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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-16
Installation of Machinery.

Where the farm is large, and 1t Is
not possible to procure sufficient labor.
1t will certainly be more profitable. as
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
BhPTISTS WAN 7.
To MEET CHAMPS
Team of Central Baptists
Seek Game With Basket
ball Champions.

Corp. Frank J. Stark, manager OF a
basketball team representing the
Central Baptist church. is out with
Z challenge for the First Christian
team which won the championship OF
The Church league for the season OF
1918 Manager Stark stated Tuesday
that his team is anxious TO meet the
champions next Saturday night OF any
other date convenient to the First
Christian team.
The team representing the Central
Baptist is said TO have started in the
Church league games but was unable
70 keep together Lately they have
got together for practice and are anx-
ious for a game with the season win
ners- The original team has been
strengthened by several strong play
ers and lately the boys have shown up
well IN practice. Members OF the
team are Kirkendau and stark. for
wards; Copp and Martin, centers;
Gaddy, Baker and Fritrow. guards.
II the Christians want a game they
may get into communication with
manager stark by calling phone num-
Der 1857, casual camp. Members OF
the Central Baptist team have also
declared their intention Of organizing
a baseball team and will probably
participate in the indoor games TO be
held at the ~ gym.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19

one and full Of action all the way,
stone making 4 great finish. but not
enough TO get a draw. The decision
was a popular one. however. and the
winner IS to be matched again with
Jimmy Clabby.
At Brisbane, another stadium con-
troiled by Snowy Baker. Eugene Vol
oire, the French lightweight. defeated
Hector Melville in 4 slashing 20
round contest Special mention was
made Of the attendance, which was
larger than usual and which would
indicate that the interest in boxing
there is anything but on the decline.
It was also stated that the advance
sale for the contest between Jack
Hit and Jim Millerick, for the Vie
toria championship, was unusually
large, indicating a big attendance.
Numerous contests, IN fact more so
than has been the case for some time.
are being arranged at different
stadiums over there. which would in
dicate that the boxing game is hold
ing its own despite the war. and that
rs soon as the nations stop scrapplng,
there viii be plenty Of interest in
the boxing contests. especially with
there.
Right Way to Settle It.
Mike O'Dowd. the new claimant OF
the middleweiEht title. is to be con
granulated on one thing-no matter
whether he is the legitimate cnam-
pion OF not, he is adopting the right
course by agreeing TO meet any man
in the division. Harry Grebb, the
Pittsburgh contender, and also claim
ant OF the title before Al Mccoy was
put down and out by O'Dowd, has
been matched with Nike for a ten
round battle at st. Paul February %.
the weight TO be at the limit. 15S
nj = - -r- a
the part Of both lads TO settle the
dispute as to the championship. even
though II Is in 2 no decision contest
There Will probably be a winner
either way and the lads recognize
the fact that the man getting the
popular verdict will be hailed as the
champion.
To my mind, Mike Gibbons is mas
ter OF both lads when II comes TO
boxing at the middleWeight limit,
but as Mike has been lax in arraAg-
ing matches OF that kind and has
always steered away from the long
distance events. it is only fair to
holder and let them defend the same
against all Corners II there is a
on February %, It would be q
great thing for the game if Mike
Gibbons would consent to meet tn
one to get the verdict and thus bring
aoOut champion Without any Lur-
Their argument as to claims, etc. Glib
bons really owes it to the game to
arrange match Of that kind. and NJ
the same time il would no doubt
bring good returns financially. 10
Michael. With his constant training
in the military camp, where he is in
structor. he would be in fine shape
to start work for a match Of thai
kind, and there are thousands of
boxing fans who would be interested
and anxious to see it go through.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19

