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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
BOWDOIN ATHLETICS.
Old Coaches Coming Back-Semi finals
For Relay Track Team.

Brunswick, Me, Jan. 19.-(Specia).
There is great rejoicing among the
students Of Bowdoin College over the
announcement just made that both of
last seasons coaches are coming back
again, John Irwin to coach the base
ball team this spring and Ross Nc
Clave to coach the football team next
fall. Both men have enviable records
at iBowdoin for turning out champion
ship teams for that college. Coach
McClave in his two years at Bowdoin,
1904 and 1907, has turned out Il cham
pionship team both times and Coach
Irwin has produced championship
teams three seasons out of four spent
at BOwdoin.
Coach Irwin is coming to the COL
lege in a short time to lay out some
practice work for the team who are
working in the cage. Then as soon as
the grounds are in condition he will
return and take charge of the out-of-
door practice. The outlook for another
championship team is good with the
so men now taking cage practice to
pick from.
The trials were held Saturday after
noon for places on the relay team to
represent Bowdoin in the race with
Tufts at the 3. A. A. meet which
comes Feb. / in Mechanics hall. The
25 men, who have been practicing for
over a month, ran one after the other
on a temporary track on Harpswei
street, a distance of 800 yards. Each
man was timed, the judges being Dr.
F. n. Whittier, Professor Hutchins,
Colonel Wing of Brunswick and Jo-
seph Drummond. The track was slip
perry and in poor condition and no very
fast time was made. AS a result of the
trials six men were ordered to the
training table and next week the team
of four men and one substitute will be
picked from this six. The men chosen
We're Captain Atwood, '09; Deming,
10; Goliath, 10: Ballard, 10; Stone,
'O9 and Simmons, 'O9. Morrill,, 10, will
be entered in the shot-put and Ed
wards, 10, in the hurdles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
Alfred Shrub Wins Five
mile Race at Lowell.
$4,000 Or More Purse For
Ice Race at PIatsburg.
Jim Farley Cleans Board Saturday,
Winning All the Races.

Lowell, Jan. 19.-Alfred Shrubb, the
English runner defeated Jack Williams
of Cambridge and Samuel Myers OF
Boston in Il five-lnile running race III
the state armory saturday HlSnt. ~
Temporary track was laid in the drlii
shed and it was announced that q
!aps would be necessary in covering the
five miles.
About 100 persons witnessed the race
many OF whom saw Shrubb race III
England. Shrabb and Williams stai'eu
the race and i'll 2!2 miles Shrubb cameo
three. lans on Williams. Williams did
not make Il good showing after the
first mile.
Myers was 4 faster runner than WIZ
lia,ns, ana in his share of the running
Shrubb gained only IL laps on ma
Shrubb's announced time was: One
mile, 4m 3ss; TWO miles, 9m lbs; thre%
miles, lam LIS; four miles, Ism lis; nVe
miles, Tim 22s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20

Post in regard to his recent differences
with President Powers of the Western
League respecting the controversy over
the recently issued blacklist and The
resolution adopted by the National AS
sociation.
"P. T. Powers" writes PulliaIn, has
seen fit to throw mud at me and to in
terject personalities in a controversy
that should be without feeling because
it is simply a case of right or wrong.
He says that the resolution adopted
by the national commission, in session
at the Fifth Avenue hotel in October,
1907, was not Il blacklist on - ball
| players, and that Burnhan, who gave
out typewriter lists of players affected
| by the resolution was not authorized
| to do SO. Here is the resolution, that
the public may judge for themselves:
Resolved, That all National Asso-
citation players adjudged guilty of the
offence known as contract jumping and
placed on the Ineligible list by the Ma
tional Association shall be forever de-
barred from playing with any club of
the National Association. except the
Tri-State League. and that the Ma
tional Commission is hereby respect
fully requested to, enforce this rule OF
; law with strict and 1infiexihIel Impair.
TALLY to major league players
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20

mind, apparently, on the subject, it
has by no means the liberal support
of the student body, or even of the ma
Jority of the younger athletic advisors
of the university.
OF the leading New England colleges
outside Of Harvard but four stand de-
termlnediy for reduction in the num-
Der Of Intercollegiate contests: Tufts.
Williams, University OF Vermont and
Colby, President of the latter declar-
ing IN favor of the adjustment of all
Intercollegiate contests
On the other hand. Bowdoin declares
that its schedule cannot be reduced
without interfering with the proper
development of the teams and Univer-
sity of Maine authorities tell that the
effect in general of its contests is so
wholesome that no reduction is de-
sired. Bates and Amherst declare the
schedules are already cut down to the
proper limit. Although no order has
been given from Dartmouth, it is
known that at that college the num-
Der of Intercollegiate contests has been
kept down and that the general feeling
is that the present schedules are sat-
isfactory to the faculty, by whom they
have been approved. President C. l..
White Of Colby states his own position
intercollegiate athletics as now con-
Quoted seriously interfere with regular
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
WE LOVE A WINNER.
Billy Papke Just Now Has the Call
With the People.

