THE 3IORNIXG OEEGOXIAX, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13. 1919.
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BRITTDN TO MEET
O'OOWD AUGUST 22
Welter Middleweight Mix Is
Criticised by Some.
FIGHT WILL GO 8 ROUNDS
Instructive Boxing Lesson Given to
St. Paul Thumper Two Years
Ago Causes Speculation.
That time-worn question of. "Can a
f ood little man beat a good big man?"
is coming up for discussion again. This
time jack Britton is the good little
man and' Mike O'Dowd the good big
man. Britton islhe holder of the wel
terweight crown, while O'Dowd boasts
of the middleweight title.
Britton and O'Dowd will meet in an
eight-round bout at Newark, X. J., on
August 22. Some of the critics are
criticising Dan Morgan, the welter
weights champion's manager, for let
ting him take on O'D.owd, but Morgan
just smiles.
Maybe Morgan has a reason to smile.
It is just two years ago since Britton
and O'Dowd met in the .ring, and the
great welter then gave the St. Paul
thumper an instructive boxing lesson.
Beyond question, Britton is stiil the
master of O'Dowd in the matter of box
ing, and the only question is whether
Alike s improvement in combati veness
and attack is sufficient to overcome
Britton's .'advantage in boxing skill.
Judged by the way in which O'Dowd
disposed of a trio of light heavyweights
at the military cournament in London,
he has gained in aggressiveness and
force, and Britton will need all of his
ring craft in order to keep him at bay.
If the welter king can do that, he
should then be in line for a battle
w-ith Jack Dempsiy.
O'Dowd is above the mediocre class
of middleweights and has proved him
self a worthy holder of the title. How
ever, Britton's " chances loom even
greater when it is known that Ted
Lewis, the former welterweight cham
pion, whom Britton knocked out, on
several occasions gave O'Dowd more
than he could take, in no-decision
matches and the last time was not so
very long ago in Boston, just before
O'Dowd joined the army.
At any rate, a great deal of interest
Is being displayed in the contest, and
if Britton should be fortunate enough
to land a k. o. punch he will be the
holder of two world's titles. O'Dowd
is making 158 pounds ringside for
Britton, while the latter will enter the
ring weighing between 145 and 148
pounds.
Morris Lux, the Kansas City welter
weight, more recently of Portland, made
his ring debut in San Francisco the
other night and fought a draw with
a battler by the name of Blliy Shade.
Lux has been playing golf a good deal
and used a. slice to advantage over
Shade.
Now who wants to fight. Jimmy
Wilde' None other than little old,
bale-headed Johnny Coulon, who was
HoOxteri twice in Portland several
years ago by Billy Mascr.tt. coulon
i ,.i i vimcalf ,nrl-r the manage
ment of Al Lippe. the Philadelphia
fight promoter, who is planning on
making an invasion of England with
a stable of boxers. Coulon has in
formed him that if he is taken along
he is quite sure that he could whip
"Wilde., Thsre was a time long, long
ago when Coulon very probably would
have whipped Wilde. Coulon, as far
as fighting is concerned, is now a little
old man.
The petition containing 100 names of
prominent Portland taxpayers is slated
to be presented to the. city council to
div. which will pave the way for a
new local boxing ordinance to permit
ten-round bouts, as provided for in the
bill passed at the last session of the
state legislature.
The recent Ted "Kid" Lewis-Jack
Biitton contest in New Jersey drew a
$13,591 gate. Britton received ,oo.
for his end and Lewis $4077.30.
Captain Bob Roper, late of the IT.
S A who aspires to be heavyweight
champion of the world, has returned to
r-hi.ano from Mexico, wneie no uuu
. .nnH witn Jack Johnson. m
former champion. Roper says, is still
in good physical condition, but he is
down and out financially. Roper is
under the manascnwiit of Charley Cut-
. ler, the wrestler.
" "Leo Honck, the Seattle lightweight
, v. t Vrtrtiaml a number ol
W IIO lUUrlilt " - - , . i
times, has been maicncu lu -
-Grunan ten rounds at Miami, Ariz., Au
: 6VSt 22. ...
