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The Washington times., 1906-01-07
PUBLIC LECTURE
BILL NOT FAVORED
Will Be Discouraged by the
District Commissioners.
WAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED
Public School System Entirely Compe-
tent to Handle the
Subject.
WAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED

DisapprovaI of the Senate bill to
change the present system of free pub
lie lectures. under the auspices Of the
School Board By the creation Of new
and independent agency under the di-
rection of ii commission to be appointed
by the President is sat forth in a motion
by District Commissioner Mcfarland
and approved by his two colleagues.
According 10 the resolution. which viii
be reported TO the Senate on Monday.
the Commissioners cannot favor the
proposed plan to provide free lectures TO
the people, using the public school build
ings. with heat, light. and attendance
for that purpose. when they believe
that the work should be done in the
public school sy stem and under the
Board OF Education" Moreover. the
Commissioners are OF the opinion that
even if the public lecture commission
should be appointed, it ought to be ap-
pointed by their board and not by
the President of the United States,
as provided in the Senate bill The
District of Columbia the motion
cites. is a municipal corporation for
which the Commissioner we're created
by Congress Tor the purpose or admin
iste1ing the affairs of the District.
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WIN Meet Here.

In this building the secretary. Glenn
Brown. has his Office in the room in
which President Madison signed the
treaty that ended the war of 1872 he
having lived here after the British had
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Settlement Needs Help.

The report makes a modest appeal
for funds 10 meet its current expenses
and TO make possible some needed en-
largemeuIs when 80 acquired 10 meet
pressing needs
Is. 3 la Fetra, of Eleventh and q
streets northwest, is the treasurer OF
the COlored Social Settlement. Coutri-
buttons are solicited by its executive
committee, which comprises Miss sara
~. Brown, chairman; w. : DufheId.
secretary. Prof. A L. Craig. Miss Lau-
IA Dyson. Mrs. Eugenia ", Weller,
Mrs Wilson Bruce Evans. James E.
Walker, Rev Sterling y Brown, Miss
II Ida Curry. Mrs Anna J. Cooper.
Rev. ". J. Howard, Charles r. Weller.
Miss Bette y Francis. DIT +. J, Grim
ke, Prof. Kelly Miller, Samuel Middle
ton. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell
The resident worker in charge at II5
and lis n street southwest is Mrs
Sarah Collins Fernaudis. II is said
that there are only three of these Col
ored School Settlements IN the world.
and the one In southwest Washington
is already attracting more attention
from out-of-town newspapers and mag
azines than any other feature Of local
philanthropic work.
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Lecture Commission Unpopular.

While the item OF furnishing heat.
light. and attendance is thought TO have
weighed considerably in the minds of
the Commissioners against the proposed
plan. additional reason for disappToval
is said 10 have arisen from the fact that
by the creation of a lecture commission
that part of the District educational sys-
TEN would be taken entirely out OF their
hands
The present courses of free lectures
are arranged under the direction Of the
Board of Education with assistance Of
an advisory committee. composed Of
Mrs. a. 5. Gitterman. Charles F. Weller.
secretary of the Associated Charities
and w II Singleton Two courses Of
ten lectures are now in progress. one at
the Public Library and the other at the
Armstrong Mammal Training School
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SOCIAL SETTLEMENTS
PLEA FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Only ColOTed Charity in the District
Appeals 10 Local Philan-
thTopists.

of the Associated Charities. being the
outgrowth of its Colored Conference
Glass. the Social Settlement. at 1i6 and
lis NJ street southwest. deserves Il
place in the philanthropic thought OF
the city Its annual report, lately is
sued in the form Of an attractive little
illustrated booklet, sets forth the plans
Of educational, character-building wtrk
for which the settlement stands. Strong r
Endorsements from such authorities )n
social work as Commissioner II. +. F..
Maefarlaud. Secretary Charles f. Vel
Ter. and others, commend il To u ose
interested IN uplifting neglected col
oreG people improving their condition.
and charging their opportunities.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
JEFF PAYS VISIT
TO THE CAMP
OF O'BRIEN

