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DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-03-12
EDITOR HARRIS COMES BACK

warmest regard, personally W.
republish the following editoria
from the Bluncy of February 20
Chris Codrington OF the De-
Land News numbered himself
last week and took a shot at
Our good old friend, Frank
Harris, Of the OCala Banner.
Emitting his editorial Flag
lerobia," Chris unbuckles the
"bclly-band' and literally
pccls the hide off our vcncr-
able friend. After stating
that lie was not personally
acquainted with Mr.. l'lager or
any Of the officials Of his rail
road and didn't care any
more for them than for any
other person whom he had
never met, and saying that
his relation with the railway
company had always been
pleasant, Chris concludes as
follows;
But it does make ones
toe itch to sec a well known
and popular editor Of one Of
Florida's leading weekly
newspapers either make a long
cared jack-asS Of himself or
Use his editorial space for that
which should 90 into the adj
vertising columns, to take
mild view of the matter. -
Mantee County Record.
The editor Of this paper accepted
an invitation from Mr.. Flagler and
went on a trip over the east coast
extension, and on returning wrote
his impression Of the railroad, and
the country through which it
passes. Why should he have put
it in his advertising columns and
sent bill for its publication to
Mr. Flagler, whose guest he was:
That may be Mr.. Codrington's
style of doing business. but the
editor of this paper is glad to say
hat that feature has not found its
way into the interior, where he
makes his home.
All his life the editor Of this paper
las strenuously endeavored to give
praise to those he thought deserved
t.
1t remembers long years ago the
need Of praise it showered upon the
ate Col. II. l.. Hart when he estab-
ished a line Of steamers on the Okla
vaha river. and brought that weird
md picturesque stream to the at
entiOn of the tourist travel,
So in the long ago when Mr.. a. l..
:ichelberger set out an orange
rove near Ocala. which blazed the
way for that industry in this state,
his paper remembers the words of
encouragement it spoke in his be-
lalf,.
This paper remembers also when
he late Colonel c. Codrington the
ather. if it remembers correctly, of
he present Mr.. Chris Codrington,
anne to Florida from one OF the adj
accent islands and advocated the in
reduction into this state of Para
,rass and other plants, how he re-
:eived the praises of this newspaper
md the courtesy with which he &C.
,epted the same.
1t remembers the hamper basket
If flowers it laid at the feet Of Mr. E,
". Agnew when he built a wooden
'ailway from Ocala to silver Springs
which helped on to the discovery of
Ocala by the outside world.
1t remembers the volume Of
praise it bestowed on Mr.. Albertus
Vogt when he made the discovery
81 phosphate in our county, and the
,raice a leo RI NJ II oaya m tho Lotto
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-11-20

Brethren" said man in the
meeting, SO many sinners are dying
every day l have come to the conclu-
sion that hell is full. He sat down,
when an old deacon in the amen cor
ner raised the hymn: There's a
place reserved for you, brother,
place reserved for you"
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-11-20
Would We Return !?
(From the Century

Would we return
If once the gates which close upon the past
Were opened wide for US, and If the dear
Remembered pathway stretched before US
clear
To lead us back to youths lost land at last.
Whereon life's April shadows lightly cast
Recalled the old sweet days of childish rear
With all their faded hopes and brought anear
The far-off streams in which our skies were
glassed;
Did these lost dreams which wake the souls
But lived once more and waited our returning,
Would we returnf
Would we return
If loves enchantment held the heart no more
And we had come to count the wild sweet pain,
The fond distress, the lavish tears-Dut vain /;
Had cooled the hearts hot wounds amidst the
roar
Of mountain gales, or, on some alien shore
Worn out the SOULS long anguish and nad slain
At last the dragon of despair-1f then the
OF vanished years came back, and, as of yore,
The same voice called, and with soft eyes be-
Our lost fove beckoned. through times gray
Would we return9
Would we return
Once we had crossed to deaths unlovelY land
And trod the bloomless ways among the dead
Lone and unhappy; after years had he'd
With twilight wings along that gllmmering
strand,
If then-an angel came with outstretched hand
To lead us back, and we recalled in dread
How soon the tears that once for us are shed
May flow for others-how like words in sand
Might vex the living with the dead hearts
Would we return
Would we return?
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-11-20

