THIS SU.A1)A1 OltJKlO.VIA'. FOKTLAM), JSOYK3IBER 10. .907.
CLOSE SCORE IS
BEING PREDICTED
SPORTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK THAT APPEALED TO THE CARTOONIST
BASEBALL BOLES
Annual Game Between Oregon
and Washington at Se
attle Next Saturday.
Suggestions Will Be Offered
at National and American
League Meetings.
EUGENE MEN FACE HOODOO
CUT OUT DOUBLE-HEADER
PUN
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Team Never J Ins Won In Seattle, but
lias Always Defeated Northern
, Rivals When tiamcs Have
i' Been Played in Eugene.
KECORD OF OREGON-WASHINGTON
J'OOTBALl, GAMES.
1900 Oregon, 43; Washington, 0.
10US Oregon, 5; "Washington.
1B04 Oregon. 18; Washington, 0.
ions Oregon, 12; Washington, 12.
1P06 Oregon, 1; Washington, 8.
Totals Oregon. 94; Washington, 24.
BY REFEREE.
Oregon and Washington will battle tor
football supremacy at Seattle next Sat
i urrtay, and if Indications count for any
; thin)?, the game will go down Into the
athletic history of the Northwest as one
' of the greatest contests ever waged be-
tween the Beaver State collegians and
I their Northern rivals. The annual game
between Oregon and Washington has
I been growing In importance during re-
cent years and It now occupies the same
; relative position In Pacific Northwest col
lege, circles as does the great Yale-Har-i
vard game In the East. Other Northwest
games may produce better football and
may have a more important relation to
the championship situation, but the Inter
state game Is the one that causes the
football generals to sit up and take no
tice and causes state pride to run high.
'An example of this spirit was seen a few
' weeks ago when Oregon played Idaho on
:Mnltnomah Kield. Next Saturday's game
atr Seattle promises to rival the Oregon
Idaho contest in football of the strenuous
tvpe, but It will hardly be as spectacu
lar. . .
Washington has already met and de
feated two Oregon teams those of Wil
lamette and Multnomah so if the for
tunes of Beaver State football are to be
retrieved, the University of Oregon must
do the work.
Oregon has always defeated her Wash
ington rival when the games have been
played In Kugene. but has never won a
game In Seattle, The 1905 game resulted
in a tie score, and Oregon lOBt the 1903
contest by a single point, but Washington
has never been defeated In Seattle by her
southern neighbor. The all-prevailing
question la: Can Oregon break the hoo
doo that seems to hang over her during
the Seattle games?
Washington Begins Well.
fix weeks ago, when the Northwest
colleges called out their football candi
dates, Washington was heralded as a
sure winner of the championship, while
Oregon was given scant consideration.
Washington annexed the scalps of Wil
lamette and Multnomah and her cham
pionship stock continued to rise, while
Oregon continued as an unknown quan
tity. Then Oregon defeated Idaho and
critics of the gridiron game saw in Coach
Frost's aggregation the possibilities of a
great team. It was about this time that,
Washington began her customary mid
season slump, which culminated in her
defeat at the hands of the speedy eleven
of the Battleship Nebraska a week ago.
On the same day Oregon played a list
less game against Willamette, but since
hen there lias been a. process of rejuve
nation going on at Kugene. An assistant
coach was hired and several Oregon
graduates have been summoned to assist
Frost with the coaching. There was alto
gether too much work and too much re
sponsibility for one man. The presence
of these assistants does not reflect upon
the ability of a head coach, but It aids
him materially with his work,
j In this connection it may he said that
the educational Institutions of the Pa
cific Northwest expect too much of thelt
coaches and blame them too severely
when things go wrong. No coach can do
Justice to 50 candidates and at the same
time develop a varsity squad.
Getting Ready for Oregon.
Washington has been strengthening
herself for the game with Oregon and the
Washington spirit which was conspicu
ous by its absence is being fanned into
flame by a few enthusiastic yell leaders.
. II. Luck, a Stanford veteran, has
been engaged as an assistant to Coach
Victor Place. Several Washington grad
uates have returned to the campus of
their alma mater to assist in whipping
the team into shape. Captain Enoch Bag
shaw Is out of the game for the sea
son, so Place has moved Matthews from
end to the quarterback fposition left va
cant by the captain. Washington figures
on an even chance with Oregon and un
biased critics believe that their views
are about correct. Whichever way the
game goes, the score will be close.
