Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1910, Page 30

BIC YEAR FOR BIC FICATS Interest in the Johnson-Jeffries Bout Boost All Minor Events, HUGE FORTUNES AT STAKE Indieations Are Speetators Will Cdme from All Over the Country and ¢ Some Will Come from Across the P NRW YORK, March 5~The first pugil- futic title battle of the new year, fought at San Franciseo on February 22, increased the evidence which points to 1910 as a record breaking twelve months in ring his- tory. The interest manifested in the Nel- son-Wolgast contest indleated clearly that pugiliem is entering upon a great boom period. While a contest for the lightwelght championship possessed in itselt intrinsic value, there mppears to be little doubt that the furore which has been created by the preliminaries incldental to. the John- | gon-Joffries fight was in part responsible for the widespread attention which the bout_ recelved. | The fact that the battle between the g *ht- | welghts attracted thousands of snec..tors | to the ringside at Point Richmond, despite | the disagreeable weather, argues well for @ record breaking attendance when the big men enter the ring om Independence day. ' No special attempt was made to hoom the Nelson-Wolgast test, and ths fight drew only boxing enthusiaets from only that section of the Pacific coast ad- jacent to 'Frisco. That the Johnson-Jef- fries bout will be fought under different conditions will be apparent. Despite the fact that the battleground has not been officially chosen as yet and meither prinel- pal has begun routine training, there ls plenty of evidence at hand which indicates that all attendance records at prize tights will be completely obliterated when the Beavyweights appear for battle. Five Months Yet. With the date of the fight still somo five months away, and several omnious uncertainties, such as the outcome of John- son's trial for assault in this city, dimming the horizon, preparations for the contest and its aftermath go steadily forward. 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Liver Tabl & tive or Cough Tablets for e Lotlon tor's Flea 3 h ‘We,_ sell Spratt's—DEnt's—Glover's Dog Medicine—ask for ‘book: Sherman & MicConnell Drug Co. Cor. 16th and Dodge, Omaha. OWL DRUG CO. Cor. 16th and Harney, Omaha. HOTEL! Hotel Martinique B'way, 324 and 334 St. NW YORK CITY IN THE HEART OF THINGS . JMIGH CLASS FIREPROOF HOTEL Handsomely furnished, all outside oa ik from New Pemsbebne, somedti leading department stores theatres. ROOMS WITH PRIVILEGE OF BATH, $1.50 per Day and Up. ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BA! $2.50 per Day and Up. 2 it class of Todatons &t mederate reses moving pleture privileges and a score of other incidentals. That the men interested In these various enterprises are Investing capital s one of the encouraging signs to the follower of things pugiistic. Ordinary business acumen would naturally prevent the staking of thousands of dollars in the incldental ventures unless_there was rea- sonable surety that the big fight was to be held. . At the present time it appears certain that the purse of §101,000 will be but a { small portion of the money that will be at stake on the outcome of the fight. Aside from the cost of the erection of the arena, seatirg 50,000, and the providing of the purse some hundreds of thousands of tures, th success or fallure of which will hinge on the Independence day struggl It is estimated that the gate will vloglz 500,000 with 60,000 seats in the arena. confident Is ‘Frisco that the battle will be held there that the oitizens are already planning to entertain thousands of visitors from all parts of the world during the first week of July. Every hotel and.boar Ing house keeper expects to reap a ha vest from the invaders, and the citizens’ organization has started & campalgn Against any unreasonable increase In ac- | commodation dharges. Many Special Trains, Preliminary announcements relative to special train service to the ringside are already appearing in all parts of this coun- try, as well as in Europe. A well known promoter of speclally conducted tours has made the announcement that never in his business experience has an athletic contest roused the dnterest that is in evidence at this time in the heavywelght champlon- ship battle. “Judging from the indications at present,” he remarked in the course of a conversation yesterday, “more than a third of the surplus rolling stock of the raliroad companies’ will ‘be heading across the continent during the closing days of June. “I have been personally interested in gpecial train service to previous pugilistic championship affairs. Ordinarlly