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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
Femlnlne ENtortlons.

They are few and far between. but
still they exist This rare member OF
the sex Ia tho girl who actually ASKS
men companions to purchase her any
thing for which she may take fancy
II IL decidedly unfair to the man. ana
he dislikes the feminine thoughtless'
ness. He will soon desert girl who
has the weakness. 1t is surely unfem'
inine.-Exchange
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03

did you ask your girls father for
her hand in MARRIAGE" Il did"
And he refused you. can tell by
the way you look" mo. he didn't.
He gave his conesnt" Then why
the peculiar look you are wearing
"IIe was SO darned willing,"-Houston
Post.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03

Don't be surprised II you have an
attack of rheumatism this spring.
Just rub the affected parts freely
with Chamberlain Liniment and it
will soon disappear. Sold by all
dealers. adv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
a d pn1a.

Bell Roy-"Room i0l rung. They're
singing Col'aF, songs End they want
ten more cocktails and o haii.dozea
more boxes 0, cigarettes" Hotel Pro
prictur-"Ncl inst tell those Young
soccty indies they've got to be quiet
er: they're keeping some of the gen
tIemou hoardors awake"-Pvck.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03

"My little son had a very severe
cold. ! was recommended to try
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and
before small bottle was finished
he was as we'll as ever" writes Mrs.
II. Silks, 20 Bowling Street. Sydney,
Australia. This remedy Is for sale
by all dealers. adv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
Ar. Won a Goose7

81 love to tai" he said AS goose
loves TO swim. Sometimes | think 1t
is because am n goose. For never
talked much at any one time without
saying something or other ] was sorry
for."-Autocrat of the Breakfast Ia
BILE.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
Deurees OF Suffering.

Imaginative suffering is very real,
because all suffering comes from the
mind. Some of It originates there,
while some OF It Is produced by reflex
in the body.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
Defined AuaIn,

Love Is what makes u man spend
500 on diamond ring for a girl
while he tries to keep warm In last
summers low-cut shoes--~incinnau
Enquirer
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
PUTTING a caress Into Words

Putting a Caress Into Words.
The thought that prompted and was
conveyed In a caress would only
lose to be set down In words--ay. al
though Shakespeare himself should be
the scribe.--Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
Effect Of Constant kneelInc

Constant kneeling in church" said
a doctor at an inquest at Southwark
was liable to give a person house
maids knees" A bishop with house
maids knees would be almost a de
light.--Cardiff Western Mail.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03

For rheumatism you will find
nothing better than chamberlain g
Liniment. Try 1t and see how
quickly 1t gives relief. For sole by
all dealers.-adv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
Pa Knows Why.

Pa, why lie 1t that dentists call
their ofYices dental parlors?" Because
thsy are drawing ~anms. my SON"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03

E. M. LAAKMAN, Agent.
The evening world., 1913-04-05

o
q he fought Jenries
hit him did
heavywghts didn't
measured
IA exceptopa 10 this rule
The evening world., 1913-04-05
HOW TEAMS LINE UP
At BROOKLYN TO-DAY.

Peerless Leader only mods his head and
says watch u.s.
The game In seized iled for 3 O'Clock
Long before that time Col Ebbets has
arranged for Shannon's band to enter
tain the .o.O0 fans he expects to br
present Everything In In readiness for
the struggle. The stadium has been In
spected and re-inspected by thousands
OF fans and celebrities. The diamond In
in good playing condition although the
outer ncld Ia si,il minus grass and
somewhat heavy
The Highlanders had a three hour
practice on the Polo Grounds yesterday
after their arrival from bermuda and
top condition. Manager Chance says
he'll pitch dweli'aGainst the bod gers
to-day. lie himself will cover nrst and
wants to show any doubling Thomase.
that he's m good AZ when he was
Cub. Hal Chase. despite q sore ankle.
will cover second base with Derrick At
short and lIArtEell at third. Cra~, Vol.
ter and Daniels will form the outf,eld.
and big I'd. Sweeney will watch out for
any base steaiers.
Frank Chance always had a great
deal OF trouble with the Brooklyn club
when he was manager of the Cubs. lie
hopes that II will not follow him over Ia
the new Grouns In Brooklyn. The FAM
have seen the Yankee manager in many
| battles and they look for another ons
this afternoon. II 10 going to be one o.
the big days In Brooklyn. In fact. IN,
The evening world., 1913-04-05

