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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12
GIANTS UNABLE
TO SHAKE J|NXtS
McGraw's Men Dropped Twenty-Five
Battles for Want of One Lone
Tally-Coopcr Worst Hoodoo.

Like the Yankees, the Giants have
their jinxes and hoodoos. but there
was no pitcher on the National league
circuit last season who oppressed She
McGrawites as Mordecai Brown used
to Cypress them eight or nine years
ago, nor was there any player who
wrought the damage on attack like
Joe Tinker was won't to do when the
great Cub machine was running at
its smoothest clip.
McGraw's men dropped twenty-five
battles Tor the want of one wee tally
during the 1917 campaign, presenting
the run that eventually decided things
to their opponents on four occasions
Seven extra round battles went against
the residents and the enemy flashed
nix nine inning rallies that meant de-
feats for Pa Knickerbocker's National
league representatives. Making the
necessary deductions for applications
to pick out the men who did the
most damage to the Giant cause.
Cooper Real link.
No pitcher registered more than
three victories over the champions
last iesson. eight men having rec
ord of this kind The eight were Ar
tie Nehf. OF Boston; RUDE Vanguard
and Larry Cheney. OF Brooklyn, Jim
Vaughn. OF Chicago; Fred Toney, OF
Cincinnati. Jimmy Lavender. Of Phila-
dolphin, Wilbur Cooper. OF Ptttsburg.
and Leon Ames, OF st. Louis. Half
OF these men ed through all three
of their successes against the Nc
GRANTEES, the quartet OF stickers con-
sisting OF Cooper. Lavender. Vaughn
and Toney The Pirate gave the
Giants four runs in his three wins.
the Phillies gave them four. thu Cubs
gave them six and the Red gave them
seven. Cooper's teammates supplied
him with seven counters. eighteen
were made behind Lavender and be-
hind Tonev and twenty three behind
Vaughn. so II looks, from thSse fig,
u-es. as If cooper more than any one
else. was the Giants Mordecai Brown
OF 1917
Thorpe Did Damage
Said man--Jim Thorpe--again Is on
the reserve list of the New York Ma
tional league club. The Indian dur
battles .gainst the Giants. no other
player on the circuit wrecking more
than one close game against them.
The offenders, the Pirates. strange
to say. took more close games from
the Giants with out help through blum
ders than any other team. They land
ed five. Brooklyn took six. but two
of the contests were given to the
| Gowanus tea m ON errors. Gibson and
Benton. being this donors. These were
the men who drove in the winning
run In the twenty-one tight tussles the
! Giants let escape last season:
Poston. kelly.
! Brooklyn. Hickman, Olson, John
ston and z. Wheat
- Chicago. 3--Deal. Wilson and Eel
Ger.
/ Cincinnati. s-Thorpe ~ and
Groh
Philadelphia, f-Niehoff,
Pittsburg. 5--Schmidt. Cooper,
/ Ward, Bigbee and sCarey.
st, Louis, 4-Cruise., Ames. Smyfhe
and Snyder.
sCarey did not bat IN winning run
he stole home with IL.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12
BOB FTTZSIMMONS' LIFE Is
ROMANCE OF SPORTING WORLD
By JAMES J. CORBETT
Copyright, 1917 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)

lie agitation for a contest between Fttz
and Jim Hail. then recognized as the
middieweiEht champion of Australia.
Hall agreed TO the bout and Ii was
staged in Sydney, Australia. February
10. 1890.
Fitz lost that fight to Hall in the
fourth round. Whether he was beaten
fairly or whether he quit to Hall.
do not know. Fitx often was quoted
he was tricked as to his share Of the
purse and that the only way he could
get his money was to lose the fight.
Some writer's have II that Ffts used
the money he received from the Hall
fight to pay his passage to the United
States. j doubt It, because F1tx told me
himself soon after his arrival In San
Francisco:
II had wanted 20 come 60 America
for several years but never could get
the money together. wouldn't be
here now II it wasn't for Jameson.
purser on the ship Alameda which
brought me over. He knew I wanted
TO come TO America and he liked me
so well he really smuggled me on his
ship--and here / am"
Fitz arrived in San Francisco some
time in April OF 1880 He was a great
figure in pugilism in Australia. but he
was little more than an unknown In
the United States. In those days very
little sporting news was cabled and
only few mail stories from Australia
touched on boxing affairs All that
really was known of Fitz here was that
he had made a good record as an
amateur and second rate professional,
hut had been beaten decisively In
! championship fight with Hall. So pro-
meters didn't, clamor for Fitz's services
and Fitz went ightless until an ac-
ctdent to another boxer gave him
3 his first chance to show what he
could do.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

