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The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
MORE CUBS Strike
FOR HIGHER WAGES

CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-Manager
Chance isn't the only one Of the cubs
insisting on more pay for his next sea-
sons work. All of the champs are
after higher stipends, hot and heavy.
Unless the ante Is raised In the
case Of Mordecai Brown and Orvali
Overall, the two star pitchers OF the
team. they are pretty certain not to
play. Brown has been offered $4,000
by Tom Keelin. the proprietor of the
West End smi.pro club, to take chage
Of that team and manage its affais,
Just as James allahan handles the 10
gan Squares.
The whole wad will be In the bank
for Brown any time he will consent TO
sign.
The changes Of. general boost In
pay checks may or may not be good.
SO far Manager Chance hasn't been
able to get what he struck for. His
players will take their cues from the
way things 60 In the managers case.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
A. WALSH IS A
STAR IN SADDLE

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov So-With
the Emeryville course, fast getting
backing into its best shape. the record
breakers may be expected TO get busy
again. The track will be fair today
and by Wednesday will be fast as
ever. II the dry spell lasts until Sat.
urday 1t would not be surprising Il
the track record for a mile were
smashed. Practically all the fastest
horses now in training on the coast
will go to the post In the Croker
selling stakes.
Vincent Powers and Albert Walsh
were tied for the riding honors OF
the week. each putting over Ave win
ners. One OF walsh's winning mounts
was Mike Asheim ut Is to /.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
How Overall and Frazer 6ot d
Der Without Bullets in Wisconsin
q HUGH s. FULLERTON.

big JEFF" Overall, the Cubs star
pitcher, returned recently from hunt
ing trip In northern Wisconsin, dur
ing which he became the hero OF one
of the weirdest deer stories of the sea
son. Overall was stationed at the foot
of a hill. and Chick Fraser was behind
a stump at the top. They had crouch
ed In their positions for perhaps an
hour, when suddenly big buck jump
ed into sight only few yards from
Frazer, who cut loose three shots az
the deer. Instantly Overall cash rush
ing UP the hill, and Fraser yelled: Il
hit him: | hit him! l saw him stag
ger!"
Overall bounded down the trail af-
ter the wounded deer.
Charlie williams, the Cubs secre-
tary, was a mile down In the woods,
and, hearing a cracking and crashing
In the bushes, he grabbed his rife and
prepared to shoot. Just as he was aim
ing at the deer he saw Overall crash
ing along behind II and held fire.
Down through the woods the crash.
ing and cracking continued, with Big
Jeff in frantic pursuit of the deer The
animal circled. turned and started
DaCK. Again IL phsSeu Williams ahp
again he held his fire, seeing Overall
gaining
Meantime, Fraser had climbed a
sapling TO see where the deer had
gone, and from the perch he saw It,
with Overall still pursuing, coming
back along the deer run. He started
to scramble down TO get his gun, when
his foot slipped and. turning over and
over, he fell plump on the deers back
Just as Overall dived and tackled II
by the legs.
When the got up the deer lay dead
and there was not bullet wound
on its body
II you don't believe II, ask any OF
them. They swear II is true, and Ov'
erall has a pair OF barked shins to
prove II.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30

President Frank j. Navin OF the De-
troit Baseball club announces that, un-
less unexpected events transpire at
the American league meeting In New
York. Dec. 9 and 10. the only import
ant development In the local teams
Affairs will be the decision Of the New
York National league club regarding
series of games in Texas next
spring.
This one feature is at present hold
Ing up the formal announcement OF
the Tigers training schedule. When II
Is decided one way or the other. Pres
ident Navin will be able to announce
the teams engagements from the da.e
OF the first game down to the opening
OF the regular season.
The Detroit club 10 willing and even
anxious TO test the mettle Of the team
which,, but for a technically would
have been the Tiger opponent In the
worlds championship series Of last
fall.
It's up TO McGraw. the Giants man
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
Xv,n-Day Racer Trains as tTTand
Boy for d Detroit Telegraph Office

George Breckels, 1853 Yer.
mont-ave.. one OF the Detroit
entries in the 172-hour race, TO
take place here the week
Dec. Z. is doing his training and
earning a living simultaneously
as a member OF the athleti:
club which exists under the
management OF J. j. O'Connor,
the boss OF the Western Union
messenger service. Breckels is
the first ped" ever connected
with this organization which
has usually been comprised OF
boxers and bicycle racers. with
now and then wrestler. ~
Breckels didn't join the mes.
senger service until II offered
as a medium OF condition and
financial profit. When he prom
Used the seven-day race people
to enter, however. he adopted
running messages as a mode OF
training. He scorns a bike or
a street car, but goes plugging
along TO all parts OF the city, no
matter how distant, on foot.
Sunday he took a special run
TO Pontiac which he made in
two hours and 40 minutes, beat
ing a horse and buggy. The
runner was fresh at the finish
but the horse was all In
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
HUYCK SETTING
MORE RECORDS

