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-THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 6, 1914. 5 MATTY SEES MORAL IN BOSTON VICTORY CONPEEENCE COLLEGE COACHES SEEK TWO BAKER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STARS. 1 STATE IS REFUGE 1 OF 20-ROUND BOUT The TOGGER Y 384 Washington Street Is Having Mid-Season Sale , of "Society Brand Clothes" Winning Championship Matter of Spirit, Asserts Star Pitcher of Giants. Boxing Field Now Limited to 17. of 48 Commonwealths, bui Few Revive Game. DON'T GIVE UP, IS ADVICE CALIFORNIA .LOSS HEAVY AW 11 sagCirri , , Morning Practice and Confidence Is Secret of Success in Any Une, Avers Athlete, and Urges All to Try It. r BY CHRISTY MATHEWSON. The Giants' Famous Pitcher. NEW YORK. Dec. 5. (Special.) Since the Boston club overwhelmed '.he Athletics taking four straight games from the team which was supposed to be unbeatable, I have heard it frequent ly remarked what a good thing this Tictory would be for baseball. "Every team," says the fan, "even the tail enders, will go Into the races next year believing that they all have a chance for the big money, and it should make great competition. . But has the ordinary observer ever stopped to consider the lesson which lurks in this victory for the man in ordinary life, for the tradesman, the preacher, the physician, the lawyer, or the citizen engaged in any pursuit? Oeorge Stallings' Boston club demon strated to the world that making good was mostly a -matter of spirit. It is the same in any business or any game. Braves Start Second Raters. The Braves went into the National League race rated a second division club, practically a tail-end outfit. In years past, a tail-end team has always been a tail-end team, generally so con ceded by players and the manager. If a. club improved its standing, the de velopment, as a rule, has been gradual, and the result directly attributable to some cause, such as the purchase of several stars or the sudden deteriora tion ot other teams combined with ex cellent work in one department. But the Boston victory should be a. tonic to every man and make us all realize that no one is necessarily a tail ender in what he attempts to do in life, if he has the proper spirit. Time after time, it will b-3 noticed that some one man will forge a little or a great deal ahead in business or art or writ ing or whatever lie seriously under takes. Competitive croakers in the same line will say: "I don't see how that guy gets by. He is the bunk. I would have it all over him, if I worked half as hard as he does." In his final sentence, the complainer has tipped himself off. lie lacked the spirit to work as hard and therefore failed to become a top notcher. The difference between bushers and top notchers is usually a difference in spirit. Terhaps the top notchei in a certain profession or walk of life has not the mechanical equipment of some less successful competitor,' but the spirit of the. other -more than makes up for what he lacks in equipment. After all. it comes down to a matter of set teeth. The man who wins sets his teeth and does each thing as it rolls along. When a matter comes up that should be attended to today, he does not put it off until tomorrow. In other words, he plays the game down to the last inning and does all he can to swing the "percentage" in his favor. He does not kid himself with the no tion: "Oh, well, I am a star, and, when I once start, look out for me." Mailings Does Not Give l'p. He must have the punch and deliver 1t every day. Stallings took a hopeless looking team in last place when he assumed command two years ago. That club was again in last place and stayed there until the quarter murk was passed last season, but tho spirit never died. He did not give up the first of July arid say that he would wait until next year, as so many in hi position would have done, but he kept right along holding morning practice and taking advantage of every opportunity. This fight of the BdSton team to a great victory should be a lesson to every man, no matter what his Job, when he feels he is beaten. He should Bay to himself: "Why, 1 can come back. Look what the Boston team did." Each player in life's game should hold morning practice and make sure he is not rising at noon. It doesn't get you much to complain about tough luck, either. Stallings could have howled about his luck early this Spring until he lost his voice, for his team was all shot to pieces with illness and in juries, but he just