THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, j PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNTNTJ, .NOVEMBER 21, 1920.
Great Heavyweight Contest Is
Roped Arena
Made Boxers
Shift Views
Boxing More . Lucrative to Mee
han, W o u I d - B e Vaudeville
Star, and Boy McCprmick.
By Bob
rrriLLiE meehan almost took to
vy
" the vaudeville stage Instead of
the roped arena, and Boy tleCor
mick Almost answered the call of the
ministry instead of the punching
bag. Willie found he could make
more money hitting people than he
could by singing to them, and Mc
Cormick discovered that punching
an opponent was more lucrative than
punching the devil. "' V-
Who will win when these two meet
at Milwaukie the night of November
24 the sidetracked vaudevunan or uie
derailed ukr ctlot? The man who can
answer this question right, can feather
his nest for many a day. for there are
lots of fans who are anxious to wager
anything from doughnuts to dollars
one way or anothesr
BOY has followers
Some are favoring McCormick be
eause he has boxed to splendid ad
van tare here on four occasions, and in
consequence the dopesters are familiar
with what he can and may do. There
at-n others who like Meehan because he
has what is almost an unjust ad
vantage in weight some 25 or 80
pounds. , However. McCormick has
fought men as big as Meehan. some
times bigger, and he has yet to come
out on the loser's end. On the other
hand, there are Median's two victories
over the redoubtable and almost un
beatable Jack Dempsey to cause worry
and speculation among: the Boy's ad
mirers. Is Meehan as rood as he was
when he lambasted Dempsey? Some
bsv he li Many others say he Is not
Whether or not Meehan has improved
or gone back, it Is certain that Mc
Cormick is a better boxer and a harder
and surer hitter than he was when he
fought here a year ago.
WILLIE MAKES BOAST
Meehan' has boasted that he will
knock McCormick out McCormick
never Jrags himself, and he doesrj't like
Meehan's attitude. The chances are
that that boast will make McCormick
fijtht with more fury than he ever did
before. He has never been knocked
out and he doesn't believe that Meehan
or any other man can put him to sleep
In 10 rounds.
Apart from the . probability of the
bout being a scorching Affair from a
pugilistic standpoint, there is the cer
tainty that it will be one of the great
est "kidding" matches ever staged on
or off the boards.- McCormick tantal
ised Frank Farmer into impotent rage
when Ihey fought here last New Tear's
day. Farmer would hit McCormick
(lush on the nose or smack in the stom
ach with that long, powerful right and
the Boy. would only grunt 'and smile
back : ,
: 'That was a good one, Frank. Come
on, now, let's do a little fighting. You
don't seem to be abje to hit hard,
Frank. What ail's your blooming fist?
Take that one." and the Boy would
sink One of his maulers into Frank's
bread basket and Frank would begin
to look pensive and lonesome.
That is the McCormick as Portland
fans have known him in the past a
piece of fighting machinery that seems
imnervious to punishment while at the
same time being able to inflict sleep or
drowsiness on any opponent Can
Willie Meehan dent the mighty sinews
that give McCormick a cheat almost as
thick as it is wide?
A phonograph record and a motion
picture machine would both find plenty
of work In following the McCormick-
Meehan fight for phat Willie is cer
tainly going to add his acrobatic stunts
and interminable chatter to verbal role
assumed by the flaming-headed Irish
man. Meehan is Just as apt to warbla
a song to the crowd when he is hurt
worst as he is to take the count. Mee
han likes to sing and is proud of his
mockine-bird-like Qualities, an he is
too. vain of his sweet tones to let a big
fight crowd escape without luUabying
to them. . ' .
HOBNOBBED WITH DOTG
McCormlck's ring repartee has grown
considerable since his last appearance
here, for he has gathered unto himself
a . choice lot of Yankee slang words ?
something he didn't have when he was
here before in addition to possessing
all the latest verbal niceties from Pic
cadilly. . While in London the Boy hob
nobbed with Mary Plckford and Doug.
