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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19

- BY The Valentine Auction Co.. Auctioneers
SIS East Broad Street.
STOCK OF GROCERIES, REFRIGERATOR. BUTTER BOX, COFFEE MILL.
SHOWCASES. COUNTERS. SCALES, ETC, AT AUCTION.
On account OF going out of business. we will sell for Mr. 7. M Powa ~
store No. S7 North Wcnty-ffth Street
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, AT $3.50 O'CLOCK p NJ,
Good Meat Refrigerator, Glass. Front Butter Refrigerator, with three dtyisons:
Showcases, Bread Showcase. Cashiers Desk, Counter Scales, Cake Rack
M a stock of fresh Staple Groceries, such as Canned Goods of Ill kinds
Baking Powders Bottled Pickles, reserves. etc.; Laundry Soaps Peariine
soapIne. nd other washing powders; Starch, Blueing, Teas, So e.. Spices ,Smok-
ing Tobacco. ETC., etc. 2
Sale positive, $3.50 P NJ Tuesday.
TIE VALENTINE AUCTION CO.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
AUCTION SALE

Ey The Valentine Auction Co, Auctionners
G1S East Broad Street, Richmond. Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19

We might catch cold" Indignantly cx-
summed Miss Dorothy Mckay. ono Of
the signcrs OF tho demand. ..wh,.
have to eat rs much whether Wa noso
WIN our clothes or without them. Al
% cents an hour we only get aliving
wage, because the work is so
some or us only average So a week
the season. We want to livn
with or without clothcsn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
auettnn 5ates, Future Dapa
BY The Valentine Auction Co.,
A~uctioneers.
61S East Broad Street.
GROCERIES, SHOWCASES, COUNT
ERS, ETC, AT AUCTION. .

On account Of going out Of business,
We viii sell for Mr.. r. II. Dewell, at
his store, No. $40 North Thirty-frst
street. corner Thirty-f1rst and Leigh
Streets,
WEDNESDAY,. FEBRUARY 90,
at $50 o'clock r. NJ.
a small stock Of Staple Groceries, con
sisting of AIMED Goods OF various
kinds. Laundry Soaps, Coffee. Lamp
GLOBES, Pickles, NEustards, Cereals,
threc good Showcases, good Bread
Showcase, Ice Box, two Counters, Store
Shades, Awning, etc.
Sale positive, $50 p. NJ. Wednesday
TIE VALENTINE AUCTION CO.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19

BY The Valentine Auction Co, Auctioneers.
SIS East Broad Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
SUBURBAN
S 1,2OO

New, very attractive cottage, four
rooms. on Ladies' Mile Road; lot 90
rect front. This will make an ideal
country home, and is worth more
money than Is asked.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
virginia Firm. ret Contract.

Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch.
Washinston, d. c., February IS
The King Lumber Company, OF
Charlottesville, has been awarded the
contract for the construction of the
public building al Holdrcdge, Ncb.. at
ccS co.. |ah. EU. a...Is I# tI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
AUCTION SALE
Buggies, Surries, Wagons, Harness, Farming Imple-|
ments, Furniture, Stoves, Hardware, &c,
Of the Spotless Company, Inc, Shockoe Ware
house, Foot OF thirteenth Street, Richmond, Va.

In order to rcduc u large stock now or hand s., as to make room for
years goods 10Y on way. NE will sell at public ucun he fououinp
OF
.## THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS 1911. AT 1890 O'CLOCK A. AZ.
Top Busgies, Runabous.4 Extension o Sureys. Canopy Tor Surreys open
nd Top Dayton Wagons,t One an Two-EIorsc Farm ago Deernr Dec
South Bend Flows, ulivators n other Farming npleme Wood
INC Coal HeaungS Stoves Cooking Ranges nd stoves. Bed Room suits Chairs
Rockers. Odd #Drcssers, Iron beds. Dining Tables Kitchen Tables parlors nits
Harness, Brides, Saddles, Musical Instruments. Watches. Clocks Guns Rinos
kichenwar Hardware Clothes Wringers and Washing Machines and
goods too numerous to mention
This stock was purchased. mainly at BANKRUPT sales nd We have decided
to let 1t g o at auction to make room for our cw this ycasr)s stock COMING IN
All OF this stock l. absolutely new, non O. it cond-han This is an onnort,n-
iy for bargains.
Sale positive
SPOTIESS COMPANY, INC.
Shockoe Warehouse Richmond. va.
THE VALENTINE AUCTION CO, Auctioneera
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-15

