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The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
'AMER|CUs' HANDS
OUT BRAVE CHIRP

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-Yussiff Man
mout, the Terrible Turk" who aspires
TO q match with Frank Gotch for the
worlds heavyweight championship,
will undertake one of the hardest
tasks Of his career tonight when ne
meets Americas. (Gus Schonlein), of
Baltimore, light heavyweight champion
of America, under the auspicei 81 the
Empire club at the Seventh Regiment
armory.
Americas is confident of his ability
to take the measure of the giant from
the Balkans.
II saw Mahmout wrestle Beell and
believe that can beat him." said
Americas last night. "The way to beat
Mahmout Is to 60 to the mat with him
as quickly as possible and rush the
wrestling. Speed will be my main re-
lance against him. / do not want to
give the Turk chance to wear mo
down. l am confident that ! shall be
able to get behind him tomorrow night
andaif I do Mr.. Turk may be ready to
start for the foothills Of the Balkans
in the near future"
Mahmout IL absolutely certain tina.
he will be able to dispose OF Americas
He Is determined to put the Baltimore
grappler out OF business and then huri
a challenge at Gotch.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
|D|SQUAL|F|ES CAR
! FINISHING SECOND

NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-Jefferson De
Mont Thompson, chairman Of the Van
derbilt cup commission, announced
yesterday that Clifford V. Brokaw's
Isotta, that finished second in the Van
derbilt cup race on Oct "a. had been
disqualified for veing overweight
When the car was brought to the
scales to be weighed before the race
Herbert III. Lyle. driver OF the cal
had TO remove the rack used 10 carry
the spare tires and the heavy mud
|guard support III order to get the ma
chine down under the maximum
weight limit of 1900 Kilograms, Or
1854 pounds.
On the day Of the cup race, however.
the tire rack was put back on the car.
and when the Isotta again was weighed
after II had finished second TO the
|Locomobile, driven by, George Rob
|ertson, the technical committee found
Brokaw's car had exceeded the maxi
mum weight limit.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
nal, p,aver 70 Meet Laubseher.
White Heart i'm Black
Bosom Of John Taylor
II. v. VALENTINE.

plunged genuine sorrow over
Splinter
University coored
thai who brothers Win
fellow forcing himself the front
His college mates to
thought the world and all Of Taylor only of his ability
gentiemanlness
ains Nathan Cartmen the Whitman
Pennsylvania
have colored
boy fellow athlete
Taylor accused OF foul
factor Though his skin
white for IT,
Sheppard
champion
friends
act the indoor
the stricken
then low that Mel could
go to bedside.
with
hitter lman
coincidence Tayors parents In Philadelphia
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
Baseball hins Of Convicted
t1uddus in ksaiudy Prison

Unless there Is something to happen
to change the plans Of Warden Mudd.
Of the Frankfort, KY, penitentiary, he
will organize behind the prison walls
early next spring the most unique
baseball team on record, for no mem
her OF the team will be eligible to play
who is not SIS years old or over. The
team, too. will be made up almost en-
tirely of men serving life sentences.
and practically all Of them muvderers.
The positions Of the men on the team
will, OF course, depend upon the speed
they show In their workouts" or pre-
liminary practice. but as the lineup
now stands the average age Of the
team Is 70 IL years. They will call
themselves Colts" and when Acting
Gov. Cox, an enthusiastic fan" comes
over to the capital next summer to
hold down the executive chair while
Gov. Wilson Is up in Michigan fight
to be played for his especial benefit.
The members OF the team and the line
up as now planned follows:
c. c. Cook, SO. Whitley county,
murder. catcher.
William II. York, SO, Anderson
county. murder, pitcher.
Edward Vurns, 80, Boyle coun-
ty, forgery, shortstop.
William Joseph. 81, Jefferson
county, murder. first base.
Calvin Rains. n, Clinton coun-
ty. murder, second base.
William Freeman, 70. Owsley
county. murder, third base.
Rubin Collinsworth. &c, Perry
county, hog thief, center field.
Thomas Depew, 80. Pendleton
county. poisoning. right field.
w. T. Bryant, Sc. Montgomery
county, horse theft, left field.
John McGraw has suggested the
name OF one Hank O'Day as staff um
pire for the aggregation.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
SPIKE SHANNON
CANNED AGAIN

