The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 19, 1910, Page 2

£HE STAR-—SATURDAY, F BRUARY 19, 1910, THE STAR’S SPORT PAGE EDITED BY LAURENCE REDIN .. tbroke out in the early part of; American and Baglish papers, and| By Laurence Redington 13908 was then brewing My as-| was well posted on ring news, The The history Of! signment was a roving one, and I) quarantine station consisted of a the price ring 18/ decided to nd a few weeks In handful of ramshackle buildings filled with stortes! Cuba and Jamaioa on a still hunt/on a e@mall island near the en of queer fights, for Sunday magasine features, en tran f the harbor, and one of pulled off In out|route to the Haytian capital, these shacks Smith had fitted up of-the-way places! Therefore | Jumped at the invita jas 4 gymnasium, He was one of under utusual! tion of a friend to visit him at bie the few adopted sons of the South {model of a man, Both men weigh | would pull down about $200 ed within a pound or so of 158, no} throw at the Joff-Jack affair we gravely announced the fight-| “Well, the audience ia all here, to curselvem—-aa the “middleweight | why don't you get in and get them championship of the Woat Indies.” | started?” I asked Simith We pitehed an L&foot ring at the ‘Oh, but I say, my dear fellow extreme end of the low landing | lid ver do for me to re . pler, Inying a sat! for the floor-| you know, That's your part of the ing. It was understood between | show,” said Smith, lighting a fresh 1d no mbatake, Hut after the ¢ began to tire fj eomed an stron feet, although thie ‘i Ml KembIAnee Of ating rma ha twenty fifth cloned jee vadly distronsed to the core, 4 ae) cireum stances, | place near Mariel, Cu some 40 who proved himself supertor to the fighters that they were to mill cigar and settling back comfort ~ 1 hadn't bette but it was my/ miles from Havana climatte conditions by developing to a finish for $10 In gold and «| ably in his che a bit ot ity fe luck to be one of A Transplanted Fan & respectable amount of energy, quart Thermos bottle, two of which What!" I yelled, “Not ov your om gOS It” he the seven specta The little village of Mariel,/and he worked off some of it by I had brought down from the /life, | won't stir out of thi4 chair 06 rine Co RtOp ‘emg The twenty-sixth =A nd for both, and the bh saw the thee coon rushed hig Lott Mi at the end of him with @ to the polnt, 6 lege gave | nrough the ropes Lag be a | th resounding " Before any of tg hand Pedro wag ° wolf poled on the ‘ oh of his black i ot eae and all, Pedio w strokes to the ere we States. Thermos bottles were abut I'll keep Ume and bang the real novelty in Cuba at that time,| ship's bell if you want.” and mine made such a vast impres But Smith was inex le, He sion on the members of Smith's | explain very quietly and calmly station that Tf chipped in my that as he had 44 both men, one to fatten the pot, Columbus! and as they were both fm bis em with his eclipse trick created no/ ploy, he was barred from making greater impression on the Indians | a decision And what's more, he than I did with the “fire bottle’ | m his arguments stick and sent that was cold to the touch but kept! me through the ropes to do manual the coffee botling bot for a day labor in (he @leziing aun, while he The Referee Question, |and the reat of the loafers tolled in When ring time arrived Smith,| cane chairs and guyed me. my host, the principals, the four other members of the quarantine Oh, Splash! tors at what I! populated for the moat part by | teaching hiv native assistants and firmly believe | fisher fc is as picturesque % servants to box, He had been re} was the oddest! spot as ta to be found on the em /markably successful with several! battle that ever! tire Cuban coast, but life there is/of bis puptla, and he confided to took place in a/rather of a monotonous round. ua that he had mn walting for roped arena! Sailing on the bay, swimming im some time for a rultable opportum Twenty-seven fuel side a shark-pr stockade and ity to match his two stars, a rious rounds in! killing boa constrictor im the hen /native Cuban and a big negro, in the fast - fading house exhausted the sporting poe a real fight Hight of a Jawu-| sibilities of the place, ahd I joy On the Quiet ary afternc in} fully welcomed the tnvitat of} ‘The go was scheduled for 9:20 the tropics, be-}an expatriated Englishman to| Sunday afternoon, and Smith de tween a native/asaist at a