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The evening world., 1904-09-23
THE COLUMBIA TEAM IN THEIR NEW KHAKI UNIFORMS JACK
0'K{EFE WON
FROM DICK GREEN

TSD6TdI ID IHN 'NH" VN'N [
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 3.-Jack O'Ksefe '
OF Chicago, won from Dick Green. also
Of Chicago, In one Of the hardest bat
ties ever seen at the West End Club
last night after fifteen rounds Of mill.
ing, Referee Sharp's decision bsing
necessary. The battle wal . big sur
prise. and all the more 30 after the
crowd had seen the first four rounds.
O'Keefe had his man all but out 4
Green took a terrific beating, however,
and came back stronger In the NTH.
From then on until the thirteenth
Green held his own well under IRE,
and II even looked as though ne had
q chance 10 win out.
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League managers are attempting
who,esai, raids on. the Hoboken Club.
At present rumors are rife that their
crack pitcher, Lindeman. II signed by
the New York Giants and Catcher la
mar 10 10 90 with The HishiandsrA
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crump,ed up by the offensive h~alf-backs
OF DE Witt Clinton.
The Three Stars.
Fisher. Metzenthin and O'Loughlln
were the individual stars OF Columbia.
The whole team played together with
snap and speed much greater than the
Blue ana White eleven Of last year dis
played at this time. on the whole, the
practice was encc uraging. the collegians
scoring . points In twenty-five minutes
OF play. M%etzenthin shone especially
at the quarter-back's place and now
looks to have II "clnched." Stanton
at left end for De Witt Clinton, played
a remarkable game, His tackling was
excellent and he will form a valuable
addition to some future college eleven,
Columbia used many substitutes after
the hrst few minutes OF play. sending In
twenty men In all. Fisher made two
touchdowns. one on q thirty-hve-yard
run. Metzenthin scored one and Tint
ner the last one. Metz kicked three
goals from the touchdowns.
nha nnAn -a
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PASTlME A. C. GAMES.

That the Pastlme A. G. will enjoy a
0ef-meri;ed boom Is o very evil
Aenf, for Arrangements were made
Yesterday whereby the PastIme Aih-
letic Club. which IL one 81 the Oldest
oreanixatlons In the city Of New York.
Vii hold a monster set OF Games In
~. Dec. 81. New Years Eve. This
been brought about through the
ofts OF many OF the old-time mem
1s Of the club. who have banded
1o11lher and show every Interest In
o1yfnG the premier athlete ~organlza-
d Of the oidest IN America.
y everv n OF the word
~~--
~ Qf3fejs1I R.a.y 80 IN
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rer rrooS,s from NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. iO.
Time ~ Osme-Twenty.five minutes.
This afternoons practice will be the
ast preliminary work before the Union
game, which opens Columbla's college
piaving season at American League
BARK Tomorrow.
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American League Park was the scene

