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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
BARS LET DOWN
FOR bEAUCHAMP

ITO enter or not to enter
That was the question that wor-
ried Jerry Beauchamp, the local
long distance runner, for many
days. He has decided to enter
against the champs since T. Clar
ence decide dto allow the lad to
enter without putting up a 500
forfeit.
Beauchamp informed The Press
sporting editor days ago that he
did not intend to enter the race
as he is an amateur now and was
DESTROYS of retaining his standing
for another year. However, the
lure of the track, with a chance for
that $500 first money, proved too
much 70 the Company II crack
when the forfeit gate was let
down, and Jerry will give Spokane
fans an opportunity to see him in
action next Sunday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
WHY NOT 1850?
Oh, see who's here!


Jeffries
Honest kill little before begin
for their promised meeting before Juy 92oor
f9o?they Wouldn't make
had split lip?
Before dry the articles aereemenN signed
with much and and wine flashlights and
and flashlights the big fellows tipped their
mitts. They going the
Isn't perfectly charming?
From the~gh standpoint the provision making it possible for
the to step into the ring late date July 1870 is
about ridiculous stuff pulled off Nine long months
which trainer beg pardonto act" And while the fight
waiting for the day battle roll disgust will
the Golfers Of johnson and Jeffries.
many days ago Berger Jefes manager
Johnson effs before sailing America
partly confirmed this stating that he would be ready for johnson
fight Nice things Of Jeff
sincerity but this been all seWed
That there has been understanding between the opposing
repeatedly
the slightest objection
within which the fight The
the fight
make the stage in nine months than he
the ring with Jees Thynne weeks at $4,000 week.
mighty sweet
motive putting
length the that the
the office.
which himself
dition.
He has been working a fighter
that he is all far ring work is
The strong fellow like Jefes
condition him self for prize fight
fight finally
conclusion that enough of his old form whip
johnson.
But nothing n prevent accepting
Tew" theatrical engagements
preferable il is pay
Don't all bust out laughing at once.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
GRIDIRON GOSSIP

South Central Hi and Blair Bust
ness college lined up yesterday aft
ernoon in a lively practice game,
the high school huskies having the
better of the argument. Kennedy
is much pleased with the work of
his men and is confident of a vic
tory over Broadway Hi next Satur-
day.
Fullback Bert Ritter has quit the
game on account of parental objec-
lions, but Edris is filling his place
in the South Central back field in
great style.
That intercollegiate football is
doomed is the belief of thousands of
rooters. The death of Cadet Byrne
of West Point and the dangerous
injuries sustained by Midshipman
Wilson of Annapolis have focused
the eyes of the country upon the
game as never before, and in all
probability a radical change in the
rules will be made at the meeting
of the football conference associa-
ton in New York next month.
Many are advocating Rugby, the
game which is played so success
fully by the California universities,
and which is gradually being adopt
ed by the high schools of that state.
Others favor soccer. while still an
other section are in favor of modify
ing the present game so that mass
plays will be practically eliminated.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
HISTORY OF THE MARATHON

Founded on one of the noblest
stories of struggle and sacrifice
in the pages of history, the Mara
thon race in a little over a decade
has taken its place as the most
popular in point of widespread in
terest that the athletic world has
ever known. 1t is the greatest
honor of the Olympic games to
win this classic, and the last few
months has witnessed a craze for
the distance running throughout
the United States that is nothing
short of sensational.
The Olympic games have been
held for thousands of years, but it
was not until 1896 that the Mara
thon became a part of the pro-
gram. The earliest mention of the
Olympic games in history is in 600
b. c., and there was a monster re-
vival of the sports in 716 b. G.
At that time the games consisted
of running races only but later all
kinds of sports, boxing, wrestling
iavelin throwing, etc, were added
However, in 393 A. d. the emperor
Theodosius abolished the games
as un-Christian.
For hundreds of years the Gus
tom lay obsolete. But, in the
Olympiad was revived by an inter
national committee. Formerly the
Olympics were held on the plair
of Ellis, in western Peloponnesus
At the revival the great stadium
at Athens was restored on mag
nificent scale, and with athletes
from all over the world in atten
dance, the struggle for honors be
gan.
Although an American team car
ried off the greatest number o
points, the most thrilling victor,
was that of young Greek peasan
in the Marathon race. This race
appeared on an Olympiad program
then for the first time. 1t wa
found in commemoration of thu
great day in 400 B. c., when a little
band of Athenians drove back ;
swarming host of Persians at the
battle of Marathon and the capita
city on ancient Hellas was savet
from destruction. A young Greel
carried the glad tidings OF victor!
from Marathon to Athens, falling
dead as ne reached the city anC
shouted the news: Athens i:
Saved!'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

