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New-York tribune., 1909-11-15
CONVENTION SPORTS
NEW LIFE FOR SHOW.
Success of Garden Display De-
lights Horsemen.

One year ago Il looked for tim. as I,
the National Horse Show would Be lost 20
New York. Interest appeared 20 be on the
wane and the outlook was anything rather
than bright for an exhibition that Is some
thing more than a mere spectacle IN its
educational value 70 the great and growing
industry OF horse breeding Alfred q. Van
derbilt and his associates stood IN ths
breach. however, and the response last
week was fsttering IN the extreme. The
show last week vas bigger and better and
more comprehensive than any which has
teen held in the last few years. and the Ma
tionsl Horse Show Association should he
encouraged 10 branch out and make even
more ambitious plans for the future. With
an eve single TO the advancement OF the
horse in the various breeds. II was a Ion.
step IN the right direction 20 bring the draft
horse into more prominence. and good is
sure 20 come OF IL. Those interested in the
trotter should now awake 10 the impor-
tance OF lending fuller support. especially
in the breeding classes. This country leads
the world in the breeding and development
OF the light harness horse. but that Is no
reason why a show Of interest should be
lacking. The National Horse Show Associ-
ation- as now organized, is open 20 con-
gratulatiOns.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-15

Rochester heat Hobart by a score -
- on SATURDAY.. that score being recorded
for the first time IN the history % Amer
can intercollegiate football. That is the
New-York tribune., 1909-11-15

year. as In the last two games Th- team
was simply and plainly outclassed. ana no
words can explain aNsy that elemental rea-
son for 80 crushing a defeat.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-15

Fitzpatrick. the Yale end. played truly
remar arkable game against Princeton on sat
urday. II he shows the same ability
against a stronger opponent al Cambridge.
he viii deserve a place among such stars
OF the gridiron in that position as Hinkey
and Shevlin. OF Yale. Campbell and Bow
ditch. OF Harvard; SchildmiIler. OF Dart
mouth: Scarlet. OF Pennsylvania, and
Henry, Of Princeton.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-15

Less than two weeks ago IT was matter
OF interested comment that New York Uni
versitv. IN beating Wesleyan. had profited
by safeties, a touchdown. = goal from
touchdown and a field goal 70 beat Wes-
Ieyau. on Saturday Yale was equally
careful 20 overlook nothing IN the way OF
4 means 70 score points.
The Tale slate Is stiu clean, and II re-
mains for Harvard and Harvard alone, to
use the chalk II Is an even wager.
HERBERT.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-15
The lineup follows

Refsree-J. Evans Chiczzr- Linesmen--I r
5eston. Pilgrims. and e.. Crsizhton Amateur
League. Gcals-Cort1u a1d Hcsre. Pilgrims.
Glenn and Young, New York. Tims-Hslr - %
forty minutes.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-15

Little BY little Columbia Is losing caste
IN the college athletic world. The loss OF
football was a severe blow for which the
undergraduates were not responsible. But
the loss OF a freshman crew is quite as
great and one for which the undergrad
yates are entirely responsible The varsity
crew is recruited from year 10 year from
the men who stood out as Leading Oarsnen
IN the first year shell. and the varsity Is
sure 20 suffer in the long run II capable
Oarsmeu are not developed 20 fiji the va
csncies which occur after each race II Is
a crying shame that the need was felt 20
disband the freshmen crew last week, but
under the circumstances the rowing club
and Jim Rice. the coach. were fully justi-
fed in taking such a radical step. The
class OF '13 at Columbia should feel proud
OF itself.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-15

