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Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
B, JAMES J. CoRBErr

American fighters There was some thing of scramble among them to take on the British warrior but Allen
 elected to wage his next battle against Charlie Gallagher. the Canadian, who
 was making his home at that time III
 Cleveland.
 Gallagher and Allen battled on Car
 roll Island. near St. Louis, on Febru-
 ary 23, 1869. and Gallagher won after
 three minutes of fighting by landing
 a terrific pivot blow on the jugglcr
 of Allen. &
 On July IS of the same year Allen
 took on Mike McCoole in a battle on
 Fosters Island near St. Louis. They
 fought for a 5000 side bet. Allen out fought McCoole at every angle and after nine rounds had been staged Me Coole was thoroughly whipped But at that moment McCooles supporters cut the ropes of the ring-and wild scene followed
 Clubs of the McCoole gangmen were wielded promiscuously = shots were fired from glistening revolvers and portion of the McCoole mob surround ed the referee and demanded-under penalty of death-that he give the de- cision in favor of the bleeding and al most powerless McCoole. Confronted with the alternative of death or de- ciding in favor of a beaten warrior,
 
 T give this fight to McCoole,'' he announced, and then made his escape. | A few days afterward Gallagher again challenged Allen and the con 1 test was fought on Fosters Island, | August IT, 1869. Allen battered his ] rival from one side of the ring to the other for II rounds and Gallagher was | in a terrible condition.
 | But once again Allen was robbed of the fruits of victory. Gala gher' ; l gangmen cut the ropes and dashed at | Larry Vessel who was the referec
 They told him they would kill him if l he didn't give the decision to Ga,- 1 lagher. Without hesitation, Vessel de- 1 clared Gallagher the winner
 l short time afterward Jem Mace, the great English fighter arrived in Amer l lea, merely on a little pleasure trip. . However, the boasting challenge issued | by Allen that he could whip any man in the world-Jem Mace included-put Mace on his mettle. So Mace accepted the def and the two men fought for a side bet {! of s2500, and( the championship of the world, in kennersville. La, on May 10. | 1870
 That battle brought together as specta- tors and seconds some of the most famous | ringmen in early history Mace was sec onded by Jim Cusick and Jerry Dono- van, brother of Mike Donovan, the mid l dleweight champion who died few months ago. John c. Heenan, ''The Ben- ecia Boy" umpired for Mace. Allen had Joe Coburn, former champion. and Sher- man Thurston, a famous sportsman of | that time, as his seconds, with Dan Ryan serving as his umpire. Al Smith of Chi ] cago, then one of the most famous sports men in Americs, refereed the contest. ! Allen, great warrior as he was, scene l like a novice pit.ed against Mace. The l latter, one of the most remarkable ring ! men, of all time, used Allen a punch ing bag. His bewilderfng speed and re- I markable cleverness made it almost inn possible for Allen to hit him. Mace l pounded Allen when and where he willed.
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Washington, December N.-(Special) Sixty-eight thousand soldiers have been returned from France and half a million demobilized in the United States since the signing of the arinistice, according to a statement by General March, chief of staff, for The Age Herald this after noon.
 Of 182,oo0 officers, General March con tinued, S2,000 have been relieved rom service since November II.
 Every effort will be made to return the army from France in record tlile' General March stated that with pres, ent facilities 10000 men can and VII be returned each month and when ar engagements are completed with fIanee' England and Italy for use of thelr trans. s,ss ports this government will be ehapieo to bring 3O0,O0O monthly back to nome ports.
 In course of his statement, General March said that evidence IS at hand to prove that at the beginning or the last German drive the man power or the TelItons had been exhausted.
 He stated that the British government during the last weeks of the war took census of 42,00O recently captured pris- oners and found that 31 per cent of them were under 20 years of age. In the number were some men as old as os years.
 DENT PROVIDES FOR Fs
 VOJJINTARY ENLISTMENT
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York. December 27-(Special) The market today was steadier than yesterday, but met enough realizing to check the advance at the opening, aft CT which the south became quite seller, closing out longs contracts and also selling some new hedges. This pressure proved more than prices could stand. and at one time the market broke quite badly. On the decline. however, speculative support was en- countered and about half the net de- cline was rather easily recovered.'
 There appears to be no change in the general situation, and the local feeling is to regard the decline as a mere reaction and to anticipate still higher prices. We do not note any change in southern sentiment. so that these views may prove correct On
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S275O TOO MUCH
 FOR LIFE OF BOY, SUPREME COURT SAYS