in Boz ohmo ushlna ur i0 iho speaker
ln BOO midst of handahhhlua Ffoun
and shouted oui
"uh, tlr vns fo elad to hear that
siof5 hfaIn ahoui tho oollono sopho.
more, boo 1on know the man that
that really happened io leciurod ln
mf town when ! woe a little rlrl7'
80
in iho smaller communities ln the
West as vou aa On the East one Of
thc pests of the popular assembly
especially of tho lecture course or
chauiuuUua. Be- The doctor who has
himself called ont, or so secrotos him.
solf in thc audience that in case there
is "a call for him be viii have to be
publicly mentioned. together with the
urgent need of his valuable services
ut some bedside.
Many public speakers wage n steady
crusade against that sort Of thing,
and usually it Is the doctor who I'M
derpoos the humiliation, as the audi
cnce rs always In sympathy with a
popular speaker and resentful of an
Interruption
AT Fairfield, Iowa, during their
chautauqua gathering last summer
the platform manager stopped a
speaker who was just getting warmed
mp, to say:
rs DR. Blank IN the audience? He's
wanted at the telephone"
The audience was displeased; the
speaker was sore. Turning to the
platform manager, the speaker looked
at him a moment, then said to the
audience:
q have a doctor brother who used
to employ that manner of advertising
when he was just beginning"
The doctor, being an old practition-
er, was followed with wild shouts of
laughter as he blushingly beat a re-
treat from the tent.
] AhOAhNl AhoAcllANG VI lAAt uOSbOl NesAl
at Sheldon, Iowa, last summer, was
handled by the same speaker in this
fashion:
as Dr. Brock in the audience? He's
wanted at the gate" said the man.
ager.
81 wonder what's the matter with
the gate?" flashed the speaker.
And the shrieking audience thought
it was the best part of the show.
+
! Where small boys attend enter
tainments, dogs will go if the boys
can smuggle them in. In an lowe
town a speaker who was interrupted
by the barking of dog during {
burst of applause, said
81 shall wait until the dog is re
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-15

tnuuilion. Niaaoun, Unre bed q
ivo hundred and nngpomd lawyer
with 81 iouruunce voice Iho mvfor
removed io Oklahoma and became
federal mdro Not unif was this lau.
ser large man with nfolIkD voice,
bui be- was witty aa bIa Unmatched
physique and vocal power made him
seem eccentric.
Not long after hia appointment sf
federal judge in Oklahoma Doe was
trying a bookkeeping" liquor case
The prisoner az the bar was inclined
10 be a little bic snippg which fact
was not lost on The court
when an the evidence was In. the
judge squoakod out to The prisoner.
well II fine you just two hundred
dollars and costs"
"An right Judge. smiled the pris-
oner pattiur the right side of his
trousers bosom. 90 got it right here
In my hip pocket
And sixty days i'm jail" flied the
big Judge. Got that in your hip
pocket?"
A platform lecturer who was green
on the job was demonstrated with by
the manager of his bureau. as fol-
lows: why. they tell me that down
at Johnsonburg you lectured two
hours. That's too long The COM
mittee says that more than half your
audience left before you were nearly
through
Well, let me tell YOU" protested
the new lecturer you told me, when
you started me out, that / should
make it a rule to quit while the audi.
ence wanted more. And I'll be hang
ed If | saw any signs of their wanting
more at any time; so ! just kept on"
80
1t is a pernicious habit among lyce
um lecturers of the popular" brand
to tell as their personal experience
any adaptable anecdote they believe
will create a general laugh in theii
audiences. One of that type was re
lating a story at La Crosse, Wiscon
sin, last summer at chautauqua. He
told the personal experience" with
great gusto, in spite of the fact that
the anecdote had been apocryphal be
fore the lecturer was born.
After the lecture, an old lady whose
defective hearing had let her catch
only the salient and recognizable
point of the anecdote, but had moi
caught the statement that the lecturer
himself claimed to have participated
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-15


