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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
President Justice Of Central Associa-
ton Signs. Jesse Price as
His Fourth
Man.
FLEMING TO CENTRAL
Well Known Arbitrator Has Accepted
Job With carson-ottumwa
Has Paid the $500
Guarantee.

President NJ. E. Justice Saturday
completed his list of Central Associa-
tion unlpires for 1912 by signing
Jesse Price, of Lancaster O., an ar
bitrator who comes we'll recommend
ed from the Illinois Missouri league,
where he worked last season The
other three men engaged are the fol-
lowing:
Frank Ager, Toledo, o.
Dick Spencer, Lyons, Kan.
John Boswell, Kewanee, Ill.
President Justice is confident he
has a good umpire staff, having Sc
cured the indicator men from one OF
the longest lists that has ever been
at the disposal of Central Associa-
ltion president.
Recently it was thought that E. E.
Fleming might reconsider Central
Association job, but today President
Justice announced that he had re-
ceived word from Fleming to the eff
feet that the star umpire has signed
with President Carson of the Central
league. Justice practically landed this
4 berth for Fleming as a measure OF
appreciation of the good services the
latter has given in the compact little
c. A. circuit
j President Justice denies the news
paper stories in circulation that OF
tumwa has not yet sent in the S40C
guarantee, which he says has been In
his office for some time. Ottumwa
papers are responsible for the mis-
take, however. due to misleading
! stories from that city.
President Justice has received al
$ interesting letter from Fred p Gamer
on OF Oklahoma City, well-knowr
< baseball man who worked as umpire
in the Central Association severa
" years ago Cameron has been in the
real estate business, but is going te
: give it up to follow baseball again
incidentally he asked for position
D as umpire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
IOWA LEADS IN
RIFLE MATCHES
Scores Announced Saturday Show
Hawkeye Team Still In the
Lead.

I United Press Leased Wire Service1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Iowa uni
versity still leads in the western sec.
tion Of the intercollegiate rifle
matches, according to scores for the
last week, announced here tonight as
follows:
Iowa beat Purdue 955 to 900; Min.
nesota beat Nebraska 946 to Ssl;
California beat Kansas $40 to de-
fault; Michigan aggies beat Arizon'
902 to SIT: Michigan beat st. Thorn
as SSS to S11.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
Entertainment Given by the Athletic
d Association Friday Night a Grand
Success and Pleases
$3.50 Large Audience.
HAWKES. AND WYcoFFE
Solos Were Well Rendered and Choice
Of Selections Met Approval Of
Four Hundred
People.

Four hundred enthusiastic friends
of the Keokuk High School Athletic
Association witnessed the program
school Friday night Fifty dollars were
realized for the benefit Of the associa-
ton and the assembly room was pack
ed to the utmost by the crowd. Many
people who could not procure seats
stood around the wall and endured
many discomforts to be able to see
their favorites perform. 1t was an
nounced that the performance, which
was to have been given again last ev-
ening, has been indefinitely postpon-
ed The money raised by Friday nights
performance will be turned over to
the association for the purpose Of pur-
4 chasing medals for the winners on
the track teams representing differ
ent schools at the tri-state track meet
to be held here in May.
Members taking part were forced
to respond to encore after encore by
the enthusiastic audience.
The solos OF Edward Hawkes., "Ev-
erybody's DOM it, and THE Ragtime
Violin" and ALSO of Joseph Wycoffe in
is..Take little Zip From Father and
Honey Man were loudly applauded
and scored the hit of the evening
Accompanied by the High School
Quartette Hawkes. and Wycoffe sang
Don't Wake Me UP. Am Dreaming
and 81 Want Girl
Kenneth Davidson astonished the
i crowd with his marvellous exhibition
iirof legerdermain and coin manipula
ton
The program as it was given is a
follows. s'seess-, T-s
Selections from "The Heart Break
ers." A. A. Orchestra.
Garry Me Back to Old Virginia,
BOYS Glee Club.
Musical Carlos-B Broom soloist, Ca,
loss Meadqr. Z.
X. IL is .s0,iartette-J. P. Coyle, Il
seph Wycoffe, Edward Hawkes., j
seph Hodge
Prof Keda, Prestidigitateur in ma
velous feats of legerdermain, Kel
meth Davidson
The Rosary-E. Nevin. Girls Gle
Club.
Minstrel Trio--J. P Coyle, JOSEF
Wycoffe. Edward Hawkes.
Selection from Little Miss F'ix-I
A. A. Orchestra.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

