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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-06
WHITE SAYS FIGHT
WILL BE CLOSE
Jeffries Thripes on Punishment and Has Knock
out BLow Left When Hammered.

the fair race leaning toward Jeffries, but
to the honest sporting man who pays his
money TO see the battle there should be
no preference. any more than there would
be In a horse race where one horse was
black and the other white It is a ques-
ton OF ability and which is the better
man.
Both are good men-I might say great
men-ln their business" continued White.
'Jeffries Is one Of the most stubborn
fighters ever saw, one who could hard
ly be knocked out with billy. The pun
ishment he has received in his battles has
been astonishing. He can be compared
to q fighting bullock. Fitzsimmons hit
him harder and oftener than sny man he
ever tackled and the blows seemed TO
bounce from him corbett jabbed him to
death. practically. yet after all this JEFF
fries one punch counted for more than
the thousand that corbett had delivered.
He is a marvel for taking punishment
johnson has proved many times that
he is far above the average fighter. He
knows all about the game and IS unques-
tionably cleverer than Jeffries and can
the question OF endurance on the part of
Jenries. II Johnson's blows are more ef-
fective than were Corbett's. he VIII take
much Of the bullock out OF Jef' IN a
long fight, which this is likely to be. Yet
| it is doubtful If Johnson can hit as hard
as Fitzsimmons could when he fought
Jeffries. and the latter took everything
that FitzsiInnlons gave, and then came
| back with Jolt that dropped 'Fitz' as Il
the Metropolitan Building had fallen on
him.
1T win Be one Of the most interesting
| fights in the history of pugiiism on ae-
count OF it's uncertainty. Jeffries' condi-
ton is uncertain. He may DO as good as
he ever was and he may not. Johnson
has never whipped anybody that Jeffries
could not have whipped IN probably less
time. 1t Is such a close thing that If
were a betting man I would take 10 to 9
and let the other fellow do the picking"
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In view Of the fact that the Memorial
A. c. has for the second year won the
District wrestling championship they feel
justified in going after greater honors
and will enter men IN all classes in the
South Atlantic championship bouts to be
held here March and II. This aggrega-
ton Of mat artists has been stung by the
championship bee and will try 10 land the
big end of the tourney. a South Atlantic
championship medal being one much
sought.
Howard Foley. who Is the coach. is
highly eiated over the showing his men
made in the bouts of the last tourna-
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Tommy Murphy and Owen Moran are
going to fight again at the smooth Mr..
Coffroth's Shasta A. C. In San Francisco.
Coffroth. by the way. is in very strong
with Police Commissioner John T. Her
CERT. formerly Young Mitchell. the Pu-
gulist AT least that is what wise men
at the Golden Gate ere saying.
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PREPs CLAIM CHAMPIONSHIP.
HilltOppers' Basketball Team Easily
Best of Local Schools.

The Georgetown Prep basketball team
has disbanded for the season after one
Of the most successful campaigns in the
history of the school, In intercholastic
circles the embryos did not lose a game
and easily established their claim on the
title Of scholastic champions of the Dis
trict
Following IS the list and score of some
Of the mere important games OF the en-
bryos:
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DUCKPIN LEAGUE FORMED.
Keyser CIV. Va Enthusiasts Form
New Organization I'm Home Town.

Keyser. W. Va. March 5-A new duck
pin league has recen ly sprung into exist
ence at Keyser. W. Va, and all the people
OF different occupations have banded to-
gether under the caption THE Keyser
Duckpin League" A schedule has been
arranged extending TO April Is, the first
game having been played last Monday.
The standing as 1t Is at present follows:
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AUTOMOBILE NEWS
NOTES AND GOSSIP

