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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 190(1. CURRENT GOSSIP IN THE ATHLETIC FIELD Jimmy Britt Predicts That Jeffries Will Come Out of Retirement Percy Megargel Describes His Narrow Escape " I BRITT ONTHEF IGHTERS Famous Lightweight Says Hart Will Be O'Brien's Next Opponent. BATTLE IS IMPORTANT ONE Hart Has Claim to "Cast-Off" Cliara pionshlp Title Jeffries If? Lying Back Waiting to Be Drawn Out of Retirement. . NEW YORK, Jan 20. (Special Corre spondence.) When a fellow jumps Into ; the ring stripped for a fight all he hap to do is to con tribute a few hand shakes and look pleasant In his cor ner while the sec onds are petting him ready, and then he can bang right Into battle. It's one of the advantages of the fighter's profes tfion that he don't have to make any curtain speeches be fore or after the Jimmy Britt. struggle. Now. with this writing game It s different. When one makes, a business of fighting and is successful in the business, you have a right to take it for granted that he knows it. His record speaks. The public is likely to take his word as an authority on anything that pertains to the side-step and th wallop, and if a fighter picks one of two men to win a liattic they promptly "put a ring around mm. as the horsamen say. That's why I want to announce that In making "selections" in this column when ever a Wg light for a big stake of honor ana money comes oil I intend to be very careful. ufnovT i ujiiiK ii is too neariv an even proiositIon for a decided opinion one way or the other, I will play safe and say so. Of course a fighter of any prominence (If I can say that for myself) is often quoted on battles, but when It comes to writing your opinion out in detail under your own signature, and showing cause why you think so. It's a different propo sition. And this brings me up to Jack O'Brien ana the eager crowd of heavy-welehts. "Ilght-heavies" and middle-weights who are camping on his trail. If O'Brien undertook to satisfy all the fighters who are looking for glory at his expense, lie would have more battles than an Orangeman at a Kerry wake. Hart, Ruhlin, Ryan. "Twin" Sullivan, Al Kauffman and a few others have mod estly advanced their claims. In my opin ion Hart will bo chosen. Of course O'Brien may feel that he has the right to fight a few minor battles before going after the heavy metal, but the the- fight with Hart will be the next real big show. Hart Is O'Brien's natural opponent, now that Fitzsimmons Is out of the -way. Fitz will not have to be figured In again in championship affairs. The Old Man Is done. That clears up the situation im mensely and it is easier to get down to cases In heavy weight society. When Margin Hart and Jack Root fought in Reno the show was billed as a heavy-weight battle with the champion in the ring to turn over the title to the wlnnpr; but many in the fight world East and West did not take the affair serious ly. They don't now. They say that Jeff was champion and retired, but that ho can't play Santa Claus with the cham pionship. On the other hand, many fighters and experts are of the opinion that with Jef fries' sanction Hart has as good a claim or better than any other heavyweight to the cast-off honors of the "big fellow." O'Brien also figures himself a heavy weight champion, tracing his descent, so to speak, through a Fitzsimmons, who was champion before Jeffrie?. That is the way It stands. Now the only logical plan is a long battle, between Hart and O'Brien to decide the question, and the winner would unquestionably be accepted as the t hampion, with the shadow of Jeff across him. And when that Is accomplished, the shadow will grow. Jeffries has not re tired from the ring for good. He retired Tjecause there was nothing else for him lo do. He had abolished his job. He put the heavy-weight class out of commis sion. There was nothing In it for him to go fooling around with second raters, men that he knew he could beat and every one else know he could beat. Jeffries Is simply lymg back and wait ing for tho call. He will not pick out his opponent, and he won't jump at