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MICHIGAN HAS STAR
FOR JAVELIN THROW

| ANN ARBOR, Mich, February a.
michigan, woefully weak in javeIin
Growers eligible for intercollegiate
competition. has in the ranks of its
student body youth praised by crit
ics as the greatest javelin thrower in
the United States. Keene Fitzpatrick,
former trainer at Michigan and now
tack coach at Princeton. goes far
Their and calls him the greatest stu
try.
This student is II. B. Hoffman of
Ludington. a senior in the Medical
School Hoffman now holds the ma
tienal A. A. L. championship with the
ja|elin. Hoffman makes up for his
lack of inches and pounds-he is :
feet 3 inches tail and weighs 160
poands--by an intensive attention to
form. He carries the art" Of reed
throwing to a point where at times
he practices before a mirrow to per-
feet certain points. He watches every
move, and when he gets throw that
he considers perfect, he attempts to
remember the manner in which the
throw differed from those in which
the steel-pointed reed failed to travel
on an even balance.
Iu his form Hoffman adheres to
the American system. quito similar
to throwing a base ball. He disdains
the back breaking snap" of the Fin
lander, which some javelin throwers
in this country have attempted to
copy, With this form he has shot the
reed close to 200 feet. lis record in
the American Amateur Union meet
last summer was 1914 feet 7k inches.
Hoffman will work out with the
Michigan javelin throwers this spring
and will be one of the competitors for
a place on the United States team
when it goesto Paris for the Olympic
games.
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CHAPTER XVI.-Jeff End
Johnson i'm the Ring.
BY TEX RICHARD.

TIM JEFFRIES was not actually
> knocked down and out by Jack
Johnson. In fact, as referee, | did
not count him out-made no count
at all.
This statement is made in answer
TO several requests ! have had to
tell just how Jack Johnson knocked
out JetfrIes on that memorable
Fourth of July in Reno.
The end came after it was very
apparent that Jeffries was beaten.
Johnson was entirely too clever for
him and seemed to have more physi-
cal strength. Jack was gradually
wearing the big fellow down and
had him webbing about the ring.
In the twelfth round, after Jeffries
had been knocked down and laid up
against the ropes and had showed
that he had no more, chance OF win
ming, Sam Berger jumped in the
ring.
That's enough" he said to me-
Just as he said it johnson had
caught his arm. That was the end of
the fight. Jeffries was standing on
his feet. 1t was scored a technical
Knockout, OF course. In a few min
utes Johnson would have had him
out. Sam Berger was very wise and
sensible in stopping it when he did.
For me the end of that famous
fight was great relief. My job of
The men fought cleanly and there
was little for me to do except keep
them at ii.
The greatest relief, though. was
that the fight. at last, had been sue
cessfully pulled off 1 knew it was
the ring. Hundreds of those holding
tickets for the fight in San Francisco
had exchanged their tickets for seats
at Reno. The arena was full
AZ the very start OF the fight Ief-
tries made the mistake in trying to
Don with Johnson. The darby was
entirely too clever for him In the
hrst round. however, johnson was ex-
tremeiy cautious. lie tented around
to be sure of his ground. Fer three
minutes he took no chances what
ever. Johnson was a very clever
ring general. He was trying to see
now FAR he could go. When Jeffries
tried to box him Jack began to grin.
Johnson Starts Joshinr.
AS the fight progressed Johnson
knew quite well that he was going to
WIN Then his .boyishness came to
making jokes. In one mixup Jeffries
missed and Johnson socked him a
good one.
'Mr. Jeffries," said the darkv his
Ups parting in a big grin. "ain't 40 use
IN TALKING. Dis is one time ypu'se met
yo. Waterloo. Jes' go an tell 'em
said so. Vas, sir-WaterIoo is right
The Jeffries crowd still had hopes and
We're yelling encouragement from all
parts OF the arena. Jim Corbett, second
TO Jerries. was following every move
ana making occasional comment Finally
Johnson caught his eye. Again he
smiled. showing those gold teeth.
