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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20
JOHNSON COWARD
WHEN MERE YOUTH
Suffered Many a Lacing Dur
ing His School Days
Also Decidedly Lazy.

Thirteen years Of pusilistic activity
have passed since Jack Johnson. who
has just announced his retirement
from the ring. fought his first pro-
fessional battle in the roped arena.
For nearly four years johnson has
worn the crown of the titleholder,
writes w. W. Naughton in the San
Francisco Examiner.
This man johnson must be conced-
ed to be a wonderful fighter, for he
is the first member of the black race
to achieve the honor since glove fight
ing began. No less wonderful is the
story of his career. Few of the char
acteristics of the southern negro have
been overlooked in his makeup.
Jack johnson not only admits he is
lazy. but takes pride in his ~laziness.
In his youth this man who has turned
up as a champion pugiliSt was a cow
ard, and he admits that, too.
Perhaps he was too lazy even to
fight. for he allowed the other boys
to pummel him to the kings taste.
and always without a Comeback"
Suddenly he changed his tactics and
fought back. and he has been fighting
ever since.
Jack johnson was born in Calves
ton. Tex. on March 81, 1873. He was
sHS Ai>N ~ SouA6SSI VI BIN SIIlloIe ell.
When a pickaninny he cared little
for school. AS a result the education
Jack can boas is a meager few years
Of learning.
Jack Dodgcs Work.
He preferred playing hockey to
go fishing or to watch the blacks
loading the steamers at the wharf.
Finally he played hockey perma-
nently. his school days ended. and he
spent most of his time on the wharf.
1t was easy to get work there. but
Jack even at h a early age showed
that he was an adept at lodging
work.
1t can be said for johnson that
sheer desperation was the only thing
that forced him to do any manual
labor while he was in his teens. He
was too lazy to turn a hand. and he
did not know the meaning Of a living
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KILLED AND
N HURT AT HI
G

Montreal. Aug. 20.-A bad spill in
the fourth race at King Edward park
Saturday cost the life Of Jockey Willie
Cullen, and Jockey Jost is SO seriously
Injured hat his recovery is doubtful.
Nine horses stated in the race.
Jockey Small going out in front on
Doll Boy. At tn stretch Doll Boy
swung wide across the track. and
Jockey Cullen. who had the mount on
Venovon. came through on the rail.
A few strides from h wire the horse
stumbled and the rider was thrown,
breaking his neck. He died al he was
on his way to the hospital.
Jockey Jost. on Pony Girl, i'm
mediateiy behind. had not time. to get
clear. Of the mix-up. and his horse
went down, throwing him heavily.
His head struck against the fence
and hts skull was fractured. Jockey
Woods. on Wilfrid Gerdes, also went
down. but escaped with a shaking.
The body Of the dead boy was shipped
to Brooklyn. N. Y. tonight. where
his mother resides. Jockey Jost's ia
Their is in the city with him.
The King Edward park track is on
an island known as Isle eros Bots.
some ten miles down the river from
this city. 1t is a half mile circuit.
Yesterday was the opening day Of the
second meet Of The summer held by
The King Edward Park Jockey club.
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EXPECTS
STRONG ELEVEN
Badger Coach Plans on Good
Team for the Univers-
ity of Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, Aug. 2O.-The ar
rival of Coach-elect William Juneau.
star varsity end back in the laws of
l9O0-l9O4 when Badger football was
paramount in h west. in the Cardi-
nal stronghold today gave rise 10 a
revival of football talk among the
students who are here attending sum-
mel school.
ihe man who has directed the ath-
letic destinies of Marquette univer-
sitN ever since it dropped the title of
college" n added university" to
It's official name, lost no time in get
ting acquainted with the conditions
mere ana the prospects for the coming
TAU. After a long talk with Director
Ehler, who has now in his possession
the scholastic standing of every man
who is considered as having a possible
chance for the varsity this wear,
uneau stated that with an even
break in the luck. the 191" team
would be one of the best that the
BADGERS have e had.
There is a wealth of material here
at the present time. according to the
reporting registrar. nearly al are now.
eligible and the few that are down in
tehlr work will have ample opportun-
itH to get Strengthened away before
the season opens. This news has COM
pletely removed the doubt that was
expressed up to this time as q result
OF the wholesale %graduations that de-
pleted the ranks of the regulars last
year. When the season closed with
the defeat OF the Badgers by the Ma
rooms in that memorable battle on
Marshall field, seven stars dofed
their football toggery for the last
time, The number included "Keckie''
Moll. the stellar little quarterback.
who was afterward selected for the
a~ll-western and Charley" Pollock,
the dean of Badger halfbacks since
the days of "Norsky" Larson.
Coach Juneau expects to have a fair
team on the field during the first day
with Mauer in at Center Younger and
Moffet. guards: Van Client and But
Ter. tackles: Captain Hoefel and OF
site: ends: either Gillette. Tormey or
Bellows. quarter: Van Ripper and
Bright or Gillette. halves. and either
Tandberg or Samp. fullback. The
men have been ordered 20 start get
ting into condition on September /.
and to be on the ground and in suits
on September 90.
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essentials for a first class pitcher. and
some morning he will wake up and
find 1t u If I can get two or three
He llstaywithmeuntilhe
victories under his belt he is made
He'll stay with me until he proves
that he is as good as his physical
qualifications call for or he will quit
gray-headed. He is a natural left
hand pitcher of great skill, and I'm
going to get him to believe it,"
These players are not Jokes with
mostly Jokes with young men who
knew all about a ball player after he
has made a reputation.
When McGraw first Joined the Bal
timore team some n asked Hanlon
one day what he kept him for. Han
Ion looked up quietly and replied,
Because some day he is going to be
one of the greatest ball players in
the United States"
Other Jokes.
In the first year with which Nc
GraW was with Baltimore Pat Te-
beau, manager of the Cleveland club,
was talking with Frank De Haas Rob
ison one morning in the office. "If
ry Vonderhorst to let McGraw come
to the Cleveland club get him for u.s.
said the Cleveland manager.
That little fellow. Pat? Don't you
think that he is too small"
I'll tell you. Mr.. Robson" was the
reply, "if you get him for is he will
be beating Baltimore for Cleevland,
but if he stays with Baltimore he will
be beating Cleveland"
1t was also said that Hughey Jen-
nings was a Joke" when he began
to play. Baseball history is filled with
Jokes" but the politi- man lets some
body else do the labelling. There's
likely to be a come back"
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What Are Real Jokes of
A Big League Ball Club?

