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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.-Bat-
Ting Nelson, the great Dane, and
AID Wolgast, the Michigan Wildcat,
the two most fOrceful fighters in
the lightweight division today, will
settle their personal grievances as
we'll as the right to the title in a
As round fight at Point Richmond
tomorrow afternoon, and men who
have witnessed all of the great con-
tests on this coast in the last three
decades look for one of the most
savage battles in ring annals. Hat
ing each other with the intensity of
a pair of rival sOubrettes and being
fighters of practically the same
stamp, it is reasonable to expect
that their joust will be character
ICED by more bulldog ferocity than
any fight seen out here in many
day. That it will not go to the
limit Is foregone conclusion.
Fighting machines such as Nelson
and Wolgast, constantly clashing,
are bound, one of them, to give way
before As rounds are travelled.
No human being, everything else
being equal, could weather the
storm that these boys are going to
hurl themselves into, and both are
only human. despite Jack London's
description Of Nelson as an 'abys.
NAL brute Bruising fighters, that's
ing. blocking, feinting stuff for
them. It's bore in every minute,
slam away with either hand with
any old spot for the mark. All they
want is to land, where or how,
hook, straight punch. counter. up
percut or swing does not matter.
To land and wear downs the thing
with them.
When Wolgast so clearly trim
med Lew Powell, who was looked
upon as a championship possibility,
he was hailed as the only legit-
innate contender for the lightweight
title. He showed everything needed
to combat such a wonderful foe as
Nelson has shown himself to be in
all his battles. Speed, strength,
heart. assimilating mower, all were
the little Michigander's, and when
the battle was over Powell was as
well beaten q boy as ever escaped
clean Knockout.
Wolgast doesn't know anything
hut fight, and the same goes for
Nelson. Neither is idle moment
and when they cut loose it will be
like couple of small locomotives
colliding on a curve.
The anmositv that has existed
between Wolgast and Nelson dates
back to their 10 round fight in Los
Angeles on July 13, 1909. Nelson
has always claimed that Wolgast
caught him out of condition on that
occasion, but be that as it may, Ad
gave the Dane a mighty nifty beat
ing and has been Dragging about it
ever since. Nelson is a sensitive
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21
VALUE OF F00T\N0Rk UNAPPRECATED BY PITCHERS
BY TIP WRIGHT

I wonder how many dyed in the
wool baseball fans realize the
value to pitcher of footwork in
baseball?
Not many. I'll warrant, and for
that matter, not many pitchers pay
any attention to it.
don't suppose half a dozen of
theSMightest pitchers in the bust
ness-lnen who use their brains as
well as physical abilty-pay any
attention to clever footwork.
And yet, one of the best Fingers
that ever curved a ball over
plate-the man who pitched the
first nine inning no-hit-no-man-
reach-first-base game on record,
DR.. Lee Richmond of the old Wor-
cester team, was a student of foot
work. He used his feet as scienti-
fically as his hands, in fooling the
batter
wonder why pitchers don't pay
attention to the way they handle
their pedal extremities?
Thu day DIR. Richmond. now
professor Of mathematics. pitched
the game that made him famous.
he had the batters breaking their
backs" with what he used to call
his half step ball" The didoes
that ball cut up would not have
been believed by the public had
this story been told before the spit
ball became so well known.
Richmond used to pitch his fast
ball off the ends of his first two
fingers. with side arm motion, at
, the end of a full stride toward the
batter. The ball had plenty of
steam and sharp Jump that made
It hard to hit safe.
That he was close student who
appreciated the value of change of
pace without obvious change OF
delivery was evident. for he had a
slow ball which he delivered with
the same motion. save instead OF a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21
" 1T HAPPENED, IT'S HERE
III IT'S HERE, 1T HAPPENED
s. A. A. G. CREW LEA YES
G FOR SEATTLE TONIGHT

this season, sending them home
with a larger number on the losing
than on the winning side of the
column.
The quartet who will represent
the invaders are: Tommy Kelly,
125 pound boxer; Red Hughes, 105
pound boxer; George Brechin, 1876
pound wrestler; Glahe, 115 pound
wrestler.
Physical Director Cisco Bullivant
and Boxing Instructor Fred Creel
will accompany the team, while a
number of other clubmen will be on
hand at the tap of the gong. A
good sized sack of coin will accom-
pany the squad, to give the Seattle
ties some idea of what the local
fight and graphing fans think of
the chances of the S. A. A. G. boys.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21
ALL THAT'S WORTH WHILE
AND NOTHING THAT ISN'T
BOXERS IN FINE TRIM FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS FIGHTS

