Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 35, 13 December 1908 — Page 3

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIU3I AXD SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1908.

WISE BROTHERS

IT ALL Await Opportunity to Get in Knock at All Sports Played Here. WRESTLING THE LATEST. ACTIONS OF "KNOCKERS" HAVE DONE MUCH TO MAKE RICHMOND CITY ONE THAT 18 SHUNNED BY ALL ATHLETES. By Tort. And now the wrestling gams Is "crooked" and "fixed." At least we are so assured by a number of Johnny Wises who have made Richmond, naturally a good sporting town, a place dreaded by athletes of all kinds and discriptlons." em Polo league were giving the people of Indiana the classiest variety of this great winter sport and Richmond was represented by the best team in the league, the Wise Brothers patroled the streets of this community, holding you up on street corners and button-holing you in public places, always telling you the same tale, accompanied crafty looks and knowing winks, "I tell you this polo game is crooked and the games are fixed so that all the teams will be in the running." No doubt you distinctly remember this tale the Wises wore to a threadbare. Bate Ball Suffered. Then you will remember Richmond's league base ball experiment. Good base ball, for the class, was served up to the fans in this city and in other towns In the I. O. league and every effort was made to run the league in an honest, sportsmanlike manner. That made no difference to the Wise Brothers. Once more they ot out their little trip hammers and the echo of their resounding raps were heard all over the community." The game is like a hunchback crooked," they Bald. "The smaller towns - are given the best teams so they will draw well. This player and that player on our team would sell out for a nlckle. etc., . etc." Then base ball went the way of polo. This winter wrestling was introduced here. It is a game that can be easily fixed and operated crooked, but a person with ordinary horse sense could see that the promoters were making an effort to treat the public squarely. Good sport has been offered and the patrons of the matches have gotten" their moneys worth, but the Wise Brothers at fall times . had their field glasses out looking for an opening. They thought they perceived it Friday evening when LaSalle made an unfortunate decision and declared Demetral the winner on a fall which he, apparently, did not deserve. "The game is crooked. Charlson is a grafter," yelped the Wise Brothers. "Why then, if the game was fixed, did Olson kick up such a rumpus that the police had to take a hand in the game. Why in the privacy of their dressing room did Olson, in his rage over(the decision, threaten to assault Demetral and why did Demetral turn loose on Olson a torrent of language more heated than eloquent?" was asked the Wise Brothers. "That scene was all for effect. It as part of the plan. Olson and De metral played their parts well but we saw through it all," they responded . with one of, those comprehensive winks. And there you are.

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Big Indoor Moot to Bo Held In Now York Doc. 19. Plans lor the big meet to be run under the auspices of the College of the City of New York in New York Dec. 19 are well omder way, and It is now certain the best of the country's athletes will be in competition. The feature of the games will be a 600 yard scratch event, in which Harry Hillman of the New York Athletic club will measure strides with Harry Gisslng. the great middle distance runner; Charlie Bacon, the hi-o of the 400 meter hurdle event at the I-ondon Olympiad; Jim McKntee, the Mercury footer who recently surprised the experts with his wonderful speed, and W. C. Bobbins of Boston, who will wear the winged foot and the colors of the Twenty-third New York regiment. Although Sheppard has not yet sent in his entry, it is expected he will do so. John Taylor, the great colored runner of the University of Pennsylvania and the Irish-American Athletic club, has signified his intention of returning to the game. With these men on the mark the race should be one of the greatest ever held in America, and it -would not be surprising to see Burke's long standing 600 yard record of 1 minute 11 seconds go by the board. E. H. Montague of the London Athletic club recently equaled the record, and it now in up to the Yankees to put the figures where no Briton can reach them. Other competitions will not be lacking in interest. It is planned to have Robertson, Keating, Ekman. Claughen and other sprinters meet in a special seventy yard dash. A special four mile limited handicap has been added for the distance men. POLO LEAGUE OPENS SEASON First Games Will Be Played Wednesday Night at Coliseum. THREE TEAMS ORGANIZED FOURTH TEAM WILL BE MADE UP BEFORE FIRST CONTESTSMANY SEMI-PROFESSIONALS ARE IN THE LINEUP By Tort. On Wednesday evening the City Po lo league will open its season that is providing a fourth team is organized in time. Several days ago the league was organized with four teams, the Carmans, the Greeks, the Empires and the Smiths. Last week the Smiths disbanded for some unknown cause and for a time the life of the league was threatened. However, expert polo expert doctors rushed to the assistance of the dying organization and hopes for its recovery are entertained. Bob Graham has undertaken the job of collecting a fast team and have it ready for the opening of the season. Until this team is secured the schedule cannot be given out. The following are the lineups of the three teams now composing the organization: Greeks Marine, rush; Allison, rush; Fetzer, center; Haas, half back; Snaveley, goal. Carmans Sharp, rush; Bulla, rush; Newman, center; Karns, half back; Lancaster, goal. Empires Nolan, rush; Clark, rush; Jones, center; Oesting, half back; Cromer, goal. These teams are composed of the majority of the best semi-professional players in the city and the lovers of

