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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
BOXING NOTES.

Dave Barry ~ I'd Mike Schrcck will meet
at Terra Haute March %.
INK Russell AMI Clarence English have
been matched to box in indianapolis to.
night.
Chester Goodwin and Rouse O'Rrie,,
went l. rounds to- a draw Monday nigh;
at Chelsea. Mass.
Young Donohua of Boston defeatc,
Johnny Mario i'll three rounds at Ne,.
York Monday night.
Tony Bender. VIII" nearly put Abe At.
tell away i'm New York last week. is tc
meet Attcll in New York again Saturday
night
Tommy Sullivan Of Lawrence is in Now
York suffering from an attack of pneu-
monia All of his bouts have been called
off by his manager.
Peter .Maher made such Il good showing
in New York Saturday night that one OF
the clubs in that city is going to put him
against Gus Ruhlin in II Ground bout
The matchmaker of the Lincoln j'IuI
of Chelsea is making an effort to get
Benny YanHr to meet Johnny Briggs in
couple of weeks. 1t would be a great
bout.
AS it does not look if Tommy Muir
ply would De ready to box for some time.
the Lincoln Club has matched Kid Good
man to box Matty Baldwin Monday
night
Jim Casey. the California fighter who
was beaten Ey Gunner Moir in London
some weeks ago. has returned to America.
He claims an American has no chance in
England. Before the fight. he says. he
was given Il well furnished room and he
remained there two hours. When he lef.
he was i'll and groggy. When he went
back after the fight he discovered the
room had been cthcrizcd. That is the
newest excuse offered by fighter for his
defeat.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
MOTHER
AND CHILD,

Let the mother take
SCOTS Emulsion for the
two; it never fails to
benefit them both. One
can eat for two, but nour-
ishing two is a different
thing. 1t calls for a de-
gree of internal strength
that the average woman
lacks. People of luxury
are not very strong by
habit; overworked people
are weak in some func-
tions from exhaustion or
theirsurroundings. Scott S
Emulsion can be depend
ed upon to overcome such
conditions. 1t is a won-
derful food for a mother
and child.
SCOTT s BOVINE, 4os Pear: Street, ..,ew York
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
stand the strain of a 10 ng tusSle bet

staDd the strain of long tussle bet
ter than most of the offers.
Indications are that a big croWtl will
sec The bout-the largest of recc'It years
in the East at least There WAL be no
decisto on given. and of course the only
way an out and out advantage can be OBJ
tanned is by a knockout. AS I said be-
fore. if McCiovern is the dcGovern of
old, he is likely to knock Nelson out. II
the public has been deceived and Terry
is only the wreck OF his forme: self, as
several Eastern critics have declared TO
he the case. Nelson probably will knock
him out. In any event, it can hardly be
figured how the bout can be an especial
ly sensational one.
Stuart Douglas. a former Chicago fan
and boxing critic. now living in New
York. gave me some significant informa-
ton in a letter he wrote me las: week.
He said:
II had the pleasure: of an invitation tu
go to McGovern's quarters the other af-
terncos1 / must: confess that l was some
what disappointed i'm him. You will un-
derstand that this feeling may be wrong
and hardly fair to Terry. first. because he
has been training only one week, and be.
cause of seeing him work with Il marvel
ously clever boy-H AIRY Iarris-who mas
improved wonderfully over his Chicago
form.
But it seemed to me that McGoverr
4 ad grown much older than he really
Ought to be. He was slow-vcry, very
slow. punching the bag and clumsy box
ing with Burdick But in front of Harri.
| 7 am afraid really ought not t,o give my
| opinion at this time, as McGovcrn always
| was my ideal, considering him. as l did
| the gre: test fighter America ever pro
| duced. Il mean by this a demonstrator
| I hardly think he had the head of som.
| boys, for if he had he never would hav.
been bea ten.
| II have seen McGovcrn when men lil1,
| Harris with all their cleverness wouIc
simply be sApft for him to work upon.
| "As 7 see him now. feel that if Terr,
| does not win from Nelson in the first d
second round. that / will hate to see tn,
finish. liking Z erry as much as | do. How
ever this may be all magina tion and a.
| he has two mt ire weeks to train he ma,
| be the old McC iorern. He is bcin:, takeI
| care of by joe Humphreys. who * an i'm
| provcment. ill all ways. over the regula
| manager"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
fuckers APPEAL
Made by Counsel Vahey to Associate
Justice Holmes at Washington.

