The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 16, 1910, Page 2

IT HAPPENED, IT’S HERE IT’S HERE, IT HAPPENED A CLOSE DECIS Two Out of Three Morning Papers Give Fight to San Franciscan, While Third Favors Memsic—Fight Fast in Every Round. (Ry United Pree) » hibition, and the fight fans are LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 16.-—By |inxious to see the boys come to Virtue of a two to one “newspaper | gether again. decision,” Lew Powell of San Fran Opinion today is somewhat. di tlsco ts being hailed today as the wonqueror of George Memstc. Two Morning papere declared Powell the te a third gave the palm following their 10-round vided, one group of fight fans claim tng that Memsic had 4 shade, whi another par tw certain that Powell should have been awarded the fight engagement at Naud Junetion last | firth, when Memsaic sent him to the night. jfloor im agony with a blow that othwithstanding his defeat,|looked to be fow, and that, in any Memsto showed by his gritty battle |event, the San Francisco iad out that he is getting back to his old |pointed Memate th: xhout the fight time form, and his backers, far from Lew will remain here for several being discouraged, express the opin- | days until he rv rs from a ¢ fon that the little serapper will yet |orated optic, He te pleased with his Peach the top of the pile lehowing Inet night. Powel! won on points only. Mem- | nounced his intention wic showed that he w @ superior | the win of the when { came to infighting and a Gresstvenese Pa ET: AEONGTON'S COLUMN ASEBALL bugs are convalescent these days, for with spring practice games only six weeks off, and con tracts coming in by every mall, there's plenty to talk about at the fanning bees, The price of hen fruit may soar skyward, and beef steak may become a luxury for winning days only; but thank goodness fan food is getting cheaper and more plentiful all the time. ‘d So far Seattle partisans have heard nothing but good news concerning Dugda! 1910 pennant chas ers, and the chances are that we will start the sea son with a team that will be in the race from the \ “= first Jump. The only bit of base bal! gosaip that in at - 7 ~~'¥" all disconcerting, is the report that Roy Atken may @@ into business in Texas, and give base ball the goby. In which ‘case Dug will have to find someone else to cover the third corner @eo That there has been a great falling off in base running in recent Years has been generally conceded, but this has not been brought ‘about by a lack of speed on the part of the players, but by reason of the change in the playing of the game. Efforts to pilfer without the aid of the batsman are rather infre ‘quent these days. If the man on first is not moved up with a sac Fiflee, the hitand-run game is played, which ninety times out of a hundred prevents the catcher from getting bis hands on the bal! to make a throw Base running has always been one of the most enjoyable fea- tures of the game, but the we has changed, and only ia rare in- Stances ts it encouraged, because the manager of a team wants to win, and he is forced to play the game as do his rivals, so as not to be ata disadvantage. fight tn San Franct It was @ splendid ex- | Birthday a °oo°o Jimmy Britt has thought out a good one to Jand the coin, and must be credited with a “win over “Kpnocker John L.,” “Phil Jack” O'Bri- en, Jim Jeffries, foxy Jim Corbett and the rest of the actor-pug brigade my blew into Gay Prairie a few days ago, from Australia, with a knock for the boost consented to write me a one-act play, of course, to be a prize fighter. I it as a sketch in the music hails,” Britt was an amateur actor before he took fighting, and the Conan Doyle sketch him an opportunity both to box and “There is nothing doing for fighters in Au- etralia,” continued James Fdward “They have some good men, but in the few places: where prize fighting is permitted, a purse of $1,000 looks bigger to them than « cathedral Bo far as 1 can see nothing will take me into the ring again.” Jimmie {4 never asleep at the ewitch when there is = chance to rake in the dollars, and his last dramatic scheme is in xeeping with the rest of bis business ventur The publte fs a little tired of listening to the original ef. forts of actor-pugs, but « real drama of the ring, with a real live fi to play the lead, should take from the start JIMMY BRITT. °° ° The latest from “Memoryville well into the summer This clinches the contention th * that they may race there until hat oral betting is a success and im roves the chances for a 1 4 Meadows this summer. Seattle ripe for the bangtails, and if tt come the game should be good. A CLEAN RECORD bmerved, and he never has IS NEGRO PUG'S “tivcit Boney wae oneal 24” man tn the jouth ter PORTLAND CLUB TO TRAIN SOUTH (By United Preas.) PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 16.—The Portiand lub of 1910 will rt at Santa Maria, Cal. r a7, f practi Orders te rtland spring his effect have y Manager MoCredie quad, consisting of Captain Perle Howard irk and tland ning camp m at the Buday reach the Arr Se Garre: bruster Frank ‘I 5 vext night for the t i h will form 1919 Portiand te traln ni grounds Chartoy Har “an and Ryan ate amp as quickly which will by the addit Albert EB. Krapp who ar x Georg rt to Portland before California ANO r ne tor FOR RENT Kohler & Chase, 1318 Beeond Ay, Tel, Main 1032. Ind, 1092. “HOCK BONES. MBEMPHIA, T nix champion ’ Peb, 1 t Jack J he i Young ‘ H DOWNING, MOPKINS & BYE, Ino. Bones,” ai Matar a 1808) It's the same title “K han ee Sa BROKERS And right now “H I looks more Ike a ct oviaions. alther “KI ndike’ or J ; dink ntene wolters hore, where Alaska idg equally | a foul in the! ater | OINGS OF A DAY IN ‘went! al yp eOCSCSCOCe — ° i$ : 3 i$ 3 eereee POeSeSeoeeroooe Tom MeCarey, the Los Angeles) boxing promoter, wore an anxious took, Persptration beaded his fore head. A growing buer of anger was rising from thousands of men who had paid some very fancy prices to} see Jack O'Brien and Tommy Burna “Ge back and see if you can get mmy to ¢ whispered ey to @ newspaper man. “It an't hurry up there'll be some Tr M he ¢ thing to pay here pretty soon.” / Right then and there arome the suspicion that all wes not right with | the muchty heralded affair billed as the world’s champlonshtp / Tommy was found lying sullen on his rubbing board in the little wood em apace used by him as a dressing room. | ‘Come, Tommy, wha the mat- t was prodded at the Canuck. Barns looked black “Ti come out when I get (darned will sult) good and ready, and not before. I'm going to run things to night.” This cheerful answer was the last heard of Burne for about the next 15 minutes, when he prowled down to the ring clad im that old gray dressing gown which he wore for many a fight, | Jack O'Brien did hot vee one of the regular dressing rooms that | TRANSPACIFIC out me Frege) >. Feb. 1&—Ar- rangements for a transpactfic yacht face, to be held between some port on the Pacific coast and Honolulu jare under way here today Thomas W. Hebron, a former member of the Hawai Yacht club of Honolulu, who te here, has been requested by the island organigation to undertake the work of securing entri Every yacht club the Puettic const will be invited to enter Its fast- lest pleawure crafts. | It has not been decided yet where | the race will start, but it ts believed | that the yachts will set satl from San Francisco, although the Hawal- lan people are believed to be under certain obligations to have the race start from Han Pedro. It te probable that the minimum f 40 tent in length will be lowered 15 of 20 feet to permit yachts of | |amaiier dimensions to enter the con | teat | VARSITY BASEBALL. PROSPECTS (hy United Press) | WASHING IVERSITY OF Tm Feb. 14.