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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-17
RELIC OF THE DAYS OF GOLD
Rare Coin Minted In CALIFORNIA; In.
fancy Brought to the Notice
Of Collectors.

An extremely rare gold coin Of the
pioneer period Of California. valued at
several thousand dollars. has just
come to the notice OF coin collectors.
The design Of the newly discovered
variety. which is OF the denomination
Of Ave dollars. shows the letters y.
s. O." in the center OF the field.
around the border being United
States Of America. Cal" On the re-
verse, in two lines. Is the denomina.
ton, IS Dolls" around the border be-
ing twenty one stars. II was issued
by q private assaying firm at Sacra.
mento In l9&s. In that year the Arm
Of ]. 8. Z william NJ Ormsby was
formed for the purpose Of refining the
gold and forming It into i've and ten.
dollar pieces. to be used - currency.
For many years 1t has been known
that the Arm Of Ormsby 4 Co. had
issued Q tendollar piece. which IL Of
great rarity. only three specimens BE-
ins known. one Of which IL In the
mint At philadelphia. The design Of
the tendollar piece IL similar to that
Of the ave dollars. although there are
,hirty-one stars around the denomina.
don on the reverse representing the
number OF states In the Onion upon
the admission Of California. The last
time the tendollar piece was offered
At sale Was At the disposal Of the An.
drew zabriskie collection. when II
realised 1880.
The rare nve-dollar piece has since
$40 been In collection made nv
Jacob 2. Moore Mr.. Moore was a,
one time the librarian Of the New
York Historical society. His father.
Jacob p. Moore. sr.. vas the ar,,
noatmsster Of San Francisco
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-13

LaPorte, George Keeling,
II, of wealthy family, arrested.
Forged for wedding trousseau
for sweetheart. Father refuses
help.
Lisbon.-Bomb thrown into
political meeting of Republican
officers. 2 killed, 6 injured. Sew
eral royalists arrested.
London.-Thief cut bottom of
grip belonging to Maurice Rhein-
hold, Paris. Stole $4,000 worth
of jewelry.
Perth Amboy, N. J.-Police
shot 3 factory strikers, l fatally,
for picketing.
Washington.-Sen. Shively will
nominate Gov. Marshall, Ind, as
Democratic candidate for presi-
dent at Baltimore convention.
New York.-Sufragettes not
tickled when told Roosevelt had
declared for equal suffrage. Some
sarcastic. Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont
hopes he'll change his mind.
Pekin, ,Ill.-C. H. Ireland,
Washburn, ILL.,, elected president
Group 2, Illinois Bankers Assn.
Baltirnore.-Rep. Daniels idea
of making second man on presi-
Dental ballot Democratic candi- |
date for vice pres. meeting with |
chilly reception by Judson Har-
mons managers.
St. Louis.-Eugene ". Debs,
Socialist nominee for president,
to open campaign here June %.
C-sH-II 4
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-13

Vincennes, Ind.-Frank Dan<
iels, IS, camper, tried long-dis-
lance swim in Wabash river. Body
/ recovered.
Athens, Tenn.-Mrs. ]. B. Bog
CESS, suicide. Found by son. Grief
over death of husband.
Muscatine, Ia.-Iowa Fedora
ton of Labor has condemned ].
T. Adams, Dubuque, candidate
for Republican national commit
teeman.
Las Vegas, N. M.-Jack John
son sent names of Ed w. Smith,
Jack WEIGH, Ed Cochrane and
Mark Levy to Jim Flynn to pick
referee of Fourth of July fight.
Cheyenne, Wyo.-2 dead, 200
homeless and thousands of dol
lars damage done by cloudbursts.
Minneapolis, Minn.-Mrs. C.
Swanson, 65, killed by jump from
third-foor window. Husband, A.
Swanson, 20, smothered to death
by smoke in fire. 8 women and
children saved.
Logan, O.-Jack Taylor, base
ball pitcher, former Chicago Cub,
injured when auto turned turtle,
will die.
Washington. = Senator Root
held conference with Taft. Dis
cussed platform that Root and
Prof. Butler, Columbia, are writ
ing for president.
Los Angeles.-Clarence Oar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
JOHNNY LORE BEATS
 JCE C0STER IN HARD GO

