THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAVD,. DECEMBER 4.. 191Q.
rJELSQrJ PICKED AS
GAMEST IN RING
Corjjett Declares "Battler"
Emphasized Grit in His
Befeat by Moran.
FIRST KNOCKOUT IS FELT
nrford's Ability to Win Tcr
Johnson Is Doubled Black
Champion Paj Penally of
Pace Fapke Silent.
BT JAMES J. CORBETT.
KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Dec. . Spe-
rlai. Owen Moran. the - little British
fighting cork, accomplished the hith
erto Impossible last Saturday when he
knocked out ex-Chmpton Tfiattltng
Nelson In 11 rounds. For the Arst time
In his erentful career the Dane was
sent to the floor for the count. Not
once but (our times did the plucky
Nelson hit the matting, and the last
time for the fall count of 10: and the
Came little lightweight was carried to
his corner.
At no time during the contest did the
Battler show signs of Ms old form.
But he did prove that he Is one of the
earnest boys who ever put up his
hands. After the first few rounds
strength deserted him and It war the
eld never-say-dle spirit alone that kept
Mm on his feet during the rest of the
boot. The spirit was willing but the
flesh was weak.
Nelson had previously announced that
he would retire from the ring In the
event of losing to Moran. and I sincere
ly hope that the rane does not change
his mind. He Is fairly, well fixed with
this world's goods and can quit with
a reputation earned by years of hon
eat endeavor In the squared circle. The
Battler was always on the level and
waa always trying and will retire with
the knowledge that the sporting public
thinks every bit as much of him In
defeat aa In the days of tils greatest
triumphs.
Moran Deserves Credit.
I Imagine that Moran will not be
given the credit he la entitled to for
linking Nelson, and It will he said that
he beat only a wreck of the terrible
Dane. The fart remains, though, that
he has accomplished more than any
other man In the business he won
over the Battler via the knockout route.
When Wolgast won the championship
N'!soB was on his feet and lighting, and
while he waa a ltrked man. they had
to drag hlra out of the ring by force.
For that matter Moran never has
been handed any praise that he did nut
earn by hard and clever work, and If
one will glance over bis record It will
be discovered that the Englishman has
bested some pretty good boys. The
greatest stumbling block In his path
haa been ATve Attel. but the little He
brew has upset the dope many a time
and beaten men who outweighed him
many pounds. Moran himself la a
light boy and Is at his best In the
neighborhood, of 124 pounds, so Abe
was not giving away much. And the
probability Is thst Attel ran hoia his
own or better with any of the legiti
mate lightweights. Pome attention
will now have to be paid to Moran's
claims and he, will likely be given first
chance at Wolgast when the champion
resumes fighting.
Bojra Classy In Action.
About the same time Nelson waa
losing to Moran two of the classiest
lightweights of the East came together
In a 10-round bout before Tom
O'Rourke'a National Sporting Club.
Jack Goodman and Young Sammy
Fmlth were the principals, and the
newspaper derision was given to Good
man. The fight waa no one-sided af
fair by any means, and some of the ex
perts called it a good draw. Neither
man was badly damaged and In this
respect the bout was a disappointment
to the friends of both boys, aa It dem
onstrated they are not here mlth the
kirk that brings home the baron.
I see where Sam Lane-ford's manager
Is on the Job again. Hia latest rave Is
that he will claim the heavyweight
championship If Jack Johnson does not
accept Hugh Mcintosh's offer of a 915.
eoo purse to uo. battle with the Boston
Mark. Well, well! It seems to me that
It was only a month or so ago that
Woodman (I believe that's his name)
waa given an opportunity of matching
Sara with the champion, and that when
It came to the point where money made
the conversation Johnson was the only
one to flssh any coin.
l.angfnrd Money Lacking.
l.angford may be able to beat John
son If the pair ever hook up. but I
doubt It. Ills manager seems to be
full of confidence In the ability of kls
man to turn the trick, but not so much
so that he la anxious to bet any money
on the result. Johnson, it must be re
membered. Is champion of the world
and as such Is entitled to have some
thing to say regarding terms on which
any match In which he may engage la
to be arranged and should also be ac
commodated with a little side bet If
he desires to wager a moderate-amount
on his chances. Of course. t:o.Oi0 Is
a bit too steep, and Jack could be
brought to more reasonable terms, no
doubt. Just at present than Immediate
ly after winning the championship. .
