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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

New Orleans fight fans are crazy to
lamp Jimmy Grant. the local bantam
He can have match there with kld
Herman. Arthur Simons or Johnny
Fsse. Johnny Coulon is going to New
Orleans for two bouts in April and Pro
moter Tortorich IS anxious TO get the
two best boys in tile South to meet the
champion.
Tortorich plans an elimination contest,
and wants Grant to enter. 1t is likely
however. that local promoters will keep
in Atlanta and meet Jimmy
Grant ought TO make a great showing
against Coulon, especially if the latter
has not regained his old d-time form.
Boxing fans all over the country are
now turning their attention to MilWau-
kee where Ad Wolgast and Willie
Ritchie are scheduled to battle over the
ten-round route March L. This will be
the first meeting between the champion
and the eX-champion since they met in
their title match on the Coast two years
ago.
Leo Houck and Sam Robideau.
American fighters, have received offers
10 go to Australia for four contests, each
TO get 81, 400 a bout
Bob Fitzsimmons, Jr., only nineteen
years old, is much bigger man than
his father, the bald eX champion.
Well, Mcfarland got something out of
his dickering with Gibbons, the answer
being a weeks vaudeville enga cement
in a Chicago theater.
Two of the old English ounces who
held the middleweight title-Jim Suli-
van and Jack Harrison pectively-
will play a return engagement in Lon
con for 20 rounds next month
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They've had some good cards in Buff
falo in days gone by, BIZ. Charley White
is the king of them all now. following
a draw bout with JimmI Duffy and a
Knockout of Kid Kansas.
Charley signed articles yesterday to
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
GEORGIA STATE LEAGUE NOTES.

Every city in the Georgia State
League is making preparations for a big
season, and prospects are regarded as
unusually bright in the six cities that
make up the fast Class u organiza tion.
Hold-outs are not worrying any Of the
cities, as every manager has a bunch
of recruits on the string. However.
some of the last season men would help
materially In the pennant hopes the six
managers hold to.
According to reports, Pratt, a pitch
er with Americus last season. viii play
with Montgomery the coming cam
psisn.
Manager wild Bill" Clark. Of the
WaNcrOss team, expects to report March
!, and will get busy without delay in
arranging for members Of the team to
report.
Through the efforts Of Vice President
James Sinclair. Of the Waycross Asso-
citation, several practice games that are
bound to be watched with interest have
been arranged. The st. Louis Ameri-
cans and the Philadelphia Americans
will play in Wsycross, and other games
are being considered.
Catcher Pierre. who completed the
season last year with Brunswick, is
asking for raise in pay. He Is re-
earded as a fine catcher
With another opening day attendance
cup offered. the cities in the Georgia
state are going 10 have a warm race to
see which can turn out the biggest crowd
Tor the hrst game. NayCross won the
cup last season, Brunswick being a close
second.
President kalmon's intention Of malt-
ing all cities stay within the leagues
salary limit is meeting hearty commen-
q aRtG 1a1t s.INr %
the salary limit means the very life of
the league,
\ casual survey of Class p organiza
tons IN the country fails to show one
containing any better cities than those
that go TO make up the Georgia state
league. Thomasville. Americus, Cor
are all progressive and wide awake
cities and expect to make the Georgia
State the best Glass - League in or
ganlzed baseball.
Thomasville and Americus are both
improving their baseball parks Work
has started on the Waycross grounds.
too and other cities will probsb make
changes before the season opens.
Naldosta reports the 1914 team In fine
shape except in the catching depart
ment Guess Manager Harold. of the
Mlllionaires. won't be found lacking
Saving little but doing whole lot is
he way the news slips in from Cordele
Having Rip Reagan for manager again
means that Cordee will have to be reck-
ohed with as pennant contender. lie
was one Of the hardest workers and
best liked of the 1913 managers
"Pennant day in ThomasviIle is go
lug 10 be an event that will no doubt
attract thousands OF fans from the see
/ non around ThomasVille, And Judging
hN what Manager Dudley SAYS. Thomas
vile VIII hold the same kind of eNer-
Cises another year
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
Yale on the
Cinder
Path.

