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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 31, 1915. hJuiailAtu m n SCENES OX KECENT TRIP OF Y. M. C. A. SKIING PARTY ON MOUNT HOOD. WATER RECORDS GO iiLiriilvlJiUJf,T'y.iiJ' NEW ORLEANS BOUT MILE1 PROMOTERS BREAK New Times Set in 1914 and Sport Gains Popularity. iiVay a Weight Only 110 Lbs. Price Only $125 McCarey and Tortorich Quarre and Tommy Burns Plans New Club, Is Story. OUTLOOK FOR YEAR GOOD Something Entirely New! Jack Cody, of Multnomah Club, Points Out Recent Progress and - Tells : Why Future Should ' Bring Further Big Advances. COFFROTH TO STAY OUT 2!S ? mm mmmimmmi Ritchie's Negotiations for Contest With Welsh Progress and Call fornian Signs E. E. JefTery ' as Assistant Manager. BT HARRV B. SMITH. SAN FRAXCISCO. CaL. Jan. 30. 'Special.) Judging from reports from i Nev Orleans, everything is not as fine and dandy as was represented. The latest, is that Dominick Tortorich and Tfin VrTarv hnv :.i a. Bnltt-UD and that each will promote contests on his own hook. Added to ail tnis is in announcement that Tommy Burns is ii " V " e - tiht is bound to be an ugly affair and all sorts of things can be expected in the near future. Jimmy Coftroth has received a letter from Jim Buckley, manager of Gun- Koat imltn, in wnicn oocwej ""5 oma facts to light that make interest inn- .m-1i"rr 1 1'l-H ril II f t O BuckleV. MC Carey put over a good one on Tortorich. Buckley says that when McCarey i i- i n v. ml H in V.w Oripnni lie speedily discovered It would mean a lot of trouDie to Dreait 1114.11 iu game all by himself. So the Los An geles man decided to make a proposi tion to Tortorich. "if -won will coma in with me.M h said, "we'll have a good club. I'll build a big arena and we will coin the . rhi nAthlnp In nnr knifinr one another and we might as well hit it off together. The scheme listened well o Torto rich and together tney goineo. xorcea I . Y. .. . .ha tima TWfttT-JW fllld- IUDL UUb .".-. IA1 Inot all int.rMt In building a new arena and they are going along on tne same 01a lines, wbku yivua.vij a Jot to do wun tne story 01 uo threatened break In the partnership. Pftffrnfi. nna hpin mentioned on sev eral occasions as having an eye for the. fighting game in New Orleans, but he has declarer mmsen as ubwuwij .1 m in.t .nv aiifh nrnnQsitfoo. -i ' hall.u. th. flfrhtinff ci m in New Orleans is going to pay." he said. "Further than that t nave too many interests in San Francisco to think of pulling up stakes here. Indeed, if I wanted to make a change, it would be to erect an arena at xia jium, which I figure is the logical point. Of course, that would have to be for big fights, as the ordinary matches would not draw much money." Ritchie's plans for a Welsh bout seem to be progressing in good shape and the chances are that within a few days the American champion will be eastward-ho. He has signeo up doc. 13. J. Jeffery, an old-time friend to act as a sort of combined trainer and assistant manager. Jeffery will be remembered as -manager of Gentleman Burns, a heavyweight from Salinas, and a delver in the game of flstiana. Several years ago, Jeffery went to Los Angeles ana oniy recenuy kjrauu.icu from a school of osteopathy. Ritchie figures his assistant manager, as he terms Jeffery. has tne ngnt aope on how to take off weight and that is an important Issue with Ritchie these days. At all events. Jeffery is to accompany Ritchie East and will assist him in his business. Willie avers that while he does not need an honest-tq-good-ness manager, that he wants to have some one along to look after his affairs. This also means that Emil Thlery need not look to Ritchie for any more work, although to tell the truth, the chances are that Thiery is not going to be dsappointed. Counting Brother Henry Steffen as one of the numerous managers, Ritchie has had five advisers on his staff, so far. which is going some when you stop to consider the short length of time he has been in the game. As was foretold. Ritchie obtained for himself a little publicity by telephon ing to New York City to Matchmaker Jimmy Johnston; of the Madison Square Garden Athletic Club. They were not able to close in regard to the per centage proposition, but Johnston has agreed to send on transportation, after which Ritchie will leave at once. Now that his vaudeville is going well. Ritchie will take his sister. Josephine, with him