so
SQUIRES OUGHTTQ
GET A REPUTATION
Australian First Should Beat
Burns or O'Brien Before
Tackling Jeffries.
SHOW WHAT HE CAN DO
light Fans Have No Means of. Esti
mating Squires' Strength Until
He Sleets Some Man of
Known Capacity.
By mLL d. MAC RAE.
Since all talk of the three-cornered fight
between Champion Jim Jeffries, Tommy
Burns and 'Jack O'Brien, turned out to
be nothing more than a gab-feat, the
fight gossips have turned to a match be
tween Bill Squires, of Australia and the
Los Angeles farmer. At the present
writing nothing more than talk of this
match is going the rounds, but if those
Nevada millionaire town boosters insist
upon hanging lip a $"0,000 purse, all this
preliminary talk will end in a match.
"What makes this possible is the fact' that
Jeffries has declared that he would tight
for a toO.OOO purse.
While many right fans will welcome
this match between Jeff and Squires, the
older head will wag seriously. There was
a time when the announcement was made
that Australia was sending one of its
lighters to this country, that it counted
for something, but the crops of fistic
gentry that has invaded these parts
during the past years have all been
shines. Just how good Squires is no one
on this side of the big drink knows. It
Is true that he has beaten all the big
fellows In Australia and in and about
"Lonnon town," but Just how good those
hj has beaten are, is something else we
know nothing about. Squires might he
a second Jeffries, then again he might
not. In fact its a cinch that he is not.
Jeff quit the game because there were
no more fighters in the heavyweight class
that were worthy of meeting hlni. His
last battle was with Munroe and because
this was such a rotten bad fight, Jeff
went Into retirement rather than again
lake the public's money in such a fiasco.
This being the case, it would be best for
the fight promoters to try Squire out with
the winner of the Tommy Burns-Jack
O'Brien fight which will take place early
In the coming May.
Fifty Thousand Dollar Bait.
Jeff so far has kept his hands clean.
His name stands for honesty in the fight
ing game, but there are limits to the
temptations that can be offered to a man.
That $00,000 looks mighty big to the re
tired champion and the chances are that
be would be willing to allow himself to
be matched with Squires and be willing
to take a chance of his being a fighter of
some ability. In one way Jeffries could
not be blamed for this. From time to
time, stories of what Squires could do
with the padded mlus have found their
way into American prints, but this may
be press agent dope and it might prove
later that the Australian would turn out
to be the meanest kind of a dub.
Whether Jeff will allow himself to be
talked Into a tight with Squires for that
bag of Nevada gold remains to be seen.
As a card it would be great, not so much
because of its international character as
because Jeff would again enter the ring.
It would be Jeff that would bring the
fight fans to the ringside, and they would
go there feeling that there was no danger
of the. title leaving America either.
From stictly a fight standpoint it would
be better if the various fight magnates
would match the foreigner with the win
ner of the Burns-O'Brien fight. Then If
Squires should happen to win. no one
on this side of the pond would dispute
bis right to a match with the big ex
bollermaker. Such a fight would also
give the fight fans a line on the stranger.
Instead of the fight being a one-man
affair in public opinion it would be well
divided, for any man who can stow away
either O'Brien or Burns must naturally
be a boxer of considerable class.
O'Brien Has Man Sized Up.
Jack O'Brien was on the point of going
to Sydney. Australia, when the talk of
8 return match between him and Sam
Merger sprung up. The Phlladelphian,
who never makes a bad match, must have
a good line on Squires or he never would
have been ready to ftght him. If O'Brien
can beat this stranger he is miles from
being a fighter entitled to a battle with
Jeff.
Before Burns and O'Brien finally agreed
to fight for Manager McCarey: the Los
Angeles promoter, they made him raise
the Rhyolite offer $.W0. This means that
the pair who recently fought a draw
will battle for this big purse next May.
The articles call for straight Marquis of
Queensbury rules. There was some Ut
ile talk about fights that the two men
might engage In before the date set for
the hlg battle, hut It was finally settled
by both men giving McCarey a note call
ing for J250O for appearance March 18.
1M7. In case either Is knocked out in a
fsht before this date McCarer collects
the money If he can. After March IS
no side battle can be fought. The arti
cles of agreement follow:
Burns-O'Brien Articles.