ono of tho rroHDaf authorities ON
disease of ihu nervous system De-.
clarcs that DO Que haflualy Hia on
hard chair hc pressure of The odne
is likely to gIlc use to srIouca This
is worth remembering. for there must
be- thousands of people who spend
large Sum trying to cure their scio-
tica, while they are 600 the time add
ing fuel io o. hy sitting ON hard.cdged
chairs This same disease as well as
the siill more painful one of mmhago,
are caused by other everyday habits
In hot weather people sit without
thought of consequences. ON the grass,
the sands and, worst of all on rocks.
Perhaps they escape for the time. but
as soon as thC first touch OF winter
comes the umbago and sciatica make
their appearance Then In the morn
ing tub We have the seeds of rhcu-
matism. Sooner or later the daily
chilling of the feet produces that in
lammatory condition of the Joint
cartilages which results in crippling
rheumatism a simple precaution is
to use a cork mat or a piece of wood
for standing on in the bathroom.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-15

Fine Job Printing. Star once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-24
Fiqht Prospects and Base Ball
Race Keep Gothamites
in Dizzy WhirI.
PRESS AGENTS
MISLEAD THE PUBLIC
Corbett Tells of Great Tales
Being Spread About Big
Bouts in the Fall.
BY James ]. Corbett.
,ecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July A.-That portion of
this city's population termed sports, y
particularly that division Of the throne
that confines its ardor and fervency to
base ball and pugilism, Is at present ex-
periencing q series of thrills and quivers
which, combined with the prevailing trop-
ical heat, will mean the foolish factory
for many.
What with the heart-breaking neck and
neck race in the major ball league and
the daily announcements emanating from
overzealous and enthusiastic boxing club
press agents portending great doings for
the fail campaign. the fight bugs and
base ball fans are in state border
ing on agonizing ecstasy and delightful
torture with any number of dubious an
ticipations for good measure.
To believe that tales Of the veracious
agents. New York is to have its finest
fall and winter display in the glove line.
Nothing but the best to be shown-only
championship contests to be held. The
middleweight muddle Is to be cleaned up
right here In Gotham, to hear the boys
tell it, while Wolgast, monarch of the
lightweights: Mat Wells. England's peer
less leader of the division; Packey Nc
Farland and Knockout Brown are to
settle all differences regarding their re-
spectiye merits as wielders OF the padded
mitt And last but not least another
white hope tournament. this time with
the genuine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-24
BOARD HOLDS
FIRST MEETING THIS WEEK
President Young of Amateur Commission
Has Called What Will Be Initial Sitting
Of Body-A. S. & rs Record.

