Till: OKHGOM DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, , Vebr UARY 7. 191u. SjPOMTTIiMCS Field s Diamond NEW! VILL FAMILY ACT SERVE AS HOODOO IN COMING BATTLE History of Ring Shows Fighting Brothers Have Invariably Been Worsted When One Set , Out to Revenge Himself , Tlj 0. E. Van Loan. 1 ' . New York. Feb. 7. There used to be a man In Chicago whose proud boast It ' i :ru that he had --parlayed", . three delicatessen stores Into a system ror beating- the' races and when he liad the system, perfected he had no more stores ' than a. Jack rabbit It is absolutely impossible- to dope horses except In true run races barren ' . .of racing luck.' rood or bad. It te also . Impossible to dope tig liters, because you ' r.ever can tell whar a men Is going to think when he catches a stiff prod on t.ie point of the chin. There are fellows, with nothing else to do. who spend a great deal of time trying to determine , winners by every system Imaginable ) from a dream book upward. Astrolo gers.' -who want to see their names In print, and In. about a column or oaiaer dash about stars showing that one. man Y' will win If the other doesn't Palm read ers, seers, mystics, diviners and all the rest of the people who advertise to lo ' cate hidden wealth, reunite the parted . and ladle out advice on the tubject of marriage, divorce, alimony and mining stocks, come In with their predictions, tut. I have never observed any of these Wise people but hammering odds Into the ground because of . their advance in formation.;- 5 '. : -,- , ' Unique Doping" ffystem. ' . I have a letter from , a man who t, figures Johnson to win on the most i unique .system of dope I have ever ; heard of. It is good enough to print in the papers: ,- . , "My Dear Sir I am not' a palmist but I have brought out a new line of thought In connection wlth the Jeffries-Johnson .match which may Interest you. You niay know that the number three Is by some people regarded as unlucky; The - Jeffries-Johnson fight completes a third set of fights In which brothers have en. gaged the same opponent, and If it fop ' lows the established rule in such rases. Jln Jeffries wlll.be knocked . out. .1 figure It-this way; V .-." 'There are three" sets of fighting brothers whose careers I have followed. Of course there 'may be other fighting brothers, but these were all famous and at one time or another there was a champion In each family. ? . . ..... Those Forbes Boys.. "First we will .take Clarence and . Harry Forbes. t Harry, was the bantam-weight champion at one time.1 ' Clarence ' "fought rrankte-Nell,' and Nell knocked, vhlr euf cold." Harry, the champion fought Nell to get even" and Nell knorked out the champion In rag time. "The nest pair of fighting brothers are have are the Twin Sulltvans; take them Individually, the' greatest fighting brothers ever developed In this country, Clarence Forbes wasn't much, at the best, but Twtn Mike used to be a wonder and Twin John used to be the toughest man to 16ek, at his weight, In the world. For seven years Mike' Twin fought good men, and In that time was knocked out only twice. Both times by Joe uans. -rr - Mlko Twin Start l. "' , "Then to start the" eight year Twin . Mike hooked up with Ketchel. Ketchel , knocked him- kicking with one punch. That 'Was in February. In May Jack - - Twin, the middleweight, ! went into the .ring to square matters for the honor of the Sullivan clan. The slippery : Jack fought . the best he knew how,' which . used to "be good for most of them--but In the twentieth Tound Ketchel added the second Sullivan to bis bag with knockout ... :.,, '' v "Here's where we get around to the coming fight Eight or nine years ago Jack . Johnson, then., unknown,, had chance to , fight Jim Jeffries' brother . Jack. ; Jack was never considered much of a fighter, but if he had gone into the ring and put up the same sort of an argument which be used to give cham plon Jim out in the barn, he would have . licked- plenty of ..