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10 his fingers several times.

ing his fingers several times.
She nailed me with her bad eye, >"
he walled. ''and I'm under "a bloomin'
spell. I'm sure
Sullivan, as it turned out, was in no
condition to go to the Garden and
there was no fight.
1T was that Internal crosseyed wo-
man that queered the whole show ex-
claimed Mitchell as he left the Garden
in disgust. for he believed that he had
John L. out of shape and was ready
TO beat the big fellow down and out.
Bob Fitzsimmons is a believer in
dreams Long before he won the
championship from Corbett at Carson
City, he. predicted the victory. He
said that he had dream in which he
won decisively. Fitz has since declar-
ed that he never won a fight in his
life without having first a lucky
dream. Fitz also had what he said
was a charm that protected him from
harm 1t was the tip of Kangaroo
ear. and the Cornishman wore it be-
meath his belt in all of his ring bat
ties.
There are a great many pugilists
who refuse to sign articles of agree
ment or to fight on d Friday, hang
mans day." they call it. Among them
are Tommy Burns. Jimmy Britt, Abe
Attell, Billy Melody, Dick Hyland
Kid Goodman. Sailor Burke, Packey
Mcfarland, Owen Moran, Bill Papke,
Hugo Kelly. and Battling Nelson.
Deep-sea sailors always have fear OF
Friday and often refuse to leave port
on that day.
Some fighters are superstitious in
regard to Jonah" seconds. They
dodge the handlers who have been be,
hind losers. Some seconds seem to
have a streak of bad luck, and as re-
suit they find it a difficult matter tC
get a job behind good man.
In some cases unexpected seconds
are preferred to "Jonahs." John l.
Sullivan seldom acted as an adviser OF
a second that his man did not lose
He was behind Dempsey when Fit
beat him. behind Mike Cleary wher
Mitchell bested him: with Joel Sicily
when he lost to George Dixon; will
Joe Lannon when he was defeated by
George Godfrey; with the late Spider
Weir when he was knocked out b!
Australian Billy Murphy, and behint
Peter Maher when F'itz put him away
the first time at New Orleans. Sulli
van. like many other fighters, is
poor picker of winners.
Tommy Burns likes nothing bette
than to find a horseshoe when train
ing for a battle. The horseshoe ha
made a hit with other pugs too. wht
usually nail one over the door of thei
training quarters.
Meeting a funeral is always regarded
as direful thing by pugilists. Sulli
van met funeral the day he was beat
en- by Corbett at New Orleans, and h
said then and there that he would NEE
his Waterloo. Other boxers are SUI
perstitious about lucky and unluck.
corners in the ring. Some of then
always try to enter the ring first s.
that they can secure what they believ
is the lucky chair 1t has often bee
the case that in a dispute over the ia
vorite corner the matter has been set
tied by the turn of a coin.
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MANY FIGHTERS
AFRAID OF OMENS
Johnson Has a Rabbits Foot
And Cans Carried a
PocketpieCe.
QUEER SUPERSTITI0NS
MANY FIGHTERS REFUSED TO
SIGN ARTICLES OR FIGHT ON
FRIDAY, WHILE THERE ARE
"JONAH" SECONDS.

1t is often said that pugilists, like
gamblers and sailors, are superstitious
The colored fighters are particularly
so, for some of them have been known
to back out of contest at the last mo-
ment because they ran up against
some bad omen.
Big Jack Johnson, who is matched
the ring before hiding rabbits foot
in the colors he wears around his
waist. Joe Cans always puts lucky
pocket silver piece, which he won in
his first mill. in his belt just as he
climbs through the ropes. Joe Wal
colt once a giant-l1iller, never failer tt
have a miniature horseshoe tucked
away in his breechcfout
John L. Sullivan in all of his battles
wore a pair of green trunks, in the bell
of which was talisman, which his
mother gave him when he first enter
ed the professional arena. Game Jacl
Dempsey, the Nonpareil, would no
agree to tackle the easiest kind of {
mark unless he had. on his famou:
Dlack IlSHJS III WHICH lie Wou ooluc OLA
ty battles. But the tights lost theiI
magic charm the night that Fitzsim
mons knocked Dempsey out and alst
broke his heart.
Charley Mitchell, the former En-
gish champion, had a mortal fear o
meeting a cross-eyed woman on thu
day or night of fistic encounter il
which he engaged. He always insist
ed that such a woman meant sure de
feat.
The night he was to meet Sullivan
for the second time in Madison Squar
Garden. Mitchell met a cross-eyed, re-
haired woman in Fifth avenue and al
most collapsed. He dashed bacl
around the corner at top speed, cross
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GETS MEET
Next !. c. A. L. Track Contest
To Be Held on Reid
Field.
BUTLER MAY JOIN LEAGUE.