the first offer that is dangled at him, cither. The public will have to make the match. As soon as a young fighter comes up to the top by strong fighting1 and crowding out everyone else in sight, and the public gets to thinking that he will have a chance with Jeff, they won't need a derrick to get the big scrapper out of retirement. If Hart beats Jack O'Brien, or even tho other way, talk of a fight with Jeff will begin right away, and I think It will be proper. When a man has beaten every body else of consequence he has earned a chance at the best one In the class. I believe that many fight-fans would like to see a match between the winner of a Hart-O'Brien match and Jeffries. And as soon as Jeffries thinks that people want to. see him fight any man, he will do it. Tommy Ryan and Jack 'Twin" Sullivan have each been prominently mentioned as the Philadelphian's next opponent. I will be very much surprised if either of them get a chance beforo Hart. You must count on Jeff all the way through in fig uring these fights, and neither one of hese men would, be considered possible game for the cx-champlon. Both of them are mlddlcwelghts pure and simple, and neither would draw 6W people In a fight with Jeff. With O'Brien it is different. He can fight down to tho middleweight notch, but his best weight Is several pounds heavier. For a fight with Hart he would probably step Into the ring weighing over 170 pounds. Hart and O'Brien would certainly make a great fight Both are young and strong, and there would" be enough at stake to make each man put forth, his best efforts. For O'Brien, victory would "mean a posi tion at the head of all fighters now In the ring. For Hart It would mean the same tlilng, with the additional glory xf beating the man who triumphed over Fitz. And for either one of them victory would be ! worth a match with Jeff at a Trig puree. I j I M M i HEADING FROM LKFT TO niGUT THE I'LAYKRS AltKi It will be the old game of fpced and clev erness against the punch. Take your PICK. The Quaker Itnxor lins nnnnunrM lif Will take il rood re.st anil h nrahahlv will. He feels that he has earned IL But his rest will certainly be broken by the bushel of challenges and offers of pursus. Scarcely a day nasses now but wlMt somebody bobs up with a dell. u tJrien Uawn t stated definitely liow long he Intends to wait, but when he does go into the rllie- acrnin It in hAtlnr than even that It will be to meet Hart. Tho three-round eame in New Trk seems to be cettinc slronror fvtvrv rfuv There arc plenty of better than fair bri ers around. Some of the clubs arc putting on very good snows once a week. There Is only one apparent danger. It would Keem to an outsider lhnt there am sihiuii 200 of these clubs doing business in the city, and they are apt to attract a dispro portionate amount of attention for tho money there Is In IL v However, all the fhrliterKMn lho ought to be nlad to see th unnrt another foothold in New York. The men who are handlinc It are siavinc- within the law, and there is no reason why the popularity of the tabloid shows should not lead to something better. Now York is the nlace of all nlnees for th boxing game if It is properly handled. ii tnese iittje clubs continue to play on me ieei with the authorities and the public. It looks fo me like it outrht to he the opening wedce for a. return of tho rent big game. Then the star of pugilism will take Its way back across the country to Manhattan Island. Lightweights to the front strain noxf month. Battling Nelson wjll make his xirsi appearance in tne East since he won the lightweight championship when he meets Terry McGovem In 21 sir-mnnii bout In Philadelphia. Tho mill in Phlla- aeipuia snouia oe a great battle for six rounds, and anybody's, fight. If it were a longer distance, it would be easv to nieir thft. winner, but for the slam-bang battle that both men will flzht either ! nt m Iget over the punch. From last accounts. .terry nas that article in good working order. 