. . . 1 , .. ' ." .j - 1 . . 1 ... r TACOMA JUMPS INTO T JACK JOHNSOH VANTS MIEBUS AND WALTER ; KNOVLTON MAY HOP SIMON PURE CORRAL 'De Witt-Van Court, Oldtime - - Expert, Willing ! to Take Tracey's Word, SPOTLIGHT WHEN TOO LOBER RYAN DEAL NOT BATTLE MENAREAPPROACp, LIKELY TO PAN OUT Joe Tinker Offers Contract to Jack Fournier and Hyatt Gets Offers From Two, . Portland Manager Thinks Cleveland Is Having Hard Time to Get Outfielder, Big Black Says 'fle's Signed to Meet Frtfrik Moran in Paris in June. ; , ? I - DONT PICK ME OUT TO ASK ,. ,,.."" ' f ' ' Ml IKS THE $30,000 FOR WITH i AT SMITH . Earl Miebu and Walter Knowlton, two of th best bozera wearinr the ; colors of tbe Multnomah Amateur Atn letle club, are contemplating; entering - the ranks of professional fighters,, ac cording to a story from Los Angeles. Mlebus hold the middle light heav- . and heavyweight Pacific coast ama teur titles and Knowlton Is the Paclfio coast 13S pound champion. Mlebus has .been on the verge of ' Jumping out of the amateur ranks for - a couple of years. He has defeated practically every heavyweight boxer ; In the northwest, losing Only to Larry 'Madden, the bin 200 pounder of the Police Athletic club. Mlebus Is a blacksmith by trade and Is a rugged : fellow and a good boxer. : Knowlton, who Is a fire fighter as well as a boxer, can right now defeat any second rate lightweight on the Pa---clfic coast. This Is the opinion of Tommy Tracey, the Multnomah boxing teacher. Knowlton has been boxing , for about six. years. He is a hard hitter and can take a lot of punish ment. 1 . Tommy Tracey. at their request. It is said, has written a letter to DeWut VanCourt, the Los Angeles boxing pert, asking ii t'ser is nny chance of Mlcbu- or Knowlton ev?uring a :na;ch In tliat section- ; Thy are will lg to v go against anyone in the middleweight or lightweight classes. Just how soon these two boxers will turn professional is not known. Both are lovers of the boxing game and it is '. certain that they will not desert the - amateur ranks unless they are certain of a number of professional engage ments In the near future, Van Court pays this tribute to the - local jlnstructor: "As for Tommy Tracey. I will say h is one of the greatest welter ' weights that ever came over from Australia. I have seen him fight many .. times and there was no welter in this country that "bad anything on him. But he was, unfortunately, a light welterweight, and was compelled to 'meet heavy welters and middleweights. "He met Kid Lavlgne in the old .'. Woodward's pavilion some years ago. and the oldtlmer, Jim McDonald, refereed the contest He gave the decision to Lavlgne, much to the sur prise of every one in the hall, an I after the fight Tommy went into the Kid's dressing room and said: Tou know. Kid, I beat you.' The Kid r said: Tommy, I was not the referee, so; you must not blame me for being given the decision.' This was the way the oldtimere did things. They shook hands and parted as good friends as. they ever were. Ask ; Tommy what he thinks of Kid La vlgne if you dbubt what I say. 'Tommy Tracey's Judgment Is worth something, and any time he boosts a ' fighter he can corns pretty near de- i B n ici us von uvuiw ic ii ucai uc , llverlna; the . goods. Tommy has so much faith In his middleweight that ; he if willing to have him meet Burge, Logan, or any middleweight in the country." WHITE CROW TEAM WINS FROM FORESTER QUINT The White Crow, team of the Sara toga House league won two out, of three games from the Foresters of America quintet last evening. Sachs f the Crows made the Individual high soore and average. The scores: I FORESTERS OF AMERICA i 1st. 2d. 8d. Ttt. At. Peterson. V. B........173 172 130 475 ms IHIIU ..........113 164 19 448 149 JttMfrore 91 J37 124 8R2 117 f Peterson, P. E... 157 102 132 451 150 JCUrp , 176 106 104 446 149 :iy Totals- .. 