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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-09-10
INDIANS STAGE
ABABY SHOW
Cato Sells, Federal Commission
er, Coming from Washington
to Speak to Sisset0ns.

S1SSETON, S. D., Sept. 9.-The
sixth annual fair of the Lake Traverse
Indian Fair association opened yes
terday at Sisseton agency, eight miles
south of this city. Most of the ex-
hibits were in place early and were
viewed by many visitors. The home
Indian band furnished music.
The government school exhibit is
generally praised. Among the attrac-
lions is an oldtime Indian village and
a baby show. Horse races, foot races
and baseball games are scheduled for
each of the three days of the fair.
The exhibit buildings contain many
products of the field and stockfarm by
the Indian farmers. John D. Deets,
representing the South St. Paul Stock
exchange, made an address late yes
terday. Art Tenney came with his
flying machine today and will make a
flight each day. Congressman-elect
Royal Johnson addressed the Indians
and Professor Crane of St. Paul is
also down for an address.
Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian
affairs, is expected from Washington
Wednesday to address the assemblage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-09-10
COYOTES GETTING
LOCAL ATHLETES

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 9.-Arthur
Tyra, fullback on last years Univer-
sity Of Minnesota freshman football
eleven, will not be with the Gophers
this season when they start practise
for the opening games of the season.
Tyra, who was a star on the west
high school eleven in 1913, showed
great promise last fall at Minnesota
as freshman, but failed in one of his
studies last year, he says, and would
not have been eligible at Minnesota.
He has decided to enter South Dakota
university and hopes to play football
with the team that represents that
institution.
Two other Minneapolis athletes are
said to be planning to attend South
Dakota university. They are Stone
and Hanson, both of last years West
high school team. Bigelow, last year
a star end for the Gopher freshmen,
is also said to be considering a course
at the Coyote institution. One of the
explanations given for the sudden ex-
odus Of local athletes to the Vermilion
college is that Blaine McKusick, for
mer coach at West high, is now an
athletic instructor at the Dakota COL
lege.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-09-10
PUBLIC PUZZLED
OVER CLASH OF
PACKEY AND MIKE
Both In Reach of Weight But
Gibbons Said to Be Over
trained.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-Packey Nc
Farland and Mike Gibbons, who ar,
billed to swap swats-$32,500 worth
at the Ocean Athletic club next Sat
urday night, eased up slightly in theil
training stunts today. Both men re
ported themselves as within cas-,
reach of the weight-147 pounds
and their handlers said care would b.
taken from now on to prevent then
getting rid Of the superfluous flesl
too fast.
This morning Mike took a severa
miles jaunt along the beach and ar
hours dip in the surf. This after.
noon he was scheduled to box few
rounds. McFarland's program was
much similar except that he barred
the serf. Packey doesn't think much
of salt water bathing as a conditioner
for gruelling bout.
Public Puzzled.
The books at Considine's are doing
practically no business at the attrac.
tive odds of 10 to 8, with Gibbons the
favorite. The public, which has nc
way of sizing up a fighter except by
the process of watching said fighter
train, is frankly puzzled and wagering
is at a standstill.
Gibbons has been working like 8
Trojan for the double purpose of max.
ing weight and developing speed. He
has come within striking distance OF
the required poundage. Throughout
his workout yesterday, Packey joked
and kidded with his opponent and with
the spectators.
Gibbons, on the other hand, is as
grim as an undertaken. Mike is in
deadly earnest in his training, and if
he keeps going throughout the week
as he went yesterday there is danger
of entertaining. At the conclusion Of
his workout he was tired, and admit.
ted it.
Mike Not Worried.
"You're not the first one to say
am working too hard" he remarked
81 know l look bad, but that's the way
l always look before fight l have
my own way of training and it hasn't
failed me yet.
81 don't believe in loafing. I DOM
care what the job is, man has got to
give his whole time and his whole
heart to it. l was advised to rest
Sunday, as Packey did, but l don't be-
lieve in resting"
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the fight Of his life when he goes int
the ring, because we figure before
hand that it is best to be readily 70,
anything that the other fellows ma.
spring. We don't consider Ertle q dul
by any means. He has won from som,
mighty good boxers. I natural.
think Williams can beat any bantam
in the ring, today but I don't maxi
the mistake Of taking any of them
too lightly. If Ertle holds his own OF
beats Williams Friday, we shall have
no alibis." -
Mike McNul% has instiiled init
Ertle a liberal measure of the conf.
dence he processes to entertain of thu
outcome. Johnny is going to Outlook
this fellow, even if he is the cham.
r,on," said McNulty today. II know
that if Ertle plays into Williams
hand by fighting him at his own game
he will get licked, but this is exactly
what he won't do. I don't care to tell
at this time what our pdans are
but they won't suit Williams, I car
say that much. It amuses me to hear
the fans talk of Williams terrific hit.
ting power. Some Of these guys seem
to think Johnny can't dent soft hat
with a right hand swing. Watch him
at the Auditorium and then tell me il
you don't think his punch carries a
sting. If you don't believe me, ask
1zzo; he's boxing with Johnny every
day."
McNulty is developing into quite a
gifted press agent. He is sending out
literature concerning the coming bat
tie in which he sets forth that Ertle
is the youngest boxer that has ever
fought a champion, being only few
months over 10 years of age. Also
he is the smallest boxer who ever as
pirsd to championship honors, for he
stands only ALL in his boxing shoes
Finally, he is the only boy Of less than
two years. experience that has ever
been considered good enough to meet
a champion.
In the fistic profession the word
"alibi" is frequently used and often
cruelty overworked. When a manag-
er of a fighter spells it "a labuy" it
may be accepted as prima facie evil
dence that, in his youth, watching
gymnasium workouts was more to
his liking than attending the little red
schoolhouse ever was.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-09-10
ROBERT WRIGHT
HOLDS HIBBlNC
TO One TALLY
Judge Thomas F. Brady's Colts
Fail to Hit Birginia Star
Hard In Opener.
''CHIEF'' WILLIAMS
HITS HOME RUN
Ore Diggers Assault Cy Reiger
In Fifth Frame; Persch
Makes Pretty Catch.
BY Ralph Wiki.

