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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15

Before one of the largest crowds
that has ever gathered in the Y. M. c..
A. gymnasium, the squad from Whit
man college last night defeated the
fast five from the "Y' in a basketball
game by the score of % to 15 Clean
and a sportsmanlike conduct marked
tie entire contest; and with Tom
Steele of the high acting as
referee, every decision was a fair one.
The contest last night was the
opening one in a series of three which
these aggregations will play this sea-
son and both will work hard for the
honors. Last year Whitman captured
two, every score being hard fought
and this season, the same fierce strug-
giles are looked for.
The first few minutes were taken up
with musical selections by the Y. NJ.
c. A. band after which the team trot-
ted on to the floor and the fray be-
gan. At the opening of the first half
Whitman demonstrated her splendid
system of passing and her team work
was irreproachable.
The game opened with both sides
playing from the start. In the first
half Penthouse and Snyder es-
pecially hard luck in landing bas-
kets. Time after time the ball
would strike the rim and bound away
or roll along the edge and then fall
to the outside Johnny Snyder of the
"Y" team, played a wonderfully clev-
err game He was a dangerous man
when within 20 feet of basket, and
his one-arm attempts at baskets were
great, and drew forth well merited APP
pause from the galleries. The work
Of Snyder forward, and Ring, guard,
in this half, were the features OF the
"Y" game.
For Whitman the whole team work.
ed well. Mccoy at center playing es-
pecially good In this half two fouls
were called on the ~" team, while
Whitman had three chalked up
against them. The first half ended
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
Big Auto Shows
In Sleepy Town

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.-Pnila-
de'Dhia'S 1910 automobile show, WhlcH
will have it's grand premiere tonight,
is now in readiness all the decora-
tions and exhibits having been COM
pleted today. 1t will be a double-head-
er, and run in two sections. The two
owing to the limited accommodation
offered in the Quaker City for holding
a bio auto exhibit at one time.
In order to meet the difficulties, ana
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
College Fish
In the Swim

NEW YORK. Jan. 15-Columbia
t-niversitys crack swimmers have gone
- Philadelphia today to meet thu
human fish of the University of Penn
svIvania in their own pond. This
meet is the opening one OF the Inter-
Collegiate Swimming association sea-
,on The colleges and universities
renresented in the association, and
which will take part in the champion
shin swimming race between now and
March S, are Yale, Harvard, Column
hia College of the City of New York,
PENNSYLVANIA and Princeton.
Following today's contest, the
schedule is as follows:
Ian. 90, Princeton-Y Yale, at New Ha-
Ven. %. Yale-C. G. n. Y, at New York
reb ). Pennsylvania c. n X, at
New York; 8. Harvard Pennsylvania,
At Philadelphia; II, Column bia Prince
TON at Princeton; Is, Harvard Yale,
II New Haven; IS, Princeton Penn
svIvania, at Philadelphia; p, Penn
svlvenia Yale, at New Haven; 26,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15

faie-coiumbia, at New York; 26, Har-
ward Princeton, at Princeton. March
l, {. c. n. Y.-Princeton, at Princeton.
z, Columbia Harvard, at Cambridge:
., individual championships at New
Haven. c. c. N. Y.-Harvard. (not Sc
lected.) c. c. N. Y.-Columbia (not Sc
lected.)
The team championships will be
decided through a series of dual meets.
counting swimming and water polo
separately. Titles will be awarded in
each brand and the individual honors
will be awarded at New Hoven on
March s.
The revision of the water polo rules
affects the size of the goal board and
the manner of scoring points The
size of the board has been increased
to four feet by eight inches A goal
may be thrown as well as touched
from inside the fifteen-yard mark
A thrown goal to count two points and
touched goal five. A new rule per-
mits all six men to line up on a TWEEN
ty-foot line for a free trial.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
Fighting Different
From Cd1nb Strength

sometimes takes more gimp" out of a
man than half a days hard work, in
the gymnasium. It's the nervous
strain that does it.
When old John l.. Sullivan turned up
in New Orleans to train for Jim Cor
bet a bunch of prominent sporting
men filled the gymnasium to see him
begin training Old John was fat;
there was no getting away from that.
which he could always do. He could
skip the rope as nimbly as any other
his wind.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15

