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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
TROPHY TO BE A WARDED
INTER- CLUB WINNERS

Fred Creel last night. For in
stance, the meet is to be~held in
Vancouver this year. The British
Columbia club will be in a posi-
ton to enter all of their athletes,
while many of the stars of rival
clubs will be unable to make the
trip. This will give Vancouver a
big advantage over the other clubs,
and if the clubs are evenly match
ed, would assure victory to the
Vancouverites."
Spokane captured the majority
of the interclub smoker events
last season, but did not secure a
place at the p, n. A, retiring from
the meet before the finals.
With a valuable trophy at stake,
the clubs would not attempt to
hold their best men as dark
horses for the P. n. A. meet, in
surfing better inter-club bouts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
lO5-POUNDER

Billy Mcmahon, a Gonzaga col
lege lad, is the latest aspirant to
amateur honors at the S. A. A. c,
Mcmahon is a los FOUNDER with lit
tie knowledge of the game, but has
a terrific wallop, is fast on his feet
and has ambition to throw away.
Creel expects to develop him into
interclub smoker material with a
few months.
Kid Otto, another young would
be, decided to quit the game yes
terday after one lesson, giving as
his reason that billiards absorbed
his attention to the exclusion of all
else. 1t is whispered that Creel in
tended to pit the 145 FOUNDER
against Bob Bracken tomorrow
night and that the kid quit cold
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

S. A. A. C. officials are work
ing to have the amateur athletic
clubs of the northwest subscribe
to a purchasing fund for silver
cup to be awarded to the club win
ming the greatest number of
events in the inter-club smokers of
this season.
Portland, Seattle and Vancouver
are to be communicated with in
regard to the matter, and in all
probability a trophy will be award
ed each year to the club winning
the largest number of inter-club
contests.
Both Physical Director Bullivant
and Boxing Instructor Creel are
advocates of the innovation.
VERY often tire p. N. A. cham
pionship is won by club which
does not show up particularly well
in the inter-club smokers" said
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"DEMAREST'S VICTORY A TRIUMPH
FOR PERKINS" lotto NEIDOFER

"The victory of Demarest over
George Sutton in the recent bill
lizard championship tournament
places Instructor Perkins of Chica-
go among the foremost teachers of
the cue game in the world" said
Otto Neidofer the S. A. A. c. in
structor and crack cue artist, last
night in discussing the recent New
York tournament. "Demarests
victory was a surprise to me, I'll
admit continued the local champ.
Il expected Sutton to win out at
the finish by working his head to
better advantage, but judging from
the reports it was Demarest and
not Sutton who had his nerves I'M
der wonderful control
'Demarest is one of the few bill
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S. A. A. c. HANDBALL

Sunday morning will witness a
shakeup in the S. A. A. c. hand ball
tournament which will relegate two
of the four leading teams to the
background. For the past few
weeks the men have failed to get
together and Physical Director Bull
livant decided last night to pull
off a double header Sunday morn
ing, the teams failing to show up
FORGETTING the games.
Parons and Stongle are slated to
hook up with Slater and Phillips,
while Bigelow and Edge clash with
Cohn and Powell. z
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
BEST CARD OF THE YEAR AT
TOMORROW NIGHTS SMOKER

