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The Washington times., 1906-07-17
BERGER BESTS O'BRIEN
IN BRUISING CONTEST
Pacific Coast Amateur Gives Jack Good Whipping, Ac-
cording to Tad--Proves Clever Boxer and
Has Deadly Wallop.
By TAD.

right 10 the body. O'Brieh felt them
more now than he had before, and al
most swung around 20 BergeT's back as
he jabbed and held on. They were get
ting his goat. and also his steam He
could not lift his left arm without be
ing stung on the body. and there was
no way in the world to escape 1t.
Berger jabbed O'Br1en In che face and
"A second later O'Brien Sent Sans head
back with a left that brodgnt the crowd
to its feet There was a wild yell. and
then Berger doubled up his man with
another left that brought an expression
Of pain 70 the Quaker's face,
0'Bhen's Steam Gone.
He landed two rights TO Berger's jaw,
one after the other. but they had no
| enect-he seemed to have lost his
| punch. Berger. with head lowered
| backed O'Brien into a corner. and.
/ forcing him to lead. belted him again
on the sore stomach as the gong
sounded.
In the fifth both slowed up a trihe,
! seeming 10 hold out for the last round
/ Berger didn't force much. and O'Brien
made his best showing Of the fight He
/ could dance al will and iab, but they
/ We're light and often Berger walked
| right into them 20 get a right ia close
! There was a fierce mix-up on the ropes
/ at the bell. with blood rowtng on both
/ sides.
Champ Held on in Sixth.
They shook hands as the gong called
/ them to the center In the sixth. and
/ Berger started bidding O'Brien. The
! latter could see nothing funny at all in
/ il now, and tried TO cross a right over
! as Berger sent his left roaminm. Neither
| landed. OBrien jumped in with a left.
getting a right on the back Of the head
| that sent him bouncing 10 the ropes He
came back and jumped in at Berger
/ again. bull got a right In the ribs that
/ sounded all over the building and
/ started the mob yelling again II hurt
/ O'HTien. and Berger jumped az him,
! soaking rights and lefts to the body and
/ jaw so fast that O'BTien seemed at sea.
/ He held Ike a leech until Referee Nc
/ Guigan broke them and started 70
/ dance away as Berger rushed again
/ They fell into a ClluCh. and on the or
/ der - break O'Brien hooked Berger on
/ the nose, starting the blood again. The
/ crowd hooted at the foul, and OBrien
! stopped left on the jaw that seemed
/ 10 satisfy Berger for the ciOut
/ Jack Hooted-Sam Cheered.
/ O'Brien held at every opportunity,
/ Berger struck another right ia the
/ stomach that bent the Quaker over and
/ then slashed a right over on the cut
! eye as O'Brien jabbcd him on the nose.
Berger rushed O'Brien around the
ring swinging his left 10 the body and
, laughing al t'te feeble jabs OF hts oppo-
nent. The crowd yelled for a finish. but
! O'Brien held on so tenaciousIy that
there was little chance for a mix The
bell soundra as Berger had him IN the
corner. - ETien was booted as he left
the ring. Cheers alone were for Berger.
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AMATEUR LEAGUES.
DEPARTMENTAL.
Yesterdays Resrits.

Agriculture. S; Com. and Labor. 2
Treasury. 4; T4stofhce, 2
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sBAII : GOLF RACING BOXING : ROWING ATHLETICS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterday Results.

Cleveland. 5; Washington. o. .f.f
Philadelphia .; Detroit. i. ff'
Chicago, z; New York, T.
ST. Louis. 2; Boston. o
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NOTES OF THE GAME.

ShaIlenberger displayed great form un-
Ill the last three innings.
The mighty sluggers were Mcknight
and Wood, Of Fifth. Both ripped of
three clean hits.
The base thieves palm went to Hurdle,
Briggs. and Asquith.
Carroll twirled In great form and
proved invincjble. The Nets were clad
TO get FIVE hits of his delivery
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- = = KILLS THE GERMS
Ss sos OF sCROFULA

The heredty invaabe Parents who
related by the ties OF blood who have consumpve tendency
blood
Swollen glands, brittle
copexion emacated bodies running
the principal
manifested Those inherited this succeed
holding in check during e of
sickness when the has begun weaken and natural
Consumption
the scrofulous deposits kills germs completely the
disease changes the quality the blood by
poons and supplying this vital fluid with rich
medicine
systems which poorly scrouous
blood Literature Scrofula and medical free.
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Goes ATLANTA Ga
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I'm the Delaware State League on sun
day. the Dover team defeated Chester in
a grue.ins uiHeteen-lnuing ARRAY, by ]
10 @. That's going some for a minor
league
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Jumping Tactics Blocked.

