Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1909, Page 4

Unfavorable Weather in East Presents Many Games; THE B . HA, WEDNESDAY = OMAHA LOSES TO LINCOLN Cold Weather Causes Poor Playing and Bmall Crowds. RICE IN BOX FOR THE ROURKES and Hits mnd Fi wlireen W Pritehett. LINCOLN, April #.—Less than a hundred spectators shivered through seven innings of hase ball this afterroon and saw the Lincolns win an exhibition game from Omaha by & score of { to 3. The weather was too cold for good base ball, but there were occasforial flashes of brilllancy, mixed with A 16t of the hippodrome. Lincoln ex celled both in hitting and flelding. Roth caplains put In young pitchers and their work Wwas not the best. Pritchett, last vear's third baseman for Lincoln, who has been holding out. it was announced today had come to terms with the management and will start from his home at Indiar- apolis, Ind., In time for the opening of the championship season. Score: LINCOLN. AB. = Waldron, Fox, M. ... Jude, If.... Thomas, 1b Davidsen. cf.... Gagnier, ss Caldwell, 26 Mason. 0., Maore, p Canty, p .. Siamsiecese s spcnsel ol snoommmawelt N ) ol sunnasss~? w! ossswss0~a E Totals wx > > L = Bl wnosusnas) Pendry, Johns, ®Pranck, s 1b. -LeBrand, ¢ Rice, p. R o, R Swloss ol nsoomwwosd » ol comwonsso 2l cwmnmoo=~a? 35 vworswoan ‘Totals. L *Claire eut for not touchi Uineotn I’ Omaha Three-base Waldron g first 1 00 0 11001 0-3 ts: ‘ox, Pendry. Double to Thoma: Bacrifice hit: Tuge. Struck out: Ry Moore, 1: by Canty, % First base on balls: Off Moore, 2; off Lanty, 1; off Rice, & Passed ball: Mason, Time: 1:10. Umpire: Wood of Lincoln. ONE IN AMERIOAN ASSGCIATION Milwaukee Goes to Pleces Halt of Ninth MILWAUKEB, ‘April 20.—After having the game rently cinched Milwaukee went all to pleces in the first half of the ninth, errors by Robinson and Curtis and three safe hits giving the visitors four runs and the game. Score: MILWAUKEE. B.H.0.A.E ° i 0 n econd Oyler, 0' Nelli Camanan —wesanuan AR kv connmusamn smmrmasoow onsss0sas~ - E Bl uoua® & . aloamm *Batted for Curtls in ninth. *Batted for Wilson in ninth. Miiwaukee . 00210006003 Minneapolis. 00000000 &4 hit: McGann, Hits: Oft ‘Wil- t innings; off Oberlin, lin one bits: Downs, Block, Mc- itetter, Stalen bases: E. Collins, uble plays: J. Collins to Downs ieeler. Left on bases: Milwaukee, ™ Minneapolis, 8. Base on balls: Off Curti 2; oft Wilson, 1. Hit by pitcher: Plokering. Sturck out: By Curtis, by Wilson, 6. Time: 1:50. Umplre: Haye Games Postpened. At Louisville: Loulsville-Toledo postponed; wet grounds. At Kansas Cf Kansas City-8t. game postponed: wet grounds. At Indfanapolis: Indianapolis-Columbus &ome postponed; wet grounds. I0WA WINS FIR Takes Game from Morningside by . Score of 6 to 4, IOWA CITY, Ia., April 20.—(Special)— lowa Won the firs{ iftercollegiate game of the #eason yesterday from Morningside college by the seore of 6 to 4. From the Towa, standpoint the surprige of the game was the work of Hook behind the bat. He Provad a perfect backstop and his throwin (0 bAses was an Inspiration. Towa Scor four timi in the ‘third inning, mostly on the @brors of its opopnents. The lineup was a6 folléws: same Paul CONTEST Pitch . Piteh ... Catcher ... .. Catcher L First .. Second .. Third ., Third . . 8hort Left . Stratton Bimer . Drake . . West . Center Rogers Right . Harper CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Goldgm State Organ Declared Outiaw by National Commission. CINDINNATI, April 2.—War on the Call- forni® Btate league, which is classed as outlaw_league, was deciared by the N: tional Base Ball commission here late this after An My A clubs of the t leaj W made to pro- vide A& substantial sum to be expended in the fight to be made on the California leagug, It WAR ON s said o application had been re- ceived'from Pitcher ©d Walsh of the Chi- 0 Americans to be déclared a free agent and nd action had been taken in his case A number of minor cases was considered by thecommission and decisions announced. The_cjaim of Player Masun of the Troy N. Y., Btate league team to be declared a free L was graotea, while the applic: tions #f Players Hann of Rockford and Darrifer