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The Washington times., 1906-03-15

way. His strength was gone. his punch
was weak and his legs sagged after him.
Blood tickled down his mouth and ne
wore that meaningless grin. Nelson
the face and body.
Terry swung on the Dane occasionally.
put he was backing up and did il in a
half-hearted manner He was sent to
the ropes with right on the Jaw, but
they held him and he clinched Nelson
Fought himself loose and chased Terry
along the ropes to a neutral corner. Terry
hit him with left and right on the face
as Nelson rushed him, but covered up
moment later from terrific drives under
the heart
Terry landed with the left again On
the Jaw, and his admirers yelled them
selves hoarse, calling for hirc TO brace
up anc kill the Dane. The latter. with
his head lowered kePt after Terry and
sent him flying to the ropes with a right
on the jaw.
Sixth a Fierce One.
The sixth and last round was another
fierce one. Nelson caught Terry right
of the reel and swung left and right
TO the head. Terry's legs spread andihd
held out his arms, grabbing the Dane.
Nelson beat his back until IT looked as
though he would break il.
Terry was too weak to shoot his left
in any more and held on while the Dane
banged the kidneys 10 his hearts con-
tent.
He pulled away from Terry and tostled
him into corner again. beating out cut
ting wallops TO the face.
Terrys head was bobbing backward
and forward, but each time as he stag
gered he threw out his hands and held
on.
Nelson battered Terry from his corner
along the ropes over to Terry's and then
the gong sounded. but Nelson did not
hear il and sent in three or four more
hot a I'M -
There was not a clean knock down in
the whole fight
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D0NlIN LAID OFF BY
MGR. MUGGSY M'GRAW

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Sfarch 15-Nrans~s-
McGraw. OF the New York Giants -
suspended Mike Donlh1. the fano,,v
centerhelder. McGraw announced to-
day that he had suspended Denim in
definitely Cor not acting according 10 his
instructions on the training trip.
4 have put up with a good many
things with DonIiu." said SIcG-au ..a-,5
nave done everything in nv rover n
keep The player N condition. in my
mind Doulin is one OF the best bali
payers IN the game today. both n the
Hello ano at the bat be proved this TO
The public by his playing for the usI,-
nanI and The worlds charnpionsnip
series mean business this time snS
viii go the limit
Donlin had nothing 10 saw There was
a runor that Doniin was going 10 i,IruD
10 the outlaw league, but this is NOT
taken seriously
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WHAT The FIGHTERS SAY
Battling Nelson:

I am sorry that 1 did not knock out
McGovern. But / proved 1 am his
master. There was not a moment of
the fight that 1 was a bit worried
Terry himself knew he was a loser
from the third round 10 the finish. II
the fight had gone two moro rounds
McGovern would have been knocked
out. In the last two rounds he did
nothing but hold on. II we ever do
fight again III fight under rules COM
Delling him to stand I'D and do his
part of the fighting.
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Terry McGoven:

The result Is a surprise 70 me
fully expected TO put the Dane away
in four rounds He has the most
wonderful endurance of my man 1
ever saw. ! landed blow after blow
that would have sent another fighter
to dreamland. ] DO not think he could
have put me out in a longer battle
He. perhaps. had the lead on points.
but 1 felt strong at the end OF the
fight. despite the hot pace. Nelson can
punch. No man ever hit me harder.
and think proved conclusively that
have not a tin jaw and have not
Joined the class Of good old has
beens"
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NATIONALS STORM
bound FOR FAIR
Has Not Rainei So Hard
Since NOah's Time.
MOVE SOUTH is UNDECIDED
StahI Hears That Weather In Other
Parts of Country Just
As Bad.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

