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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-19
C0UI0N STILL CHAMPION.
Defends Bantamweight Title in 20
Round Bout With Burns.

NEW ORLEANS, February lo.-Johnny
Coulon Of Chicago was still the bantam
weight champion Of the world at the end
Of his twenty-round fight with frankie
Burns Of Jersey City yesterday afternoon.
before the West Side Athletic Club. The
fight was fast and clever from the first
bell. Coulon at all times carrying the
fighting to Burns corner. He was met
with such an onslaught. however, that a
number Of Burns supporters thought he
at least should have had q draw.
The arena was packed and the crowd
was loath to leave after. Referee Harry
Stout had raised Coulon's glove. The
yelling was deafening. but. the decision
stood and the crowd finally filtered
through the exits.
,Coulon was credited with the only
knockdown. which came in the first min
ute of the last round. The champion
landed left hook to the jaw just as
Burns foot slipped. Burns dropped, but
was up in an instant and fighting hard
Coulon was confident and started the
fight with a rush. after feeling his man
out In the first round. which was mostly
sparring- The champion, according to
the sport writer's, was accorded nearly
every round up to the eleventh, when
Burns gradually; began forcing Coulon
to break ground, getting the best Ct the
3nMGhunxs $1,000.
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INDOOR BASE BALL
T|T[EFOR Y. N. c. A.
Wins Championship of Wash
ington League by Beating
Ingram, Is to 8.

The Y M. c. A. indoor base ball team
cinched the championship in the Wash
ington City League Saturday night by de-
feating the Ingram nine. score Is to 8. The
game was the cleanest yet played in the
circuit. there being but q few errors
charged to the two teams.
Ingram started the scoring in the open
ing inning, when 1t got two men over the
counting pan. The best Y. M. c. A. could
do in the opener was one run. The
Church nine gave the Association team q
scare in the third inning by increasing its
lead by adding three more runs.
The Y. M. c. A. evened up the score in
the third with four runs, all the result
Of clean hitting. After this inning the AS
ISOLATION nine had things just about as 1t
pleased. In the fourth round Y. M. c.
A. doubled its score with five runs. put
ting 1t In the lead by a good margin.
After the fourth inning Orme, who was
in the box for Y. NJ. c. A, and Handiboe,
who was twirling for the Churchmen.
settled down, and during the last five
innings a pitchers duel waged between
them. During this period the honors
were about evenly divided, but during the
early part of the game Orme had the bet
ter OF HandibOe.
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The Worlds Greatest Pugilists;
James Figg, First Accepted Champion

smuggling match, for science was very lit
tie understood, and 1t was to be simply
muscle against muscle, with as much
wrestling as hitting.
Fisg was more shifty than his adver-
sary, who nearly went frantic trying to
get at him. They allowed the kidney
punch then, for when Sutton lifted his
man by the waist Figg punished him Sc
Verely in the back. Later it was Ffgg 8
turn to get the best of q ciinch, and in
dashed down with a force that would
nave killed some modern men,
In the early stages of the fight Fige
was nearly out, but a bottle of port re-
vived him. Figg lasted better, and in the
terrific fall referred to Sutton broke his
knee.
Later Ffgg went out to meet other prom
inent men and was most successful. Ide
polished up more than one great sIu1ger
and his methods later were followed by
Slack
Ffgg was not Londoner by birth. lie
gave his earlier displays on his village
green at Thame. The then Earl of Peter
borough discovered him and took him to
London some time during the reign of
Queen Anne. Rather strangely the reign
OF that queen marked quite an era in
sport. 1t was through her influence. or
rather countenance, that racing was in
stituted at Ascot.
Jack Broughton was one Of the men
brought out by F1gg in his later days
Broughton helped Figg in giving lessons
and was exploited. He never claimed the
championship. although he defeated a
man named Taylor, who was allowed ,y
the retiring disposition Of Broughton to
keep his title They were pretty gener-
Gus among friends In those days. for
where Broughton would not push himself
too far forward F1gg tried his best to
cause others to think that Brou9hton was
greater than he
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expects them to show great improvement
as the season progresses.