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 1S.-The
management of the Pittsburg baseball
club has begun the wedding out pro
cess for the coming season by drop
|ping one Of the extra outfielders on the
list. The ak was swung for the first
time yesterday and the man to lie re-
leased Is Spike" Shannon. II was an
nounced yesterday that the deal had
been closed by the terms of which
Shannon is sold to the Kansas City
club OF the American association.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
BRITT TO BOX FOR
3o,ooo-FRANC PURSE

LONDON, Dec. 1S.--Jimmy Britt Is
going along in his quiet sort OF q way.
picking up spending money and Ut
tie more here and there. The Caifor-
MIA fighter, who Is matched to hgnt
Johnny Summers here. was today
matched to meet Adolphe, the French
champion, In Paris on Jan. 3.
Both men have accepted the terms
of the club and will battle 20 rounds.
They will fight for a purse OF SO.ooV
francs. rs per cent to go TO the win
ner
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
Rin House Assured.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S.-Thers
is every indication that when Lang
ford and Flynn face each other In the
ring here next Monday evening.
$4,000 house will be In attendance.
The advance sale OF seats Is large ana
the demand Is growing.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
LITTLE BOY A
VETERAN AT THAT

CARLISLE, Pa, Dec. 18.-Little
Boy. who was recently elected cap
tain OF the Carlisle Indian football
team for next year, has been declared
ineligible to play another year. and
another election viii have to be held.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
STEWART TRIMS
UP PRENDERGAsT

LAWRENCE, Mass, Dec. 1S.-lt
took just three round for jim Stewart.
of New York, to put Jim Pendergast
away at the Unity club last night. The
bout was scheduled to go IL rounds.
but I'm the third Pendergast'r seconds
tossed a towel into the ring while their
man was hanging on to the ropes, help
less
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
GETS
| DORAND0'S MEDAL

Longboat is wearing a magnificent
$500 diamond medal. present from
the Italians OF New York. Believing
Dorando would win all along, they
work up a subscription and bought
the medal, and announced that II
would be presented to the winner.
Longboat ran their idol into the
sawdust. But they were game. and
gave the victor the medal. The cGe.
mony was funereal.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
MICHIGAN FEATHER
WEARING DIAMONDS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1s-A WoI
CAST is now wearing diamonds. WoI
CAST received something like $l'Zoo
for losing to Attell reccntiy-more
money than the little fellow propaoiy
had ever seen before.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
Tom couwagee Lonqboat {.

While Dorando needed no introduc-
ton to New Workers., the rtogram de-
scribed the Indian runner as Tom
,Cogwagee Longboat." born on the Six
Nation reserve. county of Brant, on
July 4, 1886. His impressive record
which followed was pointed to with
pride by hundreds OF his followers
who came down from Canada to root
hard for victory.-Exchange w
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
Mccualn keapa Busy.

At Vanderbilt there Is to be mid
winter season of football iraugurated
for men who did not play on the var
sity reserve squads. This Is to be
done with the idea OF developing tai
ent for next year, and thu next to
come that might not get chance to
show up under any Other circum-
stances. Evidently. Vanderbilt is go
ing out after new football honors. and
there are not to be any idle moments
on Dudley field from now on.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18

sticker, and all look to see
Beck" doing the bulk OF the re
ceiving for the Jennings cham
pions In 1909.
And that Is surely going some.
President Navin insists that the To-
cal tribute from Beckendorfs stamp
ing ground Is not bit stronger than
the enconium pronounced on BECK
by Matty Mcintyre. the king OF the
left felders, who saw Beckendorf In
action In a number Of pcst-season
games played round New York last
fall. Matty played in those games
himself and paid naturally consider
able attention to Beckendorf's work.
On two occasions BeckenGorf caught
Christy Mathewscn as we'll as Bres-
nahan or King could have done, ac-
cording to the Tiger outfieider and he
Is not a man to wax unduly enthu-
siastic. either.
It was information of this sort
which put Mr.. Navin In the frame OF
mind where he was Wiling to sell
Thomas.
Next to Beckendorf, the club is
most pleased with the pitching OF
LATTE, the Jersey City wonder. This
young man won but IL games out
OF 81, but was with gasping tail
ender all year and got wretched sup.
port. He fielded his position we'll
1858 was the exact fgure--and when
It came to striking out the batters--
the real test of pitching speed and
curve--he was there by {. large ma
jority. getting more victims than any
OF his rivals with one exception, his
seasons total being .154.
This was Lafltte's first season In
professional ball and 1t Is believed
that he should show great improve
ment. Incidentally. II he makes good
the club will have a pair OF Georgia
peaches. Tyrus Cobb getting a fellow
Georgian on the list. Latte lived at
Atlanta and went to school at Geor.
gia Tech.
Bumpus Jones, of Oxford. makes q
good showing In the Eastern, winning
10 games and losing IL, though he
fielded but an even 300 Bump
whitfield SO batsmen, which was going
some, though hardly comparing with
LATTE.
The one disappointing feature OF the
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
The Aqe 20 GO MarathonInq.