; Whitman Should Beat Idaho.
' Whitman will Journey to Moscow on
Friday for her annual game with the
T'nirersity of Idaho. Notwithstanding
the splendid game that Idaho put up
against Oregon and the puzzling forma
tions which Middleton has taught his
men, there is an undercurrent of feeling
that the Missionaries will win.
: Willamette will go to Corvallis on Sat
urday In order to try conclusions with
the Oregon Agricultural College. The
Aggies should win the game, for the
Salem eleven is not a strong one. Since
the departure of Coach Chase, Professor
C. O. Boy'er and ex-Captain A. G. Nace
have undertaken the work of coaching
the Willamette squad. Nelson, the speedy
renter rush, has been elected captain.
Willamette Is to be congratulated for her
pluck and for her determination to play
She remaining games of her schedule, de
spite the discouraging outlook. Willam
ette may not win this season, but she Is
laying the foundation for better tilings
for next year.
The Oregon Agricultural College will
tiicet St. Vincent's College at Los Ange
les on Thanksgiving day In a game that
Will enable football critics' to compare
Oregon and California football as played
ruder the new rules. The Agricultural
ollege has a strong team and will go to
California with the best wishes of the
entire Northwest. There has been an ef
fort on the part of many Callfornians to
belittle the American game and to boost
for Rugby, but the determination of the
Northwest and of Southern California to
Mand by the American game speaks well
'or the future of the sport on the Coast,
t'alifornians who decry the strength and
?kill of Northwest athletes may have
cause to sit up and take notice when the
Corvallis men line up at Los Angeles on
Thanksgiving day.
i Multnomah realizes the hard problem
lie will have to solve on Thanksgiving
't '
day ahd It 1s safe'to say that her team
will be materially strengthened before
the big game with Oregon. The clubmen
have been practicing faithfully during the
past week and there have been some val
uable additions to the squad.
Those who have been predicting an easy
victory for Oregon had better do a llttje
hard thinking, for history shows that
Oregon has scored but one victory over
the clubmen. - Should the game be played
today, Oregon would win. but with the
hard practice that will be engaged in
before Thanksgiving day and with the
general strengthening of the team. Mult
nomah will have an even break with the
collegians.
PLAX FOR EXTENSIVE TRIP
University Basketball Team Expects
to Play Many Games. '
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Or., Nov. 9. (Special.) Basketball Is
being taken up with much enthusiasm
by Its devotees at the State University,
and Oregon will put out a very fast
team this year. "Dick" Hathaway, '08,
of Portland, who played a fast game
at forward last year for the varsity,
has been elected captain. Most of last
year's team are back. Including Hath
away, forward; Ramp, forward; Nel
son, sub-center; Scharman, guard, and
Moore, forward. . Stevenson, center,
and Penland, guard, have not re
turned to college, but candidates who
can fill the places made vacant by
these men will, be found. Paul Van
Scoy, captain of the 1905-1906 team,
who did not play last year, Is going
to get Into the game again,' and his
presence will greatly strengthen the
Oregon team.
Robin Nelson, '09, has been elected
manager by the athletic council and
is making preparations for some good
trips. The first varsity &ama will be
on December 13, with Eugene High
School. On December 20 the Oregon
team will start on a four-day trip
through Southern Oregon and will
play different teams, including Rose
burg High School, Ashland Normal
School and Athletic Club, Medford Ath
letic Club, and Grants Pass High
School. Between the two college
semesters a more extended trip will be
taken, which will last ten days, and
during which the team wiil play dif
ferent teams throughout Washington
and Idaho, probably Including the
University of Idaho, Lewlston High
School, Washington State College,
Whitman College, Walla' Walla High
School, Spokane High School, Univer
sity of Washington, Puget Sound Uni
versity and Seattle Athletic Club.
"Bill" Hayward will coach the team,
and this fact alone assures some de
gree of success.
