The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 22, 1911, Page 2

RIGHT, BRIEF AND BREEZY STORIES THE STAR’S SPORTING PAGE [IS COMPLETE —a EDITED BY ROY WHITMAN exe ICTURES OF THE WORLD'S ATHLETES | TWO MORE MATCHES FOR C ‘0 WOLGAST SAN FRANCISCO, Nov Promoter Jas, W. Coffroth, who is stag: ing the McFarland-Murphy Thankagiving bout here, has two busy bees buzzing in his pugilistic bonnet today, in the shape of a Wolgast- “Knock out” Brown contest on New Year's day and a Wolgast McParland bout on Washington's birthday. Coffroth is already flirting with Tom Jones, manager of the world’s lightweight champion, regarding a cash offer for ‘Wolgast in both bouts, and Jones bas promised an answer within a few @ays. SEAT SALE BEGINS LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.—With the prices ranging from $6 to $20, seats for the Wolgast-Welsh fight, on Thanksgiving day, were on sale here today, The advance sale indicates that a record ing crowd will be present when Frisco Jack Welsh sends the (wo tie scrappers on their 20-round journey. . No betting has yet been reported, but it seems likely today that imo will enter the ring a 19-to-6 favorite, REFEREE Not var. CHOSEN SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 22.—No referee for the McFarland-Murphy ~Dout here, on Thanksgiving day, will be named for two days at last, ac- ; to announcement made today, Promoter Coffroth is visiting Me at his Colma camp, to arrange details regarding the battle, and tomorrow will confer with “Hartem Tommy.” With Jack Welsh in the South on Turkey day, the local promoters | are looking for a suitable referee, The name of Jimmy Britt has been tioned. Dan Sullivan Gets His From Walter Coffey NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Dan Sullivan, the Montana giant, is several fungs down the “white hope” pugilistic ladder today, as a result of a battle, in which he was battered to all corners of the ring) gory ten-round Feats Walter Coffey of San Francisco. The sanguinary set-to was almost @ Fepetition of the Morrig-Fiynn butchery, and both fighters were liberally | bespattered with the crimson fiuid in every round Coffey had things ali his own way from the start, and dropped the » Montauan several times. He was slow to follow up his advantages on | peas ESTE tke kheh CREDIT DUE FRANK VANCE While we are shouting the praises of little Frank Duncan and big Polly Grimm, who trimmed the enemy so nobly at the $8. A. C-Multnomah smoker last week, why not give a little of the praise to quiet Frank Vance, the club's able wrestling in structor? Since assuming charge of the mat work at the club. Vance has had an enviable record of wins, which speaks volumes for his capable, conscientious work. Vance knows the game. and that is largely why Duncan and Grimm know it—because Vance imparted it to them. Of course both are exceptionally good wrestlers, but their great work on the mat is as great a credit to Vance as to themselves. No wonder Eddie O'Connell is jealous. Most any instructor would envy Vance his record. halichicticliahclicttaliciicMeliclialigtatadiaMataMataMalisMalteMalel Best Olympian Records That ** Prrrvirrccc Tae t' May Be Broken Next Summer BY TIP WRIGHT The best records made in various Olympian track and field events, which may be broken in the 1912 Olympiad, in Stockholm, Bweden, follow: Event. 60 meter run ... 100 meter run. 200 meter run, 400 meter run. 800 meter run. 1500 meter run.. MO meter hurdles. 200 meter hurdles. 400 meter hurdles...... 3200 met. steeplechase 2500 met. steeplechase 4000 met. steeplechase. 12:58 Running long jump. . 24:06 1-2 £1 Running triple jump. .48:11 1 Standing broad fump.11:04 7 Standing high jump......5:06 ft Standing triple jump.34:07 1-4 ft Pole vault. 12:02 ft Pole vault “Bhot put Discus . 16-1b. hammer 66-lb. shot . Marathon Sherring, Lifting, one 3 a Steinbach, Lifting, both hands. . .4 To Dumb bell competition . ‘Tag of war . ‘ Team race . Five-mile run . ‘Throwing stone 65:04 1-5 ‘Throwing javelin .,...178:07 1-2 ‘Throwing javelin, mid. 179:10 1-2 Pentathlon .,... -24 points 1500 meter wall 3500 meter walk .. 