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We'll make you a" liberal allowance for your goods and we'll sell you new furniture at low prices. The new furniture will be prompty delivered. Have furniture you'll be proud oL B PELKEY SAYS DRINK 10E 11 CONFESS Those Who Know of Dealings in Portland Insist Pugilist Was Sober on Signing. "INSIDE" FACTS ARE BARED Bis Boxer Sore on Arrival From I.os Angeles Burns' Delay In Send' ins Money Cause of Expose of Fake Fight. BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. "Arthur Pelkey admits confession of fake fight with Tommy Burns!" "Ar thur Pelkey denies confession says he was drunk." "Burns to bring charges of criminal libel." These and similar sizzling tele graphic shots have so tangled up the aftermath of the sensational expose- by Pelkey of an alleged fake fight with Burns at Calgary March 26 last, that boxing fans over 'the country don't know whether Pelkey is In a class with a certain polar explorer or whether Burns is the most abused mortal under the sun. While the writer has no desire to add to the. worries of Tommy Burns, the former champion's threat of crim inal libel belongs on the vaudeville Btage. So does Arthur Pelkey's "admission" yesterday in Calgary that he was "drunk when he signed the papers In Portland September i," which same, confession was published In The Ore gonian five days later per an agree ment with Burns' heavyweight protege. ... Now for a few "inside" facts that will tend to unravel the tangled skein. Arthur Pelkey was as sober as a saint when he made his confessioa of fakery with Burns. Acting on a tip received from a personal frienJ in Cai. gary, the writer pinned the 215-pound pugilist to an. admission of crooked dealing. Pelkey at the time was in a recep tive mood. He said that Burns had given him a "rotten deal" during his five weeks' vaudevillo tour down the Pacific Coast. He cited that Burns thought him a big farmer and always hogged the spotlight; that Burns sold him a dress suit for stage purposes at "cost" price and then took 180 out of his wages: that Burns cajoled him into signing an agreement awarding him 50 per cent of his earnings, whereas Tim aicGrath. had told him the proper managerial percentaga was 26. TJoIIta-u- had n tfllA nf WOA that Wfll as lurid as any of Conan Doyle's nar ratives. The excerpts above throw light on only a few of Pelkey's griev- ., u. urhiflrtnpAH thorn tn .Tank King, to the writer, to Dan Flood, of the Lyric Theater, to Larry Madden, whon ho vtrnrUpt three rounds with the lottnp Huplnir hl twrt Havs' staV in Portland, en route from Los Angeles to Calgary, ana io oiners. TSaIVav a nnr rtriink lint he was sore. Burns had left him penniless In Los Angeles and had told him to col lect $300 from Tom McCarey, the Los a r. nrnmnt.ir whiph sum he al leged McCarey owed him on an old debt. When he arrived in Portland, Pelkey was almost on his uppers and he had n hnrrna Jio from Mr. Flood to tele graph Burns for money. Burns im mediately sent mm It was while warning ror isurns- re- yiy - - - ' confession which has caused so much discussion and contusion an over me country. The confession was written on hotel stationery in Pelkey's room in the Perkins Hotel in this city, on the night of September 4. t I,,.,., inn rnuRt to make." said the giant pugilist, remorsefully, as he hanaea over me document, jluui my Burns has more than a thousand dollars of mine and If this is published now he may say he doesn't owe me a cent. Keep It until next Tuesday night and by that time I can get to Calgary and settle my accounts with him. Then publish it." The Oregonian kept its agreement with Pelkey and held the sensational expose until Tuesday morning, when it was published, together with a fac simile of the confession. Ignorant of the speed with which news carries. Pel key meantime had stopped off to visit an uncle at Victoria, and Tuesday morning found him at Victoria, and not at Calgary, with Burns still custodian of the Pelkey fortunes of war. Pelkey admitted, when first inter viewed at Victoria, that the confession was true, and then, upon reflection, did what many a man would have done un der the circumstances, tried to crawl from beneath the avalanche, hoping to gain time for his settlement .with Burns. . , r- t,A oiihia twfnr nrottoundea some vi Lli " , , by Tommy Burns and his friends at Cal gary are amusing. Joe Price, sporting editor of the AI bertan, at Calgary, comes to the former champion's defense with a rebuttal that Is boh novel ana instructive. . oajn Taatnpa tmt wAfl rather queer was that about Pelkey crawling into Burns nouse oy me order to do that Pelkey would have to swim the Elbow River, as the rear oi Burns' house is almost Iiusn againsi me banks of this stream." Some architects up In that country. eh bo? Build their houses so that you have to swim a river to get in tne oac door. Probably have log-rolling con tests on the front lawn: JUies verne lso had a hectic imagination. Meanwhile, Pelkey's talking appa ratus presumably is still In good woric- ing order and, as Colonel Roosevelt's depredations In Africa didn t include cornering all the ivory at me omim- sonian Institution, we can iiron iui tional evidence of Pelkey's toucning. love for Tommy Burns wltnin tne next few days. roi ta-atr mav have been lying when he accused his