The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 01, 1920, SECTION TWO, Image 24

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Newspaper Page Text2 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 1, 1920 'v t. FIGHT CARD WILD, ACTION PLENTIFUL Two "Pips" Among Astoria Bouts Staged by Legion. SHANNON BEATS BRONSON Victor Awarded Decision When Opponent Strikes Ixv Fiske ( "Knocks Out" Hoke. BY DICK SHARP. The Astoria boxing fang were treat ed to a wild and wooly fistic card Fri day night, but they eoj. more action for their money than from any previous card in that city. Probably half of the house was made up of Portland box ing followers who filed their way through the gate to witness the card staged by the Astoria post of the American Legion. The ten-round main event between Eddie Shannon and Muff Bronson ended like a bolt from the blue in the fourth round. When, after plant ing a stiff punch in the pit of Shan non's solar plexus. Bronson started another right-hand uppercut for that same spot, he caught Shannon low as Kddie jumped in the air, one of the peculiarities of his style of mixing. DeriHton Gorl to Shannon. Shannon was not "mortally" hurt, but the blow was low and Referee Grant gave Eddie the decision. The fight up to that time had all the ear marks of a great battle and the fans were sorely disappointed that it did not go to its natural conclusion. Contrary to some predictions, Shan non was not having the easy time that he formerly had with Puggy Mor ton, Willie St. Clair. Freddie Ander son and others and found that he had a task cut out for him. Considering, however, the fact that Shannon has been unable to do much boxing in the evmnasium since his fight in Salem because of a bad cut he received over one of his eyes, he was making a creditable showing. The other "pip" on the card was the scheduled six-round clash be tween Johnny Fiske. the tough Rock Island featherweight, and Ted Hoke of Portland. Fiske recently won a ix-round decision over Hoke at the Milwaukie arena and the boys were battling for blood. The first round found both landing many solid whacks, but Hoke, who is rated as fe hardest hitting boy at his weight in Portland, was unable to dent Fiske's attack. Hoke Gets Up Too Late. They came out of their corners the second round full of vim and vin egar. Hoke soaked Fiske and Fiske soaked Hoke. Ted partially stumbled going back from the impact of block ing a blow and to those away from the ringside it may have looked as though he had been hit and dazed. A few seconds later. Hoke was on the floor turning a half somersault, end ing up with his face away from the referee. Led Carlson, chief of police . of Astoria, who refereed the match, began counting at a merry clip. Some of the fans at the ringside called for him to count louder and what they got in response was nine, ten. Just as he was counting ten in a ioua voice Hoke jumped to his feet, but was not up before the count was ut tered. He was not dazed in the least, said he had not been hit by a punch, but still Fiske won on a knockout, although it must be called a technical win, as Hoke did not seem to have lost his faculties at any time. He perhaps did fall to hear the count, as 674 out of the 675 or more fans gathered could not distinguish the numbers. Murphy and 'Willis Draw. Frankle Murphy. Denver welter weight, and Stanley Willis of Port land put up a creat ten-round draw, while Bud Fisher, Portland middle weight, trimmed George Rosedale of Astoria in four rounds. All of the boxers who fought in the lower Columbia metropolis returned yesterday afternoon. The card was the best on the whole ever staged in Astoria and. although the fans were disappointed by the untimely ending of two of the matches on the card, not one person was heard to complain that he did not get his money's worth. The card was arranged and staged by Kay Gorman of the Astoria post of the American Legion and Billy Foy of the Portland state headquarters of fice of the legion. FILIPINO BOXER, IS COMING There are no tidal conditions to contend 1 with at all. . . Eastern college football team will be In demand January 1, 18-1, for games on this Pacific coast. The annual game at Pasadena will be held as usual. The Olympic club of San Francisco has prac tically arranged with another eastern col lege to play in San Francisco and there are rumors of two more games on January 1 in two other large cities of the coast. All ,the talk several months ago that Pershing stadium in Paris was crumblntg away and had been condemned has not been borne out by facts. Two weeks ago the French nation decided its try-outs for the Olympic games in this same Pershing stadium and it was packed to the roof. No part of the structure caved In. there were no accidents 'and General Henry T. Allen, in command of the American forces