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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

acres Of cotton we may look for the
prices to be low. but we see some
crops We are sure won't pay the rent.
let alone the merchant.
Our community was saddened by
Mrs. Dobys death on Saturday night.
Although she was not expected to live
for several days before her death.
She was buried at Tirzah Sunday at
ternoon. DR.. Duncan. Of Sumter. con-
Quoted the funeral service.
Miss Pauline Woody has been sick
for several days. and was taken to the
Sumter Infirmary on Saturday after
noon. We hope for her a speedy re-
covery.
Miss Mamie Crossswell, Of Eastover
Is visiting her cousin. Miss Angela
Crawford. Of Dalzell.
Mrs. c. b. Huggins. Of the Jordan
'neighborhood. visited her sister. Mrs
@. e. Martin. on Sunday.
Mrs. w. 9. Graham, Of sumter, Is
also visiting Mrs. @. e. Martin this
week.
Well. today Will tell the tale of who
10 to be elected. Some will feel glad
and some will feel bad. But. boys
don't lose courage; while there is life
there II hope.
Daixell and wedgeneld crossed bats
and had q big game Friday afternoon.
The score stood 8 to Q In favor Of Dali
sen' <"clNS,ns
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
eOuNTY CORRESPONDENCE.


Dark Corner. Aug. 23.--Fodder
uathcring is about nnishs,d: now for
cotton picking. which is opening fast.
hi the crop viii be short generally
hsrsaborts.
v1ne rains have passed through this
4 ppotion within the past few days.
Politics has not rot on q white heat
- thess digsings as yet. Have not
sosa but one candidate recently. Ny
- friend and neighbor. 4. w. Dabbs.
n~w Of Goodwill. 8. c.. called on me
- the 18th. and have heard that
~ old friend and brother. w. q.
Wslls. Of Central P,lvateer. was goins
ngDund to zee tho people hereabouta
- shs lsth.
Well. there ere but four days more
oeo1re ws viii know who In who.
- ws have GOT to lose some of our
@A Bnl hyperion. Bill Scale. Bill
- and suppose am part of a
- mySsif. 50 here's to all true Bills.
- Bryan down-hoping that we
Dnv always have the best bill n the
- 70 DO our picking for us--let him
- loas. short, small or wider Bill.
N ur~ Koib y about the same.
1liss eallis Johnston has taken
Xoeoo again. ,"~ itar
y 1fr. Geo. p. Ardis has been quite
msk Tor some time with jaundice.
Mrs Joe ~. Ards has been sick
noain sincs my last. but was better at
~ accounts
wash Scott snd wife. Of Cane sa-
pannah. waited relatives here last
saturday and Sunday. L.
Mrs w. =. Ardis and Mr,. r. p.
weeks visited the iatter's daughter.
19ra Ben oeddings. near Pinewood.
~ Sunday evening.
w. ,. Ardis and Douglas Weeks
vls@sd Mr.. q. p. Ardis last Thursday
evening
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
WATEREE RIVER DAMS BURST
BY THE FLOOD.
Damage Will Run Into the Thousands
Further Rise Is Fcarcd-Fivc Per.
SONS Missing.

Camden, Aug 25.--The Wateree
river is remaining at the same height,
but a further rise is expected, Sec
ton Director Bauer having reported
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

Asheville, y. c., Aug. 25.-The life
less body Of Engineer London was
found beneath the wreck CT his train
at 11.40 O'Clock tonight. The deceas,
ed was 3S years old and leaves a Wild
ow and two children.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
Reports From Charlotte.

Charlotte, n. c., Aug. 25.-Unprece-
dented rainfall-which has broken all
weather bureau records since 1866
has wrought untold damage in this
vicinity. Northbound Southern Rail
way trains have been annulled and
the Southbound trains are from five
to ten hours late. Street car traffic to
the suburbs has been suspended and
residents along creeks adjacent to the
city have teen compelled to seek high
er ground for safety
The Catawba River is 40 feet high
and rise Of another foot means the
cutting off Of the street lights and
power Of Charlotte and neighboring
towns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

Asheville, \. c., Aug. 25.-Southern
Railway freight train No. SO was
ditched by washout between Sauda
and Flat Rock at $40 tonight.
Engineer Lee London, Of this city
has not been found at II O'Clock, and
1t is believed that his body is buried
beneath the debris. details are
meagre, telegraphic and telephonic
communication being difficult owing
to damage done to wires by heavy
storms yesterday and Sunday. Fire
man w. H. Phillips, of Hendersonville,
is reported seriously injured. A wreck
ing train has left here for Saluda.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

Tho Damage I'm Chesterfield.
Cheraw, Aug. 25.-It is impossible
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.

