The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 30, 1918, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Text- - ' - ' - ' ' lTYT! ' rtTT!rrt1kT CTTMn A V- IftttDMAT 'trTT AMTk CTTMn A V MnPMTNri ? TTIMRaO" : 1ft1R '" - 5- : ' ' ' ; V I' v isssmm CHAIRMAN BOXING STOPPED ! EOR DRYDOCKING We Shall Have Chance to See Knights of Padded Mill in Action . Again in Couple of Weeks, According to Watkins; Honeyman Gathering Data of Boxers for Blue Box. TAY vour displeasure, gentle devotee of the semi-monthly smoker. We are to have boxing after all, upon the word of Frank E. Watkins, chairman of the boxing commission, and Chair man Watkins believes that the gentlemen of the commission sion of boxing for the summer meant nothing more than drydocking ' the grand old sport, scraping the barnacles from the bottom, giving her a coat of red and putting her in shape generally the old stand. All of which will be duly, welcome to the fan who gets off from work early and has nowhere to spend the long evening. "We have learned considerable bout the conduct of box Ins during the winter and early spring." said Chairman Watklng, "and we Intend to make a few changes. Just what, they will be we have not worked out In council a yet. But they will be for the betterment of the sport, you may rest assured. Wo M sib room Clnbs Allowed "One thing Is certain, we are not going to grant, permits to all of the applicants who have filed requests. To do 89 would be to nullify In large measure the high plane the sport now has In fprtland. We have names on the list of fellows who have never done more than attend the smokers In casual way who want to promote., bouts. We can't stand for this. We must have experi enced managers for the shows. If any organisation wishes to stage a smoker, We shall Insist that the man at the head of It shall have had soma experience In-running smokers. It Is 'the province of the boxing ' commission to protect the patron and creditors of the smokers and It cannot always be done by mush room promoters. "I am of the opinion that boxing will start up again In a couple of week and will run through the summer If there is a demand for it. The last show revealed that there Is a demand for good boxing and, fortunately. Portland has a cool place where the shows may be staged, v If the clubs desire to make their guests comfortable. The com mission Is not particularly against ' summer boxing, but we thought It -might be best to close down for a breathlng spell." Beeretary Want "Info" Secretary Walter B. Honeyman of the commission has thrown a bomb Into the ranks of the various managers of boxers in the North west. It is a well known fat that few of the boxers are able to handle their "medal" affairs. The manager has to go and get the "medal" and pin tt on the breast of the boxer in seven eases out of ten. The boxer may know how to hit, block, duck and keep his well groomed figure off the canvass, but when it comes to looking up the train sched ule, arranging for the berths and buying the railroad tickets, he. is more or less to the minus. Judging from the questionnaires received in Seattle, from Mr. Honeyman, opinion there Is that the secretary of the Portland boxing commission Is giving of his valuable time In arranging a boxer's "Who's ,Who." Writes to Them Personally Writing personally to the boxers there. Honeyman, so It Is said, would know their age. weight, height, color of eyes, absence or presence of cauliflower ears, em ployment, names of their bosses, records In the boxing ring, etcetera, etcetera It Is not known whether anybody In Portland has received any of these billet doux from Walt, but the boys around Seattle and Tacoma are wondering what It is all about t Also, the managers are wondering whether Honeyman would eliminate that omnipresent person. There is this to say about the managerial, proposition as it relates to boxing in Portland. When the club deals with a reputable handler, it Is pretty- well established that the boxer will be on hand for the smoker. All last winter there was not one Instance of a boxer whose services were secured through a manager who failed to show up at the promised date. The single In stance of a boxer who failed to ap pear' was that of Frankle Sullivan, who