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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-01
THE GAS TRACTION ENGINE
is SOLD ABSOLUTELY
ON APPROVAL

THE foregoing line has appeared In all onr
advert isemenfs. We shall repeat IL AGAIN
and again so that You may be convinced thar
there is a difference between an engine that
is sold on the basis of "Satisfaction First.
Pay Afterwards and one that is sold with
the idea of "Pay First--Sat isfaction After
wards" Remember also--that every move
The Gas Traction Engine makes on your
farm II fully guaranteed. Before Won nav
one penny every word OF that guarantee rl,lSt
be fulfilled. The engine 5 returned al onW
expense and your freight refunded ii The
Gas Traction Engine fails to make good. =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-01
LETTER ON FUEL ECONOMY
Beach, North Dakota,
Iune IL. IoIn.

Gas Traction Co.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Genlemen:---We bought one Of
your engines last spring for blowing
and general farm use which we are
well satisfied with. IL does very
well az every RIM work you may
hitch II to. such as blowing, dicclng,
seeding and harvesting or hauling
grain, threshing, or everything that
you may find on firm to make a
load of It. And il Is a fuel saver.
We have run our engine in the field
all day, of about II hours, and
only used from 223 to 81 gallons of
gasoline per day. We call it fuel
saver to compare with others.
Truly yours,
PETERSON & OLSON
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-01

Medal Wnner With I6c the price Of gasoline IN the
Kerosene IN the same territory $50 po win
TRACTION ENGINE. s. 80 ~
GASOLINE is the fuel Of today Tomorows is alcohol
kerosene burning tractor either gasoline or
alcohol with any greater than it kerosene
In recent magazine article the manufacturer kerosene
less than three to four gallons Of gasoline acre
THE GAS TRACTION ENGINE guaranteed plow an acre
Of ground less than gallons gasoline guaranteed
fuel economy only Of the distinctive features 81 enc
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-01

Using saso.sns exclusively THE CAS- TRACTION IN
CINE viii put to shame the best kerosene burning
~ engines record. The great Winni
peg Aiculra1 Motor Competition decsivey that az
economical burning engine myththat gaso
efficient fuel The judges figures show that
equalized only competing BURNING
engine fuel than did the Traction Coln
Northwestern States 11zc the average price o
ow win kerosene engine than It does with THE GAS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-01
THIRD PROPOSED AMEND
MENT.

The third proposed amendment is
contained In Chapter sos of the Laws
of Minnesota for the year 1909.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-01

sought te add nm entirely new section
TO Article TX OF the Constitutions, to be
known as Section Is, and which shall
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
VIC HOLM MAY
REMA.N WITH
INDIANS

There ic g stporo. ,oecibiIitv III q I
Viz Holm, rho oigvar tnririer of
the Indiane WHO was droftad nv
tbe Chirapo White Soy viii DO, .
crolrono Tnffa,,1, ara +hn season
of tq1o is ve,.y Ola
ON e+ Ieoef tTTn counts NOV, no
bsead Tho r,1h,T,ili+,, nf ina ,2o,,,,.
lar bo.lo,. rs,,,ai,,ing 18th tho So.
I,apn t,.ilo ~ firci tbat Doh
p, -, ,,,al,,1,. ;o
,,i+I, Dn,ai7,,t ~5,,,irIini ,oord
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02

twenty years ago. The people
would have thrown brickbats at
them if they had attempted such a
game. In those days scrappers
had to fight first and do their other
work afterwards. The boxing
game is not being conducted the
way it should be, and it is only a
question of time until the public
refuses to stand for the present
methods"
Pressed for an opinion as to the
outcome OF the fight, the one-time
terror Of the roped arena showed
an inclination to hedge so that no
matter which way the fight ends
he will be in position to take
front rank among the Il told You
Sos"
Sullivan undoubtedly has lean
ing toward the big blacks chance.
He says that Jeffries must be at his
best, must upset all precedent and
come back" after his years OF re-
tirement, II he is to have a chance
against Johnson. Concerning his
ability TO do this John l.. has &C.
rious doubts. Thine alone will
toll" was the diplomatic way in
which he put II.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
CORY AND SCHILLER LIKELY
TO REMAIN; FIGHT QUESTION

