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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
THECROSS|NC Of JACK 0'bR|EN
BY ED MORIARTY,

Tom McCarey the
perspaon beaded his forehead growing buzz
rising thousands of
TO see Jack O. Bren and Tommy Burns.
to he hurry up be-
something to pretty
Right then and there
with the muchy heralded affair billed
Tommy was found lying suen on his rubbing board in the little
Come Tommy what's the natter? podded at the Canu
Burns looked black.
IN (darned will suit
not before: I'm going to run things tonight"
IS when he powed down to the ring Clad in that old
gray dress ng gown which he wore for many fight
OBrien did the
night He finally arrived the pavilion and changed clothes
aisle the ring He danced between the
his short wait Referee Charlie
Burns sat watching the situation like hawk When he Eyton
appear ne slid beneath the ropes a one glove on the flooring
center and motoning his hand for silence called
Gentlemen for good and sufficient reasons have been ordered
With his motioned tmekeeper
oBren Phiadeiphh slipped
he sitting jaws
Burns bore down him.
Come taking II you've got to fight tonight"
get him. anyway" whispered Billy
Nolan. who behind O'Brien
who believe to this day that oBren FIRST thought
the cords.
With lowered and look of contempt his
glanced at the house and pointed his glove at OBrien.
brought which faened in
the first battle, few months before.
"A disgraceful exhibition.
Jack Oien had been double
the for 20 rounds the tune of the eering rong ava"
Jim Jees called the first 20 round battle draw after Burns
his heart that he match He
proposition that Burns take the himself win the fight
Burns said he would talk it with McCaey. Mccaey
Burns agreed that they would then double OB
oBen shrewd as he was let them outwit him
lest Marathon race In the history of the ring
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
LOUIE LONG FOULED
ROD STANDEN

VANCOUVER, B. c., Feb. H.
The scheduled Is round contest at
North Vancouver last night be-
tween Louie Long of Spokane and
Rod Standen of Vancouver, ter
minated rather suddenly in the
fourth round, when Long, who had
repeatedly fouled Standen, was
sent to his corner after putting his
opponent to the floor in great
agony from a series of blows to the
groin, and Referee Hewitt declared
the affair mo contest" and all bets
were called off. There were bowls
of derision from Longs hackers.
There was no telling, however,
which was the better man. as the
bout did not go long enough to de-
termine this point.
One of the largest crowds that
has ever attended a show in North
Vancouver was present.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
FIELDING BUNTS BEST WAY
II TO GET INTO GOOD SHAPE

There is only one fault to find
with this style of play, especially
from the fielding end Of it. The
hitter gets too strong once in a
while and IL you are not on the job
every minute there Is swell
chance to get crippled with hot
drive.
Elmer Flick of the Maps can bunt
them for this infield stunt about as
good as anyone in the business, but
Gene" like. all good hitters, loves
to take good healthy swing at
one, once in a while. When Elmer
gets feeling "hitterish" it behooves
the fellow at the other end of the
game to keep a sharp watch on
what is going on.
One day last season Falkenberg
and other Maps were being center
tanned" by Flick. Elmer let drive
at the ball rather suddenly and the
way that pellet whistled by "Falk's"
ear was a shame.
In minute Fred was on his way
to the bench. Just before he
reached this shaded spot Flick smil-
ingly inquired: whats the matter
Fred, too fast for you?" 20, far
from that" came the quick reply,
"only l thought this was a game of
skill, not bravery"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
PERSONAL STORIES OF
MEN IN WORLD OF SPORT

Sam Langford umpired a ball
game at Los Angeles last Sunday.
The Coast leaguers and the Tril-
bys played. Trilbys are colored
bunch. Don't know who won.
Jack Gleason had an order in
his pocket Thursday from Eugene
COrri. the noted English referee.
Eugene will lead a party of Brit
ish men direct to the ringside
when JEFF and Johnson start bust
ness.
jim Neill, father of frankie
NELL. will bet at the drop of a hat
He'll fight. too. The day frankie
fought Abe Attell, Jim nearly killed
some fellow at the ringside who
showed fancy for Abe.
We had not long since word
about the wonderful Indian ball
player SOckalexis, who used to
stand the Cleveland fans on, their
leads with his circus stunts, until
whiskey sent him to the big bench
where the glue is too thick for
jerking away. Now come author
tiles of the Carlisle Indian school
and declare baseball out at that
institution. The reason is be-
cause with few exceptions an In
dian isn't suited to the diamond.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
MATCH
FOR LANGF0RD

