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Show WlLy DIPLOMAT SVLTAff Of Mcleod the Toronto, skater Is raak- Ing arrangements for tournament of fast skaters In northern Michigan. cri, ett left Five Harvard hundred men have brJ signified their intention of trying for team this spring. in !the Crimson track This is the biggest squad In the his. ani movement was started at Monroe, to organize a syndicate for the eatb. foot of a twenty-on.ruction cor of . 0( jra:'t, to compete for the LIpton cup the Chicago races next August. , ! !v Caorgo Standing, American profes-- , iond racquet champion, successfully defended his title In a match with Peter Latham of England, the worlds ; champion, at the New York Racquet and Tennis club. The Cumberland Valley Rifle asso s held Its annual meeting at scotch station Among the lr, f Carlisle, Pa., Jan.was1. Charles Albert fleers elected of the Indian the pitcher laij, Perler, He was chosen vice presl-- d iroti; Athletics. A ft Ctf Mic e ! of-o- p' in, sat. The athletic authorities of Mlchl-- i . pan university have asked the Uni-1- 1 verity of Pennsylvania for a dual . ioor track meet. Michigan suggests that. If Pennsylvania accepts the u J riUtlon, the meet he held in Ann Ar-- 1 hor In April. fV. Charles Leonhardt of Newark, N. J., Eddie Barr of Milwaukee t n fefeated Greco-Roma- n wrestling match. - a girl!.In twenty-on- e fall first won the 3arr offim nlnutes. Leonhardt won the second minutes and the third in twen IPS v n ten minutes ' im Tom Jenkins, heavyweight cham- f ion wrestler of America, is y not overanxious to wrestle Fred t toi 0f in-ll- in-b- the subtlety and guile of the of Turkey a diplomat writes: sul-Ita- n The sultan can lie and cheat with all the bland simplicity of the heathen Chinee: In fact, hla capacity for deception amounts to little short of genius. I remember that ft shrewd signed to manage the Terre Haute Yankee friend of mine who was min Central League club, .writes from bis later at Constantinople, pitted his home In St. Louis that owing to ob- - brains against those of the sultan, jectlon by his family he will quit He had been specially commissioned baseball. by the United States to collect some to Comlskey, Charley According outstanding debts which had been over 1,500 loads of dirt and between long due. The sultan acknowledged 7,000 and 8,000 cubic yards of turf the debts cheerfully: he was most have been laid on the American anxious to pay them; he would pay league grounds In Chicago, making an them before those due to any other my diplomatic However, average elevation of sixteen Inches, power. the result of which will be to improve friend determined to pay a visit to the the draining of the grounds. sultan and to wake him up. He It is funny to read about Herman had already refused a present which Long having under consideration an the sultan had sent him of two from the Boston National perb Arab horses, which, had he had leaguers. Fred Tenney is the man- L weak spot, would assuredly have of name the the and of found it. My friend was tenacious club, ager Long as manager was suggested to He had often lassoed and thrown and Frank Dunn, who corresponded with held a bull in Texas, and he was cute, Long about the matter, but that Is a j as all good Yankees are. Besides, he dead Issue now, Boston Herald. was angry with, the sultan, and things Joe Corbett has not been at bis had reached a crisis, place of business at San Francisco for But je Had not been two minutes In nearly a month. Four weeks ago he the BOClety of the commander of the was stricken with rheumatism and faithful before all his resentment compelled to take to his bed. He has suffered intense pain, but the last report from his bedside was that hewas Improving. Joe has been a vietim of this painful disease for sevIn certain partB of India the paneral years. In fact, he would be pitchIs named bipat, which means ther ing now but for It. calamity, for he is an everpresent scourge among the people. His propFootball, er name Is tendwa. It Is the habit of these panthers for a family of them The athletic board of the University to quarter themselves on a circle of of Nebraska must look other than to within convenient distance of villages Walter C. Booth for a football coach their nightly prowlings. As soon as in 1906. Booth has served notice upon the sun Is below the horizon they the Cornhuskers authorities that his sally forth from the cover of the sursu-off- began to ooze out of his finger tips. He told me that, looking into that benevolent countenance and listening to that gentle voice, he could not believe