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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26
PARIS TO Be WORLD s
BOXING NE ETROP0LIS
Promoter Who Was Pioneer
in Foreign Field Says the
French Patronize Sport
BALL TEAMS GO OVER
Klegin and Associate Intend
to introduce Game on
Other Side.
iBALL TEAMS GO OVER
Fisher

H sEiS ana Monte Carlo will
eventually nc The scene Of
all the big boxing bouts for
II tho worlds champlonsIlip
said Richard klcsin. who
took Sam McVey TO France and who
conducted matches IN various parts
OF Europe. I<lesin is guest at thc
Kenyon hotel and Is on his way east
TO take a couple OF semi professional
ball teams fu -Franrc ~tnis spring.
lie proposes to play twelve games in
Paris. beginning May /.
fParisIans arc cnthusis stic ho3in6
fans" said KIeglu. AL Monte Carlo,
too. cur best seats sold as nigh ss
$50 and 81 was eagerly paid FOR stand
ing room.
Copenhagen and other parts Of
Denmark contain people who ike to
see boxing. hut there is hardly
enough population there 10 make
Denmark good country for promo
ton. Hamburg is the one city In
Germany where fights can be pulled
off successfully. I gave one match III
Berlin. but it had 10 be OH the club
plan and everybody FROM the crown
prince down wanted in on pass
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26

any extent OH account OF losing TO
Welsh had letter from . wit
ness OF the bout---a man 7 know TO
be a judge OF boxing and a fair
minded sportsman-spd he wrote that
he considered Michigan did ths bet
ter work of tie pair. He said that
Michigan, who was handicapped by
tho English rules. was aggressive
throughout, while Welsh went In for
parlor boxing and safety maneu-
Vcrs.
Mchess n, II he carries out his orig
insl plans, win come TO this country
soon and II can readily be seen that
the arrival of the Australian cham
pion viii increase the interest in
lightweight operations
By the way. "A formidable rival OF
McheSun has come TO ihe front in
Australia during IIughic's absence
He is Iforb Mccoy whom somc. OF
the Australian critics nave dubbed
"a second Grino,"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26
champion Should Mix or Give Up Title
'oungstef Dodges All the
Matches That Look Like
Hard Bouts.
By w. w. NAUGHToN.

n AN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-Sup-
II posing that the rules and regu-
lations for the fostering and
lftherinC of boxing contests made il
1cumbent upon promoters TO give
Decial attention TO tho matching OF
|rh pugiIists az the public wanted
D sec get together. which would be
he red letter bouts on the 1919 call
ndare
This was the question put 10 the
|z1ter q few days ago and il is not
n ans means a difficult one 20 an
Fcr.
Startins Oh the low register, the
ccretary OF the Promoters Protcc-
he association would write to In
>rrn Master Johnny CouIon that he
|orld nave 10 commit himself 10
al bantam championship match
|iZhin specified time or clsc sub
'It TO being placed on the retired
whether through incllnatlon or
|ress OF circumstances Johnny is
rider "a corner than n flen In a
md heap. and il is high time that
f was forced To toe tho mark.
bore arc quite number of young
'>;'s willing 10 ta'Sc q fling at him.
IONS them eastern frankie Burns
~ western Eddie Campl.
Finding an opponent will be one
4 the easiest things in the collection
nee Coulon Is prodded into a fight
nnmor." And this ought to be
o1ic at once,
BOUT between Fcathcrweight
~ Champion Johnny Kiloane and
Johnny Dundee would find a
ecc ON tho preferred list. II is under
BOD. however, that Uncle Tom Nc
efcy, the Los Angeles match
4kcr, IS atsonding 10 this matter,
there is no occasion 10 say any
fins further about Il,
Just as soon as Willie Ritcllie has
ID a surSeit OF the footlisht glare
'rons OF ring sport Will clamor FOR
<ctprn match between the light
#lElif champion and Ad Wolgast.
[cr any unforeseen reason this can
< be arranged. a clash between
y|chle and Joe Rivers would ill the
oing void as we'll.
4 80 happens that tho topiincrs do
mobilize the interest In the light
fht ciass, which. as ever. is
best-peopled division In pugilsm-
N<h Harlem Tommy Murphy. Joe
, ndot, Leach Cross. Knockout
Own Bud Anderson. Jimmy Duffy
- others so closo 10 champion
1p rating there Is no telling when
y OF them win command public
ling as a challenger for the title.
ua the fight handlers have splen-
4 materlal 70 work on. Light
sht conditions are Eucf, in fact,
q % II would be q Ounce OF a pro-
n Yer Who could not select an at
= Ict1ve match.
md how about the foreigners?
feddie Welch, vino has bobbed
VI fhe limelight again by out
pi nfing Australian HugllIo Michigan
tnElnnd. Is due 10 arrive IN this
: RtTy shortly, IL he has not put
~ 20 appearance already. Freddie
" @4verdslrs himself AS the real,
~, 'sputed" lightweight champion
~ 's doing go all unconscious OF the
~ fnat he is being laughed at for
~ pains.
" 'u,Ains up an argument 10 sus-
y r'n his position. Freddie saye:
~ They substituted Willie Ritcfic
sDa roigaSt when went over 10 box
= 'ne Worlds championship. | de-
! k11 WolgaBL's a,linsiiltltn ,rl,i,.l,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26
Major League Managers De-
tract From Interest in Game
by Insisting on Giants.
sport FOR ALL SIZES
No Chance Now for Dininu-
tive Fans to Glory in
Midgets' Exploits.
BY L. e. MoFFETT.

