Ttlifi UKJSUUN. .SUnOAY JOURNAL, 'PORTLAND, SUNDAY ; MORNING, . JANUARY, 24, . 1909. 5 GREAT JIM JEFFRIES, MOST TALKED . , .,:'-.,'; OF FIGHTER, AS HE NOW APPEARS "Let Johnson step on' the tail' of my collie pup end I will fight hinVV said James J. Jeffries the other day while busy turning down $100,000 offers which philanthropic promoters were showering on .him. - That was Jeffries as he is and It .begins to look as if - a pup's tall would have more. Influence in getting ' the former boiler-maker into the "ring than the mammoth, purses 'dangled be fore his vision on 'three continents. That "Jeffries is an anomaly among prise fighters does not need, repeating, lie is as odd as they make 'em, and it Is probably this that makes him the most talked of man between two oceans. He. la now a sort of a George Washing ton ' to those who admire the manly , art, the rank and file looking upon him as the only 'man In all the world to humble the dusky .boxer who wrested the championship crown .from Tommy Burns. . ; ' :. v.-.' -, As a rule,. It doesn't take much to pull a fighter back Into the ring; in fact, the hardest Job is usually - to keep them , out," but hot so with James J. Jeffries, at one time boiler-maker, hunt er, farmer, actor "and proprietor of the longest bar in Los Angeles. Jeffries is not a spendthrift by any means, and lie likes the jingle of the coin as well as -the next fellow, but' evenr at that ho is not adverse in passing- up a paltry $50,000. The reason for this Is that he - re fuses to be rushed, be it in the ring or in private life. A' good many might call him lasy, but that does not hit the null on the head, either, as those "who have been with him on is untlng trips might testify to. He. will outwalk, out work and stay awake longer at a stretch .-' than anybody else when he , has to. Still, the keynote of Jeffries' life has always been - "let' me alone," figuring like many another one that the world owes him a living. ' He is, however, not very dependent on the world at large for bis three square meals a dayC-j He has accumulated quite a pile of this world's goods from the .time he first ' acted as a. punching bag for Jim Cor bett. - ' - ' ' Some of his friends say that' he Is probably worth $200,000 and that would be quite an argument to stay out of . ,. ....... . . ...... : . . . ,V v;rW i 'is til " ' rn ' i i ! -' ! Wit--, .r hi . - " " l'."' " .. ' ' ' 11 Upper photograph shows Jeffries and Dewltt Van Court, who helped train Corbett, Berger, Kaufman and Jimmy Brltt. Lower picture shows Jeff work ing with the row ing machine, a favorite stunt. K the ring. Then Jeffries Is shy, bashful and modest more no than the sweet girl graduate. He cannot Stand criti cism, and he has told his friends that he never ould live down a defeat, es pecially Ty a colored man, and he isnt' certain whether he could whip John son or not. Which goes to show that regardless of how old he gets he will always remain the '"kid" he was when he first entered the ring. But, although master at the life of ease, he will work when he getn good and started. There is no question about that. When Jim Delaney first started to make him a champion he put the boiler-maker through , the hardest kind of paces. He kept him going while actively in the ring, but that didn't mean that he liked It, and now, looking back on his de cisive victories over c:orDett, itxssm mons, Sharkey and others, he probably figures, "what's the use?" Still the clarion call for Jeffries will probably continue until he Is forced to come out of his shell and put Jack Johnson among me oiner nas-oeens. DGTIUEEn - A Philadelphia paper announces that John J. McOraw Is studying Polish, so that he can rattle Covaleskle next year, A Brooklyn scribe, upon hearing this, suggests that Mac learn German, so as to . be able to get to Rucker. It might 3 I I be a 'good idea for the Giants' leader, while at this language game, to get hep 10 r.nsiiBn, so as 10 sena urown up on a Santos Dumont when Matty goes in against the three-dlgited one. Clarke Griffith hss faith in Catcher Larry- McLean, formerly of Portland, and will give - him most of the work behind the bat for Cincinnati next sea son. H5 considered It folly to hold Catcher Rchlel when he could strengthen his pitching department. "1 think McLean wilt be able to