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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
ASHENBACK RETURNS SOUTH
LADEN WITH HOPE OF VICTORY
VARDAMAN SUSTAINED.
To-day, However, His Veto May BE
Overridden.

To-day, However, His Veto May BE
Overridden.
jackson, Miss, March 15.-The Low
er House INDUCED to-day in a spirited
debate on the veto of Gov. Vardaman
of the bill for an appropriation for the
benefit of negro education. The vote
to pass tine bill over the Governor S
veto was lost by vote of Ga to As,
seventy-two votes being required. The
bill, therefore, is dead.
Immediately upon the reassembling
TO the House this afternoon Speaker
Thomas handed down a ruling on the
motion made by Representative Ma
hon to reconsider the vote whereby the
Holly Springs Normal School appro-
priation bill failed to pass the Gov
ernor's veto. The Speaker held that a
motion to reconsider was proper. To-
morrow the vote viii be reconsidered
and a strong effort made to pass the
bill over the veto of the Governor.
1t is stated tonight that the House
leaders who favor the passing of the
bill are getting the lodging mem
bers into line. 1t is also stated that
some of the members who voted to
sustain the Governor to-day will vote
the other way tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
MUNROE BELIEVES HE
WILL BE CHAMPION,

Says Jack Munroe: Ever since
gave Jeffries that big surprise at Butte,
Mont, I'm our four-round go l have
Ionged for return match with the
champion. was far from being in
condition when / met him out West.
In fact / just took a chance and fought
him or the reel sull, ! had no dif-
ficulty in staying the limit, and nj
the end had "A shade the best Of the
argument. After had received the de-
cson ] made up my mind that / could
defeat Jeffries, ana ! am more coma
dent right now than ever before that
/ VIII beat him in our coming battle.
The bouts that ] have taken part IN
since our last meeting have simply
been workouts for me. Ibe AFFAIR
with Mahef was over before / had been
wen III nay stride. and my ~ with
Limerick was a repetition Of The Mahef
AFFAIR sun. both ~ these fights cons
WINGED ne thar J WIS Tigbf ir my icea.
bot flie real test cipe when ] tackled
fbaTFey He Wae fhe one man nlfh
experience. but guess 4 had the best
~ Lim when Il Waf az over"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
GARDNER AGREES TO EsCHEW POKER
GAMES WHILE IN TRAINING
Fascination
of Gaming Has
Stumbling Block.

The most unique contract ever drawn
up between a boxer and a managing
promoter has been signed by Gus
Gardner in favor Of the Saginaw Box
ing Club. The contract is deemed suf-
ficient to keep Gus in the straight and
narrow path until after his coming
battle with Joe Cans for the light well
terweght championship of the world.
Gardner, when isolated, is one of the
best men. from training standpoint,
in the boxing game. He never uses
tobacco or liquor in any form. keeps
regular hours and is always in condi-
ton. A wonderful physique keeps him
strong and sturdy even when not in
training. Saginaw has been Gardeners
ruin financially however. the rattle Of
the poker chips proving a magnet be-
fore which the boxer was dcfenseIess.
Gardner holds an known long distance
records for poker playing The Saginaw
record Of forfy-tWo hours at a sitting
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
SANGREE DOES NOT THINK
WELL OF PITCHING MACHINE
New York Scribe Wakes Humorous in De.
ScriptiVe Story

The pitching machine which sam
Crane brought to Savannah to be tried
in the spring practices of the Giants
has been the object of much ridicule by
newspaper correspondents, who have
watched the operations of the strange
looking craft.
Allan sangree, who was along with
the Giants, made the machine the sub
ject of a special article to the New
York Globe, and in his story, Sangree
handled ancient history rather care
lessly. but much to the point of his
humorous satire. The story goes thus:
On this very day. two thousand
years ago, a man named Archimedes
discovered the value Of a lever. like
wise some funny machines to throw
rocks and fire. Arc" lived in a viii
lage called Syracuse, somewhere near
Rome, in the Mediterranean sea, and
nearly every nation doing business at
that time had a fling at trying to cap
ture the place.
Greeks, Romans and Carthagenans,
to say nothing of the black lads from
Africa. all went up against those cat
apults and took the count. II was
great fun for old Arc" who sat UP
i'm his office with a highball at either
hand and sprung something new every
half hour.
Up TO now there has not been any
thing quite so interesting in the me-
chanical line, but this pitching ma
chine that Sam Crane, the veteran ex-
second baseman, logged to Savannah,
promises to make the Syracuse sport
dangle out OF sight.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16

