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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
COFFROTH TO ADOPT
DANES SUGGESTION
To Stage Lightweight Bouts
in Elimination Tourney.
Winner Fights Nelson.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Jan. g.
Packey mcfarland and Johnny
Thompson VIII be the next prominent
Ughrweights to hght IN this city II Pro
moter Jim Cohr0th of Colma has his
way about it. AS Conroth usually offers
the right Inducements there is good
cnance that the match viii be made.
CoHroth is out with a statement Ia
which he takes notice OF Battling Nell
sons announcement that he would Ike
% see the minor ughtweights so through
an elimination tournament, and that
he would then consent to a match with
the winner. He says that such an idea,
while it may not lie the best in the
world. is good enough as far as he is
concerned, and that he viii 80 ahead
and make some matches along those
lines.
Hence he seeks the signature Of
Packev MacFarlaUd 90 articles of agree
meut with Thompson. C0frOth long
has had the latter iu mind as one OF
the best and toughest HghtWeights in
the country and several times has made
offers 20 other stars to meet him.
Repeated TGfUsals or the others or a
match with Thompson merely strength
eueI C0mr1th i'm his idea Of TbOmpsOn's
greatness and hence mis- desire to ClinCh
the Chicago man for twenty-five
round bout
Freddie Welsh also win be cons.de n
later by C0nr0th.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
OL SON IS VICTOR
IN BIG TOURNEY
Throws Beell in Straight
Falls-Tremblay Beat
Dick SOrenSOn.

CHICAGO, Jan. 6-CharIes Olson de
feated Fred Beeu i'm two straight falls
last night In the windup Of a fOur-card
schedule az the Coliseum.
Olson was the aggressOT throughout
the two bOu-s and was on top most Of
the time PrelI. despite his long exPe-
rteuce on thu mat, was much on the de-
feusive Strange and head holds,
BeeITs faV0rites were barred.
Olson was behind Beeu twenty-five
minutes trying for toe hold With o
head spin. Beell came to the top, only
To- go under again with a leg hold OF
Olson's. Al thirty minutes Olson was
uppermost. Olson got toe hold which
FeeH broke only To fan into a half
nelson and crotch hold. which Olson
changed into a scissors and bar arm
hold and fall. Time. 36:57.
Olson took the second bout with q
scissors and bar arm hold I'm 1926.
Eugene Tremblay beat Dick SoTeusOn
ln two straight falls Bjalmar Lundin
defeated Mike Dwyer I'm two Out OF
three
RaoueI de R0uen failed to throw
Jesse Westergaard twice IN thirty
minutes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
They Will Be Held Some
Time in February for
Amateurs.
PROBABLY OPEN
TO ALL COMERS
Baltimore and Philadelphia Have
Little Mat Matters to Attend
to Here.

Prof. Maurice A. Joyce, physical di-
rector at Georgetown University and
Carroll Institute has decided to pull
another big amateur wrestling tourna--
ment In Washington some time In FEB.
ruary.
Prof. Joyce is an enthusiast on
number of subjects, but II is probaple
that amateur wrestling has the hrmesL
hold on him. lie was one OF the hrsJ
20 take up the revival Of the sport when
The Times urged it on the Washington
public a few years ago. and has oeeh
turning out first-Class men ever since
He has. classes at both Georgetown and
Carroll Institute, and when his rival
SETS of proteges clash IN the coming
tournament there viii be blood on the
moon and the professor outside cooling
of for fear ne might be accused or
taking a TOO deep interest in one team
or the other.
The original idea was 10 have the
tournament open only 10 District OF
Columbia wreSlerss but itAs more IMAM
likely that the bars will be thrown down
and Il viii be a case of the District
against the world. Washington has an
old feud with Baltimore in amateur
wrestling. the Monumental City experts
having nearly broken the professor
heat on. one or two occasions by de-
feating his best bets in interclty Uourna-
menJs.
Philadelphia also has a number OF
college and other pure amateur wrest-
Iers who have been gaining much no
tcriety and many prizes by beating
everything in sight. II is by no means
unlikely that the Quaker City stars viii
be on hand to see what's doing in the
Capital, and, incidentally, 10 take a
wallOp at Baltimore, 1Or the Phiadel-
phians nave been doing exceedingly well
when least expected, and have left
many sore spots on their trail.
Prof. JOyCe's plans are still in the
formative stage, and he has not yet
fixed thu date or the conditions Tor his
tournament, but the more he thinks
about, the more his ideas expand, and
when he does ring Up the curtain on
the big show, it viii probably be the
biggest thing of its kind ever held ia
Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
CAP ABLANCA PLAYS
WASHINGTON CRACKS
Famous Simultaneous Chess
Expert Will Meet Local
SharpS This Evening.

