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The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
FREDDY SWITzER TAPS
THE HERALD BOWLERS
Jensons Anchor Man Has Average of
99.lO for As Games-Roycrofts
Are Leading Circuit.

Freddy Switzer. anchor man of the
Jensons team Of The Washington Herald
Duckpin League, is leading the bowIers
OF that league with a grand average of
S910 for As games. Switzer, besides lead
ing the circuit in the high individual
average, has gathered the largest total
of pins, having 4,4s5. and has scored the
high game of 131 and high set of sA.
Monty" Brigham, of the Roycrofts. Is
second in line with an average of q. So
for AZ games, while Joe Alien is in third
position with mark of 1923 for a.
games.
The Roycroft team is at present lead
ing the league by a one-game margin.
having won Is and lost %. Closely press
ing the Roycrofts are the Bewicks and
the Jensons with "a victories and p, de-
feats. The Caslons are trailing the cir
cult with II wins and 2s defeats.
The Jensons have the team prizes
pretty well sewed up, having a total oF
1850 for the high team set and sol for
the high team game. Switzer has gath
cred the greatest amount of spares. clip-
ping the little naples for Is, while George
Lear, of the Caslons, leads with strikes.
having counted IL times in this manner
The averages follow:
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The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
MERIT & MERIT CO., Inc, 9O6 St.
ENGLISH JOCKEYS MUST
OFFER TO GO TO WAR

London, Jan. 15.-Followers of horse
racing 'over the sticks" have been great
iy encouraged by the National Hunt stew
ards announcing the dates and places of
the meetings for February. which include
eight days racing.
The schedule so far arranged for
1916, and including the meetings which
have taken place at Gatwick on jan
uary l and Linfield Park on January
and s, is as follows:
Gatwick. January p and q: LingheId
Park, January IS and g; Windsor, Feb
ruary 4 and 5: Hawthorn Hill, February
IL and L.; Gatwick, February IS and 1s:
and Colwall Park. February . and n.
The stewards have made an important
ruling that no jockeys will be granted IL
cense and allowed TO ride under National
Hunt rules unless they have offered their
services to the forces. large number
are already serving with the colors and
working IN munition factors, and only
these and the inensibles, who have had
their bones smashed at some time or
other following their profession, will be
seen in the saddle during the cOntinua-
ton OF the war.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
RELAY SKATING team
ROUNDING into FORM
Quartet of Local Roller Speed Artists
to Meet Donnelly on Next
Monday Night.

The crack roller skate racing relay
team, composed of George Dorsey, Hub
Lowey, BIZ Engel and Bernard En-
inert, who last Friday agreed to articles
calling for a twO-mile race against Car
roll DonneIIy. the Central Coliseum $
speed artist are working out daily now
IN preparation for this race, and each
report that the hard workouts they have
had IN the past month have put them in
Ene condition.
The big race is scheduled to be skated
over the maple Of the Coliseum, Mon
day January "A. and Dorsey, one Of the
speedIest members of this aggregation,
who Is moving along at a great clip in
the elimination trials, showed mile in
three minutes and thirty seconds in Fri
day nights practice.
Lowey and Emmert it also reported
both showed fast work, and while Lowey
did not uncover much OF his true racing
form Il was apparent that he is very fast
Emmert made a strong impression on
the large crowd of skate race fans who
were present at the workouts, and "Will'
Engel, the skating sensation OF the sea-
son, Is still skating the narrow bends Of
the CoHseum's track at a fast rate.
Engel has a wonderfully fast Jump on
the corners and appears to possess
strength and stamina to a marked de-
gree.
Emmert's long sweeping body stroke
was favorably commented on and Judging
from Donnelly's past performances in dis
tance races this quartet OF speed mer-
chants viii take him" for a full lap.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
GRIFF HAS WINNER
FOR ENTIRE SEASON
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ELEVEN.

