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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-28

We publish something more about
the pasture and stock. The situation
Is summed up In these words: THAT
may be all right, but I do not want
to be pestered with Them" And as
have remarked before. the reason
there Is not greater diversity OF crops
with us Is that II requires more plan
ming. more constant attention than
the all-cotton system. E. w. d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-28
A Strona Pull.

Two men were having an argument
M 60 their respective strengths.
why" said the first. "every morn
ma before breakfast get bucket
and pull up ninety gallons from the
well.
That's nothing" retorted the other.
II get a boat every morning and pull
mp the river"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-28
wtuxssoAy, APRIL 2s, 1909.

The Sumter watchman was found
"a In 1850 and the True southron In
1sse. The watchman and southron
low has. she combined circulation and
snnuence OF both of the old papers.
and Is manifestly the best advertising
medium In surater.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-28

regular patrons Of the proposed COM
pany. Everything depends upon the
result of this preliminary canvass. for
unless there is an assured patronage
for the gas works the men who are
expected to finance the enterprise will
NOT care to put their money into il.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-28
took to make them.

took to make them.
But the attitude of the Southern
farmer Is like that of North Caro-
lima man in one OF the best cotton
growing sections. I was urging the
necessity of growing more forage and
feeding cattle. He replied: "That
may be all right, but do not want to
be pestered with Them" And that is
Just what is the matter in the South.
Progressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-28

Rev. j. G. Dukes, Pastor of the UNI
tartan Church OF Pinetown, N. c.,
writes:
:" Ny wife has been in very bad state
OF health for several years, and nothing
seemed to do her any good until she
began to use Peruna one month ago.
Since then the color has returned to her
face, end she is gaining in flesh every
day, and believe she is well woman
to-day.
"Myl little boy, ten years old, was pa,s
and had but little life. He began TO
Use Peruna the day his mother began.
To-day his face is rosy, and he is out in
the yard running and jumping with the
rest Of the children"
StemaGt, Trouss!e Relieved.
Mrs. Il. J. Ballard, Pryor Creek,
Indian Territory, writes: 81 am happy
to tell you that keep free from my old
stomach trouble; feel no catarrha,
symptoms at ali. am able to 90 my
work, eat and drink what 1 want, and
rejoice that ] found sure cure in your
valuable medicines, which | failed e
fnd !" he br,'to hcune physicians"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-28

The campaign that Is being waged
in the agricultural papers for more
horse power and less hand labor in
the production OF crops. should be and
Is. also supplemented by a campaign
for more stock harvesting. and less
hand harvesting. Not stock and ma
chinery. but stock feeding the crops
directly of the land. and putting
them through the process of manu-
featuring meat and beef. and milk
and leaving the resulting manure to
still further enrich the soil.
E. w. d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-28

I clip. entire. this week one page
OF Progressive Farmer. being its six
teenth article on How to Make $500
More Year Farming. This subject
OF more stock and more pastures. has
heen a hobby Of mine for several
years. am sorry to say have not
made the progress I wanted to to-
ward better stock and better pastures.
but I am trying. IL seems to me that
only In this direction can we hope to
find the solution OF that very vexa-
ticus problem. the labor problem. and
the equally unsatisfactory one, OF
low prices for what we sell. and
high prices for what we buy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22
Ten Whitman Football
Players Given Letters

Dresser and Johnson also or the
freshman class nearly earned theirs,
they lacking only a few minutes each
If having PLAYED the requisite num-
Ners of full games. Fee of the senior
lass was another who narrowly miss
I'd winning this letter. as were also
Howard, of the sophomore class and
BlOmQuist and Clemans of the fresh
man class.
The football w. at Whitman is
considered one of the hardest to earn
and is held in high honor by both
athletes and Undergraduates who do
not take part in athletics. In regard
70 earning the right to wear his coll
lege football letter Whitman main
tains a higher standard than does any
Of the other conference COLLEGES of the
Northwest. At the local institution
it is necessary for a man to play
through two full games of inter-
collegiate football before he is entitled
to wear the emblem. At most of the
other institutions the requirement is
that a player must have played at
least five minutes in any three halves
0f inter oOl1CT'ate contests.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22

Yesterday morning at the regular
chapel services at Whitman, the var
sity football "W" was awarded to ten
members of the Whitman varsity elev-
en- who won the privilege to wear the
letter during the football season just
closed The presentation was made by
Professor w. D. Lyman of the college
faculty.
The Whitman men who were the
recipients of the football honor en-
blem yesterday are, Vincent BOrleske.
third award; Ralph Mathews, fourth
award; Fred Clemens, third award:
Clarence Morrow, second award: Har-
ry Wilson, second award; Char'es
Lewis, second award; Alfred Belt, sec
ond award; Tracey Cox, first award;
George Oldright, second award; WI =
lam Neil, first award. 1t is significant
to notice that of this list five are
members of the senior class, four of
the junior class and one from the
Freshman class Neil, freshman
from Vancouver and who played right
tackle for Whitman throughout the
entire season was the only man of the
first year class who earned his letter
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22
Jockey
Praises France