Thin agreement made and entered Into thi
I2d day of December. 1306. by and between
the raclflc Athletic Club, of Lou Angeles.
Cat. party of the flrst part, and Joseph F.
A. TIagan and Noah Brusso, parties of the
erond part.
M'ltnesseth that
First The party of the flrst part agrees
to provide a sum of $SO,00o, to be given as
a. purse to the parties of the second. part In
remuneration for their services In appear
ing In a boxing match, to he held in the
pavilion of the Pacific Athlete Club in Los
Angeles on some date to be hereafter tet
tlerl. and to be between May 7 and 14.
Second The parties of the second part
eeree to meet on said ds.te In said loca
tion and box 20 or 25 round, said number
of rounds to be definitely decided on March
1R. 1007.
Third The parties of the second part
agree not to take part in any boxing match
after said 18th day of March. 1(X7. until
Said contest, and that they will appear In
Ios Angeles on said date and will Imme
diately undertake trnlnlng for aald contest.
Fourth As a guarartee for their appear
ance In I.os Angeles on said date the par
ties of the aecond part have each delivered
to Thomas J. McCarey their note of hand
for $2500; payable on March IS. 1907.
Fifth It Is agreed between the parties of
the second part that the purse shall be di
vided between them as follows: Elxty per
rent to the winner and 40 per cent to the
defeated contestant.
Sixth It is agreed that the expense of
remunerating the referee shall be divided
equally between the parties to this con
tract, one-third each. " ,
. Seventh It 1" especially agreed that all
technicalities that may arise and are not
covered by the Maraquls of Queensberry
roles shall be settled by T. J. McCarey.
Eighth The contest shall be governed by
straight Marquis of Queensberry rules.
Ninth Each contestant shall be permitted
to wear flngerless kid gloves and soft ban-
frirTvE closes th
A T0UCHO'V OA TH
dages on the hand, said glovea to ba sub
ject to the Inspection of the referee.
Tenth Each contestant shall purchase
two sets of nve-ounce boxing gloves. Said
glovea shall be Inspected and selected by
the parties to this agreement, and the refe
ree on the day prior to the date of said con
test, and the -four glovea selected for use
shall be given into the keeplag of the party
of the first part, who hereby agrees to put
them Into safe-keeping until the time of the
contest, when they shall be delivered Into
the ring, having been touched by no outside
party.
Kleventh The referee shall be James J.
Jeffries and, should he be unable to officiate,
another referee shall be mutually agreed
upon.
.Whereunto the parties to this agreement
have hereunto set their hands and seals this
22d day of December, 1900.
MULTNOMAH IS HANDICAPPED
Chances Favor S. A. C. In Coming
Intcr-Club Athletic Tournament.
Never before has an interclub boxing
and wrestling tournament attracted more
attention than the coming contest be
tween Seattle Athletic Club and Multno
mah. The rivalry between these clubs
is keen in all athletics, particularly so in
boxing and wrestling. Seattle will send
her crack performers in the hope of again
defeating the Oregonians, and at the
present time the chances seems to favor
the visitors. Seattle won from Multno
mah earlier in the season, after the Jocal
club had named the weights. F$r the
coming contests, Seattle has selected rep
resentatives of weights that are hard for
Multnomah to meet.
No wrestler could be found to go on
against Homer Tilly at 150 pounds, and
rather than lose the match by default,
Edgar Frank will meet the Seattle heavy
weight. While It Is probably too much
to expect Frank to win with a handicap
of 25 pounds, there is nevertheless a feel
ing that Tilly hag no easy task ahead of
him.
Against the famous Frank Vance, who
recently won the championship of the
Pacific Coast from Kirk Montague of
Portland, Multnomah will send husky
William Dennis. Vance is probably the
best man in his class that has ever rep
resented the Seattle Club, but in Dennis
he will find a worthy antagonist. The
Portland boy Is a powerful, aggressive
wrestler, and has almost unlimited en
durance. Those who have met both men
say that Dennis Is stronger than Vance.
If Dennis can defeat Vance there is a
strong probability that Multnomah will
win, or at least get a draw.
