The Sunday Oregonian., June 21, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 7, Image 43

THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 21, 190S. .
FIGHT FANS SHY
OF JACK 0"BRIEiJ
PITCHERS STILL
AHEAD IN BATTLE
Demonstrate
the $2000 Model G
Against Any $3000
Gar Made -
PORTLAND BOY VAULTING 12 FEET 7 INCHES
Promoter Coffroth May Be In
duced to Call Off Match
With Ketchell.
Batsmen Have Made No Gains
for Supremacy This
Season. .
NO FAITH IN EASTERNER
TEAM WORK WINS GAMES
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jjrr iiiMiiii ii inn ill nf mi i ""'eait
Talk of Side Bet or $5000 Between
Gans and Xelson Without Foun
dation Battle of McFar
land and "Welsh.
BY TVTLi, O. MAC RAE.
Promoter Jimmy Coffroth's return to
Ban Francisco has been awaited with a
great deal of interest by the Bay City
light fans, for they are anxious to know
whether there is anything in the story
sent out from the East, that he had
signed Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and
Stanley Ketchell for a fight on Mission
ray. When the news reached San
Francisco, there was a storm of protest
for they want none of Jack the Confes
sor's frame.
Coffroth may have had some notion
of matching these two fighters, but the
stand that the sporting writers and the
fans have taken against the fight, will
undoubtedly cause the resourceful
Jimmy to undergo a change of mind.
Nothing could be worse than this pro
posed light. Ketchell so far has kept
his hands clean and, beyond the money
there would be in it. the fight would
mean nothing to the champion.
O'Brien's own confessions, made boast
lngly at the time, should have put him
out of the fighting game forever, but
they seemingly have not. He has
fought several times around the "Un
conscious City" where lie seems to have
the fight fans hypnotized, but out on
the Coast he Is down and out.
No man who has been promoting
fights in recent years has done so much
for the game as Coffroth, and If he In
sists upon making this match, he will
make the mstake of his career. The
public has a great deal of confidence In
him, but they will lose It quickly
If this O'Brien-Ketchell farce goes
through. No one will have any confi
dence in the battle, for it will not be
known whether it Is another one of the
infamous brand of O'Brien fakes or not.
The best thing Coffroth can do is to let
Philadelphia be satisfied with the
O'Brien kind of fighters and stick to
the high class matches that he has al
ways brought about. It will be better
for t: e game, which is Just as wobbly
as the racing game Just now.
There has been lots of talk on the
part of Battling Nelson over that $5000
Bide bet between himself and Gans.
The truth of the matter is, there is no
side bet, and before Gans could get the
Bane back into the ring, he had to con
dent to splitting the purse with the
Battler. The only concession that Gans
gained was on the weight question.
When he meets Nelson- on July 4. he
will have the call on the weight, a
thing that he did not have in the Gold
field fight.
Ben Sellg, Gans manager, is the au
thority for the facts about the condi
tions on which the match was made.
This is not generally known, and
when it gets noised about. Interest in
the fight will not be so keen. The fact
that Gans consented to cut the money
in two, no matter whifh way the fight
goes, seems to indicate that he Is not
seeking the fight as keenly as he is
after the money. The same may be
said of Nelson.
To get the money cut in two was a
shrewd move on the part of Nelson.
The pair is sure of attracting a large
house and the Battler knows that If he
Is beaten by the champion. It is the
end of his making big money as a
fighter. If he stuck in the game, a
thing which I do not believe he intends
to do, he would have to fight second
raters and for small money. He said
while here that he expected to get
enough out of the Gans fight to enable
him to quit the ring and live on the
farm he has bought.
Jim Jeffries is going to pull oft a
fight that the fight fans over the coun
try will watch with interest. It is the
Packy McFarland-Welsh battle. This
will be an international affair and the
winner will be matched with the win
ner of the Gans-Nelson fight. The re
sult of these two battles will settle the
lightweight dispute. Gans. of course,
is the kingpin in the division, while
McFarland claims the white light
weight championship and so does Nel
son. Nelson won it when he beat
Jimmy Britt and then lost it back to
him.
