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I THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 191911- ENGLISH SOCIETY GOES BOXING MAD Titled Lords and Ladies Give Support to Pugilistic Game In London. M'INTOSH AND BRITT JOIN Fight Promnlrra Make Money ml Biwloe Aren Fitted In Lon don's PI tit Building at Expenditure of $10,000. IiSPOS. Feb. tSpeclalV William T. tead. the famous publicist, says RntUnd "has rone boxing mid." When the London Times" devote a full col umn of Its best space to a dissertation nn the "Kidney punch" he think It la time for the authortUe to consider tha necessity of making further piovlslon tor the accommodation of Kogland's lunatics. But whatever may be the views of puritans cf the stamp of Mr. Mead and those who follow him there la no doubt that boxing is at the moment one of the most attractive forms of pop ular entertainment In Knaland The opera, the pantomime and the musical comedy have all taken a back seat or made room for the "roped arena." The gladiators of ancient Rome and Greece were Insignificant personages compared with the modern Kngllsb. bruiser. Those heroes of a past age may have enjoyed an occasional drive In a chariot: the Kngllsh boxer of the pres ent day Indulges luxurious motor cars with his mighty frame enveloped In expensive furs. It la but a few vears since one coul.l see the beet box ing talent In Knjcland for a few cents, now the show must be very ne,locre Indeed that cannot draw as many dol lars from the spectators and there are Indications that the stock of the modern boxer must Increase and multiply. Mclntoeh'a Invasion Is Impel us. The Invasion of Hush D. Mcintosh who may safely be described as h Bar rum of the boxing world has riven an Impetus in Knrland such as only those on the spot can sufficiently realtie. It Is not that he has put anythlnr very sen sational, up to the present, before his patrons: on the contrary his shows have been of the mediocre variety, the only man possessing the semblance of a rep utation In his bunch of boxers being Bill La nr. the Australian. Alone with his own personal magnet Ism, and his public declaration that he was out In search of a white to beat Jack Johnson, the Mcintosh enterprise has "raurht on" with a rapidity that Is almost Inexplicable. What part Jimmy Brltt. the fallfornlan ex-ilrht weight champion, has played In the success of the Australian's undertakings and well directed scheme In England, his many admirers thorourhly understand. Tha partnership. If It ha not yet found a champion "to carry the white man's harden." haa been proltlo In unearthing purtllstlc freaks and the piling up of a substantial bank balance. Pugilistic Freaks Cnearthed. Jack Burns, the California heavy weUht. who was the first to go up aralnst Lang. Is one of these specimens, the much boosted Bombardier Wells Is another, and Parsons and Sunshine make up a quartet of alleged heavy weight champions who have already been put out of action as far as having any claim to championship form In this or any other country la concerned. Tet Mcintosh and Brltt command such an extraordinary degree of patron are that they felt Justified In securing one of the larrest bulldlnr In London and fitting It out a a boxing arena. The ntting alone cost something In the neighborhood of IK.OOO while the rent must be a pretty tall figure. The prices for admission are from half a dollar to f ln.&o and at these prices every one of the 00A or more seats Is packed while hundreds of people clamor for admis sion and cannot be accommodated. A striking feature of the Mcintosh management Is that It Is cultivating the patronge of women and If they have not yet ventured on adorning them selves when visiting the boxing hall In the orthodox robes and picturesque finery of the opera house there are In dications that they will soon present themselves at the box office In such an outnu And It must be remembered that these women are not the product of the slums or of the mean etreet. They are drawn from Xyfalr and Belgravla and from the fashionable squares and ter races of the West End of London. e Wealth Is In Attendance. As to the men they may be anything from clerks In department stores to Lords. Puk's and Marquises with sport ing Instincts. The shirt fronts adorned with sparkling diamonds give tone to the show and suggest an atmosphere of unlimited wealth. No stranger wit nessing the scene could for a moment realise that there Is hunger, distress and misery almost In the next street. Even clergymen patronlxe these boxing bouts, and altogether there Is the most varied assortment of humanity that on could expect