The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 19, 1919, Page 11

(SX hh O, A ‘ ‘ Jack Johnson in Havana mateo y Reed \\ NN \ YK aN aT ALLS Let’s Have Real Referee _ For Championship Bout | has given out a signed state- | ment that his fight with Jess Willard four years ago was a frame-up. In addition to $30,000, the entire | movie rights in Europe and one-third of the proceeds in the United States and quashing of the federal ind ‘cago, were part of the deal. Was Jack Welsh, close friend of Tom Jones, Willard’s Manager. Canada, together with the ictment against him in Chi- The referee of the fight | Boxing is soon to have i , before the bar of public The fate of the game, a game which possesses great ilities for good as well as for evil, is soon to be decided. And the day of decision will dawn on July 4. } On that day, Jess Willard, world’s heavyweight cham- " Pion, is to defend his title agai be | attention. ; The glaring spotlight of fight, upon its princi and «ae, well depend. oan For but let one little iné the affa ty of all those concerned. Therefore a man must be more than honest. He must have poise, judgment, and the ability to decide and accurately. * Let anything go wrong, and the dammed-up waters of condemnation and reform will sweep all before them, ‘public and legal bars against boxing ef the world’s best fighting man at ake, but a quarter of a million dol- fe at stake, which must come ‘Kt is all very well to say that Tex will pay Willard $100,000, Dempsey $27,504 for their end ‘the fight. "It is all very weil to say that Tex will build an arena costing and that the other expenses Bring the total cost of staging bout up to a quarter of a million. ‘Tex Rickard expects the public to! him for all this money, @ little more besides. ‘True. the public expects to pay freight, as usual. bt ‘recognizes the fact that Rick- rd is not a philanthropist; that he the fight in order to make | Jack Perry of that city. @ run The fight has already attracted world-wide attention, | the nearer the day of decision draws, the greater will be | upon the referee and the manner in which he conducts the And it is on this last point that the future of the ring} ident that is off color creep into, : , or let one little judgment or ruling be wrong, and Py dit will react in such a way that it will reflect upon the hon- Not alone is the theoretical title | the pocket of the man on the| ts trial, and probably its last opinion. inst the challenger, Jack Demp- publicity will shine upon that! their managers, and above all, | SEBALL FAN WHEN THE SEASON _ WHEN THe S CLOSED ™ will be raised in all the states. boxers are there to fight, and not to| l exhibit the latest dancing steps: | | A man, in short, who has not only |@ thought for the interests of the | fighters in the ring; a thought for interests of the fans at the ring: | ide; but above all, haw a thought for the trae interests of the boxing game. / Such a man CAN be found in this country. | Such a man IS avaliable for Tex Rickard. Bill Brown, of Brown & Hulen’« billiard parlors, one of Seatue’s en thusiastic —ssportamen, getting | ready for the opening of the fishing | season on April 1. He brought down | his fishing poles to be fixed up to NTON, Ohio, March 19.—Jack | day, bought his new tackle and lead- ers and the rest of the finny foolery Britton, recrowned welterweight champion of the world, will make his | ®nd i* all primed to battle with the first appearance as Utle holder in| Pride of the streams. Pittsburg Monday night, meeting — Britten to- Brown is planning on making « day received $1,000 from Matchmak.| trip to the Stillaguamish river for | ler McKinney of the Canton club for | his first outing with J. H. Davis and | his knockout last night of Ted Lewis | A. C. Basel. es V D € out, Aw I Ditw'r DO woTHe’ In Weovan SEASON 13 OPENED World’s Ice Title Is at Stake Here | ROTH Ear | Continued From Page One | 2 | lab, altho he admits that he expects a stiff battle from the Metr The Mets will skate on the ioe to night determined to win by speed. They are a much lighter team than | wa G o oA WANTED ME TO SHAKE TH’ PURMACE, TAKE OUT THE ASHES An’ SHOMEL OWAY | J) HW. Davi» handed Ray Hoge a | licking in two out of three games in 4 three-cushion match at Brown & Hulen’s parlors ‘Tuesday afternoon. The final mix was close, Davia cop ping the struggle by a count of 25 to 24, “Dad” Meeker, the