AGGIE. TRACK IN
T
Steady Work Begun Although
First Conference Meet
14 Weeks Ahead.
STRICT WORK IS DEMANDED
Coach Stewurt In Pessimistic Vein,
Although Captain Miller Is Jubi
lant Over Possibility of
Defeating Oregon.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COL
LEGE. Corvallis, Jan. 17. (Special.)
Respite the fact that the first confer
ence track meet is 14 weeks In the fu
ture, track men at the Oregon Agricul
tural College have started systematic
training; and workouts are taking place
every afternoon. At a meeting of all
candidates Tor the Beaver track team,
neld Monday afternoon. instructions
were given by Captain Johnnie Baker
as to the method of training to be fol
lowed. Three times a week candidates for
the team are to appear for practice, ac
cording to the speedy Beaver captain.
Sprinters and Jumpers will work in
the college armory, distance men will
continue the cross-country runs that
have been the rule all Winter, and
weight men will practice on the campus
as often and as regularly as the wea
ther permits. There is a possibility that
a banked track will .be constructed in
the Armory, In order that the quarter
mllers and middle-distance men can
work indoors. Such a track would be
seven laps to the mile.
Training Rules Strict.
Coach Stewart falls to see much class
to the new men in college, and Is
Bloomy over the prospect of filling the
places of Williams. Millering. McKenzle
end Doyle, of last year's team. Captain
Baker is more optimistic. "I'm not
making any promises," he said today,
"but for a fact I think we have got a
better chance to beat Oregon In track
this year than we have had before for
a long while. Hayward has lost some
mighty valuable men. and I doubt if his
team can be as strong this year as it
was last season. On the other hand,
although we will suffer from the loss
of a number of point winners. I am
hopeful that some of the new men will
be strong enough after a couple of
months' training so that we will be as
strong or stronger than we were in
1913. There seems to be a lot of Inter
est. We will make use o- the armory
and will be busy from this time until
the last meet of the season. Training
rules will be stricter this year than
ever before. Any man who breaks
training this year will have no chance
to make the squad. If hard practice
and conscientious training will do the
work, we ought at least to figure in the
running."
Squad Leaders in Charge.
Dr. Stewart, being busy with basket
ball, all track candidates have been put
under the supervision of squad leaders.
These men are as follows: Baker, 60,
100 and 220-yard sprints; Anderson. 440;
Foster, hammer and javelin; Smart,
phot and discus; Moses, low and high
hurdles: Reynolds. 880; Blackden, mile:
Shadduck, high Jump; Laird, two-mile;
Smith, pole vault; Larsen, broad Jump.
Some of these men are veterans from
last season's squad, while others are
new men whose reputations indicate
that they are better fitted for the po
sition of squad leaders than the old men
in their respective events. Foster is
from the University of Oregon, and will
be a valuable weight man, despite the
fact that he is not eligible for Confer
ence meets. Moses Is the Corvallis
High School lad who was a sensation
in the hurdle events in interscholastic
circles last year, and who should bolster
up the team.
Of the old men who are' not leaders
of squads but who are again candidates
for the team are Lafky, in the two
mile; Woodworth and Lawrence, in tne
high jump; Shirley. In tlie broad jump,
and Chris-man and Evendon, in the
weights.
A large number of freshmen have
signified their intention of joining the
cinder path squad. Some of thene have
records which would indicate that they
will bo of value. The local fans, as
well as Coach Stewart and Captain
Baker, however, are hesitant about
placing much reliance In the new
comers until they display their ability.
PACIFIC rXIVEKSITV WINXE15
McMinnvllle College Basketball Team
Downed, 2 8 to 2 6.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove,
Or.. Jan. IT. (Special.) Pacific Univer
sity played its first game of the Wil
lamette Valley League with McMinn
vllle College Friday night and won 28
to 26. The game was fast and clean
from start to finish. The lineup was:
McMlnnville. Pacific.
Breunning, Bishop. F Rasmussen
Irish F Ireland
Black C Robinson
Tipton G Abraham
Bean. Culver G Burllngham
Grilley, of the Portland Y. M. C. A.,
was referee.