Previous records for the trip by auto
mobile over tho sandy roads and steep
grades from Portland. Greg. to Govern
ment Camp, close 20 the snow line OF
Mount Hood, have been shattered by c.
NJ. Menzies. OF Portland He made the
distance Of dfty-eight miles IN three hours
fat with an air-co0led double-rumble
Franklin runabout Of forty-two horse
power. He broke the record. then held
by a water-eOoled car by twenty min
utes.
That the automobile can, with satisfac-
ton both to the occupants and to others.
be substituted in the police patrol service
for several horse-drawn wagons was
demonstrated recently in Youngstown.
Ohio, where one evening between 6
o'clock and midnight a Franklin touring
car OF eighteen horsepower took the
place Of two wagons and three teams.
which were generally used. Not only lid
the car throughout the evening average
a round trip in about One-sixth Of the
time ordinarily taken by the horse-drawn
wagons, but one noisy individual was so
delighted with the conveyance that he
refused to leave it when he arrived IN II
AT the police station. He insisted upon
having Joy ride" and protested wiki
feeling when he was forcibly taken out of
the motor ear by the police officers.
4 trip Of 104 miles on little more shen
three gallons Of gasoline is the basis OF a
claim of DR.. John 4. KIump. of VIII
transport. Pa, that he holds the record
of miles per gallon for automobiles in
that locality. The doctor and four other
persons made a journey to Bellefonte and
back in his 1906 Franklin motor car Of
twenty horsepower. The worlds record
for distance Travelled on one gallon OF
gasoline is AL miles. which was made in
Buffalo last summer by an eighteen
horsepower Franklin, in which there
were four passengers.
An automobile which has been given
hard service this winter without MISSING
an hours work is owned by Charles 4.
Grogeh, OF Piqua, Ohio. Mr.. Groseh is G
baker and every morning distributes a
load OF bakestuffs In a sixteen horse
power Frankling touring car, which he
has transformed into delivery wagon.
Although Il had been used for three years
as a touring car when he made the
change in August. 1908, Mr.. Grosch reports
that the delivery car has been in daily
operation He has had but one puncture,
and the two front tires have been on the
car since September. 1905. No difficulty
has been experienced in getting through
the snow. mud. and siush Of the hard
winter. The cold weather has not been a
source OF trouble. as the engine is air
cooled and there is no water to freeze.
The Motor Contest Association has add
ed to its membership list the name Of the
American Locomotive Company. This Is
considered interesting and significant at
this time because OF the changes in the
racing rules having just been made pub
lie. AS the present holder Of the Wander
biit cup. which was won By an Alec. with
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Georretown Olive. in line.

At a meeting held last night the George
town Olives baseball club organized for
the season with the following players:
Sullivan, KidweiI, Lemericis. Myers, Rey-
holds, Harrison, Donohue. Evans. Martin.
Belt. E. Howard. Eckendorf. Wells,
Brewer. and B. Howard. Robert Reich
ard was elected manager. The Olives
are planning an extensive schedule. and
would like to hear from ell uniformed
teams averaging eighteen years in or out
of the District Robert Reichard. man
ager. 1E4 Thirty-fourth street northwest.
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made against the Gailaudet crack, Mosey.
he should make it hard for somebody.
and another bout between these two
should be interesting.
In the special weight Gavin will wear
the coiors, and this speedy find OF FoIey's
is relied on to capture honors, Goueher,
the crack feather-weight OF the District.
has not shown his true form so far this
season, but is rapidly rounding into shape
and any one picking him for snap is
going to live hard while on the mat. The
Memorials have more material which will
come out later or be held over until next
season.
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There is one fellow who viii surely
be in the training camp of James J.
Jeffries If he can get there, and that
fellow is Eddie Hanlon, the best pal that
the Californian has Ia the world.
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ment. and as ne will put practically the
same team in. with one or two other
good additions. he feels confident his
men viii be in az the finish and take the
majority Of the bouts.
o'Brlen and Mulligan. in the 145-pound
class. will probably be the stars OF the
evening, O'Brien having shown cham
pionship caliber in previous tournaments.
Mullgan will be tho dark horse, having
been overweight in the early part Of the
season. He is a conner and with consist
ent plugging should land. In the 49,
pound class Ike" Connolly will represent
the club, and in view of the showing he
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Murphy and Moran Rematched.

