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The Evening Free Press from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 4

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3T0UB rv vg sir pi nr TTTZEI A XOVEMT 20 1310 IS SESIONED uriM Tn iiiiflVr pfirin tbip FAMOUS SPORTSMAN WHO NDS MILLIONS IN PI Tf r'rT Wry poVEF TV 'u criitir in Th OkUr3 Mf Ki tn- wfl or fc gsod trip to repay tiers for making ti- teaa this s4 win wts rcn gs vi ric at fort Smith abir Iff ycrt Smith defeated Muskogee ttus iuk and sines Oklsfcoma siso cams ff It 1 better score tha- Muskeg lads Fort Smith hu challenged the locals to pot WMOB me Whether Of ail the roe- who ha -e played team his to the trip win del end e'moet entirely upon their standing tn cites wort, -hois So we behind at that time Frob- aaly being refused being away from eLssse eng At the prtmat me el the men are ap with the work The next faro win be with Logan county high school at Guthrie Pride has defeated th eehoel each ee for the pest three tn and a the Oothrte team la not strorg as formerly the loeei hare 1t' fear losing Quarterback Fred Wtnn will probeb'y not go to Guthrie with 'ha am In the Lawton game Winn re- a badly sprained whoolder vu crippled at the ttm and the Muskogee tm did not do hta injuries any and he a atfll upon rhe hoeplra Hat Oak a will probably pilot the teana cry I isas ita a ne rec rc i pas flag -f a bu i la St Lou vao a 3 i BUM fcy a law Hm -iard tr- membera Oi Aooai are eraa a acmi ri Tw ty-i a years ajo Kca -oca-- raj aa an own in 14 wo ij Ccan Mac 1 Uv 1a 44 tae bus developed more degree than any mar iefore or ee He holda the record c-f heis the man the wor' that oat a rrlTIlon dcllara in the haaeba hua'saaa JUo ahoct 1SS3 Lceai 4t P' iad fcr a franch'ae in the National ea but none of the offlrera that or- cantmtSOB knew him there ai no ra- caney ar1 the youc St Loula man waa turned down Smarting under the refuaa of the Na- ttona league macna'ea to alk him to enter the aelect circia Lucaa promptly set about to form his own ea The laioa waa the rerj and faT the two major eaauea the annoyance of thair livaa The star players of tha National earue wara offered nduewmenta to jump their coati acta ar1 they promptly Jumped to St Louts The it Louis Unions had durlBff the year Si4 what was probab the stronces ball team cn earth It aa a team of stars No player waa toe Mfh priced for the 6 Liouis mactiita Prom Proridenco, winner of the Na trac ed nation-wld interest What he wanted wa to hare th beet hail tram that rsouid be aas-rmbied Hon waa the power used and the meteoric career of Henry Luc a at Uc 2 UJtC no OiSRBEY ATHLETIC ni lin i Mfi iwinpr Uaca cas- It -1cwa Hftt ttet 1- ju A vna i iir i coa sc4 oaa star i iac so a auc ia ai prooa- 3 ar to tne 1 tei Tia tie St- Louis wo- the peccant eaa' It was a cost rlctory for it marked the downward ie of the Lucas millions, spent to gratify a taste for sport- De- moralirlnf in Its influence, baaeba suffered as the reauit of the tempting prises that Henry Lucas offered to baseball stars to Jump their teams and Join the invincible aggregation of the Missouri metropolis Carsey Xoves Ou'i and -ock akes Over for ion A The Carse7 Athletic club 114-215 Center court, is no lonjper the A- It Is the Union A According to Carsey 1 became afraid that with all the ra dir cialr which ST CLAIR Who has announced his resignation as coach of Epworth University football team, to take effect after the Oklahoma gore next Saturday At present St a whipping his team Into shape ascend upon his club because of the For the first time In the history of club which occupies the second floor organized baseball the bar attachment 1 and Monday night he trasoorted the most now gz or the officers would for the greatest contest s'nee he took charae of the equad was resorted to for the purpose of aug meriting tne revenues of the costly war that was on a war to the death, and 0 his belongings to nts residence Brock, president of the coming show might triin has taken over I By MAURICE CLARK mad their ralaa A saloon graced end of the grounds of the 3t Louis Union club P-e was sold in the grandstand and in the bleach era Displeased spectators hurled beer mugs at the opposing piayers and the rum had started The baseball war was short and sharp GOLF league went down to defeat and from out of the wreck -ame Henry Lucas with only a tithe of the millions that he tional league pennant St Louis drew Charles Sweeney at thst time he greatest tsrirler that the world had produced Dunlay king of second basemen ar the guardian of the