TIM announcement that CapablanCa.
the Cuban chess wonder. viii be in this
CITY today for an exhibition simultan-
eous match has created quite a stir in
local chess circles.
Matches of a similar nature have been
witnessed here in past years. but the
record of this Cuban for simultaneous
plav is said to be far above that of any
expert who has played in Washington.
He attracted attention when fourteen,
and at the axe OF sixteen won the chess
championship of Cuba he graduated
last year from the Columbia University
of New York. and during his course at
that Institution startled the chess en-
thusiasts OF the metropolis with his orig
! ilal and truly wonderful style Of play.
Defeats Strong Players.
He has since defeated the strongest
players OF many of the greatest clubs
in this country. including the Manbat-
tan Club of New York, the Brooklyn
Chess Association. and the Franklin
Club of Philadelphia.
In a recent simultaneous match with
/ the strongest players of the Franklin
Club Of Philadelphia, out Of 100 games
played, he won 90, played draws, and
/ lost games.
He defeated asker, the champion
lcHess player OF the world in "a stimuli
Itaneous match, thus proving that he has
/ no equal i'm this style OF play.
/ Cgpablauca has selected the National
Capital as the starting point Of a tour
which viii cover all important cities OF
the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
! Lavender, secretary of the local club,
/ requests that all those wishing to play
against the visiting expert be on hand
before g O'Clock this evening In the
club rooms, Gl2 Twelfth street north
west.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
PICKERING GONE
TO MINNEAPOLIS
Washington Outhelder Failed TO
Slug the Ball and Lost


ollie Pickering, one OF the quaint
est characters iu baseball, Ard "a man
whom everybody likes, Is going FOO
Minneapolis next season. Brother Joe
Cautiuou having sold him 20 Brother
Mike. who is the Minneapolis boss
Pickering came 10 Washington last
season t0Uted ass a man who could a.t.
even # lac did nothing else. and great
hopes were entertained OF him. as the
one thing washington dlsorEaulzed
club needed was heavy sIuEser=.
with the remarkable pitching staff
Joe CauJiI0u had gathered "a few
sIugeers would have come near put
ting Washington iu tac first division,
but Pickering failed TO slug and en-
1shed the season with the batting
average Of .Z25. Tlas number was "a
joke for a major lcagc OuthaldeT and
hls doom was sealed. He made many
friends while here and will carry iLe
best wishes OF the Washington fans
TO Minneapolis, i'm which company he
has always beer able 90 hold up his
end with JHe sLlC--
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
ELECTS
TRACK CAPTAIN
Fessenden, a Senior, IS
Chosen to Lead Light Blue
and White Runners.

A r. Fessenden will lead the East
ern High School track team for the
coming season.
FesseE -eu was recently elected cap
tain by the members Of the track squad
at the Capitol Hill School and viii
start the athletes to WORK some time
this week. Fessenden has been mem
her of the Eastern track squad for the
last two years, running on the relay
team and also In the spriuts.
The squad at the Light Blue and
White school has not the promising
outlook which 1t had last year. but from
the indIx Of new material the enthU-
siasts are hopeful OF developing a capa-
BILE aggregation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
Current Comment and Timely Topics
se4s2: Cleaned From the Sporting World

wrestling game, they will fight it out
with the gloves
Young D0uahue, the Boston light
delight. is anxious to get on a match
with Young Erne, Sammy Smith or
any other philadelphia lightweight, for
fifteen rounds.
Fight experts throughout the country
laugh at the idea Of Jim Corbetu hav-
ing any chance TO defeat Jack Johnson.
and they seem 10 believe that Corbett
is talking merely for advertising pur-
poses.
DIT. -. F. Roller has declined to fight
Al Kaufman, the California heavy
weight, before Jehries' Los Angeles
Club, as he claims he can get better
terms from a Seattle club.
Ed Casey. the football pugiIisl, has
been matched TO box Al kUbiak. at the
National Athletic Club, on January 16
Frank Floyd, better known as Jack
Egsn, the amateur heavyweight boxer.
who has been suffering from typhoid
fever for several weeks, is now reported
20 be out of danger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
BROSNAN AND FRITZ
THE TWO SURVIVORS
Fat Men and Oriental Stars VIII Meet IN Finish Of
Down-and-Out at Palace-Eiker
Real Wonder