we be- 8an to make preliminary arrgngements for such trips a month or two previous to the day of the fight. Inquiries regarding our plans for tours to the Johnson-Jetfries battle began to pour In so early, however, that we have been obliged to entirely re- organize our system in order to accommo- date those who have expressed thelr desire to make the trip under our supervision, ‘“While, of course, the final detalls neces- sarily awalt the officlal selection of an arena for the match, every preliminary is out of the way and our advertising litera- ture is ready for the pxinter. With the filling in of a few blank Mnes we will be able to hand the copy to the typesetters and our circulars will be in the mail in a week or ten days after the promoters have completed . the final details for the big fight. As the situation stands at the pres- ent moment, We are assured of enough tourlsts to fill one train, althaugh they.do not know-at this time just where they are golng.” This statement is borne out by the. ar- rangements being made by J. P. McCann, manager of the McCann Tours company. Both the.local and European branches of the company have already completed ar- rangements for transporting big parties to the scene of the fight. The local agency has already made plans for seven speclals to the big fight. One party, which is to travel in two sections, comes from London andiwill inctude the Barl of Lonsdale; The party of British sportsmen will number 260, it is sald. They will leave London early in June and take a trip about the United States, which will end them up at the ring- side. A section of seats is already engaged for the Englishmen, Other partles’ may come from ovér the seas. There Is a lively interest in the fight on the continent. Five of the speclals under the personal direction of Mr. McCann will be for Ameri- can wpfi%‘nll each day. Each train accommo- dates 120 tourists and 18 to be run with library, dining and observation’ cars at- tached. Three of the trains will be filled with New Yorkers. The remaining two are to pick up parties enroute, While a number of prominent persons are booking for these speclals no names have been given out. Indged, some trips will be started with the ringside, as a silent objective. point, going via Florida, mayhap. It is stated that three cars which once ran to & champlonship fight were tilled with Jonesses, Browns and Smiths. The persons in ol of similar move- ments throughout the country say that never in the history of trips to prizefights has the publie shown such enthusiastic {n- | terest. They forecast that nearly 1,000 New Yorkers will be at the ringside, Another angle to the fight as a business proposition’ is shown by the statement of H. H. Frazee, manager of the recent Jétt- ries-Gotch theatrical tour. , According to dollars will be tied up in commeércial v.m-J NEW YORK, March THE [FORMER CRACK INFIELDERS 01d Balk Fans Say They've Not Been Excelled. ‘WONDERS OF THE PAST RECALLED Start, Morrill, Anson, Connor, Brouth- ers, Tucker, Tenney, Prefter, Du: lap, Willlamson, Glasscock, Deany, Ward and Others. ‘Are the intleld- ers of today fast and clever as those of the pust? Do they play more sclentific ball?" John M, Ward was requested to answer these questions and he replied: “There are some great players on the diamond now. I might mention Hal Chase, the crack first baseman as an example, but whien, I look back into history and re- call such starslifielders as Fred Pfetfer, Fred Dunlap, Joe Start, John Morrill, Bur- dock, Tom Tucker, Roger Connor ‘and others top numerous to mention I am forced to ‘say that.I see no tmprovement.” That is the reply almost any veteran ball player will make to these queries, but it 1s hard’ to convince the present day fans that better infieldérs that Chase, Dev- lin, Bridwell, Tinker, Wagner, Evers, Eddie Collins, Lajote, Chance, Miller, Konetchky and Hoblitzel for Instance ever lived. But golng back thirty years or more there were Infielders who made wonderful stops, light- ning double plays, sensational running catches and played the game with plenty of the sclefice prevalent today, Orator James O'Rourke, who 80ld. the Bridgeport club, the other day. and finally retired’ from active work on the field, was o high class first baseman when he wore a Boston uniform in 183 and 7. Joe Start was in his prime when he covered the bag for the Providence club In 1884, but he had previously earned renown in Hartford. Another star first sacker was Chubb Sullivan, who played with Cinein- natl and led the National league in fielding this position in the season of 1878. Cap- tan Anson, too, was a great man to throw. to when he