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The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
FANS AWAIT
I H { B | c
FELLOWS
Four Round Followers Smoked
Up Over Meehan-Chris-
tian Bout Tonight

] The fans appear to be about evenly
round mixup between Willie Meehan,
the local white hope and George
Christian. the eastern black cloud at
Dreamland this evening. On form,
| the colored man figures to win. for he
has the class and the experience. but
they don't know yet whether he is
game or not and 1t goes without say
ing that man who expects to beat
| Meehan must be gamester.
| The colored man loks like a regu-
lar fighter. He can handle his dukes
| like a man who knows his business
! and he appears to be fast on his feet
According to his eastern record, he
Is a high class performer, but the
local fans always want the eastern
ers to show them.
Meehan Is one Of those rip snort
ing performers, who goes right in and
mixes things up. He never is quiet
for an instant in the ring. He be-
lieves In keeping on top of his man
all the time and he is always willing
to take q beating. Willie appears to
be In good shape for this battle and
If he loses he Will have no excuses
to offer.
Much interest Is being taken In the
special event, which brings Johnny
Sodenberg of Omaha and Tom Nickola.
the local middle weight together.
This ought to be corking good scrap.
The last time they met, Nickola got
the decision, which was very unpopu-
lar with the fans, for Sodenberg
made a hurricane finish and all but
knocked Nickola out
They are betting even money on
the encounter SO close does 1t look.
Nickola is a better hitter. but Soden-
berg can box and he also can take
the gaff, which makes him solid with
the local sports. The Omaha lad is
one Of the most promising four
months, andsif he beats Nickola he
ought to be in line for a better match.
Two other tough middle weights.
Otto Berg and Charley Grande, are
also down on the list. They are slug
gers who know nothing but to tear
around and 1t looks as though one of
them ought to register a knockout
Both have been fighting around here
for the past couple of years and are
very well known to the fans. Berg
recently held Frank Logan to draw.
The other bouts are as follows:
Bubbles Robinson VS. Jim McVey.
ughtweights; Jack Hemple vs. Tad
Riordan. heavy weights; AL Green
wood VS.. Vic Mcdonald, welter
weights; Leo Crevier VS.. Eddie White.
Ightweights; Eddie Santry VS.. Sailor
Brodie, feather weights.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
FANS GREET
BIC ONES
TONIGHT
Smith and Miller Ready to
Settle Their Differences
in New York

NEW YORK. Oct 81 Gunboat
Smith and Charley Miller, heavy
weights from California, meet tonight
at Madison Square garden in a 10
round bout There is considerable in
terest In the outcome of the match, as
Miller is expected to give Smith a hard
tight, owing to his aggressive tactics.
Smiths prestige as a possible heavy
weight champion dropped a few
notches as the result of his recent
battle with Carl Morris, the Oklahoma
giant. The Gunner made a timid
showing In that encounter, and, al
though he was declared the winner on
foul, there were those who wit
messed the encounter who maintained
that Morris boxed in accordance with
the rules.
Miller has made himself a favorite
as a result of his aggressive style.
He Is expected to carry the battle to
the gunner. ii marks the third meet
ing OF the pair. They met In two
previous encounters on the coast, each
having a verdict to his credit In the
betting Smith rules a favorite at 10 to
&
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
MATTY THINKS THAT
K0NETCHY WILL BE
A GIANT NEXT YEAR
By CHRISTY MATHEWSON,
The Giants Star Pitcher

The trading has begun After regular the
swapped the then they generally
appear uniforms again
eptons This time Konetchy the Giants for Merk
Herzog Snodgass according all
McGraw OF course "Mac" mentions deal until
through.
In relation this trade know things MGraw has thought
ball
all after the The natural question then is Why
don't the Cardinals hold he said
be? 1t that the St club badly
There several Honey For thing,
he has been much dissatisfied for the last few his
discomfort reached its limit during the closed There
friction between him Manager Higgins dissatisfied player
does his best he Nobody who dissatisfied
with conditions efficient business Lord and Chase
both who benefited by change
Konechy of those players who would be benefited by
change of uniform conditions He ouved
his usefulness St Louis although still For
other club he would probably like house ah McGraw
tried hard include Konhy the deal by which he obtained
Murray and Raymond from Bresnahan
held off for long time before he closed the hope that he could
the big first baean Now that with Konetcy the
ket McGaw after him. but for Merk
no and nix
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
You See, It's This Way