Those who figured that the Yankees realiy
couldn't lose another game to Detroit were aiiios'
right yesterday. The champions seemed 10 DC
beaten until the ninth inning but theh II ""'
another instalment of the same old story, and the
final score was 10 to in favor or De'ro'' Ioui
Tigers crossing the plate In the last ihhihs' no
game. however, the exhibition was "hoe io'
better than anything seen before IN the uhiiaPps
series that will end to-day. The Yankees sho"'"
more ginger, and twice took the LEAD away iio
Detroit by fighting for it, showing a sIlrit 'iat
must have been encouraging to Elperieiu anu
Mr. Farrell as IT was to the fans" who sho"eo
their loyalty by attending.
1t was in the fifth inning that the YANKEES
seemed TO come to life. Each team had fhaoe d
run in the first inning, and Detroit had appar-
emily got a winning lead by getting TWO runs ea.h
in the third and fifth innings Stahl VINO. oespe
much hard criticism, is playing gooo sai'io'
opened the rally with a single, ana hieiho" ui
a base on balls. Orth saw chance 10 WIN MS
game and smashed hard drive TO right Cooo
robbed him of hit. however by nne ruhhhs
catch. Niles got pass, and then, WIN tie O
full Ball lifted foul fly, so that there were ""
out Keeler did better, however Tor MS siioi'
Av LET both Stahl and Kleinow in, and niles
reached third. Chase scored Niles with slhsie' ~
sending Keeler to third. and stole second "hie
the Detroit players were kicking on the uecisoii
at third base. Morfartty drove IL heeief an
Chase with two more runs when ne sihsieu' ms
inning gave New York the lead by run anu
Manning went in to reneVe ol'h' WIN W
hit hard.
Detroit tied the score in the sixth inning thanks
largely to Balls wild throw, but the YANKEES
seemed in nowise discouraged and came right
back at the first chance. scoring two runs IN the
eighth inning on hits by Chase ana f1eiHp'iiii anu
an error by Schaefer.
II WAS in the ninth inning, however, that De-
trot broke up the game. Manning was Wild ana
forced two men across the plate by hitting then'
while four hits and base on balls accounted ior
mers to keep the Yankees down In the last nan
o, tho inning and had no trouble in doing II IN
one two three order
The Yankees signed Frank Delehanty yesterday
as an extra outhelder He played with the team
two or three years ago. but had Uouoie with
Griffith going to Cleveland. where he found more
trouble He uss expelled from the Southern
League the other day for a fight with an umpire.
If he can restrain himself he should be useful
The score follows:
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
PALMER REACHES FINAL ROUND,
Wright and Torrance Play Well in the
Englewood Tournament