CHARLOTTESVILLE.V Va. March L.
This Is perfectly lovely day for those
who admire icicles, but as the Washing
ton baseball club has a most unseemly
crouch against icicles il fails TO appre-
ciate the beauties OF the weather. 1t
has not Tained so hard since Noah rang
the jingle bell on the Ark II il were to
come down any harder IL would mash IN
the roof OF the hotel
Manager Stahl is still undecided about
going farther South. The newspaper
reports indicate that the storm is raging
all over the country, and there would
be little advantage in moving from one
embryo lake to another.
Anybody looking for a husky athlete
20 play basketball can set him cheap.
for the price OF a postal card, by writ
ing TO Jake Stahl for the basketball re-
lease OF Charley Hickman Beyond the
shadow OF a doubt Hickman is the
worst that ever butted into the great
gymnasium game. He IS willing but
forgetful. He was put TO tending goal
for the Regulars yesterday and would
have been great IL ne had attended TO
business The trouble was he over
looked the fact that he was in the
game. and was so absorbed in watch
ing the efforts OF the other men that
IL never occurred 10 him 10 give the
ball a swat when II came his way
When one Of the opposition made a Jry
for the basket. he stood with mouth
and eyes wide open. taking In every
detail of the feat OF skill and Drawn,
and although the descending ball might
bounce of his upturned countenance,
he would nav no attention to II. but
devote himself TO silent applause OF the
daring attempt AS q baseball worker.
Charles IS a big help-as a basketball
star. no telescope is powerful enough TO
discover him
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the right, ducl1ing and hiding his head
SO that none could reach him
Nelson worked himself loose and sent
Terry'S head back with a left. which
drew blood from Terry's mouth. He
followed the Terrible Ore TO a corner
and there stuck on three more lefts and
rights to the head.
McGovern swung q .zft TO the BODY
and held on as the bell sounded. They
were warming up now
Terry in a Burst of Speed.
Terry opened the third with another
burst Of speed. He met Nelson coming
for him and switched over a left to
the jaw that looked to be- the candy.
Sports hOwled. Terry grinned, but Mel
son failed to even waver He was too
strong for Terry. and had no regard for
the latters wallop at all
Terry 1olted the Dane on the Jaw with
another left. but WAS sent TO the ropes
with a left and almost slipped through
wild way. and wondering what was in
front of him.
Nelson gave no quarter. He whaIed
away at any unguarded spot, and was
in the quickest time. He was betting
Terry'S jaw from side TO side with
hooks which were taking the life out of
the once great McGovern.
Wis btiliS Dtdltit 10 Il IL.
and fell on the ropes for support any
number of times. He tried to hold Mel
son. but Nelson was going and he took
what came until the bell sounded and
then fell into his chair like a drunken
man 1t was now a question OF how
long McGovern would stay.
Fourth Nearly Ends 1t.
The fourth round came very near
ending the fight. Nelson. wild because
he was not being allowed to slug as
freely as he would like to, rushed at
Terry and started plugging with both
fists as fast and az hard az he could
Terry caught him working IN, and
swung a beautiful left flush on the jaw
A moment after ia was carried alor,g
the ropes by an avalanche of punches
that almost took him off his feet. Wild
but still with a punch left, Terry sent
one toward the sky that caught the
Dane on the jaw and ser his head back.
He was in again as fast as you could
say Jig" and belted Terry along the
ropes with one more to the jaw.
Terry fell against the ropes. all in.
unable to push back. and barely strong
enough TO keep his feet
The gong sounded, and Terry sank
into his chair exhausted. No one ex-
pected him TO last another round
Terry Mixes it Up.
In the fifth, however, Terry showed
another flash of eld form, but It was
short lived. He mixed for a second, but
the tide OF battle was not going his
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CHAMPION HOPPE
AGAIN DEFEATED

