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PART ONE "St 'S SPEEDY GROSSE dOINTE ICE BOATS THAT WILL IGURE IN THE NEWS COLUMNS ROM NOW ON 7 rt HANDLING LIMES 4 ttttt 1 4M ALL AROUND eV I 4 i 6 1 and left V3 's i A A 3 6 A I I tf 41 WILL YOUNG SPORT A CRACK THE SMALLER CLASS OUR START BURNS SIGNS IN HANDICAP WITH Tonopah Return Bout to Be Decided THINKS WELL BOSTON WOULD TOURNEY PLAY HIS TEAM IS COMPLETE taken by A for fixe the back GOTCH NOT TO QUIT GAME NOTED TUR AUTHORITY December A team 3 Bud Crouser £8 i if watch game orwards Center 3 3 3 4 old age wks he asked as i I team Stec Gra accompllsn A and before the last trick i dis of 1 I I I CHORE Wilson Cavan Tyler Rickards rey Barr IS MANAGER NOW 8 Lost 2 THIRD GAME PAIGE 'j I 1 24 Pct714714571429429143 ft "ft Ticklish State of Affairs Just game game Grinnell team is in must be that all of their' contests being close Los Angeles Calif December 22 Jack and' Tommy Burns signed articles today for a' twenty or twenty five round battle before the Pacific Athletic Club between May 7 and 14 for a purse of 130000 When Manager Tom McCarey found that no new' word had come from Nevada the trio immediately got to work with the following re sult: a bout at straight Marquis of Queensberry ules McCarey to set tle all results not governed by the code Both pugilists agree to wear fingerless kid gloves and soft band ages on the hands sixty per cent of the purse goes to the winner Jim Jeffries was named as referee provided his services unavailable another selected by McCarey O'Brien asked that to take on any one RESULTS AT ALL COURSES AND ENTRIES iiaTnriu CYRUS PIONEER HOLDER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAG RULES MAKERS SIMPLY MEET Ian ran vS JE LET OUT BY TONOPAH CLUB JACK WELCH REPLACING BIG MAN AS REEREE COMING CONTEST INDEPENDENT HOCKEY TEAM (10) beat Al Dyar (4) beat BK Alexander (6)15 12 15 6 Second McMillan 15 1 15 2 default Burns Hen 15 6 15 5 Dyar beat 15 13 Third round: O'Brien beat Palms 15 3 9 15 15 11 'Dyar beat Burns Henry 15 12 15 7 inal: Brl nvar IS 7 won: second Lotta to 1 third commodore Azora Roller Polo at Washington Rink Manager ry of'1 the 'Washington roller rink has organized a fast polo team and will play their game Thursday eve ning December1 27 with" Saginaw Dell Clark formerly with the Princess rink will captain sthe team will line iia 1 MUM Vt DETROIT Dell Clark Harry Jackson Second Rush pick GEORGE SMITH WILL CAPTAIN THE NINE can be had If man will bn right of the Commer the fans having RAME UP SOME TIPSOR NEW COMMITTEE DETROITER COMES EAST OR THEATRICAL DATE Dunsmore orwards Bennett Center Oosdyke Kinsel Guards inal score 29 17 irst 19 1 Bas kets from field Srere 5 Dunsmore 4 Bennett 1 Oosdyke Kinsel 3 Cavan 3 Tyler 4 Baskets from fouls Kinsel 1 in 2 Tyler 1 in 4 Wilson 2 In 5 onla committed Dunsmore 1 Bennett 2 Srere 1 Oosdyke 3 Kinsel rey 1 Barr 1 Time of halves 15 minutes Referee Ward Millar am not for him I like a man who does business on the level rl went out and made the fight for Jeffries when he accepted my offer and then when I win out he even an swer mv messages1 it to any one if that is Nate Lewis is chiefly responsible for the choice of Welch Nate stood out as long as he could for George Siler but Ililey would have none but a coast man After Jeffries failed to make good Riley told Lewis he could pick between Graney or Welch Lewis said Welch quick Gans Shows Speed Joe Gans set up a swift pace from the jump today He cut loose with the bag today in a way that made him fear for the wind future Joe did not worry he was as frisky as a colt and only played with his trainers 'The crowd that throngs his quarters every day was delighted and teemed to feel that he was doing something out of the ordinary i His blocking and ducking brought rounds of applause and he just flashed a smile at the crowd and sailed in that look as if giving me a hard he took a short rest he be allowed he wished be fore the meeting which was grant ed provided no boxing match was held after March 18 intimates that he will ac cept the challenge of Gunner Moir English heavyweight McCarey warned not to make any breaks by losing a con test and he promised to take no un warranted risks The moving pic ture question wass left open As Burns started out each boxer wished the other a merry