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PLANS ARE UPSET
Only Thanksgiving Day Sug
gestion Smith-Langford.
FRANKIE 'BURNS .'CLIMBING
California Writer Says Bud. Ander
son Probably Will Be Able to
Land Good Match, but Reflec-
tion Is Cast on Prowess.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 18. (Special.)
The defection of Jimmy Clabby. who
fter. agreeing to fight Frank Logan
before Coffroth's club the latter part
of October, wired from Hammond, Ind.,
that he would be unable to return In
time to fulfill that engagement, has
rather knocked the bottom out of the
fighting game in this section, for the
time being-, and even Coffroth, who
usually has a good idea of what's to
be doinpr, is admittedly up in the air.
The Clabby-Logan match was not an
important bout in itself, but had Clab
by continued to win, he would have
been a good drawing card for the fu
ture and that was exactly what Cof-
Iroth was looking ahead for.
The Thanksgiving day date is still
an open proposition, since Willie
Ritchie has not seen fit to tie himself
to a California proposition, and Cof
froth doubtless would have been glad
to hook Clabby up with either Mike
Gibbons or. Eddie McGoorty, both of
whom are much in the middleweight
limelight, particularly since Frank
Klaus sustained a knockout.
, The latest from Coffroth is talk of
matching Gunboat Smith against Sam
Langford for a bout on. turkey day, to
assist in settling tho mooted question
of who is to fall, heir to the- heavy
weight title that was deserttid by Jack
Johnson when he went to France'.
'This may be' a good match", but from
the standpoint of policy it doesn't look
the beEt sort of a proposition to pit a
white man against a clored fighter.
That experience with Jeffries and John
son ougiit to have been quite sufficient.
So far as Clabby is concerned,'' the
impression prevails that Jimmy, decided
there wasn't enough to be gained in
a mill with Logan. The latter is noth
ing more than a local card at the best
and Clabby couldn't have enhanced his
reputation to any considerable extent
with a. win, Of course, there was talk
of a side bet of 2000. but among the
people who are credited with being "in
the know"- that assertion was received
with a grain of salt. Logan's backers
haven't any such amount of money to
fling to the birds and that is precisely
what they would have been doing.
Chances are that Clabby decided 10
wait for some man who would bring
more money into the box office and
at the same time with a reputation to
make it worth while winning.
All the same, when Clabby does de
cide to return this way he will be a
good attraction.
Just what Willie Ritchie, will do after
his tangle in New York against Leach
Cross the champion hasn't announced.
Pome of the critics in this section who
don't care to "string with Ritchie"
have been attempting to give out the
-"oression that Billy Gibson, the New!
York promoter, had withdrawn his $10-
000 guarantee to Ritchie and would
make him fight on a percentage basis.
That's all rank nonsense and just an
attempt to hurt a man. Ritchie is to
have his guarantee and also a crack
at a percentage. Willie writes that
so much enthusiasm has been aroused
they expect a 30,000 gate for the light
weights, which is some money.
He may not determine upon his later
plans until the Cross match,, set for
October 28, is ended. Then he may find
it worth his while to box in Milwaukee,
and if not there, the chances are that
he will be welcomed in California.
Eddie Graney has the November per
mit inside the city limits of San Fran
cisco and he will be a bidder for
the services of the lightweight cham
pion, even though Coffroth might stage
some other match. Coffroth has iiar-
lem Murphy bound hand and foot, so
far as that is concerned, but Graney
might be able to rake up some other
opoonent.
In addition to other things that he
mentions, Ritchie tells in his letter of
the cordial reception that was ac
corded him by the New York news
paper men and copies of the leading
papers of Gotham bear out what he
has had to say.
Ad Wolgast seems to have taken on
a certain new lease of life, although It
is to be. granted that going against
that old cripple, Bat Nelson, was no
test. I don't want to seem to speak
lightly of Bat Nelson, for I admired
him greatly, but as a ring personage
he is passe. Wolgast. from all ac
counts, should have stopped the Dane
and the fact that he didn't do so is
the best proof of his waning powers.
