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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
BIG MATCH WILL
co ON TONIGHT
Sunberg and Deitz Event Is
Postponed-Promise of a
Fast Go Made

Owing to the fact that only a few
OF the wrestling fans OF the city turn
ed out. the Deitz-Sunberg match did
not take place last night. as scheduled
but will be staged at the Metropolitan
theatre tonight. There were only a
handful Of wrestling enthusiasts a,
the Metropolitan last night and the
management concluded to call 1t off
until tonight. Those present were
given rain checks for tonight.
The match will be staged tonight
however. and Judging from the few
minutes exhibition Sunberg gave with
his wrestling partner. Gustafson. last
night, local nat devotees are prom
Used something Interesting. When it
was announced that the big match
would have to be put off until tonight
Sunberg and Gustafson came out and
gave the few present one Of the best
wrestling exhibitions that has been
seen In the city. They were only on
he mat a few minutes but during
that time. they treated the small audi
"nce to something interesting in the
way of securing holds. breaking out Of
them and in the other tricks of the
anne
Kelvin n Campbell also gave
their double bar exhibition. and it
proved n Of h best performances
of its kind eve given in the city.
Both Deitz and Sunberg were in the
best of condition last night and ready
to go on the ma and put up the bat
tie Of their lives. Yesterday. when
they weighed In. Deitz registered
down to the 140 mark. which he was
compelled to make. The days wait
will not effect them any, however, and
they will go on the mat tonight, pre-
pared to give the fans one of the best
wrestling bouts ever staged in the
city
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
BUSY
WITH

Faribault. Mimi, Dec. 26.-Shattuck
has good basketball prospects for this
season. MIR. Eddy. center OH last
Years team. is captain of the team.
Warner and katzinger, last years for
wards, and j. Eddy. sub forward. are
on the team for the present season.
and are better than last season. with
the possible exception of katzinger.
who may not he able to get into the
game on accoun OF his injuries IL
football. Scott has developed a lot
aud will I've a good man. Irish. who
played OH the football team. will be
on the team, and it is known tina Il"
will make good. Coach Foster Is alsp
expected to use Wilkins OF the foot
ball team. He has been kept out of
basketball heretofore for fear it would
injure him for track work. He will be
tried at center or guard. 1t now looks
as ii the team fill he lined up as fol-
lows: Katzinger. Irish and Johnson.
forwards: NJ. Eddy or Wilkins. center:
j. Eddy. Scott Wilkins or NJ. Eddy,
guards.
The team will have the best sched-
ule that Shattuck has ever had and
will include two games with each of
the following: Carleton. MacaleSter,
State Agsics, l.. Freshmen. PiIlshnry
and one game Will, each of the fol
lowing: ST. Olaf. Charles City College
and probably Luther college.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
WILL
PLAY

Bismarck. n. D., Dec. 26.-One of
the best basketball games Of the sea-
son is promised for next Saturday
night in the armory when the Triple
3 team Of Billings will contest with
the Bismarck team.
The Triple BIS have a strong team
and have held the championship of
South Dakota, Montana Idaho and
North Dakota for the last three years
and come here confident in their abil-
tty to carry everything in the way of
games.
The Bismarck team has been great
~ strengthened since the last game
and feels that when the crucial mo.
ment comes the visitors will find
everyone ready and waiting for them.
In fact this first game is to he a bat
tie of able and all around basketball
players. The Triple BIS will play a
second game against Bismarck on
Monday. January l.
The calendar thus far arranged for
basketball games of the season in
which Bismarck will participate fol-
lows:
January II at Valley City. Com
ranN &C."
January IL at jamestown. James,
January Is at jamestown, James
January IS at Bismarck. Valley City
Company "G."
January rs at Bismarck. James,
town \. A.
February 8 at Bismarck, Dickinson,
Company az"
March / at Bismarck, jamestown
college.
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DOBIE TO A
OR LOSE PLACE