big business at that. There were
eighteen persons, with from 5000 to
1900, interested in the Terrapins and
about twenty-five more with lesser
amounts. We lost money, but are game
enough to try it again if we get half
a chance
The New York Yankees yesterday an
nounced that they have purchased Leo
Hoernschemeyer from Harry Sinclair, of
the defunct Federal League. Never
heard of Leo? Well, Leo is better known
as Lee Magee in diamond circles. Magee
is regarded as one of the best players
in the country. He is so good that the
New York Americans are reputed to
have paid s22.5OO for him.
Magee jumped from the Cardinals to
the Brookfeds and signed three-years'
contract as manager. He Immediately
changed his position from the outfield,
where he was in the habit of playing, to
second base. He didn't make good as a
manager and John Camel succeeded
him.
Recently Capt. Huston, Of the Yankees.
asked Harry Sinclair, who owns Magee's
contract, to put a price on the star all
around player. The price evidently suit
ed the captain, as he Immediately left
for Cincinnati. where Magee makes his
home. Magee is supposed to have re-
ceived 5000 a year from the Brookfeds,
and 1t is not at all unlikely that Huston
had to give him this sum and a bonus
to sign
Business Manager Sparrow, of the
Yankees, received notification of the
signing of Magee. He was much elated,
as Magee has been declared by many
experts the best man in the Federal
League, not excepting Benny Kaun.
Magee ranked close to Kauff in all de-
partments of the game. He is considered
an even better risk than Kauf. as he. has
already made good In the major leagues,
where Kaun fell down upon his trial in
fast company.
Msgee Is likely to be played in cente,
field by the Yankees. with High, Gil
hooley. Hendryx. Miller and Cook to
choose from for the right and left wings
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
STRONG TRACK TEAM
FOR PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh. Pa, Jan. I5--Trsining for
the indoor track season began IN earnest
this week at the University OF Pitt
burgh. At a meeting OF candidates. called
by Coach Kerr. over forty men reported.
and this number will increase as the sea
son advances.
Prospects for a winning outit in this
branch OF sport were never brighter at
Pitt Louis McMRster. holder Of the uni
versity record In the pole vault. Will cap
tain the team, which includes a stnon :
nucleus from last year. Among these are
BurwelL Grumbling. Livcrmore. Sheehsn.
Sutherland, Fry. Mays and others who
were strong point winners IN 1915
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16

wrestling with this decision problem.
Recent advices stated that the Gopher
board would formally consider this
matter at an early meeting. Strong
pressure has been brought to bear for
the privilege of an official verdict in
the coming Gibbons-Ahearn battle.
The promoters are said to be in favor
Of a decision. because they believe in
terest would be stimulated in the
match. and it is openly stated that an
unofficial decision will be rendered.
whether the commission takes action
or not
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Gibbons Meets Ahearn on
Tuesday Night in St. Paul.
Lewis Faces Graves.
OTHER FISTIC GOSSIP
by J. A. ERMATINGER.

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 15.--Cham-
pionship battles in the middle-weight
and welter-weight divisions feature
the pugilistic calendar for the current
week.
Mike Gibbons and Young Ahearn.
contenders for the American 15S-
pound title, will travel ten rounds at
st. Paul, Mimi, Tuesday night. while
Ted Lewis, who has laid claim TO the
worlds welter crown. will engage Kid
Graves over the same route at Mil
waukee, Monday night
Both bouts will be staged in node
cision centers. but that fact will not
| necessarily cloud the championship
contentious of the yictors, providing
| the newspapers.
The match between Gibbons ana
Ahearn undoubtedly will attract the
most attention from ring followers,
not only because of the bitter per-
sonal feeling that has sprung up be-
| tween the rivals. but from the further
fact that the winner. in public opin-
ion, will be generally accepted as the
best middleweight in this country at
the present time.
Gibbons and Ahearn originally were
scheduled to meet December 10, but
the SANITY city phantom became i'll of
the grip about a week before the date
of the contest. Dan McKetrick, who
guides the destinies of Ahearn, pro-
fessed to believe that Gibbons was
only feigning illness, however. and the
things that Daniel chirped about
Michael stung the latter's sensitive
soul Mikes retort courteous was to
the effect that Ahearn was a yellow
hearted hound, while McKetrick, he
classed, as a parasite on the boxing
game. This gentle repartee. which has
been passing back and forth for
month, has aroused all concerned to
white heat, so indications point to
rough-and-tumble fracas. with only
biting barred. It ought to be some
scrap, providing Gibbons is mad
tactics and really fight.
On the strength of past perform
ances Gibbons Is the favorite in the
sporting marts and there will be no
general surprise II he scores another
knockout over the feet-footed Eng
lishman..
TRAIL OF THE wELTER-wEIGHT CHAM
lse2-BiIly smith.
lsei-TommJ Ryan
lsoS-kid Mccoy.
Mysterious Billy Smif
I9oO-Rube Ferns
ieol-JOe Walcott.
leO5-Honey Melody.
Is7-Mke Twin sullivan.
Isl0-Jimmy Gardner.
1sll-Jmmy Clabby.
Isl2-Rsy Bronson.
Igt-Matt Wells. -4-
Isls-Title claimed By Ted Lewis ard Kid Graves.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Ebbets After Players.