With the running of the Crescent
City Derby at New Orleans Saturday
the season of racing Of the Crescent
City Jockey Club ended at New Or
leans, and when this weeks racing OF
the new jockey club at the town by
the Gulf is completed the racing scene
will shift, and the tribe will move up
the river.
They move up the line to Little Rock
for six days next week, and then to
Memphis for the opening of the lie
Ultimate" season on Monday, March
%. with the Montgomery handicap as
the star event.
After Memphis comes a short meet
ing at Nashville, then the running OF
the Kentucky Derby at Louisville on
Nav and the launching of the first
meeting at the new track at Kansas
City. Meanwhile the Eastern season
will have been opened at Washington,
March "a, and the tracks at ST. Louis
will get in action on April 10. Kinloch
opens under the sanction of the West
ern Jockey Club on that date, and Z.
]. Dermody is making preparations to
open the plant of the Union Jockey
Club on the same day, to run for 80
days, in opposition to Kinloch. Delmar
Park and the Fair Grounds, and with
out the sanction of the Western turf
governing body
What is to be done with reference
to the situation at Chicago is still a
matter for the future. The Worth
people say they will accept no dates
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
The News of Dublin.

Dublin. Ga, March 15.-B. G.
Rhodes Il Co. Of Noel Mo, have pur-
chased the Dublin Wagon and Machine
Company from the local stockholders
and have taken charge of the plant.
They have ordered number of addi-
tional machines, and as soon as they
arrive the capacity of the plant will
be increased TO from 1900 to 1000 wag-
ons per annum.
MIR. c.. $. New OF this county. who
is a great believer In high fertilization
and frequent blowing. viii this year,
on a seven-horse farm use sixty tons
OF commercial fertilizers. beside "A con-
siderable quantity OF homemade fer
tiizerS. Hc will plant this year $50
acres IN cotton. nifty acres In corr,
fifty acres IN cassava and twenty acres
IN cane. on about twenty-five acres
of his land he will use 1900 pounds OF
homemade fertilizer and 500 pounds 81
commercial fertilizer per acre. on his
entire farm he Will use on AN average
500 pounds Of commercial fertilizer per
acre.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
RACES AT NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans, March 15.-Lora J. and
Yellow Hammer were the only beaten
favorites to-day. Leila's defeat in the
fifth race, in which she was backed
from Z 10 TO l, was the upset Of the
day.
First Race-Six furlongs. Tom Oney,
80 to l, won, with Lora j.. to 5. sec
ond and Jim Ferrin, Is to l. third.
Time lis AS.
Second Race-Six and one-haf fur
longs Miladi Love. IA TO 5, won, with
Neither One, to l, second and Reckon
er. 20 to /. third. Time 1:2l rs.
Third Race-Six furlongs Gus Hell
dorm, to /, won, with Yellow Hammer,
S 10 5, second and Allegrette, s TO /,
third. Time lis 2-5.
Fourth Race-Mile and sixteenth,
handicap. Lev Dorsey. 3 to 2, won, with
Lauralighter, 9 to 5. second and Ethics,
to /, third. Time 1:4S AS.
Fifth Race-Miie. New Mown Hay,
even, won. with Scotch Thistle, IA to
o.. second and Katie Powers, % to /,
third. Time /: AZ.
Sixth Race-Mile and three-siX-
teenths. Tancred, to 1, won, with
John Coulter, to /, second and Santa
Teresa, 20 to l, third. Time POP 1-5.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
Been Gus

being shattered by Gus In a recent
game, when he stayed hfty-three hours
and wanted to start a rough house
when the relay of players cashed in.
1t is said that he spent the next few
hours playing solitaire.
Gardner trained on faro for his great
battle with Joe Grim, and knocked out
Con Mccarthy after two hard DAYS
against poker game. Harry Lemon
and Jimmy Duggan were both victims
OF long sessions at stud poker and
otto Knop was defeated through a
nights run against the roulette wheel.
But the Saginaw promoters think
that the punching bag and road work
VIII be necessary for Joe Cans, so that
Gardner has signed a contract agree
ing 10 forfeit 2ia per cent. OF his money
every time that he plays poker up to
the day after the battle. Now the
club WIN hire a night Waterman and
keep Gus from playing solitaire IN the
privacy ~ his room. II this grea
boxer VIII eliminate the gambling
habit he VIII be the light welterweight
champion Of the world before the
month Of March passes into history.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
CAN'T THIN HIS RED BLOOD.
Greatest of Indian Football Players
Returns To His Reservation.

