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The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
GREENWOOD MAY
lose FRANCHISE
Baseball a Losing Proposition There.
Yazoo City May Quit
Game.
Special to The Net0s.

SpecIut 10 IHS NoOS'
Jackson, Miss, Aug. THAT the
Greenwood franchise in the Cotton
States league will be for sale at the
close of the present season is the
latest report current in BASEBALL circles.
While not confirmed from official
sources, considerable credence is be-
ing placed in the report. Baseball has
been a losing proposition in Green
wood this year, chiefly owing to the
isolated location of the park and the
lack of street railway facilities, max
ing it necessary for devotees of the
game to travel on foot. in autos, or
other vehicles.
Again, Greenwood had a pennant
winning team last year, while this sea
son the 1910 champs have been at the
foot of the percentage column almost
since the opening of the season.
Greenville is in the market for a
franchise, having offered Meridian ST.
200 for her place in the league several
weeks ago. The offer was rejected,
and when Greenville goes after fran
chise next time, which she is certain
to do, it will be in the form of nego-
tiations with Greenwood.
Doubts are also being expressed as
to the ability of Yazoo City to stick
through another season, owing to the
lack of local support. The hackers OF
the game at that place have shown the
spirit of true sports, but when sports
manship of this sort means a steady
drain on the purse, "all going out and
nothing coming in it gets rather
monotonous. In the event Yazoo City
should desire to retire it is quite like
ly that Natchez will undergo re
juvenation of spirit and apply for &
franchise, or make direct proposition
to Yazoo City.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
.CHINESE TO STUDY
CONTINUED From Page Five)

fomented by Europeans who by their
exactions and insults had driven the
Chinese to desperation, the powers
demanded a large indemnity. China
could do nothing but pay, but the Uni
ted States returned the share of the
fund awarded this government. The
Chinese government, in appreciation
of this generous action, announced
that the money returned would be
used to educate young celestials in
American colleges, and this project is
now to be put into execution.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07

a time editor of the Pacific Methodist
and Christian Spectator. Returning
to the South in 1878 he was elected
editor of the Nashville Christian Ad-
Methodist church, succeeding Rev.
DR.. T. R. Summers. In 1886, when
the general conference of the church
met in Richmond, he was suggested
as a bishop. and four years later,
when the conference met in St. Louis,
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
SATURDAYS GAME LOST By
MOST HUMOROUS FLUKE

The hugest joke of the season was
the loss of Saturdays game. The
"Woodpeckers" won hands down in
the first three innings, after which
they played careless, Indifferent
game. Collins put one over the fence
in the fifth but this stunt caused no
alarm and all went merrily until the
eighth when Braun landed one over
the renee with two ahead of him.
The local bunch settled down in
their half of the eighth and got one
more run to their credit, which seem
ed safe lead. Cary and johnson
came up in the ninth and failed to
get on The spectators took speedy
leaye9of absence at this point. Then
began the fireworks which won for
the visitors. Rolling hit safe to first
McDonnell came up for two bagger
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
SUPERVISORS ARE
At WORK TODAY
All County Boards Meet Today-ln-
crease in Assessed Property
Is Probable.

Boards of supervisors in the seven
ty-eight counties of Mississippi are
holding their sessions today for the
purpose of equalizing the tax assess
ment rolls for the current year.
The assessors recently completed
new realty and personally assess
ments, filling the rolls during the
month of July, and after the boards
of supervisors finish the equalization
work property owners will be allowed
the usual period in which to make
complaints of inequalities.
The total valuation of realty in
Mississippi on the last assessment
was 1921 ,SS9,5SS and personally show
ed a total of $11,713,772, making a
grand total of $342, SOB, $3.50. This does
not include the assessment of rail
roads and other common carriers,
amounting to $57,552,60S.
Figures are not available indicating
the probable increases in valuations
that will be shown this year. 1t is
believed however, that the person
atty and realty increases will be over
$20,00O,000
The railroad commission meets
Tuesday for the purpose of finally
passing on the assessments of com
mon carriers. There will be an in
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
No MESSAGE, Saws Percy.