Mr.. Corhett," he remarked. looking
over the edge of the ring, you better
come up here and help out Mr.. Jeffriss.
few minutes later he spoke to Cor
bett again.
CANT do no good out there. Mr..
Jlm. said the grinning darkey. This
Mr.; Jeffries needs somebody up here
There was never a gamer fighter than
Jim Jeffries. He gave all he had. bur
he was up against it. 1 don't know if
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CANADIAN GOLF BODY
BARS SLOTTED CLUBS

TORONTO, February. 2.-The adop-
ton of the United States ruling pro-
hibiting corrugated, grooved or slot
ted clubs, and the selection of Toronto
and Montreal courses for the 1924
opening and amateur championships
We're the major matters of business
transacted at the twenty-fifth annual
meeting Of the Royal Canadian Golf
Association held today.
The association also voted to invite
the British Walker cup to play a
series of matches in Montreal and
Toronto after invading the United
States. Resumption of international
matches with American amateurs also
was advocated.
The amateur championship was
awarded to the Rosedale Club of this
city, and the opening tourney to the
Mount Bruno Club of Montreal. Two
invitations from Hamilton and Lamb
ton clubs Were received for the ladies'
Canadian championships. but these
We're referred to a committee.
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KENNEL AND FIELD
By GEO. III. KERNODLE

A careful examination Of the sum-
maries for the recent Washington
Kennel Club show reveals the fact
that Washington dogs were well rep
resented in the purple or winners
classes. In st. Bernards, great Danes,
Russian and Irish wolfhounds, fox
hounds, cocker spaniels, beagles, whip
pets, Samoyedes, Dobermann pinsch-
ers Boston terriers, Pekinese and
TOW black and tan terriers locally
owned dogs were in every case de-
clared winners or reserve winners
while locally owned Airedales and
bull terriers swept the boards"
The bull terrier Victoria Patricia Is
hailed as Washington's newest cham
pion, winning her title in the hottest
of competition, and her little brother,
Duke of Victoria, went to the top IN
the male division. These terriers are
the property OF Mrs. A. NJ. Hyler OF
this city. S. II. Gilmore Alredale:
MargiIls Mr. Jiggs, went to best or
breed over the winning bitch, Nance
O'Nein, defeating some fast ones Oh
the breed. Mr.. Jiggs and Nance are
truly local dogs, since their Iorepear-
ers for three generations are from
iOCal kennels. MI 40 q SSA
George S. Elliott's Brigadier ana
Nance is a daughter of Harry BauI-
sir's Buck Johnston.
A real f1ier in shepherds was IN
covered by Miss Sarah L. Mcqueen
in her newly imported bitch, Blanka
yom Rittersturz SchH. Blanka bet
tered her Washington appearance
at the Richmond show by going re-
serve winners in one of the hottest
classes of shepherd bitches that have
ever met in the east, and might have
scored winners. except for the fact
that she is showing in whelp. No
less authority than Otto Gross. for
years an importer of high quality
shepherds. has pronounced her an
outstanding specimen of the Dustern-
brook type. The opinion of Gross is
horne out by A. a. Rost. Joseph c.
Quirk and Lewis S. Worden, all au
thorities on the breed.
dog and best bitch of any breed the
local dogs failed to score. The first
event went to the greyhound Rose
mont Liskeard Fortunatus, possibly
the greatest greyhound ever exhibit
ed in America, while the special for
best bitch went to P. A. B. Widener's
great shepherd bitch. Champion Freia
V. Humboldtpark. In the COMPETE
ton for the best local dog or bitch
of any breed Champion District Boss.
the Boston TERROR owned by s. T.
Held scored narrowly over Mrs A.
NJ. Hyler's bullterrier, Champion Vic
toria Patricia.
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HAVANA RESULTS

FIRST RACE. six furlongs; four-year olds
to s, : to S. won; CRUCES. 100 (Grannsmanl,
caiiahan), 4 to 5, third. Time. 1874. .JusaaA
E, Irish Dawn. Smile and FL coronel also rap.
