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VOT.. XXIX. PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORXIXG. DECEMBER 25, 1910. NO- 52' in Extend to All A Merry Christmas AND THE Compliments of the Season With Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year To Our Patrons and Friends WE WISH YOU EVERY CHRISTMAS JOY And Unbounded Prosperity During the Coming Years NATIONAL WINE CO. 5th and Stark Sts. Phones Main 6499, A 4499 , Store Open All Day Monday Coal $5 Per Ton Delivered Notice Extraordinary We have on hand 5 cars of excellent grade coal, run of the mine, and while it lasts will deliver it at $5.00 per ton, C. 0. D. Our best grade of lump coal $7.50 per ton delivered. TELEPHONE YOUR ORDERS IN QUICK, AS THESE 5 CARS WILL . ONLY LAST 3 OR 4 DAYS. Mud River Coal Co. MAIN 821 St! 1 A 2821 A MERRY CHRISTMAS to mil our patron and friends. May va serve yon aa well in the fntnxe aa we have in the past. DALLAS OPTICAL PARLORS ais-ns riauo bldo. Cmr. Tklr u4 Waaftlactsa Streets. ilM . 'fY : -i fA TWO STARS GO OUT Nelson and Jeff Drop Titles to Wolgast and Johnson. MANY BANTAMS IN FIELD James J. Corbett 6nggesta Tourney to Decide Superiority of Little Fellow Hanlon Suggested aa Referee1 In Probable Go. BT JAMES J. CORBETT. BEAUMONT, Tex-. Dec 24. (Spe cial.) By the Urns this article appears In print the majority of the reader of The Oregonlan'a porting pace In all probability will ba hooked up for a few round with the Christmas turkey. That remind me that this Is a good time to wish all my friends and readers a merry Christmas and offer my thanks for tha support (Wen my literary ef forts In the past. I trust that my weekly letters will continue to satisfy the sporting- publlo and that before this time next year the pugilistic situation will hare been changed and that a white man will ba on tha heavyweight throne. The year Just drawing to a close has been an eventful one In the world of pugilism- Within a few months time two of the greatest champions ever known In their respective clasies were forced to take back seats and give up their Jobs to younger men. First to fall by the wayside was tha durable Dane. Battling Nelson, who lost his title to Ad Wolgast after some forty rounds of hard milling at Colma last February, and after that followed the "fight of the century" between Jeffries and Johnson at Reno on Independence day. For the first time In the history of professional pugilism in this country we have a negro heavyweight cham pion. Title Belongs to Xo One. Another tHle was vacated when Stan ley Ketchel was assassinated. The unfor tunate ending of poor Ketchel ha left the middleweight class without a lead er, and it will be a matter of several months before this important matter can be settled to the satisfaction of tha followers of pugilism. The welterweight division Is about in the same boat. For the life of me I cannot aay who holds the title In this class, and aa to the quality of the weltera now before the public the least said the better. There are several lightweights who could clean up. the entire bunch in a week's time if given the opportunity. If Abe Attel was turned loose among the gang posing as claimants to the welterweight cham pionship the little terrier would have a few more scalps to add to his collec tion. There has been no change In Attel' division. That kid i supreme there and no one seems to be able to give blm a good argument. Or If they get by with it once Abe generally attends to their cases properly the next time out. That's a specialty of the featherweight champion, and Attel is great when It 'cornea to saving an opponent for future use. Everybody Is Champion. The bantams, though, are the limit. There must be a dosen youngsters In this country alone who claim the title of world's champion bantamweight. They are the beat little claimants in the world. And some of the boys are good little scrapper. Johnny Coulon, Frankle Conley. Jimmy Walsh, Frankle Burns and Danny Webster are only a few of the more prominent ones. There are others, but I cannot recall the names they are altogether too numerous. The surest way out of the bantam mlxup would be to hire some large building on the order of Madison Square Garden and bold a tournament. In a week's time it might be possible to tell who's who frnnJt 1"''' fellom-a. XUggBX fiUB- MEMBERS- OF THE COMMITTEE WHICH w V t... V. rn.tl.1i hantam phnirtnlulL fresh from his victory over Jem Bowker, soon will bo over here to meet the best of our boys, and there will be a glad wel come awaiting the little foreigner. Of course there will be much argument and hot air over the question of weight, be cause I never yet have seen one of the little fellows who would not haggle all day over a few ounces. Til pass up the bantams to any one who wants 'em I can't keep tab on that bunch. A dispatch from Seattle states that Tommy Burns was injured severely In a railroad collision last week. As the for mer champion haa not fully recovered from the injury to his right knee and this latest accident has crippled him badly. It would appear that his ehanoes for returning to the ring are mighty slim. That sore knee, the souvenir of a lacrosse game, still Is in bad shape, and Tommy's announcement that he haa retired from the game