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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-13

Two base hits-Hoefer, H. Chinn,
Cults, Paddock, Lundeen. Three
base hits Biederman, Paddock. Home
runs-Lambert, Van Horn. Bases
on balls-off Camp 2, off Forziak /.
Struck out-by Camp 1, Gianotti 2,
Kowalke 1, H. Chinn 2, Forziak 6.
Hit by pitcher-by Kowalke, Nc
Alpine, Cults, Boudreau: by Forziak,
Hoefier. Stolen bases-Hoefier, Kalb,
Gianotti.
The snoro nf +ho second rama.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-13
FIRST ELY CARLETON
COLLEGE GRADUATE.
BILL" GALLAGHER FIRST ELY
BOY TO GRADUATE FROM
THIS POPULAR COL
LEGE.

After four years of strict atten-
ton to the business in hand, William
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-13
Siegler, Duluth.
State Legislature.

Sixty-frst district: j. E. Pope,
Biwabik; Carl H. Schuster, Biwabik;
A. j. Thomas, Ely; George II. Lom-
men, Biwabik; Ida Torseth, Virginia;
Nick A. Constantine, Eveleth; Edw.
C. A. Johnson, Virginia; Joseph A.
Kotze, Eveleth
Evening star., 1924-01-30

Cans started it by Jabbing Nelson
with his left twice in rapid success
sion. From that moment the crowd
saw what / regard as the greatest
fight ever held in America. For sheer
grit and endurance l have never seen
anything like it-never expect to. 1t
did not give me a thrill like the
Dempsey -Firpo fight. for example.
but for real lighting the Gans-Nelson
affair stands out
For just minute Nelson attempted
to box with Cans. His efforts were
ridiculous. He might as well have
attempted to box a shadow. Cans
fairly peppered his face with jabs
Seeing he had no chance at boxing.
Nelson, following instructions, began
boring in and hauling Cans about
the ring, trying to punish him with
body blows. He wrestled as much
as he boxed.
In addition to that ugly style Of
fighting. Nelson used all kinds OF foul
tactics. After ten or twelve rounds
he was intensely unpopular
Time and time again Cans boxed
Nelson off and then tried to fight
him at long distance. Instantly.
though, Nelson would fall back into
the clinch and the mauling would
start over again.
From Nelson's corner Billy Nolan
kept yelling to him to keep boring
in. He didn't want Nelson to attempt
boxing. In that respect Nolan was
wise. though very unpopular
Cans was forced to meet Nelson at
his own game. Round after round
passed without a decisive incident
In the eighteenth, twenty-fourth and
thirty second rounds Nelson hit Cans
below the belt. Some claimed that
he had been instructed to do this
from his corner. / don't know the
truth about that. i do know that
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Foul. Foul"' frequently came
from Cans corner and also from the
crowd.
Nelson Resorts to Butting.
Then Nelson began butting. Several
times he bored in and drove his hard
head against Cans chin. Joe protest.
ed, but as no harm was done Siler let
it pass.
The crowd was getting disgusted
with Nelson. On top of his other foul
when the negro was lifting him to his
feet There was a big hiss at this
In the thirty-fifth round. 1 think. 1t
was, Nelson slipped and was almost
driven through the ropes. Cans
caught him and lifted him to his feet.
In response to this Nelson socked his
fist squarely in the darkey's midsec-
tion.
The crowd, seeing Nelson outclassed
in the boxing, began offering bets on
Cans at 2 to 1 and even 3 to l, with
no takers.
In the thirty-third round Cans land
ed hard punch on Nelson's jaw, and
broke bone in his hand. His sign of
distress was limp. No one knew of
his broken hand until afterward
And so the fight dragged and mauled
on, the two hammering at each other.
Nelson's face was beaten to a pulp.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
ANDERSON CAPTURES
PAIR OF net TITLES

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, January
3O-J. o. Anderson won the Austra-
liam tennis singles championship To-
day, defeating r. E. Schlesinger IN
the final, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 81, 6-3.
In the doubles final Anderson. paired
with Norman Brookes, defeated Ger
aid Patterson d Pat O'Hara Wood
6-2, 6-4, 6-o.
NEW YORK, January SO.-Tennls
followers have attached unusual slg
nJfcsnce TO the victory of Norman h.
Rroolxes veteran racket wizard, IN
the Australian doubles championship
with James o. Anderson. star OF
Australia's Davis cup team for the
past two years.
Brookes' triumph was seen as con-
vincing proof that he has made rapla
strides in his comeback attempt and
that he might once again be potent
factor in the Davis cup play, in Whlch
he was dominating figure decade
and more ago. The return to form
of the veteran, who has been en-
toned as likely captain of the l'24
Australian team. would make the
challenging combination from down
under all the more formidable.
Added Importance was attached to
Brookes performance because he
and Anderson vanquished OHara
Wood and Gerald Patterson, who de-
feated the American doubles cham
pions, Tilden and Vincent Richards,
decisively in the 1922 Davis cup chal-
lenge round.
Brookes made his last appearance
in international play in 1920, when
he was beaten by both Tilden and
William Johnston. who brought the
historic trophy ba.: from the Anti
pode:.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
ID MAJOR CLUBS
SOUGHT FLORENCE

