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The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 21

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sssSBSSSsaessasaBSSsssassssssssssaBssaasssssssssssssssssss SET Ex-Lightweight Champion Who Meets Mexican Palmer Teres a Desk The price on this Range is astonishingly low taking into consideration the quality and ap pearance exactly as illustrated This Bange is constructed of the highest quality of Wellsville polished steel re-enforced by double sides back and bottom with a heavy asbestos lining in between Has six full 8-inch eyes and a 16-inch oven The wanning closet is standard size Has a duplex grate and can be used for wood or coal Compare this Range to any $40 value and you will he sure to appreciate this magnificent offer TTuentieflli Century (Combination (Coal and Range Two Stoves actually built in one You can use your coal range part of the Stove at the same time you use your gas without any danger This Range is the only Combination Range on the market that fills all requirements Sold OoTerat Fail to Visit Our Booth at tho Fair ole Agents fer the Uery CDigEiest SEE OUR DEMONSTRATION AT THE FAIR iindel cDougall Premier ance has shown a more polished exhlbl- The Celebrated MOORE Air-Tight Heater Cnr 6000 In Operation In Memphis Less Coal With Mon Hsat Sold On Terms MUST -II L0C1L DEBUT WITH PALMER Ex-Lightweight Champ and Mexican Meet at A tlon Wolgast while a mixture of a slugger and boxer la more along the lines of a slugger and will meet in Palmer a game and aggressive youngeter who in each appearance here haa acraptd an Invitation to battle at any style his opponent started Wolgast probably is a harder puncher than the little brown-skinned youngster but will be working on a tough subject in Palmer Werk Oat Talking aebincs Kitchen Cabinets Pianos and Players Bivancttes and Davenports MOORE MEETS DOYLE Welgait Sew WsrIsr CaassiRii la Uasee Mark Attempt Will Re- reive Tboroagli Teat la Fight With Palmer Wolgast la scheduled to work out thie afternoon at the Phoenix Club when the doors will be 'open to the public A coincident of the meeting between Wolgast and Palmer la that Wolgast when the title-holder In 1912 defended hie laurels against Joe Rivera another Mexican fighter then under the management of Joe Levy who is now -grooming Palmer to take the place of the withered Rivers Palmer yesterday practically wound up a busy week of training and looks in better condition than on the eve of any of hie fights here The Mexican fighting man has divided his time in boxing and slugging his hired helpers and stated yesterday he would be ready and willing to meet Wolgast at any game he chose Ta-elght called for la US pounds at 3 In the afternoon The Moore and Doyle match should 200-202-204 South Main Street Memphis I er 3E furnish eight rounds of Interesting battling Both are clever boys aggressive and game and both equipped with hurt ful wallopi A four-round preliminary and a battle royal will fill out the programme BOLDEN ROD STAKES COES TO MILESTONE Won the Feature of Churchill Downs Card Yesterday PUBLIC SCHOOL I ATHLETIC LEAGUE Roger Gordon Abbot tsfoid and Frost Royal sits ran Serond Five and a half fuitongt Shrapoal 107 (McDermott) MT0l SAW and JAlb won Virginia Mt Buxton 1 fi and SATA second Som-Ir Stalwart 1M (Conner) It thinL Tima Nolli Damroeeh and Cantata alao ran Third Five and a half furloom- Prohibition ICI (Callahan) 300 and out won Celandria 19 (Buxton) SAM and nut second Malachite 113 (W Ltlle out third Time 1:12 4-A Three starters Fourth Mile and a sixteenth Tha Finn 109 (Bntnell) 1340 2J aad out won: Buck Horn 1M (Lttley) 9270 and out second Gainer Hd (T MtfTaggart) out third Time 1 Al Solar Star and Short Gran also tan Tha Finn Gainer Buck Horn and Short Graaa added start era Fifth Bane- Mile and a aizteenta Balfrim ID (Cooper! $1710 S7M and St wan: ftohinecta 111 (Rumngaine) ilf tB and $779 ecmd: ht (SmrthTTjit third Tima 1M3A bouald MacDonald Dryad and Earl of Raroy also ran Sixth Race Mila and a sixteenth Carlton Mt Litter) tlAtl Mlt and US won: Yodehns 1U (Caonor) 13 and lltO arcond: Lmim Trawe 101 (ITcIlmiott) 9300 third Time 1A63-A Brick-ley Sonad and Patty Began alio ran Laarwl Park Eatrtrn First Three-year-old and up: mil Yodele 