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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27
WRESTLERS WRICCLE OUT
OF LEGAL STRANGLE HOLD

Joe Stecher. the grapevin" artist
from Nebraska who specializes on thu
scissors hold, will make his %metropoli-
tan debut at Madison Square Garden
Tonight. Stecher Is TO meet Mort Hen
much discussed Masked
Marvel OF tine wrestling tournament in
at the Manhattan opera House
in q finish bout at catch A. catch can,
best two In three falls.
untll late yesterday afternoon II,
looked vcrS much az II the head spin
niug referred To would nave 10 be post
poncd indefinitely. samuel RaChmsn,
who IL managing the wrestling tourna-
ment at the Manhattan Opera House.
through his counsel, John j lOrdan
of ll5 broadway. secured "A temporary
injunction restraining Henderson from
appearing elsewhere than the scene of
the protracted matfest which he is con-
Quoting This temporary injunction was
granted hv Justice ~Newburger Of the
supreme Court and arguments viii be
heard to-day.
Meanwhile Jack Curiey and the pro-
motors Of to-nights bout at Madison
square Garden got IN touch with sam
uel Rachnan and his colleagues. -
declaring the Manhattan Opera House
interests in the profits tn. promoters
arranged to hav the injunction pro-
ceedings waived So far as the match
of tonight is concerned The firm Of
Comstock q Gest, which controls the
Manhattan Opera House, at first was
opposed to the idea of Rachman allow
ing Henderson to appear elsewhere,
Evidently a satisfactory monetary balm
wiped out tho objection.
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Connecticut Champion Reaches
Scmi-anRl at BcIIenir.

BELLEAIR HEIGHTS. Fla, Jan. IS
Hamilton Kerr met his host. Henry Top
ping. In tho second round of the January
golf tournament on the Bellea!r links to-
day. and Kerr won by 5 up and to
play. The Connecticut champion played
we'll and never gave Topping much Of a
chance,
The best golf OF the day was PLAYED
by Ira :. Holden Of Cincinnati, who won
the medal In the qualifying round on
Monday He heat W. j. Morrison to-day
10y & up and 5 to play, The semi fnal
round will be played tomorrow. and in
the upper bracket Kerr will meet Or.
G. IL. Gardner OF Agawam, while Holden
is playing ". A. Lawhead In the lower.
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T"urnc, I" Las, rive DAYS.

The country rluo "f Havana has au-
uouuccd the conditions for us annual
invitation tournaments, the winner II
which is styled the champion Of cuba,
Play VIII begin ON TUESDAY, February
-. winch viii hr devoted 10 a~nss,Ghfccn
hole qualifying round. three sixteen o.
uullf, Tho ms, ard second ul,cn
rounds viii b" pla>ci ON Wednesday.
February ~, and Thursday. February
-, and the S"mi-hrtls on Friday. Feb
rIdry -. AL wi, II" a. eighteen roles
and the beaten eight IN each sixteen VIII
begin play ON Thursday. The finals 10
an divisions. GA SatIrd AZ. February -,
VII he at t~hir'N-SIN holes. and thcia
also viii be- ana eighteen hole medal
play handicap
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~ WILLIAM II. HANNA

