THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, POETLAXD, 3IAEC1T 3, 191S.
0. OF 0. BASEBALL
CANDIDATES OUT
Varsity Has Strong Nucleus of
Experienced Men Around
Which to Build Team.
RECRUITS ARE PROMISING
Wealth of Prep School Sura Torn
Out When Captain Sheeny luun
lint Call Cunn With O. A.
C. On I j- Ones Arranged.
rVTVERSmr OP r.EGOX. Euirens.
March 2. 4. special.) Eaaehall la mak
lea tta bid for a place In lb aport lima
light at the university one again,
after a Lip of nearly two years sines
the Lat varsity game. On paper. Ore
lon'i prospective Kim for the esaion
look a Ilka a aura winner.
Ltka track and field athletic. base.
balt waa squeezed oat of Ita placa In
the Intercollegiate aport schedule laat
fcprlnr by the excitement attendant
upon the entrance of the In I ted States
Into the war. Oregon staged Ita an
nual Inter-fraternlty league contests
and the freahman and varsity squads
due oat their paraphernalia for the
117 season, bat only to return them
- to the lockers aa the repeated calla for
men In all branchea of the Army and
'Siry became loader.
Unlike the other branchea of aport.
however, baseball baa not suffered the
, loss of ail of Ita veterans to Uncle Sam
and there la a strong nucleua of expe
rienced men around which to build a
team. Dean Walker, director of Intra
mural athletics and assistant In the
department of physical training, will
bavs charge of tho building and for
foundation material ha baa such men
aa Jlmmla Sheehy. "Dot" Medley, Walt
Ore be and Fod Uaiaon. ail of whom
are privileged to wear tho Lemon-Tel
low aerrlco stripe oa their aweater
sleeve.
ttrrama Tmrm oat.
nun tne iirst two mentioned tarn
Ins; out for the outfield, there Is little
fear fett for tho strength of tha gar
dens they frolle over and tho latter
pair can bo trusted to maintain
sphere-tight blockade over the terri
tory between aecond and tha keyatona
sack. Mateon wLl probably bo a fixture
at third, but Grebe may roam tha In
field quits generally before bo la per
manently located wbera hi will bolster
up a weak spot to the best advantage.
Judging from past performances, the
picture of any ona of these four men
alongside tha plate wielding the willow
win bo an Inspiration for ateliar toss
lac on tho part of opposing mound
ax lists. Their baiting averaa-ea will
run well Into three figures, with the
Initial numral nothing smaller than
a two.
Sheehy. who waa chosen captain at a
meeting of the lettermen Tuesday aft
ernoon, put bla men through their
pe.ee a on the varsity lot for tha flrat
tlms this afternoon.
Present Indications ars that there
will bo a wealth of good material In
ths large squad that has aigned up for
the try outs. Ted Dutton, who brings
with blm from California a long prep
school record. 4s ths moat promising
candidate to show up yet for tho re
solving end of the Or iron battery. Her
man Land, who exhibited a good article
of ball In tho Portland Interscholaatle
league before coming to ths university.
bids well to bold down an outfield posi
tion to advantage. "Bill" Steers, of
football and basketball fame, will don
the electa In competition for an Infield
berth.
Flickers Are Preiaalatag.
Of slabster materials thero ars at
least three turning out who are ex
pected to develop Into effective twirl
era. Dwlght Wilson. Art Berg and
Herb Heywood. Wilson performed
creditably for tha freahmen In their
few practice games last year and Hay
wood baa a high school reputation that
will carry him quite a way. Berg, a
husky eouthpaw from Portland. Is ths
darkhouae of ths trio and Is reputed
to have exceptional speed.
slight gamea with O. A. C four at
Consuls and tour on the home campus
are the only contests that bavs been
definitely scheduled so far. It Is doubt
ful whether tho University of Wash
ington will put a team la ths field at
all this year and Oraduat Manager
Tiffany baa not yet succeeded In ar
ranging to meet ths Washington Stat
ers. Mr. Tiffany baa. however, entered
Into correspondence with Fred N. Bay.
president of ths Portland Shipbuilders'
League, relative to a series of games
with ths teams of that organisation
MUFF BRONSON, PACIFIC COAST LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION, IS GREAT LOVER OF OUTDOOR SPORTS.