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 30.-Four
worlds records were smashed In
motor cycle races at Ascot Park yes
terday. Freddie Huyck, who came
from Springfield. Mass. expressly to
ride an Indian in the events, set three
new marks. In the flve-mile free-for-
all, Huyck made the first mile from
a standing start In 1:01. completing
tho entire distance in 4:38. In the
hour race he covered the first twenty
five miles In "a minutes fiat. Guy
Blaylock. another member OF the In
dian team. lowered the worlds record
for ten miles in competition. covering
the distance In 9:40.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
bOOK|ES ARE HARD
HIT At BALDWIN,
RACE MEETING
LOSE 100000 IN FIRST THREE
DAYS AT SANTA ANiTA-CRU-
SADIE STOPS PUBLICATION OF
TIPS AND ODDS.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Nov. 30.-The
Santa Anita bookmakers are out $780,
900 on the meeting to date. though II
is but three days old The public has
enjoyed all the winning breaks, many
OF the players. including steve
L'Hommedieu. Conductor McManus,
BILLY" Rudolph. Bob" Tucker, Mike"
Tuohy and sam" Hildreth being
away to the good. Several OF the lay
ers are big losers Gull" Holland -
of bad $4,000, while George Rose.
Jack" Atkin and Paul Hoffman are
also heavy losers. Sam Hildreth Is
betting big money just now with
Tommy" Byrne and staff Of COM
missioners acting for him. Frisco"
Garnder. Miles Smell and w. II. Killer
left for Oakland last night.
Guy Eddie, prosecuting attorney,
went out against the local newspapers
and publications printing anticipatory
racing matter, such as tips. past per.
formances. etc, on Saturday. his de-
tectives making several arrests. Har-
rison Grey Otis paper, the Times,
appeared without form chart yester-
day. while the Daily. Racing Guide an
nounces It's suspension. Eddie is max
ing his raids on the strength OF the
anti-race publication bylaw enacted
by the city council last year.
Rudolph Spreckels made good his
threat to withdraw from racing yes
terday when he ordered his trainer. J.
Covington, to sell atauction his entire
racing stable on Dec. 5. Spreckels says
the California turf has been ruined 10y
"commereialIsm' and he is getting out
as q consequence.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30

ager. AS yet he has hesitated over
ratifying the date. Repeated efforts
TO get some sort OF a definite reply
have failed and the conference at New
York has been mutually agreed on.
On almost the eve OF his departure,
President Navin says he has no rea-
son to expect anything in the line OF
baseball deals. affecting his club.
There 10 nothing current at
present and I do not think there
will be anything developed" said
he. "Of course, can Imagine Of
fers that would tempt US, but
these are not the sort Of offers
which our rivals are making or
are likely to make.
An interesting fact is the virtual
announcement Of the Boston club that
Catcher Lou Criger is on the sales
block. To the outside world 1t would
appear at first sight that Criger would
make a swell addition to the Detroit
club. The favorite theme OF the for
eign experts. particularly the National
leaguers, has been the alleged weak
ness Of the American league chau-
pions behind the bat.
President Navin takes virtually no
stock In this, however. e'..-<
"Our catching stan looks pretty
sweet to me as II 10. Criosr might
renothen Il but, In case Schmidt
catches az good ball a. he did
through tho regular season last
year, and with beckendorf,
Thomas and stanaos TO help him
out, I fail to see how Crigcr would
add any strength, wise old head
though ne To-"
In case anything In the trading line
is started at the league meeting Il 10
believed that the initiative will coma
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
JACKSON SURE
OF PRESIDENCY

Messages received In Detroit by tel.
ephone from the various Southsru
Michigan cities have 1t that Joe 3.
Jackson, OF Detroit, will have no OPP
position for the Office Of president Of
the league IL he will consent to accept
reelection. DR.. Glass. the Upper PEN
insula expert, has stated fatty that
he will not be a candidate for Mr..
Jackson's job. Glass Is out, however.
for the scalp OF Secretary James Reyn-
olds and will be at the meeting at
Bay City Tuesday for the prpose Of
pushing his candidacy.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
BOXING BANQUET
FOR Los ANGELES

