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4 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAJf. PORTLAND, JUNE 26,. 1910. MULDOON CREDITED AS PEACEMAKER Even Corbett Would Claim Honor of Reuniting Jeffries and Sullivan. MISHAP MARS NEGFfo'S ACT Terrific Smash Causes Punching Bag to Break From Moorings, Kitting Writer Full in Face. Reno Officials Are Busy. RENO, Nev., June 25. Who brought John L. Sullivan and James J. Jeffries together? A vociferous chorus of "I did." from perhaps a dozen lusty throats would greet that query were tt propounded In the presence of all who today are pos ing as the original peacemaker. certainty a large can would be re quired to hold all the oil alleged to have been poured on the troubled watery. Even Jim Corbett, the man who Jerked in the latch string of Moan Spring when "John L." called last Thursdav Is try-ins- to stake out a. claim to the honor. Muldoon Really Peacemaker. Tex RIckard and Joe'Choynskl are .for the title, but. If the question was put to a vote there is little doubt that John L's old trainer. William Muldoon, would he acclaimed the man chiefly responsible for re-unltlng in the bonds vi ninny me lamous ex-cnampions. Sullivan's visit to Jeffries' camp and the friendly reception given him by both Jeffries and Corbett were not un expected. Gentleman Jim was conveniently on hand when Sullivan's automobile drove up. "I guess everything is all right now." said the old fighter, as he grasped Cor bett's outstretched hand. "Sure." was the quick reply, and as they stood chatting together a battery of cameras trained on the pair by news paper photographers opened fire. Champion Gives Royal Greeting. Muldoon, coming up, accompanied Corbett and "Sully", into the rubbing room, where Jeffries was stretched on a slab. The big fellow held out his hand in welcome, -and John L. shook it warmly, as he cried, "Hello, young fellow. By heavens you're looking great. "And I'm feeling great." Jeff told him. Then for a quarter of an hour they grew reminiscent and talked about the battles of bygone days, after which, with another handshake all round, Sullivan returned to town. Crowds thronged the camps today, Jeffries, after light work in the morn- 1nr .. 1,1. 1 .. - a . . . w . iao iioiuiiB ou etna al ter securing a license started out to investigate the trout streams and lakes about Reno. Jack Johnson worked hard. Several miles on the roads' and nine rounds of boxing In the broiling sun, not to speak of bag" punching and medicine play, ronstltuted the champion's initial grind In his new camp. He finished breath ing easily and apparently in fine fet tle. The altitude did not seem to af fect him in any way. Accident Mars Work. An accident marred his afternoon programme. Driven-by a terrific blow from the champion the punching bag broke from its mooring and struck Ben Benjamin, a San Francisco sporting writer, full in the for hmirini. hi. glasses and cutting the flesh slightly un der his eye. Johnson expressed much re gret over the mishap. Al Kaufman, George Cotton and Dave Mills were Johnson's sparring partners today and that trio is expected to work with the champion daily until next Saturday, when it is said he will cease active training. Preparations for the fight advanced rapidly today. A large consignment of "inner came in from Verdi, seven miles away, and considerable progress was made on the work of building the arena. There is no dearth of either labor or material here, and as many workmen as can be used will be kept on the Job until the huge structure is -completed. The contractors promised RIckard tonight to have the arena fin ished in every detail and ready for use by July 2. They say that, if necessary, the work probably could be accom plished in a day less' than the time ' limit set. Sheriff Names Doctors. Sheriff C. P. Ferret announces the appointment of two local physicians to act for the county in examining the fight principals ten hours before they enter the ring, a requirement stipu lated by state law. Ample protection, it is said, will be afforded by the authorities from now until the fight is over and- Reno re covers from its excitement. Advices have been received that six members of the state police, an organi zation somewhat similar to. the famous Arizona Rangers, will arrive from Car son City tomorrow in charge of Lieu tenant Cahlan. They will work in con junction