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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-13
WILL
FIGHT MURPHY

Chicago, Feb. 13.-Packey McFar-
land. carrying his black eye. is due in
Chicago to disprove statements made
contrary to his courage and to assure
local fans, as we'll as the South Bend
promoters, that he will box Eddie
Murphy February ~.
South Bend promoters behind the
Murphy Mcfarland bout received q
wire from Mcfarland stating that
Packey would do his training in the
Indiana city. and asking them to Sc
cure quarters for him. He said he
would start work Immediately and
preferred to go through his stunts in
South Bend because Of the police agi-
tation adverse to boxing in Chicago.
He did not refer to any split with his
manager. Emil Thirty, in n Of the
messages.
Johnny Mcfarland, cousin Of
Packey, intimated last night that
Thirty saw his chances ahead for Rit-
chic and realized that he could not
handle both lightweights satisfactorily
and was waiting for a chance to get
away from Packey. Johnny also in
timated that Thirty could be dropped
by Packey and neither miss anything
by the separation. Johnny added that
Thirty would have nothing to do with
the South Bend bout and that Packey
would take care of the business end
himself.
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ATHLETICS GALORE
y ATTHE Y. N. c. A
Men Are Trainig For the
Winnipeg Y. M. G. A. at
Winnipeg

Training rules are in force at the
Y. NJ. e. A.. The mat artists are get
ting wise to a few new holds that they
intend to try on the Winnipeg men
when they meet them at the Canuck
city the first week; in March. The
Canadians Will have. according to their
statement. an entirely new team. The
chances are the composition of the
local team Will be different. Vigfus
Olason will Of course have Il cinch on
his job The date of the proliminar-
les has not been set.
The last game in the volley ball
league will lbe played Friday night. A
a game is looked for. The team
holding the cellar championship will
entertain the upper stories" at an
elaborate feed at some place not AS
yet agreed upon. Some will eat, drink
and be .merry-:-others will eat, drink,
be merry and, pay the bill.
Saturday night the fast basketball
team from Grafton tackles the local
high school in a return match at the
Y, M, G. A, i''
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FAVOR
A

q Francisco. Cal. Feb. 13.-Con-
ccding the athletic track and field at
Stanford university to be the fastest
OF the Pacific coast. and one of the
best in the United States. the COM
mittee of the Pacific Athletic %associa-
ton. which will have charge of the
Olympian. games tryouts, has recon-
mended that they be held there. The
date set for the competition to decide
places, on the team has been fixed as
May 49, The officers are of the opin-
ion that the athletes Of the western
states should have every possible
chance to make records which would
compare favorably with those. of the
the team in tina east and
middle" west! $500 &ssas ~ :
In deciding to recommend Stanford
as the place for the tryouts II COM
lnittee was of the opinion that any
idea of making the 'tryouts provide
funds for sending the team to Sweden
should be given up and that the tinan-
cial end should be handled In another
manner. To assist in raising funds
for the American team, however. 1t
was decided that a big indoor meet be
held at the auditorium in San Fran
cisco on February %.
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FANS WAITING
g. FOR BIC BOUT
Pedersen-R omanoff Wrestl-
ing Match Will Be Thrill
ing Exhibition

