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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03

San Francisco. Cal, Sept. Some
one in authority in San Francisco has
started a crusade against the so-called
boxing contests with which the city is
infested. So far as benefiting the true
amateur cause is concerned, the move
ment savOrs of locking the stable after
the horse has been stolen.
Amateur boxing IS a dead letter in
the far west and because amateuriSm
killed it. The money making game
drew young fellows from the amateur
ranks. Its manipulators showed them
the way to clean up cash prizes in lieu
of cups and medals and convinced them
that 1t was not the darkest thing in the
world to feel the guardians of amateur
integrity.
Some of the amateur champions and
cracker-jacks led dull lives for while,
boxing for the scant purses of the pro-
moters one week and appearing in the
gentleman tournaments of the bona
fide amateur clubs the following week.
The inevitable came and ruling OUT
was soon the order of the day The
club officials found that they could not
fill the varieties entirely necessary to
constitute tournament unless they en-
gagged in wholesale and undeserved
whitewashing. Boxing as an amateur
sport just languished and lapsed
The decent clubs eliminated it from
their schedules and the money grab
bers were left in possession of the field.
The fact that a great white light has
suffused somebody in authority ut this
late date is causing merriment. No one
with a grain of discernment has been
fooled by the way the so-called anna
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03
Naughtog, On Prize Fighting
The Veteran Comments On Passing Events

teur boxing bouts have been carried on
in San Francisco. The contestants
themselves, grown too callous TO trou-
BILE about hiding their tracks, speak
braZenly of the winners and losers for
which they appear.
If the writer is informed correctly,
some Of the supervisors, past and pres
ent who had and have to do with the
granting of permits for holding the
four round shows, defend their position
by the argument that the four round in
dustry places boxing entertainments
within the reach of those who cannot
afford the price of tickets to more pre-
tentious ring events. For this reason,
if for no other. it is urged that the
short bouts should not be frowned
upon.
All right, but why not have the four
FOUNDERS properly tagged as profession
ais and make the handlers of that class
of entertainment pay professional prices
for their privileges?
Why smear things over? From the
looks of things the four round shows
are likely to continue popular and be-
come more and more profitable to the
projectors. If boxing is to remain a
staple entertainment, why not call a
spade a spade?
AS soon as there is proper classified
ton of the lads who box for the money
there is in 1T, so soon Will real amateur
| sparring show signs of returning life
| The news that Stanley KetcheI had
about reached the end of his tether
/ physically caused no surprise Ketchel
has been burning the candle for quite
a while and the present is not the first
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03

instance in which nature has called
halt
In other times KetcheI found it neces-
sary to go TO the mountains to recu-
perate, but on his return TO the places
where the white lights glare and auto
mobiles sizzled along the boulevards, it
looked as though his sojourn in the
ranges had simply been for the purpose
of stirring up vitality to spend in fresh
excuses.
1t is pity about Ketchel. He was
the most sensational fighter produced
in this country in long time and if he
had taken every ordinary care Of him
self he might have ruled the roost for
many years. Ketchel was gifted with
exceptional fighting talents but was
left without ballast to handle them. II
nature had only endowed steadygOing
Billy Papke with Ketchers pluck, prize
ring versatility and dash, we would
have remained at the top o the heap
until he became as old as Fitzsimmons.
If, as reported, Billy Papke and Pack
ey Mcfarland have signed up with Aus
tralian Hugh Mcintosh for ring enga ge-
ments in Sydney and London, it helps
to render the boxing outlook in this
country more dismal than ever
With Papke and Packey going
abroad. with Tommy Burns and Sam
Langford practically matched for a
bout in England, with Ketchel invaded
home to Michigan and with Johnson on
record TO the effect that he will not box
for a year. there is not much material
left for the American fight handlers to
work upon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03
YOU ARE MISTAKEN

