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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
TEX RICHARD SAYS FIGHT WILL
BE HELD In SALT LAKE CITY

During the past year." remark
ed the patent medicine man, ~
have sold 2,9S3,697 bottles of my
consumption cure
you must indeed be filling your
Golfers" murmured his friend.
1t seems as though San Fran
cisco is not to get the Jeffries-
Johnson fight after all. Tex Rick
ard announced yesterday that the
big mill will be pulled off in Salt
Lake City, and as the business men
of that burg consider it the cheap
est kind of advertising, it looks
like the land of the Mormons as
the scene of the greatest pugilis-
tic battle in history.
OF all the dope on the coming
fight, the one factc conceded by
almost every fan was that San
Francisco would get the bout. With
this universally believed bit of Cos
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20

sip shattered, the public is await
ing the next move on the part of
the Richard Gleason combine.
Tex is evidently aware of the
suspicion aroused by the antics of
the fighters and promoters, for he
comes out with an offer Of $4,000
to anyone who can prove the bat.
tie will not be on the square.
Tex might as we'll make it $780,
900. 1t sounds better.
The writer believes tina the fight
itself will be on the square, no
matter what arrangements the
fighters may make as to pure-di-
vision and the picture receipts.
After ALL what the public desires
is a figh, and if the men do their
best in he ring and give the public
what it pays to see, is it anyone's
business no wthey split up the pro-
ceedS?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
ROTHR0CKS NOW
| IN THE LEAD
YESTERDAYS RESULT.
Rothrocks, IA; Skadans, 10.

BY defeating Skadan's indoor ag-
gregation yesterday morning, Roth
rocks nine forged to the front in
the S. A. A. G. indoor base ball
tournament, RELOCATING the leaders
of a month to second place in the
percentage column.
1t was a sizzler, that game of yes
terday, with the Rothrocks annex
ing the winning tally in the sew
enth frame. Hit and run was the
order Of the day and when the
smoke cleared, the Rothrocks were
one registration to the good.
The lineup: Rothrocks-Roth.
rock, SIS; Powell, IS; Boice, 2b; Ma
lone, If; Crowden, 3b; A. Powell,
1b; Beaver, CT; Rodenbush, p;
Baker, c. Skadans-Gates, 3b; Par.
sons, IS; Varnell, 1b; Baxter, S.;
Slater, C; Single. p; Dean, 2b;
Skadan, If; Kenwick, CT.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20

his way to New York to look after
his interests in his holdings in the
Brooklyn Jockey club, and will re-
turn soon to Sydney, with a string
of fighters. such as Orsie and few
others. DR.. Brown thinks there is
not man living who can stop Or
sic in 10 rounds. (Signed.r
DR.. BROWN.
p. 8. (P. s. by Sporting Editor)-
In the excitement of the moment
and his natural modesty concerning
noise in the last few rounds, Orsie
signed the name of DR.. Brown.
Well excuse him this time.
We are extremely glad to hear
that Louis is in condition for the
fray. Any man who can exhale the
above connection of superheated
ozone without suffering mentally
and physically must be in the pink
of condition.
Come down off the bean stalk,
Louie. There Is many a classy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
Y. M. E. A. VS..
w. S. E. TONIGHT

The basket ball season will be in
augurated tonight at the Y. M. G..
A., with a game between w. S. c..
and the association five, the teams
meeting for the second time within
two weeks.
The game at Pullman one week
ago last Saturday was annexed by
the local five in the last minute of
play and Captain Uzzell Is conf
dent that his crew can do even bet
ter than this on their own floor.
The collegians have improved since
the last game, however, showing up
in much better style against S. A.
A. G. Friday night, and the game
tonight is sure to be a corker.
The lineup of the teams follows:
Y. M. c. A. Position. w. S. G.
Lund, Brain. -. .Englehorn, Momb
Center.
Brain, Uzzell. .............. Lowry
Forward.
johnson ................. Dalquist
Forward.
Uzzell, Wilson. Crane
Guard.
McGinnis ...... Anderson, Dewitt
Guard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
BOXERS DRAW COLOR LINE;
WON'T APPEAR WITH WILSON

program with him. AS long as
generalities were dealt in, with am
biguous statements as to a future
tryout, the boxers didn't worry, but
when Cisco Bullivant definitely an
nounced Wilson as one of the cur
tain raisers for the 14th, noises
Immediately began to be heard.
It's the same old question that
has worried fight promoters, anna
tours and professionals, for many
years, with this difference-they
haven't been particular in the past
about appearing on the same pro-
gram, but as for entering the ring
with colored man, it was mix on
that talk"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20

