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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12

was little short of perfect Steele, who
has long been accounted the best play
er in the city, had to share honors with
the Whitman captain last night, for he
played point for point with Steele. Bas-
set. at guard in the first half for Whit
man, played the game he used to two
or three years ago, and taking him out
of the second half lost the game for
Whitman. He was shy of wind but
his interrogation of long passes and
close guarding kept the score down in
the first half, and had he been left in.
there is little doubt that his opponents
would have done so we'll in the second
Cushman played a nice game at
guard, close and fast, covering we'll
Shubert in the second half, played a
good game at this position, but is not
the guard either of the other men are
Cox, in the first half, at forward, play
ed good ball. But he did not play the
Felthouse got free time and again. but
the ball was not fed up to him prop
erly. 1t was not his fault the score
was not majority for the mission
aries. Mccoy, at center, played a good
game, considering the fact that he
played against Steele He got two
baskets, but was not around the floor
ike his fast adversary He was slow
on his feet Neil, the big varsity foot
ball man. replaced him in the last few
minutes of play, but was not in the
game long enough to give line on his
ability.
And right here let it be said that
the high school crowd did a very un-
sp "rtsmanlike thing in kissing Belt.
the Whitman captain. when he wanted
to put in Neil. Bet tried in vain to
stop the game, which was going so fast
Morgan. the referee. did not get next to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12
(By JEFF Johnson)

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Jim Jeffries
is the last fighter left in the pugilistic
old guard, and what will he do next
july? Will he 60 the way Bob Fitz-
simmons, Gus Ruhlin John L. Sullivan,
James Corbett and the others went,
or will he surprise the world with first
class form and win the title from the
dusky brow of Rastus Jack George
Washington Johnson?
Already bets are being made with
Jeffries the favorite. The first bet on
record, so far as / could learn, was
made by Harry Frazee, of Chicago,
who wagered $4,000 against $4,000 that
Jeffries would win. Frazee took the
favorite end quite readily, and said he
had every reason to believe that JEFF
would be the victor.
But speaking of the old guard. JEFF
fries Is really the last member. The
old fellows, not really old, either, but
"oiH ouI' arc io1heu' Soho hoepihe
barrOOms, others on the stage and
others obscured entirely from the face
of the earth Tom Sharkey runs a
saloon on Fourteenth street here; Kid
Mccoy is trying to get money enough
to start a boxing club and an Amer
lean saloon in Paris; John L. Sullivan
Is in vaudeville; poor, old Bob Fitz-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12

points shall be the highest possible
that can be awarded by any judge.
Jack Knife Dives.
In all pike or jack knife dives, the
competitor must enter water within six
feet in front of a perpendicular drop
ped from the forward edge of the take
off, All head dives with arms at the
sides will be ruled out on account of
the danger attached to such perform
ances. Shallow and all other forms of
straight front dives will be considered
as plain front dives
The boards for the variety of diving
competition from a spring board must
be fixed at a height Of 10 feet above
the surface of the water The board
must be 10 feet long, 20 inches wide.
and of the usual elastic character. Fer
the variety high diving competition
from the firm take off, the platform
must be z feet wide and IA feet deep,
and fixed free from spring, at heigNs
of Is and 80 feet above the surface Of
e sater. The competition for variety
high diving shall comprise four compul-
sorry dives and shall include in the fol-
lowing order from the 16-foot height:
One plain dive. one running plain dive,
and also six free or voluntary dives
selected by the competitor from the
high diving table, which shall be per-
formed from the 32-foot height The
competitor will be permitted to repeat
any Of his dives.
James E. Sullivan, secretary-treas-
urer Of the Amateur Athletic union of
the United States, has received from c.
A. Sprigings, honorary secretary of the
Amateur Athletic federation of Can
ada. official notification that at meet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12
High School Takes
Game From COueQt