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FARRELL IS fr!
EVENT MARCH 13
Will Ides of March Find Al
Sommers Another Modern
Julius Caesar?
CHAMPION'S TITLE IS STAKE
PLANE BUILDING-WATCHED
Boxer Is Ambitions to Make FUgbt.
Muff AJo Goes In for Golf and
Tennis Championship Beo In
Bonnet and May Take Trips.
Leave It to Joe Flanagan, manager
of Muff Bronson. Paclflo Coast light
weight champion, to steer his protege
on ths right path to "Publlclty-rUle."
rlanagan started Bronson In on his
boxing careeroand now that tha young-
ater la going along at top speed. Flana
gan baa him playing golf, tennis, when
tho sun ahlnea, and laat but not leasj.
Flanagan says Muff Is destined to be
come a future light In the airplane
world. .
Bronson Is a grsat lover of outdoor
sports, lis plays a fairly good game of
tennis and baa playad 11 -holes of the
Portland Oolf Club course a number of
times as tha guest of Iludolph Wllhelm.
Oregon Stata and Paclflo Northwest
golf champion, but Is no shark at
alther of ths outdoor games.
Muff aays golf and tennla ars too
tarns for blm and bs wanta to follow
n ths footsteps of the world's greatest
flyers. Muff, during his spars moments,
reads all ths literature he can collect
on aviation. He has gone so far aa to
visit ths O. K. Jeffry Co., aeroplane
plant on Eaat 13d street, and looked
over tho machine which that company
baa about completed.
Dan Greco, a great admirer of Bron
son and an employer at ths Jeffry
plant, baa started to mako a miniature
airship for ths popular champion and
Muff la greatly Interesting In the many
Intricate parts of ths "air devils.'
Muff spends most of his spars mo
ments, when not conditioning himself
for bouts, at tho Jeffry plant. It Is
Muffs ambition to mako a flight acroas
tha city at soms future date.
The championship bee Is again bull
ing In Bronson'a mind and. together
with Flanagan, ths little champion may
take a trip East sometlms in tho near
future.
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Bllllardlst Is Peered.
Prank Peterson, ths St. Louis billiard
playsr who recently was In ths West
possibility that th.l to ,th Willis Hoppo, has 1st out
. , m. KAlla w V .1 m I A .nil tn that r. m r
and thero la a
tipring vacation tour this year will take
the varsity aquad Into ths Puget Bound
country for games with ths shipyard
teams at Seattle and Tacoma.
SKASIDE DEFEATS MT. .VNGEL
Collegians Go Down In Lart Game
by Score of S3 to 18
SEASIDE. Or, March i. (Special.)
In ths snappiest and fastest basketball
game ever witnessed on tha local floor,
tha Ad Club team took revenge for
their ::-!! defeat at Mount Angel and
trimmed the collegtana. J1-1J.
King, for Seaside, played tho stellar
game, wltd five field baskets and one
foul to his credit, with Langhardt a
close second, with five field baskets.
About enthusiastic fans wit
nessed tha game, which closes a moat
successful season for tho local bora,
nut of 14 games they have lost three.
losing to Multnomah Mount Angel and
hemawa on their trip through ths
Valley. Tho lineup:
Mrant Asset.
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Heaeter j ....... .O...
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H-(.r. V A.rd.
T mee.ee pr Waiter. Astoria T.
prefer HIMeermitl Meichler
s eel 4 ee. Mount Asset. ea Sea
side, a.
