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The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
FISTICUFFS

One boy to whom a little boquet
must be handed Is Tommy Dixon,
the tough little kid who fought the
veteran Walsh at Windsor a week ago
today. Fans win remember that
pc got q good enough finish at Walsh 5
expense tosdraxs him popular draw
verdict, although some Sans thought
Walsh had a little the better OF the
argument. Dixon goes home and
actually tells the people there that
the best he could claim was q draw
and that many thought Walsh had
the better OF him.
Tommy Hudson, writes his man.
ager, Tom Glassco. that his Jaw was
broken recently In a. fight with
Frankie Burns, when his opponent
rushed into him with hts head. buttins
him around the ring until skull and
Jaw met to the discomfort OF Tom.
my's Jaw. Even then Hudson wanted
to finish the fight. but his handlers
wouldn't let him.
Rudy Unholz, the Boer pugilist. is
more or humorist than he Is "A tighter.
lie says he fs going after the light
NSlSnl GudInplOnSnip. lie better not
say IL when Tommy Kilbane Is listen
Ing
The much advertised match be-
tween Frank Klaus and Billy Papke.
scheduled for Dec. 4, at Paris, was de-
elared on today because Klaus wants
more money than could possibly be
taken at the gate.
The biggest amateur boxing tourna-
ment in the point OF entries ever held
In this country is what the Cleveland
A. Ohio Championships events will
be. More than $50 boys will do battle.
Tourney starts next Friday.
Freddie Gilmore. OF Chicago, has
matched Jack White to box Battling
Mantel at Windsor Nov. %. Fred
doesn't know much about Mantell. only
tnat he Is TO weigh In at not more
than 127 pounds at 2 o'clock and the
boys are 10 box eight rounds
According to a cable received here
Bombardier Wells, the crack English
according TO his New York represen-
tative. but must have n guarantee OF
$1,000 He looks about the best of
the heavies at the present time.
Johnny Coulon, the bantamweight
Forty -fourth-st. Sporting club TO box
the best man obtainable on the night
OF Dec. s. Coulon has also been signed
To box at the Garden on Dec. Is with
kid" Williams. the sensational Bal
timore bantam. After the Williams
TO the Pacific Coast providing. OF
course. that he wins both of the bouts
at the Garden and the Forty-fourth- :
st. Sporting club.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
SHORT PUNTS
AND PASSES

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 20
The Yale second st-ing of backs,
Baker, Markle and Pumpeily re-
placed the veterans Flynn, SDaid-
ing and Phllbin for while yes
terday and steamed mp In Erent
shape. Eli had Its nrst scrimmage
In preparation for Harvard.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2O.-With Nor
man Pain, veteran quarterback for
Chicago university, back mt the
helm today, new hope sprang up
In Maroon hearts that Chicago viii
defeat Minnesota next Saturday
and thereby become second best In
the conference. Pain suffered nm
injury to his right knee during the
Wisconsin, game and he had been
out of the playing since.
ANN ARBOH, Mich, Nov. To-
In the Michigan Union fete for the
footban team last night Governor
Osborn declared against any
thought OF re-entering the confer
esce. "Miehigan can break the
conference. sO why make hr" ne
asked.
EAST LANSING. Mich, Nov. 20.
More speed and yet more IL the
cnli OF the eOach at VI. 4. 4. today.
Nlneklin L. making strenuous ef-
forts co down the Ohio champions
ns he did the Indiana title holders
when the AgEies meet Ohio stH'e
Saturday.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
WILLIE HOPPE AND
M ]RNINGSTAR MEET
Match Which Will Probably
Settle Championship On
Tonight

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.--willie
Hoppe and Ora Morningstar meet in
what may be the final match OF the
billiard championships tonight Il
Hoppe wins, as expected, the title re.
mains with him. II defeated there
will be three-cornered tie between
Hoppe, Morningstar and Slosson to be
played OF. Last night. Yamada, the
Japanese crack, easily defeated Tay-
lor.- LOO to 2I3. ami George Slosson
trimmed Harry Cline, 500 to soc.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
WANT BIG SERIES
WINNERS TO DTVVY
National League Thinks 1t
Doesn't Get Enough
Coin

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-When the
National baseball league officials
meet here Dec. 10. six OF the eight
clubs In the circuit, dissatisfied with
the financial management OF the
league will likely start movement
to institute a new system OF dividing
the worlds series spoils
The clubs which find 1t hard to
make both ends meet during the sea
son do not approve of the National
commission and tho pennant winning
clubs getting all the benefit OF the
post-series games, which amounts TO
nearly 100000.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
ALMA CAPTAIN
PLAYED WITH
BROKEN NECK
"Ephie" Johnson Is in Serious
Condition After Detroit
Contest Here
VERTEBRA is FOUND
ITO BE FRACTURED
Will Be Taken to Saginaw for a
Thorough Examine