710 808 090 2173 I WE1TB CROWS 1 lit. 2d. M. Tot. At. flacks 157 164 18 507 160 ! Hodge ..183 1ST 157 467 156 PreyfOH .......... ...145 155 140 440 147 : Paatick 190 133 146 459 158 ! Torek 170 156 1IM 49S 159 Totals 80S 766 781 2352 1 - High score, Saeka 186; high average, Sachs Attell to Leave fop Coast. New York. Jan? 9. Abe Attell, for mer featherweight champion, plans to leave "for San Francisco tomorrow to prepare for his scheduled match there February 2a with Johnny Kilbana, the title holder, Attell says he will spend several weeks in the mountains before settling; down to hard training. No More Colds For Bald Men Thousands of bald men escape eolda by wearing Our F anions BEFORE ATTEB, AUCrJCU-S Perfectly made, cannot be detaoted. Let asmonstrat. siau ardor iuim. - ILBVtT k HANEB7JT 17 Broadway, near i Korrison Brettoh 1 1 The White Satia Striped Madras Collar that is all the cage Just now. 1 lae Miver cdlars a row tso 1 VtftCs.. tots TKOT, N. V. HOTEL DAII FRANCISCO Geary Street, sJot Union Squar . ? di en American Plan $3.50 day up ,) Pfew atavl and brick strncter. Third aev ditkm mf kondrad room BOW buildina. Every BBodera casvaalaace. Moderate rate- Canter f theatre and retail dis tries. On carttnes transferring ail orar City. Dtric is nn aiisi mi ai aw. CUBAN BALL TOSSERS 10 WON PENNANT PLAY BEFORE BIG COIN' Long Branch Team Won the Flag and Ten Men Play Every One of 120 Games, New York, Jan. 9. Having swelled up so often and allowed as how base ball Is the great American game, it might be expected that something would come along and gently ease over the intimation that a few other na tionalities In this broad universe ara picking up batting, pitching and base running. Down Jersey way they have a team made up entirely of Cubans, and, whether yoq believe it; or not. It is on the records that the Long Branch team of the New Jersey-New Tone league won the pennant. The Long Branch aggregation happens to be an all-Cuban cast, so there you be. We are all more or less acquainted - " ?Ith on Senor Marsans, outfielder for the Cincinnati Red!, who is one of the leading exponents of the game as it is did in Cuba and Cincinnati. Lone Branch, however, is an incubator f jr Cuban baseball players for this coun try. Four members of this team were sold to Boston last fall. Next yea- there will be a new crop for the major i league scouts to look over. Manes, a pitcher, who will perform during the next heated period is said to be a rine- dtnger. The Long Branch manase ment has already been offered $3009 for him, but the offer was refused. After dangling before the eyes of tho majors for a few months next year more money will probably be offered. Dick Henriquez, captain and mana ger of the Long Branch team, goes to Cuba every winter now. He : looks 'em over on the Island while Long Branch is closed up and the summer resorters are hugging radiators. Then he bobs up in the spring with a new bunch of senors who wallop the pill all over the lot. Netx year Henriquez expects to arrange a series oQ pre season games with several of the major league teams. His :Cubans will report from the island ready for busi ness, as they have done their "spring training" around Havana; Fifteen new players are to h wrought up from Cuba next spring, which augurs much business of looking things over by big league scouts. One thing about these Cuban play ers that is not found in the average American of the league ; teams Js ability and willingness to play peveral different positions. During the last season 10 men. including pitchers and catchers on the Long Branch team, played every game of the 120 in the league schedule. They shifted around and played different positions. When a pitcher wasn't working In the box he would take a place in tle outfield. Long Branch won the pennant by a margin of 22 games. This Long Branch team probably has the distinction of playing ball be fore more money than any other team In the country, considering the size of the crowds it draws. One day last summer fortunes) estimated at J90C, 000,000 were represented in the boxes Long Branch being a summer resort, draws much money. . The Guggen heim s, Greenhutsj Bradys and mai.y other moneyed folk are Included among the fans who root for the Cubans. Senator 8mlth,' the Flelshmanns and a score of others jtnay also be found pulling ror tne Long Branch bunch. wnetner they try to pronounce the names xz all of the players is not on recora. Races at Juarez. Juarez. Jan. 9.