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IIOOII RIVKR FIVE VICTORS
mil Military Academy Qalntet Loses
by Score of 55 to It.
HOOD RIVER. Or, Mart-h S. ( Spo
ols! ) The Hood Kiver High School
basketball team finished the season In a
burst of glory last night, defeauner the
Hill Military Academy team, of Port
land, br a s-ore of 13 to I. The deci
sive victor came aa a surprise, for the
Irwral asarearatton expected one of Ita
hardest battles from the city quintet.
The Hood River girls team, however,
was defeated by The I !! High School
girls team by a score of 11 to . The
largest crowd to witness a basketball
game this season waa present last
ai;bt
I.eer operated clsr.pt for the hands
and feet have been Invented In ng
Und to take the place of anale-ep.kea
for pole climbers, with the added ad
ventage that they can be used on metal
poles.
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be heard from ths Atlantic to the Pa
cific Peterson waited until returning
to St. Lou la before talking about tha
situation. He admits had like to cut
loose from ths Hoppe-Benjamin com
bination right now and would, only he
has a contract that holds him in check.
Peterson's complaint is that he hasn't
had a fair show.
I have been doing ths work of three
men." he complains. "Last year, in ad
dition to myself we had Chick Wright
and Jake Schaefer. This year I am do
ing all tha work, playing balkllno and
three-cushion billiards, lecturing and
giving a fancy ahot exhibition.
"If I want a gams I bavs to step up
and announce It because no one will
do It for me. Hoppo plays safety
sgalnst ms In balkllno Just to prevent
my making a showing. I have been
warned not to talk to anyone, particu
larly the newapaperraen. In brief, they
want mo to efface myself and bo
dummy."
Checkers.
E. H. BKTANT, Editor.
Phone Tabor S21X
Headquarters Portland Cbets and Checker
Club. Worcester Dul.ains. inira ana v
streets, room 216. Contributions solicited.
stall to 143 East Thlrty-rirth street.
PROBLEM NO. 627.
Tlr A. Bterkoeea. Park Ulver. K. D.
Mr. BJerkness has won the championship
or the ortn naxoia ineciter Association
several times, and Friend Jones, comment
log ou the problem, says It would do credit
to a Slocara. "As a hidden stroke It is
hard to excell and drew first prize once In
one of the best checker columns la the
country.
Black. 1. .., 7, 8. 19. 22.
White. 10. 14. 13. IS. t4. n. ta, .
White ta play and win.
PROBLEM NO. SIS.
By C J. Oreenrword.
This Is a floe composition which la sure
i please.
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to. SI; klass. , 11. SO. White to play and
PROBLEM NO. 619.
This Is by one of the soldier boys at the
front In France, private J. smith. B. B. F.
Black. 11. 23: kins. 22. While. 10. 19. L
Whit to play and win.
i'MOULt-M ISO. 03U.
By W. Procter Ryhopet
Aaother bev at the front, and you will
find that this composition has a sting In
Its tall like a Kurolun. It is a nrectlcal
ending that la not at all difficult but very
Instructive.
Black, a. 0. IX SO: kins. 17. White. T. O.
IV. alU: kins. 10. White to pisy and draw.
fHUBLKll NO C31.
By W. Vesl.
Black. . IX li. tO: kin em. X 10. IS. S5.
White. T. IS. IT. tl. 22. 2f: klnsm. 11.
Sa. White to move and win.
SOLUTION'S.
Problem No. SS Bl-k a. S. li JS. IB.
ts. m. 2T: kins, a White. . 10. 11. 17.
Xii. 2ft. 2s. :t: klnsm. 2, 4. Black to play
end win: J-S. 4-1 S. 12-1U. 20-11. in -2 4. 2(-I.