SECOND RACE. six furlongs; four-year;olds
t. 5, to s; won; Annette Tell Teller =, loo
Money, 100 (Collins). Q to 5. third Time,
l23 Blue Brush. Tall Elk, Pal Win and Or.
THIRD RACE, Five and one-half furlongEi
four-year-olds and up-Hullo, ia (Fronckl.
8 to 5, 1 to 2. ! to 4, won; Lilac Time, lGb
H. CaiIahan), 6 to 5, g to 3, seoondi Fincastle.
III {ThrailkflD, 5 to 3, third. Time. ID.
Glenlivet, Lenora P, Mallamot and William
o' FOURTH RACE, Ave and ons-hslf furlongs:
three.year.olds and up--Asa Jewell fo7
M Gre0s1 10 (o g to i 10 g sssead
Tranchise, los II. caiiahanl. 1 to g.. third.
Time, LA 3-5. scamper, Damage, Castillo
and Blue Miss also ran.
FIFTH RACE. mile and seventy yards;
four-year-olds and up-Horeb, liz (Williamsl
5 to e, Z to 10, to 4, won; Jack Frost. 90
(overton), to !, to 5, second; Dardanella,
81 q. Cailahan), to g. third. Time. 1876 s-5
Financial Rooster, Cabin Creek and Alex. jr.,
alf srx XII RACE, thre..ye.r.olds and UP; five
and one-haf Misunderstanding, ITO OWL
Hams), z to Q, to 5, to 3, wont True
American, loo Smith, to s, l to g., sec
ond; Stacy Adams, liz (Groosl. to 8, third.
Time, lib Is. Blue Hill. Jelly and ChaSsss
Whitney also ran.
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| tions would get the whole thing in q
mess. Once a man has to wait for
information hundred more get jam
med in behind him.
A Crowd is Like Herd.
The main idea is to have a gate
and runway leading into each sec
tion. For example, there must be q
gate for the s. tickets. That gate
opens into a walkway which leads
directly into the So section. In other
words, the spectator must never be
compelled to cross another section
to get into the one shown on his
ticket. Right there most of the
trouble occurs.
If a man, for instance, should hold
a $40 ticket and be compelled to
cross the S25 section 20 reach it he
may stop at the first empty seat. In
few minutes the S25 fellows, then
$40 fellows and the IS boys will be
all mixed up.
To handle a crowd successfully l
have found that the secret is to keep
the people going straight ahead.
Never give them a cha zee to mill
around. A panic among human be-
ings is just as bad and just as fatal
often as among the dumb beasts.
Mans Intelligence, l find, often adds
TO his confusion. Without a definite
idea of what is going on he starts
thinking. It's pretty hard to out
guess an arena
Tomorrow: What the Public Likes.
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HORTON LEADS FIELD
IN EVENTS AT TRAPS

Capt. Barton led the field in the
Washington Gun Club shoot yesterday
by scoring high gun in the singles, &c
out Of SO, and breaking % out of % for
his sixth leg on the Brownley trophy.
III. G. Reamer took top place in the
high handicap spoon with SO out of so,
after he tied with AIidyette, Floyd
Shelton and Burrows. His score in the
deciding round was % out of 25. In the
double shooting event Marcy and Will
liams tied for high gun, each breaking
IS out Of 25 targets.
Scores. so targets being shot at fol-
low: Horton, 46: Burrows, IS; Midyette
43; Williams. 43; Marcy, AZ; K. Wyn-
koop. AZ; Emmons, Al; Robertson. 40
Parsons, 80; Shelton, 3S; Floyd, 3S.
Monroe, 3S; DR.. Wynkoop. 81: Franklin
Sc; Reamer,- sc; Lucas, &c; Maj. Smith
SO; Green, "a; Mason, 90; Johnson, "a
III. Marcy, Al; Seivert, 81.
Results in the Brownley shoot follow
Horton, %; Burrows. 10: Williams, 20
Marcy, 10: K. Wynkoop, 20; Parsons
%; Shelton, Is; Monroe. %: DR.. Wyn-
koop, 20.
