9
LIPTON CHALLENGE
inter-class series. Blgbee brought In
the winning run with a two-bagger In
FEATURE BOUT AT
BROOKLYN IS DRAW
the fifth and last inning. The bat'
taries: Sophomores. Dorris and Miller;
freshmen, Cornell and Thatcher.
"Tab" Spencer Gets Off Wagon.
FOB RAGE REFUSED
T
BOTES SPRINGS. Cal, March 12.
(Special.) When the first squadron of
Seals arrive in San Francisco tomorrow
morning to get ready for the second
series with the Chicago White Sox,
New York Yacht Club Declines
"Tub" Spencer, counted on for first
Judges Unable to Pick Winner
in Driscoll-Owens Four
Round Battle.
catcher, may be among those listed as
"missing." The robust backstop has
been missing from the ball park ever
since the team returned to camp and
to Defend America's Cup
Under Rules Proposed.
HAS ARRIVED
Manager Del Howard is thoroughly
disgusted with the big fellow's action.
The trouble is that this years model
of water carts are built too close to
the ground and travel at too slow a
pace. It has given "Tub" a chance to
step off and so It Is that he is in the
"in bad" club. Already Howard Is
DEED OF GIFT ADHERED TO
THORSNESS JARS STEVENS
THE MORXTVG OREGOXIA THTTRSDAT. MARCH, 13, 1913.
he
Truck
Requirement That Defender Be of
75 Feet Water Line Results In
Action Briton Said to Be
Willing to Send Craft.
NEW YORK. March It. Sir Thomas
Upton's challenge for another race for
the Amertcal's cup, the premier trophy
of the yachting world, was declined by
the New York Yacht Club tonight.
This action was taken, the club an
nounced, because the challenge did not
comply with conditions of the deed or
gift which governs all contests for the
cup.
The declination of the present chal
lenge, however, it was said by mem
bers, did not necessarily mean that no
Americas cup race was in prospect, as
the club expects an unrestricted cnai-
lenire for the cud from a British f.en-
tleman other than Sir Thomas Upton.
Water Line Length Is Isaac.
The club's only official statement re
lated to the reason for the declination
of the Upton challenge, which was for
" warded by the Royal Ulster Yacht Club
for Sir Thomas. The statement reaa:
"The New York Yacht Club has de
clined this challenge because It im
poses as a condition that the defend
ing vessel shall not exceed 75 feet
length on the water line and thereby
deprives the defending club of the
rleht Klven It by the deed of gift to
select a vessel of such size as it
pleases, provlUed she be not less than
65 nor more than 90 feet on the water
line.
"The club has cabled its reply to
the Royal Ulster Yacht Club.
"As It would be improper to make
this reply public until It is received
by the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, It can
not be given to the press until tomor
row evening."
All Votes Asalnst Acceptance.
The club's action tonight was taken
at a meeting attended by more than
300 member Only boat owners were
entitled to vote on the qustlon of the
challenge. Forty votes were cast and
all were against acceptance. The re
fusal was a repetition of the club's
action upon the Upton challenge In
1907, which likewise stipulated for
craft under the 90-foot mark as chal
lenger and defender.
Sir Thomas sent the three Shamrocks
to this side of the water In a vain
quest of the cup against 90-foot de
fenders and has contended that a yacht
of the 90-foot type cannot be con
structed on the other side and brought
across with safety to the crew without
a sacrifice of some of her racing qual
ities to the strength of construction
necessary for an ocean voyage.
In his present challenge Sir Thomas,
through the secretary of the Royal
Ulster Club, had specifically stipulated
the length of his yacht on load water
line as "75 feet" and her type as
"cutter." He had purposed following
up the line of Shamrocks by nam
ing the prospective challenger "Sham
rock IV."
Upton Make Conditions.
In forwarding this challenge. Secre
tary Patterson, of the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club, wrote: "I am desired by
the committee to say that it Is sent
on condition that the cup win be de
fended by a yacht with a length on load
wuter line not exceeding 76 feet."
The challenge stipulated the same
regulations "as governed the last con
tests (in 1908) and which proved to
so satisfactory, namely the best three
out of five races over the same courses
with like starts and other details."
The dates picked were September 10,
September 12 and September 15, 1914,
with further races to be sailed on each
following Thursday, Saturday and
Tuesday until finished.
The America's cup committee which
has had the challenge under consid
eration Is comprised of Dallas B. Pratt,
commodore; Lewis Cass Ledyard, E.
I. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbllt, Henry
Walters, C. Ledyard Blair and J. P.
Morgan. Jr., rear commodore.
MCOBMICK StRE TO IAND
Rodgers and Chadbourne Declare
There's No Chance of Losing Him.
VISALlA, Ca!.. March 12. (Special.)
That Mike McCormlck will be aj
staunch an Infielder as there Is In
the Pacific Coast League by the time
the season opens April 1. is the opin
ion coincided In by two Portland team
mates. Bill Kodgers and Chester Chad
bourne. Both Beaver veterans have played
against the scrappy Irishman and
know his style thoroughly. Rodgers
In the Connecticut State League In
1909, and Chadbourne in the Amer
ican Association In 1910.
"McCormlck was managing the
Holyoke Club and I was playing with
Waterbury, having been sent over
there by Buffalo," said Rodgers. "He
played shortstop and Bure could scoop
them up and hit the ball. He covers
an Immense lot of territory and you
can't keep hlra off this team. That's
all there Is to it."
While McCormlck comes from the
Toledo and St. Paul Clubs labelled as
onlv a .250 or .260 hitter, Chadbourne
predicts that he will clout .300 In
1913.
"St. Taul had two bad hitters in
1910. Butcher and McCormlck," Chad
pointed out. "No, Butcher was not
the man Portland had last year, but
McCormlck Is the same now with us.
Whenever Indianapolis played St. Paul
In Lexington Park, St. Paul. I used
to station myself away back near the
fonce for McCormlck. and Lexington
Park Is no band-box, either. Mc
Cormlck hits the ball awfully hard."
lie Is short and built like a racing
machine. He is not a Spring chicken
by any means, having played in the
big leagues long before Rodgers first
saw him in 1909. '
dickering for another receiver.
TL Grande After "Wllklns.
CENTRA LI A. Wash, March 12.-
(Special. Joe Wllklns. operating a
poolroom In Centralia and who man
aged the Hoqulam State League team
last year, yesterday received an of
fer to manage the La Grande team. In
the Trl-State League. Wllklns has not
yet decided whether or not he will accept.
MT. ANGEL QUINT WINS
COLLEGE JUNIORS DEFEAT JEW
ISH BOYS, 20 TO 19.
Sensational Field Basket Scored by
Visiting Team 500 Enthusiastic
Fans Witness Fast Conflict.
The Mount Angel College Juniors
won the 145-pound basketball cnam
plouship of Oregon last night from the
Jewish Boys' Athletic Club five, 20-19.
on the Y. M. C. A. floor, resulting from
persistent fouling by the Portland team
and a sensational field basket scared
by Center Ryan, of the collegians, in
the last two minutes of play.
Each team scored six field goals, but
the Jewish boys fouled 19 times, eight
of which were converted into goals,
htle the Mount Angel boys offended
only ten times, Goldstone converting
these tries Into seven baskets.
A crowd of 600 enthusiastic fans wit
nessed the contest, partisan feeling
running high. Sensational plays were
the rule rather than the exception,
with Goldstone and Schwartz, of the
losers, and Kronberg, Ryan and Gnoa,
of the winners, the stars of the game.
At the end of the first half the score
was 10-9 in favor of Mount Angel.
thanks to the fouling of the Jewish
boys.
The Jewish boys second team de
feated the Brooklyn Athletic Club five,
14-13, for the 125-pound city champion
ship in a curtain-raiser. The score at the
end of the first half was 12-7, but the
Brooklyns came back strong In the
second period and would have won had
the affair gone many more minutes.
The lineups:
Jewish Boys'. Ut Anml Jnnlnn
Sch warts ...K Gnoa
Goldstone (capt.) F Beck (capt.)
Weiser G Rvan
Gilbert O Sullivan
wewitein G. . . . Kronberg
Jewish Boys' Seconds. Brooklyn Club.
Kanter F P. Stremer
Aurbacb. ,...F Grrner
-iim u..... iipKey
Smokoon (capt.) G O. Stremer
r-arness u Snarkey (capt.)
A. M. Griney refereed the state game
and Gilbert the city title clash.
IS HERE
GIS A1IREXS AND CHTTRY WIN
Score or ISIS Pins Made in Rag
time Tourney on Oregon Alleys.
Gus Ahrens and Chltry carried off
premier honors in the Sunday ragtime
bowling tourney on the Oregon alleys,
scoring 1313 pins for a prize of $2S.