While there has been some doubt as
to whether the Nationals will be able
to get on the field at Charlottesville
when the first squad arrives there
March 4, it seems that this is assured
since word comes from there to the eff
feet that the Virginia University base
ball squad has been out on the field
for the past two weeks doing it's pre-
lfminary work under the guidance of
Coach Rigler. The infield is said to be
more weeks of preparation it ought to
be as good as any the team has ever
worked. on in the spring.
There is whole lot of satisfaction
in the fact that Clark Griffith has his
own money invested in the local club.
Any move that he may make will be
for the best interests of his team as
dictated by his judgment. So when
Griffith traded Street for knight he
must have been satisfied that he was
helping his investment. In fact, the
more one stops to think of this trade
point. Street. capable catcher. has
been here for four years, yet he has
failed to bring the team up higher
than seventh, simply because he was
not surrounded with the right kind of
help. It was necessary to bolster up
that inf1eld, even If it meant to take
something away from the catching
staff. which may not have been DONE
however, ny street. NO team
can be expected to show good form un-
less it has something that borders on
competent infield.
1t is q pretty safe guess that Jack john
son will not be the champion a year from
now. nor does that mean that the rush.
ing Jim Flynn will lay him low. But q
fighter who Is out of the ring for a couple
Of years and is well advanced in the
thirties Is not going to improve. They
are developing mountains of fighting ma
chimes among the white hopes in New
York just now and there is a. good chance
that one OF these youngsters will in
course of time come through and beat
Johnson. Father Time gets them all and
a long lay-on such as Johnson is indulg
ing in Is not calculated to keep fighter
on edge.
When the United States League pro-
motors point out the number of major
league stars they have signed 1t Is found
that the players they name are q lot of
worn-out veterans who can no longer
hold their own in this company. Play
ers like Steinfeldt, Mexican and perhaps
Mordecai Brown are mentioned for
beIths but these are hardly to he classed
with the major league stars, for they
have all seen their best days. There is
not a chance for such a league to go out
and grab ball players who are making
good in the majors, for they cannot come
across with the money that such players
would demand to sever their connections
with organized base ball.
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ing with the fists is almost as ancient as
eating. / don't want to go into ancient
history but before the Christian era boxers
wore gauntIets of hard rawhide bound to
the fists. There also have been found
many specimens Of other gloves many
centuries old.
The first great hght properly recorded
and accepted was that between James
I48g. who lived on Oxford street, Lon
don. and a man named Ned Sutton. who
lived at Gravesend, about twenty-four
miles from London Americans who have
started to a foreign port from London
docks or elsewhere should know it. At
ono time 1t was quite port Of itself and
big ships made their final call there to
take passengers Oh board
Ef4g was a boxing Instructor When he
was said no one could touch with q
broadsword, stan or fists. he was quite
willing to meet this wonder. As a matter
Of fact. Sutton was the challenger.
oven In those days they signed articles
and the printed matter went out. 1t was
a triple bill. They had to start out with
sword bouts. then the fists. and cudgels to
wind up. Presumably the second part.
sandwiched in between the two others
was considered light play to put the spec
tators in good humor.
The excitement was tremendous, for
Figg had been considered so formidable a
champion that no one would challenge
him until the heroic Sutton showed his
mettle. What house they had in those
days! The prime minister and many
leading politicians were there. Dean
Swift. looking for realism for something
which would follow "Gullivers Travels;
Pope, possibly meditating an epic poem,
and many other literary lights mingled
with celebrities Of the stage.
sutton was slightly taller than Figg, who
was built on massive lines At the broad
sword both men bled freely and it must
nave oeen as exciting as an old Roman
game, for We are told that both men were
punished severely. They were patched up,
however, and Ffgg was confident of ulti-
mate victory. as he had won the sword
bout
The men were not polished boxers, &C.
cording TO men who saw the battle and
lived long enough afterward to witness
more modern exhibitions. They were
given thirty minutes rest before the BIZ
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PLAYERS LEAVE.
Some of Athletics Future Regulars
Off for Texas.

PHILADELPHIA. February 19-Base
ball players who hope to become regu-
lars on the Philadelphia American
League team left here today for San An
tonic. Tex, where they will begin spring
training. They are accompanied by Con-
ME Mack. manager Of the Athletics, who
will keep a watchful eye on them. The
party included Egan and kilhullen catch
ers; Brown, Pike, Salmon and McCleary,
pitchers; Chase, inflelder; Whiting and
Strunk, outf1elders. With the exception
of Strunk, the men are all new players.
Jensen, pitcher secured from a Chicago
semi-professional club, will join the team
at st. Louis, and Gipe, Benner and
Hauck, pitchers, who were on Pacific
coast teams last season. will join the re-
cruits at San Antonio.
The regular team of the worlds cham
pions, under the leadership Of Capt MUIR
ply, will leave In about ten days or two
weeks
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Johnson WILL NOT MISS
STREET, SAYS GRIFFITH
Manager Believes That Either Henry OF
Ainsnith Will Prove Capable - New
York Critics Are Pleased.

for being good ball player. but the fact
that he was dissatisfied made him useless
to the New York team.
The New York Sun has this to say OF
the deal:
THE news that Manager wolyerton of
the Highlanders has traded Jack knight
to the Washington club for Catcher
Street Is satisfactory to New York base
ball fans. Knight, while a good ball
player, got into much disfavor at the
Hilltop last season. He complained of
illness part of the time and said that he
is studying dentistry, declared that he
did not care to go to Atlanta with the
team for spring training. Wolverton re-
fused to make this concession and rela-
lions became strained. Street is num-
bered among the American Leagues best
catchers. He is a horse for work and has
a fine throwing arm. Base ball sharps
have favorably compared him with STAN
age of Detroit, Thomas and Lapp Of the
Athletics, Carrigan of the Red Sox, Sui
Ivan Of the White Sox and Sweeney Of
the local team. With Street and Sweeney
to handle the Highlanders great pitching
staff, Wolverton says his teams pennant
chances will be increased % per cent"
The New York World feels this way
about the deal:
Manager Wolverton is to be congratu-
lated on getting Street for knight. Dur
ing the last two years the work Of the
Schoolboy Wonder has been cratic. fire.
quently so much SO that the fans got
after Knight, accusing him of careless
ness and indifference to the best inter-
ests of the club. Street. on the other
hand. besides being one of the best catch
ers in the American League, is at all
times a hard worker and a hustling back
stop, death on foul flies and fine throw
er to bases"
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LEAGUES NOT HOSTILE.
Hermann Says New Organizations
Are Not Outlaws.

CINCINNATI, February 19.-August
Hermann, chairman of the national base
ball commission, today declared that or
ganized base ball was not hostile to the
newly formed Columbian and United
States Leagues. 1.-THE two leagues are
not outlaws" he said. 'They are in
dependent bodies within their rights and
not trespassing on ours. We have no
right to object to them, no license to
annoy them. The status of the two
leagues is exactly similar so far as or
ganized base ball is concerned.
IF I had a player for whom 1 had no
room, and all the big leagues waived
claim on him, would not hesitate to
turn him over to either league. Any ma
tional agreement team has perfect right
to dispose of its contracts to any organi-
zation not in the outlaw class"
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the eighteenth Gen.
fury, has been rec
ogniZed as the first
champion. that pu:
gilism really dates
from then. What
IL due to Figg is
that boxing, as now
understood, dates
from this period, In
which he was the
central leader.
Of course fi~hf,
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Y. N, c. A. WINS IN
FAST BASKET BALL
Defeats Memorial Quint by
One-Sided Score of
So to ID.

The regular basket ball quint Of the
Y. M. c.. A. swamped the Memorial five
in the Association gymnasium Saturday
night, score So to IA. The contest was
not exciting, although a new Associa-
ton record in the number of goals
made by an individual player was
created. Miller is now the new record
holder. the fast Y. M. c. A. forward
thirteen times.
Memorial could not stand the fast
pace set by the Y. M. c. A. quint and
after few minutes OF play 1t could
easily be seen that the clubmen were
no match for the Association quint.
Memorial tried hard to stave OF defeat,
and when it was seen that this was i'm
possible new men were put into the
game in order to keep the score down.
Fresh players, however, did not pre-
vent the Regulars from scoring almost
at will. r."
Y. NJ. c. A. lost no time in. getting
started, and within a few seconds after
the contest got under way had scored
q pretty goal, after the ball had been
cleverly passed down the hall. This
goal was Sy ths more
ended the Association quint had a total
Of 35 points, which was sufficient to
win the game. Memorial had but 4
points to it's credit when the first SEES
sion came to a close. =,
Y.M.C.A. Reg. Position. Memorial.
Frazier. Left forward. johnson, Fowler
Miller. Right forward. Wade. Sullivan
HALL Hsa Mckay Letter et4 guard Kellogg 6on wsSe
Ailwine. Right guard. Dixon
Goals from the floor Frazier Co. Miller Q3),
Walk 90. Hall l5l, Allwine, johnson, Fowler (3),
Wade (29, sullivan. z Free toss goals-valk.
Referee-Mr.i Oelii6ower. Soorer-Mr. sEikor
Tmsr-Mr. Muaholland. Time; Of halves-co
p'apseas eaess. IA. - s..-s "a, --s-,---------
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By the Marquis of Queensberry.

