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13 THE MORNING OREGONTAN, FRIDAY, 3IAT 10, 190T. 0' BRIEN PUNISHED I DOUBLE DOSE Arranged to Win Fake Fight and Was Given Double Cross by Burns. WHIPPED FOR HIS PAINS Burns Says lie Apparently Entered Into Agreement, but Warned McCarey and Then He Fought to win. LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 9. Tommy Burns, winner of the Bums-O'Brien fight before the Pacific Athletic Club last night, declared today that in order to get O'Brien to agree to enter the arena he promised to "He down" and let him win the fight. He did this only as a . ruse, he says, and resolved to go in and win as soon as the gong sounded the first round. This I did, and the result was appar arent. O'Brien waa taken off his feet and was scared to death. He knew I had planned too cunningly for them all, and that he was due for a beating. "As for the J&ets beirrg called off, I was Instrumental in having that done for the protection of the public. I wanted to make this explanation afterwards, and I did not want to see the public tricked into losing any of its money. The calling off of the bets cost me $3800, for I stood to win that amount myself." McCarey Exposes the Fake. Manager McCarey, of the Pacific Ath letlo club, today confirmed Burns' state ment in every detail, and made the fol lowing statement of the fake fight ar rangement: The statement of Tommy Burns regarding the method of getting Jack O'Brien into the ring last night Is true in every par ticular. O'Brien came to Los Angelea de claring that he was ready to go on with the battle. Then be approached Burns and after he had got me in deeply on the ex pense be suggested that Burns enter into a fake fight with him and allow him to beat Burns in the ring and be declared the winner. O'Brien said that under no other circumstances would he enter the ring with Burns. Tommy consented to the fake, O'Brien was to bet on himself and ne and Burns were to divide the proceeds. Burns then came to me with the story, declaring that this was the only way by which O'Brien could be got into the ring and suggested that be pretend to carry out the agreement. This looked to be the best thing to do and I agreed to the condition taking the I. O. U. of the two fighters for 118,000 apiece In order to protect myself. It looked to me to be the only way to get O'Brien to fight, and, not wanting to disappoint the public I went on with the arrangements. O'Brien, all this time, according to his statement, was placing alK.the money at his command on himself to win and the odds went down to 10 to 6 yesterday after noon. O'Brien had no intimation that Burns was going to "double-cross" hlra until the referee entered the ring. After I found that O'Brien- had made this arrangement with Burns, I changed the conditions of the match and the' three ef us met and agreed that Burns was to receive half of the purse and that O'Brien was to get 80 per cent of the gross receipts. Th.ls was fortunate for me, for the receipts fell down to $22,000, so I am not a very great loser on the event. O'Brien Says Fake All Through. Late tonight after being secluded In his hotel all day. Jack O'Brien Issued a statement in which he declared that all arrangements for last night's fight were tinged with crookedness. He alleged that Burns and Manager McCarey, of the Pa cific Athletic Club, were parties to the unfair deal; that Nolan, O'Brien's man ager, knew of tha preparations and en forced a new agreement with Burns and McCarey; that on one occasion McCarey proposed that a coin be flipped to decide which man should pretend to be knocked out, and that there was never any in tention of offering a $30,000 purse. Later Nolan was seen at Mr. Mc Carey's office. When informed that the story was out he said he was glad of it and hoped all the facts would be printed. He himself knew nothing about it, he said, and had no part In any fake ar rangements. Referee Had Suspicions. Referee Charles Byton said today with reference to the fight: "Burns' statement today is the first in timation I had about any agreement be tween the men. I am not surprised, how ever, at the revelations, as there were plenty of suspicious circumstances. I called off the bets 'last night after a conference with Manager McCarey. We found many suspicious circumstances con nected with the betting and agreed that It would be an injustice to the public to allow the bets to stand. I am