10-mile walk . Discus, Time or Dist Name Hahn, U. Walker, Hahn, - Hillman, Sheppard, Sheppard, Smithson, --Hillman, U. Hillman, U. Russell, England Orton, U. 8 Rimmer, England. . Irons, U. 8 . Ahearne, England . Ewry, U. 8.... St Ewry, U. aren Ewry, U. & 5 St Gilb Cook, . Rose, t » St Sheridan, Flanagan, Desmart’ and Place Louis London Louis Louis London ..London London Lous Louls . London Nation. London Louis Paris Louis London London Louis Athens ..London nada. . St. Louls Canada Athens Austria Athens jos, Greece . Athens « Osthotf, U. 8 St. Louis England i London N.Y. A. C., U. i Voigt, England Georgantus, Greece , Lemming, Sweden ‘Lemming, Swede Meliander, Sweden . Bonhag, U. 8.. Larner, Bngland , Larner, England . Sheridan, U. 8 =". Bekins “~ Rates for moving are $1.50 per hour for a large padded van and two careful men. Satisfaction guaranteed, 48:07 ft +136:00 1-8 ft -170:04 1-4 ft é 04 ft . Athens Athens - London - Athens - Athens . London - London «London eee EEE ER EE COACH MAKES AN UGLY CHARGE Says Healthy Boys Spotted Before They Enter School. (Ry United Press Leased Wire) MADISON, Wis, Nov. 22.-—Kast era football circles are aroused to , jday over charges of corruption in the college sport made by Dr. Chas. McCarthy, ansistant coach at Wis jconsin for many years, and a well, | known football authority. Dr. MeCarthy declares that! healthy boys with a fair degree of | intelligence are “spotted” before they are ready to onter college by |eoachea and alumal, who see that these promising specimens of raw {material get through high school jand then into college. Members of | alumni associations often Kive these } j boys large loans, he says, on prom: | issory wotex, and if they fuifil! the | | program and make good, the *| jare never collected. In this way | fine material ts continually being | recruited for the big elevens. McCarthy advocaics a thorough | renovation of the methods of ¢ | ducting the sport in the colleges. Rkkkhthdaeeeenae, * JOE AND HIS APPLES This Joe Cohn person is a #/| foxy guy, take it from us. Talk about your press agents, Joe has an entirely original @ and decidedly effective way of advertising himself with #| big lengue magnates in the & East—and guess what it ts? Why, sending them a box of # Washington apples, to 1 } ne | al steina, and Connie was Uckled nearly to death He wrote Joe a letter of thanks, add ing “But, Joe, to cut that grand stand stuff about the apples. and get right down to business, don't fail to have Al Bonner and young Houck on hand early in the spring. I want to look them over.” But that five spot the ap plea cost Joe ix not dead tons, either, beeause Joe kept It tn the fanlly—the baseball fam ily. Yea, sir; the apples were grown on Lon Nordyke's Franch at Wenatchee. Guens those ball players can't raise apples. Of course Joe told Connie the apples were raised by bis which mat ide the litte gift pleasurable to Connie. eueeeeeeeeeeeeteeeee ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee® ¥e Seeeeceeeeenseeseeeeesesene * * * * * * » ls * * » . » o * AFTER ENGLISH COIN NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Engtieh money looks good to American turf men, judged by figures announced today by Jockey club, showtng that 72 Ametican-bred horses won 23 races during the past seasen in sland, with a total of $156,000 in purses, PTT TTT TT TTT Te FIRST LADY UMP OXNARD, Cal, Nov. 22 With the players agreeing to cease “umpire baiting” if she would act, Miss Ruth Jones has agreed to become official baseball umpir of Oxnard. Mise Jones is related to Pleid er, Bacom of the local and will me her first a ance on Sunday, when Oxnard la seh d to play Fillmore in the fifth game of the winter senson. Sh 8 recognized as an expert on baseball and other sports eeeee eee eee RE Re H EEE niin Mindat de Min indiana nd Bin Dn din nial *) ee ee ee The gym is James Fish, the | oldest athlete conne aged 72, pend winter in Valdez juired considerable it comes to working it off of 20 who have nothing on Every Description Rubber Tubing, Boots, Shoes, Coats, Ol! Slickers, Slip-ons, Hot Water Bottles and Sundries. We guarantee our goods to give satisfaction, HOT WATER BOTTLES R-PAIRED. The Rubber Store 714 First Ave. AGED 72, BUT ATHLETIC STILL heft, but he i nd there are ar VEAN GREGG WANTS MORE COIN “VEAN GREGG (By United Press Lenses Wire) PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 22.