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; THE OHEQOH" DAILY JOUITNAX,-rOKTLANP. TUESDAY EVENTING, DECEMBER 23, 1902.
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SeattleSportsmanWould
End It All.
SayS Seattle Will Remain Trtie If
Portland Will Tarn Cali
fornia Down.
When Hank Harris, Mosely and
those associated with him in or
ganizing the new baseball league
and placing teams In Seattle and
Portland, reach the former city
they are not likely to find every
thing such plain Bailing as they
alleged it has proved here. Mr. Van
De Vanter, one of the most prom
inent sporting men in the Pacific
Northwest, will enter the field
against them and he states most
positively that he can block their
game on Puget Sound.
'He has a heart that is cruel and cold,
. Who will let a new friend take the place
01 tne ou-:
The above correctly expresses the senti-
ments of former Sheriff J. W. Van De
vanter or Seattle, regarenng tne invao.- time, but is still in sufficiently good
lng of Northwest Baseball League terri- trim to put up a scientific and hard
tory by the Callfornai League. -r. Van fought bout All were men of the first
De Vanter, now prominently known as a
sportsman and engaged in promoting
fairs and racing associations, Is at the
Imperial today, just returning from an
extensive trip through California.
"What is this I hear about the break-
lng up of the Pacific Northwest Baseball
league?" he queried of a reporter for
The Journal, as soon as the latter Individ-
ual had made known his business. "I
hope Portland will act wise in this mat-
ter. It is not something that can be
gone into in a hurry. 1 shall make it my
business while here today to see those
prominently connected with -baseball af-
fairs in Portland and shall put in a
good, round knock against the California
usurpers.
MATTER1 OF BUSINESS
"Neither Seattle nor Portland can af.
ford to become allied with JSwv Francisco.
in anything of a business' nature. Both
Portland and Seattle are commercial riv
als of San Francisco and always will be.
There can be no such thing as peace be-
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Coast and the metropolis of the South.
not even in baseball. If the people of
this section tamely submit to incursions
from the South they will come to regret
It most aerlously. I can hardly" believe
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lucjr nie in caiursi auuui uio tuaiLei, ur
that they will give it even momentary
Mr. Van De Vanter came up on the
train from San Francisco with Mr. Har
ris, who is engineering the California ex
pansion. "He toTd me," said the Seattle
man, "that their object in coming North
was to break up the Northwest League.
He was very frank and I have not the
least doubt that he spoke the absolute
truth. They have seen that Portland and
Seattle made money in baseball and they
want to turn those profits their own
way.
KILE IT IN SEATTLE
"I have Mr. Furth and Mr. Dickinson
with me in Seattle and am certain that
I can kill the movement there. And I
will do it If Portland will hold out I
am certain that Seattle will stick to her
faith.
"It Is absolutely certain that neither
-Portland nor. Seattle can support two
baseball teams. Why, then, should they
attempt it? Logically the present North
west League circuit is the correct one.
Northern' teams cannot afford to make
the long Southern Jump. The charges
for railroad transportation will be too
great. The people in this city, if they
received poor ball laBt year, should fire
their managers and get new ones, not
Jump to another league. There is no
sense In the latter move. It will not
better conditions, for the Northwest
League will only put In a team that will
come into competition with the California
League team and both will lose money.
as a result poor ball will be given
HAS POLITICAL VIEWS.
"What do you know of the Washington
political ana senatorial outlook? was
asked.
"I have been out of the state some
time," replied Mr. Van De Vanter, "and
have lost my grip on politics. Of course
the thing Is seething inside, even though
it may only be simmering on the surface.
"I think Harold Preston is very good
man, and 1- think Harold Preston is a
J very atcong.nuln, but there is one thing
smart do not believe about his' candi
dacy. That is this: I do not believe he
atands the least show of being defeated
In his race for the Senatorship.
GREAT FIGHTERS
BECOMING SCARCE
i
Once Familiar Faces Are Fast Dis
appearing From the Ring.
Slowly but surely the
which has occupied the nt
puauiBui; ovage ior me last 10 years Is
being hyed aside by younger bloW.
Jim Corbett Is the only fighter of note
in the early '90's who la atUl given the
faintest claims to consideration In the
heavyweight class, while, of all the
campions and prospective champions of
a oecaae ago lommy Kyan alone holds
am position, in me ring.
