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WOULD
TAKE UP SKIING

North1eld, Mimi. Feb. 24-Com-
m%unications sent out by j. A. johnson,
secretary of the st. Olaf Winter Sport
club, have been received by the ath-
lettc associations of eight northwest
ern colleges. asking them to send dele
gates to a conference March 2 in
Minneapolis. st. Paul or Mortified. to
consider the advisability of organic
ing an intercollegiate skiing associa-
ton. Manchester. Hamline, Gustavus
Adolphus. Augustana. Red Wing semi
nary, Park Region Luther college, Lu.
Their college and the Scandinavian
seminary. have received the requests.
Skiing as IN ~intercollegc sport is
a comparatively recent idea, but 1t has
been received enthusiastically at st.
Olaf. h they are DESTROYS of giving
1t an equal recognition with other COL
lege athletics. January Is the first
tournament was held by the St. Olaf
club and 1t was a success. More per-
sons attended 1t than ever attended a
previouse athletic event there and the
interest showed the possibilities of ski
ing as a branch of collegiate ath-
lettc. The organization OF a confer
ence 1t is believed, would foster the
sport. place 1t on an equal footing with
other forms of college athletics and
establish 1t permanently.
The majority of the colleges invited
Will send delegates to the meeting and
h proposition will be carefully inves-
tigated. Nothing definite can be learn
81 as to the probable result of tho con-
ference.
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MAT CARNIVAL
IS BIG SUCCESS
Carl Busch Defeated AL Pow
ers in Straight Falls
Olason Loses

In one OF the best wrestling
matches seen in the W cities for
some time, Carl Busch, the German
wrestler. last night defeated AL Pow
ers in two straight falls. Farmer
Jahns proved the winner in his handi-
cap match with Vigfus Olasson. while
Ed Doran failed to keep up his end
of the bargain in his handicap match
with Bun Deitz and Angus Mcdonald.
The main match proved the most in
teresttng went of the year.. Busch
had the better of the argument from
beginning to end. but was neVerthe-
less forced to work hard to defeat
Powers. The first fall was taken in
30 minutes, As seconds with a COM
hination leg and head chancery, while
the second was taken in 3 minutes,
so seconds With a head chancery.
Farmer Jahns agreed to throw Olas-
son in 20 minutes or forfeit $50, and
succeeded in. throwing him three
times in Z minutes n Is seconds.
The first fall came after one minute
and rs seconds of wrestling. the Sec
n in / minute and the third in 4
minutes. 40 seconds.
Ed Doran agreed to throw Deitz
n Mcdonald in 20 minutes. but fail
ed. Deitz alone stayed with him 20
minutes, after which Mcdonald took
him on for a. five-minutc exhibition.
No fall was recorded.
Angus Mcdonald did the r~efereeing
for the main bouts.
After the. Powers Busch. match.
Farmer Jahns challenged Busch to a
handicap match for Monday night.
agreeing to throw him three times
in an hour. Busch accepted.
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PLAY
GAME

Madison, Wis. Feb. 24-Badger STU
dents had the novel experience of wit
Messing Il real football game in the
middle Of winter today when two
teams composed Of members Of the
winter football class of Coach Rich
ards lined up for a battle royal on
the snow and ice on Camp Randall
field. The game was the feature at
traction of the winter carnival which
will be held here on tho last three days
of the week.
Twelve of the men who participant
ed In the game are 200 Founders and
their work was watched closely on ac-
count of the big hole left in the var
sity line Last fall by the graduation of
the five center men.
The carnival is being run under the
auspices of the athletic department
and the Canoe club Of the university.
On Saturday there will be an ice car
nival including races. hockey and fca-
lures a three mile ski race and a skat-
ing masquerade. a picked hockey
team will compete against one of the
fast Milwaukee aggrcgations.
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mig" CLARKE SORE
ON ST. LOUIS MEN

Detroit. Feb. 24-"Nig'' Clarke.
catcher for the st. Louis American
league club, who has been having
trouble viii his employers over his
contract, today said that no has re-
fused to sign at the terms offered and
that he will not sign to play in st.
Louis for less than $4,000. This Is
much more than he got last year or
than Cleveland ever paid him.
Clarke does not expect to get the
sun named. but says that 1t represents
what he thinks it is worth to spend a
summer there. though his relations
with Wallace are of the most pleasant
nature. The catcher is anxious to be
traded to some other club. It is said
that st. Louis, because OF Clarke's at
titude, has asked waivers on the play.
er. planning to send him to the minors.
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TELLS OF
GREATEST PLAYS