The March Baseball Magazine,
which is special Ty Cobb number.
contains the greatest Ty Cobb stories
ever written and many heretofore I'M
published facts about the king of all
ball players
This special issue contains features
on wrestling, boxing, six-day bicycling
ana stories by Hugh Jennings, William
A. Phelon, John Eyers. Alec Mclean.
beside great detective serial story.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
LONG
STRETCH Of GAMES.
Schedule Committee VIII Meet IN
Kewanee Within Next Ten Days
to Adjust the
Chart.
ONE IN OPPOSITION
Necessary to Eliminate Twelve Games
Stretch on Home Grounds Before
1t Is Favored unanI-
mously.
ONE IN OPPOSITION

With one member OF the commit
tee dissatisfied with few minor
points in the chart, President M. r.
Justice announced Saturday that a
meeting of the schedule committee
would be held within the next ten
days, possibly at KewaRee, for the
purpose of bringing about the desired
changes and having the schedule
passed. Members ofSthe committee are
Hugh Hill, president of the Kewanee
club; Tom Hayden, owner OF the
Burlington club, and President JUS
|tice of the league.
The schedule in its present draft
is perfectly satisfactory to two mem
bers of the committee, but the third
member has at least one serious OBJ
lection which he wants removed be-
fore affirming the chart. The schedule
provides in several instances stretches
of twelve games on the home grounds
Some of the clubs do not have to
contend with this difficulty, while
others meet the contingency only
once during the season. For this reas-
on, together with the fact that club
might be going well when the twelve
! game run was struck, caused two of
the committeeman to pass their OBJ
jections by, and favored it, The OBJ
lection in this respect can be re-
moved, however, by breaking up the
stretches but adding to the mileage.
This is a matter which the committee
will decide at an early meeting.
The proposed schedule contains 130
games with an opening May | and q
! closing on Labor day. Galesburg and
Kewanee, Burlington and Ottun1wa
lkuk and Hannibal are paired. Each
club has nine Sunday games at home
but peculiarly none of the clubs have
la Sunday game with the city with
which it Is paired. Because of the
methods OF pairing this difficulty is
mot a serious one, for the natural
: rivalry has not been destroyed. The
cities which are given the opening
games at home have one holiday, The
Fourth of July. The other cities have
!, Decoration day and Labor day. Thi!
lis generally satisfactory, it is thought
1t is pointed out in a description
Iof the. schedule that special attention
has been given to Monmouth ant
: tGalesburg. These teams meet il
: double headers on the opening Sunda,
dates and also meet on Sunday in eacl
city on later date. 1t ia also figure,
that among the other teams, Burlire
ton and Ottumwa are probably tn
greatest rivals because they have bee
;. fighting for first place during the pas
!, two years. For this reason Ottumw
= plays at Burlington on July Fourt
: and Burlington at Ottumwa on Labo
: day. Kewanee and Keokuk will b
: the rivals on holidays. Kewanee play
:. in Keokuk on July Fourth and Keoku
is at Kewanee on Labor day. Rivalr
between these two teams will b
: keen because Pennington, formerl
:. with the Indians, is manager of tn
: Boilermakers. Oh the other elite,
= Hannibal and Muscatine play togetl
!, er on these duties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
Carl Morris and All Palzer will hays

Carl Morris and AL Palzer will haW
to show lot more than they have
been doing in order to jump into the
white hope class from where they are
now. 1t will take a great deal more
than cut lip to compel iii Artha To-
give up the championship. That seems
to be the limit of punishment thai
either OF these claimants for the hlgh'
est honors of pugilism can infict.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

MGaughey writing to the Sporting
News says that it Is practical GER
tainty that Clint Prough, formerly of
the keokuk team, will be on hand to
help Birmingham win pennant this
season. 1t has been understood in
keokuk that Prough was to go to Gin
cinnati and this dope from Birming
ham is quite a surprise to his friends
here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

Col. Matt VIM Is again in the rae
ing business in Juarez after laying on.
for another war scare. Every timsi
the money begins coming good for Jay
colonel the insurrectos start ln'o.
sJuarez and the races called off for =
few days. 1t might be good thing ~
the anti-gamblingites to put the reDe'
on their payroll.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
L.ehioh Beaten.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel,
BETHLEHEM, Pa, Feb. 17.-Hay-
erford college trimmed Lehigh in a
hard fought gymnasium meet here
tonight winning four firsts and three
seconds. the score being 20 to 10.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

Packey Mcfarland must be sel.p'
used to those black eyes by THIS Wv.
Murphy handed him another, man
the second in his (Packeys) ~
career.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
Jack johnson and Jim Flynn Put up
5000 Each In Hands Of Al
Tearney to Appear In
Battle.
PICTURE MAN BUSY
Operator for Johnson-Flynn Feature
Company Was on Job and Did
Not Miss Single
Move.