do all the work." says Griff th. "I know all about him and realise that he has been reckless in his habits in the past But he is an intelligent fellow, strong, husky and willing, and I am sure that he will do grand work for us. It will help him to catch every day. for he Is a glutton for work and will do much better when performing dally than when forced to sit on the bench half the time. I un derstand Pierce is a pretty good man, and are may pick up another catcher before the season opens, but I expect Larry to be the main guy behind the bat ana do tne bulk of the work. When you see that faraway look on the faces of Ote Johnson and Pearl Casey, don't go to kidding them. They're only day dreaming about the California orange grovep, me sun oaming, et cetera, it will soon be time for Mc Credle and his men to trekk southward and Ote and Case are pining for the time. Haven't heard' anything from Seattlo lately anent the pugilistic aspirations or "Doc ' Kouer. Jim Corbett says Jeffries shouldn't a-o into the ring lor two years or more. In the mesinttme Jim says he would like to trim Johnson. Little more ad vertising for the actor man. Johnny Haley, who was defeated by Fdear Prank in the wrestling match Thursday night, la a pressman, having worked tor several years on tne Chi cago Tribune. He likes the town and says he might stay. What a cham pion he would make in the 135 pound class. really quite forgotten that Jim ever made such a declaration. .. George McBrlde has signed his 1909 contract with Washington, but Bob Ganley and several other Senators are hoping that Brother Cantillon will yet see things in the right light. "Rube" Marquard has reached To ledo on his way to New York. Consid ering the cold weather and the heart lexaness of freight trainmen Rube has made very good .time. He left Indian apolis on December 10. HOOD RIVER SKATER -s SPORTS OF ALL SORTS -s Mart in Hart will meet Tony Ross In a six round battle at Pittsburg, Janu ary 3P, 9 t - Jimmy Barry of Chicsgos'out with a challenge to fight John Wills or Al . Kubiak. f The followers of boxing In Maine are agitating for a law allowing 10 or IJ round bouts. ... -, "Cotton Top" Turner will be back on . the Job with the Cleveland team during th next season. . , - . , Billy Papke will try his wallop on Jim Flynn some -time during Febru v ary, at the Pacific A. C ,- ... All Lipped manager of Abe Attell. says that Abe will meet Jem Drtscoll in Philadelphia next month. - . . i r' Jack "Blackburn." the colored lignt Welght pugilist, manages to get into more trouble than Bandy Ferguson ever heard of. '.-,-' , ,:- ''Young Loughery says that he got the worst of the decision in his recent fight with Tommy Quill at Boston. - . - Word haw" come from Pittsburg that Deacon Phlllirpc will not go with the to Hot Springs, as was re- Pi rat e. ported. The Boston Red Sox played 39 men during the Reason of 190S. a feat which is the record for both leagues. Ground has been broken for the new baseball field at Hot Springs, Aric., where the Boston Americans are to do their training. - , .. Manager Hugh Duffy of the Provi dence club is a meinoer of the board that will control the Jnternal affairs of the Class A A combination. Larry Schlafley, the old Washington-Portland-Toronto player, la compelled to use a crutch In walking. Jack Frost put it on one of Larry's pedals .recently. Manager Roger Bresnahan aays tht he dpes not expect his SU Louis Car dinals to win the pennant neat season. And that's what everybody-knows. ' . Cincinnati" new pitcher." Tom Cant well, comes from the Georgetown jni veratty. He Is 20 years of age. weighs too pounds and is six and one half fet hig-h. . - . r Manager" McGraw will take 'men to the south in the spring. Perhani John is taking along the mob scene to rehearse it forthe" coming Chicago series. . -'- .' - '. : , , , Jim Corbett now admits he was only joking, when' he declared that he was. willing to fighl Jack Johnson. We bad age - , sag f2s r'- fn Wrr;"'r7-iiiir'ii ihwiimmi iiwjiiMn n i . X5Crr-i t-- One of the crack racers In the six days' race at the Exposition rink, the field Of whie will comprise some of the best In the country, will be Archie Waldsteln, tha Hood River wonder. Waldsteln first appeared here two years ago. Since- then he has won laurels ail over the country. He Is the son