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Negro Murderer Wanted.

DETROIT, Mich, December 25.-George
Robin, a negro arrested here Sunday
night, is wanted by the police Of Knox
vile, Tenn, to answer to charge Of
murder there.
The local police have received a teie-
gram from the Knoxville officials, whom
they notified OF his arrest. asking II he
had certain scars on his stomach An. ex-
animation showed scars as described. and
when asked il he would return to Kno4.
VILE without extradition proceedings Rob-
bin replied: We'll. / should say not"
letter found on his person when he
was searched by the police gave them the
clue to the charge against him at Knox
Vile 1t was from a woman there ad-
vising him to LAY low" as there was .
$500 reward for his arrest. 1t Is said that
Robin killed a white man In a quarrel
over q girl go.
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duty of all \. A. U. members to see that
his card Is Cancelled and to see that he
does not compete as an amateur In the
future.
l know you are deeply interested in the
cause of athletics; you have done lot Of
good work on the coast. Therefore, will
you make 1t your business to call on Pres
ident Jordan and If he cal give you enough
evidence to satisfy your committee, them
by all means, cancel Roses registration
card.
AS you know. the American committee
will be called upon to select a team of
American amateur athletes to represent
America at the games at London in 1908
and they certainly will not want to include
in that team an athlete that is under sus-
pieion.
That portion Of the interview which re-
fers to Ralph Rose Is the. only part that
affects the Amateur Athletic Union of the
United States Rose won our champion
ship and is now competing for us, and If
he is professional we don't want him.
Yours truly, JAMES E. SULLIVAN.
President A. A U.
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NEW ORLEANS HURDLE
RACE A FARCE

