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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
THE KNOCKER A BOOSTER
FOR HONESTY IN SPORTS


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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
WOMAN CHARGED
WITH RINGING
Pulled Up Before National
Board to Explain Entry
in Tr0tting Race.

New York. Dec. 14-Mrs. Gilbert F.
Claire. of Huntington, L. l., was be-
fore the board of review of. the Nation
al Trotting association ae the Murray
Hill hotel yesterday, charged with hav-
ing started a ringer" in a trotting
race on Long Island last fsummer
She was the first woman who ever
appeared before the commission. and
she proved an excellent witness. 1t
was alleged that she had entered Celia,
a trotter with record of 2:134, in the
name of Miss Greylin. Z an unknown
The young woman, who is exceedingly
pretty, declared she Sought the ami
NAL from a dealer in, New York when
she was Miss Julia johnson. She did
rot know il was a tRotter, but wanted
the animal to attach TO a runabout.
He proved TO be lame. and she asked
the dealer % take back the horse Thea
Claire, to whom she was engaged
bought it from her after the dealer
had refused.
4 never knew tlke horse other than
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
WHEN BAT WAS
PRELIM BOXER

Leon L. Gilkey. the clever football
coach VINO had charge of the Colorado
college Tigers the past football season.
tells a good one on Battling Nelson Gil
key and the Battler were in Hot Springs.
Ark, few years ago, when Nelson was
lucky 10 be eating regularly. At the
time he was not getting the three squares
with sufficient side dishes to suit and was
looking for a chance to earn a few pen
MES TO nelp the meal ticket along. The
sports or the town dug up Jack Robinson.
a chicago lightweight, and arranged with
Nelson TO beat him The police heard of
it through boasts by Robinson of What he
intended TO do, and ordered the match TO
be called off Instead, a local promoter
bObbed up with the promise that he
would find place to pull off the mill, and
that he had q place which was in the cen
ter Of the town and secluded besides. The
crowd gathered at restaurant kept by
Jack F'risby, and there everyone was told
TO steal away and meet in small room
in the rear Of the opera house block. This
was done and there were fully fifty in
the crowd when the fighters stripped
ready for action. Then a collection was
proposed that the men might have some
thing to fight for, Gilkey being first de
cided on as referee. The collection netted
Sl65. The principals were told the
amount to expect, and they decided to
insOn an awful beating. 1t was undoubt-
edly the smallest purse Nelson ever
fought for The story is true or the word
of Gilkey, who has been prominent a. -
football player and coach and also as a
manager of boxers for many years A
$4,000 purse will not even cause Nelson to
sit up and take notice at the present time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
OBJECT TO FORWARD PASS
Coach Stagg viii Urge MOdifi-
cation to Rule for Next
Year.

Chicago. Dec. 14-Coach A. Alonzo Stagg
Of the University Of Chicago will urge
notifications of the forward pass and
changes in a number of less important
features of the current gridirOn game
when the intercollegiate football rules
committee meets in New York, Dec. q.
The maroon director said yesterday that
he would suggest several radical changes
in the statutes governing the forward
pass which will tend to remove the pres
ent prominence Of chance in its execu-
ton.
Il object TO the too great element of
chance which has resulted from the pres
ent rules surrounding the forward pass
The best feature of football has always
been that the best team can win on its
merits, and l dislike to see this cOndi-
ton upset. I believe in chance. but not
in so much of it as is now possible In
many cases this year the forward pass
allowed teams to get down the field By
sheer chance.
zone of the things needed is some way
to insure that only eligible men touch
the ball on the forward pass. Only the
men one yard back of the line of scrim-
mage and the ends should touch the ball
after it is passed, but this year in some
cases practically all the men on the
eleven touched the ball Illegally
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
HORSE KICKS A GOAL.

:. A game of football was played :.
:. on the grounds of the Gold club in :.
= Glen Ridge, n. J., between the :
- HAS Beens' composed of old =
:. time l1ickers of the pigskin, and :.
:. the Would Be's," who are not yet :.
:. out of their teens. 1t resulted in -
- q tie, 90 :
- There was some excitement dur =
:: ing the contest. Douglas Brown, =
:. of the would Be's' had his collar :.
= bone broken. A spectators horse =
:. was struck by the ball. The ami :.
:. mai broke loose from its fasten- =
:. ings and there was a rush to get :.
:. out of the way. The pigskin re- =
:. bounded from the horses back -
:. and landed in front of the run -
:. away, which kicked it. The ball =
:. went over the goal of the Would :.
:. Be's." HAS Been" tried 10 get =
= it to make a touchdown, but it :.
= gave another bounce and landed =
:. between two limbs in tree. -
:: A boy climbed up and got the -
= ball. and play was resumed. The =
:. runaway was stopped q short dis =
- lance away. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