Earlham will entertain the next
field and track meet of the |. G. A. l..
on Reid field This was the welcome
announcement made last night by
Manager Hancock who has just re-
turned from a meeting at Indianapolis.
Not only was it decided that the field
meet should be held in Richmond but
that the state tennis meet will also be
held at Earlham proceeding the track
meet.
The colleges that are repre- sented in
this meet are Rose Polytechnic, Wa
bash, Earlham, Indiana State Normal,
Hanover and Franklin.
Butler was represented at the meet
ing. Special rules were explained in
regard to the eligible men and it was
decided by the Butler representative
to make application for entrance at
the next meeting of the officers of the
/. C. A. L. 1t seems that Butler is
somewhat loath about joining the
league as a number of the most prom
Using candidates for the track team
are not taking the required twelve
hours work in school. IL is expected
that this difficulty will be overcome
and that Butler will eventually apply
for admission to the league.
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POLO LEAGUE
OPENS SEASON
First Games Will Be Played
Wednesday Night at
Coliseum.
THREE TEAMS. ORGANIZED
FOURTH TEAM WILL BE MADE UP
BEFORE FIRST CONTESTS
MANY SEMI-PROFESSio Al S
ARE IN THE LINEUP
BY Tort.

On Wednesday evening the City Po-
10 league will open it's season-that is
providing a fourth team is organized
in time. Several days ago the league
was organized with four teams. the
Carmans. the Greeks, the Empires and
the Smiths. Last week the Smiths
disbanded for some unknown cause
and for a time the life of the league
was threatened. However, expert polo
expert doctors rushed to the assist
ance of the dying organization and
hopes for its recovery are entertain
ed Bob Graham has undertaken the
job of collecting fast team and have
it ready for the opening of the sea
son. Until this team is secured the
schedule cannot be given out. The
following are the lineups of the three
teams now composing the organiza
ton:
Greeks-Marine, rush. Allison
rush; Fetzer. center; Haas, half back
Snaveley, goal.
Carmans-Sharp, rush; Bulla, rush
Newman, center; Harms, half back;
Lancaster, goal.
Empires-Nolan, rush; Clark, rush
Jones, center; Oesting, half back
Cromer. goal.
These teams are composed of the
majority of the best semi-professiona
players in the city and the lovers o.
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CRACK ATHLETES TO COMPETE
Big Indoor Meet to Be Held In New
York Dec. 10.

York Dec. 10.
Plans for the big meet to be run un-
der the auspices of the College Of the
City of New York in New York Dec.
10 are well under way, and 1t is now
certain the best of the country's ath-
letes will be in competition. The fea.
ture Of the games will be a 600 yard
scratch event, in which Harry Hill
man of the New York Athletic club
will measure strides with Harry Gis-
sing. the great middle distance runner:
Charlie Bacon, the hero Of the 400
meter hurdle event at the London
Olympiad; Jim McEntee, the Mercury
footer who recently surprised the ex-
perts with his wonderful speed, and
w. G. Robbins of Boston, who will
wear the winged foot and the colors
of the Twentythird New York regi-
ment Although Sheppard has not yet
sent in his entry, it is expected he will
do SO. John Taylor, the great colored
runner Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania and the Irish American Athletic
club, has signified his intention of re-
turning to the game.
With these men on the mark the
race should be one of the greatest ever
held in America, and it would not be
surprising to see Burke's long stand
ing 600 yard record of l minute II sec
onds go by the board. E. n. Mon
tague of the London Athletic club re-
Gently equaled the record, and it now
is UP to the Yankees to put the figures
where no Briton can reach them. 9th
er competitions will not be lacking in
interest. 1t is planned to have Robert
son, Heating, Ekman. Claughen and
other sprinters meet in special sew
enty yard dash. A special four mile
limited handicap has been added for
the distance men.
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"A Knight for a Day"