of Dubuque to be declared free agentg were mot allowed Welch Gets Heme Run Bats. Twoihuge black bats were delivered at the ke House Tussday morning for H w.g‘n ith charges on them that stay k Rourke, guardian of the alfaifat crop since George Graham has son playing ball. They were pald for and Fra will have to collect from the dgptor. When the Minneapolls team was 1§ Omaha, ler, shortstop for the Mille had = wanted to buy It It was not for sale, but Oyler Jolunteered to buy him some ilke it whefl he reached Loulsville and now the doctor'ls loaded for home run hits. Uaurels Ready for Games, 'Laurels lmve reorganized their " o ha laoiine "vasr and ike 10 schedule games with any in of out of the eity. Call 1821 or write Ernest Andrews, 3308 th street. The team is made second base. jer, left field; , @hortstop; E. Andrews, catcher; itcher: Lee, first base: Sharkey, kl?l;cl:. Andrews, pitcher; Witken- would for Track Meet, AL CITY, Neb., April 20.~(8 borate preparstions are bel the track meet between the high schools of this city and York on the local athletie. fleld next Friday afterncon. An inte contest is expected, as the York team i§ one of the strongest high school aggregations in the state. and Central City letes have been making some good records this spring in the weight and run- ring e u} 7 the local team goes to Wa on May 14 to Hastings. Mevue Beats Moshers. defeated ernoon by a score of 3 to ‘old wind and a little rain Bell eam T New York. splendid bat and Welch | the Mosher-Lampman.’ Standing of the Teams NAT'L. LEAGUE, W, L. Pot,y 30 1000 Detroif ... .800| New York 87| Philadelphia. 400/ Boston 40| Cleveland 400, Washington ‘333 8t. Louls _000{ Chicago .. AN ABSOCIATION. Won. Lost AMBR. LEAGUE, Pot 883 ] %0 500 400 Bostou ineinnati Pittsbur, 8t. Louls. Chlrl,n Brooklyn Philadélph AMERI 3 3 H 3 2 1 2D G Indianapolls Loulsville Milwaukee Minneapolis Toledo . Kansas City St. Paul Columbus 00 200 1000, Smisannn GAMES TODAY National league: Boston at Philadelphia, 8t. Louls at Clncinnati. American league: 8t Detroit_at Chlcago, Washington at York, Philadelphia 'at Boston Americ mocation: Toledo at T.ouis- ville, St. Paul at Kansas City, Columbus at Indlanapolls, Minneapolis at Milwaukee. Louis at Cleveland, New made a fast game difficult, but a score of 1 to | made in the first inning kept up plenty of excitement until the sixth inning, when Bellevue opened vp a batting rally and made twa runs. The visitors' intield played a little cleanet gmme than the local team. For the visitors Adams ved a_ good game. Ohman showed the ects of awile run {n_the triangulo= track meet Monda: night, but %ullm h @ am out of two bad holes! 1In the secon. .nning with one man down and three on bases he struck out the slde, and again in the fourth with second and third full, he struck ont three men. Stark pitched ' the last three innings for Bellevue and started the batting rally for the locals. X Today Bellevue will play the soldlers and Creighton on Thursday SCORES MADE BY THE BOWLERS Birminghama and Mets Brothers Will Compete Ton Following are the scores bowled In the tournament last night on (he Metropolitan alleys, No games will be bowled in the tournament tonight as the alleys will be taken by the Birmingham Range Co. and the Metz Br team, to see who is cham- jon of Omaha. Both are among the best n the oity. Postmaster Thomas is break- ing in the bowling game fast. He has been bowling only one month, but bowled & 27 game Friday on the Metropolitan alleys. Mr. Thomas will be In the Post- office team next season. Score: THREE-MAN TEAM. 1st. 24. 194 191 M 284 AT 178 Totals . coe 63 603 573 1,739 Yousem's Colts won two out of three games from the Union Pacifics in the Sum- mer league last night on the assoclation alleys. Tonight, Signal Corps against West Sides. Score: YOUSEM'S COLTS. st 24 143 127 ... 158 176 190 13 . 489 5 UNION PACIFICS. 1st. 2d. .. 