Scrappy Bill Joyce. a picturesque and
rugged figure of the diamond In his
day. Isn't altogether pleased with base
ball as IL is just now. The players
do not try to learn all the points OF
the game, as In the days of old he
says. but simply try To get by" In
"A game at the Polo Grounds in the days
of old. Jake Beckley as Joyce was rum
ming to first. jabbed the latter In the
chm with his elbow, and Bill In retalia-
ton picked UP the ball and slammed
Eagle Eye full on the most prominent
~promontory OF the dome. That Is one
nne point of the game the absence Of
wh'ch from present day playing is not
a reason for repining.
Two points OF view
The New York TTfbune-"Joe Gedeon
is never so happy as when In the heat
OF the game. slomning the leather to all
sorts of distances. And In slainming
the ball Is where he shines"
The Washington Star-"As for Ge-
deon. he would have to be "a whole lot
better thar he used to he while here.
n the fact hat he hit well in the
Pacific Coast League last season
means nothing. for the reason that
that league was decidedly weak in
pitchers
Walter Brodie, who IL to coach the
Naval Academy play ers his season,
was one ot the famous Did Oriole out
field which also contained Joe Kelley
and Willie Keller.
Divers and alluriug offers have been
received FOR the Willard Moran fight,
bu; not 4 whisper OF one from the
bookin. offices OF the Harvard. Prince
ton. e, e. ". Y, syracuse or Yale
stadium. coliseum. circus maNimus, am
phltheatre or howl.
Mike Gibbons received ss5.5j per
second FOR the time spent in knocking
out Young Ahearu. That's Interesting.
hut not as much so "a tina any body
should be 80 keen on mathematics as
to figure out what somebody else made
per second.
There IRE many and curious ways
among trap shooters Of yelling Pull, ."
At Pinehurst the mos. striking vocal
idiosN nCrasy, as IL were, was that OF an
ohio man. He yelled Pull" as II
1t was a tooth he wanted pulled.
With Yachting and baseball on the
ice, also skating, hockey. trott!ng and
curling. that unitarian and popular sub.
stance haS extended is aid considerably
beyond the bounds OF highballs and gin
rickeys. and Ii would stlll further be a
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COLUMBIA'S CREW
COACH WON'T QUIT
Denying Reports. Rice Says All
He Wants Is Better
Material.
CAMPrS DAILY WITH HIM

James e. Rice. coach of the Column
bia crews. denied reports yesterday that
ne was to leave Morn!neside Heights
before the end of the wear. In an open
letter he intimated that unless there
was much better material this year ne
Nigh take his methods where they
are known and appreciated. The agi-
tatipn last fall which resulted In y new
policy Of not droI1ing any candidate
VINO reported until the squad left for
poughkeepsie. IL believed To have cut
deep into tine Neierap coach until II
was shown that 1t Mas the facilities
and not his system that initiated
against large squads.
Just what reports he was alluding to
the Students were AT n loss to say II
is believed that he meant stories Which
were circulated after the ~Poughkeepeie
regatta last spring, when IT was said
he was going to succeed Charles f..
Courtney. who, because of injuries. in
tended to resign. Courtney intends to
stick to Cornell and believes he will be
strong enough TO turn out another VIM
ming crew with the assistance OF John
Hoyle,
Il want to deny once and for ALL
Coach Rice wrote. the reports that
have rea ched my ears IN the last daI
or two that was planning to leave
Columbia hefore the end q the present
college wear. Will stick TO Columbia
and do my hest to turn out not on" WIN
ming crew. but three winning crews, ana
any man who IL holding back from JOIN
ing the squad because he thinks VIII
not he on hand may rest assured
will not desert Columbia.
II have been unable to find the source
Of these reports. but | trust that you
will do your utmost to give this letter
- - II. a.. ..a.sf.f NNThns has
been said of my methods is for the time
neither here nor there. ! might say mat
II my methods are all wrong when the
students show by refusing to come out
for crew that they do not believe In
rowing as teach II. thcu ] VIII Know
that 7 am not wanted AT Columbia ana
will take my methods where they are
known and appreciated"
The Columbia Spectator FASTENED 10
assure Coach Rice that there wasn't "A
man oil the campus h didn't appre-
ciate IN he had done for Columbia
rowing The campus daily said that the
criticisms last fan were directed at GER
tain features OF the crew system that
seemed to stand In the way or campus
wide interest in rowing, II said that n
frank and thorough discussion resulted.
with the result that everything possible
has been done 10 rlake conditions IN
every respect better than ever before.
Plans are under way for a gala night
when the crew squad IL called out Feb
ruary Q. Former and present rowing
men will hold an entertainment AZ Earl
Hall. where moving pictures ~ the
Poughke. psie regatta. the intercollegiate
track games at Franklin Field, the Vale
Harvard football game, the Columbia
Princeton Annapolis regatta held AZ
Princeton in 1918 and a rowing sketch
written by y : Earle. ~. called For
the Honor Of the Crew will he shown.
The owing authorities expect a record
squad To convince RICE that columbia
wants him to rcmain Indefinitely,
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KEEPING ABREAST OF
y THE SPORTING TREND

