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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
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shown a death rate total Of 80 for the
football results of last season, with the
assertion that there were only three
due to football, that there has never
been a. fatal accident in the history
of the game in IS of the leading uni
versities of the United States, that he
has never seen Y fatal injury in his
football life and concludes his argu-
ment against reform with a suggestion
that the universities had better confine
themselves to ping pong as sure ano
safe sport.
In what frame of mind is such
man as this to revise and modify the
over the thousands of boys and young
men playing football in this country,
or if he does agree to the rulings of
the committee, how much energy is he
going to put into his efforts with his
own men to bring back the game into
popular favor. 81
Stagg tor Reform. - li
On the other hand Alonzo Stagg %
the university of Chicago goes to the
meeting pledged to advocate radical
changes and with letters in his pocket
from many universities, all seeking re-
forms. He himself is urging changes
in the forward pass and will seek to
have the rules changed so as to make
the pass more popular 1.-The real
reason the forward pass seems to have
increased the number of injuries is
that it has been tempered with too
much" he says.
This sounded the keynote of all the
trouble, 'tampered with too much"
The game has wandered so far away
from it's original conception and has
been so much patched and repatched
that even the coaches are beginning to
the constant changing and altering
every year Then turn to the verdict of
the California critics in discussing
Walter Camps proposed changes. 1T
would be a good thing for Walter to
come out here or make a tour of Aus
tralia during the Rugby season. He
would then possibly come to the con-
clusion that we arrived at some years
ago, that the best way to alter the
rules is to throw them out in favor Of
Rugby"
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such a kicking group around an UNI
pire will be subject to fine. This
thing of ball players surrounding an
umpire and trying to intimidate him is
going to be stopped. 1t is silly, ut
terly futile practice, in the first place,
for it doesn't get the kickers anything.
1t interrupts the game, disgusts the
fans and brings the game into con-
tempt
Heretofore players have been allow
ed by umpires to say any old thing of
an insulting character to them, SO long
as they didn't say it loud enough for
the people in the stands to hear the
remarks. Well that is going to be
changed. 1t isn't going to make the
slightest difference whether the bully
ball player makes his remarks loud
enough for the fans to hear him-he
is going to be tossed right out OF the
game just as soon as he addresses the
umpire in a derogatory or insulting
manner, even if he only whispers his
remarks There's nothing to it at all,
ball players have got to obey the rul-
ings of the umpires in this league from
now on, and they've got to obey with
out any muttering or growing out of
the corners of their faces, at that
Have Temporized Too Long.
THE base ball authorities have been
temporizing with the kicking thing too
long. They've been handling the kick
stuff with kid gloves. Kicking ball
players can't be handled that way
They've got to be made to see that
their usefulness, their jobs, their live
lihoods, are absolutely dependent upon
their decent behavior when they're
playing the game. They've got to take
the ruling In the spirit of soldiers
without complaint.
II am not saying that umpires are
always right in their decisions. But
I do say that umpires keenly try to be
fair. and they nearly always are fair
Umpires know that they can't show de-
liDerate favoritism. That's thing that
can't be got away with very long. A
partisan umpire never lasts long [
know. from having handled the indi-
Gator myself for a good many years,
that the umpire is just as keen to do
his work we'll and in a thoroughly fair,
workman.ike manner as the ball play
or is to attend to his end of it with
skill and finish. When an umpire
makes a decision that he feels in his
bones is a punk one-and they all do
that once in a while-he feels so sore
on himself that he can hardly eat his
meals until the gloom of his self re
proach passes off. / pulled few bad
decisions when / was umpiring, and
the knowledge that I'd handed out
some bad ones positively interfered
seriously with my digestion. It's the
same way with all umpires They're
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
Attell and Coniey Matched.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb e.-Monte
Atten and Frank Conley were matched
this afternoon for a ten round fight to
be held in Portland on February 25.-
Manager Foley says that after the At
tell Conley fight he will be ready to
have AtteH meet all corners.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

ice hockey players practicing on Pom
ing race held recently among three of
the country's greatest amateur knights
Of the steel blade. Kaad of Chicago
is leading, Woodward Sutphen second
Clarence Granger third and Edmund
Lamy fourth The latter captured the
race by a terrific burst of speed in the
last hundred yards. No. shows hur-
die race on ice skates.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
BY c. f. Van Loan.