- the second raters. ...have heard It said that Jim . advised against this match and argued for hours trying to get Jack not to meet the negro, , Jack Does in a Punch. . . "Aayway- the men fought ' and Jack Jeffries, hard as he- wan to stop, -was downed by a single aw punch; .which dropped htm cold for five minutes. Do ?you begin to get me? The other broth - ers, going out. for revenge and -that sort of thing were, also licked, and. if the thing carries through in the future as it has .in . the past- Jack Johnson will win this coming fight- by the knockout Interesting, Isn't it? Yours very truly, , . "J. H," Interesting but not conclusive, as the stranger said when . the man hit him in ' the eye. i It will take more than a dope tbook and a dream to whip the big fel low if he gets into any sort, of condi tion. If he doesn't get into condition, lie's licked before he goes into the ring. Wo True. Una in Bight ' ' Until two men have been seen in ac- tion ' against each other there is abso .lutcly no true una on the result of a meeting between them., , You can't, tell i .what:: A wilf : do to . B because A,'! has i whipped , C and B hasn't. Pugilistic dope doesn't : work out that -way; . be- - cause men do not' fight "exactly i alike and every man has a different assort ment. of punches and 'his own. peculiar way. of 'using them.- Once in a genera tion we find a man who uses every 'tiling and- carries a dozen dangerous - blows.. MOst fighters ; have one, two ' or .three dangerous wallops, and the rest of their armament. .is light artillery.' Few fighters an use either hand with equal effecj.. For " instance, ,' Johnson's ;- Vlghtis- his dangerous weapon and . Jef fries has done most of his work with his Jeft , ' ; v. ' .Dope .won't help very-much in. this case, but when, it ,comes to the mpntb before the fight,, a -man may make his bets on one thing and one thing alone "Jeff condition and his Stamina, TAD SHOWS FLATFOOTLD - t .. k ; ' v OP Hi rare bath RlfifTfoT ,1 Ma foitow HI& MAM. POSLS OF OUR GRL ATLST HGHTLRS OUFiTX. : FATOM TH "30C GAM t THE" LENCTiSSr COLOP-CQ AROCNp THE" f1N(f Seldom uft(h(t 4s Success. ' . KOCKEO KETCHEL. OUT NHU,67 ME VA FEET PLANTED SouoW THip FLOOR: CAM SOVMACrfMC VNirH.'HlS PJO f?OONQi ANO - The above cartoon, repudiates the etatement recently made by James J. .Qorbett, "one time heavyweight champion, that no good man ever fought flat-footed. Corbertt's contention is that the best . fighters " .worked on their toes. Billy Ma dden,, the reteran trainer, takes exception to this, and says that all the best' men In the ring fought flat-footed. Corbett afterward said flat-footed meant defensive fighters. CUE EXPERT CHANGES POOL GAME . Chemawas Hay Ashland. Chemawa, Or.,' Feb, 7. The Cbemawa "Indians will try out this evening with the fast bunch of ball tossers from Ash land,, who are. touring Oregon. .: The' . Ashland Athletic club is represented by several old stars, among them Shaw, the old Dallas center. Who was and still is a terror to all opponents., Shaw has not font his cunning and Is said to throw baskets -almost at will. : - As the balk line revolutionised ' bil liards, so will the proposed new "open break" work a great improvement in the game bf continuous pool, according to Thomas Heuston, former pool cham pion. Heuston Is exhibiting the new tyle of break in his dally exhibitions. and is trying- to induce the rule. makers to write it into code for championship play. . . - i .. . Experts who have experimented with It say-that Heuston's Idea Is 'entirely practicable; that It would, make the game more spectacular in that much safety play would be eliminated; that it would permit -long runs without the safety pauses. an that among expert players it could be easily manipulated. It Is Heuston's belief that the open break will not only improve the game for spectators, but would result In the Establishment of averages that would -indicate re!tlve-billtles of-'playeT as is now the case In billiards. To play the new. style game, It Is nec essary to place a third "spot" In the middle of the table at the intersection of lines extending from the center -of the end rails and between the two side pockets. .The , game Is started in , the usual way . with the customary -safety break, but in subsequent rackings the "point" or "apex" ball is removed and placed on the spot In the center of the table. v.;-. f.. .. ' ,j Hw Game