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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-22
Jim JEFFR1ES
IN RING AGAIN

Cleveland. March 22.-Jim Jeffries
is planning to come back. But the big
fellows system. devised by himself, for
coming back is different from that
ever tried by any pugilist or n other
athlete. who ever tried to regain his
lost laurels.
Jeffries is preparing to begin at the
beginning and get a new reputation
for himself by fighting his way from
the bottom to the top. He has been
making his preparations in secret up
in the mountains of California. but he
revealed his secret plans to Johnny
Kilbane and Manager Jimmy Dunn
when they were out on the coast. JET
fries took a great liking to the game
little Clevelander.
II am going to fight my way through
the white hopes and arm the right to
challenge for the worlds champion
ship" JEFF told kilbane and Dunn.
II shall first challenge Carl Norris
and Jim Stewart. When 1 have beaten
them, I intend to go after AL Palzer.
whom I consider a harder proposition
than either Morris or Stewart. With
him out of the way, I shall be en-
titled to send a def to the winner of
the Jack Johnson-Jlm Flynn fight,
who I am pretty certain will be Flynn.
Il know I can come back. but I
want to satisfy the. people that I am
entitled to another show at big Jack
by beating all the other a%spirants.'
Johnny Kilbane says Jeffries is taking
the best of care of himself,
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R
IN FINE FORM

New York, March 2~2.--Gustavus 7
kirh~ president of tho Amateur Atll.
letic union. who has just returned
from an extended "trip across tho rom
tincnt. reports hat eNcrN where tho in
tcrest in the approaching Olympic
games is keen. A large part of his
time was spent. i'm looking NJ pros
pecttNc western members Of the Amer
lean team, and he returned with a
fairly long list of names which he re-
CARDS as we'll nigh certain of a place.
There certainly can be no doubt
about Tn" selection OF Ralph Rose"
he said to inruitics. lie shows every
evidence, of rounding into better con-
dition than ever before. He is CONT
lent that he can average more than
fifty feet with rigth and left hand be-
fore the games
Then there is Snedcgar with his
iavelin record. Horinc is to be rcrk-
oned with in the high jump. I saw
him clear 6 feet , inches in practice
with comparative ease. Donohuc, now.
i'll Seattle. is in splendid condition and
will be q formidable competitor TOR
the pentathlon. Seattle believes that
Edmundston is the best half miller in
the country.
ut should therefore appear that the
Olympic club of San Fancisco. with
Rose and Snedegar and HORNE. the
Los Angeles a. c.. with Smithson and
Donohue: the Multnomah A. G.. of
Portland with Bellah, and Seattle A.
G. with Edmundtson. should have the
best of chances of representation upon
the American Olympic team"
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EASY FOR
MATERIAL ONES
Best Bat Busters Free From
Poise or Rightly at
= the Plate.

