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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-12

1 Ne ITlHnLGnSO yOut ue duueQ Witt quick compunction. There's nothing to alarm you. really. came to warn | Dick The men had better keep to- gether after nightfall; fancy it would | be safer. and 1t would be a good idea to | patrol the outskirts of the ranch. Two or three bands of stray, half-drunken indians have been sneaking about and they mean mischief"
 I gazed at him in speeches. horror. tried to speak but a giant hand clutched my throat.
 There really is no danger here" he insisted reassurinsly. Ask Dick. These stray Indians are a cowardly lot-out for stealing. They always sneak around the outskirts of the ranches"
 Margaret" The word stuck in my throat.
 He wheeled around like flash. What of her?' he demanded sharply Out there-alonet" I whispered hoarse- ly. pointing down the road.
 He muttered something under his breath and his face went suddenly gray The next instant he was in the saddle and his horse. stung by his spurred heels cleared the gate and tore down the empty road. Stunned. sick with horror. I stood. while the pounding hoofs grew fainter in the distance. At the edge of the wood. where my dear
 
 cheerily, I caught the glint of sunlight on the slanting barrel of his gun
 The wilderness. the wide, sweeping plains were ever new to Margaret, and she had almost reached a stretch of woodland three miles from home be- fore she realized that 1t was time to turn. She halted for one farewell look then caught her horse up shartly. and sat frozen with terror. Indians-five of them--with evil. swarthy faces. were sneaking out from the timber and com ing toward her. their horses on a dead run At the same time she heard gal loping hoofs behind. and Jim Lancaster ranged his big bay alongside her. Tho next instant flying bullest whizzed above her head.
 Run for itr' cried Jim, as his rife
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
AMERICAN MOTORS TO
INVADE CONTINENT
Ingenious Scheme to Show the
Worth of Cars to the
Foreigners.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
New York, Dec. 22-An ingenious
project for the commercial invasion Of
Europe by American automobile man
endurance race for a $4,000 trophy has
been set on foot by a well-known au-
tomobile writer, under the patronage of
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., E. r. Thomas, j.
Demont Thompson, M. J. Rothschild
and number of other worthy and pa
triotic enthusiasts. The scheme con
templates the holding'of road compe-
tltion open to American manufacturers
exclusively, the itinerary. Of which
Austria, Hungary, Germany, Belgium
and England. 49,.
The present program provides for
an entry list limited to fifty cars, no
more than five of which are to be Of
the same make, and for an expense
and administration fund of 100000 to
be raised by the payment of an entry
fee of 81 900 by three hundred individ-
uals. This fee Of $1,000 is intended to
Including steamship transportation, ho-
tel accommodations guides and enter
talnment. In a way this contest will
be pleasure trip, for stops of some
duration are to be made at all the CAPT.
tails visited, as well as at such resorts
as Biarritz, Monte Carlo, Nice, SAILS
burg, Naples and Venice The contest
has also been timed from June 1 to
Aug. l, so as to allow its participants
to witnessethe French automobile grand
prlx to be run near Lemans in the lat
ter end of June. The rules governing
the event have not been definitely set.
The promoters of the tour have called
meeting for Jan. Is, at which, time
the plan will be gone into in detail. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
TO BOOM ROWING IN !. !.
MIDWEST WATERS
Mississippi River to Be Scene of
Contests if Plans Work
Out.
Special to The. Journal.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Dec. 22.-The
movement which has been under way
for several months looking toward the
organization Of a rowing or regatta as
ISOLATION among the many river clubs
of Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, which is
to, include Chicago, will climax Dec. 26,
when representatives of the various
clubs interested : will assemble at
Quincy. ..<.
It has been decided to organize the
Central States Rowing association. G..
}. Herrmsderfer, president of the North
Side Boat club, spent several DAYS this
week in Hannibal, and will enter the
boat club of that city in the member
ship. Charles Gnuse and Fred Edwards
OF the same club went to Keokuk this
week to interest the members Of the
rowing association there's The; Iroquois
club of Chicago is to be represented by.
j. NJ. JOgl, secretary. , -; z5.y.$$. e.. =,
Among the other cities counted upon
to join are Peoria, Bloomington and
possibly St. Louis and one or two 9TH
ers. It is desired to enlist every row.
ing club in the central states. It is
thought that the membership will in
crease as the formation and object be-
come known. -.
At the meeting Dec. 26 officers will
be elected and bylaws and constitution
adopted. Plans for holding annual re-
gattas will also be mapped cut It is
believed that with tho formation of
this new association that the problem
of uniting the rowing interests of the
middle west has been solved.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
INDOOR % LEAGUERs
WILL MEET TODAY
-.
Only One More Club Needed to
Make Up an Organ.
- -. ization.