again put the Quakers on the high
football map. And the hopes of the
Quakers have risen high for the game
of the season with Cornell on Thanks
giving Day.
The Brown eleven suffered an in.
glorious defeat at the hands OF the ma
val reserve team, being defeated. IS
to 0. But the stigma Of the defeat
can be iessened when II is known
that the victorious team was led by
Cupid Black. and had in its lineup
some stellar college stars
The Navy blasted the hopes OF the
Georgetown eleven when 1t took tho
Washington eleven into camp. 2s to
7. The men from the National cap
ital had visions of beating the Mid
dies, but the ease with which the
Navy men tore through their lines
squashed their aspirations.
The Indians proved an essy mark
for the Army. II took Elmer OIL
plant Just one period to size the war
riors up In that inning he scored
two touchdowns and then retired.
The rest of the game was played with
substitutes. but the first period set
tied It.
Athletes from Ohio state eliminated
Wisconsin from the conference cham
pionship. winning by l6 to 3. KS
consin built up defense for Harley
of Ohio. but forgot to build UP de-
fences for forward passes. Every once
In n while Harley would pull off a
forward pass'to Boien or Yerger.
Northwestern dow~ned the Michigan
Aggies by score of 36 to s. North
western held the Michiganders score
less until the last period. when Coach
Murphy put in some OF his third string
OF men.
Nebraska far outclassed Missouri.
winning So TO 0. There were no other
important Western games as the Ma
rooms were resting up for their game
with Minnesota next Saturday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

The LATEST figures released by the
secretary es- as.4ars- ts-scioptrT- icavu
including games of November 9, show
that c. II, Cosby is still leading all
other bowlers for the single game high
score with i1s., The high average for
three contests Is held by Jack Rich
ardson with 314. breaking the pre-
vious record of 3i0 made by BENTLEY
Cosby and Boots" Bowman. The
Giants head all other teams in the
number OF naples spilled with 3,953 for
nine games. making an average of 43a
per game. The complete averages are
a follows:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12
RALPH RAMSEY.

Dear MIR Corbett; Was John l. Sui
lvan ever the heavyw eight champion
Of the world?
r. S. TERRY.
John l. sullivan. In my opinion. was
the heavyweight champion Of the
world. | gave my reasons for this In
article which appeared In this
parer sometime ago. Since then have
had quite a number Of letters from
readers who do not see IT, Very shortly
| am going TO write another article
on this subject which will deal with
the ways and wherefores of cham
pionship.
Dear Mr.. Corhett: Was Bob Titzsim-
mons ever knocked out in the second
round by Jack Johnson:
Jack johnson knocked out Bob Fits-
simmons III the SECOND round of their
only meeting on July II. 1907. In Phil
adelphis At that time Bob was for
tH-nvc wears old and was attempting
to come back"
Dcar Mr. Corbett; where and when
was Terry McGovern born
]. KELLY.
March 3 1880 in Youngstown Pa
peac MIR. Corbett: Who is considered
tbs better aH-round ayer--Wheat. Of
the Dodeers, or Burns. of the Giants?
r... CHARLIE
Dear Mr.. Corbett. in what round did
Benny Leonard knock out Freddie
WELSH
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12
Id,uor Case Continued.

The case of Mrs. P, H. Wallis.
charged with storing liquor in her
home, 401 North Fifth street, for
commercial purposes, was continued
in police c6oIt by Justice Maurice
SatNrAnv WITH NoVember 18th.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12
Sheltcring Arms Managers to Meet.