NEY YORK, Feb. 10.-Robert Fitz-
simmons, 1.-The man who was is still
irving to kid himself into believing
that he lis" So long as this fine old
gladiator gets any fun out of the pro-
cess, far be it from any white man to
object to Bob's gentle pleasures. If
he wants to go on fighting until Bill
Souires ticks him-Which just heaven
forbid-he has the permission of the
sporting population, yes, and the SYM
patty too; for in his day Robert was
a Wo.f and it comes hard to watch the
best fighter Of his weight that ever
pulled on glove going down to de-
feat before such men as Australia
can offer.
Bill Lang got him the last time. Bill
isn't much, but they call him 1.-The res
ident champion heavyweight of Aus
tralia." Bill Squires is the non-resi
dent heavyweight champion of Aus
tralia, so it will be seen that the Aus
tralian sports have nice way of ar
ranging the glory so that there shall,
be enough for all. Bill Lang has new
er been away from home, so he is
the resident champion. 1t makes no
difference that 40 visitors have Whal-
ed the supreme stuffing out of him
Bill stays at home and retains his til
tie, but if he ever goes to Tasmania
it will be all Off
There Was a Day.
Even 50 it goes against the grain to
learn that a man like Lang should
! drop the old freckled thunderbolt for
| the count There was a time, and not
| so long ago, that Bob Fitzsimmons
| could have whipped all the Bill Langs
you could crowd into 10 acre lot
without so much as drawing a long
breath.
! They received Bob with great eclat
when he arrived in his adopted coun-
| try. Australia has three things on
! which it prides itself-its wool crop
| it's gold mines and the fact that Rob-
| ert F'itzsimmins came from that coun-
! try.
Robert, in a letter mailed to a New
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7LL ATI7Uc Az T1ITE CDnDTTAI1 HnDT = MM"
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there to do the right thing, and they
have their proper professional pride
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

The Western Horseman OF lndiah-
apolis is giving away 14x20 half-tone
cuts of the four champions or lSoS'
Native Re,le. 2:O7 ga: Miss Stokes,
2:1s IA: Penisa Maid. 2:O4 IA, and
Maggie Winder, 2:03 IA with its sub
scriptions for the year
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Sara Ann Patch, 2:15 IA, sister 10
c,or patchen. 2:O4 "a, in the stable
of Walter Cox, is said to be very fast
and will surely head the summaries
.h;s season She is owned by John
coakley of Roxbury, Mass.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

crime G., both being by ,Bingen. out
of Fleur de Lis to fit for their futurity
engagements.
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in not doing the wrong thing if there's
any way to help it,
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H. J. Kline, the well known writer Of
harness news, has been chosen rae
ing secretary of the Grand Rapids as
ISOLATION.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

A change in the plans of last sea-
sons NJ & M. winner. Margin, 2:O0 81, :
has been made, and it is not unlikely
that the daughter of Time Onward will :
be campaigned again the coming sea-
son.
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to date.
They must have Il first class team
as the scores that they have piled IN
against teams along Puget sound and
in British Columbia indicate superior
class They will journey into Oregon.
early in March, meeting both the Ore
gon Agricultural college and the uni
Versity of Oregon. Next Friday and
saturday, 0. A. c. meets w. S. C. in
two games at Corvallis and these con-
tests promise to be the best of the year
as the two great institutions are anx-
lous to take and maintain a place at
the top of the league. W. S. c. has a
strong team as was evidenced in their
victory over Idaho. but O. A. G. play
ers are bound to retain the champion
ship laurels that they won last year.
Monday night the farmers PLAY the
Missionaries here.
Cross Co untry Run.
On February % the cross country
teams of the university of Oregon and
o. A. c. will meet at Eugene in a
four race. Five men will run for
each team. This is a splendid arrange
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