Officers and managers of the Mime
aP"Hs Indoor Baseball league will meet
this afternoon at No. a Washington
avenues to make final arrangements
for the season s play. There are seven
clubs IN the league and another will
be decided upon today" The teams
already entered are Palaces, Lunds,
Tonyss, Blatz, Holtzermans, Ascensions
and ,Mitchells. -
+ The Palace team looks the strongest
on: paper, for with such men as Hanger,
Donahue, GILES, Tigue, Jimmy Mills,
Hartman, Christy Mills, Jack Smith
and Ralph Moore, there will be nothing
but hard games for the remaining
teams: The Tonys are being managed
by. August Granberg this year and
many. of last season. men will be in
the lineup. Those already signed are
Dahlgren, Neweombe, Hallstrom,
Rokem, Hanson, Pencil, Rosenfeld and
Nelson: Rosenfeld is a strong pitcher
and. will give his opponents but few
hits. go > '-' - =
The Lunds will have about the same
team. as last year with possibly a few
exceptions: Sam Kinkel is in charge
of the club this year and hopes to land
|, tae Gpennant again: The Ascensions
and Harry Mitchell teams are new
at the: game and will undoubtedly find
the indoor sport different from outdoor.
The Holtzerman management is arrang-
ing for new men and will make a bid
for, first honors.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
GLASS JAW SOCIETY
DISCUSSES CHAMPION
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal. = =
New York, Dec. 22.-Tom sharkey,
who gave Jim Jeffries the hardest
fight of his career, said today that the
boilermaker would have an easy time
Tom: :,
"Burns used to: be my sparrine
partner. As champion he's a Joke.
Jeffries could take; all the heavyweights
OF today, have them waiting in the
dressing room with their tights and
bathrobes. on and knock them out as
fast as they could walk out to the ring
in single file. I know ,Jeffries better
than anybody else. : I ought to-. JEFF
fries is as fast and as clever as Jim
Corbett ever was in his life He could
catch @ 'Brien in a round and put him
out with punch ~. o..
JEFF, - said Jim Corbett, els faster
and more clever than I ever was. He's
the most remarkable boxer that ever
lived. thought that had chance
last time I fought him. but Ell tell you
honestly that from 1.-The second rouind
on / was hoping, he ID hurry up and
knock me out. He took his time. He
could have finished me whenever he
wanted TO-. When he did finish me with
two terrible blows in the body he hutt
me so that I felt the effects for months
afterward.' - =. =. r =: ~. %,t1.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
: Should the tournament committee

g.. Should the tournament committee
throw out Karpf's contract, the latter
threatens to go to law and force them
to play on his: drives, and it looks as
tho it would cost the ST. Louis men
something to get out Of the contract if.
they should wish to do So. H.. = =.
:: With all this delay taking place, lit
tie so far: has been done to- go out
after entries, altho nowadays there is
much less missionary work to be done
than IN the past. ~, .'Es-. r, =
e s.. +: =: : Field Is Open. ~ ::
; g. H Rautenberg withdrew his name
as a candidate for the secretaryship Of
the American Bowling congress to. sue
coed :Karpf, and the field now lis open
to all corners. It is not unlikely. that
some efforts may be. made to land a
Chicago; man for the job, the. chief OBJ
lection to, such candidate being
Frank Pasdeloup's being 1.-the treas,
PFasdeloup is, too good a man to- lose,
and unless N the: country at, large seems
to. demand two officials from this city
1T is unlikely that anyone will run as
a candidate to thea, injury Of Pasde-
'loup's chances, for ,re election. u -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
BADGER ATHLETICS :. !.
STILL PINK TEAS
Enthusiastic Hope, Tho, for a
Perfectly Ripping Basket
ball Team. -. IT.
Special to The Journal.

