fllE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAyP. JULY S, 1911.-
EXCITIXCr MOMENTS IN WOLGAST-MORAN LIGHT WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT IN SAN FRANCISCO
WOLGAST S . HALLY
MOST WONDERFUL
mobile' parade through the principal
streets, starting at 1 o'clock. Both
nines have been practicing Jsard for
the corning game. The receipts' of this
game will be devoted to tha David
Campbell memorial fund. Several hun
dred tickets have already been sold
for the game.
DEFEATED COACH TO RETIRE
M'GHEEVY BEGAN
W0L6AST STANDS
ON JULY 4.
Y
BUSH
SUPREME I RING
Victory Over Moran Gives Him
Complete Claim to Light
weight Title. .
FOUL CHARGE GROUNDLESS
Jltne!rtT and Officials Cnanlromis
That Blows 6trock In July 4
Battle Were? of Clean Va
riety, 6a js Corbctt.
JTT JAMES J. CORBTTTT.
XtW YORK. July I (Special.) A4
Wolsaat la still world' champion light
weight- The little Michigan "bear cat'
punched Onn Sloran. of England, to
defeat rla the knockout route In the
TStJi round of their International battle
aa I thought he would predicted la these
' column In a recent article.
It vu a wonderfully fast and fierce
I battle aa lone; aa It lasted, and wlil to
: down In pugilistic hletory a a moat
; notaUa one. It wu hard to sea where
' Moron possed the class of the cbam
' Dion, and It waa not a (treat surprise
, to e Wolgaat returned the winner. A
I '-bear cat" in name, aa well as pugllls-
i tlcaily. Wo!ul proved himself. He
(tore Into Moron and never pave him
moment's rest, wearing him down grad
I ually. until the Britisher waa ready for
'the finishing touches.
Wo! a-oat surely had his battle mapped
' out for himself before ha entered the
rlns;. fr he devoted his attention to
Moran' body, and It was theea'sledge-
h p rr mr mmrhM that aeiit Owen down
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' for the 10 count In the 13th round.
Moran' cleverness, except at intermit-
tent periods, failed to carry him through
land It waa only a matter of time nntll
I Wolgast hard blows and strength trl
' timphed.
Clulnis of Fool Groundless.
Moran claims that Wolgast fought foul
and his seconds said that their man bad
been hit low when he went down for
the count. There was no evidence that
' this was true, and the referee and ring
'pMers were unanimous that no foul had
; been commuted. It may hare bean a
o,uawk from a hard loser, but It didn't
i help matter any for the Moran aide of
'Tt.e plcturva
Talking w!tj a bunch of fight fans the
otter day my Attention was called to the
'fact Unit when brothers are encaged In
the pursuit of professional pugilism they
: are sooner or later licked by the same
man.
We wr uslnajtup a lot of good atmos
phere dlsctvelng the middleweight mud.
idle and possible nmtcome. and I happened
to remark that Frank Klaus, one of the
most promising of the newer crop of
boxers, had had an easy time with Mon
tana Jack Sullivan at Oakland. Cal.. re
cently.
It was then that one of the old-
timers, and a close student of the game,
pulled the dope on ma to prove that
wnen a fighter once licks one member
cf a f.trhtlcg family he la sure to have
tha Inaltan sign on the rot of the
bunch during Ma ring' career. About
three month ago Klaus beat tha other
Mnntuia Sullivan. Dsn. I believe be Is
railed. In exactly the same time It took
to polish off brother Jack viz: three
founds and b came right back true
to the form charts used la doping bis
brotner act and disposed of "Buddy"
without turning a hair.
Johnson Whip Both Jeffrie.
We all remember, not ao far back,
when Jim Jeffries' husky young rela
tive. Jack, had championship airpl ra
tion, and had. in fact, one or two hard
earned victoria to bis credit. About
this time Johnson waa begging to
cast his dnrk shadow over tha heavy
weight situation. He had even groan
bold enough to challenge the great
James J. Jeffries. Jeff spumed the
call t combat and ridiculed the pre
tentions of the negro. Paid be had
little brother who could beat any
smoke without half trying.
Well. It didn't take Johnson long to
prove that Jeff waa wrong, because
brother Jack was a cake-wsjk for tha
negro. Big Jim attended the obsequies,
and aftT the ceremony Johnson
walked across the rlns; where the
champion was looking after the de
featcd son of the house of Jeffries,
and told him be could do the same trick
to him It given the opportunity. And
he mado good. boys. Ju.n abont one
year arx when the ehana waa offered.
Maybe that little speech of a few years
before preyed on the big fe41ow's mind
and got his goat, and waa the; cause
of the nervous breakdown, or what
ever it wu. Who can teJJT
Then there waa Stanley KetebalL
Mike "Twin" Sullivan entertained an
, excellent opinion of his own proweas
i and challenged the Michigan marvel.
