THE SUNDAY OBEGOXUS, PORTLAND. APRIL 4, 1909.
PITCHERS WILL BE
OUT OF JOB SOON
CURRENT EVENTS IN WORLD OF SPORTS AS SEEN BY CARTOONIST MURPHY
KETGHEL STOCK UP
Boomed to Fight Johnson After
Beating Burns.
Casey Finds He Has Five More
Twirlers Than His Team
Has Need Of.
CHANCES DECLARED GOOD
MANAGER'S TASK DIFFICULT
Nelson and Hyland to Fight on Dec
ora t Km Day Pugilists Change
Headquarters in Bay City. t
Test Betting Law.
Contest for - Catcher Lies Between
Troeh,. Foomler and Harrigan,
Says Mac Rae How Some of
Men Show Cp In Practice.
FY WILT. G. MAC RAE.
MFIDFORD. Or.. April 3 ( Special.)
If President Lucas or any of his Inter
Mountain League magnates are in the
murket for pitchers and catchers they
would do well to apply to Manager Casey
before the middle of next week. At pres
ent Manager Casey has eight pitchers
in tinlrorm and three more to report, and
as it Is his intention to carry but six. the
rest of them will he turned adrift Just
as soon as he begins the v.eedlng-out
process. He alsn has five catchers, and
as it Is his Intention to carry two. there
will be a chance for someone to get at
least Iff.i very gno.1 catchers.
Manager Casey Is not going to have an
easy time picking his six slab artists out
of this groi-i- of eleven. Those, who have
reported and have shown considerable
class are Ames. McFarland, Carnes. Chl
nanlt, Gardner. Coleman, Oshurne and
Pender, the latter the only southpaw that
Casey has In his pitching corps. The In
dian. Plnnance. Kinsella and Guvn are
yet to be heard from, although Plnnance
has taken up his railroad ticket and
hould be here any-day.
Kinsella Slnw In Reporting.
Casey has not henrd from big Ed Kin
sella. and this fact Just at present la giv
ing Casey nme cause for worry. The
Portland manager has figured upon Kin?
sella to open the season at Seattle, but
unless Kinsella shows up In a day or two
Casey will have to open up with some
body else, Plnnance perhaps if he is in
good condition. Casey does not know any-
tning about Guyn. As he has a world of
good pitching material on hand he does
not care much whether this twlrler gets
here or not.
In his catching department Casey has
Fournier. Troeh. Harrigan. St. John and
Beaumont. The battle for berths on the
team will be between Troeh Fnnmiop
Harrigan. and it would not surnrlse me
in the least should Oascy hang on to these
tnree men for a while at least. St. John
won't make the team at all. although he
would make a good catcher for some one
or the clubs in the Inter-mountain
League. Beaumont has had no chance to
how anything yet. and it is too early to
; pass Judgment on him. Troeh's work be
bind the plate is by no means a finished
. production: neither could the work of
Harrigan or Fournier 'be called finished.
Yet all three of them have earmarks
of making good backstops. Troeh and
Fournier have fine throwing arms, and
they both bat very well. Harrigan,
.while his arm may not be as good as
the other two. Is a very aggressive
player and Is fighting all the time
through the game. The sandy-haired
Texan would make a very fair utility
man. for he can play a very fair in
field position. This he demonstrated
the other day when he plaved first
for Medford. He also knows some
thing about playing In the outfield.
Portland's Outrield Completed. "
With the arrival of Garibaldi. Port
land's outfield Is completed. Bassy
will be found in his old position in
left. Swanton will he in center and
Garibaldi in the right. Judging from
what I have seen of th'cse players in
action. I think it Is safe to say that
.Manager Casey will have as fast and
as hard hitting an outfield as any club
in the Northwestern League
The arrival of Staton has strength
ened one or the two weak spots in
the lnfleld. The little Chicago player
will have little difficulty in beat
ing Risley to a fixed position at, third
hase. for he is faster all around and
has a better ' wing than Risley. This
does not mean that Risley is not a
good third baseman. but since he
Joined the training squad he has suf
fered the tortures of the damned with
a woeful case of Charley Horse and
47 kinks in his throwing arm. Risley
is a corking good Inside baseball play
er, and as he has managed several
baseball teams during his career on the
immuno. ne would make
very valuable man.
someone .
