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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
Melody No Longer Fit for Ring

New York, Feb. 22.-Honey Melody,
famous welterweight champion, has
fought his last fight, if his sponsor and
former manager, Johnny Mooney, has
anything to say in the matter. The
Armory A A. of Boston, tried TO get
Melody to sign up for a battle last
week. and it was then Mooney showed
his hand, producing a letter from a
medical specialist, which stated a hard
blow would be Mellody's death war;
rant
1t appears that when Melody was
defeated by Frank Mantell the end
came more through a general collapse
than from a knockout blow Mooney
was at the ringside and worked un-
ceasingly over his charge for four
hours, while he went from one state
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
STRANG'S SUBSCRIBER.

Sammy Strang. the clever utility man
OF the New York Nationals, is a news
paper man. and, with his father conducts
a weekly paper somewhere in the fast
nesses of Sunny Tennessee The people
living in this territory. according TO sam
my. are not overburdened with intellec-
tual knowledge, for they haven't really
the leisure to acquire learning for max
ing 'moonshine" whisky and keeping a
sharp lookout. for the revenue Officers
take up lot of time. Then, as most of
the families have an ancient and honor
able feud to keep up. when they are not
busy at the aforementioned occupations.
they are real industrious at finding ways
and means to pump some slugs of lead
into their foes, at least that's what is
said.
AS all this takes lot Of time their
moments spent in educational pursuits are
1t point to take the weekly paper and
the profits accruing from running a pc
riodieal in that particular region are not
20 be shifted at.
Like all country papers. Sammy's sheet
publishes a lot of patent medicine adj
refreshments. One day last winter. so
states Strang, an old mountaineer came
into the office and, as he laid his dol
lar down for a renewal of subscription. he
turned TO Sammy and said.
That sartinly was a great paper you
got out last week. mister"
Glad you liked il. replied Sammy, as
he began filling in a receipt blank.
Yes, sir" continued the mOOnshiner
them air stories YOU had in about PEG
pie gittin' cured Of lOngstandin diseases
was the most entertainingest bit of news
ever read, and their pieters showed EN-
TO be in fust-class health, too
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
PICKS TIGERS AS WINNERS
Hugh Jennings Sizes Up Teams for
the Coming American

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 22.-This is the
way Hugh Jennings, just arrived in
Detroit, sizes up the American league
teams.
Detroit-Having had the benefit OF
playing together, and with little or no
changes, the Tigers will surely be
fighting for first place again.
New York-Griffith has the fastest
base-running team in the country. and
his team is A powerful factor in the
race.
Cleveland-The Maps are always up
in the race and make trouble when
least expected.
Chicago-It will be a hard task to
keep the Sox from being contenders.
The Chicago team, 1 believe, will be
very strong.
Athletics-The loss of Waddell will
not hurt the Athletics and this team
is sure to prove a troublesome factor
a all times.
St. Louis-This club is an enigma to
me. they may be the greatest sur
prise in the league, and then again
may prove a bitter disappointment
Boston-This club is hopelessly out
of it.
Washington-The Nationals are more
hopelessly out of it than Boston.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
BIS WIN TITLE AGAIN
Is the First Ante-Season Pre-
diction Given Out by Man
ager Chance.

icago, Feb. 22.-Who said the Cubs
modest? Lend your ear to this,
first ante-season prediction Of
ager Frank Chance.
he Cubs viii again win the worlds
and do it as easily as
did last year. BY this l do not
2 that they will take the worlds
lpionship series in straight games.
the campaign i'm the National
Iue 6FTill be just as easy as it was
yeat. and there viii be no question
t the winner of the worlds series.
looks like a pretty safe predic-
right now to say that the Sox and
Will fight il out next fall. elI-
sh baseball is so uncertain that it
Their dangerous 10 venture any sort
Fedie,ion.
be Cub team will take the field
las il did last year We have not
any changes of importance-in
We may make none at ali. The
|bility of shifts in the team is de-
|ent upon the showing made by
of the new material, and it will
TO be phenomenal youngster
shows enough caliber to displace
|of the worlds champions as they
stand"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
S-P- % TO
BY w. o. RISHEL.

