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FOOTBALL
BASEBALL
TEN MILLIONS ARE
If baseball can boast of the expend
iture of $17,000,000 In afx months, foot
bait can go It ens better by calling
1 10,000,000 out of the pockets of the
people In six weeks. That sport has not
yet been found which Is as much, of a
drawing card for the people and their
money as football. With all Its wonder
ful and well deserved popularity, base
ball has never been able to draw a crowd
of 40,000 people through its gates. With
the gridiron 11 ta different, and more
than once It nas passed that mark, call
ing out enough enthusiasts to people a
city the size of Akron, Ohio, Brockton,
Mass., or Dallas, Texas.
All the roads of the football world
lead to the great climax, the annual
Yale-Harvard game. Those two giant
of the gridiron play other games.
but
thev aro all Incidental to the great con
test between themselves. As an Index
to the cost of football throughout the
United States, It is said that a cool
million dollars changes hands on the re
sult of this one game. To begin with,
the two teams spend about $60,000 get
ting themselves In readiness for tho
preliminary struggles with other teams
ana me nnai iray wnn one anuinci.
There Is the training department, which
calls for heavy outlays for coaches and
trKlnvrn of whom there is a small army.
Even the men who rub the players
down come in for a thousand-dollar slice
of the team funds. The training tables
cost $400 a week each, and the doctors
Set about $1,000 from each team. The
epartment of administration carls for
$10,000 to cover advertising, printing
and other promotion expenses. Hotel
bills, railroad fare, trophies, and an
endless variety of other things call for
an outlay ol tnousanqs oi aoiiars. uun
uam animuM tha life Out of a full 100
footballs In the course of a single
season.
Spectator Fay Most.
" But these expenses of the teams them
selves are nothing as compared with
those Incurred by the people who go to
see this great classic of the football
tvnriH Rum men have traveled seven
idays, crossing the Atlantic ocean, In
order to enjoy the 70 minutes of excite
ment the game affords. Many have
traveled across the continent In order
to root for their favorite team once
more. The New Haven railroad counts
on an annual revenue of at least $60,000
from the game, and then there are the
trolley lines, the hotels,, the haberdash
ers, and many other Interests which ex
pect enough profits out of one day's
crowCrlo pay running expense lur hcv
eral months. It was stated last fall
that there were 10,000 automoblllsts at
the xaie-Marvara game at ooioier
field. When the last play Is over and
the last dollar has beensjpent. It is easy
ttr tustlf v the estimate of the Boston
statisticians, who assert that a million
dollar fund dwindles down,to about 80
cents when everybody's expenses have
been paid ana every wager sausiieo.
But however heartily the American
people go In for the game of football,
we are veritable tyros in the matter of
enthusiasm when compared with our
English oouslns. We could take the blg-
frest crowd that ever attended an Amer
can football game, add to It the biggest
crowd that ever witnessed a baseball
game, and the resulting mass of people
would be but a flew thousand larger than
the crowd whlcH has attended a British
football game.
China fs now having a taste of Amer
ican football, and In the Philippines thoy
are playing it with all the seal and vigor
that characterizes the American grid
iron hero. ...
Football holds the distinction of being
the only sport that ever became the sub
ject of a conference at the White House.
It was a few years ago, when the mass
play had reached Us highest develop
ment, and the game had ceased to be
little more thai a test of brute force.
It was at this Juncture that the presi
dent urged the rules committee to. take
steps to break up mass playing and to
scatter the players more. They did so,
and what threatened to be the end of
football was averted, .,. .
At the time of the crusade against
the game, Walter Camp gathered a lot
of Information about football players.
He addressed' a letter to nearly every
football. star In the country, asking him
to state what effect football had had on
him. Out of the 337 Inquiries sent S2S
replied that they had been benefited by
their careers on the gridiron; three said
icy had been Injured; four had noted
no effect one way or the other;: two
failed to rtply.'----' ----.: ;,.i: si.
