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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
BY TIP WRIGHT.


HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 81.
We were sitting around the lobby
of the Majestic hotel, a lot of ball
players and myself, when the con-
versation switched to base runners
being nipped by teams pulling off
the unexpected.
81 remember" said Clarke Grit
fifth, "a trick that was pulled off
on a runner, and it won a game for
Chicago. It's so long ago l guess
it has been forgotten.
1T happened one day that we
were one run to the good, when
they began hitting me rather freely,
and the first thing we knew men
were on first and second and no
one was out, with the head of the
batting order up. 1t looked runny.
well, talked to the catcher and
we decided to try for the man on
second When l went back to the
box l began bombarding first base,
as if was trying to get the man
off that sack. Meantime the catch
err had titled off the second base
man to what was coming off, and I
passed it to the first baseman.
81 had the batter crazy. Every
time he'd get set I'd fire the ball
to first. No one seemed to pay any
attention to the man on second,
and he kept edging farther along
the line toward third, until he had
a good long lead.
81 saw he was off far enough to
nail if the play went through right,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23

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LONDON, March 23.-Oxford
lowered the Cambridge colors to-
day in the annual regatta on the
Thames. winning by three and one.
half lengths, after a race of four
and one-half miles. The distance
was made by Oxford in 20 minutes,
II seconds, which is 81 seconds be.
hind the record time.
The Oxford crew was in fine fet-
tie and shortly after the first mile
mark had passed they showed their
superiority over Cambridge, and the
result from that point was never in
doubt
The race held the greatest inter
est for thousands of persons, who
lined both banks of the Thames
to witness the most important
event in the yearly athletic calen-
dar of England.
Starting from Putney on the
Thames the crews raced the first
mile with the Cambridge boat a
quarter of length in the lead.
After the first mile the Oxford
eight slowly closed on their rivals
and soon nosed in the lead -
From then on the Oxford crew
was never headed.
The average weight of the Oxford
crew was 176% pounds; the Cam
bridge 172%. The Cambridge oars
hit the water at 1927 and the Ok
fords followed at 1890.
Cambridge began with stroke Of
SO and Oxford 35. Cambridge chung
to the sc stroke. but after a mile
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
~ 1T HAPPENED, IT'S HERE
III IT'S HERE, 1T HAPPENED
GETTING READY FOR
THE BIG FIGHT

prices have been brought down to
reasonable figures, the plans for the
great arena have been completed
and promises of reduced rates nave
been made by the railroads.
With the first plans for the big
arena at Emeryville now laid out
by the architects, the gigantic I'M
dertaking by the firm of itickard
and Gleason can best be pictured
in mind. The arena as it is now
planned on paper will be the great
est amphitheater known to the his
tory of modern ring gladiators. The
facts, as cleaned from figures,
make the construction of the arena
the biggest undertaking ever ell
tered into by promoters.
Situated in the infie,d of the
Emeryville track the arena will be
approximately 800 feet between two
sides and octagonal in shapn. The
The arena has been designed to
seat 10000, with an additional 20.
900 or more if the occasion de.
mands it. Half mlllioJ feet OF
lumber will be required for it's
construction.
The aisle arrangement will make
1t an easy matter for all to be
put in their proper seats. The
aisle room is unusually large, the
harrOwest being IL feet.
Looking away from the ring the
house is divided into three great
sections. The nearest section to
the ring will contain the press and
box seats. There are 1872 press
seats, and outside of these the
seats in the first division will
range from $50 to $50. The Sec
ond or center section includes the
great heart of the house, and the
third takes in the outer fringe COM
monty known as the bleachers. In
these two divisions the prices will
range from IS to $25. The exact
location of the different priced
seats has not yet been determined
by the promoters.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
ALL THAT'S WORTH WHILE
AND NOTHING THAT ISN'T
JACK JOHNSON AND JOE JEANETTE
WILL GRAB FAT PARIS PICkLNGS