boon to mankind II from now on till
the end of time every highball n gin
r. key were thrown in the ocean. which
IL the only institution In the worLl
strong enough to absorb them without
injurious results.
There was another shooter who re-
GREETED he couldn't stay over another
day and enter the consultation" handi-
cap. This is the man who. did he nave
desire 10 ascend to An l. platform. would
take the "osculator."
THE colleges were represented at the
shoot by Tevis OF Yale, who helped the
Blue win the intercollegiate champion
ship last fall. and Paul Coburn. former
Harvard pitcher.
Other teams IN the college swimming
league must he grateful for the presence
OF e. e. y. Y. Out OF six defeats in
that organization of amphibians c. c. n.
Y. contributed five.
Somebody who played against Nourse.
the Princeton swimmer n football
player. ineligible for the swimming team
this year on account OF the two sport
rule. described him as the strongest
man in the water he ever knew.
Emmett Heidrlck. who died the other
day. was n baseball player OF unusual
ability He was n first class batter.
fielder and runner. and there have been
few outfeld throwcrs Us good. He was
In fact a real star. though not with the
reputation o. some.
News account Of the Harvard rowing
schedule leaves the reader n trife be-
logged as TO Just what plans have been
made for the crew. For instance
The feature OF the Harvard tniver-
sity crew schedule Is the return q the
Princeton eight to Cambridge after an
absence extending over a period OF three
years"
Fol instance a second time
This year on April 20 the Crimson
eight will journey to Tigertown and row
the Princetonlans over the two mile
course on Carnegie Lake"
The real feature. II appears. and a
truly remarkable one. Is that there will
he any race AZ all with the Princeton
eigh, returning TO Cambridge While the
Crimson eight Is Journeying to Tiger
town. unless they may meet half way
AMI rave IL out.
Colleges. however. do things their own
way. In the Yale-Penn basketball game
Cant. McNichol starred for both teams y
UNIQUE and sporty. starring for Yale.
hut somewhat Of a handicap on his own
team.
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In addition to the temporary injunc-
ton against Mort Henderson, Justice
Newhurger also granted n restrain
ing Robert Friedrich, better known as
stranger Lewis, from appearing at
Springfield. Mass, tonight. Lewis quit
the tournament in the Manhattan Opera
House some time ago alleging that he
was i~ndispoeed, He, like Henderson, it
appears, was under contract to wrcstle
exclusively for Tachman, Lewis yes
terday was able to block injunction
proceedings by buying of his contract
from the Manhattan Opera House
promoters.
It developed that Iienderson-the
Masked Marvel-draws sl2j a week
from the Manhattan Opera House tour
nament promoters. lie was assured
$1,000 for to-night's match against
Stechsr. In waving the injunction so
far AS to-night's match IL concerned the
Rachmann interests do not intend to let
tie matter rest, Every effort will be
made Ia preserve the Masked Marvel as
a private institution at the Manhattan
Opera House until the end OF the tourna-
ment. Henderson has agreed to go back
to his original employers after this eve
ming.
Meanwhile Joe Stechcr continues
piquod at what he considers a runout on
the part OF Nladek Zhyszko. Rachmann
had consented To allow the big young
hraskan marvel. hut at the last ome
Xbyszko declared he was in poor cnnd!-
ton and cancelled his engagement.
Stechcr said again yesterday that he
would he pleased Ia give Zhyszko or any
other wrestler In the Manhattan Opera
House tournament $500 for staying with
him ifteen minutes Tonight either be-
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EXTRA PERIOD WINS
FOR THE CRESCENTS
Half Moon Team Defeats
Hockey Club by Score
Of 3 10 ,.
HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDING

The Crescent Athletic club hockey
team lived up To its reputation as "A
sure winner OF overtime games by de-
featiug the Hockey club seven las, night
ut the -. Nicholas Rink. 2 Ia .. The
score was even up at . all when time
was called and according to custom !;
was decided that sudden death would
terminate tuc game. the sid" scoring
first to- gain the victory. Although the
Ia ooklyn players were tmanpuv
by a considerable margin during the
second period and looked a very tired
crow the dyed In the wool enthusiasts
Immediately looked for a Crescent vic
tory, for the lia'f Mooners have never
been known to lose an extra period
game.
The third period goal elected 90 de-
eide the issue was also 90 determine
which of the cams playing was 10 make
its maiden appearance OF the season
In tho winning column. Mccarthy, play
ing AT rover for the Crescent team. put
the puck In the cage Just out Of the
reach of the N,giluui and aCrobatic
Lewis in > minutes and . seconds of
actual play. Mccarthy had been play
ing pretty hockey al night and do.
served plenty Of credit for that shot,
but il Was Hcfornan that made /, pos
siblc for him. The heftv canadian car
" w 'N' ll'IU UllNl'4W Nv tll''l l'I'F
and delivered II to Mccarthy IN from, of
the cage on a perfect pass. The lineup:
Crescent \ t.. Positions Hockey club
mart........... Goal ....a..Lpo
Henerntu. ....... Point ......... Dufrcsn.
Brown" ,....., 'oNet point ......., Britton
Nc tr'nN,,...... Rover ...... MaCDonnell
'pnNat ......... tcntr" -.......... smith
l.iifntuu ....... Left Wing .........Irova
Hallock ....... Right wing .......D Keefs
S'ore-Cresceut 4 e.. q. ii0ckev club. ,.
Goals. iirst period lit'lo,k. crescent \. G..
alone. - IA. Linton. crescent \ e.,
alone. '3i3 SECOND pcriod-Crovst,
Hu, ker cub. ou pl-s fr"m Mcdonnell,
5:li, MacDonueil. Hockey. alone. i9:in
Extra ,Csrthy crescent \. c.,
on pass from Honcrutu. 2.uo Penalties
IonWay aud Mccarthy crescent \ e, 4
minutes each ior tripping. smith Hockey
club, : minutcs for SsshinE, Referee
II. Ellis, st Nicholas :. e. Assistant
referee r /. Won Bcrnuth, - NiahoIss :.
g. rimer-W, ] croker. Wanderers.
Penalty umers-W. Roach Wanderers. and
r. Glron. Hockey cub. Gnsl unpIres
= Patton ami T RN'ton Time ~
regular periods.e0 minutes. Time Of
extra period-3 minutes q seconds.
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Meredith fought gsmeiy To the end he
Nas beaten by two yards. Higgins also
! hn!shed strongly. and was third two
yards behind Meredith.
Joe LOOMS Of Chicago met with his see
nnd defeat In the s"Nenty yards scratch
hurdle race. which was run in The re-
m arkahly fast time of : As seconds.
This hoes not displace the old record, ~
there were only three obstacles instead
OF the usual FIVE. LOOMS led over the
first two hurdles. but Arthur f.ngels. the
Brooklyn hurdler. came. like a streak on
the last twenty Yards and just beat the
Wcsterner.
Loomrs third effort OF he night was
his only successful one. After failing IN
the .sprir and, hurdle race he won the
rumninf high jump. hut only after a tie
with Harry Baywise OF the Boston y. \.
Tn. competition was So close and the
men Tied so often that 1t toos more than
an hour !, decide. LOOMS won finally
by clearing y feet after the bar had been
lowered from 81. which both he and
parwlss had cleared. Tn summarize;
so yard Handicap. Junior. closed 20 John
Wanamak-r Commercial lnst!tuie-Non hy
r. McGrath, B t""t, ! shannon, t"'t
second q. Mayer. scratch, third Time.
20 YARD Dash. Handicap-won by {. "
LOOMS NJ, /. Of T. a A. : feet, J.
HOW . ithNNhl ! VI H y" $3.50 N-
W. Id Rose, knights " ~. Antony, feet,
third. Time. : as seconds.
- YARD Dash. Special. scratch. invitation
Won by Howard =. Drew. University.
California. ROY W. Morse. Salem Crescent
4. e. second. j. q. LOOMS, Chicago \. 4,
third. Time, : Is seconds. caudllins IN"
10 YARD Hurdles. scratch. invitation
Won by A. l. Ensels, unattached ~
irish American A G, ihiri. Time, : -
800 Yard Dash, Hand!cap-won by W.
IL yards. T.. W. Marks, Central .Congre.
gstionai, 4: yards: second g F Blush. .
yards. knights OF st, Antony third. Time
Preston =. Lynn 500 Yard. Handicap.
closed to Millross A.. Avon bN VI. t,elss.
Hu-sey, ) yards. third. Time so "a
Qusrtrr ME. Handicap, closed 70 John
wanarnAker Commercial lnstttuie-Won by
! n. Gunn. scratch, j. Fitzserdld. ~
wards. second, l.. Flynn u yards, third
Time, a, minute 10 second,
Won Nv II. caldwell. Boston A. A j l.
Meredith. University ~ rennsl wanna
second. ! T Higgins, Holy ross college
coo Ward Handicap, cioS"d I" huron
Athletic League-Won by " Hunter
knights NJ - Antony. - Yards; u sal-
second. j j. McAuil"v, knights 81 S,.
Antony. ~ yards. third. Tine ! m'nui"
Il - seconds x,o,,,or
500 Nards N"ViSe- rnS,"n ~, Uci
Meadow brook tluh, ihlIteclpnIa 80
fer. unattached second p Sohn,tS' unal-
tached' third Time | minute i d" sec
Hail Mile Senior Handicap. closed tn
iehn Wsnsmaker Commercial institute
Won nv j. best, scratch, NJ berehz"eis,
yards, third. Time. ? minutes ~ seconds
1000 Yard Handicap Won hy, w; hnner'
son. Ia yards, New YORK a -. - ri'herIh
az ard. NpA Work 4 e.. second, \. II
DQider, - Yards, West Sahe ~
third Time minute ~ 10 StxVu h,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27
Locke Reaches squash Final.

