THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 5. 11)09.
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OPTICS IllliKED
STIMN0LKU SMITH
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M SETTLE OLD
SCORES AT MEET
Yonntf Men's Catholic Club
'.Meet Will Have Many
Classy Kntries.' .
READY FOR MATCH
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O'Connell-Smith Mtetflo AVil
Clerer Bantams and 'Light
! Manager Ticks Raisin Town
tiring Qlt'ixC1faYll:
weights Will Swap Biffs'
: Over Santa Barbara for
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When ' Eddie ,0'ConnelL ths clever
- , Multuowkli vlul Instructor, step n ths
k mst with Strsnglcr Smith, the stevo
dors ' ehamuion. . one week from to
morrow i night,' ths -wrestling fan,
i f whom there ' lire " itft unusually
large number In'rorMnafl, will see. two
ef the cleverest wolrtrwolglits la the
business comtstogrhcrr-O'Connrll ttolds
; one, decision over the ' strangling . one.
"' but It -wss secured because ' the long-
' shoreman was unable to Withstand the
In of an Unbreakable toe hold tbe east
iner .seqtf red after an hour and a half
of wrestMng. , '
Since meeting" O'Connell - Strangler
Smith baa wrestled over Orecoa and
. WaetsTngton with Charlie Olson, the light
.( iuf weight Champion of the world; John
and others, and many of tbe rough
,uis have been worked Off his style.
' iilght now he Is probably better than at
any time in his long career, and on form
should give the champion as awful tus
sle for the winner's ends of tbe gate
receipts, -
Smith wanted to be In the best possl
Ho condition when, he met O'Connell, so
that his backers would have no kick
coming on his being "off feed," and with
that idea In view secured a postpone
ment of the match from next Wednes
day until . the following ; Monday.
. Whether the match will be. held In Ex
!os(tlon rink or Dreamland pavilion will
1 settled tomorrow.; Most of the fans
would like to see it downtown, and have
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Picture taken of Ad Wolgast -while
training for hlg tight with Lew
Powell, whom he beat In every round
at San Francisco last. week. Wol
gast, is cow ready to fight Battling
Nelson or Abe Attell. . -
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0 UERSHRE WDESTTRICK
. By Will 3. Slattery. . ,
. San. Francisco, Dec 4. James Cof
froth and Jack Gleason of San Fran
cisco and Tex Klckard of Nevada and
other places put over- a nlcs one on
their rivals fon the big Jeffries-John'
son fight. It was one of the shrewdest
trick -That" war -mrer "worked "by -any
fight promoter in any, part of f he' world
end if all the details go; through, there
Is no question but that all parties- will
pull down a handsome- piece of coin.
That the fight will take place at Cof
f roth's Mission street arena goes with
out saying. They may agree upon a
dozen other places in. the meantime,
1-ut San Francisco has' the population
n nii the reputation and ' the money and
it's the place to hold the battle. There
is a remote chance ' that it may v be
staged at the baseball park, but this
does not seem very likely for the rea
son, that neither- Gleason or, .Coffroth
are in right politically here. ' This li
Why Coffroth was forced to go over
the county line to pull off all his fights
since the earthquake.
' One GigwntlO Pool.
The story 1b going the' rounds that it
will be one glgantio pool and that
Jeffries ' and Johnson and Berger as
well ' as the three -promoters will all
be in on it The original intention
was to let Jeff get his cut but to hold
cut on the big smoke. However, the
: foxy coon got a line on what was being
, slipped over on him and he let out such
a roar that they were forced to open
the doors for him. v Thus It is that the
fight will be. a sort of mutual benefit
scheme for fighters and managers and
promoters alike. t i..- .
How the-money wjll bs'eut up is- a
question, but the chances are that Jeff
will get a shade the better of It. He's
. the most important' part of the card
. and - he is , in a better position to do
the dictating; than is his dusky ' rival,
; However. Johnson is shrewd and crafty
and he will see. that hs gets none the
worst of the deal In the long run.
None of the local fans like the way
In which the big deal was engineered
and already they are beginning to talk
fake and frameup. As one of them re
marked yesterday, ""That1-fellow John
son would commit murder for 160,000
and it's a cinch that be will lay to Jeff
. and toss that fight off for much less
i money,'?. . "t .-v.i ?r t;;
, figured la Beats. . -
: Johnson has figured - in- so . many
crooked deals here that nobody trusts
him. He has fought but one honest
fight here and that was against Jim
; Flynn nearly two years ago. -
' Ad Wolgast, the diminutive lad from
Milwaukee is the reigning sensatioa in
pugilistic circles now from Maine to
California. The Sensational victory
. which the beer city boy gained over
t Lew Powell last Monday evening stamps
' him as the next opponent for Battling
-seison.- in Lowell, wolgast- beat the
best lightweight in tbe game outside of
himself, Nelson - and possibly , Welsh.