Highest team scove- Business Men, A5.
Highest indisidual scoFe-Woolf. 1s.
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| WON IN THE ninth
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS

1t was the day of the opening Of the winter
term of Lowell University. the greatest college
in the eastern part of the United States, and
institution that had had many winning nth-
q particularly hearty welcome from his fellows
was Hughte Jenkins, for three years manager of
the base ball nine and captain of the foot ball
team the previous season. Soon after the term s
siasts commenced to speculate regarding material
for the team FOR the approaching season. Among
the new students was one named Case, who
anne from California. and who wrote home that
he intended trying for the posit'"- of pitcher
Harold Case, who wac away from home for
the first time. suffered from loneliness. He had
not been fortunate in making friends during his
few months In college. and he was the only
student at his boarding house, that he was
glad when new student named Hagner took a
was base ball player led to friendship between
the two youths.
The base ball spirit at Lowell was stronger
than ever. and the for preliminary
hundred students who had made up their minds
to try for the varsity team. All were over
joyed when notice. signed by Manager Hughle
Jenkins was posted. announcing that outdoor
practice would begin February %. On the nrst
day Hagner demonstrated his ability as a bat
ter and Case nade a fair showing as a left-hand
pitcher. The second week Of practice the regu-
lar work increased and a test OF the base
running ability of the candidates was made,
Hagner, Case and several OF the old players
squads were playing practice games. HaEner
was shortstop of the first squad with Miner
Black as the regular pitcher. Case was SUD-
stitute pitcher for both squads. He relieved
Black. and also Radams Of the second squad.
A student. by the name Of Crosslcy, also
looked like promising left-hand pitcher
The first game was with Colfax, small neigh
boring college. and Lowell won.
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polling the captain to Immediately in
form the umpire whenever one player is
substituted for another, also compelling
the umpire to announce such a change
to the spectators. In past years 1t has
often been the case in various leagues
for player to be substituted and be in
the game for an inning or more without
the umpire of the fans knowing any
thing about the change. Often the UNI
pres have known of the change and
failed to inform the public. Both captain
and umpire next year will be subject to
a fine for failing to live up to this rule,
and. of course. the public will be bene-
fitted
1t didn't seem as If any changes were
possible that would help the game. but
there Is no getting away from the fact
that the rulemakers put through several
little reforms during the winter that are
sure to improve the sport.
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or extra pitcher. as he was strong and
could throw swift ball He also seemed
TO be able to serve up curves fairly well.
But Hughie had to change his mind about
Crossley. He was too cratic
The trouble with Crossley was that he
was spoiled son of a very rich man.
He had the most luxurious rooms of any
of the fellows at Lowell. He had a serv-
ant and. an automobile. He had lots OF
money to spend and he didn't hesitate to
good fellow with the boys whom he chose
to make his friends and he liked and
was liked by those with whom he came
in contact as long as no one tried to do
things different from the way he wanted
them done.
that everything he wanted he could have.
The fault was largely with his parents
They gave him everything he asked for
and denied him nothing. Once in while
his parents would try to curb his desire
for one thing or another and then Cross
ley would pout and his parents gave in.
This gave Crossley very wrong idea
of the world in general. But he was to
find that there were other people in the
world besides himself. and that they had
them were just as selfish in their ideas as
he was. When he met this kind of a fell
low he got furiously angry.
When he came to Lowell he naturally
thought that the son of so wealthy a
man as his father would receive special
attention by the college people and stu
dents. When he found that merit alone
counted in Lowell affairs he was furious
When he saw some fellow who could dc
some one thing better than he could. and
who therefore received the attention which
his accomplishment warranted, he be-
came very jealous.
When he wanted anything that came to
him as a desire he would stop at nothing
in his efforts to get it by hook or crook
The result of it all was that after he
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had been at college for a few months he
had not done anything worth while for
himself. and outside of a small number Of
fellows who were brought up like himself
he had not made many friends who would
do him any good.
One Of the things he asked his father
for in the early spring was new auto
mobile His father would just as soon
have sent it as not. but he had been read
ing something about other boys doing
wonderful things in foot ball at college.
and he was disappointed that his son
wasn't in 1t So he had what to him was
q brilliant idea, and he wrote his son
that he would present him with a new
fifteen-thousand-d dollar imported car the
day he was named for the varsity. This
looked easy to Crossley.
At home Crossley, the rich mans son,
had bought the suits for the high school
nine. His father had fixed up a fine ball
mark for the boys to play In, and he had
done all this because his son had asked
him to and because he had insisted
upon It..
OF course. Crossley had a right under
the circumstances to say which position
on the team he would play. and he had
promptly selected the job of pitcher. AT
first he was no good at all, but he hired
a professional player to teach him. and
into a pretty good pitcher In fact. he
might easily have become a frst-ciass
finger If his habits had been steady.
Crossley had come to Lowell from White
Preparatory College. little school in the
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CHAPTER VII.
Hal and Crossley.