McCoy. former middleweight
. v. o c iSArt suspended by the
rie.-,t5. bcxing co amission for hold
Minnesota oo.xns '"
iPg up the promoters for more mone
before he entered the ring to fight
. i
.nen-iu ........ f ,K fact
teat he was knocked out by O'Dowd
ha was doubly punished.
Big League Gossip.
- . , . iiui-A . f ti ilotne
riTlEJ i, '
' X much better since tney iui "
"valuable services of Carl Mays. Bar
row's pitching has been far more ef
fective ana me v imio uru... .. -
absent, seemed to buckle down to busi
ness. -
The Yankees have another second
baseman, or will have in September.
-He is Dave Black, who has been play-
i-iti the Pittsburg collegians, an
inHr,nHonr team famous in western
Pennsylvania. He is only 19 years of
age. but has a great reputation around
Pittsburg for hitting ability and speed
The Detroit club seems to have a lik
ing for pitchers with but one eye. Once
r,t a time l ie llKers iiau i v.i;l
and now the club has purchased Claud
Jonnard from Nashville. Although
handicapped by the loss of an "eye and
with a tailend team. Jonnard has made
a great record in the Southern league.
When Ping Bodie heard that he was
to be one of the players to go from the
Yankees to the Red Sox in the Carl
Mavs deal, he rose in all hi Roman
dignity and declared he'd be dinged if
he would unless arrangements were
made for him to get a bit out of the
world's series purse he thinks the Yan
kees may win.
The Boston Red Sox announce that
Hill Lamar is released to the Rochester
club under option of recall. There's
one for Dave Fultz to look into. The
New York Giants recall George O'Neill
from Rochester and send him to the
Boston Braves in the Nehf trade. That's
another one for Fultz- to look into.
American league umpires evidently
don't agree on what constitutes an "in
field fly." In one game a third base
man muffed a fly, just getting his
.hands on it, after a hard run into left
field. Tom Connolly said it was an
"infield fly." A few days later a short
stop lost an easy fly in the sun and it
dropped safe four feet away. Umpire
Oeorere Moriarty said it was not an "in
field fly" because the shortstop did not
reach it.
Hugh Jennings used to boss George
Moriarty. Now George bosses Hugh.
The Detroit manager and the umpire'
had a run-in the other day at Boston
and iloriarty came out on top. Jen
nings drew a suspension, even though
he telegraphed Ban Johnson that the
umpire "robbed" his team.
AXGELS SIGN YOtTH. OF 16
Jimmy Reese to- Become 3Iember of
Team at Age of 18.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12. Jimmy
Reese. 16-year-old mascot of the Sub
marine baseball team, of San Pedro.
Cal., has just been signed to play with
the Los Angeles club of the Pacific
Coast Baseball league when he becomes
18 years old. He is said to be" the
youngest player to be signed with a
Class AA contract.
Reese has been working out at Wash
ington park, here, the home of trie
Angels. Fans are enthusiastic over his
fielding, while he is said to have a re
markably fine arm for his age.
He has been tutored by such players
as Howard Ehmke, Harry Heilman.
Herb Hunter. "Butch" Byler, "Lefty"
O'Doul and Don Rader.
ME LEMS AT BUT
BEE SEEMS WELL 'ESTABLISHED
AT HEAD OF LEAGUE.
Sam Crawford Is in Second Place,
Ten Points Behind .3 70 Mark.
AVisterzil Tops Beavers.
Bill Rumler of Salt Lake seems to be
sufficiently well established in the bat-tin-
leadership of the league td fear no
opposition. He is hitting the ball at
.370, while Sam Crawford of the Angels
is in second place, ten points below him.
With but two months of the season left,
Rumler is not apt to be headed.
Hugh High of the Tigers took a
big jump during the past week, and is
now hitting .322. But Bob Meusel with
.333 is still the Tiger leader. Justin
Fitzgerald advanced one point, and so
did Phil Koerner, but Fitz is the chief
slugger of the Seals, with an average
of .327.