ALMA, Mich, Nov. 2O--Capt.
"Ephie" Johnson. OF the Alma col
lege football team, played half OF the
Alma-Detroit game Saturday with a
broken neck and today he lies In a
serious condition. He will be taken
to Saginaw hospital for thorough
examination.
Capt. Johnson was kicked In the
back OF the neck during the early
part OF the game. He played the rest
of the game in great pain. Doctors at
Detroit thought merely the muscles
of his neck were bruised. An exam
ination by surgeons here last night
revealed fractured veterbra in the
neck
Johnson played tackle In tho
game here. He has been the chief
strength OF the Alma eleven and II
was not until he weakened In the
game here Saturday that the Uni
versity OF Detroit players were able
to withstand the Alma attack.
Johnson is man OF powerful
physique and he plays football for all
there Is In him. He was the life OF
the team during its stand here. He
plays recklessly and 1t has been won
dered that he has not been seriously
injured before.
: The University OF Detroit men will
be shocked to hear of the accident.
While they played for Johnson they
had no idea that he had been mora
than slightly injured during the con.
test.
II the accident is as serious as il
seems to be from the Alma dispatch
II will cast a gloom all.over the Mich
igan football world. 1t may seriously
retard the game in Alma and in other
OF the smaller colleges OF the state.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
BLIND PIG" OPERATOR
PAYS FINE OF 500

Charles Holtz. whose application ror
license for his saloon at No. sS Brush
st.. was turned down BY the common
council last May. was convicted In
Judge Connolly's court, Weui.ssuay
morning. ef operating blind Ps
on the premises. and was nned SlVo,
sergt Harry Kinney raided the
place on July 2S, when he received y
rim that liquors were being sold there
wIthout A license. The former saloon
had been converted into cigar store,
hut In an upstairs room. Kinney found
n number OF men drinking beer,
which was being drawn from a kcg
on the lower floor, a gas pipe being
used as the conductor.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
COMM ENT

Ban Johnson has started an umpire
trust. Not satisfied with having half
dozen OF the best baseball officials
IN the business. he has been busy dur
ing the last few
Johnson Has months and has
cornered practically corner
Umplres. ed all the appar-
emily good mater.
ial in the minor leagues. Looks as IL
he had had bunch OF scouts out just
% though he were a magnate looking
for players.
When the season ended he had the
nnclens OF an umpire staff In Tommy
Connolly, Frank OLoughlin, Billy
Evans, Jack Sheridan. Jack Egan. Bill
Dlnneen, O'BTien. Bob Hart and Wes-
tervelt, TO say nothing OF Bull Per
.rine. incapacitated By illness He has
since released Westeryelt to the
American association In exchange for
Charley Ferguson. the old pitcher.
other recruit arbitrators are Nc.
Greevy and Hfidebrand from the Pa
cifc Coast ieague. and u looks like
n safe bet that Hank O'Day. formerly
of the National league, will be en-.
gagged before many wecks- have
passed.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
]. KILBANE MEETS
MORGAN CHRISTMAS
Tentative Articles Signed for
20-Round Bout in Los
Angeles

CLEVELAND. o., Nov 2O.-A
championship battle for the worlds
featherweight title is practically as
sured today between Johnny Kilbane,
title holder, and Eddie Morgan. ban
tam champion OF England.
Their managers tentatively signed
articles last night for 2O-round f1ght
TO be staged probably Christmas Day
at Los Angeles. They are to fight al
12a. Kilbane now weighs 127: Nor
gan 116.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
FARRELL DENIES
RED FRICTION
Says That Western Trip is
Cancelled for Other
Reasons

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The fact
that he believes a Western trip i'll
March might spoil all the good results
OF the Southern training trip, Pfesi.
dent Farrell, of the New York High
landers, declared today, was the only
reason why he had cancelled proposed
dates for March 29, 80 and 81 with the
Reds OF Cincinnati.
He denied that there was friction
between him and Garry Hermann
and said club policy was alone re-
sponsible for declining the games
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
BRITISH ATHLETES
WANT TO MEET US

LONDON, Nov. 20.-The athletes OF
Oxford and Cambridge universities
are in favor Of an international uni
yersity athletic meeting during the
coming summer I'm America. The
keenness OF the British athletes rs
such that II Is believed the author
tiles will bring the scheme Of anoth-
er contest with Harvard and Yale TO
maturity.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20

