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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-27
MUST STRENGTHEN
PITCHING STAFF
Manager Griffith of Nation
ais Has Hard Task
Before Him.

Washington. Feb. 27.-Ncxt Sunday
the vanguard Of Grifith's American
league pennant a%spirants will hike
themselves to Charlottesville, their
training home until the exhibition
season begins. To the average fan
this means little. but to the ball play
ers. especially those who are to fight
to be retained in fast company, it Is
the paramount issue. .
With the possible exception of Will
ltams and Engel. those who make up
the first squad are rockies. The regu-
lars leave the capital city the evening
of the day Woodrow Wilson is in
augurated and then the real battle for.
retainment Will be on. The ambitious
youth often struggles in vain on these
training trips. He knows but little
as to what kind of an impression he
has made on his manager until he is
handed a transportation ticket to
some other city where generally the
grade OF baseball is far below that Of
either the American for National
league.
Ball clubs this time of the wear are
overstocked with talent. This is true
OF Washington at present. Some Of
the players who now hold local con.
tracts will find themselves with minor
organizations before the season opens.
1t Is the cas- Of the survival Of this
fittest.
What Griffith needs most Of all to
fortify his team is. pitchers. and II
new arrivals the club will be greatly
strengthened. Then, too, Grifflth is in
hopes Of finding an outflelder who a
hit the pill like Milan. The old fox
thinks we'll Of Shanks, who regulared
with the team last year. Shanks is
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UNIVERSITY
r E A

Fargo. N. D.. Feb. 27.-The univer-
sity won from Fargo college. 20 to
20, in n Of the cloest games e
seen on a Fargo floor. In the first
half the university ran all over the
Fargo team and at one time the score
was 20 to 1 in their favor. In the
second half the college men held a
little stampede party Of their own and
had Mr.. Burfening been absent from
the varsity line up. Fargo's chances
would have been decidedly better, for
in the second half the college men
managed to pull the score up to %
to 20.
Burfcning Stars.
In the last few minutes Of play Bur-
fleming got in some of his clever work
and with three beautiful field baskets
Just before the whistle. pushed the
university score up to 20 points.
Burfening Of the university and
Harrington for Fargo college were the
stars Of the game. Harrington pull
ed of the most spectacular play of
the game by dribbling through the
entire varsity team for a basket.
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BY Farren

one Of the best o%utfielders in the bust.
ness, but he Is weak with his war
club, and what the team needs most
Of all outside Of pitchers is a heavy.
hitting outfielder.
Moeller is an in and outer. He hits
in streaks. His bad shoulder handi-
caps him greatly, and during the lat
ter part Of last year he was practically
useless to the team when batting was
concerned. Moeller has been having
his shoulder treated during the winter
months with the hope that the injury
will be fully cured. 1t is doubtful IL
there is a faster man On the club than
Moeller. and this includes Zeb Milan,
who lead the American league in stol.
en- bases last year..
Moeller did not take the chances
when on bases that Milan did, for fear
that he would dislocate his shoulder.
He tore the ligaments last year and
was put Of the game for nearly three
weeks.
Just who will be retained is a mat
ter Of conjecture at the present time,
and until the training test is concluded
the regular makeup Of the team will
be in doubt.
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KELLEY SIGNING
A STRONG TEAM
Manager for St. Paul North
ern League Squad Not
Chosen, However.

st. Paul. Feb. 27.-Although nc
manager has been chosen for the St
Paul Northern league club, Secretary
Charles Kelley is losing no time in
signing a strong team, which will be
ordered to report In st. Paul April IL
or 20. in order to get into shape fol
the opening Of the little season, which
is expected to be about May 6.
st. Paul talent Is to be given every
opportunity to make good on this
team. and among the latest to sign
contracts are Frank Larson. who last
season played a star game at second
for the strong Conrad team. Another
player under contract is a west side
boy. Andy Berg, Il pitcher with a
world Of speed. All he lacks to make
him fit for faster company Is a little
more experience. and this he will &C.
quire under the .tutelage Of the veter-
an catcher that the club will have.
Other st. Paul boys who probably
will play on the team are Owen
|O'Neill. a strapping young first base
man. who belongs to Ottumwa. but
who will be released to the local club,
and Catcher McGarry.
Dan Doyle, a catcher, of Prior Lake,
Mimi, who says he is second cousin
of Larry DOYLE. the star second base.
Kelley. He is a big, raw-boned young.
ster. and seems to have the makings
OF a good player.
James Herman. an outfielder, with
Green Isle last year, has been signed
on the recommendation of Rev. Fa-
Their Doyle. formerly athletic instruc-
tor at st. Thomas college. Kelley has
eight players already under contract
and is negotiating with several others.
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White Sox Arrive in
California; Rain Does
Not Delay a Workout

