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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-28
Now Listen to Jim

Now Listen to Jim
WE saw Corbett the other day
w and asked him about that
famous fight. -.
"Thqt story's wrong" said
Jim, getting excited Immediately
Dempsey and ] never had a
quarrel. The people behind
Choynski were very anxious to
have him beat me and paid Jack
Dempsey $1,000 to second him. !
met Jack on the barge just before
the fight, and he said to me:
Jim, they are offering me $1,000
to go behind Choynski, and /
don't know whether to accept it or
not
81 looked at Dempsey and
smiled. and then, more for eff
feet than anything else, said:
you go ahead and take that
money, Jack, and you go behind
him. You can't make him beat
me and he knows it.
"The fight was for a thousand
dollars a side, Nose Gunst put
ting up the thousand dollars for
Choynski. l had Billy Delaney
as my chief second, while Choyn-
ski had Jack Dempsey, the Non
pariel; Eddie Graney and Nat
Goodwin. That was the fight on
the barge, and it went twenty
seven rounds. That's the day
Choynski wore the skin-tight
driving gloves (someone having
tossed his overheard before the
fight, while / wore regular five
ounce gloves.
Gust before he died, Billy De-
laney wrote story for a Western
paper, declaring that to have been
the greatest fight he ever saw in
his life. Well, it was pip, even
though do say so myself. I
know that l tainted after it was
all over and had two broken hands
"Choynski stayed in a Turkish
bath for five days after the fight.
He was so battered up he didn't
want to be seen by his friends"
The fight TOOK place at Benicia,
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RICHMOND FIRSTSACKER
LEADS VIRGINIA LEAGUE

Individual batting honors in the
Virginia League for 1925 rest with
Harold Weafer, first baseman of
mark Of .39I in 1O8 games and
was consistently good with the bat
all the way. He did not rate
with some of the sluggers of the
Virginia loop, but did manage to
get a total of 212 bases on 1877 hits
Weafer scored 79 runs and was re.
sponsible for an additional 8b.
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PACIFIC COAST MEN WANT
SHORTER SEASON IN 20
Boxing in Spain

Manager Wade Killefer Of Seattle
announced last week that four
clubs are in favor of shortening
the season by four weeks. Besides
Seattle, Salt Lake, Portland and
Sacramento favor q curtailed sea-
son and the other clubs oppose any
change. he said
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Finnigan Draws

The advance sale for the Honey
boy Finnigan-Babe Herman bout
scheduled for November 4 in Boston
has reached $1,000, and the match
is expected to draw at least $4,000,
according t oadvices from Bean.
town.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-28
Acacias Have CUNT

The Acacia Mutual Life Associa.
ton has decided to put a basketball
team on the courts this winter
Cotton Clark was named captain of
the qutnt. For games call Manager
Jones at Main 1923 between 6 and
1880 o'clock.
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THAT GREAT FIGHT ON BARGE.

WallL W Sec AAIA 4A5AH
''Nat Goodwin came in to Demp-
sey and said: .a.,r 2z-
:" Say, Jack, let me see your
wrist. / just made a bet with 2
fellow outside that your wrist
is smaller than mine.
"tSure,' responded Dempsey, as
he barred his wrist and held II
out.
"Nat reached over and snapped
handcuff over the wrist, then
snapped one on his own, binding
the two together.
"'What's the idea?' questioned
the Nonpariel.
"'You're coming to the Corbett-
Choynski fight with me-, said
Nat.
"'You're wrong. I'm going to
bed
"Then I'm going to bed with
you replied Nat.
Dempsey puzzled for a mo-
ment and then decided he was in
for it. He went. And he saw
Corbett win"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-28

The bowling OF John HarViIIe,
anchor man forf the Fred D. Stuart
team, has been sensational, as
shown by his average OF 1888 for
fifteen games.
But despite his fine performances.
Harville's team Is tenth In the
standings.
Here are the leagues figures:
STANDING OF TEAMS
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Firpo Plans Return

Luis Firpo, after resting a year,
plans to come back, and will try to
meet the winner Of the Spalla.
Paolina bout for the championship
of Europe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-28
EederaLs Reorganize

The Federal A. c. has again put
q football team into the field. The
Players are asked to report at Four
tenth and s. streets tonight
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Why a Commission?