Madison, Wis, Dec. 22.-Some of the
clouds that have been lowering over the
athletic horizon at Wisconsin have dis
appeared and the outlook is promising
for a lively season. The prospects now
are that. Wisconsin will have\a good
basket ball and gymnastic season and
that a cracking good baseball nine,
strong track team, and several fast
crews will be turned out. AS whole,
the outlook. is much more encouraging
than a month ago. 81 ::
While there is regret that the faculty
was unable to see its way clear to ap-
prove the football notifications recon-
mended by the intercollegiate commit
tee, the general feeling is that this mat
ter will be adjusted. To- be consistent
with the advanced stand it took "a wear
ago: on the question Of football reform,
the, faculty thought it could not very
well adoEt@the proposed notifications
at this time. -
! Faculty members who favor the modi-
fications hope that they will be ap-
proved by the required six members
Of the u" big nine. and. thus put into
actions Of Wisconsin. s;ss.sz. .'~7
>.~...- Students Chafe. - e.,
=, Beyond question a large majority of
the student body and alumni strongly
favor 1oosening up of the reforms
adopted last year. Two things seem
to especially appeal to the advocates
OF .:modification-t the proposed length
eenlng of the schedule Of the games
from five to seven and the adoption Of
a uniform date for beginning the sea-
Dr.: 6: P: Hutchins has gone to 81
tho
in the east expects to see the. newly
elected Wisconsin aquatic coach, Ed
ward ,H: Ten Eyck, and also confer
with the Syracuse university authori-
ties regarding the proposed sending Of
their. varsity crew here next June to
race with the badgers. DR.. Hutchins
may also feel about for football game
with one Of the big eastern teams next
fall, but not much is looked for in
that direction. - %|l.-
In about ten days there will be busy
Eyck will arrive here Immediately after
New Years and take charge Of the row
ing squad. Until now the squad has
been working under the direction of
Captain Davis of the varsity crew.
This squad numbers over sixty, and it
has kept the rowing machines busy
most every afternoon. -
Will Meet Columbia.
The basketball team will meet Col.
umbia university Jan. 4, and Coach
Angel has asked the players to be back
from their holiday trips home by Jan.
l, to resume training. Two practices
will be held daily thereafter until the
night Of the game. This is the first
time Wisconsin :: has met Columbia
since 1908, when it lost to the eastern:
ers by the score Of Lotto. 81.
Immediately after. the holidays DR..
Elsom will renew his work with the
gymnastic team. The appointment of
Joe Whitmore as baseball captain has
stimulated interest in that department.
DR.. Hotchins' speciality is BASEBALL and
he expects to turn out team of pen
nant winners next spring. While no
indoor meets have been arranged and
none are expected, there is keen inter
est among tn candidates for the team.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
WINTER !. SPORTS p BOOM
IN COPPER COUNTRY
Skating and Kindred Pastimes
Take Up the Time Of the
mi Miners. > . ~ T.,
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. '.' 49, ~
Calumet, Mich, Dec. 22.-Ice skating
has come to the fore in copper country
sports since the advent of the winter
any many good matches are being ar
ranged. Manager John, Amolsch Of the
Palestine rink in Calumet has com
pleted arrangements for race be-
tween A: w. Anderson Of st. Paul and
Charles Rankin, now of Calumet and
formerly Of Duluth, for Jan. Ii. The
distance will be one mile. The skaters
will put up a side bet and the rink will
hang up a purse, the winner to take
al. Mr.: Amolsch is negotiating with
Harry Well of Duluth and Ed Smith of
the same place, who expressed de-
sire to meet Rankin, and other local
skaters. Rankin posted $50 as a forfeit
for a match between either of the men,
put his money has not been covered.
Speed skating will be revived in the
copper country this winter and Elmer
Thompson and Alex Cameron, local
skaters, are conditioning themselves for
entry in races. Norval Baptie, north
western champion. will come here to
race local men that he met here last
winter. -<..E =. ~ IA - M, =" :.
The Finnish Athletic club of Negau-
nee is planning to hold another ski
racing tournament on Teal lake next
month similar to>the two races put on
last winter. -.
= Racing on Ice. 81 i.
Work is under way on an ice speed
way in Laurium which will be used for
racing by the horsemen of the copper
country. The speedway is being con
strncted on the same site as the one
that was in use last winter. The horse
men OF Negaunee and Ishpeming are
constructing a speedway on one Of the
thorofares between the two cities and
a great many lively brushes will be
held this winter. 49,. ...5.> " =:
- Deluvek, the Austrian wrestler who
participated in 9 recent match in Chi
cage, has been matched to meet Joseph
ziehr, the champion Cornish, wrestler
mixed style. ~, -. :...
So long as the sheriff keeps the lid
down on the boxing game, the Red
Jacket Athletic club Of Calumet and
the Houghton County Athletic associa-
ton Of Houghton will stage no more
bouts IN the copper country. It was
reported recently that the sheriff per
mltted the lid to be raised, but the
report was without foundation, in fact.
The Red Jacket Athletic association ex-
pected to match Billy Roche with Aus
tralian Floyd, but the sheriff edict put
q damper on :, the proceedings, There
have been few glove contests in
Ontonagon county recently, but they
were hardly worthy, 5.ef the name and
met with 20 opposition from the sau-
j Curling has been, revived and the
sport is thriving in the: copper, coun-
try: There are exceptionally good
facilities for this sport at tile large
Kinks in Houghton and Calumet. The
Portage Lake Curling club was active
at zHoughton and it is probable that
they will meet the Calumet team in
several contests. Both clubs probably
Duluth and the Canadian 500.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
FOOTBALL-STAR
= DECLINES POSITION
New York Herald Special Service.