Although both Cory and Jacob
Schiller. the retiring directors OF
the 5. A. A. c., have announced
that they are not candidates for re-
election at the annual meeting Of
the club this week, there is such a
general demand for their services
that as in the case Of F. F. Emery,
1t is apparent that they will be
forced TO yield ITO the popular de
mand and serve the club for an
other term.
A matter of great importance
which is to come before the direc-
tors in the near future is the mat
ter of holding four and six-round
fights at the club. There is a
strong sentiment in favor Of the
move and it is. >l1own that several
OF the direGtefs are in favor Of stag
ing a~eries of boxing bouts at the
.cllf6 during the winter and spring
If the limited-round fight game
is 10 be opened in Spokane il is
preferable to hold the bouts under
the auspices Of an organization
which Will insure square contests,
a matter which has never been
questioned where the S. A. a. c.
was involved.
Fred Creel, the club boxing in.
structor, has signified a. willing
ness to box in exhibition matches,
but has stated that he viii not
leave Spokane to fight or take any
steps in the boxing game without
the sanction of the club directors.
A large number of events could be
pulled off at the club during the
next five months with Creel, the
most popular mitt artist in town,
as the main attraction.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
|45L)NDAY SPORT: DOPE FOR PRESS READERS
RUDE REVEALS
AWFUL SECRET

. Along comes G. Edward =
: Waddell now and reveals his .
= awful secret 'Tis just how he .
. received the name of "Rube." q
= Says Eduardo: =
. Il got my nickname of =
g 'Ruhe' in Franklin, Pa, in =
Q 1896, the first year | PLAYED q
q professional ball. ! had pitched &
q morning game at Oil City q
. and shut out the team s to 0. e
& I'm the afternoon both teams q
Q returned to Franklin for an 4
9 other game. The man intend q
: ing to pitch for us got drunk,
. so | went in again. In the &
, second inning, with the score 4
Q to @ against MS, a line ball
3 hit me in the forehead and 9
8 Knocked me unconscious for 9
o about five minutes. ] was sore q
9 and insisted on pitching out =
. the game. We beat them, Is 6
. TO and they did not get an &
. other man to first, while ! &
Q made two home runs, two q
Q double baggers and a single. .
3 That night the manager of the &
@ Oil City club met me on the 9
9 street and said You're a reg 4
9 uIar TObber; no one but a a
. 'rube could recover from an .
= 2ccid alt like that and finish q
8 the game. That fastened the q
& nickname to me and it has 9
= stuck"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
INDOOR STRUGGLE
FOR LEADERSHIP

With three teams tied for first
place in the indoor base ball series
at the S. A. A. c., the Skadans and
the Vollmans meet this morning at
II O'Clock in the club gymnasium to
decide who will head the percent
age column for at least one week.
Skadan will have Bob Brown, the
Indian manager, in the game for
the first time, trying his new man
out behind the plate. Cook and
Barnes will form the battery for
the VolImans, with Single, Brown
and Slater on the firing line for
Skadan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02

thus avoiding the necessity Of call
Ing time and using stepladder
after each basket was thrown.
Needless to say, not many baskets
were scored under these conditions,
the scores being IS q rulo / to or
1 10 =, etc. Football suits were
used and the game was z modified
form of indoor football.
Most Sensational Games.
In Yonkers, n. Y, 1897, in a game
between the Fourth Sep, Co. and
FarnWood institute, Ellis, the little
WhjrlWind forward, ending q game
which went for 19 extra minutes
with a score Of to I, by dribbling
the bail the entire length Of the
field, lodging every opposing
player, and dropped the ball in the
basket.
AT Trenton, n. J.. the home team
met the All New York team (both
professionally in q terrific battle,
with the final score Il to 7 in favor
of the New Workers. Eleven play
ers were used by Trenton in this
battle tor battle it certainly was)
and the writer, who played center
Tor the visitors, carries q few SOU
venirs Of what was probably the
fastest and fiorcest basket bail
game ever played in the east.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02

when Jeffries was boilermak-
er's helper and working for me in
the Union Iron works in 1S98--'
Jaw, cut out that bull
But it's the truth, Jeff was a
boilermaker' helper at the Union
Iron works, San Francisco, in 1898,
and we worked together for a
couple of months, declared George
Brechin, the acknowledgements
who is picked as the coming light
weight mat artist o fthe world.
"Jcffries was one great, big kid
continued Brechin, ignoring COM
pletely the smile OF amusement
and doubt on tho face of the lis
tener. Why, he was fired half a
dozen times for playing tricks on
the fellows, tieing up their clothes,
throwing them down, turning the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
JOHN |. JOINS KNOCKERS
CLUB; HE'S A JOHNSON|TE

