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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
SPORTING NEWS.
Cup Is Suggested for the Best
Featherweight.
Championship Of This Glass
Should Be Settled.
BY SERIES OF U
Jules Hurtig Offers Trophy to a
3 Year Defender.
The Weight Should Be Between
lis and 100 Pounds.

New York, jan. 25.-Jules Hurtig, who
is a great lover of the prize ring, has hit
upon a idea to settle the much
discussed question as to who is who"
in the featherweight ranks. Just now
this division is without a representative
champion, he claims. There are several
claimants for the honor, but none of
them thus far has shown that he is en-
titled to be recognized as the real head
of this class.
Hurtig thinks that the only way that
the question oan be settled in a decisive
way is for the many boxers at this
weight to get together and fight it out
among themselves. AS there should he
some sort of an incentive, Hurtig is
willing to give a silver cup or trophy,
which Will cost about $500.
Hurtig p~ropounded his scheme as fol-
lows;
Every class in boxing should have a
premier. The featherweight class has
not. Now there are any amount of
good boys who would be willing to try
their skill against some of the best men
at~this weight if there was something to
strive for.
MY idea is to donate a cup, the only
actual condition being placed on it that
it should be known as the Hurtig
trophy and that it shall only become the
property of the inner when he has de-
Tended his laurels successfully for three
years.
Il do not care where the men fight.
All that 1 suggest is that some expert
pick out the best featherweights, match
them in a series of 20-round bouts, say
a month apart, and let the cup go to
the victor in the final bout. The weight
should be between 11S and 120 pounds,
the scaling to be done at the ringside.
A bill has been introduced in the Mas
sachusetts legislature providing for six
round bouts by Incorporated clubs upon
M UFnnnf of 81 200. nnnIa0W for :. license.
The measure was drawn up by Billy
Pierce, a manager of fighters, n in
troduced at his instigation.
Boston is one OK the few places in the
state where boxing is prohibited and 1t
is expected that the members from
towns and cities where the game -four
ishes will oppose the bill because of the
license and the limiting of the bouts to
six rounds. 1t present there are ten
places in the state where 15-round bouts
may be held.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
BROTHER GARDNER.
Something More to Say About
Dreams.

My friends" began Brother Gardner,
as hall grew quiet and Sam
uei Shin showed another starch box IN
10 b stove to run I'D the temperature
Of h room, about a year ago I had
sunthin' to say to you bout dreams.
Sartin of dis Lime Kiln club
had bin dreamin' all sorts of dreams,
and about half of you had come TO he
lieve dat de Judgment day was comm
right along I went ODER de matter wild
you den, and arter / had done so I
warned you d@t de dreamin' had got to
stop or you would hear from me in a
way to make your hearts ache.
1t now appears dat what I said didn't
last you ODER six months. Den some
of you went to dreamin' agin and Wuss
dan cher. I has been sawin' wood and
keepin' quiet and givin' you a chance,
but you haven't Needed il. Doorin' de
last week dis club has almost bin bro
ken in two my dreams of one sort and
another Am Brudder Waydown Bebee
in de hall tonight?'
Brother Bebee sat right in front of
the president and not ten feet away.
and he opened his mouth and eyes and
"Brudder Bebee." continued the presi-
dent, about ten nights ago you had a
dream. You was lynn on your back on
your co'n-husk mattress, wild your
hands locked under your neck and your
ole yaller dawg under de bed, and you
dreamed dat you was out in de kentry
after huckleberries. You was ookin
anu AOOhlA When Il MnlIe moss VIC RED
eyes come out of de bushes and shook
his head at you in a sorrorful way. You
was gawDin' at him wild all your might
when you a heard a voice sayin': Pre-
pare fur deathl'
Wild dat you woke I'd in a sweat
Jest in time to hear your dawg howl.
You told your dream to your wife and
skeart her into a fit, and you told it
to members of dis club and got 'em so
excited dey couldn't work fur two or
three days You interpreted dat dream
to mean dat some one O. your friends
would Gall down cellar and break his
neck widin two weeks. Am 1 correct,
Brudder Bebee?"
Yes. sab"
wall, you didn't interpret it Jest
Instead of some one else fallin'
down cellar you are gwine to fall up
stairs In odder words, Brudder Be
bee, I fine you seven thousand dollars
fur gOin' agin bylaw No. 2,S4O, and
you viii stand suspended from mem
bership until de said fine am paid"
But it viii take me t~wenty-one
hundred years to pay it, sah," protest
ed the rothe
"Yes. I reckon it Will, but de fine
stands jest the same. You kin put on
your hat and retire, and you had best
take one long, lingerin' look around
de hall. You had been a member fur
ten long years, and we shall miss your
bass voice as we sing de Sweet BY
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Dreyfuss stops Basket Ban Came.