II United Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, Feb. 1T.-With a moving
picture machine shooting away at
them Jack Curley, Jack Johnson, Jim
Flynn and AL Tearney tonight form
ally completed the ceremony of put
ting up the forfeits" for the worlds
championship battle between Jim
Flynn and Champion Jack Johnson.
The moving pictures were taken by
the Jchnson-Flynn Feature company
owned by johnson and Curley -
which has all the rights" for the big
battle. Certified checks totalling
$4,000 were given into the custody
of Stakeholder Tearney as the cam
era ground out the films. The forfeit
clause of the fight articles was care
fully drawn UP on a typewriter, the
men haggled over the terms, ordered
changes and finally appended their
signatures, all under the camera
thanked by the calciums in the John.
son-Flynn studios on the north side
First Money From johnson.
I Johnson delivered first, putting VI
la $4,000 check. Curley followed with
la like amount and Fireman Flynn
.lgot under the wire with his roll last
1t consisted of large number Of
small checks.
i, Understand boys" he said, as he
handed his pile" to the stakeholder
this is all I've got and I'm not kiss
ing it good bye | expect to get +
, back"
Don't get so far from the camera,
shouted the moving picture man, a
Johnson squared away when he start
ed reading the forfeit clause" "Thi
, don't just suit me, where's my eS
Ipense money, | want to know" dc
manded the black, forgetting that h
, was posing. The typewriter part 0
the stage setting was hauled bac
and an added clause quickly han
mered out. The scenic background G
this picture drama was decorated b
about fifty local sports and news
. paper men. After the lights went on
: Promoter Jack Curley made the TO
lowing announcement:
e w
Battle in Midsummer.
: The battle will take place som
time in July, exact. date not fixe'
Z The place is not determined. | wi
I not announce until May 1, when tn
club TO stage the fight will also /
e selected and will post forfeit {
D $4,000 The battle will take plae
e in this country, if possible, but
e may be held in Australia or France
e 1t was agreed also to change I'll
e articles so that the bout could
G. made a twenty-five round or a fms
s, fight. This was done so that If tt
e battle is staged in foreign countl
g it might be classified as Unite
X bout and not prize fight. The oris
lie nal articles called for finish figf
,e When Curley finished his speech Il
n. automobiles were announced and q
~ hands We're whisked back to Il
le Sherman House where with Curley
:. host luncheon was served.
Stakeholder AL Tearney is the pre-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

The talk Of Jack Johnson and Jim
Jeffries getting together again most
likely had its conception in the fertile
brain of some press agent. 1t is
doubtful if any promoter in the coun
try would take chance on staging a
repetition of the so-called battle of a
few months ago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
| LIGHTWEIGHT
RING CROWDED
Trio Of Stars Are Hurting Challenge.
at one Another Daily, But no
Matches Have Been
Arranged.
GIBBONS EXPECTS TO WIN
Crack Quaker City MiddIeweisht
Thinks He VIII Dispose Of Willie
Lewis In Their Fight
80 Next Week.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-One Round
Hogan, Packey Mcfarland and Owen
Moran are throwing challenges at one
another daily, but despite efforts Of
promoters to match the trio, nothing
has been definitely arranged. Moran
says he is willing to meet any light.
weight in the world and will 60
through all the near champions with
the ultimate result of getting on an
other match with Champion Wolgast
He will start his campaign next Mon.
day night when he meets Joe Bedell,
in ten round bout.
Considers Lewis Easy Mark.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Before leav.
ing for Philadelphia today to meet
Tommy Howell, the Quaker city mid.
dleweight, Mike Gibbons, the st. Paul
weller, said that he considered Willie
Lewis an easy mark and would easily
return engagement next week. The
east side nghter, however, mas train.
ed faithfully and said today that he
would avenge his former defeat.
a.
Struggling Match Promised.
| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-With each
claiming he will knock out his oppon.
ent, Knockout Brown and Matty Bald.
win are training hard for their ten
round bout here next Thursday night
! Each is a slugger and each Is willing
to stand toe to toe and swap punches.
The fans look for a great swatfest.
Redmond Fights Turner.
| Hunted Press Leased Wire Seryicel
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb. 17.-Jack
Redmond, the local lightweight, with
| Ted Murphy. his manager, left tonight
for Memphis where Redmond battles
Charlie Turner in an eight round con.
test Monday night. Murphy today
announced that negotiations are on
for a battle between Redmond and
Joe Mandot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

ident of the Three Eye league and a
Chicago alderman. He was selected
to act in place of Tim Sullivan OF
New York who was originally select
ed as the holder of the forfeits
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

