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that contest for his eleven. He dld ex- cellent offentive playing against Missouri, although wuffering from a blow on the head. Stewart of Towa is placed at quarter on the second eleven because of his gen- eralship. Hackney of Missourl and Steyenson of Kansas are given the halfback positions Stevenson was & good ground gainer with the ball and charged against the line with A great amount of force. He did some splendid work In backing up the line on the defense. Hackney's ability to kick goals from the fleld won the valley cham- plonship for Missourl university. He Is fast and is fairly good in using the for- ward pass. Pleasant of Kansas, who s made cap- tain of the second team, and Magill of the same school both showed up In some ex- cellent play during the season. Both played fast, offensive ball. Magor of Ne- braska is another halfback who began to show form during the latter part of the season. He probably has more possibili- tles than any half In the valley. Alexander's line plunging and all-round powerful play against Kansas on Thanks- glving day won for him the fullback posi- tion. He had done excellent work in the other games, but Murphy of Iowa also did some hard playing and it remained for Alexander to show his superiority by his fast play against the Jayhawkers, Rathbone of Nebraska, playing his first year, developed into a demon line plunger and toward the close of the season was playing excellent offensive ball. His work next fall should give him a place on the ey eleven. I0WA Dopeater Gives State University Four Men and Drake Three. IOWA CITY, Ia, Nov. 2.—(Special)— Erratio play on the part of the stars and the number of injuries to the better play- ers make the selection of an all-Towa team & difficult proposition this year in com- parison with past seasons. Another pe- cullarity of the present season has been the general dearth of good guard material, and In the selection below a tackle and a center are shifted to the guards. Following i the all-star list: Cornell, left end. Corpell, left tackle. . W Drake, left guard. it A mes, center. len, Iowa, right rd. iross, fowa, fight tackl yland, Tows, right end. ans, ' Drake, quarterback. ronim, Drakt, SEht haifoasi urphy, 'Towa, fullback. 3 Of this list Towa has four representatives, Drake thres, Cornell two, Normal one and Ames one, Coppess is given left end because of his punting abllity, though he played at half- back this season. However, (wo years ago Coppess demonstrated his abllity as an end rush and because of the al in this position the shift was made. Neldig ©of Cornell played good consistent foot ball throughout the fall and should prove an deal running mate for the powerful Iowa ayers on the Iowa team Pposing elevens admitted 3 Moines lad had played a much than he had been given credit year. His work at Lincoln and Ames was remarkable in its ef- Wilson is a powerful tackle high-class lineman, capable of play- guard. Bcott has made an en- Behind the line is Ev- some of the State University of iuk should have been all-west- of Normal, standing pounds, ‘and the fastest practically in foot ball as Burcham's teammate, ! p i i Foot Ball List. (JOWA CITY, Ia, Nov. 2.—(Special.)— ‘With the close of the present foot ball Season the attention of the athletic authori- is directed toward the formation of year's foot ball schedule. Last season Dbelleved that the start was made too and for that reason the Hawkeyes & most aggravating schedule this mwflh.mflumwfll try to probably {s Grinnell, Drake, Ames, Nebraska, Northwestern and either Illinols or Wisconsin, In the order named. That lowa will meet Drake Ames @and Nebraska s practically assured and 1* s exceedingly probable that Northwest- ern and Purdue will be added to the lls Tilinols s anxious to add the Hawke; to its schedulé next season and it was only because of the chance to meet an eastern sleven that Manager Ingold of the Tiinols sought any change In the sea- #on just closed, but the students wanted the Syracuse game and Iowa withdrew fts elaim. Wisconsin, according to the local understanding, is confronted by the propos tion of five games and the fact that a game is always a threatening possibllity at the Badger institution. It is probable that Missourl, Cornell and Kansas will be dropped from the Iowa list, owing to the ever Increasing demand from, the JTowa students that the team play Jg&inet conference teams. SLOW RACE INSTEAD OF FAST Driver Consumes Over Bight M in Going Malt Mile, Since there are difficulties In running & motor car at extremely low speed it takes skill to win & “slow race” as well @8 to win an ordinary high-speed contest. Ray Coloord, driving an elghteen-horse POwer car, recently won a “slow race” in Oklshoma City, Okl Carrylng three it on was on & half-mile cireular the falr grounds, and the con- that the six contestants should circult on high speed without itch or brake. Colcord finished