Berger had studied this. as he had
watched O'Brien in former battles and
knew 20 the "T'' Just how 20 beat it,
AS O'Brien Jumped. Berger shifted his
head 10 the side. and tore his left into
the QuakeT's body. with terrific force.
lie did it again and again. Surprised
at the ease with which he located the
shifty Quaker, Berger went after him
and whaled away with both hands at
the lower works OF his opponent.
The crowd was in an uproar O'Briea
had met a man who hit him in every
exchange. He danced IN and out. ana
from side 10 side. and while dancing 70
The right. he met left Of Berger's that
sent him to the ropes. and raised "a lump
like an olive over his right eye. Ber-
ger5s seconds were wildly yelling for
him 10 keep at O'BTien, and Berger was
right on the Job.
The Washington times., 1906-07-17

Jake WeimeT has had a somewhat odd
experience After a long period of ef-
feCtiVe work he was demolished By the
New GoTks and right afteTWaTd bonn
harded almost as hard by the Brook
lyus
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Standing Of The Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Chicago. 3; Philadelphia. I.
Cincinnati Z; Brooklyn. C.
New York, 8, ST Louis.
PlJtsBurg- -BOstJu-Rafn
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Games Today.

Philadelphia at PittsbuIE.
Brooklyn IT St. Louis.
Boston at Cincinnati.
New York at Chicago
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He Himself Doesn't Know.

Captain Collins FOR the past two or
three days has been stopping with close
friends at Point Allerton. To these
friends he has said that he cannot un-
derstand how he took the step ne did
in going away. and II IS their theory
that he had been for so long a time un-
der a severe mental strain that he
yielded 10 an impulse 20 escape from his
troubles They argue that his whole
career in baseball has been marked by
grit and mental stability. He is the
last man or whom We would expect such
thing as has happened say these
friends Now he has promised Charles
J. LAWS that ne VIII return TO the club
today. and II is confidently expected that
he viii keep his word.
1T is unnecessary 10 relate the series
OF misfortunes that have befallen the
Boston Americans this season that can
be laid at no mans door. and for which
Captain Collins is in no way responsible
The New York team of a few years ago
that finished last after running along
in the first place close TO the middle
Of the season did not have so much real
hard luck as the present Boston club.
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SPORTING COMMENT
BASEBALL.
Ladies day today.

Ladies day today.
With Mike DonIin back in the game
and Mauy again IN his true form, the
New York Giants should quickly cut
down the big lead which Chicago has on
them. The games Of the present week
IoughI TO be a forecast OF what the teams
arc capable Of during the remainder of
the season.
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Today's Games.
Navy VS.. Interior.
Standing of the Clubs.

SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Yesterdays Result.
Fifth, Z, Metropolitan. l.
TOday's Game.
Calvary VS.. Sixth.
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PHILADELPHIA. Pa. July ll.-Sam
Berger, the amateur champion OF the
Pacifc coast, fought Jack O'Brien. the
claimant 10 the heavyweight title. here
last night. and whaled him TO stand
still I'm their six round go.
Berger. the boy who had never fought
a professional battle. the boy they call
ed the lemon" He was the sourest
lemon that Jack O'Brien ever met. and
it's the Iuckiest thing in the world for
the Quaker that the bout was not for
twenty rounds instead of six. for he
would have gone 10 the carpet ii beaten
man Just as sure as you live.
Berger went after him the moment
the bell changed. and every minute dur
ing the six rounds he belted the Phtla-
delphian as ne was never walloped be
fore.
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Games Today.

chicago az Washington.
~. Louis at Philadelphia.
Detroit at Boston
Cleveland at New York.
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Standing of the Clubs.
CAPITAL CITY.