I The battle was an easy Job for
XetchelL Brother Jack "Twwi" who
seconded Mike, wanted rervenge for the
Insult to the family honor and prest
ige. And Stanley gava It to him. I
don't recall lust how many rounds
were necesxary to finish the contract,
bat I do remember It ended with, a
knockout
Forbes Brother In Same Claw.
Frank le Nell and Abe A1te4 vrerw a
' couple of gold dust kids In the matter
of cleaning up entire families of box
ers. Both helped to erase the Forbes
i clan from the map. Clarence and old
-come back" Harry were Tlctlzns of
. tha skill of tho shifty and clever Call
foraiana. There may be other Instances that
either rrove tha rule or the exception,
although I can't recall them without
statistics at hand. However, thero
seems to be something In this peculiar
phrase of pugilism and It Is far beyond
me to attempt to explain the phe
nomena. It la up to the Sunday maga
zine editor to tlolve further Into tha
subject and It ought to result In a
bully story.
Just what effect the new boxing bill
If the Governor signs It. will hare upon
pnglUam In the Umpire Stats la caus
ing much anxlentr among the many
boxers who make their headquarters In
the metropolis. The restrictions will
tend to do away with small promoters
and the fat purvey the boys have been
picking op for the 10-round wotham
stunt may be thing of the past If the
big fry suoceed In aecnrlng boxing.
Any time I'ackey McFarland. Ad WoW
gaat or K- O- Brown have performed
around here it haa meant big money
but under th new condition they may
b forced to be satisfied with leas
money. The well-advertised and correctly-managed
boxer have found the
T-rounrt bouts eminently satisfactory
In every way. -No decision can bs put
down In the record books against a
fighter unless hs Is knocked sold or
Cj-Jlt. Ato unuer m present , vivid
there la always room for argument re
garding ths merit of the contestants,
which generally result In return bouta
Purses havs greatly Inrreased In th
last decade or ao. Champions and espe
'.daily In tha lighter classes wer satis-
Jv
i '.. "el
fled to box for a few hundred In ths
old day a while a thousand-dollar prize
was looked upon aa extraordinary.
Now. however, every "near" cham
pion want to name his own figures,
and the peculiar part 1 they get away
with It. To my mind the foolisn ana
ruinous competitive bids of the pro
moters have not done the gams any
good. Furthermore, it Is working an
Injustice on the fight-loving fans who
support the game, as they are the ones
who have to pay the big purses,
through Increased admission feea The
tariff 1 out of all proportion In roost
cases to the quality of sport.
Tommy Ryan. I believe It was. once
accepted an offer of 1150 to box aome
comparatively unknown six-rounder In
Boston. The bout wss one sided.
Tommy completely outclaeslng th oth
er fellow, whom he knocked out In two
rounds. Walking Into the office after
the bout. Torn asked for his pay. The
usually astute promoter tendered Ryan
JSO.
Come through with the- balance.
You promised me J1S0." said Tommy.
"What forT" queried Mr. Promotor.
"For boxing this mut six rounds."
" "Well, there's your money. You
boxed only two roniuj."
Lesson for Mr. 11 an Given,
That waa a lesson for Mr. Ryan. He
afterwards became noted as a boxer
who wantod his dcaign In hand before
entering the ling, and many a crowd
has hollered Itself hoarse with Impa
tience whilst Tommy would be quietly
waiting for his managere to oomt
through with It- Ryan was an excep
tion, though, and the average boxer
would meekly submit without protest
to the hold-up methods of the unscrup
ulous promoters of those times. Im
agine ona of the modern bunch of
scrappers standing for that sort of
rough work.
Carl Morrlr manager and backer, Mr,
Ufer. haa been visiting In Manhattan.
He Is quit enthusiastic over his pro
tege, aa becomes a man who went down
In his leans for $:5.0')0 to buy his conV
tract and professes to believe Morris
will be champion of the world within
two years. Ufer thinks It a sure thing
that Carl can beat Jim Flynn. and that
with another year's experience he will
be qualified to box Johnson for the
title.
I bops he la right. We want a white
man to get busy and go after th col
ored, who has been monopolising the
center of the pugilistic stage these
many months, and It may as well be
Morris aa anyone else. Mr. Ufer ought
not o be too confident in the Fiyna
case, and by all means let him be sure
to Impress upon the mind of his husky
youngster the fact that Flynn is a dan.
gnroua man.
Over-oonfldence. resulting In lax
training methods, la In my oDlnioa
what defeated Al Kaufmann. Confldenos
and conceit are essential up to a cer-
aln point, and, properly Mended with
th necessary skill and stamina and by
following th prrre- cystoma of train
ing, th possessor thereof may make a
mark in his chosen celling. It must ba
remembered, though, that an overabun
dance of confidence has caused th
downfall of even champion pugilists.
i
Highway to Lincoln Farm Is Wanted
A movement Is under way In Kentucky
for the construction of a modern hlgh
wsy from Louisville to the Lincoln farm,
near Hodgeovllle. In Lareau County.
