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THE SUNDAY OREGON1AX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 24, 1907. 37 PRIZE FIGHT GAME "IS ON THE WANE Such Is the Indication From Dope Gathered From Coast Centers. TONOPAH RILEY DEAD ONE IVIII G. MacKae Reviews the Whole .Situation bo Far as Fistic Game on the Pacific Coast Is Concerned. BT WILL, O. MACRAB. Is it possible that the prizefight boom that flourished, beginning with the Kel- ion-Gans fight and winding up with the Gans-Herman fight, has been pricked and bursted? It would seem so. Just now there Is a lot of talk about Tonopah Riley sidestepping the, Brltt-Gan match end on the heels of this cornea word from Chicago that Kid Herman has can celled his battle with Young Corbett. While In a measure It Is to be regretted that the BTltt-Grans engagement has fallen through. It Is a good thing for ithe fighting game that the Corbett-Her-man battle Is off. I Among the genuine lovers of the fistio game there will be no regret over the passing of Riley, the Tonopah fight pro moter. Any man who would be foolish enough to hang up a purse running into ithousands for a battle in which Kid (Herman, who was never anything better tnan a poor secona-rater. participated should not be allowed to live 15hg as a promoter. What the Tonopah sporting men who dug deep into their cash ac counts to foot the bills of this fight 'ought to do is to tie a can to Riley. If he had any sense he would have known that In spite of Joe Gans popularity he could not get the fight fans to the ring side when he matched him against Her Iman. Another thing that showed that he had no head was the date set for the 'fiKht. New Year's may be a holiday all right, and the sporting men may be Idle on that day, but when It cornea to drag ging them from their own firesides to a country of sagebrush and snow they jslmply refuse. i When Tonopah matched Brltt and Gans It Bhowed some signs of human Intelli gence. This fight should have attracted a great deal of attention. It should have brought the San FYanclsco and California jflght fans to the ringside, but It could .hardly have caused an Eastern invasion. To close students of the game it was only another abortion. Even close admirers of Jimmy Brltt admit taht he could not whip the Baltimore "Chocolate Drop." ,In the East, where Brltt fought McGov ern, he made no Impression. Has the Boom Bursted. The failure of Tonopah' to back tip Riley's match Is considered the end of the boom days In big purses for fighters. Tfiere is a limit to all things, and it would be a blessing for the fighting game If this did end the swollen purses. A good sample of the Inflated purse offer ing for fighters Is Jack O'Brien. Time was when Jack O'Brien, if he cleaned up a couple of hundred dollars trimming dead ones around Philadelphia, thought he was in clover. Now O'Brien can't talk of entering Into a match with any other fighter without first calling for a purse of J20.000 or more. Fighters are not to be blamed for holding out for fortunes every time they put on a pair of gloves, but the fight promoters who yield to their demands seem to have been missed by the fool-killer. In the' days when men were real prize fighters a J1000 purse was rare. Now even the dubs who fight In the preliminaries refuse to enter the ring unless they are handed a big wad. Tommy Burns, like O'Brien, fought most of his battles for purses that did not stack up big. Now Tommy never wants to fight for less than a JIO.000 purse. When it came to making a second match with Burns and O'Brien, Tommy at first fell all over him self accepting the $20,000 purse offered him I by the Los Angeles promoter. Tommy was willing, bt O'Brien winked the other eye and Los Angeles had to boost the price. For a time St looked as if this match WouId go by the board. Hartman has ibeen trying to get a bill through 'the ! California Legislature putting the lid on the fighting game. This Is the second time an anti-prizefight bill has been .Introduced In the Legislature. The de ifeat of the first bill caused a scandal. ;It Is not likely a scandal will arise this time, for Hartman, who is father ing the bill, introduced It for spite work. Because he was denied more 1 than his share of free tickets he vowed vengeance upon the San Franclsoo pro 'moters, and his anti-fight bill Is the result. For this reason chances are against It. Want Law Against Fighters. I Should It happen, however, that the WU be passed, then, the Burns-O'Brien fight will ,be off. In San Francisco Hartman has thrown a scare Into the fight promoters, and they have not :been talking much of late. Jimmy Cof-. froth, who was scheduled to look after Brltt in his fight against Gans, will be among the first of the San Fran cisco flght moguls to be heard from. In case the lid Is not put on the game by Ithe lawmakers. Fight fans who have Journeyed across the continent and .from all over the Northwest to sit at the ringside at fights made and man- !ged by Jimmy Coftroth are hoping that he will once more get back into the game. He is the one man In San Francisco who knows how to give the fight fans a run for their money. BOWLERS XEED $500 MORE Association Officials Call for Sub scriptions. . PORTLAND. Feb. 23. (To the Edi tor.) Portland and Oregon have on taeveral occasions demonstrated athletic superiority In many sports. Baseball, rowing, running and Jumping find their highest exponents within the limits of OU,r ?lty and stat- These are splendid, healthful and manly sports. I But there is another, the great univer sal Winter sport of the country which Is rapidly growing In favor In this city I allude to bowling. Portland has bowlers In the first class who are