The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1906, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1906, “SPORTS | NELSON AND HERRERA FAIL TO FIGHT AT LOS ANGELES\ EDITED BY R. A. SMYTH | S BOXERS DISAGREE 0 N THE WEIGHT OESTION AND THE BOUT IS OFF FACH SIDE CHARGES SHARP PRACTICE Fault Is Found With the Scales Provided by Manager Tom McCarey, and Then an Apparently Interminable There was no ho as- . hed- wait he crowd was | at refused Before the fina o'clock, because Her-| to weigh in 1 wd of 4500 spi ¥ dismi Twe ¢ r After s, his mar er that ) weig adjusted Aft r H not ap- t he wanted to fight-and sfy the crowd.” rey o the club said the afternoon the F"a!fls‘ vere tested an correct, but at 6 o'clock when y to be tested they were off and it was men to come to an MEN QUARREL OVER WEIGHT. Tiresome Wrangle Between the Boxers Lasts Far Into the Night. LOS ANGEL May 25.—Prior to the fight and far into the gaged in a tires question of weight n the men went to weigh in at 6 arey’s office the Nelson not satisfied with the s cCarey said Herrera weighed 131 pou 3 but Nelson ger questioned the cor- n era then said aths, 3 M parated. st to arrive in the He said he would go on the if Herrera w h five pounds of his (Nel I on. decl at, but stated s with all his wd hooted aad b ilion. Nelson an: “I we d in at McCarey's and the scales were on the ‘bum.’ I offered to go to the baths and weigh, but Herrera rar k way. 1 weighed in under The crowd yelled: “You are a‘raid “1 not afraid of anybody,” scales here and if Her- rera weighs within five pounds of my weight I will fight bim.” The scales were t} ring. The crowd crowded about the hauled inside the elled derisively and ring. McCerey said that ess the men got in the ring jnside fifteen mir he uld call it off. Nelson sat in his corner waiting for Herrera to appear. Jucobs, Herrera's manager, said that he would not allow man to 20 on the scales now; tb he appeared at the weighing-in place at 6 o’clock to weigh in; that the scales were off and that he took man to dinner afterward. Now he ays he wil igh in. his dressing-room to 4 to see if he could not g the fight off. t if Herrera did not come to te He sald he w weigh o son & weighed 140 pounds. fused to weigh in. Abe Attell men if the; d fight Herrera if he | Herrera still re- not agree, In the dressing-room a fight occurred | between Bddie Hanlon and Mauro Her- | Tera. Mauro stated to the newspaper men | that Nelson was in a T. bath taking | off weight. Mauro was confronted with Henlon, who denied the statement, and the fight followed, in which Mauro was | badly bested by Ha Aurelio did not take any hand in the fight. Nelson entered the ring and announced | that he would fight Herrera if he would weigh in below 190 pounds. The crowd cheered for several minutes. The an- nouncer th ated that Nelson would | Eive Herrera five minutes and if he did not appear at the end of that time Nelson would meet any one else McCarey might select. The crowd cheered Nelson's state- ments ‘enthusiastically, Eddie Hanlon then entered the ring and sm‘d he would fight Nelson if Herrera did no Herrera sent out word that if the seales | Were removed from the ring he would go out and fight. The scales were removed and Neison began to strip for battle, amid the wild cheers of the crowd. " Herrera then entered the ring amid the ooting of the crowd. Herrera positivels d he would not weigh in. This aroused Nelson again and he left the building, He was followed by Herrera. { The men were recalled and had a con-| ference with Manager McCarey. At 10:45 oclock the fight was officially called off. | berry rules. Wrangle EHSUCS. BAITT WILL MEFT KEYES IF HE WINS FROM MEDVERN Californian Is Stron Choice Over the Once Terrible Terry. Tim Hurst Will Referee and Marquis of Queensberry Rules Govern. Dispatch to The Call M Anent the com- ing bout between Britt and McGovern at Madison S arden Monday night, the Evening Mail's pugilis- Special NEW YORK uare Left Hook,"” tic expert, says: him to d fight n ten. “I don’t think Terry has it in again for not to m down if the thing lasts over three rou one who makes the best showing 1 be matched for a long route—maybe twenty rounds—with