Chicago, Jan. I5.-CharIes II. weegh.
man, the new owner of the Cubs, yester.
day received a letter from President Eb-
belts, of the Brooklyn Nationals, asking
for catcher and an ostielder. No spe
cial players were named by Mr.. Ebbetts
in asking for the Chicago Nationals. The
request will be taken up after the formal
transfer of the Chicago team to Mr..
Weeghman.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Contrast in East Grid Game.

There'n be a big contrast in eastern
Yale and White viii lead Syracuse
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
CROWD HOOTS THE
DECISION AGAINST
GEORGE KAY0 BROWN

STsCaI Cable to The Washington Bersh -
Sydney, New South Wales, Jan. 15.-
George C"Rnockout'D Brown. of Chi
cago. lost a decision to Leslie Darcy.
Australian middle-weight champion,
in a twenty-round battle in the Rush
cutters bay stadium here tonight
When Referee Scott gave the de-
cision there was a wild oUtburst OF
disapproval as many thought Brown
was at least entitled to a draw
A throng of 10000 watched the
struggle. The men weighed in at 16O
pounds at o'clock
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
To Resume Relations.

. Durham, n. II. Jan 15.-Dsrtmouth
and New Hampshire colleges are 10 re-
new athletic relations. after a long inter
val. COwell. the New Hampshire coach.
announced here last night that he had
signed an agreement with Dartmouth for
a football game next fall. the first be-
tween the two eIevens for ten years. The
game will be played at Hanover, on Sep
tember =.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Coach Sharp Retained.

Ithaca, Jan. lS--'Os were awarded
to three additional members OF last years
baseball team at a meeting Of the Cornell
Major Sports Council, J. J. Regan. C.
NJ O'ConneII and J. r. Whitney. Dr.
Sharpe was elected to represent Cornell
on the Football Rules Committee. II was
decided to retain the present football
coaching stan, consisting Of Dr. Albert
II, Sharpe. head coach. and Dan Reed
and Ray Van Orman. assistant choaches
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Stewards Fail to Agree.

New York. Jan. l5.-Stewards OF the
intercollegiate Rowing Association. at
a meeting in this city yesterday failed
to come to an agreement on the date
for the annual regatta at Poughkeepsie.
Morton G.. Bogue. Of Columbia, chairman.
Judge Frank Irvine, of Cornell, and r.
Howard Eisenbrey. Of Pennsylvania. who
compose the board. were in attendance.
Nope Of the fother colleges which row
at Poughkeepsie belong to the associa-
ton. nor can they get into it. as II Is a
closed corporation.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
IN VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
HOpeweII Is Given the Franchise
Held by Petersburg.

Norfolk. Va, Jan. 15.-Hopewen. that
magic Virginia town, is to have organ.
lied baseball
The directors Of the Virginia Baseball
League at a meeting held here yesterday
awardsz a franchise to Hopewell. and
that town will take the place formerly
filed by Petersburg.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16

Two Championship Bouts
On Schedule for Week
BOXING BOUTS THIS WEEK
MONDAY. JAN. IL.

Ted Lewis VS.. Kid Graves; 10
rounds. at Milwaukee.
Jack Clune VS.. Charley Metric:
10 rounds, at Milwaukee.
Knockout Brown VS.. Tommy
o'Brien; 10 rounds. at New York
City.
Patsy Mcmahon VS.. Kid Stew
ems; 10 rounds. at Cincinnati.
Joe Rivers VS.. frankie Russell:
20 rounds, at New Orleans.
Johnny Kilbans VS.. Packey
Hompey; rounds. at PhiladeI-
phia. ..
frankie Daley VS.. Barney Nc
Guirei IL rounds, at Johnstown,
Pa. .. ~.
Grover Hayes VS.. Frankey Muir
ply; 10 rounds, at Denver.
TUESDAY, JAN. Is.
Mike Gibbons VS.. Young
Ahearn; 10 rounds. at st. Paul,
MINI.
Charley whiA VS.. Joe Azevedo;
IL rounds, at Boston.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10.
Johnny Woigast VS.. Barney
O'Neill; rounds. at Windsor,
Ontario.
THURSDAY. JAN. 10.
Ted Lewis VS.. Jack Britton; 10
rounds, at Buffalo. n. Y.
FRIDAY, JAN. Fl.
Jack Dillon VS.. Battling Levin
sky; 10 rounds, at New York City.
SATURDAY, JAN. n.
Johnny Dundee VS.. Stanley
} Yoakum: Is rounds, at Denver.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13
Forger Works Same
Trick at Eugene