There were quite number of disap-
pointed candidates the day the varsity
list was posted The disappointment was
felt most by the boys who had an idea
that they were the real thing as pitchers.
A pitcher can rarely do anything but
pitch. and large percentage of boys
who think they have the pitching ability
do not make good when put to the real
test. And SO when they picked out the
candidates for the varsity that year a
great number of fellows who had high
hopes missed even the second squad and
finally landed on the freshman team.
Among the fellows who had hopes OF
making the team was Edward Crossley.
He had reported as a pitcher and had
been given good many try-outs in the
batting practice, and at first Hughie was
attracted by his work and had one or
two talks with him about his experience.
Hughes first impression was that Cross
ley could be developed into substitute
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match with Sam Langford or Stanley
Ketchell. And who Is this champion OF
the Emerald Isle? Why. Jack Fitzgerald.
born in Draperstown, County Derry. but
now claiming West Philadelphia as his
home Fitzgerald won the championship
of Ireland by defeating Jem Roche at the
Emerald Club in Derry in September,
1901 Roche being knocked out in the
twelfth round. Fitzgerald also has a
victory over Jack Heinan. sparring part
ner Of Jack Johnson, who was the RET
cree, and who was so surprised when
FITZGERALD put a Texas Lacquer over on
to Heinan's jaw in the second round for
the count that he tried to get Fitzgerald
to join his road show. Being friend OF
Jeffries, the Irish champion refused. Fltz-
gerald also has in his record victories
over Peter Maher and "Gunboat Smith.
He is a fighter worthy of some attention.
aside from the fact that he holds the
championship of Ireland.
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STONE TELLS STORY.
Last Years Batting Slump Caused
bv Iniury-Salary Reduced.

Silent George Stone has been heard
from regarding the hitch between him
self and President Hedges of the Browns
as to the size Of his contract for the pres.
ent season. Stone is still at Coleridge,
Neb., the town he made famous when he
became the batting leader OF the Ameri-
according to letter to the Globe Demo
mrat, he has no intention of leaving
there until he finds his 1910 contract
more to his liking. George has a good
position In a bank at Coleridge. and he
figures that he can afford to stay there.
unless Hedges sees At to increase his
present offer. He thinks that but one
side of his case has been given to the
public up to date, and that this is I'M
fair to him. In the letter Stone says:
II think I am getting a pretty raw
deal of it this year, to have my salary
almost cut in two. owing to my not hit
ting above the standard last year. I was
playing under difficulties most all sea-
son. as you will remember Before my
ankle was injured was batting over 800
with all indications for most success
full year. was out Of the game almost
three months with my sprained ankle,
and when I did get back In the game !
was playing purely on my nerve, as l
had to favor my ankle in every way.
1t was like starting in spring training.
as my muscles had to be all worked out
again. But see Mr.. Hedges does not
consider this at all. The latter part of
last year I was hit in the side with a
pitched ball, and this forced me to Law
off short time. It was the first year
since have been playing base ball that
/ have had these misfortunes, and from
this Mr.. Hedges thinks I am not worth
more than half what he has been pay
ing me.
my ankle is as strong as ever. and
l never felt better in my life. Neverthe-
less, / do not have to play base hail for
any such figure as has been offered me.
as | am very comfortably situated. with
other interests to look after, and have a
good position In the Commercial State
Bank. where have been for several win
ters."
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Suppose Pete Lister Should
Prove Star at First for Detroit |!