10 land II. Nobody collected the sum
offered for any one who could stay
four rounds Will. the mighty John L.
1t wouldn't be very hard Cor any
strong man to stick four rounds
with some boxers who have become
famous through their cleverness. But
they aren't the real champions.
Bob Fitxsimmons was "a near a
real champion as any man that ever
climbed between ropes, A middle
weight, Bob fought men from twenty
Ave to a hundred pounds heavier
than himself. He whipped them one
after another because he had the
punch.
Fltzsimmons was a middleweiglit
when he knocked out Jim Corbett
and became heavyweight champion
The evening world., 1913-04-05
McGralu Must Start Season
4 With DID, Time 7virIers
: Because Rube Ism + Reudu

A. the body. One the body 10 In shxps.
the arm comes around into pitching
form naturally. II must be done by do
Grees. Al that Marquard 10 In better
shape than I had expected, He'll be
there within short time after the sea
son begins"
Now that we are nearing the day Of
the big start. the Giants are anxious
to test their strength against q worthy
foe The games on the way up from
New Orleans have been too easy 70
make them hustle. After getting a big
lead they take things easy, q natural
consequence Of having nothing TO nGht
for. Here In Baltimore the fighting
will he harder and this ought 20 put
the Giants on nice edge for their games
AGAINST washinaton Monday and Tues.
day. Games Will be played here to-
day and tomorrow. an arrangement
having been made by which they can 10
outside the city limits OF Baltimore
and play on Sunday.
The people OF Richmond who had seen
Brooklyn and Boston play Tor four
days before thu arrival Of the Giants
looked at the work Of the New York
Club In open-mouthed aDtoniahment.
The National League cnamps we're in
unusually good spirits and started in
by giving the Richmond people Q nash
OF speed. Every man that got on base
was told to steal and they pulled every
trick known to Mc0raw's repertoire,
from the delayed steal OF second to
three varieties OF tho double event with
runners on third and first. Steven Grif-
Nm. the old innelder. VINO 10 now man
aging the Richmond Club told me that
he had never seen club during his
career OF twenty years with as much
speed this time Of year as shown by
the 0iants. "McGraw himself. never
had a club In shape like this before"
he said. They are better right now
than several OF the teams I have seen
will be In the middle OF May"
''There 10 no doubt that the placing
Of Shafer at short has worked wonders.
On the trip he has hit something like
40 and his fielding Ia a. clean as
Fletcher ever showed. II Ia not over
easily hit 800 during the season. II he
docs the New York Club will have an
inneid OF 800 hitters, one OF the few in
| captivity.
The one man Of the Giants who has
been the sensation Of the training trip
~ Larry Doyle. The fact that he
was always good and that there are
youngsters to talk about has kept him
out Of the papers. A compilation OF
the score sheets on the trip shows that
Doyle has hit .e6i In ten games, l,
IL doubtful II any other batter ever
even approached that Doyle says
| though. that he ought to be able Ia
hit a. he has been In training M Mar
lin since Christmas.
As to Tesreau's work as a pitcher
however. there isn't q man on the club
who won't bet you that he will N
| among the hrst three Ut the and OF the
ssasoh. It V q deiiEht TO see him
The evening world., 1913-04-05
$1,000 REALIZED FOR
FLOOD SUFFERERS BY
BIG SPORTING BENEFIT
THREE thousand dollars Is the sum
derived from the benefit for the