A preliminary game was played be
tween the second teams of McMinn
vllle and Pacific University. Pacific
winning 24 to 6.
PACIFIC COLLEGE VICTORIOUS
Chemawa Basketball Team Defeated,
2 4 to 2 2, In East Game.
NEWBERG, Or., Jan. IT. Special.)
Pacific College basketball team last
night defeated the team from the
Chemawa Indian School 24 to 22. The
game was sensationally fast. The line
up follows:
Pacific College Gulley, center: Ha
worth and Colcord, guard; Replogle and
Ilinshaw, forward.
Chemawa McDonald. R. Service, cen
ter: Talbot, McDonald and Jim. guard;
Downer. R. and W. Service, forward.
Referee; Grilley of Portland Y. JL
C. A.
Union Defeats La Grande Team.
UNION. Or.. Jan. 17. (Special.)
The Union High School basketball
team won a third straight victory last
night by defeating the M. I. A. Ath
letic team of La. Grande. The locals
swept the visitors off their feet at
the beginning of the game, securing
a lead of 10 points, which they were
never in danger of losing. The game
was fast from start to finish and rea
sonably frco from rough playing. The
Ia Grande players were supposed to
be the fastest team tn Eastern Oregon,
but proved inferior to the Union cham
pions. The next game will bo played
with the Milton High School, which
will settle the championship for East
ern Oregon.
Dryad Gives Centralia "Rub."
CENTRAL! A, Wash.. Jan. IT. (Spe
cial.) The Centralia High School bas
ketball team defeated Dryad last night
In- a. cam In which, weight overcome
RAINING
GRIND
good playing. The final score was 28
to 18. The count at the end of the first
half stood 13 to 11 in favor of Dryad,
but the greater weight of the locals in
the last period had telling effect on
their lighter opponents. Grimm, the
big Centralia center, failed to play his
usual game last night, although he was
60 pounds heavier than the opposing
center.
ATjTO RACE TO BE 4 03 MILES
Distances i'i.xedfor Grand PrUe and
Vandcrbilt Cup Events.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17. The dis
tance of the grand prize automobile
race to be run over the ocean course
at Santa Monica, a suburb, February
23. will be 403.24 miles, or 48 laps of
the track. This announcement was
made here today by Leon T. Shettler,
chairman of the Western Automobile
Association's racing committee under
the auspices of which the grand prize
and Vanderbilt cup races will be held
this year.
The distance for the Vanderbilt cup
race will be 35 laps of the course, or 294
miles. This race will be run Febru
ary 21.
BOXING BRIEFS
WHEN Ralph Gruman returns to
San Francisco he will be handled
by Moose Tauslg, the man who for
merly handled Eddie Camp!.
Gruman seems to be due for a long
siege, for he is wanted by almost all
of the four-round promoters who were
able to secure permits- for the coming
season. His matches remain to be
selected, but among the first to be met
will be Tommy Ryan. Charles Gibbons
and T. Sherman. Gruman will leave
for California the first of the week
so as to be prepared for the first bouts.
While watching the Multnomah Club
smoker on Friday evening we were
handed a note as follows:
"Don't get Meagher, of the at. James
Club of Vancouver, mixed up with the
Vancouver, B.. C, contingent. I come
from the original Vancouver, estab
lished in 1824, and not frbm that spuri
ous upstart imitation 'way up in the
Canadian wilderness."
In order to avoid a conflict with the
amateur rules. Nelson, the man who
knocked out Parslow at the Multnomah
smoker, wishes It known that he is
not a member of the Newsboys' Athletic
Club, but is an unattached, in spite of
the claims of "Coffroth" Cohen, the
busy little manager.