Seattle, Wash, Dec. oG.-Unless
Gilmore Dobie, for three years coach
OF the Washington state university
football team and former members Of
the Gopher team, as well as former
assistant coach at Minnesota and the
North Dakota agricultural college de-
cides to teach some course of study in
the local institution he may lose his
coaching job.
For the past two months a wave of
graduate or professional coach sys-
TENS have been sweeping along tn.
Pacific coast with the result that the
same has hit Washington university.
Graduate Manager Of Athletics
Seednicks in speaking of matter said:
1T looks too professional, too mer-
cenary and commercial. the way foot
ball coaching is handled here now. We
hire specialists to come here for three
months in the year and pay them
$1,000 a month for it while we could
secure IL tutor for 5000 a month and
he would have steady employment and
always be at the university.
There is scarcely a football coacl,
working in a university today who
could not teach a class in some sub
iect and teach it we'll. Dobie, for in
stance. could take a class in most any
thing they would give him and make u
success of it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
MACK GOT DAVIS
FOR ONE N|CKLE
Neps' New Leader Cost Ath-
letics Manager Price of a
Telephone Call

Cleveland, Ohio. Dec. 26-Harry
Davis. Nap manager for 1919, quit
baseball in 1900. after he had been
booted from one team to another for
SIN years. and it cost Connie Mack a
nickel to get him to leave a railroad
job and return to the game. The
nickel was spent by Connie to reach
Davis by telephone.
Davis started his professional ca
reer tn 1884 at Providence. He play
ed at Pawtuckct in 1895 and was
bought by the New York Nationals. He
was used for a time in 1896 as first
baseman and outf1elder and shifted to
Pitsburg.
Mack managed P%ittsburg that year
and didn't think much of Davis. He
sent him to Louisville. Davis went to
washington from Louisville and in
1899 was with Minneapolis in the New
American league. He tired of the
game and decided not to play again.
He worked for q railroad in Providence
then for another road in Philadelphia.
Took Charge In 1901
Mack took charge of the Athletics
IN 1901 and needed a first baseman. A
friend told him that Davis might be
Induced to play. Mack remembered
Davis as a youngster who could hit a
ball mighty hard, reached Harry by
telephone and coaXed him to join the
Athletics and Davis has been with
Mack ever since.
Davis was a home run hitter in his
early days with the Athletics. Neither
Socks Seybold nor Danny Murphy
could hit the ball over the fence as
often as Harry.
DAVIS came near winning the PEN
'nant for the Athletics in 1907 when the
Athletics and Tigers played a seven.
teen inning tie. Early in the game
Davis hit a home run owe the right
field fence. Two Inner We're on at
the time. The hit put the Athletics
n,lead until the ninth inning, when
Is Cobb. a kid then. duplicated Harry's
drive and tied up the game.
Gets a Two Dagger
Harry came along in the fourteenth
with a. two base hit into the center
field crowd. but Silk, O'Laughlin CALI
ed him out when Sam Crawford claim
ed a policeman interfered with him
when he tried to catch the ball.
Davis was made captain of the Ath-
letics in 1906. succeeding Lave Cross
and showed from the start that he
was a field leader. When Mack re-
built his infield Davis was the only
veteran who stayed. Connie a that
he needed Harry to hold down his
youngsters.-Collins. Barry. and Baker.
Davis is married. has a daughter
who is 1S and a son who sometimes
acts as mascot for the Athletics. Tho
parior of the Davis home in Philadel-
phia contains portraits of every play.
er who ever wore an Athletic uniform.
Davis likes hunting, boating and fish
ing and has a sloop in which he sails
around favoritc hooks in the Delaware
and Chesapeake.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
MIX WITH
o OUT BROWN

New York. Dec. 26.-Teddy Muir
ply. the boy manager" who shapes
the course of Jack Redmond. the lad
who fought Wolgast when the latter
broke his arm. wants a crack at
Knockout" Brown. In dilating upon
the reasons he wants Redmond to
fight Brown. Teddy sputters thusly:
II am tired Threading of the va
porings' Of the gent they call Silent
hence my epistlc," says Teddy.
Murphy wants to go on record that
Redmond can do 1870 pounds at 8
o'clock or 1873 ringsidc. Redmond is
slated to battle Joe Mandot in an s.
round affair neX Monday night at
Memphis. Then. says Teddy, Red
mond will collide with Battling Nell
o at Fond du Lac. Wis. When Red
mond finishes those affairs he will
be hustled to this village. accompan-
In sight.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
HAS WON THREE
ATHLETIC H0N0RS
Gets Sweaters in Baseball,
Basketball and Football
During One Year