winning 20 and tying one. He is far
from all in, and his temperance with
the big show is likely to happen any
day. At any rate, he has proved a
most valuable asset for the Minneap-
oils club since last August, to which
club he was released by Manager Can
tillon
WaddelI Holds Place.
The eccentric Rube Waddell still
manages to hold his place in select
circles, but by the narrowest of mar
gins. Rube was once one of the great
est in the land. To his work in 1902
and 1905 Manager Mack is largely in
debted for his two American league
remnants. But even the long-suffering
Connie failed to put up with Rube's
eccentricities when, in 1908 he began
to show signs of going back.
Last season, with the Browns, he
failed to do anything remarkable, and
the coming season will probably find
him sliding down the scale.
: In his prime Waddell was great
strike-ou pitcher. though he never
reached the marks set by Charlie
Sweeney in 1884 and Tom Ramsey
i'm 1887 Waddell did, however, set a
record for seasons strike-outs, tanning
On, 1O0o
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
Matched for Corbet Men.

John performed q few stunts, took
hold of the waistband of his trousers
and hauled in about foot of slack,
and that was enough for the wise boys.
They went out and offered three and
four to one that John l.. would lick the
youthful Corbett. If a Corbett man
turned up with any money they
matched for him.
Jimmy Britt never showed more
power of endurance than in his train
ing for the Colma fight with Bat Mel
son. Britt was also rope skipper,
punched the bag and slugged with his
sparring partner for about two hours
every afternoon and such a glutton
was he for work that he did not take
the usual rest of one minute between
heavy bag while the trainers were
resting He seemed to be able to last
from morn till shutdown and he might
have been able had he played his own
game and boxed with Nelson instead
of standing up in the sixth round to
slug it out then and there.
Reeed to His Corner.
At the end of that terrific three
minutes both men We're very tired and
Britt reeled to his corner, gasping for
breath.
I'm awful tired he said.
All his weeks of hard work, all his
training for stamina and endurance left
him weak and shaky after three min
utes of real fighting.
I talked with Bat Nelson in Septem
Der of 1907 That was Bats bad year
the year when we all thought he was
down and out. He had but one fight
in 1907 and he lost it. He had rested
almost year since Gold6eld and he
thought that in Jimmy Pritt. whom he
had knocked out two years before, he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
(By Frank HOugh.)

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.-Judging
by the tenor of his letters to the UNI
pires of his staff, President Lynch OF
the National league believes that much
CT the friction in that organization has
teen precipitated by the lack of cheer
ful acquiescence in the decisions of the
arbitrators. and the disposition shown
by some of the magnates to override
them, and in some instances to assume
the executive function by barring OBJ
jectionable umpires from their
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
Bowle.s In Big Tourney.

ST LOUIS Jan. 15.-BoWlers III
Groyes are arriving in st. Louis TO-
day to take part in what promises TO
be the greatest ten-pin Tournaments
ever held in ST. Louis. The Middle
West Bowling association is in charge
of the big event, which VIII run
through several days, and Involves
the championship of this section
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
We're Stars on the
Mound i'm their Day

When Bill Dineen, toward the close
Of last season, asked the management
of the ST Louis Americans for his I'M
conditi )nal release he exhibited an
amount of foresight rarely shown by a
baseball player Few, if any, of the
diamond stars ever realize the day of
retirement is at hand, and generally
have to be told by the manager.
Bill realized that his pitching arm
was gone, and, though he might come
back for an occasional contest, he
could never again pitch ball in his old
time form He did the wise thing and
quit
His Wing Wins Flag.
1t was Big Bills pitching in 1904
that gave his team its second premier
ship in the American league race. In
the closing days Dineen never faltered,
and to his double defeat of Jack Chees-
bro, the pitching phenomenon of that
year, on the last two days of the race
may be attributed Bostons second
American league gonfalcOn.
Jack Chesbro, the North Adams boy
who broke into fast company with
Pittsburg, reached the zenith of his
fame III 1904. when he pitched the New
York Americans to within one game of
the pennant. He really pitched the
pennant away, al we'll, because it was
a wild pitch that gave Boston the de-
Gliding game. In that season Jack, the
mainstay of the club, pitched SO games
and won Il of them, the best major
league record FIR nearly two decades.
That year Chesbro established the
record OF consecutive games won by
pitchers in the American league, with
4 string of IA. Ed Ruelback just es-
capped passing it in the National
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
(By c.. f. Van LOan.)

