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1 FIGHTERS DRAW COLOR LINE I Sometimes from Prejudice and Often for Conrenience. I JEFF, CORBETT AND FITZ DIDTT ' ( kjnhm I. SnlllTaa, Ketchel, MeFerland, herkey, MeOr Tapke mnn ft Tkow "Wh Hare Johnson' recent victory over T mmy Burns, which, for the first time I In the history of pugilism, earned tha tills jof heavyweight champion of tha world for ia negro, has revived talk by several ring stars of "drawing tha color line." While aom pugilists havw never permitted them selves to fight a colored man, notably John I Sulltvsn. Tom BharVey, Stanley Ketchet, Tacky MeFarland, Kid MeCcy and Bill rafke, others hav used the "color line" simply as a matter of convenience snd rot. as a result of race prejudice. Many fighters with louej ring records have met negroes on ona or two occasions ond only then when bouts with them were necessary to help them advance in point of fame and fortunn. The fact that Oeorge Dixon, Joe Gans and Joe Walcott held the featherweight, lightweight and welterweight championships of the world respectively for long periods made It Im perative on numerous Occasions for white bf xers to cross arms with them. Jeff Met Several Ileges. Jeffries says he will not fight the negro ! Johnson because he has retired perma nently from the boxing game. Jeff also .declares that Burns never should have al lowed a colored man to fight for the heavyweight title and that when he (Jeff was a champion he firmly drew the line. But the records show that even Jeffries foinht negro boxers on three occasions Peter Jackson, Hank Griffin and Bob JArmstrong. Jackson was all In, a physl- U-al wreck, so to speak, when Jeff, then ,'an aspirant for championship honors. knocked him out In three rounds. It was Billy Delaney, who now says that ihs man Al Kaufman never can meet a negro, especlallly Jtohnson, who brought (Jeffries to New Tork for the first time. 1 and when Tom O'Rourke's Jjenox Athletic club hung up a purse for Jeff to atop two i men, Bob Armstrong and eteve O'Donnell, i In ten-round bouts In the same ring, there I was no such prejudiced wall from Do llaney. Jeffries weighed all of 245 pounds then and never had been seen In the east 'before. Armstrong was a big black fel- low who had been used by O'Rourke as a i rial norse ror Tom enaricey. Jeffries couldn't atop Armstrong In the required limit, and when It came time for (him to put O'Donnell to the. test the boiler ymakar said that his thumb had been 'sprained or broken and that he could not I proceed with the Australian. Jeffries' (pleasant experience with Armstrong prob ably made him sore on the negro race, particularly because the crowd guyed him unmercifully, and It's also Just a chance that when Jack Johnson knocked the day lights out of Jeffs brother Jack, the big x-champlon saw the handwriting on the ,wall. Corbet t and Color Line. Jim Corbett also drew the color line fwhen he held the championship, but there I wasn't a colored heavyweight (in those jdays who could figh( a little bit. Joe Walcott. the Giant Killer, was ready to (f ight Corbett at the drop of the hat, but 1 Corbett said: "No, I cannot fight a colored man! It twould not be proper while I am the cham jplon!" But before Jim was champion he fought Feter Jackson sixty-one rounds to -draw. Bob Kltuslmmons steered clear of negro .pugilists, although he defeated the Black 'Tearl In 1891 and two years ago he per tmlttod Johnson to Jolt him out of his senses I for a few moments In two rounds. Fits (always said, however, that a white man Awhile holding a ring title should never al 'luw.a negro to meet him In the ring. John 1 Sullivan never really fought a i negro, but he was willing to tacle Peter IJackaon for a time at least. In fact ar ticles were signed for a mill, but at the last moment 8ulltvan drew the color line. Sullivan's example was pronounced a good ione by persona who do not like the negro rare and also set a precedent, although the i records show that a negro never met a white man for the title until Johnson made Jlurns look like an ice wagon. s JokiMS aad the Whites. Johnson has met some notable white fighters who were not ready to draw the line at a moment'a notice. Among them were George Gardner of Liowell, who was beaten by Johnson on a decision at the end of twenty rounds; Marvin Hart, who ,srot a verdict over Johnson at the finish of a. similar bout; Jack Munroe, the Butte miner, who had a few minutes In which