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The evening world., 1911-08-19
SOilv Smith.

Copyright. 1911. by The p,,ss Publishing Co.
OoLoMoN sMiTH. Attn fea,herwe,sh,
-, champion OF America, at 10 pounds,
was o In LOS Angeles. Cal. In
March. 1871. When Smith won the
worlds championship hi stood Ave feet
four inches snd weighed from 10 to i22
pounds. lie was q rough. tough. rush
Ing. tearing little scrapper. with a ter
rife right hand punch similar to Aus
traiian Billy Murphy's MARY Ann His
speciality was tnhghting. His plan OF
battle Wal to tire his man out by rough
work In the clinches and then to sneak
over the famous right In the %breakaway.
Solly's first professional fight was in
1889 at Los Angeles. lie fought with
Young Manning. a local by. The affair
was pulled on secretly In an old barn
on the outskirts OF the city. and the
boys fought for a purse taken up among
the spectators Solly won by a knock
out in the sixth round. He then tackled
Billy Smith. another local boy, n won
In the tenth. A thirty-round draw with
Kid Hogan followed. Ia which small
gloves were used. After this fight Solly
sent n challenge up to Frisco to meet
any featherweight In that city. II was
accepted by Mexican Joe" Soto. and
the boys boxed q slx-round draw at Los
Angeles. Soto weighed i2t pounds and
Smith 1l6.
u as a Rolling Stone
In 1890 Solly defeated Young Moore.
The referee stopped the fight In the
NTH round. when Moore was practi-
cally knocked out. The same thing
happened In the FIRST round OF n fight
with Peter Cummins. Smith then beat
Billy Jones IN thirteen rounds and
Young Abbott in four rounds. All this
time Soliy had lived a precarlous
rowing from one town to
another In Southern California. rarely
at home.
On May ~. 1892. soily fought before
the California A.. C. Of San Francisco
with Dal Hawkins for n purse OF 1900.
After Il terrific battle. In the course Of
which both men were knocked down
time and again. Smith knocked How-
klns out In the thirteenth round with n
right-hander on the jaw. This made
him the featherweight champion OF the
Pacific coast.
The California A. G. then imported
the celebrated George Siddons He
fought with Smith before this club on
Sept. 0. The men weighed In at ia
They fought with small gloves.
The AFFAIR was one OF the hercest hghts
ever held In the West. For ffty-six
rounds they battled, Solly tried his best
to knock Siddons out but failed to do 50
and hurt an arm In the early roundSi In
his endeavor TO put the sleep punch
over on Siddons. Finally the referee
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SoNy Smith, a Rough Tough Little Fighter, Who Was Never
Beaten Till the Final Bell Had Rung, as Was Shown by His
Knockout OF Johnny Griffin When He Himself Was Groggy.
BY Vic

stopped the fight and called II TO con-
test. Each man was given $500.
a third man Was then brought to the
coast. This was Johnny Van Hest. the
featherwelght champion OF Ohio. Van
Heest was a rough. rushing slugger Hike
Solly and had fought most of the big
men In the East. They fought before
the California A. G. on Dec. 20. 1892, for
a purse of $500. 1t was a case Of scrap
from start to finish. The men stood toe
to toe and sluggei for all they were
worth. Solly finally wore Van Heest
down and knocked him cold In the four.
teenth round with one Of his terrible
right hand wallops.
The rapid fise OF this young walioper
from the Coast attracted the attention
OF the Eastern sports and they began
negotiations to bring together Smith
and Johnnie Griffin. then the feather.
weight champion OF the world. After
quite a fuss articles were signed for
the fe~atherwelght championship Of
America at lgc pounds and the match
was obtained by the Columbian Athletic
Club of Roby. Ind.
NOfdbIeS SaW Battle.
The purse offered by the Rooy Club
was the biggest that had ever been Of
fered In America for a featherweight
contest. 1t was $1,000. OF which $3.50 went
to the loser. The weight was i22 pounds.
weigh In at 3 o'clock In the afternoon
For a long time Smith and his manager.
Zeke Abrahams. stood out for 100 pounds
at ~ o'clock, but finally agreed to the
higher weight.
From the start Griffin outciasssd
Smith. The Los Angeles boy was very
Wild. Grim. stoo! him OF and ~peppered
him with straight Jabs until ninth was
groggy and staggering at the end OF the
third round. In the fourth Solly was
still groggy and Griffin hammered him
all over the r g mt the Western boy
was almost ready 10 irop, IA6 stood In
the centre OF the ring and another blow
would have nut him down and out. At
this -'omefA CrlfHn became careless,
thinking tho victory would be easy.
Smit.. altered all his remaining
strength for one last desperate blow. Z;
was a wicked right hand swing and VI
caught Johnnie on his guard. hard and
clean on the point of the Jaw. Griffin
went down with a duh thud. He was
count q out twice and the referee then
proclaimed Smith the victor. II was
nearly Ave minures before Griffin re-
covered suinrlently to walk TO his Dress
ing room. Then after several stitches
had been taken In lis lip. where the
final blow had cut Il. he became uncon-
scious and en.llned o for a long time.
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= WEEPING improvements ara