keystone bag Jack had inherited The remnant of the for- McKlnnoa was first baaemen Jerry Den tune lasted some years, and last week ny held down third and Ja'-k Glass cl- Henry Lsucas passed over, almost the greatest in the world, was the short penniless, and the umpire has rendered atop It was called the stonewall In-'the final decision out at the plate the room and has established temproar headquarter fcr tne A in th old A pending the securing of a permanent building Brock has heard from Emil Thlery I -v 1 manager of Mike Memslc ttitlnj that 'the trophy It was also to the death The Urton eve nf ig rtfht and CmrMy h4s lropC word that Memsic will leave tonight for Oklahoma City instead of Monday night Brock has requested that the Chicago man also secured him a good heavyweight to go against Morris, but had not heard from him since The qualifying round, handicap match play for the Dean trophy, will be played Friday, the low sixteen qualifying DOIES BASKETBALL OAVES- ArTMj li So -The I'r ed States Narai Academy baaketball schedule has been announced aa followi Doc 10 Baltimore Medical college Bee 17 Loyola college of Baltimore Dec 24 Princeton Jan 7 New York unlrersity Jan 14 Unlrersity of Pennsytvanta Jaa II City college of New Tork Feb I Oe arthnv re FVb 11 Georgetown GOTCH GET Is WHITE SOX TO TEXAS CHICAGO AMERICANS WILL TRAIN FOR COMING SEASON AT MINERAL WELLS Chicago Nov 29 Mineral Wells Tex will be the spring training camp oi the White Sox in 1911 This was the de- vj T1 11 cision President Charles Com Irk of the watcmng Olg XcUOWSj White So made today after his long con- ferenee with Ted Sulliran who arrKe-1 after a tour of the Lone Star state I HACK IMPROVING JACK CURREV SAYS HIS MAN IS SHOWING WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT WILL WIN EASILY Chicago Nov 2 Jack Cur ley, who is pitting George Hackenschmidt In his tour ef the country Is enthusiastic orer the form being shown by the Russian Lion In a letter from Toronto Curley say Hack will be 100 per cent better for his match with Westergaard than when he took Ootch on for the world's champkmahlp here in 1101 Hack Is improving with ever appearance and his work against Weatergaard will be a revelation to wrestling fans, writes Curley I expect to see him win handily, although I consider Weeterg ard one of the toughest men In the game Hack is due to resell Chicago next Monday to begin training for his Weater- gaard match, which will be his flrat big finish contest during his present tour America and Keeping in Condition to Defend Tit Is Challenged ST PAUL'S TEAM IS STRONG CLUB I Frank Mayo has come forward and challenged Morris to a match either in Oklahoma City Muskogee or Tulsa, or an other place where the game is good Mayo iias been up against the best in an day and claim that his training with boxc-a at the Carsey club for the past rXlTHJEBS TO HAVE CREW one over on Morris Hoffman defeated A Chsr- dler 2 up in the finsl of the President cup contest Monday Hoffman Is winner The woman weekly oniest which was tied Saturday between Mr Charles Mc- Millan and Mrs Williams, was won Monday by Mrs William The woman'' course ha changed to 18 holes no been Clark was defeated 2 up and 1 to pley by Patterson in a closely played gam for the president's cup Patterson made a score of 3 and 1 a net score of 74 Clark's score was close, being a 40 and a 35 a net score ol 76 GRIFFIN IS INJUREO Syracuse Nov Hank Griffin IT dislocated his shoulder in f- second round of his fight with Con O'Kel- sy Tommy Ryan's hope of the white ace, last night and waa forced to quit In the fourth round Hia seconds threw up tha sponge The fight was awarded to O'Kelley O'Kelley waa wearing his man down and would have defeated him by the limit of the conteat had it gone along without accident In the early part of the fourth round Con waa landing hard on his opponent and knocking him about with He could not have gone much longer KEOGH WINS EASILY New York, Nov 2 Jerome Keigh, rhamptem pool player of the world, defeated Alfred I eero, rhaJl Ker for the title In the first block of too points of their scheduled 0 -polnt match here last night The score was Keogh, 210 Deem, 180 Deero's high run waa 25, while Keigh'a best was II CUBAN SHOWS WELL Chicago, Nov 29 Jose Capblar a the Cuba- Wizard, played cd twenty-sever, boards simultaneously ard ade tha good score of twenty-two wins, three draws and three losses Trorr here Capblana goes to ee Minneapolis Lincoln Kansas City Joplis, ft Louis Memphis New Orlcor and Cuba M'COY LOCATED New York Nov 29 Kid McCoy, suddeniy