With only two days left in which
to prepare for the four round SEES
sions at the E. s. A. C. Interna-
tional Championship smoker at the
armory Wednesday night, the
score of NIT artists who will fur
nish the excitement for the fight
bugs are hammering away at the
conditioning paraphernalia, prepar-
ing themselves for the fast fighting
the club officials are promising the
fans.
The majority of the lads are
working out with Joe Reager at
the East Side Athletics Clubs gym
in Union Park, while others are
going through their PAGES at Louie
Orsie's club and the S. A. A. G.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21
JEFF LOOKS 100 PER CENT
BETTER TO SAN FRANCISCANS

showed that his theatrical tour at
least has polished him off a bit in
the more SNOWY side of the ring
art, but wise fans limited that Jeff
and Berger have done the stunt to-
gether so many times that each
apparently knew what lead was
coming next. However, his work
made an excellent impression on
the crowd.
Nelson and Wolgast, who fight
for the lightweight title at Point
Richmond tomorrow, each boxed
several rounds at the park
Moran and Harlem Tommy Muir
ply. who will fight late this month,
also appeared.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.-Pub-
lie opinion here today seems to
have it that James j. Jeffres is in
100 per cent better condition than
he was when he appeared at a local
theater a year ago, when he began
his tour. A good sized crowd
watched the big boilermaker at
Jack Gleason's show at Recreation
park yesterday. Jeffries hoped the
rope as nimbly as of old and the
way he danced around for the 10
minutes Of fast shadow boxing
filled his admirers with glee.
The big follow boxed three
rounds with Sam Berger. He
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

to his arms, which are almost as
huge as a middleweight's, that he
really lacks the appearance of big
ness. The tape, however, tells an
other story, as the accompanying
comparison shows. Nelson has only
one real advantage, and that is as
to height. In weight there is a
balance of one pound to Nelson's
credit, but otherwise the tape gives
them nearly an even break. The
tape, however, does not measure
years, and that is where Wolgast
has the better of it. Don't let that
get by you. Nelson is six years
older than Wolgast and has been
fighting 10 years longer. Mind that
we'll, for if Wolgast wins it will
simply be case of youth being
served.
Setting aside all the dope as set
down in the books, the scrap should
be one of the most stubborn be-
tween lightweights since Jack Nc
Auliffe and Jem Carney engaged in
their memorable international con-
test
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

With every man within striking
distance of the required weight and
each member of the crew in splen-
did condition, the S. A. A. C. quar-
tet of boxers and wrestlers leave
tonight for Seattle, where they
hook up with the Seattle Athletic
clubs stars tomorrow night in the
second interclub affair of the sea-
son between the rival organizations.
When Seattle invaded Spokane
earlier in the season, the local lads
annexed three of the four bouts,
and indications point to a duplica-
ton of this feat at Seattle. The
Seattleites say otherwise, naturally,
and expect to give the S. A. A. c.
athletes the first taste of defeat
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21
BEAVER SQUAD

Bob Brown announces the follow
ing training season squad for his
1910 Beavers:
Catchers-Joe Sugden. Jim Elan
agan, Dick Boettiger, Burridge,
Doran and Pierce.
Pitchers-Brinker, Edward Erick-
son, Erve Jensen, Harry Gardner,
Edward Flanagan, Pat ZACH, ].
Clark, William Thiele, Oass, vii.
hanson, Shillman, Standridge, Hag-
gin, Harry Bush, Merell.
Infielders-James, Breen, Scharn-
weber, Sampson, Smith, Broadbent.
Outfielders Cannon, Clynes,
Swain, Tallant, Bassey, Adams,
Croker.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

All Of the amateurs are on the
ground, Clyde Patten, the Tacoma
Lightweight, arriving this morning.
He declares that he Is sure win
ner over Wild Bill McCarty. but
the Wild Boys friends dope 1t out
that Patten will run into sleep
producing haynaker before the
fracas has gone three rounds.
Sergeant Morgan, the Fort
Wright champ. is in fine fettle, and
expects to register knockout
whether Harris, his brother sol
der, or another is the second man
in the squared circle.
The advance sale of tickets has
been good and the E. s. A. C. off,
Gals expect to show to large
house
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

full stride, he stepped only half
the distance and let go of the ball.
The abrupt halt as the ball left
his hand caused the sphere to do
the most remarkable things imag-
Unable. 1t would duck, dive and
bob up again; like a cork in water
across which the wind blows rip
pies.
No one. least of all the batter.
could tell whether the ball would
bob up or drop a few inches as it
approached the plate, but 1t was
not a hard delivery to catch, as
the spit ball is.
/ have watched pitchers for
years, and | have yet to see one
use the short step which made
Richardson famous. Every one
has hole good long stride away,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21
2 MEN FROM
CURLEW CLUB