BLACKBURN CLEVER FIGHTER
Mulatto's Battle "WT,th O'Brien
Brings Him Before Public.
From time to time the name of Jack
Blackburn has attracted the attention of
the fight fans. Blackburn's last fight
was with Jack O'Brien and the Philadel
phia Record has the following review of
the fight, which will interest the fight
fans, for there Is a chance that this same
negro will be heard from :
That six-round drawn flcht with Jack
O'Brien was a virtual victory for Jack
Blackburn when the weight and reputa
tion of the two men are taken into consid
eration. Very few thought the tall, thin
mulatto had any chance with the clever
O'Brien, and predicted that the man who
twice boxed twenty rounds with Tommy
Burns would win handily. This crowd felt
doubly conndent at the end of the first
round in which O'Brien put it all over
Blackburn, so to speak, but the farther the
flsht went the better the colored man
seemed to rtow. while the white boxer
plainly showed signs of tiring. The final
bell that ended the fight was much more
welcome to O'Brien than It wag to Black
burn, and all good critics agree that, had
the figh gone to a finish that night, Phila
delphia Jack would very llktly have been
defeated. At the beginning of the fight
O'Brien seemed at his very best, but as
the flcht orogresscd It became evident that
he was not as fast as he used to be. and
also that he was not keyed up to the point
of holding the fast gait set for any great
length of time. Then. too. the 1oit r-tiu-
burn gave O'Brien probably slowed hlra
down some, whereas the punishment re
ceived by Blackburn only seemed to make
him fight the faster. Should the men ever
come together in a longer tattle the negro
will have backing, notwithstanding the
141' pounds difference In weight.
To the followers of boxing who have wlt
neseed so many of O'Brien's frame-ups
last Wednesday's contest was particularly
Interesting, for at last they were able to
see what Jack could do in & genuine fight.
To be sure the conditions were all in
O'Brien's favor, for he - was heavier and
stronger, and more experienced than his
opponent, and If he had been the man he
has tried to make the public believe he is
good enough to hold the title of champion
of the world he should have proved an
easy winner. But what was the result?
Staying out with so great a lead in the
first round as to make the fight seem all
in his favor, O'Brien allowed Blackburn
to so far outbox him In the closing rounds
as to lead pome to think that the neero
deserved credit of a victory. For a fact,
however, the contest was too even for a
decision, particularly since neither man
was able to do any particular damage to
the other, so cleverly was every attack
ii to. ,si.r, twn. r , - -r--T ii:
A. C. GILBERT, OF" YALE, WHO HAS BEBX CHOSEX AS A MEMBER
OF THE AMERICAN OLYMPIC TEAM.
The above photograph shows A. C. Gilbert, of Portland, now a
student at Yale, breaking the world's record for the pole-vault at 12
feet 7 Inches at the Eastern trials for the Olympic team, held at
Philadelphia. Following' the meet, Mike Murphy, the famous Pennsyl
vania trainer, who will coach the Olympic team, and wno first handled
Gilbert at Yale before going to Pennsylvania, said that he expected
Gilbert to vault 13 feet at the Olympic meet.
met by the defense. It -was a rare sight,
however, to see Jack O'Brien, holding to
save himself against the attack' of an op
ponent weight 14 y pounds less than him
self. And this was the eame Jack O'Brien
tt-ho is credited with a victory over Bob
Kltzalmmons, the best man of his weight
with gloves who ever Jived, but now known
to be a faker. It was also the same
O'Brien who fought Tommy Ryan, of un
savory reputation; Joe Walcott, the negro
giant-killer, who Is known to he suscepti
ble to money Inducements; Joe Berger,
John Willie, Jack (Twin) Sullivan and Tom
my Burns, who, after going through with
one frame-up with Jack, exposed O'Brien's
faking ways and practically ruined him.
That last fight with Burns, which went
20 rounds, with the decision In favor of
Bums, and last Wednesday's bout with
Blackburn are two O'Brien fights that were
on the level, and in neither did Jack gain
any glory. He is now considering Stanley
Ketchell, the husky young Western middle-weight.