Playing ball of a variety that high
schools seldom are able to dish I'D.
the local high school last night won
from the Whitman varsity basketball
five by the narrow margin of II to Is.
The game was a closely contested one
clear through, and although the college
the first half, they were not able to
keep it in the second part of the game.
In fact one field goal was all the col
legians could do in the last division
of the contest
High school opened things up with
the first field goal, and the crowd went
wild. The Whitmanites braced and
things went evenly until toward the
latter part of the half, when the mis-
sionaries dropped them in regularly
making IL points before the spasm
ended, to six for the high school
In the second half the high school
had things coming easy They made
II points while the collegians could do
no better than four, two of these bein ,
from free throws, leaving but one fed
goal to the credit of the college in the
last half.
High schools team work is great,
and their feeding to Steele is what won
the game Every man knew his place
and every man of the team was there
most of the time Steele threw some
good baskets. some of them spectacu-
lar. Crawford of high school got two
in the last half, one of which was
gained by accepting a long chance,
which he made good. Jones played a
great guarding game. as did also Craw-
ford, keeping their men out of m n hief
nicely. Gross and Blackman at for
ward, did good work and played their
game consistently.
For the college. Belt was easily the
star. His work throughout the game
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12
Jack and Jeff Shy
On Dramatic Stuff

I LET him come ONT" said OBrien,
-aliantly It'll teach him!"
"Ah-h-h-h-h H." said Burns, who
had forgotten his lines.
1t was great stuff Everybody said
SO and talked about what a terrific
battle the men would put up when
there was bad blood between them.
Later Tommy tried the same thing
with Jack Johnson in Australia, only
in this case Tommy invented some
lew stuff. He picked up heavy iron
iEkstand and threatened to smear
Johnson with 1t.
Don't stop him, gents said John
son. Let him have his OF inkstand.
Come on Tawmy!"
Tawmy didn't come on, but it got
! into the papers and the Australians
ate it, hook, line and leaders.
Now you see where jeff and John
son made their great mistake They
ignored the traditions of the part" as
| the actors say They talked busi-
ness in a business-like way, making
the serious mistake of laying to much
emphasis on the dollar part of the bar
gain If Jeff had hit Johnson with a
table-leg and Johnson had countered
| with monkey wrench. think what it
would have been worth to the fight!
Would there have been any talk about
brother in-law act then? Not in one
| thousand years.
In this case the people are more in
many weary moons. When these men
meet in the ring there isn't a man in
this country with red blood in his
| veins, who does not hope to see
grand old-fashioned slam bang battle
with a knockout at the end Of it, and
if an ambulance backs up to the ring
and takes the defeated man away, so
much the better.
1t was rank injustice to accuse Jeff
of having part IN Encouragement.
His record does not bear out any such
charge of that sort If there is one
man whose ring record is cleaner than
Jeff's nobody knows where to find him.
Every time Jim went into the ring to
fight, he did the best he could. He
was never known to neglect his train
ing and show up in bad condition. He
preserved faith with the men who had
bet on him and never once during his
fighting career was the question ever
| raised: What is the big fellow going
to do?"
Everybody knew that he was going
| to fight to win and win as soon as he
| could. If there was one time in MS
life when Jim stalled along, it was IN
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12

Hon. Jim JeffrieS is peeved-that is
tools out very slowly being some
thing like an Indian in that respect
the chances are that he is still smold-
Gring in the basement. Some rash
young critic hurled himself into type
with a statement that the big fight
was fixed" That was what started
the Alfalfa Baron. First he said that
he would search out that calumniatoI
and bite him on the left ear; later he
argued his own case, and wound up
with some fine seven dollar word
profanity
The trouble has been that Jeff and
Johnson did not proceed to business in
the good old way. They sat down to
arrange this fight as a business prop
osition and because jeff did not SLUG
Jack On sight and threaten to kill him
when he got him into the ring, We
were all a trifie disappointed.
Not to go too far back into the dark
ages of pugilism, did you ever hear
Of a fellow named Jim Corbett, the
last of the great press agents? jim
was the boy who could work up inter
est in the fight. Do you happen to re-
call the grand knockdown and drag
hett the champion Corbett met Fitz-
simmons first began to challenge COR
hett, thechampion? Corbett met Fitz
N bar room, members of the press
oeins present. and Gentleman Jim
tore into Fitz like a wolf and used
poor old Bob's left eye for a cuspidor
That was only the beginning OF friend
~ negotiations between the two. Later
When they were training at Carson
city, Corbett met Fitz on the peniten-
nary road-the exact scene of that
meeting is still pointed out by the in
northumberland Fitz, always good ma
'ured when not carefully coached In
ADVANCE offered his freckled paw. All
the world knows how Jim Corbett
Siared at him. drew himself up to his
luil height, and spurned the proffered
NIT
III shake hands with you when
get you in the ring, not before" said
Gentleman Jim.
That was the old way of doing
BUSINESS. We got into the habit of ex-
Pecting that sort of thing. Even Tom
my Burns and Jack O'Brien lived ur
10 the sacred traditions of the ring
wien they met, to arrange the terms
VI one of their battles.
tommy stood up and glared al
hrien' and O'Brien stood IN and
7lared at Tommy Both held heavy
canes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12

