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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
HERALD SPORTS
AhrER1cAN LEAeuR.

PHILADELPHIA. June 22-Boston made
eight hits and scored six runs In two in-
nings today and Waddel retired Ina favor
of Bender. Despite the handicap, the
iu the ninth inning Attendance 600.
r. H. T..
Philadelphia Observation-Disclosures. 6 Is
Batteries-Y Young and Crigeri Wadden.
Bender and schreck
St. Louis, June 22.-TimeIv hitting by
ST. Louis in the eighth inning of today
game gave a victory over Detroit. A
catch by Hemphill i'm the first inning was
the feature play. Attendance, 100.
r. II. Z.
Detroit --....--.-- ,.--.-......- ]
Batteries-PeIty and Kahoei KIts0n and
BuelOW.
Chicago. June 22-The locals won out
hard fought contest i'm the tenth inning,
base ON balls. an out and a single scoring
the winning run. Attendance, 5000. Score:
r. H. u.
-illtso r---.---.s.,. .-.s.--. 2
Cleveland ........., ........:.., 2
and Abbott.
washington June 22.-Washington and
New York INDUCED I'm a slugging match
today, All of the home teams errors
were costly. The feature Of the game
was Dougherty's batting, three singles. a
double and a triple being MS record. At
r. H. Z.
" ashlugJon Inconvenience. u o
Bateries-Orth and Drill Griffith and
Mcclure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
BIcYCLE &C. 81 IL.
Amateurs and Professionals to Com
nate at ST Innis-

ST. Louis promises TO be a Mecca for
racing cyclists during the week of Au-
gust J. when the amateur and profession
al championships viii be run of.
There viii be thirteen events for the
amateurs at distances of from 0De-quar-
ter % five miles and from a. half mile to
twenty Five miles iu the handicap and
scratch events
Not the least interesting race shOuid
be the one for the middle distance cham
piou ship at twenty miles paced by motor
cycles There viii also hc a twenty-five
mile uDaCcd race. Colo. silver ana
bronze medals viii DE awarded iu each
event
For the professional riders. cash Ll-zes
to the amount of 81 go are offered. inc'Ud-
ing one-hOur race for the middle Giu-
tauce championship Provision is made
for motorcycles. there being a specieI
event for power driven machines OF this
type for 500 purse. Rules 0t the Ma
uonal Cycling association WfN govern
and entries should ue made before 5uiy
Z with James y. sullivan. chief of tHa
department Of physical culture universal
exposition St. Louis Mo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
Spokane Trying to Escape Trip Here
Next Month.

Spokane and Salt Lake win play in
Spokane next Wednesday. but ia con-
nectiou with the change of dates. which
schedules that series for the Falls City.
there is trouble brewing. At the request
of Spokane and Salt Lake the schedule
was So amended shat this series was to be
played here and another was to- be trans
ierred to Utah later i'm the season.
salt Lake has recently written Presi-
dent Williams that the Elders wanted to
switch back. but Williams refused to
make the second change and wrote to the
effect that either the series beginning
July 8, or one still later, could be trans
feTred there. should it be of any benefit
TO Salt Lake.
Salt Lake accepted the date for July
and informed President Lucas that the
offer was accepted. Williams then stated
he could not transfer those games. as the
team would then Doe away from home for
five weeks at a stretch. which would not
Doe good policy
salt Lake appears IUsisJcnt. however,
and claims Williams offer was contract
which binds and that they VIII have the
July games An effort iS now being made
TO strengthen ont the difficulty So that
the Spokane team win remain ut home in
July
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
OPERA HOUSE MAY BE LEASED.
syndicates Negotiating With Mana
ger Clark.