that the sultan was not as innocent as the child that had Just Been the light. Still, ho had come there on business. He was very resolute, Again and again he had broached the subject, and every time the sultan had given him the assurance that the account would be settled He took him over his presently. led and my friend to recount grounds in Texthe stories of his as, his exploits In the civil war. The sultan showed some knowledge and great Interest In these affairs. A detailed and particular account of the American constitution was next Then came dinner. There followed, while they smoked cigars together like two old cronies, a Turkish comedy, with Turkish dancing girls. Then suddenly and with words gracious but It was few, the sultan disappeared. late. My friend returned to the legarough-rldln- tion, cheerful and exasperated, beaten and content. The next morning he realized that in a diplomatic play with the sultan it was he who was as Innocent as the child that had Just Been the light. He never got those debts paid. TAfiTHEH HVflTIJiG not permit him to coach another sea son. Word has been received that yWl by which the village herds and flocks If a the return to their resting places.later on meal cannot be secured then, the they enter a village and patrol dark lanes in the boldest manner. Nothing comes amiss to them that Is not too large and heavy for their strength. Children, dogs, goats and the young cattle are their favorite quarry. They are bold enough to dash into a hut even with a light burning in It, seize their prey, then rush away with speed and, with a noiselessness that is marvelous, retreat with their prize to the nearest cover and there devour It. In the morning the poor Iglbt-nln- 1i IiVIA villager, following the tracks of the retreating animal, soon arrives at the few remains of his goat or calf, or maybe, his child. In the following way the natives get their revenge. A stray dog Is caught in the village and is tied on the path generally frequented by the panther family. The bait Is carried off during the night and devoured close by. Next day a maehan (platform) is fixed In a convenient tree and In the evening a kid is tied on the spot occupied by the dog on the previous night. The sportsman settles himself in the maehan before sunset and begins his watch. Terrified by his lonely position the kid begins a frantic bleating, which soon attracts the panther marauders, which are skulking about near the spot where they found their last meal. A short stalk soon brings them to the kid and directly under the concealed sportsman, who 6hoots the beasts. It is Impossible to follow the panthers Into the Impenetrable cover they frequent and they never show themselves In daylight leged to be unpaid 1904 salary. apPresident O'Brien has thirty-fivplications from umpires. Included In the list are Kane, Sullivan, Owens, Zimmer, Mullane, Perry Werden and Bausewino. There Is already talk In Chicago to the effect that Milwaukee will get back Harry Clark and Tom Dougherty. Both were sold In September to Comlskey. Ed. Grillo has arranged for his Mud-hen- s Club. training trip to Norwood, Ind. It Is settled that Washington will He Is In Cincinnati now and already send third baseman Hunter Hill back has a date for three games with the lo the minors unless St. Louis should Cincinnati team. take him back. Central League Chatter. Messrs. Comlskey and Hedges have Ganzcl la still trying to get his redecided to have the White Sox and Browns train together around Hous- lease from the New York Highlanders that he may play first base on ton and Dallas, In Texas. Jack O'Connor now says he will be his Grand Rapids Club. Later reports Indicate that Owner bark in the game next season. He will make an early trip to the West Whlker of Evansville may yet reach Baden Springs to take off about thirty an agreement with Jimmy Ryan to' pounds be took on In the saloon busi- manage the club In the river city. ness. The Schrlver playing with WheelPresident Johnson announces his ing Is being confused with the veteran Pop Schrlver. The latter is in the umpire corps for 1906 as follows: Sheridan, Connelly, OLoughlin and Western League, while the Wheeling Hurst, of the old staff; Evans, of the Schrlver Is a youngster only out about League; and Ilonl-ha- two years. of the New York League. McGrew, the Springfield shortstop, Manager Lajole of the Clevelands who has had trouble with manager Is agitating white stockings for his Hendricks, .may be traded to South players for next senson. The blood Bend. Curtis, who was with Spring-fielmay go to Evansville, where he poisoning