In a hard and one sided bout that went the limit of ten rounds. Johnny Lore outpointed Joe Coster of Brooklyn by wide margin at the Fiorty-fourth Street Sporting Club last night Three times Lore knocked Coster down, but with the courage of despair the Brooklynite fought on and at the last bell was his feet, dazed and weak, with his left eye carrying a lump the size of an egg Several times Coster made rallies and came back hard in an effort to turn the battle in his fa- vor. Coster'e exhibition of courage was remarkable and earned for him more hearty applause than that handed out to Lore.
 Lore dropped Coster twice in the third round for the count of nine. ? ,ch time Lore flopped Joe to the mat with a hard right hook to the jaw. The first time Coster fell, he toppled over backward, his head resting on the lower rope. When he arose Joe was dazed and groggy and an easy mark for another. right to the face. This time Joe fell in the middle of the floor. He writhed and twisted and got up just in time to prevent being counted out. Coeter wobbled all over the ring and managed to stall out the round.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
CORBETT'S WEEKLY
 BOXING REVIEW
PACKEY M'FARLAND SHOULD
 TAKE ON JACK BRETON SOON

that is at present impossible owing to the few pounds difference in the scales of the different countries. Fur thermore that figure would probably better suit Ritchie himself, and would also permit of such cracking good Farland and Jack Britton entering the lists as competitors for the title.
 Jose Rivers turned the tables on Joe Mandot and the reversal of form was startling to a degree. Those who thought Rivers could come back so successfully after the licking Mandot gave him last September were in the minority as the betting in Rivers home town, Los Angeles indicated. The Mexican so cleanly outpointed and outfought Mandot that there re- mains no doubt of his superiority. Truly Thanksgivingn was a day of surprises.
 Jack Britton is cutting a wide swath these days. His latest victim was Young Saylor, the Indianapolis lightweight of whom great things were predicted in the fighting line. A couple of months ago when Brit ton and Saylor met in Boston and the latter was so badly worsted the crit- ics accused him of fouling to avoid being put away, stated in this col urnn that Britton had demonstrated he was the better boxer and outcloss- ed the Indianapolis lad. The lat ter's manager took exception to my remarks and in a letter to the press intirnated that I was prejudiced and that Say1or had been given the worst of it by the referee, or words to that effect With no desire to rub 1t in. but in justice to myself I wish to say that I do not allow friendship or prejudice to influence me where 8 matter of comparative skill of boxers is concerned. At the time I was convinced Britton was the better man and frankly said so. The result Of last weeks battle at Dayton, Ohio. proves had the boys sized up right.
 Pactrey Mcfarland maintains a dis erect silence when the subject of boxing Jack Britton is mentioned. Can it be that the marvelously clever Packey has outgrown the ''rnis s-fiu'' class which he and Britton have long ornamented. Mac has several times been on the verge of getting a crack at the lightweight championship only to have something interfere and up- set the plans and now when the title has changed hands and the probabi1- ity that the weight limit is to be rais- ed, it in hard luck indeed if he has grown too heavy to make the 135 pound mark. I know Packey has been piling up weight for a long time and the process of taking off the poundage becomes a great task. At the same time I think a matter of a few pounds one way or the other would make little difference so far as Britton is concerned. At any rate we would like to hear from McF7ar- land about the proposed Britton, match or his friends will begin to be- 1ieve the report that he intends to re- tire from the ring, while the knock CTS will boldly assert he is afraid to take a chance with the skillful Brit ton. eE
 JAS. J. coRBETT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07

Building permits with an aggregate value of $21 ,652 were issued during the past week, as follows:
 W. w. Boeru1n, frame office build ing, south side of Marion street.
 Francis A. F1ansburgh frame gar age, east side of Brewster street.
 H. Bradley, frame garage, east side of Main street.
 IWm. Carroll, two-family frame dwelling, south side of .Westfeld ave nue. H
 Joshua Feltzer, remodel frame gar age with dwelling, east side of Colo rado avenue near Fairfield avenue.
 Thomas Arnold. owner of land. the H. O. Garfield O., owner of building, brick building for vtllcanizer, rear of ease side of Main street.
 The Home Brewing Co.,, change plumbing in store, corner Main and High streets.
 C. ". Bruelxer, one story cement block garage, west side of Asylum street.
 William Winter, one family frame dwelling, north side of Seamon street.
 Edward Hayes, one family frame dwelling, west side of Wayne street.
 Acme Shear Co.,, blick power house, south side of Hicks street
 M. A. Mcfarland, two family frame dwelling south side of Howard Place
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
(Ry Wagner.)

