The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 11, 1910, Page 2

CAN'T HELP ET FRIEND, FS THE ALTITUDE Gov. SPeY OF UTAK Thinks THE @1G FIGHT Wat Nor BE PULLED OFF IN His STATE ON AccouNT OF WE HIGH ArrTUOE GLEASON CERTAIN OF BIG FIGHT IN FRI PROMOTER ANSWERS COAST FANS THA UTAH AND NEVEDA ARE OFF THE FIGI MAP—FIRST 45-ROUND PERMIT ASKED I) YEARS. United Press.) SAN FRANC! SOO, Jan. 11—Jack | Gleason has made formal applica- | tion to the new bourd of supervisors | fer & permit to bold a 45-round | Nevada ring contest in this city some tin @uring the coming year. This ix the first time in years that an at Rempt has been made to hold a fight | te Yonger than 20 rounds tq San Fran Cieeo, that being the Hmit wet by the ‘supervisors, although longer fights have been held over ¢ county line Gleason's application was referred to the police commit- tee of the supervisors, and within @ few days they will announce their nm i ts said by those tn the know” that the permit will be Last a Gleason came out with “NEWSPAPERS MADE BASEBALL: WRITERS’ OPINIONS SOLICITED” —TOM LYNCH oe ST aa -RCKtinber some time ago when |of the game er, howe biewed, Chas. W. Murphy, noisemaker of the Chicago Cubs, gave vent to this statement: “Baseball existed b oan along without them now Basha writers aren't running the tonal league.” by ke that. Bow listen to what Thor J the baseball writers around John Heydier and noted how the boys Whed, admired and respected him, I said to myself, “Tom. bere is the man for you to pattern after “One reason why, in my opin- fon, the greatest onsideration should be extended baseball writ ere is this: have made the The ole word painters fore kindled public interest and kept warm, “Reduce baseball writing - a ary} and businesslike basis, a: but bare description and by —where would the crowds Gown to a few dyed-in-the-wool “Changes tor better, wre through the good work of the ball writers, mark al! depart Owen M thinks that the un scarred veterans of the ring are the funpiest things ever. He says} the majority of the fighters are so swelled up because they have no tin ear that they're v “Why, I was tolling Sam Lang ford over in Lon " fore he fought Ha be « bit arefu “ h packs an awful kick. ‘O hit by the be’ 1 says ‘Oh, you, the Look at J Hag p r ke a e a a to go to a a bit clever ( th ear thing if hin and at anyone 4 tt hk ® . # YACHTSMEN TO HOLD * * IMPORTANT MEETING. & a - © * A general 1 ng of * * Seattle Yacht will * # held at the club house 7 * * day, Junvary 11, at & o'clock * pm Im nt business * connected with nterna- # tional races will be discussed * # and a definite policy with ro- # & gard to the Alexandra cup * # races established - » * FRO Al Kaufman and Jack O'Brier bom six rounds at the National Ath istio club of Philadetphia, January | . They will meet at catch weight and will divide 70 per vont of the receipts. Oh, You Altitude = € /WAVE NY YOR Vis GoT ANY vee) v CHEAPER THAN Ag20 MEO? ATTER wen You A Room 1h THE BARN or YH 18 SOME THE ALTTUOE MAKES THE WALTER $0 ORY You HAVE Te We Ravet AND A BATH MIGHT BE erructeO he On A ROOM EG¢6s Karcw Win AR THAr (3 CHARGED UP With A BRoweR, So QueKLr INTHE AGUY ORDERING A SOFY BONA MIRAGES ARE COMMON To ‘Tet Gook HY GETS A Wire on MEET FLYNN MEMPHIS, Tenn, announced today that the T | Boston negro will meet Jim Plran Athletic Club of IT |'8 A ugeles on February 6 | Langford and the N/ Will battle over the ten-round route cenattated by the law in Lae Ap Nowapapers Pueblo fireman Langford ts scheduled the Dixte Kid here tonight Piynn in Low be | Angeles he plans to appear in Paris salting from New York} [the fat-fo Joftries- Jahn or near San Pru and London, about March 1 mined right along that Call supervisors will although I have take on my petition, crowds are fate partisan than 2 ftaught them « re lh the newspapers supported it, and it) “The game owes a great deal to | the men in the press box, and | pro- to give their claims the fullest | Lynch, president of the National | Possible recognition. » has to say “When I saw | world, and he'l MASUDA, in that for refere CAMBRIDGE mined to have SHORT SPORT Hdours at Frisco will be re will thrive Whe 1 the snow disappears MORAN'S VIEWS ON “TIN EARS PAT HIGGINS’ | NEW FOOTBALL; OWEN MORAN FAST BOXING FOR NORWEGIAN PANS| dercribes Higgins’ |}10 shillings & game, end who uit which is being fo , has been busy digging out bud nd he ays he has nome | at the last night to talie the proposed style of contest Higgins explained the game aa well (Tes THe (Aurrruoe Jar unique p mn in