STvHERE isn't In the ring history
of this dear old world OF ours
a more unique and in many
ways freakish character than
Freddie Welsh, English champion
among the lightweights. The man
from Pontypridd does unusual
things in a modest sort of way
and best of all doesn't talk much
about himself. But If drawn into
a conversation Freddie is apt to
surprise his audience with some
astonishing statements that Fred
die does not regard as at all re-
markable. Incidentally, don't for
get that the young We1shman
possesses left hand that is re-
garded as the equal of anything
that ever was flashed by any
fighter.
TV7HATS freakfsh about him,
w you ask7 Well. first off, what
do you think of a fighter
who can take of eight pounds of
weight In "a hours without i'm
pairing his strength in the least?
That's what Welsh can do, and
Pollok vouches for it. Naturally
you want to know how he does
1T. Righl off let us explain that
Freddie is one of the greatest
water consumers of any of the
athletes. He drinks at least q
gallon of 1t a day and thoroughly
believes in 1t as a steady thing
for all athletes. Having accus-
fV ~ s<s f>x~ e. \ -
thing. he can. by merely ceasing
the drink process for day, re-
duce himself In a most astonish-
ing manner.
A WHILE back we exploited the
~ tremendous drinking feats OF
one Zbyszko, Polish wrestler,
who seemed to hold the champion
ship of the water wagon perform
ers, even IL he couldn't grab the
graphing title for himself. The
Pole was almost total abstainer,
varying the monotony now and
then with a fiagon of lager. But
he generally preferred the vichy
of commerce and consumed 1t by
the gallon. We believe now that
Welsh is a close second to the
Pole IL. indeed. he can not beat
him at the pure and cold" game.
y
<<vV7HY, 1 weighed only 13OA
w pounds the day willls
Ritchie arrived In VAN
couver and that. too, with only a
"a hour preparation" Welsh told
me. And was fit for hard
bout just at that time, too.
hadn't eaten anything that day
and had refrained from drinking
drop of water. 1t falls off of me
in cakes as soon as / stop drink
ing. Because the English limit is
135 pounds and / always have
tried to be as near that notch an
possible, people imagine am one
Of those overgrown Hghtweights.
1t Is not so. as can today scale
much lower and be stronger than
Ritchfe."
X X
THE man from Pontypridd al
ways has been known as q
vegetarian. and. as matter OF
fact, he is today at heart. But =
few long and trying trips through
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
Washington Boys on
Long BicvcIe Ride

G. H. Haller and John Beach. two
washington, d. c., boys, have started
on Z bicycle ride to San Francisco.
The trip across the continent is ex-
pected to take $50 days, and will be
one which will take In many states.
The boys will journey southwark at
the start In order to take advantage
of the climate during the winter. and
will work up through the Mississippi
valley during the early spring and
across the Rockies through Montana
and wyoming. They expect to make
their expenses selling souvAnix cards.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
HERzOG MAY QUIT GAME

Herzog has good deal of
land The Giants third baseman thought
ball before he fond of his
do believe that Herzog would
think he would retire from baseball He has
tion of Crandal who has his in
Wadena The players
have independence They least quit
when things don't suit them
Some of the boys kidding Hzog
he finished baseball
WELL you'll be polishing mahogany
old
Doyle you've nothing lot of Maryland
five o bankbooks."
Poor Herzogi He doesn't breakfast money
coming fromi guess would tough job moving him to St
Snodgass another member of the Giants
nto1s effort to buy up state He has nice piece Of California
him there that he refused guarantee
the worlds trip He is mixed politics there
main of the
That for organizations towns
and engaged putting Oxnard map
refuse live VIII he
like the standing of the club Besides Mcraw
New York fielder valuable and do think he would
Ief I i'm
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
CHANCE TO GET KONETCHY

STILL something in the air about Konechy The
this told
cash offer would bring the big first sacer the Giants
would probably ubby
tends try build his club Of YOUNGSTERS He had lot
the older boys this last Ko
netchy, andS Salee had their grievances.
Slim because Higgins tries tell him from
that him.
of the Cardinals told along the 1T
peevish the thing
Therefore, apparent that there has been
for it. NaHagng loser thankess job because all the players
he
Then Miller stepped tough place when he took hold
of the Cardinals had had trouble with Bresnaan
they fluent financially
Konetchy is going leave and would
,recd if his forwarding address is New York.
bz syndkasA
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
Dau 5 Day
Dreams
AN OLD FAMILIAR SAW CARE
LESSLY RESET