NEW JERSEY folks may we'll
~ ask today, why a boxing COM
mission?
Four glib takers brought be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 to the
Newark armory to watch Floyd
johnson, two years among the
ashcan boxers of the heavyweight
class, flop before Harry Wills,
who says he wants to battle Jack
Dempsey for the world title.
Wills was in good physical con-
dition-he generally is-but his
opponent was fat and out of
shape. Why did the commissioner
permit Johnson to enter that
ring and risk possible serious in
jury because of lack of condition
AFTER THE UNSATISFAC-
TORY AFFAIR ENDED, Johnson
was examined by a physician, but
WHY NOT BEFORE?
Boxing is a success when held
under a capable commission. I'm
der an incapable commission it is
Just as much a failure as though
no commission existed.
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COBB HIGHEST -SALARIED
PLAYER ON DIAMOND
By JAMES A. LSAMINGER:

"co West young read the line in the school Ooy
writing book -. :. cooro;o want North and now
SEQ nm wear for managing and playing with the 1geLs
That makes him the highest salaried man IN basena h
dawn bv George Ruth, his brother naOoD ny
$4,000. ). - uo~oors animal salary and is
MONEY! than major league clubs dsbursd among tnH az
holders in nineies and even for gooo many yeas "
oontnru with execution here and there
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but trade rumors name Pipp,
Meusel, Gehrig, Hoyt, and Ward.
Something may happen to some
of them.
The Red Sox are said to be
willing to part with Howard
Ehmke, if they can get something
real in exchange. He's about
the only player worth considering
of trade value.
Harry Hooper has already ap-
piled for his unconditional release
and tales from Chicago have
Johnny Mostil due to perform in
some other uniform in 1926.
Ty Cobb plans rebuilding his
infield and both Fred Haney and
Elmer Rigney are not likely to
be found with the Tigers next
year. Bobby Jones has already
been turned over to the Pacific
Coast League in the Warner deal.
Cleveland fans, with ears to the
sod, say Cuckoo" Jameson will
not be with the Indians next
season, being used in trade.
Ken Williams, according to
rumors in the West, will not be
with the Browns in 1926, but with
an Eastern club.
And so it goes. Hardly has one
season come to it's appointed end
than another is on the way, like
waves of the ocean, tumbling in
upon each other.
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LEAD WAY in
ODD FELLOWS LEAGUE
Rv PERCE ELLETT.

Official Scorer, Odd Fellows Duckpin League
Lodge is off tine start
straight the Odd Fellows League At the end
bowling Mount Peasants have fifteen
fairly comfortable lead their
foeS,t the Easter
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AL00KINCTn OVER
. WITH LOUIS 4. BOUCHER


over the scores Of various football eeven it
If he happens to be member of the Middebur Allegheny Yer
mont Gettysburg elevens
from knowledge that victory grdron just
where else Football is fun though
kind of hard work. The public visiting football field
Saturday nothing aject dudgery
athletes
and Of adverse fortune their nek their hn their manly
reward old Alma
these athletes victory the following Saturday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-28
Yale Is Crippled

Yale's backfield may be crippled
as it enters the game with Army.
Cutler and Kline have injured
knees,
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Seek Grid Games

The Eagle Insects desire games
with 1875 pound elevens. Manager
Scott's phone number is Lincoln
1878.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-28

Even today in the year 1926 TINS
writer doubts II at least two teams
in the major leagues VIII nave
ANYTHING approximating that sum
to apportion among It's snare
holders. o,,r
During the world series, group
NJ writers were mulling over base
hall around a table at the press
headquarters. Writers from new
York. Detroit, Boston, chicago.
and Philadelphia were present ano
nut forth the question as to when
player in the majors was tne
wealthiest.
An agreed that this honor goes
10 Cobb, who has been drawing
nav envelopes from Frank Navln'
81 Detroit, regularly since lSUO.
Detroit writer in position 20
know asserted that Cobb was worth
more than 81, 900 ,000.~ Ty never de.
MED himself or his well regulated
family the luxuries OF lie put
nevertheless he has been shreWd
enough to more than double ms
baseball earnings.
II was said that the interest on
his investments is so big that ~
can salt away his regal salary OF
$50 900. AS q, matter Of TACT 1t was
pointed out that Ty has not nad
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Calf, at II o'clock on the morn
ing of June 8, 1889.