position, which meant first place . The event was one in the meet of the Automoblle as of Oklahoms City. The difi- n this kind of a competition are in throtthng down and in over- H bing s, Whosa koal” ine s %6 goal line has | crossed this year, defeatod the| of Omaha on_ Lasourd fleld, ving , Beore, 33 10 0, Wood- ou thelr opponents t at will. Lasourd, Bolts, lse Were the heavy ‘0odbine, while Wig- r the Tigers, did fine The lineu TIGERS. "half the Murphy . Blowell Umpire: Blackinan, ‘would like to hear from | first ALL-JOWA HICH ELEVENS Margin Between First and Second Teams is Very Narrow. STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE HIGH Much Material Now Available for Big Schools to Draw Upon in Filling Their Ranks. First Team. Name. School. Position. Herschel ..Marshalitown... Center Swaney . Grinnell .. Right guard RBlackwood. North High, Left guard Horn 1da Grove..iight tackle Stuart Clinton_.....Left tackle Hunt.. West High ..Right end E. Martin. ..Grinnell ,.. Left end Hutchins. Sioux City.Quarterback Todd.... 1da Grove....Right halt Baird... Left half Hoerlein .. Fullback Birdsall. North High......Center Johnson Sloux City..Right guard Mattison. Oskaloosa....Left guard Cavanaugh East High Right tackle Taylor Towa City..Left tackle | Fobes 1da Grove....Right end | Hitos North High...Left end Buffington. Ciinton Quarter Saunders West H ght half C. Martin Grinnell Left half Johnston. ..1da_Grove,,..,,, Fullback Third Team. Perazzo. Sloux _City Center Pedersen. West High.Right guard iz North High..Left guard | Vilson Ottumwa..Right tackle Harrigan, I1da, Grove..Left tackle Sellers Eadt High..Right end | Ida Grove.....Left end| Marshalltown. . Quarter | Dubuque ....Right halt North High..Left haif Denlo. lTowa Falls....Fullback The day has gone by when an All-Towa Interscholastio eleven could be plcked by merely choosing the best players out of two or three teams, and the game in Iowa has so gone forward that where two or three years ago there were less than a half dozen Class A teams, there are now no less than sixteen high school elevens that may be s0 ranked. The sixteen are: Grinnell, Bast High, 1da Grove, North High, Clin- ton, Towa City, West High, Marshalltown, Towa Falls, LeMars, Sloux City, Ottumwa, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Davenport and Du- buque, Margin is Narrow. Becauso of the increased number of Class A players In the state the margin between the first, second and third teams is a narrow one. Todd of Ida Grove, Balrd of East High and Hoerlein of Iowa City have earned their rank on the first eleven, and to Balird {s given the captaincy of the All-Towa. Last year\ Baird relied on his speed, but this year, when he mixed brains with his fleetness of foot, he developed into one of the greatest halves Iowa has ever produced. Todd is the greatest de- tensive half in the state, and his offense 1s strong, but he was a marked player this season and did not make the gains he did last season. Hoerleln, at full, is great, and it 1s unfortunate that this is his senior year and that his high school play is over. He strips 170, is a six-footer and Is strong on line-smashing and running back punts. At quarter we have three star men in Hutchins, Buffington and Fetters. All are light men, strip around the 130 mark, and all are strong on carrying the ball as well a8 In defense. Hutchins has much the style of Vie Bredimus, the famous East High quarter, He plays again next year. Ends Are Even. 'The ends as picked are very even, and while Hunt of West High and E. Martin of Grinnell seem to have the call on the tirst team, Fobes of 1da Grove and Hites of North High are very close, and Sellers of East and March of 1da Grove are among the best the state has produced. Horn of Ida and Stuart of Clinton make a great palr of tackles. Stuart strips at 10 and is a six-fpoter, aged 17. Horn strips 156 and s five feet t: Both are strong on offense as well as defense, both tast and both able to stand'the gaff of & gruelling game with the best of them. Three Sots of Guards. The three Sets of guards are very closely matched and thelr selection was determined by submitting the problem to a number of old students of the game who have watched the play of every man. Black- wood's play has been interfered with to some extent by injuries, but the fact that he s the cholce even then shows how well he is considered not only by those who have watched his work, but by those who have played against him. In some ways Johnson of Sloux City would have the call on either Swaney or Blackwood, but considering everything the honors fall to the latter two. Mattison of Oskaloosa has played a great game at tackle, but is placed at guard. Pederson of West High and Dils of North high are both men who could alwaays be relied upon, and their play has been consistently good. Men playing guard get little credit for what they do. Centers Excellent. Herschel of Marshalltown, Birdsall of North and Perazzo