American League Park was the scene
yesterday OF Columbla's first prelimi-
nary game Of the season, The Acid
transformed from a diamond into a
'checkerboard' Kridiron. looks a bit
strange. but from all indications will be
a popular place for the fall game. The
part OF the diamond behind the bases
that was skinned for the ~ball-players
has not yet been sodied, and made
rather a hard landing place for the grid.
Iron warriors. There IA not quite so big
a 'bumn" In the middle OF the field as
there was at the Polo Grounds, but
there Ia considerable grade toward the
north goal, out between what used
to be centre and left fields, which
Is bound to favor the eleven which
has the north goal for an OBJ
Jective. This Is only Q slight objec-
ton at the bsst, for Il 10 practically In
posslSis 10 ind 4 hsid - sashy seeessl.
Bile that It a. BE- kept dry After a rain
fall n still not have some slight
grade As at present arranged. the grid
iron Is laid out north and south. with
the best point OF vantage the centre Of
the cheap bleachers which lie along
left field. A anvas wind shield Is to be
placed along the top Of the stand to
protect those who will sit up along
there from the wind. II It happens to
be an exceptionally breezy day.
Columbia has Introduced a novelty In
the line OF football breeches this fall.
NO longer "a they properly be called
"~moleskins," for they are not. The
toys that the local c~ollegians are SPORT
Ing are made OF khaki. for which many
advantages are claimed. In the first
place It cannot be 80 easily grasped as
the softer noleskins. AID thus will be
better for unner who are trying to
shake of tacklers. In rainy weather II
IL superior TO the other stun, as It sheds
the rain and does not become water
logged 80 as to weigh down the play
ers. The new material Is being tried
this year at Columbia for the nrst time
and proved a great success In the rainy
days that marked the early part Of Co
lumbla's practice.
Well Tried Out.
Yesterday Columbia was we'll tried gu,
In what was expected to be a rather
easy practice match with De Witt Clin-
ton High School. The schoolboys had
a much heavier team than 10 usual for
the prep schools, the line averaging rs
pounds and the whole team l6 pounds.
Added to this. although the Columbia
players were about twelve pounds
w~eightier to the man, the schoolboys
knew how to tackle fercely and were
not afraid 10 try either. From the very
start OF the game they failed to dis
play the and dlsorganiza-
tion usual In ~schoolboy players. which
speaks well for the coaching done by
Jake" wair. They ripped into the
Columbia team as II they were meeting
something In their " class, and In
deed they were superior IN one detail.
Their ends practically outclassed tho
Columbia wing men. who were drawn
out OF their positions by their opponents
when Columbia had the ball. so that
most tries at tho end OF the line were
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TRACK ATTENDANCE
IS DW|NDL|NC EACH DAY
The Stewards Have Failed to Take
Notice of Startling Reversals of Form
and Several Bad Races Were Run
Again Yesterday.

There were by actual count between
the second and third races yesterday
just seventy-nlne people In the second
tier OF the grand-stand At Gravesend.
Not more than 1900 occupied seats In
the lower stand. Perhaps a thousand
more wandered about the lawns. II
Ii quite a difference from the spring,
when the average attendance was
something like 5000 or 10000, and when
Saturdays were like the old Brooklyn
and Suburban Handicap days with an
vtesnarus q SaSa or sotrs.
Does thH wonderful ~shrinksss IN a..
tendancs mean anything to the Jockey
Club, Does Il mean that the policy OF
no scandal and indifference to sharp
practice has met with the approval
OF the publlc' II does mean that the
public Is Withdrawing Its support from
racing and will continue 10 withhold
Il unless some pretense Is made At
keeping horsemen and jockeys In proper
bounds.
There were races at Gravesend yes
terday which the stewards could very
properly have Inquired into. One was
the Sweet Pepper race, The chart
records show that this flly ran at
Brighton on Sept u, and that the open
Ing price was I TO I and the closing
price 5 TO /, indicating only q casual
interest In her performance, She nm
lshed hfth in behind T~hirty-thlrd, VI
dcla, Brush Up and Danseuse.
On that day Danseuse vas prac-
tlcally left at the post. She made up
at least half a dozen lengths on Sweet
Pepper and beat her out. Yesterday
Sweet Pepper could have been left at
the post and beaten Dsnseuse, Sweet
Pepper Just breezed all the way.
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was steadily Backed.

Yesterday Sweet Pepper opened Al
II to | and was steadily backed, clos
Ing at 5 20 l. The owner Of this hlly
was suspended at New orleans last
winter for a bit OF sharp practice In
connection with this same FLY. He
deemed It his privilege to fool the public
and the officials by substituting an
other horse In the paddock for Sweet
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n he intended 10 run the