I look for Phil Cooney to be on his
toes all season. His Winter's rest
seems to have done him a world of
good, and he Is playing his position
t short like a demon. He ts already
going some, and perhaps it is Just as
well that Rroadbent,- who was to con
test with him for the position at short
has not reported, for Kroadbent would
certainly have to show lots of class
to beat Cooney out. also look for
him to be handier at the bat. and it
he will be guided by Casey's Instruc
tions he cannot help but improve his
batting average.
Mullen lias Something to Learn.
No
comment is necessarv ....
work at second, for the fatis well know
V- T., v." whn ' ls 1" uniform.
I ntil Mullen overcomes a decided weak
ness on ground-hit halls lie is going to
concern.
i nis may be due
to sore muscles and
. n. ui experience around the initial
sack. He Is a big strapping fellow.
.ri.auii, on, lne oall very h
oui mis or course will
not make
for his Inability to field the sharplv
hlt balls sent In his direction. Manager
Casey is taking him in hand, and has
advised Mullen to get a different first
haseman's mlt. The one. he has been
using is not much larger than a pos
tage stamp, and this undoubtedly- is
the cause of his frequent fumbling
especially of thrown balls. If Casey
can whip him Into shape. Mullen
ought to make a good tirat baseman,
for he is big and a good mark to shoot
at, and can heave the bail around the
diamond a good deal after the fashion
of Rathe l'an.-.lR.
Ames Promising Youngster.
r:e. Ames Is the baby of Casey's
pitching crowd. The youngster will
take some beating, and It would not
surprise me In the least to sea him
make the team.
Neither Carnes nor Chinanlt have nn
llmhered as yet. Chinault. whom the
negroes in Norfolk "called "Sure Knough."
reported very sick, and he is taking It
slow. Carnes Isn't going to hurry him
self, for he wants to get control before
he begins using the curves.
Gardner takes things the easiest of
any of the pitchers, and Osburne is the
hardest working curve-mixer in camp.
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FANS ARE THAWING
Two Games Daily Soon Will
Claim Attention.
SEASON OPENS HERE 13TH
All Clubs In Northwestern League
Are Being Whipped Into Shape
for Opening Fracas a Little
Later In the Month.
BT W. J. PETRAIN-. .
One week from next Tuesday the Pa
cific Coast League will open the season
of 1909 in Portland, while the following
Saturday the Northwestern League
opens its 190? race at Seattle. Tacoma
and Spokane. The opening attraction
at Portland will be Charley Graham and
his speedy Sacramento team, while at
faeattle Pearl Casey and his Northwest
er.. i league combat for the opening
honors with "Cupjd" Dugdale's "anti-tail-end"
squad.
With the Pacific Coast League race
formally under way. and the prospect
of visiting Vaughn street in the vicinity
of Twenty-fourth at frequent intervals
soon, the festive baseball fan is pre
pared to enjoy himself to the fullest
extent. Portland will have plenty of
the National pastime this Summer. In
fact, continuous baseball gives the most
rabid bug all that he wants in the way
of the greatest of all games.
Has Made Good Start.
The Portland Pacific Coast 'League
Club has been doing nicely in Califor
nia. In fact, it would be hard to find
any fault with the team at this early
date, for the only reprehensible part of
the work so far performed by McCre
die s boys seems to be that they are
uiu.ie io err in their fielding. Errors,
however, are a part of the game, and
this branch of play can be remedied as
the team plays more games. One sat
isfactory feature of the work of the
Portland "Coasters" is that the'v have
been hitting the ball fairly we'll, and
this is most satisfactory in view of the
fact that the. Los Angeles pitchers
h,ave had the benefit of the recent Chi
cago series.