Al Arens and Tom O'Donnell were sec
ond with 1263, and Al Arena and
B.-htel third. 1242.
Twenty-eight teams competed !n the
matches, with a 31 entrance fee.
Varsity Sophomores Win.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
March 11. (Special.) The University
of Oregon sophomores yesterday de
feated the freshmen by a score of 3
to 3 In the first baseball game of the
OBPHEOI THEATER GETS EDI
SON MACHINE SOON.
Charles Schlatter, New York Expert,
Comes North to Install Latest.
Moving Pictnre Invention.
Charles Schlatter, an expert from
New York, has arrived in Portland and
begun setting up the Edison klneto
phone which will become a feature in
the programmes at the Orpheum The
ater and will be first featured proba
bly In the show opening a week from
Monday.
Mr. Schlatter is one of ten experts
that were started out from New York
several weeks ago to come westward
through the cities on the Orpheum cir
cuit, setting up the machines and leav
ing behind them, as an exclusive fea
ture in these theaters in each city, the
first instruments whereby the public
is given the privilege of seeing pictures
that not only move, but also talk and
reproduce faithfully all of the sounds
that accompany the action of their
drama.
"Sixteen pictures are whirled
through the machine every second to
produce the effect of motion," says
Mr. Schlatter. "This means that the
phonograph attachment which- pro
duces the accompanying sounds and
speech must be synchronised perfectly
within one-sixteenth of a second. This
is what Mr.' Edison has accomplished
In the klnetophone and the result Is a
perfect reproduction of the play of the
moving picture with all the sounds
that should accompany It."
Mr. Schlatter came to Portland from
San Francisco, where he installed the
machine which was first exhibited in
the Orpheum there last week. The first
feature In the varied list of pictures
reproduced is Mr. Edison himself, who
delivers a lecture upon the principles
and working of the new Instrument.
JAEGER MADE PRESIDENT
Retail Merchants' Association Elects
at Annual Meeting.
E. J. Jaeger was elected president of
the Retail Merchants' Association at
the annual meeting in the Portland Ho
tel last night. Other officers elected
were: First vice-president, C. F. Berg;
second vice-president. J. P. Plagemann;
secretary. F. G. Buffum; assistant sec
retary, W. B. Shlvely; treasurer. Wil
frid P. Jones.
The occasion was made additionally
enjoyable by an informal dinner and an
orchestra concert. Three Interesting
short talks were given as follows: "The
Science of Salesmanship' in a Retail
Business, Don C. Sheldon, assistant
manager Sbeld-on School; "What Is a
Retail Clerk Selling?" M. W. Hard,
sales manager J. K. Gill & Company,
and "Sales Management,", by J. Fred
Larson of the Lmdenstock-Larson Com
pany. The affair was In charge of a com
mittee consisting of W. A. Knight. Wil
frid P. Jones. F. L Case and W. B.
Shively.
Dr. E. B. le Witt Connell Is Sued.
Dr. E. B. De Witt Connell is being
sued In Circuit Court for 310,000 by L
B. Merton. who Is suing on behalf of
his minor daughter. Marjone Caroline
Merton. In an operation for adenoids
the physician, it is alleged, permitted a
large electric globe to rest against the
face of the child, producing a bad dis
figurement, after she was under the In
fluence of an anesthetic.
New York's arbc department Beta an
annual deficit at 1.UOO.OUO.
Boatwrlgbt and Moerey Mix All Over
Ring, Collide With Referee and
, Provide Fnn for Fans.
Powers Defeats Larln.
BY FRANK HOCHFEli).
Tile question of supremacy between
Drlscoll, of Brooklyn Athletic Club, and
Owens, of Columfeus Club, Is unsettled.
The two lightweights battled for four
strenuous rounds at the. Brooklyn
Athletic Club smoker last night
and the officials were unable
to give a decision. Judge T.
Morris Dunne and Fred T. Merrill
"passed it up to Pearle Casey, the base
ball umpire, who was refereelng, but'
Perle, despite the rule compelling a de
cision, declared the affair a draw.
The boys went at it hammer and
tongs from the tap of the gong. The
Judges were unable to agree at the end
of the third round and called a fourth.
This also was even and when the
fighters and the spectators refused to
accept the flip of a coin to decide the
bout as suggested by Casey, the draw
verdict followed.
Tfaortnru Jnrs Opponent.
Thorsness of Multnomah, in the 125
pound class, caught Stevens of Colum
bia, with a right cross on the point of
the Jaw early in the third round that
Jarred him so that he was unable to
continue although he was on his feet.