Christmas Burns goes to Philadelphla tonight to ac cept a theatrical engagement It has been definitely settled that A will be represented by a hockey team this season and plans are already on foot to put a strong seven on the ice ready meet all comers by the first of the year But "the Woodward Avenue club Is going in' for the 'independent brand basingthe action on the fact that the team be kept at home as much as possible in order1 to thoroughly introduce game The experience of the club 'last year as a member of the Border Hockey League was bitter though for this the weather was largely responsible No chances will be taken this year and every available opportunity will be embraced to provide attractive games for A rink patrons ijs It is planned open schedule next week at latest and indeed a couple of games will likely be play ed before the uend of the 5 present week Tuesday morning the Marl boroswill be takenon and" there is every possibility of a game with Windsor on Thursday or rlday The schedule is being arranged and if possible dates will be secured with the best teams in the Border Three of last play ers are out with this' sev en Roxie Bell Dr Curran and Har ry Hobbs With Bell and Curran a strong defense is assured Gearing and Crawford a couple of chaps who are shoxving good form with the 'Central squad will in all prob abilitvibe utilized'and the rest of the team drafted from the big squad now in training The' Border League has 'been heard from Presiuent: alls of Amherstburg has instructed Secre tary Dromgole of Tilsbury to call a meeting some night this week There probably be five teams represented again Amherstburg Essex Tilbury Chatham and De troit hit is understood that the Marlboros a local aggregation' are ready to enter the league 1 Buffalo baseball club today gave out the following: "We have decided to promote Thos'j Martin to the position of assistant business manager1 of the company Mr Martin has been of ficially connected with the Buffalo club for the past ten years and we bellove that he Is entitled to this consideration Mr Stalling's resignation was received we Tiave given the matter of management a great deal of deliberation I personally be lieve and my associates agree with me that if we could promote any of our men that it would be the fairest thing to do Manythings had to be taken consideration outside of personal preference And we finally selected LewMcAllister He has taken up his residence in Buffalo and in addition to playing in his old position of 7 catcher will be designated as manager has trained the Ann Ar bor university ball team each year and in consequence has been unable to report to us before June 1 He has given this engagement up and will devote his attention exclusively to the Buffalo club Smith will be retained as captain of the team 'in recognition of excellent service rendered by him during the last season various carried of a bril PERPLEXED SIXTY SIXERS TROUBLES ENDED BY DECISION ON PECULIAR PLAY 1 Some the local sixty slx players I have been puzzling themselves over a peculiar play that arose In a game of thepast week wh'ose solution none of those con cerned was able to were nlavintr and was played A had 50 points to 65 for The last trick was points which made him 55 The extra ten for last trick made him 65 a tic with How to determine the completion of the count whichfwould decide the game was the puzzle s' The situation is one 'not likely to arise often enough to have any but experienced players posted' on the solution A number of good players of the game were forced to pass it up But the experts of the Mu club at 6 Barclay place which lists some' of the 1 star sixty slx and pinochle players of the town doped it at a glance and on their decision the case was rested A counts and1 the game because of taking the last trick His action In winning this trick prevents from counting and axvards A the needed point the effect being to give him one point extra for taking the closing trick: with the score tied Inflammable 111 Time 2:16 4 5 Orphan Circus ran the Santa Bella han to 14 Barr Ill (L Wii 3 5 Titania Blue Eyes King 1 1 14 Neptunus fn i srnn: Dorado 2 second Gov Davi" hlrrt Time Clem Watchful Tenor PAIR TEAMS STILL TIED OR LEADERSHIP against it icept His 104 (W 100 1:49 4 5 Position SAGINAW irst Rush Cummins1 Yllorons