201 158 % 148 167 169 475 Total 563 4TL B8 1477 The Malonys and Ortman Stars played their final games on the Association al- leys last night and the Stars were much up In the air considering the score they made, both teams started out very easy, but the Malonys had a walkaway in the last two games. Tonight, Storz Triumphs against Bampecks. Score: 3d. 158 17 28 Tot 543 607 89 Ssaman Bryan . Martin 3d 142 141 181 Tot. a2 41 544 Tot, 8 496 2d. 169 1 202 44 Tot. “7 502 578 1587 Hammerstrot Lyons Total "ot 419 a1 460 1370 Laird . Griffith of the third week Played. Won. Lost. Pot. People' Store. 1 I Nationals Paxtons Cudahys . Signal” Corps.. West Sides. Yousem's Colts. Union Pacifics Cream Citys..... People's No. Individual standing EEER ] cnuannyan -3:1:43 H9950 0 p050 0 i 2 Falconer ... Heppes . 106 Mitchell . L6 Ries ... 138 Thampsa 157 Flote . ON| UMPIRE E. NO!‘I‘IP‘. n o Coleman ... REPORT Man Whe Attempted to Co & N tional League Offfcials Barred. CINCINNATI, April 20.—The National Base Ball commission announced today that as a result of its investigation of charges that an attempt was made to bribe Umpires Johnston and Klem during the Chicago- New York National league game at the Polo grounds last fali proof has been ob- tained tnat the attempt to bribe was made. The names of the gullly persons are kept secret. 3 The officlal statement by the National commission is as follows: “This matter was referred to the Na- tional commission by the Natlonal league and_pertains to certain statements made by Umpires Klem and Joknstone that an attempt was made last fall to bribe them with reference to a game that they had umpired and which took place betwsen the Chicago and New York National league clubs on the Polo grout ds. ““We have made & full and thorough in- vestigation of all of the matters that have been presented for our consideration with referénce to this subject. We belleve that the ements made by the umpires aro true and that an effort was made to bribe them with reference to their duties. The same, however, was unsuccessful and the Umpires are deserving of the highest com- mendation, not only on the part of the National commission, but of all of thosa who are interested in organized base ball as weil. “In this matter the commission would not hesitate & moment to Institute a most rigid prosecution against the offender if it the power to do so and the corroborative testimony to sustain the charges as made by the ampires. We feel, however, that in the absence of this the party charged with this offense by the umpires should not go unpunished, and for that reason we will furnish to every major league club owner the name of the person who attempted the offense with Instructions to such club own- ers to bar him from their respective grounds for all time to come." BRIBERY Goteh Throws Olsen. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. April 20.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—Frank Gotch beat Charles Olsen of St. Louls in two falls, one in eleven and one In five minutes with the arm and scissors and head and crotch holds tonights. Dan Mcleod beat Alexander Bader of Chicago, two straight in the preliminary contest Pathth Car at Raw! CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 2.—The Path- finder-car from New York to Seattle, which arrived at Rawlins, Wyo. Saturday, left there at moon today. having remained ver on account of washouts west of Rawlins The car made only a few miles today. the roads being heavy Burns Throws Wassem. NORTH PLATTE. Neb. April 3.—(Spe- clal Telegram.)—Farmer Burns threw | Oscar Wassem iast night in two straight . fall in 23:14 and the | %e crowd witnessed the match at the Lioyd opera house H {The state had | —T WEATHER STOPS BALL GAMES Rain or Low Temperature at Nearly All Points on Big Circuits. CLEVELAND WINS FROM DETROIT & In in Fine Form and With a ittle Good Luck Would H Made it a Shate ont. NEW YORK, April 20.