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The Washington times., 1904-09-11
JENKINS TO WRESTLE
RUSSIAN LION AGAIN
Will Probably Meet at Yankee Style
in the Fall-After
Gotch.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-Tom Jenkins.
the champion catch-as-catch-can wrest-
ler is I'm town after an extended tour
Of Great Britain. The American while
abroad, engaged In several matches and
appeared in all the principal music halls
where he met all corners
Jenkins went abroad to meet the Rus
sian lion." George Hackenschmidr- The
men wrestled for the Graz cO-Roman
title and the foreigner was the victor.
The match with the Russian, Is pro-
NOTED by a supposed reliable firm Of
English promoters. guaranteed the men
purse OF $, 900. After the match they
refused to pay the guarantee, with the
result that Hackenschmidt and Jenkins
had to enter suit 70 get the money.
Hackenschmidt promised the American
a return match. and they will probably
meet In the fan. The conditions in this
match will be the Yankee style of
wrestling. Jenkins is confident Of VIC
tory. He Will go after a match with
Frank Gotch, the crack Western
wrestler. and will give John Piening
another match for the asking
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
HEN FRUIT
At THE PROPELLER
Unladylike Egg Hit Twirler, But Incl
dent Made Him Strong With
the Crowd

ION team I was with down South
one season" says Fred Abbott. was a
pitcher Of the name Of Rudderman, who
was more of a wag than a clever pitcher.
He was in . way rough sort Of fellow.
and the fans had il in for him almost
worse than they had for the club
zone day when the team for which
Rudderman was pitcher was losing the
game as well as IT possibly could. the
crowd got sore II also got something
else Rudderma- got II later
Just as he wound up TO pitch, some
one in The bleaChers raised up in his
seat and erhew something. Bling! Rud-
lderman caught IL behind the ear, and the
contents OF a big egg spread over his
countenance.
'Rudderrnan dropped the ball, clapoed
one hand to his nose. and with the Other
.ieftiy removed the debris from behind his
ear Then he slowly turned 20 the
bleachers and with a sickly smile said
TO the man who had heaved the egg If
1 had your control I'd win burned
sight more games.
And with the full consent or the
crowd he took up his stand IN the box
and with the sentiments Of the bleacher-
itea TO back him up, steadied himself
and won the game
The Washington times., 1904-09-11

regular. an the other feilers couldn't
do no better for when you're up against
anirniles that can ketch an throw with
all four feet. In any position, you can
git anything safe infleld OF outheld.
An that g'riller ketcher was bunt
killer an a terror THROWN 10 bases,
an Josh got sweeter an sweeter on him
every minute.
A Safety Spot.
well in that last half OF the twenty
third. when II seemed that the Island
a. F'ulobenes papers-if they have any
would have to say called on account O
risin' tide after their accounts o the
game, l picked up my bat an prepared
10 make the third out in the innin'. An
as walked up TO the plate Pinch Hobbs
ketched me by my arm an says;
'Hag, down in deep right, where
the risin' tide is slowly comm up to-
wards that little point-do you see that2'
says he.
Il nodded
See somethin' looks ike a stick in
the water out there?'
I Il nodded again. 1 saw It,
q" Well says he, my nautical edu-
cation gained in brakin' on freight trains
tells me that's a shark out there. Now
/ if you put the ball out as far as him.
I
dare get under IL, an you'll get a homer
an Wen win. Think you can do it?'
Figured 1t Out.
Il measured the distance with my
eve. IL was a longish rap Stiu with
me an that GRIMM g'riller ketcher
weighin' in the balance, ! thought
might make it. So ! nodded again an
cIinched my hands an braced my feet.
Crash" I planted the first ball that
the brown chimpanzee sent up. The
minute It left the bat l see It would
fetch out to his sharklets. an run down
/ 70 rds first
The blue monk in right he went IKE
a blue streak back after that ball
never heedin' sand nor water nor
nothin'. Splash, Splash! He went in
up TO his waist, an just as he turned
/ to ketch that homer the fin we'd been
watchin' went out o. sight an the monk
I give a screech an a big ugly white belly
came out O. the water. The next minute
| the ball came down like a rife bullet
/ struck the shark a tremendous blow
! in the jaw, an bounced into the sea
/ an the blue monk let loose by the
sharks doubnn' up after the crack,
1 bounced out into the sand-an the game
was over an we won.
| "Oid man Robinson said that f. took
nature herself to beat natures ball
/ team, an lust because his right fielder s
/ leg was hurt by the shark. maxim him
! a man short. ne wouldn't let the g'rilleI
| ketcher RO-so Josh's oVer-reachin
didn't win out after all. Robinson had
/ an important game booked for q week
later with a team o wild men from
| BorneO, an we'd like TO a stayed an
/ seen the game. but we couldn't. as q
| whaler hove along. just then. an we
embarked for Australia"
The Washington times., 1904-09-11