Buckman red Hogan Goal Scott Hermann Not So Slow told me that Hermann was said a big miner who has done a turn in the ring him self as he leaned over the ratling and watched "Hermann slip a teaser into Adam RyanLs' wind only to land right and left to fafee before he got his guard up again he may added the miner I see it The kid is go ing to get there just as easy as though he were a lightning Hermann does not seem to care for the short let ups which he takes When Lewis forces him to lay off he actg as though he had to make up for it before hand and Adam suffers for it Calhoun Lampson Kilpatrick 21 Still Alarm 10 Alarms 11 Grinnell Brothers State Savings Bank American Still Alarm pa ige Chope Co City Gas Co Lemons xvere handed out last evening in pis ial Basketball league great sport The first of the night was passed out to the State Savings Banic team in tlie opening game' the Gas Co team winning their first game from tho Bankers Not being satisfied with win ning they proceeded to rub it in the linal score being 33 to 12 The second lemon came just before the second game The Still Alarm team had but four men report for duty and so a hurried meeting or the team managers was called They told Manager Hickle that if he would release Beyster the big center man they xvould consent to give him another This he did They tossed him his prize package He opened It and It proved lemon No 2 with Hum mitch printed on it formerly of the team and noxv that Captain Kln frl is short a man he will put in an ap plication for a defense man on which lie is short Alarms Play ast Game With this the1 Still Alarm played a great game losing to Chauncey" fast little team Grinnell Bros by a 21 to 19 score several slight fouls being called on the Alarms which might have been over looked As it was they really cost the game Still Alarm tossing more field baskets than the Grinnell team did It was the best game of the night however Lemon came In the third The Paige Chope team recently strengthened by Ernie Wilson bucked the and recelx ed a severe drubbing and xvorst of all with the senior partner of the company witnessing the slaughter The final score was 29 to 17 losers not get ting a point until the railroaders had run up thirteen The opening game brought together the and the State Bank team and the latter without Bingay who is out with a bad ankle seemed lost and xvorse still played a dopey game and were never in the running On the other hand the cos1' with red Schmidr missing played a real snappy game the Barnes playing the best game of his ca reer shooting six field baskets which rec ord Rumsey tied In the first half the bankers held them down to a 10 to 6 score but in the second there xvas no stopping the air merchants" who scored at will and xvon their first game In the his tory of this Commercial league Capt Barnes says nobody will stop them now It really did the sympathizers of the good last nlgnt to them rub it In after they had the cinched and the score was 33 to 12 The second game proved the best of the night It seems that any the wav and hard fought All during' the first half the score see sawed neither team having a lead of more than txvo during this period the half ending 11 to 10 Alarms on top Just as soon as the sec ond half opened the Musicians took the lead again and had a start of 5 points When the turn for a spurt came they pulled it down to 2 points and were having a shooting bee4at the Grinnell basket when time was called saving the contest from going into overtime Grin nell winning 21 to 19 Paige Chope team received the worst Seating in the first half handed to any team the having the score in their favor 19 to 1 when the first half closed Toward the close of the second half they braced a little and pulled themselves into the game but were 12 points behind when the whistle blew ne ver being nearer than 10 They played a very clean game however but two fouls being called on them The sum maries follow: IRST GAME GAS CO STATE BANK Kennedy Gibson Rumsey orwards Havlll Barnes Center anning Palmer Ziegler Van Syckle Guards Hanna inal score Gas Co 33 State Bank 12 irst half Gas Co 10 Stre 5 Bank 6 Baskets from Kennedy 3 Rumsey 6 Barnes 6 Ziegler 2 anning 1 Bas kets from fouls Barnes 2 in 8 Ziegler 4 in 10 anning 0 in 1 Extra points Gas Co 2 State Bank 1 ouls com mitted