Los ANGELES Nov. 34-Janes !.
Je1ries. retired hesvy-wsight cham
pion OF the world. who will receive =
fee OF s1s00 for his services az rsferse
OF the contest between Tommy Burns
and ~Philadelphia Jack" OfBrfen. which
Il scheduled 20 take place before the
Pacific Athletic Club OF this city next
"Wednesday night. today paid = visit TO
Venice, where O'Brien IL training. Jsf-
fries was accompanied BY T.. J. No
Carey. manager of the club. and several
newspaper men. He discussed with
O'Brien possible problems that the nghE
might develop and explained his inter
pretatIon OF the rules which viii gov
ern the contest Similar Instructions
will be given 10 Burns before Wednas-
day
OfBrien- after 2 six-nnile run and
some hard indoor work. today weighed
170 pounds and announced that he
probably would be two pounds heavier
when he entered the ring He has de-
cidsd that he will do but little more
hard work before the contest Burns
ala some road work and returned TO
announce himself n good condition
Local betting favors OTBrien a. odds
OF 10 20 and ) 20 = offered against
the probability OF Burns staying the
twenty rounds The sale OF seats.
which opened three days ago. Is said to
amount TO $4,000.
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Crimson Of Harvard Lowered to the Blue of Yale
ECKERSALL WINS A
GREAT VICTORY
FOR CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Nov. 2z-waiter Ecker
sail, quarterback and captain OF the
University of Chicago football eleven,
closed his collegiate football career to-
day by making five field goals for his
team against the University of Nebras-
ka IN the final game OF the season.
Nine times during the two halves Eek
ersall booted the ball in an attempted
drop kick over the Nebraska goal
Three of these he missed, one was
blocked. but the others. some at rather
difiicuIt angles. sailed through
Three OF the goals were made in the
lines. The two in the second half. made
within a few minutes of each other.
were kicked from the 35 and 19 yard
lines When the game was over the
thousands OF madly cheering Chicago
students swarmed on the gridiron and
borne on the shoulders of two big ath-
letes, Eckersall led & triumphant pro-
cession to the gymnasium. The final
score of the game was: Chicago IS.
Nebraska 5.
Steffen and Iddings made touchdowns
for Chicago in the first half and Steren
made the third touchdown in the sec
ond half after run OF seventy yards.
Nebraska's one touchdown came as
the result OF long forward pass by
Eckersall. which the Chicago backs
falling on the Chicago's 1s-yard line.
In three plays, in one of which Little
plunged through Chicago's left tackle
Tor eleven yards. the ball went over
the goal line. Several times during
the game Nebraska had the baiffn Chi
cago territory, but the Maroons' de-
tense proved inyuInerabie.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
OF LICK
PRAISE BOYSOF
SEATTLE

An athletic rally vas held Friday
noon By the students OF the California
school OF Mechanical Arts in honor OF
the football teams return from the
north This season has not been az
bright for the Lick students as former
ones, as two academic a7eets-track and
football-have been lost BY narrow
margins.
The stories the members OF the FOOT
ball team had 10 tell OF their journey
70 Seattle were interesting
The players on the team we're called
upon TO address the students and after
eleven football heroes had finished
relating the incidents OF the trip not
much remained untold Each nan
seemed TO add something 70 retain the
interest OF the students
The players were full OF their trip uu
north and throughout the day .huskiess
were seen IN the center OF groups re-
lating TO the others the fun they had
on the trip
The Seattle team defeated the Tigers
70 the tune OF II 10 Q. The game was
played in q pouring rain. however.
and this sact greatly Handicapped the
local lads. One touchdown OF the score
was made on tumble In the last few
minutes OF play.
The Lick boys said that they never
played against such true sportsmen be-
fore and that they were treated royalty
during their entire visit.
Every effort will be exerted By the
Lick students 70 give the Seattle High
school return match here next winter.
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FRESHIES SURPRISE
OLD ATHLETES
AT STANFORD
spEc1AL pIspArcH 70 rHE cALL