kept fighting. Spirit is a hard thing to define, some lusive quality on which it is impos sible to place your finger and say: "There it Is!" You go out to play golf with one op ponent, and you beat him on the first hole by a big score. At the second tee he remarks: "What's the use? You outclass me." He does not stop to think that he still has 17 holes to go before being forced to admit it, and you know then that he will never be a good golf player, although his mechanics of the game may be well nigh perfect. He lias no 'heart," and success steers clear of the man who lack3 "'heart." An other time you go out with a man who loses the first 10 out of 17 holes. You outclass him all the way. but. as he tees up for the ISth, he sets his teeth and mutters: "Well, I'll get this one, anyway." You know that he carries spirit and that some day he will give you a ter rible battle when he has perfected the mechanics of the game. None of us likes to play, either in golf, baseball, business or life, against the opponent who concedes his defeat without a fight. lie is short of spirit nad will always be a tail-ender. It is easy to heat such a cne. the victory carries little satisfaction and you realize his lack of courage. Take to heart the les son taught by the Boston Braves and fight, even if you do happen to be in last place today. Tomorrow, perhaps you will win a world's championship' if your spirit is strong. 1.EBAXOX SPORTSMEX VXITE Dclejrate From Rod and Gun Club Xanied Tor Portland Session. LEBANON. Or.. Dec. 5 (Special.) The hunters and sportsmen of Leb anon met last night and organised a Rod and Gun Club with about 30 mem bers. The officers of the new club are W. E. Graves, president: E. L Clark, secretary, and J. G. Gill, treasurer. Dr. J. G Gill was elected as delegate to the state sessions in Portland next Monday. The club intends to take an active part in helping amend the state game laws so as to give better protection to game and water fowls. The club is against the present method of the slaughter of ducks in game preserves and feeding grounds, and they believe that there should be some radical changes in the laws governing such. HENRY MILLER AND HARRY SWAN. BAKER, Or., Dec. 5. (Special.) Baker High School will lose by gradu ation next Spring two football playes who. Coach Williams and others say, will be able to make any college football team in the Pacific Northwest These men are Henry Miller, fullback, and Harry Swan, tackle, who v for three years have been the bulwark o f the Baker eleven. ' Coaches or "scouts" from virtually every one of the conference colleges have been trying to get these athlet es for their teams next year. Neither man. however, has decided where he will go to school. Miller weighs 172 pounds and Swan 182 pounds. Miller gained the rep utation of being the hardest line bucker ever developed in Eastern Oregon and the headiest player on defense. Swan, who opened the majority of Mil ler's holes for him in the line, plays, a gritty and heady game and does the punting for his team. IS Best Boxers Promised for Record Tuesday Smoker. MONTPIER, WAGNER IN LINE Keppinger-Parslow and Desslnger Snmmers Boats Top Programme That Is Expected to Draw' Unequalled Crowds. The Armory Amateur Athletic Club will hold the largest smoker of the year Tuesday night. - Only the best local boxers have been matched and. from the appearance of the card, the largest crowd that ever attended a local smoker will be present. Montpler, the clever Multnomah Club boxer, who fought Wagner, of the Armory, such a hard close fight recent ly at Multnomah Club, has been re matched with Wagner. These boys will meet at 135 pounds. Montpler has a good many backers who are confident that he will win from the Armory boy at the meet. Keppinger to Meet Parslow. Keppinger, the Armory Club's 150 pound boxer, will meet Parslow, of Multnomah. Keppinger, though new at the game, has won all his fights and Is steadily coming to the front. Another good battle will be -between Summers, of the Mohawk Club, and Dessinger, of the Armory. A large crowd from Beaverton Is coming to back Dessinger. Dessinger boxes a good deal on the order of Hardy, the city champion. Summers is a clever boxer. having been instructed by Stanley McDonald. Big Card Is Promised. The show will start promptly at 8:30 P. M. and will run through without any delays. This will be the Armory Club's last smoker of the year and Manager Hansen will have one of the best cards that ever was offered to the fight fans. The card is as follows: 90 pounds S. Gordon, Western, vs. Cohen, Newsboys. 