~ his
Metoxen. the once world famous foot
ball player on the Carlisle Indian school
team, and one of the greatest fuIlbacks
this country has ever produced. sitting
on a load Of cordwood, a figure that
could hardly be told from a common.
ordinary reservation Indian, can now
be seen quite often near Green Bay,
Wis, driving a team with a load of
cordwoOd.
The once famous gridiron hero has
gone back to the haunts of his fathers.
on the Oneida reservation, and has been
living there for some time. In the fall
OF the year, when the gridiron battles
are on, he cannot keep from the fray.
and generally manages in some way to
get to Green Bay, Peshtigo or Mari
netto to play with the teams of those
towns
He is now farming, and is more
pleased with the cash that his cord
wood and other products bring him
than with the money he obtained from
the government.
With the reputation this man had he
could easily be demanding a comfort
able salary from some university as a
coach, had not mis- native Instincts been
so strong that as soon as he was out OF
college he went back to his former
haunts on the reservation.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
DUFFY WILL SETTLE DOWN TO
brass TACkS TODAY.
PITCHERS WILL GET "WlNGS"
NUMBERED.
MATCH GAMES WILL BE PLAYED
BETWEEN REGULARS AND YANNI-
CANS.

Duny and His Men Are Delighted
with the Climate, and May Select
savannah as Permanent Spring
Practice Cnmp-Lush is Expected
10 BE n Great Addition to the
Team-Pftchers viii Have Hard
work From Now Until the Team
Leaves on March 2S.
Manager Duffy had the Phillies out
early yesterday for a good days work.
To-day the team will settle down to
brass tacks and there will not be a
let up in the work until the Phillies
march aboard the ship homeward
bound.
All of the men are delighted with
the weather they have encountered.
and Manager Duffy says If the grounds
here are improved he is inclined 70
make Savannah the regular spring
practice camp The diamond at Bolton
Street Park has been slightly improved
since the Giants praetieed there. but
it is still rough, and the outheld is
in no shape at all
The work yesterday consisted in
hitting out to feeders. light exercise OF
the pitchers, and passing the ball
around the diamond. All Of the men
got up a good perspiration, and after
a hard run into the city, and a rub
down at the bath. pulled their chairs
out in front OF the Pulaski and sat
down TO play over old games ana plan
for new ones.
1T is too early yet to make any
plans for our line up" said Manager
Duffy last night. L don't know just
what the new men will show. l may
decide to make d complete revision
of the line up and batting order. In
this matter ! shall act independently
of all precedents. and viii give every
player a chance TO make good. OF
course there are one or two positions
on the team that there will b. no change
in. such as catchers ana pitchers. but
the fielding positions may all be
changed.
When asked what he thought Of the
Giants Manager Duffy said that they
would undoubtedly run up near the
top during the season. They will.
however" he said, have TO depend
largely on the magnificent pitching
STAFF that they have. Their infield
is wOefully weak, and I do not think
any too much of the outfield, but in
pitchers and catchers there is little
doubt but that they have the pick of
the country. 1 consider McGinnity the
most consistent man McGraw has on
his pitching staff though Matthewson
is able 10 do brilliant work. In Multi
gan, the Buffalo south-paw, / think
McGraw win find ne has a treasure. I
don't know much of Wiltse, the other
south-paw. but have heard a great
deal Of him.
right up. near the. top in the race. |
expect to see Cincinnati With Hahn.
SuthoT. Ewing and Harper the Reds
have a quartette Of slab artists that
will make her hard proposition es-
peeially with the splendid field that
has been gathered together look for
them TO finish way up near the top,
barring accident"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
RAGING SCENE WILL BE
SHIFTED WITH END OF WEEK
Legitimate" Season Will open With Montgomery
Handicap March 28.