Now, I see by the dispatches, Wol
gast has been matched in Milwaukee to
meet Charley White, a Chicago light
weight of no particular moment. Ad
may be able to get by in the East
where "no hitting in the clinches" is
the rule, but he will never be a draw
ing card in the West again.
'One Round" Hogan, who promised
to have a great career and finally fell
short of the mark, has turned to New
York once more with the idea of land
ing some matches. At one time Hogan
had as bright a career in front of him
as any young scrapper produced in
this section.
Perhaps he didn't take the best care
of himself, but at all events, he com
menced to slip and finally was no card
around New York and couldn't win his
ling-distance matches here. Later he
returned and tried to make a re-entry
into the four-round game. That was
failure and so he will look to New
York again to support him.
He says that the game in the East
is much easier than in California and
he expects to do well. Truth to tell
Hogan is needing the money. He made
plenty of it for a short time, but it
all trickled through his fingers and
recently he has been forced to work
as a plumber in order to get along.
Frankie Burns, the Oakland light
weight, who has always been success
ful in climbing to the higher levels,
only to fall down in championship
matches, is once more rather promi
nent. His latest appearance was
against Tommy McFarland, a local
four-rounder, . who was knocked out
in the first minute of the first round.
Strange how chaps like Burns can
beat all the fellows with no particular
class and yet when they are sent
against men of reputations, tney can't
stand it. Burns, as a matter of fact,
might have been a champion of the
world, but he seems to lack the heart
when it comes to a difficult task.
Bud Anderson probably will be able
to land a good match or so in this sec
tion, despite his operation for appen
dicitis and the consequences that are
almost sure to result. Bud may think
that he is as good as ever, but I doubt
f he will be able to prove it in any
sort of a grueling match.
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BOXER STILL DETERMINED
Xorthern Lad Refuses to Be Drawn
Away From His Trail of Light
weight Championship Mill
to Test His Strength.
BY RALPH J. STAEHLI
On October 29, Bud Anderson will
meet Joe Azevedo in his second effort
to climb to the lightweight champion
ship. It's a meaningless fight so far
as the championship is considered but
it will tell whether or not Bud-is phy
sically able to overcome the recent
operation for appendicitis or whether
he will be relegated to the ranks of
the "has beens."
Less than a year ago, Bud came into
the calcium by showing more than or
dinary aptitude against the usual -run
of local "ham-and-eggers." Until that
time he' was counted as one of them,
His recognition was not by any means
thing of the moment.
Anderson had been fighting, if such
it could be called, in Vancouver,. Wash
for several years. He was a well-developed
lad and had the physique of a
good boxer. What was more, he had
the desire to be one.
Bud' is a determined fellow. He
comes of that North European stock in
which determination is an inherent
quality. The. mere . idea of being a
boxer meant to him passing up every
thing for the thing in hand.
He worked, and worked hard. His
determination at times was a joke. He
took himself seriously from the start
"but he had the good sense or maybe
the stub-bornness-to ride over the pe
riod which meant nothing but discour
agement.
Experienced men soon saw that the
self-inflicted seriousness was bearing
fruit. Old men at the game saw some
thine- in him. Jack King, Bat Nelson's
father-in-law, and a regular "dad" of
the ring, picked Anderson -for a top-
notcher.
Then Bud went South. He was rec
ognized for a clean boxer and became
popular. He had little standing when
he went to California, but he soon
had all kinds of chances.
His rise was rapid. In the Spring
he fought and beat Joe Mandot. Mandot
was not a serious obstacle- in the way
of the title but he had been a contender
and it was one way of gaining publicity
if nothing else. .
It gave the fans a chance to see An
derson in action. Bud's popularity
grew.
Then came the announcement of the
match with Leach Cross, Gotham's
molar manicurist. It didn't strike a
bit of terror into the hearts of the
Northern followers of Anderson. It was
regarded more a matter of form as
Leach Cross was free-lancing around
and it was conceded that Bud could
probably use the' money to be derived.