did his business affairs directly - with the club and not through the usual "third party." Handling the Temperamental The manager usually nas more In- ttlGHTOtiSh DAIRY v LUNCH ' union tkaoft imoru1 , 332 Washington St Oppeslte Wttaiagtea street t ranee et tae Imperial Hetel i Tbe mo talked -ot ead-beeiV theugni-of. eaung place la Pert laaoW - f.n ' , r . , . Tltm Is a lUssee ' Have Junt opened an aanex at 't 1X4 Broadway, In the base meal, - neubllns ur capacity. , ; . . , There Is a Reason !M : II SAYS will concur with him. It now appears that the announced suspen lead, washing the busy boilers for resumption of business at No Tipping Was Necessary for This Personage When John E. Madden, the noted breeder and trainer of race horses, was In England some time ago, he was on a visit to Charlie Mitchell, who was training for his fight with John li. Sullivan that was held In France, when the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII of England, walked Into the training headquarters. Ultchell, who who well acquainted with the then prince. Introduced Madden to htm, and a moment later, as the prlnee sauntered away, Mitchell said to the famons horseman : "Well, what do yon think of him, John!" "He's all right," was Madden's reply. "He's the first man I've met In England that I didn't expect to tip." The prince overheard the remark and told the story on himself to all bis friends with great delight. J fluence with the boxers than out side persons and in the case of temperamental mlttslingers, of which the woods are full. Is able better to assure his presence In the ring at the appointed time. There la this excuse for the mana ger, he sees that the boxer gets in condition to put up the best scrap that is In his system, secures the proper kind of seconds and keeps him in the proper frame of mind Just preceding and during the con test Besides that he looks after his financial affairs, arranging his dates, etc. Outside of that there is not much use of having a mana ger about. BUY W. S. . ZENT.WILSON IS SHOWING HEELS TO SPRINT BOYS Oregon Athlete in France Is Win ner Against Eastern Col legians on Track. Oregon City, June 29. That the Ore gon boys are giving good accounts of themselves not only in the fighting, aa has been recorded in the dlSDatchea and letters from commanding officers, but in athletic events Is borne out in the fol lowing self-explanatory communications received in Oregon CUy today by Sheriff and. Mrs. V.J. -Wilson and their son, Gordon., parents . and brother of Kent Wilson, sergeant first class, medical de partment camp hospital No. 43, Amer lean Expeditionary Forces. Acaualnt ances and colleagues of Kent Wilson at the University of Oregon, where he was a leader In football and track circles for two or three years, and which he was at tending when he enlisted In the Orea-on regiment, will be intersted In learning that he Is making the "swifts" of both America and France go some. Meet Held at Blals Blals. France, May 80, 1918. Dear Sheriff I had the good luck to run on to Kent today at a track meet between the troops stationed around here, held at Blals. He Is looking fine and seems to be in his usual con dl ton. He won second place In both the 100 and 220-yard dashes aa well aa a place on the winning relay team. He had a great deal of compe tition from the French as well aa the Americans, so you can see he did mighty well. The Second Oregon band waa also over here to play for the event. BEN HARDING Decoration Day. Dearest Gordon : We drove 75 miles in automobiles today to attend the big A. E. F. track meet at Blals. I won first place in the 440 and second place in the 100 and 220. thereby winning a medal from the French min ister of war for second highest individual point winner. . . r Beat Cross and. Orertoa ' " I won the 440,. beating Cross of Chi cago and Overton of Tale, who formerly neia the world's record in thia event I saw Major Marcellus there and also quite a few of the Oregon boys, also Ben Hard ing, who la stationed there at present. "Will write all about my trip when I get back. Loads of love. KENT." i . BUY w. a. . Wiy Would They , Steal the Decoys? Oakland, CiU iuna' 29. Meat is get ting so scarce and high that thieves are stealing decoy ducks. Jacob- Pantosky