A meeting of the board OF man
ayers OF the Sheltering Arms. Free
hospital will be held this morning at
IL o'clock at the hospital. The meet
ing will receive reports from the do
nation day" recently held and VIII
consider further plans TO take care Of
the patients In the hospital
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Cans knock out during his career? t3)
who was the first fighter to knock out
Cans? 80 Was Battling Nelson ever
the lightweight champion of the
world?
X o. BROWN.
ID The longest bare knuckle fight on
record took place in Melbourne, Aus
tralis, in 1856 between James Kelly
and -5enetha.e SMITH lasted; stx hours
and fifteen minutes. The longest glove
contest was between Abe Bowen and
j. Burke in 1893 in New Orleans. II
lasted seven hours and Nineteen
minutes ~ Cans knocked out fifty
four men in 1856 fghts go George Me-
Fadden was the first man to knock out
Joe Cans. He turned the trick In the
twenty third round of one of their
meetings in 1899. ~ Battling Nelson
became the lightweight champion of
the world when he knocked out Cans
in the seventeenth round of their
meeting July 4. 1908.
Dear Mr.. corbett who had the bet
or Peckinpaugh the New York short
stops2
Unoficial records give Peckinpaugh
2s2 and Fletcher .261, $751;, -,.e-
Dear Mr. Corhett: What were the
1917 batting averages Of the White
Sox and Giants?
Giants 260: white 2ox. .253.
Dear MI Corbett. Was Hans Lobert
ever a member of the Pittsburg Ma
tionals?
H, r. X.
Lobert never played with the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Dear Mr. Corbett, \ man Is on irst
base. The batter bits the ball to the
infeid md the inhelder who gets the
bail throws it 80 second base. Must
the second basemau touch the runner
with the bail or Just touch the bag?
GUS.
1t Is only necessary 10 touch the bag.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Hy James j. Corb,tt.

Dear Mr., Corbett: What was the
farthest kick ever made tn football up
to this season and who made the
kick7
RALPH RAMSEY.
The longest goal from placement
kick was sixty five yards made by J.
7. Haxell, Of Princeton. against Yale
November 30. 1882. The longest drop
Kick on record is the sixty-three yard
boot made October 1e, 1918. by Marke
Payne. OF Dakota Wesleyan against
Northern Normal, --4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Editors Note: This is the first or n
!. series ~ articles hy jim Corbett that
deal with the career of Bob Fttzstm-
mons. Few men knew tlt2 as Cor
bctt knew him and SO these stories re
veal some incidents in the life of FitE-
simmons that never before have been
printed. The next chapter will appear
tomorrow
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

roar Mr. Corbett Did anyone ever
knock cut Benny Leonard? If So
y-Hn vsas ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Deer Jim "fI)-~ Whaf lis the longest
night On record and who were it's con-
testantat go How many men did joe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Dear Mr. Corbett; when worlds
championship Is involved can one
fighter win the title from another on
referees decision or must that man
knock out the champion?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

The championship can be won on a
referee decision. Freddie welsh be-
came the lightweight champion and
Johnny ktlbane the featherweight
champion by winning the decision after
twenty rounds of fghting,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Benny Leonard has been Knocked
ou- twice during hts career Joe Shu-
gr'ie turned the trick in four rounds
In 1919. Will Was Leongrd's first year
as u prof 'ss.Duat boxer. In 1914
frankie Fleming scored Knockout
vieto~y over Leonard In five rounds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Dear Mr.. Corbett: Was Bob FitzsIm-
mons ever knocked out in the second
round by Jack Johnson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Dear Mr., Corhett. Did Packey Nc.
Fariand and Mike Gibbons ever night
each otherr II so, what was the re-
sult7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

NJ. Il.
Mcfarland and Gibbons met but
once. That was ? ten round no-deci g.
sion bout in Brighton Beach. New
y ork, September ~ 1918.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Irish Patsy Cline was born in Ire
land of Irish parents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

y. W T FFANk n.
No. but he was catcher for the Bos-
ton Nationals from 1910 To 1919 tnciu-
EiVe Then he went To tie Federal
league and remained there uptp the
Giants secured him IN 1915
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12
MIG LUMBER Plant
UNDER con sTRUCTToS