but never too much. johnson
wasn't slaughtering any golden eGg
laying geese in those days.
OF the seven bouts Johnson and
Jeanette met In, four were Of the
no decision variety, In Philadelphia
and New York. Johnson lost one
in two. sounds on foul. He won IN
Is rounds in Baltimore. and fought
a 10 round draw in Portland. Me.
Now comes the Paris thing With
Its big purse. Doping this on past
performances Paris seems due to
be let down for a session Of return
engagements between the two.
Johnson and Jeanette. by pull
ing for 20 rounds, could give the
Parisians a fine show. Their clever
ness is sufficient guarantee that the
show would be worth seeing, but Il
would be poor betting proposition.
A little clever jockeying would
mean there or four good to look ut
fights. with big purse on each.
OF course, the two may be on the
level and may fight their heads off.
but past performances can gener-
ally be relied upon to furnish pretty
good dope on futures.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23

met was in November, 1906. Shortly
after that Jack began to get the
soft stuff in larger packages than
usual. and passed up Joe.
But there was a day when Jean
nette was a meal ticket for the
present title holder. In 1905 and
1906 the pair hooked up seven times.
1t seemed that whenever Johnson
was hungry or had been cleaned in
crap game he and Jeanette would
get together for a few rounds.
Few ring followers doubt that in
those lean years Johnson simply
played with Jeanette. Between
Sandy Ferguson and Joe the pick
ing was too good for johnson to
bang either one of them around too
carelessly. He managed to have an
edge in his bouts with Jeanette,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
NORvALL HAS HIS
CHANCE TONIGHT
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SAN FRANCISCO, March %
Charlie Norvall will have the great
est opportunity of his career as a
boxer to jump into the front rank
of lightweights tonight when he
exchanges blows with the old war
horse, Cyclone" ThOmpson, here.
The latter is one of the toughest,
toughest and hardest fighters in
the world and there are few of the
topnotchers who care to tangle
with him. For years, 1.-THE Cy-
clone" has been bounding Battling
Nelson for fight over the Mara
thon route, but the "Battler" has
persistently declined to sign artic-
les. However, "The Cyclone" has
been assured of a match with the
ex-champ in the near future and
he expects to give Norvall more
aggressive fight than he usually
puts up, if this is possible in order
not to lose the promised engage
ment with the Dane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
Today in The Sport World
BY TIP WRIGHT,

Jack Johnson, on tour, declares
he will fight Joe jeanette in Paris,
after his little engagement July 4
next with Jim Jeffries, in which the
worlds heavyweight title is in
volved.
jeanette, being just now the idol
OF Paris and champion exponent of
lie box, will make a splendid draw
ing card with Johnson. The French
don't care whether a man is a title
holder on this side or not; they pay
homage to him anyway-and espe-
cially IL he happens to be a brunei.
They're strong for the dark stuff in
La Belle France.
Johnson and Jeanette haven't
mussed each other for the past
three years. The last time they
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
'f4OO' TONIGHT
ATAUTO SHOW

= Tonight is society night at =
. the auto show and if the =
q weather is favorable 1t is ex- .
. pected that large crowd will =
. attend. The exhibitors will be =
. in full dress and will explain .
= the internal and external q
= mechanism of the buZ wagons. .
. The auto show opened Mon .
. day with honk, honk, chug;; =
. chug and a great display of =
. benzine machines and has =
. continued to draw large and =
= enthusiastic crowds ever since =
. in spite of the Indictment .
. weather. =
. The automobiles of every =
. power, size and style are on =
q exhibition. .
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
WOLGAST AND d.
NELSON NEXT
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March %
Champion AID Wolgast's action in
practically promising Battling Mel
son first chance to regain the light
weight title, leads fans here today
to believe that the youngsters will
meet at San Francisco Admission
day, September 8. Wolgast answer
cred a telegram from Nelson last
night. Bats message was lengthy
plea for another match The Mich
igan boy replied that he is willing
to meet Nelson before he meets
either Mcfarland, Thompson or
Moran, believing that Nelson would
prove the strongest drawing card
over any other challenger.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
SIGN UP FOR
RETURN ITCH
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SAN FRANCISCO. March 23.-
Terms have been agreed upon for a
return match between Lew Powell,
the San Francisco lightweight and
George Memsic, of Los Angeles, to
take place before the Oakland
Wheelmen some time next month,
between the 18th and 18th of April.
The fight was arranged yesterday
by Mel Moffit, matchmaker of the
Oakland club.
Powell represented himself in the
negotiations and 10 Woodman, who
has assumed charge of Memsic,
agreed by telegraph for the south
erner. The weight question has not
been fully agreed upon, but 1t will
probably be the same as when the
pair fought in Los Angeles, 1873
pounds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
HOLM IS BACK ON
INDIAN PAYROLL