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Several So
Ions of the Queensbury game have been
agitating for some real tryouts for Jim
JeffrieS. They want to bet on him
in his coming fight, but they do not
want to bet blindly. They want to
know whether he is there"
This isn't a bad idea. A man may
train with the strength of a bull, and
training isn't fighting. Not by long
chalk. One round of real fighting
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
was picking a soft one.
Looked Like End of Bat.

They fought at the end of July, 1907.
and Bat, never faster in his life for the
first seven rounds of the fight, began
to slow up in the eighth and was ex-
hausted at the end of the fifteenth. If
Britt had had any semblance of a
punch, Nelson would have been knock
ed out that night. During the last two
rounds he could not raise his hands
but reeled about the ring perfectly
helpless. Everybody thought it was
the end of Nelson. Surely Billy No
Ian thought SO, for that was the last
fight which he handled for the Battler
1 saw Bat two months after that
fight and Bat was worried about his
physical condition. OF course, he knew
all about the beefsteak by that time
and he bore down on that toothsome
alibi, but toward the close of his talk
he tipped his hand.
Hope Was the Mountains.
I'm going away into the mountains
he said Il think | can still fight hard
fights, and win, but I'm going to make
sure / expect to take one good man
with me-a man who may not be the
top notch lightweight, but still a hardy
tough fellow who can punch as well as
take an awful punching. l will pay
that fellow to fight me to a finish some
where on the quiet After that fight
I'll know whether I'm through or not.
l never found out whether Bat kept
to this plan, but l do know that he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15
Needs Real Fighting.

jeff should have some real fights.
The provisions of the articles of agree
ment will prevent him from engaging
in public battles, but there is no rea-
son why he should not take on some
tough fellows and fight them to fin
ish in privaee. He will get nothing of
assistance to him in boxing with clev-
er men. What he needs is real fight
ing. If Stanley ,Ketchel had trained
for his second O'Brien fight by trying
to pick up cleverness, O'Brien would
have outpointed him because that is
O'Brien's game.
Jeff will probably have the greatest
all-star training quarter staff in his
tory and seven or eight good cooks
will always scramble the eggs and
scorch the soup.
What Jim needs is big tough men
who will stand up and try to knock
his head off his shoulders. To win this
fight he has got to perfect a system of
rushing in with both hands and fail
ing away until he lands one good wal
lop, just as Stanley Ketchel went after
O'Brien.
1t isn't going to be brain which will
lick Johnson so much as Drawn and
the wallop.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15

so that all may have an opportunity to
show their 1910 models. Manager j..
H. Beck devised the scheme of holding
two shows in one One-half of the eX-
hibitOrs will hold forth the first week
and the other half the second week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15

shortly afterwards and one year and
one day from that date of that con-
versation Bat Nelson whipped Joe
Cans for the second time by the knock
out route, and put the cast iron rivets
In his claim as the best lightweight
alive
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15

several automobile meets, but has al
WAYS been turned down. The presi-
dent of the California Automobile
Racing association hurt JOhnson's
feelings terribly by saying that his
entry had been refused because the
association didn't want an erratic
amateur mussing up its races.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-15

Is curious what notions nearly all
Ne Dig pugilists get into their heads
W" heres Jack Johnson. the worlds
'e'Ny"e'ght champion, who has been
ing a large salary for appearing,
VI 'he stage, thinking of quitting his
''iical company for automobiling.
wants to meet some of the
rack motor drivers in a match race
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
OREGON Man BUYS
FAMOUS STALLION

