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8 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FK1DA1', JANUARY 2, 1014. SiTH KNOCKS OUT PELKEYINI5R0UNDS White Hope Championship Bout Is Fought in Rain Be fore Crowd of '10,000. GUNNER WINS FROM START Much-Heralded Heavyweight From Canada Proves Disappointment Except In Two Rounds Hard Right to Chin Ends Mix. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1. "Gunboat" Smith, the California heavyweight, cored a decisive victory today when lie knocked out Arthur Pelkey, the much-heralded Canadian lighter, in the J5th round of their "wlhte hope" cham pionship battle In the Daly City open amphitheater.- Despite threatening: weather and in termittent drizzles throughout the fight, approximately 10,000 persons saw the battle. Tha sailor was a strong favorite In the betting odds of 10 to 7. Smith's aggressi vness, whJch culmi nated in a clean-cut knockout right to the chin, and his superior all-around work in all but two or three rounds, did much to pave his way to victory. Pelkey proved a keen disappointment, being slow and seldom taking the fight to his shiftier opponent. Pelkey Strong; at Start. The fight opened with the gunner forcing matters with snappy lefts to the face, but Pelkey, making his best showing, drove in several hard rights to the body and face that staggered Smith and sent him to his corner bleeding from his mouth. The crowd cheered the Canadian lustily and bets were made at evens he would win. In the second round Smith scored heavily to the jaw, but his swings missed time and again. In the next round Pelkey clouted his man viciously over the kidneys and again Smith's swings were wild. Rounds four and five were without feature, but in the sixth Smith forged to the front and thereafter was never in danger. In this round he fought the Canadian to a standstill with left up percuts, sending him to his corner dazed and bleeding from a lacerated mouth. The seventh found Pelkey stalling and the seaman landing fre quently on the jaw and body, but stiTl swinging wildly. In the eighth the gunner seemed to gauge his distance and few of his efforts were wasted. Smith Gain Confidence, Smith continued to gain confidence as the fight progressed and, dancing around nig heavy opponent with the agility of a featherweight, worked, his left to great advantage, forcing Pelkey to clinch for shelter. With a drizzling rain opening the tenth round. Smith fought carefully and sought to Und a vital punch on his fast-tiring antagonist. After 30 sec onds' fighting in the 15th round Smith feinted with his left and swung his right with lightning-like rapidity. The blow landed with & crash on Pelkey's unprotected jaw. Pelkey dropped, with his eyes glassy. Mechanically he struggled to his feet at the count of nine and unsteadily assumed his tight ing pose. A left and right toppled him on his back and he was proue when Referee Griffin awarded the fight to Smith. Tommy Burns, Pelkey's manager, had this to say after the battle: "Smith Is a pretty good fighter, but no world beater. I should like to meet him myself and, with a couple of months training, I am confident 1 can knock him out inside of five rounds. Hmith's methods are questionable, and I was forced to appeal to the referee several times because of his elbowing and butting." Ronud One The Gunner opened the fighting quickly, landing three lefts to the Jaw, and Pelkey rushed, landing hard on the body twice. Smith used his left, playing for the head, and Pelkey land ed several hard body punches that forced Smith' to swing - wildly. The Gunner broke ground during the round, which favored Pelkey. Smith bled slightly from the mouth as he went to Ills corner. Kound Tno Smith opened with light left swings, and several other attempts went wild. The Canadian rushed in, devoting his attacks to the Gunner's mid-section. Smith drove a hard left to the stom ach and missed with several vicious right and left swings. Smith landed a telling left hook to the jaw, and rushed his opponent against the ropes, where lie failed to land. Smith's round. Round Three. Gunboat, looking confident, made the pace and landed lightly several times with his left. Pelkey drove his right hard over the kidneys a half dozen times and then put light left and rights to the face. Smith rushed into a wick ed right that caught him on the Jaw and the Gunner fought wildly, missing continually, poikey had a shade. Round Four. After a succession of clinches. Pel key whipped two hard lefts to the chin that brought a clinch. Smith hooked his left cleanly to the stomach, and an other series of clinches followed. Smith missed time and again. Pelkev block ing cleverly. Round without especial ieature, 1'eiKey having a slight shade. Kound Klve. Smith, after putting a hard right to the jaw, was himself staggered, the Canadian landing heavily with his left on the jaw. Pelkey took good care of xne .Mariners leads, but finally straight left sent his head back a foot. Pelkey ' ended the round with kidney punches, and seemed to be putting up me stronger iigut. No honors. Round Six. After, landing twice over the kidneys. Pelkey