There Is strong prospect chat Lne
Ogden Grand opera house will be leased
for the coming season to some of the
DIav house syndicates. Negotiations have
been on for some time between John
Coort representing the western interests
of Elaw & Granger, and Manager Clark
of the opera house. While these negotId-
tf0ns have not vet been completed, it Is
believed they viii result ia q lease OF the
house, inasmuch as bfT. Clark is willing
TO lease and the syndicate needs d house
fu Ogden. The Klaw & Granger people
control about forty houses in the west
and If they obtain a lease of the Ogden
house would swing many of the uttracT
tfons mere which. IN the past have
stopped in Utah only at the Salt Lake
theatre On the other hand, If the house
passes TO the syndicate, number OF
strong attractions, such as Mrs t1ske
and james IS. Hackett. VIII De barred.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
&c De ~ BALTIMORE.
Only Big Town in East Where Long
FIGHTS Are Permitted.

Outside Of San Francisco and salt Lake
City, Baltimore the home Of the great
''cOn talker" Al HEREFORD IS said TO be
the only city in America where fifteen
and twenty rouad bouts are permitted
Consequently many of the fighters VINO
are not already in San Francisco nave
flOcked to Maryland.
There are five club holding weekly DON-
ing matches and all of them are said %
be we'll patrOnlzed AT the kuckerbJeEer
club two Interesting matches are to take
place. One will be between Tommy DAILY
and Jack LOWeTy. and the other viii be
between Kid Critic and Jimmy Kelly.
Both will be for fifteen rounds to de-
cisiOn. A match is also hanging fire be-
tween Peter Jackson and Joe WaicOtt.
These two have come together four times
and proved to be pretty evenly matched,
and another bout would prove interesting.
Not only are the pUgilists Hooking to-
ward Baltimore. bat the lovers OF the fls-
tic sport have also been in evidence At
all Of the contests the houses have been
taxed to their utmost capacity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
HORSES CAUSE EXCITEMENT.

A team of frightened horses caused
considerable excitement early last
evening by running al breakneck
speed through three Of the principal
down town business thor0uEhfares.
They started ON their wild career i'm
the vicinity Of the Brigham Young
monument. Racing neck and neck
down Main street. they turned east on
First South street. and then swung
into Commercial street. After scatter
ing the denizens Of that short thor
oughfare, the animals we're caught
near the Wilson hotel. The vehicle
was not badly damaged The horses
esca9ed unhurt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
aOLF ColEs 10 FRoNT.
United States Amateur Champion
ship Open to the World.


ship Open to the World.
The opening Of the amateur gole cham
plOnshlp Of the United States to the wide
some, viii undoubtedly be approved by a
majority of the leading golfers Of the
country An eastern critic has raised the
point that the fundamental idea of all sec
uonal associations, with their separate
competitions is TO develop the local
player. While golf was am Infant in-
uustry- IN this country the argument was
good, but since Champion Travis has
beaten the BTitisher on his native heath.
ana lnterentially the golfers of all other
countries, lnere seems no adequate rea-
son why the amateur championship of
this great golf producing continent should
NOT be open to all. According to Cabled
opinions of Mr. Travis the professionals
on thiS side OF the water are equal TO
JAOse OF Great Britain, and he further
pIeu-Cls mat the American amateurs will
soon De on a par with the unpaid experts
across the pond Several years ago play
tIs OF Foreign birth We're debarred from
playing ln some Of me local contests in
order 10 give home talent announcement.
A proposition of that kind now would be
looked upon as joke. There are today
many minor organizations whose tOurna-
Inents are run on the CLOSED door prfu-
Clple and rightly so, but with a national
cLiaIn plonsnlp 1t seems only right and
proper that the native golfer should be
willing to measure clubs with t77e erDerts
cesstully with the rest Of the world in
business matters and i'm most branches of
sport has displayed superiority The
tinted states Golf association has made
a move in the right direction and the
presence of few OF the leading foreign
players at BslUrsol next september win
make the amatuer championship the most
interesting or any yet held.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
BATTING AND FIELDING WIN.
Pittsburg's Low Standing Not Due
to Poor Pitching.