Hock Ke Billy Roche has the Australian lightweight champion resting at Essington especially n ‘He's a quiet chap,’ said | wo years he would not speak In t ds unless under pressur e's home down there at Essing- ere the loudest thing is the fish in delights to sit around and listen grow. He nor drink, and, taken all together, is the easiest man in the prize-fight profession I've ever had to handle. He was not right when he fought McGarry, nor was he when he fought Erne Monday night, but he beat both of them at that. ing for Britt, and when he meets the na- tive son in Madison Square Garden you | will see a real fight At a meeting with Referee Tim Hurst tonight McGovern and Britt agreed to fi under straight Marquis of Queens- Britt is favorite at 7 to 10. POLLOK AFTER BIG MATCH. Wants to Match the Winners of the Two Lightweight Battles. NEW YORK, May ‘The World today says: Britt and McGovern are adhering to the oldest rule of a prize- | fighter—the claim of being a sure win- ner. No two fighters ever stepped into a ring with more confidence than these two will in Madison Square Gar- den on Monday night. It will be Britt's first fight in the East. Their confidence has caused them to look farther ahead than Monday night, "|with a view toward meeting Battling Nelson. Harry Pollok, manager of the Twentieth Century Athletic Club, last night wired Nelson’'s manager, asking upon what terms Nelson would box the winner of Monday night's battle. Pollok stipulated ten rounds, with no decision, on either June 18 or oo JABEZ WHITE DISAPPOINTS HIS ENGLISH ADMIRERS Loses the Decision to Jack Goldswain | After Twenty Rounds of Boxing at National Ciub. v Late advices from England are to the effect that Jabez White made a disap- pointing showing in a baqut with Jack Goldswain. The latter was given the de- cision after twenty rounds. An English writer says of the bout: ““Jabez White, the lightweight cham- pion, went down to defeat before Jack Goldswain, the ten-stone champion, on April 23 at the National Sporting Club. The men fought at ten stone, weigh in at 3 o'clock, for £100 a side and the club purse, the distance being twenty rounds. “Except for four rounds, in which Ja- bez showed a flash of his old form, the fight was all Goldswain’s. “‘He used a left jab to good effect, cut- ting White over the left eye. White seemed to be holding himself in leash and it was not until the ninteeenth round that { he let out. In the last round he staggered Goldswain with lefts and rights to body and jaw, but by reason of doing the most work throughout Goldswain was given the decision, which he richly deserved. ‘‘How White ever stood nineteen rounds with Jimmy Britt puzzied the Americans present, for to my way of thinking there are a score,of men giving three-round ex- hibitions around New York—“Amby” Mec- Garry or Sieger, for instance—who would make short work of Goldswain. el Sel S o Still After Betting Men. KANSAS CITY, May 25.—The Grand Jury returned six indictments today against Dr. J. 8. Gardner, president of the Kansas City Jockey Club and Charles Oldham, a bookmaker for vio- lation of the pool selling act passed by the last Legislature. It was charged in the indictments that they violated the law last Saturday«in the races at Elm Ridge trgck. The races were run to test the law. The County Prosecutor declined at the time to cause the arrest of the participants, PR R T i Big Offer Made Marvin Hart. SALT LAKE, May 25.—Floyd Mc- Farland, the champion bicycle rider, who arrived from Australia today, in a statement to the Herald, says: “I have been authorized by Jack Wren, the millionaire sportsman of Melbourne, to offer Marvin Hart a purse of $5000 to meet Bill Squires, the champion heavyweight of Aus- tralia, in a boxing contest. I have telegraphed the offer to Hart.” Herrera agreed to fight, but Nolan said he had waited two hours for him to do so and would not let Nelson enter the ring. does not smoke | One week's | rest will put him in shape to begin train- | THNNEAL BAEARS - THE LONG LIST 0F - BISTONS' DEFETS g Public Shuts Out Chicago Americansi Totals ... ‘i Allowing But Two \ Scratch Hits. St. Louis Tean—1_rfakes Measure of the New York | f Giants. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. (National League.) Won. Lost. 26 13 | Chicago . | New York . | Pittsburg .. | Philadelphia | St. Louis ston i | Brooklyn Philadelphia Cleveland |New York . | Detroit | St. Louis |Chicago . Washington | Boston i AMERICAN NEW YO easily from I | Batteries—Donohu land Schmidt; Hogg, Wiggs, Eubank <leinow and Thomas. BOSTON, May Boston broke its long string of defeats today. Tannehill pitched a two-hit game and shut out Chi- | cago. Score: | R H B Boston R S 3 { Chicago 3 and Peterson; B R, 0 5 1 4 13 ydon; Eels | Clark: | "PHILADELPHIA, May 25.—Hard hit- ting won today’s game for Philadelphia from St. Louis. Dygert was wild, but was effective when men were on bases. | Score: Washington | Cleveland E. St. Louis . 2 Philadelphia £ 0 Batteries—Jjacobson and - gert and Powe: 13 ncer; Dy: 9 2 NATIONAL GUE. ST. LOUIS, May 25 Louis won the opening game from New York. Druhot pitched excellent ball and was given good support. Score: H. “E. St. Louis 11 1 New York 6 1 Batteries—Druho! Taylor, Ferguson, Bresnahan and Bowerman. Umpires—O'Day and Emslie. PITTSBURG, May 25.—The Brooklyns made their first appearance today in | Pittsburg and were shut out. RScor;l: | Pittsburg ‘ 310 0 | Brooklyn 2 0 2 | _ Batteries—Willis and Phelps; Eason and | Ritter. Umpire—Klem. | 'CHICAGO, May |clean and well-pl {today. Score: Chicago won a d game from Boston R.H B 2 8 1 Chicago . | Boston 1 4 0 Batter 1 er and Moran; Young |and Needham. Umpire—Johnstone CINCINNATI, May —Corcoran's wild {throw in the first inning gave Philadel- phia one run. A wild pitch by Weimer in the fifth let in the winning run, a hit fol- |lowing sending in another, Score: i R. H E | Cincinnati .. o R | Philadelphia ) Batteries—Weimer and Schlei; Sparks and Dooin. Umpires — Carpenter and Conway. | ! MOTORCYCLIST WILL RIDE | ACROSS THE CONTINENT | [ Cleveland, Ohio, Expert Expects to Make the Trying Trip to New York in Thirty Days. Louis J. Mueller, the Cleveland, O., | motorcyclist who, for the past year, | has been consumed with desire to cycle in record time, has finally com- pleted arrangements to satisfy his | longing. He has discussed the project with W. C. Chadeayne, who made the journey from ocean to ocean last year. Cheadeayne gave him all the data he collected during his strenuous trip, also the benefit of his varied expe- riences. Unlike: Chadeayne, Mueller will not start from New York and ride westward. The Clevelander will start from San Francisco and, of course, ride eastward. It is his in- tention to set out about August 1. He will aim to reach New York in thirty days, but failing that, he will be bitterly disappointed if he fails to beat the automobile record of thirty- three days. Chadeayne made the trip in 48 days 11 hours 35 minutes, —_— e Golf Honors for Mrs. Stout. NEW YORK, May 2.—For the fourth time in her career as a golfer Mrs. Charles T. Sout of the Richmond Country Club, Staten Island, won the women's Metropolitan golf championship game to- day. She defeated Miss Georgia N. Bishop of the Brooklawn Golf Club, Bridgeport, Conn, by one up in the final 18-hole round on the links of the Englewood Golf Club at Englewood, N. J. Both players are former national champions. Rain Prevents Ball Games, OAKLAND, May 25.—The baseball game scheduled for this afternoon be- |tween the San Francisco and Fresno teams was not played because of rain. The same teams are billed to meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock., PORTLAND (Or.), May 25.—Port- :’a‘:‘nd-w- Angeles game postponed; n, 0 |afternoon by about three lengths. | cross the continent on a motor bi- | | OAKLAND LEADS OUT SEATTLE Commuters on Winning End of a Three to Two Score. HORAGE E RUNS ISTEWARDS SHOW ) FIST TRIAL FBRIDE MERCY Colt Barney Schreiber|Jockey Club Officials Re- Sold for $25,000 Is Proriis_ing. Losers Score but One Run on Four Hits in the Eighth Inning. h Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, May 25.