Kennedy 2 Rumsey 3 Barnes 1 Palmer 3 Van Syckle 5Gibson 2 Hav lll 1 anning 5 Time of halves 15 minutes Referee Ward Umpire Millar SECOND HAL GRINNELL BROS STILL ALARM Moon Vette Edgett orwards iHummitch Downey Center Cavan I airgrieve Guards inal score Grinnell 19 irst' half Grinnell Baskets from field Moon Edgett 1 Downey 2 airgrieve 2 Vette 3 Lamp son 3 Kilpatrick Baskets from fouls 7 in 12 Lampson 4 in 7 Extra pjoints Grinnell '2 Alarms 1 ouls com mitted Moon 1 Edgett 2 Downey 2 Cavan 2 Vette 5 Hummitch 3 Calhoun 3 lAmpson 3 Kilpatrick 1 Times' of halves 15 minutes Referee Ward Um Millar Members of the Detroit Racquets and Curling club will be able to breathe freely during the holidays now that the tournaments have been concluded Gibbons who played from scratch off the palm for the first class squash handicap Gibbons played liant from start to finish and dis posed of Alexander the 'runner up only after the most stubbornly contested match Sumner beat Carhartt ln the second squash division taking the firsthand: third sets A I Lewis carried off the 1 honors in "racquets by avictory over Burns Henry This was one of the most brilliant battles of the tournament In the squash rac quets tournament handicap O'Brien won with a handicap 1 irst class squash handicap first round 1 Alexander (3) beat McMillan (s') 15 8 14 15 15 12: O'Brien (5) defeat ed Duffield (5) 15 9 15 8 Second round: Standish (8) lost to Alexan der 15 9 11 15 15 5 beat I Lewis (5) by default Hamilton 5)beat A Wilt (6) 19 14 8 15 18 16 Palms (8) beat Gibbons (s) 15 9 9 15 "15 9 Semi final Alexander beat 15 9 15 13 Gibbons beat Hamilton 15 9 15 12 inals: Gibbons beat Alexander 17 14 15 13 Second class squash handicap first round arrand (2) lost to Carharrt Jr (10) 14 15 15 7 15 5 A Sumner (s) de feated Ritter (6) 18 17 1S 15 Second round: Carharrt beat Williams i(lO) 15 11 12 15 15 12 Turner (7) lost to Sumner i 15 9 15 9 inal: Sumner beat Carharrt18 17 11 15 17 15 Racquet handicap second' A' I Lewis beat Sheldon (4) 15 10" 5 15 15 12 Alger s) defeated McMillan (s)15 4 15 9 Bums Henry beat II Cole 15 10 7 15 18 Semi final: Lewis beat Alger 15 3 15 5 Burns Henry defeated Nichols by default inal: Lewis beat Henry 18 16 4 15 12 15 15 11 15 9 Squash racquet handicap first round: (T) beat Dwyer (12) 15 6 15 9 McMillan (5) beat Millers) 6 15 15 9 15 13 A I Lexvls (s) beat Standish 47) 15 11 1 15 15 12 Palms (7) beat Nichols (7) 15 7 "15 7 Burns Henry (5) beat II Sheldon (6) 15 10 18 lo carnarrt jr ger by default Duffield (6) 15 9 15 8 beat Cole (2) round: beat Palms beat Lewis by ry beat Carharrt Jr Alexander 15 11 5 15 ASCOT irst race Prolific 101 (Mc Daniel) 9 to 5 won Halton 104 (Koer ner) 11 to 5 secondIllusion 104 (Talbot) is to 1 tnira rime nymede Josie Jean Green ran Second race the orest 109 Kind That A Will Put in ield to Educate Local Public Now in Baseball Situation New Orleans December 22 Only four horses' started in the Cypress handicap" trie feature event at City Park today James Reddick the favorite jwas beaten a length by Goldie while the other two starters had a warm sprint for third honors Today closed the two per iod of racing at City Park Results: irst race 6 furlongs selling Halbert 108 (Austin) 9 to 2 won Gold Coin 103 (McIntyre) 15 to 1 second Bazil 104 (Mountain) 50 to 1 third time 1:18 Gold Proof Bertha Paul Clifford and Se lected ran Second race 5 1 2" furlongs J3x pect to See 108 (Austin) 5 to 1 won Refined 105 (Mountain) 7 to" 1 second Billy Vertres 107 (Seder) 13 to 1 tnlrd time 1:15 1 5 Bonart John Kaufman Narelle Pompadour Cora Price Pierrot anti Blue Dale ran Third race 1 1 8 miles the Cypress han dicap 31500 added Goldie 96 (Garner) 3 to 2 won James Reddick 105 (Mountain) 9 to 10 second Shawana 98 (Lloyd) 11 to 1 third time 1:59 2 5 Bellindlan ran ourth race 5 1 2 Tudor 88 (Englander) 13 to 5 on Tlchlmingo 99 (Garner) 2 to 1 second Verlbest 99 (Gold stein) 10 to 1 third time 1:10 4 5 Trepan Lucy Young Voting Bellemence Henry Bosworth and Sibyllia ran ifth race 1 mile Jacoml 104 (Moun tain) 13 to 5 won Royal Breeze 103 (Hennessy) 8 to 5 second Morales 104 (Seder) 8 to 1 tnird time 1:46 3 5 Lally arid Poster Girl ran Sixth race 5 furlongs selling Merceta 107 (Pickens) 12 to 1 won Excuse Me 107 (Austin) 6 to 5 second Dfnemock 107 (Martin) 14 to 5 third time 1:06 2 5 Lula