of Sloux City are three great centers and the first two named are especially strong on the defensive feature, Welsh is living up to the traditions of the family and has played a stroi¥ game at the keystone for East high, while Bird of Ida Grove and Hewitt of West high ve played brilliantly. The team, s picked, would be heavy but fast and strong in every department of the game. They have the ability to play in the mud or on a fast field, to play the old line plunging game or to quickly shift to the open game, strong on offense and on defense, wellnigh impregna- | ble. The First team would be unbeatable | in the west, but the Second team could | make them play to win, and the Third | team could make them go some. All of which is merely a matter opinlon. THEY DO IT DIFFERENT HERE Crowd Holds Battle Royal Over Race | Horse Judge's Declsion. VIENNA, Nov. #1.—The other afternoon | the famous trotting course on the Prater was the scene of such scandalous excesses s have never before been witnessed there. A race course crowd Is notoriously prone to give vent to its foellngs, especially when it thinks that an injustice has been done to its pockets, and It was this idea which led to & battle royal, in which a good deal of blood was spilled, heads were broken, and much miscellaneous damage done to prop- erty. The cause of this display of violent pas- slon was a false start, owlng to which the three horses to reach the winning post were disqualified, and the fourth ar- rival was declared to be the wipner. Ho was a rank outsider, and to his fortunate | backers the “totalisator” pald odds of & t0 1. This decision did not find favor with the public, who promptly began to create a disturbance. Stands were reduced to match-wood, and stones, beer glasses and | other missiles were hurlec at the heads of | the judges. With cries of “Lynch them!" | th: infuriated mob sentenced the judges to death, but these unlucky indlviduals just | managed to escape before the sentence could | be carrled out, The windows and door of the lmperial box were smashed. Authority In the shape of the police ar- ot ously injured. The riot put a stop to the sport, and the remainder of the program was not carried out. After a brief struggle the disturbance was queiled, fifty-four per- sons being arrested. The remainder rue- tully dispersed, some counting their losses, others their bruises, and on the scens of the riot lay a heterogeneous collection of hats, sticks, match wood and broken glass. Boston Club May Change Its Owners Plan is Said to Be Under Way to Have the Control of the Club Transferred from Dovey. NEW YORK, Nov. fl.—among the major league base ball magnates it is rumored Just now that during the coming conclave of the club owners in this clty the owner- Ship of the Boston Natlonal league club will come up.for considerable discussion. It appears that a majority of the National league men are anxious to bring about a change in the way the game has been handled at the old South End grounds in the Hub and that some of them will doubt- less advise John Dovey, who controls the club, to sell out to one of several bidders. When Soden, Conant and Billings disposed of the Boston club to the late George B. Dovey 1t was generally understood that Barney Dreyfus of the Pittsburg club was thy man who furnished the money. But it since has developed that Dovey received only the moral support of Dreyfus, who dug up some moneyed friends In the Smoky City and elsewhere to help Dovey make the deal. From the beginning of the Dovey owner- ship, however, the Boston National league club did not find much popular favor in Beantown, partly because of the American league's strength there and partly because the Dovey teams could not play good ball. WEen George B. Dovey aled the club's con- trol passed into the hands of his brother Jchn and at the same t!me the team con- tirued to go from bad to worse. The climax was reached last season when the Boston Nationals finished last, while the Boston Americans came in third after making a sonsational fight for the pennant. ‘While the Americans made nearly $200,000, Dovey's club lost a quwrter of that sum, of which the minority stockholders have been asked to make good a part. Yet Dovey has refused several offers to sell his plant. It_is understood that one of these offers wad made by Fred Knowles, secretary of the New York Glants, whose _financial backer, it Is sald, was Harry M. Stevens. Edward Hanlon also is reported to have made an offer for the club, only to have a prohibitive price put on the franchise by Dovey. With the National league, theretore, dead in Boston and no prospect of returning to life, the magnates have decided to ask Dovey and his friend Dreyfuss some ques- tions at the coming league meeting. It ig) known that if Dovey will put a price on his club there will be several persons ready to talk business, and among them is a man who represents a Boston syndicate which is ready to spend money