Sergeant Wilson, the negro
heavyweight from Fort Wright, will
not be a feature of the Vancouver
Spokane preliminaries on January
II. It's not because Wilson is not
In condition. oh no; his hackers
hahve enough confidence to pi.
their man against Jim Jeffries. The
color question is the cause of it
all.
Several of the s. A. A. G. box
ers have stated in no uncertain
terms that they would not appear
on the program with the negro.
They didn't refuse to box him; sim
ply declined to appear upon the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
LNDEFEA7 TED CHAMPION TELLS PRESS
SPORTS OF GREATEST RING BATTLE

left to the mouth and he actually
looked surprised. He did his best
work in the fifth round and shot
his bolt, for his heaviest blows
failed to prove as effective as they
had against other men. In the
eighth round, after l had knocked
him down, Fitzsimmons came UP
looking scared. He realized then,
| think for the first time, that he
was beaten man. | knocked him
out in the eleventh with a right
hand swing to the chin.
| went into that fight a rank out
slider and when it was over was
champion of the world, title
| have held to this day untarnished
and which | will continue to hold
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
SAYS LEE CROFT
IS A Conner

Louie Long picks Lee Croft, the
light heavyweight who fought a
six-round preliminary to the Long
McVeigh fight, as one of the COM
ers.
"The big fellow is all to the
good" commented Long last night.
He has a terrific kick, can stand
ia mule wallop, and is backed up
by youth. If he isn't fighting the
topnotchers before long l miss my
guess"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
ny JAMES J. JEFFRiEs

To my mind, the best fight. ever
made was against Bob Fitzsim-
mons, on June 8, 1899, when
Knocked him out in IL rounds at
the Coney Island Athletic club and
became champion of the world.
Previous to this fight / had met
Bob Armstrong, the giant negro, in
the east and had been criticised be-
cause did not knock him out in a
hurry. When trained for the bat
tie with Fitzsimmons l determined
TO go into the ring faster and bet
ter than / had ever been in my life,
go could do myself justice. / had
never been in perfect shape, as l
had carried too much weight.
When l faced Fitzsimmons / be-
i!eve / was in the best condition I
could possibly reach. For 80 days
previous to June 9 / did not drink
a drop of water, so anxious was
to take off weight. When my
throat became parched / simply
gargled.
The conditions under which |
fought were discouraging. | felt
that some of my hackers did not
think could defeat the champion.
and incidents of my training had
been discouraging. AS matter of
fact. however, regard my battle
with Fitzsimmons as one of the
easiest of my career. AT the end
D was not even breathing deeply.
The impression has prevailed in
3ae minds of some that my stom-
aeh was invulnerable, but If this
was true, that blow Fitzsimmons
bnded under my heart in the fourth
round would have shown the
weakness. 1t was a right hand blow.
delivered with every ounce of
strength Fitzsimmons possessed,
but l can honestly say it did not
bother me.
Only once during the fight did
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
LOUIE LONG A
HOLD-UP VICTIM

. Louie Long, the we'll known =
. lightweight, who fights the =
= winner of the Taylor McVeigh =
. go in Tacoma some time in .
= January, was the victim of .
y holdup at Newport the other .
. night. 1t was all frameup,
. but Lou Myers and a few =
= other pals, of Long had thew
= boxer guessing for awhile.
= ION my way to Newport 10
= figured that the boys woulds =
= fix up some kind of stunt .
= for me and | tried to dope QUITE
. the probable situation" said -
= Long last night Finally | .
= decided to put my loose coin =
= in hiding, so before the train .
= reached the station l slipped .
= $12-all l had with me-in =
= one of my socks. =
= Myers met me at the train .
= and began to think there was =
= nothing doing after all. Before =
= this thought had circulated =
= very far, the quick action COM =
= menced. A trio sprung up =
= from nowhere and covered =
= us with ugly looking cannons, .
= accompanied by the usual or .
= der hands up =
= Il sized it up as frameup, =
= but when one of the fellows .
= tore LOUIS shirt front away in .
= grabbing sparkler, it dawn .
q ed me that this was the real .
= dope and | thanked my stars =
. that | had buried the coin. =
= did they search me? Sure. .
. But they failed to take off my =
= shoes and when the bunch .
= saw fit to loosen up, / sur =
= prised them by reaching down =
. into my shoe and pulling out =
= enough to treat the crowd. =
. The joke wasn't on me that =
4 tinp ~ q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
JOHN D. TO
START CHAIN OF
DRUG STORES?

