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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01
.SCHnnL CONTEST
state Historical Society |
A Very Interesting anu llg
Affair Throughout.
THE AUDIENCE LARGE
District Contest at Platteville on
Nav IL.

The declamatOry contest at the high
school last Friday evening was a very
pleasing affair throughout. The room
was well filled with an unusually inter
ested and well behaved audience. The
speakers went through their parts with
out break, each one receiving hearty
and well merited applause. The singers
were all at their best and were heartily
encored. The girls chorus of about %
members and the boys chorus Of about
the, same number, as well as the male
quarette showed careful training and a
great amount of hard practice. The
school may well be proud of this part Of
the evenings entertainment. Wilbur
Bergman entertained the audience with
the mouth organ and bones while the
judges were out, and was obliged to re-
peat several times.
The judges were Supt. Bray, Of
Dodgeville, Prof. Dudley of Platteville
normal, and Miss Flint of the Platteville
high school.
In the girls contest, the speakers and
their subjects were as follows:
In the Children's Hospital, Helen
Mess (third place..
Swan Song, Henrietta Kane (frst
place.
A Gondola Race, Leila Prideaux
(second place..
In the boys contest, the speakers and
their subjects were:
In the Tolls of the Enemy, Eugene
Riedel (Third Place..
Whispering Bill, Rufus Phillips.
How the Old Horse Won the Bet,
Ulmont Healy (First Place..
The New South, John Fielder.
Abraham Lincoln, Raymond Jackson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01
The Ballad of the East and West

The Ballad of the East and West,
Samuel Jeliffe (Second Place.
Ulmont and Henrietta will represent
us in the League contest the latter part
Of April.
We are making quite an effort to
have the league contest here but are not
able to announce it definitely as yet.
The schools that viii take part in the
league this year are Mineral Point,
Platteville, Darlington, Cuba City,
Hazel Green, and possibly Benton.
The District contest will be held at
Platteville, May IA.
The receipts of our contest were $43.
The expenses, including the annual
dues to the state Lyceum, printing bills,
railroad fare and hotel bill for judges,
training of contestants, was $37.65,
leaving balance of $5.35.
Total receipts from the Postal Cards,
of which you have heard so much, were
5000. Expenses were $500, leaving
$65.9O. We have paid $57.43. We there
fore have on hand the sum of $13.72.
We still have about $4,000 to raise be-
fore we can look the world in the face
and feel that we are out of debt.
School begins again next Monday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01
The Metropolitan
Meat Market
A. T. GRADER, Prop.
WANTS..

NIANTED-To buy small house. suitable for
" a wood shed. Inquire at the Democrat
office
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

WANTED-A girl to do housework. Inquire
w at this office.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

TOR SALE-Five last spring calves, all steers.
Il Inquire of Mont Kendall.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

DOR SALE-One Victor $50 egg Hot Water
Incubator-good as new, and a sure
hatcher. Roy Gordon. 26w2
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

TOR SALE-135A acres of good pasture
Il land close to city OF Mineral Point Tor
sale, also dwelling for sale or rent. For full
particulars inquire of Fielder IL Fielder
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

STEERS FOR SALE-l6 head Of 3-year -olds-
- all fine animals-no culls. Henry Vivian
telephone ON lines.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

LNOR SALE CHEAP-A Florida steam heat
IL ing boiler, suitable for store or residence,
and Henny Phaeton w. @. Haies.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

STEERS-4 head of young steers for sale by
~ Albert Dunn, two miles south of the city OF
DodgeYille.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

WANTED-A middle aged lady TO take care Of
W an aged couple. Inquire at the Democrat
Office
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01
Good Fences make
Good Neighbors.
Telephone 10.

There's a good deal Of truth in that
old proVerb-we don't think Of anything
more provoking or more disastrous to a
mans peace of mind than to have a
neighbOr's stock treading down his
crOps-on the other side its mighty un
handy to have to look all over the town
ship for the COWS.
When you think Of fences, think of
the one that turns all stock, that stops
them like stone wall, that's the James
vile, and it only costs the same per rod
as inferior fences.
We have on hand all kinds of pOul
try fences from 18 to 72 inches in height.
Now is the time to attend to your fences
and see that they are perfectly chicken
tight" 1t will save you all kinds Of
trouble and annoyance as well as your
paiUbbCr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

EOUND-A pocket knife In front OF the
Democrat Office. Owner call for the
knife
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01

CLASSIFIED or Want advertisements In the
" Democrat bring profitable retarns. Five
cents per line per week.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-01
N. 7. M artin
hardware Co.