and will doubtless figure on getting some time on the Eastern wheel in between his fights. The dancing act made quite a hit with local fans this past week, and incidentally It has assisted Ritchie in getting off a large share of that superfluous weight. Johnston was anxious for Ritchie to put up a weight forfeit with Jimmy t'offroth in San Francisco before tak ing his departure. This Ritchie refused to do. He said that inasmuch as be is to have his fight in New York, he be lieved in putting up a forfeit in that state and that he would be prepared to do so as soon as the articles are signed. The Welsh match, while not an abso lute certainty, probably will take place about March 9. which ought to give Willie sufficient time in which to get into shape. The opening four-round card in San Francisco took place last week and while the attendance was disappoint ing, it looks as if the sport might be revived. Frank Schuler, who pioneered in the new game, feels that he is en titled to several shows in succession. In this resolve, he has run into trouble. Dan Curran. another of the four-round promoters, has announced his intention of bucking Schuler and. If necessary, putting on a rival show. And that's the quickest way in the world to kill the game and disgust the public The four-round amateur game is in its infancy, and if the sport is to be built up, it will have to be handled in mighty careful fashion. A rush of publicity matter from Jack Curley's headquarters in El Paso re minds one that the Johnson-Willard match is sehedirled to take place March S in Juarez. Judging from present con ditions, the match is not going to be a world-wide sensation. Doubtless Cur ley has been hoping to make of it an other Jeffries-Johnson affair, but there is no chance. The papers are slow to "smoke up" over the bout and without newspaper space, the card will be no where. Further than that, it is not looked upon as much more than a huge hippo drome. Willard and his backers doubt less feel that the losers' end of the purse will satisfy them, along with that outside chance of winning the title. It is quite true that the game would be bettered with a white man as the title holder, but Johnson would have to have gone back a long way for anything of the sort to happen. . - s e : : i ; 11 j lit; kjtf s - v SMOKER CARD IDE X - v. n Armory Club Event Expected to Draw Big Crowd. FAST BOUTS SCHEDULED Parslow Matched Against Groat and Keppinger Is to Meet Sommers. Wagner and Boatright Are to Box Third Time. The Armory smoker, to be held Thursday evening in the Armory drill hall, shapes up as one of the best seen of the Winter In Portland. The Armory hall has a seating ca pacity of more than 3000, and it is ex pected that one of the largest crowds ever gathered for a local smoker will be present. Manager Hansen has been working hard preparing the card of nine or ten bouts, and the fans will not be disappointed. The card is com posed of some fast bouts, and the box ers have been working hard training for the event. Parslow hODes to make the trip south when the amateur boxers of the Pacific Northwest Association com pete at Frisco for the Far Western championship. Keppinger. of the Armory Club, and Sommers. of the Mohawk Club, prob ably will, give one of the best exhibi tions of the evening. Both are strong and willing, and have won the majority of their fights. Keppinger is popnlar. and has a good many backers, who will be at the ring side to see him in action, as he says he intends to quit the boxing game after this smoker. Wagner and Boatright have met twice before, each holding a decision over the other, and both are confident of winning their bout. Jack Allen Is another popular boxer who has not been seen here this sea son, but who came out second at the Inland Empire championship meet held at Walla Walla last September, losing to Jack Wagner after four hard rounds. He Is matched with Syveson. Meagher, of Vancouver, Wash., will be on hand to meet Cordova, of the Mohawk Club, for the second time this season. The fans who saw the last bout remember what an exciting match it was. The Vancouvente won. In all." says Hansen, "I have at least 12 bouts that I can put on if we -..JL IS&w have time enough and the bouts will start promptly at 8:30 o clock and will be run through without delay." The referee probably will be Jack Day: judges, Clark and Griffith: an nouncer, Cullins, ana tne timeKeeper, George Hansen. Th card follows: 108 pounds Anderson, unattached, vs. WnnHs linnrtftchfiri- 108 pounds Sax, Mohawk, vs. Reyn olds, Armory. 