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OEFICER WHO WATCHED-THE FSUi-UiimAttuxi.
BILLY DELANEY, FAMOUS TRAINER. ADVISING JACK JOHN
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TWO HARD FIGHTS
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Dugdale Not Prophetic but He
Counts on Barry as
Real Leader.
Pittsburg Middleweight Will
Fight for Mcintosh in
Six Battles.
Retired" Champion Outclasses
George Green, Younger an(T
Far Heavier Man.
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M'COY SIDESTEPS MATCH
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It to Stb West Pnnlftliment.
Gambling Hurt Game.
HT TOM5IT RtA.V.
--tirs.1 Midi:!icht Cbaraplua of the
World.
My next bout took placa In San Fran
cisco and wa with George Green, but
Wore I made the long trip to Cali
fornia there- waa a lot ot talk of match
ing me with Kid Laving. Ha talked
a lot to the sporting writer and told
them that be could defeat me, "and I
finally offered to meet him at 145
pound ringside. I bad been j-rowln,
heavier, and that waa the beat weight
I eould aafely promise to make. But
Laving did cot take up the offer.
Kid M--Coy. too. waa doing a lot of
talking to the newspaper men. He
declared that he could defeat me again,
but when t reached San Francisco and
had a club there offer a ITiOO purse.
McCoy filled to ay anything more.
tVrateracrs Pave Orm.
George Green waa a big favorite In
the West, and while I ruled a 10-to-
favorite, 'the great majority of the
Western fans had an Idea that he could
defeat me. Green waa a bit young, had
aa advantage of nearly ten pounds In
weight and had a longer reach.
The fight waa to b for a rurse of
HOuO. and was staved by the National
(porting Club of sjan Francisco. De
spite tie fact that there were more
than :00 fans at the fight, the receipts
aid not reach the sum expected by the
promoters and they failed to pay us the
purse agreed. Instead we were forced
to accent about Jlu" each for this
tight.
I did my training at Oakland. Cal..
under the supervision of Hilly De
laney. the well-known Western trainer,
who died last Thursday. It waa while
I waa in Oakland that I met Jim Jeff
ries, afterwards heavyweight champion
of the world. I later took charge of
Jeffries training-, but of that I will
have more to say In another article.
The fight with ureen took place Feb
ruary . ls.
Hard Lack Paraars.
In the final week of my training I
had considerable 111 fortune but was In
good condition when I went Into the
ring, except for some stomach trouble.
I had planned my battle with Green
before I entered the ring. Knowing
him to be the heavier, for he was up
to the limit of irS pounds, while I
weighed 14$. I decided to let him make
the early pace and save my strength
until he had worn himself out.
For the first 1J rounds I stood my
ground, and Green gradually wore hlm
lf out by tearing Into me continually,
between the rounds his chest would
heave and his lower lip drooped, while
I could see in hla eyes that he was tlre
Ing fast.
Kaorkeat la Protested.
From the 13th round I took the ag
gressive and In the 18th dropped
i;reen. Kefcree Jim McDonald counted
him out and he struggled back to his
feet.'deciarlng that he had been down
only six or seven seconds, but the
crowd was with me and declared that
the count had been fair. Next day all
the newspapers agreed with the referee
and declared that even bad Green been
allowed to continue he could not have
l.iste.l another round.
In addition to the trouble I had over
tie purse later discovered that a
scheme h-d been on foot to rob me of
the decision had the fight gone the 20
ronnd llnilt-
T!ie big trouble with the fighta In
Fan Francisco about that time waa that
the gamblers had the upper band.
Kverjbody seemed to be crazy to bet.
anil thousands upon thousands of dol
lars were wagered on every bout.
F.vea WtairB Gamble.
F.ven the women of San Francisco
had the gambling fever and they would
pawn their Jewelry to get money to bet
on a fight. In all my ring experience
I never found a similar situation.
Gambling hurts boxing Just as It does
any other sport, and It was the gam
bling that finally got the game la bad
In the West. It was a long time be
fore It was again established firmly.
I remained In the West for several
weeks, waiting to see what Kid Mc
Coy planned to do in regard (o a third
battle. A club there stood ready to
offer a purse of I750 and T was win
ing to make a side bet of liOoo If Mc
Coy would meet me. The club drew
up the articles and I signed them, bnt
when th'.y sent them to McCoy he
failed to answer. I knew then that It
had all been bluff and bluster and
that he waa not anxious to meet me
again.