jackson for sixty-One brilliant rounds
They stopped it in that round because it
became evident that there wouldn't be
a winner, so evenly were they matched
That fight brought Jim Corbett finally
into line for the fight with Sullivan, in
which he won the title.
Matched With Another Negro.
Sullivan once was matched to fight
another negro. He was stripped for ac-
ton in the ring at Boston. and over in
the other corner stood George Godfrey.
The police jumped in and called a halt
before the men had a chance to toe the
mark. Strange, isn't it, that I should
have been manager for the two greatest
colored boxers the world ever knew
Peter Jackson and Jack Johnson?
Could Peter have beaten Johnson? I've
often thought of that before. You see,
Peter had one style of fighting, straight
as whip in action and the most grace
full, sOft-gliding boxer that ever stepped
into a ring. He moved about with all
the cunning of a black panther. He
used a straight left that was a revela-
ton to the Americans at that time.
do believe that he revolutioniZed boxing
in this country with the wonderful ef-
fectiveness of that lightning, heart
breaking black arm. Those fellows took
things in a more matter-of-fact way.
You see, Jack Johnson is all that the
up-to-date fighting machine is and
more. A fight between those two great
black fellows would have been a truly
wonderful affair. Johnson with his
great assortment of punches, would
have worried the dashing Peter not a
little. I find it hard to say who would
have won, but 1 honestly do think that
Johnson's later day style would have
beaten jackson. What a pity that they
never could have met
but I am certain that Peter could
have trimmed the greatest Roman of
them ali, John L. John had a sneaking
idea that he could have, too. So here I
am again with the best colored man in
the world, and the championship within
our grasp, if the new holder win only
keep his word and give us a chance"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
BLACK C GIVEN STEFFEH
But First He Had to Sign Contract
to Play With Chicago
Next Year.

Chicago, Dec. 14.-An unusual honor
was bestowed on Walter Steffen, captain
of the University of Chicago football
team, yesterday. when he was presented
with a black &C." emblematic of the foot
ball captaincy. While former maroon
captains have been decorated with the
black c. none ever received il before
starting on his duties as leader of the
squad
Steffen was asked to sign a written
agreement with the faculty that he would
not leave the university until he received
his diploma. Whereupon the faculty es-
tablished a precedent by presenting the
quarterback with the highest honor in
its power to give an athlete.
The custom of the faculty in the past
has been to award the black co. only aft
er a season in the capacity of captain.
De Tray. for instance, has Just received
his black letter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
HOPPE WILL SOON Be BUSY
boy Billiard Champion Wants to
Meet Both Slosson and
Schaefer.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE return to this
country of Willie Hoppe is expected to
cause a stir in local billiard circles.
There have been no big matches in
New York this fall, and until Hoppe
announced that he was coming back to
regain his old title, there was little
prospect of any.
Hopes first opponent viii probably
be George SlOsson. The boy Wonder
wants to meet Sutton and Schaefer as
|soon as possible, but as Albert Cutler
has already challenged the winner of
|the 1s.f baIk line match between Schae-
Ter and Sutton at Chicago next month,
|there seems to be no chance of the lad
|playing a championship match before
March or April.
Slosson has intimated that he Will
|.haIIenge Hoppe Immediately for an
ts.I match. OF course this would not be
l. championship match, but it would be
~ attraction The veteran has been
Steadily improving his game and thinks
he will be as good as he ever was in
wo or three weeks. Hoppe won the 1871
|titIe from Slosson in this city two years
AGO. and defended it successfully until
last spring, when he relinquished the
|title and sailed for Europe.
In his game with SlOssOn the young
ster performed brilliantly while Sios-
Eon anpeared nervous and unsteady. If
|SIosson can do as wen in match as
!, does in practice, ne should give
toppe a much better argument this
Lme.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

good teams. and they will play here If
the proper arrangements can be made.
Princeton has had one game here every
year. and the Cornell game will in all
probability be played here next year, as
il is the Tigers turn TO say where they
shall meet. 1t is not known yet whether
The Indians will be on the Tiger schedule.
but if it is, business sense viii send il TO
this town. where the public as well as
the college men can see some good loot
ball
Michigan. too. may be one of the
features of New YOrk's season, although
10 date there is no opponent for the west
arners but il Yost is willing Glenn War
ner might be persuaded to bring his Car
Isle braves to the city for a match with
the western champions. This game would
he the money maker Of the year, and
would crowd either of our baseball parks
to their capacity. New York wants the big
games and the public is willing to pay for
them so it is a safe bet that next fall
will see a revival OF the game in this
city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
HURRY UP YOST
STAYS BY WEST
Michigan Coach Insists West
ern Football Teams Are
Equal to Eastern.