P~ittsburg, Jan. 25.-Barney Dreyfuss,
owner OF the Pittsburg baseball team, has
announced that he will not allow any
fleeing basketball honors to stand in the
way of his pennant aspirations for the
sued an ultimatum not in the least pleas
ing to Hans Wagner and Pat F1aherty,
who are the main stars in a local basket
ball team known as the Hans Wagners.
The Wagners tied the champions of the
South Side recently and bad blood result
ed. There was q challenge issued to play
for $1,000 a side, which Wagner and Fla
herty accepted, but Mr.. Dreyfuss stepped
in. He is depending on Hans and Pat to
do a lot Of baseball playing next season
and wishes no chances to be taken on
injuries on a hard basket ball floor. The
match game has been called of.
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Racing at Hot springs.

Hot Springs, Ark, Jan. 25.-Except
for the first race in which Roseburg
and OaklaWn, supposedly the two best
youngsters here, met, the balance of
the card was composed of a cheaper
class of horses, which puzzled the stud
ents of form as to probable winners and
as a result, the play in the ring was
decidedly light. Roseburg, the Nc
Carren ~youngster, for which l. " Bell
offered a big price early in the week,
was made a top heavy faVOrite at odds
of 9 to 20, with the Griffin air, Main
and Saidora, next in favor, and Willie
Shields much touted colt, OaklaWn and
considered another $4,000 faVorite, over
the others. Roseburg proved much the
best of the field and though meeting
with repeated interference from Main,
which carromed into him heavily while
opposite the eighth post and nearly
threw him down, came away in the
at the end easily by half a length with
Milton Henry, his jockey, looking back,
Main in the place, two lengths in front
of his table mate, SaidOra
In the second race, Shady Lad, at the
favorite's price, beat ten others and won
by a length and a half from Ike, when
in turn beat Martius a head for the
place. re
f1rIong affair for maiden 3-year-old
fllies. Little Ruttercup, skillfuliy rid
den by Cormack, won through a super
ior ride by a nose from Fritz Scnen'
W61Cn SeCuISd
length from Chiorka Maid. Thespian in
4La Fo,1rtb race was the choice of the
LISTENERS. who bet heavily on him, and
rerrar5ad their confidence by scoring
an easy victory over Glad Smile, which
in turn beat Amorous handily Tor the
Leenja proved a great surprise ana
gave the talent a shock by the easy
manner in which she won the mile and
70 yards, the fifth on the card;
was eSI,don ~favorite at 8 to 5, had
In4io- ro,1ble in disposing of his field
and won pulled up from Jake Ward,
which got the place from Moaplha-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

and By but you a your warnin, 2
didn't heed 1t. You will be at liberty
fur de next twenty-one hundred years
to dream whatever you see Mt l
would now like a few words via
Brudder Absolute White.
Brother White had crowded IN pc
hind the stove and made ready Tor a
nap, but he hustled out and stood up
and the president looked him over ana
said:
'Brudder White. you fell asleep in
your char at home de odder night wild
your big feet in de oven OF de COOK
stove, and you had dream You
dreamed dat you saw a coffin slttln-
on de bank of a muddy stream and
dat a big-eyed owl came down from
a tree and lighted on de coffin and
hooted three times. When you woke
up you screamed out 10 your wife DAT
death was gwine to claim three or
your friends or relatives befo de
month was out. She fell down in a
fit, your chillen begun TO holer, and
de row wasn't ober till de police come
around and threatened to bat some
body on de head.
Next day you wenr ober n told
d. wife of States Rights and
she had a fit, and you told it to mem
bers of dis club and dey went around
on tiptoe. You believe DAT dream sig
nerfes death, do you?"
"Of cO'Se it dOeS-Of coSe-
wall, mebbe it does. but I am
gwine to lake chances on it. You am
fined de same as Brudder Bebees and
if you work hard and save your mon
ey we shall hope to see you back we're
in about twenty-five years
You will find US dom bizness at de
same old stand"
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Corbett and Nelson Talking.