ly nobody else For the last two
years she has been soundly wal
loped by Harvard at football, and
Colgate. Maine and Washington and
jefferson have also made life any
thing but bed of roses for the dark
blue In the intercollegiate basket
ball league she has not finished
higher than third in the last seven
years, and last season she finished
sixth i'm the intercollegiate field and
track meet.
Now, Yale used to be supreme on
the football field on the water and
on the track And previous to
190607 she had also won three
championships in basketball. This
year she is falling down again in
basketball as well as in football.
The boat race does not come till
June, but she is making Herculean
efforts to come back in this sport
at least Guy Nickalls from Eng
land has been imported to take
charge of the oarsmen.
And what of their track team out
look Wen, that's the main point
OF nay hold forth. The sporting col.
lilluo the OlueI utN CdTTltu the an
nouncement that in response to the
call for candidates for the track
team only THlRTY-FIVE presented
themselves,
Think of it, Only thirty-five in a
college of nearly 1000 students, and
one that used to win first place in
the meet as regularly as II came
around Why Harvard and Mich
igan and Penn and Cornell will turn
out In the neighborhood of 100 can
didates each for the track team,
while the Ellis come up with less
than oue-Quarter this number,
What does it all mean? If Yale
had not won the baseball peunant
last spring we would be tempted 10
believe that the New Haven insti
tuition had hit the chutes for good
and all. Babylon fell, you know
and so did Nineveh, Tyre, Thebes
Greece. Carthage and Rome in turn.
They all had to take the count
sooner or later. and now perhaps
it's Yale's turn, But she will have
company, and lots cf it,
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

OF putting the track men on their
feet After more of the baseball
men are turned adrift it is expected
a large number of them will also go
in for tho game, which might be
called 'footbass' ball-a combina.
ton of foot and basket.
1t is certain that Coach Alexander
has evolved most interesting and
instructive game. which is free from
quite q number of the objections
that might be urged against football
on the one hand or basketball on
the other.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
DODGERS LAND HEcKINeER.

CHICAGO, Feb. 26-Mike Heckinger.
the catcher sold last summer by the
Chicago Nationals to the Brooklyn club.
has been lost to the Federal League.
He said he had signed a Brooklyn CON
tract and would start tomorrow for
his teams training grounds at Angus
ia, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
New Game
Void of
Roughness. S.


They may not run with 1t as In foot
ball. nor is there a scrimmaee line
np, neither is interference permit
led, nor tackling below the waist.
Thus rough play seldom enters into
the game. and there is little chance
of any one getting hurt; all of which
adds to the enjoyment OF the game,
and keeps the men at it. at the same
time giving them legs and lungs.
The only scoring in the game is
bv a drop kick over the goal and be-
tween the posts. or by a forward
pass through the hoops. This makes
for the development Of drop hckers
in football and also fosters accuracy
in making forward passes, As ii is
not permitted TO kick the ball when
living on the ground (the same as is
the rule in footbaHl everybody play
ing must learn how 10 snatch 1t up
quickly and punt. OF course either
a punt. drop kick or forward pass
may he intercepted if possible, and
a PLAYER with the bali in his posses
sion may be seized and held above
rhe waist. or the ball may be
blocked.
IT is plain to be seen that there is
. lot of running, kicking, passing.
blocking good-natured scutfiing and
scoring in the game. II should prove
of immense help in keeping the foot
ball men shaped up. to say nothing
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
Sally League Will
Open Season April 6

SAVANNAH. GA. Feb 26.-The man
ayers of baseball clubs throughout the
south Atlantic League held meeting
in savannah Yesterday to adopt sched-
uIe. Augusta and Columbia were form
allv elected to membership in the
league The schedule calls for the open
ing Apru G. and the last game August
90 This will carry the post season
games through Labor Day.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
Colonial Baseball
League Organized