The base-running championship is
still in the hands of Billy Lane of the
Oaks, with 3S steals. Ernie Johnson of
the Bees has 38 to his credit, while
"Babe" Pinelli of Sacramento, who was
in the lead for many weeks, is now in
third place with 36.
Harl Maggert has a long edge on
competitors as the league's best run
getter. He has crossed the plate 95
times. Billy Lane of Oakland and
Justin Fitzgerald of San Francisco are
tied for second honors with 86 each.
while Jjk Fournier of the Angels is
next with 83.
"Tex" Wisterzil has the lead over all
Portland hitters in the unofficial aver
ages up to and including games of last
Saturday with a mark of .286. Follow
ing are the averages:
Last
U. A H. K. BH. Pet. Wk.
. 'I 1 1 1 .500
Boelzle. Prattle . ,
Rumler. Suit Lake
Craw-ford. Los Ang
Miller. Oakland
Krause. Oakiund
Dale. n!t Lake . .
.10:! 414 7!) .M7(J .371
-ii:i A.ut 7:1 l.i.. .:ti .;itii
. 04 11 an ih .:i... .:
. 17 :t a .:;.-.: ..":
'. 11 21 .S42 .:4
spencer, Salt Lake .. OS 20:
0 .340 .3
urover. Ua kland .... IS ;5
Fournier, Los Ang ..lis 4."il
Meusel, Vernon 101 402
Kldred Sacramento .112 421
Fitzgerald. .San Fran.Hr 4.V1
Hifcli. Vernon t;0 2:i:i
Sheely. f-'alt Lake ...110 422
Koerner. San Fran ..110 ;1MH
Borton Vernon 12(1 407
13
S3
22 .3.".S ..
l.-.l .33.1 .
74 13".
73 13S
so l.-.o
42 73
72 13,)
42 120
HQ 12S)
.333 .337
.32S .330
.327 .320
.322 .3112
.320 .310
.318 .317
.317 .323
Vv ilie. Oakland Ion .1.14 7:i 1 1 '2
31
MaKEert, Halt Lake.. 114 4:10 13ti .310 .Soft
hdilinKton. ernon ..112 3SS 72 120 .:0I9 .3ll
Killefer. Los Anselee.lOS 440 S2 l:ifl .300 .rtir
Wolter. SarramenLO-.ll.'I 402 .V2 124 .3nS .;I08
Compton. Seattle ...111 428 6S 132 .308 .:lott
Oillisan, Seattle ...
13 " 4 .308 -2.-.0
Johnson. Salt Lake..
92 302 B0 111 .3o7 .310
44 OS 7 30 .300 .2!t3
1 322 r3 !17 .301 .31 rt
3S 123 14 37 .3111 .310
3 a:;S 3t llll .2S.SI .302
S2 320 32 94 .204 .3(13
22 73 4 22 .'.'. .203
Zam'.oeh. S.in Fran
Cooper. Oakland ....
Kassler. Los Angeles.
UricK?, Sacramento..
CunninKham. Seattle.
Sweeney. Seattle ....
r.iiiott. Oakland
1 204 23 33 .2S9
.Murphy. Oakland 120 4."