with the Sheriffs deputies and the city's force of patrolmen in preserving order until after the Fourth. According to Tex Rickard, seldom in the history of the big fights in Nevada has adequate precaution been provided for relief to persons likely to be injured or taken ill at the ringside. Temporary Hospital Near Arena. A temporary receiving hospital will be put near the site of the arena and the Sheriff states that he will appoint 12 of the city's leading physicians to serve under the banner of the Red Cross on the day of the battle. These physicians will be stationed in various parts of the arena. The city's patrol wagon will be pressed into service as an ambulance. Jack Gleason's visit to Reno today was - for the purpose of conferring with RIck ard regarding the opening of a. ticket office here and to inspect the work be - lng done on the arena. Following his announcement that no certificates for seats would be redeemed after next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Glea son was besieged with a storm of queries. He explained that all who wished to cancel their certificates must notify the San Francisco bank before the hours named, otherwise It would be Inferred mat reaempuon was not lmenaea. own ers of certificates may exchange them for arena seats either at the ticket office to be established here or in San Francisco. ""W'olgast Ordered AVest. Tom Jones, manager of Ad Wolgast. has sent a message to the lightweight champion at his home in ' Michigan, in structing him to leave for Reno as soon j as possible. Battling Nelson is also ex . pected here for the fight and Jones will j andeavor to arrange a match between NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF WHITE 1 e JMKS J. the clever little fellows to be held here on Labor Day. "It all rests with Nelson," declares the champion's manager. "If he wants to fight again. Ad will be only too glad to accommodate him." Word was received at Jeffries' camp today that Frank Gotch, the wrestler, will leave Iowa for Reno tomorrow night. JEFFRIES FAVORITE, 10 TO 7 New York Sports Ijeavlng for We6t in Large Numbers: - NEW YORK, June 25. "On to Reno," is the cry of the sports, who are de parting in large numbers today for the battleground of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Fight followers have been leaving the city in small parties for several days and one, or possibly two, special trains probably will leave here Monday. It is expected that New York will send about 200 spectators, while this number will be augmented by scores of British sports, who are ex) pected here within a few days. Betting today at Tom Sharkey's was 10 to 7 on Jeffries. Sharkey, once a contender for championship honors, expects to pilot a number o sports for Reno. LEEVER WILD; CUBS KICK PITTSBURG PITCHER HITS TWO AND CHICAGO PROTESTS. Fear That Wlldness Would Prove Dangerous to Life apd Limb Causes Mixups In Game. Won. ... .81 ....3:: . ...2T . . . .-'7 Lost. 17 21 -i 31 31 as p. c. .680 .11 .541) .am .47 .4!i .446 .343 Chicaeo .... New York . . PlttsburK Cincinnati . . Philadelphia St. Louis . . . Brooklyn . . . Boston PTTTni'T) n .T11 n A 55. Cblcufiro beat Pittsburg today, 8 to 2, in a game full of wrangle and objections. After hitting two batsmen, Leever was requested by the Chicago players to leave the rubber. The players appealed to the umpires, declaring that Leever's wlldness might prove dangerous to life and limb. Umpire Moran ordered Leever to pitch several balls over to demonstrate his control. He did this and continued in the game. Stelnfeld and Chance were ordered off the field for protesting too vehemently. Score: s R. H. E. R. H. E. Pittsburg ....2 8 2Chicago 8 10 1 Batteries Leever and Reulbach; Ritchie, and Kling. Umpires Johnson and Moran. St. Louis 9-6; Clnclnati 1-4. ST. LOUIS, June 25. St- Louis won two games from Cincinnati today by a score of 9 to 1 and 6 to 4. The visitors put up poor games, the pitchers being weak. The second game was called after seven Innings were played because of darkness. Score-!