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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-28
(By James w. MorrisOn.)

(By James w. Morrison)
Nearly all of the ex-heavyweight
champions, the former fight promoters
and managers and many Of the more
prominent sporting writers of the
country have publicly given expression
as to their opinion of the proposed JEFF
fries johnson fight.
Opinions from such an array of tall
ent is we'll worthy of consideration, but
it's also worthy of note that the opin-
ion of these men, men that ought to be
good judges, differ in the extreme.
It's the difference in opinions that
creates horseracing and prizefights, and
may therefore be excused for thrust
ing my opinion On to the suffering pub
lic
What seems to be the important
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-28
PauIhan May Fly in Portland.

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. z7.--Nego-
tiations are in progress with Louis
Paulhan, looking to visit by the avn
ator to this city for a three-days' eX-
hibition If arrangements are COM
pleted, as it is expected now they
will be, Paulhan will make his flights
here about the middle of February.
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FIGHT IN SALT LAKE
is LATEST ASSURANCE

ELY, New, Jan. 27.-As the
result of hundreds of queries
received relative to the location
of the Jeffries-Johnson con-
test and the so-called contro-
versy between Tex Richard
and Jack Gleason, Tex Richard
today made public the terms of
a contract signed last Monday
in Ogden by Richard, Berger
and Jeffries.
Under this contract the con-
test is to take place in Salt
Lake unless the authorities
interfere, and in case they do
interfere Richard is to forfeit
the entire purse of 100000 to
the contestants, who are to di-
vide it equally in that event.
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in the glory of his good health is set
ting a pace which must soon show it's
deadly work Its giddy whirl was
temporarily checked by his set-to with
Norman Pinder, because Norman re-
fused to buy him champaign, but john
son never expressed a desire for the
simple life.
Sporting men who believe in john
sons chances and are willing to wager
ranging up to s1,OOOOOO on him, are
hesitating. The big negro has been
setting a lively gait since he reached
New York and to all argument he re-
plies that he will settle down to train
ing when he gets ready. 1t is feared
that this may prove too late.
Johnson is living at Baron" Wiki
ms place. The Cafe de Wilkins in re-
gal institution and one frequented by
the rich and sporty negroes. 1t is a
common hotel and saloon and the
champagne flows there in a steady
stream.
lack and the Baron" are friends,
but the latter has never been accused
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proceeding at a fearful pace but the
development of star batsmen seems to
be utterly at a standstill AT the way
things are going there will be regi-
ments of classy pitchers in a few more
years, while the art of batting will die
out as soon as the present crop of
sturdy old hitters is extinct On every
vacant lot in summer you can see am
bilious young pitchers at work, fling
curves, learning the tricks of the trade
of pitcher, and so completely overshad-
owing the young baIsmen that big
rule, not the exception, at school and
college.
1t was Jim Hart, a few years ago,
who told an ambitious youngster to
train himself for a third baseman, not
a pitcher, because pitchers did not last,
whereas infielders could play the game
for years and would always be in de-
mand Still, the modern pitcher with
any sort of good behavior, Outlasts the
modern infielder Yes. He actually docs.
Despite the wear and tear upon his
arm, the modern pitcher is good for
! longer diamond life than most of his
teammates, and the records show it.
| too.
How many men are now on the Giant
! lists who were there when Mathewson
began? Big Six has seen legion of
them come and go, and is still good for
many years. Wiltse, a lefthander. has
been pitching a long, long time, and
is still capable though the old idea was
that a Ieft-handed pitcher soon broke
down.
J Among the Highla1 iers Jack Chesbro
only failed last summer after a career
that outWore most of the men with
whom he started playing ball. Look
how the pitchers have Outlived the
fielders Wilhelm of Brooklyn was
| pitching at college before any man on
the Dodger team, save Bill Dahlen, the
| new manager, ut on a uniform. Brown
the great pitcher of the Cubs, has out
lasted an army of in and outfield stars.
| Griffith's Career.
| Clark Griffith pitched, little league
and big, for twenty years, and could
| probably work effectively again if he
desired. Sparks of Philadelphia was a
pitcher before his present team mates
were off the lots. How many of the
Pittsburgs have longer careers than
Lever, Phillippi and Wills, pitchers all
three, and still husky?
| We all know that good old Cy Young
begins his twentieth year of big league
pitching in the coming spring, and
Uncle Cy is no SLOUGH either. Wnere
is there a man who played in or out
! field on the Cleveland team of 1890
where Cy began-who is now on the
active lists of factors in the game!
! Bill Donovan of the Tigers was pitch
er before most of the Detroits were
even minor league recruits. Powell. and
! Howell. Rube Waddell of the ST. Louis
| Browns-antedate a host of their COM
panions, while Hughes, Altrock and
Tannehill got through in this city last
summer. after many, many years OF
pitching. -4.
Pitchers, instead of breaking early
outlast their pals. Moreover, it seems
easy for the younger pitchers to ac-
ouire the tricks of the old ones. while
the batters seem to fade into tim1dlty
and oblivion. One thing that seems to
| be evident to an old-timer and that is'
that the modern batsmen in most cases
do not try to get the pitchers goat the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-28
How to Do 1t.

