Tin; BALEJI OAPITAIi JOtTENAL. SAXEM. OREGON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IS. IfllR;
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I SPORT
Fight Fans Not
77ia Johnson
(BY JAMES J. CORBETT.)
Former He ivy-Weight Champion of
the World.
(Written siw,tilly for-The Ciipitnl
Jouniiil.)
With the JuhnHcui-Willnrd mutch only
throe weeks awiiy if the imumcinent
iutimdH to pull it utt -Umr.h 0 the
fight funi would he taking u grenter
interest in tliuul'fnii- were the rhnntiion!
on the nee no of Imttle. While, the pro
moters confidently assert tlmt Juck will
Jio- "Johnny on tiie spot " the tij?'lir
hugs lire from Missouri nml wnnt to he'
shown.
Of eoiirri:', it is 'ilif limit f belief
that such ti slirewd promoter an .lurk;
Curloy wo'.iid be wasiii: liis time add
money on a proposition tlmt, was so ft-.'
up in the uir an this lmitiii .v-onu li It
lit tliirt writing. TiieivlHre tiiost who
know (!ni'lcy will h.uo faith in his
wViitomout that .Inhnson will he in ,hiar
e,z on si-hedule time nuty to defend
liis title iijuiinst Willnril. Htiwever, un
til such time arrives the lana will hard
ly take the battle seriously. It in un
fortunate that conditions iiik'.u1 it iiu
perntive for Juliuson to snenk into .Mex
ico, but ns it is the belief tlmt licmMMl
Oirran.u will prevent his Inmliiitf if he
can, such methods are absolutely nee
essnry. But until Johnson Joes arrive, nnd
tlio fact is niaile pnblie, there will be
little interest, nnd no betting, on the
bout in this count ry.
'Without trying to hedge in any way
or to boost Jess Willard'H chances in
, tho coming Imttle for on the dope they
look mighty slim- the fact idiouhl not
bo forgotten tlmt. the ex-cowboy is not
facing a world In-ater in Jack Johnson.
However, the impression seems to pre
vail that Johnson is uubi atubie, though
if anyone will take the time to figure
out just what Johnson has accomplish
ed during his entire career he will
f v' (pt'kly arrive at a conclusion that so
far toe big Hinoko has not beaten a
real first class man nt lca.it a good
man in his prime.
Johnson nail Willard aru mati-hed to
(jo forty-five rounds, I'i.vss .lounsoii,
and he has never yet won n battle in
jig time, cops Jess eaily in the melee,
the Kansaa'n chnncf will be growing
greater with every, clang of the gong
Biguifying a round is over. Forty five
rounds are coiuddi'inble fighting in
these days. If Willard can get through
Kay a dozen omuls, without being b. id
ly hurt, the light may develop into an
endurance contest.- And in the matter
of condition, figuring uge, dissipation,
. etc., Willard ought to have a Wig edge
THIS SECRET TUNNEL
LEADS DIRECTLY UNDER
THE ENEMY5 CAMP-
T0-NK5HT WE'LL
blovj them all up
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THE N I LEY LEADER, RUDOLPH, HAS TUNNELED
(THE REST
ANDTHENEXT MOMENT THE SHELL
TORE A GREAT HOLE AT HIS FEET.'.'!
NEWS
Yet Certain
Will Be There
his thirty-seventh year, and has gone a
on his colored opponent. Johnson is in
pretty s'.vvft pace the last four or five.
Willard is ten yen-m- younger and don't
know what- the word dissipation mentis
so far as practicing it in any of its
many forms goes. Therefore if the bat
tlo does simmer down into a uostiou
of which mun can remain on his feet
for two hours and a quarter, the odds
will be in favor of the white.
Another thing, Willard can hit nnd
hit hunt, too. I think ho can deliver a
mwli harder punch than Julin&on can.
Of course, having a punch and knowing
how to land it 'are two different tilings
and thnt is where Johnson has the
edge in cleverness and expeiiem-e. Hut
if Willard fights on the defeioive for
a do2.cn or more ton nils, Johnson's
chances to get in effective wallops will
be growing slimmer and slimmer as the
fight grows ohler.
