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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
ED Walsh Still
AN UNCERTAINTY
Question in Training Camp
as to His Ability to Como
Back This Season.

Paso Hoblcs. Cal, Feb. es.-"Nrcll.
Ed, how do you feel" This was
heard a thousand times round the
So& camp today. Edward Walsh was
The target for these anxious injuries.
Each and every man with the sox
party wanted TO know what benefits.
IL any. the bis 'hurler had enjoyed
from his ten days of work a, this
camp.
Walsh tried to satisfy those inter-
ested in his welfare, but to all ap-
~pearances he is not sure about his
condition. He has been running over
the hills. taking the baths and excr-
Using in many other ways and has re-
duced his weight by fifteen pounds.
tie looks the part of an athlete and
feels the same. tat uncertainty is In
his valuable right arm.
Yesterday for the first time he put
on a uniform and went to the park,
accompanied by Red" Kuhn. The
Moose loosened up a bit by throwing
and capped the try-out by cutting
loose cautiously. lie Kuhn is Ia be be-
'leNed, the bis pitcher is already on
The way TO his comeback.
IT is almost n sure hct that when
the hcH rings for the opening of the
season. Walsh will be among th,s~
ready to mount the firing line. His
case . the better. he thinks. he
cause there is no noticeable pain in
the arm, such az there was last sea-
son.,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28

Los Angeles. Cal. Feb. 2l.--when
May Sutton Bundy, formerly May
Sutton and woman tennis champ.
gave birth to a boy eight months ago.
the tennis experts figured that she'd
be too busy with her family to play
tennis any more inc began looking
around for her successor. Now comes
forward Mrs. Eundy and says that il
there's to be a SUCCESSOR to May SUIT
ton as woman's tennis champion. it
will he none other than Mrs. Rundy.
Mrs. Bundy recently gave a tennis
party. licked her sister. Florence. and
other strong players and announced
the only way she'd give up her title
was for some one to take it away.
Florence is not aggressive enough
70 he a champion declared Mrs.
Bundy. Ethel Bruce is a, better
player in lots Of ways. but she hasn't
the time needed TO give to the game.
Mary Browne is a stunning PLAYER.
but has too sweet a disposition. She's
no fighter. She hates to beat anyone
and unless there's fight in a person
that person can't expect to win and
hold a tennis championship.
S YOU see, I'm the only n left
concluded Mrs. Bundy, as she turned
her young son over to a nurse, while
SHE started for the tennis court to get
some more practice.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
Wolgast on Comeback But Only
If Rigid Training Rules Prevail

dyed-in-the-wool fight followers al
ways retain a warm spot for the Wild
cat.
lnsthis respect he classes with John
l. Sullivan, Bob T'itzsimmons and Rat
Ting Nelson. mel, whose right to call
themselves champions was beyond ar
gument. For these reasons Wolgast.
IL lie begins to climb. will receive
many Il. hearty boost.
II Wolgast qualities again for a
place. among the best sellers 1t will he
interesting to watch if he falls into
an old rut. T have reference to tho
distaste for training which for Il while
seemed to have become constitutional
with him.
That Wolsast had come to hate the
grind of the road and the gymnasium
was patent to all who had knowledge
of the. way he prepared for his later
contests in and around San Francis
co. 1t may be thai ''the lingering
effects of the knifng." as he terms
it. caused exertion of any kind to be-
come irksome. but whatever the rea-
son. Ads TRAINING got to be a joke.
If he had not been such a vain little
wasp ii might have been different.
When chided by his wcll-wishers for
~neglecting his work he used to say.
II, don't need much training to lick
this fellow" and he really felt that
way about IL, too,
For some reason. unexpected set
backs did not seem to furnish any les
son for him. From his appearance
when he entered tho ring to box Joe
Azevedo at Oakland it is doubtful IL
he could have made the slightest pre-
tense Of undergoing preparation.
Nom thu Upifnt- is 1,0f in q nnCftin1
to say whether Wolgast will be sue
cessful in the demonstration that this
slump in, ighting ability during the
past year or two was owing to the op-
GRAFTON for appendicitis. I'll make
bold to say, though, that he will not
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
(By w. W. %Naughton.)