For Choice NJ eats
go to the meat market of Enzenroth &
Jacka or call Phone II.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
"Jack" Johnson Willing
 To Fight Jim Jefries

wants a go as the papers say. he's got to see me and there's got to be a win ner and losers end"
 It Is doubtful. according to the ar rangements made by Johnson, wheth- CT any fight could be brought on with Jeffries. Ketchell or any other man are not absolute. he hinted at willing ness to change them If anything big was hung up for match with Ketch- ell.
 Johnson intends to devote several months to theatrical engagement having signed with a syndicate in Eng land for the London halls, and after an English tour. to tour France and Germany.
 Johnson will leave the Makura at Vancouver and proceed tomorrow morning to Chicago, arriving there Saturday. He will continue his jour ney to Galveston on Monday, arriving at his Texas home on Wednesday.
 When his attention was drawn to the Galveston dispatch announcing the formation of committees to arrange a parade at Galveston, his eyes sparkled and he showed his gold tipped teeth with a grin and said:
 Tell them I'll be there"
 Asked whether he intended to ar range ga match with Ketchell, he said everything depended on the offers Johnson was much interested in Jef- fries condition. He said with empha- . sis:
 I'm willing to fight Jefrries or any other man."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
MICHIGAN BALL TEAM
 TO PLAY IN THE SOUTH

Ann Arbor. Mich:, March s-In less than five weeks the Mich gan baseball squad will start on its Southern trip, which Is in the nature of training jaunt, and before that time 1t will be up to Coach McAllister to select from the present list of twirling candidates three men for the pitching stan. The task is difficult one, not because of lack of material, but because there are six men trying for pitching jobs who cess of elimination promises to be a
 This is especially true as Linthicum, who won his "M' as a member of the pitching stan last year. may be beaten to his job. The other veteran of the berth. but 1t has been decided to take only three pitchers on the Southern trip, and already Barr and Banding are certain to be chosen ahead of Lin- thicum, with a chance that either Dean or Smith will be given the third place taunt southward will depend In part on the success of Michigan's baseball season. As a final game of the trip, Notre Dame will be met on its home ries with the Catholics that Michigan is look ing for its record this year. Un- less this season Is earlier than those of past years, it is improbable that the Michigan bunch will be able to get more than a week of real training outdoors before the start Of the South- ern trip April 9.
 Notre Dame has the advantage of having outdoor facilities In the indoor cage, and unless Michigan Is able to get into shape while playing in Lex ington. Knoxville Nashville and Leba- non. tne wolverines will have little chance to draw the first blood of the series.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10

Victoria, B. C., March 9.-"Jack" Johnson, the heavy weight champion pugilist and the white Philadelphia woman who threw in her lot with him after his fight at Sydney, arrived this morning by the Canadian Pacific Aus tralan steamer Makura, from Sydney.
 Johnson unreservedly declared his willingness to meet Jeffries or any oth- CT man. Johnson said:
 T am willing to meet Jeffries; I am and I don't think that any one can get decision over me, much less put me out. It tires me to hear this talk about Jeffries claiming the champion ship.
 When a champion leaves the ring he is an ex-champion. Well. If Jeffries wants to try and get the championship back. I'm willing to take him on.
 No, I'm not making any predictions, Whats the matter, though. in the talk of arrangements of a fight with Jef- fries?
 What will Johnson take? In all the notices I have seen, it's all what Jeff fries will take Whats the matter with what Johnson will take? I am the champion, ain't l, l want winner and losers end; I don't care what 1t Is. six ty and forty or seventy-flve and twen- ty-flve. but there's got to be winner and losers end. That's how I met Burns.
 T knew I could get him. and fol- lowed him around the world before I got on with him at Sydney, to show the people that could do ii. It Jeffries
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
BRESNEHAN CHAMPION
 WALKER OF BIG LEAGUES

