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The Washington times., 1906-04-06
TUXEDO CLUB WINS
FIGHT IN COURTS
Boxing Bouts of Twenty
Rounds Not Illegal.
FITZ AND RUHLIN FIRST
Many Big Battles Planned To Take
Place Near Philadelphia-Wiu
Give 0'BTien Chance.
FITz AND RUHLIN FIRST

PHILADELPHIA Pa, Auru
Twenty-round fights are made possible
henceforth in the East. and their legal
ity Is attestsd by the decision Of the
Delaware county court made public to
day declaring that the recent contests
at the Tuxedo Athletic Club at Essjng-
Ion were not in violation Of the law.
The way is now open for bouts Of ma
uonal interest, the FIRST Of which 10 te
pulled of doubtless viii be the meeting
OF Fttzsimmons and Dublin. Jack"
y Brien Is loud in his announcements
that he is willing 20 fight-not barring
even Jeffries-and no time VIII be lost
IN arranging an important battle for
him right here in his own town. where
a big gate is a certainty.
Won Test Case.
The bouts at Essington on March q
between Frank Carsey and Phil Logan.
and Freddie WEIGH and Eddie I>enny
were put forward by the O'Rourke syn
dictate as direct chalhnge to the rural
constables who, following the lead of
the Philadelphia police department.
have assumed TO make their own arbi-
trary Interpretation Of he laws govern
ing boxing
A limit OF six rounds had been placed
upon all contests. and tie prospect of a
twenty-round fight within three hours
ride OF New York was considered as
too good to be true" For this rea-
son the wise" folk did not even take
the trouble 10 go 10 nearby Essirgton
on the night Of O'Rourkfs coup. That
the long contests would be prevented
was considered as a bregone con
clusion-
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

The end of a good night at boxing at
the Longacre Club, came with a rat
Ting bout between Ambey McGarry, OF
New York. and Joe Young. of Bpffalo-
McGarry carried all the punishment 10
Young for two rounds, but Young
caught the crowds good opinion by
showing no disposition to stay away
from anything. He was outclassed in
cleverness, but not in gameness, and he
was pluekily willing TO go the pace
The Washington times., 1906-04-06
Little Open Water.
Second Crew Dangerous.

The varsity has developed a long.
powerful stroke. and with few weeks
more of practice would attain the finis h
and excellence OF last years crack eight
The second crew. with shorter but
snappier stroke. has shown fine staying
powers. and is regarded by the know
Ing oiEes as the dark horse. They may
duplicate the performance OF the second
Georgetown crew or three years ago.
which beat out the varsity ana won
the event.
Comparing the Blue and Gray varsity
with last years varsity the entirely d.
ferent makeup OF the crews Is notice
able. Big. husky Tom Neal. the younS
giant who rowed at No. last year, is
missed in this years light eight as IS
big Barber. who stroked the crew last
year. Hayden and Graham, three times
veterans at Poughkeepsie. were also in
last wears crews as was big Stanley.
But though lighter. IL is claimed that
this years varsity IS the faster at this
season OF the year. Stuart is a better
stroke for two miles than was Barber
and Rice is said TO be the equal OF Meals
at Ne Z. Scott at No. s. and Foy. at No.
8. are experienced oarsmen. Fitzgerald
at No. 1. is a new man at the game, as
is La Plant. at bow. but both have the
oarsman's build. and are well thought of
by Coach Dempsey Moran. at No 3
is sturdy lad. who has developed in
the Georgetown Prep School Beaches.
No. >. is a light but why man. who has
already rowed at Poughkeepsie once and
at Annapolis twice. De Guigne. the cox
swain, occupied the same position on
last wears Prep School crew
On the second crew. Degnon. AT stroke.
will undoubtedly make, place on the
varsity before the end OF the season.
Edmunds. at No I. is an experienced
0arsnlan, Lunch. No. 6. Mclaughlin.
No. .; Heller. No. 4, are all new men
Woods. No. 3; Douglass. No. ?, and
Dowd. bow, have rowed on their class
crews Landry, coxswain, is a new man
TO rowing, but handles his crew well.
A large delegation OF Georgetown stu,
dents will go to Annapolis tomorrow TO
cheer their crews to victory. The squad
will return Saturday night.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

The trotting ge.ding Boralma's Broth
er. formerly owned bY Thomas W
Lawson. started IN thrts races at the
Arizona Territorial Fair. winning two
OF them and taking two heats IN the
other. In the free-fOr-an event he low
cred his record 70 2121<
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Five college teams-YaIe. Princeton,
Pennsylvania, Cornell, and Brown-shut
out their opponents last Wednesday.
Foul strike rule. maybe; yes?
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

The injury to Outfielder SiegIe. of the
Cincsnnatis. who broke his ankle while
sliding 10 second base is the third of
broke his leg sliding to second. and
Duke Farrell net with a similar acct
dent
The Washington times., 1906-04-06
INJURED JOCKEY sIccUMBs.