Minneapolis, Feb. 13-Minneapolis
followers of the wrestling game are to
be given their first glimpse of two of
the importations Thursday night at
the auditorium For several months
there has been a demand for new
faces on tho local mat and Promoter
Miller has answered by matching Ped
ersen, the big Dane, and Romanoff,
the giant Russian.
Interest in the match centers in the
showing of Petersen as the big Scam
dinavian is generally regarded as the
best of tho low now in America. He is
Zbysczko and this is based on the fact
that at catch as catch can he has de-
feated the Pole. Roimanoff Is u giant
but is not generally thought to he the
equal of Petersen although he Is big
ger and heavier.
Petersen is trying to work his way
to a match with Gotehe8nd is eliminate
ing wherever he. a get. hold of. them
the wrestlers with whom Gotch has
barred the way. The Chicago follow
ers of. the mat game say Petersen is
the best of the lot and Romanoff, who
will probably be beaten by Petersen. is
certainly big enough and strong
enough to make Petersen show what
~ 1toSs LSIA illSu u llOW LII NllIlIlS.
apolis and no n has any real line
on their ability save by newspaper re-
port. 1t is the first time either man
has ever showed around Minneapolis.
Size, weight and strength considered,
though. the bout should be a strug-
gle of giants. No one expects either
of them to show the speed or preci-
sion of an Ordemann, a Beell or a
Gotch but 1t should be a struggle in
which brown will tell the final story.
An interesting card of preliminary
bouts has been arranged and the fol-
lowers of the mat pastime should have
a great evening of it. All Of the bouts
are finish affairs. save that some of the
preliminaries may be called off, the
promoter says, IL they threaten to en-
croach upon the time of the big bout.
Manager Miller declares the main
bout will go to a finish If the men
have to remain on the mat all night.
Neither man match for Thursday
night will be used in any preliminary
or follow up exhibitions at any of tho
local theaters. They are expected to
arrive in the city Tuesday or Wednes-
day to finish their training.
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OF
WORK

Ann Arbor. Mich. Feb. 13-With
the annual Junior hop out of h way
the athletes will be able to reclaim
the gymnasium which has been given
over to the realm of society for the
past week. AS. rapidly as the deco
rations can be cleared away the track
men will step back into their OWN and
they will, be closely followed by the
ball tossers. For the last month the
athletes have been busy with exam-
nations or preparations for them and
athletics have been dropped. Now
that the semester is over the men
will turn to athletics.
The opening track meets are but
IA few weeks away n DIR. kraenzlein
expects to have his full squad out by
Monday If possible The late start
will mean hard and consistent work
fori;all the candidates as the VOL
verines are out for the track ham,
pionship. Before the loss of Garrels
prospects for first honors in the big
eastern meet. which is the climax of
the track season. were exceedingly
bright On paper The squad was strong
in every event.
~-t,. -, Lose Star Hurdlcr'
The Toss Of the star hurdlcr will
mean redoubled work for the other
tcahdidates in an : effort to develop
sufficient strength to make up for his
sabsence. The squad is strong in the
middle and long distances and field
events. &c that DR.. Kraenzlein plans
TO devote his especial endeavor to his
'sprinters and hurdlers.
: "A, number of the men. who are de-
pended upon as leading point winners
this Year are youngsters and will re-
a.quire% an unusually large amount Of
tutoring on this account. The VOL
VERNE trainer seems certain to have
I, his hands full, but II. his material re-
spends t. the call he should have an
opportunity to accomplish something
unusual. 80. -.
In seasons past the baseball cage
has been hung and the. ball players
called out the week after the hop.
This year, however, Coach Hickey
will not come, to Ann Arbor until
March l.. Light practice will be be-
gun oon however. SO that the dia-
mond artists will be in trim to start
serious work by the time the coach
arrives. -.
Major Schedules Delayed
Director Bartelme is out Of town
and as all three Of the major sched-
ules are yet to be completed, some
developments may be expected upon
his return. 1t is understood that Ne.
braska has been offered the open date
on the football schedule. which ID
November 2. The Cornhuskers want
ed the November % date and may not
accept the earlier me Provided
they do not accept the Wolverines Will
be- out o ailsearch for q suitable OPP
ponent for that day.
A stronger ball schedule is desired
than was played last year. The Quak-
ers will come to Ferry field to serve
as the headline attraction. 1t seems
likely. that Ohio state will be lost on
last years opponents as the Buckeyes
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NORTH DAKOTA
LOSES TO AGG|ES
University Team, Tired BY
Long Trip Loses First
Game

Minneapolis, Feb. 1a-The North
Dakota basketball team lost a hard
game to the Minnesota aggies.. last
night. Only one point separated the
teams at the end Of the game. the
final score bling IS to SO.
The score at the end of the first
half was 16 to 20 in favor of the
Flickertails. Minnesota took the lead
only in the last few minutes. From
u spectators point of view the game
was interesting. but from a players
standpoint it was slow, due to the
fact that the North. Dakota men are
faded and tired from their long trip.
Lineup mi score:
North Dakota. Minnesota.
sagen ..........F...... Freedman
Sad. ...........F.... Day and Bahls
tIiemes..........C.. Bahls and Larson
Robinson. Observation-Disclosures. Larson
Wilcox. Linke
Summary: Baskets from field: Sag
ell .. Sad 4. Hiemes 6, Wilcox 3,
Freedman 9. Babies q, Larson 4; free
throws. sagen 5 out Of attempts,
Freedman 2 out of 5 attempts. Re-
fierce. Noakes. Umpire, Wanless.
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AFTER
JACK JOHNSON