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PING BDDIE FALLS
OFF If HITTING
Ex-Seal, Now With Chicago
White Sox, Does Not Show
So Well This Week.
OLSON STILL BATS BALL
On Otiier Hand, Ons Tlsher Kxperi
Nences Drop Tjr Cobb Is In Clasa
by Hlmnelf In the American -League
Warner In National.
Ting Bodie. Kan Francisco fence
buster. Is gradually slipping down the
batting groove with the Chicago White
Box In a league where no less than 4J
players are batting over the .300 mark.
Olson, former Portland Beaver, is
maintaining his .195 clip, while Ous
Fisher is doing ths toboggan tunt
from .300 to .259.
Ty Cobb is In a class by himself In
th American Leaguo ard Hans Wag
ner holds a similar rositton In the Na
tional. Averages up to ths middle of
last week follow:
Fiaver, club O.
Coi.b. Detroit !
Caldwell, New York... IT
Mt lnnaa. Athlatlca .. . .
Uajnl.. Cleveland ...,.:.(
E. Walker. Waah. ....
AB. B. H. Av.
2117 6T 115 .4-0
8S 8 15 .35
ino 8 cs .ab4
2 ):l 31 .374
21 4 .7
S4l 6S M -I7S
2-n 44 aa .H71
.-. 7 24 .370
BO IS 3.1 .37
241 62 CS .803
2.;4 4 M .X4
1KO 3H 6i .K41
1"4 21' IWi .3"'S
17tt 8t IVJ .312
24T 4U H'l .U4
137 S!t K2 .S
2 8 10 .845
112 7 II .344
Co 117 ."M0
211 81 74 .340
S3 S 1S .340
24U 43 83 .317
27 5 .833
21 6 ft .333
9 3 II .333
58 8 IT .327
4H 4 in ..'
:! S4 7S .3'Jrt
144 24 4T .3.'S
12 1I 4 .X24
: ss 4 .:;.'3
Sill 4M h3 .318
ltt 24 44 .310
24. 34 TT .314
32 2 10 .318
32 "4 JO .313
1T 11 P2 .311
30 I 13 .3"S
513 'W US .8"3
1PI 9 fS .3"4
6 15 2-t .SOS
J-il 2 BT .Sim)
2H i .300
IT 4 23 8.1 .2'.3
245 4 T3 .2
!.. 2 41 .2iT
2 4 44 SO .i'3
30 8') PB .23
j 40 is 41 ;u
Jackson. Cleveland
R. Collins. Athletics
AO
Roman. L !ula...
.IS
.18
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.03
.(13
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Galnor. Detroit ...
Mclntyre. Chicago ,
Murphy, Athletics .
eieaker. Kneton ...
tJlrlr. Cleveland
Callalian, Chicago..
Crawford. Detroit .
Pr York . . -
. .2
Llvlnaston. Athletics
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.1A
.IS
.5T
.11
.63
.IS
.10
.11
.34
.17
.44
.4S
.42
.47
.4
.44
.A4
.1
.11
.44
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White. Chleaao
Mullen. Detroit
II. Lord. Chicago ...
Lapp. Athletics ....
MaKor. Athletics ....
Wlllett. Detroit .....
Fltirerald. N. T....
Ilartzel. Athletics ...
frisa. St. Louli
Ptepbena. St. Louie..
Delebanir. 1 troll
R..h&ercr. Waah- .
Ball. Cleveland
p. Lord. Athletlee ..
Milan. Washington..
Douaherty. Chlcag.
Lewla. Bolton
Lens. Chlrajto
Ilrockett. New York.
Chaee. New York....
Purtell. Boetoa
I4arfll. New lOrC.
Wolter. New York.. .-l
Drake. Detroit 2
Finale. Boeton ........SI
Cevlnrton. Detroit. ... .10
Lellve.t. Waehlngton.. .
Hooper, noeton ...... .ive
fiarry. Athletics 44
Oleon. Cleveland ...... 61
Yerkea Boston ,.6T
Theme, Athletics . . . .40
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Portland boxing enthusiasts who
have returned from San Francisco,
where they witnessed the Wolgast-
Moran lightweight bout on July 4, say
the fight looked fairly even up to the
time Wolgast came through with hid
final rallv In the 13th. Those close to
the ring, however, could see that th
champion was gradually wearing the
Englishman down. Wolgast was com.
Ing all the time, while hie opponent
was losing his strength by walking
and backing away.