PROVIDENCE. r. J.. Feb. 20 The
Colonial Baseball League, 10 embrace
five cities and one town in southern
New England, was organized to-day
The clubs viii he located Al Woon
socket, Newport Brockton. Fan River
New Bedford and Attleboro. Charles
2. Coppen was elected president.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
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81 happy to-day" said Mulphy-Ncrs item.
Though thcy carried Erers and m pdgy
although pats the mogGtes hare hurcd into htF gaG.
Athough they stole players handed oHgh
ipd noc heyrc snaggcd mn bau cub and alfred can to me-
0
Ihoa9h aH about this country certainly in bad.
repeat" said ". M0phy u rcpedt fhdtI glad"
cAoyt'cd reporter. cheer:
OF can a n ii hUt?'
II gad" said Jr HfphN that they dtdt take my Shtt'
ACCORDING Magnaes Murphy the
generally suspected that he
should have said for his piece of the organzation
ACCORDING TO paper Murphy
the N vr ao hrdibr the National League which the hardest
believe
it yourself
probably the National
of Murphy this
will eventually make out of it.
SOCIAL WHITE HOPE.
There torn
a
made q dime untH
They started tdngoIH9
ne learned to aoiggle din and spin
M H9ht;
that bOnehedd gathers
hundrcd beans a night
SINCE candidates experimenting with
o four sets of SHIPPERS and no
calrvoyan would nave
chance than committee in picking the defender
COACH COURTNEY is uae odfashoned
teHn
and take little athletics on the side instead
of reversing the process
THESE AUSTRALIAN promoters in referring to
Golden Fleece We understand that golden
feecing is specially down there
1T HOPED in will kindly
view Of MIR Ebbets
if you Dodgers the Newark your hands
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
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HElSMAN NS2:co)lTL1U1lff1lFN )lL11l Nm

n SSlSTANT Coach Alexander,
II at Tech, has evolved a new
a game, with which he is get
ting some good work out Of many of
the boys The sport is designed to
afford recreation for, and be physi-
cally beneficial TO. the large num-
Der who play neither basketball nor
baseball Thus far some 40 or more
men have gone into the game, and
their testimony is that it is not only
highly exciting, but most enjoyable
as well A little later on quite a
number of these men will go in for
track and field sports, aud in the
meantime this game IS putting them
in splendid preliminary shape for
Just such work.
The game itself is played out of
doors upon field 200 feet long by
100 feet wide II has the usual
football goal posts erected at either
end. and. in addition, a hoop about
three feet in diameter is suspended
from the middle of each cross bar,
so that the lower edge of each hoop
is about seven feet from the ground
AS many men as please may play at
one time. though the number is, of
course. equally divided between the
two sides. In this respect the game
slightly resembles the old-time class
rushes; but In other respects Il ap-
pears 10 be compromise between
football and basketball
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
Handball Tourney at
Regiment March II

The first handball tournament ever
held in the Fifth Regiment viii start
Wednesday night. March H. The tour
ney is open only to members OF the
regiment and prizes will he given the
winners in singles ana doubles.
This is only the first Of series of
contests to be held by the regiment.
Entries close ON Monday night, March
g, ana must he mailed or given to F. J.
Pearson, =. q. Box 95S, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
FEDS GET cUrHsERT

BLOOMINGTON. ILL, Feb e. -~out-
fielder James j. Cuthhert Tor three
seasons with Bloomington and Peoria
TO-DAY announced be had signed with
the Chicago Federal League at q salary
Of s. 4e0 year. Cuthbert ranked with
the leading hiuers of the Three ~ e
League.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
Pug Cavet Reports
To Hughey Jennings

MOBILE. ALA. Feb 26-"Pug" Ca
vet. last season pitcher for the Mobile
club Of the Southern League. reported
10 Mana ger Hushey Jennings al Gulf
port last night
The Tiger Leader expects much OF
taNet the coming campaign, as he has
been in need " good left handler for
fvo years
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

II has now
been about five
years since Yale
won from Il9r-
ward on the wa
ter. and she
rows practical
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
MATHS SIGNS VITA FEEDS" j."

ROANOKE. NN Fen as RslH6 T.
MaillS. who last season PLAYED with
The local Virginia League club. an
nouagea .to- day hs had signed Fed
eral League contract 10 play with Pitts
burg Pa This year MATHS last wear
led the Virginia League in batting
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
Food
----77 BY GEORGE e. PHAIR. r--'--r--'
SPEAKER. HE SHOULD PALPI-
TATE

TAIE.
J'fis Speaker caImly shook his head.
>'7Herc is no need to hurry.
For I icW either he q Fed.
or get a heating raise he said.
80 should icorry."
The American League would have
saved a good many heartaches in the
Speaker case if it had only done its
shopping early.
There may be all the requisites of a
champion in Kid Kansas, but we are
from Missouri.
Tampa is holding some big doings
in honor of Gasparilla, the pirate. This
is due to the fact that Gasparilla is
the patron saint of all Florida hotel
keepers.
General Byng, who watched the
world tourists perform at Cairo, IS
not jerry to the finer points of base
ball, but he has a fine name for d
pinch hitter.
PIRATES AND PIRATES.
GGSpGtilId WdS a pirate IN the CORY
days gone bD.
N e FUS bOtGU JOI HtH 'tUiHtHUs JVf HC
had an eagle eye.
But T'II bet old HoHus Wagner. had
he HUed in ancient days,
could hare shotcn ap GdSpariHd IN
about O dO2en lCGgs.
Or. Tener sends word from Cincin-
att that he has succeeded in remoV-
ing malignant growth from the Ma.
tional League.
The Detroit baseball squad, consist
ing of several scribes and an athlete
named Miles Main, has left for train
ing camps. If nobody else shows up,
Mr.. Main is almost certain to earn a
place on the team.
We were startled, not to say as
, founded when we read that the
Browns had won game, but on reld-
ing a few lines more we learned that
this particular set of Browns was a
basketball team.
When a crowd of basketball players
deliberately call themselves the
Browns, it is a sure sign that they
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
GoTcH A FATHER.