George orion, the ofrmer Univer-
sity OF Pennsylvania track star, and
one OF the greatest athletes who ever
represented any college, Is OF the
opinion that the Marathon runner
should be between 80 and 35 years
old.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
Sporting Notes

shrubb IL stu nirting with the Long,
boat Marathon proposition.
The browns are banking ON n return
to form by Emmett Heidrick next
year.
seventy-nve thousand dollars In the
sum total of Floyd Netherlands win
nings as a bike rider.
Gerhard and Magnce meet I'm the final
at Springwells tonight, with Kid
Kennedy and Jim Mills in the semi.
The G. y. r. Co. team has challenged
the Burroughs Adding Machine i've
--neighborhood rivals-to a game In
the \. M. c. A. gymnasium Jan. T.
Cox. formerly the start of the Ann Ar.
Dor Y. NJ. c. A.. will be at one OF
night when the woodward-ave. club
men meet Jackson
st. Louis Z. stiii trying 10 trade on
ness and a poor throwing arm have
kept this man from becoming a
strictly first-eiass player.
The delay OF the national commission
In promulgating report on the
Chicago scalping scandal; leads 10
the belief that Ban Johnson mas
failed to establish case.
American league umpires will he care
full OF George Stallings, new High
lander manager. At present he Is
being sued in court at Newark. N. j..
for assauiting an arbitrator.
The Morgan a Wright team refuses 60
give It's berth In the Manufac-
turers' league, and the organization
promises to pull OF the regulation
number OF contests at the SolVay
gymnasium next Tuesday night
Grand Rapids folks suspect that Own
err Annis of the South Bend and
Grand Rapids franchises. will send
Angie Grant. his South Bend man
ager, over to run the Michigan club
under an ostensible bill OF sale.
Hoe Kelly. 1905 manger OF the Boston
Nationals. whom owner Dewey Is try
ing to depose from his position In
the coming year. In spite OF two
year contract. says he won't bother
with the national commission but
will instead take his case straight
to the courts OF law
Tommy Burps is working the old
RYAN Mccoy stall about being In
fatuated with hts surroundings
whatever they may be. He has paid
800 for an option on residence in
along In fine shape.
From the philippines comes report
that Dutch" Arnold. n lknown
METROPOLITAN athlete OF n few years
ago, now a soldier. ran the 100 yards
as the athletes cause OF improve
ment. though he was always con
sidered a ten-second man round New
York.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
q a ~ - - A< L n.
Bear, tss 1Ihs Kind yu Have liwas Bought
a's, T. G<<IHEM

Bustness-Iik~ Printing. No fuss and
nc feathers. The plain, neat kind, that
looks right. Times Prfnfing Co.. is
John R.-st- Phone 1tes.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
NJ ALEER CANS
R0WDY 0 C0NN0R

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Dec. 1s-John
O'Connor, the veteran catcher of the
st. Louis Americans, was uncondition-
ally released today
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
Golden, s
Big
Make
Room
Sale

March I, 1909. we are going to
add to our present Tailoring and
Clothing departments. Mems Fur
nishings and Hats, and we have
TO make room for the new depart
ments.
So we have, concluded to give
discounts as follows:
as Per Cent discount on all our
Ready-to-Wear Suits, Overcoats
and Fancy Vests Uniforms only
excepted).
10 Per Cent discount on all
Made-to-Order Suits, Overcoats
and Fancy Vests.
All our goods are marked in
plain and original figures.
UNION CLERKS. UNION TAnLORs.
&A 4 4; '!!!. :: = :!
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
Tommy Burns Double.