New York, December 27.-Ruling that jury award of $S75O was excessive for the life of a six-year-old boy Killed here several months ago by a motor truck, the appellate division of the supreme court today ordered a new trial unless the lads father agreed to accept a pay ment of s2500 from the John Eichler Brewinb company, which owned wthe truck. t-- -~-t4 Q, @uzs
 The decision sustained the argument of she company's counsel that, since the cRild had never attended school and his father never spent a cent on medical men for him." the verdict was excessive. The father, who is a shoemaker, orig l inallY sued for S20.O00
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Many Armenians
 Starving in Persia

New York. December 27.-Thousands of Armenians are destitute and starv- ing throughout Persia and hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly are needed to provide for them. according to cable messages from representatives of the American committee for Arme- nian and syrian rlief, made public by the Organization here tonight.
 In all parts of the Caucasus terri tory, the message said, conditions are pitiable, while at Monsul there are 10000 women and children refugees from Turkey. The reports said thore are 30.000 destitute at Tabriz, where 2000 Christian refugees need immedi- ate aid. At Sojhnlak, it was reported, 10000 Kurds are Starving. The famine conditions will prevail until the next harvest except for outside relief
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Russian Children Aid
 in Filling Tank Socks

Washington, December N.-Six thou sand stockings filled with candy, tobac- co and other articles were distributed Christmas bay to American troops sta- tioned in the vicinity of Archangel by the American Red Cross. A cablegram received today at Red Cross headquar- ters said school children of Archangel aided in filling the stockings, which were sent to the soldiers by sled transport. In return for their assistance. the Red Cross provided a monday luncheon for thousand of the children.
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DENT PROVIDES FOR s
 VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT
 Washington, December N-(Speciai

Torn Aliens first battle on American soil resulted in 43-round victory over Bill Davis, the Californian. on Chateau Island, St. Louis, January 12, 1S69.
 By beating Davis have earned the right to claim the championship or America declared Allen immediately after that battle. If any lighter Ill this country thinks otherwise, I'll give h;r, a battle any time he wants it and for any purse that he names
 Aliens seeming arrogance and also the fact that he claimed the title even though it seemed legally the property of Mike McCoole, angered many Of the
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 From the first minute of fighting 1t was not a question of who would win only a question of how long Allen would last
 The finish came for Allen in the 10th round-after 40 minutes of fighting.
 Two years later Allen, who had always nourished a hatred for Mike McCoole. challenged Mike once more. He accepted and the battle-for a side bet of $2000- was decided on Chateau Island, near St. Louis on September 23, 1873. Allen beat McCoole almost to pulp, winning in 29 rounds.
 After defeating Ben Hogan, cele- brated pugilist of that day and later a preacher, Allen made overtures for a match with Joe Goss, for the champion ship of America and side bet of $200O' Kentucky was the battle ground and after 21 rounds had been fought Allen was in such condition that in frantic. but hopeless effort to win, resorted to foul tactics. The referee cautioned him sev- eral times and then awarded the fight to Goss.
 That battle ended the pugilistic career of Allen.
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KILLED IN ACTION Standridge, Arthur, sergeant, Mem phis, Tenn. PRIVATEs. Stuart, Olin D.. Barnes Tenn. Triplet. Luther, Tupelo. Miss. l Bradford, Paul s. Memphis, Tenn. Grant, Aubrey, Nashville, Tenn. Harper, Walter R.. Knoxville, Tenn Meroney, Clyde, HiXson. Tenn. Norton, Daniel G.. Griffin, Ga PRIVATES. | Sampley, Ranson E., Pittsburg, Tenn. Shirah, George C., Marshallville, Ga.
 DIED OF DISEASE Underwood. Robert Boyden. captain, 1 Memphis. Tenn. l Towns, Edgar. cook, Valdosta, Ga. l PRIVATES. Martin, James T.. Mize, Ga Summers. John E., Walnut Grove, Miss. | Brasier, John Carney, Castallan 1 Springs. Tenn. | Brewster. Will, Toomsuba, Miss | Cupples, Curry C., Henderson, Tenn. 1 Daniel, John C., Aonia. Ga Harris, Edgar, Columbus. Miss Houston, Chester. Oxford. Miss Jones' Oscar. Decaturville, Tenn. Loden, James L., Grand View, Tenn.
  Tucker Jesse, Chattanooga, Tenn. Williams, Louis. Aberdeen. Miss. 1 Williams. Mack H. Hovey, Miss.
 WOUNDED SEVERELY Roberts. Gilbert NJ, captain, Chatta.
 nooga. Tenn. CORPoRALS. James. Henry. L., Jesup, Ga. | Lanier George D., Metter Ga Stratton, Luther, Murfreesboro, Tenn. Summers, William H. Beechgrove, Tenn. l Turner, William E., Chickamauga, Ga. ! finders, Adolph, Houston, Tenn. l Collins, Robert L., Redsville, Ga. Cunningham, Winford, Rutherford, Tenn Mullin, Charlie, Jr., Grenada, Miss. Bennett, Walter E., Iuka, Miss. Dixon, Mckinley, Americus, Ga. \ Jones, Herman. Meridian, Miss Jones' Hernon E., Bristol, Tenn. Anderson, Walter L., Chattanooga, Tenn Hall, Blanton S., Tipton County. Tenn. Hankins, Cazy R., Fulton, Miss. Hodge, France S, New Market, Tenn. Johnston, Jake N, Martel, Tenn. Lee. William D., Senoia, Ga. Mercer, Luther R., Pearson, Ga. Nichols, Clarence, Holladay, Tenn. Parton, Jesse. Hartford. Tenn.
 Brown, Charles, Memphis, Tenn.
 Hall, Jessie F., Marble City, Tenn. West, Joel l., Lindale, Ga.
 Zeck. Thomas Jefferson, Charleston
 Mississippi.
 Bobbitt, Claude A., Moscow, Tenn.
 Mobley, Hiram, Pelham, Ga.
 Scott. Clyde, Clarksdale, Miss.
 Skinner, Emmett, Drew, Miss.
 smith, Melbourne l., Macon, Ga. Sparkman. Arza, Walling, Tenn.
 Stinson, George, Lagrange, Ga.
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 SNAP BEANS e HOGAN BROS, Grocers WE DELIVER Quality Phone 398 Service
USED RESIN0L FOR
 BAD SKIN TROUBLE
Considers Recovery Remarkable