NEW ORLEANS, December 25.-The
hurdle race which was announced as the
feature of the program at the City Park
track yesterday proved to be farce. VI
the eleven horses that went to the post
six finished: The other five horses failed
to Jump clearly and fell.
The track was so muddy that riders and
thoroughbreds were saved from serious
injuries few of the jockeys were
bruised and two horses were slightly cut
Bank Holiday was the winner at 80 to
1. Bob Murphy was second at % to 1.
Aules finished third. with odds OF % to l
against him. The prominence OF the long
shots shows clearly that the race was not
truly run. The three placed horses were
much more fortunate than their oppo-
nents in escaping the heels of horses
the bodies Of the PROSTATE racers was
like going through a maze. Bob Murphy
showed the way for a mile. with -Aules
second and Bank Holiday third. At the
last hurdle Bank Holiday closed on the
leader. and in the run home finished first
by three lengths Sam Hoffheimer was
interfered with badly by several horses
which fell in his path, and his chance to
win was thereby ruined. He finished
fourth.
Coltness Wins Without Delaby.
Coltness, deprived of his-regular jockey,
Delaby who is under long term of sus-
pension. raced just as we'll with Midget
j. Sumter on his back. and easily won
the fourth race at a mile. BY his success
in this race he checked the winning career
of Dainty Belle. which had an unbroken
string of five victories The deep. heavy
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mud just suited Coltness, and he opened
a Lig gap early and maintained 1t to the
finish. Dainty Belle showed less fieetness
during the early stages Of the race than
she had on previous occasions. Coltness
gained such big advantage on her that
Dainty Belle was unable to make up the
lost ground She closed resolutely on the
leader in the stretch, but failed to catch
him by three lengths.
H. Brandt, who trains for Barney
Schneider the St. Louis breeder, was the
direct means of furnishing many of his
eastern friends with enough money to buy
Christmas presents. Brandt had 'Killdoe
entered In the first race, and he was so
certain that this gelding by Foul Shot
would win that; he hunted up all of his
acquaintance and told them to put their
last dollar on Killdoe
The New Workers. sent their money into
the ring so freely that they backed XIII
doe from to 1 down to I to 3. Nofter
rode Killdoe and placed the horse iudl-
c1ously during the early stages of the
race. while Highwind and Stella Perkins
were acting as the pacemakers. In the
stretch, under vigorous riding, Ktlldoa
length.
First race. five and one-half ADMINISTRATIONS
l39 (Notter), to 8. won; High Wind, 1se
(NicoD, Z to l. second; Creel, 13e &C. Koerner,.
Florentine, Profane. Weberhelds and Alcor also
ran. 20.
Second race. hurdle; one and one quarter miles
Bank Holiday. 146 CPierce). 30 to /, won: Bob
Murphy, Isl tMcClain), 25 to l. second: iules,
lag lSobelD, % to ]. third Time 2 2s3s: sam
Honheimer. Coal Black Lady Lindale, Magic.
Pete vinegar, Pete Becker, Modredlaw and ta-
catiara also ran. "
Third race, six furlongs-Rebel Queen. lO4 u.
Baker,. 10 to l. won: Ketchemike los INC:
Daniel, to l, second; Rustic 103 iNotter). IA
to 10, third. Time, LIN. Ansonia. Ethel
Carr. Ed Kane Agnes Dofothea. Cuttlass Pat
0rnus. Apple Teddy. Bayou Lark and MOSCOW
Fourth race. one mile-coltness, 90 u. Sum.
teri. q to 3, won; Dainty Belle 103 (Notter),
II to 5. second; Donna, 1O3 II. Hennessy). 3 to
!, third Time. LII Meredith. Just So and
Avaunteer also tan. ~ $3.50
Fifth race. one mile and seventy yards-Clara
Huron 9S Of. SWAIN, ID to 3, -won;- Alexra. 92
(Hufnasle), 16 to l, second; Lady Oakland, ITO
tIroxlerl. 10 to l, third. Time, I.J12.. Mil
uades. Katie Powers, Lady Charade Edith NJ.
Goldspink. Fonsoluca. Peter Nathaniel Jerry o.
Dr. Mccarthy, Seaworthy and Broken Melody
also ran.
NOR, 90 u. SUMTER. to l, won Denigre, 100
&c. Baker,, to 2 second; Anna Day, ITO &c.
koernerl. to 2 third. Time. 1.5OM. John Nc.
Bride, Water Dog. Charlie Thompson Duchess
OF Montebello. Grenade, Prince Of Pless and ST.
Noel also ran.
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mended by the head of the A. a. u. in the
event of President Jordan substantiating
the charge he has made against Rose.
Following is copy of the letter:
S. S. Peixotto. President Pacific Associa-
ton. San Francisco. Cal.
Dear Sir: In nearly all of the New York
papers of Sunday. December %. there ap-
peared a telegraphic interview from Presi-
dent David Starr Jordan of Stanford Uni
versity. One of these interviews inclose
herein.
If DIR. Jordan has been quoted correctly
wherein II is stated he claimed Michigan
has hired professionals, such as Ralph
Rose" it is a serious charge against Rose
and one that should be felt by him. Ralph
Rose is now competing as an amateur
simply because he has obtained from the
Pacific Coast Association a card emitting
him so to compete. But II he was a pro.
fessional before entering or after enter
ing Michigan, or at any other time. 1t Is
our duty, 1t is your duty, and 1t Is the
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Bold Fire Rescue.

CHICAGO, December 25.-The rescue
Of a blind man by Capt Peter ]. Wiser,
formerly of the Boer army. and another
thrilling rescue-that Of q seventy-year-
old invalid by Policeman Michael Nc
Grath-were witnessed last night during a
fire in an apartment building at 1907 In
diana avenue. The blind man Is w. A.
Weinstock and the aged invalid is Will
liam Glaze. They had been left behind
in the rush from the building when the
fire was discovered. Wiser and McGrath
were both singed in making their way
through the flames. The property loss is
10000
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PROBING RALPH ROSES
AMATEUR STANDING

NEW YORK, December 2o.-An investi-
cation of Ralph Roses standing as an
amateur has been begun by the Amateur
Athletic Union. An interview with Presi-
dent D. Starr Jordan of Stanford Univer-
sity. in which the champion shotputter
who broke eight records in one day at
Travers Island. at the outdoor champion
ships in September. was charged with
professionalism, has aroused President
James E. Sullivan of the A. A. u.
Yesterday President Sullivan sent a let
ter to the president of the Pacific Asso-
citation of the A. A. u, urging the west
ern official to call upon President Jordan
and gather evidence. The cancellation of
Roses registration card with the con-
trolling body in amateur athletics is recon-
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NOTES OF THE BOXERS.