probably goes. X great many people who make a spe cialty of trying to run everybody else's business and to "regulate" everything In the sporting line, keep harping on the brutality of professional boxing. I wish some of these birds oould be taken on a Jaunt into Canada somewhere when the professional lacrosse season is in full away, and let them have a look at the game as played by the athletes over the border. After watching a game between two fast teams It's a hundred to one that boxing would be voted a pink tea affair alongside of lacrosse. While In the City of Ottawa, Ont., a few years ago. I attended a match be tween the Nationals of that city and the Shamrocks of Montreal, which was the deciding game of the championship series. I was asked to start the game (I believe that's the right term), and appreciating the honor agreed to do so. My part of the Job was easy, but that is neither here nor there. When that gang of husky young fellows got after the bail wtth those gut strung sticks I was out of the way in a hurry. Fighting Is Tame Sport. And say, talk about blood being spilled at a boxing contest. I never saw so much claret drawn aa In that afternoon in Ottawa. Every few min utes a player would be carried off the field, and after being patched up a bit would come back for more. There was no mercifully short count of ten seconds for the crippled athletes. They had to coma back and take their medi cine If able to stand up. A professional boxer does not belong in that company. He would prove too slow and the sport Is altogether too rough for some of our hothouse boys. Ask Tommy Burns about it- He has been out of commission ever since that game he played In a few months ago. Possibly some of the opposing team laid "for Tommy on account of hla reputation as a fighter and handed him a little more of the rough stuff than is common, but in its ; mildest form the game would be an eye-opener to lovers of strenuous athletic sports in the States. The peaceful pursuit of professional pugilism is like unto professional lacrosse, as the toy pin whistle compares w.lth the latest model screecher in use on the leviathans that plow the Atlantic. Jimmy Coffroth announces that he will make an effort to match the old time rivals, James Edward Britt and Oscar Battling Nelson,-for the amuse ment of the San Francisco bugs, and incidentally for a little profit on the side. And there will be big money In the bout. Frisco was simply dippy over Britt until Nelson licked the native son, and a match between the boys would attract everybody In the town. I would suggest to Coffroth that Eddie Hanlon be. selected to referee the go. Eddie waa every bit as much of an idol as Britt. and his name on the bills as third man In the ring would add con siderable to the receipts. And further more. Hanlon. has officiated in a num ber of bouts on the Coast and made good In every one, so does not lack in experience. Iooks as if nobody Is going to offer Jack- Johnson - inducements to remain In this country, so the colored cham pion will hike over to the other side am? try to clean up whatever money there Is in sight. There Is a plan to have Langford and Jeanette fight to a finish in Paris some time during the month- of February, and Jack has been offered $56,000 for his bit to meet the winner. Johnson will accept If the money is deposited to his credit In advance. He is taking no chances. His methods are an Improvement over those of Tommy Burrw. from whom the present champion learneo uie v high IS ARRANGING THE CHRISTMAS SWIM. GLABBY OAS GLASS Australians See Champion In American Boxer. WORK IS HIGHLY PRAISED Veteran Sport Critic Oorbett-Is En thusiastic Over Snowing by Lad Against Bryant Former Has All the Better of Bout. Recent advices from Australia convey the Intelligence of the successes scored by three former stars In the American nstlc arena Jimmy Clabby, of Milwaukee, "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson, of Chicago, and Rudolph "Boer" Uniiolx, of Mil waukee. AH three American boxers have been In Australia since last October and have scored decided hits with the fight fans of the antipodes. Clabby is . a favorite with the fight fans of Sydney, for he has won several Important battles of late, and is looked upon as a -formidable can didate for the middleweight champion ship honors. In a recent Issue of the Sydney Referee, "BUI" Corbett, the veteran sport critic of Australia has the following on Clabby's work: "Jimmy Clabby's display of boxing skin at the Stadium last Wednesday night In opposition to Bob Bryant was a decided treat. It gladdened the heart of the Judge of the game and the spectator whose mind could go back over a full score of years to the period when Griffo, Peter Jackson, George Dawson, and others were at their prime. The young American showed us the same straight, effective left and clever working of the feet, also the coolness and the brain so plainly behind every move of the ring menarohs of the past. ' 'Certainly Bob Bryant . was not class enough In point of science to put his opponent's mastership to anything like a thorough test, but Bob is a husky, gilllj fellow, who takes punishment In large doses and with a big heart, and comes back so strongly and persistently that, to