4 ' TUT: SUXDAT OltEOOXTAy. rORTXAyP, . ArnlTJ 23. 1911.
CURB MAY BE POT
E
Proposed Bill in New York Is
to Provide'for Governing
Commission.
FANS ADVOCATE CHANGES
Initiative Enactment Conlderel,
It I Frarrd Wonld IjfmA to Op
portunity for Graftlnjr on Part
of Men in Power.
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NEW- VOK K, April II Considerable
etcif-rarnt ban brrn crratd In box
ir.g circles throush the Introduction of
- a bl'.l In the New York lalnlatur
calilnic for the appointment of a Com
" mission to r.culate th sport. A num
ber of promoters who now conduct
.rtklf bout In the measure an
attempt to put them out of business, or
at least to throw, tni-m upon me hit
rlea of certain 'politicians In whose
Interrvts It U said the bill baa boon
framed.
State Senator Frawlejr haa drafted
he bill, which to all Intent and pur
poses, la to "regulate" and "prnt.-cf
boxing br lec-itltzlna- public exhibition
b. f ore athletic club. I'ndtr It pro--vtslons
the iovernr Is to appoint a
Commission of three men. two of whom
are to be resident of tJreater New
York, which 1 to be a-lven ole Jur
isdiction over all boxlna- matches In
the state; tUo the Commission I to
determine who are entitled to licenses
to conduct uch boxing exhibition and
will have full power to revoke license
at lta pleasure. Furthermore all box
er must take out license before per-
rmtt'-d to participate In contests; which
are to be limited to 11 rounds with
eight-ounce gloves.
Term of Office Jive Year.
The Commissioner are to erve five
years and to be the Judge. Jury and
final court of appeals In all matter
pertaining to public boxing exhibitions.
Right litre I the Joker of the whole
affair if any Jobbing or grafting chcme
la contemplated.
To place the port In the hands of
three men for a period of five year
mho have control and to whose dls
' eretlon the future of boxing as a pub
lic Institution and It welfare are to
be left without appeal, would be taking
long chance. The Commission Is to
be given power, according to the bill,
to revoke license at pleasure and to
appoint or remove at will those whoso
duties it will be to see that the law
1 carried out. but no provision la
made for the removal of It own mem
ber, whose appointment for the term
ot five year would be of the Ironclad
contract kind.
In other words, right or wrong, the
Cnmmlsloners could do as they pleaaed
and Issue or refuse to Issue licenses at
their own will. In short they would
b supreme and placed In office on the
theory that they could do no wrong.
Plan Xot Vet Feasible.
The Idea Itself Is a splendid one and
1 believe eventually will be the life
saver of the game. Yet condition at
present are not uch as to make the
plan feasible. To my way of think
ing the first step that should be taken
In any plan that I intended to better
the sport would be to remove the pres
ent legal ban which compel evasions
of the law and forces lovers and pat
rons of boxing to resort to subterfuge
and misrepresentation to see their fav
orites In action.
It would be a splendid plan to Intro-
. dura a measure legalizing the sport,
limiting bouts to a reasonable number
f round, and to leave the matter of
- "regulation" for the time being to the
local authortllea under whose Jurisdic
tion the contests are held. The license
fee should be placed at a figure that
would bar the Irresponsible and fly-bv-nlght
with their catch-penny "one
night stand' affairs, and regularly or
ganized and Incorporated athletic clubs
alone should be given the privilege of
holding professional contests.
The middle-weight championship mud
dle Is no nearer adjustment now than
Inst Kail Immediately following the
death of Stanley Kctchel. This unfor
tunate state of affairs la owing to the
fact that Hilly I'apke. upon whom the
majority of sports look as the legiti
mate successor to the title haa been
aojournlng In foreign climes alnce last
September and until hi return the
fans will nt look upon contest a
bearing on the possession of the title.
They want to see how the Gardner,
llouck. Kelly. Thompson. Klause
and MeMahons will slxe up In actual
conflict with a man who for a short
period was the proud possessor of the
r hamplonship, and who has In his rec
ord the credit of a "win" over the late
champion via the knockout route.
Thing May Liven Soon.