NEW YORK. March 15.-Thomas Cal
lagher. of Brooklyn. won his second
game from Willie Hoppe, champion bill
HARDEST. last night in the 2.000-point bill
lard match which was played at the
latter's billiard academy.
The winner played eighteen-inch two
shoSs in. while Hoppe played eighteen
inch one shot in The score was: Gal
lagher. 400; Hoppe, 256.
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stantly figuring on some way in which
10 divide the circuit into a northern
and southern half.
Mccoy. one OF the new pitchers. is
an old Manhattan College man, ana
worked with the Columbia squad this
spring before he Joined Washington
In discussing long hits last night sew
eral Of the old timers We're OF the
opinion that Buck Freeman. OF the BOs-
ton Americans. can Whang the ball as
far as any man In the business, and
several instances were cited which seem
ed 70 bear out that assertion.
The old story about Walter BrodIe.
who played center field on the famous
Baltimore Deuuant winners. was also re-
called BTOdle was on third once. man
made a three-bagger. and Walter was
thrown out al the plate. The eXDlana-
ton was Walters enthusiasm. He knew
he had "a cinch 70 get home. and stopped
10 root for the other fellow 10 make
as many bases as(pOssible. he became
so absorbed in watching the runner that
be failed 10 keen his eye on the ball.
and when he finally decided 10 jog home
he found the BAH there waiting for
him
BrOdie Was the man about whom
first heard the bird and ball story told.
He had a mania for making circus
catches. and II "A swat We're coming
straight 10 his hands he wOuldapparently
tail 10 see IL until just the right time 10
nail q. then he would do sensational.
lofty tumbling. pull the spheroid out Of
the atmosphere. and receive the ap-
piause OF ladies fair. One day he did
this trick OF deliberately turning his back
on the bail until he thought IL should
be In reaching distance. and then made
a ErSndstand run for something that
was passing overhead The something
rose instead of coming down and so
did several thousand FIRE tfui spectators,
for what he went after vas bird that
was flying low. while the ball continued
its merry course to the fence.
Old Subscriber. who happens to be
anxious 10 know everything and have II
exactly right. Is informed that Lave
Cross right name is Lafayette Cross.
and that the Lave was the result OF
that tired feeling on the mart OF base
ball writers who became weary OF in
citing his full COEnomen.
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Dave Barry. who came East with Jack
CurIey from san Francisco, will fight
his first battle in this part OF the coun-
try Marc, % He viii have as an Oppo-
nert Mike Schreck, OF Cincinnati The
bout VIII come of in Terre Haute, Ind,
under the auspices Of the Wabash Ath-
letic Club.
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glass Of beer they drink before a game
this season. At this rate a quart OF
bubbles viii cost 500
Casey, the diminutive third baseman.
Will act as field captain Of the Brook
lyns IN any games IN which Donovan
does not take part
The New York Americans, ChIcago
Americans and Brooklyn each have a.
Dentist on the playing list. But winning
pennants is harder than pulling teeth
strang Journeyed across Tennessee
from Chattanooga to Memphis and
Joined the New York players yesterday.
He said an important real estate deal
was his excuse for delaying his arrival
When Cy Seymour was a pitcher he
was handicapped by his small hands
But they are plenty big enough 70 wrap
themselves securely around every ny
ball that comes within block OF center
field.
Both Mccarthy and Maloney. who were
reported 10 be hanging back on the nrst
terms which were offered them by the
Brooklyn management, are said TO have
accepted new proposals which have been
made 10 them
II may be two or three weeks before
George Browne viii be able TO join ths
Giants for practice work He was about
to leave California for the East when
his wife became III and a slow recovery
is predicted by the physicians
The veteran twirIer KID Nichols or
the Philadelphia Nationals stan is
practicing with the Athletics in New Or
leans. IL was thought the Kid was too
firmly welded 20 Kansas City TO change
his abode this late I'm life.
The worlds championship pennant.
which will be given 70 the Giants by
the National Commission viii Be made
IN Cincinnati. II IS said that the pre-
sentation Will be made while the west
ern teams are IN the East Barney
Dreyfuss will be invited 10 attend the
ceremonies
Criesr. the Boston American League
catcher. who IS Ill At Hot Springs. has
picked up a little the last two days.
but IL is the opinion OF ball players
who have been Nth him that Criger
Will be unable 20 20 much work on the
diamond this year. and possibly may
not be able 10 Play IN one game
Mertes. who has joined the Giants at
Memphis. has been practictng in cali
! fornia and II will not take more tnan
two days for him TO be IN coneinon 20
play good ball. Happy, the canine mas
cot. who ruled the Polo Grounds as he
pIeased last year. is 10 make another
I visit 10 New York this summer.
II seems that the reform Griffith in
| t-oduced last season IN the way OF uni
| forms IS not 10 be retained. The New
/ York Americans are TO go back 20 the
| old blue suits and white stockings me
most unesthetic attire that ever offended
the artistic sensfbiIities on the diamond
| But all will be forgiven II GTin can
| snare the elusive pennant- us not the
| clothes that made the champion
| II Christy MatJhewson has injured his
nitching arm. IL VIII be great blow
/ 10 the Giants. Without Christy. the
McGraw bunch would have n" WaiKa-
/ way
| Wonder what truth there IS IN the
| report that Chick Stahl declares va
| ,,,65r,f,p practice is more injurious than
| benefcial. Guess Chick is a bit heavy
yet
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Schlahy has been playing out on the
coast but saws he doesn't like IL so
much. 1t was interesting enough the
first season when everything was new,
but the second season the long jumps
began TO pail on him. II taxes TWO
nights ana a day and a half 70 jump
from Frisco 10 Tacoma. and after the
novelty has worn off this becomes eX-
ceedingly monotonous- The expense
involved in so much travelling eats a
large hole into the profits or the CLUB
owners on the coast, and they are con-
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Young Otto smashed and uppercut
Mike Moran until he was nearly out IN
their three-round go ct the Central Ath-
letic Club, OF New York, last night
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BOXING.