I7-J2. 1S-27. S2-S S-l.ifl-:2. I3-. 6-9. 1-6,
B-14. li-li. tO-21. 2S-1: black wins.
frobiem No. nJ4 Ulmck. l. a, zo. re;
kings. 11. White. . Z3, 82; klnirj. 2,
13. w nite to plsy anil win: 13-17,
l. 10-14. 1-10. 14-M. 1S-2J. 2-S. 20-24.
m-i"""(A. 24-S7. 20-24. J7-S1. 17-14.11. 23-2tJ.
14-ie. 2-xo. a-io. si-i'nu:. 10-14. i!-:;.
1-2V SO-21. 24-1U. S1-2.V 18-15, 15-10.
n-lt: white wina A A solver sent
n 24-17. a-IS. 3T-S1. 10-14. etc. bat
hie olev allows a draw. tal. Tl
24-27. white wins. C 30-2d, 26-l,
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GOOD TALENT IN LINEUPS
1 Brasses la Fighting Poae. S He Looks the Part of a Regular "Blrdmaa."
3 Likes the Ket Game. 4 His Form as a Golfer Is Not Considered Good,
hot He Swings a Wicked Club, o Muff Attired In Aviator's Costume and
Standing Bealde Aeroplane at O. K. Jeffery Plant. Doing Road Work.
24-IB. 81-28 (If 6-9, 10-14. wins). 14-1 S, 6-9,
10-15; white wins.
Problem No. 823 Black. 7. 14. 17. 20:
kins. 8. White, 15. Z3. 29; kins. 10. 32.
White to win: 15-11. 7-10. 16-19. 17-2KA,
2A-1-A 21-25. 22-1S, 14-17, 19-24. 20-27. 18-15,
10-2H: white wins. A 17-22. 20-17. 14-21.
28-18. 21-25, 82-27, 25-80, 2T-23; white wins.
problem No. eo uisck. . lu. xa. ii.
king. 20. White. 11. 19, 22, 26, 2S. 80. White
to win: ZS-Z4. iu-i. io-JJ, ii-;u,
27-ia 80-7: white wina
Solutions to the above problems have been
received from Ira Wlthrow. Harry Baker,
H. Utley, Ira Dennis, J. Powers, Joho
Graham, w. L. Bryant. A. A. Hmmons, K.
E. Stafford, Martin Anderson, Oreeus.' Rex
DaLean. B. B. Alexander. L. E. Smith. A.
P. Jones. Harry Uibbs. N. Sanfleld. George
McDonald, J. Kane. D. R. Davis.
B. B. Alexander, of San Diego, Cal.
writes that the Knights of Columbus build'
Ins at Camn Kearney Is one of the very
best In the camp and that there are upwards
of loo benches and oi each bent Is en-
craved two checker boards, busy most of
tha time. "It Is hard to see my comrades
DreDarliir for the bis checker same scross
the sea and not be able to do my bit. I
have an honorable record with both th
rifle and guns of large caliber. I would
move the men or take them off the Inter
national board. I send you two gamer
played with the best player in camp, wno
is now on his war to France. 1 also send
you a position that occurred In actual pla
and see wbat the lens can no witn it.
Mr. Alexander formerly lived In Portland,
and many of the players will remember him
as one of the best checkerlsts, and he and
his family have always the beat wishes ol
the boys here.
This Is the Dosltion referred to In the
letter above and we recommend It to H. F.
Anderson. C. L. Burr. Harry Glbbs, J. Van-
zante, J. Powers. K. Nance,' t. E. Berr.
George McDonald and the rest of the ex
pens. Black. 5, 8, 12: king, 13. White.
k 2U, Z4; aung, o. vtnite o piay ana wis,
' OA MB NO 442.
Roldter boy. Camp Kearney, black; B. B.
Alexander, torn JJiego, Cal., white.
11-15 82-28 11-18 1-11 6-10
24-19 20-22 10-15 23-19
15-24 81-27 2- 7 25-i2 9-14
28-19 7-11 22-2S 1- 8 11- 7
8-11 JH-10 T-IO ZB-Z-t a- 9
2-18 12-19 80-28 14-1 S 7- 2
10-14 24- 8 10-19 . 2S-23 9-13
7-24 4-11 23-16 JS- D 2-7
11-16 18-13 -10 20-22 I- 8
White wina.