BILLY ROCKS EXPLAINS
WINDSOR BOXING RULES
MAKE 'cRoss-couNTRv
RuN OCCASION FOR
NORTHWESTERN REUNION

CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-The con.
ference cross-country run will
help attract crowd here for
the game between Northwestern
and Illinois, next Saturday.
The run will start at IL o'clock
and will be ended before the
game begins. II will also be
Homecoming day for North
western alumni.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
PEEvED AT SPYING ACCUSATION,
HOOSIERS HAVE BLOOD IN EYES

BIooM1NGToN. Nov 2oHead Coach sheldon hoy de-
nied today the Purdue eleven
Indanas campaign to defeat the
allegation made the
to defeat their hereditary
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20

RED CoRRIDEN. OF the Detroit
tigers, Is wanted by Chubby Charlie
Murphy. OF the Cubs, according TO a
story. but there IL no chance for sucn
deal CorFidsn was with Kansas
CiE last summer.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
Fine and fast.

CAMBRDGE. Mass. Nov. 10
-tt-was HrIekIey agnin nj Harvard
yesterday. He toed an0thcr Eoas.
.nd smother and sfili ssother.
three On ali.
ANN AHB0H, Mich, Nov. To-
Frank scholte. known ~ "tndtsn,
Will stay away from Michigan nert
Year. Ills place as Coach toHtS
...s.teat will he nilcd by Capt.
ReddeU. sehulte wanted an all
year Job or none-
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
STADIUM. SCENE OF
EIGHT DEATHS, Is
SOLD AT AUCTION

EwARK, N. T., Nov. 90 2286.-
The valisburg Motor Stadium,
the scene of the accident where
eight were killed and many hurt
by a runaway motor cycle will
: be sold at sheriff's safe next
Monday. Owing to the acci-
dent the plant has been inan-
cial failure. ~
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
DUFFY AND THOMAS
ARE RE-MATCHED

CLEVELAND. o., Nov. 2O.--Jimmy
Duffy, of Lockport. N. Y. who won
close decision over Harry Thomas,
the English lightweight here last
night, we're rematched early today TO
meet In a 15-round bout here nexi
month. In IL rounds, the lightweight
cracks furnished some clever rapid
fire boxing. at the end OF which DUFFY
had only a shade over Thomas, gain
ed In the last three rounds.
II " sHfd JHHr sfgFdecHf brown ~
being considered as an American
leafn;e umpire by President Ban John
son.
Detroit q per cent Bonds at par now
or sale City Controller. City Hall
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20

DIT a. Nieolsl has moved to 81 Can
s>Id-ava east
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20

Jon rr,.sI.: ; .s.. n.:ss TI-..
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20
THE WEATHER

wEDNEsDAY NIGHT AND THURS
DAY. FAIR.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-20

Rudy Unholz the Boer pugilist. Is
more or humorist than he is a fighter.
He says he fs going after the light
weight championship. lie better not
say II when Tommy Kilbsne Is listen
Ing.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13
such prehistoric man did f,u ,

such a pTahis;ngic man did fan. ~
awakehad In terror whaa falling.
Aud this tgah Of the days wien tuan
was hbile more than a wild animal
OF the then new world las hen n,nd a
down thru all the sne:a.!ons. Il Is
well known that 10 this day n dog Will
walk around and Aro,lni IA a circle be-
fore he lls DOWN TO sleep. mhct'sm It
b. In his i,nne'. in the ynri ~ in tho
house on rug or Il irlriwo Il floor.
This is a perfectly nu.uual trait in
tie dog. Away back when dogs Were all
wild animals. like the wolves. bafo-c
they had becn domesticatd by man,
they used to sep on the great spiains.
IN the '7Iruhbery ami various PLACES like
trat and before thay bay down to sLs,p
II WAS necessary far them Do walk
AROUND aud around until they hal
tramped down in the tall grass ..
bushes or ferns "A smopth l,lsuae w,hc,e
they could lie In comfort.
1t Is held by scientists that the same
old law of hsrrlIty tga makes tho
dog do this today also makes mankind
dream NJ times of falling from great
height. Tllnre II always tsrrrsr In such
dlNnm, but one pecularA,y of tie
h-sams Is Cat line drnmrr seld,m
dreams of striking. ar. IL he dos. t,o
fall is brol0Fm, so that 1t dlss not in
Jure him. 1t Is believed the stock o,
dreaming OF striking would froNe
grat Injury to ones nervous syls,an.
and THAI nn'anre, In hcr own peculiar
way, provides against such sAoek.
CIV In our Gae9ms.
IL las also bem calased .tlat nssn-
kind has osh,r G.rears u 'iy that re-
suit from habits ANA nNparieneos OF
of prshistoiic men. such as climbing
great heights and especially of heing
chased by fNoalous animals Women aSs
more npt 70 dTnfn of h,ing chosod icr
attlckad by hid, Gus affma,s than mon.
Scientists explain bhis by declaring that
pre- ls5t1ric women Wire not the figsdhrs
then any more ahan To-Day, and nalilr-
ally fearid dagger mora tan the MEN,
FIX.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13
Why Nearly Everyone Dreams
of Falling.