-First game: R. H. E. . R. H. E. St. Louis ....9 10 2Cinclnnati ...1 5 6 Batteries Harmon and Bresnahan; Doyle, Beebe and Klein. Umpires Rig ler and Emslie. Second game: St. Louis 6 9 1'iCinclnnati ...4 10 1 Batteries Bachman, Corridor, Lush. Willis and Bresnahan; Rowan, Burns and McLean. Umpires Rigler and Emslie. Boston 3; Brooklyn 1. ' BOSTON, June 25. A batting rally in the fourth gave Boston a victory over Brooklyn today, 3 to 1. Score: Brooklyn ....1 6 1 Bos ton ..3 6 1 Batteries Bell and f3ergenf Mattern and Graham. Umpires O'Day and Bren nan. New York 4; Philadelphia 1. NEW YORK, June 25. New York de feated Philadelphia, 4 to 1. The visitors were unable to fathom Mathewson. In the seventh, with Mathewson and Merkle on bases and two out, Doyle hit for a home run. Score: Philadel ....1 5 lNew York. ...4 10 1 Batteries Foxen, Quillen and Jack lltch; Mathewson and Meyer. Vmpires Kane and Klem. American Association Games. At Kansas City First game: In dianapolis 2, Kansas City 4. Second game: Indianapolis' 6, Kansas City 5. At Minneapolis First game: Minne apolis 8, Toledo 7. Second game: Toledo 4, Minneapolis 0. At St. Paul Columbus 0, St. Paul 2. i -: If ' ' v- .'1 ":r- CHAMPION IN FIGHTING POSE , I ..- 'i ::- fearful i.?mwwt.iiiyrtwffwig -1 JEFFRIES. TENNIS MEET ATTRACTS KLAMATH FALLS PREPARES TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS. Henry Crosby, Holder of Challenge Trophy, to Defend Title New Entrants Give Promise. - KLAMATH FALLS, Or., June 25. (Spe cial.) Interest in the forthcoming tennis tournament to be held by the Klamath Tennis Club on its courts here, grows. Many inquiries are being received by the committee in charge from California points and from Roseburg, Eugene, Port land, Medford and Lakeview, Or. Henry Crosby, of Centerville, Cal., pres ent holder of the challenge trophy, will be here to defend his title. Mr. Crosby is playing in fine form this season. Ralph P. Newlands, of Portland, cham pion of the University of Oregon, has en tered, and will be a strong contender for the championship. Mr. Newlands is one of the well-known players of the state. H. G. Wilson, of Roseburg, has entered. He was a finalist in last year's tourna ment and will be picked by many to win the tournament. John T. Harris, of Klamath Falls, is a recent arrival here. He plays in excel lent form, has had wide tennis experi ence and has played in the Missouri Val ley championship tournament, in addition to tournaments h'eld at Washington, D. C, and Cumberland, Md. I. S. Jones, of California, a crack play er, who is employed by the Southern Pa cific Company, has entered. Local players are practicing hard for the event and may furnish many sur prises to the followers of the game. Hand some prizes have been ordered. The tournament begins July 1 and the club is planning to entertain many out- AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won. Loot. P. C. Philadelphia 86 1 .6.15 New York 33 20 .B2:! Detroit 37 ' 2J .607 Boston 30 25 .54 Chicago 24 20 .4.1K Cleveland 2V 2S .429 Washington .. 2'i 85 .31)7 St. Louis 15 39 .278 ONE HAND SAVES 2-TO-l GAME Cobb's Line Drive, Good for Twb Runs, Stopped by St. Louisan. DETROIT. Mich.. June 25. Stone's one hand running catch of Cobb's line drive In the fifth inning saved the game for St. Louis. There were two men on bases and both would have scored had the hit gone safe. St. Louis won, 2 to 1. Both sides fielded brilliantly. Score: R. H. E.l ' R. H. E. St. Louis 2 7 OIDetrolt 1 9 0 Batteries Ray and Stephens; Summers and Stanage. New York 7; Washington 4. WASHINGTON, June 25. Washington played poor ball today and New York won, 7 to 4. Heinrlch made his debut in the American League, pitching the last two innings, while Daniels also came out for the first time, relieving Chase in the final round. Score: t R. H. E. R. H. E. New York... 7 10 ljWashington .4 7 1 Batteries Warhop and Sweany; Stan ley, Johnson, Heinrich and Street. Chicago 4; Cleveland 0. CHICAGO, June 25. Chicago made it tnree straight from Cleveland today. S.core : R. H. E. R. H. E Chicago 4 8 llCleveland 0 6 Batteries Scott and Payne; Young and easterly. Philadelphia 2; Boston 1. PHILADELPHIA, June 25. Philadel phia won from Boston here today, S to 2. Brilliant fielding by Barry was a big factor In the home team s success. Score - R. H. E.f R. H. E. Boston 1 7 2PhiIadelphia 2 8 2 Batteries Plank and Donahue: Rollins and Kleinow. South African Best Sprinter. WOLVERHAMPTON, England, June 25. R. E. Walker, the South African sprinter, today defeated F. L. Ramsdell, of the University of Pennsylvania, in the 100-yard dash at the Charity sports. Th time was 10 1-5 seconds, the track being plow. The vast enterprise for the reclamation of Mesopotamia will redeem and Irrigate 12.