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Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
MAXWELL PROVES WINNER
IN MILWAUKEE, CONTEST
No Perfect Scores in 350-MiIe Run.
Cleveland Car Picks Up
700 Pounds of
Mud

The three-day reliability contest, held
under the auspices of the Milwaukee
Automobile Trade association on March
10, II and 12, was won by a two-cylin.
der Maxwell touring car. The Jackson
is given second place and tho REQ is
ranked third. The run, which started
from Milwaukee, was closely contested
from the start, despite the most un-
favorable of roads and conditions The
route of the run was from Milwaukee
to Oshkosh, from Oshkosh to Beloit by
way of Madison, and back to Milwau-
kee, and covered over $50 miles.
While none of the cars finished with
perfect scores, owing to the fact that
the contest was d sealed affair and
road and weather conditions made it
necessary to make adjustments, the
penalties were for minor otfenses which
detracted nothing from the reliability
of the cars.
finished with a perfect score, and at
the end of the race few of the cars
were the worse for wear. The con-
test was primarily a reliability test
and not race, as 1T was the endurance
and ability of the cars and not the
speed that was to be proved. Only
eight cars were entered, and at first
there was some disappointment that
more cars were not to compete, but the
excellent showing of all of the COM
peting cars has satisfied every one.
The Cleveland roadster, which was
the first car to return to Milwaukee,
weighed 1875 pounds when it was
checked out at the beginning of the run
and at the end of the contest the ma
chine weighed some 1000 pounds. The
additional weight was 700 pounds Of
mud.
The Rambler car made very credit
able showing, but suffered more hard
luck than any other cars. The contest
committee also makes special mention
of the Logan light delivery car that
made the entire run, carrying supplies.
Following is the official result:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
STATE LEAGUERS
OPEN THEIR SEASON
By Associated Press.

STOCKTON, March 2S.-Stockton
opened the baseball season today by
defeating Oakland in a pretty white
wash game by score of to 0. The
visitors did not get hit off Moskiman
and had but two men on bases, one by
errors.
The players went out to the grounds
in an automobile procession, thirty~four
machines being in line, The leaders be-
ing the mayor and city council, giving
official eclat to the occasion. Score:
Stockton Z, hits Z, errors ?.
Oakland 0, hits 0, runs g.
Batteries-Moskiman and Hackett;
Van and Bliss. Umpire, Smith.
SAN JOSE, March 2S.-The San Jose
State league team shut out the Santa
Cruz players in the opening game OF
the season. Score
San Jose 5, hits s, errors ..
Santa Cruz 0. hits H. errors 4.
Batteries - Stricklett and Eager;
Schimp and Kent.
SACRAMENTO March 2S.-Sacra-
mento won from San Francisco today
in the opening game of the State league
season by a score of to l. The game
was rather ragged throughout Score
Sacramento 5, hits G, errors 4.
San Francisco 1, hits 8, errors 4.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
HORTON LAW KILLED
RING DISHONESTY
Peter Maher and "Great Unknown"
Perpetrated Rank Fake in New
York Arena for Big
Profit