—Oakland bunched her hits and Seattle bunched her'errors in the third, giving the game to’ the former, 3 to 2. Seattle finished strong, but the fielding behind Graham was so fast that only one run was scored in the eighth by Seattle on four hits. Jones was | invincible, except in the third. Score: OAKLAND. \ AB. R.BH. PO. A. B. Van Haltren, c. f 40705 00 Kruger, T. 4.0 0 3 aQ Smith, 1 f. 40 15 5000 Devereaux, 3b 3 0 0 1 38 0 | T. Hackett, ¢ 30 G041 53 J. Hackett, 1b 30 0T Ak Francks, ss VLR, N RO i S | Markley, 2b . 257000 XL T |Graham, p. UNGTE T o ...... { VA AU g R SEATTLE. . R. BH. PO. A, E. T R A 55 p gty b R 085 Roie i wrl) | Heitmuller, 1. f. 050" 200750 | Walters, 1. f.... 07139 Fp 00 Streib, 1b o 0 9 -0 2 Mott, 3b 0 0:n805 1 iy McFarren, c. 0 ORI 0 |Jones, p.. 0 n% S8 ol Totals ,.i.. ..., g 8 AT 39 Y RUNS AND HITS BY INNINGS. 0300000 3 0300000 0-3 0000001 0-2 01 1001 3 68 SUMMARY. Left on bases—Seattle 5, Oakland 4. Struck out—By Graham 10, by Jones 4. Bases on balls—Off Graham 1, off Jones 2. Hit batsman—Graham 1. Passed balls— Hacket 3. Time of game—1 hour and 40 minutes. Umpire—Perrine. CORNELL VIGTORIDLS OVER HARYARD CAEW IN ANNUAL REGATTA Ithacans Lead by Three Boat Lengths at Finish of | Trying Race. Single Scull Honors in the Car- roll Cup Event Go to E. F. Smith. BOSTON, May 25.—Cornell won her sec- ond annual boat race with Harvard this Har- vard made a much better showing than last year, with the Ithacans, when, she met defeat by about seven lengths. ' The official time was: Cornell, 10:413-5; Har- vard, 10:52. Distance, one and seven- eighths miles. 3 The two other events comprised the programme of today's regatta besides the big race. They were the race between the preparatory school crews of Cascadilla at Tthaca and Stone of this city, and the single scull race for the Carroll cup for Harvard oarsmen. Cascadilla won by a length and a half in 8 minutes 151-5 sec- onds. The distance was one and five-thir- teenths miles. E. F. Smith of the law school won the Carroll cup in 8 munutes 171-5 seconds. The course was one mile. At the signal for the start of the var- sity race both crews were almost as one in catching the water. They started at a brisk pace, Harvard rowing thirty-five strokes to the minute and Cornell thirty- six. At the quarter-mile stake Cornell was in the lead and soon had pulled her shell one-quarter of a length ahead of Harvard. Shortly after this both crews reduced their strokes slightly until at the half- mile Cornell pulled at thirty and Harvard at thirty-two. At the mile stage Cornell, with her long and deliberate stroke, had made the lead one and a quarter lengths over Harvard. Harvard kept at a good speed, and at an encouraging word from Cockswain Blagen tried bravely to re- cover some of the lost distance. The attempt was fruitless, however, and Cornell continued to edge slowly away. In the last quarter of the race both crews made a magnificent spurt, but Harvard was unable to do better than keep down to three lengths the gain of its oppo- nents. e COLLEGE ATHLETES MEET IN PRELIMINARY TRIALS Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania and Cor- nell Will Have Clever Repre- sentatives in the Finals. BOSTON, May 25.—In the prelim- inary events of the intercollegiate athletic championship in the stadium at Harvard this afternoon Yale quali- fied twenty men, to fourteen for Har- vard and eleven each for Pennsyl- vania and Cornell. s Yale qualified five men in the 220- Son of Bannockburn May Prove the Star of Eastern_§eason. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 25.—Paul E. Rainey, who bought Horace E on May 8 from Barney Schreiber, the well known horseman, following the clever performance of that colt in winning the Memphis stakes at Mont- gomery Park, Memphis, Tenn., May 7, has a promising youngster. Mr. Rai- ney paid $25,000 for the colt which is the son of Bannockburn-Miss Lynah. 