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n '. r NEW WILDCAT" WOLGAST. CHAMPION NELSON. CHE1HW i BOY THAN ATTELL? 1 . Northwestern League Officially Ushered Out of Portland on Return of Forfeit. Will Hear Reports and Elect Boxfifg Managers Have Hard Nelson and Wolflast Come to Terms for Scrap for . Bat's Title. i i wOviii uaiuaiu vidiiipiuil Ul . World Has Warm Ad mirers In Portland. O.fficers All Owners In vited to Attend.- 4' Time Keeping Good Smoker Cards Together. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1910. Ulna : Trsclx Field t Diamond n 1 DOLLAR DOG FANCIERS TO GATHER TUESDAY CREASES APPEAR . Ill THEIR BROWS FIGHTERS SIGH UP FOR GREAT BATTLE WAS BARRY BETTER J Walter McCredle, manager - of , the Portland ball team this morning re ceived a check fpr $1000 from Presi dent Lucas of the Northwestern league with the compliment of the season, an act that brings to an official cloae the - ' existence of the Northweatern league In Portland. The check was mailed from Seattle and waa the forfeit placed by v the MoCrediea aa a guarantee that they i ' would flnlah ' out the aeaaon In the Northwestern league laat year. , xne1 iMorinweaiern league la now east . Ing abouf for a town to take over the Portland ' franchise for the- aeaaon of isis. wneiner it win do nunc. : lingham. North Yakima or Walla Walla remain with the league director. Walter paid a high tribute to Lucas ' tun morning:- "I have been In baaeball , for a good many years," remarked Wal ter "but In all my experience I never met a squarer, more oonactentloua fel low than , Luke. Outaida the major leagues X know of no one who la better posted on baaeball affair. Nobody Would like better than I to aee Lucas at the head of the Coast league. X do not hes lute to say that he would strengthen . the organisation such as no one I know could strengthen it -"Whenever X can do anything -for Lucas, I'll be on the Job. I'm only sorry that some of the men he Is work- , log with do not measure vp to his cali ber. Luke Is all right", ; , CURTISS CAN SOAR AT - ; LOS ANGELES TOURNEY . t nntt4 Ptu fMd Wla. '-' - ' ' Buffalo. N. T., Jan. 7. According to 'Federal Judge Hasel, "who granted a preliminary injunction restraining Curtis from manufacturing and selling the Curtis aeroplane, on complaint of the Wright brothers that tholr patents had been infringed upon, Curtis haa legal right to fly at Lo Angeles during the coming aviation meet Judge Hasel's announcement, .printed, here this morn "No prohibitive Injunction has been Issued.' The, decision Is not In force until the decree Is entered, and I shall require notice of entry of the decree to all persons concerned. I am informed .that when the decree Is entered appll- cation will, be made for a stay. Of course. If that is granted the injunc tion will not Interfere with. any. ar rangement nqw nder way, . . 1 SPEED DEMON . ' SEES 125 MILE TIME . -a, tsowdal DUwtiok to Tb JoarnaLi. 1YY Chloago, Jan. 7. Louis Strang, auto mobile racer, arrived from New York He expeoted to remain here for several days arranging for an Appearance here. Strang said he would break all record when he let out his "Flat Baby" ma chine on the new Lo Angele oval He expected easily to make 125 mllea an hour in the car. : ,. c , Hoods Deny Heppner Defeat (Scm-ltl Dtonttcft to Xo orM Hood River, Or., Jan. 7. Hood River basketball team takes exception to the statement from the Heppner correspond ent to The Journal that the Hood River team waa beaten la a basketball con test at Heppner on. a recent date. - The team that was defeated was the Frank ton team. The Hood River basketball team has not lost a single game this season. - ' . C LE, AR AN : On Our Entire Itock of SUITS AND OVERCOATS :.' "'i,,!'. ?'-'P' ''iv--V,kv.' i " ''' :, "P" K'ii-f-':':' 'j,)'vlr', -'iv'':.,i',!-'1,iC; ,"'"V"v -? '''-! ' '.-'''??' ! ' 'x 'A - x --'fS'r a .Jr;- .;' s' Consisting of this season's cxclu- , ; sivc ; models arc Offered "to you at greatly reduced prices - ' .. : or MORRISON Between 4th and 5th Crack Milwaukee lightweight who will try to .' lift Nelson's ' crown February 22. i j ' -i MOOHEYEl ..V- H !.:,. 