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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
BOXING

sf The hopessof the supporters of boxinz in New
York were raised by the action of the senate
code -commit ttee In reporting for consideration
Senator FraRaeg's two boxing bills. One Is
one the professional sparrfng matches to- be held
by licensed clubs under the jurisdiction Of
state boxing commission to be appointed by the
governor. which is to have charge of all the
fights The commission is to- issue permits for
fights and to that certain. percentage OF the
gross receipts are paid into the state treasury.
L A. few months ago, after its introduction, Sen
;ator Frawley announced that he had abandoned
this bill, 3as he had introduced it under mis-
apprehension = - e ~.
The second bill authorizes the Amateur Ath-
letic Union. to conduct boxing matches between
amateurs.with eight-ounce gloves, the bouts not
to be Of more than fifteen minutes duration.
The prizes, are to be medals or other considera-
Stions other than money Senator Elsberg was
recorded as dissenting from making any kind Of
q report. .at $500
al Hereford, managersofS Joe Cans, the light
weight champion pugiHst Of the world last
night, in Baltimore, determined to test the
Mary land boxing laws. After the first round.
Hereford the principals their seconds and
the referee were placed under arrest. All were
released on bail for court.
Danny Dougherty. of Philadelphia. outpointed
Casper Leon. of New York, in six-round bout
in Philadelphia last night, at the Ariel Athletic
Club. Leon started in with rush and scored
two knock downs in the first round After that
he did not have things all his own way. Dough-
eEty. improved and in the latter part of the mill
Leon WAS on the defensive.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
GRAND AMERICAN SHOOT
Missouri Man Gets the Consolation
Handicap-He Scored 95
Out of 100.

D. A. Quick of Eldorado Srings, Mo-,
yesterday, at Kansas City, won the con-
ISOLATION handicap at 100 targets, the last
event on the program of the fourth grand
American handicap tournament at targets.
by breaking 95, the highest score made in
the tournament in the 100-target contest.
Quick shot from the fifteen-yard line, hav-
was not among the winners in the grand
American handicap at targets yesterday,
in which his score was 81.
The winners in the grand American had
one yard added to their handicaps in the
consolation handicap and the losers had
one yard taken off. A. Connor of Pekin,
ILL.,, Is yards. and H. Pearse, Chicopee.
Kan, II yards, each scored SO and di-
vided second and third money. Max Hens
Ter, who was second in the grand Ameri-
can handicap, did not shoot in his regular
81, with a handicap of fifteen yards. Fred
Gilbert shot from the twenty four yard
line. the heaviest handicap In the tourna-
ment, and made a. score Of 50. gz{:z;g
u. Hughes and II. G. Hirschy, twenty
e-yard men, made a score; Of 81; r. o.
Heikes, % yards. sS, and y. A. r. Elliott,
2 yards. IS. Other high scores were az
follows: 81 -. . ~ ~ s. ~ Z
&C. b. Mnbang, 7syards, 30; 2. confarr, u
yards, So. NJ. Thompson, Is yards, sa; F. j.
Chingren, Sioux City, 10 Yards, 81 A. l.. ellison.
/ = Good scores were made in the four minor
Gilbert broke :782 ont of the 80. J. a. Elliott
saeoters ] who made straight scores Of 20 were as
e.sG Spencer, E.s5A Arnold 6, B. Adams.
q. A. HBaIsr. sH. b. Bates, Detroit. W. %.
tsTownsend, M Gibson and 81. Pearse.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS

Hiram Scoggin of Louisville. KY; has pur-
chased from Fred Foster the celebrated stallion
Dr.. Rice. DR.. Rice. won the Brook iyns handicap
several years ago land several other notable
events. The price paid Is not given. sssals 81
Colonel Cross, of London secretary Of the
National Rife, Association, says that he has
been notified that two teams from the United
States will compete at Bisley for the Palma
trophy, one from the New York national guard
and the other from the American Rifle Associa-
tion. 80 j - - - =, ~ -rt...f - m !
w. w: O'Hara. the turf commission man. who
has been on trial in Cincinnati all week charged
with using the mails for; fraudulent purposes,
was found guilty last night and will be SEN
fenced to five years in the penitentiary. O'Hara
conducted an extensive business in placing bets
all over the country, and sit was Charged that
he collected several hundrd thousand dollars
swhits was not rturned. O'Hara alleged that he
lost the money in betting. S:-ssz.ss:7S e IS
Albert J = Adams the policy king, was con
victed of having policy jaraphernalia In his pos
session, in New York, last night, by a Jury that
had been considering his case for nearly twelve
hours r. t.$' r. -a@&* !. -. .SSii1 81 y =
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
Jockey Makes CHARGES,

Memphis, Tenn, April 1S.-Shortly after
the second race was decided here to- day,
Jockey Coburn entered the judges stand
and preferred sensational charges against
Emil Herr of the racing firm Of Durnell
& Herr. Coburn said that Herr had Of
fered to place 500 bet for him on Golden
Rule, the Durnell &, Herr favorite for the
fifth race AS CQburn had already been
engaged to ride r. H. Browns If You Dare
| in this race, he took the Herr offer as an
1nducement to pull his mount. Herr en-
tered fat denial. " ts1-E- - d Z :,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

on a bluff, with a fight of steps leading
down to the dock but from this little sand.

on bluff, with flight of steps leading
down to the dock, but from this little sand
spit the hill sloped up gradually. Here
was. where Pat showed that he had
earned his title Of Foxy He luffed again
and beached the canoe in the cove, and
went up the hill like steeplechaser.
Rivers had him beaten easily, but he
forgot the hill, and thought he had Pat
distanced. So he eased up, and climbed
the stairs at his leisure. Pat was making
record time meanwhile and he landed with
"a final jump on the porch where the girl
sat just as Rivers head appeared at the
top OF the stairs, and Barry Lincoln came
in sight round the turn of the road
SO the little fellow won out?" asked
Paretfc No. 5.
There is room for discussion on that
point" answered No. IL. ''He married
the girl, If that's what you mean"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
AMATEUR BASEBALL

The North high school team defeated the East
high boys yesterday by score of 10 to 2. The
teams were made up as follows: North side, j.
Oswald. third base; Breen, center field: Stangbye.
shortstop: Martin, second base: Thoralson: right
field: La Palm. pitcher: Shepherd, left field; kir-
FER: East side. Jones. left field Lathrop. center
field: Barnard, catcher; Nickerson. third base;
pitcher: Moody; right field; Williams. right field;
Beckruth second base; sherburne FIRST base.
ment series at the university was played this
afternoon between the Academies and the
'Dents'' d.
The Central high school team played a team
composed of Central alumni this afternoon at
Pillsbury avenue and Twenty second street.
| ) baseball league Of four teams has been or
ganized at st. Thomas seminary: Outside games
will be played by the teams in the league.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
NORIHROP FIELD CHANGES
Appropriation in Omnibus Bill Will
Admit Of Their Being Made
at Once.

The remodeling Of Northrop field will be
begun at once. The passage of the tornni- !
bus bill contain the appropria on
which the improYements.id depended per
mits the rushing Of the work. The amount
Of this appropriation is 81 1. .00o;I IT. is for
grading. and enlarging the campus !" and
only a portion win Sbe available for Nor
throp field improvements, but enough can
be used to make the field one of the very
directly east Of the present field. New
bleachers, new baseball diamond, a
quarter7mile racing track. tennis courts
and other improvements are In prospect.
The work will be. done under the direc-
tion Of the athletic board of control S
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
BADGER PROFESSIONALS
One Man Internationally Disqualified :
&, s..ss ..s &: Madison -BeIoit Game.


