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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12
AMERICAN OLYMPIC
MATERIAL IS BETTER
NOW THAN IN 600
Nearly All the Records Made at Athens Since
Broken--Eastern College Athletes We
ina Up-GeneraI Amateur Common
By MANHATTAN.

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Among athletics
the Olympic tryouts is the one import
ant thing now.
Every young fellow who has the IDEA
towed away in the back part OF his head
that ne is Of championship csliore IN
any branch OF sport viii attempt 10
make the team, and there is every
reason to believe that the United States
will be represented in London this sum-
mer by the greatest body OF amateur
athletes that ever has been welded into
a point winning team. That the splendid
record at Athens will be repeated no
American athlete doubts.
While, Of course. it is impossible al
this time 10 pretend TO pick the team,
experts who are thoroughly acquainted
with the work Of the best men In the
country have picked these as being prac'
ticaHy certain to be among the elect;
OO-metre-Cartnel, OF Pennsylvania,
and Kelly. Of oregon.
2O-metre-Cartmel, OF Pennsylvania
and Hun. Of Chicago.
yania.
sO0-metre-MeIvin Sheppard. Of New
| York
100 metre-IAgh tOody, Of Chicago.
/ Five miles-Bellars. Of New YORK
/ Marathon race-Hayes, Of New YORK.
| llo-metre. hurd.e-smithson Of eiigiolel
| 3,2Oj-metre. steeplechase-Carr ana Col
/ collins. OF New York
40 metre, hurdle-Hillman, or New
! York
Ten-mile walk-No selection.
Standing broad iump-EWry ah'
Adams, Of New York
/ Running broad jump-Keliy, Of ore
! gon, and Adams. II New York.
Running high jump-Porter. Of New
York. ana Mofitt. of Pennsylvania
/ Hon. step and jump-Adsms' OF New
York, and OsCouneIl, Of New York
/ pole vsult-Allen, OF New York; Gray
of Yale. and Cook. OF Cornell.
| Throwing the hammer-McGrath anS
| Flanna gan, % New York.
Putting the shot-Rose, of California
and Coe. of Boston.
Discuss Gree styIe)-Garrels, OF Mich
/ igan. and Sheridan. OF New York
! Discus Greek style)-Sheridan and
/ Adams. OF New York
one thing is certain. the American
/ team will win many points unless tn
I RECORDS mace at AAttEtAS AAS ANA--SI1a-
/ smashed all along the line. PRACTICAL!
every winning record made at Athens
has been beaten in the past year OF
! American tracks. CaTtmel, Kelly, an
May. all have beaten the 1oO-metr'
J record. Garrels. Smithson. and Shaw
\ have beaten by full second the Athen
/ record for the l10metre hurdle. Taylo
and Merriam have clipped the 4oo-metr
I run. Haskins, Myers, and Sheppard
have lowered the figures for the 50
\ metres. Haskins has run the L00
metres faster than it was run a
| Athens.
/ Rose. Kruger, Burroughs and Coz
ali. have beaten the score by which
I Martin Sheridan won the shot put a
4 Athens. Dray, Cook, and Allan have
beaten the Athens pole vault record
BY frora six 70 eleven inches Mofht
J Leahy, and SIesht have all beaten tn
/ Athens high jump figures, while Keli'
topped Prinstein's running broad 1uml
At Athens by three and one-half inches
These figures show that the ouuool
for the American team may be said &
be exceedingly bright.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12

IN all the colleges III the East me
athletes have resumed work after the
midwinter holidays.
Track and field games ere the princi-
pal sports at this time, for there are
many indoor meets 20 come before 1t is
time 20 get out on the cinder path,
and at Yale and Harvard particularly
tits line of work Will come in for a ma
iority OF the time the men spend IN
the gymnasium. Baseball. too. will draw
out the men who hope to win varsity
letter with bat and ball.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12
Pole Vault Looks Good.