Friends of Anderson are trying to
forget this fight. Some of them have
good and sufficient reason to remember-it
a-plenty, but then they are will
ing to start in rooting all over again.
Bud was not right when he entered
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that Ting. That's as much history as
the fact that he fought. He didn't lack
srameness. and he showed that he was
fighter of caliber, but he did not
win. His manager, Dick Donald, got
more of the blame than Bud.
Now- it starts all over again. Bud's
eagerness may have gotten the better
part of his valor, but if he went wrong
he'll know better next time.
Just before the Cross engagement.
when Bud was appearing at the Pan-
tages Theater in a little training scene.
he was attacked while leaving the the
ater by severe pains in the stomach
It lasted all night, and when a doctoT
was called he pronounced it appendi
cltis.
The medico" told" Bud's mother at the
time that an operation might be neces
sary any time, even -before the sched
uled battle T-Ta told her the serious
ness of the case, but Bud did not knbw
how bad off he was.
That same pain crept into Bud's body
at various times during the training
season. .But ne lougnt it orr in nis
usual manner.
On the day of the fight it left him
until time to enter the Ting. Then the
pain came back with a vengeance. The
first rounds of the fight brought it to
a point where Bud hardly knew what
he was doing, and then began those
rounds, in which he was unable to raise
his arm. ' '
The "alibi" was good, and, further
more, it had enough' back or it to
show that the fight was no disgrace
to Bud, but a most foolish move. The
only reproach he gets now is for fight
ing it at all.
Since the operation Bud has worked
hard, bringing himself to his former
condition. He worked In toe fields
and on the farm all Summer, and left
for the South in the pink of condition.
Reports indicate his condition lmprov.
ing daily. . .
Axevedo put Ad Wolgast out of the
running before the Wheelmen's Club in
Oakland on Labor day. Ad had the ap
pendicitis, although this is not what
put1 him on the shelf.
Few would call Axevedo a likely as
pirant' to much ' honor. However,' he
will be a good, man to give Hua
a chance to' show what is still in him.
Harlem Tommy Murphy will be asked
for a match next month.
AXCiEXT ' B-iSfcBAXL IS FOUND
First Nebraska- Sphere, Batted Out
of Lot,' Recovered After 88 Years.
NORFOLK, Neb., Oct 18. (Special.)
A baseball batted into a corn field
38 years ago by E. K. Ballantyne, later
ergeant at arms in the United States
Senate, was found yesterday when ex
cavations were being made for a new
building. The ball had become petri
fied, but the se&ms and stitches were
visible. A slight dent on one side
marked the terrific, wallop given the
ball by Ballantyne. .
This was the first league baseball
ever bought for North Nebraska and
the game, which was being played be
tween - TekamaJt and West Point, had
to be stopped because the ball was lost.
LIVE GAMES PLAYED
Divisions in Grammar School
Leagues Under Way. "
GAMES ARE SIX A WEEK
Play So Far All on East Side Fields,
but With Steady Winter Sclied
. ule Gridirons of Multnomah
and West Side Will Be Used.
Five games were played last week
in the Grammar . School Football
League, which started last Wednes
day. Three were in the lightweight
and two in the heavyweight division;
Three games were to have been played
in the latter, but the Woodlawn School
was unable to enter a team in time.
and the Chapman School was without
a game because of the failure of the
Peninsula School to compete.
Six games weekly are on the pro
gramme three for each section on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. No
definite fields for play have been
chosen. Last week's games were staged
on Columbus Field, East Twelfth and
East Davis-streets grounds. East Ninth
and Hawthorne gridiron and the Jef
ferson High School field.
As yet no games have been played
on the West Side fields, but the West
End and Multnomah fields are expected
to be used before the season closes.
No regular officials have been ap
pointed by the board of directors.