Fairbanks! and one of his most valued
souvenirs is a picture of himself and
Doug posin? loke twins. When he
stopped. In New York, Jack Dempsey,
the champion of all champions, and
'Benny Leonard, another champion, and
Georges Carpentier, still another cham
pion, -were his playmates and compan
ions. As a result of this nabobbing
with the great and the near great, the
goodnatured Irishman has taken unto
himself a metropolitan air that would
grace a confirmed globe trotter.
Talc Has New Boathouse
Yale will construct a new boathouse
on its Housatonic ' river course above
Derby, Conn. It will be the Blues home
course. It is an Ideal stretch of water
. and has a railroad .on one side of the
bank and a fine automobile road on the
other which aids spectators "in following
races. 1
Some Boast
Trenton," N. J.. boasts one of the fin
est halls in the country exclusive for
basketball! It has a seating capacity
of nearly 3000. Trenton is a member
of the Kastern ' league of professional
clubs, with teams in Camden, ,N. . J. :
Newark, N. J. ; Philadelphia and Read
ing. Pa. '
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No boxing boot staged : In years has created as much interest as has the .McCormick-Meehan contest;
scheduled to be held in Mllwauklo Wednesday night. In the center is Boy McCormick, holder of the
Lord longdate .belt.! Willie Meehftn is shown in ring togs on the left and on the tight in a full dress.
Robinson's
Retention
Is Popular
- - jBy Jack Vefock
( Inter mtional New Serrica Sports Editor.)
TVTEW YORK,j Nov. . 20. Wllhert
Robinson is stitched np with the
Brooklyn, Dodgers for : three more
years. I j- ;
The Jolly Baltimore butcher-baseball
manager who piloted the Dodg
ers to two National league cham
pionships in four years has proven
himself such a valuable asset to
Charles Hercules Ebbets that the
worthy squire offered him his first
long-time contract as a manager and
will pay him J15.000 a year to boss
the Dodgers. J I -
KODoys signing with Brooklyn put a
crusher on the persistent report that he
would become manager of the Yankees.
It was thought that the New York
Americans, who are able to pay bigger
salaries than the Brooklyn because of
their ability to get it back at the gate
in greater gobs, would succeed in wean
ing Robby away from Flatbush. Un
doubtedly he was sounded out on the
proposition and, though i he was under
reserve, it was thought that in case he
received a tempting offer President Eb
bets would not stand in his way unless
ha felt like meeting it Evidently Robby
was offered a fine plum by somebody,
for a three year contract at 115,000 is
not to be sneezed at
Of all the successful i major league
managers; who j have galloped off with
pennants in the last few years your
Uncle Wilbert takes rank as the most
popular. He his a way about htm that
wins him friends wherever he. goes, and
though, like everyone, else, he makes his
mistakes, his- Jolly good nature makes it
easy to forgiv him errors. For this
very reason, n$ doubt, Robby gets less
panning from the "critics" than any
other manager In the game.
There is a characteristic about Robin
son that makH him doubly valuable as
a manager, lie not only knows ball
players and baseball, but he has the
faculty of making a mediocre player be
lieve he is a! world beater, and has
brought out thi best there Is in some of
his men in a remarkably short length of
time. On top of this he is one of the
greatest Judges of pitchers the game has
ever known and he knows how to handle
them, the defeat of the Dodgers In the
recent world's series notwithstanding.
Now that Robby Is tied up for three
years with the Robins it appears that
Miller Huggins will continue as boss of
the Yankees, for Robinson has been the
only man mentioned as a probable suc
cessor to the midget manager.
Want Lost Laurels
Cornell university has 140 candidates
trying to gain; places on the wrestling
squad. Previous to losing to Penn
State two years - ago Cornell held the
Eastern Intercollegiate title for seven
years. . - .