logue stage. Unholz. however. should
always bear one thing in mind and
that is to steer clear of live ones 1t
is all right to talk about meeting
Cans, but when he does there will be
dead Boer. Unholz should go about.
peddle the con until after the Nelson
Britt fight. and then get on a match
with the winner in Los Angeles, Down
there they think UnholZ can fight
and are willing to pay their money to
sec him in the ring. His match with
the winner of the Britt-NeIson fight
will be great nloney-maker for the
Boer, but after the fight-exit Unholz..
* r
Bill Squires Quits America.
Bill Squires has quit the country
Leaving San Francisco he worked his
way east without giving anyone a
glimpse at the biggest lemon of the
decade. Bill managed to keep himself
well under cover in the east and now
a friend of his gets one of those photo
postal cards from Paris signed by the
great and only Bill. Squires does not
say what is is doing there. but proba-
bly, he wants to get acquainted with
some of the other lemons abroad who
are being daily discovered by one T.
Burns
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
WRESTLERS UP
TO old TRICKS
Chicago Police Threaten to
Put Lid on Game on Ac-
count of Taking.

Chicago. Feb. 22.-Wrestling is like
ly 10 follow boxing unless the promo
tiers succeed in cutting out the fake
matches and ringers" Chief of Police
Shippy yesterday took cognizance of
the alleged ringing bout at the Ca
sino's show and threatened to wipe all
the entertainments out of existence.
1t was the Geidel- Hudson bout, the
second shady affair at the Casino,
which made the chief pound his desk
yesterday. Geidel, one of the best men
on the c. A. A. wrestling squad, was
easily defeated by one Bert Hudson"
alleged to be a dry goods clerk of St.
Louis. 1t was. however, brought out
that Hudson was none other than
Alderman, champion welterweight
wrestler OF the country.
Not being lin" on the deal. members
of the c. A. A. who backed Geidel lost
quite roll. II is claimed on all sides
that practically every man of the Ca
sino club knew that the wrestler was
Alderman. Charles Olsen and Fred
Gotch are both said to have known
Alderman, but kept silent. The evil
dence seemed overwhelming, and Chief
Shippy has decided to do things to
wrestlers and promoters alike.
Stopped John Rooney.
Il stopped John Rooney from wres-
Ting after I heard of his bout with
War Eagle" said the chief last night
Now / propose to stop the rest of
them unless they can show a clean bill
of health If l do stop them, you can
bet that there won't be a man seen on
the mat in Chicago for a long time.
Mayor Busse has similar ideas, and
neither he nor | propose to see the
public flimflammed by a lot of fake
promoters and wrestlers. ] have not
issued any orders yet, but the chances
are that I will. I like to see a good
bout myself, but these promoters are
getting money under false pretenses,
and il must STOP
The promoters themselves denied in
a half-hearted sort of way yesterday
that they knew anything about the
ringer" Mr.. Message said that he be-
lieved that Hudson was the real name
of the wrestler Matchmaker Coffey
admitted that Hudson" really was
Alderman. The wrestlers themselves
have departed from the city, leaving
the followers OF the game to hold the
bag, as usual.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
wAsHINeToN's WATERLOO.

(Woman's Home Companion.)
Pray tell me is my hat on straight?''
The stylish Martha cried
ITS fitting slightly to the left
The truthful George replied.
You mailed my urgent letter. dear?"
The anxious Martha cried.
Why. say. you know ] clean forgot
The truthful George replied.
What time did you get home last night?'
The angry Martha cried,
Kind reader. draw the curtain here
And shield the nations pride.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
WOULD BE OUTLAW.
RUDE WaddelI Objects to ST. Louis
Sale.

