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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
JACK o'BRIEN's STAY.

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien says ne is the one best bet when December 20 rolls around.
 Jack is supremely confident that he will put old man Fitzsimmons away and he is anxious that his friends in Philadelphia should reap the benefit. He is reported to have written no end of letters to tenants and others advis- ing them to have q bet down. And he tells how and why be is going to win. This is one of his letters |:
 "I started training to-day tSatur- day. December 2 and I will be n great condition when l enter the ring with FitZ. I will win as sure as my right name is Hagan. FitZSimmons will have every advantage with the exception of age and have him hand lcapped in that respect. He is much older than I, and l feel sure that he cannot stand the pace l will set.
 You know he was mighty tired when he fought George Gardner two years ago and it was a good thing for him that the bout only went the twen- ty rounds. l do not think that our contest will go the limit. Those who , tAptNA u4E Ab pltis q hhAhAA- -slAAAE anu keep away from FitZ are mistaken. l think I am cleverer than he ever was and l will depend upon this advantage to take the fight to him from the start "Of course l will look out for the shift and other dangerous blows, for 1 still consider FitzsimmOns hard and dangerous hitter. feel sure that Bob's age will tell on him and that | the prediction made when he fought poor Jack Dempsey. that his legs will
 go back on him. will come true oH December 20.
 ''I consider myself as clever in the | boxing line at the present time as Jim ] Corbett was when he fought Fitz in Carson City and you know that Jim | smOthered him until he got the blow i in the solar pleNus. Well. I will look out for that dangerous wallOp. Place | a bet on me tO win. I will return east immediately after the fight. Should I by some unforeseen acti dent lose I will go back to the Klon. dize for there is stin plenty of money | in the gold fields for me. After l pick
 up the cash there I will make a tour
 of Australia. but these plans will not
 be carried out if win"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
THEY ARE MATCHED.

London, Dec. 9-George Haeken- schmidt. the Russian Lion" and An med Madrali, the Terrible Turk. " will meet again to wrestle for the ci--.lpiOnship of the world at Olympla on December %.
 The Russian Lion' more than once of late has been publicly taunted with his apparent unwillingness to meet the Turk but now he has agreed deli nItely to the match. |.
 E. Cleary, lessee and manager of olympia, saw Hackenschmidt and succeeded in making the arrangement with the Russian and with Antonio Pierri, Madrali's manager.
 "The arrangements will probably he similar to those made for the famous match in January, 1904" MT Cleary said yesterday. T propose to hand over to the men 60 per cent. of the tabings. This will be divided prob ably in the ratio of So per cent. to the victor and 20 per cent. to the van quished and Olympic should hold $35.OO0 Although the papers have not been signed you may regard the match as absolutely arranged"
 @NO blit hhO tAANSrtu AAAC lAAtAA' Al between these giants at Olympia twelve months ago last January is ever likely to forget the great audience around the arena or the excitement which followed the swift fall of Ma drali.
 The match. it will be remembered was all over in about forty-five sec Onds. The giants swayed for a mo ment. Then Madrali fell with a groar and in an instant Hackenschmidt had pressed both his shoulders to the mat Tile Turks right elbow had been dis located.
 ThCre has been no little difficulty in arranging the match owing to th, stringency of .kenscnn,idt's music ball engagements. but this diiiicuity has been overcome. ......
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
THE DIAMOND.
WATERBURY IS IT
Sale of Meriden Franchise and Players Was Formally Com pleted Yesterday More
 Base Ball News.

The Meriden base ball clubs fran chise ill the Connecticut league, the services of thirteen players, including Manager Samuel Kennedy, and the uniforms and implements of the game, were formally transferred to Harold R. Durant and George J. Strobel of Waterbury, yesterday, the equivalent being S1,250. The deal was made by W. F. Bristol, president of the Meriden club.
 The players who are included in this contract and were held in reserve by the Meriden team are Samuel J. Ken nedy of Philadelphia, William Rogers of Wharton, N. J., Parry Thaekera of Bristol, Pa, Frank Foreman of Balti- more, J. 4. McCabe. of WilkeSbarre Pa, Harvey l.. Ritter of Pottstown, Pa Ed Slater of Waterbury, Parke Treat of Philadelphia, Pa. Terry Rogers of Bridgeport, George Bone of New Ha- ven, Richard Barry of Wallingford and Thomas Toner of Philadelphia.
 Toner has a string to him. He went to Meriden from the Cotton States league which broke up because of vel. low fever last summer, and he may be compelled to go back there if the league should reorganize.
 The question as to where Sam Ken nedy belongs is one that is likely to cause some little agitation. Kennedy played with Meriden as first baseman last season and was also manager. Ae received a salary of S2O0 month. He recently signed a contract to act as manager of the New London club.
 4 little hitch has come in the secur' ing of the grounds. While surveyors have been at work laying out the field, it was found at the last minute that the owners of the field want even more money than was expected. It may be probable that the owners of the Wa terbury franchise may now go after one Of their other sites. The matter will he settled, however, immediately now that the team is assured for this city (
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
RAISE RAIL NOTES.