Nunemoker. Boaton....40 124 18 8 .2!0
tlessler. Waehlneton. . .4'! 17t 24 4 .2ST
Uo.lle. Chicago 52 13 SO 55 .2.1
I'lank, Athletics IT 44 4 11 .250
I.lvelv, Detroit 14 32 6 8 .2.10
Roach, New York 13 40 4 lO .250
Krepp. Cleveland 12 24 5 6 .230
Pitchers' Records,
rltcher. club O. W. l Avj
Mitchell, Detroit 2 10 1.000
Klllilay. Boston 4 2 S 1.000
Works. Detroit 1 9 1 .BOO
Covington. Detroit .......lO 5 1 .33
Grepg, Cleveland ...20 11 8 .828
Lafltte. Detroit ........ .13 8 . 2 .X
Kender. Athletics 11 7 2 .77
White. Chlcajro Jl 6 . z .750
Krauee. Athletics 12 6 2 .750
Moraan. Athletlee 14 2 .750
Falkenberg. Cleveland .... 4 8 1 .750
Coomb. Athletic 22 12 .8rt7
Fora. New York... 13 S S .6HT
D. Younc. Cleveland. .12 1 .7
I'lank. Athtetics IS 8 8 .B4.1
Mull in. IHtroit 13 8 8 .615
Wood. Boston ....22 11 T .811
Pape. "Boston 8 8 B .A0
Hrockett, New York 0 8 2 .600
Warhop. Now York 12 6 4 .(H0
WalKh. Chicago 25 10 7 .8SS
Johnson. Vaahini;ton......l4 7 0 .tS5
Lively. Detroit 12 8 4 -rtlRd
Olm-itaad. Chicago 13 6 4 .554
Walker. Washington 13 S 4 .n."a
K enter. Boston IT 8. 4 .55I
Vauhn. Nw York T 8 8 .8O0
Harkneas. Cleveland 2 2 .500
Qulnn. New York IT 3 3 .500
W. Jamea. Cleveland 3 11 .600
Baker, Chicago 7 1 1 5o0
- k 'National League.
Player, chib O. AB. R. H. Av.
Ferry. Pittsburg 10 7 0 3 .4
Wagner. Pittsburg . . . .4 244 43 87 .837
F. Clarke, Pittsburg .. .5 1 1IU 35 07 ,331
Esmond, Cincinnati ...IS 41 7 14 .841
Simon. Pittsburg 1 Srt 10 18 .836
Sugaa, Cincinnati 13 41 14 ,8:!3
Bates. Cincinnati OH 225 44 75 .333
It. Miller, Boston HI 238 29 7T .824
Myers. New York 53 1 34 17 4l .318
Mol.ean. Cincinnati ...42 123 11 89 XS1T
Sweeney. Boston I0 229 83 T2 .814
Doom, Philadelphia ...81 lit 14 65 .813
Honlg. Boston till 219 86 87 .SOd
Hresnahan. St. Louis... 69 ltT Itl 51 .805
Mavee. Philadelphia ...'. .241 4 74 .803
Konetchy. .-it. Louis... .OS 244 46 74 .803
Luderus, Philadelphia. ,5 244 84 74 .209
Iibert. Philadelphia ..59 215 45 4 .2-J8
L. Doyle, New York...5S 2ns 40 3 .2od
Mitchell. Cincinnati ...51) 2ii2 84 86 .207
Hoblilsel, Clnoinnatl ..66 2.X 44 77 .2:T
Flynn, Pittsburg 21 27 2 8 .296
Schulte. Chicago ....... atl 237 42 70 ,25
J. Doyle, Chicago 4!) 1S1 2a 63 .203
8heckard, Chicago ....63 233 80 l .2113
Ilofman. Chicago 53 203 23 69 ,20O
Zimmerman, Chicago.. 06 235 36 74 .21K)
Titus. Philadelphia. .. .31 121 24 33 .2S9
Walsh. Philadelphia ..33 lOl 12 30 ,2S
Fills. St Loula 68 23T 42 74 .2.8
Murray. Now Tork....r.4 23.1 86 67 .2SS
Fletcher, New l'ork...2S 43 18 12 .26
Caler, Chicago 15 28 4 s .2S6
BrldwelU New York....r.S 200 23 87 .2S5
Beaober, Cincinnati ...65 261 49 74 .284
Pitchers' Records.
Pitchers Clubs. O. TV. L. Xv.
