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SIXTY ALREADY ENTERED FOR CHRISTMAS PLUNGE
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IS PECULIAR ONE
Harrison Allen Opposes His
Transfer From Team.
Referee Fails to See Foul by
Dane When He Drops to
Knee In Moran Bout.
LETTER PROTESTS CHANGE
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Baseball Enthusiast Tells MeCredie
to "Take Tumble" and Retain
Best Player He Has Cham
pion Lineup la Mentioned.
BEATING IS TECHNICAL
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Taoch to Kepood 0 Call
for Farther Effort.
ST J. CORBRTT.
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rtL Looking at the ph-turs of the
Moran-N'elson bout a few days eco. t
had tn chuckle when I thourht bark
to the reports of the fht published
Immediately after the Dan had auc
rtimbed to the prowm of tha Britisher.
We nt led to beliexre that Itat had
been knocked cold and carried to bl
corner dead to tha world. Tha es
rhamplon waa made out a hesn of tha
last aland sort and waa supposed to
hare rone down aad out na-httna aa
only Nelaon could until knocked on
conscious.
The Ht tier waa beaten all right and
Moran la entitled to arest credit for
the workmanlike manner In which he
fWeated Nelson; but the IMtne was not
-out'' according to tha common accept
ance of the word. For tea rounda tha
flstit was a corker, with .Nelson pro
ceeding In his usual aa-areaslve man
ner. In the 11th round Moran landed
a hard rlht to Rat's Jaw and down
went the Herewisrh bor fist on his
hark. lurln the round Nelson was
floored l times, but tha first knock
down blow seemed to hara dona all tha
damage.
Several times, Nelson fell from light
punches or was "apparently wreetied to
the floor. On one occasion ha took ad
vantage of a double count by a little
foxy riar. lie accomplished this by
dropping bark tn one knee after having
regained his feet following a knock
down. This left the Battler open to
disqualification, but tha referee did tiot
look at It In that Hsht and Moran did
not claim the foul.
Knockout I'm liar One.
it Is the ending of the fie-ht that
Interested me particularly. In the pic
tures It looked aa If the Rattler fll
the lest time from weakness and after
g-ttlng up to Ma knee watched Keferre
elig count oft the fatal ten seconds
without making an effort to get to his
feel. Immediately the referee declared
Mran the winner. Nelson roe and
wanttd to resume hostilities. So the
knockout, aa It waa called, was only a
te.-hntral one. aa toe loser waa far from
being "out."
The question naturally arises. Why
didn't the Iwne get to his feet within
the time limit, aa he waa on his knee
long before the count had endeil? Waa
he so dazed that he did not fully real
ise that be had been given the full
a. int. or was he unable to hear tha
referee distinctly, aa many of hla
friends contend? It la mr belief after
lfKklng at the plrturea several times
that the pane had not fully recovered
from the eriects of the first punch and
waa so dased from hitting the floor ao
often that he waa unable to respond
sooner. Nobody questions Nelson's
gamenrea. but It was rather surprising
to see Ilal take the count In this way.
Nrlon .jcj-reale Till tud.
The pictures are well worth viewing
and are the clearest and most dlatlni t
I ever have aeen of a boxing contest
Nelson proved that an far as he could
go he was tiie aggressive tighter of old
and waa on top of Moran all tha way
until the punrh on the Jaw In the lltl.
round. x htle the contest demonstrated
tiiat the "iron Jaw" cannot stand the
old-time a si lops, the Battler did not
llicht like a "has been. and those who
attempt to belittle Moran' a victory by
claiming that Hat waa a dead one do
the little LUiellstaroan an Injustice. Nel
son was not so good aa when he won
the championship, but It took a good
boy to lick him Just the same.
Ja k Johnson feara be la going
mitiy. If tha champion haa been cor
rectly quoted, and has had hla cranium
examined not with a fine-tooth comb,
but with an x-ray apparatus. Appar
ently the negro la not In a serious con
dition, but the scare ought to do him
some good and may be the means of
bringing about a reform In hla methods
of living.
The examining physician took tha
x-ray photo of the skull to see If there
was any denreton that would afreet
the brain. The exposure showed an ex
ternal Indication. hut Internally
everything seemed all right. Any way,
Ja. k needed a little advertising and Is
given to queer stunts to accomplish the
desired end.