—Rain and gen- earlly cold, disapreeable weather caused a postponement. of all the important ball games scheduled for today in both the National and American leagues except the Detrolt-Cleveland contest in Detrott. I'nis is rather unusual, but one day last year the weather stopped practically every game In evety league In the United States. The games postponed today were: National league: Philadelphia at New York, Booklyn at Boston, Pittsburg at Chicago and St. Louls at Clneinnati American lpague: New York at Phila- delphia, Boston at Washington and Chi- cago at St Louls Cleveland Wi DETROIT, April ragged ball In every won almost as it pleased in grand form.and with a would -have made it a shut out. The vis- itors hit Lafitt hard all the way Ten of their runs were scored with two out and several after missed chances to re- tire the side. the spring, with a high wind bothering the fielders. Birmingham's hitting was a feature. BScore: CLEVELAND BH.0.AK OMolntyrs, If.. & 1 Bush, . 3 OCrawtord, ef.. 4 0Cobb, rf. 4 ORossman, 1b.. 4 1 Mortarity, b, 1 from Detroit. 0.—Detroit pla: line and Cleveland Young was little luck DETROI B. Goode, . Perring, ib. Stovall, 1b.. Lajoie. 2b. Fasterly, © Hinchman, O8chmidt. OLafitt, p wo—m—soas! ERST Totals Detroit ... Cleveland v Two-base hi hit: Hinchman. Home run: Birmingham. Stolen bases: Cobb, Goode, Lord. Double Hinchman, Lajole and Stovall. Detroft, 3; Cleveland, 6. : Off Young, 2. First base on errors: Detroit, 1; Cleveland, 2. Hit by pltcher: By Lafitt, 1. Struck out: By Lafitt, 2; by Young, 4. Passed ball Easterly, 2 Tjme: 2 hours. Umpires Kerin and O'Loughlin. Y. M. C. A. ATHLETES TAKE MEBT Buvlcosensc—m 17 4 Contest Takes Place Between Them, High School and Bellevae. The Young Men's Christian ociation athletes won the triangular indoor_fleld meet held Monday night at the Young Men's Christian sociation _gymnasiumn between Bellevue, the Omaha High school and the Young Men's Christian associa- tion, the winners making 27 points to 21 for Bellevue and 15 for the high school lads. Age and experience counted against the high school boys, who were not equal to the task of winning from their older and tronger competitors in several of the events, but the high school boys per- formed with credit in spite of that and showed that they have advanced wonder- fully in the short time they have been working at track athletics. Several of the events were most hotly contestetd, Elp'ellllg the relay race, which was won by Bellevue by a margin of two-fifths of a second. Only the mar- velous run of Racely of Bellevue won for them from the high school boys, who had a well balanced team. The pole vault was & walkaway- for ensick of the Young Men's Christlan iation, who was Missouri Valley pion_while at the University of Ne- He was only forced to clear the bar at ten feet. Kennedy, of the high school tea tralled the Young Men's Christian oclation runner for about half the way and then jumped to the front and set his own pace, making the distance in 4:48.55, which stood the best time of the evening. Summarie: High jump: Anthes. Young Men's Chrl tion Association, 1st; Wallace Young Men's Christian ' association, 24; Thomp- . Helght: 5 ft., 8 In. ensick, Young Men's Christian assoclation, ist; Templin, Belle- vue, 2d; Sinsell, Bellevue, 3rd. Helght 10 ft. Shot put: Linn, Young Men's Christian association, 1st; Canfield. Belle 24; Griffith, Young Men's Christian ocla- tion, 8rd. Distance, 37 ft.. 11 in, Half mile: Primrose. Beilevue, 1st; Wil- son, Young Men's Christian assoclation, 24:' Kaven, Young Men's Christian association, Srd. Time: 2:10%. Mile: Kennedy, high school; Balthaser, Young Men's Christian association, sec- ond; Ohman, Bellevue, 3rd. Time: 448%. Relay: Bellevue, M. C. 1st; _high X Third, ' High McKinney, Wood. POINTS, Belle- vue. school, 2d; Y 3 school term: Rawley, Y. [} > Events. h jump Pole vault ... 2 yard run Shot put . Half mile Mits ... Relay 8 1 | e ao-aea 4 3 3 5 3 6 2 I0WA TRAP SHOOT IN MAY Event Wil Shoots of Illinois a. ORESTON, Ia April 20.—(Speclal.)— frap shooting tournament will be held at Burlington May 18-20 and prom- ises to be one of the most conspicuous events of the year in the middle west The shoot comes In between the annua state tournaments of Ilinois and Nebraska Come Between State Nebraska. and will naturally attract all the leaders. | It is expected that at least 180 of the crack shots of the country will be pres. ent, notably among them being Spencer, the 190§ champion; Tom Marshall, twice winner of the Grand American handicap, George Marshall, the wonderful one armed shooter and & hLost of others. Thg traps to be used are the New ldeal, made at Kansas City and used last season for the first time in any tournament. Fred Whity ney of Des Moines will act cashier. Aside from the regular purse events, the principal ones will be the fowa champlon- ship, the Smith cue, the Diamond badge and the champlonship at double targets Added to the purses will be $00 in gold The “jack rabbit” system will be $10 added to each 15-bird event, and to each 20-bird event AMATEUR BILLIARD TOURNAMENT the First Game from Joseph Mayer. NEW YORK, April 20.