There Is much speculation as to what
the mascot of the West Point team will
be- tnls year. Heretofore It has been
an army mule. Last year the army
manager showed signs of deserting the
mule. He wanted a Teddy bear, and
had several under consideration. 1 But
none of them were quite tame enough,
and ne was afraid that In the enthusi
asm of the moment the Teddy , bear
might go over to the navy camp and
chew up their billy goat. So the army
tuck, to Its mule and lost the game,
This year West Point -Is looking (jrt
rroperly domesticated Teddy bear,- and
hey will pin their faith to him when
thev meet the navy. - On the other hand,
tne Annapolis aggregation of plgskin-
kickers are too loyal to the traditions of
Neptune -to even think of superseding
their goat with . any sort, Of mascot
That pride goeth before a fall Is often
Illustrated In a. football, game. l:.,. ,
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t Sometimes the. student body of a big
university concludes that thfir team is
lust as sure to win as the sun la sure
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FOR MONEY
SPENT IN SIX WEEKS
to 'rise next morning. So they stake
their all on the home team. This was
Whit Cornell did last year. Its stu
dents thought theivhad a sure thing
against Pennsylvania They pawned
everything they oould live the -day
through without, and got about $14,
000 to lay on their favorites. When
Penn won there was a money vpanlo
among the local merchants and other
tradesmen that made the great national
ears look like a little whirlwind beside
a bl cyclone. - The -sl of many -a
prominent family found himself without
the wherewith to buy a dinner that
evening. Borne bad pawned their books,
and one had even pawned a dress suit
he had never worn.
There has been much written about
the playing of the Carlisle Indians.
That they are a strong team everybody
concedes, but there are those who think
that their superior strength cornea in a
rather unfair way. Their players usu
ally stay on the team longer than those
of any other team In the country. For
Instance, Lubo. last year's captain of
the Indians, had been playing on the
team since 1901, and the man who could
not play perfect ball after eight years
of practice and Playing would be an
exception. Bxenalne joined the team
in 1902, and Mt. Pleasant in 1904. Many
authorities claim that It la not In keep
ing with the eplrit ! of the game for
players to stay In it, for such long pe
riods. The firm hold that the open playing
under recent rules has taken on both the
public and the players will probably re
sult In the adoption of a new football.
Those who see the necessity of a
change declare that In Its present shape
the ball la not suitable for forward
passing, and they say that in the open
game a ball that can be kicked farther
than the present one ought to be
adopted. They want a ball that is
longer on the long axis and having a"
shorter diameter through Its short axis.
They would have two more holes on
each side for lacing, and seek to have a
heavy re-enforcem'ent of leather at the
usual kicking point. They think thJ
this would give kicks of 75 yards In
stead of 40 and 60 yards and would ren
der the game all the more spectacular
and thrilling to the spectator.
Want Wider Maid..
Along with a ball of changed shape
the proponents of these new reforms
want a wider field. Under the old mass
playinn system the present field was
wide enough, and there were abundant
opportunities for end runs. But under
the newer football, with the opposing
team scattered all over the field, it
is almost impossible for a player to run
around the ends of the opposition with
out crossing the boundary line of the
gridiron. Physical Director Cochema of
St. Louis, is one of the leading advo
cates of these changes, and they seem
to be meeting with a favorable.receptlon
with those who are responsible for foot
ball legislation.
There has always been a question as
to the relative strength of the eastern
and western teams. Since the leading
teams of the east do not meet the west
ern teams there Is no certain way of
telling. Yet such teams as the Carlisle
Indians have srone aaralnst Mlchls-an
and other western teams, and have de
feated them, and were in turn defeated
by the big eastern aggregations! r"Hurry
Up" Yost, one of the brightest of the
authorities on football, still asserts that
the west can meet the east, aad that
with similar training conditions there
woma De no aouot Dut mat Mlohlgan
and Chicago could put up as good a
game against Yale as aver Harvard or
Prinoeton did.
Some of the Old Soles.