If O'Brien fights Ketchell It
should help his reputation for honesty, no
matter what the outcome may be.
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THTNTLS BURNS HURTS GAME
Joe Gans Discusses Demand of
Tommy for $30,000 Purse.
Joo Gans thinks Tommy Burns, cham
pion of the world. Is doing: the boxing
game unlimited harm by the stand he
has taken In holding out for J30.000 for
his own. win. lose or draw, In case he Is
matched with Jack-Johnson, the colored
fighter.
Joe dropped into an interesting line of
talk the other day when asked his opin
ion of the probable outcome of a meeting
between the white and the black stars.
He figures it will be a hard battle, but
finds much in the preliminary talk to
scold Burns for.
"There never before was a ' champion
fighter, whether in the feather, light,
middle or heavyweight division, that in
sisted on such Impossible terms as this
man Burns," Joe said.
"It might be said, too, thart. there never
was a man who derived less considera
tion from the public than this one. Mind
you, I am not criticising Burns because
Johnson is a man of my own color.
That makes no difference to my way of
thinking, as I firmly believe and always
have that Burns will give Johnson the
fight of his life and probably beat him.
I am figuring that Burns' stand is hurt
ing the boxing game just at a time when
it needs the most friends.
"Take from long before John Sulli
van's days. There never has been a
champion who demanded' so much as
Tommy Burns and was willing to give
so little. I believe in my heart that John
Li would have boxed Peter Jackson had
the circumstances been such that a fight
could 'have been arranged. Indeed, Sul
livan once said he would box Jackson at
double the price he would ask for a white
man.
"Sullivan "never wanted anything like
$30,000 for fighting any man or for fight
ing any three men, for that matter.
Neither did Jim Corbett, one of the
greatest boxers the world has ever
known It was thesame way with Bob
Fltzslmmons when he was champion of
the world, and right at his best, which
means that he was the greatest fighter
of his weight that we have ever had.
"Go back among the lightweights. Did
Jack McAullfte ask Impossible terms and
expect to sret them? Did George Lavlgne
or Frank Erne, who were better men and
more manly men than Burns, expect to
get a price for their services that would
be considered out of all reason?"
Baseball a Clean Sport.
"The game of baseball was never
cleaner that it Is today," 'said Ban John
son, president of the American League,
at Boston. "Rowdyism is almost an un-beard-of
thing now on the field, and
players conduct themselves while in the
yard like gentlemen. I believe that
each year' the game is destined to im
prove, and that it will not be long be
fore the uttering of an oath or loud and
noisy coaching on the field will be a thing
of the past. No report of any kind has
been made to me regarding Rube Wad
dell," said the president, "and, of course,
I could not say what would be done with
the Browns' pitcher if Manager McAleer
should call my attention to the eccentric
actions of Mr. Waddell."
Delagrange Will Visit America.
NEW YORK. June 20. Delagrange,
the famous French aviator, who has
been making long distance aeroplane
flights in different parts of Europe,
will visit America this Summer. He
has been secured by a coterie, of en
thusiastic aeronauts of St. Louis, in
cluding many members of the St. Louis
Aero- Club, and while It is Impossible
to ascertain the details of his visit, it
is believed that virtually all of his
flights with his famous aeroplane will
be made In the West.
GDLF HAS GROWN FAST
SCOTCH GAME HAS THRIVED IX
UNITED STATES.
During Past 25 Tears Sport Has
Steadily Increased In Favor
With Americans.
Few persons have any idea of th
progress the gams of golf has made in
this country during the last 25 years, says
the New York World. For that matter
there was no regular golf course in
America then, although, golf In an aim
less sort of a way had been attempted
severar years prior to the organization
of the pioneer St. Andrews Club, in 18S8.