Il Is only necaskarX 70 toue
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-12

Jack johnson knocked out Bob Fltz-
simmons III the second round Of their
only meeting on July H. 1907. In Phil
fdeiphie. At that time Bob was for
tH-t.vc years old and was attempting
10 come back"
The Arvada enterprise., 1917-06-14

and threw themselves against the pail
SADIE, wet and chilled from the rain,
but yet madly. recklessly. Americans
and foreigners alike. They would hold
1t by main strength for another min.
ute, they swore, obllvious to the fact
that just as soon as 1t went 1t would
60 with rush.
The stockade would be swept ava,
first. and they would go with 1t. What
Of that? The men back of it matched
their brawny arms against rain and
wind, the powers Of man against the
powers of God, but not mockingly. It
Is perhaps doubtful II they realized
what they did. It was instinct, habit,
blind desperation now. II the flimsy
wall failed under the terrific water
pressure, they would be hurled beneath
1t, swept down the slope Of the dam,
buried in the debris as 1t was swept
away, caught up II they by any chance
survived so far, and hurled, broken and
battered, down the valley In the ter
rlble flood that would ensue. What
did they know about that, or knowing,
what did they care, as they strained
Mt the wavering timber WALTZ And
still they held Us the rain poured down
on them, soaking through their soggy
clothes, the colder on their exhausted
bodies for the keen wind that blew
across them.
Well, they had done everything they
could. Vandeventer jumped down and
pressed himself against the nearest
timber with the men and waited, silent.
He had never sustained such q pres
sure in all his life. Like Atlas, he
felt as If he were holding up a world.
And the knocking thing about 1t all
was his feeling, nay his realization,
that he was not really holding any.
thing, that If the palisades failed, his
pressure, his resistance and that of all
the other men amounted to nothing,
Yet he held on, and they. too-demi.
gods.
The Arvada enterprise., 1917-06-14

the water were as high a. the top
there'd only be two feet Of head in the
uncompleted splllway. and that
wouldn't be enough to discharge 1t at
the rate it's been coming In"
"Of course" said Handkerchief
thoughtfully. sand II the dam goes"
he added. there are ten miles Of back
water up there and millions Of cubic
yards impOunded, which would sweep
down the valley. There wouldn't be
. thing left Of the camp. the town, the
new railroad bridge, or anything else"
Coming on top Of the international,
the loss Of this big and expensive via
duct would about hnIsh the Martlet
company" said Meade thoughtlessly.
Vandeventer looked at him sharply.
An Idea suddenly came to him. Meade
Ind turned away his head as he real
lied his slip. 30 he did not observe the
light in vandeventer's eyes. However.
the resident engineer was a good sort.
"YOu are right" he said quickly. n
hate to call out the men. but we've got
little chnnce. now the rain has
stopped, and we can work to advantage
In spite OF nll this awful mud"-he lift
ed his foot up and disclosed 1t caked
and clOgged with masses. "I'll take
charge In the center here. and Stafford
on the left, and I'm going to give you
charge OF the east end Of the dam. over
by the splllway. II only those drills
Ind been here six weeks ago."
1--WE might set the men to work on
that rock now" said Meade.
ut would be useless. There's too
much Of 1t. No. II we're going to save
the dam. we've got to build It up and
try to keep ahead OF the waters II
they rise my more. The higher we
can build II the greater will be the
head on the spillway. and the more
will be discharged. I'll turn the men
out mt once"
"But what are you going to dor
I'm going to pallsade the top OF the
dam. There's plenty OF timber already
cut down, and We will cut 4 lot of
young pines and build a palIsads wall
Of timber across the top three or four
feet back from the edge. Well banked
on the downstream side. II may hold"
ut might be worth while to line that
pallsade with galvanized Iron sheets
from the houses" said Meade.
"A good ldea." said vnndeventer.
"nnd we'll pile what underbrush and
small stun we have In front Of the
pallsade and heap what rocks We can
flnd on top Of that. and well bank II
up on the other side with earth. It's
poor dependence. but It will hold for a
while anyway. md every moment OF
time mny be precious"
"How about snndbags, sirf'
"Wc've got q few hundred cement
bags. but not enough. wish we had
n few thousand; however. we will MI
what we have. and " the water rises
and begins to trickle over the top and
through the pnllsnde. we'll jnm those
down ut the danger points. Can you
suggest anything morei"
Nothing"
Good. Wen turn out the men.
They've Ind six hours sleep anyway"
The Arvada enterprise., 1917-06-14
CHAPTER XIV.
The Battle.


