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FIGHT EXPERT HANDS JOLLY TO DOPE STORY By W. W. Naughton. San Francisco, Nov. 19. The Jeffries dope story, like Banque'B ghost, wiU not down. This time It is more Jlkely to be listened to, as it comes from Jeffrie Mmself. What Is more, it Is placed be fore the public by no less a personage thnu Beanie Walker, who has acted as .U fries' duly accredited Boswell so Soi. that anything he hands out In Jef. irirs' bolsalf Is regarded as authorita tive. - v', " .',---,;, Jeffries cannot place the exact hour at which he was handed the drowsy po-. tir.n. lie gay? he was doped some time . within three days of the fight . ... There Is something to make the slaves of the lamp sit up and listen. Anything . that can waft a man into dopedora for three days must of necessity be more . potent than hasheesh, poppy Juice or any of the ordinary vision producing drugs of commerce. If. the "fiends" had any Idea, where to institute a hunt for the man who administered the stuff to Jeff they would go In quest of, him in a body.. Anything that can put u man in a trance for that length of time must naturally appeal to the pipe hit tors, gun men and lotus eaters gener ally, who hope some day to discover the sure enough fountain of dreams. i , Doeint Believe "Dope."' " The writer for one does not believe Cat Jeff rles was doped. I'm willing to admit that Jeffries himself may believe "it. Some one etse has put- the notion into his head, for Jeffries himself In all his career was never an alarmist or an apologist What ailed ' Jeffries wss -drastic training, which of course entailed great Joss of weight and consequent loss of vitality. Me was worried, too, over the load of responsibility he was carrying as the hope of the white race. He felt that all his previous achievements in the prlzering would be forgotten if he was defeated by Johnson, and he fig ured correctly, . It ' was. therefore, a combination, of physical and mental strain that rendered Jeffries as weak bs a kitten, and the whole story was told in the first round, when Johnson took hold of Jeffries' left forearm and tucked, it behind Jeffries', hip With as little effort as if Jeffries had been - a' child Jim Corbett attributed Jeffries' ' de feat to "nervous prostration," which IS simply my argument in . a nutshell. French Champion Met Splen did Sportsmen in Recent Visit to Tournament. New York, Nov, l.Le Blanc, the famous . French aviator, Jeft here in bruises and patches which were re ceived in a fall at, Belmont Park. It Is not true that he intends to boycott the United States. On the contrary he says: "I Intend to come ever again, probably next year, I met splendhl sportsmen here, who accorded me the most cordial treatment. I should en Joy meeting them again and competing in me contests. - . The Frenchman refused to express an pinion on the award of the Statue of Liberty prize to Moissant "I wasn't there and have no way to Judged he said, "but I would like to correct a report that Moissant paid me ilO.000 for my Bleriot. . I sold It for J6200 subject to the duty if Molnsapt Keeps me macmne on wis side, I ad mtre me great flaring and skill, and when he told me he had no machine to fly for the J10.000 prize I let him have mine to nip mm out at exactly the same figure I must pay for a Bleriot lo replace the, one I sold." Champion AoroBn. Country. Le Blanc is the champion cross-country flyer of France. Until he took up aviation ne wii airecwr Jn the metal lurgica! laboratory. His fine physique ano win power enamea mm to distin guititi nimseir in sports, in 1904 he made his debut as a passenger in a balloon flight, , conducted by August Klcollcau. - Soon he became famous for his great trip Trotn St. Cloud, France, to the Island of Reugen in the Baltic, Le Blanc being a friend of . Bleriot became k Interested in flying machines. lie resignea nis directorship in the lab Hrmury iu uwunra menoi s aevoted as sistant Bleriot founded, his flying vhool at Pau. Le Blano became di rector. He organized the Institution and turned out brilliant pupils, among them luoranr, v;navez ana Auburn. Ie Blanc attributes his success as an aviator In the recent Clroult de L'Ests the 408-mile overland flight to his experience as a balloon pilot. He savs it 4a. bMluiel)r.jnoeary- bat--aviators ftiiould first become competent balloon VKota In order to understand the winds aiiit their changes at different levels: to lot-o ell fear of -great heights "and to learn to rcwghlze variations In the i pun- f (h f4ini)ii whfii looking from t . f . i. hi ABATOR LE BLANC ran Corbett ought t know what he Is talk ing about, for he was practically In the same box when he f rfced Fitzslmmons at Carson, and the quick manner in which he faded away showed It ' Everything to lose. . ' , He wasn't by any means the . same Corbett who tackled Big John L. Sul livan at New Orleans, nor was Jeff the same Jeff who faced Fitzslmmons at