Nearly evef yone has du am.d OF ftll-
ing from 81 fapcipice. house top or u.her
high places. but other than calling Z
a "nlghtmare' no sperIal r,ason has
been at'arh.d TO such dreams until r'.-
Gently. WHEN scientists explain that II
il q quite natural dream. resulting fro;n
the lsabit of prehi>tc-ic man OF sleaplng
in trce tops wien he was away f.om
his cave or cliff or lake dwelling.
Whenever night overlook prehistoric
man he dare not proceed Though tie
virgin forests and jungles in the dar',.
frr fonr some prowling night beast
would Kill him. lie dare not sleep on
tSre ground for the same REASON, SO he
took To the tree tops.
At the sane time he took gneat rare
not TO fall, for 1t was undoubtedly his
dread that during mis- sleep he might
slip from his perch and fall thareoy
"A change of bodily injury ami
also OF falling near some beast that
would promptly kill him. Naturally when
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13
WHEN THE YULE LOG BURNED
Pretty Customs Of Former Times
That Surrounded That Necessary
Feature Of Christmas.

The Yule log on the fireplace roared.
The whole hall was aglow,
The great hounds lay before the blaze.
Dreaming of stag and boar.
One of the prettiest sights of the
old-time Christmas must have been
that of the Yule log being drawn
homeward, surrounded with joyous
laughing children, shouting merry
greeting to each wayfarer as he
doffed his hat in reverence to the log
so full OF good promises whose flames
had the power to burn out old wrongs
and heartburnings. On the arrival Of
the log at the "baronial hall" it was
customary for each member Of the
family to greet it in fitting manner
either in verse or song.
In some parts of Franco there was
also the custom of the Christmas log.
although there has been a different
significance. There the log had sus-
pended from each end the toys, cakes
and fruits for the children of the
house. These were the gifts Petit
Maulet or Christmas child was said
to have brought.
In the mountain districts of Ger
many the Christmas log was supposed
to have the power of warding off dan
gers from lightning and was kept be-
meath the bed of the master of the
house from one Christmas till the
next, when it was used to light the
new log. On Christmas eve all lights
and fires were extinguished in the
house and a piece of the last years
wood was taken to the neighboring
church. where it was lighted at the
flames Of the sanctuary light. signify
ing the new light that had come into
the world on this night.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13

In the wind, deep dimples at the cor
ners Of her mouth. and the swift
flashing smile that eyes and mouth
and dimples Joined in. Yet 1t had
been more than beauty that had held
him true through the years. There
had been a look in her eyes, a look
OF abiding faith and clean, straight
honor. that he had loved and trusted
The memory of that look had brought
him back over the sea, to find her
this Christmas and tell her that now
he could claim her.
Bob! Stolid. good old Bob. While
he had been playing globe trotter,
trying to catch the flying heels of
madcap. hayward fortune, Bob had
stayed quietly at home and won the
girl he loved.
There in the dingy, chilly interior
of the old hack Give fought out his
battle with himself. He would be
game. he said; he would not mar
their happiness with one word or
look. He could not 60 back. There
was his mother. He could not give
up seeing her merely because Fate
had given him knockout blow, not
exactly in the solar plexus, but a
trifie to the left.
"All out" shouted the driver jovial-
ly, pulling up short before the great
old mansion on the hill. with it's bar
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13

am in time for? want to load up
with gifts"
Guess you'll have to. It's in your
own family. Bob finally got her."
Give turned quickly as the old sta.
ton agent went chuckling toward the
express Office trundling a truck OF
baggage. He followed him, his dark
eyes keen and troubled.
Got whom, Mr.. Dunkley? haven't
heard any news from home for weeks
I've been abroad since June, and JUS;
got back in time to catch the express
west for Christmas. So you see it's
all a surprise to me-
Surprise to all the town. Never
thought Bob had the nerve to ask a
girl to marry him, let alone that
spunky little Lawrence one"
The name struck Give like a whip.
lash. He called goodnight and hur
ried over to where the old station
hack waited.
The driver called a CHEEKY Christ
mas greeting to him, and he an.
swered it. but as they swung up the
long rock hill toward the town, he
leaned back and shut his eyes and
wished he had never come back.
Not that he had any hold on her
There had never been formal en-
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13