In New York before the Horton law
which law was the means of killing
the game in that state, was enacted
there used to be some mighty queer
boxing bouts in the clubs in the big
city.
y favorite dodge was to get some
Well-known fighter who wasn't averse
! 10 picking u easy money to go up
against some widely touted unknown. -
who was in reality ii mutt, but who
| would be advertised as the champion
cf Ireland or Holland, or, in fact, any
foreign country.
The famous fight between Peter Ma
her. the heavyweight. and a great
unknown" who was said to have
whipped everything in Ireland, was a
skin fake that made a whole lot of
suckers wrothy.
This unknown was simply a long
shoreman who had the build and the
strength of an OK, but who was terribly
tarred with the brush that makes d
yellow streak.
He looked fine and big when he
stepped into the ring that night. and as
he had been extensively advertised for a
month before, the hall was filled to
overfowlng.
In the first round it was manifest
that the big fellow knew nothing of
the lighting game, and what was more,
that he was terribly afraid of Maher,
who put him down two or three times
without any trouble.
In the second round the longshore-
man came TO the scratch bleeding and
trembling, and when, at the first pass
age of arms, Peter landed on his nose
and landed so hard that he sent the
unknown to the mat. the crowd yelled
for the big Hibernian to show some
kind of fighting spirit
But he lay on the floor with his
wide open eyes, staring at the specta-
tors. When his seconds told him to get
up on mis- feet and continue the fight
he calmly disregarded their entreaties.
Finally the referee, who wanted to
see the crowd get some return for its
money, said to the PROSTATE Irishman:
Get up. Dooley."
"I will mott" shrieked Dooley, until
We take that diVil out of the ring"
And Dooley was as good as his word,
too, for he lay there in the center of the
ring until he saw Peter Maher pass
through the door to his dressing room
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
DO MOI LOOK FOR
DETROIT TOLEAD
Tigers All Did Their Best Last Season
and Must Go Back Instead
of Improving, Opinion
of Veterans

MACON, Ca. March 2s.-The veteran
pitchers have been discussing the out
look for the coming American league
campaign.
Like Clark Griffith, they have il fig
ured out that the race will be one of
the closest in the history of this thriv-
ing organization, which has already
provided several magnificent struggles
with finishes that kept the fans in
many of the towns going until the last
few battles had been fought.
They are of the opinion that Boston
and Washington ire the only two clubs
i'm the circuit that have no chance TO
land the pennant, and they also agree
that these two teams are strong
enough in spots to worry many of the
superior clubs.
Il do not believe that Detroit will re-
peat" said Addie Joss. "The way I
look at it is this: Bill Donovan had a
phenomenal year and l do not think
that either he or any other pitcher in
the business can go through two sea-
sons in succession with such a remark
able record. In addition to having
great ability, a pitcher must have luck
break right for him to lose but four
games in a season l know that the
Chicago club pitchers have done al
most as we'll in two consecutive sea-
sons but it will be admitted that the
/ National league has more weak clubs
than the American.
Did Their Best
"Ty COBB and Sam Crawford did
/ their best last year. 1 cannot see that
! they can 40 any better. Neither do
! think that DaYy Jones will get on first
so often again and be in a position TO
score as often as he did ahead of Cobb
and Crawford Ed kllian, about as
sweet a left-harder as there is in the
| business, had a good year last season,
| iut he will have to SC some to co any
! better.
Now. let's look at the other side If
the situation. Ira Thomas is going to
help the Tigers a whole lot behind the
bat He is a strong thrOWer and will
do good work for Jennings George
Mullin may be able to go through an
entire season without having tn >
streak of bad luck that he mad toward
the close of the season when he was
working so hard for that twentieth
victory ANA the bonus that went with
.t.
Claude Rossman should be better
for he WI! have that confidence be-
gotten by the fact that he knows he
starred during the worlds series when
SO many of his teammates failed to
show the class they had during the
American league campaign.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
WANTED TWO CONTRACTS

mick Altrock wrote to me-" remarked
President COmiskey of the Chicago
White SoX, recently, that he couldn't
see why there should be a temperance
clause in his contract. and | wired him.
Il thought you wouldn't That re-
minded me of another pitcher [ once
had. ] tried to put in temperance
clause in his contract. and he wired me.
Send me two of those to sign. l may
break one of them. B"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
AnnandaIe Championship Decided

PASADENA, March 2S.-R. Hunter
defeated c. S. Ryington this afternoon
at the Annadale golf course in the
contest for the club championship by
a score Of 8 up and to play.
In the semi-finals Hunter had won
from Il. n. Wright, up and 3 to play,
and Byington had won from Rev. M. J..
Mcleod by default. Other players
were Colin Stewart, II. p. Mumford,
Rev. S. G. Durham. f. F. Auten, J. v.
Elliott, e. II. Strafford, w. A. Alex
ander and J M. Hixon.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
AMERICAN ATHLETES IN
RD.cAMBRIDGE MEET
BY Associated Press.

