davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
MORRIS IS DEVELOPING
TRUE BUSINESS SPIRIT
$ White Mans Hope" Accused of Being Mixed Up
in Prearranged Fights, Is Coming East.

New York, Feb. L-Carl Morris, the
Oklahoma giant. is coming East early
next spring to look US over, and incf-
dentally. to gather q few sheckles. While
it will cost Morris nothing except his
keep to see us. the whitest hope of
them all will tax us for a peek at him.
Morris and his new manager. F. B. Ufer.
Of Tulsa, Okla, are considering number
Of theatrical offers to show the Oklahoma
giant in the effete East.
Morris is now making noise ike a real
fighter. When he was just boob he
imagined that a fighter had to fight. and
he slammed his way into a reputation by
establishing knockout factory down in
Oklahoma. But now Morris has acquired
a regular manager, who has engaged
staff of trainers. Said trainers will not
tell Morris how to fight-he knows that
already-but will train HIM along popular
lines. = At present he Is too much of a
fighter and not enough Of a talker.
AS proof that Morris is getting on the
right track at last it may be mentioned
that he will take a thirty-day rest be-
fore engaging in any more ring bat
ties. Having been fighting nearly year.
MOTTlS IoelS Tie HccO Oh Il IcSt, anu uiS
manager will not allow him to be dragged
into the ring again until a big purse is
guaranteed. Morris called off his fight
with Mike Schreck. a good old punching
bag from Cincinnati. because his new
management thought he was wasting
time and money scrapping in Oklahoma,
when he might be picking up easier
money by landing a stage engagement.
w. 4. Stone. the manager who devel-
oped Morris. sold his proprietary rights
in the fighter last week to Ufer for $25.
100. Ufer announced that he would fit
up a gymnasium for Morris and would
engage Joe Choynski and Bob Armstrong
to train him. Neither of these men is
available now. but there are others who
will answer just as we'll
A wealthy OIL Man.
Ufer is pictured as a wealthy oil
man. They're always wealthy in the
papers. and they are always ''oiI men" if
they hail from Oklahoma. Well, it takes
an oil man to be successful in the
fighting game. If Ufer is wise he prob
ably sung something like this to Nor
ris:
Now. you big boob. quit fighting and
start talking. Ill bet all kinds Of money
lin the newspapers) that johnson is
afraid to meet you. out when anybody
else wants to fight us we'll turn down
their proposition because they are simply
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
sWARTHMORE QUINT BEATEN,
Heavy Basket-baII TOsserx Capture
Game by - to Is
ShingtOn Herald.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
Annapolis, Nd. Feb. 1.-The midshp-
men managed to defeat the basketball
team representing Swarthmore by 81 to
y this afternoon. but it was done by pill
ing up good lead in the first period
when the visitors did not seem to be
playing their game. Lineup:
Naval Academy-Wenzel Bischoff. and
Abbott. right forward: Hill. left forward
douglas, center; Jacobs. right guard;
Ertz Comstock. aft guard
Swarthmore-MiI Gieg right
guard: GilChrist, center; Smith. left for
ward; Gieg, Hill, right guard: Bough-
ton, left guard.
. Score-Naval Academy, 81; Swarthmore
%- Goals-DOuglaS, :: Hill. :: Jacobs
Ertz, Smith, :: Gilchrist. :: Gieg, Bough-
ton. Goals from fouls-WenzeH >: HILL
Gilchrist. 10. Referee-Mr. Collifower.
Georgetown. Umpire-Mr. Cartwright
Philadelphia. Time of halves-e8 minutes
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
POLO PLAYER COMING,
J. VI. Waterbury Talks Of Interna-
tfOnal Matches.

London. Feb. Al. NJ. Waterbury sailed
to-day for New York on the steamship
Campania. He has been hiding for the
last six months in Leicestershire with
his brother, Lawrence.
Harry Payne Whitney. referring to the
difficulty about the date for this years
polo matches for the American cup. said
to-day:
'Hurlingham wants August. so that
their men can be here for all the tourna-
nents during the coronation festivities
The American grounds are too hard for
first class playing in August. By then,
too. the players and the patrons are like
ly to be stale. but rather than have the
matches fall through ! am personally in
favor of accepting August. II We are
beaten We can come to England in 1872
These matches benefit the game on
courses. therefore they ought to be en-
couraged."
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