THREE thousand dollars Is the sum
derived from the benefit for the
= flood sufferers held under the
auspices OF the State Athletic Commits
sion at the Twenty-seoond Regiment
Armory. Many modern and old-time
boxing and wrestling champions were
seen In either exhibitions or as referees.
There was Jack McAulifYe and Freddie
Welsh. They boxed three short rounds,
and Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll" beliei
the rumor that he was dead by referee
ing this bout KID Mccoy took on
Frank Moran. and Tom Sharkey esged
them on. trying to make It a real battle.
Tom was referee. Terry MoGovern and
Young Corbett shaped up in three short
rounds. Abe Attell refereelng. and Bob
Vernon acted as third man while
George Munroe and Patsy Haley ex-
changed wallops.
Ernest Roober wrestled Tom Jenkins
and Billy Muldoon refereed. Peter
Maher strove strenuously to put one
over on Fred Mckay without success.
Warren Barbour refereeing. and Jack
Brtton and Young Otto. with Jim Buck.
ley acting as arbrer. put up . rafting
20 that was q real sixxler.
Joe Rivers, the little Mexican. SPARED
three one-minute rounds with Adui. The
Turk. Luther McCarty appeared In tn.
4 ring with Al Norton. his sparrinE part
ner Gunboat Smith was introduced n,
the heavyweight champion of the world
-Four cartoons by local newspapca
artists were ranled off,
The evening world., 1913-04-05
Contest Will Probably Take
Place in Madison Square
Garden Next Month.
BY JOHN POLLOCK.

r UNLESS present indica lions fail, a
match 10 almost sure to be ar
ranged within the next for;y-eight
hours between Luther McCarty. the
claimant Of the white heavyweight
championship title. and Gunboat Smith,
tho crack heavyweight Of California.
who has been knocking out his oppo-
nents In quick time at the local clubs
Bully Mccartney. manager Of McCArty.
told the writer early to-day that he is
willing to let Luther night Smith. and
that he Is TO meet Billy Gibson at 8
p. M. to-day to arrange terms. II the
men clash they will battle for ten rounds
at q show to be brought of at the Gar
den A. c. the early part OF next month.
From q reliable source. II was learned
that Gibson Is willing to pay Smith a
guarantee Of 1880.
Freddie Welsh. the iisht~ eish. champion Of
England. has ct Last been signed up for . bat tie
In this cOuntry. He was matched 70 day by hi,
manager. Harry Pollok. to mest Al Ke,chei. the
game and hard hitting lightweight Of Bridgeport.
Conn. In ten round bout ct . boxing show 70
April %.
A match has been clinchei between Jack Dan
ming the middleseisht NJ this city. and johnny
Howard. the New Jersey fighter. who Ia fighting
we'll now. They will come together In . ten.
round 60 At the Hillside 4. c. Il Newark. ~ j.
o. Tps.dsy night. Joe Jeanette y sstuSs ben..
ming into condition for tiis battle.
Owing to tie fact that Geonsp Csnrntier. the
French middew,ieh., hurt his hand during q
fight with George Gunthsr. the Australian fighter,
whom he knocked out In contest at Hepg<
Franco. his twenty round bout With Frank Klaus.
the American mddlcwsisht. has been postponed
until April 20. Csrsniiss has grown 90 heavy
during the last year that he has Compelled klaus
TO fight him At catcr~s ights.
when Jeff Smith, the American middlsvsisht
returns from France next week It II certain that
The local fight Tromotefs will MAKE him 1attsrins
| offes TO fight the good meu In M ciaas here
- ~. no, Me o.u'S os q " s~en cou'i
letter 70 ths office says that smith haa Improved
% much since hs went 10 Ftancs that h. GxpsctS
The evening world., 1913-04-05