to strike. There is a strong feeling Jn certain places that the presence of women Is not calculated to add to the refinement or enhance the more tender emotiona of the sex while there are others who be lieve that this attendance haa a purl fvtng Influence on the surroundings. But whatever may be the outcome of this controversy there Is no doubt box ing ts at the moment In a flourishing condition In Great Britain and the boom Is likely to continue for some time It the protagonists do not kill It them selves. Before the arrival of Mcintosh and Brltt on the scene the National ' port ing Club, of which the great sport Lord Lonsdale is president, was the leading boxing rendezvous In Knrland. Now It Is threatened with obscurity, and If Its rlrht or nine hundred wealthy and aris tocratic members do not hustle Mcin tosh and Brltt will soon walk over tha ruins and exclaim; we came, we saw, we conquered. , Butcher Is Hailed. The 'prospects of finding a white heavywelrht to contest the champion ship with Johnson would now be re mote If it were not for the sudden dis covery of a young butcher named Chase, who until a week or two ago was unheard of outside the email com munity who patronized his little store in a poor London suburb. He Is a dis covery of A. F. Betttnson. who manages the National Sporting Club and In the three or four contests he has had In the last month or two he disposed of all the heavywelghta In a round or two by the knockout process. lie has all tha elements of a fighter about him andr makes no secret of his feeling that he Is the only white man In England who ran lick Jack Johnson. Ife stands 4 feet 1 Inches, weighs ISC pounds and has a reach of 7 inches. lie Is In his Jtth year, has never tasted alcohol, doesn't smoke and ' mak' a boast that ha has been an essentially clean liver. Whether he will make good or not remains to be seen but he can. so far. assert that he I the only undefeated heavyweight in Kngland. What is remarkable about this man la that no follower of boxing ever heard of him before he went In for a novices" competition at the National Sporting Club at the end of last year. He haa never figured In the annual amateur contests where he would have had an opportunity of showing some thing of his form, which he ays now haa always been superior even from his schoolhov days. The general feel ing Is that Chase Is a atlff proposition and that he is the only man at pres ent in the limelight who can have any pretensions to meet the big negro. Sullivan Is I ndefeated. Another undefeated man In the mid dleweight division Is Jim Sullivan, who claims the title of the rolddieweigni champion of England, which carries along with It Lord Lonsdale's belt. Toung Joseph claims the title of wel terweight champion though he haa been defeated by the lightweight Freddie Welsh. Joseph is also the proud pos sessor of a Lonsdale belt, which he much defend soor or surrender It. Speaking of Freddie Welsh, there is a heated controversy at present as to the differences that keep film and Packy McFarland. the Chicago lad. from meeting araln. Tha whole diffi culty centera around the question of a referee. Packy wanted t orn, r rea- dle refuse, and on ground which have not hitherto been explanled. Freddie feels that Corrl is a bit of a apart and I not above having a bet occasionally, which means that a man who la a referee Is not Justified In having a Amhllnir Interest and contest. Jtin factor and thi alone Is the secret of the Welsh-McFarland contretemps. When Welsh was seen at Olympla on the occasion of tha Wells-Molr contest ha declared ha was willing to meet the Stockyards boy anywhere for any sum. hut he could not and would not allow him to assume the role of a dictator In1 the matter of a referee, ir term can ba arranged and the referee difficulty overcome. Freddie and McFarland will draw the biggest crowd that has ever been en at a boxing contest In Eng land. Whether they show under the Mclntosh-Britt management or not. that combination means to pursue Its career of developing the best that la In British boxers In the hope that one day a man may arise who will bring back to Great Britain the title of heavy-weight cham pion of the world. WASHINGTON TRACK MEN OUT Fifty Prospective Candidates Re spond lo Coach Stajbory'a Call. l 1 r. rvo tic i ... ----- r- . . t i i m T" v. r t 1 .! nn tha rrai lie, r r i. , . - - - -- track for the opening of the Spring training season ii in univrimj . it- -i. i - -r n- kMii.ht nut &o nrosnectlve track candidate to Coach James May- bury s can. t-w- , k .. K-ln nut in snlendld condition for the training season and Mayhury will