The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • 2

SATURDAY, DEC. 1MB. THE LA CROSSE TRIBUNE How Would She like a Desk? 4 Surely there is nothing that would please your mother or your sister or sweetheart better than a Ladies'; Writing Desk for a Christmas present. During tine coming week we are going to make, special inducements to you on ladies' writing desks. Every one of our desks will be on sale.

We offer you 5 the two items below as a sample of the prices we are making on desks for this week only. WILCE IS CAPTAIN OF VARSITY TEAM CONNIE MACK IS AFTER PENNANT MILWAUKEE MAN CHOSEN LEAD. EK OP BADGER FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES ROSTER OF HIS PLAYERS 0ST0FF WAS THE ONLY RIVAL TO OPEN PALACE IN SPRING Three Ballots are Taken Before Selection is Made Boyle Eliminated After First Manager Believes His Aggregation Will Be Able to Finish Next Year In One, Two, Three Order Think of it, a genuine oak desk highly polished, has large roomy drawer and is exceptionally veil made, can be had in weathered finish if desired, at the extremely low price of Another startler. A strict-mission ladies' writing desk 28 in. wide and 45 in.

high, made throughout of Quartersawed oak, finished, weathered, with good sipd paper shelf and drawer. A regular $17.00 seller, only R75 $10.25 MADISON, Dec. 5. John W. Wilce of Milwaukee was yesterday honored by the members of the varsity football team in the election of a leader for next year.

Wilce's opponent was Oscar P. Osthoff, the varsity strong man, and three ballots were necessary before the choice was made. Three men were nominated for captain, Wilce, Osthoff and Butch Boyle. On the first ballot the vote stood: Wilce, Osthoff, 4, and Boyle, 2 Another ballot was taken and Osthoff and Wilce received six each. On the third ballot Wilie received seven votes and Osthoff five.

Wilce has played fullback for the last two years and did his best work In the season just closed, being generally conceded to be the best fullback in the west and being named on nearly all of the all western selection. He is not a brilliant player, but PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5. When the athletics, open their new baseball palace here next spring, Connie Mack hopes to have a new winning club in the field from the start. Manager Mack has been wide awake and working hard with this end in view ever since last spring and now believes his team has excellent prospects of finishing one, two, three.

He announces his complete roster of players today as follows: Four catchers, fourteen pitchers, ten infielders and nine outfielders, a total of thirty-seven players. Catchers Powers, Blue, Lapp and Egan. Pitchers Bender, Plank, Dygert, Coombs, Vlckers, Schlitzer, Krause, Files, Salva, Kellogg, Flatef, Lartin, Stowers and Curtis. Infielders Davis, E. Collins, J.

Collins, Nichols, Baker, Barry, Barr, Manush, Mclnnes and Lynch. Outfielders Murphy, Hartsel, Oldring, Strunk, Jackson, Heltmuller, Heulsman, Lewis and Seybold, Manager Mack has deals pending for more players, and some of them are for tried stars. It isn't positive but it's possible that among others Spencer, the St. Louis catcher, will be secured. Next time when we drew In close, he hit through the infield so savagely that the ball was never stopped till past the outfield, and he got a home run." elected captain of the varsity for 1909 after a close race with John Richards, the right end.

Baum is a junior in the university, hails from Phoenix, and Is a brother of "Ikey" Baum, Illinois famous pony half back in '05. ned for the university of Pennsyl. vania swimming teem during the Easter holidays. Up to date Coaca Geo. Kister hag billed four games and more are expected.

Dual meets with the following have already bees arranged: University of Chicago, C. A. university of Illinois and Missouri Athletic club. Come in and let us lay one away for you and deliver, the day before Christmas or whenever you say. $2.00 Cash and 60 Cents per Week buys any Writing Desk in the Store.

i Boyer-Furber Furniture Company 51 1-5 13 'Main Street. La Crosse, Wis. SEE mil EAST W1N18W Successors to the Woodward Supply Co. TERMS EASY CAPONI TO FIGHT McGOORTY, DEC. 11 BIG SHOOTING EVENT GOES TO WINDY CITY is reliable.

He is also a sure man in receiving forward passes and plays GOTCH TO MEET HACKENSCHMIDT one of the best defensve games or any man on the varsity team. Next year will be his last season. Besides being a star football man, I Wilce has participated in many forms of athltlcs since coming to Wisconsin. He was a member of the 1910, freshman crew, which swept the river CHICAGO, Dec. t.

Tony Caponl has been matched to fight Eddie McGoorty at Oshkosh, on Dec. 11. The fighters will weigh in at 156 pounds at 3 o'clock and battle rounds. Promoter Ryan has already posted a forfeit as evidence of god faith. Oshkosh is McGoorty's home, and it will take some excellent work on Capon I's part to get a decision In that section.