from which he suffered last summer as the result of wearing col- wants to sign. In the event that Springfield reored hose is the cause of this tains Eugene Curtis, outfielder, that club will trade hint to Terre Haute or Canton. Curtis has asked the NaNational League News. ' of the Bill Giants, tional Commission to free him from Catcher Clark, Is booked for Toledo, It Is said. the reservation by Springfield, claimCatcher Henry Peltz has been ing he never signed a contract with placed on the bargain counter by the Springfield club. American League Notes. Willie Keeler will, next spring, agaiu coach the Harvard batters. ' Columbus and St. Paul are bidding for outfielder lluelsman, of Washington. Guess pitcher Frank Donahue will have no objection to playing under his old manager, Bill Armour. By order of Manager Griffith, In d fielder Hal Chase Is practicing San Jose with the batting e left-hande- n, d, Pittsburg. Chicago now has an alliterative outfield, with Sheckard, Slagle, Schulte and Sebrlng. George Howard says he Is satisfied Western Association Notes. Springfield, with several new faces on its 1906 team, will next season try to gain back her lost laurels.' Hard ESCAPED F'ROM Afi OCTVPVS Here is a true story of an octopus, their presence of mind the monster, now but a few feet from the boat, sudnot the kind that has its headquarters from around its head Two fishermen were denly shot out In New Jersey. otiM unit ai igber several long, fleshy arms, grappling with them for the boat, and seeking to envelop it In their folds. Only the two longest of these arms reached the craft, and, owing to their great length, went completely over and beyond It. Seizing his hatchet, with a desperate effort one of the men succeeded in severing these limbs with a single blow, and the creature, finding Itself worsted, Immediately disappeared beneath the waters, leaving in the boat its amputated members as a trophy of the encounter. One of the arms was, unfortunately, destroyed before Its value was known, but the other, when brought to St. John's and examined by the Rev. M. Harvey, was found to measure no less than nineteen feet. The I United States. fisherman who acted as surgeon depurpose. arrangements can be made it is ex- terror there must have been at least fascinated clares moment bo a and for were six feet more left attached to the mopected the New Zealanders will play that they horrible sight the several exhibition games here with by to make a move to defend nsters body. The story Is preserved American powerless Canadian and In the proceedings of the British Zoleading themselves. teams. Before they had time to recover ological Society. A game that will bring together the greatest football players of the age; that will see arrayed for the first time In recent years, a representative team from the West against a team of gradcould now be lighted In the nineteenth century the cen- ders. The match uates of Eastern schools,- and the first and It was venture on anything like a large scale tury in which so many wonderful with very little rubbing, to have sandno In necessary fourth longer step the outdone were of professional football, Is the things to it. rub which It would was upon match paper line of a plan on which W. Martin the development of the on any dry sun rubbed when a Ignite drug1827 Walker, John In back taken. Heston, Michigans famous half I and there was no longer any, and pronounced by Coach Yost the gist In a small English town, tipped face, pot-evThis was the phosphorus of chlorate sputtering. with has the football a splint sulphur, game player greatest with which we arq match the match, of antimony known, is working on at present ash and sulphld In the middle West. rubbed It on sandpaper and It hurst so familiar. After the Invention of the easily Into flame. discovered the lighted phosphorus match there was had The druggist Boxing. or the longer use for the first friction chemical match, the kind strike-a-lighof getmethods old The friction called It is Isaac Abraham, manager of Jack we use were gradually laid aside blaze a mix made ting Is by it offers because colored chemical, Johnson, the champion, phosphorus to bet 12,500 that his man can defeat ing certain chemicals together and and forgotten. The first matches were sold at 25 cents a block Walkers O In although Brlen either them, Jack Philadelphia rubbing a block containing 144 matches a limited round or finish contest. match did not require the bottle of few. Articles of agreement have been acid, It nevertheless was not ft good and they were used by but can be matches hundred a Now