Packy Mcfarland Of Chicago and Har.
lem Tommy Murphy will clash in g
twelve-round go to a decision January
before the Armory A. A, in Boston.
Johnny Coulon and Kid Murphy will
settle their long-delayed battle at Peoria
January g. The winner will meet Young
McGovern at Los Angeles next month.
Bert Crowhurst. the Philadelphia pro.
moter. has gone to England to sign jim
'Driscoll for some fights here. Driscoll Is
said to be much better scrapper thar
Spike Robson or Johnny Summers
One fight critic says that Young Ketch.
ell was up against it so hard that he had
boxers can duplicate the work of Ketchel
recently the coffee and looks like 9
pretty good training meal.
Denver Ed Martin Is back in the chal.
lenge line. Ed walked into a newspaper
office and issued challenge to the win
ner of the Squires-Flynn go. It's too bad
Squires did not win. Flynn refuses to
hook up with Denver Ed
John L. Sullivan has announced to his
friends that he has not retired to the sim.
pie life. He will get busy with a new
drama that he intends to spring mex,
year, which he declares will have jim
Corbett beaten to frazzle.
Owen Moran, who meets Abe Attell
New Year afternoon, Is telling his friends
that he will give the featherweight cham.
pion the surprise of his life as New
Year gift. Attell has said he will make a
little bet that he will start the new year
with another clean victory.
Hugo Kelly and Bill Papke are working
hard for their ten-round bout at Milwau.
kee December 80 There is a whole lot OF
interest in this bout all over the country
and 1t is said a big heap of money will be
wagered on the result. Both boxers have
friends coming from all parts Of the west
to see the fight. ,..
Jack Gleason. the Frisco promoter. will
hold his fights in one OF the big pavilions
In the future. The big tent that covered
the ball grounds at the Thomas-Ketchell
fight proved to be failure and costly
proposition. The house drew over $1,000
but Gleason just about pulled even after
all expenses were paid.
Jimmy Britt writes his friends from
Honolulu that he will return shortly. and
then will be ready to don the gloves
again. Any of the lightweights can have
fight with him is the way James puts
1t. There was q time that Jimmy picked
OUT nothing but the good ones
Willie Fitzgerald is most industrious
fighter, but his efforts to tie up with some
Of the topnotchers have so far been bar
rem Of success. Fftz has offered to meet
Tommy Murphy and Bert Reyes in the
same ring. but II he makes the weight
they demand he would hardly be- strong
enough to put either of them away.
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BURGLAR PLAYED SANTA.
John Distler's Dining Room Made an
Unexpected Fence.

NEW YORK, December ,25.-Santa
Claus in a peculiar guise paid visit to
John Distler. In the night Distier was
aroused by a noise in the dining room on
the floor beneath his room and he at once
decided that there was a burglar in the
house. Rather than take any chances OF
being shot at Distler made a great. noise
in his room for the purpose Of soaring
the burglar away. He was successful in
this. and when he went down stairs he
found that none of the family silver had
been stolen. On the contrary, he found
on the table in the dining room q large
quantity of silverware which he had
never seen before. He believes that the
burglar had obtained 1t from some other
houses and being scared by the noise he
made fed. leaving 1t behind.
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mann of Princeton. Tiemann found him.
self minus a piece after eleven moves, and
struggled against fate for a dozen moves
longer, when he resigned.
Yesterday morning the contestants were
the guests at breakfast at the Yale Club
of Edward A. Caswell, Yale. '66 who orig
mated the intercollegiate tournaments.
The annual business meeting was he'd at
the same time. A motion to increase the
limit from fifteen, to twenty moves an
hour was voted down by Q to 6. The fol-
lowing were appointed members of the in
ternational cable match committee. which
will have charge of the contest for the
Isaac L. Rice trophy now in possession of
Oxford and Cambridge; A. S. Jamison
Yale; L. ]. Wolff. Columbia: f. r. Perry
Harvard; ]. B. Hunt, Princeton.
The final record of the tournament fol-
lows.
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McGARRY TO BOX
TOMMY WEST

NEW YORK. December 25.-Amby Nc
Garry, the champion lightweight of the
Bronx. is a candidate for Joe Walcott' s
old title of giant killer" McGarry can
fight at 1873 pounds, and in fact never
weighs more in his fights, but he has
fought welter-weights and even middle
weights when there were no other oppo-
nents in sight. McGarry fought Willie
Lewis. and, although the latter weighed
more than 154 pounds at the time of the
battle, McGarry took all the punches that
Lewis could send over and came back for
more.
McGarry was defeated recently by VIII
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Couyicts, Families Dina.