!. Madison, Wis, April IS Julian * v.
Ware the big captain and first basenan n
Of the University of Wisconsin baseball
team who wa s called before the athletic
council and temporarily disqualified, will
play in the opening college game of the
season at Madison to-day against Be-
lott. He has cleared himself of the
charges of professionalism, but is still un-
der the ban of delinquent classroom work.
He will be allowed to play in the home
games, but will not be able to accompany
the team on it's trips. Mueller, pne of the
best pitchers IN the Wisconsin squad, is
out Of the game for good and all, having
been found guilty Of playing professional
ballast summer. 1t is said three other
leading Wisconsin players are being in
Vesigated} for similar charges.
Is Wisconsin, expects a close game with
Beloit. ~ The two teams show equally
we'll as viewed from the practice games
with the Three 7 league teams. Beloit
proved superior to the Rockford team and
Wisconsin easily bested repeatedly the
Dubuque team. The Rockford team is
known to be easily ahead of Dubuque.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
The MILLERS..
Leavenworth Team Forced a Ten
Inning Game on the Flour i. &
City Baseballists.
The Score Was Four to. Two-New
Kansas City Man Tried
III n; a at Third.

The Leavenworth, Kan, baseball players
made; the Minneapolis players work for
honors yesterday. and gave. the crowd
an extra inning for their. money. !: They
also delighted the home folk by outdoine
the, milers at stick work., but they could
not get around the diamond 50 fast and,
therefore, lost their chance to win. ~ ,.*tS
Wilmot tried out Lee George OF the
third and accepted six chances thereon
At batting he made two bits. He "a fun
bled "a hot grounder. ~. s-#~ -, .s5,
The game scheduled with Kansas City
is off,, and there was a possibility yester-
day that to-day would be a day sof rest
for the millers =.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

Phiiadeiphia ,::..::.o @ Sa@ oso.01.o os S. !
Battsr1es1WilliS and .Kittridee; Fraser, Bureh-
on both sides. Chicago won from ST. Louis at
payins 5t Of BarEe ssode was for the
home team had much to-de with sthe loss of the
game each PLAYER being charged with: mex
-. =. :.s7e 4atf:i:er s:R> h e
st.. Louis. ...... 40 o go @ 43s 90 e-6= t.5
er; Weimer, Menefsa s;t HsNfi aha king. @ "ess
bali season TO ths REoekiyn team At the Polo
new Brooklyn pitcher, did fairly we'll. The bat
inclosure for a home run and Van Haltren' 5
three-b Dagger. 50. e 3sS''.. -.
Brooklyn Rc Jaa,. 90 oz1s9d-9 g. 4
NgM xerk and Hearn
/ The P; y.a35Will cross. bats with the cigar,
avenue and Third street NJ! For games with the
2P. VS. address Richard Anderson, 1920 sheri-
The Aierts,a game .yttR The p, US has been
tor Go, team Sunday afterSon at Broadway and
4ierts., ] address 1912 Fourth street n. n t a4s
The: Javas will open; the season tomorrow on
play the Flour City team!i The batteries VIII
be-: Getty, Garry and Fryer. for the Javas and
McDougall and Kane. for the Flour, City team.
For games ytth the Jayag address James Fryer,
1 sgsIT hevoa1s HHb 5ost bsa7:;t + ~
Winnipeg. Maks sARrifsls.5-B.: J. Smith, spres7
Yesterday afterne6n from the meeting of the
Northern League ip. West Superior. ,. He stated
that final arrangements for the seasons play
had been 1nl completed and that he s1nected q
town in the league. In Duluth there has been
some trouble among the supporters Of that club
over the fact that it was considered necessary
for the success of the team that some coored
men should be put on the roster. When the
case was placed in it's proper light the Zenith
City people We're quite contented to take their
chances on whitewashed team. He. said :.s
/ = The great trouble with the series last sea-
/ son was that 1t was all over by the first of
August. The fans in Winnipeg wanted more
ball. as August is the best month in the year
in which to play baseball This season they
will be- aea son Fextend from
sAahX 20 tolsepf rnbers The Winnipeg club
VIII anen the wesE sand close sin, the east.
l5I arng not IN j posftIon to SsaE. who We will
lshaye I'M line pur least SO per
cent faster than This tseasonf$I am
looking for men, who the ball. It might
cost me TIVE or three GOOD nlen.if,I 4 make any
announcement now bad that Kind Of a deal
passed zto me last year when i lost Sporer and
this years will ia Kes nEes.st
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
SPANISH GAME OF PELoTA
Lovers OF Athletic Sports May Discover
Interesting Possibilities In. the .s.:5Z
IL. w. Lewis in Pearsons