Billings, Mont.,
Star Sets Goal
Kicking Record
George O'Donsell, tackle of the
BiUlags, Moat, aJgk; school team,
yesterday set what is bellevea to be
a world's recora for high school play
by kicking li eoasecatlTt goals, ex
tending his ! string of goals after
tonehdowas t 80 saeeessfa! attempts.
Billings defeated Pawsoa eoaaty
high 1& to . j
An effort will be made te natch
tae Billings, elevea with the Everett
team for the high school champion,
ship of the West, It was stated after
the game. - j,.. -
urger, the
Latest Alibi in
Ring Contests
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 20, (I. X. S.)
A new and startling method of a
PEise fighter to "jinx" his opponent
has been reveaJed by Harry Kabak
off, St Loots lightweight .
Kabakoff hat offered the following
explanation of the good showing
"Kid" Bandy made against him la a
fight a year agot
"I was dragged," said Kabakoff.
"Some Sooth SIders did it and it
wasn't anything they pot in my
tea, either. I didn't realize what It
was until several days after the
fight, when one of the birds in on
the lay told me. It wasn't any use
kicking then and this Is the first
time I have spilled the beans.
"Before the fight one of the Sooth
Side friends of Bandy boupht two
pounds of . llmburger and had
Bandy's seconds, wearing gas masks,
give Bandy a, 'rub down with the
cheese. Bandy did n't take his bath
robe off until the bell rang, then he
ran at me, got me In an awful clinch
and held me on til I lost my breath
and my knees nagged. I didn't re
member much after that, but they
tell me ' I fonght Inntlnctlrely and
lasted the eight rounds."
NORTHWEST MAN
IS GIVEN PLACE
ON A. T. C. B0AED
fTtHE election of Elmer E. Shaner of
Pittsburg. Pa., to the presidency bf
the American Trapshooting ' association
meets with the hearty approval of the
trapshooters of the United States and
Canada.
Shaner for 26 years was manager of
the American Trapshooting association,
and in his late years was also secretary.
It : was Shaner who put the "trap" in
trapshooting, and was through his ever
lasting sticktoltiveness that trapshoot
ing is where it is today.
BULES WERE LAW
Shaner is beloved by thousands of the
trapshooters who participate in the
tournaments of the United States and
Canada. The new president during his
long term as manager made some ene
mies, too, but any person who does
anything will make enemies. The only
ones who do not have enemies or who
do not get knocked are those who never
do anything. The rules of the old In
terstate Trapshooting' association were
law to Shaner and every shooter had to
do what the rules stipulated. Those who
did not observe them suffered, and they
are the people who worked up a dislike
for the man who put trapshooting on its
feet And it Is these shooters who have
realized their mistake since Shaner
dropped out,
KSOWS SHOOTING GA9IB
What the" trapshooting organisation
should have done when Shaner resigned
as manager was to have eleed him to
the presidency, fie could have continued
in the sport then with a full knowledge
of what was going on. His return to
office will have a beneficial bearing
on trapshooting, even though he will not
be as active as in the old daya No one
in the country can handle . an import
ant shooting tournament, with the ease
that Shaner can. others can, an A do.
run shoots, but when Shaner is on hand
the machinery Is well greased.
Thomas A. Marshall will act as vice
president of the association, T. S. Davis
treasurer and Stony McLinn secretary
manager. The executive committee of
the American Trapshooting association
Is made up of F. G.Drew, chairman;
E. R. Galvin, J. Leonard Clark. T. H.
Keller and C W. Hymer. The five rep
resentatives of the amateurs are S. S.
Footer. Mason City. Iowa, chairman ;
Jay . Clark. Worcester. Mass. ; M. D.
Hart. Richmond, Va.t F. D. Stoop, Kal
ispelL , Mont ; Dan Bray, Columbus,
Neb.
