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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27

the players. With the new gymnas
ium in the addition 10 the school, Jol-
let will be well equipped for the 1918
event II it is staged in this city.
Joliet High was great in defeat in
that last game of the tournament
which gave Harvey the championship
Even the most confident OF Joliet fans
did not expect the blue and gold war
riors to survive for the finals. but the
Uncomfortable fighting spirit of Shell
tons team triumphed and they bat
tied hard to keep the championship
in this city.
There were numerous upsets in the
other district tournaments. Blooming
ton won its sectional affair despite the
fact that Bean. the star center OF the
! Boomers, was out of the game with
broken finger. Springfield copied
at Jacksonville all of which promis-
es stiff fight when the teams meet
at Decatur March s and 8 to clash for
the state title.
One OF the big surprises of the dis
trict affairs was the win scored by
East Aurora in the district tourna-
| ment. On pajer this leads one to be-
lieye that the Big Seven conference
as whole is much stronger than the
district tournaments. East Aurora
finished in sixth place In the Big Sew.
EN- race and copied first in the district
affair. West Aurora, the last place
team in the conference was In the
semi-nnals.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
COLLEGE TOURNAMENT
AT DECATUR, Ill.

Decatur. H.. Feb. o. Nineteen
minor colleges OF Illinois, will stage
the largest intercollegiate basketball
tournament ever held in the United
States IN number of teams competing,
On the James Millikin floor here,
starting March /.
Under a new plan put into effect
his year only the ten colleges which
have the best percentage in the sea
sons games with other conference
teams will be allowed to compete for
the conference championship. The
other nine will form second divi-
sion and compete for secondary hon
ors. The winner in the first division
will be declared champion.
Coaches and representatives met
Monday in Bloomington to determine
finally the question OF which teams
shall be included in the first division.
On the basis Of games played so far
the Mlllikin team seems to stand
the best chance of winning, having an
unbroken record of victories. Brad.
ley. Wesleyan and Illinois College.
however, will be close competitors
The ranking previous to this weeks
battles placed the teams as follows:
First Division James Millikin, De.
catur; Augustana, Rock Island State
Normal. Normal; Eureka, Eureka ;
Bradley Polytechnic, Peoria; William
and Vashtl Aledo; Lombard, Gales.
burg; Wesleyan. Bloomington; Illinois
College, Jacksonville; st. viator, Bour
bOnnais.
Second division Fedding, Abing.
don; Western Normal, Macomb; Lin.
coin; Carthage, Carthage; Shurtleff
Upper Alton; McKendree, Lebanon
Southern Normal, Carbondale; East
ern Illinois Normal. Charleston
Blackburn, Carlinville.
The recent split in the Little Five
college conference. which included
Monmouth, Knox, Lake Forest, Ar
mour and Beloit, is said to have
been due to Beloit's action in severing
relations with Monmouth and Knox
and Is expected to result in application
OF the two Illinois colleges for en-
france into the state conference Five
years ago the Illinois conference
adopted a policy OF scheduling game.
only with colleges Of the conference
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
!. COUL0N DRAWS
WITH FLESSNER


Johnny Coulon. former Ottawa boy,
is making rapid strides in his come
back for the bantam or fly champion.
ship. Last evening at Baltimore, Cou.
Ion fought fifteen round draw with
Steve Flessner. The fact that Johnny
went over the fifteen round route
proves that he possesses all OF his
old-time endurance that made him
one of the greatest glove winders the
ring every produced
Other Fight Results.
Akron, O.--Ted Lewis beat Johnny
Griffiths in l2 rounds.
Hot Springs. Ark.-Joe Mandot beat
Willie Man2rum in 10 rounds.
Toledo. o. Jack McCarren beat
Frank Mantell in IL rounds.
New Orleans-Bobby Hughes won
over Jimmy Curtis In 20 rounds.
New York-Young Otto beat frankie
Burns in % rounds: Soldier DartAeld
knocked out Johnny Hermann in the
ninth
Rochester. N. " Tom Cowle'
knocked out Andre Anderson in the
first.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
BY JOHN F. LUX.