Money was pouring In from many
different sources, then and is not now
coming so easy, from all accounts.
Therefore he champion might be per
suaded to listen to reason on the mat
ter of aide beta But I doubt that he
will accept this offer, as he has an ex
agerated idea of-hls worth aa a draw,
trig card and la. I understand, alao
flirting with a Paris promoter. Victor
Breyer. the French t'offroth. made Jack
an offer of a 1:0.000 purse to box Joe
Jeannette. and do you think Mr. John
son Jumped at the offer? Hardly. All
he asked for waa 135.000 guarantee for
hla end of the purse, with the privilege
of 40 per cent of the gross receipts. So
per cent of the motion pictures, and
be allowed to name his own referee.
Also that $10,000 be deposited to the
champion's credit In a Chicago bank aa
an evidence of good faith.
Modern Came Xrw In Prance.
The game of pudtism aa It Is played
by modern exponents is a new one In
the French capital, and Monsieur Breyer
had had no previous experience in deal
ing with a champion, and when making
the offer was under the Impression that
It was a liberal one and that Johnson
would gladly accept. He haa not yet
recovered from the shock Jack's de
mands gave htm. and the bout Is la the
discard.
It would not be a bad Idea anyway to !
wait for the result of this coming
week's encounter between the two men
who are after Johnson's scalp. Sam
and Joe are booked for a return en
gagement In Boston the night of De
cember . The match Is scheduled for
11 rounds, but with two hard, bitting
there Is no telling what may happen.
Langford waa given the decision on
the occasion of their last meeting, but
Jeanette waa flght'ng hard at the On
Ish and was far from being a beate
man. .
While I have no reason to wish elth
er one or the other any hard luck It
will be a great relief to fight follow
era If the bout results In a knockout.
Johnson can't, or rather won't, fight
both. A decisive win for either man
would greatly enhance his chances for
a crack at the big spade who now car
rlea the chamDionshlp banner. So,
readers. let us hope and pray that there
will be one less black cloud in tn
heavyweight sky before the week
over.
Johnson's Breakdown Hinted.
There Is a story going the rounds to
the effect that Johnson has expert
enced a mental breakdown. Nervous
oroatrailon is the oolite term given th
disorder that the champion Is supposed
to be victim of. and many are the rea
sons assigned ss the cause thereof. If
Jack has really suffered an attack of
nervousness that approaches collapse
it Is no more than many familiar with
his methods and forms of dissipation
have been looking for. Like all ne
groes. the first big money in sight
turned his head. Johnson was hardly
cut out for the rlotoua living system
and In trying to go the white man"
pace haa rather overdone the thing,
and Is bound to pay the penalty. Those
more. charitably Inclined blame the so
called breakdown to the scare that
Barney Oldneld handed Jack in the re
cent motor contest. In which the de
mon driver used some of the rough tac
tics that 4iave made hla name a terror
to rivals.-
. .l.eo llouck. ' the promising ' middle
weight boxer, - who looks to- me.' to
have a mighty good chance for th
championship, has been, forced to quit
the game for the present. itoucK was
unlucky enough to break his hand In
a recent contest, and Just when he
was coming down the line and win
nlng over every man he tackled. . A
youngster who can take the measure
of Jimmy Gardner In six short round
must be there with the goods, and tha
In what Leo already has accomplished,
For a newcomer In the game the Lan
caster lad has a record to be proud
of. and I hope that the Injury .to bis
band will not keep him Idle long.
' Papke May Meet Squire.
Billy Papke haa not been heard from
lately, and is probably finding the
picking so soft In Australia that he
haa decided to linger In that country
and gather a little more of the easy
money. If Bill Is fortunate enough to
clean up all the mlddlewelghta the
Australian sports may trot out our old
friend Squires for the frnal big doings.
and, aa Boshter Bill Is still looked upon
with favor In the Anttpodea there ought
to be good money - In It for all con
cerned. It Is not thought that Papke will
experience any great difficulty In an
nexlng the honors of his class over
there. When he returns to bis native
shores he will net lack for work, as
there Is that all Important matter o
determining Stanley Ketchel's succes
sor. There are several who would like
to dispute the matter with the former
middleweight champion.
