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OFFICIAL LIST
OF BALL PLAYERS

Little Rock, April 17.-(Special.)- the
Southern league clubs were down to the
ls-man limit when the season started,
according to President Kavanaugh. Some
Of the managers had to do SOME tall
hustIing to dispose of their surplus play
ers at the last moment. however.
The official list of players at league
headquarters is as follows:
New leans-Breitenstein, Maxwell,
Hess. Paige, Cefalu, Ostrom. Lafitte,
Mitchell, Robe, Demontrevile, Lindsay,
Reagan, Manush, Brooks, Spencer, Jack
son and Weimer.
Chattanooga-Carson, More. Rickert,
Rhodes, Miller, Hart Demaree, Yerkes,
schlitzer, Alcock, Perry, Patterson, Nc
Laurin, Collins, Dobbs, Meek and LIS
ter.
Atlanta-Smith Matthews, Fisher Bart
ley, Johns, Griffin, Mayer, Barr Sweeney.
Hohnhorst. Jordan. sentell Walker, Mo-
ran, Bayless. seitz. Rogers.
Mobile-Dunn, Shannon, Chappelle, Bit
trolf, Stockdale, Allen. Neal, Wilder,
Hickman, Torrey, Swacina, Rhoton, Ber-
ger, Darringer, Watson, Huelsman, Wag-
ner, Kerwin-
irmingham-Fleharty. Lower, Manuel,
Wagner, Bauer, HcTigue. Schopp, FL
tiott, Ryan, Boyle, Gygli Marcan, New
ton, Emery, Mcbride, McGilvray, Larsen,
Wordsworth.
Montgomery-Hart, Miller, Grbbens,
Thomas JUL, Molly, Duggleby, Guese,
Smith Greminger, Osteen, Pepe, Burnett,
DAILY, Whiteman and Phillips.
Nashville-Seabaugh, Erloff, Perdue,
Case, Viebahn, Keupper. Lambert, Vim
cent, Flood, Morgan, Lynch, Bronkie,
Bay. Wiseman, Seigle and Bernhard.
emphis-Rementer, McGraw, Dick,
Fritz, Allen, Steele, Peters, Cross, Han
ner, Whitney. Altman, Crandall. Scan
lon, linn, Farrell and Baerwald.
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SPORTING PUBLIC
IS BUSY FIGURING
Picking Winner in Jeffries-
Johnson Fight
CAN JEFF COME BACK?
Masferson Believes Fight VIII BE Con-
tested on Its Merits-Also That
Jenries VIII win-Wiil Be
Hard Fight
CAN JEFF COME BACK
by w. B. tBAT) MAsTERsoN

New York, April Especial JAS
the sporting public of the entire Eng
disappearing world is busily engaged
just now in figuring out the winner of
the Jeffries- johnson fight. I'll also VEN
ture few remarks on this all absorb
ing subject. Every man has his own
idea about the contest. Some favor JEFF
fries. while others are stringing with
the negro. Some even go so far as to
assert that the whole thing is a frame
up in which the public is to be vic
timized. 1t may be noted, however,
that those who believe the negro will
win base their opinion on the fact tha
JEFF is all In as fighter and will never
be able to get himself in shape to fight
in anything like the form he showed
when he retired from the ring five years
ago. This seems to furnish the chief
reason for regarding Johnson as the
winner. Were they satisfied that JEFF
could come back" as they call It.,
he no doubt would win but he can't
and there you are. Anyhow, that is
what the Johnson followers think.
found. too. during the last six weeks
number of boxing enthusiasts whose
Judgment of the fighting game cannot
be questioned, who Intend to back the
negro with their money. Also quite a
number who seemed to think that jeff
at no time during his ring career had
better than an even chance with the
black man.
Although those who entertain this
opinion are not as numerous a s Jeffrtes'
followers, I found enough of them to
make a big noise. With few exceptions,
however, all believe the fight will be on
the level. Those who assume, or pre-
tend to assume, the fight Is a frame up
furnish small minority, I'm glad to
say.
AS for my personal opinion, I believe
tlAe battle will be contested on it's mer-
its. Also that Jeff will win. l believe
I'm in a position to know as much about
the inside workings of the battle as
anyone, and I've discovered nothing so
far to warrant the belief that the battle
Is prearranged affair.
In the first place, I don't believe the
fight could be fixed and stay fixed, IL all
concerned were In on the deal. My rea-
son for thinking so is, neither of the
principals would trust the other-both
would be looking for the double-cross
the first time an opportunity presented
itself to hand 1t out. and the probability
is that Is exactly what would happen.
| Besides, where Is the man who knows
Jeff who will believe that he would
stall with the negro; and I'll venture
that no one acquainted with Johnson
will believe that he would trust JET,
even though he did agree to stall. That
JEFF Is fully aware that Johnson would
knock his head off the FIRST chance he
got, no matter what arrangements had
been made. can scarcely be doubted
This is why I think the fight will be on
the level.
I have many reasons. too, for believ-
ing that Jeffries will win. In the first
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GEoRGIAQNN
HIT BY CYCLONE