- S00.0O0 acres. Since August last 35 0O to 4000 laborers have been at work on Ilka Initial projects in northern Mesopotamia. TE E Series on Local Grounds to Last Four Weeks. VERNON FIRST TO ARRIVE Portland Nine Will Be Put to Test During Fourteen Games .With' Leaders In Pacific Coast League Pennant Race. . i Baseball fans who had a two weeks' respite from their daily obligation of attending their favorite sport, will come Into their own at the Vaughn street park, commencing Tuesday aft ernoon, for on that date Walter Mc Credte and his eBavers will return for four weeks. The first club scheduled here this trip will be Happtcus Hogan and his Vernon crew, which aggregation comes for a aeries of 14 straight games in cluding the July 4 double-header. As the Fourth comes on Monday, the usual traveling day in this circuit, the "Hoo ligans" will hold over the extra week thereby putting in the long series. Vernon Plays Well. The Beavers have not done extraor dinarily well against the Hogan crowd, for out of 16 games decided between these teams thus far this season, Port land has won but six of them, and made the poorest showing in the four games played here with Vernon. How ever, Portland has shown signs of im provement of late, and the addition of Outfielder Felix Martfnke has not hurt the chances of the team In the least. As is generally the case with a castoff or released player, Martinke may prove the strongest batter against his former teammates, and If the rule works out as it should, according to precedent, Hogan may be likely to regret dispos ing of this player to Portland. Martinke has always been a good hitter, and how Hogan came to part with him is something of a mystery, for he is a better hitter than either Coy or Stovall, the two men retained by Vernon. Since he joined the Portland club, Martinke has been hitting good. nd is getting Into the run column so regularly that McCredie seems to have picked up a live one in this player. At any rate, he is an improveemnt on Smith, who was a weakling at the bat. Test Is Coming. During the next series on the home grounds the Portland team will be put to the test, for this time McCredie's men are pitted against all of the lead ing clubs, Los Angeles and Sacramento, the trailers, not appearing here this time. First, comes Vernon for two straight weeks, and following this club are the Oakland and San Francisco clubs, which means that the Portland bunch will have to play top-notch ball for four solid weeks in order to remain in a position near the top of the heap. It will be a trying series for the pitchers, and McCredie seems to be handicapped by having one or two of the regular slabsters on the shelf through injuries or sore arms. Eugene Krapp, Vean Gregg and Bill Steen are the only members of the staff hurling with any-degree of accuracy, for Sea- ton' and Garrett have been unsteady and probably . handicapped by lame ings. OREGON 0" STAR STAYS DUGDALE LIKES HINKLE, EVEN THOUGH HE LOSES GAME. Tryout of Young College Pitcher Proves So Good Tlmt Seattle De cides to Retain Him. Won. . Lost. Pet. Spokane 37 26 .587 Vancouver 35 28 .556 Tacoma 28 35 .444 Seattle 26 37 .413 SEATTLE, Wash., June 25. (Special.) Ferdinand Hlnkle, the University of Oregon star pitcher, had his tryout in professional ball today for the Seattle team and while his performance was not exceptional it was such that Presi dent Dugdale stated that he considers the college southpaw a very promis ing youngster and will retain him. Hinkle struck out six and allowed 10 hits, but good fielding would have cut off several of the safe wallops. He showed plenty of speed and would have been steadier with an experienced catcher, but Heminway, Washington backstop, was sent out to receive. Hinkle kept the Spokane team from scoring for five innings. After that he was batted hard. Ryan started in to pitch for Spokane but gave way to Killilay in the second inning. Killllay was effective throughout. Score: R.H.E. R.H.E. Seattle ..1 4 3 Spokane ..4 10 3 Batteries Hinkle and Custer; Hem inway; Ryan, Killilay and Shea. Tacoma 3; Vancouver 0. VANCOUVER, B. C. June 25. Taco ma shut out Vancouver today and won the game by timely hitting in the sev enth inning. Annis was wild but ef fective in the pinches. Score: R. H. E.I R.H. E, Tacoma ..3 9 1 Vancouver. .0 6 2 Batteries Annls and Byrnes; Jensen and Lewis. MISS HOTCHKISS WINS ' WESTERS GIRL - MAKES CLEAN SWEEP EST TENNIS. In Two Straight Sets, Berkeley Crack Takes Singles, Then Doubles and Also Mixed Doubles Easily. PHILADELPHIA, June 25.