When Manager McGraw of the Giants turned over Roger Bresnahan to St. Louis for Johnny Murray, Bugs" Raymond. and Admiral Schlei, he let the Cardinals get the best pass receiver In the National League. At least, last season the Toledo sleuth strolled to first base over the four ball and hit by pitcher lines oftener than any other player in the II. Clay Pulliam organization.
 The new manager of the Red Caps received total of ninety-one gifts from the fingers in 1908. drawing eighty-fou mplimentaries, and be- ing hit in various parts of his anatomy on seven occasions. Fred Penney. his fellow teammate. trudged just as often as did Roger. but was only vacclnated five times.
 Twenty three athletes got to the first sack fifty or more times through the wildness or foxiness of the pitch CTS. for often a brainy twirler would deliberately pass a heavy sticker In order to get chance at batsman who was supposed to be weaker in his yielding of the willow. Of the tWen- ty-three men five wore Pittsburg livery. New York having four men In the list. Chicago, Cincinnati, Boston and Philadelphia three each. and Philadelphia three each, and Brooklyn two. St Louis had no man in the half century list, Bohemian Konetchy get ting just forty-nine free trips.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
Radbourne's Work for Providence
 WiU Go Do1un in Baseball History

Sweeney walked off the field in Phila- delphia and refused to pitch any more as the teams lone boxman: If the Cal ifornian did this the public prints do the team had no other pitcher than ea scores, which show that Miier and conly were on the clubs payroll and occasionally twirled for the Grays after rooms. of the short-lived Union Asso. ciation.
 Radbourne's remarkable record of twenty.two games ors. in row: tr. Of W whion on August 21, 1884. against the Chicago club. and ended on September 2+- against the same team.
 Eleven of Radbourne's twenty-twc games were consecutive victories, the break coming on September g. when the Bunffalos. with Jimmy Galyin a score of to O. The Bisons on that date. moreover. stopped Providence from recording twenty-one triumphs not disconcert Radbourne and his team mates. for they got busy agatn and won eight contests In stretch. Their next defeat was sustained at the hands Getzein on the rubber, and then won Its only game of the season from the champions. the score being to 1. beaten. this time by Chicago. and on the next day Radbourne took a we'll earned rest. Conlv doing the ringing for the New Englanders.
 In the twenty-two games Rad bourne's opponents only thrice were abel to make ten or more hits off him. On August 2s. the Chicagos who fn- ished fourth In that year. got eleven wallops off Providence's iron man, while on August 30 and September IS. the Detroits. who were tail-enders. these games going eleven innings. Showing his great and sustained effect iveness. Radbournes adversaries were able to bat only at a .211 clip in these twenty-two games and averaged less than three runs to the contest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
Whitenan Located and Whole
 Team WiHSoon Report to Greminge,

This means that Greminger will have fifteen men in camp between now and the 21st of this month-four out fielders. four pitchers and three catch CTS. Thomas may report sooner than expected but he will hardly be here for some days yet. and Juui will not report until June l. Even If the Geier matter falls down. Persons. Kerwin Daley and Whiteman are sure for the outfield, by the latter part of this week. Manush will hardy be here be- fore the Fist. but Pope Is looked for any, day now. as is Krebs. who will of the Huntsville boy. making an i'm fold of Graminger. Rockenheld. Pope and Krebs.
 Spike shannon and Hub Hart should be here before the end of the week. well as Guese, Lively, Default and Willis. and by next week good, hard practice work will begin. and familiar scene will once more hold the boards on the Capitol Heights grounds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
FIGHT FOR $10o, 1000
 IS BEING PLANNED