—Vean Oreo. southpaw for the Cleveland who is located in Portland te the winter, today was peeved for the reason that he was called a “hold-up holdout,” because he wants | more money to play with the Naps than has been off Gregg received $2,100 for hi | Work ast season, and has been of. auto racing and aviation beaten « fered $2,600 for 1912 He is holding out for more, prob- te | ably $3,000. shouldent be termed | ind by Chartic G: a ‘holdup hy || refuse to sign for such a» measly sum,” said Gregg. “If Cleveland | | thinks i'm trying to hold them up after showing them what | can on, aeneks OF why, | won't talk business with pee That's final.” : Uncle Tom Is Real Sore Neither Attell Nor Kilbane Have Accepted Terms (By United Press Leased Wire) LOB ANGELES, Nov. 22.—-Peeved because Ab Attell and Johnny Kil bane have ignored his te s fora featherweight championship battle here New Year's day, “Uncle Tor need today that ap rappers accepted Bis pext 12 hours, the would be cal ed terme within th proposed contest off. tract offered the bak said the promoter, “wan exceed} ly liberal, But they seem in no hurry to close, The fans here gre demanding a return mateté ‘sige Rivers and ¢ and uniess Ate ou = « today the match ts off. ’ ee ae bd BILL WILL BE THERE! is WASHINGTON, Nov. 2244 President Taft will in al} prokg ability be eufficiently récove ed from his cold to attend t® army-navy football game } Philadelphia next Sunday cording to announcersent mad he today If he attends, th president probably will spend time at the contest be tween boxes occupied Sec retary of War Stimson and Secretary of the Navy Meyer who will be rival rooters eteeeeeeeeeteeeeeee aR STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal Nov Figures given out today by Graduate Manager Burbank that the te at thi ar's Stanford-California rugby game bx ceeded the irns from the game jon Stanford field two years ago by $10,000, The total receipts this year were $39,296.60. ted with the Y. M, C left the city to Fish tious. when tber of lads when it comes who recently In his 72 year has conscie him to this tte Auorunie School, 210 way od Dance at land oni FAST STEAMERS LEAVE COLMAN DOCK A 12:00 Noon, 6:00 P.M. THKER ROUND wy ALE. Everett Hoe, Rdsbondel 4 Rverett Ie, Edspondel Pe cy Change Without Notloe Tieket Offlee, Colm: Dock Main a9v3. eC Seeeeeeeeeeeeeee | |] who has been PROMOTERS. 10) ADOPT NEW UNLE New Yorks Will Change Weight of Pugilistic Classes. By United Press Leased Wire) EW YORK ov Promoters here are planning today « set scale of weight limits for the different divisions of pugiliate which must be | observed before a fighter can get a match here, It is hoped to have the scale made uniform throughout the country, to put a stop to the aurea sonable demands in the weight line made by almost every man who has fought his way to the top tn pny division during the past few y»: The weights, ringwide, are as fol lows Bantam, 118; feather, 120 136; welter, 145; middle, 158; | heavy, 175; heavy, over |GOSSIP OF FIGHTERS | Thene preachers are after the boxing game, but forget to koop tab on the football deaths, Five have resulted from the game this fall Many more have been crip pled, but not a word Ie heard. Laat week two meu were killed and on! Saturday 19 w injured. For) Jelean sport, boxing has football Nght, Light. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, | mile. | That Kid Dixte Eng:) > cain i With the exception of Jones. ¢ Beitteh Dixie beat Johnny Léverpool in two} reatens to epoll the feorme Carpentier, the} | briffiant French boxer They me jin a few weeks. game, tact Saturday. plter weigh: Sadkeies at Capt. Main, who was badly | Saumers at dn and eeeeeeee | * ment ind The EKugene men honors by defeating Idabo. | Packey MeFarland ts booked for|Ce eRe keen take eeeneeereahenhe OVERALL WON’T PLAY WITH FRISCO SEALS| NEXT YEAR. That there fs little likelihood of Orval | cago Cubs, appearing next season in a San niform, is indicated in a statement by Manager Fran! | the Pacific cost with Tommy Mur-| phy, and there is a good chance that he will box in New Orleans. Harlem Tommy may coutract mal-| jaria agaih and Packey would have! to walt, but the chances are Jim Coffroth will see that sufficient forfelt is up to protect both sides The New Orleans chub has offered | Packey # date and he LOS ANGELES, Nov Overall, formerly of the € Francisco here today All this talk,” said Chance, Joe Levy. ors, the writes me managet | know, there have been no