New Haven. Dec. 26-Jim Reilly Of
Brockton has accomplished the re.
markable task of winning his insignia
In three branches of sports at Yale.
Only n other member of the class
Vt l912 has performed the feat-Dick
Merritt. baseball captain, football quar-
tcrback and hockey star. Reilly has
his activity-football. baseball and bas-
ketball. He was halfback on the Yale
eleve in the eas that has just clos
ed, vas first baseman on the Yale nine
last year and Is captain OF the basket
ball team for the season that is Just
opening.
Reilly is a member of the family
nent athletes recently. His older
brother was a former Andovcr base
ball star, c%aptained the Yale fresh
man nine and was later second base
man for the Chicago White Sox.
a younger brother. John. third
bascman at Andover. has just entered
iale and will be heard from on the
1915 team this spring.
Dear as are the three VS. won by
Reilly he would part with them all
If he might rchabilitatc basketball at
the university. The sport received a
setback last Year when the faculty
barred two players in mid -sea for
rough-housing and followed their CEN
sorshtp by ordering all minor sport
teams at Yale to refrain from playing
moro than five games away from home
during future This gave hoe
key and basketball a cramped berth.
1t made it impossible for the hockey
team to play its games in st. Nicho-
las rink. New York. and led to the
building of a new ring near Yale field.
It made 1t impossible for the bas-
ketball team to schedule a single game
away from home this seaso outside of
its five intercollegiate matches.
Captain Reilly seeks to give the uni
versity Il winning and Il clean team.
He has made a radical change in the
coaching system by replacing the pro-
f%essional. Billy Lush. with the Hyatt
brothers, r. r. and w. c., former
Yale stars of the basketball surface.
They have already taken charge of the
team. Practice has been held nightly
in the gymnasium and games between
tives of the squad have begun. No
games have been arranged before the
Christmas vacation. The team is eager
to play W games at Annapolis dur
ing vacation with the naval cadets and
they believe that the faculty will not
forbid the trip.
Yale's material. while not of the
veteran order. is promising. Osborn
and Pitman. forward. Brinsmade. CEN
ter. and Wilde. guard. are with the
exception of Captain Reilly. the only
old players. Reilly was used as a
forward last year. but he is now
playing guard. Cobb. a star who was
ineligible last. year. Swihart and Ed
Bomeisier. forwards: Coates. guard
and Riddell and Martindale. guards or
centers. are especially promising. Cap
tain Reilly has forty-five candidates at
work.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
WOULD ABOLISH
EXPERT COACH
National Association For the
Betterment of Sport Fa-
vors Action

New York, Dec. 26.--The National
Collegiate Athletic association. organ
lied several years ago to raise the
standard of college athletics, will hold
it's annual meeting at the Hotel Aston
in this city on Thursday. Captain
Palmer e. Pierce. U. s. A.. who has
been president of the association since
1t was organized, is here from Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
discussed and Captain Pierce says that
he has the high hopes of some for
ward step being taken. In his state
ment to the faculty representatives of
some eighty colleges and universities,
which are now members of the assoc
citation, in calling the meeting, he said
that the vexed question of summe
baseball would come up once more,
while football also may get its fair
tious question is whether colleges
should sanction summer baseball.
Issues Statement.
1T Is a pleasure again to say that
the National Collegiate Athletic asso-
citation Is in a fiourishing condition.
TIL eassociation has grown in MEM
hership to eighty colleges and univer-
stiles, whose students number more
than 100.
LII COtlLlSCllUu WIFI recent discus.
sions with regard to the use of pro-
fnssional coaches in collegiate ath-
letics the following resolution. adopt
ed at the last annual meeting Of the
National Collegiate athletic ~associa-
ton. should be of special interest:
1t Is the sense of the National Col
legiate Athletic association that
coaching and training is confined to
the regular members of the teaching
STAFF employed by the governing board
Of the institution for the full academic
ear: and. further that athletics be
made a regular department or, COM
btned with physical education, consti-
tute q regular department and receive
the same consideration and be given
equal responsibility and be held to the
Same accountability as any other de-
partment in the college or university.
ut Is the hope of the association
that every institution Of learning will
be able to conform to this resolution
Immediately. The removal of the pro.
fessional and commercial spirit from
our college Fairgrounds is one Of the
great things for which this association
is striving.
"It is conceded that this association
has influenced the football rule MAX
ers very largely in their work since
1908. 1t behooves us. then. to give
to this important body every possible
assistance in the way Of Information,
That they have paid heed to our wish
es in the past is too we'll known to re-
uuire comment.
W desire to call attention to a
QUESTIONABLE on baseball and to ash,
that 1t be answered in such "a manner
as to make of value THE purpose of
this QUESTIONABLE is evident. 1t deals
with n OF the most serious questions
IN collegiate athletics and so should
receive careful consideration. This
association is ~endeavoring to find a
solution to the vexed question of sum
mer baseball. and your effective coop
Grafton in the work desired. By
giving the information asked for YOU
will greatly assist us.'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
A T AT
WALCOTT

