THE CHARLOTTE NEWS NOVEMBER 27. 1910
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Some photograph, of the -differ. V' J Ji Sr '1
ent Positions of the hand in n.ng 1 f .Mr
BiMi.rd shots as demonstrated by JAA M
W,, HCpPe. famoUS BaIknne ' .
C'i'.yrd player. The following ar- yp- wSj' i
tide by Hoppe will be of interest. ' " i ;
year-old. and both of these were easy
4 9 A f W i 101 lle1- ln t1le Hoise Review I'"utur-
H , AyL Pi S X. .4m 'tv at Columbus she won as she pleas-
i ins as so ijorrftci srz
JL SL $Jr ijr JL LkJ Ji- V V- M. M. following week, in the two-year-old di-
fi. - vision of the Kentucky Futurity, she
Method Employed In
1 tj H I HfIIj On 11 U it season at Em i lire City, where she was i
8711X111 S3-C I a 1 O tfiTa S-' I O ITfl unsteady and was beaten by the eham-
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tory
Hackenschmii t's
Young
Wrestling
MoianhFavorih
ver Bat. NeU
Career
tists.
world's
The following; story of Young Haek
enscniidt was written by an admirer
of the wrestler who has known him
all his lile and has followed his
mat career with great interest. It
is an interesting story of athletic
achievements and well worth read
ing. Editor's Xote.
Joe Turner, the popular local wrest
ler, better known to the wrestling
fans as Young llackenschraidt, and
familiarly called "J lack" by his nu
merous friends, relates a short history
of his wrestling career and numerous
experience on the road. Me was born
in the state of Maryland, February 17,
in the year of 1887, now being in his
23rd year. His father was an all round
athlete and the village chamnion of ithom
the old style wrestling. "Mack" began Since coming to Charlotte Hack has
V-LT?' aV a ;f,Ktie.r. ln 1904 inPen 0 favorite here and a resident for
M aounilUU, If. ' . Jllh 1115)1
on the mat was in an old stable loft
where a young wrestler, namely Jack
over r.OO mat victories, not including
the theatrical bounts. Hack has
wrestled all over the lead
. .
including Frank Gotch, the
champion, George Hacken-
schmidt, the Russian Lian, Robler,
Americus, Fred JBeel and others. His
only defeats are at the hands of Frank
Lynch of Baltimore, John Drake of
Asheville and Max Miller. He re-won
these last laurels, so no wrestler out
side of Frank Gotch and George Hack
enschmidt hold victories over him. Of
course, the latter two men merelv
wrestled exhibitions with him, as they
recognize the fact that no' middle
mc-ihl wifsuer uas. a enanro ana net
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Tl.is article is the first of a series by
Willie Hoppe. billiard champion
of the world, and will be lee.nni
pnnicil bv series of pliorog:;;; hs
demonstrating different plays.
important
The Hridge Most
feature tor tha? who
well. Editor's Note. I
vo;;m! play
(By WILLIE HOPPE.)
(World's Champion 13:1 and
Balk Line Billiard Playr.)
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and ivc
of bil
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; acqrir
di meuH
and lie-
have often been asked.
a small majority of the vast
persens v.b.o find amusemeni
i eat ion playina; ditVevent styl
lianls ever aitaiu proficiti ?".
game. The answer is sinu
start wrong. And once bavin
eii an incorrect style n is a
ihing to unlearn bad habits
si in aright.
The-,, are three thing- one must
learn to jday even an a -orage game oi
billiards making a corvee;; bridge for
all shots, holding the ; ue properly
with the driving hand, and S'rok-
Each of these three depend-; upon the
other, and I believe the brido us ih
most important of the lot. ah hough
some liilliardists may dagree with
me.
I have ofiimes been .criticised be
cause I did not attempt :o masier ihc
game at the three-cushion carom stvle ' first-class
o'ii a- me two strokes vary so great
ly I will not atfenip-.-. injuring the
delicacy of my 'balklino stroke to
please a few curious !.;: bo would
like to see me attempt tiat .,tyl game.
Hence I would suggest tluu besin
ner.s at billiards take up one particular
! style and stick to if.
I will try to explain in ill-? simplest
language the bridges 1 liav : found to
be the most effective an 1 easiest to
master.