Two of the featured bouts of the
smoker were not staged, through no
fault of the Multnomah Club, despite
the usual crowd of knockers. In the
Hewitt-Hill match. Hill took the
mumps so badly that he could not see
out over his cheeks. Calhoun and Mc
Neil could not get together on weight,
Calhoun being over, and even had Cal
houn come down, McNeil had an arm
which almost prevented him from ap
pearing. One of the most remarkable discov
eries of the evening, as usual, was that
there were twice as many fighters
outside of the ring as there were in
side, and to hear them talk much bet
ter ones outside than inside. It is a
shame that the men who arrange pro
grammes never are able to get hold of
them when they do their slating.
Veteran Coach Signed.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17. (Special.)
Frank Chance has been looking for a
veteran coach to handle the New York
American League club's pitchers this
year and the acquisition of Thomas P.
Daly, at one time a leading National
League catcher, was announced recent
ly. Daly was signed by President
Farrell today, on Chance's recom
mendation, and he will go to Houston,
Tex., to assume his duties on March 1.
Daly became famous as a catcher
under Anson, who signed him in 1889.
Daly caught John K. Tenet's curves in
those days and also made the trip
around the world with the Chicago
team. In 1890 he signed with the
Brooklyn club, playing behind the bat
and second base. He Joined the Wash
ington team several years later, and
finally came back to Brooklyn" to nlav
under Ned! Hanlon. He has been .
scout for several clubs in recent years.
Chance will turn' the development of
the new pitchers over to the veteran
OREGON AGGIE BASKETBALL SQUAD. WHICH DOWNED THE
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE AGGREGATION THURSDAY.
p& , j f
' " 1 " iiin ri
who will remain with the New York
team all season, acting as scout If the
occasion requires 1a midsummer.
THE STjyPAY OREGOXIAX, POItTEAXP, JANUARY IS, 1914.
BROTHERS, ONE OF WHOM IS
Brother of Willie Ritchie Not
Seeking Fistic Fame.
LAD HANDY IN GYMNASIUM
Resemblance to Iightweight Cham
pion Often. Brings Comment
Dittle Fellow Is Pnpil in
Portland Public School.
There will be no Monte Attell. Jack
Jeffries, Freddie Anderson or Young
Jack O'Brien in the Ritchie- family.
Little Theodore Steffen brother of
Willie Ritchie, the world's lightweight
boxing champion, is too young to com
prehend the "One Napoleon Bonaparte
in a family" theory, but, he is old
enough to know his own mind, and
Theo says he will never become a boxer.
For a' that. Champion Ritchie's young
brother is quite some athlete. Little
Theodore, aged 12, and his sister, Made-
laine, live In Portland with a married
sister. Theodore is a. student at
Couch School and Miss Madeleine at
Lincoln High. The youngsters have
been located in Portland for more than
a year.
Theodore is one of the most enthu
siastic members of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club, and. while he
will not event cast a side squint at
Tommy Tracy, the famous Australian
boxing teacher, Theo will try almost
anything In the gymnasium or In the"
tanks.
Standing 4 feet 2 Inches in his bare
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feet, and tickling the weight beam at
84 pounds, undressed, Willie Ritchie s
younger brother immediately, attracts
attention In the gymnasium classes
Jne has a vague , idea of having
glimpsed that profile before.
"Why, he's Ritchie's brother." any
one of the juvenile turners barks forth
at you Instantly.
Closer inspection immediately re
veals the quasi-identification for Theo
dore bears marked resemblance to his
fighting brother.
There are few things which Theo
dore his not learned better than his
gymnasium classmates. Some things
will not come the first try. Many of
them for that matter. He seldom asks
to be shown again. He'll try several
times with the aid of one of the lead
ers, and then if the trick proves un
manageable, he'll go In a corner or on
an unoccupied bar and do that until It
13 perfected.
Theodore, although but 12 years old,
is possessed of a finely developed body,
Biieamng comparatively. He is not
neavy ror his size, but each little mus
cle shows the boy to be a good healthy
type of Ytung America.
When Willie Ritchie, as Geary A.
Steffen, pranced -about with his neigh-
Dornooa mends in San Francisco, he
was the same kind of a bov.