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov "a
The fail track meet OF the cardinal
athletes was held this morning ont the
old oval The entries were up TO the
average and the times and distances
made were good. The showing of the
freshmen class was far superior TO
that OF the older students. The first
year athletes took six first places and
tied for another out OF the twelve
events run OF The work Of the fresh
men In the field events was exception
ally good. Beslah OF Hanford. Crow
ley OF Pasadena. Scott Of Alameda,
Martin CT San Francisco and HeIsiey
of Merced were some OF the stars of
the class OF 10 in the field- Scott won
the broad jump handily and Harold
Maundrell OF San Francisco captured
both the mile and half-nliIe in good
form, with freshmen teammates at his
heels in the two events. Mcneil. 07.
showed strong in the dashes-
The results in detail follow
tersl-won by Maundrell. 10: CReda,
10, second, and Shsnks, 10. third. Time.
3.3a
1oo-yard dash-won by Mcneil. or;
Pomercy, 10, seconds and Edwards, OF,
third Time 10 2-5 seconds
22e-yard dash (shortened TO I75@-
Won by Mcneil. '07: Rawles, oe, second.
and ArreiIs. 10, third. Time IS Is
44e-yard dash shortened TO seol-
Won by Cocnan. s0S: Pemherton 10
second. ana Hughes. OS. third. Time,
81 seconds.
SS0-yard dash fshortened 10 s08l-
Won by MaundrelI, 10. McCready. 10.
second Time. LIS 1-5.
z-niIe run fshortened to q mile and
a quarter1--Non by Nash. .O7. Nc
Daniel. oS. Second: Perry. 10, third.
Time. 1856.
I2o-yard hurdles tshortened to 75
yards won by Beasiee 'es; Lana
gan. es, second: Heisiey. 10. third
228-yard low hurdles (shortened TO
iee yards }--Non by Heisley. 10. Peas
lee. %. second. and Macfariand. '07.
third Time. = seconds.
Hammer thTow--won by Ucher, 10.
only entry. Distance 175 feet
Higf, 5urrp-Tie by Martin. 10. and
Stirling. 0s- al feet inches. Crow
ley. 10, and Macdonald. 'o7. tie for
third at feet. inches
Broad 5lmp--Won by Scott. 10 %
feet 10 inches. BeIIah. 10. second. 30
feet 215 inches, Upson, third, 90 feet
inches
Pole vault-Tie between Beilah.
Crowley and Scott all 10, 70 feet 10
tLClGS
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EDITED BY
r. A. SMYTH
STANFORD EXPECTS
TOPRODUCE FAST
0ARSMEN

