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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15

Miss Vera McDavid entertained at a delightful Valentine party at her home Tuesday night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15

The monthly concert of the Y. W. c. A. took place this evening at the As- sociation rooms. The program was ar- ranged by Mrs. Frederick Dunster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15
NEWS OF PENSACOLA
Advertiser Bureau,
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ESnSdcOIdB rep l4.
 The body of a white boy, apparently about 10 years old. was found early Monday morning lying along the tracks of the P. and A. division of the L. and N Railroad, near what Is known as Magnolia Bluff. The upper part of the body was horribly mangled. 1t being surmised that he came to his death by being run over by one of the outgoing trains of the night previous.
 Although there was no means Of Identification. the body Is being held at the undeftakers with a hope that it may possibly be claimed. He was dressed in a striped knee pants, wore a rough overcoat and black stockings and had black hair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15

Lester Harris, a colored switchman in the employ of the L. and N, was almost instantly killed while In the dis charge of his duties Monday morning. He was caught between the cars which were being switched, and his body was SO damned that he was almost help less. The victim lived but a few mo- ments, expiring before medical aid reached him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15

Miss Julia Hahn, of Cottage Hill, Fla. and her guest, Miss Minnie Nor ton, of Lisbon, la. are the guest of Mrs. W. L. Hahn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15

Miss Jeon Miles will give dance on the evening of March 2, compli- mentary to Misses Josie and Harrie Stockdell of Atlanta
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24
Sport Section.
Being Divers and Sundry RI

lier insinuation like the Kansas farmer
takes his potatoes-tops and all. Per
haps, tho, this is the first time Caspar
has had time to get back at Minnesota
since Professor, Conway Mcmillan
spent some fifteen minutes in writing a
letter OF two that stung up the young
disciple of athletic purity like a jab
with a pitchfork.
In his ranking Of teams he throws
out the three large universities men
toned for badness in football, yet in
cludes Yale and Harvard, but still
speaks of the "blackguardly assault
upon Burr of Harvard by Quill of
Yale.' He includes Pennsylvania after
the Stephenson episode. Not a Michi-
gan, Minnesota or Wisconsin man, save
Curtiss, was disqualified for rough play
this season and the Curtiss case had an
element of doubt in it. There were no
"blackguardly assaults upon western
gridirons. The east furnished those in
stances. Marshall of Minnesota is put
down for dirty player, and a whole
list is published which goes to show
that some Chicago hotelkeeper must
have taken this eastern writer into the
pantry and, giving him dish of prunes,
told him to go as far as he iked-and
he did.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24
MALACHY HOGAN ON
THE BOXING GAME
Famous Referee Writes of the
Downfall of Old Bob w.
Fitzsimmons.
BY Malachy Hogan.

Robert Fitzsimmons has made, his last
appearance on the pugilistic stage.
What proved to be the farewell per-
formance" of this veteran boxer
brought also his inglorious downfall in
the Mechanics Pavilion arena at San
Francisco last Wednesday night. His
conqueror, Philadelphia Jackn O'Bri-
en-, is now one of the most prominent
boxers in the world and has prestige
enough to compete for almost any kind
Of a title.
AS I had predicted before the battle,
F4tz was not the Fitz of old. His old
frame and failing eyesight made him a
mark for the young and 2virile O'Brien,
and the result was that he was one of
the most decisively defeated men that
ever entered ring. His old accuracy,
his great punch, and above all, his won
derful endurance and ability to take
punishment were gone, and he was out
boxed and outfought at all stages OF
the game. Il
Defeat Shock.
Without doubt his defeat came as
great shock to the majority Of the
followers Of the sport. The following
A1C "OUCdlncu tdG CdISOu duOGu
to his older friends, has stayed with
him, and taking the reports from his
training quarters at par value, conf
IDENTIFY expected to see him returned the
winner. It took no very superior iudg.
ment to tell that a man almost A years
old, no, matter how great man he once
may have been, had no chance against
an opponent as young, clever and rugged
as, O'Brien. A little reasoning would
have discounted all Of these San Fran
cisco reports, on the strength Of which
many friends of the old champion
backed him, and of course lost thei1
money.
When Jeffries defeated Fitzsimmons
it was said that the great advantage il
weight was what did the business, anc
that there was no light heavyweight
who could ever hope to have chance
against the Cornishman. Possibly that
was true at that time, but fans as 8
rule do not reckon on the lapse of time
which has undoubtedly been kinder tt
Fitz than to any other boxer. That the
cold man'' was able to last this LONG
is one Of the sporting marvels of the
century. he has had his time and hi.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

