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Show V The (Special Nikko of Temples :TH fctfS PORTS Correspondence.) If you should happen to be travelwith a ing In Japan, and In conversing native aay to him, I have seen Japan and It la most beautiful, then perhaps the native would question you and say, But have you seen Nikko? And if you should say not, then he would reply, Sir, among us a tradition runs that he who has not seen Nikko cannot say Kekko, which In our tongue means that unless a man has seen Nikko he has no right to use that " phrase most beautiful. Nikko is the Mecca of the Buddhists In Japan. To die and not have And so It seen It Is loss Irreparable. 19 the wish of each and every soul to make that pilgrimage. Let us make It and approach, not as the Philistine foreigner, lounging in the compartment of a rattling, tooting train, but along the road that for centuries has been worn by the pilgrims wooden sandal. at our elbow, unseen at first, an old white horse peering from the dam recesses of a stall. A priestess in e Scenes on the Road. The road runs slowly upward till jfinally we come from out seemingly endless trees and find ourselves in a flood of sunshine, our rlklsbas rattling pver the uneven road of a village gtreet. Low, open houses string along on either side, and sliding doors, paneled In small rice-papsquares, are pushed back so far as to leave each Interior entirely open. As we Jog unevenly along we get a glimpse of neatly-matted floors, shining woodwork and hanging, unrolled scrolls, depicting a landscape or perhaps a seated golden Buddha. Women, their black, ahlny hair done high upon their heads, go about their work with that little forward trot peculiar to their race. A few bear children on their backs, and aome lean over charcoal braziers warming their small, brown hands. To the Mt of the road Is a fur shop, where an old dame sits, smiling and flowing to us, expectant of a purchase, while a man across the way, with from & house well stocked curios, asks us in broken English please to enter. And here along the way we meet a group of children fresh from school, gesticulating and calling shrilly to each other, many of them entirely unconscious of the small brothers and sisters whose heads appear above a bundle at their backs. Each one holds in a chubby fist a pile of cardboard discs, bearing on one side the colored picture of some Japanese emperor or general. Each, in turn, throws his disc at one face upon the ground. If he can turn the other disc over with his throw, it is his. But if not, he must let his own lie while others throw at It. There Is a of little sandals just er clop-cloppln- g mk.t n, sure. Pitcher McNIchola, who made so good an Impression as a member of the Boston aggregation last season, Is out with an Interview In which he states he would like to leave Boston. Christy Mathewson has notified the New York club that there Is no truth Tomb of leyaau. squares, in each square a colled gold dragon. A paling Just within the doors marks the limit to which the pilgrim may approach the great gold Buddha, who, seated on a golden lotus flower, looks out from the gloomy recess of the room. The air is damp and cool and the silence broken only by the mumbled mutterlngs of pilgrims as they prostrate themselves before the is generally true. Few, men have switched from the mat to the ring and made good in any kind of style. The two sports don't seem to mix well In spite of the fact that most boxers do a lot of wrestling lu training and become fairly proficient In the art. Gotch la not built on the lines of a fighter either, and the work he has done will probably leave his boxing muscles in poor shape. Chicago Record-Herald- . Corrigan's Racing Plana. Race horse men are of the opinion that the present trip of Edward Corrigan means the organization of a new racing circuit, with a number of the most prominent tracks in the country as members. This opinion has been gathered from hints which the directors in the new club at New Orleans have let drop during the past few days, and. Inasmuch as this has always been one of the ambitions of Mr. Corrigan, It Is believed that he now thinks that the time Is The ripe for such an organization. plants that are seemingly In his grasp are those at Kansas City, Chicago, Essex park, Hot Springs, and the new course about completed In New Orleans. With every decision of the courts so far In his favor, his lifeseems long friend, Ed Applegate, about to come Into possession of the beautiful race course at Mlldale, Ky. Lntonla. If Mr. Applegate succeeds, this Western Jockey club track will Immediately wheel Into the Corrigan column. With such a chain of racing plants Mr. Corrigan looks very ' uv black begs alms fur him. He Is a steed, the descendant of other historic National League New. pranrers, kept 'continually for the use Outfielder Seymour, tired of Albany, of shades of Shoguns when they wish to ride at night. Bather than Inter- has returned to Cincinnati. Overall, Phelps and Ewing are now fere with these ghostly gambols, which the only unsigned Cincinnati players. we are assured are confined to the temDirector Billings denies tho reportple precincts, we drop a few sen Into the lady's alms box and ascend the ed attempt to trade Abbaticchio for broad lacquer