PITTSBURG, Jan. Like many
another man whose sympathies
fondly linger In the past when he
was supreme in his chosen work,
John l.. Sullivan refuses to see
anything good in the present day
figitters.
To tell the truth. Old John L.
has Joined the KNOCKERS Clan"
md the way he unburdened himself
tonight anent the coming Jeffries-
johnson fight for the worlds title
and the biggest pot of money that
men ever fought for, showed that
the farmer champion was far from
overwhelmed with the gladstone
holiday spirit.
mo. = don't like the arrange
jnnnts for this fight" said John j..
Who knows what Is In that sec.
o1ld agreement by the fighters and
Nleir Inanagersg Then, too. the
men are going about their prepar-
Rtion 10 d strange manner. There
Il too much conimcrcialIsm about
II nBsi The question of who is really
fllA better laan Ii not at stake.
TAny Ai'o Fighting only for the
0ul'ae ina innying picture receipts,
s'H Nh ::!:s.4 have been that way
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02

why don't Fred Creel enter the
professional game? He could win
the welterweight title if he went
after it, is an expression you hear
continually among Spokane fans,
but to all this flattering advice
from his many friends the S. \. A..
c. boxing Instructor shakes his
head and answers may
Creel has consented to appear in
2 number OF exhibitions this winter,
the first being with Louis Qrsie on
February 4, but as Yet he has
turned a deaf ear to the call of
the game" His admirers fondly
hope that the exhibition route may
lead to the professional game and
championship mills, but time alone
VIII tell
Only % years of age, a master Of
more science than three-iourths Of
the champions, possessing q good
head and a terrific waliOp. Creel
has q great future in the pugilistic
same if he should decide TO take a
step in that direction. Such mas
tiers Of the fistic art as Jim COrbett
and Bob Fitzsimmons have advised
him to go after the welterwoight
title, while local fight authorities
hold that he is better man than
any 145 FOUNDER in the country, bar
none.
When fighting as an amateur at
the S. A. A. c., Creel held three
titles. the heavyweight, middle
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
BY VAN cook.

By VAN COOK.
One rainy afternoon In the early
nineties the students at the Y. NJ
C. A. training school at Springfield,
Mass, unable to exercise on the
field, We're at loss for a game,
when DR.. James Naisnlith, director
of the gym, came to their rescue.
Securing two peach baskets, he
fastened them ten feet from the
floor at opposite ends OF the gym.
Lining up the men into two di-
visions. he secured q football and
then originated . game that is now
being played all over the world,
and is fast becoming an ideal Win
ter sport.
As the game developed, rules
We're adopted accordingly. First
the team consisted of nine men,
three forwards, three guards and
three centers. Later the team was
composed of seven men, two for
wards, two guards, center and left
and right side centers. AS the
game developed and the speed of
the teams increased, the teams
were cut down to five men.
Condition Z Requisite.
There is no game n the calendar
of sports that REQUIRES condition
more than basketball Speed, agil-
ity, endurance. mental activity. all
are necessary to become an ideal
player. A boxer, football player,
track athlete or gymnast must be
in the pink of condition, yet they
cannot stand more than five or ten
minutes of fast basketball without
having bellows to mend" They
must develop the ability to play
two hard halves of this popular
game, which cen only he ac1uired
by playing the game itself
Favors the Gage" Game.
There is no game equal to tho
cage" game. formerly played by
the professional leagues. Tie cage
consists of a wire fence IL feet to
20 feet high and generally SO feet
long and 40 feet wide, thus allow
ing 2400 feet of floor space for the
teams.
The game was played under what
is now known as "intcrcollegiate
rules" the bail being in play con-
tnuously with no bounds. A whirl-
wind game is the result.
First New York Game.
The writer participated in the
first game ever played in New York
CITY 40 official baskets or halle
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
Pop As1sor, Was a Victim
of Practical .Jokers