Copyright, 1912. by the Marquis Of Queensberry J
Many people seem to think because
James Figg, who lived at the beginning OF
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shoodoo has rested so persistently
on Detroit team captains that Manager
Jennings says he may, not. have one
this year, 50 =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-19

Herman Meyers. who was an umpire
in the Mink League last season. Is
slated to work a. IN arbiter In the
WeStexn this season, -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
to the government have given forth
the intimation that the kaiser will be
called upon if the socialists do not get
busy on it.
DAM rs SUBJECT
FOR LECTURE
Prof. MatIack Delivers Talk to Stud
ents Of erinneI College and
Repeats Before Brotherhood.

Prof. H. W. Matlack of Grinnell
college, recently delivered two Illus
trated lectures on the Keokuk dam,
one before the college and the other
before brotherhood meeting of the
Congregational church. In his lecture
Prof. Matlack used about thirty
slides kindly loaned him by Mr.. Coop
er and as he had previously been over
the dam while here on a visit he was
enabled to present a clear explanation
OF the great work and to make the
lecture interesting.
Prof. Matlack is a son-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. Gust G. Johnson, of this
city, and has visited here many times
lie was SO thoroughly impressed witr
the magnitude of the water power
undertaking and the future it ha.
made for Keoluk that he has become
one of our most ardent boosters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27

Read The Fatty Gate cir.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Mems MeetiIlq
Y, M. C. A. Auditorium
Sunday, Oct 18th
$3.50 P. NJ.
BILLY WILLIAMS
Will Be There
sBRIGHAMD YOUNG vrsoRs
MEN AND WOMENt WHY DO wv
SUFFER WITH KIDNEY AMI
BLADDER TROUBLED
Will Be There

Just One Affidavit Among Multltuas]
!, w. ]. Pussy, sworn on my oal1
say am SIS years OF age, / have Oes]
afflicted with kidney trouble y
somatime, and at times SO bad tnss
was compelled to be up every noun
the night, and with hard efforts y
kidneys acted at all: about lo1
weeks ago, / commenced taAll
Brigham" Young Vigors, having ~
en- three boxes and am now wen
thanks to the great remedy for Y
rest OF nights.
w. J. PUSSY.
Subscribed and sworn to before
this LIST day of Nov. 1910.
P. F. HENNESSY, County Clers
Never Take a Substitute.
For sale by |. c. Reeves, 326 Ms
St. and other druggists.
(seaI. N. T. CHERRY,
Circuit cler
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which they never will regain. Among
these are the Duke of Cumberland
whose grandfather was King of Ham
over; and Don Jaime Of Bourbon, the
Carlist pretender to the Spanish and
Dom Miguel de Braganza. The entire
republican tendency of the times in
Europe, does not seem to awaken
them from their dreams"
Every twelfth person in Germany
has been punished for some violation
of the law, according to the first sta
tistical figures upon the subject. which
have just been made public. In view
of the wide repute of the Germans as
a law-abiding public the statistics
have created much comment. Some
of the press declare there is too
much law" which tends to 3oyer pro-
duction Of punishable crimes"
That it will appeal to the imperial
government to step in and take
charge IL the social democrats go too
far. is the implied threat of the gov
eminent OF the little German princi-
pality of "Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt.'
The socialists are In complete con-
troll of the diet" or legislature. They
take a keen delight in cutting down
the state budget and everything that
pertains to needs of the princely rul-
ing house. 1t is feared that they viii
pass no budget at all. AS the treas
ury will soon be empty, officials close
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Union Bible claes.