1T Is pretty hard for a ball PLAYER
to write about the greatest plays he
eVer made. If he didn't make an &C.
casional good play no would have to
get out of the business. because that ia
what he is hired for. And a player in
the ordinary run of the luck makes SO
many plays that he knows are foolish
and gets 80 many call downs from his
and fellow teammates, az we'll
as h public hat he is. perhaps. en-
titled to a little satisfaction when he
has done something slightly above his
average work." says Ty Cobb in the.
Baseball magazine.
In a game at Cleveland in 1908 I
was fortunate to score under circum-
stances that were a bit unusual. De.
troit was n run behind when I came
to bat in the ninth inning. I hit
sharply to short. who Jagged on the
throw 80 that 1t fell by first base: I
was safe and Immediately afterward
stole second. I saw that the throw to
second was bad 30 I kept on to third
Here I decided to take q chance on a
bad throw and started for home. AS
l expected, the throw to third was
hurried and a trife wild, so I man
aged to beat out the throw home by
q hair, thus tying the scorefi Detroit
finally won the game.
Scores From First on a Hit
I'm Philadelphia in the season of
1910, ! was IN first when Delahanty
singled. BY doing the hurry up act
] managed to get home on this. dodR-
ing Thomas at the plate by a very close
play.
In the sanae city in 1911 1. had
great luck in base stealing on one oc-
casion. The Athletics. were one run
to the good when I got on FIRST base
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JOHNNY
ALMOST UNKNOWN

Cleveland, Ohio. Feb. 24-Two years
ago Johnny Kilbane. the new feather
weight champion, scarcely was known
outside OF Cleveland. He had been n
contestant in minor bouts since 1905
but 1t was not until the fighting Rame
opened In several northern Ohio towns
IN the winter of 1909-1e that he really
began to attract attention.
First Kilbane met and conquered
the best boys of this vicinity. Then
im~Portations were made from the east
and west. When Tom McCarey in
1910 started his elimination contest at
Angeles by which was to be de.
cided who of the native featherweiphts
should; have the right to meet Abe Al.
tell for the championship, he was a
logical, entrant.
kilbane decisively defeated Joe Riy.
Srs.s Patsy Kline and frankie Conley.
hia . closest rivals. thus. earning the
right to meet Atteli in the battle for
the championship. IT;
= Johnny Ktlbane was horn and rear.
ed IN Cleveland. Tfe will be 23 wears
old on April is. He is married and
mas a baby DAUGHTER. Marie Colettn.
HIS habits are of the. hest. He n a
strict church member and is deyot-
Cd to his family. He is the support
Of his blind, father.
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BROWN
WITH OLD RIVAL

Hibbine. Mimi. Feb. 24-Pal Grown
the Hibbing lightweight. has been
matched to go on with Tommy Gary
before the Windsor Athletic club at
Windsorfi Ont, March 2. Brown and
Gary fought Il great fight in Hibbing
and Brown won in eighteen rounds
by a knockout.
March 20 Brown is matched to fight
Mickey Sheridan a Windsor. Mickey
Is a big card at the Windsor club and
always packs the houses. He is said
to be one of the best men with whom
the Hibbing lad has ever been match
ed.
There are also prospective matches
with Battling Nelson and Jack Rcd
mond. Jack Brinkhorst is trying to
get Nelson and Brown on at Fond du
Lac, Wis, but it is doubtful If this
will be arranged as the Battler is now
at Hot Springs. Ark. and is understood
to be out Of the fighting game for the
present. A match regarded as more
probable is that with Jack Redmond,
which the Hurley Athletic club would
like to stage. Brown is a prime ia
vorite with Hurley fight fans and they
would like to see him meet Redmond.
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and as their pitcher was In great form
and / could scarcely expect q safe hit
to bring me home, l had to steal. I
did manage to steal second and third
and finally slid home with the tying
run. though they beat us out in the
finish.
In batting my mind always goes
back to the now celebratde seventeen
inning tie which We played in Phila-
delphia IN 1907. Rube Waddcll was
pitching and when I went to the plate
] felt mono too sure of the outcome as
1t was the ninth inning and the Phil
lies We're in the lead. However, some
thing had to be done. SO I made q des-
perate try at n of Rube's fast ones
and l Z a assure you l felt greatly re-
lieNed when I saw the ball sailing into
the distance for a home run and knew
q tie.
Saved tho Tigers Bacon
In fielding I remember very we'll an
incident in Washington toward the
close of the 1903 season. Detroit had
six games to play and had to win five
of them to be sure OF the pennant. The
score was 3 to 2 in favor of Detroit in
the ninth inning. There was a man
on second and one out when the Litter
at h plat hit a low, hard liner to
field. If 1t went safe the runner would
score and the game would be tied,
when L started after 1t there didn't
seem to me n chance in a Thousand
of my getting it. However. I was de-
termined to try for 1T. 1 had to run
and dive for 1t, landing flat on my
face, but ! caught the ball and the
game was a victory for Detroit"
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LEAGUE
FOR L L CAMP?

