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gaaaBBaai EJEMSHS WWF W Wrfwjww'r ' ' Jf5 kkmh ' 10 EVEN1NQ BULLETIN, HONOLULU. T. II., Hit DAY, FED. 25, 1910 FREE THEATER TICKETS ART THEATER A Beautiful Picture Film of YOSEMITE VALLEY Is now being exhibit d at the ttf -"8 . ' All Ladies who have entered as candidates in the BULLETIN'S POPULAR .VOTING CONTES.T, or desire to do so, will be given Complimentary f iclcets to the. Art Theater. This offer is good only until H I : ! 9SSSSLdsSSBa , j K wr- j Bf n Saturday evening. Tickets are good for both Matinee and Evening shows. v ' tii'i- In addition to the Yosemite Views aminteresting program of pictures and music is given at the Art. 'X Apply for tickets to the Contest Manager, Bulletin Office 3000 Free Votes 3000 IN THE BULLETIN'S OREAT VOTE CONTEST DOUBLE POPULAH- PHIZES FIVE FREE TRIPS, FOR FIVE POPULAR LADIES OF HAWAII, TO YOSEMUE NATIONAL PARK AND TOUR OF CALIFORNIA. 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Trip Contestant Nomination Coupon Good for 3000 Votes until 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5th I hereby nominate as a candidate in the Even ing Bulletins Double Popular-Vote Contest, for 'irip Contestant iu District No. , Miss , Address Nominated by , Only the first Nomination Coupon received for each candidate will cojnt for 3000 votes. Fill out all the lines of this coupon find mail or bring to the Contest Department, Evening Bulletin, Honolulu, 3000' Votes Address all inquiries to ' ' ' " ' ' Manager, Contest Department, Evening Bulletin, Honolulu, T.H. JAMES B. MO SWANSON will have charge of the con test for the Bulletin. OFFICE HOURS 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.; 3:30 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. SPORTS Loal l Natlomal BY V. L. STEVENSON. JOHNSON AND JEFF ' ARE SUMMED UP It Is a tradition of tho prlzo ring' that Jeffries has never dnrcd to hit n man villi his full strength far fear' of killing him, writes Harry C. Carr in tho Loi Angeles Tmca. In time, and by pitnstaklng effort, Jeffries finally learned ta box net), with a tort ut heavy botlno skill of execution. It must bo ronfo3rcd, howccr,that their noses, and, dancing naked by thojlght of tho junglo moon) answer tho "howl of tho gorilla with their yells. " Johnson Is not very for removed from the original Fuzzy Wuzzywbom KJpllng. conceded to bo a "big. black, boundln', beggar; but a first-class flghln' mab. Like" Jeff rles, however, tho negro Is moot of his fights were wo-i more by not ngUncucy a fighter. That Is to his overpowering gigantic strength ,ay,,he Is not of the fighting typo of than by i.uy other quality. nnlmal.' Ho g 1BUncllvoI a Ono of lis fiercest Hants was with jqffret a bull; Johnson Is some Tom Sharkey, a lough, Ignoiant kind of fastidious Jun gle cat. saiior. u rcscniuicii a coumon oi two. pi.in.mpn v ., nn .t. .. locomotUra. JeSres was the stronger 'remarkable sights In tho world Is to luuiiiMiiTu. wuu 4-iibiiuiuuiiB luniivu ton O ftt 'flfTtll A atiAtA him with blows over the eyes untll'rd.arcnily paying not the Jeffries was almost blind; but became 8,shteot t,e(on to tho snake as tho exhausted by tho effort of pound ng Iattor c0lIg nnd Ketg roa ,6 trfk this mountain of strMicth. ' Af tho i... . ..... , . . . . . . . .1.1 i . , . ... .. i i a iuk iuub. Binuqus neau aarts ri "ufc "!?.J !:U,.hi,f h'tp-lheaUiick, she stops him with a ...., ...u ....... .u a ins, "- Dirr In mid nlr illirir nc nm. ln. In lm In kl n-nn .T.'nln ..... . - " a ,. carrying him to his corner: "It's Ino use; he's too big nnd strong." Strength has always beon his big as set. In nil these fights, Jeffries showed ability to rn'luro punlrhnient but no such sublime Indifference to blows as Is shown by natural born fighters like Nelson. f The truth Is, Jeffries novcr developed any rcmurkablo talent for fighting. If Young Corbott or Bat Nelson or Terry McGovern had ben Jim Jef fries' bIzo any ono o( them could have whipped a wholo regiment of Jeffries. Jeffries was not a sport. Ho had no talent