New York. March 22.-Did YOU ever
lamp. notice or observe the lack of
rigidity-of set poise-among the
great hitters of the day?
But few among those who have
crossed the polite portals of 300 or
$50 will ever be seen i'm any concen
trated attitude while waiting for the
slabman to push the next one within
reach. Cobb and Wagner. although
keen-eyed and alert. are apparently
listless and careless at the plate. with
a frequent shifting of the bat from
one grip to another: with a constant
shifting of the feet that would seem to
work against the right poisc for a
clean, free swing.
LaJoic Takes Things Easy.
LaJoise works along the same lines.
We've seen the big .Frenchman time
and again c%arelcssly swinging the
war club with his left hand. to grin
and tighten with his right only after
the slabman WAS completing his
Windup.
Joe jackson, the Cleveland mauler,
is probably the most laX of the lot in
his batting form. Long and gaunt,
built as If ready to fall apart, Shoeless
Joe looks to he anything but an alert,
concentrated actor at the platter. with
his bludgeon swung loosely and aim
lessly below the waistline. But when
n correct moment comes the coil
tightens, the springs flip back into
place and Jackson at the second of
his swing ia the genteel acme Of 1.-the
ness and poise.
n same shift is true of Cobb, La
1oie and Wagner. AS careless and as
loose as they may look before the ball
is delivered. every muscle tishtens
and leaps into place as the brain
flashes the signal through the nerve
channels to the crstwhilc limpid beds
of muscle and sinew.
Coaches Often Mistaken.
And yet many coaches. handling col
legians. young leaguers. ETC.. still in
slst upon having the hat across the
shoulder. raised and ready, with the
feet planted at certain distances apart.
This form Is supposed to have the bat.
ter fixed and set for the swing, bu,
there Is bound to come Il curtailment
of freedom which permits the batsman
to shift quickly TO meet unexpected
conditions.
The citizen at bat may be set for an
inshoot. and if an inshoot comes he is
liable to peel the v off. But if the
expected inshoot develops suddenly
into a fast curve over the outside cor
ner. the chance to shift and get set for
this new condition is about 2-47 per
cent.
Ruhe M%arquard tells that the Ros-
ton Nationals in some way have al
WAYS managed to get his pitching goat.
with Jackson. Miller. campbell. In
serton, kirke. Sweeney. etc, upon the
line. the hitherto tail-end champs arc
likely to attach the angora of any
slabman who permits said angora to
wander more than a step or two from
its n1oorings.
Boston May Make Trouble.
If Col. Ward can only eliminate the
stationary baserunners from his squad
and at the same time hold his row
OF batting eyes intact, this club should
be n Of the stoutest offensive ma
chimes in. the circuit. But a ball club
that has to be driven from base to
base by the resounding wallop is lucky
to cash in upon thirty per cent of its
base hits.
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inquest onably a valuable man where
ever pla ed. These changes. of course
depend m Gill. If he reports he will
noturally have his old place.
Another day II real practice. featur-
ed by some sharp work with The
stick. both enliyened and tired the
boys. The weather Yesterday was sui
neapolis has In July. They say here
that such weather. is most too warm
for Hickman. even at this time Of the
year. The Millers. loweer. took ad-
vantage of the heat and did some real
work.
Millers Labor in the Sun.
Fol two hours Yesterday morning
and the same period Of time in the
afternoon they worked in the sun.
Leverett. Comstock and kramer. help
cd out by Turner. the southern recruit,
pitched to batters, with Smith and
Dawson behind the plate. And maybe
the Millers didn't rlout some. They
showed they. haNn't lost their batting
eyes hy the n in which they
w%hanged liners to all parts of the field.
OF course the pitchers were not put
ting much on the ball. but they whiz-
zed hem through mighty fast. al
though curve balls were few and far
between.
III a lltNi tiliSIsi
work constituted tho most interesting
part of the days double session. Rubc
Waddcll and others lifted long fungos
to the outf1elders and occasionally hit
toiling mules hitChed to Tho
field is not quite ready for fast work
vet. hut today will find it in pretty
good shape. A fence is being erected
Everything will he in shape for the
first gamo- here next week. hut the
Millers are hoping the diamond will
he rolled smooth before that time So
they can get some of the practice that
is customary before a league game Of
hall. the slappins of grounders and
The fast intield work. so often a fea-
ture of preliminary practice.
Joe Picks His Two Teams.
Joe Cantillon yesterday r%earrangcd
the lincups of the two teams. which
which will go to Nashville for games
Friday and Saturday and to Lexington
for games with tho Toledo team un-
day and Monday will he in charge of
the boss and will contain some
youngsters. Smith is slated to do the
catching. with Dawson on first. Killc-
fer second. Altizsr short. Kramer
Leverett and Waddell and Burns to di-
vide the work on tho slab and in right
and center field.
The veteran team. which will GO tn
Cairo for games Saturday and SUNDAY
against the Milwaukee club, will I've
composed of Owens behind tho bat,
Young. Olmsteal and Patterson.
pitchers; Rossman first. Williams
second. Whelan short, Ferris third.
and Clymer, O'Ncill and Larson in the
field.
The skies clouded up last night and
q. good breeze came up. Every indi-
cation pointed to rain before morn
ing. but the Millcrs were hoping for
another dry day. They need it in or
der to put them in shape for the COM
ing battles.
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MAY .
HAVE A TEAM

Winnipeg, March 22.-In all poba-
bility Winnipeg will have professional
baseball again this season. A strong
movement Is now on foot to form a
league comprising teams from Duluth,
Superior. Hibbing. Virginia City,
Grand Forks. Fargo. Brandon and
Winnipeg. Everything. however. de-
ponds on whether Duluth and Superior
can sever their connection with the
Minny league. All the clubs mentioned
have signiied their intention Of joining
the new body. The following tele-
gram was received this morning by A.
NJ. Blackburn of the Maroons. from
the president Of the Fargo club: Twill
place franchise in Fargo, in proposed
league"
The league il formed will likely be
called the Old Northern league or the
International. and local baseball au-
thorities think that the bringing of
American teams here should make a
big hit.
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PLACED
ON ."ALL