Milwaukee. Feb. .24-Agitation for
another league for 1913 has started.
This tip is being handed about in the
inner circle and 1t would not be sur
prising to see another major organi.
cation in full swing within a year.
Naturally wishing to circumvent an
other baseball war in which the play
ers are usually the only gamers. it is
planned to reconstruct tho Ameri-
can association into a big league by
adding, Chicago. Cleveland and Pitts
burg to the present circuit. dropping
Columbus. Toledo and st. Paul. This
would leave Milwaukee, indianapolis.
Louisville. Kansas City and Minneapo-
lis Of the present layout in the fold.
Another possibility is the dropping
of Louisville and substituting Cincin-
natl. This would give tho association
n Of the most compact leagues ever
organized.
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WILL JOHNSON FIGHT FLYNNc
IRA Ecr,,o

>>'
Maybe they won't hold the Johnson
Flynn fight after all. All this advance
skirnlish has given the promoters Of
the proposed fight all the time they
need to see the way the dear old pub
lie is sizing up the thing. There is a
man in a hundred who takes the fight
the least seriously. If the men be-
hind the whole thing have anything
further than theatrical dates in their
minds. they must imagine for the time
being that there are a lot Of dear
friends In the west who do not know
the least thing in the world about box
ing. 1t was the late Billy Delaney
who stated that it would require five
years to beat the present champion Of
the world. Something over ono of the
allotted years has elapsed and there Is
not q man in sight at the present time
who can give the black holder of the
money. 1t would seem that the late
Delaney was conservative.
There might have been three men
In the past who could have beaten
johnson and there might not. Just
the other day an 1rishman vas giving
his opinion of the fighting ability Of
the big smoke. He stated that in his
opinion johnson could have beaten
Jefries the best day the California
gave his private opinion of
Johnson's character-and that is
neither here nor there.
Corbet might have beaten johnson
with his wonderful speed and the
varied way he had of driving in blows.
But there are some of the present day
followers of the game of tisticufs who
hold to the opinion that the negro is
just as clever as Corbett and in addi-
ton possesses greater hitting powers
and much greater strength.
There are some of the old guard
who believe that in the greatness of
his prime that Bob Titzsimmons could
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politan centers furnish the bulk of big
league talent.