125 pounds Fredericks, Western, vs. Driscoll, Armory. 125 pounds Taylor, unattached, vs. Owens, Armory. 105 pounds Abe Gordon, Western, vs. Reynolds, Armory. 120 pounds Hill, unattached, vs. Bullen, Hawthorne. 150 pounds Summers, Mohawk, vs. Dessinger. Armory. 145 pounds Parslow, Multnomah, vs. Keppinger. Armory. 135 pounds Montpler,' Multnomah, vs. Wagner, Armory. Whitman Basketball AVork Starts. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla. Wash., Dec. 5. (Special.) With the ending of the football season. Coach Archie Hahn has started basketball practice in real earnest. During the Harry HaiiMen. Clever noser, no la Matchmaker for Armory Club. ARMORY CARD r f T T 1 I s'" - ' I t k 1 : : ; V ' l J. ' B- i-k , " ' yfyV I - i ? f .:.. . :-::vf y J ill"f4iV-'f MP " " Is v i ' s&' 'Stiiasa.cs: Jit' past week more than 20 men answered his first call to practice. Several pros pective candidates for the team had been working out in the gymnasium before the end of the football season, and local enthusiasts feel assured ot greater interest in basketball at Whit man than has been displayed before. CLARKE SHERIFF ARRESTED Coroner Serves Warrant Charging Violation of Game Laws. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 5. (Spe cial.) Sheriff Cresap has been arrest ed by Coroner V. H. Limber, charged with, having In his possession venison out of season. The warrant was sworn out in Skamania County and brought here for service by Sheriff Gray. Three other alleged offenders were arrested. The Sheriff was himself busily engaged in trying to run down the one .who shot and killed Otto Ludke two weeks ago, so it was several days before the warrant was served. The Coroner was the only official here empowered to arrest the Sheriff. Sheriff Cresap was not required to furnish bonds to insure his appearance. Jottings From the Turf By Harry Frazer. THE PRESENT season has been a brilliant one, not only on the harness track; but with the gallopers es well. The followers of the harness game have witnessed more records smashed this year than in any year in the history of harness racing. The race record for aged pacers was lowered from 2:00 to 1:58 by Direc tum I. The 4-year-old record was re duced by William from 2:02a. . o-nn while the fleet filly Anna Bradford cut tne J-year-old pacing mark from. 2:05 to 2:00. The trotters, however, held a more firm hold on their treasury of i cwrua, ins oniy . one or importance being that for- 3-year-old trotters, which Peter Volo cut from 2:04?i to 2:03. The harness season wound up at Phoenix. Ariz., November 14. with some of the best racing of the whole year. Maymack, .the fast California mare owned by R. J. McKensie, the railroad magnate, driven by Charlie DeRyder, who is well known in the Northwest, won the 2:09 trot and tho 2:07 trot, both races in straight heats. And in both races she trotted no single heat slower than 2:05. In the second race she established a new world's record for mares by trotting three heats in 2:04. 2:054 and 2:05. At the same meet Bill Durfee. who came so near winning the whole card at Salem or., this year, won the free-for-all race with little Don Pronte. 2:02 Vi. beating such fast Great Western and trrand circuit cracks as Don Pensmore, 2:024; Knight of Strathmore. 2:03hi. and Jem Logan, 2:01. Don Is well known up here, as he has raced a number of times at Portland and balem. While figures are not as yet com piled in statistical form, it seems evi- aent that Hal B., 2:04. owned so long in Portland, will again top the list of sires, as a producer of race winners and money getters. The two Oregon pacers. Hal Boy, z.vxi'm. ana ialtamount. 2:0514. thelat ter owned by Francis Anderson, of Portland, are being wintered at Pleas-- anton, cal., with Marvin Child's stable and both will be raced at the Panama- Pacilic meets next year. There aie quite a. number of fine colts in Oregon by the old warhorse. Hal B., that will be ripe for the races before many more seasons. Among them is one of the choicest colts I have seen in many a day. He is a bay colt out of a Vice Regent mare, and is owned by the well-known horseman, S. j. vaugnan. wno formerly owned hi sire. This colt is highly valued by his owner, and his future development will be of more than passing interest to horsemen in the Northwest. The Weiss brothers, of Portland, also own some extra seiect colts, among them an own brother and sister to tho