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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

No New York market until Tuesday
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16
VETERANS TO STEP ASIDE.
Will Mako Room on Diamond For
Youngsters In 1910 Season.

The days of the old timer IN base
ball are numbered. Few major league
players who were in their prime five or
six years ago will hold down regular
positions in the fastest company In
1910. In the old days, tho days of 1890
and 1900, little was thought of an ath
Iete's remaining in the big leagues for
ten or even fifteen years. And there
are many in the American and Ma
tional leagues now who have been
PLAYING in the highest class for an un-
believable length OF time. The nation
al commission recently gave out a list
of minor leaguers who had been draft
cd or purchased by major league teams.
II was an enormous list II showed
that baseball in the bushes" was on
n higher plane this season than ever
before, and II showed that major
league scouts realized this fact. But
IL showed, above all. that the great de-
luand is for youngsters. The success
of tho Boston and Philadelphia clubs
IN the American league and the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and st. Louis teams
in the National has brought forcibly to
the minds of tho magnates the rcaliZa-
ton that championship aggregatious
are developed from young blood and
that the sooner they infuse this oung
blood into their own clubs the sooner
will those clubs have a chance for the
championship. There are veterans on
all tho winning teams In both leagues,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

Former Heavyweight Champion t'
Promote Fights In Australia.

Tommy Burns, who now weighs 2l5
pounds. has been appointed manager
of the Australian Athletic company,
limited. sydney, New South Wales, and
Will shortly open negotiations with the
leading American fighters for their al
pearance I'm Australia.
This company, which is backed by
ten leading sporting men and book
makers OF sydney has leased large
building capable of seating 10000 per-
sons and at the end of the year will
open with n championship fight be-
tween an Australian fighter and the
champion of America I'm whatever
class the Australian boxer to be decid-
cd on is. Burns is full of talk over his
latest business move. He thinks that
there Is more money In Sydney for
good fights than there is In America
The syndicate which engaged Tommy
is a strong one financially, and lie is
going TO receive $4,000. and u guar
antee of IL, too, for his years work
Therefore the states are not likely to
see one of Johnson's victims for some
time. Burns is not troubling over
Stanley Ketchel or Sam Langford.
Burns says that he has made $4,000
In Australia and has started q COM
pany called the Burns Finance com
pany II is formed for the purpose of
operating on the races, and Larry
Keating. the manager, is to be its out
/ side representative. In other words.
the company is bookmaking concern.
! Keating and Burns and their wives,
, the Irish champion, Pat O'Keefe. and
| Tommy's brother. Jack Burns, are liv'
ing at a swell place called Ventnor.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

est In the work there would be no moro
trouble. lie thought the way TO do this
was to arouse the spirit Of competi-
tion among them and accordingly In
the winter of 1892 set about dcvising
an indoor game to take the place OF
the monotonous mass drills.
He mad always been an admlrer OF
the game of lacrosse and used this as
q foundation He first OF all eliminated
the sticks and reduced the size Of tho
goal, making the players pass and for-
bidding running as in lacrosse This
proved unsatisfactory. for when big
fellow stood in front of the small goal
ii was impossible TO score.
DR. Naismith then made his flfst rad
ical change. He raised the goal ten
feet from the floor. SO as 10 make VI
Impossible for one big fellow to en-
tirely block 1t, and an old peach basket
was used. Soon It was thought best
20 get a large ball. and "A football blad-
der was tried. This proved too soft,
so they shifted over TO an associa tlon
football. and the present basketball, Is
little changed since then.
This scheme, Of competition proved
immensely successful. and oil trouble
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

10 be sure. but the veteran of the fu-
ture will be the veteran OF four years
experience rather than OF eight or ten.
Speed Is what the major league club
owners arc looking for The Detroit,
Philadelphia an1 Boston Americans
and the Pittsburg. Cincinnati and 81
Louis Nationals ere full of II. The
Athletics, the Red Sox, the Reds. the
Pirates and the Cardinals have made
good this year more because their re-
cruits have made good than because
their veterans have held up their end.
in over half the cities of the big
league circuit the fans next year VIII
have hard time recogniziig their fa-
voritc teams. so changed will be the
makeup of those teams, but the fans.
like the American 'public. welcome
changes, and the mamatcs are going
to give them what they want In that
respect at lcact.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

