THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 0, 1910.
(WCKIEDFITZG
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THE FLAT FOOT
Every Bit of Strength in Body
Was Behind Blow Wrien Red
Headed-Fighting-Man- Put
His.'Fcet Down.
By c. E. Van Loan
New York;. " March B. Now then,
"TouniTiron and appcHaTriTh-to"' that
question of the flatfootednesa of ona
J. Johnson, let us atop dowti and give
a look.
I'rubably the greatest punchar ' that
lived wti Bob Fitzsimrnona. If
you think you know a harder hitter trot
Mm out. Bob FlUsimmons waa a fight
ing freak; he waa, built on such extra
ordinary llnea that ha could get In close
to the middleweight limit, and he oould
hit with elthr hand, and hit hard
enough to lift the ordinary man off bla
H dropped. Jim Hall kicking with a
single punch. He butchered Dab Cree
don In two rounds. 'Everybody knows
what he did to peter Maher rlth a aln
gle wallop. He finished Tom Sharkey
with a punch and waa "carped" out of
the decision, and at the time he did thla
Tom Sharkey. waa right In tha very
heyday of hla prima, and at tha top of
us physical strength.
Wallop. Waa m Wonder.
It took a terrific blow to atop Tom
Sharkey, and Jeffries could not do the
trick in 5 rounds of. hard fighting. Why
refer to the Justly celebrated solar
plexus punch which shifted a world's
heavyweight championship? That waa
aome hitting, if yoa believe James J.
pirkAH n.i. Tnhift. .nt in hIv rnunrli
r v.. i . i l. v i u a ,,uiuii -
and Tom Sharkey, passing hla plate the
seonl time, went aown ana oui in vw
rounds.
Thera ends the brst part of Fltx's
gnat record. Match It If. you can. Ha
wann't what la called a one punch'flght
er because he had lota of punches, but
slmost anv one of them would end a
fight If Fits landed It Just right.
Now what gave Fits .'this trrlflc
nnnnhlnr rinmer? Vrnm tha Waist down
k " m , - - -
legs. Obviously It was not the bulk of
Bob's weight which made him such a
dangerous man with either hand. It
was because, more than any other fight
er of modern times' Bob had the trick of
setting himself on those spindling legs
so as to bring Into the punch every bit
nt strength in those slat like legs,
which were really nothing but bone and
muscle.
Bet Himself to Punch.
When, he was moving around Bob
wasn't particularly flat footed, but when
he set himself to punch, he was about
the flat footedest proposition a man
ever saw.
Bob coult "set" as Quick as. a flaah
VASHINGTON FIVE
TO PLAV TUESDAY
Multnomah and U. of W. Bask
etball Teams Meet Here Next J
WeekMorris Back.
A basketball .game of unusual In
tereathaaIeen--a.rrftned betweeniha
crack five of tha Unlveraity of Wash
ington and tha Multnomah club teams
next Tuesday evening at . the , club
gymnasium. ' ,
The! University of Washington team
under Caach Hall has turned out ona
of tha beat teams In tha Northwest
They defeated " tha strong- Washington
stata college team who are this year's
conference colleges champions, but were
In turn .beaten by O.'A. C, and Whitman
college.'
The Multnomah team has had the
most successful season In its history.
They have defeated Dallas' college,
Willamette unlveraity. Whitman college,
and tha University of Idaho. If they
defeat tha ' Uslveralty of Washington
team Tuesday evening they will be able
to claim the Northwest championship.
Thla is the laat game of the season,
ana from all indications will be a close
game from start to finish.
Reports from Dr. Zan, the clubs' doc
tor, are .that Ed. Morris, tlia atar con
ter, who has bean out of . tha game
for tha last few weeka with a apralned
nnkle, may be In shape to be back In
the game by Tueaday and this will
greatly strengthen the club team.
A preliminary game has been arranged
before the main contest between two
rjval teams. The contestants will be
Multnomah's second team and the
Christian Brothers college, and a large
number of followers of each team arc
expected to turn tut.
The teams will line up as folfows:
IT. of W. M. A. A. a
Toung
Fischer
Norris
Allen
'. Batton
RICH HORSEMEN AT
OUTS IN FLORIDA
Cook ...F.
