TITE SUNDAY OREGONTAX. PORTL.ANT. MAY 17. 1914.
FIGHT ENTHUSIASM
GROWS IN- EUROPE
Snowy Baker Says Big Bouts
Have Good Drawing Power
in Paris and London.
CARPENTIER FRENCH IDOL
Australian Promoter Thinks Moran
Miould Have Little Trouble In
Itefcatlng .Tack Johnson, If
11c Is Any tiooih
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRAKCISt'O, May 16. Snowy
Baker, Australia's premier boxing pro
moter, who Is on his way buck to the
Antipodes, after afx months passed in
studying the game of fisticuffs not only
in America but in England and France,
had some interesting observations to
make the other day in San Francisco
on the subject of the way the sport is
beinp followed in foreign countries.
First of all. Baker said there is a
wave of enthusiasm for the game in
Europe, particularly in France and
England. He doesn't pretend that
bouts draw as much money in Paris
and London as they do in centers in
the United States, but says that where
the big heavyweight contests are con
cerned, there is little question as to
heir drawing power.
"Georges Carpentier is an idol in
France," said Baker. "The women and
the men. too. are crazy about him, for
he Is an Ideal-looking chap, both in
general appearance as well as a ring
ster. I consider him my ideal of a
boxer from what I saw of him and I
would not be surprised in. the least if
he should whip Gunboat Smith."
Johnson's Defeat Predicted.
Another interesting phase of Baker's
interview is the statement he issued
that Frank Moran, if he is any sort
of a fighter, will whip Jack Johnson.
"I don't know much about Moran,"
explained Baker, "but if he is half as
good as his friends claim, he ought to
beat the negro. Johnson is only a shell
of the fighter who licked Tommy Burns
in Australia. He looks good at first
glance, but he lacks the snap and vigor.
There are stories told of dissipation
that do not speak well for hhn."
Baker left the middle of' the week
for home, buU promised when he left
that he would return next year and
every year after that, although, of
course, he will not make the six-month
trips as in the present instance. He
now has under contract 31 fighters, in
cluding several Knglish and French
boys who were signed up while he was
on tho continent. Some of them, natur
ally, are not much account and they
will be weeded out as fast as possible.
Ritchie Still Wanted.
The Sydney promoter has not alto
gether despaired of coaxing Willie
Ritchie to make the trip to Australia,
lie agrees that there isn't much of a
chance as long' as Ritchie can drag
down $10,000 guarantees in this coun
try for 10-round bouts, but he thinks
that the lightweight champion will
shortly run the list of contenders and
will be glad to make the trip across
the water for a series of three or four
bouts.
Ritchie, as has been said, likes to
travel and to see the world, and the
chances are that some day, sooner or
later, if- he continues to wear the
crown, he will be glad to avail himself
of tho offer.
Leach Cross is to be seen in action
In San Francisco the latter part of the
month. Jimmy Coffroth has matched
Leach and Red Watson for a 20-round
bout in San Francisco Friday night.
May 29. and the flrst of the week will
see Cross hard at work at one of the
training camps, likely Joe Millet's es
tablishment. Cross was bitterly disappointed in
his failure to get on in a suggested 10
round bout in Milwaukee with Charlie
White. He had been promised the en
gagement in the event that Ritchie
did not accept terms. Cross had all but
arranged to leave for the East when
the word came to him that the Ritchie
White bout was on.
Red Watson is far from being a top
notcher In the ' lightweight ranks, but
he won from Gilbert Gallant, even
though that win was on a foul and
naturally he is in line for future
chances.
The winner of the Cross-Watson af
fair may be pitted against the winner
of the Freddy Welsh-Harlem Tommy
Murphy affair for a Fourth of July
contest. In that way Coffroth hopes to
drum up a suitable contender for the
lightweight honors and one who will
be considered as having a good chance
against Ritchie, say for a September
date.
DIAGRAM ATI C INTERPRETATION OF THE FEDERAL NAVIGATION
LAWS CONCERNING LIGHTS ON PLEASURE BOATS.
ANGLERS PURSUE BASS
fOMK GOOD FISHING GROUNDS ARE
NEAB CITY.
Tualatin River la Popular for Thli
Kind of Sport Willamette River
OsneKo Lake Offer Catches.
Fishing is getting better every Sun
day of every species whtgh makes the
streams of Oregon justly famous. At
this particular season many anglers are
trying for bass.
One of the popular bass fishing
grounds Is the Tualatin River, to the
south and west of Portland. " This
stream runs around Portland in a semi
circle, starting on the northwest and
ending its junction with the Willam
ette abova-Oregon City. It is a slug
gish river, for the most part, hence
Ideal for bass. There are no favorite
pots necessary. Two car lines, the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern and the
Oregon Electric carry the angler to the
stream. The river is accessible and
trespass signs, something of recent ori
gin, are few. The Oregon Electric has
several early morning trains. They
leave at 6:15. 7:35, 10:40 and 12:55
o'clock. Numerous evening trains over
both lines afford an easy one-day trip.