Americas, the Baltimore wrestler.
who has certainly shown wonderiui
speed and vigor in recent tattles, an,
nounces that he is now full-hedgeo
heavyweight and out OF the hgnter
classes forever. Il weigh is4 now,
saws the Baltimore crack, "and hope
TO reach eco In the near future. Then
I will go after the bigges, OF them.
and hope TO bring home the bacon
Americas resembles Tommy Burns. the
heavyweight fighter. to marvellous
degree. their faces being more ahke
than those OF most brothers, although
they are of far different nallonanties'
Ball Player to Meet laubseher.
lack Carroll, the Virginia league
pitcher, will meet Lou Lauoscher In
q match game of pool Saturday even
ing at M. j. Buckman's place. hoio-
en- and Greenwood-aves.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
From the Phnipp,ne. comes q re

that "DutcR Arnold. n weII-knoWn
METROPOLITAN athlete OF a few years
AGO, now soldier. ran the 100 yards
IN :O9 LIS. A grass diet In alleged
as the athletes cause OF Improve
ment though he was always CON
sidered a ten-second man round New
York
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18

Ryan Mccoy stall about being In
fatuated with hts surroundings.
whatever they may be. He has paid
800 for an option on a residence in
Australia. and II kidding the natives
along In fine shape.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18

The one disappointing feature OF the
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
Joe Kelly, 1905 masRer OF the Boston

Nationals. whom owner DoVey - try
ing to depose from his position In
the coming year. In spite OF two
year contract. says he won't bother
with the national commission but
will instead take his case straight
to the courts of law.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
r.. Moruan a Mrtxht team refu.es to

gfve-up It's berth IN the MahuIac-
turers' league, and the organization
promises to pull OF the regulation
humber OF contests at the Solvay
gymnasium next Tuesday night
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18

err Annis of the South Bend and
Grand Rapids franchises, VIII send
Angie Grant, his South Bend man
aeer. over to run the Michigan club
under an ostensible bill OF sale.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-18
American league umpires will he en-

full OF George Stallings. new High
lander manager. At present he ~
being sued in court at Newark. N. j..
for assaulting an arbitrator.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-04-18
ROUTE ID NEW
 GOLD FIELDS
Way in Summer Through Cook Inlet, and in Winter via Sew
 ard and A. (. Railway.

It is rumored that the Alaska Com mercial Company will establish a store at the head of navigation on the Susitna river, in order to be able to supply the miners of the new strike in the Valdez creek district.
 They have already, as has been an- nounced in this paper, purchased the store of Litchfield & Nagley Co.,, at Susitna Station. Mir. C. P. Morgan formerly manager of their store at Sunrise will be their agent there.
 The head of navigation on the Su- sitna river is sixty miles north of Su- sitna Station. From there to the Valdez creek district is about one hundred and twenty miles. The trail follows up the Susitna river to the mouth of Watana creek, a tributary of the Susitna from the north, up that stream to its head and from there north east over a low divide to point on the Susitna river near the mouth of Valdez creek. Valdez is tributary to the Susitna from the north east.
 This makes the new diggings tribu- tary to Seward. The route during the summer season will be via Cook Inlet to Susitna Station and from there up the Susitna river to the head of navigation all by water, leaving but one hundred twenty miles by land. During the winter season the route will be over the Alaska Central Ry., to mile 69 and from there over Crow Creek pass to Knit, from Knik to Susitna station and from there the summer route can be followed on the ice.
 The total distance from Seward to the new strike by this route will be less than $50 miles, making the distance at least a hundred miles shorter than by any other route.
 All the miners that have come out to Seward from that section claim 1t to be the only practical route, and with the establishment of the new store at the Forks it will be the only route used.
 All reports from the outside indicate that a big rush will be made for the scene of the new strike as soon as navigation opens.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-04-18
Unge Opening of COal Lands

A resolution adopted by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce declaring that an emergency exists for the immedj- ate opening of the coal fields of Alaska was teIegraphed to WaShjngton's con gressional delegation. It was pointed out that financial interests are ready to develop these mines, providing pa tents can be obtained from the govern ment under reasonable conditions. The coal fields which the chamber had in mind are the Catalla and the Mata- nusha deposits. Former General Land Commissioner R. A. Ballinger, Spe",- ing for the resolution said two bulls were now before congress which had for their purpose the modification of the present laws. One k the Mondell bill which applies 10 states and terri tories outside of Alaska, and the other the Gale bill, drafted by Mir. Ballin- ger, which provides for patenting coal lands in the North.
 "The Gale bill was drafted with the idea of giving Alaska entrymen oppor- tunity 10 acquire and develop Alaska coal lands, said AIr. Ballinger. "The present law limits entrymen to l6O acres. You cannot finance coal prop erty on an entry of l6Oacres. It is i'm possible to interest capital.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-04-18
Whaling Station