Nine Hibbing Colts strained their
backs lat Robertus Wright's slants
yesterday afternoon and struck out,
while the heavy hitters of the visiting
club were only able to collect seven
scattered singles off his delivery in the
opening game of the post-season Sc
ries between the Ore Diggers and
Hibbing at Oliver park yesterday aft
ernoon.
Cyrus Rieger was on the mound for
the visitors and was hit steadily. His
support was ragged at critical mo-
ment in the fifth frame. In this
round the locals made four tallies,
enough to win the game with ease.
In the eighth "Chief" Williams Of
Duluth, who was performing in right
field for the Diggers, sent the pill
over the leftfeld barrier.
Colts Score First.
The Colts scored their first and
only counter of the contest in the
fourth frame. With one down, Fautsch
singled, stole send and registered on
Brookins' SINGLE Cults ended the
agony by striking out. In their half
of the fifth the visitors went score
less.
The fun started in the home half of
the fifth frame, when Cronin, first up,
singled. Cults played hide-and-go-
seek with Agnew's ground offering
and all hands were safe. Wright hit
to Reiger, who threw to Brookins in
an effort to force Cronin, but "Crony'
beat the throw and the bases were
fully populated. Fortman shot one
down to Brookins and the latter al
lowed it to get away, Cronin scoring.
Herman was thrown out by Fautsch,
but Agnew scored on the play. With
Fortman and Wright on the paths,
Brokaw bounded one over second and
both runners Tailed. Williams and
Greisch flew out.
The Mighty Circuit Drive.
Both teams went scoreless until the
eighth inning, when Chief Williams
first up for the Diggers, made
"Dutch" Persch watch the pellet clear
the leftfeld fence.
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TIME WAS MONEY
WITH COOPER AT
FINISH OF GRIND
One-Fifth of a Second Meant
Just $4,000 in Cash to
the Winner.
BY E.. r. Hosking.

ST. PAUL, Sept. AT the precise
moment when Earl Cooper crossed the
finishing line in the 500-mile speedway
race Saturday, his time was worth
$48,571.14 second, because the twen-
ty-one hundredths of a second which
separated him from Gil Anderson
brought him just $4,000 more than
the other Stutz driver received.
Gil Anderson finished about thirty
feet behind Cooper, so each foot cost
him about $333.33.
If Cooper could, for just one hour,
continue earning money at the rate
he did in the last one-fifth second of
Saturdays contest, moments exer-
else in mental arithmetic shows he
could retire with the tidy roll of 49,
914,268.40.
5O0-Mile Races Doomed.
The disappointing patronage at Sat-
urday's speedway inaugural probably
means that the 500-mile race is a
thing of the past everywhere. Five
hours of watching machines flash by
in monotonous procession is more than
even keen fans can endure with COM
fort. The start and the finish furnish
the thrills, and there is dreary HAT
US in between that is relieved only by
occasional bursts Of speed such as
Barney Oldfeld furnished Saturday
between his numerous trips to the
pits.
Another thing which was convinc'
ingly demonstrated is that even the
best racing stars in the world must
play to popular prices or to half empty
stands. If the scale Of prices at the
speedway had been cut in half Satur-
day, the receipts would have beer
more than doubled.
A series Of short races Of from IL
to so miles, concluding with 1O0-mll<
contest, would attract much larger
crowd than 5OO-mile race with every
noted driver in the world entered.
Speed of the Racers.
Spectators watching racing ma
chimes roar by the stands acquire dis
torted ideas as to the pace the car
are making.
Relative speed is something con
corning which the average man is as
tonishingly ignorant. Ask any tel
men how much faster a racing auto
mobile can travel than a runner cover
ing 100 in 3-5 seconds, and seve
of them will answer that the ma
chimes gait is at least ten times taste
than any human being can attain wit
no mechanical aid. One man aske
this question today replied that b
thought Cooper IN his final dash Il
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KEWPlE ERTLE
ISC0NFlDENl
BY E. r. HOsking.