Brain I'hotograplijr New tail. -
This brain photography la a new one
snd may be adopted generally by tha
r-feitn now that the champion haa
set the fashion. If the system could
be brought Into u.e during the prog
ress of a fight It would become popu
lar with the public. Ao x-ray of Abe
Alters "think tank" while performing
would be worth looking over, particu
larly If the boot waa with one of those
boys the featherweight champ was
"saving" for future use.
It a a pretty soft Job nowadays hold
ing down the featherweight champion.
a.'?ip. I can remember not so many
years back when the champion of the
world waa kept busy answering or
dodging challenges, Every big city held
some aspiring heavy who was anxious
to he on the Joh, and In those daya In
atead of Joking about the matter the
newspapera recognised the right of the
challengers and da a result made life
miserable for the reigning champion.
It waa considered a dull day when tha
mall and telegraph did not contribute
their share of challenges from the other
top. Botchers, and In my day aa cham
pion of the world there were dozens
tf Mich-class men In the game.
Different Now Than Then.
Look how the situation haa changed.
The present champion Is not forced to
do any dodging, on the contrary, he
has to do the challenging, or at least
to offer suggestions. No white man
seems anxloua to attempt to take the
laurels from him. and the champion
doea not appear to regard the clalma
tf the colored aspirants seriously. For
a month or two following Johnson's
xlrtory over Jeffrlee young fellows
sprang up all over the country and
tiie newspapers were filled with chal
lenges from newly laid "white hopes.
hot In m"9t instances these mere Sim.
p. advertising dodges.
It is up to some of us loveis o t!-e
game to dig up a white man to get
sfl-r the negro champion. Al Kauf
mauu evidently does not want any of
Johnson s game at present, or if ha
does his friend snd adviser. Bill Xe
Isney. Is not anxious to burrr the
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THE annual Christmas swim In tha
Willamette River this year prom
isee to eclipse the Inaugural one
held last year, not only In tha number
of entriea but In popularity, to such an
extent that the Orst afralr of the kind
will fade Into Insignificance.
Lat year there were II starters In tha
Chrtstmaa swim, and thia number com
prised the gamest of tha swimming tal
ent of the Multnomah Amateor Athletic
Club. for. at that time. It waa a distinct
ly novel fclea and many P ex sons ware
skeptical- The success of that awlm and
the reaultlng boost It gave to aquatics
In thia vicinity Is now quite generally
known, and the shortening of the course
to 1" y arils this year hsa Increased tha
list of entriea to such large proportlone
that the event la likely to prove one of
the greauat swimming contests aver at
tempted. Sixty amr Entered.
Already Arthur CavilJ, swimming In
structor of the Multnomah Club, has
champion any. Billy li tha boss, I
suppose, and ha Is a wise, old fox. too.
and figures the same aa a great many
othera that the longer time Jack is
given to enjoying life the easier It
will be to lick him. And from the cur
rent reports of the champion"! condi
tion there may be something la that.
Barns Making; Good Money.
Last week I auggeated in thia column
that It was about time something defin
ite waa heard about that long.talked-of
llurns-Langford quarrel. Since then I
have read In a dispatch from the
Northwest thst Tommy haa announced
kls retirement from the ring. This
news does not surprise me much, aa
Hums is thought to be In "pretty
sweet" In a business way out In that
locality and la said to be doing ao well
that he cannot afford to neglect hla
Interests long enough to undertake a
long course of training.
Hums claims to have discovered a
promising heax-ywelght and haa agreed
to take charge of the youngster s ca
reer In the prlxe ring. The boy's name
Is Jack 1-ester and be weigna at the
present time about 1 pounda. It
Tom gets back Into active work In han
dling and training; his protege. It like
ly will mean the ex-cliamplon'a return
to the game, as once the old boys get
the gloves on. ex-en In practice, the
desire to "coma back" cets tha upper
hand. I know.
At any rate. Tommy deserves credit
for what he already haa accomplished
In his profession, and If he can develop
thia newcomer. Jestar. Into a good man
ha will be doing the sport-loving pub
lic an Immense favor. From the ma
terial that Ryan. Choynekt. Burns and
I are working on. there Is the chenro
of developing a boxer who will have
the proper stun In him. and who will
not be afraid to challenge the cham
pion of the world.
I'srkev MrFsrlsnd and Abe Attel
have been matched for a Iv-round bout
been assured of over tn startera from
among the members of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club, and thia means
that at least 30 of them will actually
start, for percentage figuring on ex-entn
of thia character generally allow of about
half of the nominated auxjaera actually
entering the event, and besides there
are several entriea from the Portland Y.
