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The San Francisco call., 1913-11-17
Deaths Hand Falls
On W. O. Macdonough,
Famed as a thurman

William OBrien Macdonough, who
broke the worlds record In selling
prices OF horses when he paid $780,
600 for the famous racing stallion
Ormonde, died yesterday at the PENN
sula hotel following a stroke of apo
plexy. Macdonough was 43 years of
age and a member of the Pacific
Union club. Ormonde. his precious
stallion. is also dead, but the prestige
of the thoroughbred sire is being
maintained by a number of his get
that are racing at the different tracks
of the country
Macdonough was a thorough sports
man and when he paid $780, 900 for
the famous English stallion he star
tied the sporting world. The horse
was brought to this country for stud
purposes, but he was considered a
failure as q producer.
Ormonde was brought to the Mac
donough stock farm in San Mateo, but
soon after his arrival in this country
the great stallion died
The best of his progeny were prob
ably Ossary and Ossini, which had
fair success on the turf. Some of Or
mende's get did fairly we'll. Beau
Ormonde. Ormonde's Right and Or
mondale were from the famous stall
lion and they were well known to
the followers Of the turf.
Macdonough was an ardent admirer
of the thoroughbreds and he spent q
fortune on them, but he met with only
ordinary success.
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ATHLETIC CHATTER

Poor Phil Noonan. the Olmpic
club boxer. has met Mr.. Hard Luck
once more. In the coast champion
ship titles at Portland last week Phil
went right through to the semi-finals,
where he met his match in Walter
knowlton of the Multnomah club.
Phil is as clever an amateur NIT ar
tist as the club has had in his class.
SUIT somehow he is never able to land
the bacon. He has fought in tourna-
ment after tournament and gone right
through to the semi-finals. but always
goes out at that. Phil is always there
when the club wants his services, and
Is one of the most conscientious boys
that Bill Leonard and George Green
has In their charge.
By ordering Lick, Lowell and Cogs-
well to play of for the football cham
pionship of the San Francisco sub
league this body has virtually over
ruled the decision rendered by the
California Rugby union that 'Lowell's s
protest is sustained" The Rugby
union was asked by the subleague to
decide a certain question, which 1T did
in an able manner. The subleague
went to work, and in the face of the
decision considered that Lick had de-
feated Lowell and ordered CogsweIl
to come in on the rep1ay as we'll BY
sustaining the Lowell protest this
school was virtually awarded the
game against Lick, but the subleague
in it's pristine knowledge of the af-
fair decided that Cogswell-whfch has
already been beaten-was as much en-
titled to play as Lick was 1t is no
wonder that Lowell is talking of
withdrawing from the tottering
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-17

Eastern swimming writers have
been running long stories to the ef-
feet that Duke Kahanamoku has de-
cided to turn pro- They must have
some inside information that we have
not got here The eastern dispatches
state that Duke has received very fat
terfng offers from Australian pro-
moters and has accepted
Australia wants Kahanamoku to
visit, but not as a pro. Bill Hill, who
refereed the Stanford California Rug
by game, is secretary of the Austria
liam Swimming associat ton and this
body has authorized Hill to try and
bring the Duke down to Australia
with him.
Hill leaves for Honolulu next week
and will interview Kahanamoku VIXEN
there and try and arrange with the
dusky champion to make the trip. The
Australians have a marvel in Long
worth, who was unfortunate to con-
tract an abscess of the ear at Stock
holm and was prevented from compet-
ing in the Olympiad. The antipodeans
are sincere in their conviction that
Longworth can beat Kahanamoku,
and race between them would un-
doubtedly be wonderful struggle.
Al Coney OF the Olympic club has
been asked by the Hawaiian festival
committee to organize a team of coast
swimmers to go down to Honolulu in
February to participate in the SWIM
ming championships of the Pacific
ocean Al has started the machin-
cry moving and promises to get to-
gether team which should make a
good showing. 1t is probable that
some of the fastest men in Australia
will also be brought to Honolulu for
the big championships. making 1t a
legitimate Pacific ocean title affair
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-17
WHITE MAY
MIX WIT H
RTTCH|E
Champ Says He Will Give
Chicago Lad Chance Here
Christmas Day
By EDDIE GEIGER

