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; V J. 2 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 0, .1908. - . - : ; f - ryu STANLEY KETCHEL IS BUSIEST CHUMP ION JOE CANS VICTIM OF WHITE PLAGUE . i By Will J. flattery. T 8n Francisco. Aug. 8. Stanley ? Ketchel li on of the busiest champions who ever donned a glove. Not con C tent with winning the title of king of the middleweight In less than a year'a 5 time, Ketchel ! right on the Job with only to lose the Canadian soon an he reachod the other side. There Is a well founded story going the rounds here that Joe Gans, the fal len Idol of the ring. Is a victim of con sumption and that the dread white plague Is fast gnawing at tbn vitals of .'two more matches wmcn wm oe of ine poer 01 uu . . .. , "V rlthln a month's time and It Is gau;' .on n)0re than six 'k t elded within very lkely that he will go right down the line and attempt to clean a fow more of them Just as soon as he ha finished with his next two opponents. J Joe Thomas and Billy Papke. Ketrhe.1 will take cn Thomas on Wed- nesdar evening. August 18. under the , ausnlccs of Jack lileason's Occidental oluh. It will mark the fourth meeting f of the men and though It does not ftg f uro an a great pweillstlc card, still them ' is a certain amount of Interest in the " 1 event because hoth men are so weil S known here and therefore. It bids fair J to draw out a fairly good house, thouirii i neither man will become rich from the jj proceeds. J" Ketchel is going to take on Thomas it catch weights. The former pride of -. j fan Francisco, after havfng taken an awful lnclng from the Michigan giant Jon three different occasions, offers th . S excuse that ho was weak from making J- weight each time and asked as a special favor that he be given a charce to go against Ketchel without training down, t J This request was granted In .11s time . bv the chamDlon anil the match was, 4 quickly made, even before Ketchel hud I t tte for instance j Den tnrougn wun nugo jveuy. . Thomas may think that he ia geMine i a shade the better of the deal, but ha Is about the only man who looks at it It f this light. It seems reasonable to fig Sure that Ketchel will be 60 per cent bet f ter if he does not have to come down In weight. He has shown in his recent j fights that the heavier he Is the fastei and better he can fight. Thomas prnb- ably also will be a little stronger, but i the slight advantage to be gained by 3 him In a catch weight mateh will more Mhan be offset by the good it will do vne cnampion. Whether he wins or loses with -"Thomas, the champion Is billed to go against Billy Papke or Chicago in a 25-round encounter before Jim Jeffries club near Los Angeles on admission Jav, September 9. He will have to make 158 pounds at 9 o'clock In the morning for Papke and the. pair enter tho ring at Z:30 in the afternoon. About two months ago they foueht a whlrl : wind 10-round go in Milwaukee and ' Ketchel had far the better of the mlxup .He now believes that he can stop Papke within 25 rounds and the best Judges of the sport here also believe that he will re able to turn the trick. Therefore. . Ketchel promises to rule a 10 to 6 or 2 to' 1 choice over the fighting German zrom the nnaaie west. ago, the old master has) been hiding himself in the wild of Lake co-imy. The outside world has seen or heard practically nothing of Joe nlive then, bat several persons who suw iilm within the laat two weeks vouch for tlvi state ment that another strenuous battle will sign the death warrant of Joe an 1 that he will be helpless before Battling X i son's rurhes. Benny Se!i defiles ernpha; icnlly that Joe Is 'suffering from tne. dread lung disease, but lie Is i;ot borne out 1 y the other wine follow, rs ef the gain-j who made It tholr biiMnef-s to go up to the mountain resort imd lo iR Jo-) over carefully. They elalm that Uana Is weak looking, hollow chested arid dull eyed and that a hacking con.i constantly racks his entlro frame. Thev aver that he la but a shadow of his former aelf and that Instead of picking up vln weight, he Is slowly wasting away, though battling hard to overcome the fatal malady which Is alleged to have him fast in Its c hi f lies. If he trims Papko. Ketchel will sav , farewell to the middlewelghts