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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-11

receptions 10 foreign legations or prf.
vate interviews At all such functions
We were silent spectators Of all that took
place We were always treated with the bigb.
sst respect by the Lincoln family who re-
gaFded US as part OF the household Every
private Of the guard received the same af,en
uens OF courtesy as the most famous states
man or diplomat az the ca pita We all formed
a strong personal attachment for the presi.
dent and when the grand old man laid don
his life In behalf OF the cause that had been
lis life work felt as II we had lost the
dearest friend We ever had
During the first two years OF our term OF
service the most rigid discipline was enforced
Sometimes would be ordered to use ex-
traordinary vigilance and to let no one enter
the grounds OF the White House without tie
proper passes and 20 be very particular as 10
who approached the president Often the or
der would come for ire guards on duty 10
be doubled II was seldom that he knew the
direct cause OF these extra precautions. but
we supposed that the officers OF the secret
service were in possession Of information OF
some plot that brooded harm 70 the presi
dent
ID TO 1864. owing 10 our vigilance and the
protecting hand OF Providence our beloved
chief had escaped the hand Of violence The
back Of the confederacy was broken. a good
feeling pervaded all Washington and conse-
duently the strict watchfulness that had pre-
vailed grew into laxity. This was the fatal
period. for II was az this time that conspira
cies were hatched and confederates overran
the city. comparatively unmolested The pres
ident and family spent the summer at the sol
dier's home. situated about three miles north
OF the city. and thither the bodyzuard always
accompanied them.
II was IN the summer OF 1864. while We
were mp at the home. that an incident hap
pened that came very near eliminating In
Just such an awful tragedy as followed only
few months later at Fords theater II was
the custom OF the president 10 remain late az
the war department when anything OF great
Importance was happening in the army. con-
suiting with the secretary OF war and trans
hitting and receiving dispatches. and after
his work was finished he would ride out 10
the soldiers home That summer he had per
sisiently refused an escort. imagining himself
perfectly secure
One night about The middle OF August |
was doing sentry duty al the large gate
through which entrance was had into the
grounds AZ the home The place Is situated
about quarter Of q mile OF the Bladensburg
road and is reached by devious driveway.
About one O'Clock beard a rifle shot in the
direction OF the city and shortly afterward
could hear approaching hoofbeats In two or
three minutes the horse came near enough so
that IN the dim moonlight ! recognized the
ruei as the esla.ed president The horse a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-11

'sII4N lalIINNIlI uIIA NNI.tIIIIIE- ID IIIdL "a
pacity until his assassination IL the
spring Of 1855. During the three years
Of my stay in Washington. the most
critical period OF the nations history.
saw and heard many things that have
never found their way into the public
prints Some OF the bodyguard were
constantly with the president and his
family. whether at fashionable levees
receptions 10 foreign legations or pri.
vate interviews At all such functions
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-11

BOUT the middle OF
August. 1862. Com
pany X OF the One
hundred and fifth
Pennsylvania vOiun-
teers. known as the
Bucktail" regiment. OF
which ! was a private.
was detailed as a
bodyguard OF Presi.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18
WINTER BASEBALL TALK.

The Chicago Cubs made only SIS
apiece on their transforming tour I'M
der Tom Needham's management. Cold
weather killed the attendance.
Tommy Clarke. Cincinnatis estimable
catcher, will sing chorus roles for Os-
car Harnmerstein this winter. He has
resigned with Cincinnati.
Christy Mathewson, according to re-
ports, has signed a contract 10 play
again with the Giants next year for a
salary Of $4,000 the largest ever paid
to a professional diamond artist.
Chief Bender of the Philadelphia
Americans is a crack shot and has been
putting In most OF his time since the
worlds series at the traps In the diff
ferent gun clubs around the Quaker
City.
The worlds champion Athletic base
ball team win honor their captain,
Harry Davis, with a benefit game at
Philadelphia next year. The New York
Giants win also have a McGraw day.
Everybody would be willing 10 take
Honus Wagner of the hands of the
Pittsburg club. If Barney Dreyfus has
any trouble in getting rid Of the IA
nous shortstop the Cincinnati club, the
New York club. the Chicago club, the
Philadelphia club. the Brooklyn club
and the Boston and st. Louis clubs
would be willing to talk business with
him
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18
WSitOf Foreign Grapplers Booms WI
BY TOMMY CLARK.

