THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JUNE 12, 1910. SURPRISES BREAK IfJ RIVAL CAMPS Sporting Writers Find It Hard to Keep Tab on Changes in Fighters' Quarters. MUCH "KNOCKING" IS DONE Johnson's Row With Little Result of JealousyTrouble Between Berger and Jeffries Is Latest dis turbance to Be Reported. EY HARRY B. SMITH. S4 FRAXCISCO. Cal.. June 11. (Special.) The Jeffries-Johnson fight has reached the stage of rumors and angles, and with something like three weeks of hard work ahead, the news paper men are finding the situation far more tense than they care for. Stories break out at all times of the day and night and when one leaves the office at midnight, It Is a toss up as to whether some other paper has not secured an exclusive. It is nat ural for rumors to be heard on a fight of this sort, but they are com ing faster than would ordinarily be expected. The Johnson-Little feud has taken up the bulk of the space for several days and now comes the story from Kowardennan that all Is not well be tween Sam Berger and James J- Jef fries. That story has been current gossip for a week or more and the breaking of the yarn has not come with any great amount of surprise. The real trouble is that there has been a lot of politics done. Many of those Interested In one way or another have been taking revenge by rapping somebody else. The row between Johnson and Little, for example, is a matter . of petty jealousy between the women folks at the-camp and George Little and Sig Hart. Little was "sore" at Hart be cause the latter was friendly with Johnson. He accused Hart of being a tale bearer and one day two weeks ago kicked Hart in the leg and otherwise hauled him around. That was tem porarily patched - -up.-- Little flared again . because Nolan was such a fre quent visitor at the camp and when It was announced that Oelaney would as sist in the training of the black man. little Proves Stubborn. The final break came last Saturday night when there was a general war as a result of which Johnson ordered Little to leave the place, never to re turn. Little, however, has plenty of gameness, and came back Sunday morning to fight it out to the bitter end. " He insisted that as long as he had a contract with Johnson, he was still the manager and to show his au thority insisted that he would take the tickets at the door. Johnson, accompanied by. a pair of policemen, subdued Little for the time being and the show went along with out an Interruption. Now that Little has cooled off to a certain extent, he la not trying to force his company upon Johnson but says that he will seek recourse t h rough the courts. He declares first of all that he will se cure the $10,000 that he deposited for Johnson and also that he will see that he gets 25 per cent of whatever are the profits. No one knows just what kind of a contract Little has got, but If It Is a good paper, he may give Johnson a merry chase before he gets through with things. Then came the Nolan story. It was all planned; to have Nolan installed as manager. When he heard the news, Tex ft! ('karri got busy. Rickard and Nolan get along as well as & couple of strange, bulldogs. Rickard, after his experience ' with Nolan as manager of Battling Nelson at the Goldfleld fight, hatefc" Nolan and says that Billy woultT stir up all sorts of trouble. Accord ingly. Rickard went to Johnson and exacted a promise that Billy would be kept out of the limelight. Johnson agreed and Issued a statement that he would manage himself. Subsequently, he declared that Tom Flanagan, who is in his camp, would act as business manager. That Is nothing more than a stall, for Johnson will continue to transact his own busi ness until the end of the chapter. Corbett Dominates Camp. Under the Influence of James J. Corbett. who is the dominating spirit at Rowardennan, Jeffries is far more j affable to newspapermen than is had previously, been. The writer spent two days this last week at the Jeffries camp and there was a decided Improve ment. Jeffries stood for such photo graphs as were desired of him and didn't growl. Everybody credits the change to Corbett, who meets Jeffries as an equal and persuades the big fel low to be decent. About that Berger story, it Is hard to say what are the real facts In the case. Those who are residents nt the camp have noticed recently that tfie entente cordial between the fighter and his manager seemed to be strained. Berger, in fact, has .had little to say to Jeffries. The gossip is that Jeffries blames on Plerger the sentiment that has hen aroused in the newspapers over the country and that many of Jeffri- close friends have taken the same taok. Jack Gleason made a hurried trip the middle of the week to Rowardennan and It is believed he went thero tn straighten out the row. There is a lot of interest, I suppose, in the condition of Jeffries.