N TG league baseball ie getting to
N be exclusively 4 big mans game.
Most Of the major league man
ayers In looking over a recruit ask
themselves: "How viii he look In
photograph or on the team?" instead
OF asking; "Can he play bsll?'
Any candidate for fast company
who is under five feet ten inches is
Handicapped. but if he happens 10 he
a little over six feet a great deal else
will bo overlooked He may be
cIunsy. slow aud a truck horses on
bases, but his height gets him a
Job.
Baseball rs a little mans sport as
well as big mans and some OF the
very best players have been nidgets.
The modern practice OF barring the
little fellows is detracting immense
ly from the interest in the game. The
addition or all these big fellows has
not made the game any better and IL
has spoiled half the fun for lot of
patrons who are not giants them
selves Fans trlHe short in stature
used TO glory In tho exploits of some
sawed off player. They never tired
describing some feat nc had per-
formed and wound up their nara
tive saving. and he's only Just
about my size, too
Who has ever attended Il game al
the Feds park in Cincinnati when
Miller Higgins was playing there and
does not remember the acclaim with
which that Lilllputian was received?
The Rabbit as he was affection
ately known. was far more popular
than Long Larry Mclean or any OF
the big fellows, Moro than TINT. he
won more games than the big fell
lows did.
lTc was incredibly swift on the
masses or going after a hot grounder
ana his lack of inches did not let
MANY balls so over his head, because.
while big man would 90 getting
ready to receive the ball, Higgins
would be getting back few feet
where the ball was within his reach.
He moved before some of the bty
men thought OF moving, and he could
SO twenty feet while tho average
heavyweight WAS lifting foot off
the ground
DiilS Illustration might he ampl-
fed by citing scores of other
littlc fellows. Part OF the at
tractiveness OF baseball Is the cat
like agility with which stops or
catches are sometimes made and to
insist on having all big men on the
team docs away with this attractive
ness.
The game should not be biz
uaU's sport exclusively. IL ought TO
be for everybody. TRY as they may,
the managers cannot conduct n beau
ty show for no one. however perfect
his physique may he, looks llis best
in q baseball uniform.
IT Is time that The big league man
ayers let down the bars and took on
some of tho little fellows like the tiny
CONTINUED on Following Page.)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26