Tor spectacular effect probably no
event on the program will surpass the
pole vault. in which eight OF the best
performers in the South are Carded.
George washington will be particularly
strong in this feature. with Sterrett,
Owens, and Written. Sterrett returned
10 washington a couple OF weeks ago
from long trip through the Southwest,
and has been working in the gymnasium
every day. He is the best OF tho South
ern college vaulters, with "A record or
10 feet inches. and is rounding into
top-notch form.
Owens was the winner OF the pole
vault in the Labor Day games at Wash
ington Grove, and Written, fullback on
the varsity eleven last fail. has had a
good deal of previous experience in
vaUlting. Ward and Knulker, OF the
Central Y NJ c A OF Baltimore, should
make things interesting fer the Bun
and Blue trio, Ward being Sterrett's old
rival for Southern championship honors.
Virginia is also expected to have a
couple of entries In this event.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12

Midshipman James G. Stevens - sgr-
merfield. Ohio, has broken TIE naval
Academy strength test with ! a. 7gl- 81
eclipsing the record OF Roae-t r.
Chambers. also Of Ohio. wh.cH ztcsE
at 1.49o. Capt. A II. Douglss 81 fns
football team, stands third, u-
make a determined effcrt to RAISE
figures IN a few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12
Story of DR.. Ring.

Several owners and trainers have been
given their We liking papers from the
Oakland gates because Of a violation
of the racing rules in respect to 'dop-
ing" Since the crusade against this
greatest evil OF the American turf the
horses have been running better to
form than at any other time in the his
tory Of California racing, a significant
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12

the New York Athletic Club o.
ard Saturday, March q and q
also arranged that preliuinsr- rcIts
be held in New York, Boston s1d PaHz-
delphia. on March a. Folowae s ghe
schedule OF the teams at the 6-as--al
points:
New York-Princeton, CoIum5La aad
West Point.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Annapolis
and Cornell.
Boston-Haryard. Yale and NJ. T. e..
Midshipman James G. Stevens. % sgr-
merfield. Ohio, has broken tue naval
Academy strength test with j s,s 1Jl-ls.
eclipsing the record Of Roae-t
Chambers. also Of Ohio. wh.ca ztosE
at 1870 Capt. A II. Douglss o. as
football team, stands third. ana m
make a determined efcrt to RAISE
figures IN few days.
Tom Longboat, according to t-s -aaf-
mental games committees. WI r.a a.
the Company II, Tenth Regin-fr. uzsf
at Mt. Vernon next month, d. be -d-
fact that he IS under suspe-.-ten 5s
the Amateur Athletic Union. TIE samzs
viii be conducted under the zlsrlers
ganization allied to the 4. A L. 90 -fsa
| If there IS any truth in the report ~
can only mean that the soldiers are se-
termined TO make good their 1f1r ana
| conducted their athletics regardless It
the union.
A Western football star is Hkals 10
make his appearance in Eastsls r5st-
/ ball circles next fall, for Casraa. abe
gTeat dTopkioRer OF the Unirerstty 81
| Minnesota. who made by his sIezfeE
every point scored by the Gonhers. iH
/ 1907, has announced his intent9- IF en-
| tering Dartmouth this year. l. case -
comes to the New Hampshire 60. .ess
I Cspron will be unable 20 plsy cr tnE
varsity team until 1909, and Hu 1heu
have but one year 20 kick f=s a3='s
| for the Green; but even that WI help
| some, for Capron as a kiekes cav Be-
| clsssed with the three greatest ls-Esrs
| thas American football hiss aac s,a-
EckersaH and HirschbeTger, o. Ctt5a~8.
! and Pat O'Des, Of Wisconsin.
The manager Of the Harvar5 es-its
| crew has announced that Harvaz5 won't
/ row the midshipmen OF the nav. sa-
| rapolis. on the Severn. on Apr = tss
race taking the place OF the crz-cas -
! one with Columbia on TIE Harvard
| schedule.
This vii be Harvard's ir rowing
| contest with the midshipmen st 1E
| same time the Harvard bass. aU tcaul
will make It's headquarters at Anna sell
( and will probably meet the ne s. IN oae
II, or more games.
/ The investigation which has besa
| started by the Amateur Athle Union
, seeking TO determine Ralpa REESE
| standing in the world OF sucr1 ~
easily cost the American Olyr1re lss
| the services Of the greatest shcf-r-i te-
4 the world has ever known. TFis 81 ~
/ the first time that the big shO -eulia.' g
/ name has been dTasgeS before .ks Eut-
I lie In fake yarn Once before h, Re =aess
/ so disguised with the notoriety hs
| attained through athletics that ae a
/ the game. and only came ba 20
after the most strenuous Goa uE CT
/ the part Of the Olympic Club % r-
| On Roses visit here last fal go
! peatedly expressed to myself an cEzrs
| his disquest and his family's di t 8
all this fuss about him, and TO is cioE
| friends II would be no surprise a. ~
| that upon being notified that he S 40
( to be investigated" he viii So r1
| athletics altogether.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12
Classifying Relays.