Talboton, Ga, Although prac-
tically every bull1il a the little city
of Woodland. neer es< was damaged by
the terrific wind mail storm which
struck the town 10y afternoon, only
one person. Jack ~: 1r&dy, was injured.
He was painfuily 10gh not seriously
hurt Reports ff<1 ~ ieseurrounding
countryside grsafl1 IA the prop
erty damage au1 4 n5ony horses.
afternoon and ~ Nh intensity
until after midi al buildings
more were unfcc (Aerwise dam
aged. Only tNo4 In the town
time to estim1t 1lI9 In Woodland
alone and the The timber and
growing cropsH &1cinity will be
large.
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Memphi. Wins From Nashville

Memphis, April 17.-Memphis took the
second game of the season from Nash
Vile today in the ninth inning by a
score of 8 to 2. Nashville's first run
came in the second inning, Memphis tie
ing up the SCORE and adding one bet
ter to its credit in the fourth. Perdue,
who pitched for Nashville deliberately
passed Rementer, who caught Fritz fol
Memphis. The latter was supposed to
be an easy out, but won his own game
by a single to left, with two men on
bases. Nashville tied the score in the
ninth, but Memphis put a runner across
the plate In its half Of the inning. with
two out Score:
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New York. April 17.-The Jeffries
Johnson fight will be the last OF the
greatest series of heavyweight battles
in the history of the ring. It marks the
meeting of the best white man America
ever produced with the best black man
in the world-the black man the cham
pion and the white man the challenger.
One of the keenest followers of box
ing in this country, man who has fol-
lowed every great fighter since Suln-
vans time. remarked the other day
that Jim Jeffries was overrated
man. This savant is going to bet on
Johnson, because he says that he be-
lieves Jeffries at his best could never
have whipped Johnson, who Is admit
tedly now at his best.
"Jeffries whipped old men" said this
follower of the ring.
Let US step down and take look at
this statement
To begin with, name a better bunch
of heavweiEhts than Bob Fitzsimmons,
Jim Corbeu and Tom Sharkey. You
may bring in John L. Sullivan, but Sui
Ivan was practically through fighting
before Corbett reached his prime Name
a cleverer man than Jim Corbett,
sturdier fighter than Tom Sharkey, and
a harder hitter and shfftier ring general
than Bob Fitzsimmons Rubin was
also not wholly to be despised.
These men Jim Jeffries whipped ev-
cry time he faced them, with the excep-
ton of the first draw, which Rubin Sc
cured.
Facing the FreclkIed Wonder
Jefrles was a raw enough youngster
when he faced Fitzsimmons for the first
time. He had lot to learn about the
fighting game. but he put away the
champion in Il rounds, taking the best
punches of the old freckled fellow with
out fiinching or even staggering. Was
F'itzsimmons an old man then? Ask the
five men whom he fought Immediately
afterward. every one of whom he
knocked kicking with a punch. Fitz
was beaten in June. 1899. In October he
knocked out Jeff Thorne with a punch
In March he knocked out Jim DAILY IN
one round. In April he knocked out
big Dunkhorst in two rounds. These
men had no class. but remember fight
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place, he will unless all signs fail, be
In excellent condition when he enters
the ring. He is more powerful than
the negro, a much harder hitter, and
without doubt a gamer man. As for
cleverness and speed, believe he'll dis
play as much of both. If not more,
than the black champion at the critical
point. Jeffries has shown that he can
take punishment and maintain his
strength.
1 can find nothing in Johnson's rec
ord to Justify the opinion that he will
give Jeff a hard hght, even If the latter
is no more than half as good as he was
when he retired from the ring.
In my opinion Johnson is only bluff
ing. He has no more idea that he will
beat Jeffries handily than I have. To
be frank about it. doubt very much If
he believes that he will whip Jeffries
at all. If he does. he must know that
he has something up his sleeve that he
has SO far failed to show the public.
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BarOns oft For Mobile;
Slate OF Iz0eIUe Games
MOBILE LOSES TO
FRANKS PELICANS

