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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-19

and Clown Talk" His contract calls
for $4,000 per week aud a percentage
of the profits.
''ln three years Paris will be the
biggest boxing city in the world" said
Frank Erne to me the other day
Erne returned from Paris, where he
has been organizing boxing clubs. but
said that he soon intended going back
10 make his permanent home abroad.
kid Mccoy thinks the same thing.
but he wants 10 make money too fast. -
said Erne. ~ have been in Paris two
years, and ] am Just in America for
Christmas. Then ] am going back for
ever. Why. Paris has New York beat
forty ways when it comes TO the manly
sport. French clubs used 10 90 In for
fencing, but now they are all for the
gloves. a Frenchman will pay Just as
much money TO see fight as an Amer
lean, and the interest is just as high
there. The old style of kicking and
biting has given way before the Amer
lean invasion. And then the cream of
society attends. In three years Paris
viii be the biggest boxing city III the
world. -
Hugh Mcintosh started in some time
ago to clear America Of pugs and take
them all to Australia. First he made
an offer to Stanley Ketchel and next TO
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. Who next! /!
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PARIS WILL BE
BIG FIGHT CENTER
Continued from Page Eighteen.

Continued from Page Eighteen.
get out of il, and fighters have come
To learn that the people viii see them ON
the boards. just look at the examples
of it-Fjtzsmmons. Corbctt, sullivan,
Nelson, .Ieifrics, johnson, and a dozen
more. Even Freddy Welsh lost no time
in getting into the music halls after
winning the lightweight championship
OF England. Wen, ] don't blame them;
| m out for the coin myself.
Cannot Fight,
OF course 1t would como. Both JGf-
fries and johnson are alleged 10 he
very sore over the clause in the ar.
ticlos which forbids either 10 fight be
fore cntcring tho ring on July I next.
Here is what Sam Berger said, Listen:
~ never saw jeff so sore as he was
over that clause, Why, he doesn't
want to 60 around on The stage coin
ing money, He wanted To lick up
Kaufman. Barry, O'Bricn and few
others before the big day. He s n regu-
lar bear cat on fighting now. JEFF al.
ways intended To do n great deal of
fighting before tho big 90, but here
comes that clause and spoils The whole
programme Jef needs a scrap or two
10 warm him up, Kid Mccoy told me
that when no made his re-entry in the
ring with Jim Stewart he was stricken
with stage fright so badly that he did
not know his right hand from his left,
| don't mean that Jim Will have stage
fright but then he needs a couple of
preliminary scraps TO get the kinks
out -
Tex Rickard, the Salt Lake City fight
magnatc, had this 30 say:
"That clause is all right suppose
jeff should have met fighter and got
his hands huuged up so that the biz
mill with Johnson would hayo to he
postponed What kind of a hole would
that leave MS in?''
Wise lad. Tex.
Billy Madden, the old time fight man
agcr, has IN idea for bringing forward
some new material in the heavyweight
line. Bill has twenty-five aspirauts for
the heavyweight honors on his hands,
all unknown and callow youths, but, as
Bill says, they ave there with the glue.
''Nou know elimination night would
be n great thing for this likely stable OF
minc,' said Bill the other day when
he dropped down from Cairo. n. y,
where he is running Il physical culture
retreat.
81 wouldn { want 4 purse for each
man, All ] would ask for is enough TO
give The boys training expenses aud I'll
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JOCKEY DUGAN WILL
RIDE FOR BELMONT
Continued from Page Eighteen.

excellent showing on the French turf
during the present year, is preparing. TO
enlarge his activities on the foreign
turf next year II IS practically set,
tied that he Will not cut much Of fig
urc in American racing, but it he even
duplicates his present years good for
tune abroad ii VIII have been well for
him. During the waning season on the
French. English, Italian and German
tnrfs Mr. Vanderbilt leads in winnings
with $3.50, 900 to his credit, The lmpe-
rial Stmd of Austria is second. with Il
total of Slo0,G25. Mr.. JTairie is third.
see the good folks down Ell Paso
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RTMELL BEATS P0STLE,
BREAKING ENGLISH RECORD