Caponi will arrive in Chicago today from Philadelphia. CHICAGO, Dec. 5. It was announced last night that the Grand American Handicap, the blue ribbon event in the trap shooting world, has been awarded to Chicago for 1909. The announcement came from Fred H.

Teeple, secretary of the Chicago Gun club, who is now in New York attending the meeting of the directors of the American Trap Shooters association. in the annual Poughkeepsle regatta, i MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 5. W. W.

Wittig, Minneapolis theatrical magnate, who promoted th Gotch Hackenschmidt wrestling match in Chicago last April, today cabled his acceptance to Gotch of the latter's offer for Wittig to com to England and manage a second world's champioushio contest be-tween the two premie? wrestlers. Wittig will leave for Europe in CONSIDER STATE LEAGUER A FIND THE NATIONAL BANK and rowed on the varsity crew last year. He was substitute on the basketball team last season and Is expected to make one of the places this year. Before coming to the university Wilce attended West Division hogh school, where he was one of the pillars of the athletic teams. He captained the basketball team that won the state nhampionship at Oshkosh and won many points for his school on the track and gield.

He is 22 ears of age. PENN SWIMMERS ARE COMING WEST PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5. An extensive western trip has been plan BAOI ILLINOIS CAPTAIN. CHAMPAIGN, 111..

Dec. ,5. "Benny" Bauni, left end on the Illinois football team for two years, was It's nothing to a man's credit If no one will trust him. OF LA CROSSE EST November 27, 1908. PILES CUBED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind.

Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c. i ii SOX FANS WORRIED BY, JONES' ABSENCE $2,665,782.02 766.42 250,000.00 342,800.00 50,000.00 100.00 II'" 1 "I mm i i 'I" RESOURCES. Loans and dSscounta Overdrafts U. S.

Bonds to secure circulation Other Bonds Banking House Other Real, Estate Cash Resources N. Y. City Bonds to secure U. S. deposits 58,000.00 With Banks 693,508.59 With Treasurer U.

S. 12,500.00 In Vaults 243,519.80 CHICAGO, Dec. 5. Fielder Jones has not yet arrived in Chicago or at least has not appeared at the headquarters of the White Sox. But President Comiskey is not worrying about him at all.

He is well satisfied that the great outfielder will be here in due. time. "Jones will remain at least a sou-pie of days in ChicagD," Comiskey Bald. "In that time we will close all the details for the spring trip, and also talk about some new material. That will be all that either vt v.s can dod at present." $1,007,528.39 Total LIABILITIES.

Capital i. Surplus Undivided Profits Reserved for taxes and interest Circulation I 250,000.00 230,000.00 72,59.0.94 12,500.00 248,800.00 3,483,085.89 Deposits mi im PAYS $12,000 FOR ROBERT C. LEXINGTON. Dec. 5.

G. G. Moore, of St. Clair, has purchased the two year old trotter Robert by Peter the Great-Cocoon, paying for him $12,000, from the Wilkes stock farm. This is a record purchase price.

Ward Miller, the crack center fielder of the Wausau clug and star batter of the WisconsIa-Illinoi3 league, is attracting particular attention in baseball c'rcles, cs is shown from the following from the St. Paul Dispatch "If the opinions of veteran tase-ball judges are not- ail at se3 the Chicago Cubs have secured the marvel of them all for IHOf the man who will make them all sit up and yell, and whose addition to the team will give just the strength required to hold the enemy and win another flag. "The young marvel Is Miller, of the Wisconsin league, and everyone who has seen him play are firm in their belief that there hasn't been anything like him since Lange and Hamilton were in the heyday of their glory. "Miller led the Wisconsin league last season with an immense majority over all competitors and with an average of .383. He mixed up his hits, making bunts, short singles, triples and home runs with the greatest im-partiality.

On the bases he showed speed such as has not been seen in any league in many years. He, stole 91 cushions and toward the last of the season was collecting the sacks by wholesale against every battery in the league. "Charlie Nichols, for so many years Boston's greatest pitcher, told President Murphy about Miller early last summer. 'L've seen an awful lot of ball players come and go," said Nichols, 'and I never saw anything like this 'How about Tyrus queried Murphy. 'It may not seem possible.

responded Nichols, 'but I give you my word that this man 13 faster than Murpby bestir himself. He found way. He'll hit .350 anywhere, and he'll steal his bases off Bresnahan and Dooin just as he would off the little fellows in the baby "Naturally tbls recommend made one brought back better reports than when he went after Miller, that Toledo had made a play for the boy. Either through carelessness or for-setfulness, Armour did not put up his money on the exact day when it should have been sent In. Mr.

