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“DUMMY" ROWAN ONCE WON MUTE {
HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE; INCIDENTS
SALT LAKE CITY, March S.
(Many of 4116 older "followers of box
ing will remember Michael Dennis
(Dummy) Rowan, who in the ’90s
wa-s rated a hopnotcher and battled
some of the best heavyweights of
h,is time despite his handicap of he
4ng a deaf mute. “Dummy" Rowan
iis nearly 48 years old and resides
here with his brother, "Silent" Row
an, also an old-tiime deaf ami dumb
boxer.
"Dummy" Rowan 'was born at
Gardner, Grundy county, lilino.is,
April 4, 1875. Ho started his ring
career in 1894 and seven years later
at Park City, Utah, stopped “Deaf.v"
Thompson in 20 rounds for the myth
(cal deaf mute heavyweight cham
pionship of the world. His last fight
was in 1912.
During his 20 years in the ring.
Rowan fought with Bob Fltzsimn|ons,
then world's champion, and claims a
knockout over Jack Johnson, who
dfterward won the heavyweight title
from Jim Jeffries at Ilono.
iRowan's mix with Fitzsimmons
took place at Anaconda, Mont., soon
after he had started out as a boxer.
WRANGELL FIVE
LINES UP FOR
SEVERAL GAMES
SEATTLE, March 8. Til 1 follow
ing is the schedule announced bv the
Wrangell High 'School basketball
team now .touring the Pacific North
west:
Friday—At Buckley.
.Saturday—At Everett.
Next Tuesday—At Olympia.
Later games are to be played at
Hoquiam, Aberfleen and Centralis.
The team will return North about
March 23 or 24.
DEMPSEY TURNS
DOWN AN OFFER
CLEVELAND. March 8. Jack
Dempsey has declined the offer to
meet Tommy Gibbons, of St. Paul,
here on July 4 or Labor Day. Demp
sey was to reoaive $100,000 and a
share in the gate receipts
TWO PLAYERS MAY
LEAVE THE ANGELS
IXXS ANGELES. March 8. Catcher
Earl Baldwin and Howard Lindiraore,
second baseman, of .the Los Angeles
club of the Pacific Coast Baseball
(League, are now playing with a semi
professional club and, according to
its manager, may not play with the
Angels this year. They have been
given positions with an oil company
which backs tho club and play ball
on Saturdays and Sundays- They are
said to be receiving l.trgor salaries
than their Angel contracts call for.
OLYMPIC MEET MAN
HAS CANCELLED TRIP
LOS AiNOBLES~March 8.-The
proposed trip to the Pacific Coast
-of Count He-nrt- flaiillait-Latour, mem
ber of the Intoimatiioaal Olympic
Committee, haa boon called off be
■cause of thie ilincM of the Count's
brother, it was learned by the Los
Angeles Athletic Club, whpre lie was
to stay while in this city. V
'Arrangements had been made for
an extensive visit of the Count to
Los Angeles and other Pacific Coast
cities as a personal representative
of Baron Pierre de Oouhertln, presi
dent of the Inr or national Olympic
committee, and the Conn' had left
Now Orleans for Los Angeles when
Anxious :o secure tho $100 offered
by Fl-tzslimmons' manager to anv-|
body who could stay four rounds
I with the champion, “Dummy” accept-]
| (d and claims ho was holding ills'
1 own when for some unknown reason!
'lie fight was stopped in the third:
round. “Dummy" says he could not
collect tho money, nor could he get 1
an explanation as to why the con-j
test was halted.
It was at Waco, Texas, that Rowan
j knocked out Jack Johfison -a five j
j rounds. That was before he of the,
'golden smile" won the world's!
championship.
Rowan fought a great many of his |
battles in Utah .ml he met some of j
tho toughest men who ever ap
peared in this section, including Jim
Frances, "Mexican Pete” Everett, Thu i
(Sullivan, Joe Cotton, Jack Conley1
and others who were ring idols morei
than 20 years ago.
The Rowan-Cotton contest took j
place at Merour, Utah, on October
15, 1899. It went 20 rounds to a '
draw and later -Cotton fought a 20- i
round draw with Jim Jeffries Just I
before Jeffries won the champion-j
ship from Hob Fitzsimmons,
lie received a telegram telling of his
brother's illness. Tho trip was aban
doned and tho Count started at ones
for his brother's bedside in Belgium.