Washington, March l3.-Jamcs II.
Nahcy. counsel for Charles L. Tucker,
LOW under sentence Of death for the
murder Of Miss Mabel Page at Weston,
!'"SS.. March 81, 1903, appeared before
associate Justice Holmes, of the Unit
cd States supreme court lat. to-day
end made application for Il writ OF
error for Tucker from the superior
court of Massachusetts to the United
States supreme court ON constitutions
ii! grounds. justice Holmes promised
Mr. Valley AN answer to his petition
tomorrow. The argument presented
by counsel was that the writ should
i>"Ii" because of constitutional rights
d MED his client by the lower court.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
PAID ATHLETES,
Why Should Man Be Bar
red From Earning Living?
Sensible Talk by Ithaca In
structor on Professionalism. "
The Olympic Games Automobile Sparks
and General Sporting News.

Ithaca. \. Y, March 13.-Calling the
eligibility rules now in force in the
collegiate athletic world forced and
artificial, Charles Van Pattcn Young,
head of the department of physical
training at Cornell. in a bold and con-
vincing address to the students. advo-
Gated the abolition by Cornell Of the
so-called summer baseball regulation,
which forbids college men from re-
celving compensation for their services
en- the diamond during the months of
vacation.
There is 20 more reason" said Mr..
Young. why Il man she uld not be paid
for playing baseball than for services
as waiter, or in other capacity. If a
boy can earn more money at baseball
than at anything else. he should not
be prevented from helping himself
through college by Il set of rules which
make him Il professional if he does
50.
The test OF professionalism does
not depend upon the receipt of money
for su'n:nei' baseball playing, but upon
the question, Is the boy seeking to
make a business of the game or not ?
GUS pursui.. Il means OF livelihood ana
support. that he can be called a pro-
fC sSional
The whole system has been imported
, from England, where no man is consid.
cred gentleman for the purposts of ath.
letics. at least who has ever worked will
| his hands. Such a system has no place
in this country. where we have no sucl
| class distinction.
The sooner the college authorities ad
| NIT in theory what has long been a fact
| that they cannot stop summer ball, an,
that there is no reason why iha.- should
We shall do away with the necessity fol
| I'll" assumed names and the forced de
| ception which is row SO common among
| tn" best Of our college boys.
The faculties by the incig:blity rules
have only emphasized the curse Of win.
ming. instead Of encouraging athletics fol
| sports sake"
| If Harvard can be induced to co. opera t,
| the Cornell authorities propose I; radica
move in anuthe" direction. They propose
| to do AWAY with the rule that makes I:
man who plays summer bali ana receive,
compensation Il professional on ,hc theu
| ~ that in vacation time the university
has no jurisdiction over such men an.
that the rule is useless. anyhow.
| Prof. White. the faculty head Of athlct-
| fcs at Harvard, is known t. lie III syn
pathy with th- movement, ami the Corncl
autlorltics thnE it will 20 through.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
AN ANGRY BOY.
And a Word of Advice to Young
Pitcher Dickinson

w. \. Phel"n II Chicago in Sporting
if": A young college pitcher named
Dickinson. who has been doing good
work under the skillfu coaching of the
great Stagg. was added to the Cubs
roll the other day. and then promptly
turned over to Evansville in exchange
for Knobs. This made the college
youth wildly angry. Major league bail
or nothing for him. he said, and he
now declares that he will never don
another uniform if he cannot have his
way. The young man ought to see
that season i'll Il good minor league
IS Just what ne needs. He would get
small ShCW with the Nationals in view
of the already bulky staff but would
have a fine chance to work out and
prove his quality under Jimmy Ryan's
eye.
Pitcher Oscar NollS. traded by
Evansville for Pitcher Dickinson. has
signed with Chicago
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
MeGovERN.NELsoN TONIGHT.
Who Will Win. or Can One Regain OF
the Other Retain?
Chicago Rccord-Herald.)