ing of the federation held at Montreal
in December the federation officially
disbanded and IL now a part Of the new
body that will govern sport in Canada.
The disbanding of the Canadian fed
Grafton now leaves the Amateur Ath-
letic union without an alliance with a
Canadian governing body and in flu
ture athletics from the United States
desiring to compete in Canada and
Canadian athletes desiging to compete
in the United States must comply with
the general rules Of the Amateur Ath-
letic union in relation to securing a
permit.
Athletes from the United States who
desire to compete in Canada must ap-
ply to the chairman of the national
registration committee for permit to
compete in Canada.
Athletes from Canada who desire to
compete in the United States must ap-
ply to the chairman Of the registration
committee for permission to compete in
the United States, and they must reg
lister.
Athletes from the United States go
ing to Canada to compete notwIh-
standing the fact that they have per-
mission from the Amateur Athletic
union of the United States must apply
to the governing body in Canada also.
quires them to register then they will
have to do SO.
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the fact that there was anything doing
When the game was stopped, high
school Kissed, for which there was no
ccasion. Another thing for which high
the rooters crowded on the floor in the
last half. 1t happened that no play
been so. High school was playing a
great game at the time, and the crowd
on the field should have byen put off
1t is not the first time it has occurred.
and visitory will be slow about accept
ing a game in the high school gym if
it is not stopped.
Morgan, as referee, was good. He
did not stop fast playing, and some
times the play went rough, but bas-
ketball is not child's game, a1d Ns
decisions were fair.
The game was high schools, on it's
merits. The college was weakened by
the loss of Barnes, who has sore foot
but it is thought he will be in the
next game, which is to be played in the
Whitman gymnasium January II.
The lineup for the High school was:
Steel, center; Blaclman and Gross.
guards; Jones and Crawford, forwards.
The varsity-McCoy, Neil, center:
Bassett, Shubert, Cushman, guards;
Belt, Cox, Penthouse, forwards.
Goals from field. Whitman-McCoy
2, Belt 3, Felthouse 1. Baskets or
rec throws, Belt 4, out OF chances.
Total 16.
High school-Steel 8, Blackman
Gross /, Crawford 2. Free throws.
Blackman one out of 3 chances
Steel, none out of four chances. Total
II. t-.-------- - -- - 60
Time of halves-twenty minutes.
Attendance ESQ.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12
.JEFFRIES is LAST
OF THE OLD GUARD

simmons will be on the stage agaT In
a short time; Corbett is an actor. Then
there was Jack Mccormick and Peter
Jackson. All good ones in their day,
but not one ounce Of fight left in their
bodies.
One by one they left the ring. Rubin
retired after his poor showing against
CONTINUED on Page Six
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12

NEW YORK, Jan. 2-According TO
cable dispatches from London, Stan
ley Ketchel. the middleweight cham
piOn will fight Tom Thomas, Eng
lands champion middleweight, for the
worlds title. Several days ago it was
TCmOred that Retchel intended going
abroad, and the announcement which
GENES from the other side bears out
the big Grand Rapids pugilist's plans
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12

Here is Hans Holmer. the speedy
and strong long distance runner
whom many OF the experts favor In
the coming professional Marathon
races to be held in New York within
the next two months. Although
New Yorker, Holmer sojOurned SO long
in Canada that he has been hailed as
the Canadian Marathoner." Hans was
born a little more than twenty years
ago in England of Danish English
parentage His parents brought him
to New York before he was five years
old. He stayed there till six years ago.
when the wanderlust got in his blood
and he hit the outward trail, finally
winding up in Canada. Holmer has
wonderful record and will have no
trouble in getting backing for the COM
ing races. The wise ones will wager
barrels of the long green on his chances
against St. Yves, Svanberg, Longboat.
Dorando, Shrubb, Marsh, Hayes or
any Marathoner in the world. Hoi-
mer already has vanquished st. Yves,
running the Frenchman into the
ground in a match Marathon In Mon
treal on October 3, last, covering the
NIL distance in the worlds record
line of two hours, 80 minutes and ~
seconds. That performance as
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12