things planned for him. OF all the
ranked with the pnuematic mat
tress joke.
One of the railroads expert
mented one season with pneumatic
mattresses in the sleepers--big rub
Der bags when inflated, thin sheets
when emptied. The Chicago team
met up with them one night.
When the porter made UP the
bearths this night, Lange and Ryan
coaxed Arson into the smoking
compartment, while bad Bill Dab.
len did the dirty work. Dahlen
finding that he mattresses were
blown up through a valve con-
trolled by little plug, simply nm
screwed the plug until it was al
most ready to spring out. Then
everyone went to bed.
By and by Lange, Ryan and An
son wandered in from the smoker
and Anse, undressing, Climbed
heavily into his berth. AS the full
weight OF his 225 pounds came
down upon the mattress, the plug
flew out and the mattress, Shrek
ing like banshee, collapsed like d
toy balloon priced by a pin.
Arson hit the boards of the bunk
with a crash that shook the sleeper.
while bowls of joy came from be-
hind the curtains of the other sec
tons, telling the boss that everyone
else was in on it. And Arson VIZ
so mad and yet so determined no<
to show it, that he slept all pigh
on the hard side of those plan
rather than call the porter to ref
his bed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
BATTLING NELSON
ROASTS El'CAREY
(Sy United press)

. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. /. =
9 This talk started, ! under .
y stand, by Tom McCarey Of Los =
. Angeles, that the Jetfrles- .
& Johnson fight may not be on 9
= the square IS mConshine, pure 9
. and simple" 9
> This was the emphatic dec Z
, laradon made tonigh, by Bat Z
g Ting Nelson, Hghtweight- 9
= CHAMPION, when asked for his i
g opinion of the coming battle =
Q for the heavyweight champion 4
= ship Of the world. .
G The chief trouble, ] think. .
9 is that McCarey is sore be-
. cause he did not get the
o fight added Bat. He didn't
q bid high enough; he can't =
6 zen bid high enough on any
. OF my fights" 4
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02

The spectators in those days
were some rooters. With an au-
dience of $500 to witness the first
defeat of the home team in three
years, the excitement was intense.
It's question as to whether some
of those wild eyed fans have ever
regained their sanity.
Yale won a sensational victory
over Columbia in the first year of
the intercollegiate league, with the
score II to II and only 10 seconds
to play. With the ball out of
bounds, a Yale guard Intercepted
the pass, dribbled the ball up the
floor, tossing the basket at the mo-
ment the whistle blew ending the
game, thus winning the game and
the championship in 10 seconds.
Present Day Basket Ball.
The writer could continue to re-
late incident after incident OF SEN
sational plays, yet we might say
that was in the "Old world" so we
will discuss the present day and
generation of basket ball players.
The adoption of the intercolleg-
late rules by the colleges is a move
in the right direction. There is no
game so spectacular and thrilling,
with the dribDle, etc. The only
criticism I would offer on the game
as played by the college conference
| teams is an inclination to make the
game rough house contest. The
games played by the big Six of
| the east are fast and roughly
played as a rule, yet a rough game
| need not be rough house, a fight
| between the individual men instead
| Of the roughness permitted by the
intercollegiate rules.
Gage" Game in Spokane.
Personally I would like to see the
cage game and intercollegiate
| rules adopted in Spokane, and | as
sure YOU that even the most blase
| old fan in town, who. though he
might witness thrilling contest
between 'Bob's Indians" and
Mikes Turks" or sit at the ring
side in meet with Seattle at the
| s. A. A. c., without showing signs
of life, yet if he witness a fast
cage game between evenly
matched teams. would be standing
on his chair and perhaps attempt
to climb over the top of the cage.
filled with the desire to be on tho
inside looking out, rather than on
| the outside looking in.
Basket Ball Best Developer.
In conclusion, would say that al
| though | have in a small way par
tiCipated in foot ball, base ball,
track, la crosse, hockey, crew row
ing, swimming, boxing and gymnas-
tics in general, yet of all the sports
there is none to compare with bas-
ket ball fer development, both phys
icaI and mental.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
FiE SIGNED UP
WITH KETCHEL.

. A bunch of local sports 4
. turned a good trick on Tug
9 Wilson, the English weller Z
= weight pugilist Friday night,
6 leading His Tugship to be (
@ 'lieve that he had signed up
q for siX-round exhibition 4
= with Stanley Ketchel. 4
@ A certain young husky
o from the s. A. A. c. was in I
q PRODUCED TO Wilson as Joe 4
Q Thomas, the manager of Stan
@ ley Ketchel. After few 4
& rounds of conversation the 4
> squad iourneyed to the Rex
g bar, and there articles of
0 agreement were drawn up be 4
4 tween Tug and the alleged
. manager of the Michigan AS 4
e sassin for a siX-round go IN I
D this city within thirty days.
. George Brechin, Bob Brack- 4
. en-, Jack Kaye and a couple OF 4
4 other wise ones signed the 4
o contract as witnesses, while 4
. Tug drew q breath of relief q
= when the pen-pushing was 4
. over and began to have Wis
= ions of golden flow OF I
= sheckels into his pocket. I
q Tug is fresh from the old I
. sod and it doesn't take quick. I
. ly, but probably a ray of light Z
. will percolate through cor Z
8 ner of his Uranium before z
= long and he will realize that q
= he was handed "blawsted 7
q lemon"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02