There has been much .hue and cry
over the recent Lewls-Dlxle Kid mlxup
In New York City. and. to my way of
thinking, too much prominence has
been given to two very ordinary wel
terweights. The affair was touted in
he newspapers by able press rep re
sentatlves as a championship contest,
and the fans were worked up to such
an extent that nothing less than
knockout would satisfy them. The con
test went the limit, and the boys were
accused of hlppodromlng. and there is
talk of starting a blacklist with their
names at the top of the column.
Sport Healthy In Gotham.
The sport Is at present In a healthy
condition In the metropolis, with pros
pects for further Improvement this
Winter. It would be a crime to per
mit any crooked work to Interfere with
the plana now under, way for' the
legalising of professional boxing. At
the same time It Is not always ad
visable to Jump at conclusions and to
condemn mediocre boxers when some
times the best they can do is so bad
that It looks crooked. Botn Lewis
and Dixie. If measured by the cham
plonshlp scale would be found far short
of the standard, and the former owes
what reputation he possesses as
fighter more to clever management
than to hla ability with the gloves.
The affair waa unquestionably punk
as a scientific exhibition, but It could
hardly be railed a frame-up, aa both
men were fighting hard all the way,
according to the advices that . have
rearhed me.-
Too much was expected from the
men. and neither has sufficient class
to entitle him to serious consideration
as a candidate for the welterweight
championship. Packey McFarland could
wade through all the welters In the
game In a few months. It Is the one
division of pugilism that Is sadly lack
Jng in class.
ROUGH TRIP IS STARTED
T. M. BALDWIN AXD PARTY GO
TO DESCHUTES IX AUTO.
Xrw Locomobile lo Tent Almost Ira-
pa stable Roads Into Central,
Oregon Country.
Unafraid of the reported terrible road
condition In the Deschutes River Can
yon. T. M. Baldwin, of Prlnevllle. Or..
accompanied by O. E. McCarthy, of
Neate McCarthy, of Portland, left
Portland yesterday In Mr. Baldwin's new
Locomobile "30" to drive to Prlnevllle.
The car waa shipped to The Dalles and
the trip will begin fromJJiat point early
this morning.' Reports coming from the
Eastern and Central Oregon cities Indi
cate that the roads leading, to Prlne-
llle are virtually Impassable. However,
Mr. Baldwin, who is a keen automoblllst
is desirous of testing hla new Locomobile
and la therefore giving It the overland
run at this time of year.
Snow has fallen in the Deschutes
country snd It has rained a great deal
since Fall. Mr. McCarthy has gone over
these roads before, although not In the
Winter time and la firmly convinced
that the Locomobile, even though It la
new. will get over the highways. Mr.
McCarthy said, before leaving Portland,
that If the roads are no worse than he
encountered going to Seattle early In the
Fall he would be satisfied. At that time
a Locomobile of the same type as Mr.
Baldwin's ploughed through mud and wa
ter for two days, getting to Seattle,
finally landing there unharmed despite
the strenuous traveling. The car which
left Portland for Prlnevllle waa equipped
with every necessary article for en
countering rough and slippery roads.
Giving a full account of their trip
from San Francisco to Chicago via the
Southern Route and Old Santa Fe trail
an article waa published In Eaatern
papers recently graphically portraying
the trip of George :. R-w and three
companions In a SO horsepower Stearns
car equipped with Fish bolted -on tires.
In crossing Arlxona and New Mexico
they found many dtflcnlt trails to pass,
some of them showing no evidence of
a vehicle ever having been over them.
The entire trip was made wltb a mini
mum amount of tire trouble, aevea
punctures being sustained.
TRIP IS COMPLETED
Autoist Finishes Across-Continent
in Good Time.
FINDS INDIFFERENT ROADS
Los Angeles Greets A. L. Westward
and Party With Brass Band as
His Premier "Pathfinder"
Reaches Haven After Jaunt.
