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FRED LANDERS AND
WILLIE FITZGERALD DRAW

BALTIMORE. Md, February 15.-Fred
Landers OF California and Willie Fitz-
gerald. the Fighting Harp" of Brooklyn.
y. Y, fought a fifteen-round draw before
the Eureka Club at Germania Maenner-
cher Hall last night.
Manager Al. Herford. by matching this
pair. gave the Eureka Athletic Club men,
bers a chance to see the most scientific
battle which has been fought in Bati-
more for a long while. 1t lacked rough
ness throughout. Following the prelimi-
nayies by alleged boxers. the fight put up
by Landers and Fitzgerald was a rare
treat TO those who admire the manly art
brought to high class
The pair had fought twenty-five rounds
in San Francisco and Fitzgerald got the
decision. They had also fought six
round draw In Philadelphia. Fitzgerald
proved to be the stronger man last night
and would have been awarded the deci-
sion had there not bee ma mutual agree
ment that the decision was to be a draw
il both men were on their feet at the
end of the fifteenth round. After wit
Messing such a cleverly fought battle the
spectators. and the hall was filled with
them. accepted the decision kindly.
Landers proved to be exceedingly clever.
both In leading and i'm blocking. 1t was
said he had weak hands. This may have
accounted for his blows lacking great
force. He was able to reach the Brooklyn
man often with his leads. but did not
greatly distress him.
Though Landers often appeared to leave
wide openings these were deceptive, and
Fitzgerald knew II. II he did not he soon
found II out. as he missed many vicious
blows which he appeared to aim well.
Landers not only blocked excellently, but
was quick IL not strong in delivery. He
often carried the fighting to Fitzgerald.
and would only break ground when he
was stung.
LAnders' seconds were Tommy west
and Tommy o Brien OF San Francisco and
Ellis Riley of Baltimore. John Fields.
also OF Baltimore. was his timekeeper.
Fitxgerald's seconds were James Dempsey
and Harry Dunn OF Philadelphia. and
Harry Lyons. Joseph Tipman was his
timer. Jack McGuisan of Philadelphia
was referee,
The preliminaries resulted as follows:
Kid Burke. colored. knocked out Jack
Bawn. oolored, of Ham alley. In two
rounds. t.,
Jack Hanley and Kid Boston fought a
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fast. vicious battle of three rounds. Fred
Sweigert justly declared 1t draw.
Kid Tasker, colored. made Jim Mar
shall. colored, quit in three rounds. This
was Marshalls second defeat.
Winfield Dummy Decker made such a
showing of Young Wants that the referee
sent Wants out of the ring.
4 three-round battle royal was fought
by four negroes. Young Snag was
knocked out. The others were evenly
matched.
The semi-windup was between Tommy
Ward and Ed. Crowley, Washingtonians.
They were brought over for a try-out.
Crowley was the heavier. but Ward was
the faster Neither knew much about the
game and made a poor showing. At the
end of the third round Ward decided he
did not like the game and declined to get
up for the fourth. Patrick OConnor of
Washington was referee of this set-to.
There was much interest in it among
Washington followers of the sport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
HEARST-McCLELL SUIT.
Hughes Will Not Appoint Extraor.
binary Term of Court.

ALBANY. February 15.-Gov. Tughes
decided last night not to accede to Attor-
ney General Jackson's request for the
appointment of an extraordinary term
of the supreme court in New York for
the trial Of the action brought by the at
torney general i'm the nature of a. quo
warranto and i'm behalf of William l..
Hearst to test the title of George b. Nc
Clellan to the office of mayor of New
York city.
The governors investigation into the
conditions of the courts. made while he
was in New York Lincoln day. indicated
to him that il would be i'm the nature or
a joke for him 10 take any such action.
as two parts of the supreme court were
without business and the case could be
placed regularly and tried. beginning
March 1. without in any way interfering
with the ordinary course of litigation.
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SEVERAL CHAMPIONS
AT FEDERAL GAMES

