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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 0, .1908.
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STANLEY KETCHEL IS
BUSIEST CHUMP ION
JOE CANS VICTIM OF WHITE PLAGUE
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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
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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
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(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."
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friends when it comes to a showdown.
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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
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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.
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,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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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 "