Statistics show that the low standing OF
the PittsDurg club is due 10 the inferior
batting and bad fielding. and not 20 poor
pitching, as the public has been led 20
believe. says the Sporting News. This
would indicate that there is ground for
the opinion that the spirit of the National
League champions was broken by the loss
of the worlds series of 1893 The gam
bIers. who have infested the Pittsburg
park for years. have made the players
miserable by h0ouUg al them from the
stands and encouraging patrons 60 dlssat-
isfactiou and disapprOvaL Every base
bah club has its losing streaks. during
which it's patrons are eslranged, but a.
squirt viii soon win them back. But sue
cess does not stop the gamblers from at
taeks on teams or individuals they nave
only "a sordid interest iu the pastime and
its opponents. and always root OF roast
as their bets are placed. They are
menace TO the games integrity ana
should foe driven out of every park I'm
which ct is played. There is no other
way 20 secure protection against Them.
The newspapers OF Pittsburg should COM
meuce crusade against these parasites
and aid the officials of the club ana law
fin bringing them TO justice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
ogden Briefs

A marriage license was issued yesterdT
afternoon to James J. Martinsor. aged =
of Ogden. and Sarah =. Burton, aged p
Of KaysVille.
Mayor u. II. Coltmau of Idaho Fails. re-
turned home last night with ms t"e
daughters. Alice and Mabel. VINO nave
been attending the Sacred fteait
academy,
William smith was yesterday fined $40
on a charge OF asS3uItlng Horace \"
Garner at the latter grocery store 1T the
corner OF Thirty-tIrsC ana NJ a~-iii5 toH
avenue
Miss Blanche Howard Wenncr Of yg-
6en completed her junior year n Neiles-
Iey college by taking the leading part ana
greatly distinguishing nCrSeif iA the
inter-club debate, one Of the features or
commencement week. The decision was
in favor Of Miss Wenuer ana ner assoc
Ciates
David Kay. jr. brother OF W. o. KAY
and himself q former Ogden boy. was one
OF the members of last night s. EIaQuaLlns
class at the Sacramento High school. Ine
young man already has a. reputation as q
vigorous and successful student and ls
Wen known as an athiete on tne coast
He VIII attend Harvard college.
Miss Katherine Cross Of Emporia, ken,
and Arthur CLYDE GOurlay Of ogden were
the bride cousin, Mrs. Harry f. Horton,
Zlf Lincoln avenue, Rev j. E- Garner
performing the cereInons ar -ilo MIS-
GOuTl8y left for the west i'm the after
noon and VIII reside ln Seattle.
Walter r. Stevens. Ernest Ford. Roy
Clark Milton Purdy- Leon Relley, A. ID
Young jr.. Maynard Nelson and Fred
Williams. all young Dgdeuiles, left yes
terday morning for the east All VIII enter
the mission field. some iu the eastern
states and others in Europe. A large
crowd of friends were at the depot to
wish them goodbye.
The ladies of the Episcopal church viii
give a tea this atter-nsoon az the home OF
There VIII be refreshments served also
handkerchief sale
Malan Heights in Big Pine grove,
1000 feet q bove sea level. under OBJ
servatory. peak. Two hours ride from
Ogden. Carriages from end Of Twenty
fifth street car line, every morning at
SIS. Terms very reasonable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
Pans Burned

Fire Yesterday forenoon destroyed three
barns located near the ogden general
hospital causing an aggregate loss or
about 500. One of the barns belonged to
the hospital and i'm IL were stored some
mattresses and extra bedding. Another
to Joseph Wood. Spectators saw the hos
Dltsi barn was the one which first caught
fire the origin is unknown. WOOD had
500 insurance, but the others had none.
A Young man who was asleep IN the hos
nitaI barn was nearly overcome by smoke,
but escared an right. All livestock except
iue a few chickens were removed before
thew were hurt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
Olvmpian Games.