"Curlow will be better known to
Spokane fans after we appear in
your city" confidently writes Sec
rotary Ira Carter of the Curlew
Athletic association to Cisco Bull
want of the S. A. A. c. The Curlew
club is anxious to hold an inter
club meet with Spokane, but de-
sires to send three wrestlers and
boxer TO this city, while Bullivant
wants three boxers and one wrest-
Ter.
Two mon, 1856 pound boxer for
Tommy Kelly, and a 1853 pound
wrestler for Chris Gesek, will prob
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

into which his foot sinks as he de.
livers the ball to the batter. He'd
as soon think of placing his foot
somewhere else as he would of
passing up a chance to buy a dia-
mond at a bargain. And IL Won
don't know how remote that is.
ask player.
The nearest approach to Rich.
ardson's delivery. and II is NOT
close enough to resemble it. was
the side step used by pitchers a
Few years ago, when the crossfire
was popularity believed to be the
| most effective OF all deliveries
But this step to the right or left
bore no resemblance to the half
step stunt which placed Richard.
son in the gallery of baseball i'm,
mortala
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

. NORTHAMPTON, Mass. q
y Feb, 21.-"The heavy atmo- .
p sphere of New England, so diff .
= ferent from the air that | am .
. accustomed to, caused my in .
= sanity" said Chin Dade, .
= young Chinese student, who .
. went temporarily insane about Q
= two months ago. He was dis q
= charged as cured from the O
= state hospital here and will .
= shortly resume his studies. .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

ably be imported from Curlew for
the March II smoker. Carter states
that his wrestlers have easily de-
feated the stars of the surrounding
country and will give a good ac-
count of themselves anywhere.
Bullivant expects to make ar
engagements while in Seattle for
two boxers for Mccoy and Hughes
on the March II date.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

young person and doesn't like to
have people brag at his expense,
consequently what he thinks of
Wolgast is unfit for publication and
what Wolgast thinks of Nelson is
equally unprintable, so that's the
answer to the expectation that the
fight will be a nasty one.
For some reason, the critics as
well as the general public have re-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

The Great American Laundry
bowling five defeated the Croft Tai
lors, 2637 to 2608, in the opening
game on the Pfister alleys. Sar-
tor annexed the high average, roll
ing two of his three games above
the 200 mark. The scores:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21
SKADANS AGAIN
LEAD LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE TEAMS

BY putting a good sized crimp In
the Rothrock crew yesterday morn
ing. Fred Skadan's aggregation Of
enlarged spheroid artists took
jump to the top of the percentage
column. With Rothrock absent
from the lineup his nine failed to
make it's usual good showing and
the Skadanites had little difficulty
in grabbing the fat end of the 10
to s score.
The runs by INNINGS were:
ROthrOcks 100 20 / 0 0 0 l.
Skadans % 2 o O 0 3 0 do
Observation-Disclosures and Baker;
Single and Slater.
"Every line is live proposition >
applies directly to The Press Want
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21

ferred to the Michigan lad as little
AID Wolgast." To look upon the
boy in fighting toys, not critically,
but in a casual manner, he does
look little, but go over him care
fully and quite number of sur
prises will be uncovered. Wolgast
looks little because he is cylindric-
ally built. The fest is so evenly
scattered over his frame. save as
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21
FLOOD AFFlXES HIS
NAME TO CON-
TRACT

Infielder Flood, the Cleveland
player who was secured in the
Gregg sale, wired an acceptance of
COINS terms last night. thus insur-
ing the Indians of good man to
hold down the third corner during
the 1910 season.
Flood played with Mansfield Of
the Ohio league last year, putting
up such a clever game with the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-21
BASKETBALL.

With record Of II points to IS
for their opponents, and two victor.
les in three games played, the
Houston school five returned yes
terday from three game tour to
Prosser, Lind and North Yakima.
The Prosser game was won by the
locals. 400, the Lind session, 17-14,
while, tired out from their first two
games, the Houston lads fell be-
fore the North Yakima quintet to
the tune of 14-35.
New Orleans, La.-Lewis G..
Tewksbury, known as "skyrocket
financier," died at Charity hos
pital here penniless.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12
Substitute Outfielder breaks
Up the Game.
PAELAN'S POOR WORK AGAIN
It Robs Epler of a Hit and
Scores two Runs.
Lewis Pitches u Great Game After the
First Inning When .Lcucl<y Babes
Get the Runs-A Lot of Hard Lack
In the Losing OF Four Straight.