San Francisco, Feb. 2S.-Is Ad
Nolgast coming up again or was his
regent showing with Joe Rivers moth
ing more significant than a flash in
the pan
OF course. il YOU take Ads word for
it--or for that matter the word of his
manager. Cherokee Tom Jones--the
Michigan wildcats claws have sprout-
ed again and there ia trouble ahead
for allawho attempt to halt him when
he starts to mount the steps OF the
lightweight championship citadel.
"Nothin' to It," said Wolgast.
"Nothin' to it," echoes Jones.
II always knew that ] would re-
cover" says Ad in a letter to the writ
er. What allied me was simply the
lingering effects of the knitting they
gave me at Los Angeles. I mended
slowly I. In my fights afterwards
felt a numbness and stiffness in my
right side-especially where the sur
geons made the cut-and the weak
ness extended down my right leg at
times. But it's all gone. 1 took my
medicine and I waited. and Wolgast
is himself again. Just watch me. And
above all, watch the way I'll corner
that boy Richie and force him 10
sign with me
1t will come out, Of course. If
Wolsast has thoroughly outlived the
effects of his appendicitis operation
and is experiencing a renewal of form
Of his former fighting dash. the truth
will out. He is still popular enough
among the admirers OF sQueensberry
.pastimes to warrant promoters hand
ling him occaAionally,ea by his work
we shall know him.
IfJ5hh }cpntinll5tes to do as we'll as he
did tn.theSlafafE with Rivers there will
surely be lispyoigast boom. There may
be andSSthere have been champions
..whpse hold. on the affections Of the
public island was notably slight, but
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
AMATEURS WILL CHANGE RULES
TO-DAY,

New York, Feb. 2sI--More than
ordinary interest is manifested in the
annual meeting to be held in this city
tomorrow by the intercollegiate AS
ISOLATION OF Amateur Athletics of
America. 1t is expected that several
important amendments to the consti-
futon and bylaws Of the association
viii be adopted with a view 40 in
creasing the desire for participation
! n competition and encouraging
keener interest and enthusiasm for
athletics among college students,
The most important of the pro-
posed changes is the suggestion to
add a fifth place in each event in
awarding the championship cup for
the annual track and field meeting,
three for third. two for fourth, and.
one for fifth places. a total Of fifteen
points for each event instead Of
eleven points-fivc. three. two. and
ene. which has been the method in
vogue since 1895
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
CERTAIN no Dixie GAME.

Iowa City. Ia. Feb. 2s.-'The peo-
pie OF all nations are certain to like
the game of baseball if they can, but
be induced to become familiar witt,
it," said Prof. G. r. Patrick Of the
University OF Iowa in explaining tho
psychology OF the game in an address
before the Baconian club here last
night.
MEN like baseball because it COM
bines three OF the most deeply seated
racial instincts-the instinct to throw.
to run. to strike" he said.
The srorts of today resemble ths
serious pursuits Of primitive man.
During long periods Of the life his.
tory Of the human race the man who
could throw the straightest, strike the
hardest and run the swiftest vas the
one who survived. The exercises
which in baseball today are mere play
were serious things then. Baseball
reinstates these ancient activities"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
Will FIX III.

Cleveland, o., Feb. ?8.-To guard
against the possibility Of Fred Fal-
kenberg doing q reiumping act into
tho Nap camp. the Federal league. 1t
best offer made by the Cleveland
J. club. az we'll as paying the expenses
I, Of Falky's wife and children on the
1yprins training trip. but also made an
ADDITIONAL cash payment Of $4,000.
This makes $4,000 Of the $4,000
called for by Falky's three-year con-
tract that the new league has put UP
In advance. Falkenberg was given
$4,000 when he signed his contract.
by Otto Knabe, manager Of the Bal
tifnors Federal club, and vas placsd
TO >.cy's credit in a local bank. The
money IL not to be checked against
by Falkenberg until it falls due ~
salary.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
IS YEARS. AGO.

hardest battle, which is the story you
are after.
"Griffo commenced fighting in the
United States in 1898. He took the
fight fans off their feet. His clever
ness was a revelation! Look over his
record, he met the best of his time,
and while in his prime McAuliffe was
the only man to get a decision ove
him. And that vas only in a ten
round bout.
He beat Australian Billy Murphy
three times, Abe Willis, Ike Weir.
Horace Leeds and Joe Harmon and
fought, draws with such men as
George Ilavigne (twice). George Dix
on (thrice), Johnny Griffin. and Joe
Cans. He lacked a punch, but the
other fellows couldn't hit him. That's
why SO many of his battles were un-
decisive.
'I4avisne undoubtedly gave Critic
the hardest fight of his carecr 4
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28