-JHiss Hazel Hotchklss. of Berkeley, Cal., today re tained the woman's singles lawn tennis championship, defeating the challenger. Miss Louise Hammond, of New York, in straight sets, 6-4. 8-2. WUh Miss Edith Rotch. of Boston, as partner. Miss Hotchklss also won the championship in doubles, defeating Miss Browning, New York, and Miss Wlldey, Plainfleld. N. J., 6-4. 6-4. and then with scarcely an interval, won the mixed cham pionship with ,J. R. Carpenter, opposing Miss Wlldey and Herbert M. Tilden, of Philaflelphia. v The single championship contest was closer than the 6-4. 6-a score would indi cate. . . AMCDM1NGHQM REX BEACH TO DESCRIBE CHAMPION. - SHIP FIGHT FOR THE OREGQNIAN Read His Magazine Article on the G ana-Herman Tight Three Years Ago, and Then Imagine What He Will Do ' With Jef frios and Johnson at th e Great Contest July Fourth. EX BEACH, author of "The Spoil ers ' "Th( Hllvpr Horri tc. will S fUaf.iHhA rr- Tlin riroD.lniun tHAfiwlit for the heavyweight championship of the world, at Reno, July 4. He is probably the ablest man In the United States for a Job like this. In the first place, he Is himself one of the best amateur boxers in the United States. He is an all-round trained athlete. He knows the West.'. He knows her people. He has felt the hot blood of experience in his veins from actual contact with that van ishing' frontier spirit which has so thrilled and finally made up what today typifies the blood and sinew of our American life. Technical details of a prizefight mean little to the, average reader. Most read ers are opposed to such contests; just the same they want the human-interest story, the psychological conclusions, the paint ed pictures, the analyzed idea back of the event. These things Rex Beach will furnish as only a fine descriptive .writer such as he can. He brings a fight to the very eyes of every reader. His story of the Gans-Herman fight at Tonopah, Nev., January 1, 1907, illus trates his power. It was published in Everybody's Magazine. Of the article, the editor said: "In my opinion it stands as one of the best pieces of reporting ever done in this country." But let the reader Judge for himself. Here are extracts from REX BEACH'S STORY OF GANS HERMAN FIGHT T WAS two hours after midnight when we piled out of the Pullman into the whirling snow that the desert wind whipped into our faces. I had always pictured a desert as the home of heat waves and burning sands, but thla frozen gale flapped my fur coat about my legs, numbed my nose, and destroyed Illusion utterly. Moreover, I was sleepy. Ud the slippery street we stumbled wiui our suitcases, the millionaire, the heavy weight champion, and I, while benma us tolled the Frisco sporting editors. They were coldand eleepy, too. As we went, I endeavored to gain some idea of the town, for I was curious to learn what manner of mining camp it is that will spend 3100.000 to see two naked boys rignt with padded fists for its New Year's day amusement. . But the night was thick and I detected only mountains on either hand, pricked here and there with lights, be neath which showed spider-like scaffold ing or bulky shafthouses. Ahead of us opened a wide, well - lighted Btreet, flanked by brick stores, above which, a block, farther on, rose a five-storied stone office building. There was no hint of the frontier in this, and I was disappointed, for they had told me that here in Tono pah. a gold-mining camp on the edge of the Nevada desert, was the last bit of our vanishing West. "Stop at Riley's. He'll find a place for us to sleep," shouted one of the men be hind; so we turned through storm doors and into a big building. As we entered I saw that my fears had been unground ed, that I had found the West again, and forthwith I harked back to the Klondike days: for we came into a great saloon crowded like . the Chicago wheat pit, lammed with men in motley garb, the air reeking with their breaths, the floor slippery with mud and melted snow, we elbowed our way past a long bar, past sundry gambling games and a bookmak er's blackboard, to a side room thick with -smoke and guarded by a locked door. You Get His Purpose. . When I told the newspaper men that I had come to Tonopah