1 believe. If It a-oes tn tho iimit- Nelson will probably have the edge at the nnisa. or course, as is generally known, the six-round game is not the best for Nelson, but he should be. able tn rrt f It a verdict of Terry unless the Terror should nappen to get one of the old hay-makers over at tho right time. (Copyright. IfKtS, by Jimmy Britt.) THE DAY'S HORSERACES. At San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 30. Fmerv-viiio results: Three nnrl n linlf fnrlnna n - - s won, Humada second, Cloir.cnts third; Mile and lliree-slvtThc m-fv t woh. Dusty Miller second, Bonar third; Lime, i.ua,. TTIve fnrlnnp-s "Rlnnlis Am- t m Goldlng second. Laura F- M. thiri- iim. 1:03. ' One mile. Lissak hanfllirsn mirao Mmn Proper won. Red Leaf second. Jake San ders third; time. 1:424, Rlv f urlnn rra Tin rii n trnn Cal.u. ond, Tim Hurst third; time. 1:17. Futurity course Tenordale won. Cock sure second. Ebel Thatcher third; tlm 1:44. At Ios Angeles. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 20. Ascot results: Six and a half furlongs Confessor won The Gadfly second, Dr. McCarty third time. l:20i. ' Brooks course Nine Spot won, Arrah Go Wan second, Wyefleld third; time. 2:04". Mile and 50 yards, handicap Gilpin won Dr. Leggo second, Embarrassment third - J he Ascot Oaks, one mile, $1250 added Orilecn won. Sanfara second. SH ding third; time, 1:405J. Five furlongs Fire Ball won, Betsy sec ond. Fustian third; time, 1-03?L Five and a half furloncrn Hi-tn. Foxhall second, Evejyn Griffin third; time,' At New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 20. Fair nrmm-. results: Six furlongs-Plater won, Hannibal Bey second. Whorler third; time, 1:15. Half-mile Bemay won. Glad Pirate sec ond. St. Cloud third; time. 0:49 4-3. One mile Tether vnn Whlnnnnm.ni ...... ond, Novena third; time, 1:42 4-5. iiie 01. -naries moici nanaicap, mllo and a quarter Phil Finch won. King Ells worth second. Monaca Maid third; time. 2:95 4-5. Kit- fllrlnnrc RnMlnr Riaf m-nn cr, vi entine second, Luretta third: time, 1:141-5. ix iunongs eaywooa won. Arsenal sec ond. Vajcary third; time, 1:16 4-5. Mile and a sixteenth Auromaster won, . Colonist second. Joe Lcxr ihlrn- Mmn 1:582-5. ' Y. M. C A- JUNIOR LEADERS BASKET-BALL TEAM IS AHBi ANSON CORNELL. FRANK RLIGH, FENSON, FRANK FAITCH. BISHOP, CUS. t DAVIDSON AND FRED NELSON, COACH. vu.a.. FOR JUNIOR LEAGUE Committee Arranges a Sched ule of Basket-Ball Games. PLANS FOR THE SEASON 1'onr Teams Will Compete for tho Championship Y. 31. C. A. Has a Fast ApR-rcmtIon in the Tvcntlcrs." The Portland Junior Baskot-baM League committee met Thursday night and ar ranged a schedule of games and made other arrangements for the league season the line-up of the teams will be as fol lows: Y. M. C. A. Junior Leaders F. Paulch, C. Davidson. Bishop F. Bllgh, W. Penson and A. Cornell. Sunnysidc Boys' Brigade L. Thompson, J. Flemmlng, C. Peterson, F. Rogers, C. Cox. A. Peery. R, Price. Y. M. C. A. Cardinals E. Thayer. Tom Word, Jr., K. Bruce, J. Thomas, George Wilson. Alblna Boys' Brigade H. FarrHl. A. Williams. V. Unden. S. Phillips, C. James, J. Springer. The schedule of games follows: Jan uary 25. Junior Leaders vs. Sunnyslde, at Sunnyslde: February 2, Cardinals vs. Al blna Boys' Brigade, at Y. M. C A.; Feb ruary R. Junior Leaders vs. Alblna Boys Brigade, at Alblna; February 9, Cardinals vs. Sunnyslde Boys' Brigade, at Sunny slde: February 13. Sunnyslde Boys' Lri gadc vs. Alblna Boys' Brigade, at Albina; February 1G. Junior Leaders vs. Cardinals, at Y. M. C. A.: February 20. Cardinals vs. Alblna Boys' Brigade, .at Alblna; Febru ary 22. Junior Leaders vs. Sunnyslde Boys Brigade, at Y. M. C A.; February 25. Al blna Boys' Brigade vs. Sunnyslde Boys' Brigade, at Sunnysidc; March 2, Junior Leaders vs. Cardinals, at Y. M. C A.: March 9, Junior Leaders vs. Albina Boys Brigade, at Y. M. C. A.; March 9. Cardi nals vs. Sunnyslde Boys Brigade, at Y. M. C. A. The committee In charge of the leatrue Is composed of the captains and man agers fit the different teams, and L. M. Myers, physical director of the Y. M. C. A., as follows: Ed Thayer, president; H. Farrell, vice-president; H. C. Crun, sec retary; F. Pautch, treasurer; L. M. My ers, E. Bruce. F. Bllgh, V. Unden. J. F. Fleming, members executive committee. The boys classes at the. Y. M. C A. have