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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
Abe Attell Defends His Title Against
Kilbane on TWenty-ninth Birthday

s~trategical wizards. They went to
Alex. n n posing as Abie's man.
ager said he wanted to sign his boy
for II of the prelims.
And Abie's prowess lost nothing in
the managerial telling either. He was
touted as a r knight of the X. @,
Alex got out the bills. and it was plas-
tered on the dead walls of Frisco that
ape ana Eddie were to scrap. One of
the Attell brothers "snitchcd' to the
mother.
Go Ahead.
The maternal mandate was that
Abe would go back to the reform
school II he pulled anything of that
sort. Then the kids got after Abe.
They told him how he would be bill
ed as a coward, how he would be
termed a gutter. and he told his
mother of his plight.
g ahead and fight. but if you
don't lick him. I'll lick you" That
was h Spartan consent of Mrs.
Attell. Abe was not licked by the
mater. but the family treasury was
enriched by h fifteen bucks.
Her motherlS feelings also glowed
with happiness when her n%eighhors
told Mrs. Attell what a fighter the son
was. n v opposed him again,
but saved his purses until he had
800. the necessary retainer for an
Instructor to teach him the fine points
of the game.
So rapidly did Attell progress that
e was nothing about Frisco to
tackle him. Like Alexander he must
fain sigh for fresh worlds to
But. unlike the rider of Bucephalus.
Abe could find these necessary worlds.
IL went to Denver land never lost a
fight there.
Until he reached Denver Attell had
always been a fighter of the give and
take variety. But there he saw
George Dixon and Young corbett.
He saw the black wizard make the
champion miss time and again, but
every time that Dixon shot out his
fist he struck a mark.
His Cleverncss.
Attell started then to practice cley.
erness and footwork. This was the
turning point Of his career. and gave
him two things that have allowed him
to seem imperviOus to the assault of
time-cleverness and footwork. And
he has proceeded till he is as clever
as ever Dixon was in the heyday of
his glory.
Abe has earned $500. 900 with his
fists. and until he pledged his hus-
handy honor to his wife that he
wouldn't gamble he rid himself of
most of his financial burden betting
on the ponies who finished outside
the money. Young Corbett started
him away from the racial safeguards
and got Abe to bet on the ponies,
Let Abe finish the rest of the story.
II was a good. saving kid until / met
Young Corbett I'm Denver. He taught
how to parlay my money. I'd
v made any bets until I caught
up. with him. He made a pluneer out
of me. Well. he sure made a good
one l bet EN- as high as n one
while it lasted. Now I'm through.
No more betting for me-.
II promised my wife "a year ago
I'D cut it out and she didn't believe
Last week she came out to see
me. Abe" said. she. II don't think
YOU would stick when you said you
would never bet again. Eut you have.
Now ! know you never WILL"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
T
An Explanation OF the Poor Qualit,
OF Magazine ..Litcrature."

An Explanation OF the Poor Quality
81 Magazine ''Ltt%crature."
Geo Jean Nathan. in the Bookman)
Ihere is q, monthly magazine of
popular fiction published in New
magazine of wide circulation
writer's to the task Of supplying his
publication with fiction, but also
ASSIGNS" these writer's to the plots"
1t might be more accurate, possibly.
to reverse the order and say that he
assigns the plots to the writer's. but
the fact remains that the fiction for
this particular magazine is assign
d for all the world like a newspa.
per story of a fire in a shirtwaist fac
tory IN Broome street, New York, or
fiIth avenue. Chicago. Although not
chronicle. it nay he said for tt ben
eht OF skeptics that the assignment
idea in point has been found to fiji
the magazine with greater effective
ness and satisfaction than had been
the case before the system had been
introduced into the editorial room.
There is u monthly magazine that
calls into its offices at intervals mem.
bers Of a group of writer's who have
on It's contributing list for many
years and asks them what they have
got on their minds" or, in other.
words. what ideas they may have
that may be turned into the form Of
articles and stories for the publica-
tion's use. Numerous other methods
that the. magazines pursue in taking
the initial steps toward filing them.
selves might, be cited, but a further
intimate. elaboration Of illustration
seems unnecessary. a survey of the
situation. in its entirety reveals the
summarizing facts that magazines to-
day are being filed more and more
as newspapers r hlled--by "assign-
ments," more and more by the mem.
beers Of regularly employed sta6s-or.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
by Gordon MacKay.)