Hitt Bushill Prince Nipissing and Gang Saw ran Seventh race I 1 16 miles Klien wood 104 (Mountain) 7 to 5 won or eigner 102 (McMahon) 6 to 1 second Jungle Imp 104 (Goldstein) 4 to 1 third time 1:53 1 5 Kara Happy Jack George Vivian Orderly and Twenty Shot ran Nev December 22 Jack Welch' has replaced James Jeffries referee of the Gans Hermann fight Possibly replaced is out of place as it1 Is doubtful if Jeffries was ever ready to' referee the fight I Riley thought Jeffries was to act Hermann thought so Gans thought so and the general sporting public thought so but Jim Jeffries did not think so At least if the big felloxv thought so he never expressed himself so as Manager Riley has been unable? to get a single' word from Jeffries since? he was notified of his being named Declares Jeff Out 7 On acourit of Jeffries's indiffer ence in the matter Riley just after midnight night declared Jef fries out of it and wired "Welch asking him to act Welch accepted but in the meantime a was re ceived from a newspaper man in Los: Angeles who had been ambi tious enough to the cham pion that Jeffries would ignore offer to referee In the light of previous acceptance of the refereeship It is hard to reconcile ft his later detrac tion and they are saying all kinds of hard things against the pugilist farmer In fact the knockers are very busy against the big champion and they are bringing up again the old story about the gambling house debt that Jim is said to have welch ed on while in Reno to referee the Hart Roo't fight None of this talk was heard while Jeffries was con sidered a possibility in the referee ship now that Jeffries has frosted the club the local ring fol lowers are scrambling for a place in the anvil chorus Riley Maltes a Talk "Let the good work go on" said Manager Riley today treated me far from right and I 'New York December The American intercollegiate football rules committee met at the Murray Hill hotel today and passed out of existence That is it passed out ofexistence in so far as its personnel for the present year is concerned Before the final meeting of the com mittee was finished there was a six seven hour discussion: of the new rules ofvthisyear and as the com mittee had' no power to legislate further existence ceasing with the present year alUthat was done today was to talk things over An experience meeting one of its members called it Not until the Intercollegiate athletic' association of the United States meets again and decides on who it wants for next season on the football rules committee can definite be taken In further football' legislation The I' A of the is to meet here next Saturday The chances' are that whatever thegmake up of the new committee the rules as now framed will not be molested to any" extent They have been so successful that the general opinion is they should be let alone That was the prevailing impression rof the committeemen in session today 1 The length of the halves of the 'game doubtless will be increased and the wording of the rules where needed made clearer Goldie Wins eature Event at City Park Track Handily Talk Over ootball Doings but Have No Power to Change Them in Los Angeles Arena Next May Newspapers There Wish Club to Go After Detroit Outfielder Three Cases of This Sort in Weekly Contests of Com mercial League OAKLAND irst race 6 1 2 Th Might 108 (Brown) 4 to 3 won Bell Reed 102 (A Williams) 7 to 2 second: Hersain 109 (Sandy) 4 to 1 third Time 1:22 2 5 Joe Gqss Realty Hplllek and Parting Jennie ran Second race 6 Van Ness: 105 CW Miller) 7 to 0 won: Brattaln Hl (Williams' 7 to 1 second: Judge 105 fDax Is) io 1 third Time 1:15 Royal Rogue Dorn ran I sv Third race" ill 1 4 Graphite 103O Miller) 5 to 2 won: Cherlpe 97 (Go lindo) 27 to secona (ountain)' 10 to 1 third Bnvolio rtay iiouj4 erM mlA Edward 106 (Graham) 1J 5 won: Collector Jessup 105 (Brown) to 1 Hams) 4 to 5 third rnneess Cole ran ifth race (Thurston) 4 rrir 1 to (Sandy) 18 to ulletta Aigreitc ran Sixth race 5 Mansard 109 (M Miller) 9 to 5 won' Ocean Shore (Klrschbaum) 11 to 5 Phalanx IM (Sandy) even third Time 101 1 a Xndrew Cook Soufrlere Grasscutter ma 4 mile handicap Supreme 15 1 won: varie 105 (Garganj to 5 second Mole Si (Clemson) 12 tol third Time Stllicho Wrenne Tartan Orator Royal Ben John Lyle Waterbury race1 6 Norfolk 105' (Mc Danlel) 5 to 2 won