When I'apke come home thing
cught to liven up some, a they most
likely will. Cyclone Thompson, who
rame back from Australia with the
the credit of a victory on point over
the Dutchman may be the first man
to box the "Thunderbolt." provided,
of course, lie t successful In the com
ing contest with Hugo Kelly. I con
sider Papke a much better boxer and
harder hitter than any of the middle
Weight aspirants, with the possible ex
ception of Kelly and Gardner, and these
two are vetorana at the game compared
with Hilly. Thompson, too. Is a much
older man In yeirs. and In a long
drawn contest thl might be of consid
erable advantage to the younger man.
Leo Ilourk la In France, where be Is
matched to box Harry Lewis, for the
championship of the Moulin Rouge or
the Frolic Uergere. which the latter
claims among other title. Houck ap
peared to me to be one of the most
formidable of the championship aspi
rants. The foreign trip may spoil his
future career as It has for other In the
past. .
New Tork sporting writers who have
watched Frank Klaus In eeveral bout
think they see in him the coming cham
pion. Not particularly clever. Klaus Is
of the rushing type, and many compare
Ma style with that of KetcheL It must
be remembered that the lata champion
had considerable cleverns In bis make
up, of to awkward kind. It la t rue. but
stm ne cao ine maetcry ot tr.e iiner
point of the game and was a good
ring general. From all account. Klaus
ha won the majority of bis victories
by superior aggressiveness and rush
ing tactic, and a few shrewd judges
are of the opinion that a stiff puncher
like Papke wonld find Frank made
to order
' Jimmy Gardner recently outpointed
Klaus in a six-round bout, although re
port ha It the latter would likely de
feat the Lowell boy In a longer con
test. Thla 1 merely conjecture, and
Jimmy baa demonstrated la the past
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that he can go the route as well as
the next man. Tom SIc.Mahon. the well
touted youngster from New Castle. Pn-,
has entered the lists a a challenger
of any or all mlildl welphts, and his re
cent press notices have been so strong
that the fans are beginning to take
notice and look up the dupe on the
latest would-be champion.
At last Al Kaufman has been heard
from. In a letter the big fellow say
he Is getting tired of the fnotlighte
and has agreed to box Jim Flynn at
Kansas City some time In the near fu
ture. After that, it I Al's plan to camp
on Mr. Johnson' trail until that wor
thy recognizes Ms right a a challen
ger for the championship. As for Jack,
his recent attempts to burn up the as
phalt In 'Frisco having resulted in hi
Incarceration In Jull for a short period,
he might listen to reason If Kauf
man or some other big fellow will
carry a line of fight talk to him.
Jack ha been loafing for quite a spell,
and If a bit short of ready money ought
to be an carer listener. There Is noth
ing that will bring the big black to
terms quicker than a shrinkage In the
bank roll.
Mr. Sam Langford. of Boston, has re
turned from hi brief excursion Into
Hrltaln and France, and his efforts In
the conversational line have been con
fined to the victory over Bill Lang.
Sambo has nothing to say regarding
the McVey fight, but hie manager I
out with the talk that Sam was robbed
of the decision.
New Yorkers are clamoring for a
matrh between those clever exponents
of professional pugilism. I'ackey McFar
land and Freddy Welch. Packer says
the best he will do in the weight line
la 135 pounds at 1 o'clock, while Freddy
wants the Chicago boy to make 133 at
1 o'clock. It's a shame the boys can't
agree. They are two of the best In the
profession, and my opinion is that
Welch Is the only lightweight who
might make Mac extend himself to the
limit in a short bout.
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Directory ef Amlrr mod slesnl-Pisfiloaal
llaartmU 1 loo.
Vwnu-Manager. v. K. lleales. 10 Morri
son; phone lalD 1701.
Plrkwlcks Harry Grayson. POO Halicht ae
nu. Calef tiros. A. C. Tttinop. Olef Itros.' t re.
GrecnflrM fliuas Vic Katon. 3se Kverelt;
Main ema.
Red Diamonds Ralph Morgan; Woodlawn
0.-W. R. al N. Co. Shops W. J. Fox. O.-W,
K. a N. Co. shops. Alblna
White Cans S. bamueisoo. 18 Lincoln.
IrslD-Huumn T. C Luke. 150 Flfih street;
Main -21S.
Fort! Harry Spauldtn. Telexrara office.
Columbus lira Ueorse Grayson. Columbus
Club.