for the purpose or writing 'the Btory of the big right tor a monthly magazine they regarded me in wonder, till I said that to me tne rignt Itself appealed but little, and that it had o news value whatever, its remarKame side being its psychology. The unusual conditions prevailing- out there, where a breed of new - made millionaires are snendlng fortunes, not for love of prize flehtlne. but to advertise their mining camps, had struck me as warranting a story. I cared to study the men wno gave these functions, as well as those who participated In them. 1 wisnea to examine tt closer range the curious kink in men's minds that makes them fond of fighting, that leads them from the cities and the deserts, from the mining camps and from the lava hills, to sit on hard boards In a freezing atmosphere while a naked negro and a white boy drive blows to each other's bodies. States Facts Not Opinions. On every hand I heard conversation on but two topics, gold mines and prizefights, and so much of the latter that I grew amazed at the hold this sport has on the American people. For these were typical Americans, gathered from every quarter of our land. Not merely prosperous, but men from uni versities and farms and the cities of the East, of the kind who brush their teeth and polish their nails. Men have preached and railed and made laws against pugilism "till its exponents are ostracized, and he who attends a fight takes chances with his social standing. It is the one athletio game that cannot be discussed In drawing-room. and from which are barred, as a rule: and yet when the word goes out that on New Year's day, in the heart of a Ne vada desert, a white boy will fight a negro, men flock thither even from the edge of the Atlantic. In the journals countless column are given to It. It is discussed in every club East and West, fortunes are wagered on. Its outcome, it shares importance in the press with wars and Presidential messages and stockyard scandals. Moving-pictures are taken and thousands pay to see them for months after. Is all this in terest to be credited to man's inherent brutality, or is here perhaps after all some curious quality of men's minds that makes prizefighting attractive? Of ail the thousands who read Every body's, probably not 1 per cet cares for this forbidden sport, or believes it to be wholesome. Realizing this, my excuse for writing this story is that it deals with something strong, something vital, something human. It may give you a glimpse of man's nature of which you are Ignorant. You condemn pugilism as brutal, debasing, demor alizing; but did you ever see a fight? If so. did you analyze your feelings, did you study the man at your elbow as intently as you did the man inside the ropes? Did you note the effect of the fight upon them both and yourself, at the time and afterward? In other words, did you think? To you who have a well-set prejudice against the game this Btory is told, not as an argument for or against, but as a picture. It is the author's province to observe, and perhaps to analyze a bit. I question his right to moralize much. It is the condemn, to see It as it is, if not with, duty of us all to know the thing we our own, then with another's eyes. We are a strong race, willing to face truth, to know conditions. I give you what I saw. I do not draw conclusions; they are obvious. You are the judges. Cartoonists have made us familiar with the pugilist as a type. We know the thick neck, the granite Jaw, the conical head with ears far back, and the face of a simian. As a matter of fact, no real fighter ever looked like lX.S"''A.".:.,..t. Hex Beach. tiiat. Indeed, in its entirety the popu lar idea of a prizefighter Is erroneous. The prizefighter belongs to a distin guished and gentlemanly cult. He is rather a fine-appearing person, quite on a par- with literary people, and much healthier. Depicts One of the Fighters. Although he fought some hundred battles, Gans showed no marks save one. His features were as perfect as when he began, his nose as straight and firm. He bore no scars on head or face or limb, his teeth were as white and. even as if cast from porcelain. His skin was like brown satin, his joints as small and true as ever. Only in one spot did he show a trace. The bones at the back of his hands were bunched and crooked where he had shattered them and driven them to gether. Name a football