Never was there an American come
home from abroad who sung the
praises of the French turf higher than
does Milton Henry. the American
jockey, who has been displaying his
skill on the tracks of that country for
the past five or six years.
It's sport for sports sake over
there is the way he puts it. Every
man likes to win there, but he resorts
to no unfair means to do so. It's
hardly a sport for the poor man in
France, so money is no incentive for
one owner to pull his horse in one
race that he might get the books
asleep in another later on. Every time
an owner starts his horse he wants
to win, and so every race is a contest
on it's merits, and the best horse Of
that day usually carries off the prize
OF course. a mistake of a jockey might
change the result as it should be, but
the mistake is never wilful.
And when a jockey does make 4
mistake he is not called down and
bawled out by the owner and trainer
before the crowd He is called aside
and told that he made an error, and
that is the end of it.
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sible.
Every owner has houseful Of
grooms to look after the racers. If q
trainer should wipe his handkerchief
over his horses coat and the least BIZ
of dust or dirt should show on it the
groom would be in fer a fine call down
Appearances are everything in France
and they carry even as far as their
horses. They doll them up like g
maid does her mistress, and often they
go so far as to marcel their fur. ANY
way. they are pretty looking sights
going to the post
Best jockeys Imported.
LAS for Jockeys" Henry continued
there are very few home-bred riders
The reason for that is that just as
soon as boy becomes IS or 90 years
old he is grabbed and has to serve
his time in the army If he has any
ability as a rider, he is just about de.
ve'oping when he has to answer the
call of his country. All the jockeys
over there are in the main of French.
English descent. but now there are
quite a few Americans riding there
The American style of riding has been
generally adopted. A small boy has NJ
chance over there That is due to the
horse being so high. The little fellows
cannot hold their charges, and IN Il
the track. A short rein is out of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22

ing paragraph reads: I'm game which
ferocity in purpose equa led that
memorable struggle between ales and
the All Blacks, it was out of the pic
ture when the winning try was OBJ
tanned by an extraordinary blurder by
the fullback.'
The same paper remarks: England
appears to be more unfortunate than
the other countries in the matter of in
juries to prominent Rugby footballers.
1t is now ancient history how the hopes
of a great back division were dashed
to the ground last season owing to the
early crocking of Stoop, Birkett, Vas
sail and Hudson, besides many others.
1.-The season of 1909-10 is only in it's
infancy, but we are already in the wars
Birkett has been out of the Harlequin
side for several weeks; Vassa'l has not
been able to assist Oxford owing to a
groggy leg; Cyril Wright has water on
the knee, and Mobbs has now dislocated
a wrist Then the north country half
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22
TIE MINIS
WRESTLING
RACING
BOXING

question there. and boy has to be
strong armed to hold the heavy heads
of the French bred horses"
But France is the ideal country for
racing. They have system of series
racing there that is sure to land
horse a winner some time or another
unless the horse is the worst dub in
the world Every horse in France can
win race if he can be made to hold
his condition.
Likes France as Home.
OF France. Henry said it is the Ideal
country and that he would not be sur
prised if he made it his home even
after his riding days are over. He now
rides at about rs pounds, and has no
trouble in holding the weight. If he
did he would be in bad. he says, be-
cause trainers over there do not care
for a boy to reduce to make weight
to keep an engagement in race
There the events, as n rule, are all
over long distances of ground. and
jockey has to have lot of reserve
strength in order to hold his OVID
with the other riders.
Henry is under contract to the
Barons Rothschild. and says that they
are the finest people he ever met in
his life. They treat him like gentle
man. and applaud his efforts even
though his mount might not land in
front
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Hutchinson, has had to give up the
game.
"Of course the majority of these men
will probably be playing again before
the fisrt of the new English trials, but
many are apt to overlook the fact that
after a short period of inaction, he is
always liable to another hreakd WI,
during the course of a hard interna-
tional.
This is exemplified by the case of
TreW this season, whose knee went
wrong again very shortly after he had
resumed operations. Vassall has rarely
been sound for long during the past
two years. Coverdale and Tarr have
been on the shelf since the end of Sep
tember"
What has been taken from the Ex-
press is sufficient to show that if one
were to dig industriously among the
English papers, quite a formidable case
might be made out against Rugby as
we'll as American football.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22
Little Inducement for Bribery.