NEW ORLEANS. La. AIriI s.-Jockey
Schilling, who was hurt ii the fourth
race at City Park YESTERDAY. die6 at
the hospital without having regained
consciousness
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Picking out at random the times for
six different games played last Wednes-
fav. they were as follows: 10. AS, 80.
1:55. lbs. and lbs. This is an average
OF an hour and thirty minutes.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Jude, the Indian outfielder. peeled OF a
double and two singles against the Gin
cinnati team the other day. The red
skin is playing center field for Toledo.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06
BOXING.

Jack Clancy defeated Eddie TJa,ev
before the Philadelphia Broadway Attn
letic Club last night in a whirlwind con
test.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

track side riot. Anent Garterknot's de-
feat by Black Death yesterday The
winner was the better horse and Garter
knot was absolutely dead under Slaugh-
ter, whose finish was a bit loose.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06
GEORGETOWN CREW
LIGHT BUT FAST
Big Men of Last Year Are
Missing.
SECOND EIGHT DARK HORSE
Short and Snappy Stroke May Prove
Winner in Dual Regatta With
Middies Tomorrow.

The Georgetown crew squad, with
Coach Dempsey and Manager Frank
Hayes, left early this morning for An
napolis. ara arrived at the Naval Acad-
envy ab0u. o'clock
The race tomorrow will be the first
intercollegiate boat race OF the year.
1t will probably be over the up-river
course. according to the prevailing tide
and weather conditions. Georgetown
varsity will row Annapolis varsity for
two miles, and the junior crews Of both
institutions will row mile and half
IN the same race.
Little Open Water
Coaches Dempsey. OF Georgetown.
and Glendon. of Annapolis. have had
their respective crews on the water a
little less than one month. the annual
race taking place almost three weeks
earlier this year than usual. During
this time there has been much bad
weather, the crews being unable 10 ven
ture out for days at a time
Both the Georgetown varsity and sec
ond crews have shown great improve
ment in the past week Despite the loss
of two good men from the varsity boat
and the consequent change IN the sec
ond, the men have shown a fine spirit
for hard work. and the TWO Fights, es-
peciflly the varsity. are moving alOng
very smoothly
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

The former Mt. Holly PAGER, Miss
Mills. 2l05z, by Mahogany. 2I2it, recent
" changed hands, and is now owned
by W. J. Miller. of Greenport. N Y
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

II reports are 10 be believed. Kentucky
is full Of trotters SUR 70 beat 2lO the
coming season"
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Cole caused the death Of the famous
pacing mare, Lottie Lorraine, 2053.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

The Charter Oak VIII be a $4,000 even
for 20 trotters.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

The PAGER Winfield S;ratton, zG5L.
win join the American colony in Eng
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Tommy Sullivan. of Lawrence Mass
and Kid Williams, of philadelphia, Will
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

1t would be better for the Washington
Jockey Club to abolish the sport of
Steeplechasing altogether rather than
permit the running of such fiascoes as
have been seen here this spring About
the ugliest looking affair ever witnessed
was the ride given Copper three days
picious race run by DuorO earlier in tho
meeting Is still talked about with a
scandalous sheer. The trouble seems to
be that the stewards OF this department
OF racing are not practical horsemen
The steeplechase jockeys are running
roughshod over them and conducting the
steeplechases just as they see fit. In
New Orleans and through the West,
where spade is a spade. the sort of
hippodrom!ng shown by Eastern steeple-
chase manipulators would engender a
The Washington times., 1906-04-06
BASEBALL.