. That the '. old-timers held their emo
tions for so long is the only surprising
lemure. j-ugniBiic success is generally
ruwueu iniu two or mree years, but the
hamplons of 1892 held their own for I
hearty 10 years. Then they all retired
rom tne xoremost ranks. A. year ago
Fltzsimmons. Sharkey, Ruhlin; Corbett
and even old Maher were still danger
oua men In fact, the beat men at their
weight. Now the stars of all have aet
Corbett alone wants his final chance at
the championship.
NEW FACES APPEAR.
Within the laat year Carter, Root,
Gardner' and O'Brien have loomed up as
dangerous factors In the heavyweight
and light heavyweight divisions. These
men combine science and- hard-hitting
ability, the qualities laid down by
Toung Corbett aathe necessities in the
fighter of today' Their comparatively
sudden appearance has swept to the wall
the men who were the leading heavy
weights for the last 10 years.
Dearth of new material is responsible
for the fact that Maher et at held their
own for so long In the heavyweight
world. Until the development of Car
ter, Root, Gardner and O'Brien, not a
In'srlo heavyweight of class has been
uoroivcu biuvQ vui uviw wui 1110 uon j-
weight championship, save only Jeffries
and Sharkey; and as Sharkey's star was
brightest in the middle '90's, He may be
classed with the elder division.
Tommy Ryan still holds the position
he won 10 years ago in fact, he has
Improved his position within six years,
although for the last two years he has
done little his bout with Carter was
practically his only severe bout He has
taken care of himself, however, and
though his ring career is longer than
that of the several mentioned in the old
time list, he is still the most dangerous
factor in the ring of his weight.
DIXON HOLDING ON.
George Dixon made a plucky stand
against elimination from the ranks of
the topnotchera, but after winning the
featherweight championship two nights
before Corbett became heavyweight
champion, be went under before Terry
McOovern and then started down hill.
Dixon is wined nut. Rharkev has re-
tired. Ruhlln is a second rater. Fits-
I aimmons has. njqst likely fought hl4ast
Dattie, and now Maher' has joined the
ranks of "dead ones." Chovnakl has
been on the downward path for aome
rank eight years ago; save Sharkey,
whose pinnacle of success came about
in 1898 and 1897. Frank Erne is a later
product but he, too, has met with gruel-
lng defeats in the last year.
Of the mention as products of 10
years ago, however, this may be said
That it is doubtful if the ring at any
previous time in its history ever saw
so many fighters in each division at any
one time. From featherweight to heavy
weight holders of titles were of the
highest ability in their line, and in each
division one or ' two candidates were
Present of almost equal skill with the J
cnampions
WHY - LONG SHOTS WIN.
In a communication from one of the
best handlcappers in the- country, now
J A" Orleans he satl ia . f.om
Lr,e 6h"tly shown by "horses must be en-
tirely erased when the season changes
and the track gets good. The writer
says ho has seen dozens of horses that
were better than the winners of races,
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whatever to get on the much-talked-of
path. "One wants to look for quick
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ureaaers,
says . he, in conclusion.
when the track is bad, as a alow be
ginner has little or no chance to make
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This means that it will be good Judg
ment to look for a complete change of
form when the track gets good.
TO HUNT
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Lady Delamere. famoux English
beauty, daughter of Earl EnfrTsklllen. Is
going to South Africa, She accom
panies her husband on a hunt for big
game. She Js an enthusiastic sports
woman.
PORTLAND-CHICAGO.
Seventy hours is the time of the O. R.
& N. 'Chicago-Portland Special," from
Portland to Chicago, leaving every morn
In at 9 o'clock. Inquire city ticket office.
Third and Washington.
F. Dresser & Co.
PORTLAND'S
GREATEST GROCERY
W Cater to Those Who De
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CORNER SEVENTH AND
WASHINGTON STREETS
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PIG SKIN MEN
ARE READY
Oregon Eleven in the Tery Best of
Condition.
SECRET PRACTICE HAD DAILY
Multnomah Players Claim That Ore
gon Will Be Easy Game.
If the signs are right and the Oregon
pigskin players think they are, the Mult
nomah football aggregation ia going to
receive a genuine surprise on Christmas
Day on, the local gridiron. Ever since
the defeat on Thanksgiving Day, the Ore
gon boys have had a strong feeling away
down In their football hearts that a sound
threshing was due the club players, and
that the best time to deliver the goods
was on Christmas Day. The university
eleven has been strengthened by six of
its old stars and the eleven that will face
Multnomah will be the most formidable
team that ever went out from Eugene.