A worlds champion. two national cham
pions. four intercollegiate champions and
| four American interscholastic champions
are among the 800 athletes who will COM
pete in the fifth renewal of the Federal
indoor games in Convention Hall tonight.
In the list of contestants is the largest
number of athletic stars who have been
in Washington since the national cham
pionships OF the Amateur Athletic Union
were held on Analostan Island in 1890.
The big fellows and the little fellows
will compete in twenty-eight events, four
teen of which are relay races
Fifty-five colleges. schools and clubs of
twelve cities are represented on the pro-
gram. From New York. Philadelphia.
Baltimore. Richmond, Annapolis. Alexan-
dria. Mercersburg and half a dozen
other towns in Maryland and Virginia
they will come
The star events of the night will be
| the 56-pound weight throw for height. in
which Martin Sheridan. worlds all-round
| champion. and Mat McGrath. hammer
throwing champion and record holder.
Guy Haskins. intercollegiate champion
mile runner and record holder. will go
| against some fast middle distance men;
| the mile run, with PAUL of Pennsylvania,
who created sensation both in the east
and west last year by his fast work in
the mile run, and the shot put. with Sher-
idan. McGrath. Stipp of Mercersburg and
Canister of Baltimore as the leading con-
testants Cartmell, intercollegiate cham
pion sprinter, will have tremendous field
| in the 5O-yard handicap to beat.
The invitation pole vault. with Thrall.
MacMurray of Tome, Sterret of George
Washington. Martin of Virginia and Ward
of Baltimore all with records better than
10 feet & inches. will be one of the most
spectular events
Among the school boys the contest for
the Pennsylvania alumni point trophy
viii be fierce The Mercersburg team Of
eleven men came to Washington last
night. They believe every one of their
men will score, but the Baltimore City
College, Georgetown Prep. and the Epis-
copal High School all have look in for
victory.
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were so pleased that they Immediately
took short ride and their faces have
been beaming ever since
The new wagon resembles something be-
tween a hotel bus and a wagonette. II
is entered from the rear. and around
the sides are big soft-cushioned seats The
body Of the wagon is black and the wheels
are a brilliant red
What is to be done with the abandoned
"band-wagon which has been used by
the assessors for a longer period than
any one now connected with the local
government remembers has not vet been
decided upon. 1t has been turned over
to Property Clerk Hargroves who has
said he is going TO try to sell 1t.
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Three happier or prouder men than the
real estate assessors of the District could
not be found anywhere. They have a
brand-new comfortable and roomy wagon
to convey them on their rounds OF assess
ing property and have at last discarded
the famous old vehicle known as the
"ba I'd wabon.''
Word was received some days ago by
the assessors from the builders of the
wagon that it would be delivered yester.
day. and the three assessors were on hand
at the District building earlier than ever
before in their history to catch their
first glimpse of the new vehicle. They
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B0WLERs ROLLING HIGH;
At NATIONAL TOURNEY

CINCINNATI. February 15.-Tae 1900
mark was crossed three times by two
man teams that bowled in the national
tournament at the armory yesterday.
The first and second positions in this
struggle were. however. left untouched.
and trio of pairs that made big scores
of the morning had to be satisfied with
third. fourth and fifth rank.
On the second shift the high scores
were:
Valley and LItner. Canton. ................ 1,212
AIcEldoWney and Deal. Canton. ............ 1912
Walser and Lueer, ST. Paul MINI j. 1855
Sanlome aud Schneider. st. Paul. ......... lii
The high teams of the third shift,
two-man teams. were:
Musly and Franta Canton, Ohio 1.157
Horvey and Detweiler. Wheeling. W. Va. 1.150
Marker and King; Covlngton ny :. 109o
MsPschne ro and Feste Wheeling en ": Va: ioss
In the fourth and last shift of two
man teams Charles Horndorf and M. E.
Faetz of Chicago piled up score of
1887, which is seventeen points less
than the record breaking score made by
their fellow-townsmen, Chalmers and
Fienne. the leaders in this class. Other
high scores in the fourth Shift were:
Lablam and Rodec. Milwaukee. ........... LOSS
Deem and Lauf. Granite City ............ 1869
Fisher and Lang. Granite City. ........... l,O21
The business session of the congress
opened yesterday afternoon. President
Hermann. in his report. stated that
fifty-three new associations were ad-
mitted into the congress in The last
year and forty expelled for nonpayment
of dues. He recommended that steps
be taken to prevent the formation of
mushroom" clubs just before national
meetings in order to get delegates.
The salary OF the secretary IF the
congress was raised from $500 ~ 81 900
provision was made that he open head
quarters in a national tourna racnt city
at least four weeks before the opening
o. the tourney.
The following are the fifteen highest
scores of eight shifts of Individual
events:
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LARD AND PARRISH
IN PINEHURST FINALS