arrangeni Mexican fe that his boy wi train with Freddy Welsh. “You know,” said Joe, “Welsh may beat f Jose Riv Chance also intimated that he first base for the Cubs next season. gon eleven ts getting into “fair” shape for Saturday's game with the University af Idabo, according to Coach Warner today urday, the lineop will be the same as in the Ori Washington, is not in the best of condition, but steady improve cates that he will be in tiptop shape for Saturday's game. determined to win second conference about Overall going to San Francisco | has accepted. | j. absurd, for the simple reason that he belongs to Chicago therweight,| 1 can have my way, there will be none HAMPION WOLGAST| Witt WILL FREDDIE 00 WHEN HE QUITS? He Knows But He Won't Tell Welsh, y at Low Ange 1 day to day con the En ‘| ight who for the world’ with the knowledge Uniike many fighters, Fredd boxes Ad Woilgast Thanksgivi championship, doesn't live that he has a few dollars in the bank and @ few fights in view. Welsh has it all doped out that at its longest, a fx life ie short and that he must prepare himself for som l ng Just what that something is, Welsh w When he ten't train. ing he is hard &t work in his “library At riter is the most conspicuous of the furnishing Welsh has quite a Mbrary which he mp to fight camp. One of bis most val on boxing, which was printed in London eighty y and Jeaning against it in a friendly manner is a much-wor Marcus Aurelius, and next to this Robert Ingersoll’s speeche Three books by Bernard Shaw, a copy of Emma Goldma ixm,” Emerson's essays and a volume of Yogi philosophy a reads the most Weish is preparing himself for something else after bis boxin days are over, and he believes that copious reading is his best prep aration as he with lite is an fight olume to it py of arries 4d books ars ago. ( arene the ones be OREGON WOULD LIKE TO! WIN SECOND PLACE F alling Hair ee ee ee And Itching Scalp Goes, Dandrutf Vanishes. Don’t worry because your hair is falling, a minute of action is worth @ day of worry. t a bottle of invigorating, de lightful PARISIAN SAGE and be gin using it at once. | PARISIAN SAGE | now sold throughout | America, is guaran- teed by The Quaker | Drug Co. to stop fall- ing hair and itching) scalp, to rid your sealp of dandruff, or) | money back. PARISIAN SAGE | penetrate into the root hanee|of the bai and supplies | them with |the nourishment they require, | That's the reason it puts brilllaney into faded, lifeless hair. Large bot- Ue 50 cents at The Quaker Drug Go, and druggists everywhere. Girt HKugene, Or, Nov. 22.—-The Ore nkle last Sat n- Washington who injured hi bruised in the contest with dovesea*eensuaes As far as 1 ents for his sale to the Seals, and if made.” would again be seen in action on Woigast and a» Rivers ix fast de-| Al Cowger of St Louis bowle veloping into ht Ijwith the Tiger Lilies and he thought ft best 1 » train | showed he was still In the ring. with Freddy, for be may have to' He rotied 181 with two open frames. fight him for the ebampionship.” That ix class A bowling, Al | Ben Conlon, manager of Johnny, Now Judge Blair of the Mis-| the champion bantam, is on the souri cireuit court has declared) job ali right. Ben writes that four round boutg with lange Johnny is the real bantamweight. gloves are legal, it is expected St champion and that Jimmy Walsh Louis will enjoy boxing contests of Boston has ne claim to the title, as of old. New Orleans, New make th ight. I York and Boston judges have ruled with him now the same way ' as he 4 A » a * >) e = . *) » = * * ail * e * * * *) +! * 2) *| «| * CLUB MEMBERSHIP UNNECESSARY TO WIN PLACE ON OLYMPIC TEAM You need not belong to an athietic club affiliated with the Amateur Athletic Union to win a place on the American Olym- pic team. it is better to belong to such a club, because your chances of making the team will be inc d by virtue of the support of the organization, but there is nothing compulsory about it. if you are capable of winning a piace, you are as sure to be picked, when you compete in the Olympic tryout: an inde- pendent, as you would be if you were enrolled in some athletic club. BUT—AND DON'T OVERLOOK THIS—-YOU, AS AN _IN- DIVIDUAL, MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION. THIS WILL COST 25 CENTS. if you have ability, you will be selected to go to Sweden next