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov "a
By deciding 20 row all intercollegiate
races next spring IN eight-oared shells
boating has been placed On a basis here
that bids fair 70 rival the position of
some OF the other older sports. The
change from tho old four-cared boats
10 the big shells marks a period OF
transition from trial basis 70 . fixed
event The interest has increases
simultaneously with the standardizinE
OF the sport 70 the class OF Eastern col
legians.
me natural fafinties az stanford are
not all thar could be wished for, but
they are sufficient 70 accommodate the
crews IN their Efforts TO learn the
strokes
The material at present a. Stanford
win undoubtedly make good showing
next spring The class teams OF last
season were strong. especially the
youngsters In addition 70 this the
varsity four has returned Intact and
probably viii III four of the eight seats
In the new shell The men OF the 1908
ana 1908 crews VIII stand good chances
also OF pulling an oar In the intsrcol-
lsgiate regatta, a. viii the new stu
dents.
Such men as Fred Zimmerman .o7.
captain-elect. and J. r Pemberton. who
rowed for the Portland Athletic Club
this summer in the crew OF four that
smashed the worlds record in trial for
the two-nils race. will set a pace thar
should make all coast followers OF
aquatic sports hustle The other men
OF the varsity OF last year are IN the
same class
Dan Murphy. VINO coached the crews
last semester and who wiz occupy the
same position this year. il elated over
the material eligible FOR an eisht-oarsd
crew The men who made the four last
year were the heaviest men on the
squad bat they were not much superior
IN style 20 some Of the lighter men
Dan expects TO III up the ends or the
boat with these classy lizhtweights-
The squad is in excellent trim for
eight-oar work Last season the coach
kept the men ar practice long after the
team was picked in anticipation OF the
installation OF an eight-oar event
Murphy will start work with his men
at the opening OF the spring semester
The preliminary practice viii be con-
fined mostly 20 rowing machines.
Stanford Il well equipped with boats
and necessary gear. but viii sufer a
severe handicap because OF the poor
natural facilities
Legunita Lake. located 70 the rear
OF the university buildings. Is far too
small TO allow much work by a speedy
eight The crew will. however. be abls
70 learn the strokes on the lake
The eight-oared shell vii be pur-
chased from Cornell University, the
students OF which havs offered 70 allow
the cardinal oersmsn TO have one OF
the class shells AZ cost The boat wiz
be shipped Immediately 70 enable the
crew 70 start early.
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their being injured. This precsution
is doubly necessary in the case OF the
limtted-round fighters. as they set Z
fast pace and are often noviees IN the
ring who DO not weigh the danger TO
which they are exposed
Fred Landers will be at the ringside
when Cyclone Thompson and Lew
Powell meet a. CoIrna on Wednesday
night il a twenty-rouad fight 10 chal-
lenge the winner He says any weight
will suit him. and ne is also willing
10 put up & side bet 10 make matters
more interesting Landers has been
doing some good work In the ring and
will probably be seen IN action here
soon. Billy Roche has secured two pre-
Iinfnaries for the fight at Colrna- Both
will be six-round affairs The first
VIII be between Jerry Fairbanks and
A boxer who hides his identity under
the fghting name OF the New York
Terror" The second bout viii be be-
tween a lightweight named Jack John
son and the Congo Coon" who won
from TangIefoot McGovern recently.
Lew Powell Is training az Larkspur,
while Thompson Is at Shannon :,
where he has z chance 10 work with
Joe Thomas
Jimmy Britt Is still working IN the
gymnasium and on the roads about
San Rafael IN anticipation OF securing
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
CANES IN OTHER CITIES
Zero Is the Feature of the List of

Zero Is the Feature of the List of
The following were the results OF the
games in other cities-
At MasslIIon, ohio-MassiIlon Is.
Canton 8.
At Columbus. Ohio-Ohio State Uni
versity 12, Wooster O.
At Haverford. Pa-Hayerford 81.
New York University 0.
AT Oberlin. Ohio--Oberlin 5. Case O.
At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES p, Western
Reserve IL
At Annapolis-Navy 5. Virginia Poly
technic Q.
At New orieans-Arkansas y. Tu-
lane Q.
At Macon-Georgia 81. Mercer 0.
At Pullman. Wash - Wasflin gton
State College 8. Whitman College Q.
At GFeencastle, Ind--De Pauw II. Mi
ami >
At Lafayette. Ind--Illinois 5. Per
due O.
AT sIinneapolis-Mi Minnesota 8. Indi-
At Lafayette. Ind-syraeuse :. West
At swarthmore. Pa-swarthmore u,
Amherst G.
At Easton. Pa-Lafayette ss. Le-
high o.
At Pfttsburg-western University Of
Pennsylvania "a. Grove City 0.
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Il is now announced that Roche will
act. Graney having withdrawn his OBJ
jecrions. More remarkable still is the
arrangement that Manager Jim cof-
froth VIII handle the arrangements fer
the fight. although this month is known
as .sGraney's month"
The promoters have shown such .
lack OF dignity in all their dealings
with one another that they have lost
the confidence of the public and will
have difficulty in getting back their
old standing with the men who have
patronized their shows IN the past.
The promoters of both the twenty
round bouts and also the shorter ones
should profit by the lesson they re-
cesxed at the sunset Clubs fights on
Friday night The padding under the
canvas covering of the ring was thin
and badly laid and q tragedy nearly
resulted. George Finnigan Was
knocked down and his head came In
violent contact with the fioor- He hit
one Of the thirty padded spots and was
rendered unconscious by the blow
An Improperly padded floor IS always
raenace.tk, the boxers. and this is one
of tfe details which should never be
sIighted by the promoters Boxers are
frequently knocked down. and every
precaution should be taken TO prevent
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