Continuous! Instead of placing the cue ball any where behind the first two diamonds at the beginning of each new frame, the player who pockets the last ball In the previous frame continues to shoot from where the cue ball rolls after the final shot in the preceding frame. ' Heuston proposes a rule that permits a . hard break of the pyramid on the same shot that pockets the spot bail, it being nec essary, however, for the cue ball p take at least two cushions between con tact with. the first object, ball and the, wincn." It is Heuston's contention that ex pert players can manipulate their posi tion play so as to pocket the spot ball and ;at- the ' same - time swing into : the pyramid with enough force to scatter the balls and thus continue to run with out pausing to play safe. He has prac- - i r, f f :- '. WRESTLER'S BRAWN LIKE MERCURY ROREGGI Veteran Big League Pitcher May Settle on Farm at Cove. Denton Tecumseh Young, known wherever baseball Is played as "Cy Young, tarried a few hours in Portland yesterday,- spun a' few' ysrns and then j Hub look like klrfdergarten pupils yes- Ht out ror Elgin, or., to visit a farmer I terday. SoirTe half doxen of them en- Fddle O'Connell's brawn resembles the mercury In a barometer. One hour he is close to the 142 pounds that he must- make for his 11000 match with the Jap Matsuda In Merrill's hall next Thursday ntght, and in another he Is some six or eight pounds off. After a hard workout and half an hour in the Turkish baths in the morn ing he will weigh around 144 pounds, but in the evening he tips the beams at 147 or 148 pounds. ' It is this that is worrylrfg the Multnomah Instructor. He can't understand why there Is such a great fluctuation in his weight trong Men 'Weaklings. Eddie made the strong men of the brother and listen- for -the call of the simple life on a western ranch. If It comes while Cy is in eastern Oregon, the veteran ball player will Invest few thousands 'in -farm land and, like Fielder Jones and Billy -Sullivan, pave the way for a life of affluence In his declining years. gaged him in a follow-the-leader stunt, with the wrestler as the leader. None of them finished. Some dropped out In the running on the track, while oth ers found the mediqlne ball their Wa terloo. None lasted through the chest protectors. After all that he wrestled To speak of Cy as declining Is almost I with five of the club wrestlers for over a sacrilege. Men may come and men may go, but like the babbling stream. Cy goes on forever. Better still, the sage of Clean grows stronger each year. Today there are few better pitchers in the major leagues. He la entering on his twenty-first year as a major league hair an hour and men played hair a dosen games of handball. This all took place In the morning and he did some 1 work before. retiring last night. With three days more O'Connell is still above weight Pictures that have been received here twirler and he promises to be Just aslof Matstda show him to be a power. Thomas Hueston. good as ever. In his time he has played with Boston, St Louis and Cleveland, being now with the latter club. Every j so often Cy pitches a no-hit-no-run game that is the marvel of the fans.. Young stands t feet tall and weighs 200 pounds, being one of the large men in baseball. He will go from Cove direct to the south to report to the Naps March 1. v . v. t v. mi. Ba.ua ct lull. u . i j. ..so . . , , . , , . . . ... , I St Louis now has tmth Rebel Oakes proposition is weu spoKen -ei vy pram- . . ... ,.i . . I " " ' u nent billiard sand pool stars,-and hM and Rube Ellis, the two n fty outfielders gink, -gwanson. Miller, O'Neill. Sutor . I -orhrt want frnm T .rtm k n oaloa In a aal j nm.i..u In the game at Doyle's the champion f he .le.aK" Ja.nd. "tuc.k. " Word was sent from Spokane that is showing the possibilities of the new fully built welterweight of 140 pounds and a rest looking athlete. Long- String- of Victories. That O'Connell fears htm Is shown by the way he is trainings He has a longstrlng 'of victories, his experience on the mat covering many more years than O'Connell. He started wrestling in this country at Vancouver ten years ago and has become an adept in the catch-aa-catch-can style. Some of his victories have been over such stars as do with it MM L SELECTS DATES (United Press Leued Wi. Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 7. The East ern ., league owners, after two sessions, adopted a playing schedule" for the 1910 season today, with a few minor changes the draft originally submitted, by Pres ident Powers was accepted.' -r President Powers said tonight that he probably would not again preside at an Eastern league meeting. - ' , "I have been n official, in-baseball for 27 years," he said, "and would have retired two. 'years ago except". for the fact that I was under fire by unfriend ly' club owners. Each time this caused determination on my part to offer myself for.-, reelection: but If things progress smoothly this season, I will make way for soma other man." The full schedule will be made public February 14, VASHOUGAL TOSSERS- SPEARED BY SPARTANS leeches. Originally Cincinnati had both the Jan and some of his backers would break and what an expert player can ',,the. ex-Angels but wanted toturn reach Portland ' Wednesday morning. Bresnanan rerused to waive on the Rube and he became St Louis property, for a long time being the sensation of the league. Oakes and Ellis are two of the best young outfielders that ever -left the coast and, will undoubtedly strength en the St Louis club. ' . f ' If"" ! ff- - --si I 1 1 i L' ' l ESPEEHELPIICOF- IIM rODTIJI I IIUIII till $1000 San Francisco Fight Promoter Puts One Over on Rail road Company. 4 Eddie O'fonnell. interest is being manifested over the bout, and a number of wagers have been placed by the Japs working about the various hotels with the Caucasian employes... $ FIHfflTFIGHT 1SHBN1ST SIGN OR BE FIRED Wolgast Wants Slice of Picture ; " Money That" Bat Regards - t" '?:as Insurance. ' Charley Somers of Cleveland says the coast' youngsters are always the hardest to sign up, , because they are accustomed to getting path for eight months' work on the coast and are ! son of the American and National Other Colleges Gain Great Vic- leagues. , ' San Francisco, Feb. T. Sid Hester la making hjs Aria! effort today to se- Bucoea8 of Harkness and Carson to Buster' Armbruster Is keeping him-1 self in splendid trim this winter and some Of the fans will be surprised at his showing on the ball lot. .Walter McCredle regards Buster as the great est coacher of young pitchers that ever! came to the coast and attributes the I tory in Handling of Con ference Affairs. The basketball' game at Wafehougal Saturday evenlns- between the Snartan team of Portland Y. M. C. A. and wash- ougal Athletic club was " Won by the Spartans by a score of 23 to 10. The Spartans made 20 points from field throws and . three ' from the 'foul line, . WashouRal making . eight points from the field - and two. rrom the foul line. -Eleven fouls were called on each team. ' . ' The Spartans played one of-thlr fast games, . but the lighter home team re mained with . them and were satisfied to hold them to the lowest score for the season. '. ' . , The Spartans played their usual, line up. ' The- wasnougal1 team was as fol lows: - Hoeford, Starr,, Qood,, forwards; Wall, center; Wood, Palmer, guards, V . t The Harvester, 2:06. -will go after u ....ill w . v. t . mv. J lll7 viaiimil mum lino bcabvu. a l mark im held by Cresceus.' - -;-. Unless the University of Washing ton signs the minutes of the college AnfMnnr.a -meetlnflr in Portlnnfl Hatiir- cure a permit in San Mateo county for Uha veteran backstop's careful groom-1 day that member will be expelled from the Nelson-Wolgast fight and with the ling; ,- ' ' - (the conference. This is the stand ta- optimism that has marked his conduct . , ken by the five other members of the since he bezan ' neeotlatlons for the! Ote Johnson -Is rarely 'seen around conference who passed the two-thirds match, the boy promoter still has hope the places where the fans love to con-1 majority vote, Washington voting in of landing the eoveted document gregate. 1 All winter long Ote has been the negative, that supplanted the old HeBter went1 to , Redwood ' City early I " uii naon ot snowing- up aoouc oncei uimmuiuuo uiiucm, yiau. nuea nun- today to attond the meeting of the m a ween, saying -neiw to ma rrienas incion rexusoa io comreni ia sign ine board of supervisors and when he ana tnen going -jacK to bis solitude. I oeiegaies moveo wi me new raw go boarded the train He stated that he had Ote is watching Chinks in Uncle Sam's into t feet after the meeting next De n . vn ,phnrA f -winnina' n Tf immigration aervice and it takes a lot oember. Now it Is up to the Seattle he falls he will o to Point Richmond. OI ni lime. where a 45 round permit awaits him. The meeting, in Hester's officeto- I PAl MflW DDnMnTIMfl nicrht nrVittn th rafowia nnA nthAi inaa. i Wflfcg I1V1W I IIW III W I I II 14 ANOTHER BALL LEAGUE tlons in' dispute, are- to be settled, prom' lses to be torrid one. ; In the first place. lorn jwr, vvoi8ai inaimger. is going San yj.ndsco, Tflt. 7-If the efforts l Jtr of J Cal Ewlnr and other Jmseball pro- the picture money. . Says Bat Is Oolng Too Tar. university to sign or step out The solid five feel that they have earned a treat victory against a voting institution that allowed an interested college to hold up -legislation of any sort that affected its. interest Unless Washington consents to sign the mln' ute next December they will not only be out, but win be boycotted ; by the rest, of the colleges in their athletic games. This was an agreement reached SCHAEEFER IS DYING IN DENVER (Special Plapatch to Tbi JorBaI. Denver. Colo., Feb. 7 Jake Schaef fer, formerly the champion blliiardist of the world, is believed to do dying here to day rrom tuberculosis. A year ago Schaeffer came to Denver hoping that the climate might save his life. During the last month, however, he has grown worae steadily. Today his doctors declared that the crlBls in his illness has been reached. They expressed the fear that he will not survive the night moters are successful. California.: will have another league under the sponsor- Jones contends that Nelson Is going hin of organized baseball when the seai I Saturday. too far Jn his demands , and Inasmuch I COB of 1910 opens. ;; -'v- :-V - I Washington's refusal to subscribe to wolgast is ngbtmg ror. one-third I Renresentatlve of. elahf cities which I the minutes was the fear that the other or wnai uier .umne-is o -receive in me rixi compose the circuit met last even-1 colleges wouia aeraana an equal aivi matter. of purse,, he is entitled to some I tBK ana elected officers. X H. Ray I lon of .the gate ; receipts at football v .tvHoiiKnn.i "" yiMwiv i niona or isapa was cnosen president. , i rao . 1 l-':s-'..'. ..-,-.'.,. privileges are doled out J The cities that will be represented, I It was this unanimous consent plan Jack Robinson. .Nelson's manager. i, nrn n th nrunt un r that enabled Washington to play two will strenuously oppose giving Jones 1 Man s T?f! . Miiiahnnr. , VaiiAin. clearly ineligible football men last year any y i vt vun yiiusv inuiioj. x nvviw 1 o Helena.. .Petaiuma.- Santa Rosa and I lu iuo m ' .'' son-points out that when the. agreement m-kmnn in ttnrt win h. ma. other college.,, Eaklns and Muckiestone was enterea. into jones aeciarea tnai to Ret ciass rating for the organl he would not ask to be declared in on.QH n.mM wtn r.iv nn r. ., Kt....AM r, w a ,V.. u. 1 .. 1 .. " ' . tilt? U1I.HUM 'HU 11101 11a . mi... 1UIII .n knlMattfl , ' ' UUK liiAditl. Ul Lii.v . v-iauog if tiiv filial articles of agreement when he signed them.' Robinson looks upon Nelson's (drawing powers will have passed away. 1 were the players, and their case Is foot ball history In the northwest. ' Evidence that would have moved any jury in the country to find against them was 1 passed up by the university or Wash ington athletic council and 'faculty. Share In the pictures - as so much In-1 but" the pictures will be enormously j This question as much as the money surance. If Nelson is knocked out his valuable. f ' v- .' - . ' .-- r.'