The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 21, 1910, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text'i . ' ! ' I '- . :. .-'. s-.-. v rv:-,. ..'. ,: .-. - ' . ........ v .. v - ,; . ' , .. - .' : THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1910- , i . , 10 LATEST Ring : Track Field i Diamond -5 " ' 1 MUTT BUYS AN EXCLUSIVE HAT IN THAT DEAR OLD BERLIN By "Bud" Fisher in k. Tft tF NOW THC fjij-sivP Rqnal WftT OP jTne KAISER.. rfc EPERoR. 1 IS HAM INC TEN tft,np nHGY A P- TNI- nKll V AYHf R. V on3.noooo Bur C 1 - i 7 HATS HKG Cpf Tmi. this NOW, VTQU NftR IT RCHT MNl STREET 4 j I. . -i L I I iwfc'-'ww----. l i - . i i 1 t r I I I I I I I...... I I , x WHftT -fcs sm IF Tt I n i - -- 1 ,i ' - I - ,1 , I, , IT- IW 1 SDR HI REPORT TO YANKEES IN JEFF'S CORNER WILL BE-? Splits Difference on Money Of fer With Highlanders Bushers Holding Out. Ote Johnson will rrpnrt t 1 li r New , Tork Americans on a compromise salary, according to Information tlppe, off by a friend of the KIiirkihk Svvfde. and lio jrlll leave for the training- (amp in thu eouth late this week or early next week. Ota was offered $'00(1 a year hv the Hlnrhlanders, having been pun hased for 14000 from Manager Met'redlo. Ote de murred at ?:'(ino for six months' work. "I'm worth $25011 or I'm not worth a cent," Said Johnson, and refused to sljrn the contract sent him. When he re turned It. Ute made H notation that he would consider $2500. Manager Stalling sent word that he couldn't give $2500. but was willing to split the difference. Ote thought the matter over and concluded that $22oi wu good for his first summer's work in the big league. Hp. sent word to ; Stalllngs that he would go south to the training camp next week. j (Ircfig Is Holding Out, "Rtibe" Gregg, the Spokane pitcher Unloaded on the Cleveland club for a pMce said to be $5000, is holding out for more money from the Naps. Gregg, who Is a southpaw that had his first professional experience last year, says ; he has been offered $250 a month, that he can make $200 a month in a bush league or $8 a day plastering, and fur ther that he will not report until ho has been offered $4no a month. His transportation from Cleveland la at his ' home in Clarkston, Wash. Hud PernoII, Ditto. i Bud Pemoll, who used to whiz m .over the plate from the south side for Portland, and who was sold by Abeer deeji to the Detroit Americans for $4000, . wants more money. Heine hasn't given , out what he was offered, but it is prob ably all he is worth to the Tigers. Some or inese rig league managers ought ti get a copy of Christy Mathewson's first contract, which called for $70 a month, ana mall it out with their contracts to blossoming twlrlers. Hyatt's Hard Job. Ham Hyatt, who went from Van cpuver to 1he Pittsburg champions. Is kicking on the pinch hitting Job that Manager Clarke has laid out for him Ham thinks he has the hardest Job in the baseball business. The official aver ages show that Ham took part In 49 games last year, but an asterisk calls attention to a footnote which reads "Was substitute batsman In 40 games' He admits it looks like soft money, but contends that they don't have cushions on the bench these days. One on Kd Kennedy. Some hardhearted person perpetrated a cruel Joke on Kd Kennedy. Kennedy, Joshlngly, remarked to an Interrogator that ne was going 1o St. Joe this year, that being the first town that came to hla tongue. It got in the papers and Kd haa had to do a lot of explaining. He doesn't know yet wtiere he 1s going. Packed Up for Camp. Several enthusiastic fans Intend to ac company the baseball party t-outh to Santa Marie tomorrow night. Every body Is packed up ready for the word from the big manager. Mac gave all the suits an airing Saturday and packed the big trunk Saturday night. When Charles Ilode, the Cars. Charley Ryan, who bats ..too In th theatrical press agent league, is about aa enthusiastic a ball fan as HIHy Pangle, who has a .fi average in the "Rooting Circuit." But they tell a good Btory en Charley when he bade farewell to the tall uncut and entrained for Portlard. Charley had never ridden on a street car before, hut he hail read about them in the Paisley Bugle. Tie wae as tickled ns the kid with the red top boots over th" tri.li.'y :r,. his Hrrt delight was a trip to Mount Tabor. "cij u l: .ni ii i'p.v- o eriT ror a ride, but wasn't sure ab,,t It. W'h r. the conductor first came mound Charles pungled up his nicke! Tp.o er stopp.-d half a dozen times on the way out nd v. . ijt iwiiuui.i'ir went lero-uMi the ca Wlln tils, tares, pleijse." Kverv lie passed Charlie the hitter iuk nickel. "It cist me 35 er.ts b f te there and. as I wjsu't walking legged under the w. ight of ( . r.