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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SPORTING AND MARKET REPORTS SECTION TWO Pages 1 to 16 NO. 52. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1911. SEASON OF BOXING j NORTHWESTERN CONFERENCE COLLEGE MANAGERS. WHO HAVE JUST CONCLUDED ANNUAL LipnmTwblfe G- L Verciandia of tWIt Only-- IS MEET IS ARRANGED . ... r r-yi -:lv,l f 1. ft VOL. XXX. ' . ; bUNrtntNUt H n sappo Extend to the Public of Portland and Oregon for a most prosperous We also wish to take this occasion to announce that Contracts for the Fixtures of our New Store aggregating al most $300,000.00 have all been let to Portland, Oregon Contractors. We believe in patroniz ing Home Industries. DEMPSEY'S DEFEAT IS HELD AS PART OF PLOT Old Fifhter Says Revengeful Promoter Matched Little Man With Biz Fitesimmoiifl Pugilist Best of Old School. IACK SKELLT. the old-time fighter and trainer, la the Tonkers Herald - tells the following story of the liempsey-Fltzalmraone fight. which will be of Interest to Portland fans: "If you ask m whom I consider the. greasiest representative fighter of the modern prlzerlng. I would pick my old pal. Jack Dempsey." says Skelly. "Pempsey was. to my mind, the finest rr of an artlxtlr ring general that I ever saw in action, lie was wonder fully scientific, as came as a pebble and always honorable In and out of the r nit. There nearer was the slightest s-igsestton of a r.ike or a stall In any of his fight. He always fouuht to win. and norer mixed up in any ques tionable doe Is. Trobably no man In the world knew J irk Iemry better than I did. As a boy I worked alongside of him and Jack McAuliffo. In the old coopers ice In Brooklyn, and always found Mm a f.ilr. fearless friend, true to the- cor. Defeat Breaks Heart. "In his early career ho waa a light hearted, playful companion, always ready for a lark and a Joke, and never aggressive or mussy. After his unfor tunate defeat by Boh Fltxslmmons, he changed greatly. lie grew sad and melancholy, and waa never the same cheerful fellow. The defeat broke poor Itoaipeey's heart, and aent him In sor row to an early grave. "The true. Inside story of the Demp-ey-F1tsslmmons fight has never been all told, and now I will relate It to you briefly. Away ba k In ISiS. Ja-k Mo Auliffe was mau hd to meet Mnultsh Jlmtnr Carroll before the old Califor nia Athletic Club. At that time Jack Ienapey was the boxing Instructor at te club, and McAuMffe asked him to ait as hta principal second In the com Inc mill. lemi'e. of course, could not refuse to help hla old pal out. so It was snnounred broadly that Dcmpsey was going behind MrAuliffe. UMeetloa Kalaee!. -Carroll Immediately raised strenu ous objections to lmisry being In McAullf.'ea corner and appealed to tha Board of I'imiors to put a stop to Wmpsey's Intended action, on tha around that he was an employe of the club, and as such bad no right to sec ond anyone In a contest before the club. Major lclxughi:n. managing director of the club and a muUI-milllonalre. rll with Carroll and demanded that li m step aside. The independent and fearless lempey refused to obey Major McLaughhn'a orders and soma hot words passed between them. -When M-Aul:ffe faced Carroll In the rinr. the gallant Jack was In his old friend's corner. It was a hot. fierce, close battle and WeAuliffe's chance to win seemed very slim. In the early part ef the fiaht epe-lally. In fa-t. lc Aultffe's bsckr. l k K-he. offered to sell all the thousands he had on his iran for a mere sc. two or three times during the struusle. McAullff had not trained faithfully for the se vere contest and th tide appeared to be against h'.m. But Praia Jack Demp- j sey was In his corner working Ilka a beaver, giving good advice and cheer ing his old friend on. It was a long, hard battle, and MeAullffe won by knocking Carroll out In the forty-seventh round by a superhuman effort. Heveage la Plaaaed. "Major MrLoughlln was Indeed a very sore man, after the defeat of his pet. Carroll, on whom he dropped aev eral thousand dollars, and he swore he would be revenged on Iympey. 