F. Gleason of Quincy. Mass. has
cont Ion Mcdonald Jed G. and kath-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

Billy Andrews, 2:06 IL, by Bow
Bells, is now being driven on the road
around Plattsville, n. Y.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

Harry Jones, the Rushville, lad,
trainer has added a green trotte" by
Constantine to his string, and this
one is said to have done mile last
year in 2:13 IL with the last half in
Los 1-2.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
AMONG BUSHMEN,
BOB, THE TONGUER

York friend who has been his bosom
pal since the day he whipped Corbett
at Carson. told some interesting things
about the trip. We pass over the sea
ranged minstrel show and Robert
appeared as Professor Mongoose,"
the interlocutor. Bob as interlocutor
must have been a grand thing Here
are some extracts from Bohs letter:
Enters Oratorical Arena.
I'VE stopped at Melbourne for six
hours, where they gave me recep-
ton. There were lots of business men
and several members of parliament
at the reception, and a great del of
speech making. / handed them some
good old stuff and it went great.
Got into Sydney at IL and went
straight to the big reception at the
hotel. There were thousands of people
on the streets and at the depot and
speeches galore / was called on to re-
spond, and l just let her go right.
Every speaker afterward spoke of my
beautiful speech, and said l ought to
run for parliament They said they
knew l was born fighter, but they
did not knew l was an orator. too. I
was something grand. That night I
refereed a fight-12,000 people there.
all made to welcome me-and 1 hand
ed them speech that knocked them
out of their chairs
Now just think of a man meeting
with a reception like that and crab
bling the whole by losing a fight to a
man like Lang! Goodbye, Professor
Mongoose
Thinks Well of Himself.
From the letter it is plain to see
that Robert thinks we'll of himself as
a catch as catch can Ortor. We may
hear of him some day as the hoy
| orator of Tasmania or the "Freckled
Silver Tongued Woolloomoolloo."
Unfortunately, the speech which Ro-
bert delivered in Sydney has not been
preserved to posterity. 1t could not be
| the speech which the Sydney reporters
put in the papers the next morning. ]
! have seen that. 1t wasn't much.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

Washington and Oregon are not
members of the basketball league. but
they are both playing the game and
getting the sport on a good basis in
their respective institutions. The Uni
capped by lack of facilities, but with
the new gymnasium that is just about
completed their basketball team will
be prepared to meet opponents on the
floor at Eugene
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NOTES o FTHE TURF.

Lon Mcdonald has bought Baroness
Evelyn, a 3-year-old sister of Baro-
ness Virginia, 2:0S IA, and viii fit
her for stake engagements this sea-
SON.
The annual meeting of the Michigan
Short Slip circuit will be held at Bay
City. Mich, February 10.
Lon Mcdonald has written to friends
in the north that he has safely ar
rived at Macon. Ga. with his horses
and that everything with him is rosy.
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Washington's Good Spirit.

\ game has already been arranged
with Washington State college, and the
University men will doubtless meet
the collegians at Corvallis sometime
later in the season. The University OF
Washington basketball men are deserv-
sportsmanlike way in which they have
taken up the game. They did not re-
ceive the support of the athletic assoc
citation and therefore the members OF
the team assumed all responsibility
and have financed their own season
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10
Game Much Faster.

The game as played by the collegians
is much faster than the game as
played by the athletic club and Y. M.
c. A. This is largely due to the fact
that greater freedom is allowed in
dribbling and there are not so many
technicalities that are penaliZed by the
calling of fouls This year, with the
organization of the northwest confer
ence basketball league, a great inter-
est has been stimulated in the splendid
indoor game. Thus far Washington
State leads the league with a clean
record, but there are many chances for
upsets, as the season has just started
The league standing at present is as
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-10

and Pennsylvania especially, the pro-
fessional game has a big winter FOR.
lowing. This game is played in a court
that is entirely enclosed by net and
for this reason is known as the cage
game.
The set of rules that is most salts
factory to college men is the collie
giate code land as this set of rules is
arranged by representatives of the
leading universities and colleges of
acceptance among the educational in
situations
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
Wisconsin Wins Second.