founded the sporting wrld, but Hoi-
mer's most remarkable feat was the
winning of three full Marathons with
in ten days, competing against fresh
men In each race. On July /, HOlmer
captured the BellevilIe International
Marathon at Belleville, Ont, in two
hours As minutes and 20 seconds. Ex-
actly one week later he won the Ter
centanary Marathon at Plattsburg, n.
Y, in two hours. A minutes and 81
seconds. Then he caught a train FOR
Atlantic City and on July 10, brought
home the bacon in the Atlantic City
Marathon in two hours, so minutes.
and so seconds. Holmer has also es-
tablished many other worlds records.
He has splendid leg action. Experts
saw his firm is faultless. Hans says he
owes his strong leg action to snow
shoeing He spent many happy daye
I'm snowshoes in the Canadian woods.
The exercise strengthened his thighs.
and 1t is there he gets his remarkable
lift" Like the best of the Marathon
ers, Hans does not attempt to run
high on his toes--in fact. he does not
get up On his toes for even the short
er distances Experts say Holmer
eventually will be crowned as the
v orid's greatest Marathoner.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-12

No date for the battle has been set,
however
week. Already he has announced that
he intends to engage in three fights in
Australia under the management of
Hugh Mcintosh during February, and
whether he will meet Thomas in Eng
land before or after this rate is not
known as yet.
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Time of halves-twenty minutes.
Attendance $50.
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points shall be the highest possible
that can be awarded by any judge.
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CONTINUED on Page Six
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Continued on Page Four)
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-01-15
DOCTOR AND GIRL MISSING.

Gossip Links YOrkviile Physician's
Name with That of Organist.
Miss Mabel Alden. organist Of the
Yorkville Baptist Church. and DR.. Ar
thur Anderson. q wealthy physician.
are both missing. The names Of the
two were connected by gossip before
they disappeared. The girls father,
Nathan Alden, a Yorkville merchant.
says that she has been driven from
home by the scandalous talk. Mrs.
Anderson. with her two daughters. ono
q student In the Yorkville high school.
remains loyal to her missing husband.
Mrs. Anderson accompanied him to
Chicago On December Goth. Leaving
his wife in the waiting room at the
Union station. after they had done
some shopping. the doctor went out
on a supposed errand and has not
been seen by her since.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-01-15
cocxFroHT CUT SHORT.

Chicago spOrtsmcn Are DisEruntleO
when sheriff Appears.
Between so and 100 sporting men
from Chicago sat meek.faced and SOL
emn, listening to a piano. while Sheriff
Charles Wandrack Of McHenry County
spoiled what promised to be the big
gest cockfght the Chicagoans had held
In the eight or ten weeks at their
exhibitions at Fox River picnic
grounds at Cary. As It was, the spec
tators looked on in disgust while the
sheriff walked In and closed up the
finals OF what was to have been the
big contest of ,hirty.six hours fight
ing. Samuel Brazier Of Chicago and
Thomas Patterson Of Chicago were the
big winners In the previous nights
contests. They planned to continue
them. When Sheriff Wandrack up
peared they decided to quit.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-01-15
THINK GUILTY MEN LYNcHED.

Cairo GRAND Jury Finds Law1ess
Element Not In Riots.
The grand jury which investigated
the murder Of Miss Anna Policy Of
Cairo and the lynchings Of Henry
Salzner and VIII James. the latter q
negro. adjourned without returning In.
dictments. Arthur Alexander. the ne
gro In the Champaign JAIL who barely
escaped lynching. has been released.
The grand jury reported It was evil
dent that the so.called lawless element
was not concerned In the lynchings.
Salzner was charged with uxoricide.
james was suspected OF killing Miss
Policy. The grand jury report con.
cluded: I'VE believe no innocent man
met his death ut the hands Of the
mob"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-01-15
THOMAS N. JAMESON