Dr Crook 97 (Archi bald) 5 to 1 second Pepper and Salt 107 (Ross) 6 to 1 third Time 1:15 1 4 Powers Remember Cyclops Hypote ca Lord Rossington ran' Sixth race Brooks Salina 98 (Harris) 13 to 5 won Adams 104 (Riley) 9 to 1 second Envlctus 99 (Arch ibald) 26 to 1 third Time 2:02 Sir Caruthers Diamente Van Hope Never Such Rosi Nini Comedian' Bushwhacker May ran 'X Coach Says ive Men on Eleven Are it for Conference 'a CANADIANS IN QUANDARY! a ua ox Star of Run rasculo Susannah uturity course Lord of Koerner 8 to 1 Daruma (Koos 7 to Dladstone 109 (McDaniel) Time 1:14 1 4 Willingly Eastland Lord Proves Bauble Avalon Ambitious Nuns Veiling John Lady King ran Hawthorne ran away three miles before the" start and did not go in race Third race mile and fifty yards Mer lingo 100 (Koerner) 7 to 1 won Uncle Henry 108 (Keogh) 15 to 1 second Leg atee 109 (Harris) to 1 third Time 1:45 1 2 Jetsani Clcely' Piquet ugurtha ran ourth race Court 104 (Gross) ties sey JOHN BODEN fjR' SUCCUMBS TO TUBERCULOSIS New York December John Boden Jr racing secretary of the "Brighton Beach Racing association died last at Sar anac Lake from tuberculosis Hehad re sided at Saranac for the' past two years tn the hope of ridding himself of that dis ease but had continued perform his duties a secretary almost up to the last John Boden Jr was one of the best known turf authorities in the country and for more than ten years was sporting ed itor and vturf writer of the New York He was appointed racing secretary of the Brighton Beach association about five years ago but continued his turf writ ing in conjunction with this work at on? time being the turf editor of both the Evening Sun and the Daily America Ho was seeretarj of the Pimlico meeting as well and we Interested in the stable of which his oousin John Boden Sr secre tary of the Racing commission is the head In addition to being an authority on all things pertaining to the horse racing game no one was superior to Boden as a prlzt fighting expert He was born In St John 39 years and come to New York in 1389 in that Ums acquiring a reputation with sporttng men that extended across tho conti nent STANDING Won They are getting excited again in the east over the probable? disposi tion of' Matty McIntyre A story recently printed by the New York Sun and reproduced in these col umns it was claimed that one eastern club was prepared to offef players or $10000 in' cash for the Detroit outfielder has aroused Boston people who believe that their club is the one that is reported to be after the player The Boston Herald says: Americans certainly missed it if they had a chance to secure Outfielder Matty McIntyre and failed to do so McIntyre is a who is in1 class and would help the locals a great deal A man of his calibre is cheap at al most any price McIntyre would strengthen the club materially cannot be gain said The owners of the Detroit club well realize the value the player Is to their plant for they will do their best to induce him to stay in De troit To all appearances this will be no easy tasksfori4McIntyre is not on good terms with OuVielder Cobb who plays alongside of him i was said last 'season when were clashes in the Detroit team that McIntyre would be allow ed to go if a good offer 'was made for him It looks now asi if Boston could have this player if an advant ageous offer was made for him and no club is in a better position to make such'ian offer than Boston New York would also like to secure the player by no means a bad wager that he will play east in 1907 Boston: club has had gether too many experiments in the outfield especially In the last season and the patrons are hankering for the real article" Winners Decided in All of Classes at Courts of Racquets Club Buffalo Club Announces His Selection as Leader for Year tK Ta The difficulty of players may not be as greatas at first supposed because the East cm League is strong enough top prevent any such trouble as has oc nnrrart in IlfTHWH 1 lit! whlnh elirh a rilling WOUld seriously hurt are those which are not well known and which are not on a sound financial foot 'i ing such as were the Western On tario ft League and the organization in which Ottawa was" represented last year Winnipeg? in North ern League might also meet iwitn the same trouble One on Bill Congalton Some good stories