reported to the-police that someone stole 85 decoy ducks from the Free. Market. ' Pantosky thinks that the! thieves will try the German scheme of making duck soup out of the sawdust with, which the ducks are filled. i MAY HE MOW 1 MWnnnnESlyl J s Tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmniuu wxwmww.nwww)&rx . miim y-rx : -v- : -vf If Here's national pastime's greatest pitcher and his bride of a few weeks. Cubs. He married Miss Amy Arrants ot Omaha, on his first furlough until recently he was a buck private in the 342d field artillery. The Alex may be in training with the "four point sevens" in France. BABE RUTH BRINGS UP HIT VALUE Flingers Are Not Rare Who Can Hit Ball, but Bostonian Is the King. KTEW YORK, June 29- Babe Ruth's 11 feats in the outfield for the Boston Red Sox brine to mind the pitchers of the past who changed from hurlers to outfielding demons, and present day flingers capable of wielding a fearsome stick at the plate and chasing a fly with the vigor of a Felsch, Cobb or Speaker. Fltneists are not rare who can step to the plate in a pinch and swat the dust off the ball. These pitchers become doubly valuable to their ball clubs when they are pitching, for they supply an unexpected and worrysome puncn to the batting order. Johnson Always a Hitter Walter Johnson, once called the great est pitcher in the world, and undoubtedly a leading candidate for that honor Just now. Is one of the best hitters in the American leasrue. In Cleveland we have the spectacle of a pitcher being made over into an out fielder, since Joe Wood cast aside the fllnger's duties and began" patrolling the outer' work. Like his brother successes, Wood's greatest value lies In his ability to hit 'em far. Ray Caldwell is another Ben Tlncup is a fine hitter. Alex Could Hit JtoO Grover Alexander was a .250 swat- smith at all times. " Eddie Cicotte adds to his other claims to fame an ability to crack 'em at frequent intervals. Earl Hamilton was a good ' hitter. Gene Packard knows how, and Claude Hen drix of the Cubs is often thrown Into , the- fray as a pinch" hitter. Clarence Mitchell, now in the army, was of sufficient value as a hitter that he rarely had an off day when not pitching. Lefty Tyler of the Cubs can stlne them with the best of the National league's hitters. Earl Tlngliner once topped the National league. Burleigh Grimes and Larry Cheney are good hitters, George -Staler, remember, was a pitcher first. uv w. a. a. World Famous Bouts Brought Little Coin The high cost of living may serve as a; partial excuse for the -exorbitant financial demands of the present crop of fighters, but the true friends of the game would like to see the fighters man ifest a little more sporting spirit and a little less commercialism. In the old days real world champions were satis fied with smaller purses than are now demanded by third rate has-beens or never-wlll-bes. For example, there was the Paddv Ryan-Joe " Ooss battle for the heavy weight championship of the world, which was pulled off at Collier Station, W. Va ss years ago. xaay su, 1880. it waa fought out with bare knuckles and went 87 rounds before Ryan won the victory ana tne title. There isn't a heavyweight living today who would go through such, an ordeal for less than $50,000, and you can't blame them a great deal, at that. Tet Ryan cleared up less than $250 for his hard, won victory. , Ryan's case was by no means excep tional- ? Nonpareil ... . Jack" . Dempscy cleared only $10 or so from one of hla hardest battles. Heenan made a trip to England to right Sayers for the cham pionship of the world, for which he got a thousand dollars, out of which he had to pay his own expenses. Sullivan re ceived much less than that for whipping; Ryan lnMisslssippL v ; DOWN HUNS LIKE 'A'ThoughtltWasPalestine at K K K BILLY STEPP WRITES ? X at X' NoNeedforMorn'sExercise WE HAVE with us again this morn ing another of the Inimitable let ters of Billy Stepp, the Portland semi pro ball player, who is fighting on the French front with the boys of Battery A of Portland. Readers of humor will tell you that Stepp has the highly paid Ring Lardner and H. C. Whitwer backed off the boards, when it comes to using the bush league patois. Stepp may not know a participle