for heroics. Ills Interests were cautious and respectable. Ho was afraid of being a hero. Newspaper roports at first torrlncd him; then bored him. They tried to mako him an actor; and the result was some thing strange and wonderrul. Jeffries rcalzed It. Every time ho camo off tho stago Into tho wings, Uo would complain bitterly that they wero nuk lug a fool of him. For the samo reason ho never would bo Intervlowod. Reporters novor got nnythlng out of him but monosylla bles. When ho had fotfcht every ono who presented himself, Jeffries rctlrod; got mairled; becamo a rancner; loaned his name to a rniloon, and becamo a staid, well-behaved man of business. His icturn to tho ring was brought about solely by the chanco to mako a great deal of easy money. Porhais. nlho, a Uttlo, on account of tho preju dice, born of his lron-worner days, agulnst a negro, and His secret respect for tho championship. Any fighter with theatrical Instincts woilkl hnvo buist back into the ring wltji a blast of deflanco; but. In his slow, caincft way, Jeffries would not at first gho an answer, becauso bo said (tinhernlcally) ho wns not suro ho could win! That'B tho sort of man upon whom thu "fighting heart" of tho negro race Is to bo tried. In a word, Jeffries Is a commonplace, uninteresting median Ic, 'with enormous strength nnd a full supply of Anglo Saxon cetermlnatlon pf splilt. Now for Jack. Jock Johnson: Whatever Jeffries lacks In plctur esquencss.Js inndo up by Johnson, tho negro, Johnson Is tho Kind of sporty "coon" jou read nbout In comle pipers. Ho Is n nilnstlor Joko a scream a cako walk, A logician could see Jnhunn nml deduct (or ralhor "Induct") the Jun gles of South Africa. Seeing Johnson arrayed In his diamonds the d ly -iflmj winning ii prio iikui, iiiu iiimiKiiiiiii visitor from Mars would know that somowhero on this cnrlli thfcro must bo savages who hang lings thiougli on the Vnlo teams, behind the heaj); then she resumes ncr inougnitui attitude of com placency. Adroitnestl That's very much tho way Johnson fights In a prize ring. Ills flashes of motion aro n most extraordinary snec tacle. Thero Is no room to doubt that ho has iieu'r had a superior as a uoxcr. Not to go into a description of punches ami jabs, this remarkable skill Is Interesting as Illustrating a pnaso of Johnson a character. When j ou boo him box in his train ing quarters, or oen In tne ring, you are Impressed with two facts, that ho nocr secmB to bo really In earnest about It; and thnt ho lights very much arter tho manner of a parlor fencer, Ho has tho easy fastidiousness of tho foil fencer. Ills defense seems to bo without the slightest effort Dur ing his fight with the dangerous Tom rr., Tlurns, tho-ncgro carried on a caielcss conversation with the ring side spectators. Whllo Durns was making his most furious, If futile, as sault, Johnson asked the referee about the climate of Australia and chatted about tho slzo of tho audience, as though Burns wero merely a Uttlo child playing about his knees, i His defenso was so nne and adroit that he seemed only to be gently push ing away tho vicious, little fight champion with his hands, Burns fu tllcy pouuded the air, ltko an angry baby. Occasionally, as Burns started a blow, Johnson would shoot his brown arm across and land like n catapault on the whlto man's fnco oeforo Burns' fist could reach him. These fight details aro related for the purposo of laying a foundation for this question Whcro does this ridiculous negro got tho brain power to direct this re markable rirt of fighting? With him It Is an art. .This man Is In the act or striking mo with his right hand. I can see his flat coming. I wllLstrlko him with my left hand and break the force of his blow by hitting him before he hits mo. Hero goes! Almost an jonnsons blows aro counter blows, Ho almost never loads. it is ouvioua that tho negro has not the brain to actually think with the rapidity nnd accuracy that this stylo of fighting Implies. What 'then? ' Johnson Is a ery largo Toxas negro shout Ihe color of a well vnrn pig Fkln