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The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
TWELVE EXPERTS
SELECT BENBRO0K
Eastern Man Asks Choice From Ii
and a Dozen Choose Michigan
Captain.

NEW YORK. Dec IA Con
sensus" all.American football eleven.
published in the forthcoming issue or
Leslie's Weekly. by Edward K Bush
nell. editor OF the official year book
of tho Inter- Collegiate Association oi
Amateur Athletics OF America. shows
a remarkable unanimity OF opinion
among the experts.
Bushnell has obtained the indiyid-
ual selections OF sixteen men, whom
he regards as the best experts IN
America. Using each Of these SIN
cen selections. he has formed "A
Composite team.
The experts thus quoted are DR. A.
II. sharpe Yale; J. h. Pendleton'
Bowdoin; David L. Fultz. Brown; Or.
Carl Williams, Pennsylvania; Carl
Marshall. Harvard Nj. V. Bergen, and
J. r. Moffatt. Princeton; W. ~ Nor
ice. Pennsylvania; Thomas Murphy
Harvard: A. c. Whiting and Charles
Morice, Cornell Clarence Weymouth
Yale. Fred Corlius. Dartmouth !;
Lieut.. H. B. Hackett, West Point; W.
r. Okeson, Lehigh, and w. G. Gro
we'll. Swarthmore.
The composite team follows:
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
WISE ONES
| GET MONEY

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-None of the
,xlders who passed through the six
day bicycle race, which ended in We
tory for Eddie Root and Jimmy NO,
IRAN, today showed any evil enects oil
the long grind.
This condition of the men is re-
|markabie because the race was the
hardest ever pulled of, interspersed
With more killing sprints tnan ever
before.
There Is considerable criticism.
/ however, over the manner in which
1.-THE race was run. knowing ones call
Ing the turn on the Clarke-Rutt com.
hination before the race was run ana
even selecting the winning team IN
the same breath
This is the fourth time team OF
which Root was a member won the
race, Root and Dorlon winning IN
1904; Root and Fogler. in 1905 and
1906 and Root and Moran in 1910.
In addition, Root was on the team
winning second place last year.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
Frozen Yarns For
The Baseball Fan

that may be running yet Anyhow, he
didn't finish that day.
"Burkett had been tipped TO mis-
by George Keister. a race track man.
After the race Jesse turned on Keis-
ter with one Of his snarls and Keistcr
knowing his fear OF hoodoos said:
"rll put the Spanish curse on you
for a week for that
THE next day Burkett failed to get
a hit and muffed a fy. The day after
he booted a grounder and struck out
twice. That night he hunted up Keis-
ter.
Come up to my room. said Bur
kett.
"Keister went along with Burkett
unwrapped package. displaying a
beautiful Ascot and said:
George I'll give you that scarf
II cost me self you'll take of that
Spanish curse
"Keister snapped his fingers three
times and said, It's of.
And the next day. strange to say,
Burkett made three hits and helded
like fiend.'
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
SHORT LENGTHS
Fine days for the old bob--Ied..

Fine days for the old hob-s'eds'
After seeing some of the athlete.
Deaned with club. We know what
that Canadian meant when he said
Hockey is "a fine crock -nicking game.
Cuba. beat the Athletics again on sun
day. TO Looks fine 10 see the
worlds champions beat by a lot OF Gu
bans That seems pretty much like
taking "A great deal OF the dignity away
from the national pastime
Johnny CouIoD and frankie Conley
have been matched 10 night in New
Orleans Jan. 3. They viii go 20 rounds
The Eel has been barred from the
winter The Eel is too fast.
W. {. Fownes has been chosen as
the leading golfer OF the country by
II L. Fitzpa trick, who has rated the
players Of national fame since 1901
walter Travis is second and Jerome ID.
Travers sixteenth.
An eastern man says that the French
nave something on America IN base
ball. why. look at jules Verne Who
knew OF 10000 leagues under the sea.
he POINTS out.
Ia Is quite htting that the new Yale
football captain sNOulI DC n NitUlbtI IN
good standing OF The Skull and Bones
clue
Baseball undoubtedly shows n biS
already players are ask
ing for H.
Those sensational news dtspatehe.
from the colleges, telling OF the cleo
tion Of managers and assistant man
ayers of football teams. Will cause n
panic In Wall-st. some OF these days,
unless they are suppressed.
Pittsburg II thinking of getting rid
OF Hans Wagner. but there Is no truth
In the report that II intends to ask
waivers on the Ohio river.
Ad Wolgast says ns soon as he can
get into condition again he VIII do
some more boxing and that owen Mo-
ran. who beat Battling Nelson recent
~. VIII get first chance at him. VOL
CAST declares he doesn't deserve all
the roasts he receives and that as SOON
az the broken bone sets I'm his arm he
will re-enter the ring
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
SOCCER PLAYERS
PLAN NEW LEAGUE
Garrett 0'Keefe and Others Plan
Expansion To Include Surround
ing Cities,