COnS1derS HecUSery
 Brooklyn, N. Y, Aug. 14.-"For all most six years I suffered from a se- were case of skin trouble which began with swelling and intense pain Tn my knee. Then my leg became inflamed and sores broke out, which itched and burned terribly day and night. tried many remedies, but gained no reliei- pitai, and the doctors wanted to am, putate my leg. At last I tried Resinol tained relief from the first applica- ton. My knee is now well, and I con slider the cure remarkable. as my trouble was very serious" (Signed) Mrs Henri Mauer, AIS Hooper Street.
 All druggists sell Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap.-Ady.
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the other hand. the trade demand has not improved on the advance as might have been expected, and the lack CT forward buying by domestic mills gives the market a different aspect than IL has worn in the past two years..-Huo- bard Bros. & Co
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KILLED IN ACTION Melton, Emmit, sergeant, Jackson, Miss.
 DIED FROM WOUNDS Joel, Y. Lyons, lieutenant, Atlanta, Ga. Livingston, Cornelius, sergeant, East man, Ga.
 DIED OF DISEASE
 PRIVATES Alday, Edward, Donaldsonville, Ga. Cotter, John P, Cedar Hill, Tenn. Morton John R., Lumpkin, Ga.
 WOUNDED SEVERELY
 LIEUTENANTS Morrison. James H. S., Cumb erland Gap, Hawley, Lewis S, Chattanooga. Tenn. Farmer, William, sergeant, Mountain City, Tenn.
 CORPORALS Jones, Thomas, Doogan, Ga. Perry, Tom H., Nasville, Tenn. PRIVATES Farmer, Herbert, Chattanooga, Tenn. Johnson. Willie F.. Hazelhurst, Miss. WOUNDED SLIGHTLY Clark, Joseph M, Jr., sergeant, Shan non, Miss. MISSING IN ACTION PRIVATES Cooper, Tyranus, Eastman, Ga.
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Colds Cause Headaches and Pains Feverish Headaches and Body Pains caused from cold are soon relieved by taking LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Tablets. There's only one PROMO Quinine." E. w. GROVES signature on tho box. soc
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Motor Car. Truck. Tractor, and Motor Ac- cessory buyers will save time and money by consulting this weeks DIGEST It is THE DIGEST'S Annual Automobile Issue and con tains announcements of the leading manufacturers
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Days Casualty List
SECTION TWO