The last games are to be played No
vember 28, when Couch plays Chap
man in the heavies and Holman and
Albina Homestead settle it in the
lightweight division.
ROD AXD GUN CLUB ELECT
Brownsville Sportsmen Report Good
Work in Stocking Calapoola. "
BROWNSVILLE, Or., Oct. 18. (Spe
cial.) The banquet of the Brownsville
Rod and Gun Club held in the Odd
fellows' hall last Tuesday night was a
success in every particular. A select
programme of music by the orchestra
and by the Brownsville Male Quartet
was presented. The reports from the
officers showed that the club had ac
complished good work in the proteo-i
tlon of game, and had been the means
of stocking the Calapoola with trout j
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during the Summer. The club now has
a membership of more than 100.
The new officers for the year are
as follows: A. Crandall. president; Dr.
Edward Ringhoffer, vice-president: W.
J. Moore, secretary: Dr. E. W. Howard,
treasurer; Wilbur Holcomb, captain;
Frank Howe and Dr. J. W. Cook, mem
bers of the executive board.
YOUNGSTERS TAUGHT TRICKS
Alfred Shrubb and Ditk Glfford
Rearing Children as Exhibitors.
DuTi.Anvi.PHU rw. 18 fSoecial.)
"On your mark," bellowed Alfred
ch.ihv, r, nf the world's ereatest dis
tance runners, to his 6-year-old son one
dav. In a flash Aine csnruoo, jr..
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"Td1.a vmir murk." cautioned Dick
Gilford, a "chip of the old block" him-
.. .1 r t l.vAnr-nM RftbV Lillian (jill-
ford, and the little girl, poised like a
regular heel-ana-toe artist, wameu
100 yards.
Shrubb and Giltora are connaent
their children will show the class of
. v. - whAn tViv crrow un.
Shrubb is authority for the statement
that Alfle will surely snow nis spurs
when he is 15 years old.
t n itvi- i-f.ivtMl recently, the.
nrnriH'a record holder of distances of
from two to 10 miles said:
You should see the kid in action, x
was surprised myself the other day
when he ran 60 yards at a good clip.
He got on his mark, and when I fired
n nintni h uliot awiv like the little
champion he surely will be.
'Mrs. Shrubb is stunnea Dy tne ma s
endeavors. She could not believe her
eyes when I dressed the little fellow
up, took him in tne tock yru sua uau
him perform. She thought I was Jok
ing at first when I dug up the idea, of
having the youngster run." .
"NEMO" SEEX AS RISIXG STAR
Cy Falkenberg Believes Leibold I
Next Season's Sensation.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. (Special.)
Cy Falkenberg picks Nemo Leibold for
the outfield sensation of the American
League next year. Leibold's chief
trouble this season has Been in judg
ing fly balls.
.rv.ot 1o thA matter with my
starts? What makes me do it?" Nemo
n i , . n . ' v- "l never used to
do that in the American Association,
did I?"
"You certainly did not." repnea cy.
t-, . . . . ,. w,-a not double decker
.n..tq r,A a in Urn association to both
er the outfielders and make the balls
hard to Judge belore tney rose out ot
the shadows. You'll have your bear
ings next season."
i,,oa Vflm la now RtHkfns hfn
x-ait with the bat and that he will be
a .300 hitter next year.
"Vaa anfl hA will be erettinir mnr
bases on balls next season, too," pre
dicts Falky. "When he's hitting .300
the pitchers will be trying to put more
stuff on the ball and Nemo's size will
make that hard to do successfully."
Association Officii Deplores
Cash Prizes for Amateurs.
DRAWING OF LINE IS URGED
President Kocrner Advises Agains
Practice, but Poitilanll Motor
boatmen Do Not Follow Ar
guments He i Offers.
H. T. Koerner, ptj-MiMfcmt of the
American Power Boat j' 4ssciation, and
the Portland motorbjftt enthusiasts
will never be able to live as next-door
neighbors. The disagreement which
would bring them to bj w is the giv
ing of cash prizes In boat races, a
practice which stands 'without opposi
tion In the Northwest.