Little Inducement for Bribery.
There are very few big bettors in
France. All speculations on the races
is done on the Paris Mutuel system.
and accordingly there is no indu"
ment for bookmaker to bride a rider
or trainer.
THE French horse is far superior
to the American breed" went on Henry
He is bigger in every way. They breed
horses on the other side cor endurance
and speed, while in America the cut
tivating of the speed strain is the mann
Object. There are no horses over there
that are built on the greyhound style
as they are in this country. They are
all well formed and made to look az
pretty as possible.
when a horse starts to thln oo"p
from racing a trainer would not tnlhh
of putting him in a race, even thoush
his chances of winning would be the
greatest in the world. He wants nis
horse to look seek and fine gong To
the post. and he does not start MN
again until he has fattened out q
horse over there is treated by owner
and trainer like one of the family. he
is given every attention that Is pos
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22
College Chess
Tourney Opens

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-To defend the
fair fame of the beloved colleges on
the chess board, teams of four men
each from Harvard, Yale, Princeton
and Columbia are today gathered at
the West Side republican club there
to engage in the eighteenth annual
hard-fought battle for the intercolle-
piatn chess honors. The contest will
wage back and forth over the check
cred boards for three days Prince
ton team, last years victor, is again
q favorite and the Tiger roote1s are
almost on the verge of betting real
money. Princeton won the tourna-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22
Getting Down to
Football Facts

the reformation of the American game.
Rugby is represented as comparatively
free from danger of personal injury and
lacking in the alleged brutality of the
American game.
1t has struck me as odd that Har-
ward Yale and Princeton, the pioneers
in football on this side of the big
pond. should have worked away from
Rugby if it had features dominantly
superior to the game now known as
American college football The records
of these colleges should stand as fair
example of what football represents In
all it's aspects, including the percentage
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22

ment last year by score of 71s
points out of a possible II.
The trophy is a large punch bowl.
which will become the property of
the university that wins it ten times.
OF the seventeen tournaments which
have been held so far, Harvard has
won nine, Columbia six and Yale and
Princeton each one.
From the contestants in this years
tournament a team viii be picked to
represent the American colleges
against a team picked FROM oxford
and Cambridge in the annua. interna-
tional cable chess match which is car
ried on for the Isaac F. Rice trophy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22

not had a healthful attachment to it."
He argues that although there is
little difference between the ages of
the men, the colored man has the ad-
vantage and what is more in his favor,
he has been in continuous action for
the past six years, while Jeffries haS
done nothing in the pugilistic line dur
ing that time.
'I should not at all be surprised,
said Muldoon, ''tO see the outcome OF
the fight very similar to that which
occurred in New Orleans when Cor
bett wearied Sullivan into defeat by
his youth and staying ability. When
men get on in years they wear down
in any contests, especially so when
they have been out of the game Tor
some time 1t is 100 to 1 that Jeffries
will never be able to punch the bag as
long and as hard as he could six years
ago, and that is the best indication
that he is not as good as he was. look
for Johnson to win, but there is one
thing he will have to be mindful OF.
and that is that in the early stages OF
the game he must not let Jeffrles get
.one in On him or there will be some
counting, and if he should happen 10
get two jolts close together there VIII
he q chance of a Johnson funeral IN
the neighborhood, for Jeffrles mas
Jolt that is damaging.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22
"BILJ" MULDOON PICKS THE
DINGE AS WINNER OF FIGHT

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-AlthOugh it
is rather early to begin talking about
the result of the fight that is scheduled
to take place on the Fourth of July
ject crops up in pugilistic circles
every hour or So Bill Muldoon, who
probably knows as much as one man
this side of Egypt, was very talkative
on the merits of the principals a day
or so ago.
He has fitted many a good man In
his day for the ring and had much to
do with the last bare knuckle fight
between Sullivan and Kilrain at Rich
burg, Miss, nearly - years ago. This
was the last bare knuckle fight, Lon
don prize ring rules, in this country.
In speaking of Jeffries and Johnson,
Mudoon leans slightly in favor of
Johnson, not but that he would like to
see Jeffries win, but when he expresses
himself neither creed nor color enters
tn argumnt-it is a question of man
against man, physique against ply
sique and ability against ability. His
first opposition to Jeffries is the fact
that he has been out of training for q
number of years and as he puts it:
AN athlete cannot absent himself
from the ring for so long a period and
then come back as good as he was
when he left it, especially if he has
ed an indolent life. or a life that has
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22
(B. w. b

The persistent effort to substitute
Rugby the present American game
Of football can be traced to the press
agents Of Stanford university. David
Starr Jordan, the authority on BIZ
valves and mOllusks, aided and abet-
ted by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the
University of California, were the
prime factors in forcing their young
men to play Rugby or pay not at all
Quick to take advantage of an opening
their publicity agents have given the
public t. understand that the adoption
Of Rugby would be much better than
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22

mOut is one of the greatest Wrestlers
that ever visited American shores.
The pair are now touring the country,
meeting all corners. Murat has repeat
eddy challenged Zbysco, and it is more
han likely the pair will meet again in
Kansas City shortly. Mahmout, one
of the best Turkish wrestlers, who
gave GOtch such a hard tussle last
winter, is to meet Gus Schoenle1n
(Americus) of Baltimore, soon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22