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 30.-The local
fight calendar for December is all 10
the good.
The Pacific Athletic club offers a
card on Friday night. Dec. 4. with Ad
Wolgast and Young Kid Mccoy as the
principals in the main event. The
middleweight battle between Billy
Papke and Hugo Kelly will be staged
at Vernon by the Jeffries A. c. on tie
night Of Dec. 15.
The second December attraction Mt
Maud Junction will be bout between
George Memsic and Dick Hyland on
the night of Dec. Is and heavyweights
Al Kaufman and Jim Barry will start
over the long 45-round course at Yer.
non on Dec. 81.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
Sporting Note,

Army, 81 Navy, Z, was the swan-sons
Of the football season
Centrnl's Reserves and Ann Arbor's
played a hot to tie. Saturday.
The Detroit Curling club has picked
skips and is all ready for freeze.
Tommy prendergnst and Rube May in
the Windsor windup Wednesday
The BIeakIey-Cutcher match has been
dated for Dec. 9. at the hall at "a
Grand River-ave.
Next year Syracuse Will come to Ann
Arbor and Michigan Will 40 to the
east to play Penn.
Pittsburg 4. getting quite sporty. II is
after n Grand Circuit berth and
wants the olympic games.
schaefer and oLeary have been hunt
tillon in Comiskey's house-boat.
Herbert Lyle. the famous automobile
driver is at the point OF death with
typhoid at his home In Toledo
II II rumored that one OF the empIoye.
OF the Chicago club Will be made the
scape-goat OF the worlds series
scalping scandal.
FfeIdIng II. Yost, the Michigan coach,
has been offered the position OF gem
eral manager OF a proposed electric
line In Tennessee.
Lou Bar1um's pacer, Jessie H., and
George r. Huttons trotter. Electro
poise. are to race on the Boulevard
speedway. Dec. 10.
pssny fMsher, the American Jockey.
again led the British turf with 1873
frsts last year. South Africans
string won the most money
Coach StaEg, OF Chicago, IL said to he
DESTROYS Of getting the Pennsylvania
dates after next year when Michi-
gan's agreement Will have expired.
Battling Nelson IL out 10 secure the
election OF alderman OF his ward in
Chicago. He announces that he will
make the run on the Republican
ticket.
The official American association AVER
ages give Hickman 400. Eddie Siever
hit .335. owen Bush got but .2i7,
though in the big league he hit near
Archie Neuschafer. the former Detroit
pitcher. Is wintering In Saginaw this
year and will be a member Of a
state indoor team that In being
formed there \
when Papke meets Kelly we will know
more about the wherefore OF the In 4
championship fight The most logi-
cal explanation was that Papke had
him.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
He's About Rlqht.

Speaking about gray horse philoso-
ply, how about this: A fan recently
asked George Stallings. the new man.
ager OF the Yankees to pick an ALI
American baseball team. His answer
was: 1.-THE team that won the worlds
championship"
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
YANKEE PITCHERS STILL
HAVE NERVE INTACT

At the meeting Of the national com
mission, which Is to be held In New
York, on Dec. s, Pitchers Joe Doyle
and Billy Hogg. OF the Highlanders.
will submit petitions for an adjust
ment of salary controversies they have
with the management, each claiming
to have not been paid I'm full, In ac-
cordance with their contracts.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
Princeton After Henry.

A report from Princeton states that
Coach Roper, of the Tigers, will not
resume his duties next season with the
eleven. pressing legal work. interfer-
ing. II Is thought, that Phil Rng. '93.
or Howard Henry, '02. will be obtain
ed as head coach. Henry was one or
Princeton's most ends and many be-
lieve him the better man for the
place
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
FAKE WRESTLING
CHAMP" DETHRONED

Eugene Tremblay. wrestling cham.
pion OF Canada and France, added the
American lightweight title to- his
string when he threw George Bothner
two falls out of three In Prospect hall,
BROOKLYN
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
AMERICANS ARE
BEATEN At TENNIS

MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 30
Wright and Davis. the American con-
testants. were defeated today by the
Australians in the tennis contest for
the Davis cup.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
Real Ball for AUGUSTA.

Atlanta. Ca, is TO receive its full
share of exhibition dates with the ma
jor league teams spring. Gin
cinnau plays nine games there; the
Athletics, three; Cubs three and SUI
perbas, three.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
Chicago Excursion Rates
MIchiuan Central.

