The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-14

soon right itself 1t is apparent from the
information that the Detroit ball club
will be in good hands next season. S.
f. Angus, the street car magnate, who
holds the majority of the stock as col
lateral, is willing to take the presidency
of the club himself, or to sell to President
Burns.
The time for filing applications for
tickets to the annual game between An
napolis and West Point closed Saturday,
and the demand for paSteboards to see
the soldiers and sailors at Uncle Sam
academies is as heavy as usual. This
means that there are three or four times
as many applications as there are seats.
The game will be played at Philadelphia
on Nov 80, and in view of the strength
of the two teams this season it should
prove unusually interesting.
Manager Hanlon is as emphatic in
denying the story that his team would be
moved to Washington as ever he was
The Brooklyn club has too much money
invested where 1T is to think of moving.
Two matches, In both of which Chi
cago fighters will be the participants,
have been arranged by the Olympic club,
of st. Louis. Saturday night Maurice
Rauch and Billy Rotchford are to meet
later Eddie Santry and Ole Olson will
furnish the sport.
Danny Dougherty of Philadelphia.
Terry McGovern's sparring partner, was
knocked out Monday night in the second
round of what was to have been fifteen
round bout by Harry Forbes, of Chicago
Harry Stout, manager of Otto Sieloff,
stated that he would at once accept the
terms offered by Wisconsin club OF
a purse of $500 for match between Sic
loft and Martin Duffy, the money to be
divided. $500 to the winner and 500 to
the loser. Stout wants the fight to bt
at l35 pounds ringside. ii.
Gresham Poe, the last of the present
generation of football players in the fam
lily, is having hard time of 1t In keep
inS up the reputation of his brothers.
lie has the ability to play football pos
SeSSed by the rest of the family all right
but is gaining a reputation for being un-
lucky. He has been injured. several times
in practice, and on this account has
never had chance to try for the varsity
eleven He is now a Princeton senior
and may yet make good if his luck takes
turn for the better, as his work is adj
m1tted by the coaches to be up to the
varsity standard.
George Siler has lost his position as
referee OF the West End Athletic club of
ST. Louis. Manager Haughton explains
that he has secured Joe Stewart, a local
man, for the place, as he does not care
TO TO, nave to depend upon Chicago for an
official. There was considerable complaint
there over several decisions made by
Siier. Especially was this the case in
| the Dixon-Attell and Forbes-Attell fights.
| Jack McKenna, manager of Attell writes
| that Siler permitted Forbes to use all
sorts Of foul tactics which not only
lost the chances of victory for Attell but
] came near ending his ring career.
Win Mercer the former big Lacquer.
and member of Jimmy Manning's twirl-
ing staff at Washington city the past
/ season, is the latest player reported for
| a position under Charley Comiskey IN
1907 Mercer was with the big league
transforming team, which reached St
Louis the past week from the far South
While many of the players laid over in
the city for a visit. Mercer went straight
through to Chicago, and was in confer.
ence With Johnson and Comiskey all day
Thursday. He admitted that he had been
made a tempting offer to join the White
Stockings, and that if he can secure his
release from Washington he villa make
the switch.
Matthews, of Harvard Is not the first
colored man who has come out of An
dover and been a good football player
George Chadwell, of the class of 1900. at
WililamS, was f1rst-claSs end, one who,
it Is thought, would have been good
enough for the varsity team had he en-
tered one of the bigger colleges He
played four years at Williams and was
a fast, aggressive and sportsmanlike
player, in fact, capable all-around end.
He attracted attention in the Williams
game against Yale in 1898. The other end
was weak spot on the Williams team,
and Yale attacked it, Caldwell more
than once ran around behind from his
In his junior year he was president of
his class.
Speaking of the ethical side of football.
President Thwing. of Western Reserve
university, says: Football stands for
that side and relation of college life
which demand the hardness and endur-
ance of the soldier. Secondly football
illustrates the value of the positive
Thirdly, football, in it's ethical relations,
represents the value of compelling
interest. Fourthly, football further en-
bodies the process of Self-diScovery Foot
ball proves to many man what he is.
less physical strength than he believed
he had In intellectual vision or pre-
vision 1t shows him whether he is moro
or less alert. Football develops self-re-
straint, and self-restraint or, more
broadly, self-control, is one of the prin-
airy signs of gentleman"
The Eastern 'rooters'' have commenced
rehearsing for the big game, and there
will be several new songs and yells in
evidence at each of the 'varsities when
the championship games are on. Harvard
and Pennsylvania both exhibited several
new selections Saturday. Harvard has q
new song which runs to the tune of
Dolly Gray" and which will be sprung
on Yale. The first stanza runs as fol-
lows:
Goodbye, Eli, you're a goner,
Your lire of blue begins to fall
Something tells me we are looking
For another score on Yale.
See the crimson banners waving,
And the band begins to play
Hark, hear the fellows cheering,
For this is Harvard's day: