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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
WOULD HAVE
SANE AUTO Law
Judge Halstead of Kansas
City Voices Desire of
Motorists.

That automobile laws should be
sane and practical common sense
should be used in the enforcement
of the same is the opinion of IA prom
inent judge of Kansas City. In order
to mete out Justice and make the
punishment ft the crime Judge f. f..
Halstead of Kansas City got a
thorough working knowledge of an
automobile. His idea is that liberal
ity and sanity should be the basis
for the framing of all laws.
First. we must accept the auto
mobile as a permanent and import
ant part of u traffic." said Judge
Halstead. Then we must regulate
its speed signal. lights and other
things in the same wise. practical
way that we regulate other traffic
problems. with an Y to the rights
of all concerned. In fixing fines no
set rule can be followed. A decision
should be based upon the peculiar
circumstances involved.
The limit fine in our city Is 5000
but l rarely fine a motorist more than
$50. Nothing is gained by excessive
ines. The idea is to make the Of
fender feel that he cannot escape just
punishment. We have an advantaee
here in that all appeals in these cases
are heard within two weeks, which is
SO short a time that witnesses will not
go away or forget.
I'VE have little trouble over the
arning signal problem. Here again
the magistrate must exercise good
sense. A signal is meant to warn
and 1t must have that power in every
way. 1t stands to reason that it must
be abrupt and harsh and loud enough
to always be heard. If any one makes
a nuisance of it bv sounding it un-
necessarily. the man is at fault, not
the signal. No motorist need fear
punishment here who uses his signal
properly as the body of motorists do.
And so with the muffler cut-ofy
and the smoke nuisance. The use Of
the former is not necessary, so it is
viewed as fnexcusahle. In starting A
car a little smoke is unavoidable, but
the continuous smoking is a nuisance
that will not he tolerated. In nv
opinion we will never by
drastic restriction. but wise regulation
Is the solution to these problems"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06

be made of his defeat and but few ex-
cuses made for him. The narrowest
escape he has had of his sort was
when his match with Mcfarland,
scheduled for ten rounds. in Milwau-
kee, some months ago, was called off.
Champion No Boxer.
Wolgast is essentially a fighter. with
but little claim to boxing skill. and
In a short bout he is at Il. disadvant-
age. His stage bouts probably were
the poorest ever given by a champion
and nc IS likely to be badly outpointed
by Willie Richie. at one time his
stable mate, when the two meet for
tot rounds on May IL. Just what
the purpose is of this match. by the
way, no one seems to know, unless it
is to get a little change and advertis-
ing. because four rounds for Wolgast
VIII demonstrate nothing, unless it is
that he has gone back so far as the
result OF an operation for appendicitis
that he is done for as a fighter. If it
Is intended as a try-out.. then it must
be to ascertain how bad, and not how
good, he is.
Mcfarland has no title to risk. and
If he should be defeated at any time
after having made a low weight ample
EXCUSES will be found for him and he
Will have lost but little prestige. If
the Chicago boy wants to annex a
championship he should go after the
Welterweight title and in that division
ne VIII n some good material, and
ne VIII have a chance to show his real
class as a fighter. OF course, he NAV
nave to concede some weight and then
the shoe will be III the other foot,
put ne has speed. skill. gameness and
and he may have this with added
weight.) and it would not be at all
surprising to see him the welterweieht
champion. Either this or he should
leave tn little fellows alone, and re-
main in the class where he is, and
where, incidentally. there is but little
competition.
Seems to Lack a Punch.
In his match with Wells. Mcfarland
rare ability. but seemed to lack a
punch necessary to put on the finish
ing touch. Jabs. swings and upper
cuts were at his command, and he
landed all with an accuracy that
stamped him as a grand Judge of dis
tance But at the finish Welsh was
nghting hard and no more tired than
mcF.arland. though he had missed
many times n had received MANY
blows. AS a matter of fact. neither
boxer seemed to have taxed the limit
OF his strength. and in the entire ten
rounds there was nothing approach
ing a knockout. Towards the close
Wells was swinging hard at his clever
opponent. without being able to land.
while Mcfarland continued to SLAP
away. landing with ease and scoring
points. but otherwise doing little dam
&c: This is the Mcfarland style. He
seldom tries to win by n knockout
against a good man. and never in this
way exposes himself to danger. He
believes in the science of boxing as
against indiscriminate slugging and
u to a minimum all chances of
risk.
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Mcfarland says he is perfectly Will
ng to meet Wolgast at 1875 pounds. but
that A championship battle seems out
of the question. The lightweight linn
1t in this country has been set at 1913
pounds, ringside. though some au-
thorities hold to the opinion that l35
pounds, ringside. was h mark set in
the original draft of the Q~ueensberry
rules. and that 1913 pounds was pro-
vided by the London prize ring rules:
But there is nothing in the adopted
%Queensberry rules of today that stipu-
lates the weight. and in this country
1873 pounds has been agreed upon as
the lightweight limit, and has pre-
vailed for many years.. with titles pass
ing at that figure. In England the
prevailing figure is 1885,.
There is no good reason why VOL
CAST should meet Mcfarland or any,
one else at more than 1873 pounds IN
a battle involving the championship
title and he is strictly within his
rights in refusing to do so. Further
more there is no good reason why the
weight limit should be raised to meet
the requirements Of boxers who find
themselves too heavy to box in the
Lightweight class. 1t Is a mooted ques-
ton If Mcfarland could make even
135 pounds ringside and be strong
enough to carry him through a leng-
thy battle, say of forty rounds or
more. He prefers his matches made
at 1875 pounds. weigh in at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon of the day of battle,
and then enters the ring weighing 1873
pounds or more. as was the case when
he met Matt Wells. The fact is Nc
Farland is a light welterweight and
finds it exceedingly hard to find profit
able matches at such weight as he
likes best. He is an exceedingly clever
boxer, but for all that he rarely gives
away poundage and generally has an
advantage.
Wolgast a, Real Lightweight.
On the other hand. Wolgast has
no trouble making 1873 pounds ring
side, and has shown a willingness to
meet anyone who will come in at that
figure or under. That is all that a
be required Of him. and there are
ision entitled to a try at the title with
out his being cajoled into a match
with someone outside Of his class
with prospects of nothing but financial
gain and perhaps a beating. and If
the latter happened 1t would depre-
ciate his value even though 1t did not
rob him of the title. A few setbacks
Of this sort would rob him Of conf
dence and strength and he would like
~ fall q victim of early defeat to an
inferior man in his own class that at
present doesn't rank with him.
Inducements are offered Wolgast to
allow Mcfarland to come in at 1856,
or even 1873, pounds ringslde in a short
bout of six to ten rounds. but If the
lightweight champion shows the same
discretion from 10Y on as he has in
the past he will not be led astray. In
a short bout. even at the low weight
mentioned. Wolgast would have but
little chance against a man of McFar.
lands skill. and before he could sc.
cure one at all. much capital would
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Beating Nelson
Gave Jap Forces
Him to Retire
bantamweisllt Togo So Badly Pun.
ished HcSI1as to Give Up
the Game.

Fort Smith, Ark. May Sword
mas come from New York that Young
Togo. the sensational bantamweight.
mas retired from the ring because of
the effects Of the terrific punishment
that he has received. If this report
is true it marks the passing Of a
tighter that many ring experts look
ca upon as a successor Of Johnny
Coulon In the bantamWeight division.
Iogo's last fi~''+ was in Fort Smith,
in February. with Rattlin gNelson,
who endeavored to put the Jap out in
six rounds. but failed. although he
administered the most fearful pun
ever seen in a local ring. To-
80 went into the ring weighing about
12O pounds, while Nelson. fresh from
a vacation at Hot Springs. weighed
over lao. Togo has no cleverness,
but has depended upon his endur-
ance. ability to take punishment. and
a hard punch. to carry him through.
Togo Badly Punished.
When the fight with Nelson began.
1T was seen that at least the Battler
had found a man that he could out
box. Togo is a favor fighter; that is,
he protects his face and lets the rest
of his anatomy go. In other words.
he was made to order for Nelson's
style of fighting. and for six rounds
" iisiitei III the world mas rObab
received such body punishment as
Togo.
After the fight Manager Eddie
Robinson cancelled his other matches
with Togo to take place here. and
went to California. Robinson admit
ted that his fighter was i'll. hut said
it was malaria. Togo has been in Sc
clusion ever since. and the report. by
the way of New York. that the little
Jap's ring days are over. is taken
here to be true. 1t was the matching
of the little Jap against men above
his weight that probably proved his
Robinson was . severely
criticised after the Nelson fight for
allowing his man to go up against
the weight and class of Battling Nell
son.
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TAYLOR OPTIMISTIC.

The Superior Red Sox. last
years champions of the Mime
wisconsin league. have been
reduced to four. possibly five. of
the Old team through the drafting
OF DahlSren. Bancroft, Dolan and
Ruling of the National commits
sion, making free agents of Lam
dry. Bennett. Hoffman. Lippold
and L%izzenetto, but Manager Tay-
or has secured several stars in
Dunn. Roy and Anderson. from
other clubs. Anderson was for
merry on the Winnipeg team.
Ford PLAYED in 1908 at Brandon,
under the name Of Mills: both are
catchers. Their players are
Rhodes. Jensen. Vance, Ursella.
Chase. Barr. pitchers; Dunn, first
base; Taylor, second; Roy. third;
Briggs. short: Olson. left: Francis
center and Hyzer, right. The club
is contemplating purchasing sew
eral pitchers whom l have chan
ces to obtain. which will positive
ly make the team as strong. if not
stronger, than last year. and n
team of that cal!ore is SIRE 10
show in the lea u Of this elias.
Rhodes and Jensen. two young
pitchers with Superior last year.
both OF whom won over half of
their games. r rounding into
grand shape. and I think that
both will advance this year. the
same as l predicted last spring in
the cases of Dahlgren and Ban
croft. The city is baseball crazy,
The team has been working out
since April 20. at Rockford, H.
linois. and Dubuque. Iowa, return
ing here May l. and although adj
verse weather conditions have
made practicing hard outside Of
pitchers, the team is in fair shape.
All share opinion that the new
league will be n bowling c
and that the attendance in Superb
or will surpass that Of all previ-
Gus years.
kid Taylor.
Manager Superior Club" =
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
Chicago Again.

Chicago. MAY s.-Chicaeo increased
its lead in top position in the Ameri-
can league to three full games defeat
ing Cleveland > to /. Neil Ball. ia
nous for making a triple play unas-
sisted. practically gave Chicago the
game. He held the ball after failing
10 catch Collins stealing second in the
sixth inning. and watched Bodies race
home with the winning run. Bodie
scored both runs. and also made two
doubles. Score:
r. H. f.
Chicago IS o
CloNeiand 9 1
Batteries: Chicago. M%oeridge and
Block: Cleveland. kahler and Easter
Is.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
TOO MUCH RAIN
FOR FAST BALL

University I. Mayville 4.
Playing loose baseball in a drilling
rain. the University of North Dakota
nine Saturday succeeded in winning
from the team representing the May
vile normal.
This vas the first am for the uni
Versity n while it was far from be-
ing fast-the weather making real
baseball almost impossible-it showed
that Doc" o'Keefe has some good
material in line and that with a little
more practice the ~" aggregate
can %develope into a classy bunch
The star feature of the ga
the home run by Erickson. y
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O'BRIEN LIKES LEAGUE.

The interest shown at Superb
or. Duluth. Winnipeg and Grand
Forks indicates a good season for
the Central International league.
Superior and Duluth are now
playing exhibition games. l also
hear that Brandon would like to
come in. would like to see
Brandon i'm with Winnipeg" as
the baseball fans Of Winnipeg
and Brandon always treated
the Duluth club fine. and
they always found the fans of
both cities good and loyal to their
club. and treated the visiting club
fine. Wishing the international
league a successful season.
Darby O'Brien, Manager Duluth
Baseball Club"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
new RECORD
BY TETzLAFF
Fiat Car Travels 3O3 Miles
in 3 Hours, 48 Minutes
and ~ Seconds.

Santa Monica: Cal. May S.-By
covering the 303.012 miles of the San
ia Monica road race course SATURDAY.
IN three hours, forty-cight minutes
and ~forty-two seconds. Teddy Tetzlaff.
driving a Fiat car, broke the existing
track n worlds record. His aver
age speed for the race was 1879 miles
an hour.
Caleb Bragg. also driving a Fiat.
drove into second place with David
Bruce-Brown in a Benz third. The
last 100 miles of the race developed
a gruelling three-cornered battle
among the trio. who finished inside
the prize money. Tetzlaff, who as
a lead at the outset. however.
was never headed. although Bruce
Brown. who drove a steady, consistent
race. at n time was within eight sec
nds of the winner.
Bruce-Brown was forced into third
place hen Bragg. with a phenomenal
burst of speed, closed up a gay Of sew
eral seconds on the last two laps. Bar
ney Oldfield, who today celebrated his
return to the motor racing game. was
one OF the remaining five entries that
were ragged off the course when the
winning trio had finished.
Oldfeld drove a splendid race and
remained in second position, close to
Ietzlaff, until tire trouble put him out
of the running. About l5O, 1000 per-
sons saw the race. Weather and track
conditions were ideal. Ralph De Pal
ma and George Joerman carried away
the honors in the medium and light
car events respectively, De Palma
plotting a Mercer, which he sent over
the 151.506-mile course in two hours,
ten minutes, 43 rs seconds. maintain
ing an average speed of 6a.54 miles an
hour. Nikrent in a Case was second:
DishroW. in a Case. third. Joerman.
who drove n Maxwell car. negotiated
lOl.OO4 miles in one hour. 81 minutes,
$3.50 seconds. his average speed be-
ing 61.S6 miles an hour. Evans. in a
Landers. was second; Towers. in a
Flanders. was third. Neither time was
considered phenomenal under the per-
feet track and weather conditions. No
accident marred either race.
place. The score:
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cLuBs BUSY.

baseball fan in the field in the Hill
Picketts and the All-Stars. Lyle
Webb, who is doing the pitching for
the All-.'tars is a coming twirler, and
in several of the practice games play
ed TO date at Croohston. has SHOWN
wonderful form.
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y
DATES OF TRYOUTS FOR
OLYMPIC MEET.

Games start at Stockholm June
30.
Games finish July 90.
American team sails from New
York June IA.
Eastern tryouts, Cambridge,
Mass, June s.
Central tryouts. Evanston. ILL.,,
June 8.
Western tryouts, Leland Stan
ford, CAL, May is.
P%entathlon and Decathlon try
outs:
Eastern, Cambridge, Mass, May
%.
Central, Evanston. Ill. May "a.
Western, Leland Stanford, Cal,
May Is.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
DISAPPOINTED
Couple Refused License to Marry Be.
cause Groom Had Been Divorced,

Hillshoro, n. D., May ga couple
from Hatton were refused a marriage
license by Judge Bagstad on the
grounds that the intended groom had
only recently been divorced at Fargo
and was restricted from marrying
again inside of a year by the trial
Judge. They gave their amt as
John +. Anderson and Ruth Hanson.
afternoon train. where another at
tempt will be made to commit matri-
mOny.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
FAC

Detroit. May ely Cobb's scorch-
ing single in the eighth escaped Shot
ton and before the latter could re-
trieve 1t Bush n Cobb scored the
runs which enabled Detroit to defeat
st. Louis, 3 to 2 in the closing game
OF the series. Cobb retired the side
in the seventh. two of the catches be-
ing spectacular. Score:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
MINNEAPOLIS In First Place

u n 7
Minneapolis. May 6.-Shortstop
Gerber of Columbus made six errors.
enabling Minneapolis to beat Column
bus 5 to 4 before "A big Sunday throng.
.Olmstead was batted rather freely but
was steady after the first inning. Five
fast double plays featured the contest
The victory put Minneapolis in first
Lead at Start.
Kansas City. May GA base on
balls, a sacrifice hit. an error by
Rockenfield and a single by westerzil
scored Hunter and Clark for indian
apolis in the second inning and he
locals v were able to overcome
the lead. Score:
r. H. E.
Indianapolis ............. 2 s q
Kansas City ............ 2
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
OF The
BIG LEAGUES
ASSOCIATION.
punched Hits Count.

milwaukee,. May 6-Bunched hits
IN the first inning of Sundays game
OFF Criss which gave the Brewers five
run. proved sufficient for the home
team to win over Louisville. Z to 8.
Pitcher Bruce Noel secured from
Pittsburg made his debut for the
nome team and hell the visitors to
six hits and st~uc'- ont nine. nro
also a recruit .,f' I "a, =
a triple a. tr. .,... "..
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
Unable to Hit James.

ST. Paul, May 6.-Euncned hits and
errors on the part of The ST. Paul
team. won for Toledo here j TO J.. The
local hatters We're unable to hit James
who struck out nine opponents.
Score:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
Cincinnati Ahead.

St. Louis, May e.-Cincinnati won
from st. Louis II to 9. The home
team rallies in the ninth. Els st7~-
e. the '~nin- by ~n+ y So
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Wolgast Right in Asking
Mcfarland to Scale l33
Pounds in Bout for Title
BY HARRY r.

Boxing Authority.
Now that Paekey Mcfarland: "chicagos Fighting 1rihman." has spik-
ed the guns or Matt Wells. Englands champion lightweight, and done SO
in a that leaves n o room FOR doubt a demand is nediate
made for a match with AID Wogast, king If the lightweight division in his
country.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Marl,. Suffers Dcfca1

Chicago. May 6.--Marty o'Tool,
made his Chicago debut by suffering
a defeat at the hands of Chicago. s
70 :. Although pitching in fine form.
he became wild at critical times. the
locals taking advantage of his gen.
crosby. In the fourth he struck out
zimmerman. Evers and LennoX in a
row. The score:
r. H. Z.
Pittsburg . 2
Batteries: Chicago. Richie and
Archer; Pittshurg. O'Toole and Glib
son
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06

ST. Louis May 6-There is a smaNs sized fortune in sight for a minor
league manager wo cal develop a star first baseman. There are several
major, leagu clubs that would be willing % pay a snug sum fol a n h
car fill the bill at the initial station. They are Washington and Cleveland in
n American asu and Pttsburg and Chicago in h National Secretary
be willing to give $4,000 for Big Ed" Konetchy of the ST. Louis Ma
tonals. According to Mr. Locke, the Cardinals star is the ideal guardian
of Station ne. His presence O. the Pitsburg team would meal a pennant
for the Pirates The PHtsburg club recently mad te offer to the ST Inms
club, ut it as stunned down.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06

Batteries: Indianapolis. HiXson and
Kansas City. Rhoades and o.
Common.
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'h'a

~ I--|.'~- WINS. I"T.--
l.audermJN and NIn#p: Gin Mnlti.
Smith. HUMPHREYS, Bagby, Benton
Gnd Mclean.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06

- IN" died recently in Norway.
"liled ne remain Ter of his estate to
poor settlers residing in this section.
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WILL MEET HENDRICksoN

Angus Mcdonald of East Grand
Forks is billed to meet Tom Hendrick-
son in a wrestling match at Gallo. n.
d.. tomorrow night. That town "a
said to he all agog over the approach
ing event and the boys will no doubt
perform before a good crowd. NC
Donald is picked as the winner.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06

Fishing is such n lazy pastime that
/. doesn't matter particularly wheth-
they bite or not.
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1t may nave occurred to you that
the opposition can see a lot Of faults
your favorite caadidatA
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-24
PEACE ENJOYS ARE
TAKING A VACATION
Not Working on the Balkan Matter;
Proposals Looking to End War
Are Going Very Slowly.

London, Eng, Dec. 24.-The peace en-
voys are enjoying themselves in vari-
Gus ways during the interim between
meetings. One or two of them have
gone to Paris and others are spending
the time with friends in this city.
The present long break in the negO-
tiatiOns of the peace delegates is in all
probability only the first OF several, for
when the plenipOtentiaries come to-
gether again in st. James palace on
Saturday the Ottoman response to the
conditions of peace laid down by the
Balkan allies doubtless will be found
to be merely a series of counter pro-
pOsals, which viii have to be referred
to the Balkan governments. This will
necessitate another long interval.
There remains little doubt in diplO-
matte circles. however. that the crisis
ultimately will be surmOunted without
a resumption of hOstilities. Despite the
outward appearance of a unity of views
it is known that there is considerable
latent jealousy among the allied ma
tiOns, and, as time tends TO sharpen the
differences as to the amount of credit
due to the work of the respective
armies there are indications of a de-
sire on the part Of the members of the
Balkan league to yield some of the de-
mands so as to hasten a settlement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-24
WILSON SMOKED ONCE;
THAT WAS ENOUGH
President Elect Tells Story of Expert
ence When He Receives Pipe for
Christmas Present.

Trenton, n. J., Dec. 24.-The arrival
of a gold mounted, amber stemned
meerschaum pipe, at the state house to
day, from one of Gov. Wilson's Prince
ton friends, in Vicksb burg, Miss,
brought from the president elect the
confession that once in his life, and
only once, did he smoke.
1T was this way" he said. My
father was a smoker of some attain
ment and got to the stage where he
liked a fat, black cigar. In his leisure
hours my mother took advantage of his
habit and employed him to blow the
pungent smoke over her rOsebushes to
kill insects. One day when he was not
at home, she suggested that I try it on
one Of her favoFite plants, and I obliged
For five minutes 1 steamed away like
a furnace, and then it hit me with dis
astrous effects. I never tried it after
that"
And you never had any ambition to
learn smOking?" was suggested.
No" he replied. You see, I never
was forbidden to, so there wouldn't
have been any point to it"
Through depths of snow that made
automobile travel hazardous, Mr.. Will
son motored from his home in Princeton
to the state house today.