Joliet. Ill. Feb. 81, lsl7-Two Joliet
mem Harry Larson and Andy Me
Ewan-were given places on the all
star,teams. selected by Referees Rist
ands Young. in charge of the recent
Northeastern, Illinois tournament, ar
ter the final. game Saturday night in
which Harvey won the title.
Larson. the doughty Joliet forward,
wins q place on the first team with
Captain McEwan handed on the sec
ond squad. Harvey, the champs, win
two places ON the first team. Walberg,
the big Harvey forward and Couchie,
guard. were selected by Messrs.
Young and Rast .
Waukegan. one of the favorites for
the title. takes one place -Tornquist
at forward. while New Trier gloms the
other position Patterson at guard.
Grenrell. MaZcn, one of the stars OF
the tournament, is honored with a
place ON the second team Crawford
and Populoram. of Waukegan and
Mccormick, of La Sale, win the 9th
er places. The two officials witnessed
every game in the tournament and Sc.
lected the men on the showing they
made in the games at Central gym
nasium Morris did not land place,
probably because the Grundy county
stars did not get chance to show
their ability, playing only one game.
| The attendants. at tho tournament
fractured Ill records. according to an
announcement made by William Spur
gin, business manager of the, classic
after the games. The receipts were
SIS over last years gate" and would
have been twice the amount had the
Central gymnasium been large enough
to care for the crowds,
Joliet is going to make another bid
for next years tournament. This city
is the largest in the district and has
the best facilities for taking care OF
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
CARL STEM WHISTLES
IN SENECA THURSDAY

And now comes Carl Stem, tipping
the beams ut about 205 pounds and an
nounces that he viii wrestle in Sen
eca Thursday evening with the "Mys.
FERROUS German Sten has wrestled
on several occasions at Peru and Is
very popular with the fans in that
city.
During n conversation with the
sport writer Sten announced that he
was endeavoring TO secure match
with Jess Westerguard, the Iowa
wrestler who was defeated a few days
ago by Zybysco. The proposed match
between Stem and Westerguard would
be staged In this city IL the fans show
any interest in the wrestling cards
now being staged.
Y STEM Is a big husky German and
looks as II he might be able to topple
/. the best OF them.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
RED WILLIAMS GIVES
SOME SPORTING DOPE

Red Williams. who cavorted about
the second sack for the Henry Greys
for many seasons, and has attracted
attention as roller hockey player,
broke into the sport page of The Chi
cago American with a story he gave
I'D. Smith Here is Smiths article:
The simpler the rules the better the
game. When you surround any sport
with a lot OF useless laws and COM
plicate Ii unnecessarily the public be-
gins to lose interest. Then your
sport is goae because when the pub
lie loses interest there is little incen-
tive for the athlete to retain his am
bition and keep whacking away.
This, according to Red" Williams.
star hockey PLAYER, OF the western
country, is, what is making roller
hockey one oflthe most interesting
games ever played in this section and
what he thinks will make ii class up
in 4 short time with any other indoor
sport known. Since this game was in
troduced here and played by some OF
the best men in the business it GER
tainly has made tremendous strides.
Sunday afternoons game at River
view drew out record throng, and
the excitement over the affair was
equalled in volume to what one might
expect II a great thrOng was watching
a boxing championship changing
hands.
When they start tinkering with the
baseball rules they make the mistake
OF their lives" Williams told me the
other evening. so it is in every 9TH
or game that is well known and liked
by the public. Baseball is simple
game to watch. Every spectator
knows just what is going on in the
field, altho few can guess at the inside
stuff. But that doesn't matter.
The great general public began 20
lose interest in football when the rule
makers began 10 revolutionize the
code in order to take all Of the So
called brutality out Of the game. They
made so many rules that it is doubt
full II the most capable Of the officials
can remember all OF them and memo
rize them.
Boxing and racing. the other two
greatest OF sports, are so simple in
the matter Of rules that man can
understand almost at first glance. So
it Is in roller hockey or polo, or what
ever you choose to call the game.
First-time spectators grasp the idea al
once and are not burdened by asking
a neighbor what is going on on the
floor.
You'll see this roller game become
one OF the greatest in this part Of the
country as soon as the people realize
what they have"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27

and possessed OF great Judgment Of
distance In his shooting. but he seems
to lack stamina.
Farer. who played ut New York uni
versity before entering Columbia. Is 4
speedy individual and has scored ten
field goals In his three games. Farrell
Is a fighter from the ground up. Hit
position is guaIls and he plays It well.
Roberts. La Tour and Katz are the
forwards, and alI are about on par.
with perhaps slight preference for
Katz and Roberts. They are steadier
than La Tour There Is q dearth ct
substitute material
The Dartmouth team IL about THO
weakest in the circuit. The Green five
Is hard fighting combination, but
lacking in balance. llau. at one for.
ward, and S,sson. guard. are the out.
standing men Of the team. Sisson
ranks with the best men on the courts
this season 'f
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
NORTH OTTAWA BRAVES
y, V. IN DEFY TO LOCALS