liberally for new players. While Dovey is conscientious and eager to win, the magnates say his limited knowledge of base ball is & serious handi- cap and that not until he withdraws from the club can there be any hope of success. A winning team at the South End grounds would be & big money maker, it is argued, and the National league will naturally be the gainer. Boston fans always have patronized a winner, and that is why the magnates, realizing that Dovey cannot pro- vide the necessary artiole, are demanding a change. REMEDY FOR THE SPIKE EVIL Slide Head First Says Seoretary Ber- nard of the Cleveland Team. So It seems that after all the agitation and opposition to the spike It is going to stay. Magnates and managers have about come to the conclusion that it 1s & necessary evil. But E. 8. Ber- nard, secretary of the Cleveland team, which has been perhaps the greatest of all sufferers from the effects of the spike, proposes two simple laws that will deprive the splke of ‘ts harmful influ- ence and at the same time not keep its natural benefits from the player. Make all players slide head first and call a base runner safe When a baseman or flelder blocks him. Certaln it is that a howl will go up against the proposition of sliding head first. Many skilled base runners and managers have long ago de- nounced this system as both dangerous and impossible of as good results as the feet-first styie. To the argument that the headforemost slide involves the peril of the base runner it s only necessary to suggest the awful results that have ac- crued to the baseman from the feet-first slide, and the difference between the two ig In favor of the headward dive, for the base runner in that attitude is the man who 1s hurt and cannot If he wants to hurt the baseman under ordinary ecir- cumstances. On the other hand there is no real reason why the baseman should hurt him. The temptation of a daring base runner to shove his splke where the baseman will either have to suffer per- sonal injury or get out of the way snd allow the steal, is, as overybody knows from experience, too great for many men to resist. And besides without the ald of iIntention the splke has done terrible mischief. Arlle Latham when a member of the celebrated St. Louis Browns Four-ime Winners was univer- sally conceded to be the king of base run- ners. He always slid Lead' first. He wrote & book on base running and in that he urged youag playars never to start out by sliding feet first, but always go into base headward, It pald in La- tham's case, why wouldn't it pay today in the case of other base runners? Elimi- nating the spike, the feet first slide is not to pe compared in advantages to the headward slide. It is not as swift, not as deceptive and does not give a base runner as good command of the situation as does the slide that keeps the face to the front. That in itself is proof of the ulterlor motive of sliding feet first. Of course it seems to be rathsr a restrictlve measure to outlaw the feet first siide, yet base ball has frequently found it necessary to sacrifice some advantageous and interesting features to the general g00d of the game, and It looks that such a crisis 1s at hand with reference to the splke. The reform would not appear half as radical after & season or so as many others adopted in recent years which to- day are 5o popular that player nor man- ager would do without them. Base ball after all must conserve the highest prin- clples of humanitarientsm 1f it is to con- tinue In its wonderful Lrogress as the acme of athletic endeavor and sane sports- manship. Murphy Not luterested. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. #.—Horace 8. Fogel, the new president of the Philadel- phia National League club, in a statement tonight denied the persistent rumors that Charles W. Murphy of the Chicago club is financially interested In the local . Fogel announced that he has not pledge himself to any candidate for the presidency of the National league. Langford Wants to Fight. rived on the sceme, but met with such a hostile reception that the order “‘Draw swords!” was given, and many people re- e e abon game at SERE R joelved o taste of cold steel, some belng seri- A BOSTON, Nov. 27.—Acting for Sam Langford, the heavywelght boxer of this oity, Manager Joe Woidman today de- posited $10,000 to bind & mateh of not than twenty rounds With Jack John- n for the champlonship «f the world. NOTES OF TEN PIN ROLLERS| Metz Bros. of Omaha League neuin‘ Lead by Narrow Margin, | s 1 [ LUXUS FIVE THREE GAMES BACK | Willow Commerelal | Lea, Springs of St Several Ahend of the Bikes. . Games Omaha The Metz Bro's five of the Omaha league bowlers are still three games to | the good with respect to the Luxus five and the rival brewing Interests are watch- ing the two sets with acute interest. The Triumphs are several games from really Iiving up to thelr name, but thelr grip on third place is fairly secure. In the Commercial league the Willow Springs have a fair margin over the| Omaha Bleycle five, with the rest of the | league strung out in the rear. In the Metropolitan league the Beselin Mixers have nearly 100 points over the Sunkist Stars, who are doing wel!, despite the handicap of the name. Standings of the several leagues are as tollows: | Omaha League. Team, P. W. L. Pine. Pet. | Metz" Bros. S50 6 00 Luxus . 