Every day brings forward 8 few more candidates for the main bout in the Acorn A C. boxing show. Young Dyson and Freddy Bosse are the lat est names to be mentioned. The pro motors of the show will gather tonight and decide the question. The contest has narrowed down to a choice be- tween Al Belmont and Joe Shea or Dyson and Bosse. There have been as many names mentioned for this bout as for the job Of managing the New York Americans. The dfsap- pointed boxers will pIbbably hold 8 mass meeting and pass resolutions.
 The only man who has his job cinched is Harry Quinn, who has con- scented to hold the official turnip and keep time. If they tried to give Harry the gate the members of the Harry P. Quinn Marching & Chowder Club would walk out and leave the show flat
 The Washington Glee Club will bring down a delegation Of 1,200 rooters on December to cheer the football war riors in their battle against the Yost team at Yost field. The fact that this enga cement is for the State football title has aroused great interest and Yost field will probably be crowded when the teams get together.
 The G1ee Club rooters will be mass ed on the west side of the field. They have a. number of new songs and cheers with which they will rega1e the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
0UEAL TO COACH
 RUNNERS AT YALE
ENGAGED AT BIG SALARY TO
 HELP ELLIS DOWN HARVARD

Billy Cueal, the American ten-mile professional title holder. has been en- gagged to take charge of Yale's cross country runners. Queal will start in upon his new duties about January Is, according to the announcement made last night by Johnny Mack, head coach of the track and field material at Yale.
 The engagement of Queal was di- rectly due to the advance of Harvard in this line of sport and Yale is es- pecially anxious to at least get on an equal footing -fth the Cambridge lads. Al Shrubb, one of the greatest pro- fessional runners that ever wore a spiked shoe, Is in charge of the rum ners there and to him is given all the credit for the Crimson victory in the intercollegiate cross country run at Ithaca recently.
 It is understood that Quea1 comes at a big salary. the figures having not
 oueal is going to compete in the fifteen mile run at PowderhaT, Scot land. on New Years Day and will sail a few days later so that he can report to Mack by January 15 at the latest He has accepted Mack's terms and everything else has been satisfac- torily arranged
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
PENN MAY PLAY
 YALE AT FOOTBALL
REPORT THAT QUAKERs WILL SUCCEED WEST POINT ON
 SCHEDULE.

Philadelphia, Dec. 7-Reports from New Haven indicate that the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania is likely to re- place the Army team on Yale's foot ball schedule next season. The matter has progressed so far according to in formation received here, that all that is necessary is for the authorities of the two colleges to come together and agree upon arrangements.
 Chairman Porter, who will retire from the football committee next Mon day. is believed to have conducted the negotiations for Pennsylvania. He asked for the place on the Yale sched- ule, and an. announcement is to be made when the new football chairman is named to succeed him.
 It is known that the Pennsylvania football committee has been hard at work to prevail upon Eli to accept the Red and Blue as a gridfron opponent The attitude of Yale toward this pro- position is best reflected in the news that has come from New Haven
 It :e said on good authority here that Yale Is through with West Point, and the fact that the football commit tees at both Yale and Pennsylvania re fuse to deny the continued report is considered proof that the game Is to be arranged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
ATHLETES WANTED TO
 60 AGAINST NEW HAVEN

The local r. M. c. A. has issued a call for all possible track material to put in an appearance and get in shape for the indoor dual meet to be held at the New Haven r. M. c. A. Saturday, the 21st of this month. The usual good local team is in prospect. The contest should be full of keen conpe- ton, as New Haven is reputed to be strong
 Tn events scheduled are the 100 yard dash, the one-ha1f mile run, the 120 yard potato race. the shot put, the running high jump, the running broad jump and the mile relay Although the team is by no means chosen, the following men look good for the fol- lowing events:
 100 yard dash-B. Swanson, G. Ris- ing and David Berg1und.
 Running High Jump-Carl Sauer, Seitzburg Hawley and Bitzer.
 Running Broad Jump-C. Sauer, D. Berglund. Joe Comnette-
 One Mile Relay-Richard Wercf1an, Louis Kochiss, Alfred Meyers, R. Spei- ser, Gus Rising. Carl Johnson.
 Half Mile+Richard Werchan, R. Speiser, G. Rising, Fro1ander, Short.
 Eight Potato Race-R. McKie, R. Werchan, Walter Harrington.
 Shot Put-C. Sauer, Eric Rising, Joe Commette, Carlson.
 An opportunity for a. try-out will be given any member of the club who wishes to compete. Places are given according to ability.
 A return meet will be held in Bridge port on Feb. 22-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
BRICKLEY GETS HONCRS
 FROM FELLOW TOWNSMEN
Home Folks in Everett and Capt. Wendell of Harvard Dine
 HaIfhaCk