The Marathon race, with the
glamor of this bit of superb pa
triotism, at once took its place
as the premier event of the Olym-
piad. And when Loues Spiridon,
a peasant lad of Maroussi, finish
ed the great contest along the an
cient route of the messenger
struggle, he was hailed as no ath-
lete in modern times had been
hailed, crowned with wild olive and
literally idol ed by his country
men.
Since then, the Marathon has
been a feature. However, it re-
manned for an American to start
the waves of popular enthusiasm in
the United States. In the Olympic
games at London last summer,
Johnny Hayes, practically unheard
of in the annals of sport, defeated
Pietrf Dorando, the Italian, in a
heart-breaking finish. Dorando fell
fainting before he reached the end.
The dissatisfaction generally eX-
pressed abroad at the result, led
to Dorando's visit to this country.
He defeated Hayes in the return
match and was in turn twice de-
feated by Tom Longboat, the mar
velous Indian runner Longboat
recently met Alfred Shrubb, the
hitherto unbeaten Englishman, and
defeated him decisively at the
classic distance.
Then Henri St, Yves, the
Frenchman, invaded the United
States and in three successive vic
tories, the last of which at Seat
tie, established a new worlds rec
ord for the distance and establish
ed his title to the championship.
| The spirit of the Marathon is
the spirit of unconquerable grit. 1t
is the spectacle of determination
triumphing over fatigue, the spirit
of winning, that makes such race
possible. This spirit has never
been better expressed than when
Browning in two immortal lines
wrote of the peasant Pheidipides,
the lad who carried the news Oh
the Athenians' victory from Mara.
thon to his waiting countrymen
and then, gasping but with smile,
gave his life as sacrifice. Brown
| ing wrote;
so to end gloriously; once to
| shout, thereafter be mute:
| Athens is saved!' Pheidipides dies
in the shout for his need.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

Seems as though the American
association can't get along with
out a scrap. Having rounded out
one Of the toughest schedules in
the history of baseball-with the
pennant anybody's until the last
couple of Weeks--it now has a
presidential battle upon its hands.
The American association is a
child of battle 1t was born during
a baseball war and has been carry
ing on the fight ever since. The
history of the association is a story
of cliques-a league divided
against itself from start to finish.
If the bird of peace settled over
the organization, someone would
scalp it.
From the outside ii appears the
present situation originates in the
desire of our old college friend,
Geo. white Wings" Tebeau, own
er of the Louisville franchise, to
dominate the association. Tebeau
wants to see his employe, Tom
Chivington. vice president of the
Louisville club, in O'Brien's place,
and, it is said, has lined up his old
pals-George Lennon of st. Paul,
Watkins of Indianapolis, and Can
tillon of Minneapolis--to help at
tach the hardware to O'Brien and
seat Chivington. And it is said
that even Bill Armour of Toledo
and Bobby Quinn, the real head of
the Columbus club, have consent
ed to lie in the same bed with
their arch enemy. If all this is
true, the attitude of Havenor of
Milwaukee and the owners of the
Kansas City franchise will cut no
ice They'll have to come in and
be good.
In addition to Chivington. E. S.
Barnard, the clever secretary of
the Cleveland club of the American
league, and admittedly one of the
best posted men in the business is
mentioned as successor to O'Brien.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
TWENTy.THREE MEN RECEIVE
AQU ATTIC DEGREE Az Y. N. c. A