of Joe Wsldstein, one time champion all round skater of the world. Young Wald steln won the big meeting at Rivervlew Park In Chicago last spring and also cleaned op everything throughout Cal ifornia, claiming a 2:50 record for a miley , f : Among other well known x entrants will be Wallace H. Rlckard of Spokane, who made a great reputation in the east: Lester Bierwlrth. of Ban Fran cisco, -who c.alms the coast champion- snip i ty aereating mouienoerg, wno batithe famous Harley Davidson: Ross Copeland -of The DaUes and others. The race will start Monday, Febru ary' 1 and run six days. Iff minutes of racing being held each night. There will Pe some 1 entries, all of 'Whom make better than i:ai fot toe, mile. IninirTriu i nin CEHTER OF STAGE Splendid Indpor Game Gains 3Ianyv ConTerts Among Students of Country. By Sportsman. , - Basketball has the center of the stage and from how on until the warm days of spring come, inviting the athlete to cinder path, tennis court and the base ball diamond, the devotees of the great indoor game will hold sway. In the State league, the Multnomah club and McMlnnvlile look like strong contendes for championship honors. Both the organizations are represented by strong, fast and cever players and In their games thus far have proven their metal and ability by showing team work and skill of rare class. ,' It is doubtless whether the game played by the Multnomah club HgalnSt Cook's gymnasium basketball team of Spokane has ever been . equalled in games between teams of the first class here In the northwest. , Multnomah de feated Cook's- gym team of Spokane by a score. of 88 to and throughout the whole.-40 .minutes, the players on the Spokane team failed to negotiate a single basket from the field, their throws from the foul -line. A similar game occurred last year In the middle west -when the University of Wisconsin defeated the University of Nebraska by a 'score of 42 to 4. In this game the ' corn huskers did not succeea in making- a single pasxet rrom the field, and Wisconsin thereby estab lished a record among the big universi ties'that of holding a rival college down, to no score in 40 minutes of play. Coll striata Sulas Vonular- O. A. C has been successful In two games that have been played thus far this year, defeating the Portland Y. M. C. A. by the narrow margin of one point, it to 18, and taking cook s gymnasium team of Bpokann into camp by a score of 36 to 15. - In the latter game, the collegiate rules were used and the followers of the sport in Cor- vallis were delighted with the new game. While the collegiate rules do not differ very radically from the rules used In A. A. U. games, the play ing is much faster and the fouls called are less technical In nature. It gives the Individual player a greater oppor tunity without sacrificing anything in the way of team work. " Whitman and Pullman are coached by men who are familiar with the col legiate rules and doubtless another year will see the formation of a conference In tereol Inflate haaketball leaeue. This wil do wonders toward deveoplng the indoor game among the educational In stitutions of the northwest. XiofcKran Takes Up Basketball. Michigan has organized a basketball team and for the first time in the his tory of athletics of the Wolverine in stitution, thev will be represented in this wport. It has been a strange thing and nas called down considerable criti cism upon the athletic authorities at Mtchigfw n former years that they have not assisted in the encouragement and development of this splendid game. While Michigan has been very prom inent athletically and their prowess has been sung In song and lauded In story for many years, they are as meagerly represented athletically as any Insti tution in the United States. They sup port but four sports, namely, football, baseball, track and tennis and in these four games they have had marked suc cess. It has been their policy to limit the variety of athletic games in which thev should participate colleglately. and bend all of their energies toward mak ing these four games highly suecess- 'U't seems like a short sighted policy and at the same time no Inducement to men who are interested In other forms of sport. Take Yale for Instance. The New Haven school fosters and develops all forms of athletics. They have of course