PINEHURST, N. c.. February 15-J. c.
Parrish, jr.. OF the Shinnecock Hills Club.
and Allan Lard of the Columbia Golf
Club are the survivors as a result of yes
terday's match play rounds in the fourth
annual st. Valentine golf tournament, and
will meet in today's finals to fight 1t out
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relations with the community In which
they are living and the government to
which they are accredited. At the same
time our consuls are rendering valuable
assistance and are furnishing us much
specific information of great importance.
We should have. however, a fund avail
able to pay for reports on particular SUBJ
jects, which could be prepared by native
specialists selected by our consuls."
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CLEVER BASKET BALL
BY SECOND REGIMENT

The I'd Regiment basket ball team de-
feated the Carroll Institute quint last
night at the latters gymnasium. in a very
close and brilliant game, the score being
q to q. This contest practically decided
the championship Of Washington.
The fastest kind Of ball was put up by
both teams. and the result was in serious
doubt until the last bit of time had passed
away. There were not many people in
attendance. but those present appreciated
the good playing to the utmost. Enthu-
siasm reigned throughout. First the fol-
lowers of one and then the other team
could be heard cheering and giving the
players advice. sullivan of the Carroll
outfit played a great game. he having
tossed five goals. while for the winning
aggregation Abbott starred, he having
found the basket four times. Many diffl-
cult baskets were made. The lineup and
summary:
Second Regiment Position. Carroll Institute.
Kelllher. &C.,. Right forward Highens. Dubert
Abbott. ........ Left forward ......... Sullivan
Park. Right back .....:...... Collins
Enhew. Left back .............. REILLY
Referee-Mr: Hughes, Gnals.sullivan ~. Alb
bott a.. Schlosser a.. Park 81 and Nc.
Carthy (3). Free tosses--AbbOtt 81.
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KefeFee-Mr. Hughes G0aIs-SuIIiVan (0J, Ab-
bott a.. Schlosser a., Park G) and Nc.
Carthy 81. Free tosses--Abbott 81.
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Totals. 400 4s2 47s Totals 1873 4l2 452
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George Stalings, new owner of the
Newark club. has gone to his plantation
In Georgia. He will return in time to
attend the big league meetings in New
York. as he expects to connect with some
OF the players who will be dropped be-
fore the training season begins
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
INDIAN WOMAN GOT THE BEAR.
Prodded Him Out with Her Scissors,
Then Tomahawked Him.

As for that grit OF mountaineering
Indian women-which has been cele-
brated In a wellknown book. there Is
a story in Fur News which is good
evidence OF their physical courage.
A dealer in skins tells of squaw
who was walking along on her snow
shoes one day when her small boy
saw a bear curled up under the snow
in his winter sleep. She could not kill
him where she was, so she dashed a
pair of scissors to sapling, prodded
him out and smashed his head in with
her tomahawk as he emerged.
81 gave her ten dollars for the skin, "
writes the dealer, 80 1t was not bad
mornings work. Another ingenious
piece OF hunting that remember was
accomplished by an Indian who found
two moose in a yard-that is, the
snow clearing which the animals
make when the frosts are breaking
up and the snow is too sharp and brit.
tie for their comfort.
HE crept up and got the female
with his tomahawk. The male was
driven to fury and II was unsafe to APP
proach him. The stroke of a hooi
would put the Indian out of business
in close order.
Having no gun. he improvised a
bow and arrow from the trees, stuck a
sharp file into the point OF the arrow,
made a bowstring with the laces OF his
moccasins and shot the beast through
the heart"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
HAD DONE WORK THOROUGHLY.
Corporal Literally obeyed Orders Of
Post commandant.