headed the Chicagoes in those days, while John Morrill, who managed the champlon Bostons in 1883, was without ‘a peer. When Big Dan Brouthers played in Buffalo in the same year he was close behind Morrill -In the percentages, but he dldn’t have the speed of the Beanecater. Al \McKinnon, who led the league as a member of the St. Louls team in 1385, was considered at the time a better first base- man than had ever oeen seen before, but he was a comparatively poor hitter. Sid Farrar of the Philadeiphias in 188 Wwas a superb handler of thrown balls and headed the list with an average of .979-for 118 games, which was a new record. But the following-year Morrill surpassed those figures for .985 for 124 games and carried off the honors. Anson recovered his grip in 1888 and 18%9, while the leading first baseman in 1890 was Jake Virtue of the Clevelands. Roger Connor, who had left the Glants after' several years of brilliant werk, played with the Philadelphias in 1892 vith the top average of .95 for 153 games, another record. Pat Tebeau of the Cleve- lands excelled In the averages of 1995, 1504 and 1897, his percentage of .99 in 18% being the best ever made up to that time. Tom Tucker of the champion Bostons under the late Frank G.clee, held the title of king: of the first en after that until he 'was replaced’ fy Tred Tenney, who was considered a phenomenon. Prior|Q to the sucass of Tucker and Tehney base ball saw other noted first baggers In Comiskey, Dave Foutz, Long John Rellly, Tommy Lsterbrook, Dave Oir and many others who played great ball. Jack Doyle when a member of the champlon Balti- mores was a star In this position, and later Hugh Jennings, -covering the bag for the Brooklyns, was rated:in the same cla ight fans. They are being fllled with }Wl!h ‘Tenney, Dan .MeGann . and Kitty Bransfield when wearing New York and Pittsburg uniforms respectively were also high in the averages. MoGann still holds the record percentage of .95 for 133 games in 1806, although Chance of the Cubs hung up .984 last year. Chance, Chase, Konetchy and Hoblitzel are considered the leading first basemen today and Chase is probably the greatest that ever played the game. First-cldss second basemen have always been, scarce. Johnny Evers of the Cubs, Miller of the Pirates, Gardner of the High- landers, Eddte Collins of the Athletics, Egan of the Cincinnati Reds, Lajole of the Clevelands and several others in the major leagues- are naturally regarded as without an equal. But baseball history discloses some remarkable second sackers, just the same. Ross Barnes, who played with the Bostons ‘and Chicagos more than - thirty years ago, was far ahead of his rivals in point of skill. In fact those who remember him {nsist that he has never been excelled, John Burdock of the Bostons succeeded Frazee, he has signed Jeffries up an un- | Barnes as the leading second baseman limited time tour of the world, following |and there <as never any doubt as to his the contest which is ..ow set for July 4. It is | abllity. He covered plenty of ground, was proposed to organize a combination of ath- | 4¢ath on thrown balls and knew base ball letes which will include the leading pugilistic | from A to Z. Jack Farrell of the Provi- and wrestling champlons and tour all parts | dence team in 1583 led the league In the of the civilized world in a trip which will | 3verages and was considered Burdock's consume: one or ‘two years. It is stated on the authority of Mr. Frazee that Jeff- ries has cleared more than $100,000 since his public announcement that he would attempt to' wrest the champlonship title from Jack Johnson, ‘This ‘sum might haye been considerably increased had not Jefries decided that so much money was at stake in winning the fight that he ‘could well afford to close the tour a month earlier and devote the time to .training, In order to assure a victory and unlimited receipts in & round-the-world circult as & world's champlon for the sec- ond time of his career. So confident are Frazee apd Jeffries relative to the out- ‘| come of the fight that they have mapped -out .an- iynerary ‘and are closing contracts to be fulfilled during the closing months of the present year. ROWING BACES ON THE COAST Stamford and California in Dual Four-Oared Meet. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 6.