when you figure that it pays
to buy cheap and inferior
feed. we wish to impress
you with the fact that ii
doesn't. Take for instance
yourself. Do you feel right
and can you do a satisfac-
tory days work on poor
food? Certainly not.
Then how do YOU expect your horses and
mules to give you satisfactory service
when YOU don't feed them well? Buy
Your feed here where YOU get quality
at a reasonable price
o. G.. SECTION & SON,
Third and Chihuahua SITS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03

coming as it does. directly on the heels
of the confirmation that a. B. Dade
would WELD the flag and that Little
Joe" McLennan would again act as
official Handicapped, lends color TO the
recently published interview with
Francisco J. Pons. TO the effect that
no stone would be left unturned in an
endeavor to secure the best available
talent That Price is unQueStiOnably
the fairest and yet most unfleXible Of
fetal at present presiding, is admitted
even by those who by depression have
been forced to feel the hash of official
dom
For many years Price has offIciated
in the stands Of the middle west, also
at Fort Erie and Winsor. His fearless.
yet painstakng rulings. were seldom If
ever criticized; on the contrary, lauded,
and generally the foundation for emula-
ton. Among those who know him best
il is a byword that he never made a
ruling until he had the goods" on the
culprit.
Some Big Stakes.
The stake roster of Moncrief. now in
the hands of the printer calls for the
renewal of IS classics, and a
grand aggregate in purse offerings of
$3.50 900 for the 1O0days of racing. Chief
among the stakes is the derby, which
has been increased in value TO $4,000.
while the Florida special, the compan-
ion feature of the initial meeting, will
have a $4,000 purse. Almost every stake
has an increase in value over last win
ter, with the Amateur stakes at one
mile and seventy yards, which calls for
gentleman riders, being boosted" to
$1,000.
According to Mr.. Pons the amateur
end will be well taken care of. Last
winter these races proved almost as
good magnets as the classics.
The Juarez Racing.
Matt VIM, writing from Juarez.
Mex, states that Improvements at that
course are progressing favorably and
will be completed long before the OPEN
| ing Notwithstanding Day. Chief
among the additions at Juarez, he says,
is to be a new clubhouse, said t. cost
$4,000. This, it is said, will be a mod
el of convenience. An additional $50. 600
is being expended in the erection OF
stalls and outbuildings for the comfort
of hOrsemen, it is said. The bon mot
of racing will be seen a t this course
during the winter. the more recen. to
apply for stall room being August
Belmont, James r. Keele and R I.
Wilson, jE-, it is said.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. Shelly Bly,
was a great traveller in her day, but
Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian amuse-
ment promoter, has II on Nellie and all
the rest when it comes to distances
travelled and the time TO cover the same.
During the past eighteen months MI
Mcintosh has travelled 100000 miles
which is at the rate of 10000 miles
month and Is equal to nearly eight
times around the world. He started al
ter the Tommy Burns-Jack Johnson
match first, which he finally landed for
Australia, and it was the making OF
much history in the boxing line after
wards. He Travelled completely around
the world before he closed the match
Then followed hurried trips between
Australia and England and again be-
tween England and the United States,
and again between Australia and the
states
When the Jeffries Johnson bout was
arranged for San Francisco and later
changed 10 Reno, Mr.. Mcintosh brought
a party over from the antipOdes, in
Guiding Tommy Burns, Bill Lang and
w. F. Corbett, the sport critic of the
Sydney Referee, and another gentle
man. Since the big fight Mr.. McIn-
tosh has travelled to New York, back to
Chicago back TO New York, over to
England and back and then from New
York TO Vancouver, B. c., TO close the
Burns-Langford bout for London, and
now on his way back from Vancouver
to Montreal over the Canadian Pacific
railway, which is seven days trip.
Before he lands back in his ma
tive land he will journey to England,
back to the states and then to Austria
liza. To say that the Australian is some
traveller is putting it rather mildly.
Cyclone Johnny Thompson of SYRIA
cuse Ill, who has been chasing cham
pions for the last five years, is rather
a remarkable individual when 1T comes
to boxing. Johnny never started fight
ing until he was % years of age. hav-
ing been raised on the farm without
having any opportunity to get out and
mix with the boys. He was married at
%, and it was then that he took to the
boxing game. He has had over 200
fights in his career and says that Char
lie Neary, the Milwaukee boy, gave him
the hardest battle of any lightweight
he ever met. Johnny is past the age
when most fighters begin to go back.
but he claims he is better now than
ever. and that ii is due to his farm life
and good habits. He is ready to meet
any lightweight, but longs to annex
the title of champion to his name.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03