sensational Hal Boy. Sam and Henry Weiss are newcomers in the game, but have col lected a strong stable. The runners have enjoyed the most profitable season since the gloom was cast over the "sport of the kings" by what is known as the Hughes legisla tion. While the sport this year didn't in any way equal the magnitude of that of the years gone by, yet we find the gallopers back in New York, In goodly numbers. In Maryland. Ken tucky and Montana the game was posi tively good, and some noteworthy per formers presented themselves under familiar colors. In Missouri there is a strong effort being made to revive the sport. Judge Murphy- and a .number of prominent business men are preparing a bill which will be introduced to the coming Legislature to permit corporations to hold race meets of 30 days' duration in each county or city of 200.000 popu lation. The bill also provides for the installation of pari-mutual machines. There seems to be little doubt but that the bill will carry. In my next article I will take up the sensational performances by different stars, in 1914. . . . Joe Woodman, Considering Poor Promoters, Bad Fighters and In ferior Managers, Thinks Show ing of Sport Remarkable. BY iiARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5. (Special.) Out of 48' states in the Union, the boxing game is. to a greater or less degree, permitted In 17. Not a remark able average, to be sure, but worthy ot comment to say the least. At the last general election, two of the states in which boxing had flourished. California and Montana, were wiped off the map. as far as pugilism is concerned. There remains but one great com monwealth in which 20-round contests can be held, and that state is Louisi ana. A majority of the states where there are boxing laws have so provided that it is optional with the residents ot any particular community as to wheth er they care to have the game exist. In others, especially in New York and Wisconsin, there is a ten-round, no de cision law with a commission form of government, the game being safeguard ed and hedged about as far as is pos sible. In spite of the fact that New Orleans remains open for extended matches, shrewd followers of the sport admit the game has lost far more with pro hibition in the far West than any other thing that could have happened. New Orleans is not regarded as a serious competitor, such as was afforded in California, and it is safe to say that country hardly will produce the new talent. Further, it is admitted gener ally that the 20-round law in Louisiana is more or less an experiment and is quite likely to suffer a downward re vision. Loaa of Strong Ally Is Felt. Joe Woodman, one of the few man agers in the sport with the ability to look ahead, mourns the passing of the old state of affairs in California, and, while lie is hopeful, feels the game has lost a strong ally. "Considering that boxing has had to contend with bad fighters, poor promot ers and some that are unscrupulous, as well as inferior managers," he said, "it has stood up remarkably well." It may come back, but I would like to point out the significant fact that where the 20-round game has been killed, it is gone forever. I know that you will remind me of the state of affairs in New Orleans where boxing lias achieved a come back.' That is quite true, but as I happen to be aware, it is in the na ture of an experiment. The state offi cials favored the return of boxing and they believed it would be easier to start with 20 rounds and work downward, if necessary, than to start in with shorter distance. Indeed, it would not surprise me in the least. to see a change made at the next session of the Legislature. "Where there have been steps taken to revive boxing, California always has been pointed out by the proponents of the sport. That argument now Is lost. In addition, it will be difficult to pro duce new talent. New York, in its ten- round history, has failed to bring ur newcomers, and the result is V7ith the weary round of old faces, the attend ance has dropped away for the ordi nary cards, and only the biggest matches attract the houses. Boaton Stand Oat With Contests. The tabulation of the "do" and the "don't" states brings up some interest ing Information. Massachusetts, for in stance, has a law that prohibits boxing. Yet for all that. 12-round contests not only are permitted in Boston, but de- decisions are given. In that city, it appears, there is so much of a senti ment In favor of short-round contests that the