Coney Island. - The Corbett of Carson and the Jeff of Reno were fellows who had tasted the delights of being on top of the heap and who fretted themselves to death oyer the -thoughts; 0t reverse. The Corbett of New Orleans and Jef fries of Coney Island were fellows who had everything to gaila and nothing to lose. . And another thing in the mean while, don't let any one run away with the notion that Johnson wasn't worried Vhen he entered the ring at Reno, Some of his friends claim,' of course, that It was fear of the way he might be han dled by that great white crowd in case of victory that troubled Mm,- but I think otherwise. . It was an occasion to try any championship candidate's nerve, but Johnson was not , left long in doubt. The Instant, he pushed Jef fries' thick forearm away from him and discovered that Jef fries was as weak as a rag, the colored '. heavyweight brightened and from that time forward he was confidence personified, , ,. - .-Differ oalfferits. s, Abe Attell and Owen Moran have had one of their periodical spats with the gloves, and I notice that authorities differ as to the merits of the set-to. Some think the bbxing was notable for the decree of sincerity . dlsDlaved. while others believe that Abe and Owen,who are undoubtedly pastmasters at the sparring game, just did a little . clever lapstlck work to entertain the spec tators. To those who look spoil things In this light Moran and Attell are the Willie, Hoppe and Ora Moralngstar of the pugilistic ibclt ' - So far as Moran is concerned, he will have to furbish up his knowledge of real hard boxing if the match made for him with Battling Nelson goes through as scheduled, According to the best Information, the two lightweights are to appear in San Francisco In, a 20 round bout toward the end of the present month., Nelson, who is not altogether satis- fled with the way the papers viewed his showing with Anton Lagrave, la paying particular attention to his train ing this tirae. He feels that if he fails to make good with Moran, who Is - a bona' fide lightweight, he will have to admit that ha has no further claim on a return match with Ad Wolgast mere is talk in San Francisco nf bout between Anton Lagrave and Packy McFarland. Such an affair at catch weights should prove a good card. There is little cjiance apparently of Lagrave or McFarland being able to live up to the conditions of the light weight class. Each of them 1b a welter weight pure and simple. Cornell Games Not Cancelled. None of the' lemainlntr Cornell 'foot ball games will be cancelled because of the death of-L. B. Paine of Duluth. Minn., captain of the freshman team, from injuries sustained in a practice game on October 18. TRIO OF Keclc,' Fullback. ' , ' ' , siistwriBamaMwsMM,, , , j 1 t t 'n ' ' " '1 t t Crack backflcld trio of the Oregon Agricultural College, which will prepare to take the wind Out of the - , sails of the University of Washington at Seattle Thanksgiving Day. ' . NEWS OF ENGLISH SPORTING WORLD - - By Richard Dahlgren. London, Not. 19. Although business generally .is only recovering ( from the last financial storm and many English sporting organizations have been com plaining of bard times and deficits, the country seems to,, have been, as liberal as of yore in patronizing sports. A sporting statistician who has looked into figures says more money than ever is being spent in varlods ways oh sporting and athletic events-of all kinds. His figures of a year's exDoadltare indicate that the country has been laying the following amounts for the purposes in dicated: -' Horse . , racing.' . 3,08,000; shooting, 7,246,707; dog shows, 914, 653; coursing, 217,636; hunting, 15, 520.600; field trials (sporting dogs). 6000: polo, . 166,000; fishing, . 560,000; yachting, 1,800,000; .coaching,'. 150.000; horse shows, 80,000; sports of ths peo ple, 15,000,000. To .use aa American Ism, this is ."going sorai." .'-,.. Interest In Amy Event ( The big army and navy boxing chn pionshlp tournament held here recently attracted widespread interest and " it was, attended by immense crowds. . - Willie .there was something to be de sired as regards skill and cleverness, those who patronized the boxing at the gymnasium, Aldershot, had , plenty for their money. - r -1 - , A rather regrettable incident more bo because two officers' were concerned marred the boxing. It came as a matter of surprise to find officers set ting their subordinates a bad example by ignoring the warning of the referee to such an extent as to bring -down dls qualification. This ' came about in the heat in the officers middleweight be tween Lieutenant S. A. Macmillan (Gor don Highlanders)' and Captain M. Hag gard (Welch regiment), who, declining to take any notice of the frequent cau tions persisted In clinching to such an extent that tha referee had no alterna tive but to call the bout Void. Captain R. C. Williams of the Royal field artillery and . member of the Bel size B. C., gained