McCredie's hustlers can be depended
upon to settle down to business shortly,
and then tne fans -may expect to see
some splendid baseball. "Kit" Carson
and "Speck" ..arkness. the two North
western League "rookies" with McCre
die. were unlucky in dropping their
opening games. Both have shown that
they have the goods, and Carson was
especially . unfortunate in losing his
contest against Los Angeles, for he
outpitehed Koestner in all departments.
However, both youngsters will prove
their worth before the season is over,
and McCredie has confidence In them!
Little Jesse Garrett, the silent Texan,
who is a red-hot favorite with the fans
of Portland, proved emphatically that
he has not forgotten how to fool the
Angels, for on Wednesday, after Hark
ness got a few unfortunate belts, the
Texan went to the front in grand style
and gained a victory. The Pacific Coast
League promises to have a most excit
ing race, and Portland will not be out
of it by any means.
Xortliwesierners Work Hard.
All of the Northwestern League Clubs
are buckling down to business, and
all have been fairly fortunate in find
ing weather which permits of outdoor
work. Casey and his Portland squad
have, experienced some cold weather,
but have been fairly successful despite
the handicap. Bob Brown, at Lewiston.
has lost one or two days of practice
because of rain, but is slowly getting
nis team Into shape. The Vancouver
team, champions of last year, were
treated to a most disagreeable surprise
issi ween, wnen the inc. toon
at Prosser. where Manager Dickson ha
assembled his men. beat the champions
ii. prriiiuiSi easy xasnion.
tacoma and Seattle the teams
representing those cities are working
out on their home lots. Managers Russ
Ha.il and Mike Lich are claiming great
things for their respective clubs, and
""f win unaouDtediy try to make
good. Seattle has been strengthened
materially, and Tacoma- has always
. "i ;orinweleni, so
the fans can look forward to some
npienuia piaying wnen thev meet
Manager Rowland and the Aberdeen.
- ueen uomg tilings In
a lively manner In the vicinity of Walla
iiiu me ntavy nitters among th
lumoerjacK organization have been
in ins up io meir reputation In the
practice stunts. Long hits galore have
p pnea up oy Rowland s men. and
jjejeune. wno Is noted for his
I
faculty in that line, .has been slamming
a. few of his hits out of the lot. Nat
urally, all this tickles the Black Cat
pilot immensely, and if the Aberdeen
players keep up the lick when the race
commences, it may be that the dream
of another pennant for Grays Harbor
win.be realised.
Casey Will Fight Every Inch.
However, Pearl Casey and that Port
land squad will be on the trail of the
leader of the Northwestern at every
stage of the game, and the arrival of
big Eddie Kinsella, who was some
"smok" in the Coast League. 'indicates
that the Portland team will have at
least one twlrler who will make the
heavy Jiitters of Aberdeen and other
towns guess some before they -fatten
up materially at his expense.
In addition to Kinsella, Casey will
have Guyn. Ames ami Chenault, who
look like sure members of the pitching
staff, and .Marry Gardner seems clever
enough for the league. Among ttfe
youngsters there may be one or two
who also show Northwestern League
class, and the team appears well forti
fied in the box.
Saturday, April 17, is being looked
forward to as eagerly as was last
Tuesday, for it means the commence
ment of the second race of the season
as far as Portland Is concerned, and
the fans are pulling for two champion
teams. -
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TRACK SEASON IS HERE
INTEREST IS VERY HIGH IN
COAST MEETS.
National Games at Seattle Fair Will
Serve to Give Sport Impetus
in Northwest.
Field and track athletics are now occu
pying more or less attention, but as yet
the games are held indoors. The air Is
yet too keen and the ground too soft to
permit the athletes to work in the open
air. but toward May 1 they will come
into their own in earnest.