Miles" by the way, old man, do
you believe in dreams?" Giles
"You bet l do One night about a
month ago l dreamed that an angel
appeared at my bedside and said,
Prepare for the worst, then disap-
peared." Miles-"Well?" Giles
THE very next day our cook left, and
my wife has been doing the cooking
ever since"
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-11-20

You have been experimenting with the old
fashioned "Cure-all'' Condition powder long
enough. It's time you were using the Modern,
Sensible and Scientific kind. the Fairfield Blood
Tonics. A separate and different Conditioner
for each kind of animal. (Ask for Fairfield's
Free Book.) Sold under written guarantee by
A. NJ. Weis, Towson; L. Kellum & Co., 1858
Hillen street, Baltimore; A. H. Uhler, Refs
terstoWn
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-11-20

A precaution. Ma" said news
papar mans son, Il know why edi-
tors callthemselves, we" "Why?"
SOS the man that doesn't like the
article will think there are too many
people for him to tackle.
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-11-20

He-Did you shoot anything while
you were up in Canada? She-Yes,
indeed We went out in boat one
day and shot the loveliest rapids you
ever saw.
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-11-20

Architect (looking over site)-"I
would suggest leaving the trees
they'll screen you from the gaze of
passers-by." Client" Mein Gott !
Vot do you subbose I'm spenting fifty
tousend dollars on house for Gut
EN- down. Life.
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-11-20

If the Egg Sac of the Hen is not supplied
with pure, rich blood the Embryotic eggs it
contains cannot develop properly. Fairfield's
Blood Tonic and Egg Producer puriies the
blood and furnishes it with the materials from
guarantee by A. M. Weis, Towson; L. Kellum
& Co., 1858 Hillen street, Baltimore; A. II.
Uhler Reisterstown.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
Accepts Australians Offer.

Stanley Ketchel has practically made
up his mind to accept the offer Of
ugh NcIr tosh of Sydney, Australia
for three fights in Kangaroo Land
Mcintosh has cabled Ketchel that he
would like to have him fight Bob Fitz-
simmons, Bill Squires and Bill Lang,
the nresent heavyweight champion Of
Australia. If the Michigander wins all
three of these fights, Mcintosh will
give him a chance to meet Tommy
Burns in a 2O-round fight in London,
before the National Sporting club.
Ketchers present plan is to spend
the holidays with his people in Mich
igan. Then he will go to New York
and sail for Europe. From Europe he
will sail to Australia. All this, he fig
it will not be until the first of April
that he will really have a fight. There
is no question but that he has run
down and the sea voyage may build up
his constitution.
A straw ballot was taken recently
in San Francisco Of Jeffries' chances
to win the fight and it was figured out
that 80 per cent of the people who
expressed sentiments thought that
! Johnson would be returned the winner.
They are mostly of the opinion that
Jeffries' wind will bother him, and that
he will find himself unable to train
down into condition Johnson, it is ad-
mitted, is a remarkably clever man
and Jeffries must be within 80 per cent
of his original self to win.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23

location of the fight has not been de-
cided. | can say that it will not take
place at Coffroth's arena. That place
was mentioned, but since the world al
.arga has seen fit to assume that COT
froth is interested in the fight, we VIII
show the people they don't know what
thew are talking about. l don't believe
that Tex Richard has made the state
ments credited to him in the east aoou'
not holding the fight in San Frahcisco'
want II understood that l am for san
Ero,oisco or vicinity first, last and all
+bo time. and that, if possible, the
match will be brought here. Rlckaro
is to ioin me in California INSIDE u
,hroo weeks. and then we VIII se''ie
that point"
coffroth Not Interested.
/ Gleason then went on to state posi-
.;o,,, and yehemently that Jimmy
Coffroth is not interested III
.o, lack admits that he doubled Up
with Coffroth in a bid, but denies 'i'e'S
was any double crossing. He says Jus
before bids were to be opeheu' MN
ra Game to him with proposi'i'-''
annreciating that it was oeSoho
frotb,s bid. Gleason told the
,romoter and was given periniss 'oi' -
- abead with the Nevada mat
Continuing, Gleason said; NOW
wont TO talk about the alleged se''e'
caucus 1t was arranged solely 70
noaita matters. Absolutely the h
&C ora 70 take the money as lie
,naicate-75 per cent 10 Inc
o,a o. to the loser. At the seer
aot,no there were present IN aaui
.,on 70 the fighters and the promotes,
tne stakeholder and Harry ho" =,
: former San Francisco attoines -.
-. +,me we discussed cniens :,
-,,ostion whether the fighters
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
ALL ABOVE BOARD
GLEASON DECLARES