--- : -division la what the conference desires Jimmy Carroll Coming. : Jimmy Carroll, who Is new at Ho- qulam, Wash., expects to be In Portland Wednesday ,to open negotiations - with Frankie Con ley far a to round exhibl tion here thia month provided one of the local clubs wish to .stags It in a smoker. If not the boys may box in California. There -Is little chance of Jimmy Cos grove of the Argonaut Rowing club of Toronto. Canada, going after the Diam ond Sculls at the Henley regatta, in England this summer and there is no chance of his playing hockey any more. He recently received a blow over the heart from a hockey stick which splin tered ; one of his ribs from -which a growth has formed, the result of which is that he has been advised by his doc tor to give up rowing as well as other lines' of sport or . strenuous . exercise. Jimmy lastvyear won the junior, in termediate and senior single Canadian sculling championships at St Catharines and but for an accident at Detroit might have won the senior American title, r i Umpire Tommy Connolly will offici ate at the artte-seaaon Athletlc-PhHlla series at Philadelphia, starting April 1. to . correct, and its ; victory last week is the first step toward winning; their point ' . ,-. -- ' " San Francisco, Feb. 7. Friends of Promoter James Coffroth say'he has "put one over" on the Southern Paclflu railroad and thereby takes his place to day with a small, exclusive and uniden tified party of gentlemen who have ac complished that remarkable feat. . Tbe Southern Pacific Is bending its best energies to win one thousand dol lars for Coffroth, by getting him her before 13 o'clock tomorrow night-and thereby winning the bet which Coffroth made in Iondon that he would be in his office in San Francisco at Midnight, February 8. , ; " i, - , It is not because the Southern Pacific loves Coffroth-i-not by any means but because Coffroth has contrived to at tract the attention of the public to the question of Whether the Espee's star train, the overland limited, will arrive on time tomorrow evening. The Overland was two hours late when it pulled out of Omaha last nlpht, but that Is a small matter and easily can be made up. Mutt Be Ho Delay. The point is that there must be no delay. The train Is due here at S;2 o'clock 'tomorrow evening. If it gets In three hours late Coffroth can easily win his bet But a tieup anywhere along- the line would make it hopeless and that, in what the Eepee Is taking special pains to guard against . It Is no simple matter to bring tho Overland through In midwinter, with the heavy pull over the Sierra Nevadas and the long run through Wyoming, Utah and Nevada, on the same time that Is made in summer time. " But special orders have been 'issued - that no delays shall be permitted for any cause which possibly may be avoid ed. The two hours must be made ui and the. train must be brought throuRii If three ' or four engines have to be tied on to It ' ' Realizing' the advertising feature of the stunt the Eapee Is working to win Coffroth's bet for hlin and all Coffroth has to do Is to look out the window and admire tl.'.e winter scenery. DALLAS HAS PERFECT BASKETBALL RECORD Chemawa. Or., Feb. 7.rTha Willam ette Valley Basketball league is neartns the completion of its schedule, there be ing yet 12 games to be played. DalLm college is -in the -lead, not having Jowt Kama -thus far. Albany college has lost all games played ' on. home floor, and forfeited the games away from home. The games played thus far arc as follows: - - , ' P. . W. Jj. Dallas College 6 8 Philomath College 4. McMinnvllle College ,.5. 1 8 Pacific College ,i S Chemawa ...... i....... 6 ; 2 Albany College 0 1JHKI :-. .SOU ."iliilH ' .;ii". . This Date in Sport Annal.-). 1S49 At Rock Points Md Tom Ilyor defeated Yankee Sullivan In 18 roui;il , in fight tor J10.000 purse. JSi2 At Monte Carlo, G, U Uxliljn! of New Tork won the Grand Pris ju Casino. 1883 At Mississippi City, in fight fui championship of America and :in purse. John t Sullivan knocked out Paddy Ryan in ninth round. 1885--At Sydney, N. S. V. KJwj' i Hanlan' defeated Thomas Cllfforl 1 ' sculling--match' for 16000. ) mill's, 3 yards, stiaiKhtway., ' 1S8T- At ChU-ago, Joe Acton ( mii) defeated JSvan. Iwis (2 In ratcii n catvh can wrestling contest IKSIO-i-At Boston, -Ooorgo Dixon . 1 Cal McCarthy, fought C9 rounds I draw."- - -' - ' - l'JOl At Ratine-wiW Tommy ('. '.. knot-ked out J k I'oughei ly In f'v.. . - round. . : - . !! At ChU'flgn. franu fi'K-u t , two- stralfht fatiif n-om-.t-r'i