The Willamette River yields many
fine bass, but it takes a bit more of
the expert to bring them out of the big
river. Favored spots are to the south
of the city, along the shores near Os
wego. Still another oass fishing place is
north of the city, along the log booms,
near the old fair grounds. To some
this kind of fishing does not appeal.
To the man who wants .to get a mess of
Xisn. however, it does.
Osweso Lake, at Oswego, is another
favorite spot for bass. Still others are
down the Columbia River. Many of the
sloughs that are not salt abound in
bass.
Tho sunfish can be found anywhere
in the lllamelte. In 1905. following
the fair, the Government let go about
6000 of the species. By 1910 the fish
could be found anywhere between the
falls and the Columbia.
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LIGHTS MUST BURN
ON CRAFT AT NIGHT
Boat Owners Discover Law
Officers Insist on Enforce
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ACCIDENTS ARE PREVENTED
PROMOTERS AT SEA
Fight Managers at Loss to
Find Men for July 4.
PAPER ATTACKS BOUTS
Clubs Fear Game Will Tice Death
Tiglit in Xear Future if Board
Cannot Withstand Stories as
They Xow Appear.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16. (Spe
cial.) Strange to say, the California
promoters and that goes for. McCarey
as well as Coffroth do not seem to
be figuring on using Ritchie for a
Fourth of July bout. The truth is they
have no suitable opponent, or at least
an opponent who is strong enough to
make It possible to guarantee the San
Franciscoan anything like the $15,000
that he would demand..
Willie will 'possibly be able to se
cure work in the East that will keep
him busy, in the event that the English
offer for a Welsh match should fall by
the wayside.
With one of the local papers waging
a bitter warfare against the boxing
game, there is no telling Just what
will happen to the sport, irrespective
of what may be accomplished by the
State at large. The attacks for the
present time are being directed against
the Board of Supervisors which con
trols affairs in San Francisco. The ef
fort, of course, is to make the super
visors refuse to issue permits to the
different clubs. Every day there is a
VANCOUVER MIDDLEWEIGHT
I MEETS LEO COH AT CE3f
TRALIA MAY 25.
Ed Broaaoau
Ed Bronson, creditable pre
' former in battles all over the
Northwest in the past 18 months,
meets Leo Cohn at Centralia a
, week from tomorrow. Bronson
is under the management of Bill
Mathews, a cousin of Joe Rivers.
In Cohn he meets another popu
lar Northwest boy and some well
mixed boxing is expected.
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story against the game' and naturally
It will culminate In a demand on the
supervisors to prohibit boxing matches.
On the other hand, the followers of
fistiana are lining up their strength
and preparing for the conflict they
foresee must come in the near future.
The board, as it stands, is in favor of
the game.' but whether it will hold out
against the newspaper attacks is the
question that is bothering the men
who are promoting the various clubs.
Alec McLean and Gilbert Gallant
folded their tents and silently stole
away from San Francisco. The Gal
lant-Watson match was a fairly even
affair for six rounds, with the shade
favoring Gallant, when the Watson
boy landed a punch that was low. Wat
son dropped to the canvass and writhed
In pain. He was awarded the decision
by Referee Jim Griffin on a foul. It
was evident to all who saw the punch
that it was illegal and the referee had
nothing to do but to give that sort of
a verdict. Naturally the ending of the
contest was decidedly unsatisfactory,
but Inasmuch as the same boys had met
twice in the past, it would hardly have
been a drawing card to bring them
together again, at least In the near fu
ture. Gallant isn't the sort of a chap who
would deliberately foul an opponent,
but he has a style of bringing up his
punches that make him dangerous from
that standpoint. He was warned sev
eral times by Griffin before the blow
was landed that brought the fight to
a close.
At the cheap prices fifty cents for
the bleacher seats Coffroth had $3000
In the hp use. which is not at all bad.
At that rate, he can go ahead with the
ordinary class of shows all during the
Summer months.
CLUB PLANS
OPE.V HOUSE"
Multnomah to Have Exhibition and
Dance on May 2 9.
Multnomah. Club's annual exhibition
of class work by every department, for
merly called "parents' Night," will be
another open house. It is to be given
May 29 and, following the exhibition of
the class work, a dance will take place
in the gymnasium.
The last one. held in ApriL, was such
an immense success that the club direc.
tors decided to make housewarmihg a
monthly feature.
The directors do not expect quite
such a crowd this time, but are sure
that, when conducted as a monthly
feature, these affairs will become one
of the most pleasant functions of the
club's social life.
Even Canoes Are Included Under
Provisions of Statute and Fines
Are Imposed by Customs Men
for Xavv Violations.