After burning up the wires be-
tween Spokane and the. California
training quarters of Comiskey and
his bunch all day yesterday, Presi-
dent Cohn has succeeded in landing
Pitcher Vic Helm again on the In
dian payroll. With Holm added to
the local staff, Cohn can't see where
any of the other Northwestern
teams have a chance on the pen
nant this year.
Comiskey's wire, bringing the
good news, states that he thinks
Holm would have made good with
his bunch, but that he is over
stocked with pitchers. Neverthe-
less. it is understood at that Cohn
had to pay more than the draft
price Of $3.50 and that Comiskey
has first option on Holm for the
1911 season.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
WILL BE BIG MEET
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RHEIMS, France, March %
According to those promoting the
second AVIATION meet at Rheims,
which is scheduled for July, tn.
meeting will be on larger scale
than any which has been held thus
far.
Forty thousand dollars in prizes
will be offered. In consequence
it is expected that the foremost
birdmen of the world will partici-
pate in the exhibition.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
THE UNEXPECTED IN BASEBALL PLAYS

so passed the sign along, and the
next time 1 threw to first the
second baseman covered, and a Sec
ond later he was digging the ball
into that runners backbone as he
tried to slide back to the bag.
And what made it all the better,
the time spent slamming the ball
to first got the batter up in the air,
and a minute later he fell for a
slow one and popped it up into the
air, and we had them two down."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
BY RINGsIDER.
(By United Press Leased Wire)

', SAN FRANCISCO, March 3D.
Things continue to move serenely
for the big fight, the only rift be-
ing furnished by Jack Johnson, who,
not satified with running afoul of
the law in New York, is in very
bad with the Chicago police. A
policeman boarded Johnson's auto
mobile for the purpose of inform
ing Inn that he was jolting the
speed law to pieces. Johnson re-
sented the intrusion by knocking
the officer off the moving machine.
Aside from the troubles that the
negro is continually getting himself
into, everything looks bright. GN.
ting off on terribly bad start, Tex
Richard and Jack Gleason have sue
ceeded in getting over the bad
hurdles that beset their path. That
star chamber meeting has almost
been forgotten, the battle-ground
snarl is a thing of the past, the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
PREPARE FOR FLIGHT.
Walter NcIIman and Assistant Max
ing Reaty For Trans tIantic Trip.

New Yol&, July 51.-Melvin Vani-
man, aviato., returned to this coun-
try today by the liner, La Touraine,
full of confidence in the fight across
the Atlantic, which he proposes to
undertake with Walter Wellman in
their dirigible airship, America"
MIR. Wellman met him at the pier and
both left Immediately for Atlantic
City to make ready for housing the
America, which is to arrive here on
Wednesday by the Oceanic.
The America will carry an unsink-
able lifeboat on her voyage" said
Mr.. Vaniman. This lifeboat will be
20 feet long, 6 feet in beam and will
be stocked with provisions sufficient
to last the e*w for 80 days.
Besides Mr.. Wellman and myself
we shall carry two mechanicians,
whom | have brought over with me
from France, wireless operator and
one other man not yet chosen"
The wireless operator will supply
news of the voyage to the New York
Times, the Chicago Record Herald
and the London Daily Telegraph.
none of which, however. stand back
of the enterprise otherwise than as
customers for whatever of interest it
may have to tell.
Crossing the Atlantic We shall try
to keep at level of about 800 feet
above the water. In case of any acct
dent short of disaster, we ought to
nave no trouble, equipped as we shall
be, with wireless in getting into touch
with one of the many Atlantic
liners. For fuel we shall carry four
tons of gasoline.
1t is necessary to start from At
lanuc City, because only there would
we find balloon shed big enough to
receive the America, but, conditions
permitting, We shall try to fly over
New York on our way out to sea. Our
objective point will be London. but
any place in England will look good
enough to land on"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
MANY NEW FEATURES.
Middlebury Fair viii Have MANY New
Attractions,