Brooklyn H. J. Phsrrett. & East Six
teenth.; feast 224.
Llnttoii J. A. lirtawold: Main 'ML
Arlna 11. L- Dualan. Arleta. or.
Os-wro W. W. Todd, Oswego, Or.
Electric Fred Miller. P. K. L. P. Co.
Piedmont Stars Karl Hanoa. 1443 Grand
avnue North.
Obak C. H. Kumsey; Main 49S3.
Xteier Koin ',eors Doracy. &29 East
Lavts: E.iat
M. J. '.ill itutchcrs E. Fitxgerali. 512 Mla-
SldtlPpt.
W h.h Tom Jackson; C
Btiiettos R. p. uear. Pacific Hardware a
titeel Company.
Vemos Kay t'olllnt; Woodlawn ST27.
Kast p:d Cubs J. Winiama. 104 Stanton
street.
Portland Giants H I. l!ubrd; Mfn 13.
Baltimore l.unch IL S. Hellborn. 2.S Tsutb
street:. Main Mai
J. C. Hayer A. Ilarsreare. Front nd
Market; Main 41.
Kschles R. J. Kiimrt, Police station,
ll'lworth l.rblr c. t;. Hamaon. George
rllorth a Co.
Oresl.am W. N. Bartholomew, Hunej man
liardsmr Cempaay.
COSIES OUT OF SOUTH.
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FLORIDA HOPE' BIG
Oscar Stuckey Aspires to Be
Conqueror of Johnson.
FRIENDS BACK OF YOUTH
Kit h Father Will Put Up $50,000 if
Match Can Be Secured "White
Hope" Is in TrainingHeight
Six feet Nine Inches. '
Oscar W. Stuckey is now In training
at Jacksonville. Fla. He is known as
the Florida Hercules. Stuckey's great
est ambition Is to conquer Jack John
son. His father is a rich turpentine
farmer, and bis son, Oscar, has worked
on the farm the greatest part of hi
life. He knows the negro like a book,
and asserts they all have a "yellow
streak."
Toung Stuckey Is fast on his feet,
H's father will back htm at any time
with $50,000 to win from Johnson. The
beat 16-round fighters In the South
have been unable to last longer than
one round. He will do nothing but
train for the next year or two. His
manager, William Hlbbard, and other
rich Florldlan. say they will place
loUO.Ooo on him If a match can be ar
ranged with Johnson within a year. Mr.
Hlbbard Is an ex-newspaper man from
Philadelphia.
Stuckey Is SO years old. Ills meas
urements are: Neck. 1SH Inches; across
shoulders. 53 Inches; over shoulders,
234 inches; chest (normal), 42H
Inches; chest (deflated). 39 Inches;
chest (Inflated), 45H Inches; waist. 37
Inches: abdomen. 41 Vi Inches; trrlst, 8
Inches; forearm. 12 H Inches; upper
arm. 13 inches; biceps, 14"Tnches:
calf. 15 Vi inches; thigh, 26 Inches;
weight. J3 pounds; height, feet 9
inches ; reach, 82 inches.
COLORADO RAGING DOOMED
Pro-Gambling Element Lacks One
Vote f Overriding Veto.
DENVER. April 22. Hopes of race
followers that legislative action would
permit borse racing in Colorado with
betting taken from under the ban of
the law were killed today, when the
Senate bya vote of 23 to 11 failed to
pass the Cornforth racing and gambling
bill over Governor Shafroth's veto. The
measure lacked only one vote of being
passed over the veto.
The bill legalised race meets by reg
ularly incorporated associations with
the Parla mutual system of bettfng. -
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JQER VERS
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Little Los Angeles' Mexican
Scrapper May Be Seen in
Vancouver, July 4.
CONLEY LIKELY OPPONENT
Correspondence by Jack Grant May
Rennlt in Getting; Featherweight
Youngsters Together Before
Athletic flub Oxer River.
BT ROSCOE FAWCKTT.
Ijltle Joe Rivers, the Los Angeles
Mexican boy who on May 8 disputes
with Johnny Kllbane the honor of be
ing the most promising featherweight
fighter of the day. may be seen in ac
tion by Portland boxing fans on July
4 at Vancouver. An effort Is being
made to re-match him with Frankie
Conley, who .was forced to back down
from his April 29 bout at Los Angeles
because of an injury to his arm.