Of 12 complaints lodged in one batch
recently against boat-owners of the
Willamette River for infractions of the
Federal navigation laws, live were
leveled at operators of pleasure craft
for failure to show proper lights.
It is seldom that the. Government
smiles , at violators, even the lonesome
canoeist or other operator of a pleas
ure boat.
W. D. Williams and A. M. Hanson,
1261 Wilbur street, operated a rowboat
without a light and are liable to a fine
of $250. Ellis Smith, 620 Market street,
also forgot his lantern.
For the benefit of motor-craft, sail
boat and canoe owners, the navigation
laws respecting lights are stated in
this article.
Every canoe and rowboat must have
a light. That lantern must be lighted
the minute the sun slides down be
hind the hills on the West side of the
river. Five minutes delay may mean
a fine of any amount up to 2o0.
The seeming severity of the customs
officers is explained in the many acci
dents which occur when boats are op
erated without lights. The sheen of
the water on even a moon-lit even
ing makes it hard for pilots of other
vessels to see the small boat without
the light.
Lavr Requires Light.
The law says that the light must be
kept in the boat and displayed when
another boat approaches.
Most canoeists have gone the law
one better by arranging a rig on the
back of the canoe which keeps the
light always in view. Many rowboats
are also equipped.
The launch mugt be equipped as
specified under the steam navigation
laws. Any self-propelled boat is called
steam-vessel.
Any launch under 25 feet may have
a combination light forward. A white
light must be displayed aft. The com
bination light has red for port, the
left-hand side, and green for starboard
the right-hand side.
The boat over 25 feet and under 40
must have a white headlight, two side
lights, the green and red, placed as
for the smaller boat, and also the white
light aft.
Size Ik Increased.
The Tig for the boats over 40 feet
is the same as that for those over. 25
but the size of. the light is increased.
These colored lights and others men
tioned are called the "running lights,"
and are displayed only when the ves
sel is actually under way. Bow and
stern lights indicate the position of the
boat when aground, tied or anchored.
The sailboat has only the green and
the red light when under way. One
point to be remembered on both
launches and sailboats is that the red
and green lights must be so boxed
as to be invisible across the bow and
from the stern.
This is accomplished by placing
them In a right-angled two-sided box.
The sailboat lights should not be too
high on the stays, if placed there. One
custom is to put them on the decks if
the waves do not put the lights out.
STUNTS FIGURE ON BILL
VARIED PROGRAMME FOR DECORA..
TlOar DAY BEING ARRANGED.
A Toung Thing seldom has a supply
of adjectives equal to her enthusiasm.
Yacht Club Members Will Keep Opei
Honse and Dance WUI Fallow
Dinner Parties at Niarht.
Though two weeks remain for the
Oregon Yacht Club to arrange the pro
gramme for the Decoration day meet.
a live day Is assured already. The
events are many ajid the programme so
long that sail boats will be a small
portion of the whole.
Swimming will have a part in a spe
cial programme to be run off while the
sailboats are rounding the bends. A
few races will be staged, but the meet
Is for fun more than expertness.
The "stunt"- which produces - mirth
will have the right of way over any
thing serious, except of course the big
yacht races.
Canoe events, singles, 'doubles and
mixed doubles, are on the bill, which
will start shortly after noon, so that
the programme will be well cleared up
before the dinner hour.
The yacht members will keep open
house, and the guests will be served
dinner in the private flats. Later in
the evening a dance will take place
at the clubhouse.
Portland's river swimming pavilions
are now being given the final touches
preliminary to receiving .the Summer
rush. The Oaks pavilion is ready to
swing into the stream.
American "Big Four" Wins.
NEW YORK, May 16. After being
penalized 1& points for fouls due to
rough riding, the American four de
feated the second team yesterday by
9hi to KVi goals in a fast polo -match
at Westbury, Long Island. The "big
four" rode over their opponents and
their violations of the rules made the
penalizing imperative. George Miller,
the English polo expert, refereed the
match.
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Erwin G. Baker arrived in New York
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He left San Diego, Cal., May 3d, at
noon Eastern time, and reached New
York 11 Days, 12 hours and 10 minutes
afterwards.
Baker rode a 1914 7 h. p. twin two
speed, electrically equipped
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He had no mechanical difficulties whatever and
from the Pacific to the Atlantic his motor never
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Baker's route included a 1027-mile desert stretch
' of sand and cactus, the negotiation of stupen
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their worst possible condition.
At the finish Baker stated:
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me the superb mechanical equipment of the Indian.
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was trebled. I was also enabled to make speed
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could have stood.
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two speed took me up a rise of 7000 feet in
nine miles without a minutes hesitation or trou
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"I especially wish to emphasize that the Indian
I used was a stock machine, which I never rode
until three hours before I started on my run."
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