Paso Robes. Cal, Feb. 2s.-The
White sox reached their training
camp yesterday and rain came with
them. All the native sons glowing
accounts of how'fine the weather has
been did o prevent the first day
from being wet and cold.
Manager Callahan. however. did
not allow his plans to be thwarted
completely. In the afternoon. In
spite Of the misty rain. he ordered
the players to don their ball suits
and sent them outdoors for the first
workout Of the year.
Then everybody plunged into the
swimming tank for the first dip in
several days.
In the tank the first injury OF the
year occurred. Morris Rath was the
victim. He dived into the tank a,
the end not made for diving. where
there was only two feet Of water and
y cement floor. Rath's head hit the
cement The result was a bad Gu,
on the scalp. but nothing seriou,
enough to disable the only second
baseman in the squad.
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LEGAL NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
County OF Grand Forks.
In District Court.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County OF Grand Forks.
In District Court.
First Judicial District.
Bertha Stewart. Plaintiff. VS.. James
Stewart. Defendant.
Tho State of North Dakota to the above
Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint in this action and to
serve q copy Of your answer upon the
subscriber within thirty days after the
service Of this m upon you, ex.
elusive Of the day of service; and in
casc of your failure to nppear or
answer Judgment will be taken against
o by default for the relief demanded
In the complaint.
Dated December 9th, 1913.
Frank II. Feetham,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Office and Post Office,
Grand Forks. North Dakota,
Notice Of FiIisE Of Compiaist.
You win please take notice that tho
or the 18th day Of December, 1912. duly
District Court IN n for Grand Forks
county. North Dakota. and Is now on
file and Of record therein.
Dated December 18th. 1912.
Frank B. Feetham,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Office and Post Office,
Grand Forks. North Dakota.
Iteb.-a3-3o.3I March 3.l0.li.l
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f|ST|C FIND AT
SAN FRANCISCO
r. McAllister, an Amateur
Champ, Has Made Fine
Record on Coast.
(By W. W. Naughton.l

San Francisco, Feb. 27.-The Olym-
pic Athletic club Of San Francisco.
which wal the alma mater of such
world famous boxers as Jim Corbett
and Jimmy Britt, is now somewhat en-
cited over the fact that it has pro-
duced another ring man who is like
~ to make as big a splurge in the pro-
fessional pool as his illustrious prede-
eessors.
Bob McAllieter is the youths name,
and he has already distinguished him.
self to the extent Of winning the Pa
cific Coast championships in the mid
die and light heavyweight divisions.
He is fairly tall, with sloping shoul-
ders. and has not Yet turned the 90
year mark. Some Of the club men
think he bears a considerable resem-
blance to the Jim Corbett Of 20 years
thoughts Of Joe Choynski when the
latter was q club heavyweight.
McAllister's last engagement was
with Tad D%arbyshire. amateur heavy
weight champion Of the northwest,
who was brought here from Portland.
Ore. by Tom Tracey to compete in a
tourney at the Olympic club.
The things McAllister did to Darby
shire were outrageous. The northern
ar. although he had accounted for
everything Of heavyweight dimensions
in his own bailiwick, was as putty in
the hands of the Olympic crack. The
affair vas so woefully onesided that
Tracey scrambled up the platform
stairs after a few rounds and acknowl-
edged defeat for his man.
Professional Bee Buzzing.
Now McAllister has the professional
bee buzzing in his bonnet. The fell
lows who want to make a journeyman
fighter Of him have pointed out to him
that there are no new worlds to con-
uer in the amateur line. They have
Impressed upon him that various ex-
perts have pronounced him a better
man than any Of the middles or light
heavies boxing for a living today. and
they AVE urged upon him that he is
neglecting his own interests by hest
tating about smbarking in a business
which promises such good rewards.
While poor Bob was in the throes
of indecision Jim Corbett came to
town. The Olympians promptly ar
ranged an exhibition spar between
McAllister and n Joe Herrick and
invited Corbett to attend. OF course.
m idea was to have Corbett pass up
on McAllister's merits.
The test took place and Corbett was
genuinely enthusiastic Over McAllis-
ters work. At the same time Jim
checked the ardor Of the Olympians
to some extent by pointing out weak
points in their latest idol. He instanc.
ed that McAllister keeps his head too
/ erect while leading to his adversary.
IF he becomes a professional and
fails to correct this habit, it will get
him into trouble" said Jim. mo mat
ter how he may be able to beat an op-
ponent to the punch, there are any
number Of hardfaced fellows who
7 would catch on to the way he kept his
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head aloft like files on parade. Then
they would be willing to take his lead
and send over a counter that would
! spell disaster"
Doesn't Fcint Enough.