long way from being made. When it
comes to showdown, it will probably
be found that Ryan will demand that
O'Brien make 158 pounds at the ringside
the middleweight limit-and this
O'Brien certainly will not consent to-.
Jack weighed 1877 pounds when he en-
tered the ring Wednesday night, and if
this is his best boxing weight he cannot
take off nine pounds and still be strong
enough to go thru twenty rounds with
as clever a man as Ryan.
Probably about March, O'Brien will
consent to meet Marvin Hart at catch
weights and this will draw big crowd
at any Of the Pacific coast arenas. In
the meantime, the gossip and wrangling
will draw big crowds to the Hart Ryan
show, and that is what these men are
most interested in right now.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

the undertaken for several weeks.
Jay finally won out and came west
to look after the interests of an auto
MOBILE firm at Chicago. He has been
watcning the other fellows speeding and
gets the notion that he would like to
get back into the game. This looks
like trying to swipe the hour glass
from the grim chap. Earl Kiser is
having an artificial leg made to take
the place of the one torn off in his
accident last summer and he too is
talking of getting back into the game.
Fortune, they say, only raps at man g
door once. How often does the final
visitor Gomez Perhaps both Of these
chauffeuH, having been as good as dead
before, have come to look upon sstrans-
lation' as less of an ordeal than is
commonly supposed. No one can ques-
tlon their nerve, however, if they take
up the game gain.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

too early. 1t is one Of the best places
in the world to winter horse. I
noticed this year that horses wintered
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, in
fact the whole upper tier of states,
were in better condition at the end Of
the season than the horses kept in the
south.
"Minnesota bred and trained horses
will not come into their speed as soon
as those handled in a southern climate.
They will not be as fast as three-year-
olds, but I believe that when they do
come into their speed they will hold it
longer and work a great deal more
consistently. Some Of the best horses
in the country are being sent away
from the winter quarters in the south
and all over the country have advised
my horse racing friends to winter their
horses up here. Of course horses must
be taken care Of anywhere. From my
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24
BATTERY 3 INDOOR BASEBALL TEAM.

Delane; Lunds, Coughlin; Battery B
and Electics, Rector. All these teams
have been playing for some time, and
sone of the first things done thru the
league will be to arrange for a com
plete interchange of games. Some pro-
vision will be made for awarding a
pennant to the team winning the cham
pionship.
Three Games a Week.
Under the proposed arrangement
three match games will be played every
week. This will give both the players
and the spectators chance to indulge
in their fondness for the sport to the
utmost. The popularity of the game
is apparent from the fact that the hall
is always crowded to it's fullest capacity
with spectators at every game, while all
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

armory and it's conversion into roller
skating rink the militia teams have
been thrown out Of practice. Manager
Delane Of Company B and Manager
Coughlin Of the Lunds have now se-
cured the use OF the Fourth Ward Re
publican wigwam for their teams. This,
with the exception Of Monitor hall, is
the only available floor. Mana ger
Shumpik Of the Casino roller-skating
rink is considering proposition to open
his floor to teams which wish to play
match games in the intermissions of the
skating.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24
The Baseball Scrap.