De permitted to engage in other
matches prior to the Fourth of July.
Jeffries wanted that permission, but
when I pointed out to him that the
promoters must be protected, he sui
lenly agreed to the condition being in
serted There is no splitting of the
purse and no side agreement"
Moving Picture Arrangement.
The moving pictures will be given
to the fighters. who, in turn, are to
hand over 33 1-2 per cent of the profits
to the promoters. This was done In
order to give the fighters full control
of the pictures and to avoid any pos
sible combination of the promoters and
one fighter against the other"
Although the fight is yet to be To-
Gated. it is understood that Gleason
hopes to handle the match inside the
civ limits of San Francisco. He has
some assurance that he will be grant
ed a fight permit under the new ad-
ministration, and also there is
chance that for this special occasion
the supervisors would allow him to
conduct a Aground fight. If not, he
still has his permit to handle fights in
Alameda county.
The death of his mother, which oc-
CURED this week. has put damper
ON Gleason's business plans for the
time being, but he will in all proba-
bilitv have something new to an
nounce in a week or so.
According to the news that ne
brought with him, Jeffries will wors
his way westward with his theatrica
company, and by the middle of jan
nary will commence light training II
Ios Angeles. The articles call for the
mon to commence active training a
tho scene of the fight 80 days befors
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
(By Harry 3. Smith.)

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. %
The arrival Of Jack Gleason, the first
o. the San Francisco promoters to re-
Nfa to the Pacific coast, and his de-
huhciations of the stories let loose by
Ue scandal-mongers of New York city
mas been the event of the week, as
concerns the Jeffries-J johnson fight.
U'eason, While he had little to add in
lie way Of real news, had some inter-
"ung information as to what had
happened, and likewise what had not
happened. The all-absorbing question
Where is the fight to be held--has
"O' been settled, according to Gleason,
WHO says that the field will be cam
'@Ssed thoroughly before he and Rick
'U decide what they are going to do.
'eason arrived at midnight on q
'eIated overland but the morning
"'"Spapers had their men up the line
" meet John ]. and find out just what
he had to say.
Gleason Is Indignant.
"S' OF all. he was bubbling over
''A indignation at what he was
10 term some OF the misstate-
Wis That have been made relative
"e match. While he did not say sc
'''E he let It be inferred that the
were started by rival promo
VINO We're sore at losing the fight
So eFything is absolutely on the
=. was the first thing he shouted
"eWspapermen. IF it were not
%. be in on the fight dom
h. money that bad. and If this
h., Crooked proposition I wo'''t
Opped it like a hot coal. A lo'
~ Unauthorized stories have been pub.
sest ana 1oCho their Wa
"' here want to say that tn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
Soccer Recognized.