well in the past six months. The willy
promoters are making every effort to
kill the game. Many hippodromes
which have been pulled off in different
small towns have helped the sport to
deteriorate. In fact, very few contests
held In these small places have been
on the level
Like certain other sports. wrestling
has fallen into decay through the greed
for dollars. q greed that robbed the
game of all semblancc OF sporting and
turned It into a mere hippodrome.
OF course all wrestlers are not
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

ball rules committee should be DR.
James Naismith, the man who orig
mated the game almost twenty years
ago. He Is now physical director at
Kansas university and was elected TO
the rules committee when attending Il
meeting as the delegate from Kansas.
In the early ninetics Dr. Naismith was
in charge of the gymnasium work Mt the
Springfield Training school in Spring
field. Mass. the work in the winter
time consisted OF mass drills and set
exercises, very beneficial, but monoto-
nous and tiresome. The students took
no interest in the work, shirked and
were on the verge of a strike.
Dr. Naismith realized that II he could
only make the students take an inter-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

.It +.
title holder, frank Gotch, and to re-
,ieve the American wrestling public of
their surplus coin. but the chances are
tbnt they viii so back empty handed
unless they arc n great deal better.
than the real reports from the other
sido Indicate.
Another reason TO. the Invasion OF
tho American mat game by the for
cigners is that wrestling is practically
at standstiE. abroad. a year or so
ago the promoters on the other side
were Offering thousands to these crack
wrostlers for their services, but re-
Gently these Same promoters havo
becn putting up a few paltry hundred.
Tho main reason for this Is that the
small fry have done so much taking
that the wrestling public has refused
10 patronize the sport and is under
tho impression that the big fellows are
guilty Of the sano offcnse.
Tho foreigners are sure that they
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

press agent says is the greatest that
ever lived and one whom the wrestlers
of Europe were afraid TO meet. Gio-
vanni Ralcevich. the best Italy ever
had, according to his compatyiots has
bigger a da fist just like a bunch
dc banan and u chest like da barroi."
Pat Conloy. the Irish champion. is AN
other. The latter according to Tom
-ORourke. his manager, who handled
Tom Sharkcy. Joe Walcott. George
Dixon and several other fighters. Is
the one TO succeed Gotch as the lead
ing mat artist of the world.
Other bone breakers who will visit
this country shortly are John Lemin.
the Swiss champion: Hassan Murat.
the new sultan of Turkeys favorite.
and Ivan Padoubney. who has been
twisting the arms. back and legs of
Russia's best mat artists for the last
two years.
OF the lot, Zbysco, the Polish giant,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

about getting the students 10 exercise
ceased. They liked the game at once.
aud soon they plunged into series OF
class games.
a short time ago only ono or two
persons knew the story OF the origin
OF basketball Even tho leaders in the
sport were ignorant Of just whore.
when and by whom II was started.
Then Dr Nnismith attended the bss-
ketball conference in New York simply
as the delegate, OF Kansas university.
One Of the few men who knew the
story pointed him ont 10 the other del
egates as the man who originated the
game. DR.. Naismith modestly admit
ted the fact and In conversation gave
the above details OF the games history.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16
HAM FISH, CAPTAIN OF HARVARD
ELEVEN.

Coach Haughton and Captain Ham
Fish are of the opinion that Harvard
will again capture the football! honors
In the east. Although Crimson has
lost several of last years men by
graduation, Harvard has a strong nu-
cleus to draw from. Fish, Harvard's
football captain, is son and Nance
sake of Hamilton Fish, the New York
congressman. Although only twenty
years old, Fish is six feet three inches
tall and weighs 1ss pounds In all the
later games last season. after Captain
Burr was injured, Fish was acting
captain and proved good leader He
is fixture at right tackle.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

ed such striking ability that he was
engaged 10 sing at the Theatre No-
ylonale, or Opera Comique, in Paris
Afterward deciding TO continue his
studies further Mr.. Pollock went to
Italy. where no made additional ad-
vances under the tutelage of the Italian
masters He sang In "Rigolet,o" and
other operas at Bellasio, ON Lake Co
mo. An officer on the STAFF of King
Oscar OH hearing him sing there pre-
vailed on Mr., Pollock TO journey TO
Stockholm, whore he sang in the Royal
Opera company for upward OF yoar.
In lsc. and 1905 Mr.. Follack sang in
the famous Metropolitan o9era COM
pany Of New yo,R. then directed by
the late Heinrich Con,ied
"The Rose OF Algeria" will remain al
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16
AbIe as Both Actor and Singer,