from a split Infinitive, but he writes the, way he talks, and there are hundreds of baseball fans who know how Billy talks, which is not an attempt to be funny. Well, here goes : The First Inning Over Here. Sometime in June, 1918. Dear rlend Bob : We are at last on the American front, where bullets, gas and airplanes are the features. We have -done away with the overseas caps and have donned the steel Stetsons and, be lieve me, they are not like wearing straw hats like we generally have at home at this time of the year. Thy are made out of tin' that Henry couldn't find. to put Into his Fords. "We wers called at 4 a. pi. and packed up and on our way by 10 a. m., on a long ride through France to the Ameri can front The boys were piled on flat cars that would make the Southern Pa--clfic - weep, while some were lucky to draw side door Pullmans "1th stems 40 hommes or 8 Chevoux. The roads re mind one of a trip to Columbia beach over the St. Johns lines. If They Ever Get Him "We drew rations consisting of canned "WoUy. "or the soldier's pride, and If we ever get the guy that invented that stuff he'd better start now and make tracks hor an interment camp. Canned beans and a hunk of bread and it was all Jake. At 1:30 o. m.. we arrived at . We were given hot coffee by some real live swell looking American Red Cross nurses and believe me they were swell. I I mean the coffee. We must have passed a million Americans at different camps j we could see from the flat cars and It re did make our hearts feel pood. Alone about 1 9 o'clock we were again dished out coffee that would make the Million aires club sick with envy. Around about 9 n. m. we were treated to an aerial battle by the attacking Huns who were trying to bomb Paris but were chased away by our planes. It was a wonderful slfrht to see the battle In the air : It was Just like watehlntr a Fourth of July celebration at th Oaks. to see the flaming Mack crosses fan. Talking It AH Over . " 'Good morning How did you sleep, soldier T "Great, only hope I don't get another night. "When do we eat?" 'Aw, shut up. lemme sleep!' 'Here comes the mess sergeant with a box of celebrated canned corned Wolly to anyone who can eat it, and also a side order of 'Motzas celebrated.' and cream, less the cream. I. didn't ,rJv think we'd come to this, as we are all Oregon boys, not New York ers, so the rumor was spread that they were feeding us 'Motsas to prepare for the Palestine front. You ought to have seen the rabbis in our outfit go for it we have only two and they ate the issue. We were looking out for our next coffee station, as the mess sergeant told, us we would get it in a few minutes, but it was nine hours later that we got the coffee. ' "At this coffee station we got bread, cigarettes (both of 'era) and coffee by some beauties, believe me. as -Bob, you don't realise how good It makes you feel to ses a real, live American girl that can say Hello' instead of "No com pre. ' -At this":Dase they must have 4000 or 6006 German prisoners and the boys wanted to get ' at 'em, : as the 'feeling HE 'DID NATIONAL LEAGUERS ( rhoto l mon Pcif ic Pre Buru Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland Alexander, late or the Phillies and the aMer being inducted into the national urnij at Camp Fiinslon. where couple Tirst met in Alex's home town of St. Paul, Neb. Uy this timo K K at X V. X AGAIN FROM FRANCE X X '' X among the Yanks is certainly much stronger Against the Germans than what the folks at home think. Some Mansion, Yea, Bot "We arrived at this place, a midget French burg where we were billeted out and you ought to see our new homes. They have never been used since Noah was a corporal. They are' old bams with cobwebs a mile long hanging from the ceiling. No cots a piece of straw and some have two, with big, fat. Juicy "cooties' to entertain you during the evening. Battery headquarters Is in the town play house and our top cutter ole Tom Gorrie has to pass his orders through the windows, as .the ceiling Is ! too low for him to get in. "We have turned in all our surplus , clothing and are ready to go over the top on a minutes' notice. We used to sing, "When Yankee Doodle learns to shoot the Soixonte Qulnze at the Alla man,' but now we sing, 'We're going to raise