There will never be any rafting slug
ging against the confident and asser-
tive modern pitchers until the modern
batters go after the slabmen's goats
the way Arson and Browning did, and
the way Cobb and Wagner do today. Do
not go up there as if you were begging
the pitchers pardon. Don't go up Won
dering if you can get anywhere near
"a spitball or an out-breaking curve.
Drag up big stick, haw-haw coarsely
at the man upon the slab and don't hit
like a gentle darling If you are a free
swinger, blaze away at one as though
you were sinking the AK into a tree.
Even though you miss, you are likely to
impress that PITCHER If you are a short
choppy batter of the Keeler style, snap
the bat at one with all the speed and
quickness you can muster. The pitcher
will DE worried then, and the moment
you get the worry transferred from
your ego to his you have him going.
Confidence is everything The mod
ern pitcher is chuckful of confidence,
gally as a yeggman, CONTEMPORARY
boastful. The modern batter, or 20 per
cent of him, is afraid even to look mean
at the pitcher. But there is nobody who
will go up in the air so quickly as
pitcher when you get him stung-there
is no goat so easy to capture as that Of
the pitcher, if you only showed little
nerve.
And if somebody doesn't get some
nerve pretty soon there won't be 800
point batter left on earth when Wag-
ner Cobb and the present few have quit
the game. 1,.H @ r.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Winter bath
ing has become quite a fad in this
city. Several clubs have been formed
recently, and each member has VOW
ed that he will take his daily dip in
the ocean even if the temperature
registers around zero. In fact, during
the recent blizzard here it was a com
mon sight to witness several husky
athletes breaking the ice so they could
take their daily swim and afterWard
skylark in the snow for an hour or
more while the onloOkers, well wrap
ped up in furs, were shivering and do
ing their utmost to keep themselves
comfortable. Some years ago George
Bothner, the former worlds champion
lightweight wrestler, astonished sever
al hundred people by diving among the
cakes of ice in the Hudson and re-
manning in the water almost an hour.
For several years it has been the GUS
tom of Ed Marley. the crack swimmer
of the New York Athletic club, win
ner of many long distance races to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-28

tclce 3 dip in the water every day of
the year regardless of weather condi-
ley chopping the ice in the Hudson
during the recent cold snap in New
Manley, after breaking the ice, is
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-28
MATHEWSON SIGNS UP
Pitcher Signs With New York Nation
ais for Another Season.

ais for Another Season.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Christy Math-
ewson, star pitcher, today signed with
the New York Nationals for another
season, after first receiving permission
from President Brush to play indoor
baseball and basket ball in the off sea-
son. -
President Brush denied the report
that he Is to retire from the New York
National league club. Nevertheless, it
is positively reiterated here that Brush
will resign next month and Fred NJ
Knowles will become his successor. The
annual meeting of the New York club.
i. is said, will demonstrate who owns
the organization and whether Brush or
Freedman Is the controlling power.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-01