The evolution of the modern football
game furnishes an interesting chapter
in the history of college sports. Prior
to 1874 the Dlar universities had bean
playing what was known as the Boston
game. The ball was round and made
?f rubber and the whole end of the
ield constituted the goal. There was a
rule which aDtuied to "lurklnc." It
provided that a player In the opposition
territory must walk or run toward the
ball or at right angles to his own. goal
tine. Anotner curioua ruie provided
that a player ln possession of the ball
eould not run with It unless he was
chased" by the opposition, but must
strike It or kick It
if a player had the ball and was
running toward his own goal with It,
the moment the opponents - found he
Was outstrlDOina' them thev stonnod.
and ha was .then -compelled to atop
also. Imagine a present day player,
having made his way safely through
me aerense or me opposition, ana ready
for - a brilliant touchdown, havinar his
run cut short by the other fellows re
mains: to no after him. Another thlna-
about that game was that when a player
was rendered hors de combat no sub
stitute could ' take ' his place, so that
roughness was put at a premium.
'- The. idea Vf selecting an All-Amerln
team, started -with Walter Camtv whn
has been the greatest inventor of the
rootoau world. or almost a generation
he has been selecting such a team each
year, and his selections are usually
laaen as roe most aumoruatlve. , yet
others have followed his example, and
there is row a multitude of counselors
on the subject. ...,
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you can really never appreciate the" dif
ference until you have tried ours scal
loped 00 the shell at the, Perkins Grill.
styles, in both Raincoats and
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team of 1908, who completed a very
successful season last winter, have re
organized with able reinforcements. The
team this winter will consist of the
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After all there is little or no super
iority over the western football player
In the east after his latent possibilities
have been brought to tne surface by
the high-class eastern methods of pro
ducing football men. Since Dick Smith,
the old Oregon player, electrified the
easterners at Columbus several years
ago, hardly a season has passed but
that some nofwesterner has not brought
attention to himself. Just now Ham
Corbett of Portland, who is pronounced
to be the greatest back at Harvard since
Dlbblee, is getting the lion's share of
applause. Men of a different physical
quality grow out here in the northwest.
The appointment of Ralph M. Rader
of Portland, as assistant coach at Wash
ington State college, was given faculty
confirmation very recently. Rader has
been assisting as coach m a desultory
way all season, but faculty confirma
tion was not granted until the other
day.- In his work with the team, Rader
exhibits a knowledge of football that
astonishes even his team mates who
have played with him for tne past year,
and it is felt that the team will improve
materially now that Coach Rhetnschlld
has so able an assistant.
Manager Martin Pratt of the Multno
mah club is still hoping to get a year
end holiday game with Notre Dame.
President Kavanaugh 'of Notre Dame,
who visited here several days ago,
seemed heartily In favor of the game,
owing to the bid It would make for Ore
gon students at the Indiana Institution.
JOE CORBETT MAY HANDLE
SAN FRANCISCO IN 1909
(Special DUpttch to Toe Joaraat.k
- San Francisco, Nov. 7. The baseball
situation is aa badly muddled as it was
three months ago, and until President
Ewtng does something at the coming
meeting of the .national commission no
body will know Just how the Paclfie
Coast league stands. From present in
dications the chances are that an ugly
row will bo on by the time opening day
for 190 rolls around.
A big ahakeup Is due on the San
Francisco team, and the latest story to
break Is that Joe Corbett. the old-time
Baltimore pitcher, will succeed Danny
Long as tha manager of tha team. Cor
bett is a very popular man In this city,
and has a host of Influential friends
working for him, and therefore he
stands a verv aood chance of landing.
Pbrovided that the stockholders make up
I their minds to seek a' new manager. ,
Although the . game paia, weji nere
during , the laat season the fans" were
anything but- satisfied. After their
team had started out with a rush, and
kept at tha top of the heap for so many
weeks, it turned around and slumped
Overcoats.
SIDE BASKETBALL
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following players: TTorwards. Sweeney,
(Capt.). Thayer, Kautz; centers, H. Vin
son. Mlebus; Ouards, F. Vinson, K.
Bruce, Hutchlngs, Dr. Bruce; Coach, M.
M. Rlngler.
Sam Pol on, Ralph Dimlck and J. W.
Philbrook, all of Oregon, are playing
there.
With 13,000 seating capacity and ap
plications for $75,000 tickets from foot
ball enthusiasts, the Yale-Harvard offi
cials ane worrying over the problem
and a conference will be held to decide
what is to ba dona Railway companies
are making elaborate preparations to
carry the crowds from New York and
Boston to New Haven.
Years ago. we used to look with great
Interest toward the annual California
Stanford footbal1 game, but that was In
the days of the intercollegiate or Am
erican style. Today hardly a hundred
eyes In Oregon are scanning the sport
ing pages for some news of the annual
contest next Saturday with anything
akin to Interest In flays past Oregon
sent some great football players to
Stanford and Berkeley, but It Is hard
ly likely when the present trio of stars
graduate that any more high-class
scholastics will face toward the south.
Coach Tost of Michigan, will not al
low players to plav cards. His men
were playing a game recently When he
raided it with this admonition: "Card
Flaying Is not conducive to quick think
ng. and lightning thought Is a big part
of football' The latter clause is true
enough, especially In the new game.
Yost, however, seemingly never has read
the memoirs of Old Man Greenhut or
sat In a bridge game when he had to
decide quickly between spades and no
trumps on a passed make.
badly, finishing in the rut next to Oak
land. The games were well palronlaed, but
on all sides were heard steady mur
mers. None of the admirers of the
national pastime in this city can figure
out why it is that San Francisco has
not landed a pennant In seven years.
But suoh is the fact- Every other
team In the league can put one over
once in a while, but the metropolis of
the circuit and the best baseball town
of them all has to stand for a loser
year after year.
If Corbett wera to Ba appointed man
ager of the team it Is a cinch that he
would receive the backing of all tha
fans here.' Joe was a great man in the
baseball-world when ha was right As
a pitcher for tha old Baltimore team
In 1894 he gained the reputation of be
ing one of the premier pitchers of tha
National league. After a layoff of
several .years he came bark again with
the Los Angeles team In 1103. and. made
good till rheumatism got the better of
nlm, -auilug tbtm . to quit the game In
tha middleof the season when he was
twirling for tha Si Louis Nationals in
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TEAM
Games will be arranged between tha
M. A. A. C, Y. M. C. A, and other
organizations In the state. Aa this is
a very fast team they expect to have
a record season this year.
AND PRESENT
Stanley Borleskiv who attended Whit
man last year ami who Is now enrolled
at Michigan, Is -declared to be one Of
the stars of the scrub team and surely
will make tlu- varsity football eleven
next year. Ho is ineligible this year
on account of tne one-year resldenco
rule. Borleske played a star game with
his brother, Vincent, with the Mission
aries last ye.ir and his making good
at Ann Arbor does not surprise any
body hereabouts.
With reports floating northward of
the serious. Injuries or some of th
Rugbv football players at Stanford and
California, including our own "Dutch"
Koerner, there are not a few who think
Prexv Jordan's pet game is anything
but gentle. It Is anything but In har
mony with the .noughts of W. O. Mc
Geehan, the bard of the San Francisco
Chronicle, who has penned these satir
ical lines on the California game:
"Oh It wasn't much use to wallop
King George
Since we's taken the English game
We'll bring on the plnK tea for a reg
ular spree.
Let us drink and forget our shame.
Advices from New Haven state that
Jack Owsley, who left Seattle several
weeks ago to assist his old teammate
and friend, Bob Forbes. In coaching the
University of Oregon squad, has arrived
on the Yale campus and Is coaching the
quarterbacks of Old Ell for their strug
gles with Harvard and Princeton. Frank
Butterworth. the famous plunging full
back of Yale, Is also baca at his old
school, helping to bring tne team Into
shape for the big fights.