Alan Locke reached the FINAL round
% the class IL division 81 the Harvard
tlub handicap squash tennis tourut-
meni yesterday At IN" Harvard club
courts bv defeating q. T. Dunlap at
ls-l5. lbs. I5-l0 Locke had a
handicap q plus = aces, while Dunlap
from scratch. Locke viii meet
II. : Bowers in the fual round to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27

The annual intercompany rife match
at the Seventy-frst Regiment Armory
last night resulted in a victory for
Company *. which scored l,26O points.
Company II with 1907 points was Sec
ond. and Company r., lbs. third. Ten
companies, each represented by a team
of twenty men. competed In the shoot.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27

The Bradhurst Field club has Joined
the Harlem Athletic League and VIII
hold a race from It's clubhouse next
sunday afternoon. ON Sunday March
10 the Bradhurst Field Club will hold
a Ave mile handicap road rum, which
viii be open 10 alt athletes registered
with the a. A. u.
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Chairman Fred A. Wenck of the state
Athletic Commission has expressed per-
sonal d.sapprnNal of the proposed ten
round no decision hou, IN this city he
tween Frank Moran and Worlds Heavy
weight Champion Jess Willard. lie
thinks the fight would prove a black eye
To the game IN this state. Wenck do
"lared that he did not know tho opinions
NJ Commissioners Franey and DIVER.
but that he might sound them out At the
neNt meeting to see II some means could
not h" wound to prevent such "a contest
tie minated that the good of IN.
game" demanded such a stand.
Both Willard ard Moran arc
walters said WcuCk. land a match be-
tween them would he hound to he slow.
There would not b. the proper action
and the tgnt fans would b. dissatisfied.
1t may b" that the commission eventually
VIII rule against the match. I'm my
humble opinion il would do "A lot more
harm than good"
II is said that the boxing commission
I'm It's revision Of rules will eliminate
the ui<ase passed by its predecessor
against men of 81 years Of age or over
participating in ring engagements in his
state, The rule was passed To keep Bob
Fit2simmons out Of the danger zone "A
couple OF years e II Is held that the
rule ~ unconstitutional The mviratc
will rcscind the order TO permit I'D
Mccoy to attempt a comeback.
Rae Nelson. former lightweight cham
pion, has begun proceedings for di-
Norce from his wife. Fay King Nelson.
CARTOONS, on q Kansas city newspanrr.
whom he married at Hegewlsch. III,
January %, 1918. Nelson charges de
scrtion.
Manager Joe Tinker OF the cubs closed
u deal yesterday for Pitcher Tom Sea.
ton. the star Quaker holman. who
jumped To the Frdorals two wears ago.
Tinker paid Harry f. Sinclair S7.int
for this right handed pitcher. The boss
~ the cubs sold Catcher Wallace and
PITCHER SIandridge TO Frank Chances
Los Angeles club under optional agree
meut.
Fielder Jones, manager Of the -.
louis Browns. has sold southpaw ,'hes-
ter Hon. pitcher Sotheron and second
baSeman Bobby Vaughn TO the Oregon
club of the Pacific toast League Jones
intimatel that many more OF his sur
Illus men will he disposed of in the i'm.
mediate future.
The presence IN town Of Lon Hooker,
attorney for the Schuyler J.. Bri,tous of
-. Louis, has revived the rumor that
Harry +, Sinclair once more liz on the
train OF the Cardinal franchise. Sinclair,
who is confined to his room in the Hotel
Plaza, refused to discuss the situation.
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Gradwcu Outp"int. BIoom.