ouckie aown 10 nara anu .i.m.lr training aa soon his men get Into proper condition. An entirely new teamr in wie um- i IT 1 v. Infrnrftirel here. similar to that used by Win Hay ward ... .i. in . I I .. .1 i 1 .4 or tregon. aji men win . ually and no other man will know for what the other la training. Prior to the tryout for places on the 'varsity team Maybury will hold an lnter-rlass met t which he expects to give med als for winning candidates. CLUB VETERANS TO DINE ORIGINAL MULTNOMAH fEX TO TALK OVER OLD TIMES. Twelfth Annnal Dinner at Commer cial Club Next Saturday Prom i.e to Re Most Interesting. Forty members of that corps who guided the destinies of the now great Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club when It was a straggling institution located In a back room on Second street In the early 0s, will gather around the banquet board at the Portland Com mercial Club next Saturday night to live over again the club days of old. These veterans who started, aided and saw the Multnomah Club grow from Infancy to sturdy manhood, almost glanthood, have linked themselves to gether In a little club within Its par ent organization and call It the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club Veterans. Saturday's function will be tha twelfth annual dinner. In tha Inter vening yeara since the first dinner waa given In 18t the membership of this society gradually dwindled until now there are but two score left to honor the struggle for existence of one of the greatest athletic Institutions in the United States. Allied wjth the Veterans are all those members who were members of the Second-street club. Were they all to gather Saturday night there would be an attendance of 300. Such will not be the caae. Some have passed Into the great beyond, while others the majority have drifted apart from their old comradea and are widely scat tered over the face of the globe. Those who are still living and whose where abouts are known by the Veterans will not be forgotten, for they were bidden a welcome to attend the annual dinner and will be sent souvenirs of the oc casion. Through their own little circle tha Veterans have accomplished great good for their parent body. They are a power for good; their sentiments are generally taken up by the younger clubmen and their spirit Is and has been the vital spark of tha club's life. The Veterans are always present at every official meeting of the club and a ready response Is brought from them when suggestions are requested. The enthusiasm of .a few of these members at Tuesday night's annual meeting made It possible for the club to raise 1 50.000 among the member, the club giving Its personal note. And when the club was destroyed by fire last July the Veterans were the first to respond to the call for aid. Aasembled at Saturday's merry-making will be the first, president, secre tary, treasurer and many of the first board of trustees of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. A. B. McAlptn was first president. W. H. Chapln waa first secretary, and George L. Blckel waa first treasurer. Dr. A. K. Markay, who succeeded Mr. McAlpIn as president, his regime being that of 1SSI-3. will also be present, in fact, most of the club's early officers are numbered among those it survivors of the first 300. The committee in charge of the din ner arrangements is composed of T. H. McAllls. George L. Blckel and Dr. A. K. Mackay. Many novelties are introduced annually and the menu cards, ar usually elaborate. Champion Wo I past Benedict. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Feb. lH-Ad Wolgast. lightweight champion pugilist, was married here today to Miss Mildred Ensign. 19 years old. The bride was a schoolmate of Wolgsst. The honeymoon will be a trip to New York, where the champion fights with "Knockout" Brown on March 3. SCENE OF BRITISH PUGILISTIC REVIVAL, AND TWO FIGHTERS WHO APPEAR THERE. I '-'V T'?& .it ,lKi fi -T::fT? -' ,- .1 - :-""cH'r.i.Sii'-1 ' r, I -n" BHffl ta tv U... - (f Yi - - Tle Hlag at the Olyasple la Le adorn. , v ' ' mam jjck Champion Urged to Give Jack Lester Chance. DEADY SPRINGS SURPRISE One-Tlme Manager of Al Kaufman Says Latter Tried to "Fix"' Match With I.angforcN-Knd of Racing Arrives In California. Br HARRY B. SMITH. BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 18. (Special.) 