OAHB NO 443.
Between tha same parties as above.
11-15 8-11 12-19 20-24 6- 9
24-19 26-22 23-10 22-17 13- 6
15-24 9-14 34-17 7-70 2-
1K-1M 18- 9 21-14 16-12 1- 6
8-11 R-14 J0-17 . 10-15 9-13
22-17 22-18 29-25 17-14 11- 7
1-19 1-5 17-21 .15-18 3-10
25-22 18- 9 26-22 14- 9 6-16
16-20 0-14 zi-ju 18-23. Drawn.
-17 nu-ZS 81-26 9- 5
D. R. Davles, Portland, writes that the
checker column is getting better all the
ime. air. Davles is a good analyst and
contributes the following position that will
be of great benefit to all checker students:
IHack, 2. a, 11. 14, 15. 18. W hite. ZO, 21. 24.
24. 27 81; black to win: 2-7 26-23. 18-22.
23-19. 14-18, 19-10. 7-14. 24-19. 22-25.
U-16(A. 11-15. 16-11. 25-30. 20-16. 80-25.
16-12. 11-22. 27-24. 22-26, 21-22. 25-18, 24-20.
5-19. 11-8, 18-13, 20-10, 19-24. 8-4. 13-49
H. Z4-1V. D scat Wine. A 41-20. Z5-3II.
26-2S, 80-26. 21-17. 14-21, 23-14. 26-31. 27-23,
31-27, 28-18. 27-23. 19-15. 21-25, 16-8. 3-12.
black wina
Poeltlon No. 634, by Mr. Devtes Black,
kings, 10.. 11. 14; white. 19. 22; king. 23
Either to mors and black to win. Black
plays: 11-15,-19-16. 16-7, 23-20, 15-11, 16-12,
7-10. 26-23, 10-15. 28-27, 14-18, 22-17, 15-10,
27-24, 18-14. 17-13. 10-d, 24-19, 14-10. 19-23,
10-15, 23-27, 15-19; black wins. Second po
sition, white plays. I failed In my attempt
to- force a win by first position. I tried
this route because the win came so easily
by aecond position, when blacks moved
first: 23-27. 10-7. 27-23. 7-8. 23-27. 3-8.
27-23(A, 8-12. 23-28. 11-16. 26-23, 14-10,
22-18. 16-20, 23-27, 32-8. 27-23. 20-24, 18-13,
10-14, 23-26, 14-18. 16-11. 24-13, 11-4. 15-11
black wina A 27-24. 8-12. 24-20. 14-9,
22-18. 9-6. 18-14, 12-8, 20-24, 11-7. 19-16,
8-11, 16-12, 11-13. 12-8. T-2. 8-3, 15-19,
24-13. 6-10. black wins.
Position No. 635. by Mr. Davles Black.
6. 8. 24: white. 16. 18: king. KL White to
move and black to win: 16-12. 8-11, 31-2(A..
6-10. 26-28, 11-18, 12-8. 16-12, 8-3, 24-19,
28-16. 12-19. 38-15. 10-6. 15-1L 6-10. 11-8.
19-16, 8-4. 18-12. 4-8. 10-13, 8-4, 16-11. black
Wins. A 18-14. Z4-19. 31-ZO. 19-10,
11-17, 12-8, 1-2. 8-3. 6-1, black wins.
GAME NO. 444. 12-16. 23-1S.
This la the fifth game played between
the two gladiators in the Banlcs-Jordan
match In 1911. Jordan's move. In the
hundreds of works published on checkers
you will not find anything that will bene
fit you any more than a careful atudy of
these openings between experts.