Murphy instantly claimed Miller and the claim wa3 allowed. 'When I heard how good this man was, said the Cubs' president, 'I sent people up to watch him. Each one brought back bettr reports than the others, and all were rapturous about him. He is a right handed thrower and a left handed hitter. He goes to first as Keeler used to like a flash with the tap of the bat- and he takes the long chances In Bill Lange's fashion.

'One manager whom I asked about Miller looked sheepish and said that he would be glad to see him get out of that league. "In one game this summer," said this manager, "Miller hit one to third. It struck the third baseman's hands, carromed off and rolled a' few feet away. When the ball was recovered Miller was on second. In another game Miller mad3 a bunt when we were all playing back for a hard hit.

Total 14,316,976.83 UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY. SPOUTING BRIEFS CHICAGO'S INDOOR SCHEDULE ARRANGED OMAHA OFFICIALS HIT BY GRAND JURY THAT IS THE NUMBER OF RUBBERS, OVERSHOES AND RUBBER BOOTS MADE BY THE LA CROSSE RUBBER MILLS CO. EVERY CHICAGO, Dec. 5. Maroon track athletes are in for the heaviest indoor season in- the history of the Midway institution this winter.

This was assured yesterday when Dr. J. E. Raycroft of the Maroon athletic department- announced that tentative elates had been scheduled for meets with both Wisconsin and Purdue, In addition to the other events already arranged. The latest Maroon plans Include two Indoor meets with the Badgers and one with Purdue.

It is planned to hold the Chicago-Purdue meet at Lafayette as the house warming of the new Purdue gymnasium. Tha dates have not yet been fixed. The new arrangement makes it certain that the Maroons will have half a dozen intercollegiate meets this season. OMAHA, Dec. 5.

Mayor J. C. Dahlman and other city officials were denounced as "men who absolutely disregard their oath of office" in a report handed down by the grand jury after a six weeks' session. The report is the most scathing arraignment of public officials in the history of the state. The mayor and the other officials "make no attempt to enforce the laws and frankly admit it," the rt-port says.

"They have no conception of their doties and serve the peoplt neither honestly nor ably." The report declarts that the tenderloin has been txtended to residence districts and asserts that the mayor and other officials hav9 been cognizant of the presence of crime in the city, without attempting- to stop it TWENTY-FOUR HOURS-BUT EACH PAIR REPRESENTS THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. This' means that the making of Rubber Footwear is not an experiment with us but an exact process. That's why each pair is unexcelled for its wearing qualities and absolutely right for its purpose. And there's a pair for every purpose. Your dealer can show you.

Ask him about our La Crosse RED FIBRE HEEL BRAND Rubbers and Overshoes. Made especially to resist wear. Adds twice the life to rubber footwear. When you see the Red Heel it means the best shoes SEATTLE President Lucas of the Northwestern Baseball league thinks he ought to have more money for running the affairs of the organization and he has truck for higher pay. He will probably get it.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. Claude 11. Varnell, who arrived from Wheeling, announced that he had purchased Jack Henry, a catcher from the Lin. coin, team in the Western league. There are now five catchers on the local squad.

HOT SPRINGS "Dry Dollar" Tim Sullivan of New York was here and strongly advocated a resumption of racing. He said that It would mean millions to the local business interests. He said that there was a possibility of the Bport being taken up in Florida on an extensive scale. He has just returned from a visit KEWANEE, 111. Was Billy Pap-ke doped in his last fight with Ketchel? This question is arousing the principal.

discussion among fight fans in this, the home city of the "Thunderbolt." In some way a report that Papke was not right on the day of the fight gained circulation here, and was accepted by many as explaining the manner in which he was defeated. WINNIPEG, Man. Billy Lauder, champion boxer of Canada, met his first defeat at Calgary, Alberta, in a fast fifteen round bout with Eddie Merrinno of Seattle. ST. LOUIS, Mo.

The Diesol bowling team of Chicago lias arranged a special match with St. Louis, to be rolled here and in Chicago. MEMORIAL TO CLEVELAND LAD IS VICTIM OF WHITE PLAGUE George Isadore Feinberg, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Feinberg, died.

Thursday at 10:15 p. tn. from tuberculosis. Funeral was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence at 1614 Badger street. The interment will be made in the Jewish cemetery with Miller Bros.

In charge. LA CROSSE NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Memorial addresses In honor of the late Grov-er Cleveland prefased the annual meeting of the association of life insurance presidents, the Phoenixlike organization raised from the chaotic debris left in the wake of th insurance investigations and formed by the former president of the United States. RUBE MILLS Only One "BROMO QUININE," that fa Laxative Bromo Quinine Cures a Cold in One Day, Grip in 2 Days EVERYTHING IM RUBBED FnrvnnrFrF Bears the Signature of CASTOR I A For Infants and Children.

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