The North Ottawa Braves. Ottawa's
crack amateur team are now prepar.
ing their baseball schedule for the
coming season, The Braves are ready
to meet any team from fourteen to
eighteen years Of age They announc.
ed they will have practically the same
lineup as last season, Carrier their
star singer, has affixed his name to q
contract w. F. Murphy will manage
tho teams. All the 0amcs, the com.
Ing season will be played on Sundays
ana holidays at o'clock. The North
Ottawa ball park has been leased for
the season.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27

Van Cortlandt park playground IN
New York city will have track ard
field that will accommodate Thousand
OF youngsters. the city having appro.
priated $4,000 for Its equipment. The
plans include tennis courts and swir-
ming and wading pools. which can DC
turned into skating aud curling places
In the winter.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
BRING THEM HERE. gter
a. BOYS, We WANT EN-

In regard TO Ottnwa's claim to the
state indoor champion. the Streator
Observation-Disclosures has the following
10 say:
IT Is believed that an all-star team
picked from Streator's surfeit OF ma.
terlal would have no trouble in trim.
ming the Ottawa bunch. Streator I'm.
Goubtedly has more indoor teams and
players than any other town in the
world for it, size II probably win
have chance for the state ihonors.
A game will probably be arranged in
tho near future between Streaioro
best Team and Ottawa's crack nine"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27

MIKE GIBBONS IN TRAINING F0R ONE OF
MS BATTLES.
he was after 1t was over. He act
cd the loser after the bout. The Joy
which usually seizcs Il winner escaped
him.
whats the matter, MikeY inquired
u friend. "Why so blue? You ought
to be happy after doing what you did
to Ahearn."
"iin not Il bit happy" returned Mike.
I'm sorry very sorry. that knocked
that boy out, That ends his career.
He'll not be able to make very much
money now. Had he stayed the ten
rounds he could have gone along and
been Il good card and earned lots Of
money" Mtn
Mike has thought too much about
the fdIarc OF his opponentsih his con.
tests ana has suffered by criticism us
result. Today he Is better than he
over was In his life, and If he would
but 20 into every fight determined to
win as quickly Ms possible he would
soon enjoy the popularity that should
be his.
Mike Gibbons laced the stuiling on,
Of Harry Grcb IN Il six round bout IN
Philadelphia recently Grcb Inns now
the honor Of boxing SIX round NJ
4 decision contest With the wizard ol
st Paul. III carl II Grcb Il lot Of
matches, incidentally lot Of money
lt'll not ect Michael Gibbons u bloom
ing thing
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
PEORIA TEAM BEST
IN THIS STATE

The Holt Caterpillars who will meet
DR.. Wondell's All.Star team are re-
earIcd as The best in the state and
an interesting battle Is promised for
the fans when they meet here Thurs
day evening. II is costing over $50
to stage the game and thus the entire
support OF the fandom Is needed Of
ficlals are hoping for record.break-
ing crowd.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
Judged by Appearances.

You can't always Judge by appear.
anceS."
Il just had costly demonstration of
that fact. Because l saw Flubdub
chewing toothpick thought 1t would
be safe to invite him to lunch. But he
went right along and hung me up for
an expensive lot % grub. Kansas City
Journal
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
GIBBONS TOO CHARITABLE.
Letting Inferior Foes Stay Limit No
Way 10 Earn Popularity.

Way 10 Earn Popularity.
Mike Gibbons as a boxer ranks with
tho greatest the ring has ever known.
AS Il fighter Mike isn't there, because
there is too much charity in his soul.
He is ever feeling for the other fellow
Nike knows that there are few who
compare with him in the point of box
ing skill, although he never does talk
about his greatness. 1t is the knowl.
edge, however, that causes him to e..
tend the bond of sympathy TO 50 many
Of his opponents and brings him with
in the pale Of criticism.
After the fight with Young Ahearr
In ST. Paul. which M4c won by
Knockout In the first round, the story
goes, and Is told by his present man
ager, Eddie Kane. OF how downcas
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27

Don't miss the best game Of the year
Thursday evening ut the armory be-
twncn peoria's best team and the
All Stars.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27

Those who have been following col.
lcge basketball players worry. closely slc-
clarc that In Schwarzcf Syracuse hss
tho best center In the easks st,f
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
SPORTS
SCOOP
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The Old Timer TaIks.