to Imagine that he was a real pugilist; Jim Flynn, who was knocked cold in eleven rounds, and Fltsstmmons, who was put away In two rounds. Joe Walcott met more white men than any other negro boxer on record. He was under the management of Tom O'Rourke, av master mind In the handling of pugilists, when he met such fighters as Tommy West, Tom Tracey, Mike Harris. Dick 'O'Brien, Austin Gibbons, Kid Lvlgne, Mysterious Billy Smith, George Green, Kid McPartland, Australian Jim Ryan, Dan , Creadon, Charley Johnson, Dick Moore, i Joe Choynski, Bill Han r aha n, George Gard ner, Kid Carter, Philadelphia Jock O'Brien, 'Billy Mellody, Jimmy Gardner, Mike Dono van and others. Joe Gaua, former lightweight champion of the world, alao faced numerous whito pugilists .of note. Including Young Griffo ilal Hawkins. Mike Leonard, Stanton Abbott. Kid McParland, Jack Daly, Polder Kelly, George McFadden, Billy Ernst, Spike Sullivan. Frank Krno, Terry McGovern, Martin Flaherty, Willie Fitzgerald, James Biltt. Mike (Twin) Sullivan, Willie Lewis, Harry Lewis, Spike Robson, Rudolph Vn- j liols and Battling Nelson. Many Meet Bat Oae. Abe Attcll, the American featherweight champion has met but one negro Dixon. They fought two draw battles, one of ten rounds and another of twenty, while in a third encounter Attell won on a decision In fifteen rounds. Phlladelpha Jack O'Brien has tackled many colored boxers. Including Bobby Dubbs, Young Peter Jackson, Frank Craig, the Harlem Coffee Cooler, Wolcott. George Byera, Joe Butler. Dixie Kid, Black Hill, ,arry Temple, Morris Harris and Jack Blackburn. Gans la the only dusky fighter that Brltt and Nelson have ever met. while McGov ern a sole colored opponent was Dixon, from whom Terry wrested the featherweight title. Young Corbett, who won the honors from McGovern, alao confined Ills bouts with negroes to Dixon, who was also the vnly colored maa that Owen Moran ever tackled. Jem Drlscoll, the English featherweight champion, met Dixon, but has drawn the line against Other colored ring stars. Hugo Kelley who fought a draw with Bill Papke recently, has fought only one negro, Harry Peppers, and that was several years ago. Among the white boxers who have mixed It up with Sam Lang ford K are Young Qrlffo. Charley Johnson, Tiger Smith. Jeff Thome and Jim Barry. Laugford has bad the color Uue drawu on him repeatedly, probably because of Ms boasted prewneea. While Jack (Twin) Sullivan has barred ooenred men, his brother Mike has not been eo exokattre, for he has squared off against Bellfleld WaJoott, Jack Blackburn and Joe Oans. Or1ff Jack O'Brien, Billy Smith and Tommy West are among the comparatively small number of white men who have been Inside the ropes with young Feter Jackson. Sons Fimoii Black Fighters. Though Jack Jackson Is the first negro to In the heavyweight championship of the world, colored pugilists have won fame In the ring for many year Feter Jackson, In his prime, was believed by many to be the greatest fighter In the world, but he never got the chance to fight Sullivan for the heavyweight title. Johnson and Jack son can be put down aa the best colored heavies" that ever drew on a glove. Bam Langford, the Boston negro. Is a wonderful middleweight, the equal If not the superior of Ketchel, Papke and Kelly, the best White men In that class. For many years Joe Walcott, who was as black as Ink, was the recognised welter weight champion, while Joe Gana, until Battling Nelson lowered his colors, was the best lightweight In the world. Probably ring followers will never see a greater featherweight than the late George Dixon, "Little Chocolate," who was not only a wonderful pugilist, but a sportsman. Jack Blackburn, with Oans In retirement Is the best colored lightweight In the ring, ire also can put In a Just claim for the welter weight title. HEWS- OF THE BUSYl XTTZPATRICK SIZES UP JOHNSON How Champion's Manager Expressed Himself Before llreest Mill. "The Burns-Johnson match has been talked of a great deal by the pugilists themselves," said Bam Fltxpatrlck, the new champion's manager, a few days before the mill In Sydney took place. "It started In 'Frisco and, though at one time things looked within very little of being clinched, the Fates or something else ordained other wise. I've known Johnson more or less during the last ten years, but I have been more closely associated with him for two years now. "You want to know about this fight with "Sailor Burke In America? Well, that's