-i-Result3 yesterday: First race Josef ina Berate. 9 to 10 w . 1 to 6. won; Blue Racer, 7 to 10. l to 4. second; Meellcka, 6 to 5, tnira. Time. 0:34 4-5. i Second race Marie CoghllL 10 to 1 z 10 l. won; Lacy Young, 8 to 1. 4 to 1, second; Moonlight. 5 to 1. third. Time. 1:41. i nira race oeorge, 4 to A, g to 5, 4 to 6. won; Dusky Dave, 4 to 5. 2 to 5 second; Silvertone, 2 to 1, third. Time i.;uo -o. i Fourth race Fool O'oFrtune. 7 to 5, l to 4. out, won; Clarlbel, 6 to 1, 2 to 1. second; Ed Luce, 7 to 10. third Time, 1:06. 1 ' Fifth race GemmelL 9 to 10. 1 to 5. out, won; Doc Allien, even, 2 to 5, sec ona; urimar-Laai i to z. third. Time. 1:06 3-5. Scratched Minnie Bright, Lee Harrison ii, vai lias. . Blxta race Sister Florence, 5 to 2, even, 2 to 6, won; Jack Laxson. S to 1 T to 5, second; Quick Trip, even, third. Time, i:to. Taft for Chief Justice. -mew xiaven, conn., jam 9. A ru mor was currentlthat President San son Intends to appoint ex-President Taft to the federal supreme bench if Chief Justice White retire. ' -y r A FIGHTER FIGHTS 3 THAN E Cheese Merchant Won $6500 With Crack Horse, Wal ter Cochato, It is not often that a $90 horse is able to go forth and battle with the very best of the grand circuit brigade, and it is not customary for a country merchant to campaign the fastest pac er In the 2:05 class. The records for the racing season just closed, however, prove that to the lot of a cheap horse and a country owner have come the honor of heading the list of money winners in the 2:05 class, and the big stables are now casting a longing eye in the direction of Converse. Ind., and wondering how it happened. When William Maple, a cheese mer chant and huckster of Converse, bid $90 for a tall, long-legged and rather coarse black colt at the last sale held by Daugherty brothers In Wabash, Ind.. three years ago he bullded bet ter taan he knew. Few men about the sale ring considered the colt worth a season's training, but Mr. Maple did not regret his purchase when the fol lowing spring the colt under the name of Walter Cochato took a record of 2:17 as a 3-year-old over the half mile track at Ru8siaville, Ind. Now the name of Walter Cochato Is known from one end of the grand cir cuit to the other. Opposite the name stands a record of 2:04 M, and the sta tistics for the last racing season show that Walter Cochato won for his huck ster owner $6500. the largest amount credited to any pacer in the 2:05 class. While the campaign and the turf his tory of Walter Cochato are known to many followers of the grand circuit, but few know of the debut of this noted star. The son of Cochato (2:17) and Kitty Burgess, by Patchen Wilkes, was foaled in Franklin county, Ken tucky, seven miles from Frankfort, on the farm of W. H. and W. J. Lewis, prominent breeders of trotters. The black colt grew so rapidly that he was nojf highly regarded by his breeders and he was picked up at a small price when representatives of the Daugherty Brothers were in Kentucky. -3 BASEBALL CHATTER -6 Walter Johnson and Joe Wood, two of the American League's greatest twirlers, have refused the offers-made them by Manager Joe Tinker of the Chicago Federals. Tinker announced that he had signed King Cole, the for mer Chicago twirler, drafted by the New York Americans from Columbus. Fred Carisch, the Cleveland catcher. urned down a Federal league offer. and Tommy Leach denied that he has been offered the managership of the Pittsburg team. Tyler, the sensational Boston pitch er, announced that he would JumD to the Federals if the Braves traded him to the St. Louis Nationals. Rube Gardner. Oakland's first base man and substitute outfielder last sea son, may be sold or traded to the Los Angeles team, according to' reports from the Oakland club headquarters. Tealey Raymond yesterday signed a contract to manage the Seattle North- western baseball team for the 1914 sea son. First Baseman Babe Borton, who was purchased from the Jersey City club by Happy Hogan, has been ap proached by three Federal league teams. Bobby Davis, the Portland shortstop. Johnny Kane and Roy Klepfer, two Venice players, are" playing great ball in