115 pounds Driscoll, Armory, vs. Schmack, unattached. 125 pounds Shea. Armory, vs. Nel son, unattached. 115 pounds Meagher, Vancouver, vs. Cordova, Mohawk. 135 pounds Jack Allen, Beaver, vs. Syveson, unattached. 140 pounds Wagner, Armor vs. Boatright. unattached. 150 pounds Keppinger, Armory, vs. Sommers, Mohawk. 160 pounds Parslow, unattached, vs. Groat, Beavei Boxing Notes. . Joe Welling is a coming lightweight champion, according to Tom Andrews. The Milwaukee expert says Welling has all the stuff that will make him a title-holder In the 133-pound class. "Silent" Dan Morgan says that Fred die Welsh, Charley White, Young Shugrue and Johnny Dundee are hay ing a regular merry-go-round trip dodging Jack Britton. . Frank Street, well known in the Northwest, Is back In Tacoma. Frank Is somewhat heavier than he was when he left for a jaunt in Eastern Canada. He is looking for a match. ' Ray Bronson is camping on the trail of Freddie Welsh and says he will not call off his bloodhounds until the Brit ish title-holder has given Milburn Saylor a chance at the crown. Eddie Moha, brother of Bob, is sched uled to meet Ever Hammer In a 10 round e-o tomorrow night in Milwaukee. The affair Is a windup to one of the popular-priced shows now in that city. X- Afeaof. whn fa offer tha tnld. xvLuie . . ... dleweight title, may be matched to bat tle Kdaie aictiooriy some xime in r eu ruary at Madison Square Garden, New York. Wasco County Sends Fair 'Exhibit. THE PATT.ES. Or., Jan. 30. (Spe cial.) Wasco County's exhibit for the Panama-Pacific Exposition was shipped to Sail Francisco this week. The dis play included fruits, grains and vege tables. Besides some very fine sam Dles of jcrain in the straw, there are also several of threshed and cleaned grain. Processed samples of cher ries, peaches, cantaloupes, tomatoes and grapes, as well as many vege tables, complete the exhibit. TWO BOXERS WHO WILL APPEAR AT ARMORY SMOKER THURSDAY. n r 0 -J 1 I' 'ran It R. Kerr, Reotinic After First Stasre of Fliabt From ( lond Cap Inn. S W. HI. Imbdenntoek in "One of Many Thrilling Plnnges Into snow Banks. 3 Party on Way to Cloud Cap Inn. 4 Movies Clear for Action, SKI CLUB HAS LARK Y. ML C. A. Party Coasts Down Sides of Mount Hood. ' FALLS IN SNOW FREQUENT Racers Often Plunged in Bank as They Speed on Steep Course. Officers Are Chosen and Talks . Are Heard at Fireplace. After five days of thrilling adven tures on snowshoes .and skis 16 Port land business men returned to the city Monday from an outing on the slopes of Mount Hood. The party was led by A. M. Grllley, physical director, and H. W. Stone, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Plunges into the snow banks on the races down the sides of the mountain were frequent, and particularly on the last long trip, when the coasters sped from Cloud Cap Inn to Rogers' Lodge. After a day In the open the party re turned at night to the fireplace at Rogers' and heard talk by some of Its members on current topics. William McMurray, general passen ger agent of the O.-W. R. & N., took the party in his private car to Park dale, where sleighs carried the mem bers to the lodge for the outing. The first night he spoke on "Railroad De velopment and the Handling of Trans portation Problems." R. H. Atkinson, city passenger agent of the road, spoke on "Boyhood in the South," M. M. Ringler on "History of Dancing" and W. H. Stone on "Service." Officers of the Ski Club were chosen: Frank R. Kerr, president: J. P. Plage mann, vice-president; Morris Barnes, secretary-treasurer and C. A. Wood worth historian. Following were the members of the party: William McMurray, John Mc Murray, Lee Pope. Frank R. Kerr, J. P. Plagemann. J. P. Jaeger, Roy Clark, R. H. Atkinson, H. W. Stone, M. M. Ringler. F. L. Schanz, C. A. Woodworth. W. M. IJmbdenstock. Morris Barnes, J. G. Sill and A. M. Grllley. The North west Weekly filmed some of the ad ventures of the trip. COLLEGE DEBATES DATED Albany and Pacific Will Discuss Xeed of Greater Navy.' ALBANY, Or., Jan. 30. (Special.) Because of the withdrawal of McMinn- ville College from the Collegiate Debat ing League of Oregon, the league will plan no series of debates .this year. In lieu of the customary triangular con test, Albany College and Pacific College