Y Y nth the heavy crop Of
- foreign wrestlers now on
our shores clamOring Tor
bouts and the strenuous
mat game receiving a big boom THIS
season, Frank Gotch. the champion OF
the world, has announced that he VIII
come out of his retirement get back
into the game and try IL out with
whichever man proves the best this
winter. For the past few weeks Gotten
has been doing light training on MS
farm in Humboldt, Ia, IN expectation
OF taking on one OF the foreign wres-
tiers. The champion thinks there Is too
much good wrestling material in this
country now TO permit him TO retire
permanently.
OF the many foreign wrestlers now
IN this country George Hackenschmidt,
the "Russion Lion" Zbyseo the Polish
champion, and Yusif Mahmout, Tur-
keys best. are the only three who are
seriously considered possible opponents
for the champion. Zbysco proved last
season that he was a dangerous prop
osition for the American. In the first
meeting of the pair in Buffalo, n. Y,
at Greco Roman style Gotch failed to
throw Zbysco in an hour. Later the
men met in Chicago at catch-as- catch
can style, and Gotch had an easy time
of it, Zybsco claimed that style Of
wrestling was new to him. but now
SAYS he has mastered ii.
Zbysco is one Of the greatest defen-
sive wTestlers in the game today. AS
an indication as to what he can do
when trying to avoid being Topped
himself one need only point to mis- bout
with Cana. the East Indian star, held
I'm London last summer. on that oc-
casion Cana could not do anything
with the Pole after a two hour draw,
although Cana had previously dropped
good men in fractions of a minute.
In his recent handicap match with
George Hackenschmidt in Buffalo II
was the same thing. The Russian
agreed TO throw the Pole twice within
an hour. but failed. Hacks manager
claims his charge was out of condition.
Hackensehmidts trip so far has been
a succession Of successes. Everywhere
siasm. and as he has been winning his
matches with ease one must reach the
conclusion that he is going TO get into
tiptop condition before many more
weeks have gone by. Hack has yet to
lose a handicap match except that with
Zbysco recently, and he has met most
OF the best men In the country.
The recent bouts III Montreal wres-
tied by Hackenschmidt and zbysco fur
IRISH good line on these two grapplers.
who on past performances figure TO be
the best of the foreigners now in the
country. This is eliminating Mahmout
because OF the iatter's two defeats at
Hhe hands Of Zbysco in Chicago. and
vet there are lots of people who still
think the Turk is the best OF them all.
In Montreal Zbysco went on with q
sturdy Swiss called De Riaz, who was
undertaking TO stick for an hour with
out being thrown twice. The Pole
could not even get him down once
during the sixty minutes.
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/ Where Beell weighs about 15s pounds
the weight of Hachenschmidt is around
220 pounds. Every move the big for
cigner makes is counterpart Of the
little American grappler's. whom Hack
ensehmidt designates as the fastest
man In the world Hacks develop
ment is almost identical with Beell's.
and there is even a facial resemblance.
Not only must these truths impress
themselves on the graphing fans Of
America, but other points Of similarity
should become known. For example.
Hackenschmidt, like Bell, evolves
holds. This is always what distin-
cuisines the superior grappler. These
locks would perhaps be Of little value
TO other men, but they are suited 70
the build, the development and the
manner of thought Of those who invent
them.
Jack Curley. manager Of Hacken-
schmidt. told the writer recently that
II the Russian Lions" present invasion
of America comes out as he expects
he will double I'D with Jack Johnson.
the worlds heavyweight champion. anc
start on a tour Of the world that will
take in every civilized country on the
globe.
And II is highly probable, too. that
Jack Curley will be at the head Of that
tour. which, 1t is calculated. viii take
up good many months.
In general idea the tour will be mod
eled on that prepared for James ]. JET
fries before the latter suecumbed to
the negro in the Reno battle last July.
However. 1t will be much wider in
scope and take In three times as many
countries. The Jeffries tour was TO
have lasted only about eight months.
This one will cover at least two years
and possibly four.
The recent illness of Jack Johnson
may cause q change in the plans. but
il is known that the Lion" Is anxious
for such a tour. not In a financial
sense, but from an athletic viewpoint.
Hackensehmidt wants to defeat az Of
the best of the American as well as all
of the foreign stars while he is in this
country so as TO be known as the
greatest Of all worlds champion wres-
tiers.
| OF course Hack could easily with
that prestige undertake a worlds tour
all by himself. but he would prefer to
have the champion fighter of the time
along with him. Johnson is said 70
have consented 10 the trip and TO have
sanctioned the plans in a tentative sort
of way some time ago. The matter
viii rest where il is now until Hack
finishes his tour.
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Has Never Been Forced
To Show All of
His Tricks