Madison. Wis. March Cdr. w.
D.. Meanwell. coach of the champion
Wisconsin five yesterday announced
his selection of two all-western COL
lege teams.
Scoville. Wisconsin's veteran cap
tain. is given the position of captain,
Stangel, the Badger forward. gets a
place. McE;vangh and Stockton of
Purdue and LAWYER. the Minnesota
forward, also drew on the first team.
johnson and Van Client of the Bad
gers. Barr and Johnson of Purdue and
Sawyer of Minnesota make up the Sec
ond eleven.
Youngnan and Van Ripper Of Wis
consin. and Molandcr of Chicago. arc
mentioned by the Badger coach as
men who would have been candidates
guardp ositions if they had been
able to play all season. The complete
lineup OF the first team Is as follows:
Right forward. Lawle- Minnesota;
left forward. Stangel. Wisconsin: cen
ter. McEvaugh. Purdue; right guard
and captain. Scoville. Wisconsin; left
guard. Stockton. Purdue.
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NEWS OF SPORTDOM
CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME At FARGO
Grand Forks and Jamestown
High Schools Will Battle
Tomorrow Night.

Saturday night in the A. c. gym at
Fargo will be decided the state high
school basketball championship.
Jamestown and Grand Forks high
schools are the claimants for the hon
or. .
Jamestown has defeated everything
of any account in the southern part Of
the state. -
Grand Forks holds a clear title to
the championship of the northern
half. In addition the locals have de.
feated the Fargoites by decisive
ore According to the dope Grand
Forks ought to win. But they will
have a fight on their hands. They
cannot afford to slump at any season
of the game.
The Grand Forks men will leave to-
morrow morning for the gateway city.
Coach Bsarman will take at least six
men with him. They r Coulter.
c.: O'keefe and Rurfening. rs; WEIGH,
jackson and Wells guards.
Prof Bonner of the state science
school will referee. Either Coach
Watkins of Fargo college or A. l..
Miller of Fargo will umpire.
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DECISION GIVES
MILLER hi BOUT

~ "s
After two and a half hours of some
of the hest and most exciting mat
work ever offered in st. Paul. Walter
Young" Miller was awarded the de-
cision v Mike Yokel. Wyoming
ranch owner and pride OF Salt Lake
City. Thursday night. Neither man
got a fall in the period of milling.
The match was for the middleweight
championship of the world.
Yokel declared that he believed he
should have had a draw.
Miller was the fastest of the two
wrestlers. but the visitor had the edge
on the ST. Paul man in point of
strength.
Time and again Yokel threw off his
opponent and %squirmed put of tight
holds.
Carl Busch of Grand Forks said this
morning that he hoped to get on with
Miller at an early date. probably in
this city.
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ABOLISH
THROW

New York, March 22.-Another eff
fort. and n that seems likely to be
to abolish the hammer throw by the
intercollegiate Association of Amateur
as the l.. c. A. A. A. A. There have
been few changes in the list of events
held In the annual intercollegiate
games in the last dozen years. but for
three or four seasons back there has
been a steadily growing feeling that
something should be done in reference
to restricting or abolishing entirely
the hammer throw.
The. plea for its abolition at the last
meeting of the association was based
entirely on the objection that it is an
event which has to be held off in a
corner come place where no one can
see 1t, and If 1t does take place in the
main arena there is great danger mo-
only to the spectators but also to other
competitors.
The underlying danger in the. event
itself 10 n which has been the sub.
ject Of much discussion in athletic
circles for years and the remedies
tried to obviate the danger have tend
itself where there would he no danger
to either spectators or competitors in
other events. In the past few years
there have heen several accidents re-
sulting from hammer throwing and
they have resulted in this NOR or less
general curtailment., Pennsylvan MIA
first tried to have the event eliminated.
following an almost fatal accident on
Franklin field and later the fight has.
been taken UP by Harvard and Yale. -
It is unfortunate that the. event HAS
to go. for" in its historic association,
and picturesqueness 1t has been one
OF the best field events that athletics
have known. However. the special ac-'
tion which was suggested by Harvard
will not become q law until next Feb
ruary. and 1t will be a full year after.
that before the hammer throw is abol-
ished. SO that II will not be until 1914
that 1t will he eliminated. The sug-
gestion to substitute a 3s-pound
weight MAJ Or may not be carried
through.H' Sentiment at the meeting
did not seem to favor the adoption of,
such an event. and the whole matter
of providing. a substitute for the ham
mer throw was left in the hands of.
the executive committee. -
s - - ~
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FARMER JAHNS
WINS AT PAGE