Limb
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Can Play Soccer
The Erie A. A. soccer team, which
achieved the remarkable feat of elimin
ating the famous cup holders, Bethlehem
Steel company soccer team, from the
National Cup series by four goals to
three In their second round game, is one
of the best in the East. It includes
George Tie tie, goalkeeper; Al Blakey,
halfback, and Davie Brown, members
of the All American team, which 'turned
Swedn last summer. !
Buicks
Dodges
Overlands
Terms
Broadway at
the Milwaukie Arena
Veterans to
Play Kerns
Team Today
Portland Soccer Football Stasdlsrs
W. I T. Pts.
Canadian Vets 10 17
Kerns 10 S 6
Peninsula 1 1 2 4
Clan Macleay 1 12 4
Multnomah Guard .... 1 2 1 I
Standifers 0 3 11
'IUU2 first crucial gme of the 1920-
Football association is slated for this
afternoon, when the Canadian Vet
erans meet the Kerns eleven on the
Reed college campus.
Neither aggregation has been defeated
and the Vets are heading the circuit
with seven points, by two points. But
one goal scored against Goalkeeper
Tauscher of Kerns and the squad Is out
to keep up the good work against the
Vets. On the other hand the Vets have
won three contests and tied a fourth.
WILKETSOK 18 STAB
A. H. Wilkinson, is the man that the
Kerns team fears most, for the star ath
lete can boot them from any angle. It
may be that he will be on the forward
line against Kerns or at left fullback.
In either ' position he is a tower of
strength and at present leads the in
dividual scoring list of the. P. S. F. A,
The Peninsula and Multnomah Guard
teams are billed to appear against each
other on the Columbia Park gridiron this
afternoon and at the same time the
Stand If er Shipbuilding corporation rep
resentatives will try to break into the
win column at the expense of the Clay
Macleay delegation on the Franklin high
grounds. All games will start promptly
at 2 o clock, rain or shine.
OFFENSIVE IS 8TB02TG
Play In the first four contests of the
campaign would Indicate that Kerns has
a strong defense and that the Vets
possess the strongest offense. This com
bination in the same game today should
bring out some mighty good soccer as
well as spectacular work on the part of
both sides. The Veterans had scored
total of 19 goals as against 8 for the
opponents, while Kerns has scored twice
in four games and have held the opposi
tion to one lone marker.
Peninsula . has registered 11 goals as
against the same number for the other
teams, while Manager Bragg's Mult
nomah Guard have counted nine goals
against 11 for the opponents. The Clan
Macleay team has six for and six against
in the scoring record, while the Standi
fers have made five goals against 15
for the opposition.
Next Sunday's schedule calls for Ca
nadian Vets meeting Multnomah Guard
on the Columbia Park' grounds. Clan
Macleay versus Fenlnsula at Franklin
bowl and Kerns versus Standifer on the
Vancouver Barracks gridiron.
Brooklyn Dodgers
Sign Modesto Short
Modesto, CaL. Nov. 20. TJ. P.) Wal
ter Keeley, sensational shortstop for the
Modesto Reds, and now at St. Marys
college, Oakland, has signed a contract
with the 'Brooklyn league club for the
1921 season. Keeley is but 19 years of
Cadillacs
Maxwells
Chevrolets
Willys-Knights
Fords, Etc.
to
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DSMOBIL
Couch
Open Sundays Evenings
li H. WILKINSON of 1 1
II i- the- Canadian Vets' hoc. I
a m m i
- cer football team is P.
II o t? a i J : .
date.
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age and is considered the most polished
fielding ehortstop ever developed in this
section of California. He was signed
for Manager . Wilbert Robinson of the
Dodgers by Walter Schmidt, catcher for
the Pittsburg Pirates, whose home is in
Modesto and who recommended him to
Robinson. Detroit, Sacramento and
Portland were also after Keeley.
Half Million Dollars
This season f or the first time the
stakes and purses in the Grand Circuit
passes the $500,000 mark. Since the or
ganization of the association In 1873
over $15,000,000 has been distributed.