With the Portland Spokane inter
club smoker one day off, Bullivant
and Creel are putting their men
through the final period of train
ing. Each of the S. A. A. c. defend
ers have made their weights with
comparative ease and are in the
finest possible condition for the
fray.
Judging from the advance sale OF
seats, the club gymnasium will be
even morec rowded than on the
night of the Seattle-Spokane
smoker on November 10. This
months card promises to be a
much better one than was pre-
scented in November, with classier
main events, and number of rat
Ting good preliminaries.
Portland Names 1875 Pound Event.
Cisco Bullivant received the Off
cial entries of the Multnomah club
yesterday. The following have been
named: 105 pound boxing, j. j.
Tunney; 1876 pound boxing, Donald
s. Numbers: 135 pound wrestling,
III. Nelson Nose; 15S pound wrest'
ling, E. E. Vinson.
1t will be noticed that Portland
names a 1876 pound boxing class,
with Numbers as their fighter. Spo-
kane decided to concede five
pounds to Numbers and allow him
to'box at 100.
"There is no 1875 pound class in
this smoker" said Bullivant last
night. IF Numbers cannot make
100 pounds, Portland must forfeit
the bout"
Tunney p. NJ. A. Champ.
J. j. Tunney, the 105 pound boxer
named by Portland, is last years
p. N. A. champ, entering unat-
tached from Aberdeen. This import
alton evidences the respect Port
land has for Red Hughes, as Tun.
ney Is the only man in the north
west who is picked to have a
chance with the local lad.
Il consider Red the better man
of the two" said Fred Creel last
night. THE bout will be a warm
one. but Red will cop one of those
watches offered to the winners of
the interciub events"
Portland. Changes Policy.
Portland evidently intends max
ing strong bid for the p. N. A.
championship this year. judging
from their importation Of J. J. Tun'
ney, the Aberdeen champ, and
their efforts TO secure Harry Stone,
the Hope, Idaho, lad who has joined
Creefs staff.
Heretofore Portland has been
content with using Dranga. Nieken
and West regularly. picking up
enough gymnasium lads to fill out
their teams II. q. Buckles took q
trip to Idaho to sign up Stone, but
The Hope lad had already promised
Crecl TO box for the s.. A. A. c.,
md the Portlander had his trip for
nothing.
Pole Discovered
Charles Klowenski, Pole who
boasts that he can easily defeat
there s. A. A. G. wrestlers in sue
session. has been adde 10 the club
squad Of mat artists and viii be
Kiyon d chance To try his luck
against Ed Rucks. the les FOUNDER
IN i pfnliiuiHarY tomorrow night.
JIM Powers brought his discov-
my into the 4. A. A. @, camp yes
(erdpx and VITA the aid OF few
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
FOOTBALL TOO ROUGH
FOR PRIZE FIGHTER

= ALLENTOWN, Pa, Dec. 9. =
y Foot ball is too rough a .
= Time for a prize fighter. =
q Jim Savage of New York .
. and Jack Reed of Toledo, o., .
= were due to fight 10 rounds =
q here last night. More than .
. 1000 men gathered to see the .
y fight. Savage filed to show =
q up, although his manager had =
. declared he was "in the pink .
. of condition" The referee =
q arose and announced that .
y there could be no fight, for .
. Savage, lin the pink of con- .
= dition," had foolishly gotten =
= into a foot ball game at Pater- =
= son, N. j., a couple of days q
= before and had several OF his q
y ribs crushed and boon other y
y wise SO battered that he could .
= not appear IN the prize ring. y
a a a a a a a a a a a q a a 4 q
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SPORT PAGE

a guard must not tumble the ball.
for If he is weak in this department
his errors may lose many games.
A player to be successful must
be aggressive. This does not mean
that he should rough-house and foul
his opponent, but aggressiveness,
combined with skill in avoiding a
foul, is happy combination.
Team work is most essential
thing these days. No matter how
many stars team may have, 1t
it lacks team work a five composed
of mediocre players with good team
work will run away from its all-star
opponents.
Tomorrow a few points on the
game will appear on this page for
beginners and amateurs.
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lard experts who started in right.
For hours at time Perkins kept
him at one shot, keeping at it UNI
til his execution is wonderful. His
ability to keep his head under
fire, with a little luck, is what
won for him.
In billiards as in anything
else, there is an element of luck
which often turns the tide. A good
leave will give a man a chance to
run a hundred, bad leave handi-
caps the other fellow, while a sec
ond good lead practically cinches
the game for the first man.
Sutton is not down-and-outer,
as some people suppose. He was
off form in the recent tournament
and | expect to see him regain
what he has lost "
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y. He is the all-round man of the

ity. He is the all-round man of the
team.
The forwards must be quick start.
ers and fast on their feet, SO that
they can escape their guards and
get the ball on the jump off. At
least one forward must be an ac-
curate goal thrower. If the center
is a good goal thrower, the second
forward may be used as feeder,
the man who plays the ball into the
hands of his partner. The best bas
kct throwers should be picked as
forwards. They must be fast and
equal to the strain Of 40 minutes
without a stop, for this is what wins
games.
Guards should be rangy and good
jumpers. If they combine this with
height, it is very hard for their OF
ponents to pass the sphere success.
fully. OF all the men of the team,
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,fRunngh am hcin'-P III
BASKETBALL INVENTED TWENTY
YEARS AGO; NOW THIRD SPORT