Shamokin. Pa Feb. 22.-aIanage John
Kelly of the local OUTLAW league team
received a letter today from "Rube''
Waddell. the former Athletic pitcher,
asking for terms. Kelly forwarded him
a contract and an offer of 500 month
and board. He does not expect Wad-
dell will be satisfied with the offer and
merely sent the contract to please him.
They were friends when Kelly was an
umpire in the American association. He
says Waddell might come here. and, IL
he does, is confident he could handle the
pitcher as he believes Waddell will work
hard to regain some of his waning popu-
larity. In the letter Waddel strenuously
objected to Connie Mack selling him to
St Louis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23

of collapse into another The exami-
nation followed, and Mooney kept his
secret until Honey tried to sign for
another bout Now he is barred in
Boston.
Il have argued with Melody against
going into the ring again, and / think
too much of him to allow him to take
another chance" explains Mooney in
defense of his position. 81 always man
aged the boy when he was a fighter
and I intend TO look after him now in
spite of himself. If he succeeds in get
ting match anywhere and the promo
tiers will not call it off shall try and
stop the bout through an injunction.
saw Eugene Mccarthy meet his death
in the ring at Scituate in 1903. and no
one l care for shall ever follow him if
I can help it."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
/ F | It's HE r E
IT'S RIGHT
PAPKE MAKING
PLENTY Of COIN
Has Engaged in TWenty-Six
Battles and Won Eighteen
by Knockout Route.

Bill Papke. the western cyclone ana
present claimant of the middleweight
championship title, is certainly making
plenty of money out of the fighting
game. II success sticks to him he
ought to come very near having a swell
bankroll when he retires from the
game
Bib first began fighting Nov 26.
1905. In the fifteen months that he
has been a professional pugilist he has
made l5,50O out of his battles, in
Guiding the Wagers he won on him
self. The smallest amount Papke ever
received for boxing was $40. which he
got for engaging in a limited round
fight with the Mexican Wonder" He
made short work of the Mexican
Wonder" putting him out in fouI
rounds. This victory gave him con-
fidence, and he started out to make his
living as a pugilist. His next battle
was with RED" Morissey, whom he
put away in three rounds. Since Their
Papke has been going right along the
line. meeting all the fighters that were
willing to take him on.
Papke's Largest Purse.
The largest amount which Papke has
drawn out of u battle was S2.SSS He
received this sum for his ten-rOund
fight with Hugo Kelly, at Milwaukee.
which was declared a draw. although
the majority of the spectators and
fight critics claimed that Bill should
have had the decision.
His other fights have netted him
from 500 to $1,000 for his end.
He has also had a few weeks the
atrical enga cement, for which he re-
ceived $500 for each week. Besides
these enga gements he has also taken
part in three exhibition bouts and got
800 for each bout.
Since Papke began fighting he has
engaged in twenty-siX battles. eighteen
of which he has won by knockouts.
fought four draws and was awarded
the decision in four others. Bill is at
present at Hot Springs, Ark. where he
is taking d rest. He intends 10 take
a trip to Texas and Mexico, and then
will return home to Peoria, where he
will begin training for his coming ten
round fight with Hugo Kelly Of Chi
cago, which is to be fought at the Hip
podrOme of Milwaukee. under the aus
pices of the Milwaukee Boxing club
on either March Is. Il or IS. If sue
eessful in this fight he will go to Cali
fornia, where he will meet the winner
of the Stanley KetchelI- Mike (Twin)
Sullivan contest for the middleWeight
championship of the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23

with it and. going over to the faro ia
bic, where some New York millionaires
were playing, GlaScock recklessly
slapped down dime, which startled
the dealer so much that it was some
moments before he could draw his
breath. When he at last did so he
looked up at Jack and said:
What the devil is that for?"
Il want to place a bet" cried Jack
Why, we don't deal faro here for
dime" snorted the man in charge of
the table.
We'll. then, for any part of it,
recklessly shouted Pebble Jack, as he
assumed a devil-may-care air.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
Ward Athletic Clubs.

The organization of two athletic
clubs in two of the wards in the city
during the past week opens a field for
amateur athletics in this city which
should be the greatest boost to the
sport one could imagine. While the Y.
NJ. c. A. covers the field well. and
probably better than, in any other city
in America of this size, yet the great
est drawback to the Y. NJ. c. A. is the
lack of competition. This organization
produces many good athletes in a sea-
son, but the boys developed to do their
best naturally lack interest in their
work il they are unable to meet 9TH
ers in contests.
There are at the present time a num-
Der of amusement halls in the various
wards in the city which with little ex-
pense could be fitted up into first
class gymnasiums. These gyms could
take care of the boys and young men
who do not belong TO the Y. NJ. c. A.
In this way it would not be long until
a number of good athletes could be
developed in different parts of the city
who are unknown in athletic circles.
The 7. NJ. c. A. would willingly pro-
moIe indoor meets once a month TO
give these athletes a chance to show
their ability. and in this way work
up interest all over the city in amateur
athletics which would bring only good
results. The Fifteenth and Twentieth
wards are the pioneers in this move
ment and there is plenty of room for it
TO spread
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
MEAN JOKE.
Chicago News