Detroit, Mich. Dec H--"HuTry up
YOst. who had charge of the football
work of the Wolverines the past season,
still refuses to accede that the east has
anything on the west on the gridiron.
Despite the fact that Pennsylvania has
defeated his proteges two years running
and the Indians Outclassed both Mime
sofa and Chicago. ne still claims that the
west is every bit the equal of the east
Perhaps his argument has some base, as
he says that the restrictions placed on
the teams of the west far exceed any
imposed upon the athletic squads of the
institutions on the other side of Ohio.
He further stated that if Minnesota, Chi
cage and Michigan were permitted to
train in the same manner as any three
college teams of the east, the western
universities would defeat those from the
east
He referred TO the game between Michi-
gan and the Carlisle Indians in 1901, when
the former won by a score of % to in
two twenty minute halves. He stated that
the year this feat was accomplished the
Wolverines had been permitted to hold
preseason training and had the use of
a training table, as well as a logical
schedule.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
Would Have Beaten Penn.

Under the same conditions he claims
that MS team would defeat the red and
Dlue aggregation, which this year took
the measure of the westerners in a to 0
match. He says that under the present
football system in the west the teams
are not allowed 10 round into form as
they have to confine their playing season
10 1lVe or seven games.
Notwithstanding the fact that the off
GERS awarded the game to the University
OF pennsylvania YOst still claims that
the touchdown made by Magoffin should
have been allowed. He says that it has
been mathemdtically shown that such
should have been the case. Besides these
facts, he also thinks the plan of allowing
the freshmen TO participate in a schedule
of their own is an advantage to the east
ern teams. He stated that this gives them
Just a years start over the west But he
seems TO think the greatest strength of
ms argument lies in the fact of the long
or schedules which the east has and thai
the institutions there are permitted to SUD-
port training tables. He saws the results
of the contests with the eastern teams
show that what he has contended right
along is correct-that they are laboring
under heavy handicap when working
under the revised western conference
rules.
I am from an eastern college myself
said Yost, but they have not shown the
west anything yet that would convince me
that, under exact conditions on the start
and through the season, they have any
thing on the west"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
Michigan Man Says This Play
Adds Too Much UnCer-
tainty to Game.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Dec. 14.-Coach Yost
has left the city. and so his opinion about
the efficiency of the forward pass could
not be obtained. But Manager Baird. who
is an old m" man himself, and who has
fathered Michigan athletics for years, did
not hesitate to speak on the point
4 think that the forward pass has MANY
things meriting commentator, he said.
1t has made the game more spectacu-
lar and has opened up a wide road in
football tactics that has never before
been developed.
On the other hand. there are serious
objections to the forward pass 1t has
brought into the science of football an
element of uncertainty. Frequently the
result of a football game is decided by
chance. An inferior team, driven to reck-
lessness, may triumph over stronger and
a more deserving team through the for
Junate outcome of uncertain PLAYING
In conclusion, I may state that the
forward pass ought to be abolished I'M
less rules can be devised which will per
init the adoption of a style of play in
which skill and science rather than
chance, secure the reward of victory"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
GOTHAM WANTS FOOTBALL

New York. Dec. IA loud wall has
gone up here among lovers of fotLan for
more big games in this city. New York
showed the football managers that it
would support football by the turnout at
the Princeton Indian game. and it is posi-
BILE that next season will see a couple of
the big games played in New York.
The spirit of commercialism, which was
supposed to have driven away the big
college teams. does not apply to the In
dams nor to the minor colleges which have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

as Miss Greylin." was her concluding
testimony.
J. s. Mcclure, of Manhattan, who
sold the horse &c the former Miss
Johnson, said she knew it was a har-
ness animal and that she insisted on
seeing its record before she made the
purchase.
proofs of her guilt, and the board set
the case over for further hearing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
WHEN JOHRL.
SIDE STEPPED
Refused to Meet Peter Jackson
and Jim COrbett Took Up
the Chance.