As in the recent Times Solitaire Tour
nament, when Waters, Of the Fat Men,
and Fritz. of the OrientaIs, were oppo-
nents in the finish at the single pins
the Fat Men and OrientaIs were again
brought together last night in the semi
finals Of the Palace Down and out
Tourney. when Captain Waters and
BrOsnan, of the Fat Men. and Fritz and
Miller. Of the Orfentals, bowled 10
determine who would fight Il out in the
singles tonight.
BrOsnan and Waters were paired
against Fritz and Miller, 5ut as in form
or rOll-offs in the tourney, it was the
survival Of the best Individual bowler
for total pins for three games, and the
race was a pretty one.
Old Struggle Revived.
Again tomorrow night the Fats and
Orientals in the District League and
the Commissioners and Navy Yard or
the Departmental will struggle for the
finest pluT1s Of the tournament as Bros
nan finished first with a total IF $50 and
Fritz second with Sc. Miller with $40
takes $40 and Waters with 524 the s.
prize.
BrOsnan got the I,oore=t start pick
ing in the first and getting a bad split
in his second frame, =. Ne finished
with a quad
Waters was out Of it in the second
game with two misses and two splits,
and Miller was handicapped in his first
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
COUGHLIN IS SENT
TO MINOR LEAGUE
Bill Lands Managerial Berth,
SAYS Rumor-Will Also
Play.

a rumor was ad5at in Washington
this morning that Bill Coughlin, the
Detroit third -sacker, has been sold to
the Albany club Of the New York State
League
Coughlin will in all probability man
age the team. His work last year with
the stick is responsible for his going
back to the minors.
Bill Is one Of the hardest working
DIave1-s i'm the big leagues and his many
friends are hopeful that his work with
the New York State League club will
be successful.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
WASHINGTON WINS
BIG BILLIARD DUEL
Baltimore Cracks Are Defeated
Overwhelmingly at Royal
ParlOrS.

At the Royal parlOrs last evening
the Washington billiard cracks put 1t
all over the Baltimore contingent, by
800 to 2s3.
The playing OF the Washington team
was excellent. every man aunexiug his
games This is the second season the
two teams have played together, the
locals last year coping the title and
a cup by a defeat Of the Baltimoreans.
The losers brought quite q roofing
body over, many OF the fair sex being
on hand for the games.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
BASEBALL SOLONS
SETTLE TROUBLES
American Association and
Eastern League Now in
Class IA.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 6.-There will be
no baseball war.
This decision was reached 10y the
baseball celebrities in town yesterday,
and unless something very serious goes
amiss today, everything viii be fixed
up in tiptop shape. with each side hay
ing enough granted to them 10 feel
that each has won a victory.
Looking at it from an unbiased view
point. it appears as though the Eastern
League and the American Association
viii be getting about all that they asked
for from the National Commission, in
asmuch as they viii be put into a class
by themselves. namely, Class A; tat
they viii be allowed 10 settle their own
internal affairs. and they will be al
lowed TO draft. t0 q certain extent. from
the other leagues OF the National Ass0-
citation, including Class A.
Coast League Boosted.
The Pacific Coast League is also raised
TO This class. Glass 4 viii be allowed
TO govern its internal affairs, although
sriH member of the National Associa-
ton. and viii be allowed to draft from
Glass A leagues and those beneath Glass
A, under certain conditions laid down
by the National Commission. This class
viii be allowed certain territorial rights,
10 be decided upon by the commission
today.
For q time 30 looked very much as
though the Eastern League and Ameri-
can Association were going to declare
war. for after almost every concession
had been made to them. they demanded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
JONES HEAD COACH
FOR YALE ELEVEN
Former Star Put in Charge.
Wheaton, of Last Year S Team,
Is His Assistant
rW HAVEN. conn. Jan