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12.-En
route to Cheyenne, where he will
clash with Nat Dewey on Washing
tons birthday. Bone Crusher"
Sam Langford arrived here from
Los Angeles today. The negro
fighter and his manager, Joe Wood
man, will confer tonight with Louis
Blot concerning a match between
Langford and another husky in this
city next month.
1t is probable, according to Wood
man, that Langford's opponent will
be al Kaufman or Jim Barry.
Woodman declares Langford an
ticipated such an easy time with
Flynn recently that he neglected to
train until two days before the
fight. He was exceedingly bitter in
his condemnation of what he called
"Flynn's foul ring tactics"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12

In football. where the dash and
danger makes aborigine blood run
hot, your Indian is present with
bells. He will work hard in train
ing. Different with Poor Lo when
1t comes to baseball. Nine out of
every. ten Indians who reach a
minor league take to drink. He Is
prone to quaff from the flowing
bowl when there is any flow to
quaff. He tries to hit homer off
everything old Splitter Drink sails
up to the plate. Now any good
judge of baseball will tell you
that it's better to place 'em. to
keep em scattered. Not so with
the red man. II he can't chase
Pitcher Drink out of sight he
doesn't want q base.
Jeffries has no use for Marvin
Hart. Jeff was called into a ring
one night by the crowd, as is the
custom when he is in the house.
Hart thought he saw chance to
get the spotlight and climbed be-
tween the ropes. Jeffries ignored
him and poor Hart was given the
laugh.
Sam Berger declares that Bob
Edgren is the most reliable of all
the New York sDOrting writer's.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
BY TIP WRIGHT.


Where are the, myriads Of wild
duck which Is or 20 years ago dark
ened the sky in migratory flight?
Tens OF thousands have gone to
the bag Of the market hunter-the
fellow who slaughters birds at rest
from a sneak boat; other thousands
have gone to the ssportsman's IL
|gauge-sportsman IL he followed
the code in getting his bag.
| But great as has been the slaugh-
ter. It. has not thinned the flocks
sufficiently to account for the dis
appearance Of the lordly canvas
back, the toothsome mallard, or
that aerial lightning express, the
blue wing teal.
In many sections that mud wal
lowing water hog, the carp, has
done more to chase away the duck
than all the powder that has been
burned.
The greatest crime on the calen-
dar against American sportsmen
was the Introduction of the carp
into our fresh water bodies. / think
this pest was introduced at the time
of the worlds fair, in 1893. They
may have made their appearance
prior to this, but my information is
that some weisenheimer thought it
fine to show the carp, with other
things, when we were honoring
Chris Columb.
| All l have to say with respect to
this individual is that / don't wish
him any more harm than to be turn
ed loose in a camp of duck hunters
and fishermen some dismal after
noon. If you ever cast a fly or
artificial bait, or crouched in
blind you know what this implies.
All the way from the breeding
ground, in the north, to the waters
in the south, the way of old was
dotted with wild rice, and the duck
fed as they flew, with never a
thought of hunger. But then came
the carp, and bingO went the rice
and with it the duck.
The carp, wallowing in the mud,
devoured the wild rice roots until
today, wherever the carp roots, not
spear of wild rice grows.
Efforts to propagate rice are be-
lHS ulduc ny SpOI tSIilcl III lOCdA-
ties where carp is not.
1t is to these men give this in
formation on growing rice, for /
know it will be appreciated.
Wild rice will grow in fresh
water south of So degrees north
latitude. The difficulty to over
come is poor termination. II per-
mitted to dry, the seed will not ger
inmate.
1t is best to sow in the spring.
Mud bottom is necessary and the
water must not flow too swiftly,
nor must it be stagnant.
Seed must be gathered as soon
as mature and shipped In burlap
sacks to cold storage rooms. The
shortest possible time must elapse
between harvesting the seed and
storing it. rtr
When received at the storage
plant, while fresh and before fer
mentation, it must be put into
buckets, open barrels or watts, COW
cred with fresh water and immedi-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
SPORT PAGE
BY ADDlE JOSS,