CAPITAL CITY.
Yesterdays Result.
Atlantic. Q: Arlington, o.
Today's Came.
AI0ysius VS. Arlington. at North
Capitol and L streets.
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PRINTING OFFICE.

Standing of the Clubs.
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Quaker Couldn't Escape.

The fourth was about the worst round
Of the fight for the great O'Brien- Ber-
ger opehed the cash over O'Brien's
left eye again and started the blood
flowing. Then ne rushed in as O'Brien
jumped at him, aSd drove both left and
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Yesterdays Result.
Today's Came.
Standing Of The Clubs.
MARQUETTE.
Yesterdav's Result.
roday's Game.

Immaculate Coneeprn, 9; Trinity, l.
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Both Draw Blood.

He forced his man all over the ring.
taking jabs to smash the body with
either hand. and setting a pace that
was killing, O'Brien opened the SECOND
bv smashing his left 10 Berger's nose.
drawing blood. but the latter never
backed nor stopped for a moment He
ripped a left into O'BTien's stomach that
lifted the latter on the floor, and az
O'Brien ducked an imaginary left. Ber-
ger Welted him on the eve with right
hook that tore a cash an inch wide in
the eyebrow.
Blood ofwed down O'Briens face.
over his shoulder and down his chest In
a stream.
Berger's gloves were soon bloody. and
every time he smashed he left a red
mark, so that IN a few moments O'Brien
looked more like an Indian than a white
man. Ills face, arms and body were
bloody, and the expression he had was
the saddest you ever saw IN your HE.
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Beaten at Every Turn.

II was the surprise of O'Brlen's life.
Instead OF the big soft lad-a rummy
at the game-he found one who was as
shifty as himself. a fighter who car
ried the battle 20 him. and one with a
wallop that tore and stulg. O'Brien
tried TO Jump and jab. he was welted
In the body. He tried 10 slug. and was
fought back 10 the ropes He tried
10 feint. but found an opponent who
was as cool and nerveless as o bronze
figure,
O'Brien was beaten al eve-y turn.
and beaten so that ne will Tem-mber 81,
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Berger Always Confident.

Berger never for moment lost his
confident air. He was as sure last night
as he was a month ago. when ne told
me that OBrien was q marker" fer
him.
AS the referee motioned TO the men.
Berger walked up with that confident
air. and met O'Brien. whose head was
cooked on one side. wearing a smile
that almost spoke pity for the Calf
fornian The bell clanged after the talk.
ana they went at H.
Berger, with his lips tightly closed
and his eyebrows raised. met the Quaker
in the center Of the ring. and the very
first crack out Of the box. slammed him
on the jaw with left He was crouch
ing slightly. and went after Jack. who
Immediately started his Jumping Jack
TASTES. He looked surprised after the
welt. and then strated jumping IN the
air. sending his left over 10 Berger >
face.
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LaioIe's tanning IN the third was due
10 one called strike. one foul and one
vicious lunga which didn't connect.
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COLLINS ABSENCE
IS UNEXPLAINED
Think Possibly His Mind
Gave Way Under Worry
About Team.
CAN'T TELL WHY HIMSELF
Says He Doesn't Know What Prompted
Him to DisappeaI-Playing Days
May Be Over.