The classification of relay teams was
practically completed last night. al
though Manager Fleming does not eX-
pect TO close all negotiations until Tues
day. one of the latest races arranged
is a One-miIe event between the Balu-
more City College and the Episcopal
High school OF Alexandria, the Chal-
Ienge Of the latter school TO the Cen
trail High School. OF this city. having
been declined. The George Washing
ton varsity one-mile team Will run
against Richmond College.
The GUrley Athletic Club expects 10
have fourteen representatives competing
in the various events. including first
and second relay teams. The five men
from whom the first quartet viii be
chosen are Smithson, the old Business
High School star quaTter-niler; King,
Young. Brame. and Beall. SmithSOn is
probably the fastest quarter-mileT in
the District, with a record Of 81 seconds
for the distance. In the Middle States
scholastic championships last May he
finished second, two yards back OF the
winner, whose time was 80 2-5 seconds.
The GurIey Cub Will also have Hicks
Hildebrand, GalbTaith, and Fielding in
the mile run; Brlttson, Evans. and Hall
in the sprints, and TTanney in the shot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12

The men who take part in the true
winter sports-hOckey, fencing, basket
ball and the like-kept more or less
busy during vacation, for several O. the
basketball teams went on these trips
through the country, meeting other col
Ieges and athletic club teams, and the
fencing men also managed 70 keep them
selves busy. As for the hockey players,
most Of the colleges forming the Inter
collegiate Hockey Associations have
kept their teams hard at work in ex-
hfbltion games ever since the colleges
closed and they are sll 1T for the
short season. which opened in this
city on Saturday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12
Western vs. Business.

A feature scholastic event should be
the one-miIe relay race between the
Western and Business High School
teams. There seems just now very little
choice between the candidates for the
two quartets, although the boys from
West washington have had more ex-
perience. Captain Champion, Of West
ern, will not make the final choice of
his team until DAY or two before the
games, but it looks as If these boys will
have the first call: Fleming, Tanner,
Curtiss, Max Hodgson, and Champion.
Captain Lloyd, of Business team, has a
dozen candidates of about equal ability,
and he will have some elimination trials
early this week
The Bloomingdale Athletic Club will
be one of the most strongly represented
Of the younger organizations. It will
have d One-miie relay team. consisting
of White. Farmer, Henning, and Turner,
The daily tribune., 1908-04-10

subject OF "Do We Crow" by the
entertainment committee, and the
subject was handled In very master
ly manner. Instead Of generalizing
largely upon it. however. he confined
his remarks mostly to docs Colo
RADIO Grow?' and then showed the
progress Of the state In the past forty
one years. Judge Bradley arrived
in Denver four decades and one year
ago when that city prided itself in
having about 4, 900 souls, but 1t hard
ly possessed them. Indians roained
the prairies between Denver and Pu-
eblo at that time and travel on horse
back was very uncertain, traveller
might reach Pueblo or Denver with
his scalp or may not; that depended
largely upon whether he was attacked
by band of redskins and who came
out victorious in the skirmish.
Forty years ago there were only
three or four quartz mines in the
state, according to the Judges recol-
lections, and the mining of gold was
conducted almost exclusively along
placer lines. At that time the only
railroad in the state run as far as
Julesberg; there were no coal mines;
but little il any farming; the greatest
camps we now have were not dreamed
of; people came here from the East
to make a stake and take the money
back home. As the judges discourse
was rather lengthy, we must leave
him here and take up other parts Of
the program.
Z. B. Criddle. as usual, pleased
the banqueters with couple of i'm
presentations, which were very highly
appreciated. DR.. +. +. Knoch, sup
erintendent of the United Oil COM
pany. spoke on Petroleum and Its
Products giving some valuable in
formation to his hearers on the pro-
duction aud refining of oils. Of in
terest to Florence were the remarks
that the Florence field was not yet at
its height; that Florence produces
The daily tribune., 1908-04-10

fits either one of these two communi-
ties. benefits the other; that when
Florence strikes an oil we'll Canon
profits more or less thereby, that
when Florence gaius new mill.or in
fact any other industry. Canon comes
in for her share of the prosperity; on
the other hand Florence enjoys shar
of the fruit yield of Can on, Florence
shares in manner in the profits
from the smelters there. He pleaded
for unison and regretted discord.
When Judge O. D. Bradley of Flor.
ence takes the platform, the people
of this county who have heard him
make an address. know that some-
thing highly enjoyable aud altogeth-
er sensible is going to be said.
The judge had been assigned the
The daily tribune., 1908-04-10