Boston, Jan 19-That the world
loves a winner is shown by the
curiosity developing locally to see the
sensational Bill Papke, the Illinois
miner, who has never vet tasted the
bitterness Of defeat, face the Califor
MAN giant. Walter Stanton. next Tues
day evening at the Armory Athletic
Association.
Papke's recent great contest against
Hugo Kelly for the middleweight
championship Of the world, where the
draw decision was a distinct wrong TO
the great Illinois boxer, has whetted
the appetites Of boxing lovers so that
they are following Papl1e's career with
the closest attention.
Fresh from the virtual conquest,
Papke comes East prepared to uphold
the reputation that he has won by his
Icing series of successes in the ring.
Facing him will be Walter Stanton, a
lad whose creditable ring record has
Won him many admirers. and he can-
didly confesses that he feels the great
est confidence in his ability to thrash
the Illinois miner.
The contestants will weigh about 1874
W
lay claim to being the best man in the
country in the middleweight division.
Challenges have already been re-
ceived from Hugo Kelly, Mike Twin
Sullivan, Kid Ketchell and Joe Thorn
as. who are all eager to measure their
ability against that of the man who
scores the victory Tuesday evening.
Stanton will have the advantage in
height, weight and reach, and it is adj
mtted that he is the cleverer of the
two men. He is not what would be
called Il careful sparrer. because he is
always active with ais long left hand,
and he intends to carry the battle in
to the enemy's camp right from the
start.
Tic only success that comes to Papke
is solely due 10 his straight hitting
ability He never swings, but lets fly
with either hand and his right-hand
joit Is L wonder He is. of course. the
hardest hitter of The pair. The bout
promises to be slashinS affair from
the start.
Preceding the main bout will be two
splendid 3-round contests which will
keep the members interested. In the
first bout Kid Freeman Of South Bos-
ION viii face Kid Manning of Paw
tucket in the 155-pound class, while
in the second engagement Fred Sidney
viii box Willie Riley i'll the lightweight
ri,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
BOXING AT LEWISTON.
-Four Good Bouts Scheduled For Thurs
day-Mane Boys to Clash.

Lewiston, Me, Jan. 19.-(SpeciaD.-
great deal of interest in the bouts to
be held next Thursday night at City
hall. AL belmont and Freddie O'Brien
will be the star attraction. belmont is
challenger of the world at his weight
and O'Brien claims the championship
of New England for the featherweight
class, so the boys are expected to put
up the real article from the tap of the
gong. They are slated for six rounds
but there are many who do not be-
lleve the bout will last so long as that
Both of the boys are known to pos
sess wallops with which sleep tablets
go for premiums and it is an even
guess which one will deliver the goods
first.
There Will be three Sem-finalS and
the Interesting part of them is that
they are all between Maine talent.
Each bout is advertised for the rIlI
six rounds allowed by the Maine law
There are four Lewiston lads on the
program. Con Couture will meet
Brewer Anderson of Portland and
Young Bergin will clash with Kid
Cleary, also of Portland. Both the par
Elephants in the last bout are home
products. Young Nadeau and Young
Mccormick will mix 'em up for all they
are worth and one or the other is ex-
pected to take a few minutes over the
count of 10 before the sixth round is
reached. Dennie Dunn Of Lewiston will
be the third man in the ring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20

intellectual work and often create bad
feeling between contestants. They de-
feat the purpose Of general athletics and
impose a heavy financial burden upon
the students and their friends. A move
ment led by the larger institutions to
restrict or even abolish them would
meet with my personal endorsement.
Il am in favor, however, Of all indoor
and outdoor sports in which all MEM
bers of the college can take part, as in
my opinion these would improve the
grade of intellectual work done and
result in fewer accidents and fatali-
ties
DIR. Frank ~ Whittier, physical di-
rector, Bowdoin College:
81 do not think the number of con-
tests allowed by Bowdoin can be ma
terially reduced without interfering
with the proper development of the
teams" Ralph K. Jones, chairman of
the faculty committee on athletics at
the University of Maine, said:
1T is the belief of the faculty that no
material reduction in the number of
intercollegiate contests by the Univer-
sity of Maine is called for at present.
Athletics at the university have never
been commercialized and their effect
seems wholesome. The playing sched-
ules have to receive the approval of the
committee and have been materially re-
duced in many cases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
BASEBALL NOTES.