That's why the faculty at Harvard
has given a practically unanimous con-
sent to make soccer a major sport. Now
that we've gained their permission
we'll be able to work toward the end
we all want to reach, athletic training
in a game for every student, regardless
of size, weight and strength of his body
or purse Soccer is bound to become
every mans game I'm glad that Har-
ward has taken the lead and initiative
in this movement"
DR. Cecil Herbert, of the Yale uni
versity faculty, recently remarked that
the day of soccer was dawning in
America, particularly for men who are
under IS or 40 years of age and want
ed some sport a little more violent
than golf. He pointed out that pro-
yided a mans heart was in good shape
so that he could withstand the strain
of running, there was no reason in the
world why a man of so-called middle
age should not play soccer.
II believe it will be generally ad-
mitted," he said, that a team sport is
better than a merely individual one. In
any good team game man is develop
ed to his highest point out of individual
usefulness, but with an eye to his TAX
ing an allotted and carefully planned
Mace in a machine His initiative IL
developed not to the point Of selfish
ness, but to the better plane OF SELL
denial and effacement for common
cause.
zone IF the greatest defects of ath-
,etics in Misunderstanding only base
halls that far too many people of az
ages are content to be mere spectators
and ont participants. What they
sbonld seek. instead of watching, is
playing the game, some good, healthy
game Golf and tennis are all well
anough for the individual. What we
want is some game that, like baseball
can he almost universally played ana
at almost al times of the year. Soccer
10 the nearest thing to an all-year-
ronnd game that know OF.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
NO CHANGE IN STRIKE YET.
Conference Of Switchmen and Railway
Men to Occur Today.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 22.-Until the re
turn tomorrow of George T. Sladet,
third vice president of the Northern
Pacific and ]. M. Gruber, general man
ager of the Great Northern, who con-
ferred with the general managers COM
mittee in Chicago, no change will take
place in the strike situation.
This was the information given out
tonight by Chairman Perham of the
railway council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and by Frank 4
Hawley, president of the Switchmen's
Union of North America.
When asked regarding a report tina,
the switchmen will be ordered back
to work tomorrow, President Hawley
said:
There is nothing to it. A confer.
ence will be held tomorrow"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
Would Show Demands Unreasonable

NEW YORK. Dec. CIV Gould
Brokaw did not take the stand in his
own defense today as had been ex-
pected. Instead, his counsel contin-
ued to introduce testimony designed
to show that the demands of Mrs
Brokaw, who is suing for separation
with alimony of 100000 a year, are
unreasonable in view of the hus-
bands diminished fortune. John F.
Mcintyre. Mr.. BrOkaw's lawyer, ex-
planned that one Of his associates,
who had the minutes Of the trial, had
been detained, and that the case
could not well go on without him.
An early adjournment was granted
with the understanding that Mr..
Brokaw viii, testify tomorrow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23

DR.. Walter Feet, noter oarsihaii
and physical culture expert, tooh 'ii'
measurements and soundings or JeH-
ries and Johnson in New YORK his
examination was more than thal VI
mere physical test. 1t embodied the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23


of the two fighters, showing how ra-
above the general NAV tho latter are.
OF course, some allowance mus,
made for age.
Similar in Many Ways.
Coming to the men closely and com
pairing a few of the principal measure
ments we find that they are remark
ably similar in many details.
In weight Jeffries is heavier by 80
pounds, but it is, to say the least. a
very open question as to whether JEFF
fries. by reason of this, has the adj
vantage.
Furthermore, it is well known that,
in al athletes who have been fat and
afterwards reduced, the heart is not
as strong in enduring power as in the
case of a person who has not been fat.
This has much to do with wind
as it is termed
Fat is put not on around the heart,
stored between the bundles of muscle
fibres which make up the walls of the
heart (the heart, in fact, Is simply a
muscle), and it becomes fiabby like
any other muscle infiltrated by adipose
issue
This does not lessen the actual
strength in sudden exertion of short
duration, like that required In the
hammer throw, shot put and the dis
Gus; but it does rob the man of last
ing power" Especially is this true in
rowing, running, etc. / have seen this
most decisively demonstrated in row.
ing.
Danger In Training Down.
A few years ago in one Yale crew a
man. older than the other seven, who
lad been fat and had trained down,
collapsed and lost the race, when the
other men could probably have won
with a mere boy in his place. How
many experts are there who would
picl, as a winner in a shell or a run
had been fat and had trained down?
This point Of age and overweight
may be the deciding one of the great
struggle. Jeffries refused to allow me
to listen to his heart with the steth-
scope, but felt his arteries very care
fully after he had done some rope
skipping. and they were as soft and
elastic like a baby's and following the
true Old saw that a man is as old as
his arteries, Jeffries has a good long
life ahead of him.
His pulse is remarkably slow. He
tells me that this slow pulse is char
acteristic of his family, and to those
who are not versed in these details /
would say that the soft. elastic artery
and the slow pulse are two most won
derful points in any athletes favor.
Johnson was perfectly willing to
have all examination made, and the
heart was found to be normal in every
way, being slow and regular. While
was listening to his heart. Johnson
looked down on me and said: Say.
can / hear my own heart through that
stethoscope?" He was told that he
could and when / handed him the ear
pieces and the sounds came to him. a
broad smile spread over this big fell
lows face. and as he said to me with
intense earnestness-"Why, that does
sound good was reminded OF Chas.
Lambs essay wherein he writes In
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
Big Colleges
Take UP Soccer