Walcott. n. D.. Dec. :6.--One of the
biggest sport cards for the holiday
week between Christmas and New
Years. will be the wrestling match for
the championship of the northwest at
Walcott. n. D.. Saturday evening. On
that date Kid Johnson of Duluth,
champion heavyweight wrestler of the
northwest. will meet Ncls Moe Of
Christine. y. d.. claimant of the
heavyweight title for North Dakota.
The match is being promoted by
Hugo Klincnberg of Walcott. Il light
weight wrestler of that town. and
promises to he worth while. 1t will
be held In the NJ. w. \. hall. There
will he several good preliminarics.
johnson n Moe have met before.
their former match having been stag
ed at W"lvcton. Conditions were such
at that time. that no fair test could
he secured to who was the better man.
Saturday nights match undoubtedly
will be a fast n from the start.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
Stages PURITY
TESTS HAVE FAILED

Chicago, Dec. 26.-Much dissatisfac-
ton as to the method adopted by The
athletic council of the University OF
Chicago in obtaining statistics of past
and present professionalism among
Chicago athletes is evinced by some
Of the alumni. They declare the
method Is inadequate. Most of those
to whom the question is put. while
active in college athletics did you ever
ensage in professional baseball during
the summer months or at any other
time?" are not in a position to answer
t%ruthfully. is the contention.
AS a substitute to the method adopt
ed, the dissatisfied ones propose d
committee of impartial graduates be
appointed. These men are to get the
true statistics. from the alumni. under
a pledge not to disclose the names with
the facts.
In this way. it is thought by many
that a truthful computation can be
made.
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SOME IMMORTALS OF
THE PAST YEARS SPORT

Tyrus Cohb-So full of baseball that
he often has to j~1ttison himself. Be-
si'lcs winning another American
league batting championship and an
automobile. Cobb this year has gone
on the stage. Ii his debut isn't ex-
kale mount. and besides he can say.
no. Mr.. Navin. not at those terms:
$1,000 is my minimum, and if you
don't reccde I shall sign to be Lettie
L.imousineIs leading man in The
Swell Skirt"
Edward Trowbridge Collins-Liter-
atcur. scholar and soulful swiper OF
the sphere. Born in Tarrytown, but
tarried there no long. An alumnua
hility rules at a tender age. He is to
second base what Gutenberg was to
the printing press. Growing constants,
ly in wealth. fame and hitting per-
centaGe. Drives his own ear, but al
ways slows down when a constable
lamps him.
Hans Wagner-Famous as the only
PLAYER who even led h National
League in hitting II was slammed at
The close of the season for indiffer-
ent work.
Bruce Hrown-Averased more thar
evenly miles an hour in a antoup-
lille. when nobody could understand
wy he was in such a hurry,
]. Fran lin Bal<er-Th. man who
%roleax"d Nntty, wrecked Marquar!,
and pvt Tranpe. Md. where it stops
~ sig only, on he Rand-Mc-
[a'N' ~ is II great believer in the
s,'ilc1itg ~ ~ f,TnS r"n.
i'HotrGs l."rrh - h introduced
~ ~ Us t@"% Il The National league
and .'"N'el the cluh owners that he
Tls strange" than an image of plas.
ter Of paris.
Charles Webb Mulphy-The George
w. Childs Of baseball. Generally, no.
good. Philanthropist. Hero
are some nf the benefactions: $2,OOO.-
900 to the h me for INDECENT club
$780, 900 to the hospital
for Chicago holdouts. 81. 900. 900 to the
home for needy cubs. IS for the So
ciety for obtaining genuine ice in the
press box. $3.50 scattering institu-
Is an X-reporter and affects ,
pickle-colored waistcoats.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
BRIGHTER DAYS
ARE IN STORE
chivington Expresses Opin-
ion That Minor League
Evils Will Die