That the Northwest will see more
hard-fought field meets this year than
ever before is assured, . for the success
of Forrest Smithson, Alfred Gilbert and
Dan KeHy. the Oregon trio of world
beaters, as well as the other members
of the All American team which- went
to London last July, has stimulated an
interest in track events which means a
revival of this branch of athletics all
over the country.
The Amateur Athletic ITnion annual
contests at the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific
Exposition next Summer also adds in
centive in Northwestern track work.
Athletes from all parts of the United
States are sent to compete in these meets.
The games at Seattle will be entered by
riany of the Olympic contestants ana the
coming of the Easterners will afford the
athletic-loving public an opportunity to
see Western boys in competition with the
cream or the athletic talent of the older
sections of the country.
1 nousands of Portland and Oregon
people will visit the fair for the purpose
of seeeing this athletic programme. It
will be second only to the Olympic games.
as tne oesr or America s athletic talent
will be there. Smithson, Kelly and Gil
bert, of Oregon, will be among the par
ticipants. In the meantime the athletieallv in.
cllned will keep in touch with the many
meets scneauied for Portland and vicin
ity before the A. A. U. games are to be
held. The interciub. intercollegiate in-
terscholastic and grammar school track
meets will afford sport of general in
terest and these meets were .formally
inaugurated with Multnomah's indoor
meet last night. The success of that af-
..... i.luliaicr- Limi. inose XO COme Will
fare equally as well at the hands of the
generous patrons of Amateur sport.
KEENE LOSES IN TWO . RACES
American Owner Has Poor Luck at
Derby Track. England.
DERBY. England. April 3. The Osmas
ton plate of aoo sovereigns for two-year-olds,
distance forr furlongs, was run
here today and won by Colonel Joel's
Sundroy. Tappertit was second and F
Hardy's colt by Le Samaritan third. Sev
enteen horses ran. Among them were
J. R. Keene's Black Satin.
The Chaddesden plate, a handicap of
250 sovereigns for three-year-olds and up
ward, distance six furlongs, was won by
Sir John Robinson's Gnome. Despair was
second and Persimus third. There were
ten starters, including J. R. Keene's Hel
met III.
Body of Missing Man Found.
orvia.ir., asii., April 3. The mys
tery surrounding the disappearance of
W. H. Cook, deputy county auditor, who
vanished suddenly January 21, was
cleared up today by the finding of his
body In the river near the foot of Oak
street. In spite of some marks on the
body, tt is believed to be a case of suicide.
NOT A KICK HEARD
J. Cal Ewing Promises to Re
tire as Head of League.
PORTLAND FANS ARE HAPPY
They Think They Could Struggle
Along for Quite a While Under
Such a Staggering Blow in '
the Right Spot.'
BY W. J. PETRAIN.
J. Cal Ewing. the "on the fence" pre
siding officer of the Pacific Coast
League, made some characteristic state
ments during the past week, which are
of some interest the fans of Port-
Iland. One of these, the announced in
tention of retiring from the presidency,
if serious, will be the signal for great
, . .-jv.n;iii8 nere wnen ne makes good.
v J Still, the aforementioned rejoicing
snouia be controlled for the time be
ing, as Ewing Is not always a man of
his word, and when he resigns in a
bona fide manner will be time enough
to hail the event with glad acclaim,- or
something like that.
J. Cal waxed, confidential while at
Sacramento on the opening day of the
season, and not only assured the Sac
ramento fans that he would give up the
presidency and devote his time to the
management of the ,San Francisco
Club, but also took occasion to assure
them that Jimmy Shinn would not be
taken away from the Capital City
Club by Portland or any one else.
Says He Will Retire.
This "holier than thou" attitude of
Cal Ewing seems to have reached its
zenith, and about the time that Sec
retary Farrell and the governing body
of the National Association lands on
Cal he will be ready to renounce the
presidency and even the ownership of
the San Francisco Club (possibly). The
"possibly" is added advisedly. for
no Californian ever gave up anything
that wasn't nailed down, or even had
an April Food day string tied to it, yet
things are likely to be made real hot
for the Ewing chap before many moons
have passed.