MIR. Pollock'c acting has become as
popular as his singing with New York
audiences, although Il has been stated
that IL was because OF his superior
vocal talents that lac flrst won public
recognition,
Mr. Pollock, in addition to his vari.
GUS successes in this country, has won
distinction abroad, where he speut
years in study. Born In Abingdon.
H.. he graduated from Kaox 'collsgc
Gaicsburg. Ill, lin 1876
After study with the best instructors
his state afforded Mr. Pollock went to
Chicago. where he spent several years
in church and oratorio singing. In
1895 no was engaged for the Robin
Hood" company of the Bostonians and
later resigned to go to Paris, where he
studied more than a year under She
iglia Returning to Ausy..a.. he sang
in Sousa's bride Elect and later
sang in oratorio aud festival tours
with Nine. Sembrich. Again going TO
Europe. Mr. Pollock spent year in
study with De Reszke. and he exhibit
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

appears to have the best reputation. /
lie has been working with George |
Bothner. the former worlds light
weight champion, and the latter thinks
him formidable enough for Gotch to
tackle.
zbysco. whose real namo is stanis-
laus Cyganicwicz Is one of the best
wrcstlers who have visited this country
for some time. He has beaten all the
best grapplers of Europe with the cx-
ception of Hackcnschmidt, and 1t wos
through his showing against the latter
that lie won prestige IN London Hack
enscfmidt was more afraid of Zbysco
than nc was Of Gotch. lie was finally
persuaded to go on tho mat with the
American. only to lose the champion
ship.
lie has stcadfastly refused in the face
OF the most fattcring and munihcent
offers even to get close enough TO sign
articles with Zbysco. The latter beat
Padoubney, who gave Hackenschmidt
his greatest struggle, winning easily
IN two straight falls. each less than
ten minutes. Zbysco was known as
strong man" before taking UP the
wrestling game. In this respect he is
| like the Russian Lion" Like the lat
ter, wrestling came to him as second
nature. and he was an Immediate sue
cess. He Is powerfully built man.
| Zbysco IA twonty-six years old,
weigh 270 pounds In wrestling togs and
Is 5 feet II inches In height. His neck
is 22 inches around, chest So Inches,
waist 20 inches, upper arm 2c inches,
forearm is inches, wrist 13 inches.
byceps 81 inches and calf 1915 inches.
Compare these measurements with
some of the measurements of the noted
American wrestlers and boxers and
some idea Of the mammoth size OF the
| new invader may be had.
Lsmm a Good One.
Lemm is one of the best wrestlcrs
Switzerland has produced In many
years
He has met and defeated many Of the
foremost mat artists in Europe In the
last two years Ho stands feet
inches and scales about 1876 pounds
J.emm won two big catch-as- s-catch-
csn Journeys in London recently and
OF the Olympic games heavyweight
competition, by two falls TO one.
Raicevich, the italian, is said to be
11uSClcu WIN Stttt dbot aut''icb ~
his strength. is not without nimble-
ness and quick action on the mat, two
qualities which are almost invaluable
when combined with strength.
Gotch has announced that he will
not take to the mat again until some
time In January or February. 30 the
chance OF seeing a championship con
test is away OF. When It does tnke
place Chicago will no doubt be the
scene of action.
ootch and Haokensehnnidt.
There will be no chance for a meet.
ing between Gotch and Hackenschmid'
for some time. as word comes from
London that Hack" has declared of
his match with John Lemm, the Swiss
champion, for the present and ha'
signed an agreement TO make vaudc
vile tour OF South Africa. Hacken'
schmidt has departed for Africa. bu
he says he expects to return to Eng
land some time in December and will
then arrange for a match with Lemm
Thus the two stars-Gotch and Hack
cnschmidt--intcnd TO take layof
for few months and let tho lessee
lights have try at the crowds. Hack
enschmidt has stated that he woul,
like another chance at Gotch. but wheI
Frank was In England there was moth
Ing doing They may possibly get to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