Latonla Result.
Latonla. Nov. 7. Today's results:
First race, six furlongs Buffons
(Burton) 8 to I. won; Home Run (Het
del), second; OUve Ely (Glasner), third.
Time, 1;1.
Second race, five and a half furlongs
Winter Green (E. Martin), 8 to 5,
wont Mabel Henry (Kennedy), second:
All Red (Deverlch). third. Time, 1:14
3-5.
- Third race, mile and a sixteenth
Orena (Deverlch), 11 to 2, won; Warner
Orlswell (Kenntidyh second; Palemon
(Glasner), third. Time. 1:48 2-6.
Fourth race mlla and an eighth
Red Gauntlet (Kennedy). 3 to 2, won;
Financier (Martin). second; Gliding
Belle (Brandon), third. Time, 1:52 4-5.
Fifth race, six furlongs Director
(Martini 7 to 10, won; l'lease (Dever
lch). second; Merrick (Heidel). third.
Time, 1:13 2-6.
Sixth race, mile and three sixteenths
Alma Dufour (Kennedy), 3 to 5, won;
Water Cooler (Deverlch). second; Tha
Shaughraun (Butler) third. Time, 1:01
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Pimlloo, Nov. 7. Today's results:
- First race, five furlongs Taboo, 9 to
R, won, Thetis second. Ballet Girl .third.
Time, 1:01. ' - .
. Second race, six furlongs--Hallfax. 5
to 2, won, Sal Volltlle second. Botanist
third. Time. 1:13 1-6, i: ,
i Jhlrd race, mile and a. half Super
stition, 7 to 1, won. Queen of the lillls
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PAPRE-KETCHEL GO
BEST IN MANY DAYS
NELSON DECLARES FOR LONG RST PERIOD
By Will J. Slattery.
San Francisco, Nov. 7. Billy Papke,
the Illinois thunderbolt and the cham
pion middleweight of the world, and
Stanley Ketchel, former holder of the
title, will battle 20 rounds before Jack
Gleason's club of this city on Thanks
giving evening. This is the first elaasy
bout that has been carded for San Fran
cisco in many a day 'and, therefore, the
fans are looking forward to It with un
usual Interest
Already the betting Is even money arid
there Is plenty of coin for the takers
(in rkrU aide. From nresent Indications.
the mill will be the greatest wagering
proposition that this city has known
since Bill Squires and Tommy Burns
fot together for half a round. Though
his mill was an awful bloomer, still
evervbodv fell for It and something like
$100,000 was put up on the chances of
both men.
It is very likely that Papke will close
aDout a 10 to ravorue over jveicnei
At that these are verv good odds, con
sidering what has been on the bill of
rare ror the last lew monms. mvery
fight of note recently was a 10 to 4
shot or worse. For Instance, when Nel
son beat Gans last Fourth of July Joe
was 10 to 8, as everybody rigurea mat
the Dane could not stand the gaff. The
next time they started, the odds were
Just the reverse.
And so it has been right down the
line. The fans could not get anything
that resembled a run so far as odds
were concerned. The recent fights In
San Francisco proper all proved Jokes.
Fighters of the Thompson and Unhol;
variety furnished the entertainment and
nobody who figured himself a classy
sport would" fall for making a bet on
tramps like these.
San Francisco has never seen Papke
In action and naturally, everybody who
follows the game of fisticuffs is waiting
with eager interest for a glimpse of the
new champion in the ring. Hia remark
able victory over Ketchel In Los An
geles on Labor Day boosted his stock
sky high and everybody who witnessed
that encounter is touting Papke as one
of the toughest and hardest hitting fel
lows who ever climbed through tha
'"iKetchel on the other hand has his ad
mirers and they all firmly believe that
he will be able to come back and score
a knockout over Papke even faster than
Papke did over him.