bY AesOCIdItU IIt5ss
LONDON, March 2S.-At the oxford
Cambridge field sports at Queens club
this afternoon l.. o. Hull, Rhodes
scholar from Michigan, disappointed
his friend1 by not capturing the 100
yard dash for Oxford. He finished two
feet behind the Cambridge flyer, Mac
Leod, in the slow time of 10 2-5 seconds.
A. NJ. Stevens, Rhodes scholar at
Oxford from Yale university, scored
OXford's first winning of the day by
throwing the hammer 1S9 feet inches
Cambridge won the series with six
events against Oxford's four.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
On Guard

Eyes, I sleep IN the garage now and
the chauffeur sleeps in the house"
whats that for?"
1.-THE chauffeur is troubled with in
somnia, and the midnight rides he took
in my car in order to pass away the
time were altogether too expensive -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

Now that Unhoz is sidetracked by
Jeffries McCarey may find it easier to
get the Beers handwriting on the bot
tom of a set of articles calling for a
match with the winner of the Brock
Memsic mill which will be held at the
Cabin next Friday night. Since he got
in right Rudy has been asking bonuses
and other concessions usually accorded
only to a champion, but he is more apt
TO listen to reason when other pro-
moters do not go around crying for his
services.
Parties acting for Brock and Mem
sic got together yesterday and depos-
tied the $500 called for in the articles
as weight and appearance forfeit.
There was some argument over the
weighing-in time, as Memsc wished to
steal an hour on his opponent, but fin
ally it was fixed so the men will step
on the scales a o'clock on the day of
battle.
Memsic did his usual work at San
Pedro and promises to be in fine trim
for Brock. In the morning he did seven
miles on the road and after lunch Dan
lie Webster was taken on for three fast
rounds before Memsic tackled the
Young Turk. The weight announced
from TIE Meirsic camp was 1874 pounds,
which leaves him but a pound to knock
off.
This is Memsic's chance to retrieve
his lost prestige with the fight fans,
and he is leaving no stone unturned
Ito be in shape. According to his ow1
statement he will be ready for the
fight of his career and if Brock whips
him George states that he will be ready
10 go back to the preliminary brigade.
which will be about where he belongs
if he does not win from the Cleve-
lander.
Brock also performed a few stunts
yesterday which will tend to make him
better fitted for his coming mill. Ii
went Memsic one better on the road
snd ground out eight miles, and in the
gymnasium later Kid Dalton and Rube
Smith helped entertain him with the
gloves. It's d novel sight to see Brock
and Dalton working away together, for
only a week or SO ago they mingled
in about as hard a fight as the local
patrons Of the sport ever witnessed.
DduHy w NeDSleI anu 1OunS INlQ NC
Coy will furnish the principal diversion
prior to the Brock Memsic bout, and
both boys are working as though for
main event. Should Mccoy win he may
get a shot at higher game, and a VIC
tory for Webster means that he VIII
still be king of the local preliminary
boys.
Packie Mcfarland is attracting all
kinds of attention in San Francisco, and
expert opinion states that the Chicago
boy is a crack. He is doing but little
sparring, but the little flashes he has
shown convinced those who watched
him as to his ability. He and Britt
will meet before Jimmy Coffroths
club on April IL, and indications are
that a full house will greet hem. The
advance betting finds plenty of money
in sight, with evens as the ruling price
end take your choice as to men.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
Valley League