been given an examination and ar ranged In squads according to their abil ity. Other examinations will be gien each month, and those who receive high est marks in each squad will be promoted to tho higher squads. Handball Tournament Planned. The handball committee has made ar rangements for a handball tournament which will start January 23. Entries are being handed In now, and a large list is expected. Each man In the tourna ment will play each other man and medals will be given to the three, who finish the league with the highest percentage. The following committees have been ap pointed by Physical Directors Myers and Grllley. to look after the dlffercnt'phascs of the physical department work: Games committee Charles Mackie, chairman; O. D. Thornton, James Mackie. Athletic committee H. Livingstone, chairman; W. Backus. P. Plo. Gymnastic committee F. Lighty, chair man; E. Conway, IL Lowengart. Outings committee F. Ughty, chairman; M. C Morrow, H. Livingstone. Handball committee W. Morrow, chair man; J. Gates. S. Jackson. Aquatic committee James Mackie. chairman; Dr. Newell Smith, Lou Pink ham, Religious committee V. Cook, chairman; Dr. Flower, C. A. Stavcr. S-wlal committee H. a Thompson, chairman; F. Nelson. 11. Johnson. These committees will meet' Monday evening at 6 o'clock, together with the physical department committee and tho senior gynMtt-Ium le4rc, t go over the work for the season and to plan for mm ing events. The Junior Leaders basket-ball team of the Y. M. C. A. Is rated a one of the neatcft and fastest Utile aggregations of Its kind in the city. It & made up of loys 16 and IT years of age tho pick of the Junior leaders club, which com prises wine IS members of recognized ability selected from the whole boys membership to asrfst the instructors in loading the boys gymnasium classes. Tho team was organized early last Fall and Frank Bllgh, an energetic young fel low, was elected captain. Frank Paulch.' aluo a splendid lad. Is serving as man ager. a well as acting as one of the crack forwards on the team. Up to date the boys ' have played ix games this season, winning four and los ing two. The first was played against the People's Institute, and In this the Junior Loaders easily carried off the hon ors, as did they also in the second game against the same team. The third, fourth and fifth games were played against the Sunnyslde Boya Brigade and resulted In one victory for the Leaders and two for the Sunnysidc Boys. However, the Lead eri had big odds to contend against, the opposing team being much larger anl heavier. In fact, it Is said they practi cally played their first team. The sixth and last game, so far. was played a few nights ago at the Multno mah Club against the Junior team and resulted In victory for the Leaders. The return game with M. A. A. C. Juniors, scheduled two weeks hence, will probably be the last outside game they play this seaam, as they have now "entered the tDllllllllllMIII , tf I Albert McGrlller, AAOcIat rhrslcai I Director ,Y. M. C. A. 4 Portland Junior Basket-Ball League, and are scheduled for a game each with the teams comprising the league, and this will take them well along toward the' close of the season. The following players comprise the team and make as fine a bunch of boyish vim and good, lively spirits as can be gotten together anywhere. If the boys stick together for a couple of years and work hard there Is no reason why they should not win as good a reputation as the famo'us Tigers, for they certainly have splendid material: Frank Pautch (manager), forward; Charles Davidson, forward; Iran Blehop, center; Frank Bllgh (captain), guard; William Penson, guard; Anson Cornell, substitute. . FITZ FAILS TO KEEP HIS MONEY Cornlshnmn Has Won 3Iuch Through Prowess In icings bih, I.cts It Go. Bob Fitzsimmons. with any kind of level-headed business management, should have been a rich man by this time, says the New York Sun. But the Cornishmaa has been a victim of many unscrupulous persons during his ring career. In liSl, when he knocked out Jim Hall at New Orleans, he received only an in significant portion of the purse, and never made a determined effort to secure the balance. After beating Corbett at Carson City. FJtx turned over J27,09 to a supposed friend to have It invested, but he never got a penny of It back. Today the eld fel low is practically broke, althou&h he bat tled for priacclr purses In almoct all of his fl'ghts. 1 RESCUE THEIR CAR Megargel and Fasset Save Their Automobile. PULL IT OUT OF QUICKSAND While They Are IUdlns on the Frozen Pcurco Hlvcr, the Heavy -Machine rittnges Through the Ice. . lJhP' m M" Jan- W.