Captain Hoffmann and w. Gaunt- lett are spending a few days in Sew ard waiting for the steamer Yucatan upon which they will take passage. Captain Hoffmann goes to San Fran cisco on account of poor health. MT. Gauntlett will make trip to Valdez.
 Mir. Gauntlet has been selecting site for whaling station for the Der ing Sea Commercial Company on Aku- tan island. The machinery for such a station has to be obtained from Nor way. Whales in these northern waters are sought for oil, food and fertilizer. Some parts of the whale are prepared and sold to the Japanese for army rations. The oil is expressed for commercial purposes and the refuse dried and shipped largely to South America to be used as fertilizer. The whaling business is very profitable, each good sized whale being worth about sl2OO.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-04-18
Alaska Game Laws

Representative Humphrey of Wash ington has a bill before Congress for the protection of game in Alaska, which he hopes to see passed yet this season. Section of this bill provides that it shall be unlawful for any per son in Alaska to kill any wild game ani- mals or birds, except during the season hereinafter provided: North of lati- tude siXty-two degrees, brown bear may be killed at any time: moose, car ibou, sheep, walruS and sea lions from August first to December tenth, both inclusive; south of latitude SiXty-two degrees. moose, caribou and sheep from August twentieth to December thirty-frst. both inclusive; brown bear from October first to July first, both inclusive; deer and mountain goats from April first to February first, both inclusive; caribou on KenTi peninsula before August 1912; grouse, ptarmigan, shore birds and water fowl from Sep tember first to March first, both inclu- sive."
 Section two of the present game law provides. "that it shall be unlawful for any person in Alaska to kill any wild game animals or wild birds except during the seasons hereinafter pro- vided: Large brown bears, from April fifteenth to June thirtieth, both in- elusive; moose, caribou, walrous and sea lions, from September first to Oc- tober thirty-frst, both inclusive; deer, sheep and mountain goats from Sep tember first to December fifteenth, both inclusive: grouse, ptarmigan, shore birds, and water fowl, from Sep tember first to December fifteenth, both inclusive"
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-04-18
0Verrule Appeals
burial.

St. Petersburg-The RussiaAsenate, the highest tribunal in the empire, today overruled the appeal made by l67 members of the first Douma, who, on December 31, were convicted by the Court of Appeals and sentenced to three months Imprisonment. The charges against these deputies were reasonable practices, the specified tions being based on the issuing of the famous Viborg manifesto urging the people to stand up for the rights of popular representation and advising them to give neither money nor sol- diers to the government.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-04-18
SCOTT
 DIES IN JUNEAU
We'll Known Government Official SuccumbS to AcCute Attack
 of Pneumonia.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.

Juneau, April 17-Assistant United States District Attorney w. T. Scott, died at noon yesterday in the Sisters Hospital. Death resulted from an acute attack of pneumonia. MT. Scott was attending the Hasey trial, having charge of the prosecution. Out of re- spect the court adjourned for the day. The body will be shipped to Seattle, the former home of the deceased, for burial.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-04-18
Can Coal Navy Cheaper

Frank Watson, who will join with Mr. Heney in the attempt to secure favorable action by congress on the Alaska coal land bills, says he would be willing to take a contract to provide the vessels of the United States navy now on the Pacific with coal for $4.35 per ton less than is now paid.
 "When l was in Washington" said Mir. Watson, II visited the navy de- partment and secured some figures that show the importance of opening the Alaska coal fields. At present the United States navy is using total of 10000 tons of coal a monCb to coal the fleet in Pacific waters. For this the government is paying $9.35 ton, and | would be willing, if I were allowed to operate in the Matanuska, to supply this fuel at $5 a'ton at the very high cot roosi5lo cost. Tho grade is fully equal to the Virginia fuel.
 "The government geological survey shows that there is 300 square miles of this coal in the Matanuska district, and less than 10000 acres of this has been located"
 Frank Watson, who is heavily interested in the Matanuska coal fields, states that the construction of the Alaska Central railway depends on the opening of the Matanuska coal dis trict.-P. l.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-04-18
To Fight Prohibition

Mir. w. E. Hull, working under the auspices of the Manufactures & Deal CTS Association of Illinois has opened up headquarters in Chicago for the purpose of fighting prohibition. He says: "We are not fighting temper ance but prohibition. We now have forty lecturers in the field, both men and women, most of them preachers. They will make 300 speeches in all the principal towns of the state. We think that if the people get fair idea of what prohibition fanaticism is doing to us they will give the liquor dealer a square deal"
 MT. Hull proposes to keep his anti prohibition headquarters open till after election.