Escorted .nto Los Angeles by 50 au
tomobiles and a brass band. A. L.
Westgard, of the Touring Club of
America, la lUs Premier 'Pathfinder,"
driven by Ray Me. Samara, completed
hla .trip across the United' States, lay
ing out an automobile route on No
vember 19.
' Reports ' from Los Angeles convey
the. information, that his car was in
perfect condition at the finish of the
run and that no spare parts were used
In making the ' transcontinental ride.
He left New York City about two
months ago. going by . well traversed
roads - when possible.- other times
choosing his. own path. Hie) trip led
hlra through New York, and in his
westward Journey through many
states, encountering good, bad and In
different roads on the way.
Because the road chosen by West
gard and party- will be accepted by
the Touring . Club of America as the
ofuclal route for a transcontinental
Journey he was careful In marking the
very best trail possible. Jn so doing
he spent several hours finding a more
suitable road around a particularly bad
portion of road. ...
Government Accepts Route.
What Is regarded as more Important
In the trip Is the fact that, the United
States Government will accept Mr.
Westgard's route as the correct pas
sage by automobile across the contin
ent. That waa another reason why
the motorists were especially careful
to choose a careful and acceptable
route. -
The trip across the continent, arriv
ing in the Rocky Mountains at the be
ginning of Winter, is regarded as a
signal triumph for the motor propelled
vehicle. Never before has such a trip
been accomplished at this time of year.
Through Wyoming and New Mexico
the autolsts experienced some bad days
with bad roads, the desert and snow.
The sand In jhe desert country both
ered tbe car in some places, but tire
pads prevented the car from sinking
In the soft places, and fairly good time
was made.
Many days the runs of the car ex
ceeded SOU miles, although for the en
tire trip ' It Is not thought that the
average will be as much as that- It Im
possible that the "pathfinders" will re
turn East this winter tn their auto
mobile. It Is possible that they will
pass through Portland on their way
home. . -
Frank M. Fretwell, secretary of the
Pacific Highways Association, has
made a suggestion that If Mr. West
gard returns East by automobile to
go by way. of the proposed Paclf'c
Highways Assoclstton road. which
when completed will extend from Tla
Juana, Mexico, to . Vancouver, B. C,
and thence eastward over the Cana
dian Rockies to Winnipeg, .with a
choice of two or three 'routes to com
plete the trip.
In a letter of recent date the Pa
cific Highways Association officers
pointed out to the Touring Club of
America the Interest In roadbulldlng
on the Pacific Coast and In Western
Canada. In the letter the Pacific Coast
men vouchsafed the information that
If Mr. Westgard made the return trip
east through Canada he would not
find worse roads than he encountered
In hla trip across the United States.
In addition to furnishing accurate in
formation to the Pacific Highways As
sociation and the road officials in the
territory in which he would pass. Mr.
Westgard's trip up the Coaet and across
Canada would give publicity to a new
route, which no doubt will carry In
the future a lare number of motor
totiriats to the Pacific Coast.
The .wheat farmers of the Canadian
Middle West, according to Mr. Fret
well, are anxious to make an annual
trip by motor to the Pacific Coast, if
they are shown that it la practical to
do so. This proposed trip would fur
nish accurate 'formation as to the
road conditions to these folk and would
greatly stimulate the automobile busi
ness in that section. Mr. Westgard.
t is understood, is In favor of the
trip as outlined by the Pacific High
ways Association.
L. A. Keller, superintendent of agen
cies of the E-M-F Northwest Company.
has returned from his canvass of the
Oregon agencies and reports that the
prospects fos next year's business are
exceedingly bright. His company has
already rontrarted Its entire allotment
ANNOUNCEMENT-
AUTOMOBILE PURCHASEKS,
State of Oregon,
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A.
Greeting ..
Buyers must realize that a motor" car agency is given out for twelve
months onlv and no dealer is ever absolutely certain that he can retain an agency for
a longer period. That this fact is true has been proven by the many changes that
have taken place each season in this city.
The dealer does not usually intend to build up a business for some one else and
therefore spends as little as possible in caring for the man who has already bought
his car. -
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While we have tried to take the best of care of Winton Six Users in the past we
frankly acknowledge that our past" performance is not to be compared for a, moment
with what we expect to do in the future; for hereafter Winton Six. Users in Oregon;
will be dealing with a factory branch direct. .