The man who forged check on
LOOMS & Nelson in Ashland last
Tuesday turned an almost identical
trick in Eugene Friday, even using
the same initials as here. In Ash
land he told the grocerymen that he
was moving here from Klamath
Falls, had carload of household
goods in the local yards, gained their
confidence ordered five dollars
worth of goods sent to North Main
street address, rendered a check for
fifteen dollars, took his change and
disappeared
The local police department sent
a description north and south and
included Eugene in their mailing list,
but the Eugene police must have had
other matters more important at
hand.
The story Of the Eugene forgery is
almost identical with the Ashland
stunt and is tod in the Eugene Guard
as follows:
"The police department is seeking
for a man calling himself r. b.
Adam, on the charge of cashing a
forged check at the Thomas Ayers
grocery store, Seventh and VILLAIN
ette streets.
''The man ordered five dollars
worth of groceries at the store last
night and rendered fifteen-dollar
check drawn on the Eugene Loan and
Savings Bank and bearing the sigma
ture Of the Brawner-P Powell Insur-
ance Company. The check was made
out to R. B. Adam and the man en-
dorsed the check. He claimed to
have been an employe OF the Great
Northern Express Company for the
last twenty years, and had just re-
turned to Eugene to reside. He said
he had rented a house and ordered
the groceries to be sent to that ad-
dress,
when the check was presented at
the bank today it was returned, as
the company had no account at the
bank Upon investigation it was
found that the check was a forgery
and that the man had never been an
employe of the express company.
The house he claimed to have rented
was found empty.
"The man is described as being
about fifty years old, with a grey
mustache and weighing about 10
pounds"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13
DEPOT DOINGS.

The Southern Pacific Bulletin
makes an appeal to their employees
and others to drop the word depot"
saying: Company employees in re-
ferring to a Southern Pacific station
should call it that, and not depot
The latter is an antiquated and
French word, while station belongs
to our mother tongue. A student
asked DR.. McAllister, former presi-
dent of DreXel Institute, how he pro-
nounced depot AS if spelled "sta-
tion,"' replied the scholar. Depot
is a dead word so far as railroads
are concerned. In the larger cities it
is rarely used as applied to railroad
station. More than seventy years
ago Longfellow referred to fellow
traveller who pronounced it to rhyme
with teapot. Other folks said day
po, but it was more generally called
'deepo. "
The Booth-Kelley Lumber Com
pany of Eugene has received an or
der for 100000 feet of lumber
which will be used in building 1000
freight, flat, automobile and other
cars for the Southern Pacific.
John M. Scott, general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific, was a
visitor in the city Monday.
is. German and wife Of Portland
while travelling from San Francisco
to their home town on the Shasta
Limited bought some oranges, and
while eating them Mrs. German
threw $1,000 worth of diamonds out
of the window with some orange peel.
Mr.. German got off at Red Bluff and
after a five-mile search along the
right of way, recovered the gems.
At a conference with the Public
Service Commission at Salem, Mon
day, William Sproule, president Of
the Southern Pacific, expressed the
opinion that the present car shortage
situation would be relieved in the
near future, and also gave the COM
mission assurances that D. W. Camp
bell, assistant general manager,
would be returned to this state, and
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13
Classified Advertisements
roo LAVE To CLASSIFY

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY STOR
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They are entertaining, but that is
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You know there is hardly period
ical published that is not full Of
time-wasting stories, but not a sim
gle story in The Youths Compan-
ion is a time waster. Take the
stories of G. A. Stephens. 1t
would be hard to pick out one from
which you cannot learn something
useful and yet entertaining. Some
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some tell you the mysteries Of
chemistry; some reveal the secrets
of forestry and of general farm
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They are chosen with an eye to the
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of Companion family-stories Of
vigorous action and stirring adven-
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and domestic vicissitudes for girls,
stories that range all the way from
sheer drollery to deep seriousness
for men and women. There are no
stories quite like those in The
Companion, and you get 25O of
them, and a lot besides, for $500.
If you are not familiar with The
Companion as it is today, let us
send you sample copies and the
Forecast" for 1916.
The Youths Companion and
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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13
Died.