Nby 1OTQOn MdClAay.1
On the II hundred and eightieth
of His Country. February 22, 1912.
Abraham Lincoln Attell will be called
Upon on his, 10Th birthday to defend
his title Of featherweight champion.
the challenger being Johnny kilbane,
Cleveland's best bet for the title.
Nobody within the fistic realm is
a more interesting study than the
featherwcight title holder. Paradox
ically he is a Spartacus in miniature
reer teens with Interest . His life
is succession of telling and VIC
torious struggles.
Mother Attell when she was bless
ed with Il boy on February 20. 1888,
saw in this an opportunity for pa
triotic nomenclature. Thus she chris
tened her son Abraham Lincoln,
welding into his Christian name the
racial Abe and the patriotic Lincoln.
His Mother.
Attell has fought $50 battles in the
fourteen years he has bee a tistic
machine. After fourteen years. or
half of his existence a fighter. Abe
is still a champion. the best tribute
tina could be paid to personal abil-
ity. c~leverness. generalship and Prov
ess. and Attell possesses all of these
in no small measure.
Four boys, who rose to premier
heights In f1stiana. began fighting at
the same time in San Francisco. A
names. Attell. Jimmy Britt. Eddie
Hanlon and frankie Neal-a galaxy.
Abe got his start as one of the
gang around the corner, the typical
tough kid of the streets Of every city.
IIe was some Paul Kelly" too. in
those days and while some of his gang
might yield to individual members Of
rival tough tribes. Attell cleaned ev-
erybody up with due and monotonous
regularity.
Mrs. Attell. following primal COM
mercial instincts, was the keeper of
a pawnshop. She had little time to
waste on her young hopeful and at
tend to business, too. But she dis
this propensity of her boy I o
fit himself Tor the electric chair, and
she took heroic measures to stop
Able hurtling the downward path.
h sent the young man to the re-
form school,. He stayed there fifteen
months. and he had more advanced
ideas of reform than an archangel
when he came out. His advent into
the life of the gang. especially with
the added reform school laurels on
his brow, served to give young Amer
lea in that section "dementia young
Americana"
The Promoter.
But Abe was a real Caesar. He
refused he crown again and again,
until he heard n day that one of
his especial targets. Everett Wires,
by name. had co~mmercialized his fis-
tic activities and was the winner Of
twenty mine straight fights.
The blow. to the Attell gang was
frightful. Here was n Of those
rivals who not only was winning
fights but was doing It I'm the ring.
a hallmark Of fame. So tho kids
asked Able TO go into the ring aud
knock the block off his former meat.
Alex G~regRains, the noted fighter.
was the promoter. and he was hand.
winnsrss Tha Attsll clans were
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
KNOCKED
OUT FIVE TIMES

Five times during his checkered
career Jim Flynn has taken the full,
complete and satisfactory slumber
count at the feet of opponents. He
was knocked out by Tommy Burns.
AL Kaufman. twice by Langford, and
lastly by the man he is now scheduled
to meet-Jack johnson. The Flynn
boosters probably will try to ring in
the neutrality-suspicious. racket
and make it appear that the ex-
fireman was nothing but a novice
when Burns sent him on his initial
trip to Dreamland. But a quiet slant
at James record puts the kibosh on
that argument. When ne tackled
Burns Flynn had been fighting over
five years. and in that time engaged
in no less than AZ battles. If that
doesn't make. a veteran out of the
accepted white hope" will somebody
kindly inform us what more is needed
to clap the ancient warrior cognomen
on the brow of q battler? And the
Burns affair came OFF in 1906, since
which Jim has been merrily. milling
with varied success.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
CARLETON WON
FROM

