THE SUNDAY OHTOOXIAX. PORTLAND- FEBRUARY 4, 1912.
CHAMP 1011 CQULON
HOLDS HIS TITLE
MULTNOMAH STAB ALMOST CERTAIN TO MAKE AMERICAN OLYMPIC TEAM.
Frankie Conley Badly Beaten
in 20-RoL'nd Decision Go.
at Los Angeles.
DEFEATED BOY ALL CUT UP
Kenosha Bantamweight Aspirant
Fearful Sight at End of Boat,
Face Slashed In Doaen PUcet
and Both Eyea Are Closed.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. a Llk a
hornet. Johnny Coulon. th bantam
rbamplon. flew at Prank! Conley. th
Kenoeha challenger, through 20 round
of njcntmg In Vernon today and won
th dtcliion.
Coulon was angry through moit of
the milling-, but temper did not mak
ble boxlns skill inferior to the buU
log tactic of bis slightly heavier op
ponent, although Lb cbainplon'a blows
lacked the necessary ateagi to put th
sturdy challenger out.
At the end of the 20 round. Conley.
smiling throuab. a maak of blood,
offered tola arm to be held up a tb
winner, but .Referee Charles tyton
Ignored fcltn. and elevated Coulon'.
arm.
Deetale-a rieaaew Crtwt
Tbs decision pleased tbs crowd, tba
betting portion of which bad offered
ss much as two to ons against tba
Kenosha lad.
Before the contest started. Promoter
Tom MeCarey lined up 14 lighters,
among- them three champions. In th
ring-. Tbey wera Wolgaat. the light
weight chanvlon. Abo Attell of the
feathers, and Coulon tba bantam
champion.
Johnny Kllban. of Cleveland, was
Introduced as th opponent of Attell In
ths Washington birthday match. Feb
ruary 22. "One Round" Hogan Issued
a challenge, and Freddie Welsh, tbs
British boxer accepted It on the spot.
Ths fight Is scheduled for a data In
March.
Referee Has Little te Da.
From ths first gong In ths Coulon
Conley go. today, ths referee hail
llttl to do.
The boys fought viciously, but brok
cleanly after every mlxup.
Conley welghod IK pounds, and
Coulon 112. but ths latter overcame
the handicap by his speed.
Ths Bght by rounds follows:
Roaad 1.
Coulon and Conley were called to ths
renter of th ring at 2:2s. Conley at
ones rushed, but received a stiff left on
the nos and covered. Coulon waa
wonderfully fast. Conley being unabla
to land. Coulon placed two hard rights
to the stomach, but Conley did not
back up. Coulon landed aeveral rlghta
and lefts on Jaw and face, th round
ending with no damag dona.
RaaaoS 3.
Conley rushed again, landing two
hard rights to tb face. Coulon clinch
ing. At the break Conley Jarred Cou
lon with a bard left on th Jaw. Ths
men were fighting Ilk two tigers. Con
ley again landed a wicked left, rushing
Coulon to the ropes. Coulons blows
did not seem to bother Conley. It was
Conley's round.
Roans' 3.
Coulon forced matters, but Conley
kept boring In. Three still rights to
the Jaw In quick succession could not
stop the Kenosha boy. and Coulon
brok ground. Conley landing a hard
rlsht to the stomach and left to tha
Jaw. Coulon's uppercut brought blood
In several places on Conley's fac.
Coulon's round.
Reus 4.
Roth men seemed to prefer long rang
fighting. Suddenly Conley rushed In
and placed a terrific left to stomach,
Coulon countering with right to Jaw
and Jarred Conley. Coulon landed at
alll. smothering Conley with blow.
Conley again rushed, placing a terrlfla
right to Coulon's mouth, which drew
blood and sent tb champion's bead
back. The round was even.
Reaad B.
Coulon ruahed. but met a hard right
t the stomach which almost took him
vtt his fert. Coulon sparred and then
landed left to wind, and they clinched.
