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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
FINE TOUR MAKES "Y' S
FAVORITE OVER DETROIT

championship, and. perhaps. a larger
title as well.
The deeds of the Y. M. C. A. five
are welcomed joyfully by the De-
troits, as well.
1.-The ~ is certainly playing great
basketball" said Manager Mazer this
morning. They are showing the
game that we have in Detroit Is pretty
high--as good as any other town In
the country. AS far as our series Is
concerned, we would rather meet a
winner than a loser any time. for
there is no glory in defeating team
that has lost to a lot OF others. while,
IL we must lose, IL lessons the sting
to know that other teams have suffer
ed the same way.
There is nobody in town who Is
pulling stronger for the Y. M. c, A.
In its games this year than the, mem
bers OF my team"
The Haskell five continues to sweep
all before it. Last night 1t defeated
the strong Sterling, H., Y. M. G. A..
five by the score OF AZ to 25.
Quincy papers laud the Wednesday
night performance OF the Indians as
by all odds the greatest exhibition OF
basketball ever seen in that city. The
Indians are said to be marvels at field
goal shooting, scoring large percent
age of their baskets when apparently
covered by their opponents.
The Indians are all tall and rangy,
and, on many occasions. when held
ball" was declared, out-iumped their
rivals to such an extent that they
were able to catch the ball and pass
without interference.
Tickets for the game have been on
sale for several days at Mazer Bros.
photograph store on Michigan-ave.,
and have been In great demand.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
KETCAELL STILL
STRONG FAv0R|TE
ey w. w. NAuoHToN.

San FRANCISCO. Feb. 21.-"kid''
Ketchell. OF Michigan. and Mike
(Twin) Sullivan have practically fin
ished their hard work stunts" FOR
tomorrow nights battle. Ketchell did
light work yesterday after which nc
had a rundown and tipped the scales
at 153. Sullivan also went through
some light training, but did not take
much exercise OF a sweating charac-
ter. Sullivan also tipped the scales at
about 1853. Ketchell will have for
seconds during the contest Joe Leroy,
Kid Lafayette. Maurice Thompson and
Tommy O'Connor.
Mike Sullivan will have Brother
Jack. Doc Jefrreys. Billy Burke and
another who is yet TO be selected.
In the betting the small flow of Sui
lfvan money slackened considerably
yesterday and the Ketchell hackers
were compelled to give 10 to liz.
Even at that price. however, wagering
was comparatively small.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21

promoter OF the show and has secured
permission from the county authori-
ties to pull 1t off without interference.
The evening promises to celebrate
something that will be somewhere
near revival OF the real boxing gamo
In Detroit and the capacity OF the
Duilding-nearly 600--is pretty sure
TO be well taxed.
Wyandotte cars leave for down town
every 20 minutes up to 1880, and the
service will be improved for the bout.
so no difficulty will be experienced in
handling the crowds. The main bout
Is scheduled for 10 rounds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
SUTTON WANTS
BOTH TITLES

NEW YORK. Feb 2i.--Geo. Sutton
the worlds 1872 balkline champion
has posted forfeit to bind a match
with the winner OF the While Hoppe.
Jake Schaefer championship match
for the 1871 title, which will be play.
ed In Chicago on March IL.
Sutton is anxious to again hold both
titles and declares he has so mastered
the 1871 game that he can beat either
Schaefer or Hoppe.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21