"I began correspondence with the
youngsters several days ago In behalf
of Secretary Emery, of the Vancouver
club." said Jack Grant, who brought
Conley here for the nanny Webster
bout before the Rose City Club a. lit
tle over a year ago. "It should prove a
great contest If we land It."
Rivers, according to James Appleby,
a former Portland man now located in
the realty business in the Angel city.
Is really the class of the feather di
vision and bids fair to make the cham
pion harvester of them all, Abe Attell,
look closely to his laurels. Appleby is
here traveling with the Portland ball
club.
Toungater Is Clever.
"This youngster is' a wonderful two-
hand fighter who combines science with
speed and I look to joe him land at the
top rung of the feather division if he
gets the opportunity before growing
Into the lightweight class." said Apple
by yesterday. "Kilbane gave Attell the
greatest 10-round go of his career, and
if Rivers licks him well, there'll be
nothing to it after that."
Johnny Kilbane, by the way. should
not be confused with his cousin. Tom
my, who was Attell's opponent at the
time Abe wrenched his shoulder.
James Jeffries" trio across the coun
try en route to Europe has set the
newspaper hawkshaws agog once mors
and the dope and double-cross stories
are being retold with all the eloquence
of a pullet over a double-yoked egg.
Some star reporter likely entered Jeff's
stateroom disguised as a gust of wind,
overheard the ex-champion telling a
friend that he noticed a strange-looking
lump of sugar in the bowl on his
table the morning of the ngnt. ana
thus we get the inside story on the
great pill mystery.
Scaler to Box Matt Wells.
Kid Scaler. Northwestern lightweight
who appeared In Portland In a 10-round
draw with Kid Harrison, a little over
a year ago, has decided to Invade for
eign shores and has secured two
matches to be fought Jn .Parts under
the tutelage of Manager Joe Woodman.
Scaler leaves In May, his first matcn
being against Matt Wells, the English
man who outpointed Freddy Welsh in a
recent bout. After this he will take on
the pick of the lightweights on the
French market.
"Scaler Dut ud a very poor exhibi
tion against Harrison in Portland," said
Jack King. "The Italian lad, however,
was disgusted with his work ana of
fered to stay over for another bout
without one cent of pay. He is a good
little fighter and will make some of
those foreigners sit up 'and know
they're traveling."
Another Promising Ld. Out.
Efforts are being made to book
Courtney, a Vancouver soldier-scrapper,
and Policeman Madden of Portland,
In a semi-final to the O'Brien versus
Anderson go at Vancouver during the
first week in May. Courtney has had
wonderful success for a beginner, win
ning seven knockouts and a decision
in eight starts. He is a big fellow,
weighing in at over 170 pounds too
big for the middles and too small for
the heavies. However, he looks prom
ising enough to attract the eye of Zlg
Schye. former manager of Henri St.
Ives, French Marathoner, and Schye is
flsrurlnsr on taking him in tow wnen
his three months' "bit" has been served.
Schye has been in Portland for some
time. He was an Interested spectator
at the Duarte-Clement card Friday
night.
Fritz Holland, Spokane miaaieweignw
now In San Francisco, is another clever
boxer who may appear again before
Portland and Vancouver fans, promoters
endeavoring to rematch him with Berg,
the Astoria mitt wlelder. Holland nas
fought Berg two slashing battles, and.
hile he went tnrougn i-oruana
month ago ostensibly bound for Bos
ton and Philadelphia, It Is believed he
could be Induced to come north for a
return match either with Berg or
Duarte, whom he met in California.
Kufus Williams, Frisco negro middle
weight, who has crawled out of several
proposed engagements with Holland,
sent in a challenge to the winner of
the Duarte-Clement go the other night,
but the Vancouver promoters refused
to sanction even the reading of the
defi.
"Wa don't wanirto bill any negroes
at all. There are plenty of clever
white boxers, points out Bud bmitn,
referee and matchmaker.
Gardner Ftorglng to Front.
While on the middleweight subject a
glance Jimmy Gardnerwards might not
be extravagant, for the former welter
weight has had notning out a run oi
good luck since taking the leap Into
the higher classification, and bears
watching along with such men as
Hugo Kelly and a few others.