Lannon. Claud, Mount Juliet, Tenn. Rose, John David, Henning, Tenn.
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SECTION ONE

Washington, December 27.-The fol- lowing casualties are reported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces:
 Killed in action ................. 57 Died of wounds .................. 3S Died of accident and other causes IT Died of airplane accident ........ 2 Died of disease ............... 72 Wounded severely ...... 22s Wounded, degree undetermined. IT Wounded slightly ................ 10 Missing in action ............... 59 
 Total ............. 496
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fNUse, JOhh DaVIu, Hennlng, Tenn.
 SECTION TWO
 The following casualties are re- ported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces: Killed in action ............... 1S4 Died of wounds ........... 92 Died of accident and other causes IA Died of disease ................. 160 Wounded severely ............. 576 Missing in action ................ 4s Total ........,.......... .1075 EIIIEn INV CvTJnN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
American Football in England

THE London Times Of recent issue, gave this nol
artisan comment upon football game played at Che
ca between two teams of United States bait
luadrOn:
"There are multifarious rules and definitions;
it is highly specialized, and team work, of which
we hear SO much nowadays, plays a large part.
1t was not by any 'fegocious' some
folks imagine. although hard enough in all CON
science. There no casualties of the least serl-
ousness hard as the tackling There was
very little open play, but one cannot imagine that
there ever can be much. (Then followed
PLANTATION of the of scoring points, the
dimensions of the field and the description Of the
goal posts) Codes by numbers used and was
told by an enthusiast that the carefully trained
college teams in the United States have many
as eighty different plays as he called them, and
they vary them constantly. In these mauls, or
whatever one should call them, there is doubt
extreme skill in the placing of the men and in
each of them doing his apportioned task. There
is certainly infinite dash and much hard tackling,
but the 'inwardness of it cannot be grasped by
the casual observer any more than the wall game
at EtOn.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29

Writes D. l.. Reeves, the we'll known sporting dea
Philadelphia:
wv L. Sinclair of The Sporting Chronicle,
and q leading sports authority of England, says
that baseball has hard to hoe to get any sub
stantial foothold in Britain. and believes that the
proposed sx-city circuit of the Anglo American
League is doomed to failure.
1--WE ourselves believe that national game in
ENGLAND will suffer in the future for the lack of
sentimental interest engendered by wartime popu-
lartv of our soldiers in Britain; but when our Eng
fish critic warns US that baseball here at home is
in danger because as he says, soccer has become
so popular among our soldiers since their soJourn
abroad he overdraws the picture.
Soccer is splendid and growing game here in
the states and undoubtedly it will receive impetus
when our soldiers return home, but baseball will
surely come back to its own and increase in popu-
larity.
I'm America there is room for all games of real
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
By Charles A. Taylor

The football season Of 1918, in COM
parison with normal years, could not
by any chance be termed successful.
and yet Under the war conditions that
existed this sport established most
creditable record. The very fact that
war was going on resulted in football
being played more widely than ever
before, for in addition to college and
school teams there were organized a
host of service elevens, distributed
throughout the entire country.
Practically every army and naval
camp had not only its "big" team, but
battalion teams as we'll, and even the
sailors aboard ships CHARTERED on this
side of the globe had one or more
elevens.
The two teams that appeared to
stand out most prominently during the
season were the University of Pitts
burgh, representing the college world,
and the eleven from the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station. near Chicago,
among the service aggregatlons.
The "Parthers," as the Pittsburgh
fairly hard schedule without suffer
ing defeat at the hands of any college
rival. The most notable victory gaines
by the "Panthers" was that oven. the
eleven from the Georgia Schools OF
Technology. In this battle the coach.
ing methods Of Glenn S. Warner, of
4 PITTSBURGH. and John Heismann. of
! Georgia, both of which have spelled sue
cess in all the previous encounters the
two teams had waged with other elev-
ems, clashcd Warmers men easily tri'
umphed in this big test and the fame
of the Pittsburgh coach received an
other boost.
The only blot on the "Panthers'
record was the defeat they received at
the close cf the season from the Cleve.
land Naval Reserve eleven. The final
score here Was 10 to g. and II the
Pitt burs} contention be true, this out
come was due to the rulings of inefh
cjcns officials who, it is charged, Cut
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L. of iii. Track
Athlete HOnored
On Battlefield