At the break Coulon put right to chin
and left on Conley s sore eye. Conley
put hard right to mouth and th cham
pion waa bleeding profusely. Conley
again sent Coulon's bsad back, bat th
latter rushed and drov Conley all over
the ring. Coulon's round.
R-aad .
Coulon kept up hi tactics of Jabbing
Conley's face, landing six or seven
blows without a return. Conley's fac
was a fearful sight. Coulon seemJ
tired. Conley rushed, landing right to
stomach. Coulon then put rlcht and
left nearly together on fac. Coulon's
round.
Itonad T.
Roth sparred for a moment and Coulon
sent In a bard left to wind and missed
a right up per cut. Conley's defens wa
getting better and be blocked two hsrd
rights. Coulon changed bis style, feint
ed an 1 landed a bard left to th face.
Conley covering. Conley suddenly let
go a hard left to (tbe stomach that
doubled Coulon up. Conley Instantly
followed his advantage, forcing Coulon
into a corner, landing hard left and
right. Conley's round.
Reaad K.
Roth wer wild. They closed in.
Coulon having the belter of a rapid
exchange. Conley again started blood
from Coulon's mouth, and then backed
tha champion up with a hard left to
the wind. Coulon ducked a left swing
and sent hsrd right to the wind, f o roll-g
Conley back. They clinched, both
missing at th break. Round even.
Raaad V
Conley rushed, starting blood flowing
from Coulon's sor mouth. Coulon count-red
with bard right to Jaw, but Con
ley kept boring In. seemingly heedless
of Coulon's blows. Th champion fair
ly rained rights and lefts all over Con
ly's body, getting nothing In return.
Two hard rights to Conley's fac start
ed blood flowing and he seemed grog.y.
Coulon's round.
Rni4 10k
Coulon assumed th offenaiv. rushing
Conley to th ropes. Conley was wild,
missing two hard rights. Coulon lsnd
ed at will, cutting still mor Conley's
already fesrful face. Conley missed
right and Coulon. forcing the Kenosha
man to lead, would place left and right
to face. Jumping back without a re
turn. Coulon's round.
Rswad II.
Conley rushed, but wa met with a
succession of lefts and rights that
forced him back. Coulon stood off and
landed several blows without a return.
Conley bored In. Coulsn clinched and
uppercut Conley at th break. Conley
auddenly Jumped In and placed a terrlfla
r'ght to th Jaw. Coulon seemed daxed.
'.nley put another right to th Jaw,
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left to th stomach and Coulon covered.
H seemed weak when th round end
ed. Conley's round.
Reaai IS.
Coulon was wild, missing two upper
cuts. Conley kept up his borlng-ln tac
tics, forcing Coulon back. H put a
hard right to th stomach. Coulon
blocked thre hard blows and then
Jumped Into a hard right to th Jaw.
Coulon was daxed. but put left to Con
ley's left r. Round even.
Ronad 13.
Conley blocked a left swing and both
nearly fell to th floor. Coulon's blow
had no apparent effect on Conley. Con
ley put two bard rights to stomach and
left to Jaw. Coulon eemed very tired
and held on and Coulon turned the ta
ble by placing a hard uppercut to Con
leys Jaw. forcing Frankie to cover.
Round even.
Roaad 14.
Right and left uppercuts met Con
leys rush and they clinched. Coulon
merging unscathed. Both sparred In
th center of the ring. Coulon then
placed two hard rights to the face and
they clinched, both fighting viciously,
head to bead, aa the bell rang. Cou
lon's round.
Roaad 15.
Thsy rushed to a clinch, neither land
ing a blow. Conley placed light right
to ribs. Coulon countering with left
uppercut. Coulon landed four blows to
Conley's nose, but none seemed to hurt
Frankie. His fac was a fearful sight.