and go right upstairs after the big fellows. Ho . realizes that he has a splendid chance to cop the heavyweight championship of the world and also that he can no i. longer make the middleweight limit and fight strong. Therefore, he is acting ; tinder the advice of his friends and ad ; mlrers and making a strong bid for the title that is now in such doubt. Ketchel's one great ambition Is to get the scalp of Tommy Burns, the lemon champion, who thus far has refused to put up his dukes against anything but . a soft one. Ketchel does nothing but talk Burns by day and dream Burns by night. Ever since he grot the better of Papke In their recent fight Ktchel has been hurling challenges at Burns. He may be lucky enough to land and he may find himself rowing In the same Iwiat with Jack Johnson, who Railed all the way over to England after Burns i It Is funny how the great Bomet1ms fall. Take t!i ca'e of Charley Hoch- Koi . hetto waB Mm first man to meet Jo'i Gans In Cali fornia, iZ years ago, and he gave tne ex-champion an awful battle of It. The other n"ight, Kochette made a sorry showing agalnNt a busher in a four round go at tho Reliance club, Oak land. 1 Ills is remarkable, when you figure out that Cans has been a head liner during those, 12 years. Itorhetto is no older than Gans, but he has been a dead one for a number of years, while the black boy has been very live as many of those who fell before his awful wallops will testify to. From present Indications, the cham pionship featherweight battle between Owen kforart, the British champion, and Abe Attell the American holder of the title, wll not be fought before Jim Coffroth's club on Labor day. Just st present tho men arc. In a deadlock over the selection of a referee and as Attell refuses to tako anybody but Jack Welch. It would appear that ho will be told to be on his way very soon. Moran claims that he is not being fairly treated. After coming 8,000 miles for a chance to mix It with At tell, he claims that the latter Is now trying to give him the worst of it bv dictating as to who shall be the third man in (tie ring. Moran wanted to be allowed to name a few men an 1 then get together with Attell and choose one of them, but the little Hebrew would listen to nothing like this. He came out flat-footed and announced that It was Welch for him or nobody els?. Finally. Promoter Jim Cof froth trot sore and told Attell that If he did not change his mind by next Friday night, he would cast him aside and put Eddie Hanlon on In his place. Hanlon Is again basklnsr In the 1 me- light after a two years' eleeD In the pugilistic graveyard. HJ,s recent fast bout with Johnny Murphy, in whi.'i he had all the best of the milling, made Eddie out a live one again and now his friends believe that ho will bo cap able of making a great fight against the little Britisher. Abe's enemies re lieve thnt he Is afraid of losing his title to Moran and that he Is looking for an ace in the hole in the hope that he will either gain his point or else have the match called off at the la.-t moment and still be in possession of CRACK MOTOR BOATS ENTERED IN LABOR DAY REGATTA ON THE WILLAMETTE i . "MVSS(97 T VjMWSir " ? - ' ' . . . V" rillli iMmiinM-: nrnwwil 1 (1) Allen Burdlck's "Silver Heels." (2) P. Van Datta'S "Van." (3) Ray Jamison's "Lonesome." (4) C. W. Garow's "Barb." (5) Joe Mathott's "Kittle." 1 wwwwwwwwwwwwwwl i I a reasonable excuse to offer to his friends when it comes to a showdown. 1 rs: a -- . ' s s. ' , f- :.v-':-::.?"::.o--: s ' ' A , , , - ' .v. r sjc'- . of" it's J r ' j ' , I i . . r si' i ' - :s'iu Si air 4 ''427! t il 1 " . 1 - - - It begins to look as though that Los Atigeles team is going to canter right home with the pennant unless some of tne others show a big flash or speed within the next few weeks. The way th Angels have been playing around here tor the last month stamps them as the class of the league, though a month before that time, the local fans had the Beavers sized up as the real rock rollers. Captain Frank Dillon of the lenders has experienced practically no nard luck tills season arid every new ono that he has grabbed turned out to be a find. Dillon was lucky enough to get off well and from the moment his team received its first start, nothing cropped