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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13

HHICAGO, Oct. 1s.-Eight on nine
years ago there was a husky
blonde battler in Paddy Dorrelrs
Milwaukee gymnasium who was rap
idly becoming an idol with the Cream
City fans. They hardly knew his
name, but they liked to see him step
into the ring for the second prelimi-
nary at the old Star theater. He
chewed several sets of boxing gloves
to pieces trying TO get them off to
pick up the many coins that were
showered upon him by the fans. He
gave them plenty of action, at least
until the other fellow went down.
That was Battling Nelson.
A few years later a tough little
German boy came out of Michigan,
hoping to get a few cheap battles
with Milwaukee feather weights. He
got them. but grew a few pounds too
heavy 70 rthe class. and at 126 pounds
was lacing all the secondary light
weights that the middle west could
produce. 1t only took Ad Wolgast a
year to rise from free lunch to wind
ups.
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$1,000 Pearl Found;
Owner Sells for 81

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 81. H. VI
rey, manager of the. inspection de-
partment of the Western Syndicate
Investment company 323 Andrus
building, has in his possession a per-
feet button" pearl weighing 49,
grains which represents total in
vestment of a 81 bill. The pearl,
Mr.. Ulrey says. has been appraised at
$4,000.
The pearl was found by John Van
Blair at Winnebago. He kicked
mussel shell open and saw, nestled
snugly near the lips Of the she'll. the
pearl. Mr.. Ulrey came along and of
fered to buy it. He says the shock
of hearing the purchase price of 81
quoted was great, but he recovered
sufficiently to complete the transac-
ton
AS far as l am able to learn he
said today, 1T is the largest pearl
ever found in the Winnebago district.
although fishermen for years have
been searching for them"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13
Remember This, Fight Fans?

ON rainy, dreary afternoon in
February. 1910, in a boxing
arena out in Point Richmond,
across the bay, Abdul the Turk,
a famous trainer, lifted Battling
Nelson. then lightweight cham
pion of the world, to his Shout
ders and carried him from the
dressing room into the ring. He
did this in order that Nelson,
who was defending his title
against AID Wolgast that after
noon, might not get his fighting
shoes full of mud. The ring was
pitched in the open air and the
ground around it was deep from
the rain. Wolgast, the challenger.
already was in the ring when this
performance came off and he
watched it curiously from inside
the ropes. As Abdul lifted the
Dane into the ring Wolgast went
over to. Nelson, shook his hand
and remarked: Bat, they've
carried you into the ring. and,
mark what 1 say right now.
they'll carry you out of IT."
X X
w HAT happened in the Point
NM Richmond arena that after
noon fully bore out this
grim prediction. In the middle
of the fortieth round Referee Ed
die Smith of Oakland. now dead.
stopped an unequal battle and
raised Wolgast's arm aloft In
token of victory. 1t went into
ring history and the record books
as a knockout for Wolgast, the
first one that ever had been regis
tered against the Durable Dane.
He was badly whipped man,
though he never was willing to
admit It. Nelson wasn't actually
carried out of the ring, but he
was in a fit condition for 1T.
X
This battle was the last Of the
real championship contests to
decided over what was known
as the Marathon route Of 45
rounds. The long distance fell
into disrepute some time after
that, and the California contests
were cut to 20 rounds, plenty In
which to decide the question be-
tween two men. Now Wolgast
and Nelson have been matched to
battle 10 rounds under more pol
itic surroundings, the battle be-
Ing scheduled for Milwaukee to-
night. Both of them are former
worlds champions now, Willie
Richie having annexed the title
from Wolgast.
n
At EVER Will there be . harder,
IN tougher. fouler. rougher fight
for worlds championship re-
corded. There was the most in
tense feeling between the pair,
and they went at their work like
couple OF billygoats. Nelson.
most durable of all fighters, who
mad striven for Is years to get to
the top Of the heap. and whose
gameness at all times stamped
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13
Ad. Wolgast and Bat Nelson
9 Both Ex-Champs 8
VIII Hitch Up Again Tonight
BY EDDIE GEIGER