Hit is the "Rube Wadder' of the Pacific Coast league. He came out of the bushes last spring, and made good. He is cratic and often loses control, but when he is good he is very good. He may not stay in the big league, but Keefe and Whalen cer- tainly have chance to. All three men were purchased before the draft ing season.
 1, Yale base ball men were thunder struck to learn that Coburn had been declared eligible for the Harvard nine for the coming season. Coburn pitched three full seasons and in a fourth year he pitched for Harvard in the game against Exeter q few innings.
 The opinion at Harvard is that the athletic committee has done a perfect ly fair and honest thing in declaring that Coburn has another year of inter collegiate base ball COburn is now in the third year Of the law school and had accepted the position of head coach for the nine before he knew that he could play another year. He :e- signed his position as head coach Thursday night. It is not known who will succeed Coburn as head coach of the Crimson nine.
 Clark Griffith has bought three Can l fornia pitchers for next season. In this trio the manager of the Highlanders landed the pick of the Pacific Coast | league. Hit is a left-bander and ! whalen and Keefe are right-handers. | Whalen is veteran of the coast ' leagne. having twirled in that organiza- | ton for the past three years. He has [ had other chances to get under tl.e biz | tent, but preferred the far west. Even now he Is objecting to his transfer to ' New York He leads the Pacific Coast | league in shut-out games, having | blanked his opponents fifteen times. Manager J. H. Clarkin of the Hart ! ford base ball club returned from New
 York Thursday night. He said he
 would make a stronge effort to get
 Foxen back again as he wanted him OF
 his pitching stan. The pitcher was
 drafted by Providence Mir Clarkin
 was away but n short time and was
 unable to see Captain Daly. He has
 heard from him, however. and says that Daly has secured two strong play
 CTS in the west He IS not at liberty
 to announce who they are at present. Mir Clarkln said that most managers
 had to go to the west now to get good
 ball players as the east did not seem
 fo be developing any.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
THE PUGILISTS. NEW YORK BOUTS
Some Corking Good Ones Last Night-O'Brien Talks Some
 More Foxy Rob.

Tommy Murphy had slightly the bet ter of Frank Qkid) Carsey in their four round go at the Polo A. c. in East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth stret, New York, last night. This is the first four round bout that has been held in this city by q boxing club.
 Murphy did the better work Ill the first two rounds, knocking his oppon- ent clear across the ring with a right swing in the second. The third round was Murphy's and in the first part of the fourth Tommy knocked Carsey to his knees with a stiff left uppercut on the point of the jaw.
 Then Carsey took a decided brace and the rest of the round was his, though he did not regain enough ground to make up for the lead Mur- phy had established.
 Members of the Hudson River Ath- letic club witnessed six interesting bouts last night at their quarters in West Thirty-fourth street, the prinei- pal one being a slashing go between Benny Yanger and Tony Moran which was interrupted in the second round by the police upon demonstration of anger being made by Yanger.
 Referee Johnny German stopped the fight before the end of the second round and ordered the men out of the ring. Yanger said that Moran struck him below the belt at the close of the first round but was willing to go on. The police and the referee decided that continuance of the fight would prove a slugging match which might result seriously, and it was called off
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09