in April, and the Western Jockey Club
does not appear to be inclined to ac-
cede to the wishes of the Wagner
O'Brien forces for. a change to May.
OBrien and Wagner are both out
with statements to the effect that there
will be no racing at Worth unless dates
are changed.
While, of course, the meeting at New
Orleans has made money for the track
promoters, and a very liberal amount
of the soft and desirable has been
distributed among the horsemen, the
lengthy session was not fraught with
the heavy speculation in the betting
ring or attended by the same class of
betters as characterized the meeting
of the previous winter. While there
was some there was less of scandal
than in any year of the history of the
track. The most notorious case was
that of Griffin's substitution of an
other filly for Sweet Pepper in the
paddock for the purpose of deceiving
the bookmakers and getting a longer
price against the speedy trick which
came home with the goods for him
Griffin's effort to have the Western
Jockey Clubs Stewards reverse the
finding of the New Orleans officials
against him has thus far failed. The
stewards at their meeting last Monday
deferred action in the matter, and
Griffin was later ordered to remove
his horses from the track-that is, all
with the exception of those having
stake engagements.
On the whole the New Orleans sea-
son has been as good and no worse
than the average winter period of rae
ing. The horses ran decidedly nearer
to form than they did last year, and
considerably more consistently than
they have been running in California.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
BLOOD WILLING TO FIGHT BARBER
FOR ALL OF THE GATE MONEY
Says He Has Cinch to Put the Big Fellow Out
in First Round.

Blood. the Terrible" who will meet
Homer Brown, the Fighting Barber,
before the Savannah Athletic Club
Friday evening, said yesterday that he
was willing to box Browne for all of
the door money. and TO made a side
wager, provided his friends who were
willing to back him some time ago are
still loyal.
Blood issued this statement when
told that Browne was about fifteen
pounds heavier than he was, and had
said that he would eat the welter-
weight alive. jess let 'em try" said
Blood, zen I'll make 'em think he hit
er harrican.'
OF the two men, Blood is better
known to those who love a good, hard
fight. He has always been in for mix
ing things up and taking his share or
the punishment in the open. He is
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16

built like a sturdy oak. with a niuscu-
lar development around the chest, and
arms that has been pronounced by
many experts in physical culture as
wonderful
His right and left hand wdllops are
all the same, and though he takes long
chances by forcing in fighting, he
is always ready to deliver a terrific
close in-punch that is worse than the
kick of a long range mule. That Blood
will make the fight all that lovers of
the game can desire no one doubts.
He has expressed a desire to meet Joe
Cans, and will issue a challenge to
that worthy scrapper if he can gather
enough money to prepare himself for a
real battle.
Browne is a tall, muscular fellow
quick as a flash, and built much after
the order of an athletic Indian. He has
a superior knowledge of the game
among the colored boxers, and will
make it interesting for Blood. He will
probably accept BIoOd's offer to con-
est "winner take ALL"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16

We are told that the machine can
hurl any sort of a curve at any speed
and at any distance. 1t is intended
to save a pitchers arm in practice
Well, about half of the city of Savan-
nah came out to-day to see the open
ing tournament. and IT reckon it was
powerful sport"
The instrument looks like an old
fashioned hobby horse with a long nose.
1t works by compressed air and APP
pears harmless, but McGinnity, War
ner and Bresnahan are laid up with
aching bones as a result of attempting
TO hit and catch the awful curves, and
McGraw has been begged to have it
removed until the inventor arrives.
The boys were anxious to see the
thing work, though, as baseball men,
they resented any mechanical device
that would infringe on their profess
sion, McGinnity, being an expert ma
chinist, made the final arrangements,
and then volunteered to bat against
the black devil.
over" cried Bresnahan. stand
over further" and then touched the
spring. The Iron Man" gave one de-
spairing wild look grabbed wildly,
turned his back, and caught the tor
pedo fair amidships, while a mighty
shout went up from the Crackers.
Bresnahan then essayed to hit it him
self, and made a few fancy passes. The
pressure was lowered to fifteen pounds
to make it easy, but the ball went so
fast that the Giants crack batsman
only saw blur, and the next moment
found him doubled up on the turf with
an uncoupled diaphragm. Warner and
Bowerman nearly broke their hands
trying to catch from its torpedo snout
whereupon McGraw decided to stick to
the old-fashioned way.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16

Romantic Marriage of Miss Norman
and Mr.. BeaII at MOuItrie.