WINTER BOWLING TO START
Tournament Will - Open at Multno
mah Club This Week. ,
The M. A. A. C. Winter bowling
tournament will open during-the com-,
ing week. Eight strong and well
matched five-men teams will compete
In the club's new alleys for the sea
son's bowling honors. Judging from the
scores that are being turned out nightly
In the preliminary practice games, the
double century mark for Individuals
and 900 notch for teams will be touched
quite frequently this Winter. The al
leys arc In splendid shape and the boys
are finding "Louie" an easy mark for
their "hooks."
The teams wlll line up as follows
with a few substitutes to be chosen
later:
Humphrey, captain; MInsinger, Mc
Kay, Dole, R. W. Mersereau.
Moore, captain; Bailey, Weis, W. A.
Healey, S. S. Healey.
P. E. Brlgham, captain; Hudson,
Surman, Routledge, Pittock.
Morgan, captain; George Brlgham, A.
O. Jones. Gearin. Dunne.
Gardner, captain; Weist, Lovejoy,
Sherrltt, Harmer.
Orton, captain; Buck, Clemson, Lom
bard, Carlson.
McCabe, captain; Cumming, Boulan,
Ott. Allen.
James, captain; E. L. Mersereau,
Trimble, Benham. Atkinson.
' Indiana Fire Loss $130,000.
BOW BELLS, Ind.. Nov. 9.-Twenty busi
ness places here burned last night. Loss,
1 30.000.
WHY LOO LOOS WON
Los Angeles Strong in Every
Department of Game.
PORTLAND'S FINE OUTFIELD
Beaver Ely Chasers Not Excelled in
League Casey Best Second
Baseman, and One or Two
Others Are Stars.
BT W. J. PETRAIN.
" Now that the ball tossers are hibernat
ing In their Winter domiciles, and the
festive fan Is eagerly awaiting the pub
lishing of the official , records of the
players, a comparison of the players on
the pennant winning Los Angeles team
and those who have drawn their pay
checks from Walter McCredie is In order.
The fans have had an opportunity of
summing up the merits and demerits of
the Portland team, but the few visits
of the champs hardly permitted them to
become familiar with the respective
merits. of the Angelic herd.
Captain Frank Dillon, first baseman
of the champions, is a familiar figure to
Portland fans. He is a scrappy player
and a leader (in a minor league) of
something of the Hugh Jennings order,
and as a player has few equals either In
the major or minor, leagues. He has
failed on two trials at big league com
pany, simply because he was cast among
a lot of players accustomed to bait a
new man. and Dillon cannot stand being
baited. He is the only real playing man
ager the Pacific Coast League has ever
bad, and this Is so because he has always
had free rein In the management of the
players.
The Los Angeles catching department
is generally considered the weakest In
the league, for neither Happy Hogan or
Bobby Eager are what a critic of rhe
game would style a finished backstop.
Both are erratic, but make up for the
defects In the fielding line with consid
erable ginger which puts life Into their
work, even though it Is not up to the
standard.
In the pitching department Los An
geles was victorious, for William Gray
and William Burns, the two southpaws,
and Walter Nagle. and Freddie Hosp,
formed a quartet of slab-artists whose
control-of the ball easily offset any de
ficiencies the catching department may
have contained.
The Los Angeles Infield was undoubt
edly the strongest In the league. Kitty
Brashear. by his display of speed at
second base and shortstop, which po
sitions he alternated with Bert Delmas,
up to the time Jud Smith was Injured,
was the find of the season, even though
a veteran at the game. When Smith was
Injured, -Brash took the difficult corner,
which position he played during 1906,
when Smith was a member of McCre
die's champions. Delmas Is a . speedy
player and an accurate thrower. He has
been sold to the major leagues, but will
hardly stay up in the big brush long, for
he Is not yet the finished product neces
sary to hold down an infield position
among the fastest in the business. How
ever, Delmas may be played at some
other position and make good, just as
many another player has done in the
past. Jud Smith s finished work at the
difficult corner is too well known to need1
more comment, for he is easily the pre
mier third sacker since the days of
Tommy Sheehan.
With a .trio of fleet-footed '. fly
chasers like Carlisle. Bernard and Cra
vath, and the yet undeveloped young
ster, Ellis. In the outfield, the Los An
geles team has been well taken care
of In thtt department; and the Port
land outfield was the only one In the
league which approached the Angels in
efficiency. Carlisle and Cravath arc
lost to the Angels for next year, and,
like the pitchers, their positions will
be found hard to replace.