CALI, at IL O'CLOCK on tine mOELl'
ing of June 5, 1889.
Choynski was twenty-one years
of age and Corbett was twenty
three. What a battle that must
have been, Ell!
Boxing in Spain
AT Balboa, Spain, glove con-
~ test took place for the first
time in the history of that coun
try. The contestants were the
local champion. Paolino, and the
champion Of England, Phil Scott
the man who for the want of
suitable opponents in his own
country met and defeated three
men in a week.
Fighting in his usual way, like
an Infatuated hull, the Spaniard
overwhelmed his taller if less
robust antagonist, and with one
mighty swipe FOUND the body sent
the pride of Old Albion down for
the full count in the sixth round.
The loser claimed he had been
struck low, but the referee,
Georges Carpenter, disallowed the
claim, stating that the punch was
a fair one. The fact that 10000
persons were present and that tn !
majority rived at daybreak
would make appear as if Spain
is to be another boxing center.
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RECORD PERFORMANCE
High team game. Mt Pleasant. 567
High team set, Mt. Pleasant. 1,609
High Indiv. anne, c. H. Croft LIB
High indiv. Ct, p. c. Ellett.... $40
Greatest spares, Harville IS
Greatest strikes. Baker ....... II
High Indiv. ave-, Harville.... u.s.
Individual averages Of those par
ticipating in six or more games:
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It doesn't happen to be Tad
Jones' rating: however. Mr..
Jones will talk at some length
about piccolO playing In ten les
sons, the tendency toward pink.
nerkwear and other topics OF
polite converse. Never, or even
less than that, about. the Yale
football team.
, 1925-03-11
CODY BASKETBALL GIRLS
CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL
Indicated Girls Team Wins Two
Games at Henderson and Basin
will Play Return Games

That Cody High has state cham
p%ionship material in it's girls bas-
ketball team is evidenced by the
record which these girls have made
in all their engagements this sea-
son. On Thursday evening of last
week they played Henderson, Wyo-
ming, winning by a score of 80 to
20, from a team which is considered
one of the strongest in the state.
On the following night they trimmed
the Basin team to the tune of 33
to is.
Cody should be justly proud of
this organization of girl hoop ar
lists who, under the coaching of
Miss Josephine Kollmyer, have de-
veloped into an undefeated team.
They have played a consistent game
through the entire season and have
easily defeated all contestants. The
game at Henderson was the hardest
game of the season, and the win
ming of this game places them well
toward the top of the list in the
state. A return game will be played
with Basin in Cody March 21st.
, 1925-03-11
CODY-CORBETT
ROAD WORK
TO BE STARTED EARLY THIS
SPRING If RIGHT OF WAY
CAN BE SECURED

The state highway department is
making negotiations at the present
time for a r~ight-of-way for the new
road which is to be built from Cody
to the Corbett hill on the Cody
Powell road, and if the difficulties
are not too great it is expected
that this important link of tn.
county road system will be complet-
ed during the coming summer. En-
sineer C.. E. Hayden, local engineer
of the highway department, has
been running a survey of the pro-
posed road, and the location has
been quite definitely settled.
According to the plans of the high
way department, the road will run
east out of Cody as far as the Ahl-
berg corner, thence north to the
Wfltse corner, and follow the old
road east again to the right of the
1. N. McGuffey property and farm
formerly used as the county poor
farm, and will cross Sage creek at
a point very near the present tenn
porary bridge site. From the bridge
the new survey cuts diagonally
across the tract of land owned by
c. E. Hempstone, joining the old
road at the Ebert corner. From the
Ebert corner the road will follow
a straight line to the bank of the
Shoshone river, cutting through the
AL Bean ranch. After reaching the
river it will follow the river bank
northeast to Corbett hill, connecting
with the old road.
The new ROAD will make neces.
sary the use of about ten feet add
tional land on each side of the pres.
ent thoroughfare, and will make
some di~sagreeable divisions III one
or two fine ranches. The depart.
ment has very little funds to be
used for the purchase of right-of-
ways and should opposition develop
to any great extent it is possible
thai the project will be abandoned
The state highway department, in
its work of road building over the
state, ends many communities de
sirous of having better roads. and
will not come into a community and
spend its money where it is rot
wanted If the ranchers of the Low.
er Sage want a good nard surfaced
road, it will be up to them 10 gel
behind this project and give SOM.
assistance in securing the right-of.
way.
The proposed project is estimated
to cost about sixty to seventy thou
sand dollars, and when completed
will be a credit to the state ant
county highway.
, 1925-03-11
CODY HIGH TEAM
ELIMINATED TODAY