NEW YORK, January 3O.-Paul
Florence. sensational catcher and all
round athlete of Georgetown Univer-
sity, was sought by thirteen other
major league clubs before he signed
for 1924 with the New York Giants.
High regard for John ]. McGraw's
ability as a manager and tutor of
young players led Florence to accept
the offer of the National League
champions, it is said.
Called by Clark Griffith of the
Washington Senator's a second Babe
Ruth" Florence starred as basket
ball, base ball and foot ball player at
Georgetown, captaining teams in each
of these branches of sport. He had
one year of study, but decided to re-
port to the Giants this spring, declar-
ing that he is gambling with base
ball as against a preference for law,
as did Frank Frisch.
Florence was born in Chicago
twenty-five years ago. He is over
six feet tall and weighs 195 pounds.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
LINKS TO Be CLOSED
FOR IMPROVEMENTS

A lot of the hardy variety of golf
ers will be hard put for places TO
play after tomorrow when the pub
lie courses in Rock Creek and East
Potomac Park will be closed for "A
month and a half to permit Of vari-
Gus improvements.
West Potomac Park course, whose
green's cannot be harmed by cold
weather and frequent play and on
which no cNtensiTe improvements
throughout the winter
Closing of the two public courses
most used brings to an end the most
successful campaign. Since East
Potomac Park opened last March
It has known more play than ever
before, and Rock Creek Park, opened
only last May, has sprung into run
popularity.
Parry plans to completely rebuild
the old fifth green, down near Hams
Point The j,reen on this hole, or
dinarily Il one-ShOtter of something
over 200 yards, on course A, bakeS
out under the summer sun and the
constant winds that sweep across
the low w-lying point and becomes so
hard that it is practically Impossible
to hold ball on it. The other reg
ular green's are in good condition, al
though they have not been used for
some time.
Manager Miller of Rock Creek Park
plans to take immediate steps to bet
ter the fairways and will make sew
eral improvements around the greens
at the course on the edge OF tne
mark. The work to be done at the
public courses will bring better and
more enjoyable golf, when the links
omen some time in March.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
JOE JACKSON DENIES
GUILT IN 1919 SERIES

MILWAUKEE, January 80. - Joe
jackson, former outfielder for the Chi
cago Americans, probably will resume
the stand today in his suit against
Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chi
cago White Sox, for back pay Jackson al
leges accrued after the 1919 world
series base ball scandal resulted in
him and several other players being
expelled from organized base ball.
Comiskey and Harry Grabiner, secre-
tary of the Chicago team. also are ex-
pected to take the stand today.
Jackson testified yesterday that he
hit the only home run in the 1919 series,
with two men on bases; accepted eight
cen chances in the outfield without an
error, and denied that he played dis
honestly in the 1919 series.
AT that time, he said, he was room
ing with Pitcher Lefty Williams and
declared that in Chicago directly after
the series Williams came into his room
with two good-sized envelopes.
Want one?'' he said Williams
asked him.
Whats in it? l asked him.
It's money, part of what | got
from the eastern gamblers Williams
told me. l said to him. You've got
a lot Of nerve. you big bum. Base ball
is my only means of making a living.
and what are you trying to do to me?'
He laid one of the envelopes on
table, and the next day I went down to
see Comiskey about it. Grabiner said.
Go home. he doesn't want to see YOU
went home a day or SO later and
soon received letter from Comiskey."
Jackson said he asked his wife to
write Comiskey, but on objections was
not allowed to disclose the contents of
Mrs. Jackson'S letter. Court then ad-
journed with Jackson's direct testi-
mony unfinished.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
M'TIGUE HAS A TASK
IN CHOOSING RIVALS
BY FAIR PLAY.