Young Critic is knocking around
New York at this writing. Every
now and then he turns up in the news
of the d~ay--chief1y the police court
news. However. the last time the
writer observed him he seemed to be
in pretty fair condition, but that is
neither here nor there. This is the
story Of Young Critic as he was in
the old days: the days when he was
acknowledged the %cleverest man who
ever drew on Il glove-the story of his
hardest battle.
"Griffo," said Sam Fitzpatrick. was
born in Australia. So was l. That's
why I'm SO. familiar with his history,
though he was directly under
my management.
His right name is Albert Grifiths
and he was born in Sydney in 1871.
He and Kid Lavigne were the same
age, a peculiar coincidence, in view Of
the fact that Lavigne gave him his
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
~" LAy7s ;i j4AyzEsln
jaes~As AeLrsTo c't Al,riAtM|
Observation-Disclosures,

his head. His judgment Of distance
was perfect. Many of Lavigne's
punches would craze his jaw as he
smilingly pulled back or sidewise just
enough TO let them go by.
After the tenth round the fight
was I~Iavigne's. hut CRITICS early lead
gave him a draw decision. This was
the second II last meeting between
the two.
When the wonderful George Dixon
was at the height of his career, Critic
held him to Il draw on three separate
occasions. The bouts We're ten. TWEEN
ty. and twenty-five rounds. and there
was nothing to choose between the
two at the end of any of them.
There are countless tales told OF
Critic and how he used to exhibit his
skill in barrooms. betting that no one
could knock his hat off. or knock a
cigar from his mouth, while he stood
in cne spot. He was the cleverest
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28

very clever mar eve has many hard
battles. But that ~twenty-round draw
with the Saginaw Kid was a severe
test for Critic. and Lavisne hit him
more often than any other fighter, /
believe.
The fight was pulled off at Mas
peth, J.. L.. on Oct. II. 1895. Both
the Kid and Critic were in their
prime. 1t was a wonderful exhibition
Of cleNerness and fighting.
I'm the early rounds I4avigne wae
blinded by the ~cleverness of Critic. i
thought he would often l%aughingly
remark, that the mel AT the ringside
were throwing boxing gloves at me"
But al the bout progressed Critic be-
gan TO tire. and every now and then
the Kid would sting him with a left
or right. And the KIDS punches
hurt.
t"Grifo had a wonderful knack OF
avoiding a punch by simply moving
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
Gotch's Own statement.

W 0UAVC1l&NQIs "a.
am through with the wrest-
ling game ~forever3
The call of the foreigners and
the offer Of big purses will never
make me leave the farm again,
I will willingly waive my rights
10 the title in favor of the winner
Of match between Beell ana
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of worlds
wrestling champion, Frank
Gotch, In a letter to his manager,
Emil Klank.
Frank Gotch,, champion wrestler
Il tho, world, who has been retiring
.nnually for the last four years, prob
bly, is ont of the game now forever.
sotch was recently offered $4,000
or three matches to take place In
Sow York, but he turned down the
s,ffer., In the. past the Jingle, Of the
DIN has lured him from his Iowa
arm, but now he says that no amount,
It money can induce him to enter
he game again. In a recent letter to
Ills manager, Emil Klank, Gotch says:
PLEASE announce positively that /
I'M through with wrestling forever.
.ty wife and myself have gone over
hat matter thoroughly and nothing
Will ever induce me to change my
mind. The call of the foreigners and
he offer of big purses will never
make me leave the farm again. I
you'd suggest that Beell and Ameri-
rus get together and then let the win
ser of this match defend the title.
will willingly waive my rights to
he title in favor of the winner of a
match between Beell and Americus."
Right to Retire Earned.
Gotch has earned the right to retire
nd he probably named the two best
men TO defend the title, but it IL go
nS TO take a lot of work to get Beell
md .Anericus together. Beell is will
rg to sign up with Americus any day
md then SO forth after this match, II
'e is winner, and defend the title
against all foreigners, but Americas
q coy. For tho last three months
promoters have heen trying to get
these clever wrestlers together, but
he Baltimore ma persistently lodges
he issue. 1t was only recently that
Americus was offered a large guaran-
3ee to meet Beell in a finish match in
chicago. and later he turned down
I large offer from Chicago.
Reel. Keeps in Condition.
a newspaper man. out for an inter-
tew recently, found Beell choppins
vood o nhis broad acres e Marsh
leld. The little fellow was as hard
rs nails and seemed in the best Of
condition.
Americas is a city man and Beell a
.armer., Both are comparatively
'oung ,men for wrestlers. Americas
ook III Weight fast. and when he
same out recently he ! tipped the
.cales. at 220 pounds. He was too
aeavy for his height. as his match
With Fristensky proved. Beell. living
n the open. chopping wood, and
.omping. over the hills. took On fifteen
pounds and weighed 1S5 when he be-
ran training last fall.
Sell has won every match with APP
sarent ease. since coming back.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
COMMISSION RULES
IN FAVOR OF R