Il often dream OF other days"
An ancient fight fans said:
When fighters all had fightin' ways
And fighting blood was red
often wish that could see
Old Fitz fight once again
And memory brings back to me
\ dream OF tightin' men
The ring amt what it used 10 be.
When John l.. laid EN- low,
For then they battled maniully-
Those boys OF long ago.
But now, ah. now it's different;
The cave men are no more;
The modern boxer is gent
Who does net fight for gore
THE hottest bouts they stage today
To me are tame and slow
They wouldn't be good workouts for
The boys | used to know
They have their ups and downs
Porch climbers.
Painters.
Umbrellas.
Elevator boys.
lnemen.
Window washers.
Hack drivers.
Sport writers. a
NOW is THE TIME TO START
YOUR CHRISTMAS SAVINGS FOR
POTATOES.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27
SPIKE KELLY BEATS.
RUSSELL At RACINE.
CHICAGO WELTERWElGHT WHO
FOUGHT DRAW WITH GOATS"
polG, WINS EASY MATCH LAST
EVENiNG-kEWAN FIGHTER
lOSES-OTHER FIGHT RESULTS

Racine, Wis, Feb. 21.--Spike Kelly
of Chicago. north side, earned the de-
cision over Reb Russell, of tho south
side, last night in the ten round fea-
ture of the fight show in the Racine
Auditorium.
Superior rlngcraft won for Kelly
and he forced the battle to his less
experienced foe and took advantage
of many openings left by the younger
mauler. Spikes left jabs found the
Rebels face consistently and Kelly
had much the better of the fighting al
close quarters.
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Spike Opens with Rush.

up big lead early in the quarrel.
Russell made his best stand in the
sixth round, when he opened a cut
under Kelly's left eye end got in three
or four Earring left smashes TO the
face. Reb won that round. but It
probably was the only one in which
he had clean shade.
Kelly won at least six rounds, and
had q bit the better Of three sessions
that might have been called even.
Despite the reverse, Russell gave Z
good account OF himself. KeAy's rush
ing resulted in a lot Of clinching, but
the fight was fairly clean. and both
boys made stipulated weight. 147
pounds.
Chicago sent rather a small crowd
to the quantity show, but there was a
fair house. nevertheless, and prob
ably 1900 eligible voters were dstrib-
uted about the arena after the folks
from. the Chicago special were seated.
John Dory. brother Of the terrible
Joe. was. stopped by Sailor Clicker in
tie third round Of the scheduled four
round opener, and Slicker weighed
1862 against Johns III pounds.
Bishop Gives kautx Beating.
Joe Bishop OF Whiting. gave Bill,
Kautx. a Racine featherweight, a pain
FIJI boxing lesson in the first Of the
three ten round attractions, and Joe
hit William a million times, more or
less. f,ttfy landed n few good punches
but, spent most Of the fight blocking
Bishops leads with head, face and
body. Kautz spurted In the ninth and
wolf the round, but It was only fash,
and Bishop had clean shade in seven
rounds.
Joe Dory, the Racine mankiller. beat
Joe Herrick, of Kewanee. by slight
margin In the ten round semi-windup
Dory found the Kewanee wild man
abodt the toughest proposition he has
encountered since lie started lighting,
and Herriek rushed the knocker out
all over the ring, throwing wild swings
In Dory's direction.
.1f Cleaner Blows by Dory.
Many Of these attempts found a
mark on Uory's head or body, but the
Racine oby won by landing the great
est number Of clean blows. Dorys
deadly right swing found the Herrick
chin half dozen times, but Herrick
never was In serious distress. Her
riok's freakish style lent comedy
tinge to the bout but his earnest try
Ing wen him the favor of the house
I1ory weighed l55h pounds and his
rival 1907,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-27

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said decedent in and to the following
described real estate: Lot Number
One Hundred Eighty-Two (1S2) in
Haynes Addition to the City OF Rich
mond. Wayne County. Indiana. Said
sale will be made subject to the ap-
proval of said court for not less than
two-thirds of the full appraised value
of said real estate, and upon the fol-
lowing terms and conditions: At least
one-third Of the purchase money cash
in hand, the balance in two equal in
stallments payable in not to exceed
nine and eighteen months. evidenced
by notes of the purchaser bearing six
per cent. interest from date. waving
relief, providing attorney fees. and
secured by mortgage on the real es-
tate, sold. The purchaser at such sale
will be further required to give bond
to secure the payment according to its
terms, Of certain mortgage lien upon
said real estate in favor of the Pea
pies Hcme and Savings Association
OF Richmond, Indiana, upon which is
due the principal sum of Four Hun
dred Eighty-three and 25-1O0 (483.25)
Dollars, with interest at 6.24 per cent.
from September Is. 1916. said mort
gage appearing Of record at page 1872
Of Mortgage Record ia, in the Re-
corder's Office of Wayne County, and
subject to which real estate is to be
sold.
THE GERMAN.AMERICA TRUST
AND SAVINGS BANK, Admins
traitor of the Estate Of David H.
Bennett, Deceased.
Robbins, Keller & Robbins,
Attorneys. jun1-S-15
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