I then returned to Syracuse and took
charge of a number of promising young
nuplla In the meantime various clubs
throughout the country were snttou.
to match me for bouts but the great
difficulty waa to secure opponents who
would make a hard bout for me and
draw a good crowd. The fans Ilka to
see a champion all right, but they want
to see that champion In a bout where
he Is forced to extend himself and no
champion will draw a good "house
when he Is to be opposed by a third
rate opponent.
rmdq Match Fall, Thrwagh.
Dan Creedon waa mentioned as a
probable opponent and th Greater New
York Athletic Club offered a purs, of
I'SOO for a bout. I accepted, providing
the purse waa ma1 l'"0t) and Creedon
would agree to make ljS pounds at the
rlngsiile. There were several hitches
an1 tr.e rrar-h was not made.
Billy Madden was then boosting Gus
r.jr.ltn for the world's heavyweight
championship. He secured a match for
Kublm with Kid McCoy to take place
In Syracuse. He then brought Uuhlln
t me and asked ma to take charge of
hie work.
I won t forget the first tryout I
gave the blf fellow-. It took place In
a room of a hotel at K wood, a Syra
cuse suburo. The room was not over
13 feet square and wis cleared of fur
niture as a temporary ring.
ill. Urn held the watch and Ruhlln
end I went four fast and furious rounds.
I wanted to make sure that he was
game and found out that be was. We
were both as much marked by that
tryout as wa would have been In a
regular battle.
In the next article Mr. Ryan will tell
of his fights wlt.i Jack Bonner and
Tommr Gorman and the second fight
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DELAHEY flO MORE
Great Trainer's Work With
Pugilists Recalled.
INGRATITUDE SHOWN HIM
When Man, Who Died at Oakland
Ii.'t Week. Found One U Want
ed, He Spared Nothing- to Make
Illm Greatest In Kins.
Away back in 1 P 9S there came under
the observation of the boxing world a
much-touted Coast wonder who had
been a sparring partner of James J.
Corbett at Carson City. lie went to
New York to fight two men In the same
ring titeva O'Donnell and Bob Arm
strong. Poth were yellow heavy
weights, one an Australian and the oth
er a negro.
Jeffries drew Armstrong first and
the negro stayed tenv rounds. Jeffries
proved to be a big. lumbering sucker
with a' lot of useless foot work and a
feint or two. Then Jeffries faded from
view, putting up the feeble excuse that
he had hurt Ms hand. The Burbank
rancher probably would never have
been heard from again but for one man
that man was Billy Delaney. the
trainer who had picked Mm up In the
West.
Delaney died last Wednesday night
at his home In Oakland, Cal.. after a
long Illness, but death cannot remove
tl.j memory of a man whose name la
legion wherever men are Interested In
the contests of the prizering. Thera
never waa a more successful trainer.
For a generation his word on a man'
condition was the final authority In
pugilism.
Jeff Might Have Reea Loat.
Jeffries would have been lost In the
shuffle of "hopes and hopelessness" had
not Hilly Delaney hung on with the
tenacity of a bulldog. About this time
Fltzslmmons was trying to make Shar
key fight, with Tom O'Kourke stalling
In every corner. They finally met. but
the meeting broke up In a row. and
Martin Julian. "Kuby" Roberta man
ager, finally signed up with BUI Brady
for a match with Jeffries, who bad
been taken back West by Delaney.
Ieraney. Brady and Tommy Ryan
took Jeffries to Allenburst. N. J., and
there waa begun the transformation
which ended In Jeff's rout of Fltzslm
mons and his winning of the world
championship In 11 rounds, on June 9,
1.
Thta was but one of the three cham
pions backed by the great Callfornlan
who has just gone to the fighters' be
yond. Delaney made bis first bid for
fame as a second and trainer when he
handled Corbett In his fight for the
world's championship in New Orleans
on September 7. It)!. Corbett's success
was largely due to Delaney. After
Fltzslmmons had won the title from
Corbett. IH-Ianey III upon Jeffries, an
other Cailforuian. to beat him. with
what success the result or those 11
rounds at Coney Island may best at
test. Pasae UHrii Tremble,
lifter fame and fortune had come to
Jeffrie there followed trouble with hi
trainer, and Ielaney severed his con
nections with the champion. Jeffries
likewise turned down Tommy Ryan, an
other of the trio that developed him
Into the championship, indicating that
the erstwhile bollermaker la of the
stuff that most fighters are made of
Ingratitude.