Greenville, Miss, Aug. Senator
Leroy Percy being shown the Associat-
ed Press special from Jackson saying
that Gov. Noel had asked him to re-
consider his announced intention to
resign at the coming session of the
Legislature, the senator denied that he
had received any telegram to this ef-
made no other comment on the mat
ter.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
BREWER and FAMILY
GO EAST FOR VACATION

Clarksdale, Miss, Aug. Hon. Earl
Brewer, governor-elect of Mississippi,
accompanied by Mrs. Brewer and their
three charming little daughters, Min
ME, Earline and Claude, left Satur-
day evening for an extended Eastern
trip, including stay of several weeks
In New York City, visit to Fall River
Mass, and other points. The party left
via the Southern railroad, and will
spend several days in the national
capital
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
PITCHER SPRINKLE
GOES To new ORLEANS

Sprinkle, the Meridian pitcher re-
Gently purchased by New Orleans.
ioined the Pelicans Sunday, and will
be given his maiden trial in Southern
League company during one of the
games with Memphis this week.
Baseball sharps In the Cotton States
League are wondering by what spe'
cies of reasoning Charley Frank ar
rived at the conclusion that Sprinkle
is one OF the premier slab artists de-
zeloped IN this league during the cur
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
Summary.

Summary.
Two base hits-Cruise, Mcdonnell.
Home runs-Collins, Braun. Sacrifice
hits-C. Smith, Blanchfleld 2. Stolen
bases-Johnson, Wickenhoffer, Tut
wiler, Madden, Redding. Double play
Braun to Carey. Passed ball-Braun.
Base on balls-Off Redding 2; off Col
line 9. Struck out-By Redding 2;
by Collins. g. Time-1:45. Umpire
Spade.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07

rent Sc; -on. Sprinkle recent record
certainly does not show it. He pitched
in good form during the early part of
the season, and helped keep the Meri-
dian team lowering around the first
division, but he has not been going
good recently, and unless he shows
something not exhibited while with
the Metropolitans, Frank is certain
to send him back to the bushes for
another season
In physical equipment Sprinkle looks
like big Lacquer. He is fully as large
as Mordecai Brown, and has a delivery
strikingly similar to the famous Chica-
go slab artist. When getting good
support he is well-nigh invincible, but
few errors behind him invariably
send him up in the air and retirement
follows.
Perhaps Frank has discovered quail
fications in Sprinkle that escaped the
eyes of the several big league scouts
who have ben in these parts recently
none of whom sized him up as man
who would be likely to make good in
higher company. In fact, the Cotton
States League has not been conspicu
Gus for the number of promising pill
fingers developed during the current
season.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
Chickens of SOrehead
with
! elbow Pine Remedy

T., :. Greer, Hattieshurg, Miss; M.
Lf. aoIIiman, Hattiesburg, Miss;
E9cicEs Yerger Qawyer) GuIfport,
Il aa 4. F. o@sh, starkvilIe, Miss;
ration Drug Co., BrookhaVen, Miss;
IN. n. Lee, Beach, Miss; NJ. E.
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! Heitr-an, Bolton, Miss; r. A. Camp
hell. Yszoo CITY Miss. E. M. Hogan,
RSator tia, MISS; w. A. Shirtliff, Co
fumsi ia, MISS; P. M. 3. Wait, sena-
s Eobia, Miss; w. M. Perkinston,
sruqer, c. T. Wills, Jackson, Miss;
~. L. Bass, Saratoga, Miss; g. 3.
bavis, Braxton, Miss; Bank of Water
EkaIiey, Miss; p. Dickson, fernando,
Miss.
4 We receive good many orders
every day and get fine reports from
peopIe who use II, 25c, SOC, $1.o0. Soc
- 4 times larger than 25c and the
size times larger than the soc.
Eide for lice and mites; Y. p.
- >Tonic for cholera. Also TO
~ss healthy chickens healthy.
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The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
Was Comrade of Poe.

Was Comrade of Poe.
1t was favorite reminescence with
Bishop Fitzgerald, this acquaintance
with Poe. On one occasion he heard
Poe lecture, the impression being a
profound one. Bishop Fitzgerald at
this time was about 20 years of age.
From Virginia he went to Georgia,
where, after spell of typhoid fever,
his attention was directed to the min
istry. In 1854 the Georgia Metho-
dist conference meeting at Atlanta,
with Bishop Capers presiding, ad-
mitted him and he was sent to Sa-
vannah as junior preacher. A short
time later he went t. the West as a
missionary.
In 1867 he was chosen superintend-
ent of public instruction of California
continuing in the position for fou'
years. While in California he was for
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
This honor was voted him.