115 xAil Smiles Horn xDar Dav Hairy Jr MS Kraelri MA Borax M3 xMahel Dulweher lid Second Race Maiden fttlies two-yearolds: five and a half furlong Rne Jnliri lie Rnnnlc Broom i Sandldi nr runonga Kne jnuet us Honnlv Carrie Corn Moonstone White Rye Gibraltar PAID BACKERS 18 TO 1 RT HERBERT CALDWELL Ad Wolgast former ruler of the lightweight kingdom of flstdom and now waging a campaign in an effort to regain possession of the throne will present his rlalms before a Memphis audience Monday night when ha meets Bennie Palmer a Mexican bud in the lightweight class in an eight-round match In the arena of the Phoenix Athletic Club Before Wolgast and Palmer disrobe to settle their dispute Pal Moore homemade bantam and Jack Doyle of New York will meet in an eight-round match Tomorrow meeting will be the fifth between this pair of midge ta in an effort -to settle their dispute The have net upon four former occasions with Moore guining one decision and the other three tilta resulting in deadlocks according to the Judgment Wolgast who lost the crown to Willie Illtrhie in November VIS will exhibit his wares before a local audience for tno first time Monday night The former Michigan Wild who atlll disclaims the statement that he has been tamed is scheduled to arrive here this morning from Chicago chaperoned by his new flstlu guardian Larney Litchensteln Wolgast Handicapped Since Wolgast was stripped of his title tlie Cadillac slasher nas been laboring almost continually under handicaps an effort to regain his lost prestige Wcl-gast haa been forced several times to give up training on account of injuries recsived In his preparatory work In a fight last November with Freddy Welsh the present champion Wolgast suffered a broken bone In his arm in the eighth round when the fight was stopped Both Wolgast and Ms manager now claim that Wolgast Is free from any hurts and that he la In better condition physically than in a year In Palmer the former champion will Saturday Oct i at I am two teams of the 8 A will start play for the Winfrey trophy nnd the honor of being tha champions of all the Memphis public schools immediately after the completion of the first game two other division championship dubs will play These games will be played at Russwood Park Just where the two games will be necessary in the afternoon will be played will be determined Tuesday A Hill Is tba champions of the south division Madison Heights Is the cham- I tlon of the east division Further games these divisions not necessary Maury and Mary West as well ee Lair Rath Wu Mile and mm Eighth lam Fra Lladeathal Ccrrylag Calan Schorr Claw Fla-lahn fnlarcd Race Ions Al Jones Cans Orma York Xsd Billy Joa and Lucille Morrla alto ran Fourth Race-Six furlong Milertooe lOf (Mott) tJT10 SMO and ttM won: Chocka 143 (Van Diuen) H10 and 1390 acoond bockichoo M5 (Connelly) S3 20 third Time Pellar Kiliann Huf trier Milo ad an eighth IsdyRotha US Henry) OB0 VEHkSS 101 (Kedeml S3W and 2M aacOnd Water Witch 5 (Steam) $3 third Time IHH Hanona and Any Fort alao ran Sixth Mila and thiro-aiztoentha Trandt 111 (Unoeei St tiM and OM won: Lady Fancbiu M3 (Henry! KtO and RH aecrnid: Bonanaa 1M (fiantiy) S3 10 third Tima lllti Reno and RralhNUM)l' Comma uretta (Rintl 11 to It TO and 4 won: Harwood 111 (O Brian) tin and ISM eecood: Jnatire Ojebel 111 (Hmnrl 310 third Time Feather Ihwter Black Thom St Charlcote Chiilon King and Bank BUI alio ran Loetavllle Eatrlcn Pint SHUne: three yearelda maiden di fnrlona Frier Stalwart 11 Saint Lee Ajdy 110 Clynta Stonewood Stoalngtoa Weleac Inn Kay Maera Bean Spiller Oallaway Mattie Hattie Burton 115 Money Maker Sir William Ilk heeond Allowance: two-year-old: five and a half furlonga Veldt Shine ICS Fkiaeie Walekr Counters Wilmot Isdy Alwarm Panhandle Cane Run Chariia MeGea Hope Big FeUow Primero Welch 111 Third Handicap: all age aix furlansa Ir Larrick MS Convene MS Conning Tower MS Tho Grader UOl Fourth Cherokee Selling Stake: tlirae-year-olda and up: mile and a sixteenth Goldeieat Boy Bingling 17 Fleet-a-Belle First Degree 1(3 Grover Hughe 1M Sieeth M7 Fifth Selling fouireawold and lx furlong Al Jone Mayhew lackland Ftwtliet Duster Counrerpert MJ Onr-tennaster Buer 1M raim-Leaf Pioapoct 3Iai Euhaiikl 113 Sixth Selling tweyaar-rida mtta ar ea ret AL Pierce Argument