The match between Olma Dranga and
Willie Hope will be watched with eager
ness, as the winner of this bout will get
two gold medals. Last year Dranga de
feated Hope, but in the recent meet at
Seattle they fought four fast rounds to
a standstill, and no decision was given.
Dranga is a cool, nervy boxer, and has
a terrific wallop with either hand. This
go will be a whirlwind affair.
Walch, who was slated to meet Chester
Brown in the 150-pound class boxing bout.
Is sick and will not be able to appear.
His place will be taken by Frank Bush.
Bush is a hard hitter, and has consider
able science. It is thought he will be
able to make Brown box, as never be
fore. In addition to the two boxing and two
wrestling matches, arrangements have
been made for two preliminary boxing
bouts by Portland men. Nlcken and Ford,
who furnished so much amusement at the,
recent Multnomah Club boxing tourna
ment, will meet again. Both are slug
gers, and can be depended on to put up
a good exhibition. Ford attends the
North Pacific Dental College, and the
tooth carpenters will be cWit In full force
to see their companion perform with the
padded mlts.
In the other preliminary match. Doug
las and Vincent will be the principals.
Both are said to be scientific, shifty
boxers.
To each of the winners In the Seattle
Multnomah contest, a gold medal will be
presented.
The Seattle and Multnomah football
teams will be guests of honor at the en
tertainment, which will be free.
Washington May Get Chesbro.
New York. (Special to Chicago Trib
une.) Washington has proposed a
trade to the Highlanders by which
Happy Jack Chesbro and Teager are
to be transferred to the club at the
National Capital for Patten, the well
known left-handed pitcher of the
Washington Club.
The proposition has been taken under
consideration, but there Is not much
chance of any deal being made by the
Highlanders until after Griffith has
returned to the East from a visit to
his ranch in'Montana. He Is expected
to reach New York some time In January.
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 30, 1906.
SPORTING EVENTS AS THEY
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BIG FIGHT TOURNEY
Promoter Riley Would Hang Up
$100,000 in Purses
FOR WORLD'S BEST TALENT
Gans and Herman In Prime Condi
tion for New Tear's Scrap Both
Men Hare Reached Weight.
Britt to Meet Winner. -
TONOPAH, Nev., Dec. 29. Interest In
the coming battle between Joe Gans
and Kid Herman has been subordinated
for the time being by a statement is
sued to the press by Manager Riley, of
the Casino Athletic Club, In which he
states his Intention to hold a colossal
pugilistic tournament early in the
Spring, with James J. Jeffries as the
stellar attraction. The sum of $100,000
will be devoted towards bringing to
gether the cream of the fighting talent
of the world. Riley said:
Gigantic Sight Carnival.
"It Is my Intention, as heretofore an
nounced, to hold a gigantic pugilistic
carnival early in the Spring. I will
submit this proposition to Jeffries! I
will offer him a purse of $50,000 to
meet five men, namely, Squires, Burns,
O'Brien, Schreck and Kaufman, on five
succeeding days, the champion to re
ceive $10,000 for each appearance1.
"If this Is not agreeable to Jeffries,
I will suggest that he meet both Burns
and O'Brien in the same ring or at
different times as he may elect, the
monetary offer to be. commensurate
with the task outlined. .In addition
to the above events, I propose- to have
as attractions a contest between Jimmy
Britt and the winner of the Gans-Her-man
battle"; a match between Abe At
tell and Jimmy Bowker, and a battle
between Joe Thomas and some other
well-known welterweight. In all, I
shall offer $100,000 to bring about the
proposed matches."
Both Pugs Make Weight.
Botli Gans and Herman are now at
the 133-pound notch, and there Is ab
solutely no question but that it will be
an easy task for them to fulfill weight
requirements on New Year's day. When
shown the blub offer of a $25,000 purse
for a match between Britt and the win
ner of the coming fight, and asked If
he would meet the Californlan In the
event of being returned a winner, Gans
said:
"No, I do not think; I shall fight
Britt. I have made up my mind, win
or lose in this fight, to retire from the
ring unless Battling Nelson can be In
duced to sign up with me."