Tickets will be sold for all trains
Nov. 20 to Dec. 4, inclusive. at rate Of
one and onehalf fare for the round
trip, good for return until Dec. IL.
Consult agents for full particulars
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
Great Sensation Caused;
Penn Athletes in Classes!

Al astounding statement came from.
the University of Pennsylvania Tues
day that on that day the football team
to man attended clsses.--Philadel-
phia North American.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
PENN BETTER THAN HARVARD,
THE VERDICT OF MICH. COACH

Business F. H. Yo, the Michigan
hours recently
the Pennsylvania this the champion
aggregation said he Their
equally while Is little
betwe defensive play of both elevens
tried defensive
shown by the Crimson.
Michigan
Corne games schedule
than Harvard"
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
Real Glass Here.

Spanish Queen, 2:O7 trotted Is win.
ming heats in better than 2:10 the
past season
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30

Take LAXATIVE BROMo Quinine Tab
lets. Druggists refund money ~ II fails
TO cure. Il. w. GROVES signature il
on each box. Csc.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
SPORT VIEWS
and REVIEWS
...By...
Paul II.
BRUSxE.


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The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
MICHIGAN
POLES ARE
HOT STUFF.


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The Detroit times., 1908-11-30
e.. IouI. va. 81. vIncents.

The St. Louis and ST. Vincent bas-
ketball teams will meet for practice
at the Y. NJ. C.. club house, 142 Dali
zelle, this evening at 1880 o'clock.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-30

said to be grooming himself for charge on tine
heavyweight championship. held by a Michigan
French Can dian. They raise good, lighting msn
In the old Wolverine state. and. be they dsscen-
dants from a line that traces back TO the Ptlosh
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
FISH SORRY FOR POOR RICH
Magnate Says 1t Is Hardship to
Live on $4,000.
Man Not Used 20 II Has an Awful
Time Cutting Down
Expenses.

New York, July 1t.-Ten dollars a week
and a diet Of ham hook and cabbage is
altogether preferable 70 a struggling ex-
istence on $4,000 a year. provided the man
who has the $4,000 has been used 10 year
ly expenditures of several times this sum,
according to Stuyvesant Fish. who sailed
to-day for an outing in Europe.
Mr.. Fish's commiseration for the poor
Newport cottagers. who have been forced
TO cut their servants down to twenty,
sell all but half a dozen OF their auto
mobiles, and drink champagne but three
times a day. was delivered in a voice
choking with emotion. As he made his
way into his stateroom. filed with flowers
ne sank exhausted on a $1,000 divan. over
come with the pity that welled within
him.
Yes. It Is much easier for a man who
has been getting SIS a week to accuston
himself 20 $40. than for the man who has
been getting $4,000 to come down q
$50. CO." Mr. Fish went on, after he haC
regained his cOmposure. You see, th'
Sl5 man has not much 20 give UP, while
the rich man has to retrench on ever 81
many lines"
Mr. Fishs interviewer was Just on th'
point OF asking him how far this sdueez
ing process could be carried without an.
material harm 10 the squeeze, when "Al
ashore was called out. The question
Will be asked on Mr.. Fishs return, 70
his views are certainly interesting.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

wonder why he should be willing 10 bur-
den himself with affairs OF state when he
can round out his life in ease and COM
fort in this most modern Arcadia
The Bryans worship In the little Method
ist Church on the edge OF one OF Fair
views cOrnhelds. There Mr.. Bryan fire.
quently addresses the congregation. and
IN this church Mrs. Bryan. her daughters.
Mrs Leavitt and Miss Grace Bryan. take
a leading part in those organizations
made up Of women. When the sewing
circle meets Mrs Bryan is always In at
tendance. and whether II Is a pair OF Mr..
Bryan's stockings or one Of young VIII s
overalls that she is repairing, all Normal
manifests the most intense interest, add
INK: What we most admire in Mrs.
Bryan is that she is one Of US and never
gives herself airs, even though w. j. is
making money hand over fst'
Mrs. Bryan has educated her daughters
to lives Of usefulness. and each has put
into practice that which their mother has
taught them. Young Bryan is a splendid
manly fellow who is one Of the most
popular men az the University OF Ne
braska He and his father are close
chums. although VIII cannot under
stand why his father seeks 10 reside ir
the White House when he has such Z
home as Fairvfew. To Will Fdrview II
| Paradise. and while he Acknowledges tha
/ his father is a born farmer. he is lookint
| forward 20 the day when the rcins o
| government at Fairview shall be turned
/ over TO lin. that he may put into practtc'
the many theories on farming he has q
/ assiduously studied while at college.
Poverty, or rather want. is an almos
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
by George GrAntNavM IS ain