the very best grade Of known finished
wax in the United States, that its
lubricating and some of the other
grades OF oils ranked with the very
best manufactured in anybody's
state. Mr.. Knoch has had many
years experience in the olden fields of
the country, and these remarks
coming from man Of his ex-
perience, mean something. Phil
Hamlin, the Denver telephone man,
gave ten minute talk on the sub
ject of "Who Is at the Other End!"
Miss Mary Jack was the aocompan-
ist for the quartette. There was
only one chair in the dining hall that
was not occupied. Following are
the names OF those present as the
hotel directory shows:
Phil Hamlin. 9 q Seely.C 9 Ham
lin. NJ S Bailey, O O Dwason, ] S
vanLaw, H OwJns, E E Schuyler,
Owen Price, John Bald. Lee Walker
E A Darby. J D Stewart, W P Will
bar, I H Morrissey, J f Snuff, F W
Brown, John Houston, W V Thornton,
A / Hadley. l. O Honeyman, + @
Lattimer, J V McCandless. G A How
ard. 10 Mayhill. V A Hutton. M I
Powell, N + Williams, W X Hurd.
T NJ Howells. W E Egan, @ II Bis
sell, W II Mitchell, r A Ramsay, f
@ Williams. A G Palmer, r Moore,
] ] Fleischmann. r @ Atkinson N Z
Usher. + E Nelson, Fred Frueauff.
Frank e Johnston, w l. Kirk, G G
Hitchcock, J J Hessick, A Horn. L
W Roberts, William Locke, d W
Ross, A p Williams, Barney Gins
berg, A Moore, E B Criddle, G H
Sale, George Wilson, A + Myers. II
r Lutes, NJ f Lewis, II Houston, ] G
Johnston, P Z MCGUIRE, G p Jessop.
j W Yelon, A Uhri, G M Deibert.
Lee Champion, O d Bradl ey @ M
Kessler. Alva Koontz, George Colum
bia, r Morse, Q Macdonald, H O
Stultz. A Satorius, B H Hopkins,
The daily tribune., 1908-04-10
oooD NEWS.
Many Florence Readers Have
Heard 1t and Profited Thereby.

Good news travels fast. /" and the
thousands OF bad back sufferers In
Florence are glad to learn that prompt
relief il within their reach. Many
a lame, weak and aching back is bad
no more. thanks to Doau's Kidney
Pills. Our citizens are telling the
good news Of their experience with
Old Quaker Remedy. Here is
an example worth reading:
Mrs. Francis Gallagher, of $50
West First St.. Florence, Colo. /,
says: II am certainly willing to
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as
the benefit Ireceived from their use
gave me high appreciation Of their
value. It required only short use
OF them to relieve me Of dull, heavy
pain in my back and sides, an annoy.
ance which had bothered me at fre-
quent intervals for long time.
Those similarly troubled will consult
their own interests by procuring
Dosn's Kidney Pills at W. J. Daniels
drug store and giving them trial :"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
Flew York, sole agents for the United
States. Remember the name--Doans
and take no other. mwf
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-17
Easter cards and decorations at

Easter cards and decorations at
Peterson's.
L. Nap. Lapointe of Blackjack
was registered at the Markham hotel
this morning.
Miss Walton, stenographer at the
Cass Lake land office, came over
from Cass Lake last evening.
c. l.. Pratt, a Grand Rapids
attorney, came in last night from
the. Rapids" on some legal business.
Frank Leasia was granted a mar
riage license this morning by Clerk
of Court Rhoda; to wed Emma Per-
rault of Blackdnck.
S. w. Stewart, general manager
for the Beltrami Cedar & Land
company, was in the city today from
his home at Blackjack.
Hose.-We have large stock of
garden hose, for you to select from,
and the prices are right. Call and
get your hose early. Jerrard & Gov
ington.
Mrs. A. B: Claire of Grand Rapids
spent this forenoon in Bemidji, hav-
ing come down this morning from
Northome, where she has been visit
ing for several days.
Fancy fruit for the Easter festivi-
ties or for convalescents. We carry
a full and selected stock at all times
and seasons. A casual inspection
will convince you. Peterson.
Mrs. Wagner, manager of the
local Western Union telegraph ofice
is on the sick list and unable to per-
form her usual duties. John Gfrerer
of St. Paul is acting as relief oper-
ator while Mrs. Wagner is ill.
Additional Locals on First Page.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-13
owl Forecasts weather.