WAS Sullivan ever champion of the
wcrld?'
That's the question that comes TO this
Office oftener than any other sporting
query we receive.
And why?
Because John L. was always the pop
ular idol of the American fight goer. He
has time and again been billed as the
champion of champions and all other
titles that could be bestowed upon him.
Never Worlds Champion.
The truth OF the matter IS tnat Sulli-
van was never champion Of the world,
says Otto Floto. He never in his en-
tire career defeated a foreign champion.
Sullivan fought Mitchell twice. Once
they fought a draw In France and an
other time Sullivan gained police
decision" at Madison Square Garden in
New York
Mitchell was never champion OF Eng
land. He never claimed It himself
Mitchell was purely and simply the
boxing champion of Great Britain. out
side of his battle with Jack Burke. on
the Ascot race track. and his battle
with Sullivan in France. ne never
fought according to London prize ring
rules which at all times. and even to-
day. govern the championships of Eng
land.
Don't think that Mitchell wasn't a
great fighter. For he certainly was.
and no man Of his weight and inches
could defeat him in his day at any kind
OF rules.
That. however. doesn't alter the fact
that Mitchell was never champion OF
England.
| When Charlie first came TO this cOUn-
try. Jack Knifton. the "Eighty-One Tom
ner." held the title as nearly az IL could
be held Then Jem Smith was the
proud possessor Of the emblem, and
later on. Peter Jackson. by his defeat
of Smith. won the coveted prize Then
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
No Long Waits.

"On the other hand. the three-cUshion
player who can run four or FIVE is good.
IT is generally a case of shoot once and
give the other man a chance. and in this
way both players have plenty OF action
for the money they spend for the game.
as well as for any opportunities to pull
and work of their surplus vitality in
throwing all of their hopes into a ball
going Just a few inches further or nit
ting a corner at the correct angle.
For these reasons | believe the three
cushion game is here to stay. ana the
oid-time easy beautiful ana gracefui
straight rail game is rapidly becoming
4 thing OF the past
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
Great John L. Sullivan
Never Worlds Champion
Although Greatest Fighter of His Day He Did
Not Earn Title SO Many People
BestoW Upon Him.

slavin claimed it and Jackson again
won, defeating Sam Slavin.
Jackson Was Champion.
jackson. at the time he held the cham
picnship of Australia. defeated every
man they had over there. This gave
him the English championship. in ad-
dition He was never defeated by Sui
livan.
therefore. John L. could never have
held a clean title to the worlds heavy
weight championship.
Sullivan was the champion Of Amer
lea.
Nothing else.
He may have been the greatest fighter
in the world.
He surely was the greatest fighter OF
An these facts do not make him
champion of the world
Sullivan went TO Australia.
He had a chance to meet SldVin.
Why didn't he?
Instead of meeting Jackson or Slavin
he or his friends advanced the excuse
that he would not fight cOlOTed man
in case of the former. and he left Aus
tralia hurriedly and failed TO meet the
latter.
The nearest approach we have had to
a worlds champion was Peter jackson.
Had he had the opportunity 70 have
mes sullivan ne for one would have held
the undisputed title. There are no two
ways about that.
Jackson came back 10 this country
broken in health and met defeat at the
hands OF Jeffries and Jeffords. The
former beat him absolutely on his merits
and the latter In an unlooked-for mo-
ment in a friendly contest slipped one
across and knocked poor Peer out.
Corbett defeated Sullivan. Mitchell,
and fought a draw or rather sixty
four round no contest" bout with Jack
son That's how near he came to the
worlds championship.
Jeffries, though fighting under Queens
berry rules, is more entitled 20 be called
the champion of the world than any
other fighter we have ever mad.
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
BUILDING OF BEAUTY.

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 1O.-Those who
have visited the Chicago and St. Louis
exposltions declare that the designs for
the Government Building at the Lewis
and Clark exposition indicate Il will
surpass in beauty anything hitherto at
tempted by the Government. and that
the main exhibit building will establish
a precedent in architectural beauty for
Government exhibit buildings.
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
SALMON HABITS
ARE CHANGING
Artificial Propagation Has
Changed Conditions.
FRIGHTENED IN HATCHERY
Nature Discloses to Fish No Spawn
ing Ground in the
Enclosure.