New York. Aug. 20.-Every now
and then somebody bids young ball
players cheer up by saying that some
of the more prominent players of the
big leagues were once considered as
Jokes" by a manager who knew the
ball player in the rough.
Therein lies the difference between
the callow critic and the experienced
manager. Meyers. Marquard, Zim-
as Jokes when they first broke in
says a writer.
Perhaps so by the u%nthinking. In
the case of three Of the men mention
ed there was one person who never
regarded them as "jokes." His name
is McGraw.
|. Merkle was the first of the three to
join the Giants. One day McGraw
told the writer. and it was only a few
days after Merkle had Joined the
team. that he had one of the coming
first basemen of baseball tucked un-
der his wing ready to take the place
of Mccain when Mccain failed.
There were some who failed to see
underlying the little ,crudeness which
Meyers exhibited when he first Joined
the Giants that he was better every
time that he stepped behind the
plate. Some of these fellows who
poke fun at Meyers will take off their
hats to him in about two years MORE
said McGraW.
Would Not Trade.
The New York manager was asked
II he would trade Marquard. Presum-
ably some other manager was trying
to test him and see If he could not
obtain the left handler. McGraw spoke
about it M afternoon in conversa-
tion. So n So" said he, II think
has been trying me out to see If he
can get hold of Marquard. None of
the mwill get him. He has got the
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Where They Play Today.
Duluth at Grand Forks.
Superior at Winnipeg.