New York, Dec. 1k-"John L. Sulli-
van ducked a match with Peter Jack
son." said Sam Fitzpatrick yesterday.
This is the truth about Sullivan and
Jackson:
I was managing Peter, having
brought him over from Australia. The
old California club. then the star club
of the country. wanted to get the great
Boston boy to meet Jackson, who was
in San Francisco at that time. Sulli-
van demanded 5000 as his bit. The
management jumped at the offer, and
when Sully found that they were so
willing he made it $4,000, and again
they came through.
Then Sullivan, who was never pix
er at any time in his career, said make
it $4,000.
"They might just as well have made
it 81, 000, 600, because John L. would
have raised it another, for he had no in
tention in the world of meeting the
great darky.
Not so with young Jim Corbett Jim
was dapper bank clerk and boxing in
structor of the select Olympic club out
there, and he listened to the urgings of
his friends when they suggested tilt
between himself and jackson. Cor
belts father. a proud old Irishman. was
up i'm arms in a moment when he heard
that his boy was going into the ring
with a negro
Corbett In Corner.
''Corbett, with all his boyish enthu-
siasm. took the old man into a corner
and said, Dad, this black fellow is the
greatest man in the world, l want to
be that man. I've got 10 shove him
aside, and I'm going to do it whether
YOU like il or not. If you try to pre-
vent me from meeting him here in San
Francisco, III take him on barge up
the river
THE old man never gave in, and even
on the night of the great battle he tried
TO have the police interfere. Corbett
jumped into fame in a night. A mere
boy he stood off the unrivaled Peter
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-03

from Volga New Years and spent the
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. r. Hoover.
Mrs. G. M. Tinkham was here Friday
visiting her brother, Wood Thompson
She returned to her home at Estelline
in the evening.
Prof. r. B. Forsee and family return
ed Saturday evening from Sioux Falls.
where they spent Christmas with Mrs.
Forsee's brother.
G. A. Carried, Y. NJ. G. A. secretary
at the college, returned Tuesday VEN
ing from a two weeks visit at his home
at Jacksonville, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. X. Hubbart and
daughter Erma, went to Toronto Sat-
urday to spend Sunday with rela-
tives OF Mrs. Hubbart.
The athletic association at the college
has secured Prof. Patty to give a liquid
air and radium demonstration at the
opera house Jan. 10Th.
The o. X. Bazaar has been moved
to its new quarters in the Gagel build
ing, and Mr.. Knutson is better pre-
pared than ever to serve his customers.
A full line Of dishes, tipware anS
glassware, notions, etc.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-03

Miss Lera State. who has been
assisting in the Register office for a
week, returned to her home at White
Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Dodge returned to her
home at Redtield Friday evening after
a visit with her mother, Mrs. Laura
Holiday.
Mrs. j. A. Seaton went to Water
town Monday evening for a few days
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Will
Peterson.
Prof. w. II. Powers, librarian at the
college, returned Monday morning
from the educational meeting at
Sioux Falls.
Miss Florence Pond returned to her
duties in the Aberdeen Normal last
evening after a ten days visit with the
home folks.
MIR. and Mrs. Thos. Jackson Of St.
Paul, have been here this week visiting
at the home OF her father, John
Mcnamara.
Thos. Pay and Mr.. and Mrs. S. n.
Bunday were down from Arlington
Tuesday visiting the James and Bun
day families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Gray came over
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-03

attend the Northern Iowa normal
school.
Sam Price, a student al the college,
returned Saturday evening from Rapid
City, where he visited his parents for
q week.
Oscar Ronning went to Estelline
Friday for a few days visit before
returning to his school duties at
Ortley.
Cecil Denhart and Walter Wohlheter
of White, students at the college last
year, we're here Saturday visiting
friends.
H. H. Natwick Of Sioux Falls, was
here a few days the latter part of the
week looking after his dairy farm west
of town.
Miss Jessie Thornber returned Sat-
urday night to Elkton, where she is
teaching, after spending her vacation
at home.
Alfred kennard went to Mankato
Saturday morning, where he will attend
a commercial college for the next six
months.
Aubrey Lawrence spent two or three
days at Clear Lake the latter part OF
the week on business before Judge
Marquis.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-03

Miss Edith Hubbart entertained a
number of her young lady friends at a
5 O'Clock tea last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Nettie Gillet went to Arlington
Saturday evening for a few days visit
with her sister, Mrs. VIM. Achteberg.
President r. l.. Slagle returned Fri
day night from the meeting of the
Educational Association at Sioux Falls.
Prof. G.. M. Hoff OF Redfeld, has
been q guest at the Maryland home the
pastweek, returning home last evening.
The o. X. Bazaar has been moved
to the Gagel building on North Main
street, and is now ready for business.
w. ]. Barrel, who was a guest at the
home Of A. w. Farrenkop for a week,
left Friday for his home at Plankin-
ton.
DR.. and Mrs. j. G. Collier went to
Estelline Saturday evening and visited
over Sunday with the family of DR..
Hess.
Miss Edith Anderson, a student at
the college, returned Monday from a
visit of a week with friends at Nit
chell.
Miss Bessie Chappell went to Cedar
Falls, Iowa, Tuesday, where she will