player who has played one season on varsity with as clean a body. Show a baseball player who has made the university letter and who is maimed as little. As to his face, I saw nothing brutal in it. He impressed me as a quiet, well-mannered, intelligent colored man, humor ous and shrewdly observant. At times a plaintive wrinkle puckered his brow, as if this were all a very tiresome proposition and not worth the punish ment it entailed. Leads You to the 'Ringside. As we entered, an hour before the fight, the carpenters walked out on the opposite side. Special trains brought in men from other camps, while out from the hidden valleys came many more, break ing through drifts or driving their cars across the desert. They came, in fur coats and chauffeur's1 leather, till the town, already full, bulged at its seams and leaked. In through tunnels be neath the banks of seats we jammed our way, out Into the center where the ring stood, a rope-guarded , platform padded with two Inches of felt beneath a tight-stretched canvas which showed like a patch of snow. Around this were rows of stalls, the chairs in which sold for $25. The remaining seats diminished in price in an inverse ratio, the higher in location the lower in price,' till the topmost ones brought $5. The shouting of programme boys, the shifting of chairs, and the tramping of numberless thlck-soled boots made the hollow floor rumble beneatn the high roof like a splitting glacier. Given You Snap-Shots Inside. A handsome, modestly-gowned mu latto woman forced her way Jnto a ring-sldebox nearby. "That's Mrs. Gans," said my friend, "and she's the best-looking girl in the house. She double-discounts these hand-painted ones, doesn't she?" Scattered through the acres of white Stetson hats were women in furs of every color, in headgear of every style from shabby bonnets to opera hoods. Nearby were two Englishmen, clean, ruddy fellows. In greatcoats of wombat fur, their red cheeks showing lurid and Inflamed beneath the strange light. They were closely hedged about with other men, and yet they remained aloof and segregated from the rest by an in definable line of demarcation. High up on our right sat a big man with long, drooping, comedy mustache who belched forth roar upon roar at regular inter vals, the sound rising above other noises like the bellow of a bull walrus. Between yells he chewed gum excited ly. He saw no one about him, but gave tongue when the spirit moved. You See the Actual Fight. The photographer called the two principals aside; they stepped out of their bathrobes and posed an instant in the freezing air, then were wrapped about again. Beneath the strange glow both, bodies looked to be nearly the same hue. The referee said a few words to. them, the voice of the multi tude died, he waved his hand and the ring cleared, leaving only those three inside. The gong sounded, and the fighters came forth naked to the waist like their predecessors. - X saw now of what stuff champions are made. The pair that had gone be fore had been clever, but these were different. Every muscle was full and rounded. They had no weakness In them anywhere, their bodies were like SMOKE LA GRAND MARCA 1- 16494 2- 21699 3-43807 Call at oc store immediately. We have some good, news for you regarding the Jef fries-Johnson Fight , SCHILLER'S SIXTH-AND WASHINGTON SMOKE LA GRAND MARCA perfectly assembled machines. More over, this contest seemed .to lack the brutality of the other, although I knew it to be actually more fierce. It was like the play of cats, in which grace and science hid the menace. They moved easily, quietly: hesitating, then clashing suddenly. They did not fight with their hands but with their whole bodies, and with an apparent abandon that really carried tne greatest meas ure of caution. They came close to where I sat. and. at the fancied open ing, Gans drove a fearful blow at the boy. With the effort his face, which had been a wooden mask till now, lighted fiercely, but as the Kid blocked, the blaze di,ed out as suddenly as it had come. His eyes became brown glass of baffling dullness, without depth or feeling; only his brow was wrinkled plaintively. I have noticed that a crowd will shout loudest at those blows that do not land or that are blocked in time, as if it gloried more in the impulse and the effort than in the effect. On every side men were smiling. Some tremhled and