AN OLD FAMILIAR SAW CARE
LEsSLY RESET
The Lord loves q cheerful giver,
but no one has any use for
cheerful liar.
Among the signs OF an early
winter is winter itself.
X X X
Lest we forget-the Sox won a
game of ball just a little more
than a week ago. but not from
the Giants.
Common sense thought for tho
day: Better put 'em on and-do
your Christmas shopping early.
X
The same stuff that cooled me
of last summer cools me of to-
day, strange though II may seem.'
said the Man in the Smoking
Compartment last night.
r X y
Tell me not IN n7ournful numbers
Life Is but an empty dream;
For the permant fever slumbers
In the bottom notchcr team.
X X \
George Stovall, former manager
OF the ST. Louis Browns. is to be
congratulated upon his promotion.
He is to manage tho Kansas City
Federal league club, and from the
Browns to the Federal league is
stepping up some.
\ Y y
Thntv-trcc nights in sleeper.
More than month in bunk:
Those porld touring stars
Must ride on the cars
Until each one of them's feeling
purlk:;
Thnty-three nights IN sleeper.
Il place phere no dead man can
sleep.
But later these stars
win sap good night" to the
And they'll all be asleep on the
deep.
why doesn't Ad wolgast seek
the bonesetter In an attempt to
have his fractured ribs put In
order7
President Tom Lynch says ne
will not retire under fire. Bill
Sulzer made q similar remark but
q few days ago, but his enemies
didn't believe him.
\ X \
And II those National league
magnates should elect Bob Brown
to succeed Lynch, there would be
a man of another color.
= X
Manager Huggins of the Cards
comes to the front with tho thrill
ing announcement the Cards will
train at Columbus, Ga. Who
cares?
II it's all right with Columbus,
no one else should become agi-
tated.
IL tHoSo touElHB Doll pldySTB
should bump into a few billiards.
while whizzing westward no, we
fear the worlds tour will be .
frost.
While we are interested In the
doings of the Giants and Sox. We
prefer to give tho box score the
once over while perched alongside
a nice sizzling radiator these
brisk days.
The present worlds tour may
be featured some day by . sox
victory. Yanevercantell.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31

THE man from Pontypridd al
ways has been known as q
vegetarian. and. as q matter OF
fact, he is today at heart. But =
few long and trying trips through
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
Fighter, Who Drew
With John l., Insane

Patsy Cardiff. who once fought q
draw with John L. Sullivan and an
other with Charley Mitchell and was
afterward defeated In a ring battle by
Peter Jackson. was committed to tho
insane asylum at Salem, Ore, a few
days ago. He has lived in Portland
for the last Is years and has worked
as q house mover. The commission
found his condition due to alcoholism.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
Matty Talks Business
Has the Inside Dope

today presents articles written
by Christy Mahewson the brightest diamond game
gossip regarding probable changes
and he Konehy
about the called trading Herzog
McCrw than other baseball
position the low Napoleon
What will every
Matty's article will appear The Call Monday
contain few surprises, so look for it.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31

the western states and western
Canada forced the Briton to
change his method. He had to, or
starve to death. so every once in
while he pitched into the meat.
He doesn't care for 1t, and thinks
the athletes of the day are fed
much too much of It But he is
not going to quarrel with the
American system just on that ac-
count.
4 T heart Freddie il for Amer
N lea. first. last and all the time.
When his fighting days are
over he intends to locate either In
New York. where q rich backer
wants to open a big training
school with a farm annex on the
Muldoon plan, or in Los Angeles.
where his wife is now. Welsh
thinks there is nothing quite the
equal of southern California any
where on the globe. He lost his
mother short time ago, and that
was the only tie that bound him
to his native land. Now he pre-
fers this side OF the Atlantic.
His wife is here. his sister married
here, and is about to start on
tour of the world, and his only
brother also is located on this
side.
vVYELSH has had two tremend-
w Gus disappointments in his
- life. The first came when
Ad Wolgast took i'll with ap-
pendicitis two days before their
match in Los Angeles and Fred
die had to content himself with
whipping Willie Ritchie. Later
Willie whipped, or rather. got
the decision on foul over VOL
CAST and thus became possessor
of the title. Recently Welsh
was matched with Ritchie up in
Vancouver. but thes match fell
through dissatisfaction over
something or other. Thus has
Welsh twice been fooled out Of
what he considered excellent
chances to win the big title.
X \ X
xxC EEMs like fate was against
me-, he said. Il beat
Ritchie once without trou-
bic and 1t looks as II I might
never, never get another shot at
him. But I'll keep trying"
X X *
TIE has Eddie Moy. a young
lightweight from Allentown,
Pa, with him and believes he
Will make a good boy. The
heavy weight OF the party is Ed
Hagen of Seattle, big fellow OF
100 pounds. He IL Pollok's hope
among the giants. and will be
given an early tryout. Pollok
isn't saying much about him be-
cause 1t always causes q laugh
whenever white hope" Is men
toned. but he really believes In
this fellow.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
EASY FOR GIBBONS