Farmer Jahns wrestled at Page. N.
D.. last night. A big 240 FOUNDER.
travelling under the name Of the State
Giant. was his victim. The first fall
went to Farmer Jahns in 3 L. min
utes and the second fall also went to
Jahns-this in 2 minutes. Farm
er Jahns will be in fine shape for his
big handicap match in East Grand
Forks mex Monday night. He has
agreed to throw five men inside Of an
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FOR APRIL.

Henry Ordeman's manager wired Al
Powers this morning that Ordeunan
will sign up to meet the farmer in
Grand Forks on the night of April /,
Powers is this afternoon making ar.
rangements for a place to hold the big
match. He said the date was favor.
able to his man.
The two big ~restlers were matched
to meet In this city March 10, but
owing to an injury received by Orde-
man in his match with Gotch, the 70
had to be postponed.
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L L LINEUP
TO BE
(Rv Erred cohurn \

Hickman. Ky, March GA differ
ent Minneap polls lineup from that gen
orally talked of to date is more than
a. possibility now. Dave Altizer is
slated for the first base position and
Rossman is to continue at his old
stand in right field. according TO the
recent dope. A new shortstop. as has
been mentioned before. will fill Dawes
shoes to Ferris left. and Killefer or
another new will fill in Cravath's
vacancy in the outfield. This is the
way things size UP at present. Aitizer
has had experience at first base and is
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GET NEW EAs

Washington. March GA suspen-
sion of proposed advances of freight
rates on amer made by western
railroads. was made by the interstate
commission today from
March 30 until September 80. The
commission found itself unable finally
to determine the reasonableness of tho
proposed increases by March 30. The
advances made by the railroads aver
age approximately Is per cent and in
volve an enormous tonnage Of freight.
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self in his uniform. Over the shirt he
put j sweater. and wound up the cos.
tuning with a vest. Ever sec Dawes
vest" You could hear 1t approaching
and Dave even wore that vest in
league games. When Mr.. Altizer was
complete he vas like some grand old
knight of the middle ages in full ar.
mour. Believe ME, he was a great
Dave. Too bad he didn't stick in fas,
company. for he was a good ball play
er. sincere and loyal. and one Of the
finest chaps Imaginable"
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RACING

With tho eastern racing season
scheduled to begin at jamestown. Va.
OF April s. horscmeD arc assured of
plenty Of action. Meetings at Pinlltco
and Laurel in Maryland will provide
many stakes and purses for those who
do not care to race in Canada and
Kentucky. 1t is q matter Of inteest
to learn whether the Maryland tracks
intend TO ask the iockel club for sane
lions n dates this year. From Bal
timore a yarn that Pjmlico and
Laurel. if the MARYLAND legislature
passes a bill now under consideration.
will ignore the turf governors in New
York. These tracks. if the bill he
comes a law. will depend upon a state
racing commissioner to regulate their
dates and meetings. including the form,
Of speculation that may be. p%racticed,
With no relief for the Jockey club
in sight the Maryland tracks are
anxious to paddle their own canoe. So
far the Jockey clubs control of racing
in the east has been supreme. But
unless the New York tracks are al
lowed to resume operations this au-
thority and power will soon command
little or no respect.
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BRUNNfEL.