Middlebury, July 29.-The manage
ment of the Addison County Fair to
be held here August 81 to September
I'd seem determined to offer the pub
lie the best treat they have ever had
at an affair of this kind.
Three entirely new racing events
are planned, one for each day, max
ing the racing program an unusually
full and attractive one. At least 100
race horses will be here, and the man
agement has secured the services of
the famous starter from Charlotte. n.
Y, Fred A. Upton.
Another rare attraction has been
secured to stir our patriotic souls:
Major r. II. Henderson, of Oak Park.
Ill, the original drummer boy of the
Rappahannock, and his son ]. c. Hem
dershot, the most wonderful drummer
and ffer in the world will furnish
martial music, drum and fife solos.
With this thrilling music to augment
that of the various bands, this part
of the program promises to be a treat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
SYMPATHY WITH STRIKERS.
Employees of Rutland Street Railway,
Light and Power Company Not
Working.

Rutland, July practically emp
ty cars, manned by strikebreakers
were sent out on near schedule time
on the different lines of the Rutland
Street Railway, Light and Power
Company today and tonight. The sit
uation amounts to a boycott. public
sympathy being quite evidently with
the regular motormen and conduc-
tors who have struck to enforce their
demand for a wage increase to %
cents an hour.
Rein Orr, treasurer of the Ma
tional Organization of Street and Ell
ectric Railway Employees, who is re-
presenting the union men, declared
again today that the men had been
locked out. Only two men in uniforms
We're seen on the cars today. They
are THE only regular employees who
are working.
The crowd that gathered along
Merchants Row tonight was much
smaller than that of last night, but
railway torpedoes were placed on the
tracks at different points, making
loud explosions as the cars passed
over them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04

over eyelet embroidery and fine sheer
Swiss patterns are pleated into dainty
frills that hang over the brim, and
wide pieces OF the soft, fine embroid-
cry are twisted and folded around the
crown, with a big chou or rosette at
one side. All ruffles this summer are
pieated, and sometimes Powered dim
ity is used instead OF white embroid-
cry with pretty eject
The jungle handles for parasols. for
which eX-President Roosevelt's Afri-
can trip is probably responsible, are
all the rage just now. Provided the par
asols have some of these fierce ami
mails heads or gentle birds carved up
on their handles, it matters but little
what the cover is made of. The wood
en- carvings. which in some cases
show some crude coloring, represent
the heads of lions, tigers, hippopota-
muses., elephants and other denizens
Of the jungle, or the entire figures of
parrots and other tropicsl' Birds.
Now, that all the summer blouses
are cut low, the Dutch collar is again
in vogue. but mounted on a neckband
so as to avoid the unpleasant exposure
Of the whole neck, so frequent last
summer. No jabot is worn with these
collars, but they are fastened by
means of large cameo or some other
pin in the same quaint fashion.
Very handsome buttons are in de-
mand by high-class garment manu-
facturers, especially outside coat
makers. The variety embraces lines
made of metal imitation gems, cut
steel, crochet and combinations that
are really works of art.
Hats bizarre in shape are made
more so by the rakish pose they are
made to assume, tilted DER one eye, il
would seem to the exclusion of sight
they convey an impression the reverse
of gentility though they may be con-
sidered chic.
Exquisite are many of the Dresden
| iower-striped muslins. Some of the
blouses of this material are trimmed
with frills of sheer white muslin, bord-
cred by tiny colored blinds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
Magazine Notes,