beat his attack every time, the other fellow must be a good deal above the ordinary, and Clabby did outwit, outpoint and outgeneral the local man from be ginning to end. America has shown 3 no cleverer boxer, and I question whether there is a better one In that country to day. " "I would like . to see Clabby and Mehegan brought together. I am sure the match would draw a big crowd. Mehegan la a lightweight, and the American fights In a class (welterweight) In his own coun try which only exceeds the - Australian fight-weight limit (lost) by two pounds. It seems to. me -that the present -Australian lightweight champion is the only man we have Just now equal to making Clabby put his best foot forward." YACHTSMEN' HONOR jWINTON Cleveland Auto Manufacturer Heads - Inter-Lak Association. . At the Inter-Lake Yachting Associa tion meeting December . t. at Detroit, Mich. Charles H. Wlnton. of the.Winton Motor Carriage Company, of Cleveland, was unanimously chosen commodore, the highest office of the association. He is accorded the privilege of appoint ing a secretary-treasurer. The Inter-Lake Yachting Association is the governing yachting body on the Great Lakes, and the. title of commo dore means much in. the. American yachting and sporting world. This," says the Cleveland Plain. Dealer, "is the third time a Cleveland man has held this high office, the first being ex Mayor George W. Gardner and later George H. Worthington, who has served three terms during the past IB years. "The election of Mr. Wlnton Is partic ularly appropriate, and is a distinct honor- to the Cleveland man and the club he represents. Incidentally it will bring to the head of the inter-lake fleet the largest gasoline power yacht In the world, now being built lor air. wimon. NAGLE GOES TO PITTSBURG Los Angeles Accepts Offer and Dis poses of Clever Pitcher. PITTSBURG, Pt., Pec. 24. Walter Nagle, of the Los Angeles team of the Pacific Coast League, will be added to the pitching staff of the Pittsburg Na tionals. A telegram was rciicivcu President W. a. Berry, or. me iu -n.u i tnT,(frht arxtAntlns- Pitts burg's offer for Nagle, the terms of which are not announceou. Another Item of midwinter baseball i. ,v. . iviwirt that President Dreyfuss. of the Pittsburg club, today asked Manager rea tiara io upon the advisability of using Jack Flynn behind the bat next Summer as a substitute for Qmson. rr, v.. haan aOTnA tAlk Of releaS rng Flynn. He played first base the greater port oi laaBwauu SOCCER TEAMS TO PLAY NATIONALS AND MTJLTNOMAHS TO GIVE EXHIBITION. Portsmouth and Alnsworth Gram mar School Boys Also to Contest. Great Sport Promised. Facing each other for the third time .this season, the Nationals and Multno mah Amateur Athletio Club soccer foot ball teams will line up tomorrow morn ing at 10.S0 o'clock at the Catholic Young Men's athletic park, for an ex hibition contest, which will net count In points for either team. At previ ous meetings between these teams the Nationals won by large scores. The Portland Football Association has added as an attraction a prelimi nary contest between Portsmouth and Alnsworth grammar school teams, com posed of boys learning the game, this contest te last 80 minutes. Portsmouth and Alnsworth met once before in this season, the former winning by one goal. Encouraged, however, by a re cent victory over Holladay, the Port land Heights boys hope to vanquish their conquerors. Playing with Alnsworth is a Japan ese schoolboy, who In deference to Will Irwin's hero has been named Ito by his playmates. This lad, though not very large, has all the earmarks of an ath lete and can outrun any of his team mates. He is a clever soccer player, and in the recent Holladay game scored most of his team's points by clever dribbling and shooting. This will be the first time this sea son that the schoolboys have had an opportunity to play an exhibition be fore a critical audience of soccer en thusiasts. A large crowd will see the game. Schoolboys, will ba. admitted free. Soccer fans are assured ef a day of great sport. ' ' . Massachusetts Man Comes Here. Kenneth Smullln, of Springfield, Mass., has been appointed assistant physical director of the Portland Young Men's Christian Association, succeed ing John Lamb, who has become physi cal director of the Sell wood Y. M..C. A. Mr. Smullln was for several years con nected with the Springfield Training School, and is considered well fitted for the position he will occupy. The other instructors in the physical department are: A. M. Grilley, director, and P. W. Lee and H..T.- Smith,, assistants. Mr. Lee has been suffering from a long ill ness of pneumonia, but is now recuper ating at the home of his parents In It coma. ' Ball Magnate Falls; Arm Broken. CHICAGO, Dec 24. President Charles W. Murphy of the Chicago National League Baseball Club appeared today at the West Side Hospital with a broken &He said he had gone out last evening after dinner for a short walk near his Sheridan Road home, and slipped on an icy walk and fell heavily on his right aim, breaking it Just above the wrist. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SPORTING AND MARKET REPORTS OREGON U CHANGES TRACK MEET DATE To Avoid Further Friction In- terscholastic Affair Will Be Held May 12. ' PORTLAND SCHOOLS ENTER ComTliot of Dates for Holding Ath letio Events by Agricultural Col lege and State University Now . Eliminated by Change. ' UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., Deo. 24. (Special.) Displaying Its willingness to avoid any further diffi culty with the Oregon Agricultural College, the athletic council of the Uni versity of Oregon announces that the big lnterscholastlc track meet to be held In Eugene this Spring will take place May 12, Instead of May 20. Manager Cockerllne had originally scheduled this meet for May 20, but when the Corvallls people afterward came out with the announcement that they also Intended to hold a meet on that date, the athletio authorities of the University decided to change the date In order to avoid any dispute which might arise through a conflict of dates. This arrangement will en able both institutions to conduct All Oregon lnterscholastlc meets this year. Plan Aids All Schools. Although It is probable that all of the preparatory schools will not be able to participate In both meets, a similar plan has met with great suc cess in other states. In Washington the State University, the State College at Pullman and Whitman College each holds an lnterscholastlc track meet. In California both Stanford and Berkeley have for several years held similar meets. In view of these precedents, the var sity managers declare that the Eugene meet Is a certainty, in spite of protests emanating from Corvallls. 'When Trainer Hayward first came north from Berkeley several years ago he considered the proposition of holding an lnterscholastlc meet. However, the time did not seem quite ripe for such a move. The Agricultural College was first to take up the- proposition, but abandoned it last Spring after all ar rangements had been made. This year, believing the field open to all, the Uni versity of Oregon came out with the first announcement of an All-Oregon meet, and It now seems likely that both Institutions will conduct meets. This decision was made by Trainer Hayward after repeated requests from the high schools for such a meet. The Eugene meet. May 12, will come during the "Junior week-end" celebra tion, which Is the most exlctlng time of the collegiate year. All the quali fied high schools in the state have been invited and the teams of the Roseburg. Pendelton and Portland schools have already mailed their acceptance. Many other schools have signified their desire to accept. University Meets Expenses. The university management will de fray the expenses of four men from each school, and each team will be lim ited to six men. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the winning contestants, and sPfcj8? tro" phles and cups are to be donated by the fraternity chapters and the track en thusiasts of Eugene. Other features of Junior week-end at which the "prep" students are to be the special guests will be: The annual triangular track meet between the Uni versities of Washington, Idaho and Ore gon' two intercollegiate baseball games; the Northwest conference ten uis tournament; the canoe festival on the millrace, and the feature varsity dance of the year, the Junior ' prom. During their stay in Eugene the vis iting high school students will been iertlined at the fraternity and 1 club houses, where every effort will be made to give them vivid touches of real col lege life. GREEK WRESTLER COMING Peter Bnznkos Woujd Throw Quar tet on Wednesday. Peter Buzukos, the Greek wrestler, who lays claim to the lightweight champion ship of the world, has arranged to throw four grapplers In one hour at Merrills Hall. Wednesday night. - Buzukos recently returned from a suc cessful tour of the Northwest, where he met and defeated a number f Ameri can and Canadian crack grapplers. While In the north he demonstrated his fitness for the title, and claimed Portland as his home. He has agreed to throw Dan Radett, Walter Arndt, Tom Martin and Nick Lenges, one time each in one hour of actual wrestling, which means that he must dispose of each of his opponents within '15 minutes. Corvallls Students Lose Game. PHILOMATH, Or- Dec. 24. (Special.) Pupils of the public school of Cor villls challenged the Philomath publlo school for a contest at basketball, and arrangements were made for the game to take place last night at 8 o'clock in the city gymnasium here but the Cor vallls team had not arrived at o'clock and the crowd dispersed. It was not until 10 o'clock that the visitors ar rived and as the Philomath boys had gone home a quintet from the street played a game, losing by 64 to 8 to the locals. Rival Elevens Meet Today. To settle the Independent football championship of the city, the Piedmont Stars and the McLaughlin club elevens will play this afternoon at Recreation Park, beginning at 2:30 o'clock. There is great rivalry between the teams. Each team has been reinforced with new men. This will probably be the concluding football contest of the year. 614 Weanlings Enter Futurity. LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec 24. The list of nominations announced today for the 21st renewal of the Kentucky Trotting Futurity for foals of 1910 has a value ot 121,000, contains 814 weanlings. The en tries come from 35 states. England and -nari. also are represented.