LONDON, Dee. ls.-N T. Cartmen.
- american spIinter. defeated a. Pos
|, q The Australian champion. by three
'S as In n 22Q-yard dash in the fast
OF 2l5 seconds. This lowers the
psh professional record for the dis
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THE VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD OF THE FLEET.

their dripping umbrellas waiting for the
appearance of the fleet.
Finally, little after noon, far off to
the left, the hazy atmosphere took on a
blacker and heavier aspect and the cry
''They are coming" rang thru the crowd.
Gradually the blackness took shape, and
slowly there emerged from the vail OF
mist first a white hull, then buff super
structure with three smokestacks, and in
: few more seconds the Connecticut, the
u ,sship of the White Squadron, stood fully
revealed. A flash of fame from her sides
showed that she was firing her guns, tho
the report could hardly be heard at that
distance. The joy of the feminine part
of the navy contingent manifested Itself
in happy cries of delight. The fleet was
actually in sight, actually before their
very eyes which they had been straining
| for SO many hours, and what mattered wet
feet or ruined hati Things were begin
ning to get interesting.
Soon another white nose poked itself
ont of the mist and the Kansas appeared,
| following, in what seemed to be a per-
fectly straight line, after the Connecticut.
and just 400 yards behind her. In this
way, one after another, the 16 beautiful
battlcships of the feet took shape and
sailed out into the open, all flying the long,
graceful homeward pennant. and all
keeping in the same straight line and the
same distance apart as they slowly and
majestically followed their peerless
leader, the Connecticut, to their anchor,
age.
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all they cared for of that sort of thing
during the cruise, and certain it is that
all the navy contingent desired was to
get the men back safe and sound and as
quickly as possible. But one woman
standing in the crowd of watchers was
greatly disappointed that there was so
little demonstration as the shins passed
There was some little firing of guns-a
salute in honor of ,Wasbington's birthday
but no shouting or cheering by the crowd,
no waving Of handkerchiefs (tho to be
sure they could not have been seen by the
men on the ships) no bands playing, no
boat whistles shrieking, nothing whatever
With the exception of the fire OF the
guns, most of which was so far away that
it could scarcely be heard, it was as quiet
as Sunday morning in the country, and
this particular woman has not yet recov-
cred from her disappointment. She had
made up her mind that as soon as the
Connecticut appeared everyone would go
mad with delight; that bands would begin
to play, people would wave halls and
handkerchiefs and cheer till their lhroats
ware sore. boat whistles shrek, aid the
guns or Fort Monroe belch forth their
thunder in noisy welcoming. But nothing
of the sort happened.
However, if there was no particular
noise or demonstration at the Fort when
the feet came in, there was plenty at the
tail of the Horseshoe Shoals, where Presl-
dent Roosevelt reviewed it. On account
of the fog and the number of boats going
out to meet the ships the Mayfower had
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THE NATIONAL WASHINGTON THURSDAY

our navy henceforth, really showed up
better against the somber surroundings
than did the white ships, tho for beauty
of appearance there is no comparison be-
tween them. On two of the new battle
ships, the Mississippi and Idaho, were the
queer-looking fire control masts, which
someone remarked looked more like the
framework built over oil wells than any
thing else. As no one in the crowd had
ever seen anything Of this sort the COM
parison was not questioned. This mast is
an American invention, and our Navy is
the first to adopt it, tho England and
Germany are about to do so. 1t will not
fall unless cut completely thru, which is
certainly something greatly in its favor,
since on its top it is intended to put an
officer in time of battle to control the
ships fire. From his point of vantage
the officer can see if the guns are aimed
too high, and indicate the same to the
gunners.
Stepping neither to the right nor left
but keeping in perfect line with their
sisters in white. these nine big, powerful,
Quaker-toned ships followed after them
preserving to nicely the same distance
apart of 400 yards, and in less than an
hour the three squadrons had passed be-
fore the eyes of the spectators and lay at
anchor in double rows. The cruise was
ever and the fleet was in.
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FLEET:

