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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
2
Two boxing rivals Turk and Gotch are matched for a main event in Chicago on April 14 with a purse of 10 000 dollars at stake. The bout highlights the program as the feature attraction for the announced card.
The Spartans dominated both contests as La Crosse failed to win either game. The visiting team controlled the pace with strong defense and decisive offensive runs.
A foreign heavyweight plans to wrestle barefoot and targets a bold challenge in the arena. The act signals a dramatic departure from standard practice and hints at a high profile showdown ahead.
Yussiff Mahmout the Turkish wrestler is set to face Frank Gotch in Chicago in mid April likely the 14th with a $10 000 purse split 60 40 in favor of the winner. Gotch also has a scheduled bout with Raouel de Rouen in Kansas City this month affecting dates. The match will be barefoot for Mahmout to counter Gotch. Meanwhile local high school girls and boys basketball teams suffered doubleheader losses to Sparta with close contests. Roddy and Jefferson starred for La Crosse and Sparta respectively.
Bloomington high school beat Prairie du Chien 43 to 28 in a return basketball game. Girls hosted supper and dancing at the Athletic club afterward. Local civic notes include exams for guard and attendant positions and a declamatory contest at the Metropolitan theater on March 12.
Advertisement for LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for colds. Druggists refund money if it fails. Includes Dr. E. W. Grove signature on each box and a 25 cent price.
Detroit Tigers manager Hughie Jennings spoke to the newsies in Detroit Michigan urging resilience. He advised picking a bat wisely facing the pitcher with resolve to make a hit and never counting a game lost until it ends, noting opportunities to continue play later.
Willus Britt announcing for Stanley Ketchel says Ketchel seeks a fourteen round bout with OBrien in New York or a six round match in Philadelphia. Britt offers Ketchel for a bout with Jack Johnson and notes Jeffries would not be ready to fight for about a year.
Boston Americans join the spring training camp at Hot Springs Ark with others expected tonight and tomorrow. A recent game saw the Americans defeat a Nationals squad 13 to 5 as Wild Bill Donovan and Bob Ewing pitched until the fifth inning and Bell of Brooklyn was hit hard for ten hits.
Two junior bouts headlined by Eddie Wallace versus Mattie Baldwin and Johnny Coulon against Joe Coster take place in Brooklyn. Coulon will fight at 115 pounds, first time above 110 pounds, with both bouts billed as spirited city showdowns.
Rev. H. Rabe of Monona and Rev. G. F. Epp assisted in recent meetings at East Man and Dutch Ridge. A revival series begins at Zion church this week starting at 7 30 oclock each evening.
Mrs. J. D. Chapman of Moline, 80, widow of James Chapman, daughter of John Deere, and sister of Charles H. Deere, faces a breach of promise suit for 150000 filed by Dr. Kirk Stanley of New York City. The case has lingered nearly eighteen months with no trial in sight.
Al Draper proprietor of the Alamo saloon on the Salem road died of delirium tremens at La Crosse hospital around midnight Friday. He had been ill only a few days before his condition worsened and led to his death late Friday night. He had long been active in local business and owned the Alamo saloon for the past year and a half. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
President Henry Rooney of the A Crosse baseball club continues to sign players. C Herlihon of Elgin Ill will play if he proves himself. Herlihon is a pitcher who played in the St. Louis trolley league last season. Edward Day, a semi pro infielder from Odanah Wis, also signed. No contracts yet as to league status or terms.
Chicago March 1 Hugo Kelly and Stanley Ketchel have been practically matched for a fight before Jim Coffroth's club in San Francisco. The purse size is not known but is believed to be substantial. Ketchel had been reluctant to meet Kelly but promptly accepted when details were relayed to his manager Willus Britt.
Chicago March 1 James J Jeffries retired heavyweight champion travels through Chicago for a brief stage intro at a local theater before continuing to New York for his first vaudeville appearance Offers of large purses for a fight with Johnson keep arriving but Jeffries seems satisfied with earnings from twenty weeks on the road
Manager Chance leads a small champion squad from Chicago on a training trip to West Baden marking the start of the Cubs season. The group includes only pitchers and catchers with one or two veteran fielders in tow as they begin the campaign for another National league pennant.
E F Baldwin known as Lucky Baldwin has been unconscious since Friday in Arcadia California. Attending doctors are keeping him alive with frequent injections of saline solution to sustain his condition amid mounting concern from friends and medical staff.
Police arrested William J. Lynch and Anna Wolf after an investigation into a scam selling subscriptions for a supposed magazine Paris Modes. The pair offered a free pair of scissors with each yearly 25 cent subscription and were to have a county court hearing before Judge Brindley. Receipts and magazine samples were found. It is unclear if the scheme is legitimate.
Wireless telegraphy tested on a Lake Shore train from Buffalo to Cleveland demonstrates feasibility for railroad use. The experiment, costing about six dollars per minute, shows trains can be controlled remotely with no flag signals. Fred Sammis of the Marconi Wireless company sent and received the first messages while the train hit about seventy miles per hour near Girard, Pennsylvania.
Miss Ellen Shellito of Crossville Tennessee was rescued from under a streetcar by lawyer Alex Mackel of Butte Montana. He invited her to dinner, proposed, and they married within two hours for a record speed wedding in Seattle. A writer allegedly delayed them briefly at the table.
Germania basketball team defeated Co. B 42 to 12 in a fast Friday night game at Germania hall. Y M C A beat W B U 17 to 16 in an exciting contest.
A concise maxims note contrasts pleasure with habit stating that repeated indulgence drains enjoyment as pleasure turns habitual and loses immediacy. The aphorism warns against habitual overindulgence.
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