JUDGES ARE PICKED
FOR BIG HORSE SHOW
SANTA BARBARA, March 8.-Ed
ward I). Bey lard, of San Mateo, Cal ,
and S. -Stanton Elliott, of Seattle.1
Wash., both successful exhibitors at !
numerous Eastern horse shows, have i
been secured to judge exhibits at
the annual Sapta Barbara Horse
Show to bo held hero March 27 to 29
TRACK DATE OF
PACIFIC- MEET
MAY BE CHANGED
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BOS AN0BL.ES, March 8.—Offi-j
eialu of the UtilvorsHy of Southern,
| Callifornia have written .1. Fre I |
! Bohler, of the Padific Coast Confer-1
ence, at Pullman, Wa*h., asking the I,
1 possibilities of advancing the date]
lot the conference track and field I
| meet one week from May 26. no that!
conference school a may send teuton
to thin mpet and also to the I. C ,
i A. A A. A. championships which will I
be staged in the East on May 25 ami It
26, according to Gwynn Wilson, I
S. C. graduate manager.
The Trojans desire to enter both
meets, said Wilson, and lit is report
ed that the University of California
I also is considering such action if
t tty* conference date is movtcd up.
Witnesses in Bastrop
Cases Before Grand Jury
BASTROP. Ua . March 8.—Mrs. .1
A. Inabot, who <was one of several
persons hold by the hooded band on
August 24. last year, was the first
witness culled before the grand Jury
today investigating the alleged kid
| napping casos attributed to the Kit
l Klux Klan. Other witnesses won>|
culled who Ite 'titled in the open hear j
ings recently hold here. ’
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Shooting Texas
Uses Shots on
Third Party
FORT WORTH, Tex . March 8
dehti Beil Sneed, who killc 1 A1
Boyce and A1 Boyce's father after i
young Boyce bid eloped with Mrs.
Sneed, .-hot <\ B. Berry, at Pabuoah, j
Texas, today. Berry was accused of]
killing Wood Barton, son-in-law of
Sneed, a month ago.
Furniture moveb and stored.
Heavy hauling done. Phone 48. Ju-|
neau Transfer. —adv.j
DATE IS SET
FOR BIG MEET
AMONG SCHOOLS
Southeastern Alaska Inter
School Meet from April
9-14 —> Contests.
The Southeastern Alaska Inter
School Meet will oe held in Juneau
beginning April !t and ending April
14. The Tull list of contests of al!
kinds fox elementary and high schools
has been issued and forwarded I i
t.ho various schools in cities partici
pating. Tiie compile list of events,
including the sports, is as follows:
Events
Elementary School Spelling Con
test. One entry from each elem fit
ary school. Contest to consist of
both oral and written work. One
hundred words to be written. Oral
work to consist of a sufficient num
ber of words for each contestant to
have opportunity to spell 20.
Elementary School Kapid Calcula
tion Contest. Ono entry from each
elementary school. Contest to eon
slsit of work in the four fundamental
operations in arithmetic-addition, sub
traction. multiplication and division.
Speed and accuracy the determining
factors. A part of the work In each
operation to lie performed in public
at tho blackboard and the balance
ail uesies.
Hlemontary School Oral English
rankest. Ono entry from each ele
mentary school Nature of contest
is follows: All contestants assem
ble in room. Bach receives type
written copy of the same prose se
lection. Each contestant given to
minutes in which to study paper
which can be read twice by the aver
age chill'd in the allotted time. Pa
pers collected, Cnniostaats then ap
pear, one at a 'time, before the audi
ence and talk on subject matter
•end. Not more than five minutes
iillotted to each contestant.
Elementary School Declamation
Contest. One entrant from each ele
netttary school. No restrictions as
o the nature of selection. Tine* sl
otted to each Contestant not to ex
■eed seven minutes.
High School Oral English Contest.
Ine entry from each high school
Procedure the same as in the ele
nontary school oral English contest
High 'School Declamation Contest
)ne entrant from each high school
\'o restrictions as to nature of selec
.Un. Time allotted to each contest
int not to exceed 10 minutes.
High School Oratorical Contest.
i)ne entrant from each high school
n the Territory of Alaska. No re
striction as to the nature of selec
!on. The written oration must he
he original work of each contestant,
riie oration not to exceed 2,500
words.
A handsome trophy for this con
est has been donated by Gov. Scott
V Banc. Tills trophy is known as
lie “Marguerite Bone Trophy ' and
will be contested for by schools in
Maska. A school winning the trophy
n three sticceswivo years becomes
he permanent holder of the trophy.
High School Written English Con
est. One entry from each high
wii ool. Each contestant given a
1st or five current topics of national
nterest from which ono topic is
o be written thorcon. Twenty min
ites allotted betwoen time when
oplcs are distributed and written
lupers collected.