glad personally that the exposure has been made, for it will help to shut some of those out of the boxing game who are in it for dishonest purposes." NORTHWEST IiEAGfE. Seattle 4; Vancouver 3. SEATTLE, Wash., May S. For the third consecutive time Seattle nosed Van couver out in a close and well-played game. The score: R H C Feattl 1 400101 t 7 1 Vancouver 0 0300100 08 7 2 Batteries Rush and Stanley; Finney end Spencer. Umpire Mahaffey. Tacoma 5; Butte Q. TACOMA. Wash.. May 9. Tacoma ne gotiated ten hits off Killiley's delivery to day and won the third game of the Butte series by a score of 5 to 2. The score: ' K. H. E. Taooma 0 0120020 5 10 2 Butte 0 0101000 03 t i Batteries Doyle and Shea; KiUlley and Meyers. Umpire Uhret. AMERICAN" LEAGUE. Won. Lost. P. C Chicago 15 7 .tW8 Nw York ..... 11 7 .611 Philadelphia 10 S .S.VJ I)evrolt ..10 .S29 Cleveland lo 10 .ih Fasten ............. fk to .474 Washington A 11 St. Louis 6 IS " .250 Chicago 0; Philadelphia 0. CHICAGO. May . -Chicago easily de feated Philadelphia today in the opening game of the West series. Score: RH.fi.1 R.H.E. Chicago i f S.Philadelphia ...0 3 1 Batteries Patterson and Sullivan; Plank, Dygert and Poers. Washington 9; St. louts 4. ST. LOU13, May s. Washington won today tha firat game of the aeries from St. Louis. Home runs by Schlafley and Hughes were features. Score: R.H.E R.H.E. St. Louis 4 13 3IWashington ...9 14 2 Batteries Howell, Morgan and .Buelow; Graham, Hughes and Wagner. Cleveland 5 ; New York 2. CLEVELAND, O., ' May 9. Cleveland defeated New York today. Flick's batting and fielding were the features. Score: Cleveland & 7 llNew York 2 4 1 Batteries Joss, Hess and Clark; Orth, Keefe and Xleinow. . Boston 3; Detroit 2. DETROIT. Mich., May 9. Misplays by Detroit gave the game to Boston today. Score: Detroit .'.2 7 2 Boston S 10 1 Batteries Mullen and Schmidt; Young and Criger. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago New York .. Philadelphia PitUrburg . . Boston Cincinnati .. St. Ijouis Brooklyn Won. 17 ,...1 It .... 8 8 7 A 18 P. C. .850 .342 .Bit .671 .471 .3.10 .211 .205 Boston 4; Cincinnati 3. BOSTON, May 9. Kane's wild throw bounded into the first base bleachers to day and according to the ground rules all the runners scored, enabling the local men to win. Score: Boston 4 10 3Clncinnati S 10 S Batteries Dorner and Brown; Ewlng, Coakley, McLean and Schlei. Three Games Postponed. NEW TOkK, May 9. Chicago-Brooklyn game postponed, wet grounds. PHILADELPHIA, May - 9. St. Louis Philadelphia postponed, rain. NEW YORK. May 9. New York-Pltts-burg game postponed, wet grounds. . GLORIFIER WADES TO VICTORY Wins $10,000 Meropolitan Handi cap, Splashing Through Mud. NEW YORK, May 9. The Metropolitan handicap, the feature of the opening of Belmont Park today, was won by J. H. McCormick's Glorifier, at 20 to 1. Oken lte. an added starter, finished a close sec ond and Roseben, the favorite, was third. The time was 1:40 4-5 over a mile course deep with mud. Okenlte held steady around 10 to 1, while Roseben's price was forced down from 11 to 6 to 8 to 5 at post time. Probably 25,000 saw the 16 thor oughbreds splash through a mile of mud for the $10,000 Metropolitan prize. Re sults: . 61x furlongs Oraculum won. Jack Atkins second, Athlete third; time, 1:11 4-6. Pour and a half furlongs Sanguine won, Gordello second, Master Robert third; time 0:64 3-6. One mile Glorlfler. 119 (Garner), 20 to 1, won; Okenite. 09 (Brussel). 10 to 1. second; Roseben, 124 (Martin), 8 to 6. third; time 1:40 4-5. Nealon, Dandelion, W. H. Carey, Deshabile, Tokalon, Blandy, Sewell, Superman, J. O. Gore, Bat Masterson, Go-Between and First Premium also ran. Okenlte was an added starter. Steeplechase, about two miles Grandpa won, Sanctus second, Mr. Cann third; time 4:20. Seven furlongs Pontoon won. Pins and Needles second. Ambush third; time 1:28 4-5. Seven furlongs Keator won, Goldenwest second, Star Cat third; time 1:29. Handball Finals Tonight. The finals in the Multnomah Club handicap handball tournament will be played tonight in the club alleys. Gleason and Boland will play R. Jones and Mooreland. The Cleland cup will be awarded to the winning team, and a handsome gold medal to each of the two men.. There is a great deal of in terest taken In the tournament, and tonight's game will be the fastest of the series. The finals in the pool tournament will be played tomorrow night with games in the first, second and third classes. Arthur