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Jan 6.-Capt
Edward II. Coy. Of the Yale football
seam. last night announced that Howard
H. Jones. OF EzceIIe, Ohio. would be
head coach OF the eleven the coming
fail
Jones will be assisted by Henry a.
Wheaton. or Philadelphia, VINO was
halfback for the 1905 eleven
The schedule viii Zoe materially
strengthened. Holy Cross. MassaruI-
setts Aggies, and Washington and JEFF
fersou vail be dropped, and FordHam
and Amherst added Either Williams
or Colgate viii also be played.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
TO RACE
MCLEAN SATURDAY

BOSTON. Jan. 6.-NIenus BedeU, the
New York sprinter and pacefOllOWer,
yesterday signed 10 ride Hugh Mclean
a tWenty-mile mOtOT-paCed race. at the
Park Square track next Saturday night
1t will be the second time they have
met this winter and Bedeu has TO his
credit a victory over the champion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
KETCHELL IS NEXT
ON JOHNSON'S LIST
Willis Britt Says Michigan Fighter
Will Meet Champion
First.

DETROIT, Jan. 6.-According to VII
lis Britt, who is now in Grand Rapids
with Stanley Ketchell, the middleweight
champion will be Jack JOhnsOn's next
oDp5nent in the prize ring.
iTvhe Michigan boy has maintained all
alone, that he would not fight tho ne
gro. but Britt claims 10 have argued
him into q state of mind wherein ne Us
willing 10 waive the color line and take
d chance at the dusky champion
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

An interesting contest is TO be de-
cided at Lewiston Me, Friday night,
when War Eagle, the Indian wrestler,
is TO meet Wilfred BaTette, the Cana
dian wrestler, in bout with the gloves.
The match is the outcome of q drawn
contest under Catch-as-catCh-can rules,
and they decided that as they cannot
prove which is the better man at the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

Edward VOris, aWfOTdsviile, Ind
shooting mayor" won the champion
shin Of Ohio. Indiana and Kentucky,
New Year Day, at Dayton, ky, defeat
ing tweuty-three entries I'm a 25-ltVe-bird
contest. He killed twenty-fOur out of
twenty-five birds. He won 500 purse
and a gold medal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
Eiker Is Consistent.

Tonight at 10 o'clock Fritz and Bros
nan viii bowl five games the highest
total pins to take $40 and the loser SO
Eiker Is Consistent.
At the rOlI-Om ia the Duckpin TOURNEY
at the Royal alleys, what Is believed to
be a record was established by Guy
EikcT He is perhaps the first local
bowler to win highest prize for qualify
ing score and then cop first place monev
III the rOil-Off Eiker finished in the Dre-
liu-inaries with a big margin, and lust
as easily took the lead in last nights
final totals for four games. with s97
Four members of the Hummer team
in the District Duckpin League were i'm
the first four for cash prizes-Eiker
first Doyle. third (40D, and Williams
fourth (39D. FarrOW, of the ResoIutes
took second money with 40.
Eiker also raked in the largest bunch
of cash for strikes and spares, swell
ing his total wins TO neat sum.
The game scheduled for tonight in the
District Tenpiu LeaEue-CarrOlls vs.
Fat Men-has been postponed until next
Friday. and viii be bOWled on the Car
roll alleys, and not on the Fats, as
scheduled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

There is a letter at this office ros
Warwick manager
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

Wisconsin undergraduates are highly
iucensed at the report that the Athletic
Council contemplates the adjustment
Of intercollegiate baseball and the es-
tablishment Of skating and interclass
baseball IN its stead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

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a continual
matt
tive effect except will the blood entirely
SaIve washes helpful
reducing cleansing the ulcer perhaps ening the
and s. s. down into the
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inc the ae with rich pure place naturally AID
s. make a surface but by beginning
tissue supplying health
full healing qualities blood, the place to fill in with
but surely permanent The ulcer
blood and and s. S will thoroughly
purify aud Ulcers and medical dce Tree
10 ali who write THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA GA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

Those college professors may talk all
they please about the ethical Side If
college athletics, but lhc coaches keep
right ON Iu the same old WAY The
urofs are being paid % talk and the
coaches % win games
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

Cobb Crawford and Donovan, three
Detroit stars. have turned in their
signed contracts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

wrestling game, they viii fight it out
with the gloves
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

Tonight at 10 o'clock Fritz and Bros
nan viii bowl 1--WE games, the highest
total pins to take $40 and the loser so.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

Eiker also raked in the largest bunch
Of cash for strikes and spares, swell
ing his total wins to a neat sum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
IS OF ITALIAN BLOOD.
Miss katherine EIkins Traces Ancestry
to Royal Lineage.