In the president's annOal report there
Is a paragraph which netds as follows:
"The obvious deterrri!oation to draw
the line tighter in all i kisses of sports
between the amateur nd the profes
sional is in evidence ie-verywhere and
Judging from the experience gathered,
it is a move not only iln the right di
rection, but one quite a ecessary. That
the line should be draWn with no un
certain hand In motor jrtoating has be
come more imperative I (than ever. In
no sport does this nressity operate
with surer disadvantag'4- to the ama
teur than in motorboat i acing.
Tendency Declared II eplorable.
"The intimate relation jtietween mak
er and user is reeognisi! as a closer
bond than that of any riport in exis
tence. To separate thisti obvious re
lationship, a clear method and a firm
hr.nd Is needed. The growling tendency
ef offering cash prises by l"luhs and as-
nociations in return tor ailiateur etiori
la deplorable. It is easy t- understand
the unstinted approval a,d even the
approval Li cy ' 1 '
plause in fvor of this
rd by men I who are In
hat there Is I in it, but it
enthusiastic applause in
method of rewar
tho eflnti for wha.t
Is incomprehensible how a trver of the
sport who makes any claim to the title
of amateur can Justify facing for
money. Professing to uphold the prin
ciples of Corinthlanism an1 deliber
ately sacrificing the cherished princi
ples that are its fundamer j tals. Is a
state of mind opposed to siy logical
conclusion. -
"It is clearly in the power lit the am
ateur to stop this anomolois custom
before It assumes larger prt lportions.
It is a pleasing reflection : to know
that no club or organization finder the
Jurisdiction of the American Power
Boat Association has descended! to this
level or has evaded the clear .and dis
tinct call to the ideals that so ould al
ways govern the acts of trui Corin
thians. ,
Practice Is Questioned-,
"Why an important section . of this
amateur element should place 5 deliber
ately its standing in Jeopardy or why
amateur racing men belonging 9.0 some
of the clubs within the Jurlsdlc tlon of
the Association should particig ate in
these professional races even uft on the
understanding that a possible I victory
by them Bhall be awarded not by money
but by its equivalent, is an unexji laincd
question.
"It is well known that the reater
the lapse from Corinthlanism, Just In
proportion, does professionalism dom
inate and with it the co-existing 1 evils.
It Is no argument to maintain thn t 'the
majority of racing men prefer the. cash
to the trophy,' There can be no "lolce
to the real amateur.
The racing man is Interested n ther
in money returned to offset his in
vestment or he has made Ills iim est
ment to lay on the altur of his ove
for the sport. He can not have an eoj ual
Interest in both. The effort to strad die
these conflicting and widely separated
principles, as occasions may reqia re,
is as possible as it Is deplorable."
Local Men Differ. '
The old Portland Motor Boat Club
was a member or the American i'oiver
Boat Association but has as yet ne'rt.T
had any clash with the officials .
garding the giving of cash. However,,
the local men can't follow the logic in.
President Koerner's annual report. 1
In several Instances the purse ad
mittedly was the goal. However thoso
acquainted with the game know Just
what a big part spirit played in thie
game in the Northwest the last fe'ii
years.
The purse looks good and the IocfD
men figure that the winner is entitled
to something . for his effort. It qosils
money to produce a winner.
However motorboat luck seems: llo
rule and almost any man who lmis a
good boat is sure of getting sometil Ing
out of the many meets of the Suratiier.
The slse of the purses counten-1 ial
anced by the expense of the seiiMm's
upkeep, precludes the idea of enter) ing
the game for money.
Lewis County Papers Raise Prioe.
CHEHAL1S. Wash., Oct. 18. ( B pe
dal.) The four principal newspa jiers
of Lewis County have announced 1 (tiat,
dating from December 1, the subsi ;rip
tlon prices for their weekly papers will
be J 1.50 a year instead of $1.
One-tenth of the automobiles of jthls
country are owned in New York.