—H. A. Wright of San Francisco tonight won the opening game of the ninth annual tournament of the National Assoclation of Amateur Billiard players at the Liederkranz club. The play is at 182 line. Wright's score was 400 points against 142 for Joseph Mayer of Philadelphia. Wright's gathering shots and drives for position were deftly exe- cuted and his nursing and masse shots were worthy at times of the best pro- fessional talent. Mayer made his debut In fast company tonight. While he lacks control, his open game and play for posi- tion won him & number of friends Tomorrow afterncon C. F. Conklin and Clarence Jackson, both of Chicago will oppose each other and the evening will bring Mayer and Dr. L. L. this city together. ~The score: 18, 3 ST. PAUL, 2.—Governor Johnson today signed a bill_passed by the senate yesterday making Sunday base ball legal Quring the hours from 1 to § p. m. Vanderbilt's Horse Wina. CLOUD, April .—The Prix du Bols Boulogne was won bere today. by Wa ‘anderbill's Genbaiseaull. Herman Dur It was the coldest day of § vea's Ro Aubepines Noble got first place in the Prix Kansas Aggies Defeated DES MOINES, Ia. April 3. nsas Aggies base ball team afier an unbroken i string of sixteen victories was defeated | here today by Highland Park college, 4 to [ 2 Gerining atlowed Aggies but three hits Green's Indians Open Season. YORK, Neb, April %0.—(Speciai Tele ram.)—Green's Nebr Indians opened the season today with a victory, Indla: 10; York, 0. The rad men piay Pa Rourke's team in Omaha next Sunda HUNT FOR THE SOUTH POLE Results of the Shackleton Expedition Compared wi Prev. Explorations. What did the Shackleton expedition to the Antarctic learn that was not reported by Captain Robert F. Scott on his return to civilization in 19047 It was already known, or believed, hat no land mammals existed within the Ant- arctic Circle—nn bears or foxes, such a may be found in the far north. The only mammals encountered and reported by Dr. Wilson of the earlier expedition were soa mammals; orca, rorqual, finner and beaked whales, and crab eating, Ross and Weddell seals—within the Antarctic Circle. The seals known as sea leopirds and sea ele- phants were found on the pack ice north of it. Along Bouth Victoria Land twelve different kinds of birds wers sightéd, chiefly petrels, and also a small tern, the sooty and black browed albatrosses and the blue gray whale bird—these in the open sea and along the Great lce Barrier. About the winter quarters under Mount Erebus the emperor penguin, four feet high, tame And almost human in its aspects and ways; the Adelle penguin and McCormick's skua (a gull) were habitual neighbors of the explorers. On the return from the “farthest south” (463 miles from the pole) a solitary skua was seen; but in the desolate interior there was no lite. Except mosses and linch- ens no vegetation was noted. The terrl- torfal fauna, if the term can be usea of such vital barrenness, consisted of a wing- less insect approximating to a fly. Now, as Shackleton's party, pushing their perilous way south, met with only glaciers and ranges of anow mountains, it may be assumed that the biologist of the expedition will have nothing or very little aid to add to Mr. Wilson's report—at least of life In the interior south of the point attalned by Captain Scott, Lieutenant Shackleton and Dr. Wilson in 1%8, which was latitude 52 degrees 16 minutes 33 sec- onds| longitude 164. But of the topography of the so-called continent the hardy and indefatigable Shackleton, who almost perished of scurvy in the previous venture, learned a good deal more than Captain Scott. The latter in his account of the