INIIIta5v NV y
'Isn't pa awful?'' sobbed the Young
bride who eioDed.
What now?'' faltered the bridegroom
anxiously.
why. you know you told me to wire
pa and tell him that we were really in
need of food
'And-and did he send the money!
No, he sent three big rolls of music
and a note stating that as music was
the food of love he hoped we would get
on all right until we returned"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
GANO NEXT TWO
MINUTE PAGER
Cleveland Trainer Predicts
Fast Pacing Stallion Will
( Lower This Mark.

The feature of the sale the past week
in Lexington was the disposal of the
five-year-old pacing stallion, George
Gano, CD 2:z41s. who was knocked
down to Walter Cox for 1900 The
price paid for this fleet PAGER shows
conclusively that horsemen are ready
70 pay long prices for real high class
horses-the kind that are needed to
win with nowadays-and it is a GER
tainty that this PAGER brought just as
much this year as in any other year.
George Gano was broken and given
two-year-old record of 2:2415, by Joe
Rhea, the Cleveland trainer. who is
now in charge of the Brookdale farm
stable. That same year Rhea drove
Gano, a mile in 2:14A. and remarked
at the time that he was a wonderfully
fast little horse.
Fast Time Last Year.
Last year at Columbus. George Gano
started in a stake race which was won
by Leland Onward, 2:04A. and was
timed by Joe Rhea and others three
heats in 20S2s. 2:04z and 2:O5l4. a feat
that has seldom been accomplished by
green PAGER in a race. if ever before
This performance attracted the atten-
ton of every trainer, and consequently
large number of the grand circuit
drivers were at the sale bidding on the
horse.
In Walter Cox. George Gano could
not have fallen into a more capable
PAGER drivers hands. Long shot is
especially efficient in handling side
wheelers, and it is expected that with
this little stallion he will win a lot of
races.
viii Beat Two Minutes.
Joe Rhea said that he thought there
was no doubt but that George Gano
would be the next PAGER to beat two
minutes He is a wonderfully fast
PAGER" said the welI-known trainer.
and with fair break in luck 1 look
for him to pace in two minutes or bet
ter some day."
Good breeding backs up George Gano.
as he is by Gambetta Wilkes. 2:1SK.
the two-century sire, while his dam is
Credition, 2:22k (dam of Credette.
2:0512l, by Nuthurst. 2:12 His sec
ond dam is Delta, dam of Emma Of
futt. 2:11t9. and others by Mambrino
Starle. while his third dam is Delilah,
by Administrator, 2:29A. George Gano
is q rather small bay stallion, standing
15ls hands high. but is rugged despite
his dminutiveness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
BUT NEVER LITTLE WILLIE.

tBOStOn Herald
If Secretary Taft's intimate friends
don't stop calling him Will in public some
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
America Has a Few Lemons.

While we in America are having
quiet laugh over the class of fighters
they have on the other side of the
pond, the Englishmen must find great
relief and smile over the dubs taken
over from here and touted as champion
wrestlers. This fellow Rogers. whom
Tom O'Rourke discovered somewhere
and took TO England as the American
champion. was practically unknown i'm
this country. When Hackenschmidt
made Rogers look like an amateur the
English press had a great amount of
fun out of American champions. The
man who made a fortune out of little
George Dixon, and who, when the col
ored boxer was down and hungry, re-
fused to put up a penny for him, is the
man who foisted Rogers on the unsus-
pecting Englishmen. Now O'Rourke
has nerve enough to say that he will
tour America with Rogers and then try
to get a return match with Hacken-
schmidt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
Sullivan and English.