Morris will play in the first class, H. Moore in the second, and Clif Nlckols in the third. . Guardsmen to Hold Meet. The final track meet of the series between the O. N. G., and First Battery Field Artillery, will be held in the Armory Thursday night, May If. A large number of entries have been re ceived, and It looks as If the meet would be the most successful of the season. The events will be a 50-yard dash, high Jump, half-mile relay, 440 yard run, bayonette race, tent-pitching contest and wall-scaling. Several oth er events may be added to the list, but at present it is not known what they will be. NOTICE. All Republican voters of the First Ward are hereby cordially Invited to be present at a meeting to be held this even ing at 8 o'clock at No. 750 Thurman street, for the purpose of organizing a Republi can Club, and to outline a plan to conduct our city campaign of the First Ward. J. H. BUSH. Chairman Central Committeemen First Ward. LOSE Ifj THE NINTH Beavers Almost Have Victory Within Their Grasp. OAKLAND'S TIMELY HITS Groom Put In Box In Place of Schimpff, but He Is Quickly Found for Two Safe Hits and Oakland Wins. YI.STER.DAT'8 M3IJI.TS. Oakland, 6; Portland. 4. San Francisco, 4; Los Angeles, 0. Standing of the Clubs.' Won. Lost. Per Cent. Los Angeles ... 19 Oakland 17 San Francisco.. 18 Portland 9 10 14 15 24 .655 .548 .545 SAN FRANCISCO, May 9. (Special.) The Beavers had the game stowed away and ready to be delivered up to the ninth inning this afternoon, but Just then the Commuters pulled off a batting rally and when It was over the complexion of tho came had changed .slightly. Port land was leading by two runs when Oak land came up for its final wallop at the ball in the ninth. Heltmuller was dis posed of without much trouble. Truck Egan swung on the next one and sent it soaring over the right field fence. agnt after him came Haley with a single to right. At this Juncture Oap McCredie pulled Schimpff out of the box and sud stituted Groom. But the latter had no terrors for Brick Devereaux, who lined out a double to center. He rested there but an instant, when Randolph took a safe punch at the ball and then It all over for the day. The score: PORTLAND. H. o 0 0 P.O. s 16 o 0 P.O. 2 I 1 2 a o 14 i o A.B. R. Shinn, ss 3 O Lovett. cf 4 0 Casey, 2b 8 1 McCredie, rf 1 Dunleavy, Sb ..... 8 1 Donahue, e 3 1 Croll. If 4 0 Carson, lb ......... 8 0 Schimpff. P 4 0 Groom, p 0 0 Totals 80 4 . OAKLAND. A.B. K. Smith. If 4 0 Van Haltren, cf ... 4 0 Heltmuller, rf ... 4 0 Bgran, ss 4 1 Bliss, c 4 1 Haley, 2b 4 2 Bigbee, lb 4 0 Devereaux, 8b 3 1 Randolph, p 3 0 Totals 84 6 10 2T 18 Two out when winning run made. Rum and hits by Innings: Portland 0 0020000 2 4 Hits 00100. 0 00 S 4 Oakland 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 S Hits 0 3 0 0 1 12 0 410 SUMMARY. Ttnmii run Egan. Three-base hit Bigbee. TmhRM hits Carson. Haley. Devereaux. Sacrifice hit Shinn. Bales on balls Off 6chimpff, 3; off Randolph. 5. Struck out By Randolph. 2; Double play Schimpff to Cas?y to Carson. Hits On Groom, 2. Time 1:40. Umpire Perrine. GOOSE EGGS FOR THE AXGELS Not a Man Gets Across Plate in the Game With San Francisco. LOS ANGELES, May 9. Los Angeles was unable to send a man across the nlate and San Francisco clinched a vie tory in the second Inning, when Street drove a two-bagger to the left field fence. scoring two. A big crowd witnessed the game. Score: R.H.EL San Francisco ....0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 Los Angeles 0 0000000 0-0 i 2 Batteries Henley and Street; Bergeman and Hogman. Umpire Derrick. Oregon Yacht Club to Hold Contest. The competition season of the Oregon Yacht Club will begin Decoration Da and the contests will continue at inter vals of two weeks for the whole Summer. One of the most Important events planned by the club will be a yacht race from Astoria to Portland, which will be held some time In the latter part of Angust. A racing committee composed of F. D"Aracy. A. J. Cormack' and Edward C. Pape announced the following dates for handicap and class races: May SO- Opening regatta: Handicap yasht race, 2:30 P. M. ; canoe race, 3 P. M. June 15 Class race, 2:30 P. M. July 4 Handicap yacht race, 2:30 P. M. Jewell challenge cup, presented by Ira F. Powers. Canoe race, 3 P. M. July 20 Class race, 2:30 P. M. ; canoe race. 3 P. M. too -0 ; II 10 .. ... ;? a l a - I i I Is B.. ".' ... . 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