shook, but still they smiled. The wealth represented by the new-made millionaires in the boxes close by was staggertng, for here was the flower of the desert; and I tried to study them as round after round passed by. At one time the negro struck Herman after the bell had rung, whereupon. they rose In their seats hissing and shouting "foul." He had started the blow as the sound reached him and could not stop it, but apologized dumb ly. Had the Kid been minded to stag ger at the blow and fall, he would have won $12,000 in a breath, together with the Lightweight Championship of the World, for the decision would have gone to him without doubt. But in stead he smiled and shook his head. At another time I heard a shrill voica at my back screaming: "Go it. Herman! Kill the nigger." A 10-year-old boy stood between his brother's knees, his tiny fists tight, his face flushed as with fever. The sight sickened and shocked me more than anything I saw during the contest. In a quiet interval between rounds I heard a reporter dictating high-class pugilistic literature: "Herman's work In the fifth was classy and he fought all over the place. He stabbed tbe Dinge in the food-hopper three times and all but got his goat, then missed a right swing to the butler's pantry by an inch. If he had coupled, it would have been the sun set glow for Dahomey, but Gans didn't fall for the gag, not hardly. He ripped an upper through the Yiddish lad and put lilm on the hop with a right cross." I had turned from the ring, having lort track of the rounds, when the man at my side dug his elbow into me. His words were lost, as pandemonium had camped In the place long since, but I saw that he was leaning forward, grip ing the board in front of him. A change had come over the fighters. The negro moved as easily as ever, the bunches in hts back rose, swelled, and died away as freely, and he struck with the same snake-like vlciousness; but the other had slowed slightly and reeled a bit as he retreated to a corner. Gans followed cautiously, and when the youngster strove to beat his way out into the clear he drove him back. The Kid shielded his face In his arms and tried again, but I saw that his oppo nent had become a burden which he could not shake off. He was a weight too heavy to keep at bay. The boy burst through at last, but was forced back into another corner. and though he fought his way out desperately,- body blow like the swing of a sledge-hammer sent him back to tlia ropes. He returned tenting with every ounce left In him, when suddenly that instant came for which this dead-eyed, mummified, mahogany machine had waited. He whipped through a blow that landed square and clean upon the jaw and flung the -Kid back upon th hemp, which sagged outward, then threw him forward at his conqueror. He- swung a moment on his heels, reached out blindly and fell. The ref eree bent over him, beating a panto mimic measure with extended arm, while a second ran around otitside the ropes and, falling beside him, counted the fatal numbers into his deaf ears. Even as he struck and before his man had fallen, Gans dropped his hands, the tension died from his muscles, and ho turned his back. His work was done. Of all the yelling thousands, the calm est man was this gaunt, unsmiling ne gro who stood with his back to the ropes, the plaintive wrinkle puckering his brow suggesting that this was work for which he had no fondness. His wife had sat unmoved throughout the contest, but as the white lad groped blindly for support before his collapse, she wrung her hands and cried: "My God!" It was the only note of pity I heard throughout that day. JOE GRIM IS LAUGHING STOCK Yellow Streak Shows Under Sam McVea's Hard Punching. PARIS, June 25. (Special.) Sam McVea made a chopping block of Joe Grim for 12 rounds at the. Hippodrome here tonight before a large audience, including many women. Grim was dis qualified for falling without being hit at the beginning of the 13th round. McVea used every blow in his rep ertoire, doing some wonderful punch ing. Grim went down as often as he could, but never stayed down longer than to take-the count of six. McVea began Jokingly, but grew puzzled about the sixth round to know what to do. Grim finally got tired of hitting. He went down ten times in one round, whereupon the crowd started roasting him and counting with Referee Louis Phelan. 4- 17429 5- 17234 f