Mortified, Mimi. Jan. 26-Carleton
college defeated Shattuck school in a
fast ando snappy basketball game here
by the score of 20 to %. Carleton
took the lead at the beginning of the
game and held 1t until within three
minutes Of time. when Shattuck
rushed In two baskets tying the score.
For a minute neither team scored but
Carleton took a brace and with an ex-
htbition Of the fastest work seer here
this season made three baskets and
won the game. Two Of these baskets
we're shot from bad angles at the side
of the court.
HUM did the most scoring for
Carleton. getting five field goals, Irish
played q star game for Shattuck, scor-
ing twelve points in field goals.
Schroeder and elliott showed up
strong for Carleton at guards. In
a preliminary game between the Sec
ond teams Carleton won by a score of
16 to 15.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
MAY HOLD 4 MEETING

with the talk of johnson trying TO
the toe hold out of his tcomingJ
match with Frank Gotch. of Teddy
roosevelt doing h comeback stunt,
4 new II house for Grand Forks
county. not to mentian the fact that
a Grand Forks is to retain the fulI
quota nf forty-sevcn saloons, the fact
mat Grand Forks was mentioned as
d Guy wherein a possible franchise i'm
a new league could he located, has
be it that the fans should give I'm III.
ghost vet. There have been a fcw
nusN ones here boosting the league
IDEA but the lever that will shoot the
ioea. out Of its resting place and into
activity is cash. From the rumblinr
a. inc head of the lakes it is probable
taat a meeting of those interested in
u possible Duluth. Superior. Grand
Forks. Fargo. Virginia and Winnipcr
league will be held in the near future
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
GO no TT

Gotch has not as yet come through
with an acceptance of the Salt Lake
City offer of a good sized purse for a
wrestling match between himself and
Jack johnson. The majority of the
tans would like nothing better than
to see the match pulled off. Gotch
would have little trouble tying the
dingc into several knots and johnson
states that he is willing to be tied.
also says that he wants the
toe hold barred. That is nothing
strange. because If Gotch ever got a
grip on n Of those long hind fingers
Of the smoke it would be take the
count Iii Arthu'." Incidentally
there would he plenty OF fans to chip
IN tor a coffin In case the smoke re-
cetved any fatal injuries.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
GUESS at \ NAME.

Our old friend Mr.. Webster saws
that incongruity is SYNONYMOUS with
inconsistency n signifies a Disagree
inent. According to certain ideas OF
inc sporting editor, incongrmity is ii
good synonym for Milwaukee. The
Socialistic city whence comes the fluid
.hat made 1t famous is known to some
and to parts OF Wisconsin as the
cream city. Strange isn't il. All of
which Is A preamble to a guess as To
what the club in tho Columbian league
to be supported ny Milwaukee fans
VIII he dubbed. Tho American assoc
citation club is hight Brewers" Get
the LIQUID in again and call the Colum-
nantes the "Creamcrs." BY the way,
Wnlcn worlds championship series do
you intend to take in tho American.
National Athletic-C;iant scramble or
the Columhian-United States Cream
er".ReadinE. Pa. hattlcso
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
EAST SIDE HIGH Blrsy-

THO East Grand Forks hitch scIool
five. which by the way is NOT Tho
" team that was ever organized
IN this section of the western prairios
will play the e. G. f. alumni u1int
the East Grand Forks schedule is
being made now and several games
VIII be played before the end Of the
season. The third floor of the high
school building has been rcmodcled
ano an excellent gymnasium is now
afforded. The fact that tho ry.nnas
SUM was not completed until so late
IN the season has kept the team hack
t" a certain extent. but a number IF
games will he played. While tho
schedule has not been n
will include I'M with the Crooks
ton. Moorhead. Ada. Grand Forks.
Grafton and probably the Thief Riy.
er Falls high school
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
WoMEN's HAIR HIS FAD.
Insane Jack the Shipper Reap.
Harvest in Shopping Crowds.
(NcM York ucrald-N

''N "
Policemen on duty in those streets
and most froq,lcntnd 10y wo-
men shoppers were ordered hy their
captains to keep a sharp watch for a
man. believed to- he insane. who for
the past week has been going about
in III crowds cuttintf off wonen's
hair.
The man has escaped capture sew
eral times by the closest margins. lie
is described as abou, so years old,
with gray hair and mnstarhc. He is
and heavy and dresses like "a
prosperous business man. The police
believe his mustache is false and then
when pursued 10 takes it off AS he
runs.
He cut two long braids of hair
from the head of Miss HelIlen Sal
kind. of Morristown. who was shop
ping in Fifth avenue with her moth
er. They had just left a shop and
were standing waiting for an oppor-
tunity to cross tho avenuc when the
young girl was iostled.
AT the same moment she heard the.
click of metal shears and turned to
see Il man pushing his WAY through
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
ABERDEEN GETS
ANOTHER K