-Speclal Cor. ,"fenc.C-)A new experience was added to the many chapters of adventures the Reo Mountalnoer and Its crew have been through since leaving New York City on a double transcontinental auto mobile tour last August. This time it was quicksand. Ever gince I was a small boy I have thC errlW ta' of quicksand that this or that person had experienced out in those days I never dreamed that I too was to have a quicksand experience that, while at no time In danger myself came near costing me tho little auto nas earned Fassett and my self through so many states and terri tories. We were Informed at Holbrook that while the Peurco River was of quicksand formation, it was frozen up so solid that we could run our car right up the river bed with perfect safety. At first I hesi tated to do this for the very name "quick sand has a terror for me. but after los ing our way several times" In a fruitless effort to follow a trail that has not been traversed since the snow came months ago, I turned the bows of the good Mountaineer toward the Puerco and turning on mil speed, was soon sklmmlns merrily along over Its frozen surface without a thought of danger. Plunge Through the Ice. Fassett had Juaf remarked that we were probably riding over as dangerous a course as an automobile had ever taken when there was a sudden cracking and down we went. The heavy-loaded car had broken through the two or three Inches of frozen sand and water and the rear end had dropped into live quicksand followed by the front of the car. We were both thrown out by the sudden stop, and although we hit the frozen river pretty hard, neither of us broke through In land ing. A glance at the fast settling- car showed only too plainly that we were in the worst fir we have yet been in since leaving New York, excepting the four days' fast ing in crossing the Cascades, and the three days we were lost In the snow near Flagstaff. Throwing off our coats we started In to unload and no record-breaking crew ever unloaded an automobile filled -with baggage In so sh'ort a space of time, yet that car settled three Inches In the quicksand while we were unload ing it. Off came hood, tanks, batteries, tonneau and flooring, but still the Reo persisted In going in deeper. Thinkinz that a few minutes more would see the last of our car we hurriedly carried the end -of our steel cable ashore and made It fast to a clump of bushes. Then we looked around to get our bearings. HescHed. by Crew of 3fexicans. Two milesdown the tracks of the Santa Fe Railroad we saw in the fast fading twilight a section-house, and we made for it- With promises of liberal pay we in duced the section crew of Mexicans to turn out. and. carrying railroad ties and such other pieces of wood as could be used to pry with, we made, for tho- ship wrecked automobile. Wc worked all night that night, all the next day and most of the next, night before we were able, to get the last of the. now dissected, automobile to terra firraa. Onco In the quicksands Is enough for me. When passing through Adamanda, we ran down and viewed , the petrified forest, under the leadership of the famous guide. Al Stevenson, whose home for many years has been under the shadows' of this world's wonder and at whose hotel guests fare so well that they almost forget they are in Arizona. The marvels of this great mysterious forest of agate trees, whose presence in Arizona seems to fur nish an unsolved problem of Nature's pranks, defies description. There aro In reality three forests, all easily reached by team from Adamanda. In one of these a huge petrified tree upward of seven feet In diameter and over 200 feet in length Is