-ioiJS metal in my po. ket. I concluded it vn cheaper -to walk back ami I did. but I'm going to collect that 30 cints sometime." Hy C K. Van Ix)an. New York,, Keh 19. Who Is going to handle'' Jim Jeffries In the big fight? The sports ar beginning to ask this (mention because the 'handling' may have" an important bearing on the result. Competent advice has helped many a fighter to win his battle bad advice has nominated many a loser. N.arly all the great managers of fighters, from Hilly Madden down to Hilly Nolan, have been men of quick wit and keen perceptive powers. Nearly every one of them lias been competent to direct the course of a buttle and give advice to the man who was doing the fighting. The man who fights can not see cvervthiim: the fellow In the corner. If he has had the requisite amount of experience, follows the trend of battle closely and knows what ought to be done, whether he can get his prin cipal to do It or not. Sam Can Count Money. Samuel Bergor is known as Jeff's "pugilistic representative,'" yet it docs not seem likely that Samuel will be In Jim's corner In an advisory capacity. S.ini can count money as well as any young man of his years; be can also figure Interest and discount: he can string a newspaper man sometimes and get away with it, but Sammy as chief second to o champion? Not with a tel escope. Sam Is a trifle too tempera mental for the part. Ji-ff won't want to hear anything about the honor of the "Caw-cash-ln race'' next July the Fourth. Sammy's own fighting career does not fit him to shine as an adviser of cham pions. His name may still be found In some of the old record books, for there was a time when Sam Bcrger was re garded as the coming heavyweight. Something delayed him He won sev eral amateur championships, but he lost out at last to Billy Rodenbnch, who was so short and dumpy that he had to Jump up Into the air In order to land on Samuel's classic features. In 1906 they tried to make a real champ out of Sammy. It was Just after the big fire, and many a Calif urn Ian had to make a Jump to the far east and grab something quick. Sam Berger was matched with Jack O'Brien In Philadel phia, anfl Jack has since made some in teresting dlsclousres regarding that san guinary encounter. Jack says that h rehearsed the bout with Berger, blow for blow. In the barn attached to the llagan residence. "You needn't worry, Sam," said Jack. h as anybody you " In LITTLE FIGHTERS "I can mis 'cm as the world. I won't hurt Tie didn't er much. Then Sam fought AI Kaufman, and it was hard t (ill whh h was the worst fighter until the tenth round, when Kaufmnn slipped over one wild poke and down went Sammy with a terrific crash. Berfjar Ii Barred. This. then. Is the extent of Sammy's career as a fighter, and to the casual Observer it would seem that he Is barred from the hurilcd consul tat ions In tha ring on the afternoon of Julv 4, 1910. Who is It going to be? Very possibly It will be Jim Corbett. Just because Jeffries twice whipped Corbett Is no reason why Jim should not be able to give Jeff some advice which will heln him asralnst the black man. It might as well be admitted 34 right now that at the game of analyzing 39b another man's style and devising ways of blocking the fighting plan of an op ponent, no cleverer man than Jim Cor bett ever stepped Inside the ropes. Jim was the great clrcumventer He met several men who could have dronned him with a single blow, but Jim Cor bett had studied out every move of his opponent before he went Into the ring, and that dangerous wallop might as well have been left In the dressing room along with the Plemels and the street shoes They nrver got a chance to use it on Corbett until he met his Waterloo at Carson City. Corbett foxy General. It Is told of Corbett that before he fought Jackson he seasoned his fore arms for weeks, knowing that he would be forced to block Jackson's body blows If he hoped to win. For weeks Corhett's trainers fralled away at his forearms, bruising them to the bone. On the night of the fight, Corhett's arms, from wrist to elbow, were solid as teak and .lust about as hard, and he stopped Jackson's smashing deltvery without wincing. Corbett Is still the pre-eminent the orist of the fighting game. His advice would be worth having, and Corbett Is capable of mapping out a simple style of battle, easy to follow, elemental in Its execution, which ought to over match any thinking which will be done in Johnson's corner. m BATTLE B0WLIN0 SPORT IS revived jmiHY CARROLL IS Nelson and Wolgast Below Weight and In Perfect Con dition for Fight. 11 I.OI the I I'M HOW I, ils Schutti lilted Howlers Founder and is' Journal, Voik. Feb 21 Kx-President of Club of New York Publisher of the How the Two rifhters Compare. Nelson Wolgast 5 feet 7'4 In Height . . 