For many years Bishop Fitzgerald
has been incapacitated by age and
failing strength, but his interest in
is church never tagged. TO the end
his days he retained his interest
in the newspaper business in which
he started his career. He wrote ex-
tensively himself, and a son, the late
Lee Fitzgerald, was at one time edi-
tor of the Nashville American.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
new DEPOSITORIES
CREATED in TEXAS
(By Associated PresS.)

Washington, d. c., Aug. Post
master-general Hitchcock today desig
mated fifty additional postal savings
repositories including Wichita Falls,
Marshall, and Paris, Texas.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
TAFT TO INVESTIGATE
CHARGES AGAINST POWE
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Aug. Numerous
charges against Robert Powe, collector
of customs at Eagle Pass, Texas, will
be reviewed by President Taft. During
the Mexican revolution representa-
tives of Madero charged Powe with be-
ing partial to the Diaz government.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
SHORT session
Continued From Page One)

dates this year being the largest in
the history of the state, and, except
in the instances where the aspirants
were men of exceptional popularity, or
had unusual political influence, no
majorities were given.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Montgomery 8, Chattanooga 1.
Mobile 6, Nashville 2.
atlanta 4, New Orleans 1.
No other games scheduled.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07

scoring Rolling. Manager Collins fol
lowed with a nice single scoring Nc
Donnell. The fourth man landed
safe hit scoring Collins and thereby
winning the game. Manager Collins
and Redding did the twirling, the for
mer being a past master in that art.
Official BOX Score.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
Games Today.

Memphis at New Orleans.
Chattanooga at Montgomery.
Nashville at Mobile.
Atlanta at Birmingham.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
HOW THEY STAND.
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
vicksburg 9, Meridian 1.
No other games scheduled.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
0. P. FITZGERALD

Continued from Page One.l
editor when his genius was stilled in
death.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07

Hattiesburg at Yazoo City.
Greenwood at Jackson.
Meridian at Vicksburg.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-08-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Here are the names of some of the
people who have cured their
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-03
WILL GO AFTER RECORDS.
Rhodes Scholar Will Make an Attempt
to Set Some New Marks:

Laporte, Ind, Feb. 3.-Lawrence c.
Hull, jr., of this city, who won a Cecil
Rhodes scholarship at Michigan uni
versity, where he made a name for
himself by winning a number of the
events in the dual meet between Ok
ford and Cambridge, has become a
member of the New York Athletic
club and will compete in several meets
at home and abroad. Hull will make
an attempt to break the worlds 100
yard dash and quarter mile records.
Hull is the youngest man to enter
the University of Michigan up to the
time he matriculated, beginning his
freshman work at the age of IA. Ac-
cording to a North Dakota Rhodes
scholar, he is the most popular Ameri-
can at oxford and has won many
friends among the Englishmen as well
as his Rhodes colleagues. He is a
member of the Delta Epsilon fraternity
which has more Rhodes scholars at
oxford than any other Greek letter
organization.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-03
AL IS NOT HOPE
OF WHITE RACE

Wilkes Barre, Pa, Feb. 3--Al Kauf-
man, the Frisco blacksmith, who is
here to fill theatrical engagement,
said today:
IT am not white mans hope. I
claim to be the champion white
heavy weight, and am ready to DEM
onstrate it with anyone. 1 believe 1 can
defeat Jack Johnson. and am ready to
go through with my end of making a
match any time Johnson and his man
ager are ready. 1t may be that this
will come to pass within two weeks.
II issued challenge to Johnson a
few weeks ago to meet him for a purse
of $4,000 side. Johnson has indirect
ly stated he would accept, but said he
would not fight before September. That
would suit me, and IL Johnson means
business there will be no difficulty in
arranging for battle at that time. -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-03
New York, Feb. 8.-vaIentine Brown,

New York, Feb. 3.--VaIentine Brown.
popularity known as Knockout" Brown,
first say the light of day on April 81,
1891, in New York's east side. He is
of German descent and this fact had
much to do with his success.
For blocks and blocks around his
home the green flag was supreme.
There wasn't another German family
within eight squares. Ireland ruled
every day, and ran riot on March II.
In the center of the district Valentine
started to grow past the age of dresses
and into the rank of llnickerbockers.
His face was German, his stride Ger
man and his squat, stocky form was
nothing short of the amount of leu
tonic strength. But what does it profit
a man if he has strength, a good punch
and all the science in the world, if he
is German and lives in an Irish neigh
borhood? Little Valentine soon found
this out, and day after day he took his
lacings an dbowed before the rule of
the Harp" Soon a punch was of no
more moment to him than a passing
breeze. He began to enjoy them, and
counted that day lost when at least one
good kick did not remind him of the
fact that he was Dutch.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-03
The COMMERCIAL
TOSSERS TONIGHT
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE PLAYERS
WILL HOLD ATTENTION OF THE
BASKETBALL FANS TONIGHT
AT THE Y. M. c. A. GYMNASIUM
FLooR-ExPEcT GOOD GAMES.