1898, Five Per Cent of Shots Fired
Made Hits.
well-known smile was very much in evi-
dence as he grasped each by the hand.
even throwing his arms about those he
knew particularly well after the first for
malities were over. He was full of ques-
tions and words of praise, and every little
while would lead Admiral Sperry off by
the arm for confidential chat. Later
the President accompanied by Admiral
Sperry, visited the divisional fagships, the
Connecticut, Louisiana, Georgia, and Wis
conEin, amid the playing of bands and the
booming of cannon, and on the Connecti-
cut, where were gathered detachments of
bluejackets from the other ships of that
division, he climbed up on the steel foun-
dation of the after turret, slipping as be
did so and had not some one caught hold
of him might have been badly hurt, and
addressed the crew. He praised the gun
merry work of the men, but told them that
so far they had only shown what they
could do in smooth water, and as in time
of war they could not choose their water
it was very necessary that they have
plenty of target practice where the water
was rough. There was great cheering by
the bluejackets and clapping of the white
gloyed hands of the officers when the
President finished, and as he was ''piped
over the s;de," preparatory to leaving the
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No matter what opinion may have been
entertained by sorle of the people of the
country as to the expediency of the cruise
of our magnificent fleet around the world,
no true American could have looked upon
those 16 beautiful white battleships and
their escorting sister-ships as they sailed
In stately dignity across Hampton Roads
to their anchorage Feb. %, without feel
ing the heart beat faster and the breast
swell with pride. 1t was indeed a splen-
did and impressive sight, To be sure
nature was in her most unsympathetic
mood, caring naught for the hundreds of
anxiously awaiting sweethearts and wives
who had gathered at Fort Monroe to well
come back their loved ones, and did her
best to render the spectacular part of the
homecoming failure. Perhaps, she thot
a little water, more or less, mattered
naught to navy folk-as for the civilians,
why of course they didn't count any way
at all events it was her mood to make the
day as disagreeable as possible and she
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succeeded admirably. The skies were leaden
and a cold, penetrating rain fell steadily,
much of the time in heavy showers. The
heavy fog of the early morning, which
threatened to totally obscure the ships,
cleared somewhat as the day advanced, tho
the mist still hung thickly over there to the
left where all eyes were turned. So low
were the clouds and so gray was every.
thing that it was almost impossible to tell
where water ended and sky began
For nearly a week before people ha
been pouring into Old Point from tie
trains and boats. Most of these were
'tnavy widows" and young women wear
SEg on their hands the large class ring OF
the Annapolis Naval Academy graduate
which told the story, ages DID,. yet ever
new To these women the cruise meant
but one thing, the cruel separation from
husband and gallant sailor boy, and now
the joyful reunion after the long IA
months of waiting.
Large numbers Of civilians of both
sexes had also been gathering to witness
the homecoming of the feet, especially on
the 21St and on the mornin1 of the "a,
and these with the navy contingent took
their stand, on the all-important day, in
many cases as early as 9 o'clock, along the
sea-wall in front of the fort, or upon the
higher ground back, in the rooms and on
the balconies of the Chamberlain Hotel.
In fact every inch of ground at that part
of the Point was black with humanity.
When it was seen that the day was to
be rainy those not provided with umbrella
and rubbers made rapid descent upon the
one little store in the neighborh0od that
kept them, and it is said the entire stock
was bought out long before you could say
Jack Robinson. Many could not be pro-
lvfded with these articles, so exceedingly
necessary on such day, and stood four
and five hours with wet feet and drenched
clothing, peering thru the heavy mist for
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ABOARD THE coNNEcTIcUT