Basketball. the third American
game in point Of popularity, is with
us once more. Football died in Spo-
kane Saturday, and basketball will
reign supreme for several months.
What do you know about the game ?
Basketball was invented about 20
years ago at the Y. M. G. A. train
ing school, Springfield. Mass, to
supply q definite need for competi-
tive indoor work.
About the team. The most es-
sential thing In the success of a
team is to secure good center
q man who is a good jumper. 1t is
he who directs the ball to the play
ers. outjump the other fellow, and
his team has decided advantage
from the start. In addition to this,
the. center must be a good goal
tosser and guard of no mean abil.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
PITCHER HOGG DIES

Willie Hogg, pitcher for the
Louisville American Association
baseball club, former New York
Highlander and a member of the
pitching staff of the 1904 Spokane
Indians. died yesterday morning in
New Orleans. He was well known
In the northwest and his death is
mourned by the many who knew
him
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
BY THE RlNGSIDER.


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.Since
Ad Wolgast, the little bulldog from
Michigan, so decisively defeated
Lew Powell, who was conceded to
be the best lightweight California
has produced since Jimmy Britt,
fight followers have been figuring
out his chances with Battling Mel
son, and nine out of every ten will
give you the same answer: "Wol-
CAST has more than good chance
with the Dane
In the ring, Wolgast is minia-
ture edition of Nelson. His style of
fighting is a perfect replica of the
champions. Fighting all the time,
never backing up, boring in head
down and whaling away at the
stomach. takes everything that
comes his way without wincing,
Wolgast seems to have made a
study of Nelson's mode of milling
and learned his lesson completely,
from soda to hook.
But there is one department in
which he has it Oh Nelson. and that
is in speed. Where Nelson plods,
Wolgast darts in and out with
amazing agility. He can hit from
any angle and does not need to be
set to land. Because he failed TO
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

interpreters, Klowenski told what
he could do. He modestly confided
to his English speaking friend that,
while Frank GOtch was consider.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

ably heavier, he was confident that
the champ would have much diff.
Guilty in putting the Polish Shout.
ders to the mat. ga,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
Money-Making Business

The hotels and rooming houses
of this city are making good
money. Get in the swim. We
can trade that house and lot or
that farm for a good hotel, and
you can make a good income
this winter and have clean, in
side work. BY all means, see us
before you buy lodging house.
We make that specially.
500 BUYS a four or five roc.1
modern homo in almost any
quarter of town. See us. We
have farms, acreage, timothy
ranches, homesteads and timber
land trades Of all kinds.
EAGLE REALTY CO.,
Is Curtis Block, Corner Lin
coin and Sprague.
Phone Main 1856.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

It does not bristle with muscles,
but seems, indeed, to wear a com
plete coating of whalebone. -.
Yes, Wolgast would have a very
good chance with Nelson and If the
latter has gone back at all, it
should not surprise fight followers
to see Wolgast cop the crown II
Nelson gives him a match.
"The Wildcat" is fully entitled to
a crack at tie champion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

Sale prices for Friday on National
Carpet Sweepers-th finest ball-bear-
ing, steel frame sweeper made.
Regular 1915 Carpet Sweeper. 81 SO
Regular 1915 Carpet Sweeper. $3.50
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-31

I My impulse was to unhesitatingly
obey, but with an iron effort subdued
IL.
by the God above us you will die
In your tracks unless you unmask."
I said to myself-"Oh. no, | shall
not. Well he knows. this surgeon,
that IL he kills me he must hang!
and speedily"
Fire" / cried on instant. II was
the most courageous act OF my life.
Sir Chas. venner let his hand fall,
and his eyes. heard click. and
watched him restore the pistol TO his
pocket. In one second he had aged
! 10 years. He was now an old man,
haggard-faced and trembling.
! strobe 10 the bell and pressed the
button. had won the battle. stalked
over to the door and threw IL wide.
Get out Of this" grated. Get out
OF this and go-hang yourself II you
want to cheat the hangmar. You've
had your fun. and now by heaven!
'Tn have my pound Of iesh!"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-31