To night in Milwaukee these two
ex-champions, with the Tex" empha-
sized, probably the two most popular
pugilists that ever stepped windup
fight again before their friends.
Battling Nelson rose to the light
weight championship through the de-
termination of his personality and
had the title taken away from him
by AID Wolgast in that terrific 40
round conflict at Point Richmond
Cal. on February 20, 1910
They carried Nelson In and out of
the ring that time. In to keep his
ring shoes from becoming muddy, and
out because he was helpless. But
Wolgast suffered likewise two and q
half years. later, when he lost on q
foul Ito Willie Richie.
They're both full OF steam yet. The
Dane has been in Milwaukee work
ing regularly and has impressed the
ring followers with his great condi-
ton.
The pair will weigh in at 1873 at 8
o'clock.
The general belief IL that Ad will
win and the betting Is to 4.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13
MataWan Gets Away
With Honors in the
Free for All TrOt

Matawan took the free for all trot
at the stadium yesterday, defeating
Silver Hunter and Monica Mckinney
in straight heats. The trio of trotters
are fresh off the coast circuit and put
up hard race. but in both heats the
big fellow had the best of the final
argument down the stretch, his time
in both races being 2:17.
Balboa, driven by Dan Hoffman,
took the 2:1S pace. defeating Sir John
X and Tom Murphy. In the first heat
Tom Murphy collided with the fence,
breaking the shaft and throwing
Driver Ayres. Results:
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Plank Quit? Not So
You Could Notice It

PHILADELPFIIA, Oct. I3.-Eddie
Plank, crack veteran Athletic pitcher.
1S years member of Connie Mack $
crew and close to 40 years of age, has
changed his mind. ell is not going to
retire. He declared Saturday morning
he would quit baseball with the close
of the big series.
II had a feeling / had enough OF the
game, but | changed that belief said
Plank. II feel in fine condition. and
could pitch again today if Connie Mack
wanted me to do So"
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him the greatest fighter OF his
inches, was against q young bull
whose strength was prodigious
and who fully and firmly believed
in himself. This square jawed
German boy from Michigan was
as merciless az Turk, while Nell
son, craxed toward the end OF the
contest at the prospect OF losing.
fought blindly and desperately.
with nothing left but that old
gamenesB to carry him through.
battle ana as rough an could
be imagined. They slugged
wildly and tore into each other
like a. couple of battering rams,
but early in the fray Wolgast
opened UP some old cuts on the
Batt1er and started the blood flow
Ing. AS quickly as the NTH round
Nelson's face was raw and sore,
and Wolgast never for q moment
let up In his attack. Thus they
tore along at breakneck speed for
II rounds. with Wolgast gradu-
ally getting the better of 1t.
y
ny the time the thirtieth round
was reached Nelson already
was half blinded and had lost
all of his effectiveness. At that
stage the referee was getting I'M
easy and cycling the Dane closely.
fearing q collapse. Wolgast. too.
was tired, but he kept pumping
his gloves, now almost fattened
by long. hard use. into the Danes
fighting front 1t was q pitfful
sight that Nelson presented as he
tottered around. Yet Wolgast. un-
hurt as he was, could't get him on
his feet.
n T the close Of the thirty-pinth
~ round Nelson was bent over
the ropes and seemed to have
dffficulty In getting to his corner.
He ran half over to his chair, but
he ran because he was slightly
overbalanced and had to move
fast to prevent falling. The ref
cree then warned him that unless
he showed something in the next
round he would call II or. you'd
better quit" he advised Nelson.
Never, never. never the Dane
cried. But when he stepped out
for the fortieth and WoIgast
smashed him full in the face the
referee jumped in and ended 1t.
Nelson then was too feeble to do
more than hold his hands up, his
eyes were iusterless and he had
lost all sense of distance and
direction. The winner left the
ring without an much as Z scratch.
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Pitchers record--3 runs and hits OF Crabbe
in innings; charge defeat to Crabbe. Two
base hits-Zacher, Coy. Arbogast. Sacrifice hits
-Hetling, Alexander, O'Brien. First base on
called balls--On Crabbe 8, OF o. Brien B Struck
out-By Crabbe s. by O'Brfen 8. Double play
Goodwin to Arbogast to Sawyer. Wild pitches
O'Brien 49,. Left on bases-Los Angeles Z,
Oakland 4. Stolen bases-Coy, Hetling, Kay
Tor Zacher, Ness, Alexander. Time Of game
/ hour and IS minutes. Umpires-Guthrie and
pou
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SUMMARY

