The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 24, 1909, Page 2

THE STAR—FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1909 “WOLGAST HAS BEEN EOUR-FLUSHING FOR MONTHS ABOUT GETTING A FIGHT WITH ME. WELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM ENOUGH FIGHT TO LAST HIM THE REST OF HIS LIFE.”’- WOCLGAST AND NELSON MATCHED BY M'CAREY |= 3 my (‘se ae » - is THIS? Battler Agrees to Terms) | and Fight Will Take! Place in Los . Angeles Next March — Carries the Title. (Ff THE MUSSUP IB HELO IN SALT IAKE CITY WE MAT Look FoR A MontY PAruc AMON@ THR MORMON ELOERS TEX RICKARD 1S STRONG ON CATERING To THE FAIR SEA ME SAYS “Tyg LADIES WILL BE INVITEO TO ATTEND THE Figur AMO THEY WH, RECIEVE ALL THE UTE WHY NAT HOLO THis - DELICATE ATTENTIONS “THEY AE us . Chath VAR re IGKT ANO LRAVES THE ACCUSTOMED To, i AMO JACK TOuNSONS “AOurTY AT MORMON TEMOLE ANO OTHER 999 AT nome pion, | WHY Not HAVE A “BACK TARO Riot’ . a S108 STEPPING MAY OE AK THAT LET ThE SRTS YIKER \ much faster and FoR «a PROUMMARY? oo Wilt, SAVE Him FROM BEING PoRCEO ARO SHANE OK TEA he D From that | rr CUA ‘Vo MARE AlN Varn BE GUE NTO MoRmant se and by de i i Bia SMITH TAKES 39§ OF 49 wives Te THe Bal WHAT WE MAY EXPRCr gp about a fight with me for months. | Now I’m going to give him enough ag oo ) 2 fight to last him the reat of his my life,” Nelson is quoted as saying in Jeffries has probably had less @ letter to a local sporting man. fights than any champion the ring = nage raed r eos oe or produced Just 21 times _ hae the former title holder entered tog: $10,000, win, lowe or |t2* ring. Johanson has fought four 5 « as often aa Jeffries Ce were quite diffe: (Cc | an al mmy Burne, Jobe | Ur " y na medioore class, He | third rater, and fought whenever the po I always been « favorite theme for writers and cartoonists, F OF HIGH ART portunity to do so presented iteelf time to time, when the news dull, t cribblers and the AD WOLGAST'S FIGHTING FACE. I He had bee » n ig the ting for years cratchers get buay with typewriter and drawing pen and turn out ae ——- before he reached the Ww With ome real sob stuff about the down-and-outs and the offrios tt wan different a very «. like most other! whart space of time he had beaten Jack London wrote a story about some pugtli |. prod ery available heavyweight, iH tralia who didn't win his fight because he couldn't re, in| went thr the entire tot HOW ver for dinner, and because he was forced to walk all tt ny to tt hoon diff free ~ Years, and foatly four agit - not having the price of a taxi in his jeans. It wan a ead th ' the better man that he rk way Jack peddied it, and it set one to thinking that er nde ‘e r etire for the want x fate that moulded « man's career along lines sportorial J t aes 1 | S But now comes quite a different m the Antiy < pugtitatt t * qu able whether (Re r ie simaaphaaiphememneinente Hitters d a oy t nm the be . it'* the story of the exception that pro the rule Rickard tn tts ent t ve ae ‘ many y weights me 7 makes pleasanter reading than London « Piece of ¢ oie eae : poetic BS m t n@d an|make his fr tion, There ¥ It's the story of the royal welcome given by Australian sportin Fight and May Have #rives bere w t . ewin nia | Corbett, Pitzelen parks o Ruby Bob thie th . hie mene men t he of the freckles and the mighty kick that wou fo: ‘ . yosies iy . pt Caffrott Rublin, not to speak of lexeer die the: Sonat nk oe snen Or te ran fase on Pulled Strings on the way aod wit « : B > | Rakin, wat to apesh of: neue Rates K ond of many a pur ri Fitz len ) and ow business ¢ t agre *& to ' rtet tw nd not onee & any means from a financial standpoint, but be is a de 0 yee re dy bom y feally, and it must be gratifying lo bia to 1 that bi ap ‘ seen , . moll a ape! and best fights are still green in the memory of the Au the toss ¢ 1 Gletross, was never knocked lor ws. As to Salt Lake rr rin er of baving the degiaion The sporting clans gave Fitzsimmons a “welcome hor (BY THE RINGSIDER.) neve d ely that the t wn on the Biernarck drive i | go againet him. . Sydney's big hotels a day or so after his arrival, and in the spec ; * SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.