During his temporary mental aber
ration, or it might even be permanent
for all we know in this neck of the
woods. J. Cal generously informed the
Sacramento Club that .Portland's pro
test cut absolutely no figure with him,
for was he not the representative of
the National Commission ofi the Coast,
and invested with absolute power to
dispose of such Portland players as he
saw fit? Was he not the president of
the "great" Pacific Coast (California)
League and as such was It not v?ll
within his rights to civn a Paiifnmio
club a good Portland plaver If he nn
desired? Certainly it was and he was
going to see that the puny McCredies
PLAYERS WHO WILL OFFICIATE B'EHTNTI TTfYlvTT! ' PT.ATT! TriTJ
CASEY'S NORTHWESTERN TEAM.
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and their little old town went to the
demnition bowwows, (as . near as
Ewing's -regular - line of conversation
can be, printed) before he would give
in one lone Inch.
Talks Boldly at Home.
Safely ensconced In his California
domicile and talking to California ad
herents, J. Cal puts up a very brave
front, and during these times he is not
the least bit bashful about handing it
to Portlands Still, we are reminded
that It may be incumbent upon the Cali
fornia magnate to visit Portland some
day this Summer, and it may also be
incumbent upon the San Francisco
Club with Its 'crabby" Danny Long
and Its "old womanish" Kid Mohler to
visit Portland also, at which time we
Joyfully predict that the outfit will be
handed theirs very generously if they
play any false pranks or kick up any
unwarranted fuss In this vicinity.
As far as this pertains to J. Cal
Ewing. It would probably be Just as
well for him to see to it that Portland'.s
claim to James Shinn is adjusted prop
erly. Furthermore, he never was and
never will be a man eligible for presi
dency of a baseball league where all
the clubs are expected to get some
semblance of a square deal. Ewing
does not know how to deal fairly
with clubs outside of San Francisco
Too Small for His Job.
Cal Ewing Is totally unfit for the po
sition he occupies a the head of a
league which should be recognized as
a lormiaawe member of the baseball
association. Because it is presided over
by such a pusillanimous personage as
Ewing. the league is not given half the
credit due from its Eastern competitors.
This is an absolute fact, for the class
AA rating extended the Coast League
is mentioned east of the Rockies as
simply a courtesy which could not be
avoided by the National Commission.
Furthermore, Bancroft B. Johnson,
president .of the American League, took
an appropriate fall out of J. Cal Ewing
and his bothersome Eastern excursions
relative to the California outlaws by
stating that he was a nuisance and that
he could serve the National Association
better by remaining at home and
fighting the outlaws on their own
ground. Johnson further intimated
that the Chicago City League was more
of a thorn in the side of organized
baseball than was the California State
League. ,
The trouble with Ewing is that he
has been using the National Associa
tion of Professional Baseball Leagues
as a good thing, as the association is
compelled to pay his- expenses on his
"pleasure" Jaunts he claims necessary
on account of the outlaws. And what
he doesn't know about baseball would
fill several books and a New York tele
phone directory thrown in. The great
trouble is that most of the Easterners
judge the balance of the baseball men
on the Coast by Ewing., When we
think it over seriously, Cal will confer
a great favor on the league by carry
ing out his intention of resigning.
Military Music Up to States.
WASHINGTON. April 3. Replying to
an inquiry, the War Department has in
formed the Adjutant-General of a state
that the question of bands with an or
ganization Is one resting with the-state
authorities. It Is not deemed an essential
feature of conformity o the requirements
of the militia law. Payment of the mem
bers from the Federal funds can only be
authorized In case the band is enlisted
and 'for the organization prescribed in
the .militia regulations.