Portland was blessed with a araod
outfield, but as an outfield cannot do
all the work the team fell down woe
fully. Walter McCredie, as manager and
captain of the team, played a splendid
game.
In the catching department, Portland
had but one dependable man until
Jimmy Byrne joined the team, and this
one 'man was Inclined to sulk like the
manager. Pat Donahue was the man.
and while as good a backstop? pos
sessed of an excellent whip and a-fair
batsman, would fly off the handle on
the slightest provocation and thereby
rattle the young bushers tried out by
the management as pitchers. Donahue
will have to curb his temper among
the big fellows, and If -he does this
he will make good easily, for he has
the goods otherwise. Moore was but
a mediocre player at best.
In the pitching department Mc
Credie had several highly "capable men
among the bunch he -used during the
season. Ed Klnsella. the veteran of
the bunch, was a good, steady pitcher,
and. probably the most reliable, of the
lo-. Bobby Groom, the man who had
the curves, speed and other attributes
to win fame, was too erratic and wild.
If be ever gets control he will be the
premier twirler of the bunch. Charle3
Harjman, the young Los Angeles
busher grabbed by McCredie, really
made the best showing of the lot, and
has been drafted for the Philadelphia
Athletics next season. He is too
young for major company at present
and should have another year in this
league before making his debut among
.the big fellows. The best thing In his
lavor is his steadiness, and this may
pull him through when he tries out In
the big bush. ' ,
Califf, the Oregon City boy. Is really
one of the best twirlers in the league,
but the lazy streak he developed and
the listless manner In which he would
play after an opposing team would
once get the lead, caused his suspen
sion. Pernoll, the Grants Pass wonder,
was good for a time, but blew up In
the stretch through lack of proper
coaching and loss of confidence 'when
he witnessed the-sulking of his fellow
players. Including the manager. Per
noll may be a good man next season If
handled properly. Schlmpff was a
rattje-brained player, who had more
of his attention centered on, -the grand
stand than he had on the game.
At first base McCredie had several
experiments, and of all of them the
last man tried there was by long odds
the best. Newman started the season,
but got cold feet after suffering an
injury, and McCredie worried along
until Charley Atherton made his ap
pearance. This player had lost the
cunning and-the batting ability which
made him a star In former years, and
was of lltle use to the club. Pokorny,
his successor, was too green and soon
left for the farm. Kennedy, the last
man, displayed ability that Is likely
to prove him a valuable acquisition in
the future. McCredie had better hold
this man.
At second base was the only real
ball player of the team who com
menced the season with Portland.
Casey's record stands for Itself, and
his popularity with the fans, not only
In Portland but all over the circuit,
admits him to prominence.
Shortstop was covered Indifferently
during the early part of the season,
for Schlmpff and Shinn were bushers
pure and simple. Fay played a good
fielding game, but was weak with the
club, .and when Ote Johnson arrived
Fay was supplanted. Johnson has made
good In every department.
At third base Anson Mott at times
displayed brilliancy, and on these days
one would be Inclined to class him the
cream of the league, but on other days
his display of rotten judgment and the
ease with which he was rattled was
startling, and after one of these poor
games one was ready to relegate him
to the castoff heap. Here Is a player
with the physique, the eye and the
throwing arm to make a grand player,
and yet there Is something lacking,
and that something seems :to be
stamina. . . .
In the outfield Portland has been
well and capably represented by
BaBsey, Lovett; Burdette (Bender), Raf
tery and McCredie, all of whom
proved good players. Each of these
was able to field, bat and run bases in
splendid style, and nothing was lack
ing in this style. More of their caliber
would have brought Portland near the
top of the heap.
Let us hope Mac will succeed In his
undertaking of producing a pennant
club next year. '
T
Men Who Have Met Negro Tell
of His Methods.
RIGHT HAND IS MAIN THING
It Always Has Winning Punch, but
Left Is Not So StrongMike
Sullivan Says Colored . Man
Has a Yrtlow Streak.
Joe Gans, the briltant negro light
weight, Is hailed as the greatest fighter
at his weight who ever stepped into 'a
ring. What are the methods of this, mar
velous lightweight, who has been going
on and on for 17 years and growing
better all the time? What has he that
can last while other pugilists drop into
the discard? asks the Globe and Commer
cial Advertiser.