7 -a a-aaa. , Frank Gotch -Tells Jim Jeffries of Money That Comes ;v : : From Mat.' .Wrestlers, and not promoters, -appear to be setting th money tat 1 being mad la the mat game. This fact was brought out sharply when Jeffries and Gotch, two champions In their respective lines, wer srawo into a aisouasion 01 farmani farming, through lomi que- tlona that arose over the set of me- tion picture film that , tb show Is carrying. "... Gotch stated that after Jeffries Was throush with th little matter he now I has on hand with Jack Johnson he would try to-interest aim in sTlf: ranch proposition 'thai h has under advise - ment , . v , r . 1 , . rrhbi"-will-bs--ons-sf ,thsilgsetlon,ths .races at the Eemeryville race thins ; ever . known anrvhtra Gotch I told the retired champion, "and I would Ilk to aaa vou set s niece of IL The I scheme, will appeal to you, I'm sure xrotfaln &ik hm. . ' . I Uattil.a Ilka ttim il rd b out ther now. and tar Ihere summer and winter if It Wasn't that I'm making so confounded much coin in th wraatlins- buainesa' , - ."Well, how much did you mafc wrestling last year r' Jeffries asked the I Iowa man directly. , "I cleared exactly 151.000." was the I astonishing reply. "That of course, lnVj- 1ITT At New Orleans three-ball blX oludes all ef my exhibitions And matches Hard match between William Sexton aa well. Tou see, I got more than one fifth of that out of one match with Mahmout the Turk- and that was about j C E SALE STRLLT Opposite CorbeUBIdg. ' - The' annual meeting of the Portland Kennel club lllv be held in the offices of President Parsons In the' Macleay building next Tuesday evening at I o'clock, when the yearly report will be read and Officers elected for next eea son. . Th reports will show that th ken nel olub is in th most prosperous eon' dltlon in its history. Although the club ha several hundred dollars in the treasury, moneymaklng is not it ob ject. All the surplus money Is need in promoting . the show of the following year, . In addition to the treasury dsi anee, the club owns Its own benching, amounting to something like 1100. The spring show will probably b held la the last' week of April as In former years," fit tin In with the dates of the Pacific coast circuit - Other tows on this olrcult ar VanoouverJ Victoria, Taooma and Seattle. Spokane holds Its dog show In connection with th fair in the falL San Francisco and Los Angeles hold their shows after the dogs have traveled through the norths west . , . . ' Members of th kennel club extend a cordis Invitation to an recently, ar rived fanciers to attend the Tuesday meeting and make themselves i known to the local dor lovers There ar a dosen or more arrival In th last six months who own highbred show dogs that th elub. members would Ilk , to so benched next spring. ' the softest match that X had during the "But surely, it doesn't '" average ' op as well as that year In and year outT" he was asked by one of the company. "No, I can't say that It does," and the big fellow stnlled "If I had cleaned up that well for th last three or four years X would own th whole state of Iowa by this time. But honestly, It' a great game for rae. I've mad that money because I always win. They talk about wrestling not being honest but X know of but mighty few spot wherein It 1 not honest snd straight The best fgument is that th better man al ways wins. That's aft argument that nobody can t refute.'', -, ' - k ; , .-. ; OAKLAND POLICE GRAB POOLROOM OPERATORS -i t- nt-vn. llc0 wilon rterday afternoon per. sonally conducted th first raid of the season on alleged poolrooms In this city. ; Several arrests were made In S room over the Bercovlch cigar- store ai rwifth atraat snd Broadway.-' The chief was assisted by Captain of Police Lynch and a poss snmrecoats, land h says that In future he will put J a stop to the SeUlng of down town pools track. - The men arrested are td M charged with felony under the provision of th Walker-Otis law '. which was (passed at the last session of th legis- lature. Thla Data in Sport Annals. ' ll5-WUl!m H. ("Pad Bill") Clark. I prominent ball player, born la Oswego, In T. Plaved with Omaha.' Des Moinea, Toledo, Chicago, New ,Tork and other clubs. i 187eUly Rhodes, pugilist: boni In St PauL Minn. and George F. Blosson ended with Sex ton the winner , by a soore of 1100 to 971. 