12-16 26-22 8-11 18-15 9-27
23-18 9-13 18-15 10-14 81-24
111-20 18- 9 11-18 15-11 20-27
20-23 5-14 23- 7 14-18 10-
8-12 22-18CB 3-10 23-14 12-16
24-19 13-22 27-23fD 16-23 28-24
10-14 18- 9 2- 1KB 14-10 16-20
2-17 . 6-13 Z3-ZZ Z3-S71V Z-JH
7-10 25-18 6- 9 82-23 , 27-81
30-28 4- 8(C 22-18 . 13-17 Drawn.
11-16 29-25 1- 6 21-14
B White can lay a good trap here by
nlaytnr 28-24. Should black reply 4-8, he
loses bv 19-15. etc snouia oiacK reply n-n.
he loses by 22-18, 1S-2Z, 18-15. By reply
ing 8-7. however, black gets the pull, thus
28-24, 8-7, 19-13. 10-20. 17-8. Ztt-30, Zl-17,
80-14. 3-7, 2-11, 24-19. 16-23, 27-2, and whits
has to play very careiuny to oimw.
c Buchanan a improvement on mo om
line 2-6.
D Not so strong as za-zz. nut Jays a
subtle Iran.
tj Tne correct repiy. a piauxioio nere is
1-5. but It loses by 28-Z4, etc.
F Makes a neat draw, this enamg aisa
occurred between Richard Jordan and R.
Stewart In their match for the world's
championship. This method of play Is now
considered a safe standard lino for black
to adopt. '
C. L. Burr, Tillamook. Or., to N- San
fleld. Centralis, Wash. Thanks for solution
to "single corner" position. Tour trunk
line tallies exactly with 'Sturgis." whose
work I did not have when requesting the
solution. Variation B at 6th move, why
not 15-11 T
Aaron Hart, city Black. 2, 10. 12, 18, 16.
20. White. 19. 21, 23. 27, 31; king. 6. Tou
say black to move, and ask what result.
The editor believes black can draw the po
sition, but submits it to the solvers for their
verdict.
As announced, the North Dakota Checker
Association held its annual tournament at
Mlnot. February 21 and 22, 1918. There
were 15 entries. The interest and style of
play were satisfactory. A. BJerknoa. of
Park-River, won with 43 points: R. R.
Rutledge, of Wtlltston. last year's champion,
was a clope second with 42 pomts; L. H.
Nichols, 87 points: C M. Washburne, 89
points. L. M. Nichols was re-elected presi
dent; A. Bjerkness, vice-president, and A. P.
Jones, secretary-treasurer. The next tour
nament will be held at Dickinson.
George McDonald. Terrace Heights, city,
snds splendid eolutlone to Noa. 623. 624.
25 and 626.
Ex-Ball Stars to Give Class to Clr
cnit GranOSmltb-Porter Com
pany Forms Athletic Associa
tion With Six Teams.
Good weather prevailing:, the team
entered In ' the Shipbuilders' League
win call first practice today or Monday.
This year's league, called the Shlpbulld
ers League, which takes the place of
the Inter-City League, promises to be
a great success. All of the eight ehlp
building: companies which will put
teams in the league have taken a great
Interest in the National pastime and
the teams are backed by every man in
the yards. Many of the best ballplay
ers In the Northwest are working in
the various shipyards and the local fans
will see some crackerjack talent in ac
tion.
The ' following teams will make up
the league: Foundation Company,
Harry Cason. manager; Northwest Steel
Company, Clayton Sharps, manager
Supple-Ballln Company, H. A. Ballin,
manager; Grant Smith-Porter, Asraond,
manager; Cornfoot, William Do we 11,
manager; Columbia Clty-St. Helens, C
Hojer, manager; Standifer-Clarkson,
Jack Mitchell, manager; Columbia River
Company, Roy Doty, manager.