S"7T S0fAS
GOTHAWl"PUG"IVIflD
Wily New York Sports Evade
Anti-Boxing Law.
'CLUBS' ARRANGE MATCHES
Seattle's Wrestling Roller Still Be
lieves He Is Destined to Be
World Champion Heavy
weight Prizefighter.
. . BY W. J. PETRAIN.
x gossip continues to come hot off
l"e al rro" New York, which .has sud
denly been transformed into the pugilistic
01 me universe. New Yoi-k-
cession to the glory, so-called, that has
attached itself to San Francisco for
years, and to Australia for an interme
diate, period. Is due to the fact that the
se?mU.rf v.anted boxin matches and
the -2u'rea us desire despit:
otw. "i governor Hughes and
New- York has a law on its statutes
which makes it a felony to arrange for
scPh 6 "Bht. r even sln "tides for
n L VVent'u,But' there 18 - loop-hole
by fhe w,:eacWresCh looked
This loophole is found in the private
PrPiitidn. wherein the police are
where "hfr.m tak'nS a"y aCtion 1"
where "boxing matches", are scheduled
to take place before a select "few," who
PeUJ,tSe emb,ersfiP tickets instead of
regular admission tickets. . which serve
rnr bT6 purpose an are seemingly good
for but one visit to the club. Still as
VnTiAV'V5 evfsion my m. the New
York sports get away with it, yet a man
would probably go to the penitentiary for
and at'm n the- Same thl ,n Fr
land. Still, tnere is some difference in
size as well as nollele. w... -
wrk f"di. Poftland- a"l the fight fans
here can live in ..ope that the 500,000 Club
will some day make It 6,000,000 and then
there may be something doing
Dr. B. F. Roller, the rnm 51n.
wrestler, has not given up his ambition
to become the champion heavyweight
boxer of the world. Dr. Roller was vfrv
much put out when the Seattle authori
ties stepped in and refused to r.rit
more boxing matchec there. He had en
tertained a hope that Seattle would blos
som out as a sporting center during the
coming World's Exposition, and when
the authorities listened to the protests
of the antis, just as they did in Portland
during the Lewis and Clarke Exposition.
u..ri a.s mucn disappointed. Some
people here in Portland, who entertained
similar dreams in 1903 can ivnn.,i..
with the Seattle medico-athlete.
vvnne mere is no chance of having a
eal live rugilistlc htti n r . i j
Seattle or elsewhere in the kmi, . . '
the very near future, or remote future for I
...oner. ur. rauer has not given up
his ambition to don the padded mitts h !
tion to exchange wallops with Al Keiff-
" " "- 1 1 - biiii enieria nit an dv,k(
man or some of the other ne.. .
fighters before he tackles Jsnne. r 't.
friS;l.0r4ack Johnson- As Kaufman
and the other scions of fisticuffs are now
sojourning within Gothams gates Dr
Roller may realize his ambition on this
trip to the Eastern states.
Dr. Roller leaves Seattle todr
morrow for Des Moines, la., where he Is
., . . wrestle Jesse Westegaard
on April 9. After his meetinjr-with Weste
gaard. Roller expects to go to Chicago to
see the Gotch-Mahmout grappling con
test scheduled for April 14. at which time
he intends to challenge the winner.
Stanley Ketchel, the middleweight
champion, seems bent on emulating the
example of "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien,
whom he recently conquered in New
York, for he is making more or less
rash statements about his willingness to
take on Jack Johnson. Johnson may not
be as great a fighter as he Is in his own
estimation, but a man of Ketchel s size
has no more business with him than Abe
Attell has with Jim Jeffries. Ketchel will
do well to maintain his supremacy in the
middleweight class and leave the heavier
fellow alone. If he wants a good run
for his money - at his own weight, he
might try his ability on the person of
Sam Langford, who might give him all he
wants.
James J. Jeffries is consistent in one
thing, and that is that he has not yet
boasted that he wq,uld take on Johnson.