CHICAGO, Dec 20.-That John
d. Rockefeller contemplates estab-
fishing a chain of drug stores
throughout the country is the sub
stance of rumor current in whole
sale circles here today. Many of
the byproducts in oil preparation
are utilized in the drug trade, and
the Standard Oil magnate is said
to have laid plans by means OF
which he hopes to reap a double
profit in his venture.
Agents believed to be representa-
tiyes Rockefeller have been in
many middle west cities negotiat-
ing for the purchase of retail
stores.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
LOCAL SKATER IN 28-H0UR
RACE At MINNEAPOLIS

AL Stoffer, the crack Spokane
skater, who holds championship
from coast to coast, leaves the
first of the year for Minneapolis,
where he will enter a 2S-hour race
against Harley Davidson and other
speed marvels.
The first prize in the big event
is $1,000, with 5000 offered as Sec
ond money. Stoffer is confident of
finishing in the money and adding
more laurels to his crown.
Stoffer won "a hour race in this
city a few years ago, in addition to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20

Fitzsimmons hurt me and that was
when he split my eyelid. His body
blows did not hurt bit. | think,
however, those who witnessed that
fight realized | could take punish
ment, for Fitzsimmons hit me
hard and often, and he could hit as
hard as any man in the ring at that
time.
/ outgeneraled~ Fitzsimmons III
this battle by forcing him to lead.
His strong hold had always been
countering, but as | kept after him
continually. he had to lead or back
away. and when thus forced he
was nonplused.
| knocked Fitzsimmons down in
the second round with a straight
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
ALLEGED HE NEVER
INTENDED TO SUPPORT

''He said that he never had in
tended to support me. He knew
my father had a comfortable home
and thought it pretty easy thing"
testified Marion Y. Loucks
in her divorce case against
Byron A. Loucks, her two months
husband,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20

youngster willing to take his
chance in the ring for considerably
less than $4,000 (cut off the three
ciphers) and until you become a
title holder, forget the million dol
lar q minute talk.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20

When Roosevelt comes back he
will have to get a search warrant
to find any of his policies. But then,
there may be some more where
those came from.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20

Manager Randall of the Princess
rink has in julius Little skater
whom he-is willing to pit against
anyone for a side bet of 500 at any
distance. 1t is understood that the
skating association is willing to Of
fer purse for a race between Lit
tie and an eastern star. Randall, of
course, would want the match
pulled off in this city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
thus until l again retire, this tim
forever, from the ring.


Tomorrow The Press will publish
upon this page story by Jack
johnson, in which the present
heavyweight champion tells Of the
toughest fight he ever had with a
man who came within an ace Of
beating Jim Jeffries early in the
career of that great fighter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
RANDALL HAS CHAMP.

winning various other long distance
roller skating events.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
Silk NeCktieS Sc

Silk Neckties, 55c-One hundred doz-
en- of the most beautiful qualities and de-
signs we could buy; newest colorings in
fourth hands; priced at ........ .55f
Keiser's Best Silk Ties-The kind ex-
elusive ca stores charge $1.25 for; all
the SWEETEST colors and figures; all
Christmas boxed at $1.OO
Mems Initial handkerchief fin
est pure white cambria, with large clear
initial; box of six for. ............ zoe
Pure Linen or silk handker-
chiefs. .25f, $50, soc
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26
Scottish Caution,