ShlCago Record Herald)
Battling Nelson aud Terry McGovern
meet at Philadelphia next Wednesday
in bout that Is u puzzle, from what
ever angle you try TO consider ii.
There seems TO be no particular reason
for II outside of the fact that 1t will
draw big house. Nelson has every
thing to lose and nothing to gain but
his end Of the purse.
1t the reports that have been sent out
from McGovcrn'S training quarters are
true, Nelson has not an easy PROPOSE
tion on his hands by any means. II
the Battler has tied himself up for an
easy match. the public has been deceiv-
cd. l believe it is generally conceded
that IL McGovern is in anywhere near
his Old-time form. he will have the bet
ter of the argument. for the conditions
are certainly to his liking.
He always has been a six-round box
er. Nelson never has. Taking all of
the Danes bouts, there cannot be found
one in which he appeared to exceptional
advantage against any boxer of conse-
querce In the first six rounds. He has
won by roughing his opponents unmer-
citi,lly and waiting for them to de-
feat themselves by their own exertions.
When they have worn themselves out.
he can administer the Knockout punch,
Tor his rugsedness enables him to
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
SPORTING NOTES,

Under the auspices Of Princeton Uni
Versity fthe tenth annual interschol
astic track and field games will be held
at Princeton on April 81.
U. s. Wishard. the trainer who was
recently ruled off at City Park. New
orieahs' IS the man who ran AthIone
at saratoga last summer and won a
race winch enabled John ]. Ryan. of
"get-rich-quick" fame, to kill the bet
ting ring. AT the time Athlone's per-
forinance was severely criticised as a
form reversal, but the track officials
took no actions, so far as could he
learned. Wishard will not be allowed
to train or the Eastern tracks this
year, and other turfmen who have been
disciplined at the winter tracks for
similar practice will be barred also.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
BASEBALL NOTES,

Pitcher Jlkc Weimer has at last signed
a Cincinnati contract.
Second Baseman Gus Dundon has re-
signed with Chicago
The Brooklyn club has sold Shortston
Frank to the Toledo club.
Detroit's crack southpaw pitcher. Ed.
killian, has at last come to terms.
The Brooklyn Club has sold outfield-
er Dobbs to the Kansas City Club.
Pitcher Chesbro and Catcher Mcclure
last week resigned with New York.
"Pink" Hawley will manage a team
in the Wisconsin State League this
season.
The New York Club has turned in
fielder Clyde Robinson back to the Mil
waukee Club.
Frank Kitson has changed his mind
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
FENCING EXPERTS
OF United States and Great
Britain to Meet.
Exhibition to Be Held in Lon
don, Middle Of June.
A $500 Silver Cup, Presented by a
New Yorker, The Prize.

New York, March 13.-AccoidinS to
an announcement made today, an i'll
ternational fencing competition between
the best swordsman in England and the
United states will be held this year,
probably about the middle of June. i'll
London. The contest will be the first
of it's kind, but through the offer of a
$500 silver cup by j. Sanford Saltus Of
this city to the Fencers Club of New
York, conditions have been drawn up
and agreed TO by the Amateur Fencing
Association of London, thereby insur-
ing annual international contests pro-
vided of course that Il challenge is sent
to the country holding the trophy.
While the cup was given to the
Fencers Club, it was turned over by the
latter orGaniZa ton to the Amateur
Fencers League of America and the cX-
ecutivc committee of this national body
has been conducting the negotiations
with the English fencers.
The English clubs have agreed to the
American plan Of conducting the con-
test, which is to have each country
represented by a team of six men. and
TO have these men meet in two contests
first competing with duelling swords
and then with foilS.
Four Americans have already beer
selected by the committee to make the
team. They are Charles latham, ono
Of the best duelling swordsmen in this
country and the national champion
from 1901 to 1908: w. Scott O'COnnor
the present dueling sword champion
Lieut. F. w. HOneycutt of West Point
and when just before his graduation
was the intercollegiate champion and
FitshuGh Townsend, who was champion
at fOis in 1900 and 1903. Others who
have been invited to go are DR.. c. NJ
Hammond, Marshall r. Kernochan
James T. Parker and S. Cabot. the last
two of Boston.
Captain Alfred Hutton. president oi
the Amateur Fencing Association OF
London is now making arrangements
to hold the competition III one of tho
leading clubs i'll London.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
"MICkY" FiNN'S ART.
He Produces Schedules at $50 Per fol-
Several Leagues.
"a. r. crathy. Fittsburg, i'll Sporting
Life).