The big fellow continues to draw crowd
ed houses in his vaudeville turn with
Sam. Berger. and as long as the money
keeps pouring in, he will not care v-iry
much for a scrap. Furthermore, he is
using good judgment, for the longer he
staves off his final answer the more time
he will have to condition himself. Jim
Jeffries is a wise old bird.
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April Si-San
Francisco has been agitated at long
range this week. The beating that
Stanley Ketchel gave Confessor Jack
O'Brien in New York th other day sent
the stock or the Michigan middleweight -champion
whirling to the skies, so that
now he is boosted as a fit opponent for
Jack Johnson.
Of course you have doubtless read
that W'illiB Britt has posted 6000 on be
balf of Ketchel for a fight with John
son. Brltt declares that he means busi-
.iT-oB ana mat tne money can go as a
side bet. I haven't been verv sti-on fur
such a fight, -considering it rut her a
farce, but the way the San Francisco
fight fans are falling for Ketchel. it
smokes one up over his prospects. Fully
70 per cent of the men who go to see
fights think that Ketchel has a splendid
chance to beat Johnson. They argue,
after seeing the pictures of the Burns
Johnson fight, that a man who can punch
imra enougn win beat tne black.
t-orrroth admits that be would nv
handle the fight. Personally, he likes
Ketchel's chances and then. too. ha be
lieves It would be the biggest drawing
card, of course barring a fight between
Johnson and Jeffries.
I want that fight for the Fourth of
July." said Coffroth- the first of the
week. "It would be a big match and.
when the articles are finally signed be
tween the two men. -1 will be there; with
my bid."
Hyland and Nelson Decoration Day.
Coffroth also announces that be believes
the Dick Hy land-Battling Kelson fight is
cinched for Decoration day.. It. was
thought that the Dane wanted to sneak
out of the match, but the latest advices
are to the effect that he-will be on the
Job. He wired Promoter Jim last Tues
day that everything would be all right.
Nelson also said that a letter was on
the way with the articles. If things
are right, the fight will be officiaily
annjunced and Hyland, at least, will
commence his training.
The Willis, the home of the pugilistic
fraternity ev ;r since the fire, was closed
last Wednesday night. The lease ex
pired the last day of March and Cof
froth decided that It was time to say
farewell to Fillmore street. The pro
moter will have a set of offices in the
downtown business section, where the
boys will congregate to get their fight
news. For two years and a half, prac
tically every match of importance held
In San Francisco has been signed at
the Willis. All the pugs know the
place, with Its pictures of the big
fights and its cartoons by the sport
ing artists the country over. The wake
was held the middlo of the week and
the doors locked.
No More Sport on Fillmore.
It is all a part of the passing of Fill
more street. Fillmore, as a small retail
section, will never die, but for the
sporting fraternity is has lost Its
charms. Tom Corbett. who handles bets
on the fights, will continue his pool
rooms there for a brief time, but In an
other month he hopes to find a down
town location.
Tom Williams, of the Jockey Club,
announced that racing will officially
come to a close on Saturday. April 17,
and that there will be no racing at any
of the three tracks belonging to the
club. The anti-gambling law goes
Into effect on April 20, so there will be
no chance to test the law at the tracks.
There ts coursing every Sunday at In
glestde. however, and as the betting
will also be under the ban of the law.
It Is whispered that the test of the new
law rill be made at the coursing park.
Marathon at Interstate Fair. '
SPOKANE, Wash., April 3. E. W.
Nickerson, promoter of Spokane's first
Marathon, announces that he will pull off
a great Marathon at the Interstate Fair
grounds here soon after the event in San
Francisco. He hopes to have Chanler, of
Vancouver: King, of San Francisco, and
all the great long-distance runners on the
Coast at the starting line. A. J. Burn,
of Calgary, Alta., won the first Spokane
Marathon last night, running for the S.
A. A. C. The time given out was 2:33:37,
but the track was short.
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