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MAM FIGHTERS AFRAID OF Johnson Has a Rabbit's Foot And Gans Carried a Pocketpiece. QUEER SUPERSTITIONS. MANY FIGHTERS REFUSED TO SIGN ARTICLES OR FIGHT ON FRIDAY, WHILE THERE ARE "JONAH" SECONDS. It is often said that pugilists, like gamblers and sailors, are superstitious. The colored fighters are particularly so, for some of them have been known to back out of a contest at the last moment because they ran up against some bad omen. Big Jack Johnson, who is matched to fight Tommy Burns, never enters the ring before hiding a rabbit's foot in the colors he wears around his waist. Joe Gans always puts a lucky pocket silver piece, wnich he won in his first mill, in his belt just as he climbs through the ropes. Joe Walcott once a giant-killer, never failer to have a miniature horseshoe tucked away in his treechclout. John L. Sullivan in all of his battles, wore a pair of green trunks, in the belt of which was a talisman, which his mother gave him when he first" entered the professional arena. Game Jack Dempsey, the Nonpareil, would not agree to tackle the easiest kind of a mark unless he had- on his famous black tights in which he won some sixty battles. But the tights lost their magic charm the night that Fitzsimmons knocked Dempsey out and also broke his heart. Charley Mitchell, the former Engish champion, had a mortal fear of meeting a cross-eyed woman on the day or night of a fistic encounter in which he engaged. He always insisted that such a woman meant sure defeat. The night he was to meet Sullivan for the second tim in Madison Square Garden, Mitchell met a cross-eyed, red haired woman in Fifth avenue and almost collapsed. He dashed back around the corner at top speed, crosspolo are assured good sport throughout the season. Games will be played twice a week, double-headers every Wednesday and Friday evenings. The Carmans will play several out of town teams throughout the season. This outfit has already arranged to play at Elwood Christmas afternoon, and ev ening.

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GIRLS IN "A KNIGHT FOR A DAY." ing his fingers several times. '"She nailed me with her bad eye," he wailed, "and I'm under a bloomin' spell, I'm sure:" Sullivan, as it turned out, was in no condition to go to the Garden and there was no fight. "It was that infernal cross-eyed woman that queered the whole show:' exclaimed Mitchell as he left the Garden in disgust, for he believed that he had John L. out of shape and was readyto beat the big fellow down and out. Bob Fitzsimmons is a believer in dreams. Long before he won the championship from Corbett at Carson City, he', predicted the victory. He said that he had a dream in which he won decisively. Fitz has since declared that he never won a fight in his life without having first a lucky dream. Fitz , also had what he said was a charm that protected him from harm. It was the tip of a kangaroo's ear. and the Cornishman wore it beneath his tfelt in all of his ring battles. There are a great many pugilists who refuse to sign articles of agreement or to fight on a. Friday, "hangman's day," they call it. Among them are Tommy Burns, Jimmy Britt, Abe Attell, Billy Mellody, Dick Hyland, Kid Goodman. Sailor Burke, Packey McFarland, Owen Moran, rffll Papke, Hugo Kelly, and Battling Nelson. Deep-sea sailors always have a fear of Friday and often refuse to leave-port on that day. Some fighters are superstitious in regard to "Jonah" seconds. They dodge the handlers who have been be-! hind losers. Some seconds seem to have a streak of bad luck, and as a result they find it a difficult matter to get a job behind a good man. In some cases unexpected seconds are preferred to "Jonahs." John L. Sullivan seldom acted as an adviser or a second that his man did pot lose. He was behind Dempsey when Fitz beat him; behind Mike Cleary when Mitchell bested him; with Joel Skelly when he lost to George Dixon; with Joe Lannon when he was defeated by George Godfrey; with the late Spider Weir when he was knocked out by Australian Billy Murphy, and behind Peter Maher when Fitz put him away the first time at New Orleans. Sullivan, like many other fighters, is a poor picker of winners. Tommy Burns likes nothing better than to find a horseshoe when training for a battle. The horseshoe has made a hit with other pugs too, who usually nail one over the door of their training quarters. Meeting a funeral is always regarded as a direful thing by pugilists. Sullivan met a funeral the day he was beaten by Corbett at New Orleans, and he said then and there that he would meet his Waterloo. Other boxers are superstitious about lucky and unlucky corners in the ring. Some of them always try to enter the ring first so that they can secure what they believe is the "lucky chair." It has often been the case that in a dispute over the favorite corner the matter has been settled by the turn of a com. saaaBPcaa