will hold a dual contest and plans for the reorganisation of the league will be made during tne next scnool year. The Albany-Pacific debate will be held April 16. contests taking place at Albany and Newberg. Each school will be represented by two teams of two de baters each. The affirmative team of each school will remain at home, the negative teams journeying to the home city of their opponents. The question to be discussed is. "Re solved. That Congress should provide for an immediate increase of the Unit ed States Navy." BT JACK CODT. Swimming Instructor Multnomah Club. , Swimming in Portland is obtaining a stronger foothold each season, and laBt year saw the greatest turnout to the various baths in the history of the Summer sport. All over the United States more Interest was shown In 1914 than in many of the previous years, and prospects point to 1915 as a -banner year. ' , Several records went by the board last year, the National recorde for 60, 100, 220. 440 and 880-yard events being the principal ones which went to the discard. Duke Kahanamoku and' R, Small divided honors in the world's title for the 60-yard distance, their time being 23 3-5 seconds. Harry Hebner put up a National rec ord for the century at 54 3-5 seconds, and the Duke broke the world's record for the same distance In Australia re cently by swimming it in 53 3-5 seconds. 110-Yard Record Set, Too. , Hebner also shattered the 110-yard National record. His time in the 160 yard free-style stands as a world's record at 1 minute 31 1-5 seconds and he was without doubt one of the most consistent performers of the season. He has many other records to bis credit, among them being in the back and breast-stroke swims. Duke P. Kahanamoku, the famous Hawaiian water-dog, swam the 220 yard event In 2 minutes 26 4-5 seconds, establishing a National record for that distance, and L. Langer came to the front among the best middle-distance men when he hung up National records in the 440 of 5 minutes and !S 1-5 sec onds and the half-mile of 11 minutes 46 2-5 seconds, both at San Francisco. Bud Goodwin, of New York, one of the old-timers, has to his credit the fast time of 12 minutes 53 3-5 seconds for the National outdoor record for the 880-yard swim. Noriuan Rosa Seta Records. In the Northwest Norman Ross mads a clean sweep, doing the century in 1 minute and 1 second, the 220 in 2 minutes 39 2-5 seconds, 440 In 5 min utes 39 1-5 seconds and the 880 in 12 minutes 7 1-5 seconds. The last record was made in Spokane, Wash. Clair Tait won the fancy diving championship of the Northwest and also the Pacific Coast, when he took everybody into camp at the meeting held in the Willamette River in con nection with the Rose Festival last June. The only distance event of any Im portance held in the Northwest was the Willamette Marathon over a course of three miles' distance. Norman Ross, the Multnomah Club wizard, captured this event. Ross will be one of the mainstays of the club swimming team when it goes to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Fran cisco In July. The outlook for the Coming season looks promising, as the best talent in the country is slated to appear In the aquatic events at the fair. Under the close competition which this meet will bring it will be a mighty strange thing if we do not see many of the present records go by the boards. New Records Expected. Each year one hardly sees how any faster time can be made, yet at a glance the record books show that rec ords are cut year after year. It will be a mighty surprising thing to me if several of the present ones are shat tered this Summer. Portland is beginning to be one or the most enthusiastic cities on the Coast for swimming. Last season was the greatest from the standpoint of turnouts to the local baths and river than any other twelvemonth. Lew Woodward, of the Windemuth Baths, has told me several times that his tioats were almost entirely covered with water because of the weight placed on them during the real hot days. Hundreds of beginners learned to i. ooo.nn and. with the foothold swimming has gained here during the last two years, tne should show an increase in the num- h... f nieasure-seekers who turn to the river for their recreation. Freddie Welsh Not First to Abandon Meat Diet. "Kid" Parker and "Rub" Ferae Had Vegetarian Habit 15 Year Ago and Climbed Htgh on Ladder of Rtne Fame. FREDDIE WELSH Is not tne urst prominent boxer to become addict- j tr. ty.ix of the strange rites of vegetarianism. The Welshman has had a lot of publicity irom nis i.. di.. 