"The Bondsman," one of the great
est standard bred trotting stations in
the world, has Just been purchased
by an Oregon man and Is to be
brought to Oregon. Col McCann of
Hood River, Is the purchaser and
$1,000 is the purchase price.
1.-THE Bondsman" Is the sire OF the
worlds champion s-year-old trotter.
colorado E." who made a record this
year Of 2:05 Ia
In speaking Of this sale this after
noon. DR.. s. w. Mcclure, northwest
chief of the bureau of animal indus
try, said, "This is the highest priced
standard bred stallion sold for SER
vice in the United States in the .ast
two years. The Bondsman has been
a champion winner at all the big har-
ness shows In the east and Is recog-
nzed all over The world as probably
the leading standardized stallion of
the age"
McCann has announced that he will
stand the horse for service in Cali
fornia until April, when he will bring
him to Hood River. The new owner
is wealthy fruit man of the Hood
River country and he is said to be a
great lover of horses. He already
owns two or three Of the best ones in
the state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
BURY MRS. EDDY IN
AUBURN Cemetery
BODY NOT TO LIE IN
CRYPT IN MOTHER CHURCH
Son Proves Important Factor in De-
termining Funeral Arrangements
for Founder OF Christian Science
Church-Scrvices VIII BE Brief.

Boston. Mass, Dec. 6.-After a
consultation with Glover. it has been
definitely decided the body of Mrs.
Eddy will lie in the Mount Auburn
cemetery at Cambridge. Mass. and
not in the crypt built in the founda-
ton of the mother church in this city
The funeral arrangements were COM
pleted today. There will be a short
prayer. reading from the scriptures,
and a reading from her own writing.
Then the body will be borne from her
home to the cemetery. Only a few
friends and relatives will attend the
services Thursday.
The announcement Of the burial in
the cemetery caused a mild surprise
among some of the members Of the
church. Knowing the love Mrs. Ed
dy bore for the mother church, it was
rumored she would find a resting
place in its walls.
1t is believed Auburn was selected
SO the grave will be near Boston.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06

Washington, D. c., Dec. 6.-With
the congressional session one day old
the insurgents are giving the impress
sion that some fireworks won't be
long in starting. The appointment of
justices of the supreme court it is
said will be one place in which de-
fiance toward the regulars will show
itself.
If the democrats and progressves
line up as they did the last time it is
believed that the appointments can
be held up for some time. The in
surgents have made it known they
favor Hughes for the bench but state
emphatically that certain men named
in press dispatches as possibilities
would in no wise be acceptable. Pol
iticians say that efforts to heal the
breach between the two wings of the
republican party are not encouraging.
While the progressives in the sem
ate form smaller contingent than in
the house 1t is gossip today that the
senate progressives would also start
fight on men deemed unsatisfac-
tory for the supreme bench The su-
preme court question is considered
only an incident in the fight which
may be expected before the session
ends.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
CONSERVATIVES VICTORIOUS
IN ENGLISH ELECTIONS

London, Dec. 6.-Firm in the be-
lief that the conservatives have gained
five seats in parliament, the leaders
of the party are seeking to influence
the king not to create liberal peers
asked by the liberals IN order to gain
control of the house of lords. Con-
servatives urge that even slight gains
indicate that the country does not
want the abolition of the house OF
peers.
Returns early today show the cleo
ton of 116 conservatives, 81 liberals,
16 nationalists, and 104 laborites. IT
is conceded that the Irish members
will hold the balance Of power.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
OFFICIAL CALL SENT
TO WOOL growers
OREGON SHEEPMEN WILL
MEET IN PORTLAND JAN. 5
Secretary Dan p. Smythe Sending
Forth Formal Notice of Annual
Meeting-Up to Oregon Men to En-
tertain National WoolgrOwers,