and Mr.. BeaII at MOultrie.
Moultrie, Ga. March 15-Mr. Charlie
Beall of this city and Miss Annie Nor
man of Norman Park elopod from the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. B. Norman, Jr, Sunday, and
married against the wishes of the par
ents on both sides. Objection to the
marriage was mainly because of the
ages of the young people. The bride
is just 16 and the groom not yet 90
Both have been attending the Norman
Institute, and gave up the search after
knowledge to seek matrimonial bliss
The groom is a son of Mr. o. A. Beall
4 leading citizen of Moultrie, and for
the present he and his young wife are
making their home there. The brides
father, Hon. ]. B. Norman, is one of
the wealthiest men of this section, q
prominent promoter and politician. He
was also the founder of Norman Insti-
tute, where his daughter was attend
ing school when she fell in love with
young Beall.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
HILDRETH WILL START
NINE IN MONTGOMERY.

Believed He Has an Excellent
Chance to Win the Handicap.
Memphis, Tenn, March 15.-with the
opening of the future pay or play book
on the Montgomery Handicap here
during the last week interest in the
big race scheduled two weeks from yes
terday at the opening of the twenty
sixth annual meeting of the New
Memphis Jockey Club has received a
decided stimulus.
In the absence of a McChesney, a
Waring, an Ornament or a Clifford,
such as has been installed favorite for
the classic in past years, there has
been no stampede TO back any particu-
lar candidate, and as doubt is ex-
pressed about both Claude and Witful
being numbered among the starters at
the post the play has thus far been
confined to members of the field about
whom elongated prices are displayed
by J. M. Murphy & Co., proprietors
of the future book
S. c. Hildreth, who owns nine of
the ffty-seven remaining eligibles for
the race, does not know himself
whether Witful will be included in the
field that faces Starter Fitzgerald. A
week ago he had decided to send the
crack FLY to try for the honors but
in answer to a letter received from F..
Il. Smathers asking as TO whether he
was safe in placing q wager in the
future book on Witful, Hildreth re-
piled that he was undecided about
starting her. Hildreth has Hands
Across, Safety Light. Burleigh, Fa-
vonius, Cognomen BY Ways and Top
Soil left TO his string, in addition to
Witful, all of which are quoted at
20 to / or better In the future betting,
which shows Witful the 4-to-1 favor
lite.
Ed Corrigan, who won the Montgom-
cry once with his famous mare Nodes
ty and later with Riley, the Kentucky
Derby winner, win be represented for
the first time in recent years by at
least two candidates. according to
present plans. The 4-year- old imp. Ne
Gee and the aged Haviland are receiv-
ing careful preparation for the event.
and a stable commission has already
been placed back of both horses, which
would Indicate their presence in the
race at post time.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-16
PHTLLIES ARE NOW WARMING UP
TO REAL WORK BEFORE THEM
DALY'S CLAUDE TO TRY
FOR F0UR-MILE RACE.
Will Send sturdy SON of Lissak to
Post for The Thornton.

Iost Tor Ihc InoFntous
NJ. ]. Daily has announced that he
will start Claude in the Thornton Stakes
at four miles at Oakland next Satur-
day. The son of Lissak is in the class
Of the eligibles. one feature Of the
conditions of the race is the arbitrary
fixing Of the weights several pounds
below the scale. Three-year-old car
~ SIS pounds. 4-year-olds 1O9 pounds.
5-year-olds us pounds 6-year-olds and
over lf6 pounds Under the conditions
Claude will only have TO carry 100
pounds. In view of his other rich en-
gagements. some doubt existed as 70
whether Daily would send his horse
such d long route. but he is remain
ing in Oakland for the event. as he
plans 10 ship to Memphis Monday
Among other candidates for the
Thornton are CRATER. winner of the
Warehouse Cup. Horatius, Outburst,
Rio Shannon. who won the event last
year. Veterano. Key Note, Our Bessie
and The Way. Key Note and Our Bes-
sic We're added when the stake was
ing 10 the muddy condition of the
track, Our Bessie was not started in
the Warehouse Cup. She likes
route
The Thornton VIII have a value of
about $500 and is attracting much
attention Il has been an annual fea-
ture for many years. Star Ruby is
$1,000 handicap. for 3-year-oids and
upward, at a mile and a furlong, to
be run to-day. VIII be another feature
Of the week