the
yeti out
did in the Southern League o bought him and had him
broken wrist Lister found the American League going the
in
n
to the
joins Tigers He
/ though he is onet
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Thoroughbreds in Trainine

NEW YORK, March 1s.-Beginnine
this week, hard and constant training
Will be the order for all thoroughbred;
on the local tracks. The three courses
-Sheepshead Bay. Belmont Park and
Gravesend-where most horses are To-
Gated will be put in such condition
that horsemen can put their charges ia
regular work. After a long and cold
winter trainers will now have to "ref
busy" and give up the old habit OF
lounging around the clubs and their
firesides. telling Of incidents of tile
past and reckoning on the future. II
is a case Of work from now on, espe
tially for those who have long strings
of horses in hand, like, James Rowe,
Tom WEIGH, Tom Healy and others
whose stables are of such proportions
that the horses are marked into Sec
lions. es-..-s.-
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LETTER
ON THE BIG BOXERS
No Comparison Between Jef'
fries and Nelson, Says
''GentIeman Jim."
By James ]. Corbett.

Copyright 1910. by the Tribune Company Chi
cago. Unauthorized reproduction OF this arti-
Gle viii be prosecuted)
The following OF carefully mapped
out plan Of training by Jeffries since his
return to California seems to have allayed
the anxiety shown In some directions re-
garding the possibility that, having taken
advantage of the opportunity of making
a fortune by his tour over the country,
he now might find that the matter of his
getting into his old ring condition was so
uncertain that his fight with Johnson
would have to be called of. or something
done to put the colored man into the
hands Of the jailer until cherries are ripe.
Probably all my readers have noticed
the enthusiastic reception which was
given the big fellow on the coast. When
ever he has appeared in public there has
been a crowd anxious to note his physi-
cal condition, and the general verdict has
been more than favorable for his chances
Of entering the ring July 4 fit to fight
the best battle of his career.
Aside from this favorable impression
gained from the newspapers my private
correspondence from friends in California
has been filled with similar reports, and l
also note the statement from Bob Arm
strong, who has trained with Jenrles for
several tights, to the effect that Jeffries
never has begun his preliminary work un-
der better physical conditions. All of
this leads me to think now that Jeffries
is sure to reach his former good condi-
ton.
You know / have been called the con-
sentative one in discussing Jeffries'
chances in the coming fight. Because of
this one of the clever newspaper writer's
In the east. unable to understand me, has
commented upon "a noticeable change
and the lack of what he calls my usual
friendly to Jeffries and as one of his ad-
visers somewhat responsible for his con-
dition, / might be justly criticised later
should / permit my enthusiasm over his
ability as the greatest fighter the world
has ever seen to carry me away to the
extent OF venturing the opinion that he
would be a sure victor July 4.
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The Browns are so desperately in need
of a catcher that OConnor is trying to
make one out OF Griggs. The Texan is
good hitter and fielder. but catching
is hard proposition.
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One little man who went back to the
minors. but who had plenty of big league
stuff left. was Jimmy Slagle. This small
but capable performer would strengthen
half dozen big league teams right now
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Bill Dahlen is showing his recruits
lot of tactics and snappy plays. Can he
show them his wonderful secret of last
ing nineteen years without ever getting
up a good perspiration?