4
The generosity of Johnson and
Norman. Duluth Fingers. coupled
with some good ball playing by tho
Dacotahs. won the first game from
Duluth's w%recking crew yesterday
afternoon by n So score. The wreck
ing crew did not outwreck the locals,
for each team secured nine hits.
Grand Forks did their slugging at
the right time. however. n earned
two runs. while the visitors could
only get one rally in an honest and
legitimate n
Wilson. who hurled for Grand
Forks, pitched a nice game. allowing
hits at the wrong time. and in addi-
ton making Il hit and a sacrifice or
his own part. johnson started out
the game for Duluth and up to the
NTH inning was in good shape. In
that frame Wilson, first up. singled
and got on to second through Ait
sending Wilson to third. Edmunds
fouled out to Bluhm and then john
son walked Van Dine, filling the
bases. Right here Johnson couldn't
n the pan. He lit matches. used
q ScaiSiiil6Hl anu tTleQ the pitcher S
grower. but they We're all Intellectual
and then he pushed a fast one over
ana took Samuel Foster in the ribs,
forcing Wilson. Bell next up re-
cel"ed one ball from Johnson and
Darby O'Brien, getting the distress
signal, removed johnson and sub
stituted Red Woman, Red, how
ever, thought he ought to be gener-
Gus and walked Bell, forcing in De-
Haven. Hyzer grounded out to
Bluhm and ended the delight of the
fans. In the first frame the locals
counted through Altman's double,
DeHaren's sacrifice and an under
throw to first by Johnson. with Darby
OBrien doing the boot act. In the
eighth the locals also crossed the
rubber once. Bell singled and was
sacrificed to second by Hyzer. Darby
o'Brien's boot of Jarnigan's grounder
let the southpaw to first and Bell to
Third. Wilson flew out to Hargrove
and Altman slashed a two-base hit
out scoring Bell.
Duluth's only scores were made in
the first inning. Bennett, first up,
walked. Bluhm sent him to second
on a sacrifice. Sours made his usual
hard jam into the field for two sacks,
scoring Bennett. Leber singled scor-
ms Sours. And then Duluth quit
scoring for the rest of the game, the
Dacotahs tightening up at any time
they threatened to count.
Tho boz score:
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BEATS
TEAM
BY A rs SCORE


Winnipeg. Man. Aug. 2o.-With
Joe Sugden, the noted Detroit scout
decorating the local clubs bench
dressed in a Tiger uniform. looking
over the players for any likely ma
terfal for the Jennings team. the
Winnipeg team defeated the Super
Tor aggregation : to 5 here today In
a game which had few features. The
brownies punched FIVE Of their seven
hits of Pitcher Rhoades In the first
two rounds, and. as the visitors mixed
their v errors in these innings. the
locals annexed seven runs. enough to
win. Seaton was strong until the last
spasm. when he allowed four runs.
mo score: r. II. z.
Winnipeg -. .43o 600 oox- I ! ,
Superior 900 900 104- 5 s 5
Seaton and Hasty; Rhoades and
Ford.
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National League
Standing Of the u
Giants Gain Game.

st. Louis. Aug. 2o.-New York
added another game to their lead
over Chicago in the ace for the Ma
tional league pennant by defeating ST.
Louis Yesterday afternoon 5 to 2. The
leaders started scoring in the second
inning. Murray singled but was forced
by Herzog. Sallee hit Myers and
Fletcher, filling the bases. CrandalIi
then singled to left. scoring HerzoG'
and Myers, Fletcher stopping at Sec
ond. Snodgrass singled over Smiths
head, scoring Fletcher, but Crandall
oNerran second and was out. In tho
next inning Becker's single, followed
by Murray's three-bagger. gave the
visitors another run. The home team
scored IN the fourth when Konetchy
singled. went to third on a single by
Evans. and scored when Hauser sent a
sacrifice to Murray. In the eighth in.
ming Becker singled TO center. stole
second. to third on wineo's
throw to center. and scored the east.
erners' last run when Cakes throw
got past Smith.
R. H. e.
New York s 7
Sallee and wineo; crandall and
Myers.
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running horse tracks will afford Il
days of racing. Maryland will have
consecutive meetings at HaTre de
Grace, Laurel and Pimlico. With the
usual windup at Jamestown. There
will be no off days.
Mike Gibbons younger brother
Tommy. who is only 10 years old. is a
clever middleweight boxer. Phila.
iS-year-old brother. Jack. Jr. who is
II akins good as a lightweight.
Bob Dibble of the Don Rowing club
of Toronto is the present amateur sin.
gle sculling champion of Canada. Dih.
Bile is 20 years old and began his row
ing career a year ago. He the
,he Junior. intermediate and senior
SOULS events at st. Catharines in the
ar nual regatta of the Canadian asso-
cation. beating Everard B. Butler. the
Argonaut r. c. star of Toronto. in the
senior SOULS event. The following
Week Butler won the American title
az Peoria. Dibhle did not row in the
after championship.
Several foreign judges are 10 Off
ciate at the horse show in Madison
;quare garden. New York City. this
fall. Prominent among these is Baron
Gino OF Morpurgo of Rome. one OF
he keenest horsemen in Italy.
The American Canoe association is
he governing body of canoeing in the
United States and Canada, covering
every branch of the sport. II is com-
posed of about 100 canoe clubs with a
total membership Of several thousand
Alfredo De ORC will play Frank
Sherman for the pool championship in
October. De ORC holds the title San
Francisco may witness a match for
the three-cushion title in billiard be.
tween Joe Carney and John Eorgan,
tie present champion.
The Australian cricket team. now
finishing their our of Great Britain.
will arrive in Philadelphia the latter
part of September. where their sched-
u'e calls for three games. The eleven
IS composed of some OF the best ath-
lctes in Australia. and they are anXi.
Gus to play a game Of baseball with
one Of the frstclass teams of this
country. One of the conditions they
ask is to be allowed to bat with their
cricket bats. The game Of baseball is
very popular in Sydney and Mel
bourne.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