rather risky journey down the lower
Potomac the night before, but she now lay
safely anchored in about the same posi-
tion she occupied when she said good-Dy
She was there now to welcome them back
home, and the President and his guests
were on deck bright and early so as to
miss nothing. The Chief Executive wore
a frock coat and silk hat, as did also the
Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, while Admiral Sims was in the uni
form proper to the occasion. These stood
on the bridge of the Mayflower. party
of handsomely-g y-gowned women, men in
civilian dress, and officers were grouped
on the quarter deck.
1t is seldom, if ever, that a great event
like the return of the feet has come off
so exactly on schedule time as it did
Weeks before Admiral Sperry submitted
his program, which he carried out to the
letter. Just as he said it would, the fleet
reached the Southern drill grounds. so
miles off the Virginia Capes, early on the
21st. and at 5 o'clock the next morning
the 22d. was off for the tail of the Horse
shoe and the review by the President. 1t
was just one minute of the time set by
Admiral Sperry for the arrival of the
the Connecticut was two miles from the
Mayfower. but near enough to see the in
sigma and stars on the Presidents flag,
that the fun began. Leading off, the Con-
necticut began her salute of 81 guns to
Old Glory, which was Immediately taken
up by the Kansas, then by the Minnesota,
and so on all down the long line. BY the
time the Connecticut was abreast of the
Mayhower she lad finished her q guns,
but armorclads off in the distance
were still keeping it up, and the specta-
tors on the Mayfower and the great ex-
cursiop and other boats could see the
flashing and putting when the sound which
reached their ears was scarcely louder than
the grumbling of remote thunder.
As the Connecticut passed the May
flower she presented a superb sight in
spite of gray skies and falling rain. Ad-
miral Sperry and the other officers stood
on the forward bridge, each with white
gloved hand raised to the brim of his
chapeau. Along the starboard side, facing
the Presidents yacht, stood the enlisted
men in long lines, manning the raiP' as
they call it. The Mayfiower dropped her
colors, President Roosevelt, smiling and
happy, took off his hat, and the Connecti-
cuts red-uniformed band struck up "The
Star Spangled Banner" The bands on
the excursion boats took up the air, which
by this time had been taken up by the
Kansas, then by the Minnesota, and SO
! on, and the scene can be better imagined
than described. Each ship as it passed the
Mayfiower presented the same appearance,
with the officers at attention." the men in
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uLAr1NG ADMIRAL sPERRY.