Reulbach. Chicago 38 7 1 ,875
Alexander. Philadelphia ..20 IS 8 .SSJ
Mathewson. New York. ...17 18 I .1S
Mclntlre. Chicago . . : 12 8 3' .800
Humphries. Philadelphia.. 9 4 1 . fcOO
Iirucka, New York ........ ' 1 ,7so
Adams. Pittsburgh 18 10 4 .714
Richie. Chicago 15 T t .700
Camnitz. Pittsburgh 18 11 , 5 .68S
Marquard, New York 16 ' 1 .467
Harmon, fit. Louis 20 10 5 .T
Ferry. Pittsburgh 1 J 1 .s7
Pallee, Pt. Loula ...,1 t 6 ,4J
Wlltse, Nfv York 10 t 2 .425
Keefe. ClwClnnatl IT 6 3 .425
Cole. Chicago 10 4 4 ,00
Beebe. Philadelphia 4 ' S 2 .600
Crandall. New York 14 ( 4 .800
Oeyer. St. Loula 11 2 J .600
Moore, Philadelphia ...... .21 10 2 ,lbi
asper, Cincinnati ........17 6 8 .645
Rusks, Cincinnati is 7 ( .nsj
Leilleld, Pittsburg 19 7 7 .BOO
PfefTer, Boston 12 4 4 ,500
Rowan. Thltadelphta 9 2 2 . .500
Chalmers. Philadelphia .... 10 1 1 .too
DIXGJIIES IiACE ron PEXXAXX
James Ilazlett's the Clet Takes
First In Serle-9 for Championship.
Sailing before a brisk upstream wind.
James Hazlett, in his dinghy, the Clet,
Friday night won the first of a series of
championship races for ths commo
dore's pennant. Nelson Dope's Fet
was second. Lew 'Voodward, in the
Butterfly, came In third, - while R.
Prldeauz. sailing the Raffles, was In
fourth place,
Tha race was held over ths Oregon
Dinghy Club course, from tfie head of
Ross Island to the Hawthorne bridge
and return a distance of 1 miles.
TJje time for the race was 30 minutes.
Haslett beat Dodge by on minute,
while Dodge was ons minute ahead of
Woodward. Races for the champion
ship will be hold semi-weekly. The
stipulation's governing the champion
shin contest are that It should be won
two successive times before it becomes
the possession of any Individual. j
Michigan f'Wildcat" Fully Con
vinces Public That He
Is Champion.
BEST LIGHTWEIGHT RESTS
Xo Tntll Xovember, at Least, Will
Cadillac Boy Bo Seen In Ring
Again, Ho .' Says Joe Rivers
Proves He's -"Some Boxer."
BY HARRY B. SMITIL
SAX FRAXCISCO. July 8. (Special.)
With the Wolgast-Moran bout a mat
ter of history, and both lightweights
now out of San Francisco, the public
is more firmly convinced than ever that
Ad Wolgast is the legitimate champlort
of the world In his division and fully
entitled to all the honors that his title
may bring him. The Michigan Wild
cat proved his worth in the ring last
Tuesday In the--fashion he whipped
Owen Moran, and, although there is a
vast amount of after-gossip, but few
of the fight experts have anything but
good words to say for the Easterner
and his performance.
Wolgast made a remarkable showing
against the Britisher and although the
fight by rounds will likely show that
Moran was doing good work Inthe
tenth, eleventh and twelfth rounds, it
gives him far more of an advantage
than the match-itself really showed.
Wolgast, as many of the sporting writ
ers figured in advance, was far too
strong for the Englishman and al
though he didn't pretend to box with
him, gradually wore him down. Wol
gast's stomach and body punches,
short-arm Jolts that were delivered for
the most part In the clinches, were the
ones that had the most effect on Owen.
It is quite true that the latter made
a stand in the tenth round and with
rights and lefts to the head apparently
slowed up Wolgast. The same condi
tion of affairs continued in the elev
enth and twelfth rounds, in which ses
sions it appeared that the champion
was slowing up. At the same time,
those same rallies took the strength
from Moran in . remarkaable fashion.
In fact, when It came to the point that
Wolgast was ready to make his final
rally, th- Englishman stood no chance
at alL
" Wolgast's Rally Wonderful.
Wolgast rushed him to tho ropes,
dropped a left to the pit of the stom
ach that caused Moran to gasp, sent in
four more hard body punches and then
toppled him over with a left hook to
the Jaw. The round had not gone more
than SO seconds when the finish came
and It was sufficiently spectacular to
the crowd that had been watching with
amazement the apparent recuperation
of the English boy.
Just a word about the claim of foul
that was made by Moran. There isn't
anything to it and the San Francisco
papers refused to give the allegation
any prominence. Every sporting writer
saw the punches to the body and they
were plainly delivered above the belt.
Moran had the wind knocked out of
him and as he was punched at the pit
of the stomach the pain for the moment
was doubtless Intense. He was able to
leave the ring unattended, however,
and was all right, apparently, as he' had
plenty of time to "roast Wolgast for
alleged foul fighting and to criticise
Welsh for what he claimed was favorlt-
sm that the third man in the ring ex
hibited toward the champion.
In spite of the hurrah of a 10,000
side bet for a prospective match be
tween Wolgast and Welsh it doesn't
look as If any such scheme is going
through. Jones, before he left, de
posited 110,000 with Stakeholder John
T. Clflrk for the side bet and said that
he would leave the money up with the
stakeholder until July 10. If Welsh
wants to make good in the meantime,
all well and good.