3324 9 a7 Triumphs 81 636 Hospe Co. .. 33 17 18 516 | Omaha Beddi U1 424 | Dreshers 3 10 20 333 | Advos 3 10 3 308 Molony 310 2 08| The Hospe company won three games from the Omaha Bedding company with a total of 2,600. The Luxus five won three games off the Molonys with a total of 2,60. | The Advos lost a whole serles to the Triumphs with a total of 2,611, Schedule for this week: Monday, Hospe Company against Luxus; Tuesday, Mo- lonys against Triumphs; Wednesday, Dreshers against Metz Bros.; Thursday, Dreshers against Advos; Friday, Omaha | Bedding company against Metz Bros. | Individual standing for the week ending November 28: Games. Av.| Names. 21 19| Ocander 2 1% Frush 18 188/ Sprague 13 I87|E Johnson C. J. Francisco... 30 18| Kerr . Johnson ...... 3 184 Buliard G. 0. Francisco... 33 181/ Hammerstrom F. Conrad 33 181|W. Ziteman Ohnesorg . .34 1% Sherwood Yousem 11 Zimmerman 8 Blakeney .30 Gott 8 178 McKelvey . Fritscher 178|C. Conrad . Mitchell 178| Schmidt Denman 176| Usher Glerde IT5|B. Zitzman Huntington 27 174\ Toman 172(H. B. Lyons. 172 Indoe . . 27 172/ Bushnell mmereial League. Team, P. W. L. Pet Loch's Willow Springs. 27 19 § .704 Omaha Bicycle Co. .... 21 14 7 .67 Drelbus Candy Co. .... 24 13 11 .542 O'Brien's Monte Cr'to 24 12 12 .500 Klauck's Glendales 15 8 8 .467 Brodegaard Crown: 24 11 13 468 Chabot Shoe Co. ... 27 12 15 .44 Schroeder’s St. Jam 3 8 22 .267 Individual averages: Names, Games. Av.| Ny Anderson . 1 19| Grotte Hull . 18 190 Pagerberg Martin 24 199/ Cain . Shultts E1 187 Stattord Zarp 21 180 Balzer Bryan 6 186 Gernand . Kaing 21 185 Angeiberg 9 184 Spetman Sutton Ed Btapenhorst Keyt Giibreath 18 Hiorichs 2 ¢ Qodenschwager .. 15 180 Moyna Carman M 150 Hough Seaman 21 178\ Traynor Latey . 34175 Lehman Primeau . 24 177/ 8cannell Drinkwater 1 177 Hanson Foley 21176 Wilson Brunke o Baehr i Metropolitan League. Team. P L. Pct. Pins. Beselln Mixers . o 1 3 ) Maney's Sunkist Stars 21 5 Derby Woolen Mills.. 21 [ Excelsiors 7 8 Bungalows T 9 Holleys . L8 1 Parkey Autos 3 12 Dally "News L 18 12 West Sides .8 15 . Hussle's Acorns . 18 141 9,760 Individual averages: AY.[ Names, 190 Simmonds 184 Moyna 180/ Gibeon Bowers. 180/ Giliham Latrd 174/ Haster Gwynne 169] Rite Ut 169| Cole Paxton 168| Pollock Pattemson 167/ Morton ... 0'Conner 166 Ward R. Schnelder 106| Merritt . Lahecka 165| Bekle Chadwell 164| Exgors Roche 163 Sanders . | MeLean .. 181/ Byrne Howley ++ 181/ Loel Griffeth + 160) Bell | Ortman MoCung Team, . W, Yousen's Co't .83 2 i Unfon Pacific .8 2 | Signal Corps 130 17 { Sprague Pills ‘s Cudehy (88 | West Sldes T | People’s_Store im0 | Cream Citys el R | { Individual averages: Games. Av.| Name. i 8 184 Lot vees | 0 E. Norgard 30 168 8tider o F. Rice Smith 13 17| Aldrich 13 | Schmtat 9 166/ Colling 188 Bengele 27 165 158 | Bidson % 16 188 | Coleman 3 164 Rudiger 2 Johnson 7164 Kuncl 1 | Christensen . &7 163| Delaney 1w Willey 3 163/ Larson 150 Fagan %1 162/ L Norgard 10 | Bullara 8 162 East M1 Ocander % 162| Howard 148 | Bruggeman 130 161|w. Melum 18 J. Melum 2 10 Hunter 145 | Hooth 30 160/ Abbottt 143 | . Rice @1 160 Rutt 11 | Drummy . 15 157 Grantham 41 . Mitchell 1l 97 158 Ratekin i H. Mitchell ..., £1 156 Hoye 18| Falconer .8 16 | Postoffice League. Team. Won. Lost. Pet Sea Dogs |l | 67 City A . .y B General Delivery 1 AT Day Mailing .. 13 . 48 Night Malling 1B City © ol ]38 Names. Av. Bashr 7 Latey 167 Harvier dl Cradwell 164 Morton 148 ) 164 Nugent . " | 0’ Connor L 16shart ... L1 Lough 1 Sandy Dyberg u1 165/ Kelley 19} 183 Crosler 128 160/ Lyons 10 149{ Winters 13 MY THE BIG THING ufacture: re Now Shooting at the Established Record. Gasoline economy contests are to have increased sigmificance to motor- | tsts. Since the recent establishment of the world's economy record by a Franklin touring car, which went 40.1 miles on one gallon of gasoline In the competition held by the Automobile club of Buffalo, there s growing recognition of the fact that| tuel economy has a direct relation to the | operation of the automoblle. It 1s pointed out that fuel economy In~E dicates that all parts of the are working efficlently; that coming to mechanism they are operating with the minimum of friction and wear; that power Is transmitted through the driving mechanism with litle and that & maximum of power ls loss | | judged him ! may be, |at this young man. ] THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 28, 1909, f /ANY SUIT OR 0 VERCO e —————— Beginning Monday, Nov. ever held in Omaha. We will able low price of LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING Kvery garment made by us is (aliored right here in our sanitary workrooms in conjunction with our store. You can see every stitch that goes into the clothes if you care to. Let me take your measure and I wili personally see to it that you will get a suit or overcoat that will be fully satisfactory in every re- spect. DAVE HERZOG, Mgr. Herzog Tailoring Company 219 North 16th Street. 