ITUNCH followers arc getting
I'll aboard the IIishlanders as
good thing for the current year,
The advent OF Chance marks Il new
epoch in local American league cIr-
cles Under his management the
team will train in Bermuda. This
will bo the flrst time that the club
has overlooked Georgia, which has
come TO be regarded as ink. Ber-
rnuda, according to the Very best ac-
counts. should prove welcome
change from Dixie land. The climate
is superb aud unYarying. Baseball
practice may he supplemented by
bathina bicycling and golf But.
best OF all. the team will bc properly
fed. Frank Farrell has chart cred
hotel which will be occupied excIu-
sively by mis- athletes Special cooks,
chefs, walters and domestic help VIII
be shipped down from New York to
look after Chances athletes. For
practice games the KiIties will have
Jersey City. the team that trained
at the Island YEAR ago and which
came back In perfect shape
Chance will have the greatest In
centlve OF his life 10 build UP a
championship array on the euost OF
Farrell's rank tsil-enders SO much
Is expected OF him that his lot may
be a bit hard at first. II must be
borne In mind that the Peerless
Leader Is coming TO strange com
papy. II VIII take him some time
to set his bearings. But no one
doubts his ability. and everyone ia
as confident as Chance himself tyat
eventually the Higllanders will be
as much factor as tho long -estab-
ushed and deserving Giants.
TITO hasten the day will be the aim
OF ''Husk" Chance For when
the time comes that New York
can boast two really great teams
just so much quicker NIIi open an
avenue for the really great sporting
classics. There is no reason under
such circumstances why the local
rivals should not meet each spring In
an exhibition series for The cham
Plonship Of New York. Such games
would prove far more entertaining
and beneficial than transforming
through the ''hrpsh'
Charles Fl. Ehbets too, is likely 10
benefit by the coming OF Chance.
Charlie has a new ball park, which
cost him a whole lot of money. He
viii have TO improve his clubs stand
ing al once unless he wishes a white
elephant on his hands. On paper his
team Is of first division possibili-
ties But year after year 7t has al
ways proved 3. bitter disappointment.
Tho trouble is much the same as
that which hampered Frank Farrell
too much experimenting with man
agcrial talent.
Let Chance give Farrell a winner
and Ebbets Is likely TO whip into
Inc ready TO pay the price and the
salary 10 q real leader
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'uaNins up an argument 10 sus-
r'n his position. Freddie saye:
They substituted Willie Ritchic
N oigast when went over TO hox
|re worlds championship. de-
~ Nolgast's substilute. which
equivalent to defeating VOL
w ~ rldiculoubly lame logic, but
n 30 IT is good for trade, If
l'e else. Freddie. VINO has al
dispiaye1a shrewd intelligence
<'epfng himself before the pub
'5 gained a place among the
fellers' again, even II his
'os OF gaining publicity arc de-
X nc VIII be In demand among
'<hii iliatcllnakers and tho Hrsl
nc ngures In I'm this country
ttract attention. What viii fol-
~ depend upon how no acuuits
.ls Nehcgap. according to In
<'''ornation, did not peg back to
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26

MOT alh tic sporting writer's out
IN yondcr. however, subscribe Ia
this view of McCoys clever
ness. Some ~ them snort at The
suggestion that a second Critic ever
WIN be uncovered. They admit that
Mccoy is away above Tue average In
boxing skill, just tho same.
There n some talk of Mccoy COM
ing TO America. and " he puts IN an
RppcJ during the prcscui year
II Will nienn added imDurtapcc TO the
bouts. With the other foreigners
mentioned on tho ground. tho pro-
motcrg should Inc aolC TO inur uul
several events that Will result in pro-
ducing n champion whose prowess
Will be acknowledged the world
around
Talking OF matches that should bc
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
WATERFOWL Will. PAVE BUSINESS DISTRICT
WITH ASPHALTIC CONCRETE IMMEDIATELY Y

young man thought it safe to descend
into the well to see to something At
the. -bottoh that reqpifeSS attention.
After time he rallied to respond to
the signals of those who We're lower
'ingahim, and. fearing the worst, the
father determined to enter the we'll
and rescue him if possible.
After strenuous efforts the father
was lowered to his son, whom he
found gasping for breath and almost
dead. The father was unable to
place chain around his son, but fin
ally managed to fasten it to one arm,
and in this manner the latter was
dragged to the surface. When the
father was pulled up he tainted i'm.
mediately after being dragged from
the top of the well.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
No Use Trying TO
Put Tax On Money

Kimban, 81 D., Gsranhic: Tax
alton of money and eredits5.', in the
ordinary acceptance Of the term, is
visionary and irnprsaEnfcal and utter,
ig impossible OF enhancement You
might as weH try to tax a balloon
once it lis liberated and becomes the
plaything OF the winds. Mortgages,
both real and personal can be taxed
and the taxes collected, lin that they
are a matter of record fsut only when
held in the name OF q resident sof the
state in which the tax is collected.
When such mortgages are taxed, how
ever, the mortgagor should be exempt
from paying taxes on the property
the mortgage represents. No one caa
deny the Justice OF q, is. 5ns
that has always existed under the
system Of assessing property at one
fourth or one-fhird its actual value
and at the same time assessing MON
ey credits, book accounts and mort.
5set5NNS HID
way in which the latter could be as,
sessed at one-third or one-fourth their
actual value. If A owns a farm val
ued at 81, 700 and gets a loan OF $4,000
on it with which to buy cattle, and
his farm is assessed at s5. 90, law
c0aid be devised whereby he would
49, .s
disadvantage Of this system is that
Il woald pc an easy matter for the
owner Of the mortgage iaote to SHIFT
it into other hands whereby the state.
could not get It, thereby depriving the
community Of the tax on II, and fnsI
stead of receiving the revenue from
the $500 of valuation II is Justly en-!
ssied to Il receives II from 5000 only
--and Its last condition becomes far
worse Than the first.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
Young Man Dies
from Tractor Injury