steps leading to the Brain. The Boston dub has signed the temple before us. Here a priest, hlB head shaved and wearing a yellow young New York catcher, Billy gauze kimono, bars our way and com- Stroh. Bob Ewing, the Cincinnati mands us to remove our shoes. Reds spit-bal- l pitcher, signed a 1905 contract. The Temple Interior. The Brooklyn club is reported as The temple interior is a large Bquare room, paneled to the ceiling in black having signed outfielder Otla Cljmer, lacquer inlaid with gold, while the drafted from Buffalo. Fred Tenney wants more money to ceilings themselves are laid off In manage the Boston Nationals than the triumvir feel Justified In paying. Fred Tenney declares that Jim Dela-hant- y will develop Into a better outfielder than ever he was an Inflelder. Says Tom Flood: Chase, who goes to New York, has Ganzel beaten a mile, and will easily make good In the big leagues. Of the 54 players on the Brooklyn reserve list, only two have actually been signed to play ball, namely, Reddy Owens and Ace Batch. The Giants whose signatures are on paper are McGinnlty, Taylor, Wiltse, jiuim Bowerman, Uresnahan, Gilbert, Dahl-eDevlin, Dunn, Mertes and Browne. Jake Beckley has come out with the announcement that he has no Idea of giving up base ball for bookmaking. The veteran knows where the pay Is Jesse Burkett. In fifteen years service In the major leagues, has managed to have a batting average of more than 400 in four different seasons. He Is getting along In years, but he Is still a fine player. d American Association Affairs. Third baseman E. Gremlnger has signed with Minneapolis. Inflelder Swartz, of Cleveland, la headed for either Indianapolis or Minneapolis. Young Roy Clarke is slated to be George Yeager's catching companion at Toledo. Catcher Kid Speer of Milwaukee, announces that he Is going to retire from baseball. Pitcher John Fisher, of the Indianapolis team has begun the work of coaching the Wabash College baseball team. Ford and Thomas are on the Detroit list, but It is probable that both of these men will again pitch for Minneapolis. The Minneapolis club baa signed Harry Kunkle, a Cincinnati catchei reputed to be a clever receiver and hard hitter. Orville Woodruff declares that the Indianapolis club has no claim whatever on his services and that under no circumstances will he go back to the Hoosler capital. Gregory, Clay, Reading and Cravln are names that may become household ones in Minneapolis next season. Watkins has them attached to Minneapolis contracts. the Boutbpaw Davy Willlama, pitcher, last season with Altoon, will play with Kansas City next season. Hummel, the Wilmington second base-mawill go West with him. Roae Out of College Athletics. Ralph Rose Is barred from all Michigan athletic teama by action of the University of Michigan board of control. The board formally decided that the great Heaton Will Coach Drake. half William Heston, Michigan's back, has signed a contract to coach Drake college football eleven next Heston's salary Is fixed at fall. $1,250. His work will last during tbe football season only. The salary paid him by Drake Is the largest ever earned by a Michigan athlete upon his first venture into the coaching busiHeston had flattering offers ness. from prominent schools. As Drake will probably play against Michigan next fall, Heston will be tho first one of Yosts proteges to put against a Michigan eleven an opponent trained in Yosta style. Year's Trotting Meetings. While no announcements have been made as to the programs of the various trotting meetings. It may be accepted as a fact that they will vary god. As we cross to the buildings on the right we stand for a moment to behold a novel sight. It is a priestess In a white hood and robe, who, with a tambourine accompaniment, performs a sacred dance. She waves her arms as she shakes the cymbals and slowly pirouettes three times. Then she falls upon her kppes and makes a low ea j j1.--- ' J - 4& &ogp Z Catcher-Outfielde- r . -- m C I'ETvl J - -- J of the the report that he would purchase the Scranton club. He will go south with the Giants. Pitcher Dressier, the Boston recalon for floating citrant, was cartilage of the left knee at his home In Flemlngton. Pa., on January 4. It Is believed the operation will prove successful. He was Injured In a game last July. In oM-rat- i? . leyasu Temple at Great Gate. ' it , ahead, and behold a group of :ih11 ladles under large paper umbrellas and carrying each her Bchool hooks. They are shy and crowd one another to get past. At the Temple of leyaeu. Acrosa the bridge and we are near the temples placed by the great Shogun leyasu and his son. Ieyamltsu, the end and climax of our pilgrimage, They are approached by numberless stone steps, as broad as a highway, and banked on both sides by walls of huge stone blocks perfectly fitted and velvety with moss. High above tower those huge cryptomerlas, which Alter a dint, checkered light through their branches. Once up the atepa and through a great arch and we are In the templet courtyard, a harmony of subdued color, with Its gray stone flagging and numberless stone lanterns. At the far end stand the temples, and to the left, rising tier on tier, la a huge red pagoda trimmed with gold and hung with golden bells. The white-pillaregateway through