PORTLAND. Ore. Sept. 10.-The large
schools OF salmon which have appeared
in the Columbia at intervals the last
three weeks offer an interesting study
of the workings of nature. They also
present the men interested in the sal
mon industry perplexing problems as
10 the methods 10 be followed In meet
ing the changed conditions which have
been brought about. presumably by ar
tificial propagation.
The fish now appearing in such large
numbers are in appearance and state OF
maturity almost Identical with the sal
mon which few years ago entered the
river early in July. The july run was
from the earliest days Of the industry
regarded IS the mainstay Of the busI-
ness, both for fishermen and the can
ners. the struggling runs which appear
I'd earlier affOrding but slight pront 10
any OF the parties concerned.
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
THREE CUSHIONS
NOW IN FAVOR
Fast Supplanting Straight
Rail Billiards.
MORE ACTION REQUIRED
Does Away With Long, Tedious
Waits-Most Popular in
America.
MORE ACTION REQUIRED

The rapid and seemingly ever-inereas-
ing popularity Of the three-cushion bill
lard game is proving a source Of Won
derment and regret to the masters and
experts of the regulation game
1t is contended by the professional bill
liardists that in the three-cushion game.
unless played by professionals. the ele-
ment of chance enters too largely TO
make it really a scientific game.
II is also claimed that all the 6elicacy
and skill required to play the French
game are merged into a condition Of
shoot hard and trust to the ball landing
in the right place eventually In the
three-cushion game. As a result. experts
frown upon the three-cushion game and
rarely can be persuaded to play il,
claiming hat It destroys their stroke.
a : does pool PLAYING
The Washington times., 1904-09-11

land, because the English game is a
sort of pool, and I also know that it is
not played TO any great extent in
France as well as other European
countries where knights OF the cue
flourish
II Is my opinion that the three-cush-
ION game IS popular in. the United states
Deca Use or the temperament of the peO-
pie Of this country.
The average citizen of the United
states IS more or less sportively inclined,
but not like the Engiishman or French
man.
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
Plenty of Action.

In the veruacular he screams for aC-
ton all Of the time. and the three-cush-
ion game is on the same deadly paral-
lei as Is cricket to baseball.
Both games are sports undoubtedly,
but in one. the player is working all Of
the time, and in the other he has long
and tC US weary waits
This analogy holds true with the
three-cushiOn game versus the straight
rail or balk line.
The American citizen is so cOnstitut-
ed that he does not enjoy sitting by
watching his opponent do him up. He
wants TO be doing something occasion
ally, anyhow.
Billiard players. as rule, in the
straight rail or balk game. can make
break from 20 to 80. and that takes
time. IL is narrowing for the Ameri-
cans to sit by and watch score of that
magnitude being piled up while he Is
helpless.
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
Game Grows Popular.

Nevertheless despite the condemnation
OF the experts, the three-cushion game
has to a great extent Ousted the straight
rail and even balk-line game in the
United States.
An old-timer. discussing the game at
one of the billiard halls a few days ago,
evolved a novel solution of the situation
Il know" he said. that the three
cushion game is more popular in the
United States than anywhere else in the
world. OF course it Is not played in Eng
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
Artificial Propagation.
GIRL DIES IN cARoUsAL.

; BUTLER Pa. Sept 1e-Jcssie May
smith. aged nineteen Of Tarentun.
dropped dead while whirling around on
a carousal at Alameda Park at the
Maccabees' picnic. Heart disease was
the cause.
The Washington times., 1904-09-11