NEW YORK, Dec. 23-There is every
evidence that soccer is shortly t. come
into it's own at three big universities at
least. The Yale eleven has already
fal than has ever been the case before
Princeton, although not in the Intercol-
legiate Soccer league, is developing
cons derable enthusiasm for this sport.
And it became known recently that the
Harvard athletic authorities intend t.
raise soccer to the pane of major
sports, including it in the category
with football, rowing, baseball and
track. The army will also join the
procession, at an early date. SO that
before very long there is every reason
to believe that this open football will
be played on al college campuses.
The Harvard soccer team has already
had a very considerable amount of
practice and is getting more daily on
Soldiers field, which has usually been
a sort of deserted village" at this
changed. Now there are usually four
or five and sometimes more. soccer
elevens kicking and dribblin~ the ball
Instead of waiting for the spring, when
the regular series of intercollegiate
soccer games is scheduled to develop
one team Harvard may be said to have
at the present moment several elevens,
all hiohy proficient in this game. And
the crimson is making no secret of it's
intention and desire to carry off the
championship this coming year.
Not only is soccer being played by
the members of the large squad now
candidates for the soccer HI but the
Harvard hockey men have been using
it whereby to get into condition. Many
candidates for the track and gym
teams have also been out in the past
state of affairs will continue until the
Christmas holidays, when the game
will probably be allowed to lapse un-
til fairly we'll along in the spring
when the ground will again be in such
condition as to permit further play.
Several leading colleges will be met
early in the season, and Harvard has
every hope Of defeating them all. Par
ticularly is she DESTROYS Of ding so
now that it is the intention to further
soccer as a major art. But there is
another impulse which has had very
considerable influence on the Crimson's
recent decision to put this game on a
par with all others.
Students Like Game.
It is felt in neutrality-suspicious.
by the students of the undergraduates
schools-that the present game Of COL
lege football is not for them nor can
it be made so regardless of any changes
which may be made in the rules. They
feel, according to a Harvard senior,
that the gravest defect of modern COL
'ege athletics is that they are not play
able by a properly representative por-
ton of the university. According to
! him, what is needed in every such in
stitution today is a game that will re-
ouire very little equipment-thereby
permitting the man of slender means
and who is not a member Of varsity
squad to play it-and yet shall devotion
initiative. courage, agility and speed
It is to a soccer, therefore, that the
Harvard undergraduates are now look
ing for this purpose.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23

days in which to make up his mind
to play Cutler should he succeed in
defeating Cline. This would put off
any match with Hoppe until away along
in June 1t is hardly probable that
game at that time of the year would
appeal to either the players or the pro-
motors, so it Is almost certainty that
Hoppe will be forced to wait until next
fall at the earliest for a chance at
Demarest. In many quarters 1t
is claimed that Hoppe has lost
some of his skill that made him ia
nous. However, his game with Morn
ingstar will surely show whether ne
has or not.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23
San Francisco Permits.

There is considerable gossip these
istration will do with the fight permit
patronage. One story is that Jack Glea-
will be the promoters. Another has 1t
that Referee Jack Welsh can have a
fessional fights. At all events, it is
surmised that Supervisors elect Johnny
terested in one of the clubs, although
he will keep in the background Her
of the police committee that deals out
the fight permits, and if appointed
number of men are claiming, however,
that they will be given permits and
what will happen.
Monte Attell, according to his pres
the first Of the week to fight ten rounds
with Freddie Couture, on December 80
1T ought to be an easy victory for At
tell, but at that it will give Portland
ers a chance to see one of the clever
the ring.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-23

observation of trained athlete and
ooreful observer of what is in man
iudeine from not only his physical
condition as shown by the unerrlng
;,s+rnments of science. but what are
his possibilities in the light OF Dr