It Is probable that the first golf ever
played in the United States was done
by Charles B. Macdonald, of this city,
After graduating from the St. Andrews
University, Scotland, Macdonald came to
this country, In 1875, and almost Immedi
ately located In Chicago. He brought
his bag of clubs along from the other
side, and It is worthy of mention that
he has some of those same clubs to this
day. No organization was affected then.
and Macdonald's playing was confined to
driving a few balls in the outskirts of
Chicago. i
Shortly after this Sir Edward Burgls,
an Englishman, who had traveled all
over the world and had played golf on
the other side, met Macdonald, and they
had a few matches, using tomato cans
sunk in the ground for holes. That was
practically the golfing situation In this
country 25 years ago, while now there
are thousands of courses throughout the
length and breadth of the United States
So rapid has been the increase, however,
that it would be little more than guess
work to attempt to enumerate with any
degree of certainty.
The first course in the vicinity of Chi
cago was laid out In 1831, just before
the World's Fair. Several British Com
missioners came over, also several
Scotchmen, including Sir Evelyn Wood,
and one afternoon they all went up to
Lake Forest and laid out a short course.
This did not amount to much, being con
fined to little more than a ten-acre lot.
but the following year they laid out a
good nine-hole links at Belmont.
It Is scarcely less Interesting to note
that after these years, during which
thousands of clubs have sprung into ex
istence and more than 1,000,000 Ameri
cans have joined the army of golfers, the
same Individual who was the leader in ap
proaching and putting solid gutty balls in
to tin cans out on the prairie should be
tha central figure In this country's lat
est and most remarkable golfing under
takingthe millionaire's course. Refer
ence is made to the National course,
which Maedonald hopes to see put into
commission this time next year.
Rapid strides have been made on this
golfer's retreat down among the sand
dunes near Shlnnecock Hills, and already
a fortune has been spent on this enter-r
prise, which when completed will prob
ably represent the highest standard of
a golf course in the world. And why?
Any course that Is to become a com
posite of the best holes to be found In
all Great Britain certainly ought to
eclipse anything now In existence.
But to get back to the time when the
game was but a baby In this country.
Hereabouts the game unquestionably re
ceived Its first real start with the forma
tion of the old "Apple Tree" brigade,
which became incorporated as the St.
Andrews Golf Club in 1888. The first
few years saw John Reld and his zeal
ous band golfing in a field not far from
the Tallmage residence in Yonkers. That
was when the spreading apple tree near
the first tee was used as a meeting
Place. .
Multnomah Junior Track' Meet.
For the purpose of organizing a track
team from among the ranks of the Ju
niors of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Association, a field meet will be held
next Wednesday at 6 P. M., in which
more than 30 members will contest for
honors In the high and broad jump, 75
yard dash, 100-yard dash and low hur
dles. The entries are as follows: Harold
Dabney, Davis Welsh, Thammie Dell
O'Hanlon, Joe Dorney, D. Getty, Harold
Quigley, Carlyle Geisler, Leon Fabre,
Clarence Prehn, Orvin Daley. Ed Duffy,
Walter Gerstel, Jack Copk, Colton Meek,
R. Whitney. Robert KroTin, D. W. Men
singer. William Oberteuffer. Jr., George
M. Schaefer, Avery Lasswell. Charles
Prehn, John Oscar Baker, Earl Crow,
Howard Black, David Brace, A. L. Grut
zr and Melvln W. Boyle.
That and Individual Sense a Win
ning Combination Foul Strike
Rule Proves Big Handicap.
Must Follow Team Play. .
Contrary to impressions that have
prevailed, the batsmen are not having
any easier times with the pitchers this
Summer than they did in the last few
seasons in the big leagues, says the New
York World. Now that two months of
the season have passed comparisons of
the batting averages of the leading bats
men of the National and American
leagues for 907 and this season can be
made.
At the close of last season there were
four players in the National League'
ranks who had batting averages of .300
per cent pr better. This year, up to date,
seven men are in the select class. Two
of these, Merkle of New York and
Howard of Chicago, are substitutes. Of
last year's leaders Hans Wagner, who led
the league, is the only .300 hitter. Dooin,
of Philadelphia, who now leads the
league with ,330 per cent, last, year
finished the season with an average
of .211. per cent.