Virginia Polytechnic institute has an eye
10 the commercial side OF football and its
advantages. Judging from the following ex-
tract from the college paper:
The amount OF advertising We have Sc
cured from that Princeton game IS simply
been brought 10 seriously consider Eir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute as college
simply because OF this newspaper racket
Men who have never heard OF Virginia
Polytechnic Institute are now familiar with
the name and location, and many are
without doubt already prejudiced in our
ball has no economic advantage. save as
a help TO the medical profession Why.
the whole faculty. with banners. brass
bands and torches. couldn't produce half
out os Old Nassau,
Some truth in all this, but hardly a happy
way Of emphasizing il.
New course records are difficult enough 20
make at best in these days OF low scoring.
but rarely has a golfer been deprived Of hts
Just dues in quite as curious a manner as
that which recently befsn an smeteur on
the other side Going 20 the last hole he
had 20 tie the amateur record. and was
well on The green in . He sent his csdde
20 the flag which happened TO be a long
wooden pole, and the boy. pulling out the
stick as the ball was about % drop in.
pulled the tin Up with il. and thus stopped
the balls further progress This is about
the strangest rub Of the green" vet heard
Of, but the best that can be offered the IN
fortunate golfer is sympathy.
Great horses OF the turf have been dying
OF in the last few weeks at an alarming
rate. Ben Strome. sire OF HighbaII. and
Roseben and Eugenia Burch. among others:
Salvador. holder OF the worlds record for
one mile straightavsy, and now Tenny, the
wonderful little swayback. as he was
known when a rival 10 the great Salvador.
have been lost % the thoroughbred world.
while Hamburg Belle and Directum leave
a gap in the ranks OF the trotters- Ham
burg Belle was one OF the most brilliant
trotters OF the season just closed. and
Uhlan, which was her equal, in the opinion
OF many horsemen. viii be without a rival
worthy OF his speed next season. Hamburg
Belle made three worlds records al Cleve-
land on August =. when she covered the
mile IN 2.0l14. the fastest ever trOttsd In a
race. and came back T.. the second heat in
2-ola4. esta blishing a record for the second
fastest heat ever trotted in a race. Follow
ing this remarkable performance. n. y.
Hanna, Of Cleveland. purchased her from
John r. Madden for $4,000. and he has the
sympathy OF all horsemen in the loss OF a
mare which was only five years old. Tenny
earned his greatest fame perhaps in the
Realization Of 1889. although he was beaten
by a short head in a desperate finish BY
Salvador. There are many hOrsemen who
still believe that Tenny was the better horse
IN that race, and should have Won IN
his day Tenny had the reputation OF being
the greatest stretch runner in thA history
of the turf in this country HERBERT.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-15

Men who had been counted upon ro-
strength 20 resist the Yale attack melted
before II. sieEiinS and Waller. who had
played like giants against Dartmouth u-era
helpless before the powerful Yale rigb.
wing. and Hart was q poor substitut. FOR
Mccormick or a Coy. HIS mechanical plav-
ing and inability TO grasp anything but the
most obvious call in the demands that tba
situations of conflict msde upon hir, almost
DESTROYED his usefulness Only as a de-
fensive player did he shine az al. and ,ber.
he helped nightly 10 fu up the huge holes
the Yale forwards were constantly MAXIM
New-York tribune., 1909-11-15

The strength OF the Harvard lino vas
vel known enough before Tho Dartmouth
contest. but Fish. Mckay and Fisher We're
al out OF the game when the smashing 'at-
tack was boring its way down the field IN
th- second hsis. ana the excellent work of
Flodgett. Forster and Bush in their stead
must have pleased the Harvard coaches
nightly. Moreover. there was Hooper still
II reserve. Captain Fish has good team.
that is certain. but II is equally certain thai
Captain Coy has the same sort Of an eleven.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
Mover Loses DAMAGE Suit.

washington.--The Supreme Court
of the United States Monday decided
against President Meyer of the West
ern Federation OF Miners In the dam
age suit brought by him against for
mer Governor Peabody OF Colorado
The suit was brought on account of
Meyers Imprisonment on the govern
or's orders because of his alleged con
nection with riots at Telluride. Colo.
In 1904 The case was brought up on
appeal from the decision OF the United
States Circuit Court for the district
Of Colorado.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
PROFESSIONAL MARATHON
HELPS AMATEUR SPORT
James E. Sullivan Says Big Match
Races Are Good When They
Are on the Level.