20th, we will inaugurate one of the most extraordinary sales positively sell any suit or overcoat in the house for the remark- - $20 The reason of this sale is to reduce our stock to a point where it would have been had the warm weather during the fall not prevailed. Up to that time our business was booming and had gone away ahead of all previous years. ‘We had prepared for a heavy fall trade with the largest stock we ever bought. When the warm weather ensued there was a sudden check. Consequently we are overstocked. Not seriously so but enough to make us hustle a little. Besides we are 80 immensely pleased with the year’s business that we can afford to be liberal, so we make this offer for the afore- said reasons. Our Guarantees If you will attend this sale we will make you two guaran- tees: First, that you cannot duplicate the price. Second, that we will not accept one cent of your money unless you are fully satisfied with anything we make you. Remember, any suit or overcoat in the house, values up to $35.00—for only $20.00. Loyal Hotel Building. \ usable and is not lost in the jolting and vibration which rack and strain the ma- chine; gasoline economy is, therefore, be- cause of these facts, found to add to the life of the motor car. PUGS COME OF miu)v STOCK Some Hail from Farms and Others from Mines. NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—The meteoric stars of pugilism, In great measure, the raw, unheard-of youngsters who come from nowhere, show class and quality when they get thelr first chance in fast company, and then go along the line Whip- ping everyone while youthful strength re- mains unimpaired by foolish dissipation. Such was the history of stars without num- ber, and such will be the history of many stars who are yet to come: Down in southern Illinois, in a little town called Herrin, lives a plece of fighting tim- ber that, in the opinion of the few critics who have been so fortunate as to behold him, is the destined marvel of the decade In his own class, and perhaps beyond it. This young fellow is an Irish blacksmith and his name is Richard Ferrell. Billy Papke was a mining blacksmith and a harness mender for the mules of the Illi- nois mines. Oddly enough Ferrell held this position in another mine, and it can be taken for granted that both Papke and Ferrell, brought up to this kind of grueling work, are of herculean strength and vigor. Papke got his chance first, and the fistic world knows how well he improved it. Ferrell's turn is yet to come, and all who have seen the second of the Illinois black- smiths in action think he will cut as wide a swath as the German slugger. 0ld Bob Fitzsimmons is credited with tinding Ferrell in the obscurity of the lit- tle Tilinols village. The good old boy was showing through that part of Illlnois a couple of years ago and when his company played a one-night stand at Herrin young Ferrell sought out the veteran. Just what are passed between the blacksmith champlon of the past and the aspiring blacksmith of the present was never known, and neither Bob nor Ferrell ever told the story of thelr interview. Perhaps the great Corntshman tried Ferrell out in his room at the village hotel—perhaps he only looked him over, took keen judgment of his won- derful strength and bulldog style and accordingly. However this Bob for many weeks afterward told all the fighting critics whom he met that there was “a blooming devil, a flght- | ing wonder, my word,” in the little Ililnols town, A promoter, who was holding shows at Peoria, heard old Bob mention the boy | and sent for him to fight one Billy May- field, one of the toughest of all the wan- dering fighters, who go from coast to coast, battling where they can. The record books show that Jack O'Keefe, Battling Nelson and Cyclone Thompson had the | fight of thelr lives with this fellow and were unable to even dent him. Fer dented him. It took a little less than two rounds. Since the fighting game shut down In Illinols Ferrell has been fighting in the west and south. He had cleaned up a lot of third and second rate pugs and now yearns to meet real ones for real money— hence he is coming east. Some sensation, too, when the fighters even get a glimpse Ferrell is the exact twin of Tom Sharkey, face and body, only on a minor scale, as he ¢an do 142 pounds. This mass of muscle and bulldog ferocity attacks after the style of Honey Mellody, but comes In much faster, while his blows are far heavier with either hand. Imagine Joe Walcott and Honey Mellody blended into one and | you have Richard Ferrell, southwestern welter champlon. He ought to prove a good one. Record of Springfield High. | be. |today—on the job to handle the biggest {Jettries, SPRINGFIBLD, Nov. 27.