"A Knight for a Day" one of the
musical comedy successes of recent
seasons, is the attraction at the Cen
nett for Thursday, Dec. Il. The cast
of seventy. including Miss May Vokes
remains the same as the one that pre-
scented it at Wallack's theater. New
York. for practically an entire season.
The production in late May opened in
Boston where it has been playing TO
the same steadily crowded audiences.
that have marked its career from its
beginning two years ago in Chicago.
where at the Whitney theater it con-
summated a run of COZ nights. Up
roariouS fun in irresistible. comic sit
uations and rare charm in its girly en-
sembles and its stage pictures are
accredited elements making for its
sensational success. A score too, said
to be among the most musical of re-
cent years. is another noticeable fea-
ture. Miss Vokes appears in one OF
her characteristic slave roles, the
part, however according to broad con-
cession surprising the laugh qualities
of each of her other servant lady
types. Girly ensembles includes the
Sweet Girl Graduates, The Merry Mad
caps. The See-Saw Flirts, The Corsi-
, can Bellies, The Stage Door Coquettes
The Candle Light Girls and The
Grand Opera coryphees. Song hits in
clude The Little Girl in Blue" Life
is See-Saw." The Garden OF
Dreams "Hurrah. Murray and Hur.
roo for That Whistle as you Walk
Out" What Fools We Mortals Be-
and I'D Like Another Situation Just
Like That" Robert B. Smith wrote
the score of the piece and Raymond
Hubbell composed the score. The
staging is Augustus Sohlke's.
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WISE BROTHERS
KNOW IT ALL
Await Opportunity to Get in
Knock at All Sports
Played Here.
WRESTLING THE LATEST,
ACTIONS OF KNOCKERS" HAVE
DONE MUCH TO MAKE RICH.
MoND CITY ONE THAT Is SHUN.
NED BY ALL ATHLETES.
BY Tort.

And now the wrestling game is
CROOKED" and fixed"
At least we are so assured by a
number of Johnny Wises who have
made Richmond, naturally good
sporting town, a place dreaded by
athletes of all kinds and descriptions.
When the managers of the old West
ern Polo league were giving the peo-
pie of Indiana the classiest variety of
this great winter sport and Richmond
was represented by the best team in
the league, the Wise Brothers patrol
ed the streets of this community, hold
ing you up on street corners and but
ton-holing you in public places, al
ways telling you the same tale, &C
companied crafty looks and knowing
winks, II tell you this polo game is
crooked and the games are fixed so
that all the teams will be in the run
ming"
No doubt you distinctly remember
this tale the Wises wore to thread
bare.
Base Ball Suffered.
Then you will remember Rich
mond's league base ball experiment.
Good base ball. for the class, was serv-
ed up to the fans in this city and in
other towns in the /. 0. league and
every effort was made to run the
league in an honest, sportsmanlike
manner. That made no difference to
the Wise Brothers. Once more they
got out their little trip hammers and
the echo of their resounding raps were
heard all over the community" The
game is like unchback-crooked,
they said THE smaller towns are
well. This player and that player on
our team would sell out for a nickle,
ETC., ETC. Then base ball went the
way Of polo.
This winter wrestling was introduc.
ed here. 1t is a game that can be cas-
lily fixed and operated crooked, but a
person with ordinary horse sense
could see that the promoters were
making an effort to treat the public
squarely. Good sport has been offer
ed and the patrons of the matches
have gotten their moneys worth, but
the Wise Brothers at call times had
their field glasses out looking for an
opening. They thought they perceiv
ed it Friday evening when LaSalle
made an unfortunate decision and de
clared Demetral the winner on a fal
which he, apparently, did not deserve
''The game is crooked. Charlson is 6
CRATER" yelped the Wise Brothers.
Why then. if the game was fixed
did Olson kick up such rumpus tha
the police had to take hand in the
game. Why in the privacy of theil
dressing room did Olson. in his rage
over the decision, threaten to assault
Demetral and why did Demetral turf
loose on Olson a torrent of Language
more heated than eloquent?" wa:
asked the Wise Brothers.
That scene was all for effect.
was part of the plan. Olson and De
metral played their parts well-but W,
saw through it ALL they Responded
with one of those comprehensiv,
winks.
And there you are.
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polo are assured good sport through
out the Season. Games will be played
twice a week, double-headers every
Wednesday and Friday evenings. The
Carmans will play several out of town
teams throughout the season. This
outfit has already arranged to play at
Elwood Christmas AFTERNOON and ev,
ening.
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You may abuse your enemy, your
friend and your kin and possibly es-
cape punisIlIS.nt, but if you abuse
your stomach you will sooner or later
have to account for 1t. No matter
how good your stomach may be, 1t
viii not stand for abuse.-Atchison
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THEATRICAL CALENDAR.