which we must pass la guarded on each sldo by two red demons, their faces wrinkled In angry hatred, while In their hands they brandish swords and darts. But why Is the flowered design of the left Inner pillars supporting the arch way upside down? We wonder at such a mistake. That la because the builders were afraid the gods would be envious of their work If It were entirely perfect, so they purInside the posely made this error. gateway and we are In another Directly across quadrangle, the way and to the left and right are temples. We start toward the temple opposite, but are stopped by a stamping sound, and turn to find, directly moss-covere- moss-covere- . d d stone-flagge- d laani, receiving on the mat before ber a shower of copper coins. The buildings to the right are after the manner of cloLstera, low and rambling, with a pillared portico. The paneling in the Interior la all in red and gold and black. These rooms are the depositories of Shoguns trappings. There are silks, brocades and masks In open cases, gold and silver armor on boxei the walls, and bound with tasseled cord of gold and red. Overcome with the splendor of It all we take our way bark through the demon-guardegate and ascend anstone other flight of the of burial to the leyasu, place steps greatest of the Shoguns. A simple stone quadrangular fence Incloses a plain bronze tomb, thrown Into everlasting shade by those giant trees that stand like sentinels above the man that plunted them. Of all the places this Is the most Imposing, as It stands In dignified and lonely silence. Let us contemplate It for a time and then slowly retrace our steps to the temples, and from the temples down the great stone stairway and across the bridge to our hotel, which lies among the trees 1ih k from the road. Our pilgrimage I over. moss-mantle- d Reward. Inventor grandson of Oen. Shrapnel, who the missile thnt has Invented, in cut such a figure In the to obtain war. Is endeavoring from the British government some, at least, of the $30,oou hi grandfather spent for the benefit of his country, receiving for that and his Invention no recognition, and dying poor and r the manner l brokenhearted, s'-eInventor A Russo-Japanes- e American League Notea. Clark Griffith Is claiming the American League pennant for 1905. Bill Bradley does not relish talk of trades that will take him away from Cleveland. Whitley, one of the new pitchers signed by the New York Americans, Is a pupil of Amos Rusle. The two St. Nails clubs will play seven games In April. This will Include two Saturdays and two Sundays. According to President Taylor of Boston, Mike Dunlin is permanently barred from the American League. Catcher Ixmis Crlger has signed to coach the Purdue University base ball team at Terre Haute next spring. Charley Farrell will be taken south team In with the Boston American condiInto can If he get and. March, tion, will be signed. Catcher Bob Wood has sent In his signed contract to the Detroit club. Catcher Bevllle will probably be turned over to some American Association club. St. Louis fans profess to be Immensely tickled over the trade of Jesse Burkett for Stone, of the Boston Americans. Burkett was entirely too folsurly to please the Mound City of the game, lowers Tatsy Dctravan says this league hn the National skinned to death on third basemen. Ho considers Izach the only third baseman In tho senior league ns against five such In th Amerlenn. to be starred down south Injole this spring as the headliner of the profession. lie I to be billed on three-shee- t posters as boss batter of the whole world. Come pretty near to deserving the title too first-clas- ! t. w y. . r i'L. '.vi-- . . f j.,4 Verdant, Considered by Racing Men at New Orleana as the Beat Old of the Winter Seaton. ' - com- by shot-putte- peting without permission for tbe Chicago Athletic Association at New York during Christmas vacation, had violated rule 13 of the Western conference, and was therefore for all time Ineligible to compete for Michigan, The stand taken by the Michigan board leaves no hope that Rose, the only hope of winning the Western conference meet this year, will compete under the Maize and Blue, or for any other conference college. Challenge Jiu Jitsu Experts. II. W. Titus, the featherweight wrestling champion, declared that he was willing to meet any of the jlu Jitsu experts on the mat at any time and on any conditions, In order to decide the much discussed controversy as to the relative merits of the Japanese and American styles of wrestling. Titus, who does not place much faith in the Japanese wrestling art, says that his pupil, N'els Rampf, and Alexander Swanson gave an exhibition at Tuxedo park recently . The Jap. Higashi, and an assistant also wrestled. After each pair had watched the other working, the Americans offered to meet the Japanese. The latter asked the officials of the club whether they would be willing to be for an Injury or even death, t occurred. Naturally the club men n, OP. s 1 Two-Yea- r- ( little from last year's. We may expect the renewals of the usual classics, like the $l(t,uno M. and M. at Detroit, the $15,1)00 Massachusetts at New York (N. L.) Club. Keadvllle, the $lo,noo Charter Oak at Meetings for the Trottera. Hartford, Providence's Roger Willcircuit of the grand The stewards