qualified to compete In My company. Portland Is showing her enterprise In ending two teams of star bowlers to the big bowling tournament, to take place at Denver March 7-14. This tournament Is of great significance and Importance. On Its account special railroad rates have been granted from all over the country. There will be a thousand bowlers and athletes there and 10,000 spectators and visitors. Portland must be represented before this throng. Seattle will be there, and Spokane and Oakland and San Fran cisco and Los Angeles. The bulk of the attendance will b from the Mis sissippi and Missouri "Valleys. These are the good people upon whom we wish to impress the richness of our state, the grandeur .of our climate, the beauty of our cities and towns, and the enterprise and generosity of our people. Sending these young athletes from Portland and from Oregon to the lists at Denver, where their prowess will be noted by not only the assem bled visitors, but by the athletic world at large, will furnish an opportunity for advertising and exploitation of re sources that cannot be measured In dollars and cents. But this enterprise must have the support of those who are Interested in the state's and city's welfare. The cost of suitable representation at the Denver tournament is small when con trasted with amounts annually ex pended for printed literature and mag azine advertising, which, by their com monplace character, are Idly glanced at and soon forgotten. Five hundred dollars is needed to complete the fund which will dispatch these ten young, live, lusty bolsters, who, themselves, are animated adver tisements, to the Middle West gather ing of athletes, tourists and the other thousands attracted to the Rocky Mountain metropolis by the low rates. Such of our population as are in terested in booming Portland and Ore gon and in having their praises sung abroad, and such others as are inter ested In having Portland's . athletlo prestige enhanced. . are requested to contribute to this cause. Five hundred dollars should be quickly and easily raised. Do not hesitate because of the smallness of your contribution. The time ia short and the teams must leave for Denver Sunday, March '3. Contributions may be sent to J. T. Hamilton, secretary and treaaurer of ' y """"" "I PORTLAND CRICKET the Oregon Bowling Association, ii Seventh street The public is cordially Invited to wit ness the practice games at the Oregon alleys, 84 Seventh -street, to be held during the coming week, Monday, Wed nesday and Friday. The teams' leave Sunday night.1 March 3, arriving at Denver Wednesday morning. The tour nament commences Thursday, giving the boys & day to swing their arms, bend their knees and bit "Louie," which Is German for headpin. OREGON BOWLING ASSOCIATION, J. H. Barbour, President J. T. Hamilton, Secy.-Tr.eaa. CRICKET CLUB TO HAVE HOME. Fine Grounds Will Also He Laid Off at Once. The Portland Cricket Association this week secured title to the 6M acres it purchased some time ago in March mont addition. In North Mount Tabor, near the Montavilla electrlo railway, and will proceed at once with erection of its clubhouse and laying oft the grounds. The price for the tract was 12500, and it TWO MULTNOMAH CLUB BOXERS Jnliaa Hughe. Is considered an excellent bargain. The ciuDnouse will be two-story, set in against the hill. It will be provided with lockers on the first floor. In the second atory there will be rest and reception rooms and a kitchen. The probabla cost of the building will be about J2500. The association will lay off the ground for interstate cricket contests. Here tofore, the Portland Cricket Association has not been able to invite other clubs here, but in the future will be able to do so. This year the Northwest cricket contest will take place at Seattle, but the following year the Portland Cricket Association will have the tournament on th home grounds. P. Chapell Browne, the architect, and a member of the board of directors, says that the building and grounds will be completed and ready for use about May 1. Directors and officers of the association are as follows: S. L. NT CDman TirMWftnt- T? Pvlanu tary ; W. Q. Smith, vice-president; H. W. Hodges, treasurer; P. Chapell Browne, J. D. N. Warren, A. S. Sisley. Scots Beat Irish at Football. EDINBURGH, Feb. 23.-In the fourth football match of the international series played today, Scotland beat Ireland 15 to J. As Scotland had beaten Wales and Kn gland has been defeated by Ireland and Wales, Scotland Is bound to win the trophy. BETTER OUTLOOK IN THE BAY CITY Active Preparations for Open ing of Baseball Season - Are Under Way. ' y GROUNDS WILL BE READY Seals May Train at San Francisco and Will Meet New York Giants Transferred Players Leave to Join Big League. BT HABRT B. 6MITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23. The baseball situation In San Francisco, Is looking up.. In the last-few days work on the new grounds at Fourteenth and Valencia streets has progressed to CLUB HOUSE, TO BE ERECTED AT such an extent that-it looks entirely reasonable to make the announcement that the new grounds will be ready when Portland and the Seals open the Summer war the last of March. AH of the old shacks have been removed and the contractor is now at work leveling the diamond and spreading loam, so that the new field will be in shape for the players. "There is no need to worry over the grandstand," said Jack Gleason, the business manager, who is in charge of construction. "That will be (erected, as we have over a month, but Just now we aro engaged In putting the diamond itself into shape. WeNvlll open the season all right. You can rest as sured of that." Manager Danny Long has Instructed