HUMBOLDT. IOWA, Feb 70
Frank Gotch. worlds champion wres-
tier to-day is the proud father of q
healthy boy baby, --.Mss@na --n .->ua-
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

When a crowd of basketball players
deliberately call themselves the
Browns, it is a sure sign that they
are not close students'o of baseball.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

An ordinary
football is used,
and the players
may either drop
kick or punt or
forward pa s s
the pig s X in.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

We were startled, not to say as
founded when we read that the
Browns had won a game. but on reId
ing a few lines more we learned that
this particular set of Browns was a
basketball team
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

The Detroit baseball squad, consist
ing of several scribes and an athlet
named Miles Main, has left for train
ing camps. If nobody else shows up
Mr.. Main is almost certain to earn
place on the team,
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

The American League would have
saved good many heartaches in the
Speaker case if it had only done its
shopping early.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27
PIRATES AND PIRATES.

Or. Tener sends word from Cinein'
att that he has succeeded in remoV-
ing a malignant growth from the Ma,
tional League.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

There may be all the requisites of a
champion in Kid Kansas, but we are
from Missouri.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

iris Spcdkcr cdl1nty SHOOK his head.
"7Herc is no need to hurry.
For ! irW either nc a Fed.
Or get a heating raise" he said.
80 I should rOrry."
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

General Byng, who watched the
world tourists perform at Cairo, IS
not jerry to the finer points of base
ball, but he has a fine name for a
pinch hitter.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-27

Tampa is holding some big doings
in honor of Ga sparilla, the pirate. This
is due to the fact that Gasparilla is
the patron saint of all Florida hotel
keepers.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-10-23
WARRANTS OUT FOR
PROMINENT MEN
HARVEY RUTHERFORD AND 7. 3.
SWEENEY, OF ToBAR, CHARGED
WITH TRESPASS

AS a result of a mixup at Tobar
last night. two OF the best known men
in that vicinity are under arrest this
morning charged with trcspass and
destroying the property of another
man. The two men are Harvey Ruth
erlord, Il prominent business mar
and r. Il. Sweeney.
II Is alleged that the two men en-
tered the property of another man, c.
IlOaclin, at TObar, and tore down a
building on the property. Telephone
messages from there indicate that the
trouble started over the TObar Mer-
camille litigation some time ago. The
Mercantile Company's building at
that time waG on the property of an
other man and since that time has
been moved to the property of Mr..
IiOagin and this trouble was in
some way mixed UP with that litiGa-
ton. The matter is n little bit mixed
and the definite details could not be
asCcrtaincd.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-10-23
IAN ELKO PAPER
FOR ELKO PEOPLE

II you know of anything happening
locally which would be OF interest to
the people of this city, why not .ele-
phone the fact in to the Independent.
No newspaper can give the proper
service to its readers without the CO.
operation of the community 1t serves.
We are here to publish all the local
news and we are trying our level best
to publish all of it. However II is
impossible to get all the news with
out the help of everyone. II you have
n visitor in your home. do him or her
the courtesy of telling the Independ-
n about 1t and let us make mention
OF the fact. The Independent Is the
home paper and belongs to the COM
munity and we van the help of every
IN the community. So when any
thing happens that Is of interest, tele-
phone II in. Perhaps our reporter
has already an account of the matter
and perhaps he hasn't. At any rate
tell us about 1t and help make the In
dependent in every sense of the word,
n home paper for home people.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-10-23
v. N. WEATHERS
FOR ASSESSOR

