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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

One thousand
information Cohn hands inspiration.
Bonner pitched his
hits, struck
had wild pitch.
Frisco place league yesterday, but the
mighty close fourth That
the the south of us is.
Indians weren't good road team
this journey round the circuit
667 having fourteen
played They went with twenty
pon lead back fifty points to the good
clubs Spokane and Tacoma held e
City winning, ISL 1872 The
pretty
winds that had to be contended with
The Eagles a played a
National Embems
54
Annis a then Schnmtz
The managed to keep
added whitewash
of the circus odays game begins at AGO.
Kliay and Hall probably oflciate as Fingers
will be there at 4:3O? Several hun
1880 when the boys arrived
several thousand at the game
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
TIP WRIGHT'S'
C. O L u NJ "

Sporting Editor The Press-After
reading James J. Jeffries' statement
in The Press, let me say that if he
says he wasn't right for eight days
before the fight, or even one day be-
fore the fight, why did he telegraph
Mr.. Ike Lewnsohn of the Congress
cafe, Chicago, at 2:45 p. m. July 4.
that he was never better in his life
and to bet on it?
The telegram was posted on the
show window for the public to see,
and was signed Jas. J. Jeffries.
Lewnsohn and his brother Dave are
Jeffries' warmest friends, and it
doesn't seem possible eff would ad-
wise them so if he wasn't feeling
right, does it? l saw the telegram,
as did thousands of others.
SILAS.
"Tll answer your query, "Silas,'
adm if the answer isn't satisfactory,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
WOULDN'T COIN
LIKE To SEE A
CR0WOL|KETH|S

The HazlewOods look to have
cinch on the City league pennant,
as this fast aggregation knocked
hte Gold Coins aspirations on the
coco yesterday afternoon at Nata-
forum park, to the tune of 81.
Shriver pitched for the winners
and Steltz for the losers and they
allowed only a total Of fifteen hits,
the odd being in favor of Shriver.
The second game, between the
Brownies and the Dodds, was
more exciting, the former team
winning, 1913. There was plenty
of smuggling, six two-baggers and
two three-baggers being made.
Bever and Cillie tossed them over
for the losers and Hollis allowed
the Dodds just six hits. The larg-
est crowd of the season, about
1000, turned out to witness the
performances.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
\ DIAMOND 4
= G l. I N I S =

Iris Speaker, the Boston won
der, bats left-handed and draws a
line in the dirt with his bat as he
takes his position the plate.
Bugs Raymond is playing with
a team called the Collegians. Can
you imagine it?
Wonder seasons here all right,
Baseball phenOms come to light;
Give big leaguers awful fright
For a minute-then good night.
In view of recent anti-fight agi-
tation, it looks probable that Jack
Johnson may fight next time in
Australia, under the auspices of
Hugh Mcintosh.
Motorcycle racing seems to be
one sport that doesn't bother about
weather. A hundred and twenty
three contestants of the Fedora
ton of American Motorcyclists
kept their clip through heavy rains
over bad roads in Pennsylvania.
Ty Cobb is most emphatic in re-
ply to rumors that he has been stir
ring up dissension among the tt
gers. He says he is doing his
level best to pull the Detroits
through to another pennant-cop-
ping climax.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

Just ask Dave Lewnsohn for an ex-
PLANTATION, and see if he tells you
different.
! Ins the first place, l make this
statement without fear of contradic-
ton. basing it upon my knowledge
of Jim Jeffries:
The telegram which you say was
posted in Lewnsohn's cafe was NOT
written by Jim Jeffries. Neither was
it dictated by him.
At 2:45 p. m. July Jeffries was
in his dressing room in the arena,
and he had been there for an hour
with no one but his trainers near
him. Dave Lewnsohn was sitting at
the ringside, far from effries.
The telegram posted in Levin
sohn's window was written by some
one else. Possibly Dave Lewnsohn
sent it to his brother quoting words
he heard Jeffries utter in converse
ton.
Dave Lewnsohn was about the
ieffries cottage for several days
prior to July 4. l don't doubt he
be, some money on the big fellow"
but | would doubt the assertion
made by anyone that Jim Jeffries
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