The little Yankton, too, deserves much
praise. She was the Admiral's tender and
no one worked half as hard as she did.
No matter what the weather, the plucky
little yacht, hardly bigger than an ocean
going tug, has been dispatched hither and
yen, on this errand and that. She has
been sent into twice the number of ports
visited by the feet, and ;sltho she has been
tossed about like thistledown by sum-
mer breeze, yet she landed ON her feet
every time, as the saying goes. She has
had a sure enough hard experience of it,
has done splendidly, and deserved much
praise.
The hospital ship, Relief, has been left
at Manila, pronounced n. g. by officers
and men. She was a terribly rolly, pitchy
thing, and it was utterly out of the ques-
tion to make a sick person comfortable
on her. A large amount of money was
spent in fitting her out for the cruise,
yet the ships got along all right without
her. An ideal hospital ship might be a
very good thing to have with fleet, but
such a one as the Relief was almost worse
than none at all.
The fleet now at Hampton Roads will
soon break up and the different ships go
to their home yards. Some two or three
will be put out of commission. There is
talk of Admiral Schroeder or Admiral
Wainwright succeeding Admiral Sperry,
whose time for retirement is close at
hand. Either would make an excellent
commander. The officers of the fleet will
soon be scattered all over the country en-
joying the leave of absence to which they
have been SO eagerly looking forward.
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main in some quiet place and talk, talk,
talk to the man they had just welcomed
seen for IA long monthE.
One of the Young officers told the out
slider some rather interesting things con-
eeerning eg the cruise. Among all those 49,
UVo men only 16 died from disease during
the II months, which is certainly very
small number. In the feet of 20 battle
ships and five cruisers-the original
White Squadron" and the escorting fleet
valued at S250,0O0 600, there were %
600 men, all under the command of Ad-
miral Sperry, whose salary is 5000 a
year, and who celebrated his 61st birth.
day when the fleet was at Melbourne.
over 21,000,00O revolutions during the
cruise. In steaming from Gibraltar to
Fortress Monroe, which took the feet 1G
days, they were out of sight of land for
a longer time than any other during the
IA months. In coming in for review on
the 22d there were five and one-half miles
between the Connecticut, which headed
the procession, and the cruiser which
tailed it. -
The feet left Dec. 16, 1907, and re.
turned Feb. 22, 1909. 1t was away Just
434 days, cruised 5000 miles, and spent
342 days in various ports. Had it not Seen
for these social visits, the cruise could
have been made in 200 days. Much time
was saved by having the repair ship Pan
tber along. 1t has now been proved that
ships can be mended at sea. Many repairs
before thot impossible on shipboard wer,
made during the cruise. The Panther ha.
really been the guardian angel of tht
| fleet, in spite of its name, and has beer
ready at all times to make the necessar,
| repairs. Fitted out with forges and al
the paraphernalia of a machine shop. sh,
has added tremendously to the success o
the cruise. There was only one ship il
the feet that did not require the good ser
| vices of the Panther.
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arate reports, and powerful lot of noise.
When the last cruiser of the escortlng
fleet had passed the Presidents yacht the
Mayfower got up steam herself and fol-
lowed after, and tagging behind her came
the big hotilia of all kinds of water craft
which had collected there to witness the
review. Never before had Hampton Roads
held such a big lot of unofficial boats.
There were steamers and yachts from
Norfolk, steamers from Baltimore and
Richmond, the steamer Brandon from New
York crowded with members of the Navy
League and their families. A steamer from
Washington brot down 300 Senators and
Representatives with their families and
friends. All of them, gay with signal
flags and bunting, were loaded down with
people, most of whom carried flags, and
gave convincing proof of an excellent pair
of lungs. If old Sol had only been in
better humor, and had smiled down upon
the scene in the genial way he can when
he wants to, the effect of all this color,
this great gathering of ships and people,
with the music of the bands and the
booming of the guns would have been mag
nificent. AS it was it was a spectacle not
soon to be forgotten by those fortunate
enough to witness it.
When the feet was anchored at Old
Point the MayfIower took her position IN
the center, and at o'clock the flag and
commanding officers of the different ships
went on board the Presidents yacht to pay
their respects. The Chief Executives
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of Australian opals, and the thousand and
one lovely things which had been picked
up during the cruise for the ''girl l left
behind me-"
In the corridors and parlors of the hotels
and in their own rooms, for many felt that
the meeting was too sacred to be viewed
by outside eyes, the women waited for
husband or lover Among them were
also many bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked young
matrons with the baby born after the
fleet sailed, and again others with the
handsome little boy or girl, now just at
that interesting age when a child begins
to talk. who We're in long clothes when
papa" tore himself from ''mama's re.
straining arms and sobbed farewell, IA
months before.
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THE RETURN OF THE FLEET.
AT FORT MONROE.
aThe salwar Ships The Beautiful and Bold Adventmers

the white hull of the Connecticut, which
was to lead the procession in.
The water was full of craft of all
kinds and descriptions, from the queer lit,
Won to the big heavily laden excursion
steamers. Out into the gray mist in the
direction of the tail of the Horseshoe
Shoals, where the Mayfower lay at an
chor, they all steamed, private yachts
gaily decorated, and vessels strung with
signal flags which it was said carried the
message Welcome Home Once More"
As far as the eye of the watcher could
see the bay was filed with these boats,
big and small, decorated and otherwise,
their decks, when they had them, black
with humanity and all going in the same
direction. 1t was a scene of great ac-
tivity and excitement and it was well
that there was something to relieve the
strain of watching, to interest and amuse
that immense crowd of spectators as they
stood in the wet sand or grass, under
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out Dec. 8. 1864, and the veterans andI
recruits Consolidated into a battalion ofi
four companies and retained in servteef
until Jan. 80, 1866. It was commandedl
by Col. Frederick Solomon, who waai
promoted to Brigadier-General July 16A
1852, succeeded by Col. Chas. E. Salo&3
mon, mustered out Dec. 8, 1864, upoua
the expiration of his term of service1
Lieut.. Col. Arthur. jacob then tooki
command. 1t took part in the batleal
of Newtonia, Spoonville and the twQt
which were fought at Jenkins's FerrySi
1t belonged to Salomon's Division, Sev-l
enth Corps, and lost II killed and 11kt
from disease, etc. sEiS
We cannot give the names you desire11
as we have 10 data relating to companXi
histories.-Editor National Tribune. [,
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