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In the American League in 1923 there
were just thirty batting celebrities who
Doasted percentage of 300 or better.
" the thirty. twenty-one were out
heIders and nine infielders.
In the National League there were
forty-four 300 or better men. Twenty
nine of them were infielders and fifteen
outfielders.
It's more than odd. It's a queer ar
rangement. wholly by chance, of two
armies of high-class ball players. It
would seem that as teams have become
weaker and have gone to the minors
tional League has picked inf1eiders, be
cause their inffelds needed recruiting
while the Americans picked outfielders
for the same reason.
Perhaps, too both have been disap-
pointed. The American League clubs
have failed to get the infielders they
would have liked to prop up their
teams, while the Nationals have not
always been successful in the hunt for
outfielders.
Giants and Tigers Cited
There is something TO that when you
think how the Giants won a champion
ship by putting Casey Stengel back to
work in the outfield, and how the De-
troits have tried and tried to get that
hole in the infield plugged so that they
could take the pennant away from the
malt-fed Yanks.
The very best infield hitter in the
American League is Eddie Collins. But
he is outranked by Heilmann, Arch
deacon (who did not serve long in the
American Legue). Ruth and Speaker.
all of them outfielders.
The best outfield hitter in the Ma
| tional League is Wheat of Brooklyn
But he is ranked by the following In
fielders: SCHNEIDER, a Pittsburgh pitcher;
Bentley of the Giants, Hornsby of st.
Louis. and Cooney. the Boston pitcher
~ 81 h h NnG
fifth, are a few more infielders. Then
enter Mann, Harris and Roush, 50
that the infield batting distinction OF
the National League fairly CLOVIS.
It's all the other way in the Amer
lean League. where it's hard to FIND
any but the outfielders. After Col
| Inns there is Ken Williams, the St.
Louis driver, who keeps threatening
Babe Ruth's home run record; Sewell.
| the stubhy Cleveland shortstop, comes
next, but after him there are jamie
| son. Cobb. Harris and Manusll
| George Burns, who has been traded
to Cleveland, is next to Manush and
then Summa and Veach step into the
presence of the man who is looking
| for the heavy hitters.
Swaps Might Even Races.
If the American League were t.
trade off some Of it's powerful bat
ting outfelders for some of the Ma
tioEal Leagues smuggling inielders
the races in both organizations might
be more even. and the fans raised to
pitch of frenzy that would send
them all daffy by the end of the
season.
On the other hand. II the trades
failed to balance the teams, the pen
nant fights would be more Iopsided
than ever. All teams of both leagues
would declare the outfield of the
fanks did not need more hitting
strength. and all would insist thar
the infield of the Giants could hold
lis own very we'll as 1t stands.
Copyright. 1921
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OHIO STATE STADIUM
is GOOD INVESTMENT
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK, February 2.-Usually
when the stadium figures are printed
every one draws a long breath over
the immense cost of the arenas and
neglects to consider the receipts.
Figures that have just been submitted
by L. S. st. John, director of athletics
at Ohio State. show that the $780,
900 stadium completed by the uni
versity-and friends-in 1922 has
proved the most profitable investment
the university has ever made This
statement is ours-not st. Johns.
State in the past two years has
gone through unsuccessful foot ball
seasons. judging success on the basis
of foot ball victories. But as result
of ownership of stadium in which
to hold the games, net receipts have
returned interest on the investment
at a rate which insures that the
stadiup will be owned unincumb cred
in about three more years.
