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WHICH FIGHTER IS YOtJR CHOICE FOR LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION TO SUCCEED JOE GANS?
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KETCHEL WIIIS IN
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Tour Punches Knock Sulli-
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CLEVER MSG FEIXTINO
GIVES THE OPENING
. KeferM Roche Thought Mike Twin
Dead m He Lay Motlonlesi on the
- Floor Inattdlbljr Breathing From
. Effect of Terrible Punch.
' -.Br W. W. Nauchton.
"SB Francisco, Feb. 22. In on min
ute, eighteen and a half aeconda from
the time the clang of the atarting gong.
vibrated on the amoke-laden air at Cof
froth'a arena, Mike T. Sullivan of Boa
ton lay under the ropea of the ring aa
motionless aa a log. , Hie eyes were
closed and his liya were stained with
blood. A few feet from him on the mat
was the gold crown of a tooth which
had been knocked from his mouth by
one of Ketchel's wicked punches. In
the middle of the ring stood Ketchel of
Michigan awaiting results. Ten sec-
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Statement by Ketchel.
"J fought Sullivan the way I
, planned to fight him. I did not.
; of course, expect that the first
punch I landed would put the re- 4
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4 Joe carries around with him, but 4
4 against Sullivan I did not have 4
4 to look out for that, as Sullivan 4
4 is a boxer, and I did not fear 4
4 anything that he could land 4
4 would put me dcVn and out. So 4
,4 I sailed Into him, and the result 4
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4 Jack Sullivan wants to fight me 4
4 I am ready, but I will insist 4
4 that he makes 154 pounds. I am 4
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4 weights, and today I do not 4
4 weigh more than 160 pounds. I 4
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ends later they were movlnR Sullivan's
head In its socket and yanking his arn.a
to hasten his return to consriousiiess.
r The fight will be viewed fromiffer
nt standpoints. To some it will rank
With such sensational torles as that
of Dal Hawkins ow.iartin Flaherty
at Carson and Tommy Burns' triumph
over Squires. To others, who prefer to
regard it as a fiasco, It will stand out
as a more miserable exhibition than the
one Squires, the Australian, made with
Champion of the World Burns. Aside
from its brevity, It was a vicious, sin-
care, honest battle,
- Ketchel handled Mike T. Kullivan In
a more workman-like manner than Joe
Cans did and Gans Is supposed to be
the embodiment or ail mat is neat ana
knowledgeable In the sport or pugilism.
It took Gans a few rounds to solve
Sullivan's curves. Ketchel seemed to
know his man like a book from the mo
ment the chairs were whisked from the
ring and dealt with him accordingly.
Four Poaches landed.
There were Just four telling punches
landed. Ketchel was behind them all.
First he tumbled the Bostonlan with a
left on the chin. This blow virtually
ttlAH th. flerht fnr Mnlllvan won
limp, wobbling piece of humanity ever
alter. Next a right nander caused sui
Uvan to crumble. When he arose he
waa bowled over with another right
and even as he fell a savage right pelt
In the pit of the stomftch knocked the
wind completely out of him.
'He fell on his side and Referee
Roche stood over and watched closely
as Timekeeper Harting tolled off the
few brief seconds of respite that the
Queensberry rules allow a fallen glad
iator before sentence of defeat Is pass
ed.' A look of alarm came Into Roche's
face and well 11 might, for Sullivan
had seemingly ceased to breath. s
-It was purely a matter of causa, and
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Here are the boys who aspire to the lightweight championship
now held by Joe Gans. The two youngsters in fighting pose are
Battling Nelson at the -left and "Poor" Unholz at the right. The
picture at the extreme left shows the "Terrible" Dane's famous
fighting face. In the center is a photograph of Joe Gans, the light
weight champion, and at the right is Packy McFarland, the hard
hitting Chicago boy, who is in line for the championship.
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effect however. He was In a Plight
similar to tnat or Jim coroett when
Fltsslmmons gave him that solar plexus
thump at Carson. '1 here was this dif
ference, however. Corbett was alive to
his surroundings. His air pumps would
not work, and he gasped In a distressing
way. Sullivan's brain was numbed
from the crack on the jaw preceding
the "ounch in the Dlt." It might read
like grim humor to say that he was un
aware that his lungs wer not working.
but anyhow he did not surfer as keen
ly as Corbett did.