Free Advertising Alleged.
Judging from what Welsh has to say.
however. It doesn't appear as If .the
Welshman will go through with the
proposition. He declares that he wants
to know who the referee is to be before
he deposits his money and that he
ought to be informed as to other con
ditions. The general Impression is that
Wolgast would have no trouble beat-
ng Welsh and that the latter Is mere
ly trying to get some free advertising
out of his scheme. Welsh received a
cablegram the other day from English
friends, saying that they would make
good the side bet proposition, but up
to date they have failed to come
through with the coin, that does the
talking In America.
Jones says that he doesn t think Welsh
will come through.
"Even if he does," said tho skeptical
manager of Wolgast, "he will be sure
to Impose other conditions that would
bar the bout. For Instance, he would
demand so much for his end that no
promoter would stage the bout. But he
will have to take a stronger run out
than that. Wolgast will fight him In a
barn and Just for the side bet if the
Welshman likes. And I want to go on
record as saying that it would be the
easiest money that Ad ever earned. -
There is also some talk of a prospective
match between Wolgast and Packey Mc
Farland, which would be the banner
card If It could be arranged. Wolgast,
however, says there Isn't a chance for
such a match unless the Chicago stock
yards boy will make 133 pounds three
hours before the contest, and not then
until after November.
Rivers Is "Some Boxer."
According to Eddie Smith, the Oak
land referee, who arbitrated between
Joe Coster and Young Joe Rivers in
Los Angeles, Rivers is some -boxer. The
Mexican, if you will remember, won in
the 13th round when Coster's . seconds
threw a sponge in the ring to admit de
feat. And this is what Smith, who Is a
mighty good Judge, says:
"San Francisco people don't appreciate
Rivers. He Is a fighting machine and
a fellow who haa to be reckoned with
In the featherweight division. Also he
is apt to grow up .to be a lightweight,
and then the chamipon will have to be
ware. I saw Rivers box Kirkwood in
San Francisco, but he was a vastly im
proved boy when he took on Joe Coster
in Los Angele. I admit that I was won
derfully Impressed by his showing there."
' Frank Klaus, the Pittsburg middle
weight, continued his victorious work in
Coalings last week, when he stopped Vic
Hansen in eight rounds. Reports say
that Klaus had all the better of the
going and had no difficulty In knocking
out his man. It is to be hoped that
Coffroth can arrange for Klaus to box
Billy Papke here on August 18, for that
would be a bout worth while.
Parade to Precede Benefit Game.
The benefit ball game between the
Elks and the Knights of Columbus,
scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at
8 o'clock, -will ba preceded by an auto
Kennedy, of ValeBows to College
Sentiment, but Gives Views.
KEW HAVEN'. . Conn., July 8. The
Yale Alumni Weekly announces that
JtUin Kennedy, the rowing coach, has
expressed his willingness to retire from
his position if it la the desire of the
university rowing authorities to re
place him with a coach who can restore
the lost prestlsje in this branch of
sport.
It is further said that the sentiment
of old oarsmen Is that In recent years
there has been a departure from the
original "Yale stroke," as developed by
Bob Cook, and that until that stroke is
restored there is little likelihood of
Yale's being able to hold Its own with
Harvard.
Large Qnlts Hood River.
HrSTJM. Wash.. July 8. (Special)
Harlie Large, of Portland, who has been
playing ball at Hood River, after a
few davs' fishing In this vicinity. Is
going East to finish the season. It is
asserted that Large and Manager
JJrower have been crabbing over sal
ary for some time. Large Is no doubt
the best catcher that ever put on a
mask In Hood River.
CRICKET SCORES SEEN
PORTLAND PLAYERS GET BAD
START AT SEATTLE.
Though Puget Sound City Men Win,
Opponents Give Good Exhi
bition in Play."
Detailed scores of the Seattle-Portland
cricket club match at Seattle July
4 were received yesterday. Seattle
won the match by five wickets. After
starting very badly, the Portland
cricketers gave a good exhibition in
the second inning, running up a good
score and dismissing the, Seattle team
with but few runs. AV. G. Smith and
E. Fenwick batted hard for Portland
and J. Adams bowled nicely. Charles
Lawrence was Seattle's best player. A
large crowd saw the game. The score:
Seattle First Innings
V. McKellop bowled Adams 14
C. Lawrence bowled Fenwick - 43
L. Pattulo caught Smith, bowled Adam. -
C. Ridge bowled Adams
J. Dow bowled Smith
F. Nicholson bowled Fenwick
J. Waddell bowled Fenwick '.'-
C. Roddle acucht Banham, bowled Fen
wick .........