These be troublous times, indeed,
for monarchs of all kinds-even kings
of the roped ring are given no peace,
and Kid Williams is no exception to
the rule. He is being chased right to
St. Paul with taunts and challenges.
The two who are the keenest on the
trail are Tommy Lee, manager Of
frankie Burns, who comes right out
and declares that Williams refuses to
meet Burns except in the Baltimore
club owned by Sammy Harris, the
champions manager. Lee says Harris
has paid no attention to an offer of
$4,000 from Dominick Tortorich Of
New Orleans, for twenty-round bat
tie between Williams and Burns. Yet,
says Lee, when Harris gets as far
west as St. Paul he talks of betting
$4,000 that his boy can whip any one
in the world in twenty rounds at ZIG
pounds.
The other bantam on Williams trail
is Pete Herman, who lost to Nate
Lewis at Denver last night, on foul.
Herman knocked Lewis down in the
third round and then struck him be-
fore he got up. Herman claims ten
round draw with the champion and a
twenty-round decision over "Louisi-
ana," and boasts Of having twice
knocked Williams down for the count
of nine in ten-round bout. Herman's
manager says Williams has been Of
fered $4,000 for twenty-round bout
with his protege at Denver October
10 for the title.
Herman is willing to come to St
Paul to meet the winner Of the Viii.
liams-Ertle scrap, and says he may
reach here in time to witness Fridays
doings at the Auditorium.
Pictures of Burns, sent broadcast
over the country, are labeled ''This il
the boy Williams is afraid to meet.
! Sam Has Other Worries.
For the present, however, Harris
isn't worrying about either Burns O
Herman. He wants to get Ertle OF
his mind first. Sammy says he know
Williams will win, but he admits tina
he is doing everything to get tn
champion into the finest possibl
shape.
II don't believe in taking chances,
he says. WILLIAMS always is fit ia
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II NEWS OF SPORT g

the Colts, was present and scored the
game for her paper. Her two chill.
dren were with her and aided her in
tallying. She is strong booster fol
Hibbing and knows the diamond
pastime from "A to LIZARD"
"Lefty Hawkins is slated to pitch
against Jimmy Withers this after.
noon. Tomorrow the teams play at
Hibbing..
A staunch rooter for Hibbing was
Frank Hoffman, for ID years the
biggest village on earth's" represen.
tative at first base. Two seasons ago
he retired from the game to follow
the peaceful work of travelling for a
Duluth firm.
Dwight Booth, the visitors slugger,
could do nothing with Wright's bend
ers. Twice the big boy grounded out,
while on his third trip to the plate he
flied out to Williams. On his last ap-
pearance at bat he reached first on
Kernans error off his grounder.
The same player, Persch, emulated
Tyrus Cobb in the fifth frame when
he stole second and third base on Ag-
new. However, his work on the paths
was to no avail, as Geiselman ground
ed out. Edmunds walked and with
"Jerry" on first and Persch on third a
double steal was attempted. Herman
relayed the ball to Agnew in plenty Of
time to catch the "hying Dutchman"
at the plate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-09-10
It's M0neY
Vel
Spent!
BY MOSS.

It's far better to spend
$50 or $1,000 in ad-
vertising in this news
paper and make more net
profit than it is to spend
nothing for advertising
and make less net profit.
Out Of every ten men
who succeed nine do so
by liberal publicity. The
tenth man is usually a
freak exception.
Consistent advertising
keeps you even with or
ahead OF your competitor.
Most of our merchants
are quick to realize that
the best reading element
in thi; communicative
people who buy most
take this paper and read
the advertisements there
in contained.
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the finishing line was going about
thirty times as fast as any man
ever covered 100 yards. If he had been
doing this he would have been hitting.
a 700 miles an hour gait.
Cold figures, however, show that
Cooper. was speeding at only q little
more than four times as fast as 4 star
dash athlete can run for 100 yards. "A
8 3-5 seconds gait for the century is
more than twenty miles an hour.
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gibbons AND M'FARLAND
CONFER With REFEREE JOHN
Phantom and His Rival Agree Break Clearly When Official
Gives the Word-Pack ey Down to Weight
Mike At 148H.