He jumped Into' fame on a ons -night
stand and he bids fair to reap a golden
harvest and to besoms a ring idol before
six more months (lapse.
- , Wolgast is . oombination of Kelson
' and Terry MeGovern when Terry was
Terry some 10 years ago. He wades
. in as fast as jncGovem ever waded sind
. ho , is possessed, of the asms ' bulldog
tenacity whtcn marks the work of the
lightweight thampion." What he does
not taiow sbout the tricks cf the ring i
is not needed in the makeup of any
fighter eT'modem rimes." - He can lilt
from any anrl. is the master of every
stall and bluff that the came is famous
fur, and b can take a world of beating
without fllncUng. " .
Orsat la Betttagv ' --
The Wolgast-l'oweli encounter prorsd
t grit-t betting p.-rpsillon. that
."nii 2 rar,clirco h known since the fire.
Nrt:ihtindi,-.g the fact tlt tbe Wai-Vr-ii8
ani kml ling WU is supposed
to kep all the betters .Under rover,
lorn turt-ett. the r.fUrd cummlMlonrr,
I indi'd mare tban I4a.0t on tb flgbt.
lie pri. was princfpa.Hr at It to T
in Pof J-s fsrer. tbouab tt opened at
ti nionr. It did re as tow as 1 to
t aid S U. 1. It is bUaultd Uit
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Arvt s'.af a "nrlng th local fans
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f..-y Iuj. a calf to fho tr.i
lit t' rrt-aftt-m, m t r.f ,rnrt
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can do either weleht and do them hand
ily. iUe weighed but 12? pounds when
he stepped intS the ring against Powell
and he appeared to be as strong as the
proverbial bull.
At that, he tired several times dur
ing the, fight and i this leads the wise
Old fans to believe that he will never
hav .a chance-against Nelson, The
man who tires whilo in the ring with
the lightweight champion Is a dead bird.
as Joo Gans will testify to, .
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TXaw Klddls Springs tTp.
A new ono in the middleweight or
light heavyweight class : was sprung
over In Oakland the other evening In
mda as pretty a clean up as San Fran
cisco fan have ever known. -
Oa Selson's Trail. '
Wolgast Is going to csmp on the trail
of Nelson now and if he can't get the
battler, he will content himself with
Abe Attell.- It is the dream of the lit
tle fellow to gain the light anl feather- bang style of boxer, and Just the fellow
weight hmpid'n
at it all the- time, and Long will have
no chance to rest once the gong sets
them off.
All optics are now turned toward the
quartet of boxers the new Oregon vAth
letlo club is closing with for tbe smoker
to be held the middle of December.
Whea it was announced that the cjub
had secured the services of Jookey
Kennett, the clever bantam, who out
pointed Freddie Couture last Tuesday
nlgbt. the club members sat up and took
notieev and when lt was further - n-
nounced that most likely his. opponent
would be Jimmy- Carroll they promptly
shook hands with one another,
If there are two bantams In the busi
ness that can put up really clever
exhibition It Is Bennett and Carroll.
Outside of Mont 'Attell. Carroll la con
idered the' cleverest boy In the south.
and he Is always In demand for smokers
like the Portland clubs are pulling off.
Carroll Can Ta Xa.' ; ..
With a fellow like Carroll to tear
Into Bennett and try to plsrcs his clever
defense and the whiplike blows of the
Jockey landing In the mid-section with
out fail, the fans have a treat In store
for them.
Young Edwards and Louis Long, woo
are signed up' for the lightweight bout,
are two 'of the classiest chaps In the
ring. Edwards has been trimming a lot
of clever boys in California and has
worked himself to an enviable place In
the ring. He Is there with the punch
and the cleverness, and against an old
ringmaster like Long should give the
farts a keen run for their money. .
'. Vhlle Long has been boxing full
many a year, he Is no back number.
He can punch Just ad hard as In the
days of yore, and , he is a bit mors
clever than he used to be. There are
few of . them who care to take - any
chances with the blonde-haired lad who
halls from Spokane, for he is apt to
uncork a haymaker at any time.