Two practices are held dally and during
the evenings signal quizzes are gone
through. The team will average about
165 pounds, a little heavier, perhaps, than
their opponents. Fred Zelgler, 1H02, will
be found at his old position at left end,
and side-line cranks say that he is the
peer of any end rush ever turned out In
the Northwest., Zelgler. nlaxed .on the
Oregon eleven for four seasons, being cap
tain of the team in 1900 and 1901. In the
former year, he was chosen by Califor
nia experts as left end on the All-Paciac
Coast team. Zelgler goes Into the oppos
ing interference hard, and runsi through
his territory were few and far between
when he guarded the goal line of his
Alma Mater. This season Zelgler has
been playing with the Oregon Medics,
and is therefore still a student In the
University of Oregon.
Bernard C. Jakway. 1902, will fill his
old position at left tackle, being pitted
against Martin Pratt, his old-time rival.
Pratt and Jakway are among the best
tackles on the Coast, and the two will
perform old-time stunts on Christmas
Da;-.
Billy Scott, 1901, will play quarterback,
alternating with L. G. Bradley. 1899. Scott
was a member of Oregon's famous 'eleven
that defeated Berkeley in 19J0, while
Bradley la another old 'varsity horo.
During the season Just closed, Bradley
played quarterback for thet.Oregon Med-
Wa, and .t.sjtherejfore fitmiMW W1
lion 1UI Hie iih. uik&vii a iiwvjf cviiiei
trio McKlnney, Kerron and Frltzell wli
play in their regular positions, an
"Dutch" Thayer will again face Captni
Kirklcy at tackle. All of these men did
good work on Thanksgiving Day, Thayi
especially showing marked aptitude foi
the game. The position of right end will
be filled by Captain Homer Watts.
Joe Templeton will play his customary
position at right half, while Goodrich
and Payne will alternate In the othe
halfback position.
Charles L. Templeton. l!99, will prob
ably hold down the position of fullback
although McKlnney may be shifted to
that position, and Wagner, 1901, substl
tiUed as center rush.
Indications point to a large and n
thuslastic crowd at the game. The weath
er man says that the day will !,e Idea
in every respect, anil that no one attend
ing need fear getting wet.
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE.
Indications now point to the entire re
sumption of athletic relations between
Yale and Harvard on a lons-term basis.
while nothing was given out as to the
conference of the Y'ale and Harvard men
held recently, those who know left
It to be Inferred that the conference was
a very amicable meeting and that every
thing is practically completed for the nn
houhceme'iif 'of'the "forms of agreement.'
Walter Camp, who was designated ns
spokesman for the conference. .. fldrnitttj
rhnt the YfurBtlon or - die-lhfHty ," h -
been the chief topic comlderei. H' said
however, that nothing d finite was axrn t
upon and that the conference adjourned
to meet again after the holidays.
The question of the eligibility of Ed
gar T. Glaps. the Yale guard who Is al
most sure to be elected captain of the
Yale football team If he Is decided to be
eligible. Is a hard nut for the conference
to crack. Much time was spent In the
discussion of this case and the result.
It is stated, will undoubtedly be the adop
tion or a set of general rules which will
prevent petty squabbling and hair-splitting
such as Harvard and Yale have In
dulged In during the past two years. It
is the general opinion now that the rules
win be framed so that Glass will' be elig
ible to Yale another season.
There Is also a possibility of changes
In the annual Yale-Harvard regatta at
New Iondon. the prevailing opinion bein?
Jhat the 'varsity eights will row three
mties in ruture instead of four.
.Those present at the .recent -conference
Were. Wlte Cam??- Prof. T. g.-WooTsy,
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., and B, Sar
gent and the athletic managers and cap
tains for Yale and Prof. Ira E. Hollls
chairman of the Harvard Athletic Com
mittee; j. j. Morrow and E. E. Krumb
harr for Harvard.
WHAT LEANDER ATE.