a match next month. He has apparently
given up all hope OF securing either
Nelson or Cans as an opponent. and his
managing brother win probably have
10 content himself with Hyland. Mem
sic or some OF the lesser lights OF the
class Il is possible the tight at CoIma
on Wednesday night may bring one OF
the principals 70 the front and make
him eligible for the match
Tim McGrath Is handing out 4 new
joke on Sailor Tom Sharkey. who has
furnished him with material for many
funny stories. Tom went up 10 one
OF the big markets recently" said Tim
.'and ordered q fine eighteen-pound
turkey when Ii was delivered Tom.
with his usual business caution,
weighed * and found IL did not scale
within a couple OF pounds OF the
weight for which he had paid
This was too much for Tom and he
called Up the msrketman and asked
for an explanation The poultryman
explained that the bird. which il the
emblem OF holiday times. had bsen
cleaned and that the wings and legs
had been removed Sharkey listened
20 the explanation which he thought
did not explain, ard then said: That
goes for this time. but the next turkey
buy viii be at ringside weight No
more s-oiclock Weighing IN for z1s.' %
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CANS HAS ENOUGH
MONEY TO QUIT
THE RING

NEW YORK. Nov 1a---Yes. l am GO
ing to night kid Hermann az Tonopah on
January 1, and that will be ny last
nght. said Joe Cans. the champion
lightweight boxer, To-Day There viii
bc only one possibility of my going
into the ring again: that is il Bat
Ting Nelson really wants to fight me
and VIII make terms TO suit me-
Il do not mean such terms as will
give me every advaT tage. as was given
sim at GoidneIa. bat anything that is
fair and square would be more than
glad 10 tight him ag-in-N After that il
IS good-by for Joe Cans
~av reason for retiring is that !
have now enough money to keep me
the res, OF my days When you con-
slider that ! have oeen lighting fo-
more thar half OF my life and do not
have to keep II up You cannot blame
ne for going out OF the game
after zezt weeks show ] shall re-
turn to san Francisco and viii follow
10 my sefIorts 10 eu50in the pictures !
VII get there about December ! and
four days later viii be in Touopah and
start Il train for Kid Hermann
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
FIRST YEAR CO-EDS
ARE VHCTORS AT
BASKETBALL
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO IHE can

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Nov. "a
BY defeating the juniors in a fast and
close game the young ladies OF the
freshman basket ball team today won
the championship or the university by
the score OF Il 10 10. The match vas
played upon the courts OF Roble ana
was witnessed by zood-sized crowd
OF interested spectators of the fair sex.
No men were allowed 70 enter the gates
OF the feid-
The work OF the freshmen forwards
Misses L Beeger and n Miller. proves
the sensation OF the game and the IN
doing OF their opponents Miss 2. Al
bright and Miss z Hill OF the juniors
played a good defensive game The
two teams lined up as follows.
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WOULD HAVE SCORED AGArN