gestive Of Fi.zsimmons when Fits was
at his best. Gunboat looks like a hard
hitter.
Like Fitzs!mmons. Smith 10 . hard
hitter with either hand. His left IL as
good as his right. lie uses body and
head punches. both effectively. He
works around more or less patiently
until he Is ready TO try for a finishing
punch. and then he lets It 60 as hard
az he can. Usually one OF his punches.
well placed. Is enough. That was Fitz-
simmons's chief characteristics. In strong
contrast to most OF the other heavy
weights of his time, he was known as
a "one-punch winner"
Fitzsiminons was cool, like aunboat.
Fitz used to enjoy nghting. 1t was a
Toxic to him to hit another fighter on
the chin and knock him cut for Ave
minutes. lie did 1t quite humorously
and with no malice Gunboat hasn't as
Vet come to look upon his knockout
wallops rs SO many practical jokes; but
he may get a chuckls out Of IL after a
while, when the novelty Of knocking
men out has worn on.
1t looks very much as n we were to
have another Fitxsimmons In Smith,
Hut nothing In more uncertain than the
ring. A single X. q. scored agaipst him
might change the whole mental attitude
! Of Gunboat smith. and take away his
desire TO step IN close and swing some
thing. Bu, such misfortune won't at
feet him II he has the Fltxsimmons
spirit as well u the Fitssimmons punch
hob never fought better and with more
| determination than in the boutS with
The evening world., 1913-04-05

Suhurbans In Play StrOaasbuPg.
The suburbans play the Stsoudsbufs club d
Suburban oval sixteenth and Gravssend sssnus.
Notary. former New York state LRast,s tvirl-
chen or Weiss will work for the s,tb,isbsns. Game
called At 4 sharp.
The evening world., 1913-04-05
Marquard Wasn't Up to Full
Game in Trial Against
Richmond.
BY BOZBMAN BULGER.

oALTJAONE. April b. - McGraw 10
pretty well sure u his fourth regular
pitchsr. II 10 likely that he will depend
- three for the hrst two weeks. nlling
b with DsnAree. Wiltse and Goulait.
eeeerding to whore he picks the spot.
3As three dependable men are Mathew
IN. Ames and Tesrsau. The fourth.
SIM unhardeRsd for the long grind Of
niae innings. 10 Rube MArQuard. He
snssid be right In three weeks.
TIE sivs the Rube his hrst thorough
VT NcGraw sent him Against Rich
snOnd for elk full innings and At the
nd Richard was pretty well windsd.
Fer four rounds ne looked like . man
swho had Just been lifted from .
Worlds series and sent In for Gallop.
~ WAS untouchAble. Rube's old speed
Nas on tap aud Ne did not hesitate 10
1iSs II. His control was practically per-
lect. In the entire six innings he
SAlksd but one batter and that was
oStes svssesonabss decision by the
umpire.
when the fourth inning had passed.
0SsQusrd looked at Ac0raw inQuiring-
", He had not pitched over three
iaaings up 70 thst time this sPrins
s..stsy In there for siz." Noorsw said
10 the tall ieft-hApder. ''Lsts see how
vtssux YOU are" The Rubs has ossn
assertina right along that he has kept
= condition all winter while In vaude-
s6le and that he would b ready when
- race started. "t
z Ne gamely stuck TO the post and tried
m shove Q lot 81 stun on the ball, but
TIE necessary strength was not there.
1s1Aauard's race began to redden. and
Il could be seen that he was worktns
on gameness alone. His speed GraAu-
'6ily slaeksnsd, snd he wss tapped for
ME hits In the last two innings. Alto
yether seven safe waiiops were made
him, and they counted In . little
= getting for Richmond. The ground
Ythe new park ~ Richmond IL very
..,cuGh, and 10 field q ball cisanly re-
|. auifss extraordinary dsxterity. Most
lot the time II 70 Impossible to stop q
sapesndss Clearly In the outhsld. Ones
ftA1v get By the inhsh they are gone
iNoequArA retired psnttns.
mo ~ 10 talhine." sah Ne0raw q
Ia party pllsd on IN early train foI
sNnlomese, = pitcher has got 70 havs
ln)eoSy u vos6 IN. NJ opring Or HI
wha't ~ Nay 81 Inc san. II 10 no.
~ oueh HE am thst Assds attsnties
The evening world., 1913-04-05
Joe MAYER IS NOW
AMERICAS AMATEUR
BILLIARD CHAMPION
Y pla lying In sensational fashion.