the Winter league, according to Lou Litschi. "Davis is sure to go up next season," says Litschi. South Portland Retires. After twice having games scheduled with the South Portland Juniors, the St. John8 Juniors, claimants of the county 125 football , ch. upionship, backed out at the last minute without sufficient cause. It thereby appears that St. Johns Is afraid of South Port land, although outweighing, them about five or ten pounds to the man, says Manager Friedman. ' The South Port land Juniors have now retired for the season, but will be back next year stronger than ever. . . t ' . ' Breaks ' Australian Record. Palmerston. N. Z. Jan. 9. The visit ing American . athletic- team made an excellent showing, . Reginald Caughey Of Ukiah, Cal., breaking, insular shot put records with a 454 foot put. Journal.. Want Ads bring result. . HO PURCHASED R 90 SEASON SENSATION HARDER TOR ? FOR 5000. - HE DOES CONLEY BEAT MIL BUT ABIE COT MONEY ncidentally It Put Frankle In the Wisdom League in Saving, Frankle Conley Is reported to be one of the richest fighters in the business. He amassed a fortune of $90,000 since he started six years ugo. In New Or leans he made $26,000 alone in nine months' time, and In 18 months on the Pacific coast Conley received $45,000 for his end. Frankle tells a funny story that hap pened to him at New Orlenas where he boxed Abe Attell. For this fight Frankle received the sum of $7500, and, incidentally, gave Abe a good trim ming. The next evening after the bat tie Conley was out with & number of friends and ran into Attell Now every one in sport dom knows that Abe Attell Is one of the best gam blers in the country. He has won and lost a fortune several times during his career. In the course of the conversa tlon with Conley Abe suggested that they have a quiet little poker game. just to be sociable. The game started off rather light, with Conley winning, when Abe suggested that they double the stakes so that he would have a chance to get even, and Conley. to be a good fellow, accepted. The sitting lasted four hours. When it was over Abe remarked: "Well. Frankle,- you beat me last night all right, but I've got you this evening," and with the end of the game he got away with FranMe'a end of the purse, $7500, but Frankle only smiled and said: "Abe, this teaches me a les son. From now on, I will start to salt mine for a rainy day," and he has not gambled since then. 1 BASKETBALL NOTES i I The Jewish Boys Athletlo club quin tet will play the Hill Military Academy quintet this evening on the H. M. A. gymnasium. This will be the first game of the season for the H. M. A. team. The T. M. C. A. Hustlers would like to arrange games with 135 pound teams. -For games telephone Herbert Gunther, Marshall 3441, between 6 and 7 p. m. The Portland Aademy freshmen were defeated yesterday by the Y. M. C. A. Comets by the score of 12 to 9. The Sellwood Tigers would like to arrange garnets with teams averaging 130 pounds. Telephone William Stew art, Sellwood 1893, evenings. The Lincoln high school basketball quintet was defeated yesterday by the Christian Brothers Business college team by the score of 40 to 14. Cap tain Clerin of-the Cardinals scored 10 of the 14 points made by his team, while Sleberts scored 28 out of the 40 points scored by the C B. B. C. play ers. . Cox Gets Verdict. Chehalls. Wash., Jan. 9. M-. P. Cox, charged with highway robbery, was acbuitted by a Jury which was out 10 hours. Cox was accused of robbing logging camp employes In a poker game near Morton. At nis last trial the Jury disagreed. GRANTON v WHITE STRIPED MADRAS 2 for ,25 oenta ' Gnett. Peabedy A Co. Ine. Maker Oregon Humane Society Office 330 Union Ave., Cor. Market Bt. Paoa Sast 1493. B-S513. . Horse ambulance for sick or disabled animals at a moment's notice, prices reasonable. Report all cases ef cruelty to thia off lea. Onea day and sight. ARROW COLLARS BATTLING MSKY IS LEADING FIGHTER OF PAST TWELVEMONTH Freddie Welsh Won More Battles Than Any Other Carpentier Won Air Bouts, A complete record of the battles of prominent fighters for the past year, just compiled, shows Battling' Levin sky, the New York