The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 27, 1910, Page 2

THE STAR—THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1910, THE STAR’S S THE . }the or amount of the pures, $101,000, and this money has been for- | By Jack Curley. Ne dod to “Bie in and publicly. ecknowledged by him. {ft the fight | an attempt to tell the tangtod story of atx years of the | doosn’t o off in Utah, as agree principals will aplit the entire | in a fow paragraphs. The has come for home truths, | pur ithout Hftiag a glove, and you may t © the peoplenets Malt how much the truth hurt, but to crowd a uumber of | Lake are not tting up @ small fortune with gotting &..rup, for Niterto unpubl ytted space, | must forege all at | od facts into the & tempts at style an b JEFFRIES 18 SINCERE exraphic form write my no foundation f uy There con rumor “a out, from, New sander Sabweas osdaanne: eats " esterday to the effect t & split betwoen Tex Rickard ant ee tease y wight cal! off the JeffriesJohnson fight entirely, | For incority in retiring from the ring fon if Rickard and Gleason agreed to disagree over the selection of riginally, Tamim @ posttion t battle ground or other details, the promotion of the fight would still ree sempre Sh mcertmg NO be carried on by Rickard, who has up every cent of the forfeit midney and guarantee, and who figures with both fightors as the real Heiter." Tho $20,000 posted with “Big Thm” Bullivan, the stake title wix years ago It was with no thought of ever again fighting, but is Rickard’s Money, and tt was exprossly understood at the that now he t# to go back inte the Ider, | the articles werd algned that he was to have the choosing of game, his whole heart ix eet on win r Utah, Nevada or California. Disappointed tght town, in efth : “4 the nue and managers, and others who have a to grind with ning that title back, Jeff never made wiper Jett or the black man, have been consistently knocks the big money out of the ring or th wtage until fast year, and now, be cause he le dealing with buwiness men, and making the mont of his opportunities. a whole string of men with @rouches against him have or- | ganized the Kagokers’ olub Six youre agé at a small dinner given at the Sherman house in Chi cago, Jeff announced hts retir from the ring. | was present resenting the Inter-Ocean, and the of Was thore for the or four of Jetf's| nds completed the par just cloned the Davy | ” ‘at every opportunity, and Tt can brand this latest rumor of ete as false and on & par with the rest of the derogatory stories been cireulated HOW GLEASON WAS LET IN, Qleason was taken into the promotion proposition by Rickard at the request of Sam Berger, acting for Jeff, the understanding being that Rickard would got the fight If Gleason was h after, ‘There fa no doubt about Gleason being a valaable man & successful handler of big fights, and was to have entire char of the tual staging of e battle Rickard was to nanfe the place and put up all the mortoy Rickard decided to hold the fight at Salt Lake City, and there it witt be held. There ts no chance of Governor Spry preventing the mill for, while the Utah law absolutely prohibits prize fights, it permits limited round bexing contests, under which class the big fight comes. In fact, the anti-prize fight law of Utah is word for word the same Crock w, which was «a finan California law, an? wh possible in one state in powsible | iat failure, and he was thoroughly | sther. Ruainess men and bankers of Salt Lake have subscribed JACK CURLEY disgusted, He went back to his! : a THIS FAST YOUNGSTER MAY page gel ae RATTLE SOME OLD BONES | Tribune Thr intimate ty, He Rumor That Big Fellow Will Return East Without Visiting California Has San Francisco Sports All “Het Up” and Looking for the Senegambian in the | Hickory. (ty United Pres) the in a position to talk for him SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 self. Fight fans here begin to regard the Jeffries must remember also actions of James J. Jeffries with| that there are a number of fight suspicion today, following tn ns in this city who are sue-| formation that the former cham ious whether he wi pion may go east from Seattle Into the ring with the without making a visit to his home| avold San Franc therefore, state what is presumed to be the end What does it all meant” asks|of his tour would only add to thet & follower of the game 8 ons and give m the § Nobody knows and no one seems} that Jeff ts afraid to stan able to give the answer. bombardment of questioning th Color is added to the story be-| Will surely follow hts arrival | Ye the 9 2-5 second man tn Cause no steps have been taken Once {2 San Francisco he wo | He trainers at last din to bil the