Certainly the cautious Scot spirit
pervaded the opinions of the Scottish
architect who was called upon to erect
building in England upon the long
lease system, so common with Angli-
can proprietors, but quite new to our
friend When he found the proposal
was TO build upon the tenure of 900
years he quietly suggested: could We
no max it Il thousand? Nine hundred
and ninety-nine years IL be slippin'
AVA"
But of all the cautious and careful
answers we ever heard Of was one
given by Il carpenter TO an old lady in
Glasgow, for whom he was working.
and the anecdOte is well authenticat-
ed. She had offered him dram and
asked him whether he would have it
then or wait till his work was done.
Indeed, men," he said. there's been
sic a power o. sudden deaths lately
that I'll just TAX it w."-"Reminis-
cences of Dean Ramsay"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26

The librarian selected book enti-
tied Farming In the Ohio Valley"
"Will you give this to that youag man
waiting at the deskT' she said To m
assistant. ne IS Spanish student
learning to read English. and l think
this win suit him
THAT sounds like a very unpromis-
ing subject for Il student in English to
tackle" friend remarked.
at would be uninteresting to any
body but Spanish student" said the
librarian, but the Spaniards run to
farming literature When training be-
ginners in English of any other ma
tionality something sprightly in the
way of fiction or travel usually is rec
commended. But not to the Spaniard.
Nine times cut OF ten it is a work on
agriculture that he win make the best
progress in."-New York Press.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26
Good Roads In France.

In France the highways are the
chief competitors of the railroads. The
farreaching and splendidly maintained
road system has distinctly favored the
small landed proprietors, and in. their
prosperity aud their ensuing distrihu.
tion Of wealth lies the key to the Sc
'cret of the wonderful financial vital
ity and prosperity Of the French M
tion. The road system of France has
been Of FAR greater value to the coun.
try as the. means of raising the valud
of lands and of putting the small peas.
ant proprictors In easy communication
with their markets than have the rnil.
roads.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26
MAINTAINING STONE ROADS.
Protective Value of Wood Meal Mixed
With Oil and Tar.

One who is interested in road build
ing and thinks he knows how to main
tain u macadamized road in a thor
oughly effective and cheap way says:
IF my observations are correct the
destruction Of a road starts in the fol-
lowing manner: Small stones or peb-
bles are loosened by the wheels of We
hicles and scattered over the road.
leaving little holes therein. Now. as
long as the wheels bad iron tires these
little stones were ground or crushed
by those wheels, and the holes in the
road were filled again with their dust
the rains playing perhaps a good part
in packing and filling the material.
with the soft wheeled automobile
all this changed for the worse. The rap.
i'd revolution Of the broad wheels ana
the suction caused by them and by the
low bodies OF the machines loosen tie
little stones more easily and quickly.
and as there are hardly any iyo.
wheels left to grind ana crush lAo
loose pebbles the small holes soon be-
come plentiful, and before long they
grow into large Cnes and ruts.
To sprinkle the roads with liquids
is quite ineffective to prevent spoiitng
1t must be something that has a body
that will bind the particles of the road,
fill all holes and protect the surface
1t must be solid enough to be strewn
on the road. There are probably many
ways Of producing such a road pro
tector, and many ingredients might be
used for it, but one of the best, think,
would be wood meal-that is. ground
sawdust, ground hay or straw. ground
cornstalks or any such article which
is cheap and plentiful and which can
easily be ground TO meal and which
will float and not clog up the sewers
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26
SILT WALKING.
In Some Parts Of France It Is an Alb
solute Necessity.

In some parts Of the world, partic-
ularly in the low districts of France.
silt walking is a necessity. In Gas
cony there are great level plains COW
cred with stunted bushes of dry
heath. These waste lands have soil
that is so permeable. so soft and yield
ing, that the slightest fall of rain
makes them practically impossible by
ordinary methods Of pedestrianism.
But these wastes must be traversed
at all seasons by the poor people Of
Gascony, and necessity has according
ly made the Gascons n silt walking
people, and men. women and children
may be seen at all seasons of the year
stuck upon high stills. trudglns
through the waste lands, carrying bas-
kets, bundles and the like. The stills
used are about FIVE feet long and often
longer.
The shepherds Of Landes all so on
stills. The shepherd is provided with
a stout staff that answers for many
purposes. At the proper place in the
staff is flap, which makes. a com.
Portable seat when turned down. Oh
this the shepherd quietly sits and
watches his flock, and while he sits
up there he knits or spins with a dis
taft thrust in his girdle.
The Landes silt walker can dc mar
velous things with these five foot leg
extensions He can run with a speed
that will tax horse, pick up pebble
or pluck flower as the cowboy
reaches to the earth from his pony. and
he can drop to the ground level and
regain the perpendicular as quickly as
a boy can turn handspring-Chicago
News
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26
The Whole World For Good Roads.