Cincinnati. Ohio. Feb. es.--The Ma
tional Baseball commission Yesterday
upheld the National Board in decid-
ing that PLAYER CLYDE Parks was not
the property Of the Ottuwa club Of
the Central association. Parks. az =.
free agent. signed with the st. JOSEPH,
club and Ottumwa claimed that it hao
an informal contract With him. The
national board ruled otherwise and
was upheld by the commission.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
BY Ripley.

man the game has known.
Mcfarland" Packie is a clever
boy indeed. He and Critic would
have made a great match. But ]
think Critic would have outpoin;ed
the Chicago lad when he was at his
best.
You see. there is not much to tell
OF Griffo's hardest battle. There are
never many interesting incidents in a
clever mans bouts. His work has
too much sameness. Hit and get away,
thar is the whole story. One round
was very much like another in Crit
fo's fights. even in his fight with La
CINE. which is generally conceded to
have been his hardest.
"Dissipation finally gol Critic, as it
has SO many of the srea, men of the
ring. Lacking a. punch. when his
speed was gone. he had nothing left.
But in sheer cleverness he outclassed
every man VI his time and all who
have come after him."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
some HEADLINERS YOU
never SEE IN THE PAPER

Connie Mack hopes TO set out of tho
iail-end position mex season.
Ty Cobb will have strong opposition
for his place on the Detroit team.
Frank Baker to play in vaudeville.
Hans Wagner has lost his batting
WASHINGTON has placed Walter
Johnson on the market.
The Athletics have put an anti
liquor clause in Eddie Collins con-
tract.
Ten Of Connie Mack's best men are
holdouts.
Outfielder Bob Beschcr, traded by
Cincinnati to the Giants, announces
his retirement.
Joe Tinker banquets Bill killifcr.
Willie Hoppe and George Sutton
take pledge never to play each other
again.
Sir Thomas Linton never to try for
European wrestlers decide to boy
colt America.
Cornell seeks Coach courtncy'.
scalp.
CONCORvDIA WINS ny FAST WORK
Moor,ead. Mimi. Feb. 2S.--Tn n
contest that was marked by the speed
Of Coach Holzer's men Concordia col
lege showed the valley city normal
team under 4S TO IL. on Concordia
floor last evening. The local lad:
started the game with Il rush which
continued until the final whistle and
the visitors had few chances for goals.
In the second half the visitors did
some good basket shooting. which ac-
counts for their points. Pete Ticrncy
as referee. conducted the contest in
fine shape. Lovik, A. johnson and
Mason starred for the Concordis
cam.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28

Knockout Brown. the New York
lightweight. to- be pretty badly
down and out. He hasn't won a real
victory in many a moon He failed
dismally in his attempted comeback
at Detroit the other night when
Patsy Drouillard, the Canadian cham
pion, won the popular, verdict by
big margin.s Brown did not appear
to be in first class condition and tired
perceptibly after the fifth round.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
WITH HI

Boston ring followers don't like the
looks Of the proposed bout between
Sam Langford and Carl Morris.
Now It is the Pittsburgh promoters
Who have become involved In q row
among themselves and Queered the
game in their town.
Abe Attell will try to show that he
is still there with the clever ring
work when he meets K. o. Mark. In
Cincinnati On March s,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28

be able to demonstrate very much
unless lie trains more conscientiously
than he did for some of his bouts dur
ing the last half OF the year 1913.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28