The offhand masse 'ridg pictured
in the left side is used very .vM.'lom in
championship matches, but i shown
more in fancy and nhibi;iv.i work
which v.il lenable the executor to ger.
foi ce on tlie cue ball for n driving
masse, such as could not. be obtained
by holding the bridge hn.l in any posi
tion cm the tal.de.
By using the offhand masse stroke
the player can hit the cue bu.!l viui
s-uch force as to drive ';no ball the en
tire length of the falve and veturn
without striking cushions or any ob
ject balls.
The close masse bridge stroke
shown on the right side is most
diifieult for the novice. It is usl on
ly when ihe balls are "lhied up." The
cue is held perpendicular Ky the.
stroke and grasping the cue with I lie
Mm mb and the first two lingers.
Only the tips of the lingers on th,
bridge band touch the table ihe cue
merely resting on the side of the
hand. It seems an insecure method
of guidance, but a litt'le practice will
show how serviceable it is. Beginners
will do well to either pass up 'he mas
se stroke for a time or try it out on rn
old table. . .A. slight sJip .mean a :ot:i
tablecloth. For this reason manv
"rooms bar the shot, except
for. experienced players.
In the upper middle photograph is
the bridge most often called into play.
It is -used--for the delicate nursing
stroke. The heel of the hand r-nd
the finger tips rest firmly on the bed
of the table with knuckles elevat
ed and thumb extended. The cue.
slipping easily between the band and
thumb, finds a solid resting piace.
This bridge I use mostly for the balk
line nurse when the balls are close
together and a delicate stroke is need
ed. A few minutes' practice will serve
to show how simple and effect' v 3 is
this manner of holding the rue. 1:
gives perfect freedom of action and
prevents a cramped movement.
Directly below the nurse bridge il
lustration will be found the drawstroke
bridge. It is made with the hand
lying flat on the table with the index
finger around the cue shaft and touc.i
ing the thumb in a very Arm manner,
so as to prevent the cue from taking
an irregular stroke, which is out hoc i
caused by the executing hand, and the
other three fingers of the hand should
be in position exactly as that shown
in the illustration, which will give ihe
hand a firm s-etting and hold the cue
in position for a terrific drive, or a
very heavy draw shot stroke, used for
gathering the balls into position in
most of the round-table shots.
In the lower illustration is seen the
bridge I use for close draw shots
when the balls are so near together
that a broader bridge ;s impossible.
Only a few inches of space are re
quired, yet a strong urin resting
"groove"' for the cue is attained.
While all of the bridges I have men
tioned are regularly used by the ad
vanced player, tbe third and fo'.rth
will serve all needs of the beginner.
Never allow the bridge hand to be
come cramped. Never stai a shot
unless the cue is traveling easily
through or over the bridge band, i The
whole game of. billiards depend; upon
ea&e of movement.
year-old. and both of these were easy
for her. In the Horse Review Futur
ity at Columbus she won as she pleas
ed, and equalled the best race mile for
her age 2.12 1-1 of Trampfast. The
following week, in the two-year-old di
vision of the Kentucky Futurity, she
1 rotted the second heat in 2.07 :.-4
three seconds faster than tbe best 2-year-old
recorded, the 2.10 3-4 of Arion
made against time. In this mile Na
tive Belle trotted the middle half in
1.0l
Native Belle first started the past
season at Empire City, where she was
unsteady and was beaten by the cham
pion, Colorado E. Her. next start was
in the Horse Review Futurity at Co
lumbus, which she won after a five
heat battle with Emily Ellen and
Grace, the Belle trotting the first and
third heats in 2.07 :-4. She was not
in form in the Kentucky Futurity, won
by Grace, and was drawn before the
conclusion of the race. The following
week, in the Champion Stallion Stakes
she was second to Grace. This ended
her racing for the season, but the same! four
week Murphy started her against the
world's record of 2.07 for three-vear-1 of
old fillies, held by The
and 1 lie little daughter
ting in 2.06 1-2.
Leasing Lady,
of Moko trot-
Klatawak, 2.0o 1-2. the champion
three-year-old paeer, is headed for the
auctions and will pass under the ham
mer on Dec. 12, the opening day of the
speed sales to be held that, week at
the United Stock Yards. Klatawah
took his record in a race at Louisville
twelve years ago and his mile has
never been beaten bv a pacer of his
age. although ihe California colt, Jim
Loga, succeeded in equaling it in 1909.