Summary: Two-base hits. Altman
2, Sours; earned runs. Duluth 1. Grand
Forks 2; first on balls. off Wilson 2.
Iohnson /, Woman 1; struck out. by
Wilson 4, johnson 3: double plays.
O'Brien to Sours to Bluhm: hit by
pitched ball. Foster; sacrifice hits.
Rluhm, Norman, DeHaven. Wilson,
Hyzer: left on bases, Grand Forks 9.
Duluth s. Umpire, Marsh. Time Of
, Eame, 1850.
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Sweet Marie, 2:02. has a Bingen foal
AT her side.
Los Angeles race rack will include
u $4,000 srandstand.
Toronto n District Association
Football league has 81 teams and 700
registered players. exclusive of as nub-
nc school teams and a score or more
OF mercantile n church leagues.
Kansas City. Mo, frs, amateur
swimming championships will occur
on Saturday. August 81.
Bob Deadv Of PHILADELPHIA viii,
manage Jack Ward an English light.
weight boxer. and also Fred Delaney
OF Blrmlnsham. who can make 133
pounds Both men will arrive early
this fall.
The tro;ter HuXham. 2:15@. that
died recently in Illinois started in 152
races and won ~ times and $l2&45 in
me fifteen years that he was raced.
de was unplaced but IL times and
urlNen IN every race by w j. Greasy
Catcher Larry Mclean of the Gin
clnnati National league baseball team
may take up the pugilistic game at the
enc OF the baseball season. Mclean
Is b feet ; inches tall and weighs ,37
pounds.
Billy Allen of Syracuse will go to
IaiSdFE, canada, where he meets Fred
i'aSleE IN d return engagement for the
lightweight boxing title Of Canada
September 4. The bout will be AZ 1sS
pounds, ringside. n will be staged
curing stampede week. one Of the hir-
gest events of the year in western
canada. Rough riding contests will be
j feature.
The Winnipeg senior f~our-oarea
shell crew, which swept the paoria
river in he recent rowing Champion
snip races decided there. is. with one
exception. the same crew which vor
me Stewards cup at the ROYAL Eng.
lish Henley regatta three years ago
crew at Peoria was Frank Carru-
t1ers, bow: Selhy Henderson, No. ,:
Jerry Aldous, No. 8. and Con RILEY
stroke. AT the English regatta G. f.
Allen rowed bow oar.
The Hull Driving club is out in an
announcement of its ice harness races.
which will take place on the Ottawa
river (ontariol track January 30 TO
FEBRUARY .. 1919. The PRICES will to-
tal sl-,ooo for trotting and pacing
aliA W ] alSp pS a Hn1ln1o
OF running races. introduced by wa
of novelty.
SPORTING NEWS AND NOTES
Charles 3 D, rborow. the Philadel-
phia long distance swimmer. is
through for this year. but will next
year Try to swim from Sandy Hook
Lightship to the battery in New York
harhor. which has never before been
made: a swim to the Boston Light and
as far back as possible. and then es-
say the English channel swim, before
retiring. Only two men have ever
swum the English channel. Captain
Matthew Webb and Burgess. This
yea Miss Rose Pitcnof of Dorchester.
Mass, has been training at Dover.
England. n will try to accomplish
the feat of swimming the English
channel. She has a rival in Miss Lily
Smith Of England. who is also going
e attemrt the same feat this summer
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20
Kaws Lose TO Indians.

Kansas City. Aug. 20.--Two errors.
a walk. two singles. and a three-base
hit gave indianapolis -four runs In
the first inning. and Kansas City was
unable to catch up. In the seventh,
Baxter's error, McKee's single and
Williams sacrifice fly scored Williams,
while Mckee's home run over the
right field fence ended the scoring In
the ninth.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

Toronto is to have a six-day bicycle
race week of October Il. 1t will be
the first of the kind ever held in Cam
ada.
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American Assn.
Standing Of the Club.