. Kst Boms Old Stars. '
In his time he has met some Of the
old ring stars like the Mexican Her
rerra, who floored Battling Nelson ones
up In Montana, and to this day the
champion declares he never- stopped
such another punch. Martin Canole,
another topnotcher. has been his oppo
nent. . Jack Clifford was another, and
one might go right down the line tell
ing them. , ,
In Edwards, Long has ' an opponent
worthy of his steel. He is the slam
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Wrestle Eddie
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O'Connell December
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The Boss City Athletic club Still has
Freddie Couture under its wing, and
will probably match him against some
good boy foy their January smoker.
Portland Boy Has Strong
Following for the Cap-
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- Flht I)ecomler 13.
Arrangements have been male for , a
match between Fighting Dick H-yland
and "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson at
Kansas City on the night of, the 18th.
Bill McCarbey, Hyland's new manager,
has been busy, as a bee getting good
fights for his men. McCarney and Hy
land stayed In Frisco for the Powell
Wolgast mllL .
CAN MASTER OF HAWTHORNE COME BACK?
. Turfman are watching to see If Ed Corrigan can recoup his enormous
losses on the race course. The western turfman, in his recent petition in
bankruptcy, showed 'himself completely in the hole. His liabilities, most
ly unsecured, are nearly J176, 000, while his assets are not quite $15,000.
-Down Frankford way the Kentucklans know Corrigan for a fighter sand
' belle Ve that" he can recoup within a few years. John "W. Gates Is a cred
itor for $36,000.,' Others are the Whitney National bank of New Orleans for
$11,000 and Annie Ryan of Cincinnati for $24,000.
1 Corrigan Ui his time was the most forceful and picturesque figure upon
the turf. ' Only two years ago he-refused an offer of $750,000 for his race
; track property. He has 'made several fortunes;""and"thls vis" ''"nortRe first "
time be has been in the hole. He has owned severs 1 tracks in his tima
Because of his owning the Hawthorne race track in Chicago, Corrigan ws
nicknamed the "Master ot Hawthorne." He was the builder of the Ingle-
side track in Frisco and the Tanforan track. In the futurity of 1891 Corri
gan entered Huron tnd insisted upon running it,, although it had been
..barred out by the Jockey club. Huron ran second and was disqualified. 1 '
TWO COUNTRIES VVfLL
H01WIE 1 OLYMPIC
It Is feared that the International
Olympic games, which will be Tield In
Athens, Greece, ' in July of next year,
will not be a complete success. Two
of the biggest nations will qot he rep
resented; namely, the- United States and
Great Britain. Of course, Greece will
have a team as will Germany, France,
Italy and likely ' Sweden and Austria.
Interest has not Isgged in the great
games, but conditions eava been such
that teams could scarcely be expected
to take part,
' Ever " since 1908, when so much feel
Ing grew, out of the Imbroglio with the
Americans, . it was though that the
United States would not be represented
at Athena. It Is a somewhat painful
reriection to think that, when the games
are being held on the classic grounds
where they were founded and fondled,
the modern meet should be . lacking-
in anything to make it a complete
success. ' -'
Figure on Whitney Horse,
The attention of English sporting
men Is directed towards the Derby, even
at this early date. The favorites now
are Lord Rosebsrry's colt, Neil Gow; the
Lembcrg colt. Major Loder, and tbe
Whitney horse, Whlskbroom.
iPuWIshem' Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Dec. 4. The two stars of
the football "season will be lost from
the ,. gridiron , next season.' They are
Captain Ted Coy of Yale and Captain
Hamilton Fish of Harvard. Both grad
uate" in the spring, of 1910 from their
respective universities. ' '
Yale will never cease singing ' the
praises of Coy. Big, basiliful, powerful,
thouchtful he is the chap who is go
ing to succeed in the battle that fol
lows graduation Just as lit the strug
gle upon the football field. r ,-,
At the present time the two eliglbles
for the . captaincy of Yale next year
are Fred Daly, the plucky half back,
and John Kllpatrick, left end. , Both
have Dlayed consistently this season
and. both wtl be ready for the fray next
fall The feeling now is that Daly will
cet the lob for Kllpatrick. who is lales
crack broad Jumper, is slated for the
athletic team. ' - -
Bush will likely replace Fish next
year at Harvard. McKay, the other
tackle, has been mentioned, but the
nrenonderance seems ,tov be with -the
first mentioned man. Ham Corbett of
Portland, Or., also has a strong follow
ing. Gil Brown will , be lost td Har
vard as will Houston, But ' L, Smith
and Rogers, both of whom mftde credit
able showings in the game with Yale,
will be back. Others who will not bo
with Harvard in 1910 are Paul Wtth
Ington, center; O'Flaherty, quarterback,
and right half back Leslie. Minot ad
mits that Harvard will be hard hit for
1910 football material, but the gap will
be bridged the best way possible.