NEW YORK, December 25.-The farni-
lies OF more than 200 men who are sefy-
ing terms In prison will eat Christmas
dinners furnished by Mrs. Ballington
Booths Prison League. In addition to
the dinner. each member of each family
will receive a Christmas present. More
than 81, 900 has been contributed In New
York alone for this Christmas for the
families of those who are behind the barn.
Mrs. Booths work among the prisoners
and the ex-convicts has been very suc-
cessful. and to them she Is known -
The Little Mother"
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Indicted for Murder.

ORANGE, N. J.. December %. = The
grand jury. at Newark yesterday returned
an. Indictment against George Wilson,
alias williams, for the killing Of Fred
erick R. Romer at the Park Hotel here
on the morning of December Is. Yester-
day there was turned over to the local
police an old furnace shaker. which Is ap-
parently the weapon with which Ror,,er
was beaten to death. The shaker was
found where It had been concealed near
Romer's room. On the weapon were
what appeared to be clots of blood and
bits of hair Wilson is under arrest at
Philadelphia. and steps to secure his ex-
tradition will be taken at once.
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ANDY McGARRY.

lie Fitzgerald, but it since developed that
Fitzgerald was many pounds heavier than
McGarry in the ring.
Andy will fight Tommy West, the
champion lightweight of the, navy, at
Miners Bowery Theater tonight. West
is hard-hitting youngster. and has made
a great name for himself in the navy.
where he has defeated all of the men at
hts weight. He is hailed as Tom Sharkey
in miniature. '.
McGarry is a member of several ath-
letic clubs in the Bronx. and the members
have announced their intention Of turn
ing out in body to see him battle with
with the winner of the Packey McFar-
.land-Tommy Murphy fight. He has re-
peatedly challenged Battling Nelson.
When Nelson was champion he refused to
meet McGarry, claiming that he did not
believe McGarry could make the weight.
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LAYING RAILS FOR BoNUA
Company Gets 100000 II Il Com
pletes 90 Miles by January 1.

KANSAS CITY, December @-Ths
Kansas City. Mexico and Orient railroad
is attempting to lay twenty-six miles Of
track before January / for . stake OF
$4,000 in bonds. The bonds arc payable
If the road is completed between Wichita.
Kan. and the Red river. a distance Of
273 miles. before January 1. 49,
The completion Of the line. to the Red
river will put in operation the system
from Wichita south to the Texas line, o
distance Of 273 miles. Besides ninety
miles of the system is in operation IN
Texas and approximately 250 miles IN
Mexico. This is in addition to the opera
ton of the Chihuahua and Pacific linz,
125 miles. which forms part of tho Orr
entail system.
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Passeneers Fined One Cent.

NEW YORK, December 25.-The small
est fines on record-one cent each-were
imposed yesterday by Magistrate Walsh.
Two passengers in the subway. Charles
Corsar and Rudolph Becklanger. paid the
fines. They were arrested at the 149th
street station because they insisted on
leaving by the wrong gate. The fines
were entered on record and the amount
will be- RENTED to the city treasurer.
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NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, December
25.-Chicago Express No. Z. on the Grand
Trunk railway. which left here early yes
terday, collided with a yard engine. Five
passengers were injured, as follows w. T
Church. St. John, Mich; II. D. Belcher
Chicago; Mrs. M. A. Campbell. Chicago
Theodore Ernest, Apologize. Mich; Mrs.
James r. Waite. New York.
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Fell and Broke His Neck.

PITTSBURG, Pa, December b.-Jsck.
son Stilley. fifty years old. a well-knowu
resident of West Elizabeth. near here.
while stealthily trying to escape the eyes
of the younger members Of the family
and hide Christmas presents. fell down .
pair of stairs late last night and broke
his neck.
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CHRISTMAS AMONG
THE SPORT FOLKS

championship every year, he is a good
enough business man to realize that the
closer the race is each season the bigger
the profits And 1t would be a mistake on
his part, working along these lines. to try
to have but two strong teams in the
league"
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yellow Fever Stamped Out.