He loved every game and loved to
tumble about in the gymnasium. Those
wno rememDer mm as a boy declare
him to have been the best kind of play
mate. Theodore is popular with his boy
friends. He is quick and can easily
take the upper hand in some of the
gymnasium games. But he is a fair
minded fellow and never takes an ad
vantage. He likes the game of indoor base
ball and is really clever at it. He is an
excellent underhanded pitcher and gets
the credit for quite a few strikeouts
in the indoor game.
"What do I like to do best? Huh,
I don't know. It's all too much fun."
expresses his preferences. But, he draws
the line at boxing.
Moran Offers Vain Advice
to Boer Boxers Backer.
HnKllsh FlKliter Voinntcen to Help
In Rodrl'a Corner. and FHnda
ieorRc Han .Nothing.
Owen Moran, the English fighter,
was working as a second in George
Rodel's corner at New Haven the other
night. It was his own fault, too, as
Owen volunteered to help out Jimmy
Johnston, the manager of the Boer; but
then it was the first time Owen had ever
seen the celebrated South African in
action, so he hopes his appearance in
George's corner will not be held
against the Moran family.
In the course of the scuffle Moran
felt it his duty to offer a few sugges
tions to Johnston.
"Tell 'Ira to 'ook with 'is right.
Jimes," said Owen.
"Oh, no," replied Jimmy. "I won't do
that. Oh, no; George can't hook."
"Tell 'm to swing with 'is left." coun
seled Owen, hopefully.
"Oh. no! he can't swing," answered
James, very sadly.
"Tell 'im to cover up," said Owen.
"Oh. no, he can't cover up," explained
Jimmy patiently.
Owen couldn't think of anything else
a man ought to do under the circum
stances, so he remained silent until the
ninth round, when Willard dropped the
Boer. Owen's eyes were bulging as
George rolled over. When he took a.
second roll Owen hastily donned an
I'm-not-with-t hose-fellows expression
and assumed the disinterested attitude
of an innocent bystander..
"Ga bllme me," ha was heard mur
muring, " 'e can do that, any'ow."
GIRL CHAXCES AGE TO WED
Gunboat Smith's Bride Becomes 18
When License Is Refused at 1 7.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. "Gunboat" Smith,
the pugilist, and Miss Helen Remley,
of New York, were granted a marriage
license here today.
The license was refused -when Miss
Remley said she was 17 years old, but
she amended her statement today. She
told the license clerk that she would
be 19 years old in February.
Soccer Series Probable.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 17. rRn..
cial.) The Mendota soccer football
team is In receipt of a challenge from
tiie Tono club for a series of three
games for the trophy cup recently do
nated by Centralia merchants for the
soccer championship of this section. It
is likely that the games will be played
here if the challenge is accepted. Great
rivalry exists between the coal mining
towns ana tnere nas Deen one continu
ous argument over the supremacy of
their soccer teams.
Bend Club to Bo Member.
BEND, Or.. Jan. 17. (Special.) The
Berd Rod and Gun Club will be one
of the members of the Oregon Shooting
League, which is being organized. New
officers of the club have been elected
as follows: J. N. Hunter, president;
Fred J. Wllkey. vice-president; J. C.
Rhodes, secretary: R. M. Smith, treas
urer C. R. Kurrle, field captain.
DESIRES TO BE ANYTHING BUT
4
5, V7.?- V
Aggie Squad of 30 Trying for
Conference Team Places.
FIRST MEET IS MARCH 7
Coach Thinks Team From Agricul
tural College Will Be as Strong
as Last Year's Contest With
University Possible.'
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Or., Jan. 17. (SpecLal.) The
recent change in the method of deter
mining the wrestling championship of
the conference, and the entrance of the
Universities of Idaho and Oregon Into
the ranks of the supporters of the mat
game, has stimulated interest among
the Oregon Agricultural College wrest
lers to a great degree. A squad of 30
men in working out regularly under the
direction of James Arbuthnot, wrest
ling coach. m
. Of the members of last year's cham
pionship team. Coach Arbuthnot has on
hand Paul Amort, who last season car
ried away all honors in both the 125
and 135-pound divisions, and who is
captain this year; Piercy. 115 pounds;
Muck, 158 pounds: "Jerry" Pelland, 1S5
pounds, and Laythe, heavyweight. Kel
ly, th 145-pounder who was captain
last season, and McBride, light heavy
weight, are among those missing, and a
strenuous scrap for the vacated berths
is predicted.