THOMAS N. JAMlES(bN
has never been known to undertake
What he could not accomplish. nor fall
h. accomplish what he has undertaken.
JAMES s. HOPKINS
through busy and careful life hns
earned the respect and good will Of
tho entire community.
~
BENJAMIN +. NICHOLSON
Is a Chlcagoan In the truest sense Of
the word. Progressive, publlc.spiritei
and active, he possesses the best at
tributes Of true citizenship.
ANDREW ]. GRAHAM
just ana fair In NIL his dealings, DOS.
sesses the confidence and good will Of
all who know him.
~
FRED L. WIl.K
In a man Of sound judgment, strength
Of purpose and great activity. He has
never failed In the performance Of his
duties In life or the accomplishment
Of bis undertakings.
~6A
FRANCIS STUYvESANT PEABODY
can count his personal friends by the
hundred, fact due to bis many est.
mable characteristics and bis unchang.
Ing. even temperament.
PETER NJ. HOFFMAN
deserves In an eminent degree that
largo share OF popularity and public
confidence which 10 undeniably his.
JOSEPH A. O'D(INNNLL
has ever been faithful to friends and
loyal to principle, q fact which &C.
counts for his great popularity and
the host Of friends who swear BY him.
EDWARD H. PETEll0
a man Of many excellent qualities, Il
bralny, reliable and alwrvs steadfasl
to friends and to the line Of duty.
WILLIAM II. WEBER
10 enterprising and progressive, al
well as capable and careful In the con
duct Of all affairs entrusted to him
hence his invariable success.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-01-15
FIRE IN ELaIN STATE ASYLUM.

Blaze Disables Light Plant, Leaving
Rig Institution la Darkness.
Fire starting from crossed electric
wires threatened to destroy the rear
portion of the Elgin State Hospital
and threw the institution into COM
plete darkness for an hour the other
night. The fire started In the kitchen.
The presence there at the time Of
John Favier. an orderly, a member of
the hospital FIRE department. prevented
Q bigger blaze. The fire disabled the
light plant and the hospital was In
darkness a. result.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-01-15
Items from All Parts of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
A Weekly Digest of the Most Important
Facts and Happenings for
Busy Readers.
HrNsDALE COLLECTOR ARRESTED
JOHN ID. Iless Accused OF Embessle.
rseut Of ~ 1000 inTnx Pay mcnts.

John ID. I1ess Accused OF Embess1e-
ment Of $4,000 inTaN Payments.
Whether 1t was the lure Of cham
payne dinners in Chicago or mad de-
sire to get rich quick by the stocks
and bonds route that worked the un-
doing Of John d. Hess. the youthful
collector for the village Of Hinsdale.
residents there do not appear to know.
All they know Is that his accounts
have been found to be in a muddled
condition and that something less than
$4,000 of the village funds have dis
appeared. So Hess. who is but %
years old and popular among the Chi
cago colony at Hinsdale. was arrested
on charge Of embezzlement. When
arrested he was confronted with the
carbon copies Of many unrecorded tax
receipts which. 1t appeared, had been
hidden to be destroyed later.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-01-15

ADAM ORTsEIFEN
has a splendid record for good citizen.
ship. personal integrity and first.class
ability.
ARTHUR W. FULTON
has earned by IN honest, upright life.
the good will and respect Of the en-.
fire community.
! y A6A
ALBERT J. HOPKINS.
q man Of acknowledged ability. good
Judgment and common sense.
COOPER LYON
ID honorable and fair In oil his rela.
tons with bis fellow citizens upright
as he ID capable and straightforward
~2A
EDWARD TlLDEN
ID 40 good and true citizen 40 ever
called Chicago his home. Every duty
Of citizenship has. always been faith.
fully discharged By him.
EDWARD HINES
enjoys widespread and well-earned
popularity.
N~A
e. II. BLINk
Ia a man Of the highest standing In
the community; upright and Just In
all the Affairs Of life and indefa tigable
In the performance Of all the duties
thereof.
A. r. MARRIOTT
active. energetic. enterprislng and
public.spirited, has made q success Of
al bis undertakings, and 10 ranked by
common consent among our very best
citizens.
FRED w. BLOCKI
has the experience and tho ability 10
make success IL all his undertakings
-
CLAYTON Z. CRAFTS
ID a citizen Of excellent standing and
faulticss record.
RUDOLPH BRAND
has gained success by force Of charac.
ter. Industry, integrity and ability.