VERY prospect points to regu-
r: lar old Kilkenny cat fight
~ at the annual meeting of the
American association magnates al
Chicago this week. It looks as tho
the peace of the past year would
be driven into the shades and
that war of the hair-lifting variety
would take it's place. The present
alignment puts Watkins, Bryce and
Grillo on one side and Havenor, Te-
beau and Lennon on the other. The
first matter to come up will be the
presidency, and there seems to be an
opposition to O'Brien. ~r
This is taken by the Milwaukee
crowd as deadly insult. They forget
that O'Brien, an unknown and untried
man in association baseball, was forced
on Watkins and others last year when
Grillo was knitted at the meeting. At
that time the general question over
the circuit was "Who is O'Brien?' It
is but natural that the question was
asked. O'Brien proved to be a level
headed young chap and has not done
anything out of the ordinary nor made
any serious mistakes. The opposition
W ~ DileH Is uOG lfOm personal
standpoint. 1t is rather directed
against him as candidate of Have
nor. and Tebeau.
Last season during a crucial time
the Minneapolis fans thought they
were getting the worst of it On UNI
piring thru trying series. Watkins
attempted to get change, but one Of
the somewhat unpopular umpires Gin
Minneapolis) was held here against
the wishes of the Minneapolis fans
and Watkins. do not for a minute
believe that O'Brien would .deliber-
ately send a prejudiced umpire 10
Minneapolis if he knew the man pos
sessed such q prejudice de not know
that the umpire was prejudiced at all,
but looking at it from the local stand
point it had that appearance It was
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24
Horrors! HORRORS!

- T ERCIFUL Percy! Just as we
III get over the shock of Jerdy
A. Il Jordan s slams at western
colleges comes Caspar Whitney Of the
effete east and scores Minnesota, Michi-
gan and Wisconsin as the black sheep
of the western athletic fold and says
that Amos Alonzo Stagg is the bell-cow
in the line of purity and clean sports
manship. Good for 'Lonzo. Lucky old
boy, to get such head-patting when
the rest Of the universities were getting
pounded over the head with the
bIudgeon of Casparrr bright lexi-
con of youth. Caspy fails to give in
stances, but says that the three offenders
are shimmering shad when it comes to
commercialized' sport.
Caspar was skidooing around Mar
shall field Thanksgiving Day and must
have eaten something which disagreed
with his -nurtured constitution.
He does not give any specific charges,
but has evidently swallowed the Col
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

Starting last winter with a few
games, indoor baseball has increased in
interest and following until it has come
to be one of the most popular winter
sports of Minneapolis athletes. The
followers of the game have decided
that it has reached stage in its de-
velopment where some formal organi-
zation is needed to bring out it's full
possibilities, and meeting will be held
at the Cooperative bowling alleys at
$3.50 pm. today to form a city league.
When the league is completed it will
include about ten teams. The teams
expected to participate in today $ meet
ing, with their managers, are: Apex,
McInerney; Hanleys; Kittens, Smith;
Holtzermans, Schroeder; Toneys, Rudd;
Company A, Holland; Company B,
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

I o II loyOusneSS,
punches his III
val s f e a t Il + e S
back into conjunc-
tion with the rear
end of his skull.
Occasionally real
humor bobs up in
the boxing game
and the latest ex-
a m p | e Of this
cropped out right
here at home.
An athletic club
of some ambition
planned a little
evening soiree in
which two emil
save the kind ex-
hibited when one
biH artist threat
ems to 90 knock the
block off an op-
ponent or a boxer,
in a spirit of wan
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24
small favor and o'Brien should have