easily told. Burke fought as Tug Wilson did with John I Sullivan In New York years ago. He was more often down than up fell at every opportunity when hit. He wanted to laat thoae six rounds somehow. I suppose Burke hit the boards twenty three or twenty-four times. "When Johnson fought Fltsslmmons Bob let a few weighty punches go, and had anyone of them landed Jack would have been hurt, I tell you, but he was too clever. Fits tried the same shift with Johnson that brought Corbett down, but It didn't work. No. none considered Fits a dead one; all thought he had a chance. But Johnson put him out easily. "Then there was Jim Flynn. They boomed him as a sure trip up for John son's reputation. He was going to do everything to Jack, and the sports put their money on him freely. They said Jack had a yellow streak, and all that sort of thing. But Flynn was not only a punch ing bag, but he never put a glove on John son. Jack has no yellow In him. He's dead game, aa you'll see when he begins his fight with Burns. "Kid Cutler was a big husky lad. John I Sullivan's sparring partner, and they said he was a wonder. He stood as Ull i as Peter Felix, but was broader nnd heavier. You know how Johnson settled that contract In a round. Punches? Johnson has a whole heap of them, a beautifully variety, and they are all handy, like a good workman's tools when opportunity offers. Jack's a general in tha ring, too. It all, of course, depends on circumstances, but he Isn't anxious to go in blind-eyed and begin to wallop di rectly any referee calls time. "Like a good tactician he gets an Idea of the enemy's methods and power first and then he acts accordingly. In this re spect he is very much like good old Peter Jackson used to be. He works for weeks ahead. Besides he Is as quick aa a light weight and has everything- that goes to make a fighter. ."I want to tell you before I forget it that Johnson did something In London that no other boxer ever had done before. He worked the halls right through the summer and broke records In some of the houses. Yea, he went to Paris and completely burned up the town with exhibitions. We scooped a big sum during Dublin Horse show week. "That story about Jack being extended by a Queensland amateur heavyweight on the trip here from Europe is all poppycock. Someone has been bulling the reporters. Jack sparred with anybody who would take him on and treated them all gently. There was no extending and no knockout, nor anything within a long distance of It. "Is Johnson as good as Jackson? Now you're asking a question that Is not easy to answer. It is very . hard, indeed, to Judge between the man of today and the man of years ago, but I feet sure there isn't much difference one way orHhe other. Johnson stoops a bit, while Peter stood well up to get full advantage of his height, Jackson would have nothing but straight punching, while Johnson has all sorts of effective hooks and uppercuts. "I think 1 can say with truth that while to a certain extent Jackson went about attaining a particular object one way, Johnson gets there Just as surely through slightly different tactics. Like Jackson, jonnaon takes no risks. He is a safe fighter. You know Jackson's left wanted a lot of getting over. Well, I think John son's Is as good. , -will jack knock Burns out? Well, I can't say that for sure, but Burns will have all he wants after twelve rounds, I NO CHALLENGE FROM UPTON America Yachtsmen Disappointed by Sir Thomas. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Many yachtsmen are disappointed because no challenge baa been received for a race for the America's cup In 19(4). According to the deed of gift governing the conditions under which race for this old-time trophy may be held ten months' notice in writing Is necessary to bind the bargain for a race. The time limit in which a challenge could have been sent expired on December 30. The chal lenglng club and the New York Yacht club may take advantage, however, of the clause In the deed of gift which reads that they "may, by mutual consent, make any ar rangement satisfactory to both as to the dates, courses, number of trials, rules and sailing regulations, and any and all other conditlona of the match, in which case also the ten months' notice may be waived." This clause waa brought Into play before when Sir Thomas I.ipton gave shorter no tii a by con bum. and it may be used again if ha or some other challenger meane busi ness. It was hoped by eome that after the recent ratification by the New York Yacht club of the change in the racing rules re lating to measurement, as adopted by the Atlantic coast conference. Sir Thomas would send another challenge, but his friends here say that his doubt about how the New York Yacht club would receive It has caused him to retire for the present from further efforts to "lift" the cup. V i r . i . !