Wrestling in this country at pres
ent is enjoying big boom. Many
championship bouts have been pulled
off and several more are scheduled.
The increased interest in the graphing
game in Uncle Sammys land has
brought over nearly every foreign mat
artist of note to help relieve the
American sporting public of it's sur
plus cash The latest one to arrive
in this country is MaXout Murat, said
to be the sultan of Turkeys favor
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22
.JOhnSOn'S Youth
His One Chance

ward to the time l can tell you, with a
lot of pleasure"
Johnson Viewed As An Accident.
Jeff hasn't a bit of respect for
Johnson's ability as fighter. He
looks upon the big black as an acct
dent and somehow when one is in the
presence Of the -bOilernaker this
feeling seems to permeate him. While
it is true Johnson has never met many
men of class during his ring career.
yet / cannot get over the fact that
has a good line on just how good he
is. Hidden under his yellow hide is
also q streak of saffron. That old con-
fidence Johnson had when he met
Tommy Burns and Ketchel will be
wanting when he faces the Los Ange-
les fighter. Johnson is as full of con-
ceit and bombast as an egg is full OF
meat He has had a touch of the fame
Of champion, and this may help him
the ringside when Johnson faces Jeff,
stripped and ready for battle.
want to see Jeff in the same splen-
did bronzed condition he was on the
night that he whipped Jim Corbett in
San Francisco. Then l would like 10
have photographs Of the expressions
that fit across Johnson's face. That
golden tombstone that he shows to
the silly hero worshippers won't be
flashing as he smiles, for doubt as tn
whether he will smile when he looks
across the ring and takes a good
square look at the real heavyweight
champion of the world. 1t will come up
in his neck, as sure as shooting. for
don't believe there's a man in the
fighting game today who after
careful survey of Jim Jeffries. stripped
and ready for a fight, can face his
enormous bulk and his orang-outang-
like construction without a spasm Of
fear
When Corbett BIanched.
| have still a vivid recollection OF
the expression which came over Jim
Corbett's face as he looked over into
Jeffries' corner. 1t was an expression
of mingled fear and utter hopeless
ness. Corbett's extremely white face
was drawn and thready, while Jeff's
was glowing All the while he was
smiling with the smile of a man with
an easy task before him. He did Rave.
for Jeff was so fast that he made Cor
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-22

of injuries. 1 have followed these
teams in general way for many years
and do not recall the recording of any
thing more seri us than an occasional
broken leg. 1 do know that minor in
juries have been unduly magnified.
Players reported to be on the hospital
list one day were in the scrimmage the
next; players reported to be incapaci-
tatde from playing in coming games
have been on deck when the teams lin
ed up. The only explanation is that
attempts have been made to deceive
the opposition as to the condition of the
team or that writer's have been care
less in their statements. There is eX-
cellent opportunity for reform along
these lines, but it is not an easy mat
ter to control the sensational press
large majority of readers assimilate
with gusto anything showing personal
T,
dition of affairs An Oregon man re-
Gently took the trouble to investigate
the 80 deaths attributed to football this
season and reported that a. least u
should not be attributed to the sea-
sons play Even granting that 80 were
killed, the percentage is small when
placed in comparison with the number
of players involved and the games
played
Weaklings Keep Out.
Football is q strenuous game. Weak
linrs should keep out of it, yet a weak
ling can, by being careful, employ the
gridiron to build himself up to a Wig
orous, se'f-reliant young animal. In
the present agitation against the game
there has been marked absence of
fairness and allowance for the existing
good qualities. Changes that will be
for the general good of the sport
should. and will be Welcomed but the
| danger IN cases Ol !lyStei ld 10 .i1'
revolutionary action may eliminate the
essential qualties-contest with a eli
max.
Personal observations of games play
| ed in Seattle covering period of 2C
years has convinced me of marked i'm
provement from the ethical viewpoint
Ny transformation from an opponent
to a supporter of the game was slow
but none the less sure. I cannot bu
feel that much of the matter writer
and printed recently about the brutality
on the football field is based on false
premises or ancient history.
If Rugby were played as universally
in this country as the American game
i more attention would be given to thu
injuries incident to it. Over in I.ondol
i the newspapers are commenting on thu
II apparent larger number of injuries
there in comparison to other countries
Is it anything more than would be ex
pected from many games and larg'
i number of players involved?
J: Injuries in Rugby.
l have before me a clipping from the
i London Express of a recent date. The
! headline is Fierce Rugby" The open