Valley League
p. C. s. VS.. Pico Heights at County nos
pital; o,-,.,..,o,,
Nelson. 1b Delaney. 2b; keenan,. 3. $
steele 3b: Pettybone r. T.; Boland' G L.
Pico Heights-Fish. sb Laport. 1b; Book
| 2b; Curan, !. f.; Stirling, r. r.; Buck, c.
| FLYNN, C. f.; Venable Bernard. p.; Reeves
Highland Park VS. Traternal Aid a
| Highland Park; =,
! Highland Park~-Jury. c.; Ash or French
D.; Latter. lb Conway, 2b; Fiber, 3b; NC
Lain. s. s.; Hawkins, r. f.; Easley' c. l.
Boyd. l. +. -
Fraternai Aid. McLain. 1b; smith, eb
| connely, 3b: Cortrite, s, s.; Winchester !
f.; Packard, C. f.. Deitwiler, r. f.; AIKEN
c.; C. McLain. p.
Hornets vs. sunbrisht Babes at Highland
Park:
sunbrights-Ellis or Spike, c.; Blaude
D.: Spikes, 1b; Pedrotti. 3b; ]. Stadille. Sb
A. stadlie. 8. $; Thomas. 9b; Wright c. H.
DcMaggio. r. (.
Hornets-A Nordquist, c.; segal p; A
| Lyon, 1b: j. Wilson. 2b; NJ. schuduker. Sb
| Brauer, !. f.; Clark, c. f.; ii. Wilson. +. I
Palms VS. Esperanzas at Pasadena:
Palms--LopeZ. c.; Sanez. p: Lamb ID
Garcia. 2bi MARQUEE, s. 81 reyes, 3D. re
Esperanzas-Hill or Smith, p.i thompson
@: Martinez 1b; Montana. 2b Harrison. 30
Rosando. c. f.; Chavez. r. l.; Sato' IL l.
| Smtthy S. $.
Wholesalers League
| Racycles VS.. Simpsons at Agriculture
park:
Racycles-F. Ganahl, p; b. Case, G.
O'Bryan 1b; j. Pearne, 2b; Morse, 3b
Dougherty. $. s.; Jones, !. T.; Desmond c
f.: G. Smith. r. f.
simpsons--Miller. p; strangman' c.; NC
EIroy, 2b; Neies 3b; Alexander, s. s.; Las
well. 1b; Clark, |. f.; Simpson c. l.; cur
thire r. I.
western Door and Sash VS.. Anderson
Chanslors at Thirty eighth and Santa fe
avenue .,
A. & c.-MilIer. p: Heath. 2b; Mathews
s.: Oscar 3b; Kent, l. f.; McGill, T. r..
Sbafer c. f.; Neason. 1b; Mccoy c.
Westerns-Crowe. p.; steele, c.; Latter
1b Gabe, 2b; Holsby. 3b; n. DcMaggio' 8
s.; Linck, l. f. Bell. C. f.; Drown, r. l.
Miscellaneous
Hynes VS.. Terminal at Hynes,
Home Council vs. Pendo No. 1 at Thirty
eighth and Santa Fe street
Thistles VS.. strongholds at ty-eighth
and Santa Fe. ..
Melczets vs. Lukes at county hospital.
white city VS.. Nofzigers at White city
Rosedales VS.. Crescents at Praeger park
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
GERMAN CAR RIDES
BY Associated Press.

OMAHA. Neb., March 2S.-Union
Pacific railroad bulletins announce that
the German car, which is at Rock
Springs, Wyo will be sent to Ogden
by rail instead of under its own power.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
SOUTHERN STATE LEAGUE
HAS THREE GAMES CARDED

The Eagles meet the Morans on the JOY
diamond. The Salt Lakes Will play the
Santa Anitas on the Arcadia diamond ana
pyas clines will meet the Lordsburg on the
Lordsburg diamond.
Tho lineups
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
\ Name of car.
BERKELEY BABIES WIN
BY Associated Press,