-'r ' r-T.;' .;. .r-r. y is.-- a ' .-1 I II li iii . i v---i mm x - . tnatnu minim "t '; OAiotavevrow-tr , :::V"vriJ li 3 IS -- t Mtt KITCHEN ft 1 1 m ta TTz.t4M SOS. cost 7.ooo CRICK vtrtr UirRRYi! PORCH, IIVIMq"?B.OOS 3 sa. it TSICTICO il.HI-rt-CT MtM r-TO iI s -O aeon - i f e hi ' J i V - . n J S 1 I CHAMBER. et-WSrARE-R . I e' i to" 1 1 tffl I HALL, I BeTH pi j in ii n. I I dB I CHAaMwTlcHA-UJE.a 1 y is.. o ; b - room ... i " - , R SMaaeia A aeqcv-ic . floojz Homes For Special Places Arthur C. Clausen, Architect, Your opinion Is all rlniit if you can get the right people to Uidorse it. When designing a home, It has become customary through habit to consider It as being for a level city lot. The grade of the lot Is seldom considered as having any thing to tdo with the style or designs of the house, much less dictating what that style should be. Still, It Is a fact. that the grade of a lot and its situation reference to' its surroundings often has considerable to do with the planning and designing of It. Take for a simple example, the mere fact that a house Is on the north, south, east or west side of the street this has consider able to do with the arrangement of the floor plans. The living room should, of course, in each case face either east or south, and both ways If possible. This Is why a. house, facing north is the hardest to plan. A house on a corner lot would, of course, be planned somewhat different than one on an Inside lot since it has an open view on two streets. A northwest corner lot, giving a south and east exposure to the house, is therefore the most desirable for a city home. The size of tho lot, more especially Its width, has considerable to do with the arrangement of the plan and right here the evergood advice might be repeated. ' "Never place a good house on a cheap' lot." Pay a little more for your lot and then watt a year longer If neces sary before building. No matter how com plete and comfortable you build your home, you will In time become, dissatisfied with It If the surroundings are not In keeping with It and your neighbors unin teresting. No lot should be less than forty five feet wide and fifty feet . would be a better minimum. Be sure the lot Is wide enough to get the house you want on It. The foregoing remarks apply only to the level city lot. There Is snother claBS of lots found In suburban or fine residence districts whose locations have much to do with the planning of the home. They can be conveniently placed In four classes. The lot which slopes forward to the street; the lot which has a pronounced slope from one side to the other; the lot which slopes downward from the street and the com paratively level lot at the top of a hill, commanding a beautiful outlook over the city or surrounding country. The hardest lot to fit a house to of these four situations is the lot which slopes downward from the street. Many designers often give up In despair when trying to design a home ap propriate for their difficult location and consider the design as being for a level lot, merely letting the foundation be visible for a. greater distance In the rear than at' the front. The problem Is not, how ever, a difficult one if the owner does not express a decided preference as to what the style of the houae should be, for a colonial cr gambrel roofed house would never fit a lo cation of this kind In a becoming manner The style mose appropriate Is the Kngllsh domestlo style, for this style can be more easllv varied and manipulated by a com petent designer than any other. The Kng llsh have reduced the appropriateness of a home to Its location to a fine art and from them we can often obtain valuable suggestions on the proper locations of homes. An Englishman's home Is not alone the houae It Is the house and gardens he needs no porch for he lives in his gar den when out of doors and both sre de signed together, each supplementing the other. For these reasons, an Kngllsh home becomes the other two hillside locations mentioned, more epproprlately than any other style. When tho lot