The Commercial basketball league
players will end the first half of their
series Of games tonight when the diff
ferent teams clash on the Y. M. C. A.
floor. So far the games have been
a big success and the closing of the
first division will begin to- tell some
thing regarding how the different
teams may close the season.
The first contest of the evening will
be between the Mutuals and The For
UNI. The printers are near the head
of the percentage column and the in
surance pests are hanging on at the
second round to the bottom. The
newspaper representatives should have
no trouble winning their game, unless
the Mutual players spring surprise.
The middle event Of the evening will
be a contest of the Globe and Key
City aggregations. The Globe players
are leading the league and the laundry
lads are also in the first division. This
should prove an interesting game.
The finale will be battle with the
Interior and Aaker teams fighting for
the supremacy Both quintets have
some good players, and the respective
fives will no doubt put up warm
contest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-03
COMING FAST

Things went along this way until
Valentine was 1S years old. Then he
began TO believe that the toughness
which had been beaten into him would
stand him in good stead before long.
The Irish boys had long ago given up
the idea of denting his features. One
night in July 1908, Brown attended a
fight. Like many another good fighter,
he received his ring start, because
somebody else failed to show up. Dan
ny Morgan. a man whose proneness to
talk all night and day, had earned
him the name Of Dumb Danny" was
manager Of the pugilist who failed to
appear. He rushed around trying to
get a substitute. Valentine Brown to
the front!
The little German borrowed a pair OF
fighting trunks, some shoes and some
tape. Morgan bandaged his hands and
Brown, sheepishly, but hopefully, was
pushed through the ropes. His OPP
ponent denied his features for the first
round, but to no avail. Brown only
grinned, wiped away the blood, and in
the next round smote his opponent so
hard that a soft spot on the canvas
looked like home and mother. Brown
had won his first fight. He rushed
to the treasurer, collected 81 and did
the first Marathon to the east side
hotly pursued by Morgan, who de-
manded his so per cent cut Of the mon
ey. Brown landed at the kitchen door
first. and slammed the door.
Since his first fight Knockout
Brown has been the idol Of the east
side and is coming fast. He knows
little Of ring science and for this rea-
son is a receptive pupil to such past
masters as Battling Nelson. On Feb
8 he is to meet AID Wolgast before
the American Athletic club in Phila-
delphia, and his future ring career will
to a considerable extent, depend upon
tuls all-important fight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-03
OUTSIDE THE Ring

Chicago, Feb. 3.-Even if all the
Chicago fighters and other stars from
this near locality cannot drag down
championship titles during the courses
of their careers they at least attain
prominence as being the best at this
or that outside of the ring.
The following are some Of the dis
tinctive traits shown by Chicago box
ers, as brought out at a discussion of
their respective merits by some of the
fight fans recently:
Jack Johnson wears the biggest
diamonds.
AID Wolgast is very near second,
pushing the negro hard.
George (Kid Knockout) Brown
wears the smallest. They are hard to
see with the naked eye.
Con Comiskey, who wants to go to
Oklahoma and beat Carl Morris to
death, has the biggest hand of any
fighter in the world. He wears a glove
that would be No. 10 if they made
them that big. He is the tallest fighter
in Chicago-6 feet liza inches
Jack O'Brien, Ray Bronson, Jim Cor
bett and Tony Caponi are about an
even bI6cth do bGdu II
would be a difficult matter to pick out
the most dressy of the quartet
Charley Cutler is the best -all around
athlete in the business.
Kid Rose is the SMALLEST feet 7
inches. He ought to be carried around
by Jack Johnson just to clown the act.
John Arthur Johnson is easily the
auto king of the business even If he
didn't beat Barney Oldfield.
Kid Broad of New York is the most
unhandsome. He stands alone
Can anybody reach Bob Fitzsimmons
in the matter of tiny headwear? He
gets along nicely with 6 IA bonnet
Johnny Coulon is the best develop
ed of the whole lot, big or little. He
has the real Appolo-like figure.
Packy Mcfarland is the real liter
airy chap. The stockyards boy goes in
for books and can take an honest part
in a discussion of classics.
Score on more for Packey. He is
the most managed of them all.
Jim Barry is the most travelled. Jim
isn't satisfied and won't take the next
fight unless the jump is at least 1000
miles.
There's another double header right
here. Jim is the only fighter who
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-03
CO. G CLAIMS
THE STATE TITLE
VALLEY CITY BASKETBALL TEAM
SAID TO HAVE ELIMINATED
FARGo-IS PLAYING AT GRAND
FORKS TO "cINcH THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP"