Kevenge came In ample time, though,
for when Jack Johnson signed to meet
Jeffries In the title clash at Reno on
July 4. 1910. he sent for Delaney. and
the veteran was In his corner, shouting
out advice during the trying moments
when Jim Corbett'a rasping vole sent
bitter Invective and naaty Innuendo
hurling at the head of the negro glad
iator. "We'll get you next round, nigger."
Corbett taunted at frequent .Intervals.
Hut not on word of vlleness came from
the lipa of Johnson' chief second In
the opposite corner. Finally, about the
tenth round. Billy looked across at Cor
bett. and. with the eye of the expert
trainer fixed upon the Uisap Ian-oppo
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nent, said bluntly. -Well. Jim. I guess
It's about all off with you folk now."
Thua Delaney waa In the corner of
three champions. In addition to train
ing nurabrles minor boxer. Kauf
man. Choynekl and others. He wa 6S
year old.
Peter Grunt, the well-known Portland
boxing expert, was a close friend of De
laney. and he declares that Al Kauf
man would now be a headline attraction
had Billy remained at the helm. De
laney severed connection with the slow,
going Callfornlan when be signed up to
meet Johnson for ten rounds. Mr. Grant
give some Interesting details of De
laney life.
"I knew Billy well." said Grant last
night, discussing the demise of hi old
time friend. "He and I took In a ball
game together last time I wa In San
Francisco. I have often been asked as
to the reason of the spilt between Jeff
ries and Delaney. Well, do you know,
down In my heart I think It was be
cause Jeffries refused to gn Into a sa
loon partnership In Oaklanfl with Ulll.
"Delaney has confided .jnany things
about Jeff to me." added the Portland
sportsman. "He has told me on several
opportunities that Jeffries was the
most nervous, fidgety man In the world
before his fights, and had almost to he
dragged into the ring. Jeff's backing
down on the maicjiwlth Pill Squire
how this falling, and I don't know but
what Tommy Burns' easy, victory over
the Australian widened the breach be
tween Delaney and Jeffries.
"I was not surprised at the news of
hla death, for Delaney has been in poor
health for years. There was something
wrong with his back. He Is survived
bv his widow and three sinters Mrs.
Charles Fry, of Philadelphia; Mrs. M.
A. Carllng. of Hohoken. N. J., and Mrs.
Frank Megan, of Bronx, N. Y. Delaney
himself was originally a. New Yorker,
but had resided la California for 80
years. He was In partnership a,t two
different time with Tete O'Brien, a
'Frisco boxer. In the liquor business.
Later he opened a ealoon on an exten
sive scale between Eleventh' and
Twelfth streets, which he conducted for
se-eral years.
"Dolaney's death marks tl.e passing
of one of the most popular and congen
ial sporting men In the country."
LEADERS' AVERAGE .323
BEST BATTERS IX 3 1 LEAGCES
MAINLY INFIELDEUS.
Ty Cobb Tops Ilst With Mark of
.420, While Pratt. Heading
.Southern, Has Only .316.
NEW YORK. Jan. 27. (Special.)
The average batting of the leaders In
II leagues last year was .323. Th
average extend from .420, made In
the American League by Ty Cobb, to
.31(, made In the Mouthjirn Association
by Tratt, of the Montgomery club. The
various league leader take In 14 out
fielders. 17 lnflelders and three catch
ers. Champion batsmen aren't quite
aa numerous In the outfield as In the
Infield, but the outfielders hit hardar
as a group.
All the .40". batters, aid there are
three, are outfielders. The 14 out
fielder hit for an average of .364 to
.344 for the lnflelders. First basemen
are the best batters among the ln
flelders. There are six of them In the
list to three second basemen, four short
stops and four third basemen. The
various champions for 1911 and the or
der ef ranks were as follows:
Name, league and position Prt.
