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Owen Moran, English Lightweight.

Two of the deaths were the result OF
bouts in Philadelphia rings. In one
Frank Cole, who had attained quite a
reputation as lightweight, was the
victim He was sparring at Jack
O'Brien's club against Stanley Rod
gers when he received a solar plexus
blow in the third round, sending him
to the mat with terrific force. The
crowd began cheering the apparent
knockout, but when the clubs doctor
failed to restore Cole to conscious.
ness the spectators were dismissed
and subsequently Cole died in Qua
ker town hospital.
The other Philadelphia death was
that of Frederick Castor, aged twenty,
in the sixth and last round of a bout
at the Frankfort Athletic club In that
city against Spike" Sullivan. Castor
had been having all the better Of the
argument and was striking for a
knockout punch In the final round,
when he suddenly fell unconscious,
and, although rushed to hospital
never regained consciousness.
One of the saddest Of all the acct
dents was that of Max Landy, a Bos.
ton boy, whose ring engagements were
the only means of support Of a wild.
owed mother. Landy had a bout in
Brockton, Mass, early In the year and
after the fight, in which there was nc
knockout, Landy was one Of the party
chartering special electric to take
them back to Boston. Landy chaffed
and fooled on the homeward trip, hav
ing apparently experienced no i'll eff.
fects from the battle. The next morn.
ing his mother found him dead In bed
Over-exertion the night before was at
tributed as the cause of his death.
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I GOSSIP OF !
; SPOR TDOM ]
Esss ess@ass aeaaassaN easa-a,QNase:

Ban Johnson is known in New FORK
as an after-dinner speaker.
One cannot make basketball q
major sport by resolution.
Barney Dreyfuss is not in favor OF
disposing Of Pitcher Camnitz.
Jimmy MeAleer has announced
Walter Johnson will not be traded.
Fielder Jones is kept as busy DENY.
Ing he is coming back as Is Frank
Gotch.
During the 1910 season the major
leagues drew more than 5000, 600 paid
admissions.
President Comiskey favors more
batting is, when the White sos
are at the plate.
Tommy Burns will not mourn if he
Is down for the count in pugilism. He
is said to be worth s28o,0o0.
It doesn't matter how often Bat Mel
son gets it slipped over on him in tht
ring. he is a stage card just thu
same.
Cy Falkenhurg, the tallest human
being in the American league, is t.
quit smoking in order to put Of
| weight
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
TRh|NnEN SEE Two
DEER IN 4 BATTLE:
RIVALS FOR HERD LEADERSHIP,
LOCKED BY THEIR TANGLED
HORNS, ARE SHOT.
DID NOT HEED THE ENGINE
lnfuriated Wild Creatures Continue
Their Deadly Struggle Until Elk
hausted and Are Then Killed by
Hunters-unique Spectacle.

Anaconda, Mont-A battle to the
death was fought by two buck deer in
Silver Bow canyon at night within a
Jews rod of the Butte, Anaconda & Pa
ciflc railroad track. The incident is
one that might be found in one of the
Leather Stocking Tales or form a chap
ter in the life Of Kit Carson, though it
was viewed from the engine cub and
the cushioned seats of a twentieth CEN
fury passenger train and was brought
to an end by two bullets from a rife.
The scene was lighted by a full
moon and from the canyon head arose
the majestic mountain sides Of shale
rock, with rugged peaks and the broad
sweep OF the grassy slope crowned
with pine trees shutting in the wild
glen through which the iron horse has
right of way.
It was while the freight train bound
for Butte was climbing the grade at
eight o'clock in the evening that Con-
ductor Archie KimbaH and crew saw
the first of the battle. The headlight
of the engine shone on the scene like
the spotlight on a stage setting, and
the trainmen saw the monarchs of the
forest engaged in deadly combat, lung
ing, thrusting, parrying and plunging
again and again at each other with
powerful antlers.
Engrossed in the struggle, the wild
creature paid no attention to the
passing train. The freight crew told
the crew of the passenger train that
leaves Butte at 11:.15 what they had
seen and these men in turn notified
the passengers Of the Butte-Anaconda
train, SO that all were on the watch,
though scarcely expecting that the bat
tie of the early evening would still be
on at midnight, when they were due to
pass the scene. But It was.
Again the picture show in deadly
reality was on view and the reason
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