Il was watching a couple of the new
recruits dressing for the game" said
Dick Egan in the Reds training camp
at Columbus. and I noticed. with
pleasure and appreciation. hat they
took only a few minutes to get into
their regalia of battle. You see. I used
to room with Dave Altize. and when
Dave prepared for war l would have
time to shave. take a nap. go out to
lunch. cad the morning papers and
buy a suit Of clothes-thcn l could
come back and find Dave still dress
ing. Dave was q whole-hearted and
conscientious fellow-what he did "a
did with all his soul and all his en-
ergy. That went when he was play
in ball, and also when he was mere
~ getting ready to play ball.
When Dave dressed for battle he
wound himself round and round with
many yards Of tape-that gave a sort
Of foundation for the sMperstructure.
Then he circled himself with half u
mile OF flannel. Next he put on heavy.
underwear. Then he would array him.
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One of the most industrious baseball
promoters and developers of PLAYERS la
Tom {. Hayden of the Burlington club
of the Central association. Though
IN a class D league Hayden boasts that
at the close of the season he sold play
ers from his team to the amount of
$1l,45o. This statement of a seasons
operations reminded Charley Barrett
OF the st. Louis Browns of Hayden's
appearance at the National association
meeting in Chicago in 1910 to cry
his wares
HAYDEN got the attention of a group
Of magnates and in auctioneer fashion
began to tell what he had in stock.
Gentlemen" he said. I've got an
ou~thelder. Good arm, fast on his feet.
can MT 800 in any league. young and
aHoltlous. ana gentlemen. there's not
a mark or blemish on him"
Say cried out j. Cal Ewing of the
san Francisco club. who was an in
tsrested and amused listener. what
the h are YOU. anyhow. a ball
nlagnate or a horse traderc"
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They speak of tho mental hazard in
golf ~ Russ Ford. but there is
an even greater mental hazard in
baseball. This is speed. When Cobb
up every inticlder knows he
must handle that hall perfectly aud
get it away in a white fash or Ty will
beat the throw. This causes overanxi-
city and results in many an error that
would never develop with a slower
mar up. Then when Cobb reaches
first. both pitcher and catcher are
keyed up, knowing that only a perfect
pitch cut and a perfect peg through to
second will ever head him off.
You can figure this out for your
self. We have timed it and found
that it requires upon a fast average
about three seconds between the time
a ball is pitched and it is put upon the
base runner by the second baseman.
Cobb. with a good lead, ran travel the
distance in a shade under three Sec
onds. So he will often beat even 4
fast. perfect throw. with not A chance
In the world to get him should either
pitcher or catcher slow UP or work
off line"
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COMPOUND coLossl Al NERVE

Talk about the nerve of some ball
players. 4 veteran manager writes
me. you ought to see the gall dis
PiaSed bN lots of them n~owadays-
usually fellows whose success is still
IN the making and whose future is Of
the uncertain kind. | wrote one such
Noungster the other day. offering him
$40 q month-tllc salary limit for nv
team is $1,000. inc $50 is good money
in that sort Of a league. When the
contract came back he had lifted the
price to S1e5. but that didn't cut near
SO much ice as the changes and inter
lines the boy had woven in. Here
they are:
to slc5. A' 'Fo" |'o
20. Shoes. uniforms and gloves to
he paid for by the club-no deduction
from salary.
-. All fines imposed by umpires to
be paid by the club.
-. In case of accident or illness.
all doctors bills to be paid by the
club.
49, A bonus of SIS to be paid by
the club for my signature to this con-
g. In case Of sale to another club.
shall receive half the purchase
money.
-. Not to be traded to any other
club without d financial consideration.
-. Not to pitch any games in
Whoofsburg. in consideration of which
clause ] agree to pitch double the
usual number of games at Cattstown,
i studied these added starters TO
the contract with much interest, and
could not understand all Of them ex-
cepting the last one. so I wrote the
youngster to ask the idea thereof. He
explained that he had a girl in
WhoofsburE. who didn't care anything
for baseball. SO he wanted to. lay OF
spend his spare time with her
whenever we were In that city. TO
pen FOR this he would pitch
where he used to live. and where he
would like to show himself before his
relatives and neighbors.
Did l sign him: Not yet. We
are still dickering. but I think l will
get him after a little haeelinR. Hon.
est. l want to see what that sort of n
sally guy looks like"
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Teddy and Ty.

(By Grantland Rice.)
What is the secret of Your success"
asked this giddy pair day,
Come across with the tip. confess:
Slip me next to you grandstand
play
How do you stick SIP in the show"
And they looked at me. both Teddy
and Ty.
With II crafty wink as they whispered
low
The batting eye"
"How do ,ou grab off so much pace.
Playing the first and the sporting
pages:
others out of the race.
Booming on through the endless
ages?
Slip me mex to the cards you play.
Come acros with the hig reply"
Eut his was all which they had to
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