Discovery expedition wrote: The main geographical interest of our expedition lies in tho practical.observation of a coast liné from Mt. Melbourns in latitude 744 degrees to Mt. Longataft in latitude 83 degrees, and of the condition which Ife to the east and west of this line, Our previous knowledge extended only to that part which lies between Mt. Mel- bourne and McMurdo sound, and of this we had the vaguest description. Captain Soott and his"party travelled with dog sledges over the ice plateau, which he supposed to be afloat although of vast area, and kept within sight of the moun- tain ranges that form the coast of Victoria Land. After gAlfing an altitude of 8900 feet they traversed “a level plain,” and Captain Scott says; “The Great Ice Bar- rier is afloat as Yar as we traveled."’ They were finally ‘stopped by a crevasse they could mot descend into and on their return journey they lost all their dogs (just as Lieutenant Shackleton lost all his ponies) and came near dylng of scurvy. They named mountains which they never reached, Longstaff (10,350 feet) and Mark- ham (16,000 feet), and Captain Scott was of the opinfon that the fce plain skirting the mountain ranges extended even to the south pole. What Lieutenant Shackleton did was to pass the very point at which the party in 1908 stopped, and push on 32 miles further, only to be baffled, with the fce plateau stretching before his eyes, by the same conditions of hunger, fatigue and loss of animals that made the ‘“dash” of Scott, ‘Wilson and himself a failure. He seems, however, to have been favored by milder weather. He learned that the mountain ranges continued along the plateau, and he will be able to furnish the Royal Geo- graphical society with & new map contain- ing peaks named by himself. “We ai covered eight dlstinct mountain ra he says, “and more than a hundred moun- tains.” Almost equal in interest and of more importance sclentifically than was the ascent to the crater or 1ip of Erebus. This was a prodigious feat. If the courageous Fhackleton failed at a point which would probably have been In sight of the locality of the south pole on & :lear day, if he could have stood upon a mountain top, it was because the human frame was not equal to the hardships to be endured. There will be other attempts, and let us lope that the consummation will finally fall to a man of hiy deserts—New York Sun. DEATH RECORD. John Me John Morin, 65 years old and for twenty- five years & flagman in the employe of the Omaha railroad, died early Tuesday morn- ing at his homé, 314 Grand avenus. He had been suffering from paralysis and ex- perienced a third stroke recently. His wife and seven grown children survive him. One €on is a conductor on the same road for which the father worked. Before moving to Omaha seven years ago the family lived at Wingide, Neb. The funeral is to be held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at Sacred Heart church. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre cemetery Dr. H. A. Given. WYMORE, Neb., April :0.—(Special.)—Dr. H. A. Given, one of Wymore's oldest citi- sens, died at his home early Sunday morn- g after a prolonged lliness. Deceased w 62 years of age. He was born in Woodstock, Iil, and located in Wymore in the spring taking up the practice of medicine a democrat and stanch admirer of Willlam J. Bryan, whom he counted as & personal friend. He has been prominent in building up Wymore, always taking an active part in public affairs. He w mayor of Wymore two years ago. His wife and two children, a boy and girl, both grown, survive. First Mayor of Webster City. WEBSTER CITY, 1a., April 2. —(Special Telegram.)—L. L. Estes, nearly years old, and a resident of Webstey City for fifty-one years, died this morning of progtatic trouble. He was president of the First National bank and was also the tirst mayor of the been & prominent ment of the elty. Quick Action for Your Money—You get that by using The Bee advertising columas. factor in the develop- | | be sure it Is Washbura-Oreshby’'s Geold | Medal Flour. This is lmportant. APRIL Lincoln Wins| 1909 21 (JEFF WILL RE-ENTER RING Former Champ Will Make This An- nouncement Tonight. READY TO FIGHT IN TEN MONTHS r of e Proposes to Take on the Wi neon-Ketehel M on Welcomes the Chance. NEW YORK, April ®.