1 t'obh. American, outfield -O
2 Huelamaa. Union Association, out
field 411
9 C. Hmttn. Cotton Stairs, outtleld.. .4ol
4 O'ltrlcn. West Canaoa. shortstop. .4ol
4 Wo'ford. Carolina Aa'n. ontfloM.. .'12
b Oonn-rs. South Mk-hinu, firm ai .1177
7 Karroos. Nw KiiKland.. nutfltjd. . . .370
g Hart. Central Association ratrhrr .3'
5 Wilson. O. and 1'.. fl"t base Hi..,
1 t'ravath. Amrlan Assn'n outrleld. ,;:i.'t
in Davis. Trl-tate. first liase .;na
12 HoJl'. Mountain States, outfield.. ..t;j
13 Comstork. Mlrhlrfnn State, first base .J.'.l
la coyle, Nr'uraska Stnte. outfield... .a.14
11 WIS. -III., out!M :i.v.'
13 Mayer. Ttlue Grass, catcher S.'.i
17 Thrssher, Appalachian, outfield... .s.'.l
11 firltton. Central Kansas, third bass .347
IN Blue. Ohio Mate, catcher 317
iu Sch;afly. New York State. 2d base .344
21 I'erry. Eastsrn. outfield 343
2- Dorton. Western, first base S t
SS Hues. Northwestern, third bass S:t
24 Warner. Nntlonal. slfortstop 3:t4
25 Kran. Pacific Coast, outtleid .1.13
Alcock. South Atlantic, third base. .U 13
21 peed. Washington State, first base .3 13
;tl Tohs. Tessa, third base TJft
. I-"oter. Connecticut, outfield H'JT,
50 Mnrian. Virginia, shortstop K4
51 Johnson. Imllana-Illfnola. ahortskop. ,3'iO
53 hi ,-mss. Central, outfield 1
54 Pratt. Southern, second base SIS
gl Juaaa, (southwest Texas, 2d bass... .3-t
Title Made Void by Stanley Ketcliel's
Death to Be Sought by Fast nt
'Willing 158-Poundep New
Boxing Knlo Good.
BT TOM S. ANDREWS.
MILWAUKEE. Wis., Jan. ST. (Spe
cial.) The latest American boxer to
Invade Australia Is Buck Crouse, the
hard-hitting middleweight of Pitts
burg1, under the management of James
R. Mason, who has made up h,is mind
to travel over the south seas to the
Antipodes and stack up against the
best of the 158-pounders over there
now, which will probably Include Jim
my Clabby, Johnny Thompson and
Dave Smith. The deal has been under
way for the past week or two and It
was only this week that Manager Ma
son obtained the consent rof Crouse's
mother to make the trip.
They will go to Australia under the
direction of Hugh D. Mcintosh, and
Crouse is guaranteed six battles. The
Pittsburg lad Is one of the real con
tenders for the middleweight crown
and therefore should prove a .strong
card for the Australian promoter, and
besides his style of fast milling should
please the fans there.
They surely like Jimmy Clabby's
style and cannot help but take to the
Smoky City youth, who Is just out of
his teens.
(rood Boats Canceled.
Crouse had a number of good bouts
on his date sheet for February and
March, but he Is determined to see
something of the world and took ad
vantage of the offer made at this
time. Writing of his protege, Jimmy
Mason says:
"You will have made no mistake in
signing this boy for Mr. Mcintosh, and
before he frets through with his con
tract over there I will wager tbey will
want him back again. There Is no
middleweight who Is better entitled to
a crack at the championship than this
same Crouse and with no setback I
think he will land the title before
long. I do not like to blow about
fighter, but you take it from me the
people of Australia will be tickled to
death with his style. In Boston and
Philadelphia, two hatai towns to
please, they have gone daffy over hla
work, and I am not stretching the
truth when I say he will be the suo
cessor of the late Stanley KetcheL
Rtna Career Brtsrbt.
"He knocked out Australian Ted Nel
son In three rounds, Frank Perron In
four. Young Lourrhrey In three In Bos
ton, and easily beat Billy Berger and
Leo llouck. He Is the only man who
ever stoDoed Young Loughrey and
Rerfrer.
I have Just passed up offers
to match with Tom McMahon. Mike
nihbona and Klaus, that we may be
able to go through with our part of
the agreement. Hugo Kelly wants
none of his game, and neither does
Frank Klaus."