overseas, participated in the ceremonies and highly commented on the structure. McEachern will be a name the world will Juggle with after the Olympic .games. Both Canada, America and Great 'Britain have a McEachern entered. The Canadian man. from British Columbia, and the American Mac, from the San Francisco Olympic club, are both entered in the same events, namely the hammer throw and 56-pound weight. . Up In Idaho Tom Kelly, athletic men tor for the state university, opened a summer school for physical directors at Moscow. The class made a big reputation and will graduate a number of highly efficient physical directors this week. At any rate. Sir Thomas Llpton has not been robbed of his ambition In life and he ttill haw something to live for. TROEH SETS 4 REGQFDS MEMBERS OF MULTNOMAH ANGLERS' CLUB TO MEET FIRST REAL TEST OF SEASON AT BONNEVILLE TODAY, BRITISH TRAP MARKS ARE SMASHED BY AMERICANS. 75 Per Cent of Trophies and Titles Taken by Team of Invaders. NEW YORK. July 31. Before going to Antwerp where they won the Olym pic tea.m and individual trapshooting championships last week, the United States team of amateur wing shots visited England and took part in the international contests in England. There the Americans won the team match and, in addition, captured five first prizes in individual competitions. During their shooting at clay tar gets, according to mail advices to day, excellent scores and new records were made by the Americans. A summary of what the Americans accomplished follows: Frank M. Troeh, Vancouver. Wash broke 109 straight on July 15. July 16 ne broke 138 straight. The best previous long run in Eng land was 49 straight; consequently Troeh established a new record and then beat it himself. The English clay bird championship was won by Troeh with 39 out of 40. The grand aggregate of the meet ing, the gold star and the silver cup, was won by Forest McNeir, with 100 straight. The international shield at 120 clay birds was won by the United States team, which defeated the British by ten birds. On the first day the United States team broke. 59 out of 60, a new record. tsen a. jjonneiiy, New York, won the double rise championships (tar gets thrown from a tower) breaking tne ten birds straight, also a record. Troeh won the championship live bird meeting at Churchill with 15 straight in the match and 18 straight in tne miss-and-out shootoff. The United States team won 75 per cent ot an the trophies and titles. KtBT AND VIXEX WILIi RACE Series to Determine Yacht to Cbal Icnge for Cup. SAN FRANCISCO, July 51. A serie! of races is being arranged between the local yachts Vixen and Ruby, the winner to be the Aeolian club's chal lenger for the cup held now by the ban rancisco Tacht club. The Vixen is being remodeled by ner owners, tne stanovich brothers, and will be manned by Bob Stanovich. Charles Miller and Fred Riccado. The Ruby will be skippered by Fred Patrecia, her owner, Stowe Elliott and Harold Fish. It is thought that Captain John Barneson's Lady Betty, which will compete at San Diego for the Sir Thomas Lipton cup, will represent the San Francisco Tacht club in the race here. She has been fitted out with a new rig which is expected to add much to her speed. The Lady Betty r;.:.. - , 1 1!" ' - . - . - p . j '4 fs - "" t 1 o ! )V " - f - i- IP i t - J$4; J n f l i - ' ' - - '- - ' " fi I 1 " ' t ' " Wnrxrw t 1 ' . i y F .'.-. ' tm VgAc "MM- M' j y,V ,x J. -i. W:' ' " I tin .x ZX ) . CT-' $ ) ' y ;H Aiff '.i-S- ' a H ( 1 vs:"; .1 - M vyn n 7 " ' ": fl K - K V '"W-t'f ' Ml ANGLERS TO ENTER TRYDUTS AT PICNIC First Annual Recreation to Be in Bonneville. CASTING EVENTS PLANNED club, away back in 1901 or 1902. hia personality found him friends wher ever he went. His cterlingf qualities as a pitcher were euch as to make many believe that he stood alone - a moundsman, that his equal was A never known, and now when he has' quit the frame, which Is all the better because it had m n of Matty's type in it for so Ions, his memory will live long-, longer than has that of other ' great diamond heroes of the past. For 20 years or more Matty played his game cleanly, and he leaves be hind him something that all tha youths of the land should copy. Matty proved that it is possible, when one steps forth on a professional athletio career, that he can round it out as usefully as is done in any other Una of endeavor. A quick return to health Is the wish of every baseball fan in the country. Club Members Will Take Part in Championships to Be Held la Seattle. was beaten In the 1915 exposition com petition for the King George cup by the Vordugr of Denmark. Mainland Flavor to Tourney. HONOLULU. T. H., July -31. (Spe cial.) There will be a mainland flavor in the island tennis champion ship tourney here which opens on August 16, due to the presence of Bowie Detrick, former California