Pitchers Battle at st. Paul.
st. Paul. Aug. 20.-Columbus lost
the game with st. Paul. the first
OF the series by a score of 3 to ..
The feature was a pitchers battle be-
tween Dauss and McQui!lan.
f. II. L.
u aul ...... 10 !
4. 3 )
Dauss and Marshall; McQuillan and
Smith.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

The Schuy!kill navy oarsmen Of
Philadelphia will endeavor to secure
the 1913 regatta of the National Asso-
citation of Amateur Oarsmen.
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TAKE FIRST ONE
FROM WH|TES0X
Darby's Kids, Revamped and
With Ray Practically
Cinched, Lose.
WILSON IN FINE FORM
Teams Break Even on Hits.
Each Getting Nine-Re-
member Boosters Day.
WILSON IN FINE FORM
= .
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

Results Yesterday.
Grand Forks 5. Duluth ..
Winnipeg Z. Superior 5.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

Anthony F. Winding Of England,
open lawn tennis champion, has retir-
ed because of business.
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American League
Tigers Have Mard Luck.

Tigers Have Mard Luck.
Boston, Aug. 20.-The Red Sox were
lucky in winning from Detroit yester-
day, 1 to 3. 1t was the only game
PLAYED in the American league. Two
OF Boston's runs We're made possible
by Detroit's errors
At third a RUIZ was forced in when
Willot passed Wagner with the bases
filled. Detroit punched four hits, in
Guiding CraWfords triple for its three
runs in the third.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

Colonies Win With a Homer.
Milwaukee, Aug. o0.-Schlei's home
rum G the fence with two men on
bases in the second inning was
enough TO beat the home club, the
score being S to .. Moskiman was
steady in the pinches.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

Bob Deadv Of Philadelnhia ui,,
manage Jack Ward an English light
weight boxer. and also Fred Delaney
OF birmingham. who can make 1919
pounds. Both men will arrive early
this fall.
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Score by innings:
Grand Forks. 1 0012 o / KS
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

Kansas City. Mo, frs. amateur
swimming championships will occur
on Saturday. August 81.
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Sport News and Notes

Detroit dog fanciers have formed a
Boston terrier club.
Chicago university athletic field will
so. 900.
Scotland's soccer football season he
gan August Is England's matches
start on September ..
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

Toronto and District ASSOCIATION
footoall league has 81 teams and 700
registered players. exclusive of 43 NH
lie school cams and a score or more
of mercantile and church leagues.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

Totals .........34 . 8 "a 10
*Batted for Woman in ninth.
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Mike Gibbons younger brother
Tommy. who is only 10 years old. is a
clever middleweight boxer. Phila-
delphia Jack O'Brien is developing his
i~S-year-old brother. Jack. Jr. who is
II akins good as a lightweight.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-20

Sweet Marie. 2:02, has a Bingen foal
AT her side.
Los Angeles race track will include
4 $4,000 grandstand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-04
Decision is Reached at a
Conference Today With
the President.
ROBERTS IS ACQUITTED
Rebel CourtmartiaI Sets Free
an American Arrested as a
Spy at Juarez.

Washington, April AFTER
q talk with the president today,
Chairman Sulzer of the house
foreign affairs committee said
he is convinced there will be no
Intervention in Mexico and that
reports of Japanese colonial
tion at Magdalena bay are
groundless.
Renewed activities of ban
dts in the vicinity of Velerdena,
Durango, has necessitated the
dispatch of additional federal
troops there to protect the pop
ulace.
ROBERTS is RELEASED.
Ell Paso, April 4.-Powell
Roberts, an American, arrested
at Juarez, charged with being a
spy, was tried at chihuahua by
a rebel courtmartial and ac-
Qu11IedY 49, = - - 49,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-04
TAFT'S PROPOSAL
FOR EXPENSE CUT
President Would Save Nation
$11,000,000 Annually by
Operation Changes.
CONGRESS HAS MESSAGE
Asks That Economy Efficiency Com.
mission Be Continued for An
other Year.

Washington, April 4.-President Taft
today sent to congress his second mes
sage of the present year on economy
and efficiency in the government ser
vice. He recommended the passage of
legislation designed to save more than
100000 annually to the people of
the United States. Probably his two
most striking proposals were that the
local government Offices in the treas
ury, postofice, justice, interior, and
commerce and labor departments, be
placed in the classified service, and
that the revenue cutter service be con-