Gans and Herman were examined by
a physician today, who pronounced
them to be in a perfect condition. -
Barring a five-mile early morning sprint
over the country roads through Bnow and
slush, Gans and Herman did little In the
way of exercise this morning.
"I am ready to go in the ring at a
moment's notice," said Herman, after
returning from his Jaunt. "I wish that
the fight could be brought off today,
so anxious am I to get into action."
Betting Is at Standstill.
Betting on the result of the fight was
practically nil this morning In the, local
poolrooms. A few small wagera only
were placed in the boxes of the pool
sellers. Herman's manager has re
ceived a telegram from Harry Wor
den, a well-known citizen of Chicago,
stating he had $10,000 to wager on Her
man, and requesting that the money be
placed at odds of two to one. The mon
ey has been telegraphed here and Gans
has virtually agreed to take $5000 at
the prevailing odds. The balance will
probably be quickly taken up, as there
is plenty of the Gans end In Tonopah.
Manager Riley, of the Casino Club,
has informed the press that he is in
receipt of a telegram from James J.
Jeffries, in which the boilermaker
states that he will leave Los Angeles
tonight to attend the right. Riley fur
ther states that the big fellow wired
APPEAR TO THE FANTASTIC PEN OF THE CARTOONIST
ANXIOUS TO At r AH
ah-tsmves -AM-
5QCAE5 COVES FROM AC S
him that he would do all In his power
in the way of offering his services to
the club management while In Tonopah.
The club manager also gave out the in
formation that Jimmy Britt will chal
lenge the winner of the fight, and that
he had already offered a big purse for
such a battle, to be decided in Tono
pah at an early date.
BIG SPORTING CONGRESS MEETS
The I. C. A. A. Discusses New Foot
ball Rules and Elects Officers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Th'e annual
meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic
Association of the United States here
today put itself on record as favoring
the amalgamation of the present foot
ball committee with the representatives
of Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Pennsyl
vania, Cornell, Annapolis and Chicago
Universities during 1907. In case that
cannot be accomplished, the seven
members of the football rules commit
tee of the I. C. A. A. of the United
States, appointed for the coming year,
were directed to formulate rules under
which football shall be played by the
institutions joining the association.
With a view to extending the mem
bership, it was decided to amend the
by-laws so that a conference of several
colleges may be represented in the I. C.
A. A. by single delegate. Captain
Palmer E. Pierce, of "West Point, was
authorized to apoint a committee of
three to endeavor to bring about an
amalgamation. -
There was but a single change sug
gested by the executive committee In
the personnel of the football rules
Edgar Frank, Who Will Meet Homer
Tilly, Seattle's 150-Pound Star Per
former. committee, and that was that Mr. Cur
tlss be replaced by Professor "W. L.
Dudly, of Vanderbllt, who will repre
sent all the Southern colleges. This
was approved by the convention.
The following officers were elected:
President. Captain Palmer E. Pierce, of
West Point; vice-president.- Harry L.
Williams,' Minnesota; secretary-treasurer.
Professor Louis Bevler.
On the executive committee, the
Western states will ba represented by
Dr. C. W. Heberington, University .of
Missouri. No selection was made for
the Pacific Coast district, there being
no members from those states.
The condition of college athletics
in Colorado, Ohio, Texas and other
parts of the country, was explained by
the delegates. They all stated that the
association work is raising the stand
ard of amateur sports and that a great
advancement in that line was accom
plished during the past week.
The convention adjourned until to
morrow. HOLIDAY RATES.
Announced to Ocean Beaches.
To enable patrons to visit ocean beaches
during the Thanksgiving and Christmas
holidays, the O. R. & N. Co. will, on No
vember 28 and 29. December 24 and 25. and
January 1, sell round-trip tickets to all
North Beach points at a rate of $2.50. For
further information ask at City Ticket
Office, Third and Washington streets,
Portland, Or.
! MULTNOMAH'S CRACK 125-POCJTD !
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RIDES 344 WINNERS
All Racing Records Broken by
Jockey Walter Miller. ,
SUCCESS IN HIS ALERTNESS
Ability to Get Away From Barrier
Enables Him to Win Many
Races at Start Lands
Some Long Shots. ,
Jockey Walter Miller has succeeded
In breaking 'all American records this
season. Up to the end of the Bennings
meet he has ridden 344 winners, about
60 more tiian the best previous record,
and he bids fair to swell this total
considerably before the new year ia
ushered In, says an Eastern exchange.