NEW YORK, January 30.-Mike Nc
Tigue's troubles were not all settled
when he adjusted difficulties with his
manager, Joe Jacobs. Now he faces
the delicate problem of picking a man
to fight who will prove an attraction
to the fans and not yet be dangerous
to him.
The fact that he has demanded the
imposing sum of $4,000 for meeting
Young Stribling is the best sort of
testimony as to the pasting the Dixie
walloper gave the champion of Dub
lin. Jersey men who wanted to pro-
mote this battle are naturally dis
mayed at the price Mike is placing
upon his services.
As might have been expected,
Harry Wills. with his brittle hands.
is not going to risk his prestige by
battering them against BARLEY Mad
or any other Immediate date. The
writer before this has set forth that
Wills believes his hands will permit
him to go through one more i'm
portant bout, and then he will be
through. Why waste them on Mad
den?
Wills hands have been a subject
for speculation for long time. The
fact that he busted them against
Clem Johnson and then later with
eight-ounce gloves--some say they
were even larger-broke his meta
carpals in a working-out bout shows
just how fragile the big negro's
maulies are. If he ever meets Demp-
sey it would be wise for Harry to re-
inforce his hands some way.
Ray Mitchell is no slouch of a
fighter, and the fact that Lew Tender
batted him all around the ring. in
Philadelphia the other night indicates
either that Ray has slipped fast in a
short time-that he took the bout
without much training-or else. as
Lefty Lewis admirers assert, Ten
dler has come back strong.
A couple more fights such as this
and then look out for a lot of Leon
ard-Tendler ballyhoo.
Evening star., 1924-01-30

1t was said today that the state
ment Of Hugh Garland, Firpo's
representative in the United States,
who is now in Buenos Aires, to the
effect that the syndicate had deposit
ed $4,000 as a guarantee, was pre-
mature. This was one of the condi-
tions under which F'irpo accepted the
contract, and he expects to receive
been cabled or is on deposit in New
York to Firpos account.
Plan Special Stadium.
NEW YORK, January 3o.-Luls
Firpo will have double financial
interest in his fight with Harry Wills
next July. Besides his s250,000 guar
antee, with a privilege of 25 per cent
of the net receipts. he also will have
an interest in the special sunken
stadium which is TO be constructed
by a newly formed syndicate with
which the Argentine has cast his lot.
A group of wealthy men whose
identities have not been revealed
already are held on half a dozen
sites in New York. New Jersey ard
Connecticut. the most favorable to be
decided upon later.
Constructed of concrete, the stadium
will have d seating capacity of 125.-
GOO. Plans already have been drawn
and approved. The cost is expected
TO be less than would be required to
construct d similar structure or wood
above ground. In addition, dangers
form collapse or fire will be elimi-
mated.
GUAYMALLEN, Argentina, January
30-The municipal council of this
town voted yesterday on the name
of a new street. Five of the city
fathers thought the thoroughfare
should be called Vicente Lopez, in
honor of the author of the Argentine
national anthem. Five others voted
for Luis Angel F,irpo. The tie nee
essitated the casting Of the decisive
ballot by the president of the council.
with the result that the street viii!
henceforth be known as Gale Luis
Angel Firpo.
When some of the councillors later
took the president to task for voting
for the boxer instead Of the patriot
composer that official exclaimed:
''Carramba! / thought you meant
Vicente Lopez, the tax collector, who
was my enemy
Evening star., 1924-01-30
PACING STAKE OF $25,OOO
FOR RACE AT KALAMAZOO

KALAMAZOO. Mich, January go
A $4,000 American derby for EOS
PAGERS, said to be the largest stake
ever offered in a harness event in
this country will be a feature of the
five-day grand circuit meeting that
starts here July 21. The race is
sponsored by p. o. Reno, Chicago
horseman.
Simultaneous with his announce
ment of awarding the derby to KaIa-
mazoo, Reno turned over the twenty
seven entries for the event he already
has received. The closing date is
fixed at February Is, and forty PAGERS
books close.
Evening star., 1924-01-30