Q WEEPING improvements are in
- progress on the Garden City Golf
Club links for the third time at
least In less than four years. II 10
the determination of the green com
mittee, elected In the spring. to make
the course more than ever the most
up to date II America.
There Is probably no links In this
country that has been so copied the last
few seasons. The main Ideas. In setting
a large force OF men to work. are to
.penalize long players and TO render
fairer several Of the larger hazards.
While most Of tho changes since 1907
have been found to work well In prac-
tice, general opinion has been that the
faces Of several Of the "bottomless
chasms'' were too precipitous and their
angles too acute. They we're. In short,
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HOW Ebbets Got Him.

When the drafting season was open
Charley Ebbets took a quiet trip TO
Cincinnati, and. as II so happened, he
was the only baseball magnate there,
He Immediately put In a claim for
Rucksr. Connis Mack had also put In
a claim. but he forgot to accompany
his bid with the cash. and Fucker was
awarded to Brooklyn for the drafting
sum OF $500.
Rucker Joined the Brooklyn Club In
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SUNDAY BASEBALL GAMES.

will play another great aggregation Of ball tossers
at Olympic Field. This team IL the All Cubans,
who have been playing a great article Of ball 10
far this sason. having defeated many good scnl-
professional hints, This will he the first time
these teams have met this year. Peirosa, the star
pitcher Of the Cnban stars. viii do the pitching
for them.
The Brishtons. reinforced by Joe Riley. sweeney,
second base, aud Woods, ~shortstOp, will line up
against the Brun9Tlck Colored Giants at Saratoga
Park. broadway and Hslssy street. Brooklyn.
Hank Mathswson viii twirl fer his own team
at 81, Brendan's Oval. Consy Island avenue aud
Avenue VI. Bpoklyn, Hank will have his hands
full. as the home team is playing snappy ball and
Will have Jack hennessy ON third base.
Ths Eastern Colorsd Giants Will eross hsu 10
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tho spring or 1907, his record from
that time until the present Is an open
book. Among the experts Rucker Of
Brooklyn and Mattern Of Boston are
regarded AZ the two greatest left-hand.
ers in the game. or course, they are
handicapped by being with losing clubs.
but imagine what Rucker could have
done II he had been with q club like
the Giants or the Pirates. He would
have won 10 per cent. OF his games.
Rucker may not get such a salary -
that OF MathewsOn. Brown and others,
but he gets far more than the lsadina
citizen OF his home town OF A~lpharetta.
Ga. md what more could a type-settins
youth ask?
During the winter Nap Rucker. who
Is stlll n printer at heart, works as
typesetter for the Marietta Free Press.
That p IL owned by a cousin OF
Rucker and his job Is always safe. Two
years ago Nap Rucker came near losing
his life on a duck shooting expedition.
but at the last minute he came through
in the pinch and was ready for another
battle. The boat In which he and his
friends were rowing was capsized. The
rest OF the party threw away their
guns and scrambled for their lives. But
not so with Rucker. He had a brand
new repeating shotgun. and. holding Il
above his head, he swan with great
care until his feet touYhed the ground
and he ak ashore.
AS soon as the present season Is over
Rucker will go back TO his Job as type
setter for the Marietta Free Press. but
after the second week will take that
gun out and 20 after the ducks.
'"Type-,< ting explains Nap Rucker,
lis "A winters recreation, but duck
shooting Is a business"
JOHN POLLOCK.
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ont . hit until two
we're out In the ninth
inning. Tnsn 1ssoh-
o., with two strikes
on him, to
bang . bounder over
1uotsr's head, there
By getting the ONLY
hit Of the game
which Ora
crowd secured on
him. Out In Obi.
csGo during the re-
cent trip OF the
Dodgers, 8uoksr
met with some o
misfortune. Il Was
In the arst game OF
ths series and with
the SCORE tied at o
to o In The n
inn1nG, Jam m ,
Archer, catcher Of
the Cubs, landed on
ons OF 1ap's slow
curves and drove Il
out for Q home run,
Winning the game
~ . score Of !
to o.
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Story Of Fabulous Salaries Paid for Pitching Ball
Lured Rucker From Printing Case to Baseball Career