80 he and Carroll secretly got bold of Fltx slmmons ami matched htm against Iempiey for the world's middleweight championship. Fits was kept under cover and trained on the quiet, four Iempey never got a peek at him un til ha met him in tha ring at New Or leans, and lost, after a terrific pound ing of IS rounds. McLoughlln and Car roll got even with game Dempsey. "Let me tell you right here that Jack Dempsey had no business In tha ring with Fltsslmmons or any other 164 pound man. Tha gallant Nonpareil, as we all loved to call him. was never In the middleweight division. In fact, ha was hardly a welterweight. For most of his fights he could do 13S or 140 pounds and be right, but he was cer tainly a most ambitloua fellow. Why, he even wanted to jump Into the heavy weight division and fight Jake Kilraln. when John L. Sullivan was sick and helpless In Boston. In USI. If my old pal Pempsey had fought In the welter weight class, aa be should, he would probably never have been defeated, and would be alive and well today. lie waa certainly the peer of any man of his weight In the world, when he was good and right. "Jack Pempaey was only IS years of age when he passed away, after a hard struggle with consumption at his home in Portland. Or., surrounded by his wife and two children. "He trna bom on the Courrough of Kildare. Ireland, on December 15. IBS?. His fathers name was Kelly, and he died when Jack was a small boy. and Ins mother married again, la Itempsey, from whom the Nonpareil took his name. "Sad as poor Jack's end was. Major McLoughlln's, the California multimil lionaire, waa Indeed more so. About three years ago the man that caused the gallant Jack's Waterloo shot and killed his own daughter, a beautiful young woman, for some unknown rea son and then blew bis own brains out In his grsnd pslace In Southern Cali fornia. This was certainly a tragic climax to the pugilistic plot against pempsey. "I wish the boys who are boxtns to day could have sees Iempey perform In hla prime. They would see a master of the art of boxing. A man not only wonderful with hla two hands, but with Ms two feel also. I readily believe the Nonpareil was the first man to intro duce the sktllf'.il footwork that revo lutionised boxing and made It more scientific and speedy. Iempsey waa a close student of the old game and ha showed by superior cleverness how a weaker man could master a stronger and heavier fighter In a finish battle." I Portland to See Six College Teams in Big Contest on June 1, 1912. BASEBALL MUDDLE WORSE Whitman and Idaho Refuse to Schedule Games Oregon and Cor vallia Fall to Arrange Football Contest bnt Chance Remains. BT ItOSCOB FAWCETT. "BUI" Hayward'a fondest dream for a Northwestern college conference track meet was gratified at tha meet ing of college managers at the Im perial Hotel yesterday, when Nie board voted to abolish the annual triangular meet between Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and to substitute the sextangu lar event, Portland being awarded tha plum for June 1, 1912. This waa by far the most Important advance made by the graduate bosses at the session, although Oregon and Washington got together for a dual meet at Seattle on May 1. Tha Portland all-conference clash will be held on Multnomah Field, each of tha six colleges. Oregon, Oregon Aggies, Washington. Washington Etate, Whitman and Idaho, agreeing to send down seven men. Expenses and re ceipts will be prorated. Arthur Geary and S. M. P. Dolan were given full charge of the championships. College Baseball Muddled. College baseball Is more badly mud dled than ever as a result of the annual schedule meeting, for, with Whitman and Idaho abaolutely refusing games, no definite programming could be done. Washington State will make the only trip as far as known, playing Oregon at Eugene on May and 9 and the Aggies at Corvallls on May 10 and 11. Both Oregon and Washington are figur ing on California Jaunts, but until the dates are chosen no further games will likely be taken on. The failure of Oregon University and the Oregon Agglea to come to an amic able settlement of their differences was one of the dlsappointmenta of the ses sion, for, with both basketball and baaeball In a rather unsettled shape, these two Institutions really need each other's assistance. The Oregon Agglea are anxious to meet Oregon on gym floor, track, dia mond and grld'ron, but refuse to algn np for baseball or basketball without the promise of a date on the football schedule next Fall. Faewlty Holds Pewee. Oregon has already affixed signa tures for the allotted five battles, but as both schools have an open date on Saturday, NV. ember 2J, everything could be straightened out by a permit from the Oregon faculty aancllonlnz six gamea in 1012. If the Oregon managers will adjust this tangle Corvallls promises to sweep from the books any and all Incendiary resolutions and no further trouble would be experienced In obtaining a renewal of athletic relations. The alumni and students of both schools should get busy at once to bring forth the proper Influence. Before dispersing for their respective homes the delegates finished the bas ketball scheduling, which was partially completed on Friday. To avoid fric tion on the noor tne managers unuum upon several interpretations of the basketball code. Hereafter in the Northwest the colleges will play the Amateur Athletic Union out-of-bounds rule, which will do away with the nrnir.lscuous scrambling for the ball. Amateur Athletic Union regulations award the ball to tne opposing icaiu on out-of-bounds. Feal Rale Asseaded. The foul rule Providing for the dis qualification of a player on the fourth foul waa amended to give the opposing coach the option of one point and a try for goal on the fourth and all succeed ing fouls by one player, with no dis qualification. Under thla esscntlul amendment a team will not find Itself stuck for men should two or three go over the four dead-line while on trips round the circuit. The complete basketball schedules for Whitman. Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural College were drafted aa follows: Whitman Collnce January Si. '"niv"i,lr of Idaho, at Pullman; January 2. v ssh In.ton Stste Coll.,.. at Pullman; January 27 Vnlverslty of Idaho, at Moscow: '"ry ary 10. University of Washington, at Walla ills- February 28. University of Idaho, at Walla Walla; March 1 and 5. Washington Stste College, at Walla Walla. Orrson Agricultural Collect February 1 and IO Unlerslty of Washington, at Seattle; Februsiy 22. 1'nlversllr of Idaho, at Mos cow February 23 and 2. Washington Stale College, at Pullman; February 2u. Cn.'ver sity of Idaho, at Corrallls; March . Wash ington Stele College, at Corvallls: March ! and IS. University of Washington, at Cor vallls. . . . . University of Oregon February 12 and IS. nt WaihlnrtOD. at Seattle: Feb- Tuary 1.1. Washington State Collen. at Pull man: February uii Moscow: February 17. Washington Stste Col lege, at Pullman: February and 2S. Unl . ....1.- nf l.iano. at Eugene: Msrch snd 3. Washington Stale College, at Eugene: March l:t and 14. university 01 wasniugiou. v Eugene. II T1 1 1. MAY NOT BE STAGED tohusou Thought to Be Asking Too Mnoh for Fight Willi McVey. CHICAGO. Pec. SO. (Special.) No confirmation has reached Jack Johnson from Hugh Mcintosh that the terms or 1.10.000 for Johnson, win. lose or draw, with 10O0O training expenses and four round-trip tickets to Sydney, agreed upon Friday for a march with Sm Mc Vey In Sydney. Easter Monday, would be carried through. Tommy Andrews, the American rep resentative of Mcintosh, admitted Fri day that he was not sure that Mcintosh would stand for such a large purse, es pecially as Mcintosh has a contract signed by Johnson that the champion would meet the winner of the elimina tion tourney held in Australia for 000. Johnson repudiated that contract. Johnson admitted today that he does not want to battle In the United States. He declared that neither Harry Pol lock, the New York promoter, nor Jack Curley, manager of Flynn. could Induce him to battle in this country. 1 1 is a 1 ... i : : : , . !- " j 9 a-"' -' ' T "- , ,' ..''. . f . . 3 T I-r. a r"-s, 1. 'ft h 77ri- bs. FROM LEFT TO ieMri COM.KGE, mCB?TBOIIU.K IV(iTOl ARTHlH M. OEiAltl TIRAIj COLLEUG. ATHLETE IS CHOICE Dr. E. J. Stewart Secured by Oregon Agricultural College. CAREER AS COACH SUCCESS President Kerr, of Corvallls Institu tion Picks Bfl Man for Place In Interests of School, Declaring . Exercise Means Health. OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COLLEGE, Corvallls, Dec. 10. (Special.) Dr. E. J. Stewart, who cornea to the Oregon Agricultural College as professor of physical education and director of ath letics, has already proved himself to be not only a great athlete, but a good teacher of physical exercises to other men and a splendid leader of men. In announcing the appointment of Dr. Stewart. President Kerr said: "I feel that it Is of great Importance that the physical welfare of the student body as a whole ahould receive most careful and expert attention. For this reason I have canvassed the United States In an attempt to get a man who seems to be qualified for the position. I believe I have found In Dr. Stewart the best-equipped physical director possible." Caree aa Coach Successful. Dr. Stewart comes to O. A. C. from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., where he has had charge of athletics for the past three years. During that period Allegheny has won the cham pionship in football, baseball, basket ball and track athletics.. In all these activities Dr. Stewart not only had charge of the coaching, but besides has handled the training and been in entire physical charge of the under graduate body. During the Winter of 1908 Dr. Stew art coached the Purdue basketball team and won second place In the Western Conference League, having defeated Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana and Northweatern, be ing defeated In a close game by Chi cago. The new physical director grad uated from the Stuebenvllle (O.) High School in 189& and attended Sclo Col lege, and afterwarda took his degree In medicine from the Western Reserve University. From his high school days he was interested in athletics and kept the ob ject in view constantly of making him self as