MMv irnAnn a1 at Ann A" in t f
Roche, with a look of genuine horror.
but Sullivan waa only dead to his sur
roundings. When the first aid to the
Injured corps took 'hold of him after
the decision had been handed down, he
revived aulckjy as all the clean-llvlng
fellows of the prize ring do.
Afterwards. In his dressing room,
Mike T. said:
I suppose he caught me lust right.
I didn't remember anything after the
first punch. It's all In the game, and
l nave no excuses to orrer.
Went After Sullivan.
"When I boxed Joe Thomas."
said Ketchel. "1 was leary of
him. I felt that he carried a
knockout punch and that it was neces
sary to be on guard at all times. I
got the Idea into my head that Sullivan
could not hurt me and I went rlarht at
him. That's the whole story."
Jack T. Sullivan, who was Mike's
principal second, had this to say: "Mike
tooa too straight. lie should nave
crouched more. I told him what a
great swinger this fellow is and I
coached him at his training quarters,
but what's the use? He held himself
as straight as a flagpole and he got it
In the neck."
Jack T. certainly did all he could to
pave the way for a Sullivan triumph.
tie wan me nrst man into trie ring ana
he stalked over and preempted the cor
ner from which he himself had foutrht
and conquered Bill Squires. He hela it
unui AiiKo put in an appearance, reel
lng no dotibt. that that was the lucky
angle or me ring.
It was a few minutes after 2:30
when the. ring was cleared for the
Wain event. Sullivan was the first to
hop up on the fighting platform. Young
Ketcneu rotiowea him only a mlnut
later, uereree Kocne men came into
the ring and Billy Jordan took hold
and Introduced the principals as well
aa a number of pugilists who will be
seen in action in ana around Han Fran'
dsco durlnir the next few weeks. Amnnt
them were Johnny Murphy and Cyclone
l nompson, who are to box tor corrroth:
Abe Attell and Eddie Kelly, who will
be Jack (ileason'a headllners at the
Dreamland show next Friday night
While the fighters were fitting their
gloves there were men moving around
among the spectators offering z to 1
on Ketchel. There was no Sullivan
money In sight for this form of In
vestment, but some bets were made at
evens that Sullivan would last 20
rounds.
When the mlddleweights stood forth
to be photographed, each of them wore
loosely flapping lighting breeks. Ketch
el's were green and Mike's light blue
and the rostumes were so different from
what ring men generally appear In
that these fellows might have been
taken for a couple of college sprinters.
Ketchel More Imposing.
Physically. Ketchel was far the bet
ter specimen of the human fighting
machine. He is well proportioned nnd
built for strength. In places his flex-
Statement by Jack Twin.
"My money Is un and Ketchel
can have a fight with the J2.600
Bide bet at 158 pounds. I can't
make 154 pounds, but will take
him on at the middleweight limit,
and will Increase the side bet to
15.000 if he wants that amount.
Mike was careless, or .Ketchel
would not have landed that left
to the Jaw In the first lead he
made."
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1 have nothlnc to sav In t-
4 'euse for my showing today. My
Drotner Jack says that- I was
careless, and that I should have
kept away and felt Ketchel out
tot the first round or two. May
be he la right and it may be that
I should have taken a few more
aeconds after 1 was knocked
down the first time, but the blow
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Ible muscles caused his sun-tanned
skin to dapple. His eyes were clear
and his expression generally one of
confidence and alertness.
Mike, as usual, looked ale and sol
emn. He was trained to the minute,
of course, but he is of the kind that
look alike whether conditioned or un
conditioned. With his bald head, his
long neck, his sloping shoulders, his
pania complexion ana nis sna race, ne
looked anything but the genus pug.
Referee Rochef called the men to the
center at 2:40 and after a short con
fab it was announced that if either
man used his elbows in such a way a
to ' injure his opponent, the offense
would bring uianualificatlon. A tew
seconds later Timekeeper George Hart
ing nit the metal disc a resounding
whack with his little hammer and the
pugilists stalked to the center for the
tlrst and only round.
. Mike said beforehand that he would
pox carefully. Ketchel told ,us that
no wouki go arter his man from the
first. Each of the fighters tried to
"Jake, good on his ante-contest boast.
Bullivan backed around the ring,
watching his advancing adversary. The
ttZ i'A? straight as a boxer of
l'li'"8"8" ch0l. Ketchel fol-
,?,ira,i croucaing low and waving
i-i Mill slowly. 0
Michigan middleweight pawed at
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cult , of , the ring , once witb - Ketchal I
persistently pressing Urn. The Mich
igan lad then made a kind of side
step which changed the direction of
Sullivan's retreat and forced him to
wards the edge of the platform. As
Mike's back touched the ropes. Ketchel
straightened up. and let fly with the
left for the head.