Speed Tests
High School Speed Test in First
fear Typewriting. One entry from
inch high school. Contest open to
undents who have studied the sub
ject for lees than one school year,
rime allotment, five minutes.
High School Speed Test in Second
fear Typewriting. One entry from
•aril high school. Contest open to
iiudents who nave studied the sub
|ect for lees than two school years
fime allotment, five minutes.
High School Debate. One debating
earn from each high school. Each
lebating team ito consist of two mem
bers. Schools so desiring may bring
me alternate who may be used in
•use one member of a team is in
•ap-ixitaited. Each team must be
prepared to debate either side of the
luestion. Opponents for the prelim
narv debate o-f the series are to be
hosen by lot 10 days prior to tfte
late on which first debate scheduled,
rhe side of the question which each
earn shall support likewise shall be
•hosen by lot. Report of results of
Ira wing to bo telegraphed to each
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school by the chairman. Board o
Control.
, Each speaker allowed 10 minute:
for main argument; and three min
utes for rebuttal. The order o
speakers for refbutul e<h ill be s ■<■
ond speaker on negat.ve. secont
speaker on affirmative, first speakei
on negative, first speaker on uffirm
alive.
The subject for debate it as l'ol
i lows: Rose1!ved, that the I’nitec
States should subsidise its Merehan
Marine handling foreign trade.
Sports
High S.hcj Basketball Tourna
uvent (boys). One tea in from eacl
! high school, 1923-24 t ask tball rules
to govern play. Opponents in pre
llminary games and order of games
are to bo decided by lot Referet
and umpire for the series to b<
chosen by tho Board of Control ant
approved by exoeutivo heads ol
schools entering the . tournament
jXelchcr tho referee nor the umpire
■hall be affiliated .with any of the
| teams in capacity of coach, assistant
coach, or trainer. Each school is
' requested to forward to the chairman
Board of Control, the names of per
inns suitable and available ic referee
and umpire, at least one month prior
to the date cet for the beginning ol
the tournament. All games to be
tilayed in the A 1! Hall, Juneau.
High School Haskotball Tourna
mont (girls). Ono team from each
high school, 1923-24 basketball rulei
o govern play. General regulations
i and procedure the same as for the
boys' tourna mont.
Hfgh School Track Meet (hoys)
Events as follows: 54), 100 and 220
yard dashes, 440-yard run. ono-half
mile run, one-mil-" run. 220 hurdles
100 yard hurdles, run: ng broad jump
running high jump, pole vault, shot
put (12-pound chat), one-half-mile re
lay (4 man team), walking race, 1
mile.
.Meet 'to be held either in the Doug
las Natatoi'ium or on tho Pacific
St< unship mpany's dock, or Ju
neau Playgrounds, Jitnoan; the lat
ter, if the wea'her permits.
Elementary School Basketball Tour
nainont (boys). One team from each
elementary school, 1923-24 boys' has
kefbr.i'l rules to govern play. Gen
| era! regulations and procedure the
'name as for high school tournament.
Elementary School Track Meet
(buys). Events the vime as high
;-school with ongssion of mile run, and
1220 hurdles; additional shot put. 8
1 oun.i shot; walking race, one-hall
I mile.
General Regulations
1. All entrants tOiall conform tc
the rules of eligibility as provided in
1 Article VIII. of the cornatitution i
the Alaska School A- i x'lrtion, found
published in December number of A1
j a ska School Bulletin.
2. The stipe,mlent, principal
or teacher of e tch m hgol entering
I the meet shall certify to the eligibil
■ ity of all entrants trim that school
Special Hanks for this purpose will
he provided by the Board of Control.
3. A list of the events which each
school plans to enter shall be pre
pared by the superintendent, prin
cipol or teacher of the school, an J
forwarded in time to reach the chair
man, Board of Control, at least thro.
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' weeks before ilio date ret for the
opening of tbo meat This report
i shall al?o state the number of con
■ teilan's who will represent the
school.
4. Koch uperintendcnt, principal
or t. ichor shall forwaid to the chair
1 man. Hoard if t\..itr,Tl. a list of the
no.moo of qaaliti 1 judges la debate,
d ciamation, <:ol English, etc., who
are res'leiiU of Ills community and
who will be in Juneau during the
week in which the meet is held This
list should be in (lie hands of (he
commit:tee at least two weeks prior
to the opening of the im
5. Tho number of judges in each
literary i intest shall bo three. They
shall h? eh .'On by the Board i f Con
trol ; 1 approved bv tho exixutive
head of ache..is participating in these
contc t3.