money by accepting MoAleer's terms.
Perhaps he has heard OF the signing
of RUDE waddeiL
None OF the bowling leaders had their
standing affected by the progress OF
the event at Cincinnati yesterday.
the Northwestern league. He's got a
good arm. but no can't swing the big
been turned back to Monte Cross
Kansas City club by the Washington
management
lease for the property on which Its
club house viii be erected near Wa
ter Works park:
Reardon and Bouckayt, two young De-
troit catchers, only one year on the
sandlots. Will do the backstoppinR
for Battle Creek next year
word comes from Florida saying that
John Hoey Is throwing stronger than
ever ana In confident he will make a
place with the Boston Americans
Al Brfghf, ons Of the Milwaukee p<o-
motors. viii act az referee for Pspks
and Kelly. The former insists that
the second battle VIII referee itself"
The ". M. 9. a. Commercials trim med
the Good Lucks by q scant margin In
the Associated league. but the River
sides and @. p. r. Co. are still in q
tie for nrst place
BtIIy Lush has been turned over IN
Nashville bv the Cleveland club.
|. Biily's great throwing arm Is said 10
be as good ~ ever, but his lamps are
under suspicion.
McGough, a seotchmss, f. said 10 be
running great guns at the 500 yards
and IL looked on as the most likely
to hustle the American cracks In the
Oiympian games.
Port Huron stands ready 20 purehss~
the Tocumseh baseball franchise but
Tecumseh Ndoesh't want to sell and
pay the guarantees
The fast little black PAGER, The Friend.
has entirely recovered from hts lame
ness which prevented him from rae
ing last season. He stepped a mile
for waiter ,e, COX. at Cleveland last
fddssRs, the Chicago ,sII-round athlete.
having been conditioned In so many
studies as TO weary him OF scholaatio
work. has transferred the Scene or
his activities TO the First Regiment
Athletic club.
Hank Eeslse. the CsnsAtsn umpsrs Who
works In the National league. had a
crow-bar bounced on his bean the
other night AZ ST Thomas IL fell
from the top OF q high building and
was badly bcnt The umpire wss ua-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
WRESTLING TONIGHT
AT THE GAYETY

Tonight Is wrestling night at the
Gayety, Floyd Cutcher and Max
Weesner meeting after the regular
performance. Both men are duty.
bound to the management to finish
the match, as the forfeits OF the form.
mer match are still up.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
TOE HOLD GETS
POOR HJALMAR

HARTFORD, Conn. Feb. 21.--Frank
Gotch won the wrestling match with
Hjalmar Lundin here last night. The
men struggled Graeco-Roman style for
half an hour without fall, and then
contested catch-as-catch-can style.
Gotch got toe hold and secured a
fall In rs minutes and seconds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
SA4 TALK o - S p0 woRmp

The Duluth hockey team will play at
"a {. Saturday evening at q
Springfield has sold Rube Deneau 20
Battle Creek for the 5000 paid by In
dianapolis for Landry's release.
Grocery clerks are making big money
out west. One OF them named Wells,
who Is catcher on the list OF the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
FIyIno lib SIN Alive.

FIyIno JIb StIII AIIVe.
The old pacing champion, Flying
Jib, 2:04, Is still hale and hearty at
Pleasanton, CAL, where he is still
owned by c. l.. Griffith. whose father
owned him. before him. The Jib now
occupies comfortable box stall at a
livery stable, the owner OF which
gives the old horse regular airings to
light buggy when he shows all the
style and Are OF his youth, but Is
never allowed TO go far enough or
fast enough to tire him. He is now
% years old.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
TWO DETROIT CARS
IN SAVANNAH RACE

The sctual entry list of the ga
vannah Stock Chassis Speed Endur-
ance contests on March 1919, amounts
to ten. eight OF these being In the $50
mile race for gasoline cars OF all de-
scriptions having a maximum cylinder
displacement OF 57s Inches and two.
The cars entered in the long race
are two Apperson Jackrabbits, two
Isottas, two Premiers and two Thorn
as-Detroits.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
CONLON DEFENDS
BANTAM CHAMPIONSHIP

PEORIA. ILL.,. Feb. 21.--A well-direct-
ed right to the solar plexus. delivered
by Johnny Conlon in the ninth round
of his fight with "Cooney" Kelly, of
Streator, before the Peoria Athletic
club last night gave the Chicago boy
a well-earned victory.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
Altrook Arrested Again.