up to mar its progress, thouirh every other nine In the league had Its troubles. With plenty of pitchers on his staff, a good catcher always on the bench ready to lump In at a mo ment's notice ond a great utility msn In Wheeler. Dillon has managed to drill his crew right up to the point of perrectton tin at tna present time ne j Is entrenched In a place at the head of the list end it will be hard Indeed t6 oust him, especially If things break so well as tney have been. Ths other day the Cincinnati chib tried to buy Catcher Easterly from Los Anneles and incidentally offered a swell price for him. But Manager Berry turnd the offer down and then something happened that Is likely o do the league a lot of good in the future. President Ewlng got hold of all the managers on the ground and wired lie Create. He told them all that he would like them to promise that none of them would dispose of any of their players for delivery to the hlg leagues whlla the present pennant race Is on in this lejgue. This was rather a hard pill for a couple of them to swallow. Sut when they realized that It would be to their own Interests and for the good of the game In this league, they did as Ewlng requested and now tho big leaguers can whistle their heads off In vain for players from this league till the season In at an end. old. by Planet miles in 4:58. J 881 At London, Ont.. Charles Walk enshaw defeated Jarnes Lobson in (Uolt match for championship of Canada and $200. 190 At Jamestown. N. Y., tho Erie club made the only and winning run In a 12-lnning game with the James town team. 1892 At Monmouth Park, Lamp lighter, S years old, bv Spendthrift, 10!) pounds, ran lis miles in 2:32 . Officers of Motor Boat Club. Commodore George J. Kelly. Vice-Commodore E. Von do Worth. General Manager and Treas urer J.mies B. Welch. Fleet Captain August Fleming. McFurlajid Wins From Brock. (I'nlti'd ITenn I-eased W!r Los Ang'jle:?, Aug. 8. Referee Eye ton stopped! the flijht between Packv McFarland and Phil Brock In t'n sev enth round lat nlctit and awarded the decision to M' Farland when tr..ck was all but out. McFarland had all the bet ter of tho fight, knocking Brock down In the second round. The members of the Willamette Motor Boat club are making great preparations for their next races, which will be held on Labor day. Every member of the club has appointed himself a committee of one to help make It a big success. The eb b Intends to have an even bet ter program than was held on the - Fourth of July and also to have more boats that have come out since the Fourth of July. The club now boasts the fastest aggregation of boats on the Pacific coast, from its little Silverheels, th- champion of the canoe class, up to the Wolff, the acknowledged fastest boat on the coast, and several boats are now being constructed In local waters with the avowed Intention of lowering the colors of the Wolff. High horse power engines and fpeed lines are the cnler topics or conversation ai me ciuo house. Many boats are being planned and many tire now under construction which are designed to reel manJ, n mile on the turn of the hour glass. The boat that obtains the championship next year will be one worthy of its title. Barb Xn Maiden Saos. The Barb, built by Von de Worth Bros., has Just been equipped with a new motor and will make her first ap- FOND 3I0TIIEK AND LITTER OF BLUEBLOODED BULL TEE BIERS. ?2 VANCOTTER TEAM TO MEET ALL-STAR XIN'E ,VT ' " fc"h"u TiiUUhed picture of Stanley Ketchel end ttsaiaa.M4b.lt he .rears ..rbleraaUe of the middleweight ch.m- NoesalP lb. world. T. blt Is a btiful roll affair set with i . t"14 lh 0rn1 filter ,h,n he rtumd . th cioar. at 11 n. I.ind 1,, Rorth of M, horo, '!7 n flbt Ut rrliU'r .Kk ao. when Kelly was pot away la tb. third rtwad. aft.r giving a moi tassls 4 ,h tlnt rB. t'.-r Kstcbel stlij nor. reasoe ,f ela4 4 as tH. t f tk. nsMslsejgtJta. 