all of his players to report for duty by tho evening of March 1 at Bakers field. Those who are not In San Fran cisco have had their transportation forwarded, with the notice when they are due at the training camp. Long will go with the home men on the afternoon of the 1st Charlie Street, the catcher, who finished last season with Willlarasport in the out law league, has capitulated and wired J. H. Tattle, Long yesterday that he would be ready to leave as soon as bis transpor tation arrived, and that he had al ready forwarded his signed contract. Harry Spencer is now the only out standing member of the Seals, and, truth to tell, the locals are not wor rying about what Harry is going to do. Ho will be in the fold, all right, when the time comes. The first game arranged for the Seals is with Bakersfleld Sunday after noon, March 3. While the men will still be rather green from lack of practice. Long figures that he can distribute them around to the extent that they will make a game out of it. If possible the Now York Giants will be persuaded to play a game in Bakersfleld the afternoon of March 14, and will then come to San Francisco for games March 16 and 17. "Judge McCredie has written me to have games arranged with the Beavers at Salinas," said Long the other day, "and I think it can be arranged when the Giants return to the South after playing us in San Francisco." If the grounds are in any sort of s nape, the locals, will remain at home aftor the middle of March and do their practicing here. It looks like a good Idea, as it will give the fans the best chance in the world to get a line on the reorganized team. Possibly you have seen a story that emanated from San Francisco to tbe iii- .... illlllillliilB 'J -, -' effect that Sacramento, Stockton and San Jose would combine to form a Three S team, to take the place of Seattle in the Coast League. I have It on excellent authority that the story is a pipe dream of the first water, and there is no chance for anything of the sort. In fact, it has not been consid ered or even suggested. If there i3 any change, and that looks quite prob able at present, there will be a four team league, with San Francisco, Port land, Los Angeles and Oakland as the contenders. This will- be rather hard on Fresno, but it may not be able to do- anything else. Go to Major League. Quite a bunch of players well known to the Coast League will leave this com ing week to Join the major league teams to which they belong. Bill Bsslck, who is now in the southern part of the state, and Mike Mitchell, formerly of Portland, will go to the Cincinnati rendezvous. Joe Nealon goes to Pittsburg, while -Hal Chase will join the New York Americans. Danny Shay has signified his intention of being with the New York Giants in Los Angeles. It is ealdi that Doc Mosklman will stay with Stockton this year, but I can't quite believe that sort of a yarn. These state league teams are great hands for announcing the signing of players when they have absolutely no strings on them. , "Buck" Francks, the old-time OkJand er, will be the captain of the Omaha nine. He was dissatisfied with his position, but was offered more money, and a little au thority and that sort of bait caught him very nicely. Roy Hltt. the fat . little t wirier of the Seals, who belongs to Cin cinnati, and bad a contract for $400 a month, is holding out for better Induce ments. Not contented with a salary that Is double what he ever received before, I NORTH MOUAT TABOR. Hitt says that he wants transportation for two and advance money. Garry Her mann ought to sit on this player good and hard, and perhaps the treatment would have a beneficial" result. Anti-Fight Bill Bead. The Hartman antl-flght bill is consid ered as a dead 'un. Several days ago some of the Sacramento newspapermen unearthed a letter that Gussie wrote to Henry Ach, a prominent attorney of San Francisco, and a friend of the adminis tration, in which he admitted that hl3 bill was dead and told how he .wanted to get out from under and save all the dig nity he could. The fight promoters don't care how much dignity Hartman saves, providing the obnoxious measure Is killed, and they are exceedingly happy along the Rue de Fillmore, these days. There is no' fight in prospect in San Francisco, nor will any announcements be made until just about the time the Legislature is ready to adjourn. Inas much as Mike Riley has quit promoting in Tonopah, It would not surprise me to see Jimmy Coffrotji pull off the fight be tween Joe Gans and Jimmy Brltt at Colma. There will be no $20,000 purse, that much I can assure you. Gans and the reciter of Shakespeare will have to take potluck along with the promoter. Harry Pollock, manager of Young Cor bett, has been here for more than a week in a vain endeavor to get Brltt to agree with him to fight Young Corbett, in Den ver. Britt is hanging out because he thinks there is a chance to fight Gans, and he knows that would mean more money. Anyway you put it, Corbett is considered a dead one here, with no pos sible chance of gaining his old footing He might sign with Dick Hyland, who beat him in five rounds once and is ach ing for another fight, but I don't think that Pollock is looking for that sort of game. v NATIONS TO STRAIN MUSCLES International Tug-of-W'ar Tourna ment Begins March 2. Final arrangements were completed yesterday for holding the international tug-of-war contest, beginning March 2 and lasting one week. The Judges and referee will go to the Auditorium building, at the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds, from First and Washington in a special car, donated by the street railway company. 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