The American carries capital stock
amounting to s1S,0O0.000 on a plant
used in the business worth s2.357 1863.
1t drew down $2,176.S72 net revenue
on s2.357.369 of property used.
The Adams is modest and unselfish.
Its plant Is worth almost half as much
as its capitalization-$12,0 600, 900 Of
stock, as against $6.150.SS9 in plant
IL pays dividends at s per cent TO 10
per cent. But IL has a habit all its
amiable own OF awarding to its de-
serving stockholders special dividends
in the form OF per cent bonds, OF
which 1t gave away s12,O00.000 in 1898
and S24,000,O00 in 1907. BY this means
| II Is hoped that the surplus will be
kept from becoming a scandal. II got
81 100000 from investments In 1909,
and s1,700,000 in net revenues-less
than 30 per cent on its plant-but then
those watered bonds had TO be carried
you know,
! The Northern. on a plant of $3.50. 400
earned $50 per cent dividends in 1909
l-or net operating revenues OF $723,.
| 1886. It's tank holds $l5,O00,0O in
stock.
This is pie. It shows that old Tom
Plat was right in devoting his SEN
atorship TO the express business. II
justifies Hartman in going after the
Wells-Fargo. The express business is
licensed grand larceny.
Parcels post would prevail in this
country today, to the great advantage
OF the people, II the grating express
companies did not stand in the way
i Queer. isn't II. that the president
didn't consider parcels post along with
Undertaking magaxinesf
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IN MANY GUISES
Story Of Exciting Dash for Fortune by


with Mr.. Seth Halford?" he asked
quietly.
Undoubtedly. Sir Charles"
Il confess I should like you to ex-
plain the meaning OF your present
mummery. You were excellently well
disguised before."
bowed profoundly. Thank you
for the compliment. Sir Charles"
Il did not come here TO exchange
compliments with you" he retorted
coldly. Kindly get to business"
Have you the money!" I demanded
Yes. But ! shall not give you a
solitary farthing until l am furnished
with a substantial guarantee that this
will be your last impertinence."
smiled grimly. you must be salts
fed with my oath. which I give you
freely. that you will never hear from
me again. Sir Charles. Now, please
the money"
Il am sorry" he said softly. But
we cannot do business on those
terms."
bowed and got at once to my feet
Then our interview is at an end,'
| moved towards the bell. but I had
not advanced two PAGES when he cried
out, stop"
I turned to look into the muzzle OF
revolver. Sir Chas. Venners right
eye cleaned behind the sights, and
his expression was diabolically wick
ed. A cold, shivering thrill quivered
up my spine. My eyes, however. did
not cease to serve me. and with
gasp OF reviving hope noted that
the pistol was not cooked.
Remove your glasses and your
wig" he commanded in low but ter
~sf~ra ,yniro
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-31
MAKE UP POSTAL DEFICIT
WITH THIS NICE PIE2

The president Is anxious TO have the
deficit In the postoffice department
made up In some way.
The president in his message said:
"The actual loss from the transmits
sion OF second-class mail Is SEA, 200, 900
n year. The newspaper goes on the
average 219 miles, the magazine 1,049
miles. A great saving might be made
by imposing upon magazines and peri
odicals higher rate Of postage"
And right at this moment a food of
light Ia thrown on one way at least
by which the government might make
up the deficit by the allegations of the
Merchants and Manufacturers associ-
alton of Milwaukee in a suit against
the express companies before the rail
way commission OF Wisconsin asking
lower rates.
According to these allegations. the
profits made In carrying parcels, which
in other civilized nations is done by
the postofice, are enormous.
The Wells-Fargo, with property in
use worth 32,ss5,s23. pays 10 per cent
dividends on water enough to make
SS,000,O00 in stock. Its net dividends
are over Sc per cent on the property
used In the business. Il gets s1.400,
900 year In interest on It's past "sav
ings." Its 1905 net earnings, not count
ing this interest. we're $3,113.025.
The United States express has prop
crty In its business worth .207
and pays 2 per cent TO per cent on
q watered capitalization of 10000. 600
Il gets earnings from invested rakeof
OF $4,000 year. Not counting this
however. IN 1909 II took down net OBJ
erating earnings OF s570.7l0-or about
IS per cent on its plant
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Now. mein friendt. you can go!"
said |.
Where to. sir?" he inquired.
gave him a handful OF silver. You
take a cab | began. and you drive
to re Marble arch, zere you get out.
und you take a bus TO Cricklewood.
you mind dat?"
Yes. SIR"
well, ven you come TO re Crickle-
wood terminus you find a man zere
Waiting for you-a big Sherman gen
tleman. like me. You say to him !:
Doctor und he will give you a small
box. You bring that box back to me
quick, und take care not TO lose it
for 1t Is worth much geld-zat Is mon.
ey. You know now what you do!
Heinz"
He assured me that he understood
and would follow my instructions 70
the letter. whereupon I dismissed him
to his fate.
In another moment had changed
my fang teeth for a more fashionable
set and ten minutes later I slipped
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-31