The Illinois thunderbolt is not much
of a gymnasium worker and consequent
ly, the fans who have been watching
him work out at his San Rafael train
ing quarters were not favorably im
pressed. But Papke Is like Battling Nel
son, a fighter pure and simple. He can
not show off and he looks more like
a chunky coal heaver than a prise fight
er of class. . . . .
What Papke does noi Know aooui mn
fine arts of the boxing game would
i.k ,.r fei4 for studv and re
search. He goes at his work like a big
boob and really, he does not know how
to lead. Anybody who sees him work
ing for. the first time naturally turns
away in order to hide a mj'-
BUt It is enureiy n. umcui "Vi
v..n hn aiana Into the ring. He
simply tears at his man and every time
he puts a punch across, the other rej
low will wince, provided he manages
to keep on his feet at all. The cham
t t... n .wii k ck In either hand
and he swings them In such a peculiar
manner that noooay Knows juw. wn,-u
one he Is going to land with. He Is
irii.. ani relentless and will take an
awful beating. In this respect, he goes
at his work very much on the order of
Nelson, though he is a great deal faster
than tho llgntweigni cuamyiuu.
i r.rAtr,cr in nnnular rumor Ketchel
is broke and down and out financially
and If he loses this fight, he will be
second, Wilton Lackaye third. Time
ao fetAnlArhtJIA. about tWO
mllefrwaterway. 4 to 6, won. Noblesse
Oblige second, oersi iuiru.
Fifth race, one mue uonnaugui gan
ger. 3 to 1. won, noss ramun suvuuu.
pocomok third. Time. 1:40 4-6.
Sixth race, mile AStor aur, even,
won. Sparkles second, Bergot third.
Time. 1:43. ' ..
Seventh race, mile The wrestler, e
m k wnn nirn ci - t-fall second. Ma
mma third. Time. 1:41.
Latonla Entries.
T,tnnl Nn 7.1irnllnwlnz ara the
entries for Monday's races:
First race, five and one- half rur-
lungs, uiou .-iiiiivna ........ - -
lr 1 .... K.T ,)!. t.. 7nn4.Ana U'.ntnl r.
u- ci ii, i, emu jl i . v. ......
Queen, English Lass, Juliet M.. Giddy
inn liuu;, ttJliy risnar, may uu.-.
(106). Kllvanev. SDhnidida. Ludhiana
(109). . ..
Seooad race, five furlongs, purse
Mabel Henry, Miss Crittenden (100).
Jrfaneh. Claiborne. W. A. Leach 10$).
Dr. Holzberg (106), Sea SweU 109).
Canada, (97). Bucket Brigade. (1001. i
iiiiua itfTia, Tesn,. mni'i J".v
Earlscourt, Congo, Transvaal, U0.W, j
T. Kemper, Western Knight, u07.
Fourth race, six furlongs, handlcap--Ai
Muller, (109). Dainty Dame,
Ethon. (11). Miss Falnt fl21). - W '
Fifth race, one mile and aeveaty.
done for as far as the prise ring goes.
Ketchel went ovr the. route-as faat as
any young man who ever won a fortune
in tha prize ring and during tha year
that he was a popular Idol, ne had all
the fun that could be had in gay San
Francisco.
His last chunk of money went for a
big American racing car, which ha pur
chased In I os Angeles a few days be
fore he hooked up with Papke. This
was a very costly investment for the
ex-champlon. He learned to drive It or
at least thought he did in about an hour
and from that time oh, he gave tha big
rasing machine a fine It me, Th,c
has already cost him $1,000 or mora for
repairs, but still he has It on his staff
and Is evidently laboring under the de
lusion that ha will become a great
driver some day.
If Ketchel can come on and beat
Papke after the awful lacing tha lat
ter gave him, he will again be twink
ling as one of the most dazzling stars
in the pugilistic sky. He will get a
lot of money and in a word, he will but
on his feet again, ready possibly to
hurl challenges at Tommy Burns. It
will be a fight full of opportunities for
both and according tonsil facts and fig
ures, the best man should win and very
decisively at that
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There Is no possible chance for a
meeting between Battling Nelson and
Packey McFarland before Washington's
birthday at least or possibly much
later. The champion of the light
weights has taken the bit In his teeth
and declared himself for a long rest
after his present theatrical engage
ments cease, and when the Dana wants
his own way, he generally has It no
matter what influence is brought ta
bear upon him.