That was the question asked of three
great fighters who have met the negro
champion. The total number of rounds
that Gans has fought Willie Lewis,
George McFadden. and Mike Sullivan in
nine contests is 103. These men ought,
therefore, to know something about his
tricks, his blows, and the force of them.
They know that the negro Is not un
beatable. Lewis fought bini to a no de
cision affair at Madison-Square Garden
and Jabbed him all over the ring. True,
there were spectators who thought that
Gans was not trying. Iewis, however,
In condition, is good enough to make any
man in the ring try.
Sullivan punched Gans about in a 15
round contest in Baltimore that went to
a draw. There were times during the
fight when the yellow streak In the negro
made him cry for mercy to the referee.
Georgi McFadden has knocked the
colored champion out. He did it In their
second contest, which took place in
the Broadway Athletic Club. He fought
two draws and one no-decision six-round
bout with the Baltimore fellow and was
later knocked out in three rounds.
- Sam Langford, the Boston black, has
also beaten the champion. So has Frank
Erne.
Still Gans goes ahead, and today he is
at the top of the heap despite his color,
the best drawing card in the country,
except Jim Jeffries and Tommy Burns,
who are heavyweights.
"Gans is a wonderful fighter." said
McFadden. "He tarries a . knockout in
his right and his left Is wicked enough
to worry you. He uses a left hook for
the stomach and a straight left punch for
the face. Neither of them, however. Is
as good as his right. It is his right with
which he does his work. He can handle
it with lightning speed either for a hook
or a straight punch to the Jaw or the
heart. In close he uses a right and left
hook to the jaw. but when he fought me
he didn't want to mix it. He wanted to
stand off and box most of the time be
cause he thought I was better than he at
close work. -
"He feints with his right. He throws
up his right shoulder and pokes the fist
out a few inches in either hook or a
straight punch, just as If he were going
to smash you. Then quick as a flash he
comes forward and lets It fly. If it con
nects with your Jaw you are done. If It
goes over the heart it hurts, but doesn't
put you out. By the time you have re
ceived seven or eight "over the heart you
begin to feel sick. It is a mistake to think
that he uses his right to the stomach.
Spectators think It goes there, but it
really goes higher, just over the heart,
on your left side."
"I learned from my experience with
Gans,-" said Willie Lewis, "that he can
be beaten by a man who has a good left
jab. I think that the people who saw our
fight will admit that I had him cut to
pieces with my left. .
"He uses a left hook and a straight
punch to the face and the same to the
stomach. They rock you, but they are
not knockout blows. He put a left hook
BLOWS
to my jaw that blinded me throughout a
round, but It didn't knock me out. His
favorite method is to kid you along with
feints of his left. He pokes it out toward
your face and stomach so that you think
that it is coming, but he is only trying to
draw a lead of your right. Swing at him
with your right and you are gone. He
will close In and with that quick, sharp
right straight punch or hook you can't
call it either he will get you to the jaw
before your blow comes around. His right
fist does not travel more than six inches.
but there Is power enough behind it to
send you to sleep. As he lands it he
throws his left up In front of his face so
that even If your blow is fast enough
you will strike his glove.
"When he aims at your heart Instead
of your jaw he docs it in the same way.
The blow over the heart takes the wind
out of you for a second, but doesn't hurt
much. After you have received eight or
ten of them you know that they have
had an effect.
"If I were to fight him again I would
use a left Jab almost entirely, keeping
my right for a straight punch of his
stomach when on top of him, so that he
could not put his right to my Jaw."
"The man who will use a straight left
at Gans face and a right to the stomach
will beat him," said Mike Sullivan: "that
is, lie can beat him if he lasts long
enough. I did not find much trouble in
putting my left over his guard to his face
No one of the blows was hard enough to
knock him out, but they had his face in
bad condition.
"His aim is to cross with his right to
your jaw when you hook him with the
left. He will throw his head out of the
way or will ward off your blow with his
left hand and then come over with his
right in a hook to your Jaw. I crooked
my left elbow up Instead of down so that
he could not reach over to cross me.
"Most of his blows are struck after you
lead. His constant aim is to get you to
lead. If you go with the left, he-will
cross with the right. If you go with the
right he will step inside and shoot that
sudden straight right to your heart or
your jaw before your blow lands.