Bmnty Shoo Ml Lady Worthing InfWri lb fW Blair JIB Inapt- Stvano Rifle Shooter It Seventh Race-Selling threr-year-olda and up mile and a half! Cnmmauretta rXiillnrinn Allen Cain Margaret JturhJev Ml St Charlcote Mt Olga Star Firing net Cooeoler 103 Any Port Mi Ex-pe-Tat)oe Goldie 114 Weather clear track alow LAUREL PARK RESULTS First ilile and a sixteenth Troxato iU Olenansrit) SSW and KM woo: Casio i 111 (Buxton) S439 and 3t0 esomuj Tom Hancock MS (Liller) IA9 third Time ISA Kaydcroaeroa Third furelUns: three-year-olds: mile and 90 rarda xVirtet 112 xXorthenr Light 114 -it NoureiMin 109 tftw of Love Ml Volant Mi Cat-ton Ton Penny Rock KM xEthaa Allen MA Fourth Race Two-rearolda: six fnrlunaa Dodge George Smith 119 IVgv Rfin Shod US Mutimiv 1M Celandria King Keptuna UA St laidor MT I Anita Snnr 10A Fifth Selling: bandiean: all age: ix furlong Brave Cm na Trier lot Cnraiean Mt Borao M3 Rermnet 9 lYoeremive Chivrioe MA Sixth Sell in: three-rear olde and np: mile and an eighth Xapler 107 yMarnhon xHatry Lender M7 Yadeling Ahbottdmd Earl of Savoy Amhrnae l(d Stonehenge Cuttyhunk 103 xBal-frouf Bills Babs MA xAtmrentice allowance claimed McBride entry Wilaon Jr entry Weather cloudy truck hoary St Paul will play games Tuesday and probably Thursday Guthrie will have to win from Gordon Tuesday to win the shield in the north division Standing of tha teams and results of all games played off the past week STANDING OF TEAMS Nm-tfc Central Dlvlalen Won Lost Pet Maury 11 3 796 Mary 5est 10 I 769 Merrill 7 iwi Smith 0 Is 000 Maury 9 Merrill A nalnli Remaining gamea of schedule to be West vs Maur played Mary west vs Maury meet a youngster capable of giving him a in light considered a ring graduate has performed three times here and tn aach perform- "PHOTOPLAY HOUSES OK QlAUTli Attract urns for the Coming IVooIi At the Majestic Theatres rararamewraroraaaHiaHMMB I MAJESTIC NO 2 Opposite Hotel Oayoso SUNDAY AND ALL WEEK Manuel Boxnain Tenor of Columbia Record Fame Good programmes of pictures changed dally Admission 10c Children Sc NEW MAJESTIC NO 1 Next to Hotel GaYoeo SUNDAY Money Master" Five Reels Founded on Cleveland celebrated drama Battle Admission 10c Children 5c MONDAY AND TUESDAY Silent with Francis Bushman Admission 15c Children 5c WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY with Robert Edeson A Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature Admisalon 10c Children Sc FRIDAY AND SATURDAY The Wonderful with William Faraum Admission 15c Children 5c OLD MAJESTIC NO No 49 South Main SUNDAY Price of Her With Florence LaBadie Mary West vs Merrill Thursday Nnrtk Dlvlalen Won Lost Pet Guthrie 9 I 092 Gordon 9 IK Snowden 417 Pope 4 8 JB Gordon 6 Snowden 4 Gordon 12 Pope A Guthrie 9 Snowden -Quthrie 9 Pope A Remaining game of schedule to be played Guthrie vs Gordon Tuesday Guthrie vs Pope Thursday Gordon ve Snowden Thursday Enat Dlvlalen AOHMATIOn Madison Heights 13 Peabody Ienox I Idle wild Madison Heights 13 Lenox 0 Lenox IS Peabody 5 No further games Madison Heights champions Snntk Dlvlalen BY JACK LAW LOUISVILLE Ky Oct A splendid card a beautiful day and a big crowd wnlch kept tbe clerks of tho machine busy made an ideal racing day at the Downs today The Golden Rod 8takes wfee the feature event of the afternoon It woe a six-furlong dash for two-year-olds and although there were seven starters the race waa supposed to lie between Checks and Pocklchoo hut Milestone whldh had run some superb races In the seat In the early part of the summer took the lead of the field at the springing of the barrier and held it throughout the Journey cantering under the wire an easy winner by a couple of lengths Checks and Pocklchoo Doth made determined efforts to overhaul the flying leader but had to be content with place and show money respectively The machines paid the liberal odds of nearly to 1 on Milestone The two distance races one at a mile and an eighth and the other at a mile and thrq e-sixteenths attracted a big Play In the mile and an eighth event Lady Roths proved that she la one of the beat fillies In the country She made all the pace 'and held Llndenthal eafe for the entire Journey finishing an ettey winner by three lengths with water Witch landing the show money In the first sprint on the card a maiden race for