in other scraps, The first time =. ", ~,
saw Brown was about SIX "erhs :,
fore the Osawatomie affair. ne n ~
had fight with Henry ga, IN;
when he had only nineteen mea = IA i,
managed to capture twenty'sa ~. =. an !,
enemy on the open prairie. ansrs In.
Of the guards over these prisoners w., ~
ing the night. The next gay '1s' Sun.
ordered dispersed by Col. = :, rsrs
ner, of the regular army anu
dispersed, too. = ,s bsaroan
hanging in col0ne! Halves asSs R pe
is an oil portrait of John i Da's sbsi
likeness which he says is the u. NV, d
is $. the most striking Of the mart 4 O
i, was 5s"'- It is portrait Of "a, 1i he
r W. 'V,D smooth face, shown benea', rsl.
steady eyes and fine forehead enc strsiebt.
hniIt nose, firm chin ana hsndssns
Tipped mouth, the face Of q - f" Andres
man. something of the tsp p;eerent fraH
.T r,. The portrait is d!ll lebn Brors
t6 he usual run Of pictures Of 'o ~ sbsteh
which were generally taken 'e vas tsss'
ed Of him at the time he W. when i
~. a. IA At Harper's Ferry, hi bsa
wore a full white beafo '
was white and bushy.
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to make history in the bleeding ter
ritory. He went to Kansas as a news
paperman, having been sent there by
an eastern paper to report on c0ndl-
tions. and to watch the development Of
the great struggle. Colonel Halves ex-
presses the opinion that he. toget her
with Phillips, Redpath and many 9TH
er journalists who were sent there by
various newspapers, We're the first men
to be sent out as newspaper cor
respondents. in America, although cor
respondents We're sent to the Crimea
lahout that period, by English and
French papers.
The men with whom Colonel Halves
associated became famous as war cor
respondents during the Civil War. but
when they went out to Kansas they
were the pioneers among war cor
respondents. Colonel Halves. although
quite a young man then. became editor
of The Herald of Freedom in Law
rance. Kansas. and was such when he
participated in the fight at Osawato-
| ME, which made John Brown one of
the most conspicuous figures in the
antislayery fight.
| As far as Colonel Halves is aware
! there are but three survivors today OF
the famous Osawatomie engagement
Carried Dispatches.
| u went over to Osava tomie, - said
| Colonel Halves yesterday, "'to carry
dispatches from the commandment at
| Lawrence, which was threatened Will
an invasion by the Missourians Gen
eral Joseph II. Long was commando
of the Free forces, / was just hoy
then. but he wanted me to 90 owe
to carry some dispatches to Capt. John
Brown. The dispatches called upo1
him to proceed to Lawrence to assis
in defending the place from the in
vaders The trip involved horsebacl
ride of sixty miles. / took four mel
with me- | met John Brown abou
five miles south of Osawatomie. On.
Of the men with me was Fred Brown
John Brown 5 youngest son.
The Opening Shots.
II delivered the dispatches 10 Can
tain Brown and he then proposed tina
we stop at the house Of some friend
at Osawatomie. Before retiring
told Fred Brown to get up early il
the morning to look after the horses
was awakened early in the mornin
by shooting Three Of my men wer
in one house and Fred at another Ere
was up before / awoke and went on
to feed the horses. l heard six shot
fred. On looking out | saw abou
twenty men coming towards the cabins
One Of these six shots killed Fred
Then another member Of my party wa
killed, and finally third was riddle
with five bullets.
II II got away into the edge Of tn
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YOUR OPPOh1oN

About four weeks ago rakeriss
ress man of this CITY s ~ fiebd
No. > oil stock. He Wl0'e .;sate. Set
in San Francisco to IN ll'' ont rbstbs'
Captain natson and find 0' The rsrE
+h;s stock was any good. good saving
=: :: ;:5 s.: ST, :: ;.:! e.
s 9ss urge E1 T. : ; +: e: e;
oil is a fairy tale. ASK .s; st cents. W. !.
Teller. shares, now W, t'''ss eptsnbsrI ,, i
This is your grand Oswald L .1 D.
this all over again. INVENT; gene''
Fort street, next WV
livery.
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Slavery's Battle ground.