disappeared fron ew To-v a month ago without any explanation frler ds or business associate has oca ted letter received today partner John Kser edr McCoy says twat he a camp In northern Maint where he went on a hunting trip Tbt fighter says that he Is seriously and has lost thirteen pounds TitlA Tf QomP 1 Commy favorahle that tne Texas sp Lieiena line 11 oame the be9t that he can i ure The I team plans to go to Texas in February and spend a month there before starting north to engage in the exhibition games he has billed Martin Wells, Tex, is the training camp of the Giants, and since this but li miles from neral Wells Comni will Minneapolis, Minn Nov 29 The lure of money is drawing Prank Ootch back to active participation In wrestling affairs The champion practically admitted today that he would defend his title next April against the man who proves the best during the present eeason He intimated that either Hackenschirtldt Mahmout or Zbysco would be his opf nent Ootch weighs about 214 at present, an is carrying little fat He could get in shape in short time I always considered Mahmout the cleverest of the foreigners who have come over here said the champion friend Unless the Turk The men out at Packingtown have gone craxy and a big crowd of them Is ex- Local Basketball Aggrega- Fr 1jv h1 0 boxing ard The number whi 1 tne are tion Is Goinc After State in, i ti h-s fton emu- 0 round battle Sefton has been working Honors--Game Here Next a-ds swear hy him On account of thl Saturday Night seft has been dubbed the Stock Yards PRINCETONIANS STIR UP INTEREST IN BOATINQ CONTESTS FOR THE SEASON OF 1911 We have a suggestion here for your letterhead, it will be different from the ordinary- adapted to your particular business Will you let tell us you of it tighter, and ne bids fair to become an- other Packy McFarland, the idol of Chicago packers The St Paul's Athletic club has or- gar ixed a basketball team this winter, a verdict that Billy Dunning ime whlcn Is expected to make a clean sweep to his death from participating in a box- ttempt to arrange to play a series 1 of the state, and the practice games wlt' i jng exhioition at Presque Isle Me when other city teams shows that it is many he was physically unfit to enter such a timos as strong as It was last season contest was returned by the coroner's Jury The first local match game will be which conducted an Inquest Under the played with the Shawnee A next Sat- circumstances it was not thought likely urdav night at the It Paul's gymnasium any arrest would be made, although awnee last year claimed the stst jack i enon of Chicago, who fought Dun- of games with M'Graw's men ROLLER WAS EASY Montreal Nov 29 George Hacken- schmidt the Russian Lion, won from Dr Roller of Seattle last night In two Princeton Nov 29 It is xpe that Princeton University will enter crewg In intercollegiate contests nex' spring Since Carnegie lake has been available there has been plenty of interest in rowing at Princeton Class regattas have been a success, and during a college generation of rowing practice, some good oarsmen nave been trained In Tlgertown The sport has been branching out as much as possible A freshmaji crew raced a Phlladelph a High school eight on ke Carnegie last spring The only things which prevented rowing becoming a varsity sport were a lack of men interested and the possibility 3t PcerWiTrc '218-220 est Second Phone 543 ''pHE can sitting next to you in the c-r tonight ic wearing a Frspj Hat He know hi vs'uej dc vou The 7717 1 oy i dandy teletcopa toft hi that ir Kadiauly 6 i the good -evit- Nifty ar -omei Wlvt6 bAodi LrGOG ClOpC 4IiC OZ 00 FSANZi, 0 La vty Just Round ne CeriMf HackenschmidL I suppose It Is up to me to take the measure of the Russian Lion again In Good Trim Chicago Nov 29 Frank Ootch, mTest- llng champion of the world st catch-as catch-can style Is working like a Nailer on his Iowa farm and acta as If he already hsd several matches In sight This Is the news brought to this city by Dr Roller, the Seattle wrestler, who passed through the city yesterday after making a brief stop in Iowa to clinch a match there with Jess Westergaard As I am not oo speaking terms with Gotch, I did not go near him, Roller said, but I had a long visit with Farmer Bums while I wa there, and was astonished at what the veteran told me He said that Gotch was working every day not only on the farm but in the gymnasium and on the road and from the looks of things would be ready to jump out at almost any time and enter the ring Burns enid that Gotch had told him he was doing