M. C. A. who can be depended upon
actually to participate In the meet.
Instructor Cavlll confidently expecia
over 40 starter, while Krank K. Watklne,
chairman of the swimming committee of
the Multnomah Club, estimates the num
ber at fully M swimmers, which indicates
the enthuainim that has been displayed
bv the members. of the club.
Until tha advent of Cavlll a swimming
Instructor of the Multnomah Club, thia
was virtually a neglected art In club
circles, but slnn Hie fumous Australian
rajne hero something like 18 month agt.
the swimming evenla have proved one of
the most attractive features of the club.
After the disaster suffered by the club
througti the big conflagration last Bum
mer, the awlmmlng classes have been
to take place in New York Friday
night. Fackey Is allowed to weigh in
at 135 at o'clock on the day of the
contest, which means that he will en
ter the ring a full fledged welter
weight. Aa Attel'a best fighting weight
Is In the neighborhood of 124. the
featherweight champion will ba glvinfC
a ton away. With a dub thia might
not hinder Abe any. but In the case of
good boy like McFarland It would ap
pear that Attel waa biting off too large
a chunk. There are aome naaty rumors
concerning the bout and the arrange
ments, but I know Attel haa all the
confidence in the world that he can
beat the Chtcag-o boy. I ' think the
handicap la too great for even such a
marvel aa the little Hebrew, and If
everything Is on the "up and up I look
for Mac to trim the champion.
Jack "Twin" Sullivan added another
feather to hla cap when he stopped that
huge Joke, Jim Ftewart. In four rounda
recently. Aa "Twin" can make log
pounds he claims, and Stewart is about
the six or Johnson, one can easily
imagine the task Sullivan had on his
hands. He did a nice Job of It and
Stewart must ba put In the dub class.
The excuse thia time waa a sprained
ankle. Thafa aa good aa any other.
Twin's" next match will be with hla
old-time rival, Hugo Kelly.
Vancouver Teant Is Winner.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Pec. 17. 9pe-
clL) Tha Vancouver High School
basketball team met the team repre
senting the Catholic Young Men's Club,
of Portland. In the Armory tonight,
and tha final score was 18 to 10 in fa
vor of Vancouver.
This la the first game the home team
has played on tha regular schedule
this year. The line-up of the teams:
Vasrowver. Paaltloa. C. T. M. C.
rtick.il. ici' ",hB"
wnir R r raiy
Perr.11 ICAOt 1....K F Nel-O
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Morse X. G
Melhua
...l.i.lnl mt tha TPortland Bclmmmc
Butha. which place haa been leased on
certain nlfhts by the cluh. and Cavlll in
vtalled as Instructor. His classes have
continued to Increaa?, and when the new
clubhouse is erected next Spring, it la
quite aafe to assert that aquatics will
form one of the most attractive features
of the resort.
Swimmers to Be Cnred For.
Chairman Watkm". of the swimming
committee of the Multnomah Club, ac
companied by Instructor Cavlll, s-lected
the course last Wednesday, and the ltt)
varda of water to be traversed by the
contestants on Monday, December 26.
will extend from one of the piers on the
West Side of the Willamette R'ver to
Kellog's boathouse, where the upper story
has been aet aside for the exclusive use
of the contestant, and a competent corps
of rubbers and handlers will be on hand
to take care of the aquatic competitors.
Everything possible will be done to pro
vide for the comfort of the swimmers Im
mediately after they emerge from the
river, and the accommodations will be
MEET IS FAVORED
Eugene Student Body Pledges
Hearty Support.
FRATERNITIES WILL AID
Conflict With Corvallis Institution
Over Dates Is Indicated Lead
ing High Schools and
. Academies Invited.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON; Eugene.
Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) At a special
meeting of the varsity student body the
students, by unanimous vote, 'pledged
financial and moral support to an Inter
scholastic track meet to be held In Eu
gene next Spring. All of the prominent
high schools and academics of the state
will be invited to send four or more
representatives.
Traveling expenses are to be defrayed
by the track management of the univer
sity, and they are to be entertained at
the fraternity and clubhouses. The fra
ternities have also promised to donate
cups and other' trophies to the winning
contestants.
President Collier haa appointed Harold
Cwkirllnt as chsirman of an entertain
much better than waa the case last year,
thoueh at that t'me no 111 effects resulted
trom the swim.