New York Herald Special Service.
Washington, Dec. 22.-Jack Green:
way, the well-known football player of
the Yale team, called at the White
House today, and the president offered
him the position of commissioner of
the general land office to succeed Com
missioner Richards, who will retire
soon. .S55~s~'- '' - '~
President, Roosevelt told Greenway
that he should accept the position as
ers out of the service, bring to Justice
the offenders and reorganize the field
forces Of the general land office
Greenway declined the position, say
ing he could not accept, as he would
suffer financial loss by doing so. He
is interested in iron mines in Minneso-
ia and these interests require all of
his attention.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
JOSEPH MUNICH WILL ! z.
REPRESENT MINNESOTA

,,ssI
Joe Munich will represent Minnesota
at Cleveland on Jan. in the irterna-
tlonal championship Tpller skating races
and, the Casino rink management is
confident that the Minneapolis boy will
at least get a placeSagainst the Speed
ers from all over the world.
Last night closed the six-day races
at the Casino rink and Wallace Rickard
was matched against Munich for the
finals. The race was the fastest ever
skatef at the rinkSxand Munich made
the mile in Sill 2s5 with Richard not
four feet behind him.
There were ten skaters entered at
the beginning Of the weeks three from
vt. Paul and seven from Minneapolis;
!; ; of the St. Paul men lost out on
the first night anids the third Friday
night. Franson. a local boy, was a
strong candidate for the honors but
vas forced to abandon the semi finals
Friday on accountsof broken skate.
Rickard will leave Minneapolis on Jan.
4 and will return on Jan. 10.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
CHICAGO SKIPPER ~ .-.- 49,
, y PURCHASES THE SPRAY
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Dec. 22-Fred A. Price, ex-
commodore of the Columbia Yacht club,
this week purchased the Spray, cham
pion of the Great Lakes, from Herman
G. Schmidt Of the Detroit Yacht club.
The Spray last summer romped away
only the Upton cup, and her new owner
plans to make bold bid for that pre-
mier trophy next August. He is more
confident of being able to do so because
of the fact that the Spray, late in the
season, showed her heels to Cherry Cir
Gle, winner of the Upton cup.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
COMPANY CAT HEAD
OF MILITARY LEAGUE

Company C is holding down the lead
ing position in the standing Of the Mil
i1tary Indoor Baseball league, and to
date has won six games without losing
with a percentages of TIA, while Bat.
terry b is third with 900. The band
team has lost seven games and has not
been able to win one since the begin
ming Of the season. Company Fl is a.
little. better, with one game, won, and
Company "A has won three and lost
three: Following is the standing of
the clubs: u q -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
SKATING ron AMATEURS.

held at the Newport rink, Centrh and Nine
steenth avenues on Jan. 25. and all local
skaters may enter. The first race will be q
three mile race on hockey skates, and the sec.
ond two mile event. open for club skates only.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
AUTO CLUB SHOW. 49,. ..:.>~=
:. INTERESTS MEMBERS

. Minneapolis automobile owners are
preparing to attend the auto show at
Madison Square Garden, New York,
next month, and in the meantime are
arranging for: their own, tire show
which will be held at the clubrooms on
Jan. g.. 4 and S. Every retailer will
have a booth at the tire exhibit and
the members of the CLUB expect the
affair to be attended by the general
public as there will be- no admission
charged, ~ i, .a,-5 I'd :.s..l.6. !,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
Following is list of the members Of

