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Show prenu court on the expressed grounds, as stated bv the attorney, "that there were alleged errors in the record." It is just such proceedings as this that are fostering the growing disrespect for our courts. The judge of the court and the court itself was perfectly right la granting this man an appeal according to the rule, laws and customs which now prevail in our criminal courts, and not one word of criticism justly caa he ottered of this judge or the court, but it seems more reasonable that where a man has been found guilty of violation of a law on the facts presented there ought not to be any appeal merely on a technicality. If errors crept into the record, nine times out of ten they were purelv technical and do not go to the essentials of the breach of tha law at all. Where the facts, as presented, clearly show an Infraction of the law. and a jury after hearing those facts (trcciitc.il so find and the court does not set the verdict seiHe. there might not f-l.e f-l.e anv appeal. There Is too much leniency permitted in the matter of appeals and the laws and rules governing govern-ing such appeals are altogether too lenient. In the case of this black man there ought not to be any leniency whatever. He has been for veara, according ac-cording to his own admission, a law breaker, and he should be put into prison anil made to serve a sentence because of this fact, and as a lesson to others of his race who might posaibly vet the idea that they could infract the law without being punished, if he were able to do so. I Hugh Mcintosh is ia America and save he haa quit the tn game for send. Judging from what the Amen-I Amen-I sn boys have keen telling us about Jke wav the game is being run over there, the Australian promoter may have done the game a whole lot of good by quitting. Bat Nelson broke in again the other day with a suit of gin.'HMi lor being thrown out of an amusement place on the charge that he was intoxicated. Bat is not letting Teddy get ahead of him ea the notoriety question. We have a distinguished young man ia our office who has adorned himself with a wnst purse. Next we will bear of him carrying a Siberian rheeso bound in his arms. . V inning from Missoula ihis week is about asdifficull as shooting f'h in barrel. But for the fact that he is forced to leave the box every time he starts, "Big Ed" Ericksou appears to be go ing good this year. Not meaning to recall cruel words, bat what has become of the "critics" who predicted that Bert Whaling would aever make good in the big ahowf Home Famous Alibis: Our machine broke down and then we were pinched by tbe town constable besides why, it waa a foot inside: we just had a little argument, that's all, and we will run races aa always; that's the proof reader's fault; aw, the greens are too rough: I'm lust agreeing on this ref eree because the other fellow would not stand for any other. Kittv Knight must think that this . . , . , li j i i - r OIO WOriO IB JUSI unr iMHtiit-'i i'- r I tar another. Shylork Nolan says Willi Ritchie will not fight any weight below 184, four hours before hnglime. Mr. Nolan is the same fellow who would not permit per-mit Bat Nelson to fight Joe Oans mi leas the negro agreed to weigh 133 pounds ringside with his fighting togs oa. Consistency is a wonderful thing. Frank Chance must be getting to a point where he doesn't mind getting walloped every day. Mike Yokel's silence appears to be worrying certain persons. Tbe Skyscrapers are doing nicely on the road, thank you. The gladsome spirit with which Char ley Dooin's Phillies go at their daily fight for the flag is attributed to the absence of Horace Fogel. Appearances are oft deceiving. When winning Miller Huggins' St. Louis Snffragettes look like champions of the universe, aad the Athletics in the throes of a loaiag streak resemble tilths. It 'a real nice of Murphy to tell us just why the Cuba are winning, hut we eaa't help recalling that in pennant winning veers Chance never lei Murphy tell anybody anything. That Jordan-Kartje affair looks like a real match. Tell us the truth, now, when you re turn tomorrow night. By the way, we owe an apology to our old friend, tbe cyclist, "Jumbo" Wells. The other day we sheared a etory from tbe New York World telling about how "Jumbo'' Wells, "tbe cy-diet," cy-diet," had gotten into a shooting scrape aad iato jail also. The "Jumbo" Wells referred to is not the former local lo-cal cyclist at all. It was a pug who had taken the name of "Jumbo" Wells. The real "Jumbo" Wells, we are glad to say. is ia his native land. Australia. Only for the fact that Bat Nelson is busy bringing suit against a New York joiat he would get busy calling Ritchie a cbeeae champion. The Ritchie-Rivers match is again a . certainty. Billy Nolan, manager of the champion, has agreed to the weight concession that makes it aa absolute certaiaty the two boys will meet in clan Francisco oa the Fourth of July. Nolan baa agreed that Ritchie will du either 134 pounds ringside or 1.13 pounds three hours before the fight. From Los Angeles An-geles comes wont that Joe Levy has ac-eetitcd ac-eetitcd the weight as 134 pounds ring, aide. Nolan aad Ritchie both coveted the match with Joe Rivers above any other opponent. Graney knew that much, aad when he made .Nolan under aland that hia weight conditions would have to be changed if he wsnted the fight, it waan 't long uutil the manager changed his tune aad put the weight at ) poiet that will suit the challenger, from the days of tbe old time lighter, who would willingly give er take a pound, we have come to the more mod erti times, where there is splitting of hairs over the matter of ouaces, or the question of whether the fighters are to weigh in. let u ay. at I" o'clock or at Boon. Also we hate jumped from the managers of early day a, who would bevg down their fists ott the table and declare their wishes, to tbe manager, of the present generation, who shield their real desires behiad a mask aad start with demands that are out of the ordi-nary, ordi-nary, so that they will be in a ponitiou lo bargain with tbe other chap. leittle wonder is it that the laymaa blinks his eye and wonders a hat all the pother is about. Or that tba dyed in the wool follower of pugilism is inclined lo laugh aad woarler if the mere modern meth 'ff. eat are set skin ta a circus rather tbau to the prize ring. A former relaeed heaw weight prie 'flgkt champion the other day was sen fenced to a year anil a dav in state pel see and t pay a fine of for violating a well kaowa statute a a aaeraJ thject. In sentencing this -on titled prire fighter the court gate good rraaee wbv both a fine and imprison meat should be inflicted, but on the mo- j tKre of the defendant's ettorno per . '. atitted the defendant sufficient tisse in which ta perfect aa a peai t. the tu-J |