'"S W"O'S WoTiu TOT 1ooo hoadS.
The motor car naturally suggested
the good road. and all the world has
taken up the building of good roads in
response to the suggestion. 1t is a
new idea with us in California. but It
is growing like the weeds by the road
side these warm, damp spring days.
The single county of Los Angeles is
getting busy to spend $3500,0O0 in the
construction of 800 miles of fine roads
inside Of It's own limits. The state,
we hope, will not lag behind in re-
Spouse to this twentieth century senti-
ment. The governor asks for an APP
preparation of $1S,000,0OO to build two
trunk lines the whole length of the
state, in all something like 1000 miles
Los Angeles Times.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26
WRECKED VESSELS.
Difficulties That Beset the Work Of
the Salvers.

DIHleulties nat Reset the work OF
the Salvers.
What it means to salve q wreck is
something that few outside of prac-
teal seamen can properly appreciate
The wreck is ponderous, unwleldy
mountain OF steel and oak. weighing
between 1000 and 10000 tons, often
dangerous for any vessel to approach,
and this must be lifted bodily and
foated from the decks Of pitching, I'M
stable scows and barges. The wreck
may be submerged beneath fifteen or
thirty feet Of water and so stove in
that divers must go down and effect
temporary repairs before 1t can be
raised. 1t may be Il wreck so shat
tered that it is not worth raising. so
that the wrecker's work consists mere
moving it as a menace to navigation
Or the vessel may be fairly intact, but
sunk too deep to make attempt at
raising advisable, the wrecker's work
consisting in saving valuable cargo.
Often the wreck is one not submerged
ob I'LL u sup may nave run On 10 u
reef, where 1t lies. nose on crag and
stern afoat, rising and falling on the
ocean swell, pounding. pounding and
pounding until the very ocean bottom
drones and she is gradually broken to
pieces. Or again. the wreck may be
that Of steamer which has pointed
its nose shoreward in fog, finding
beach, plowlng a furrow through the
yielding sand and never coming to
halt until it is stuck fast all but high
and dry, helpless victim to the next
storm that comes screeching up the
coast to pile breakers against her and
crowd her even higher upon the beach
-Appleton's.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26
Had to Bow to Custom.

The late King Oscar of Sweden was
the least conventional of monarchs,
but he had to courtesy to custom new
ertheless. The king and M. BONNER,
the botanlst, met as strangers while
out in search of flowers near Stock
holm. They were soon the best Of
friends, and BONNER suggested lunch
at his inn.
"Come home with me instead" said
the other.
When the way led to the palace
gates BONNER hesitated.
'Pm sorry" said his companion,
"but L happen TO be the king of this
country, and this is the only place
where / can entertain my friends"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26
DeWitt's Lille Early Risers, the fam
Gus little liverIpills, small. gentle and
sure. Sold by hll druggists.
Failure of a College Education.


WELL" observed old man Potts
"I've spent heap Of money on my
boy Bil's education, more'n 5000, Jest
to see him through Yale, and l amt
through yet. 1t shorely makes me
sore to think Of the money I'm vast
in on a boy who amt got as much
sense now as he had before he went
to college,"
whats the matter, father?" asked
Mrs. Potts. "Mebbe you're a little
hard on Bill"
mo, l amt, Mary" answered the
old man. Just to show you, a little
while ago says to him thinks it
was, going to rain tomorrow. What
fool answer dye suppose he made
me?"
"I'm sure l don't know, father"
HE begged my plrdony-H arper's
Weekly.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-05-26

II used In tne city. ms meal snouid
be soaked in or mixed with oil or with
a mixture Of oil and tar or any other
suitable binder, so that 1t will not
only protect and keep intact the roads.
but also lay the dust. If used on as
phalt it would give a good footing for
horses, whichis sorely needed"