The Portland Motor Cir Co. has been incorporated as a sub -branch of the
Xorthwest Branch of the AVinton Motor Carriage Co.
Plans for a mammoth garage and salesroom are now under way and a $10,000
stock of pars will be carried. This with the $100,000 stock carried at; the Northwest
branch means that Portland owners will never experience the vexing delay occa
sioned by a wait of three or four weeks for a."part shipment" from the factory. ,
A mammoth selling campaign will now be inaugurated and before the Spring
season opens we expect to have 200 Winton owners in Oregon.
.
Another carload of the latest models has arrived and are on our salesroom floor
for inspection for a few days. They won't last long. Phone for demonstration, J
which places you under no obligation. "
Portland Motor Car Co Inc.
ef
C B. MINERS,
Manager
Phones: Main 2583, Auto 4944
Sixteenth and Alder Streets
F. T. BOLTON,
Vice-President
of cars for March and April deliveries.
Mr. Kellar recently came to Portland
from Minnesota.
Containing three cars, two of which
are five-passenger touring- cars the
Twitchell Motor Car Company received
its first carload of 1911 Cole "30" cars
last week. The other car is a Cole
"Flyer." All the cars have 118-Inch
wheel bases with double drop frame.
The engine has a 2 ft -Inch tilt, giving
direct driving power. All of the parts
of the engine are enclosed. The di
mensions of the engine are 44 by 4V4-
Apple growers of the Hood Hlver
district In Oregon have not only grained
the reputation for growing the unest
apples In the world, but are rapidly
acquiring a reputation as being among
the most progressive horticulturists.
Their progresslveness Is Illustrated In
a number of motor-driven vehicles
which were used in handling the ap
ple crop for the season of 1910. Al
though the original promoters of the
plan to haul the apple crop by motive
power were discouraged by their fellow-orchard
ists, they undauntedly put
their plans Into effect and before the
crop had been harvested a goodly num
ber of motor-driven vehicles were em
ployed In that line of work.
Northwest main branch. Plans for a
ney building are now under way.
It Is the intention of the. new organi
sation to take the best of care of all
Winton owners and spare nothing that
will better the service. A stock of
parts amounting to about 110.000 will
be carried here, which any automobile
owner knows Is one of the most Im
portant things connected with ' good
service. Another carload of Winton
Sixes arrived this week and are on dis
play in the present salesroom. In
cluded In this shipment is a standard
fore-door toy tonneau which is one of
the neatest cars seen in Portland so
far. ;
A netting tunnel, to be set into a win
dow screen, so that it will point outward,
has been invented to attract fllea out of a
ro o m without permitting them to ent er.
WIXTOX FIRM OPENS BRANCH
Snbstatloa Will Soon Be Located In
Fine New Home.
George W. Miller, manager of the
Winton Northwest branch, came to
Portland last week and closed negoti
ations whereby the firm known as tn
Portland Motor Car Company waa in
corporated ss a sub-branch of the
THE
KRIT Motor Sales Company
Announces the removal of their office
and salesroom to
342 Burnside Street, near 7th
Where they have a complete line of '
' C-E-1CARS
and a STRIPPED CHASSIS on display. You are ;
cordially invited to call and carefully inspect the
excellence and simplicity of
HK-K-P3C0NSTRUCTI0N
KRIT MOTOR SALES COMPANY, Coast Distributors
342 Burnside Street near 7th, Portland, Or.
Phones: Marshall 1794 A 1322
Oldsmobiles
1911
Have A t r ive d
The four and. six cylinder
Oldsmobiles ; have set a
new standard of luxury
in motoring.
Graceful and finely finfshed
as any yacht and the
absolute reliability of their
mechanism makes them
independent of road or
weather conditions.
The final result of twelve
years of motor car build
ing they have no peers
in motordom.
Three types of chassis
with four types of bodies,
36 to 42-inch tires.
Power Silence Speed with safetye
Sample cars now on exhibition at our salesroom.
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Crowe Auto Go.
SIXTEENTH AND ALDER STREETS
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