1 J i ' 188 6Robrt U. Lnndi ( "Bobby" Lundl), pugilist born in Ola row, Scotland. 1887 Thomas Stevens arrived In San Pranolsed from his trip ' around th world on a bicycle. 1889 At Toronto article of agree ment signed between John L. Sullivan and "Jake" Ktlrain to right for 110.000 a side and th .championsmp ot.tne world. . . : : 188 At Chicago delegates from Co lumbus, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Mln nsapolls, Omaha 'and St Paul met to form the Western Baseball, league. TWO TICKETS IN f :M FIELD AT GROVE rorest Grove, Or., Jan. 7, -Two tiqksts win be In the field at th annual city lection- Monday. The Citlsena' Progressive ticket will b headed by M. Pstorsdh for mayor. Th candidates for eouncilmen on. this ticket will be V. 8. Abraham, Dr. Charles Hine and Pellx Verhoevenr for treasurer, B. B. Bennington; for recorder. B. P. Wlrts. On the People's Progressive ticket will be: For mayor, Dr. E. H. Brown; coun- ellmen. Professor A. C. Taylor, Ed sey- mor and Henry ;Wlrti; for treasurer, L. C. Corf, present incumbent; for re corder, R. p. Wirts, present incumbent. Ther win be a straw vote taken at the tim of the election, to determine th sentiment : of t the - U voters f as to whether the city shall conduct Its own lighting plant and the .election of the candidates on either one or the other of th tickets will likely depend on the belief of the voters as to how each such candidate stands In regard to the light ing question. MALHEUR FAIR ASS'N LAUNCHED AT ONTARIO (Soeeial DliDiteh to Th' Jonrntt.t Ontario, Or., Jan. 7. Encouraged by th great success of : the s recent stock show of this city, prominent men. have organised a fair association. The or ganisation Is known as : the Malheur County Agricultural society. The u rectors ar S3. A. Praser, J. A. Lackey and E. B. Conklin. J. A. Lackey, C. W. Mallett and. H. C Boyr; who wer appointed a committee to select a site for the fair grounds, have chosen 40 acres' Just north of Ontario, near the railroad track that they believe can be purchased at a reasonable price. . . The association will be incorporated for 110,000, and the stock will b sub scribed by stockmen, farmers and busi ness aem residing in Malheur county. f'-jta ' ""t . ',:. Buried Alive;; Rescued. ' fSiwial Dldttrb to Thm Jonrnll.t - l Marshfield, Or., Jan. 7 Joseph Ke- nene. an employe of the C. W. Smith company, was burled, alive jtvhen - a trench in which he was working caved in. H wa covered with five feet of earth. . workmen rescued . Kenene In Portland boxing clubs are having their share of this signing up worry just as their brethren to the south. First on thing goe wrong and then an other and a card that 1 mad up sev eral weeks In sdvanc la likely to be hot to pieces, befor th smoker date rolls s round. . l Th Oregon club had trouble in anr ling after Louie Long, the veteran, laat month as sn opponent for Frsnkle Ed' wsrds snd finally lost out altogether on th Spokane towhead. At the last hour they wer forced to put the gritty littl Bobby Evan on against th Oak' land whirlwind. . Thn the -Rose City club hsd similar trouble. It had matched Ted Whitman, the clever lightweight ' against Ed' wards.. .Two days befor tb match. Whitman slipped snd fell on his left wrist chipping th end off. on of th small bones That put him out of the running and Danny O'Brien was sub stituted.' . ' " ; . ' stoTeigH Ka tor sTosa. ' Now Evans hss a soreaw and will b tinable to meet Ted Whitman ss scheduled before th . Oregon club's smoker. It was also planned to get Pete McVeigh for an exhibition but McVeigh has a sore nose ss a result of his match with Roscoe Taylor In Ta coma last week and wont anter the ring for a month. ' - Ther has been a desire on th cart or the Oregon management to match Dan O'Brien with hi old amateur rival. Bud Anderson. . This would make a splendid exhibition, as th boys have gone four round to a draw and four rounds to a "coin flip" decision for O'Brien. Anderson Is not ready to sign up but will probably do so Sn a dsy or two. Both boys have a targ local fol lowing and their appearance over