Everett, Mass. Dec. T-The brilliant Crimson halfback, Charles Brickiey of Everett, and his brother, George Brickley. the equally brilliant Everett High school football team captain, were honored Thursday night at For esters' hall, when the members of the Everett Catholic Club rendered them a reception and banquet as tribute to their great prowess on the gridtron this fall
 Ever since the Yale game plans nave been under way for this celebration and the affair was one of the greatest com plimentary tributes ever given to Everett citizens.
 Captain Percy Wendell, this years captain of the Harvard varsity. was the guest Of honor, along with the Brickley brothers. and the exchange of compliments that passed between Charles Brickley and his captain was the feature of the evening.
 Charles Brickley said that Percy Wendell was the most unselfish man he had ever met.
 He was constantly sacrificing him self all season in order to give other men a chance,'' said Brickley.
 .In the Princeton game he gave way to Bradley, who had never played on a winning big team and then when the game was over he gave me the ball with which we played Prince ton"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
BRITISH BOXING FANS HONOR MEMORY OF
 BENJAMIN BRAIN

British boxing fans will today recall the vanished triun1phs Of Benjamin Brain, the undefeated heavyweigflt champion of Eng land who was vanquished by death 11S years ago. Wreaths of flowers will bedeck the tomb of the eighteenth century cham pioll-a tomb which bears the following epitapll, said to have been written by a fellow pugi- list:
 Farewell, ye lsonors of my
 Victorious wreather, farewell: One blow from death has laid
 By whom such brave ones fell. Yet bravely I'll dispute the
 Nor yield, though out of
 breath:
 'Tis not a faiI-I yet shall rise. And conquer even Death.
 Benjamin Brain became champion of England by defeat ing Tom Johnson. a porter from the London docks who had sIac- ceeded to the title after the death of Harry Sellers. AL though Johnson was a great fighter. famed for speed, strength and genera1sf1ip in the ring, he was no match for Brain in the championship battle I,uII- ed off at Wrotha1n, Kent, Jan. 17, 1791. In the very first round Brain felled the champion, who was so badly shaken up that he lost the coOlness that had be- fore always distinguished him. Johnson, .enraged, went at his opponent like a mad bull, which was exactly what Brain want ed. In a slugging match, such as developed, Johnson was no match for the bigger and stronger brain. and at the end of tVenty-one minutes of fight ing Brain was tEae undisputed heavyweight champion of Eng land. He was still at the height of his powers when he died on Dec. 2, 1797, and had never known defeat. His successor was Daniel Mendoza, the first Hebrew to hold a pugiIistfc title.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
NAULIFFrE BOUT AROUSES
 INTEREST OF LOCAL FANS

The McAu1iffe-Fs1emin go, schedul- ed to take place in South Norwa1k, at the Auditorium, on Tuesday even ing next, is attracting much local in terest, and one of the largest crowds that ever left this city to attend 8 box ing match, is expected to make the trip. The local boy certainly has 8 great following of loyal rooters, as was clearly indicated at the recent McAu- when over 400 Bridgeport enthusiasts were present. Next Tuesdays light is expected to prove the toughest the home boy has yet been engaged in. Fleming is a real top-notcher and has met all the classy boys in the feather weight division McAuliffe is training faithfully and promises to be in grand shape. A splendid card Of preliminar- les has also been arranged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
DdOHTCANS SAY THEY
 DEFEATED BURR ROADS

sportingEditorof The Farmer:
 We, the Mohican Jrs. wish to state that we defeated the Burr Road A. c. Sunday at the Circus lot and that we have played them twice in their back yard. The first game in which the Burr Roads defeated. the Mohicans, and the first part of the second game were played with the crowd massed all around so the Mohicans could not work their famous shifts, but when the last quarter of the game Sunday was played on open field the Mohi- cans showed their rights to the cham pionship by rushing the ball to the Burr Roads one half yard line. Then the row started among the spectators in which the players took part and the result was the running of the Burr Roads off the field. The referee ordered them to finish the game as there was three minutes to play but they refused, thereby showing their yellow streak Then the Mohfcans put the ball over and the umpire awarded them the game by forfeit If the Burr Roads want another game the Mohicans will play them at Lenox field.
 (Sfgned) MOHICANS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
SAM CRAWFORD OF
 DETROIT TEAM IS
 AFTER MORE MONEY

