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Show ; " I STANDARD SPORTING PAGE .'! ' ------- . . I'l WNELSON V 'Durable Dane" Said to i Be Compelled to Re- tire From Game . Now comes the passing of Battling Nelson, peer of all lightweights, and without doube the gamest man that f! ever donned a boding glove, or set . foot in a prize ring. Nelson's decision " tj rctiro came after consulting Dr. ; Reese, the famous Ohio bone setter, I In rogard to his hands, which he re-i re-i cently splintered in his fight with r Sammy TrotL Nelson, in his palmy days, was tho wonder of the pugilistic world, a human battering ram, who !) withstood tho hardest punches of the it' bost men in the world of his weight; j still, he always came back for more, and invariably won. Nelson started at the bottom and - after many trials and tribulation, landed at "the topmost rung of the pugilistic ladder Through his sheer pluck and durability, according to the .Rocky Mountain News, Nelson is today to-day probably tho richest fighter ever connected with the prize ring, and his vast ho'dings and great business ability abil-ity will enable him to keep the wolf j from the door for all time For, be it known, that Battling Nelson, outside V of being the greatest and most Inter-ffl Inter-ffl j I esting tighter of modern times, is also flj ' j a shrewd, levol-headed business man. fl ' Of the many fighters who were crown-m crown-m ed with success, Nelson was one who M never forgot that dear old father and mother back in Hegewisch, 111. When Dame Fortune smiled on B . him, he hied himself back to the M i town which he made famous and first 9 provided for his family. He took his father out of the carshops, bought him m an automobile, presented his mother jfl with a beautiful home; he then sent W " his brothers to college, thereby fitting m them for useful and Industrious busi-S busi-S ness careers. Nelson always looked m after his family, first, last and all the M . Jme, and this fact alone should stamp him as a man in every sense of the word. The Battler was noted for his generosity, gen-erosity, although he nover wa3 a man that drank or dissipated. Ho was evor ready and willing to lend a helping help-ing hand to the needy. Anytime there was any kind of a raffle or church benefit, or, in fact, anything of a charltablo nature, Battling Nelson, prize fighter as he was, always was one of the first to respond. During the San Francisco earthquake, which left thousands homeless and destitute, he was one of tho firet to v6lunteer his services to the stricken city. He contributed a check for $1,000 and helped In every way conceivable to raise a relief fund In addition to these qualities, which would do credit to any man, Bat always al-ways fought on tho level It Is his sterling worth such as this that made him the popular champion of his day, and many eulogies have been tendered tender-ed by different sporting writers and others throughout the country The 'Durable Dane," as he "liked to be called when he first jumped Into prominence, was the marvel of the prize ring. He astounded critics all over the country by his wonderful stamina and ability to absorb punishment punish-ment without a whimper. We can readily see what a wonderful fighting machine has passed with fleeting years. He was one of the most picturesque pic-turesque of all champions; the gamest and most wonderful fighter in many years. Battling Nelson cistwhile lightweight champion, has passed, but his memory will live forever in the hearts of every true American sportsman.. sports-man.. RUHLIN LEAVES WIFE FORTUNE. Now York, Ma 7. The will of Gus Ruhlin, heavyweight boxer, a3 filed for probato In Brooklyn, leaves an estate valued at 40,000 to Mrs. Sarah Ruhlin, his wife, who la prominent in the suffragotte movement. Brothers and sisters of the deceased who live in the west hae started a contest on the grounds that tho will was not properly executed and that it was signed under undue influences. NATIONAL LEAGUE. St. Louis, Ma 7. St. Louis added another game to the '!,." column yesterday yes-terday afternoon. New York winning the opening game, G to 1. New York-started York-started the scoring, getting two runs -"gggsa'i LJiitB i fprniMwu i ii. ilm in the first when Devore was passed, Doyle tripled and Burns singled. Doyle's all-around playing was the feature. A double, a scratch hit and an out saved St. Louts from a shutout shut-out Score: " R. H K St Louis 1 9 1 New York 6 10 0 Batteries Sallee and Wingo, Amos and Meyers. Umpires Brennan and Owons. Chicago, May 7. Chicago bunched hits today and 'won the opening game of the series from Bo3ton, 5 to 3 A shower in the eighth inning delayed the game a few minutes. Score: R.H.E Chicngo 5 10 2 Boston 3 9 0 Batteries Cheney and Archer; Tyler, Ty-ler, McTlguc. Brown and Kling. Umpires Um-pires Johnstone and Eason. WESTERN LEAGUE. . At Sioux City Sioux City 5, Dcs Moines i. At Denver Denver 11, Topeka 2. At Omaha Oranha 2, St Joseph 1. At Wichita Wichita 4, Lincoln 9. UNITED STATES LEAGUE. At Richmond R H. E. Reading S 12 2 Richmond .. ....... 9 14 0 Batteries Mllliman, Omo, Schaoff-er Schaoff-er and Porte, Goshorn, Hagerty, Taylor Tay-lor and Blue. At Cleveland R. H. 12. Cleveland 13 15 I Chicago S 10 4 Batteries Henon and Green; Raymond Ray-mond and McDonald. At Cincinnati Cincinnati-Pitt3burg game postponed; rain At New York Washington-New York game postponed; rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Minneapolis R. H. E. Columbus 1 5 1 Minneapolis 4 8 0 Batteries Packard and Smith; Patterson and Owens. Umpires Hayes and Irwin. At St. Paul R. H. E. Toledo S 12 1 St Paul 12 18 P. Batteries Swan. Higginbotham, Callemirc, West and Carisch, Dauss, Karger and Block. Umpires Chill and Anderson. At Kansas Citv R. H. E Indianapolis . 