had to take my curl-papers out. so 1
am sure my hair will not curl at ALL"
The gay young people gathered in
the immense kitchen after breakfast
was served, to examine the stockings
that Santa Claus was expected to
have left in prosperous condition. OF
her gifts the diarist remarks: "Such
beautiful gifts l have never received
away from my home. Some beautiful
mink skins. sufficient to make my win
ter fur and muff. from dear General
Floyd. taken from animals caught in
a trap near the milk house. Bakers
Saints Rest and a nice volume of
Watts hymns from Mrs. Floyd. a
white velvet pincushion. painted with
roses and leaves. from Catherine, and
a pretty collar of lace footing from
Mary. My dearly beloved gave me a
ruby ring. the emblem OF eternal fidel-
ity and love-" The clearly beloved"
became her husband few months
later.
Christmas Day was indeed joyful
one; after we had seen all our gifts.
all the young people went to the hill
back of the house and coasted for two
hours on the hard crust OF ice and
snow; the distance from the top of the
hill to the gulf ravine was nearly q
mile"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13
ALL ABOUT THE MISTLET0E
Popular Christmas Plant 10 a Parasite
and In oIden Times Was Con-
sldered Sacred.

Although in the majority Of Ameri.
can and English homes mistletoe is
displayed at Christmas time, 1t is re.
markable how little Is known of this
curious plant. Mistletoe is a para.
site growth, appearing most frequent.
ly on apple trees. although It is also
found on evergreens and on poplar,
hawthorn. pear and oak trees, but
very rarely on the last named. It is
an evergreen bush. about four feet
in length, thickly crowded with
branches and leaves. Unlike all 9TH
err plants, its leaves extend down as
well as up. The plant flowers every
year, but does not bear the little whit
ish berries until it is four years old.
The mistletoe proper is a native of
Europe, especially of England and
Normandy. In olden times it was con.
sidered a sacred plant, because its
berries grow in clusters of three
emblematic of the Trinity. The an
cient Celts used to hang sprigs of
mistletoe around their necks as a
safeguard from witches. The maid
that was not caught and kissed under
the mistletoe at Christmas would not
be married within the year. so the
tradition goes. According to the old
rules the ceremony was not properly
performed unless berry was pulled
off after each kiss and presented to
the maiden. When all the berries
were gone the privilege ceased.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13

republic the journey from New York
by sleigh took ten days.
In preparation for the coming fes.
1ivities, the diarist notes that the
keeping room las the main room was
then called. which today would be
called the parlor, or drawing ROOM
was trimmed deliberately with spruce
and cedar branches. there being no
holly growing in that region. Roses
made of tissue paper, in red, pink and
white, were plentifully distributed
through the evergreen decorations.
The roses were made by two young
women guests. Miss Catherine Floyd
and Miss Mary Floyd, who were en-
gagged to be married to James Madison
and Thomas jefferson, afterwards
presidents of the United States. They
were assisted in entertaining guests
during the day by the Misses Virgins,
neighbors of the general. Among
other guests. Bishop Whipple and a
fellow clergyman We're present, as
well as the fiance OF the darist.
The festivities began Christmas Eve,
ushu al INC iaiihiy HuiS up tuelF SlOCh-
ings in front Of the huge kitchen fire.
place. The illumination was that OF
saiiow candles in silver and brass can.
dlesticks. Miss Catherine Floyd had
expected her fiance, James Madison
Gas was jotted down in the daryl,
and was greatly disappointed at his
not coming. He sent, by way of a
Christmas gift. a full-length likeness
of Gen. George Washington. framed.
which was brought by neighbor re-
turning home from New York.
The merrymaking was at its height
Christmas Eve. all sorts OF then fash
ionable and popular games. such as
Hunt the Slipper Blind Mans
Buff" aud Green Grow the Rushes,
o." being INDUCED in by the young
people until 10 O'Clock, at which hour
sharply General Floyd closed the
house.
That n keeping early hours he was
not altogether arbitrary appears wheH
we learn that the breakfast Christmas
morning was at early candle light. The
diary says: 1T was SO early, and
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13

years, and at times became SO bad l
would become unconscious. have been
found In that condition many times.
Physicians did not seem to be able to
do me any good. l would become
weak and for days at a time could do
no work Not long ago l got "a box
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