San Francisco, Jan. 25.-It is al
most an assured fact that Young
Corbett and Battling" Nelson will
meet before the Hayes Valley club
ley month. Both want a match with
Britt, but h latter is after Jabez
White, and with him out of the way
they are likely to come together.
I'M Neil and Young Corbett
met for a three round go in practice
for Neil's fight with Hyland. The pair
put up a sensational bout. YMec"
Marish. who was behind Frank Slavin
when he boxed Gotch at Dawson, is
here. He says Botch has strength,
size and gameness=all the qualities
that Jeffries had when he started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Your Life
r

The power that gives you
life and motion is the nerve
force, or nerve fluid, located in
the nerve cells of the brain,
and sent out through the
nerves to the various organs.
If you are tired, nervous,
irritable, cannot sleep; have
headache, feel stufy, dull and
melancholy, or have neuralgia,
rheumatism, backache, peri
odical pains, indigestion, dys-
pepsia, stomach trouble, or the
kidneys and liver are inactive,
your life-current is weak.
POwer-producing fuel is need
ed; something to increase nerve
energy-strengthen the nerves.
Dr. Miles Restorative Ner-
vine is the fuel you need. It
feeds the nerves, produces nerve
force, and restores vitality.
~When I began taking Or. Niles
pills I was confined TO my bed
had severe nervous spells, the result
OF two years illness with malaria;
unable to sit up. The spells would
m with cold chills. and I
less. Ny circulation was poor. I
had doctored right along but grew
weaker and weaker. The .Nerv1ne
seemed to strengthen me right away
and my circulation was better. l have
taken In all seven bottles or the
Nervlne. n I an entirely Well
ROSA r. WEAVER, Stuarts, Ia
DR.. Miles, Nervlne Is sold by your
druggist, who Will guarantees that the
first bottle VIII benefit. IT IL TaHss ne
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkharts Ind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

Cherryvale Thursday, on the au-
thority of a visitor, caught up with the
spirit of Colorado and had a special
day. In the instance of Cherryvale,
the special day was chicken day. A
New York firm has had representa-
tives scour the country for the prod
ucts OF the poultry yard. all to be de-
Myered on a special day, which was
Thursday, January 19, 1905. Our
sprightly neighbor on the north never
contained so many old hens at one
time, nor so many souawkers to the
square inch The feathered tribe con-
ttnued to pile up until two car loads
had been accumulated by and
were sent on their way to the great
market by the eastern pond with
many squawk and a quack in protest
at the home leaving. Grand Junction.
Colo, has its Peach day; GIenwoOd
Springs its Strawberry day: Rocky
Ford its Watermelon day; Greedy its
Potato day; Longmont its Roast Corn
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WIZARD PITCHER.
Startled Philadelphia and Cooley
Then DisauDeared

We were out for morning practice IN
philadelphia one day soon after I Joined
lar, awkward man, who look more like
2 sailor than an athlete, gained admit
lance to the park and asked permission to
work with u.s. says Manager Larry La
joie.
1T was an unusual proceeding, but we
tod him to get busy. He went to the out
field for a while and did fairly well CATCH
ing The he came in and asked
40 snv pl nf 10 us IN practice, we hadn't
ana We're glad OF a chance TO bat the ball
a little in practice from a new pitcher.
swings at the twisters the stranger served
up to him, and then he turned around to
me: Nap, that fellows a ringer he
said We all laughed at Del's remarks,
but the laugh didn't last. 1 was as help
less before him that day as I am nova
II is working right. Dick Cooley went
mad all over because he couldn't hit the
Finally we got behind the man and
watched in open-mouthed wonder the zig
gag, round-the-corner, h~ede-and-seek
1t was hard to tell whether you were on
a ball field or in the delirium tremens
ward of an inebriate hospital.
What do you do for a living?' I asked
him in amazernent.
oh. most anything he said. ANY
thing that will earn me bread and butter
and a place to sleep. Help load ships,
sweep crossings-anything.'
. Wouldn't you like to earn $500 or 5000
oh, I don't know he replied careless
~. Gould ~
i" You certainly could if you can pitch
like that in a game. Come out here this
AFTERNOON and I'll introduce you to Man
ager ShettSline.'
He was there at the appointed time and
showed Shetts his PAGES. Bernhard. Dona-
hue and the other pitchers ooked on him
with voiceless establishment. He was a
RUDE Wadden. a Cy Young, a John Clark
son, a Charles Radbourne and Eddie Bea-
tin and a Clark Griffith all combined in
one.
'Shettsline told him to come to the Of
fee next day and sign a contract. That
night we all had dreams of the pennant
and of the CONSERVATION the new pitchers
debut would create in the ranks of the
other clubs.
But We never saw the fellow again. He
disappeared as suddenly as he appeared
and as completely as if he had jumped
into the muddy waters of the Schuylkill.
Detectives hired by the club hunted high
and low for him, and we even advertised
in the papers, but we gotSno trace of him
whatever.
And never before and never since have
1 seen such a marvellous exhibition of
masterful pitching as that man
in shirt sleeves and Overalls gave that day
in the presence of the most famous bat
ting team ever organized "-Philadelphia
Press.
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MICHIGAN DID WE'LL.
Makes SO, 900 Above Expenses During
the Past Year.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Jan. 25.-The an
nual report of the Michigan University
Athletic association is gratifying to all
members, as the Organization made
$4,000 over expenses, Notwithstanding
the short football season.
The receipts from football were
$4,000 and the net earnings were
$4,000. The baseball games brought
only a little more than $1,000, while
the expenses were over 81, 600. There
is now a balance of $4,000 in the as
ISOLATION treasury
The association passed a resolution
urging that the wearing of the M on
'srowdy" caps or gloves be d~iscour-
aged among the student body, and that
the n be reserved Alone for the ath-
letes who have won honors for the
university.
J.. N. Maynard of Butte, Mont, was
elected manager of the baseball team.
Herbert w. Clark of Las Vegas, n.
NJ, was elected treasurer of the ath-
Ietic association. Claude D. Boynton
elected financial secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