London, jane 22-The International
Olympic games committee held q meeting
40 tbe Mansion House TODAY and decided
THAI the fourth Olympian games should
be held at Rome. Italy. in 19i8 The in-
teruafional athletic congress wiz convene
at Brussels iu June 1898 and the next
meeting OF the international committee
VIII be held at Berlin in 1906
Baron De Porretuin. president OF the
Oiympian games committee. said that the
committee was opposed TO the holding Of
further olympiads in connection with ex-
p1sl ti0ng, as the latter were counter att
fractions which drew of attention from
the games
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
PACIFIC CoAsT LFAGUE-

Portland. June 22-After they had los
the game today. Portland made a batting
rally in the ninth and won from Los An
geles. Because OF the chilly weather
Gray nor Roach was at mis- best Portland
lacked team work Score:
r. II e
Portland ..- ..................... 10 3
-le -hLAtzet=a. -r--a----. ..........
Batteries-Gray and Spics- Roach and
oteelmau Umpire. O'COnuel
Seattle, June 22.-SeattIe made five hits
and five runs in the first inning today.
which was TOO much for San Francisco to
overcome Barber pitched good BAH and
kent the hits well scattered. Jones fin
ished the game i'm good style. Score;
r. II. E.
Seattle . -............-......-..... h
san Francisco ...-,...--..,,,...,. 2 ]
batJeTles-Barber and Blankenship;
Jones and GortOu. Umpire. Brown.
Tacoma, June 22.-After Oakland got
start of six runs on errors and hits Ia
coma made game uphill fight and wen
Out. Both pitchers were hit hard.
Eyrnes. error lu the fifth resulted in Ia
coma's making five runs. although op-
perfume hits by Hogan and Thomas helped
TO win. Score: r. H. z.
t'+a ssrrat ts,stfssssrrslrts IL D
DelAlal-l $500 -----.------ lf =
a.rerieS-ThOmas and C.. Graham, O.
Graham and Byrpes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
LEVEL STILL AFTER REILLY.
Agrees to Meet Latter at 156 Pounds
at 9 0,CInck

Jack LEVEL who came from tile coast
several DAYS ago, has been trying to Gre
ate some disturbance il the pugiiistic line
LEVEL came here with tine Intention of
Flynn bout He defeated Jimmy Flynn
two years ago and has been after Tommy
Reilly for match at l5+ pounds Reilly
had 10 do some hard work Co make l5S in
his draw with Flynn and losing any more
weight would weaken him. However
Reilly agreed te split the difference and
meet LeVeit AT 1866 bot tilis time Le-elI
refused 10 come in. level said last night
thai he would meet Reilly ST 1876 at g
o'clock. providing that Reilly would for
felt s100 Tor every pound over weight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
other Tracks Take Dates.