. There will be a meeting for the di
rectors and officers only of ths Ship,
builders' League at the office of Presi
dent Fred N. Bay, Tuesday night. The
by-laws of the league will be drafted
and the teams must put up their fran
chise money before they will be ad
mitted to the meeting.
The Grant Smith-Porter Company
will use a novel way to select its team
which they will enter In the league. A
six-team lnter-yard league has been
formed and the best players in the six
teams will be chosen for the first-team
squad. Twelve hundred employes of
the Grant Smith-Porter Company held
a meeting in the yards yesterday and
decided to organize an athletic asso
elation on the same order as the one
Just organized at the Foundation Com.
pany. The first thing that was done
was to announce the six-team league
and put out a call for ballplayers. Over
90 men answered the call and will try
out for the inter-yard teams. The first
practice will be called today, and a
schedule will be drawn up next week
Among the balltossers at the Grant
Smith -Porter yards are: J. H. White,
former American Association player;
C. W. Miller, University of Oregon 1910;
William Barham, former Vancouver
star; Corcan, former athletic instruc
tor at University or Michigan; Carl
Kesslnger, a catcher by the name of
Fullghan and W. E. Peterson, who
played ball in Manila last year.
H. A. Ballin, manager or the Supple
Ballin team, who is also secretary of
the Shipbuilders' League, is angling for
games with the University of Oregon
aggregation for three of the shipbuild
ing teams, to be played before the ship
builders season opens. The teams that
will probably play Oregon are Supple
Ballln, Foundation and Cornfoot.
Harry Cason, manager or the Foun
dation Company team, has called for
first practice today and expects be
tween 25 and 30 men to turn out for the
team.
The Northwest Steel Company and
Columbia River Shipbuilding Company
will Issue first call this week.
. Fulton Scores Knockout.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., March 2.
Fred Fulton, of Rochester, Minn..
knocked out Jim Harper, of Kansas
City, here last night In the second
round of a scheduled eight-round bout.
Irish-American From Xcw York.
"Who Is Jnst 21, Promises to Give
Good Account of- Himself.
Career Reads Like Romance.
Marty Farrell, of New Tork. next to
Mike Gibbons the niftiest piece of
fighting machinery that has ever (rone
through the paces for the Portland
fistic fans, will make his debut as a
main eventer here on March 13, when
he will meet Al Sommers. middleweight
champion of the Northwest, for the
title.
Farrell is an Irish-American and is
Just 21 years of age. He was born In
New York and started boxing about
three years ago, beginning as an ama
teur at a New York athletic club. He
soon ran out of amateur opponents
that could hold their own -with him and
turned professional, making his rin
debut in Philadelphia in the latter part
of 1915.
Farrell met Ted (Kid) Lewis, welter
weight champion of the world. In his
sixth professional bout over tho elx
round route in Philadelphia and re
ceived a newspaper decision over the
champion. Up to date Marty has had
only 24 matches and is considered by
the best boxing authorities In tha
country one of the best prospects in
the world today. There are few men
In the country that are any cleverer
than Farrell, and he not only can box,
but can hit as well.
Farrell Trained With Beat.
Farrell picked up most of his knowl
edge at . Brown's gymnasium in New
York, where he bet; an training for his
first real bout- "Irish" Patsy Cline,
Benny Leonard, Jack Britton, Frankie
Fleming-, Johnny Dundee, Mike Gib
bons and a number of the best boxers
In the world were training there at the
time. Cline and Leonard were Just
beginning to attract passing attention
at the tilhe, and Farrell never dreamed
that the boy that he was swapping
punches with daily sometime would be
lightweight champion of the world.
After he had tucked a few fights un
der his belt Miks Gibbons, regarded by
many as the middleweight champion
of the world, took an interest In Farrell
and trained with him a good deal.
Farrell thinks that Gibbons is the
greatest all-around boxer and fighter
in the world barring none at any
weight. To attain the boxing and hit
ting perfection of Mike Gibbons always
has been Marty's Ideal.