New York, Jan. 25.-~PhiladeIphia lack
O'Brien, the clever middleweight fighter,
notified A. L. Smith. the well-known
stakeholder of fstic battles, that the ST.
coo which he had posted with him a few
weeks ago as a forfeit for a fight with
FftzSimnons would serve as a forfeit in
covering money, and that
as soon as a club secured the bout he
would post the remaining $4,000 of the
money to bind the match. O'Brien fur
Their stated that the terms for the match
which We're suggested by F1tzsimmons
were perfectly agreeable with him. He
of 5000, but would consent to meet him in
a 20 round bout, with the winner to take
the entire purse.
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KANSAS NEWS.
The Fort Scott Labor Trouble
Is Being Settled.
Will Not Use Greeks When
Others Can Be Had.
SEWERS MUST BE DUG.
Fear Of Local Men That They
Would Be ShelVed.
Contractors Have a Lot of Pipe
Line to Lay.

Fort Scott, Kas, Jan. 25.=One OF
the grievances which the laboring men
of this city had against the Greeks was
q fancied grievance. Last week Con-
tractor White, who is constructing the
Seventh district sewer was compelled
to cease work because of the condition
OF the ground where his men were
working. The snow storm and h
heavy freeze of the lasr Few days made
the work slow and the men were nat
urally unable TO earn their salaries.
The earth was in such a condition that
It made the work not only much
harder for the men, but it was I'M
healthy and became a necessity as a
sanitary measure to lay the men off.
Mr. White stated that he was a Fort
Scott man. and that as long as he did
the work for this city he would employ
none but Fort Scott men. OF course
h he needed men and there were
no local men to be had he would be
compelled to take whom he could get.
There viii not be an idle Fort Scott
man who can do my work" said he
when I put a Greek or any other out
side man to work on a contract which
Is under my control" h is the
statement which was made to the
meeting last night which proved sat
isfactory to the laboring men.
It was supposed that the gas COM
pany was preparing to put a number
of Greeks to work on the pipe line
this week, which was another cause
for uneasiness among the laboring
men of this city. The idea was also
an one. The Fort Scott Gas
and Electric win put fifty
men to work laying pipe in this city,
F. D. Martin. who has charge of his
work, was seen last evening. The
question was put to him direct if he
intended to use the Greeks. It Will
use as many home men as will pass
requirements, said he in reply.
mot a Greek or any other outside man
viii be given employment until the
supply of home men has been ex-
h~auSted-"
Mr.. Martin stated that he had re-
ceived numerous applications for work
during the past week, and that he had
told all alike that he would use them
If he could. The Greeks had been ex-
pecting to get employment on the pipe I
line in this city, but he said he had
given them no more encouragement
than anyone else. He stated that he
made an effort within the last few
days to get men for the gas house,
but he had been unable to procure
men to do any kind of work until
within the last few days.
The work the company will begin /
will be the aying of the gas pipe thai
is scattered along the streets all over
the city. amounting in all to about
600 feet. The work will begin at
a point just east of the Missouri Pacific
rack on Second street and
run east to National avenue, thence
north to First street. thence east to
Broadway. h pipe will be S-inch
pipe. Besides this there will be 10000
feet of 6-inch pipe. and 10000 feet of
4-inch pipe. It is not known where
the men will work after the line has
completed. About fifty men will
be used to begin with, and if more can
be used as the work progresses they
viii be employed from the local
force.
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Isl After Hncher NIcGorern-