hooked his right hard to the chin. Smith retaliating with a hard left to the face. Smith fought his man to the ropes, missing several terrific up percuts and swings. As they closed in Smith hooked his right to the mouth. starting the blood. Pelkey reached the mouth at close quarters, Smith wind ing up the round with a heavy right on the face. Smith had a big advantage in this round. Round Seven. Smith, as usual, was short with sev eral left leads. The sailor forced his man across the ring and against the ropes, his right landing on the body . and face. Smith took the battle to the Canadian, and the latter appeared to slow up. After a series of clinches. Smith almost floored his man with right uppercuts to the jaw. Pelkey stalled, and Gunboat promptly put an other left to the jaw as the bell rang Tommy Burns protested in this round to alleged elbowing on the part of Smith. Smith's round. Round Eight. Smith's lefts were finding their mark now, several landing on the face, start ing the blood afresh, from Pelkey's mouth. As they went to a. clinch. Pel key landed a right to the chin. Smith brought his right twice to the face. Pelkey seemed content to clinch. Smith breaking it up with a hard clout to tae body, preceded by two right facers. Smith's round. After feinting several times. Smith lurched out with left, twice finding Pelkey's jaw with great force. Smith followed it with a right uppercut to the jaw, and then shot the same arm to the body, causing Pelkey to cling to the sailor s arms for shelter. Smith gained confidence and danced about his bulky opponent like a bantam. Smith closed the round all in his favor with two smashes to the jaw. A drizzling rain began falling as the fighters toed the mark for the tenth round, and this was accompanied by a gusty wind. Round Ten. Smnth began looking immediately for knockout. He rushed in, landing twice with left to the jaw, and Pelkey clinched repeatedly, eliciting Jeers from the spectators. Pelkey kept entirely on the defensive, with Smith seeking a fa vorablo opportunity for a vital blow. After Smith's lefts twice reached the Jaw and a wicked left hook reached the solar plexus Pelkey landed twice on the body. Smith had all the better of it. Round Eleven. After Smith had landed a snappy left to the Jaw, Pelkey suddenly woke up and swung terrifically -with his right to the jaw. Smith going back to the ropes. This served to put the Gunner n a fighting mood and he rushed, in, anding left and right at close range. Pelkey partly staggered the Gunner with another right to the head. Smith fighting back fiercely to a clinch. This was Pelkey's round and his corner took on a more confident air. Round Twelve. Undeterred by his temporary set back, Smith opened with his usual left leads. He then brought his right and left to the chin as they broke from clinch and both missed repeatedly. with Pelkey In a very inactive state. A long siege of in-fighting followed, Smith landing: on the body several times. Smith's round. Hound Thirteen. Smith rushed his man about the ring. falling, however, to land any one of his many swings. Pelkey landed twice with right to the jaw and swung his left to the same place. Smith, how ever, continued on the aggressive and finally swung left and right to the Jaw as the men wrestled to the ropes. The round was without feature and favored Smith. Round Fourteen. With Pelkey inert. Smith laced out with his left, reaching his man sev eral times lightly. Clinch followed clinch, and Referee Griffin was a busy man separating the belligerents. Smith broke a clinch with a trio of hard rights to the head and Pelkey broke ground. Smith suddenly shot a straight left to the chin which all but floored the Canadian. Pelkey flopped his arms around the Gunner's body for protection and the round closed greatly in favor of the Mariner. Round Fifteen. Smith Immediately began forcing matters, and before the men had been in action a half minute, the Gunner connected squarely on the point of the chin with a right haymaker and Pelkey dropped to the mat, hiB eyes glassy. He resumed bis fighting pose unsteadily, but was promptly toppled over with a similar punch, rolling flat. on his back. Referee Griffin counted Pelkey out as he attempted to arise. with his arms held protectingly over his face. 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Most of his swings were wild. though, during the first round, he landed effectively several times. Thomas rushed matters In the sec ond, putting Simon over the ropes twice for the count, and had his man totter ing when Referee Charles Bray called the fight off. In the preliminary Dick Lucas, of Roslyn, had the better of Smokie Lewis, of Black Diamond, in a four- round fight. LEVINSKY BEATS OMIAHA GIANT Light Heavyweight Knocks Oat Tom Daly In Second Round. NEW YORK, . Jan. 1. Battling Le- vicsky, a light heavyweight of this city, knocked out Tom Daly, the Omaha giant, in the second round of what was to have been a 10-round bout today. Levlnsky easily outboxed his oppon ent In tha opening round, when he sent in two lefts to the stomach. In the second round he doubled Daly up ith a hard smash to the stomach and the Omaha man was out for five min utes. Daly outweighed Levlnsky by 48 pounds. M'GOORTr WIN'S IX 9 0 SECONDS American Boxer Knocks Out Dave Smith, of Australia. SYDNEY. N. S. 