The Phillies." says Billy Weart. ''are
saving their runs until the champion
ship season begins
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Herman Tyson viii try his hand With
Sideview Belle. which looked so p-ornis-
ing about a year ago He will train a,
Point Breeze track
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Nathan Strauss. 2O311. Is down for
mark OF 200 this season
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Clarence Beaumont. OF the Pittsburgs,
ears that his playing days are about
over. His knee is troubling him again.
and he has asked for his release. This
neither Dreyfuss noI Clarke would
grant IF your knee does not hold
out, Dreyfuss told the outfielder I'VE
VIII make you an honorary member OF
that you may see US win another pen
nant- The loss of a player OF the
beaumont type would be a matter OF
universal regret
Ban johnson is strongly oppc sed to
players OF any American Leagus team
making bets with players OF other
teams on the pennant race He saws
sun fines VIII be yneted out to plaverS
making such bets. Betting Is an evil
which must De kept out OF baseball, !"
the president declares. Our orders
are strict against betting and will he
enforced 10 the limit II is an evil
which cannot be tolerated and should
De discouraged by every club member
Of the league" Good for Johnson.
Bob Emslie IS there with the telling
retort IN the game between the Atb-
letics and Philadelphias last Tuesday
Harry Davis thought Roy Thomas was
fouling OF too many balls. and the fol-
lowing peTsifiage between the first
baseman and the umpire was ex-
to me?" asked Bob as Davis walked M
Harry. Mr. Emsiie. If you please
That's what Mr.. Pulliam says you pIav-
ers must call me" Mr.. EmsIie then -
was Davis comeback. Amt you the
came Emslie that used TO play with
re on the Baltimore team '.You
mean used 20 pitch for Baltimore and
you tried 10 play"
The Washington times., 1906-04-06
BETTE LANDON
NOT UNDACKED
Supporters We're Mostly
Sentimental Women.
JACK DAVEY WAS NEXT
Had S. on Good Thing-Steeplechase
Jocks Running Roughshod
Over Stewards.
JACK DAvEY WAS NEXT

For the first time since Tommy Eos
ter won race in these parts almost
four years ago. local raceplayers en-
joyed the sensation of seeing another
genuine 100 to-1-shot fall over the pan
yesterday at Benning This was tie
,two-year-old. Betty Landon. running
in the coIors of ths Oakley Stable. This
daughter of the o. cure Me itCne won
the second race, an affair for two-year-
olds at four and one-half furlongs. and
to heighten the novel effect, she Just
kicked home to beat a 7-to-iG favorite.
Al Powell. by a nose. Bathmaria. Inc
6-to-5 second choice, ran third.
There is nothing which can happen
at racetrack quite so interesting as
the winning of a century choice, for il
raises in the minds of the case hard
ened regulars the hope of trying on
in the expectancy OF some day land
ing on one such and getting even at one
fell swoop. Then what dreams of
avarice the thought of the financial
in the minds OF the beginners in the
betting ring. Long will Bette Landon
live in the lore of Benning.
There is never a 100-to-1 shot on the
board but that some one or other of
the army of women ''pikers" in the
grandstand stakes a pittance on the
chances of the choice, just the same as
every horse with a pretty name will re-
NCiNc iiAit VI b4tg lfOil the StnllilleD-
tai and ''hunch" seeking feminine spec
ulators. Some OF the piking ilk regard
the passing over OF l0O-to-1 shot as a
grieyous breach of the betting woman's
code. Hence ii comes about as Bette
Landon and Al Powell swept By the
vision Of the judges like a team hys-
terical shrieks came from different
parts of the gTandstand. TIE acclaim
ers had bet on Bette and were giving
vent 10 a glorious realization One wo-
man. who had gotten down 81 at 100 TO
!. was the center of a curious crowd
of conSratulating women and inquiring
men after the numbers had gone up
There she stood in the center aisle bah
bling along and telling what the turf
owed her. and how she was even at
last Wrinkles, disappeared from the
woman's face-She was past the middle
span of life-anG undoubtedly the win
ming Of this 100-to-1 shot brought her
lie back ten years.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Jack Davey, the trainer. formerly con-
neeted with the Schorr stable when IL
raced through the East lasr year, had on
a small wager of IS on Bette Landon.
he was standing In the front tier of
grandstand seats when the finish came.
He had seen the filly work well and had
an idea Al Powell would run wide at
the home turn. The finish was close.
Davey jumped from his seat and plow-
Ing bis way through the crowd. reached
the wire cage surrounding the Judge s
Enclosure, as he expresses it, ITO see
that BEETLE got her rights" No sooner
had he arrived there than the official
ratification sign, the red ball." shot up.
In his bewtlderment Davey for the mo-
ment forgot the name of the bookmaker
with whom he bet his 50 Then he re-
membered II was Sol Lichtenstein.
Rushing 10 the ring. he couldn't ind the
line. After knocking down two bystand-
ers en- route, Davey finally located the
DOCKING stand. Then as he drew down
his 800 he says he only laughed when
the cashier said. "Ah. that's only dead
rotten luck
The Washington times., 1906-04-06
TR0TTING.