Gardner apparently had everything
i 1.1. . Kin with Wnfilr fclnnn
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the punch, speed, cleverness and. still
more important, a good head. His Klaus
Victories, OI course, are m uue utni i
GOMIfJG
NORTH
1911 SCHEDULE WASHINGTON STATS LEAGUE.
AT. AT. AT.
CLUB South Bend. Ryond. Chehalia. Central!.
" May 80.
June 10-11. JuneS-4. May 13-14.
South Bead. July 1-2-4. June 17-13. June 24-26.
July 18-10. Aug. 19-20. Aug. 5-0.
'MayO-r May 20-21. May 27-28.
Raymond. July 28-30. July 8-9. Aug. 12-18.
Sept. 2-8-4. July 22-23. Aug. 28-2T.
May 27-28. May 13-14. June 10-11.
Cheball. Aug-. 12-13. June 24-25. July 1-2-4.
Aug. 26-27. Aug. 5-8. July 15-18.
May 8-7.
May20-2L Jut. 8-4. May 30.
Centralis July 8-9. Juae 17-18. July 29-30.
July 22-23. Aug. 10-20L Kept. 2-8-4. ;
bet just now and they should be, for
Klaus is a mighty good Doxer.
Tommy McFarland. lightweight, who
boxed a draw with Wolgast when the
Cadillac champion broke Jiis arm, has
returned to San Francisco. McFarland
formerly fought amateur with the
Spokane Athletic Club against Port
land, Seattle and Vancouver.
Fight Pictures Shown.
The pictures of -the Morris-Schreck
fight are being shown, and, because of
the great Interest shown In the Oklaho
man's future, probably will prove as
popular as any. Morris' Work was
crude In this rather hollow victory, ac
cording to those who have seen the
films, but he Is young In the game.
"Spike" Hennessy, Portland young
ster who fought a draw with O'Connell
at Vancouver Friday night, must have
locked his left arm in the dark' room
before he crossed the Columbia, for he
didn't have a left hook or jab In his
repertoire.
His footwork is excellent, but he
needs considerable dumbbell strenuos
lty with that south-side projection.
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Aeroplane. May Race Motprboat.
NEW 'tORK. April 22. Negotiations are
pending here for a race between Glenn
H. Curtlss, In an aeroplane, and several
of the fast motornboats of the National
Yacht Club. This will serve as an 4n
troductlon of the aeroplane In yachting.
The race will take place off the club
house at Bensonhurst. Brooklyn.
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ONE-TIME FIGHTER WANTS AN
OTHER TRY AT NELSON.
Ex-Champion Acquires Cockney
Dialect, Has- Rotund Figure and
Seems to Have Lost Style.
LONDON, April 22. (Special.) Af
ter stopping three years in England,
Jimmy Brltt, the ex-lightweight cham
pion of the world, has contracted home
sickness and will soon return to San
Francisco. Englishmen had just begun
to regard "Jimmy" as one of them
selves when this announcement came.
Americans visiting London of late
havo been wont to accuse him of culti
vating English habits and manner
Isms, and this, it is believed, has led
to his determination to shake the dust
of London from his shoes. His Ameri
can friends even charged him with
eradicating his native American accent
an-1 substituting the unmusical cock
ney dialect- His clothes lost their
American cut and shape and certainly
the gonial "Jimmy" looked more like
a model out of a Bond-street tailor's
shop than a product of the Pacific
Coist.
Moreover, he has shown a tendency to
sport political opinions favorable to tha
House of Lords and crusted old lory ism.
That. In the circumstances, is excusable,
because in England It is difficult to be
regarded as a good sport unless you are
a good Tory.
Determination Is- Shock.
But what has excited more surprise
than any of Brltt's recent doings is
the circumstance that he haa broken
away fsom the H. D. Mcintosh combi
nation, which -he did so much to popu
larize in boxing circles in England.
The details of the split are not forth
coming, but it Is evident there were
elements in the characters of the West
erner and the man from the land of
the kangaroo which failed to harmo
nize. Brltt's determination to return
home has come as a shock to a number
of English and American friends, who
have found hie well-appointed flat in
the West End a harbor of refuge when
fortune refused to smile.