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The American sent his opponent to the floor three times in rapid succession before giving him the knockout blow. This was McGoorty'a first fight in Australia. The men met at catch weights. MAVTF.LL WINS WEEK'S TITLE Sacramento Boxer Now Is Middle weight Champion of Canada. VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 1. Frank Mantell, of Sacramento, Cal., battled his way to the Canadian middleweight championship at the Stevenson arena today, when he was awarded a decision over the title holder, Billy Weeks, of Vancouver. Mantell's superior work at Infight ing won the title. Referee Hewitt's decision was not popular. The fight went 15 rounds. O'Xell and Fox Are Victors. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. "Sapper" O'Neil, Engl(sh lightweight, outpoint ed Johnny Harvey, of this city, in a 10-round bout here today. Young Fox, also of England, proved too clever for Kid Herman, a bantamweight from Pekln, 111., In another bout which went to the 10-round limit. BLAKE DEFEATS "DIXIE KID" English Middleweight Will Try to , Take Title Prom Carpentier. LONDON, Jan. 1. Bandsman Blake, the champion English middleweight pugilist, defeated "Dixie Kid," an American negro boxer, on points In a 20-round bout tonight. Blake is regarded by followers of pugilism as the most likely to re gain England s lost heavyweight hon ors from the Frenchman. George Car- SAILOR PUGILIST VHO DIMS LUSTER OF CANADIAN WHITE HOPE IN OPEN-AIR ARENA. 2 , . . - 1 1 V i5. " v " " w"nwA---. 1:.. . -! ' ! X -v ' : . ' 'I 'A l "c ' :: " GUNBOAT SMITH. pentier, who recently knocked out Bombardier WellB, holder of the title. BREWER WINS FROM FERXS Welterweights Battle Ten Fnrions Rounds In Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 1. Harry Brewer, of Kansas City, won a 10 round decision over "Wildcat" Ferns, of Kansas City, here today after 10 rounds of furious fighting. The men are welterweights. Roslyn Y. M. C. A. Bests Cle Elum. ROSLTN, "Wash.. Jan. 1. (Special.) The Roslyn Y. M. C. A. basketball team opened the season today by de feating the Cle Elum High School to 16. SPORT NEWS POT POURRI THE-spitball, which is now enjoy ing a prominent part among the outlay which every pitcher fur- nish.es, was predicted years ago by Mordecat Brown, Chief Bender, Math ewson and others. All of them could throw it, but re fused to have anything to do with It, asserting that it would ruin a good pitching arm in time. It was used Dy them In practice in case it should ever haDnen that they would be forced to use It. but they all tried to keep away from it. Cy Young was one or tne' pitcners who absolutely refUBed to pitch it. Rube Waddell and others turned it down. On the other hand, the spitball was the making of sev- r.l ditchers who ',"'"JU4t1' would have long ago been relegated to the minors ex cept that they be came adept In us ing It, and it proved so effective for them that they out out all other deliv eries from their repertoire. Among these may be men tioned Dtg IUL v itf Walsh, of the White Chief Bender. -Sox, and Russell Ford, of the New York Americans. Now, however, good Judges say these two men have ruined their arms by constant use of the spitball. Walsh was of practically no use to the Chi cago team last season, while Ford won very few games for New York. Walter Johnson, the great Washing ton slabman, blames the spitball for the downfall of these two noted pitch ers. He says: "The spitball is a novelty, I'll admit, but it ruins a pitcher's arm in time. If Ed Walsh, for Instance, had never used the spitball he would have had no trouble with his wing. The same ap plies to Russell Ford, who seems to have lost his effectiveness last season. "The pitching in the last world's se ries was devoid of new wrinkles. Ben der and Flank depended almost en tirely on speed and curves. Bender mixed in a slow ball now and then. which had the Giants swinging at nothing. Bush had a Jump ball, which was nothing more than the time-hon- ored inshoot, delivered so that it pass ....'.v.". vr--w -fc(-v: ' close to the upper part of the body. Mathewson's fadeaway, so-called, was a drop ball with an out-curve, deliv ered so it would shuot down past me waist. "You can puzzle the best batsman by sending up a different kind of ball each time. Then he doesn't know what to expect and cannot set himself for a healthy swing. In the long run, how ever, speed counts when you put the ball over the plate without delay and can get the batsmen in the hole as quickly as possible." m m w Peter Rodes. Multnomah's star quar terback of the season of 1913. is work ing In the tobacco warehouses of his brother, J. W. Rodes, In Lexington. With him is Howard Guyn, pitcher of the Portland Beavers In 1909 and 1910. Rodes expects to be back in the North west as soon as building operations open up. He Is an engineer, but decid ed to go East during the slack season. Fred Clarke as September