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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1914)
THE . SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 1, 1014. CALIFORNIA VOTERS K. 0. People Thought Likely to Ring Gong on Ail Bouts at November Election. SIGNATURES NOW OBTAINED Parente Signs Vp Bud Anderson for Match Vih Kod Watson for February t0. Both to Make 1 3 8 Pomuls at Ringside. BT HAURY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 31. That the boxing game In this state will have a Hard time of it when the people have an opportunity of balloting- on the subject next November is admitted by lose students of the game. Under the law that permits of auch matters being placed on the ballot. Southern California started a reform movement but it was discovered that on Janu ary 1 there worn lacking the needed number of signatures. However, there came from the state authorities an opinion to the effect that a longer length of time would be allowed for securing: signatures and according to a statement Just issued by the anti boxinK forces, they are now assured cf the required signatures. That means the people of the state will vote on the subject next Novem ber and it will be up to them to de cide whether boxing- is to continue as at present or to be stopped entirely. There Is no half-way ground. Either the 20-round bouts will continue or there will bo a cessation of that sport entirely. And while one hates to admit It. the chances are that there are not enough voters in favor of boxing to continue the sport. Possibly, If such a bill should go through by the will cf the people, there will be a later ef fort to permit of 10-round bouts, such ns are In force in Wisconsin; New York and some other states, but there Is no telling whether anything of the kind would be permitted. And to stop the 20-round game, with Its championship-making possibilities, also means that sooner or later the game will die of Its own accord, since the people are anxious to see the top Jiners and champions are not made In the 10-round, no-decislon end of the frame. RHrhle'n Condition In Doubt. According to a statement Issued by TVMllie Kite-hie, he does- not expect to box before March at the earliest and then he will look forward to, say a 10 round match, before he goes through with his Tommy Murphy engagement. It will be some time during the week to come before Ritchie will know Just where he stands so far as his condi tion is concerned. He opened up on Saturday with light walks and will continue that form of exercise for sev eral days. By the middle of the week he ought to know whether It Is going to be necessary to give the strained tendon any more rest. From Tom Andrews, who has one cf the Milwaukee clubs, there has come to the champion a good offer for a 10-round bout with Wolgast. Ritchie wants still better terms than have been offered to him and has wired ac cordingly to Andrews. If the guar antee is forthcoming, he hopes to box Wolgast some time In March, after which he will return to San Fran-' cisco and take on Harlem Tommy for that $15,000 which Coffroth Is still will ing to give him. There will still be the chance to ac cept a Fourth of July engagement with the best boy In sight, and providing all goes well, the chances are that thereafter Ritchie would be open for some theatrical work, as by that time he would have earned the opportunity to make some more easy money. Parente Signs l'p Bud. Coffroth. who still holds his San Mateo County permit, and Louis Par ente, matchmaker for the Humboldt Club, are going ahead with their plans for February fights. Parente has already signed up Bud Anderson and Red Watson, a well known California lightweight, for Feb ruary 20, while Coffroth is casting about for some card that will be at tractive for February 22. Anderson and Watson have signed to make 138 pounds, which ought to be sufficiently easy for the Oregon chap. Watson looked a promising boy at one time, but he doesn't like to train and In consequence never shows as well as he should. With Anderson In any sort of 'shape, it ought to be no great trouble for him to whip Watson. The card Isn't looked upon as anything star tling in this neck of the woods, al thought it may be all right- Coffroth is figuring either on light weights or a middleweight card. He is dickering with Joe Azevedo to meet the winner of the Frankle Burns-Gilbert Gallant match and is also con templating the possibility of sending Fighting Billy Murray, of Sacramento, against Jimmy Clabby. Clabby prob a.bly has too much class for Murray but the latter has the fighting spirit which San Francisco fans appreciate so much. Another jinx has befallen Harlem Tommy Murphy. The Irish Harp ex pected to be able to sign up for several weeks of vaudeville work to fill In the time ahead of the Ritchie match but fate has turned against him. The fact that he could not do his boxing act in Chicago made it impossible for the vaudeville people to use him and as a result Tommy has about made up his mind that he will go back