broad beach. an where a backstop an
base lines was laid out an everything.
an then the monk-chimp anzee-g' riller
outfit gets out In the field an practced,
an we got more surprises.
GOSH That griller ketcher had
arms longer'n Honus Wagner's. an he
could reach pretty near from home 10
second, let alone throw there, an the
brown chimpanzee an the blue MONKS
with white whiskers worked Ike ma
chinery in the infeld, an the outheld
never missed nothin. So II didn't sur
prise me much after old man Robinson
had been boastin' while that JOSH OF
fered to play EN- game right there an
show EN- what ball playin' was.
Stakes of the Game.
1--WE unpacke6 our clothes an dressed.
an Josh he KEEP rubin his hands, an
finally just before the game begun he
beckoned to me an says:
4" 'Peterr
AN ! says, What?
Peter says he. Dye know what
the stakes in this here game o natures
champeens agin u nations champeens
is goin' to be2'
IAN / says. No
We'll says he. TO put it reel short
an sweet. they're goin' 10 be you-you
agin' this ketchin' griller here
The helusay" says J. Who told
you that?'
~ did says he 4 want to take
that g'riller back 10 the States an draw
bigger crowds than ever the N'Ho-k
Giants did in their palmy days. An
then this here Robinson guy got stuck
on you an vowed you was the kind OF
a Teller that could make this here desert
isle blossom Ike the rose. hoein' corr
an things, so he agreed that II he won
he'd keep you here on the island. an
II we won we'd take the g'riller ketchei
an depart in peace. SO it's up to you
to win this game
Man Against Mark.
well! II / ever opened up on JOSH
Hapgood IL was right then. ] give him
a piece o. my mind. / told him how I'D
made home runs for him all these long
years. an thought out schemes. me an
Pinch. 10 down his enemies, an now here
ne was bettin M against a durn hairy
animile that wouldn't know a inshoot
from a outdroop. an that didn't even
wear pants. Good goshl ] says. An
10 think that even II I do win. an keep
out o. the hands o. this here Robinson
pirate. an off this desolate island says
I. 80 think that even then ] got TO sii
on the bench all next summer an watch
his g'riller nibs ketchin' I'm my place
an me piayin second fiddle. You're
certainly putin me- says ! 10 Josh
you're cert'nly putin me in between
the devil an the deep sea
That was a game o. ball 10 remem-
Der. Twenty-three innin's IL lasted
without either side smellin' "a run.
could hit the brown chimpanzee pitcher
hard enough, but the pesky blue monk
Outhclders were too fast for me. ID
! soak EN- out an they'd ketch the drive:
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
Would Affect Reputation.

1t is for this reason that the increas-
ing lateness Of this run has been the
subject Of concern 20 fishermen and
Gamers. and it has been proposed to
change the law so as to prOiong the open
season and increase the catch Of fish
A stronger argument against extending
the season beyond August 10 has been
that the quality of the fish entering the
river after that date has deteriOrated
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
ANECDOTES AND COMMENT ABOUT DIVERS SPORTING TOPICS

to such an extent that the reputation
Of the Columbia River salmon would
suffer by packing such fish.
1t is now reported. however. that fish
that are now being taken IN large num-
bers near the mouth OF the river are firm
In flesh and Of good color. and that the
spawn is no nearer maturity than that
Of the fish taken in June and July years
ago. before artificial propagation saved
the Industry from extinction.
Interesting Theory.
Many interesting theories are current
as 10 why artificial propa cation should
cause such a radical charge in the hab-
its Of the fish. one theory. advanced
by b. a. Seaborg, is that tie fierce strug-
giles Of the parent fish when she IS
penned in at the hatchery retard the
work Of nature and transmit 70 her
I young instincts and traits which act for
the suppression OF natural development
ana prolong the peri1d required for the
spawn 70 reach maturity. Instinct causes
I the salmon TO start for her spa Wning
grounds at the headwaters OF a stream
/ ~ time 70 reach there before the period
I OF maturity in the spawn. Previous 10
the estaonshment OF the = .tcheries she
/ followed the dictates of nature. care
I free and untrammeled By any unnatural
obstacles. and the small PROPORTION of
young salmon which worked back 30
sea returned and fulfilled their destiny
/ by the same unnatural laws
Artificial Propagation.
Under artificial propagation the voy-
age Of the female salmon to the head
waters Of a stream Is interrupted by the
/ barriers at the hatchery. Nature dis
! closes to her TO spawning ground in
these Enclosures, and in terror she
worries herself into exhaustion in fran
tic endeavors TO pass the barriers and
reach the spot where nature had in
tended she should deposit her egg spawn.
Z In warm blooded creatures this worry
and excitement might hasten matters OF
this nature until she can reach the spot
/ 10 which that strange prompting called
instinct leads her undoubtedly has a re-
/ tarding effect which is perhaps inten-
sifed as Il Is transmitted 10 the young
salmon
The Washington times., 1904-09-11

Slavin claimed it and Jackson again
won, defeating Sam Slavin.
The Washington times., 1904-09-11
Almost Unbelievable.

We'll 20 say we were habbergasted
r. putin II mild. The idee O. the thing
A nine o monks, with g'riIlers an
rsngatangs an chimpanzees chucked in
fer US to think that we just stood there
big-eyed. But Josh was skepticaI. He
said he didn't think they could play
they might be able TO toss the ball
around. an run. but as fer all-round
ball playin' he wanted 10 be shown. So
old man Robinson. kind o. testy over the
way Josh doubted him, led the way 10
the ball grounds, which was the hard.
The Washington times., 1904-09-11

n" HERE is Just one thing would
like to say to that bunch O.
Il New York ballplayers which
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS

We, the grand Jurors, selected
and sworn to serve at September
adjourned term, 1904, Irwin Su.
perior Court, beg leave to make
the following general present.
ments:
Through committees we have
examined the public buildings.
We find the Jail in bad, filthy,
condition. owing to the lack of
water to carry off the sewerage,
and we recommend that the
county commissioners place the
Jail at once in good sanitary con-
dition, regardless of cost. We
ind some repairs in windows
necessary, and recommend thew
be made at once.
We find the court house in ex.
-cellent condition, having been
recently repainted inside and
out, and the floor in the court
room carpeted. We recommend
that stoves already purchased be
put up by the county commits
sioners, and that hand rails be
put to the stairs leading to the
grand jury room; and further
that more spittoons be placed ia
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08

of the following paupers be in
creased as below:
Mrs. E. Clifford Pope from Sc
to So per month; Mrs. Nellie
Sherman from 50 to SIS per month !;
Mrs. Mary Rogers, from $4 to SIS
per month; Mrs. Greece Bailey,
from So to $40 per month; Nor
gan Swai1s, from Sc to So per
month; Maggie Peterson, from
81 to Sc per month; Elizabeth Ed
mondson, from 81 to Sc per
month; Phillis Holmes, from So to
81 per month; we recommend that
Martha Tucker be put on the
pauper list and that she be paid
SIS per month. That Lamb
Taylor be added to the pauper
list and that he be paid $4 per
month. We recommend that
Geo. Mulky be dropped from
the pauper list on account of re-
mova1 from the county.
The pension list having been
lost or misplaced, we recommend
that the ordinary procure anoth-
err list from the state pension
commissioner.
We recommend that J. D.
Morgan's pension be increased
from $25 to $50 per year.
We recommend that Irwin's
portion of the funds arising from
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08

the court room, jury rooms and
Railways of the court house.
We recommend that the county
commissioners provide a more
commodious and convenient put
lie watercloset, the one recently
built being inadequate and un-
necessarily inconvenient.
Through con- mittees we have
examined the books of the J. P's.
and Ex-off. J. P's. of the various
districts and find the same neat
ly and correctly kept, except as
to some cost not being properly
itemized.
We recommend that Drew w.
Paulk be appointed to succeed
himself as N. P. Ex-off. J. P. of
the 1537th, G. M. District.
We recommend that Warren
Fletcher be appointed N. P. and
Ex-off. J. P. of the 1421st, G. M.
district to succeed J. c. Fletcher,
who has moved from the district.
We recommend that Geo. w.
Fletcher be appointed N. P. and
Ex-off. for the 9O1st. G. M. dis
trict to succeed himself.
We recommend the allowances
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08
Irwin Goes Democratic Georgia Goes Democratic The South
Democratic, and We Trus the Nation is Today u y

the lease of state convicts be APP
piled to the school funds of the
county.
We recommend that Sheriff
McInnis be paid $17O for serving
subpoenas on $40 witnesses. We
recommend that Clerk J. H.
Young be paid $71.1O for issuing
474 subpoenas for witnesses to
appear before the grand jury.
We find that the number of
witnesses summoned to present
court has been greatly in excess
of need, and we recommend that
more care be exercised in this
matter in future.
A number of bills have been
prepared but could not be acted
upon, by reason of absence of
witnesses, and we recon mend
that the solicitor general issue
attachments against said witness
ses, requiring them to show
cause for their absence, at next
term of court.
We recommend that the re-
port of the Book Committee be
made part of these general pre-
sentiments as follows:
We, the book com mittee appoint
ed at the Fall term 1903 Su-
perior court of Irwin county
by the grand jury to examine
the public records of the coun-
ty beg leave to submit the
following report:
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08

We have examined the records
of the Sheriff, Ordinary and
Clerk of the Superior court and
find them kept in a neat and
creditab1e manner.
We examined the books, vouch-
ers etc, of the county commits
sioners and found them correctly
kept, and in neat manner; and
beg to make the following report,
showing the financial standing of
the various funds:
PAUPER FUND.
To cash on hand Sept. 80
1913. 379 81
To cash from 1908 taxes. 1 023 AZ
Total 1 4O2 70
By Amt. paid out vouchers
to cover........ .................... S19 OF
Bal. 5s3 Y
JAIL FUND.
To fees collected in various
cases.-............ ............. 500. SO 70
To cash from 1908 taxes. 2 O46 "a
Total 2 O80 81
By Amt. paid out vouchers
to cover, ,....... ........ 2O6 Sc
Amount overdrawn............. l 1873 OF
JURY FUND.
To cash from 1903 taxes. O7O %
By Amt. paid out vouchers
to cover...........,.... 627 25
Bal. 442 SO