CHICAGO. Nov 17.-Willie Ritchie
and Charlie White will battle in San
Francisco on Christmas day. provided
the lightweight champion can induce
Jimmy Coffroth to bring the Chicago
boy to the coast for 20 round clash.
Ritchie and Manager Foley passed
| through Chicago last night on their
way to San Francisco. where on De-
cember 10 the champion tackles
Tommy Murphy in a battle before
Coffroths club.
Ritchie volunteered the offer to in
tercede for White. He declared he
would tell Coffroth and the western
scribes of the local lads greatness
and his worthiness for a chance at the
title and ask that Christmas be
named as the date. Willie said he
would do 133 at o'clock for White.
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Heavy weights are to do battle in
this section of the country tonight,
the first clash of big fellows in years.
Jess Willard, Tom Jones' new elong-
ated white hope, and George Rodel. a
native of South Africa. are the oppo-
nents. While Jess looks like the more
polished of the two, Rodel will not be
a setup.
The proposed Packey Mcfarland
Jack Britton match billed for Milwau-
kee for Thanksgiving day is Off Two
Of the beer city promoters went after
the match and bidding contest
started. Forgetting that there were
other expenses in connection with
running show, the promoters went
into big figures Suddenly the pro-
moters discovered that the glove
wielders were getting all. with moth
ing left to pay the bills. and the
match fell through
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BIG MORRIS
WROTH At
GUNNER
Oklahoma Giant Says Smith
Quit in Order to Avoid
Punishment

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-While TAX
ing light exercise at the new Polo
A. A. In Harlem, Carl Morris, the Ok
lahoma giant. who in the opinion of
many ring followers is the best white
heavy weight in the world, paid his
respects to Jess willard and Gunboat
Smith, with whom he has been trying
to arrange matches. Morris is keep
ing in condition, with the Idea of
fighting Willard in the garden on
December Q. providing willard can OBJ
tain reinstatement by the state boxing
commission.
1t is stated that the Buffalo pro-
moter will withdraw his complaint
against Willard for running out of a
bout with One Round Davis last win
ter. If somebody will hand over $500
spent in advertising the bout. But
Manager Gibson of the Garden Ath-
letic club said today that he would not
agree to reimburse the Buffalo pro-
moter until Willard had positively
agreed to meet Morris here.
IF Willard signs articles to box
me in the garden on December 2, l
will be very much surprised" said
Morris today II don't believe he
wants any of my game. for he has
known me for years when we were
both green hands out in Oklahoma.
"As for Gunboat Smith, think the
sporting public realizes now that he
is afraid to meet me again. / did
not foul him in the fifth round of our
recent Garden bout. He simply quit
rather than be put away"
FLYNN CHIRPING AGAIN
Fireman Jim Flynn is anxious to
get the December 2 date with Nor
ris. Flynn has no excuses to make
for his losing battle with Gunboat
Smith here last summer, except the
statement that excessive heat did not
agree with him.
Il have enjoyed a good rest said
Flynn today, "and / want another
crack at Morris because he is bet
ter man than when we met two
years ago
Willie Ritchie, who left here for
San Francisco on Saturday, is receiv-
ing credit from Manager Gibson of
the Garden Athletic club for unusual
fairness. When Ritchie made the
match with Cross he accepted an
OFFER of 80 per cent of the gross re-
gate amounted to $4,000, of which
Cross share was 90 per cent. When
Ritchie learned that the Garden Ath
letic clubs bit would be compare
lively small, he surprised Gibson by
voluntarily waiving the $4,000 guar
antee and accepting the percentage.
which amounted to a trifle more than
sc. OO0 How many boxers would treat
promoter with such consideration?
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tacular and so convincing that he
is bound to have great follow
ing when he starts again. AS for
Burns, they are bit dubious.
They don't believe that they can
trust him.
xvyHAT a wonder Mccarthy
M will be in the eyes of the
W fans all over the country II
he does happen to step in and stop
RurnsP why, he will have
license to climb right in with the
hirherups of the ring. They
simnly must make a place for
him for nobody, outside OF Ad
wolgast and Harlem Tommy
Murphy. ever handed the Oak
lander q decisive drubbing.
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-HuS it is that now and then a
great fighter has a chance to
! become a great man after he
has been cast aside and kicked
and cuffed around by the multi
tude. True, very few of them
ever make good, but now and
then we hear of an instance or
this sort and 1t Is presented to
us today. 1t may be only flash
in the pan and then again 1T may
he the real three star special.
X
-HE record OF the brick layer
has been a curious one. When
= he did have a chance to shine
a couple of years ago, he In
variably fell down and failed to
display enough class to entitle
him to even mention with the
knowing ones. But all the same,
he managed to give Packey Nc
Farland a good stiff argument
for 10 rounds. but. of course.
they said it was fiuke or
frameup.
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SrHE fans of San Francisco
ought to encourage home in
dustry. They ought to get
behind a fighter like Mccarthy
and give him chance after the
remarkable form which he
showed the last time out He
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has a chance to repeat this time
and il he does, then there will
be no reason in the world why
Johnny should not be entitled to
go right up the ladder.
\ y
~ URNS complained of illness
and staleness when Mccarthy
beat him. This sort of an
excuse is never anticipated by the
fans unless fighter shows
them the next time out. Burns
is getting his opportunity on
Monday evening and it will be up
to him to prove his claims. II
he does not, he will be gone and
forgotten by those who now be-
lieve that he possesses class.
~ JIMMY cLABBY carries
Knockout punch around with
= him, he ought to cut loose
with it when he meets Frank
Logan on Thanksgiving after
noon. They all want to know
whether Jimmy is a near Ketchel
or Just an ordinary Bob Meal
lister. All sorts of arguments
have been advanced since his last
start here. but none of them
have proved convincing.
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@LABBY will meet a very
tough youngster in the former
soldier, but still the majority
of the fight followers are of the
opinion that his class ought to
carry him through. Logan never
has set any part of the world on
fire with his work. His prin-
cipal claim to fame is his
strength and his ability to go
in at close range and shake the
other fellow up.
\
~ HE Indiana performer showed
everything but the wal1op
when he gave Sailor Petros-
key that artistic trimming here
few weeks ago. They marveied
at his stvIn. his delivery his
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-17
ALL-BLACKS DEPART
AFTER MAKING SOME
FOOTBALL HISTORY
BY WILLIAM UNMAcK