II was now three o'clock Ia the
morning. In about half mn hour the
men. naturally grumbllnE and protest
ing ut being deprived OF any Of their
sleep. were out and ut work. Lanterns
were lighted everywhere. The rain
had fortunately not resumed. md the
air was soon filled with noise and con-
fusion. Men with axes were busy on
the hillside cutting tho young pines.
Horses were hltchcd to the dump wnG-
ons. the steam shovel BEGIN tearing
away the hillside. Some Of the men
were detailed to knock down some
OF the galvanized Iron houses and the
battcring Of the hammers on the metal
added to tho din.
Under Vnndcvcntcr's personal dircc-
ton a row Of stakes wns driven into
tho top Of the dam about three fec,
from the front OF II. Big sheets OF
overlapping galvanized iron were
nnilcd roughly to the fronts Of the
firmly bcdded stakes and the small
branches and bruxhwood were thrown
down before II. Bowldcrs and big
stones were carried out on the dam In
tho wagons md thrown down on the
brentwood: spare timbcrs, broken
wagon beds. old wheels. joists Of dis
msinbered houses were driven Into the
The Arvada enterprise., 1917-06-14

00SU NtS8EN0s
no results. A careful study Of RID
ney's notes upon the subject had oily
served the more thoroughly to conv'ilcs
them that Meade was blameless. Hut
the most asslduous effort with me
heartiest will In the world and ne
promptings Of devotion and recs on
could not make q case out II til Ne
suggestions and their infereuces Slat
would hold water. They cold not es.
tablish their contention beyond pend.
venture In the face Of Meade's dir ,ct
admission and Shurtlifrs >orvl,nra.
ton. They could not establish 1t In the
public mind by any evidence at ali II
Meade and Shurtllf. remained silent
If either one or the other Of the tvc
conspirators could be brought to .rll
the truth, Meade could be restored, at
least sufficiently SO for the purpose of
argument; the argument that Helen
lilingworth sooner or later must mike
to her father. 1t was that to yhicl, abe
gave the most thought, It was for I, at
she planned and longed,
Two people cannot resolve. even by
mutual consent to dismiss from a. .ir
daily thought and conversation my
subject whatsoever without introl &c.
Ing In place Of 1t certain Constant
1t is ms futile to attempt to dismiss
anything absolutely from the hunan
mind MS Is the oft-suggested curY or
rheumatism - doing certain thngs
without thinking Of the dlseaoe sought
to be cured!
The Arvada enterprise., 1917-06-14
CHAPTER XVI.

The Ancient Art Of Fascination.
And much of the last wild hurricane
Of work took place under the observa.
ton Of a woman!
From the top Of the big mesa there
was q clear view Of the new reservoir,
from the dam on one side far back into
the hills on the other. In spite of
the tremendous downpour and the
fierce gale Helen Illingworth stood ex-
posed to both attacks, and, indeed, In.
different to them-albeit protected by
slicker and boots and sou'wester-fas-
cinated by the titanic struggle between
nature and man Of which she was q
witness.
The general Investigation by Rodney
and Miss Illingworth had produced
The Arvada enterprise., 1917-06-14

sort Of insanity took possession Of
them. They would not be beaten. They
cried. at first shrilly and then hoarsely
and raucously, encouraging words and
Phrases from one to another; In words
vivid, profane. desperate. They stood
there and they heaved and dug and
piled and hammered and hurled and
drove nercely. 1t was battle mad
ness that came into them. They saw
red like the hsrserker Of old. Yes, 1t
was not unlike battle in other ways,
for with the rush Of the northwest
storm came roaring mighty thunder
and vivid and terrifying lightning. It
was Us II great darts Of light literally
were hurled by some gigantic hand be-