Conley rushed Coulon back and they
clinched. Blood from Conley's mouth
ran down Coulon's back. Conley dodged
a vicious right and ran Into a left to
the stomach as the gong rang. Cou
lon's round. i
Roaad 1.
Agstn both rushed to clinch with no
exchange. Backing away. Coulon placed
right to stomach and left to Jaw and
kept up constant Jabbing to the face.
Conley was a mere chopplng-block for
Coulon's Jabs, being unable to land.
The champion seemed to lose Ills tem
per for a moment, rushed In and re
ceived a fearful left to th stomach.
Conley seemed th stronger. It was
Coulon's round.
Roaad 17.
Conley came up covered. II waded
In, but only on left reached Coulon's
face. Coulon suddenly turned, ran back
and turning again, placed a terrlfla
right to Conley's fac. A moment later
a left uppercut nearly took Conle, off
hia feet. Conler. getting In a hard left.
backed Coulon up and placed thre
i BELLAH HAS
CHANGE
Pole-Vaulter May Compete at
Olympic Games.
ATHLETE BEGINS PRACTICE
National Champion, With Record of
12 Feet Inches, Probably to
Be Only Member of Mult
nomah Club on Team.
Winners In their respective event In
the Pittsburg championship meet of the
Amateur Athletlo Union last July are
Almost certain to go to Sweden to rep
resent America In the world s Olympic
games at Stockholm. At least that Is
the belief ot Sam Bellah. th sensa
tional Portland polo vaulter, who looks
Ilk a fixture on the American team.
Bellah. whos most recent perform
ance was winning th Pacific Coast
championship for pole vaulting, broad
Jumping and Javelin throwing at Asto
ria, probably Is the only member of
th Multnomah Club who Is certain of
a position on the American team. He
thinks that surely Cook, of the Cleve
land Athletic Club; Coyle, of the Uni
versity of Chicago; Babcock. of Colum
bia; Gardner, of Yale; Dukes, of Cor
nell, and he will be the men to repre
sent America In the pol vault.
Multaoaaak Supporters Caandeat.
Multnomah supporters ar willing to
wager that the former Stanford ath
let will go to Stockholm. There Is
no active vaulter on tb Paclno Coast
! at pressnt who can pole vault as high
-. n VI" at.e Kaatern
as uiv i no -
meets hav not developed any vaulter
In Bellah's class other than those men
tioned, and the general belief prevails
that at least six men will be on the
American polo vaulting team.
i-i.a ennford Scott, of California.
mor in the same place and a right to ! holder of the world's record of 12 feet
10 T Inches, will not compete.
In the Pittsburg National champion
ship meet Bellah, then representing the
Olympic C1UD, Ol oan trmcm. i."n
and rook tied for first honor. The
the Jaw. He laughed at Coulon aa the
bell rang. It was Conley' round.
Roaad 18.
" Conley cam up as befor. covered.
but bored In. H put first right, then mark was 12 feet Inches. In
left to Coulon s fsc. Johnny backed. ' - . 0.ci,j. who would get th
then rushed, placing right and left to
Conley's fac. Coulon silppad and fell,
but waa up Instantly. Conley put thre
rapid blows to face, getting no return.
Coulon Jabbed repeatedly to lace, start
ing mor blood, and then placed a fear
ful right to stomach, staggering Con
ley. Coulon's round.
Keaad la.
Coulon rushed, placed two short lefts
to stomach. Conley got In a left to th
champion a head, but got a hard left
on hi eore eye. Conley clinched and
wrestled Coulon to the floor. Conley
suddenly rushed, placed a stiff right
uppercut to Coulon's Jaw and the cham
pion covered, backed up to the ropes.
Round even.
Roaad 30.
They shook hands and Conley put
left to head, right to stomsch and left
again to head. They clinched, Coulon
getting in a left to the face. Head to
head, they fought fiercely. Conley put
another hard left to stomach. Coulon
placing right and left In quick succes
sion to Onlay's face. They clinched
again. Conley landing right to face
and tb champion held. They clinched.