There is no danger of a wave of
professionalism sweeping through the
ranks of the amateur athletics just
because few men are making money
in Marathon matches. So says Big
Jim Sullivan, the president of the
Amateur Athletic union. Mr. Sullivan
does not seem in the least worried.
do you think these Marathon races
will have a tendency to lessen the
interest in the amateur track and
field sports?" he was asked.
'Injure the sport? Not a Bit" said
the veteran official of the A. A. u. IF
anything. 1t will increase the popular
ity of athletics; that is, SO long as
these match races are run on the
level. The more popular these profess
sional contests become the greater
will be the interest in the amateur
events of the same kind. For every
Longboat. Dorando and Hayes lost to
the amateur cause the A. A. u. will
gain dozen ambitious recruits.
1T is simply wonderful how dis
tance running has come to the front
in America in the past four years.
Marathons, both amateur. and profess
sional. will now be held all over the
country, and thousands of people will
learn for the first time what an ex-
hilarating sport endurance running is
when good men are in the race.
Distance running was extremely
popular about New York in the days
of Willie Day and Tommy Conneff. but
l predict greater enthusiasm tsan
ever for this stirring sport.
"Sprinting, jumping. hurdling or
weight-throwing can never attain the
popularity of distance contests. SO
there is little danger of the slight
wave of professionalism extending to
these branches of athletics. Let the
Marathons for prize money go on. and
as long as they are honestly conducted
/ hope their popularity will continue.
They will certainly help to promote
amateur sports, for very few athletes
ever care for professional career on
the cinder path. 1t is not a path
strewn with roses"
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21

moment the lion caught sight OF the
buggy and started toward it, I'm
armed. powerless to protect them
the whip to the bronchos they were
driving
II was serious predicament. for
not only is the range section of South
Dakota a country of magnificent dis
tances. but the grazing lands are
more deserted at this time of the year
than in the summer. While Mrs.
Bigelow clung to the swaying buggy,
the horses were whipped into mad
gallop. tearing at reckless speed over
gullies and knolls
All the while the mountain lion, in
its easy, Looping gait, kept pace with
the buggy.
Ala point east of Billy Christians
ranch one OF the traces came unfas-
tened and it was necessary to come
to full stop, with the lion gaining on
every bound. The commissioner
reached over the dashboard and fas-
tened the trace. The horses we're
well-nigh exhausted, for they had
travelled six miles at top speed.
At this moment, when the terrified
man and woman were considering
how best they could meet the lions
attack, cowboy, known as "Trusty
Bill" came in sight, riding a broncho
Seeing the plight of the two in the
buggy, he gave spur and quirt and
started to the rescue. The lion. be-
tween two foes, hesitated. evidently
fearing it had lost its prey. The COW
boy rode fearlessly up. and with a
mighty swing of the lariat managed to
leg the animal. The lion was free in
and instant and continued on toward
the buggy
''Trusty BILL. however. gathering up
his lariat, hurled 1t again and this
time caught the animal around the
neck and under one leg. Putting on
spur, he dragged the animal over the
prairie till it was subdued and could
be hog tied" They brought the lion
to Farmingdale and put 1t In a stout
cage, and 1t is their intention to ship
1t as present to President-elect Taft.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
Teeth Kicked Out; RepIanted.

Pasadena, Cal.-Louis Torrana, hav.
ing had three teeth neatly and quick
ly kicked out by a pony, DIR. w. G..
Smith. specialist in odd operations Of
that character. assisted by Drs. G.. G..
Sharpe and George Abbott. has sue.
ceeded in replacing the worries SO that
within "a hours from the time of the
accident that young man seems Just
as well as ever.
The operation is one of the most un-
usual ever attempted here. The medi-
cal men thoroughly sterilized the sock
cts, and the teeth were set back in
place and bound securely with wire.
1t is said they will grow back firmly
in place with time and be just as
serviceable as the tooth in which the
nerve has been killed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
MOUNTAIN CAT FOlLED
BY COWBOYS LARlAT
LION PURSUING uNARMED MAN
AND WIFE WAS ALMOST ON
HIS PREY.

Farmingdale. S. D-Unarmed and
far from help. pursued by a hungry
mountain lion. Mr.. and Mrs. G. M.
Bigelow of this place We're saved by
cowboys lariat.
Mr.. Bigelow, who is a United States
commissioner. was on his regular
weekly trip to Underwood and was ac-
companied by his wife. when Mr..
Bigelow saw at a distance what he
thought TO be yearling calf running
toward them at full speed. AS the
animal came closer the occupants OF
the buggy recognized 1t as an unusual
ly large mountain lion. At the same
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
1aIkIna rhrouah Georgia.