.Many believe Johnson will fall be
fore the first real good mini who meet,
him. But few regard Willard as n
"good man.'' If Jack were to battle
Sam l.nngford T believe that the Boston
tar baby would be trie favorite in the
betting. And when "we recollect thai '
Frank Morau stayed the limit of1
twenty rounds with the champion last '.
summer, it will not be surpirsing if Wil
lard, n much better ninn everywhere
than the Bittslmrgher. sticks the forty
live if he doesn't do tiny more.
Tuking the records of the two men
and comparing them, what do we get.
Nothing that would give Willard n look
in but Jess Iihh never fought l.nngford,
leannete or .McVey, popularly looked
upon as the only first clans men besides
the champion, and there is no telling
just how good he is, He tins done nenrly
everything asked of him with the single'
exception of beating Uunboat Smith,
and if they were to meet tomorrow the
chances are that Jess wouldn't find it
very much of n task to deliver the
gooils.
There nre niuny fans who will back
a champion any time lie starts regard
less. But those who follows the game
closely know that the sure thing in the
betting is not always the sure thing in
the ring. Although I. like all experts
who figure a fighter's chances on his
known form, can't naturally give Wil
liard a chance on the dope, on a com
mon sense basis we must not figure him
entirely out of the running. Jf Wil
liard takes the defensive throughout
and compel the mgro to force the mill
ing his chances of emerging the winner
will be .considerably enhanced.
it will be an unfortunate thing if un
Hairbreadth Harry Ms
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BIG ED KONETCIIY MAY DO SOME OF
; ; HIS PLAYING IN COURT THIS YEAR
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Pittsburg, Feb. 11. Ed Konutchy, who jumped from the Pirates to the local
Federal league team, may have to do some cf his playing in the law courts
the coming reason. There is a likelihood Hint an injunction will be obtained
restraining him from playing for tho Feds. Thnt injunction would keep him
out of nil the games pluyed at home, ;ni, it might be extended to other states.
Koney hnd u bad year last Keason. H wsn expected that he wuild snine
with the Pirates because he had done w,dl with the Cardinals, but his batting
fell down, and his fielding was nothing extra. He says he did not get a
square deal from the Pittsburg fans, that they expected him to perform mir
acles in every game and that as a result oi' tho "riding'' he got he wna unablo
to play his best.
scrupulous promoters and managers are
to be allowed to meddle in boxing af
fairs in Havana, Cuba, as it now ap
pears they are doing. It was only u
couple of weeks ago that word was
sent here that Oeorge M. Bradt, of Ha
vana, had matched him l.nngford and
Sain McYey to box twenty rounds at
tho opening of his new club. Last week
wo were told that the colored men
would not meet ami tlmt Young Ahearn
nnd Willie Lewis, the veteran, would
box instead on February LI.
1 don't know Mr. Bradt, but if he, is
trying in good "faith to develop the
sport in Cuba, then someone is putting
something across on him. Young Ahearn
and Lewis are both under Dan .Me-K-'trrick
's management. Lewis was
rupponed to have retired.
But that js not all. Local papers have
announced that the winner of the Lew-
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WELL, A HOLE IS A HOLE AND 15
THIN6 TO CRAWL INTO TO STAVE
ALTHOUGH WE DONT SEE HOW ITW'LL HELP MUCH.
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j is-Ahearn bout will bo matched with
!A1 McCoy, so-called champion of the
'middle-weight division. McCoy is man
aged by Danny Morgan, a pal and busi
ness association of MeKettriek 's. Now
if anyone can bent a rig-up ouch ns this
premises to be if it goes through J
would like to know how it can be done.
It looks like rough nnd law work,
and if Ifichaid Klegia is Bradt ' ad
visor, as report has it, lie is the one to
blame for 1he attempt to crons the an
sa spec ti ng Cube ns. K login Knows all
about MeKettriek 's close connection
with the three fighters nominated to
properly inaugurate boxing" in the
Cuban metropolis.