To demonstrate the Interest that la be
ing taken in thJB proposition It is an
nounced that In addition to the Stephen
T. Britten cup put up for last year's
swim, and to be won twice in order to
become " the permanent property of the
contestant, the following- business men
of Portland have also offered prizes for
this annual event: Frank E. Watklns.
of Parrish, Walking & .Co.; J. A. Heus
ner, of the Koyal Bakery: E. House, ca
terer: Max Michel, of Michel & Sichel,
clothiers; Clayton Fallas, and Henry
Hanno, of Klrchner &. Hanno, caterers.
Fine Prlxes Donated.
All these Arms have donated the prlxes
to be distributed as the swimming com
mittee sees fit. The S. T. Britten cup.
of coume, will go to the man finishing
first, and the cups donated by Frank E.
Watklne and John A. -Heusner will he
tendered the winners of second and third
places, while the other prizes will be dis
tributed anions; the swimmers who finish
ment committee, which is to arrange an
adequate programme of entertainment
for the preparatory students. A com
mittee on reception will meet, all trains
and see that all the visitors are well
cared for.
No definite date has been agreed upon,
but May a) has been tentatively an
nounced by the managers.
In former years a state Interscholastic
track meet was held at Corvallis under
the auspices of the Oregon Agricultural
College, but this was abandoned last
year on account of financial losses. It
is understood, however, that this haa
been reconsidered. -
The Corvallis promoters have decided
upon May !0, the date originally contem
plated by the University of Oregon, and
It la reported that they have mailed con
tracts to some of the schools asking
them to agree to that date.- Thus it
seems that some conflict may arise over
the proposed meets. Many prominent
schools, including the Portland represen
tatives, have already signified Intention
of taking part In the Eugene -meet, and
promises are still coming in.
The Oregon students contend that they
did not interfere with the plans of the
Agricultural College men In former years
and that they were the first to take the
field thia year.
BIBBLIXG -WATER WIXXER
Displaying Class After First Quar
ter She Takes Oakland Event.
OAKLAND, Dec. 17. Bubbling: Water
rllOTlaved her class at Emeryville
when she tjroved an easy winner
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of the Oakland Jiandlcap. She ruled a
mild favorite for the event, and after
being In the rear the first quarter, moved
up and ran ox-er the leaders, winning
from Arionette end Jim Gaffney. Roy
Junior won the Fierenxl handicap from
Blackmate and Coppertown. Chester
fourth to seventh places. The Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club has provided for
handsome mecais to oo iciimrmu
e th firwt 12 swimmers who finish.
These medals are In the shape of a star
and are jolld gold wicn crimson u
.hiA .mamai flniflh" and aonronriatelv
engraved, making a beautiful souvenir of
the event.
Of the big list of entries so far listed
the following swimmers are virtually sure
to start on December !6: Phil Patterson,
winner of the last Christmas swim; Ralph
Withycombe, winner of second place last
-. Ay A lion A K MPA1D n. UlIO
Mikk'elsen. Frank Watkins, Larry Schade,
1 1 B. t 1,1 It .Torenn nre. w. -M - nane-
but. J. S. Kllleen, W. E. Gray, uave
Welch, Edd'e Sammons, ri. fc.. Seymour.
M. Boyle, Ted Ludlam, Lewis Thomas,
u-iiii-n. nauia Tr.hpn ATrDonald. Oliver
King Jeftery, Edward Sherry, Oscar E.
Franste, John Cahalin, Ed Jorgensen,
Joe De Boest, Will Bennett, Paul E. Marr
and Sim Bennett, of the Multnomah Club,
and Que- Mankertx, L. Abbey and J. Mc
Donald, of the Y. M. C. A., and Edward
O. Gloss, of the Portland Rowing Club.
Krum, the favorite, made a poor showing.
Six furlongs Captain John won, Bell
snicker second. Platoon third. Time, 1:15.
Futurity course John H. Sheehan won,
Lord of the Forest second, Madeline Mua
grave third. Time, 1:11 2-6.
Mile and sixteenth Roy Junior won,
Black Mate second, Coppertown third.
Time, 1:49 2-5.
Six furlongs, Oakland handicap Bub
bling W7ater won. Arionette second, Jim
Gaffney third. Time, 1:11-5.