Richard H Palmer his place in the final
round of the singles yesterday in the lawn tennis
tournament on the courts of the Englewood Field
Club Englewood. n. j. The final of the doubles
was also reached by Irving c, Wright and Harry
Torrance. jr.. who scored two matches with sur
prising ease over classy pairs. The victory Of
Palmer had been expected He had his fast drives
down TO perfect length when he faced L. Millens
Burt and won al IS 7-5. 1t the fine variations
of Burt's game that compelled Palmer to extend
himself and the match in doubt until the end
Topsy-turvy net play in which each or the win
ming pair depended upon sheer speed TO carry him
through was the striking feature of the Two
matches scored by Wright and Torrance. They
first faced Palmer and Otto H. Hink and over
whelrningly defeated them at 6-3. 6-3, Then in
the semi-1inal round they met Gustave F. Touchard
and Dr. William Rosenbaum and won at 6-3 Ga
The summary follows:
Mems open singles dhird round)Hugh Tallant defeated
William III Conne, 6-3, 6--S. 6-4
seni-hnal round-R. II. Palmer defeated L. NJ. Burt.
Mems doubles tsecond roundl-H. Coppeu Shepard
Homans defeated L J. Dreyfuss and g. H Phillips. Sd;
Semi-snal round)-I c, Wright and H Torrance. jr..
defeated G F. Touchard and Dr. W. Rosenbaum, Ga.
Mixed doubles lsecond roundl-Miss Wagner and J. NJ.
Stenacher defeated Miss Natalie Wldey and Alexander
Amend e.. 4-6. Sc; Miss Edna Wildey and Otto H
Hink defeated Mrs. z. Bumstead and II. CoppeH 6-3.
%onen,s doubles chrst roundp-Misz Casse and Miss
c B. Nicely defeated Mrs Edgar and Miss Handy, e.3.
ID; Mrs L. 5 and Mrs. D. F. Platt defeated Miss
Weaver and Miss NJ Wildey Ga sc e-2
Seminal round-hiss Casse and Miss c B. Neely
. e2. The Misses Wildey defeated Mrs. l. 8 Coe
and Mrs d. F. Plat. 10 g. e-2
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
OLYMPIC RIFLES CRACK
americans Shoot We'll in Opening
Matches IN ENGLAND.

Bisey England, July 9-England drew first blood
to-day in the beginning of the Olympic rine snoot-
ing contests, when Colonel Mlner won the 1nol-
viduaI competition and the gold medal on the Looo-
yard range with a score OF IS out OF 1Vv captain
Casey. of aware, however, gave credltaole ex-
hfbition of shooting, and took the second meoa MS
score being 90 of a possible 100
Captain Casey shot bulls-eye for bull s-eye with
Colonel Milner until the ninth shot when gust
of wind spoiled his aim, giving him only an outer
on the shot and spelling the sequence captain
Casey was the only American TO make score OK
90 or more although all those who shot did Wen
Their scores were: Lenschner, 50; Benedlch' Jel-
fers and Eastman, IS each; Winder 81 Simoi CO.
Hessian and Greene S4, and Martin, S. Ihlrd place
went to Blood of ireland, with score of ~
Walter Winans represented America IN the lioi-
,,;d,aI single and double shot competitions with
running deer as target, and did we'll he was
tied with Rankin, an Englishman, In the ooupie
sbo+ match each man making 46 out of a possioie
so In the single shot competition he was not
n,aced the event being won by Shwann, OF sweden
,,b rankin and Rogers another Englshman' ueo
for second place ,.,,a
large crowd is here to watch the shoo.lns.
fourteen nations being represented by their pest
,orksmen curious feature Of the scene Is 'he
sieht of the ernblems of the various nations q
n,ed IN circle around the headquarters Oh 'he
Not;onaI Rifle Association, this arrangement nav
irg heen adopted to prevent the discussion oi qe'
tions of precedence.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
YALE PROFITS FALL OFF.
athletics Make Only 5000. Despite
Football Economies.

New Haven July S.-Athletics at Yale University
paid poorly durins the year 1907 0S according to
the annual reports of the various sports made by
the financial union through The Yale Alumni
Weekly" the profits being only 5000 as compared
with SIS, COZ the previous year.
The Increase in the expenses Of conducting the
four major sports divided follows Foot
hall from s5 552 TO s41 251 baseball from s1S691
s2O243 track and field teams from s12653 10 S9, i95.
and rowing from s15 1873 to sl6357. The football in
crease is due to improvements at Yale Field, the
actual expense being smaller.
The reserve fund now amounts TO s113,429 Of the
sports the chief money maker is football, for the
receipts from this sport s64 ,151 and the ex-
penses Sal PSI; baseball took in $5064 and paid out
s2oO43 The two other major sports. rowing and
track athletics show a loss usual the boat club
collecting 81 527 while its were 1851 and
the track team taking 81, ,S55 and spending S134S5.
Ysle's share of the receipts of the Harvard game
last year was $SS6i5. and from the Princeton game
SO O6 The total receipts for the were $685.,
as compared with S06,2ls the previous year.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10

TO TEST JERSEY Law.
Automobile Interests Engage John
W. Griggs to Fight Case.