added to his strength, for with every
clean blow he shoots at an opponent
nowadays there is force that almost
carries the recipient off his feet. Only
the size of the gloves, which are ten
ounces, saves the trainers. At that,
the boys in the camp are going round
shaking their heads and wondering
who the fellow was who told them
that Mcfarland was just clever fell
low and didn't know a thing about
hitting hard.
Mcfarland At Weight.
So hard has Packey worked since
he came to town that today he's right
at the 147-pound notch at which he
must meet Gibbons. 1t was easy work
for the Chicagoan to get to weight. He
had hoped to linger around the 149 or
15O-pound mark until about Thursday
and then get to the stipulated place
and take it easy, confirming his efforts
only for the purpose Of lettering his
wind, and he'll box just as hard every
day as though it required every min
ute of his time to make the weight.
Mike Scales 148H.
AS for Gibbons, Mike is getting to
the notch very nicely. He weighed
1887 when he finished his ope-skip-
ping exercise, his bag-punching stunt
and his seven rounds Of boxing with
brother Tom, Allie Mack and Eddie
Nugent, yesterday afternoon. He was
very much pleased with the way he
was dropping the flesh, and stated
that about Thursday he would be at
the right notch, and from then on he
would hold the weight and be lighter,
if anything, at weighing-in time.
Mike, like Packey, is in excellent
humor. Their daily toll does not seem
to affect their nerves bit. They joke
and chat with those around the ring
sides of their gymnasium. An unin-
formed watcher would really believe
that they were practicing for some
inferior prize rather than for the hon.
or of being the greatest boxer in his
tory. Their own enthusiasm has STIR
red up interest day by day, and when
the days work is halted by the train
ers, the ticket Offices are besieged by
folk anxious to secure seats for the
bout.
If any doubt exists as to the inter-
est there is in this bout it may be re-
moved by glance at the crowds
which 20 to the Brighton baths. For
three years the motordome, wherein
the arena is constructed, has been
there, yet never has there been doz-
en- people go to take look at it to see
what it was. But yesterday not less
thar 10000 people, and the fair sex
formed a great share of the crowd
looked over the arena.
otis nice little place." said Mike
Gibbons when he got his first peer
at it.
Good Place for a Licking.
IF I'm to be licked" said Packey
II want to get mine in that place, thu
! finest I ever saw. There'll be a 10
more consolation, too, in the fact, i
it's beating that I'm to get, that j
vii: be handed me by such a fine fight
ler and man as Mike Gibbons
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP.

Notice is hereby given, that the
partnership between James F. Lavick
and John Mesberg, doing business un-
der the firm name Of Mesberg & Law
lex, Virginia, St. Louis county, Min
nesota, has been dissolved. James F..
Lavick has withdrawn from the bust
ness, and the, business hereafter will
be conducted in the name Of John
Mesberg. All accounts due and owing
to the firm are to be paid to John
Mesberg, Mr.. James F. Lavick having
sold out his interest in the business
to the said John Mesberg and has no
further connection with the firm.
Dated at Virginia, Minnesota, Sep
TENDER LIST, 1915. @.z.- e. .. 81.
I (Signed. JAMES F. LAVICK
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FOR RENT-Two nicely furnished
rooms for rent, all modern improve
ments. Would like teachers. Ad-
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No. 982. Comp
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good live man to handle
a good proposition. A. good money
maker. Inquire Box 1852, City.
8-18-tfc.
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FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms,
modern conveniences, close to car
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Sage street. oh
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-The best paying bust
ness in the city. We guarantee this
to be money maker. Will sell for
cash or will consider good city
building lots. For interview write,
giving exact locations of lots, to
P. o. Box SIG, City. 3tp-9-9
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FOR RENT-Good room house; re-
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Totals. .33 S 927 9 2
Summary: Bases on balls, Wright
/, Rieger 3; struck out by Wright 9,
by Rieger 5; home run, Williams;
stolen bases, Sundheim, Agnew,
Reisch 2, Fautsch; umpire, Morse.
Score by innings:
Hibbing OO-1
Virginia .OOOO4O0 ks
Notes of the Game.
Steve Morse umpired the game and
did fairly we'll.
"Dutch" Persch robbed Freddie
Greisch of a double when he caught
the ball off the fence in the opening
round.
The Colts were on the anxious seat
for some time before the game
Dwight Booth was late and did not
| appear until PM, when the bell
! rang for the contest to start.
"The Lady Fan" of the Hibbing
Mesaba Ore, who is Mrs. Richard
! Brookins, wife of the "youngster" Wit
cavorts around the third corner fol
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FOR RENT Three unfinished
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WANT ADS.
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NICK ARNETT
Savings Department

On and after October LIST, 1915,
this bank will conduct a savings
department under the control of the
U. S. Government. 4 per cent
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will be paid on amounts Of $500 OIL
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