Although 8uoksr has only SPLIT even
% far this season In the matter Of
games hs has twtrlsd In, having won
aftssa ana lost aftssn, his work IN the
boz auT1ng the last twe months
has bssA ssuaxksels. % ven has the
big southDaw performed that IN . game
with the 0tnoinnsti club . few weeks
aso In Drookiyn he held h 1sds with.
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- IrCHDR cY YOUNG. the dean of
ball OlayAra is Iika N uAoA hooL

IrCHDR cY YOUNG. the dean Of
ball players. is like a good book.
song or poem-he seems to last
forever. The other day he was uncon.
diuonally released by the Cleveland
Americans. and It looked as though his
diamond career had ended. because no.
body wants either al old or fat man.
But Cy Is not old. he's young Coke,
and he has not been long without a
job. for the Boston Nationals have
signed him and he Is scheduled to re-
port In the Hub tomorrow night.
Pitchers Tyler and Pfeffer Of the Bos-
ton Nationals have been released to
New Orleans so that tEat club will
make an early delivery OF Pitcher Otto
Hess. who used to be with the Cleve-
lands.
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MAJOR A G RECORDS
Compiled by Expert George l. MoreIand.

National league batting Average.
Records Of all players batting $50 or
over who have played In ten or more
games up - d Including those played
~ Wednesday Auv l6.
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who approach him lest they would
take from him the triumphs he is win
ninS on the lecture PLATFORM; but with
that logged determination that has
sustained him and conscious OF his
own reotitude Of purpose. II not OF
achievement he is going right on with
tho story of how he reached the Mort h
Pole before Matt Henson got there.
IT is one OF tho wonders of these
strange times that this prosecuted man
who has received honors from the
kings and scholars of the world, and
the freedom OF cities and the adulation
of multitudes should with all the OBJ
stacles that have been erected against
him be still strong enough to plead
his own cause and to tell the peo-
pie OF the West OF his triumph in
the North Great Is DR.. Frederick A.
Cook. the Original Discoverer OF the
North Pole.
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AGAINST THE FEE sYsrEM.

The Virginia Division of tho Farm
ers' Educational and cooperative
Union OF America, OF which d. NJ.
Gannaway. OF Guinea Mills, is presi-
dent. has through its executive com
mittee. adopted legislative pro-
gramme. Two of the sections OF this
programme, the adoption of which the
Union wishes TO bring about. are:
"A bill aboIshiny the fee system
and providing regular salaries for
public officers
We are for government economi-
cally conducted In the public interest"
These two declarations go hand in
hand. They are inseparable. The
farmers are the backbone of any gov
eminent. and whatever woakens that
government weakens them. The fee
system is parasite. a pest, a political
weed, giving the county omceholder
undue power and donating money to
him which ought to be put in the
treasury Tor the public good.
The Retail Merchants Association
ut its recent convention likewise con.
$50 ItS ~ Sktin Tor the
pensation OF county and city officers,
and called for its destruction Tn,
merchants. as business men, know tina,
II Is unbusiness-l like to hire a clerk
and not agree with him beforehand
what pay he is to get Yet. the state
is doing that very thing and does not
know what it's clerks are getting.
Now is the time for action. Let all
our organizations which are interested
in the common good take stand
against this system Behind the fee
system, dghting for its maintenance.
are well developed, strong organiza
lions. ready TO use their immeasurable
influence with the members Of the
General Assembly to perpetuate the
fee system.
Let all bodies who would unfit Vir.
ginia declare in no uncertain words
against this iniqultous graft
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surprised that Giles should take this
view because he was raised right"
put 1t Is a littlo surprising. though
sratitylns as surprising. that the
New Haven Register should express
the opinion that with tho negro hip,-
sen taxing SO intelligent q view of
ms history and position In this ooun :
Try" his future becomes tho more
hopefui' We are getting along. sure
~ when newspapers published right
under the drippings of New England
sanetuaries reach the point of admit.
ing mat the view expressed by Jack
son is Intelligent"
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"UNoLE JoE,sp RETIREMENT.