to New Vork and await his chance with Ritchie. I'll ion Team .Defeats Milton. UNION. Or., Jan. 81. (Special.) Milton High School was defeated by the Union basketball team last night by a score of 60 to 10. The Mlltoft. boys were out for a test trip but proved no match for the local players. The game was free from rough playing and only a few fouls were called. The teams were about evenly matched for weight, but the superior teamwork or the Union players wholly baffled the visitors. The last game of the reason probably will be played in the Union hall with the strong Wallowa team. Stories About Stars BT BILLY EVANS. UMPIRE GEORGE HILDEBRAND. who made such a very favorable impression In the American League last year, enjoys the unique distinc tion of being the only umpire In the business who was ever fined by anoth er umpire. It is an interesting tale. Hildebrand prior - to coming to the American League starred both as a player and then as an umpire in the Coast organisation. Several years ago he was doubled up with Umpire Fin ney at los Angeles. On the day in question Finney was working the plate and Hildebrand the bases. It was a tough game to umpire, there being any number of close decisions, and as luck would have It, a majority of them went AY BOXING against the home club. Naturally there was considerable kicking by the home team, while the fans had the time of their lives telling the two arbitrators what a choice set of second-story workers they would make. The blow-off came in the final in ning of the game, when Finney called a visiting player safe at the plate, with the run that eventually won the game Although correct in his ruling, the players gathered around , the of ficial and began to protest in strenu ous terms. Finney was Just ready for such an, attack, and as the players made known their opinion of the de cision, he made known the cost of so expressing themselves. Fines ranging from S3 to $15 were plastered on a half dozen players, but the kicking still continued. Hildebrand, annoyed at the delay, walked up to the plate from his posi tion at first. He had made up his mind that possibly Finney would wel come a little assistance in clearing up the situation. Approaching the plate he spoke thusly in' as surly a manner as possible, so as to create the im pression that he was sore: "Come on Finney, get the game started. It is beginning to look like a farce." "It will just cost you ten for so thinking; you're not helping things UNION BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATS ALL-COMERS AND CLAIMS EASTERN OREGON CHAMPIONSHIP. t . - viJ r?srf V"? MtaMt.aVf, ....SmjJ. - .... - .... .... . . . . -..w. ..X -1. I ! UNION, OH, nASKGTRAIJi TKA1I. UNION, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) rtJnion's champion basketball team so far has defeated all comers and with them three athletic club teams. They claim the championship of Eastern Oregon. Reading from left to right, top row Adrian Goodbrod, right forward:. Ben Ersland, coach; Earl Jones, sub.; Adolph Lewln, left forward.; bottom row Art Harn, right guard; Floyd Maxwell, center; Mertin Davis, left'guard; Hattie Biixa mascot. any," replied Finney, who had his back to Hildebrand, and thought it was one of the players talking. "Good- night," replied Hildebrand, "I'm on my way." Realizing Finney's mistake, the players began to roar as Hildebrand hastened back to first base. Turning around, Finney discovered that instead of a player, he had fined his brother umpire. In the " dressing room that evening Finney remitted the fine, but nevertheless Hildebrand claims the distinction of being the only umpire ever fined by an arbi trator. CLUB FIELD TO BE USED PORTLAND IXTEHSCHOL.ASTIO MEET TO BE HELD MAY OR 10. Officials to Be Chosen Later Teams From Other Cities Probably Will Be Barred From Contests. The Portland interscholastic track and field meet will take place May 9 or 16 on Multnomah Field. This was the i decision ot the directors of the league at a meeting at Multnomah Club yesterday. There will be no change in the meth od of staging it and the events will be practically the same. Officials and other details are yet to be decided, but T. Morris Dunne is mentioned as ref eree of the meet. The last season in interscholastic track and field athletics seemed to be one of development more than accom plishment. Athletics of the Portland high schools go In spasms. Each time that there are especially good teams in schools, their gradua tion is followed by a season of decline. This does not apply to one school, for the trouble seems to affect all of them. The climax in the development of track stars seems to come at about the same year In each school. Several years ago when Washington High School had a strong team com posed of Grant, Krohn. Wlndnagle. Wilson and others, the other high schools, although not of the same cal iber, also had wonderful teams. Multnomah Field is now " being scraped of the Winter coating of saw dust and other signs of the football campaign. The next meet will be exclusively for the teams in the Portland Interschol astic League. Vancouver and Oregon City have been admitted at other times, but they probably will be barred at the coming meet. ATHLETE WHO IS CHOSEN MEMBER OF AWARDS COMMITTEE. iiliali .if- ? :-. - i ! .