Former Governor John w. Grigss OF New Jersey
has been engaged as counsel by the Associated
AutonoobtIe Clubs Of New Jersey 70 test the
s,,,utionaItv of the Frelinghuysen automobile law.
He will be assisted by Charles T. Terry. OF Buf-
faIo chairman Of the legislation COMMITTEES OF the
American Automobile Association
This action has been decided upon oy tne Ioint
conntttee OF the associated clubs and the New
ra- .u.oD,obfle Trade Association. which have
been in negotiation for some time. and VIII De sup
ported In their fight BY various organizations
throughout the state. The New Jersey Autonaootls
and Motor Club will also assist hnaheidly' tnls
It ba,,tng PASSED a resolution contribute funds
some time ago
In the opinion Of Mr.. Griggs the present auto
mobile law is unconstitutional. and u is his belief
that IL will be aside by the courts Ihe As
eoctatad Automobile Clubs viii hold meeting at
a. carly date when further details Of the cam
paIgn will be discussed.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


Cambridge Springs. Penn, July e.-One accident
marked the first days of the American Auto
mobile Association tour to-day. but was III
iured The car gearless, entered for the
Hover trophy and driven by John Breyfogie. Ii
hit a telegraph pole Westport, and was too
badly damaged TO continue That left thirteen cars
in the runabout division. All the cars entered for
the Glidden trophy made perfect scores to-day, SO
there is tie between the ten clubs Outside OF
tire trouble the run uneventful. A NUMBER OF
cars had blowouts, but they were not penallzed Oh
this account.
1ae two women drivers Mrs. Andrew Cuneo' OF
New York and Mrs. ]. W. Shirley OF jamestown
n Y got through without any trouble
Main street, Buffalo. where the cars checheo oul
this morning at 10 o'clock. was packed with PEI sohs
watching the start. Teddy Day in Pierce afro"
was the first off and two other Pierce cars ioi-
lowed The three Peerless cars attracted much
attention because of their color, the frst reo' te
second white and the third blue Ihlrty cars
started for the Gdden trophy and fourteen Tor the
Hover The cars were sent away at one minute
intervals and shortly after II o'clock the tour was
fairly ,
1t was pretty to-day for those VIM u
at reasonable speed as they had chance 10 sec
Iake Erie on one side and rolling green Nils on
the other Mile after mile the road was sraish'
and fat with good surface, which lnouceo soihe
of the drivers to go at a fast pace. linen ''S
overtook others and had to eat dust loi hie''
E-o,, Buffalo the roads for the first 1e" hiies
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
KEEN PLAY IN DOCBLEo.
Jorued and U7renn Haze Narro70
EscoDe at Westchester.

sunerior endurance the part OF Wlllah "A
Iarned and George l. Wrenn. Jr, maze II pose
for them to win five set match from Aie0o
- - porro, { Prentice Yesterday in the round
oh,r lawn tennis tournament on the courts OF the
country Club of westchester. 1t was hard' pi'.er
fight. and until Pel began to tire II looked pau io
the national champion and his partner Inc sooi e
was Sc 4-5. 6-S. "a. 6-S
7, tho other match Beals c. Wright and Raymond
n ,,tIe tho internationalists, defeated c. Fred
ericl watson jr and Edgar w. Leonard 10 %
s "a Leonard in fine form for the III ST
tvo sets and surpassed himself in the thro' "hlSn
he won for his side Practically singe-hanoeo' ne
worked against Wright and Little alihos' pias s-..e
-. 20 .+ordstiII He could not keep UP the pace,
.nd Wright and Little won in the fourth SET pu'
hv q narrow margin.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