The second highest home run rec
ord in the United States for 1928 is
held by Simpson of the Springfield.
Mass. club, who busted A of them.
Right on his heels is Paul Strand of
Salt Lake City, with 43. He had more
games in which to get them than the
others, but he got them and his is
the seasons record for the Pacific
coast.
Trailing Simpson and Strand are
Ruth and Williams of the two major
leagues, with a paltry Al homers
apiece. These five make up the 40
Two men batted 81. They We're
'Rohwer of Seattle and Mcdowell of
Wichita. Sheehan of Salt Lake City
and Blackesley of Wichita gathered
had SO, as did Davis of Tulsa, and
East of Minneapolis had 81.
Other High Homer Marks.
Among the other high homerun
hitters were Brief of Kansas City,
%; Ostergard of Galveston, 25; Pas
chal of Charlotte, y. c., 70; Bishop of
Baltimore, %: Webb of Buffalo. %;
Clark of birmingham and Atlanta. 10.
Collectively no club made such
record for swatting homers as Enid,
Okla, out in the country of the OIL
thirst. Mcdaniel with Sc, Smith with
81. Roche with Is and Reiger of the
same club together batted los nome
runs for the seasons work. But there
is no note stating whether Enid had
a short fence.
Generally speaking, the home run
business had a slump in 1928. In
many of the minor organizations the
best man did not get above score
of them, and in some the top was
reached with fifteen. The moral to
this is that there are no Babe RuthS
hanging loose in the underbrush, be-
cause in the organizations in which
they hit home runs fairly well most
Of the wallpapers were old fellows who
have been batting for some time.
and whose batting eyes have never
dmmed, even il their knee joints
refused to cut a pigeons wing.
Better Pitching in Minor.
Generally speaking. there was less
slugging than there had been in pre-
viouS seasons in the leagues, which
indicates better pitching on the part
of the minor leagues. The it'll" ones
We're Combed carefully and with much
persistence during the playinS Year.
and the bulk of the pitchers have
moved up for trial. showing that
major league base ball is very well
awar. of its greatest shortcomings.
tt'npyrirht 1924
Evening star., 1924-01-30
WILLIE OCC TELLS
George Duncan's Nightmare.

TN one of this series of interviews.
Leo Diegel told of a rotten game
he played down south when he took
ten strokes to do a 135-yard hole. In
1921, in the Shawnee open, which de-
termines the eastern championship,
and which / won by four strokes, I
saw George Duncan, the British star.
who was touring this country in COM
pany with Abe Mitchell, establish a
record worse than Leo's.
1t was on the old 3S0yard fourth hole,
now No. /, at Shawnee. A drive and
a pitch will put you on the green
if you play correctly. But your iron
shot has to clear a deep ravine, at
the bottom of which is a brook. If
you drop your ball there, you're in
for a sweet time.
This is exactly what Duncan did.
His pitch got over the brook. but
landed in the twenty-foot bank which
formed the side of the ravine toward
the green. On his next stroke he
failed to clear the precipitous bank
and his ball rolled back and into the
brook.
He lifted, but, playing five, again
failed to conquer the bank, and again
got a roll into the brook. Another
lift, with another fooZle, made him
seven. For the third time he picked
Evening star., 1924-01-30
The Story of the
Worlds Greatest
Fight Promoter


| The negro also was bleeding from the
nose and ears. 1t sure was fierce
scrap.
In the last round Cans led off with
a straight left to Nelson's face Bat
Immediately fell into a clinch AS
they broke Nelson struck Cans hard
uppercut blow in ths groin. Cans
slowly sank to the flo - = .<reat pain.
Without hesitation Or waiting for a
protest. Referee Siler walked over
and disqualified Nelson, declaring
Cans the winner.
Cheers for the Referee.
There is no question in my mind
that the foul was deliberate. Anyway.
it was foul blow that everybody in
the great crowd could see. There has
been much argument about this. On
that afternoon, though, the whole
crowd agreed with siler. The only
holler came from Nelson's seconds.
GanS hackers and seconds insist to
this day that Nolan instructed Nelson
to foul Cans.
Here is what Referee Sler said to
me and to those near him:
Il repeatedly warned Nelson against
his unfair fighting and while ] don't
believe he was deliberately intent up
on fouling Cans in many instances. he
was unQuestionaDly guilty of one of
the most apparent and uncalled for
fouls that have marked the end of
any battle. There is no question in
my mind that he deliberately struck
low. as he was making no headway
against Cans.
That tells the whole story in a dig
nified. unprejudiced way.
Then to top off his unpopularity,
imagine the final remark made by
Nolan:
1T was all a matter of the betting
The referee was paid to give it to
Cans"
Siler was loudly cheered- Nolan
was hissed.
Yes, that was the great fight of
fights.
That one taste had started me in
the game, as / will show.
Tomorrow: Jack johnson sees some
81 900 Bills.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
hampton Slgger of u S. Fpo Stands BY Ne,v Promoters
FIGHTER PAYS NO HEED
TO WORD FROM RICHARD
Advised by Tex to Await Further Negotiations by
Him-New Concern Plans to Give Argentinean
Interest in Special Stadium.