,
George H. Eastabrook. millionaire
horseman of Denver, who races, among
others, the champion three-year-old
Colorado E.. 2.01 3-4. advances in a
most, able manner the advantages of
the "high altitude" in the training and
ilo'olnunionl rf ih n trnttor Onp of
th mct ,,tca,"nr f00trl nf thelingtobe the toughest proposition
clever elucidation is that he guaran
tees to take a sprinter into the moun
tians and after careful seasoning . (if
of course, the horse is sound physical
ly) make him stick.
"Give- me a horse that can go three
quarters in fast time in the "east,"
write Mr. Eastabrook, "and I venture
to say that if he is in sound condition,
that a year's training in Colorado will
make him a fast miler. Beyond any
question, Colorado air is the best that
a hohse can breath in training."
nop
e of Interest To
Racing Fraternity
New Argentine Rule
BERT E. COLLYER.
Chicago, Nov. 2f.. The argentine
Republic, until recently looked m.on
as a most lucrative market for Ameri
can thoroughbreds and stock driven
out of this country by confiscatory leg
islation has. through the solons of the
Jockey Clubs, put tip the bars, Matt
Byrnes, who went to the Argentine
Republic with peveral shipments of
broodmares and other thoroughbreds
from the Haggin establishment, and is
at present there superintending the
dispersal, of a remnant, sends the fol
lowing excerp from the Buenos Ayres
Daily-Standard "'of. Oct. 9th, and which
is self-explanatory:
Bar All Imported Horses.
"At a meeting. of the racing commit
tee held at the; Jockey Club on Thurs
day, it was . resolved to create a new
law treating on .the participation of
imported horses on the PaJermo and
other race courses under the jurisdic
tion of- the Jockey Club.
"The law; reads as follows:
"No. 1. In all hippodomes under the
patronage of the Jockey Club at pres
ent subjected to, the old regulations, it
is underetood that Jn future -all the
ordinary races will: be only to animals
born and bred in Argentine
youngsters tried out, and expressed
himself as well pleased with what they
showed him. Probably the best look
er of the lot is a filly by Peep-O'Day-Nellie
Bly (dam of Frieze) by Ben
Hollid. She worked a quarter of a
mile in 23.2-i; and a bay filly by
Knight of the Thistle Fraztalla by
Aintree, and a "chestnut filly by Scribe
Attelle by the Commoner, worked
23.3-5. These youngsters are all elig
able to the Breeder' Futurity, to be
decided at the Lexington meeting next
spring. Mr. Kelly announces that
be able to compete in classics and spe-!the5r wil1 a'1 winter there be given a
cial races provided for them bv the careful preparation lor their early en
Jockey Club.'
Took Effect Sept. 1st.
"No. 3. The new law will take ef
fect from the first of September, and
will only annlv to horses imnorted in-
gagements.
One of the most important light
harness horse sales of the present sea
son was made a few days ago wnen
! Georee C. Moore, of Detroit, owner of
to the Argentine and inscribed in the Dromore Farm. St. Clair. Mich., our-
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1 ,T71H.1 lie OLUU DUUK
after that date. ; chased the
goes on to say three year
affect the Belle, 2.06
not
Royal Hush III and
having been imported
several months ago.
world's champion two and
old trotting Ally, Native
1.9. frnm lirlwnrrl Thnmn-
Haggin's thoroughbreds son, of North port. Long Island. Dro
more Farm now boasts the distinction
of owning the two-year-old colt and
filly champions, as Justice Brooks,
The Standard also
say that the law will
shipment of
now at Buenos Ayres, and which rep
resent the progeny of Watercress,
troldfinch. Star Ruby, Greenan, Minie,
Salvator, these' 2.09 1-2. the colt which trotted such
into Argentine
a sensational mile in winning the two-vear-old
division of the Kentucky Fu-
As will be easily seen, the action of turity at Lexington a few weeks ago,
the colonatic bodv will effectively and
probably permanently destroy what
promised to be a most lucrative mar
ket. It is said that the English trade
will suffer almost double the damage
of the American.