3ven though there isn't much doing in the boxing line. Jack Johnson con tlnuea to monopolise considerable space in the newspapers. The day following his arrival, he waa called down for speeding In his automobile and would pay no attention to the policeman. Ha was arrested later and when he com plained about being required to put up ball money, was told tnat he had refused to stop when told to do so by the officer. Jack has also secured more publicity by his desire to enter the automobile road race that is to take place in Oak land on Washington's birthday. He. has no license or permit from the automobile association bub he says that he will fight for the right to enter and take the mat ter Into the courts If necessary. Incidentally, the story of how he once did secure a license that was later can celled, haa come out Jack, wise In his ways, sent a messenger to headquar ters In New York, requesting a permit for "J. Arthur Johnson." Unsuspecting, the secretary made out the desired per mit. Naturally, It was later cancelled and I fancy that Jack will have con siderable trouble this time In securing the desired permission. Tommy Burns Is also hot on the trail of the heavyweight champion, for after reading the Interviews that Johnson gave out upon his arrival. Bums has telegraphed as follows from Olympla: 'I notice that Johnson desires to meet Jack Lester. No doubt he Is talking for a diversion but if h will give Lester a chance. I will show the sporting world that Johnson is the poorest champion the world has ever seen. If he will box Lester to a finish within two weeks in private or public, winner take all, the match la on." The boxing game is still dangling on the edre. There was an open meeting of the public morals committee the first of the week at Sacramento at whlcii promoters and ministers airea tneir views but the committee took no action. Incidentally, a couple of boxers, Lew Powell and Frankle Burns, who are to box February 28. appeared and answered questions that were asked of them. I understand that Assemblyman Rogers of Alameda County, who proposed a six round bill, has asked leave to amend his measure and the committee In turn has krri him to ore ra re a bill that may more nearly meet with the approval or all concerned. The boxing people seem m think that a 20-round law will ne tne result, although It wouldn't surprise me In the least to see the number of rounds cut down to IS or possibly 10. However, next week ougnt to Know Just what is going to happen as regards boxing. Naturally, the greater the de lay the better the supporters of box ing are pleaaed. Bob Deady of Philadelphia, who at on time acted as manager of Al Kauf man, sprang a surprise in the East this week when he gave out a story of the alleged efforts of Kaufman to fix" a match with Sam Langford. Deady says that when Kaufman was matched with Langford In San Francisco he offered the negro 15000 to let him stay the 20 rounds. That bout was called off by the au thorities. It coming up at the time of the Jeffrlee-Johnson trouble In Snn Francisco. Later, when Kaufman was to box Langford In Philadelphia, he made a similar proposition and Lang ford, so it is said, did no training. Kaufman, according to Deady. planned to "double cross" the Bostonlan, and when Langford saw how things were going he refused the match. Lew Powell and ranme uurns nave gone Into training for their match a week from next Tuesday nignt. fsai- urally. with the Walker- oung anti gambllng law in effect, there Is no quoting of prices for betting. The boys ought to make a rood oout and the absence of wagexlng should tend rather o help the game than hurt It. Racing In California came to an abrupt close on Wednesday, the last day of grace for the gamblers. Under the new law there can be no betting even of the oral kind on any contest between man or beast or any mechan ical contrivance. Tom Williams and his people have not shown any signs of desiring to test the law and have simply quit. The horsemen have scattered. Most of them have gone to Juarez, but there are a number practical Ky stranded here and it means to most of these men the entire loss of their racing stables. Run ners are not worth much uniler pres ent conditions and one can get a sad dle horse at Emeryville for little or no this - - - Vf w ss m V h , - a - jf It ' i tJiiw Salllvan, Middle-Weight Champloa i f if I K,,",ld' H'der 1,""d"le Hr,t Bill Chase, a Vong London Botcher, Who Hopes to Meet and Beat Jack Johsios,' HETLING CASE OVER California Can't Forget versal of Graham. Re- HERRMANN'S RULING HURTS San Francisco Writers Have Mis taken Idea Decision of League President Is Not Subject to Change by Baseball Heads. BY W. J. PETRAIN. "That infernal Hetllng case, like Banquo'a ghost, is running wild again," says the San Francisco Bulletin In commenting upon the final disposi tion of the now famous dispute be tween Judge Graham and the Mc Credles, where