a creditable victory In the lightweight. Midshipman L..H. Bayley, who boxed with promise, also got through another heat in the welter weight, which, like the other events, seems fairly open. The men's heavy weight proved, so far as it went, rather a disappointment. Gar Hewitt 'the holder, defeated Sergeant Boyd easily. Boyd was expected to give Hewitt a good fight but cut up badly and failed to go three rounds', while P. Voyles of the Irish Guards, who quRe recently gave Bombardier Wells a great battle, disposed, of G. McFaddeft", In half a round. - " There was some sparkling hitting In the welterweight, 'and a surprise fur nished when Pte. Hutton' of the Royal Fusiliers defeated Petty Officer Roche, who beet the lightweight champion, Corporal Baker. Sapr. O'Nell, who twice fought Baker "at the National Sporting club, qualified for. the semi-final of the lightweights, and then ' another good thing came unstuck when Bandsman McDonald was defeated in the feather weights after a close setto with a wear and tear boxer. Stoker Hagan of the Invincible. Captain F. A. Naka beat Lieutenant W. C. Wilson, 'heavyweight; Lieutenant C. R. Samson, navy, defeated Lieutenant M. Begble, both being mid dleweight. These .were among the star bouts on -the program. ' Amerloan .Brings Wag la. Front The riding of Maher, - the .famous American Jockey, , for the Jockey club cup astonisnea everybody, -.xne run AGGIE STARS IN GAME AT SEATTLE Hawleyv Halfback. ning of Charlement and Abattls behind Legos and Royal Realm for the Jockey club cup further depreciates the 2-year pld form,' for they were utterly strung out by the old horses, of whom Royal Realm seemed to have all the best of it from the bushes into the dip. Griggs, many thought was driving him .need lessly, and making uncalled for demon strations with his whip, but the Jockey knew what he was' about for he has ridden Legos before now, and was aware that the old Santoi horse does not relish the outward and visible signs of an im pending struggle. With a less-consummate artist than , Maher on his back Lagos would have accepted the position and dropped right out. Indeed, his train er bet 'that he would be last; but. al though: they were la. the last furlong, Maher found time to pat his horse and thus exorcise the devil ' demon which was tempting him to defeat. In a mo ment there came hack honesty of pur pose to ths hard worked 5-year-old, and In three strides) he -caught and-passed Royal Realm, on whom the astonished Griggs did his best,-without having the remotest chance in the final run. Never had Maher. shown, himself more, re sourceful than in this race, for Lagos is i horse whom even he could ' not per suade to gallop In' a bigger field at -'. Litigation in rootban. , The spirit of litigation is rife In ref erence to the restrictive rules 4 which govern the relations of league .football FORMER BEAVER WEDS. '. ' Bobby Groom. ( 8t" Louis, Mo Nov,' 1, Robert Groom, pitcher for - the Washington American league team, and Miss Kath arine B. Birckner of Belleville, I1L, were married this afternoon. Groom is the son of a wealthy coal operator ; and. for several years Miss Birckner ' has resided at i the Groom home in Belleville.' , ' Groom went to Washington in 1908 by, draft from Portland, Or., .where he was a star pitcher for two yea;s, Hastings, Halfback. " clubs and professional players. ' At a meeting' of the management committee Ashton Villa stated that as a blub they were threatened with an action at law by H. C. Klngaby, who claimed to .have his transfer be removed. The executive desired Aston Villa to refuse a free transfer, and undertook to reimburse the club all the costs of defending the proceedings. This means that Klngabv will bring a test case against , Aston Villa, as a representative ef the club, to ascertain whether the transfer sys tem can be upheld in the' courts, y ' Unquestionably, tqls 4s th most mo mentous step taken by any player or the Players' union, to "bring to issue the grievances under which it la alleged professionals suffer. .Club managers say that if Klngaby wins they cannot see, "that 'the paid player will Improve his ' position, for it is Idle to suppose that this game can be carried on with out some , restraining power by clubs over players. , Nearly five years ago Klngaby was transferred by- Clapton Orient for 300 to Aston Villa. During the last two months of that that season of 1906 Klngaby took part in four matches for the Villa. As soon as Ma came in Aston . Villa- offered Klngaby a fresh agreement at (the same, salary that he, had received, the highest possible, but as this was not accepted the player was' reported to the Foatball association. ' Klngaby wrote to Aston Villa saying that he had signed for Fulham before receiving their offer, but the Villa de clare that thedate.of his registration for the southern league elub was a fort night, after he had been ' given ' the chance of accepting the , maximum wages, v Aston Villa did not wish to lose Klngaby, They appealed to htm to re sign, but If he was determined to change to Fulham' they did not wish to stand in the way of tils moving, provided Ful ham refunded Aston Villa the 300 they had paid to the Orient' On May day last Klngaby asked Aston Villa for an interview, but It was pointed out that the directors would not meet for a long time,' Thereupon Klngaby asked either for an engagement or a free transfer,- The Villa did not Change their , position, but - they -urged that a transfer fee was juBt and equit able. The full details of the case were forwarded tot, the league, who did. not grant Kingaby the' relief he desired.' If the transfer system were broken down tomorrow some other nrotectlve scheme -Would 'ttji launched, because if players are to be as free to wander and as irre sponsible as gypsies, what is to bo the basis of club playing strength. Cant Accept Challenges. ' English athletes a tie having repeated challenges hurled- at -them by . French rivals, , but they . cannot accept them. Even supposing; English clubs were, suf ficiently rich to defray the expenses of their representatives to Paris, they might not care to run the risk of being called upon by the A. A, A. to undergo a searching examination. ... . : 4 , . .'''However much-one 'might appreciate the enterprise of the Parisians, and no matter how much one would, for the good of tha sport, like to see English clubs tafte part in what would be an In ternational race, it Is to be feared that Britishers will not ba able to go there. Perhaps the French sport promoters for get the power of the A. A. A. anoT its laws. That question of allowing ex penses bars the way tocementlng ath letic friendships on the continent, -and as long as that is so, the visits of English clubs to Paris' will bo few arid far between. ' ? ' Some day, when athletics are a source of larger income, we shall be able; to play, perhaps, a more energetic part in popularizing interteam racing with friendly clubs In France.-, , , KID M'COY. SELECTS : : SUITABLE EPITAPH u t , ; , V t ' At times "Kid" McCoy is one of the most serious of men. A few nights ago he was arocmg a party of sports men discussing Stanley 1 Ketchel's as sassination. - The kid was the victim f the blues and efforts to cheer him were ' vain. ' He persisted, Jn taTklrig about graves, , tombstones, epitaphs, etc. He had, he said, spenjt many hours inditing the -lines he wished chiseled In the marble that would mark his final resting place. - - -r "I don't want much,"..' he .said, ,"but t think I'm entitled to this: "He possessed beauty without vanity,. Strength without insolence, ', ' r Courage without ferocity, . , ; .v And all man's .virtues without their . ' vices.?' -, , j i ' -l i i in, i ' ' , ; 1 This Date In Sport Annals. . 1878 At Boston: Wrestling match, collar and elbow, for championship belt and $1000; J. Owens (two falls), C. Connor (one). 1 ' ' "1879 Tommy Nowatt pugilist, born in Chicago. ; - . 1883 At London: Joa Chlpps, expert skittle player, knocked down and set Up 616 pins in IT. minutes. - 1883 At London: Edward Payson Weston started on a tramp of SO miles daily (Sundays excepted) for 100 days, over roads,, delivering temperance . lec tures by, the way. ', 1884 At Brooklyn: Jumping to beat record, one standing Jump, with weights, L. Helevlg cleared 12 feet SH inches. ,. 1889 At Grand Rapids: JTommy Ilyan kuoUied out Jimmy Murphy in seroond round. 1903 At San Franclscor' Jimmy Britt won from Martin ""Canole in 3 rounds. , ' ' , 1 Milwaukee is. door baseball., latest to take up in- ... J .... GREEN MEN SH OULD BE COACHED FOR VARSITY . By W. S. Faroe-worth. New York, Nov. 1S-: Harvard's suc cess on the gridiron this fall is due to the fact that special attention was paid last season to, substitutes. And - Tale's downfall - can be figured bf cause she made the great mistake -of enly half coaching - her second , string, -men a year ago.,- i ' ' ; Since Percy Haughton took charge e"f football at Harvard it has been noticed thathe seems to spend more- time with the second string; men than .'he' does with the regulars. He works over them, shows them the fine points of the game and Instead, of keeping, them onthe side linos during ' the games, makes them play. , Through this .method of coaching Haughton boasts that he can replace any regular ' by a second string man ana not weaken his 'team in the. least By that he means that his snsstltutee are nearly as good as the regulars. In the game with Brown, Harvard used al most entirely a -team of substitutes, and they put up a wonderful game. Against, Cornt'U it was the same. ,? Three Elevens Oni ""r . Wnen Harvard went to West . Point she had . three elevens out - practicing and the experts were hot sure which one was the first eleven, all three of them, appearing equally as fast and strong. It is . altogether different .at Yale. Last season the big blue