The year 1910 saw more fatalities
b. the prize ring than any other year
h the history of fisticuffs from the
days of Jim Figg, the founder of pugil-
Ism, down. The list of deaths reaches
the unusually high number of 16.
The death at Pressure Isle, Me-, re-
Gently Of Billy Dunning made the six
teenth fatality of the prize ring in
1910, while there are at least two 9TH
Eer boxers now lying at deaths point
In hospitals, one being the veteran
Andy DAILY, famous ten years ago.
These fatalities of the prize ring
have extended from the eastern coast
Of Maine to the Pacific ocean and as
far south as Bluefelds, Nicaragua,
where a corporal in Uncle Sans serv-
Ice met his death In friendly contest
with the gloves. In the past two or
three deaths in a season from boxing
have been sufficient to attract general
attention, while many years not sim
gle prize ring fatality has been re-
ported
In the majority of instances the vic
TINS have been experienced boxers
whose injuries were received in SEIZED.
u1ed bouts before recognized fight club.
One Of the deaths occurred in ring
contest IN which Owen Moran, the
English lightweight who knocked out
Battling Nelson In San Francisco not
long ago, was a principal. Tommy Nc
Carthy, a San Francisco boy, was Mo
rams opponent. In the sixteenth round
Of their battle In Dreamland rink, in
San Francisco, April %, Mccarthy was
knocked down by heavy swing to
the jaw, dying at st. Mary's hospital
the next day without regaining con-
seriousness.
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became apparent as the train Whizzed
by, for the bucks in their struggle for
supremacy had locked horns and were
prisoners to their anger and rivalry
for leadership of the herd.
The glimpse of the combat caused
great excitement among the passen-
gers and the crew and the story was
told to the agent and operator at Du-
rant. Night Operator Joseph r. Page
set out at once with his rifle for the
battle ground. Frank Birdsell of Ana
conda, who has been hunting deer IN
successfully for three weeks, was a
passenger on the train, and he joined
Page.
Page and Birdse11 walked up the
track about a mile and separated to
encircle hill and the luck fell to
Page, who first came upon the fighting
bucks. Two shots laid the battlers on
the grass. One weighed 275 pounds
and the ether 300 pounds, and their
horns were SO securely fastened that
1t required half an hours hard work to
separate them, which the hunters did,
to the loss of most interesting speci-
men which the heads would have made
had they been allowed to remain
locked. The combat is known to have
been in progress four hours, and there
was evidence that the animals were
exhausted when the bullets put an end
to their lives.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
REAL START WAS AT OMAHA
Jack Pfiester, Premier Left-Handed
Pitcher of Chicago Cubs, Tells
of Early Days.
BY JOHN PFlESTER.

Copyright. 1916, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The way got my start in profess
sional baseball was funny. A man
ager saw me make three base hits in
a game and tempted me to go out in
to the minor leagues He informed
me he didn't think much of my pitch
ing, but wanted me for my hitting.
Those who do not understand the joke
please refer to the batting averages.
I was pitching in the Bottoms" at
Cincinnati and working at my trade.
preferred pitching to working at the
trade in those days. In fact as !
was born and raised within a short
distance OF sae National League park |
had the baseball bug" by the time l
was old enough to go to school, and
school and baseball conficted for a
long time. I landed finally with the
Shamrocks, one of the star semi
professional teams of the city,
and after hopping in and out
of the minors and up and down
from the big league I finally
landed at Omaha, where / made
what I regard as my real start. Be
fore that I had been failing more
through lack of experience than any
thing else and under Bill Rourke
got about all the experience and work
anyone needed. | worked every other
day and in a lot of double headers.
It was at Omaha that I began to see
the big possibilities of pitching and
realized that If / was going to get
along in the game | would have to
do a let of work and studying. ]
found I had been using myself
and my arm up uselessly and
altered my pitching style SO as to get
the most on the ball at the least ex-
pense to the salary whip" In other
words, began to make my head help
my armand from that time on was
much better pitcher.
had been tried SO many places that
q lot Of the scouts and others who
were seeking pitchers began to pass
me over without thought, assuming
wouldn't do because J. hadn't done.
At any rate was in a funny posi-.
ton. I had non-reserve contract SO
that at the end of the season would
be at liberty to sign with any team
chose-providing it wanted me. The
Chicago team scouts had noticed the
change in my pitching style and came
after me- I did not know 1t, because
I was not told, for some time. Final.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
Chicken Shower for Pastor.

Stamford, Conn. Shower parties
have about run the entire gamut OF
possibility ID this community; begin.
ming some years ago with linen and
tinware showers for prospective
brides, the fad has run to almost every.
thing that could be shoWered on some
one and give the people an excuse for
a party. The limit was reached in this
neighborhood when the members OF
the Toringford Congregational church
called on their new pastor, Rev. w. e.
Page, each carrying a live chicken, and
tho pastor received enough of the
feathered tribe to necessitate his start
ing chicken yard
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
PARENT OF 280 WHO
SMOKES AT "a YEARS
WOMAN WITH RECORD NUMBER
OF RELATIONS sooTHED BY
USE OF TOBACCO.