the world, in that he ie soon into the ring to fight to regen championship title which he vol untarily Burrendered Corbett had won the title champion of Ameyica from John L. Sullivan in 1892, and had tost Bob Fitasimmons Margh 17, fmmons was the gnriy said about ome Jeffries He war first heard of in. 1896, when he at Dan Lone rounds in San Francisco. he fought T. Van Buskirk, Raker, Gus Rublin and Joe ¢ okt sree coe HARVARD'S ORIENTAL SOCCER 8 14, and Mawuda, a wonderful little jap Maw A, although one af the ne of ne unt Haim Fish and Hous = varsity will also for Harvard when the forem versity, Ca ton of lant jained on a black necessary to line up two teams on the fletd before any def. nite understanding of the style uld be had. As shown Isat night. | the game would r Play than even thy more mass me Amert 4 consint two half. stands five and a full-back and the Huemen on each team stand five yards apart, with a neutral zone | id | {two yards. A good « up enough we kill belt the 1 coach we go formations team, one plained inet night a tou required to make but five ya downs, Higgins | ated ever, that the game would be glad to Masten to an gestions wh al con PLAYED BILLIARDS. FOR 43 HOURS STRAIGHT When, five years ago, two young Frenchmen played 4 ho bf jiard matoh, during whtch neither wood be absent from the ne tbe Ae & Bren winner, wh pounds und th “01 ters car The feat is certainly a noteworth but it by no menns equa vat of John Roberts, Sr. the father f the present John Roberts. ty Roberts’ Billiard Life,” which has just been published. the story ie told hat he once agreed to play an ama ar till one of them stopped volun rily or through exhaustion. The nditions were that Réberts wan to give his oppdnent 60 pointe start in 100, mark the game, hand the rest take the balla out of the por beta, | game and spot the red, The stakes were or gave in first wa forfeit 25 pounds and all claim to anything he might have won. For 48 consecutive hours they played under these conditions, and then the arnatour, tn making @ stroke, foll fainting on his face. THE STAR-—TUBSDAY, JANUARY 11, teeeeeeee o Sot PROSE TT Senet tts Serene t THE Hook Worm ar WORK, IM Tye J Jeffries ~woupies al tie | Were drawn baitios time Jeffries was gaining 20 and Bob Armatrong in 10 rounda of argument [ries and Fitzsimmons were pion for two your In tage = deat was being |!*9. for the heavyweight champion. was when he fought Rob Armatrong on Auguat 6 in New York. Fite was better known and the bulk was placed on the champion. Jeffries. Fitastmmons sweepstakes Madison Square Garden in the near Pat mays that he will not be sured for $1,000. an will be Interesting re the Americans who we 3 known to exist are parce the difte France 2 che | many 6. England 6, Austria 6 Bel- ye write their the embroidering war 4 ) to this country by his order 6 | ftaly 2 Spain 2, and Russia 1 Welsh, who hie start in P ‘BALL MANAGERS’ BLES ARE the average fan thinks the | joe of the manager are confined forte in the phyalc nat Harvard, is « speed | day he must visit the club's of Hittle things that demand his attention dentally baseball is the | of conversation fr arrival to bin departure much he would Mike to shake off the troubles and cares of the po seemed certain that it | cuns poratble trades, pie authorize the asters to the f many your behind the line of scrimmage | t the material me if he lets SCHEME TO WORK BIG LEAGUE ME SACRAMEN “Marvelous Marvin” Now a Detective » $1,000 @ year neratulated tor is the fight game, line of business: » adventures of “Young Sleuth” may help make btm Just as good @ deteativ Le * * PHOENIX CLUB SMOKER PROMISES GOOD SPORT. © firet smoker of the newly organized Phoentx Ath lotic club, which will be held at Areade hall Thursday night, promises excellent sport for the fight fans, The manage ment of the new club has lined 1p an exeellent card of boxing eventa, and all the bouts well balanced Yesterday the club matched Jimmie Wmery and Dave Clark for the wind-up, Bott are clever, hard-hitting welter weights The ciher teatures on the dare: Frank Westerme Howard Ladd, heavyweights w Vetro and Johnnie ary, Clyweights; Will Rob and Joe Castro, middle hts; Con Weiffenbach and Brown, Hghtwelght faot that the smoker will be held in the heart of the elty should bring out a large attendance The Phoentx club ts a new reanization, but It promisen t be a strong contender with the other athletic clubs that are in the boxing game in and around Se A me staged the latter part month. * RESTATE Le SAM LANGFORD 10 Jeff Has a Unique