GENNETT.
Harrison Bros. MinstreIs-Dec. IA.
"A Knight for Day"-Dec. II.
NEW PHILLIPS.
Vaudeville all week.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
B. F. Dillingham's Advice.


b. +. Dillingham; stated that the aues-
tion of not applying the coastwse laws
to Hawaii had come up when the Or
ganic Act was being drafted, and he
had been one at that time opposed to
the application of the laws.
81 am interested financially in the
Matson Navigation Company, said
Mr.. Dillingham;, "but ! am opposed TO
the retention of the coastwise laws in
the interest of the Matson or any other
line. / believe in throwing open the
door and let the ninety million people
of the United States know they can
travel freely to and from Hawaii I
believe that with open passenger SER
vice, where there is now one passenger
coming to- Hawaii there will be te-.
and the amount of possible traffic will
be so demonstrated that there will be
American ships built sufficient to look
after 1t. ! believe that every cabin of
every American ship now running here
and every cabin of the new Matson
ship, and possibly another one, will be
filed through the suspension of the
coastwise laws. From a purely selfish
standpoint l believe that it will help
every line if the embargo on passenger
travel be lifted for short time at
least. -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
GRAND JURY DOES
A GOOD DAYS WORK

The Territorial Grand Jury made a
partial report to judge De Bolt yest.r-
day afternoon. They reported three no
bills and two true bills. One of the
no bills was as to Nakamoto Umikichi,
accused of the murder of his wife Yo-
shine. The other was as to Carl Mar.
tens, charged with malicious injury AMI
larceny in the second degree. The third
was as to Ho zee Cho.
The true bills were against John Ka-
lauao for larceny in the first degree,
and Ookano Hatsugo, charged with as
saIt and battery with a weapon On
one Yagi, at Waialua on October 8, rs
the result of jag.
John Kalauao on November went
to the store of Ogawa on Maunakea
street which he found in charge of q
youth, Yoshimori. Pretending that he
was going into business he ordered a
large line of goods from the youth, and
while the latter was getting down some,
of the articles ordered, Kalauao went
to the cash drawer and took out $64
and skipped out.
The grand jury adjourned until call
ed together again.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
A DECREASED REPORT.

The total arrests for the county of
Oahu for November last We're 296,
with 209 convictions. In November,
1907, the total county arrests were
322, with 226 convictions, decrease
for November, 1908, of twenty.six ar
rests and seventeen convictions. There
was an increase of twenty-one Hawai-
ians arrested and a decrease of four.
teen Chinese arrested, in November,
this year. The fines for November,
1907, were $l49S, and for the same
month this year, $l462.25, decrease
Of $35.T5.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
WALTER DOYLE
GETS NO LUNCH

1t is hard to say who this story is
on, whether it is st. Clair Bidgood, the
smiling manager of the Haleiwa Hotel
or Walter Doyle. The other morning
the telephone at the hotel rang and
voice called for Bidgood. When he
answered the voice said "Halloo, that
you Bidgoodi This is j. w. Doyle, L I'm
going through to Waimea and / want
you to put lunch on the train for
me.'
So Bidgood gave orders for swell
lunch for the train dispatcher, Jack
Doyle, as he thought, and had it all
ready to deliver. But there We're no
passengers for Haleiwa and so the train
went through without stopping.
Walter Doyle, he who had telephoned,
went on to Waimea and did without
lunch. When the train returned Bid
good gave the lunch to a friend who
was coming in to Honolulu and told him
to look for Jack Doyle on the train,
give him the lunch and a couple of
two-bit cigars as a peace offering.
OF course there was no Jack Doyle
on the train but two hungry friends of
the lunch bearer took over the grub,
gobbled it up and then smoked the
peace offering. When they were all
through they stated that Walter Doyle
was still at Waimea using profane
language about not having any lunch
and that Jack Doyle was probably
screwed down to his Office chair as
usual.
Now the question that is agitating
Bidgood is whether the joke is on him
for preparing a swell lunch for rail-
road official who did not come, or
whether Walter Doyle gets the worst of
it for going hungry, If it were left
to this paper to decide we should say
it was about horse and horse.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
WAR DEPARTMENT MAY
TAKE PROPERTY TO MOANA
Rumor That the Waikiki Beach Reservation
May Extend to the Outrigger
Lagoon.