-?..: -:HV!S.::?f Brasler Small. ' WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Or., Jan. 81. (Special.) Brazier Small, football star and crack track athlete, has been chosen by the students of Wil lamette University as a member of the athletic awards commit tee. This is one of the leading offices at the - disposal of the student body., 1 A z ft?-- t.'-" r y BOXERS KEEP CASH Majority of Old-Timers Now on "Easy Street." Are FORTUNES MADE AND KEPT Fitzsimmons, . "Young Corbett" and Jack Johnson Three Exceptions to JIulc Some Has-Becns Xow Worth $100,000. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24. What has become of the "old-timer" of the ring? A few mornings ago a "bloodthirsty Sioux chief" rUBhed across the "plains" with a moving picture operator in hot pursuit. "Two shots rang- out on the still air," and with a loud whoop the "chief" fell to the grass and took the count Thirty minutes later, when soap and water had worked a transformation, the "Sioux" emerged from his dressing room a white-haired gentleman of dlg nitied carriage "Billy" Elmer, the old time boxer now a "movie" star. Probably but few of the present-day generation of ring-goers recall Elmer. As a boxer, physical culture director and trainer "Billy" stood at the top In the "day" of Jim Corbett and "Kid" McCoy, acting as sparring: partner to both these stars. "Surprised to see the old man here, are you?" said the veteran. "Well, you'd be surprised in more ways than one If you were to dig up all the old-timers and see what they are doing now. "Up to a few months ago 'Peddlar' Palmer, the old English champ, was working here in camp with me. I sup pose more than one of the old boys are with the movies. It's a great field for them." And after this talk with Elmer we ran a finger down the pages of the record book, picked out the old-timers and located a few of them as follows: John L. Sullivan, living on his farm near Boston. Is spending his retire ment in ease, with no fear that the wolf will ever reach his door. ' Jake Kllrain, well fixed in earthly goods. Owes much to his old rival, John L., who used Jake as hta stage partner for many years. Ad Wolgast. Reputed to be worth $50,000. Is still boxing 10-round bouts in Wisconsin. Battling Nelson. Lives at Hege wisch. 111. Invested the bulk of his savings in real estate and la looked upon as being "land poor." Jack Root. Lives in this city. Doubled his ring earnings by clever theatrical investments. Has retired from active business ltfe. Jack McAuliffe. Still on the vaude ville stage. Looks good for 20 years more of stage life . "Billy" Papke. Following a business career in Illinois. Has saved every dol lar of his earnings. Is independent for life. Jack Johnson. Eking out a primrose existence in Paris by engaging in doubtful ring and mat affairs. Also appears in vaudeville. Is an exile from the United States, with a Federal Court charge hanging over hl3 head. "Young Corbett." Lives in New York. Is practically penniless. Terry McGovern works in one of the theaters controlled by Cohan & Harris, and also trains boxers. The majority of the "old-timers" have lived careful and frugal lives. The only exceptions appear to be Fltzsimmons, Toung Corbett and Johnson. . Here is an angle of the game that the lovers of boxers need not feel ashamed of: Bob Fltzsimmons, trying to Induce the liastern promoters to allow him to box. Declares that he will stave un less allowed to re-enter the ring. Jim Corbett, in vaudeville. It is his proud boast that he earns $S0O a week as an entertainer, and will command this salary for years to come. Jim Jeffries. Los Angeles cafe owner. The richest of all the veterans. It Is estimated that Jeff is safely over the 8100.000 mark. Spends most of his time in hunting and fishing. Tommy Burns, recently acted as man ager of Arthur Pclkey. Has extensive mercantile holdings in Calgary. Has earned and saved a fortune. Abe Attell. : although one of the shrewdest boxers of his day, Attell Is reported to have less than one-tenth of the money he earned in the ring. Is living in New ' York, where he is' an inveterate poker player. Jimmy Britt, etill following the thea trical game. Here is another man who will never ask for a "benefit." James Edward has earned several fortunes. He has them all. Tom Sharkey, runs a cafe in New at is an open scandal that the sailor cuts his own hair to save the barber fee. TWO PROMOTERS ARRIVE Boxers Expect Lively Bidding for Australian ' Services. .' . SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 81. (Spe cial.) Two rival Australian boxing promoters arrived In San Francisco' this week, prepared to bid for the services of America's best; fighters. For many a long day Hugh Mcintosh practically had a monopoly of the Sydney field. After him Snowy Baker was in com mand