dictated or sent a telegram to Ike
Lewnsohn, telling him he was never
better and to bet on him.
The morning of July Jeffries
spent in the yard outside his cot
tage, playing hearts with friends.
He was, to all appearances, cheer
full, and jOked with those about him.
Tle gave no outward indication of
nervousness or worry.
1t is a common custom in fight
ers' camps to wire and mail state
ments from the fightersc" but
which the fighters themselves never
see or hear of, because they are not
permitted to read the papers for
days before the contest.
Everything at all liable to upset
man about to engage in contest
is kept from him. Nothing but
pleasant things, which will increase
his good nature and prevent fret
ting, is permitted to come to his at
tcntion.
A majority of the statements cred.
tied to Jeffries were written by
Sam Berger, Or taken from things
dropped by Jeffries in general con-
versation. Hundreds of kilograms
were sent from Reno the day before
the fight. as well as upon the day of
the big battle, advising men in all
parts of the country to bet upon one
man or the other. Many of these
doubtless boer the name of Jeffries
and Johnson, but it is doubtful if
either man, especially Jeffries, filed
a single message.
Johnson, who was never serious
up to the time he entered the arena,
may have wired few personal
friends to bet upon him. but this,
100, l doubt. | am positive that
effries never sent telegram to Ike
Lcwnsohn or to anyone else, as pur-
ported.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
WHAT THE WEATHER
MAN SAYS TODAY

From the Pacific to the Rockies
temperatures at 5 a. m. were in
general slightly below normal.
the Mississippi valley, excepting
the lake regions and northern New
England, oppressive temperatures
were reported.
Rain has fallen in western Can
ada, the Rockies, upper Ohio val
ley and on the north Atlantic
coast, mainly due to a storm CEN
ter near Lake Winnipeg. High
pressure ON the north Pacific
coast is controlling the weather of
the northwest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

Il have good Job said the
sutton, with an income of $4,000 a
year. My family is one Of the best
in the community, and l already
have a home furnished for you
But still the maid hesitated.
"Besides," continued the sutton,
desperately. Il have collection of
1247 tobacco coupons redeemable in
pianos and ear rings
After that 1t was only a question
of naming the day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
G O Min u F. D
r o k-
P A G. F. O N f.
$40, 600, 900 FIRE In
BRUSSELS

nue. Des Nations was damned with
holiday sishtseers. The Bruxelles
Kirmesse resembled the packed
streets of an American seacoast
summer resort near some big city.
CROSSED ELECTRIC WIRES.
electric wires in the telegraph
building. Soon the flimsy structure
was ablaze and firemen, fighting
desperately, were unable to stay
the flames. The French and Eng
lish buildings, fairy places of lath
and stucco, offered food for the
fire, which, famed by high wind,
gained Roadway rapidly.
The police reserves and then
troops from the city garrisons
were hurried to the grounds to
herd the panic-stricken people to
safety. In the first rush for the
exits following the alarm, most of
the casualties occurred. Frantic
men trampled women and children
IL. a mad effort TO save their lives
The flames reached the Kirmze
before tne crown Idu leit tlle en-
closure and with the roar of the
fire in their ears, men and women
| fought to escape. Individual acts
of bravery were lost in the seeth-
ing crowds that sought to pass en-
masse through the gates. The ar
rival of the gendarmes and sol
diers saved many lives in the ex
| nrnnnu leland "
Soon the French and English
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

Both SpOkane's runs came near
being homers in yesterdays game
Nordyke put his SO far over the
fence in the second that there was
no doubt about it, but Cartwright
hit one that stuck in hole in the
right field fence, and Umpire Ralp
Frary wouldn't let Carly go any
farther than third.
Smith pitched a good game for
the Beavers, but his mates couldn't
touch Bonner up at all, and had to
be satisfied with two measly
bingles. Vancouver played an error
less game, while the Indians made
just one foozle. Keener, who has
been gradually drifting farther and
farther down the batting order,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
HE FLEW THE KITE
OVER NIAGARA GORGE

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 15.-The
boy who flew the kite across the
Niagara gorge, enabling the baffled
engineers to span it with cable
for the first suspension bridge, has
just died here-at the ripe age of
rs.
Eugene Childs was the boy
whose quick thought and deed have
illustrated points for many writer
and public speaker. He lived near
the gorge then. Later he fon his
Captain by civil war service. He
had lived in Minneapolis since
1884,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
TO SWIM CHANNEL
Charles Durbarrow of Philadelphia viii
Try Heart Breaking StUin,.

panied by several tenders. Dur
barrow is holder of the long.distance
record, having recently swum -
miles without a rest and against =
strong current part of the distance.
He uses the trudgeon stroke and
oils his body before entering the
water.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

buildings were in flames and the
fire leaped to the avenue Des Ma
tons, licking up the fragile build
ings that housed the exhibits of
the foreign nations. The exposi-
ton practically was destroyed and
many pavilions outside the exposi-
ton also were burned.
100000 IN DIAMONDS STOLEN.
Hardly had the flames died down
before lOoters were at work. AS
soon as the troops arrived they
were thrown about the exposition
1t is reported, however, that con.
siderable looting went on before
the precautions were taken. A dia-
mond collection said to be worth
100000, is said to have been
stolen and several other small
thefts were reported to the authori-
ties.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
INDIANS CONE HOME
WITH 51,P0|NT LEAD

came to life yesterday and got two
safe ones. If he can keep that up
itw i'll help some in the series which
starts today.
Some people seem to be appre-
hensive about the way the Tigers
are climbing. Thanks to their VIC
tories many over the decadent
Turks, they have straddled the lad
der notch or so above the Beav-
ors, but they've got long way to
go yet before they can perch on the
top rung. The Indians need all the
games they can get, of course, to
made that pennant dead certainty,
but if the local lads take just one
game from the Tacomans they'll
still be in the first notch.
Yesterdays scores: R. H. E.
Spokane 100000 o. 8 1
Vancouver. 0 100000 2 0
Tacoma ..0O20 100000 7 1
Seattle 100000 6 2
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
IN THE LIBRARY