Chicago. June 2-The Western Jockey
club today appOrtioued amOHg other
tracks the dates reiuQuished bV the
Washington park club as result of the
ban placed upon uoekmaking 3V the mu-
nicipal authorities here. The dates are
divided between the three tracks living
OUTSIDE ffie olfN Hawthorne. Har-
lem ard Worth. Racing will begin an
Hawthorne ON FRIDAY. june ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
Western League.
American Taaeue.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati, June Z-F0r the second
time of the present series Miner Brown
had au easy time OF it with Cincinnati.
SuthOIf after the fourth retired. keHum.
who succeeded him. was badly punished
fn the fifth. but cid well thereafter At
r. IT, T..
cincinnati .----r 5000. .-.... ..-. g
Batteries Suthoff. KeiIum and PETIT,
Brown and king IWO-base hits-l'asev.
king Tinker. Ibree-base lit-IIuker
Base on balls-Off Suihoff 8, off Brown
a Off Keilum. e Struck out-By Suth0ff
2, by Brown. % LmplIe-AloFan-
Boston. June 22.-Nsw York won from
Boston today, 10 20 ]. The outGelders had
particularly Abbattlchio. Delehauty and
Tenney. handled the unusual number of
PLAYS, many OF them difficult. Attend
suce. Z50). score;
New York ..-...........-..,..-...-,l9 u
Boston -..--- -----.. I q
Batteries-Wiltz and Warner. Fisher
and Needham- Iwo-base hits-Bresuahau
Base on oalls-yiL Wutse, - OF Fisher, Z.
Struck out-BY Wiltse q. By Fisher. e
U'mpires-Emslie and thinner.
tie between Mcpherson and Garyin Phila-
delpnia defeated Brooklyn az Washington
narE TO-DAY. The winning tally was made
in the thirteenth inning on base ION
balls. a sacrifice hit and a single. ATT
r. H. T.
Fhiladeipllia -.---- ----.-.--,-..--- 8
l25s.1e. -. -.-, 80 T,s r,-
ana Ritter IWo-bcse hit-lumley. Base
GA baIls-Off GarViu. 3; Off Mcpherson. S.
Struck out-BV CarVin 9, by Mcpherson
s. Umpire ohu5tune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
AUTO is STOPPED
BARELY IN TIME

AT an early hour yesterday morning
party of automobilists were driving at
Salt Palace when dark object was dis
covered lying in the middle OF the road.
As the automobile approached within
few yards OF the object tEa strong head
light revealed the form of a man
stretched out IN the road. Zeb COltrin
was chauffeur and he realized at once
that they were going too fast to make g
turn. He Immediately threw on the
emergency brake and the powerful ma
chine was stopped in a few feet, but none
too soon, for the auto was within a yard
Of the man.
Mr.. COltrin, together with the auto
party, aroused the man from his drunken
slumbers and packed him onto the side
walk He was bounced around Tor a few
minutes and then started uptown, not
knowing his narrow escape from being
nun over bE q 2 5el-pound automobile.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
Keith-oBriens Win.

The Eelth-O BrIeu baseball team ana
the Viucent-N0tt Shoe company team met
fn "A match game at Liberty park yester-
dav afternoon. The score was q big one
owing to bad outfiei5 grounds. The
scoHe was iu favcr of the Fincent-Notta
until the list innins. when the k.-8 Bs.
came uD with a hitting streak aud won
out bv a score OF % 20 81 The new suits
of the K.-O Rs, made a big hiL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Miss May sutton, II Years Old, the
Center Of Interest.

States championship lawn tennis tourna-
ment IN ladies' singles and doubles and
mixed doubles was continued today at
Wissahicken heights Miss May sutton
the 17-year-old- Pasadena (CaI) girl, was
the center of interest. Her driving was
a marvel of strength and accuracy and
she easily defeated Miss r. SJQtesbury.
allowing her opponent only one game OF
the thirteen games played. Miss A. J..
Han of Pasadena defeated Miss H. ROD
eTts of Germantown. Pa, in the IlrsJ
round, and In the second deteated MISS
NJ. Waller of Washington, d. c.
In the WOmen's doubles preliminary
Miss Sutton and Miss Hall defeated MISS
Leroy Of Philadelphia and Miss HOWeu OF
Philadelphia.
In the mixed doubles preliminary Miss
Sutton and Miss Hall defeated Mrs. Pat
ton and Miss Patton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
SEVEN GIRLS ARE GRADUATED
FROM SACRED HEART ACADEMY

day morning after an absence # about
two months iu Europe Mr Cuhuahau
visited his old home in Ireland, llo traE-
eled in England. Scotland. wales. Aance.
Switzerland and italy. When aska yes-
terday which WAS the finest county he
saw ia his travels he promptly reAied.
s*The rUfred States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
BOIsE. ID; BUTTE. I.
Miners Made Their Only Run On FL
sey's Error.