law is regarded as a dead let ter. Last year, an attempt was mado to secure the passage of a law that would legalize ten-round affairs. It was beaten by two votes, but the men back of the move feel confident of success another time. In Maine, where there is no state commission, but a law allowing six round settos, a funny twist has given the fans 12 rounds in each important event. The principals will box furi ously for six rounds and then will come an intermission. Somebody sings a song or does a dance step for three or four minutes no longer. Then the same fighters waltz back to the lime light and double up, giving 12 rounds in all. The following list gives an idea of how the game is run In that one-third of the United States, where there is legal authority: New Y"ork Ten round, no decision bouts, with commission to regulate the same. Louisiana Twenty round matches with decisions. Wisconsin Practically same law as in New York. Maine Six round bouts, with deci sions but no-commission. . Tennessee Eight round contests, de cisions and no commission. Ohio Ten round bouts with no ver diets, optional. Kentucky Ten round bouts, optional in various communities. Washington Optional contests, but not permitted to any extent. Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Mis souri, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming and Georgia Short round bouts, op tional. Langford Boot Meets Stone Wall. San Francisco missed a chance to see how Sam Langford lodVs in action. chiefly because the City Fathers were sore and disgusted at the way things have been run. Ever since the word was passed of the killing of the game, promoters have been doing just about as they pleased, scheduling matches and then cancelling them at fancy. After three exhibitions of the sort, the Super visors showed their disgust and when it was announced Langford had been signed to meet two of the best of the loca'l heavyweights, they put down their foot and said there would be nothing doing. - Nor could they be blamed for this step. Harry Wills easily had trimmed the opponents suggested for the Boston Tar Baby. Then along came Langford and Willis was knocked out. That meant to set such boys against Lang ford would be nothing more than a farce. Later, an effort was made to induce Willis to linger long enough, in the West to take on Langford in a four round session. Such a match would have been permitted but Willis wanted too much money. Also, he was in a hurry to get back to New Orleans and didn't see how he could wait. Manager Joe Woodmen has been in San Francisco this week with his heavyweight, but- left on Saturday for Boston and home. Joe announces that Langford will retire in 1916, as by that time he will have enough money set aside to 'provide for his family. Mean- ANY SUIT I Including Our HI I A Tremendous Cut in Furnishings $3.00 $2, $2.50 $1.50 50c TIES $1.00 HATS SHIRTS SHIRTS 35c TIES $1.95 $1.45 $1.15 3 for $1.00 75c v ' v ' v ' V ) , while. Woodman is looking ahead to the possibility of a bout with Jack Johnson in Havana in March of next year. He has an offer for Langford to meet Sam McVey in Havana in Feb ruary, the winner to be Recorded a battle with the heavyweight champion of the world. Australian Promoter to Benefit. "Snowy" Baker, the Australian pro moter, will benefit -to a certain extent by the stopping of the game here. He already has arranged for three San Francisco fighters to leave on Decem ber 23 and the chances are that others will follow. Eddie Moy, the lightweight who Is under the management of Gregory Mitchell, was the first to sign a con tract. This week. Moose Taussig, who looks after the Interests of Frankle Jones, an exceedingly clever light weight, and Eddie Miller, feather weight or bantam. Just as the case may be, agreed to take his stable with him. They will depart on the same steamer that will carry Moy. Jones has been putting up some good battles hereabouts. "To give you an idea of how well he is thought of, it only needs the statement that he has been held as a suitable opponent in the four round ranks for Ralph Gruman. All three of these boys should do well across the water, judging from who have gone before them. They are not inclined to hold but like to do some clever boxing. Jimmy Clabby, before he took his de parture last Monday for the East, made an announcement of importance to the middleweights in the country. He says that in the future, all challengers for the title will be forced to do 158 pounds ringside, if