Nick Altrock, the eccentric pitcher
OF the Chicago White Sox. was arrest
ed the other day for sticking pin
into a policeman's arm. After he had
been cross-examined. which developed
the fact that he had been arrested
once before for crawling under cir
Gus tent when a boy, Altrock was dis
charged.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21

In the II years that the great Dele
thanfy played in the big league he took
part In ABA games and had batting
average for the entire time OF 1857
Lajoie. In the same number OF years
has been In 1924 games and has bat
ting average OF .s5S
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
wIIIIe Lewts Mests Tartar.

NEW YORK. Feb. 21.--willie Lewis
got his destinies involved with live
one in the shape OF Charley Hitte.
on the Olympic clubs stage last night
and for two rounds OF the six II sure
ly looked bad for the McKetrick en-
try In the other four Lewis at least
evened It and from a cold standpoint
of clean blows and superior ring pol
fish had slight shade the best Of the
mill ~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
OLD-TIMERS BOX
EIGHT-ROUND DRAW

wAUKEGAN. Ill, Feb. 2l.--Maurice
Rauch, OF Chicago. at the Cub Athletic
club last night fought an -eightround
draw with Eddie Kenney.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21
WheeImen 20 BOW for Coal.

The Detroit Wheelmen will give a
10pin tournament at the club house
Sunday afternoon beginning at
O'Clock. This tournament Will be open
70. everyone. The FIRST prize is a ton
OF coal. donated by the A. w. Koenig
Coal Co. and cash prizes will be CIV
en- In addition.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21

Fielder Jones, manager OF the Chi
cago White Sox, blames the present
financial sesingency for his not quitting
the game. Had there been no trouble
Jones would have gone into business.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 21.--Eddio
Chambers was beaten In every round
by Geo. Gunther In the vind-up of tho
boxing show of the Broadway Athletic
club last night. Chambers has been
sick for several weeks.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21

Hank Eeslse. the Csnsdtsn umpire Wa
works in the National iessus. had =
crow-bar bounced on his bean the
from the top OF q high building and
WAS badly bent The umpire wss IA
injured.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21

fddisEs, the ChiesEc .sII-rovnd athlete,
having been condffioned ia 80 many
studies as TO weary him OF scholastic
work, bes transferred the scene OF
his. activities TO the First Regiment
Athletic club.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21

has entirely recovered from hts lame
ness which prevented him from rae
ing last season. He stepped a mile
for Walter Cox. at Cleveland. last
year In 2.01
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-21

been turned back TO Monte Cross
Kansas City club by the Washington
management.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

This has been especially true with re-
gard to legislative and executive
usurpations by our Federal Govern
ment'"
Anyone familiar with the writings
of Macauley will know at once that
Mr.. Williams ideas are not at all
original, but are swiped from that
historian But Mr.. Williams comes
from the wrong section of the coun-
try to talk about federal usurpations.
His state not only loudly proclaims
her intention of multiplying a certain
portion of the Constitution of the
United States, but has actually done
just what she threatened to do.
And she has done so on the plea
of real necessity, which Mr.. Williams
says is the tyrant's plea. All the
Mississippi governmental abuses, in
Guiding her lynchings and peonage,
are justified in the same way. THE
APPEAL will be delighted should
Mr. Williams succeed in reforming
the governmental abuses, but hopes
that he will begin in poor old Mis-
sissippi.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
THE PROBLEM SOLVED.