Fresno will be the training camp of
the Portland Pai-lflo Coast league base
ball rn next year, according to the
present plans of Manager McCredle. For
a couple of weeks the big boss or the
Beavers has been fluctuating between
Fresno and Santa Barbara., but the
raisin town finally won out. Of course
Ma -may- yet change bis- mind,-' but
Fresno is all to the good now. '
Fresno will b remembered by Port
land, fans as the biding place of on Ml
quel Fisher, who tried to tach the na
tives to' lovs th great national game.
They learned readily, 'but- not fast
enough to ault the volatile chap with
the piscatorial handle, and be quit the
burg. .- ' - - -'
Manager Mao wants to plok np.-a
penny hers or there to help cut .down the
training expenses. , This was held out
as an . inducement last . year and the
year, before, but the crowds ' further
south would not come but to see the em
bryo Beavers biff the ball and trip
around the bases. This Is one thing that
restrains htm from going as far south
as Santa Barbara.- .
" v-.'. Xall Contracts ' Mrs. ;
-At Fresno -Mao thinks his men will
make a hit, and that the gate receipts
of the practice games will come some
where near paying the expenses of, tha
month of -preliminary workout. -
"While Manager Mac has not mailed
any contracts, and will not do so until
the first of the year, he has passed the
word around among the tossers who are
wintering in Poruand that the trek
southward will begin the first week in
, March. Several of the boys remained in
California during the winter, and will
have little trouble rounding to. Hers
In Portland the players have' kept In
good, condition playing water polo.
which they. pronounce the best possible
kind of training to. take - off surplus
fleslu - . , V. '- . ..
Little has been doing in the way of
Clearing up the complicated baseball
situation, and it looks as If this , impor
tant matter will be held In abeyance
until the return of Cal E wing, from his
little Junket to the Hawalians. t Dave
Dugdale Is back in Seattle now, after a
whirl through southern California.
Dug Wormed Els Way,
When he wasn't suffering from the
California magnates. Dug wormed his
way Into the hearts of the Californians,
and It is safe to predict that' the portly
magnate's visit will not have. been In
vain.--' ' .. r.
Dug, for one, is willing to let bygones
be bygones, v Like Mr. Hopkinson. his
motto Is -right's right, and fair's fair.
and when the season foils around Dug
will be lined up on the right side, for
getful of the dream he once had of Class
A rating in his beloved Northwest v
From remarks let dron by Du It is
aimost a foregone conclusion that Fort- .
land will have a Class B team again
next spring, and the fans will be happy
again, that is, those, of them who. pre
tend not to differentiate between the
playing quality of the two leagues.
The clever bantam, Bennett, who
will. jjox Jimmy Carroll, the Oakland
speed marvel, before the - Oregon
Athletic club smoker the middle of
the month.
Tit next thing In ths amateur box
ing and wrestling llns Is ths first annual
open meet of the Catholic Young Men's
club on ths Fast Side tomorrow night.
Thar are soversl little arguments
among ths amateurs to sottla, and tht-stf
conoorn the ttianiplonshlp of ths city
at several weights.
Dan O'Lrlon,-ths fast-and clever-least.
elder who captured, ths 136-pound cham
pionship from Gens West, Is snxlouu
to defend his title sgatnst West in th.r
meet tomorrow night, but ths Winged
M man has not assented to entering the
meet. - O'Brien disposed of West In ths
second round of their previous engage- ,
mant via ths knockout route. He was
formerly a pupil of Tommy Tracer
and absorbed a lot of ths famous Aus
tralian's cleverness before aligning him
self with the Cathollo olub.
Traoey has a pupil named Bud An-
derson that ha thinks la a whirlwind.'
and If Bud can make IS pounds and
be strong he will enter ths ring against
ths former pupil. . If Anderson can't
make th weight he Will enter ths 146- '
pound class. He is tipped off as one
of the cleverest lightweights that ever:
pulled on an amateur glove. ,' .
v Struck Anton Slights. '. .
Billy Struck la another Cathollo flub '
amateur - with a lot of class - who, ly
going after ths lightweight title, and1
he may prove a stumbling block to thu '
retention of the . honors by O'Brien. ,
Richie Hewitt and Young McCarl have
long standing grievance to settle in
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YALE FOOIBMI FMIS
DISMALLY JM OREGON
night It Is a grand system and It Is
worthy of the. last meed of praise.