The June Vermonter is almost en-
tirely devoted to Vermont mountains
and presents an enticing description
of some well known climbs for noun
tain lovers. Laura Hubbard Jaccard
contributes a very readable poem,
THE Mountains of Vermont and
Samuel E. Bassett offers an excellent
article on Mount Philo while the
editorial is devoted to mountain in
terests. James p. Taylor writes of
"A Mountain and Its People" and
John G. Chase contributes an article
on Burke Mountain while brief arti-
cles and short story lend their aid
to very interesting number of the
State magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
POTATOES SCARCE.
Tubers Are Few in Waterbury as n
Result of Railroad Strike Situatiop.

Waterbury, Aug. POTATOES are a
scarce article in this place, owing to
the strike and the tubers are not to
be had for love or money. In no one
other line has this village been so
hard hit by the railway trouble as in
potatoes. AT the same time, farmers
IN luxury and Witsfield are feeding
potatoes to their stock and selling
them as low as ten cents a peck. One
man in Duxbury stated recently that
he could purchase two carloads of
potatoes for not over 40 cents a peck
within radius of three miles of North
Duxbury station. Northfeld is also
reported to be in the same situation
as this place.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
hridport Farmer Struck by q Bolt
While Unloading Hay in His Barn.

Middlebury, July 31.-Cyrus Stone
~ years old, prominent farmer of
Bridport, was instantly killed by a
bolt of lightning on Saturday during
the heavy thunder storm whoch occur
red at that time. With two hired men
ne was engaged in getting a load of
nay into the barn before the storm
overlook them nd had entered the
building. He was pitching the hay
on the wagon into the NOW, when he
was struck, dying instantly. Daniel
Delone, one of the hired men. was in
the NOW and received a severe shock
his clothes and shoes being torn from
his sody, which was terribly burned
lie is in serious condition and hone
of his recovery is slight.
Howard Stone, a brother of the
dead man was in the barn at the time
and carried the bodies of the two men
INTO the farm house, later returning
TO eXtinguish the flames which had
been started by the lightning.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
SLAUGHTER NEGROES.
Mob of Whites Engaged in Man.Hunt
and Many Deaths Result.

Palestine, Texas, july o1.-At least
10, perhaps 20, negroes, all probably
unarmcd, were hunted down and kill
ed by mob of from two to three
hundred men in the Slocum and Den
ison Springs neighborhood of Pales-
tine last night and yesterday, ac-
cording to Sheriff Black. who re-
turned early this morning after "a
hours in that district. He told of a
fierce man-hunt in the woods, of
riddled bodies found on lonely roads
and of the terror among the inhabi-
tants in the southeastern part of An
derson county.
Sheriff Black says his estimate of
the dead is conservative. He made
a careful investigation and after
telling of its results. added, I'VE
won't find some of the bodies until
the location is revealed to us by the
buzzards.'
Il found the greatest excitement
prevailing throughout that section of
the country" continued the sheriff.
Men were going about and killing
negroes as fast as they could find
them, and so far as | was able to
ascertain, without any real cause
These negroes have done no wrong
that could discover There was Just
hotheaded gang hunting them down
and killing them"
u don't know how many there
were in the mob, but ] think there
must have been 200 or 800. Some of
them cut the telephone wires.
Il am led to believe that the trou-
bic was due to controversy over a
promissory note
r. Afford, white man had gone
on a negroes note. The note came
due and he got after the negro to re-
new 1t or to pay it, and the negro
refused and cursed him. The incident
caused bad feeling. This negro was
Killed and then they went to killing
them all over the country. They
hunted the negroes down like sheep
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
Thought Man Crazy.

Rutland-Toraski icons, an Aust
rian, aged "A, took little outing We'd
nesday that nearly placed him in an
asylum. States Attorney Jones and
Deputy Sheriff Leonard talked with
the man who had frightened several
people and were convinced that he
was entirely sane. He was merely
foreigner who had lost his way and
could not speak English. He was
frightened and acted strangely in the
effort to make himself understood.