raddle. I.lkn most mulattos, ho Is built heavily about trio arms and shoulders, but with slender and not ijjy.JWlyiiKilp's. Tho went expel I 'iiuufi'iii'lhcnYnln gymnasium showed that, with Iho pikccptlon or his nrms, He has tho mind of a child or a bar barian. Most of Ills early fights were In Io Angeles. Ho was practically tho slave of his manager, at that period. The manager supported him aim thus acquired the right to nearly all his winnings. After each fight his "master" would hand him a few dol lars and Johnson would burst upon the rialto, blazing wltn paste dia monds, broad-soled Bbocs and the most astounding striped shirts. 'His wlfo would appear In new furs, no matter what the season, and Imi tation diamonds as big as saucers, Thus attired, they would tread up and down Spring utroet with hautuer and tho elcganco that only a dressed up darkey can assume. In a week they would be broko and hanging pathetically upon tho favor of tho whlto manager again tor po'k chops. Johnson still has tho samo tenden cies; only now hlB diamonds are real and ho substitutes fast-fcoing automo biles for his majestic cako walk up and down tho actors' promenade. As soon as he had becomo cham pion, ho discarded his negro wife for the more etegant whlto variety. Tho ambition of his life Is to rush speed In a racing automobile and be stared at. Being arrested for speeding and paying his fine from a pocket bulging with money is his idea of be ing Impressive. He likes to use b'g words that mean nothing In particular. Ho is delight ed to accept invitations to deliver lec tures before associations of colored people. Having been around so much with men of affairs, nml having been In the public eye for so long, John son has picKeri up a sort of "patter" and an etiquette, both of which he practices with oxrruclatlug clegince, Result: In the art of being inter viewed, he manes Jeffries look like a dub. The Animal. Is It not rcricctiy obwous that a simplo child of tho Junglo Ilko this darke)' with his "coon" diamonds nnd his striped shirts could not direct his manelous fighting defense by con scions thought? It fo'lowB that Johnson Is moro nearly the perfect animal thun Jof fries. He has tho advantage of bo lng tho moro prlmltUo brute. Jeffries, tho prize fignter, is tho product of painful conscious effort; Johnson of an agallty that is un thought and purely Instinctive. In tho Darwinian days, Jeffries was n big old water buffalo and Johnson was K panther; but It Is evident that, after Jeffries loft the jungle, Johnson stucK around and practiced for A' tow million years. Neither, you will b serve, 1b tho fighting typo of animal, in tho sense of bolng pugnacious. Tho buffalo and tho panther fight when they have to. M 8 two-baso hit, ho would bo sure to got' it home against tho (Hants, and then let up for another two or thrco gamos before he made any more. 1 Possibly that is why Philadelphia's luck against Now York turned after Osborne left for Rochester. Tho "Phillies'' stopped winning when Os borne wag no longer a membor of tho team. . ' tJ U St Freddie Welsh Wants Bat Nelscn Over In his own natlvo Wales, Fred' dlo Welsh, tho British lightweight champion, Is lashing himself Into a fury because of his falluro to drag Bat tling Kelson Into a contest for tho world's premiership in the 133-pound division. Welsh, who has established a fully equipped press bureau, keeps sending out defiances and criticisms for which the Durablo Dane Is tho target. Ills latest excoriation of Nelson Is dated Cardiff, January 4th. It has already appeared In the English sporting pa pers and typewritten copies of It have Kctcheil And Papke In PtiistiitRace From the loolig of things, It. will bo quito a whllo before either Billy Papk'e or Stanley Ketchel lssecen In an American ring. For that matter, . It seems as though the two crack mid dlewelghtB aro about to engage' In a kind of pursuit race that will tako them clear around tho world. Ketchel has been offered matches by foreign promoters, nnd Is planning to, lcavo here so as to bo in ehapo