Among the American League plavers
last year nine finished the season In the
.300 class. Up to date this year of 14 in
the select class five are youngsters play
ing in fast company for the first time.
They are Criss of St. Louis, who leads
the league with .412 per cent, made aj, an
emerrency batter; Eddie Collins, the Co
lumbia College boy, with the Athletics;
McConnell of Boston, Ball of New York
and Schweitzer of St. Louis.
Of those who finished the 1907 season
with .300 per cent or .better, Cobb of
Detroit and Stone of St. Louis, are in
the select class this season.
It has been stated that the falling off
In batting during the last decade Is due
principally to the greater amount of
team work at the bat and on the bases
that is now practised by the bg league
teams.
Principle of Attack and Defense.
Manager .McCloskey. of the St. Louis
Cardinals, who has been successful in
building up a team with young material,
recently gave a good explanation of the
value of team work at the bat.
"Baseball," said he, "is divided into
attack and defense, team work and in
dividual baseball sense. That is the win
ning combination, and the former de
pends to a large extent on the latter.
"Any manager with a good knowledge
of the game can lay out tactical plans
for team work, both In the field and at
bat, but the task comes when an at
tempt is made to train players to live
up to the inside work necessary for team
play. That Is where the manager's work
leaves off, except in so far as selecting
players who promise to have good heads,
and showing them how the game is
played and where baseball genius begins.
The great player is the one who does
not stop at the routine of team play,
but carries the latter to Its greatest per
fection. Even then he cannot do his
best unless he has other players around
him who can aid him in carrying out his
plans.
"Take, for Instance, the two great at
tacking and defensive plans of the game.
In attack, of course, the first thing is to
get a man on base. That is a battle
between the pitcher and batter, pure and
simple, with the pitcher relying to some
extent on the team work of his fielders
to aid him. Once a man is on first, the
real team work begins both on the of
fensive and defensive. The batter has
the option of bunting and trying to beat
it out, or sacrificing, working the hit
and run or trying for a hit without pay
ing any attention to the base runner.
Foul Strike Rule.
"Adoption of the foul strike rule has
proved 8 big restriction on the team
work in attack. Formerly a batter
could pick out better balls and protect
his base runners with much greater ease
and safety. Fouling off balls enabled
him to protect his base runners In steal
ing when It was pretty certain the lat
ter would be put out otherwise. It also
enabled him to pick out the kind of a
ball he desired to bunt or place and
choose his own time in doing so. While
bunting and place hitting are still avail
able methods of attack, It takes better
work to make them effective and there
must be a closer understanding between
the runner and batsman. Given that,
the attack is just as damaging as ever.
"It Is in' this latter respect that indi
vidual thinking counts. Either the base
runner or batsman can help out by
quick thinking and Quick action, but this
cannot be reduced to strictly a mechani
cal basis. Contrary to the generally ac
cepted Idea of things, base running and
batting cannot be dictated absolutely by
a code of signals. When there Is a hit-
and-run play or a sacrifice, exigencies
entirely out of the control of the man
who gives the signals may crop up. and
it Is here that Individual work comes in.
A runner is never given Instructions to
steal on any one ball pitched unless It
Is an open-and-shut play, as a lead must
be obtained to enable him to reach the
next base successfully, and this depends
upon the pitcher and catcher and what
efforts they- make to prevent it. Base
stealing is usually signalled for, .but the
exact time Is left to the runner and bats
man, and unless they have a good un
derstanding with each other . and work
together, the attempt Is almost sure to
fail. ,
'In team fielding the same thing Is
true as In batting. Besides team work,
there must be an individual understand
ing and good, baseball sense used. The
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WHY. THE $2000 MODEL G
GIVES $3000 VALUE
AND SERVICE
Let us consider in. passing some
of the things that constitute the
Model G a $3000 car at a $2000
price.
Every single part of a Model G
transmission, except the roller
and the annular bearings, is
made in the Cadillac factories.
The gear and shafts are of
Chrome Nickel Steel, especially
heat treated. Gear stripping in
a Model G is made impossible
by a special protective device.