There is probably nothing that
will so quickly get a ball player in
condition as to put in about 20 min
utes every day fielding hunts. Its
remarkable how this little stunt
brings into play nearly every mus.
Gle of the body and besides being a
fine exerciser is of great help to the
finger in mastering one of the
great essentials of his work, the
fielding of his position.
What makes it doubly beneficial
In the spring workouts, is the fact
that 1t always gives the pitcher a
chance to easily throw the ball so
as not to put any strain on the arm.
1t is just the thing for the finger to
gradually work up to that stage
where he can stand the more aru-
CD iduties later required.
~ is a common occurrence during
the playing season to see a couple
of the bold athletes taking some
fellow, who loves to hit, to one cor
ner of the field for a game of field
ing bunts. Surely it is a great thing
for pitcher to be able to field his
position. and bearing this fact in
mind, easily explains why the twirl-
ers are always willing and ready to
put in about Is minutes of their
time every day in this manner.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
the him LEM
a world a emonar mach
SPEED DEMON FOR BARNEY

Barney Oldfield, once more the
speed devil, with 50 worlds track
records to his credit for his 1909
work, takes the track this year with
the most powerful racer ever con-
structed.
Barney's new car, a Benz, boasts
Of 200 horsepower and Is guaran-
teed to develop the unheard Of
speed Of 127 miles an hour upon a
circular track.
It Is doubtful II anyone but the
track king would attempt to drive
the monster. With its torpedo
boat prov and sharp stern. the car
is calculated to offer the least pos
sible resistance to the wind, end
what will happen to track records
when Oldfield gets the giant car
good and hot can only be guessed.
Last year Barney piloted 49,
horsepower car of the same manu-
facture, but when Lewis Ssrang
beat him in several races he de-
termined to secure car capable of
going fast enough to win back the
hOnors captured by his rival. Now
he has the car, the automobile rae
ing world looks to him to win back
the position he held so long as the
unquestioned speed king of the race
tracks.
The sight of Oldfield clipping off
miles around so seconds, big
black cigar stuck in one corner of
his mouth, his hair streaming back
ward from the rush of the wind, is
a sight once seen never to be for
gotten.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
DIAMOND FLASHES

hotel. 1t was a raw, cold night and
both tucked into bed in a fifty. The
friend was one who had nightmares
frequently and this night was no ex-
ception. When everything was quiet
he jumped out of bed and called:
"Myer! Myer! Myer!" The inmates
of the hotel were startled by the
call and all thought they heard
Fire! Fire! FIRE." All ducked out
In the street with their night
clothes on. Myer sounded like fire.
1t was learned from a reliable
source that Abstein cost the St.
Louis Browns bit more than the
waiver price. Bob Hodges purchas-
ed the Hebrew first sacker for
$500. Despite his bone-headed
work in the worlds championship
he is still a good initial sacker and
should prove a handy man for the
Browns. Abstein is a st. Louis
bow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
SP0 Or SPICE
New Welterweight Champion.

BY his victory Otto Suer at Cleveland the other
night Johnny Bileter the worlds premier lightweight
grapper, lays claim to the welterweght title. Blleer
weighing 1876 pounds, defeated Sutor the great Cleveland
weterweight.
Sutor weakened himself by making $40 pounds for the
match At that, 14O is not the welterweight limit and
Buters claim is good for nothing.
Bilter and Eugene Trembay will probably meet in
Cleveland within two weeks the lightweight taking
another heavier man, mailing to lightweight
capable of putting up good fight against him.
Bilter seems good in his division Gotch is in the
heavyweight
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12

Roundebush, last years second
sacker of the Bloomington team,
has decided to leave the diamond
and take up special course in law.
Eddie Collins, the stellar second
sacker of the American league, Is
writing a series of baseball articles
for the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Giants have signed up a new
outfielder by the name of Lush He
is a brother of William Lush, the
former major Lacquer.
A funny situation in the Miller
case. John Diets claims that he Is
dissatisfied with the contract sent
him by Dreyfus. and the owner of
the Pirates claims that he has not
sent out his contracts yet.
Mike Mitchell, who ranked Sec
+ond to Wagner as the king pin
swatter of the National league, has
signed his contract with the Gin
cinnati Reds.
If Claude Rossman consents to
play ball next season he will cavort
in the outer garden. He is through
playing the infield.
Myer! Fire! Myers relates a
good one when he was catching for
the st. Paul team of the American
association two years ago. The big
chief was out late one night and de-
cided to pass the evening at his
friends room in q fashionable
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12

A good big man is better than a
good small man, is an axiom upon
which you can gamble the family
plate any old day in 1910. 1t was
particularly illustrated when Abe
Attell. the best in the world at 1872,
tried to beat Fred Welsh at 1873 and
just as clever. Able stayed the
fight out, but Welsh made him look
like a Ounce. At that there is
many wise man who believe that
Abe Attell shot his bolt months be-
fore he fought Fred Welsh.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
GEORGE DAVIS TO
GET "A MINOR
BERTH
(ey United Press Leased wire.)


CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-George
Davis Of the Chicago White Sox,
one of the best known players In
the major leagues, will go to the
minors. The matter has been under
consideration of President Comis-
key, who practically determined
upon making the change.
1t is believed, however, that Com
iskey will not let Davis 60 until the
veteran has obtained a comfortable
berth as manager of some minor
league team. Davis has ornamented
the bench almost constantly for
three years. He has been with the
White Sox since he left the New
York Americans, Of which team he
was once manager.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12
EDITED ny
James III. Cusseu
PLANTING OF WILD RICE
WILL RECALL THE DUCK

ately placed in cold storage. Light
immature seed, straw, broken
sticks, ETC., should be removed By
floating in water preparatory to
storing. The temperature should
be just above freesing-what stor-
age men call the chill room"
The seed must not be allowed to
dry in the spring, before planting.
When planting. spread the seed on
water that Is from one to three
feet deep, near the shore.
II conditions are right . splen-
did crop of wild rice, which will In
crease annually, should result. Ono
I.lanting is sufficient, and once the
rice appears, 1t won't be long be-
fore the duck find and seeks Il
every fall.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12

Add for burglars directory-Ba:
Nelson always carries goodly
wad of money on his person.
sewed in a belt beneath his waist.
band. Nelson never moves without
A derringer on his hip.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-12

Probably the best fight Billy
Willis ever put up was against Ru-
dolph Unholz, the Boer who startled
the pugilistic world by outpointing
Battling Nelson. Willis got shade
on Rudy when the Boer bear was
at the height of his glory. Since
then Willis has grown heavier and
is now fighting heavy lightweights
and light welters. He battles at
between 1876 and 140.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-14
DESTROYS FAITH
IN WATER WITCH.

In cold and scientific report NJ.
L. Fuller OF the United States geo.
logical survey. has shattered the pop
ular belief that the divining rod is a
water finder. Faith in the dipping
twig is based on a deluson, he as
serts, and the man who says he can
locate water supplies by its use is a
pretender.
mo appliance, either mechanical
or electrical" says Fuller, has yet
been devised that will detect water in
places where plain common sense will
not show its presence just as we'll. The
uselessness OF the divining rod is in
dicated by the fact that It may be
worked at will by the operator, that
he fails to detect strong water cur.
rents In tunnels and other free cours-
es that afford no surface indications
OF water. and that his location in re-
gions where water flows in well-de-
fined channels are no more success
ful than mere guesses In fact. its
operators are successful only in re-
gions where ground water occurs in
a definite sheet in porous material.
In such regions few failures to find
water can occur, for wells can get wa
ter almost anywhere"
This exposure Of the divining rod
fraud, however, is only a side fea-
ture of the report. 1t tells farmers
about the various kinds of rocks and
deposits that contain and convey un-
derground water, the advantages and
disadvantages of different kinds Of
wells, boring methods and measures
for the protection of springs and wells
from pollution.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-14
SOLD BOGUS LARD AND
HAD TO PAY FINE

Eugene, Or.-Tom Bennett and w.
r. Wing, keepers of Eugene meat
markets, were each fined $25 in the
local justice court yesterday for vi
olating the pure food law in having
in their possession for sale adulter-
ated lard. The arrests were made
at the instance of NJ. s. Shrock, depu-
ty state dairy and food commissioner,
who attended the state dairymen's
convention here last week and who
discovered the adulterated product
while here. A complaint has also been
sworn against Broder Broders., an
other meat firm here, and they will
appear in court today.
Lard that contains a great deal Of
tallow or some other substance, has
been sold here for a long time, say
the housewives Of Eugene. While
some of the, meat dealers label the
buckets so that the people know what
they are buying, others have sold the
mixture for pure lard, without a pre-
tense of complying with the law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-14
saved From Awful Death.