DETROIT. Ian @6-Wll.c Gradwell 81
Newark gained a popular decision over
rnil Eloom Of New YORK Ia a ten round
bout before The Windsor \ g t"-nich'.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27
Bsttery 4 Wins at Indoor Hall.

ORANGE, y. j., Jan, 26.-At the first
indoor baseball game at Battery A. East
Orange. Tonight the home team won
from Company Is, FIRST ~eg''heh' New
ark, by a score OF ~ TO 4.
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According to reports from Chicago,
Hal chase will not he tolerated in the
American League. Han Johnson and his
colleagues, however, will not prevent
'hase's appearance with any National
League club, The declaration was
called forth through an announcement,
that Fielder Jones was considering Chase
~ a first base possibility for his Browns.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27
COWBOY RACE AT JUAREZ.
grn u mr nj Mexican Track.

JrAREz. MeN Jan. 2G.-Racing Secre-
,ary ,Iaspar added a cowboy race to-
night for to-morrow's racing pro-
This event is substituted for
the NTH. and the NTH and sixth races in
the entries have been moved W az sixth
and seventh. The entries as originally
issued were:
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R1sruH. lnr - IN, liarlt,! C1.b
he. ncN team did not pat mp . stro'-
game against IA" Boston \ \ sever.
to+,ight. the latter Winning lay tho Sco'c
of . TO !. The game counted only in
tin" Boston Hockey League series.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27
Wcnck Opposes Big Bont.

fore or after his match with the MASK,
Marvel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27

The presence in town Of l.ou Hooker,
attorney for the Schuyler J.. Bri,tons of
-. Louis, has revived the rumor that
Harry II, Sinclair once more liz on the
trail OF the Cardinal franchise. Sinclair.
who is confined to his room in the Hotel
Plaza. refused to discuss the situation.
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Colleges. however. do things their own
way. In the Yale-Penn basketball game
Cant. McNichol starred for both teams.
Unique and sporty. starring for Yale,
hu, somewhat of a handicap on his own
team.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27
KERR DOWNS TOPPING.

Apprentice allowance claimed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-04-06

from Chicago, where he attended a
meeting of the Gas Association OF iii
nois, on Wednesday and Thursday of
last week. Mr. Butterworth bought his
ticket at Chicago for Platteville Friday,
but when he got to GAINESVILLE, he
learned there would be no train to Bel
mont or Platteville that night. They
thought the train might run through to
Mineral Point, so Mr. Butterworth took
that chance and reached that destina
ton. Saturday he drove to Dodgeville,
and came down on the Northwestern
reaching here about eight o'clock. He
reports that there was regular cloud
burst in Mineral Point Saturday morn
ing and that he has never seen such a
food of water.