price fight which he cided to make It a strictly private Cuban and a) proposed to stage in our honor as he had an uncomfort black man, fight! He was a lonely fellow, this that the litgher-ups af ing like fiends| Englishman, holding the job of might, think pug station staff, and 1, all trooped But that fight was worth any Lior a purse of $10 and a quart) quarantine officer unde the |Hatle promotion beneath the dig down to the dock. The fighters|amount of work. Instead of a Thermos bottle, with a knoc Cuban government and having | nity of a Cuban officer | avemed to look on the whole pro-| couple of raw amateurs | found clean through the ropes Into the/ charge of the almost deserted| Sunday morning my friend and — dings ae a huge joke, but Smith | that I was working with two clever . . pming on fast this week,| was as serious as o judge. As the | boxers waters of the bay, and the victor! station at Martel. England hadn’t|! sailed across the bay to quaran-| “He's who, while not exactly|entered thelr minds, They broke playing the role of first ald to the! seon him for years, but he still|tine, for it was arranged that we! and I believe he'll give Manuel ali | ring just fitted the dock, the fight: | finished fighters, knew a lot about|at the word and gave me very winner, and y drowning, were the main features! talked of “home,” and tried to/should breakfast with Smith and/the fight he can stand.” ers had to take adjoining instead | the game. They were aa evenly | little trouble. took up a ‘Jo eo of this singular bout. Here's the) stock his island station with help him complete arrangements Pedro flashed a smile that com- | of opposite corners, while the rest! matched as it is possible for two! *, ten, fifteen, twenty urne ‘and pei story, botled down to a recital of | thoroughbred bulldogs for the big event, When we ran| pared favorably with Jack John-|of us lolled in eaay chaira between |men to be, and both were in su: | w boxed with hardly a shade in as well as the = actual facts. The Englishman—his name was|our boat alongside the little pler| son's golden artic as he | the corners, on the land side of the | perb shape, bul both were tappers,| favor of either man But | know in During the winter of 1907 I held/ plain Frank Smith, by the way-— jour host and a wiry looking coon | understood no the com rin Behind us was « table loaded | neither having a real K. O. kick in| I say, you know. But this is the) Manuel « ~ oe a commission from a New York! was a fight fan of the first water,|/were on hand to help us make! pliment passed over his head with cold drinks and long cigars,/him. Smith's constant talk of|real thing,” Smith ke sion daily to investigate and write up/and although he hadn't seen a/| fas | Manuel, the other princtpal,/and as we all had front row seats|“sportamanship” and “fair play” |at frequent — intery conditions in Hayti, the black re-|real scrap for yeara he devoured! “That's Pedro,” said Stmith,| proved to be a hospital orderly, | big sun hats were in no one's way. | had been so drilled into them that|shaken out of his public, where the revolution that|the sporting columns of the|pointing to his ebony assistant.;and he certainly was a beautiful| Some comfort, that. Those seats) the thought of foul tactics never |calm. And it was the confeasion. dl ficlal duties, and the Ga as Sever ie: comnted ORAL BETTING MAES ee ay = =) toh RACING HEA POSIBLE] (aq) 9 ee ae ve fee poe New System a Success on California and New York ae) SY ) Hy HSA Tracks, and Could Be Worked in This State—How Layers Operate—Racing Notes, ve a BY REFUGEE. : ‘The fact that the California Jockey ciub gon at Emeryville for 49 days proved aimont eymtem of betting, as conducted at Oak! te expected that under this system th be-almost as brilliant as former sean with open betting, It took race-goers some time « Come accustomed to the new conditions, but when ¢ did tendance incfeased tremendously, and at present as large crowd the races as in former seasons, and the oral mountains for a bunt andy net handiing se many small wagers, are hand! = eee" | VARSITY CREW MEN LIVE —3,.7...77"""'t": JEFFS STAMINA ces al | © fact that the aystem Was @ success at Oakland, and that * “BUGS” RAYMOND TO GET # co to Mazatlan, viously K was s big success over the New York tracks, argues well for | BONUS ON WATER WAGON & WAS BEST ASSET °0:: w:ict jin its suceess anywhere, and, no doubt, if the powers’ that be