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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
CHARLEY RATHBUN
DEAN OF DRIVERS
Waverly, Iowa, Man Thought to
Be Oldest on the
Turf. J..
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal. T."
Webster City, Iowa, Oct. 16.-One of
the most interesting characters at the
county fair in Independence was
Charley Rathbun of Waverly, the old
est man actively engaged in training
and driving trotting horses in the state
Of Iowa, if not, indeed, in the entire
west. Mr.. Rathbun is rs years old, and
Tor the past ffty-five years has been
ness. N
He came to Independence in 1876,
and for a short time ran a blacksmith
shop: At the country fair in 1880 he
participated in a race that excited a
great deal Of interest at the time, and
IS well remembered by all the old
timers even today.
This race was a free-for-all trot. The
entries were Stella c.. owned by David
brewer; Granger, driven by Andy Al:
German, and Clumsy Fred, driven by
Charley Rathbun, both the latter being
independence horses. Stella G was
thought to have the best speed of the
three, and her owner backed her heav
ily to win, while Clumsy Fred was
looked upon as rank outsider with nc
show in the world. To the great sur
prise of all the knowing ones, old Char
aaSJ Ao1oOo VIC uI6G uCdG Will OIuulSN
Fred in 2:3l1a, the fastest time made
in the race. His admirers hastily go
together: g bunch Of clover weeds ant
grass with string torn from 'tcool
er, " and when the horse came out fol
the second heat, presented it to tn,
winner of the first. Rathbun gravely
acknowledged the Hboquet,' anc
bowed his thanks. But Stella G wo1
the second heat. in 2:36, and Granger
carried off the three remaining and tn,
race in 2:321a, 2:51% and 2:3211a.
Mr.. Rathbun owns the mare Ech
Maid, and at the Independence fair wol
second, money with her in the 2:35 tro
and third in the 1925. He not onl,
drives horses, but cares for them a
| well, having no helper or stable boys
He lives in a tent and cooks his ow
food. He is hale and hearty, and a
active as the average man Of IS or
years Of age. He challenges any ma
in the third congressional district to
footrace Of forty rods for 500 a side
Hunt Barnes Of West Union is prob
ably the next Oldest driver in this par
Of the country. He is nearly II, an
still takes full hand when it come
to rallying tired horse in clos
| finish.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
BoWLERS GET BUSY
Cool Weather Turns Thoughts to
Strikes and Spares

With the. coming of cold weather bowling
int rest is beginning to revive. The CONNER
cial league will open its season tonight with
double.header. The Janney, semple 8 Hiil
company team will play the W. s. Mott ave,
ana the Wyman- Partridge bunch win tackle
the Plymouth Clothing aggregation.
Inc Plymouths are newcomers in the league,
where they take the place left vacant BY the
Minneapolis Dry Goods team. The other four
members Of the league are: T. NJ Roberts
company. New Store company, Powers Mercan-
tile company and William Donaldson Company.
The matches will be played on Monday and
Tuesday nights, and will usually be double
headers. The season will close March 90 1905.
The Eighth Ward league will meet tonight at
the N1collet alleys to reorganize for the sea-
SON, and will get into action soon. Rentz
Brothers will offer medals to the men making
top score and high average for the season.
The Minneapolis league, once the strongest
bowling organization In the city, seems to have
difficulty in getting started this season. A
meeting. called short time ago was poorly
attended. strong effort will be made to re.
old stars have been out at the alleys limberine
up. Gus Hansen, who made more 800 scores
than any other man in the city last winter
has started again. In ten practice games last
week he rolled an average OF 242.4, and twice
rolled 289.
The square gutter, adopted by the American
bowling congress-, has been installed at all
the alleys, and viii materially affect the scores
made this season, as once the ball leaves the
alley there is no chance for 1t to Jump bac ok
and pick of another pin. The new alley will
seriously hamper the man who plays for strikes
but will favor the spare bowler.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
PUBLIC WILL NOT
PATRONIzE RACES
Eastern Auto Enthusiasts Do Not
g.. Care for Track.
Contests.