the latter came out vic torious In a controversy which should have resulted In no discussion at all. The California writers seem utterly unable to realize that the Pacific Coast League suffered no barm through the playing of Hetllng, and that the Na tional Commission, National Board of Arbitration, and all the other govern ing bodies of baseball could not have done otherwise than to declare Judge Graham's ruling wrong In this par ticular Instance. Hetllng Not Imported. For instance) in order that the rule relative to players participating in two pennant races in one season shall have offended the Pacific Coast- League, Hetllng would necessarily have to he an imported player. He was not an Imported player and had never been released by Portland. This fact Is not taken into consideration by the Cali fornia writers as is ehown by the fol lowing from the Kan Francisco Post, another paper which haa tried to sup port Judge Graham: "The Hetllng caae has 'bobbed up again like a bad penny and once more it Is said that the final word has been spoken and that no more will be heard of it. Garry Herrmann, president of the National Baseball Commission, has Indorsed the decision of Secretary J. H.' Farrell. which reverse the Na tional Association "of Minor Leagues and at the same time annuls the rule to the effect that a player cannot par ticipate In two championship races in one season. Rules in baseball seem to be made for the convenience of the' magnates and are subject to interpre tation according to the case they are desired to fit. Nobody cares what the Hetllng 'decision finally Is to be, but It establishes a dangerous precedent In that it makes H possible for the. mag nates to Juggle with players in close races for pennants." Player Portland's Property. This stand fails to take into consid eration the fact that Hetllng always belonged to Portland. He had vio lated no rule in the Pacific Coast League. That the playing of Hetllng by Spokane was Illegal Is admitted, but what haa that got to do with the Pacific Coast League? Nothing. Het llng did not harm any of the Pacific Coast League clubs by playing with Spokane, and as the Portland team was guilty of 'farming" it was fined ac cordingly, and the McCredles paid the fine, but that has nothing to do with the Pacific Coast League, and when Judge Graham took it upon himself to forfeit three games won by Portland because Hetllng participated in these games, he wenteyond his Jurisdiction because Htling was, all the time, eligible to play . with the Portland team. Where Judge Graham erred was In refusing to accept McCredte's state ment that Hetllng had never been re leased by Portland. As he had not been released he therefore must be eligible to play with Portland, for the Portland club had not placed him on the suspended list of ineligible play ens. The only conclusion resulting from this now famous case Is that Judge Graham acted hastily or ill-ad-vlsedly in giving his decisKn. Incident Xow Closed. "That Infernal Hetllng case." Is a closed incident, and will remain a closed one In the .future if the Cali fornia writers will only look at the case in its proper light and figure out for their own benefit Juet how much the Pacific Coast League was injured by the Portland team playing one of Its own players. If there was any howling to be done about the games Hetllng played in it should have been done by the Northwestern League and not by the Pacific Coast League, yet that circuit has had nothing to say about this player. Funny, Isn't it, that the only league to yell about Het llng was the one with which Portland is but the tall to the California kite, and -the only one connected with the case which was not injured in the least. Perhaps Portland gets a square deal in the five to one running, but enough said for the present. CLARK. CALLS REXO FIGHT FAKE Future Speaker Rejoices at Growth of Restrictive Laws. WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. Speaker-to-be Champ Clark, in an address at Cal vary Baptist Church of this city, last night, alluded to the Jeffries-Johnson fight as "that fake prizefighting affair of July last." "None of us thinks prizefighting a very agreeable pastime or a thing to be fostered by an enlightened people," he said, "yet 25 years ago prizefighting could be carried on in every state of the Union. Today, it is against the law in nearly every state. Nevada was the last to get in line, and it Is a pity that ahe did not enact prohibitive laws gainst the brutal sport before that great and scandalous fake was pulled off In Reno last July." Clark declared that the recent activ ity of