The blow landed with a sharp sound,
and that It had struck deeply could
be told by the expression In Sullivan's
eyes. Mike slid to the floor, brt re
mained there barely three or four sec
onds. When he arose. It wai plainly
to be s6en that he was badly stung.
He did not have sense enough to try
and uip away to mld-rlng, but stood.
Bwaying in tne position lie was In when
first knocked down. Then there was
the spiteful chug of a right hander
crashing against the Twins Jaw. He
fell again, his back grazing the ropes
as he went down Into a sitting posi
tion. Knocks Oold Crown Out.
Ketchel stood well away and allowed
Sullivan to rise. Mike threw up his
arms weakly and a second later lowered
his head and punched feebly at Ketchel.
Ketchel went right close and knocked
8ullivan's head from side to side with
lefts and rights. One punch loosened
a gold crown on one of Sullivan's teeth
and it felj from the mouth and rolled
along the ring floor. Sullivan was
daied by this time and thoroughly at
his opponent's mercy. Ketchel meas
ured him with a hard right which took
erfect on the chin. It was a knockout
punch, but as Sullivan was falling,
Ketchel supplemented the smash with
a right hander In the stomach.
It was all over then, barring the
counting out. After Ketchel's third
fight with Joe Thomas, some of the
sports conceived the notion that the
Michigan lad was not as hard a punch
er as they had at first believed. After
today's performance, the young man
from Grand Rapids can congratulate
himself on having established his repu
tation as a knockerout. He is certainly
one of the most punishing hitters in
the ring today.
The contest was witnessed by a com
paratively light crowd.
EDDIE KELLY IS
COMING CAP
COLUMBIA "U" WINS
WITH INDEPENDENCE
Columbia university, near champions
of the Portland Interscholastle league,
went down to Independence last night
and succeeded In winning a basketball
game only after playing off a tie after
the end of the second half. The score
was 25 to 23.
Columbia played the very best game
of which she is capable and when sho
does that there is no beating her. Glea
son shot more baskets than any of the
other boys, but aside from that no dif
ference could be seen in the nlavlntr
Everyone was a Rtar.
Independence played a srood en me and
tried hard to win. Wann and De Or
monde were her stars.
The lineup was na follows:
Experts Think Eastern Fea
ther Will Beat Attell in
Their Battle.
NEW YORK NEWSBOYS
SENT FIGHTflE WEST
Furnished Money to Defray Expenses
and Rllly Nolan Finally Does the
Rest George Wheeler and Char
ley Irwin Slated for Toboggan.
By Will J. Slattery.
San Francisco, Feb. 22. Abe Attell
will havo to hustle more than a bit In
order to make good and retain his title
when he meets little Eddie Kelly, the
Buffalo whirlwind, on the last night
of the month at Dreamland pavilion, In
this city. Kelly Is looked upon by ex
perts as the coming champ. For the
last three months he has been hanging
on around this city and Los Angeles,
begging for a match with some live
one, and not till Billy Nolan, Nelson's
of these guys who have all kinds of
boosters on their staff.
"Well, It has always been my real
old ambition to stow Attell awav. 1
know I can do it, but I have never been
able to get a chance st hi 111. He would
not listen to my challenge, telling me
to go and get a reputation. I did not
have any rich manager to go to the
bat for me, so what was I going to do?
"Finally, ray pals among the boys
of the union came to me and said:
'You go right out to Frisco, Ed, and
cop that guy. We will get you all the
change you need. You know we are
your friends. We believe that you are
the real champion and can give that
fellow Attell the beating of his life.
Here Is the coin. Go and do the turn
for us now. Good luck.'
"I guess that was not true generosity.
Well, with tears in my eyes, I thanked
the gang and started for Frisco. But
when I got here, none of these fellows
wanted to talk business with me. I
was having an awful tough time and It
looked as If I would have to beat It
back to Buffalo again, when Billy Nolan
came to me and got me this match.
Now 1 want to make good. If 1 don t
I'll take the next freight back to the
old state and tell the gang how sorry 1
am. I want to be the champion of the
world, and If I get away with Attell I
am going rignt after the top-notch
Britishers." 1
Promoters Pray for Permits.