00 131
.2S4
.203
.300
.286
.30(i
vv'ist-rzil. Port land. . . 07 33
46 1(12
2
.2S
,2S
.2S3
Larkin, Sacramento. . 0 21
Bohne. Oakland .... HI 312 32
Schultz. Los Angeles.. 22 30 3
Sifflln. Portland 113 431 54
S9
11
121
.2M
.277
Markie. Salt Lake .. 27 S3 S
Mullipan. Salt Lake. . S3 3(1 47
Knijrht.. Seattle 1M1 334 33
23
S3
02
123
23
.2SS
.20
273 .281
274 .273
274 .273
273 .207
273 .270
272 2280
272 .284
271 .272
KruK. Salt Lake ....124 43t Grt
tilth. San Francisco. 30 84 111
Mitchell. Vernon ....120 473 70 129
Blue. Portland 114 403 3 1
Schick. San Fran 112 404 78 1
Farmer, Portland.... 01 22S 20
Middleton. Sac 113 442 40 1
R. Arlett. Oakland. .. 31 74 8 20 .270
Couch, San Francisco. 23 07 8 18 .200
("randall. Los Angeles 43 7 7 2 .208
.270
.270
.268
.243
Mulvey, Salt Lake 100 444 60 lis .208
Brooks. Vernon 40 134 22 41 .200
Cox. Portland 101 308 41 08
Walsh. Seattle 105 311 32 104
.236
.206
Chad bourne, Vernon. . 120 403 76 123
.207
.230
.283
"Ittery. Los Anseles. 3(1 S3 0 22
AUIridee. Los Anceles 17 411 4 13
RciKer. Seattle 24 33 8
Bates. Los Anpreles .. 40 144 22
14
264 .243
38 .204 .281
Driscoll. Los Anseles. as 121 17
3:
.204 .238
.203 .202
.203 .201
.203 .207
.200 .207
.238 .204
.236 .260
.234 .234
.234 .244
Rader. Portland So 2o3 43
77
61
31
liosp. Seattle 03 232 18
Derrick, Seattle 20 118 18
C'aveney. San J ran.. .113 442
113
Crandall. San Fran. .108 3
41
96
Schorr. Peattlie ...
20 31 0 13
Fisher. ernon ...
Koehler. Portland .
Smith, Salt Lake ..
Pinelli. Sacramento.
..S3 310 30 81
.V.I 100 17 43 .
48 131 20 38 .
.237
108 410 fi 104 .230
Speas. Portland ...
4 224 37 36 .230 .230
Lapa n. se.att le ....
(lUichman. Seattle.
Wares. Sacramento.
Baker. Portland ...
Maisel. Portland . .
McGaffiaan, Sacra .
S6 283 34
I .240 .249
73 278 30
02 206 22
8 fl 2-2 23
30 1 so 21
83 273 34
13 37 3
37 134 13
88 28'1 33
14 40 7
73 223 IS
52 lot IS
43 132 19
0.1 .248 .238
31 .240 .246
00 .243 .243
44 .244 .243
67 .244 .230
0 .243 .205
37 .240 .242
07 .239 .243
Thomas. Seat t le ...
McKee. San r ran . .
Roche, Seattle
Ouis to. Oak land ...
Mltze. Oakland ....
Rlgbee. Seattle ... .
French. Seatt'e . - . .
Kllis. Los Anpeles .
11 .239
53 .2.".S
24 .238
.233
.210
.220
.236
.234
.230
30 .23
110 430 .30. 102 .23
Lane. Oakland 11
Kamm, San Fran ... 0
Pert tea. Los Angeles. 2
.lames. Oakland ....
418 80
310 27
68
1"! .237
73 .235
16 .233 .242
3 .231 .273
18 .2:'. I .237
55 .230 232
17 .230 .235
31 .230 .234
49 .23(1 .234
11 .229 .234
44 .228 .215
4!1 .220 .225
74 .226 .228
0O 225 228
10 '.224 ".220
02 224 .227
28 222 .223
ItollinE. Oakland . . .
30 78 8
712 230 20
20 74
48 135 1
03 213 12
20 48 1
Pevormer. Vernon. ..
Brown. Los Ar.Reles..
Oldham. Portland . .
Murphy. Seattle
Baum. San Francisco.
Corhan. San Fran ...