stretched across a deep ravine and furnishes a natural bridge that can be crossed on horseback. Acres and acres of trees, some standing and others lying down; some with branches and others with only the slumps of what once were huge limbs, all turned to stone, go to make up this woodland that might well be termed "fairyland, for the trees have assumed a thousand wonderful colors in scarlet, green, white, yellow, blue and their innumerable shades. Of even sreater interest to Fassett and myself than the wonders of the petrified woods were the mysterious carvings of the prehistoric people on the face of surrounding- cliffs. There hieroglyphics, as plain today as the day they were en graved, probably centuries ago, proved of the greatest Interest. Fassett even thought he could make out the lines of a "Reo" automobile among the strange carvings and figure, tho double-opposed motor and Olds iamotis detachable ton neau belnsr the distinguishing character istics. Even the Diamond tires with their Bailey tread could be deciphered out If on would allow his imagination to run that fr.r. fcAt Holbrook. before leaving town, I was shown the very fine collection of ancient pottery stored awny by one H. H Scorse. a storekeeper and Indian trader, who. has ppent -the greater part of his life collecting this pottery. Among the varloua articles he prizes most hlghly Is an old Aztec Idol tho only one that has ever been discovered. He has whale bones that have been dug out of tho, rocks In the vicinity of Holbrook. prov ing beyond a doubt that this section of the country wa at one time covered by the sea. He also ha& the bones of a mastodon and other prehistoric animals, loads of Navajo blankets, both natural wool and Gcrmantown yarn. Pueblo pot tery, bcadwork and curios such as would be the envy of an Eastern museum manager. Weather at Zero. The trail after leaving Holbrook proved the most difficult we have ever followed. It Is so faint that we lose It repeatedly and no wagon has attempted to follow It since the recent pnow storm. There Is an occasional ranch house one about every ten or 12 miles and then the Santa Fe Railroad hn3 built section-houses and es tablished gangs of Mexican psctlon hands every eight or ten miles along Its tracks, so we can generally tlnd a place to sleep and manage to get at least two meals a day. Despite all talk oT warmer weather, the thermometer constantly hovers around the zero mark after sundown and It Is bitter cold mornings. Our car, the Reo Mountaineer, Ip now on Its seventh thoumnd miles, and seems to run about as well as the day we left New York, only of course, our progress across the rough prairie Is much slower, and low upeed has to be used for safety most of the time. The AS hours spent in the quicksands has had little or no effect upon the running qualities of the machine. Gasoline Is scarce in this sec tion and we ran entirely out at Navajo, being obliged to wire to Gallup and wait 21 hours for some to come down on the .freight that only runs every other day. TEST OF PXEUMATIO BASEBALL. Akron Ingenuity Produces Sphere Full of Compressed Air. Cleveland Leader. It has Just been made public that Manager Lajolc. of the Cleveland team, took part in secret tests of a pneumatic baseball In Akron. Ohio, last week, in which the new ball, a product of one of the local rubber factories, was given a thorough thumping-. Lajoio- came down by invitation to try the new ball, which he pronounced a. wonder. The center Is hollow and Is filled with compressed air, surrounded by a rubber casing. Then the ball is wrapped to regulation size and a reg ulation cover put on. The new ball was put In with a lot of league base balls and Lajoic was given a chance to swat them about, which he did for several hours on the East End base ball grounds here. He admitted that so far as the batting: qualities of the ball are concerned he could not tell it from one of the regulars. The point In the new product is that its makers claim the compressed air always keeps It expanded, so that it cannot lose its shape or become soggy. New covers can readily be applied. Queries and Answers The .iportlns editor