! locating at the hamlet OF Carroll,
where was born April Is. 1875.
shortly after NY birth ny gar
ents came to California, located in
Los Angeles county, and I have al
ways felt that the Golden West was
my native land. IN fact, California
claimed me as its champion when !
fought Gus Rubin. July IS. 1897. who
had come to the west as the chau-
pion Of Ohio.
Loved Open.
Ny boyhood was like that OF any
other whOle-souled American boy. I
loved the open and the call OF the
wild was over ne. and NY one ambi-
ton was TO be a farmer and a cattle
raiser. But I wanted none but ths
best, and that IS why I was 50 late
starting in my present field
AS a boy 7 had ny quarrsls and
fought when I had to and Stunned
fights when could At that ] liked
to box, play baseball and do things
like the athletes. OF whom I used to
love to read. Finally I was old
enough to join an athletic club, and
~ S-ly installed a mem6ay OF
the Los Angeles lfhTstfc ciuz
Ny dad believed my size. strength
and ability to stand hard work fitted
ne for the boiler making trade, and I
was apprenticsd to the Lacy Manu-
featuring company, and I might add
that this was ny first and only JOB,
although I did hammer away at some
OF the boilers in the Southern Pacific
railroad shops while pursuing ny
apprenticeship
Barred for C1umsIness.
while thus engaged IN the day, ny
nights were spent at the club. and It
was hard for me TO find anyone TO
box with me, for I was such a raw.
awkward, clumsy fellow. IN fact. I
was so rough and unlearned In the
rules OF the game that the directors
wanted to bar ne from TIE club, and
for long time kept ne from engzg-
ing in what was ny faTorite sport.
And perhaps this made me al the
more determined TO become a boxer.
at the eIub they thcuEht
was about ready for q fine lick
ing when bis Hank Griffin, q big.
husky eOiored fellow, with 4 good
punch and considerable kn0wl-
edge Of the boxing game, was
picked out an the nan capable OF
whipping me. The name OF Hank
Griffin hesded the list OF men
who afterwurd lowered their col
OTIS TO me-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
PROSPECTS OF WAR TIME TEAMS
PHILLTES CRIPPLED BY LOSSES

Dlhoefer. promising young catcher.
20 Philadelphia But Diloehefer can
not take the place OF Killifer. Moran
has Burns and Adams in the Eindpad
department. His catching staff is
much weaker than s was last year.
The list OF Phil players shows
Bender. Lavender. Mayer. Oeschger
staff Preadergast. from the Cubs. is
a seasoned pitcher. Sut far from be-
ing dependable. B1umgardner, Buck
les, Davis and Woodward ara new
comers to the pills. The first named
has had his fling in the majors sew
eral times before and Davis. though
a smart pitcher with something on
the ball. IS rather slight in build TO
stand heavy work in the big show,
according TO reports
Good InfieId.
The infield combination OF the Pills
may not be changed very greatly
Luderus. Neihoff. Bancroft and stock
remain. and Moran has Branded.
DuEey, Pearce and McGaffigan who
Will fight for jobs. The last named
player is an infielder OF great prom
Use. but not expected to knock any OF
the fences down
The loss OF Paskert leaves Moran
with Cravath. Whitfield and Schultz Of
last years veteran gardeners In ad-
dltion he has Cooper. Fitzgerald.
Weiser and Fred Williams. Williams
is exnected 20 make good
All in all the Pills now look
Ike 2 club Vrhfch VIII travel Eonre
20 or 80 games behind last -earss
speed. and II they do they Will
have = battle to beat the Giants.
Cubs Reds Dodgers. Braves and
Cards out OF first division herths.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
Dempsey Shows Promising
Form and Is Hard / Hitter
by T. 5. ANDREWS.

- He showing Of Jack Dempsey
! the coast heavyweight. against
some OF the big fellows lately
! has convinced boxing critics and fans
that the Salt Lake contender whom
Jack Kearns unearthed is entitled to
a match with Fred Fulton. claimant
Of the heavyweight title. Dempsey
was sent against Homer Smith, the
Michigan cyclone, at Racine, Wis,
last week and he made short work of
the big fellow. who had put up a
good battle against Bill Brennan, OF
Chicago. only a few weeks previous
ly; in fact, the knockout in the first
round was so clean cut that he was
voted chance with any OF them.
Should the Fulton-Moran fight at
New Orleans go through without fur
Their worry or delay, then the win
ner will find AIr. Dempsey waiting
At the gate for chance.
Dempsey was given the verdict in
four round bout with Carl Morris
at San Francisco and also over Gun
boat Smith, both of whom have also
been defeated by Fred Fulton There
IS no doubt that the Minnesota plas-
terer has been an in-and-outer at
times. due in a measure, to lax meth
DDS more than anything else, and il
has worked much harm to his ability
as champion fighter. Many man
ayers, with less fortitude than Nike
Collins, would have given up the bat
tie to place Fulton at the ton long
ago There IS no doubt about the
ability Of Fulton when he is right.
and he has proven that he is just as
game as the rest Of the heavy
weights and can take a beating if
necessary, but he has the habit Of
getting in bad just at the wrong
time Just the same. Fulton can box
ana tight, and II he meets Frank No
ran in the south 1t is a good bet that
he VIII stop the blond Pittsburgher
something Jess Willard failed to do.
In the meantime, Fred is liable to
take on Dempsey in a ten round bat
tie just to show that he is not afraid
OF any OF the conteuders, big OF
email There IS one thing about
Manager Collins that is commend
e Bile IN the boxing game-he is not
afraid TO make his man fight and
fight often, no matter whom they
bring along.
Which Must We Believer
According to reports from San
francisco, brought over by some Of
the returning boxers, the fighting
game in Australia is at a very low
ebb. These reports do not coincide
Win adNlceS Just at hand from AUS
tralla and which tell OF some Of the
contests held there recently.
For Instance. Fred Kay the Aus
tralian middleweight champion,
fought Harry Stone. the American
'yelterweight, at Snowy Bakers sta
dium in Syndey before a crowd of
5000 fans. Kay won the contest on
points, but he had considerable ad-
in weight. scaling $50 pounds
and Stone 40 pounds. According tc
the reports, the contest was a good
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19