Tupper ,. ... . . K.
St. John C,
Keeler .O.
Rabel O.
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USE
HOPES
FOB 1910 FLAG
University Hoping to Land the
Conference Championship;
Kelly and Coleman Coach.
University of Oregon Eugene, March
6 Practice work was atarted on the
diamond lonay ana on the first, sun.
and when he Set for a punch his teet hlny day the baseball tossera will be
...... Anww. nlarann 1 ntA An thu tCknr Ann I . . -
i..i- " " - -. ---- out in rorce preparing ror Coach Tom
his knees dropped together with the arrival next week Th hat
legs allghtly bent. When he let the felly " arflvaI ne" The bat-
wi V. o K a Ywa nA Vila IrnAAM neither leT men have been working rejrularly
and lifted the whole strength of his ,n gymnasium for the past two
legs Into the wallop, rising to the balls weAs' ana the squad has also been
of his feet as the glove landed. He got "oldlng batting practice preparatory to
the whole1 "lift"- of hia body behind the ,the earlv opening of the intercollegate
blow, especially If It waa a short arm '"MS"" n nere ,raarcn zs.
n,lnnh ween uriis uoiemun will re-
u' v9 another misrhtv dan- turn to the 'Varsity to work out with
a-erous hitter, and he copied that knock- "Quad before Joining Blankenshlp's
WnPrt tvl of llftlna his Duneh from Northwest Tacoma team. "Coley" will
Kits, and used it many a time with ?ls0 heIP Ton Ke"y whip the squad
killing effect.
Oans Knew the Trick.
NObody could call Joe Gans a flat-
footed fighter and get away with It,
for Joe was about as shifty a propo
sition as can well be Imagined, yet when
.into shape.
Coleman rormer Stay.
Coleman played on the 'Varsity In-
rifici the past two years and was 'on
of the fastest men Oregon ever had..
Laat year he graduated Into professional
he wanted to hit Joe was flat 'on the utt" "" piyea a aiar game ac .secona
floor with his feet braced. and th,r.a for Tacoma. He was eigced
Nelson flat.footed? Wortfe than that. at an advance salary for 1910.
He Is prop-footed. When Bat Is fight- Prospects Bright
lng his best he drags his right leg Baseball prospects here at Oregon
behind turn and never advances it be- were never more promising. Practical
yond his left, which ne Always anur- ly an me oia men are nack with a
fles along in front of him. That is wealth of new talent. Coach -Kelly Is
when he Is advancing? When the other eagerly looking forward to the season
fellow stands still to slug Bat brings and writes from Santa Clara college,
up hi right foot on a level with his where he is coaching, that with any
left and stands perfectly flat-footed, kind of luck at all he will bring the
leaning well forward from the hips, conference pennant to Oregon.
and from this position he whalea away
with both hands, and he will stand there Chick Hughes, the Dllworth outfleld-
untll the cows come home. er, will manage the Christian Brothers
If it is a pugilistic crime ror a man Business college team this year.
to stand flat-footed, a lot of our great Walt Rogers .of last year's Keata
ones of the past should have gone .to Auto and Albina teams, Is getting in
Jail.
Ketchel for Example.
Nobody doubts that Stanley Ketchel
Is a great hitter, but Stan has speed
raw, unscientific speed. He hurls his
body forward like ft catapult, and as
he conies In he swings from tha hip,
and if that swing misses he makes its
Impetus carry him forward while he
delivers the other hand in precisely the
same style.
If Ketchel had to stand, still and box
or shift around and box there are plenty
of men who would outpoint him to a
pulp, but when Stanley wades In- with
both arms flying something Just has to
drop. It is exlctly this style of a fight
which Is the hardest for a clever man. to
meet and stall off.
O'Brien was In wonderful shape for
his second Ketchel fight. He' had pre
viously outpointed and outfought
Ketchel for seven or eight rounds in
New York, bat Btan began rushihf
and swinging toward me end or that
battle, and had O'Brien asleep in the
rosin box when the bell rang,
O'Brien was prepared to ' fight the
same sort of a fight against the Mlchl
gan Thunderbolt for six rounds, and
If Stan had stood still he would have
been slaughtered on his feet, but thla
time Stanley began to fight with a
rush and a swing, and O'Brien never
had a ghost of a chance.