Coulon putting hard left to wind and
then a series of Jsbs to fac as th bell
rang. Referee Kyton gave Coulon the
decision.
The two preliminary fights to th
Conley-Coulon bout wer over at 2:10
P. Ji. In th first Jem Percy and Bob
Monro fought six rounds to a draw.
In tb second Louis Rets, a former Los
Angeles newsboy, was given the de
cision over Charley Oalton. the veteran
-trial horse for lightweights." at the
end of 10 rounds. Dalton was badly
punished.
Trover Again Heads Jlotorboat Club.
ASTORIA. Or, Feb. I. The Astoria
Motorboat Club gavs a dinner to th
member and a number of distinguished
guests last night at the club house,
Speeches were made by Mayor Hender
son, Q. C Fulton. Commodore Troyer.
Commodore C V. Boost, of the Port
land Motorboat Club; Captain Jaynea,
of the revenue cutter Tahoma; Captain
"Duck" Bailey, of tha Tatoosh; John
Fox and others. The gathering was
so enthusiastic that the election of
officers, which waa scheduled to be
held, had to be postponed, with the
exception of that of commodore, until
the next meeting, owing to the lateness
of the hour. Commodore Nelson Troy
er was re-elected, but he declined the
honor. It has been announced sine,
however, that h will accept. Great
nthuslssm was manifested In th
proposition of securing th annual
speed boat championship rsces for As
toria, as It Is understood thsy can b
bad by going after them. .
Manitoba haa produced T.ooo.ooe baah.la
of potatoes ta meet the demands this saaa
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medals Cook grabbed No. 1, Coyle sec
ond place and Bellah third, but this
lottery was later disallowed and the
three are labeled as National cham
pions for 111.
Rigors of training have no terrors
for Bellah. Although ft Is many weeks
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before th try-outs at Palo Alto, when
the West' bsst athletes will be chosen,
he ha already started In to condition
himself. May 18 is the date set for
the Western elimination meet. Eastern
athletes will hold their frolic" near
Boston. Mass, and Central Westerners
will probably come together at Chi
cago. Past Records Will Count.
Past performances will figure large
ly In the selection of the Olympic team.
This, of course, will be combined with
the 1912 work of the contestants, al
though should a consistent point-winner
have an "off day" when the try
out are held, it will not necessarily
mean that he will be eliminated.
Bellah' athletic career began while
he was attending high school at Han
ford, CaX Here he waa a star mem
ber of the track team, sweeping every
thing before him In the pole vault, high
hurdles, broad Jump and Javelin. In
1908 he broke the world' interscholas
tio pole vault record, making 11 feet
2K Inches.
In his first meet representing Stan
ford, in 1908. Bellah won the pole
vault (12 feet 2i Inches) and came
third in the broad Jump, making 22
feet 7 inches
In the Coast titular meet at Astoria
last August he won three champion
ships, making 12 feat Inches in the
pole, 21 feet 11 inche In th broad
Jump and 121 feet In th Javelin throw.
"Of coure, It is hard to say Just who
will be selected for th American team,"
said Bellah, In discussing his chances,
"but I think that I have a pretty good
chance of making it. I am going to
try for the broad Jump and Javelin, as
well a th pol vault."
Bellah 1 a new acquisition to the
rank of Multnomah stars. After
graduating from Stanford he affiliated
with the Olympio Club. He came to
Portland last Summer from Astoria
and Intends to remain 'here perma
nently. Martin Hawkins, hurdler, and sev
eral University of Oregon and Oregon
Agricultural College stars probably
will compete In th trials for th Mult
nomah Club.
Monte Cross- to Bo Scout.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 2. Monte Cross,
formerly shortstop of the Philadelphia
American League team, has signed with
the St- Louis Americans as a scout and
will assist Manager Wallace In looking
after th players.