slopes up from front to rear and the Incline Is not ex treme, a colonial home can be placed upon It If carefully Meslgned. Of course In each of these Instances, a colonial home can be plaoed upon the lot by artificially terracing it to make a level lot of at Uaat a portion of It. but the method should never be adopted , except where the owner de sires are Imperative or the slope is too steep to consider any other expedient. The finest location for a house Is a com paratively level lot at the crest of a hill. There are two things toward which the American eeems to aspire more than any Iking eUe-one Is to get as high in the air THE BEE'S PLAN OFFER Through a special arrangement with Mr. Clausen, The Omaha Bee is able to offer its readers tho complete plum, details and specifications of the home Illustrated on this page without chauge for $10. Mr. Clausen is the author of a well Illustrated book, "Home Building Plans and Problems," con taining besides many designs for mod ern homes and extensive articles on home building, over 130 designs lor entrances, tireplaces, picturesque groups of windows, stairways, kitchen and pantry arrangements, etc. Spe cial price to readers of The Bee, iO cents. Send all orders to Arthur U. Clausen, architect. Btudlo, 1013 Lum ber Kxchange, Minneapolis, Minn. as possible and the other to cover the ground when traveling as fast as possible. At present these tendencies cannot be con sistently related, since one cannot go up hill as fast as on the' level, but the air ship may overcome this obstacle. A high hill or bluff with a level plateau at the top and some easy means-of ascending Is Ideal In every respect. Besides the pleasure to the eye of distant views, the nit is always fresh and cool. A prominence of this description gives one a feeling of Independence. Surely one Is like the fcinglish lord, "master of all I survey," so far as tho pleasures of sight are con cerned. Without a doubt the most appro priate and beautiful home for a location of this kind Is a colonial house with a two-story portico faced In the direction having the most commanding view. There Is something about a two-story portico that makes It a natural part of a home Is a prominent position. When one comes In contact with a portico of tall columns he Instinctively turns to see "what the house la looking at." This Is quite natural, for were not the columned temples of ancient Greece and Rome all built upon hills? The house illustrated at the head of this article Is designed to meet the requirements of a hill-top home, having considerable grounds about It. It can, of course, be placed upon a level lot I" any location, but will look the Jiest if pla l In a high, com manding location. It is planned for a family who will go In and out by the driveway more than by the front entrance. As planned, it should face east, With -the dining room on the south. This places the kitchen and family porch on the shady side of h house. By reversing the plan It could, of course, be made to suit a west front location. . The construction of their home Is very simple, which means a saving in cost. It Is of pure colonial detail, and, while the motif of the design Is not new. It Is so proportioned and detailed that It bears little resemblance to many homes of similar design that erroneously pass for colonial homes. It takes something more to make a colonial homo besides whito paint and columns. TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Good Business Done, Although Week Generally Second Poorest. HARBISON DELVES INTO PAST Discovers that December, 1'ebrssry or January Always Shows Low est Total Transfer of Any Twelve Months. There was no change ofiered the last week for the pessimistic as to Omaha Real estate conditions if there are any such to gain ground for worrying. The volume of transfers was fair for any week in the year and decidedly good for a week when It Is almost Impossible to get most business men to think anything other than taking In ventory. In fact, there is only one worse week in the year and that is the seven days Intervening between Christmas and. -New Years. la addition the cold weather had an un doubted influence In a negative way. The cold snap did, of course, profit coal men and retailers of heavy wearing apparel, but It did not tend to make men leave com fortable offices to cunfer with realty agents. These antagonistic factors taken Into con sideration, the week may fairly be said to have