II
Ray Birch, of South Shore, who was
brought TO this city q couple Of weeks
ago and taken to the Waterduwn Sani-
tsrium for medical and surgical ftreat-
ment died Sunday, The caaase OF ms
death is assigned as heart trouble
The young man was injured by 'be-
ing run over By a gas tractor piow55
He was getting along nicely when his
old heart trouble came back or him
and in his weakened condition ne
could not Withstand the attack.
The deceased was about thirty I'VE
years of age and came to South Da1t
kota early this spring with his wife.
and two babies and took a position
ON a farm near South Shore where
the accident happened.
The body will be shipped to his
former home in Illinois for interment-
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
No More Fake Ads
in South Dakota


Pierre, May IA. Fake bargain
counter advertising will be nassde-
meanor in this state after the frst
OF July under the provisions of the
HdWley bill which was passed by the
last legislative session. The act
covers all misleading advertising
through newspapers, circulars, letters.
bill board or signs, or any advertis-
ing medium, and specifies among 9th
er factors as to what is misleading
advertising that OF making false
statements as to present ors former
cost or price Of the article offered
for sale in the advertisement. The
law is stringent in its provisions, and
makes any effort at false statement
in regard to any merchandise 1ssEFsraal
for sale in this state. ,583s Il y
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
Aged Pioneer Citizen
P asses to Reward

$
John Ritter one OF the pioneer citi-
zsas Of codington county, died last
Safurday evening at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. II Hallauer. who re-
sides near Grover on a farm, De
ceased was aged about eighty years
and mas been in poor health for some
'tfsne.
Obituary.
Mr.. Ritter was born in Hungary
in 1888, coming to America and land.
ing in st. Paul in 1898. In 1853 he
was married to Miss Theresa PoIsteI
and to this union five children were
born, Mrs. Hallauer being the only
one surviving. Soon after his mar
riage Mr.. and Mrs. Ritter came ts
South Dakota and continued to iive
at different points in the state there
after. Mr.. Ritter was in this sectip.
before the town of Watertown Was
started and he has been a. witness o
THE great progress and development
Ct this state during the past forty o.
fifty years. Mrs. Ritter died in 1915
and was buried in the cemetery here
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
Looks Like Real Oil
in this State

49,
Pierre, May 12.-The aoil idea, is
IA growing one in this state. The Pot.
ter county boosters say that they are
practically cleared up on their lease
and that the indianapolis people who
are back OF their plan notify them
that they will be on the ground with
their drilling rig as soon as the Ieas-
IS are secured, The proposition here
lis working along, and it is expected
that the required leases will be sign
ed up within a short time now and
everything in shape for the Pittsburg
men who are asking the leases here
10 get to work. Down at Murdo in
LYMAN county they claim an increas-
ing supply of oil with the artesian
water in the well besMg sunk at that
place, the oil supply sacreasing lis
the we'll goes deeper, and they have
stirred considerable excitement in the
kec4ion. AT Ardmore down In the
southwest corner of the state com.
pany Of Soa4h Dakota, Nebraska and
Wyoming men have formed million
dollar company To get down 10 the
base o. the alleged oil seepage at
several Places IL that part of the
state, and the activity of an these
projects Will more thsn likely settle
the question Of the existence or iack
of existence Of an Oh field IN this
state. Several years ago promoter
from the Illinois oil aeesioa MS here
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
Sisseton Mayor
Didn' / W ant Job