1t looks as if Pete Sullivan is going
to have a chance to show what he can
do in the ring after wait of several
months. during which time Sullivan
was always ready to fight. He is now
matched to meet Clarence English at
Rock Springs, and the sports of that
town are looking for a treat. English
was at one time one of the hardest men
in the business and ii was the same
English that gave Battling Nelson one
of the hardest fights IN the Danes ca
reer. English has gone back in the
past couple of years and is not rated as
good as he was at that time. Last
week he put Johnny O'Keefe out in the
eighth round at Rock Springs. and this
victory gave him a big boost with the
fight fans of that part of the country.
At that he hardly classes with Pete
Sullivan. and the latter should win over
the Omaha bow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23

Boer Unholz was i'm the city the past
week "Rudie" is a pleasant young
fellow and makes friends wherever he
goes. He has a sort of a Dutch
brogue and way of expressing himself
that makes his friends and he should
make a hit in the east on the mono
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-16
COSTELLO GETS
BIC SCHOLARSHIP
Brilliant Richmond Younu
Man Honored.
YOUNG

Harry Costello a graduate Of the
Richmond high school of the class of
O5 and who graduated from Earlham
in June, has just received a special
scholarship from Harvard Mr.. Cos
tello received the highest grade of any
student that has graduated at the
Richmond high school for some years
and was valedictorian of the class re-
ceiving a scholarship to the Chicago
university, but owing to various reas-
ons he did not go to school there but
studied at Earlham.
He received his scholarship on his
graduating thesis from Earlnam col
lege on the subject of The Present
Temper Of Exact Science, which con-
sisted of Al pages
The paper deals with the present
day works in mathematics and the
great problems that are being worked
out. The scholarship was secured
through the efforts of President R. l..
Kelly. The bestowal of the scholar
ship on Mr.. Costello shows the great
excellence of his theme. He is one of
the most brilliant students that has
ever graduated from Earlham.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-16
The Young Minister'S Impression.

no CuIlS
A young minister was particularly
anxious to make a favorab BILE impress
sion on his hearers at his first Sabbath
morning service.
In the quietness of his study be sud
denly hit upon plan whereby this end
would admirably be accomplished His
text for the following Sunday was,
and the Holy Ghost descended in the
form Of dove
To carry out the minister's great idea
the Irish sexton was necessary. and
Pat was sent for
Now, Patrick" said the minister,
ION next Sunday morning l am going
to preach a sermon on the text, And
the Holy Ghost descended in the form
of a dove l want you to climb up
into the belfry and station yourself at
the small trapdoor over the center of
the church and open it just enough so
you can distinctly hear every word
say and still not make yourself seen
by any one in the congregation. About
the middle of my sermon 1 shall repeat
the text, And the Holy Ghost descend
ed in the form Of dove and you are
to lower q live snow white dove, which
l shall give you, down through the
opening and it will flutter through the
air and be the means of making a deep
impression on my hearers, who will
readily see its connection with the
text"
On Sunday morning Patrick depart
ed with the dove, even himself deeply
impressed with the great originality
promising he would faithfully car.
~ out to the letter every wish.
The congregation was much larger
than usual, and all were anxious 10
hear the young minister, who had come
to them highly recommended" They
were all attention, and not sound
was heard except that which proceed
ed from the mouth of the eloquent
speaker.
ed, and the text was slowly and dis
tinctly repeated, And the Holy Ghost
descended in the form of a dove" The
reverend gentleman lifted his eyes
slightly, expecting to see the beautiful
symbol of purity and peace lowering
over the heads Of his hearers.
But no dove. Pat had evidently for
gotten the cue or had failed to hear the
minister at the important moment. Sc
the text was repeated, this time a lit
tie louder. And the Holy Ghost de
seconded in the form of a dove" He
arched his eyebrows a little higher, bu
no dove greeted his vision He begar
to grow impatient, and the third time
he repeated at the top OF his voice
And the Holy Ghost descended in th'
form Of a dove" This time his eye:
looked straight up as if in prayerfu
attitude, and he was rewarded, not b,
the graceful sway of the dove through
the air, as had expected, but by thu
grimy, frightened face of Pat, who, il
| the agony of his failure to carry on
his part of the plot. blurted out:
Say, yer reverence, yer reverence
| the cat eat up the Holy Ghost. Shall
| OF sind down the cat?"-Ladies' HON
| Journal.