Ttlifi UKJSUUN. .SUnOAY JOURNAL, 'PORTLAND, SUNDAY ; MORNING, . JANUARY, 24, . 1909.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
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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.
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Billy Papke will try his wallop on
Jim Flynn some -time during Febru
v ary, at the Pacific A. C ,-
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All Lipped manager of Abe Attell.
says that Abe will meet Jem Drtscoll
in Philadelphia next month.
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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.
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- 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.
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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
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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
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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
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clusions wia onie of the crack Marathoners before the in,ter is
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