Jimmy says he must have another
"cut" at Battling Nelson before he re
tires forever, and for this purpose he
is going into training. How he vrlll
reduce his present aldermanic propor
tions Is puzzling all the London phy
steal culturlsts. but it is to be seen
how it works out.
; Heavy weights Sign Articles.
Another item that is interesting the
pugs Just now is the decision of the
committee of the National Sporting Club
to allow "Iron" Hague and Bombardier
Wells to fight for the heavyweight
championship and the Earl of Lons
dale's belt. Articles have been signed
for the usual 20-round course. With
the match fixed for April 24, the men
have been hard at work getting fit,
Hague on this occasion has trained
setiously and well, for Wells is a most
conscientious worker, and with so
much at stake this latter "future white
champion" has left nothing to chance.
Wells will have an enormous advan
tage in height and reach, and is likely
to be favorite at the ringside, but the
form of British heavyweights, and. In
deed, heavyweights in general. Is curi
ously unreliable. It Is not forgotten
that Wells went down before Molr and
that he could only beat Flynn on
points. On the other hand, Hague has
often disappointed, and he has every
Incentive to get down to his proper
weignt oy April 24. -.
IOWA WINS RIFLE HONORS
Intercollegiate Shoot at Washington
Ends With Exciting Match.
WASHINGTON. April 22. The Uni
versity of Iowa rifle team won the
Intercollegiate rifle shooting champion
ship of the United States by the narrow
margin of one point from Massachu
setts In the final shoot, the two teams
having been tied, each having 14 wins
and no defeats when they came
together in the last match.
Iowa scored 1891 to Massachusetts'
1890. Columbia won the special
trophy for non-military colleges, de
feating Dartmouth by one match.
JAPAXESE WIN AT BERKELEY
Foreigners' Pitcher Has Curve That
Pnzzles California Battery.
BERKELEY, CaL, April 22. The
baseball team of the University of
Waseda. Japan, won Its first victory in
America today, defeating the Univer
sity of California by a score of 4 to 1.
The Japanese pitcher, Omura, had an
out curve which proved a puzzle to the
Californlans. Many Japanese occupied
the bleachers. Score:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
Waseda'. ...4 2 3Callfornia . .1 S 6
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San Francisco Sportdom Has
. Gloomy April Outlook.
"PUGS" BLOOM IN' MAY
"Sammy Smith," or Ike Rosetsky,
as He Is Known In Quaker
City, Will Wear Glasses
Into Ring Friday.
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22. (Spe
cial.) This is another tame month in
the boxing game so far as San Fran
cisco is concerned. Things will bright-
STEKL KING'S SOX, NOTED
ATHLETE AT YALE, IS TO
BE MARRIED SOON.
Allan Lyle Corey.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 22.
(Special.) Allan Lyle Corey is a
son of W. E. Corey, the former
head of the United States Steel
Corporation. Young Corey is in
his senior year at Tale and is
captain of the baseball team of .
1911. He has made some rather
remarkable records in athletics
at Yale. He Is engaged to
marry Miss Marguerite Hendrick
son Johnston, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Johnston, of De
troit. The wedding will occur in
the near future.
en up when Frankie Burns and Ad
Wolgast go into training for their
match May 27, under the auspices of
Coffroth's club, but at present ihe
outlook Is slim. Jim Griffin, of course,
has a card, but It isn't what you might
term an International battle.
Johnny McCarthy, a local lightweight,
with absolutely no pretensions to class,
is to box 20 rounds April 28 against
Sammy Smith, a Philadelphia light
weight, who is in the same stable with
Jimmy Carroll, under the management
of Heine Rafael. NobodyJtnows much
about Smith, hence enthusiasm is lack
ing. The real name of the Easterner is
Ike Rosetsky, and he runs a furniture
establishment (not second-hand) with
his father in Philadelphia. He has a
good record in the short bouts, among
which is a newspaper decision over
Knockout Brown.
Ike Rosetsky Wears Glasses.
That's about as far as the information
goes. He may be good'and then, again,
he may be a bloomer. There Is Just
one line on which the sporting writers
have been able to hang a story. He
wears eye glasses all the time except
when he is boxing, and he looks more
like a bank clerk than a scrapper.