Hancock. just over the Lebanon
Mountains, west OF Pittstield, on the
New York State boundary, depends
upon a boot owl for its weather re-
ports Every night the villagers listen
for the owl, which roosts In the forests
of John Taylor's farm. Ii the owl gives
a series of long, mournful boots. rain
is expected the next day; If sharp and
clear are the boots, the weather will be
clear. The owls forecast mas never
tailed yet.
The owl is called Big Ben. Its mate
was shot Is years ago and now adorns
the show window of Frank Hadwell's
store. Robert ]. Gillespie of New York,
touring through Hancock the other
night, listened to the owl for Aalf an
hour. He says all Washington weather
forecasts have been thrust aside In
Hancock Pittsfeld (Mass) Cor. New
York Herald.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-13
VIII. Describe. Ideal Husband.

81 have a husband In a thousand
exclaimed the woman with brown eyes.
The other night we were celebrating
In a quiet little way our anniversary
by dining out and going to the theater.
After the show We came right home,
as the girl we left with the baby
doesn't live with us and l didn't want
TO keep her too late. Well. Mr.. Baby
had q notion he'd yelp for a change
from his customary goodness. Then
my husband asked II there was any
thing around TO eat. II so happened
that there wasn't a single thing in the
line Of cake. fruit. or crackers or any
thing. You know those days when ev-
cry scrap has been used up And
hadn't remembered TO get anything.
Most men would have kicked but
he said. "Oh. never mind; I'm not hun
CRY. anyway" Further exploration re
vealed one cold potato and one egs.
Appertzing midnight.
well. l fried that egg and cooked
that potato while father soothed re
boy. Then we put baby in the next
room and sat down to our anniversary
supper OF one fried egg. Ny husband
said it was lovely and he'd rather have
IL than q meal at the SWEETEST reStau-
rant in town You'd have TO 90 a long
way before you'd find another man
who wouldn't kick when all the larder
offered was one egg and one potato
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-13
Wit Of the Youngsters


The Parson-Well, Walter. what dc
you want to be when you grow up
Walter (sunering from parental dis
cipline)-I want TO be an orphan
Sister Ethel-Wbat did Mr.. Goodman
say while he was waiting for me in
the parlor7 Little Johnny-Oh. he
didn't say anything. he just talked
Uncle Bob-R l was TO give you a
sent. Tommy. what would you do with
1t? Tommy Jagged STD buy postal
card and write 10 you for a quarter.
What rs the worst thing about
riches:" asked the teacher OF the ju-
venlIe class. Their scarcity" prompt
ly answered the bright youth at the
head
Sunday School Teacher-Be good,
boys and after you die you viii wear
crown OF gold. Little Bobby = Ny
papa wears one now-on his front
tooth.
Little Elmer - l wish I had been
Adam. The Nurse-Whyi Little FL
MERLE never bad TO be a kid and
have a woman wash his face and neck
that's why,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-13


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~ PHILADELPHIA Record.
II makinx uatterno Tor inn easffI
khersfpre patternmakerp cpnu,cply -
low abcut N efshti, Of an inch pex MT
f0e nhrinkaaa. The shrfnkaee In enGf,
IL however. Il bv No me,ans 1 1.ur,-
slant uunIity. but varies materially
With the proportion ex;stent Ia the mt
tern ana the charncfer Of the metaI
u6ed-as much a cnc-tenth 81 m fnch
Per foot being allowed when c.stine
beams and only one thirty second OF m
inch With lar0e cyIinderd
In casting. therefore, thin strips The
Ghrinkacs OF the length II very great,
while in the thickness It II scarcely ap-
probable, A square plate shrinks lit
tie In thickness, but equally In width
and breadth nat disk shrinks little
in thickness, but equally In diameter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-13

A plant has been discovered in Mica,
ragua which appears TO be charged
with electricity. II one OF It's branches
Is touched with the naked hand a dis
tinct shock similar TO that produced by
a battery is felt It's influence upon a
magnetic needle is noticeable at n dis
lance of half dozen yards and as
one gets nearer the plant this inau-
ence increases II the instrument is
placed in the center OF the hush IT will
assume a circular movement The In
tensity of the influence manifested
seems to depend upon the time OF day
Kansas City Journal.