Atlanta.-President- William II.
Taft was in the cordial and hospitablc
embrace of Georgia all day Friday
Recognizing the climax of the varied
and continuous demonstrations in the
brilliant and imposing scene presented
at the banquet here at night he ex-
claimed: II had not hoped TO win
the South-but the South has won
me- Talking through Georgia" is a
literal description of his trip Friday
from Augusta to Atlanta.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
DEATH REVEALS
SECRET OF SEX
MYSTERY OF "sAMMY" WILLIAMS
OF MONTANA DISCLOSED
ON DEMISE.
JILTED IN HER YOUNGER DAYS
Adopted Masculine Attire and Amassed
Great Wealth Without Her
Real Sex Ever Being
Suspected.

Eau Claire, Wis-The mystery of
Sammy" Williams, a resident OF Man
haitian, Mont. for is years. who
dropped dead there from apoplexy.
was disclosed by her death. Sammy
was found to be a woman. who was
Miss lngeborge Wekan.
Miss Wekan was born in Norway
some so years ago. It is claimed; some
say later Before she came to Amer
lea with her parents she was courted
by a young Norwegian, Sven Norem,
and the two became engaged Then
the Wekan family came TO America
and settled in Allamakee county, Iowa,
where some members of the family
still reside, and Ingeborge came with
them.
And Sven Norem came also. Not
long after the arrival in America Sven
Norem became cold and distant to In
geborge and finally Tilted her for some
reason not known. and she was broken
hearted. In fact. she was so heart
broken that she could not endure it to
stay with her folks and among her ac-
quaintances, and she suddenly disap-
peared, and although she was sought
high and low she was not found.
About this same time, somewhere
around 1855 or 1860, there appeared in
Eau Claire a short. rather thick set
young man with coal black hair and
smooth face. which he never shaved.
His voice was rather soft and piping.
but he was strong as an OK and mixed
freely with the woodmen here, and it
was not long before he went to the
woods as a cook. He was such a good
cook that as long as he was here he
could get 800 and more per month.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
Fresh Bread Broke plunge.

New York.-David Alexander, cap
maker. fell into soft thing when.
after a drop of 35 feet from fourth
floor window, he landed unhurt on a
yielding cushion of newly baked bread
and fresh fish.
The food was much depressed by
the occurrence. Plump sturgeon lost
their figures and the loaves were SO
transformed that even regulars of the
bread line might have hesitated to ac-
cept them as hand-out.
Alexander stepped upon chair to
reach bird cage which hung above
an open window. The chair gave way
and Alexander shot through the win
dow feet foremost.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
PITCHER JOSS WOULD
DISCOLOR THE BALL
Rubbing Sphere in Dirt Is
Severe Penalty.

When the rules committee of the
major leagues saw fit to do away with
the privilege formerly extended to
twirlers. whereby they were allowed
to discolor a new ball during a game,
It inflicted more severe penalty than
the majority of fans realize. writes
Addie Joss, known in baseball as the
Cleveland slat
The main reason for the elimination
of this privilege was because it be-
came tiresome for the spectators to
continually watch the pitcher take
a new ball and get down on his hands
and knees and rub the sphere in the
dirt and grass until 1t was partially
or wholly discolored This ruling
made the work of the pitcher a much
different proposition last season. Any
time a club was ahead. especially If
along in the closing innings of the
game, it used to be a mighty good
thing to always discolor new ball.
If the ball was not rubbed in the dirt
it doomed up a large as a barrel when
pitched against a dark background.
The batter had a much better chance
to see and to hit a new ball on a dark
day. That's one reason why the pitch
ers always rubbed il in the dirt before
handing it up it up to the plate. Since
the new rule went into effect 1t is
practically impossible to get a good
grip on a new ball 1t is absolutely
necessary for a pitcher to have firm
hold on the ball when pitching curve.
To show how this works to the twirl-
rso dfco dua ,top fnr n
lustration, that the man at bat is weak
on curve ball. The count stands two
balls and two strikes on him. when he
fouls off the next one pitched. The um-
pire tosses out new ball to the pitch
er, and right here is where the box
artist is placed at disadvantage. He
knows the batter Is weak on a good
curve ball, but he also knows that
with new ball to handle, he is going
to have considerable trouble in making
it break Just where he wants it to. He
tries to bend up one. and nine times
out of ten 1t does not break Just right
and the batter whales 1t good and
hard.
Many game is lost because the
pitcher is not allowed TO discolor the
ball any more. The hit that started
Chicagos batting rally in the last
game of the season at New York,
which won the National league PEN
nant for the Cubs, according to one
who should know. was secured in this
manner. Tinker. who was at bat, is
suppcsJxIo be weak on curve.
NJ sytrnf to curve a new ball,
fafpl "a Joe laced 1t slt for a three
baA T. That started theSRulbIe, and
it yer stopped until the Cubs had
en- Ugh runs TO cinch the game and
chai ppionship. Had Tinker failed to
get On there is no telling bu. what
Matty might have gone through. the
inning, without being scored on.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
"6iIly" Spent Money Lavishly for