95 per cent of Model G driving is
on the high speed with the
secondary shaft idle and no
gears in mesh.
This means that 95 per cent of the
time there is no wear on the
Model G gears; and no lost
power and no noise in gear
operation.
Cadillac cylinders are ground in
ternally to two one-thousandths
of an inch and the pistons to
within one one-thousandtk. of
an inch.
Ten points of superioritv of the
Model G:
1. Iliiilt-dp ensrlne, vrhich, combined
with perfect machine work, In
sures moat power at leant fnel ex
pense. 27 Off-set crank shaft.
Most efficient clntch on any car.
4. ' Transmission with no gears mean
ing on high speed. No power lost.
No tv car. no nolwe.
5. Imposnible to strip the gears In
shifting. Power must be disen
gaged before gears are shifted.
6. A governor which really governs.
Try It out with a speedometer on
a hilt.
7 A practically perfect lubrication
system. The oil is where It should
be. One sight feed to watch.
Light in weight. Easy on tires.
9. Has especially smooth and easy
riding qualities.
10. Standardised parts. Accurate
workmanship. Many users say
practically no expense for a year.
Cadillac Motor Car Co.,
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batter's plan Is to find out which fielder
la going to cover second, for Instance,
and the fielder must foil this. If the
batter knows which fielder Is going to
cover second on a steal. It Is possible to
draw him out of his posilton and put the
ball through It with a place hit. This
tWill be the busiest and most brilliant pleasure haunt in this part
of the country this Summer. Its thousands of devotees will rejoice
to learn that in future they can go and come on a regular schedule,
independent of tides.
Commencing Wednesday, June 24
.Will leave Portland, Ash-street Dock,
DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 8:30 A. M.
SATURDAYS ONLY, 2:00 P. M.
AGNMGENT DAYLIGHT TRIP
M
DOWN THE COLUMBIA
Direct connection at Megler with the Ilwaco Eailroad, thence to
-the beach resorts. See published schedules.
EXCURSION RATES FROM PORTLAND
Season Tickets, on sale daily $ 4.00
Saturday-to-Monday Tickets $ 3.00
Five-Trip Commutation Tickets , $15.00
Reduced Rates Prevail From All Parts of the State.
Purchase tickets at the City Ticket Office, O. R. & N., Third and
Washington Streets.
WM. McMDRRAY S PORTLAND, OR.
The Price Is $2000 f. o. b. the
The quickest way to appreciate what a magnifi
cent piece of engineering you get in the Model
G Cadillac at $2000 is to judge it from your
own conception of what a $3000 car should be.
We mean this literally. We mean that if the
little question of saving a thousand dollars is
of any importance to you, you owe it to your
self to get a demonstration of Model G and
'demand of it, in actual performance, every
thing you would qxpect of the best car you
could buy at $3000.
Cadillac dealers are continually making sales
on that basis, by saying to the buyer in sub
stance: "If we cannot demonstrate to you
that the Model G, both in a structural and an
operative sense, is not infinitely superior to
anything in its price-class, and equal to any
' car costing a thousand dollars more we'll
not waste any more of your time."
Cadillac dealers are sate in saying this and by
so doing taking what would be a great risk to
representatives of any other car. Back of
their seemingly extravagant assurance is the
magnificent certainty of Cadillac construc
tiona certainty arising from the fact that
Model G is not the piece-meal product of
half a dozen parts-plants, but an engineering
masterpiece built up almost of the raw ma
terial in the Cadillac plant.
causes a lot of damage, as the runner
can gain an extra base. The way to
prevent It Is to have the second baseman
and shortstop understand each other so
well that there is a constant shifting,
and the batsman is kept guessing as to
which will cover the bag.
the popular excursion steamer of Oregon Railroad &
POTTER
Factory
Detroit, Mich.
and Alder Streets
"Players who do not follow team play
or who cannot think quick enough to
make good when the opposing team solves
the plans of the team making the attack
are the bane of the manager and In
many instances they make well-planned
team tactics look silly."
Navigation Co.,