1t is said that tho Hon. Joseph G..
Cannon Will retire from public life
upon tho completion of his present
term in Congress; II. when the time
arrives. he shall think II n desirable
thing TO do; II an attempt shall not
be made to drive him out: II his con-
stltuents are willing to give him up.
Nobody knows exactly what he will
do about 1t; but the politicians out in
Ing lots for his garments. 1t Is known
that lie feels bitterly his treatment by
his party, and now, the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
says. nobody pays any attention 10
Uncle Joe. The Car is dethroncd.
The good old days are gone and he is
beginning to feel he ought to SO with
them"
We think so. TOO; but before he goes
somebody ought to say that he has
been most outrageously treated: that
his party, whose bidding he always did
In scorn of consequence. made him
the scape- goat for it's sins and drove
him into the wilderness. The ablest
and most typical Republican of his
time he has been neglected. vilined
and spit upon by the party which he
served with all the ardor OF his vicious
nature, and he has stood the ingrati-
tude OF his associates like Il man. With
out the ability, the resourcefuln ess. the
rugged strength of their chief eXpon-
ent. but with all his meanness. he
should have some acknowledg me . t
from his traducers of his service to
his party.
When he retires. Mr.. Cannon should
go back to the State of hts nativity
and there reflect among honest people
upon tho instability of earthly great
ness and the utter lack of honor in the
Republican party
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backbite n little: to wallow in the
mre little longer with other dirty
beasts like themselves" Such being
the condition of things in Connecticut.
II Is not surprising that our contem-
porary should Insist on putting off the
day as long as possible but we must
protest against the suggestion that
hectlcut must go In their every day
clothes" What sort OF II figure would
DR.. Clark. for example. present II he
should be called in the shoddy that
ne wears and which he not only wears
himself. but which he encourages the
and sell to people in other parts of the
country,
we can very well understand why
there should be objection in Connect
cut to Elder Montgomery's prediction:
but. SO far as the Courant and its mis-
guided readers dre concerned, 1t
would be happy thing If there could
be the end of the world within the
next twelve months; for II will be all
the worse for them II 1t should be
postponed five years, that being about
the time when Woodrow Wilson will
be fairly settling down to the business
of making all the enemies of the
rights of the people come to time Bet
ter, far better. that the Courant and
Its people should go right now than
for the evil day to be put off for even
one term of righteous rule in this
country. Laugh at the Seventh Day
Adventist as much as it please. there
is nothing for the Courant in being
suffered to cumber the earth for the
next FIVE years. With the warning it
has received, 1t is TO be hoped that it
will not braEen 1t out any longer, but
that 1t will come over into the Demo
cratic camp before II is too late.
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The Single Tnx

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
SIT want to thank you for your
editorial on the Single Tax in Seat
We. as l claim to be the pioneer single
taxer In Virginia. Your definition of
the single tax is accurate. but IL Is
not quite specific enough. You define
u as tax on a single source of rev.
enue-land values
You Omitted 10 say that under the
head Of land values Is included also
public utilities and franchises, which
are also community created values. 1t
Is hardly debatable question that all
iand values are community crea ted.
though a part is q prospective future
value. Now. you speak OF this as a
theory though It Is demonstrable
TACT and as paradox you end up by
saving: The experiment IN Vancouver
has been most profitable"
The young giants OF the West are
teaching Old Mother Virginia the way
to economic liberty and real democ-
racy Virginia Is driving away her
own children by taxing industry. and
then spends $4,000 per year in trying
to replace them with aliens
Blind leaders of the blind,
"PIEDMoNT."
Charlottesville. Va. Aug :. 1911.
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LOOKING FORWARD IN CONNECTI-

Elder Montgomery. President of the
Indianapolis Conference of the Seventh
pay Adventists. has uttered a prophecy
relating to the end Of the world which
draws on apace. 1T may be next year, (,
may be i've years; but / do know that
IT VIII come before the death Of the las;
man who saw the falling OF the stars
on November 10. 1889" This prophecy.
has set the Hartford Courant think
ing to the extent of a column or so
about the end OF the world. II does
not believe that Elder Montromery.
knows anything about IT, and holds
that the end OF the world is going on
for mankind at every hour" and comes
through the Individual. though,
which ought to make the Courant moro
careful what 1t says about Other in
dividuals lest II be judged itself bv
the same measure OF Judgment win
which 1t would Judge others.
some people" says the Courant
think that the end Of the world IS
Ike a wedding or dinner party. for
which man must put on his best
clothes. They want TO sin little
hfst; to steal little; to lie little, TO
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Daily Queries and Answers