IRE mCAL
ABILITY DEFICIENT
Veteran Catcher With Brain Is
Essential to Youngster's
Success in Many Cases.
THINGS DIFFER IN MAJORS
Kerwcomer Get Rattled Rather Eas
ily and Are Ofttimea Bothered by
. Actions of Base Runner of
Opposing Teams, Says Evans.
BT BILLT KVANS.
American Leaxue Umpire.
CLEVELAND, O, Feb. 2. "H ha
mor speed than the great Walter
Johnson, and a curve ball that makes
the hook of the Idaho phenom look
cheap." , ,
"Speaking about fadeaways, this fel
low has a puxzler that has Christy
Mathewson's most deceptive fooler
backed Into the discard."
"Critics generally concede that Nap
Rucker. of Brooklyn, Is som south
paw, but this new recruit haa an as
sortment of curves that will cause the
Brooklyn star to gasp with astonish
ment." .
"When It come to spit balls. Ed
Walsh. Russell Ford and Marty O'Toole
have something out of the ordinary in
the damp delivery. This bush leaguer
has discovered a spit ball that minor
leaguers say Is unhlttable."
These are Just a few of the com
parisons that are made annually be
tween the recruit pitchers and the
stars tried and true. It seems as if
every bush league phenom who gets a
ticket to the big show Is reported hav
ing something on the veterans, who
for years have been baffling the great
est batsmen in the land. Most of
these phenoms are highly successful In
the bushes, so It Is not usual that
they should be expected to shine
equally brilliant in the majors. It
doesn't seem such a long hurdle from
innn ta the majors at. urai
glance. There are any numDer oi
letes, however, who will testify that
It is some leap.
When one considers the many minor
leagues that are scattered throughout
the land, and then total up the many
stars reputed to be In each league. It
Is somewhat surprising that so few
startle the majors. Every year each
big league team tries out any number
of star recruits, all thought to possess
major league caliber, yet the club that
develops one real star Is perfectly sat
isfied and highly delighted if the -crop
harvests two real big league players.
This goes not only for the' pitchers, but
all other players.
Club Ofttlme Fortunate.
It is seldom that a club Is fortunate
enough to pick up star slabmen like
Walter Johnson, Grover. Alexander,
Vean Gregg and others who make good
In the majors from the very first game.
It Is not unusual for some pitcher who
looks to have less stuff than a num
ber of the other recruits to make good,
while tha pitchers who gave promise
of being wonders were handed a ticket
back to th bushes. The average
minor league pitcher discovers they do
some things differently In the big
show, and It Is usually these things
that hinder his progress.
I have watched carefully for years
the debut of a number of minor league
stars. Borne who looked promising have
come through, others who appeared to
have all kinds of ability, have fallen
by th wayside. The one thing that
has troubled the young pitchers most.
Is the base running. Major league play
ers make It a point to run wild on a
youngster if possible. Usually the
pitcher has a delivery that enables the
base-runner to get a big lead, making
It all but Impossible for the catcher
to throw him out. no matter how
perfect or fast the throw.
This running wild on the bases has
a bad effect on the twlrler, usually
resulting in an ascension, enough runs
generally being scored to settle the
game, before he safely reaches terra
firm a. Nine times out of ten, the men
are on the basea Probably he has
been acoustomed to taking a big long
swing, and getting away with It. That
swing must be curtailed. Shortening
the swing often causes the pitcher to
lose much of his speed and curves until
he becomes thoroughly familiar with
the new way of delivering the balL
Wildness la a common fault with the
recruit twlrlef. The learning of a new
delivery generally tends to Increase the
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lack of control. Perhaps the player"
record In the bushes did not show him
- I- i.v,r. rria minoorters are
surprised to learn that lack of control
has kept him from getlng a thorougn
trial. Very often a desire to make
good right off the reel has proved to
be the undoing of a pticher. Know
ing that he Is facing a higher grade or
batsman, the pitcher gets the impres
sion that he must get additional speed
and curve on his ball. With that end
In view he gets too much on the ball,
resulting in a loss of control and con
sequent trouble all around.