Gen. Clarence Edwards, chief OF the
insular bureau of the war department,
tells how an Irish corporal got even
with an unpopular post commander
In Cuba This post commander.
though an excellent soldier, was some
thing of crank He had two hob
bies. One was that the liberal use Of
whltewash was the best possible pre-
ventive Of disease, and the other was
pet fiamingo, an ill-natured bird that
was disliked heartily by the enlisted
men because It never overlooked an
opportunity to nip one Of them.
One day the post commander had to
go to Havana, but he could not en-
dure the thought that anyone should
be idle in his absence. 1t had been
fully a week since any withdrawing
had been done, SO he issued an order
that "all articles pertaining TO the
camp not sheltered from the weather"
should be whitewashed. The Irish
corporal was intrusted with the eXecu-
ton OF the order.
The post commander returned next
day, and pretty soon the air was fair
ly blue with his cursing. The SOL
diers heard the noise. but they were
aot curious. They knew what II was
all about. The post commanders
brilliant fiamingo was white as q
snowy heron.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
Had Provided for Pets.

Francois Coppee, the French author,
like many artists and actors, was ex-
ceedingly fond of cats, and for years
he had in his house in Paris and In the
beautiful rose garden back Of the
house a number of fine specimens. in
GLIDING several valuable natives OF
Persia. When Coppee died, to be fol.
lowed soon by his devoted sister, who
was his nurse, the Paris Animal Pro-
tective society felt called upon to look
for the cats, which were supposed to
have been left in the deserted Coppee
home to starve. Investigation showed.
however, that the master had antici-
pated the end. He had given all his
pets 10 friends.
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Names OF Flowers.

It is interesting to know how GER
tain flowers get their names. Many
were named after individuals For in
stance: Fuchsias were so called be-
cause they were discovered by Leon
ard Fuchs. Dahlias were named for
Andre Dahl, who brought them from
Peru. The camelia was so called for
a missionary named Kamel, who
brought some magnificent specimens
OF the flower to France from Japan.
He called 1t the rose Of Japan, but
his friends changed 1t to camelia.
Magnolias were named in honor OF
Prof. Magnol de Montpelier, who first
brought the beautiful tree to France
from America and Asia. Because they
trembled with the wind is the mean
ing of anemones. The Latin word to
wash is lavare. and lavender received
its name because the Romans put the
flowers into water when they washed
to perfume their hands.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
Iikeiv Reason.

The city man was jogging on toward
the summer boarding house In rick
ETY. rockaway. The driver was glum
and far from entertaining and the city
man felt rather lonely.
Fine field over there?" he ventured
after long silence.
Fine" grunted the driver.
who owns IT."
"Old man Bit"
"old man Bit, ehi Who are those
children stacking up hay?"
"Old man Bits boys"
"And what Is his Idea In having
them out there In the field such hot
day?"
wal, reckon he thinks every little
Bit helps, stranger. Anything else
you want to know? Get up here,
BOSSES"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25

: A remarkable freak of nature and a
rare find from q gsologist's point Of
view came to light on the farm Of
John R. Sanderson, located a few
miles from Lstrobe. on Tuesday, July
2, while Charles d. Fausold was dig
ging hole In the ground. The hole,
.Abou: six feet square, was being put
through q bed Of soft limestone, and
ono OF the stones encountered,
piece Of limestone about six by eight
inches In dimensions, was accident
ally struck upon the edge with pick.
It split open at the blow, and inside
was found q grapevine leaf, 1t was
Of an ordinary size, looking exactly as
leaf from modern grapevine looks,
and It was as green and as fresh and
tender as though 1t had just been
piucked from vine. 1t withered as
soon ~ It was exposed to the air and
sun. The leaf was found In the GEN.
Ter Of 15-acre field of corn.-Phila-
deiphiR Record.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
DEFENDS cHlcAeo's GOOD NAME.
Association Of Commerce Arralons
Attackers Of City.