New York, Oct. 16.-Never in the
history Of automobile sport in the met
ropolitan district has there been such
absolute quietude on the subject of
track racing as at the present time.
Many of the scheduled meets in this Sec
ton have been declared off. Accidents
in the Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo
meets were undoubtedly the culminat-
ing factors In causing many manufac-
tuners as well as racing men to rise up
in protest against track racing.
The public has had little to do with
the abolition of track meets. Undoubt-
edly the apathy Of the public to pay
money to witness motor contests on cir
cular tracks is being, more boldly adj
vanced than before as one of the rea-
sons for abandoning this form of sport.
In the west, however, the public has
| supported these meets royalty, but au-
tomobile track racing has never at
tracted large and paying crowd
around New York.
| With the new and fast machines that
appeared this season it was confidently
predicted that track racing would be
one Of the big things in The east. The
comparative failure of track racing
early in the year was a disappointment
to the great promoters, but it is a mis-
take to that the attitude of the pub
lie has had any appreciate effect upon
the present outcry against track racing.
The strongest reason undoubtedly g
( the Willingness to admit the fact that
+ the high-powefed and purely racing cars
are too fast for the circular mile tracks.
For touring cars and for contests be-
tween different types of stock cars the
tracks are all right. Races for these
classes of cars have produced some good
sport, but they have been utilized as an
! Incidental of the big meets.
They fill up the program, but if the
public is to be attracted at all the most
powerful and swiftest record breakers
must be obtained. If these cars fail
then good race of high-class amateurs
is the next best thing, but few amateur
races have been held this year.
The sport was badly overdone this
season, in this locality at least, and il
track races are held in the future there
probably will be but one or two good
events in a year, and then the public
as well as manufacturers of good ma
chimes may be willing to support them
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
CYCLING rs POPULAR
Germans Build Fine Track for the
r. E Speed Merchants.

Berlin, Oct. 21.-The stronghold that
bicycling and bicycle racing still has
upon the Germans is evidenced by the
fact that new and expensive cement
tracks with immense grandstands are
still being built in the larger German
cities. One Of the costliest and most
expensive has just been opened in Ber-
lin. An enormous and enthusiastic au-
dlence was on hand to prove that Ger
many refuses to sidetrack the bicycle,
as has been SO generally the case in
America. Hanover has one Of the best
constructed tracks in the world and fast
time is the rule Hence it is not sur
prising to find the attendance at the
annual summer races the largest in
years. The most exciting races were
those between the motor pacing ma
chimes, without the usual bicyclist fol-
lowing; just machine against machine,
test solely OF mechanical construction
and endurance. Taken all in all, it is
surprise to find that in the motor
paced races the human machine seems
to be more reliable and to show more
staying powers than the steel machine.
1t is rare to find a trained bicyclist
give up the desperate, breaking
struggle, and yet scarcely race takes
place without the breakdown of motor
pacemakers or bicycles.
The Germans have turned the motor
cycle to practical use for the ordinary
citizen by adding a comfortable chair
Tor passenger. This annexed seat is
placed either behind as sort of trailer
on two wheels, or at one side by USING
one additional wheel, or, most common
OF all, the seat is placed in front ana
IS wide enough FOR two persons. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
CONFIDENCE STILL
HIGH In NEBRASKA
Cornhuskers Regard Saturdays
Showing Good and Plan Strong
j Fight with Michigan, .
Special to The Journal.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 18.-Mud baths have ap-
parently been added to Coach Booths football
curriculum at Nebraska university. Two weeks
ago the cornhuskers wallowed in the ooze and
mire in their clash with Lincoln high, and on
Saturday the performance was repeated in the
game with Knox college. Rains have caused
but slight interference with the practice at
Nebraska, the elements preferrfng to break loose
on days on which games are scheduled, and
Booth does not hesitate to express his displeas-
ure. - q ~. go .4 ~
plans to the Knox game. dry field is
necessary to the development OF fast offense,
such as is needed II the cornhuskers are to
make any showing in, !. their conflict next Sat
utterly impossible against Knox. The mud
despatched feet Of the, cornhuskers were as big
/ as platters, and that Booths pupils; were able
to reel of three touchdowns in less than
thirty minutes OF actual play speaks something,
at least, for their stamina under such trying
conditions. ,-1 70
The dope doubtless1y reads that Michigan
should wallop the cornhuskers next Saturday,
but Nebraska supporters will concede nothing
further than that it is to be football game
and no snap. &c.,. s. .a... ~ .HE
One or two Of Booths men were more or
less disabled in the bout with Knox, but the
Nebraska coach is not saying anything as to
the seriousness or nature Of their injuries.
Cotton and Taylor were especially effective in
Juggling the ball Saturday, and their charges
were seldom good for less than five yards on
each down. The fumbling bugbear, in spite Of
the slippery Dali, was almost enLlfely missing,
and Booth was highly encouraged. Nebraska g
offense. in fact, was even stronger than the
| score shows, for three gains were made, each
| one for fifteen yards, upon which the officials
ruled that the cornhuskers had offended because
| of offside play. Tackle masses, with either OF
| the halfbacks carrying the ball, also proved
good ground gamers, ard Wilson and Little were
called into action as frequently as were Cotton
and Taylor. r..".
The Nebraska team departs "wednesday fol
Ann Arbor. The squad will lay over in De.
troit until Saturday morning. Eighteen players
with Booth in personal charge, will make the
| trip. ~, .
| The game at Ann Arbor will be Nebraska's
| first struggle with Michigan. Only few Of
| the partizan rooters have the courage to pre-
dict that Michigan is in for trimming, but
there is no gainsaying that the tide of senti
ines cannot score as they please on the corn
huskers, and that Yosts are destined tt
| 20 their best clip In order to win :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
INDEPENDENT FOOTBALL