the major sports, football, base ball, crew, basketball and track and In addition they are represented in col legiate contests by fencing teams, cross country teams, wrestling teams, hockey teams, golf and swimming teams. It is in this general encouragement of all forms of sports that athletics be come vitally valuable to a student body. When so great a variety of athletic sports IB offered to the students and competent instruction is given in each bmneh there i; Uttle excuse that a man can offer for not candidatlng for some one of the many teams. If he has not thsArawn and bulk, speed and strength f football, there is some other game in which he might bo high- '"llkK I doing a wlo thing by encouraging basketball. There is no finer game on the calendar of sports, and many men who have been restricted fn their athletic activities will now have the opportunity of representing heir Alma' Mater and win for her added honors. Oreffon Sohoola Jrofresiv. In the northwest, the Oregon Agri cuUural college and the Un versify of Oregon seem most progressive in the encouragement of athletic sports. It is peasant Jo know that our state has two institutions which strongly favor the advancement of all tlfct is clean and aood In athletics. While th unlver flty is not represented this year by a basketball team, owing largely to the fact that their gymnasium Is some what small for the accommodation of Wla vers and spectators at an lntercol fegfate contesOhey are working hand In hand wHh O. A. C. for the fostering of other forms of athletic games. Both institutions of course have football, baseball and track teams, and In add -tlo" on February 22 next, they will initiate the splendid sport of cross coun- trCMnfon's birthday, two teams of five men each, will run over a course of three or five mues. me exact ui tance having not yet been decided up on. Plnns are also on foot scheduling of an intercollegiate wres tling contest between the two state in stitutions. ja fortunate havtn, the services of Edward O'Connell who ts teaching the boys the elements of the wrestling game, and Oregon has secured Jack LaSalle, a wrestler of considerable merit, who has had'fruccess in the mid dle west. English Amateurism on the OrilL England Is in the throes of a local athletic expose that has affected many of the amateur athletic, associations of the British isle. Charges have been brought against a number of athletic clubs and proof haa been furnished showing quite conclusively that many of the clubs have encouraged profes slonallum among the football players, u'hiia v.nrianri haa not slwsva been ab solutely free from criticism of their i athletic activities, Rugby football has: usuallv been exploited as the cleanest of their vigorous sports. However, sus- i pension from the English Amateur as- J soclatlon of a number of prominent ath- I letes and Mubs has evidenced the same condition that has sometimes existed j among our own so-called amateur or- ganixations. - ! It has boen the custom In England to ! secretly give Rugby players a little sum in aHltlnn tn the nMiurv exnensea of i participation, and as many clubs and athletes are Involved, an athletic furor has been stirred up that will take some time to quell and a longer time to ex plain. Z&teRtatlo&al Ptss oa Karataoa. It Is Interesting to note the tone of the English prees with reference to; their own athletic contests and espe cially with reference to the athletics of ; the people on our siae or tne Atlantic. It la very interesting when compared to the criticism of our own most prom inent periodicals. For- Instance, the 'London Illustrated Sporting News, speaking of the recent Marathon race in Madison Square gar den between Hayes and Dorando. ex ults in the Italian's victory over the American,' and concludes the descrip tion of the race by saying, "That the Americans showed their characteristic sporting spirit by hissing the victor. Dorando." ,,-'' - To most Americans this statement is absurd nnd shows quit , planlj that the Kngllsh sporting wHer who Is re oonsiblt fur such, a statement la very Here Is an Opportunity to Get a Smart Winter Overcoat or Rain coat Way Below Actual Value If you need an Overcoat, or can anticipate your needs for next year, don't miss this sale, which includes the high class hand tailored Hart Schaffner & fine Clothes Marx .!" - ' All the correct styles, all worthy fabrics, and all sizes here. - if,. ' ' - Nv i 1 r it, 1 XJ .35 Takes any Over coat that was $20.00 Takes any Over UULhP coat that was $25.00 .00 Takes any Over coat that was $30.00 .35 Takes any Over coat that was $35.00 Winter Sack Suits at like reductions, including, Tuxedo and Full Dress Suits. 