A. Arlett. Oakland . .
63 103 27
217 25
Niehoff. Los Angeles. 04 328 32
KenworHiy. Los Ang.11 4 400 47
Dell. Vernon 32 83 7
Stumpf. Sacramento. 112 411 33
Schaller. Seattle .... 41 120 13
Beck. Vernon 73 27(1 20
.210 .210
Faoritine. Los Ang l"s 4"
SO
-MO
Regan. Seattle 12 32
3
.210 .233
Gardner. Seattle .... 2.i 05 5
Sutherland. Portland. 19 52 7
Finneran. Vernon ... 14 38 5
Rodpers. Sacramento. 55 180 14
Orr. Sacramento . . ..102 302 24
Hnuck. Vernon 27 70 5
Baldwin. San Fran... K3 107 19
Rromlcv. San Fran. .. 22 - 33 6
Hunter. San Fran ... . 55 215 10
Vance, Sacramerto. .. 24 55 5
14
11
.215 .210
.212 .204
.21 I .210
38 .211
74 .204
.2US
16 ,2"3
40 .203
11 .200
43 .220
11 .200
CYCLISTS GO TO AUSTRALIA
San Francisco Lads Plan Tour of
Land at Antipodes.
SAX FRANCISCO, Aup. 12. Sailing
from San Francisco November 11 with
a troupe of Sydney bicycle riders due
here next month, Hans and Ernest
Ohrt. San Krancisco cyclists, plan to
tour Australia. The two brothers are
training? here.
Willie Spencer, a Canadian rider, also
will accompany the party, which will
also include Bob Spears. Frank Corey
and Reggrie McXair.ara, Georgre H.
rowsinpr. who brought the swimmers,
Mina Wylie and Fanny Durack, to the
United States, will sail to Australia in
September to arrange for the tour.
HARNESS RACES ARE OMITTED
Washington State Fair Has Diffi
culty in Obtaining Entrants.
YAKIMA. TVash., Aug. 12. (Special.)
Because the Multnomah county fair
at Grestam, Or., which, this year con
1
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Fatima contains more Turhish than
any other Turkish blend cigarette.
flicts with the T, ashinprton state fair
date, attracted a number of harness
racing; men Tvho wanted the short jump
to Salem for the following: week, the
management of the state fair here has
decided to eliminate harness racing
for the first time in many years. The
card will consist entirely of running
races and special events.
The decision was made at a confer
ence between Secretary Frank Mere
dith of the state fair and K. F. Bensin,
state commissioner of agriculture. On
one day there will be auto racing;. Two
derby events are offered, "governor's
derby on governor s day, and rlKs
derby." in which the riders will all
be members of the Klks.
WHEX you are about to use the nib
lick as an extricator, the stance
you must take up is determined by the
position of the ball, but when you take
it for a short approaec there is no dif
ference as regards stance, grip and the
position of the ball, between the meth
od of playing this club and the method
of playing the mashie. The one factor
that you have to consider Is the loft,
which is much more pronounced than
in the case of the mashie. The greater
loft makes it necessary in using the
niblick to put more power into the
stroke, for a portion of our energy is
inevitably wasted in sending the ball
into the air and it naturally follows
that more force is necessary; in fact,
the player should tell himself that he
has to hit the ball half 'as hard again
as he would if usipg the mashie for a
stroke of the same distance. The read
er may not unnaturally ask: Why then
use a niblick at all for approaching,
when we have the mashie, a club built
for the purpose? The proper reply is
that you often find yourself approach
ing a green from such an angle that the
disposition of the bunkers leaves you
without much space whereon to pitch.
In such a case it is necessary to make
the ball draw up quickly if you would
escape the hazards beyond the green.
Just enough Turkish x
AT most of the places where straight
J. Turkish cigarettes used to have the
"call", Fatima is now the leading ciga
rette. Here are a few of these places
just as examples of Fatima's popularity
among men who really know how to
judge "cigarettes:
Atlantic City
1 Marlborough-Blenheim
Hotel Traymore
Boston
Hotel Copley Plaza
Harvard Club
Stock Exchange
Hotel Touraine
Chicago
"Auditorium Hotel
Congress Hotel
Narragansett Pier
Casino
New York
Hotel Belmont
Hotel Manhattan
'v Hotel McAlpin
Stock Exchange
Waldorf-Astoria
Palm Beach
The Breakers
Philadelphia
Ritz-Carlton
Stock Exchange
Washington
The Capitol Building
The niblick does naturally and easily
what the player himself would have to
do if he were using- a mashie, that 1r,
impart a bottom spin to the ball. With
the niblick there is no necessity to lay
yourself out for cut; the loft of the
club will do all that is necessary. But
you must remember to play the club
boldly.