star. Detrick is now living on the island of Hawaii. Besides that island, there will be players from Oahu Maui and Kauai. Bantamweight "Cowboy"- Reyes Will Fight in U. S. ! BT FRANCIS OTJIMET. I Few Americans realize or appreciate MANILA, P. I.. July 31. "Cowboy" the great handicap the golfer faces Iteyes. Filipino boxer, claimant to the! who enters a British amateur event bantamweight championship of the l in addition to those Philippine islands, has sailed for the of climate and the tnuea Piaies on me i my 1 1 anoiiui i meniai strain mat Maduwaska, with his manager Joe Just natural VV Waterman, who has just finished his term of service as a chief yoeman in the navy. Young Reyes has defeated the best boxers in his class in the islands, and when he reaches the United States he expects to obtain a number of matches with Americans in the Pacific coast Cities. Reyes is 21 years old and weighs In the neighborhood of 117 pounds. AMERICANS FACE HANDICAP IN BRITISH AMATEUR GOLF Tendency Prevails to Overdo Things Yankees Encounter Different Scheme, May Too Frequently Cause Upsets. i Sports of All Sorts. An international swimming meet will be held at Victoria, B, C. on August 14. This will Interfere with the cat cbam pipnship to be swum at Coronado Tent City, August 15. Multnomah club will send a team to the Canadian meet but It (3 doubtful if the Portland club will be represented in the meet on the Mexican border. The Neptune Beach club of Alameda, Olympic club, San Francisco Oak Sand Athletic club and the various , cubs of Los Angeles will all send teams to the San liego competitions. iv., ? rait cm Uu.meL Khoely and MaKsart, both of Salt Lake re continuing their buttle for the premier position of Coast league batsmen. During the past week Maggart had the best of the argument and while .heely still leads his teammate la running him closer and closer each week. Maggart swatted 16 base hits last week against 11 by Sheelv. Sheelv has an average ot 3tf to 3ta by Maggart. The tne I act. mat so many competitors former, however, dropped three points, compel the Play to confine itself to 18 just natural!) worries when you leave home shores and have r.ot the usual affairs of the world to divert your attention, as you do have when you play through a season on home links. There is always the ten dency to overdo : the thing, about which much has been said. But on top of all this the Yankee encounters a different scheme of things which has and may too fre quently cause upsets. The fact that Travis conquered all this in 1904 and that Bob Gardner came so very close to doing so this season Is sufficient testimony to the fact that we turn out amateurs in this country who rank with the best England produces. That which Is upsetting" in the course of the British amateur is their plan of conducting it. There is no medal or qualifying round. As a re sult as many as 200 entries are often at the starting tee on the first day. They have been paired by draw and match play begins at once. Wading through such a field is hard enough, but what makes it most difficult is GOLFER IS CRITICISEDlEH WALTER IIAGEX IS TAKEN TO TASlt FOR REMARKS. over the previous week, while Masgart sained three. There Is not a daily "home-run" swatter In the Coast league like Babe Ruth. Bill Kumler the Salt Lake home-run cham pion and his teammate Sheely between them with '61 home runs are a Ions way behind Babe Ruth. Up in Victoria. B. C. they have a real future great Kirl swimmer. Miss Audrey tiriffin last week swam 100 yards In 1 minute 17 seconds, which is Just 1 2-5 eronoa slower than the Canadian record ; ish amateur at Sandwich tn 1914. I Is every indication that Mise Grltfin will holes. Now there have been cases and there will always be cases in golf where a fair golfer will havo a re markable day of play. He gets off to a flying start and when such is the case it is often too much for a better man to nip him in an 18-hole affair. Although I have nothing but good things to say concerning the golf of C. B. McFarlane. who put out Chick Evans in the fifth round of the Brit- before long be the new record holder in her country. Charlie Weldon. of the San Diego Row ing club, is making elaborate arrange ments tor the Pacific coast swimming championfhina that will be held at Coro nado Tent City course August 15. Weldon has sent Invitations to all the leading clubs and swimming centers of the coast and is anticipating a record-breaking en try. The courue for the races is in Glo rietta bay and is one of the most ideal It-rations for swimming competitions that can be found in any part of the country. still think that had that match gone the customary 36 holes in vogue in our own amateur that Chick would have won. McFarlane played dream golf the first nine of that battle, hol ing all sorts of approaches and putts. After that