BERKELEY, March 2S.-In the field
snorts today between the freshman
teams of the University of California
and Stanford. California won, 81 to 40.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
HARD TIME
ARRANGING
FIRST GARD
JEFFRIES CLUB Is SHY ON
GOOD MATERIAL
JOHNSON AND BARRY MAY BE
THE ATTRACTION
Mccarey VIII EndeaVor to Land 5oer
UnhoIz for Winner of Brock
Memsic Mill Next
Friday
by J. G. GRIFFIN

IF EVER fight promoters had hard
time arranging a match that
would prove worthy of an opening
attraction those connected with the new
Jeffries club are the parties. Papke
and Ketchel, Unholz and Cans, Cans
and Mcfarland and Mcfarland and the
Boer have all been tried in turn, ,@with
no success Now the plan is to match
Jim Barry and Bat johnson for a fleet
week engagement and the mill is among
the possibilities.
And while they are on the job the
Jeffries promoters will be hurling the
first bomb into the McCarey camp. 1t
has been supposed that McCarey had
a verbal agreement from Johnson to
meet Flynn before the Pacific Athletic
club at the same time Jeffries wants
him, and Flynn has stated that he was
not averse to another meeting with
the big Russian.
Two clubs bidding for his services
makes Johnson the prize of the hour i'll
lc cal circles. A few weeks ago the
giant was forced to beg for matches,
but since he proved so popular with
the sports on both his starts the Rus
sian has engagements thrust at him
from all sides.
Johnson aud Barry in the ring to-
gether would undoubtedly afford some
amusement for those who like the
slaughter house style of milling. They
are both sluggers, without enough
knowledge of the fine points of the
game to win from a paperweight, but
who can certainly mix it for anybody'S
money. The match would surely draw
"a full house and IS about as good a
card as Long and Jeff could think of
for an opener.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

II you want TO go east. c. Hay6ock.
Agent Illinois Central r. R.. LIS w. 9Th.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-08

body and left them alive Others they stuck their
knives into and ripped them from the backbone to
the belly and left them walking around with their
bowels protruding They found fine Merino bucks
with lower joints of each leg unjointed, walking
around on the stump with skin and meat peeled
up inch two above the bone The fortunes to
many of the men they killed were too obscene to
describe, and if possible brutal in character
than what they practiced on the dumb brutes.
Several very exciting incidents of the Indian
cited in the issue of August g. The story states:
During the affair at Munday's ferry while the ferry
boat taken across the river by Peter Munday
and three soldiers to receive Hemingway who
seen returning with the stage, two remaining United
States soldiers were left the banks of the river
this side to the opposite landing with their
guns and keep off the Indians who pursuing
the stage. Several Indians rode up the river bank
and continued firing upon the stage and across the
river upon the boys in blue who stood upon the
bank on this side without any object to shield them
from the fire of the Indians The boys stood nobly
to the work and made it hot for the red fiends
that they forced to retire to and thus
afforded chance for the stage to be got upon the
boat and across the river During the time the In
dams were firing from their covered position with
deliberate aim at the soldiers, who finched
until the party the boat across and safe
Had not been for the GOODNESS and bravery of these
two everything would have been lost including
the lives of those upon the opposite side we'll
the boat and the stage.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-08
Indian Wars i'm Old Days.

1t is hard to realize that the beautiful valleys of
Idaho one day inhabited by savage tribes of
Indians No longer ago than 1878 Indian wars
troubled the settlers, evidenced by the following
Clippings from The Statesman of that year.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock the stage which
left Boise City for Silver City, was met two miles
beyond Mundays ferry Snake river by hostile
Indians, and the driver, William Hemingway was
shot and perhaps MORALLY wounded. Hemingway,
though SO badly wounded, drove the stage, which
was without passengers, back to the ferry and on
to the boat. The Boise City volunteers under Cap
tain HALEY moved by. the Overland road to watch
the progress of the hostlities and protect the
tiers the road Maj. Collins sent squad of
10 nfantrymen to Mundays to assist in guarding
that point while necessary.
(These Indians are doubtless the band of Ban
nocks who left Big Camas prairie at the beginning
of the outbreak attempting to return to that locality
to Fort Hail.
D. c.. Calhoun and John Smearge, direct from
Colonel Towards command, came in Tuesday direct
from the main command. They say that
the march through the John Day valley showed more
brutality than they heard read of in any
other savages. They cut strips of hide from horses
two to four inches wide the whole length of the
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-08
I'm Idaho Old Timer.