Depends upon Jeffries.
The effectiveness of Johnson's flat-
footed, rooted-to-one-spot style of bat
tle cannot be known until we know
what sort of a fight Jim Jeffries Is
going to make against him. If the
white man stands away and waits or
elects to spar with the black man, John
son will have two big flat black aces
burled before the game starts. If Jeff
riches hard enough to push Johnson
off his feet It will be another matter.
In the Johnson-Burns battle (?) John
son began every round by advancing to
the middle of the ring and planting
himself upon one spot, and there he
stayed while Burns, game but mis
guided, endeavored to dive past that
stone wall guard and land something.
Burns did not have sufficient natural
strength to push Johnson off his feet
ai;d neither did Ketchel. ' -
Jeff Is big enough and burly enough
to do it, and if ho has the strength he
used to have should rough ' Johnson
off his, feet and follow him juBt as
Ketchel followed O'Brien.
A flat-footed man standing still and
waiting is , tough game; ,'a, flat.footed
man backing up is another proposition.
condition near' McMlnnville. Or.
By Bert , I. ' Collyer. V 1 . ; -
Moncrlef Tark, Jacksonville, Fla.,
March . .The i exodus ef horsemen
from; the Jacksonville trade during the
pat.Welc does not bespeak bright
things for fhe garna Jn that center, es
pecially .If the antagonism which had
Us birth In "millionaires' .row," spreads
through the rank and file of the own
ers and trainers-now racing at Curley
Brown's track, ' ". ' ' '.
Durlngone waek. .J5ttharse.!ine
of them the ' best " handicap nags Been
In action In the south this winter, have
been shipped to Tampa, thera. to re
main for; tb balance, of : the season
Chief among these were the Carman
string, comprising upwards of 30 head,
which had been ' ordered oft Moncrlef
raric as a result f a misunderstand
lng between Starter-Manager Brown
and the millionaire whip of New Tork.
Carman and Brown Clash,
Mr. Carman had been a leading light
10 the midst of the wealthy settlcmon
at Jacksonville track for the past three
months, but his Ideas and those of
Curley Brown had clashed, on several
occasions- bf late, and when they met
personalities Jwere expressed freely, the
ill feeling eventually reaching such
high degree that. Carman waa ordered
off the track,
At flrsf Mr. Carman, who had a most
pretentious string of horses In training,
Intended shipping his. stable to New
York to prepare for the opening of
the metropolitan season. Later, Jiow
ever, he decided to -go to ' Tampa, and,
carrying a retinue of followers, 'ar
rived at the latter track a few days
since. ,
Others liar Also Xar.
With an overabundance of racing ma
terial at hand, the departure of a few
hundred horses is of little, or no con
sequence to the powers that be at Jack
sonville that is, up to date It - has
caused no void to speak of. But should
some bf the other big owners, several
of whom are not overjoyed at the treat
ment they have received at Moncrlef
Park, decide 'to follow in the footsteps
of Carman and his friends, the tall of
the season will find Curley Brown and
his associates begging horsemen to do
his track the honor of their presence.
The greatest hit in the successful op
eration of a racing plant Ilea in attract
ing to the course the men who control
the racing branch of the horse In
dustry namely, 'men of the stamp of
Messrs. Carman, Chlnn, Thomas and
Schrelber. Track managers know well
that if they can get the .cream of the
horses on their tracks the financial sue
cess of the meeting Is assured. The
public is always willing to pay out Its
good money to sea real thoroughbreds
In action, while tha host of men who
make their livelihood wagering on the
races Invariably follow In the wake of
the big stables.
Tamp Had Hard X.nck.
Comparisons are easily drawn. Take,
for Instance, Tampa and Jacksonville.
LAt the outset both had bright futures.
or appeared to have; but the latter.
because of extensive advertising, at
tracted the lion's share of the patron
age. Mom-rler 1'ark prospered, while
Tampa staggered along on the brink
of ruin.
Had the migration of turfites headed
toward Tampa, the case would have
been reversed. Spefflctng from an Im
partial viewpoint, Tampa had many
things on Jacksonville as a racing con
ter and with Tom Shaw's agents now
in charge of the ring there and capable
men' at the helm, the management of
Moncrlef Park had better Institute a
more modified line of procedure if they
desire t5 keep their plant on the south
ern racing map.