Jack Kinney Will train at the Wells
Vile half-mile track
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Sam Langford, of Cambridge. won
the decision over Joe Jeanette. OF New
York. after seven rounds Of boxing at
the Lincoln Athletic Club, of Chelsea
last night. Jeanette outweighed
Langford by thirty pounds at least. In
the seventh. when a short right to the
jaw sent Jeanette in a heap 10 the mat.
he took the count and stalled or de-
cisiye defeat
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Walter II. Jermyn has sold 20 w. c.
Greene. the copper king. the horse d.
rect View, 20S&-
The Washington times., 1906-04-06
BASEBALL GOLF RACING ROWING :: BOXING ATHLETICS
Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

box ten rounds at the Tuckahoe Athletic
Club on April Il.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Kid Parker. OF Denver. was defeated
the Spokane. Wash. Athletic Club last
night In the sixteenth round Of what
was scheduled 10 be a twenty rou ad 20.
Inc hight was a fast one in which
Thompson had the best of II through
out.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

Sammy Smith. the Philadelphia light
weight, handed a lacing to Tommy
Young at the Whirlwind Athletic Club
OF New York, last night Smith used
his left hand with good effect and kept
foungs head bobbing back during the
entire three rounds.
The Washington times., 1906-04-06

There were any number Of Washing
ton devotees who fell into the good
thing One well known news service
emplOye had on s. at 60 to l. He re-
ceived the worse of the price, but was
satisfied to cash in Sl22. He at once
offered to buy wine for the crowd and
then after a second consideration he
and his friends decided TO put back all
their winnings on Reidmoore, the 3-to-5
shot In the succeeding race This was
done and Reidmoore "also ran"
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-03-17
PUT ART BEFORE APPEARANCE,
Painters Effective Rebuke to His
Over-Oainty Pupil,

An old pupil OF Couture tells how
the master came into his school room
one day when the model was in excep.
tionally good condition. the light espe.
cially fine and the circumstances OF
the seance altogether suspicious. As
he entered one OF the students got I'm
and went to the tub of water in the
corner, leaving all the rest buried in
their work. What are you going to
do?" asked Couture roughly. The
student showed his hands. which had
some paint on them, and replied that
he was going to wash them. Couture
dabbed his thumb in some paint on
the palette of the nearest student and
made smear on the dainty pupils
forehead. You had better wash your
face. too" he said. The face washing
was the last act of the students when
they had finished their work for the
day. The dainty pupil took the hint
to heart, apologized and sat down at
his easel, without visiting the tub.
II he had not done so he would never
have entered the school again.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-03-17
Relics OF Extinct Birds.

Funk island. on tho coast OF New.
f,undland. used 10 AFFORD shelter every
ynar ut breeding Time to countless
numbers OF natatory birds. among
u en- being the white BOBBY tsula has.
SINAI. These birds have met with
the same fate as the great aux. They
aic extinct. Now their eggs aro srca,
rsritics. and would fetch large gums
but there are none In the market
Some specimens arc on Wow 81 tho
Smithsonian Institution and II, tho
American Museum of Natural History
In New York they range In value
ir3m $500 to $3.50 apiece.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-03-17
The Old Brothers me,.,o..

One OF the venerable brethren Of,
the Billville Circuit delivered this mes.
sage recently: ITS no use to strug.
gle. II you've made up your mind to
avail yourself OF your privilege of fall.
In from grace. in the belief that
you'll git up agin. an shake the dus.
on, and start over ag'In. Some o the
dust will git in the grain OF your gar.
ments. and stick there; some of the
strength you needed for the journey
Will be gone. and you'll no more be the
same as you was. What you want to
do Is to make the struggle land you
high and guard against gi,tin' dizzy
when you reach the hilltop!"-Chi.
cago American.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-03-17

One OF the features OF Jeypore In
India Is the wonderful Sambur salt
lake. concerning which there is n GU.
rious legend. The story runs that an
old fakir long ago told one OF the
ratahs that. II he wanted to be rich.
he should ride a horse as far as he
could 20. without once looking back.
and the land as far as he could travel
would become field OF silver. always
provided he did not turn. He rode for
thirty miles and then. curiousity over.
coming him. he looked back. with the
result that. instead OF the promised
field OF silver he found "a lake OF salt
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-03-17
TEA DEADLY FOE OF TYPHOID.
Boiling Of the Drink Has a GermicidaI
Effect

1t Is said on the high authority OF
an American medical journal that. al.
though the Chinese people live in a
cerm-saturated soil. they are singular.
ly free from typhoid fever and other
diseases OF which water is the me.
dunn of communication. This condi.
ton is attributed the universal Gus.
tom of copious tea drinking.
The tea Itself Is not held TO be the
safeguard against the disease, but the
boiling OF the drink has a germicida!
effect which produces sanitary advan.
tages. And II tea produces any III
results they are not to be considered
beside these advantages.
The tea leaf Is described as form.
Ing one of the most Innocent and at.
tractive f'avorings possible for hot
drinks, and the boiled drink is the foe
to the deadly germ.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-03-17
RHEUMATIC PAINS
Disappear When Dr.. Williams Pink
Pills Purify the Blood and
Heal lnfIAmed Tissues,