hell with the Allaman because Yankee, Doodle sure can shoot them Soixonte Qulnze.' Got to Keep Heads Up "Three of us were sent up after rations within bullet -range of Mr. Hun and we were treated to another air battle, where the yanks put up a barrage of 100 rounds and brought said planes down, but really didn't think it was a good place for a nice, young, healthy Oregon boy to play. But the boys can't; wait till Cap Dorer gives 'Fire.' They want to go over now and get. a few German ears. A fellow has to keep his head up here as traffic is thicker than it is at any time at Thirty-third and Broadway, N. Y., or Fifth and Washington, dear old Port land town. "Well. Bob. old boy. tell the folks at home not to worry about the boys of old Battery A aa each and every one is ready to do his bit to help crush Kaiser cm. Yours truly. BILLY STEPP. Battery A. 147th F. A.. American E. F.. Somewhere, God Only Knows. my w. a. t. Jim Hall Goaded F.' Slavin Into Battle Jim Hall knocked out Frank Slavin in the seventh round at London 24 years ago. May 29. 1894. Both men wye Aus tralians and both stood well over six feet in height, but Hall weighed little over the middleweight limit, while Paddy, as Slavin was commonly called, was a full-fledged heavyweight. Slavin had little desire to meet his countryman in the ring. Paddy was then running a sporting resort In London and Hall often visited the place. Before drinking his liquor. Hall would say : "Here's hopln' Paddy Sla vin will muster up enough, courage tp fteht' me." At first Slavin nald no .at tention to these public insulta, but at last Hall got his goat and the match was arranged. The London sporting gentry made Slavin the favorite and" the ringside odds were 8 to 1 that . Paddy L i - &. i . , , a . r wouia wni) ills nnwr opponent. - In the first round Slavin waa the aggressor and chased Hall all over the ring, until Jim suddenly turned and landed Ms left on Slavin's chin, knocking him . down. That blow practically finished the fight, and although Paddy "weathered ' the storm until the seventh round, he never had a chance to win. ? - That was Hall s last -important vic tory. On "his return to America he was knocked out by Joe Otheynskl and soon afterward retired freak the game. Fred Mitchell Uses Stallings System "There is no secret about my method of selecting pitchers," said Fred Mitchell of the Cubs. "Every one knows in ad vance who I am going to use, for I select four men and work them every day. "My idea Is to work the hurlers every fourth day and the men can get them selves in shape for their battles. At pres ent my first string consists of Douglass, Vaughn, Tyler and Hendryx, with Carter. Aldrldge, Walker and Weaver in re-1 serve. The last four are used in emer gencies and they can be seen in the bull pen, warming up every day." This Is the same system used by George Stallings when he won the pen nant with Rudolph. Tyler and James in 1914. It worked once and. Judging from the standing of the Cubs In the pennant race, It is likely to come through again BUY W. S. Many Hones in Training Over 200 horses are located at North Randall to compete in the opening events of the Grand circuit, which will be held there July 8 to 12. BLAZE FORTH ON THE FOURTH In One of My Snappy Styles in MEN'S SUITS at $20, $25, and $30 Be as sane as the sane Fourth by com ing upstairs to my second floor low rent store and saving dollars in your suit selection. (Broadway&AldeI Trade Upstairs Save Your Lt Open Saturdau Until 8 R M. PENINSULA WITH FOUNDATION I ON VAUGHN ST. LOT . t Winner of Shipyard League Contest header Scheduled to Be Played ifer-Clarkson Team to Battle WO of he three leadingtcams of the Columbia-. Willamette Shipbuilders' Baseball league the : Standifer - Llarkson and the Mccormick Ship- ; building company teams of St. Helens will bat- tie this afternoon on the St. Helens jjremnds. . The contest is expected to be a pitching battle between a, Herman Pillette of the Standifer team and Oscar -Harstad of St. Helens. The Corn foot club, the other undefeated team ' in the shipyard circuit, will play the Grant Smith- -Porter club in the second game on the St. Johns grounds this afternexm. the Supple & Rallin and Columbia River teams being scheduled to meet in the