Half Million Profits.
A recapitulation of the statistics of
the meeting here elicits the fact that
with favorable climatic conditions 1he
Florida Live Stock & Racing associ
Hon will be able to show a . profit of
$600,000 for the season.
Such a deduction Is based upon the
fact that the average number of book
makers now daily In line Is SO. These
pay vthe association $120 per day for the
privileget In addition o this the daily
gate averages $2000, while the dollar
books, four of which are operated By
the association, are said to return a
dally revenue of $1500 each per day.
Over and above all this la, of course.
the privilege moneys from the bar
and other concessions, all of which
bring the grand total up to the above
aggregate.
Meet at Bait Lake.
Intense Interest is being manifested
by horsemen hereabouts over the forth
coming meetings to be held at Salt Lake
City, commencing May 14
placed In first-Mass shape to receive
the host of horses which will entrain
both, from - here -and -Tampa earl' In
April for the Mormon city.
The bulk of the horsemen now racing
at Oakland and Juarea have also elg
nlfled their Intention of patronising "the
new racing circuit which' has been In
corporated This circuit will comprise
Salj Lake City, Cheyenno and Boise, and.
the bangtails will hold forth on these
tracks for a season of 140 davs.
rrlt:.wrrrrsp under-lh jurisdiction
the recently ' organised .Utah Jockey
club, at the head of which Is that pop
ular racing official. Mr. Richard Dwyer,
for 'years a starter and even now off l
clatlng, In that capacity at. Oakland,
CaU Associated: with Mr. 'Dwyer will
be some of the most able,, as well as
universally popular, officials In the
'coun try, ti among them , being Charles
Campau, at present acting in an cru
cial capacity at Moncrlef Park.
, Stake Books Boon Out.
Within the next few weeks stake
books will be out. These will contain
entrance blanks for eleven stakes, the
aggregate vartie of which will bx In
the neighborhood' of $20,000. Besides
these rich plums to be cut at Salt Lake
City alondt horsemen have been as
sured that nopure less than $300 will
be offered. Six events will be cnd4
each day and it Is the Intention of the
management of .Buna Vista Park to
hang up over $2000 in purses dally.
The Inauguration of this new raolng
circuit In the middle-west will unques
tionably prove a hardship fo tha Ken
tucky tracks, which will again this
year be handicapped by the use of the
mutual system of betting. Horsemen
prefer to go where the old and most
popular booth method is In vogue, and
even now they are completing arrange
ments on several of the Kentucky
tracks to ship west.
Special Horse Train.
At the conclusion of tha local meet
ing a special train. In charge of Charles
Cumpau, will leave for Salt Lake City,,
while a like number of norses win do
shipped to the Utah city from Tampa, j
It bus been found necessary 10 al
most double the stabling accommoda
tions at liuena Vista in anticipation of
tho coming migration of the runners
to that renter, while the other tracks
on the circuit are also undergoing vast
Improvements. x
The rarlnc season in l tan win open
Mav 14 and racing will continue In and
around the Mormon state for the bal
ance of the summer.
PROMISE OF BUSY 7
SEASON IS GIVEN
BY YACHT CLUB
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Many Events Planned for Sum
mer, Months by Growing Or-
ganization Great-Regatta
Is on Program. ,
''That Portland will witness Its great
est aquatlo sports this year Is the pre
diction of the members of the Oregon
Yacht club.
This organisation has planned many
events for the coming summer months.
Regattas, rose parades, summer yacht
cruises, houseboat parties, motor boat
races and a list of other events Is the
program the yacht club will give. A re
gatta to compare with other great boat
races which are looked upon as anneal
events by the water folk of the counfry
ll the plan of the club. The race will
be held Decoration day and with a large
list of entries It promises to be exciting
from start to finish.
The "Comet the fastest boat on the
Columbia and .Willamette rivers, has
been purchased by William C. Klems.
the newly elected secretary. of tha club.
and he Is plfthning to win many laurels
with h,ls new . racer. He has proposed
to put on more nail than the boat now
carries and believes that he will have
the fastest yacht on the coast.