Corbett also finds fault with Meal
lister for not feinting enough, but adj
nitted that any defects in Bob's meth
DDS might be traced to the fact that
he had So outclassed all his opponents
so far that there had been no occasion
for him to school himself in many of
the tricks of the trade. In other
words. that Bob had had to depend
merely on straight fighting thus far
in his career, and that this had
brought him the best results.
Corbett acknowledged that there
was good reason for the Olympic club
being hopeful in regard to McAllis-
ter's future. and that he doubted
whether any of the present crop of
middleweights could defeat the anna
tsur champion.
Bobs method of keeping himself
well balanced while in action, his fine,
free use of both hands, his quickness
IN sending home a blow when his OPP
pohent missed and his particularly ef-
fectlve style of warming his mans ribs
when fighting close, all appealed to
the veteran, who. even with the de-
fects spoken of. pronounced McAllis-
ter N most likely sapling he had
looked at in years..
The question of turning profession
al is still agitating McAllister, but
quite a number have advised him that
the time is lot yet.
Said n club man Of very many
years standing: Granted that he is a
boxing marvel. how do We know that
he can stand rough treatment as we'll
as administer it? In the use Of the
gloves-so far as the amateur end Of
II Is concerned he is in a class by
himself. but for all We know he may
be cursed with a glass jaw. Person.
ally I'd ike to See Bob, thoroughly
tried out from an endurance stand
point before I subscribed to the ar
gument that he ought to turn pro-
fessional."
In a way the Olympic club is as a
mouse divided against itself over the
McAllister matter, many of the men,
oers urging him to take the plunge,
while others are warning him to 20
slow.
On this particular point Jim Cor.
oett has been noncommittal, so far
contenting himself with remarking
sagely:
II 0 make your mark as a pro-
iessional you're all right, but IL you
don't you're all wrong"
Meanwhile Bob McAllister ia tug
ging at the leash and the club direc-
tors are thinking up schemes to re.
strain his im%peutosity.
One way is to bring out the ham.
pion amatuer heavyweight Of all the
east, so as to determine, first Of all.
whether McAllister is beyond argu-
ment the best gentleman boxer in
the country.
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F0CEL MAKING
DIRE THREATS
Is at His Old Game Again
Says Murphy Will.
"Get His"

Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. a7.-The
STORY from Chicago that President Bar
Johnson and Garry Hermann were
making efforts to checkmate Horace
fogel IN his threatened expose of the
ailesed baseball trust stirred Fogel up
vigorously last night.
He renewed his determination to
tell Of some Of the things about what
ne pleases to call the baseball mon.
opoly and its inside workings.
1T seemed to interest Fogel very
much to hear that President johnson
would try to muzzle him, and Fogel
said It looks very much as if the
blacklist was being prepared for his
name. In that case he said that things
would become all the more interest,"
ms and add greatly to the gayety OF
the baseball season.
johnson q Prosecutor"
II had pretty strong proof some
time g that johnson was one of my
prosecutors In that mock trial and
which accounted for Herrmann's &C.
tiv1tly against me-" said Fogel. 81 am
glad. IT he has been correctly quoted,
that he has at last come out in the
open and show his hand. If I am
biacklisted by the baseball trust I will
consider 1t a great feather in my
cap:
There is at least humor in the lat
est attempt on the part Of the base.
pan trust to muzzle me, but as they
could not force the gag down INV
throat while l was on the inside with
them I wonder how they hope to do
anything Of the kind now that am on
the outside.
Il have a trunkful of evidence OF
tne documentary kind and armor plate
proof which | intend to turn over to
the congressional committee which
will investigate the baseball trust un.
der the Gallagher resolution"
IN conclusion Fogel said:
A to G. P: Taft and Murphy being
STU allied with me. that charge is too
%ridiculous to deny. On the contrary.
Murphy will get all that is coming to
him. The same as the rest Of them, for
his ingratitude and double-crossing of
me. though / proved my gratitude to
him to the end to save him.
=! am o through with him, beina
no longer his goat. AS to Mr.. Taft
~ know better what our future rela.
tons Will be after we finally have set,
tied up business matters between us
and relating to the Philadelphia club"
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st. Joseph. Mo.-Charles Aronson,
a featherweight boxer Of Kansas City,
under tho management of Lou Cutler.
looms UP as the best boy at his weight
in the Missouri valley. Aronson, al
though he fought in many prelimin-
aries in Kansas City and st. Joseph.
never was given the credit he deserved
for his work until he knocked Sol
der" Smith out in the eleventh round
of a ffteen-round contest here re-
Gently.
Soldier" Smith was we'll known in
boxing circles. having won the
featherweight championship Of the
army circles. However. when he
awoke from the punch Aronson land
ed on his Jaw. he found that he had
been asleep for three days. He was
not discharged from the hospital until
two weeks later.
Aronson is one Of those cool, calcu.
lating boxers. clever to the extreme,
and quick to take advantage of his
opponent. Although he does not IN.
pear to land with force, he hits
straight and hard. lie has EVE
been defeated and has boxed but one
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-27
ATHLETICS GET
warm LECTURE
Connie Mack Tells Them no
Places are Secure-Quit
Frivolities He Warns.

Philadelphia, Feb. 27.-when the
former worlds champions gathered at
Shibe park for the trip to San An
tonic, Manager Mack delivered the
sharpest lecture that his men have
ever heard. He told in few words
What he wanted, and wound up with
the statement that no mans place on
the a was secure unless he made
good on this trip. He advised them
to cut out frivolities and get down to
hard work at the start, and that he
wanted them to be in condition, and
II they did not they would be sent
home to get into shape at their own
expense.
Mack then tent for Harry Davis,
and after a conference Of an hour
signed his former captain and first
baseman as a player, and announced
that former Cleveland manager
would start away with the team in the
morning. and hat he would continue
with the team throughout the season.
Il was determined to get Davis
again." said Connie Mack" for he win
be a big help to me. 1 will use him
as substitute first baseman. and
should anything happen to McInnis,
we will play him regularly. Davis In
his earlier days was q catcher. and
ne Will be very useful now to train
and coach the young pitchers on my
staff.
A experienced man like Davis ia
always useful for the club, and the
Athletics should profit from his gen.
eraiship n his knowledge of inside
baseball. Capt. Murphy will retain
the c%aptaincy, and with Davis and Ira
Thomas in addition, tho club win 9et
the advantage Of the brains Of three
veteran baseball men.
Davis was always moro or less of
a landmark with the Athletics. and
we always regretted that he left us,
He hts In our team excellently, and
We are glad he is back. and we think
that n fans all over the country viii
be glad that he has returned to the
game. They will know that We mean
to win the peunant IL we can Get it."
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EAGER TO
LET IN

Madison. Wis. Feb. 27.-Announce-
ment by Ann Arbor dispatches that
student bodies Of the Wolverine insti.
tuition are distinctly favorable toward
the move for bringing Michigan back
into the western conference, and that
Michigan athletic powers are surely
considering overtures made for the
return has caused a.revival Of discus.
sion on the Badger campus.
There Is reason to believe that, Wis
constn's college publication will re-
sumo the strenuous campaign waged
at the close Of the 1912 football sea-
son for the return Of Michigan into
the conference fold.
While members of the athletic de-
partment are reticent on the matter:
It is generally accepted that fifteen
Michigan alumni or the Wisconsin
university faculty are furnishing i'm
petus for the hasty return.
Il the big nine conferees reinstate
Michigan at q special meeting. the
Wolverines will not appear ON. Wis.
consin's 1913 baseball schedule.
vXylS1> A. .>- - -
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After a youth bets out Of college
he ceases to care 20 much for glory
that doesn't pay dividends.
Children naturally get the idea
that don't" Is the most prominent
word In the, English language.
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HORSES SOLD ANDI
Cash IS ALL GONE
Emrnons County Man Dis
poses of Mortgaged Prop
erty-Is Arrested.