EW YORK, Feb. 1s.-There
n no doubt that IN the develop
= nlent OF a golfer the question
q temperament must supply a strong
bearing, and that the quick, alert
brain. the class Of mentality which
can grasp the Whys and wherefores
q things with unusual raPidity. Will
develop talent at q greater rate OF
progress than the brain which is
prone 70 act slowly and methodically.
There are. OF course, exceptions 10
this rule as there are some first class
players who may be classified as
having distinctly active brains. and
have taken quite q long period OF
tine % develop their golflng talent,
while On the contrary there are those
who have exhibited exceptional form
ln their younger years and only ar
rive AZ conclusions after mature
thought and consideration.
Develop Differently.
Thus one is forced 10 acknowledge
that there is some other reason for
the exceedingly quick Development
o some players and the compare
lively slow development OF others.
The reason may be found In the Ques-
tion OF physique and the antural de-
Telopment Of that physique.
Confidence has e great deal TO do
with the development Of the player,
although 81 times It Is an overrated
attribute.
IA tie old DAYS Of golf players
used innumerable methods OF grasp
ing their clubs but as the science Of
the game developed most Of the freak
styles were discarded and Il may be
said that present day devotees follow
one Of three forms OF play. Golfers
discovered many years ago that IN
raHLNW the NJ hal
ance for q short approach shot il was
necessary that the club be held in
the fingers II both hands and a little
practice with this grip showed that
i US err ly adapted for the long
game, 60 the palm grip was forced
lnso The discard and what Is known
IS the Two Y" grip became popular
with AL classes OF players.
The 1.-TWO w Grip.
IN mis- grip the club IS grasped IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19

TEw YORK, Feb. 1s.-For tue
N past two years. since the
Phllies won the National
league streamer in 1915, they have
figured as strong con.enders each
spring.
But the spring OF 1918 finds
them away behind in tbs matter
OF prestige, for the loss IF Alex
ander and KiIlifcr WINS stagger-
ing blow from which they can
scarcely be expected to recover.
RIxey, too, Is said TO be lost for
good, and his name does not aP-
pear in the list OF players who
are expected to go south.
When the time for bunting noses
arrives in March. the pills may find
themselves a rather shlggv aggresa-
ton. for there IS no telling what the
draft may do to them yet. and as
things stand now manager Moran
must depend upon recruits u I'll
some gaping holes in the line.
Look for Miracle.
Yet Moran is optimistic he pre-
diets banEup race in the old league
with a Garrison finish which will in
clude three or four clubs. and he
figures the Pills in at the killing.
Pat must expect to perform some
kind OF miracle TO counter balance the
great loss OF power he has suffered
Il is a cinch that a miracle is the
only thing that viii keep the Pills
AS they stand today-in the running
next summer.
The trade with Chicago brought
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
CHRISTIAN FIVE
ARE CHAMPIONS
City Church League Ends
Basketball Season; In
door Baseball Next.