eft is nv own ambition" says john
nv. and If they will give me a chance
I will have the honor. To show that L
am not bluffing. 1 will make this prop
osition to AID Wolgast, the champion
7 will put I'D $1,000 or $4,000 OF my own
money as a. forfeit that 1 will make 133
pounds ringside for Wolgast, and If L
fail to beat him in 90 rounds or more,
then I will forfeit the entire purse 10
him. Not only that, but in case L should
win 7 will take only the losers end OF
the purse, allowing him to grab the big
end of the purse. l will meet him IN
this country, in private, or IN any olher
country he may name, under the ABOVE
conditions. do not ask any one TO put
nm a cent for me. 1 will furnish the
money myself and take all the chances
I had a chance to go to Australia Tor
Mcintosh. but preferred not to leave
family unless there was chance
to get on a big match with WOlgaSt or
Mcfarland"
The little fellows are having quite a
run in this country now and many OF
the clubs are arranging matches pc
tween the boys between Us and 20
pounds. There are some good ones,
and the chances are that one or two
stars Will develop to put against AOe
AttelI for the fea therweight title
One of the good matches arranged Is
the one between frankie Conley, VINO
claims the bantamweight title after his
defeat of Monte Atte1l and Danny Web
ster. and Charlie White of Chicago. VINO
boxed Abe Attell an eight round bout
year ago.
Conley and White are evenly match
ed. although the Kenosha boy will be
giving away a few pounds in weight
However, in view of the fact that Con-
lev has challenged at the lightweight
limit he should not mind few pounds
with White He offered to meet VOL
CAST at 1873 pounds ringside and also
offered to make 116 pounds for Digger
Stanley of England for the bantam
weight title.
At the same show in Milwaukee,
which will be Sept. ?. Eddie Greenwald
of Milwaukee and Sammy Trott OF Co
lumbus, o., two more aspirants for the
featherweight title, will meet, 50 there
should be some clever milling between
the small ones.
Now that Stanley Ketchel is reported
a nervous wreck, there are several mid
dIeweights who would like TO claim bis
title. among them Billy Papke, the IIi1-
nois cyclone, Frank Klaus of Pittsburg
and Harry Lewis, the Philadelphia wei
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03

Hugh D. Mcintosh, the Australian
promoter, is surely grabbing up all the
stars in the American boxing world.
In addition to signing UP Billy Papke,
who now claims the middleweight
championship, Mr. Mcintosh has signed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03
Honest Judge Selected for
Jacksonville-Some Of
Matt VIM s I'm
prOVementS.
prOVenlentS.
(By Bert Collyer. Turf Editor, Chicago
American).

(By Bert Collyer. Turf Editor, Chicago
American).
Chicago, Ill, Sept 3.-"Jockey Pow
ers. the muscle rider" Strange appela-
ton, isn't It? Nevertheless ii is the
correct chara cterization of this first
class riders aptness or capability of
successful riding.
Probably no other vocation has pro-
Guced quite so many evOlutions as TO
the direct method of encompassing the
desired results as that of riding. Years
dgO we were wont to believe that Can
non and his English seat was absO-
lutely correct Some even went so far
as TO claim him to be perfection in the
saddle. WINFIELD, the colOred lad,
probably was the first to shorten the
feathers" as against the full length
stirrup used across the water. Then
Fred Taral, the flying Dutchman," af-
fected a type distinctly new, inasmuch
as be appeared to combine both the
Cannon and WINFIELD poses.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03
WATCH THE DATE ON The YELLOW
LABEL J.