eleven twas one of the greatest that ever deaorated a gridiron, but the second and , thtrd elevens did hot equal a, school , .' boy" team. The roaches did not look ahead, did not figure on this see son's team, and the result was that oaly a squad of say 15 or 16 were properly, trained and developed. ' "'J. In all her games this fall "Captain Daly has led a squad of at" least 40 men out on the gridiron, but all .but a dozen or 16, of them- promptly ducked under their .blankets and never crawled oUt again until sent into the game.' Secondary defense is the main defense in the new game and the coaches are beginning to realise It now. The Prince ton coaches discovered this first In their game against Holy Cross and immedi ately adopted a 'rather novel plan for strengthening the forwards. The -etttts had been letting the man with the ball get past , them,' believing that either Pendleton, Hart or Sparks wouf down the runner. Coach Roper remedied this fault by making the line work without any of the backfleld men doing defen sive work. The result was that the ends began to spread out and grab their' man and the tackles buckled in and broke up the opposing team's inter fefence. , Xrfoks After mats. ' The secondary defense in football' Is supposed to look after punts and grab runners in -case the. forwards let the man get away from them, but all great teams of the past have seldom failed to have their forwards break up the plays. There is one ' man who has already earned his seat on . the Ail-American eleven this season and that Is Sprack llng, the Brown quarterback, He la, without doubt the greatest quarter of the season among the, elevens in the ft. It will be just like 'giving $1.00 to every customer that entqr: our store tomorrow We' are oyerstocked.' and would : rather take our .loss now than later in the season, and, consequently are going to give you the biggest $1.50 - worth that you ever - gqt." Soft & Stiff Hats 1 ( Mm CHARGE FOR ONE YEAR. Km i J Lillagar & Son 235 Morrison St... Just .All Hats sold ! for' $3, or bet- i 4j$ -t ' ' ter are 'iSC .. CLEANED ' ' FREE OF ' a v f L f'' J- east, and, ".his 'Work In the Tale game Stamped H 3m as one of, if not the very greatest rt (an, who ever took a center's pass. t , ' , . , , Spracklii g Is - a wonderful ground gainer and-i since quarterback runs, have been allow Id, has gained more for t)ie Province el even than any two man on the team. .4 ie is a fast man, gets away ! with the i eed of a bullet and even In creases his paoe when about te be tackled. i . t j - ' ' 1 ' . - C4 touloat Slow TTp. One of tha ' great faults of many crack backfield me ta is that they either stop running entlt'toly 6f sloW'up "when about " to be downed - The man who does slow un is alwavs ' thrown back, whereas if ha continued or' 'increased his pace at the critical mom knt he would be able to gain many ya; tds even with the tackler's , arms about h un. , 1 . , The little 1 trown quarterback knows the same froL 1 A to Z and he has run' the Brown tle en in masterly style. L He Is quick to let fcrn the opponents' weak-, ness and neve( falls to. take advantage of Bucn. He. pa good kicker and can hurl a - f orwai 1 ' pass with great ac curacy. ' 'i ". , ' , , ,f " ' There appeal P to-be no chance of keeping him , .off . the All-American eleven. . John Fox, a i rell known parson of the turf, who ret lently returned to the United States fr jm the" Argentine re public, says theri t likelihood .that the people down O here may gp very ex tensively into th 1 breeding of horses, Using American st lock for the purpose.' He does 'not think 1 facing will become general as it is In this country, lie. re ferred to the new laws Just voted by the senate and pai ;llament of the re public,, limiting spot culatlon to the "To talisator," and put ilshlng every other kind of betting WB th six months' im prisonment . Even the investnn nts at the "Total lsator" can only be i Indulged in on the race course,: and all i Intermediaries come under the penal claui lea of the new Jaw. XIUUIHK will ucr UilU K vvihiuj vi vxiiu government The tee (hnical details will be entrusted to the- '( Jockey , club, one Smrth to the municlg sility of the local y, and the balance t p the state. The meetings will !( ',be short and on only certain days 'of jthe week and on holidays. '"is'-- - Sale of May ,W Off. --. , The report that H c Visden had pur chased the fast Indlrwin, t pacer, - May Day. 2.03, is not cor e et Mr. Cosden negotiated for the hand Pm racer pre-, vlous td the - Lexlngtc t - meeting, but the deal is off, Mr. Ca eden not being satisfied with the borate's recent per formances. , -1 t' . . , 1 '' ' 1 1 r , , r ' r ' mm. CONTROLS ' . ITSRAC1NG COURSES " ,' " , 1 V 'it t r - UMBRLLLAS $1.00 ' ', ?We have on hand about' 100 um-' ,; ; brellas that we want to close tut - , at $1.00 each. Some better) values ' - at $1.50each. ' . ) Exclusive Hattcits East of the corner 2ni I i 3 .-