JTo Criticism for Coach. '
No criticism can be laid at the door
of Coach Forbes for . Oregon.'a poor
showing. It was .thought that Forbes
northwest , and -the sooner the state'snapped off the binding bolts whn
By It. A. O. . ' i
Tals's great football system Is not for
Oregon; , After two years of painstak
ing trial It baa ended In failure. There
Is nothing wrong With the 'system nor
the "coach that- expounded it If is not
university discards it the better for
that Institution.- It has been and al
ways will be a wonderful success in
the college that created it. Here in the
northwest it is not the fittest style of
football play and therefore cannot sur
vive. ..',...,;...' .-"v -. .; . -., ,H- -..,
Without dalliance with words, it can
be said at the outset that the Yale sys
tem la the system , of the big and not
the little college. It is the vogue of. the
college with thousands and 'not the col
lege with hundreds of students. It Is
really and truly a physical application
of ths survival of the fittest and not
the retention of the most adaptable.
There Is as much difference In the foot
ball possibilities of Yale and Oregon as1
tners is difference between day and
PACKY TELLS BRITISH
. FANS HE'S GOING OYER
Packey- MoFarland.' was surely dlsv
gusted when his proposition -to fight
Battling Nelson was turned down. He
announced that he would soon sail for
England, where he has hopes -of fight
ing Freddy WelBh, although Welsh has
his weather eye , on the Battler. , Mc
TTarlanrt finds It, difficult to make 182
pounds, the weight demanded Iby Nelson,
but he can easily acquire 135" pounds.
Jiohnny McFarland, a. brother of Packy,
who 4a acting as manager, wrote a let-
ter to the National Sporting club 'Of
London, apprising , the ; 'Britishers that
Paeky was coming. Probably ths brass
bands will be out in force at Fishguard
and Waterloo station . . .
AMERICAN CHAMP AT ENGLISH WEIGHTS
There was a great deal of wrangling last month over the weight question
for the Jeffries-Johnson fight., Jim Coffroth, ths live wire from Calif or
hla, came out Strong for the weights adopted by the National .Sporting
club of England. ' In England a champion must defend his title within six
months After a bonafide challenge. This Is a good Idea, toe. Here Is Cof--f
roth's opinion of- who are American champions at English weights;
112 pounds, flyweight, undisputed,-Johnny Coulon. ,- , . ' - '
lis poAnds, bamtamwelght, undisputed, Jimmy Welsh. '
126 pounds, featherweight, undisputed, Abe Attell..
135 pounds, lightweight, undisputed, Mike Bulllvan, Jimmy Gardner, Harry
Lewis and Kyle Whitney. , ... , ,. ' - 5 .
160 pounds, middleweight, disputed. Stanley Ketchel, Billy . Papks and
Sam Langford. (Ketchel withdrew -Into ths heavyweight class when - he
fought Johnson In the west, but he claimed he did not forfeit his middle
weight title if he made the requisite weight) -
176 pounds, light heavyweight, disputed, practically vacant, '
Above 175 pounds, heavyweight. Jack Johnson, .r iv f
Oregon and Washington , met. ' Forbes
had, not timed his machine rightly. It
was- not his fault, but- the fault of ths
system that filled his football brain.
Forbes, worked his hardest, - held the;
good will of his players and the es
teem of the alumni. These earns stu-
dents and Alumni believe In Forbes, but
they .are not sure of h?s system. Wash ;
ington's defeat was " too decisive s for
that; "
, In. a nutshell Yale's system is this.,
Develop the individual and consider all
games practice games until the last two
Weeks of the season, when the climactic
stags Is reached. Then begin to teach
teamwork.. Keep enough men on hand
to play the various positions for emer-
gency sake.
This Is all well and good, but let us
Inquire why it is successful. It is sue- -cessful
becatlse there is a squad of from
75 to 100 football men at New 'Haven.
Every one of these men is fighting to
the last ditch for a place on t(e team, -When
, the final weeding out comes
there are some SO selected players,.
Theft is the time when the Camps, ths
Heffelfingers,. the ; Hlnkeys, ths Shev- ,
llns', the Rockwells, ths Hogana, and ,
the Joneses flock to New 'Haven and.
givs their attention to ths . Individual .
players...
They all know, ths same style in vs-
rylng degrees. This they Impart to the
candidates ' for places on the eleven.
They give the players their individual :
attention. They teach him every trlok
and turn of the position, learned, by
themselves after years pf experience.
When the individual Is ready to step
CRACK ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
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