Even for such a giant as Georre Lean-
der the amount of food reported to have
been consumed by the Chicago boy during;
i ,c7 a mew- m iNew xork last
week was something to wonder at. Plug
ging along fhe way Leander did ia harder
work than digging ditches and reports
from the garden say that in the H2 hours
Leander made away with the following
Twelve pounds of steak, 12 pounds of
chops, 6 boxes of prepared breakfast food
4 boxes of grapes, 24 bunches of celery'
24 bottles of koumyss. 60 bottles of apolli
narls, 18 bottles of ale, 48 oranges, half
a peck ot apples. 4 chickens, 6 packages
of wafera, IS quarts of milk, I pounds of
coffee, 1 1-2 pounds of tea, 24 cups of
custard. 12 bottles ginger ale, 60 eggs
2 quarts sherry, 4 quarts of burgundy 72
cans of beef tea, 2 gallons of vinegar
20 pounds of sa sattr 15 loaves of breadj
12 cans of bouillon, 8 jars calves' foot
Jelly. . The sea salt and vinegar were for
rubbing and bathing.
Commissions on California "(sees.
Accepted at Portland Club Cate, ISO Fifth
street. Direct wires from tracks.
Sporting news, Tracy Deany, 106 4th.
PUGILISTS
VERY BUSY
A Sketch of the'Iron Man Who
Stopped Jeffries.
COLOR LINE DRAWN IN EAST
Interesting Doings of the Wrestlers
of the Country.
Jack Munroe of Minnesota, un onry
boxer that ever received a dccUkm over
Champion Jeffries, h havlr.g stayed the
alloted four rounds at Buttr, Mont . on
the 20th Inst, and during the contest
forced the champion to his kn. i s, is not
a stranger on the Pacific SH . Soino
four yeara since be arrived at .-un Fran
cisco with "Big" Fred Russell, ai.d on
the arrival of Jack O'Brien at the Gulden
Gate from Philadelphia to meet Al .Will,
Munroe's services were enlinu l to pre
pare the Philadelphia favorite fur his
contest with Neill. Prior to Munroe's
advent In San' Francisco he was known
ns a football coach, haying also played
center rush with Minnesota's teums. Up
to Munroe's recent meeting with Cham
pion Jeffries he was looked on as a mere
tyro at the game. Munroe stand.- six
feet one Inch, and weighs over 200 pounds.
Tom Tracey of this city, when training
at Alameda, Cal., had a lively B with
Muncoo, and though the Australian had
somewhat the better of the content, he
then advised Jeffries' victor to enter the
arena against one of-" the big heavy
weights. Thus a mere novice has mic
'ceeded In securing the first award on
record against Champion Jeffries. Fitz
slmmons, it is now said, may meet Mun
roe under the same conditions before a
Butte or Anaconda audience. Several of
Butte's wealthiest sport promoters have
offered to wager $1,000 that no man In
the Northwest, outside of Jeffries or
Fltzsimmons, can stand against Munroe
ten rounds. Thia may bring response
from Duncan McDonald, who once stood
up bef ore Pete McCoy , in , a .mtracUsl.
conies, -ana womr w v ""nj mi
emerge from his temporary retirement
FORBES ARRIVES.
Harry Forbes, pugilistic champion of
the world in the bantam division, arrived
in San Francisco Friday night, accom
panied by his manager, John Hertz.
Forbes is matched to box Frankle Nell,
the local midget, at the Reliance Club,
Oakland, this evening. The weight Is 115
pqunds at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Forbes. Who trained for the event be
fore leaving Chicago, will complete his
work at the Reliance Club. In the event
of winning he will remain some little
time In San Francisco in the hope of se
curing other matches. Manager Herts
says that Forbes Will box Eddie Hanlon
If the latter agrees to weigh 120 pounds
at the ringside.
The match between - .Forbes and- .N41
Is one of the most Important held In this
section for many months, as a world's
championship Is Involved. It Is on the
cards that the winner will Ue pitted
Jnt.JWrft-. hIU - lMtm. -
champion of Rnglund. who Is at present
In this country looking for mutches,
KOKUKS AND NEAL.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 23 The anna
of the Athletic Club is to U l..e scent
tonight of the most noMlili- pugilistic
i vent seen on the Pacific Coast Kince the
Jeffrles-KltzsimmouB cm i.nnti r. The con
testants are to be Hai ry l-'oi bes of Chi
cago and Frank Neal. the 1'acllic ("oust
bantam, and the prize is the bantam
weight championship title, now held by
the Chicagoan. Th.- articles of agree
ment call for a art-n-und bout at 113
;K)"nds.
f-'orbes, accompani' by his trainers,
arrived here several l;i. ago. and has
completed his work of preparation for
the battle Judging from Mday's reports
from his training quarters, he is In line
lettle for hi contest. Neal likewise ia
reported In excellent trim for the fray
nnd his ninny admirers In this vicinity
are of the opinion that l.e will give the
champion a hard tufsle. Though the Pa
cific Coast boy lias been lighting only
about two years, lie lia.t .lone excellent
work, defeating some "f the best lads
In his class.