Pepper, as n he Intended 10 run the
substituted n for Sweet Pepper.
Then when called to he said
he had carefully looked up the rules
and knew that all the punishment he
could get was q fine. The stewards
suspended him nevertheless
OF course Sweet Pepper may have
been q bit short last time out, not
having U since Washington. and there
may be some excuse. Sweet Pepper
wee bid UP after TIA race and bought
" wsllsaa sctsttsL
w1fat otn be said Of tNs race run
by Lord Badger Ought o the public
reasonably expect some sort OF a race
from an odds-on favorite. one that
showed so well at Brighton In his races
there? Lord Badge had no speed yes.
terday and was absolutely last In a
ield Of Ave.
This. preceding the Sweet Pepper
race and followed by the performance
OF First Mason. wal enough TO sour
thy raw NlONu ihah c'Vi ''SNNN +"
course.
First Mason has been hailed as the
best four-year-old In training. lie gave
ormonde's Right thirteen pounds al
Brighton and beat him In /, sallop.
At Sheepshead he galloped Delhi into
the ground. But Mr.. Rowe's horses
run most disappolntlngly. Colonial Grl
Is badly beaten one day and breeze'
home the next. Mabel Richardson runs
a cracking good race on the turf IA
almost record time. Next time out she
canno, raise a gallop aud is very badly
beaten. Then comes First Mason IN
his race yesterday. ridden atroclously
by a Jockey named Barker. and he ms
no speed at all. He a very oadiy
beaten.
Racing L. DiscouraEinE'
This kind Of racing Is o discourage
Ing OF course there may be good and
legitimate reasons for all those upsetS
In form, but there Is nothing TO show
that tho stewards vcr take the rodble
In find out whether the reasons are
legitimate or otherwise. Paid stewards
would seem the only remedy yet even
Maid stewards would hesitate TO inquire
INTO the running OF horses which nap
/ ncne,l TO be owned hy men OF influence
and power on the turf.
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A Goat Deal.

sYouns Corbett" saw a goat tied to
, line In q vacant lot. lie took a
eanoy to the animal and, hunting up
the owner, offered TO buy It for VI
Boats In Frisco are worth about ~
'Corbett" got the goat.
with Roach he started downtown
IN q trolley car, carrying tine goat
along. Suddenly the idea struck Cor
ostt" that II would be best to send
NJ goat out to his quarters.
BILLY. take the goat out b the
leach" he commanded.
Roach objected.
+, 'Tr give you so 70 take II out
Shers. Be q good fellow. now"
Roach took the twenty, stopped the
Uar for q moment. called the nearest
boy. handed him the goat and -.
With instructions, and jumped up
again on the seat beside "Corbett."
: 'Corbett' laughed.
I, George Gardner. while ne held the
iiSht heavyweight championship,
made q barrel OF money. He spent
Il on trotting horses. and expected 10
win enough with his stable to re-
tire from the ring.
He Is sill fighting.
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Dixon squandered Ills.

> George Dixon, the most wonderful
Iattls feather-weight that ever lived.
made almost as much money In his
three hundred fights as John l.. Sulll-
van himself. Dixon was a reckless
spender and a hard drinker. lie made
q fortune for Tom o'Rourke, his
manager. but to-day he hasn't a cent
10 his name. His greatness and his
glory are departed, and his coat 10
out at the elbows.
OF all the lighting men who have
made fortunes in the ring, those who
have anything left could be counted
On the fngers OF one hand. Easy
come, easy 60.
Tom sharkey has a paying business
and a ht OF money well invested
Bob Fitzsimmons has some property.
% has Jim Corbett. but very little
70 show for his enormous earnings.
Terry McGoyern Is still eating meat
six times a week. Jeifr!es a buy a
few more cases Of wine. Tommy Ryan
md Jack O'Brien are both capital
Eats. Jimmy Britt mas nearly every
dollar he eve Won Invested In San
francisco. And there the list ends.
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Roach nearly tainted.