Aspiring light promoters are dally
swarming me rooms 01 tne ponce com
mittee of the board of supervisors.
praying for permits. In fact, there are
10 times as many would-be managers
and directors of affairs pugilistic than
fighters at the present time. The super
visors religiously receive an applicants,
Dut me majority or tnem have been
turned down recently
It seems funny that ao many men
want to pull off fights, especially as
inose wno nave aon so wunin me last
couple of months have made bloomers
out of the fistic events. ' Men Who, haws
never been Identified with theTgutne
before are striving to cut in now. As it
Is well known that a promoter does toot
1ST PROTECT
FISH AND GAME
Oregon Needs Association
Patterned After That
of California.
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of him In this way he will hand him
his release before the first of the
month.
ofhhaerl,uyndersTr,anb.,e,' oer.'onl has WARDENS ALLOW GAME
cut li win's salary to an alarming ex- I arT t tt nrami -tmiiTmn
tent and Charles refuses to stanS for SOLD IN BESTATJBANTS
miss ivugu nurn. ne nau a c nance w
manage the Alameda State league team,
hilt HI1 r rt want t r Anmnrt f ha 0n 1 si
till he received his contract from Long. Officials Characterized by Sports.
wnen ne iook one glance at mis ne be-1
lama wry sure ana now ne is maaing
overtures to the bush people In the
hope of landing a good Job across the
oay.
Several of the State leaaua teams. In.
eluding Stockton, Santa Crus and Ala
meda, are hot on the trail of Nick Wil
liams. Nick, however, is a very con
servative sort of fellow and will not
take any chances. He is very popular
men aa Incompetent, Unreliable
and Worthless Farmers Should
Know Value of Fowl and Fish.
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manner, came 10 111s rescue nave t0 comt) through a political btf
couia me nine leuow ao anytning. 1 as ne 0
Columbia.
Gleason (C.)
Dooley
Quinn
Walker
McDonald . .
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Independence.
... O. Hyers (C.)
... le Ormonde
.. Walker Smith
Hyers
Wann
Mount Angel Ilesla Indians.
(Special Dlmistrh to The Journal.)
Chemawa, Feb. 22. Mount Angel col
lege defeated the Chemawa Indians
here this afternoon by two points after
the hardest kind of a gamo. When
time was called the score was a tie,
13 to 13. In the play off Mount Angel
secured two points. The game was
played on Chemawa's own floor.
anything.
Now he Is to be given the chance
and If he does not win, he says he will
not accept a cent He has been camp
lng on the trail of Attell for the last
two years, but shifty Abe considered
him too hard a nut to crack and also
figured that he did not have sufficient
reputation to figure as a box office at
traction.
From the form the little fellow has
shown In his workouts, he should give
Attell the most Interesting time he ever
anew in nis long ring career. Every
day In the week at his training quar
ters at San Rafael, the little Buffalo
feather has been knocking out men
weigning iu ann is pounds more than
he does. He effects the Terry McQov
ern style of wading In and slamming
with both hands. He has taken the
sports of thl city by storm and he
will have many a faithful backer when
ne goes against Attell.
JTewsboys Bent Kelly West.
There Is a pretty little story con
nected with the coming of Kelly to the
Pacific coast. His expenses were de
frayed by the newsboys of the state of
New York. Eddie Is the grand presi
dent of the Newsboys' union of the Em
pire state and he always points with
pride to his working card which he in
variably carries in nis pocket
"You see, it Is this way," explains
Kelly. "I was alwaya a poor kid doing
the best I could to sell my papers and
pick up a little aide money fighting now
and then. I could not devote all my
time to the fighting game and there
fore I never got prominent like a lot
did In the old days before th
lire, when Abe Ruef was running the
town. The trouble is that most of
these energetic young men do not know
how to act, once they receive the cov
eted permit from the board.
It is very likely that no more appli
cations for the fighting privileges will
be Issued. Chairman Stafford of the
police committee of the supervisors has
gone on record as saying that there are
now four clubs In the field and he con
siders this number sufficient. He has
also warned all the managers of clubs
that they will Immediately lose their
licenses ir mey pun ore any rights that
are not strictly on the level or do not
come up to th standard looked for by
,um puriing puouo or ean rancisco,
Xiong With pourteen pitoaers.
Manager Danny Long of the local
baseball team has now no less than 14
pitchers on his staff for the coming
season. They come from all parts of
ine country im-iuuing me Dig leagues,
as well as the bushes. Long does not
expect mai mey an will make good,
but he says that he will send every one
of them to ..e training grounds at
Bakersfleld next week, and anybody
who shows the real class will be sure
01 a Derm wun me Heals.