The Multnomah boxer had the better of
the mill from the start arid would have
won easily had he not landed the tell
ing blow. The bout between Boat
wright. of Arleta and Moerey, of
Brooklyn proved to be the vaudeville
entertainment of the night The Arleta
boxer took a number of hard punches
early in the first round and came back
strong, rushing his opponent through
the ropes several times as well as
showing his skill as a wrestler. Casey
experienced great trouble in separat
ing these boxers and on several oc
casions was in danger of receiving a
blow himself. Moerey was compelled
to quit at the end of the third round
contending that he had Injured his
arm and Boatwright received the decis
ion. Powers Punishes Larln.
In the fight between Powers, of
Multnomah, and Larln, of Arleta, it was
give and take, for two rounds, after
which Casey stopped ' the bout and
awarded the decision to the Multno
mah' boxer. Larln, although this was
one of his first fights, showed great
cleverness. Powers Just arrived from
Victoria, where he engaged in a bout
there and came out victorious, and has
not had the time to train properly for
the bout last night. Belmont, who was
to have met Calhoun, of Arleta, became
ill several hours before the fight and
was unable to appear. The following
are the results of last night s bouts:
140-pound class Hyberg (unat
tached) defeated O'Brien (Brooklyn)
four rounds.
133-pound class Drlscoll (Brooklyn!
fought four-round draw with Owens,
of Columbus.
125-pound class Thorsness (Mult
nomah) defeated Stevens (Columbus),
three rounds.
135-pound class Boatwright (Ar
leta) defeated Moerey (Brooklyn) in
three rounds.
125-pound class Powers (Multno
mah) defeated Larln (Arleta) two
rounds.
145-pound class Parslow (Multno
mah) defeated Groce (Brooklyn) four
rounds.
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Telegraphic Sport Briefs
LONDON. The training of the rival
Oxford and Cambridge eight-oared
crews, which are to meet Thursday
for their annual boat race on the
Thames is finished. Oxford still is the
favorite but Cambridge, despite the
changes made In the crew, has made
rapid progress.
Albany. A new anti-race track gam.
bling bill which seems to overcome
the recent decision by the appellate
division sustaining the decision of Jus
tice Scudder in the Shane case, has
been introduced. The bill would pro
hibit betting of any kind on the race
tracks.
Washington. Harvard University
and Massachusetts Agricultural Col
lege, tied with nine victories each in
the Intercollegiate Rifle Shooting Lea
gue matches, will meet this week to
determine the championship of the
fciast. West Virginia University, which
still leads with nine straight victories.
will snoot off this week for the cham
pionship of the West with Iowa Uni
versity and the University of Minne
sota, tied for the second place.
Pendleton, Or. Billy Gaffney. feath
erweight, fought Sing Hosan. a Chinese
boxer, 15 ronnds to draw, sing In the
10th round bad the Irish lad groggy,
but Gaffney recovered and came back
In the 12th, leading all the way to the
finish, fcing- meets jockey Bennett at
Boise, March 17.
Ithaca, X. T. Cornell crews went out
on Cayuga Lake for the first time this
season. Just a week earlier than last
year. The oarsmen were jubilant and
showed splendid form after the long
inter grina maoors.
Toledo, O. William King, of Cleve
land, a comparatively unknown bowl
er, outshone the stars and record-holders
opposed to him In the American
Bowling Congress tournament, and
moved Into second place In the Indi
vidual event, with a score of 680.
Austin, Tex. Bender. Coombs and
Brown, pitching for the Philadelphia
American League "regulars," had the
players of the. Austin. Tex., League
team at their mercy, and won 1 to 0.
Redlands, Cal. A battlna- rallv in
the eighth Inning saved the. Chicago
Americans second team from a defeat
at the hands of a team picked from
local collegians and others. The score
was 4 to 3.
.
Seaside Clams' Fame Spreads.
SEASIDES March 12. (Special.) Sea
side was always noted throughout Ore
gon for its sea food, especially its razor
clams. Throughout the year James Pe
terson nas snippea on an average of ten
cases a day, supplying the Portland
and Astoria markets. However, the
fame of these clams has reached the
outside, and yesterday Mr. Peterson r.
celved a telegraphic order from a fish
company In Vancouver. B. C, request
ing mat mere oe snipped to them dailv ;
one case of rasor clams.
CLUB FORMS LEAGUE
Multnomah Will Have Four
Teams This Year.
