WITH
ML. SULLIVAN'S
HOMELY SAYINGS
Hero of Prize Ring Has Uttered
Many Epigrams of
Wisdom.
WANTS ALL BOYS TO
BE ON THE SQUARE
Fighter Who Earned Over, a Mil
lion, Now Depends on
Friends.
John L. Sullivan, the treat pugilist,
la still in life's ring, knocking about the
world Instead of knocking out men as In
the palmy daya of his championship. In
those exeat daya he earned and spent
over 11,000,000 acquiring- philosophy, so
be now says. When he talks It Is In
homely epigram. Each epigram repre
sents a neavy financial outlay on tits
part. No second-hand wisdom Is found
in Sullivan's philosophy. What he knows
m ttfe's arena, the lessons taught to
he knows by having paid full tuition fees
for the learning.
Happily, as testifying to his own abil
ity to receive and profit by hard knocks
John L. in this way have not In any
manner made him cynical He laughs
at his own folly aa quickly as that of an
other. Ha confesses frankly that he
"never knew what was good for him
until he was 40 years old and had bean
licked." Traveling the rocky road of
worldly experience in thla temper, Sul
livan has much to say that Is worth
hearing. Here are some of the typical
bits of his philosophy:
Be gams.
Be dead square.
Be on the level.
Oat good habits on.
People can't aat books.
I've cut out the red stuff.
Learn to think on your lege.
All the world hates a quitter.
Cut out being too good a good fellow.
Strikes? I've been striking all my
life.
Football does up more men than box
ing.
Save yourself for tha last rounda of
Ufa.
Everybody ought to know a little poll-
tics.
It don't hurt anybody to have a little
religion.
Don't knock too hard. It's a wastefcf
energy.
A graceful loser's a diplomat and a
hypocrite.
Nobody in tha world ought to marry
without love.
Tha older you get, tha grayer and
wiser you gat.
Not every one who ahakea yotir hand
la on the level.
The mistake of my life was to cut out
school at It.
This is a kid-glove age, and they've
put mlts on me.
The water-wagon can knock out the
bandwagon.
I guess I'm a philosopher because I
come from Boston.
They promised me a palace and gays
me a morgue.
' Ton' learn something every time you
make a mistake.
Everything thnt ever came my way
was bound to come.
Knuckles beat knives for settling hon
est differences.
Collages don't do any Injury to those
that can afford It.
I would have been rich If I had been
a tight wad with my money.
Go alow. Don't train too fast or too
fine, young man.
Polished brass will pass on more peo
ple than rough gold.
Every boy ahould get a good education
to start life on.
What are we paying a 100,000 stand
ing arm for? Easy life.
I don't care much for women in gen
eral. They don't think much.
If I bad Carnegie's coin I'd build hos
pitals end homes for the poor.
I'd advise) a young man to get next to
a good trade or try farming.
Vice began in the Infancy of the world
and wilt be In at the death.
I like comedy because It's got more
philosophy In It than tragedy.
Get your dukes ready when the other
fellow begins to talk arbitration.
Ton oan't kill the game of fighting as
long aa there are two real men left.
If you've got a million, put the dough
In circulation. It gets stale tied up.
Tha Roanleh war was a bum Imitation
of the real thing a regular Jeff-Munroe
farce.
I admire our regular army, but don't
believe the people should be taxed un
necessarily. Moderate drinking don't hurt a man.
but he oughtn't try to put the bar out of
business.
They may call It boxing, or physical
culture, or the manly art: but it s all
last plain flsl-flghtlng with gloves on.
Every young person should take some
form or calisthenics, or walking, rowing,
bo King or fencing. Oet a move on.
A girl should marry from II to 21
years of age provided she Is healthy
THE MEN OF
TO CClC.
Tad's Impression of the Difficult Task Young Corbett Will Have in Solving Battling Nelson Tomorrow Night.
it . ; :
and knows a thing or two about house
keeping.
The poor boy la the one who makes the
foxiest politician.
I believe in arbitration. If you refute
a friend's Invitation to take a drink and
he Insists, arbitrate with a little water
on the side.
Every man haa his own rules for phys
ical exercise. All of them should In
clude eight hours' sleep and a cold
shower bath, though.
Some marriages are like lop-sided box
ing matches not fair to the lightweight,
so glory to tbe heavy, and no sport for
the crowd.
There may have been something in the
criticism of tbe boy who cried from the
gallery: "John, you're H, right, but
you're rotten!"
It takes sweat to make a man healthy,
wealthy and wise. The man who don't
take exercise enough to aweat la no bet
ter" n a dead one.
The secret of happiness? A fair edu
cation, a good wife, a nice family of chil
dren, a good farm home and f 100,000 In
vested at to 10 per cent.