Chlllicothe, o., Sept. Especial 49,
The Babes made it four straight Sat
urday for the same old reason, fail
ure 10 hit with the exception of one
inning the Diggers were made to
look foolish by Ahern, and in that in
ming II was not hitting that got them
on bases, but base on balls that did IT..
In this inning a play came off that
is town talk, II being q hit to left
field by Epler which Phelan called n
foul However, the side should have
been out, for Purtell caught Hum
nell by six feet when he stole, but
Phelan also overlooked that.
Ahern failed to locate the plate on
Llnderbeck In this inning, and then
To make matters worse, threw wild to
first and Linderbeck took second and
Johnstone went out fro m short to
FIRST and then Hummel got "A walk
He played for the double steal and
took his time, but Linderbeck made
no effort to run, Purtell ran back
and tagged Hummel and his Umps,
declared II safe. Epler then hit a
liner along the left foul line, that was
awful close either way. Phelan yelled
foul, but both Linderman and Hum
mel ran home protestively, but
Phelan stood pat, Epler then struck
out, and as Wellers pop fly the
side was retired. Opinion I'm the
stands was divided on both decisions
as they always are and always will
be. One one other time did the Dig
t,, at, 4,
after Colligan had flied, Schreck beat
one out In which Kibler fell down, in
the next play. however, Kibler made
n stop of Undertook that was 6
hair raiser. 1t was so hot It knocked
him down, but he recovere IL in
time to hold Schreck at second, and
then Baxter batting for Johnstone
famed Joe Lewis pitched a great
game after the first inning Getting
the first two men easily, he hit Wolfe
I'm the back and Wolfe ran all tn,
way home, when Dewitt hit afteI
Schreck let the throw-in get away
Wilkie came to bat with Dewitt OF
third and as no one was expecting
anything here the kid fooled then
by putting over the fence. He haC
Temporarily taken right field in place
of Potts, who had been automobilinl
| and failed to get back for the start
| only two more hits were made OF
Joe but they did no damage.
Despite the weak hitting OF tn,
| Diggers, there is no doubt that 4
Emmett Reilly had been behind tn,
bat there would have been a diner
ent story to tell. The work o
Sehreck in the entire series was som,
thing fierce.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12
ONE BIG FRAME
PLENTY TO WIN
Marion Downs League
Leaders.
---s--..- -
MAKE FOUR IN THE FOURTH
Hits and Boots Bring
Locals to the Front.


Portsmouth, Sept. 12.--(Special)-
Rubc Walls had one bad inning yes
tcrday ana IL was sufficient to prove
his undoing. The Diggers by playing
good BAH Copped the first one of the
crucial series. the score being s to Z.
Portsmouth got good start off
Goulait but errors got in their deadly
work I'm the fourth and the stuff was
off. II all happened before the big
gcst crowd of the season and the fans
were sorcly disappointed.
Mcchan opened the fourth with
hit To center. with a 3-2 combination
on him Colligan pasted one to right
Ilornung fooled Schrcck's hot smash
and the bases were cloggcd Lindcr-
beck lined right square into Childs'
hands aud he had double play be-
fore him but he dropped the bali aud
Mcohan scored. Johustonc hit one
to center ana Colligan and SchrcCk
scored. Ilummcl reached first on
Childs' second error. Weller hit to
lIornung, who pulled off a double play
with the assistance of Weinberg and
Irwin. Eplcr hit to Hornung and
Hummel scored. GOuait flied out.
Marion added another i'm the iifth on
Srhrcck's bin to center, LindcrbccE's
neat sacrifice and Juhustunc's second
safe drive.
Hits by Childs and Brecn scored
POrtsmOuth's first run and the second
one was made .on Wcller's boot,
sacrifice ard Hornung's single to CEN
ter. Marion played snappy game ana
deserved to win, Walls being wild and
inpfraptiy, Tba score,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12
Moore Pitches Great BAH.