Miss Allen, assisted by well bal.
anced company. pictures tho leading
role of Sister Giovanna In compelling
fashion and undoubtedly will have a
successful metropolitan engagement.
Sister Giovanna has taken the vows
believing that Captain Severi, her
lover is dead (she has previously en-
countered the enmity Of another wo-
man who loves the same mani and that
nothing short CT Intervention by the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

tFrom Our Rev York Dramatic Core.
spondent.l
u VIOLA ALLEN has returned to
Ar/ New York In play of Ital-
" ian life, THE White Sister"
~ based on the we'll known
book by the late T. Marion Crawford.
Walter Hackctt dramatized the novel.
which, somewhat melodramatic In ac-
,ion, has had that flavor instillcd into
the stage production.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16
BY TOMMY CLARK.

1ODGlNG by the influx OF for
eign wrestlers into this country.
4 the strenuous mat promises to
bo pushed along at q greater
zip than II has been for some years,
especially In the coming winter. There
are many stars from abroad in this
country at present and more are COM
fns. OF course all OF them. according
70 their prcsf agents. are champions
of their native countries and have
never been defeated. Tho main object
Of their coming to this country IL to
try to return with the scalp OF the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

gether In England some time next
year.
The promoters throughout the coun-
try have been doing their utmost to
rid the game of a certain element who
have engaged In many crooked
matches and have done exceedingly
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

crooks. Neither are oil wrestling pro
motcrs. There are honest men In this
line. as in any other line bit the gem
eral atmosphere that clings about the
mat game Is not conducive to an in
spiration of public confidence.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

can clear up few thousands before
they stack up against the champion.
However. at the present time America
has some good men In tho wrestling
line, and II would occasion no surprise
if-Fred Beel, DIR. Roller. Henry ordc-
man, "Americus" and a few others
cleaned up the invaders before they
had chance to try their skill against
Gotch.
The Foreign Champions.
Among tho foreign wrestlcrs vh)
have come over in search of coin and
tho chance of meeting Gotch are zbys-
co, the Polish champion. who, his
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16

the Herald Square theater indefinitely.
The strong company has won decided
favor. In addition to Mr. Pollock, the
east includes Lillian Herlein, who siN
Years ago as an unknown American
girl left Ohio to work her way to star
Com in Germany Other players and
singers In the company are Eugene
Cowles. Ethel Green. Anna Wheaton,
Ralph Nairn and Maitland Davies and
the comedians William CASTOR and
James Diamond.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16
Viola Allen as CrawfOrdS White Sister
Frank Y. Pollock Scores In Light Opera
"The Girl and the Wizard" Is Breezy

pope can ever FREQ her from the ciois
ter. Even IN such an instance she
would still be regarded. or at least re-
gard herself. as having broken faith
with God. These points having been
made very clear. 1t Is obvious that the
lover Will return.
The struggle between her vows and
her earthly love is intensified when
Sister Giovanna, In order to betake
herself away from any possibility OF
temptation by the man she loves. vol
unteers to become one of self sac
rificing band about to undertake q
nursing pilgrimage TO lepcr colony,
fror, whence It is certain none OF them
will return.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16
"rhe Girl and the Wixard,' .

SAM Bernard has been pleasing large
audiences In "The Girl and the Wiz
ard" at the Casino In the role Of Her
man Schol2 he tas opportunities t.
display his characteristic dialect humoy,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16
Gun Play to the Fore.


The lover arranges to abduct the
nurse. taking hor to his room, where
he insists that she shall sign petition
TO the pope asking for her release from.
her voluntary obligations. When she
refuses he threatens to kill himself,
and at the sight OF his revolver she
reicnts Thereupon. brought 10 his
senses by her heroic self sacrifice, he
tears up the paper. BY this time the
Jealous woman previously referred to
has arrived on the scene TO hint at the
nuns presence In the soldiers room
and 10 promise revelations that will be
exceedingly unpleasant And the cap
tain shoots himself 10 savc the wo'
mans honor though the exact means
by which this win accomplish that end
is not quite apparent.
Ultimately. however his friend, who
10 slSillful liar. convinces tho jealous
woman that she must keep still or in
vove herself IN q scandal II may he
mentioned that she Is very easily con-
vinced
The outcome OF the unhappy story is
the death OF the lover. while the nun
accepts the inevitable with proper pa
ticnco and humility and presumably
with hope of happiness in another
aai better world.
Pollock.s Hit In "The Rose Of Algeria .
The success of Frank v. Pollock, the
well known tenor. In the role OF Cap
tain De Lone In '"rhe Rose of Algeria"
at the Herald Square theater. has
proved ono Of the features of the new
metropolitan dramatic season. Mr.
Poliock's rendition Of this role which
is that OF the leading tenor. is asserted
BY prominent critics 60 be the cause OF
! the hit which ..,rhe hose Of Algeria.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16
ERICKSON. SENSATIONAL RUN
MING HIGH JUMPER.