il. w. Lewis in Pearsons. b
Pelota is to Spain and Latin American
countries what 5cricket5i is to Stfle English
or baseball to the y ankee.. .s- : :;
The space devoted to the game is a
rectangie. about 240 feet in length by: Sc
feet wide, with a floor covered with tile
or good hard cement, which is called the
'cancha.' s -. - - ~ =
AT one end of this srectangfe is a wall OF
brick or stone covered with hard cement
the fronton. This wall has two metal
bands. one placed one metre G39 inches1
above the floor, and the other twelve
metresa(39 feet).@ The ball used in playing
must strike between these two bands OF
the serve IS lost. f:2c-.f
From the sleft-hand; corner Of the from
ton, and dsalong the longer side Of the rec
tangle, is another wall constructed in The
same manner This wall is called the
pared, and. it has only a single metal
band, the same height as the upper band
of the sfronton. All balls which strike
above this band lose the serve
On this wall are. marked, starting from
the fronton, vertical line three or four
metres apart The spaces between these
lines are.scalled :cuadros' lsquares) : and
their number varies from fifteen ii eigh-
teen. These lines are about as high as
a, man and at at their upper extremity is
placed a number corresponding to The
squaresgW itl1t the exceptlo Ion of the seventh
which bears the letters VITA which mean
return. The ball which passes this line,
or does not reach the fourth. is lost.
r The bat with which this wonderful
game Is played Is called the costa This
Is fastened to the hand by means of a
glove attached thereto, and is of wicker
work. It's shape. Is approximately that OF
an arc Of "a, circle, with rather large
radius. 1t Is fastened to the wrist with
thongs, in order to prevent wabbling, and
the front should be shorter and narrower
than the back. The skill with which the
pelota players handle the apparently
clumsy costa is almost inconceivable.',
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
CYCLING

Fourth street and First avenue S, Sunday. at
% 80 and will take "a run to. st. Paul
where they Will join party Of st.s Paul motor
cyclists An fort will then be made to launch
twin city motor cyclists associa tien. tits
expected sthatctwenty-or twenty -fves riders Will
be in the Minneapolis party:-s C.s n. yanderhoof
Is backing the project ~ sS @ :Ss FL.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
BILLIARDS 4

billiard tournament at the Commercial Club, last
night defeated Samuel, Johnston, 200 Ito 161 Z
thereby cinching first place In the present tour
ney. A. run of 26 by Schoonmaker was the best
of the match. J.. W. Holman and Johnston are
now tied for! second place and viii play on the
tie this evening" gold medal will be awarded
to the first place winner. stgSs:s.szE -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
unable to stand. We have never had any
Of our rigging give way here. We are all
very sorry that the accident has hap
nened - sEas5
o. 3. cLARk's NEW DOG
He Secures Costly English Pointer from
Maine.

--F. -EIE5 WdIn EFs.'s-8
A canine aristocrat was received this
morning by O. B. Clark of the Adams Ex-
press company, who for many years has
been an expert fancier of short haired
hunting dogs. This last addition to his
collection is a full -blooded English pointer
from the kennels Of Charles B. Pineo at
Bar Harbor, Me-. She goes by the name
Fof Young Daisy her dam being Daisy.
the mother of Hal Pointer, the famous
Chicago champion. young Daisy is an
ideal animal according to the canons of
Judgment applied to the pointer breed.
She is not only a beautiful animal as to
lines, but is well boned and weighs sixty
pounds in hunting TRIM! She has already
been developed by 'R Rap" the origi-
ntor of a famous strain. ts
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
Aberdeen, S. d, Racing.