highest average of any of the amateur
players. If he does not take a slump it
is probable that he will finish the season
with one of the best batting averages that
ever graced a players record for year.
OF course, there will probably he a few
who are not regular players who will have
better marks. hut these should not he con-
sidered in a class with those who have
gone through the entire season,
In the Independence League, UP to last
Wednesday, when the official batting
averages were compiled, there were sixty
three men who had marks of over 300
Of these sixty-three only thirty-one are
to be numbered among the regular play
! ers, the other thihty-two having been at
the bat but six or seven times on an aver
age.
Among all the amateur leagues in the
city there are about 400 men who are hit
ting the ball over the standard mark, but
Of these 1t is not probable that over half
| can be classed as regular players, and
possibly the average would not run that
high.
The Capital City League is the only one
that has shown any material increase in
the batting of it's players, and this is
probably due more than anything else.
to the fact that two new clubs have been
added to its list of teams
Al Handiboe, who is leading the Capital
City League in run-getting, stolen bases
| and hitting. Is, perhaps, the most con-
sistent player in the circuit. In the ma
jority of cases the man who leads in hit
ting is either show on the bases or is a
poor fielder. but in the case of Handiboe
this does hold true. Handiboe is one of
the best outfielders in the city, besides
being just about as good on bases and
fully at good at the bat as any of them
If Handjboe wants a chance in some
of the minor circuits next season he will
have not the least bit of trouble obtaining
1t. as recommendations would be given
him galore for the asking.
Probably no team ever ended its season
with the record established by the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company during
the present one. Every man who has
held down a regular berth on the team
has batting average of over 300, some
thing almost unheard Of In the annals
! of base ball.
No wonder the Trust company got away
with the long end of the scores in the
Bankers circuit and scored runs almost
at will with that bunch Of sluggers doing
stunts with the stick.
There is no doubt, though, that a great
amount of the success accomplished by
the American Security and Trust batters
is due to the ineffectiveness of the pitch
Ing they were against. The other clubs
in the circuit this spring were principally
weak in the box.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-24

In a recent interview in San Francisco
Freddie Welsh. the next opponent or
Champion welgast. tells the story OF his
pugilistic life. as follows:
IT was taught boxing at school in the
country, but I gained all my experience
on this side of the water. Anything L
know of professional pugilism was
learned in America. I had my first pro-
fessional engr cement in Philadelphia on
December n, 1905. I have modelled my
SELF after the best of the men that have
met At first I was imbued with the
notion that the only way to box was in
the old English way-the straight from
the-shoulder method.
They don't fight that way over here,
as I discovered. l nave not changed my
ideas as to the benefits of boxing as
taught in my own country, but when in
Rome 1t is advisable to do as the Ro-
mans do 1 have learned to blend the
English or orthodox, style and the un-
orthodox style of the American ring. and
as a consequence I'm quite at home with
almost any kind of boxer 1 may be
sent against"
Freddie thinks Al Wolgast a wonder
full little ringman, but at the same time
believes that Freddie Welsh carries as
many guns as the Michigan wildcat.
They say that Wolgast can force any
kind of an opponent to loosen up and
start fighting" said Welsh. Judging
from what has happened in his fights
, there is good reason for looking at 1t that
way; but II seems to me most of ADS op
ponents feel themselves in dilemma
when he covers up, and think that it Is
up to them to begin leading do not
know. of course, that 1t is that way
Wolgast as the champion. shouldn't lay
back and wait for his adversary. l know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-24
GISSING MAY BECOME PRO.
Noted Athlete Wanted to Coach
German Runners.

NEW YORK, July 24.-It is Just pos
sible that Harry Gissing. the fieet-footed
former New York A c. middle-distapce
runner. who is touring foreign countries,
Will not come hack for a couple of
years. He has been offered a position
to coach members of the Berliner Sport
Club of Berlin, Germany. a batch Of
athletes who are to represent Kaiser
Wilhelm's domain In next years
Olympic games.
Whether or not Gissing has accepted
the job is not known on this side, but
1T is more than likely he will take a
crack at the coaching business. for he
is anxious to be among some of Ameri-
cas- leading athletes who are now teach
ing the foreigners how to beat Uncle
Sans boys in the Sweden Olympiad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-24
FREDDIE WEI SH CLAIMS HE
CAN TAKE CARE OF WOLGAST
Has Studied the American Champion in All
His Fights and Will Adapt Him
self to Any Style.