Morn is the latest. ' While out camping recently there was In his neighborhood a young dentist who was an exact counterpart. Some of Clarke's party found the den tist in swimming and took a photo graph. Since then they have made a fortune off the photo of "Clarke as September Morn." Here are some of the resolutions which went Into effect yesterday: - To quit fighting B. Nelson (n. b.. keep In type for next year). To take the title to New York Har lem Tommy. To keep It here W. Ritchie. To get a fight If I have to lick a eop J. Clabby. To win back the graces of the weath er man J. Coffroth. To give the Oaks a team If I have to move St. Louis to the Coast A. Devlin. The old year may retire with the modest satisfaction of having tuckefl away a sufficient number of cups to make Kid New Year exert himself to duplicate. Reports from the other side of the pond indicate that it will be no mean job for 1914 to retain many of those trophies captured by his prede cessor, but it is the prospect of these conflicts that makes the coming, year doubly welcome. - Speaking; of what is In a cellar. It is funny they never called tail-end teams the Spuds. RUNNER TWICE WINNER ROWliAlTO FOX TAKES FIRST IW TWO SPRINTING EVENTS. After WInInc Mile Race He Rests Five Mlnates and Then Gees Three Miles to Secant Victory. With apparently little exertion. Rowland Fox. distinguished himself as a distance runner by winning the an nual mile and three-mile novice race held under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association yesterday. The mile was the first race and with but five minutes rest he entered the three-mile affair, winning over his nearest competitor by more than a block. The time for the first race was four minutes and 47 seconds. Blgelow fln- shlng second two seconds later. Fox was more than 800 feet In the lead and walked the last block so as to save himself for the three-mile match. Eleven started in the mile contest and all finished, but in the longer event six started and but four finished. The time was 16 minutes and 86 seconds. considerably slower than last year's run, which was won by Trelchel. Two handsome trophies, given by the Y. M. C A., went to Fox, while Blgelow and Jack Bates, who finished second and third respectively In the first race, were awarded suitable pres ents last night and in the three-mile event Qulnn and Grant also received recognition. Following is the list of runners in the mile race and the way they fin ished: Fox, Blgelow, Jack Bates, Vic tor Anderson, Heullier, Tlce, David son, Bonner, Dressen, Parker and Paplch. In the three-mile race: Fox, first; Quinn, second; Grant, third, and Gun then, fourth. Trelchel and Sawtell en tered but did not finish. LINTS' PLANS ATHLETICS NOW Spring; and Summer to See Many Meets In Schools of County. ALBANY", Or., Jan. 1 (Special.) For the first time In their history the high schools and public schools of Linn County will engage in track and field athletics during the Spring and Sum mer. The Incentive will be a bl-county track and field meet with the schools of Benton County. Track athletics In Linn County schools In the past has been limited to occasional training in the high schools of Albany and Lebanon and sometimes In one or two of the other larger schools of the county, but dur ing the coming year not only all of the high schools of the county but a great many of the public schools as well will take up systematic training. School children throughout the en tire county are taking great Interest In the proposed athletic work and training in the form of cross-country runs and other conditioning work will begin early in the Spring. Five teachers In each county were named to form the general committee on arrangements. The Linn County committee consists of Lloyd Marquam, principal of the Albany High School, chairman; F. Thoardson, superintend ent of the Lebanon public schools; M. S. Lovelace, superintendent of the Scio public schools; P. E. Baker, of Browns ville, school supervisor for the south ern district of Linn County, and Chester A. Lyons, principal of the Mill City schools. The Benton County commit tee is headed by A. C. Argo, of tho Corvallls public schools. PEXXtSYLTASU WXVXS AT CUES 9 Quakers Xow Owners of Isaac L-. Rice Trophy for Tri-College Match." NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Pennsylvania won today the fifteenth annual tourney of the Tri-College Chess Leaguee. The advantage of one point, gained last Tuesday, was responsible for the vic tory. With the champions!!: ip goes the permanent possession of the third Isaac L. Rice trophy. The final records of the tourney are: Pennsylvania won, 11; lost, 4: Cornell, 10 and 6; Brown, 2 and 14. The totals scored in the third series, 1909-13, inclusive, are: Pennsylvania. 37; Conrell, 32; Brown, 3. For the entire 15 tournaments, the score is: Pennsylvania, 82; Cornell, 76, and Brown, 38. I riafismr'i.' 1I r.'JlUtUa:?-- The Sensible Smoke! The name General Arthur is a pledge of cigar quality. It is the unquestioned standard for the man who seeks the best mild cigar thru and thro. You'll come to this sensible smoke eventually. ill F . -