efficient a physical director as knowledge could possibly make him. While at the Western Reserve Univer sity at Cleveland. O., he played three years on the football team, on the track team, on the basketball team and on the baseball team. He was cap tain of both the latter teams twice dur ing that time. Professional Recore Brllllaat. He then played one year of football on the Mount Union College team, which he also coached. He organized, played quarterback upon and coached the famoua Massillon Tigers, a profes sional football team . composed of former college players, most of whom were from the Eastern universities. He played professional baseball with the Ohio and Pennsylvania League, a Class B organization, and played pro fesslonal basketball In the Central Basketball League of the United States, the highest class professional basketball played. Besides his training as an athlete. Dr. Stewart tvs conducted physical education work In all branches for ten years. His experience was gained through Y. M. C A. work, high school work, three years in college gymna sium work and three seasons at the Chautauqua School of Physical Educa- J 1 p- 1 j. 5... ! iYb: i J ? s i - ' ' - ! i I J . zlu:f 'i-J&..' . Ve. ' ' I . . ,vsy' V A - . : ' -cW. -x- t - " " ;' ' ,vv t UMOJ, MITEM ..."! J"''r V - ISlVISltSllI vv lin a. 11. P. tlon with Dr. Seaver of Yale Unlver 'sity. He follows Dr. Seaver's method in the matter of measurements, rec ords, etc. The particular attention of the new physical director will be directed to wards the physical condition of the student body in general. To attain satisfactory results physieal tests su.h as are used In all Eastern uni versities in determining the physical ability of candidates for the different teams to participate will be made and only those who are up to the physical standard will be allowed to take part In Intercollegiate contests. Aside from this every student in the Institution will be measured and given careful tests and the results will be recorded and filed for reference. By studying the Individuals it will be possible to recommend exercises which will build up the Individual along the lines which It is most Important to have developed. The coaching of the varsity teams will be carried on by Dr. Stewart and such coaches for special branches of athletics as may seem necessary. The physical condition of the men. even those under special coaches, will be In the control of Dr. Stewart. The necessity of a physical airecror has almost nothing to do with the wish of the undergraduates for win ning athletic teams, but Is considered BolelyWrom the ground of what Is to the best Interests of the hundreds of young men and women who spend four years of their life at college at a time in their lives when the formation of good habits of -exercise will assure to them good health. The work which has been done along the line of phys ical direction by such men as Dr. Sar gent, of Harvard University, shows the great Importance of getting a man of tha quality of Dr. Stewart. to fill this Important position at Oregon. Agricul tural College. ALL-STARS TO LEAVE TODAY Backfield to Face' Multnomah Prac tically Same as Doble's. SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. SO. (Speciaf.) With practically the same backfield used by Coach Doble to win the cham pionship for the University of Wash ington, the Seattle All-Stars will leave for Portland tomorrow afternoon, 14 strong, and with a week's signal prac tice and team work behind them, hope to reverse the decision handed down Christmas day, Walter Wand, varsity full and half back; Melville Mucklestone, halfback; Vlnce Borleske. half, and Will Coyle, quarter, will make up the quartet on which Seattle Is pinning hope of vic tory. Walter Wand and Coyle. who did not play in the first game, have been turning out all week and their work has steadied up the team to a marked degree. Coyle, while refusing to state definitely tonight whether he would go or not, has made' all preparations for his departure and little . fear Is felt that he will not trot out on the field when the whistle blows. The follow ing men make the trip: Brlnker. Borleske. Schildmlller, Mc Donald, Place. Boyle, Dowd, McCree, Tegtmeier, Bagshaw, Belmont, Smith, Wand, Mucklestone, Samples and Coyle. Three Cars Tie for Victory. The "Round Georgia" reliability run which virtually closed the season of road competition, came to an end at Atlanta with three Flanders "20" cars, driven by . W. H. Soules, Peter Kunz and Thomas R. Bell a perfect-Bcore trio and the largest prize winners. All three kept close together throughout the 11 days of the run and, when the officials tackled the task of awarding nrst prize, they threw up their hands and gave it up. As a result, the money waa divided equally between the three Flanders "20" drivers. All three of the winning cars had distinguished themselves by consistent work In the Glidden tour. One of them the car driven by fioules was the same car which did the GUdden pathnndlng and later won a perfect score In the tour Itself. This Flanders "10" has now been over nearly 5000 miles of competitive running under of ficial supervision, and has yet to be penalized for any defect whatever. The "Round Georgia" run was one of the biggest events of the year, the field competing being nearly as large as that In the Glidden. .', - - , 00. nRKOON AGRICX7L- Australian Official Lauds "Manly-Art" Game. HUGH M'lNTOSH PRAISED Xeil Xilleen, Member of Parliament, Says Sydney's Stadium Xow Will Seat 20,000 People and Great Season of Sport Is Expected. RV TOM 53 AXDREW3. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dec 30. (Spe cial.) "Boxing is a grand sport and one of the finest exercises a man can have." remarked the Honorable Neil Nielsen, member of parliament for the Australian Commonwealth, who is making a tour of the United States in the Interests of his government, and who was discussing the matter in the Milwaukee Athletic Club while a guest of the writer. "There Is no sport that brings a man's muscles Into play more than In boxing." continued Mr Nielsen, "and when the sport Is handled In a clean, sportsmanlike manner there is no game more interesting to watch, for there are many scientific points to the game that you will not find in other lines. I have always been an ardent admirer of the manly art and I will say that the Australians are very fond of It. They like good clean sport, but they prefer more of the clean breaks to this go-as-you-please style the Ameri cans are so fond of. You call It hit ting In the clinches, or with one arm free, to protect yourself. "The boxing game under such a splendid sporting man as Hugh Mc intosh, of Australia, Is bound to pros per and as long as they keep the sport free' and clean It will no doubt be among the leading sports in Australia. The big stadium at Sydney has been greatly Improved and seats over 20,- 000 people, so you see they can take care of a monster crowd at the big matches. Mr. Mcintosh was home when 1 left Sydney and I presume he Is hav ing a big season's sport, for he usually does thlngB up In handsome style. I have been very busy here since my arrival and have had no chance to witness any sport of any kind. I hope to get back at some future time when I will be at liberty to take In all the sights and sports." After the manner in wnicn uoraoara. ler Wells, the English heavyweight champion, defeated Fred Storbeck, the South African champion, the other night in London, there will no doubt be a rush on the part of the American promoters to get the big fellow over here and stack him against some of the "white hopes." Wells proved to be an entirely different sort of a boxer from what the people here expected, and as stated In these columns a couple of months ago, proved a big surprise to the fans. It was expected by the boxing critics that Wells would merely tap with his left and endeavor to outpoint his heav ier opponent, but In this he fooled them, for not only did he use a clever ness, but when the proper moment came he had the knock-out punch to deliver, and put the South African to sleep for more than the necessary 10 seconds. Wells has Improved greatly In his physical make-up, and the heavy exercise and outdoor work, which he followed all last Summer, has no doubt helped him considerably. Storbeck is a big, strong young fellow and able to take a good beating, and from all ac counts he received one from Wells. G. W. Patten, Tea Taster, Hies. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec 30. (Spe cial.) G. W. Patten, 60 years old, an expert tea taster, died at the home of Mrs. H. G. Smith, his sister, today. In Fruit Valley. He was born in Port land: Me., but for some time had been making his borne here. BOXING GREAT SPORT Nothing in Sight for San Fran cisco Fans but Little Bout for Tomorrow. MATCH HAS POSSIBILITIES Chicago Knockout Brown and Sailor Petroskey Will Fight in Oakland. Jim Flynn Xow Seeks a Go With Jack Johnson. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAX FRANCISCO. Dec 30. (Special.) The boxing season that promised so much for San Francisco during the days before Ad Wolgast was Injured, has turned out to be a disappointment to all hands concerned. Aside from a 10-round match between Chicago Knockout Brown, the Greek middleweight, and Sailor Petroskey, which Is scheduled for Monday after noon In Oakland, there Isn't a . thing In sight. The permits for the coming year In San Francisco haven't even been apportioned and tha talk of the chances of a bout between Al Kaufman and Jim Flynn for the latter part of Januaryt are none too good. Instead, it seems now that Flynn and ?alzer, Kaufman's conqueror the other night, will be matched here by Coffroth. That's the situation and you can Judge for yourself Just how we feel about the matter. It has been years I since wo have lacked a bout on Thanks giving day, and although we can't con sider ourselves as altogether left out In the cold, by reason of the aforesaid 10-round affair, still it is almost as bad. Bont Haa Possibilities. The bout between Brown and Petro skey may develop a middleweight pos sibility, but I doubt it very much. Brown didn't do so well against Fritz Holland, and the Spokane boy was never considered a demon. By the way, there has been a lot of adverse com ment on the decision that Jack Welsh gave to Brown over Holland. Holland led all the way up to the sixth round when Brown floored him three times, the first time with a wild swing to the Jaw. It took Holland a couple of rounds to recuperate after that punch but he wound up the match in good shF.pe. Welsh's decision must have gone ab solutely on that one round and most of the fans who saw the match say that the worst Holland should have had was a draw. Both. Holland and his manager, Tim McGrath, were con siderably disappointed, although to their credit be it said that they have done but little howling. Holland wanted a return match in a hurry, but the management of the Oakland wheelmen thought it would be far better to stage some other chap and Sailor Petroskey was selected. The sailor is a baker working in the Gov ernment service on Mare Island and considered a fairly good boy for local talent. Whether he can stand off the rushes of Brown, who is a bull dos fighter and no boxer, remains to be seen. Flyaa Seeks Match With Jack. With Jimmy Coffroth and Harry Foley both after the January fight per mit, it remains to be seen who will annex the suggested Kaufman-Flynn fight for the latter part of January. Coffroth has a fight club in Daly City, just over the line In San Mateo County and he can show there if It is necessary. Foley, apparently, Isn't certain that he will be granted a permit and even should he be handed out the permit, he doesn't know whether he could get his fighters. ' Flynn is angling for a match with Johnson and with that in view prob ably will hold off so far as San Fran cisco is concerned. I doubt very much whether a John-son-Flynn match will be arranged at this time, yet the fact that Kaufman lost to Palzer the other night may place Flinn's stock higher. There would be few promoters ready to offer John son a 130.000 guarantee against tha Colorado fireman, and Johnson, of his own volition, has barred San Francisco and Los Angeles as platjes in which to hold the fight, and that would limit him to Reno. There wouldn't be any vast throngs traveling to Nevada to see a bout. In the meantime, Hugh Mcin tosh Is reported as having offered John son the necessary guarantee to go to Australia to meet Sam McVey and Johnson himself, according to the dis patches, thinks that Is the match that will be made. What Happened, Cause Wondering. They are still wondering down her in San Francisco what happened to Sam Langford that he should lose a de cision to McVey. When McVey was last In California, he was a clumsy heavyweight of the squat variety. Ha lost to Jack Johnson several times and also lost a 10-round decision to Den ver Ed Martin. His reputation negan tr btow after he was in Paris, and it was there he made most of his name. Possibly he has improved, possibly he has gone back and possibly, also, the two colored boys agreed to their affair In order to bring about a return match. The chances are that they will be re matched In Sydney. - . Frank Klaus may be seen In a Cali fornia ring In February, If not the lat ter nart of January. He has promised Mel Moffltt. of the Oakland Wheelmen. that he will come to Oakland to meet the winner of the Brown-Petroskey match. Klaus comes as close to being recognized as the middleweight cham pion as any man in tne game, ana fact that he was to fight wodld draw a lot of money into the box officer There Is Just a chance that arouna the first month in the New Year Bom bardier Wells, the English heavyweight champion, will be brought to San Fran cisco to meet one of the local heavy weights. Tom O'Day, the promoter who staged the Nelson-Wolgast Match at Point Richmond, has entered Into nego tiations with the Britisher, and says that he would be glad to make the trip. It depends largely upon tne tuiure work of Charlie Horn, a San Francisco lightweight, who has been making rap Id Drogre8S for a few months. If Horn develops rapidly enough to warrant, a match will be' made lor January or February. O'Day doesn't expect a local permit, but says there will be no trou ble in staging the match in tna vi cinity of San Franciso- i i