Gibbons OF st. Paul last night ravs
Kid wagner such terrific beating
that Referee Buck Kelly stopped the
bout IN the ninth round. It was
scneduled to go 10 rounds. Gibbons
weiened , 10 pounda and :WaspAr LIS
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
KILBANE BEATS MARS

CINCINNATI. Oct. S1.-Johnny XII
bane knocked out Knockout Mars Of
this city IN the seventh round Of 4
scheduled 10 round bout last night.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-24

more than tent shack, the Miners
union put up a hospital and made
welcome all those who required at
tention, regardless of their affilia-
tion with labor unions or not. They
drew no caste lines and did not in
quire about a mans creed. They
simply took care Of him and, If he
died and was without means, they
saw that he was given decent burial.
No worthier cause than this exists
today, and the union is entitled to
the most liberal Encouragement.
In accordance with the usual Gus
tom, Tonopah Miners union will give
a celebration for the children Of To-
nopah on Christmas day This Gus
tom the Tonopah Miners union has
followed in Tonopah for thirteen
years. It is hoped that the children
of Tonopah will turn out en- masse
to enjoy the festivities and partake OF
the good things that Santa Claus viii
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-24

The thirteenth annual charity ball
of the Miners union will he held this
evening at Miners Exchange hall,
when it is expected that the attend
ance will be equal to the capacity Of
the hall. Special music has been pro
vided for the occasion and five
piece orchestra will discourse selec-
tions for the dancers. The hall has
been nicely decorated for the oeca-
sion.
This has been considered the most
practical annual event since the win
ter of 19O1-02. when the Miners
union opened its hospital and took
care of every one who was stricken
with pneumonia which was known
through the outside world as the
black plague. During that awful pc
riod Of the camps history when there
were no facilities for caring for the
sick and few men could boast o.
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COWING OBSEQUIES
ARE WELL ATTENDED
FINE DISPLAY OF FLOWERS, AND
SERVICES ATTENDED BY
LARGE NUMBERS.

Funeral services over the remains
of the late Harry Cowing were con
Quoted late yesterday afternoon at
the hall of the Knights of Pythias by
Rev. J. NJ. Swander At the grave
in the local cemetery the knights OF
Pythias ritual was used The pail
bearers were Charles Epstine, Ed Re
gan, James Haywood, Fred Broadwell
S. 0. Loupsa and b. Srothers.
AT the hall the choir of the Pres
byterian church sang, and Mrs. Sol
lender-Hanby rendered solo. The
funeral was attended by the knights
of Pythias in body the Pythan
sisters, delegation from the Women
of Woodcraft and the Women's Relief
corps. The display Of flowers was
fine, comprising a stately group rep
resenting the emblem of the order
from the Knights of Pythias, a pillow
from the Pythian Sisters, a pillow
Of roses from the Relief corps ant
other pieces from Mr., and Mrs
| Broadwen and W. s. Marx.
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Miners Union Charity Ball
and Christmas Gift Giving

provide. The following program will
start promptly at p. M;
Selection by the Tonopah band
welcoming address by T. NJ. Pagan,
president Of Tonopah Miners union;
singing by Miss Bradley's class; reci-
tation, vernie Cleary; song. Erline
Anderson; recitation, Vernie Luce;
duet, Georgia Money and Maurine
Goldsmith; recitation, Eveline Carl
son; song, Eva Emord; recitation,
Lloyd Swasey; song. Beatrice Par
ker; selection by Tonopah band; reci-
tation, Starr Rose; song, Clifford
Brissen: recitation. Gretta HANNA;
dance. Lucille Mannix; recitation, Cor
nelius Murphy; song. Irene and Ethel
Farrell; recitation, Gainel Gingles;
selection by the. Tonopah band; dis.
tribution of presents by Santa Claus:
recitation, Lawrence Kinsella; recita-
tion, Mary Cavanaugh song Marie
Mitchell; recitation, Samuel Mitchell.
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WROTE A CHECK
BUT GOULD NOT
GET IT CASHEO
STRANGER IN CAMP TRIES TO
PUT ONE OVER THE OWNER
OF THE NORTHERN.