Chicago, Dec. 26.-Reform in base
ball which will eliminate all the ex-
listing evils, especially In minor league
affairs, is a certainty. according to
President ChivingtOn of the American
association. In cnumcrating the diff
ferent proposed changes today the
American association head said that
he anticipates Il clean cut victory for
the little fellows when the National
commission takes up the proposed
rhanges in the National agreement al
its meeting in Cincinnati on january
3.
"The attitude OF both leagues seems
to favor u.s." said Chivington. "Presi-
dent johnson of the American Is IA
vorablc toward the action proposed
and l understand that the National
representative. Lynch and Hermann,
to act upon the same lines. The ma
iors have reached that point where
tho club owners realize hat condi-
ions are antiuuated and while their
wi acts may prove to their own
detrinent the changes will work to
their advantage in the long rum"
An Old Fight.
The fight for recognition Is an old
one and was started by the American
association as long as ten years ago.
In this period all efforts to accom-
plish something nave been of no avail.
but II this had gone along a baseball
war would have been inevitable. for
the American association had reached
the point where 1t could have expand
ed and held it's own against the ma
iOrs. Reports OF such Il nova nave
sprung Zip at different periods. but
nothing ever resulted.
The main issue and the one which
will help the American association.
International and Pacific Coast lea
CUES is the raise in rating to an Amer
lear association class: the increase in
cams in the above organizations to
draft players from the class below.
These are the principal things which
will benefit the leagues involved: hut
the other minor clauses which will
he inserted into the constitution OF
the National association are the ones
that will work to the benefit of the
game as a whole.
Will Stop Barter of Playcds.
The placing Of a limit on the nun-
her of men a major league club can
draft or purchase. each fall is a fea-
ture which has not been discussed at
length. but nevertheless it promises to
work q revolution. as big club owners
will be unable to gather scores OF men
to their fold with the sole idea Of SELL
ing them later for prices far IN adj
vance OF those paid. This is COM
monty known as the brokerage sys-
tenn" and II is practiced more or less
by certain magnates at the present
time. Not only will it place a check
on the money-mad club owners. but
1t will protect the young players.
many of whom have beer turned
back with broken hearts and had
promising careers smashed, without
even q fair chance.
Another thing likely to he put into
use is Il rule governing the process
by which recruits L turned back.
A grading process has heep suggested
and will in all probability be put into
use. In brief the player will run the
gauntlet of different classes until he
finds the place in which he fits.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
teams in soccer football. bdsketban

and baseball.
Tho institution is represented this
,scason by ah exceedingly strbhg bas-
5.3tball aggregation. A series OF inz
tcrclass contests for both men and
women has been arranged.
The following schedule has been ar
ranged: Moorhead normal school,
January 30; Moorhead state normal
school at Concordia college. February
l2: Valley City normal at Valley City.
January 20: Valley City normal at
Moorhcad. February "a: Mayvillc nor
NAL school at Mayvillc. February 49,:
Mayvillc normal school at Moorhead,
February 8: North Dakota agricultur.
al college. January 10. and Fargo COL
lcge. January S. Additional games
will probably be played with the
North Dakota agricultural college and
Fargo college and the University Of
North Dakota.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
HELLAR
ATCONCORDIA

Moorhead. Mimi. Dec. 26.- Attn
letics Mt C~oncordin college have taken
a mighty boost. a physical director,
Mark Il. Itellar of the North Dakota
agricultural college has been engaged.
Seventy-ivc new lockers. Il number
IF shower baths and dressing rooms
four times the size of the old quarters
have bee procured. The college will
not have n football team. but will
contine it's attention to the coaching
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
AAIERICUs ED.

fAmcricus) Of Baltimore. a champion
light heavyweight wrestler. lost ut
Mechanics hall last night. when he
tailed to throw Cyclone Burns Of Hos
ton twice in an hour. He was nearly
thrown himself toward the close of
the bout.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
LANGFORD.

sydney, New South Wales. Dec. 26.
lin the fight here yesterday between
Sam McVeN and Sam Langford. both
American pugilists, McVey won on
points.
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pUGILIsT TO ENTER PULPIT.

LaPorte. Ind. Dec. 26.-Eddic
Young. former lightweight boxing
champion Of the Pacific coast. return
ed to his birthplace ut Columbus. Ind.
yesterday and announced that ne
would leave the prize ring to study in
a Chicago theological school. Young
said he expects to occupy :, pulpit
within q few years.