Kansas won the annual interstate
normal oratOrical contest at Oshkosh.
T, f.. Brown of Emporia, Kan, with
the Grafton, "America's Desert Dwell.
ers, was awarded first place. He
showed that the Importance of the
Louisiana purchase and pointed out
that the balance Of wealth in the
United States was held in the So
called desert states of the nation
Paul Spencer of River Falls, repre-.
senting Wisconsin, was second with
"The Rebirth of the True American
Spirit"
The other awards were as follows:
Third, Clyde HARRISON of Cape Gerar-
doano, Mo. with The Industrial Con,
fict'; fourth, Hayes Fuhr, Macomb,
Ill, America and the Spirit of Con
quest" NTH, Ethel Dryden, Cedar
Falls, Ia, "A Soldier of Circum.
stances" The judges We're; Prof. II.
d, Densmore Bcloit, Wis; Prof.
Garnes, Appleton; Prof. J. b. Cleve,
land, Muskogon, Mich.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
1errorS of EranknesS.

There is no worse vice than
frankness," said Booth Harrington, at
a farewell Sinner in New York prece-
dent to his departure for Europe.
How should | feel, for example, if
asked you for your opinion of my
plays, and you answered me frankly,
quite frankly?
why, | should feel like the poor
lady at the bridge drive who said to
her hostess little daughter:
Your eyes are such heavenly
blue, And what color are my eyer.
darling?
The child's high treble travelled
easily to the further corner of the
quiet room as she replied, looking
earnestly up into her questioner $
face:
'Dwab middles, yellow whites
and wed wimsn"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
Bishop Eats His Own Boots.

Few bishops have to lead such a
strenuous life as Bishop Stringer In
company with missionary companion
he made a tour recently to Herschel
island, in the Arctic ocean, and back
to Dawson City where the bishop re-
sides
Their small supply of food becoming
exhausted, they were obliged to eat
their muckalucks and moccasins
These, made Of raw sealskins, were
soaked Gntil they became glutinous,
the FIRE The bishop says the food
and we're then toasted in strips over
vas real good, especially the mucka-
lucks.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
enn,n Crued StraWll errIes.

Snow Saved Strawberries.
The monthly farm report oi IAe
state board of agriculture says;
From an agricultural point or VIE"
the carly part of the present year
has been full of perplexity and dl5ap'
pointment.
The snowfall of the past winter
gave ample protection to growing
crops. and with the apparent opening
of epling early in March, grasses and
grains at once commenced growth at
least one month in advance Of average
seasons.
Favorable conditions continued I'M
til the middle of April, when grasses
and grains had reached ordinary June
standards and tree fruits were In full
bloom. The disastrous freeze of Aprn
II and 23-when the thermometer
showed the respective records of 30
degrees and "a degrees above zero
killed nearly all fully matured bios.
SONS of apples, cherries and plums,
seriously injured the chances Of crops
of brush fruits and strawberries, and
killed the leaves and young shoots
upon forest trees. In exposed loca-
tions spring grains and young clover
were killed back, but were not perma-
nently injured.
The fall Of snow about the time Of
this freezing weather did much to
prevent loss to strawberries and
spring grain crops. We estimate the
loss to apples at so per cent, cherries
and plums at 80 per cent, brush
fruits at 65 per cent, and strawberries
at so per cent. Notwithstanding these
unfavGrable conditions, the present re-
port shows farm crops to be in better
than usual condition on May I
"OUr reports from the state at large
give the following estimates, 100 rep
resent!ng normal:
Winter wheat.,...95 Other meadows.,..a5
Winter rye .........93 Alfalfa .......,......95
Glover meadows...9 81 Pastures ............9j
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
Disciplined Students Light Weights"

That college students detected in
dishonesty in their work are really
physically deficient, compared with
the normal student Is shown by
statistics of the medical examiner of
the mems gymnasium at the Uni.
ycrsity Of Wisconsin.
Comparison OF 80 disciplined stu
dents with 5000 of their class mates.
in an investigation conducted by Dr.
J, c, Elsom for several years, shows
that they fall short In height, weight,
strength tests and other physical
measurements.
III Is undoubtedly a fact" says Doc
tor Elsom, chat the poorly developed
and badly nourlshed individual cannot
be as strong either physically, morally
or mentally as his better developed
brother, The student who resorts 10
dishonesty In his university work un.
doubleday In most instances. does so
under stress and because or his fear
Of failure. He is not so we'll prepared
for the mental work put upon him.
and with a somewhat weakened con.
stitutIon he falls an easy prey 10
temptation OF every sort
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
MN. Opposes Extension.

