The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-09-21
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Poor Jack johnson must be in an
awful iiN in Paris. AS a French citi-
zen. which he now declares himself
to be. lie may be called upon to
shoulder musket and get out and
knock down few Germans or get
a N .. put on himself that Will for
ever put him out of the running for
anything. When France calls on her
sons for aid they usually answer
with a spirit of enthusiasm, and they
sc, no sort of guarantees.
Down in the Southern league a
trup ; Las been offered for the most
valuable men in the circuit. They
ar nominating Bris Lord. an old
Brave: Ambie Mcconnell. one-time
prime fayorite OF the Red SoX follow
ers: Moose Mccormick. Johnny Nc
Graw's pinch hitter last year and
Pete knisely. present Chicago player
fer the prize.
The facilities for raising horses III
the United States are practically as
good as they We're twenty years ago.
Unlike the case with cattle and
sheep. il does not require mammoth
farms and extensive grazing land.
acres can raise a few horses success
fully every year. There is no lack
of stations anywhere. and their ser
vices can be had at reasonable rates.
Prices of horses were never higher
than they are at present, and they
vii increase.
Still you can't very well blame
Narsans. Chief Johnson and Hal
Chase for becoming anarchists. The
law courts recently ruled that they
could go back to work and were no
longer subject to enforced idleness.
No wonder the l. W. w. is growing.
Officials of the Panama-Pacific eX-
position are promoting a mammoth
motorcycle endurance run to center in
San Francisco next year. According
to present plans, one contestant will
be selected to represent each State
in the Union in the run. Riders from
other countries will also be permit
ted to enter. making the event in
ternational 1t is contemplated that
the start will be made from New
York city the latter part of May,
the run to be in stages of about
200 miles a day.
Walter Johnson says that a change
of pitching has hurt his flinging this
season Christy Matthewson attr
butes his good hurting this year to
a change Of style in his twirling.
Matty does not keep up his system
of control first. last and all the
time" He keeps the boys guessing
and many a time beans one and
scares 'em all away from the plate.
With Germany and France among
the nations at war it is not likely
that any more bicycle races Will be
held in Europe for some time. Most
of the riders have been pressed into
army service. What We're probably
the last races on the continent were
held Sunday, July 26, at Berlin, Par
is and Milan, Italy.
Perhaps everyone has not heard
it, but it is worth repeating. Georges
Carpenter has signed a contract to
fight 100000 Germans, conditions,
catch as-catch-can, any old place
Georges happens to be. In the COM
ing battle, however Carpenter, who
is rafting good marksman will
make his little gun do the work
formerly executed by his big fists.
Plans are under way to build a
I " p-li-lit VI ia lliC'ci 7p'''t"''S " .'''
in short distance of Minneapolis
to cost 100000, and to be ready
by the fall of 1915. After studying
four different sections of the sur
rounding country, within reach of
the street car lines, not far from
railroad lines and on the boulevard
system of Hennepin and Ramse"
counties this was decided to be
the best place, bringing both Mime
apolis and st. Paul in close touc.
by automobile roads as we'll as trac-
ton lines.
Young MCGOWAN, the lightweight
of Brooklyn, who has met some of
the best boys in his class, includ
ing Phil Blum, Young Driscoll, Willie
Chandler and X o. Brown, would
like to meet any one at 1873 pounds
His manager, Willie Burke, says that
MCGOWAN can lick any of them. Mac
is only eighteen years old and has
fought over fifty battles without ever
having been licked off his feet His
record shows thirty-five knockouts