trying to get fat losers end. Then
while were waiting for Johnson to &C.
cept our def we will go East and grab
a thousand a week on the stage. AS the
most prominent white hope you will get
plenty Of publicity. Remember: do any.
thing but hght. And when being inter-
viewed never neglect to mention that
you were always good to your folks.
That always scores. Nobody but box
ers and baseball players are ever good
to their folks, you know; that's why it's
always mentioned to show q celebrity's
remarkable beneficence. And, of course,
tell them that you'd much rather be fir-
ing your old locomotive on the Frisco
for SIS week than exposing your shrink
ing self before the footlights and getting
more in a week than you used to drag
down in a year by the sweat of your
brow. Also do not fail to mention that
you are about to retire to your ranch
because Johnson won't fight you, and that
you are therefore the undefeated cham
pion.''
Turns to Other Things.
And SO. while We may pay to get look
at Morris, we are not likely to see him
in action here for some time. After q
scrapper attains prominence his mind
turns to everything but fighting. II he's
good he waits until he secures a profita-
bic match; IL he's lemon. who is sim
ply press agent champion. he's saved as
long as possible and advertised until
some promoter falls for a big purse.
Then. if he explodes with a loud detona-
ton. he can quit with bank roll.
Already the green-eyed monster has set
afloat some tales that reflect on Morris.
He is getting too much publicity; hence
the knock. According to Jack johnson.
Morris success is due to the fact that
all of his fights are prearranged. The
champion declares that the Oklahoma
giant must be assured of victory before
he steps into the ring. He offers as evil
dence the fact that his (JohnsOn's) SPAR
ring pardner. Kid Monahan, has a prop
osition made to him to go to Sapulpa and
lay down. to Morris. 1t is further con-
tended that the fight with Schreck was
called of because Schreck refused to
LAY down.
These are serious charges, and Morris
can dsprove them only by meeting some
live heavyweight. knockouts Of dead
ones like Marvin Hart don't CO. Morris
may have beaten some men who were
considered good in Kansas City, but New
Workers want to see him tackle a man
like Al Kaufman. If he has the goods
he will greatly increase his popularity
and be able to make more money in the
East in one winter than he could gather
in Oklahoma the rest Of his ring career.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
BASEBALL NOTES
AND COM MENT.

Although Vic Willis has signed con
tract to pitch for the Cubs this season.
it seems that his heart is with Balti-
more. A friend of the great pitcher said
yesterday that Willis is fond of Ralti-
more and would rather play there than
almost any other place And the friend
predicts that if anything transpires in
Chicago which would bring about an
other change for the great twirIer Victor
VIII be seen in an Oriole uniform.
Joe jackson and Ted Easterly are the
sIrre-thing bets in the Cleveland out
field. jackson is slated for center and
Ted for the right garden patch. Granev.
Birmingham. Callahan, Doane and Griggs
will fight it out for the other regular
berth.
Grover Land will be the Maps first
catcher The big fellow is not worry
ing about his berth, as he is really the
Maps veteran catcher since Jay Clarke
and Harry Bemis were disposed of and
Ted EaSterly was made over into an
outfielder.
Although Bob Hedges refused to waive
claim TO Tom Jones recently. he did not
want him to play first base for the
Browns. but only for trading purposes.
BW o ORourke, of the Omaha club NAV
get George Stone from the Browns. Stone
started his career in Omaha and II will
be a fitting place for him to finish I'D
Fred Snodgrass and Louis Drucke are
the only Giant regulars who have not
signed contracts for 1911.
The Dallas club of the Texas League
has games scheduled with the Giants
Chicago White Sox. Boston Americans
and Detroit Tigers.
Promoter Fletcher's optional contracts
expire on Feb. IL, and after that date if is
probable that there will be many stars
Fastening to sign up with their old teams.
Pitcher James Callahan and First Base
man Jfsgs Donahue are to go to Mineral
Springs with the Chicago White Sox.
These former Comiskey men believe they
can come back and shine once more in
the American League.
Sherwood Magee, champion batsman
of the National League, rates himself as
a valuable commodity. He has tele-
sraphed Manager Doom that he will not
sign Phillie contract calling for less
than 5000 and that he will not sign for
more than one year.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
LOSE CLOSE GAME.
Georgetown Beaten by Staunton
Quint,
SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Staunton, Va, Feb 4.-In the most
spectacular and closely contested game
of basketball ever seen here Staunton
Military Academy defeated Georgetown
University tonight, ~ to Is. OF George
towns Is points. Lamberton made 8:
Martin 3, and SchlOsser :. For Staunton
Woolrob led with points
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Army Feneers win.