light-heavyweight, as the busiest person In the American ring. Dan Morgan's hope has engaged m 28 fights during 1913, winning 8, losing none and taking part In 18 no decision bouts. Jack Dillon, middle weight, is the second best scrapper, with 22 fights, 7 of them victories, to his credit. He fought 14 no decision goes and one draw. Freddie Welsh, the English light weight champ, won more battles than any other fighter. He copped 12 out of 1& contests, the other three being no i decision fights. Carpentier, the French heavyweight conqueror, and Gunboat Smith are next In number of wias, both annexing 10 victories, the former out of 10 and the latter out of lLJfights, Smith fought one no de cision. Neither lost a battle, Juck Johnson was the most idle scrapper In the list, taking part in just one contest, which was a draw. Willie Ritchie, the peer of the light weight ranks, also waa conspicuous by the small number ef battles he engaged in. as he risked his title but twice during the whole year. He vir tually won them both, as the no de cision go In New York was his by mile. The great number of no decision goes were largely fought in New York. Levinsky would undoubtedly have J larger number of victories to his cred t had a decision been given in all of his fights. The complete record: No Fights. W. L. Dec. D Battling Levinsky.. 26 8 0 18 0 7 0 14 1 7 1 11 0 1 1 14 2 3 0 16 0 11 0 7 0 3 1 10 2 7 13 4 12 0 3 0 1 2 12 0 4 1 9 1 1 0 14 0 3 0 11 0 3 2 8 1 6 1 7 0 5 3 5 0 7 1 6 0 SO 8 0 0 1 11 1 6 2 6 0 4 0 8 0 0 1 9 2 2 0 9 1 0 1 9 1 0 1 10 0 6 0 4 1 15 4 1 5 1 5 0 10 0 10 117 2 7 ft S 0 6 0 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 6 0 2 2 6 2 0 2 6 1 11 12 5 0 5 111 2 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 4 0 12 2 2 3 0 4 1 0 1 ?. .2 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 ft 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 13 0 11 2 0 0.3 10 10 2 0 10 10 0 0 0.1 Jack Dillon 22 Jack Brltton IB Young Shugrue .... 18 Willie Beecher . . IS Mattie McCue 18 Frankle Burns 16 Wildcat Ferns 15 Freddie Welsh .... 15 George Rodel 15 Leach Cross io Young Gradwel .... 15 .i:mmy uurry Gus Christie 1 Joe Jeannette 14 Matty Baldwin .... 13 Charley White .... 13 Kid Williams 13 Patsev Brannigan .. is Frankle Russell ... 13 George Chip 12 Young Saylor 12 Freddie Hicks 12 Eddie McGoorty ... li Jimmy Coffey 11 Johnny Dundee .... 11 Knockout Brown .. 11 Pal Brown 11 Gunboat Smith .... H Battling Nelson ... it' Mike Gibbong 10 Johnny Kilbane 1Q Georges Carpentier. 10 Leo Houek 10 Jimmy Clabby iu Willie Lewis 9 Jess Willard J Ray Bronson 7 Sam Langf ord ..... 8 Packev McFarlacd . . Carl Morris . " Eddie Murphy 7 Bob McAllister .... 7 Frank Klaus 7 Bud Anderson Charley Ledoux ... 6 Arthur Pelkey Bombardier Wells.. Jim Flnn Abe Attell f 4H Wnipalt B Frank Moran D S 5 C 4 4 8 Eddie Campi . . Tommy Murphy Joe- Rivers Luther McCarty Al Palzer ..... I.. Johnny Coulon . Willi rutcnie . 2 Jack Johnson 1 MIKE DONOVAN THINKS , M'ALLISTER IS WONDER New York. Jan. 9. Mike 4 A Donovan, the veteran boxing 4 Instructor of the New York Athletic club, is a great ad- , mlrer of Bob McAllister, the 4 San Francisco middleweight. o McAllister is scheduled to meet A Mike Gibbons of St. Paul In -a 4 bout here soon. e "McAllister is every bit- as clever as Jim Corbet t was when e he beat John L. Sullivan in New Orleans In 1892." said a Donovan. "He Is the best boxer today In either the middle- 4 weight or heavyweight classes, 4 4 and if be had a punch he could whip any man in tne world." Tacoma, Jan. 9. Two big league bavseball players were made offers today by the new Federal league to Jump or ganized baseball for the 1914 season. They are Jacques Fournier. slugger of the Chicago White Sox. who makes his home in Tacoma. and Ham Hyatt of Shelton, slugging pinch hitter of the Pittsburg Pirates. Fournier has an offer from the Chi cago club in the outlaw league. Mana ger Joe Tinker evidently preparing to put on an all-star team. Whether or not Fournier will go with the Federals he would not say today, but Intimated that if his contract with Comlskey for this season is not satisfactory he will Join the Federals. "The