hard by be only bout between one. It could lighted signed for a that In is said cent. It a for Terry McGovern and Battling Nelson, rubbing and It sputtered and threw bought we use about United States the on 16 Bob March directions. before to take place fire In all matches a year. This, on In a few years, however, phosphorDeady's Philadelphia Club. Is about five matches a an antifor average. on the 000 tip as has Burns substituted was us posted ft, Tommy - day for every person. St. Nicholas. wonworked a side bet for a fight to a finish with mony, and the change con the Jack O'Brien, Philadelphia Burns queror of Bob Fitzsimmons. Is just now In splendid condition, and says he is confident of his ability to Or TUnck or Jones, snd Just a wee wants srs few. take the measure of the Quaker City At five a maiden's Smalt figure In Society. A sst of Mocks, a doll or two; fighter A lltllo place Inslds to play, At thirty well, a llttl tea rainy day, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 6. Tommy it 'allshould como a pinafore: For the dUtlutitilrlictl Mrs. It., of slow. Harlem Who write of more. prince to entrrtsln, stopped Tommy f rsiiv 'think of nothing Murphy d A lion to mnk vain secMowatt of Chicago after fifty-fivirli-kbox With silly h overmuch t fen; And Just a llttls plungo In stocks. onds of the second round. Mowatt Nor want . went to the floor with a left handed . snd forty1 wed At thlrty-flv- s drive-sp- ot. Thor Isn't much that' now to tell; swing, the punch landing la the right iV 'l,?,bV,.ny Vrt five, did A at blutfur llul ht country place. than more He tried to regain his feet but a bit A real good lot Inn for the face. he was counted out. at ir.: meres And some reduction nimlo In those 4il One can afford to say eh knows. j a reported Charley Mitchell, the a " ... j. Ih j 0d tlmo English n.i cnmiWiiks, pugilist, Is expected At fifty does her fancy emit onah. yea, alt wanta a friend Sh want here shortly with a number of the I a praM, bMU! 10 uru To prose her year wer not In vain; best fighters he can lasso in England dream of youth again, SHa wants tho shove In time for the opening of Tom At twenty she Is quit ask tU snd fair,there. When nrliicog-erran- t. but sh wants childish Lived, loved, end came snd fair, tsll O'Rourkes new fighting club, the All of princes, dreams And who dart arena of which will be located a few Who com - aed sb end At seventv sh wants to know keep apart dsnsAll show of The For him tbs cssils of her heart. Why Vaolty and holiftw mllea outside Philadelphia. sent. intinm from It Tempt men Charley Intends to brtng over art fur She wsnts hut pouty li Jem Bowkcr, Owen Moran, Jabcr tr oi. and, probably, White, Englandr J. V. Foley, In Nsw York Timss. Palmer Jack heavyweight champion, Belle plying their vocation off Great Newoff the Island, Conception Bay, foundland coast. Suddenly they discovered at a short distance from them a dark, shapeless mass floating on the surface of the water. Concluding that It was probably part of the cargo of some wrecked vessel, they approached and it, anticipating a valuable prize, one of them struck the object with his boathook. Upon receiving the shock the dark heap became suddenly aniDan Patch, 1:551,4, World Fastest Pacer. mated. and, spreading out, discovered a pair of large, promifootball team will a head, with Beell. the Wisconsin man, for the crack New Zealand nent, staring eyes, which seemed to It Is claimed that he visit the United States and Canada. gleam with Intense ferocity, the creatchampionship. arteam Is now In England, and the same time exposing to view sidestepped an offer made by Harvey The have been made to en-- i ure at rangements beak with manager. Beells 'opening its parrot-lik- e psriier, On d ? SS tha Turf. Ariz., Dec. 30. Hazel Phoenix, Patch paced two mile heats against and 2:05. Zolock in 2:05 Jack Keene and Barney Schrelbef were discussing the value of the colt He Is worth Nealon. Keane said: I will sell him toy for J6.000 27,500. and will also give you 26.000 cash for Radtke," was Schrlebers reply. Keene refused the offer for his crack Jockey. The Canadian Court of Appeals sustained the decision of a lower court in holding betting to be legal within the Ontario Jockey clubs IncloBure at the Woodbine track. In an opinion handed down at Tenn., Judge John E. Richardson of that Judicial circuit, In the case of the State vs. Erlchson et al., act prohibiting betting the Rice-Llgoon horse racing In Tennessee was declared unconstitutional. Shel-byvlll- e, n Baseball. Jimmy Casey will be welcomed In Ctooklyn, where be was always a favorite. League