BOSTON. July 1.-THE absence Of
Manager and Captain Jim Collins. OF
the Boston Americans. is still a mystery
but the following facts have been fur
nished by w. 3, Barnes, jr,, Ia the Bos-
ton Journal,
There is so much that is cloudy
about the present apparent crisis in the
Boston American baseball club that
some statement OF fact about certain
phases OF the situation would seem 10
be due TO the fans. who have been so
remarkably loyal TO the hapless team in
spite of all the ups and downs Of a
most disastrous season.
Mysterious Departure.
The bald facts are that Manager
Collins was not In search of players
last week. but was at Nautasket all the
time, He departed on Sunday. July s..
without leave Of absence, and not even
Chick Stahl his roommate. knew his
destination or even located him until
the Thursday following. He merely en-
Joined Stahl when he departed 20 look
after the team until he should come
back The owners of the club were com
pletely IN the dark and appointed Chick
manager captain temporarily. Chick
assumed the responsibility but main
tained that he acted for Jim,' as he
expressed it.
so serious was the situation that
President Ban johnson was summoned
TO come 20 Boston % help untangle the
dlfncultieS, and he was 10 have arrived
today but II Is understood that he will
not be lble 10 get here before the mid
Gle OF the week.
Hasn't Been Suspended.
The owners Of the club may or may
not suspend Manager Collins. They
positively have not done so up 20 date.
Gen. Charles n. Taylor. who was al
Buzzards Bav over Sunday. stated IT,
talk over the long distance wire yes,
terday. There IS no change IN Captain
Collins status with the Boston Amerl-
can club.
1T is not true that Captain Collins
was reprimandcd for not accompany
ing the nine 20 Washington on July Z.
for The club owners had made an en-
gagement with DR.. " A Brooks 10 ex~
anime his knee on the following dar
(Mondayi. This engagement Captain
Collins did not keep. and right here 81
may be- aDrnpos 20 remark that IL is
the hardest thing IN the world 90 get
ball player 10 go 20 a surgeon for an
examination Of injuries. There ara
numerous cases IN point IN the Boston
club Of today Doubtless Collins was
told plainly that he owed IL 20 him
self and 20 the club that this examin-
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Jimmy Jackson has stomach trouble.
and that accounted for Congalton's ap-
pearance In left.
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Standing Of che Clubs.

ST. Patrlck's VS.. ST. Petor.s-
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Fllrted With Jacks Left.

In the third Berger was fighting
mainly for the body. HIS waIlOps took
the slam of the jab. and he actually
airted with O'Brien's left
O'Brien clouted Berger On both sides
of the jaw with left and right and was
stung twice in the body for his trouble.
Berger smashed a right on O'Brien's
sore eye and started the blood flowing
again. O'Brien swung a wicked left over
on Berger's eye which cut il. and then
there was blood on both sides. Berger.
maddened at the punch. fought O'Brien
10 a corner and drove a left in the lat
ter's stomach that made Jack Erunt and
puli his face in as though he had bitten
a ounce,
This blow hurt Jack as much as any
he had received up TO that time. ard he
hugged 20 the limit.
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The Score.

Washington 80 0 0 Q o %
cleveland .......I o 0 , 1 10
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-16
Lid at Hot Springs.

while the lid is nominally down on
Hot Springs. the famous Arkansas health
resort. 1t is not as tight as some people
think" said a man who recently visited
the yapor City.
Summer is the dull season at the
springs and consequently it seems much
quieter now than in winter, but nearly
all the gambling houses are running
without being molested. A few that are
closed will reopen. as customary, when
the winter rush begins. Gambling in Hot
Springs continues merrily, although it is
not quite so brazen as in the past
However, the spirit of reform has
succeeded in closing up all the pool rooms
in town and that makes a radical differ
ence. The numerous turf exchanges were
the life OF the place in summer and one
who goes there now will miss the stir
and excitement which they invariably
created. A year ago in the afternoon the
Indiana club, the Kentucky club. the Ohio
club the Illinois club and other we'll
known places were filled to overlooking
with men playing the races. but this
year all are quiet and deserted. The eff
feet is noticeable on the streets and in
the character of the summer floating
population. Touts and adventures of all
sorts who formerly frequented the pool
rooms have gone elsewhere"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-16
Primary Preparations.

Only 400 names have been added to
the registration lists of a county that
holds well-nigh a quarter of million
of inhabitants-only4 400 to represent
the accessions by age and by immigra-
tion of two prosperous years. Many
are unregistered who are entitled to
registration, and the county board of
registrars will sit all of next week at
the court house to register all appli-
Giants from all parts of the county. The
primary will follow on Monday week,
but beginning with next Monday the
registration books will be reopened at
the court house to remain open until
the following Saturday night.
Every citizen should secure registra-
ton. The newcomers who have been
In this state two years, in this county
one year, and in the home precinct
three months, should secure registra-
ton. And so should the young man
who has become 81 years of age There
are 10000 males in this county of vot-
ing age but the fear is expressed that
not over 10000 of them will become
qualified electors and go to the polls
on Monday week. -
Another duty relates to a prelimi-
nary study of the ballots prepared for
use. In the coming primary. There are
forty-three names on the state ballot,
and nearly twice as many on the county
and delegate ballots-'perhaps 100
names in all. To make selections from
120 names is not easy even If one be
as wise as Solomon. The two ballots
should be carefully studied before go
ing to the polls on Monday week-the
more careful and thorough the study
the better. Go over them again and
again, making inquiry where inquiry
is needed and then go to the polls fully
equipped as an American citizen and
sovereign, standing in your own shoes
and exercising your political rights UNI
trammelled by middleman, interloper
or boss of any sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-16
Rural Free Delivery.