Cincinnati July 9--Mathewson outpitched coax
ley to-day and the Giants won. gaining on Pitts
burg but the sharp fielding of the Cincinnati Reos
made the victory anything but an easy one. and IL
not clinched until the ninth inning, when ZEN
ney crossed the plate with the run that made the
score to 1 in favor of the New workers. Inc
teams broke the series
McGraw left Shannon on the bench this after
result of his poor hitting and sent NC
Cornick who broke into the game as a pinch nit
ter yesterday. to play left field Mccormick faiIed
to get hit to-day but that nothing against him.
for Coakley is not easy man to bat against
Doyle and Donn responsible for the hrst
New York run, in the seventh annins' Donhn driV-
ing out a single when 1t most needed, aItef
DOYLE had reached second his own hit and BreS-
nahan's sacrifice. Schlei's double In the efghth
inning one of four hits made of Mathe"son was
responsible for the Cincinnati gathered
Snade NAV after all not be a Giant Boston. IL
seems also failed TO waive claim on him, and the
New York management and Boston will have to
settle his ownership between them
rrLo
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
LAST OF ACCOUNTANT.
Breeding Bureau Gets the one
Time Great Horse.

lanes p. Brady announced yesterday at Brighton
Beach that he had given up hope Of bringing Ac-
countant back to the races, and had given MIN
to the breeding bureau of the Jockey Club Inc
onetime great horse will be placed with T. L. Aii
son at Hampstead, Nassau County
Accountant is a fve-year-old horse, by Filigrane-
Reckon and was the champion three -year-old or
1906 when he won such coveted fixtures as the
Withers the Tidal the Realization, the Brighton
Derby the Saratoga Derby and the Annual Chan1-
pion Stakes He broke down while being trained
for the Rrooklvn Handicap last year. and while
Mr. Brady and his trainer, Matt Allen, had hopes
that he might recover and train on. they were dis
appointed.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Nominating Committee of National
association appointed.

Following the precedent set last year. the execu-
tive committee of the United States Golf Associa-
ton has appointed G. Herbert Windeler, Boston ;
Fred S. James. Chicago. and c. B. Macdonald, New
York the nominating committee for 1909. The first
named president of the United States Golf
Association in 1904 and 1905; James served as vice
president in 1906 and 1907. while Macdonald the
amateur champion of 1895, a charter member of
the association and vice-presdent for five years
The annual meeting will be in January and the
report is due in December, together with the list
of clubs TO make early application for the cham
pionship tournaments. The feeling is that a new
will be chosen to sacceed Daniel Chauncey as
president, for 1t has become custom that no off,
Ger shall head the ticket for more than two terms
In the team match for the Olympic trophy to-
morrow precede the Western Golf Association a
championship week at the Rock Island Arsenal
Golf Club. H. Chandler Egan. who now lives in
Louisville will be captain of the Southern Golf
Association team. The Western Golf Association
team will be Warren K Wood. captain; d. E
Sawyer. Robert E. Hunter and Kenneth p Ed
wards.
The unusual feat of scoring three rs was accom-
plished in a four-ban match over the links of the
Arsdale Golf Club yesterday. c. A Huber and
Edward Heal had the professionals Dave Honey
and Chris Crosby respectively, for partners
Huber and Honeyman the eighteen hole match
by up and to play. whereupou an extra nina
holes suggested
In this round Crosby made the fourth nftb and
eighth holes. all under 200 yards In each and he
came within OF getting a . at the esn ,,sr5
sixth hole. Even at that, this nine hole tilt ended
all square. for Honeyman with a 3 at the hora
hole succeeded In haiving the match Uonsvr,.,
recently broke the eighteenth hole record for ,ba
links with 81
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
sJIPERBAS BEATEN IN THE TENTH
Worlds Champions Turn Defeat Into VIC
tory at Eleventh Hour.

Chicago July s-The Cubs snatched a victory
from Brooklyn to-day by scoring TWO runs III the
ninth inning and one more in the tenth after the
s,nerhas had apparently cinched the game In the
fourth inning by scoring three runs on hard hit
ting.
Rucker usually reliable forced in one of the chi
cago runs in the ninth inning by giving Sneckaro
base on halls with the bases full. Stefnfeldt had
oa nraviousIv after reaching second. when
sheeban heIded his hit into the bleaehers instead
of into Jcrdan's mitt
Brooklyn lost a good chance to get out or last
place to-day as ST. Louis lost In Boston
Tho rcora follows:
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
SQUADRON Il DEFEAIED.
Rocka7ooy Wins Uphill Polo Mdfch
IN ,Sn;te of Handicap.

