The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-10

Tonopah authorizing him to negotiate
with Champion Jim Jeffries to referee
the Cans Herman fight, which takes
place at Tonopah New Years day.
Jeffries was located in the audience /
and was offered $1,000 and expenses to
undertake the job. The big champion I
notified Keevin that the offer was a
good consideration, which he would not |
overlook, and that he would wire Riley /
his acceptance. The fee is $500 under /
what Jeffries received for refereeing |
the O'Brien Burns fight here the even I
ing before Thanksgiving.
Fred Beell, the champion wrestler OF
America, and Yankee Rogers, champion /
of New England. viii be the star att
traction at Brookes Casino next Fri
day night The match was clinched
Yesterday when the little demon who
a week ago won the championship |
from Frank Gotch arrived in town and
covered the $3.50 forfeit left with the
matchmaker Of the Casino club by
Manager Jack Herman the day before.
Detroit Dec 9.-Connie Mack, that
daring leader of the Athletics who
daily braves the wrath of RUDE Wad-
dell, Ossie Schreck and some others,
has added to his troubles. Connie new
er loses that smile, and yet he has the
hardest job Of any man in baseball
Comics latest is to sign big Jim
Wigs, late of the Tiger team.
Wigs has the making of a great
pitcher Few men in the game have
as much speed, but Jim just will not
work; at least, that's what the Tigers
say. He did not have control and would
not work to get it.
ST. Louis, No, Dec. 9.-The unde-
feated st. Louis university football
team did not play its last game OF
football for the season of 1906 on
Thanksgiving day with the University
of Iowas eleven Instead, Its last
game will be played with the team
from the University of Southern Cali-
fornia at Los Angeles, Cal, on Christ
mas day. This announcement was made
by Frank Acker, the star haifback of
this years team, who made all the ar
engagements for the game.
St. Louis. Mo, Dec. 9.-The ten-mile
race from Esmindy to the Missouri
Athletic club, which was started at
1880 this afternoon, was won by Will
lam +. Jackson of the NJ. A. c. He set
the pace all the way and covered the
distance in the remarkable time Of So
minutes William McGreevy OF the
Central Y. M. c. A of Chicago was sec
ond. a mile back, and P. ]. Walsh, an
unattached runner, was third, close up.
Ann Arbor. Mich, Dec. 9-Michigan
e -fV7r+ e,t1 ay1f
in the Eastern intercollegiate Athletic
association.
This does not necessarily mean that
a Michigan team Will be sent there,
said Manager Baird today, but we
want to fortify ourselves. Michigan
dropped out of membership with the
easterns when the conference was or
ganized, but we have lately come into
closer relations with them and it is de-
sirabIe from our standpoint to cement
this good feeling.
Among the student body it is thought
that Michigan Will try and capture
both the western and eastern track
championship next spring.
New Haven, Conn, Dec. 9.-Yale ath-
letic officials have been trying TO de-
eide what university to choose to re-
place Harvard in case the crimson re-
tires from athletics. They are divided
between Chicago and the University of
| Pennsylvania. A strong faction ia
vors Chicago because OF Y ale's friend
illness for her old star athlete, "Lonny'
Stage of Chicago, and it can now be
I stated with certainty that II Yale &C
/ cents any western rival in Harvard
place Chicago viii be the choice.
From careful study Of the play during
/ the latter part of the season when the
men had settled down to play in earn
est would chose this team to repre-
sent the East:
left end. Forbes, Yale; left tackle,
Cooney. Princeton; left guard, Thomp-
son. Cornell; center Hackers berger,
Yale; right guard. Burr, Harvard; right
tackle. Bigelow, Yale; right end, Visit
er. Princeton; quarter back, Dillon,
/ Princetoni left half back AIt. Pleasant;
right half back, Veeder Yale; full
hack. Hollenbsck, Pennsylvania
Tonopah, New, Dec. 9.-The seat sale
for the Gans-Herman contest viii start
tomorrow morning and although the
/ affair is over three weeks OF lndica-
lions show that the first days sale will
be heavy. If the first order for seats
can be taken as a criterion the big
arena will be filled to the doors when
the Balumorean and ghettoite start
mixing.
Abe Brown, proprietor Of the Tono-
pah club of Tonopah. one of the IA
nous gambling houses in Nevada, TO-
Iday placed an order for forty seat:
at $50 a throw. Brown is buying tht