The history of Kansas from 1850 to
the close of the Civil War was closely
interviewer with the slavery question.
BY the Missouri Compromise Act of
1920, slavery was prohibited in all the
region lying north of latitude 5000,
with the exception of that lying within
the limits of Missouri. As result Of
the Mexican War the territory OF the
United States was extended from the
hnndredth meridian westward to the
Pacific and as far north as latitude
$3.50 north. Kansas thus became the
battle-ground for the settlement of the
slavery question. In May, 1854, con
gress passed the Kansas and Nebraska
Bill and organized the Territory of
Kansas and Nebraska, declaring that
I he Missouri Compromise of 1920 was
imperative and void in regard to its
locality. An immigrant aid association
was organized in Massachusetts in
April, 1851 with ample funds. to as
sist emigrants to Kansas and to fur
nish them with weapons for defense.
Similar companies were formed IN New
York and Connecticut. These compa-
Lnies began to hurry emigrants into
/ Kansas. who were to take up lands
and settle as tillers of the soil, pre-
empting large tracts. In the meantime
the inhabitants of Missouri were pass
/ my over the line and taking mp large
areas of land. From this time on q
struggle existed between the two par
| ties. one holding that Kansas shoulo
/ he settled by flee men and the other
persisting in the right TO establish
slavery wherever they chose. For foul
/ years the Territory was greatly dis
/ turbed by the clashes Of these two par
! ties Lawrence was twice besieged ans
! burned. Pottawatomie, Osawatomit
and Leavenworth were partially de
i stroyed. In May, 1855, an election tool
! place which resulted in a victory for thc
/ slavery party. When the Territory wa
admitted 70 the Union, in 1861, it wa:
| as free State.
Correspondent on the Ground
| In these exciting times Colone
! Halves was one Of the units destined
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timber and ran in the direction , Of
John Brown 5 camp. Before l reached
1t | heard the firing of a field piece
hammerlng away at the block house
at Osawatomie and could hear the
timbers tumbling. I IAN on to where
u thought | would locate Brown. Then
the bullets began to whistle through
the trees. There were about three hun
dred of the Missourians while Brown
had only about thirty men. He was
at the edge of the timber behind Il
tree firing at the Missourians. | dodg
ed from tree to tree until | could hail
him, and told him what had occurred
He and his men We're pumping hard at
the Missourians | had my gun and
began firing and then crept out to get
a better chance at the invaders. When
| thought | was in a position to get
the best shots in | found the Missouri
ans had shifted and then ] was out
| of range, and went back
| Il was in this fight at Osawatomie
only by accident, having only gone
! there because Of the dispatches ! had
! been asked TO carry. | do not be
| IleVe there are more than two men
| living who were in that skirmish with
John Brown. The result was hat this
! body of troops had TO retire They
! burned the little town which contained
about fifty or sixty houses and then
! mad to beat retreat to Missouri.
! They had some men killed and many
! hurt and Brown lost one or two killed
! and some hurt. The fight lasted about
! three-quarters Of an hour. bat it was
the first pitched hattie i'm tho Kansas
troubles between the free and slave
, advocates and it gave the Free party
! much encouragement.
Invited to Harper's Ferry.
brown wanted me to 90 on his
RAID into Virginia when he cantureG
the United States arsenal at Harner
Ferry, as result Of which he was
wounded, captured and executed al
tharlestown. [ did no, 60.
After the Osawatomie fight / re
NAMED IN Kansas sometime engaging
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un0D 3D . 0u1n0 OO . O0
sherman are not only personal
but political friends. They like one
another. The President has confidence
in the Vice President and vice versa.
Mr. Sherman has been invited into
many of the most important political
conferences that President Taft has
called in the last seventeen months
His advice has been sough5 with refer
cnce to the congressional campaign, be-
cause he was formerly chairman of the
congressional committee, because he
served long in the house and was ia
He has also been called in when mat
ters of leg station We're under consid-
GRAFTON because the President recogniz-
ed that Mr. sherman was an old and
practised hand at smoothing out legis-
latve wrinkles. Mr. sherman has like
wise been much consulted about New
York State politics, because he is a
New Yorker and understands the game
as it is PLAYED in the Empire State
Some other Presidents have quarreled
with the men who served under them
as Vice Presidents. Colonel Roosevelt
was one of them. He would not permit
Vice President Fairbanks to live in
political harmony with him. But Pres
dent Taft will not encourage any
efforts of Colonel Roosevelt to pick a
quarrel between him and Mr.. Sherman
Colonel Roosevelt must settle his differ
ences with Mr.. sherman, President
Taft viii not help him.
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FOUGHT WITH
JOHN BROWN
'(Continued from Page One. J