His bag punching and the rope skip
ping are done with the glasses athwart
his nose and he even wears them into
the ring for a fight, keeping them pn
while bandages are being adjusted and
until the referee has given instruc
tions to the men. Then Ike. or Sammy,
as you will, calmly pulls them off and
turns them over to a second. He says
that his trouble is with distance gazing
and that the lack of glasses doesn't
make any difference with his fighting
ability.
In addition to this match. Griffin has
a couple of 10-round bouts with local
boys as the contestants.
Coffroth Has New Arena.
Jim Coffroth has signed a lease for
the open-air pavilion at Seventh and
Howard streets that was formerly the
property of Louis Blot. In this place
most of the important matches during
the Summer will take place. Dream
land Rink will not accommodate big
crowds and Coffroth figures that the
people like the out-of-door matches
much better.
A good plan was spoiled this week
through the objections of Jack John
son. A local photographer had it all
figured out that he would take moving-
pictures of Johnson s arrest for speed
ing, his trial before Justice Treadwell
and finally the heayweight champion of
the world, attired in stripes, doing time
at the County Jail. Jimmy Coffroth
agreed to finance the undertaking,
which meant an expenditure of 81000,
but Johnson was the stumbling block.
He declared most positively that he
didn't propose to lower his dignity and
that he objected to allowing people to
see him humiliated at S cents a
throw. That knocked the plan com
pletely and there will be no moving-
pictures of this important historical
event.
Corbett Criticises Johnson.
Jim Corbett made a funny "break"
the other day when he declared that
Jeffries, Ruhlin; Fitzslmmons, Sharkey
and Kid McCoy were fully as clarv as
Johnson and that in bis opinion an of
them save Ruhlin and Sharkey were
more clever. Now the world of pugil
ism knows that Corbett doesn't like
jack Johnson, but It seems strange
that he should allow his own judgment
to go so far astray. There is just one
heavyweight who' would figure in the
same class with Johnson when it comes
to cleverness, and that is Corbett him
self.
Ruhlin and Sharkey can be dismissed
easily. Ruhlin never did amount to
much and Sharkey had little else than
a wonderful ability to assimilate pun
ishment. FHzsimmons was remarkable
for a great Judgment of distance, while
Jeffries had his physique to bear him
out. Kid McCoy, of course, was a clev
er boxer, but had not the stamina to
make him a heavyweight to compare
with J. Arthur. Whatever they may
say of Johnson (and I am not his
backer) they can't accuse him of lack
ing cleverness.
HoIIaday Cubs Win Game, 18-6.
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After this win, the Holladay manager
issued a challenge to any team un
der 14 years In the city. Call Ralph
Michael, East 1527. The batteries:
Cubs. Bishop and Duane; Juniors.
Wright and Hastings.
BIG JOSS BENEFIT IS PLANNED
Every Manager In League Expected
to Send Flayer to Assist In Game.
CLEVELAND. April 22. President C.
W. Sommers of the Cleveland baseball
club today announced that Monday, July
24, will be set aside as "Joss day," at
the local park.
That date is an open one in the Ameri
can League schedule and it is believed
every manager In the league will agree
to send a player or two to face the
Cleveland club in a benefit game, the
proceeds to be given to the widow and
children of Addle Joss, the Cleveland
pitcher, who died at Toledo last week.
Chehalls Has Good Material.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. April 22. Che
halis fans are looking forward to plac
ing a strong club in the Washington
State League. Among the players in
sight are "Dusty" Miller, who probably
will be the playing managrer; Joe Wll
kins, catcher; L. J. Taylor, of last year's
team, catcher and fielder; Tate Berry,
who held third last season; Pat Calla
han, the local southpaw; Brakke, pitch
er; Kane, pitcher of last year's Tacoma
Northwest League team: Davolt. of
Kelso, infielder, and "Doc" Adama,
fielder.
Major League Baseball Notes
BOBBY Wallace has a flock of U
pitchers that he is going to hang
onto as long as he can in order to
give them all a chance to show what
they can do. Five of them Lake,
Powell. Crlss, Pelty and .Bailey are
holdovers.
Howard Camnitz, the premier twlrl
er of the Pittsburg Pirates, Is suffer
ing from a split finger as a result of
handling a hard grounder in a recent
exhibition game. The Kentucky boy is
having his share of bad luck 6lnre
making up with Barney Dreyfuss, and
promising to be good during the com
ing season.