laymen in religious affairs had done much good- and that more good was to he expected from this co-operation of the laity with the clergy. He declared that President Taft. Colonel Roosevelt 'and William Jennings Bryan were qualified to go into the pulpit and preach sermons. He would not be sur prised, he said, if Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan ended as preachers. , The various German states maintain TO schools In boseahoelns. with courses of from n to i saeaths WOLGAST FAILS TO ADD L Champion Does Not Show to " Advantage as Boxer With "K. 0." Brown. ROUTE NOT LONG ENOUGH James J. Corbett Regrets Lack of Real Science in Leading Light weights of Present Day Re Tiews Pugilist of Present. BY JAMES J. CORBETT. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. U. (Special.) Adolph Wolgast, champion lightweight, did not add materially to his laurels in the six-round encounter with "Knockout" Brown, the pride of Gotham. On the other hand, he was by no means dis graced, as some few reports would have it. Fair minded critics appear unanimous on the point that while Ad did not show to advantage during the early stages of the contest, he was going at full speed in the last two rounds. Brown's peculiar style seemed to pus- zle the champion not a little, and it was some time before he could get on to the New Yorker's pitching. Which is no boost for Adolph. If ever a boy was made to order for a clever boxer. Brown is the kid. Still, Ad never has made any extravagant claims as a clever boxer. His forte is supposed to be what in these days is termed 'fighting." and which consists mainly of the rough-house meth ods that have become so popular with later-dav pugilists. A majority of the Gotham critics who Journeyed to Philadelphia gave the de cision to Brown without question, out the more fair-minded and unbiased Judges called It a draw. It was expected that Ad would not have any of the bet ter of it at the hands of the New York newspaper men, who apparently cannot figure the champion as a rignrer at an. The prejudice against the little Michi gander must have Influenced the ver dicts; and then, again, Wolgast, like his predecessor. Nelson. Is "no six-round marvel. The fact he was forcing the fighting in the last two rounds and had a shade the better of the going would indicate that the champ'on was warm ing to his task and had solved the New Yorker's style. At any rate, his work toward the finish of the bout earned him a draw in the eyes of the unpreju diced. Lightweight Crop Is Poor. As an exhibition of boxing such as would he expected from a champion and his challenger it was a rank disappoint ment and emphasizes the point that we are sadly lacking in material when a boy of VVolgast's class can rule the lightweight roost. One has not to look far back to bring home the truth of this. When one tries to compare the present bunch with those marvels of speed and cleverness, Frank Erne and Joe Gans, he can but mourn the scarcity of talent. These former lightweight champions could fight cleverly, and fight fairly, too. It is a rather difficult matter to please all the critics all the time. Now, for Instance, here Is th's boy Wolgast. the champion in his class. Whose showing In his first engagement after the series of accidents that kept the lad out of the ring fdr a long period is not up to the championship standard. Result Is, no al lowances are made for the long layoff and the boy is panned to the queen's taste and-held up to ridicule as a "joke champion. Which is all good enough, but take the case of another little cham pionAbe Attel. The latter has been at the head of his class so long it would be nothing short of lese majesty to even think of a possible successor. When Abe does not smother an opponent he generally is accused of pulling and saving the "easy mark" for another bout. No credit is given the adversary, for it "s taken for granted Attel was .stalling. Sure, its a funny world, and the boosts and knocks are not always distributed fairly. Wolgast was to have boxed Packey McFarland six rounds at O'Brien's club in the near future, but for some reason or other the bout has been called off, probably for the reason that Ad real izes he would make a sorry showing in a contest with a lad of McFarland s cleverness and speed. If the champion figures on meeting Packey at all, my advice is he Insist on the Marathon route, as Mac would show him up badly In a six 'or 10-round dash. McFarland and K- O. Brown are different propo sitions. , . ' Ad's next engagement will be with Owen Moran. and the agreement will call for 20 rounds or more. More likely Tor 45 