a longer route would b appreciated by the fan. - ' - -t Frank I Edwards Is scheduled to leave Oakland sarly next week for Portland to b here by th nineteenth, th date of the smoker. Long is due to arrive next week also. He will box four rounds with Eddi ' Merino, th . erack Canadian lightweight In Spokane to night Long Is said by those who have seen him. box to be as' good as in the days when he rocked to sleep th, vic ious Mexican, Aurello Herrera, th only man to floor Bat Nelson. . Danny Webster Comlnr. Th Rose' City, club announced that It has secured Danny Webster, the Los Angeles boy who hss gone three draws with Champion Mont Attell, for an x- hlbitlon against Frank! Connolly of San Francisco, th laat week In the month. Thla ought to prove an Invit ing card, as both boys are high class 'performers. '?.. , . "- : ...Victor- Mcljaglen, -thHMff -wrestnng lemon who did a flop on the mat with Dr. Roller about three years sgo, is anxious to break Into the boxing game and would meet Jim Jeff flea in an ax hlbitlon bout so he says If McLaglen boxes like he wrestles he ought to be a mark for most any kind of a Palouse farmer boy. He thinks h Is a second Jaok Monro. !A LI Ban Francisco, Jan. 7.- It was an nounced here today that Bakersfleld's chances of securing . a franchise from the California state league ' rested on 8an Jose's action In the matter of bet ter 'transportation to that city's ball park. The committee which wss ap pointed to consider a sixth city for the league, was waiting today for prop ositions from both Bakersfield and Ban Jose."- J. Cal tflwlng, on of th committee said: "W must know definitely what propositions are offered. With San Jose it is largely, a eas or aaequate trans portation facilities to the grounds.-. As things stand now, Ban Jose is nanai- canped on that ; account, and. unless something better- Is promised Bakers- rield may secure th rranobise. , , NEWBERG HIGH TEAM V PLAYS ALLEN PREPS The Newberg Hfgh school basketball team, state- champions by virtu of hav ing won .the Oregon Agricultural col leg tournament, will - play the Allen preparatory school team In the Portland academy grm tomorrow mgnt at f :zo o'clock. . .-v3 : The Larken brothers, who wer chosen oni th all star high sofaool team of the State, ar with Newberg, while Cook, a . former substitute of the Newberg; team. Is this year playing with Alien. The lineup:, ttfewber. ' i - Allen Prens. A. Larken jCapt)R. F. L.;(Capt) Shaver Qaus ,,...LvF. R. . m, .Hays B. Larken...... ....C. .....Ilarr Brlnker (Mgr.) . . .R. G. L.. ...... . . .Cook Henrv ......... .L. O. R. ..... . Comdton ous and Miner.. .buds surgara, to. tsmitn v tfick Young JPlrst Secretary, The first secretary of the National league was Nick Toung.jfflck held the lob down for 21 years 1870 to loz. Then Harry Pulllam took the Job. He was followed by John Heydler, who Is back amln.' -" ; ; ' SUITS AND OVERCOATS MADB-TO-OKUI5H - G20 G30 my . u Fnok . laffmao. Streeet witter At the Entrance or the Rothchlld BAKERSFIELD WANTS AM HOE v- nr : i r i i i tin II 1 1 rir San Francisco, Jan. fT. Promoter Sid Hester - today received th following! "Baraboo, Wis., Jan. 1. . ' "Sid Hester, Ban Francisco-Congratulations Knew we could get Wolgaat Into line. Leave for eoast Monday. "BATTLING NELSON." A happier young promoter than th$ Mission olub boy couldn't be found In a nock of Urge cities. And 81d has goodoause to be In a pleasant frame of mind. Late yesterday afternoon Tom Jones, manager of Wolf ast wired him that he would agr to th terms of fered by Heater for a fight with Nolson and th telegram arriving Just about the time Hester had about riven uo hop of signing, the pair. Xa fact be had gone as far as sending a cablegram to Freddl Welsh to come on and meet th Dsn. Wolgaat and Nelson Will ' fight 41 rounds for Hester In Colma on Wash Ington's birthday. Wolgaat 4 la to re ceive I37B0 for hi bit whll th Bat tler will, carry off $11,00 for hi part or tb performance. . The . boys will box st 111 pounds ringside, a weight tbsts Just as soft aa breaking stieks ror both or them. Welsh Aoeopunodatsd. , jrreaaie weisn. snouid he show a willingness to box for Hester, will be takeq ears of In