-—Pollowtng a call by | |Captain Jimmy Clark for catchers | }in an urgent request for all catching | material in the university, whether sid or new, to report immediately at the gymnasium. There will be lit jtle use for pitchers turn owt if there are no backstops to recelve them. It has been decided to hold all practice indoors until March 1 Dode” Brinker said that to his knowledge all the baseball men will be hore next semester. He says the material is od, and the chances for s fant m are strengthened with the registration of Hemenway and MeGuire of Linooin high The North Ague season Doe wil opens ¢ reity until the season's er, while acting in this capacity, he will pitch each Sunday for Vancouver, to which city he wars | transfer when Hob Brown, for: |morly manager of the Spokane club, |took hold of the northern city fran thine PITCHER BROWN IS ANXIOUS TO FLY (By United Pr | | | CHICAGO, Feb. 16. Fin gered Brown, ‘aviator,’ | That's the way baseball fane will | read it if the dreams of the star pitcher of the Chicago Cubs come | Incidentally, the desire to sit in| |the Hall of Fame beside Wright brothers, Curtis, Bierlot and f | han, ta the real re n why Brown War to the Teeth mbine and 1 when 1 Combi Ds * Bthice i to charge high prices without Antes My ethice ‘Int | } } | EDWIN J KOWN, TH Wiewt Ay t Block, Detwae jumbia and Cherry Sts | Nn avenings up and Sundays [until 6 tor people who work POPS OSOSCS ESOS RACE 10 HONOLUL THary oe, ATroRNE yy WH? HBOtH On PREM Geer" ce THE CROSSING OF JACK O'BRIEN BY ED MORIARTY. He finally arrived at thd pa- | night villon and changed clothes in the rear of the box office. “Mid hoote and jeers the Philadel- phian made his way through an aisle to the ring. He danced between the ropes and gaily walked to his cor ner. A very short walt and Referee Chartte Eyton made for the ring The men had donned their gloves without wasting time. Burns sat watehing the situation tke a hawk } When he saw Byton pear he «lid | beneath the ropes and rested one} glove on the foort of the ring. | With a quick glance at the men, / Eyton rushed to the center, and, | motioning his hand for atience, called j “Gentiemen, for good and suffi- | cient reasons I have been ordered to call all bets off With his last toned to “Pat Al.” the timekeeper, who clanged the bell. Burne aprang back through the ropes and made for O'Brien. The Philadeiphian aimest | sipped from bis chair as he heard Ryton call off the bets. Me wns stil! | sitting with his jaws apart as Burns | "wn Upon him | on, you taking ———~ 7 you've got to fight tonight, tered Burne ‘Ge on, Jack; I think you can get | him, anyway,” whispered Billy No lan, whe sat behind O'Brien Like « hound O'Brien dashed trom | YACHT word By mo- mut | | | U | | NOS has not yet signed a contract ‘with | the Chicago Cubs for next seasod, | according to private advices wom | Brown's Indiana home. | Brown has struck for a big rela “and he expects to get It, bit he | siso objects strenuously to tharnew | major league contracts, andy han given it out that he will not, w tach Me signature to one. if President Murphy of the Cube does not agree to Brown's terms, thw three-fingered twirler expects tb kp into the aeroplane business right away “It's about time I wae getting into some kind of « business,” sa Brown, “and the air ga ks good | to me T think there ts a great fu ture in the sport, and that, later on, it will become more than a pastime.” Qn January 14th One E WORLD OF “EDITED BY LAURENCE REDINGTON— _ Se ee ae eT . The Discovery of the North Pole No. 70012—12-inch Purple Label Record New Jersey blizzard, which probably THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1910,| See ee eee re SeSeSeoeeree } | hie corner. There are many who be- lieve to this day that O'Brien's first | thought wae to Jump over the cords Burns turned and looked at him as the Quaker madly skirted ropes 1th lowered arms end a look of egntempt on bie face, Bur ginnced at the house and pointed his glove at O'Brien, | Beareely once did O'Brien let | Burne get near him. That once brought bright red from the sore hos, which Burne had Mattened in the first battle. a few monthe before. It was « dingraceful exhibition. Jack O'Brien had been double creased by Tommy Burns and Tom MeCarey. Rather thnn dear the die grace of a knockout he ran sway from the Canwok for 20 rounds, to the tune of the Jeering throng. Jim Jeffries called the first 20 round battle a draw after Burns had all but murdered O'Erien. Derpite the bad decision, O'Brien knew in his] heart that he wae no mateh for| Burns, He approached him with a proposition { Burns take the money and himesif win the flight Burne sald he would talk it ower with MeCarey. MeCarey and Burns | agreed that they would consent, and | then ble cro O Brtea. O'Brien, shrewd as he them outwit him. People who paid their good money for seats witnessed the greatest Mar athon race In the history of the ring tet | JEFF MAY TRAIN AT AUBURN, CAL. (By Untied Pree) AUBURN, (al, Feb. 16.