There promises 10 be much good re
scheduled for this evening at Spald.
ing's. 254 Woodward-ave. Garrett
O'keefe. OF the CeltiCs is the prime
mover back OF the new organization
and he has assurances from a mum
her of strong clubs that they will join
with him in putting the oldcountry
game upon solid basis.
The affairs OF the Detroit and Dis
trict association during the year about
completed were not exactly satlsfac-
tory to a number OF clubs and they
believe that complete reorganization
would benefit the sport. Tonlght's
meeting is called for the purpose OF
discussing plans along that line.
IL is intended to broaden the scope
of the new league and instead OF linn
iting IL To Detroit teams, will take in
clubs from surrounding cities This.
il is believed. will add interest 10 the
sport The Celtic club does not have
any idea of criticising the old organ
ization, but merely wants 10 get TO.
gether the soccer folks 10 find out how
they feel on the subject of expansion.
A silver loving cup for the winners
Of the new league has been promised
by A. G. Spalding 4 Bros. through
Richard Jackson. Detroit manager.
Also, the promoters believe that solid
gold medals should he awarded the
individual members OF the winning
combination. These trophies will give
the players something for which TO
strive.
Invitations have been sent ont to
a number OF soccer clubs and 10 in.
dividuals. Everyone who is interest
ed in the game will be welcome. as the
promoters OF the new league wish 70
ascertain exactly how the proposition
appeals
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
DETROIT MEN STAR
IN HOCKEY OPENER
WITH ONLY TWO HOURS OF PRACTICE REPRE-
I'll SENTATIVE SEVEN HOLDS STRONG DULUTH
81 TEAM TO ONE LONESOME POINT

concerted play as that can ne de-
veloped only through practice
The Arena. having a large surface.
afforded great opportunity for spectac-
ular PUSHES On both sides the wings
or center men would break away and
Skate the whole length OF the rink be
fore being Intercepted. Greater dis
tances will make the Arena games
easier TO watch than contests played
upon smaller spaces.
The game Sunday night was clean
and free from intentional rough play
Only seven penalties were inflicted
and the officials called everything pos.
sible. the intention being TO keep hook
ey in Detroit as decent as possible.
The pla ers submitted gracefully 10
the rulings of the officials and there
wasn't protest
The crow seemed To like the game.
II whooped and shouted from the be-
ginning. Heavy SHOWS had made T.
impossible TO install the heating sys-
stem in the entire grandstand. but
the cold wasn't botherso &c in the
least. About 200 saw the game from
the promenade which was warm as
q parlor
Manager Furni OF the Duluth, team.
believes that Detroit will have a great
team within two or three weeks. Il
never saw a crowd OF young men
show so much class in their first
game" lie said Our fellows are most
ly old skaters, but the Detroit boys
certainly did just as we'll last night as
Duluth anu We have had a week of
steady plaw against fast teams"
Organizing teams in Detroit. Chi
caeo and Cleveland will be great
thing for hockey In another year we
Ought TO be able to have a league 10
play schedules as they do in baseball
! know up our way interest i'm hockey
increases every winter and | observe
in Chicago and Cleveland that they
are enthusiastic. They gave the game
in DETROIT great reception and il
your team continues as il started there
should be some great hockey matches
tbs winter"
The Duluth team will play Detroit
again this evening at the Arena. the
game commencing at o'clock The
score OF Sundays game follows:
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
F0GEL JOINS LYNCH PARADE
ALONG WITH REST OF CROWD

NEW YORK, Dec. l2.-The an
Horace Fogel, president OF the Phil
adelphia National league club, had de-
cided TO support Thomas Lynch for
reelection TO the National league
presidency. caused no particular ella.
ton in I.ynch's affairs today. Lynch's
reelection was generally considered
foregone conclusion and Fogels ac-
ton was credited merely TO his desire
TO get onto the band wagon.
Fogel has heretofore been lined up
with Charles Murphy. head OF the Chi
cago Cubs, who is known as an enemy
OF Lynch Fogel accompanies his an
nouncement with a bouquet for Lynch
and the statement that there is no
clique at work to defeat him.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12