A. Hilton caught Mackenzie, bowled Bal-
ley ,S
w pariulA hnwlnd Ballev 1-
D. Cameron, not out
Extras -
..10
-.14
Total
Seattle Second Innings
131
.12
L. Pattulo caught Churchley, bowiea cai-
ley 0
C. Roddle stumped Churchley, bowled
Adams
F. Nicholson bowled Adams
J. Dow run out ;t
A. Hilton bowled Bailey -
Charles Lawrence. W. Pattulo. C. Ridge.
D. Cameron. J. Waddell, did not bat,
total for 6 wickets -j
Total ." 18
Portland First Innings I
T T Chnrohlar I., h,fnr wicket. bOWled
T jtwrenee - 9
G. Gray, caught Ridge, bowled Lawrence.,
w n Smith riiiEht McKellcD. bowled
Lawrence 10
W- Marshall, bowled Lawrence 0
K. Bailey, bowled Lawrence
K. Fenwick caught Pattulo, bowled Cam
eron J. Adams caught Nicholson, bowled Law
rence ri. Shlnlev. bowled Cameron
J. C. Cumming. bowled Cameron ......... 8
R. Banham not out '
A. Mackenzie. Caught W. Pattulo...
Extras
Total 35
Portland Second Innings
J. J. Churchley caught Waddell, bowled
McTTellnn
O. Gray bowled Roddle 9
W. Ci Smith, leff before wicket, bowled
Lawrence .25
W. Marshall, bowled Cameron
K. Rnllev. caurht MuKellOD. bowled W.
Pattulo 11
1c- Fenwlclc e&usrht Nicholson. bowled
Cameron 28
J. Adams, leg before wicket, bowled Cam
eron G. Shipley bowled Cameron
J. C. Cummins; bowled Pattulo
R. Banham bowled Cameron
A. Mackenzie not out 0
Extras 1
Total
..103
STAGE CALLS TY COBB
PAUL AR3ISTROXG MAKES
PITCHER EXTICIXG OFFER.
Playvrrlgrht Journeys From Xew
York to Detroit In Auto Ac
cident Xo Harm.
For the purpose of persuading Ty
Cobb, champion batsman and the great
est drawing card in the American
league, to enter the theatrical field at
the close of the present DaseDaii sea
sob, Paul Armstrong, the well-known
playwright, paid a four days' visit to
Detroit last week. The author of
Alias Jimmy Valentine " and several
eauallv famous American plays, be
lleves in combining pleasure with busi
ness, and to that end passed up the
stuffy Pullman car in favor of his
Lo-eler car, in which he traveled the
distance between New York end De
troit. '
Armstrong was accompanied on the
trip by his chauffeur, a Frenchman and
former European driver, who has lived
in an atmosphere of gasoline since the
birth of the industry. The writer of
plays tells several amusing Incidents
of the Jaunt tnrougn new iorn ataxe.
"We were bowling along on a dark
stretch of road one night," said Arm
strong to a party of Detroit friends,
"when, with practically no warning, the
car suddenly shot out into space and
plunged down an embankment into a
stream and stuck there up to its hubs
In the water. The Frenchmat was
driving and In answer to- my inqulrf
as to how we were going to get out,
he replied. "Vy, ve back out,' and suit
ing the action to the word he threw on
the reverse. We came out of the water
slowly and the car began Its backward
climb up the steep hill. Once at the
top, the impulsive Frenchman Jumped
out. kissed the radiator and exclaimed:
Xh, vat a car Is that lovely Lozier." "
Armstrong's mission in Detroit has
been apparently successful, for it is
planned to hav the Terrible Tyrus
Cobb appear in a revised edition of
"The College Widow" next Fall.
Armstrong will hlp his automobile
to the Continent and with Wilson Miz
ner, his friend and collaborator in many
plays, will tour France, Germany and
Italy during the Summer.
Smoking Auto Scarce In Xew York,
A a result of wholesale arrests,
"amnkinc autos" have become extreme
ly scarce In New York City. The cru
sade has been supported by tha leading
motorists of Gotham,
Famous Coast League Umpire
Pitched for Albany in
State League.
FIELDER JONES TEAM-MATE
Official in IS 93 Described as Being
but 105 Pounds In Weight, but
Determined to Bo a Pitcher
Rather Than a Jockey.
BY W. J. PETPATN.
Most fans may not know it, but Eu
gene McGreevy, premier umpire of
the Pacific Coast League, got his start
in baseball in Oregon. Not that Mc
Greevy Is a native Oregonlan, for Iowa
claims him as a native son, but ho be
gan baseball as a pitcher for the Al
bany team of the Oregon State League
in 1893.
Hardly any of the present-day rabid
bugs will remember the personnel of
the Oregon State League clubs that
season, but there were some really
notable players in that league. They
were not notable at that time, but
some of them became famous in later
years. For Instance, a teammate of
McGreevy's that year, and who like
wise wore an Albany uniform, was
Fielder Jones, former leader of the
World's Champion Chicago White Sox.