F. J. Kelly, the Chicago, merchant
horsemen, has three very promising
yearlings of his breeding at the Ken
tucky Association track in charge of
Dore Pierce, who formerly trained Ihe
jumpers for William Gej'st and George
"one. Mr. Kellv-took a run over to
was bred and is woned at the farm on
the shores of Lake St. Clair. The
price paid for the famous Ally has not
been made public, but it is a certainty
that it was well up toward five fig
ures. The racing days of the filly are over
for it is the intention of Mr. Moore to
retire her to the breeding ranks, and
the coming season she will be bred to
Justice Brooks, perhaps the first time
in the history of harness horse breed
ing -that the colt and filly champions
nf that ate have been mated. Native
'No. 2. Imported horses will only Lexington during the week to Bee the' Belle trotted by. two races aa a two
Jack Johnson
Was Discharged
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 26 Jock Johnson,
world's champion heavyweight pu
gilist, who was arrested yesterday
charged with assault upon Annette
Cooper, a show girl, and with disorder
ly conduct, was discharged from cus
tody today.
Miss Cooper did not appear to pros
ecute her charge. Instead, she sent
a letter enclosing a physician's certifi
cate that she had been ill in bed for
the past ten days and was in no con
dition to leave her home, and-requested
that Johnson be ept in custody for
two weeks when she wotild be able to
appear against him.
Magistrate Freschi refused to. put
the case over and . discharged the
prisoner.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT
In his report for November 18th,
Col. Henry G. Hester, secretary of
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
shows that the amount of cotton
brought into sight during 79 days of
the present season was 5,054,965 bales,
a decrease under the same period last
year of 146,284 bales.
The exports were 2,551,746 bales. a
decrease of 102,3321 hales. , ,
The takings were, by Northern spin
ners, 717,467 bales, an increas-3 of
50,183 bales; by Southern spinners,
559.9S7 bales, a decrease of 34,672
bales. r
The only
another out
to do iL-
way a man
with a girl
can
is for
cut
her
bpaiding was holding fort as his train
ing quarters. The mat was made
of old sacks sown together and tacked
down over straw such as used for
horses' bedding. One night a wrest
ling tournament was arranged be
tween the South Washington and
South East boys, Spalding being in the
star bout. His opponent, however, fail
ed to put in appearance and of course
some one had to be piced from the
audience of about 40 men aud boys.
Finally the South East crowd picked
Willie Turner, as Hack was then
called, as their last hope; honors foi'
the evening being about even.. "Hack"
protested at first as he had never had
any mat experience, although being in
good physical condition, from the
playing of football and other outside
sports. Being a favorite among his
Southeast aggregation he finally con
sented to take a chance and stood
Spalding, his opponent, off for nearly
two hours, when the referee called it
a draw as both men were pretty well
exhausted. After the match both
boys became good pals and joined
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entered the amateur ranks ot the na
tional guard, winning both the feather
and light weight honors for his home
city against the Baltimore grapplers,
The following year, 190-j, he won the
South Atlantic championship for the
national guard of Washington, winning
in the featherweight, light weight, wel
ter and middle weight classes. For
his fine work he was rewarded with
three gold medals for the first three
bouts and a gold watch for his final
victory. During his amateur career he
played basketball on the famous Cor
coran Cadets, this team winning four
consecutive pennants in the South At
lantic amateur union. He has a fine
record in base ball in the capital city,
playing cn the pennant winners for
years in the church league, lead
ing the league at bat by a percentage
over .310 for average of each sea
son. His first professional match was
against Charles (Kid) Cutler in the
year of 1907. Cutler was sparring
partner to John L. Sullivan, who was
appearing at the Lyceum theatre. The
laws of the district probiting sparr
ing, Cutler engaged in wrestling- all
comers, forfeiting $1 per minute to the
men for each minute they stayed on
the mat without being thrown. Cut
ler's weight of 201 pounds enabled him
to throw three or four men every per
formance. Up until Friday- night of
the week, no one had made a favora
ble shbwmg. That night Pat 0"Con
nor, a popular referee of the east, told
Hack to go on with three other boys
and wait until Cutler had disposed of
the other three in order to get some
advantage. Hack's friends telling him
if he stayed three minutes it would be
the best record for the local boys
against Cutler. Hack, however, look-
was
chosen by Cutler as his first opponent.
While Mr. Hall, the manager, was in
troducing Mr. Cutler, and telling the
audience that the wrestlers took all
risks of broken arms, etc.. Hack, to
I show his nerve, asked what the purse
was it ne stayed on 10 minutes, iue
time limit. Mr. Hall took it for a
joke, and said he would give $25 if any
one in Washington lasted that time
Hack had assumed his middle name
Joe and was introduced a&the coming
champion by John L. Sullivan. Time
being called, Hack assumed the de
fensive, remaining on his feet for
three minutes before being thrown to
the mat. The intense excitement of
the audience kept him on the go and in
seven minutes Hack was forming the
perfect, bridge that has saved him
from so many defeats in recent years.