fact that the national commis sion has acceded to the requests of the players has done much toward mend ing the breach," said Fournier. "I am a member of the fraternity, and be lieve that in the course of time it will be an organization which will do much to ameliorate the conditions of the players. If the big leagues will now remove the reserve clause from con tracts, I believe that all further trou ble will be eliminated." Hyatt has received offers from two Federal league clubs, but declined to say whether ornot he would Jump. MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE HOLDERS SINCE 1867 Tom Chandler 18(7-1868 George Rooke ...1868-1874 Mike Donovan 1874-1883 Jack Dempsey 1884-1889 George La Blanche. . .1889-1891 Bob Fitzsimmons 1891-1897 Tommy Ryan 1897-1907 . Ryan retired in 1907. Stan. Ketchel. claim ant 1907-1908 Billy Panke ...1908- Stanley Ketchel 1908-1910 Title In abeyance after the death of Ketchel in October, 1910. Papke. Klaus. Dillon and McGoorty were chief claim ants. Klaus finally fought his way to the championship in 1912. Frank Klaus 1912-1918 George Chip 1918- Newsies Play Tonight. The Newsboys Athletic elnfc bas ketball quintet will play the Jeffer- son High school seoond team this evening on the newsboys' floor. First and Hall streets. A preliminary game between the third Jefferson team and the second Newsboys' team will start at 7:30 o'clock. The receipts of the games will go toward buying gymnasium apapratus. Saml Rosenblatt January Clearance Sale HART SCHAFFNER & Every man in this town wants to save money on his clothes if he can accom plish it without sacrificing styles and quality. Here's the biest opportunity for saving that ever happened: j All $20 All $25 All $30 All $35 MEN'S FURNISHINGS GREATLY1 REDUCED . Contract goods only excepted. Make your savings at the following $ice con cessions all this season's merchandise to select from reliable make1 with a reputation: i'' E. & W., Arrow and Other Shirts $1.50 sale price S51.15 $2.00 sale price $1.35 $2.50 sale price f 1.75 Flannel Shirts, Collars Attached, Reduced $3.00 grades 92.65 $2.50 grade ............ S2.15 $2.00 grades f 1.65 $1.50 grades ....$1.25 $1.00 grades 5 Superior, Globe and White Cat Union Suits at Sale Prices $1.50 grades, sale price . .$1.15 $2.00 grades, sale price ..S1.60 $2.50 grades, sale price ..f2.00 $3.00 grades, sale price .. .$2.40 $4.00 grades, sale price ..$3.20 $5.00 grades, sale price . .$4.00 $6.00 grades, sale price . . $4.80 The Men's Shop forQuality and Service, N.W. I would not be a bit surprised if Lober did not go to the Cleveland club this year." said Manager Walter McCredle this morning, "for I have had no further Information along that line from President Somers, of the Naps. "There is one thing sure. If Lober goes to the Naps I must have Buddy Ryan for the Beavers. I guess they are having a hard time getting Buddv away from Toledo. Tliere are few of the American association clubs that would want to waive on him. If Cleveland takes him hack .thev will have to take him to spring training and then get waivers all ovr neain It begins to look as if Bud will not be out here next summer, much as he would like to play with Portland, and I would like to have him with us. "There Is one thing certain. 1 won't let Lober go until I get a clean-up man to replace htm." 41 Weight- Fixed for Smoker. The Spokane Amateur Athletic club named 115 pound wrestling and 1 pound boxing as its weights for the Inter-olub meet with Multnomah club in Spokane on February 6. Chairman Frank, of tiie Multnomah boxing and wrestling committee, named 158 pound boxing and 158 pound wrestling. G0LFTo Play or Not to Play-S$mies If you are asked, as frequently hap-; pens In these degenerate days, by s player to whom you are giving strokes whether you mind not playing stymies, a plsn we have found effec tive, is to ask aim how many strokes he proposes to allow off his handicap if stymies are barred, says a London newspaper. He will probably ask what you mean, when you can point out to him that, as the better player, you are leBs likely to lay yourself a stymie than he is, and more likely to