they want a chance. Clabby explains he has been giving away weight in the past but that he doesn't see any reason why he should do so in the future. And Just between our selves, Clabby now is in a position to do some dictating and make himself felt. AI Reich Gets Knockout. MONTREAL, Dec. 5. Al Reich, of New York, knocked out Sailor Delaney, of Brooklyn, in the third round of a 10-round match here last night. Reich weighed 207 pounds and Delaney 205. Portland Junior Athletic Games Today. LINCOLN PARK vs. Westover Juniors at East Twelfth and East Davis streets at 12 M. ; Albina vs. Overlook Eagles at Montgomery Flats at 2 P. M.; Northern Hill vs. Brooklyn Juniors at St. Johns at 2 P. M.; Daily News vs. St. Johns at South Portland bottoms at 2 P. M.; South Portland vs. Bear Cats at East Twelfth and East Davis streets at 1 P. M. ; Creston Juniors vs. Arleta at Anabel at 12:30 P. M. Team Won Lost Pet. Westover Juniors 3 O 1.000 South Portland 3 0 ' 1,000 Lincoln Park 3 O 1.000 Albina Juniors 2 1 .666 Brooklyn Juniors..... 2 1 .666 Overlook Eagles 2 1 .666 Arleta 1 2 .3:j3 Northern Hill 1 2 .3S3 St. Johns s 1 2 .33S Creston ................... O - 3 .000 Bear Cats 0 3 .000 Dally Newa o 3 .000 Spalding's Football Bookings Today. St. Johns vs. Brooklyn at Sellwood at I P. M.; Junior Moose vs. Oregon City at Peninsula Park at 2 P. M.: Mount Tabor vs. Columbia Park at Columbia Park at 1 P. M.; Columbia Park Midgets vs. South Portland at Columbia Park at 12 M. Spaldlns's Basketball Bookinsfl. Week of December 6: Tuesday Holy Grail vs. Portland Trades School at Peninsula Park at 8 P. M. Wednesday Stilletos vs. Lincoln High School at Lincoln gymnasium at 8 P. M. ; Company G. Twenty-first In fantry, vs. Newsboys at Vancouver Bar lacks at 8 P. M. Friday Chemawa Indian School vs. Stilettos at Chemawa. Or, at 8 P. M.; Newsboys vs. Christian Bros.' Business College t-econds at Christian Bros. Business College gym at 8 P. M. Saturday Company M, Twenty-first Infantry, vs. Stilettos "All-Stars" at Vancouver Barracks at 8 P. M. SOVTII PORTLAND SCORES 231 Goal Line of Juniors Xot Crossed In Xine Gaines or Leajrue. The South Portland Juniors, of the Portland Junior Athletic - Association, have scored 231 points this season, while their opponents have been un able to cross their goal line or make a place kick. Coach McKeown has been returned victorious in nine games, winning by decisive scores each time. The last three contests have been regular league matches, and not one has been less than 45 to 0. Business Manager- Declcco says that his team will win the 1914 championship of the city with little trouble. The West over Juniors. Lincoln Park and the South Portland Juniors are tied for first honors of the circuit, with three wins and no defeats. Following is the record of the South Portland Juniors: Wabash 14 to 0. Lincoln Park 6 to 0. Moose Juniors 13 to 0. Fulton 33 te 0. Wabash and St. Johns each forfeited 1 to 0. Overlook 57 to 0. Brooklyn 45 to 0, St. Johns. Jr.. 50 to 0. Total, South Portland Juniors 231, opponents 0. ... Venezuela soon -will open Its first lars;. paper factory, in which all the machinery wiU be electrical. '. Values $35 $30.00 Blue Cheviots and Serges GURLEY HURTS GAME Johnson-Willard Fight Raising Storm of Protest. PROMOTER'S RECORD BAD Negro's Questionable Conduct Well Known and Ffens Likely to Shun Battle Fakes Do Mucb Toward Stopping Betting. The proposed battle between Jack Johnson and Jess Willard is raising a storm of protest throughout the coun try, if reports concerning the attitude of fight fans in many large cities are to be credited. There are many persons trying hard to destroy the betting evil, but none has done .more for the reformers' cause than Promoter Jack Curley. Curley says he will stage a bout between Johnson and Willard for the "heavy weight championship of the world." Willard's record Is considered clean, but in this case he is mixed up with men who are In bad standing with sportsmen. Johnson's questionable dealings in several cases are well known and Curley has also been mixed in affairs in which the sport-loving public has been painfully buncoed. Tho Johnson-Flynn bout at Las "Vegas was one of Curley's exploits. The public looked askance at that affair, but Promoter Curley tried hard to convince sportsmen that Flynn had a chance, despite his large burden of excess avoirdupois. The Gotch-Hackenschmidt wrestling match in Chicago was also promoted by Curley. This affair was such a miserable fiasco that before the