Postmaster General Cortelyou writes
in the Independent the story Of rural
free delivery. In eight short years the
government has built up a service that
gives employment to 35,76S carriers,
who serve daily 3,22S,66O families, or
13.667,994 persons, or about one-sixth
'pf the population of the country.
Although the revenue derived from
the service is but IS per cent of the
cost, yet no one desires to see it with
drawn or materially reduced. 1t is
binding the country together. 1t is
bringing the farm In touch with the
centers of trade and culture. 1t dis
seminates intelligence. 1t is in every
respect uplifting.
Alabama will soon have 1000 routes,
and then she will have about her pro-
portion of the new service. We did
mot jump to secure routes as nimbly
as Iowa or Ohio did, but we are COM
ing along as rapidly perhaps as the
conditions of public sentiment and the
public highways would justify. The
service will be expanded from time to
time. and an effort should be made in
each county to render it comprehensive
and satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-16
Gold In central America.

when railroads are run longitudinally
in the Central American countries there
is no part of the world" said man last
night, (which will be so rich in oppor-
tunities. 1t is an established fact that in
Colombia, for instance, there is more gold
than can possibly be brought away I'M
der present conditions.
First of all, the deadliest fever in the
world, chagres. holds undlsputed domain
as far as the white man is concerned in
the gold lined valleys through which the
Chagres river runs. Even If a man were
to get out alive he couldn't bring enough
gold to fill TOOTH
1.-THE cost of actually getting gold Is
nothing but the labor, for 1t can be
panned out of the river, it is said, in
unlimited quantities, but the problem is
to get back to civilization with it. 1t
is two hundred miles to the coast and
through swamps and mountain ranges
that would be impossible with a burden
even IL it were the stuff that men die
for"
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The Motorman.

There is a class of workmen who per-
haps are very little thought of by the
public said man last night and yet
they are constantly in the public eye and
are public servants upon whom much de-
ponds. I refer to motormen of electric
cars. In their hands rest the safety of
many lives and considering the chances
for casualties very few happen.
Theirs is a duty of constant watch
fulness, hard work. exposure to weather.
They get very little consideration from
people in general. They have constant
need for quick intelligence and an
equally quick hand Many conditions
arise when both are urgently required.
"Oftentimes motormen are called upon
to act upon their own initiative, as when
schedules are out of gear and time has
to be made up over single track routes.
When anything happens they are blamed
and when things go along all right the
company gets the credit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-16
On Labor DAY at OYSTER Bay.

The Emperor William and King Ed
ward have done in recent years many
swell stunts in reviewing fleets, but
President Roosevelt proposes to Guido
them at their own royal sport. He pro-
poses to call to Oyster Bay on Labor
Day the biggest fleet that has ever
been assembled under the United
States flag, and one of the largest that
the world has ever witnessed.
Oyster Bay is not a remarkable
haven, but the overflow can anchor in
Long Island sound, which extends all
the way from He'll Gate to Newport,
being hot at both ends. But Oyster
Bay is to be the focal point of the re-
view. There are to be assembled forty
i've ships, carrying 117S guns, and be-
hind the guns are to be So officers
and 1925 men. Those guns are not
to be sneezed at, for twenty of them
are 13-inch. and thirty-eight of them,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-16
BUCKET SHOPS WILL GO.

Birmingham be rid of bucket the first of October
A nostw iddance indeedl
Council has acted meeting
night introduced by Henry Gray making
any operate
the city of Birmingham dealing
grain
There discussion, every
the Council
The provisions ordinance
law will be impossible.
Cotton stock gambling the SOUTH Here
Birmingham the traffic rapidly
legitimate seriously
Through bucket money
have been
has been wrecked financially morally
The recent 100000 defaaon of teller
cotton
the City councI
prohibve
The legislature should doubtless
similar the
example, and with
money STILL their character