West Point, N. Y, Feb Ain the first
fencing tourney of the season the army
foilsmen defeated the University of
Pennsylvania team by six bouts to three.
The cadets, will fence Yale on February
Is; Columbia on February 8. and Har-
ward on March 1.
The triangular semi-finals for the In
tercollegfate teams. to decide which will
fence at New York on March 81 and
April 1. will be heed at West Point on
March S.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
BOSTON WANTS REGATTA.
Will Make Strong Bid for Annual
Aquatic Event.

Boston, Feb. 4-The New England Anna
t"ur Rowing Association. at its annual
meeting last night. appointed Il commit
tee with full power to negotiate with the
National Association Of Amateur Oars
men for the holding of the national anna
teur championship races on the Charles
River next summer. Buffalo also desires
the races, and there is a movement on
foot to have all future races rowed on
Saratoga Lake in New York. but Boston
hopes to secure the next regatta.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
|RASKE7BALL
MILITARY BASKETBALL.

O'Dwyer. who formerly played with
the First Battalion team, rejoined tha.
team on Friday and played his first
game with them this year.
From present indications there will be a
three cornered fight for the pennant IN
this league between Company E, Com
pany H. and the First Battalion. All
three teams have been gradually improv-
ing their teamwork.
This league is fortunate in having two
Of the best basketball referees in the
city in Messrs. Ross and Prott- The
games already played have been free
from kicking, and the officials have run
them OF in great style.
The game Friday night between Com
pany and Company H, was the best of
the season. The score was close all
through the game and each team tied
it a couple of times. Individual goal
shooting finally won for the Corcorans.
The First Battalion team established
record the other night by shutting out
Company X in the first half without
score. In the second half. however.
the latter team showed much improve
ment.
There are two games scheduled for the
coming week: Monday. February 6, Am
bulance Corps vs.. Company X: and Fri
day, February. 10. First Battalion VS..
Company X. The games scheduled for
Wednesday. February s. between Com
pany H and Company E has been moved
up to Monday, February Is.
Company H played three games last
week, one with the Terminal Y. n. C.
A.. which they won rather easily. and
on Wednesday with the Ingram Memo
rial team. who defeated them Company
H In this game was compelled to use
three substitutes. The third game was
with the Corcoran Cadets Friday night.
Some Of the new men playing in this
league who have been showing up well
in recent games are Miller and Barry.
Company H: Zier. Company E: Oliveri,
First Battery: Gore. Company X, aud
Briggs. Ambulance Corps.
b. n. SfUs6
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
vorEEos YOUR rAvoRrTE TEAM

1hTee tenpiD tears - WaaA-
ln9tea pre- geing - Ne n. n A.
st DsGAle a tAe szvsans - TAs
WaabanGAso Heso1A - es0Ds1o
fss eakeoe BElDe assDsy. C1lp
esupea frOn pAGs . ~ = tAe
nanse - ye9r favesite seaaA a1A
GEL . de Centeaa 1A6tsss -
Wsahlnola Heealdk
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
HAYES AT WHITE HOUSE.
Famous Marathon Runner Calls on
the President.

Johnny Hayes. the Marathon runner.
gave President Taft some pointers on
running at the White House yesterday.
The Presidents physical director, DR..
Barker. doesn't prescribe running except
in the four-year race. but Hayes thought
the President might be able to sprint a
bit If properly trained. The President
told Hayes to nc careful of his heart,
but didn't specify whether he meant in
running or in other sports.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Wolga.t to Meet Moran.

Philadelphia, Feb 4-Tom Jones, man.
ager Of Ad Wolgast. the Hght-weight
champion. to-day agreed at Fernwood.
Pa. to sign articles for Q match between
the champion and Owen Moran, Of Eng
land. on March /. the date Of the night
then to be set and clubs permitted to
bid for the bout.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Pen7ny Trim. West Point.

West Point. n. Y, Feb. 4.-In their
annual game here to-day. the Univer-
dty Of Pennsylvania team defeated the
West Point basketball FIVE by a score
OF ~ 90 10. Both teams covered close
~, but their eagerness to block was
called frequently. q
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Northeastern Duckpin League Not.