-—(Spe cial.)—In the s closing Thanksgiv- ing day, the § High ool | ended one of the most successful seasons | It has ever had. The team was composed |of elght veteran high school players and | three who had never played until this| ear. Although with two new men in the | hack field and without a coach the squad developed into u team especlally strong in the new style of play, playing five games without having the goal crossed and winning them all. In the five games played ingfield employed the forward pass thirteen times missing but three of these trials. The ten successful passes averaged about fifteen yards each, and have been one of the team's best plays In most of the games *he opposing leams had the best of it in welght, but time after time, Springfield made touchdowns | almost wholly by the forward pass, on- | side kicks and trick plays. The rocord for the season ls: Springfield. 6; Suburban ites, 0. Springfield, 6; Valley, 0. Spring- fleld, 16; Omaha High, second team. 0 Springfield, 11; Benton club, 0. Bpring- d. 7; Omaha, picked team, 0. The gen- eral average welght of the local team was 141 pounds Cornell Athlete Married. THACA, N. Y. Nov W. Hubert Tappan ot Manstield, O, who' finished for Cornell in the Irter race at Boston la was quietly in this to Miss Helen Matthews of Toronto, Can ada, Tappan, who s a sophom {ntends 1o quit college In & ta ath and go into business. He is u member ‘of tho Alpa Delta Pbi trateraity. fore darkness set In and the spectators could get back to town at & r-ununuhlq‘lnusnudu and weakness and head off o |hour. He also figures that forty-five |a Cold that otherwise might hang on rounds s quite sufficient to declde the o)) winter Wits vest pocket. Druge question of supremacy. The longest time necessary In deciding a fight with which |gists, 25e. Sylana forty-on Yorker away, Coffroth has his own {deas value of fight pictures. i to make pictures profitab least would be necessary, that if it Is his good fortus the Jeffries-Johnson battle, with an inter- est In the pictures, a four-round victory for Jeff would be most desirable, Then the pictures could be used in conjunetion Wwith a vaudeville performance, the short- ness of the battle making them a very fine one act. CORNCOB LEAGUE IN SESSION Proposition to Reorganize Western is Taken Up but Not Adopted. “Throw on some more cobs, Dave,” shouted Pop Wallace as he rolled into the Bmoke House, fresh from the plains ot western Nebraska, where he sald the snow was a foot deep. “Don’t you fellows know that a blizzard 1s coming up and that we are stuck here for some time and might as well settle some of the welghty prob- lems of state?’ “Well, what will the leagus take up first?" asked Sarvin. “I'm in favor of reorganizing the Western league right now. “What s the latest news about that? Don’t we go into the American this year?" asked Dr. Welch, who had just returned from a three weeks' hunting trip and.did not know any of the late news. “Nope,” sald George Holcomb, *I de- clded to keep Omaha where It Is this year. Tebeau s making so much money he doesn’t want to jump this year, and the others have decided to let him have his way. They are going to fix up their park In North Chicago and put in & semi-pro team and be ready for the leap next year." “What has Pa done about that new grandstand of his?" asked Joe Glenn, *“T saw n the paper that he was going to bulld a new cement and steel grandstand."” “Well, I guess that is in statu quo,” re- marked Brother Dave as he plled in an- other scoop of corncobs. “I think Pa ought to be getting ready to do something, for the chance to &0 up fIs sure to come next fall, and we want to be In line,” chirped in Charley Lane, the genial jolller., “This thing of slumbering around with cities of such class as Lincoln and Pueblo and some of the rest is not to my liking, Omaha is entitled to be in a higher class and I'm In favor of whooping It up until we get there. ‘They tell me that the new pitcher from Stanton showed up around he: while I was out hunting,” was the way Weloh changed the subject. ‘I want to serve no- tice on you guys that he Is a humdinger. I don’t remember of even fouling the b In that game he pitched against us when rounds to put the New SUCKERISTHE REAL WISE GUY It Does Not Pay to Make People Think You Know Too Much. the Some think that le ten rounds at Coftroth says ne to promote COFFROTH WILL BE ON THE JOB Wise Ones Say He WIill Be There with the Successful Bid for the Johnson-Jeffries Fight on NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—"It's all right to be a wise guy, but don't let the other fel- low know it. If you do, everybody will steer clear of you, fearing they will get the worst of it on any kind of & proposi- tion."” Billy Brady, producer of champions and & promoter of sporting events of massive proportions, used