- On the surface he looks good. He has taken, off the weight about the stomach that was so no.tieeable and appears to bo fairly fast. Ho has a healthy color and a good eye. That is about as far s you can go in sizing the man up. Whether he will be able to stand the pace of the fight is something that the fight Itself will have to determine. Jeffries Gains Confidence. Jeffries, himself, seems to have a world of- confidence in bis ability to win- He , says very little on the sub ject, but from two or three rer.-arks that he dropped it is evident that he Is satisfied with his condition and that can win. That is. the one thing that has been lacking in Jeffries, and his trainers hall the change with de light. There is one tning that most of us would like to seo uiore of. and Jeffries has done little or no boxing. He has done enough of the other kind of work, but what he needs is to put on the. gloves and get the judgment of distance and the quickness that can only come with sparring. If Jeffries wins, so comes the state ment, he will take his entire training camp with him on a tour of the United States and the world. That will In clude Joe Choynski, Farmer Burns. Frank Gotch, who is aue very soon, NEW PHOTOGRAPHS - 2 - A - ' 4 h . 'i Vw 1 ""' '"11 ! r X "3r -"w- t - 1 j vf i - - - " I 11 1 r "f-- fv4X&'l.' U- - r:rL: j t "'TT . ? ? I " . sntv-l ft ' ; - ' i -7 TH i 1 I i - I j ' f ' it- ; $ . - tK- - I S M 7 ' w I j " I I and Roger Cornell, providing tlie a?" tor can spare' the time. QuiV a number of Eastern newspa per 'sporting writers have arrived from the East. Eddie Morse, sporting edi tor of the Evening Sun; Robert Ed gren, of the Evening World; Tad Dor gan, a Hearsti man from New Yorli, and a Chicago News representative are among the advance guard, and by the middle of the month there will be many others. Advices from Los Angeles are to the effect that Tommy Burns, Bob Fltz slmmons. Bill Lang and Hugh Mcin tosh, the Sydney promoter, have saied for America and will arrive here .the last of the month. In ' short, the bout on the Fourth of July will attract more celebrities in the sportiTig world than any other a! fair of its kind, and every scrapper who clulms any sort of prominence will be among those present at' the ringside. . Johnson Busy Boxing. Jack Johnson is pursuing the even tenor of his ways as far as boxing Is concerned. He i is working with the gloves about three or four days a week. The rest of the time he goes on the road. As the fight draws close to hand he will do more boxing andby the middle of this month will be work ing full swing. There need be no doubt but that the champion, will be in good condition. TJie last time I saw him on the scales he was down to 212 pounds and as he expects to fight at about 208, you can judge for your selves how much work he has been doing. The betting still remains at odds of 10 to 7, with Jeffries the favorite, but if there is any change it will be to shorten the price, as Johnson money is sure to put in an appearance with the close of the month. Tom Corbett has been "appointed official commissioner by the club, which means that on the day of the fight he will have the right to handle all wagers that the sports care to make. Work on the arena at Eighth and Market streets has already begun, the first building operations starting last Tuesday. It is figured that the aVena will be completed inside of three weeks, or one week before the fight takes place. There is plenty of lumber on the ground and as the arena progresses, the force of men will be increased. Already the tall buildings in the vi cinity of the battle ground are plan ning how to use their available win dows and the tops of their structures for people to see the contest at long range. It is expected, also that many women will take advantage of the op portunity at least to watch the crowds. Pan Francisco ought to see a good fight on June 18, next Saturday after noon, when Al Kaufman and Sam Lang ford fight in Blot's new arena on How ard street. The affair is for 20 rounds. Just at present, Langford is a 10 to 8 favorite over Kaufman and he will likely go into the ring an even more pronounced choice. Two promoters, Jimmy Coffroth and Sid Hester, are angling for the Lang-ford-Ketchel fight at Richmond on July 2. Each man says he has the signature of Ketchel to a contract to fight, and they are squabbling over Langford. The contest will be a good drawing card, although people gener ally think that Langford will have no trouble in winning. PORTLAND TO PLAY AT El'GEXE McCredie's Team Will Go Up Valley on Open JOate. El'GEXE. Or.. June 11. (Special.) As the result of a trip to Portland this week. Jay McCormick came back to day and announced that McCredie would bring his Portland team to Eu gene and play a pickup aggregation of valley players on either Monday, July 12 or 7 9. on tnese days the Portland team has no games,' scheduled and many of the team would like to make the trip up here and take advantage of the fishing on the McKenxie near here, for a day. The plan will be worked up fully here and it is probable that the mer chants will agree to close their, stores during the hours of the game. Wolpast's Arm. Not Broken. MILWAUKEE, June 11. The Injury to Ad Wolgast's left arm in last night's contest with Jack Redmond, is de fined today by the Badger Athletic Club's physician as a "muscle bruise" and -will not Incapacitate the fighter longer than two weeks. The physician says no bones are broken and that there is very little swelling. The in Jury was caused probably when the champion swung his left to the body coming in contact with Redmond's el bow. The accident happened in the seventh round. Wolgast won the bout in 10 rounds, but went very slowly in the last three. OP HEAVYWEIGHTS WHO WILL JOHNSON 15 JOLLY Negro Puts Plenty of Vim Into . 