Judging by the form he has been dis
playing in the recent athletic meets, 1t
locks as IL Erickson of the Mott Haven
A. c. of New York will in the near flu
ture relieve Harry Porter of his iaurels
as champion running high jumper of
the world.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-16
ORIGIN OF BASKETBALL.

Springfield Instructor Invented Sport to
Prevent Strike OF Students.
1t Is peculiarly fitting that the new
member of the intercollegiate basket
The daily tribune., 1909-01-09
KIDNEY WEAKNESS
AND BLADDER TROUBLE

More people suocumb each year
to some form Of kidney trouble
than any other cause. The slight.
est form Of kidney arrangement oft.
en develops into Bright's kidney
disease. diabetes or dropsy When
either Of these diseases are suspect
ed the sufferer should at once seek
the best medical attention posi- BILE.
Consult only good. first class ply.
sician.
There are many Of the lesser symp.
toms of kidney trouble which can be
treated at home is stated by a we'll
known AUTHORITY. For some of these.
such as backache, pain in the region
Of the kidneys. weak bladder, fire.
quency. Especially at night) painful
scaiding and other urinary troubles
try the following simple home
remedy: Fluid ExrAct Dandelion
one half ounce; Compound Kargon.
one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsa-
parilla three ounces. These simple
ingredients are harmless and can be
obtained at any good prescri pt o n
pharmacy and anyone can mix them
by shaking we'll in bottle. The
dose for adults 10 q teaspoonful after
each meal and again at bedtime.
There Is no more effective rem edy
known to relieve all forms Of rheuma.
tisn. because 1t acts directly upon
the kidneys and blood 1t cleans the
clogged up pores in the kidneys so
they can filter and drain from the
blood the poisonous uric acid and
waste matter which IL not eliminated
remain in the blood. decompose and
settle about the joints and muscular
tissues causing the untold suffering
and deformity Of rheumatism.
Backache is natures signal no ~.
ing the sufferer that the kidneys are
not acting properly. Take care Of
your kidneys" "is now the physicians
advice to his patients.
The daily tribune., 1909-01-09
D0INes OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

Constable bonds in the sum OF
$1,000 each for f. c. Furniss. ]. w.
Thompson and c. C. McNulty were ap-
proved.
1t was reported that District Judge
Bailey had approved the bonds OF w.
II. La Grange and w. X. Alfred. the
newly elected commissioners, each In
the sum of 10000.
Other bonds approved were Sheriff
Joeseph Esser, $1,000; C. l.. Milton.
county surveyor, $1,000: W. L. Morris.
assessor. $65O0 and DR.. T. b. Moore,
county treasurer and public trustee.
5000, O,0OO0.
Bids were opened and contracts for
supplies allowed. The Diamond Coal
Co. will furnish the coal this year at
50 at the mine. 1885 at the Poor Farm
and $3.50 at the court house.
Contract for groceries for the poor
farm was given to ]. NJ. Anderson 4
Co.
For printing stationery and letter
heads tot the Cannon; envelopes. to
the Times and postal cards to the
Rambler.
The Record was made the oficial
paper with an agreement that the De-
linGuent Tax List would be published
one time In each OF the other papers
OF the county.
The Out West Printing and Station
cry company OF Colorado Springs got
the contract for blank books and
blanks and Hunter Palmer for pencils
pens. inks and many OF the smaller
supplies.
The commissioners have been In
session all week. They have let some
contracts. approved some bonds and
looked over lot OF bills.
Justice OF Peace bonds In the sun
OF 10000 each were approved for
Owen Doran. Thos. Carmody. J. X
Kennedy, T. II. Logan. l.. l.. Freeman
and II. X. Lutes.
-CANOT CITY RECORD