SEASON, BEGINS MARCH 30
Double-Headers Will Be Played on
Every Sunday Morning 17 Per
sons So Far Entered for
Squash Tournament.
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club is
baseball league
it uaa
and a strong representative nine on
the aiamona mm . ,,
Brown, new chairman of the baseball
committee, has called a meeting of
enthusiasts for next Sunday jwirtm
I captain for the winged "M squad
C. y, h members of last
will ua rici." j -
year's team and plans for the season
will be dlscussea. ,
Harry Fischer, Dell O'Hanlon, E.
, t... . .V. a rt Allan have
been named captain-manage rs of the
four teams to comF ---- -,r-
schedule will start about March SO, with
double headers every Sunday mfnlng.
Last year the league was composed or
six clubs, but the tour-c ub eme In
preferable, with each club in action
once a week. ,ji
The only game on the schedule Is
that wfth the University of Oregon
. ' . ii it Vint Manager Brown
is in communication with other teams
and expects to nave a "-"'i""'
ule drafted within Jthree weeks.
With IT entries for the squash tour
ney and others scheduled to sign up
before March 15. more than 25 players
are expected to compete in the tourney
which will start on March 20 on the
Th.ToUowlng is the list ol T entries
to date' A. S. Frohman, M. C. Froh-
man. Gwllyn Jones. K. S. Mackenzie.
Bert Whiting, F. A. Foster, Harold A.
Wilklnsf O K. Jeffery. C, E Fletcher.
K. J. Frohman, M. Maguire, F. M. De-
Keffe. Sam B. Archer, R. C Hart. L. B.
Adle and H. Doxey.
L. Buch won two matches in the
handicap pool tournament at Multno
mah Club Tuesday night, defeating Ed
Morris, 75-63, and Oscar Kerrigan. i
26. The matches were In the second
division. ,, m
, f,.MnliAlattt (A irwfm-
ine roruaou
ming championships, scheduled for the
Multnomah ciuo n, .
staged on Friday night. April 25. or
Saturday afternoon. April 26.
The aquatic athletes are expected to
compete in the championships at Eu
gene early in May, so the Portland
. i ii w.1,4 nHnr tn that date.
meet win uo - -
Details will be arranged by the Port
land Interschoiastic atouuh.
SPORTING SPARKS
WH. SWEET, president of the
Western Trl-State League,
signed up Umpire Burnside for his
D circuit wnen in rpruauu, o.iuiu.7.
Phil Kadeau. the Portland player, has
signed with La Grande, of the Tri-State
League. Jfadeau belonged to Pendleton,
but Terry McKune gave him his re
lease In order that the player might
better himself. ,
-Rntse. La Grande. Pendleton. Walla
Walla and Baker are on the Spokane
Indian training schedule for exhibition
games. The Indians play Gonzaga on
Saturday and Sunday before the open
ing of the season, resting on Monday
preparatory to the April 15 clash with
the Portland Colts.
Joe Cohn is keen, or at least he says
so, to give the Western Tri-State cir
cuit a chance to break into Spokane
In 1914, giving that city continuous
baseball.
Dallas, Tex, had big rival attrac
tions last weak, the Giants holding
forth on the ball lot and Tetrazzinl and
her grand opera stars performing just
across the street.
Joe McGlnnlty paid ?600 the other
day for a horse to work at the Tacoma
baseball park. The horse was a part
of the baseball property, but did not
appear in the transfer papers and
George Shreeder claimed possession.
McGlnnlty discovered that Shreeder had
received $600 from the city for dam
ages In moving a fence, the work fall
ing to McGlnnlty. Joe heard of the
$600, rushed to Shreeder, and George
said: "Take the horse and we'll call
It square." Thus Joe has a high-priced
animal on his staff.
Cleveland papers quote Walter Mc
Credle as saying: "In two years it
won't be Vean's brother by which Dave
Gregg will be known. He'll be so good
that people will turn the tables on the
Nap southpaw and speak of him only
as Dave's brother." This was attributed
to David when he broke in with Port
land. '
Since Krapp has come back to Port
land Bill Steen, ex-Beaver, Is the only
apitball reliable on the Cleveland team.
Kahler is developing a spitter and ex
pects to aid Bill in this department of
twirling.
The San Francisco Bulletin prints a
story about J. Cal Ewing, of the Seals,
being ousted from the Palace Hotel for
using vile language in the presence of
"Old Roman" Comiskey's family.