Treasurer Hugh McBreen Of the BoS-
ton Americans Saturday received no
tice from the National Commission that
the order in regard to the farming of
bail PLAYERS would go over for one
year to give the major league clubs a
chance to prepare for the radical
change mapped out by the commission.
Word was received Saturday from
Manager M. ]. Finn, saying the Amer
lean Association would hold it's spring
meeting at Little Rock the last week
in February, and would give a grand
banquet to the baseball people, includ-
ing the National Commission and row
al rooter, M. j. Regain, who has been
honored with a special invitation.
Irving Wilhelm, a ore-time Pirate.
is trying to have the National Com
mission grant him his unconditional
release. He was drafted by brooklyn
from birmingham, but does not wan.
to enter the big league again. He
claims that two years ago he signed
a contract which provided for his I'M
conditional release last fall
Frank G. Selee, the old Boston MAN.
ager, is wintering in Pueblo, Col,
"AiStC IC 10 III Charge VI the western
League club of that city. Mr.. Selee is
far from being wen man, but is still
game, and will have the united sup
Port OF the lovers of the game all over
the country in his effort to give Pue-
bio winning bali team. Frank Selee
ranks with Comiskey, Harry Wright
and Ed Hanlon as a baseball director
and developer of great teams.
Manager Billy Smith of the Atlanta
Club says that he telegraphed Clark
Griffith three times last summer To
grab Paskert, the great young out
fielder of the Southern League. Smith
gave Griff six weeks to get busy and
then sold Paskert to Cincinnati.
Griffith then wrote asking Smith why
he did not give the New York club a
chance for the lad. And this same
Paskert is now being touted as anoth-
er Magee. Guess he would be an
improvement on Branmh Ricksy as an
outfielder, aSYvay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
BASEBALL.
Red Sox Intinerary For
Southern Trip Announced
National Commissions Reason
For Action on Am. Association.
BassbalYs Foundation Is the Re-.
specting Of Territorial Rights.

Boston, jar. i3.-Treasurer Hugh Nc
Eraen III the PED GD> Announced yes
to-day the itinerary IF the Red SoX
on heir Southern trip, The club is TO
divide into sections after the first pre-
lisn.nary stunts, and these tN'o a'c-
lions. capt:.ined by Jim Mcclure ana
Cy Young. respectively, are y pidy
two games At Me.nphis March Il ana
e. The game will b. played Tor t''r
chamDiuushiII Of the Boston outht, ana
mere Should be some good fun Tor "li-
~ younS'e team IS 1" stay over Iii
Indianapolis April J, and then VIII go
on 10 Champaign. Ill, to play George
Huns cyll%ge team April and =
IN" itinerary of the club, rs an
nounceG, shows that the start VIII pe
made from New York al $50 +. NJ
March 2. over the Baltimore 4 One
road. The team will pick up players 1T
Baltimore and Philadelphia, as well
"a Washington and Cincinnati. ana
W Ill arrive at Memphis Wednesday
morning, bat will not stop. going d.
r-ctly to Little Rock.
Coming lack there are several
routes under consideration. memphis,
Louisville, Cincinnati. Indianapolis. To-
ledo and Springfield. Ohio, are all on
the proposed list of preliminary games
and the team will stop in each one oil
1lese cities, arriving in the last April :.
After Springfield the team will prob
ably go to Dayton. arriving in that
city April 9. Thence, the plans are 10
take the club to Columbus and Wheel
ing W. Va, and finally to New York
~ u-hich cify the club is due to ar
rive at GAS On the evening of March
u, Just before the opening of the Amer
Jean League season.
The Red SoX will start the season
true 10 their name. The management
has already ordered a complete set OF
travelling suits for the training triL
alone, and of these suits the new red
stockings are an important feature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
DAYS DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SPOKIS:
BOXING NOTES