His success during the' meeting at
Bennings Is little short of phenomenal.
Out of 42 flat races run he has ridden
In 37, and has won 21, or about 67 per
cent of his mounts.
Some of the horses he has won with
have been at good prices, such as
Banker, 12 to 1; Monfort, i to 1, and
Onatas, 5 to 1. A flat bet on each of
his mounts to win would have brought
a handsome profit.
Miller's great Buccess 1s almost en
tirely due to hi" alertness at the post.
His knowledge' of pace and his ability
to finish will not stand comparison
with that of the great riders this
country has known, a great many of
his races being won at the start. A
gentleman who has been to the start
of a great many races during the sea
son, and who Is a close observer,
summed Miller's ability td" get away
from the barrier as follows:
"He attends strictly to his own busi
ness, throws his horse's head loose
when the word is given, and he can
kick a horse four times before the
other riders wake up."
Great at Getting Away.
Miller's ability to get away from the
barrier has given rise to all sorts of
talk of being favored -by the starter,
but such talk is merely the vaporings
of the maliciously inclined or is in
spired by the jealousy of some other
rider or his manager. Miller had a
great run of luck at the Sheepshead
Bay June meeting, and it was here
that talk of collusion first began. It
spread rapidly, as all idle and un
founded gossip does, and many who
backed his mounts consistently agreed
that it would be wise to drop him at
Brighton, where another starter would
be In command.
But the results at Brighton gave the
lie to the collusion talk. Starter Dale
was new to the Kast, knew no one,
yet from the start Miller was away in
front just as he had been with other
starters. Starter Dale paid Miller the
highest compliment an official could
pay a rider when- learning that he
would not ride the last week of the
Brighton meeting. He said:
"I am very sorry, for he la the best
boy at the post I have ever seen. He
gives a starter no trouble, but seems
to be always ready, and if all riders
were like him the starter's Job would
not be the nerve-racking position it
now is."
Accused of Rough Work.
But Miller has had to pay the pen
alty that usually attaches to fame. He4
has been accused of every offense on
the calendar except dishonesty. No
one has ever for a moment questioned
his honest motives. But if there is
a bit of rough riding it was Miller,
of course, that was the offender. That
he has been guilty of rough work at
times no one will deny, but not one
half of the offenses credited to him are
justly his due, and he Is always trying
to win.
He has been at the head of the list
at every meeting in the East this sea
son. Only once has he been suspended,
and this was by Starter Cassidy. Three
WAY SB NEXT YEAR
flACti ARE HELD
HAVE SOAED
AOFiEEMKHT.
times during the season he has ridden
five winners, and at Bennings last
Spring he won eight races straight,
ftv one day and the three first races
the following day.
No one but his employer can say
just how much money he has made
this season, but it must necessarily be
a large sum. During the season he
purchased a house for his mother, pay
ing $16,000 cash for the property. Mil
ler is not at all "stuck up" because of
his success and takes his honors mo
destly. They tried to make something
of a hero of him on the race train one
day, but he would not have It. and
with one or two companions he stood
on the platform of the car rather than
be lionized by those inside.
"I know I can't ride for many
years." he said recently, "and I am
going to make the best of my oppor
tunity. When I get beyond riding I
hope to have sufficient money to estab
lish me in some other business."
Miller will ride again next season
for the Newcastle stable. The contract
has been mutually pleasant and profit
able. RESULTS OF DAY'S RACES.
Winners at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29. Fair grounds
results:
Six furlongs Gold Proof won. Tom
Manikins second, Conjuress third; time.
Six furlongs Morales won. Chase sec
ond. Deoro third; time. 1:14.
Mile and a sixteenth, handicap Phil
Finch won. Minnie Adams second, Peter
Sterling third! time. 1:48 1-5.
The speed handicap, six furlongs Jug
gler won. Rusk second, Charles Eastman
third: time. 1:13 1-5.
Mile and half Shawana won. Padre sec
ond. Flavigny third; time. 2:34 4-5.