lack Johnson, colored heavyweight
champion. pounded Joe Jeanette OF
New York, 20 pieces last night IN a
hfteen-round battle at the Eureka Ath-
letic Club, OF Baltimore
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Matty Baldwin and Kid Goodman will
meet for fifteen rounds at catch weights
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Is Your Picture on the Want Pages
Of today's Times? There's money await
ing you
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ATHLETICS: BOWLING = BASKETBALL !: RAGING BOXING
Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

before the Lincoln Athletic C1uh NJ
Chelsea, Mass, on next Monday night
Jack Dougherty, the vveIterxsIrht
champion of Milwaukee. and Ji117v
Gardne-. OF Lowell, viii meet ror sIolt
rounds at 40 pounds before TIE Mn
YANKEE Athletic Club on March q.
Joe Grim viii face Jack Clancy. the
California welterweight. tonight. for
SIX rounds ar catch weights, IN the sfar
bout az the Broadway Athletic Club, OF
Philadelphia.
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II is doubtful II this basketball racket
is the proper thing for our ambitious
athletes As a sweat producer. X Is
class A or the revised list. but hurryinE
around on hard floors with husky indl-
viduals falling on you is not likely 10
add greatly 10 your sum total as an
asset for the diamond. Nil went up
in the air some 'steen feet or more yes
terday morning expecting to come down
on his feet. but didn't keep his eye on
HIS number and landed on his knees
Now he walks Ike the Dutch comedian
IN a knOck-abOut turn
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HOSPITAL CORPS WON
FROM CoRc0RAN TEAM

A fast game Of basketball was play
ed in the gymnasium Of the Hospital
Corps last night. the score being IS
TO il in favor Of the Hospital Corps.
MCCORMACK. OF the home team. was
easily the star. throwing ten baskets
Fogarty, Of the Hospital Corps. also
made some pretty throws For the
Corcoran team Lewis was the star,
making two pretty baskets.
The line-uD-
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

Light VS. heavy bats. is the subject
much discussed by the sv'atters IN the
crowd. Hickman and Lave Cross are
both in favor OF the lighter varieties
Cross likes one about 80 or 81 ounces,
while Hickman does not take nuch
stock IN one over . ounces Ihey
cisim thar with q heavier stick they can
not adapt themselves TO clrcuInstaIi'Ss
and switch their style OF hitting TO TX n
with the change OF pace on the part OF
the rjtchers. For the slow. teasing
curves which some pitchers have, Whch
sDoear SO easy to kill but which are
most difficult TO gauge, they say a natter
should be prepared TO bang the BAH nice
and knock IL to right field ana TOT thal
rIIrpose a light bat is necessary. roe
ritcher who deals out swift balls Whlch
necessftate a vicious hit-or-Iniss lunge,
a heavy club Is tie goods. but If that
DItcher has the despIcable habit or vary
ing the hot ones with fade away GIolS
the man with the stout ciuD IS ildois tV
txTocI; foolish little flies or easy louis.
Pardy is apparently the victim OF
Mid attack of malaria. but neEer nav
frg had such a thing before ne 9i1
Dcf know what was the matter Win
him and had a sneakinS idea tnaI ne
was going to die. He had I'll S 1iII
tboDght he was freezing TO death AFTER
that vas over he had an old-fasnioneo
fever and was convinced then lhhC u
was all over with him in this WOTId
A bun IN of quinine and a glass OF NOT
lenoonAde were poured into his system,
and Yesterday he was not allowed 10
F-O Oft of the house for n little minute.
pA will be around all right In day
or So
The Washington times., 1906-03-15
OLD PEOPLE 's ss!9sssss

seldom free from pains ailments of description because they
able to withstand the severity of the climate with
changing weather their companions Cold
weather starts the old aches and they suffer with chilly sensations
cold exteit poor appetite Digestion
and other Affections peculiar old With advancing years the
strength vitality of the system begin decline
weak and irregular the blood becomes thin and sluggish in its ca
for begins manifest itself piuple
ulcer skin diseases break the Slight rheumatic pains
felt younger days ses agony
why old should not healthy the
blood kept and the strong and this with
1t is medicine that especially adapted people because
healing and buidngup properties gentle its
ton. S. S. S. andr einvigorates the
~ g - sluggish blood that it with
~ ~ - rapidity, clears of impurities and
- poisons. AS this rich healthy stream circu-
O VW 1ates through the body every part of the sys-
PRElY builtup the digestion
prove, the heart action and the dis
and dcomforts of
Carh Skin Diseases and Ulcers and all arising from
diseased blood THE SWIFT SPECIFIC ATLANTA
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AMATEUR ATHLETICS.