q, Following is a list Of the memberszo of
the team:
Company A-Newman. Green, Bolter, Rriet-
ner. Pettigrew, Hopper. Boldue. Lawrence, Hoop
Company BSBush, WicIland, a = Bayiey. sa-
worry. Weisel Cutting, Byoderick, Nystronl
Leach, Moore. Bergland and Boehlmer; A. F.
Bergland, manager. sssS -
Company I--Ertsgaard, Hoppenrat tn. Wadding-
ton. Culver. Tigue. Harley; Cutler. Co6ney..
ager. sESstts {E7'sS - s7z-75l
Company F-,Ellsworth, Davis, Baldwin. Hol.-
m nsalr. Tracy, Nagsman, Barring Could Jones,
sager. 3$ 5,e45 s&zs,.: 49,
. Battery b Taafre, Ludwig IN cCullum KEEL.
I h Vincent Bohen. Acchuffa 4 Barnaby, Blair;
Battery Band--Bayley, Allen, Jensen. Hum
phrey, Bills. Jensen. Braekett Moore, Tressel,
Baker and Abbott; ]. H. Humphreys, manager
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

of the United States government exper-
mental station, Washington, where he
had played on the George Washington
University team, the boys, averaging
ten pounds less than any of their oppo-
nents, have met and defeated Madison.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

! On the Boston National reserve list are three
men whom Tenney' hasn't much hope of ever
getting back. They Bressler, Woyerton
and Raymer.. NJ; = ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

that outfelder Winnie Osborne. purchased sby
8 Chicago will make good. They claim that lie,
Is g great fielder aud natural hitter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
.B0WLERS:.:. MIXED. UP
IN A Al. LABOR ROW.
= :-sf't5 r o.: -
Success of National Tourney May
Be impaired BY the -. -.
!: -: Trouble. =: l !" ". >: !:
Special to The, Journal. :,

Special to The Journal. =: .,et% =; ~,..g ~
Chicago, Dec. 22,--National bowling
tournament affairs are none. too. bright
now, altho none of the American Bowl
ing congress Officials. feels. ,.anyE dread
that the 200, ito: 300 fve-men.s teams
which are .knoWnss,to be planning to
have a try at the national champion
ship will n6tsbe Taccommodated.
| Every year there is I: more or less
friction over the big meet, and st
Louis is getting theirs earlier thar
customary. The lease of the West Enc
coliseum was fixed up all right this
week, and now the: only trouble con
fronting the Missouri promoters i.
over the alleys.&As affairs stood at thu
latest reports, the situation was thai
Sam Karpf* had been allotted the con
tract for the: twelve drives and thai
the federation of labor in st. Loui:
had threatened to stop their being lait
on account Of being built by non-unio1
labor. 49,. ~ - =. -, -
i ::= r -<*& Unions Balky. e.. -
In addition. there has been a lot Of
criticism over the fact; that the Dayton
concern proposes to lay sectional al
leys instead of the continuous, which
have, been laid at the. SIX preceding
meets. The latter point is not expected
to prove. serious, and it looks as tht
things will be all right if union iabo
can be pacifed. .
Arizona republican., 1906-11-16
SCOTTSDALE NEWS.
A Reception in Honor of a Resi-
 dent.

ScottsdaIe- the Desert, Nov. 14.-- Special Correspondence of The Re- pubIican)-Mrs. Winfield Scott receiv- ed the ladies of Scottsdalc at her home on Sunday afternoon.
 The reception was especially in hon. or of Mrs. Winfield Scott Jr.. who Ina 3 accompanied her husband from their home in the north to spend the win ter on the chaplain's ranch. The af- ternoon was spent most pleasantly un- der the pepper trees in renewing the friendships of previous winters and in forming new acquaintances for each season adds to the list of ones friends in Scottsdale. There was brief in formal program of recitations by Mrs. Scott who also read some of Miss Trumball's poems and readings by Misses Augusta and Mildred Hayden and Miss Pennie Frazier.
 The pleasure of the afternoon was completed by the presence of the worthy chaplain himself and his cor dial expressions of friendship met a
Arizona republican., 1906-11-16
INDEPENDENCE NEIGHBoRHooD.

Independence. Ariz., Nov 14.-(Spec iaI Correspondence of The Republican, -Ranchers have been very busy put ting in grain.
 Miss Rosa Long is spending the week in town attending the fair.
 Miss Vera Wilky of Phoenix, spent several days of last week visiting in this neighborhood.
 Henry Orme is on the sick list.
 MT. and Mrs. F.. J. Prick of Fowler, were seen on our streets Sunday eve ming.
 The coyotes are becoming bold and doing considerable damage in this vi- cinity. They killed two lambs. two kids. a calf and a number of pigs or one ranch here. Three have lately been killed but still they continue their dep relations.
 The spacious new dwelling which John Myer is erecting is nearing com pletion and on last Friday a large crowd assembled and spent the even ing in dancing. Refreshments consist ing of sandwiches, cake and coffee were served. The occasion was great ly enjoyed by all present.