The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 29, 1911, Page 2

THE STAR—FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1911, DOPE “AND COMMENT Amateur Sporte Srestraaed sf einen NEews_ AND STATISTICS Professional Sports Fostered Today's Styles Todi Correct Clothing FRIEDMAN'S Semi-Auunal Clearance Sale Everything in the Store AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES Any of Our All-Wool, Hand-Tailored SUITS, OVERCOATS RAINCOATS Edited by ROY WHITMAN CURLEY OR COFFROTH? WHO GETS THE FIGHT? (By United Prees Leased Wire.) ‘Whet! Jimmy Coffroth of San Francisco or Jack Curley is most | ly to get Jack Johnson for his next fight le Wkely to be decided Bunday, when Harry Pollock, representing New York promoters, and Guriess whe has the backing Western mining men, will meet the mblo emote if Curley cannot “show” Johnson the real cash, he is believed to have little chance, . Pollock will try to land the champion for a 10 round bout in New York with Al Palzer, whe knocked out Al Kaufman last night, for about $15,000, it is doubted If Johnson will tower his figure of $30,000. Should te net do 60, there is strong probability that Coffroth will make a definite bid, and it is belleved probable that the Convenient Credit Those who wear the B bury # Buite and coats are never in doubt a6 the ing, in style, CHICAGO, Dec. correctness of thelr @ fit or textute, BRADBURY are created by System the best @ At 333 Per Cent Otf Shirt Sale| Underwear Any of our $2.50, $2.00 or $1.50, special for— $1.15 All Sizes Beautiful Patterns Sale Our stock, Cooper's Rib- bed. Cooper's Wool, Medli- cott All Wool, Gantner & Maltern; sweater neck, silk and wool, and silk and liste, both in union and two-piece suits, for— 33 1-3 PER CENT OFF J. FRIEDMAN & SON. OPP. HOTEL STEVENS CHOCOLATE ALMOND BAR Pure ground almonds, covered by a @elictous chocolate coating, Refreshing and nourishing ASK FOR IT EVERYWHERE If your dealer cannot supply you, that one next to him can Of OTAU Ams WAIT FOR THE SEASON’S GREATEST FURNITURE EVENT OUR SEMI-ANNUAL Which Begins Tuesday cai: January 2, 1912. All Furniture Items ices the Grand Rapids Stock Now Going at Half Price All Grand Rapids | Rockers Half Price Scar Rocker as pictured, made of so! oak, golden finish, wide shaped saddle seat; regular price $11.50, special . We still have about twenty-five other good styles in the Grand Rapids stock in golden oak, mission and ma- hogany, all marked at Half Price Seattle’s Largest Housefurnishing Store Buy Now All the Credit You Want . PIKE 81, AND FIFTH AV. JACK CURLE (By United Preas Leased Wire) TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 20.—This is “Big Bil" Morris, the newest ‘white hope.” He drifted in from ® coal mine the other day and asked to be di- rected to the nearest training quar tera, Big Bill” ix the biggest thing that has yet shown up In the “white hope” Une In these parts. Bill stands 6 feet 5 inches high, welghs 260 pounds stripped, hus ot 82 inches, normal che ment of 48 and a watst “I'm bo relation to he said, “but I think { can show now, & mere lad-—ty cleaning hj other horse wranglers, He tir of home and started west, Fira he tried police work and succeeded so well they made him a detective, He worked om the Seattle force and on the Alaska-Yukoo-Pacific expe sition forces, Then he went to mim! ATTELL 15 NOT THROUGH After r Boxing B =—. Wil NEW YORK, Dec. 29,-—Setting’ at rest all declarations that bis. fighting days were over, Abo Attell today has matched himself to box “Knockout” Brown ten rounds be fore the National Sporting club om or about January 1, Both boys are to make 133 pounds Attell declares tie recently-t jared band te quite well again, and after he h ished with Brown he will take on Johnaoy Kilbane and Johnny White at the featherwetght imatt, SAN FRANCISCO, | Dec, 2.-~ Nearly © tow of “white hopes” wit be seen in action here tonight in & four-drace swatfest, in which the go between Charley Horn and Gun boat Smith sticks out as the class. Horn, io meeting Smith, will be given the second real test of his career, His first win of note was when he beated Denver Jack Geyer * here recently im four rounds. To- might the fans expect the local phenom to hang tt on Smith, andjw 10 to 6 that wae * the betting fs cuers ts right. it Ban Francisco promoter will land the big black’s next go, “BIG BILL” poten “BERG. IND. GREEK MIX TONIGHT TONIGHT 20--With both John Berg, light menoeinta asiapiee osior of the Northwest, and Wm. De- metral, the Greek “demon” of Chicago, in splendid condition, fans are on the qui vive for the wrestling contest between the two athletes tonight at the Armory. Herg today wolghed 175 pounds and Demetral about the same. The men are ap mtly ge ay Jack Leon will arrive bere from Beate today eree eeeeeneen Berg bas deen training In Spokane and Demetrai In Salt Lake. Ton ixht's match will doubtless show whether the wree' ling Game pays in Portland. if sufficient numbers of fans turn out to make kt worth while, the promoters promise to bring some of the country’s top notchers bere to wreatie. * * Ee RRA ORE SAGARA RROKK HAO OD BHO ER HOW TO BOX---THE FINER POINTS (in this, the third article by Abe Attell, he points out the mistakes many young boxers make, and on larges upon the value of feinting as an asset in the art of self-defonse Also he tells plainly the difference between the boxer and prise fight. er.