The Portland friends of George
Wheeler, the popular utility man of
last year's Ban Francisco nine, will
learn wun regret mat ne is likely to
be cast aside this time. Wheeler has
wrmen several letters asklne for a
Place on the team, but for some reason
or other Long does not want him any
longer. He has put Wheeler on the
market and If he is unable to dispose
By Will Llpman
Nowhere In this srlorious tTnlted
with the fans of this city and mould nt.t.. 1. th.-. . i .u.
like to remain here, but unless Long -
comes thronirh with noi-ii iif? mr favored for a sportsmen s
In the pay envelope, the chances are paradise than Oregon. In her moun
that Nick will beat it to tho brush, tains big game roams In great numbers,
wiirio 110 nni uc writ rrtTiveu. i i j. . ,
The local ball park will have a regu- her trm found trout, black
lation cinder path this season. This bass and salmon famous the world,
addition to the layout is now under over, In her valleys game birds of many
way and will be completed within the varieties flourishes and in th hln
next few days. It is Long's Idea and " I,ourl,&e". an1 ln th bas".
he figures that It will be a great help or th Columbia and along her coast
to the men who wish to do a little line ducks, geese. snlDe. Dlover and
nnA nravmln. (in wt.ll. V. .. I ..- n a W .4 T . . . . I . I I M A.
lemii is iirai;iji.-iiiK un itio iieiu. j nis is i ui kaa uui uieiuy. you can see on air
an innovation in oaseoaii ana promises siaes unmistakable signs of extertnlna-'
to make Quite a hit with fans as well as tlon of game and fish due to ooor
piayers.'
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PROMOTE LOCAL
MOTOR
BOATING
inent Members and Per
manency Now Certain.
, ZZjf Vjur - f kji Photographs received la this country
I' " ' ,t v V of the wrestling match between
' ' - ' - ; t 7 V j P ' : 3 Hack.nschmldt and Rogers. The
VW7r - ir'ttVs$ at the left, "Hack" is shown
' ' v ' 4 v t 4 J using the leg hold. In the. panel at
I -. 4 "V ' .'3 II the right the Russian Hon Is shown
J II "8ng the arm hold.
game laws and non-enforcement
such laws as we already have.
wnai we neta in Oregon is an as
sociation like that of California, of
which Mr. Henry T. Payne Is Dresl-
dent. The sportsmen of every section
of California belong to a state organ
ization, taking active and vital lntert
est In their game and fish laws. Th
California, association has worked won'
dera ln the passage of excellent laws
and in seeing to their enforcement.
As a consequence shooting and fish
ing today is more abundant ln Call'
fornla than it has even been. That
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Willamette Club Gets Prom- gUn licenses to b distributed for
ins praservaiion, propagaiiun ana
restoration of game.
That Is what we want the Oregon
legislature to do at Its next session, tot
devote the entire gun tax for the Iden
tical purposes that California has seen
fit to give to her SDOrtsmen. Until
r -rtinm.i. . then we can never hope for results, as
Now thETOTs WUlamette Motor Boat lh, um no DrovldlBd for the en-
club has been organised, motor boating forcement of the same laws Is rldlcu-
wlll be promoted ln Portland to a de- lously small.
gree never before known ln the Rose Warden Are Worthless.
City. One of the earliest works of the . nr time throughout the season
,,, i,. ii ,.,. just closed it was possible to obtain
club was securing a beautiful location .nv nf ,h- i.rf,eVl ,,.,, ,n.l
on the east aide of the Willamette hotels game that Is restricted from
river immadiatnlv south of Ellsworth sale. Xs things Stand now gam Pro-
street, which will assist materially In " ' !
bringing the club forth prominently an competent, unreliable and worthless.
a, perrnaneni. oranizaiion. incium iu phhuh oucnpu umm
There are several hundred motor- wer? easuy ooisinnui. n manjr
i nnrssi an rmuxn urn n rn vm nnrninff rum
boats on the river, nearly all the own- done to put a stop to this Illegal sale,
era of which havo signified their hi- There Is now a determination on tha
tentlon of joining the club. The launch- part of many local sportsmen to call a
fa on the river outnumber any other meeting of sportsmen Interested ln tha
kind Of Small river Craft. eXceDt rOW- nriurvitlnn nf ramm nH th ufAnl.