Marmons
EGO,
Broadway 2270
Wednesday Evening
Age Is Ring Factor
K t t 6 H
Begin to Slip at 30
By Tad
YORK, Nov. 20. There was
11 QUlt'
aulte some talk about heavyweights
and their ages at Jack Doyle's billiard
Joint last night.
Some of the gang Insisted that Jack
Dempsey right now is better than he will
be a year from cow. One guy insisted
that at 28 a heavyweight champion was
sitting pretty. 'He figured that they
start to go back at 27 or 28 and blow
their laurels when they pass SO. :
The fellow had figures, too. He
showed that no heavyweight champion
ever lost under the agtaof SO.
The list follows:
John I. Sullivan at the age of S4 was
knocked out by Jim Corbett.,.
Jim Corbett was past 30 when he was
knocked out by Fitsslmmona
FiUsimmons was S7 when he kissed
the canvas at Coney Island and Jim Jef
fries was made champion.
Jim Jeffries was 35 when Jack John
son put the skids under,him at Reno.
Jack Johnson was 37 when he played
the dying gladiator to Jese WlUard at
Havana, Cuba.
jess wiuard claims be was 33 years
of age when Dempsey dropped him at
Toledo.
Thirty seems to be the dangerous age.
DEIVE FOR NEW
MEMBERS IS . ON
AT MULTNOMAH
TTOPING to establish a waiting list In
the senior membership, the Mult
nomah Amateur Athletic club has start
ed Its annual drive. jNo great effort is
being made to secure members for other
classes, as waiting lists are in vogue
In practically all of .them.
The club directors recently adopted a
resolution teliminating the non-payment
of Initiation fee clause in the applica
tion of former soldiers, sailors and ma
rines. The resolution will take effect
at the close of this year, which means
that all soldiers, sailors and marines de
siring to join the club under the "bar
pain day" clause must do so before the
first of January.!
This year's drive Is being conducted
on a different scale than those staged
in the past several years, each senior
being asked to enroll a new member in
stead of the plan of having teams solicit
members.
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ELMER HENDERSON of the tml-
and Enoch Bagshaw of the Everett,
Wash., high school are" mentioned
in rumors current in Northwest foot
ball circles as successor to Leonard
Allison, coacn oi ins university -oi
wean in eton team.
Washington's complete failure in the
Pacific coast Intercollegiate conference
this season, it Is said, has resulted' in
the move to secure a new coach. The
Washington students are still mourning
the loss of Gil Dobie and there is much,
sentiment in favor of ; one of Doble's
former stars to take over the command
of the football squad. !
WANT EX-DOBIE MAX
Wayne Sutton and Tony Savage, boflk
former Washington ends, who have been
successful in coaching, are being boosted
for the post by. those who favor the
Dobie style of pity. Other" factions favor
Bagshaw and Henderson.
Henderson has made a remarkabls
record at the University Southern Cali
fornia, and at present his 1920 team is
among those being considered for the
1921 Pasadena contest. Last year his
team suffered but one defeat, losing to
the California Bears by a margin of on
point, 14 to 13.
Henderson has many supporters in
Seattle. Before going to O. S. C, hs
turned out some very strong teams at
the Broadway high school.
MADE GREAT B.ECOBD
Bagshaws record at Everett. Wash,
is unsurpassed in scholastic records. For
the past 10 years he has turned out
unbeatable elevens, and during that. time
has piled up an exceptionally high point
total. One reason for the success en
joyed by Bagley is the fact that be has
been unable to secure good players for
his team a
The Sun-Dodgers' racord this season
is the poorestever made by a Washing
ton team. Allison's men did not score a
single point in any of the three con
ference games it played, its lone victory
of the season being against the Whitman,
college aggregation, which latter
trimmed the University of Montana team
that beat Washington by a score of It
to 14.
Washington lost to Oregon, Stanford
and O. A. C la the coast conference.
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