THE SUNDAY OREGONTAN, PORTLAND, JULY 21, 1907. AGED FIGHTER LURED INTO BIMG Venerable Fitzsimmons Is Sac rificed to Greed of Fight Promoters. GAME IS IN DISREPUTE Following the. Barren Victory ol Johnson, San Francisco Offers the Next Fiasco in the Xelson-Britt Match. Sporting writers in various Eastern cities, including Philadelphia, have been telling the public for some little time past that the sport of prizefighting was again being recognized in the effete East. This statement was taken with a grain of salt at the time the first reports were published, and since the recent fiasco at Philadelphia, which occurred no later than last Wednesday, the Western critics and the lovers of the game as well are more than skeptical, and, It may also be added, disgusted, with the so-called re juvenation said to be experienced in that section of the country. Universal condemnation is meted out to the promoters of the sport in Quaker Town who are repporiRible for the bring ing of Ruby Robert Fitzsimmons from an honorable retirement and matching him against that rankest of all rank fighters, and a black man at that. Jack Johnson, of unsavory fame not only in Portland, but along the entire Pacific Coast. Johnson is known as the premier faker of the puglistic game today and in this respect is not excelled even by the record of Joe Gans. made while that worthy was under the management of the late, but notorious, Al. Herford. Poor old Bob Fitzsimmons! During his term of fighting, when he made a host of staAch admirers, who followed him even after his defeat at the hands of that unbeatable of gladiators. James J. Jeff Ties, he was always rated as a square man in the ring, and principally on that account the sports of gambling tendencies were never loath to wager on the chances of the Australian in any fight he ever had. Even on the occasion of his second meeting with Jeffries there were many who thought enough of the Ruby One to wager a bet or two on his chances against the big Los Angeles man. ' After his second defeat at the hands of the champion of all champions, it was be lieved that Fitzsimmons had retired for good and all, but this surmise proved in correct In view of the fact that he later took on Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, and in this affair the ex-champion came outw again loser. Admirers Want Him to Quit. His admirers, who still clung to him in adversity, earnestly Implored him to quit the game and retire to private life. Fltz had won enough glory in the ring for one man, and it was believed that after the bout with O'Brien he would adhere to the advice of his friends. But it was not to be. The career of the one time great fighter and conqueror of the supposedly invincible and clever Corbett was not to end his days, with the .glory acquired in many hard-fought contests, for a few greedy promoters from Phila delphia, the city hitherto known In the sporting world for its fairness, must needs come to the front and match the aged fighter against the youth and brawn of Johnson. This man has not earned his disrepute on account of his color, for negroes like Joe Gans, George Dixon and others have won the applause of the fight fans to this day, but he has earned the contrary through his unsportsman like demeanor and arrogant attempts at personal superiority. Jack Johnson, who has figured in a number of fights, has yet to show up in a ring contest where his actions and tactics are commendable in every re spect. He Is usually open to be fixed or, in other words, 1b wiling to lie down If the promoters or heavy bettors will make It worth his while. lis victory over Fitzsimmons is noth ing to boast of. for even though he won he failed to put the aged Cornlshman out, t that Fits was saved by his. seconds ! PRINCIPALS IN THE NEXT FIGHT OFFERED TO THE SAN FRANCISCO FANS throwing up the sponge, but in spite of this Johnson is not entitled to any credit for his easily won victory, and in addi tion those responsible for the match are deserving of the strongest censure. Promoters Should Be Condemned. Fitzsimmons has been in retirement for a period of some two years, during which time he built up a lucrative busi ness by establishing a physical culture school, which was liberally patronized. Why was he not left' to this line of work? The true sportsmen of Philadel phia should roundly condemn , the men responsible for his disgrace and should be driven out of the fighting game In Pennsylvania and the country as well. The memory of the fighting days of John L. Sullivan still lingers In the .minds of the fight fans, and such fame as still clings to the Boston champion of the olden days would still have been shared by Robert Fitzsimmons had he been left in peace. While calling attention to the Fltzslm-mons-Johnson fiasco of the past week, it may as well be stated that another contest of the same character is about to be foisted upon the sporting public of San Francisco. This bout is none