Manager Willis Britt went all tha
way to New York and Chicago In tha
hope of getting the battler to sign up
for a go with McFarland on either
Thanksgiving day oc Christmas day,
but there was nothing stirring. - Nelson
declared that he had had enough of
the ring for a while at least and that
the long rest was his due. Even tha
continued hurling of challenges at him
by McFarland failed to do any good,
so Britt and Jim Coffroth, who hopes
to promote tha great fight soma day
came to the conclusion that the onlv
thing they can do is to await tha Dane's
pleasure.
This will leave Coffroth without a
match for his two big holiday dates.
In fact. Coffroth. acknowledged aa tha
premier promoter of them all, is be
coming rather disgusted with tha
righting game. He is one or thosa who'
red let that tha sport will dla a natural
eath here in a very short time unless
some lively talent Is discovered and
very quickly at that At tha present
time there are- no good ones roaming
around. After tha NeUon-McFarland
battle has been fought, there will ba
no great lightweight left for tha win
ner of the contest for tha reason that
Leach Cross and tha other eastern boys
who were looked upon as comers failed
to make good when they wera put to
the final test.
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They say that McFarland never will
be able to do the lightweight limit,
133 pounds ringside, within three
months. Packey is still only a "youth
and ha has been growing fast of late.
He Is a tall, rangy lad and tha laat
time he tried to make the weight for
Cross in New York, he had to show a
lot or speed. wnat makes It even
worse Is the fact that Packy worries
every time na. is a pouna over ana
this does him no good. . ,
If McFarland aver hopes to meet Nel
son, he will have to do tha weight and
thera Is no other salvation for him.
The champion is a natural lightweight
and can make the limit for a good
many years to come. Being the cham-
fiion. he is bound to dictate the terms
o Packy and tha latter must coma
to him if he ever expects to gain the
title.
yards, selling Goldtreasure, (93), The
Shaughran, (96). Lady Esther, Carew.
Lens (100), Woolstone (104).
Sixth race, one mile and a sixteenth,
selling Spunky, (92), Lady . Baldur,
(94), Severoua, (96), Cymbal, Albert
Star, (97), Beaterllng, Quagga On,
Hartlng, Beau Brummel, (103), Deacon.
Howard Shean, !). y
weatner, clear, tracK rast.
Oakland Entries.
Oakland, Cal.. NOT. 7. Folldwlng: are
the entries for Monday's races .,,
First race, five furlongs, purseThe
Drake, Palo Alto, Beau Man. Ron mo.
Angel face, Joe Rose (112), Captain Hun
sen, Cotytto, Smiling Jack. Incentive,
Marchess, Klgent 7,108). .
Second race, six furlongs, selling
Aftermath, Rose - Cherry. Bushthorpo,
RotrOU, Mslar, Cholk Hedrlck, llulf.,ri
(112), Em and Em, Rosy Light U07
Third race, mile and an eighth.
Ink-LazelL' Kogo. Mike Jordan. li,i . ,1
Red, Miss May Bpwdlsh, 13yronr'i
(107), MUltary Alan (105), Or- I, an ( 1 i
Fourth race, one Voile, sol, in r i
Bent. Fantastlo (197), WoodoraH (1
Fifth race, mile and an !vr,
lng Kamsack (110), I,Mv An. n.
Pal, Sllverilne, Hermit- Tea In il
Mlishore, Frank Dublin It (1). ,
-- euxm.rare, six Turin.,.,, uu - "
Nagaxam Belle. Klnnev.Viii-'-. i
rill. Buster Johen, Ami 5,','". i
Herodotus (U9. Bma-y MV:A. . ,
raerly ma as C.:, .,, c. j.i.