New Orleans, April 17.-Mobile's errors
and the ability of the New Orleans play
ers to bunch their hits. lost the game
for the visitors today. Two of New Or
leans runs we're scored ON misplays of
the visitors. Stockdale was erratic in
his work, while Hess pitched steady
game and would have held Mobile to few
er hits had his support been better.
Score:
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OTHER DIAMOND GOsSIP-YALE
PRACTICES NEW FooTBALI.-CON-
CERNING .DEACONo INQUIRE
TED COY REPORTS-MARATH
RACING PERMANENT
BY MANHATTAN

New York, April 17.-(Special. )-Averill
Hartman, son of the late E. H. Harri
man, had his athletic career cut short,
due to the wishes of his relatives, who
did not like the notoriety the young man
was bringing down upon the family.
Young Mr. Hartman is an enthusiastic
oarsman and was member of the fresh
man crew at Yale. Last fall he rowed
on the academic freshman eight and re-
ceived considerable newspaper mention.
Before that he had rowed two years at
Grotton and was considered somewhat of
an expert.
The young chap also had designs upon
position upon the football squad al
though he is light in weight and slight In
figure, but the family objected to that
also. His baseball aspirations were shat
tered in like manner. This is one of the
few cases on record where a member OF
rich family had to give up sports be-
cause of newspaper attention.
Ted Coy, the greatest living football
player, who piloted Yale to victory last
year, is going to become a reporter
Maybe not a regular reporter, but at any
rate he is going in for journalism in
the fall to give 1t a try out.
Ted will write athletic news OF Yale
under his own signature for a New York
newspaper
II won't hand in any copy until the
fall football practice season opens,' said
he. But after that I shall write great
deal | think I will like it very well for
| used to do some writing for our col
lege paper and 1 got along first rate at
It there | have already signed up and
am ready now to join the journalistic
ranks
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Notice to Contractors

Sealed bids will be received by Fraternal
Hall association up to IL o'clock, noon
Monday. April g. 1910, for the erection of
Fraternal Hall building. Plans and speci-
hcations may be seen at the office of
Harry B. Wheelock, architect, Steiner
Bank building. All proposals to be ac-
companied by certified check for 500.
The right Is reserved to reject any or
all proposals presented.
J. F. DAVIDSON, Chairman.
4-16-4t
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Texas League

At Waco: Dallas g. Waco g. II innings
At Galveston: Galveston l. Fort worth O.
At San Antonio: San Antonio 2, Shreve-
port 1.
At Houston: Houston 4, Oklahoma
C;fy
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Arrange Your Vacation

So YOU can take advantage of the Won
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mum Pleasure at Minimum Cost Full
particulars furnished by Jack w. john
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Paris. April 17.--At the Longchamps
race course today William X. Wander
bits Oversight won the Prix de la joni
chere and In the Prix de Guiche his Mes
sidor III. ran second.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

St. Louis, April 17.-Pittsburg defeated
et. Louis in a drizzling rain today Har-
mon outpitched Lever, but the visitors
made their four hits count. Wagner
tripIed in the fifth inning. scoring Leach
Score: RHE
st. Louis ............... .en2 900 000-2 2
Pittsburg ................1M 0O2 000-4 3
Batteries: Harmon and Bresnahan: Lee
yer and Gibson Time, 1:47. Umpires,
Johnstone and Morgan.
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Some Baseball Gossip