wrest lers had finished, the wrestling game was as dead as the proverbial door nail. The match was, as one well-known writer said, "probably the most daring and astounding attempt at pillaging the public by means of a fake athletic event that has been pulled off in years." It was staged in Comiskey Park, the home of the White Sox, September 4, 1911. Before the match was to take place Charles Comiskey became so alarmed that he would have refused the u:ie of the park but for promises he had made to personal friends. - Those who were on the inside knew the Hackenschmldt was in no condi tion to meet Gotch. Hackenschmidt's leg had been wrenched severely in a previous bout and it was known that If Gotch ever got a hold on Hack's toe there was nothing to It. Gotch did get a toe hold and Hack's dismay was plain. Curley knew of Hack's condition, but kept it a secret end let the match go en. After the affair he admitted that he had known all the time that Hack enschmldt was not in shape, but had staged the match because there was a chance to make a cleanup. It is promoters of Curley's clas3 that 'are doing more than reformers toward putting an -end to betting and ruining the fight game. The followers of sports are getting so they will no ChristmasClothes Come in This Week and Get Your Christmas Suit or Overcoat ANY GARMENT not as REPRESENTED can be returned and MONEY REFUNDED If you don't see what you want in our windows, do not conclude we haven 't got it. Chances are v.e have - Come in and See We can only show a few of our styles and patterns, but We Have the Rest Inside 1 9.95 longer bet on anything in which Cur - A ley has a hand, and with Jack John son in it. too, ft-ns likely will shun the affair. ' t Although Kid Williams, the bantam- ,J weight champion, is not heard of much these days, he is probably one of the busiest boxers in the business. He is t plugging away and getting the money. " Sammy Harris, his manager, has no : ' trouble in procuring bouts for the ' "pride of Baltimore." Williams is at'''1 present engaged in the East, but is preparing for another championship- " battle at New Orleans. " 1 ... Tommy McCarty. the Western light ' " heavyweight, who claims to be related '-'; to the late Luther McCarty. is giving :' the time of their lives to some of the ;'' New York heavyweights. McCarty - went to New York unheralded, but is ' winning recognition. .. .tii Boxing Briefs. , ' ''' Abe Attell. in his stage debut, cut'. ! out the time-worn sparring contest and ... . did some real dancing and m-mologue " stuff that made a hit. . ..' ... New York gets the McKarland-Welsh battle, scheduled for January. , - . ' ', Jim Buckley says that Gunboat Smith I should not have lost the title of "white., . hope" because he was knocked out by.-. .. Sam I-ansford. ... Joe Rivers and Johnny Dundee have been matched for a 20-round battle. . ' Con O'Kelly, whom Tommy Ryan '.' changed from a boxer to a wrestler, - n' has retired from the game and ls'r 1 working In England as a docker for -the government. ... . Now that Leach Cross is through as a drawing card in Gotham, he is seek- ing other pastures. Freddie Welsh has the American idea of fighting and an American manager,,'" who has the American idea of making .i money. Why call Freddie a Britisher any more? ... "Tiger" Smith, the British heavy weight, who bought his release from ,. ,-: the British army some time ago in ; the expectation of winning the heavy- weight title, has reinlisted and is at the front '. . ". - j It is said that Bombardier Wells 4 signed to meet Frank lloran in the bout for charity to get out of going .s to war. .... Curran, the British heavyweight, who .. , fought Jim Flynn, is at the front in .r France. In the province ot Slnd. India, there are (. more than 3,513.000 people, and yet there are occasional tigers, panthers, leopards,"4'" wolves and hyenas. The gad. or wild sheerr; - the ibex, the chinker, the black buck and i the hog rlor are comparatively common. J BOXING Armory, Deeember 8. KIGIIT CHAMPIONSHIP bouts : Admlmtou $1.0- fl.OO, 50c. Special Sale of Records. ''ZZ At Eilers, of Course. v ; Two-minute records. 10 cents each.: ?1 per doren; four-minute records, 20 -cents and 33 cents per roll; some ! did selections singing, talking and - dancing. Read page IS, section 1, this paper. Adv. You will find them to be so carefully finished that they will meet the most critical expectations. All our Suits, Raincoats and Overcoats attain the same standard. WALKED LOCK OFF m 3 ft I