Mail subscribers should watch the
date which follows their name on the
yellow label pasted on the wrapper or
first page of their paper. The date
there shows when the subscription eX-
pires. When n remittance on Subscrip-
tion is made, this date is changed. II it
is not changed soon after remittance,
allowing, Of course, a reasonable time
to reach FL Paso. the subscriber should
call the attention of this office to the
oversight. BY doing so when the matter
is fresh in the minds of all concerned all
further trouble and inconvenience VIII
be avoided.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03

Now that Stanley Ketchel is reported
a nervous wreck, there are several mid
dIeweights who would like to claim bls
title. among them Billy Papke, the Hill
nois cyclone, Frank Klaus of Pittsburg
and Harry Lewis, the Philadelphia well
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03
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Bell Phone 2910.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
PRODUCE EXCHANGE IS HIT
Dissolved and Members Fined, Blu,
Court Sets Aside Orders.

Kansas City, Oct. 4.-Half an hour
after Judge E. H. Porterfield had dis
solved the Kansas City produce ex.
change and fined three of it's members
an aggregate of $500, the court set
aside both the order and the fines.
When the first court action was tax.
en- none of the defendants to the suits
had legal representative in court.
Within few minutes after Judge Por.
terfield had fixed the penalties, how.
ever, w. S. Cowherd, attorney for the
exchange, appeared and made strenu-
GUS protest against the action that had
been taken. He said he did not un:
derstand that the time for the final
hearing of the case had been set for
this date. Judge Porterf1eld then set
the case for rehearing.
Fines assessed were:
The Armour Packing company, ST..
500; w. L. Crush Commission com.
pany, $500, and Hurst Produce and
Commission company, $500.
For years the custom has been for
the exchange to meet daily at a local
hotel and fix the prices on foodstuffs.
A few months ago nine members of
the organization were indicted, charg.
ed with operating a trust.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
BEAR WAS AFTER MUTTON.

Saturday afternoon as G. E. Peck
a farmer near Euclid, glanced out to-
ward his sheep pasture, he was at
tracted by large black animal about
the size of a half grown calf, that
seemed to be endeavoring to gain an
entrance into the sheep pasture with
the sheep. Closer inspection proved
the invader to be we'll grown black
bear, and Mr.. Peck ran for his gun.
The gun, however, proved to be either
missing or out Of commission, so Mr..
Peck called UP Mr.. Salentine, neigh.
Dor residing about mile away, telling
him that a bear was endeavoring to
get into his sheep pasture, and asking
if one of the young 1nen of the family
would care to come down to his farm
with a gun. It proved to be just ex-
actly what the young men of the fam
lily did care to do, and Mr.. Paul Salem
tine Immediately saddled horse and,
taking his gun, rode to the Peck farm,
where his first shot dispatched the
bear before it had succeeded in gain
ing access to the pature where the
frightened sheep were gathered.
Crookston Times.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
A NOVEL TEAM.

Probably the most novel team that
was ever driven into this town, OF
any other town, was the one Asa
Hamblin drove in from his place in
Bruce on Monday. The team was
made up of medium sized red COW
and a black horse, which was much
larger than the COW.
The harness, used to drive them,
was the same as an ordinary double
harness with bit and lines. The COW
was not backward in the least, but
walked right up even with the horse.
1t was the first of it's kind that we
have ever seen and it caused no little
talk here in town. Mr.. Hamblin uses
this team to plow and do all his farm
work, besides all this the COW is also
among his list OF mixers. Now, who
has got one that beats this cows re
cord ?-Swanville News.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
WEST POINT BOYS LIBERATED
Given Heart to Heart Talk by Super
ir:tendent' Barry.