First BoOkwOrm-You seem we'll
preserved for your age.
Second Bookworm-Yes; can
still eat fine print without wearing
false teeth.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
SEE
FIGHT PICTURES;
CALL EN- TAME
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15.-No
arrests were made here today as
the result of the first exhibition of
the Jeffries-J fight pictures
in San Francisco. With republican
gubernatorial candidate Charles F.
Curry seated we'll to the front, the
films were. privately" introduced
to a crowd of several hundred
business and sporting men. Mayor
Mccarthy was not present, but
neither was the interference of the
police that he threatened should
the films be displayed in San
Francisco.
Among those who witnessed the
exhibition the concensus of opin-
ion was that the reproduction of
the fight was tame. Tex Richard
has taken no steps to put on the
films in a public theater.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
NV United Press Leased Wire)

10y OHTteu FTess teaseu WIFI
LONDON, Aug. 15.-Charles B.
Durbarow of Philadelphia has been
engaged by several British sport
ing men to attempt to swim the
English channel within the next
few months. Durbarow will start
from Dover and will be accom-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15

The way Mel Sheppard is clip
ping records ON the cinder path
ought to bring an aspiring lot of
young athletes into the game Of
spiked shoes and small clothes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
MERCHANT SUES
KINGS GRANDMOTHER

. LISBON, Aug. 13.-Maria =
. Pia, grandmother Of King =
. Manuel, is today preparing 70 Z
. defend herself in suit =
= brought by a Lisbon draper Z
= for $4,000, alleged to be un- =
. paid on a bill contracted by =
. the queen mother. The courts =
= held that the king alone 10 =
= exempt from being made = Z
. party to personal suits. Z
Q . . q Q . . 90 . 80 -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
SPORT SPICE
AND
diamond GOSSIP

ORDYKE made another homer yesterday,
making five for him on this last trip.
Again he caught one around his knees,
and hoisted it about forty feet over the
fence After this, opposing pitchers may
learn wisdom and curl it around Lou s
neck. And there's no letinlg what he
might do to this kind.
Say, Mr.. Fan, also Miss and Mrs. Fan
Are you going to allow the attendance
during the next three weeks to be joke
and disgrace? You re going to see some
mighty good ball this week and next
week and the week after if you take a
jaunt out to Recreation park in the after
noon. Brace up and show Owner Joe
Cohn and Captain Harry Ostdiek that
efforts are going to be appreciated.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
RIVER AND HARRoR BILL.
Connecticut Items Include Thames River $11 1,500, New London Harbor 12,0oo.

Special to The Bulletin.)
 Washington. April 21.-The river and harbor bill as it passed the senate, and as 1t will probably become a law, con- tains the following Connecticut items: Branford harbor, s2,0o0; Bridgeport harbor, $45,00O, and $10,O00 for main tenance; harbor of refuge at Buck Island. $60,00D; l1arbors at Five Mile river, Stamford, Southport, Greenwich and WeStport, and Saugatuck river, -$4o,000; Milford, $2,900; abrealxwater at New Haven, S1eo ,OO0; New Haven harbor, $68,Oa0; New London harbor $12.000; Norwalk harbor, $4.000; Con- necticut river, $36, ,000; Eight Mile riv- CT, $9,000; Housatonic river, $20,000; and Thames river, $11, 800.
 The following surveys are also au- thorized: Bridgeport harbor, with a view to protecting the channels from the erosion of Long Beach; Cove llar- bor, with a view to providing an en- trance channel of increased depth: Darien river; Thames river, west channel, from PoQuetanuck draw bridge to Kitemaug, for fourteen foot channel: New Haven haa,bor, with a view to a channel by way of Oyster Point to the bridge of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company on West river, and East Ha- ven river.
 The aggregate appropriation for Con- necticut is $419, 800, and practically every Improvement asked for by the Connecticut delegation in congress has been provided for.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
MEMBER SINCE 1881.
Miss Emma Bunce Joined Center
 Church, Hartford, 79 Years Ago.