—De- spite the fact’ that both Stamford and the University of California have abandoned rowing €s a varsity sport, the two colleges will hold & regatta about Easter time and ‘four-oared crews will race. The sport is being continyed by rowing clubs. “The elght-oared crew to Seattle to race Wash- Ington. The fellowing veterans are rowing at Berkeley: Captaln Ashley, No. §; Gig- e SNAPP’S HOTE Excelsior Springs, Mo. g e e man, No, 2; Schroeder, No. 3; Hardy, No. 4; Robertson, No. #; Davidson, No. 7, and cockswain McSpadden. equal. Chicago at that time had a sterling second baseman in Joe Quest, but it was not Jong before Fred Dunlap was the king: Dunlap had the record average of .98 in sixty-four games with the Detrolt club in 1887, and was the personification of ease and grace. He was something of a grand- stand player because of his tendency to make one-handed catches and stops, but he got there just the same and was a blg favorite wherever he showed. Fred Peffer of the Chicagos was per- haps a shade better than Dunlap, while Bid McPhee, for many years with the Cineinnati club, was an ideal man at this bag. McPhee's percentage of .962 for 116 games in 1896 still stands as a record in the National league. Other crack second base- men of olden times were Danny Richard- son of the champlon Glants of 188 and 1889; Henry Reltz of the Baltimores of 1504, Bobby Lowe of the Bostons, Billy Haliman of the Philadelphlas, Hub Collins of the Brooklyns, Claude Ritchey of the Pitts- burgs and Yank Robinson of the St. Louls Browns. The star third basemen of the ‘present are Deviin of the Glants, Grant of the Philadelphias, Lennox of the Brooklyns, Lord of the Hoston Red Sox, Bierfeld of the Washingtons and othe: Yet old timers will tell you that they are no better than Ezra Sutton of the old Bostons, the tamous Jerry Denny of Providence, Fd Williameon of the champlon Chicagos un- der Anson, Arthur Whitney of the New Yorks of twenty years ago, Billy Nash of the Bostons, Bill Dahlen of the Chicagos, Lave Croas of the Philadelphias, Jimmy Aute Rum Postponed. NEW YORK, Mareh 6.—The New York to Boston automoblle rum, which was scheduled to start trom this bity (oday has manager of the run, R P, sald that the wm-fi.mumm to Big Collins _of the Bostons, John McGraw of the Baltimores, Tommy Esterbrook of the Glants, Hick Carpenter of the ald Cinein- patl Reds and Arlie Latham of the cham- plon St. Louis Browns. Denny was a star. No more graceful player ever handled grounders at his cor- mer of the diamond. He had a knack of knocking down hot shots without a gitt and was a thrower of rare speed and ac- curacy. Willlamson, a heavyweight, was @nother great thrower; also Nash, who 'unnv.lluonwmm!mhl‘ when he succeeded the popular Sutton, Collins, until he retired from the manage- ment of the Boston Americans, was highly tated, in fact, he seemed to be in & class by himself, while McGraw, with his [ gery play, was far behind him in kil There are many fine shortstops in har- ness today, with the great Hars Wagner probably the best. Joo Tinker of the Cubs 1s o high class performer; also Brid- well of the Glants, Doolan of the Phillles, Bush of Detrolt, Wallace of the Browns, Wagner of the Red Sox and others. Vet- eran critics, however, will ipsist that these men have nothimg on George Wright, Davy Force, Arthur Trwin, Jack Glasscock, John Ward, George Smith, Hugh Jennings, Jack Rowe, Herman Long, Tommy Cor- coran, George Davis, Shorty Fuller and Ea McKean. Wright was far and away the best short- stop in America when he wore a Boston uniform from 1871 to 1576. He held the record perventage of .94 for many years. In covering ground, throwing, hitting and general pldy he set a standard that will never be forgotten. Force, a little man, made his mark in Buffalo several years later, while Jack Giasscosk, known ‘as Pebbly Jack, was a star in Cleveland be- fare he jumped to the Unlon assoctation in 184. He came back to the league as & member of the Indlanapolls team and was s0ld to the New York club in 1890, remain- ng here until he finished his major league carger, Ward played a brilllant game for the Giants in 1587, 1583 and 1889. He was one of the first pla; to use the bunt and was also a great base rinner, stealing home en several occasions with the run needed® to tla or win. George (Germany) Smith won his spurs in Cincinnati in 1893, but he also played fast ball for the Brookiyns, Hugh' Jennings and Herman Long were the 'star shortstops In 186, Long was perhaps more sensational with his elec- trical stops and quick throws, but Jennings was equally brilllant' at times and it was nip and tuck between them. orge Davis, who was released by the White Sox recently after twenty years in fast company, was originally an outfielder, but he took to infield work like a duck to water,. Ho was a_crack third baseman on the New York team that won the Temple cup In 1884, With Fuller at short- stop, but in 1599, 190 and 1%1 he led the league shortstops in the averages. Tommy Concoran was the leading shortstop in 1904 and 1906, when he played with Cincinnati, and he was always called an artist. ‘Other noted infielders of the past have been omitted in this summary, but not because they lacked merit. They were all good ball players and will not be forgotten until old-time fans have phssed away. Base ball is progressing, but players will come and'go without excelling a majority of the stars of the days of long ago. ENTRIES FOR THE BIG HANDICAP Indications Are Helmont Races Will Have Crack Rorses. NEW YORK, March 6.