1.13 pounds Weight , . i In In . . . In . In. . 27 In . . 12, In. 11 In . . . 19 In 13',, In. 7 In a In . . . . . . . ( ,Ch . . Reach . . Neck 'best Normal . i st Kxpanded . . . . Waist . . Hlccps Forea rm .Thigh . . .Calf . Wrist . . .Ankle ft 5', In. .'! pounds . .Ki; 4 In. . . 15 '.4 . . . . ;s; . .37', . ... 29 ...11 ..101$ ...19 ...14 . . s 9 In. In. In. In. In. In. In in In In. By From the Queen Marghorlla observa tory on Mount Rosa In the Alps, the highest point hut one In all Kurope, It is possible to sn 125 miles practically In all dlrectlona FAMOUS CATCHER IN ACTION ''ViuMt' rs time up a I got bovv - Swimmers Will .Meet Iitter. The swimming tournament of Multnomah clut and the Y. M. c has been postponed from Februaty to March 2. the A. World's Championship. Returns cf the NYison-W olgast 15 round boxing contest win be given at Martin Lwnny's saloon. Third nnd Jef ferson, stieet, 2 o'clock Tue.ilay after noon. February 22. r j I " A ' , f ' ' (WH. rc-, V) ' f Vv ' I1 V LLI ill ilL . J IHU, ill J I'het Ingsldrr San Francisco, l-'eb. 2 1.- Hoth being below the required weight of 133 pounds Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast are resting the day before the battle and until they are called into the ring they will do nothing more than Is necessary to keep their muscles from stiffening Wolgast went out for a long walk this morning and upon his return he an nounced that he was through. Nelson also took, a walk and this afternoon pluyed a game of handball. Late today Wolgast will go to Point Richmond and remain In one of the hotels until fight time. Nelson "will spend the night at the Hultan baths, leaving there at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning and board a launch which will convey him to Point Richmond. Im mediately after the battle, win or lose, he will board the overland limited, as he has a number of theatrical engage ments to fill In the middle west. Kelson Enthusiastic Nelson (enthusiastic over the show ing he made at Recreation Park yes terday as compared w ith Wolgast s. The j Dane believes that he convinced the spectators that he Is the better boy and declares that if Wolgast does not show any better In the ring tomorrow than he did against Jeff Perry yesterday, the battle will not last long. Wolgast's remarkable show of con fidence seems to grow stronger as the hour of battle approaches. That he Is in great shape there can be no denying and he Is most positive in his assertion that he is in condition to go as long and fast a route as Nelson or any other lightweight can set. Advanoe Sale Heavy. The advance sale continues to be heavy. Between $11,000 and $12,000 was In the box when the sale was re sumed today and before nightfall It 1s expected that the $18,000 mark will have been reached. The majority of the tickets sold were the higher priced ones, and with the lower priced reserved seats and 6000 two dollar bleacher scats re maining. Promoter Hester now is fig uring on a $35,000 pate. The betting remains unchanged, but with the appearance of more Wolgast money the odds are expected to go frotn 10 to R to 10 to 7. Evpn money Is of fered that Wolgast will stay 25 rounds. The fight is scheduled to start at 2:15 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Ml eves in tile howling world are centered on Detroit, where the tenth International tourna ment of the American Howling congress will lie held from February 2i to March 15 Fiom pre;-ent Indications the tour nament prou.is, h to be one of the most oiecessfiil ever conducted hy that asso ciation, and It is estimated that 400 teams from all over the Fnlted States and Canada will participate, of course, the majority of the teams will come from the middle west, as the eastern teams will save their material for th National Howling association tourna ment to he held u Baltimore. April 9 to 30, the latter organisation being a strlctlv eastern one. and Including the teams of eastern Canada. The Detroit program Is an Interesting one and Includes five men teams, two men teams. and Individual contests, which will be liehi Iii Wayne Garden, where H new- alleys have l.rn laid for tue toinuHiiient proper, and six alleys for pra t ice ga mes. Much Money Is Spent. The enormous amount of money ex pended In tills undertaking, and the g-eat crow ds which w 111 undoubtedly he present throughout the tournament, Is a slight Indiiation of t lie amount of In terest that Is being taken all over the country In this greatest of Indoor sports. In every ilty in the country--and even In the smaller towns -thc public alleys are crowded nightly, and in some of the more popular resorts In New York It Is