Aberdeen. S. D., April ,lS.-The summer
meeting of the Aberdeen Racing associa- J.
tion will be held July. 1920, and there is
promise of a. big meeting. The purses
hung up amount to s1,70O, $3.50 each being
offered for six trotting and pacing races
and 500 each for two running races. Other
meetings in this part of the state will
be at Britton July and 10 and at Sisse-
ton May 18 and 19.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
REGRET ON THIS SIDE
John q. Herreshoff Discusses Accident to
Shamrock ILL.,

Shamrock III.
Bristol, r.. T., April 1s.-''We are all
very sorry on this side to hear of the
accident : said John B.tHerreshofr Of the
Herreshoff Manufacturing company, "of
the dismasting Of the Shamrock III. It
will, delay matters on that side and this,
and is an unfortunate occurrence
Asked il he considered this as indicative
of any special weakness, Mr.. Herreshof
said:
SIT is hard to tell at this time that the
accident shows anything more than a pos
sible defect in the material. The turn
buckle may have contained a defect that
could not be known and the same thing
might happen to any one on this side II
the weather rigging gave way first the
mast cannot be blamed for going. In the
case of the dismasting of the Columbia,
while the effect was the same the cause
was not the same. In the case of the
Columbia the spreader turned round and
gave way. The mast was left without
proper support from the shrouds, and was
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
d.
FISHING FOR TROUT.
| Sportsmen From Other States Fishing
@.. Wisconsin Streams -.

Madison, Wis, April 1s.-Reports from
all over the state show an unusually large
influx of visiting sportsmen to the trout
streams of Wisconsin. The legal season
which opened on the 18th promises ex-
ceptfonally good sport, as ten million fry
were planted two; three and four years
ago by the state fish commission. The fish
and game laws have been we'll enforced
during the past year and the weather
conditions are favorable for an early sea-
son and prolific catch. s-i&<$:-.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
.Loss..Is $4,000.
WORK ~oN RELiANcE ::
Topmast Set Up-From Deck to Top is
15s Feet. s. .s5:s-,:. ...:l 4. 4.

159 Feet. :. s4#....
Bristol. RI, April 1s.-Before Billman' S
riggers finished yesterday on the Reliance,
the telescoping topn1ast wasE5raised thr,,
the head of the lower mast, and is: nov
stayed in place with two backstays hav-
ing long drifts 4 H.
The topn1ast is: not very different in
length from the topmast of the Gonstitn;-
ton. tits learned that the height from
the deck to the head Of the topmast is
about 159 feet. some five feet greater than
the height of the CONSTITUTIONS rig.
The fittings about the mainmast head,
now that the topmast is one end, are very
simple in appearance. The masthead has
a bare; appearance, but it IS, in condition
for racing purposes. The cone at the top
mast truck carried the topnnast rigging
upwards with it as it was raised to posi-
ton u 49, E:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

Lea ayeitworth; 80 O. al t0isa0 5sdss 90 o.
Bases on balls, of sioop 1.Ss ttn1lne1 p two;
base Lippert, George. Henry 4 ut BY
pitched BALLS George $strgc By Shoop =, by
7 cayenworth s6, Mime 'lmpres ST.
yrail and hfenefeeSFb Is
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

COMMITTEES Announces Lists for the
State T ournannent Of Next
~. 'Weak. y /. .:s=.s=;s

p The sprize listsfor thesState Bowling as
ISOLATION tourranaent, So lbel held lin ST.
Paul 1.-The first three days zspfj next week,
follows: <5.- .s5$s 80 -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

Try Blood Wine, Free.
A sample bottle given away. Call at
Voegeli's. - - I
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
] SCORE ATs s,CoLUMBUs
oBJECTED To;THisE4 Il & UMPIRE,