The manager of one of the teams in the 115-
120-pound class has sent in a letter which con-
tains several good suggestions. He pleads for
more courtesy the part Of the home team to-
in Independent football would be greatly in
creased If tie managers could arrange to play
half Of their games away from home instead Of
trying to get them all their grounds.
The Hollands want games with 80 or 95-pound
teams. They lineup as follows: Croft and Nell
and Johnson, guards; Sinso, center; Stevens,
quarter; Sa1een and Wayland, halves; Lundquist,
fullback. Eide may replace Wayland at half.
Address 1906 Washington street NE, or telephone
T. C. 1925.
The Blaines want games in the 100 pound class.
The Mohawks We're defeated by the Sherrys
yesterday in hard-fought game by a score of
10 to 0. The Sherrys made their 1.-TWO touch
downs in the first half. The Mohawks were
handicapped by the absence of Jahner, their star
tackle. Both teams played clean football. The
Mohawks would like to get another game with
the Sherrys. Address Fred Nordstrom, 1921
Cedar avenue. The teams lined up as follows:
Sherrys. Position. Mohawks.
Marin; Left end Fanstrom
Campbell. Left tackle. Baehr- Nordstrom
CHAMBERS. Left guard. .Nordstrom- Bristol
Cory. Right guard. .Steen- Hartman
Fuller. .......R Right tackle .......... Void
Thayer. Right end ......... NorthruI
L. Baz1ne. ........ Quarterback Ostrom
Gibo Right half Nolar
Pratt Fullback ..........M Ostrem
The twentieth Century Coal company's tear
met and defeated the Eagles III one of the best
games seen on the Twentith Century grounds
| this year, the score being S to Ali teams
| averaging 115 pounds wishing games with tho
yictors call j. ]. Wise. $40 Lumber Exchange
| T. G. phone 2235.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
IOWA HOPES FOR
LOW SCORE HERE

Iowa CITY, Iowa, Oct. 16.-"Buck'' Morton,
the star halfback on the championship team
Of Iowa of 1900. has been elected by the alumni
football team as captain of next years eleven.
His election. 1t is believed. will mark the be-
ginning of a series of annual alumni games
which will prove the occasions for big annual
reunions Of the alumni of the university.
. All of the team who were here Saturday will
De back next week, and attempt will be
made to secure the return Of other Iowa ath.
letes who made records while in the university.
Active preparation for the Minnesota game
Will begin on Iowa field Monday. Cresco White
Will return to the game after an absence of
nearly three weeks, and will be used at right
end. The other changes made last week will
probably stand, and it is believed that Andy
Chaimer and Mcgowan will be fit to play
against the gophers.
There are strong hopes here of being able t.
hold Minnesota IT, the low score Of last year
and big excursion accompanied by the uni
Verslty band will follow the team north.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
HOWARD GRIFFITHS IS
1H0ROLY WaITEWASHED