I The First Christian Five has wOr
the championship Of the Church
! league for the 1913 season. by play.
ing five games and winning all o.
them The First Methodist team
landed in second place. having played
five games and won four. The First
Baptists. winning two and losing
two, are third. Other teams Of the
league rank as follows: First Pres
byterians. played four, losing all
games; Catholics. won one and lost
three; Mexican Methodists, played
two and lost two.
william a Young has coached the
champions through the 1918 season
A Fahrenwold has ca9tained them,
and Guy Runyon has been manager.
Players are G. Magruder. I. Flana-
gan. o. Becker, V. Lee. n. Rice and
L. Young
In the last game Of the season at
the y" gym the First Christians de-
q to p. Lineup for Christians:
Young and Lee, forwards: Runyon,
center; Flanagan and Becker, guards.
Lee threw four field goals and missed
one foul; Runyon threw seven and
missed one foul and threw one foul I;
E
one from the field
For the Cathedrals, F. Talbot and
J. Long played forward positions; n
Robertson. center; Seligman and
Carson guards. Talbot threw three
from the field: Long two from the
field, four on foul tries and missed
one FOUL Robertson. two; Seligman
and Carson, one each.
The game between the First Meth
odists and the First Baptists was
close, the Methodists winning by
score Of 20 10 1s- Friend. for the Zap
lists, did stellar work, as did also
klink, Bar and Martin for the Meth
c. Klink and B. Biar played for
wards 70 rthe Methodists; B. Martin.
center; Q. Spence and c. Dean,
guards. Bar threw four baskets
from the field; Klink and Martin,
three each.
For the Baptists, Springer and
Friend held down the forward posi-
tons; Williams, center; REYNOLDS,
Oden and Brown, guards. Friend
threw six field goals and one foul;
Oden and Brown each threw one
from the field and Springer made
one on a foul try.
These games were the last Of the
season for the Church league. Work
has already begun in organizing in
door baseball teams. the schedule
for which will be arranged within q
few days. The first indoor game
viii be played in about two weeks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
os ANGELES. Cal. Feb. -

Os ANGELES. Cal. Feb. 10
James J. Jeffries. former worlds
IL heavyweight boxing champion.
now a California rancher and with
business interests IN Los Angeles,
came from old English fighting stock.
Jeffries says so himself
Like many other historical names.
mine Of Jeffries came from Jeffreys.
and before that from Godfrey" said
the ex-pugiIist here recently. "of
the Godfreys I studied but little ex-
cept to once read that lord Godfrey
was a powerful fighting man OF Scot
land
Ancestor SyTOrdsman-
into England Travelled the Cod
freys, and there was son known IN
the game Of law as lord Jeffreys-
He had seven sons. six Of whom were
adherents OF king James IL and the
Stuarts, his descendants, and each OF
them was famed for his ability 10
WELD q sword.
aAffer the rebellion these six
escaped TO Virginia. and my de-
scent ear be traced in n direct
line to one Of these sonS-John y
JeffreyE-
Following the famous battle OF
Sedgmoor, in 1875. lord Jeffreys con-
Quoted the trials Of the ringleaders,
and 800 Of them were condemned TO
death and executed For this the
populace called him Bloody Jeffreys,'
LAS TO John Jeffreys. he took up
his residence in Kentucky, and his
tory says he was a fighting man OF
the old school and often engaged in
combat with other famous fighters
Of those days. stakes OF $4,000 and
SO. 900 being contested for, while
whole estates were Wagered on the
results BY gentlemen OF Kentucky.
Virginia, or whichever state or COL
only their champion hailed from
A Strong Race.
with the marriage OF John JET
freys and the emigrating Of the other
brothers OF Kentucky, Virginia and
Ohio. many Of them dropped the 'eys'
and the Kentucky family became the
house OF Jeffries, and my father was
a descendant OF these. being born IN
1887, and is now hale and hearty at
the age OF so years.
Later my father enigrated to Ohio,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
Alexander Bonus
BubbIing Again

It seems to be a question OF YER
acity between president Weeghman.
Of the Chicago Cubs, and pitcher
Grover Alexander. Weeghman re-
turned from a visit to Alexander TO
give out the impression that the
pitchers demand for a bonus for
playing with the Cubs had been sat
isfied- Alexander. on his way to
Philadelphia, stopped in Chicago and
said he had not been satisfied and
a bonus before he would play. The
story was that the Cubs would give
$4,000 and that Aleck would get the
other 5000 from the Phillies.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19