Rheumatism is disease Of the blood.
caused by the failure Of the body to cast
of certain poisons. External applica-
tions are Of use only in securing tempo.
rary relief from pain-the cure for
rheumatism lies i'll purifying and en-.
riching the blood.
Mrs Frederick Brown, Of 40 Sum pter
street, Sandy Hill, NY, was n sufferer
from intiammatory rheumatism from
the time she WAS sixteen. She says
1T nrst appeared in my knee joints.
then III my hips and waist 1t became
regular thing that would DO hid ur
NIL winter. The rheumatism affected
mostly my hands, hips, feet and
shoulders. My hands were all pulled
up and my feet became deformed. ]
lost my appetite, couldn't sleep and
sometimes was compelled to cry out,
the pain was so intense.
For several winters was under the
doctors care and while his medicine re.
lieved the pain for a little while there
seemed no prospect for permanent
cure. was confined to my bed, of and
on. for weeks at time. My limbs
swelled dreadfully ut times and l was
reduced almost to nothing.
" Iii the spring Of 1904. upon the ad.
vice OF friend. 1 began to use DR..
Williams Pink Pills. At that time I
wasn't able to do anything and could
barely eat enough to keep alive. l felt
change for the better in about month.
| began to eat heartily aud l suffered
less pain. OF course / kept on the
treatment. using care in my diet, and
in about three months 1 was cured. I
am entirely well today and do all my
own work"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Brown by driving the rheumatic poisons
out OF her blood. But you must get tho
genuine DR.. Williams Pink Pills. sold
by all druggists and by the DR. Williams
Medicine Co.. Schenectady, n. Y.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-03-17
FOOD AND STUDY
A College Mans Experience.

'All through my high school course
and first year In college" writes an
ambitious young man. Il struggled
pasty foods. being especially fond Of
cakes and fried things. My system
got into . state Of general disorder
and II was dificult for me to apply
myself to school work with any do
gree Of satisfaction. l tried different
medicines and food preparations but
did not seem able to correct the dill.
aculty.
Then my attention was called to
Grape.Nuts food and I sampled Il. I
bad to do something. no l Just buck.
led down to rigid observance OF the
directions on the package. and 10
less than NO time began to feel better.
In few weeks my strength was rs-
stored. my weight had Increased. I
had . clearer head and felt better Ia
every particular. My work was sim.
nv soor 20 what II was formerly.
My sisters health was badly run
down and sho had become so nervous
that she could not attend To her
music. sh. went on Grapc-Nu,s and
had tho same remarkable experience
That had. Then my brother. Frank.
who IL In tho portofficc department
ut Washington city and had been try.
Ing to do brain work on greasy foods.
cakes and all that. Joined the Grape
Nuts army. showed him what Il
was and could do and from = broken.
down condition he has developed into
= hearty and sfs,cient man.
besides these could give account
OF numbers Of my fcliow.studcnis who
have made visible improvement men.
tally and physically by the uss Of
this food" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's = reason. Read the little
book. The Road TO MELVILLE" u
pkgs.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-03-17
WONDERS OF COAL TAR.
Vanilla Extract One Of the Many Arti.
eies Made From Il.

DO you know that majority OF the
vanilla favoring used in the world IL
not made from the vanilla bean. but IL
the product OF tar? Do you also know
that there are now between 500 and
1000 articles of commerce sold in tho
markets that are the product OF that
same tar?
The questions were asked by Gardi-
ner c. Crawford. an American. who
has long been engaged In business In
Tahiti. who is stopping ut the Savoy
hotel while en- route east. Mr.. Craw.
ford was In the business of growing
and extracting vanilla in the island,
which was the principal product OF the
natives, but modern science put him,
as we'll as the native growers, out OF II.
The German chemists discovered that
product commercially called "vana.
line could be produced from tar at
one'tenth the cost Of the natural Va.
nilla flavor. 1t is AZ good as the nat.
ursl product and there was no compel.
ing with that.
Mr.. Crawford says that tar Is prov
ing a productive field for the chemical
with the various coal tar products that
have been made for the ctYfe OF head.
ache. but II will be surprising to know
that the experiments have been no q.
tensive as to now include over 500
articles. At the same time not ono
fourth Of the tar product OF the world
liz consumed annually.-Denver Repub.
lican.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-03-17

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