New York, Oct. 1e-Howard @. Gririths Of
the Jersey City Eastern league club, against
Whom charges OF attempting to break up the
National baseball agreement and to wreck the
Southern league were recently made by President
kavanaugh Of the Southern league, Issued a
statement. III - $50 =
He says that at meeting held Saturday
night at New York Of the national board OF
arbitration of minor leagues, which was re-
quested by the national commission to tnyesti.
gate the charges the complainant, Kavanaugh,
failed to appear and that the charges were
tnen presented by August Hermann, chairman
OF the national commission -
Three appeared before the board, in addi-
ton to Grifiths. They were Edward Hanlon of
Baltimore George Tebeau Of the Louisville club
and q. ]. Rauschaupt of the Indianapolis club,
all or whom denied the charges under oath.
In executive session r. n. Murnane presi-
dent OF the New England league offered a
resolution, which was adopted, that It was the
unanimous opinion Of the board that the charges
were unfounded copy Of the testimony was
prepared to be sent to the chairman Of the
national commission. = ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
GRLDLRON NEWS FROM EASTERN AND WESTERN FIELDS
HIGH SCHOOLS In
PLAY FOR TITLE
Central and East Begin City schol-
astic Championship Play
with Fridays Game.

Friday afternoon Central high and East Side
will play the first game in the city champion
ship series at Nicollet park. North Side plays
Shattuck at Faribault on Saturday, and South
SIDE has yet to ind an opponent
East Side has been SO rearranged since its
last and only city game that it is impossible
Coach Wyman has fairly heavy bunch, and
has taught them to play fast ball. From all
accounts Central played gilt-edged ball at St.
Cloud Saturday and finished the game with its
team Intact. The battle Friday should be a
hot one, and whichever team wins will have
to work hard for its victory.
North Side will have stiff contest at Farf-
bault if the cadets play In their usual form.
Despite the fact that the Fremont avenue team
has won all Its games SO far, the coaching
staff Is Inclined to be pessimistic. None Of
and white warriors have known more than the
| rudlments Of football, and have been compare
lively easy meat for the well-dri1led high
| school men, The line say the coaches, is any
| thing but strong, and, with Marks out, the
backfeld cannot be relied ON to carry the bali
very far against good defense.
The air of confidence and cheerfulness which
was noticeable at North Side field early in the
season Is gone, and doubt and anxiety are now
prevalent Many Of the men who We're regard
have turned out dubs Of the lowest degree while
Marks Is out Of the game entirely and Frank
King, another man with good record, is IN
poor health and not able to play the game he
| put up last year. E7iss ~. -
This feeling is not confined to the coaches
| by any 1t pervades the entire school
| and there Is little talk about holding the cham
! pionship. The best the North Side rooters now
hope Is to finish the season nearer to the tor
| than the bottom of the list.
| The team Is regarded as an uncertain uuan
tity. and Saturdays contest is looked forward
to as something which will resolve all doubt,
once and for all. If North Side can beat Shat
tuck, say the blue and white rooters, she car
beat any team in the city. If she holds thu
cadets to small score she will have a fight
| ing chance here, and if she is swan.ned RI.
stuff is all off and we will have to put oul
championship aspirations in cold storage.
South Side has game for this week bu
with some of the prep school teams, and ma,
line university. 'A1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
DISCUS RECORD BROKEN
Shertdan Hurls the Weight 1873 Feet
and Inches. FL

New York Oct 16-Martin J. Sheridan Of
the Irish American Athletic club, all-around
champion Of America, beat all records at throw
worlds record of 1873 feet inches This throw
was made at the games of the Irish-Amer1can
Athletic club at Celtic park, Long Island City
and was witnessed by over 1000 Spectators.
i One of the features Of the gaines was the
appearance of J. W. Morton of the South Lon.
don Harriers, Englands champion sprinter. He
failed to qualify in the 10O-yard handicap from
scratch as he finished third Ina his trial and
winners only qualified. = - -
There was special handicap dash at 12C
yards in which the Englishman also started
from scratch. the Eandicaps being limited tc
i've feet The British runner won this event
in twelve seconds, beating Lawson Robertson OF
the Irish American Athletic club to whom he
was conceding three feet, by two yards
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
low ANS SCORED FOR
r. SATURDAYS DEFEAT
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal r-' @"~@.
Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 16.-Coach Chalmers
gave the Iowa eleven the worst "dressing
down. Of the year after the game with the
alumni Saturday afternoon, and he promises his
players the severest practice this week that
they have had all The defeat of the
regulars by the alumni chagrined the coach be-
yond measure. The graduates had been work
ing together less than twenty-four hours in all
since their return to Iowa City. .-.,. 49,. f.;
Said the irate coach: IF team that hasn't
practiced a whole day together can beat you,
after five years Of absence from the football
field. what do you think trained eleven like
the Minnesota bunch will do TO you Saturday p
The men left the answer to the echo. The
sympthtes Of the sideliners were distinctly
with the alumni, however, that the victory Of
ers, and they in good humor as If the
regulars had won from visiting eleven from
q rival college. AS a result the interest in
the big excursion planned for the coming Sat
urday is not abating, and there will undoubt-
eddy be several hundred Iowans on the train
which carries the hawkeyes to the -four city
Friday night. '..= =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
STRONG ARMED MAYOR
THRASHED cow PERSONS