areHbeingrtoldfe: this winter of several Canadian ball players who are a t' present with? some of the big league teams Among the best of these 'is one' which deals with the breaking of Billy Congalton1 of the Cleveland Americans Into professional ball Six dishes of ice cream and seventy five cents divorced Billy from the amateur ranks of Canadian athletes When Congalton was a lad of 16 he was playing ball upon the sand lots around the city of Tn those days he was a pitcher' of note1 among the rising genera tion and had taken several teams to the different towns in the neigh borhood of the Royal city Conse quently he was well known in Gait a small town only sixteen miles south and one day as he was going down the street in the datter town he was accosted by a player of that place and asked if he was ball that afternoon Upon Congal ton replying in the negative his friend drew him to one side and propounded a scheme whereby they could make a good bunch of money A I yuriii Liitr iinviHvuii It appears that some kifid ofa ft locaf celebration was billed for town park and one of the numbers was to be a game between the Galt ffl kid team and a nine from Toronto ifty dollars was allowed for the visiting expenses fr' The Tor onto boys however failed to arrive and the local lads after the matter thought that it would be a shame to let all that money go to waste Jlanngcmcut Against It The management of tho celebra tion "was willing to 11 put this muchA up for contest as it was hard'i? put to it for a ft full so the began to figure out how they could get the a When one of their number saw Con galton lie found the solution as immediately proposed that the Guelph boy get a number' together and put on some kind of a Billy agreed' as he himself was get 5 of the $30 7 The teams 'were found and 'Billy pitched good game of the contest was a minor affair' MB as the boys began to get somewhat anxious about their money 9 they saw the manager of the exhibition disappear With 1 him' went the chap who had arranged for the game with Billy and? but a few seconds had passed be fore there was no Galt team on the field They had away as does the snow on a warm day Congal ton kept his eye on his man how ever and it was but a short space before he had overhauled hlnn "34 is my five said Billy A old chap said his rfriend'M know that there was very litfcsl tie taken in at the gate and the boys are a good bit behind on the day do you say to gettipg yourO supper' and seventy five cents andfjMg si I 1 4 4 fr C11 A Billv saw he was un rt lie liid to £Lcceot then made a bee line the Mr nearest restaurants and there they met several of the other players fe who were just settling down to anJ attack on the ice cream Before thovW got out six dishes of the stuff had paased lips and he feels very much like supper lv the foxy Galtonian had only to the boy the seventy cents and send him on his way rejoicing while he kept the greater part of the boodle Philadelphians Go to Bermuda Phlludelnhla 1 ot cricketers to be selected from' cricket clubs of this city will ail for ft Al Bermuda ebruary 23 and wilt return to'VJa this city March 6 Whlle7 in Bermuda tho eleven will play three two day matched with the Hamilton team About 11 iweniy veiqivu o1 BUT HE CARE ABOUT TAK ING ON BEEIX 1 New angles to the peculiar Gotch and Been situation continue to arise A patch from Humboldt la home Gotch states the A wrestling champion now jflgKg that the storythat' he is to rMSirrled is a fake though he adnifCSWEat he himself first told reporters that he was soon to wed and to retire 'immediately afterward Under ordinary circumstances it would seem that newer 7 statement might1 be taken as a preliminary to an nouncement ofa third and: deciding with Beeli But his manager Horace Lerch of Buffalo came to th front: yesterday with a letter addressed to the Casino A' of Chicago in which he said: "Any time" the' Casino club secures an opponent worthy of attention we will do business By thia I mean an opponent the public will concede to have a chance with a champion Tom Jenkins Carl Pons Demetral Charles Hacken schmidt In fact' any worthy 'opponent but I do Tiot want you to mention Bcell any more unless he will come? to the front so strong that the public will de mand a third meeting between him and Gotch not have the i chance of working