The unsuccessful and often I'M
spectacular Ohio State eleven played
seven games last fall, but, aided by
i the seating capacity of the vast am
phitheater, these games earned net
| profits f$174,250: The sum owed
| 900. If the net foot BAH receipts
| could be applied to paying off this in
debtedness in toto the plant could
be paid off within three years and
| the way cleared for the erection OF
something else equally costly. :,
! Nearly $150,00O worth of unpaid
stadium pledges are outstanding, and
are apparently regarded as bad debts
OF course, amid the hoop la and
hooray of a stadium drive there are
| bound to be those who pledge that
which they cannot pay. But certainly
$4,000 would seem to represent an
unreasonably large number of WEIGH
ers.
Receipts of s5s5,4os.sa for the fiscal
year ending June 80 last are ac-
counted for in expenditures of like
amount for the period between July
1, 1922, and June 80, 1923. Anything
| like a balance seems to have been
prevented by heavy outlay through
! notes of 100000 assumed on the
, stadium, interest charges and the
like.
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of all local anglers must be presented
to the Maryland authorities at the
earliest moment possible.
If the proposed legislation should
be enacted into law, the District
| angler, if he is not in a position to
have to confine his activities in this
section of the country to Virginia
| fishing. as Maryland has jurisdiction
over the Potomac and Chesapeake to
| the Virginia shore.
Take Care of Tackle.
Spring and fishing are almost here
and for those who have not prop
erly cared for their tackle following
the last fishing excursion Of the past
season there is yet time to. put things
right.
During the off season fishing tackle
Rods should not be kept in a hot
| closet or near radiators or steam
pipes. If rod is in canvas or linen
case, do not tie the tapes tightly
joints Where possible. the rods
should be laid fiat on a shelf, which
will keep them straighter than If al
| lowed to stand on end
| Keep it together in a drawer Of a
desk or in a tackle box. Then, when
the season opens, you don't nave 10
| turn the house upside down to ind a
| should be stored in oiled paper and
not pushed into corks, for any mois-
ture in a cork will rust a hook.
Too much care can not be given
flies. Moths can make valuable col
lection of flies look mighty dingy in
| a very short time. The best plan TO
preserve your flies is to get a wide
| mouthed bottle with a tight-ntting
| cork. The most energetic OF moths
cannot bore through glass or chew
through a cork
Line. Should BE Tested. >
Lines should be carefully exam.
ined, and If there are any doubtful
places the line should be tested to de.
termine Its strength. Don't wait
until the next fishing season to nno
| out, and when you are fast to big
fish, that your line is rotten Oil or
, water will soon rot the best of liner
lines. When a line becomes coated
with filth. wash 1t carefully with
| lukewarm water and little 1vor,
soap. Afterward the line can b
| is an alkai in the fishing water, the
| line should be washed in rain OF
| other pure water and dried.
/ Don't leave wet line on q reel
! IT you can do nothing else, and have
no line dryer at hand, stretch the
| dry.
Wipe your reels free of all dirt be.
| fore you store them away. A me.
| chanical turn of mind will enable one
| to open the reels and clean them
| But don't monkey with fine rec
| unless you are a good mechanic. Bet.
| ter leave internal cleaning of reels
| to your tackleman or his workman
When in use the reel should be oiled
with q thin machine oil. Don't use
enough oil so it will overrun from
| tho reel plates and moisten the line
l For preserving SilkwCrm gut and
| leaders it is best to keep them In
paper which is rubbed with olive oil
| which, when used in moderation. will
| keep them in good condition. Worr
and frayed leaders can be smoothee
down by stretching and rubbing
lightly with bit of India rubber
| Don't use q rubber eraser which ha:
I grit on it-typewriter erasers d.
have and are bad to use for thii
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STAKES TOTAL $4,000
FOR CLEVELAND MEET

CLEVELAND, Ohio, February q
The stake program for the first 1924
grand circuit meeting at North Ran
dali track here June 80 to July 5,
inclusive, as announced by Secretary
Win Kfnnan today, totals $4,000.
The Ohio, Tavern, Fasig, Edwards,
Experiment and Trotting Sweep
stakes, are all renewed. The Ed
wards stake for 2:08 PAGERS, inaugu-
rated in 1909 as a $4,000 event, has
been raised to $1,000.