ny playing In sensational fashion.
X Joseph Mayer. the young Phila-
delphia player. succeeded In win
ming the national amateur 49, balkiine
billiard championship OF America At
Philadelphia. Mayer came into possess
sion of this important title by defeating
Edward Gardner OF the Arlon Society OF
New York and a former holder Of the
title In the final game by a score Of 400
points to 2s7. Besides winning the tour
nament. Mayer accomplished the feat Of
going through the tourney without los
ing a single game He also captured the
high average prize with his ngurs Of
% AIS and the high run prize with q
tally OF 100. .
Practise for the Cornell rowing Meet VA inau-
water conditions were ileal. Charley .Courtns;
sent out the VARSITY, JUNO, vaElty; ioH.o.fd
MeSsar Of The junior varsity Is Too III to ro.,
and Brown. Of the iour.esFrd squad. has been
called home
7. n. Barrett, "a was elected captain a. the
Coiunoia swimming team Yesterday and y. Maze.
ao ss team tor next . s' Bs S " va oos
bias mainstay In uhs fancy di!s this year and
won 10 3. in ous q &. e: FAM, dive,
In college ranks next year.
Grr~t interS~t Ia evidenced In the match TO-DAY
at the Queens Club London, for the professional
racquet championship OF the world between
Charles Williams. the professional II Harrow
school. and Jock so, sSutaI who hold. . Hmilar
nj, club. To,iay's match will 10 the first Of Z
best q thce series with the second match q
I've played N Philadelphia next month. ThS
class than any since 1907. when Peter latham de
featei George Standing. the New York RscQus
aud Tennls Club professional.
william A. Tilt. tho champion Of the New
York Athletic Club. his match in the M
tlonh pocket billiard championship touruamsn
az ue Amateur Billiard Club Of New York a
Sey snty fourth street and Broadway. and Thereof
maintained his position In the tic for the title
The other competitions in the tie, each Of whom
has lost one game. are Edward y. Raynolds, J
Howard shoemaker and Arthur r. Hyam. th
latter the playing through holder Of the cham
nionsNtp Tit defeated Neil u. Mckenzie BY tn
4 one sided score Of 1915 balls to 81.
The evening world., 1913-04-05
BASEBALL SEASON OPENS;
: FANS START FOR GAME
oHighlanders and Brooklyns Line Up
Eat Ebbets's New Stadium-Arrange-
.; ments Made for Crowd of $4,000.

The baseball season WAS given nylng
start to-day wnen Brooklyn fans began
y. torn nv AROUND Ebbsts's Stadium hours
tAuefore the game between the Dodgers
sni IIiyhiandsrs was sched uied to start.
=, Although the grand stand sas nearly
Z sold out days ago. hundreds Of rooters,
p"'s akins advantage Of the warm day.
went TO Hrookiyn's nsw park shortly
-. lafyer y o'clock this morning eager to
'..euy seats for the big inter-city game.
100 Col. Ebbsts was early on the Job and
takinx a slant at the mid summer sun
Exclaimed that $500 fans would see the
+, podsers take . fan out Of the iiigh.
,tanderS IN the same manner that the
natives defeated the invading High
flinders In 70 on the SHE Of his new
stadium.
~ !, over In Brooklyn the opening OF the
new S7aAoeo stadium Is regarded ~ an
historic event ana Il seemed 40 II every
Tan and sannstts cor mica around
wanted to be 10 on H. Years from now
~. ehsy can tel their children and grand
= children Of the big day. xhsn Eboe~
!. Nead was considered the last word In
.. 1,msabali parks where they sat ana
4. s,watched the game. the nrst by the way
In which Frank Chance. ex-esner OF
~ ehs famous Chicago Cubs. assumed con-
troa Of Q New York team.
= - = -
The evening world., 1913-04-05