of The Oregonian is dally In receipt of many queries on sporting subjects, most of which have been answered by mall in the past, which custom will be discontinued except In special cases In the future, and for the benefit of the readers of the sportlnp columns of this paper a "Query Column" will b run in each Sunday sporting supplement. The Oregonlan's staff of sport ing authorities villi answer all queries on sporting questions sent In to this office. Queries each week should be In the hands of the sporting editor by Thursday evening, and should be addressed Sporting Editor, Orego nian, Query Dept. The following are the queries sent In to this office during the past 10 days and the answers! Arthur D., Chehalls, Wash. What Is the amateur long-distance walking record? A. 120 miles In 2 hours, made by Ar thur W. Sinclair. Amateur. City. I have played amateur and semi-professional ball In several towns In Oregon and Washington, and would llko to get a trial with one of the Coast League teams. What would you advise me to do? A. Write to any of the managers of the different clubs, or It yon have any friends who aro members of a team In the league get thera to Intercede with the manager. Baseball Fan. Oregon. City. When did the Portland team win the pennant and in what league; also can you tell me the names of the players who were on the team? A. Portland won the pennant In the old Pacific National League la lOOt under the management of John J. Qrlni. The team went through the season with but one change and was composed of the following players, all of whom finished the season with the Club: Sam Vlgneox and Jack Grim, catch ers; George Engle. Willis Salisbury and Mar tin Glendon, pitchers; Lewis Manaffcy. pitcher and first base; Andy Anderson, second baic; Joseja 1. Tinker, third base: Jacob Delsel. "ahbrtfltop; Max Muller. left Held; R. V. Brown, center Held, and Fred Wd, right field. Florida. Portland Was the Multnomah Ath letic Club football team defeated in the sea son of 1SHM-.1? A. Yes; the M. A. A C eleven lost to tho University of California, at Berkeley, and was defeated by the Seattle Athletic Club at Se attle. Girl Fan, Portland Can you Inform me of the whereabout of Joe Raldy, who played shortstop 00 the Portland tam in 1003? A. Ills home la at North Adamsv 2Ja., and a letter addressed him there would prob ably reach biro. Fight Fan, Portland la-Battling Nelson; the holder of the title of lightweight champion of the world? Would like this answered to set tle a bet. A. He Is not: the tlUe Is still In the poe aeUloa of Joe Ga. Joha Jr.. "Vancouver, Wash. When did Corbett and Sullivan fight at New Orleans, and how many rounds did it last? A.-Jsmcs. J. Corbett defeated Joan I. Sul livan at New Orleans for the championship of America, la 21 round on September 7, 1802- Arnold K.. Portland "Where did the fljfht between Jeffries and FUsslm-mems for the CRmi4oitfc!p take slace? A. Jeffries defeated FlixaimmoB for, tb world cteamploeisfclp at Ceaey Istesd la 1100. The beet went 11 rouada. GOSSIP OF THE IE Joe Gans Stil! Able to Hold the Championship,, DEFEAT DF TWIN SULLIVAN AVlth a Better Manager He Should Have n Comfortable Fortune Instead of Being Dead Broke," as He Is. Joe Gana. the Baltimorean colored box er, who is the holder of the light-weight championship title, again entered into the limelight when, on Friday evening-, he defeated "Twin" Sullivan at San Fran cisco. Gane has been widely heralded as boins on tho decline, which rumors were no doubt started by his former manager. Al llerford, to whom most of the col ored boxer's unpopularity can be at tributed. While there Is no quostion re garding the colored man gettinpr alonsr In years and having lost considerable of the agility he formerly possessed, he Is nev ertheless one of the best men In the ring today, nnd. while it Is practically impos sible for him to make th light-weight limit, he seems rady and willing: to take on heavier men. Gans. with a shrewd and honest manaor, should have been worth a comfortable fortune today, but it was tho old story. llerford got the money and the colored boy, who was the drawing card, did all tho work, de veloped the punch that disposed of many would-be champions, and per formed various and sundry feats for which the public paid over many shek ols; got only glory, and today he is prac tically "broke." and forced to box any one and anywhere for a livelihood. JHe probably lias several good fights In him yet. and it is up to Joey to lay aside enough of the coin of tho realm to tido him over the "rainy days" that must soon put an end to his career In the arena. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien arrived at his homo In Philadelphia recently and Is credited with sundry remarks on the question of title to the world's champion ship and other fistic matters. "When the conqueror of "Ruby Robert" Fitzsimmons stepped off tho train he was seized by a crowd of friends, who car ried him on their shoulders to the street, where $. band in a tally-ho and a line of carriages were waiting. The crowd swelled to several thousands and Phila delphia's native son was obliged-to make a speech before the procession moved. O'Brien thanked the assemblage for their demonstration, with his character istic ease and nochalance. "This talk of my challenging Jeffries is untrue." said O'Brien later. "I did say that If Jeffries voluntarily came out of retirement and the public demanded a fight between us, then I should be willing to meet him. "These three offers from Reno, Nev., look good to me. Very likely I will ac cept the $15,000 offer with Ryan. T am very anxious to clear all doubt about the middleweight championship. Then I will take on Marvin Hart. "I most assuredly claim the heavy weight and middleweight titles. Fitzsim mons defeated every man In the class ex cept Jeffries. Jeffries retired and the tltlo reverted to Fitzsimmons. I defeated the Cornishman, the honor comes to me and I will defend it." O'Brien confided to a friend that his earnings In the prize ring and his busi ness interests for 1903 amounted to 5C0.00O. He Is undoubtedly the richost fighter that ever donned the mitts, and, as he has rare business acumen, he will hold on to it. An athletic combine which I? likely to take In America, Great Britain. Ireland and Australia is quite likely, according to President James E. Sullivan, of the Manhattan Association of tho A. A. U. He has Just returned, from a trip abroad, which was taken with this object In view. "Questions of official recognition of rec ords of what an amateur really Is, defi nite rules and standing, universal stand ards, right to compete all will be covered by an alliance, said Mr. Sullivan yester day. "Canada is already wfili the United States. An alliance with Great Britain and Ireland will see Australia with us, and there will be one governing body." City Park Results. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20. City Park re sults: Three and a half furlongs Bonart won. Frances H. second. Lcnse third; time, 0:41 1-5. Mile and three-sixteenths Hymettus won. Cross Grain second, Handmore third; time. 2:02. Five and a half furlongs, handicap Don Fonso won. Billy Handsel second. Astar lta third; time. 1:072-5. The Cosmopolitan handicap, mile and a quarter, hurdles Lionel won. Rip second. Charawind third; time. 2:23 3-5. Mile and a sixteenth, handicap Devout won. Alma Dufour second, Harry Ste phens third: time. 1:48 2-5. Mile and 70 yards Drexel won. Moren do second. Little Elkln third: time, l:4S3-3. Arrested as Highwayman. Flourishing an old-styie revolver the size of a toy cannon In the face of Policeman Hosley. at Fourth and Yamhill streets, last night, C. G. Motts threatened to shoot the policeman If he attempted to take him to the City Jail. Hosley said the man was a bad character, and Contain Slover pronounced him a hold-up "man. The revolver, which was heavily loaded, was taken from Motts after a tussle. Hos ley met Motts standing in a dark hallway. When he questioned him the man pulled out the toy cannon and made threats against the policeman's life. Hosley grap pled with him, and, after taking the re volver away, called for the patrol wagon. Motts was locked up In the City Jail. 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