COLOR I. INK I'HAWJf.
Only recently the nut ln.i Itles in two
KiiStern cllier, one ,of them Baltimore,
have requested the promoters of boxing
Avtertainnienls "to inaV; Wb matPhes be
tween white men and ncmoos. This rule
Ivai.-bwn -In- vw -in M-il -a trtsw Tor"t he"
pa-t two years, as tin pro note rs of the
local cltihj realized. ti al n w:m bud taste
to match a white man aualnst a colored
one. It may be all rinnt nom tne spec-
tntori" point of view If the white man
Is winning, but let the colored man be
winning and the spectator Is changed;
he wants none el it. The race prejudice
Is there and cannot l' eliminated. Of
courp. thl.s IS not u liorwraansnip,
but the only way to prevent such feeling
Is to make no matches la-re the white
man and the nesro clash The colored
man Is entitled to just a- fair treatment
as the white man, but t'm prejudice Is
there just the same, and the crowd will
not stand for It. in Kntland. however,
the colored man receives Just as fair
treatment as though lie were white, as
the Englishman rather likes the colored
man Jt is better, however, to match
the colored men togetln r and likewise
the whites, then there no cause for
complaint. There are pi. nty of boxers
In both classes and promoters need not
mtx-rhem." lrw'BfolaTjr.v .iifferent In case
of a Champion, as that ha ages the whole
complexion of the cas. There have
been exceptions, too. wtn-re colored men
in this ceuntry have received all recog
nition due to their ability. Take, for In
stance, Peter Jackson. Oeorge Dixon
and Joe Gans (prior to the tatter's al
leged fake with McCovern), and they
were ail treated the same as white men,
but Dixon and Jackson were both true
sportsmen and deserved to be classed
with the best. .
MUNROE WORRIES CHAMPION.
'Ironman" Munroe. who came within
an ace of putting Champion Jeffries, out
of business at Butte on Saturday night,
made the following statement to the press
yesterday in answer to Jeffries' state
ment to a New York paper that he could
easily have whipped Munroe had he so
desired:
"When Jeffries says I failed to hit him.
he is attempting to deny what 1,500 peo
ple who witnessed the contest will say
is the truth. At least six times I found
Jeffries' face, and the fact that It was red
and puffy will testify whether or not
hit him. Jeffries did bis best to knock
liie out.-Every one who saw the mill will
corroborate what i havevsaid."
CLOSE FINISH AT INQLEBIEE.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23. Interesting
port was witnessed at Ingleslde yester
day and the betting was very lively. One.
of the closest finishes of the season oc
curred In the fifth race, when Frltsbrillar,
of the E. J. Arnold it Co. suing, won
by a nose from Alice Carey, a 20 to 1
shot. The riding of Burns gained him the
victory. Frltsbrillar waa entered for MOO
and Sandy McNaughton, owner of Alice
'Carey, raised It to 12,500 In one bid, at
which price, he secured him.
Ethylene won the last race. Tulare
took the steeplechase handicap at odds of
20 to 1 from Crest, the 7 to 10 favoritev
Flashlight fell, end G. Wilson fell off
Mike Rice on a sharp 'turn. Jockey
Cochran, discouraged by his failure to
ride more winners, left for home today.
I'.esults:
Five and a half furlongs, selling Kath
erlne Ennls won, Hesper second, Gibral
tar third; time. 1:10 1-2.
Six and a Half furlongs, purse Sterling
Towers won. Alms Giver second, Itosarie
third: time, 1:2J 1-2.
Seven furlongs, selling Budd Burns
won. Matt Hogan second, Goldone third;
time, 1:29 1-2.
Handicap steeplechase, short course
Tulare won. Crest second. Loyal S. third:
lime. 2:33 1-2.
Six furlongs, selling Frltzbrillar won,
Alice- Carey second, Quatre third; time,
1:16 1-2.'
One mile, selling Ethylene won. Ax
minster second, Bill Massle third; time,
1:43.
JACK O'BRIEN'S
BUSINESS ABILITY
During His Short Pugilistic Career
He Has Made a Fortune.