veteran cue NW 'M’KENNA COPS iTRAMBITAS BOYS TO ia STRONGER THAN T art, BESIDES IM Too Busy Looxin’ FOR WoRK" SO SHE PRED ME OUT, THE COLL HEARTLESS 5 Tene! g——— acaniieiat Eddie Foy Says Hulen Has Been Evading Match Kiddie Foy, famous comedian at the Moore theatre thin week, has lnsued a challenge to Charley Hulen to play him # game of three cushion billiards, the match to be staged on Thursday night at 7:20 and to run for 60 points, at Brown & Hulen’s parlors. “I think Charley thinks | have something on him t to swinging a cue,” decla he redoubtable Eddie, “Just watch me slip him the short end of the count when we meet.” With that Eddie proceeded to knock the ivories around the reen cloth in his practice sexsion ‘Tuesday afternoon, demonstrat ing beyond a doubt that he does ring up the counters at an alarm ing rate. Mix From Plastering Mickey King’s fea- + tures with his sturdy right mitt, Frank Barrieau copped « ver dict over the A in the headline bout of the Crystal Pool smoker last night. ‘The Californian stopped King's rushing tactics with hard wal loys on the head and body. King was coming fast @in the last round, while Barrieau was showing the strain of the pace he set in the first round. Many fans at the ringside predicted that King would have won over the longer route. Chet Neff made 4 sucker out of | eon Bedou, the Frenchman, in thetr | \fight. The French gladiator was too |fat to fight Referee Malone |stopped the fight in the second) round when the doughty Chester was handing Bedou a volley of wallops |which threatened to sink the new comer. Bedou showed he knew the |boxing game, but was in no condi- tion to enter the ring. Murphy Wins Frankie Murphy lived up to ex pectations and won his mix with | Frank y. Murphy had Pant ley backing up in the third round |but Pantley made his weight tell in the final frame, when Murphy felt, the pace of the earlier going | Mike Gorske acted like a clown in the ring and took the count when Pat Rooney massaged him with righthanded clout on the chin in the jearly going and Gorske went to the land of orange blorsome. | Mickey Brown lost a tough fight PORTLAND, ©: we __ {to Ollie Lewis, in the curtain raiser, sa a a cestiae’ to ” summay | Brown was the aggressor, but he| |couldn't keep his face away from Darcy (Valley Trambitaw) and Alex | CUld Trambitas, is ow his [CORRS etntent riget to San! 1 Francisco today. with his two prote- | Barrieau Gets First | ges tucked under hix wing. In the first round of the main| Fahie expects to arrange scraps! event, Barrieau landed three three for both boys after reaching San | hard rights on King’s jaw after their Francisco, and intends to book them | first clinch. King started his famil- to appear in San Diego and Los tar infighting tactics, but Barrieau Angeles later. ‘clinched and shot in a right upper- Smokii FIRST MIX IN SALT LAKE, Eddie McKenna, the Seattle feath: | erweight who went to Sait Lake City | where he was billed for a couple of | fights, copped his first mix from “Fighting” George by a decision over the six-round route last night. ‘The Seattle battler will Ket a crack at the Rocky Mountain feather: | weight crown Monday when he fights “Kid” Davis, the present king | of the featherweight crop, in the big bill district FIGHT IN CALIFORNIA| Mickey King cut that caught King om the @ and backed the Australian Up. rieau shot in a couple of clean punches to the head just before King tried hard to get rrieau's guard, but @ ‘alifornian held bim off, It Barrienu’s round by « mile, Barrieau landed two clean on King’s face at the start of tit second weasion. King was using fi left nicely, stinging the visitor im face and body as the round p . but doing no damage, Near the end of the round a rush, swung and caught King on the head 4 couple of rights that jolted bod and hard. The round was up until this rush, which gave rieau the shade Barriean Tires The Californian cracked with his right mitt cons the third round. King got in @ ple of good blows with his left towards the end of the period Ba rieau showed the effects of the | ing. The round was fairly even; Barrieau having « slight shade, — King kept boring in in the round, and took the lead. He got! some of his staunch blows, ‘whl plainly worried Barrieau. The fornian, however, refused to bath and held King off in the efinehe most of the time, : punches lost their steam in ther period. It wax King’s