Jeffries athletic per | be < and foreed to decide | 4 sprinter capable of negotiat formance in San Francisco, and no| Where the fight would be held. He | classic bund ta : “4 one has been able to tell with any | Would also have to show to people — Ry ~hs . © Peat . NX c eeeemeaenel certainty whea Jeff would arrive| WhO are experts his rea) condition | 4070" oo ee ‘ | Cr whether he would come here| %* regards a bard fight tard a | _T. T, PENDLETON at all. If he does go east from) Chiefly because New York dis i a and ie} ————— te Seattic it means perhaps that, con-| Patches tell of a report that the | expected © Harr Lannigan and Poley are notitre trary to all of his reported plans, | /effriesJo fight will be de | Hutchens with the fooltaty The latter ba he wants to get some mor ay red off, anon is thinking of Three # in athletics, |turned out some t sprinters, money in the theatrical business ving this morning on the Shasta | declare ¢ . including Arthur ffy, Bernie Possibly, also, he has in mind the) Limited for Portland to have a talk | * om er Ww Billy and other calling off of fight and takes | With Jeff tomorrow night he ae a ee Saas os oY Peas this means of doing so. Jack Curley, out ahead of the Jof-| "psy" Lanalenn er of the View lean thes Gant * pert Whatever the plan involved, {ries show, denies that the former /ginia team, and B Foley, the |ere were so early in the game Jett will have lost the confidence | Champion will return East without | Georgetown track coach I cton will not be at hia beat ifornia Pendleton gave « hint of hie abil. | for another year. Me t# onty 18, and of California, and especially of San | Visiting ¢ Francisco people, if be fuils to = ped ts ~ ih . “ on omen inte pomsession of his Visit the center of the pugtliatic We work our way Weat and | einted the Pe pa ~4 full ‘po ywer he will have @ char o game, from which point he original-| north from here to Winnipeg and “ arash ode ly started in vaudeville not many |then jump to California,” sald Cur-| DOWNING. liu & Ne & RYRR. Ine. moters, Tex Rickard and Jack) cisco the goby, but as that road in| ‘ton | Gleason would be settled upon) out of commission, we will have to} ‘ey © Wires the arrival of Jeff, who would then|go via San Francisco.” Fats tame by te diret 5 om sre jquints defea bile ie diet di einai dete ete aed @ JEFFRIESGOTCH SHOW * WILL PLAY IN ARMORY. Months ago. It has been anticipat-|ley. “Our ortginal plan was to go tabiim od 1898) ed that the long drawn out con-| direct to Los Angeles on the Salt froversy between “the two pro|Lake railroad and. give, San Pran BROKERS ai > eave with aecon the Adelphi repre- | esterday, Lincoin has a ag enough to put Broad the running. A week ~ same Adetphi team tha beaten by the overwhelming score é yesterday took Broad the line. The second Lin oln toum had almost aw ¢ time with the Adetphi ning by @ score of 31 to & H nentatives team str | way ot Ee * *® CONGRESSMAN M’'CREDIE WILL FINANCE TEAM. ‘(Some b The Jeffries Gotch combina way a & don of all-star athletes, which Harry Frasce is sending throdgh the country, will play tm Seattle next Tuesday night, February 1. The armory has been secured for the show, the deal for the big buflding being closed late last night By securing the armory, the firet step toward the suecess * * * Judge McCredie bas sent # out an interview from Wash @ ington, D. C., putting himeelf & * * * * on record as favoring a Port land Northwestern league team, and promising his sup port. When Aberdeen was , , dropped from the Northweat Se afore ee ee ane ern, the news came a3 AN UD ®i teams on Friday and Saturday pleasant surprise to Congress epectively:; Tim and Grove man McCredie, who has many The following mem Broadway basketball squad 1 Dick Seym warda of the performance in Seattle strong political friends there and Rock, forwards yw that Manager Rowland nd Cowley, center, and the line lack of seating capac of the Black Cats and Walter forward or guard ity bas been the principal McCredie have per | aol 1 hindrance A ring will be mission from the Coast league #! ding to, the members, the erceted in the canter of the Ball, so that everyone in the building who has a seat, will be able to hear and see well The Jeffries show will be team af the Broadway high the joke that th ate have one believe The “y that they are turning out in and the resulta of their © seen when the to play the Northweate Portland, W will get tog #00R a8 pos western direc * * os in *® McCredie * a team as & ft the North. # » the am @ * - ~ + 7 * * * * price and acquired a ten here only one night, working surance that fe will SPSS EEE EEE ESE EEE EER EES * * * * . * * * * * * * * * * ~ has been made, for all along * ok * - * * * . * * * * * * * * * * * KSEE EED SEER EERE ee west and north from here to put in a strong team, they will # | fr ie dal noha 2 tet Winnipeg and then jumping probably vote both Portland ty back to California. The bi and Aberdeen back into the The profess ever fellow was s0 anxious to cover league, and the circuit will be ight that ¢ 1 usually the whole country on this t ame as last er, thus ne up ae abort trip that he expressly stipu Pt ng the basebail problem mag “ge for lated one night stands in bis for another season, at any wACes Py re. Lewis tet | * rate Jalbraith, R rig jand. * | guards, and Gault, center \dh.dindindn died dindindindindindindind sdndndhdndndndndndadndndndnded| «-* >i i Alth * t ys do manage t | mt # up considerably SUMMERS-UNHOLZ luring th, nertmmager yo the olde 4 for three y Nebraska ty watnet Dick nccording |English Lightweight Much) spectators, ‘the husky un orgrad JIMMY CLARK IS BASEBALL LEADER 711. 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M : ee Another Match. for V na Rarig jor Ne M ons, Su : ts Craventts and Overcoals Men’ 's Pan ts Furnishings Half Pr ’ : the ams, ond the Us ‘i i “Spt $8; 45 ee One and D eu, $1, 65 All $1.50 Dress Shirts Men’s $2.50 and # GEL CLOTHING. 0, In Opposite Hotel Northern Near Corner Washington St. 20RT PAGE EDITED BY LAURENCE REDINGTON, ranch, and wouldn't even talk fight with his closest friend | und when the offer first came n't believe Marvin. Hart. in mt tely incorrect, for while Jeff did declare | Then, when Jeff returned fro . 4 and of Hart the elgtt champion, he did so in his capacity of referee) cle » fight he showe ° ivy be soy te fay, of the Hart-Root (ght, the pair betng atched for the champlonship| hb 1 H. Pragee ® star hin om ‘contre because they were*the Uk t heavies In the game at that time, Hart J @ demanded and re od. « straight apa id have on char mn after that fight, Jeff r no Jeftri oant to that paid by Morris, ar tale f ~. COULON’T BE TEMPTED BACK, Sir as ecatemeee OF ante Ghee a ame, to aaa ’ r that fight T managed Marvin Hart, and he f t| He has been averaging abort $4 Burns for the title te ” Angeles, Tom McCarey, Billy De-| ' ie ar the © countr 7 bis old manager 1 offered Jeff $1,000 to win ® statement ‘ that he would conuider ering the ring and moeting the | KNOCKING THE KNOCKERS, ot r. Jeff absolutely refune ian this paper, although the agree- | BA ig EES EROS : ‘ tov wun e which he might easily have slipped out and which w PEN tel Doe tis cab on ee sr Pa ne to boost the kof the Hart-Burns fight In fact Sian te Take Sheets ccedakomes Tabak are prominent enough iy ao nore mt thy aa him about getting ‘back into gg A valid ie iuoted, and to #way that ket lied tim, and refused| | rtain exter watt ~ 79 2 . , div Coffroth said right on Broad» to o pear the f the fight, that being the one and | w see: right Se, Bioetwey to! An mily big fight while living near Los Angeles any one whe aa Jott fe ecnuse the latter wanted him to lehtels e caetinlag Cased ie accept the $40,000 " jwres at Rhyolfte, if the A whos rr me and know ing tralian had benten Bi wouldn't listen to Delaney, and ith Jett and get into his camp, pe old-time friends haven't spoken since ewe at over to the Ta All this should prove Jeff'a sincerity in retiring six years age inoe his ntion of never again fighting tf t ff has gh . When Johnson beat Bu in Australia, it wan Jt Coftrot! b " ddlowetghe ¢ encouraged Jeff to may that if he could me back” he wow forgiven Sede go and win the title back to the white race. From that time unt "hoomte ie fight bide wore opened last December Coffroth believed that he Jeff, and that the big fellow could only (ight under his prom 4a man to tol the Coffroth was disillusioned, and now he's pre nt of the Knock «ht right hie Wc ati MADE $53,000 IN 21 WEEKS G wel je knows (hing about faim! " ont m the wt = William Morris paid Jeffries $63,000 for a 21-woe ) Sharkey, and ¢ se gagemont. This was the firet big money Jeff ever i 1 Chat pring Coffroth’s t the “bear ~ DON'T PREVENT THE ey Fee Ed ees | PITCHER FROM BATTING ~~ 0 ider . few wint y r it in that athiet “ be a t by th ab artiote would Niag guy t just v res » t by y chance, ffensive play of a cb t at th the rest of that # nin ith him. | never ere ther similar ex prt, s ' r { thin nature are all you | od had , ¢ } Take There te hardly t yo The *, there are mighty few real « it Ts among the twirlers, but | ro © e ma » time the rest of us want | Burkett ar aut they : been fi t ances there are to ¥a Sale Goes Are you going to miss this¢ get a good SUIT, COAT orapat TROUSERS at half price, wham know the prices we cut im already 25 per cent below tho other store? 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