Los Angeles. Feb. 13.-Not to be
outdone by Jim Flynn or other
hopes" Jim Jeffries is preparing to
challenge Jack. johnson for one more
Reno" affair. This is the statement
given out today by a close friend Of
the former champion: r"
Jeffries has been in training secret
ly for some. time. has tasted his pow
ers. and thinks he is better now than
thinks II lie had trained differently in
the last battle he would easily have
beaten johnson. Now he wants to try
u his new training scheme. 1t is not
known what kind. of, a purse Jefiries
will ask for the bout.
Those close to Jefiries a he has
led a careful life since the. Reno
fasco. and that he is in splendid ply
steal trim now. Jefi1r1es has announc.
ed several times that he is in better
shape thar Johnson. and that he has
taken better car of himself than the
negro.
Several trainers Of note have called
upon Jeffiries here at different times.
and It Is thought that the 'boiler-mak.
or has consulted with them as to his
condition. Jeffiries may make a
definite announcement in the near flu
ture.
1T SUI would be q shame to pass
up a chance at Jefflries." was john
sons comment last night. Would !
give him a match? Say. that big quit
ter. can have a fight with me any day.
anywhere and for any distance ne
wants. I made his quit once before
and I can make him holler again.
"Jeffiries does not want to mix with
me. He knows how. hard L can hit
and just how long he would last II
I got after him. l let him stay last
time to help the icture sale and also
to mark him up, but II We ever meet
again ! will stop him in three rounds.
I am out to make the money and JEFF
fries can have just as big a side bet
as he wants. Say. I would call off all
my future plans. Just torhammer JEFF
fries once, more. -
You can believe me that Jeffries
is only talking for publicity sout there.
He couldn't be dragged into the ring
with me again. Why, he quit before.
Understand me. he deliberately quit
with me. I never hit him but once
with any force and that scared him
stitf. JeffriSS ia. Just talking" and
johnson refused to believe that the
former champion was looking for
trouble.
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THE I. B.::A. TOURNEY
E IN ST. PAUL

l.. St. Paul. Feb. 13.-With the OPEN
ing of the l.. B. A. scheduled for to-
day. bow'lers and bowling teams from
all over the northwest are fiocking
into st. Paul.
From present Indications the larg-
est number. of bowlcrs. in the history
of the association, will strive for prize
money during the coming twelve days.
With the completion of the work on
the alleys. grand stand and hleachers.
everything is'now in readiness for the
commemorate the West Side club
alleys. -
All day Saturday until late at night
and again early today tho committee
on arrangements was working to keep
up to the influx of business. With
programs to look after. badges and
tickets to get .out, visitors to quarter.
decorations to he put up, the COM
mittee finde: ITSELF az badly rushed as
a campaign 7heaqquaffers on election
state and local celebrities will he
on hand to roll the first balls down
program has also been arranged to
usher in the 1912 I. f. a.
The prize committee met yesterday
and arranged the prize list. A total
of s3.346 will h e divided among the
winners in the five lei two men and
ln%dlTldlal events; 500 of this goes
into five prizes for those who make
the highest averages in nine anne in
three events. The remainder. or
$3.246 will be divided as follows: 5000
to winner of the five men event, SITS
second. $140 third. 500 fourth, SIS
fifth. $50 sixth. $40 seventh, $40
eighth. S25 each from ninth to
twelfth. $50 to teams finishing from
IL to IL. SIS to team finishing from
10 to. IS.
Prizes in Doubles.
In the doubles. 500 is the grand
prize: SIS second. SO third. SIS
fourth. s5 fifth. $35 sixth. $40
seventh. s25 eighth. $50 from ninth
to thirteenth, SIS for each team end
ing between fourteenth to twenty
sixth. from twenty seventh to thirty.
sixth. SO: IS from thirty-seventn to
forty -fourth: Sc from %forty-ffth to
hfty-ninth: a total of 1919 for the
double.
In the singles there is a total of
1912.
Tickets for. this afternoon are at a
premium and the present outlook
points to a full grand stand and
hlcachers when the opening festivities
commence. a.
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100
FROM