'einnt " but he is nulling old stuff. The original "vegetarian cham pion" was Kid Parker, wno was a .wtTint waitArweiznt some 15 years ago. The Kid was of Scotch descent, and his real name was William r.iruj -r. I tr. . n t.mn 'tn Rntnil. Jan- roriLer. no " wv... ... . uary 20, 1877. Incidentally, this month is the anniversary oi ion " -... ' .llilirh of that period. Jim "Rube" Ferns, who made his mundane debut in Pittsburg on January 20, 1874. Tne nuoe, one vi trie of modern boxers. held the welterweight title for a short period. Parker,, tne - vegetarian v-i..-pion," never quite attained to that . ..i.v .v. f,n ell r o in-round draw in Denver with Matty Matthews shortly after tne latter no w""" .....11.... -.itorvAiirht honors by defeat ing "Mysterious" Billy Smith. The original - vegetarian uiiuiiu, v. n i,nnn t nil the followers us I : " w no -v of the ring, because of his meatless training diet, started fighting In 1896, and shortly alter nis aeuuL ue iuSui i . t ....... . w.ailhani th fl- a araw wiui j j mous Minneapolis welterweight. A lit tle later he neia iouns reicr oswii, the clever Baltimore black, to a draw in 20 rounds, and in a second meeting defeated the negro. Parker then de feated Bob Thompson, one of the best and most popular negro boxers of the time. In a second meeting Thompson turned the tables on the vegetarian Scotchman, but at their third session u viA -nra ii o-ftl n victorious. Poor old Thompson made a fortune in the ring, but spent it all, and became a street cleaner in Los Angeles. In 1900, after fighting Matty Mat thews, the champion, to a draw, Parker was defeated by Toung Peter Jackson and by Joe Gans. After that, he began to slip back. His last important bouts were staged in the Northwest. Maurice n.. . V. n n.nl.h l!'IlTIT illlt knocked him out In Spokane, and re peated tne tncK a nine Jier in an Idaho . town. The "Vegetarian Cham- li 1' iifW."- 1 boys and girls. vir'r TT'S not a motor cycle and It'a not a bicycle, but a real Motor Bicycle some thing that every one of you can enjoy, and afford to own and maintain. It is the lightest, simplest and easiest handled motor vehicle in the world. It places motor travel within the reach of thousands for the first time. It appeals alike to all classes profes sional and business men, clerks, mech anics, salesmen, farmers, students. You can use It for a quick run to town and back; a trip over into the next county; run out into the open, or to and from work evsry day. It is so light you can fro anywhere that a heavier vehicle can and it costs only ten cents a hundred miles. It is safe ior anyone old enough to rids a bi cycle because it is so light and easily managed and it is far superior to a bicycle for business or pleasure. It will take you from 4 up to 23 miles an hoar and the motor does all the work. Write at once for free Booklet telling all about the Miami Motor Bicycle, how simple in construction and easy to take cars of. You can buy ons from your cycle Dealer or direct from us. The Miami Cycle & Mfg. Co. 190 MOBILE AVE., M1DDLET0WN, OHIO plon's" last ring appearance was In 106 at Phoenix. B. C, when he fought a draw with Barney Mullen. Jim Ferns, who was born In the Smoky City 41 years ago. was a typ ical "Rube" in. appearance. Long, gawky, ungainly, lumbering and awk ward in appearance, he had none of the marks of the athlete, but he could fight like a demon. He scraped his way up to the top of the welterweight ladder. Rube won and lost his title in Canada. He knocked out Matty Mat thews in the tenth round at Toronto on May 24, 1901. and in the following De cember he lost his honors to Joe Wal- cott In the fifth round at Fort Erie. Ontario. Rube had more eccentricities than could be described In several col umns. One of them was an aversion to railway travel. lie would never take a train to tne acne of a comlnr battle If he had tine to whlk. In hi travels he avoided cities and towns ur much as possible, and put up at farm houses. He always tried to induce the farmer or his sons or hired hands lo put on the gloves with him. and tlita constituted almost hix sole training. His long walks kept lilin In condition. Vet, in spite of these "rube" character, istics. 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