round, — this advantage could not . the big lead piled up by B su | the early minutes of the mix,” i J. BE. Fowler, of Aberdeen, member of the Grays and Gun Club, is the leading honors in the club contest largest steelhead caught up to A Int. ‘The last Sunday in u Fowler hooked a big boy im 4 Wynooche river and after 30 aul utes’ fight brought out a fine spec men weighing 21 pounds and me uring 40% inches in length, _ Tobacco % end Chocolate! arust, dropped «a tough game of baikiine to A. McCarthy at Brown & Hiulen’s parlors by a score of 200 to 90, The first part of the game was more even than the score would indicate but MoCarthy hit it up his signing for his next import- bout in Canton. It is probable that Britton will meet Johnny Grit fiths of Akron here the last week in March. ‘This party marks but the ad of the multitude which will advance upon the streams of Washington with reel and rod within the com: | ing weeks. | the first three games. the visitors, and the poundages may | after the 100 mark and ran out with tell in the stnall Seattle rink, runs of 51 and 42 The ttle goes to the team winning | ~—- Wallace beat Steele in two out of Mickey lon, Coast referee, will han-| three tilts, “Steele was slightly “oft” die the games alone. jin his play tone fatlors RRIVING daily are many of the latest patterns, in the very finest quality of new- ly-made fabrics, now selling A as low as $ .00 |the Multnomah Anglers Club | The Leavenworfh Sportamen'y As sociation was formed in that city re- | Made to measure for men who know the real economy individually-tailored clothes. show you this strictly new stock. REMEMBER THE ADDRESS 906 Second Avenue OPPOSITE BURKE BLDG. NEAR HOME Bil Rariden mys he is well pleased with his transfer to Cincin- nati, as it puts him close to his home, which is in Bedford, Ind. Lake La Grande, in Skagit coun- ty, is proving to be a popular pre | season fishing ground. According to rumors among the | sportsmen all the boats on the lake |have been leased for the opening | day nexnion Because of the heavy snows in the | foothilts it looks ax if most of the | early season will be confined to the lakes an the waters of the streams | will be too high for fishing. Lake | Sammamish promises to be popular, | ‘The Seattle Sportsman's associa | tion ts conducting a spirited member ship campaign. Two clubs, the Field and Stream, are campaigning |for new members, The association | [has grown rapidly within the past | | week, in fact it haa almoxt doubled, | | according to Earl Frye, one of the | executive officers. of the asoclation. | The drive ix for 1,000 members | The team scores are being kept a | lwecret. The loger must furnish the Jentertainment for a banquet which [is to be the feuture of a meeting of | the association on April 23 in the | Masonic temple. | Tacoma sportsmen are getting the | fever and have also «tarted a mem | bership drive The Seattle Casting Club an nounces the approval of the Seattle | Park Board for the expenditure of $1,300 for the installation of cement walks around the casting pool start: | ed at Woodiand Park a year ago. | This pool, which is in the lower part of the park, south of Green Lake, ia to be 120 feet in diameter. It will have a cement walk nine feet wide around the pool | The Park department has placed | thia location for the exclusive use of the casters. ‘The season. will find | local meets every two. weeks, ax well | as several intercity tournaments, The annual tournament of the! Northwest Association of Scientific | Angling Clubs, will be held in Port land this year under the auspices of cently with 41 charter members sign: | ing the roll. J. A. Hearst, prominent aportsman and business man, was elected president, with L, HH. Hart as secretary treasure | and satisfaction of Let us The Stevens County Game Com- mission has decreed that fishing shall not start Jn their county until May Ist. It appears that our game laws are to be switched about from one month to another and the sportsman left to find out for himself just where, when and why he can indulge in his favorite pastime, Pitcher Ed Pfeffer, recently re- leased. from the navy, has returned to’ his home ‘in Ilinols to await his Pcs to the Brooklyn training camp. | Manager The Montreal team took a short! workout to limber up Tuesday after noon, after their arrival trom Van-| couver, They went thru their prac tice stunts with