Captain Jacob Ruger died Friday,
March 3, at his home in Momence,
ILL.,, at the age of 80 years. He was
a veteran of the civil war, a Mason
and Knight Templar. Two sons and
four daughters survive him. John
Ruger of this city is the only son in
the west. Captain Ruger served
throughout the civil war from the
time at the first call to arms when
he closed his harness shop and with
his three employees went to the front,
to the close. A few months ago he
underwent the amputation of a leg
wound.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13

There shall be no time limit to a
students stay in the school, provided
he is doing constructive work and is
making any degree Of progress.
There shall be no church or sec
tartan instruction in the school; and
no church shall control any instruct
or therein, nor dictate his instruc-
tion, appointment or dismissal. But
there shall be courses of lectures in
the history of moral and religious
movements, together with instruction
in those broad and fundamental prin-
ciples of morality and religion COM
mon to all mankind.
The school shall ann to discover
and develop in each student those
elements and qualities in which he
may excel, and to Systematically ed
ucate him away from all destructive
tendencies.
The faculty Of instruction shall be
selected for their special fitness, both
intellectual and moral, each in his
own department, and they shall not
be liable to dismissal because of any
heresy of opinion, so long as their
work is good, their example whole
some and their lives honorable and
upright.
This school shall be located, if pos
sibe, in a central part of the state,
but particularly where the most suit
able natural conditions exist for it's
establishment and maintenance,
One of the aims and purposes of
this school shall be to provide a tenn
porary home and employment for all
the unemployed citizens of this state;
suitable safeguards being provided
against an thrush of people from
other states-such as making one
years previous residence in the state
condition of admittance.
The proper bureau shall be estab-
lished in connection with the school
for obtaining permanent employ
ment for its students when they shall
leave the school. This bureau, hav-
ing an adequate knowledge of the
character and qualifications of each
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13

Councilman Pope" Nininger pro-
duced a package of gum at Tuesdays
session along about ten something,
and the mayor and the councilmen on
the east side of the house kept time
with their jaws throughout the re-
mainder of the evening without offer
ing the west-siders a chew. Council
man Banta was not to be sighted,
however, and after carefully scanning
the benches for chance lady visitors,
produced a villainous looking plug
of "Star." Editor Wolf looked hun
CRY and produced a big fat cigar
which he chewed throughout the re-
mainder of the evening but did not
have nerve enough to light. Then
the mayor ate an apple and gave Mr.
Nininger one in return for the stick
of gum. Finally along towards mid
night friend Wolf of the Record
slipped out and bought big bag of
plain mixed candy which was passed
around. This Is the worst fall from
grace which the city dads have COM
mitted to date.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13
Plan Great Musical
Festival for July

The choral class of the Auxiliary
Club is to be enlarged so as to take
in every singer in Ashland and ar
rangements have been made with the
Chautauqua people to put on a grand
musical festival during Chautauqua
this year, to be participated in by the
choral clubs of Ashland, Medford and
Grants Pass.
Medford has sixty voices in their
club, Grants Pass forty, and it is the
ambition of the local ladies and men
TO enlarge the Ashland club to 100
voices. This will make a total of
200 voices to participate in the festi-
val, putting on a musical event un-
Tivalled.
The choral cub invites and urges
every one in Ashland to Join the
club. Arrangements have been made
whereby instruction will cost moth
ing, but the training gained will be
worth the trouble many times over.
1t is an opportunity which no one
who sings can afford to overlook.
The Chautauqua people are cooper
ating In every possible way and are
bearing the expenses.
Professor Andrews Of Medford will
have charge Of the instruction work.
He is instructor Of the Medford club
also.
Meet tonight at 1880 sharp, Pres
byterian church.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13
S. P. Offers Land
Grant Compromise

The Southern Pacific railroad pro-
posals to relinquish all Gains to
lands of the Oregon & California land
grant for $1O,O0O,O0O, if released Of
its perpetual obligation to transport
American troops and property free
of charge over that part of its lines
covered in the land grants, were
made to the house public lands com
mittee at Washington D. c., Wednes-
day by J. P. Blair, general counsel
of the road.
Mr.. Blair said the company was
willing to compromise in this way to
avoid future litigation and that the
road now claimed the right to re-
move timber valued at upwards of
$50, 1000 from the land grant por-
tion of its property.
The company's proposal, the com
mittee was told, involved payment by
the government on the basis of $40
an acre. Attorney General Gregory
contends that the railroad is not en-
titled to more than $3.50 an acre,
with deductions for past excess sales.
S. A. D. Puter spoke in behalf of
persons located Oh those land grants
to the railroad who want preference
rights upheld in any legislation. He
said he had contracts with them un-
der which he could repurchase much
of this land at a nominal price, if
they secured title.