There Is much merit in hockey as
y1ayed by the Detroit representative
neven That fact was demonstrated
when the Detroit players held the
|Northerners of Duluth TO a single
|point AT the Arena Sunday night.
The Duluth team Las quite a repu-
Alton and is now completing a week 5
Trip which included contests at Chi
CAgo and Cleveland. The Detroit play
efs had worked together less than
two hours and therein lay the cause
0f their defeat. Innumerable times
metroit individuals would rush the
nick down the ice, but only occasion
lily was there any assistance present.
OF course. 1t was not TO be expected
that tie Detroit team would have any
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12

TURNS PUG

CHICAGO, Dec 12.-Once touted
}by John l.. Sullivan as champion
! ship possibility, Charles Cutler, the
/ Chfcago grappler. is once more TO en-
! ter the ring as a potential White
I mans hope" Cutler will make his re-
appearance in the, ring against an
Unknown, near Winnipeg, Canada,
dec Is.
Cutler at one time was a member
|of John L. Sullivan's road show, and
Tat that time. showed promise. Later
Jim Barry nipped his pugilistic aspir-
Iafions in the bud. II Cutler makes a
DCreditable showing in his Winnipeg
match. he will try for bout with
4 Com O'Kelly.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
BY HARRY NELLY.

BY HARRY NELLY
The clans are gathering in New
York for the annual December meet
ings of the Amer-
can and National Old National
leagues. The mag
mates will listen 10 Follows
reports OF the
presidents. will fan Good Example.
and be merry. In
the National league meeting Pres.
Thomas Lynch Will, in all probability
be reelected Ii is likely that most
of the opposition which usually de-
velops over choosing a head VIII not
materialize. as the older league has
come TO realize that war and strife are
distastefu TO the fans and do Their
league no good.
Pres. Frank Navin. OF the Detroit
club. left this afternoon for the metro
polls He will 90 prepared to make a
trade or two if anybody is willing "a
talk business along that line. How
ever. the Detroit club hasn't very
much material 10 offer in barter. Mo-
over three men, at the most could be
John l. Taylor the Boston magnat"
seems to have more stuff in sight To
he rid of than any other manager lie
would dispose Of one batter VIZ.
Pitcher Joe Woods and Catcher IN
Carrigan Pres. COmiskey, OF the
White Sox, would take either or both
Likewise. he would like TO capture
Jake Stahl If Taylor would cut aim
loose. Stahl might be induced 70 play
in Chicago, Comiskey thinks.
There Is notable tendency II
sporting afairs in Detroit, both pro
fcssional and anna
Many Working teur, to get down
TO right principles
For and cut out the
rough stun The
Clean Sport. Windsor Athleti,
club has. for sey
eral years stood for clean boxing and
clean wrestling This year a partic
ular effort viii bC made 70 conduct
: the sport upon proper lines Billy
Rock will referee all the bouts. Man
ager Glassco and Rock have decided
upon a policy of fairness and M
rough would be tolerated. Manage
Tucker. OF the Wolverine Athletic
club. which brings Henry Ordemar
and Young Miller 10 the Light GuarC
armory. Friday night. says the publ,
can be assured that every bout tn,
| Wolverine holds will be fair ant
! above board
Wrestling was injured in Detroi
and elsewhere. Tucker says, through
( stalling and cTookedness. We vii
! use our greatest endeavors to preven
! betting on bouts held under the aus
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12

Ed Delehanty. Big Ed" The
Only" as the boys called him, was
one OF the games unconscious humor-
lists, as we'll as one OF It's greatest hit
ters. When the Cleveland team was
at New Orleans in the spring of 1902.
under Manager William Reginald
Armour. Del" who was also In the
Crescent city, acquiesced to Bill Brad
leys request to bat him a few.
After he had batted to the great
third baseman for about 10 minutes
Delehanty tossed aside the bat and
walking toward the bench. said to no
one in particular. Brad and Jimmy
Collins, them's the only two"
OF all the superstitious ball players
none can hold candle to Jesse Bur.
kett.
Jesse and the rest OF rs were out
at the Delmar track" says Bobby Wal.
lace telling the story Jesse GOT
down go at 10 . on good thing
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
7LUTH-1 Position. DETROIT
kubiak Ready For Cotton.

PITTSBURG. Pa. Dec. En-
drop him sure this time" beloved
Al Kubiak as he blew into town to-
day from his New Jersey training
camp. looking fit for his battle with
George Cotton at the Labor Temple.
tomorrow night. Kubiak outpointed
the ex-trainer of Jack Johnson here
month ago, but IL was so close
there was not much 10 choose be-
tween them
u looks like the BcstOn NATIONAL.
merely took the apple out Of the left
hand pocket and put IN I'm the right
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
Adriatics Win AGAIN.