Mile and 30 yards Sepulveda won,
Lotta Creed second, Altamor third. Time,
1:44 3-5. ,
Six furlongs Titus II won. Burning
Bush second, Lady Adelaide third. Time,
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FOOTBALL TEAMS TO CLASH
Catholic Club and Piedmont Stars
Have Came Scheduled Today.
The Catholic Young Men's Club foot
ball eleven and the Piedmont Stars will
meet on the gridiron at the ground of
the former organization at Williams ave
nue and Morris etreet, at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon.
The Piedmont Stars and the McLaugh
lin elevens will fight it out for the su
premacy of the city at the baseball
Twentv - fourth and Vaughn
streets, on Christmas day. The teams
will line-up ms aiiernoon in tins wnu w -
lug order:
Catholic Club.
Zander
Dueber
Evers
Olenon
Johnson
P. Dueber
Position.
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Piedmont gtar.
Slattery
...... Lawrence
, Gibson
Hanna
Zimmen
Lawrence. Lent
Donaldaon
. . Vospr
Sherry-
K lump
Pattftrat-.fi- (li&nelli . L H
Ptreibig R H.
Campion ..
F.. .Ransom. WhelK-u
A French engineer has designed a lo
automabUe for the use of invalids.
. i i re not taking kindly
to the announcement made by "Walter
McCredie that he had askeo ana
.. ...i,..r. on Perle Casev. This
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action on the manager's part Is taken
as an Indication tnat ne xm
Casey to the Northwestern team. Sev
eral fans have protested and one of
them Harrison Allen has sent aa
open letter to Manager McCredie expos
tulating against the transfer of the
star second baseman to the Northwest
ern club. Mr. Allen's letter is:
"Dear Walter Newspaper comment
has It that you propose to send Casey
to the Northwest League. Many of the
fans and I, myself, do not see why you
should do this. Casey, as you know, or
ought to know, was the mainstay of
the team last year, and many a time
have I been in the grandstand when
Casev pulled off a stunt which won
the game. I have carefully Investigated
the record of Neal Ball, the man whom
It is said you propose to place at sec
ond base. He is by nature a short
stop, and if you will place Casey at sec
ond. Ball at short. Rapps at first and
Sheehan at third, you will undoubtedly
have the best Infield in the league.
Casey Wisest Player.
I have been told that you do not
like Casey personally. If that is true,
you ought not to let your personal
views interfere with your judgment as
a manager. If you send Casey to the
Northwest League, you are tB-kln
away from the Portland Coast Club the
most popular, consistent and head
iest Dlayer you ever had at second.
You SIS to think that Larry Schafley
was a good second baseman, but he
Sever saw the day that he could play
the game that Casey can. In my opin
ion, if you left It to the popular vote
of the fans, whom I consider just as
competent a Judge of playera as any
manager In the league, you will dis
cover that you are making aJ un
popular move by sending Case North
west. If you have any such an idea,
you better take a tumble to yourself
and let the best second baseman that
ever plaved In the Portland baseball
park remain where he Is. I arr. send
ing a copy of this letter to the Judge.
McCredie Is Reticent.
" Mr llen is one of the most enthu
siastic fans of Portland, and at one
time was mentioned as a possible can
didate for the presidency of the Pa
cific Coast League. He intimates plain
ly that he thinks McCredie is making
a mistake in transferrinir the player
to the Class B organization, and his
views are shared by quite a number of
McCredie refused to comment on the
letter. He said it is his intention to
irive Portland a winning baseball team
nest season, and that he would try to
have two first-class clubs in the field.
He declares that he likes to hear from
the fans, but refused to say just what
disposition he Intended to make of
Casev He would neither affirm nor
deny" the report that the second base
man was destined for the Northwestern
club. '
KNOCKOUT BLOW IS FATAIj
Boxer's Skull Fractured When Sent
to Floor for Final Count.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 17. Edward
Kid" Gardner, a local lightweight
pugilist. 21 years old. died In a hospital
here this afternoon from tnftea re
ceived last night in a bout w th John
Kain at the Nonpareil Athletic Club.
Gardner never regained consciousness
after being sent to the floor for the
final count. He died from a fracture
0fKaienS22"vearB old, is in the County
prison, 'the Magistrate having: refused
to accept bail. Others connected with
the fatal bout were held in bond aa
witnesses.
Goldendale Defeats Stevenson.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., Dec. 17. The
Goldendale High School basketball team
defeated the Stevenson High School team
In the first game of the Mid-Columhia
League series, played at Goldendale. The
game was closery contested, the final
score being 22 to 18.
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