DENVER LURES TENNIS STARS
Galaxy of Great "Players to Gather
for Tourney This Month.
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 12. The larg
est gathering of tennis stars that ever
participated in a Colorado state tennis
championship tournament is expected
at the courts of the Denver Country
club wV:en the annual tennis tourna
ment of the state opens play on Au
rnpt 25. Tha tournament is being
conducted under the auspices of the
United States National Lawn Tennis
association. The local committee is
composed of Franklin Ballou, Eugene
Dines and Jack Phelps of. Denver.
Donald Harker, state singles cham
pion, will play this year, but the dou
bles champion team, Harker and E. R.
Bailey, will not be entered. Bailey now
is living in Omaha. R. D. Brooks, who
last year was runner-up with R. W.
(Jmbam. i nn entrnnt thi year, nmong
Boston
Garter
NOTE
FATIMA
a host of other top-notcbers
Rocky Mountain region.
Sidelights and Satire.
THIS swimming same Is all a mat
L ter ot form." Pearl Keys, Ore
gon's champion bathing girl.
m m .
"Of course, men may be getting
worse, but my observation is that
horses are not as wild as they used to
be," Herman Politz, the demon golfer
of Washington street.
.
There may be a lot of folks color
blind, but no one ever saw anyone In
this world who could not recognise a
greenback without the aid of a magni
fying glass.
Love may be blind, but that doesn't
prevent it from making a hit with the
misses.
Ban Johnson has suspended Jennings
and Mays. The big boy is surely work
ing in mid-season form. He has sus
pended everything but the rules.
Jck Britton. whose regular occupa-
Hunting Time!
is only a few weeks away. Right now
is a good time to get ready your
equipment. We have the right kind of
shoes and clothing also Remington
U. M. C rifles and ammunition.
Backus Corria
273 MORRISON, JTEAR. FOURTH
shout
6 o'clock
now does tjour cigarette
begin to taste
'This is the severest test to which
you can put your cigarette. '
NEARIY dinner time. You've been
smoking all day. How is your cigarette
appetite?
If it is tired and jaded in other words,
unless it's as fresh, crisp and snappy as right
after breakfast you ought to look around
for a different brand of cigarettes.
The right brand (when you find it) will
let you feel fine and fit and smoke-hungry
clear up to bed-time.
It will give you enough of the delicious
flavor of Turkish tobacco but it will be so
blended as to off-set the over-richness or
heaviness that comes from smoking too
much Turkish.
The one cigarette which today seems to
be attracting most men who tire of straight
Turkish is Fatima (see at left).
As soon as you are ready to look seriously
into the cigarette question, put Fatimas to
the 6 o'clock test.
'A Sensible Cigarette
idrtait-eiteejiii
tion is boxing- with Ted Lewis, will I
take on Mike O'Dowd in the near future
to show his versatility.
Dempsey, it appears, displays a neat
right hand, but his left is simply stun
ning.. Some baseball players are so super
stitious that they won't even afcept a
traveling bag as a gift.
AMERICANS ARE HONORED
Red Cross "Workers in Montenegro
Receive Decorations.
CETTINJE, Montenegro. The minis
try of foreipn affairs of Jusro-SIavia
has conferred higrh military decorations
on several members of the American
Red Cross unit in Montenegro, say ad
vices from Belgrade. Others members
have been awarded lesser orders.
The director of the unit. Ma jor Henry
Rushton Kairclougrh, formerly profes
sor at Stanford university, was given
the order of the White Eagle, fourth
class. Captains Cnelsea C. Pratt and
Joseph F. Jaros received the fifth, class
decoration of the same order.
About 60 Americans have been en
gaged in relief and medical work in
Montenogro.
It has been estimated by a European
scientist that the commercial value of
the electricity in a flash of lightning
lasting one-thousandth of a second is
29 cents.