Nebraska for the first time in elsp.
years has come into the fold and ~
scheduled games for her track team
the Big Eight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

1t is very doubtful If Willie Hoppe
will be deposed as king of the 1872
game for some years yet If he con,
tinues to keep up his present form.
In his match with Sutton recently he
played rings around the veteran and to
do that he had to be on edge at all
times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
FenneII Wants Umpire Job.

OTTUMWA, Ia, Feb. 17-Declaring
that his salary arm is not as good as it
used to be, but that his blinks and
voice are the very quintessence of per-
lection, Arthur p. Fennell has applied
to President Justice for a place on the
arbiting staff of the Central associa
ton this coming season. Art. Fennell
whom every Ottumwa bug holds in the
kindliest remembrance, certainly
knows enough about the game to make
him fitted for an umpire, and Presi-
dent Justice will no doubt carefully
consider his application. Art speaks
in kind words of the success Ottumwa
had last year in winning the pennant,
and follows up this joy talk with a
little display of the glooms, saying: "a
had kind of hard luck last summer and
aid not get going until the first of
July. caught cold in my arm in the
spring and did not get right all sea-
sen. | won eight and lost nine"
| Fennell is wintering in Buffalo,
where he is associated with the
Thomas Motor Car Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
FIGHT CARNIVAL
IN CALIFORNIA
Many Fights Of Importance Will be
Pulled Off There Next
Thursday.

[ United Press Leased Wire Service.]
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IL The
eyes of the puglistic world will be focus
ed on California next Thursday when
fighting carnival will be held within
its boundaries. First in Importance is
the featherweight championship con-
test at Los Angeles between Abe At
tell, the title holder, and Johnny
Kilbane, conqueror of Joe Rivers, the
Mexican marvel. This contest will be
refereed by Chas. Eyton, Of Los
Angeles.
Visitors to the Attell camp are di-
vided in their opinion. Many say the
t little Hebrew has slowed up, although
he retains his wonderful cleverness.
He is working none too hard in prep
aration for the bout, his present con-
dition apparently being satisfactory
to him.
kilbane is marvel of activity.
His boxing appears more finished and
he seems to be sturdier than ever
before. Despite the fact that Attell
Will enter the ring a ten to seven
favorite over Kilbane, hundreds OF
Californians are betting real money
that the Clevelander will stow the
champion away, in the belief thai
kilbane's youth, stamina and wallor
will more than Offset Attells clever
ness and experience.
| 1t is pointed out that Attell has no
engaged in a twenty round contest il
! two years, while Kilbane has engag
ed in four marathon contests in thu
last year, winning all of them.
/ Next in Importance is the Klaus
!. Petroskey bout to be staged in Sal
Francisco. Klaus is generally recog
Enized as the middleweight champion
since the death of Stanley Ketche
and although he is meeting har
hitting, aggressive scrapper in tn
Goat Island Sailor, the Pittsburghe
! is confident that he will win by
knockout. This contest will be refer
, eed by Jack Welsh.
Third in the list is the Billy Papkt
. Frank Mantell twenty round battle i
! Sacramento. This bout is arousin
much interest because Papke will a
J, tempt to come back" under his oil
8 manager, Tom Jones, who brougf
i him from obscurity.
8 The Welsh-Britton bout will be sta,
Z ed at the Colma arena here by Jane
!. Coffroth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
Thursday Bouts Scheduled.