Pitchers record--2 runs and hits of Pruitt.
taken out In eighth with men on first and sec
ond and none out; charge defeat TO Knlilay.
Three base hit-Rohrer. Two base Inflow
ard. Sacrifice hits-Page Ellis, Pruitt. First
base on called balls--on Slagle 2. OF Pruit- 4.
Struck out-By Pruitt 1, by Slagle 2, by KILL
lay /. Hit by pitched ball-Kaylor by Slagle.
Howard by Prnitt Double piays-Krueger to
Howard: Cook to Guest to Ness ca. Left on
bases-Oakland I. Los Angeles 10. Earned runs
Los Angeles 2. Time Of game hours and
Is minutes. Umpires-Knell and Guthrie
OAKLAND S. Los ANGELES
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m Klaus by fighter, Chip in
Pttsburg Saturday the biggest that has
sporting circles this Had the youngster
the middle weight championship
tonab there might
Klaus offer But can't bi themselves ALL for
Chip Clipped German couple with his
and all the home after they
scratched their things OF
course none of them O
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13
SUMMARY

Home run--Kores. Two base hits-Derrick
Mcdonnell. O. Rourke Lober. Sacrifice hits.
Speas Chadbourne. First base on called balls
on James 8, on Baum l. Struck out-By
James 9. by Baum B. Hit by pitched BALI
Mclean. Time Of game hour and so minutes
Umpires- Finney and Phyle
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SUMMARY

Sacrifice hits--Downs. Young. Struck out
BY Overall 8, by Klawitter /. First base on
called balls-off Overall 2. OF klawitter f.
Passed baIl-Cheek. Double plays-Cart-
wright to McArdle to Cartwright; Downs to
Corhan to McArdle Left on bases-San Fran
cisco 8, Sacramento 8. Stolen bases-Johnston
(2), Young. Cheek. Time of game hour
and IS minutes. Umpres-Held and Mccarthy.
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SOCCER MEN.
NAME STAR
ELEVEN
IT WASl

After the trial game between the
Blacks and Whites of the California
Soccer Football association the Sc
lectors named the All California team
to represent this state in the Portola
international games against British
Columbia. These will be played at
the stadium Thursday. October %, and
at the st. Ignatius grounds October
26
he team is we'll divided up among
the various clubs, the men selected
being the stars. of the various clubs.
The Pastme and San Francisco clubs
each have three players selected.
Thistles and Barbarians two each and
the Vampires one representative.
The British Columbia team will ar
rive next Monday. and is the strongest
soccer aggregation ever selected in
the western part of Canada.
The teams will line up as follows:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13
SUMMARY