Iney re on!
Meaning by that that the baseball sea-
son of 1910 has opened.
This will be the greatest baseball sea-
son in the history of the sport. Every
player magnate and fan is assured of
that fact II is too early to say which
team in either league will win the pen
nant. They Will all make a supreme eff
fort to get there. The Pirates are still
formida BILE this year and the New York,
Chicago and st. Louis teams have been
strengthened. Hughey Jennings still
maintains that the Detroit Tigers are
Is per cent stronger than any other team
in the American league. But without
worrying about the pennants we might
as well enjoy the sport.
Speaking of baseball as an institution,
more than s5,000,000 will be paid out this
year In salaries. This does not include
the enormous expense of keeping parks
In order, buying supplies and paying
travelling expenses. The total expendi'
ture for the baseball of the two big
leagues during the season this year will
run close to 100000. Baseball Ii a
paying institution. August Hermann
chairman of the National Baseball COM
mission, predicts that this season Will
pay per cent upon the money invested
in baseball.
Baseball is the greatest business In
the land" says he. 1T is progressive
business and is continually growing
New style Football
Yale started football practice this spring
on different lines than In the past, owing
! to the changes in the rules. More than
100 men have reported, and they have
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Chicago 0. Cincinnati 2

Cincinnati, April H.-Chicago won the
last game of the series here today by
hitting Gaspar hard and often. Tinker
secured two triples and a double. Nc
lntyre was effective at all times. Eight
crowd. Score, R.H.E.
Cincinnati .010 900 1901 0
Chicago ..................O 10 no o2-9 10 /
Batteries Mcintyre and Needham; Gas
mar, Cantwell and Clarke. Time, 1:52.
Empires. O'Day and Brennan.
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.Batted for stockdale in ninth.

summary; Illus, OH PalSe IN l inning,
Hess, in innings. Two-base hits, Wei
mer, Huelsman. Three-base hit Jackson.
Stolen bases, Kerwin. Manush Spencer,
Demont. Swacina. Weimer, Hess. Robe.
Sacrifice hits. Berger, Manush. Robe, De-
mont. Struck out, Hess 8. Stockdale g.
Bases on balls. Paige l. Hess 3, Stock
dale l. Hit by pitched ball, Hess (Huels-
man. Stockdale, (Rohe.) Left on bases,
New Orleans 5, Mobile 7. First base on
errors. Mobile g. Time, :35. Umpire, Car
renter
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Summary: Two-base hits. Vinson, Sci
GLE Crandall Sacrifice hits, Lynch, Re
menter. Struck out, Perdue 2. Fritz l.
Bases on balls, Perdue g. Time, 140. UNI
pires, Conahan and Pfenninger.
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New style Football

Yale started football practice this spring
on different lines than In the past, owing
to the changes in the rules. More than
100 men have reported, and they have
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They arean h o he soutfen league
we do MOTH o
splendid
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Sporting Views
By the Editor
(By Erin Dickey)

Hannibal sport writer's made an err
ror in reporting Saturdays game, and
not only did The Gate City give cred
1t to the wrong Keokuk players for
losing the game, but the Chicago and
st. Louis papers did likewise. Instead
of Hughie Miller it was Morris who
heaved wide to third in the sixteenth.
Morris was playing second and had
covered first on the bunt, Miller
coming in. 1t is not often that Miller
makes mistake, nor Morris either.
Reichles circus catch was beauty
in the second game. He stabbed the
ball with his glove The sphere shd
high in the air and Reichle gathered
it In as 1t descended, after a hard
chase
Cavanaugh and Eyler form an in
vincible pair as far as stealing ia
concerned.
Belts mighty swat in the four
CSSitu Cuucu ~ oil. IL WdS .
second hit of the game.
Bresnahan was playing the game.
both at the stick and in the field. He
slipped timely hit through the in
field and was responsible for a dou-
BILE play.
Joe Burg, Quincy's shortstop, al
ways plays like fiend in Keokuk.
In the second game he played bril-.
liantly In his position and in addition
got three hits and three runs.
The attendance was rather a disap.
pointment, but 1t was trifle too
warm for some of the semi-enthusias-
tic bugs. Great baseball weather, tho.
President Henry Hofer of the Quin.
cy Base Ball Association motored UP
to Keokuk with a party. of friends
yesterday afternoon and occupied a
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Standing Of the Clubs.