Twenty-three men qualified for
the first aquatic degree at the S.
A. A. c. last night. These degrees,
five in number, will be conferred
every two months, ribbons being
awarded to the men as a mark of
their rank in the work.
Thirty men took the first de-
gree test last night. which consists
of the following stunts: Plain dive,
swimming breast stroke, dive and
pick up object from bottom of
tank, tread water and a 25-yard
swim.
Those who qualified for the first
degree are; Messrs. Sthmanski,
Doris, Eilmes, Bieble, Thomas,
Morris, Strowbridge, Turner, Hoff-
man, Wench. Schumacher, Abrams,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

Tnen the minor star to WhOm'S
accorded
The cheers that always will at
tend success.
I improved upon.
Matty Mcintyre is the only one
of the veteran Dstroiters whose
pelt is in danger. Matty, rumor
says, has seen his best days, and
Is booked for the minors unless
some other major league club steps
in and claims him when waivers
are asked.
The. Giants are through with
Fred Tenny, the EXPLOSION captain
and first baseman. Tenny has
slowed up physically, but his abil
ity to think fast has kept him up
there for at least one year. Next
season Merkle will decorate first
for McGraw regularly.
| Washington has turned Jiggs
Donahue loose, and this brilliant
scrappy first sacker, after spending
the winter in Chicago, will be seen
next summer with Minneapolis
Joe Cantillon's American associa
ton club.
Tom Jones of Detroit has been
around the big leagues long enough
for the fans to know his face. He
may be missing next year, for Jen
nings is said to have a youngstei
who can not only field but hit the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

H. Merrill, Hilgert, Hyperion,
Seigner, Larsen, Keohle, Hodge,
Staples, Toole, A. Merrill, lnman.
Aquatic Instructor c. l.. Saun-
ders is arranging for weekly
aquatic meet on each Thursday
evening after the regular class.
On November II the first month
ly aquatic meet will be held at the
association, with competition in all
forms of water athletics.
Water Polo Popular
Water polo is one of the most
popular forms of athletic amuse-
ment at the association. The Y.
NJ. c. A. team meets each Friday
night for practice, inter-club meets
with the S. A. A. c. and other or
CARNATIONS having been arranged
for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
king aherheOy
lace h dhny1a n
S. A. A. c. ATHLETES LEAVE TONIGHT FOR
VANCOUVER; |NTER-CLUB SMOKER FRIDAY

represent the local club against
Seattle. Seattle asked that a boxer
be substituted for the 145-pound
wrestling bout, and Bullivan named
a 105.pound boxing match as the
substitute.
This weight didn't look good to
the Seattleites, so they decided to
take a chance with one of their
145-pound mat artists.
White Eliminated
Charlie White, 145-pound boxer,
will not represent the local club
at the Seattle meet here on the
10th. He has failed to show up
for tryout at the club and Creel
has decided to chose between Bob
Bracken and Phil O'Hearn. The
latter is due here from Lewiston
within a few days and will be
given a good tryout.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
WEDNESDAYS

up with Fireman Burke on Friday
night, performed the Stanley
ketchell stunt of reducing from
179 to los. Jack Kaye, 125-pound-
err, took off three pounds yester-
day, while Ball, 135-pound boxer,
and Brechin, 1876. pound wrestler,
had no difficulty in getting down
to ringside weight. An effort will
be made to have the men weigh
in at o'clock in the afternoon, al
though the rules of this year call
for a much later hour.
If confidence will bring victory
to the Spokane men, they already
have the Vancouver l2sls at their
mercy.
Gesek in Seattle Meet
Chris Gesek, the crack 145-pound
wrestler of the S. A. A. c., is back
from Pocatello. Idaho, and will
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
HILLYARD NOT
TO BE OUTDONE

Hillyard is out with a bid for the
Jeffries-Johnson fight. The Hill
yard Athletic association, through
its president, Jesse II. Jones, has
wired to Sam Berger making the
offer and notifying him of 10
per cent deposit in the First Ma
tional bank.
It's fairly good advertising
stunt, although even that has been
worked to death of late. There is
no possibility Of staging such a
mill in Hillyard or any other place
in the state Of Washington under
the present laws.
The overwhelming and almost
united consensus of opinion Is that
San Francisco will be chosen as the
battle-ground.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

