The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 7, 1910, Page 2

Written By Experts POWELL IS HOT AFTER MURPHY 2 nce | ommend 3) (message \ (018? For, You Ae TOKNBON ( San Francisco Scrapper Claims He Is Back in Old | Form and That He Can Take Harlem Tommy's) Measure. (Ry United Press) SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 Talk of a fight over the Toute between Harlem T phy, who recently a tonable ) Moran, tnd Lew Powell, the San Francisco Hghtweight, te still going the rounds, @nd there seams to be a fair ohane, that the boys will be matched by Louts Blot, matchmaker for the Metropolitan club, on the 28th of this month. Murphy & or 80 tten was a draw Ranier came out to the Coast hope of breaking into the game here, but although & winner in his first fight, he did not act in a way @alculated to Increase his popular ty with the fans Law Powell says that he has come Back to hie rea! for t he ts willing to put up $1.0 a side Det with Murphy. He ee to show the & we that he is on dition he was ‘oung Erne, Chick larrison and Johnny Year. Woigast Fight Doesn't Count. The 2¢round contest with Wol om shovld be thrown out, says well, because he had “one stale,” Qnd was not in shape to do himueeclf Justice. At that Lew made the Wild ‘@nt work for bis decision, and would ably have secured the victory mecif had he been “entirely’ right However, the local boy has no ex- uses to offer. He simply wants an @ther chance to show the public ‘that he is one of the best, and with 20-round miny Mur secured ques decision over Ow left for Los after the M Angeles @ n fight against wena pers stating Francisco ve in nm he met Hudson, Kid Frayne last w the | »bably card as a fight pro }8an Francisco, » will opening of h moter. foubdle Big Double Card. Louls has already sig gar m Langford and Jim Barry for a 20round contest, and would to use the r lightwelghts - an added attracti but this could well afford to do in case ~ can obtain the use of the new Coll- veum pavillion now under course of construction A double bill, with Langford, Barry, Powell and Murphy as the headliners, will undoubtedly at tract an enormous wd and would give the Metropolitan club a great boost with the fans The only chance of such a card betng “grabbed” would be the defeat of either Langford or Barry prior to the time they have agreed to box! for Blot. Barry mvets Gunboat Smith In Oakland next Wednesday | night, and Langford tangles with | Flynn in Los Angeles on either the i7th or 25th of the month. There is, however, little chance for either of them to receive the worst of it, and they will conse quently be in demand by the time his show is due. Biot Playing Safe. Of course, if the Langford-Fiyan contest is postponed until 25, and then goes 25 or 30 rough | rounds, the Roston negro would not be in any sort of shape to fight in this city three days later, and Blot | would be very fooltsh to take such ia chance. With Murphy and Pow jell to back up the card, however, / he would have little to worry him, for a main event between light, | weights, preceded by a couple of the! wt : JOHNNY COULON IS _ T00 FAST FOR | BRITISHER | om (Ry United Press) NEW ORLEANS, March Kendrick, Engiish clatmant of the bantamweight champlonship title, |went down to defeat before Johnny wonderfully fast fighting terday afternoon in the 1th nd, by the knockout route The blow that ended the fight wan a right j Jolt over the heart. Ton thousand persona witnessed the bout, which was helt in the arena of the West i End A. C. at Melonoughvilla, fuat across the fiver from thie city. The first five rounds of the fight were fast and even, but after that | Coulton took the lead. | — al SHORT SPORT Grammar Schoo! so wants gymnasiume | ublic schools, ‘The Mexico Country club will be represented thie year at the open golf championship of Great Britain by Willie Smith The contest will | be played over the links at St. An- irews, Scotland, atarting June 20, 1 —Jem Maren | Phfladetphin's | Athletic added to THE STAR--MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1910. EVAN! “YAN! WHAT ELSE COULD Dar SMOKE ‘SPECT From AN feven \_ Aa IRIE Too tt ee EASTERN COLLEGES IN. GREAT ATHLETIC FIGHT sons eae Engagement of Coach Keene Fitzpatrick by Prince-| ton is First Step of Tigers Toward Track and Field Supremacy-—-Michigan a Loser. BY TIP WRIGHT. ‘There ts going to be a merry little war between the big Eastern untver- aitiog, and one of the moves showing the direction of the wind is the ree- test