Candidates Are Bniij.
Harrah, Andrews, Sutton and Al
worth head the list of the huskies who
are trying out for McBride's position;
Mosby, Minikin, Albert, Strive. Hop
kins and Blair are working hard in the
145-pound division.
The members of last year's mat squad
who remain are expected to retain their
positions without difficulty, although
Freydig, the 115-pound youngster who
was a member of the 1911 and 1912
teams, will give Piercy a stiff scrap for
the featherweight place.
The team will be chosen in about a.
month, when the tnterclass tussles are
staged.
The first big meet is scheduled for
March 7. when the Multnomah Club
wrestlers will contest in the local gym
nasium. The conference wrestling meet will
MAT MEN AT WORK
rA,T?TSKETBALL SQUAD OP THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
BUSINESS COLLEGE. WHICH IS MAKING TIGHT RUN.
Standing, Left to Rlsht Burcrr. Powers. Captain Sleberts and I'rai.
bell. Sitting, Left to Right Williams and Winters.
be held in Portland, March 20 and 21.
the preliminaries being scHeduled for
the first day and the finals for the
second.
Dual Meet Poanlble.
There is a possibility that a dual
meet with the University of Oregon
will be arranged, although no definite
steps have been taken as yet. Mr. Ar
buthnot and Director of Athletics Stew
art are eager for such a contest.
In this connection Coach Arbuthnot
said today:
"Although we are not at all sure of
our ability to win from the university
wrestlers, members of the squad are
-anxious for a meet, and I certainly hope
it will be scheduled. Our team should
be as strong or stronger than it was
last year. I can make no predictions as
to the chances of Oregon Agricultural
College in the conference meet until
after the tnterclass try-outs, but I can
see no reason why we should not fig
ure prominently In the running this
year."
Hook and Line Catcli Salmon.
LEWISTON. Idaho, Jan. 17. (Spe
cial.) The Winter run of river salmon
trout, classed as the greatest swift
water fish of America, is now under
way, and during the past few days
good catches have been reported in
the rivers at Lewiston with hook and
line. Beauties weighing up to 28
pounds have been landed.
NORVAL BABTIE COMING
CHAMPION ICK SKATER TO BE SEEN
IX PORTLAND.
Native of North Dakota Has Wonderful
Record In His 33 Years
Soon to Pas.
Norval Baptie, champion skater of
the world, 33 years of age, and a
skater who has seen the fall of half a
dozen champions of the steel blade,
will be seen here soon after the open
ing of the Portland Hippodrome Ice
Rink, delayed again by construction
until the middle of February and
maybe March 1.
Baptie has made his best marks, and
done his best skating the past eight
years, and in March he will be 34 years
old.
Baptie. contrary to the name, is not
a French-Canadian. He is a native of
North Dakota, where he skated and
did his tricks on a river hardly large
enough for his jumps. He thinks
nothing of jumping over 10 barrels
laid in a row.
The skater would be one of the rich
est athletes if he had tried the game
for money only. At that he has made
money, but many have lamented the
fact that he has not earned half as
much as he was capable of getting.
Norval believes he is as good now
as ho ever was, and in proof of this
argument he lays stress upon the fact
that both Lamy and Wood, who rank
next sto the Bathgate boy. have re
ligiously avoided him. He. a world's
champion, has offered both of them in.
ducements which would be eagerly
accepted by aspirants of any other
athletic title. Baptie has agreed to
race them for a purse, for gate re
ceipts on any percentage basis for
fn for anything to create interest in
the sport.