An Omaha newspaper prints the de- tails of arrangements now under way. for fight between Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson. the fight to take place In Omaha for purse of $10O,0O0
 According to this story. Coffroth and Martin Brady of San Francisco and neering the contract portion of the deal and Jabez Cross of Omaha Is att tending to the Omaha end. which in- cludes the passage of a bill through the legislature permitting boxing in this state. Already this bill has been prepared and much work has been put on 1t.
 The Californians will be in Omaha on April l to close the deal if the bill passes the legislature. Because of the central location of Omaha. the promot- CTS believe the largest flight" crowd ever gotten together can be brought here. if the laws will permit the ex- hibition. AS planned now. the con- tract will call for a forty round boxing contest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10

telegram and a letter that came to baseball headquarters yesterday dis pelled a lot of the gloom. distilled ty the weather people. and incidentally made Grsminger pretty safe for stiff battle with Connie Mack s people on the 22nd.
 The telegram was from the long lost Whtteman. who was finally located at his home in Peoria III. Ills wire said that he had received the letters and tele2rams from Montgomery and added that he had already written to Presl- dent Chambers This letter arrived here Last night and he wanted to know to whom he belonged. Boston. Portland or Mont EomerY.
 Another stray sheep was found, when letter came yesterday from N ilHs enCusing his contract that he had signed and returned He said that he wRs ready 10 report at any time he was wanted. Greminger wired him his transportation at once and instruct ed him to be in Montgomery not later than the 18th.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
EXHIBITION GAMES WANTED Greminger Is to Go to
 Atlanta. CINCINNATI MAY PLAY HERE Greminger May Get an 0utfielder
 from Athletics. Juul Has Signed His Contract and the Only Hold-Out Now is Forest
 Thomas, Last Years
 Star Boxman.

yesterday and work was cut out by Gremnger and the others, the big manager of the Climbers wearing Manush matter and the prospects in general.
 Greminger leaves this morning for exhibition games with Clark Grif1th's Reds. The dates that he is after are, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. April lands those dates 1t will round out an exhibition season of twelve games one with Auburn, three with Columbus and eight with the big leaguers.
 All of these games will be interest ing to local fans. but of the big league games the ones with the Ath etics will probably be the best drawing cards, Montgomery and besides that. he has Rube Oldring. the hard hitting Swede that played such sensational ball for Montg omery in 1905. Local fans will also be interested in seeing whether Lumley has the Brooklyn team in any better shape than Pat Donovan had them last spring, and the same thing team. Clark Griffith having his first ex- perience with the Reds.
 The best drawing card of the bunch will be the Auburn game and a warm reception will be given Donahues team when they get to town. Jim Fox Is said to have just about as swift an aggregation as there Is in the South Atlantic League and the chances are that the Clim bers will have to go some in those games. as both squads will be in good condition by March 25
 So with the landing of the Cincin- natl dates Greminger's people will be pretty busy from March 22 to April 3, and then the big show opens up in d few days after that.
 Greminger is not overlooking any bets and has written Connie Mack that he will take the outfelder that was of fered to Montgomery. Big Ed says that he don't know who the man Is, but that as it won't cost Montgomery anything to get him here, he will take shot at him. Herbert Juul has sign ed up but won't report until he takes his degree at the University of Illi- | nois in June. Forest Thomas is the only hold-out. but its pretty safe to say that he will be in Montg emery when | he gets through with his college course | at St. Joe. and possibly sooner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
MEXICAN SOUTHPAW
 GETS HIS OCCASIONALLY

Frank Andrada. the Mexican south- paw signed by Cleveland seems to have an off day now and then just the same as pitchers who are not touted as phenoms. Pitching for the McCormicks of Los Angeles against San Diego last Sunday he ran into a huge snag, losing his game by the score of 15 to 5. He was touched up for fourteen hits, including three doubles and a home run, issued three passes. had one wild pitch and one error and hit one batsman.
 San Diego had practically big league team against the Mexican Perring. of the Naps Autry and Oakes. of the Reds; Jesse Stovall. of Louisville: Bennett, formerly of the Cardinals. and Hugh Kellackey. the well known Cleveland player. Kel lackey distinguished himself with a home run and two doubles, while PerrinE made two singles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
Wa shinRton Herald