, all born undor the passing of tho act
should be FREQ. All other slaves were,
for a period of twelve years, to
serve their masters for three fourths
of their time. the remaining fourth be-
ing their own. This period was sub
sequently reduced to seven years, and
after being tried for four years tho
system was abandoned. and all slavea
completely freed. Twenty million
pounds was voted as compensation to
the planters for tho loss of their
slave property.
Discovery OF Coal OIL.
Please state when coal oil was first
discovered and when? j. A. L.
Like many other similar discoveries
that of coal oil has been traced sinful
taneously to several localities and per-
sons. 1t is certain, however that for
many years II had been observed
floating on the surface of the water
in well not far from Titusville, Pa,
and while it was used 1t was merely
in small way. and for medicinal pur-
poses. In the year 1853 DR.. Brewer
suggested its use for lighting and lu-
bricating. and in 1854 the flrst oil COM
pany was formed. but the duh times
came and the operations OF the con-
Germ were In a rather Indifferent con-
dition However. Messrs. Drake and
Bowitch. OF the company referred to-,
concluded that they would sink a we'll,
and they were at once satisfied by see
ing from 800 to 1000 gallons of oil
day being the product. The boom"
thus given caused thousands to flock
to the oil regions, and in two or three
years experiment had shown pretty
nearly the boundaries and capacity of
the oil pr duclng region. Up to 1861
the wells found were those where tho
oil had to be pumped out by various
methods all the way from the common
pump up to the most improved ma
chinery. and in quantities varying with
the apparatus employed. But in tho
year justtndicated the first large Cow
ing we'll was struck. and the oil rose
SO plenteously as to iiow over the sur
face. yielding from 500 to 1000 barrels
daily. The oil region of the State Is
but one OF a number Of extensive dis
tricts on this continent which arc very
productive.
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THE NAN WHO FOUND TIE POLE.

AS he travels -bout Middle West
orn Chautauqua circuit to-day he is
smiling, assertive. seif-satisfcd and
patronizing In his manner toward
those with whom he comes in contact"
says the Washington Herald Well.
why shouldn't he? speaking 10 great
crowds daily and gathering thousands
Of good. hard earned dollars" we
should think that he would have the
right TO feel tolerably well assured OF
his position. lie was the FIRST white
man since the earth was formed. so
FAR as there IS any authoritative evil
dence upon the subject, to reach the
TOP Of the world to plant the nag OF
his country at the North Pole and TO
. bring back from the fields of purple
ice through dangers and suncrlngs
that would have conquered less self
reliant man the story Of the capture
OF the farthest North.
What wonder IS it that his smile
is vacant and mechanical" that he is
totally lacking IN personal magnetism
and sympathetic responsiveness" that
<'he clutches with feverlsh eagcrness
and with both hands the palms extend
ed TO him" that "he is MS cola as the
ice fields that ne did or didn., eros.
'n the Arctic!". He hus rad enough to
make Him lose the human touch. to
make him even doab, MS own good
faith. to mako him -pic!ous OF those
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General II. Lindsay Nya,Iser.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch
Sir,-Reference is made in your is
sue of to-day Saturday that the ar.
tillery training camp near Taylor's
Crossing has been named lin honor OF
my father. General r. Lindsay Walker.
IL is stated that he was born at Point
or Fork. Goochland county. Please
allow me TO correct this statement as
follows: General Walker was born at
Logan, Albemarle county. Logan being
that part of the Castle Hill estate cut
or by DR.. Thos. Walker and given his
son, Captain Thos. Walker. who was
the grandfather OF General r. Lindsay
walker. The original Castle Hill es-
tate descended to the Rives family
on account OF the marriage of Mr..
Rives to the granddaughter OF DR.
Thos. Walker
Thanking you for this correction.
THOS. II. WALKER
Pemberton. Va. August s.
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WHAT CAUSED THE WAR.

In Giles Jackson's History of the
Negro Race. which has been adopted
as textbook for the colored public
schools in Virginia. the statement is
made that the War Between the
States was mot started primarily for
the abolition of slavery" and that the
firing on Fort Sumter resulted from the
sending of troops to reinforce tho gar
rison OF United States soldiers station
ca there without the consent Of the
state authorities -of South Carolina
and contrary TO the Constitution Of the
United States. We are not greatly