other than the coming affray of fisticuffs scheduled for Colma between Jimmy Brltt, hero of several fake performances in the past, and Battling Nelson of un savory connection with one Billy Nolan, also a faker pure and simple. Fake of Rankest Sort. This gigantic fake about to be per petrated on the San Francisco sports Is the yellowest deal they have had rung in on them formany a day, and is purely a money-getting proposition hatched by the principals. Brltt Is anxious to recoup some of his losses sustained during the Ean Fran cisco fire, and Nelson desires to replen ish his exchequer, which has been sadly depleted by Investments In little bits of pasteboards known in turf parlance as "tear-ups." Both re anxious to place their hands In the pockets of the-public and relieve the feeling of emptiness noticeable in their money bags. San Francisco, being hungry for sport after almost two years of abstinence, and also by reason of the small sat isfaction furnished by the puncture placed In Bill Squires' balloon by Tommy Burns recently, is willing to pay for anything In the line of a box ing exhibition, as the promoters now bill the game. , A few fights of the Squires-Burns and Brltt-Nelson kind, and the great boxing center will become infected with "lid itis" of a more virulent type than the kind now spreading over Portland by Dr. Manning. NEGROES, AND THE COLOR LINE Degrees and Shades May Appeal to Colored Pugilists. A recent news item says that when John C. Daney, Washington's Recorder of Deeds, passed slips of paper about in his office to gather statistics concerning the force and asked that they ba filled out, there was a strenuous objection to the color question by several negro em ployes. One negro woman absolutely re fused to write "colored" after her name, and finally compromised by putting down "tan." This opens the way, to the negro pugil ists that the white fighters are so assid uously sidestepping. Jack Johnson, whose H skin is a rich blue-black in color, might claim to be "violet." Joa Jeannette could easily get away with the "tan" claim, while other great negro fighters could grade themselves off from blue to purple. If some of the negro fighters would follow the example of their country woman and "draw th color line." maybe the white fighters who refuse to battle with them now will change their minds and seek- matches. Suppose Joe Gans should draw the color line and fight only blacks! Wouldn't the white lightweights make an awful howl? Cricket Matches Next Month. The Portland Cricket Club will play the Vancouver, B. C, team on the club's grounds August 3. It will probably be an all-day match, beginning at 10:30 in the morning. Arrangements have been com pleted for the big cricket tournament, which will be held in Vancouver, August 19 to 24. Two teams from Vancouver, two from Victoria, one each from Nelson, Vernon, New Westminster and the All Washington and Portland teams have been entered. This will be a very Impor tant week for cricket, and after the tour ney, this season will probably close. Port land will play against Seattle In Seattle, August 17. DAD"TRINEWAS TRUE SPORTSMAN Oregon Man Who Won Success as Sprinter and Trainer of Athletes. WIDELY KNOWN ON COAST Turned Out Winning Track Teams From University of Oregon and Agricultural College How He . Prevented Train Wreck. William O. ("Dad") Trine, whose death occurred a few days ago at Corvallis, was known all over the Pacific Northwest as a trainer of pronounced ability and as a clean, upright sportsman. He was a pro- fesBlonal footracer during his youth, but afterward he undertook the work of training college athletes, and met with unprecedented success. When Trine was a young man he wore a luxuriant brown beard and was known among sporting men as "Whiskers." He met and defeated some of the fleetest men in the country before he quit foot racing, and he also headed a number of champion hose teams when hose racing was at Its height In the Pacific North west. Trine was a native Oregonlan, and at the time of his death was 43 years of age. He was reared on a farm near Eu gene, and during his youth ha took the measure of many a local celebrity. Later on . he branched out Into professional foot-racing and horse training. In both capacities he was uniformly successful and was held in high esteem by his fellow-sportsmen. He was a big, powerful man, possessed of great strength. He was notonly a fast man in the sprints, but he established creditable records in the middle-distance and in the mile run. About 12 years ago, when the famous tratner was living on his farm, near what Is now Springfield Junction, he proved himself a real hero by preventing what might have been ' a terrible wreck. He was on his way home one night when he ran across a horse whose legs had fallen through a cattle guard on the main line of the Southern Pacific railway. The animal was helpless and was so situated that its bulky form would have wrecked the