and he amassed considerable money
which he invested in real estate and
In other ways.
He made Eau Claire his home till
the late '70's or the early SOS. and in
the later years there were rumors
floating about that BILLY" Williams,
which was the name he gave, or "Bil-
ly" Cooks, as he was generally called.
was not what he represented himself
TO be; in fact, that he was a woman
In disguise, but they were only ru-
mors. Nobody knew, but somehow or
other the report was started. but "Bil-
ly' still continued cooking in the
woods, going out with the boys, spend
ing money lavishly for liquor but
never drinking more than he could
comfortably carry, going out with the
girls and having great old time. AL
though retiring, he was always good
natured and never begrudged spending
money.
But there moved to this city some
years after family from Allamakee
county, Iowa, neighbors of the Wekan
family, and they were acquainted with
the facts leading up TO the disappear
ance of Ingeborge Wekan, and after
seeing and hearing of Billy" VIII
liams, they became convinced that
Billy and Ingeborge were one and
the same person, and the Wekan fam
lily was soon notified, and a brother of
lngeborge was soon here to persuade
billy" to return home
After selling his property holdings
here to friend for the sum of one
dollar, the latter converting the prop
erty into money, which was turned
over TO Billy who did not want to
risk transacting business under an as
sumed name. he left for st. Paul,
For several years he cooked on the
Dalrymple farms in North Dakota, still
masquerading successfully as a man.
and Is years ago went to Manhattan.
Mont, where he lived till his sudden
death, when few hours before he
was going to sign deed to his prop
erty holdings there. which he was GO
ing to sell, he dropped dead. And
then came the revelation that VIII
liams was a woman.
And such is the sad life story of
Ingeborge Wekan, for Billy" Williams
and Sammy Williams and Ingeborge
Wekan are one and the same person.
1t is stated here that her sweetheart,
who Tilted her. Sven Norem, is still
living in AIlamakee county. Iowa
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
English socker Team COMING.

Arrangements have been concluded
for the Pilgrim football team. which
visited the United States three years
ago. to make another tour of this coun-
try in October and November next
The team will play 15 games in New
York, Philadelphia, Fall River, st
Louis. Chicago, Cleveland and other
cities. st. Louis and Chicago promo
tiers of the tour have guaranteed the
expenses of the British team.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
stratton tiome Plana.

Colorado Springs.-The trustees OF
the proposed Myron Stratton home for
the poor have decided to hold a com
petition to which architects all over
the United States are eligible for plans
for the projected institution A cash
prize of probably $4,000 will be Of
fered. BY this means 1t Is hoped to
secure the most artistic and practical
design for the home.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
Job for Yale Football star.

Robert Burch of Cincinnati. captain
of the 1908 Yale football team. has
been unanimously chosen coach for
the University of Cincinnati football
team for next season, and has ac-
cepted the job. Burch is to attend the
Cincinnati Law school next year.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
Iono Descent and Iona Lie.

Mr.. John Rogers of Tewksbury.
England, who claims descent from the
Baron Rogers. who lived at the time
of the Crusades. has Just celebrated
the bundredth anniversary Of his
birthday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
New Catcher for the cubs.

The Cubs got new catcher when
President Murphy signed a lad from
his home town, Wilmington, o. The
youngster, whose name is Jack Tel
fair. will be given try-out.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21
The schooI BOARD Of nonlder has IN

The school board of Boulder has In
structed superintendent C. b. Dyke to
arrange the details for a course in
manual training at the preparatory
school, to be ready for the September
term. The first year term will be
given in three branches. with work for
boys and domestic science for girls.
1T Pueblo on the 18th inst. Bob
Hunt was found guilty of murder in
the first degree for the killing Of Frank
schnack. the jury fixing his punish
ment at imprisonment for life at hard
labor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-21

Catcher who will do the principal
work behind the bat for the New
York Giants as the result of the three
cornered deal by Cincinnati, ST. Louis
and New York.