New York, Jan. 25.-Belfeld Walcott. 4
brother of the w-elterweight champion, has
been matched to meet Larry Connolly of
Boston. The pair will go ten rounds be-
fore the Brockton Athletic club of Brock
ton, Mass, on anuar 27. The same club
is trying to arrange a bout between
Hughey McGovern and Rouse O'Brien.
Fifteen rounds within two weeks is the
plan projected by the club and the only
Goc IS over Inc Welgns qugs1lo1; nae.
a limit set. but If this is the only
thing that will prevent the contest from
being held it is very probable thai O'Brien
will agree to catch weights in order to
get a chance to box Terrible Terry's
brother.
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A New Billiard Star.

Chicago. Jan. 2~5.-Charles S. Norris. the
first of the Eastern billiard experts to ar
rive for the big c. A. A. tournament, pre-
dicted that Wright, the Californian, would
prove TO be the sensation of the tourna-
ment- Il met Wright some time ago in
San Francisco and played billiards with
him out there" Norris said. I saw at
once the young fellow had the make up
of a champion and urged him to 20 east
at the first opportunity and test himself
with the cracks around Chicago and New
York. He did not. take the matter seri-
ously, but his efficiency at billiards in
creased at such a rate it was soon evident
he was equal in practice speed at least of
any OF them"
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Racing al New Orleans.

New Orleans, Jan. 25.-With the ex-
'ception of Show Down and Bellindian,
the favorites so far o~utclassed their
that the result in each event
was, barring accidents, a ~foregone con-
clusion. Show Down was beaten by
Filatory, who opened up a gap at the
start and won in a common gallop.
Murphy took too many liberties with
Bellindian and waited too long before
making his move, the result being that
Frank Kenny lasted just long enough
to beat him out a head at the end.
Weather clear; track heavy.
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VIII Not Release Smith.

P~ittsburg, Pa, Jan. 25.-Word came
through friends of the Catcher Sidney
Smith of Charleston, S. c., that the
young fellow would like to have his
release that he had many -aristocratic
friends down there who would not like
to see him leave and enter the big
league.
"Well, he won't be released" said
Barney Dreyfuss, who has signed him
good and tight for Pittsburg. Mr..
Smith may be the scion of one of the
best families in the south, come of
blue blood, ETC., but 1 have not been in
the habit of buying PLAYERS and then
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and was not at all overlooked in the
betting. n bookmaker is said to
steeplechase handicap, in which
were four starters, went to Jim Boze-
man, the favorite, who kept in the
course and won easily from Cazador
and Autumn Time. DR.. Clark, h 9TH
er starter and heavily played for a good
thing, lost his rider over the first jump
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MADE A COOP ROAD.
Government Finished a Stretch Of Al
most a Mile Near Arkansas City.

Arkansas City. Kan, Jan. 25.-The mod
el road constructed here by the United
States government road experts was com
pleted Tuesday afternoon. The road IS
nearly a mile long and over what was IN
bad weather the worst stretch of gumbO
road in this neighborhood. The work was
in progress nearly two months, the build
ers being delayed for a time by the bad
weather. During the time the work was
going on several thousand persons viewed
the road, many coming from long dis
tances. 1t is an object lesson in the art OF
road making.
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throwing them overheard simply be-
bounce.
Il paid a fine sum for Mr.. Smith.
He is epute to be a clever catcher.
Men OF that talent are scarce. We are
looking for catchers. Mr.. Smith may
be the man wanted. He will be given
the best of treatment by h Pittsburg
club n there is no reason why he
should not play with US
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Wichita, Kan., Jan. 25.-Henry c.
Butts, a Union veteran aged 60 years,
died at his home in this city after a
long illness from injuries received in
the service. He leaves a daughter and
two sons.