made shift.
The candidacy of Hickey for presi-
dent has stirred up hornet 8 nest.
Milwaukee declares that Hickey has
been scheming for months to get tho
threatened that the league will be dis
rupted if he is selected.
The magnates had best 20 slow in
starting up too big a row. To tell the
truth the general public has but little
time for some of the men who are in
baseball. The public looks upon the
game in the light of sport. The
magnates look upon it as business
proposition. It is dollars with one,
amusement with the other. The fan
likes to sit up on the bleachers and
yell his head off for set of strangers
who are Hhome players" just because
their salaries are paid in the city in
which they play. He cares only for
the game and not for the magnates.
In fact, he looks upon the magnate as
"butt in'' who is getting good
living thru a sport. The longer the
public can be beguiled into thinking
that it is sport and not a business
the better for the gate receipts. These
rows serve to put the public "wise"
to the fact that professional baseball
is a dollaraccumulating pastime.
Everyone recognizes that there must
be organization in baseball and business
direction, but this fact should be kept
to the rear at all times. There has
already been talk Of too much syndicate
in the American association. Part of
the Milwaukee and St. Paul row is
directed at Mike Kelley purchasing the
Minneapolis franchise. I have reason
to believe that there is nothing Of the
Hwash sale" in this transaction. It is
deal in which neither Milwaukee,
Louisville nor st. Paul are directly in
terested, as Havenor and Tebeau are not
In the Kelley argument, and Kelley is
lost to St. Paul for all time no matter
how the case is finally decided. The
talk of the Milwaukee, Louisville and
st. Paul men holding the whiphand is
absurd. Watkins, Grillo and Bryce hold
just as many cards and just as many
face-cards as do the other fellows. The
had best get together. Watkins will
play the other fellows the whole string
on brain game, and has Indianapolis
dAu M1uHedpolIS Will Hill W d Idu.
Grillo and Bryce are just as popular in
their home towns. Kansas City is rest
less and Milwaukee none too serene.
The tri-state league is showing in the
east that "protection is an empty
bugaboo if the gate receipts are large
enough. The fans care little for cor
ganization. It is baseball they want.
This game of league busting is a two
handed proceeding and one can play as
well as the other. It costs a lot of
money for those who play it, and the
best thing for the American association
is a peacepipe-with Havenor, Lennon
and Tebeau taking good long smashes
at the pipe. Fights cost money and the
public gets lot of inside information
when the quarrel is on. Personally I
like Joe O'Brien. The wild talk Of
some of his friends is not going to do
his candidacy a bit Of good. =.
r. g. s4 !. X 4
Chuffng in Mexico.
a CHICAGO writer is telling
E ~ Windy City chaufeurs- that
Mexico is the finest place in
the world in which to spend the winter
in touring. This is true, but in touring
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24


baby blue ribbon for canes between tbs
hours of 8 am. and noon. Fie, fie upon
you William Eve, to so disgrace dear
old alma mater.'' (Pouts.)
(Turning to John Myrtle Lane Van
dergraft) t)-"A All, you need not smile at
William Eva, John Myrtle, you are just
as bad. You appeared at chapel this
morning with "bloom of youth . upon
one cheek and rouge on the other. YOU
also attended the Junior prom and do
want to say that costume made up
of a blue decolette sweater festooned
at the shoulders with green rosettes
and high heeled shoes is going bit
too strong even for Nu Yawk.
Then let all of the students gather
at the center under the spot light and
sing the dear old college song:
'.Hail Columbit! happy bunch
Since we got this sissy hunch!
Play London bridge and tag, you're IT
Wouldn't that give you a fit?
Football is so awfully rough
Coaches are so awfully touch
We are sweet-im- mac -u-1ate!-
We are sweet-im- ma c. -u-late!
Rude football is out Of date!''
This is offered to Bob as a substitute
for the act he is now using. :
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

i
the big league players in the city are
seeking for an opportunity to play with
some team.
Of the professionals who are now
tuning up on the indoor diamond, Dave
Martin Of Indianapolis, Walter Carlisle
Of Rock Island and Mike Bryette of
Decatur are playing witho the Lunds,
and Leach of Grand Forks, Jack Zalusky
of Indianapolis and Freeman Of Min
neapolis have enlisted in the national
guard in order to play with the Com
pany B team. They are all enthusiastic
over the game and pronounce it an
excellent means Of keeping in trim for
the work of the coming season.
The greatest difficulty which con-
fronts the sport at present is the lack
of floors suitable for an indoor diamond.
With the, abandonment Of the old
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

On past performances, it would seem
that O'Brien would have a shade over
Marvin if they should meet soon, but it
is impossible. to tell how much knowl-
edge and cleverness Ryan may be able
to impart to his man before the next
bout. Tommy is unquestionably a great
teacher. He taught Jeffries great
deal, but it is probable that the present
worlds champion learned more from
Corbett, with whom he first boxed as
a sparring partner.
Hart has been boxing too long to learn
new tricks quickly. Ryan will find that
he has not such an apt pupil as Jeffries
was, for several years Of professional
ringwork have taught the championship
claimant many bad habits in sparring
way, and it will be a big job to eradi-
cate them. =
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24
Flirting With Death.