Chick was the better man. Still Chick was defeated w. en he was playing as good as he knew how. nearly always sufficient to turn the tide in his favor. Not only does our own plan- of con ducting an amateur stand forth as a better one, what with its qualifying round, which leaves a field of 32 start ers for the matches, and the matches themselves of 36 holes each, by far a better distance for a test, but it has so been approved of by no less a player than Harold Hiltin. himself sometimes British and. American ama teur champion. Hilton can see little room for improvement in our scheme of things. But in England the great feize of me iieia makes it necessary to play io-noie anairs so that the tourna ment may be completed within - week. Isot .only would a aualifvine- round permit their changing to our system but it would undoubtedly meet witn xavor among invading Yankees, who like this length of battle as the j better one to test the merit of com- Thus one sees at a glance what a splendid thing Bob Gardner accom plished when he reached the finals. There was no let down in his game all that week. He had to be ready, and he was, to match all opponents whether they were at the top of their game or not, whether they were en joying a day of magnificence which occasionally falls to our lot. I for one would like to see the Eng lish adopt our system of amateur tournament play because it seems as though we would have an entry or so in their amateur next season. In fact, it looks as though Bobby Jones had postponed his contemplated invasion but another year. Jones will make a distinct impression in England, not only because of his iron play. At this he seems to rank the field today. for in his recent match with Evans in the semi-final round of the western amateur he clearly outplayed that splendid golfer from tee to green. Jones is an ideal golfer to compete in England. He has everything in his favor and is rapidly curing his one fault, lack of experience, by en tering nearly every big affair held in America. 1 look upon him as one of the finds of the present generation, one who cannot long be kept from his ambition of leading American amateurs. One so long from the tee, so crisp in iron play and already- so steady on the greens is indeed a golfer of extraordinary capacity. And his strength favors him, to the extent that he cannot seem to get too much golf. Then, too, and in spite of many rumors to the contrary. Bobby has the correct temperament. He has not had the luck to break through as yet in his big affairs, having lost to Bob Gardner at Merlon, to Herron at Oak mont and recently to Evans at Mem phis. But Bobby's day is soon to come, of that I am sure: tCopyright, 1920, Sol Metzger.) American's Statement That There Is Xo Interest in Golf in Eng.'' land Is Resented. (Cupyrie;pt by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) LONDON. July 31. (Special Cable.) "Fairway," the golf expert of Sporting Life, takes to task Walter Hagen for an Interview he gave be fore he left England. In this inter view Hagen declared there is little interest or enthusiasm in golf in Eng land today, and complained: "Barnes and I were asked to play only one exhibition match over here. Had two premier English profes sionals visited America they would have been inundated with offers of engagements." "Fairway" retorts that Hagen and Barnes did not show the same class as Johnston and Tilden did at tennis and that, after the American profes sionals lost the championship, the British, naturally, preferred to see exhibitions by their own men. "Fair way" continues: "They failed and, in the case of Hagen. failed badly. His suggestion that there is little or no interest in golf in this country is an absurd statement which would not need con tradiction if it did not emanate from ere. partly by his apparent at- to appear the Beau Brummel of ks with his numerous spectacu lar costumes. British professionals wear most conservative, quiet suits. There also was a story told that dur ing the championship match Hagen went up to the cup. put his arm around it and exclaimed. "You are going back to America with me." Most English golfers and follow ers of the game do not appreciate such a story. UMPIRES MAY GET BERTHS Hickey Anxious to Get Daly and IMtzpatrick. Major league berths are in pros pect next season for at least two . members of the staff of umpires in the Western league. The favorable work of Umpires Frank Wilson and Joe. Becker has attracted attention from the National league and Presi dent Heydler is said to be consider ing them for his 1921 staff. Becker is a Chicagoan. William J. Buckley, Matty Fitzpat rick and Jack Daly are other mem bers of the Western league . umpir ing staff slated for advancement next season. President Hickey of the American association is anxious to obtain the service of Daly and Fltz--patrick, while Buckley probably will go to the International league. Football Schedule Preparing. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu gene. July 30. A copy of the football schedule of the University of Oregon Top WnUer F. Backus, president of club practicing at Sellwood pool Itotlom. left to right Hill Block, Dr. K. C. MrKarlnnd and Jack Her. man. secretary-treasnrer of the club- university. The annual homecoming of the university will be November 13 the date of the football game be tween the University of Washington and the University of Oregon. The coaching staff as announced include five men: Shy Huntington, Bill Hay ward. Bart Spellman, Ken Bartlett and Baz Williams. Members of the Multnomah Anglers' club, who are planning on entering the northwest fly and bait-casting championships at Seattle Friday and Saturday of this week, will have pportunity of being in on some real competition today, when the club stages its first annual picnic at Bonneville. One of the features of the day's out- ng will be a programme of seven casting events, including the same that will be used in the champion hips at Seattle. This should give the local club a chance to see just what its chances are of carrying off - the honors in the meet at the Puget sound city. There will also be other entertain ment at the outing at Bonneville, in cluding music, dancing and a spe cial casting event for the women members of the party. Good Katlng Promised. Plenty of fresh-cooked trout and coffee will be served to anglers and their families. ' The majority of events in the north west fly and bait-casting champion ships which were held in Portland last ear were won by local rod ana reel experts and the local fly flickers are going to Seattle this week with the determination of repeating last year's performance. That they will run up against some strong competition in the members of the Seattle club is certain. '1 ne r-ugei sound casters have been practicing all winter and will have the advantage over the Portland men of being at home and using their own casting pool. , The local club s chi-nees were ooi- stered up considerably when Bill Block, former northwest all-round champion, returned to Portland after an absence of several weeks and an nounced his intention of going alter the title again this year. Last year the all-round title was won by Wal ter F. Backus, president ot tne iviuit nomah Anglers" club, who was sent east to compete in the national championships at Chicago. CsMtera on a Par. That the casters of the coast are on a par with those of the eastern RtatuN waai evidenced by the fact that Backus made a most remarkable showing in the national tournament. Portland will be represemeo oy nmh,hlv 1 men in the Seattle tour nament. which will nave entries irum Tacoma. Aberdeen, tseinngnam. opo kane and several other normwesi According to word received irom the south, the San Francisco iiy-casi- to- ..lnh will hold a special wurna ment and celebration at Stow lake in Golden Gate park August 8. in honor of the birthday of lzaak Walton, fat ii r of Scientific Angling. A number of special events will be on tne programme, u have been sent out to all coast angling clubs to participate. MATTY LEAVES GIANT VOID Famed New Yorker Greatly Missed by Loyal Fans. NEW YORK, ' July 31. In these days when John McGraw is shak ing up his team that it might be something more than a mere flller-in in the pennant hunt, the parting of none from the club will be mourned so deeply as old Christy Mathewson, who is leaving to go away for a much-needed rest and the chance to build up again. Many a famous name has graced the various clubs which have trav eled under the name of Giants for 30 years or more, but none found the place in the hearts of the fans as did Matty. From the day he joined the FOOTBALL SEASON NEAR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TO HAVE BIG STAFF. Intcr-CIass Championship Begins at Berkeley August S3 Letter Men Are Barred. BERKELEY. Cal., July 31. (Spe cial.) Graduate Manager Mcols. of the University of California, has an nounced' that arrangements are now completed for the opening of the foot ball season. The university is to have the larg est coaching staff in It history, Andy Smith as usual beine; head of the, staf. The full staff will consist of five men specially Qualified for ths position. Last year three men -.oached the varsity and freshmen teams. B. M. Rosenthal, latest acquisition to the staff, w'.'l arrive from the east the latter prt of next month. He will specialize In coaching the line men. C. M. Price, who last year coached the freshmen, will this year handle the second varsity squad, while C. Q. "Dummy" Wells will be head fresh men coach with R. B. Watson as his assistant. The Pacific coast conference rules prohibit any of the coast members