Mile and 70 yards Henry Watterson
won Florizel second. Pride of Wood
stock third: time, 1:45.
Mile and 70 yards Lacalche -won. Scalp
Lock second, Erla Lee third; time, 1:46 1-5.
At Ascot PaTk.
IXS ANGELES, Dec.
today's races:
-Results of
Five furlongs Lady'Klttv won Louise
Fltzglbbon second, Virginia Lorraine
third; time, l:02Vi.
Six furlongs Confessor won, Lotta
Gladstone second, Foncasta third; .time,
1:54.
Six furlongs Renrow won, Edwin T.
Fryer second. Judge Nelson third: time,
1:16.
Mile Clgarlighter won. Line of Life
second, Lille B. third: time, 1:42H.
Five furlongs Entre Nous won. Esca
lante second. Toots Mook third; time,
1:01.
Mile Gentle Harry won. Mountebank
second, Lucrece third; time, 1:44.
At Emeryville Track.
OAKLAND, Dec. 29. Results of today's
races:
First race. Futurity course Mabel Hol
lander won. Coco second, Mrs. Mat
thews third: time, 1:14 2-5.
Five and half furlongs Cloudllght won.
Sir Russell second. Phalanx third; time.
1:09.
felx furlongs The Mighty won. Bell
Reed second. Yo San third; time. 1:16.
Mile and sixteenth, Mannie Grey handi
cap Logistllla won. Sir Edward second.
Gateway third; time. 1:48 1-5.
Mile and quarter Iras won. Briers sec
ond. Elie third; time. 2:14 2-5.
Six furlongs Woolnia won. Ocean Shore
second, Canique third; time, 1:15 4-5.
JOHNSON WAS GREAT SKATER.
Made Best Records World Has Seen,
Declares Tom Eck. ,
Tom Bck, the veteran bicycle rider
and trainer of cyclists, skaters and six
day men, who bought out John S.
Johnson, claims that Johnson was the
fastest skater that ever put on a
skate. Eck says:
"Johnson skated a quarter of a mile
In 28 seconds at Red Bank, N. J., from
a standing start. That is the fastest
performance on skates the world ha
ever seen. Another great performance
of Johnson was three-quarters of a
mile on the circular track in 1:54 from
a standing start. Moreover, this was
on made Ice, which Is not as good as
lake Ice.
"In his quarter in 28 seconds John
son traveled 15 5-7 yards a second. I
am compiling skating records, and I
find that this performance of Johnson's
eclipses any other for sustained speed.
"Peter Oustland covered 1500 meters
in 2:22 3-5 on Mount Davos, Switzer
land. He had the advantage of rarl
ftPd air and fine ice. This and Jan
Eden's 5000 meters in 8:41 are the fast
est skating performances ever done in
Europe, but neither represents the
speed attained by Johnson."
CITY IS OFF
FIGHTING MAP
Los Angeles, Tonopah, Rhyo
lite and Ely Are Holding
Pugilists' Attention
FIGHT TRUST IS TO BLAME
Herman-Gans Mill at Tonopah Is
Not a Goldfield Bonanza Britt
Denies He Is Engaged
to Actress.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 29.
(Special.) The fight center has moved.
It used to be in San Francisco, you
know, not so many moons ago. Now
it's Los Angeles, Tonopah, Rhyolite,
Ely or any other spot that wants to
offer a purse. Twelve months ago the
fans would have said you were crazy
if you predicted that December would
pass by without a professional match.
Today they are staring the stern
facts in the face. There ain't goin' to
be no show, and the fight trum i3 re
sponsible. Each individual member '
has been looking at the other fellow,
and the various promoters have been
so much engaged in trying to beat out
the balance that the shows have fallen
by the wayside. .
As long ago as September Willie
Britt was hollering great things about
what he would accomplish when De
cember (his month) came around.
Well, December came, but there was
no Willie. He was having a gay old
time, and subordinates had to do Ills
work. That meant that the work was
not accomplished. There was a half
hearted attempt to match Willie Fitz
gerald and Jimmy Britt. Fitzgerald
was brought to San Francisco without
the conditions being stated. When lie
arrived, one of two things happened.