been extremely good. There was a time, however, for Interested men to discuss the question of advertising concentration and a decision on this point will probably be reached at next Wednes day's meeting of the Real Estate exchange. Sentiment on' the question seems to be favorable to concentration on the part of those who do the must advertising and who would effect the greatest saving thereby. of such a problem Is the building of many additional small residences and flats. The advertising proposition is only equalled In interest with the question of rents and to the statements that there Is lack of a sufficient number of houses or apartments for people of rather moderate means, few have spoken In the negative. Of feasible remedies not many are sug-. gested besides the reducing of rentals on buildings now renting. Thst there will be any concentrated action along this line Is most likely and the more probable solution The growth of flat and apartment life in Omaha as elsewhere can be traced to one great cause operative everywhere and grow ing rather than diminishing. It Is the pain fully familiar servant problem. There are other factors In the equation, but tills Is the chief reason why so many couples have abandoned housekeeping. For eight years either January, February or lecember have shown the low est total transfers of Omaha real estate during the year. In . 1900, September for unknown reason was the farthest from being the banner month of the year, but with this exception, the last month and tho first two months of each year have been the lean tine for real estate agents. Figures collated by C. F. Harrison of Morton & Harrison going back to 1900 show this to be a fact. His findings along this line are as follows: Year. Lowest Month. Transfers v.hh January '.. 1.197 an W7 ....December 4il.l4 I! February fcig.:M) 'Mb January 412, On; 1M December 271.41. 10 January 261.042 IWC Iecemher 321). 4:13 IK" 'I January 324.387 it September SU.Vnl figures for the highest month for the same years are as follows: The OuerGoated EHouse is the doming (Fashion By this simple and inexpensive process an old frame house may be made to look like a new stone dwelling and last much longer. It will be more comfortable in winter with less fuel and much cooler in summer. Apply Expanded Metal Lath and plaster with Cement Mortar, under directions, sent free to any address upon reauest. lorthwestern Expanded Hctal Co. 84 Van Daren Street, Chicago Transfers .. 11.nM.as7 .. I,. 744,- TTli.WW 97(1.517 DM. SSN.710 (ilO.OM 47.318 Year. Highest Month. 1WW October .... ll'7 June I!"" May 1!6 April lfl"4 November . 1!tt July V"! March 1!'t March 1 August Figures for the total transfer for the last nine years show. that 19r fell slightly be. hind the two year Immediately preceding. An analysis of 908 by months shows, how ever, that this was due to the panic and the loss Is largely In the first part of the year, The totals sre as follows: Year. Total Transfers t ,42S.31S ' 11.S74.4SO - 10,381. LU I3" 7.144.337 Is" 7.321.W4 IWfl 70"4,07 1 f.M1.?1 1H 6 471.2.0 1)0 6.779.1SO Official reports of building operations In more than forty leading cities of the coun Do You Want to Be Your Own Fireman and Engineer? A practical way for any one who wants to be an expert : Put in electric motors "with switches conveniently lo cated and you will be able to start your machinery instantly. Omaha Electric Light & Power Co. Y. M. C. A. BUILDING Contract Department. Both Phones. CALIFORNIA : MAS MO WINTER - Now, when the wintry blasts sweep down upon you, is the time to get your thoughts on a winter vacation tour the one you have promised yourself for, perhaps, years. Why don't you escape the blizzards and zero weather for the soft southern sunshine of California, the Caro linas, Cuba or the Gulf resorts T LOW WINTER TOURIST RATES DAILY, liberal ., stopover privileges and diverse routes, also homeseekers' rates with limit of twenty-five days, the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Call or write for Illustrated literature and learn about the floral and scenic grandeur of these resorts, with their palatial hotels, etc. It's free. J. B. REYNOLDS, City Passenger Agent, 1502 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. try, received by the American Contractor, Chlcagt), show a most gratifying Increase for the month of December, 1908, as com pared with those of the corresponding month In the preceding year. This. was to have been expected, since December, 1!W7, followed hard on the commencement of the money panic, but the increase is larger and more general than waa antlclpilcd. Only three cities report a loss and this, In the case of Chicago, is less than 1 per cent The loss . In nttsburg waa 49 per cent and In Syracuse CI per cent. The ag gregate value of the permits issued last month Is nearly double of that In Decem ber, 1907. This showing la remarkable and Indicates that 1909 will prove a record breaker from a building standpoint. The following figures show the percentage of gain In leading cities: Baltimore. 