Batter Take Advantage.
The batters also seek to take ad
vantage of the recruit. They know it
Is only natural that he should be more
or less nervous. When they step to
the plate they decide to wait him out.
Usually he shows a tendency to be wild,
and before he knows it he has several
men on the bases. Perhaps the catcher
goes out to tha box and whispers for
him to ease up and get It over at any
cost The next ball perhaps cuts the
plate In two. The batter sees that the
pitcher Is aiming to get them over and
has let up considerably In his Bpeed.
He decides to get a toe hold and swing
on the next one. The batter never
lets the next one get by, hitting for
a couple of bases, while several runs
canter over the plate. The next thing
we see of -the young pitcher he la on
his way to the bench.
Woe be to the pitcher who has a fanlt
In his fielding. If he shews a ten
dency to be weak on handling bunts
it is a cinch that he will get plenty of
opportunities to show his ability In
that line. Very often a recruit will
have an excellent fast ball, but his
curve will be little more than a twister.
The batters will pass up that fast ball,
take a toe hold, and try to figure on the
curve.
Happy Is the manager who has a
couple of star catchers on his pay roll.
It Is almost Impossible to estimate the
part a brainy catcher plays in the de
velopment of a young pitcher. In the
last few years the Chicago White Sox
have tried out a number of young
pitchers. I recall several who got
away to a flying start, were heralded
as sure enough phenoms, only to be
dropped by the wayside In a very short
time. Nine times out of ten Billy Sul
livan, the veteran star, has been the
big factor In the success of the young
ster. Sullivan, through his knowledge
of the batsmen, his wonderful throw
ing arm. his coaching of batter and
pitcher, has guided many a recruit
twlrler to a victory, when the young
ster seemed to lack the stuff.
Krapp Lacked Good Coaching,
When a clever receiver can get an
ordinary pitcher away for a time, It Is
very easy to figure what a big part he
can play In the development of a
twlrler who has all kinds of stuff. The
Cleveland club has been mighty unfor
tunate in not having a star veteran
catcher on its payroll for the last two
or three years. " When Fred Blandlng,
Willie Mitchell, Crum Kaler and Gene
Krapp joined the Naps all of them
looked to have the real stuff. Unfor
tunately for these youngsters, Cleve
land did not have a veteran catcher to
put them through the paces. They
knew Just as much about the big league
batters as the men who were receiving
them.
Consequently, despite the trreat abil
lty all four youngsters are known to
possess, they have not Improved as they
should. I look for Paddy Livingston to
help these twirlers a great deal. With
his sunny disposition, his known abil
lty to handle all kinds of pitching, his
knowledge of the batsmen and the use
of his brain, Paddy should prove of
much value to the Cleveland club this
year.
A great many pitchers come to the
majors with wonderful strikeout rec
ords. Nine times out of ten they fall
to live up to the feats they performed
In the minors. In answer to this feat
ure practically every twlrler will tell
the same story as did Vean Gregg, the
batters In the big show are more par
ticular what they strike at. They will
wait out the pitcher, which, of course,
makes his duties all the harder." In-
abiltly to hold the men on the bases is
another feature that puts a dnit in the
ambitions of many a minor league star.
Once the young pitcher gets a move
that makes the baserunner hug the
sacks, his chances to succeed have been
improved 60 per cent. Perhaps the very
best way to explain the failure of so
many phenoms Is to cite the fact that
no sideshow was ever as good as tba
three-ring circus.
PORTLAND STILL LEADS
REVOLVER SEEN ALMOST
FLAG FLYING HERE.
SEE
Five-Man Team Boosts Score to 1 153
and New Record Is Made Squad
Will Shoot Today.