—The entry Mist for the $5,000 Metropolitan handicap, which has Just been announced, augurs well for the successful opening of the local racing sea- son at Belmant park, May 13. Al the best horses of the country are included in the total of fifty-one nominations; 632 entries in all have been recelved for the meeting's fifteen stakes. The complete list of entries is as fol- lows: 8. C, Austin's Charlie H. ave. H: G. Bedwell's Prince Ah: med. August Belmont's Uriscillian, Tasteful FI’:? Flloul!. Magazine, Arcito. o Cholrmaster of Chester- 2 )?;":“h Glorio. o k lelschmann’s Apache. FémA. Forsythe's Berry Maid, Twilight ueen. James Gaffney's Alfred Noble. James Hewitt's Pulka. S. C. Hildreth’s King James, Restigouche, Fayette, Dalmatian, Joe Madden, Firestone. ames . Keene's Hlilarlous, IHelmet, Meekette, Sweep. Earl Linnell's - Lisare. Mrs. McLaughlin's Arondack, Tony’ .nl{'u Site Hervert, 1 Jol N [adden’s 3 [am] Cnnn’) !i' z Herber pton Montpeller Stable's Beaucoup, Falcada. Newcastle Stable's Glugose, Wise Mgson. T. J. Nolan's 8ir John Johnson. ' George M. Odom's Trance. Oneck ble's iber's Jack Atkin, R Swithon's High Private. "}Hulllm Walker's Stanley Fay, r ll;(( P. Whitney's Baby Wolf, Sea Clirf, Y. R.'F. Little's Prince Tmperial. STOCK CARS ON PLANKED TRACK Thirty-Seven Events Planned for the o5y Los Angeles ‘Dash. LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 5.—Thirty- soven events will be contested in the in- augural seven-day meet of the new Los | Angeles.motordrome, on April 810 and 13- 17. Races at all sorts of distances will glve every form of car, specially. built' or “stock,” an opportunity to show to Its best advantage in numerous events with- out having to face great odds and being oufclassed, as is the case when there is a small program. In addition to this the management has decided to hold a twenty-four-hour race on the “Great Planked Dish.” The American Automoblle assoclation has been asked to set aside April 8) and May 1 for this long contest. It is ex- pected that owing to the few changes of tires made necessary, and the fast sur- face of the track, all world's twenty<four- hour. récords, including those made by Edge at Brooklands track, England, will be beaten, For the inaugural meet, large cash prizes’ are offered for professional events and ‘handsome. trophles for amateur races and the flelds In each class are expected | to bo larger thdn usual. The fact that | | the handicapping will be In charge of an expert like A. L. McMurty, means that close finishes may be looked for, as was the case at Atlanta. ‘ |AUTO FOR THE BEST BATTERS Leader in Each Blg League Will Be- celve Bensine Buggy. NEW YORK, March 5.+-As an extra in- ducement for the players of the two big major leagues to lead thelr respective organization in hitting this year & motor car company has guarantesd the star batter of each league a thirty horse power machine. The company suggested the offer to the National commission and that body accepted it without any delay. As Honus Wagner 1s an automobile bug, the chances are that he will slug that ball as he never did before to get one of the cars. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 5. 18 10 have a velodromo, and bicyele racing | during the summer of, 1910 will be revived. Contracts calling for an elght-lap-to-the- mile track at Lightfiouse Point on the sound have been. signed. The track, ac- cotding to'the plans, will be second to none in the country. Races will be held there ouce a week during the summer months. The first will be held by May 0. Date for Princeton-Indian Game. PRINCETON, N. J, March 6.