Every man ought to aave a big wad for
old age. A fat roll la a mighty good
friend when your hair's gray and your
wind ain't what It uaed to be.
For a long time I have lived three
yeara In every one, and have come
through it without a cent but have
friends that are worth more than money.
Anything to get up a sweat! There's
something wrong with a man who don't
perspire.
If I had life to live over again, know
ing what I do now, I'd marry at 21 and
that's no lie.
Of all the alleged fireproof buildings.
there's only ons I'd bank on. and that'a
the reservoir.
Brain may be better than brawn, but
men will fight ao why not with their
honest bunch of flvea?
Moat flghtera are featherweights In
Intelligence. They have no philosophy
in their think-tanks.
Whsn I had money my friends were
welcome to it. and I've never regretted a
cent that I ever gave away.
I fell off a train ones going 4r mtlea
an hour, and I believed In fatalism when
1 found myself in a hospital.
The Prince of Wales surprised me by
his democratic manners when I met him
in London. He's a mixer.
When I pipe off all these patent medl
cine signs in the streetcars I wonder if
we're a nation with bum innarcic.
It'a my ambition in later years to be a
farmer, because the farmer haa hla own
meal ticket right on the farm.
There Is no reason why a man should
not live as long as an elephant say 200
yearsIf he don't get too gay.
What difference does It make what
church a man belongs to. Just so be be
lieves In God? There are 4S0 religions,
and every fellow thinks his Is the best
New York's the money boss of the
country, and little old Wall street elects
nine out of ten presidents to Its own
liking, no matter whether they're Demo
crats of Republican..
It does the boye In the gallery more
good to see a kidnaped child restored to
Its mother than to see a high and
mighty duke stab another In the back
and come off without a scratch.
I've always been on the level, treated
everybody fair and square, and never
cheated anybody out of a dollar. That'a
why I have so many friends and why the
American people have. liked me so.
If a young man has gons through high
school and Is looking for something
higher. I'd advise him to become an elec
trician. Electricity Is the coming sci
ence of the world. Put your trolley on
the wire.
1 t waa president of the United States
I'd favor cutting out the standing army,
making a modem navy, tha election of
United Statea senators by the people,
reciprocity with Canada, and govern
ment ownership of the railroads and
telegraph. That's oM John L's plat
form. Borne actors think the stage has been
elevated up In a balloon, and tbey play
ao high that the people atay away. I
play on the level, and about 00 people
ut of 100 are on my level. That'a one
reason why "the hrulaer can draw more
money than the artlat and the pugilist
can please better than the Shakespearean
scholar.'
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. MONDAY
ROW THE BATTING
MAY BE INCREASED
Many Suggestions from Fans
Regarding Improvement
r in Hitting.
MORE RUBBER IN
' BALLS WOULD HELP
Increasing Liveliness of Ball
Would Mean Faster Work
All Around.
Among all the suggestions being of
fered to Increase the batting next sea
son, and those that have been put for
ward number around a dosen, the
aimpleat and oldest Is that of Increasing
the liveliness of the ball. Along with
the Increase of effectiveness on the part
of the pitcher haa been the decrease
In liveliness of the ball. When teams
were running up big scores tha ball
was far more lively than It la at the
present time, and this had" much to do
with the falling off in batting.
A fraction of nn ounce of rubber more
In tbe center of the ball would do pos
sibly more than anything else to increase
the batting, and ft would not Involve
tinkering with the rules, with which
the fana are familiar, or which have
become aecond nature to the players.
The only danger would be in getting too
much of a good thing, but this could
he avoided with proper judgment Pos
sibly the move would be fought by the
sporting goods houses which furnish the
leagues with balls, as the latter turn
out an article which la now standard
from one year to another, but If the
leagues demand a lively ball they will
get It.
Increasing the liveliness of the ball
would bring out the slugging feature
of the game aa nothing else will. Home
run drives have been dwindling, but If
tbe change suggested was made these
would be no dearth of the most popular
feature of the game with the fana. Bo
far as the scientific betters era con
cerned it would give them a big edge
Place hlta are amothered now by fast
fielding and big gloves. With a more
lively ball the apeed of the latter would
be such aa to prevent the Inflelders
ffom reaching many of the well-placed
lilts they djD now. It would Increase
the difficulty of Infield work, and It Is
the Inflelders who are as much reapon
slble for the falling off In hitting as
the pitchers. The outfielders would also
have to cover territory faster, and more
line drives would be safe, as they ought
to be. On files It would not make a
great deal of difference, unless they
were long enough to go for extra base
hits or horns runs. ' Bunting would be
the only department of the game that
would be handicapped by the Innova
tion. A lively ball would alao help out
base running. Inflelders would be com
pelled to get away from the bases In
order to cover their territory better.
