The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-17
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Yesterday was entirely wasted. Barney
Oidfield broke no records
Some mute inglorious Milton or Nelson
sailed into Benny Yanger in an exhibition
affairs on the coast the other. day, and
Benjamin according to reports, was COM
PEELED to get real busy. The unknown will
blossom forth in day or so as KID
something.
John L. Sullivan has quit the saloon
business in ST. Louis and will now turn
his talents to lecturing on historic sports
John can also read a supplementary G tnesls SIS
dersement of the w. G. I. U.
Frank Farrell of the Highlanders. has
made Happy Jack" Chesbro present
on the merits of the spit ball should be
secured Immediately. A little horse sense
will be refreshing.
The righteous in New York are per-
turbed because McGraw is said to have
designs on making book on the coast
One Of these days when six hot favorites
come over "Muggsy will realize the
wiekedness of participating in that So
called game of chance.
It is intimated around Columbus that
Buns Glendon will be missing when roll
IS called next spring. 1t is further said
that Columbus viii not garb itself IN sack
cloth and ashes. The reason for the sang
froid IS suppressed. 1t must be some
thing awful.
Hudson, the famous Carlisle drop kick
er, wears sealSkin coat when not perch
ed on a teller'S stool in a large Pittsburg
bank Aye verify, our red brother can
go some when he gets a running start.
J. Edward Britt has made the startling
discovery that Battling Nelson is human.
From this premise the native son draws
the equally astounding deduction that
Nelson can be defeated. 1t would possibly
be of some value to j. Ed to know wheth-
demonstrate the correctness Of his con-
clusion.
Some of the fight followers are worry
the Britt-Nelson contest. The boys might
fight to see which is the better to his
mother.
tournament, and James Whitcomb Riley
and other garden truck poets are training
hard for the contest.
Watch carefully for Hegewiseh as
date line in press dispatches when MeSsrs.
Nelson and Britt begin to analyze the
experiment Of Dec. 20.
Representative Cunningham. of the Ne
braska legislature, is preparing bill TO
prevent mass plays in football. This is
congress will undoubtedly be asked to
frame uniform law. The department. OF
football may also be created and Walter
Camp taken into the presidents official
family.
To an outside observer they appear to
have got the Badger football team with
the goods, and what a feeling of intense
whitening indignation has spread over the
big Nine" territory. OF course Wisconsin
is the only offender. Every loyal alHmnus
and student knows that his Alma mayer
wouldn't stand for that sort OF thing: AS
q matter of precaution 1t might be well TO
say that there are only seven more col
Ieges in the conference whose plate grass
construction viii not permit of promiscu-
Gus stone throwing
What's the use of objecting to prize
fighter calling himself Kid That's the
most eloquent description of the great ma
Jority.
To be seen in the same block with
boxing glove in Chicago will hereafter be
a felony. Sandbags and slung shots are
de riguer however, and fighters may use
them in the Chicago Athletic club, lnl7
promptu bouts of this kind are held night
iy in the Windy City. Thus is the law
CARRIED in majestic splendor.
It is reliably stated that Young
O'Leary is slated for the pedestal lately
occupied in Milwaukee by Neary. The
idolatrous fight fans will burn incense be-
fore his shrine until the adoleseent HI
orf1
ate limits and gets his. By that time there
will be a new idol nearly finished.
1t is maintained in Chicago that the
fate of the American Derby rests in the
mayoralty election. If Carter Harrison is
reelected the bangtails will not run that
day. They will use microscopes to ind
the Harrison vote in John O'Leary's pre-
cfnet.
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