Job—He Must Regain Title That He Never Lost. drew a big, but not a record breaking crowd, Bob started in w his ueual whirlwind »pe t t the 11th round Jeffries got in the 4d and ch tice, but 1 was m apparent t he had met his conqueror, In champion. Failed to R in. Fitzsimmons tried to regain the erown at Ban Franct ly 26, 1902, but this time he | 1 only elght rounds After fighting Tom Sharkey | Griffin, Corbett, Finnegan, Mun roe and a few others, Jeffries re ti 1906 and pi held for five years to Marvin Hart who had Just def to Wi California farm in esonted the title he had ed Jack Root he SPORTS CORNER Nahtweigtht champlonship of Eng in land by virtue of his vietory over Johnny Summers The belt ts in- | Welsh will take it| 8nd stop it if It develops into a prize fight.” with him on his tour of Walea,! ot j here he was born j at cannot pay it can ie the way Powers ls re ported to have put tt Brent Hayes, an actor, sew in this country, will next summer try to awimn the has alread: to attempt several records for endurance swim- ning ehannel. Hayes ¥ made many preparations the feat He has made The number of aeroplanes that are nt nations as follows United States 17, Ger Japan 3, Switzerland 2%. | combine haa given up all he |THE POINT OF VIEW eeeeeee SeteeeeeeEEEReEEE EERE EE EEE EE * | when the Northwestern magnates sincerely believed that MeCradig | being Jobbe t f the #/the Coast League directors had turned down McCredie’s @ | secession and a fight to the finish for his rights. Then, when he | pried « nomt | hands of the Northwestern entirely. That put an end to negell no desire to fight for the territory the pr ning b | about even on the result. Both towns are hammering at the both are ready to provide @ suitable park and a substantial that the » Helena and Butte will have representatives at the league blow that brought him the title of }4n elght-club league with the two Montana towns tu line, is still g bility. In that event, Walla Walla might be taken tn instead ofa Bellingham or Everett ‘ THAT SPRY GOVERNOR As matters stand today, the business men and many of the: citizens of Salt Lake are bi on account of the state laws and the anti-prize fight talk that Gow) has handed out from time to time, the Johnson-Jeffries plum is of reach. gem be on ac the good people of Utah are still biting and figuring some way ta the law and grab the big event. A day or so ago Salt Lake fans & bout between Sullivan and Collins as an entering wedge to open in the Mormon metropolis. Gov. Spry sent a fluttery message to | Glassman, saying that he understood that a horrid, rude prize to be pulled off and that such things could not be. To which | mayor replied & fan out of Mayor Glassman, if he doesn't happen to be one ali that wil] mean that he will unscrew the lid as much as he is able Lake City, for the general good of the game | WISH we had as much inside dope on our - I who write the sporting staff for the Prise to For instance, the Ban Franeiseo Examiner of with the statement that Bellingham has bee a chine by Prexident Lucas, and that that town w in the Northwestern circuit, The story referred t 1 The Northwestern League has formally to ring and the little tussle with the Const League b blood being spilled. Dire threats of ‘outlaw The announcement that th in Portland has been give franchise formerly he to Bellingham means tha m of getting bac with their Clasa B org malsstion, o © It's all according to the point of the line it's hard to formally tossed th w, of cour it at Chip eng figere just when and where the Northw sponge into the ring.” The talk vutlaw ball ead e deal. Wh out of & aqu n it was “nnouneed for a second club fn Portland, the Northwestern club owners Into line behind the Portland magnate, who threw out dark Sip r of concessions out of the Coasters, McCredie washal o far as this league ned, for unless McCredie wanted@) nd club in the Northwestern, the other members of the leugul™ Until the Northwestern L Uneup of the cireult for next r will not be definite deter nt time it looks as though Bellingham and Everett wel ck and neck in the race for the odd franchise, with the SES BLESS ReSSe2escete Bs2e484e5 ague directors meet here January i rnold, jon's schedule will be played through to a finish. ° They're having a lot of fun over In Utah with the prize fight ing their nails with disappointment Gov. Spry finds some new way to hedge almost every day, his & that “The Johnson-Jeffries fight will not be beid in Salti@ punt of the altitude. 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