' Tha Oregon Yacht club has become an
organisation which deserves a great deal
of credit from the yacht world. It has
grown from! a small cjub with three
members to an organisation wtth too
members and a houseboat colony. The
club has formed other clubs, such as the
houseboat club, canoe, launch and motor
boat Ojlubs, and dingey association.
The houseboat, colony, which Is one of
the main features of tha club, has 'a
membership of 30, and with a number of
other; beautltjul water residences to be
built this summer, the colony will per
haps lead any of Its kind In the coun
try. TheJRose Festival committee has of
fered" a handsome prize and tropny to
the owners of the most beautifully dec
orated boathouse. The Rose yacht pa
rade will be one of the. most spectacu
lar events ever held on' water.
At the recent meeting of the club
members, at which an election of offi
cers was held, plans for the romlng
year wore discussed. It was decided to
boost the dlngoy club.
In many eastern cities, dingey clubs
have been formed by yachtsmen and are
usually run in conjunction with the
yacht clubs. -The purpose of the club
Is to boost water sports.
One of the most enjoyable events now
looked forward to by the member; of
the yacht club is the summer cruise,
which will be held In tha middle of July.
Probably 50 yachts will sail down the
river on the cruUo which will lat from
one to two weeks. The plan of tha club
is to have this event made as enjoyable
as is possible.
The newly elected officers of the club
are: 'V. A. Knight, commodore; II. K.
Todd, vice commodore; L V. Woodward,
AT LETES
Hi
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FOUUEEl
' Coach Calllcrate Is rapidly getting hi
men together for the big meet that 1
to be held in the "gym" at Columbia
university ok April 16. While some of
the material Is a little green. It. la con
fidently expected that the same success
that accompanied the football team will
also be with the track team In all the
meets. ..,-,
The cross country run held under the
la causing no little excitement among
tho students. Already nearly 40 men
have responded to tha call of Coach Cal
llcrate for track material and It Is the
hope of thje coach that Columbia will
once more regain the lead In inter
scholastic track events.
Several Inquiries have been received
at the Catholic Institution relative to
the meet to be held on the 16th of
April. This meet has now come to be
recOKnlzi'd as an annual affair In Oregon
athletics as it gives every school and
collcRa in the state an opportunity to
be represented. This year's indications
point to one of the best meets ever
pulled off nn the fast track that 1)1 the
irrpAt frature of the col Inns "srvin. .
Oregon and o. A. C. are expected to
send strong teams, as well as all the
smaller colleges scattered throughout'
the state. . ,
port captain; W. Irwin, treasurer; W.
C. Klem, secretary, and F. S. Graham,
treasurer.
BOYS TIE IN Y. M. C. A.
Tl
IACK AND FIELD MEET
In an annual lnterelass track and
field meet held Friday nlht In the lo
cal Y. M. C. A. gymnasium the Inter
mediates and the BuHlnrss Boys tied
for first place with 26 points. The
Students finished third, with 10 points.
In the mile run, the first event of
the evening, Wlndnagle took first place.
quite handily. Vandegrift took second.
Windnaele Is in the Business lloy s
class and both Vandegrift and Langrif
are Intermediates.
In the pole vault, Janln of the Busi
ness Boys was first. Gross of the In-
crmedlates, second and Sherry of the
Business Hoys, third. In the pole vault
both Janln and Gross went eight feet.
When the bar was raised to eight feet
wo inches both missed three chances,
but the bar was lowered to eight feet
again and Gross missed his first trial
t that height while janin aia u tne
first time.
In the SO yard dash, Bolln of the In
termediates took first place while Marls .
and Durham both bf the Business Boys
won second and third. The shot put
was taken by Giddings of the Inter-J
mediates with liunyan and Sinks sec-1
ond and third. I
In the 440 yard dash, Olrard of the
Business Boys defeated Gross of the ,
Intermediates by a slight margin. Bolln :
of the Intermediates took third place.
The high Jump went to Lawrence of !
the Students with Weeder and Brad
ford of the Business Boys second and j
third.
In the half mile. Gross of the Inter-'
mediates was first. Sherry and Joys
of Business Boys were second and third. '
Gross was the highest point winner,
making 11 for the Intermediates, while
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