How an appalling calamity in hi
family was presented Is tsld by A. D
Mcdonald Of Fayetteville, N. c., R
F. D. No. 8. NY sister had consumD.
tion." he writes. "she was very thir
and pale. had no appetite and seemed
to grow weaker every day. a. all rem
edies failed. till DR.. Kings New Dis
covery was tried. and 30 completely
cured her. that she has not been trou-
bled with . cough since. It's the best
medicine I ever saw or heard Of" For
coughs. colds. Ia grippe. asthma,
Group. hemorrhage, all bronchial trou-
blss. II has no equal. 500, 800. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by A. C.
Koeppen q Bres.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-14
Jones Defends CLAWS.


White Salmon, Wash.-H Il. Jones
who was recently discharged by the
Taft administration because of too
strong adherence to CLAWS and Pin
chot, is in White Salmon. arriving
few days ago to work up the defense
OF CLAWS, who will be tried at Golden
dale next next week on a charge OF
burning slashings without permit.
The defendant may also have to ans
wer. to charge of leaving the fire
burning. CLAWS has pleaded not gull
ty. large number of witnesses have
been subpoenaed, and the White Sal
mon delegation to the county seat will
be large one.
1T is not prosecution of CLAWS be.
cause of his notoriety," say the au-
thorities, but we believe that cor
poration should be brought to book
for violating the laws just as quickly
as the individual offender"
The burning of the 200 acre slash
ing did little damage, but had one or
two of the small ranchers in jeopardy
for. a while.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-14
Pioneer OF '52 Dead.

Forest Grove, Ore.-D. o. Quick,
who crossed the plains by OK team to
Oregon in 1852, died at the home Of
his daughter, Mrs. A. T. Lewis, in
Grants Pass Saturday. Mr. Quick
was born in Indiana 81 years ago.
Since coming to Oregon he had lived
in Benton, Yamhill and Washington
counties, and was the proprietor of a
sawmill at Mountain Dale, this coun-
ty, for over twenty years. Nj. Quick
was OF Scotch ancestry, and possessed
of the strong. hardy constitution char
acteristic of that race, which stood
him in good stead during the pioneer
days of oregon. He was three times
married, his last wife, together with
the following children, survive him:
Emmett Quick, Forest Grove; Mrs. T.
A. Fowles. Mountain Dale; E. E.
Quick. st. Helens: Mrs. A. r. Lewis,
Grants Pass; Warren Quick, Sheri-
dan; F. T. Quick and Mrs. Porter
Frenham. Philomath. and w. d.
Quick. Forest Grove. Funeral SER
vices were held today, with burial in
the Scotch church cemetery north Of
Hillsboro
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-14

The commercial club and business
mems association through their man
aging committees recommended fran
chise changes which were acceptable
to the railroad, but which the council
did not feel acceptable to the city.
IL the people favor the plan the
franchise will probably be passed II
there Is opposition of a decided ma
ture the council will reject everything
but It's own plan. The council plan
has been rejected by the railroad
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-14

All the good qualities Of Hly'a
Cream Balm. solid, are found in Ii
quid Cream Balm, which IL intended
for use In atomisers. That It 10 q
wonderful remedy for nasal catarrh is
proved by an ever-increasing mass of
testimony. 1t does not dry out nor
rasp the tender air-passages. It al
lays the Inflammation and goes
straight to the root OF the disease.
Obstinate old cases have yielded in a
few weeks. All druggists. 7bc, in
Guiding spraying tube, or mailed by
Ely Bros. Sc Warren Street, New
York.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-14
Kendrick Wood $3.50 Cord.

Kendrick, Idaho.-Lewiston and
Moscow fuel dealers have contracted
for 100 cords of wood to be delivered
at Kendrick during the spring, and
between 40 and SO men are getting
the timber out OF the mountains with
in a radius of six miles of here.
The controct price is said to be $3.50
a cord (. o. b. cars here. the lowest
price at this season in n number of
years. Dry wood is selling for $3.50
a cord delivered, and the supply Is
limited.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-14
You Must Read This II You Want the
Reueftt

J. w. Greer, Greenwood, La. suf-
fered with a severe case Of lumbago.
AT times the pains we're so intense
I was forced to hypodermic injections
for relief" he says. "These attacks
started with a slight pain in the small
of my back which gradually became
fairly paralyzing in effect. My at
tention was attracted to Foley's Kid
ney Remedy and I am glad to say
after using this wonderful medicine
I am no longer bothered in any way
by my old enemy lumbago." A. C.
Koeppen & Bros.