The Adriatics defeated the Himo-
locks, of the Homer Lane club, by
score of 10 10 - The feature OF the
game was the shooting Of Mendelson
for the Adriatics. who made 10 points
The winners would like games with
any II or l5-year.old teams. For
games call I074.I..
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12

fiel D tau ana said be thought the
Old ID Would be loyal 70 the party.
Some OF them had told. him after the
convention that probably the best thing
had. been done sftef ell. he said. IN ss-
iecting Progressive candidate and sdopt.
Ing q progressive platform. and enthust.
asm aud organiIation would make up TOE
any shortage In the campaign fund.
Eve are going TO get all the youne
mep interested. and clubs will be organ.
lsed all over the state. said senatqE
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
Mic Clarke Moves To Town.

Justin J. (Nig.) Clarke, of the Cleve-
Ind baseball team, has purchased
me- new residence at No. 236 Kenil-
1Dvorth-ave., in the north Woodward
K0i1trfct and moved in Saturday from
20 Dearborn farm. The price was
y, 500.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
WITH THE

pieces OF our club. as that always has
been prime cause OF unfairness. We
are not anticipating any crookedness
anu IL the officials OF our club ever
suspect that things are not just ex-
actly right the bouts will be stopped
at once. However. We feel there Is
little likelihood OF that as We Will
bring only the best men obtainable
TO Our shows
The same movement received a big
boost AT the Arena Sunday night.
Manager David Brown and Richard
Jackson. or the Detroit Hockey league.
instructed the referee TO watch the
conduct of the players carefully and
10 penalize offenses promptly. It's the
only way game can prosper Jack
son said.
And i'm passing around the praise
for what might be termed the great
uplift OF sport" don't fail To overlook
the Y. NJ. C. A. That institution has
been In the field of competitive sport
for long time and never has failed
TO do it's utmost TO put every game in
which il engaged upon high level
The end of this week will allow
basketball fans To get a glimpse OF
one OF the three teams slated i'm adj
vance as contender for the CIR
championship this year. On Saturday
the Spaldngs will play the Toledo
Blades at Franklin house. The Blades
have never appeared in Detroit but
they come with "a reputation yard
long. From the way they are booking
games with fast fves i'm Port Clinton.
Cleveland and elsewhere, it is certain
| they have no fear of not making a
good showing. They have scheduled
contests with the best they can find.
/ The team is the pick OF Toledo anna
tours and probably will give the Spald-
ings hot battle.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12
Clean Sport.

Wrestling was injured in Detroit
and elsewhere, Tucker says, through
stalling and cTookedness We Will
use our greatest endeavors to prevent
betting on bouts held under the aus
The Detroit times., 1910-12-12

OF the remaining players considered
the votes were:
Ends, Piolett. Penn. State College.
Marks, Pennsylvania. !; EyriCh, Cor
nell Wells, Michigan, 1
Tackles Wilmington, Harvard, ..
Paul Yale. 2 Devore. Army. l.
Guards Brown, Navy, Weir, Arm!
3; Minot. Harvard. /, Wilson Prince
ouartsrbacks. Butler. Cornell, ?.
Howe Yale.
Halfbacks. Magidsohn, Michigan 0;
Mckay, Brown. g. Corbett, Harvard, =
Dalton. Navy. 2
Fulibacks. Hart, Princeton, 3; Wen
dell Harvard 2. Ramsdell PennsNi-
vania, l. Dalton. Navy,
II will be noted that Ia the concen'
sus team. though the experts are al
most OF the same mind in selecting
the team. Fitzpatrick. OF Yale, as an
end and Cozens, Of Pennsylvania, as
centre. are the only two men receiN-
ing the entire l6 votes
The basketball season starts In earn
est this week On Wednesday Detroit
College plays 81. Johns al Toledo; on
saturday the SpalGings meet the To,
Iedo Blades at Franklin House. and
Western High plays Mcmillan High on
Westerns floor.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-30
Colonel MapIeson's Story Of the Cast
That First Sang the Opera
Carmen" In the United
States.