11 Rounds of Boxing. CROWD IS KEPT AMUSED Kickard and Eastern Newspaper Men Watch Champion and Eddie Graney Declares He Has - Improved Greatly. SAX FRANCISCO, June 11. Jack John son engaged In what was easily the best workout of his training this afternoon. Evidently feeling in the best of humor, he put plenty of 1 steam behind his punches. There were 11 rounds of boxing of hlch four were two-minute contests with Al Kaufman. In addition, the cham pion boxed four rounds with George Cot ton and two more with Dave Mills. It is .evident from the style of work Johnson is following that he expects to receive a pummeling in the stomach from Jeffries. To prepare for this, Johnson Is allowing his sparring partners to hit him in the midriffs. Even Al Kaufman was given instructions to play for the champion's stomach. With 200i pounds of good weight to back him up. Kaufman wrestled Johnson around the ring in These Popular Writers Will Report the Jeffries-Johnson Fight for The Oregonian I 4 V r w. , , lt 9 , : - y - i t S ..vSrfJl,.fS!4v. Hi 1 n v 1 JAfK LONDON. Three weeks from tomorrow, James J. Jeffries and for the world's heavyweight championship. ' Jack London, author of "The Call of the Wild," "The Sea Wolf" and other noted works of fiction, will telegraph a descriptive story. of the; battle to The "Oregonian in connection with the New York Herald. ' London has also promised, preceding the fight, to wire dairy reports of the pugilists from the training "camps. Rex Reach, who, like London, won international fame with stories out of Alaska,- will also report the fight by wire for The Oregonian. He will arrive in San Francisco full week in advance of the event and promises at least two preliminary stories; more if anj-thing stirring crops up. FIGHT JULY 4 NEXT. much better shape than any of the colored men's regular sparring partners and the work was good for both of them. Johnson Shows Improvement. "Johnson is a wonderful fighter," said Kaufman. "He has improved since the day I fought ten rounds with him at Colma. Of course he has gained in weight and while it is hard to tell about a punch with these gloves, I know he can hit harder. I expact to see him beat Jeffries and I don't think the retired champion will be able to lay a glove on the negro' Eddie Graney was another enthusiastic spectator. "That man Johnson has improved 10 per cent since the middle of the week," declared the "honest blacksmith" to sev eral friends of his. "In fact I never saw Johnson work as hard as he Is work ing . right now. He punches the bag harder and is more aggressive in the ring than I expected he would be. Don't let anybody talk you Into thinking that he !s loafing on the job. ; I have watched Johnson train for -many of his lights and he surprised me every time that I vi3ited hiscamp." Negro In Jolly Humor. There was a spirit of good nature per vading the afternoon's programme and half the time the crowd was in an uproar. Johnson "evidently was in high spirits and when he tossed the medicine ball around -he tried tb knock down his helpers and threw the ball so that it would land in some part of the crowd. After the boxing with Kaufman, John son finished with some speedy work with Cotton and Mills. At the seme time Kaufman was boxing in the same ring with fWalter Monohan, so there was a satisfying show for the spectators. Tex Rickard. accompanied by several Eastern newspaper men, was on hand to watch the boxing. Johnson will box agatn tomorrow after noon with Al Kaufman but will not put -the gloves on Monday. He weighed 214 pounds today. BAY GITY FIGHT IS PUT IN BAD LIGHT Naming of Rickard as Referee and Gillett's Alleged Words Suggest Frame-Up." NEGROL'S RECORD DUBIOUS Johnson's Disagreement With Man ager Also Casts Shade ol SuspS cion Jeffries Probably Free From Any .