and without opposition until the Olympic Club was started. The Olym pic Club is backed by men who have plenty of money and they have sent to this country "Mother" Howe, who was least doesn't defend drunkenness People who say that you can't drink whisky without getting drunk are either mis-informed or foolish. Some men do get drunk on whisky, but when they do, in almost all cases, the man is more to blame than the whisky. Whisky is made to be consumed in moderation. Taken in small doses, at intervals not too frequent, it is the greatest medicine ever invented. In fact, it is the only medicine ever invented that has been proven to prolong human life. Now, the word "whisky" is made to cover a multitude of sins. There are some "whiskies," so called, that arc fully worthy of all the bad things that reformers can say. But, there are good whiskies many of them, ours isn't the - only one. And goo J whisky is going to have a market in this country thous- ands of years after the good temperance people of this generation have passed to their well earned rewards. To prove it; Despite the fact that anti-saloon in- . terests expended more than $3,000,000 last year in organized "prohibition," the consumption of whisky increased in this country in excess of seven million gallons. The fir v.:-' -Guaranty A I fciwfopfrif thilpAAaje gujrante ed by Jas t Pepper t,Oisnflfn; B kUifniifcciiCdCTtfcerure food and OrugsActtf Je3Cii VjjlsTywilf..iHi th Department of A9nculttre,3eralMi.4871 1 1 Amg- I S ' O' STRICT I "-Sffn MM here several years ago with one of the Australian Rugby football teams. Now he is the representative of the fight club and is prepared to bid for the services -of the champions as well as other boys. Snowy Baker arrived a' day later than Howe and although he didn't say so in that many words, it Is quite evident that Baker is prepared to do some bid ding on his own account in the effort to outdo his business rival.. Both men are said to be well equipped in purse and the chances are that some of the local boxing colony will have a chance to benefit themselves as the re sult of the law of supply and demand. George White in Portland. George White,, who was on Tacoma's Me is a whiskv National Whisky The point we want to convey in this news-advertisement, is that the better quality a whisky possesses, the less that whisky is liable to mis-use. James E. Pepper Whisky, since 1780, has maintained the high est standard of quality known to the industry. This whisky is too pure to guzzle; it is not "weakened" in order to fool men into drinking too much; it doesn't have that "pleasant taste" that comes from the addi tion of prune juice, or brown sugar. It is medicine for well men and women too arid as such it is sold. Well people can avoid getting stck if they will use it moderately. IsEW 1 4 I catching staff in 1904 with Graham and Hap Hogan, is in Portlands He; played with fcidmonton in the Canadian League last season and is - ready, to Bign his contract for, next season, pro viding the Federals do not get. to hlM Prst. OREGOX TRIES OCT SOCCER Colin V. Jj nient Responsible for In- . troduclng Game. t - UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) Soccer foot ball, the latest sport Introduced at the University of Oregon, Is increasing in favor with the students, and , this Spring the university will put out its first team. Games with the Multno advertisern Born with the Republic Endorsed by 40,000 physicians original letters on file inouroffices). Guaran teed BEST or money promptly refunded. Moth mem Exclusive Distributors PORTLAND, :-: OREGON ni .ni.n rr il 1 1 i mtsrmntil'iisr i rami wi.r. n Minimis, i mah Club and the champions of the Portland Interscholastic League are slated for ; March. . Colin "V.-Dyment. . instructor in jour nalism and "-an old University of To ronto and Multnomah Club star, is re sponsible for the introduction , of the game, hepe, and is acting as coach of the team. About 15 men are numbered in the squad, few of . whom have had previous experience. Idaho-Washington game off Moscow Team to Take On Montana Instead of Seattle Squad.. MOSCOW, Idaho. Jan. 31. (Special.) t is practically settled, according to Graduate-Manager Larson, - that there wsBnanmnMSMSsSBranMniiii iiisipii inuni a nmn piiiwuii wiswppwwwiw 'i ii S' 'jj rmi m iru 1 -r- ' ' nl , .a.:-..'. .1 I ent hi if t ros. will be no football game next Fall be tween the University a. Idaho and the University of Washington, October 17. was reserved as the date for such a contest, but the two managements hav ing failed to agree on terms, this dale has been fixed for a game between Idaho and the University of Montana. Kinal arrangements for the Idaho Montana game have been completed. The game will he played in Moscow and will be one of two that will be seen on the local field. Manager Larson is nego tiating with Montana lor a series or baseball games also to be played this Spring, but final p-rrecment has not yet been reached. West Virginia employs more than 8M0 men in the mining industry. H 1 act j 1 1