This woud give the base runners s bet
ter chance to steal. An Increase In dou
ble and triple plays might result, but
theee kind of playa add excitement to
tbe fama, and even though they do cut
off runs, do not affect the batting.
Here are a number of schemes where
by the batting may he increaaed.
Allow strlkea only between the hip
and shoulder.
Allow the batter to .call for a high
or a low ball.
Repeal foul strike rules, either In
whole or In part
Prohibit the use of the "spit ball"
by pitchers.
Allow a base on three balls Instead
of four.
SPORTDOM
Increase the number of strikes to
four.
. Prohibit the pitchers from using
curve balls.
Increaae the distance of the pitcher
from tbe plate.
Increase the fielding area of the out
fielders by deflecting the foul lines
when they pass first and third.
Allow men left on base st the end
of nn Inning to return to them In the
next
Increase the liveliness of the ball
ussd.
Handicap the pitcher as regards pre
liminary motions. i
Abolish the use of gloves for In
flelders. BROWNS WIN LAST
GAME OF SEASON
Ham I berg and Starkell Do
Great Work for the Tail
End Aggregation.
(Journal gpedal servtee.)
Sacramento, Cel., Nov. 2S. The Port
land Browna, through tbe good pitch
ing of Ham Iberg and Starkella hard
hitting, won the last game of the sea
son yesterday from the Tacoma Tlgera.
A large crowd wltneased the closing
game. Most of the Portland players
left for home last night Score:
Portland 0 0 0 0 0 2 S 9 5 lo' 2
Tacoma oyiDOOl 2 0 I 7 0
Batteries Iberg and Frary; Overall
and Graham. Umpire Perrlne. ,
Welt
Ban Francisco. Nov. 21. The Seats
ended the season yesterday by taking
two gamea from the Oakland team In
the preeence of big crowda. Scores:
Morning game R. H. E.
Oakland ...000000000 0 f 0
San Fran 10000010 I 10 3
Batteries Jones snd Stark; Whalon
and Wllaon. -
Afternoon game R H. IS.
Oakland 11000000 13 S
San Fran 20400001 7 7 4
Batteries Schmidt and Stark: Wheel
er and Wilson. Umpire McDonald.
Angela Have Xopes.
Los Angeles, Nov. 20. The Angels
finished the season yesterday by twice
defeating the Seattle team. Morley 1m
aglnea that President Bert will decide a
protest against .the Portland team In
favor of Los Angeles .and If he should
the Angela will be tied with Tacoma
for first place. Scores:
First game . R. H. E.
Los Angeles ...0 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 10 13 0
Seattle 00001000 1 -2 13 I
Batteries Gray and Spies; Hogg and
Leahy.
Second ganoe R. H. E
Los Angeles. 0 0 0 2 1 I 0
Seattle . . J. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 S 0
Batteries Baum and Spies: Shields
and Blankenshlp. Umpire Chance.
(Journal Special Berries.)
Martinsville, Va., Nov. 28. Everything
is In readiness for the third annual meet
of the Virginia Field Trials association,
which will taks place on the preserves
near here this week. The events this
year consist of a members' derby and a
members' all-age stake. The large
purses offered have attracted many en
tries of a high class, snd the trials
promise to be the most notable and suc
cessful ever pulled off under the sus
plcea of the association.
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CORBETT-NELSON
BOUT TOMORROW
Both Pugilists as Usual Claim
the Victory in Ad
vance. CORBETT 18 STILL
' BUSY IN TRAINING
Nelson Is in Condition and
Takes Life Easy at
Larkspur.
I Journal Special Service.)
San Francisco, Nov. It. The principal
topic of discussion in sporting circles to
day is the Nelson-Corbett fight sched
uled for tomorrow evening. The splen
did condition of both men has kept the
wise ones guessing as to how to place
their money and as both are confident of
winning, with good records back of
them, the chances for heavy plunging
on the result are not very bright
If every one who wanted to get by
the portals had entered the gymnasium
at Sheehan's yesterday the crowd would
hn e filled the little apace 10 deep and
Corbett would have been forced to abnn
don hla work entirely. The moment the
edict went forth that visitors were not
especially welcome, Tom, Dick and
Harry made It their particular business
to try snd be among the lucky ones. It
was the slsge of Port Arthur over again
on a small scale with Oen. Harry Tut
hlll defending the beleaguered garrison
against a swarm of Invaders. In the
general rush there were a couple of
wlt.dows broken and a few boards torn
oft the building.