Five hits and runs on Hardness In 3 in
nings. Charge defeat TO Hardness. Home run
Kane. Three base hit Davis. Two base hit
Davis Sacrifice hits--Doane t3}. O. Rourkc
Rodgers. First base on called balls--On Hark-
ness 2, on Hagerinan 2. Struck Guilty. Hark-
ness 4 by Hagerman g. BY Edmonson L. Double
plays-Harkness to Butler 70 O. Rourke. Elliott
to Litschi TO Brashear Hit by pitched ball
Derrick. by Hardness: Bayless By Hagerman.
Time OF game-i hour and 40 minutes. Um~
pires-P hyle and FinEey.
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1ToBODY in this section of the
N country even heard of Chip
before. The record books
ignore him, and so far as is
known he simply looked up as
plant that somebody dug up for
Klaus to practice on And Klaus
lust took things easy till he sud
denly got a jolt on the jaw that
dropped him. Then he came up
and then Chip landed another.
This time Klaus stayed down.
\ X
rUST as likely as not. the Pitts
>, burger went into the ring out
= of condition and simply bent
upon picking up piece of the
soft change that is always hang
ing around for the higher ups of
the ring. It's an old story, but we
hear of it's repetition in the ring
nearly every day in the week
Those mighty ones never take the
bush fighters seriously.
LAUS never was considered
n classy performer by the fans
of San Francisco, but still
they are willing TO admit that he
stood out as one of the toughest
middle weights in the business.
Nobody ever made him back up
before the youngster Chip pulled
the little trick, and this leads US
to believe that Chip must carry
some telling wallop around with
him.
. INFLOW, the defeat of Klaus
~ will tend to make the mid
dleweight situation all the
more complex. Naturally, Chip
will be claiming the title, while
Clabby and McGorty and Gibbons
and the rest of them are sure to
make the claim that they have
more of a license than this kid
to call the middle weight crown
theirs.
HIPS rise to fame is no more
remarkable than that of STAN
ley Ketchelrs. We all re-
member how the late lamented
middle weight king set the whole
world talking about him six
years ago last July, when he
fought Joe Thomas, then the mid
die weight champion, off his feet
in 25 rounds at Marysville. Two
months later he beat Thomas and
won the title.
II ATE has been just as kind to
this youngster who put the
rollers under Klaus so ham
Oily. He must be possessed OF
the telling waIlop or else he never
could have slowed Klaus away,
for with all his faults big Frank
was about the toughest and
toughest of the 15S Founders.
Now let us watch and see what
this new sensation does the next
time he starts.
TT is likely that we will hear
/ from frankie Burns of Oakland
as a 20 round star once more.
That decisive wallop which he
scored over Tommy Mcfarland in
the first round last Friday even
ing gives the Oaklander an out
tor set himself back with the
admirers who believe he should
take another chance.
X X
S an in and out performer
IN Burns can not be beaten. He
can always display cham
pionship form against one of the
ham and egg boys, but stick him
on with Harlem Tommy Murphy or
q fighter of that caliber and he's
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CHICAGO, Oct 13.-Charlie white
today called on his match with Young
Shugrue for October II at Denver
because the Milwaukee club ofRered
him q match with the winner Of the
Nelson Wolgast clash and because the
Inducements are far better than those
of the western club.
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gone. He either lacks the nerve
or else stage fright gets the bet
ter of him when a man of any
class makes a rush at him.
X X r
UNBOAT SMITH is very dar-
ing with his challenges to
Sam Langford now that he
feels certain that the Boston tar
baby has been barred against
white men in practically every
city where the game fiourishes.
X 4
IF Willie Richie does not put
Leach Cross away or else out
point him by very wide mar
gin, he will have a tough time
trying to tumble up $4,000
guarantee for himself to fight here
on Thank sgiving day.
x X
III OM Jones is still talking
about taking Jesse willard
to Paris and sending him in
against Jack Johnson. Tom may
as well ship his big meal ticket
away from the Pacific coast, for
there does not seem to be any great
demand for his services either
here or in Los Angeles.
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McGoorty Claims
Championship

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Eddie
McGoorty, Oshkosh middle
weight, through his man.
niger. Tommy Walsh, today sent
I'm n claim for the title in his
division. Eddfe's manager ar
gues now that klaus has been
knocked out he no longer Is a
contender and that since he beat
both Klaus and Chip easily he is
entitled to the honor. Eddie
hopes TO convince jimmy Coff-
roth to book him against Pc
troskey and then Jimmy Clabby.
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AT LOS ANGELES
Portland 8, Venice 2

4IUtHI. Y D II IA
Iober batted for Speas in sixth.
Mclean bafted for Litschi in sixth.
Without batted for Butler In sixth.
Hogan batted for Baum In ninth.
RIMS AND HITS ny INNINGS
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Afternoon Game
Porx1anA Il Maniac

Total..I 327 Ie 6
Without batted for Butler in the eighth
Mclean hated for Hardness in the eighth.
RUNS AND HITS BY INNINGS
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AT OAKLAND
Los Angeles 4, Oakland s