two-year-olds at five and one-half furlongs Josfe made a show of her field and won by eight lengths pulled to a walk One of the most open 'betting races of the day was tbe third event when nearly all the horses tn the race secured some support bt the winner turned up in the good mudder Cash on Delivery from the stable of Livingston With the exception of the third race the first five dashes on the card were won in handy faehlon by the horses which finishes on front but the last two races on the programme brought the big audience to Its feet and it was only when the official numbers were hung up that the spectators knew which horse had won The sixth race was at a mile and three-sixteenths and five useful platers paraded to the barrier with the play In tne machines being pretty well distributed Bonanza and Transit rerelvlng enough support to make them slight favorites Just Sri or to the horsey going to post Hob mall who had the mount on Bonanza was taken down by tho Judges and Jockey Gentry was substituted In his place The race was a thriller Transit Lady pan-ehtta and Bonanza passing under tne wire In a driving finish Lady Panchlta held a lead of three lengths until the etreten was reached when Goose riding Transit admirably brought the son of Transvaal up and in a vigorous drive managed to nose out the lady at the wire Banonza finishing third The final race of the day furnished another exciting finish in which Commauretta-comlng from behind managed to get up in time to nip the "good thing" Harwooa at tho post by the narrow margin of a snout it was a close finish and the judges deliberated before hanging up the numbers There were a number of prominent Memphians hi the big audience Results: Flnrt Bate- Ftreand a half fttrioaaa Jode sad mm TeMt US 1 gjd wood! Helea Thniepeon JEW 3-- thud Time 1:11 nan of tha Slid ftaTimarra Btsthleaa Violet belay Mickle Motcnllti Little Mother end Mi RUnd eleo ns-Rerend Six fiirloo Roame dome 1M (tSooari lut KM and out won: firmer Hushes lri IWisri 090 and oat mnmd: IMm ft (Lo Faille) oat thiiri Time 1 Ji Koadsaator alao ran ThlM Raee-Mx hirinoes Cash on Delivery MS (Ja PaHl el lt 30 UM and ty won: Amazon UM (Gonaai CLIO aod 9141 eereod Buresri M9 (Hao-19 third Haa 134 fn an area ats For YOUR FRIENDS will admire the handsome Glasses I caa make for you -the fit of Frame the size of Lenses everything to coincide with the contour of the face- above all the correct fittiag of Glasses MEYER S3 MAIN BY Opposite Court Square la Crescent Jewelry Co SEE ME MAKE YOU SEE MONDAY AND TUESDAY lynt IRAN Admission 10c Children 5c Gynt with Cyril PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION Maude A KENTUCKY TURF TALK BY JACK SALLEE LOUISVILLE Ky Oct Kentuckians have enjoyed some of the best sport and worst luck of any fall season of recent tears In the Biuerrass State Close fln-uhN have maikcd the ei-ort at Doug'fcE Park and at Churchill Downs with tha form players usually having the runner-up Three horses stand out right now their respective divisions- They are Hodge winner of the Douglas Park Inaugural and the Louisville cup Prince Hermis winner of the Falls City handicap and Prince Harry the juvenile which has won a couple of lmpreaslvo races here Including a defeat of Big Smoke In a gruelling stretch run Hodge looks like the best handicap he rate In America now for any distance ranging from aix furlongs to a mile Weight apparently does net affect him He picked up 125 pounds in the Louisville cup and carried It two miles without a bobble Hia career has been an interesting one- He waa bred by Darden of Nashville Tenn and raced as a 2-year-old In Canada where he won 1A ricea Kay Spence grabbed him out of a selling race in the Dominion that summer There were half a dozen claims in tho box for the eon of Ivan the Terrible but Spei-ce ws lucky in the draw "Unde Marion says the "little red hoes' Prince Hermis is going to be a tough one to beat from now on and those who witnessed his race last Wednes-i cay when he eat Brlnghurst Vogue Iron Mask Pan Zaretta and a lot of other good ones In the Falls City handi- cep agrees with the veteran trainer from Illinois Prince Hermis now ranks high in the list of money winners for the year i Prince Hermis the only son of Hermis to show caliber like Hodge is