nents with the same regularity that hs
did at the start, and if he finds a boy
who puts up a creditable contest the
finish is drawn fine enough to make the
new fellow ask for a return match,
which Abe is only too pleased TO give
him. Three years ago Owen Moran.
the featherweight champion OF Eng
land. who recently knocked out Bat
Nelson, came to this country and
fought Atten at San Francisco. The
result was a twenty-five round draw.
Eight months later the same two
champions fought a twenty-three
round draw at Colma. just outside OF
San Francisco. Then they visited the
east and fought a ten round draw at
New York, and they met IN & second
drawn battle of the same length at Los
Angeles last May. and again in Phil
adelphia in September.
Atten is the pugilistic marvel Of the
age. There isn't a featherweight in the
world that can trim him and not one
lightweight anywhere in the world that
could outpoint or beat him in ten
rounds.
Nobody knows just how clever Atten
is, for he's always showing something
new. He hasn't been forced yet to pro-
duce all Of his fighting tricks.
Attell does things that no other box
er ever thinks of. he says himself
that he knows instinctively just what
punch the other fellow is about TO de-
liver and so can easily block or avoid
II. More than that-as the blow Is
starting he can Judge accurately how
much sting It has. and If it won't hurt
he doesn't take the trouble TO get out
of the way or cover up.
That's the most wonderful thing
about Attell's fighting-his perfect and
instant judgment in ali emergencies.
He doesn't make mistakes when the
lighting is at its dizziest. Fighting
Judgment is instructive with him, Just
as mathematical calculation is instinct
i've with some other people.
Attell's cieverness makes 1t easy for
him to fight anybody near his weight
and stall as long as he cares to. He
could stall along with any lightweight.
But he is a hard hitter as well as a
clever boxer. When he wants 10 cut
loose he can mix as hard as the best
He is knocker out when he wants to
be.
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SPORTS IN BRIEF.

Frank Kramer has been American BIZ
cycle champion for ten years.
The Juarez (Mexico) racing plant
across the Rio Grande from 81 Paso
cost 100000
Moving picture receipts Of the JEFF
fries-Johnson fight have been disap-
pointing. The parties who paid $780,
900 for the films are realizing little
profit.
Owen Moran. who recently knocked
out Bat Nelson. weighs less than 1SO
pounds ringside. Until a year ago he
was a featherweight. A finished box
or Of ten years experience. Moran Is
only twenty-eight years old.
In France the government collects a
certain percentage Of the receipts of
all sporting events and exercises gen.
sraI supervision over boxing as well as
racing, bicycling and all sports.
American people spend $17.000o00 a
year on professional baseball. Golf
costs sportsmen 100000. College foot
balls expense account is s2,O0o. 600 The
annual tennis bill is $2.5oO.00o In all.
lovers OF sport expend annually s7s..
O0O. 900.
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possibly you may be fostering in your
business. say. 10 become a bank man
ager or some other important post. an
ambition not of mushroom growth, but
one that has been working in you for
years-then. satisfied on this point and
prepared to take the punishment, try
the channel swim"
Mr.. Durborow proposes training for
his channel attempt In Boston harbor.
Aug. IA last, chilled by the coolest wa
ter he had ever encountered. Mr.. Dur
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Pugilists may never come back" but
once IN awhile billiardists do. This was
accomplished when Alfred De ORC, the
worlds pool championship from Je-
rome Keogh of Rochester. N. z, in the
most sensational finish ever witnessed
in a championship match. In his whirl-
wind sprint TO the tape De Orc broke
his own worlds record for continuous
run and ''railroaded" the Rochester
man by a score of 2lS TO 81 on the
nights play. thus coming from behind
and winning the match by a score OF
coo to 40.
Unlike other champions who have
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many other famous fighters. who were
big enough TO pick him up and carry
him away.
These one sided battles had the effect
of soaring off the little fellows. the
122 pound boys. and Attell realizes that
he must continually go out OF his class
to get fights or ease up a little. He
apparently chose to ease up" for OF
late he is not knocking out his oppo-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