Many boxing rules are ridiculous to
the average boxing fan and are of very
little use. but there is one rule adopt
ed bv the authorities in the City of
nttsburg which at first thought might
seem uncalled for, but which is a good
rule. When Bob Moha went there to
box against Jack Dillon he was noti
fied that he could not go on because
he was not physically fit, or rather
that Impression was given out. The
fact' Is, Bob was in good condition for
a bout and would have had no trouble
boxing six or double that number of
rounds, but the rule prevented his go
ing on for the reason that he was over
the weight limit. The rule provides
that if a boxer is five pounds over the
weight of the various classes set by
the commission he cannot get permis
sion to go on.
Wright Alone Qucstloa.
In this case It was a middleweight
contest and the limit was placed at
ISO pounds, which Is reasonable, but
when toha weighed he was more than
five pounds over the specified limit,
being nearer 170 pounds than 15, and
he was barred. The Impression was
sent out thar Moha was barred from
appearing there, but such is not the
case, as his manager. Tommy Larklns.
CRACK BOXERS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN COLUMBUS CLUB
SMOKER' TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE OREGON HALL.
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has received word from the club that
Moha was wanted for a later date and
that It was thorugh a misunderstand
ing about the time to weigh that the
match with Dillon did not go through.
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ARMSTRONG 10 QUIT
Portland Revolver Team Loses
' Valuable Asset.
REQUEST MADE TO CREDIT
Local Aggregation Is Now Only Un
defeated One In Race for Nation
al Honor and Loss of Record
Brenker Would Injure.
Portland revolver men interested in
the National Indoor revolver tourna
ment now in progress are at their wits
. -..In moUa oeri.na-emontS tO
have the shooting of Armstrong, who
ls going away, to count for Portland.
Armstrong leaves for Seattle Tuesday
where he will be detained by business
for some time.
Portland is now the only undefeated
team In the race and much of their
standing Is due directly to the shoot
ing of Armstrong who recently broke
his own world's record. If the Port
land club should lose the man now
when the hardest matches are at hand,
the organization's chances for the flag
would be materially decreased.
Seoretary Hubbard has written to
the home office of the United States
Revolver Association, which Is con
ducting the tournament, in an at
tempt to make arrangements 60 that
Armstrong can shoot at Seattle and
have his scores credited to Portland.
The outcome of the predicament Is
rather uncertain, as it is thought that
many of the clubs will be opposed to
this. Hope is entertained, however,
because one member of a Massachusetts
club lust year moved to Connecticut
and the club was given the credit of
some scores that the man made while
away but there was talk at the time
of putting a stop to any future affairs
of that nature.
Armstrong will shoot his last match
In the race Monday night at the club's
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range, but. for the next three weeks
he wjll be absent.
The scores at the weekly practice
shoot Friday were not as good as the
average, the highest being but 457 out
of 600. Wilson, 457: Sanders, 450;
Craddock. 437, and Hlldeman, 430. were
the evening's best scores.
CLASS D LEAGIE MAY FORM
Walla Walla, Boise, Welser, Baker,
La Grande and Pendleton In.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 27.
Class D baseball, with Boise, Welser,
Baker, La Grande, Pendleton and
Walla WaUar having teams, is now pro
posed, since Walla Walla failed to get
into the Northwestern League this sea
son. The fans here seem anxious for
games, having raised $10,000 to: try to
get Into the larger league last year.
They have seen amateur and semi-professional
ball here for a number of
years, and they want something better.
The proposed league was first sprung
In Boise, where the business men be
came angry at President Lucas, of the
Union League, for taking the franchise
in that organization from President
Cody, of the Boise team, and giving it
to a stranger. The othor towns in
which it Is proposed to have teams
eem eager for the games, and Presl-
; n- ""','
In a few days to talk over plans.
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KAHANAMOKTJ'S SWIMMING SAID
TO BE REMARKABLE.
"rVx-Title-HoIdor Handy Confirms
Report of Native's Sensational
Aquatic Performances.