NOrtheaafeFn DUckpfn League Notes,
The Hilltops took two from the Pacifics.
The Atlanticse beat the high set this
week.
The league started on the last series
Monday.
woodfieId won the cash prize last week
with AIS for three games
New pins. mineralite balls-now watch
for the alley record of 1S2. Five times
last week they were within few pins OF it.
Woodfield rolled 15S. Poston 154. Richard
son 152. James ISL, and Knockey $50 Not
bad games.
It was hard luck that the Rialtos lost
that $50 game. but In beating them the
Atlantics landed high set from the
Easterns
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Pittsburx Twirler SiGns.

Pittsburg, Feb. 4-Sherwood M. Smith.
the pitcher who was drafted by the Pi-
rates from the Jacksonville team. to-day
turned his signed contract in to President
Oreyfuss, of the Pittsburg club. The
club has now thirty-two men under con-
tract
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
yale Lskes Fostball nales.

New Haven. Conn, Feb. THE action
Of the football fules committee In adopt-
ing practically the same code of play for
next faIl that was used the past esAson
ana the mi ofIlclals Sre pleased ovef theI
outcome Of last night meeting. walter
Camp Yaleia athleeie adviser: C4pN Ar
1fuf 19ou& Sad ox-Cn13 paays e+4kGAe]
6xsneeed QaSS1e eeoA1o1 1T - q
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Raetne OF 81. Ja.re.

Juare<. Feb. 4.-The races at Ter
raxas rsrk was called on to-day.
AheuM yuarex remafn ftee ffom at
zTtAok tp-taAS. racing VIII ~ rsouused tx
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Interciuh Rifle Results.

Results of the matches IN Eastern IN
terclub Rifle Shooting League for the
week ending February I: New Haven.
Conn.,. SO. Va BanGor. Ne. sel: Bridge-
port. Conn.,, .s5l. VI. Butter. Pa. 81; Pitts
burg. Pa. Ss6. M. Savannah Ga. or.
Warren. Pa ~ M Providence. b. l..
sDAc.. q; NsV 1osk ,xssi5. N "a ~ AZ 6.
lSltic ,cify. Il; 4, ~ ls51sln1l I'm AZ,
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
THE RlscslDE.

Ael5ovetn Outpolnfa DeSnsteln.
!, ms on February 6 Terry McGovernS
met Joe Bernstein 1t Industrfal Hall.
Yhiladelphia- Bernsteiu was badly pun
lshed. bat fnahased - 90 tie Msnle He
WeM 6eun Gve ilr1ea.. once ID ~ fourtA
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Mount St. Mary's Beaten.

Emmitsburg. Nd. Feb. Mount st.
Mary's lost at basketball to-day with
Washington and Lee by score Of IS
to Is.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
ITO CAFE

DINNER DAn6, - - 10 . 2. u. <;
aPDCdAL SUNDAY 4lNNR ~
S y ~ 10 e. y,
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
POLE VAULTER BREAK
LEG IN G. w. u. MEET

Co.ti.ued fro. Page one.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
ARCADE DUCKPIN LEAGUE
g. r. .. LEAGUE
NATIONAL UNION LEAGUE.

STANDING OF THE TEAMS
W; L. PG W. L. Pct
Harmony...... 30 "a .S6 Orolss....-.... g 81 IS
The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
THE PADDOCK.
IN MEMORIAM.

1SssChristian Cornhelsen. prominent
turfman, died in Brooklyn, N. Y.
1SSSClemmie G., q trotting mare. died
at Cleveland. Ohio. q years old.
Mohawk. jr., a trotting stallion. died
at Mount Bernon. Ohio. 9 years old.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-30