The Milwaukee Northern road APP
peared before the railroad commission
to oppose the granting Of certificate
Of convenience and necessity to the
Fox River Valley company for the
construction of a line from Cedarburg
to Milwaukee, The Milwaukee North
ern contends that the proposed line is
not needed to support that part of the
line north of Cedarburg and that the
Milwaukee Northern adequately fills
the transportation needs of the terri
tory south of that point to Milwaukee.
The commission continued further
hearings on the application to May %
and %, the attorneys for the applicant
road not having completed their brief.
1t is understood, however, that the
Fox River Valley company proposes
to build an electric line from Fond du
Lac, skirting the east shore of Lake
Winncbago. to Taycheerah, Stock
bridge, Sherwood and Kaukauna and
thence to Appleton and Menasha. At
StOckbridge a line will branch off to
Chiffon, Kiel, New Holstein, Elkhart
Lake, Winooski, Cascade, Silver
Creek, Newburg and Cedarburg. where
it will cross the Milwaukee Northern
and The Milwaukee tracks and then go
on to Hamilton, Fox Point, Whitefish
Bay and Milwaukee.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
Picks Sparta for Range.

The federal military board sent &c
Sparta to select a suitable site for a
national target range to be located at
Camp Robinson has recommended
that the plateau at the south end of
the range is ideal
This plateau was used for the field
artillery practice during the encamp-
ment of the troops here last year
and is said to be superior TO Camp
Perry, O.
II is surrounded by hills on four
sides which will act as wind shields
If the government accepts the rec.
concentrations work on the target
range will be started as soon as the
contracts can be let and the range Will
be In readiness for the 1911 national
rife competition,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
mo Contracts Awarded.

The state board 0t control ava Hded
two building contracts, involved
So CO...
schoolhouse at nelayan for the school
for deaf mutes Henry Graf ~ Bara.
too IS the contractor and his bid
which was the lowest, was sl6.SS0
The other building is a dormitory
for the Boys school nj Waukesha.
The contract was awarded to Wagner
5 Rauu.ann Of Monroe for sl5,7S7
The matter was disposed al mecs
1E n Madison.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
Rebate Charge Disproved.

After hearing testimony for two
days Insurance Commissioner Beedle
dismissed the complaint Of Howard d.
Plimptou. who charged that Chris
Schroeder of Milwaukee had lifted"
three fire insurance policies which he
had written on risks OF the Beals &
Torrey shoe company Of Milwaukee
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
Nearly 5000 Students.

An actual registration 81 4ei- SIN.
dents for the year at the UNIVERSITY. ~
Wisconsin Is shown by statistics in
the new catalogue, an increase Of ief
or ten yer cent over last years on.
rollment This brings Wisconsin Il,
seventh in the list OF universities
There are 1857 women 10 a-ra
men. In the college OF letters ar3
science there are 1906 men ana g--
women In the school q music thsr,
are i4S women 10 10 men In me -,
lege Of agriculture there are seven
women students
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14

We will soon see buttermilk cheese
sandwiches on the menu.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14

In spite of the objections to the long
hatpin some women refuse to see the
point,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14

Men and women who cry out loud
est against yivisectlon wear furs Of
animals and the plumagc Of birds Con.
slstcncy, thou art a virtue,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14

A Milwaukee actress desires to ex.
pertinent on the harmful nature Of the
kiss. Don't crowd so, fellows There
viii be enough TO 60 around
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14

Your perfectly equipped aeroplane
will have watertight compartments,
plus hip boots.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14

The man who invented the automat-
&c baseball pitching machine will now
work his gray matter to invent
machine which will hit the ball aud
then run bases without being put out