summer to represent this country in the games. The offi? tryouts will be held at a date to be announced. ee ee ee ee eeteeeeeeeee serene ° ete t eee ee eee eee eee ' Ringside Tales | By “Old Timer” “THE RUDE MR. McCORMICK Ferguson, Boston's stubborn child, is a rade, ullty out as many fouls as were ever committed by any boxer ome people even maintain that Mr. Ferguson ts the foul leat fighter now on earth, and that even Fred Russell, the giant ch who came from the far West, was not as dirty a scrapper as the 1 z andy is certainly a wonder In his own way, but there wa pea Sigh id trim him at the game he loved, and that man | was Jim Met 1 fexas Jim McCormick fought all over the Southwest for years. He was a raw-boned six-footer, with a sinful disposition, and he gave Jack Johnson two of the st fights of his young career, The “Jack Me Cormick” who figure: the Johnson records, as printed in the books, | is a misprint-—it w McCormick, who gave the big black three atrenuous encounters. | When old John L. Sullivan was touring the country, back, McCormick was picked up to act as the veteran's sparring part ner, and it was an unhappy accident, due to the still powerful fist of | Sullivan, that spoiled MeCormick’s ring career, Old John can still bit| with much of the, pristine vigor of his youthful days, and one night, | when he was having a spirited set-tow ith McCormick, he swung with | | terrible force, expecting Jim to duck the blow. McCormick miscalcn-| lated; John L.'s huge fist landed on his ear, the eardrum was exploded, McCormick was permanently deafened, and his nerves so shaken by the | jar that be never boxed again. | But to return to the subject of McCormick and S. Ferguson—the | influence of old John L. procured his protege a mateh at Hot Springs an dFerguson was chosen as the other half of the domestic sketch They met at Whittington Park, with Andy Malligan as referee, and the | encounter was a gentle, sweet-something to gaze upon. Mr guson and Mr, McCormick had no axes or they might have fought more scien. ally. They gouged, elbowed, kneed, hit low and wrestled. A man who was sitting by the ringside holding his bull pup on his knee got up and went away, as the feared the dog would be contaminated, Mr. Ferguson bit Mr, McCormick in the shooulder, and Mr. MeCormick spit in Mr, Ferguson's eye, Mr, Ferguson stamped on Mr, MeCormick’s foot, and Mr. MeCormick wrenched Mr. Ferguson's neck in a clinch by the ropes, Finally, Mr. Ferguson drove his knee into Mr. McCormick with such venom that John L.'s man bent double, Sundy rushed on to complete the massacre, but McCormick straightened up, put one hand under Sandy’s chin, grabbed “him around the waist with the other, and iitted Mr. Ferguson, who fled clean over the ropes and alighted in the populs Mr. Ferguson Jaboriously climbed back, and as his face appeared between the ropes, Mr, McCormick kicked it. nd,” as Bat Master. son says, he having been among those present, “believe me, Mr, Mo- Cormickk was some kich Mr. Ferguson's entire expression was con- verted into a disconnected heap of former features at one smash, and Mr. Ferguson, waiting for ne more of the same, took it on the dead run for the dressing room, Roferee Mulligan leaned over the ropes and shouted to the fuga cious Mr. Ferguson: “Come on back. MoCormick loses on a foul.” “Do I get the decision?” howled Mr, Ferguson, from the door of the dressing room. “You do,” Sandy rough fighter, | a teow years} “Then give it to me here, Ht I'm not going back there, That Mo Cormick is no gentleman,” with Auburn hair on every carton . and bottle. My EGETABLE WEAR SILK i SiER Have your pitts collected. Weet- ern Collection Co., 433 N. ¥. Block, = Main 6169, Electro Dental Parlors WE DO AS WE ADVERTISE Labvoring People’s Dentists All Work Quaranteed 15 Years TERMS TO SUIT Corner First and Pike, PLATE MAKING IS AN ART IN OUR OFFICE Many people have to wear plates; unfortunately, very few plates either fit well or look well. This one branch of the dental art truly does require exceptional ability, and that our patrons may have the best, we have secured A REAL EXPERT ON PLATES Our Special Cut Rate Pull Set of Teeth from $3.00 up - $3.00 up - 81.00 op 50¢ Gold Crowns from. . Gold Fillings from Silver Fillings . ‘antee with all work. 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