by cleo
.ric light. The regular turf authorities
2ad both places on the blacklist and re-
sused to permit jockeys. horses or own
ers from the night tracks to take part
ii racing on the regular tracks. Rigby
succeeded in getting reinstated shortly
before he went to England, but never
amounted to much as a race rider on this
side of the big pond.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Patsy Freeman, who rode in France
with Cash Sloan. is another jockey
that was always in hot water while he
was riding in this country. Patsy is
we'll known to local race track patrons.
He rode here off and and for several
years. Patsy is a clever rider but the
American racing officials seemed to be
unanimous in the opinion that he was
better off Than "on the ground
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Coy is the swiftest on the gridiron,
and Hallowell the headiest In all-round
play they fully equal any others. These
TWO qualities give them the preference.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Clemmie Jenkins. who rode in England
with success this fall. had a falling out
With his American employer, w. M
Rogers, shortly before he crossed the big
pond. Jenkins was responsible for Plum
ger Tim Murphy's suspension at San
Francisco last winter. Murphy did not
like the rides that Jenkins put up on
several horses that he tMurphy) backed
ana made no secret of the fact. When
the track officials heard of his talk they
sent for him and requested him TO SUD-
stantiatc his charge against Jenkins.
Tim failed to do so and was suspended
Tor several weeks.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Perry Hale has had the luck of PLAYING
behind winning team with a Sheldon
in it. or he never would have beaten Joe
McCracken for full-back. The latter
has not been in prince onditon this fall
either.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22
THE PIGSkIN

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Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

Hare is the best half-back of the sea u
son, ana Weekes comes next. Weekes
runs very hard and fast, with eyes open
and hurdles like human kangaroo. He
is fine defensive player, too.
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As regards the security Cf foreigners
In China and the Frenchman I'm Yun-Nan,
continued VI. Delcasse. the government
could only express hopes but the CHI
ncse government and the viceroy of Yum
San were fully aware OF their respon-
.biltics.
NJ Delcasse then remarked: 1--WE
been asked why we have not sent troops
to Yun-Nan But. NJ. Francois never re-
uuestod them to be sent. lie only asked
us To- act energetically, and n his last
message he urges us not TO send troops
across the frontier of Tonquiu lie real
izcs that the entry of French troops into
Yuu.Nan would bc "a $ gnal for disorders
which we might suppress, but which it
would be preferable to avoid The vice
roy of Nun-Nan has been warned by ca
BILE. but IL is at Picking and through Pc
King hat the powers are in accord in this
matter.
a MISSIONARY WRITES.
NEW YORK, JUNE 2o-M ss Edna
Terry. American Missionary who is be
lieved to have been killed in the Boxer
riotlng near Tien Ts.n, wrote letter
which has Just been received in Brooklyn
i'm which she says:
not know just what to believe. / cannot
feel sorry that a change Of some kind
is coming. The peop.e themselves say
things cannot be worse than they have
been and will welcome any change which
promises better government The condi-
tion Of things throughout the country
this year Is dreadful. beyond power to
express. Even in the best years there
is poverty such as we know nothing of in
America. This year there was a failure
OF crops and as a result many families
usually in comfortable circumstances
were reduced to poverty.
"All around us people were dying OF
cold and hunger. church members were
in a very destitute condition. Chaff, pea
such stuff were about gone. Some had
been living on bark on mulberry trees,
but even such men have a limit. We
will help such members and as many
nut huskst sweet potato vines and all
more as we can, but there will be many
we will have no means of relieving. Pes
thence will flow in the wake OF famine
as an inevitable result. The people say
they do not fear war as much as they
fear starvation. But the horrors Of the
two together will be dradful. When vast
numbers Of Chinese soldiers commence
to flee before their enemies they VIII
spread all around the country and in
crease the devastation.
ut is not much use to write rumOrs
and predictions. We expect TO hear any
may have become facts in history before
/ day that troops have landed. Events
my letter reaches you. The war viii
/ SerVe IN show the cOrruutiOn of the whole
system of government as nothing else
| could. Public funds have been sQuan-
dered no one knows how. l cannot help
hoping that the humiliation of China at
this time will be complet enough for them
to realize 1t. If the present dynasty is
not overthrown now it must be sooner
or later. for the peop'e have long been
| dissatisfied with it,"
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SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