and Park Brew purses, the Ohio iams Four A. A. teams are to train away adopted a racing schedule for the from home the Saints at Norwood coming season. The grand circuit at Cincinnati, Electric City at BufInn, Mlque Flnn'a Toledo Mud Hens will he begun with a two weeks falo, etc, at Paducah, W. 11. Watkins' Minne- meeting at Detroit, from July 24 to Fournier Hae Arrived. apolitans at Champagne, and Joe Can Aug. 4. llenrl Fournier, the French motor tlllon's Brewers at Des Moines, Is The remainder of the schedule racer who has won many prizes In as follows, being In each case for the International speed contests Is now In week beginning on the date given: Southern 8aylnga. New York. track, City 7; Aug. Buffalo, Empire Wiley Platt, the old southpaw pitch Fournier said that he would comNew York, Aug. 14; Keadvllle, Mass., er, has been released by Memphis. pete In the meet to be held at Ormond 28; HartManager Fisher, of Nashville, In Aug. 21; Providence, Aug. beach, Florida, If his car and racing tends to go through the entire 1905 ford, Sept. 4; Syracuse, Sept. 11; boat could he brought from Paris In Columbus, Sept. 18; Cincinnati, Sept. time. season with only fourteen men. for the two weeks W. I). s Umpire Carpenter, late of the 25, and Memphis, The Frenchman Is particularly 16. Oet. National League, has been added to beginning to mile the capture straightaway the Southern Icague staff, thus com George Hayt of Washington waa re- record In this country, now held by W. elected Judge of the grand circuit, and K. Vanderbilt, Jr. pletlng the quota. Dale Gear Is going to give Elmer Robert A. Newton of Yorkvllle, 111,, Meredith a trial with Little Rock. The was made starting Judge. This is the Want Michigan to Meet Yale. plans of the latter In regard to break first time a starting Judge for the At a meeting of the governing comIng Into the Western Association ns grand circuit has been chosen, as heremittee of the Michigan Society of a magnate fell through. tofore the local associations have New York It has been determined to Fred Abbott, the former Cleveland each selected their own. take steps to get tbe University of backstop, does not take exception to Michigan football team a game In the sale of his release to the Atlanta New York with Yale next fall, If posWill Match Britt and White. club. He says he always played bis Unless Jabe White, the English sible. Yost, the Michigan coach, ha best In the South and Is perfectly willbeen Invited, as a guest of the Michilightweight champion, follows the exing to go hack. gan society, to the banquet to be held defeated who of Joe Bowker, ample Jan. 26, when the matter will be furFrankie Nell for the bantamweight ther discussed. Western Winnowing. championship, and refuses at the last roun to this the make The Chicago National League team minute to trip To Mak Football a Misdemeanor. White and will play at SL Joseph, April 11. try, u niateh between Senator Light ner of South Dakota as as is Britt good Edward The St. Joseph club Is endeavoring James Introduced an has bill, (he to raise enough money by public sub made. most rigorous of Its kind yet proto new build a ball park. serlptlon Manager James Coffroth of the In any legislature, lie would The Sioux City club has offers for Athletic dub of San Francisco posed first baseman Jack Nesserly from tho expects to get the match permit from Instantly suspend from school any Portland and Colorado Springs clubs. tho board of supervisors, and he has player who Injures another, make fraud lent reglst ration for purioso Thomas Fleming, outfielder and notified Tom O'Rourke, who Is ftsitball a mlsdemeauor, of good hitter, Is the man selected White In this country at pres- andplaying hold the president of the colgeneral report to head the Colorado ent, that he will put cm Britt and with tho student. Springs baseball nine for the com White If the Englishman tomes to this lege equally guilty Is not Ing year. White anxious country. While Jenkins Downs Carkeek. to come to thH country to fight, It At San Frnnilseo, Cal., Jan. 10 Is more there thst thought the fart St. Joseph Sal Is Denied. Tom Jenkins defeated Jack Carkeek will Induce President Chamberlain denies the money to tie niude hero for the world s championship at icport sent out from Omaha that tho him to make the trip. wrestling In two straight St. Joseph Western League baseball Tho first fall was won falls. club has been sobl to Roy Runclo of In 17 minutes and 30 seconds and the Wrestler and Fighter. St. Paul, supposed to he representing James J. Jeffrie struck a pood note seecmd in 4 minutes. Carkeek'e age the Teheait and Burns Interests. The when he advised Frank dutch to stick (old cm him, and his old skill was me citizens of St. Joseph have raised a to the wrestling gam and not try to tleenhly luc king. Jenkins won the first fund of $4,bn() with which to start the win honor In the prize ring, "Jeff fall In 17:30 with a tmr wrist and bulf local team next seison, and Chamber-laila credited with saying that gcl Nelson hold, lie won the second fad w't continue at Its head. -wrestlers make jc vrs, and this with a half Nelson and body hold refused. Titus, Swanson and Rampf claim that this their usual way of sidestepping a match. an-Ion- anti-footbal- l g repre-ventin- 1 catch-as-ralrh-ra- n |