After two strenuous weeks of
weight-reducing, the big four"
who will represent the S. A. A. c.
at Vancouver Friday. night in the
opening inter-club meet of the sea.
son, are in the pink of condition"
as one of the athletes expressed it,
pnd ready for the trip to the
British Columbia city tonight. Ply
steal Director Cisco Bullivant and
Boxing Instructor Fred Creel will
accompany the local boxers and
wrestler to Vancouver. The squad
leaves tonight at 100 on the Great
Northern.
Last night all of the men were
practically at weight, so that there
will be no difficulty at Vancouver
on this score. Carter, the 15S-
FOUNDER who will probably hook
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
A FOOTBALL TRAIN
TO MOSCOW FRIDAY

For the accommodation of the
large number of Spokane rooters
who are interested in the w. S. c.
Idaho game at Moscow on Friday,
the Inland Empire system will run
football special train of four
coaches, leaving Spokane electric
terminal at 9;45 a. m, and arriv
ing in Moscow at 1890 p. III. A
round trip rate of sS35 has been
made.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

IL 10 Sdu W see lueu VINO nave
been the heroes of hundreds of
well-fought battles go away, but
baseball is not charitable, and
the tickle public does not want
mediocrity. 1t pays for the best
and it must have the genuine
Substitutes won't do.
Among the men almost certain
to get the hook is the veteran of
them all, Wee Willie Keller,
who for the past two seasons has
failed to hit in the 800 class for
the first time in his career. The
Highlanders will miss Keller, and
it is probable Wee Willie" will
miss the game, but he can afford
to, for he has something like $780,
600 worth of realty in Brooklyn,
turning out nice, comfy income
So he won't be peeved when not
ordered to report next spring.
The White SoX are going to miss
some vets. Frank lsbell, the bald
eagle of the infield, will remain
in Wichita and look after his own
club; Eddie Hahn has already
been disposed of to a minor league
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
NO PLAYER KICKS
ON THIS UMPIRE

. LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 81
. The University of Nebraska
. boasts of the only coed base
. ball umpire. Miss Amanda
= Clements, Hudson. S. d., en-
= rolled in the university, has
. the reputation of being al
. most faultless In handling the
. ticker. 4
q For three sImmers she has
= been umriIiEg games in Ne I
. braska, South Dakota and
. Minnesota. She received $40
. for every game, The money
. she earns she is using TO pay
. her way through the uniyer-
. sity. 4
Miss Clements is one of the 4
= most popular co-eds Of the 4
university and IL a member 4
OF tho Alpha Omicron so 4
. riority. 4
q q a a a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
WHAT THE RIVALS HAVE DONE

. Jack Johnson was born Z
. March 81, 1878 at Galveston, =
. Tex. Only two defeats are =
. registered against him. Mar =
= vim Hart beat him in 1905, in Z
. 20 rounds, at San Francisco. =
. In that same year he lost to =
q Joe Jeanette on foul. He =
. scored II knockouts in the Z
= seven years. His career =
. reached it's climax last De- Z
= cember, when he whipped Z
. Tommy Burns in Australia Z
. and won the title of heavy Z
. weight champion of the world. Z
q q q Q . 90 >><> - q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

Jim Jeffries was born at q
Carroll, Ohio, in 1875. He has .
never been beaten for the =
) championship. He retired .
from the prize ring, and gave =
his title to Marvin Hart, who .
lost it to Tommy Burns, who, .
in turn, lost it to Johnson. .
His great fight was in 1900, .
when he whipped Corbett in .
% rounds. He whipped him .
again three years later, in 10 .
rounds. His last fight was In .
} 1904, when he beat Jack .
) Munpoe in two rounds. .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

first
the motor as collector mail was recently made in Kansas
automobile being
A. Franklin Automobile
O City,
combined
twenty minutes for two an NO horses with the
made the city hall o'clock o'clock
after lapse of hours the collector had
turned to the pOstoffice the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