—Fol lowing the purchase of a 20. acre ranch near this city by Charles Jeffries, brother of the former champion, i ta rumored here today that Jim will train here for his battle with Jack J) Johnaon on July 4 ‘The little ranch is ideally lo. cated for a training camp. It lies on the Bowman road, near the eclty limits, and the excel lent roade in every direction would give the bdollermaker sufficient opportunity for road work Ainniey Ketchel wil! box Frank Klaus at Pittsburg March 11 | Great American ——t will be held tn Chicago June 21 shoot 4 during a typical The dollar appeared to him like a midsummer’s Vietor brings day, Commander Robert E. Peary came te to Camden and made the above record the Poie. AND HEAR T Pacific Coant Din of VICTOR Ta Machines. describing the conquest of the North VISIT OUR VICTOR PARLORS American Cafe HIS RECORD Pacific Const Denter Steinway and Othe Pinnos aad Pinyer Fourth and Pike, on the Boulevard. THE WAY TO WIN A MAN In to please his palate—a bit of philosophy long ago, as many & pleased patron of this will It's not only: what we cook and serve in we learned restaurant prove the way of soups, fish, meats and desserts, but the way we cook and serve, We ask your patronage, Music Every Evening from 6:80 to 12:80, Including Sunday. SPORT = THE MILLION DOLLAR SCRAP. BY JOHN O'KEEFE. "Oh, father,” said young curlyhead, “what labor should I do The world to own when I have grown to be @ man like you? And dad replied, with 6 wink aside, “You most ambitious chap, Just lend your brain aad brawn to gain a Million Dollar Scrap. ‘To take a punch for price of lunch would show you cheap of taste. Bo purse that clubs disburse, your time you'd only waste Don't ha ¥ hat in slow Manhat. but search the nation's map And stick a pin where you can win « Million Dollar Berap.” My! But the game has changed ite aim atnoe, for a dollar charge, Men saw big Flood drop in his blood upon a@ river barge. His purse, { think. would buy one drink for Broadway Mps to lap. He'd faint, tndeed, the phrase to read, “A Million Dollar Berap.” Hyers and Heenan, Sayers, Mace, you ghosts of fighters dead, And you, old Jawn of Boston brawn, whose fleeting tame has fied, Sad are you kings of early rings to know by birth’s mishap It was your fate to antedate the Million Dollar Ber A million! It would go a bit toward managing this gov, Ten thousand pair of sweethearts fair “twould start in wedded love Why. with those cents Hague's conference could dish out peace’s pap; But who feels pride in pence beside «a Million Doliar Bcrap? One thousand in @ jolt to chin; five thousand in a jab Ten thousand for one stroke of war that stops a victim's gab. Arithmetic has got It slick, the figures are on tap, And for such dough man will “throw” « Million Dollar Serap. “Ro, son,” replies that father wise, “don't copy John D. Don't be a mere cheap financier of J. P. Morgan stock Rothechiid? Pooh-pooh! 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Friene, formerly of Banta | Coach Longman has been retained Clare college, has been decided in |“* Notre Dame football trainer. favor of the Philadelphia Athletics. | ae While Friene was twirling for Santa Bill Bradley will start his training Clara lngt year he pitched a phe- [at Hot Springs For Tomorrow Solid Oak Dresser aces Quarter sawed, finished gold- en, swelled front; a very well-made Dresser, 20x40- Inch case, a heavy French plate mirror, size 24x30 Inch es; considered a splendid vai we at $21.50. 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