4 i ... Sunday afternoon Archie Parrott's "all-star" aggregation, chosen from the several teams of the Tri-Clty leag-ue, will line up against Jack Helen's vic torious Vancouver plor.eers" at Vaughn street. The gam. will be called at t o'ciork Thit the contest will be a fierce one goes without ssylng. The t"ms will line up about as follows: j Va:.oi;ver- -ConcaT.non end Pender, pitrhers, King, catcher: Lodell. first b.ie-. M'ConrelL feeond bas. Brow n. ; s'.Ttstop. Turk, third base: Hatch, left If ell, Bnggs. center field, Chapln. right ficid All-8tsii Hurlburt of east aid. and Howard of west side, pitcher: Hrr of Hniem and Moore of SL Johns, cstch-e;-: X. Parrott of west side, first base: Drennsn of wert side and Fleming of St. Johns, second base: Fsy of Hiwl burn, shortstop: VcKlwaln of west side third base; Oliver of ft. Johns left field. Ttuscber of east side, centtr field, Lerch of ut side, right field. This Date in Pport Ajonals, ITtl Ob. of lb. first er1ekt gani reconled. betwsn the Gsrrlsoa of Dub lin and ths AH Ireland eleven. 117! At Saratoga. Hubbard. 1 t p -it: f -t -, v 7r - -f 'wny. if ww Hi s- ;" -: "v .-: A" : . i - - " " - "i i ' .. -i .( - I t 'V, v MSMi. f-- - k -. - -v. trrt -. ' " -J : i. : . v-.v . . -.y--, . 4. i.: J pearance In the races Labor day against the Happy Heine, Alamo and the Vixen. Theso boats should make a very pretty race, as they all run along about 23 miles an hour. There is a new sheet Iron boat being built at Von de Worth's which Is expected to make good speed and which will also b. entered In the races. Beside the fast boat races the mos quito fleet of the club will bav. a chance to show what tt can do. The club has now nearly 75 members and new members nre Joining every flay, as they see that It Is a benefit to them to join such an association, whose ob ject is to promote motor-boating on the river by reducing the expense of opera tion nnd by furnishing all the conven iences that add to the pleasure of same. It Is the dutv of each member to lend a helping hand to any other member )n distress Dv giving him a tow when tho engine is broken down, as evidenced by the way the Sterling pulled one of Kellog's boats off the rocks at a very dangerous place at Oregon City a few days ago. Enthuslastlo meetings are held at the clubhouse nearly every evening at which plans for tho future cUibhouso, racing and social affairs are discussed at length. Impromptu entertainments are given at such meetings which show much latent ability along minstrel lines. May Bac at Astoria. The Astoria regatta committee has conferred with the club with a view of having a motor boat parade and race during the coming regatta at Astoria. The Intention Is to send down a motor boat fleet that will give a good account of Itself and bring back a good share of the prizes. The club has secured several prises for the coming races and expect to get n number of mrir". so there will be I lenty of prizes for all the boats to race ror The following are some of the boats that- will enter the tares: Wolff, Aries II, ilnppv Heine. Alamo. Barb. Vixen. Kitty, Sterling, Mercedes. Lonesome, Artisan, Van. Roc hester, Alta, Eileta, Sappho, Honeyboy, SIHei heels. Judge. Sunny Jim, Sport. 8heil Lake, Teased-. Hohame, Summerglrl, West Butte, Comet. SrOKAXE WOULD GIVE $25,000 err for race (United Pri Leued Wine ) Ppokane. Wash., Aug. 8. The fepoksne chamber of commerce todav offered a purse of 12.500 for a race between J. C. Car penter of Cornell snd Lieuten ant Halswell of the Brlt'sh army, to take place at the state fair here October fl. It is pro posed that the men run 4uo meters, the same distance they were matched for st London, when lialswell claimed Carpen ter fouled him. The chamber also offers to pay all expenses of the runners to this city. 6 O 4 Lotiie C, the proud tarut of this hcddlltc mass of canine aristocracy, ti.wed wlUi wondering suspiciuii the work of the camera man as be susr-ped fcer and fcer yonsf family. Lottie C. aod the new pup pies are owwd by . f. Keller ted they bar been" tb wonderment of the Belgbborhood for the past fonr weka. They wfre a month old jeotwday. Their father h Willamette Defender. well knowa prUe wlaner. The iCTen little fellow are eitreraely frisky and tofrther with their dotfcer eororrlse 44444444444w Cleveland fans hve organised a root ers' association, which will start to work at- one. trying to check that noted "blu. slump" that rom- around sch season befor. th. bell lings. Willis Keeler of the New Tork High landers Is not plsylng like a man who is all tn- Bill Is freesing to every thing In the field snd st hat h. Is still to. great lltt 1 "chopjr "