to say that years ago— before the theatrical profession claimed all his attention. And it seems that Jimmy Coffroth, the fight promoter from 'Frisco, has taken Brady's advice. Coffroth is a second Brady and neither suffers in the comparison, Comparatively slight in build, healthy in appearance, with an eye that bespeaks nothing but confidence in those with whom he may come In contact, Coffroth might be taken for an everyday clerk of the average intelligence. How different when one comes to know him. Instead, he is sharp-witted and brilllant, quick to see opportunities and with an intllect that enables him to make the most of them. It {s this inborn abllity that has earned for the youthful ap- pearing westerner the reputation of being a P. T. Barnum among promoters of fistic events. Coffroth will, in all probability, handle the Jeffries-Johnson fight. He hasn't put in & bld yet, nor intimated to anyone what he will do in the matter, but it 1s safe to predict that on the day, December 1, when the showdown will eome, when bids of various kinds and dimensions will be fin- ally considered, Coffroth will be on the Job. Coffroth is Ready. “Jim Kennedy put me in the fight pro- sald Coffroth the other “I always regarded ‘Big Jim' as an Ideal manager. He was a revelation to me, and but for him I might have continued to be a court clerk, as I was before I ran into him. He showed me where I could make big money in other pursuits, and be- ing only & kid at the time I naturally swelled up In anticipation of what I might I took Kennedy's tip and here I am fight in the history of puglilism.” Without any show of boasting, Coffroth says he has promoted more champlonship We were on that barnstorming trip. He battles than any one man in the world, Up | Will make a cookeo for this league.” to his time a champlonship contest was — unheard of in California. Among those he Jensen Wins Marathon Race, promoted are the Jetfries-Ruhlin bout In [,y ONERS, N, ¥ Noy. e Mitat oo 1301, the firat heavyweight champlonship |ruco today from a field of Kimety wierihon fight on the coast (won by Jeff in five | Dan Bheridan of Toronto was mecond rounds). This fight netted a gate of $31,000, 404 Mike Ryan of New York was third. ¥ Jensen won hait 11 i v y a mile, His time was Following that was the Jeffries-Fitzsim- mons fight of 1902. This battle gave Fitz a second chance to win back his title. He, however, was beaten again, but there was some balm in the gate receipts, which amounted to $32,000. On August 14, 1908, Coffroth pulled off remarked an ar- fland admirer of that form of food, “I will tell you the sad, sad truth about them. “If you order them in Boston they are dent New En his Dbiggest heavywelght champlonship lr’;l""'mnyufl“ "'h-“’? . Solid.- hina . P | tide ove west a to Albany, say. fight, that between Jetfries and Jim Cor- | Whet happens? The smount of fish in bett. Although the prices were moderate [each fishball has dwindled. Proceed. to for an event of its kind and Importance— from §3 to $20—the receipts reached the record amount of $62,000, Buffalo. A certain self-assertiveness be- gins to be apparent in the potato that is combined, In fishballs, with the fish. On to Cleveland! Fishballs there are half po- Some Big Battles. {ato, half fish, with the accent on Dotato, On August 28, 1904, Coffroth promoted the |0, 0 Chicago! There potato has the upper last heavywelght champlonship fight in| He groaned this country, “How fs it In the far west? o leaned forward. between Jack Munroe and which came to an abrupt end in the second round. Coffroth also promised | tnan' Chieagnt he whisamrdtTiher west on July 4, 197, the fight between the|New York Times 5 Australlan, BIl Squires, and Tommy Burns, which Burns won in the first round. {1 ,’ Coffroth has brought off successfully many important battles as/de from the heavyweight contests, For Instance, the Britt-Nelson twenty-round battle In De- cember, 1904, In which Britt got the d um o cision, and likewlse their return engage- Humphreys* Seventy-Seven ment in September, 1%6, at Colma, when | Famous Remedy for Grip & Nelson knocked Eritt out in the elghteenth round. This fight had a gate of $48311, the biggest drawn down by any fight ex- opt 8 heavywelght bout. But for Billy olan's kick to the referee at the last minute Coffroth says the receipts would have been $20,000 more. Iadht Sameiis 't 8 Coffroth originated the forty-five-round most prolific in its crop of Colds—a dangerous time for careless people. Be prudent, carry in your pocket a vial of “Seventy-seven," and take a dose at the first feeling of idea, He evolved the idea by figuring that, | starting at 2 o'clock and assuming that | it would go the entire dlstance, the fight | would be over In three hours. Everything, according to his dope, would be ended be- he was officlally connected was the Leach | Cross-Dick Hyland boui, when It Humphrey’'s Homeo, Medicine Co.. Cor, took | willlam and Ann Streets, New York.