JIontlnued fTOM rage OHV.7
shores of Waikiki Beach. and it seemed
almost impossible to realize that there,
on the cool lanai, was a man who had
fought under "Osawatomie Brown.
who three wears afterward was executed
in Virginia for attempting to free the
slaves of the South.
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Teddy Had a Crouch.

Colonel Roosevelt was tremendously
disgruntled because Mr.. Sherman was
nominated for Vice President. Had the
Colonel : forces not been caught nap
ping over night they would have paved
the way for some other nomination.
Mr.. Sherman has long trained with the
upstate Republican leaders and that
alone sutIices to enrage Colonel Roose-
Welt who has a pet aversion to the up
State leaders. 1t was the upstate lead
ers who, in the Republican State com
mittee, brought about his defeat for
the temporary craftsmanship. Several
Of those upstate leaders are federal
officers and could have been made tC
hop up if President Taft had passed
the word that they must vote for Col
onel Roosevelt for temporary chairman
Most if not all, those federal office
holders voted for Mr.. Sherman.
In this Colonel Roosevelt saw evi
dences Of an administration plo'
against his selection for the chairman
ship. He has been investigating tn,
matter and claims that Vice Presiden
Sherman was the chief devil. 1t is no
improbable that Mr. sherman was NOR,
or less active III bringing about TIT
ColoneI's undoing. There are evidence
that he was very busy corralling vote
before the State committee met. Blu
Colonel Roosevelt claims that Mr.. Sher
man operated III President Taft s nam
and that the operations We're essential.
those of the administration. He ac
cordingIy wants the administration t
purge itself OF suspicion by tossing til
Honorable President over til
ramparts. That would be d spectacI
for the American people 1t would no
only show the Colonel : influence wit
the President but it would avenge tn
Colonel of his ancient grudge agains
the Vice President.
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The Rebuff Hurt.

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puphcahs since ms return nome tne
triumph u lce-l fesi Ut 0hGrl l'l. L
fahhied very ueeply. ! ne leslSlalu fe :
leoullto nm al Albany, "heh Ne Joiheo
forces WIN oNetn0L lluslts III a." 5. ull+
SUGGEST u "''snip' 10 yuan 4 ., d oilst t
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Correspondent on the GROUND.
In these exciting times Colonel
Iawes was one Of the units destined
Cañon City record., 1910-07-21
ARRAIGhED BEFORE
JUSTICE KENNEDY

From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. Hemingway OF this city was ar
raigned before the justice court this
afternoon at 200 o'clock charged with
stealing six hens from Mrs. Sarah A.
Williams from the later's premises last
Friday night
According to the complainant she
missed the six hens Saturday after
noon as she was feeding them and on
investigation she found that Mrs.
Hemingway had sold six hens to the
Gem Meat Market Saturday which
corresponded exactly with her missing
chickens. Therefore she charged the
defendant with the theft James A.
Stump was the lawyer for the defend
ant and Orion Locke for the complain
ant The decision was not made at the
time of the Daily Record going to
press.
Cañon City record., 1910-07-21

for a short visit with her school-mate,
Miss Gail Conway of this city. The
two young ladies were school-mates
during the past school year in the
Thomas Normal training school at
Detroit. Michigan, at which place Miss
Townsend graduated from the Music
and Art department and Miss Conway
from the Domestic Science and Art
departments.
Miss Conway entertained her friend
and other Canon City friends at a
luncheon on the Skyline Drive yester-
day morning. Those present were Mes
danes Perry Troutman and j. E. Laws
and the Misses Helen Sartor, Essie
Haynes. Cora and Dorothy Shank, Jes-
sic Louther, Laura Townsend and Gail
Conway. That they all enjoyed them
selves goes without saying. Miss
Townsend was greatly pleased with
Canon City and thought the view from
the Skyline Drive was beautiful.