threatThe outlaw en to get after Victor Willis In the ccurta next year, claiming that he s' :ned a contract with the Altoona Club that be has not yet fulfilled. The contract they talk of was signed a year ago. Frank Selee denies the reports that be will manage either the St. LouIb CardlnalB or the Pueblo team. Selee a-- d his wife are now at Faywood Springs, N. M., and reports are that La Is Improving In health as fast as hs expects. President Ebbetts, of Brooklyn, U quoted as saying: Donovan has absolute eontrol and we have perfect con f 'cnee In hls ability. One thing licortaln, the team under hls manager ent cannot make a worse showing Can It did under Hanton. Edward Abbntlcrhlo, for the past three years shortstop of the Boston National league team, has been weaned from baseball at last by hla father. r "3aty Is to become a ere, and will not get hack to the din-- r ond. Lew Whistler, for two years man-- t ter of the Memphis club, and who Tri-Stat- e hotel-keepe- MADE F1DST MATCH WALKED. - J u dip-spli- t. to-da- six-roun- d THDOVCH THE LOfiG yEADS long-haire- e . hor-hn- U A-u- bric-'r-hr- - ft, wzjyflr j: czdjszz Catcher of tha Mow York (N. L.) Club. with the deal that takes him from Pittsburg to Boston. Barney Dreyfuss says that Infielder Claude Ritchey will never be sold or traded to any other club unless he wants to be. Clarence Beaumont, the Pirates' outfielder, Is making excellent progress under the now treatment he Is taking for his bad ankle. President Herrmann, of Cincinnati emphatically denies that Carr is to be given to Brooklyn gratis. Only a trade will land that player. Jim Hart does not think that Frank Selee will ever bo able to enter actively Into baseball again. He says he la afraid Selee's Improvement exists only in hls own mind. The National Commission upon appeal of pitcher Bell, drafted by Brooklyn from the A. J. G. Club, has decided that Brooklyn must tender Bell a larger salary than be received from the A. J. G. Club. luck kept her players In poor condition and many of her games were lost by a narrow margin. Webb City, which took Sedallas place In the circuit, has a fine outlook. The team Webb City starts with has finished in the first division every season and the change of towns will put new life Into the players. Dick Cooley will no doubt be well up with his Topeka White Sox and the Western Association Is the galnet by hls entering Its folds as owner and manager. He has a good foundation to build on and will have a strong team In next seasons race. The new St. Joseph Club will be in the hands of Frank Ilurlburt and Joseph LeBolt, a bo will endeavor to give the old town a strong team with the Guthrie team as nucleus, Hurl-huhas a record as manager which is hard to beat, having given Spring-fiela pennant In 1903 and finished second three seasons. rt d Western League. The Sioux Cty club has signed Leo Croughn, of Wllkesbarre. with Indianapolis. The Sioux City club has purchased Tho Toledo club has signed short stop Frank, of the New York League. third baseman Louis Carr and pitcher Toledo Is anxious to secure Chic Crystal from the Toronto club. Pearl Barnes, who Is Casey" of the Robert alllo and Is trying to Induce Tacoma team, until he was Injured, Pittsburg to part with him. Louisville has signed catcher tauls about the middle of the season, was Schan, who was with the Hopkins- the leading baseman of the Pacifio ville team of tho K. I. T. League, last League. season. Northwestern News. William Pugh, the youngster picked Eddie Hammond, right fielder of up by Manager Clymer this fall from some Pennsylvania lot. Is spoken of the Boise team last season, lost hls father by death recently. at Decatur as an Infield possibility, Thanks to the fight made by PresiBobby Quinn and Billy Clymer, while at the New York meetings, se- dent Lucas, the National Board has cured pitcher Tom Walker from the reversed Its former ruling and has restored the Spokane territory to the Cincinnati club. Joe Cantlllon Is well enough to say Northwestern League. that hls Milwaukee team will come Thrca-- I League. " next year. All other AssoThe Davenport club contemplates ciation managers think they can do as well. transferring pitcher Gene McGrccvy Mike Kelly closed hls deal with to the Cedar Rapids club. Watklna for the purchase of the MinPeoria has dosed for exhibition neapolis club for a sum said to be games at home with Minneapolis, 225,000, Kelly has also entered suit April 14 and 15, and with Burlingagainst the St, Paul club for $1,000 a!- - ton, April 21 and 22, American Association. Pitcher Wm. Kellum has one-two- 0 d out-field- er |