—If . the sangtion of the faculty athletic committee 1s secured, the Carlisle Indians will play foot ball against Princeton here on Octo- Der 2. All arrangements have been corhpleted and the sanction will make the date of- OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 6, 1910, T0 PROTECT FIGRTERS' EANDS Wearing of Bandages a Habit with Them All ALUMINUM PADS A NEW WRINKLE There Are Meth On that Call for Protests—Hard- sure Knuckle Covers. ‘When Jeffries and Johnson enter the ring in Frigco in July their heads will be en- cased In bandages, but before the gloves are drawn on, these knuckle protectors will dbubtless be carefully examined. It is a bablt with practically all pugllists to bind thelr hands in adhesive. taps or stick- ing plaster to prevent broken bones or severe bruises, but it seldom occurs that a fighter allows his opponent to pull on the mitts before these bandages have been in- spected. In a recent fight It was sald that Hugh McGann, the Smoky City slugger, used aluminum knuckle pads under the bandages in order to beat his antagonist, Mike Mc- Donald, Into quick submission. When the fight was over McGann's seconds hastily removed the gloves and bandages, so that there was no physical evidence of sharp practice. But the rumor as to the alum- inum knuckles was so persistently ocircu- lated that many at the ringside hooted the Pittsburg man out of the ring. Fair-minded handlers of pugilists have declared many times that soft cotton band- ages should be tolerated but that anything of a harder substance should be barred. Jottries sald some time ago that a fighter who wore hard bandages ran a greater chance of breaking his hands than one who wore no protection at all. After the second mill between Jeffries and Fitzsim- mons the Cornishman was accused of wea ing plaster paris bandages which ultimately broke both hands. Jeft had one eye closed, his nose was broken and his face was a mass of bruises when he stepped out of the ring. He was so badly battered by Fits' punches that Billy Delany was asked after- ward it he believed Robert had anything on his hands. “I don't know for sure," replied Delany, “but from the appearance of Jeff's face Fitz must have had something beside his fingers and a good wallop in these mitts.” Some fighters have been known to wrap the bandages about their hands in such a manner as to leave sharp ridges. Then by removing the padding from the knuckles of the gloves blows that cut like a knife could be delivered. It s a ring tradition that fighters once slipped a horseshoe into the right hand glove, but this may not be the truth. When Kid McCoy knocked out Tommy Ryan at Maspeth years ago the latter was literally cut to pieces. Every time McCoy landed his left in Ryan's face it sSemed to slash llke & keen-edged razor. Ryan could not understand it at all and after the mill he insisted that McCoy must have worn brass knuckles or had some hard substance in the glove. But McCoy refuted thy charge by showing his hand as soon as his glove was drawn. His fist was tightly bound with adhesive plaster and so much of it had been used that he could not"move fingers or thumb. In fact his hand was as hard as a mallet and the bandage over the knuckles showed a ridge that had evi- dently done the work. Joe: Walcott once insisted that Mysterl- ous Bllly Smith had & ‘horseshoe in his glove. He had fought Smith on several previous occasions, but had never received such tremendous smashes. Walcott ap- Pealed to Referee Hurst, but the latter re- fused to listen and ordered the fight to proceed. Smith was hot under the collar when the charge was made by Walcott and offered to tear off the gloves for a fight with bare knuckles. It developed later that Smith wore a fingerless glove which had a ridge of cement over the knuckles, the entire affair being concealed by 4 bandage. & Tom Sharkey always wore bandages and 80 did Jim Corbett. But Sharkey knew a way to harden his hands by steeping them In some secret preparation, On various occasions he showed his mawleys to friends who were willing to bet that they were Govered with. light leather, but it was a fact that they had simply been toughened 80 that it was impossible tb split the skin. ‘When Choynsk! was knocked out by | Peter Maher at the Broadway Athletic club, with Theodore Roosevelt among the epectators, it was asserted that the Irish- wen wore five yards of edhesive tape around each hand. Choynskl protested when he saw those extremely thick ban- es and said that he wanted to have them removed so that he could see them wound on again himseif. But he was no- tifiea that the tape was there to stay and that if he did not Mke it he could quit. 8o Choynski was knocked out, but he al- ways insisted that 1t was duo to the knuckle guards worn by his adversary. Kid Lavigne, formerly lightwelght cham- plon of the world, was an exoeption to the He scorned bandages, saying .that nature's weapons were good enough for him. But when he broke one of his hands on Walcott's head at Maspeth in one of the most sensational fights on record, he was forced |to. protect his knuckles in future events. Stanley Ketchel, one of