SAY. DO you know what the odds
aUr he asked. They are giving .
% I against X. and the others are
ostts- stll. II the first horse wins
mere Win b s1,.co &c put on the sec
end race. and II that comes of all
right I'll have over 100000 to put on
ehs third. You must be crazy. I
oouidu't get ever the second bet down
IN the whole ring: and II you started
piunsing like that the prices would
crop to nothing"
60 ahead and bet It," said Cor
hstt," shortly.
X lost. and Billy Roach was saved
NJ trouble Of trying to parlay 'Cor-
hskt,s' Winnings.
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TEAM SPRINGS
NEW IDEA In UNIFORMS
In Game with the High-SchooI Boys the Team
on the Hill Appears in Khaki Pants,
Which Are Hard to Tackle.

crump,ed up by the offensive half backs
OF DE Witt Clinton.
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s. s.1
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COLUMN

Where are the millions that Tight
- have won In purses and eide
hStsf
Tom Sharkey can account for some
small part OF the roll; but Tom
b only one man. Others have made
fortunes In the ring as well as the
Sailor.
John L. Sullivan was the king Of
money-getters. and the king Of
s~pendthrifts. During his fighting
period the old-time champion made
over a million dollars, and to-day he
u tending bar out In st. Louis
tor . monthly salary that he would
have thrown away In an hour years
ago.
Sullivan gave his money away, and
when he could o give II away
hst enough he threw It out In the
street for any ~passer-by to pick up.
Even Rockefeller could heggar HIM
sslf II he had the spirit OF old John L.
sIoung Corbett" Another sullivan.
young Corbett' has as little knowl-
edge OF the value Of money as dId
John l.. himself.
Shortly after the 'Corbett" -Hanlon
night, In San Francisco, the little Dem
verite went out to the race track. lie
had just 1890 left. for the book.
makers had been trimming him merrlly.
In the betting ring "Corbett" met
Billy Roach. a New York sporting
mAn
Heres 1900" said ~"corbett."
TAKE It for ne. Play the roll on X
b the first race. Then lay all the
winnings OF Y In tho second. After
mat. II ] still win, put the whole
works on z In the third, splitting It
Win and place. After that see me.
md I'll have q couple more picked U
- play."
Roach nearly tainted.
Svenska monitoren., 1904-11-11
EN- LITEN GAsHisToRiA.

Vile och Anna hade varit gifta l at.
skilliga ar, och | lika manga ar hade
de ofverlefvat den II November utan
att kunna besta sig med gasstek.
De hade fatt noja sig med lukten af
s&dan fran grannarnes kok. Barnen
- de, son nagorlunda hunnit tillvaxa
| alder och wisdom - hade kommit
under fund med att denna steklukt
var obligatorisk ofvannamda dag /
hvarje k0k, hvars innehafvande familj
gjorde onsprak pa att kallas herrskap.
Till papa kommo dock inga klago-
NAL 0fver uteblifven gasstek; Diet var
ALT mamma som de senaste elite No.
vemberdagarne fatt ia emot 'besva.
rem, hvilka aldrig fullfoljdes / "h0gre
raft" - delta pa mammas f0rmanin-
gar till de sma att inte CORA papa
ledsen.
Det hade aldrig fallit Anna sjalf in
att CORA en- hansyftning pa gasstek.
Hon visste nog att man skulle kunna
besta sig med den lyxen, ON vissa in
skrankningar f0retoges | Villes sa att
saga privata budget dagarne fore Mar
ten bishops markliga dag; men Anna
var en- liten small och talig hustru, som
med jamnmod konstaterade, hurusom
Svenska monitoren., 1904-11-11

Det blef tyst nagra minuter. men
sedan lj0d Diet alter:
- Far. kommer NOR aldrig igen?
- Mel. II
Om jag dor -. kommer ID int
heller jag igen?
Prata int ON sadant.
- ia, men jag tanker sd mycket pa
Diet. ON Jag kommer bort, liksom
NOR, blir du ensam har da?
- ia, Diet blir jag Wall
- Hvem ska dA hjRlpa dig?
- HIM. :. jag hjalper mig nog sialf.
- Men far -. du som aldrig vet
hvar saltkaret star ! skapet!
- HIM. -. jag hjalpte mig sjalf ga
manga ar imam jag sag dig!-
- Hvar a jag da. far?
- Det vet jag inte.
- Det Dir besynnerligt.
- Var du tyst och sof!
- All, far. jag kan int! jag
vantar pa att du skall alta.
- Hvarf0r Diet?
- Ah... far. tag din mat och
slit har hos mig. Jag will halla din
ena hand medan du ater.. Saltet
star till venster pa andra hyllan
far jag halla din hand, far
Svenska monitoren., 1904-11-11