2 If the story that is being told about the, Western two-year-old is true, it appears more than likely that Rainey secured the real star of the present season’s crop of juveniles for a little more than half what he pajd for the much vaunted Demund, which was de- feated by Superman at Gravesend on Monday. Horace E, according to report, has shown a half-mile trial in 46 1-5 sec-~ onds on the training track at Sheeps- head Bay. It is well known that when Horace E was racing in California last winter he was many pounds better than any- thing that had the temerity to face him after he had become barrier wise. He could handle stake weight and beat all other coast youngsters with- out half trying. It was in his trial at Sheepshead Bay after Memphis that he gave evidence of the phenomenal foot credited to him. His exercise boy on the occasion of his fast trial was ordered to breeze the colt and the work was not intended to develop the greatest speed. The trial that result- ed in Demund’'s sale for $45,000 was a half-mile variously timed at from 46 seconds flat to 46 2-5. PARKVILLE HANDICAP MERELY A GALLOP FOR FLEET BLANDY Belmont Horse Beats Oxford, Proper and Ram's Horn Cleverly. Senator McCarren Makes a Kill- ing With His Colt Master Lester. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 25.—Blandy is run- ning in his best form again. He carried 118 pounds today and fairly ran off with the rich Parkville handicap at Gravesend track. Behind him, leg weary and ex- hausted, were such fast horses as Oxford, Proper and Ram’'s Horn. The race was worth $3565 to the winner. The result of the race showed that a racehorse, no matter how fast he is, must be in per- fect condition to win races. Blandy was badly beaten at Jamaica by poor horses through lack of condition. This was no fault of his trainer, Jack Joyner. That expert did all he could to make Blandy ready, but the horse refused to train. It was only by constant racing that he became fit. He was in good shape today and set such a fast pace from the start that he soon had his field groggy. After the first six furlongs he merely galloped and beat Oxford by two lengths. Ram’s Horn was the favorite, but he cut a sorry figure in the contest and fin- Ished sixth. During the race he was jumped on by Merry Lark and this in- jured the chances of both horses. Senator P. H. McCarren won many thousands of dollars with his colt, Master Lester, and beat a fast field of two-year- olds in the fifth race. He made one of his periodical plunges and forced the colt's odds from 8 to 5 down to even money. Opposed to the Senator’s colt was big Tim Sullivan’s Frank Lord. The political chief of the East Side was equally con- fident that his two-year-old would win. He sent a big commission into the ring and Frank Lord went to the post second choice. These colts had the race between them all the way. Master Lester showed the way from start to finish and beat Frank Lord in a romp by two lengths. Summary: First race, five furlongs—Miraza won, Garters second, Alto Farola third. Time, 1:03 3-5. Second race, selling, mile and a quarter—Yorkshire Lad won, Red g‘rlur second, Bragg third. Time, 107 3-5. Third race, about six furlongs— Consistent won, Belle Strone second, Flip Flap third. Time, 1:10 3-5. Fourth race, the Parkway handi- cap, mile and a sixteenth—Blandy won, Oxford second, Proper third. Time, 1:47. 7. Fifth race, selling, five furlongs— Master Lester won, Frank Lord sec- ond, Sally M third. Time, 1:02. Sixth race, about six furlongs— yard dash, three in the 100, three in the 220-yard hurdle and two each in the half-mile run and the broad jump. On the other hand, Pennsyl- vania men won easily three of the four trials in the 220-yard dash and two of the four heats in the 100-yard dash. Harvard made the best showing in the high jump, securing three out of the five places. Robb Is Golf Champion. HOY LAKE, England, May 25.— James Robb today won the amateur golf championship of England. —_—————— Must Obey Steerage Laws. HONOLULU, May 18.—The steam- ers Nippon Maru and Hongkong Maru were allowed to pass through hers this week without the arrests of their captains for violations of the shipping laws, but it is stated that evidence has been secured regarding both of them, in anticipation of ar- rests of the captains on charges simi- lar to the one preferred against Cap- tain Going of the America Maru, of | carrying steerage passengers without | providing accommeodations such as | the law calls for. District Attorney Breckons is said to be awaiting further instructions from Washing- ton before proceeding against the other Japanese boats ard the Pacific Mail and Occidental liners, but evi ddence has been secured regarding ail. Chrysolite won, Ben Ban second, Gio- vanni Baloric third. Time, 1:12. Seventh race, about six furlongs— Brookdale won, Nemesis second, Chandon third. Time, 1:11 4-5. e e D Sol Lichtenstein Is Second. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 25.—Re- sults of tuday’'s races: First race, selling, six furlongs—- Blucher won, Sol Lichtenstein sec- ond, Lidwina third. Time, 1:15 3-5. Second race, four and a half fur- longs—Seven Bells won, Boserrian z;e«:m-nld,6 Sir Vagrant third. Time, 1:05 1-5. Third race, six furlongs—Robin Hood won, Tocolaw second, Albert Fir third. Time, 1:13 3-5. Fourth race, selling, five furlongs— Alyth won, French Empress second, Ingenue third. Time, 1:02 3-5. Firth race, steeplechase, maidens, short cou tis L won, Best Man second, Madoc third. Time, 2:53 4-5. Sixth race, selling, six furlongs— ‘Whippoorwill won, Precious Stone second, Royal Legend third. Time, 1:15 1-5. Seventh race. selling, one mile— John English won, Dr. McClure sec- ond, Belden third. Time, 1:43 4-5. Gold Cup for H. J. Crocker. NEW YORK, May 25.—H. J. Crock- er of San Francisco today was award- ed a gold cup for his exhibit of Ha- waiian filmm at the International ’anltfic tion " store Rider to Good Standing. Dr. Rowell Will Race String at Denver and in the East. Jockey McBride is in good standing again with the racing officials. ‘The stewards of the California Jockey Club at a meeting on Tuesday reinstated the r..er, who has been on the ground since the early days o. the meeting at Oakland. He will probably be seen in the saddle at the big meeting which will open at Seattle ith. nenxlt‘:‘neo'n'!'o was suspended during the season of 1905, was also restored to good standing. . 3 Sad Sam, the fast sprinter, died recently at Seattle. He was a member ot Jack Brannon’s string. Z Eddle Ames, the California boy, is backl from India with his bride, a charming | English girl. He will apply for a license and expects to pick up some mounts at Seattle. George Tuthill, a popular and efficient | employe of the California Jockey Club, has departed for the East, having accept- ed a position with a big St. Louis mer- cantile establishment. Dr. H. E. kowell will leave here on June 5 for Denver with a stable of fifteen horses. Later on he will take the best of his string to New York, where they will meet the pick of the Eastern horses. —_— YALE TAP DAY ELECTIONS | CREATE SOME SURPRISE | Nephew of Judge W. H. Taft and | Other Prominent Students Are Not Chosen. | NEW HAVEN, Conn., May Yale's annual Tap day elections were held on the campus late yesterday by 25.— the senior fraternities, Scroll and Keys, Skull and Bones and Wolf's| Head, with which fifteen men were | selected by each fraternity from the junior class. Great surprise is ex- pressed among the students that Rob- ert W. Forbes, a prominent football player, was not elected by any so- ciety. Walbridge S. Taft, nephew of Judge W. H. Taft, who was re-| garded as certain of one election, also | failed of selection. Scroll and Keys secured several well known athletes in its quota of | fifteen, among them William T. Clow Jr., president of the Intercollegiate Golf Association. kull and Bones | secured 8. F. B. Morse, captain of next year's football team and Arthur Camp, the probable captain of the| university baseball nine. Wolf's Head secured Howard Boulton, stroke oar of this year's crew. s el gt S o Butrnded ALCOHOL MIXED WITH COFFEE IN THE NAVY Accused Ensign Tells of Strange Drink for Breakfast on the Battleship Ohio. HONOLULU, May 25.—T. H. Lindell, ensign on the U. S. S. Iroquois, has been sentenced to five years' hard labor by | Circuit Judge de Bolt for a felonious | assauit. In making a plea for mercy on the ground that he was drunk at the time of his crime, Lindell told of getting pure alcohol aboard the battleship Ohio, on which he formerly served, and said that the men drank it in their coffee in the morning. Lindell said he secured a can of the stuff from the paint shop and took it aft, and that a number of the men used it in their morning coffee. The painter indulged until he went crazy, and Lindell himself said he was six days un- conscious in jail. Judge