Among this years heavyweights the
most prominent are those who finish"
their men. After all. being knocked
OUT In a ring contest Is a slight AFFAIR.
Ton seconds Ii n remarkably short time
when you see II licked OF on . stop
watch. A man doesn't have to he down
long TO he down ten seconds. The hard
nShtinG comes In where q man without
hard punch wins. In this case. II he
wins before the time limit and not on a
foul" he must beat his man down
gradually until M In helpless. This IS
what MoCarty did to Palser. McCsrty
hasn't a punch. lie Ia Just a fairly hard
hitter with plenty Of endurance. Palzer
was ten times a. badly beaten up as
either Bombardier Wells or Fred Nc
Kay or Jim Stewart or jim Savage.
to give = number OF instances. after be-
Inc knocked cold by Gunboat Smith.
None Of the four men mentioned were
marked. A short time after recovering
from the knockout they were 40 At as
ever. Yet any one seeing Gunboats
INST swishing over would prefer to take
q hundred OF MoCarty's punches to one
Of Gupboats,
DOB FITZSIM MONS used to say II
X never beat a man up-l knocks
- 'em all out gently"
Bob's idea OF gentle" knockout
vas q sudden, stunning blow that rem
dsrsd the other fellow instantly sense
less. A Knockout punch. being usually
landed In the pit Of the stomach. on
the chin or over the eye tooth. or OH
tho back Of the neck. doesn't cut or
bruIse or mark, except In very unusual
Instances. where the result Of the blow
The evening world., 1913-04-05
FAME Of GREAT FIGHTERS
MEASURED BY THE PUNCH

Clever Heavyweights Only Enjoy Limited
Period of Popularity in Ring While Men of
Fitzsimmons's Typo Always Live in Memory
of Fans-Gunboat Smith May Prove Second
Lanky Bob, as He Possesses the K. O. Walop.
The evening world., 1913-04-05

can be described a. entirely accidental,
and unexpected.
Ten or fifteen years ago Bob Fitz-
simmons was the ideal heavyweight
fghting man. He never danced around.
Ito never wasted motion. lie didn't
spar and tap. Every blow he started
was intended to have a certain effect.
II he missed II was usually to induce
or force his opponent into position
where he would get the next one on the
r!ght spot
Other heavyweights lacked Fitzsim-
mons's business-like way OF fighting
A. least some of their movements were
wasted. Corbett could land ATTY
punches on his mans chin. and only
cut and annoy him. One well calcu-
lated Fitzsimmons wallop was AS eff
| fective as the whole nifty.
When he was getting the wors, OF Q
night Fftzsmmons patiently worked h!s
way in and waited for chance To
drive his terrific left or right hook
home and settle things,
~ all the heavywe!ghts to-day,
Gunboat Smith comes nearest to
the Fitzsimmons type. With q
few years more OF experience he ma,
become as good man M Fitzsimmon.
himself Perhaps he'll even be better
for he weighs twenty-five pounds NOR,
NV.
Gnnboat tries not Ia waste a punch
lie works around until he sees an orcn
Ing, and then he shoots something tina
way with world OF determination ne
hind his fist He's all for effectiveness
4 like Fltzslmmons. In his wiry strengti
aud lanky build there 10 something sug
The evening world., 1913-04-05
McCarty and Smith Likely
To Meet in Bout in This Citu

70 SOC him the uiddiswesht ehsaptaA W1t11n ~
nett eight months.
Five boxins shows will take plscs SesieAe, A
Fairmont 4. c., Gene Giivay w. Frsddis uAn
and A,,. kaufman r " he,s r.w: BE-.
Sherman: at Atlantic Garden A, C., PsdAy hi.
h, w., r. KID Alert hertz; 4 Irving A g: BrceiiH.
Staten Island. Mike Maize W. Bobby Moon.
Young Brown. the east side lishtwsisht who
recently fought Jack Britton. will clash h .
six.round bout with Willie Houck q "Philly" at
the Olympic A. G. Of philadelphia On MSafay
night. At the ame show Kid WILLIAMS a Dal-
timore will 90 against Young Bradley q r6ila.
delphia. This will also be q six.round %.