The cast that first sang the now
celebrated opera Carmen" in this
country consisted of the world famous
tenor. Italo Campanini; Del Puente,
the baritone, and the American stars,
Minnie Hauck and Alwina Valeria.
They sang the opera and scored a
great triumph therein under the direc-
ton Of the late Col. James H. Maple
son. the operate ~impresario; and one
of the most amusing stories Of the
troubles of an impresario that Colonel
Mapleson yer told me related to this
famous Carmen" cast.
II had see the opera In Paris"
said Colonel Mapleson, land deciding
that 1t would be a great success in
London and the United States, made
arrangements to produce 1t In both
countries-at Drury Lane, in the early
summer, and at New York's Academy
Of Music in the autumn. Then I sent
for Minnie Hauck, Alwina Valeria
Campanini and Del Puente.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-30

cepted the terms that Mark Twain
proposed. I fondly counted on at
least $4,000 a year for myself; his
ROYALTIES we're to be paid on a rising
scale-and we have played at such
good houses that the scale has risen
out of sight. How much. do you think.
I have paid Mark Twain this year in
royalties"
l couldn't guess.
WELL" said Raymond, II have paid
him a little more than 100000 and the
season isn't over yet. In addition to
that | have given a part to his young
protege, William Gillette. He plays
the lawyer in the courtroom scene.
He's a family friend Of Twain's and
lives in Hartford.
80, you see, here I am, the bigger
the profits the less John T. Raymond
makes-my fifty thousand a year has
never m~aterialized. And that is the
reason why I have been looking for q
new play and why next season ! shall
produce Lloyd's For Congress- and
open right here with 1t in Washing
ton. Then let's see if Mark Twain
can find another Colonel Sellers on
the Rialto, in New York, or anywhere
else"
Copyright, 1910. by E. J. Edwards.)
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-30

custom house in the city of New York
on Lady Day, the Annunciation OF the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
While the residence has been ome
what modernized by the building of
a veranda and other minor changes,
the structure retains many reminders
of the perilous times. The hand-hewn
timbers are visible, and there is pre-
served the strong door which opened
into the south end of the house,
against the casing of which a British
officer stood when a Yankee from the
hill OF the south bank of White Creek
picked him off with his gum. The
and On it is the massive old lock
which in early days would have prov
IN an obstruction to a person seeking
to unlawfully enter the building, but
TO the modern house breaker it would
be as a toy. The lock is ten inches
long by five and a half inches wide
and one and a half inches thick. The
original brass key, six inches in
length, is still in position to shoot the
bolt.
In the days (which tried mems
souls the building was used as a
postoflce, and an inn, before 1t be-
came the headquarters for the Brit
ish officers under Colonel Baum. In
those days each inn and tavern keep
er was required to enter into recogni-
zance to the people of the state of
New York in the sum of ESQ, not to
keep a disorderly house or suffer any
cock-fghting, gaming or playing with
cards or dice, or keep any billiard
table or other gaming table or shuttle
board within it. In regard to the sell
ing of strong liquors, exceptions were
made for the sale of metheglin, cur
rant wine, cherry wine and cider made
by the i~nn-keepers. At each tavern
at least two spare beds, with good and
sufficient sheeting and covering, were
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-30

TO be kept for guests, In accordance
with the demands Of the law. Good
and sufficient" stabling and provender
had to be provided for four horses or
cattle, and hay and pasturage in sum-
mer. No liquors we're allowed to be
sold to apprentices, servants and
slaves. No innkeeper could collect q
debt larger than ten shillings for
liquors sold to travellers.
In October. 1896, the .old St. Croix
(San Coik) grist mill, then owned by
John G. Burke, vas burned. On one
of the timbers of the structure was to
be seen the inscriptions: "A. D. 1916"
the supposed date of the erection of the
building. 1t was in this mill, on the
head of a barrel of flour, where this
letter was written to General Bur-
goyne:
"Sancoik, 14th August. 1777: .
o'clock. Sir: l have the honor to in
form your excellency that 1 arrived
here at s o'clock in the morning, hay
ing had intelligence of a party of the
enemy being in possession of a mill,
which they abandoned at our ap-
proach, but, in their usual way, fired
from the bushes and took their road
to Bennington. A savage was slight
ly wounded; they broke down the
bridge, which has retarded our march
over an hour; they left in the mill
about 70 barrels of very fine -four,
1000 bushels of wheat, 20 barrels of
salt, and about $1,000 worth of pearl
ash and potash. l have ordered 80
provincials and an officer to guard the
provisions and the pass Of the bridge.
By five prisoners taken here, they
agree that from 1900 to 1900 are at
Bennington, but are supposed to leave
it on our approach. l will proceed so
far today as to fall on the enemy early
tomorrow, and make such dispositions
as l may think necessary from the In.
telligence l may receive. People are
focking in hourly, but want to be
armed. The savages cannot be con
trolled, and they ruin and take every
thing they please. / am your excel
lency's most humble servant,
"F. BAUM.
"P. S.-Beg Your Excellency to par
don the hurry of this letter, as 1t II
written upon the head of a barrel"
The new steel bridge, known as the
Dublin bridge, which spans White
Creek neal the old dam, was erected
in October, 1903, to replace an old
covered, wooden structure.