Cutler was unable to hold him and
amid the cheers of every one, includ
ing John L. Sullivan and the show
performers he emerged from the mat
winning the $25 by staying. the time
limit. John L. Sullivan was the first
to congratulate', the victor and; told
the vast audience he was surprised
but pleased to know that he had made
no mistake by introducing Joe as the
coming champion, and advised him to
continue in the wrestling game. Dur
ing the same year Hack won the wel
ter weight .championship of the South
from Rob Rov Mackey, of Washington,
and three weeks later defeated Harvey
Parker, at that time recognized as the
welter weight champion of . America.
The same season he went out on the
road and won 37 more mat victories.
In the year of 190S he was engaged
by Harry Fulton, of the Golden Crook
show company as a star attraction,
as middle - "weight champion of the
world, meeting all comers,' forfeiting
$25 to any wrestler that stayed the
time limit, of 15 minutes. During the
23 weeks, he forfeited $25 to ,15 men
out of 300 opopnents. It was then that
Alex Swanson - of Seven Rock, Conn.,
disputed his claim as . middleweight
champion, as Swanson had previously
defeated Burt Hudson, alias Al Ack
erman, in Columbia, S. C, and by this
claimed to be the real title holder.
Hack accepted the challenge and
threw Swanson two straight falls, the
first in .57 minutes and the second
in 23- minutes. Previous to this vic
tor3' Hack defeated many other good
men too numerous to mention as
these victories for finish matches in
cluding the last season, amount up to
expeiieiice ; tjie oast six mouths Hp will iiara
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j active season defending his claim
middleweight
as
champion and will start
on the road soon, representing Char
lotte on the mat in all his future
bouts.
NOBODY WORKS BUT FATHER.
pair are thorn
matched and a fast,
is anticipated.
;nt to
clever
Oiieoiij'.ij.
The
The Crippen Case,
stern wav in winch tv,.
'in.
-iiui mete out .lusiic
muauon in a way. and
ef, with a feeling of
such
Ens
cniiijips
Til, iv-
(By a Yorkville, S. C, Boy.)
Nobody works but father,
'Cause mother's always sick,
And I am going to graded school
To learn to be the trick.
Pa's motherinlaw lives with him,
And you know pa likes that fine
He either has to walk the chalk,
Or have a hello time.
Pa starts at four in the morning
And works till nin at night;
(He never has no pleasure,
Only sometimes when he gets tight.
Pa hires three negroes to help him,
But they're always beating time,
And they "will shoot craps on Sunday
Dad has to pay the fine.
There's only three of our family,
That's mother, dad and I:
And I often wonder what I'll do
If poor old dad should die.
yet one
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as sun on nus tne rnal nf h- e,.:
:PT1 thp rrmrlr.iiiT,-! , ' 1
' ur, , i: t-ji, nrnere;- n..
( Tllinpil mav lna n o,,o,. . . '
!-,.in. man. tnu rvi.
MOlir-o liitnn ,-i-lii.l. I.,. ...
u ne waS ooinico,
was circumstantial, and at nothre;la.
it been proven that the body found in
i ne ceurti was even t;i;M or a woman
i ca.i uuiiiiu ui ii is wire. The )oc.
tor maintained unto the end his deehir-
Qnwno ui iiuwu-ih:i ui me crime, ami
ne saiu uiis would some day )f, Ps.
laoiisnea. i ne r.ngiisn court a refused
to commute tne sentence or
pardon, and as the date
was set for No vein her 2
presumed that Br. Crippen has l.(
ushered into that higher Tribunal o(
justice where all men must anluvrr
tor deeds done in the body. .Jus'vh
is often prevented in AniericH. lut
rather this than see one man oxermcd
unjustly. Stanley Knterpiise.
pant a
Of ('Xl'HUinn
!. it is id i,
Miss Gushleigh "Didn't it seem to
give you strange thoughts of the mhrr
world when you were up in the clouds
far removed Ironi tins mundane
sphere?" Aeronaut "You hot it di
ma'am: I nearly froze to dath I" Chi
cago Tribune.
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