AL belmont and Tommy O'Toole Will
meet II the Armory \. 4. in Il few
weeks.
George Mccarthy. the East Boston
boxer. has agreed to box Bill McEin-
non. the amateur. 1T the Annoy y. "A.
Jan. %.
ON account Of the illness of Tony
Caroni his bout with Young Mahoney,
set TO take plac" 1T Racine Jan. -. has
iicpl called off.
Tie private bout between Dick Hy-
land and; Phil Brochs, which was to
take place near Denver this week, he's
been called of. Brooks mas gone t.
L,o.; Angeles. where he viii! be 2ivcn 9
chance 10 meet tnhulZ.
Al Toronto rect ntiy. J. Lawrence
Sullivan Of Boston unceremonioUsly
tossed 4 person through Il hotel dool
fer Offering him Il bottle of wine
Hereafter il Will be well for folks t.
take IL goou look 1T the steel riVets on
Johns pledge bcfurr doing anything
ruSI.
I7iorrie Barnett Of New York ha:
been chosen referee Of the bout be
tween Fr@E:h Mantril aud Harry Lewis
az the fidgeWoOd A. c.. New Haven. OF
Jan. %. Paciiy Mcfarland will show
at Philadelphia against Young Tough.
rp,- 0! somebody else soon. The ola [,
was originally set for J.-l %. hut no"
the chances are the boat Will be hel,
Saturday.
.I;i ,ulron Dufre 4ne Of Lewiston is il
MONTREAL now, and matched for Il IS
round bout with Moran there MOnda,
night Moran is backed to the extern
of thousand dollars by IInSlisl
sportamen, who make their wager tina
Dufresne will not last the IL rounds
Tie money has been covered by Du
f-esne's hackers. The date for Du
Fl, sre's match with Joe Wagner il
Lewisto Oil will be set SOON and Their
is a possibility of its being next week
some Of the club members wanting
then. At the next match it is hope
To match Cazeau and Young Bergen
and Couture and Pussy. Couture is tax
ing care Of himself and is said to b
in fair condition.
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BIG MONEY FOE BURNS
IN His Coming Fight in London With
Jack Palmer of England.

New YGr:5. Jan. l9.-T"mmy Earns
tn. c,.arnpion heavyweight Of the world
viii make NOR. money out of MS H"AI
bath. in 1.,2is.nd than he did i"f
Knocking cat Gunner Nor, the Eng
liHh champion. al the National sport
jag Cub OF London. which is the most
ariStocratic club on the other side
He is 10 tackle Jack Palmer inc
English heavyweight, for 20 rounds, at
Wonderland. on Feb. 10. for side bet
OF 5000 and SO Per cent. of the gross
receipts, OF which the winner Will get
- per cent. and the loser y. As the
public is allowed the privilege of buy
ing with witness the battle, as the
building is: a big one and the people
will give UP the money without kick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
ICE RACING.
Judex Matched With Jennie w. tor
$1,000 or More Purse.

Flattsburg. y. y, IAN. 19.-Durng ne
trottinc races held on the ice SATURDAY
James Farley, owner of the PAGER JudeS'
posted 5000 to bind q match for slo,op or
mere q side for his PAGER with the pacing
mare Jennie w. f2.0lMD, owned by Sen
ator George i. Whitney OF Enfield, y.
H. The race is to be over the hi.if-rnlie
track at Malone next August. :.
Both PAGERS have been canpalsred III
the grand oircnit extensively. ana Oh
performance Jennie ". appears to the
better advantage. JudeX, when he was
first brought out three or four seasons
age was a scnsationally fast PAGER, and
went q number Of races without beng
defeated Last season, in the grand cir
cult however, JudeX won only a compar-
atiyely snail amount OF money.
Jennie W. is one OF Senator Whitney
favorite racers and was caElpaiGEed last
season by Trainer Ed SundIrlin along
with the sensational Angus Pointer. that
died a few months ago and the other
Whitney horses. Like JudeX. Jennie ".
was raced considerably over the half
mile tracks bofoI" going into the grand
circuit.
James Farley Saturday cleaned the
board i'll the matinee ice races here, VIM
ming ali three classes. The races were
witnessed by nearly 20h0 people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20

James H. Canivan. manager of the
New Bedford team, is now taking
things easy at Lockport, N. y. Mr.
Canivan has given up playing roller
poo. and will return to New Bedford
in a couple Of weeks. He has made
:, yeral changes in his New Bedford
club. aud has been in touch with Man
apcr Mcclure about young Danzig,
who is hooked for Portland, Ore. The
club there, however. has three candi-
date: for first base position, SO that
Caniyan has q fair chance of getting
MIR. DanZig back to New Bedford.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
TERRITORIAL RIGHTS
Are Foundation Of Baseball and Must
Be Respected by All.