Rev. @. w. Mcpherson, who In q
speech In New York recently said:
While New York is the wickedest
city In the United States, Chicago is
worse--so bad that II cannot be called
Americana 1t isn't even civilized" Is
severely arraigned In bulletin issued
by the Chicago Association OF Com.
merce. Referring to Mr.. Mcpherson,
the bulletin says: This benighted In.
dividual should be taught that the In
temperate use Of the tongue is more
baneful than the Incorporate use of
alcohol or other drugs that kill; the
latter poisons the individual offender,
while the former cuts and wounds the
reputation OF many" The association
then goes on to set forth facts show.
Ing Chicago's greatness and goodness,
Its commercial and Industrial re-
sources, It's prosperity as indicated
by Its bank deposits and the number
OF wage earners at work, and its char.
tiles. One OF the statements Is that
Chicago has SO hospitals, a larger
number in proportion to population
than any other large city In the coun.
try. Notwithstanding It has the lowest
death rate Of ell OF them"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
BROUGHT THEM ALL FORWARD.
Husky Bridegroom Worked Bluff on
Occupants Of Car.

At village station a husky young
man and robust young woman board
ed the train, and they had only taken
their seats when his arm fell around
her waist and her head fell on his
shoulder. The other passengers became
interested at once, and a general grin
passed around the coach. Some pepper
mint drops, carried in the young mans
vest pocket, and doled out one by one
had been eaten before he caught on
to the smiles. Then he stood up and
said:
Ladies and gentlemen, this is my
wife. We were married an hour ago.
She is bride. We married for love. l
hain't no pictur' and she hain't purity,
but that's our business. Your congrat-
ulations are now in ore or"
The smiles faded away and no one
moved-no one but TIE husky hus-
band. He slowly removed h's coat,
rolled back his sleeves, and con-
tinued
lneres IL men In This here car,
and want every burned he of them
to come forward and salu e the bride.
It's her due, and it's got to be done
or you will have to settle with me.
Nancy, get ready to be saluted."
Nancy rose up with a blush, and
those IL men. one after another, left
their seats and came forward, and
gave her a brotherly kiss and wished
her all happi IS. When the circus
was over III husband rolled down
his sleeves, resumed his seat, and sat
down with the remark:
1.-THE bride now having been saluted
according TO custom, will now under
go further hugging, and II any galoot
sees anything in 1t to smile at, he will
be informed that my name is Moses
Green, and that in a rough.and-tumble
| weigh ton. Buffalo Express.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
The ADVENTUROUS Feline.

"Hello, is this the electric light
company? Do you take cats down?
yes, cats?-she is on pole, and cry.
ing just terribly. She must have been
up there week. for she's just as thin
-What?-Oh, this Is Fifty-ninth ave.
nue.. A big dog is barking at her, too.
and she-what street? Why, l don't
know; l don't live on this street, do
I?-Oh, yes, of course!-Bristol street,
the druggist says.-Oh, will your
You are so good! And man Just
said she is playing with the trans
former and might short-circuit herself.
or something. Well, thank you very
much. ! am so glad.-Good-by."-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
Made National Anthem.

When the ameer of Afghanistan Wis
tied India last year he was given the
title Of his majesty. "instead of his
highness." as previously. The foreign
department of the Indian government
was much exercised over the question
whether It would be right that he
should be greeted with the strains Of
God Save the King" the Afghans
having no national anthem. The DIFF
ficulty was referred to the commander
in-chief. what does 1t matter?" Lord
Kitchener Is said to have replied.
"Play bar of music. Who'll know
the difference?" It was felt that a
single bar of music was a meager
eish to set before king, but the idea
was adopted, and, whenever guards Of
honor presented arms, the band played
che FIRST eight bars of the slow march
from "Scipio." And now the Indian
newspapers are all praising the beauty
OF the Afghan national anthem.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
An Aiibi.

While attending court in New
Hampshire on one OCCASION" says a
prominent member Of the Boston bar.
Il was greatly amused by the evidence
OF woman who was striving to prove
an alibi for boy In horse,ste aling
case.
"A witness testified that he had seen
the boy at the village on that day;
whereupon the woman sprang from
her chair and exclaimed:
ale want out, neither! His pants
was a-hangin' on the clothes line all
day ILLUSTRATED Sunday Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-25
COLLEGE Professors on defensive.

President G. Stanley Hall of Clark
university announces with solemnity
that college professors must organize
for self protection and boycott all
news gatherers as enemies to academ-
&c dignity and weight He says: Col
lege professors must do something to
keep themselves from being made ridi-
culous. The time has come when q
college professor cannot open his
mouth without being made to look,
speak and act like q fool"