Hints have been thrown out from
authoritative sources that the United
States Government may require for
defensive purposes the entire Waikiki
beach strip from its present Eva
boundary on the Kalia road to the
stream bordering on the Eva side of
the Moana Hotel property.
The government first condemned
and purchased the Along and Schae.
fer properties, and the War Depart.
ment is making use of them now as
a camp~for the United States engineer
detachment. Next, the government
decided that it would take in the
property mauka extending to Kala-
kaua avenue, closing up the old Wal
kiki road. The next move was to in
clude John McCandless' home prop.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11

erty, and papers for the condemna-
tion of this property are in course of
preparation by the United States Dis
trict Attorney.
The Levers and Damon property is
being looked over now, and if ac-
quired would carry the reservation al
most to Alexander Young's former
beach home on the Eva side of the
Seaside Hotel premises.
If the hints about taking in the
property to the Moana stream are car
ried out, it will mean, the absorption
of the present Seaside Hotel premises
into the Army reservation.
The Levers and Damon properties
comprise an area of 1885 square
feet, and are two fine beach establish
ments. 1t is understood that the own
ers have been asked for figures as to
what they consider the properties
worth.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
SUSPENSION OF
COASTWISE LAWS
AGAIN ASKED FOR
(From Thursdays Advertiscr.)

the attitude Of the Honolulu
and the coawse
Shipping Laws and
consistent should be done
% establish American the high seas; and
accommoda
Inconvenience and much
the result
ing Islands
getting comfortable
4
steamship
accommodations about build
steamship running the largest
withdraw these vessels thus
making the
S
Shipping they
applied period
American boats
this result it further
other without necessity
remittance
and the
this
yesterday
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
CIRCUIT JUDGES,

The terms Of office of Judges Mat.
thewman and Parsons of Hawaii, and
Judge Hardy of Kauai expire tomor-
row. Parsons and Matthewman are ex-
pected to be reappointed. There is
more uncertainty as to Hardy. The
recommendation of Governor Frear,
who is now in Washington, will in all
probability control the appointments,
But Governor Frear has given no pub
lie indication of whom he will recon-
mend.
The term Of office of Associate Jus
tice Wilder will expire in about two
months, II is expected that he will be
appointed to succeed himself.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
ITS YOUR KIDNEYS
Don't Mistake the Cause of Your
Troubles. A Honolulu Citizen
Shows How to Cure Them.

Many people never suspect their kid.
neys. II suffering from lame, weak
or aching back they think that it is
only muscular weakness; when uri-
nary trouble sets in they think it will
soon correct itself. And so it is with
all the other symptoms of kidney dis
orders. That is just where the danger
lies. You must cure these troubles or
they may lead to diabetes or Bright IS
disease The best remedy to use is
Doan's Backachs Kidney Pills. 1t
cures all ills which are caused by weak
or diseased kidneys. Honolulu people
testify to permanent cures.
j. ID, Conn of Honolulu, Hawaii,
says: 81 was troubled for years with
an aching back and suffered severely
when | caught cold. There were other
symptoms which plainly showed that
my kidneys were disordered, but was
at loss to know how to treat the
trouble, A short time ago L heard
about Doan's Backache Kidney Pills
and 1 Immediately procured supply
at the HOLSTER Drug Co. They bene-
fitted me greatly and / have since kept
them on hand, j feel sure that if any
one troubled as was will give Doan IS
Backache Kidney Pills fair trial,
they will not fail to be benefited.
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are
sold by all druggists and storekeepers
at so cents per box (six boxes $1,000,
or will be mailed on receipt of price
by the HOLSTER Drug Co., Honolulu,
wholesale agents for the Hawaiian
Islands.
Remember the name, Doan's, and
take no substitute.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
Lowrey's Amendment.

F. j. Lowrey reminded the Chamber
of the thousands of newcomers who
must be brought to the Islands within
the next few years through the opening
up of the new government works, and
also reminded the members of the fact
that the Promotion Committee, which
they were supporting, found that the
greatest drawback to getting tourists
was the lack of steamship aceonimoda-
tipns.
T" 1t seems to me that we ought to 90
further than is stated in the resolution
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
Buford Here Soon.

The transport Buford may arrive here
morning from San Francisco
en- route to Manila. She carries no
regular organizations. only casuals. A
large amount of freight will be land
ed here. much of it for the Fifth Cav
airy. The troopers of this regiment
leave San Francisco on January on
the regular transport.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-11
ARMY BOARD REWs|7s
LE|LEHUA RESERVATION

The Army board revisited Leilehua
yesterday with reference to the site
for the Cavalry cantonment, and to
arrange for the location of the quarters
of the laborers. That the Army officers
intend to remain in close touch with
the work is evident, as three horses are
being sent to Waialua today by train
for their use..~