6T)s& Copyright 1908 by ' Hart Scnafloer tt Mars Sam! Rosenblatt & Go Corner Third and Morrison Streets poorly Informed regarding the Ameri can followers of athletics. He doubt less Is a member of that class of Eng lish cltlsen who believe that -Indians rage remnant on Broadway and buffa loes are shot frequently in the suburbs of Boston. It Is pleasant to read In connection with, and as a comparison to the Eng lish viewpoint, the editorial In Colliers, commenting on the same classic event. The writer In Colliers, in substance says. "That most Americans who are good sportsmen felt rather glad at Do rando's victory, realising that it was onlv Justice that the man who had lost with victory so near in England last summer should prove his caliber and retrieve his defeat.'' "Ml Man's, a Man for a That" There Is much that is unfortunate In the athletics of both countries. There are many things that could be changed to good advantage. We must confess from our standpoint that there are many features of American athletic eon tests that could well be apologized for. When one goes right down to the bottom of things and Investigates with a clear mind and with unbiased Judg ment, It will doubtleas be found true that the good sportsmen among our Rritlsh cousins are not very much dif ferent from the good sportsmen on our side of the water. Good sportsmen are found In all civ ilised countries. Any man who likes a fair contest and likes to see the better man win and has no excuse to offer when defeated by a more worthy rival. Is Included in the splendid category of men who stand . for all that is best and are indicated by that general term "sportsman." There are many such In both England and America. It would be a sorry think were it not so. STATE TItOOP C0VEB8 113,535 MILES IN YEAE Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan. It. Members of Troop B of the state constabulary traveled 113,635 miles, equal to four and a half times around the earth, while on duty during last year, according to the report of Captain J. F. Robinson. They made )302 arrests. Of the pris oners, 8S3 were convicted, 23S ac quitted and 206 have not been tried. The trooper worked Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Delaware, Hunting don. Lackawanna. Lehigh. Luserne, Ly coming. Montour, Monroe, Nothumber land. Philadelphia. Pike. Bchuyklll, Sul livan. Susquehanna, Montrose, Wayne and Wvomlnsr counties. Riot calls were few and In most cases two or three men were able to handle the trouble. Captain Robinson speaKS of the growth or respect ana esteem shown by the public for the troopers, and advocates higher wages for them. C. Wasserman, Portland: George H. Fos. ter. Baker City- i.ida M. O'Bryan, Port land, and Joseph Harris, Salem. Galloway cattle are being raised In Alaska for their skins, which are con sidered the equal of bearskins for beauty and durability. , Discuss Proposed Fight Bill. John Bain, president of the Municipal association, has called a meeting of the association to be held in his orrice Tuesday evening, at which time the question or allowing, pma using in the city will come up. The association Intends to fight the measure to the finish should It be introduced Into the legislature. Notaries Commissioned. . (Special DWDatch to Th. Jnaraal.) Salem, Jan. 23. Commissions as no taries have been Issued to Thomas Flan agan, Flanagan: W. K- Smith Jr.. and E. SI1KUBB, ENGLAND'S GREATEST RUNNER Alfred Shrobb, ihk famous long distance runner, who will try con clusions wia onie of the crack Marathoners before the in,ter is -oer.' Sbrubb Is ae I the greatest athletes the world na ever produced. Almost Pays The Rent The Herplcide Co. Detroit. Mich. ' Dear Sirs: i -Newbro's Herplcide certainly brings great results. I push its use. and can almost pay my rent with it." . Toura truly, (SigTJSd) JACOB S. BLOCKER. Beaufort, S. C. Giyes Best Results The Herplcide Co. . 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