boats, and up to the present time have jment of the game laws for the organ-
inuuiru i "juo unices aiong -n isation or a state game association.
water front. It is the oumose of the Th. nnrrimsin 1 n toroatorl 4n 4 Y 1st mnva
club to bring all these together, pro- mnt have received many letters from
vide a suitable club-house, lockers, different sections of the state from
reading-rooms, and other club conven- eportamen offering to take" up tha
iences. also to provide safe aad conven- .nrir mH .ff.rin. tkni. k. ,mn-rt
lent moorings, and have attendants to The idea Is to form branch assocla
take care of repairs, to have a gasp- tlons all over the state, each organlza-
.u.jr ""; "mi, in tion to send its delegates to tne stats
to provide every facility and conven- I convention Tha hil nrrnnlzntlnn will
lence for the motor-boat enthusiast. I .on k.h n...n..iiAA. :
in nearly all cities of Importance such , prepared Questions conveying the pres-
a club has been formed, and In order
that Portland ma.y.npt be behind these,
it is the club's intention to bo in nosl-
tion to do its part in the approaching
river carnival, during the Rose Fiesta.
J. Wesley Ladd. Samuel O. Reed.
president of the German-American
bank, Mr. Keats of the Keats Automo
bile company, and other representative
men have extended their encouragement
and aid and have Joined in the under
taking which insures Its permanency
and success.
One of the main objects of the club
Is to create a feeling of civic Drlde
among the water front dwellers to the
Intent that the water front mav be
beautified. Its efforts along these lines
so far. has resulted in the scow-dwell
ers' commencing to paint their houses,
clean up the premises and burn and
otherwise dispose of unsightly " matter. 1
A visitor to the water front, at the
nresent time, will be surprised at the.
activity showivby the otherwise listless
scow dweller in the way of cleaning
up his premises. .present errorts Dy
the club along these lines will show
great changes for. the better along: the
water front .
The next meeting of th club will be
held at tne x. m. a. nan, over iaue-Davis'-
drugstore, on Third and Yam
hill street, today at J, o'clock, to which
meeting motor-boat enthusiast or boat
owners and all . those interested In
cleaning up the water front ara; In
vited. IR0NM0ULDERS TO GIVE
BIG BOXINGfOURNEY
! A' boxing tournament has bean ar
ranged by the Ironmoulders' union to
taka plaoe Friday,' March S, which prom
ises to furnish soma great sport Tor tha
boxing fans. The-entiles have not been
announced yet and In fact all the
events havo not ieen filled, as entries.
are still being received at room 408. the
Stearns building. Five gold medals
have been hung up for the events. The
contests will taka dace 'In the Merrill
ent game laws, their Improvement and
enforcement for discussion. In - this
way the delegates can be educated and
lnstruoted ln what remedial 'or direct
legislation Is needed to cover their re
spective localities.
A body of men coming together from
all parts of the state into a well or-
f anlaed deliberative body can, through
ts legislative committee, formulate
certain legislation which will bring the
proper results to the whole state. Then
instead of a dozen bills coming befora
the legislature onlv one will be pre
sented and this will be backed by the
oeonle at larre. Such - a oroDOsltlon A
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WUUV1 ya lIJUl.U UJ VUi JBRIHOCin
CHune Commission Heeded.
We should have a game commission.
a non-political body, Say, composed of
three men to serve without pay, they
In turn to appoint a chief game warden
on a salary, and he in turn to appoint
his deputies on a salary. The pay of
these deputies should be at least fl.OOO
a year and expenses.
- It should be the duty of the game
warden to see that no deputy operates
In the county be lives in. In other
words the game warden should be a
stranger ln the oounty he works ln.
thereby having no friends, relatives or
other influences with which to hin
der him. There should be a- game war
den in every county. Besides a aun tax
there should also be a ' rod tax. Non-
residents anouid pay 1U, unnatural
lied cttisens $26. .
In the state of Illinois the fund
derived from the resident and non-resident
license fees was $127,98$ in 1U05
and, after paying all expenses, 'salar
ies, etc., a large surplus remained
which the legislature authorised, .tha
game commission to use for the pur
chase and propagation of game birds.
Then again the abundance of' m
and fish means billions of dollars'
brought into the state from outslda
sources. Tha state of Main, which
is one Of the greatest fishing and hunt
ing states ln the union, had 125,000,000
left there last year by outside sports
men who sought recreation in Its flah
and game localities.
am ti esvsata ana usjctmts,
i - ,(Conttms4 on Fart Three.)