* Value of Events
For purposes of determining the
landing of the various schools in
the general meet, each event shall
have tho value in pi ants assigned to
it in the fallowing tables:
'Elementary school spelling contest
first place, 5 points; second place.
|;! pcliti’.s; third place. 1 point,
i jElcmertary school rapid calcula
it'on canto -t first place, 5 points;
'second place, 3 points; third place,
4 points.
i Element ary school declamation
! contest—first place, 5 point*; second
place, 3 point*; third place, 1 point.
Elementary school oral English
'Content—flrt't place, 5 pain La; second
flice, 3 ptilrls; 'third place, 1 point.
High School oral English contest
1—ifirat place. 5 points; second place,
3 points; third place, 1 point.
High Softool written English oon
jtast—dirat pllaco, 5 points; second
; ptVace, 3 points; third place, 1 point.
High School declamation contest—
jj’ir't place, 5 points; second place, 3
. i dints; third place, 1 point.
High School debate -first place, 10
; points; second place, (i points; third
1 place, 2 points.
High School speed test in first
, yc ir typewriting first place, 5
| points; second place, 3 points; third
j | lace, 1 point.
High school speed test in second
: year typewriting first place, 5
I points; second place, 2 points; third
place, 1 point.
High school basketball tournament,
boys—first place, 10 points; second
place, 6 points; third place, 2 points
High School basketball tournament,
girls' lirst place. 10 points second
place, B points; third place, 2 points.
High School track meet—first
| place, 10 points; second place, B
j points; third place, 2 points.
Elementary school track meet—
j fir: . place, 10 points; second place,
0 points; third place, 2 points.
High school oratorical contest —
first i ice, 5 points; second place, 3
| points; third place, 1 point.
Elementary school basketball tour
nament, boys’—first placo, lit points;
second place, 8 points; third place,
j 2 points.
(If not more than two teams en
ter the high school girls' basketball
j tournament value of this event shall
bo: F.r t place, "5 paints; second
place, 3 points.)
016 papers lor sale at Empire
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ST. PATRICK NOVELTY DANCE
Under Auspices Mooseheart Legion
March 13, Moose Hall
Admission 75 cents. Ladies free.
Refreshments 25 cents.
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Wholesale and Retail Batchers
PHONE 19 SEWARD STREET
PLENTY OF BAD WEATHER
to be expected yet. Old Winter hai
a habit of “lingering in the lap o
Spring.” So don’t let your coal eup,
ply become exhausted. Have ue sent
you a ton or bo of fine, clean coa
that will insure you a comfortabli
home and save the family from maoj
of those dreaded spring cold*.
We also carry a full line of f««a
D. B. FEMMER
PHONE 114.
Wisconsin Wets Win
In First Test Vote
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MADISON, Wts., March 8. — The
tlrrt test vote on the wet and dry
issue in the State Legislature re-1
suited In ft victory for the wets. The
Ia>wer House passed a resolution
memorializing Congress to define in
toxtcaitlng beverages.
Railroad Tracks Are
Torn Up Near Essen
ESSEN, March 8. The most se
ll ions case of sabotage yet reported,
was today when 150 yards of t he I
main railroad lino of the Essen &j
Dusseldorf system were found torn
up south of Essen.
PARKS ON NORTHWESTERN
' G. A. Pants, cruei' of the field di-|
vision, General Land Office and chair-1
I man of the Intecdepartmenital Com-!
mititoe for Alaska, is a passenger on \
the Northwestern for Juneau after an
absence of several weeks. He left
hare before Christmas, spending the,
holidays at litis home in Denver and;
for the past several weeks has been j
in Washington on official business.
Headquarters for Ladysmith coal.
Juneau Transfer Co. Phone 48. adv.
Furnished Rooms for
Rent
ANCHORAGE ROOMS
LILLIAN FOOTE
Telephone 431
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Movei, Packs and Store* Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
APPLES
Special prices on apples
«as long as they last.
Come and oee them.
GIOVANETTI’S
I GROCERY
| Comer Calhoun and Dixon Sti.
| The store that aare* you money
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Leads the World m motor
car values.
G. & B. MOTOR COMPANY
For Breakfast, Dinner, Supper
Plain, Toasted, Sandwiches, Puddings
Any time!—Any way!
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in good. It hai a genial “homey” look and a fine
natural flavor. Try it.
You will eat slice after ilice of it because it ii
really good bread and really pure, wholesome food
that makes its own appeal to your aonetite when
you put it into your mouth.
PEERLESS BAKERY
THE BREAD THAT BUILDS
187 Front Street Telimhone 228
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[N EVERY BOTTLE OF OUB
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And our motto is “Absolute
Cleanliness.”
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PHONE 145.
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Chimney blocks with venttlat*
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General Hauling, Baggage,
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