The six stakes, entries for which
close February Is. are as follows:
The 1903 trotting sweepstakes, add
ed money. 81, 500.
The Ohio, for 2:0s trotters, value
s., 900.
: The Tavern steak" for 2:12 trot-
tiers, value $1,000.
The Edwards. for 2:0S PAGERS, value
/ $1,000.
The Fasig, for 3-year-old trotters
eligible to 2:10 class, value $4,000.
The Experiment for 3-year-old
PAGERS, value $1,000.
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record.
On her way to the first champion.
shin of the year. Miss Collett easily
disposed of Mrs. Caleb Fox Of Phila-
delphia. but had a. 19-hoie session
with Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd OF
the Merton Cricket Club in the tnaiS
This latter match was nip and-tuch
affair between the two former ma
tional champions in which, however
G1enna showed the greater steaoiliesS
Putting Is Big Factor.
Some of the marvelously low
scores made here by the women
PLAYERS are attributable largely 70
their keen putting. The women seem
to have a finer touch than most OF
the amateur golfers or professlonais
either. for that matter, and in the
tournament here over the grass
greens. puts Of % feet or more were
the rule rather than the exception
of course, some of the women play
ers missed the short ones. oor,es the
ring of steel against hard white
rubber as the golfers of the country
begin their tuning up for the season.
Professionals and amateurs alke
have come to realize that to Keep
in condltion they must do a great
deal of playing during the WINTER
months. Good weather in the nortn
kept many courses open aftef tne
usual closing dates this winter, Dut
that the cpIu mas SohIc AZ
est. the golfers are flocking to the
south and the Florida courses are
crowded.
Among the amateurs, Fred Knight
of the White Marsh Country CUP
Philadelphia, is playing. some OF the
best golf. winning the first big
tournament of the year over the
links of the Miami Country Club and
following this up with the low medal
score in the qualifying round for the
tournament over&he Bay Shore links
AT Miami Beach. Donald Parsons OF
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, and Washington
is one of a golfing foursome which Is
touring the east coast aboard the
Yacht of James A. Stillman, the
former banker of New YORK CITY
Jimmy Stillman himself is playing
pretty keen game and easily quall-
fled In the first sixteen at the bay
Shore tournament.
Diegel May Play Sarazen.
From Palm Beach comes word that
T,eo Dieeel of Washington, profess
sional at ..Friendshtp," is playing the
best game of his career. A 6o over
the country club course at RAIN
Reach is evidence of this, and Dlegel
has been shooting under ~ con-
sistently. Talk is heard of match
between him and Gene Sarazen when
the latter comes to Florida later IL
the month.
s Mike Brady also is displaying tor
form at the Miami Country Club. he
shot a IL on Thursday. The King
is ready to cross niblicks with the
best of the touring pros when they
reach his balliWick.
copyright, 1927
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"BILSON JACK" VETERAN
OF PRIZE RING, is DEAD

1nbn Guest' who as "Bilson jack
fought 122 rounds in England, with
Jack Clifford before the advent OF
Oueensbury rules, is dead at HIS
home here.
Born in Bilson, England, seventy
sears ago. Guest came to America
at the age of thirty years: He re-
sided in east Pittsburgh during the
past twenty years. He had planned
to celebrate his golden wedding an
niversary next month.
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LEW F0NSECA TRAINING
TO DEVELOP HIS SPEED

CINCINNATI. February g - Lew
Fonseca, the Cincinnati Reds utility
man, is training at his home in Call
an effort to make the regular team.
according to word received here. For
three years Fonseca has been subbing
t first and second base and the out
field, pinch hitting with wonderful
success, but his slownesS of foot has
kept him out of the regular lineup.
With the receipt of word that
George Burns has sent in his signed
contract, the Cincinnati Nationals
have four outfielders under contract
Burns, Duncan, Pick and Bressler.
Ed Roush. the main bulwark of the
outfeld, however, still is outside the
fold.