Sisseton, s. III. May because
they failed to take their oath Of ONCE
within the statutory limits Mayor
elect John Knapp and Alderman Gas.
pei s enneey and James MCGEE Of
sisseton are DISQUALIFIED B. II Han
son alderman of the second ward
was the only member Of the council
g. g qualify, and 4 will now be up u
MIN and the hold-over aldermen to.
appoint the men to fill the vacancies
ieft open BY the failure Of the others;
70 take thes= official baths
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
Richards will En-
large His Block

g. o. Richards arrived in the city
last week from the east to look after
his property interests in this city.
Mr.. Richards is the owner Of the
bailding on south Maple street occu-
pied by Towslee & Towslee as a
hardware store, Its understood that
Mr. Richards win extend the build
ing clear through to the alley and
excayate under the whole building
Mr.. Richards is also part owner of
the Idle Hour property and it is re-
ported he viii make some extensive
Improvement on that property.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
The Big Plow Tractors
will Give Exhibition

On Saturday, May "A, the Water
town dealers in tractors and plows
will give public demonstration OF
their outfits on the state farm two
miles south Of Watertown.
The exhibition is on the last day
of the Elks big blow OUT and it
VIII be worth coming many miles to
witness. 1t Will be the largest gather
ing Of tractors and plows on one
field ever seen in the northwest
j 1t will mot take them long to pIow
that 100 acres
See the big ad regarding the dem
onstration elsewhere in this issue.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
Season Opens at
Lake Kampeska

Stony Point, one Of the most pop
nlar summer resorts in the northwest,
is now open and ready to receive all
visitors.
4 The Stella Mae the big passenger
boat, has been launched by Capt. Will
Williams and is now ready to make
its daily pilgrimages on the placid
bosom of Lake Kampeska,
Admiral Chas. Williams has his
large feet Of fishing boats ready for
the disciples of Walton and has a lot
of new boats this year.
fao! for Lake Kampeska and Stony
Point in particular.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
Young Men Arrested
for Smoking Nails 2

La1ae Case and Kenneth Blodgett,
two young men about eighteen wears
OF age were arrested hy Officer Make,
peace hast Saturday charged with
smoking cigarettes on the streets
contrary to the state laws. The young
men were alTaigned before Judge
Myers of the municipaa court Monday
morning, pleaded guilty to the charge,
and were sentenced to each pay a
fine Of $500. which they paid.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
Stork is on High
Speed in c Codington

According to the records of Clerx
,of Courts Wn. Gesiey, the stork has
aiistaneed the grim reaper in Coding-
1ton during the month Of April. The
clerk Of courts records show that dur
ing the month there We're thirty.
births 'neporteds while only seven
deaths sare recorded.
There were only four couples who
applied for license to we'd aaring the
month.
There we're no legal separations
during the mouth as no decree 6,f di-
vorce was issued by the court dausng
that time.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
City Commissioners Open Bids
ard Let Contracts for Paving
in Business District.
AsPHALTlc CONCRETE CHOSEN
The Contract is Awarded TO the
Watertown Cement Product
Co. as the Lowest Bidder.

The city commissioners opened bids
for the paving Of the business dis
trict of Watertown last Monday even
ing.
Seven different contracting firms
were after the work and each sub
mitted different bids with the excep-
ton of the Slower Construction. Co,
who submitted bids on concrete and
brick paving only.
After the bids were read Commis-
sioner Snyder made a motion that the
matter be postponed until 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon when the commits
sion would act on the matter Of paw.
ing
James Kennedy. of Fargo, N. D.,
was the lowest, bidder on concrete
paving, his bid being $1.22.
The Watertown Cement Product
Company bid s1.3s on concrete and
$1,5s on asphaltic concrete,
The Stoyer Construction Company
bid s2.14 on concrete and s3.19 on
brick.
The rest OF the bids varied a good
deal, but James Kennedy was the low
est bidder on concrete and the sStovel
Construction Company was the nigh
est on the same material.
The WatertSWn Senaeils Product
Company was the lowest bidder or
asphaltic concrete and was awarded
the entire amount of paving to be
done in the city this year.
Everyone is pleased to see a loca;
company receive the contract as i
means the employment Of home labol
and home material to a great extent
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-15
Father Rescues Son
from Deathin Well

~ Siouw Falls, May 4 -7 Bert WI helm
sr., "a resident Of the northern part
Of this county, proved himself hero
when he descended into a SO foot AT
bs4 is inches in diameter and rescued
his son, Bert Wilhelm Jr., from GER
tain death. I q depth Of 80 feet q
huge stone was encountered in the
vel End q charge Of dynamite was
exploded al the bottom Of the well to
remove this, Some hours later the