CHICAGO, Jan. 27. (Special.) Jami
son Handy, of the Chicago Athletic As
sociation, former one-mile swimming
champion and record holder of America,
who recently returned to this country
from a trip around the world, has cqji-
"flrmed the cabled news of the sensa
tional swimming performances of Duke
Kahanamoku, of Honolulu, and ex
pressed the opinion that the times cred
ited to the Hawaiian are In no way
exaggerated.
Handy describes Kahannmoku as a
giant ebony-skinned native about 20
years old, standing more than six feet
in his stockings, welching about 190
pounds, and a magnificent speiemen of
manhood, straight, well muscled and
i perfectly formed. He swims a stnoth.
rhytlrmic crawl stroke, very much re
sembling aat of Harry Hebner, of the
Illinois Athletic Club, the National 50
yard champion and record holder, and
goes through the water with shoulders
high above the surface, moving at fast
speed.
In last year's championship Kahana
moku won both the 50 and 100-yard
titles, covering the shorter distance In
24 1-5 seconds and the longer In 65 2-5
seconds, over a straightaway open
water course. The century mark es
tablished new world's figures which
are likely to be recognized as a stand
ard, for four watches agreed on the
time and the Hawaiian authorities in-
tend to apply for the record.
Enthusiastic supporters of aquatlo
sports In the Hawaiian Islands are so
j anxious to see the new prodigy pitted
, against the world's best swimmers that
i they have subscribed to a purse in
' order to send him to the Olympic games
' next Summer in Sweden, where he
; would represent the United States in
j the 100-meter swim, and unless the cold
I water of the North breaks his form
I completely, they expect to see him win
the event easily.
' Smoker Bouts Arranged.
Peter Yost, who Is to meet Karl
Mlebus, of the Multnomah Club, at the
' Columbus Club's annual smoker, has a
1 severe cold and unless he improves be
I fore Monday he will be under a serious
handicap In his match. The programme
j for the event, which is to be held at
i Oregon Hall, Is about made up. The
I first will be the go between Yost and
Mlebus, both in the 160-pound class.
The second match will be between H.
Krieger, of the East Side Club, and
Tommy White, both weighing near 143
pounds. The third will be a boxing
event between Ollie Stevens and Billy
Meaghef, lightweights. In the light
weight class. Schmeer, of the Columbus
Club, will meet Julius Campbell, and
Al McNeil will tackle John Buegel, for
merly of the St. Louis Athletic Club.
The only wrestling event on the bill
will be one between Carlson, of Colum
bus Club, and Opie Smith. Jimmy
Richardson will referee the matches
and George Parker and Jack McDonald
will be judges. Joe Meyer will be timekeeper-
Skeels Again in Giants' Lineup.
Vance, New Pitcher, Is Virglniu
Star Men to Train on Home
Grounds Altman In List.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. i7. (Spe
cial.) When Dug gathers his players
for Spring practice he will look like
the matron of'a children's home. There
will be 37 hungry mouths to feed, 22
of which never before plunged a tooth
Into Queen City food. If there are any
more phenoms around loose Dug wants
their address, because he is anxious to
be up in the Northwestern League
pennant race in 1912.
"I am making no predictions about
the coming season," said Dug, "other
wise than to say that the pace prom
ises to be fast. Seattle has a hard
row to hoe because the other teams
are strong and well managed. I will
be the happiest man in the United
States if Jack Barry proves to be the
one Seattle has needed. I have done
my best to give him good material.
"From the correspondence I have,
had with him about the players, I be
lieve he Is pleased. I expect Barry to
arrive in Seattle some time along the
first part of March and the players
will be ordered to report about the
20th. Unless something should come
up to convince me that I am making
a mistake the team will practice in
Seattle."
One of the surprises found in the
official line is the name Pitcher Skeels.
Detroit took him back last Fall and
turned him over to the Buffalo Club.
No one expected that he would return
here, but Detroit and Buffalo fixed up
a deal with Dug.
Among the 15 pitchers named by
Seattle Is that of J. G. Vance, never be
fore mentioned. He waa the leading
t wirier in the Virginia State League
last season.
Seattle's list:
Pitchers Charles Fullerton, Seattle;
Tj. V. Hamilton, Lynchburg, Va.; W. F.
Barrenkamp, Columbia, S. C.; Roy Wll
lett, Vancouver; George Sage, Seattle;
W. Mclvor, Seattle; B. " Stevens, Sno
homish; E. Klein. Los Angeles; P. J.