league talent.
But with all the vast army from
scmipro. Independent and corner lot
teams whaling the ball in crowded
centers of humanity. the tank town or
the minor village smears it all over
much larger rivals. New York may
play faster ball than Happy Hollow,
but most of the talent which frames
the New York line came from Happy
Hollow or some township of equal
ringsidc weight.
Take a look ut the small town cast
Cobb halls from Royston. Ca;
jackson from Gr%eenville. S. c.: Baker
from Trappe, Md: Mathewson from
Factoryville. Pa: Cy Young from
Paoli. Ohio: Nap Lajoie from Woon-
socket. r. T.; iris Speaker from a
dinky town in Texas; Nap Rucker
from Marietta. Ga; Larry Doyle from
Breeze. ILL.,: Walter johnson from a
railroad station in Idaho; Sam Craw-
ford from Wahoo. Neb.
In addition to these. Wagner,
Clarke. Alexander, Magee. Meyers.
Plank. Bender, Daubert-and about
tw,o.thirds of the crop still left-all
drifted in from spots where the popu-
lation is as sparsely scattered as
smashing wallops in a two-hit game.
1t would he easy enough to pick a
team recruited from towns Of 1000 or
less strong enough to rumple a big
town pick into a shapeless, discolored
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have beaten the spade. It's one Of
those copper-riveted cinches that IL
the old frozen-mugged Cornishman
had ever landed one Of those pile-driv-
ing punches on the ebony anatomy of
Lii Artha. that there might not have
the dark district for some dreary days
but.
Also some hold that Artha would
have outboxed Bob. Just as Corbett did
at Carson City, and that the blows Of
the lack would nave had q much
more serious effect than the blows Of
the tall man with the carefully brush
ed pompadour and the after-dinner
smile. Be that as 1t may, it is a rath-
er certain surmise that a battle be-
tween Artha and the owner Of those
huge freckled shoulders and the ac-
companying legs. would have been one
fist debate worth travelling thirty miles
through the sands with dancing
pumps on. to witness.
And then We come to Jeffries. or go
back to him. if you will insist upon
having it that way.
The best way. according to our
humble way Of thinking Of doping
this. is to say that Artha would have
experienced great trouble in hooking
jeff out and might have lost heart on
the weary journey through the rounds.
You know that jeff was tough and he
was also as big as the provermbial
house. His size and strength and the
inability of the best hitters to knock
jeff out Is what made him q great
fighter.
Jeffries did MOI have the fighting
heart. If he possessed the fighting in
stincts of Bat Nelson he would have
licked the world, including a battalion
of college boys out after a big foot
ball anne. 1t might have been a.
stalling match between jeff and
Johnson, but the black would have
had an awful time in knocking the
Hercules out. and then JEFF might
have taken all the fight out of the
spade by one Of those body crushers
Of his.
corbett or Fitzsimmons or Jeffries.
When the boilermaker was in this
prime, would have given the negro an
awful battle II m OF the trio or all
of them would have not have beaten
him. But to talk Of Jim Flynn, the
man Tommy Burns beat rather easily
and the same rather slow-witted fell
low that Sam Langford all but caused
the peppers to speak Of as a horrible
example OF our strenuous life. is to
say that Hamlet was a gay and witty
young chap with a happy disposition.
But anyway here we are at the front
stoop and it Is time to .alight. What
do you think about It? Has Flynn
any chance?
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HONUS
SIGNS

Chicago. Feb. 24-The annual story
about the retirement Of Honus Wag-
nue.. shortstop for the Pittsburg Ma.
tionals. will not be printed this year.
The German isn't going to retire; he
isn't even going to hesitate over the
signing of his contract.
He Is ready to sign now and IN
anxious for getaway day to arrive. He
surprised everybody at Pirate head.
quarters recently and making inquiries
as to what Was doing. When asked ie
he was going to play this season, he
replied emphatically he was and =,
better game than ever before.
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SPRING WAKES
TRAP SHOOTERS

Fargo. n. d., Feb. 24.-With the
coming Of warm weather comes the
many of the boys have been waiting
for the time when they can again step
up to the firing line and test their
Workmanship. a sport second to none
and enjoyed by every lover Of outdoor
sport.
The North Dakota state shoot will
be held at Fargo this year and will
be given under the auspices of the
Gate City Gun club on July 1915.
1912.
The Gate City Gun club extends to
each and every shooters a most cor
dial invitation to attend this shoot
and help max 1t the biggest, best and
most enjoyable event of it's kind ever
held in this state. The Squier Money
Back system having proven such a
great success has been adopted for
this tournament.
Under the Squier Money Back sys-
tenn the shooter not only has a chance
to win some money. but he is also
protected from losses and even though
he shoots through the entire program
he cannot lose any more than the
price of his shells and targets.
Among the several important events
to be shot for at the state shoot are
the amateur championship of North
Dakota; the two-man team champion
ship and the four-man team cham
pionship.
1t will be appropriate to mention
here that the old trophy which was
emblematic of the four-man team
championship has been discarded and
in its stead there will be a most beau
tiful sterling silver trophy donated to
Powder Co. of Wilmington, Del. This
trophy is an exact duplicate Of the one
donated by the Dupont Powder Co. to
the Pennsylvania State Sportsman's
association. and one which any team
might we'll feel proud of winning.
The Gate City Gun club members
will do all in their power to make
this a most enjoyable occasion for all
those who can arrange to attend.
They have received from the inter-
state association 800 and together
with the $3.50 added by the club will
have a most attractive program.
There are a number Of clubs which
contemplate holding a tournament this
season and the loca. club would like
very much to have them orange their
dates SO as to form a circuit, which,
it is believed, would prove most hene.
actal to all the clubs in point of at.
tendance.
For the benefit of those clubs a list
OF CLUBS n dates already registered
with the Interstate association is pub
lished: -
Fargo-July 1876, state shoot.
Crookston-July 1928.
Warroad-uly 1926, state shoot.
Beaudette-July 20.
On Feb. Is the Gate City Gun club
Will hold a novelty shoot at their
shooting park. Shooting, will COM
mence at IL am. Sides will be chosen
from shooters present, the losing team
to pay for refreshments which viii be
served at the club house at / D. m.
Shells will be for sale on the
grounds and q most cordial invitation
to everyone to come and help make
this q most enjoyable occasion is ex-
tended.
The Gate City Gun club is entertain.
ing a number Of representative shoot
ers throughout the state at the club
this afternoon. A short target shoot
Will be held ON the campus for the
spectators which will be followed by a
luncheon.
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RIOTERS RIBAL RHYME.