opinion when it comes to picking tn' best player. Miss Curtis generalll won the tournaments in which shl competed in and around the Hub, and it is a matter of record that in dozen or more matches in which Mis-
 Curtis and Miss Mackay met tn former invariably won until that fata final round in the national event. II Massachusetts golfing circles Mis-
 Fanny Osgood is fancied by many a
 the steadiest of the lot, with Miss Mar! Adams, Miss Kate Harley and Mis- [ Louisa Wells close up. Mrs. Charle' IT. Stout won the Metropolitan cham pionship at Baltusrol in the spring and she was a pronounced favorite t win the national. She went of he driying-in fact, got well-nigh hopeless
 with her wooden clubs. After that tn
 former national champion showet
 signs of a return to form, and whel on her game there are none in tn
 country capable of playing better goli
 Miss Charlotte bod, the subject of tn illustration, is the champion womal golf player of Great Britain, who cam to America to try to wrest the laurel from American women golfers. Il this, however, she was unsuccessful.
 l The date for the Fitzsimmons ! o'Brien contest has been set for Tues
 day evening. December 20. The lgh
 will occur at Mechanics pavilion. a | San Francisco.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
POOR. OLD sHAKY FITz.

Then comes the alarming news from San Francisco that Ruby Robert Is all in. How Is this for a Frisco yarn of the present condition of the poor. tot tering old wreck. who is to meet the supremely confident sCrapper from Philadelphia:
 Doubts in regarl to Fitzsimmons' good condition received some cOntir- nation by an accident which occurred on his road run yesterday.
 "Fitzsimmons. accompanied by his training partner and a black dog. ap- pearei jogging down Twelfth strrst When they reached the cnrner Fitz- simmons stepped over to the sidewalk and a moment later backed up to the siie of the building and rested against It
 1t Is unquestionably a fact that his pins were shaky and that the hand which he raised to brush away beads of uerspiratiOu was trembling.
 His breathing was suasuioIic and he had every indication uf being In the last stages of exhaustion Judge Geary and Constable Carroll who saw him. say Fifxsimmuus was all iH-"
 IL may be that both Juiige Geary and Constable Carroll have forgotten that Fitz Is not only a scrapper but he Is an actor. likewise a fox \ little of that trembling business and the gasplnu thing has a wonderful effect on the market and while OrRrien may tout bimself as the candy ktI fer this coming argument shaky pins and trembling hands help some When the prices are chalke-i up- F7tz has noi gone into a deeline up to this time aad fl5ere never vas a time Tn hzs sue. ceSsfui czrper tat he vas not a slrerd ss a fox He fs nof in the habit of making ioSinx mztrhe< and as sure zs he goes in the ring De viii te far from aH in-
 Perharls after an ticket a the oli
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
THE SPORTING NEWS.
WRESTLING
ROACH AND SMITH
Latter Says He Will Surprise the Local Boy in SimOnsville
 Next Thursday.

Charles E. Smith of Oakyilie, who is to meet Jack Roach down ill the Simonsville Athletic club rooms next Thursday night was a caller at the Democrat office yesterday. He is i'll perfect condition and feels confident of defeating the local boy. Smith intl- mated that the people who think Jack Roach has q cinch with him will be greatly fooled. He will have packers on hand on the night of the match who will be willing to take as many of the Roach dollars as there are in sight. He is being carefully coached and trained, by whom he declined to say. He will make things very inter- esting for MT Roach, so he says, on the night when they meet. He is after the championship of the state at his weight and he proposes to start his climb up the ladder by taking the first round out of Roach. The latter smiles when he learns of this and he says he will tie Smith up into so many knots that he will have to be carried home to Oakville and get physician to un- loosen him from the tangles he Will be placed in.
 The star preliminary is attracting as much attention as is the main match. Gresham and Blondin are working like Trojans to get themselves in shape and there is sure to be warm times during that hour of wrestling. Each man will be backed to the limit for both have big following and their friends feel confident that each man is the best. It will be one of the fiercest preliminaries ever given in this city. There will be many Brook lyn people down there on that evening for they will want to get line on Jack Roach before he tackles their man, Dave Cronan, the following week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
TIMELY TOPICS

You get good garments when you leave your order with l. Becker. Ex- change place tailor.
 Buy your typography outfits at Zigiatzki-Mark and they will show you how to use them.
 Saturday candy is put up in holiday packages at Apothecaries Hall Co.'S. Elc a pound.
 Dodge predicts a snow storm for Tuesday and Is showing the footwear to wear in it.
 ]. c. Jackie & Son have slippers for fbe babies as well as for the father and mother
 Langley Furniture Co.'S parior sets from Ss5 to SIPS wOuld be ou orna- ment in any house.
 Splendid values in suits and over coats at Mahon- the tailor's. from S3l up.
 Ladies anf misses 'chevipt csafS. @ ss. ladies tourist coats. q aS: RaH tfs. seal cuats SIP ssS at Miller q Peck-s.
 |. Chase has made millinery prfces rssrricnlarly attractive this week Cat on all rposis-
 ID. |. Dsckfnsnn & Sua are selfinz uulafh IupeFfaI Sour at the sane pr5ees. $50 a harreL Toc q sack
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
FOOTBALL WILL STAY.
Universities and Colleges Adopt Colo neI Howxe's Ideas of Reform.