trainer tanation ce Dr. Keane Fitepatrick, | United States joomch of the Michigan teamg, who | In their enthusiasm most folks lhas accepted a similar postition at O¥etiooked the tittle man at Michi | Princeton | Without Gocrying the ability of the This means that the New Jersey | o#timable Mike, I believe Fitepatrick inatit famous for the Poos, | hae it on him in every way, as train “Doggie” Trenchard and De Witt, to |°f and coach Murphy has had the | say nothing of other famous foothay| cream of the athletic world to han laters, Ie te roally try for a place in Fitepatrick always had to make all branches of athletics. hie own phenoma And he ssidom Pitapatrick, in absolute contragper ype’. He te without cS ae in the the Tigers’ athletic program, wt! a & power whoee limitations 1 do not belleve When Mike Murphy, the Pennayl- vania trainer, took the Olympian of athletes in the ching and training stance boundless while hie guccese with Hahn, most consistent of le apother handler of athletes tn inters, speaks for his work with who compares with this q short fight men. clentious, capable little gantie- | Just keep your eye upon the | man, beloved by overy Wol erine as | Prineeton athletes, See if thay don't “Michigan's great Witte man.” team abroed a couple of yours ago, | was halled far and wide as the! s.| | THE STAR’S PAGE & UP-TO-DATE SPORTS HeLe! RecoROFe Gor TRA 1 THE PRGALLY ADAPTED Od AMO OMVME FOALS ‘SLUGGERS WiLL GET AUTOS (By United Pree) eW YORK, March 7 tra inducement this year, a motor company nieed the star better of enc a S8-hersepower machin pany suggested th As Honus Wagner te an asitomot bug, the chances are that | to get one of the care wehaehaatakike MEGMES, WAB A URE HIGH FLYER Merkle was up in the alr, ch buss While et Houston on thelr way to Marlin Springs a bunch of Giants stopped off to see Pauihan fly lerkle we- cepted en invitation from the yiator to take a fh ‘Have you ever beeh in the asked Paulhan. 1 ever been up tn the “ay, Incident Merkle ut it short when he saw that wihen wae ignorant of any thing about baseball. Merkle wae higher than Paulhan will As an en- | not been decided whether to for the players of ithe two big major leagues to lead | thetr respective organization fn hit hae offer to nal commissiog, and that body accepted it without any delay he will sivg that ball as he never did before EDITED BY LAURENC REDINGTON WASHINGTON STATE. LEAGUE ORGANIZE) Aberdeen Solves Baseball Puzzle by Joining Wit Cities of Southwestern Washington in Six-Chy Organization—May Get Recognition, (By United Pres.) HOQUIAM, Wash, Maret Hoquiam. Chehalis, Aberd Elr of Houthwestern comprining ization, to be lington State league tives of the several yenterday and effected organteation, which will permanent at @ testing to be held in Tacoma next Sunday The new league will play Satur daymnd Sanday games, and all the jolubs be put on an even financial jfooting by the pooling of gate re celpte for traveling expenses, It has apply | mano, n and | olties baseball a new known organ an the Wash Representa elties met here preliminary be A California flak + ba Nelson reall oa | for recognition in - to Ad We mat or whether to run the league pendently. organized base ind \. bls former “ on in hie Comer Hy TACOMA, March 1.—Joe Dryer « ‘i tacoma, manager of the Ail Stars * lwho will enter his team in the new | Washington State league, returned from Hoquiam last night, enthustes tie over the proposed league “The most important thing we did was to decide to make it a atx league,” anid Dryer. “Olympia ont Centralia were ent out, as the m jority believed these two cit * | would not add to the strength of the |* Willus * |icagus, enpecialty in the financtal | % lag that day * | way, All the delegates present were |% vice _ and *® keen for baseball, and the league is uid | Nelson re * | aseured.” | | Dryer said tt was not dncided |whether the league would apply for admission into organized baseball or whether It would be operated a» an independent organization Prest dent W. H. Lucas of the Northwest. | Jorn league has been invited to meet | with the delegates next Sunday to oxpiain to them the laws of baseball Lucas Heard From, Mr. Lucas said last night that if it expected to use the Northwestern league park in Tacoma, it must be recognized by the natjonal commis *| sion, and that before the park could |# ishment, and that Is ral ibe secured, the directors of prod be him, but with this I hel@ agree with me, nt, at least, he point ts this: I it been ip sil the Brit & ner, he w & son to Cinish ft, ® how. In my mind ® Britt Nelson did not know ® to do when « trying & came |® “Nelson wae a tank l@& been.” om eryone ® when Britt took him tn wand we all know # pened. I realize = ® has taken « great deal i Fi j } « Liteat pigetctante ees seteeeeeee eens * } } iF i 7} E f3ie38: iodiaadintiadiod Maurice Daly believes that Thom- | ax Huecston ie deatined to become it one of the world’s best balktine bil- |e ae sha cee vase Hard players if he applies Rimes! trcce fisid, diamond and ariiire to the game and tales care of him- |The hand that wave the final tos Pn aelt to pftieeand men will be "a Talat ¥ this idea in view, he ie willing to + oral $1,000 that he can outclass Tommy Murphy in a 20- id bout. Should Murphy consent change his plens-s and return to = = 1. jap cut and do things when the tn- tereoflagtates are on. Watch the = team and see if {t dooan't ow tter than tm yearg when it | stacks up a@atnet old Yale, And | nm you note the result, recall t Tsay about Fitepatrick, good preliminary fights, would be! sufficient to attract a monstrous crowd, even though the Langford ‘Darry contest was canceled or post poned Princeton's gain le Michigun's te & | Northwestern league must give thetr|# had Wittus ie been in @ sanction. Should the league be in- | son's corner ee idee dedadededa ade dependent {t cannot use Athletic |® Nelson would ati be ee ark, said Mr Laces beg pion.” The Broncho, ) Will be bred | No difficulty about getting the to _Stinor Bete, league ball grounds ts antl jolpated iS eee eeee euunnwes over get. ~aaasaduaanuaesaaeaeaaew i en a -— apseeieemrenenncnstioaaoe -_ _ aetna pseneesirememaeapsenesstta TWO YEARS A BASE BALL WONDERFUL LIFE STORY OF JIM O°*ROURKE — No, 2 BY TIP WRIGHT. Harry Wright loved Jim O'Rourke 8 & son, and the boy was known as | Wright's kid.” Wright was | @me of the greatest of the old type Player, despite the fact that he Wore whiskers, Often when O'Rourke was playing @hort and made one of bis lightning and throws, Wright, on the line, would cheer more wildly the most rabid fun. The boy in almighty fast company, On team were King and Dan Jot. Start and Arthur mmings, the man who first Pitched « curve ball on the profes- Sional field. talk about their speed and these days,” said O'Rourke, the raise ball little Cummings weighed only 115 pounde—used to throw is a lost art. “The present day men can't do it Phe nearest thing Is a little wyshoot, Which McGinnity of Newark threw | year. You simply covidn’t bit mings’ raise ball squarely, It bound to climb the face of the Bat. and the best you could get was & little pop-up.” The Red Stockings had been the famous Cincinnati Red Stockings, Which in 1869 piaygd an entire sen- Gon without defeat Marry Wright Moved the team to Bostun. O'Rourke was beloved h men ae Al ty Leon @rd, Jim White, Wright Swerasy, one of the most famo ond basemen the game has “4 From 1873 to 1878 O'Re f& this company. Im 1874 Ai ing arranged to take the Re ing? and the Philade to England under the “Pop” Anson. “We talk of beating Pngiand Yarious lines of sport, but t trub bing we handed them is historical Maybe you can beat us at baseball,’ @ald the Englishmen, ‘but we'll play Jou ericket O'Rourke was one of the JIM O'ROURKE Amert- | National League’s Champion Batter Did you ever stop to think how much sunshine a Piano brings into the home? 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Eight ball players and eight cricket. ers threw. Jim O'Rourke hee « souvenir he won in that contest. He | astonished the sporting werld by hurting a beseball 128 yards, the oricket bell 119 yards, “Just after that,” Q’Rour me, “one of the Englishmen satd “Why, you fellows can't throw; I cms catch any ball you pass me" MeGreary stood in a box and this Englishman went behind the plate Mike whipped one acrons and broke two of the Englishman's fingers.” In 1878 Harry and George Wright had a difference over which was later patched yp. George succeeded in getting O'Rourke play id Providence. “The only rea son I wont there.” explatne O'Rourke, “ie that Prov ¢ was tear my home, and | used te get homesick to feo my mother,” After playing 1879, he went to ranged to manage | Buffalo team. He from 1981 to 1844, year led the league with In Providence Boston, and and captain the an’ batters of the & percentage in the of over “But ® ffalo was @ long way from { triends there, the ented. aper thank. 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