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a .V THEATRICAL CALENDAR. GENNETT. Harrison Bros. Minstrels Dec. 14. "A Knight for a Day" Dec. 17. NEW PHILLIPS. Vaudeville all week. "A Knight for a Day." "A Knight for a Day" one of the musical comedy successes , of recent seasons, is the attraction at the Gennett for Thursday, Dec. 17. The cast of seventy, including Miss May Yokes remains the same as the one that pre sented it at ' Wallack's theater. New York, for practically an entire season The production in late May opened in Boston whore it has been playing to the same steadily crowded audiences that have marked its career from its beginning two years ago in Chicago, where at the Whitney theater, it consummated a run of 607 nights. Uproarious fun in irresistible, comic situations and rare charm in its girly ensembles and its stage pictures are accredited elements making for its sensational success. A score, too, said to be among the most musical of recent years, is another noticeable feature. Miss Yokes appears in one of her characteristic slave roles, the part, however according to broad concession surpassing the laugh qualities of each of her other "servant lady" types. Girly ensembles includes the Sweet Girl Graduates, The Merry Madcaps. The See-Saw Flirts, The Corsican Belles, The Stage Door Coquettes, The Candle Light Girls and The Grand Opera coryphees. Song hits include "The Little Girl in Blue." "Life is a See-Saw." "The Garden of Dreams," "Hurrah, Hurray and Hurroo for That." "Whistle as yon Walk Out," "What Fools We Mortals Be" and "I'd Like Another Situation Just Like That." Robert B. Smith wrote the score of the piece and Raymond Hubbell composed the score. The staging is Augustus Sohlke's. Vaudeville. "The Eventful Honeymoon" by Francis Hoyt and company at the New Phillips this week is said to be one of the funniest of the uproarious class of one act plays. Despite the uproarious part of the recommendation, it is said to be devoid of any slap stick brands of humor. The Hoyt company is capable of putting on a vaudeville sketch. It is well equipped in dramatic and musical lore. "The Finish of Mr. Fourflush" a satirical farce by Robisch and Childress, is another skit that will be seen this week. It lends itself particularly to the abilities of the pair which present it. Letton, the clown, who has warmed up many a crabbed heart, will appear in a monologue role. He should prove to be one of the greatest of personal attractions of the season. The curtain raiser, Herbert and Vance, in a musical act, is a turn of cleverness. These people do the impossible by getting music from a concertina and from a guitar. Moving pictures, of the high grade that always make this house popular, and illustrated songs, complete the bill. EARLHIMJETS MEET Next I. C. A. L. Track Contest To Be Held on Reid Field. BUTLER MAY JOIN LEAGUE. Earlham will entertain the next field and track meet of the I. C. A.. Lion Reid field. This was the welcome announcement made last night by Manager Hancock who has just returned from a meeting at Indianapolis. Not only was it decided that the field meet should be held in Richmond but that the state tennis meet will also be held at Earlham preceeding the track meet. The colleges that are represented in this meet are Rose Polytechnic, Wabash, Earlham, Indiana State Normal, Hanover and Franklin. Butler was represented at the meeting. Special rules were explained in regard to the eligible men and It was decided by the Butler representative to make application for entrance at the next meeting of the officers of the I. C. A. L. It seems that Butler is somewhat loath about joining the league as a number of the most promising candidates for the track team are not taking the required twelve hours work in school. It is expected that this difficulty will be overcome and that Butler will eventually apply for admission to the league. Ton may abuse your enemy, yonr friend and jour kin and possibly escape punisluB-nt, bat if yon , abase your stomach you will sooner or later have to account for IL No matter how good your stomach may be, it will not stand for a base. A tc bison filabev ; '

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