? Boston Americans q $40; Columbus American
Association I, 2 1,sat 4 Columbus yesterday. &,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

team, Ros+on won ~, ss,nnrra ~ & ~ ! I,ftch.r
Fraser lost the game In the Third Inning, when
he was hit safely three times and gave Ave bases
on balls, netting Boston five runs : -. -
Boston 49,. 49, % o 521 D o. o ,Oz-B II .
Philadelphia ......:.O 0E2 600 10 G--3 !
Battertss. .Willis and Kittridge;; E Fraser, Burch-
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-11-12
CA. - III % n L ~.
Bears the n The Kind You Have AwayS Bought
Signature at &l9HAzIZu
Olive Springs.

The society meeting was largely
attended Saturday night. The
subject discussed was: Resolved,
"That more depends upon the men
than the women for the elevating
and refining influences of society. "
The negative won. Several elo-
quent and impressive speeches
were made Oh both sides.
Rev Al Mccoy was again chosen
by the church to serve another
year. J P York was chosen clerk
and VIM Templeton as superin-
tendent of Sabbath school, with
F B Barber assistant superintend-
ent.
J P York has bought a fine span
of mules from Mr. John Northcutt.
A singing at N A Brewers Sun
day night was greatly enjoyed.
John Wilkes Booth went to At.
Ianta last week and traded for a
nice young mule.
There will be preaching at Ma
loney Springs next Sunday by
Rev Phillips, of Atlanta.
Ed Legg says he wants any
where from Tic up for his cotton.
He is good farmer and live
citizen.
Miss Bera Horn is spending
some weeks in Atlanta with rela-
tives.
D B Henderson visited Atlanta
last Sunday and attended a sing
ing of the "Sacred Harp Associa-
ton"
Bill Blair while in Marietta do
ing some trading Saturday lost a
500 bill. If any one should find
it they will be literally rewarded
for returning the same, Mr. Blair
is man who needs it and works
hard for his living as a farmer,
and while good liver a loss tc
him is as much, as.to hly one else
A mad dog passed through this
neighborhood last. week biting
several dogs. !
Sabbath school, next Sunday
morning. Let all I'm out.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-11-12
New Salem.

We sincerely hope our former
correspondent, Bette will soon be
restored to us IN good health We
miss her sweet sunny face so much.
Our Sabbath school is in a flour
ishing condition with Mrs J D
Easter'in as superintendent.
The members of New Salem are
having the church painted and the
young ladies are making up money
to buy a carpet.
Mrs W M Eubanks of Madison
visited relatives here last week
returning home Friday
Mr. Oscar Simmons came home
from Chattanooga last Thursday
sick with chills and fever.
G l. Seagroves is on sick list.
Guess Who
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-11-12
Oakley Mills.

Mrs Winnie Haney is not ex-
pected to live long; she has a
malignant cancer.
Austin Martin has bought G E
Johnston s store.
There has been eight cases of
typhoid fever il w r Noon
family since the 25th of July.
&C Peed has put in a new pulp
machine and is now ready to 60 to
barking pine poles.
Charley Johnston will move to
Atlanta soon.
Ed Webb got his shoulder dis
located while working at Morgan
Falls.
J G lines and family, of Milton
county, visited DR. w H Oliver
last Saturday and Sunday.
John Sauls found hens nest
with 90 eggs in it and several
broken ones he could not count.
Beat that if you can.
Leon Alternately is wearing a
big smile over big boy.
Arastis.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-11-12
Mt. Zion.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Davis of near
Middleton, visited her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. Jas. Clay the past week.
Mr. c E Edwards, of Cedartown.
visited homefolks here Sunday
Miss Lizzie and Annie jones of
Lint Hall, visited Miss Tobitha
and Nellie Polston tie past week.
Rev J j Grow, is expected TO fill
his regular appointment here next
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Jones Clay sold over $4,000
worth of pigs the past week.
We are glad to know that Mr..
G. w. Greer has decided not to go
TO Texas.
DR. J P Greer, of Cedartown.
visited relatives. here Sunday.