heaviest train on the road. Trine began to work with the horse, endeavor ing to extricate it from its dangerous position. While doing so he heard the roar of a passenger train approaching from the south. The man had neither lantern nor matches with which to warn the flying train, and he realized that the only hope lay in getting the horse out of the cattle guard. He pulled and tugged and twisted, but all to no purpose, while the roar of the approaching train grew louder and louder. At last the engine rounded the curve, not more than a hundred yards away, and as the rays of the headlight fell across the cattle guard the engineer saw the danger and applied the brakes. With the oncoming train not more than 60 yards away. Trine made an almost su perhuman effort and rolled the horse out of the cattle guard and down a steep embankment, where It landed with only a few scratches. The train, with Its load of human freight, dashed by at ft high rate of speed, but was brought to a standstill a few hundred yards down the track. Trino's heroism undoubtedly pre vented a terrible wreck, but when members of the train crew hurried back and found him lying exhausted beside the track, he refused to give his name, but continued his homeward journey In the darkness. His Identity was disclosed afterward. Turned College Trainer In 189 6. In 1896. Trine was engaged to-train the track athletes of the University of Oregon. He turned out a team that won the state championship, and la 1898 his men won the college champion ship of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. He developed winning teams during the seasons of 1899, 1903 and 1901. During the two last-named seasons Oregon won the championship of the Paclfie Northwest, and individual mem ber of the team established some splendid records. Rival colleges be gan to look upon Trine as an omen of defeat. It was Impossible to beat him. Realizing his worth as a trainer of athletes, the students of the Oregon Agricultural College secured his serv ices at the opening of the season of 1903. The Eugene team won from Cor vallis that year, but Trine was handi capped by having a lot of unex perienced men. In 1904 and 1905, how ever, the "Aggies" showed their heels to their 'varsity rivals. During the latter year. Trine developed one of the bet,t teams in the West and won the Pacific Northwest championship without a struggle. In Williams, Smithson and Greenhow, of O. A. C, and Payne, Hlggins and Heater, of the University, Trine developed a bunch of runners that were good for points in any meet in the country. He was a good trainer In all branches of ath letics, but was especially good In the runs. Trine was a modest man. He had lit tle to say about his own achievements and those of his men. He went about his work with a quiet determination that spoke volumes. When he opened his mouth his words meant business. He was not over-severe with his men, but he insisted upon a rigid observance of training rules. He made friends wherever he went and was always recognized as a "square" sportsman He was a man of abstenlous habits and of high ideals. His Influence upon the athletics of the Pacific Northwest will live for years to come. No Team for A. O. XT. Meet. While no definite announcement has been made by the board of directors of the Multnomah Club, there is a tacit understanding that Multnomah will not send a team to the A. A. U. games at Jamestown. There was some talk about sending a four-man team and it was also proposed to Bend Dan Kelly and Trainer Hayward, but both of these projects have been abandoned. Relations between Kelly and the club tire somewhat strained at the present time, due to the failure of the cham pion to compete In the Seattle meet. While it is freely admitted that Kelly was Injured before the Seattle meet, the local clubmen do not believe that the injuries were of such a serious nature as to keep him on the side lines. On the other hand, Kelly declares that the muscles of one of his legs were In bad condition; and that he was not In shape to do Justice either to himself or to the club. The unfortunate con dition of affairs has caused considerable Ill-feeling between certain members of the club and Kelly's more ardent ad mirers, and it is unlikely that the champion sprinter will ever again wear the "winged xM." Word comes from Eugene that Kelly is in good con dition and that his admirers In different parts of the state will raise funds with which to send him and his trainer to Jamestown, where Kelly will compete as a representative of the University of Oregon. The Olympic Club will send a team of 12 men to Jamestown and will make a hard fight for first place. With such athletes as Plaw, Powell, Clark, Sned igar, Gllmore, Parsons and Glarner, the San Francisco clubmen will un doubtedly make a good showing. Kerrigan Goes to Berkeley. Portland is about to lose an athlete who has made the name of the Rose City famous In WeBtern athletics. Bert