Since the declaration of Corbett
two years ago that CTeel could beat
all but two or three Welterweights
in the business, the local man has
been approached by practically
every fight manager or promoter in
town in an effort to sign him up for
Il campaign.
HIS FIGHTS.
Prior to coming TO Spokane, Creel
fought 20 battles in California, en-
,@@inE in the amateur same around
Vallejo and San Francisco. In 1906
he made Rob FitaWilIi9m5 quit in
four rounds ut Rossiand, B. c. In
1901 he lost ? four round decision
10 Jack Walsh of Portland at the
s. 4. A. c., although he sent his
opponent to The floor seven times
5nr.ag the short frac9s. In 1908 he
fought Pete Noe to ? draw, coming
liz oil the railroad in the afternoon
and fighting that night. He took
on Pob Larsen aad after four
rounds of fast and furious milling,
secured a draw.
He next met Louis Orsie, who
held the welterweieht title of the
Pacific coast. Creel trained for this
fight a0d won with ease, Jim Cor
bett acting as the third man in the
ring. Fob Larsen met a similar
fate in his second go with Creel
while Jim Mcpherson, the middle
weight champion of the club, went
TO the floor Is times in -four rounds
and failed 10 arise the last time,
Yielding the title TO his victor
Two three round exhibitions with
Bob Fitzsimmons and = three round.
no decision affair with Mike Butler
ended his fighting. Creel accepting
The nosit'on Of boxing instructor at
The Imperial club in November,
1908, and going to the S. \. A. c. in
March, 1909.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
BIKE RACE TO
END TONIGHT

BERLIN, Jan. 1.-The position Of
the 1--WE leading teams in the inter
national six-day bicycle race has
been unchanged since Friday, Root
and Fegler still setting the pace
with Rutt and Clark, Walthour and
A1eel, Berthet and Breeze and
Stable and Pawke following close
behind, and all credited with the
same scores. The race will end
Sunday at midnight.
A big crowd was in attendance
today and the race bids fair to be
a big financial success.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
WHEN JIM JEFFRES, A BOlLERMAKERS HELPER,
WORKED FOR GEO. BRECEIN, THE LOCAL WRESTLER

opinion is that Jeffries was a boiler
maker, while Van Loan, the former
Los Angeles sporting authority,
claims that Jeff was a tank builder.
Brechin worked with the Unde-
feated One, knew him as a boiler
makers helper. and was present
when Jeff was made an honorary
member OF the San Francisco I'M
ion. 1t seems that he has the right
done in the matter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
WHILE ATTENDING
SUICIDE, DIR. DIES

WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo-, Jan. /.
Miss Johnny Preston, II years
old. shot herself through the head
because she had incurred some
small debts at a store. DR.. Abra-
ham MulliniX, 70 years old, was
called in to attend her. Just after
he had told the girls parents that
she was fatally wounded, he ex-
claimed: I'm going, too" and fell
dead across the bed, from apo
nlnNv
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02

Adrian G. Arson, the granddad
of base ball, was probably the heav-
lest sufferer from jokers that ever
wore a base ball uniform. Sons of
the things pulled on Anse were
screams.
During the closing days of his
regime, Arson was unfortunate in
leading a band of joshers composed
Of Jimmy Ryan, Bill Lange, Bill
Dahlen, Jim Callahan, Malachi Kit
fridge, Clarke Griffith and few
others less famous but just as
Ornery.
Singing Arson was the favorite
amusement of this bunch and the
old man would have needed the
eyes of fly to keep up with the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02

hose on them and dozen other
boyish FRANKS.
jeff was working at the iron
works when | went down from Sac
ramento, but he only lasted a
couple of months at the game, re-
firing from the hammer game in
favor of the pugilistic. After he
fought Sharkey, jeff was made an
honorary member of Boilermakers'
Union No. %, and that's the near
est he aver came to being the real
thing in the boilermaking line.
Il have seen Jeff several times
since then and he always has a big
laugh over the kiddish days when
he was always in the bad graces of
the boss"
There have been many stories
floating about the country regard
ing Jeffries occupation before he
entered the ring. The consensus of