New York. Aug 6.-The royal blood
of a line of Italian kings courses
through the veins of Senator Henry c.
Davis. of West Virginia. and conse-
quently Miss Elkins, his granddaugh-
ter whose reported engagement to the
Duke a. Abruzzi excited two continents,
is of royal lineage, according to q
cable today from London.
Mrs. Albert Levin Richardson Of Bal
timore who has been in London for
two years making researches in refer
ence to the origins Of seventeenth cen
tury American colOnsts of the UPPER
classes has discovered that Senator
Davis forebears trace their descent
back to A. D, S14 in the time of Charlie
mango. through many generations of
Italian kings Mrs. Richardson. who IS
public record commissioner of the state
of Maryland. submitted her proofs to
the Heralds college in London and after
the documents were vigorously exam
ined. the proofs were passed as abso-
lutely impeccab BILE.
According to the cablegram, this fact
is now recorded in archives of the
Heralds college and a certificate to this
effect has been granted to Mrs. Rich
ardson.
Neither Senator Davis nor Senator
FIkins are said to be cognizant of this
discovery which may have an effect on
the Italian opposition to the young
woman's marriage to the Duke dab
ruZzi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
HONOR BLUE AND GRAY.
Monument to Cost $500 900 for Gettys-
burg Battlefield.

Chicago. Aug. SO commemorate
the valor of both Union and Conleder-
ate soldiers at the battle of Gettysburg
a monument to cost approximately
$150,ooO will be erected on the old bat
tIefeld by Chicago business man. c..
H Mcconnell
Contrary to history, Mr.. Mcconnell,
who participated in the battle, says Tie
first days fighting at Gettysburg was 4
decided Union defeat, 400 of the 800
men of the Twenty-fourth Michigan,
the 500 in tbe TyeE TS North &C Car
DINA regiment having been killed.
Mr.. Mcconnell hopes to have the
monument ready for the fiftieth ami
versary of the battle in 1913. Artists
in Europe and America are working on
the design.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
TO STOP LEWD DANCES.
Chicago Chief of Police Places Ban on
Oriental Exhibitions.

Chicago. Aug. 6.-The Oriental dance.
which has thrived here since the World
ed in Chicago if Acting Police Chief
Schuettler can find a legal weapon. He
said that he will confer with Corpora
ton Counsel Brundage today to see if
any law has been overlooked in the
search made heretofore which could be
used effectively.
Personally I am against that sort of
a dance" said the chief I'VE were
happy and had just as much fun before
the worlds fair as now. and 1 think
we would get just much amusement
out of life hereafter if that dance were
not shown in the city. If any one will
show me legal way l will be glad to
give a thorough trial.
Complaints concerning the perform
ances given in some of the amusement
parks, have cause the determination of
the police chief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
MUST NOT PLAY KEEPS.
Washington Boys Arrested on a
Charge of Gambling.

Washington, Aug. 6,-Boys who play
marbles for keeps" are gamblers and
are liable to punishment for violation
of the law according to the dictum
banded out by Judge KimbalI in one
of the most unusual cases ever brought
before the police court in Washington.
Three boys were brought before the
magistrate charged with participating in
q. game of chance. The charge lodged
by the policeman making the arrest was
sustained by the magistrate, who de
Ivered in forcefUl fashion q few ideas
On what constitutes gambling. THE
lation of the law he said gravely
and as long as I am on the bench
I propose to break it up
The judge held that no matter what
the game may be, the element of chance
constitutes gambling. The youngsters
before the court were read a severe
lecture and sentence was suspended
during their good behavior.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
IncE ON the Stage.

Stock exchange men and racing men
regard luck as side issue. They fol-
low it secretly and make excuses for
it if it goes astray. as if it we're a per-
sonal friend, but the actor has a deep
reverence for it, and superstitious
customs that sprang into observance
during the Restoration period are still
maintained in the age of socialism and
problem plays. g
1t is almost pathetic to see the joy
that beams in the faces of a theatrical
company at rehearsals if a harmless,
necessary cat strolls on the stage; but
if the cat sits down and appears to
watch the proceedings with approval
the joy becomes ecstatic.-Black and
White.