pictures. and bric-a-brac. as well as the
books that lined the lbrarys shelves.
were "Nebraskaesque" in every sense.
All is different now. and this shows that
both Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have become
wonderfully broadened as a result Of
their trip. a statement so often heard
within the past few months.
Few homes in the larger cities OF the
more effete East can boast OF so many
beautiful examples OF art. Gems from all
over the world have found their way 10
Fairview. and many of these we're pre-
sented 10 the Commoner by his foreign
admirers. among whom are crowned
heads, potentates, and men Of affairs In
All corners Of the globe His bric-abric
| is priceless. his pictures are by artists
whose names adorn canvases in the most
| exclusive galleries in the Old and New
| Worlds, while the books represent a for
| tune IN themselves. In consequence Fair
view has been so completely transformed
! that II is a source OF never-ceasing won
der TO those living thereabouts. In fact.
/ the Bryan neighbors manifest such a pro-
prietary interest and pride in ali that
! concerns wv. J. and his'n'' that they
/ leave no room for doubt in the minds of
those who discuss the Commoner with
/ them that peerless leader is a title his
bv right alone Hero worship one would
be prone 10 call this adulation that is sc
! lavishly bestowed on the Brvans by the
[ simple folk living about them. Maybe Il
| Is. but spend a week or n month there
aud YOU will hear so many little incidents
I'm which the Bryans have figured thai
YOU will come 10 know the silver-tOngueC
orator in a new light. and then you viii
The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
ORIGIN OF COLLEGE COLORS
Harvard, Yale, and Williams Prob
ably First in the Field.
Appropriate symbols to Distinguish
Various Schools Were Adopted
About the Year 1865.

Prof. +. J. Bartlett, who heads the de-
partment Of chemistry in Dartmouth Col
Iege. has devoted a part Of his leisure
time OF late 20 delvIng into the history of
college colors and has published the re-
suits Of the study in the Dartmouth BIZ
Monthly.
His researches seem TO show that the
colleges began 20 pick each a distinctive
color or combination OF colors about 1865
and that within two or three years most
Of the Eastern colleges, M least We're
laying claim to the hues they now use
The first recorded mention that Dr.
Bartlett found was in August 1860 when
the Williams quarterly said
College Color-The want OF some ap-
propriate symbol by which the members
or the college might be distinguished
from those OF other colleges has at last
been met by the choice Of the royal pur-
pie as our college color. The college is
indebted for the selection to the taste Of
some Of the young ladies who have spent
the summer with us
Harvards red-for Il was not called
crimson then-and Yale's blue were in
use, however. at least as early and per
haps earlier. for the Yale Courant OF July
| q. 1866, the first year Of its issue. made
this appeal 20 the students at New Ha-
ven:
Show Your Colors-At Worcester day
after tomorrow ever son OF Yale and
( Harvard will be called on to show his
colors. Yale IS true blue. Harvard Is red.
Last year Harvard was very profuse in
/ this display up 10 the close Of the race.
Yale was lacking Some wag remarked
/ that Yale boys were ashamed to wear
blue when every Harvard man wore IL on
! his phiz. Though Harvard wears it. let
every son and friend of Yale be proud "a
show their love and loyalty by wearing
the blue. Hamilton College has just
adopted orange as the college color. Will
Jams has purple
It was that regatta which led DR.. Bart
let's college TO adopt green as its color
A Dartmouth student. A. A. Thomas, 81
saw the regatta and he regretted that his
college had no distinctive mark. meet.
ing was held. the color selected, and this
notice sent to the Harvard Advocate II
october. 1855:
college Colors-Our correspondent al
Dartmouth wishes us to notice that The
Dartmouth students have adopted greer
as their color. their selection being some
what influenced by the fact that it wal
necessary for the institution, as one o.
the original colleges Of the country L
be represented by one of the primary col
ors, and green was the only one left I,
them He also suggests that any mar
who persists in cracking the feebls joke
so threadbare and hackneyed on this real
~ beautiful color while our correspond
ent is a-wearing OF the green. viii b.
likely to have his head cracked at tha
gentleman's expense. This had best no
be forgotten.
'Parhaps it is worth while to mention
what colleges have thus absorbed the pri
mary colors. Harvard has always worl