A stands for Athletics, q nobby young
crew;
About our great game. why. they
know just a few.
B stands for Baker, and also for bat,
And there's eve a combination
like that.
c stands for Collins. another young
Whose deeds of true might you car
readily scan.
d stands for Davis, of ancient renown,
They've got him for boss in the
Napplander's town.
l. stands for Easy, and that is a
That looks very nice on a st. Louis
Brown.
r stands for Fracas, the tale YOU I'M
bihc
From poet and potcntate. buglet
and scribe.
& stands for Gorilla. a fee simple
name.
That's held by the gent who is boss
of the game.
H stands for Hustler. and also for
hills,
But the first name belongs to
Quakertown's pills.
l stands for Ignorance. that is A cinch,
It's given to the guy who strikes out
in a pinch.
j stands for Jennings, a red-hcaded
guy,
Who won just three pennants. and
no one knows why.
* stands for Knocker, his jobs al.
ways done
On h home gang each day when
the other gink's won.
l. stands for Luslner, who is always a
boob.
You generally find him a Bugs or a
RUDE.
NJ stands for Mack. the wise guy of
all.
Who's there with the lead or the
feint or the stall.
N stands for National, and also for
Nix,
And it's found in signals, but never
in bricks.
o stands for Oldring. a gent pretty
fleet,
Who hits like a hammer and flies
on his feet.
p stand for Phillics. We hope we car
brag
Q stands for Ounce, a name that is
hurled
Whenever the home team no PEN
nant'S unfurled.
Il stands for Rooter, n funny old cuss,
SISallllS SOIllo hluO
of a muss.
5 stands for Sucker. he has the face
To think that Boston can creep
from last place.
T stands for Tyrus, the king of them
all,
The greatest that ever knocked EN-
over the wall.
U stands for Umpire, a vigorous slob.
Who can always he counted the
home team to rob.
V stands for Victory, which has the
first call
On every team playing the first
game of ball.
w is for Wizard. a lusty young thing,
That blooms in the training camp
every blamed spring.
\ stands for Ten-spot. and many have
flown
When in the ninth inning the home
team has blown.
Y is for vi vi, the bugs screaming
oar,
When the home team IN out
with the other guys gore.
Il stands for Zacher. whose name here
is let
Into this scribbling, good bye alpa-
bet.
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TANK TOWN VS. r.,,,>.

TANK TOWN VS.. CITY.
When ~ gets a line on the busy
hundreds or the serried thousands en-
gagged in the national game through
every vacant piece of sod in the city,
first thought would be that metro.
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SPORTING LIGHTS
MAx1Ms OF MoGuL MUTHUsALAH
(By Grantland Rice.
Intermingling the usual apologies to

G. b.
(Handed down to his grandson
Noah and preserved by him in the
Log Of the Ark.)
Swing at the ball that skippcth by
thy knees; whale at the ball that
hurtleth by thy waist; but let the
high ball go"
THE catcher with the split mitt:
the infielder with the spiked toe; the
pitcher with the cracked h~andle-all
these shall abound in the land from
season unto season and from genera
ton unto generation"
THE umpire Is an abomination in
the sight of all men: yet must no be
respected lest he taketh thy coin Oh
evicteth thee from the ball yard"
He tina striketh out Hans Wagner
is greater than he that taketh a city:
and he that fanneth Tyrus Cobb shall
be king over men for a generation"
He that loveth his wife. feedeth
and clotheth her: but he that taketl
her to d ball game is foolish"
Il had thought, my son.. that ] had
Who taught me the game. shall dwell
lived for many reasons but Cy Young.
In h land forever and forever. He
shall sec the slump of Babel: waivers
asked upon Nineveh Inc Tyre; the
spiking of Caesar; the base running of
Bill Bryan and the val club of Theo-
dore. Yet shall he still report in the
springtime, saying ever hat this time
will he pitch the q. Of his L."