precision and show ed that they mean business tonight, | Star Goalie } The Canadiens have some of the | greatest stars in hockey in their line up. At goal they have Vezina, one of the star goalies of the game, He uses an extra long «tick, which he uses to advantage. However, he will have to show a lot of class to play a! better game than our own “Happy” | Holmes. | The visitors have the edge on the defense; in Corbeau and Hall they have two of the hardest-checking de fense men in the game, They will | outweigh Rowe and Rickey, the Se attle pair, but they won't be able to! outfight them. On the forward line the visitors will also have a very slight edge. The Basterners have “Newsy” Lalonde center, and Cleghorn and Ber quette on the wings. Pitre at Rover ‘The farfamed “Bullet” Petre, the | hardest shot in the game, will hold down the rover position, But he has) a worthy rival in Jack Walker, Seat tle's hook-checker, Walker in the most feared man on the Seattle | team, Foyston and Wilson will have to] do the heavy artillery work dn the forward line for the Mets, altho Mur ray ix expected to be up and taking | his shots with the rest of them. The betting on the series and the first game is at even money | The teams will line up as follows: | Seattle Position. Canadiens Holmes Goal... Vexina Rickey ......-Defense..... Corbeau Rowe Defense Hall Walker « Pitre | Murray Lalonde Foyston Cleghorn | Wilson Berlanquette McDonald MacDonald | - Couture | Utility... Utility LOCALS HOOK PAIR OF GOOD > BALL TOSSERS | Cy Falkenberg, the “string bean” | hurler, has-been signed to hurl for | the Seattle Coast league club by | Clymer in the East, ac- cording to word received by Prexy Brewater, of the local squad, The tong twirler was a star avith Cleveland in the American league for several seasons and later made a ntrong showing with Indianapolis in the American association for sev- eral terms. Bert Niehoff, former Philly second gacker, may also come to the Coast, | * but he has not signed as yet. Charley Mullen, former University of Washirgton ball player ond later with the New York Yankees, may also sign with the Giants. FOR ADDITIONAL SPORTS Seo Page 10 BREAN on «aa sth OIE» Charley Jordan, former Seattle bil Hardist, is going great at the angle game in Sun Francisco, where be works in Ed Graney's Academy, ac cording to reports from the South, ‘The proposed three cushion const billiard league has been set over un- | Ul next year, because of the poor sea son the billiard game endured this | year owing to the long layoff caused by the flu. ‘The three cushion game is the) popular game with the billiard play: | era in Seattle, There is more of the | element of luck in the angle game Balkline is too scientific for the av erage billiard player who manages to eneak a couple of hours a week to operate on the green cloth PORTLAND, Ore. March Johnny McCarthy, of San Francisco, floored Sid Mitehell last night in the second round, and landed a repeater | in the fourth, but the bey from Se- attle didn't wait for the count either | time } Mitchéll made a strong comeback | in the fifth and sixth rounds, and/ was given a draw, The crowd seemed to think McCarthy deserved 4 decision, but gave Mitchell credit for being one of the gamest fighters | that ever battied in Portland, / “spud” Murphy is another of the participants in last night's smoker | of the Portland boxing commission who won his draw in the last two rounds. Jimmy Darcey had the best of the first. four. | Joe Gorman and Johnny Arrousey appeared in the hottest fight of the | evening. ‘They drew, as did Alex ‘Trambitas and Jim Storey. | Battling Contrado was given a de. | cision when Ted Hoke landed after | the gong sounded, ending the third canto. | Freddy Anderson floored Walter | Knowlton twice in the first inning and the engagement was called off. | “Cloned” and “reopened” ix the! history of the action on Cedar river | by the King county game commis. | sion during the past month. As it} now stands, the sportsmen will be allowed to fish this stream. Others that are closed, however, are Lake Dorothy and Redmond, or Bear | creek, These two bodies of King county water are added to the al-| ready closed South Fork of Snoqual: | mie and Money creek, Stossel and | Griffin creeks will be reopened this Ev adding makes that thing still body likes chocolate! 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