AkSo
pital last fall
about the worst
mussed up bit of
anatomy that a
surgeon ever at
tempted to sep
arate from fence
planks and parts
of a driving gear.
His ribs ratified
around like chop
sticks in a flour
barrel and his
hlQe was pune
tured in SO many
places that the
regulation size
court plaster was
too small to stop
t h e gaps. He
fought it out in a
hospital cot and
had a neck and
neck sprint with
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

nent demonstrators of the gentle art
of lead, land and getaway were to ex-
change punches for about ten rounds.
Now the administration has the lid
down until the top of the boxing ket-
tie is as tight as a drumhead. The
conspirators set about evading the
vigilance of Chief Doyle's minions and
as tickets were necessary at the door
the genius of the club set his wits to
work and produced the following gem:
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

the Isles ana Gn6
little man with
the big reputation
talked in an in
teresting manner
Of the subject he
is most interested
in.
The idea that
it is too cold up
here for breeding
race horses is all
rot, said Her
sey. TO my
mind this is one
of the best places
in the country to
breed, train and
race horses. In
the first place the
spring season is
late in coming
around and no one
is going to get a
airo,1it horca ont
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

Marty Hogan. manager of the Youngstown
baseball team, states that Youngstown will not
be able to get place in the Central league next
year or have the territory reorganized. He said:
II expect to, have faster team than ever
next year. 1t will have number of youngsters
in it and will not cost SO much as last years
and Schettler. Catcher Fohl Outfelder Donovan,
First Baseman Harry SchWarts and Moran -
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

III ana narangue
tho players like a a.
hshwife Edeson
can have the stu
dents 81 t t i N g
around a parlor
set scene, some
working at tat
ting, some embroi-
dering "Happy
Home'' notices
and some mending
hosiery.
(E n t er t h Q
civilian
Eva Dean Fitz-
roozle, you are lac
ing too tight, and
yesterday I saw
you on the campus
W i t h yell o W
ribbons on your
cane. You know
our beloved fac
.,14u ho, rorooS
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24

always taken good care Of himself and
while defeated has a host Of friends.
In private life Fitz is nothing more
than big child-tickled with baubles
and magnifying all things, little and
great. In the prize ring he was little
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24
Those Turf Wars, Etc, Etc.

r.
TN HERE is one form of sport which
does not cut enough ice in Min
neapolis to cool a bottle of pop.
1t is the running races. A year or two
ago, in what the "sports' allude to
with sighs as ''the olden days. there
was a handbook in which the follow
ers of the ponies could blister them
selves whenever they wished, but now
that has passed and the only way the
gamblers can get an action on their
money is in icehouse crap games.
These rumors of southern turf wars
echo but family up here and they are
right down in public interest with the
rumors that the "Balkans are afame. -
Corrigan ct al. can kick each other IS
heads off without getting a rise out of
the Minneapolis suckers. This winter
there is not even the policy gig to oc-
cupy the mind. With the town tight
the specializing element is saving
money and every ''sport' is expected
to bloom out on Easter with the first
new suit of clothes in ten years. The
only thing going here now is dog
fights-impromptu-and the police kick
them apart just as they get good holds.
We are getting to be like Dan DAILY IS
anticigaret league of Cohoes, whose
famous song will be remembered:
"And while you can never be like us
Be as like us as it's possible to bel"
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-12-24
Hulnor Not Dead.

T II UMOR is not dead in the great
Northwest. Far from it., 1t
'A - bobs up here and there and
makes the world seem brighter in un-
expected spots Ordinarily there is lit
tie humor in connection with boxing