till gaskalas | morgon. sannerligen gor
jag int det...
Och vile h0ll ord babe med Diet ena
och Diet andra.
bet Dir int bara gasstek den II No
vember. Diet Dir ALT annat som g0r att
Vile och hans familj sedan den dagen
ser mera valmaende ut an fordom.
H--s In.
Svenska monitoren., 1904-11-11
BLAND DE MANGA TusEN sTIGAR

Bland de manga tusen stigar,
som i vida verlden ga,
ar Diet en- blot. hvilken kommer
hjartat hardare att sla.
Diet ar stigen som till hemmets
kanda, kara dorr oss for,
der som ingenstades warren
underbart sin sin blomsno stror.
Hemmets stig och hemmets torfva :
flikar af Diet vackra land,
som sa mycket rent och harligt
famnar ifran strand till strand,
morgonrodnad, stjarnenatter,
klint och stra och boljeslag,
ALT vi alskat, ALT vi dromt ON,
ALT vi gladts at dag for dag.
o. hur mycket vardt oss gifvet,
oss, som bo och bygga har
pa de stora skaters vidder,
pa de vida, ode skar. -
up till trofast vakt vi stande
offervilligt hand Inland,
f0rst och sist ur hjartat stige:
Gud beware hem och land!
Ida Granqvist.
Svenska monitoren., 1904-11-11
MAsTTRxDET.

Han timrade, glad / hagen,
vid stranden, der hat har hamn,
En- drake att rida wagon
Och gaf den EFT alskadt MANN.
Nu fattas masten bara.
Da gick han l skogen in.
"Hvar mande den furan vara,
Som passar at baten min?
"Jag fruktar du Waller lila
Eft masttrad for skumdrankt ban.
I skogen, der dr. Diet sd stilla,
Och ingen vid strid dr. van.
fallen, der stormen fardas
Och vaxer till Wild orkan,
val furorna battre hardas
For strider pa ocean,"
Det horde han ej! - skogen
Det ekar af yxans Stag.
- stillhet blir kraften mogen
For stridernas kampatag.
Runar Aim.
Svenska monitoren., 1904-11-11
DEN MIssKANDA GAsEN.