2 1 Kansas City 7 9 2 Batteries Merz, White and Clark, Maddox, Hornsby and James. Umpires Ferguson and Handiboe. At Milwaukee R.H.E. Louisville 1 6 2 Milwaukee , 8 13 I Batteries Laudcrmllk and Spencer, Marlon and Schlack. Umpires Bier-halter Bier-halter and Connolly. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. At Toronto R H. E Jersey City 110 1 Toronto .. ..'. 1 6 1 Called on account of darkness. At Rochester R.H.E Providence ..- 1 fi 0 Rochester 2 9 0 At Buffalo R.H.E Newark 10 17 3 Buffalo 8 12 'o At Montreal R.H.E Baltimore 7 9 1 Montreal I 4 1 I COAST LEAGUE. At Los Angeles R. H. E. Los Angeles 9 15 1 Oakland ' 2 2 1 Batteries Toner and Boles; Marti-no Marti-no and Mltze. This was a postponed game No regular games scheduled on Monday in Const league NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE At Portland R.H.E Portland a 6 8 0 Victoria 0 S H Batteries Eastley and Harris; Con-cannon Con-cannon and Meek. At Vancouver R. H. E Spokane 5 11 ' Vancouver " 7 1 Batteries Kraft and Devout; En- gle and Lewis. At Seattle R.H.E Tacoma .. 4 C 2 Seattle 10 13 5 Batteries Butler. Criger and Crittenden Crit-tenden James and Whaling. CHASE IN SANITARIUM. New York, May 7. A statement made public rosardlng the condition or Hal Chase, the star first baseman of the New York Americans, shows that he Ib In a sanitarium here, helng troated for a scrloug form of stomach trouble Chaso was taken 111 In Washington two weeks ago. COAST STARS AID WHITE SOX. Chicago, May 7 The fact that the White Sox are leading In tho American Ameri-can league Is In good measure due to tho fine playing of three coast players. play-ers. Ping Bodlc, Weaver and Rolfie Zelder gavo Jimmy Callahan's team a San Francisco aspect, as all three came from Danny Long's Seals. "Ping" gained his reputation as a fence buster bus-ter on the San Francisco team whore ho used to smack the ball over the restricted fences for homo runs every day. Bill Lang, tho old Chicago Chica-go outfielder, goes out to Recreation park very frequently to -natch the coast kids perform and many a valuable valu-able tip to tho big league managers is the result of his visits. He is credited cred-ited with sending Dodle along and doubtless he had something to do with Weaver coming into the ring. He has long been sweet on Oscar Witt, the third baseman who has been converted Into an outfielder by Jennings Jen-nings a conversion that many baseball base-ball men consider a pit), but which was made necessary by circumstances. CATCHES BALL IN CANAL. Cleveland, May 7. Rollie Zeider, tho White Sox lnflelder. tells of a freak play which Buddy Ryan pulled" off this winter In southern California, Bud and Zeider were playing for Cal-exico, Cal-exico, In the Imperial valley One of the irrigation ditches that are numerous nu-merous In the valley ran within about 10 foet of the left filed foul line. There was a man on second and one on third. Mott lined a beauty over third baBe and Just inside the line. Buddy sprinted over and got the ball with one hand. He didn't stop and took a header in tho canal, both runners crossing the pan. Bud crawled out of the canal ond raced ovcr, touching third, never stopping until be leached second, claiming an unassisted triple play Buddy finally convinced the umpire that he had not dropped the ball by showing him that the ball was wet only on one side, whereas If he had dropped It the ball was bound to be wei all over "CY" YOUNG'S WING CRIPPLED. Cleveland, May 7. For the first time since Manager Noah took his squad on the training trip to Mount Ararat, after weather like most of the teams bumped into down In the hot clime, Cyrano Denton Old Warhorse Young has been burdened with a lame wing. He is now at his home in Pelol, O., which Is the name of a town and not a washing made easier compound, and this Is the little whisper whis-per that the birdllngs trill. It is about curtains and good evening for Denton Tecuraseh. OIL KING BACKS OLYMPIC. New York, May 7. The Olympic committee is In receipt of a check for $500 from John D. Rockefeller and $170 from other sources. Barlov, S, Weeks, who has charge of the transportation arrangements for the Olympic team, already has received receiv-ed checks from all parts of the country coun-try for reservations on tho Finland and Is now certain of having representative repre-sentative delegates from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, Boston, Ealtlmorc and Chicago, as well as a large deputation from New York. Tho Finland will leave Stockholm on her return trip to New York op July 17, so that the rowing races will be the only part of the program missed. miss-ed. MUST NOT USE OXYGEN. New York. May 7. Athletes expecting ex-pecting to gain Olympic honors in the Marathon race at Stockholm through the use of Oxygen gas have run up against a stonewall in th6 shape of an edict that competitors in the event will not be allowed to use a stimulant of this nature. Strict interpretation of tho rules pvt oxygen In the class of drugs against the use of which' there Is a mandate of the committee. commit-tee. CREW NOT TO GO ABROAD, Ithaca, N. Y May 7. It would coat at least $8,000 to send Cornell's 'varsity 'var-sity crew to Stockholm thlB summer and also it would be necessary to beat the second crew for the Pougbkeepsle race. Together these two reasons are enough to keep Courtney tYom send- has been rejected ofticlally, It is announced. an-nounced. WILL PAY INSURANCE ON TITANIC PASSENGERS New York, May 7. All tho Insurance Insur-ance companies having executive 0J, flees Sn thlB city have decided to paj their losses on the Titanic -passengers without further evidence that their policyholders sailed on the Titanic and wore net among the survivors. A complete list of the Wo and accident policyholders ho.rc.JSt w,th the Titanic indicates that the companies' total losses will reach about $3,000,. 000. |