Word was received in Cody
today that the Cody High
team went down to its second
defeat at the hands of the
Basin team, and T. eliminat-
ed from the state conference.
The boys played their first
game yesterday with Cheyenne
and yer defeated 20 to 6.
Later in the day they met the
husky team from Basin and
dropped their second game by
a close score of IL to 10.
Ernest Newton has placed
in the finals i'm reading by
reading IF 1 Had the Time"
and early Rising" He also
placed i'm the essay contest by
writing "Shal 1 Go to Col
lege." He lost in eNtemper-
aneous speaking" ---
Unofficial reports are to the
effect that Miss Leona Oeland
placed after the first prelim-
inaries in piano in academic
contests, and that Dan Phil
lips stood well i'm the first
tests in voice.
, 1925-03-11
.CORMAN RAPE CASE
SETTLED OUT OF COURT
with Court or Leniency to
Their Children

When the case in which the state
was charging Jack German with
rape vas called for trial last week,
Judge Metz was facing one of the
most singular situations he has
ever been confronted with in his
experience on the bench. The moth
ers of both German, defendant, and
Irma Owings, appeared before the
judge, and with their arms about
each other pleaded with the court
to spare their children the exper-
fence of a trial on the charges made.
With a true Christian spirit the
mother OF the young girl placed an
equal amount of the blame on her
own child, and Germans mother.
who came 1000 miles, all the way
from Scotland, to be with her son
in his trouble, promised, if per-
mitted by the court, to take her
boy, who is about Is years old,
back to the land OF his birth.
After several consultations with
the attorneys for the defendant and
the prosecution, Judge Metz ac-
copied n plea of assault and at
tempted rape from young German
and suspended sentence upon him
that he might return to his home
! across the seas. The young ma,
stood up before the judge and pro
missed to mend his ways, and il
planning to leave soon for his ole
home with his mother.
Admirer of Buffalo Bill
In telling his story of coming II
the United States, it developed thai
young German did not become
resident of Cody by accident. but
that it had come about thru a desir,
of many years standing. When Z
very small boy he heard of Col. w
H. Cody buffalo Bid, saw ant
read of his wonderful show, ant
decided that he too, would like tt
be a cowboy, a scout. and live OF
the American frontier. AS he grew
up he was continually trying to gel
permission from his parents to CONF
to America, and succeeded two year.
ago, with the result that he all
across the Atlantic and located a
Detroit. He vas but a year at thai
place when his opportunity cam
and he landed in Cody, Wyoming
the home of the great scout.
, 1925-03-11
CLUB ENTERTAINS
SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

The Cody club on Monday enter
tanned at luncheon the honor roll
of the Cody high school, N brief
remarks were made by Mrs. Jas
Rousseau, chairman of the cultural
committee of the club and the Rev.
G. S. Upton of the NJ. E. church
This practice of SO honoring those
of the school who make an average
of ninety or better in all their
studies has stimulated a greater
effort to excel in the student body
Those included on the honor rcif
this quarter were Ben Newcomer.
Edward Black, William Greenwald,
Edwin Dunn, Melvin MCGEE, Linea
Nelson, Gladys Edley, Raymond ALL
berg, Margaret G~reenwald, Elizabeth
Thurston, Jane Carlow and Louise
Hardin.
, 1925-03-11

of the board when that organiza-
ton became an irrigation district,
and started upon its first real prac-
teal improvement work. In 1913
A. A. Anderson secured his services
as manager of the Palette ranches
on the upper G%reybull and he lived
In that section for several years,
being connected both with Mr.. An
derson's holdings and the Pitchfork
ranch, owned by the Phelps inter-
ests.
That Mr.. Newell has taken over
the management of the Irma hotel
spells the success of the institution.
He has the confidence of men with
whom he deals and his strict
adherence to business methods
will win for his the support
of all who have had transactions
with him. That he was financially
able to purchase the hotel outright
and has sufficient to fl
nance the contemplated improve
ments will mean much to the eff
fciency with which this work will
be performed, and with Mrs. Newell
who is alsoTa good business woman
and daughter of Ex-Governor Hour
to assist him, as well as Joe Jr.
a student in high school, the pros
poets for Cody having a real hoteI
service looks very bright.
, 1925-03-11
NEWTON GETS so DOLLARS
M'CLAIN MUST PAY COSTS