Either Jimmy Britt got cold feet or
he thought the house would not be
sufficiently large. At all events, lie
insisted on Fitzgerald taking off seven
pounds in less than a week. Fitzger
ald flatly refused, and the match fell
through. That was all right for James
Edward, whose flats vstill bring in a
good Income, but decidedly tough on
Fitzgerald.
Then there was a rush for any old
match. Cyclone Thompson was hailed
from Ogden, where he had gone to
fight Maurice Thompson. He said he
would come, and did start.
But again the trust got cold feet. It
wired Cyclone to say where he was.
Then they called ofT the fight, but
Thompson came anyhow. At all events,
there will be no fight this month. Cof
froth wants to get a special permit to
pull the fight oft early In January. He
may succeed, but it looks doubtful.
That Herman-Gam fight in Nevada
is attracting but little attention, so
far as California people are concerned,
and the .only papers devoting any
space are the Chicago sheets, which
have a sort of community interest be
cause Kid Herman hails from that
section. I saw some press agent stuff
out of Tonopah the other day to the
effect that already a big batch of San
Francisco sports were present, and
that 'Jimmy Coffroth, Harry Corbett.
James Edward Britt and others would
be in attendance. Take it from me
that's all a dream. No one of the
gentlemen named ever had any Inten
tion of making the trip. Jack Welch has
departed for Nevada because he was
selected as the referee and gets $1000
for his work, otherwise Jack would
have stayed at home ind minded his
business. Harry Corbett is the man
who predicts that Gans ought to be a
3-to-10 favorite, and laughs when you
ask him If he will see the fight. There
will not be more than 10 San Fran
cisco people at the ringside, and that
Is a large estimate. Tonopah got In
wrong and Is a bit sore because Gold
field occupied so much attention. The
promoters can't begin to realize that
there is a difference in the matches, as
well as In the time of year.
"Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien, who was
rematched with Tommy Burns the oth
er day to fight in Ios Angeles some
time in May for a purse of $3ft.0tj0, la
in Kan Francisco temporarily. You peo
ple who think that Burns bus a cinch
the next time they ment just begin to
figure up before you do any betting.
O'Brien underestimated Burns. That's
about all there Is to that story. The
next time there will be a different end
ing, and I don't think that Tommy
Burns will receive the plaudits of the
crowd. Here is what A. J. Mi-Ijcan, who '
is managing Jack Johnson, told me the
other night: "Burns Is a husky chap
and all that, but the next time they
meet he will be whipped by O'Brien.
Jack has too much class for Burns. He
will be in the best of condition and
Burns will not know what happened."
According to the latest reports, Jim
Jeffries has accepted the J'iO.ooj offer
made by Rhyolite. Nev., to fight Bill
Squires, the Australian heavyweiu,
sometime In April. That is considered
rather doubtful, but the match may be
made. Americans have comparatively
little line on Squires, lie had a fight
recently with a 185-pounder named
Peter Kllng, who was knocked out in
three -rounds. According to the news
paper accounts, it was a hammer and
tongs affair, with neither man show
ing any class. Squires will have to do
something better than go at Jeffries
In open fashion if he wants to win.
Quite a sensation was caused in San
Francisco this week by an unconfirmed
story of the engagement of James Britt
and Neva Aymar, an actress on the
Olympic circuit. Both persons were
called upon to affirm or deny the story
and each one refused to make any
sort of statement. It Is a fact that
Miss Aymar, who Is a handsome little
actress, thinks the world and ail of
Britt, but whether It is anything as
serious as a wedding remains to be
seen.
HOT AFTER NATIONAL REGATTA
Phlladelphians Already Have the
Money to Defray Expenses.
The Schuylkill Navy oarsmen Intend
to leave nothing undone which will
help them to secure the award of the
National Regatta of 1907. They already
have enough money pledged to pay the
expenses of the regatta, the boat clubs
alone having contributed $1500, and
the balance being made up from out
side contributions.
At the monthly meeting of the Na
val Board a resolution was passed
eagerly calling for the appointment of
a committee of- five to devise ways and
means of holding the next year's Na
tional Regatta and Instructing the
committee to notify the National As
sociation if the regatta be held there,
it Is the desire of the Schuylkill Navy
that all races be rowed straightaway.