MEDFORD WOULD PLAY COLTS
Williams -Schedules Games With
Grants Pass and Albany.
Medford wants a Sunday game with
the Portland Colts. McCredle receiving
an application for the April 6 date of
Williams' squad. This affair will not
be scheduled until McCredle has learned
the California Itinerary of the North
western League club.
Games have been scheduled for
Grants Pass and Albany, with prospec
tive dates at Corvallls and Roseburg,
followed by the Saturday and Sunday
games In Portland.
W. W. McCreaie sent out the last
batch of tickets to his Northwestern
League players yesterday, and a dozen
of them are expected to report for
training at Santa Rosa on March 17.
This will enable Williams to assemble
a squad of men for the game against
the Santa Rosa team on that day.
EMPRESS HAS DISTINCTION
Theater Is First to Tse "Broadway"
on Advertising: Posters.
The distinction of being the first the
ater in Portland to adopt the name
Broadway for newly-christened Seventh
street Is claimed by the Empress. A
few minutes after the ordinance was
passed making Seventh street Broad
way, H. W. Pierong, manager of the
Empress, telephoned to his printer to
substitute Broadway for Seventh on the
"hanger," or miniature poster.
Had Mr. Pierong delayed telephoning,
the change could not have been made,
as the ' presses were about to roll to
print the posters. The "hangers" will
be placed in their frames today, an
nouncing the theater's a location as
Broadway and Yamhill streets. -
YOUNG BOXER WINS
McAllister Easily Shows His
Skill Against Meehan.
SPEED AMAZES VETERANS
Olympic Club Youth, In First Pro
fessional Fight, Merely Plays
Wltb Opponent Fans Acclaim -Victor
as King Prodigy
OAKLAND, 3al., March U. Bob Mc
Allister, the young Olympic Club fa
vorite, won his first professional fight
here tonight, when he was given a de
cision over Willie Meehan. the "fight
ing newsboy," In a fast ten-round fight.
Much Interest centered In the match,
as It was. McAllister's tryout for what
his friends believe will be brilliant
heavyweight honors.
At the end of the fight McAllister
appeared scarcely to have been in
action, while Meehan was staggering,
cut and bleeding. The Olympic Club
fighter so clearly outclassed his op
ponent that It was the opinion of the
fight critics that he could easily have
floored him at any stage of the fight.
That McAllister more than fulfilled
the opinion of James J. Corbett, who
prophesied for him a brilliant ring
career, was the virtually unanimous
opinion of those who saw the fight.
Knockdown Scored Early,
McAllister took the fight to Meehan
in the first, in a clean, straightaway
style of boxing, which netted a knock
down before scarcely a dozen blows had
been exchanged.
From then on McAllister seemed to
be holding himself in leash, although
his exhibition was characterized by
speed, skill and agility which many
veterans at the ringside said they never
had seen equalled.
His defense was Invulnerable. Mee
han, who never has been knocked out,
and who Is known as the "Iron man,"
fought doggedly and bravely, but rare
ly did he land a blow. Not more than
half a dozen swings found their way
through McAllister's Impregnable de
fense and they carried no punishment
Most noticeable of all was the Olympic
Clnb fighter's unassailable blocking.
"There has never been a man since
the days of Joe Gans who could block
body blows with the elbows and shoul
ders like this chap," said a grizzled
fight follower, who was among those
who leaped to the arena after the fight
to acclaim McAllister the most remark
able fighter who has ever appeared In
this vicinity.
The young ring prodigy was under
close scrutiny and not a detail of his
clean-cut, machine action failed to win
the vociferous approval of the crowd
which Jammed the arena. His favorite
blow was a fast straight left which
shot through Meehan's guard like a
rapier through pasteboard. The "Iron
man's" knees sagged and his eyes pro
truded under the swift tattoo of jabs,
cuts and short, straight arm-punches.
"Why don't you finish me?" he chal
lenged, as he faced McAllister unstead
ily In the seventh.
But the taunt brought no response
and McAllister fought through the re
maining three rounds, coolly and smil
ingly, disclosing until the end new re
sources of countering, blocking, cross
ing and footwork which kept the crowd
In an uproar.
Scores of McAllister's Olympic Club
friends crowded to the arena when
Referee James Griffin announced the
decision and for 10 minutes the youth
was the center of a noisy demonstra
tion. "I have no definite plans for the fu
ture," said McAllister. "Of oourse this
puts me in the professional ranks, and
I will have to play the professional
game and take the best matches I can
get."
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