Wahpeton. N. D.. Jan. 2s-In a fast
game played here. the basketball
teams representing the Aberdeen nor
NAL institution fell before the fast
Wahpeton science team and suffered
defeat by a score of "a to ii.
CAPTAIN Robbins and Eustic starred
for the fickertails and Olander for
the coyotes. The Aberdeen quint att
er the game last night. returned home
CARRYING With them three defeats
handed them by North Dakota teams.
On Saturday night the A. G. SQUAD
Will tack up against the speedy Wah-
peton team in Fargo. From compare
tive scores with the Aberdeen five both
teams stack UP about the same on pa
per. the A. G. team winning from the
normalttes by a score of 20 to 8.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
CHWNGTON BUSY
WITH SCHEDULE
Association Will Start Sea-
son Two Weeks Later
This Year

Chicago. Jan. 26-work on the 1912
schedule of the American association
al started today by President Chiv.
ington. Plans have been made to have
it completed within the next three
weeks and then submit it to the club
officials for adoption by the mail vote.
The eason will start April 90 and 1853
games will be scheduled.
The scheduling of l6S games is a
matter of some surprise as 1t was
thought that the number would be cut
down to 1854. The season opens this
nearly two weeks later than it
did III 1911 when the first games
were played on April 10.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
MEET
IOWA MAY Is

Minneapolis. Jan. 26-Iowa and
Minnesota will oppose each other in
a dual track meet at Northrop field
May 20. according to the announce
ment last evening of Helon Leach.
graduate manager of athletics at the
Gopher institution. The Hawkeyes
have hitherto been able to make the
Gophers extend themselves to the ut
most to win from the University of
Iowa in dual meets. the maroon and
gold colors ven losing on a few occa-
sionst to the better work of the south
erners. The date set Is unusually late
for a dual meet, but will come just a
week before the big conference track
and field event which is slated for
Evanston next June.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
FORESTRY SCHOOL
LOST TO CITY TEAM

Willow City, N. D., Jan. 26-In a
clean. we'll played game of basket
ball the fast team Of the School of
Forestry was defeated here by the
town team of this place by the score
Of 32.to "a. When the teams came on
the floor it was not hard to see that in
point of size and weight. the Botti-
neau boys had all the advantage, and
there We're few who thought that the
Willow City team had a chance. In
the first half the Willow City team
was outplayed and the score at the
end Of the f1rts half was 20 to II.
in the second half the Willow
City boys came from behind and won
by a margin of eight points.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
TWO RECORDS ARE
BROKEN IN MEET

New York. Jan. :s--Two worlds
records went by the board at the an
nual athletic carnival games Of the
1rish-American A. G. held in Madison
Square Garden last night. = First was
the record for throwing the 1S-pound
shot when p. Mcdonald threw the
weight ~ feet liz inches. The for
mer record was IS feet Q inches. In
the 5000 metres run George Benhag
clipped II 2-6 seconds from the record
made last SUNNI by Louis Scott at
Celtic Park. The time was Is min.
utes 54-6 seconds. The former rec
ord was Is minutes. 90 1-5 seconds.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
MAN1ToBA GAME ToNICHT.

The varsity amint. Hcimcs. Sagen.
Sad. Robinson. Wilcox and Coach n.
l.. Dunlap left Thursday afternoon for
Winnipeg. where tonight they meet
n University of Manitoba five in a
return basketball game. The first
game was played here two weeks ago,
when the Flickertails cleaned up the
Canuck players by a O Of SIS to
Is. At no time did the Manitobans
nave a chance of winning and it would
DE a bigger surprise than IL knockout
or johnson by Flynn. if the varsity
team should be beaten this evening.
inc boys are looking for a victory,
u are not going to get careless. even
II thcy havc the dominion team on the
run.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
NAY GET THE BOUT.