decided to | | o jon another son's racing at The Meadows next summer, the betting : | “Buss” (Arthur) Raymon bandied in the same manner as as ft ls at Oukland, and with fully hos planed camideck citek a o last about two Qs great success. for the New York Giente during ere It not for the wonderful, shiftiest heavyweight of his day,| that he expects the cntning concen stamina Jim Jeffries posse he | but had outboxed him, a record of | ground will Rave Mem) Jetiries and bie party wit here probably om Monday, 4 lirectly to Los Angela” straightening owt hin southern clty be will be . ing season ne WHAT UTTRKE th HOSTER EAL OF DY, O10 THE CANT MNO MAKE On Ths cxeere? — c2erxran when racing was Pererrerr rere errr rer rete r eS. How They Do It. yverplayed themselves and were un~|_ UNIVERSITY WASHING. |The whole bunch tn one big it stipulates that if he w| Would probably never save been | "ich Jeffries has ever been proud. | his training quanta The manner tn which the bookies |“ 10 pay their losses, and had to TOM, Pet. 1--Biamaed te. the olf |e TE oe and ub ohh te aaeases | climbed upon the water wagon ® | known to pugilistic circles out ot banzty te Seton nfo core ae To Berger bas lar tread tae wes ak to be given time to pay thelr litte maving etation at the foot of RAY te bed « > with th |% gn the dey that he started for # | California, for when the undefeated | Mg Borg ogi emt gr task of selecting as follows: The NEA Ceei uk Aid: antigen eak, in the expoaition | Praction takes an hour or two a} Marlin Springs, Tex. the train. # |champion first started | a wer alwaye kept him strang |C&MD.” 86 Selliae States have decided that an oral|,, However, ne the meating wont | grou Yar Sr rine day.” Siraightawny "peed wr [6 remsined Chourd reer he was really nothing mote |enough to Wear his man down. ‘That | matter @f-& Fefene, wager Ix no crime, provi that no | Siete ta Ghenp. ond te air if 1 getting @ t | work on « circle, sharp | are, wn than a punching bag for b ppo-| was Jeffries when he started; when record is made of the bet. The P al w n stroke and barge prac- ¢ mn rods and seneo game w: yed, he would re tents. None of the third and fourth | he od he w hed ¢ Berger to Select bookies in Callfornia stand at cer- |S08t® present time th | tice ls, barges and every |that's the program. i geive $1,200 in addition to the # raters whom Jeffries met in th Soe ot Waicea abe’ Cighter- | As soon as GHA Sal tain spots in the betting ring © 0 ee roe ad mar ker® ie (available craft is pressed into ser-jricty Is one of Conay’s ® figures gontained in the con early days found any trouble land why made | got together aad joe ed on thelt programa e aeermaan a ri 1 mg A ¢ powers the prices marked on thelr programs. |POOMten im California. wees to. be |! fternoon rew \the work is ring. and 4 the ameunt he was fined te fpr att bien Wee 4 knowledge of the | battle Berger y having a hard row to hoe. #0. It'e mighty rarely that a mofi- ey hit him when and where they |game prevent him from having | over for training they are more frequently i. tas Life the station ts utiber of the crew has to be fut Bo | with might and main, until|te sub himself to the puni | he & certain number of regular clients, ‘* [rst part of the me @ special del probability Habla what it ought to be. The crew sited by f ory, xhausted themselves hitting | ment bh. dies atk wrneies pease I « The plain gra did when he first star at and when one of these clients wishes | Were all winning reguby not, strictly speaking, in training | vigorous outdoor work and sleep dre | Re saith when he read the con. ® him. ‘lows seomed to have no ef: |to gain pugiliatic honors Jeft has Cons aa to wager on & race. he walks up to| Ty oe ia weeks t . but, nevertholess, the conditio: doing their work effectivelin 4 Th cago. fect, whether landed in the pit of Left te K. O. Mitt. will be selected. the layer and says, for instance, “Ten | enced to pick 4 going on in @ nate and the resulta are @ wooner this gets to New the stomach or on the point of. the In all his battles Jim Jett has [the big fellow will dollars on Happy Fanny ‘Tue | loeviober © L. ned fe te gradual way, The boys eat what of a ab by sooner | ¢ jaw. That mountain of brawn and{ianded the decisive blow with hie| ght work, i= mediate! Hh of J surprteen . ~ = th w , an « r left . jeg og rae + . A ne ag Mine i Pag a & timated that $100,000 would not |(M*Y want t ond i , diet ln by k Cattin “ Fg was provided with « just cent 4 fo advance ft hand. Jt is in the larboard ap- | assisted by Bob 4 four” (or whatever Happy Fanny's |COVer the losses of the “memory | eri,” The substantial odor of aotting rd v4 leo mm the envelope “In # |biow which gave, ie betta. thas eee a ag gs hee gan bab on f n pe o" during that ti a . flare getting « ‘ - 1 no eh « nt , ax the wallop nic has Pp a0 | fr amber happens to be on the re” during jbaked bean and the strengthening | tice, and Conny says they'll iw. aste” and “important. Took Them Ail many of Ma victions to alee. Un | orem Oo Corbett and perhapa ¢ effries. He just waded |have to « tale tend others will join bis for the privilege |to get sufficient force behind ic. | With him to theead« ther man could | make th think he was | Season. 4 under such puntshment. | kicked snly takes a Th ex-champion mn of the in always in around quarters, fe mty of time gram) and then calis off the citent’s | Some Big Losers. mame. Somewhere concealed in the| George Rose, the well known le crowd that always surrounds the |viathian bookmaker, came from bookie is « ticket writer who makes | Juarez and cut in at the bad the, | exo aes & record of the wager on a small tab land the first four days he opera the crew next |. Ducking or blocking were un-|like most fighters, Jeffries does m known to * $O40bbSEN SSE EEES EE EE ES there eee eee ee es ee starve later For there ~ eee nena ae [RANGERS-CELTICS im his pocket. Of cour this is | he et $12,000. The day Bit of RERREREMERE SERED iG however, the big fellow | short p ; " fast the law, but ft is almost im-|Fortune was backed down from 16 soc GA hat there + h monet ler to send to say, but relt peer to detect the operation, ae ito 1 to 3t By gic ; \SKET & NATIONAL LEAGUE VOT * CER ME : Seery thn MaenGhy indie clea el ee nd ed statement that be ls the ticket writer makes the record ‘ set 88 ; SUL ¢ 14-GAME SCHEDULE * om ‘ams 36 as eames See frange to say has ting back to his OM im the pocket of his overc and ° ‘The Rangers and Celtics will pro. whi thers taught h : ase8 will whip Johnson, Gees were he arrested and the © pachey . The ‘Tincoin andi fe and Rieniety Migh mS « MEW, ORK, Fo s8—atter $ | vide the sacar ‘attraction ‘a Due Cg go than |fers to fet i ords found on him, it would be ‘ ' tears will moot, & Geadiock lasting five days, @ jdale’s park Sunday afternoon. The wing 40 | firmed the report mail possible to prove they were wagers yy Ho faret aes thie season tonlent |@ th directors of the National # | Ceitics, although a new team, have m pe im On the races, as no names of horses the Lincoln gymnasium, They eave yesterday afternoon ® | shown fast football of late, and the . he wins he, In commas ‘on 3 afe written down, merely the num game was scheduled for next Thur |® finally agre on & playing ® | yar db , ber of champions bers. th case the bookie ie not suf day, and the Broadway team wav | % Shedule for the coming seagon. & a ap « of sports, will goon & ficientiy sure of his client's financia preparing for a game at that time, | achatun were divided be. & —____—— ability to make his losing wagers but yesterday morning the two 7 twee » 154 and 16%-gamne ® |. he has the client deposit wit! agere got together and |* and tt neemed f * the cashier of the book a certain $24,006 [pull off tha ev tonight i for them id gum before the firat race, and he ts 10 days |had the date vacent he mt. Bar * allowed wager against this |i several Phe tickets have been on sate at 1” Pittsburg, however * amount untf! it is fost, or, ff he | ep «ed the I n achoot for , but i= to brenk the deadiock * wins, until he wivhes to draw dow " and at firet as the |= hanging vote, and the # Wet pres Daroux ; . Broad ned '¢ the | & shorter seh went into of- & chers Beat the Game > ® fe * The only drawback found to the ting f he gtous a larg . ih dadadetada de dadadntadadetae hd oral system at the meeting was that tended credit t sft ah Sag i os urea ne ev: RECORD CROWD. TO Si fe Gabe ig nn aro rs ee ee oer a ensue ALO Directory Ads iii 8.2" Olympic Motor Car Cont ee: mer of hormeraem wh = we sail ae eo : z. crn he sent thou nate fl ACM PULLMAN AND REGAL AUTOMOBILES |‘"*!**™*rrrmorn, ror aig i TRIE LAW) MEN WORKING | scot facia Sieh arate Murua dh A Sandetal, Tine conwam nunmen co, a seit 4 és = SACRAMENTO TO (ee ery = BODY BUILDERS AN2.A oo wrans OVORTamNG (as m & Co. 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