Thermopolis. wyo., Oct. 21.-t' Shoot
ing up the town" by cowboys is
ended in Thermopolis, Mayor Enderly
putting a stop to the practice by lick.
ing half dozen Of The "pnnchers -
from the Big Horn ranch who were rid
ing through, the streets, shooting at
rorizing the town.
The mayor, who is known as a fight
ing man himself, issued proclamation
that the practice must cease. A num-
Der Of cowboys came to town, got drunk
and commenced their usual fun. The
mayor succeeded in rounding the men
up, laid his pistols down and deliber-
ately attacked the men with his fists.
The fight lasted only few minutes
and ended in the inglorious defeat Of
the cowboys, whose natural love of fair
play prevented them from shooting
Ender1y during the melee. The mayor
was trained in boxing during his college
days and is an athlete.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
PREMIER CAR IS
RUINED BY CIGAR
Henry's Vanderbilt Cup Winner
Destroyed in Fire Started BY
Smoker S Carelessness.
Journal Special Service.

Hempsted, N. Y, Oct. 16.-while over two
hundred people were watching the oyerhauling
of Hemery's Darraq automobile that won first
honors for the Vanderbilt cup at his headquar-
tiers at the Glenwood hotel of the spec
tators thoughtlessly threw either cigar
match on the oil and gasolene soaked ground
near the car.
Almost instantly there a fash and with
In few seconds the ground was ablaze ali
about the car, which 1t Is understood had been
purchased after the yesterday by a party
of Frenchmen for $4,000. The car was on q
platform in the yard outside the hotel barn,
where it has been daily overhau1ed for the past
two weeks. 1t has been oiled daily and much
oil and gasolene had dropped to the ground.
Hemery, his machinist, and dozens of specta-
tors in various directions for means to ex-
tinguish the flames. Sand and earth was OBJ
| tanned in buckets and IRE extinguishers were
| also turned the flames without the least re-
suit. '
| For fifteen minutes the crowd did everything
| possible to extinguish the flames and thsa
someone shouted that the gasolene tank was
| about to explode, and all ran In every direc-
ton. This, however, untrue. for the
stopper had dropped out of the tank and all the
| gasolene had run out the ground beneath the
machine and added to the flames. When the
| flames had died out 1t was found that the car
| was completely destroyed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
STATES EYES ON
FOOTBALL BATTLE
ALI N. D. Is Interested in Satur.
days University Agricultural
College Game.
Special to The journal.


Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 16.-The biggest
game of the football season, SO far as local
interests are concerned, will be played at Uni
versity athletic park Saturday afternoon between
the University Of North Dakota and the Agri
cultural college.
Owing to some misunderstanding the football
eleyens Of these leading educational 1nstitu-
tions Of the state have not met for several
years. Largely thru the efforts Of DR.. Sweet.
land the athletic director of the university ath-
letic relations were resumed last year and one
game was played. which was won by the uni.
versity. The A. c. team last season was not a
strong one and no other result expected.
This year the A. c. and the university both
have the strongest teams in the histories of the
institutions, and the game Saturday Is expected
| to attract enthusiasts from all over the state
Governor Sarles will attend the contest, and ex
cursions will be run from various points in order
to accommodate those who desire to witness the
| Football fight between the rival institutions.
| BY the arrangements made early in the season
two games are to be played, one at Crane
Forks and one at Fargo.