Dickinson, y. D.. Nov. 19.-C. E.
Nettleton, alias E. A. Woods, is in the
Dickinson Jail, having been arrested
for disposing Of a mortgaged team
and giving bill of sale to same.
Nettleton bought a fine pair of
horses from Nick Eretz of Steel. Civ
ing a mortgage back on the team on
March 25. 1913. for s527. due Novem-
her i, 1913. He then came out to
the railroad grade in Dunn and Mer-
Ger counties for the summer. About
the 18th of October he showed up in
Richardton and commenced to tell
how he came up from the section of
South Dakota where no crops were
raised the past season, in consequence
OF which he was forced to sell his
team. He sold the horses to Henry
Smith and Fred Born. the village
meat market men. for s675. He sign
ed a bill Of sale as E. A. Woods, took
$500 in the form of a draft and $375
In cash. Nettleton came to Dickin-
son where he cashed the draft and
left for Miles City.
In the meantime Nick Eretz for
mer resident Of Kidder county. now
living in the cities, came out to collect
his note. He recognized his team in
Rfchardton and a hurried investiga-
ton unearthed surprises for several
parties.
Messrs. Smith & Born discovered
that they had made a bad deal. How
ever. they thought the team well
worth the $675 and in order to save
the difference between this and Mr..
.Eretz,s claim, paid the mortgage Of
1927.
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Moorhead. Minn., Nov. 1e.-Con-
tinued search by the authorities, rela.
tives and friends Of Violet Nelson
had failed to uncover even clue as
to the whereabouts Of the missing
girl to a late hour, according to the
police. The affair was as much of a
mystery as ever. From Investigations
so far carried on no sufficient reason
has been escertained for the girl leav-
ing her home. -
May Involve Man.
Neighbors Of the family who had
known the girl from childhood de-
clare that she has always been ac-
counted q quiet girl, unassuming in
her manners and had always q good
reputation. They say she is the last
person in the world they would think
Of mixing up in any escapade Of aay
kind.
A sister Of the missing girl is otti :e
girl in the Office Of DR.. Burton n
Fargo and she said last night that
lieve that she has eloped with some
man whose acquaintance she had
made without her parents, knowledge.
Rumors Unverifed.
There was q rumOr last night 4iiat
the description Of Miss. Nelson had
l.ought tickets on one Of the trains
leaving the city Sunday night. In.
quiry failed to verify this rumor.
There was also a report that some
one had seen her in Fargo within the
last "a hours but this is secuted BY
the police as they feel certain IL she
was in any of the two cities she would
have been found by this time
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THREE INJURED
IN COLLISION
Freight and Box Cars Bump
Together Result of Throw
ing the Wrong Switch.

Minot. N. D., Nov 1s.-one man
was injured and others narrowly es-
capped death or injury when q 500
freight train crashed into q number
Of box cars on siding beside the
plant Of the Consumers Power COM
pany on Central avenue as tho result
Of the wrong switch being thrown.
The freight was backing from the
west and instead Of continuing
through on tho main line Of the 500
it was switched of onto tho siding
and bumped into the box cars. The
freight was a long one and the en-
gineer at the front could not SEQ
where the rear cars Of his train were
going. ~
Ole Knutson. the injured man. was
taken to his home on Third avenue.
Knutson was shoveling coal from tho
bog cars when the freight hit the
other end Of the string. Knutson was
thrown from one end Of the car to. the
other. like a rat in trap. His escape
from death is considered almost mi
raculous. The car in which he was
working was partly demolished, a
bumper was destroyed and about two
tons OF coal were dumped over Gem
tral avenue and the sidewalk. The
car knocked down the bumper and
fell over the sidewalk.