Freddy Welh says he won' the title
becnuse he is "patient and u stoic."
And it lookH as if Freddy intends to
bank on t the title ns long as he poH-
Lucky Shot
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5 TO51II0N,
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THE ENEMY
AT LEAST SOME
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IP I I T Jill ii ,1,.
ibly can by practicing patience and
stoicism. The boxing fans here and
everywhere -would think more of the
champion if he would eminent to take
on some of ids mnny challengers -over '
a route to u deci.siou.
There are several men entitled to
mutches with Welsh who are not beinu
given a tuuibU1 at all not even a crack,
at a no-decision match. They are
Johnny Dundee, who tried to gi-t the
job no I'harlev White's substitute' the
night tho latter was taken ill, ami
Jack Brittoa who would be willing to
concede almost everything in the way
if gate receipts to step in the ring wit.
tho champion.
But Freddy is patient and a stoic,
and can bide bin time, even if the fans
can't, ife is in no hurry to meet Dun
de or Biitton. Maybe he figures, like
a great many others, that the. result of
u bout with either would set him back
some.
However, Welsh has agreed to box
Willie liitehie ten round! ::t the Oar
den next month, and confidently eountr
on outpointing Willie over the shor'
course, a he did for twenty rounds in
London. But Freddy may be down i
the cards for the surprise of his life
time. Personally t believe Kitchie wil'
beat him beyond all question of diM
pult l'n less the champion shows won
derful improvement over his form in re
i eat matches.
There was much rejoicing in ceituin.
circles when the wire announced that
, Frankie Callahan had knocked out J'oe
' Hivers in two rounds several weeks ego
in Memphis. Tenn. "Sure he a fine,
, broth of e boy, that OnMnhnn" neri-
fd the harps who didn't liappen to
knov " Frankie Callahan1 ' is a borrow
ed monaker nnd that Sammy Holznuni
; is the proper cognomen of llivers' eon-,
: queror.
It was a terrible blow to the ti.d:
' when " Frankie allahan" was re
vealed in his true colois.
i Should Packev McFarlund and Mike
Gibbons, bv any chance, happen to be
matched the bout would attract the
greatest crowd that .Madison Square
'Garden has attracted ia many vears.
However, T doubt if the boys can be
brought together, - Not that 1 believe'
either afraid of a rap to his rep through
a joust with the other, but litcaime
neither man will agree to give an "otu
from their already aiinonnceed portions
on tin question of weight.
Gibbous has promised to make l lf)
pounds at .'1 o'clock, while Packey in
sists on 145 ringside. Alike can't make
115 nnd be fit. so the match in impcHi
ble under those conditions. If it is to
be a fight MeFni land will have to
grunt whatever i'onc est ions are made.
And Pnckey is nor so badly in need of
money or reputation that he will take
any the worst of it in a tilt e.ith such
a clever boxer mid fmhter as the St.
Paul man has proved himsif to be time
and again.
Packey is not efrni'l of Mike. I
have talked with him severul times mi
the subject and was impressed ri:l
the confidence he entertains of his nbil
! ity t defeat his clever rival. Packey
has a good line on Mike i.iui his st lc
of fighting, and if a few poumls he. v
icr himself would not hesitate to giant
.the concession asked for. But as it is
Saves the General
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MUST PLUMP
SOME BIG
SHELLS INTO,
THEM.'
SI22LIN6 8EE5WAX ! HARDLY HAOTHE jEAT
:fwFr)Ai cFAfnrr aw pxpcaed position
RUSWED EROMAWOO!) TO CAPTURE
ha . a secret i
passage! ! leads
Toward our
("AM P Ton '
US A TRAP!
BUT BY A REMARKABLE PiECE OF LUCK THAT
OPENED RJGHT INTO RUDOLPH'S SECRET UNDERdBOUNri
PASSAGE LEADING DIRECTLY UNDER OUR CAMP.'