-~! would not go th It w P Jenkina believes, and rightly, that that followed the serious business of eating and making merry, Fitz and : i shown that Salt Lake will do bet-lother day Cirde soma nies the 9 " wit maven his record we fed to t One man referred te day After all, Tex Rickard may know |2m0w toate ae eu fo bet. MgB oa ern Bowling ner years ago that puatnmens left Kangarooland with “all his belongings | what he is talking about when he) 10.14 be foolish for us to pass it! dtvision. ¢ on faubare , ie on Guaitiione tied up in a red pocket handkerchief.” and said that Australia had tells us in mournful numbers that yy Ho r, my contention all rking ¢ Had he| The Gleastrous experience Watched the rive—he was tactful enough and kind enough to say nothing Salt Lake will be the Jeffries along bas been that San Francisco pot unter cr . he abt y hae served one good pur See ee eee eee eee eee Of the fall--of the Sydney star Johnson battleground. When Rick- | !s the place, for (he reason that we | have rm: t ted score Hon There are plenty of bowlers - ‘a sort of talk makes an old4timer giad to be alive and belps ard came out with his first an-| tow what San Francisco can and | tyon & perfect count lawton the Coast. All they need is « Bouncement that the Mormon |!!! do, while on the other hand ron the marek alleys tle ginger Metropolis would get the big battle | pest records fail to show that Salt | eee. the governor of Utah declared in [ake can do nearly as well.” most emphatic terms that the fight Inside Dope. ALL'S GREATEST PLAY could not bes ey hy ~ - — Information was obtained today | or any other city in Utah. Now. that throws new lignt on the mar however, he has changed his tune. ner in which Gleason and Ricks: AS I SAW IT “1 do not think the fight will | got the match, or rather how ¢ ndred | should man fa own affairs in the For the convenience of the # him to forget that things are not as they used to be. Fitz is to fight Hiows whe want to know, The #/ Bill Lang before Hugh Melnt 8 club two days after Christmas, and Star hes published @ sporting * while the fane in Australia and in this country have nothing against anual that. Ls minwhunx oS Bill, a wate bet that a victory for Fits would be bailed with universal 1t doesn't matter what kind of @ fan you are, or what line of sport you speci & find concise and accurate in: WORLD'S RECORD—PERHAPS i. * * * * * . * + * * 2 4 The Star's # If the track in the Tacoma skating rink, over which William Stanley take place in Sait Lake,” he is son got in on tt. Gioason was clone | in lah te ie ke ‘ Jd au Giethace pam arece, Wedneoday aight, was correctly laid out. the Danieh Sgrcted an tastng tas Siapetch from | 27S", 00, 1t._ Gicason was slose ae - ) , Siaetene oe with a | & th pocket sporting com. ® distance runner set a world’s record by negotiating the distance in the * * 7. * * \* * * * * * *. * * | ooo Philadelphia. “Besides, Jeffries bas the plum and both Coffroth and - vicious crac edited up to December @ Temarkable time of 62:14. The track measured 16 laps to the mile, and been accustomed to fighting in San kickard knew it, Jeffries being 4 The ball Wee a jong, low, rakiah nd reli ® the turns were uadunhed making Stanley's performance all the more Franciseo, and I do not think that Gleason's most intimate friend. ar 4 | fly to Joe Birmingham, in deep cen and painstaking labor # remarkable ¢ indoor record for the distance is credited to Alfred ue would be able to fight in the johnson also being tnelined towar it As soon a# he saw Birming high altitude of Salt Lake.” him. When Gleason doubled up 7 » would probably cateh the ball, That the business men of Salt with Coxtroth all par were satis-| , avis huntled back to third and got Lake and other Utah cities are/ fied and the two San Franciscans | * caus us eee ae ons overwhelmingly in favor of holding had the fight as good as won right mateenien, waitten r the fight there is indisputable and then and there. They bad the| er > em that they may have exerted their had the permi and t » Of arr influence with the governor | } sites at in itwelf | « the ball t < vor of Rickard is not at all im- was enough, but to make thelr hand = hend Davis on receipt of 12 conte In stampe : THOSE BANTAMS probable. Rickard seems to be so > ¥ stood ace high wit . 0 eee e wonderta he vexed question, the bantamweight title. is still un sure of his ground that it is safe the the a ea baer iasine tien Gober Lak nat ek te A teenneaneensanens The other night Monte 4 1 mas clal “p * oe eae wl > Wah to ‘asqume that he “knows some-| slong and ssked Gleason to go in eps before the tb wingin who dtepotes the claim, mei tn Sas Francine and fought to a draw thing with him on the $101,000 proposi o way ‘tho wees : PROMOTERS DON’ T This is the third time the boys have met and broken with the honors Wealthy Backers. tion, Jack realized th © fighters | . y every trong! even, and until they meet again the title cannot be considered the Among his backers are some of | wero bound to give it conatderation. | ha