266; Bcr mlngham, S37; Cleveland, 7; Cincinnati, 60; Dallas, 43: Denver, 401; Detroit. 114; Duluth, 440; Grand Kaplds. 18; Hartford. 166; Indianapolis, M9: Kansas City, 310; Ijoulsvllle. 128; ls Angeles. 65; Milwaukee, 206, Minneapolis, 79; Memphis, 11; Nash ville, 1.700; New Haven, 567; New Orleans, 17; New Tork, 144; Omaha, S6; Philadelphia, 127; Portland, Ore., 193: ltochester, 110; St. Paul, 70; St. Iula. 245: Seattle, 25; Spo kane. 401; South Bend, 'J6; Toledo, 94; Ta ooma, 4"; Waahlngton, S3; Worcester, 300. December, December, 190R, cost. 8.M.246 llifi.lSlj 1S7.."i 6.7.-iO l4.S.7 r.Vt.HHO l.oja.iiio .".H.liO 1J3 HfiO W.ti5 r70.u67 676.O70 VJi).44it fnl.f,.'9 fi11.777 7 il. 170 74.612 31.K73 614,1 16 KUti.lvtft .72,373 City. Baltimore Birmingham .. Brlilgniort .... Chlcajro Cleveland Cincinnati Dallis Dejwer lH-trolt Dulutll Orand Rapids. Hartford Indianapolis .. Kansaa City... Louisville Ixis Angeles... Milwaukee .... MinneaioUS Memphis Mobile Nashville .... New Haven... New Orleans.. 1907. Percent cost. gain. loss. 25.270 3117 36u 33.261 0.-i0 t..9i0 .1,M 2I8.2-I7 K4.S42 KlD.'t-O 4'fc.0 61.670 l'H.M: .7i 79. M 164.5.-IO fi6.6l 3.HK7 271.7IS 40S.a) 24f,.9J an. mo SS.&2 1.700 VH.TA 667 31.4.K) 17 297 60 43 4o 114 4W 18 16o 2.S9 310 128 65 Jli 79 11 64 Brooklyn 3.7.590 l.X4.3?4 88 .. Hronx ? 795.&IO 12l.51 i: Manhattan ... 7.A2.U3& 1.621. &3 1'j3 New York U.m.m i.W.M"-144 Omaha 378.636 I79.775 36 Philadelphia ... i.(f1.W 04S 1:7 Patereon 97.810 M.K'4 88 Pittsburg 6'.6ii7 1.1K9.165 ... 49 Portland. Ore.. !W8.17i R19.24S 13 Rochester 310.6(0 14314n 110 t, Paul 87.r4 (1)9.476 70 Ht IIHS 1 3.54 SW648 24f, an Antonio.... fW.IM 4. 45 Scranton 1,904 0,907 US .. Seattle l.tftM) l.lttt.TM ' 2f HKkane 616.4!. 105.69k 402 South Bend.... W4.87 36,5.10 tug Syracuse -57. .'JO AJ,WO ... ni Toledo 1H5,.H6I 86.100 94 Til re Haute... 31.&70 19.966 28 Tacoma S39.7.S3 Ii,8i 4 Washington ... 726.876 396.034 83 Worcester 219.110 71.U6& 200 Totals ...... 145,643,813 $23,70.892 .92 Nashville, one permit, I600.0O9. : ENGLISH JULER 13 COMING OVER WUsson, l.oag rHt k f asaflmi. Will Locate la New TefV. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. -If. W. Wilson. Hr great English one-mile runner, who,holr the world's record of S minutes 59S secon) for the l.&OO-meter run, will probably eiii grate to America In tha near future and re side here permanently. Wilson has been offered a good opening In a business y in New York, and has about decided In leave his native land to make a try for fame and fortune in America. When Wilson arrives there will no loubt be a great scramble among the local clubs for his services on the cinder, path. The club that gets the flying Britisher -sill br almost certain to land the one and three mllo championship events, for at thne dis tances Wilson looks better than snytkjng we have here In America. It Waa only by a superhuman effort that Mel Bheppsrd beat Wilson In the 1, 500-meter rao at 'Lon don. Sheppard has since declared that the effort he made In that race t likely ti cut three years off his life. , In England Wilson Is rated a a sure 4 .0 man In the mile run and correspondingly a fast up to and including thne miles. H' made the 1.600 meter worWs record of JX9H In the Kngllsh tryiuts" held ai Sheppard's Bush in June. Just whst Wil son's standing will be In tils couatry is a problem. DRISCOLL IS TO KEET MURPHY EsjglUh Feather Have tie with e w l ark Maa. M,V YORK. Jan. .-Jem Driscoll, the featherweight i ham; Ion of England, who has not lost a ba'tle since he has been In this country. has been ' practically matched to meet Tommy Murphy, the local lightweight, for twelve rounds at the Armory AAhletlc association of Boston on the night of January 19. Charley Ilarrey. manager ef rrlsooll, and Johnny Oliver, managnr . of Murphy, have sunsgiesi th terms offered by Matchmaker Murray.