Impossible to bowl unless you engage alleys weeks ahead. Fortunes have been made by .sharp proprietors, who have ((inverted their billiard rooms Into howling alleys, recognizing the greater popularity of this more strenuous sport. Women as well as men have become howling enthusiasts, and In Greater New York, as well as In other cities, there are many ladles' teams. What has caused this astonishing re vival of an old time sport Is a question that Is likely to be asked. In answer to this. I would say that a greater part of the credit is due to the Fnlted Howling clubs of New Tork, an organi zation which dates back to 1885, and which Includes in its membership some of the greatest individual bowlers and bowling teams In the country. Anciout History of Bowling-. To go back Into the ancient history of bowling. New York can claim the introduction of the game Into America. It was brought over by the early Dutch settlers of Manhattan, who played what was then known us ninepins The pins were placed on a diamond shaped bed and bowled down with stones. No alleys existed at this time, and the game was purely an outdoor one, but so popular did It become, that one of the most historical spots In New York, located In the heart of the financial district, bears the nunie of Howling Green, owing to the fact that three burghers leased this spot for a period of 11 years and here It was that o-.ir sturdy Dutch an cestors were wont to play at their fa vorite game, while they watched an oc casional vessel came up the bay. Because of the enactment of a law abolishing the game of ninepins, the tenplin game was adopted. Later on bowling gradually became subject to certain rubs, and finally the game of Unpins, with three balls lo a game, be came the established game, being purely an American Innovation. Games Popular in 1840. As early as 1S40 bowling was very popular In the east, especially in New York, and It was at this time that It was played Indoors for the first time. With the westward progress of civiliza tion the popularity of the game began to spread. It was not subject to any established rules, however, and there were r.o restrictions retarding the length of alleys, the size of balls and pins. etc. This chaotic condition of affairs existed until 1875, when a large number of east ern bowlers got together and adopted a set of rules and regulations. In the west, however, they still plaved In the. same "go as you please" fashion. In 18S5 Henry Feldman, a prominent New York bowler, conceived the Idea of uniting all the bowling clubs of New York under the head of one organiza tion, and called a meeting of the leading figures in bowling affairs of the 'city. This resulted In the organization of the Fnlted Bowling clubs of the east side, which was changed three years later to the I'nited Bowling clubs of New York. A number of tournaments were held from lime to time under their auspices, and In 1892, In response to an Invita tion from the I'nited Bowling clubs of Germany, they made a trip to that country. Held Great Tournament, It was In July, 1Dio, that a groat International tournament was held in eE fiii. iii i in Little California Bantam Is in Great Shape for Coming Boxing Exhibition. FAMOUS ENGLISH FIGHTER NOW ON COAST CALIFORNIA SEES JEFF IMPROVEMENT Big Fighter Shows Old Friends He's Hundred Per Cent Bet ter Than Year Ago. npln- that cent Johnny Kline:, the former backstop of the Cubs, who will he In the game again this year. President Murphy of Chicago Interceded with the national coruminfiion for Kling's return to the organized fold. The Chicago fans Insist that Johnny shall play no place else but Chicago San Francisco, Feb. 21. Public ion here todav seemed to have (t James J. Jeffries Is in 100 per better condition than he was when he appeared at a local theatre a year ago. wnen ne imgan ins tour. A good sized crowd watched the bigj boilermaker at Jack Gleuson's show at I Recreation park yesterday. Jeffries j hopped ttie rope as nimbly as of old. and the way he danced around for 10 minutes of fast shadow boxing filled his admirers with glee. The hlg fellow boxed three rounds with Sam Berger. He showed that his theatrical tour at least has polished him off a bit in the more showy side of the ring art. but wise fans hinted that Jeffries and Berger have done the stunt together so many times that each ap parently knew what lead was coming nuext. However, his work made an ex cellent Impression upon the crowd. Nelson and Wolgast. who fight for the lightweight title at Point Richmond tomorrow, each boxed several rounds at the park. Owen Moran .and Harlem Tommy Murphy, who will fight late this month, also appeared. Students In this country' "f the new universal language, idn. say