nd a bett property ither, as Attell claimed it before he had ever tackled Danny the most influential and wealthy | As both Jeffries and Johnson wer . ng Seid ensed horse ALWAYS GET The little are sure to be matched again soon men in Utah and it is a cinch that agreed that under any and all cir 4 they are going to leave no stone cumstances Gleason must be ot ; po ee te ot , THE COIN unturned to bring the biggest thing of th 8, he cast his lot ore oval. ANOTHER SLAM = —— in pugilism to Salt Lake with Rickard € uring Cof. t d : , - = In the meantime Jack Gleason|{froth’s consent to th ligt : cons the ball te grealer speed. | some of the uninitiated betleve AT THE BOOKIES, H. L. KLEIN continues to plug for San Fran-| ment BY TIP WRIGHT x art i ' THE SHOEMAKER cisco just as emphatically as his| In this connection, it is st : e trifle ight. It t t (Hy United Press) H| If you can’t get boots or fellow promoter is pulling for Salt Gleason's hold was > t oe . we the p ret . BAN FRANCIECO, Dec The shoes to fit you, get them Lake. Rickard is expected here | bad he not joined hay e i > pporte of e anti-rac track made to measure at 5 Sais uilbe Dheistinds and then ke \|ard the flaht would he , he great nr rke er hand t , | pill paswed by the last legislature 217 JAMES STREET On the Square and Gleason will thresh the matter! the Gleason-Coffroth « riggers z ! , t t % y today when the state F Out. Gleason today denied that one | despite the fact that Ric 3 bid ¢ r ; i ttend take a look /#Upreme court dismissed the peti va Hs pp t object of Rickard’s mission to this! was the best. Johnson an¢ good a t to t . ' ro Gee | tion of Frank O'Sb for a review ADVERTISE IN THE STAR city is to talk with the local people | did not 1 that Rickard alo { bare ke , how f 5 i ' h " this | of the case recent! ided against who promised to aid Coffroth fi-'could handle the battle and top, star ' ged by the entire White " ¢ half a million |him by rior Judge Dunn mancially in case he landed the | success of it because of hin | t f r a ! ’ 1pe om t Sy . , that | whose decision was upheld by t match. Gleason also denied that experience, and as they * weed aot Bl at aD O'Shea wa Rickard holds the big end of the vorably inclined toward Gleaso: fn 4 : th violating the anti-/ . e match her re ns than his ne ' . >t rhe track law in laying a bet upon It's a straight case of balf-and actically insinted ¢ 3 n wba & coursing race at Ingleside Park {Ss Of e half with us,” he said. “As to the 1 4 hare in NA story that the $20,000 put up by|the promotion of the fight, | ‘ tation f pt " a ‘ive $4.00 Clauss Gold Plated the promoting end when the final articles were signed belongs to , : } } | ; t an er para 3-Piece Scissor Set, Will Be can make it. Ail the pugilistie @ Shrubb, who covered 10 miles in 53:15 at Boston, December 28, 1907 Tecords, all the running and *| Whether Stanley # 4 this mark or not, his record will not be ered wetting records, and all the ® | ited as official. T i 4 t athietic records, both emateur & | ‘ is no doubt that Stanley is a very fast man at up and professional, are in The |‘? 12 miles, and he can make things interesting for the beat of them at Star's Sporting Manual # | that distance. He is looking for a crack at the winner of next Sunday's This book will be sold for 10 # | race between 8 cents at The Star office, or it iS will be mailed to any address PROMISED 10 REFORM =~ _ zt a . Closed Tomorrow} a WE TALKED To YOu (over RIT \ rr TEARS IN Swarr om Gomnece |) TY Voce lin ' « dvertising and | The nur oth . xpenses. | flat i ‘ ure the women = ae E sen ee ae! Christmas Day | » mob of raheral the plate Davis | ob Pastas: gre : bad aoa AR December 25, 1909 y 1¢ instant Clarke grat d the ball and apparently watet e 4 Nterally Hust h 6 irat be on the try this wine iding | 1 nd the. plat od nobody over : : 2 Nig Cle Utting the ball upon hing ‘Seances | je» A Christmas Gift 1 P , been iy good fe with this ‘Trade nts n iny good for Mark on is doubly ||| Ware through. the rr and ending one of Man's profits, Hardware ta 1 r na ball flotd | Sweaters, Boxing b vortialng account up with th icking out a young ham, | f ATURE lerroaty | Gloves, Footballs, . apecial salon nid You're right, ol t ft Hundreds of Other Auss Fancy Gold-Plated »w what this wine t Articles. “ thing means in the Manager Jim McA pledge you my word of hor hopes, the § continued th aes Ming's tk “aac he | plied, out wall inal Fit retarm. {reached Tobe Anerson Toe Bh. gt A.G'SPALDING. & BROS ponding savings on xelusive 3. 4 and 6-plece Man issors Sete. ing to cut out the song Spinning ° SECOND AND UNION