negotiate one if it occurs, and that as the handicap has been framed on the "all In" basis, not to play stymies is to his advantage. "I would venture to give It as my opinion that no match has ever been lost entirely by the stymie rule. Tru you did not manage to screw around the opponent's ball from a range of six feet at the eighteenth hole, but what, my good friend, about the two-foot putt you missed at the second, when t?iere wa no excuse and a fair flelJ? We had better keep our old foe. the stymie, for if we kill him we shall rob ourselves of many a nice looking excuse." The above excellent observation was recalled to memory the other day by a player who informed us that it was no wonder he was beaten in tne final of some tournament or other since he had no fewer than six of tese something stymies in the course of SUITS AND OVERCOATS Fancy Suite and Overcoats $14.95 Fancy Suite and Overcoats $18.75 Fancy Suite and Overcoats $22.50 Fancy Suite and Overcoats $26.25 Outing Flannel Pajamas and Nightgowns at Clear ance Prices $1.00 grades, sale price.. T5 $1,50 grades, sale price ..$1.15 $2.00 grades, sale price ..$1.35 $2.50 grades, sale price ..$1.75 Weckw ear Reduced $3.00 and $2.50 grades. . .$1.75 $2.00 grades, sale price ..$1.35 $1.50 grades, sale price ..$1.00 $1.00 grades, sale price .. 75 50c grades, sale price ... 35 3 for fl.00 At Great Savings, Mun sing Union Suits Must Go Here are prices that will posi tively move them: -$100 grades, sale price .. 75 $2.00 and $1.50 grades ..$1.00 $4.00 and $3.00 grades ..$2.00 Paris, Jan. 9. Jack f;ohnon. the ne gro fighter, denied heeH-xlay that he hal received any offer ifrom James Coffroth. the San Francisco promoter, to meet Gunboat. Smith. Tlie negro, however, announced tlijtt he would take on Smith if Coffrothl would pav him his price. $30,000. i ! ' "I am ready to flijrfct if the offer meets my terms," JottpRon said. "Tli" fight must be after'ithat which has been definitely fixed jto take place In Paris the first week iof June agBlnst Frank Moran, the Pittsburg heavy weight. For this enjfagrnient I am guaranteed J35.OO0. (jfexpect to meet Sam Longford later injjhe same month if the $30,000 I demald is forthcoming-'" 91COO Reward fuu Dog KiUor. San Francisco. Caf,' Jan, 9.-rMiss Sdith Chesbrough ha offered $1000 reward for the conviction of the per son who poisoned her thoroughbred Airedale. Clonmel Raldancy. King of Roumania IsNll. Bucharest. Roumania, Jan. 9. King Carlos' was suffering from a severe Cold today. Owing tcj his age. consid erable uneasiness wai felt concerning him. 1 one round. A course of judicious ex amination elicited the fact that he had laid three of She. stymies for himself, and that oit of the whole six there waa only $ne In which his own ball was lying iiess than a yard from the hole. Thai others were nil distances up to six did 12 or 14 feet. We then asked hlm.fas geptly as wo couia. it he thought- that he wouM have holed all these, putts if tliem had been no stymie, and left him cal culating the probable, actual effect of the stymies plus Irtsfjown bad rl' on the result of the math. There Is another rhing that mut often have recurred jto tne really re flective mind about Mymies. A player is stymie within a yitd or two feet of the hole. He "hegottaljes" the shot suc cessfully and wins oV halves the hoje rrJd the plaudits of .the gallery. But putts of a yard or , two feet are by no means dead, even when entirely unobstructed by the opponent's ball. Our best professionals missed a great many In tae latesU big professional tournament, and It ir quite possible Bay a 6 to 1 chance that had there been no stymie the'jjputt would have been missed. For at'one knows, owing to some unseen Inequality in 'the ground, the lofting! or round-about method of playing. Jhe stroke forced upon the player may have been tho safest, and perhaps fhe only way of holding the ball. I STRIGHT DRIVK. MARX H 'it Two-Piece Underwear at Sacrifice Prices $1.50 Cooper and Wihsted. garment . . . $1.15 $2.00 Norfolk and ilnstrd. . garment $1.60 $2.50 Cooper, silk ad wor.l garment I. $1.75 $3.00 G. & M. 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