It is easier to ma,ster than any of its competitors. R. x i, 5l!i . , . c'" i jlT 3 ' ' ": ' f ?i who is now in California for the fight. Jimmy Carroll, the clever little Cali fornia bantam who meets Johnny Coulon In n 10 round exhibition here In th" middle uf March, arrived In Portland last night and will get into shape for Ills coming, engagement. Jimmy came down from Hoqulam whero he has been with a theatrical company. "I realize that I havo a chance of a lifetime In being pitted against Johnny Coulon, who Is generally ac cepted as the bantam champion. I can make 115 pounds ringside for Coulon witn case. 1 will have plenty of work from now until then and expect to be iti the best condition of my life. I have never cone In for boxing as I should, looking on my trade of elec trician as the means of my livelihood. In fuel I have never worked over a week for any of mv bouts and th California critics are of the belief that I would be champion If I gave over all my time to boxing. "I have never met anybody who could outbox me. The fans here saw what I did against At tell when It came to box ing, and Monte Is considered a very clever boxer. I understand that t oulon is an usually clever boxer. Maybe he he better than I. If he is then crowd will see a good exhibition." Jimmy's lace Is ruddy. In fact friends never h.-iw him looking healthi er. When lie was here last his saf fron tinted face was the cause of mum worry. That hue has given way to a healthy brownness tinged with red. Jimmy's brother, Joe. will eonie north from Salinas, to train with him and will probably be seen in the second main event. Joe Carroll is one of Ho" cleverest lightweights In toe south and none of tnetii is willing to mix things with him. u n - will t!u his Fnlon 11111, N. J.. under the auspices of this organization. Bowlers from all over the world gathered at this meet, and besides the tenpin championships, there were contests for the duck and cnndlepin championships, cocked hat and other games. This great meet was rcafly responsible for the enormous in terest now taki n In bowling throughout the country. Here, for the first tunc, allevs were laid side by side, and the proprietors of many dance and billiard halls, quickly recognized the enormous financial possibilities of this scheme. With the establishment of these alleys, howling became more popular than ever until now It Is regarded as the "King of Indoor Sports." The break between the eastern and western bowlers started In 1901, when the first tournament of the American Bowling congress Was hold in Chicago. The eastern contestants entered a pro test, claiming taht some of the western bowlers used "loaded" balls, thereby in creasing the weight of the balls above thut called for In the rules, which ranges from 16 to 20 pounds. No open break occurred, however, until 1902, when the eastern delegates withdrew from the congress, which was being held in Buffalo. Cemented Again. The following year they sent a half hearted delegation to Indianapolis, and this state of affairs continued until 190G, when some representative bowlers In the east gathered in New York and launched the National Bowling associa tion. The first meeting was held in September, 1906, and the first tourna ment was held in Atlantic City for two weeks beginning March 25, 1907, and proved highly successful. The 1908 tournament was held in Rochester, and in 1909 New York secured the prize and a monster tournament was held In Madi son Square Garden. The slight differences which exist be tween these two representative bodiep, however, have not injured the growth of the sport to any extent, as it possesses too high a commercial value, but it Is hoped that even this trouble wtll soon be settled, and a meet aryanged, where bowling teams from every section will be represented. WashouRal Piles Hig Score. In a basketball contest plaved at Washougal Saturday the Washougal Athletic club team defeated the Stev enson Athletic team by a score of 52 to 2. I.yle Ho-ford, forward on the Washougal team securing 26 points. Saturday, February 26. the Washougal team will meet the Albina Athletic club team at Washougal. Mt. Artfrel Defeats Columbia. Mt. Angel, Or.. Feb. 21. In a one sided basketball game Saturday ' the crack Mt. Angel college team slaugh-' tered Columbia, tin- score being '39 t.o 15. At no time did Columbia show itself to be in the collegians' class. The game was a fair sample of clean sport and nvjthing occurred to mar the pleasant features of the game. Owen Moran. the British lightweight inii oose of challenging the winker if the Xelson-Wolgast A big Pennsylvania anthracite mining company is turning ils accumulations of coal dust for years into briquettes.