Boise. Ida june 2Z-B0ise took the
opening game Of the series with Butte
today. NcFarlaue for the locals pitched
strong game, there being only four hits
to the credit of the Visitors. The fielding
of the local team was sharp, but one seri-
Gus error by Eisey in throwing wild 10
third let I'm the only run scored by the
Miners. The visitors were OUtbattsG
Scorer r.. u. IT,
Butte ..-.-s .------..-s .s..a -s. -..s .
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Hanson
Eaudeliu and Spencer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
HORSE HURTS ". ]. sHEALY.
Slips on Pavement and Dislocates
Riders Ankle

W. j. SheaIy. chief clerk I'm the office
of Superintendent Scoop o. the Southern
Pacific received injuries last night about
midnight which viii c0ufine him to his
room Tor some time. Mr.. Shealy was rid
ing horseback. when the animal slipped on
the pavement at the intersection OF IWen-
ty-fifth and Washington avenue and fell
upon his rider He sustained partially
dislOCated ankle and bruised arm and
knee Tr. Gordon attended him and
thinks the injuries are NOT serious.
Rev. Father Cushnahan Back
Rev p. NJ. Cushnahan returned yester-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23

Spokane 80. 80 @ I o O O 4 SO
Salt Lake ..--..-.-.0 o I ] o O . o.
Earned runs-Spokane. 6i Salt Lake, g.
Home TUus-Neel. Reilly. Delmas AuT-
dock Three-base hits-TOzer. Murdoch.
TWO-baEe Lits-MuIleF Carney Clark,
Stanley. Weed. RockenfieId- Sacrifice
hiLs-FerTis a. Carney. Ddmmauu.
Stolen bases-Need. Ferris, Murdoch.
Struck Out-Dammauu. 8. T0Zer. I. Bases
ou balIs-ToZer. g. Left ON bases-Sp0-
Kane, D. Salt Lake. g. Double plays-Hfoi-
land. Ferris. Stanley Hit by pitcher
Murdoch stanley Time-l-4u Umpire
NLrrd Afranrance--I-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
Foul Tip a strike

SPORTING Editor or Herald.
20 decide a bet viii you state whether
a foul tip. not caught by the catcher, is
q strike. provided the pst Ter has no
strikes when foul zip Is made. Very re-
spectfuliy j. * galley.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

At LoUisviHe-LOuisvilIe. 8; Indian
apolis z.
At lwaukee-8IilWaukee e: St
Paul g.
Kansas City-Kansas City, 2; Mime
aDolis, 6.
At Toledo-Toledo, 2; Columbus, 4.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23

The ladies of the Episcopal church viii
give a tea this afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. R. II. Hume. So Twenty-nfth street
handkerchief sale.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
LOOKINa FOR 81 81 "a.

It Toledo-T0ledo. ?; Columbus, 4.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-10
CAPTURE OF KAI-CHOU.
Would Make More Easy the Juncture
of KurOlki and Okla.

st. Petersburg, July 9.-The capture
of Kai-Chou by the Japanese announc-
ed from Toxic. is not officially con-
firmed at the war Office, but there is
no disposition to question the probable
correctness of the report as the latest
advices received here made, 1t plain
that the Japanese were advancing in
force along the railroad against the
Russian position.
The occupation of Kai-Chou while 1t
is not believed that 1t will exercise ma
terial influence on Kuropatkin's
strategy is of importance to the Japa-
nese as it brings them within reach
of New Chwang. facilitating General
Oku's juncture with General Kuroki
with whom they may already by In
touch. How far the Russian COM
er-in-chief attempted to contest
the possession of Kai-Chou with the
Japanese the var Office says, will be
revealed when the official report ar
rives.
The reports Of the severity of the
fighting might indicate Kuropatins de-
sire to hold Kai-Chou so long as pos
sible for the purpose of preventing a
juncture of the Japanese armies, but
the threatening position of the Japa-
nese columns eastward have rendered
Kuropatkin's withdrawal further north
imperative.