There's nothing more attractive ana
more numerous than unreasDnahle
women. -. ,Gss{E ;sA&S..5Si
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28

The, less hair woman has on her
head the more she has on her dresser.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-28
CHATTER.


a Boston scribe scribble.: would
4 not be a. great joke il the two Bos-
ON teams fought 1t out for the world
championships" 1t sure would.
Just as he was about to leave AL
"A entown to report to tic Buffalo club
Third Basenlan Frank O'Rourke was
pinched for wife desertion. Curses
,n en-.
George Stovall. manager Of Browns.
Ways he has a bunch Of ball tossers
hat will prove one of the strongest
IN the new league.
George Hogreiver. who t. usht Jake
4 5eclley how to hold a bat in the late
C.8qs or early '40s. a been appointed
an umpire in the Wisconsin Illinois
league.
Two veterans gardeners, Harry
Wolter and Birdie cree, will be miss
I'd from the New York Yankees line
up this season. Wolter goes to Los An
geles and Cree has been released to
Baltimore.
Joe Evers, brother Of John, has re-
fused to sign with the Terre Haute
Central league club. Joe doesn't ex-
pect as large a salary as his famous
brother, but at the same time he
can't see the Terrie Haute figures.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-29
RECITAL
Will INTRODUCE
Difficult music

Herr George Casper anticipates a
large attendance at his recital at the
Opera House next Thursday evening,
when an exceptiC nally fine program.
including many difficult classic num-
bers will be rendered.
Society is taking keen interest in
the recital, besides the many music
lovers of Honolulu, who will be out in
force.
Among other numbers the program
includes:
Handels Sonata in E Major. one OF
the most interesting of his sonatas,
the first in Peters edition.
Concerto in A Minor. by Viotti,
composed about the year 1900, and one
of the most interesting and popular
with the worlds greatest artists. es-
pecially Ysaye and Brahms.
Chanson Louis II. composed by
Couperfn, the official musician to
Louis 13, by order of the. emperor.
Duetto, by Leonard. and the Al edi-
tations from That's. ~.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-29
THE BARRIER !. !.
BJOU OFFERING
FOR TONIGHT

The Player all star company viii
1 present Tie Barrier" tonight at the
Bijou theater The thousands who
have read Rex Beach's fascinating no.
vel. The Barrier" will be even more
delighted with this charming play. 1t
exhales all the fragrance and romance
of the Alaskan plains. The play is not
tonly the light of an inspiration but 1t
is one of the most realistic and ric.
turesque product of stageSfaft, ever
seen, for the beauty of nature and
breath of romance are found in the
story; and you must know the Necia
that 80 many people have read about
all over the world Her story, her.
| life, has irresistibly appealed to young
and the old throughout the states and
Orient 1t has enthralled people in.
half dozen languages. It is hard To
estimate how many men, women and
children have followed the little girl,
presumed to be half Indian, from her
cabin in the hills through all the y;cis-,
situdes of her fight for love for Cap
tain Burrell Of the United States
army, and not one can afford to actu.
ally miss seeing what their imagina-
ton pictured. ~ g.ts. Is
The Necia that you will see in the
first act in Gales trading post on the
Yukon river that marks her trysting
place, is dark haired beautiful crea-a
ture in whom nature seems to have
blended all its moods. Her abundant
hair is Of lustrous black and wind
and sun and cold weather have given,
incompatible color and complexion to
the features which weer more than
beautiful because they form the mir
ror In which her heart is shown. And
in this mirror by turns there appears
sweetness, courage, pride, love, hate,
music, poetry, calm, passion, peace
and desire. A-@ -. --I
You will see Necia as she sits at
the barracks, of Captain BurrelPs
quarters and draws her knees up with
her arms clasped around them, and
you will listen to the simple story of
her simple life as she tells it to Bur
FeH. You will see the light and
shades come and go on her face. light
OF joy, shadow of sadness, flask of
.mlrth, earnestness of desire, plays in
her eyes and on her lips as she tells
him OF her mother. Miss Florence Oak
ley Will be seen in the exacting role
OF Necia, while George Webb will
play Captain Burrell who is in love
with Necia. -,
The Barrier will be presented to-
night and tomorrow night. Commenc-
ing with Wednesday 1.-THE Girl of the
Golden West" Friday and Saturday
within the Law" which will mark
the closing of The Players engage
ment here