The committee of the Union Bible
class viii meet Monday evening az
1870 O'Clock at the association rooms
to plan program Of study for the
winter. The following ladies an,
gentlemen constitute the committee.
Misses Edna O'Harra, Irene RoIlos-
son, Geneva Pub1isky and Rose Pelz
and Messrg. Fred stillwell, Albert
Cushman and Irwin Alderman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
KING MANUEL
IS not ALONE
Has No Home But Finds stopping
Places With Relatives and 9th
ers Who covet
Thrones.
MANY PRETENDERs
Every Twelfth Person In Germany
Has Been Punished for Some
Violation Of the Law,
Statistics Show.
PRETENDERs
ND TRUE MANY
IBy Karl H. Won wiegand. Berlin cor

by Karl n. Won Wiegand, Berlin cor
respondent OF the United Press.l
BERLIN, OCT. 26.-Emphatic denial
is given the report spread broadcast
that ex-King Manuel of Portugal is
living OF German taxpayers by draw
ing an annual stipend Of $1,000 as
member OF the Order Of the Black
Eagle Manuel was invested with
this order and given this highest and
most coveted OF all German decora-
tons, only few days before he was
dethroned. But the investment Of the
Black Eagle" which is In Germany
what the Garter is in England, car
ries with it no privilege to draw upon
the German imperial treasury. not
even for king out Of a job.
Manuel has been visiting Arch
duchess Karl Theodore of Bavaria at
her home near Munich. AS the So
cialists had already seized upon the
report that among the many burdens
upon the German taxpayers, was
Manuel, advantage was taken Of the
ex-king's presence In Germany, for
the issuance of note from semi-of-
fetal circles, showing that the
Order of the Black Eagle was deco
Grafton of high honor and not Roy
al Benefit and Aid Society"
At the home of Archduchess Karl
Theodore, Manuel conferred with the
other pretender to the Portuguese
throne Prince Miguel Of Braganza,
husband of Anita Stewart. Manuel, 1t
is said, is much discouraged over the
unsuccessful royalist attempts in
Portugal and Don Miguel is reported
to have dissuaded him from entertain
Ing any further hopes Whether he has
also given up his own aspirations and
those of his wife, is not known.
After SO many royalistic defeats IN
Portugal, Manuel is understood to
have much difficulty In raising money.
He is without home of his own and
wanders from one friend and relative
to another.
Manuel's fate calls attention to the
several "pretenders' to European
thrones who maintain a sort of pre-
tense. court around them.
In beautiful mansion and park at
Woodnorton near London, Phillip.
Duke of Orleans, has been waiting
eighteen years for the call to the
throne of France His father before
him, the Count of Paris, waited a life
time in vain. And still the duke has
hopes" He Is a brother of ex-King
Manueps mother and took pity upon
Manuel when he fed from Portugal.
keeping him at Woodnorton for many
months.
In Prince Victor Napoleon. another
French apretender," the Duke of Or
leans has keen rival. Prince Ma
poleon married Princess Clementine,
daughter of the late King Leopold.
Both have much wealth and maintain
a truly royal court in Belgium. The
prince has no decisions about becom-
ing king OF France. He knows that
the royalistic movement is small and
confined to Paris. He has expressed
himself as DESTROYS Of becoming pres
ident of France in accordance with
laws OF the republic.
Hopeless, describes the outlook of
the dozen or more ''pretenders" who
keep up the "pretense" to thrones
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The Scene Laid Right Here In keo-
kuk by a Widowed Mother and
Three Little
Children.
PITIFUL
Presented at the Young Woman's
Christian Association Rooms
Some Interesting Y. w.
c. a. Notes.

Appeal IS made By the Young Wo-
OF q poor little widow who came into
their building seeking help with a
wan, white-faced baby of nine months
in her arms and threeyear-old boy
and six-year-old boy trudging at
her side. The mother herself has a
refined face but looks as If a Whit
of wind would blow her away, yet the
children and herself were clean
though poorly clad.
The father after years illness
died at hospital two weeks ago. The
mother, after pairing as much OF her
debt as their small reserve would al
low, went to the Young Women's
Christian association rooms yesterday
With dull despair written ali over her
| troubled and anxious face, not a
Widows mite in her pocket and evil
IDENTIFY without having eaten anything
for a whole day. The mother is said
to have a brother of good character
but who is himself sorely embarrass
ed with debts on a farm. The mother
gives evidence of being capable with
a needle and wants to get a room in
the city and sew for her own and hel
children's livelihood. However, she
is willing to put the two older chill
dren in some institution until she car
get a start The case is claimed to be
one of the worthiest that has ever
come to the notice Of the association
They say they cannot handle it alone
for the association has no means, but
they give publicity to the case. hop
ing that those who are interested anc
can help VIII make it known at the
Office of the Y. ". C. A. at once.