With an unbeaten record the New
Zealand football team is now on It's
way to British Columbia to play a
series of three games with the Cana
dians, and from that point the team
leaves on the return trip to New Zea-
land on November 26.
The New Zealanders have made an
enviable record and one which 1t is
doubtful will ever be duplicated by
any other touring team. Thirteen
games played and thirteen games Won
Is the mark, and in every game big
scores We're the result.
The New Zealanders were out to
win and play the game, and that is
what they were imported for. They
were brought here by the California
Rugby union to show US just how the
game should be played. and they car
ried out their part Of the contract to
a nicely. The boys were at all times
willing TO do their best.
There was no dogging it or loafing.
Whether IL was wet weather or fine
weather whether a turfed field or a
dirt field, a dry field or a dirty, sticky,
muddy field, the New Zealanders were
always able to put up an exhibition
that was a credit to the team and a
source of amazement to the local foot
ball fans.
TEAMS GREAT RECORD
Last year the Australians played
exactly the same teams that New
Zealand met this season. The Aus
tralians lost game to both Stanford
and California. yet the New Zealand
ers come here and run up tremendous
scores against these same teams. This
naturally brings ou the question: How
much better is this New Zealand
team than the Australian team?
The question is answered in part by
the result of a game played by New
Zealand against nearly the same Aus
fralian team that was here last year a
few days before the All-Blacks left
New Zealand for this city. In that
game New Zealand defeated Australia
30 points to 5.
That represents just about the diff
ference in the ability of the two
teams, and this deduction is further
proven by the wonderful showing
made by the New Zealanders in their
games here as compared with the
showing of the Australians last year.
The present New Zealand team has
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-17