the hardest hit- ters in the ring, did not wear a bandage until the 'fight with Joe Thomas,, which he won in thirty-two rounds. .Although Ketchel's hands are con.paratively small he could deliver a terrific blow With an ordinary-five-ounce glove. He was advised after the. Thomas mill, however, to'pro- teot his hands because of his brilliant fu: ture at that time. But In spite of heavy cotton tape which he wound around his |, tists for his last battle with Bill Papke, Ketchel broke both hands and also sprained his wrist. When he tackled Jack Johnson the bandages were as hard a: flint and each wrist was encircled by a leather strap. Nelson and . Wolgast both wore extra heavy bandages in their forty-round battle in California. They expected a long fight and were unwilling to take chances with their hands. So there was no protest from elther corner. rule for a while. Yale Freshman Schedule, NEW HAVEN, Coon, March 5.—The Yale foot ball schedule for the 1914 team wi announced by Manager Wheeler, manager of last year's freshman team. It cells for seven games, three of which will be played At ¥ale field and four away from home, A game has been arranged with Groton school for the first time Instead of the usual two games with Andover, only one has been scheduled. No Wednesday games will be played. The schedule: October 1, New Haven High school at Yale fleld; October 8, Groton at Grotom, Mass.; October 15, Hotchkiss at Lakeville; October 3, Andover at Yale fleld; November §, Prince- ton, 1914, at Princeton; November 12, Harvard, 1914, at Yale fi Ketehel MEMPHIS, Tenn, March Ketchel has practically accepted the terms of a local club to meet George De Bray, the ficlal. Since Yale journeys to Princeton next fall, there will be two important 1510 gridiron contests on the Tigers' home fleld. Canadian heavywelght, early this month Ketchel heard that his Pittsburg bout with HOW HE CUR s RHEUMA ‘' Six years ago I had a severe attack of Rhenmatism, I was confined to my bed for six months, and the doctors seemed unable to helpme. I tried many linimients, plasters, home remedies, etc., but none of them gave me any permanent relief; the symptoms always returned when such treatment was left off. My knees aud elbows were terrribly swollen, so bad in fact, that for a while I conld not move hand or foot. I certainly had one of the severest cases of Rheumatism I everheardof. I was getting discouraged when I heard of . §. 8., but as it was recommended to me as a fine treatment for Rheumatism I begarwits use. This medicine soon helped me, and I continued taking ituntil I was cured sound and well. S, 8. S relieved the swelling, purified my blood, stopped all pain, and cured me entirely. This was six years ago and I liave not had Rheumatism since."" 1355 Mt. Vernon Ave., Columbus, O. R. H. CHAPMAN. The severity of M:. Chapman's case of Rheumatism proves the value of S.S.S. as a cure for this disease. It is just another demon- stration of the fact that only a blood purifier can conquer the trouble. Rheumatism is an acrid blood fermentation; a souring of the circula- tion from an excess of uric acid in the blood stream. This uratic impurity is transmitted to the blood through the process of absorption, and comes as a result of constipation, indigestion, weak kidneys, etc. When the blood becomes infected with this uratic impurity the complications of Rheumatism are set up. The circulation is no longer able to furnish the different muscles, nerves, joints and bones with nourishment and strength, but instead deposits into these members th& gritty, pain-producing acid with which it is contaminated. Rheumatism is usually manifested in the joints and muscles. It is here its sharpest twinges of pain are felt, and stiffening of ligaments and tendons first commence. The pain of Rheumatism is caused by the'congrot of the censory nerves with the gritty, acrid formation which uric)Eml causes to accumulate in the corpuscles of the blood. ~ The severer syhip- toms of the disease come on gradually. Constantly the circulation deposits the uric acid particles into the muscles and joints, and slowly the natural fluids are dried up or hardened. Then Rheumatism becomes chronic an serious, and if allowed to run on, may Eermanenlly criflfilc, or break dow the health of the sufferer. Like all blood diseases, Rheumatism can be transmitted from generation to generation. This explains why young per- sons, and others, are affiicted with it, who were always healthy otherwise. There is but one way to cure Rheumatism, and that is to purify the blood—cleanse the s. s. s‘ circulation of the uric. 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