Cedarhurst Long Island. July s-The Rockaway
,o,o tean, defeated Squadron A to-day after hrle
exhibition of plucky uphill play the final score
being 1s goals to 12h, Rockaway allowing hanoi-
can of ten goals La Montague was easily tne star
of the game making eleven goals out Oh tie sAA
teen scored by RockaWay
rha SQUADRON A men weak In making
sto,As for goal failing time and again to put the
hall between the posts when good shot "ouiu
have meant goal. l..
Drury the Philadelphia player VINO was loi' -
+ba came with Meadow Brook yesterday, had hoth-
- - . headache to-day remind him or the
nasty sptll in which he was hurt
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
FOOTBALL MEN OFF TO WHEAT FIELD.

Philadelphia. July s.-W. N. Holenback, captain
elect of the University Of Pennsylvania football
eleven. and D. W Draper who PLAYED guard on the
eleven last year left to-day for Manitoba. where
they will spend The time until September working
I'm the wheat fields TO get into condition for the
coming seaeou With them went o. Brien. the won
erful SwarthInore drop kicker OF last season; Pike
Gatcheu and Bull who also played on the Swarth-
more ele.ca last year.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
AufoiSfS orr on GHdden Tour
Comes Grief First Days Run from Buffalo
10 "a mbr Springs.

not particularly good, but once the mann ,olu
to Erie picked no one couid coihl'a
After leaving Erie the last part of the rum sone
twenty-five miles, was over clay ana saius 60,
An along the road many persons waved saluta-
tions but they were not as hearty as the greetings
extended to the tourists q year ago.
The bumps were not numerous enough " sie
q sore feeling after the days trip but there were
just enough of them to intimate "hat 10 ~ '
going over the Allegheny Mountains The run to-
morrow is to Pittsburg 10 miles. and the cars VIII
start at a. m.
The list of drivers and cars follows:
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
CRICKET GAME ENDS I'M DRAW.

Good scoring was accomplished by both slaes an
the cricket game between the New York Veters rs
and the Manhattans at Prospect Park yesterday.
The result was draw. after the Veterans had
run up The big score OF l37 the utmost they could
do to obtain seven Of the Manhattan ~iekets
for 81 runs. when darkness put stop to fur'ner
proceedings.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10

Tvo-basa hts--Cobb Rossman. Hemphiil Hts-Or
Ortb o in Ave innings: of Manning, in four innings;
of summers 10 eight innings Sacrifice hitsIRoss-
on o"' S,rn,1a-s Cohh Ball bases-Schaefer,
Keeer Chase C2. Double plays1Niles and Ball; Nile.
chase Morisrity. Left eases-Detrolt
s; New York. 3. First base on baLsEOn Orth: /; on
Stonninp l. of 2 First base on errors
Mtrnit Hit by pitched ball-By Summers. 2 Struck
a"t3v summers g. Passed baIi-Schmidt. Time-2:0o.
ITmpres-Evans and Sheridan
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
CHICAGO.

swimming run scored with two out
Chicago .............1 Il
FrookIvn ............-.0 W
rro hass ht-Sbeehan. Hits-On Pfeister, s IN nine
innings Sacrifice hs-sheckard Pfeister Jordan stein
gaidt Moran Double play-Burch and Hummell Left
on bases-Chicago 8; BROOKLYN FIRST base on balls
Chicago . Hit by pitcher-Horman Evers Struck out
EBv PfeIster Brown. l. by Rucker = Wild pitches
R,cker On Time-2O0. Umpires-Rudderham and
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10
Mel SON AND CANS TO MEET.

yoa Cans last night signed articles for a finish
fight TO take place at Ely. New on September !,
weights 1ss pounds the rinsside The men asres
to split the $4,000 purse. Nelson sD'O" and Cana
10000,
New-York tribune., 1908-07-10

GILES MAKES NEW CYCLE RECORD.
Ogden Utah. July s-Parley Giles. of Salt Lake
City clipped sixteen seconds on the worlds anna
teur bicycle record of 425 for miles, unpaced,
AGAINST time last night. riding the distance in 400