Lieutenant Temple r. Lovett. a Uni
be counted one of the luckiest men to
fight on the side OF Uncle Sam. He
quit college TO enlist in the Tank Corps
and after six months service in the
ranks was appointed to ne Sd Tank
Corps. O. T. c., at Camp Colt, Gettvs-
burg, Penn. Among his fellow candidates
were Thomas A. Edison, jr., and Rex
Beach, the author Commi ssioned, ne
went to France attached 20 Company
B, 304th Battalion, Heavy Tanks. He
was in action only ten days before the
armistice was signed, but Gil Thanks
giving Day was decorated with four
other tank corps men with the Croix
de Guerre for valor in an observation
expedition on the Argonne front.
The four tankers-as the men Of that
branch Of the service prefer to DC
called-were decorated by the French
government at Chaumont after hear
ing General Pershing's Thanksgiving
Day address to officers there. On Z
special overseas order before the fight
ing ceased, Lovett was promoted from
second lieutenant to first lieutenant.
and on November II was acting COM
handing officer Of Headquarters Com
pany, 304th. While under the recent
Washington ruling the promotion prob
ably never Will go through, Lieutenant
Lovett will continue to wear the silver
bars on his overseas order
When he last wrote a brother. who
is The Tribune's soccer authority, he
expected to remain indefinitely a.
j Coins. Haute de Marine, an American
tank field near Langres, where Presi-
/ dent Wilson addressed officers and men
on Christmas Day. If his luck did not
/ fail him last Wednesday. he probably
heard the speech of the commander
in chief of all the fighting forces OF
j The United States
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p Pittsburgh and Great Lakes
Leading Elevens of The Near

short the halves, with the "Panthcrs"
in a position to rush the ball over the
line for what would have been tho de
Gliding touchdown.
The Great Lakes eleven achieved It's
high standing by reason Of It's trl-
umphal tour Of the East. The veteran
Rutgers team. coached by tbat eridiron
wizard, George Foster Sanford, was the
first opponent of the sailors on this
trip, and TO the surprise Of the foot
ball dopesters, the invaders literally
swamped the New Jersey college lads.
The playing of Paddy Driscon, for
Great Lakes, was the chief factor IN
this victory, his sensational open field
running stamping him as one of the
greatest backs in the history of the
game.
The United States Naval Academy
team furnished the visiting sailors
their strongest opposition. and it was
only a hundred yard run by Ellison, fol-
lowing a tumble on the Great Lakes
goal line, that kept the Great Lakes
slate, clean In order definitely to set
tie the question of supremacy among
the service teams of the country the
Great Lakes boys are to meet the Mare
Island sailors in q game on the PACING
Coast New Years Day.
Another college team OF the East uc-
serving special mention is Syracuse
coached by "Buck' O'Neill. The
Orange numbered among it's victims
Rutgers Brown. Dartmouth and Colum-
bia. The only defeat sustained by
Syracuse came from the University OF
Michigan in a game played at Ann Ar
Dor The losers rallied from this
slump to finish the season with vic
tories over Columbia and Rutgers.
The so-called big Three" of the
East, Yale. Princeton and Harvard, adj
hered to their attitude of 1917 ane
took part in few contests with Other
college elevens. Yale played only one
outside game. that with Trinity. II
which the Blue was victorious. Hsr
ward defeated Tufts and Boston Col
lege, but lost to Brown.
Princeton. which appeared to have
the strongest aggregation of the three
engaged in only one gridiron battle
away from home, meeting and defeat
ing the Camp Upton eleven at the Pol'
Grounds New York City.
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Hockey 10 Be First
Major Sport al Har, ard

CAM BRIDGE, Mass. Dec %.
Hockey will be the first major sport
resumed at Harvard next term, caud
dates reporting for the team on Janu-
AIRY I'd, when college reopens after the
Christmas holidays
The candidates viii practise and
play their games on Soldiers Field. uli-
less sudden change in front take
place at the Boston Arena. where
roller skating is said to be SO popular
that no return to ice hockey al the
rink would be thought of this winter.
No arrangements have been made for
contests yet. but it is virtually Ger
tain that the Yale varsity VIII be en-
gagged. A freshman hockey team viii
also be organized. The majority oil
the games for both teams VIII be play
ed on Soldiers Field, where three or
four Kinks are now IN process Of con
struction.