rounds. The champion will not risk the title in a sprint. And Wolgast ought to win over Moran over the long course. He Is the same style miller as Nelson was In his palmy days a boy who can stand a gruelling and with his wonderful endurance and recupera ..... ... his oDDOnent down. Owen is a clever boy, but has not the youth nor the ruggedness oi mo cu.. pion. Jack O'Brien did not make any mon ey with his first all-star show. Socially it was a big night. Jacks wfhy nd. aristocratic sponsor. Tony Biddle. set the style for the Quaker City sports and was resplendent in evening dress, as were a number of his friends. Also numerous "society women" were at the ringside, according to reports, and O'Brien's new club had an auspicious if not a profitable opening. The box office showing was a big dlsappolnt mi tnn manv vacant menx. xnero " -. seats to please the astute Jack. Evi dently Fhliaaeipnia w" Vhin been educated to tne -"-' " "T . i tha liheral attend- ance of New Yorkers, O'Brien would have been a loser. Smith "ot a World Beater. Tardy advices from Australia would Indicate that uave nnui.ii. " from Billy Papke on a foul. Is not the world beater we were icu i . i,D, ..pnttnti of the battle. In a letter from Tom Andrews, the Milwau kee sporting authority wno accum- . . -i Ama,i,nn On the A naniea mo Aiho, ,, - 0-A olrlspH that while traiian inpi w '- v" : Smith made a good showing, Papke was wearing his man aown, sua ouv iii mo . . . - 0a accidental foul, the UI11U1 lUUkC Dutchman eventually would have won D y i ne jv. j. ruu:. - of the story Is conjecture, but Andrews was at the ringside and in position to tell how tnings woio eu'"6- o . . mnrt ftf flight UTinftrpnt fftr the stomach, and delivered when both men were in a croaching position. It landed a trifle too low, and Smith was laid up for repairs. Stake, as xne men iuugni u.i add puunus, or seven pounds over the limit. Papke has taken on weight during his stay, and announces that he wili .not try to maKO XSO Ulllcao 1110 i . t . t j , ,,,i.u iw claims since the death of Stanley Ketchel. This claim has been weakened by Papke's defeat at the hands of "Cy- LS clone" Johnny Thompson, of Sycamore, 111., caole aavices or wnicn ceived from Australia last week. It was a surprise to learn that Thompson, a former lightweight, had taken on. enough flesh to be able to more than hold his own with Papke. Good "Middles" in the Fast. There are several promising middles around this neck of the woods, and I find the New York papers full of praise for Frank Klaus, the Pittsburg boxer, who stood off the late champion in a short bout last Summer. Kiaus recent-, ly stopped Willie Lewis in six rounds, and if that is the scrap on which tna scribes are boosting him for the cham pionship, I will have to pass. He will have to show something better than that to establish his claim as a chal lenger for the title. Lewis could not beat a second-rate welterweight like the Dixie Kid a few months ago. and was a joke in the hands of Papke in Paris last Winter. On the dope Jimmy Gardner and Leo Houck appear to be the best in this part of the country, with the former a veteran and on the down grade, which will make me string with Houck. who t Is coming all the time. Leo was un lucky enough to break one of the small bones of his hand a short while back and the accident kept him out of the ring until a week or so ago. His last bout was with a boy named Williams, whom he easily outpointed. While Houck has not as yet been sent against so formidable an antagonist as Billy Papke appears to be, still the Lancas ter boy has met the best in the East and the worst he got was a draw. The winner of a series of bouts between Gardner, Klaus, and Houck would seenv to be the logical opponent for Papke' upon his return. Guess we will have to look forward to some one or other of the budding" "white hopes," as the veterans among the heavyweights are gradually drop ping out of the game. Jeffries has an nounced for the 's tee nth time that un der no circumstances will he ever en gage in another contest, and Tommy Burns reluctantly admits that his in jured knee will keep him out of tha squared circle for all time and has therefore cancelled the engagement to box Bill Lang In England next April.. Jeff has been known to make the earns) declaration of intentions before, only to change his mind and re-enter the game, but I guess it goes this time. Al Kaufmann is on the road with sx show and challenges Johnson In every town, or at least his press agent hurls the defi at the champion. Al wants to box Johnson over a long route and will not listen to Jack O'Brien's six