VERNOX GRAMMAR SCHOOL TEAM.
tha anoc.r inn nresented by District Aiiorney J
after two n. game, with th. Alniworih boyi. winner, of ction 1. Th first game wa. a draw of one
real eah after VernoiT had held the lead up to five minute, from time, while In the second match It
fook t 'uTtlmlt. winner. 5 minute, to score the one and only goal of the match. Vernon also won tie
heavyweight "football cup. A. an Instance of th. enthusiasm shown for .occer In the grammar schools Pro
neavyweiBni v .. .i, .k. aohoola will hav at least one team. ernon has ex-
fei
Still the revolver records go up! Last
week' the Portland Revolver Club raised
the record for the five-man total from
1144 to 1147 and this was expected to
hold good for a time at least. But on
Friday night the five-man team scor
was put up to 1153, by a team composed
of Armstrong, Craddock, Hackney, Han
sen and Abraham. With the exception
of these five the scores made at the
weekly practice shoot were not quite as
high as the usual standard of the Port
land cracks, however.
Portland still leads the Indoor Re
volver Tournament, In competition with
over SO . clubs scattered all over the
country, and the prospects for the flag
I are bright. Nothing has been heard
from the officials of the National Re
volver Association relative to the
shooting of Armstrong, who may go
away for a short time.
He has been on every first team this
Winter, almost always with the high
est score of the quintet, and the loss
of his scores would be a bad setback
to the club.
Craddock took second on the team
Friday, which Is a new place for him.
His rise from the bottom has been a
rather short cut, it being only a few
weeks ago that he was still rather far
down in the weekly returns.
The individual scores Friday were:
Armstrong. 235; Craddock, 234; Hack
ney. 230; Hansen. 230; Abraham, 224;
Hlldeman. 215; Cathey, 214; Reider, 212,
and Clifford, 207.
The squad will shoot at the outdoor
range at Beatty today.
FORFEIT CHECK IS STOPPED
Boxing Commission to Rule Whether
Fighter Haa Right to Do So.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3, The State Box
ing Commission will meet here on
Wednesday next to decide whether a
boxer has a right to stop payment on
a check deposited as a forfeit.
Toung .Erne, of Philadelphia, who
was matched to box Jack Goodman at
the National Sporting Club last Wed
nesday, claimed the $250 posted for
Goodman owing to the latter calling off
the bout because of an Injury to his
head. The forfeit-holder turned over
Goodman's deposit, a check for $250, to
Erne, but when it was presented at
the bank It was found that payment
bad been stopped.
sor uraper ip "! ..T." r Vi ....rtm-- timt .ufflclent boy, turn out to run two
pressed a oesire to see iwg team irvm bvu
elevens of almost equal strength. '
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ALL-COAST TRACK
MEET. IS BROACHED
Proposal Is Made to Include
Schools of Five States
in Big Contest.
ZEDNICK SEES BENEFITS
Graduate Manager of Athletics at
University of Washington De
clares Scheme, If Success,
Would Help Coaet.
FNTVERSITT OF WASHINGTON, Se
attle, Feb. 8. (Special.) Effort Is be
ing made by Paclno Coast college
managers to enter 10 universities, rep
resenting Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Nevada and California In a big confer
ence track meet. It is planned to
make It an annual event.
Instead of five or six teams repre
senting less than one-half the Paolna
Coast colleges, the revised conference
as proposed by Graduate Manages
Farmer, of the University of Califor
nia, and supported by Manager Zed
nick, of Washington, will include ev
ery Institution of equal rank.
Rule to Be Stringent.
The conference, according to plan,
submitted by Farmer will be held In
California until other Institutions sig
nify their willingness to incur the ex
penses of the meet.