"I would have beaten him in our last
fight In Frisco had I stuck to my plan of
jabbing him with my left in the face.
But in the fifteenth round, when he was
adly used up, I thought that I saw a
chance to . end the fight with a right
swing. I feinted- with my left, and then
started the right over. He stepped in
side, and as my blow went around his
neck he hit me squarely on the chin with
a straight right punch. You know the
rest.
"I don't want to boast, but I think that
I am the only man who can beat Gans.
If I can get on a fight with him you will
know that I'm going to try to jab him
to death with my left, as I started In to
do in our last fight."
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COR. SECOND AND YAMHILL STS.. PORTLAND, ORKOON. I
Bargain Baseball Likely to Be Ta
booed by Big Leagues Next Sea
son Sentiment That Razor
like Spikes Should Go.
During the recent meeting of the Na
tional Association of Professional Base
ball Leagues, held In this city, which
was largely attended by National and
American League magnates, managers,
umpires and players, and hundreds of
minor leaguers, of all degrees, there
was considerable talk regarding advis
able changes In the playing rules for
the season of 1908, says the New York
World.
President Harry Pulllam, of the Na
tional League, came out very strongly
against the flagrant abuse of the double
header system. If Pulllam can bring It
about there will be no championship
games of less than nine innings next
year, except they are stopped by rain
or darkness.
"It became a great fad last season,"
said Pulllam, "to make the second hall
of a double-header consist of only seven
Innings, and In some cases only five. I
made a mistake In ever allowing these
cut-off contests to go as full games,
but the practice came on suddenly and
was In full sway before I realized what
a bad thing for the game It was. It
will never be allowed again. The rules
expressly state that a game of ball
must consist of nine innings unless
stopped by the weather.
"All of the seven and flve-lnnlng
games played this year were technically
Illegal. Such cheap methods are of no
benefit to baseball, and the practice
will be stopped next season. The main
reason for the hold It obtained this
year was the larger number of artificial
double-headers played. In all of the .
second division cities except Boston a
great many double-headers were pluf ed
that were not necessary. The slightest
excuse was grasped to postpone a game
In drder to work In a double-header '
later. In several cases scheduled
games were deliberately brought for
ward or set back, without any excuse
whatever, except the desire to draw a
few hundred more people at the gate.
This cheapening of the game making
a second-rate vaudeville show out of
it. will be done away with next sea
son." Umpire Hank O'Day expressed him
self in favor of the' adoption of rules
that will prevent the pitchers from de
laying games by their dilatory tactics.
O'Day argues that the games are too
long and that the baseball enthusiasts
demand quicker action. The spit-ball is
generally held responsible for the long
games now so prevalent. Whether the
pitcher uses the spttter or not, he goes
through the same motions, to deceive
the batters, and consumes much valu
able time thereby.
The magnates of the two big leagues
will be asked to legislate against the
habit the pitchers have of rubbing
every new ball In the grass around the
pitcher's box. This Is a well known
time-killing device, and all the twirlers
take advantage of the latitude they are
allowed by the umpires. It has been
suggested that If the new ball must be
groomed and manicured the Job be
subject to the bat boy, to be attended '
to before the new ball Is thrown out.
This would save the pitchers some work
and would save the patience of the
spectators, which Is often sadly tried by
the delays incident to the rubbing the
new ball farce.
When the leagues meet In this city
next month a determined effort will be
made by the American League club own
ers to have the date of the opening of the
season changed to April 20 Instead or
April 11. If the leagues stick to the 15
games scheduled, which they doubtless
will, the late opening will necessitate,
the scheduling of more double headers,
and' there will be less open dates.
In the opinion of a big majority of
baseball men there should be a change
in the nature of the spikes worn on base
ball shoes. So many valuable players have,
been Injured by coming In contact with
the razor-like spikes of base-runners that
reform is needed. That sharp spikes are
dangerous for the men who wear them Is
shown by the cases of Mike Donlln, Harry
Lumley and 81 Seyfour, who were serious
ly hurt through their spikes catching In
the dirt around bases and throwing the
player.
It has been demonstrated that cleats
such as worn by football players will not
answer the purpose for baseball players,
and experiments are now being made to
produce a blunt or rounded spike which
will have all the merits of the present
knife-blade spike without its dangers.
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