from doing any practice or receivr.g t Nicola. The interclass championship, which has always been a big feature ol the game at Berkeley, is set to begin August 23, one week after the college term begins. The last game of this series must be completed by Septem ber 11. None of the coaches will as sist in this series, and any coaching necessary must be done by member of the various class teams. The interclass series have an eligi bility rule which prohibits any "letter man" or varsity player from par ticipating. Neither will the men who made last year's freshman team be eligible. The rule will decide the merits of the classes, excluding stars, and is expected to be a factor in lin ing up possible, material for the var sity, second varsity and freshmaa teams for this season. Many former high school stars are expected to reg ister and these men will be gives every opportunity to show their abil ity in the interclass series. MATCHES JEJOfl OFF ENTRANT'S ABSENCE CAUSES DEFAULTS TO BE ENTERED. ORTEGA PREENING FEATHERS FOR ANOTHER EASTERN TOUR Jack Johnson Reiterates Story That He Laid Down to Former Heavy weight Champion Willard in Havana Says He Can Whip Jess. a distinct personality in the world of i for the coming year, together with golf. I announcements regarding tne annual There is no doubt that Hagen made homecoming are soon to be mailed to himself unpopular with the British all old students and alumni of the PORTLAND IROX WORKS STARS IN ACTION TODAY AGAINST HONEYMAN HARDWARE. S' ipT,-ir 7-1111 Zi: ft x . ; : - fT W ,y , i n ti ll LEFT TO RIGHT J. V. BRADLEY, MANAGER AND CATCHER; BERT SI. MARIE, THIRD BASEMAN J KENNY BROST, OUTFIELDER. BT HARRY B. SMITH. i AN FRANCISCO. Cal., July 31. (Special.) Battling Ortega Is preening; hia feathers for another eastern tour. It's not for the imme diate future, but if matters go well for the next month, Tommy Simpson plans to take his middleweight scrap per as far east as New York City, and if he can g:o through with his ambi tious programme, it will be quite well worthwhile. For one thing, Simpson Is hopeful of getting that return match with O'Dowd that was to have been staged in Portland, and didn't take place because of financial disturbances. Ortega still feels satisfied that he can take the measure of O Dowd and believes it would give him the op portunity he craves for other and even better matches. Should that match go through. Simpson would like to beard the lion In his den. In other words, he pro poses to go after Johnny "Wilson, the present middleweight champion of the world. Tommy thinks that a match can be arranged in New York City. Meantime, Ortega will take on such four-round bouts as are offered in and around San Francisco. The American Legion Is talking of put- ing on a show here to raise funds for the convention in tne soutniana or the state. They have, so it is re ported, signed Ortega and are looking aroundfor the right sort of an op- Donent. Marty Farrell Marvelous Marty has been suggested. .Marty is quite willing to accept terms, and that match would be a strong drawing card. The Legioners, so it is reported. are said to be strong for the boxing game, and have promised that at the state convention they will attempt to pass a resolution looking for 15-round boxing matches in the state, under proper regulation. The returned sol diers can do a good deal, if they are so disposed and the fight promoters are helping them out in the expecta tlon that- something may materialize. Willie Meehan is spending the sum mer months at home but says he will return to the east just as soon as the weather moderates and he can get going again. Willie continues to have a sufficiency of confidence in his own ability. There's not much doing for him hereabouts, as the timber for matches is lacking but at the same time, he draws down fnir cash in the eastern part of the country. The defeat of Fred Fulton at the hands of Harry Wills puts the Minne sota man decisively out of. the run ning for championship bouts. He certainly can't expect a battle with Jack Dempsey, heavyweight title holder, and would get no considera tion if he did. A so Fulton comes mighty close to proving that his allegation of a framed fight with Dempsey when Jack knocked him out is nothing but a lie. Fulton was trying to save his face by that story and simply made up the yarn to get out of 'a disagree able situation. Wills, of course, is a good fighter, but Fulton, with two knockouts against him. is a ham and eg pre r nothing else. The talk will now turn to the pos sibility of a Dempsey-Wills battle.! Indeed, it seems to be the only one in sight. A lot of people hereabouts f igure that Wills might clean' Demp sey. ! Personally, I would tag along with1 Dempsey. He is the younger man , ot the two. A'so I think that Wills has a powerful amount of respect for Dempsey. Jack