It merely for his own personal benefit, and that he didn't expect to ever wrestle again, but Bums spoke as If he himself was skeptical about It JACK NO INVALID CHICAGO PHYSICIAN PRONOUNCES NEGRO FREE FROM NERVOUS PROSTRATION OR ANY TROUBLE Chicago Ni 25 Jack Johnson is far Jrorr nervous prostration T-e heavyweight boxlr chantplor of the world returned to Chicago yesterday at request of ths Examiner underwent a thorough exsmlnation by Dr Briggs, who prononur ced the eor querer of Jim Jeffries to be far from the ail- stage Johnson was anxious to Item his own condition and readily agreed to an overhauling by the physician When it was aa over he turned to the physician and asked Is there anything wrong with me lr there Is wish you would tall me, would like to know Just how I stand The doctors down east who told me I wis due for nervous prostration sort of had me guessing I only wish I were In as good shape as ycu are rep' e4 Dr 3 i 'I can't flr acyt ng la your make up tha wou-4 indicate that you are on the ro 4 to as- beensvUle Johnson was teste 1 ever wa Kis pu'se was taken, his heart action rie i and the rer ex nerve ac on was giver, a thorough trial and not ng which wouio indicate sny oor ous nervous trouble d-icove red Physically I have four Johaoon to practically perfect a id Zk rig 1 ci find weakness Kis i pulse i strong and xi regular as cloc a odt T'ae peculiar thing I ove ec i a7 exav lnat' frn o' him was tiat tne ai he a noa aifec any way -ie did not aBy nervrisaess' na ever Sly sxamlr- hampionshlp, fea' ing every team that ng was at Eastport, awaiting possible gtuntlng other teams by enrolling crew straight falls, the first in 47 minutes snd had a fall for tlie honors save Oklahoma action by the authorities Dunning ww the second in It minutes I'nlversity a husky lumberman, who fought Jack Among the other same to be playe-l johnson to a draw four years ago In a ALL MURPHY'S WAY this month are Tecumseh December ten-round contest New York, Nov 29 Tommy Murphy 0 Chickasha A during the holl- defeated Willie Berry In the ten-round days Norman high school at Norman Jack Curly, one of the best known to a windup st the Olympic Athletic club las i ecember 17 sporting man of the day, an authority and from night Murphy won all the way, and on- ast Thanksgiving night, the St Paul's writer, manager and promoter, is expe FIGHTER COLLAPSE ly two rounds, the fourth and sixth, did team defeated the Tecumseh aggregs- ng to come to Oklahoma City with Mike candidates The success of this fall's Interrlass regatta and the quality of the Junior crew CURLEY GERHART SINKS UNCON- has aroused considerable pes that a Princeton varsity eight will race this, coming spring Duncan Spaettl, SCIOUS AFTER TEN ROUND BOUT WITH M'HENRY Berry show to advantage at Tecumseh, 23 to 19 memsic is tough one Memsic Curly, when here last winter lows ie Jeffrles-Gotch company ae press agent, was Impressed ertth Oklahoma City as a field for good, clean sport and at thst time expressed sn opinion that be Lima Nov 29 Curley Gerhar Detroit sang unconscious to the floor has been teaching rowing at Princeton hu commented on the possibility of in- tercollejffate races He Is quoted a follows It is horped that races can be ar- for the freshman and the varsity the conclusion of his tea round bout with next spring with outside crews It Is un- Jack McHenry, a local boy, before the derstood that Yale Cornell and Penney Ajjen Athletic club, and for more than vania have each expressed their willing- an hour was In a crltUal condition Artl- would one day return It Is understood ness to send crews If the necessary per- refiriratk had to be resorted to that his visit at this time is to take stock mission to arrange such ra can be se- nd a physician gave the stricken man of the ring and mat game here in order cured the freshman and varsity crews wli ypodermic Injection He was till uncon to find out whelwer it would be profitable continue regular exercise on the rowing sC OU8 hen removed to the city hospital, to send some of the top-notchers dow machines and the chances are that next tenuing physicians pronounce his condl- for exhibitions Curly is the manager of spring will find Princeton doing very llon a5 grave Gerhnrt had the better ot Dr Roller, and if the game looks good creditable work on the water he wm probably send this heavyweight wrestler down for some matches ATELL SIGNS GOOD ONE Chicago, Nov 29 Abe Atell, featherweight champion, will be up against I Can Morris, i ie Sapulpa heavyweight, came near butting Into political circles Whether he thought