de Bolt made the sentence the occasion of a temperance lecture, in the course of which he said that no greater benefit to the world could occur than the complete banishment of all intoxicating liquor, adding that the little good it does | is mixed with so much evil that it could well be spared. Lindell has a wife and child in Brook- | lyn. His offense was one for which he might have been given twenty years un- der the laws here. He has a medal for services in the war with Spain. PSR e G A AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY SUSTAINED IN MISSOURI Judge Refuses to Compel It to Trans- port Packages Destined to Mis- sissippi Points. KANSAS CITY, May 25.—Judge Smith McPherson of Iowa, in the United States District Court here to- day, refused to grant an injunction | sought by the Harvest King Distilling | Company of Kansas City, which asked that the American Express Company be restrained from refusing to trans- port packages destined to Mississippi. The express company, which had been transmitting these packages up to May 10, then refused to further accept them because of the passage by the Mississippi Legislature of a local option law imposing a heavy fine for services. Judge McPherson, in denying the injunction, said that if he ‘were.to grant it it would result in 250 ex- press agents being thrown into jail. ——— ——————— TELEPHONE NOW CONNECTS THIS CITY WITH DENVER Last Gap in the System Is Closed and | Colorado Residents Can Call Up San_Francisco. CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, May 25.—Denver and Cheyenne people can now talk to their friends at San Francisco by long-distance | telephone—providing they have the price, The last gap in the telephone system of ‘Wyoming has been completed and the last disconnected “talk” system between here and the Pacific coast has been connected, making it possible to reach San Fran- cisco direct. As soon as the gap between Lusk, Wyo., and Crawford, Neb., is com- pleted, Cheyenne and Denver will be able to talk direct to Omaha, and by way of that city and Chicago to New York and Boston. More Rioting in Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, May 25.—During a | meeting of Black Hundreds on Archangel Square, St. Petersburg, last night, under | the presidency of Barbara Nikolaievna, workmen a counter demonstration by singing the Marseillaise. A collision followed and resulted in fifty revolver shots TENNIS CHAMPIONS ARE EAGER FOR THE SINGLES TOURNAMENT Cleverest Pl:ye; Ente_r the Lists for Tomorrows Competition. Park Enthusiasts Grateful to { " Major Mclvor for Sav- ing Courts. The first, tennis tournament since the recent disaster will be played tomorrow on the California Club courts. It is the sixth annual scratch singles event for the championship of San Francisco and bids fair to eclipse all former events of the kind. Already twenty-four of the best players in the city have affixed their signatures to the entry list. The first tournament of the kind was won by ex-Coast Champion George F. ‘Whitney, proably the cleverest playver ever produced in the West. Whitney won the title in 1901. In 1902 Grant Smith won the tournament and was succeeded by Drummond MacGavin. In 1903 Joseph D. Grant donated a cup for the event to be won three times. MacGavin's name is first on the trophy. In 1904 Percy Murdock won the tourna- ment and defeated MacGavin in the chal- lenge match. Carl Gardnmer carried off the honors in 195 and wrested the title from Murdock. The trophy is in the possesion of Gardner and the question is, will he retain it? In the approaching competition will be such cracks as Charles Foley, Bay Coun- ties champion: George Vanes, Coast champion; Drummond MacGavin, ex- Coast champion: Herbert Schmidt, Clar- ence Griffin, George Bush, Northwestern champion;: Hary Rolfe, Ray Cornell, Harold Gabriel and the Long brothers. | With these players entered the tourna- | ment will possess more class than any held in the past. MacGavin, the 1904 champion, has been practicing for the past two weeks, but is not playing in the form he did two years ago. He plays about the same style of game, but is rather wild He will probably round to in his early matches