A 40
Bloomington, Ninety,four years
Of age, with ESQ descendants, is the re-
markable record Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Dearinger of Christian county. She is
one Of the most interesting charac-
tiers Of central Illinois. As her health
is good she bids fair to round out the
century. Her maiden name was Pad
gett, and she was born in Jessamine
county, Kentucky, in 1876. Her rec
ord" is unique.
/. She was married in 1884 to Jacob
Dearinger. Their family was large
enough to delight the heart of Theo'
dore Roosevelt. sixteen children being
born, all of whom, remarkable to re.
late, are yet living, and all delight In
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honoring their old mother as she neara
the sunset Of her long and busy life.
q. To these sixteen sons and daugh-
tiers were born eighty children. and
the fourth generation totaled It's.
8. The fifth generation Is now com
ing forward, and Mrs. Dearinger Ia
now a great-great-grand to nine
toddlers.
4. In the pioneer era Mrs Dearinger
raised fax for garments for her nu-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

many trunks OF the returning society
bellies that the customs Inspectors are
getting used to him. Tie green dog
thus far has succeeded In defying tho
tariff. He Is a native Of Brussels,
where he adorned the ilsfated exposi-
ton. In the Old Town Tavern, known
for Its cooking, LIE Chen Vert stood.
His eyeballs b1azed at intervals.
Because of the favor the green dog
found with the public smaller sizes
were made and sold by the thousand.
Women Of Europe adopted them as
the plaything OF the moment Now
on all incoming steamers the greer
deg is q legalized ateWaWay amid
glsstering gowns and Partisan fal-lala,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

DR.. Lydston asserts that grating ia
caused by a germ which makes its pri
mary bite when you get very much 90
eupied with your paper as the conduc.
tor comes along for the fare. On that
theory the pay-as-you-enter car should
act as steriliBer for that particular
microbe. At all events, If the bug can
be suppressed the vital question ID
whether It will cure the more violent
cases that take the form Of getting on
the inside Of railroad contracts and re.
organization schemes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

The New Jersey mayor who was
horsewhipped by an irritated lady ap.
peared before the grand jury to have
her indicted for "unladylike" beha.
tvior II she had been content VITA
9 tongue lashing he would probably
have conceded her the privilege Of
her sex, but her rudeness in using d
Ehorsewhip in addition hurt his feel.
ings too much for meek endurance.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

the world. He is noted for the long
brilliant runs which he executes on
the greencloth table. He has defeated
Hoppe, slosson, Cutler and all of the
other cue stars In matches and has
held the title Of worlds champion. He
is Hopes strongest rival in the game
today. Billiard lovers will await his
match with Hoppe with keen interest,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
Swimming. Popular at Yale.


Swimming is the most popular form
of athletics at Yale, according to the
report of Prof William G. Anderson,
director of the university gymnasium.
OF the thirty three hundred students
enrolled at Yale nearly two thousand
take part in some branch of athletics.
The men are divided among the va
rious sports as follows: Swimming,
600; squash, $50; lawn tennis, 49,;
handball, 100; rowing, 80: football,
so; cross-country running, rs; track
athletics, 65; basket ball, 40: baseball,
Is; soccer football, IS; golf, 20; gym
nastics. 25; fencing. Is; boxing, 40;
wrestling, 40; bowling, 20; and trap
shooting, 25
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

altitude to sea level proved too much
for me and ! became afflicted with ca
tarrF and cold in the head, and general
debility to such an extent as to almost
incapacitate me for attending to my
duties.
II was induced TO try Peruna, and
after taking several bottles in small
doses am pleased to say I was ensire-
~ restored to my former normal condi-
ton and have ever since recommended
the use of Peruna to my friends.
Ask Your Druggist for q Free PeruBa
Almanac for 1911.
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cornelI Plans Better Football.

CoFneII Plans Better Football.
In making plans for the next foot
ball season the Cornell athletic Off
GERS are considering a football game
with Syracuse. Athletic relations were
broken by the two institutions many
years ago. It is thought that it would
be good plan to substitute Syracuse
for Harvard, and some people here
believe Harvard would play Princeton
in such an event.
It is also planned to secure a good
professional football coach who win
stay in Ithaca all the year round and
be assisted in the fall By a squad Of
graduates.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

4 The man charged with cruelty by
mis- wife on the ground that he made
her shave him, is no doubt an limo.
cent martyr, II the facts were known.
Probably he was merely adopting this
means of inflioting penance upon
himself. That he enjoyed the opera,
ton is inconceivable.
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time and has not cut much figure in
billiard caseles for year or more.
Now he is back in former shape and is
ready to give the young champion q
hard battle for the 49, or 1872 title.
Sutton, when at his best, is one Of the
greatest performers with the cue in
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

Somebody has invented substitute
for the hobble skirt. the new arrange.
ment being alleged to be just as hid.
eeus, but less dangerous. However,
the element OF danger is what makes
the hobble skirt interesting.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
IS AFTER CUE CHAMPIONSHIP
George Sutton, Chicago 5illiardist,
Wants TO Play Willie Hoppe for
the Worlds Title.