W washington f1GTMQ.
 the baseball season of 1884. In that campaign the record for successive vic- tories for a major league club was es- put together twenty straight: Charley Sweeney famed eighteen men in a nine-inning contest which still re- mains big league record. and Char ley Radbourne gained fame and re- nown bv twirling twenty-one consecu- tive championship games. Early his torians of baseball say that Rad, king pin of pitchers in his time. worked in twenty seven successive battles. but the files of baseball papers of that year show that twenty-two was the nqnper n,tdssa It is possible that the "old tive contests, but If he did so, five of these were exhibition affairs. of which there is not now any trace. writes E.
 Radbourne not only pitched twenty two games In a row for the Rhode Islanders twenty-five years ago in or der to win the pennant for the Prov Frank Bancroft. now business repre- sentative of the Cincinnati club. but he officiated on the rubber that season wasn't pitching was playing either right field. shortstop. or first base. Radbourne seems to have been base balls original iron man. Certain is 1t that there Is no finger nowadays capa- ble of pitching twenty-two games in a row, or of accomplishing what Rad bourne did in 1884--winning fifty nine contests.
 Average Was .75O.
 Providences average that year was .750, the National League teams play ing 112 games Of the eighty-four tri- responsible for fifty-nine. Charley Sweeney bagging the Hons share ot the other wins. But Sweeney jumped the Rhode Island team in midsummer. la in0 RahhOIrna depend on to win the pennant. They had two other hurlers-Conly and Mill ler-but these men were inexperienced and Bancroft seldom used them.
 There are many tales of how Rad bourne started on his record breaking exploit of pitching twenty-five straight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10

The eight American League clubs will have twenty-two southpaw pitch CTS on their rosters this spring. Of this number eleven have seen more or less service in the American League. while the other ten are recruits one: Wolters, of Boston. having had a brief experience in the National League.
 St. Louis Is little better fixed as to southpaws numerically than most of its rivals. having four left-handers in Waddell. Bailey. Graham and Swift. Waddell was one of the few American League south paws who won more games than he lost last season. his record being nineteen victories and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
with the Yankees last season, being

with with tn. the Yankees last season. being
 Connie Mack has Eddie Plank. the high school boy. and salve, from the the South Atlantic League, as his left handlers. Plank failed to break even inS Inss :sss.n ysas: winning s fourteen and los farmed out by Mack to the Tri- State League, won seventeen and lost but four. salyes won fourteen and lost rif- teen in the Sally League.
 Chicago has three offside fingers in Atrock, White and Sutor. the last named being from the San Francisco Club of the Pacific Coast League. Sutor White won nineteen and lost thirteen. while Altrock won but three out of the ten games he pitched
 chen and Woltsrs. Burohell. o win who Gsf is a Baltimore recruit of the preceding fali. w won ten and lost eight games for the Red and Cardinal. was a minor league phenom last season. winning twenty five and losing only two games for the San Jose team of the California State
 Washington's trio of southpaws are Burns. who won six and lost eleven games for the Nationals in 1908; Gray. games for EUs Anseies sna the Ci eIsUsn ship club of the Pacific Coast League; and Jesse Tannehill. who hopes to re- gain his effectiveness this year.
 One veteran and one young south paw will be on the Tiger pitching staff, Ktllian being the veteran and Speer, from the Wichita club. of the Western Association, being the recruit. Speer pitched ffty-fve games last season. but the record books do not give his per centage of victories.
 While two of the clubs have four southpaws apiece, three have three apiece, and two are equipped with two apiece; Cleveland has but one left handed pitcher and he is a semi-pro Andreada. from Los Angeles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
7wenty-two Southpa.Us WiN
 Work in the American League

fouteen defeats. Bailey won three out of eight, while Graham won six out Wilk esbarre, won twentyfour and lost sixteen.
 New York also has four southpaws. Doe" Newton. Wilson of Hartford Schmidt of Baltimore. and Vaughan of the Arkansas State League Newton did not do much in the American League in 1908. but Schmidt won five of his six games In the Eastern League Wilson won twenty-one and lost twelve for Hartford. while Vaughan won nine and lost only one down South He failed to distinguish himself, however
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
WILLIAMS THINKS THE
 BROWNS WILL RUN SOME

Jimmie Williams Of the St. Louis club is dead set in being in shape when Ghe bell rings. Williams feels certain that McAleer's boys will bs in the mick of the hunt next season, and says '6Aat Hobe Ferris has something on all the th rd basenen. He is delighted to dnd Lou Criger with St. Louis this season for Criger has the head and is 6 fnef man to work with .on the baseA