But whatever the exact mode of disposition
the Significance is the same-the obsolete vessel
is considered as Junk" even though 1t still be
capable of usefulness in small way. When 1t
was announced last year that the powers that be
at the naval headquarters had designated some
$50,OOO,OO worth Of warships to be sent to the
scrar heap there were gasps of astonishment
from good folk all over the land who had thought
that when we built a warship We made a perma-
nent investment. Yet that shock is likely to
have frequent repetition. Indeed. It looks as
though the discards every calendar year would
reach or exceed the fifty million mark on the
basis OF original cost The year 1911 is not very
old and yet 1t has brought tdings of the pros
pective compulsory retirement of a number of
costly ships-some of them completed only
few years ago and supposed to embody all the
lessons We learned during the Spanish American
Every merchant knows that It is not good pol
Icy to hold on to dead stock" simply because he
paid out good money for It upon n time
ana SO Uncle Sam Is following an approved bust
ness principle in this scheme of taking frequent
inventory OF his naval possessions The plan of
actually getting rid Of surplus craft came about
through the sale as junk few years ago of the
last of the old Civil war monitors. These brought
iair prices-better proportionately than have
been bid for some vessels less ancient Then
all OF a sudden. with the appearance of the Brit
ish battleship "Dreadnaught' there was unex
pectedly ushered in the present era of the "all
big gun" ships. an era that in effect brought to
"AA uAsihASiy SioSo many promising careers In
warshipdom-cut short. in other words, the use.
fulness Of a number of unarmored and lightly
armored craft that might have continued in the
vocation for which they built for many
years yet had II not been for this new fad for the
heavily armored warrior
Battleships are according to present ideas. the
longest-lived Of all warships. or the more than
thirty heavyweights OF the naval fighting force
which have been constructed by the United
States. only one has yet been condemned to
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-30
The Progress of Music.

A German baker in West Philadel-
phia has young hopeful who is be-
ginning in youth the study Of the vio-
lin. He takes weekly lessons and the
parents are sanguine of his becoming
q great musician.
A friend strolled into the bakeshop
the other day and inquired of the
genial German what progress the boy
was making.
He pretty good gets along" came
the bakers assuring answer, with an
elevation of the chin and a swelling
chest. He play Home, Sweet Home
with such sweetness that makes you
wish for the Faderland. And, by
golly, you ought to hear him play
that Nearer, My God, to YOU"
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-30
CRHISEP NZ6H/y/ = .Sk1r| 10 The
.SHQd0 AEl1

the brief space Of a decade or two-not worn
out. to be sure in the literal sense of the word.
but out of date that It is not very servceable
just as is woman's gown made in the fashion
of several years ago.
1t is appalling to PEOPLE who think that a
house or a wagon or carriage a piano wears
out more quickly than 1t ought. to realize how
much more rapidly, proportionately. allmetal
warship. built to withstand enemys shot and
shell, will outlive its usefulness without
having fired hostile shot been made the. tar
get Of an enemy's gun. And the worst of it-at
least from the standpoint OF the people who
think that altogether too much money Is being
spent for deathdealing paraphernaa-s that
the active life OF the average warship appears
to be steadily growing shorter. Time was. not
80 very long ago. when the active life OF
ship was supposed to be at least twenty years,
but SO rapidly do fashions in craft change
In this effete twentieth century that the busy
career of fighting craft is much shorter
than score Of years.
Partly because OF these tendencies to short
life on the part Of warships and partly because
he has come to be the owner of the second larg-
est navy In the world. Uncle Sam has been
mighty busy this past year two revising his
category Of warshps He has been wedding
them out right and left. II such a term may be
used. 1t Is customary to say. In the popular
form OF expression, that Uncle Sam has been
selling out his worn-out warshps. and yet.
strictly speaking that hardly expresses the sit.
uation. For one thing. the ships are not liter
ally worn out. as has been explained above. and
hen again the government has not been selling
out" in all instances. Indeed. in the case Of
some of the obsolete ships put up at auction the
bids received have been low that indignant
naval officers have been wont to remark that the
navy department has been giving away" its
has beens." In not few instances the govern.
ment-sometimes because no outsider would pay
a rational price--has been driven to using its
old warshps In ways never anticipated when the
ships were built.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-30
BOTH HAD KNOWN HAPPINESS
But the Circumstances Were Not Ex-
actiy Alike, That Was All
the Difference.

They were riding into town in a
subway train, these two married men,
says the New York Times. One
seemed occupied with his own
thoughts, the other was engrossed in
his copy of the Evening Piffie. from
which he eventually glanced with a
superior smile. 81 always read what
Betsy Bumstuff has to say in her Twi-
light Twaddle' column" he said. "She
generally hits us off pretty well, but
she isn't always right. Now, this eve
ming. she gets on the subject Of elope-
ments. She says elopements never
turn out happily. l don't agree with
her." Neither do l." said the man
who had been occupied with his own
thoughts. Il am glad to hear you say
it," exclaimed the Evening Piffleite.
81 eloped with my wife, and I've been
happy ever since" so have I ever
since some fellow eloped with mine,"
remarked the other. Betsy Bumstuff
is away Off"