"a. Il. Crathy. FittsburG, i'll Sporting
Life).
Mention OF the Little Rock Clut
ever brings to mind ut local hcd,iuGar-
trrS the name oi Mi hazel j. Finn, Irish
Yankee, from NltIck, Mass, who
canned 80 muth mohcy for the Arkan-
saw team for Il season or two. Finn
is WclI--ln pWn To PittsburSers and en-
JOYS :, pretty solid acquaintance with
CCi. Barney possibly being Il close
second to William Murray Of Jersey
city. among the minors. Through n
cl:at ut headquarters it WAS learned
pew manner Of rcVcnu"-Inal>inG in
baseball. RcinE fine with figgers and
knowing the gam" rather we'll Finn
has been earning cash rs a schedule
producer for several leagues They
tell N" Shat he gets more than $50 for
arranging Il time table for the South
crn Union. and that sum for showing
th" way IL teams in the Cotton States
League. 1t isn't every man who can
inakc out Il baseball program. Many
think they can, but when the work is
scanned hy an expert flaw after flaw
is located. \ famous leader not Il sea
son ago had to appeal To a friend to
hop him out Of a dilemma. He got
them mixed ana could not Straightcn
them out
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
BASEBALL GAMES THIS WEEK,
The following games are scheduled 70

The following games are scheduled far
this week:
Thursday-New York Americans at
Friday-Chicago Nationals vs. Il az III
at Champaign. ILL., - -
Saturday-Ncw York Americans ,t
birmingham. Clevelands at Atlanta. Ga.
Cincinnati Vets at San Antonio Colts st
Austin. Athletics at Montgomery.
Sunday-Clncinnati Vets ut San Anto-
mo, Tex, Cincinnati Colts at Austin
.eA;; Nhlcaso White SoX at New Orleans.
st. Louis Browns at Houston. ST J,oui,
Clots at Fort Worth. >-'Ai9
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14

lncnt must be rcorElnizcd in way to
inspire confitit nee The state ot al
fairs WAS scntcntiously expressed tins
year by one of the newspaper men
most friendly Ia the game. who, in "a
letter TO 4 friei,d. said: Last year,
with the wrong people in control. the
races were rotten; ihi, year, With the
right people managing, they were rot
tcner.
The Automobile Club of America Will
offer prizes Tor new automobile devices
and improvements A board of governors;
has appointed Il committee which will de-
tcrmine the prize winners, and the condi-
tion OF the competition. Prizes will he
awarded to those who show the lest inl-
provements or carburctors. automatic
starting and anti-skidding devices and
necessities CT similar nature. Last year
Il Frenchman offered a prizo for the best
automatic starting device, which i'll !;
manner was the incentive for the Auto
mobile Club of America to arrange Il
prize contest.
\ maa entered an automobile house
iii this city the other day and asked
t" be shown certain car. For nearly
half an hour the agent went over the
car carefully explaining all the details
of its construction, together with its
good points. When he mad finished
giving his explanation the agent urged
the man to give him an order for a
car. "Oh, no." said the supposed pur-
/ chaser, Il don't want to buy a car.
am merely interested in automobiles
vg.I
that explanation lie walked away
Willie the agent felt like kicking him.
self for all the time he had wasted.
1t is announced at New York on til,
authority of Jefferson De Mont Thomp-
son, the new chairman of the Racing
Board CT the American Automobile AS
SOciation, that the Vanderbilt Cur
Commission will be enlarged by officia
representatives from the automobile
clubs Of Italy. England and Germany
ana perhaps from other countries, pro
vided they enter cars for the contest
Hitherto France has been the only
European country represented OH the
commission. 1t is said that this en-
largcment of the commission, thus
making it more International in char
wish. Mr.. Thompson said that he hat
not yet named his committee.
There IS every indication that the auto
mobile delivery wagon business. both il
light delivery wagons and in heav,
trucks. is going TO be far greater thi:
year than ever before. Already Severa
firms have all but closed contracts 70
these styles of delivery wagons, Will
several have already had their order il
for some time. AS it takes 200 men owe
six months to build 100 automobiles I
can be seen why all the automobile fac
tories in the country have their largcs
force of men working. The automobil
| delivery wagon has come to stay, as it
superiority over the horse has been dem
onstlatcd time and again, both in an al
vantage of cost and timr saved. Firms
| that are Contempla ting using this styi
of delivery wagon had better have thci
order in early as sometimes it takes
month or two to receive the truck from
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14
THE WEEKS SCHEDULE.