Cincinnati. Jan. 19-Although the
decision of the National Baseball Com
mission on the various resolutions pre-
scented by the American Association
was announced at the time of the an
nual meeting last week. the full eX-
PLANTATION of the reasons for their aG-
ton was not given until Saturday,
when the finding was formally promul-
gated.
Regarding the request for indorse-
inent in the attempt TO place an Ameri-
can Association club in Chicago, after
stating that the subject was not with
In the jurisdiction of the commission.
the report says:
The commission, however is pr:
pared at this time to go on record as
opposed without qualification to a ter
ritorial invasion of this kind. and Will
strongly recommend that the petition
he denied.
"The foundation upon which organ
lied baseball rests today is the re-
speeding of territorial rights. the en-
:orcertcnt of all contracts. the reserva-
ton of players. and the opportunity
provided for players to advance IN
their profession and receive adequate
compensation for their services.
TO cncroach upon any Of thes" pro-
visions would BE- like pulling the corner
stone from the foundation. II ont
league would have the right to en-
croach upon the territory of another
then All leagues must have tie same
right. Ii such a condition existed
nothing but chaos and disaster wouit
follow
The proposition To draft players only
from the clubs i'll the next lower league
is disapprovcd. because il is III viola
lion Of that object oi the nationl
agreement which provides for the pro
motion Of the welfare OF ball player:
as u class 10y developing them and per
trcting them H. their profession and en-
aiding them to secure adequate com
pcnsation for their experine
\ player In Glass d could advance t
q jnr league only at the end az three
years, which the commission believe:
To be wrong.
The National Commission expressed
approval of the suggestion that mGjol
league clubs be limited to . players n
any time and that only Is players b.
Nui iiiS play iilS StttS'll
The resolution aimed against the
farming" of playerst is approved ir
principle, the commission stating that
il had already adopted measures to tht
same end.
Disagreeing with the request for re.
instatement Of certain ineligible play.
ers. II Is stated that where applica
lions for reinstatement have been re-
fused 10y the commission, that actor
was only taken because the facts il
each case warranted such refusals, an,
this applies particularly to those play
era whom the American Association
has asked permission to reinstatc, viz
Scoring. Reisling. Owens, Wigs an
others.
The commission has also gone o
record as holding that it would not con
slider an application for the reinstate
mept Of minor league player unles
such application has been first hear
by the proper officers of the Nation;
Association
In conclusion the report quotes fro'
the National Agreement that porto
giving the commission authority to o.
der, the reinstatement of PLAYERS und,
proper conditions.
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Capt. Schumacher Ill.

Lewiston. Me, Jan. 19.-(SpeciaD.--
CAPTAIN Schumacher Of the Maine Bates
College basketball team was today TAX
en- 10 the Central Maine hospital, suf-
fering from typhoid fever. He was
reported tonight to be very sick, but
resting az comfortably as possible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20
Hugo Kelley and Bil|yPap-
ke Matched at Milwaukee.
Big Money For Tommy Burns IN
Bout With Jack Palmer.
Much Interest In Papke.stanton
Bout tuesday at Boston.

Milwaukee. wis. Jan. 19.-Hugo
Kelly and BILLY Parke We're signed
Saturday by the Milwaukee Boxing
cub fer a return match here Feb J..
The weight will be 15S pounds ringside
and the referee must be decided upon
five days before the match. BON ha"
been Langing lire for over 4 week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20

Fred Lake, the clever scout of the
Boston Americans, stirred up the base
ball fans last week when he announced
his plans for promoting a new base
ball league. Four or five Of the cities
named by Mr. Lake are ripe for organ
i7ed baseball. They had no chance to
break into the present compact circuit,
and welcomed an opportunity to shake
independent ball for the real thing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20

Frank Chance says that konetchy of
the st. Louis Cardinals is the most
promising first baseman in the Nation
al League Which same statement is
no idle Palm garden pleasantly. 1t
won't do any harm to watch the boy
tIa coming season,