out Of the passage, locking my doc
behind me. as smart dude as eve|
stepped from a bandbox.
walked with mincing steps and
screwed up my features till they looA
ed as vacuous and expressionless q
possible. found on turning the COZ
ner that a gentleman, whose fgur|
recognized, was standing before th|
elevator door For a second | wen
cold. Had my decoy then failed OF III
purpose?" asked myself. In feve|
OF anxiety I began to descend TIL
stairs. straining my ears TO listen. M
signal bell rang-but / heard swi9
footballs in the passage. In a fiasl
| understood Two OF my three shad
overs had followed the waiter. bu
the third had remained behind Il
watch my room. Within minute III
would open my door and discover M
escape. Moreover, he would nnow 70
certain whom he must thenceforth fol
low, for he had given me sharp lool
as I passed him.
(To be Continued)
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had once known rather intimately
Polish Jew named Kutnewsky Him
/ resolved to personate. He was fat
podgy person, his foreign accent hide
Gus. All the while | dressed. I prac-
ticed his voice and accent. | had II al
last to T. A false wig and beard
with clothes in keeping completed my
disguise. was very soon the double
of Kutnewsky. then packed a small
valise with complete suit of fash
ionable clothes.
A fourwheeler took me to Oxford
Circus, whence a hanson brought me
back to Piccadilly and the Bolingbrpke
hotel. presented myself u the clerk
whom I informed in execrable broken
English, that | was the famous Ger
man court surgeon. Herr DR.. Garscha-
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defense. She said the bicycle cop ha
scratched the piano finish on the limo
usine body OF the Jarless Six Will
getting run over. and should be pur
ished for malicious destruction Q
property.
This made great impression o
the Judge. Several times he wipe
away the tears that blinded his eye
don't know how much the I'm
would have been II It hadn't been fo
my employer. but they marked dow
$50 against me, not counting the do'
tors bill. Mrs. Speedway-Nezo pal
It, or | would have gone to the worl
house. She said II was an outrag'
and II was coming to a pretty pas
when traffic policemen had to be adj
ed to the upkeep of an automobile.
Hereafter. Dillpickles." she II
structed me, do not stop when 20
run ovah one of the canaille."
(Continued)
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II Is fierce!
or course. wound up in police
court after l ran down the bicycle
cop with the Jarless, The Car That
Are" There wasn't any charge
against Mrs. Speedway-Nero. al
though she was among those present
when the thing happened. But she
took lively interest In the case. see
Ing that II was her car. she tele-
phoned to the hospital to learn how
the cop was getting along, and said
she hoped II would teach these min
ions Of the law not to infringe upon
the rights of automobile owners, and
hereafter stick close to the gutter.
The cop wasn't badly hurt, thank
goodness. and was able to appear in
court against me today.
Mrs. Speedway-Nero was in court,
too. She was there to speak in my
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MOST ANYTHING

Said a handsome gray kitten from
Malta,
81 wish you would please call me
Waltah;
For names such as Tom on
This street are so common,
The very ideah makes me faltah!"
Judge.
The Kentucky night riders are
properly incensed over the outbreak OF
whitecapping In Indiana.
Whether or not Leopold's death was
received with applause in the Congo,
II remains a fact that many OF the
natives gave him a hand.
VIII the sailors on the new battle.
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CHARACTERS.


AGAR HUME. alias BROWN-Profes-
sional mimic. who becomes valet TO Sir
VIM. Dagmar. and schemes TO make a
fortune.
SIR VIM DAGMAR-wealthy bach
elor irecluse. whose house Is the rem
devious of a mysterious coterie.
SIR CHAS. yENNER-Wealthy spe-
cialist. member OF Sir Dagmar's NOR
bid society Of seven. chief promoter Oh
a series of CHASTITY experiments.
GEO. CAVANAGH-Artist, another OF
the society. who has a romance.
MARION LIE MAR-Beloyed OF Cav
anagh, who Is In the secret or the So
ciety's experiments.
DIR FuLTON. MIR. HUMPHREYS,
MR.. PARDo. MIR. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the queer society.
DR. VERNET--A French medical
| fanatic.
JUSSIEU, BEAUDANT--Negro as
sistants of Sir Chas. Venner.
SETON DAGMAR-Heir TO Sir Will
Jams title.
BUTTS-A butler.