that among the stiff game tonight in New York, where august state senate he could find free- he is slated for a 'en-round en ageme for-al wraps which would give him goo 1 with Pal Moore, one of the best training, or whether he expected to get the east and now said to be a full-fledgeu next to the car of the powers that be lightweight Atell, It is said Is not in and cause a law to be passed allowing the best of condition and the early rounds of the ut, but weakened un ler the telling blows of McHenry Gerhart was overcome by exhaustatlon at the close of the final round in cn -crw far aeove i or Use Ce aaarrsr a- a er -r Freo I a Ao ie vu An 1c egular prise fights to the death instead of fifteen and twenty round sparring exhibitions may never be known, but is ja matter of record that the much adver- white man's hope' was a candidate sergeam-at-arms of the Oklahoma I senate, but was defeated 28 to 12 Mon- I day A fifteen round exhibition between Morris and his successful rival for he purpose of testing out the quallflcs- or for that particular e'l' ce with tKe ate depending upon the outcome r- igh -nve -zr cd the figures cor sldemb' take a long rest after this engagement The reports have It that AtHl is slated to box Frankle Conley In New Orleans on Ch jstmas day but Atell has a monopoly on this bit news, as Conley up In Kenosha says he knows nothing about JM against Johnstone's mark of 9,711 it, nor di dhls brother Joe, his mans Drexel has hitherto been credited wiln ger when he went east 9,970 DREXEL'S RECORD QUESTIONED New York Nov 29 The national council of the Aero Club of America is credited by the New York American with finding that Armstrong Drexel is still beneath the world's altitude record for an aeroplane, established at Belmont Park by Ralph Johnstone, and that the corrected barograph readings of his flight at Philadelphia last Wednesday, give only GRIFFO HAS JOE LEAVES CHICAGO FCR NEW YORK TO APPEAR Ix VAUDEVILLE WITH CHARLIE GRIFF'N Chicago Nov 9 Chicago probably hna seen the last oI Young Gnffo, once one of the brightest stars In the glove' I artists firmament Through Interest raker h- Matthew Fltrpatrick municipal rrt oflcis's New American League umpire, and Lee Kessner, superintendent 2f the municipal court the or ee gre it lightweight was released from the Bridewell Three hours after his release the former fighter, whose hair is now tIrtjed with grey In a suit such as he ured ti wear in prime, boarded a tra lor New Tork 1 company with Charles Or fin the Australian lightweight The two arc scheduled to appear on a vaude vil' clrc which extend, tnr-ujfa tne JUST DROP A LINE TO MOTHER SY WILLIAM KIRK 2 ear Mother As I write you an Ijing or a cot My form is full of torture I would sooner die than not I'm just a scrub, dear mother, but I line up ever day And try to he a here- till they send me to the hay My nose is somewhere in my skull, ray teeth are on the field I have an ear Just one that here, and a my scalp is peeled Still, tis for Alma Mater that I've fought this awful duel Pitase send me fifty mother, for the doctor's getting cruel Dear Ms I have your letter You Inclosed a measley ten How fa- will that much take me when I have to mix with men I playing with the football scrubs 1 working like a slave Another week without more funds will see me my crave I spent six bone for arn' ca owe four beans for glue Why stint -our bov who's seeking joy What is an to you Please wire rv fIft- ycu know you wtr 't be sere Mother I -ar believe If Not another tiny cent This to the boy you said might some day be a president Tou sent me here to college nd you to'd me her I came That I should study lor ar hard, that should make a name My good right hand is chattered I am writing with my lie upon a cot of pain, nursing my rained ow I cannot stay in college row my football days are dor Wire me enough to ret back home am your loving son eier 1 rh we -s vai he matcrM to rf fifteen ro in4 to jhsu tfc Aad-tor nej Fnca sigs T-iis 5 ie i evuat so-' sirteuc lac rtsfta l' i A Aside from ems, Mem mO IA Uji'ii'iti jV uv i rfV TTTtjr LCC CCCTT 1 ro td to be cxce Vit pe the ie to -ow night at tho Poll Me will undertake to throw tw ants -n tl rty m-nutea or forfeit t- The men choasn to go again Fca i iw Andrew An ivrs wr Manmvu bu a busy grapp cr this un atur4ay jht tne no a ub tae Tura na ontsscted Mar a ae Auh ai Katssa Cuy, At wrestWs Wica cMSCh 0iiaiitv builders of ilii i c0 vf deivce HUTCH, 130 California Avenue AND vjAS ITIIXG ii i waawMMM WBHK.

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1910-1911