Los Angeles-Abe Attell, feather
weight champion, and Johnny Kil-
bane, of Cleveland, twenty rounds
for the title.
San Francisco-Frank Klaus. Pitts
burgh. claimant OF the middleweight
title-twenty rounds with Sailor Pet
roskey.
San Francisco Freddie Welsh,
English lightweight champion, and
Jack Britton, of Chicago, twenty
rounds, winner probably will be
matched with Wolgast.
Sacramento Billy Papke, former
middleweight champion. and Frank
Mantell of Pawtucket. R. l., twenty
rounds
Los Angeles Soldier Elder, q
white hope" and Jim Cameron. negro
twenty rounds, preliminary to Attell
kilbane battle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

Field goals-Schroeder, 4 BIom, 3;
LeFaivre, a. Hoffman, 1 /; Heines, 2;
Heisser, 2; Phillips, /; Lyons, ..
Foul Schroeder, .; Heisser,
l Phillips, |.
Referee SPHINX.
Umpire Allen.
Time keepers Hightshoe and Wor-
ley.
Lumberg.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

Read The Daily ca,e CITY y
per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
Central Assn Briefs

Arthur Fennel, formerly with Ottum-
Wa, has applied to President Justice
for position as umpire. His applica-
ton is now being considered by the
local magnate.
negotiating deal whereby Hannibal
will secure brilliant outfielder in ex-
change for Al Nickeli Another deal
that the Cannibal manager is trying
to pull off is that of a trade involving
Secondbaseman Dave Milligan and a
well known C. A. pitcher.
President Justice has announced
the following men as official scorers
for the coming season: KeolSuk,
Harry c. Fenton; Hannibal, Chas II.
Ling: Kewanee, Harry c. Rose; Mon,
mouth, Cyrus w. Birdenthal; Burling-
ton, Tom Green; Muscatine, Lee G.
Duke Orbach; Ottumwa, E. G. Daugh.
erty and Galesburg still to be decided
Ali the scorers are newspaper men and
have received the endorsement of their
various presidents.
j. X. Walsh is said to be the man
| selected to do the official scoring in
Galesburg this summer. This will
complete the list of scorers for the
| Central association.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18
PAXIUs DEFEAT
FIT. MADISON
Local Team Cleans up on Aggregation
of Basket Ball Players at Y. NJ.
C. A. Saturday Night.

At the Y. NJ. c. A. last night the
Paxius defeated the Fort Madison
team in hard fought game by score
of 16 to 7. Schroeder for the Paxius
team and Heisser of the Fort Madi-
son aggregation were the stars of the
evening. The lineup was as follows:
Paxius Fort Madison
Schroeder philliDs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-18

Continued on page 1o.)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

Bulgaria believes in education. and If
the reports from the front are true it has
paid her well. When the country got its
Independence in 1878 national system of
schools was promptly organized. TIE
law of school attendance Is SO strictly
enforced that in had cases the teachers
and chairmen of local education commit
tees may be fined as well as the par
ents.
The curriculum is of the ''practieaf
type being designed to prepare the BOYS
for the national occupation OF husbandry
and the girls for domestic work. BOYS
are better educated than girls though %
per cent of the schools are mixed and
70 per cent OF the teachers arc men.
DR. Sidonie Weimann, a young woman
physician at the Mannheim city hospital,
has saved the life of a woman patient
by consenting to allow sufficient of her
own blood to be taken to arrest the amaze
mia from which the patient was dying.
Both the patient and her benefactress are
doing we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24
Princess Loves Art

Beautiful women are not always lovers
OF beauty. but every rule has its excep-
ton, and the Grown Princess of Rou-
mania, who is expected In Rome next
week. has, If one may say so, the love of
ioveliness in everything-in dress, orna-
ments, furniture and house decoration
Her palaces in Roumania are impregnated
with the special atmosphere given by an
artistic personality. Every room at Co
troceni, and every piece of furniture, save
those kept for their age and beauty, have
been designed by the princess herself,
and IN some cases these designs were
carved on the wood by her husband In
the Byzantine gold chamber the Princess
Marie sits upon throne of gold, and
hear the throne is gold table covered
with dainty books, jeweled boxes, and old
frames of lovely design and color. Near
at hand is an old and artistic spinning
wheel, and the grand piano has a cover
Of gold strewn with great sprays of AS
cension lilies. In truth, lilies are every
where, as the lily is the prineesss favor
ite flower. Then the Palace of Sinais-
the summer palaee-contains a bedroom
which is model of loneliness. The room
IS in many shades of blue, darker upon
the lower part Of the wall, but with a
design on it of white lilies. Here at Sin
ais the princess has her summer house
called THE Nest" little dwelling built
between the trunks of four fir trees
Where It's owner sits and dreams, and
sometimes has small, exclusive parties
The announcement that part OF the