In a civil suit tried in the dis
trict court last week in which l.. L..
Newton was plaintiff and A. S. Nc
Claim was defendant in a suit for
damages, the jury returned a ver-
dict for a judgment of $50 in favor
of the plaintiff and assessed the
costs of the case to defendant.
The damages asked by Newton,
amounting to $4,000, ere alleged
to nave been incurred in a physical
alteration with McClain in May,
1923. McClain was charged with
having kicked Newton from the Of
flee of the electric light company,
and in doing SO, caused a hernia to
plaintiff. The case was holly con
tested by the counsel for both par
ties. and the jury reached its de-
cision only after deliberations OF
more than IL hours.
, 1925-03-11
COURT TERM
:. CLOSES TODAY
CRIMINAL DOCKET CLEARED
AND SEVERAL IMPORTANT
CIVIL CASES HEARD

The jury term of the district
court closed today with the hearing
of the civil case of the Powell Ma
tional bank VS.. A. E. Trail, ct al,
which finished last evening, and on
which the jury returned a verdict
this morning after an all night de-
liberation. The Ease has taken up
several days of the court and was
closely contested. 1t was one which
involved a couple of mortgages, and
the jury returned a decision allow
inging J. b. Trail an equity of 49,
1850 in his brothers ranch, and
the Powell National bank a second
mortgage on the same property.
Counsel for A. E. Trail was Paul
r. Greever, with Attorney E. J.
Goppert and Meyer Rankin repre-
senting the bank.
During the present jury term the
criminal docket of the county has
beer almost completely cleaned of
all cases. Many of the cases were
dropped at the request of the coun-
.ty attorney and several others we're
dismissed for various reasons. The
case of Faye Williford, which was
tried several weeks ago, and which
resulted in a hung" jury. will not
be tried again, nor will Joe Isham's
case come up for hearing.
Strand Cases
Counsel for A. Strand has Sc
cured a suspension Of sentence for
their client, pending a hearing for
new trial. and for that reason
Judge Metz will not sentence him
at this time. Mrs. Strand is to
stand trial for a minor offense in
the justice court before a jury next
week, the date not as yet having
been set.
The Jail at this time a been
thoroughly cleared of prisoners.
only the Strands and a young man
named Baldwin, connected with
moonshining activities in the upper
Greybull country, remaining as
county charges.
, 1925-03-11
FISHING FANS MUST Be
PATIENT UNTIL APRIL 2

Assistant Game Warden r.. R.
Rousseau announces that Park coun-
ty fishing fans must be patient until
Thursday, April End, before they
their lines in the streams of the
county in an effort to catch the fin
NY beauties. When the state solons
drafted the game bill, the law pre-
scribed the closed season on fish
ing, rather than the open season,
and the wording was from Novem-
Der 18th until April LIST, inclusive"
This will make the first day of
April a part of the closed season
and Rousseau says that there will
be no fishing on that day.
, 1925-03-11
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
RETURNS TO CHEYENNE

Avery Haggard, personal repre-
sentative of Governor Ross, returned
to Cheyenne last week after making
a thorough investigation of the
sheriff office in Park county. 1t is
expected he will make his report
to the Governor upon her arrival
home from Washington, which is
expected today. Attorney Haggard
is a very capable official and made
many friends while spending a few
days in Cody.
, 1925-03-11

his heart. The Irma hotel is ia
nous for its unique and priceless
decorations gathered by the late
the world, and in the undermining
of the institution Mr.. Newell will
take particular care to preserve all
the fittings which mark the Irma
from any other in the world.
The Irma has about fifty rooms,
besides it's large dining room and
spacious bar, which is now a bill
lard and pool parlor under the
management of H. H. Patchell. Mr..
Newell proposes to install hot and
cold water in all of the rooms at
the hotel and will install private
baths in many of them. The din
ing room will be re-opened for year
round service and the hotel is to
be up-to-the-minute in all its ser
vice.
In the passing of the hotel to
the ownership and management OF
Mr.. Newell it goes into the hands
of one who has made a real sue
cess in all his business undertake
ings. Joe" Newell came to Cody
about 81 years ago and since thai
time has been identified with some
of the biggest business propositions
of this section. He owned and op
Grated several ranches in the Grey
bull section, and displayed a bus
mess ability which marked him al
a man of Importance in n com
, 1925-03-11
CODY RECTOR INVITED TO
TALK LELAND STANFORD

Rev. A. H. Beatty of the Christ
Episcopal church has received an
invitation from DR.. Charles Gardin-
er, chaplain at Leland Stanford uni
|versity. to fill the pulpit there for
two Sundays in August. Rev. Beatty
has not as yet decided whether it
will be possible for him to accept
this invitation, but feels that he has
been signally honored in the in
vitation to appear at Leland Stan
ford.