A number of stringent rules will be
enforced while the meet Is held at
California, among ahem being that. all
contestants must submit the list of
candidate, on their teams, with an es
timate from the coach or trainer as to
their records and ability. This list
will be gone over by President Elliott,
of the Pacific Athletlo Association;
Trainer Moulton, of Stanford, and
Trainer Christie, of California, and
from the relative standing of the en
tries they will determine the numbel
of men that may be sent by each col
lege. These proposals have been sent out
to the Universities of Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho and Nevada, to Oregon
Agricultural College, Washington State
College, Pomona, and the University ol
Southern California
Zednlck Give Views.
Manager Zednick's Ideas of a large
Pacific Coast conference differ from
those of Manager Farmer, in that the
Washington manager believes the
Northwestern schools should be placed
on an eqality with the California col
leges and given the same voice in its
government, that the Berkeley manager
takes upon himself.
'Meets held at Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco and perhaps Los Angeles, in
which would be represented the entire
Pacific Coast, are an ideal, which if
reached, will place Coast athletics on
a par with Middle Western and Eastern
college sport," said Zednlck.
"As it is, there are persons east of
the Rockies that do not know we ex
ist, because we hold to our little dual
and five-club contests that bring us
nowhere. There is nothing that would
do more to popularize track work in the
West than the organization of such a
conference.
"Get the matter down to a strict
business basis and I think that the
Northwestern Institutions would find It
possible to finance the holding of the
meet when It came their turn. Of
course meets In the Northwest would
have to be held In Portland and Seattle,
where paying crowds could bo seoured. .
WASHINGTON' EXPECTS DEFEAT
Basketball Schedule Blamed for
Team's Poor Outlook.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Se
attle. Wash., Feb. S. (Special.) If w
are not defeated by Oregon February
12 and 13. when that college meets us
herein basketball, it will not be the
fault of one of the worst schedules that
has ever been arranged." said Wallace
Wlngfleld. manager of the Washlng-
SFe'b'ruary'Twe play Washington
State College. Idaho. Pullman again
and Whitman, at their respective homes
and then the following Monday and
Tuesday engage Oregon. Our course
will be one continual move. We play
Corvallis In Seattle February 19 and
Idaho March 2 here, making only four
games of the entlrd schedule that w
do not have to go from home to play.
"Our second series opens with a
game with Oregon Agricultural Col
lege at Corvallis March 12, two games
with Oregon March 13-14, and another
with Willamette at Calem. Then the
next day we will go up against The
Dalles
"We had Just one veteran, Oscar Ol
son, about whom to build up a team,
and every other player Is new at the
intercollegiate game. -With Fenton
and Jamison on the team Oregon can
do little else than beat us."
FEW ATTEND WEEKLY SHOOTS
Absence of Many Marksmen. From
City Has Effect.
Because of the absence of a half
dozen of Portland's best shotgun ex
perts the weekly shoots of the Portland
Gun Club have not been very well at
tended. Holohan, Morris. Read. Blair,
Hillis and Fischer are out of the city,
two of them going around with tha
professional shooters' team, which Is
touring the Northwest.
The new trap, which it was decided to
put in, has been ordered and is expect
ed most any time now. This will give
the club two good traps, but before
Summer three more will be installed
for the Pacific Coast handicap shoot,
which will be held here In July.
Portland will have a heavy represen
tation at the Indian Shoot at Eugene
the latter part of June. On one day
all of the participants will have to
wear Indian dress.
Cottage Grove May Have Club.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Feb. S.
(Special.) Baseball fans are already
talking of the formation of a ball club
for the coming season. It is planned
to have a fast team for the local
league that will be formed later. The
young ball fans cannot wait for dry
weather, and several vacant pieces of
property are being used for practice
purposes already
Portland Cubs Are Out.
The Portland Cubs are on the field
again ready for another baseball sea
son with a faster team than usual, hav
ing secured several new players. The
Cubs are ready to meet any and all of
the valley town teams. For games ad
dress John Swlnt. care of Garrett
young, Manchester building.
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