- Crookedness. BY W. J. PETRAIN. As the date of the Jeffries-Johnson ring fcattle approaches, the many thousands of people interested in the match continue to speculate more than ever on the result. Both principals have long had a large following, with the Jeffries en thusiasts far exceeding those who pick the colored man. but in the last few weeks' there have been several Inci dents " that have served to cast the shadow of suspicion on the match. The best friends of both men deeply re gret "these occurrences, for they say there is nothing at all suspicious about the big battle. In making this conten tion, these men. and som of them are among the most respected sporting men in the country, are up against a hard line of argument to convince the skeptics that the fight will be on the square. Rumors of fixing, the selection of an Inexperienced man to referee, the Governor of California's alleged state ment and Jack Johnson's quarrel with George Little, his erstwhile manager, have given rise to countless doubts as to the squareness of the mill. . Johnson's Kecord Bad. Johnson's reputation in the past has been so unsavory that no one would doubt his .willingness to "frame" a match, especially with a man like Jef fries, if it were to be made worth his while. As a matter of fact, the loser's end of the $101,000 purse would ordi narily be enough to satisfy a fellow of Johnson's caliber, but this event will be worth much more to him than that. If Jack Johnson laid down before Marvin Han for a meaBly purse of hardly more than $5000, what would he do if tempted by ten times that sum, which amount could easily be-of fered by the "sure thing" element back of the prizefighting game in San Fran Cisco? 1 It is not likely that Jeffries is i party to the frameup. if such a frame up exists, for "Big Jeff" would more than likely annihilate any one who would attempt to get him to consent to a crooked match. Realizing Jeffries' probable attitude In the matter, the gamblers and they are back of the big fight strong, for Tex Rickard, is a gambler pure and simple, and en tered into the promotion of this match on a '"shoestring" will want to insure their money which backs Rickard. The American public wants this fight to be on the square, for fairness and. honesty in sport mean much to th patrons of all athletics, and to have even the slightest suspicion cast upon the honesty of this fight is due to the mistake of allowing two specula tors to capture such an attraction. when every one knew they could not have promoted a peanut stand on what they had themselves. This fact gives rise to the query, "Who is back ing Rickard and Gleason?" Both have associated with the gambling and sure thing element all their lives, and the natural conclusion is that - gamblers are the men furnishing the capital to hold the pattle. Rickard Lacks Experience. "Tex. Rickard continues to assert that he will referee this battle. Rick ard is likeljf tfi turn the big mill into a farce, for even if there is a pre- arrangement Between the two men, there is enough ill feeling between Jeffries and Johnson to warrant the expectancy of considerable roughness and this alone requires the services of IEX BEACH. Jack Johnson will fight s A i - Is V . V ."' Tlx f a referee of experience in ring battles. Rickard has never refereed any ring contest worthy of the name. He is absolutely nnacqualnted "with the work. A man ot no more experience at the game than has Rickard will have as much chance handling Jeffries and Johnson in a 24-foot ring as a 6-year-old boy. would In trying to control a couple of unmanageable Clydesdales. Governor Glllett's alleged statement from Chicago, afterwards both . denied and repeated, has not helped the big fight in the least. Governor Glllett is quoted as saying that the big mill was framed up for Jeffries to win, and he was quoted at length on the 6-ubject. These statements he later denied, and was immediately afterward quoted as reaffirming his original statement, so Just at present it is hard to tell Just what he did say. However, the wide spread circulation given his original statement has ' served the purpose of giving the second blow to the big mill, the first being the selection of Rickard as referee. These two incidents were quickly followed by Johnson's split with Little, his manager, and that worthy lr now threatening to "tell tales out of school" unless he is reinstated into the good graces of the negro champion. Bad management. Inexperience, and general tendency to hoodwink the public have marked the progress of the big fight negotiations from the time the representatives of Jeffries and John son met in Chicago a year ago, and un lets something is accomplished very soon to restore confidence In the match, the anticipated coin harvest by Rickard and Gleason is likely to suffer a ma terial decrease on the long-awaited day, July 4. FINE TROPHIES ASSURED $1000 SUBSCRIBED FOR MOTOR- BOAT RACES. Crack Speed Boats From San Iran- clsco and Seattle Entered for Vancouver Contests. Citizens of Vancouver have sub scribed $1000 to purchase trophies for the Pacific CoaBt championship motor- boat races, which will be held in Van couver harbor July 4. This announce ment was made officially at an en thusiastic meeting of the Portland iilo torboat Club last week. Five hundred dollars of this amount will go for a gold cup for the winner of the free-for-all race and the Pacific Coast cham pionship. Trophies of a value of $100 or more will be given In each of the other races. That the races will all be hotly con tested is assured by the entry of sev eral crack speed boats from Seattle and San Francisco. The Seattle Spirit and Lawanna, from Seattle, will be entered in the contest, aa will the Fighting Bob, a racing craft from Sac ramento. These boats will try to wrest the laurels from the well-known Pacer II- nd Wolff II. of Portland. The Wolff II, which is owned by John E. Wolff, now holds the Pacific Coast championship, which. It captured lir the races at the A--f exposition in heat tie last year. At that time the Wolff II maintained a speed of more than 32 miles an hour. The Pacer, which also won a cham pionship at Seattle last year, has been equipped with a new hull and re. christened the Pacer II. With the new hull, which was built by Von der Werth, in Portland, the Pacer Is said to be much faster than formerly. Th Pacer II is equipped with a Lelghton engine, capable of developing more than 100 horsepower. The Pacer II is owned by Cox & Slattery, who have been saving it for the championship races. v The officials of the Pacific Coast International Power-Boat Association have been invited to participate, and it is thought they will accept. This will mean the coming of delegates from British Columbia, Washington, Califor. nla and Oregon. At least four championship races will be held. Races for boats of the 24, 28 and 32-foot classes will be, ar ranged for and there will be one for the cruisers. Possibly a race for boats of . the hydroplane class will be in eluded. The Happy Heinle, built by Otto Ranft and which is one of the speed iest of the smaller craft In Portland, may be cut down about eight inches In order that it may be entered in the 24-foot class. It Is now 24 feet eight inches over all. Otto Ranft and Al Kllngbill are at work on a new 32 foot racer that is expected to give a good account of itself. Captain Spen cer is having bu-t for him a 2S-foot speed boat. A banquet will be held after the races, the visiting members being the guests of honor. The New Perkins Ho tel will be motor-boatmen's headquar ters during the meeting. TRIP VP VALIEY PLANNED Fast Hop Golds Seeking Outside Worlds to Conquer. Arrangements for a trip up the Valley on July 3 and 4. when, games will be played with the fast Eugene team, are now being completed by E. Dunn, man ager of the Hop Gold baseball team of Portland. The Hop Golds are composed of youngsters several of whom are now ripe for faster company. They have met and defeated several of the fast lnde pandent teams about Portland and want outside games for the rest of the season. Frieze and Pollette compose the battery for the Hop Gold team, and they work well together. Frieze having a good as sortment of benders and Pollette being a vigorous and heady catcher. For games with the Hop Golds address E. Dunn, 761 Oregon street, Portland, or call East 6303. Fashion Plate Wins Erookdale. GRAVESEND, X. T., June 11. On a muddy track Fashion Plate won the Brookdale handicap, mile ana an eighth, at Gravesend today, defeating a high class field. The Gentlemen's cup, about six" furlongs, resulted in a victory for Charlie Hargrave, which won gallop ing by four lenghts. Big Auto Kace Postponed. WILKESBARRE, Pa., June 11 The National Automobile Club race, which was scheduled for today, has been post poned until Monday. A heavy rain, which fell last night, made the course up the mountain side dangerous for fast riding. Southern Golf Championship Won. ATLANTA. Ga., June 11. F. G. Byrd, of Atlanta, won the championship cup of the Southern Golf Association this afternoon, defeating R. G. Rush, Jr., of New Orleans, in the finals, eight up and six to play. Whitney's Horse Wins. GATWICK. Eng., June 11. H. P. Whit ney's Borrow won the Crabbet plate of S00 sovereigns for 2-year-olds, distance five furlongs, run here today. St. Amar anthe was second and Lance-a-Mort third. Twelve horses started. Los Angeles Gets Cincinnati Red. NEW YORK. June 11. President Lynch, of the National League of Base ball Clubs, today announced the release of Roy Castleton by Cincinnati to Los Angeles CORBETT SAYS HE IS' Ex-Champion, However, Would Really Welcome Chance at Johnson, He Declares. JEFF'S" CONDITION PRAISED Prediction Is Made That White Slugger Will Be Best-Trained Fighter Who Ever Stepped Into a Prlierlng. BT JAMES J. CORBETT. (Oopyrlfrht. 