George Sutton, the Chicago billiard
LIST, has challenged Willie Hoppe for
the championship, and these two cue
experts are expected to meet before
long and fight for mastery. Sutton
had not been in good health for some
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

Is 1t w6rth while to designate the
exact status Of the person who NOR.
allies on the blessings Of poverty and
does nothing to relieve the curse OF
poverty?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

The otherwise safe and sane citi.
gems OF Massachusetts, have just fins
fshed three-year-old pool game.
Poolomania. although not violent or
dangerous to the innocent bystanders,
As well nigh incurable. It's one re.
deeming feature is that the victims
labor under the Illusion that they are
enjoying themselves.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

A st. Louis man has invented
soundless soup spoon. This notable
addition to the elegancies of society
pay be followed In time by the knife.
Eess pie.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

Now that the long hatpin ie being
assailed by hostile legislators, out
ragged femininity will probably take to
wearing machetes or snickersnees In
public places.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

They are planning to keep tab on
the people who have domestic
Eroubtes. Just as II that would stop
khemi
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

A Philadelphia man committed sui
side with safety razor. but SO far We
haven't heard of woman cutting her
corns with one.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

A man in Michigan disloeated his
Jaw by laughing over his wife's joke
The reverse never would or could
have happened.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

A New Jersey girl advertises that
she will not marry any of her acquaint.
ances but wants a stranger FOR hus,
band. Doesn't she even want to be In,
troduced to him first?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
OLD COMMON SENSE.
Change Food When You Feel Out OF
Sorks.

A great deal depends upon yourself
and the kind Of food yuu eat the
wise old doctor said to man who
came to him sick with stomach tron-
Bile and sick headache once Or twice d
week, and who had been taking pills
and different medicines for three or
four years.
He was induced 10 stop eating any
sort of fried food or meat for break
fast, and was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream, leaving OF all medicines.
In a few days he began to get bet
ter, and now he has entirely recover
ed and writes that ne is in better
health than ne has BEEN before In
twenty years. This man is IS years
old and says he feels like a new man
all the time. z
Read aThe Road to Wellvlile,v In
pkgs. There's a Reason =
Ever read the shove letter. II ueyv
ONE appears from time TO 4snaet They
are genuine truce and 9ul1 09 huSaa1a
interest.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

II last summers geranirm pot were
not SO heavy 1t might be covered with
velvet and thus become very stylish
hat for your daughter.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

What did Woodrow Wilson mean
when he told the governors assembled
IN Louisville that they had come to
Kentucky for "stimuiation?.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

When the Ohio river takes notion
10 ill up and go on prolonged spree
there is nothing to do but stand back
and let the old thing have Its way.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

A Minnesota man, just al the I'M.
dertaker was about to embalm him,
sat up and cried: Hello, Billt" Such
conduct is almost indecorous.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

An advertisement says that every
home should have talking machine.
Evidently the man who wrote it Ia not
married.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

There are unpleasanter things In
this world than a surfeited coal bin.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

A woman gets a place as wire
less operator because the C, G. D
heroes are said to be lazy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

A Brazilian revolt has come to be
about as serious as a hunting season
in this country
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
gallant New York court holds t

A gallant New York court holds that
3 girl cannot be made to give up en-
gagement gifts after the engagement
is broken. The cupfdity Of man trf
umphs over even his self-conceit II II
requires court decision to convince
MIN that 1t requires all the gifts sha
has to console the fair one for his losa
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

Under a new law 1t is a crime to
xrsaE In Tacoma. Tacoma must be
the original tightwad town.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

A Maryland man wants divorce
because he is afraid of his wife. But
who of us isn't?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
Jack Pfiester.

" I was brought to Chicago by my
manager. and sold myself to the Chi
cago club. had wanted to join Chi
cage for some time and was ready to
sell myself cheap to get there.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

1t Is said that new United States
gun Is the most powerful. Surely
why not?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04
The .pronouns.


I'VE must economic, said the
man Of high financial authority.
"Your grammar is at fault, !" replied
the ordinary citizen. Why do you
insist on using the first instead Of the
second person plural 2"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-02-04

This is a great little country, and
we have the census figures to prove 1t
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PROMINENT
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stored by PeggsIaas

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from San AM
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