NntWerstt1ee and CoileNea Aooph NoAo-
 mel Hoxxe's Ideas of Reform.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 9-The advocates of intercollegiate football won vic tory at the conference of thirteen col leges and universities held in this city when an amended resolution declaring that the game should not be abolished, but should be reformed. was carried by a vote of 15 to s.
 Chancellor MacCraeken Of New York university had first introduced a reso- lution declaring that the sport should be done away with. but an amendment was promptly offered by Lieutenant Colonel Robert l.. How're of West Point. and the amendment was car ried. The vote was as follows:
 Wesleyan, Rutgers, Haver- ford. Swarthmore. Syracuse. Roches- ter. West Point and Fordham.
 Nays - Stevens. Columbia. Union. Rochester and New York university.
 A committee composed of represent atives of Columbia. West Point and New York university drew up a plan of reform as follows.
 That this conference favors the ap- pOintment of a rules committee t0 gov ern football to be appointed annually and fo be responsible to the 1ppoint- ing bodies
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
YOUNG ERNIE WON.
Charles Weary Worsted In Eight
 Round Bout at Milwaukee.

Round Bout
 MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec 9.-Young Erne of Philadelphia last night got the decision over Charley Neary in an eight round bout before the Milwaukee Box ing club.
 In the first round Erne sailed into his man with right and left to the face and kept the blows going constantly until the end of the round Neary got in two light blows to the head, but was unable to land effectively. The second round was Erne's by a wide margin. Weary fought back hard. but failed to deliver any killing blows The third, fourth and fifth rounds were also Erne's, he being able to land on Neary's face at will. Erne did some clever side step ping. and Weary was able to land on the body only.
 In the sixth round Erne drove his man to the ropes in a fierce mixup and In the break away from a clinch sent Neary staggering to the middle of the ring with right and left to the head. In this round Neary landed left on chin and right hard on ribs. followed by two light ones to Erne's chin. In the sew enth round Erne got in several upper cuts. which worried NeaFy. Weary made Erne's head wObble in this round with a hard right to the neck.
 In the last round Weary put several hard blows to the body, but was unable to land effectively. Erne delivered sev' eral uppercuts, followed by rights and lefts to Neary's head. Erne blocked two hard blows to the jaw just before the gong sounded.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
Confined Sound.

The intensity of confined sound Is well demonstrated at Carisbrooke cas- tie, Isle of Wight. where there is a we'll 200 feet deep and IF feet In diameter, lined with smooth masonry. If a pin is dropped into it the sound of it strik- ing the surface of the water. 1s2 feet below, can be distinctly heard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
commm~

About one man in ten really males things. The ether nine live od him. of the nine. one operates on him. or tells him how to get out of obeying the lAu. or teaches him how to save hIa soHi: three govern htn. but fvs cell him thinEs be dos1n't vant
 It Is estimated that twenty-twu bil- lions of dollsrs' wnrsh 0f ntuE is sold in these United States ia the eosrss of a Tear.-I1fe
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
End Of slr Day BIeycls Grlna Wear.

NEW YORK, Dec. Q. -- With two teams now tied for the lead. the riders in the six day bicycle race at Madi- son Square Garden are conserving their energies for the final spurts which will decide the winners of the seven capital prizes at stake. In the early hours of the morning Root of the Root-Folger team Jed a sprint which ended by his overriding the lead of the BedeIl brothers. The lead ing teams are: Bedell-Be with 2.099 miles 6 laps; Root-Folger. with 2.0o9 miles 6 laps; Vanderstuyft-Stol. with 2099 miles 5 laps. and Mclean Moran. with 2.O99 miles laps.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
Frank Brothers & Co
 Cor Union and South Main sts.
nisannoint.d Millionair..