Philadelphlana are naturally proud of
Jack O'Brien, one of their most favored
prizefighters. O'Brien, unlike most of his
class, possesses fine business capabilities,
and during his career has accumulated
a anug little fortune. Recently oUrlen
posted 11.000 to arrange a match wlWi
Tommy Ryan for the middleweight cham
shlp of the world. O'Brien has made
140,000 at the boxing game since June 10,
1899, and now owns 20 small properties in
that city. From 19 of these properties he
is collecting rent. His parents live in the
twentieth house, and Jack Is doing what
he can to help bring up the younger mem
bers of the family In the way they should
go.
About 110,000 wprth of O'Brien's worldly
goods were picked up In' England on his
retBlir 'Tlstf.'Tonim'SiSaiiil'W ' whlefv "ex
tended over a period of 13 months, and
the greater amount of the balance was
collected right In Philadelphia since
his return to this country last February.
Considering the fact that O'Brien Is not
yet 25 years of age, and possessed of no
special advantage over the average youth
In the way of strength to fit him for
such a rugged occupation as he Is now
following, his remarkable success must
be credited to his own experience and
strict attention to business rather than
to any favors of fortune. O Brleil at-,
tributes his success to diligence and to a
natural shrewdness that has taught him
to always take advantage of every op
portunity that comes to him.
This shrewdness helped him In acquir
ing skill as a boxer; In securing oppor
tunities that would work to his ultimate
good: to making advantageous matches
awl to-avoid punishment In the ring by
knowing how to keep from being cor
nered, as well as making the other fel
lows afraid every time he seemed likely
A - Js;t' We 'fllrgfllfllfiglif Ttts pugl'ltstlccaieer
O'Brien was awkward and given to
Stage fright. After he had learned to
box he seemed unable to hit hard, and
now he does not class us a slugger. Hut
he has taught the men whom In has met
to respect his stinging blows, and any
who hnve failed to respect them have
repented. He is today one of iTi,. best
IlKhtera In the ring, oiiti lassljif many of
the featherweights In this respect, while
few of the big men come anywhere near
his sieed.
Wrestling, the popular sport of many
countries. In nowhere more popular than
In Jupan, where it Is considered a na
tional sport, says the New York Journal.
Possessed of wonderful strength, the
Japanese athletes are tine specimens of
physical manhood. They follow tho
Kport from chlldhroil. and there are few
In the country of the Mikudo who can
not handle themselves cleverly on the
mat. In the chumpionHlilp tournaments
which are held irregularly, however, only
the liiunts hnve a chance to carry off the
honors, us they are K" overwhelming with
Strength It would only be folly for the
little fellovs to tackle them.
These athletes are the only big things
In Japan, everything else being small In
comparison. They cirtninly are large, the
miHt famous oiks Itcing perfect moun
tains of nVgh. Hut they are usually so
lithe nd actfve that is h-en tri "nrridft. "there"
Is no suggestion of weight or clumsiness
Jnvt-wrttr rH"e?e Tel'lnw s look I,kVVn'n bV
imagined vl'i-n It Is known th.it the pres
ent champion of the empire is about 7
feet In lulght and weighs 4u0 pounds.
Ills name Is Yokodbuma, and he Is only
;tu years of age. The pride uf the Japan
ese wrestlers Is that they ;re born to
their profession. They sav their eigunttc
bodies are n gift trom heaven. The po
sition of wrestlers In Japan has always
been high, skilled strength being looked
upon with great respect. At the cham
pionship tournaments only the l't wrest
lers In the empire gather. Kometinns
they number and there Is as much
enthusiasm during the programs of a
match as there la in this country at a
football gume.
CHESS CHAMPION
VISITS THE COAST
Dr. Emanuel Lasker, the World's
Expert, Gives Exhibition.
Dr. Kmanuel Ijisker, world's chess
champion, played eleven games simultan
eously In the presence of about liUo de
votees of the game Saturday afternoon.
in-the- a o -the--Mechanics' IrrstltDie-r
Chess Club. San Francisco.
The champion won eight of the games,
drew one and lost two. Those who won
airalnst Ur. Lasker were N. J. Manson,
president of file club, and Frank Stern
berg, in consultation with Juan Maxemin
and Hugh tHenjamln. The game with
John Wlnton was drawn..
The players at the various tables and
the character of their gcimes were as fol
lows. Ir. W. H. Franklin, king's gambit
declined; M. C. Kttinger. irregular open
ing: E. A. Cutting. Irregular; K. Nevill,
irregular: H. 13 Griffiths. Petroff defense;
Frank Sternberg and allies. king's
knight's gambit; N. J. Manson. Scotch
rsmblt declined: Dr. Benjamin Marshall.