—James J. Jeffries will announce tonight that he has reclaimed the title of heavyweight champion pugilist of the worid and will be ready to defend it against all comers in ten months or & Wear. Jeffries in a statement says he is convinced that he will be able to get into g0od fighting condition. For some weeks the former champion has been touring the country giving sparring exhibitions and at the same time endeavoring to ascertain if his four years' etirement from the ring has impaired his fighting ability. Jeffrier in a statement today, says: “Immediately after my exhibition with Sam Berger, my sparring partner, tonight, I will go before the footlights and announce to the audience that I have decided to r enter the ring again and defend my title of heavywelght champion against any man in the world. If Jack Johnson is fortunate enough to beat Stanley Ketchel next Oe- tober I will fight him before the club that offers the largest purse. “l have come to the conclusion that I can get back In my previous good ferm which Is responsible for my making this announcement. I will be ready to fight gain In about ten months or possibly a year, but I will fight just the same.” Jeffries has been out of the ring for four years and during that time has taken on flesh. Until Jack Johnson captured the title of champion from Tommy Burns the return of Jefries to the squared circle had not beer thought of either by the retired champion or the pugilistic fraternity. The demand of the public that Jeffries fight again following the Burns-Johnson battle became so insistent that Jeffri who had declared he was through with the boxing game, told his friends if he could get into his former fighting condition he would meet Johnson. Jeftries for several weeks h remained non-commital, so that some of his ad- mirers despaired of ever seeing the big fellow put on the gloves once more. Jeffries wants the fight to take place in this country and has underconsideration an offer from a fight promoter for a cham- plonship contest some time during the Seat- tle exposition. Hugh McIntosh of Australia left for Eng- land last week and doubtiess will renew his offer for a fight at Melbourne. A championship fight in”the states along the Atlantic seaboard is not possible under existing laws and fistic followers in the west will have to journey westward. Jack Johnson is now touring the country glving sparring exhibitions. He weighed here the other day anu tipped the scales at 210 pounds. He is matched to fight Stanley Ketchel at Colma, Cal., on October 12. Jeffries weighs about 20 to 260 pounds. Johnson Ready for Fray. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 2.-Jack John- son, heavyweight champion of the world, said today that if Jeffries was in earnest and would post a forfeit, he would cancel all fighting engagements and welcome tho chance to meet the' former champion in the “I will be the proudest man in Pitts- burg,” said Johneon to the Assoclated Press today, “if Jeffries will show that he means business by covering the $5,000 which T have posted with a New York paper. My money is ready and the moment he makes his announcement T will cancel all fighting engagements and get ready for him. My match with Ketchel and all other matches T have were arranged with the understand- ing that I would cancel them it I had a chance to meet Jeffries." LANGFORD-JOHNSON BOUT IS OFF Former Signs Agreement to Meet New Champion of England. LONDON, Al —The projected fight between Jack the colored heavy- weight champlon, and ‘Sam Langford, mhy posaibly never be pulled off, as Langford {oday signed articles for a contest before the National Sporting club on Derby dav with lan Hague, who last night wrested the championship of Great Britain from Gunner Jim Molr. Hegue, who knocked Moir out in the first round in the easiest fashion. is a Yorkshire pitman. His previous opponents have been local small fry, and the ease with which he finished Moir was a great surprise. 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