round proposition. He argues that he wants to win the title and realizes his only chance is in a long affair and wants Jack to accommodate him in the mat ter. Kauffman suggests next Labor day as a favorable date for hostilities ami intimates that the champion can have a side bet of any amount up to $20,000 if he wishes. It would "listen" more like the real thing and carry more weight if the mention of a big side bet were omitted. Champion Johnson Sidestepping. Johnson sidesteps every direct at tempt to clinch a match, and In doing: the dodging stunts tries to work in a little of his comedy. In speaking of Kaufmanri's desire- to meet him Jack, says he will back his sparring partner, Walter Monahan, and his own particu lar "hope," against the Californian and will bet as much as Al on the result. This sort of guff does not interest the Bporting public In the. least and Jack would do well to can the comedy. An answer one way or the other from the champion as to his Intentions would bo more to the point. Kaufmann has licked all the second rate pugilists who have had the cour age to tackle him, and at the present time there is not a suitable opponent on this side of the water outside of the champion himself. Al could establish himself as a greater favorite with the) followers of the game if he would ac cept Mcintosh's offer to cross the At lantic and box Lang or Langford, but evidently figures he is due the first chance with Johnson and is anxious to clinch the match. And on his record Al is the man entitled to serious con sideration as a championship possibility. TRACK MEET DATE IS MAY I i Washington's Interscholastic Affair to Be Held on Benny Field. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Feb. 18. Acting Manager Her- bert H. Seller of the Associated Stu dents came to an understanding yester day with the Tacoma stadium commit tee and says that the University of Washington sixth annual interschol astic meet will be held on Denny Field May 13 Just a week preceding the meet to be held in the Tacoma High School stadium. The university having held several successful meets in the past, attracted much attention. The Tacoma citizens deemed it wise not to- interfere too strongly with the Washington meet. "We expect to make this interschol astic meet the largest and most suc cessful of years. We hope to maki our medals more attractive as well as our accommodations. The students will realize that as fraternities cannot pledge high school students who have not finished their courses, they will not be so ready to take them into their houses for two or three days as they have done in the past. But the stu dent body will plan for equally as good accommodations for the high school athletes." Work has commenced on the track ln Denny Field this week and for the high school meet as well as the college, events the track will be in the best of condition. " Manager Seller says that the inter- f scholastic committee expects to bring; a relay team from one of the high schools of Portland. Last year the re lay event in the annual meet was tha spectacular feature. SLOW BALL PITCHER TO PASS Mathewson Declares Speed Is Ea sential Qualification Now. Chr'sty Mathewson is of the opinion that the day of the slow ball pitcher in fast company is a thing of the past. "When I broke into the big league." said Christy the other day. "Win Mer cer, Clarke Griffith, Red Donohue and other pitchers were getting away with their games and each one was depend ing upon a slow ball to a large ex tent. Billy Reldy and Dusty Rhoades followed them, but look over the list of pitchers In the two big leagues to day and you will not find a single pitcher who is noted for his slow ball. There may be some who have a floater in their repertory, but they do not de pend upon it to any extent. "Today the big league pitcher must have speed. The majority of the big league pitchers are large men, but, large or small, they must be able to put steam on the ball or they go back to the minors. In fact, when a big league scout reports some minor league to his employer, the first question that the latter asks Is. 'Has he any smoker "X have reasoned it out that the slow ball pitcher scarcely ever won his games by small scores and the clubs in the days when slow ball pitchers thrived generally had a lot of batters who won their games by big scores. It did not cause much damage if five of six runs were scored against a club that owned a slow-ball pitcher If that team was able to go out and score seven or eight runs. But nowadays the scores are smaller and the man with the floater finds' It difficult to stand the pacev "