Reports from Wisconsin indicate that
there Is a chance for football AFTER an
at the Badger institution Instead Of
aoohshing football. and standing Pat
without giving the students a chance. a
vas Gone in Columbia, President Van
Hise has announced that he has be
thought himself Of a plaa FOR savt,z
'he SITUATION II the students viii guar
antee TO have fair play and clean ath-
ietics put in operation the president Eli
recede from his position on football
among The applicants for the position
OF track coach az Wisconsin WAS +bs,
Huch-laIKeo-Hf ex-amateur, A z D1,f-
Iey II Is understood that Charles par
soAs. me 80 seconds sp-inte- from the
Pacihc coast, declared when Krse1zIo5r
Sslshed' mat ~ his successor was nor
oDtalnesl Immediately he would leave the
place, too There must be sort hsrShs
Ior aInietes out West, when Parsons
could nave The courage TO issue sucb an
ultimatum- III
There are two Goes at the University
OF Allchlgan. and both are very clever
athletes. OF course We all know about
BIZ the local boy, but very few know
mat there is clever miller by the same
name, who on Saturday night made a
worlds record for a mile on q fourraa,.
lap track, when he ran the dfsfs-oS e
minutes Is 10 seconds a.
EIlery H Clark, who has decided not
10 90 to Athens next month. has an
other object in addition TO pressure OF
business. as he Is out 10 win the a A
-. - al around championships, and feels
~ Ihe UP 20 Athens would affect his
I
SHERMAN VIII not be at his best form
AFTER the Grecian pentathlon.
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Terry Mixes it Up.

In the fifth, however, Terry showed
another flash of sld form, but II was
short lived. He mixed for second, but
the tide OF battle was not going his
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

This damp. half-rainy cold air down
here searches out the muscles and
bones OF the athletes Ike knife. and
II this state OF affairs is continued Stahl
will be jusified in striking camp Tor
some other village.
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Baby Mine
Every mother feels q

mother should ALL the suffering
danger incident to the ordeal makes Its
Mothers Friend the only which
pain and danger of maternity this hour which
seve trial is not only made painless but all the danger avoided
Those who % longer
gloomy nervousness and other distressing conditions
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

Charley Jones passed through here
with his family on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Monday morning. and returned yes
terday. He has rented a house from
Gene Demontreville and VIII set up ms
household gods in Washington, there
10 remain as long as he is connected
with the club. He says he is In fine Yet
tie and looks the part
The Washington times., 1906-03-15
BASEBALL.

1t viii cost Dayton players s for every
glass of beer they drink before a game
this season At this rate a quart OF
bubbles will cost 500
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

Casey, the diminutive third baseman
Will act as field captain Of the Brook
lyns IN any games in which Donovan
does not take part
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

When Cy Seymour was a pitcher he
was handicapped by his small hands
But they are plenty big enough 10 wrap
themselves securely around every ny
ball that comes within block OF center
field.
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

The New York Americans, ChIcag,
Americans and Brooklyn each have {;
Dentist on the playing list. But winning
pennants is harder than pulling teeth
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

Both Mccarthy and Maloney. who were
reported 10 be hanging back on the first
terms which were offered them by the
Brooklyn management are said TO have
accepted new proposals which have been
made 10 them
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

Strang 1ourneyed across Tennessee
from Chattanooga to Memphis and
Joined the New York players yesterday.
He said an important real estate deal
was his excuse for delaying his arrival
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

Wonder what truth there IS IN the
report that Chick Stshl declares that
morning practice is more injurious than
beneficial. Guess Chick IS OH heaES
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

II Christy Matthewson has injured his
nitching arm. IL VIII be q great blow
TO the Giants. Without Chrlsty, Ine
NfcCSraw bunch would have no ws.lka-
vyaV
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stantly figuring on some way IN which
10 divide the circuit into "A northern
and southern half.
The Washington times., 1906-03-15

Mertes. who has Joined the Giants at
Memphis. has been practicing in Cali
'ornia. and II Will not take more than
.wO days for him to be in condition 20
,lay good ball. Happy. the canine mas
sot- who ruled the Polo Grounds as he
pleased last year. is 10 make another
risit 70 New York this summer.
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II seems that the reform Griffith in
troduced last season in the way OF uni
forms IS not TO be retained. The New
York Americans are to go back 10 the
Old blue suits and white stockings the
most unesthetic attire that ever offended
the artistic sensibiIities on the diamond
But all will be forgiven II GTln can
snare the elusive pennant- rs not the
clothes that made the champion.