It doesn't look as if Wood. Lamy
and Baptie will ever met as competi
tors. Last March they were matched
to race In Cleveland for a purse of
$1000 and a diamond medal. BaDtie
trained faithfully for the contest, and
was at his best when he arrived in
Cleveland. Much to his dismay, he
learned that Lamy had been "injured"
and that AVood had withdrawn. Bap
tie then made one of the biggest sport
ing offers ever known he agreed to
waive his right to any portion of the
purse and let Lamy and Wood split it.
The offer was not accepted, and the
only conclusion to be drawn is that
both Lamy and Wood are not Immune
to the fear inspired by the champion's
deeds of prowess on the ice.
TEAMS TIK IN" RIFLE SHOOTS
District of Columbia Makes High
Score in Interclnb Match.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. The Dis
trict of Columbia and Warren. Pa., are
tied for first place in Class A of the
Interclub rifle matches, eacli having
four wins and no defeats. In Class B
three teams are tied for first place.
Stillwater. Minn.; Kings Mills. O.. and
Bedford. O., each with four wins and
no defeats. District of Columbia made
the highest score this week making
994 out of a possible 1000 score.
Scores:
Class A Cleveland. O.. 930, vs. Man
chester. N. II., 970: District of Colum
bia. 994. vs. Bridgeport. Conn.. 992
Warren. Pa.. 991, vs. Bucyrus. O.. 989;
Dickinson, N. D.. 983. vs. Wisconsin
Old Guard, 973; Birmingham, Ala.. 986,
vs. Adrian. Mich.. 964: St. Paul, Minn.,
954. vs. Youngstown, O., 951; Milwaukee
Rifle, 948, vs. Tacoma. Wash., 933.
Class P Kings Mills, O., 9S0, vs.
Minneapolis. 953; Marlon. O.. 969, vs.
Hopkins. Minn., 950; Bedford. O.. 932,
vs. Louisville, Ky., 895: Stillwater,
Minn., 967, vs. Madison, Wis., 966; Bos
ton. 954, vs. Walden College, 950;
Helena. Mont.. 918. vs. Rochester, N. T.,
902; New Orleans, La., 910, vs. San
Francisco, 73 6.
English Defeat Welsh at Kugbj.
LONDON. Jan. 17. The English 15
defeated the Welsh 1G today by 10
points to 9 in the first international
Jtugpy lootoaii match of the season.
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BOB M'ALUSTER'S
DEFEAT IS SHOCK
San Francisco Fans Jarred
When Mike Gibbons Landed
on Olympic Star. .....
FATE SEALED IS BELIEF
Harry B. Smith Says Coaster Has
Xow Lost Drawing Power ana
That He Is "Dead" One Be
sides Critics Are Vindicated.
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN F RAX CISCO. Jan. 17. iSpeciaL)
The defeat of Bob McAllister, who
was knocked out the forepart of the
week in New- York by Mike Gibbons,
was one of the shocks of the pugilistic
game hereabouts. Gibbons has never
been seen in action this far West and
consequently there wasn't much of a
line on him. At the same time, the
writer saw the fiasco that Gibbons
made a year ago in New York in his
efforts to cope with Eddie McGoortv.
and that seemed sufficient to cause thn
general feeling that McAllister would
be the winner.
It was urgued that while he might
not stow Gibbons away at the same
time he had the advantage of height
and reach as well as 10 pounds in
weight, all of which should count. Ring
reports Indicate that the Olympic Club
star did go nicely for four out of the
seven rounds, but that when it came
down to cases. Gibbons proved to have
tne necessary punch.
However, the job has been done,
which means that as a ring card, Mc
Allister is as dead as a mackerel. He
had lost his drawing power in the
est because of what Petroskey did to
him and now he has shot his bolt
around New York. It wouldn't have
been so bad had Battling Levinskv
turned the trick, because the latter is
a heavier man, but to havo a fighter
10 pounds lighter score such a victory
leaves McAllister with no excuses that
he can legitimately offer.
goes to Prove- n addition, that
McAllister is not equipped with any
punch of his own. San Francisco ring
critics pointed this out in the case of
his first professional matches in San
Francisco and now will come general
recognition of the fact. For the good
of the game. It would have been the
best thing in the world for McAllister
to have at least stayed the limit. As
It goes, it eliminates another middle
weight from the possibilities
The chances are that the McAllisters
will be in a hurry to come back home.