: the fingers OF both hands and Is held
! IN such q manner that "" which s
forced by the thumb and first finger
Of each hand. comes directly over the
top center Of the shaft and the
thumbs are placed along the sides
Of the shaft. This is the strongest
grip known, as all the fingers # both
hands grip the club firmly and con-
vey the full power Of the wrists and
arms TO the ball. It is somewhat old
style, but is still used by Charles
Evans, national amateur and open
champion.
While not the first player to make
use OF what is now referred to as
the Vardon overlapping grip, Harry
Nardon was the first golfer to win
renown while using it In this grip
the club is held in the fingers of
both hands, the same as it is in the
Two V" grip but with the new grip
the third finger OF the right hand is
forced Up close to the first finger Of
the left hand and the left thumb rests
along the shaft and Is covered by the
palm of the right hand. The little
finger OF the right hand Is dispensed
with, as far as the gripping OF the
shaft is concerned and in order TO
get il ont OF the Wv it is permitted
to overlap the first finger of the
left hand.
hands closer together and permits
them to work in unison with
each other and Is strongly fa-
vOred and taught by nearly all
leading professionals IN the
country
But there are many who stick to
the old Two V" method, taking the
stand that the professional is con-
stantly using his hands both in club
making and playing and therefore he
possesses FAR more strength in his
fingers than is possessed by the
average player. Such q man can dis
pense with the use Of the little finger
OF his right hand and still have suf-
ficient strength in that hand to throw
the club head into the bail in the
proper manner, but many golfers, and
particularly those who have small
hands. find that they have better con-
troll with the Two v"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
Duffy No Match
for Ted Lewis

Toledo, o., Feb. 19.-Ted Lewis,
welterweight champion, last night
knocked out Jimmy Duffy. of Lock
port, n. Y, in the first round of what
was to have been a Is round bout
Duffy went down for the count of
seven in the first minute of fighting
and never had a chance to recover. as
the champion kept close upon him and
repeatedly sent him down.
The champion and challenger were
evenly matched in weight, the boxing
commission announcing that there
was only eight ounces differences be-
tween the pair. Articles for the match
called for catchweights.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
Frazee Must Pay
Hagern1an Claim

New York, Feb. 1s.-The Baseball
Players fraternity today obtained a
supreme court order here requiring
Harry NJ. Frazee, president Of the Bos-
ton American league club. 70 show
cause tomorrow why he should not be
punished for contempt Of court for his
alleged failure to pay TO Kurt W.
Hagerman. 4 pitcher, S2326, which the
player claims is due him.
The Boston club let Hagerman out
in 1912 and the fraternity contends
that this was done in violation OF his
contract. The fraternity obtained
judgment against the Boston Ameri-
cans last November for the amount
named and says that It was never
paid.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
Champion Australian
Swimmer Will Play Safe
in the United States.

Miss Fanny Durack, writing from
Australia in response TO Inquiries
from those interested in her coming
visit to the United States, has ex-
pressed a preference that her first
races be made handicap events. Her
request may be conceived in the light
Of a wise move, as she has all the ad-
vantages for fast time and none Of
the dangers Of a defeat at the time
Of her debut The long sea voyage,
however smooth the ocean or easy
riding the steamer. is not calculated
to put a swimmer in the best Of con-
dition.
1t is for this reason that the IA
nous Australian woman prefers one
or two weeks OF practice before TAX
ing on serious competition.
The two distances mentioned by
Miss Durack are the 220-yard and
l5O-yard handicaps.
This condition would Just suit
American girl swimmers, as Il will
leave the field open to those best at
the long and short distances.
Unless there has been some new
change in the plans. the worlds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-19
FIRST MATCHES ARE HANDICAPS

/ champion will spend the first days
after arrival in practice at Neptune
Beach, Alameda. This TO be followed
by races on Saturday. and possibly
Sunday.
Since Miss Durack wrote. she has
made an attempt at New South Wales
to lower the record for the mile.
This distance ought to give her little
trouble, in view OF some OF her latest
performances.
In the adyices received by william
Unmack. acting for Miss Duraek. the
statement IS made that Miss Nina
Wylie, holder Of the worlds breast
stroke records, Is preparing to ac-
company her teammate. 1t is even
proposed that she swim the 100-yard
breast stroke from scratch and the
$50 yards free-stroke with Miss Du-
rack. As this plan was made in ad-
vance OF the cablegram. and none Of
the financial arrangements were
made with a view to bringing over
Miss Wylie. it is not likely that she
will make the trip.