With the score 70 8. Harvard was
compelled 70 change her style OF at
tack and Burr was called upon 10
pull the ball ont OF danger with his toe
The first half OF the second half re-
solved itself into q punting duel be-
tween Burr and Veeder From then
On the outcome seemed certain. Yale
with new players put fresh life into
their team and in the last five minutes
OF the half there was march down the
neld- Yale was moving ike a batter
ingram and another touchdown was
prevented BY the referees whistle end
ing the game
The gridiron was jammed with a
mass Of humanity IN which three sides
were blue and the other crimson
Following was the lineup.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
WARRANT SERVED
ON NOLAN IN
CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI. Nov. 24.-Billy Nolan.
manager for Battling Nelson. was ar
rested here today on charge of en-
bexzlement. The arrest came as SEN
sationai finish 10 the dispute over the
proceeds from the exhibition OF the
pictures OF the Cians-Nelson fight
The warrant was sworn out in Chi
cago and charges Nolan with embez-
ziirlg 5000 from Tex Rickard. manager
of the Goldfield sNev.) Athletic Club.
where the Gans-Nelson fight was held.
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INDIANS ARE rICroRIors
cIncinaan Loses by score OF Eighteen
to Zero
nNrNNAT -

CINCINNATI. Nov .4.-The Carlisle
Indians defeated the Caiversity OF Gin
cinnati by score of Is TO here to-
day The local team xas strengthened
BY few founer Cincinnati university
players, and IN the latter part OF the
second half Tom Graydon. the fore
most Harvard fuil-back- was put IN
the game, but had no opportunity TO
make any star plays
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men nor sophomores having scored. the
game was called on account OF dark
ness The crowd pronounced the spec
tacle rare. unique sport
The pushball game was devised 20
take the place OF the annual sopho-
rnore-freshman rush. the latter having
been forbidden by the university au-
thorities. The pushbail arrived from
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

il out OF anxiety TO make touch
down Burr had punted TO Knox at
the crimson's forty-6ve-yard line and
the latter. behind of a screen Of in
terference. ran the breadth OF the field
for gain of twenty yards. Three
line plays which followed resulted in
the necessary and down and Z touch
down seemed imminent. On the next
play Jones took the ball and made q
forward pass 10 Alcott who funbled il
on the three-yard line. Mcdonald
dropped on Il ard Burr punted out OF
danger
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
NEHRAslxA wIxs RxN

CHICAGO. Nov ess.--Tise tisira an
nual crcss-cOuntry run or the western
colleges was held toda.. three nsssver-
stiles competing The race was won
by Nebraska with Wisconsin second
and Chicago third Il was rS1r through
the parks IN the vicinity OF tie Cniver-
sity * Chicago and tho distance. about
ave miles. was covered IL tue..ts-si.-
minutes and fifty seconds
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I'VE yards OF goal The freshmen got
the ball that far down the field IN the
first half After that neither goal was
in danger. A few men received minor
injuries during the game. but no one
was seriously hurt. The garments
worn by the 900 players. however. vii
be worthless hereafter except for
"roughhouse" purposes
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Probing Of the Grand Jury Has Christening
Effect on Fight Trust Members.
BY r. a. Sr11ytf7

of
the
fights will Cofroth
to al ow he @
that
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COCSWELL NINE DEFEATS
COLLEGE DENTAL TEAM
High school Ball Tesserx Win an Easy
Game On the Oakland Fields

The cogswell school nine defeated
street grounds. Oakland. yesterday By
q score OF IS TO ;. Hollis of Cogsveil
struck out eight and the three pitch
ers from the Dental College struck ont
four. The batteries were Hollis and
Lucas for Cogsweil and Robinson.
Watts and West pitchers. and Broad.
catcher for L. c. Dentals-
The lineup was as follows:
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NEW SERVICE TO RUSSIA

NEW YORK. Nov. 2s.-The Russian
steamer Gregory M0rch arrived today
from Odessa. inauguratinz the new SER
vice OF the Russian Steam NavigatinE
and Trading Company between Black
Sea ports and New York she brought
400 passengers. about half OK them
Russian Jews.
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the East yesterday and today received
its baptism on California field
Sophomores 10 the number OF $50.
and an equal number OF freshmen. un-
der the leadership OF Captains Stanton
and Fairbanks, battfed about the
sphere in an endeavor TO get il over
the goal line, but the best either side
did was 10 push the bail within twenty