Miss Emma Bunce of Hartford, the oldest member of the Center church, heads the list of aged disciples in that organization by ten years. She be- came a member in December, 1S31, unit ing by letter from the South church. in which the Bunce family of Hartford had been prominent since It's organiza- ton in 1870. Thomas Bunce. the found CT of the family, was an original mem Der of this church He was a land owner in Hartford in 1889 and was in the Pequot war. The son of Thomas Bunce. second of the ancestors. was admitted to the South church in 1886. He died in 1734. Russell Bunce, the father of Miss Bunce, was a deacon in the South church in 1918 and resigned in 1S21
 The Rev. Joel Hawes was called to the pastorate of the Center church on January 1S, ISIS, and was settled on March 4, of that year. The first pru- dential committee in the Center tember 1891, consisted of Russell Bunce, William w. Ellsworth, Nor mand Smith, Caleb Goodwin, Henry Hudson and James R. Woodbridge. MT. Bunce was elected a deacon in Nove1n- Der, 1921, becoming eminent at the start. He died in April, 1846, at the age of 69 years John l.. Bunce and James M. Bunce, whose names are dis tinguished in the business and finan- sons Miss Emma Bunce was the youngest of the children. She united with the Center church under Dr. Hawes and has been a member con- tinuously since 1881, a period of 7e wears
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
STATE TRADE SCHOOL.
That at New Britain to Be in Opera
 tion About May 1.

The last of the course of free lec- lures. under the auspices of the Mid dletown board of education. was given at the Middletown high school on Fri day night by Clarence H. Woolsey. PhD.. former principal of the high school, at present in charge of the. trade school about to be established in New Britain by the state.
 The speaker was introduced by Ar
 Dr. Woolsey gave highly interest ing account of what trade schools are doing about the country and spoke of the importance of the work which is becoming to be more recognized. The school of which he is in charge in New Britain is to be run as much like factory as possible Boys are to know the how and the why of things. At the school all the machinery is in place and all that is being awaited is certain equipment There are five trades to be offered, the three metal working trades machine work. die cutting and tool making, and two wood working trades, carpentry and pat tern making He explained what pat tern making is; every casting is made from a pattern. 1t is probable that evening sessions of the school will be held after they get started for the benefit of those employed during the day For the girls no provision has struction will likely be e'provided later and the speaker said he presumed it would be in the form of dressInaking He quoted statistics to show the diff ference in the value of skilled and unskilIed labor In certain skilled me chanical lines the average wage was 47 cents an hour; in the same lines the
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
Opening of Baseball Season.

The figures compiled show that the opening of the baseball season of 1910 was one of the most remarkable in point of paid admissions. The total attendance Thursday in the National and Amerncan leagues was 144,224. Of this number the American drew 76,- greatest crowds saw the American league games in New York and Chi cago. where 25.00D persons attended each game. The smallest crowd was in Boston, where 11,o0o persons turn ed out. There is little doubt that last years total attendance figures of L. 97S,o00 for these two leagues will be surpassed this year.-Meriden Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
ABOUT FAIRGROUNDS. New Britain Has a Number Under
 Different Directors.

Mayor Landers of New Britain has received a letter from the Russell Sage Foundation of New York inquiring about the local piaygrounds. The let ter was turned over by the mayor to General Secretary J. Herbert Wilson, who sent reply. MT. Wilson stated that one playground in New Britain has been conducted for boys 10 years old and over for the past two seasons. This has been under the direction of a male instructor The average attend ance is about $50 different boys each day. The ,playgrounds are made possi- ble through the generosity of Mayor Landers. Playgroundst are also con- ducted by the Woman's club, the Sun shine society and the Commonwealth club for girls and smaller boys in three of the city school yards
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-22
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
Are They Owned by Town of Berlin ?-
 No Proofs to Show.

The long standing question whether the town or the district really owns the school buildings under the pres ent consolidation, has recently been revived when a representative of the Berlin school board began to look up the ownership of the land where the Pond school stands. It was neces- sary to consult the records of New Britain and Berlin and to also confer with a few of the oldest residents of the town, in order to get the desired information. The Pond school was built nearly fifty years ago and very few of the residents remember who owned the land which was purchased by the district for the site
 While it is generally conceded that under the system of consolidation, the town, without any doubt, owns the schools and the land upon which they are built, the question is often asked, What has the town to show for these possessions? There Is no record of the sale of the property to the town, there is no deed and in fact the town has nothing to show as a proof positive, that the district has no claim on it's school. These outlying school buildings were built by the districts originally. It was in one instance necessary to have sixteen-rnin tax in one district in order to pay the expense of building school When the school in Blue Hills was built, the money was borrowed from a bank in Meridep- The. town adopted the present system of consolidation about three years ago. All of the district schools were accordingly turned over to the town, and the town undertook the responsibility of educating the youth. Under the new system. the town took over the payments on. the school in Blue Hills and the resi- dents in this district escaped easily, at least so the residents of other dis tricts think.-New Britain Herald