Carl Morris comes forth with the
declaration that he wants to fight
Jim Flynn again. and he doesn't care
if they only offer him 31.25 for his
end of the fracas. Carlos wants the
chance. Morris says that he has i'm
proved eighty per cont since the time
that the Pueblo fireman made a chop
ping block Of him. and that he feels
sure he "a reverse matters IL the pair
should meet again.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26

league will without a doubt be organ.
lied m h a games will be played for
at least w months during the sum-
mer. The management Of the White
Sox team of this city is thinking Of
getting into the game and some OF the
aforementioned near-big league stars
may be seen in action here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
PICKERING ROW
WON'T STOP GAME

Minneapolis. Jan. 26-The Univer.
sity of Minnesota's football team will
meet that of the University of Wis
consin November 2. according to an
announcement made here.
As a result of the protest made last
fall which took Captain Earl Picker.
ing from the Wisconsin game, there
was considerable talk at the Univer-
sitN of Minnesota that the team,
would lot meet Wisconsin next fall
but the athletic authorities opposed
the boycott.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26

if not '%'staffs." by groups of %associat-
more through direct business on
tracts or friendly affiliations with
writer's possessed of reputation or
gradually mounting ability-and less
and less through the propitious ACCT
dents of the United States mail.
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Sporting lettings
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS OF
ALL SORTS
THE STANDARD OF, VALUES.


Jack Johnson's earnings in past four
years. $325.OOO; President Taft's. in
same period, 100000: a. T. Hadley.
four years of his lifcl. $40. 900: We
scribe (also for four ycars) flat rent
and food (sometimes.l
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
ONE WEEK. FROM TO-DAY.

The first high school game Of the
season IN n week from today.
when the local boys will journey to
Grafton to play the high school at
that city. While the fact that the
first real game cmes so late in the
season. has to a certain extent cut
down the interest in the basketball
schedule of the school. there have
been a good crowd of candidates out
for practice of late. The team de-
fcatcd the university freshmen the
fore part of the week and with Snip
Olkeefe back in the game the quint
promises to be ono that will make
good again this season.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
OF SPORTDOM

out by Jeffries whom Delaney trained
for all his fights until the champion
in 1905. Jeffrtes was urged by
Delaney to re-enter the ring and fight
Squtres and his refusal to do this is
said to have brought about a bitter
feud between the two men. When
finally re-entered the ring to
night johnson, Delaney took charge Of
Johnson's training and regarded JET
fries defeat as a personal triumph,
The funeral will be held Saturday.
The body will be cremated.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26

the crowd about her. Before she
could make an cutlery he nae darted
among the passing automobiles and
carriages.
4 policeman saved the man from
being swept under the wheels Of a
taNicah, but did not detain him. be-
lieving Miss Salkind had screamed
with fright when she saw the mans
peril.
Miss Salkind whcn she was .iostled
was wearing two long hraids of hair,
both of which the man cut oft.
The man has cut hair from tho
heads of women and girls many times
within the last week. lie usually en-
d"tNors tn steal tho hrnids worn l,v
Young girls. hut in one case he pulled
the hairpins from the back of "A wo-
mans hair.
Although the man roans among
tho crowds in Manhattan by dan, he
seeks the crowded sections in .,.rook-
lyn and tn" Bronx ut night. going
mostly among the rrowds entering or
leaving moving picture thcltrrs.
An old man can't act as younr 40
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
HELP TT ALONG

The papers throughout the state
have taken an interest in the inter-
scholastic to be held here May II to
is. and the Commercial club of one of
the western cities is contemplating
helping the lads of the local high
school. along. The members of the club
in question have arrived at the con-
clusion that they have about as good
a bunch of high school lads as any
city in the state and that n little adj.
vertising gained by winning the state
field and track title will not hurt any.
The commercial clubs. and the news
papers can help make the meet a big
ger success than ever
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
CAN WHITE son GET 1No

w. d. Scouton of Inkster writes the
sporting editor that the proposed
league of cities along the G. n. from
here to Duluth. is getting its little
boost along the line. Larimore is
hoasting a second Matty. Inkster has
a genuine second Walter johnson,
while Hannah claims to have the liv.
ing image Of Chief Bender. Mr..
thinks that the proposed
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26

An old man can't act as young as
he used to. and people don't want
him to.