taken the long count in their "come
back" efforts this year. De Orc never
performed more brilliantly than he did
in the recent contest.
De Orc is really and truly "come
back" expert. This is the twelfth time
he has won the pool title either in
tournament play or challenge matches
in professional career OF nearly TWEEN
ty-five years. The Cuban now is forty
eight years OF age, but age does not
BY taking the pool crown away from
Keogh. De Orc now il established as a
double champion. He also holds the
slree cushion billiard title.
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at university club in New York re-
Gently. After group Of former foot
ball men had discussed the teams OF
the east and west, ending where they
began, a western graduate strolled in.
He planted his big form on the edge
OF the group and pulled serenely at a
rather weedy appearing cigar. The
Yale Princeton game was rehsshed.
Il tell you Tom shevlin's a wonder -
cried one. He developed the shift that
beat Rrinceton.''
your minds a vacuum" rejoined
another. Williams. the Minnesota
coach, invented the play. why, back
well, cease the combative chatter,
interrupted a mild locking individual.
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a PUGILIST who outclasses all
- his opponents experiences
great difficulty in securing
a - matches with men Of his
weight. II he is a small man he can
still continue TO fight by meeting men
much larger than himself. but he does
this at considerable risk. for at any
time he % likely to have brought home
TO him that old adage that q good
big man is better than a good little
man." 4 really good big man who out
classes the other big men OF hts time
can get no one to fight him unless he
agrees to ''go easy" which is another
name for flake" Nearly ali Of Jack
Johnson's battles have had an unsaV-
DRY odor about them of late years, for
the reason that he could only now and
then md any one who was willing TO
meet him in contest on the level.
Every othef great boxer has expert
snced the same trouble once it became
generally known just how good he was
and most Of them have resorted to the
same remedy and taken to taking.
Jack O'Brien was probably the first
who made a wholesale business OF buy
ing up men who were both larger and
better than himself. That left him the
privilege OF trying and made the fake
extremely difficult 10 detect. OBrien
went along swirnmingiy until Tommy
Burns double crossed him, and then
Jack confessed. promising never to do
IL again. But he did at the very first
opportunity, but was finally forced into
retirement by a single battle on the
level with Stanley Ketchel. In which
O'Brien's true worth as a fighter was
shown.
AttsIi the Money Gester.
Abe AttelI, the featherweight cham
pion, is the latest TO feel the need Of
handling his opponents, not only with
gloves, but very soft gloves at that
Attell has knocked out a great many
boxers-fifteen Of the first sixteen he
ever met-and he is unquestionably the
best man of his weight IN the country
Abe has frequently gone out of his
class TO get matches and has won
against men who were many pounds
heavier than himself. In six round
bout IN Philadelphia Attell made Bat
Ting Nelson, lightweight, look like a
novice when the Battler was at his
best.
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Lets settle this once and for all.
Shevlin says it's Williams shift, and
the latter pats Shevlin on the back and
gurgies, No, Thomas. be not overmod-
est; take the credit Of your genius So
let's divide the honors between VIII
liams and sheyIin."
mot so that you can notice It," bel
lowed a hitherto silent one. Ernest
skeel, coach OF Worcester university.
introduced the play in Ohio conference
football three years ago.
The others gasped. but renewed the
debate WITH increased relish. Will
liains." sshevlln's'' and 'SkeeI's" were
murmured aud howled.
The big wssserner looked more and
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borrow failed in his effort to swim the
famous course from Charlestown bridge
to Boston light. in Boston harbor. He
feels sure, however. OF succeeding in
this after proper training. He will ex-
ercise constantly during the coming
winter. and in the spring win take
practice swims In the Delaware river.
He viii go to Boston about the middle
of next summer. If he is successful In
the Boston light swim he will go to
England.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18
"Hurry Up" Yost Was Father of That sheMln Shift