first game, which will start at 1 :.'50 o'clock. A fast game is expected to be played on the Vaughn street grounds between the players representing the Peninsula and Foundation yards. ''Buck" Keith is hopeful of winning so that his team can get another crack at the Portland Buckaroos. The defeat handed Peninsula by the Bucks two weeks ago Is still stick ing In "Buck's" craw, and he is anxious to turn tables on Judge McCredle's salaried youngsters. LaCloustra will do the hurdling for Peninsula and opposing him will be either James or Evans. Peninsu la's Infield has been weakened by the loss of Downey. The Foundation team has been playing great ball during the past week under the spangles of the Vancouver, Wash., club. Two Games At St. ohm The two games at St. Johns should be well worth Beeing. The t'ornfoot team under the leadership of Pearl Casey, the veteran player and um pire, and If they centime to dis play the form shown In the first two games of the season they will give the other clubs a hard race for the top position. "Suds" Suth erland will do the pitching for Corn foot and opposing him wilt be Wayne Barham. The Grant Smith-Porter team has been weakened In the past week by the loss of "Brownie" Prichard. Who entrained with a contingent of draft men for Camp Lewis, and Primely, who is working for the Cernfoot tean. There is no chance of Primely playing with Cornfoot. Menth will pitch for Supple ec Ballin against the Columbia, team, while Jack Randall will probably start Cronln or Madison against Emmett Oogers outfit, which will be strengthened within . the next week by several players from the Pacific Coast International league. Bogart C'ansot Flay Practically all the clubs In the league are dickering for players of the P. C. I. circuit. Eddie Bogart. who Jumped the shipyard circuit, wants to come back, but President Bay has taken the stand that he be kept on the suspended list as he waa given ample notice that he would not be allowed to play any games In the leagues If he should Jump. Seven days remain In which the league teams can secure players from leagues of higher rating than class B. This means that .any players of the Pacific coast league ZJ """ i You'll Find Quality, Style and Value All Here One of My $3 HATS Will of July Outfit PRIGINAL Dollars TO VIE to Battle Buckaroos; Double-;- on St. Johns Grounds; Stand- v McCormicks at St. Helens. f Lee Magee Goes Well Any Place . They Shove Him Lee Mas, seennd bairmta et the rinclsaatl Reds, U after the versa tile player rrown held by Hy Meyers of the Dodgers. Mage seems te at borne at any poiitlos on the field. Ranking at one of tbe tbree best nntflelders In tbe National leagse fonr year ago, Magee Jemped to the Federal, where be was plared at Krrond bane and led tbe leagae Is tbat position. He Is now playing tblrd bar, for the Reds bereave Heinle Grob l ill. Lee is also pail Ing the ball sronnl tbe JM mark. Iiifr this week if they want to play - Several of the. teams are known . to be after coast league players and before the time limit expires , some deals are expected to be made Y.'-v known. SUV W. a. a Half-Shot Difficult ', One for Golf Player The half-shot, with either mldiron or mashle. which so few golfers master, is ' recognized by Francis Ouimet as the most difficult stroke In the game. In av , recent article credited to the Woodland -" golfer stress Is laid on the necessity for . keeping at this department 'until It Is mastered. Once realising the value of the half-shot. Ouimet says that for s time he played little else. He declared that after watching Hilton and other stars in England he became convinced . that the half-shot was the one to work -. for. In the opinion of the western tunc - teur champion, the reason why the pro--, . ! feasionals as a class outrank the ama- teurs is because they know how to han dle the mldiron or mashle for the half- . .. shots. BUY W. S. t. Minnesota to Play fSevcn Game , -, University of Minnesota favors play"",' Ing football next fall. Seven gamss are '; on ita schedule, beginning September I 28 with North Dakota and concluding. November 23 with Michigan. The latter game will be played at Ann Arbor. if i i ' , J ? .. 4 .7 1 ? ' Top Off Your Fourth Just Right AIRSk CJLOTHIER ,.. .- mi UN