made wonderful record for itself
on and OF the field. The men kept
training rules-such training rules as
are kept-and paid strict attention to
their work. They were in perfect con-
dition for every game and played hard
from whistle to whistle.
The fans who saw the original ALL
Blacks in action have been trying to
compare the present team with the
wonders of 1905-1906. Locally we did
not see the original team at its best.
but what we did see was enough to
convince us that IT was a remarkable
aggregation. Judging by the games
played here, the present All-Black
team is far better than the original
All Blacks. but the comparison is not
fair to the original team.
RECORD A PROUD ONE
There is, however. not very much to
choose between the teams. The orig
inals played wonderful Rugby and ran
up just as big scores against the best
teams in England as the present team
did against our teams
Though our teams were beaten by
30, 40 and so to zero IL Is no disgrace,
as English teams knowing more about
the game than our boys were defeated
with the same margins by the orig
inals.
The New Zealand Rugby union
team goes back to New Zealand with
a record that compares more than fa-
vorably with that of any team that
has toured any part of the world. The
team has shown us just how to play
Rugby, and the local teams are bound
to get a lot of benefit out of the les
sons taught.
The team is one of the best that
has ever represented New Zealand
and If ii is not better than the orig
inal All Blacks it is not inferior to it.
Its work is enough to credit 1T with
being the equal in every way of the
original All l-Blacks and 1t will go
down in local history as such.
We have seen both teams in ac-
ton here and giving the originals
every leeway for their hard trip
across the continent, it is difficult
to see where the team was any bet
ter than the team that has just left
us, but it is also a hard matter to
say that the present team is superior
to the originals. It is giving both
an even shake by saying the present
| team is as good as the first team.
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WASTED LIVES
Bv L. w. NELSON.

Napoleon took many years get his share of fame
With Washington Lincoln pretty much the
And John Paul the valiant fought for the brine
of their seven-column line;
The who grabbed off all the fame fields of red
Were the who stopped the bullets and numbered with the
dead
And throughout history find it is the
died looked death in the face
strife
fame they need have rsked single le
trouble facing bullet sword and
could lived life and have raked all the
of the hit Napoleon George Washington would make
How impressive John Perry of the Lake
they'd their fame-nuch easier, deen)
AS halfback or fulback college football team
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class and his GOODNESS. Some of
them said. too, that he had the
punch but that he did not knock
the tar out simply because said
tar is second Battling Nelson.
HLABBY'S record does not
stamp him as puncher. but
records don't go all the time
He has an opportunity now to
fairly fly to the front The
punch will be the makings of
him. He's one Of the most pop
ular scrappers who has shown
here in many a day and it looks
as though he is just as much
entitled to middle weight cham
pionship honors as any OF his
rivals.
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STsHERE'S Mission Johnny Mccarthy who
liable pugisic world Monday night
lad who suddenly emerged from the debris pile
Frankie
ber of every FOUNDER Rce Cross and Rivers and few
others fill the card and
some of them gaspng for time they
realize how young handled the dangerous lad from
Oakland
Sr4HEY are going Monday only will be
20 round Of Mccarthy won't be
anv more No nde His astp
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1913-11-28

Mrs. McKeever

People were greatly surprised
Monday to learn that Mrs. r.
V. McKeever was dead. The
preceding week she was taken
to Minneapolis for an operation
for appendicitis from which she
had been suffering for two years.
The operation was performed at
st. Barnabas hospital. The
shock proved too great for her to
stand and she passed away Sun
day at five o'clock in the after
noon. Her husband was with
her, and he afterwards took her
remains to Osceola, Iowa, her
old home, for burial; that being
also the place of her marriage.
Mrs. McKeever came here last
spring with her husband from
Cannon City, COL, and during the
time of her residence here she
had made many friends who re-
gret her untimely death and ex-
tend sympathy to the bereaved
husband. Mrs. McKeever was
about 40 years old.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1913-11-28
$500 Fire.