Hear ye! Hear vel! Hear yell!
THE APPEAL takes great pleasure
in announcing that Messrs. A. Cohn
& Co., of Amsterdam, Ca, have
solved the famous "race problem" F."
These gentlemen are owners of the
largest tobacco farm in the world,
consisting of $4,000 acres of land and
requiring $500 hands-all Afro
Americans-to work it. Mr.. VIM. E.
Curtis, who furnishes the informa-
ton, says:
"A. Cohn & CO: plant every year
1000 acres of shade tobacco, from
which they harvest 100000 pounds,
and derive therefrom profit of 81,
100000. The firm purchases besides
all that the outside farmers raise,
perhaps 100000 pounds additional,
so it is safe to- say that their annual
profit is from $2,OOO,OO0 to $2,5OO,oOO
per annum.
"The manager, Colonel Einstein,
has reduced the labor problem to a
science. He not only gets the great
est possible amount of work out of
each Individual Afro-American, but
they are cheerful and willing and
seem proud to be enrolled among the
Amsterdam workers. Each one
knows exactly what he is to receive
for his work, and he knows that if he
faithfully performs his portion of the
contract the company will absolutely
keep theirs"
So says Mr.. Curtis. And every
body knows the only reason for the
howls about the Afro-American not
working is that the majority Of the
Southern planters do little else but
devise plans for cheating the labor
ers out of their wages. They have
reduced cheating to an exact science.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
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The Appeal., 1908-05-16
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1908.
WHAT'S UP IN GEORGIA?

THE APPEAL confesses, without
shame, that it cannot understand
some Of the doings of the Caucasian
brother, Here is one instance of
such puzzling move: A meeting
in the interest of Morris Brown col
lege was recently held, and the re-
port contained the following item:
"The most encouraging event of
the afternoon was the reading of a
letter from John Temple Graves, en-
closing check for $50 from Will
liam Randolph Hearst, for the Afro
American educational movement
Now, everybody knows what sort
of a fellow John Temple Graves is
and his usual way of acting toward
the Afro-American. Indeed, it is the
general opinion that he and Hoax
Smith are largely responsible for the
Atlanta murders
So, also, Mr.. Hearst has not been
known heretofore as a special friend
of the Afro-American Therefore
THE APPEAL cannot help surmis-
ing that there is a bug under the
chip. 1t is a known fact that Mr..
Hearst IS organizing for political
purposes, what he calls his Independ-
ence League. It is also known that
Georgia rabble recently admins
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
NOVEL HEADsToNE FOR DANNY.

q Washstand's Marble Top Seemed
Just the Thing to Mary, the Cook.
The cook was very new and yerv
lTisn. Her mistress found every day
something to amuse in her servants
ODD ODD ways Of looking at things. But
one day she got the surprise of her
life.
IN storeroom back of the kitchen
she had put a lot of discarded furni-
ture, including an old fashioned wash
stand with broad marble top. She
mad noticed that the cook, who an
sWered readily to the name OF Mary,
looked longingly at the marble slab.
The mistress decided to clear out
the storeroom and she sent for an old
furniture man to take most of the ac-
cumulated truck away. Mary there
upon spoke her mind.
'Wud yez mind, num-" she said, eff
OF TUX tn bit of marble?"
why, what do you want with Il?
asked the mistress.
Sure, num- said Mary, 'twould
be after making a fine headstone for
me dead Danny-thats me husband,
mum, who died year ago.
Well, Mary got the marble slab and
she found stone cutter friend of
Danny's who carved an appropriate
inscription rather crudely, and the
novel stone was set up at the head Of
Danny's grave.
All Of which is not fiction but truth,
and it happened in Brooklyn.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Government Trying to Control the
Water Hyacjnth.

Water Hyacinth.
The water hyacinth, the beautiful
marine plant of green leaves and ex...
quisite flowers, which has done such.
great damage to commerce in Louis
lana and East Texas, is. making its ap-
pearance in the ship canal, says the
Houston Post.
A few years ago the water hyacinth
was brought from Florida to Louisiana
as a floral ornament. Last year the
government expended 100000 in an
effort to control the pest and has only
partly succeeded. Streams and bayous
which once carried large barges Of
lumber in Louisiana and Eastern
Texas have been closed to navigation
by the rank vegetation of the hya-.
cinth.
Sabine river above Orange has be-
come filled with the plants, and it is
related that these all grew from few
plants carelessly thrown into the riv-
er by some housewife when the plants
she had in a tub as an ornament be-
came too numerous.
The matter has been brought to the
attention of the city authorities and
steps have already been taken to de-
stroy before it is too late all the hya-
clnths in Sam Houston Park and those
which have got into the bayou. A
boat is to be sent along the lower
reaches and all hyacinths carefully
gathered and destroyed. It is antici-
pated that there may be some legis-
lative action prohibiting the growing
iof these plants near a navigable
stream and Furnishing any one so care.
less as to throw any of them into
stream which is of any use for any
purpose.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Fishing With Forty-Foot Rods.