—Editor.) BY ABE ATTELL Featherweight Champion, Never waste a blow—make every one count Many boxers fall because they |swing wild—because they don't use idgment. They start a blow when w the man isn’t In range. The useless swing uses up much en- jergy and throws them off thetr bal jance, giving a chance to shoot in @ solid punch When you punch, put your weight behind it, but don't put all your | weight becak of a blow until you |have learned to gaurge distance, be Jcause if you and miss, you'll swing j around like a top | Take advantage of every opening. | Don't play a favorite spot. Don't pas up a chance to deliver a head punch simply because you want to land a body blow Ring generals, of course, find the | weaknes of tehir opponent and ham- | mer him there whenever they get a | working for points, not trying to batter a man to pieces and finally | deliver @ knockout. I want to explain felating, which perhaps, the finest bit of ring }work from the spectators’ view } point, and also an art most neces ary to every boxer | Feinting means to make your op |ponent believe you are going to bit | him in one place, thus drawing him joft bis guard, leaving an opening jiuto which you can shoot the real jpunch that you plan, To do this jyou must be quick. FPetuting com d at first, but don’t be di jaged. It'll come patural time, and It's o big asset. YOUR Li FROM 81x ACCORDING i OF YOUR LEGB, LIEVE YOU ARE SE 2FT MAND TO YOUR OF T'S DODY OR 1 BACK THE ARM, QUIC TOWARD YOUR ¢ THE LEFT) f YOU WANT. fine point in boxing, but a# 1 sald before, it can only come with practice, and to accomplish it you must work likegiightning so as not to give the er fellow a chance to guess your plan. | Goodman and Attell, Attell blooking left lead and countering with to stomach. I have always had success fn pus-;rod. Never place yourself in @ post. sling opponents—moving around, tion where your opponent can get shifting, side-stepping, felnting and a good smash at you. Keep moving ducking, 1 always try to keep in|—cirele around, hop around, Jump motion and bewllder with quick-|back and forth, but always keep in ness. By being quick you rattle|motion, And remember, you are in your opponent, as he cannot con-'the ring for the purpose of guard ttnually follow you. He gets fus-|ing yourself from the other fellow's tored and you have a chanoeo hit} punches and to punch him at every him when he least expects it, opportunity. © be & boxer you must be quick,) Hffective punches will be taken moving with the speed of a pistoniup in my next article. SPANGENBERG 1100 First Av., Cor. Spring lue our eyes they fail us Consult us and we will preserve your eyesight, THE CUTLERY STORE || RAZORS our Specialty POCKET KNIVES Grinds Everything Makes Keys near UNION @ | McLoughit Jim COFFROTH HERE IS SHAUGHNESSY’S “WHITE HOPE” ing, He met and thrashed soundly all the miners who put on the and there were somo clever Merk Shaughnessy has “Hig Bill” fn tow now and ts putting him through « course of ring sprouts that Shaughnessy saye will cut down bis weight to about 215 pounds, leave him lithe, Hmber and the necessary bunch of steel mo jon and etaying powers that it ta) to knock out any heavy in the world, including L'il Artha. WE WANT TO KNOW Local fight bugs, who know thelr suave but irresistible Mark Bbaughnessy and his new protege, Morris, will swallow the foregoing with grain of ealt, Mark ts a first-class © booster, bi there ts some doubt whether is equal- ly ood a tighter, Tommy iark insists he can clean Morrie, and Tom i* only @ Mehtweight. Of course, he may bave improved, but Seattle base * will have to be shown. YOU POOR OL KAUFMAN Palzer Places Al in the Has-Been Class NEW YORK, Dec, 29,—A! Kauf- man of Californie is in the has been clase today, Al Palzer, prac- tically an unknown, sending him to the mat for the count fm the fifth) #f round of their bout at the National Sporting club here, Kaufman wae knocked down in several of the pre ceding rounds, Kaufman put Palzer down once in the first round. It was a fierce, rushing, rough fight while it lasted. Kaufman bad apparently struck his stride and was boxing strongly im the fifth when euddenty a terrific body punch from the Jowa hope laid him low, The knockout was complete CHRIST CHURCH, N. Ratn- soaked courts sulted in the postponement of the Davis cup tennis matches until Monday next. Larned, Wright and the American con- testanta, are reported to be In ex- cellent Porte jon. EVEN PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 29.—Wolff, Clark, Hurlburt and Walter Keck, the famous Oregon agricultural col- lege punter, will alternate in the back field for Multnomah club here when the clubmen go against the Seattle contingent New Year's day. Keck hae been practicing for a couple of days and shows cracking good form, It ta expected that hundreds of out-of-town people will come to Portland to Witness the contest. Betting, which favored Seattle, ts now even money. 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