WHAT BECOMES OF OLD CALL TLA YERS?
BILLY SUNDAY IS AN EVANGELIST
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Ofc BILLY "SUNDAY JiLj.
I-'hiih utleii wuThlcr wlmt l)t'cuiur.'H of oM bull Ihvoim. Tlicy di'tip out f
ilit. i ml 1'i'w can t H wlii'ni tuoy n: nr lint tln-y lire ilijin. Ilnl. IImto is
ono. furmcr iln.vcr nlnmt wliom no ono 71 wil lie ignorant, iiu ia Jiilly Huiuliiy,
iuiH ln'cn oinjj up ainl ilowii tht( country Jur years uh nil ovannnliut. ,lui
now he f in l'liiluilcliliin, noil he in a t.t iiu-1 i 11 14 nu.110 attention ntt u mlii Locr
tlinn lie ever I i 1 as a liall plnyor. 11" riMorts to (.lie lnnniuiKi' of tliu liininoiui
to iomiil in Ilia liililiial pointx, and I'm pilchcn in their niont eluhoruto winj
ups ever ussmno hiieii pontures Us l'rea i-her Hominy when lie is I'shortin,
NEGRO CONFESSES MURDER. 1
EliznliclMon, Tenn., I'eli. 1M.-- The
authorities here ilwlared loilay llinl. a
iieni'o miller arrest; here has confessed
thul he hilled Alouxo ti. (lardiier. of
Hull inline, and his lirother, 1 1 urine
(laidner. of prinuficld, Mass., near
Welahn, Kin.
The man answers (he descripliiin. of
an employe of (iirdner. Alon.o tlard
ner was found dead and his lirother
has lteea niissiii(r for souie time. Tho
ni'Kro said he was acting as pilot on
(lardoei's yachl off 1 In' Klnrida coast,
illirilli; a hunliax expcilition. and Ihat
he hilled tlin two men in revenue aftor
Ihoy had foi I liim, at I in- point of
a Kllll to dame.
McKailand ioald come closer to 1hr
i:ir pound maih at '. o'clock than to
Mij, and ho is too wise it liinl to cjvo
a ton away to one of the Itest flhterf
in the rin at aay weinlit.
Btdtm by
C, W. Kahles
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INSTANTLY OUR HERO
nhen
BUT TO MAHE MATTERS
HIM!
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NEARLY TOOK GEN. N0O2IN2S HEAD OFF.;
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SO WE SEE THAT IF IT
WHICH OUR HERO FIRED
HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED
fn-IAT SHOT SAVED
(all qUK lives J jlly
CONGRATULATED STEWART. '
That I'. IT. Raymond, atnle sopn 1110
court liluuiiao, and a former Albany
ro.iideat, who resides at Salem, wan ap
pointed poi'tiaasti'r of Alliaay liy tvu
pi 'sidealH and twice ia two years by
tleiieral I'. M, (Irani, dnriii( his term as
president, developed today in a letter
from Mr, Kaynioioi to C 1). Mowart,
c oiirutidatiai; the latter on hia icimiih.
ineadalioa tor nppoiiitment,
Mr, Raymond's 1'i iHt appoiatmcat
was made by I'residellt (Irnnt on U11
ceiuber ;(l, Is7;l, nnd under the system
employed by the (tveriiioeut: at. that
time, he wan appointed nnuin on Decem
ber IN, tin' follow iujj year, IS7I, Mr.
Rayiuoad was apiointed 11 third tiaul
by I'resiileot A. K. Hayes, This was on
Occomber 11, h7M.
Mr. Stewart hhjh that when all of
this t'Hik place, he had considciuhlo
more hair 011 his head Hum ho has now,
A Iliniiv Herald.
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60T ON THE JOB AT THECUNd
WORSE THE FIRST SHOT
I NEARLY FINKSIH-D YOU)
WITH THAT .SHOT r
HAD NOT BEEN FORTIlE SHELL
THIS DEADLY TRAP WOULD NOT
UNTIL TOO LATE, PROBARI..Y.