Wedncsda y--Tcrry McGovcrn IS. Rat
tling Nelson at Philadelphia. Jack John
son vs.. Joe Jeanette at Baltimore, Young
Mahoncy vs. George Kcrwin at Indian
apols.
Thursday-Albcrt belmont IS. Jacl
Langdon at Middlcscx a. e.. Cambridge
Otto Seilof VS.. Nilt Kenny at Peoria, III
Friday-Chick Tucker vs.. Johnny Mar
to at New York. Joe Thomas vs. Bill,
Rhoadcs at CoIma. Cal. joe Cans vs
Mike Sullivan at Los Angeles.
Saturday-Young Otto vs.. Frank Gar
scy at Philadelphia. Young John T.. Sui
Ivan VS.. Bob Brown at Belfast, Ire
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14

san Francisco is said to contain the
iTsest families in the world. II boasts
~ moving thlrty-ninc families each hay-
ing more than fourteen children, and six
N:,He families with more than eight
Children earh. e'-e
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-14

It 10 possible for your
journal want ads. to bs
productive of more results
oy wording your ad proper.
'y.For instance, in renting
rooms the answers will be
better and more numerous
u you tell the size, price,
direction, locality, accessi.
Bile car lines, etc. than If
you merely give the street.
sudress. Tell the ~hels
story. and readers will be
interested. Think before
you write. Word your ID
sarsfuiiy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-05-24
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| bic hesitation
II do not think So" he said at last.
.The other most obvious explanation
is that the child has been kidnapped
for the purpose of levying ransom.
You have not had any demand of the
sort?"
mo, SIR
Zone more question, your grace.
understand that you wrote to your son
cured
NO; wrote upon the day before"
Exactly. But he received it on that
day."
"Yes."
WAS there anything in your letter
which might have unbalanced him or
induced him to take such step?"
mo. sir; certainly not"
Ibid you post that letter yourself?"
The nobleman's reply was interrupt
ed by his secretary, who broke in with
some heat
Ills grace is not in the habit of post
ing letters himself" said he. This
letter was laid with others upon the
study table, and l myself put them in
the post bag"
You are sure this one was among
them?"
Eyes; l observed it,
How many letters did your grace
write that day.
Twenty or thirty. l have large
correspondence But surely this is
somewhat irrelevant
Not entirely" said Holmes.
"For my own part the duke contin-
ued, II have advised the police to turn
their attention to the south of France
l have already said that do not be-
| lieve that the duchess would encour-
| age so monstrous an action, but the
| lad had the most wrong headed opin-
ions, and it is possible that he may
have fed to her. aided and abetted by
| this German. l think, DR.. HuXtable,
that we will now return to the hall"
| could see that there We're other
| questions which Holmes would have
| wished to put. but the nobleman's alb
rupt manner showed that the interview
was at an end. 1t was evident that
| to his intensely ariStocratic nature this
discussion of his intimate family af
| fairs with stranger was most abhor-
rent and that he feared lest every fresh
question would throw a tiercer light
into the discreetly Swallowed corners
Of his ducal history.
When the nobleman and his secre-
tary had left, my friend flung himself
at once with characteristic eagerness
into the investigation.
The boys chamber was carefully ex-
amined and yielded nothing save the
absolute conviction that 1t was only
through the window that he could have
escaped. The German masters room
and effects gave no further clew. In
his case trailer of ivy had given way
under his weight and we saw by the
light of lantern the mark on the
lawn whore his haals had come down.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-05-24

said Holmes in his blandest voice.
Ihls northern air is invigorating and
peasant. 50 propose to spend few
days upon your moors and to occupy
my mind as best l may. Whether I
nave the shelter of your roof or of the
village inn is, of course, for you to de-
eide"
l could see that the unfortunate doc
tor was in the last stage of indecision.
from which he was rescued by the
deep, sonorous voice of the red beard
ed duke which doomed out like q din
ner gong.
II agree with Mr. Wilder, DR.. Hux-
table. that you would have done wise
ly to consult me- But since Mr..
Holmes has already been taken into
your confidence it would indeed be
absurd that we should not avail our
selves of his services. Far from go
ing to the inn, Mr.. Holmes, should
be pleased if you would come and stay
With me at .Holdernesse Hail.
u thank your grace. For the pur-
poses OF my investigation think that
1t would be wiser for me to remain at
the scene of the mystery"
just as you like, Mr.. Holmes. Any
Information Which Mr.. Wider or can
give you is, of course, ait Your dispos-
AL"
1T will probably be necessary for
me to see you at the hail. said
Holmes. Il would only ask you nosv,,
sir. whether You have formed any e.
pltlnation in your own mind as TO the
mysterious disappearance Of your
SOM
NO, sir, have not
"ENcuse me if alluGe to that which
is painful TO you but l have no alter
native. DO You think that the duchess
had anything to do With the matter:'