to box Tom Thomas, the British middle weight champion, inLnndon next June. It successful Kotchcl will con tinue his Journey to Australia, whcro a fight with Tommy Burns can bo hlsv for tho asking. Pnpko Is already on his way across tho Atlantic. He sailed from Now York on Sunday, and will mako his first: stop in Paris. Wllllo Lewis and Harry Lewis, a couplo of American pugilists, aro to box In tho city named on February, Bib, and two wocks later Papke will' meet tho winner. Before embarking Papke said ho was confident of this ability to dofoat either of the Lewises In twelve rounds, hnim tniin,i in thn vnrin,,. ,riin,r,ond that after his February bout In writers of the United! States. It pur-,"1 Fe "P' n woul inmp.ov- ... . .. ... ..'ptn ITnclann nil irt. fn not nn with pons io do a complete nisiory oi mo - r" . " . ., uciura mo nauunai Ball Player Shows Different Form Queer are the variations and tho moods of baseball and basoball play ers. Queer, also, are the parts played by different players against different teams, says the Now York livening Telegram. Last year Osborne, of tho "Phillies," was deemed too slow for that docile col lection of Peace Society apostles. So Hurray sent blm to Rochester to im prove as a ball player, He probably Improved. In any event ho batted well enough to help the Ro chester team a long way toward win ning tho championship, and tor that reason John Qanzel couldn't see how ho got nuch tho worst of tho deal. There was ono team In tho National League which was not cast down with grief when Osborne left to go to Ro chester, Ho may havo been a poor ball player in some respects, nnd ho may havo been only a morlocre ball player In-other respects, but ho was always somo pumpkins of a ball player whenever Philadelphia played the New York club. Philadelphia folks didn't think that bo was much of a fielder. Perhaps they were right, but If at any tlmo during a game, with Now York-some Philadelphia player made n catch of a fly hit which soemed to bo as safe as. stock In tho First National Bank, Os borno was suro to be tho man. Thero might bo three men on bases and some Now York player at bat who hit tho bill haul enough for a home run, hut If Osborno noer mado another catch during the weok ho would get out far Welsh-Nelson vendetta, and It Is highly Interesting In parts, particularly where It treats of tho monetary demands made by Nelson at various times when offered matches with Welsh both In England and Amerlcn. "How long may Battling Nelson hold the title of lightweight champion of the world while refusing to meet a qualified and legitimate challenger?" naks Welsh In his circular letter. Freddie, by the way, overlooks tho fact that whllo he has been taking life easy around Pontypridd, an American youngster named Al Wolgast has forg ed to tho front sutnclently'to be re garded as "a qualified and legitimate challenger" fpr the world's lightweight championship. . The pen may bo mightier than tho sword, but In tho pugilistic world It Isn't as mighty ns the glove, for while Welsh has been composing scathing articles about Nelson, Wolgast has been fighting himself Into tho good graces of tho promoters and the public gen erally. It looks at this writing as though Al has stolen a march on Fred die, for no matter where tho event takes place, a Wolgast-Nelson bont will constitute the next tussle tor the lightweight tltlo. Proceeding with his arraignment of Nelson, Welsh says: "I have met ev ery lightweight of note 'in America snd'England.and have defeated them all. I havo always been ready to meet ony lightweight In tho world. I havo endeavored for two years to get Nel son to meet mo and he has persist ently refused on ono 'pretext or an other. My position now la that by por- fnrmnnppn I nm tlln rpnl llffhtn-MrM champion of tho world, while Nelson wllllnB t0 K to Australia' and box Tom Thomas Sporting Club. When Ketchel hears of this ho may hasten his departure for tho French rldo, for, in adJltion to trying to fore stall Ketchel with Thomas, Papko speaks of continuing on