ths way of being of fered a bout with th winner of the Nelson-Wolgast mill. The fact of Heater's setting his t for Washington's birthday will no doubt mean an open .battle between hlra and Coffroth ahould both promoters land permits In San Mateo county. In the past boxing In that county haa been chiefly oonflned to holidays, 'which are in only day th gam can bs mad to pay down there. No doubt Coffroth flrurea On sn st- traction on the 111 of February, and when he returns to find that Hester has beaten him to the date, ther are bound to be some tall soinss n. It It Just posslbl that Coffroth will b turned down in San Msvo county, how ever, which would give the field ex clusively to the Mission olub man. It Is further rumored that Coffroth may hsvs something to do with one of the local clubs. Th Malhourna mm a Aiiafralf. via Won In ISO hT 1 Tlarnn'a M Prince Foot by Sir Foote-Fotwacka, carryias x pounas ana r iaa en by W. H. Maclahla.n. Tha rana waa a,lhiu.i by over 100,001 people. 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T-It Is expected that Colonel Frank Johnson' Curtis aeroplan will arrive her som tlms today from th east . Th machine will be taken Immediately to ths aviation i.i,t arhara ft ri II b assembled and prepared for th flight. Johnson, who Is a resident of San Rafael, la the first man to purobase an aeroplane sn th psclflo coast. " ; ' . ', Vi Johnson has never attempted a flight but ha Is anxious to try. So enthusi astic Is he that It Is said hs hss volun tarily forfeited. 114.000 lif lnuranc becaus of his determination to soar. Sale Boy domes tJmilomma'A OctHltersrlo Kca zzi Coys ScvcnlH nr3 Tommy Tracer, you have stirred up a hornet's nest, When we printed that Interview sbeut Jimmy Barry being two punches better than Monte Attell, th present bantam champion, we bad no Idea of th storm of protest Our mall yesterday and today was enough to stagger a ' letter carrier. One vigorous correspondent says all sorts ef things, but forgot to sign his name to bis missive. He says the At tell of today would make the Barry of yesterday take on a simian aspect, or something like that He also delves it. to the past and mumbles something about Joe dans. He was real wrought up over It Mr. Tracer, ladeed he was He ought to know what he is talking about, because , hs signs himself. "One that knows and haa seen them all." Another correspondent was real peeved that anybody ahould compare Monte with th old bantams. "None of them had anything on Mont AnoU. he writes, "and th sooner soma of these fellows know It the better.. Barry at his best waa not a roaA aa tha ahh of today snd Monte has many years .1. A-atL m - . . ... aiiaaa 01 mm 10 ao me Msaens Stunt ' "Piffle for Tracer's opinion on s bOXer." IS th WIT atlll innlha, tt.rfna his tirade. "Except In one or two in stance in Doxora or today ar much better than those of a decade back, much as th eld fellows like to rant about their wonderful prowess." List, though, here's what another has tO SaV. NOW VA11 Mn imlll Tnmmv. "f agr perfectly with Mr, Tracey Ju'dg- uivui i carry ana Alien. I used to see Jimmy finish these boys with a ounch and man v at f ham ... Ki than be. Attell appeared awfully flat footed to me and It looked a if he closed his ayes when ha hits. A chan- Th Insurance companies bar the "risk" who Insists on being borne aloft In bal loons or aeroneta. Sine his arrival here Johnson has haunted th big shops where the aero planes are being put together and most of his tim haa ben passed in study ing them. He Is known to be one of tha most expert sutomoblle drivers on ths coast and on. account of his daring It Is ssld he probably will make a suc cessful aviator. Tha Gaello Athletlo association - of Connecticut has decided to Introduce the Irish game into the schools ef that state. Gaello football Is not as ths American rugby game. Two of the best teams in Connecticut are going to tour the state and play In the different cities before the board of education and have them decide upon the merit of the game. -: ( Q : ,mrn... i sfi i "in i - - ---i - '" gSBJSJS-ejSSSSSjSJSj .. - - . v,,-. 'i i time to save his life. . ' , Bids;., Just West Of Fourth 8t. r " -A