In sea fishing at Biarritz, France,
some remarkably long and heavy
rods are employed. We think a twen-
ty-foot salmon rod or roach pole is a
pretty good length, but our friends at
Biarritz use rods over forty feet in
length.
In fishing from the walk at the
lighthouse the rods are balanced on
the railing by means of a wood rest
fitting the iron bars. A line about
the length of the rod is used, three
or four hooks and light sinker. At
La Pointe Plate rods of lesser length
and weight are used, but even these
are not featherweights by any means.
Reels, according to Vicomte Henri de
France, are known to these sea-an-
glers, but are seldom used.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Fifteen CENT OPERA.

1t Is in Dresden and for That Price
One Can Hear but Not See.
Opera and concerts in Dresden are
within the reach of ALL The most ex-
pensive seats in the house cost about
So, and there are others from which
one can hear perfectly, but not see
the stage, which cost about Is cents.
The English and American resi-
dents, students, etc., frequent the
fourth gallery, says the Travel Maya.
zine. The acoustics are perfect, and
very many people consider seats here
the more Desirable
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

tered dose of lemons to Hokey
Smith when he attempted to make a
speech at Marietta.
Furthermore it must be remem-
bered that Tom Watson, the Popu-
list candidate for President, lives
somewhere in Georgia and has a
large following of ragtags and bob
tails there. So everything looks
like. Hearst intends to have some
thing doing soon in Georgia. AS the
poet says: ..a.
"That night chiel might under
stand ..'
The dell had business on his hand"
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

The opera season begins about
September 10 and lasts throughout the
year, with a holiday of six weeks in
summer, and presents the most artis.
tic performance in all Germany. Be-
sides the frequent performance of op-
era, two series of symphony concerts
are given during the winter in the
opera house. It is often difficult to
secure tickets for these concerts, but
the rehearsals are public and the price
of seats small.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

The women of Still Pond, Md,
are voters; but if anything went
wrong in the recent elections, the
women should not be blamed for
the result. 1t rained and Miss, Jones
could not get there without Wetting
her new merry widow hat; Mrs.
Brown could not be on hand because
she had to get her husbands din
ner with green wood; and Mrs.
Smith was not on hand because the
baby set up yell just as she started,
and she had to stop and read the
riot act to the young rooster.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Inventor of Envelones.

.'
1t is somewhat curious that such a
simple contrivance as the envelope
should be comparatively modern in
vention, says the Gaulois.
AS a matter of fact it is just hun
dred years since paper manufactur-
er of Brighton named Brewes invent
ed envelopes for letters in their pres
ent form. Even then it was some con-
siderable time before their use be-
came at all general, not, in fact, until
somewhere about the year 1850.
Before this date Gas many who are
living now will remember) a letter,
written only on one side, was folded
in two, then three, sealed with a waf-
er or sealing wax, and addressed on
one of the blank sides.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

The Louisville Courier Journal as
serts that 5000 of the $4,000 school
trustees in Kentucky can neither
read nor write We are willing to
wager, however, that every one in the
bunch can tell good liquor: by the
smell. . r.
That is true of Kentucky and the
case is much worse in any of the
other Southern states. So it is easily
seen how it happens that such men
as Hehin and Jeff Davis butt into
Congress.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

leenLn as IN the Twentieth century,
and in "fonetik" spelling.
In 1886, May or June, Bridget Noel
wrote to her sister, the countess of
Rutland:
my Lady Gansbourer met us at
Burley, but in such dres as I never
saw without disput. Her jengan
manto is the worst of it's kind, it is
purple, and great dele of green, and
d letel gould, and great f1ours, ther is
some ded with. the green, and noe
lining, which luks bomenab.e."