West Point, N. Y, Oct. 4.-By order
of Gen. Thomas Barry, superintendent
of the U. S. military academy, all
privileges which were withdrawn a
week ago, after the Silence given
Captain Longan in the mess hall, are
restored to the cadets.
The board of inquiry stopped hear
ing witnesses, and the entire corps
was marched to the gymnasium, where
they were met by General Barry, who,
behind closed doors, gave his several
charges heart to heart talk.
The superintendent said as yet he
knew nothing of the case other than
that which he had read in the news
papers,; that there would be punish
ments for those whom the board Of
inquiry report implicated, but that
that would come after due considera-
ton of the findings. r
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
A Citv Must Advertise,

Gilbert Hubbard wrote recently that
not long ago be visited the farfamed
Mammoth cave in Kentucky. He found
clumps of willows and grasses grown
up before its entrance. The large ho-
tel that once entertained hundreds Of
guests was falling down and in ruin.
Only single family of farming peo-
pie lived near the great caves mouth.
Once inside the cave. Hubbard was
even more astonished. for he found
thousands of names written and cary
ed on its walls. There were the names
of Emerson. Longfellow and President
U. S. Grant. .:e.
Hubbard asked himself question
How is it, he said. that so many people
once journeyed to visit this wonderful
place and that so few come now? He
inquired around. He soon got an an
swer to his question. 1t was this:
The man who, once advertised the
Mammoth cave so extensively a few
years ago died. And with the death Of
the advertising manager the great
cave, with all its wonders, dropped
out Of sight. a.o..s .... &s..zs,. :.
1t is the same old story. People
won't know what your goods and your
town are unless you advertise.
An enterprising man for twenty-five
years advertised the Mammoth cave
and got thousands Of people there.
Every fellow used to take his girl
there on their honeymoon. But now
the caves mouth is obscured by a
jungle. No one knows about its won
ders. Why? The advertising man
died. 49,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
THREE ACRES BURNED IN \. Y,
LUMBER YARDS LOSS OF. MILLION
~ AND HALF.
Takes 25,o00 Gallons Of Water PEI
Minute to Subdue the
d. Flames. s--

New York, Oct. Fire in the vi
cinity. of Twenty-fourth street at
Eleventh avenue swept an area 500
by 800 feet, causing damage estimated
at $1,500,000. Chief Croker announced
that it was the greatest burned area
during his experience in New York
city. r."
The space swept comprises almost
three acres OF lumber yards, factories
and stables on Eleventh avenue, TWEEN
ty-fourth and Twenty.hfth streets.
For nearly three hours, the fire was
beyond the control of the fire depart
ment and it was stopped at length
by an accumulation Of apparatus which
combined threw water at the rate Oh
$4,000 gallons a minute.
Five hundred horses were rescued
from stables, and in spite Of the
size Of the blaze and the din1cultie>
Of fighting it, it was remarkably free
from serious accident. One fireman
was badly hurt by q bucking horse,
several others were less seriously
hurt.
The fire started in the lumber yard
OF Moore Brothers, Eleventh avenue
and Twenty-four street, quickly de-
stroyed it and soon ignited the kind
ling wood factory Of Clark & Will
kins, which was likewise burned to tho
ground.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-06
sweepings to Be Kept of Street,

. sweepings to Be Kept of Streets.
The board Of public works Of Al
toona. Pa, has decided to enforce the
act of assembly which prohibits the
depositing Of the sweepings from
stores and other buildings on the pub
lie highways. Notices were ordered
printed and posted. calling attention
Of all persons to the law in this con-
nection. and It was also decided to
communicate with Mayor Hoyer re-
questing him to have the police pa
trolmen call the attention Of grocers,
news dealers, fruit dealers, ETC.. to the
fact that the garbage cans which have
been distributed throughout the city
are not intended to be used as recep-
tacles for the refuse from these stores.
This move Of Altoona's Is q good one
for any town to adopt. NJ ri H.