that / wouldn't be embarrassed If he
takes to stone walling and covering up.
He has as much right to make the pace
as have, and If he is thin-skinned and
can put up with being reviled by the
spectators on account of his indispositiOn
to start the ball rolling, there is no reason
why / should become sensitive and begin
leading just because Mr.. Wolgast wants
me to.
"Once blows are exchanged Wolgast is
in his element He is all there in inside
work. / have made study of this kind
of fighting, and I am by no means con-
WINGED that AID is better at it than l am.
/ think | am as resourcefui as he is, and
| possess as many changes of style. If
I find that he is my master at close fight
ing I'll soon change off to some other
method. I know AID Wolgast. and have
known him during all his fighting career.
We started in at the business about the
same time, and ] have seen him fight
quite often.
"Of course, you can't always tell how
things are going to turn out. But this
I do know-that il was the ambition of
my life to box Battling Nelson when the
Nelson to terms. and in the meantime
Wolgast got the chance and proved him
self to be better man than the Battler.
When Wolgast gained the title l made
up my mind to challenge him at the first
opportunity. I kept this thing in view.
and now that / have secured a match
with him I feel as though 1 had achieved
something / had been working for and
hoping for.
when / feel that way about it, it is
the best evidence that l am not haunted
with a suspicion / am going to lose. 1t
may sound like Boosting but 1 do not
think there is a man living who can beat
me at my own weight. The only mis-
takes l made We're when / allowed my
opponents to come in several pounds
above my notch"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-24
COBB LEADS BOTH LEAGUES
IN ALL BUT SACRIFICING
Detroit's Great Star Is Winning Deserved
Recognition AS Best Player Game Has
Developed-Performs Consistently.

to the stand. I backed up the play and
had made up my mind to hcave the hall
TO second base to head Cobb off. But
without telling a lie. this same Cobb was
sliding into the home plate while I was
getting set Ia let the hall go To second
base You talk about the greatest play
one ever saw. / think this classes with
any of them. and IL happened on the hill
top, and Ed Sweeney will back me up on
the story"
Cobb pulls down close to SO. 900 for his
work in Tigerville. and It's likely to be
more next season. He would he worth
s25, 900 a year in New York.
The umpires say that they have to be-
on the watch all the time when he is
running bases, and in order to make the
right decision II is always good policy to
be on top of the play. He has fooled
many an umpire with HIS slide and many
a player has failed to touch him when he
looked to be out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-24

i President Young of the amateur COM
mission has notified the members of the
arbitration board that it will be neces-
sary to have a meeting of that body some
time this week. Just what day the meet
| ing will be held has not yet been decided.
but it is probable that 1t will take place
Wednesday evening Mr.. Young has noti-
| fed the members of the board that they
can meet the evening that best suits their
convenience. and 1t is more than likely
that the mentioned date will be the one
agreed on.
certain affairs that have come up, and
outline plans for the future.
As was predicted. the so-called Commits
sioners' franchise in the District League
was forfeited When the Ninth Ingram
team took over the District Clerks rights
| in the circuit there was possible chance
I for 1t to beat out the Aloysius club
| for the pennant. but after dropping a
possible to win the flag, and the club
virtually quit.
1t is intended by the officials of the
league to go along during the remainder
| of the season as four-cluo organization,
1t not being deemed advisable to take
any more clubs into the circuit this late
In the year, 1t not being probable that
any of a suita BILE strength could be OBJ
tanned to fill the vacancies anyway.
George Mullin, who started the season
with the Sewage Pumping Station, at
first oase. is now holding down the third
corner for the Cornell Company. Mullin
is proving just as Efficient on the left
side of the diamond as he did on the
right.
Mullins services have been missed by
the Sewage Pumping Station team to a
great extent His hitting, which has been
consistently good all season. is needed
more than anything else by the Pump
ers. as it is in that department that the
team has been weak all season.
1t is more than probable that Donnelly,
the Manhattan club player, who Is at
present leading the amateur leagues In
batting with a percentage of 1913, will
continue at the head of the list through
out the entire season. 1t is not probable
that any other player will be able to pass
hlm during the short end of the season,
as his work has bear getting better and
better since tine opening game, instead OF
showing signs of deterioration, which 1T
would have to II he is to lose any of the
prestige which he now holds.
Judging by the past. it is almost certain
that he will have the honor at the end
of the amateur season OF holding the