Those who convinced Tuthlll and "Top
Sergeant" Otts that they had business
Insldi were treated to the best work
Corbett has done since he began this
trip. He went at Jim Haywarda In a
way the negro did not relish for three'
whirlwind rounds, and reserved enough
speed to make Jack Johnson step sn
equally faat three periods, otts tossed
the medicine ball until his arms a he.ll
and completed hla share of the ahow
with the wand exercise that the cham
pion alone uses. Corbett was strong
and freah when the hour limit expired
and Tuthlll called a halt Aside from
a rather drawn appearance of the face
which always comes when he Is reduc
ing, no flaw could be found In him. The
announcement that he acaled but a frac
tion over 114 pounds reassured the many
who were waiting to aee the result of
the tissue-tearing grind he haa under
gone. r -as
Corbett will box today and tomorrow
and then lay the glovea aalde until when
be dona the five-ounce pair and faces
Nelson. He will keep up road work
until this evening and should experience
less trouble drying out the remaining
pounds than haa been anticipated.
Barney Oldfleld was smong the guests
yesterday afternoon. The famous wheel
man and auto driver is an old friend of
Tuthlll, and brought a let of messages
from across ths Rockies.
Nelson varied the usual, program at
Larkspur with a celebration In tbe shape
of an Impromptu mlnatrel ahow, minus
the burnt cork. This bit of skylarking
came after work had ceaaed and every-
body waa Invited to help out. "Bat"
wanted to set a table In the gymnasium
and give a -spread that would long M
remembered In the valley, but compro
mised on the minstrel Idea when it was
pointed out that there were not enough
Rres In Larkspur to cook the turkeys or
enough dishes to serve the dinner prop
erly. Murphy's Idea la that the public
la keeping the fighter In apendlng money
and ahould be nursed along. Instead
of locking the doors and discouraging
1WM.
John L. and His Epigram Coast
Season EndW Baseball Gossip,
Football and Sporting News in
C0R3JB-TT DOfrnfe
g Y40RKTD (oEf TO wt
TMI. USr
bPtsHla
f(6HT VslU.-
AttBO THE LQHbtmSt
visits thay would enlarge the building
if It was not big enough to accommo
date all that cared to watch Nelson at
work. -
CAPTAIN MARESCA
ISSUES CHALLENGE
Captain Gulseppe Maresca, of ths Ital
ian ahlp C. Celeste, states that he is
ready and more than willing to race any
tailing ahtp's crew in ths harbor. On
Thanksgiving day Captain Mareeoa's
crew won the boat race. It haa reached
the captain's ears that several would
like to see another race. He Is willing.
Through Ths Journal. Captain Mar
esca wishes to Issue the following chal
lenge: To race with a boat that belongs to
the sailing ahlp that enters the contest:
the crew of 'the racing boat to be bona
fide members of the crew of the sailing
ahlp; the helmsman to be one of tha
ahlp's crew; tbe race to be over a tri
angular course, or from a atartlng Una
to a stake around a stake and back to
tbe starting point 1 Captain Maresca
states that he la willing to place 1100
or 1500 or even more on his crew.
:ow to irons.
(Journal Special Service.)
Tacoma. Nov. 38. There Is great re
joicing among the Tacoma baseball fana
over the landing of the pennant by the
Tigers. When the team returns home
It la planned te give the members a right
royal reception. There has been much
apprehension of late lest tha Tigers fall
at the final moment and lose by a nar
row margin. In plain language, they
have been on the suspected Hat Now
there is nothing too good for "King
Fisher and his band.
Preferred Stock Canned
Allen Lewis' Best Brand
All Our
Young Men's
Overcoats
are now selling
at one-third off
All $10.00 Coats
All $11.5Q Coats
All $13.00 Coats
.All $14.00 Coats
All $15.00 Coats
"WHEN WE SAY ITS
(MemXs)wkn Will Atore
Only High Class Clothing Sere
85-87 Third Street
Lssgus
Boxing,
General.
ky
J.A.HOHAN
MOBlS
- aWsT
CHANCE TO SECURE
ENGLISH PHEASANTS
An opportunity haa Just presented it
self to local sportsmen to secure 10
pairs of English pheasants and 10 pairs
of Golden pheasants, which have been
raised In a wild, state at ths Canadian
national preserve lb Ontario. It will
cost about $300 to lay the lot down
here and an effort will be made to
raise sufficient funds during the next
few days to secure them and have them
liberated somewhere where they will
have absolute protection snd a chance
to propagate. The option on these birds
'Will be off In a few days and If they
are wanted they must be wired for.
The English pheasant closely resem
bles the Rlngneck In size and other par
ticulars, snd hss before bean suggested
as a desirable acquisition to the Willam
ette valley game birds. Those who know
It say It is not quite such a bard runner
before a dog. but t will protect itself
better from ground vermin by roosting
more generally In trees at night
An effort Is being made at present
by several local sportsmen to raise the
necessary sum.
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