Secretary Dan P. Smythe Of the
oregon Wool Growers association, is
today engaged in sending out the Of
ficial call to the members Of that or
ganization for the 18th annual con-
vention which is to be held in Port
land January g. just one day before
the opening OF the 47th annual con-
vention OF the National Woolgrowers'
association and the Mid-winter Sheep
show. In his call, Secretary Smythe
urges all Oregon sheepmen to so ar
range their business affairs so that
they can be in attendance on this oc-
casion, not only because of the bene-
fit which will accrue to them as wool
growers, but in order that they may
fulfill the promises made to the ma
tional organization at the last con-
vention.
Through letter received this
morning from the Portland CONNER
cial club Secretary Smythe was made
to know that the metropolis of Ore
gon is fully awake to the Importance
of the approaching gathering Of flock
owners and is making elaborate prep
arations for their entertainment. 1T
is now up to u.s." he said, "to show
our appreciation to Portland by ac-
cepting her invitation in person next
January and help to wercome our
brother sheepmen."
At the session of the Oregon Wool
growers association, there will be dis
cussions and addresses on many sub
jects of vital importance to the n
dustry, and the most prominent and
expert men in America on these va
rious subjects have been secured on
the program. Among the other sub
jects to be discussed are the tariff,
forest reserves, quarantine and speed
limit laws, predatory animals, wool
sales, appointment of advisory boards.
Through the efforts of the officers
of the state association, special one
and a third fares for round trips have
been secured from the o. R. & N.
company, with the privilege of at
tending both conventions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06

support of our case by Mr.. Elihu Root.
Approaching the enlightened ten
denotes of modern times, the con-
gress at this last session passed law
providing for the appointment of a
commission of five members to be ap-
pointed by the president of the Unit
ed States to consider the expediency
of utilizing existing international
agencies for the purpose of limiting
the armaments of the nations of the
world by international agreement, and
of constituting the combined navies of
the world in a combined internation-
al force for the preservation of uni
versal peace.
have not as yet made appoint
ments to this commission because I
have invited and am waiting the ex-
pressions of foreign governments as
to their willingness to cooperate with
us in the appointment of similar COM
missionrs or representatives who
would meet with our commissioners
and by joint action seek to make their
work effective.
Several important treaties have
been negotiated with Great Britain
in the past twelve months. A diplo-
matte agreement has been reached re-
garding the arbitration of pecuniary
against the other.
The Near East.
The return visit of the special en-
bassy sent to announce the accession
of His Majesty Mahomet V, emperor
of the Ottomans, sent to Constanti
nople a special ambassador who was
charged with the duty of expressing
the Ottoman government the value at
tached by the government of the Uni
ted States to increased and more i'm
portant relations between the coun-
tries and the desire of the u S. to
contribute to the large economic and
commercial developments due to the
new regime in Turkey.
The rapid development now begin
ming in that ancient empire and the
marked progress and increased COM
mercial Importance OF Bulgaria, Rou-
mania and Servia, makes 1t particu-
larly opportune that the possibilities
of American commerce in the near
east should receive due attention.
The far east:
The center of interest in far east
ern affairs during the past year have
again been in China.
1t is gratifying to note that tho ne
gotiations for a loan to the Chinese
government for the construction Of
the trunk railway lines from Hankow
southwark to Canton and westward
through the Yangtse valley. known as
the Huguang loan. were concluded by
the representatives of the various fl
nancial groups in Nay. last. and the
results approved BY their respective
governments The agreement, already
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
T. P. GILLILAND.
County Judge
HARRY ORCHARD DENIES
HE WAS OFFERED PAROLE

Boise, Idaho, Dec. 6.-Harry Or
chard, serving life term for the mur-
der OF Ex-Governor Steunenberg, to-
day denied he had been offered .
pardon or parole or that he had ap-
piled for it. The denial follows the
publication Of a report that he had
been offered his freedom but had re-
fused. fearing the vengeance Of the
friends of Meyer Haywood and Pet
dbone.
THE vengeance Of God IL all I
fear" said Orchard.
Governor Brady likewise denies a
parole was offered Orchard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
SAN DIEGO POLICE ARE
GIVEN A WAR SCARE

San Diego, Calf, Dec. 6.-Anoth-
er war scare was thrown into the po-
lice department today when a ship
ment of iron ball, which looked like
cannon balls, was received here. The
rumor spread that they were for the
Mexican revolutionists. Later it was
found that the balls were used to
crush rock for the manufacture of
cement
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-06
TAILORS TO DETERMINE
AS TO PEACE OR WAR

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. s.-whether
there will be peace or whether the
garment workers strike will continue
is being debated today by the tailors
affected by the peace negotiations
The cutters yesterday accepted, con-
ditionally, the proposals made by the
manufacturers. The final acceptance
depends on the tailors who began vot-
ing on 1t this afternoon.