and the present day champions will ind him a hard man to beat. Janes and Foley have been out on the courts in the early mornings and are in fine shape. Foley recently joined the California Club. REither of these players would probably dispese of MacGavin at | present, but it is doubtful if they could beat MacGavin's best game. It is expected either Janes or Foley will win the tournament and Gardner will_oppose one or the other in the chale lenge match. But the unexpected hap- pens more often in tennis than the ex- pected and the event certainly has an open look. Clarence Griffin has twice beaten Janes in the last faw months, and he cannot be denied an excellent chance to carry off the honors. The Long brothers have been prae- ticing for the event. and Herbert Long in particular is in excellent sha Young Harold Gabriel is playing a clever game, and while he is hardly expected to, wia, will prove a stumbling block for some of the cracks. Aside from the experts already men= tioned many lesser lights will participate. They are Albert Kenyon, B. F. Nourse, George Fuller, Dr. Bush, Moulten War- ner, Bradley Wallace, J. A. Code, C. G. Kuehn, Ray Splivalo, C. S. Gayness, Dr. Lovegrove, Chester Smith and R. T. Crawford. The tournament will be started toe morrow, and if possible the final match will be played on the 30th. The chalienge match is set for the following Sunday. Champion Gardner returned to town during the week and has been working hard to get into shape. He will be at his best when called upon to play. The tennis players at the park feel deeply grateful to Major Meclvor of the army. The latter took a firm stand for the retention of the grounds when the public courts were about to be covered with cook houses. The tennis enthusi- asts will .always have a warm spot in their hearts for the major. The courts at the park accommedate hundreds of play- ers, and to deprive them at this time of the only means of recreation left at the park would have beemr a hardship. Al-‘re;i Adams has returned from Los ngeles and will possibly play tournament. LY ko —————— REPORT THAT DATTO ALI WAS KILLED IS INCORRECT Native Resembling the Notorious Mindanao Rebel Is Buried by Troops Sent Against Him. MANILA, May 26.—Datto- Ali, the leading Mindanao insurgent, who was reported killed October 22 last, is declared on good authority to be still alive. It is said he is now with Dattos Enok and Mopak organizing an insurrection between Davao and Dutuan. They are said to be buying rifies and ammunition. The Sultan of Ganassi confirms this report and declares that he has communicated with Datto All. who at the time he was reported killed escaped, though desperately wounded. Ali was rolled into mosquito netting and bedding and taken away by some of his fol- lowers. A man resembling Ali was buried by Captain McCoy, who head= ed the column sent against him. —_— TRADERS COMPANY PLANS TO PAY POLICY HOLDERS May Continue in Business If San Fran- cisco Losses Are Not Too Great. CHICAGO, May 5.—The Traders’ Ine Surance Company, according to former Secretary S. A. liabilities are found not too great. but in any event the Traders’ Insurance Come :ny will pay them. Rothermel said to- ¥i “A man can change his mind. I will have nothing to say about the manage- ment of the Traders' Imsurance Com- pany. The directors, I am convinced, mean to do their duty. They have sent to San Francisco to find what s the amount of their liability, as that is the first question to be meet that amount, |is & valuable asset, which should not bde sacrificed, and will not be Francisco losses are 'm'—"m o John J. Mitchell is in New York. It is being fired by the Black Hundred. One man was killed, three were seriously wounded and dozens sustained broken heads. £ E e R NG Chinese Commission Leaves London LONDON, May 25.—The 1 Chi- ‘nese Commission, having concluded its in- vestigation of governmental and economic Canton, China, Leo for Brus- | York; conditions in 'sels to resume its nmm believed that no move will be made until his return, as he is the prime inspiration in the resuscitation of the company. ——— WASHINGTON, May 35.—The Senate today the |in_executive session following nominations: ¢ P