Hungarian defense: J. L. Olibert. (ilucco
piano; John Wlnton. Steinltz opening; A.
1. Kuh, Ruy Lopez.
MAY COMPETE A R ROAD.
Although no official move has yet been
mado toward arranging the international
Inter-'Varslty athlellc -match between
Harvard-Yale arid qxford-Oambrldge for
next summer In London, tiwre is every
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likelihood that the meet will btfhcld.
Hurry . Urooks of Yale, who was chalr-
charge of the match last year, said re
cently: "It la in order that a match between
the athletes of Harvard and Yale and
Oxford and Cambridge should take place
next seupon at the Queen's Club, Ixmdori,
and doubtless when the proper time ar
rives there will be no trouble In arrang
ing tho iletulls. 1 see no reason why such
a contest should not take place In 1903.
I'ersonully I have not been asked to make
any move In the matter as yet, nor am I
aware that anything ha been done ofti
clally ut New Haven or Cambridge. What
has been printed in the newspapers Is
simply rumor and nothing more. Prob
ably later on there will be a meeting
of the Yale and Harvard representatives,
and not until then will there bv any
definite news alajut the contest."
The first match between Yale-Harvard
and Oxford-Cumbrldge took place In 1899
In Loudon, and it was then understood
there should be a contest every two
years, alternating between New Y'ork
and Ix.ndoii. In the first match the
Americans were defeated by the English
men, but when the Englishmen came
here they were beaten at the Berkeley
Oval. So It Is a case of leg and leg, and
this fact alone should make the contest
next year of great interest to the ath
letic world at large.
CYCLISTS ORGANIZE.
A most powvTfut -eyeting- organization
has been formed in New York City. It
Ts to' he 'known -aft "the' Irrternatiorutt Cy-'
clists' I'nloii, and will have absolute con
trol of ull wheeling organizations in the
world.
The formation of this union was
membership to the National Cycling As
sociation of the Australian Cycling Coun
cils., which Includes organizations In con
trol of, cycling In the various colonies of
Australia. The National Cycling Union
of Credit Rrltain is already In tho great
organlzntlon. With 'the enrollment of the
body th-' victory of the International Cy
clists' I'nlon was complete. The annual
meeting of tho union will bo held in
l'arls in March.
WIU0STLING NOTES.
Jack Carkeek. the American wrestler,
who is In England touring the country,
s.iys that wrestling Just .now Is all tho
lage in Kuglatid. Carkeek In an Intorest
lni; letter to Tho Sun writes:
"The game is nourishing as it has
never done In Tor,-, and it will continue
so unless' som -one Siena., focward and
tries tu. hippodrome, the public. MatcSefe
are held tiniest daily, and some of them
are extremely Interesting. The best
wnstler developed thus far among thelit
tie fellows is Tunl, the Jup. He Is cor
t ilnlv a. wonder, and In many ways re
I'liuds me of Soraskachl. He has a
unique way of grappling his opponent,
t ut when he gets you ho knows how
to get you duwn. (ieorge Hackenschundt
is another clever man. He ,1s endowed
with ;rcat strength; but tie has one fault
i.,,..-,.r ,n,i unit is tnat na is lenient.
Tn,,re' iM,';1V of boHh of txli wrestling.' but
my tluje is taken up with, theatrical con
tracts and I cannot very well get away.
If Jenkins or Lot liner or any of the other
Americans visit England they will make
money. I Intend to .remain abroad until
next summer, when I will visit the states
asr:iln."
Harvey Parker has signed articles to
meet Prof. M. J. Dwyer in a handicap
natch at Scranton In February. The two
net some time ago and Parker lost.
Parker contends that he was In no condi
tion, and that he waa wnable to train
properly for the bout. Parkier, by the
way. Is doing excellent work on the road.
Kecently nt Milwaukee he threw 13 men
in one week at an average of six minutes
for eaclv bout. Most of his opponents
weighed at an average about 190 pounds.
Tom Melnerney says he will give Jim
Parr an opportunity to meet him. Of
late Parr has shown a desire to wrestle
the Irishman and has repeatedly chal
lenged him. In order to ascertain whether
the Englishman is really In earnest, Me
lnerney has posted a forfeit. In Cleveland,
which he invites Parr to cover.
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