more bored. Finally the cigar shifted.
and he drawied:
Why. Hurry Up Yost used that shift
fifteen years ago. He's forgotten more
about football than your Sheyiins. etc,
viii ever know. Just before I camel
east l saw Fielding. He was reading
of 'Sheviin's shift In newspaper. He
looked up. smiled and said: It's so
long ago since I introduced that play
that I forget the name Of the team.
1 remember one thing. though. didn't
run my players into exhaustion before
getting them into position for the
play! Sheyiin's shifts Huh"
The cigar was still stesming az he
walked away.
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than two years, but has been anxious
10 meet Haekenschmidt on the mat
once more before he quits. Frank has
grown weary OF the padded circle, and
he is anxious to settle down to enjoy
the fruits OF his long and wonderfully
successful career on the mat Oh the
other hand. Hackenschmidt is nomad-
&c He likes the business of appearing
in public. and he enjoys travel
No other description better fits Hack
enschmidt than the statement that he
is an enlarged edition OF Fred Beell.
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ABE ATTELL, CLEvEREST OF FIGHTERS,
KNOWS HOW TO GET THE MONEY

His most recent bout was with Pal
Moore. the crack young Philadelphia
lightweight, who is looked upon as a
coming lightweight champion. Atteli
just toyed with Moore for ten rounds
and gave the youngster terrible beat
ing. Abe has done the same thing to
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Goods Buy Football Players Blankets.
Drake university goods win buy blan-
The custom was started last year and
was a success. 4 fair win be held to
raise the necessary funds. ali classes
OF the university Joining in the plan.
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The Lion" undertook the same Job
and Topped the Swiss twice In a trife
over forty minutes, the first fan COM
ing in twenty-three minutes and the
second in eighteen. Both were the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18
ANOTHER AMERICAN
WILL ATTEMPT TO
SWIM THE CHANNEL
Charles Durb0rOW OF Phlla-
deIptlia Sure lie Can ACCOM-
plish Feat After Proper
Workouts.

Charles B. Durborow Of Riverton, N.
J., the young Philadelphia bank clerk.
who has already established a long
distance swimming record. is making
plans to carry out his ambition to swim
the English channel next year.
In furtherance Of this intention Mr..
Durborow wrote for points 10 Ted
Heaton of Liverpool, the famous Eng
lish swimmer. who recently attempted
the channel swim, but was compelled
TO give up when within three miles Of
the French coast after being twelve
hours in the water
Mr.. Durborow has received a reply
from Heaton which will prove interest
ing to swimmers in general and would
be channel swimmers in particular. The
letter says:
81 am in receipt of your inquiry in re-
gard to channel swimming. have read
with interest OF your swim to Consho-
hocken. and also from Philadelphia to
Chester and return. Should you have a
desire to try the channel you will ind
q very hard nut to crack.
your twelve hour swim might be as
mel, as II is all cross current.
This channel is never in good mood
TO allow any one to cross it by swim
ming, consequently you cannot swim it
tust when you want 70. You may have
to wait a month or two for the right
day. and when 1t does come you are
then kind of tired OF waiting; a good
deal OF the determination has been TAX
en- out Of you. In other words, you
have gone stale.
THAT is one portion Of the picture.
Next you must be filled up with a de-
termination to stop in the water TWEEN
ty-four hours and to keep Flooding
along all the time; must have had some
of the experience Of what you like to
eat In the water and something that Is
not going to turn your insides. You
must be prepared for any amount OF
seasickness q had eight hours OF II
this year, You must have reliable
boatmen and plenty Of money, as a
steamer is required to convey the press
and witnesses. without which It Is use
less making the attempt. And on top
OF this no man can swim the channel
at the first attempt.
Six Months to Train.
Training? What suits one man win
not do for another Time required?
Not less than six months.
Il think this answers the question
eandidly from one who knows. In any
case If you have an ambition to swim
the channel for the sake OF emulating
a great swim by Captain Webb, not
because Of notoriety or because others
have tried-T mean an ambition that