Portsmouth, O., Sept. l2.-After
banking Lima Thursday Moore cam"
back in the first game of Saturdays
double header and again shut out the
Champs l To o In a pitchers battle
that went fourteen rounds. The big
fellow was unable to repeat the sec
ond game and after Lima had pound
ed in their six runs the locals started
to play for darkness, but without sue
cess. Umpire Raphun insisting on fiv"
innings being played. Riley worked
for Lima in both games and was also
effective. Scores:
First game II. II. II,
Portsmouth
OOOOOOOOOO IL Z
Lima
100000 OO0O 0 % 10
Batteries-Moore ana Weinberg;
Riley and Textor.
Second game II. III, II
Portsmouth ,.,.0 0 0 o 90 o
Lima ...,h.2 1 3 0 0-6 II
Batteries-Moore, Walls and Weiu'
berg; Riley and TeXtor.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12

Chicago, Sept - The Cubs start
the week with the same ten ana a
half game lead that they had over
their nearest rival last week. BY di-
viding honors with phtsburg they
retain their sanding in the race for
the pennant and start East with q
good margin of games won and the
National league pennant practically
cinched. Incidentally, "King" Cole
hung up his nineteenth scalp after
winning yesterdays game by score
of i've to two.
The dopesters today figure that
the Cubs can lose all Of the remain
ing thirty games and stll hold the
lead even though Pittsburg should
win twenty-seven staight games.
Philadelphia Athletics can lose thir-
teen of the twenty five games and
still lead New York even if that
team SHOULD win Twenty-Five straight
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12
WALT MASON
TAKING DRUGS
To Produce Sleep Was
Found Dead on the
Floor Of his Studio.
by United Press wire.

Philadelphia, Pa, sept. 12--The
pobce and coroner have decided that
the death Of John u. Ssanlon, the arr
tist ana magazine writer was not sui
eide, but was caused by an overdose
Of laudanun taken to produce sleep.
ScanIun, who was best known by his
pen name VI walt Mason" was found
dead on the floor of his studio yester-
day iu his night clothing An empty
bottle thtt had contained laudanum
was found near the body and it was a
first believed he killed himself. Friends
told The coroner that Scanlon had
been in IN health aud suffering from
insomnia for more than u year.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12
Luck.


A superstitious man in New Jersey
saw a horseshoe In the public high.
way.
He stepped forward and stopped for
1t.
At exactly that psychological moment
he was knocked dowu by one automo.
bile, run over by another and brush
ed into the ditch by third.
He stlll held fast to the lucky horse
shoe.
But wait.
The first automobile driver threw
on his fourth speed and scooted for
safety The second and third driv-
ers stopped their machines and came
back. Finding their victim was more
scared than hurt. the second driver
gave him a ten dollar bill, and the
third driver handed him twenty,
which was more money than he had
ever owned at one time In all his tame
and torpid existence.
And when they left him he was still
holding fast to his lucky horseshoe.-i
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Fe!Iy of crGn.bIing.
ON, 1t amt no use to grumble,
An 1t amt no use to cry.
For dat never brings de sunshine.
An 1t never clears de sky,
An II never stops de thunder
An 1t never checks de rain.
So it's best to keep a-smilin'
Till de sunshine comes again.
Detroit Free Press
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12
What Did Your ShIrlwnIst Costp

Whether you bought 1t ready to
wear or had IL made, or made IL for
yourself, You know that 1t cost
enough, even ~ it Is pretty and fresh
and clean. AndNf II is frayed and
soiled and worn ah1 homely looking
after ii has been inNhe wash three
or four times. IL has cSs: entirely too
much. Might as welN throw your
away as allow your shirt
waists to be washed with common
yellow soap. Hcwitts Easy Task
laundry soap takes the dirt and
leaves the goods as they were. Your
grocer Is selling lots of IL at 1--WE
cents n cake.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12

Washington, Sept. 12.--The crack
baseball teams of union printers or
ganizations from ten big cities. ar
rived In Washington today for a
weeks tournament to decide tn"
championship for 1910.
The cities represented are:
Denver, Indianapolis, st. Louis, Chi
cago. Cincinnati, PittsburG, Boston.
New York, Philadelphia and Wash
ingtop. The tournament starts this
afternoon, with Washington and Phil
adelphia facing each other. The
games will be played at the American
'eague park
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12
oOO I'm Golf Tourney.

Boston, Sept. 12.-With more than
200 entries, the greatest list in the siX-
teen years history of the association,
the national amateur championship
contest of the United States Golf as
sociatlon opened today on the links
of the Brookline Country club. Tho
winner of the meet will receive a gold
medal, and his club the custody ro"
a year of the Hayemeyer cup.