Only recently Farrell was offered a
bout with Gibbons, but as the latter
was unable to box as he is serving as
an instructor at one of the Army camps
the match did not materialize. Farrell
is confident that he can trim Mike
O'Dowd, who now" claims the middle
weight championship by virtue of his
victory over Al McCoy, and as soon as
he cleans up a few more boys at his
weight on the Coast he Is going Bast
and tVy and get O'Dowd in the ring
with him.
Fulton Can Beat Dempsey.
In regard to the heavyweight ques
tion that is now absorbing the fight
fans throughout the country, Farrell,
for one, thinks that Fred Fulton can
beat Jack Dempsey. Farrell ought to
know, as .he was a stable mate of
Dempsey's for several months In Cali
fornia, both of them being under the
management of Jack Kearns at the
time.
As for the lightweights, Farrell says
that "Irish" Patsy Cline is the only
lightweight in the country today who
stands a chance to relieve Benny Leon
ard of the title; that is. In a 20-round
match for a decision. When asked
what he though of a Dundee-Leonard
match over the distance, Farrell re
nlied that he thought that Leonard
would stop Dundee inside 20 rounds.
Farrell first heard or Portland irom
Ralph Gruman, when the latter was in
New York, a few years ago. The New
York middleweight was present at the
Gruman-Duffy fight and thinks that It
was the greatest 10-round fight that Ho :
has ever witnessed. Farrell says that
Gruman fought Duffy off of his feet for
seven rounds constantly trying for a
knockout. Ralph fought eo hard that
he exhausted himself and collapsed in
the eighth round, after having the fight ,
won by a wide margin. The fight was)
in August and the heat was terrlflcj
Had Grumn been satisfied with Just
outboxing Duffy he would have won
the bout by a mile, but Instead of tak
ing It easy, Ralph was anxious to makn
a big impression on the New York fans
and wanted a knockout, which proved
his undoing.
The rest of the card which Joe Flanl-
gan is putting on for the Hustlers' Club
is: Muff Bronson vs. Chet .Neff, Joe
Gorman vs. Weldon Wing, Abe Gordon .
vs. Billy Ryan, Soldier Roselli vs. Ted !
Hoko and Harry Davis ve. Jimmy H
gan.
OXE-ROTJXDER WASN'T THERE
Bantam's Manager Explains Lackfof
Desired Knockouts.
There's a kid by the name of Louis
Diamond, who manages a bantam
ewatsman named Kid Hogan, of Chi
cago. Also there is a heavywei-ht,
Andre Anderson, who for a time thraat-
ned to break Into the big leagues. It
happens that Anderson of late has got
into the habit of "leading with his
chin" instead of his left, with the re
sult that he has been frequently rociked
to sleep. Sometimes it happened inj the
first round, sometimes In the seconld or
third. It happened so often that some
of the fans began to call him 'One
Hound" Anderson.
The bunch were gathered in a .'Chi
cago gymnasium that day after' the
first public bouts were held at "Fort
Sheridan, an Army camp 30 miles from
Chicago. One of those who had at
tended remarked that there hadn't been
knockout in any of the five bouts, all
of them going the limit, when Diamond,
the kid manager exploded:
Yes, but there would have been if
Andre Anderson had been on the card."
Anderson was present and got It Just
quicaiy as anyone else, and he
laughed.
LEAGUE MAGNATES TO MEET
Western Circuit Schedule Will lie
Mado at Conference Today.
DES MOINES, la., March 2. Mag
nates of the Western League will meet
ere tomorrow to determine definitely
the make-up of the circuit this season,
adopt a schedule and act on several
other Important matters. Including a
proposal to abolish the "spit ball."
If the Lincoln franchise is transferred
to Sioux City, the following cities prob-
bly will compose tne league: Des
Moines, Omaha, St. Joseph, Toneka.
Hutchinson. Wichita, Joplin and Sioux
City.