Many old timers in Idaho, especially around
Boise and the southeast, will recall Moron Hicks.
He was not a bad man and no one will begrudge him
good fortune. If this comes under his observation
he will know that The Scimitar wishes him WE'LL
Notwithstanding little occurrence which took place
at the Snake river ferry below Emmett some twenty
five years ago.
A correspondent of the Rhyolite (Nevada) Herald
has the following to say about Moroni Hicks and
the noted Bullfrog mining district:
Spanish Fork Utah, June 2O-Rhyo1ite Herald:
[ have just returned from trip to American Fork
canyon to examine my interests there. Some ore
is being shipped from this section and it is certainly
Gods country, too. 1t is nearly grand and long
as Spanish Fork canyon The man who does things
has foothold in American Fork canyon and the
electric power company is about ready to turn on
the power. Jesse Knight does everything by cleo
trCity and he makes mines and makes the kind that
pay. Some day his American Fork mines will be
made but not until after the Bullfrog district has
produced millions
The Bullfrog district is gold district and they
do things there also. Moron Hicks the great elk
foot six-nch prospector of Inyo fame, has made
another big strike in the Bulfrog district in the
Flourine section, due north from the Inyo. The
ore looks very much like that from the Ironc1ad
claim of the Inyo estate.
Moron Hicks has lots of friends everywhere he
goes in mining circles, and he find mines Gods
angel, Moroni, after whom he was named gave
Hicks the instinct of finding mines for the benefit
of mankind Moroni Hicks has spent the best part
of his life mining and hunting Mines and he knows
thing or two about mines, and he is not afraid
of sidewinders chuckaWallas, hydrophobia, skunks
God, man or the devil; but when he goes out to
hunt mines he gets good ones. He has spent five
or more fortunes and that he has another in
sight.
Everybody feels to bless Moroni Hicks for the
good he does to mankind in finding mines He has
a lovely home and family and we welcome him
home from his last long and perilous trip.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-08

Teacher-How long had Washington been dead
when Roosevelt was inaugurated?
Scholar Dunno but it hasn't been very dead
since Teddy has been there June Lippincott's
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-08
Left to Idaho.

Troy Gdaho) News: The national democratic
convention did not, by their refusal to adopt an
anti-Mormon plank, turn Mr.. Dubois and the other
delegation down. What the party did was to leave
the matter entirely in the hands of the people of
Idaho
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-08
Historical Notes


clipping in The Scimitars scrap books from
Kate Fields Washington of April 2, $780, gives the
following interesting "reminiscences of the old days
McConnel:
At the close of the civil war, my father, who
interested in some mining property in Idaho,
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-01-29
New D0Q Law.

Among the subjects to be acted
upon by the legislature at the extra
session as specified in the governors
call is the new dog law passed at
the last session. BY the provisions
of this law every owner of a male
dog must pay 81. and SO. on female
dogs. The assessor is required to
list every dog along with a descrip.
tion Of it. The owner of dog may
also list it as property putting a
value on il the same as his horse or
COW. The object of the law is to
protect the sheep raisers.
In many sections this law is prov
ing unpopular; however, in this
county we believe the people will
approve of it. Many owners of dogs
are not only paying the head tax,
but are having their dogs valued
and intend TO pay on them as other
property. A man who has a good
dog can do this. A good-for-nothine
dog ought to be killed and thus
save the owner the expense OF his
ing.-Mercer Republican.