good from six furlongs to a mile and a quarter He won a sprint race at Douglas Park near the cloee of the meeting at 9 to 1 and then was I to 1 a couple of days later at the Downs Despite hie tine record and consistency the public falls to make him the choice in poor company Stamper Jr probably haa the i beat juvenile In these parts At least Prince Harry has earned the title for the fall season In Louisvtllo He has taken the measure of the cracks here and apparently could do a little better In hie race agulnst Big Smoke he fouled the Bradley colt In the stretch by bumping him He then pulled up along aide Smoke and outgamed him In a battle to the wire Stamper Is of the opinion that he will make a fine router ana will point him next spring for the Kentucky derby Bulse the champion of these parts last spring has gone had In hie training and has been turned out until next spring i We Are Sole Agent For the Following Well-Known Lines Manila Rope Old 8tyle" Roofing 0JS "Ellers Jb Klauere" Steel Cell- General Fire Proofing Co Steel Lath Expanded Metal and Self Centering American Steel ft Wire and Plow Steel Rope "Parold Neponset Roofing Building Paper and Wall Board Graton "Neptune" and Leather Belt Monarch "New Century" and Crrtright Tin Shingles Gasoline Engines "Novo" Gasoline Engines Rolling Steel Doors -jack Frost" Babbitt Metal Hand and Push Cars and Velocipedes And Headquarters For Supplies For Railroads contractors engineers blacksmiths machinists mills factories Quarries mines tinners roofers Large Stocks- Low Prices Prompt Shipments Pidgeon Thomas Iron Co S4-S6 NORTH SECOND ST Iowa A venae and Mein St Memphis PILES CURED AT II0UE BY NEW ABSORPTION METHOD A Hill 21 Cummlnga A Riverside 4 A Hill A SMth Ccatral DIvlalM Won Lost Pet St Paul i IS 2 IS Lauderdals 7 5 533 Leath 4 9 Bruce 3 10 231 Bruce 9 Lauderdale A St Paul 3 Leath Remaining games to be played St Paul ua Lauderdale Tuesday St Paul to Lauderdale Thursday St Paul va Bruce Lauderdale vs Leath Should Lauderdale laae one game to St Paul the championship will be won by SL Paul SIWAKES IN WALKOVER SEWANEE Tenn Oct In the second game of the season Sewanee defeated the Morgan School of Fayetteville to A on Hardee Field this afternoon The renter weight of -Sewanee easily gave odds to the purple but the Morgan WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY A PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION featuring Carlyle Blackwell FRIDAY AND SATURDAY trith Lou Tellegen A PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION Admission 10c Children 5c EMPIRE NO 1 AND EMPIRE NO 2 The 5c Quality Theatres of Memphis Changing Programmes Daily MAJESTIC AMUSEMENT COMPANY Operating the Famous Majestic and Empire Theatres if you aulfer fruiu iutcuuw umbt Slind or protruding Piloa scud ms your ddroaa and I wllT tall you how to core -ourself at home by the new absorption reatmnnt and will also send some of (bln home treatment free for trial with references from your own locality If requested Users report Immediate relief and speedy cures Send no money but tell others of this offer Write today to lira Summers Bos Notre Dana tnd boys put up a particularly scrappy game Coach Cope used every man durtr game that waa sufficiently acqu with signals- Releases and Wortham at very man during fflcientTy acquali ace and Worthan SCHE0ED son CHIROrCCISTS will take moat of them to Nashville 6j the winter He plans a heavy mimw for his Juveniles In Kentucky next spruu He bos several by Great Hear quarter-played near perfect football MORE CANAL SLIDES NEW YORK Oct s'-Further elides In the Panama Canal today will delay the reopening of the waterway beyond Oct A the time set when the recent fall of earth occurred This news waa received by the Panama Railroad today Mi Parrish says the leg which filled appears good now bnt be la not taking any chances Francis Pons the Tennessee turfman is In Louisville for the meeting at the this Downs He is not racing anytl couple oy Judge dV right and offsprings other sires of nets Mr Pone is deep! lrterested In the nursery career of Juds Wright and believes tbe stalUoa wl Ftlu a splendid record Ml (LSI tEO fall but haa several nice yearlings which are being broken In all probability he.

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