his foul moves at Kansas City: or' the present and perhaps for all the time to come we want to bother withVDeeir any" It is not a 'case of swell head etc but 'it Is no use to pay any Turthr attention to theWisconsin Gotch made such a record with' Beeli: that he is called on to Ignore the Wisconsin man As rit stands Been iis arf: good aa Gotch on performance to NEWS AND GOSSIP SPORT ACROSS BORDER 7 Toronto December 22 Of what legal value are contracts entered Into by American players 'with ''I the Toronto and Montreal ball clubs? i This important question will beW decided when Judge of Ot tawa renders his decision in the' case at present being tried before his court'ln which the ball play ers who last summer played on the ft Ottawa club are suing the manage ment of that club for back les The baseball club of the capital 1 war a frost last year from a finan clal standpoint and the men were behind it fell down badly when it came to being there with the stuff from their own pockets As a consequence their employes who were mostly were to go to the courtsI to get their dues Everything was progressing very favorably and' looked like the magnates would be I compelled to disgorge when In step 'I ped the counsel for the defense with' I the argument that as these "men were aliens and had signed their I contracts under the Stars and Stripes the aforesaid contracts were null and void under the allenj4i labor act This took breathd away from not only the plaintiffs1 but also the court as well and an adjournment was deemed necessary to allow a further consideration ofvx I the case Should the finding be against the 1 players it will no doubt bo at first1 somewhat tough on the Montreal and Toronto clubs uf the Eastern I League if any of the players i of these outfits have contracts: 1 which call for any term of years? and consequently the only people hurt by such a ruling would clubs themselves as It would be somewhat difficult for them to se cure ball tossers from the States If it were? generally known that the' law nf the land would not compel the fulfilment of the contracts en jJ tered Into 7 Meeting of Claytons members ot the Clayton i bowling club report at alley at 12:45 to board the 1 car for Mt ClemenBAlLrswhorf wish to accompany the club also be on hand' leagues jfs i most! i Sporting Editor Detroit ree Press: Sir I have noticed the different teams of 'the state tllat being picked as All Michigan teams I have seen most all of these men play and insist that I 'have four or nve men on tne rerris institute who are of calibre in kle Groat Baker Nelson 'and ham Steckle and Groat in the field and the1 other three? men at tackles and guard cannot be beat in the state and from every point of view any of them can make any of the big nine conference college teams and some of these other men picked would be similar to some' prep school stars I have seen who tried for teams Steckle at fullback has Helmer of Almastopped In all ways Tie has played two games against Alma this past season and Helmer was a minor light in comparison to1 him Steckle weighs 190 pounds Groat is a halfback: weighing 175 pounds fast and wiry similar to Eckersall In open field dodging Baker and Graham as tackles have shown up any pair of tackles in the steams the erris institute has played Nelson at guard is a tower of strength1 ana put up the best game of any: man hi the line this season I pick thu following team for state honors: i Hart: erris institute center Nel son erris institute 'and McCol lumAlmji guards Baker and Gra ham erris institute tackles Coop er erris Institute and HelmerAl ma ends SmallM" A and Sharp erris institute to alternate at quarterback Steckleerris insti tute fullback and for the halfbacks Groat erris institute and the other half between Cee erris institute and Hayes Albion BERT Coach erris institute Grand Rapids December 22 t'Ar I Date1 for Cumberland Nashville Tenn The Tennessee association lias ap plied to ft the 5 American Turf association for a race meeting to be held at Cumber land park t'nia city inApril next year The application will be acted on at the next meeting of the association The coming legislature rnay paS an anti race betting law but It will hardly go intoeffect In tlnie to inter fere with the spring meeting ft? 5 4 AM 7 7 7 C' 7 ft 7 Al 1 8 4 A in A I rr '4 I.