The Ordway new era., 1915-06-04
SPORTING NEWS


Kid, Simmons featherweight boxer.
died in st. Paul, Mimi, from injuries
received while boxing. ~
George H. Mills. known throughout
the United States as a starter of trot-
ting horses, died in hospital at Mid
Teton. N. Y. 's's'''''
Mike Gibbons Of st. Paul defeated
Leo Houck of Lancaster, Pa. in ten
round bout IN New York, taking the
honors in eight rounds.
The Princeton tennis team won
from Harvard at Princeton. N. j..
seven .matches to- two. 1t was the
Crimson.s first defeat OF the season.
' Horse racing was resumed in Ger
,manyawith the opening Of the spring
meeting at, Hoppegarten track in 4
suberb Of Berlin. in the presence Of .
crowd I, almost A. large as is usually
present in peace times.
e frankie Fleming Of La Praieire.
One. Canadian; lightweight champion.
conceded fourteen pounds to Freddie
Welsh, world lightweight champion,
and earned draw with him in ten
round bout at Montreal. Can.
The boxing bill. legalizing ten-round
nodecision boxing bouts in Illinois un-
der the supervision Of a state athletic
commission, was defeated when 1t
came up for final passage in the lower
house of the Legislature. The bill
lacked five votes of enough for pas
sage, the vote standing ~ to 81.
GENERAL
Nine men are dead as the result OF
a dust explosion In the Smokeless
Coal Company's No. mine at Johns
town, Pa.
Mrs. Stuyvesant- Fish. leader Of New
Yorks social set. died OF cerebral
hemorrhage at Glen Cliff, her summer
home at Garrison. Ill.
| 1t became known in New York that
Theodore Roosevelt, at his home at
Sycamore Hill, fell and broke rib
as he was trying to mount horse.
Jacob Rupert, one Of the most
widely-known brewers Of this country
and founder Of the Jacob Rupert
Brewing Company. died in his home
In New York. He was "a years old.
The funeral Of Charles Frohman
theatrical manager and producer, who
was one OF the victims in the sinking
of the Lusitania. were held in New
York. Services in four other cities
were arranged by actors or actresses
who have starred under Mr. Frohman's
management.
With the directness of positive con
viction, David F. Houston, secretary o
agriculture of the United States, in Al
interview and in a brief address a
the Chamber of Commerce in Denver
declared that this country-with tn,
West the great producing center
would become the provider Of thu
world in agricultural products, an,
that dry farming had come to stay.
The one hundred and twenty-sev
enth general assembly of the Presby
terian Church Of the United States a
Rochester, N. Y, adopted q resolution
offered supplementary to the report o
the temperance committee, condemn
ing the Rev. DR.. Charles H. Parkhurs
OF New York for sending Telegram
to California, which was interprete,
as supporting the anti-prohibitiol
party Of that state. Nm
: AT memorial service held at Eas
Aurora, N. Y, for Ebert Hubbard an
his wife. the entire village and cour
} tryside, 5000 in number, gathered t
do honor to the memory Of their tw
greatest citizens.
Tributes to the memory of Alfre
q. Vanderbilt, who persisted in tn
Lusitanfa. were psid IN memorial ser,
ices held at the home of his mothel
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, in Ne'
York. Relatives and friends only a
tended the service. Mr. Vanderbilt
body was not recovered, althcug
search was made for It.