Kerrigan, the clever little Jumper of the Multnomah Club, has announced his Intention of goirg to Berkeley, Cal., where he will engage in business. Ker rigan has long been identified with the Multnomah Club, and with the athletic development of the Pacific Northwest. He has been doing athletic stunts since 1S94, and has made a number of credit able records. In 1896, when Mulinoniah and Olympic held their dual meet in this city, Kerrigan established a Coast record for the running high jump (8 feet 2V4 Inches). This record has not yet been brokan. Kerrigan also made goods records in the pole-vault and broad Jump. He was the backbone of the Multnomah track team for years, and was always a sure point-winner. In 1905 Kerrigan was appointed direc tor of athletics of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and in 1906 he was a mem ber of the American team that Jour neyed to Athens. The champion Jumper Is also a crack man in football, basket-ball and hand ball. He has served as a director of the Multnomah Club and has -been chairman of the outdoor athletic -committee for some time. Kerrigan will be missed In the athletic circles of Portland. His many friends here wish him the best of success In his new loca tion. Maccabees Will Move. DETROIT. Mich., July 20. The trustees of tle Knights of Maccabees have decided to move the Pacific Coast Medical Depart ment headquarters from Oakland. Cal., to Salt Lake City, Utah. POSE AS CHAMPIONS Pretensions of Second-Rate Yankee Pugilists Abroad. "UNKNOWNS" ON THIS SIDE Profess to Hold Titles to Get Privi leges of English National Ath letic Club Decline of Manly ( Art In England. A lot of second-rate American fighters who have been in England for some months hunting the coin which, they could not get over here, have been hailed as champions and representative American boxers, says an Eastern exchange. The business seems to have reached such a low ebb in London, due to the monopoly of the National Sporting Club, that small-bore boxers are received with admiration. "Gunner" Moir, the cham plon of Britain, a big heavyweight, who Is probably as good as several of the second-rate heavy men in the united States, is cock of the walk. Sam Langford, the Boston negro mid dleweight, who went there some months ago, has been followed by Sam McVey, the big colored heavyweight who recently went to a draw with Joe Jeannette in this city. Albert Delmont, of Boston. who was never more than a third-rater In the United States, has been put In the class with champions in London, Lord Lonsdale, the patron of colored fighters, has taken McVey in hand on the assurance of many lovers of the sport that he would make a hard fight against Jack Johnson. This week there has been another acquisition to the American list. Bob Scanlon, of Alabama, a big negro who says he is 19 year of age, has stepped forward as a coming champion, and the Englishmen have "fallen" for him. Mr. Scanlon may be the champion of Alabama, but Alabama Isn't on the pugllistlo map. But with the close of the season of the National Sporting Club the pugilistic busi ness will end until the Fall. The Amer icans must lie Idle till then or come home. Langford is already preparing to return. He is to meet Geoff Thome, once the sparring partner of Bob Fitzsimmons. But that is not a match that arouses Interest in London, for Langford put away "Ti ger" Smith so easily that the English men think him a world-beater. After the contest Langford will sail for the United States, where he hopes to get on fights with Joe Thomas, who has drawn the color line; Jack Sullivan, Sailor (Burke., and some others, who avoided him before he went across the water. - The lack of fighters in England has. It Is believed, been caused by the fact that at the National Sporting Club alone can championship matches be. fought out. The club is a close corporation at which only members and their friends may see fights, so that the public is shut out. As a result the average Briton, who can't afford to associate with sporting lords, loses interest In the game. Then the production of fighters ceases. It has come so near an end over there that such a man' as "Gunner" Molr can hold the heavyweight championship. JACK STTLLIVAN AFTER BURNS Posts $1000 Forfeit for Match With Conqueror of Squires. Tommy Burns need not go seeking Jim Jeffries, as there is one fighter who will accommodate htm, and Jack (Twin) Sullivan Is the man Burns must meet before going after any other championships. Sullivan beat Burns in a 20-round bout at Los Angeles, a spot where Burns stood strong enough to get a decision if he in any way merited it. ' To prove that he means business, Sullivan has deposited with the sport ing editor of the Boston American 11000 as a forfeit to meet Burns at catch weights for any distance and at any place in the country. This forfeit shall also go as a side bet In the match If Burns wants It. 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