Before Bob was persuaded by his
friends that he would make a fortune
In the ring, McAllister was a stenogra
pher in a real estate company and
doin$r foirly well. Now that he has had
his fling at the. game and found him
self wanting, he will be contented to
get back to the real estate business
Gunboat Smith took his departure
the first of the week for Chicago
where he opens a vaudeville engage
ment that will keep the American
champion busy for at least six weeks
Kiui longer, if he so desires. He is to
work back to the Pacific Coast and be
fore he finishes will play Seattle and
Portland.
Since Jack Johnson has signed to box
Frank Moran in June, there isn't much
of a chance for the Gunner to have a
crack at the colored champion for some
tune. All of which is to be regretted
since the general feeling is that John
son is not In the best of shape and that
Smith would have an excellent oppor
tunity of beating him.
Another Northwestern future star
went glimmering the other night when
Joe Azevedo. of Sacramento, whipped
Frenchy Vaise in a 10-j-ound bout be
fore the Oakland Wheelmen Club. Vaise
came to San Francisco under the
management of Joe O'Connor, who
made a name for himself when ho
handled Stanley KetchcU In the first
10-round bout in Oakland Azevedo did
some good work and really should have
had the decision, which was called a.
draw.
So far as the return match was con
cerned, however, there isn't any ques
tion but that Azevedo had the upper
hand from start to finish., He outboxed
Vaise in every one of the rounds and
had the Vancouver lad swinging so
wildly as to make him appear foolish.
Jim Griffin did the refereclng and It
was about as easy a verdict as the red
headed ring arbitrator ever handed out.
The Oakland club, which formerly
mixed in a lot of six-round bouts, has
changed its scheme. Now it puts on
one 10-round mill and the balance oe
the card Is made up of four-round slug
ging festivals. The crowd seems to
like that sort of work, for the attend
ance at the sessions has been increas
ing.
The same professional promoters as
last year will have the handling of the
boxing game In San Francisco during
1914. Supervisor Ed Nolan, who took
his place on the police committee, tried
to work a permit for Milton Weitner. a.
close friend of his, but the majority
wouldn't stand for the proposition.
Under the arrangement as it stands
at present, Coffroth is matchmaker for
two of the clubs. Louis Parente will
do the matchmaking for Graney's Tux
edo Club and also for the Humboldt
Club, which splits the Meld up. Parente
is not apt to attempt anything exceed
ingly ambitious in the way of making
matches which will leave Coffroth as
the big promoter.
Leach Cross and Sam Wallach, his
managing director, were in San Fran
cisco a couple of days this week look
ing around for a match, but as they
found nothing to their liking, returned
to the South.
Parente offered Cross a 20-round
match in February against Frankio
Burns, of Oakland, but Cross wanted
so much of a guarantee that the idea
of the match had to be given up. All
that Cross wanted was a straight guar
antee of 3000 for his own services.
Frankie Burns, as is quite well known
in this section, was never given to
working for nothing, and Parente de
clared he couldn't Jigure where the club
was going to get off on such a. scheme.
Cross is now talking of accepting an
offer to box Charley White In Milwau
kee In one of the 10-round. no-decision
set-tos and as it doesn't look as if he
could get a date In Los Angeles, that Is
probably just what he will do.
The verdict of "not guilty" that was
rendered in the case of Jess Willard in
Los Angeles was a boon for the boxing
game in this state. Willard was slmplr
charged with engaging in a prizefight,
the intention being to test the boxing
law. Had he been found guilty, it would
nave Deen an easy thing to have
stopped practically all the matches in
the future. As it is, it rather serves to
do the game a good turn.
There Is still a chance that the petl- -
tion to have the boxing game placed on
the ballot will go through, as the Sec
retary of State has ruled that the pe
titutioners may have until th 1st of
February in which to file the addltionaT
names required.