EARLY Thanksgiving morning
the Bob White barn in the west
ern part of town was destored
by fire, entailing loss of 5000
which was covered by an insur.
ance of $500.
When the fire com pany reached
the scene of the fire the roof of
the barn was falling in, and
nothing could be done towards
saving the build ing.
1t is supposed that some one
had slept in the barn and posi-.
bly, lighted his pipe, throwing
down the burning match, thus
starting the fire.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1913-11-28
New Ellington Fracas

0. G. Ellistad of New Ellington
was fined S. and costs by Justice
Prindiville Tuesday for assault
on VIM. G.. Bruener of the same
town. Bruener had bought
Elllistad's restaurant business
and rented the building. Mon
day night Ellistad went to the
restaurant and tried to force
Bruener to turn the business
back to him, actually taking
possession Of the place against
the will of the latter. His fine
and costs for this will amout to
about $4,000. The matter of
right to possession of the res
tauyrant will be decided in Justice
Prindiville's court today.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1913-11-28
PLANT OF A NOISE Halter.
This Rich Man Would Like to Kill a
Whole Lot Of People.

This Rich Man Would Like to Kill a
Whole Lot Of People.
AS public protest against shrieking
motor horns and yelping dogs retired
Manchester merchant has Cancelled a
bequest of 10000 to the local hospi-
tails. Writing to the London Mail. he
says,
Il have become so disgusted by the
stupidity Of the authorities who allow
the health of the people to be ruined
By dendish noises from motorcars.
yelpfng dogs. etc, that | have made
up my mind az protest to cancel a
bequest in my will of 100000 to Man
chester hospitals. shall divert the
money to other channels. where hope
it will be put to better use than patch
ing up people who do not appear to
have sense enough to protest against
these brutal and unnecessary nui-
sances. which are destroying the
health of thousands of people. includ-
ing myself.
Il am suffering from nervous irrita-
ton. and for seven years | have been
seeking some place where can be
quiet. | have lived in London. Man
chester, Southport and st. AIMS -on-the-
Sea. They are all bad. Now am
going to live in Cheltenham. The
town clerk there assures me they have
bylaws against yelping dogs. bawling
hawkers. shrieking motorcar horns and
Growing fowls If these bylaws are
not properly enforced at Cheltenham l
shall go to live in the Hartz noun
tains under sensible government. I
have not definitely decided what l
shall do with my money. | would
like to spend it all on powder and shot
for the people who make and encour.
age unnecessary nOiSe.''
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1913-11-28
SCHOOL NOTES.

The local girls basketball
team made their firstatrfp down
to Browns Valley last Friday eve.
ming. Our girls played a. fist
game fromtffe start; 'but.owin1
to the size of the girls in the op-
posing team it. made it, difficult.
for them to score The. gasiaA
ended the first half with a score
of 7-9 in favor of Sisseton. Final
score being Is to IL in favor of
Browns Valley. We are surely
proud of the showing made by
our girls and from this we may
all look forward to a very success
full season and a winning one at
that. The Browns Valley team
put up good game and the best
of spirit accompanied the pro.
gress of evenings activities:
Our girls were royalty entertain.
ed and upon returning home ex~
pressed their appreciation of the
way in which they were treated.
The students Of the high school
are taking the Farmers Short
Course" this week, and have
laid aside their studies for the
purpose of gaining knowledge
along agricultural lines. 1t is
needless to say that they enjoy
the variety very much, and take
hold of the work with enthusi-
asm.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1913-11-28
Farmers Short Course
Weather Too Good for Large At
tendance of Farmers.

The farmers short course is
on at the court house this week,
under the supervisor of H. s.
Stoner, assisted by e. w. Hall
of Wisconsin, G.. w. Patterson of
Iowa and G. E. Morrison of this
state, all of whom are practical
farmers and graduates of agri-
cultural colleges. Over 100
school students are in daily at
tendance, and are getting much
good from the practical lessons
given. While some farmers and
their wives are taking advantage
of the course, the good weather
has kept many away.
In various parts of the building
are tables on which are displayed
a fine array of corn, vegetables
and small grain, many specimens
of which are very fine. The
cooking exhibit is much smaller
than that of last year; but every
thing looks good. Several pieces
of fancy work and few hand
made garments testify to the
ability of some Of the girls of
Roberts county.
Miss Venia Keller lectures on
foods and food values every day
at the Presbyterian church to a
large and interested audience.
While lecturing Miss Keller
gives also practical demonstra-
tions of cooking and allows the
spectators to copy the recipes
and sample what she cooks.