TOtaI... 3 8 q Z
Wotell batted for Boles In the eighth.
Coy out in FIRST. lift By batted ball
Leard batted for Guest In the ninth.
Clemens batted for Killilay In the ninth.
RUNS AND HITS BY INNINGS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13

Total. o Q z If /
Van Buren, batted for Stark in the ninth.
RIMS AND HITS by INNINGS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13

Total. :. ? 4 q Il o Van Buren, 0 0
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13

S an in and out performer
IN Burns can not be beaten. He
can always display cham
pionship form against one of the
ham and egg boys, but stick him
on with Harlem Tommy Murphy or
q fighter of that caliber and he's
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-28
TO open THE AYASHfRY"
ABOUT MIDDLE OF JUNE
Enterprise is COmpIimGntGd
By Officials

THE Ayashery," Americas finely
equipped sanitary market, will be
opened early in June, the opening hay
ing been delayed beyond expectation
by the non-arrival of some of the fix
lures, now in transit here. THE Ayas-
cry" will be a market house in when
the most modern sanitary appliances
will be adopted, insuring absolute
purity and cleanliness. The board o.
officials who have been looking afte"
the condition of diaries and markets
in Americas recently took occasion &c
compliment this new enterprise and
will have photos made of its interior
when completed, There are but four
other such sanitary meat markets in
the state, it is said, and Americas has.
in THE Ayashery" the fifth sanitary
market in Georgia. The Ayashery
will be oupened by or before June 18th
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-28
WORDS FROM HOME
Statements That May Be Investigated.
Testimony of Americas Citizens

When an Americas citizen comes to
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Home endorsement is the kind that
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have tried other remedies but nothing
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Remember the name-Ooan's-and
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VINOL HELPS old PEOPLE
Here is Proof That 1t Creates Strength

So many cases like this are con
SANITY coming to our attention that
We publish it for the benefit #
others. Mrs. James Mccormick, If
Cohoes, NY, says: My mother is an
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Her strength seemed to be all gone.
commenced to give her Vinol and in
less than week she was like a new
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1t is the medicinal curative ele'
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aided by the blood-making and
notwithstanding properties of tonic
iron which are contained in Vinol that
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If you have an aged father mother
or anyone in your family who needs
strengthening tonic, try Vinol on
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il fails to benefit. Murray & Hooks
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TO MAKE THE FARMER
SATISFIED WITH LIFE
The Plan Suggested by United States Secretary of Ag
culture Houston is Herewith Outlined.

Washington, May 27.-An idea, i'm
measurable in it's value, so it is san
has been brought into the department
OF agriculture by David Franklin
Houston, the new secretary. Harness
ed and put to work, it will change
prophets declare, the aspects and ele-
ments of life among most of the Amer
lean people.
IF the people of the city do nol
cooperate with the people of the
country to make rural life worth while
and efficient" Secretary Houston de
clares, they will have to leave the
city and go to farming themselves in
order to obtain the necessaries of life.
Something Serious is The Matter.
Such is the unpleasant prophecy OF
a cool, thoughtful and highly educated
American. Secretary Houston is n
z, alot, called in from the hay field to
glorify a class and to inspire bulletins
about phosphates and swine; neither
is he politician; with his eye and his
mind localized on the agricultural
vote. To the contrary he is a student
and a wise and observing man. Political
history of the human race in its marc1
out of savagery is one of the pictures
in his mind Study has familiarized
him with all the symptoms of society,"
The United States, he believes, is seri-
ously out of balance. Thus runs the
of Secretary Houston, who,
standing away from a nation of money
getters, has the genius to think out
some of the problems of his country
men. He has lived in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Massachusetts, Mis-
souri, and Texas. He has been presi-
dent of college and two large uniyer-
stiles. He has taught Latin, Gaeek AMI
political economy. He has travelled the
middle west and understands the peo-
pie and the country He is no sensa-
tionalist, clamoring for publicity; no
rhetorician, in the habit of getting in
toxicated on his own vocabulary.
How the Farmer VIII he Helped.
The fundamentals of agricultural
life in the United States are wrong. he
says. One of them, at least, when de