l November star verlden, sd vida
den 1 kulinariskt afseende tefinner
sig pa holden af kultur, i gasens tee
ken, hvilket torde forsona oss med
manga andra tecken af den icNe sar-
skildt trefliga och alskvarda manaden.
Den unga gasen raknar nu ungefar
sex manaders alder, och vid denna It'd
ar den enligt Diet trovardiga witness
b0rdet af filosofen Leibnitz allra smak-
ligast. Denna beaktansvarda omstan-
dighet har gasen att tacka for att den
blef den helige Martins af Tours ask
lingsfogel, och som en- fold haraf blir
den till hans ara uppaten af katoliker-
ne pa hans namnsdag, den II Novem-
Der, under Diet att protestantiska gass
redan en- dag forut laggas i stekgry-
tan till Martin Luthers aminnelse.
"vid Martenstiden slagtar man
gass", har nagon gammal klassiker
skrifvit, och da Martin genom delta
slagtoffer firas pa Stamina satt och I'M
gefar pa Stamina It'd af protestanter
och katoliker, torde gassteken smaka
oss annu battre sasom en- a~llmankyrk-
lig kalasratt.
bet heter / en- gammal katolsk folk
visa att "gasen med slit kacklande
Sanct Martin forradt, och derfore
maste man den steka".
no,~ool fSrb8llor daf cio CO aft ia
Sanct Martinus ar 375 blef valid ill
biskop, hade han i ungdomlig blyghet
gait och CONT sig, men gassen forrac-
de honom med slit snatter. Langre
fran berattas de under en- p~redikan
genom det oyasen, de stallde till, ha
bragt den fromme biskopen alldeles Cr
k%oncepterna. ALA handelser har den
helige Martin grundade ansprak pa
att ~forevigas i samband med gasen,
och det har afven Luther. Denne var
sjalf en- stor van af gasstek och drog
som tolfarig gasse egenhandigt och
med stor skicklighet skinnet af en-
gas.
Men dessutom paminner den ON
tyckta, till reformatorns ara offrade
fogeln ON annu en- sorglig historisk
t~illdragelse, hvilken star i samband
med Luthers modiga ~upptradande. Da
hans forel0pare, Johann Huss, den 6
JUL 1415 / Konstanz besteg ballet, skall
han med anspelning pa slit MANN -
hus eller husa betyder pa bohmiska
spraket "gas" - ha utropat:
"Nu steker nj bara en- vanlig gas,
men efter mig skall komma en- swan,
och den skall nj lemna ostekt".
Man Dor dock int tro att Martens
gas forst genom kristendomen ernatt
ara och anseende. Mel, hennes rykte
ar vida aldre och racker anda till den
isgra forntiden. Martensgas' forhisto-
ria ma har i all korthet uppdukas for
att dermed samtidiet ateruppratta den
at den otacksamma manskligheten
som dunn smadade fogeln.
ON nu ocksa beteckningen "dum
gas" f0rsatter hela verldens pensions
flickor / en- Wild vrede, och ON exem-
pelvis den tyske dramaturgen Leasing
kallade en- af sina larde m~otstandare
med den f0ga smickrande hedersti-
teln: "Professorsgas", sa kan man ur
historien anf6ra tillrackligt med ex-
empel, hvilka ifragasatta. huruvida ga
Svenska monitoren., 1904-11-11

I engelska folkskolor skall | KAISER
ma for flickor inforas underwriting 1
sk0tsel af smabarn.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-05-09
THERE WAS NO REPLY.

Woman" remarked Mr.. Crosse
ling. 'is heavens best gift 10 man,
but whether it means a married wOm-
an CT not, am not so certain. Now,
there's my wife; I've known a good
many women in my time. and | don't
think I'd be willing to change her for
any woman l ever met, saw or heard
OF. I'm willing 10 make as many con-
cessiCns as most men, but l really
think there is a limit that any reason
able woman ought to observe. Not
that my wife is not as reasonable as
any other married woman. mind you,
for she is. But there are times when
she makes men doubt the strict &C
curacy of the time-honored maxim l
have quoted.
"Now. for instance, the other day
was doing something or other in the
house. like a man has a right to do on
his own premises. and. just as men
sometimes do. put my finger where
I had no business to put it. and hit
il with the hammer.
Well said l, TO myself. though my
wife was sewing by the WINDOW on the
other side OF the room. I'll bet I'm the
biggest idiot in creation
"All of which 1 had a perfect right
to say; but my wife looks up from
her work, and says she:
" William says she, don't you know
enough about the ethics OF gambling
to know that you have no right to
bet on a certainty?
That's what she said; and, under
the circumstances, what on earth
could / say but nothing? And that's
what I said. "-Tit-BitS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-05-09
CHAPTER VIII.

with aching hands and bleeding feet,
We dig and heap. lay stone on stone;
We bear the burden and the heat
OF the long day, and wish 'twere
done;
Not till the hours Of light return.
All we have built do we discern"
The young heir of Selwyn rode back
through the shady arch of green
boughs. His thoughts were all with
the gentle, patient woman he had just
left.
"She is a lady. | am sure" said the
boy. How nicely she speaks, how
gracefully she moves; how kind her
eyes are. I cannot remember whose
eyes they are like. / wish with all
my heart that Lady Beatrice resembled
her"
For the young heir, despite his
fathers devoted affection. had not the
most pleasant life in the world. 1t is
only in a woman's power to make home