PAARDEKOP, TRANSVAAL, jun
21.-The British column arrived hero
today.
The presence of the army has induced
many Burghers to lay down their arms.
The retreating Beers have destroyed
a bridge and culverts, but the Sands
pruit bridge is little damaged.
Fifty miles of railway have been de-
stroyed in the Free Stale and 10000
British have surrendered.
Five miles Of telegraph between
Koomati Poort and Koop Maiden Gown
and the native runners traverse the
distance. The Beers ontinue to asC sert
that they have had success east of Pre-
toria.
The colonial office publishes a mott
ficaton by the military government at
Johannesburg of the stOppage IF a
check for 40, 900 pounds, drawn fo' the
French bank in South America upO'i
national bank of South African rup
lie and warning all persons agalnsI
dealing in the check, as the funds VI
the national bank are the properly Ci
her majesty's government.
The Transvaal government accord
ing to the LourenZo Marques, CORE
spondent of the Times, is reduc d to
severe financial straits and is eni"av-
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Last fall l sprained my left hip
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Supply SHIP SAILS.

WASHINGTON. JUNE PA cable
gram received atthe navy department to-
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NOT THE LOGIC OF TRADE.
Arguments of a JeweIry Salesman
Proved Too Much
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.)

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat)
Strange said laxative man, in the
hotel lobby, but four statements. each
perfectly true in detail made a whopping
big lie in the aggregate. II happened like
mis-: went into jewelry store yesterday
and asked TO see n cheap watch The clerk
showed me a tinclad affair at s1.5O 1t came
in a small pasteboard box, on the lid of
which noticed the statement that il was
the equal of any IS watch in the world
Have you watch at $50 / asked. Yes.
sir said the clerk ard he handed me a
very neat timepiece cased in oxidized
steel. You will find that Just as good as
anything you can get for five times the
amount he remarked, opening the back
and showing me the works. 1t looks all
right / said, but on second thought /
believe I'd like something better Well.
here are some filled case watches he re-
piled, that We sell with e thirty-year
guarantee. The case can't be distinguished
from solid gold and the movement is fully
standardized and tested for heat and cold
II is watch We consider very cheap at
s25.' ] pried open the back case and out
dropped a little disk of paper, on which
hte thirty-year guarantee was printed
This watch is as well made in every par
ticular 1t said In preamble as the aver
age 800 chronometer' What kind of a
chronometer can a man get for s100?" /
asked. The best in the world replied the
clerk enthusiastically. Here Is one now
You observe it's thinness and general ele-
ganee. AS far as the movement is con-
cerned it is simply impossible TO produce
anything better
All right ] said: III invest on that
assurance and / picked up the tinclad
machine and laid down $3.50. I have your
word / added. that this is the best watch
on earth. No, you haven't he exclaimed
I didn't say anything of the kind Don I
you claim that it is as good as any IS
watch going?' ! asked pointing to the
statement on the box lid 'Yes-but-'
And you just assured me- / continued
that the IS watch was the equal of any
thing al five times the price. That gets us
to S25. and the filled case guarantee states
specifically that the $25 watch is as well
made as a 800 chronometer. Here YOU
have IL in algebra and pulled out a pen
ell and made this iimple calculation
"A equals B, equals c. equals ID. D
equals X, therefore A equals X See?' But
he couldn't see it. He stuck out firmly
that each Of the four assertions was Cos
pei truth but he wouldn't stand for their
logical conclusion. / told him he ought
TO be arrested for asking Sl0o for watch
which / could prove by his own admissions
was no better than one valued at 81 SO
That tangled his brains IN hard knot
and ! escaped while he was still dazed."
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Battenberg art goods.

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