is much faster than Fulton and hits harder. He also can stand a punch, which is hardly to be said for Ferocious Fred. At first Kearns and Dempsey wer Inclined to draw the color line. More recently, Kearns announced that Dempstey would fight Wills if the public demanded. Judging from ap pearances, I think that Dempsey needs the money and will be glad to take on the match. After our experiences with Jack Johnson, the sporting public may not take kindly to a mixed match of the sort, but enough of the fans will dig down into their pockets to make U quite profitable. Jack Johnson is reiterating his stories that he laid down to Jess Wil lard at Havana. Also he insists that he is In shape and that he can prove it by beating Willard. as well as a lot of so-called heaviea of the coun try. That's all poppycock. Johnson was a good man once, but no matter how Industriously he has. trained, he is through. He certainly couldn't give any one of the contenders a run for his money. For that matter, there is no occasion to resurrect Jess Wil lard. Once a champion is. beaten, and decisively, it Is just as well to forget him for all time. Xo Schedule Set for Today, but Players May Arrange Time With Opponents. All preliminary and first-round matches in, the annual spring handi cap tournament of the Irvington Ten nis club were run off yesterday after noon. Many matches went by default owing to the large number of en trants who left the city over the week-end. Dr. E. P. Stelnmetx won two matches during the day, defeating Olin Lewis. 6-4, 6-2, and Walter Goss, 8-6, 6-3. Dr. Steinmetz was in top notch form and played a very good game. No schedule was made for today. but players can play off their matches by arranging the time with their op ponents. Yesterday's results follow: Preliminary round W. Gray defeated Ed Murphv by default; Walter Goss de feated J. P. Mullr 7-S. 2-6. 6-3; Dan Lewis defeated K. H. Andrews by default: Prescntt Cook In sham defeated Waller Johnson bv defuit ; Dr. E. P. Stienmets defeated OHn Lewis 6-4. 6-2: E. Britts defeated Allen Hofmann by default; R. B. Bain Jr. defeated F. E. Harrigaa by default First round H. v. 'ate neteatea w. a. Rabsnn bv default : A. R. Muncer de f-r.,! VI1p Sfanrilsh fi-O: Jiri Veer wnri rifles defeated A. D. Wakeman by default; Dr. E. P. Pteinmets defeated Walter Ooss 8-6, 6-S; W. I. North rup de feated Kenneth Ringler by default: Will Wood defeated George Hogrshlre '.-0. 4-ft. 8-2; Walter Simpson defeated S. B. Cooke by defau't; Catlin Wolfard defeated James Shives 6-S. 3-6. 6-S; Cheater Froude de feated Jack Adams by default: H. E. Wheeler defeated Percy Lewis 6-3. 10-S; A. R- Munger defeated Stacy Hendricks 6-0. 6-1. In the Roped Arena. 'THE boxing fans are still talking about the great showing made by Alex Tram hitas In bis ten-round fiffht against Johnny McCarthy, the slugging; San Francisco wel terweight. In Salem recently. Alex put up the best fight of his career and. despite the fact that he sustained a deep two-Inch cut on his forehead In the second round, he kept boring away at Mc Carthy and plied up point after point with well-aimed punches that found their mark. In their previous meeting over the ten round route at the Heilig theater soma months ago the Portland youngster failed to show to any great advantage and seemed afraid of McCarthy's pile-driver punches, although he kept battling from start to finish. He lost the decision. Their second ten-round encounter was a horse of another color. Trambius never backed up from McCarthy for a second and kept ripping1 In stinging punches unflinch ingly. He came within an ace of toppling Johnny on several occasions ajid only the an Francisco Harp's great . toughness weathered him through. As t he fig ht progressed McCarthy be came weaker, while Trambltas cam on with a rush. At the present time Alex Trambltas Is Portland's most promising youngster sml If he can keep up the gait that he set against McCarthy he will be a hard man to beat. Travle Davis, the Evsrett welter weight who recently won a four-round de cision over McCarthy, probably will be the next opponent for Trambitas and If Alex can beat him he will have an excellent claim to Pacific coast honors. The cut bs received In the McCarthy battle Is heallnc rapidly and he expects to be able to box again within a month. e Al Beyers, former star featherweight of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club w"ho. In the old four-round amateur days, won decisions over such boys as Lloyd Madden and Earl Baird, Is leaving Portland Mon day for a visit to his home In Milwaukee. Wis., which he has not visited in over 1J years. Beyers, who turned professional several years ago. expects to do some box ing while in the east and already has re ceived several offers. His two brothers, Elmer and Carl, will accompany him on the trip.