manager of fake fighting in charity to Tommy cunia, a. smni fighter in his day, why not take that view of itT but the big fellow knows . u . vA .,-Q a nnt Hrnnlc Tf he doesn't know it, Larry Madden, a Portland po liceman, who was present when Pelkey drafted the confession. Is well aware of PELKEY SAYS STORY IS FALSE Friends Induced Him to Drink With Confession as Result, He Say. CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) In the midst of the furore created in the sporting world by the publication of his statement repudiat ing Tommy Burns as a friend and manager, Arthur Pelkey returned to Calgary this morning docile and peni tent. To a little brandy taken for his stom ach's sake the aspirant for the world's premier pugilistic honors attributed his "confession." The statement which was delivered bv Burns reads: "To the Sporting World My story COLUMBIA UNIVERSITf DRAWS OREGON U.'S GRAD UATE MAiVAGFTl. 1 " Arthur M. Gnrj. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON'. Eugene, Sept. 13. (Special.) Arthur M. Geary, of Portland, for two years graduate manager of student activities at the univer sity, has resigned his position and will leave the last of the week for Columbia University, where he will completo his law course. Mr. Geary's principal achievement has been In the fi nancing of the different student affairs, eliminating a previous yearly deficit of J1000 and in place returning $300- to MOO a year to the student treasury, besides providing for his own salary. In the furtherance of this idea, he worked out a plan of selling to the students at the opening of the college year tickets -at reduced rates that would admit the student to all football, track, baseball and bas ketball games and all debates and lectures provided on the university campus Geary was graduated from the University of Oregon in the class of 1910, having completed his course in three years. He won the Beekman oratorical prize that year. The matter of the election of Geary's substitute will come before the athletic council and the executive com mittee of the Associated Students probably next Wednesday. from The Oregonian, saying my con test with Burns was a fake and he cheated me out of my money is entirely false. "Tommy Burns has been the best friend to me since I have been in the boxing game. Previous to meeting him all my arrangements were poorly paid, not even giving me a living wage. "I did not sign such a statement with the sporting editor of The Ore gonian. He dictated the letter and wrote it out, and I copied it over. I just came out of the hospital in Los Angeles and was sick when I took the boat, and I was also seasick all the way to Portland, and I was advised to take some brandy. Never having been in the habit of taking liquor, I was influenced to do so by would-be friends. Under the conditions, I would have done almost anything. Tim Mc Grath kept poisoning my mind against my best friend, Mr. Burns, and a bunch of would-be friends were doing the same to me. Burns has settled every thing' satisfactorily with nie every week and ha does not owe me a cent. Burns and I are still together, and will be until the end. Hoping this Is satis factory, I remains yours, "ARTHUR PELKEY." Pelkey afterward said: "You know I had an operation on my nose while in California. I got out from the hos pital on Friday that the Willard Young fight took place. I was feeling pretty wobbly then. Two days later I came up the Coast, and all the time that I spent on the boat I was feeling rotten. When I got to Portland, well meaning friends suggested that a little brandy would fix my stomach. Fawcett was not one of them. He had nothing to do with It. I fell for the advice, and. nn ...nit t wnn noon under the weather. Tim McGrath, who had been with Burns and me a great ueai m California, started to- fil me up with stories about Tommy. At that, I think he was sincere and believed he was do ing me a good turn. When I got under the weather in Portland I commenced fenv t who nhuRpd. and. in conver- tVF .lll'l". . ' ' ' sation with Fawcett, probably repeated those thougnts. ie put mem i i- and I copied and signed what he wrote. BRITISH GOLFERS VICTORS Vardon and Ray Defeat Smith and Low- In Professional Jlatch. NTOW YORK. Sent. 13. Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, the British visitors, defeated Alec Smith and George Low in a 36-hole professional four-ball match over the llnKS or tne oajiusroi Golf Club today. The Britons prac tically clinched the match by coming in fit-A im at thA end of - the morn ing. After luncheon Smith and Low made a game fight, but the match proper ended on the thirteenth green. where tne visitors won uy aim. w. Going to the sixtn noie, .Kay, arter putting his drive clear across to the seventh fairway, lofted back over the trees at a seemingly impossible angle. Again, after driving In to the hazard in front of the Island .tenth green, Ray played out of the water to within four feet of the pin and won the hole in three. Kobldenu Stops Jack Reid. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 13 "Sam" Robideau, the Philadelphia lightweight, tonight practically knocked out Jack Reid, of Australia, in the fifth round of a scheduled six-round bout. The referee stopped the bout. SPORTS Iti ITER PROVIDE MUCH FUN Large' Gallery Witnesses Se ries of Events at Row ing Club's Regatta. HANSON WINS GLOSS CUP Contestants Have Many Mishnpsnnd Between Barriers In River anil Collisions of Boats Specta tors Are Given Thrills. Much amusement was furnished a large gallery of spectators at the Port land Rowing Club yesterday tiirc -h the staplng of water sports new to this city in its annual Fall regatta. Canoe tilting supplied the bulk of the "funny stuff." A four-paddle canoe race also contributed its Quota of fun and ex citement, as many spills took place, both preparatory to and during the race. Nine races were staged, and the finishes all were' close. A "dark horse" won the senior sla gles championship, due to misfortune and a raft of logs. Klmer A. Hanson was the winner, with Fred It. Newell a close second. The race carries with it the Gloss singles championship lov ing cup, to be held by the winner for one yar. There were Ave entries Captain Pfaender, who was backed to win; Fred it. Newell, Elmer A. Hanson. E. O. Gloss and Arthur Alien. The race for R quarter of a mile was nip and tuck, with all five scullers well bunohed. Pfaender and Gloss fouled each other three times and were put back from a lead of a length to sure tailenders. A log raft was swung into the stream at Windeniuth, and this in terfered with Allen, Hansen and Newell. The racers had to pull far in to the east bank of the river to avoid the logs, and In the confusion of a sharp turn Gloss crashed into Allen and the latter was upset. Strength Decide! Content. From there the race was narrowed down to Newell and Hanson and weight and strength told, Hanson win ning a well-earned race. Pfaender won the event last year The officials looked for a close battle of strength between Gloss and Pfatnder, and they were leading the field when their col lision happened. Gloss did the "come back" stunt nicely. He will scull lor the club next year. In a special match lace between the senior doubles, in which there was much rivalry, Fred Newell and Dave Cooper won by four lengths in a mile course from Chris Dyilund und Elmer Hanson. The four-oared races were exciting, inches only separating the two light weight crews, though both fours pulled out of their course and the crew, at which Letz was bow, lost the race by jamming into the rowing club dock three strokes from the finish. lno winning four was composed of Dave Cooper, stroke: H. S. Uigelow, No. 3; Harry Gammie, No. 2; Virgil Hamlin, bow, and the losers were William Mathena, stroke: Harold Wenster, AO. 3; Lester Woodruff, No. 2, and Jacques Letz, bow. In a half-mile race, the heavyweight, Ed Gloss, stroke; George MeFaul, No. 3; George W. Bates, Jr., No. 2. and Arthur Allen, bow, pulled away from George Faber, stroke; Walter Resing, No. 3; Eddie Sammons, No. 2, and Wil liam Gregory, bow, winning by a good length. Women Tnke 1'nrt. Harry Gammie took the men's sin gle paddle canoe race over a quarter mile course; Paul Campbell was second and Walter Resing third in a close fin- . ish. Harry Gammie and Virgil Ham lin won the double paddle race with Henry Pfaender and Amandus Pfaen der second. Miss Sadie Havely and Henry Pfaender were winners in the mixed double canoe race. Miss Hor tense Ballin and Virgil Hamlin were second, with Miss Leah Ganzmiller and Walter Resing third. In the four-paddle canoe race, which was introduced for the first time on the Willamette, the Portland senior four Hanson, Resing, Allen and Dyr lund took first place, with Gammie, Hamlin, Cooper and Woodruff second. The canoe tilting was captured by Virgil Hamlin and Elmer Hanson, after a thrilling set of contests, the runner up being Harry Gammie and Walter Resing. There were nine stirring bouts In this mimic warfare of stuffed clubs, in nna nf the melees a contestant re ceived a badly dlscqlored eye. TOO OEIlciais OI me iekit. Starter, R. C. Hart: clerk of the course, George W. Bates; judges of finish. Rex Conant and Floyd M. Warren; captain, Amandus Pfaender. NEW DEFENDER WILL BE HEAVY Cochran Willing to Spend $90,000 for 75-Foot Racing Sloop. BRISTOL, R. I., Sept. 13. Alexander S. Cochran, of the New York Yacht Club, owner of the sensational racing schooner Westward, is negotiating for a sloop to contend next year as a de Af tha Amrira'a cun asralnst Sir Thomas Llpton, it was learned today. . r- f.l t ...MM.. rt Mr. coenran, it is uaiu, io f uug bear the whole expense and has named $90,000 as the sum he is willing to put into a 75-foot sloop. Negotiations with Herreshoff were opened by Mr. Coch ran several weeks ago, while he was in Europe. That the new Herreshoff defender is to be a heavy boat is indicated by the work which was begun today on the new marine railway down which the sloop will be launched. The piling and timbers for the new structure were seen today to be much heavier than those used to launch the Reliance. OLYMPICS DEFEAT STANFORD California Rugby Fourteen PIav Xo-Score Game Willi Barbarians. SAN' FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 Stanford University and the University of Cali fornia opened the rugby season today with games in which Stanford was de feated by a score of 5 to 3 by the San Francisco Olympic Club, and the Uni versity of California played a scoreless tie game with the Barbarians of San Francisco. The innovation of 14-mcn lineups was introduced for the first time in both contests. nri io9.2