In this issue Of the Independent will
be found the card OF w. NJ. Wcathers
announcing himself u candidate for
reelection to the Office OF county as
SCISSOR. Mr.. WCathcrG has gone down
on record ms Il competent, courteous
officer and has made n host of friends
by the way he has handled the affairs
OF tho Office. About six weeks ago
ho was attacked by Inlamatory
rheumatism and has been confined in
a Salt Lake sanitarium since that
time and has not been able TO make
the active canvass OF the county
which lie would like to make. How
ever he has many friends who have
been active in his interests and they
wish to ask the public, as does Mr..
Wcathcrs, the support which he do.
serves from the people of Elko county
Tho Independent rcCComCnds him to
your careful consideration.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-10-23
FOREMAN OF STATE PRISON
FARM is DEAD

With sorrow this morning we
chronicle the death OF Fred c. Eel
lows, II Of the best known men OF
the city. who for the past month has
been lowering between life and death.
He, while employed as foreman of
the Prison Farm. was taken down with
an attack of appendicitis and was ia
ken to n Reno hospital where he was
operated upon. His condition was
serious from tho very start and for
Il time IL was feared he would pass
away at the hospital but rallied SUI
ficlcnt to Dc up and around and was
brought back TO his home in this city.
He took n relapse and has daily been
growing weaker and weaker until he
passed away about IL o'clocl, last eve.
ning.-Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-10-23
TONOPAH PASTOR
ACCEPTS CALL

Rev. J. NJ. Swender, pastor Of the
Presbyterian church and the first
Protestant minister TO come. TO the
southern country, has accepted the
tender of the church at Elko and
will leave for his new place of resi-
dcnCe in a few weeks.
Mr.. Swander came originally from
Minnesota to Los Angeles and then
was transferred TO RhyOlite during
the Bulfrog boom. The he filled
a Passionate at Las Vegas before com
ing to Tonopah three years ago. At
the regular weekly meeting of the
vcstry n committee was appointed to
secure a successor. While mere Mr..
Swandcr established himself as one
OF the most popular preachers in the
state. His departure will be re.
grettcd.-Tonopah Bonanza.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-10-23
SAM PLATT AROuSES
LITTLE ENTHUSIASM

Sam rlatt and George SprinGmcycr
and others OF the republican candl.
datca. held tho second republican
meeting of the campaign at the Brad.
Icy Opera House last night. They
were greeted by Il fair.aizcd audience
who listened respectfully to the al.
dresses made by Thorn. There was
not much enthusiasm displayed how
cvcr and tho candidates seemed to be
disappointed with tho reception &C.
corded them at the Opera House. The
entry into this city was made In auto.
mobiles and they were met by local
Republicans who tried to make the
reception rs cordial rs possible. How.
cycr they seemed to be unable TO work
up the desired enthusiasm.
The party went from here 20 Cariip
where they held another meeting last
night.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-10-23
FROM SATURDAYS pA1LY.

J. A. zundell. of Montello, is in the
city for the day.
Ed Mckenzie is in the city today
from the North Fork country.
Alma Campbell attended the ball at
Deetb last night.
Mr., and Mrs. Joe c. Harris attend.
ed the campaign ball at Dceth last
night.
Hugh McKoy came up from Deeth
this morning and will spend the day
in the city.
Charles Winter, of Jarbidge, is
among the outot-town visitors in the
city today.
Mr.. and Mrs, w. II. McKeeley, of
Topeka, Kansas, are registered at the
Hotel Mayer.
George Smith, of Tuscarora, is a.
mong the out-of town visitors in Elko
today.
Charles Tremewan and family mo-
tored in from Lamoille this afternoon
for the day.
X. Newman and J. II. Hill, promin-
ent citizens of Bullion, are register.
ed ct the Hotel Mayer.
Frank Winter. of Jarbidge, is regis
tered at the Hotel Mayer. Mr.. Winter
Is The regular democratic nominee
Tor the assembly.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. a. Pennock. and
their niece, Miss Geraldine Helfrich.
motored down TO Deeth last night to
attend the campaign ball last night.
They returned this morning.
Superintendent Bates, of the Alpha
mine. at Jarbidge, is a visitor in the
city. He motored down yesterday af-
tcrhoon TO bring Adam Needham, who
was injured there yesterday, to a hos
pital.
Miss Anne Martin, president of he
Nevada Equal Suffrage Society is in
the city today. Miss Martin accom-
panied Miss Jane Adams the great
IN orator who addressed the
people OF Elko along suffrage lines
this Afternoon at the Bradley Opera
House.