club, and Freddy Parent will draw
his salary from some other man.
ager than Comiskey. Hahn and
Isbell were with the Sox when the
team won the worlds series from
the Cubs in 1906, and Parent was
one of the championship machine
in Boston under Jimmy Collins.
OF the Cubs, Jimmy Sheckard
is regarded as too slow for anoth-
er season. He has gone back a
lot. Young in years, but old in
service, he does not look the vet
eran he is. Before going to Chi
cago, Sheck was captain of the
Brooklyn team. Steinfeldt looked
bad last year, but came back and
played brilliantly this season, so
he may not get the blue ticket
next spring, although he is in
danger.
All of the Pirate veterans will
remain, unless Clarke makes deals
for Lever or Philippe, his old
pitchers. Both did good work last
season against certain clubs. They
may last another season. The
other veterans are Wagner, Leach
and Clarke, and they cannot be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

PRESIDENT JOE O'BRlEN.
ed. But if Tebeau has things
framed as he is said to have, the
chances are Chivington will land
the plum.
Another man whose name has
appeared in connection with the
story is Tom Andrews, the Mil
waukee sporting editor.
1t is possible that before the
American association is permitted
to fire O'Brien and elect new
president, that foxy person, j. H.
Farrell secretary of the National
association, will have something to
say, as he usually does, for the best
interests of baseball.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
GEORGE TEBEAU PLANS
TO GUST JOE O'BRLEN

1t is probable, if the individual
members Of the league are allowed
to have their way, Barnard will be
rendered the position, as his fit
ness for the office is unquestion-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

1t may interest w. ]. Bryan to
know there Is a Harmon presiden-
tial boom. However, the news has
three years TO spread.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
At first the barefoot youngster
Learns the game upon the city's
Then the prayerful, doubling
player
Facing the ogre manager and his
contract.
BY TIP WRIGHT

There's going to be lot of new faces in
heaven (meaning the major leagues) next sea-
son. and features which for years have been
familiar will be conspicuous because they are
missing. 10y
things in the national game. All of the teams,
or nearly all Of them, will go through the shak-
ing-up process. Men who have slowed up
will be dropped, and the speed boys given a
chance to show before the elect.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

sets the
shown sign of going failed display the hot
weather failed to bring the fe their days
numbered then
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

Then the baseball wonder who
commands
Respect and salary in five
figures.
I ball as well, for the initial sack.
Miller Higgins, the diminutive
keystone player of the Cincinnati
team, is to give way to younger
man. Elmer Flick, Cleveland's
great right fielder, has been put
out of the running by illness. Terry
Turner, than whom greater
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

shortstop never lived, may never
return to the game. The st.
Louis club is due for a shakeup.
and it Is really a shame to hint at
the number of familiar faces that
will be missing when Manager
Jack O'Connor calls the roll in the
spring of 1910.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1909-12-09

aud 1873 barrels. That there we're
no pass myers aboard, aud the crew
were able to leave tho boat in time ~
regarded as extreme good fortune by
rivermen who have heard Of the
wreck. She lies 10 the middle of the
stream in thirty feet Of water.
Had not General Manager Charles
V. Williams aud Mrs. Williams left
the boat at Tyronc yesterday morn
Ing and come home by train, the
wreck might have had its tragic side,
as Mr.. aud Mrs. Williams made the
trip W Kentucky river, and only
left the boat at Tyrone because bust
ness matters OF Importance awaited
MIR. Williams in Louisville. Tho
lost fourteen hours decided him TO
come in by train. Mrs. Williams
debated for some time whether or not
to remain aboard the Park City, e.
nal'y deciding TO accompany MIR.
Williams because there were no
passengers aboard, and she was
lonely.
When seen in her apartment in
the Kentucky aparta ents this morn
ing, Mrs. Williams was suffering
considerable nervousness, but Mas
thankful that she had escaped the
danger of the disaster. Mr. vii.
liam- had FASTENED back to Glen
Mary, which ~ few miles above
Drennon Springs, in probably the
most dangerous stretch OF the river.
Mrs. Williams Was unable to tell
what snOuGt u INSURANCE. was car
ried on the boat. but was positive
that it Sould net cover the loss, as
the Park City had been OF the ways
but few days, and was on her first
trip after having been put /" con-
pleIe aepar.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1909-12-09

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