1910. by the Tribune Oompany. JEFFRIES" TRAINING CAMP. Rowmr. denan. Cal., June 7. (Special Correspon dence.) Well, the first week is over and everything is far above my anticipations. This is a beautiful place and Jeffries' wonderful Improvement can partially be attributed to his environment here. No doubt you have noticed In the pa pers that Johnson and myself have been having quite a war of words. I'm "kid ding"' tne big smoke along and having a little fun with him. Ho got hot and invited me out to the training quarters to spar with him. but he didn't stop to think that I've been in the business a long, long time, and I know he wouldn't take any chance sparring with me in his training quarters or any other place. Just to "kid" him a little bit. however. I defied him to bet me $5000 that I wouldn't go out and box with him. This, of course, I knew he would not accept, so it was a good chance for me to show the puMic out here that he is somewhat of a "bluffer" himself. Nothing would" please me more than to put the gloves on with Johnson, because no matter what might happen, I would be sure to get a line on his so-called skill and I might also discover a few weak points that may have been overlooked la bi3 previous fights. Will Continue to Talk. However, he is taking me seriously and that's just what I want. I want him to pay attention to everything I say, and I promise you it won't do him any good if he heeds what I'm going to say about him from now until the fight is decided. Well, everybody anticipated that 'there was going to be a lot of knocking, squab bling and Jealousy in the training ,camp before I arrived, but they werd all wrong, and I am glad to state that in Jeffries' training quarters everything is in harmony and it is just like one big happy family. It amuses everybody out ' here to see Choynskl and I off in. soma corner "chewing the rag" about our many old fights, and, to the surprise of everyone, 1 asked Joe in the gymnasium yesterdayf t Put 'on tne gloves, and there we stood facing each other fbr the . first time in 22 years. If any one thinks that fighters' souls are devoid of sentiment he is certainly wrong, for f can't remember when I was more pleased and happy than when we two veterans stood there ready to box. and I believe Joe felt the same way about it. t Tomorrow my troubles begin. I start boxing with Jeffries and from what I seo of his condition I don't look upon the event as a source of enjoyable enter tainment. This big bear is as strong as a bull and has endurance to burn, and. no matter what you might read to the contrary, I can't see any difference in Jeffries than when he fought me at Coney Island and in San Francisco. Jeff Still at Best. His face .has the same youthful look and while his head is naturally a little shy of hair, which makes his pictures look badly, take my word for it, he's just as "nifty" a performer now as when he was flattening the best of us. I've noticed a lot of people who talk of John son's going to win. There seems to be a great many of them, but I. haven't seen one that will bet as much as 10 cents that the negro wins. Anyone that says this fight is a "frameup" (and there is some talk of that sort going around), all I can say to these poor unfortunates who may make assertions of that kind without any foundation whatever, is that their place is in some insane asylum, for they should not be permitted to run around loose. As I told my readers that I would give them the correct dope from the training quarters, not what I hear, but what I see, I never saw a man in my life, in cluding myself, training as hard as Jef fries is now. I have walked with him and talked with him. I never saw a man who was so anxious to win a fight be fore. At this stage I will not predict who is going to win the fight, but I hereby put myself on record, and I know what I'm talking about, that if Jeffries does not win, Johnson will have .defeated the best-trained man that ever stepped Into a prizering. MATCH WANTED FOR JAPANESE Eddie Robinson Says He Has Jlu- Jitsu Expert In Training. Eddie Robinson, one of the best known instructors of physical culture on the Pacific Coast, who is handling Young Togo, a Japanese wrestler, is sues a sweeping defi on behalf of his entry to all Jiu-jitsu experts on the Coast. Rnhlnson would like "to match Togo against any jiu-jhu wiconei. white or Oriental, but is especially anx ious to pit him against a catch-as-catch-can wrestler and a boxer, using the Japanese style against the other systems on the same night and in the same arena. According to Robinson, this feat has never yet been attempted by a Japanese wrestler, and he asserts that Young Togo is ready to take on the boxer and the wrestler at any time, and agrees to prove that jlu-jltsu is the most 'scientific of the three sports. Ef forts are now being arranged to match a well known featherweight boxer and a wrestler of considerable note with the little Jap. HARNESS MEET IS POSTPONED Rain Softens Track- Contests to Be Given Next Saturday. Owing to the heavy track caused by the rains of the morning, the scheduled harness meet to be held by the River side Driving Club at the track of the Portland Fair & Livestock Association yesterday was postponed until next Saturday. The local horsemen had expected to enjoy a first-class day's sport, but the elements interfered, which necessitated the postponement. However, the River--side Driving Club will endeavor to put the meet on at the same track next Saturday, when the programme as an nounced for yesterday will be staged. KIDDING NEGRO