to Australia, where he says ho has been promlsM & fight Vlth Bill Lang, the champion of that country. It may be that It Is Tommy Burns Papke has an eye on, snd in such case there Is much dangor in delay so far as Ketchel is con cerned. ' The Grand Rapids fellow may find by the time he has reached Australia that Papke has nosed him out of every match at present In prospect. In such case tho only thing left for Ketchel to do would bo to turn round and fight Papko in far Kangarooland. At present Ketchel's name and Ketchel'B fame appeal to tho Austral lian sports, but there Is no tolling what may happen' If Papke. Is the first to Invade that country. Within tho past couple of days Ketchel, who Is at present In Grnnd Rapids, has turn ed down a flattering1 offer cabled him by Hugh Mcintosh, tho Australian promoter. Mcintosh wants Ketchel to figure In three conteiti',ono with Tommy Burns, another with Bill Lang, and a third with an opponent to bo named Jater. Mcintosh says that the three bputs wU .net Ketchel close to f40,0o0. Ketchel cabled a refusal and, in ex planation of his actlon( saysiho wants to meet Tom T!ibmas,'tho tirltlshor, first nnd gafn for himself the tltlo of undisputed mlddlowolght,ehamplon of tne world. Aitor mat no win uo quuo Is only a self-called champion. ' Welsh then gives n rather prosy ro ellal of dils two ycain of effort to bring about a meeting with Nelson, He says that at ono tlmo he put up a certified chek for $5000 to go as a t,ldo bet and that Nelson refused to covor It. ' According to WfUh, tho nearest ho ever came to getting a fight with tho "coy Dane," as ho calls Nelson, was when the latter's manager came to hlni and said he could have a ten round bout ip Now York on condi tions that Welsh agreed to fight for nothing and on a "no-dcelslon" lusts, ' Says Welsh, "I rofused this magnifi cent offer." He explains further along that tho New York Club had offered ten thousand dollars for tho mitch mid that Nelson wanted ovory dollar of the sum mentioned. Coming down to more recent dato, Welsh says that it having appeared In American nnd English papers that Nel son had signified his willingness to box 'twenty rounds In England If a purso of $20,000 was provided, a re sponsible promoter with headquarters at Cardiff cabled Nelson that ho would offer the amount designated. Then I camo word that NeUon wanted $23,000 -ror nimsoir." on receipt of which In formation thero was much disgust around Pontypridd Tommy Burns, It la quite posslblo though, that Ketchel may busy himself and decide to get to woric on his foreign contracts a little carlle-. now. that Papke has started out before him.) Louis Blot of the Metropolitan Ath letic Club expected to tcaturo either Papke or Ketchel apd. for that nint tcr, perhapB, both of them for his March attraction in this city. Blot's first Idea was a Papko-Langford match nnd it that fell through ho Intended to fall back upon a Papko-Kctchel bout. As both Papke and Kotchcl havo de termined to try their luck abroad Blot will have to get along without them. Additional Sports on Page .7 ,BAND CONCERT. The following program will be rondered by the Hawaiian band this evening at half-past seven o'clock nt the Moana Hotel: March The Bersagllerl , , , Ellenberg Overture The Road to Glory... Kllng. Intermezzo Frivolous 'Cupid . . . , Lohse Reminiscences of Verdi, ., .Oodfrey Vocal Hawaiian Songs Ar. by Berger Welsh Bays that, after conferring Selection Sunday Parade. . .Hume with tho matchmakers he sent a cable. gram to Nelson promising that a pun"- or Z3.oo would bo forthcoming If Nelson would ngreo. to box on a winner tako nil basis. To this, saia Welsh thoro has been no rnsponsn and ho Is ho wns not ns strong ns tho athletes J enough to pull tho ball down nl(h one beginning to despair of getting Nelson nana, and it 119 mauo a, uaso uit, or a into a ring. Fantasia Beautiful Peacock -....I,..., Wclnrlch Waltz Oriental Roses .... Ivanovlcl The Star Spangled Banner. t Ann usual thing, tho woman who spen'ts plainly looks that way. "bal- Ins Nows, I N