Matt Stanley, later a noted minor
league catcher. Billy Dammann. Char
ley Rabb and other baseball celebrities
who gained fame and fortune on the
diamond later on. were "bush league
lng" in Oregon that season.
McGreevy Had Aspirations.
Bugene McGreevy landed in Albany
a mite of a pitcher weighing nearly
106 pounds. Many of his friends, or'
to be exact, a fow of them, for they
were few indeed in those days, when
he was so far from home, advised
him to become a Jockey and cut out
baseball.
If you have seen McGreevy umpire a
ball game, especially when some of
the players get obstreperous, you can
realize how much attention he paid
to the advice when he had made up
his mind to be a baseball pitcher. Mc
Greevy at 105 pounds and a pitcher,
and McGreevy at 175 pounds and an
umpire, naturally do not repemblo eacli
other, but then some people change
in 18 years. Yet the present umpire
is as game a man as was the 105-pound
pitcher.
McGreevy pleads guilty to havinr
been "about 19" years old when ha es
sayed the task of pitchincc in the Ore
gon "bush" in 1893. so a lightning cal
culator will tell you he is "about 37"
yean of age r.ow. His friend. Ferdi
nand Reed, very rudely asserts that
McGreovy Is "about 45," but he does
not dare make the assertion .when
Mrs. McGreevy is within earshot. Mrs.
McGreevy has a habit of taking her
husband's part in a manner which
leaves no mistaking her meaning, and
Reed has found this out on numerous
occasions when he has tried to teas
tho militant wife of the umpire about
her "aged husband."
McGreevy Goes East.
But to get back to McGreevy. . After
a successful season with Albany Mc
Greevy went to the Central Associa
tion, where he pitched for several
years before he attracted the attention
of the New York Nationals. Fielder
Jones was with the Brooklyn Club in
1900 v.hen he and McGreevy met for
the first time since they were "bush
ers" In the wilds of Orcuon, and the
later-on manager of the Cnlcago Amer
icana hardly recognized in the Mc
Greevy pitching lor - tho Giants the
slim little 105-pounder who hurled
successful ball in the Oregon w Ids
seven years before. At the time
"Mac" was a major league twirler he
had gained in weight, and Fielder
Jones had likewise improved in style,
for at that time he was one of th
greatest batsmen in the National
'Theext year Jones Jumped to the
Chicago Americans, while McGreevy
driftcd out of the playing habit and
took up Indicator handling. Ho has
made good as an umpire, and is now
the best indicator handler on tho
Coast. . .
Players Become Reminiscent.
Every time Fielder Jones and Mc
Greevy meet they recall some of tha
funny experiences which occurred in
their early careers in Oregon.
When McGreevy nrst
in 1909 ho
Portland as an umpire
went to Albany to look over the town.
Albany did not know him, and he did
? ... iik.v o ha decided he
was even and returned to Portland sat
isfied. However, McGreevy has not
been on the Coast for raught and ho
?s now a property owner In Portland.
AXGELS RELEASE COTJCHMAX
Pitcher Is Xot Displeased, as He Is
Anxious to Retui-n East.
T.03 ANGELES, July 8. (Special.)
BoV Couchman, of the Angel pitching
tftff has been released. He waa
s ipped tho blue envelope by Henry
Berry today. Couchman. it Is said, did
notobject to being set free, as he haa
had a run of hard luck since entenns
the Coast League ranks and Is eager
to return East.
ua of Couchman represents
a J1500 loss to the Los Angeles Club,
as that is tho amount at which
nirured in on the deal whereby Pitta
burg secured Walter Nagie from tha
local club. .
Couchman made an excellent Tecord
last season and his work resulted in
his being drafted from the Rock Isl
and team by Pittsburg, but ho did rot
get started this season. Soon after his
ioi bars, his arm went bad ana tlila
put him on the shelf for several weeks.
Just as he had about succeeded in rid
dint; himself of this troublo, 1te caught
ii in on of his eves and this affect
ed his vision to an extent that inca
pacitated him for box duty.
Couchman, nowevei, a
this afternoonj' when ne receive u.i
attractive offer from me i
team of the Three-I League.
p-imee Thorsen. another twirler, re
leased by the Angeles, has received an
offer from Fred Kaymer, mn.fci u,
the Victoria Northwestern Club. Ray-
mer formerly was secono. oasemiu on
the Los Angeles team.
Pugilist May Die of Blow.
VEW YORK. July 8 "Kid" Bolte. a
local welterweight, is in the hospital
today suffering from a possiDie irac
ture of the skull, hemorrhages and
other injuries received in a ten-round
bout last night at the Brighton Beach
Athletic Club. iHis opponent, "Fight
ing Jack" Lundy, of Brooklyn, has been
taken into cusf "
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