John Clark of the Northern has |
about concluded that there is no such !
thing as gratitude in human nature. !
Last week he extended hospitality to
newly arrived couple by furnishing
them with a cosy room for the night
and lending them $4 the following
morning to buy breakfast and see
them on their way, AS result he
had to face charges preferred before
the county commissioners where he
had no trouble in exculpating him
self.
Yesterday he had similar expert
ence. George Hurst, stranger in
town, and penniless, was given
room for the night. When Clark arose
about noon he found his private desk
had been rifled and his check book
and a lot of valuable memoranda
| taken These included blank checks
on the Stockton Security and Loan
society of Stockton, Cal, where he
/
carries an account Hurst was miss
ing, but he left an unmistakable trail
that quickly led to his detection and
arrest He had filled out one Of the
checks for $3.50, writing in "The To
nopah Banking Corporation" anc
signed the name of John NJ. Clark.
He showed the Clark handbook at th'
Pullman saloon in an effort to hay'
the paper cashed, but the saloon MAJ
was skeptical and said he did no
have the funds. Then Hurst went t
the Chinese noodle joint on Mai
street. There he was detained unit
Chief of Police Evans arrived an
took Hurst in charge. He will hav
to answer to a charge Of forgery.
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CHRISTMAS DAY
BOXING CARD
At The CASINO
THREE GOOD EVENTS WILL BE
SEEN TOMORROW AFTER
NOON.

A boxing contest to orchestral ac-
compartment is an attraction that is
seldom seen, especially in this part
of the world Tomorrow afternoon at
the Casino the event between Freck
Lydon and Eddie Bartlett will be
staged with a number of accessories
that will add to the drawing powers
of the regular card. These will in
clude several cornet solos by a. new
member of the orchestra, who recent
ly arrived from San Francisco, who
is reputed to be an artist Of a high
standard.
The principals in the main event
have been training regularly and
their exhibitions at the Casino have
ELECTED praise from admirers Of both
men. who are said to be more evenly
matched than was the case in recent
events.
Jack Minnick, whose decision at
the Nevada theater gave eminent sat
isfaction, will hold down the job Of
referee. Jimmy Welsh and Kid .MilkS
will appear in six rounds and Joe
Murphy will take Jimmy O'Connel
on for four rounds.
The admission is fixed at 81 ant
$3.50, with ringside seats placed a
$3.50. The fight begins at 2:30 oclocl
sharp
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Las Vegas High School Defeats
Tonopah High by "a to IS

ments Of the game did Tonopah out
class the yictors. One was in the
matter Of fouls, Las Vegas being
penalized fifteen times to seven for
Tonopah, while Davis for the home
team threw seven baskets from fouls
and Las Vegas but three,
Last nights game was the first of
the season with an outside team for
the Tonopah boys Another time it
is expected that the local boys will
be freed Of the handicap occasioned
by the fact that two of the best play
ers were kept out of the game for be
ing down in their studies
In the girls game the score was
IS to Is in favor Of the iuniors-fresh
men girls. Miss Stewart and Dick
Townsend officiated as referee and
umpire.
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SCHOOLS CLOSE
FOR VACATION
OF TEN DAYS
TREE FOR THE TOTS AND SPE.
cIAL HOLIDAY FOR THE
OLDER ONES.

The little folks in the kindergarten
were delighted with a Christmas tree
in their room at school today--for
one group of children in the forenoon
and another in the afternoon, An
artistically decorated tree and tiny
gifts were features. Some of the
parents were on hand to help the
youngsters enjoy the affair. There
were also trees in Miss Wallace's
part of the first grade and in the
fourth grade, while in all Of the pri-
mary rooms and upper grades a
Christmas atmosphere prevailed
According to previous plan all
Of the grades which had attained an
average Of 80 per cent in promptness
and excused absence We're granted a
half holiday as a reward. The fourth
grade had its half holiday last Fri
day. at the close Of the school
month, while the following grades
had theirs this afternoon-gr grade l
Miss Wallaces division; 2, 3, 5, Miss
Benefits division; grades and 6
Miss Meffley's room, and the sey
enth.
Vacation begins tomorrow ant
lasts until January 5
Three Of the teachers were allowed
by the school board to go in time t
reach their homes for Christmas day
and substitutes were provided at tn
expense of the teachers.