January 3ouis Angel Fipo has received cable
Rickard advising him contract with
until he had had further negotiations with
Richard
Fpo asserted that view OF his of the offer Of Lewis
for fight with Harry Wills there nothing he could
Richard the should fall through
this he apparently
gned
Evening star., 1924-01-30

out of the water. This time he was
successful and reached the green
in nine. He took two puts to get
down.
Imagine George Duncan using
eleven strokes on a 3sO-yard hole,
No dub need despair!
But that is golf. At Pelham. in
1923, playing in the professional
golfers national championship, I
made the course in SO in one of the
early rounds and in another perform
ed the unusual stunt of doing the
IS holes in as many consecutive pars,
but when I had practically won my
way into the semi-finals, played poor
golf and sacrificed my opportunity.
Needless to say, Duncan on other
occasions gave abundant proof of his
greatness.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-01-30
EQUALS GOLF RECORD.

BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, Fla, Janu-
airy 30.-Playing brilliant golf, Miss
Glenna Collett of Providence, r. J..
former national champion, equaled
went around in as and defeated Mrs.
Caleb F. Fox Of Huntingdon Valley )
and in the women's annual January
tournament.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
( champions and
TER XII.-The Truth About Nelson's Foul.
BY TEX RICHARD.

LN Ser appeared the that September after
\N eighteen called Joe Cans and Bat Nelson
final much-reeved
could back and blow
with worry about the preminaries.
| the fight itself much the
| to blow.
his tele-
gran Mcdonald, o oe old
a by II sport.
world Everybody ought
to Jackson will
+beh
Evening star., 1924-01-30
MO SOLOMON WALLOPED
tj49 HOMERS LAST SEASON
McCraw's Rookie Starred in Southwestern League
Two Others in Minors Exceeded Mark of Al
Attained by Babe Ruth and Cy Williams.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

YORK, January 30-Mo Solomon, cham
M United which
and which has added previous
his abb
wedding begns-but he has been with them
Williams and Rogers Hornsby
the club Southwestern
them the It's than
Evening star., 1924-01-30
SPEED RACE IS SOUGHT.

LOS ANGELES. Calf, January 80
A challenge has been issued by Joe
Fellows. owner of the speedboat Two
Fellows, to Gar Wood. Detroit sports
man and owner-designer of Miss De-
troit II, the worlds fastest motor
boat, for a. seventy-two-mile rough
water race around Catalina Island
Evening star., 1924-01-30
BRAVES GET sANDLOTTER.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 30
Eddie Sperber, a local outfielder, who
was graduated from the Cincinnati sand
lots to the Texas League and hit .33S
for Houston last season, has signed
with the Boston Braves. He bats and
throws left-handed.
Evening star., 1924-01-30

Another telegram that caused big
laugh was from John l.. Sullivan:
Sorry | can't be at the fight. 1t
ought to be a corker. My regards
to all. especially the SullivanS."
Larry Sullivan was Cans financial
hacker and took an active part in
the darky's corner. He was also
master of ceremonies.
In presenting the fighters TO the
crowd the announcer warned against
disorder, declaring that there were
Evening star., 1924-01-30

800 armed deputies in the crowd: if
called on they would mean business.
He was right, too.
That crowd was a picturesque as
semblage. There were miners. cow
boys. 'bootblacks. distinguished men
from all cities and fully 800 women.
From the start these women ap-
peared to be in sympathy with Cans
In fact, he was the favorite of most
everybody before the fight had gone
ten rounds
Evening star., 1924-01-30
BUSH SIGNS HOD ELLER.

DANVILLE, ILL.,, January 30.-An-
nouncement is made here that "Hod"
Eller of Danville, former star twirler
of the Cincinnati Reds, has been signed
for the coming season by the Indian
apolis club of the American Association.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
WOMAN BOWLS 61S SET.

TOLEDO, Ohio, January 3o.-Mrs
A. Baker of Detroit, rolling in the
singles event in the women's central
states. bowling tournament, collecte,!
618 for three games, which is said T.
be a new feminine world record.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
GILBERT PILOT AT PITTsFIELD

PITTSFIELD, Mass, January 90
Billy Gilbert, former Giant second base
man, who managed Denver last sea
son, has been appointed manager of tn.
Pittsfield base ball club of the EasJ
ern League.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
NEWARK FRANCHISE SHIFTS.

NEW YORK, january 30.-The New
ark International League base ball
club passes into the hands of home
interests today, when a Newark syn
dicate, headed by Michael McTighe,
will take over the franchise from the
former Baltimore owners at purchase
price of $4,000.
Evening star., 1924-01-30

Tomorrow: Jack Johnson sees some
$1,000 Bills.