That all Fargo basketball teams
have been eliminated from the state
championship race by the Co. G team
of Valley City will be news to Fargo
basketball fans. This is the state
ment made by a Grand Forks paper,
however.
The Co., G. team is admitted to be
fast, but there are some few Fargo
teams that will have to be shown"
before they will concede that the VAL
ley City basket tossers are the best
in the state. Co. G. has not played any
Of the local teams. They have not
defeated Fargo college, the A. c., the
d. B. c., the Y. M. G. A. or even the
Fargo high school team, and even the
last named bunch of small whirlwinds
would give them a game that would
make them sit UP and take notice.
After Co. has whipped the F. c.,
A. C. and Y. M. c. A.. Fargo fans
will pin a rose on them.
The Grand Forks Times says:
The much Wanted basketball team
of the North Dakota National Guard,
Co. G of Valley City, will try their
luck in this neck of the woods next
week. We don't wish them any bad
luck, but
They will have to go some to beat
the university team. The Co. G quin-
tet has cleaned up everything in sight
in the southern part of the state.
Fargo, jamestown, Bismarck, Dickin-
son and other strong fives have fallen
before them. They may have hopes
of finishing the basketball season with
out defeat; still they have few
games to play in the northern part of
the state that will put a stop TO them.
Or at least, let us hope so.
Monday night they are scheduled to
play a game with the University of
North Dakota at the gymnasium.
Tuesday night they will struggle with
the local Y. NJ. C. A. team.
Both Of these games should not be
missed as they will be full of life
not most of the time, but all of the
time. Grand Forks has always had a
good record in the basketball line. and
with two games with this team of
southern fame, one of them ought to
go in favor of a local team.
Either one of these games will be
worth twice the price of admission
and should not be missed, considering
the fact that the championship of the
state will be decided by them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-03
DAILY SCORES
ATHLETIC POLICY

Chicago, Feb. 3.-Severe criticisms
of the athletic department of the Uni
versity of Chicago are made by The
Daily Maroon, the undergraduate
newspaper of the institution, in its
issue of yesterday.
In addition to charging the univer-
sity with PROSECUTING for students with
records in athletics, The Maroon at
tacks intercollegiate athletics in gem
eral.
Some of the charges are:
Candidates for the football team are
kept at work SO long that they cannot
make even a pretense of studying.
Students enter the university largely
because of the opportunity of exercis-
ing their athletic prowess.
That SO per cent of the students take
no part in athletics except to shrek
from the bleachers.
That these 90 per cent have an in
sane desire to win and do not honor
any team which fails to come home
with the spoils.
That the remaining 1 per cent which
takes part in athletics is physically
injured by the exercise involved
These things explain. the article
maintains, why college alumni are not
taking the active part in the affairs
OF the country they should" and ac-
count for ''the commercial and politi-
cal dishonesty that furnishes work for
grand juries and the senate committees
and jailers.
Not even the most enthusiastic
supporter OF. intercollegiate athletics
can assert that 1t Is genuinely stu
dent activity" the article says. at
consists in ensnaring into college by
spectacular methods students who
have already established athletic rec
ords in preparatory schools Little at
tempt is made to conceal the fact that
these students enter the university
largely because of the opportunity of
exercising their athletic prowess.
zone per cent Of the student body
specializes in athletics. while the other
80 per cent sits on the bleachers and
gives vent to primitive shrieSs.
athletics Is today too much of a
business. Its only object Ii victory.
Can anybody maintain that athletes
can even make pretense of studying
when they are kept out on the athletic
field from o'clock to- I and s o'clock
at night? Can student arising from
hastily eaten meal at $50 in the
evening be expected to put forth any
serious intellectual efforts when he has
been battered around on the football
field for four or five hours?"