Schneider. San Joaquin, Cal.; Jimmy
Wlggs, Seattle: B. Moe, Seattle; W.
James, Orovllle. Cal.; C. A. Thompson,
Los Angeles; J. G. Vance, Lynchburg,
Vs.; Dave Skeels, Seattle.
Catchers Danny Shea, Seattle, and
Joe Wall-, Nebraska City.
First base Jack Barry, manager,
Portland; E. Kehoe. North Dakota; F.
McMullin, Los Angeles; N. Fuller,
Wenatchee.
Second base Hosoa Slner, Danville,
111.; A. Hogeboon, Baker, Or.; E. Bock,
Sumas.
Shortstop Tealey Raymond. Seattle.
Third base F. Chick, Calgary; P.
Dulln, Los Angeles;
Outfielders Fred Weed, Seattle;
Leslie Mann, Seward, Neb.; A. Stidello,
Los Angeles; R. R. Gaston. Colorado
City; Pat Moran, Calgary; Eddie
Householder. Seattle; H. Wasleyr San
Diego, Cal.; Norman P. Crulckshank,
Seattle: George R. Ames, Wenatchee;
John Altman, Snohomish.
TRAINING NOT ALWAYS NEEDED
Lawson Robertson Says Indoor
Sprinters Not Required to Work.
NEW TORK, Jan. 27. (Special.)
At a recent confab among certain
members of the athletic fraternity of
this city, Lawson Robertson, trainer
and coach of the Irish-American Ath
letic Club, startled the gathering by
making the statement that sprinters do
not have to train as diligently for In
door running as they do when they are
preparing to compete in the open. He
said:
"There is a logical reason for mak
ing this statement, but first It must be
understood that when I say sprinters
I do not include any who run more
than 150 yards. Above that distance
it is largely a test of endurance as
well as speed, and therefore those run
ners must train Just as diligently for
running on the board floors as if they
were conditioning themselves for races
on cinder paths.
"In the first place, one of the most
serious things sprinters have to com
bat Is the wind. Indoors, of course,
there is no wind, and. since speed is
not Impaired by any outside force, so
mueii energy Is not required. Then,
too, there Is more elasticity to board
floors than there is to cinder paths.
Another reason is the fact that the
runner does not have to take Into
consideration weather conditions.
While preparing for dashes in the open
an athlete Is compelled to be ready to
use every ounce of energy that he can
gather at any time, for he can never
tell when the track may be heavy."
VICTORIA HAS 2 7 PLATTERS
Wattelet Relies Especially on
Strength of Pitchers.
VICTORIA. B. C, Jan. 27. (Special.)
The official list of players for the
Victoria club shows 29 names. General
Manager Wattelet says his pitching
staff promises to be unusually strong.
Pitchers Xarveson, Moose Jaw; Lake,
Victoria; Wilson, Sioux City; Kauf
man, St. Joseph: Smith. Detroit; Olson,
Berger, Portland; Surphlis. Victoria;
Kantlehner, San Jose: Concannon.
Southern California; Griffin, Southern
California.
Catchers Devoght, Victoria; Grindle,
Victoria: Ladd. Seattle.
First base Lou Nordyke, manager,
Spokane: MacMurdo. Victoria; Lodell,
Stockton; Whaling, a brother of Bert
Whaling, the ex-Seattle catcher.
Second base Fred Iiaymer, Victoria;
Kellar. Victoria.
Third base Brennan. Victoria: Clin
ton. Southern California; Neick, Idaho.
Shortstop Sadof.sky, ex-iirown Uni
versity star, later with Washington
Americans; Rav.'lings, Vernon, Cal.
Outfielders Jimmy Adams, Vancou
ver; Ed Kennedy, Vitcoria; Clement
son, Victoria: Dalbert, Buckley, Wash.
'DELANEY VTTNERAL IS HELD
No Ceremonies Included in Last
Kites of Famous Trainer.
OAKLAND. Cal.. Jan. 27. The fu
neral of William Francis ("Billy") De
laney. the famous trainer of pugilists,
was held today froirt a Incal under
taking establishment, followed by cre
mation at the Oakland Crematory. At
the dead man's wish, no religious or
other ceremonies were hefi