Money cannot buy everything. western millionaire is said to have of- fered s1. .eoo .o00 to Smith college If 1t Would pull np stakes and move out to his state. As veil try tO move to Chi- esgO the spot where Warren feiI Col Iegss cannot be trznsplAnted. but their seed may be soSn far from the parent plant. and a new college may grow Co do honor to the mother and to the new soiL--Youths Companion-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
BOWLING.
FUN AT WOOSTER
Great Scoring Done Last Night Pat Rooney Will Take
 Ride in Buggy.

There were many things doing up in the Wooster bowling, pool and billiard palace last night aside from the match game of pool. BOstwick did not like to see his string beaten and he went after Kilburn's score last night. He beat the latter's high single string of 234 by bowling 239. He tried hard to go by the three-string score, but just succeeded in tying. making G34. Wal ter Malsch knocked them all silly, how ever, by bowling three strings, making q total of G49. and it Is believed this will hold them for a while. His three strings were 220, 21j and 214. Henry McKeon leads for the duck pin prize. for in three strings last night he made a total of 2s9. As fine an exhibition Of duck pin bowling as has ever been seen in. this city was given by Mir Christopher of Boston He bowled ir three strings the remarkable score of 342. This is a record that will not be beaten in this city for some time. As the prizes. however. are only 0ffere'i for local players the Boston gentleman will not share in the hOnOrs.
 At the Wooster last evening in the match game of pool Pat Rooney had a waIkOver with "Iew- Madden and de feated him by the score of lJ0 to 9s- and as a result of the game the loser was supposed to draw the winne- around the green this afternoon in a cart Madden at first put ID fairly good contest and at one-third of the distance was neck and neck with Rooney. When Rooney had traversed tvFo-fhfrsis of the distance Madden was still tied to the one-third post. not hav- ing made a ball while the dancer made his second ffty. The last fifty was horse play for Rooney and he toyei with Madden. The contest attracted a large crowd and was not finished uE- til i o'clock.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09

ment at s1,0O0 a week, and those whe know him predict that he would be . success. He has a talent for anecdott that shows itself when the, Little Ma. poleon is in company. No man. no even barring Tim Hurst, has a bigger fund of entertaining stories of the dia .mond and the race track at his fin gers ends than has McGraw. Wher he begins story telling his success is instantaneous. McGraw, if he accepts will not be the first baseball star tc tread the boards. Fifteen years age the late Mike Kelly appeared in vaude ville in skit written for him by Billy Jerome. Next Arlie Latham, the only real baseball comedian the game has ever known, took a small part in 2 musical comedy. Then came Adrian c. Anson. in the late c. W. Hoyt's |" Q Runaway Colt" in which Pop" was the star. Tim Hurst played brief en. gagement with Anson. His part was to umpire a baseball game While re. hearsing for this scene one of the members of the company, who sat ir the stand as spectators. advised Hursl to speak louder Why" answered Sir Timothy. are you hard of hear. ing?" Christy Mathewson was also offered a vaudeville engagement thii fall, but. declined the chance, just al Happy Jack Chesbro did last year when he was the premier pitcher oi the country. Matty preferred to go tf Romeo. Mich, this fall on a visit tc Frank Bowerman They spend tho time hunting and fishing and partak. ing of muskrat dinners
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
Careless Observation.

Careless. indifferent observation does not So back of the eye If the mind is not focused. the image Is not clear-cut, and is not carried with force and distinctness enough to the brain to enable if to get at the truth and draw accurate oonclusions.-Success Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
FIGHTER HELD FOR MURDER.

Chicago. Dec. 9-A dispatch to the Tribune from Yreka. Cal. says that Sidney Roberts a prize fighter, was arrested yesterday charged with the murder of Jack Mcdonald, laborer of Weed. who was the champion fight CT in that locality. Roberts and Me Donald engaged in a prize fight on Wednesday night and in the ninth round Roberts hit his opponent on the back of the head, knocking him un- conscious. Mcdonald died yesterday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-09
cREscExrs ISSUE CHALLENGE

Down in the Arcade alleys the Cres- cents believe they are the whole shoot ing match when t comes to playfn E fox bsH and they feel % confident of if that they issue A chaIle1ge 10 snT team In fhe city to play them for e ar SID This ehzIlenEe is open to any team 10 matter how exrert the play CTS unr think theuxrlve<-