both pitchers went we'll and moved
the batters down with persistency.
But in the twelfth the break came.
Burg's single, a sacrifice and sacri-
fee fly counted the run, which looked
fairly good for victory.
But Jack Herbert's double in Keo-
kuk's half prolonged the agony. It
came after Belt had singled, Riggs,
pinch hitter for Prough, had sacri-
feed and Belt had been perched on
third. The hit was singer to left
for two bags.
The fourteenth marked Quincy's de-
feat and Keokuk's victory. Re'chle
flew out to left and Collins walked
Miller poked short single to right
and Morris bumped fast one against
the knees OF Tretter. With the bases
full PA" Belt won the game.
Eiaex
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box during the season game. They
left before the long drawn out battle
was over

box during the season game. They
left before the long drawn out battle
was over.
Sunday Keokuk fans were present.
ed with the first opportunity Of see.
ing Belts new men In action. Collins
at short is clever and handles him.
self like big Lacquer. Herbert at
second made hit with fans by his
batting and also handled himself with
grace in the field Both men worked
together like clock. In left Hunter,
the player secured from Rock island
played during both games and had
the misfortune to let two ground
balls go through him At bat he got
one hit and clouted out several long
flies. He looks better at bat than In
the field
Pop Eyler is certainly there with
the goods. Yesterday no showed ev-
erything necessary for winning
pitcher. He has 1t ON Prough in head
work, has the speed of Blue Jacket
and fields his position like a big
Lacquer. At bat he steps into them.
He also watches the bases like
hawk and in this end Of the game is
head and shoulders above the other
men Of the staff. Eyler could do we'll
to coach the other twirlers about
getting the ball away and keeping
the men close.
Taking 1t altogether Belt has a re-
markable ball team right now and I'M
less the club blows up, few games
should be picked up.
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Keokuk 80. !. 100 002 600 900 11-.5
Summary.
Stolen bases-Hartman Owens,
Hunter, Rouse, Cavanaugh. Bresnahan,
Miller
Sacrifice hits-Hartman (2), Her.
bert, Riggs. Donahue.
Two base hits-Owens (2), Rouse,
Burg, Herbert.
Three base hit-Herbert.
Double play Hartman to Clarke.
Struck out-By Prough, g.; by Tret-
ter, 5; by Blue Jacket, 2.
Wild pitches Prough.
Wild pitch-Prough.
Time of game-2:4o.
Umpire-Johnson.
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Indians Break Spell by Winning Double Bill
Quincy, First Game to and Second
to in Fourteen Innings.
CURTAIN FALLS WITH "PA' BELTS DRIVE
Drive n Fourteenth With Bases Full Ended Hard
est Day Indians Have Experienced This
Season New Players STAR

worked with the indicator and gave
one of the best exhibitions of clever
work seen on the local field this year.
In only one instance did there come.
a protest and this was quickly settled
by the only remedy at hand-oustang
Clarke. acting manager and first base
man of the Quincy team, from the
field.
First Game.
In the opening encounter Pop" EN-
Ter made great hit with Keokuk fans,
not only by his clever work in the
box, but by his good hitting. Only in
the first inning did he have trouble,
and that was the result of two very
lucky hits. Burg led of by hitting
weakly to right field and a moment
later Eyler slipped one over to Hughie
at first and caught Burg mapping ten
feet of the bag. This clever piece of
work saved an early score. From
then on EFler was invincible. the only
hits obtained being weakly ones, sew
eral OF which would have been caught
if the wind had not interferred.
Opposing him was that man Tret-
ter, who was inyincible in all but one
round-the eth. After vainly trying
TO connect with the bali, Morris solved
keokuk's problem for the first time
that day by laying down a perfect
hunt. 4 passed bali by Gard permit
ted him to amble leisurely to second
and Eyier's clean single to center
scored him, after Cavanaugh had
breezed out. That is the story in
nut shell, and the fifth proved suffi-
Gent to earn close decision, the
kind that have been going against the
Indians for two weeks passed with ex-
asperating regularity.
Second Game.
About one hundred and twenty-five
fans slipped into the park to brave the
heat of the second game and it was a
cold supper that awaited them after
staying for the long battle, which end
ed at just 6:35 o'clock.
After the first inning it looked as Ii
only heroic work could pull the game
out of tie fire. Prough started for
Keokuk, and Burg, the first man up,
slammed one to left Hunter. the new
.outlelder, covering left. squatted down
for the ball. but allowed 1t to go
through his legs and Burg advanced to
second Hartman hit in the same
place and Hunter duplicated the feat.
making the second error in as many
chances. Burg scored and Hartman
went to second Ordinarily Burg would
have easily been held at third. Dona-
hue went out on fly to Miller and
Owens got a safe one out into right.
With first and second occupied Hart
man and Owens pulled off double
steal Cayanaugh struck out. Clarke
walked. filing the bases, and Rouse
stalked forth with single. Hartman
scored, but Reichle heaved the ball
home in time 10 catch Owens for the
third ont.