Berlin, Feb. 13.-Germany, where
interest in track and field sports.
though of recent origin. begins to vie
with that in the United States and
Great Britain, is preparing to make a
f2rlnidaple bid for supremacy at the
year.
At a meeting of the German inn
perial committee for the games un.
der the presidency of Victor Won Pod.
bielsky. former minister Of agricul-
ture. 1t was decided to send a team Of
about $50 men to the games. paving
their transportation. board and other
AS a lack of hotel accommodations
Is already becoming evident. it is pro-
posed to charter a special steamer for
quarters for the athletes.
Expenses for h German team are
estimated at about 100000. OF this
1t is hoped that. the German govern
ment. which has already created a
precedent by providing funds for the
military and civilian riding competi-
ttions. will pay $l2.500. the balance
being met by private subscriptions.
The. sum. though small compared with
the 100000 raised in. the United
States. will be 'sufficient. as the fare
to Stockholm from. Berlin is low. A
special train Will carry the expected
crowd Of German supporters.
Trials to pick the German competi-
tors will be held In Leipsig during the
Whitesuntide holidays. May 26 to ~.
TO spare the marathon runners the
strain Of a fun marathon course SO
close to the. big race trials for this
event will be held about May i over
a distance Of only twenty five kilome-
tiers. about sixteen and one-half miles.
Germany has at least three men
Raui . sprftter;: Braun a half-miler.
and Poehlman.t pole vaulter. who
have shown close to worlds cham
fpfonship form. and. a we'll balanced
lot of men for practically all the
events in the olympic program. The
material for the team is far better
than its training methods. German
'dsas on hts subject being Of the
The limitations Of the committee.s
knowledge on this subject is shown
by'a circular Of Instruction issued to
candidates \ short time ago recon-
mending solely Tight daily exercise"
and a daily, bath. In Berlin and some
other large cities there are O a
|numbSr'of- clubs with athletic instruc-
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Isle JOHNSTON
A

Minneapolis, Mimi. Feb. 13-Lisle
Johnson, captain of the 1910 football
team of the University Of Minnesota,
who was considered n of the most
dashing and plucky players the uni
versity has had in years. has been
offered the position of football coach
for the University of Montana. He
has not decided as yet whether to ac-
cept.
Two former stars already have
coaching positions for next year., Gil
Dobie, who has been with the univer-
;ity of Washington for some time. and
Earl Pickering, who will be with the
University of Vermont.
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Persia vas described AS one of tn
most delightful places Of residence in
the world yesterday b, Mr.. Edward
Bell, First Secretary Of the American
Legation at Teheran. He left that city
January II in company with Mr.. Nor
gan Shuster and has just returned to
this country.
He will return to Teheran in a month.
He said he was anxious to correct a
report that Mr.. Shuster left Teheran
under escort Of a troop Of cavalry.
whose captain was ordered to see him
across the Persian frontier.
'Mr. shuster and l left the city unat.
landed In IN automobile,"s
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rw1R11NG ART IMPROVES.