ST. THOMAS. D. w. l.. December %.-
The health authorities at Bridsetcwn.
Barbados. where a number of deaths from
yellow fever occurred In November. have
resumed the issuance of clean bills Of
health to vessels departing from that port
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The total strength Of the men is figured
by definite mathematical formula In
general use by anthropometry. experts
and gives a comparison in units. Coys
total strength last year was fixed at
1914 units, aid at that time it was a
new high record, which astonished the
examiners at Yale. This fall when the
freshman Fitzpatrick took his examina-
ton he exceeded Coy's record, making a
total strength record of 1859 units.
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COLUMBIA AGAIN
THE CHESS CHAMPION

NEW YORK, December 25.-columbia
won the sixteenth annual intercolle giate
chess tournament, which ended last night
at the West Side Republican Club. with a
total score of OF points out Of possible
L. Yale was second with 81 points and
Princeton third with ~. Harvard, nine
times winner of the cup, was beaten yes
terday by Columbia, 81 to u, and finished
last with 49, points.
The members of the winning team were
Capt. L. ]. Wolff and H. Blumberg. who
made clean scores a year ago; H. c.
Ramsdell and G. F. Comstock, the last
named having substituted for E. H. Pfeif-
fer after the first round Saturday. Blum
berg again scored three straight victories.
G. Burgess. son Of Bishop Burgess Of
Long Island, playing fourth board for
Yale, shared the distinction of clean
score with Blumberg of Columbia
Capt. Wolff Of Columbia met with sturdy
resistance on the part of johnson of Har-
ward. the latter defending Ruy Lopez
with much care and judgment. The play
was even throughout the opening and mid
die game and resulted in a draw after a
pawn and bishop ending
At the second board Hit sacrificed a
pawn on the eleventh move for the sake
of an attack. Blumberg was ready with
an adequate defense and took his innings
on the tWenty-ninth move, when he gave
up pawn. This Grecian gift yielded him
bishop through a check of the queen.
Blumberg had little difficulty in winning
thereafter.
Capital Attack.
Ramsdell of Columbia worked I'D a cap.
ital attack on French defense put up by
Parshley. 1t cost the latter the exchange
to get out Of his difficulties, and he lost
after forty-five moves.
Comstock, Columbia's substitute at the
fourth board, won his second game. de-
Tending a queens gambit. He obtained
control of the open queens rocks file and
won a pawn on the twenty-ninth move.
Two. moves later he won a piece. where
Upon he brought about simple ending by
returning the piece for another pawn,
scoring after forty-seven moves.
The shortest game of the day was that
won by G. Burgess. Of Yale against Tie
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In every point but the biceps it will be
noted that Fitzpatrick has the larger de-
velopment by asmall amount. In the
strength tests the following table gives
the resnlts.
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Minneapolis has released Sandow Mertes
the outfielder. who was too proud to per-
NIT Philadelphia snapshotter to take his
picture early in 1906
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Shaw. Sullivan. Congalton, Grimshaw
Harris and Peterson will be released by
the Boston Americans
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Seymour and Donlin have been running
mates In three cities-Baltimore, Cincin-
natl and New York
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1t is rumored that Dan McGann will he
captain of Boston next year. Dan should
make good one, as he knows the game
thoroughly.
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Pitcher Deininger may be tried out at
hrst base by the Philadelphia Nationals.
He is a southpaw and extremely fast.
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Artie Holman of the Chicago Nationals
Is said to be after the Des Moines fran
chise In the Western League. If he Sc
cures it he will quit the Cubs
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Totals. ...... 6ta 5hl
Harvard has won 'nlne'
six and Yale one.
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Rube Oldring. the Athletics center field
err who revels in long swats, may be the
Cobb of the season of 1908. Oldring is
as fast as bullet, and has the manners
of real star.
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Old Cy Young has seen more pbenoms
come and go than any other player in
the business. and Cy today is as good as
he ever was.
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Donohue, a brother of the White Sox
nrst oaseman. will be tried behind the
bat by Jim Mcguire.
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Barry Mccormick the former Cincin-
natl boy. has a good chance to become
manager of the Milwaukee team. In
less some ma jor league cast off can be
secured, Barry will land the job.
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Oklahoma City is not sure about get
ting "Chappy Chawles" Mcfarland back.
Terre Haute wants him to run it's team.
Lajoie. too. 1t is said. may give him a
try-out on the slab.