In Cincinnati thoy say Griffith trad
ed Mike Mowrey for "Chappie Chawles"
because Mike had a bad knee. Mowrey
may have had a "bum prop" when he
worked for "Griff," but he. has shown
no Indication of being a cripple since
Joining the Cardinals. His work In the
series with the Browns has been sen
sationally brilliant. He was stabbing
and spearing 'em in all directions on
Sunday.
No better work on the far corner has
ever been exhibited around St. Louis.
Then Mowrey is some hitter, although
he is not bumping tho ball in this se
ries. But he whaled the leather for a
.2S2 batting average during the 1910
campaign, and that means something.
St. Louis Republic.
Manager Jimmy McAleer, of the Sen
ators, says he will release any mem
ber of his team that tells the secrets
of the club. Strict discipline is going
to be one of the restrictions imposed
on the Washington players the coming
season.
Connie Mack says that no matter
how good a ballplayer his son, Karl,
may became, he will never play on the
Athletics while Connie is head of the
aggregation. He does not believe In
mixing up family affairs in a ball
game.
That Manager Chance is hopeful of
not only winning the pennant in the
National League this season, but also
the world's series, was evinced by the
way in which he discussed the players
who are on the Cubs' roster. He, like
six other big league managers, fears
the Giants this year, as they are show
ing up better than they have for sev
eral seasons. Chance Is grooming his
pitchers for the early part of the year,
and will try. as they did last year, to
get a long lead in the percentage col
umn in tho first part of the season,
and then get ready for the winners
of the pennant in the American League.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Harry Steinfeldt, the former Cub,
may follow, the lead of several great
ballplayers. " Steiney is the first cog
of the Cub machine to go astray. He
was sold to the St. Paul (American
Association) team, but like George
Stone, Harry refuses to gambol on a
minor league diamond. He will prob
ably become a semi-pro. and join the
noted West Ends, 1910 champions of
the Chicago League. Mike Donlln, Jim
my Callahan and Harry McCormick are
a few of the stars of years ago who
played semi-pro. ball after dropping
out of the majors.
Charles Somers, president of the
Cleveland Club of the American League,
has decided to hold a "Joss day" In
May, in memory of Addie Joss, the
pitcher, who died recently.
Fred Tenney, manager of the Boston
Rustlers, has traded Southpaw Billy
Burke to Montreal for Catcher Eddie
Bridges. Bridges, who was tried out
by the White Sox last season after
several years of success in the Con
necticut League, will act as third string
catche in case "Peaches" Graham lives
up to expectations.
Dallas will be recognized as cham
pion of the Texas League. There was
a squabble over the honor, as the
throwing out of several games by the
board of directors of the circuit dur
ing the Winter months tied Houston
with the recognized title holders.
Dallas refused to play a series this
Spring with Houston. A pennant has
been forwarded Dallas ty tne league
president. It was rumored that Hous
ton would also hoist a flag, but none
has as yet been received from head
quarters. The release of Hornhurst by the
Cleveland club was a surprise, as he
was touted very strongly last Fall as
the successor of George Stovall.
Jake Stahl is missed very much by
the Boston Red Sox, for Williams, who
has been trying to fill his shoes, is
not a success.
Terre Haute, of the Central League,
is embroiled in a little squabble with
Roger Bresnahan's Cardinals. Terre
Haute sold Pitcher Hennls to the Car
dinals for cash and in return also got
Pickett and Higgins. When the latter
refused to report to Terre Haute,
Bresnahan recalled the two athletes.
President Smith, of Terre Haute, wishes
te be shown.
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Jx3my McAleer has cut down his list
by three. He let Harvey Bussey, the
pitcher he secured from Danville, go
outright, sent Pitcher Moyer back to
the Youngstown club and has notified
Bunting he is to be release
The Western Association, which was
threatened with disbandment because
President T. C. HaytJen threatened to
resign and throw up a muddled situa
tion, may be saved now that Hayden
has decided to stick to tha ship. The
season will open as planned on May 3
and close September 5. Eight cities
instead of six will constitute the cir
cuit Big Chief Stalllngs has purchased
for his Buffalo club Third Baseman
Williams, of the Spartanburg. S. C,
Carolina Association team. Williams,
for whom $1000 was paid, will not Join
the Bisons until the close of the Caro
lina sea