Detroit Dec. 7-Sam Crawford, T1- ger outfielder, has joined the holdout club for the first time in his life. His ''peeve'' is that he has been asked to play first base for the same salary he took down for chasing Speakers three-base hits According to Sam, first base is the hardest position on the diamond to play and is worth con- siderably more than an outfielder's job.
 anywhere else Jennings wants to put me- said Sam, ''but not unless I get the salary I want. A first basenan has to get hundreds of throws from all angles, and in every position, with men tearing into him at full speed. He may get hundred and no thanks. but if he misses one he is banned to cinder.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
WANT WELSH TO
 BOX RITCHIE OR PACKEY M'FARLAND

New York, Dec. 7-The Garden Ath- 1etic Club has opened negotiations for 10 round bout between Freddie Welsh, England's lightweight cham pion, and either Packey Mcfarland or Willie Ritchie, who recently won the worlds title from Ad Wolgast. Since Ritchie's manager has demanded a ctiy,eit is more probable that McF'ar- land will be matched with the Briton-
 Welsh a and Mcfarland have boxed three times, a total Of 55 rounds. If Welsh decides to box Mcfarland he will sail from England, next week, so that the bout can be staged early in January.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
COBB RECEIVES S39.65 FOR EVERY
 HIT HE MAKES

Every time Ty Cobb made a base hit during the season of 1912 he earned $3y.65 according to figures of Herman Wecle in the St Louis Times, and according to the same busy little sta tistician in 1910 he was paid at the he made $3S.29 per swat, fielding and base running not being considered in figuring his compensation. Does it pay to play baseball? Tyrus Ray S. GOO for his services each of the last three years Now Tvs contract is run out and he wants another calling for $6, GOO more. and may get it.
 In the last three years, according to wecke, Ty has made 671 hits, while his salary for the same length of time paid mas m for @a,n hiss ee e,one re he n Sonid have received more than $40 for each safety, which is some payment for swinging a bat and hitting the ball
 If Cobb were getting paid for this alone, his most profitable year so far would have been 1s10 In that season he made 196 hits at a salary of 5000, which would have given him $45.92 for each bingle. That's a whole lot more than the average workingman receives for a weeks hard labor. so it can be seen at a glance that it pays to be the best ball player living
 In 1911 Ty made 148 bingieS foG which he received an average of $se.29
  when the amount of stipend IS taken into consideration, but at that it is a very nice little sum. For each hit in the 1912 campaign he gathered in $3s.e5 All in all, he received for each bingle in the last three seasons the wee sum of $40.25 each.
 ! The demon Tiger outfielder started his professional baseball career in 1904, when he played the start of the sea- son for the Anniston, Ga, team and swatted .370. He~then went to Au- gusta, where he stayed until the wind up of 1905, when he went to the Tf- gers, and with which team he has done such wonderful work with the bat.
 He batted 300 his first year in the ma jors and then just kept getting bet ter all the time. His best year with the bat was in 1911, when he led the league with APO. Last setason he hit 40 and also topped the batters in the Ban Johnson organization. The de- mon Tiger has led the league in hit ting for the last six years straight. His grand average since he has been playing baseball is .361.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
YALE PREP FRESHMEN RETTER DEVELOPED THAN
 HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS

examination of the Yale Freshmen shows that men coming from pre- paratory. schools are better developed than those from high schools. AS to the age, the class of 1916 is older than most entering classes. the aver age being 19 years, one month.
 The height of the class ranged from feet one inch to feet 3.6 inches and the weight from 1O1 to 22O pounds. E. W. Hubbard. with 1,658.1 points, is the strong man of the class.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
BICYCLE RIDERS HURT
 IN COLLISION AT GARDEN

New York, Dec. 7-Charlie Stein is nursing sundry bruises and bumps. to- day. as a result of his spill, last night, in the motorcycle race with Jimmy Hunter at Madison Square Garden. Stein lost control of his motor on the second mile and, after racing wildly for more than 100 feet, crashed into enc of the uprights at a turn He was thrown down the mbankment and into the infield. He shut off his power as he struck the post so the ma chine did not run into the crowd.
 The 1912 carnival of indoor cycling was opened with series of short dis tance races as a preliminary to the six-day grind which starts at mid night Sunday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-07
THIS DATE IN
 PUGILISTIC ANNALS

19O6-Abe AttelI knocked out Jimmy Walsh in 9th round at Los Angeles.
 19o8-Joe Jeannette outpointed Mor- ris Harris in 6 rounds at Phfladel- pllia.
 1909-Jack cTwin) Sullivan defeated Bill McKinnon in 12 rounds at Bos- ton.
 I911-Joe Jeanette knocked out Jewey Smith in 3rd round at New York