The most interesting discovery in a
chase through tho rather inaccurate
and incomplete history of the national
game of baseball is that the functions
versed. II becomes comparatively
easy. therefore. to answer the ques-
ton: What is the difference between
the pitching of today and that of fifty
years ago."
The difference is that the function
of the pitcher of fifty years ago
sixty years to no cNact-was to toss
the hall so as to enable the batter to
hit it. The function of the pitcher
today is to throw the ball where the
batter cannot hit it.
Though the original trainers of the
rules We're ignorant of the facts at
that time. pitching is and always has
been the pivotal point of the great
American anne 1t naturally follows
that this branch of the science has
been afforded the greatest opportunity
important change in the rules has
been aimed at the pitcher. The hat.
the ball. the distance between the
bases and the fundamental rules Of
TIL" game have stood for half a cen-
fury. while the pitching has gone
through a steady grind of evolution.
The history of pitching science can
Nc dl'lo'" ]Hlo l"uT uiS0lllc1 eras'
The day of the ~undcrhand toss.
The day of the overland toss or
throw.
The day Of the curve ball.
The day of tho spit ball.
When tho first were adopted by
the old Knickcrbocker club in 1s45
the trainers did not realize thai the
pitcher was to he the pivotal man OF
the game. They placed him behind
n line thai was forty-f1ve feet from
the batter's JON. and he was instruct.
ed to throw the ball so that the batter
could hit it. He could stand at any
place behind that line that he chose,
but To prevent him from throwing
the ball with too much speed he was
forced to deliver it with an underhand
toss. That is to say. he could not
bring his throwing hand above his
waist line.
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SPORTING LIGHTS
FACTS ABOUT TIGERS.

Here are a few facts concerning the
Tigers: Hughic Jennings has been in
baseball longer than any other man
on his ono years service. Other vet
Grams arc: sam Crawford, twelve
years; jim Del"l1anty, thirteen: Wild
Bill Donovan. seventeen: Davey Jones,
ton: George Mullin. eleven, and Char
Icy Schmidt. Ten. Pitcher Donovan is
the Oldest player on tn" team. He is
30 years old. Five me are On the
pay roll, who have 20 vet attained
their majority. Crawford is the
heaviest. weighing 195 pounds. owen
Bush is the ligltest. He tips tho scale
at las pounds.
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tors. but most of the men are self
trained and college and school trained
athletes, which contribute SO largely
to the success of the American teams.
are entirely lacking.
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are on their why. into the confer
ence and II they are accepted into full
membership they will be barred from
all association with the Wolverines
except as to existing contracts. which
cover only a football game for next
fall.
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makers. Malcontents make trouble
for managers and owners and ruin a

Dali team.
Don't turn a player down too quick
Is. Give him a chance to develop and
show what he has in him.
Don't get discouraged over one mis-
take. Mistakes are often the most
valuable experience a manager "a
get.
Don't do any umpire batting. The
most successful teams are those that
keep off the umpires.
Don't let the players IL the club.
Run 1t yourself and let the men know
that you are in command.
Don't be unreasonable, but don't
stand for Indifference. A player must
give the best there is in him to his
club. The owners demand it and the
fan expect it.
Don't encourage rough work, but
make your players take every chance.
The man who hincllcs in a tight place
has no room IN your ball team.
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FRANK CHANCE DoNT's.

Don't trade the man YOU have any
use for. The time will come when
thai man may fill in.
Don't kick nnedlessly. but don't let
any n impose upon YOU. 1t doesn't
do ANY harm tn lot the other fellows
see that you arc watching every move.
Don't give any room to trouble
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WHAT AN AMATEUR ATHLETE is.

(By James T.. Sullivan. secretary of
tho Amateur Athletic Union.)
From the standpoint of the Aneri-
can Athletic union. which will select
the United States to compete in the
Olympic games at Stockholm next
summer. an amateur athlete may be
defined as follows:
An athlete who has never received
compensation or competed for a re-
ward of ANY kind except in IN author
lied competition: or who has lever
received n reward purely for an eX-
been paid by II athletic o%rganiza-
ton for service of any kind; or who
has never received rompcnsations for
Joining an athletic organization or for
continuing as a member.
An athlete who has never entered
~ competition under n name not his
OWN. or from a club of which he was
not Il member in good standing.
An athlete who has never Knowing
iN competed With professionals or en-
tered any composition open to profess
SIGNALS.
An athlete who has -nevcr chal
lenG"d q professional or issued a clal-
lcnse to compete with anyone for
money.
An athlete who has never sold or
l'hWDcd any prize won in the author
lied competition.
An athlete who is registered with
the Amateur Athletic union.
In general the student of n COL
logo mr. school nay register and repre-
sent such institution. Othcr amateurs
TO be eligible must be members in
good standing of clubs in the union.
Tho registration of amateurs is in the
hands of clubs and other ~organiza-
tionS who have membership in the
Amateur Athletic union.