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Rival Lightweight's Primed arid Ready for Initial Tap of Gong
WOLGAST ODDS TAKE
SLUMP-NOW 2 TO 1
Sudden Withdrawal of Coin on Dutch
Demon Follows Nelson Rally
BATTLING NELSON
>«. I liavc been in thin figbtlnß
tramr for 13 jear«, but I am like
cwod « lilnkj , I improve with asc
I have alwcys brousbt the money
bomc for my frirndH, and I will
brine: it borne aj^ain irbcn I meet
Wolsrast this afternoon* I would
not advise ,-in.Ox.dy to bet on 20
round*, for I kuow that Wol^ant
in playing: this came himself and
he may stick. Hut I will K et him
nnd make no mistake about It.
Toia Jonrs ban KaJd be will ro
hack to work if AYolsant loses
and I advise him to Mart looking
for a Job immediately. The Ilfcht
wclpht championship will stsj
right where it Is.
WILLIAM J. SLATTERY
BAi ILIaG ai-.LSON, the lightweight champion of the world, and his
bold little challenger. Adolph Wolgast, are primed- and ready for a
great pugilistic: struggle in the ring at Richmond this afternoon at 2
o clock. X ot in years has any ring attraction created the interest that
this afternoon's contest has stirred up. The fact that Wolgast
is one of the very few fighters who has ever given the great champion a
tussle iif the past has tended to excite the curiosity and whet the appetites
of_all the admirers of the sport. No wonder the city was fight mad last night.
There was a sudden slump in the betting last night, -XVolgast's price
dropping from 10 to 6 down to 2 to 1. This occasioned great surprise all
along the line, for the reason that the rush of Wolgast coin from Los
Angeles on the previous night indicated that there would be a tendency to
boost the odds up instead of hammering them down a peg.
Kut, as everybodj' knows, San Francisco is a great Nelson stronghold.
Fhe Dane has brought home- the money here on so many occasions that
be has won the conridence of all his old time admirers. They showed their
faith in him last night by rallying to his standard and gobbling up prac
tically all the Wolgast money to be had. Within a few hours the thousands
of dollars which the southern sports had dumped into the local market has
inched away like so many snowballs before a ray of spring time' sun.
RECORD GATHERING OF FANS ASSURED
All indications point to a great gathering at the ringside this afternoon.
The advance sale of tickets has nearly reached the $15,000 mark, and as
the gallery will accommodate something like 6.000 persons at $2 each, it
can easily be seen at a glance that the house should come up to the $30,000
j:ark. and it may be even larger.
Promoter 'Sid Hester's office and the other places where the tickets are
on sale were thronged ail day yesterday and far into the night. Orders
also came pouring in from all sections of the state. Special trains will bring
crowds from Sacramento, Stockton, Martinez, Vallejo, Napa and other towns
within easy reach of Richmond.
There is a lot of Wolgast money to be watered on the rounds, and
ia«t night it went up a point in his favor here, the admirers of the challenger
offering even money that he would last 26 rounds. The Nelson followers
are a bit dubious as to the rounds, most of them preferring to wager on the
straight result, which is really the best bet.
So far as is known, neither fighter has bet much money on himself.
The champion was ready to wager 55.000 if the odds jumped up to 10 to S.
«>ut, like the others, he was disappointed and disgusted when he discovered
la>t hi^ht that the scarcity of Wolgast money had sent the price back to
2 to I:*. Wolgast may yet place a bit of a bet on his chances.
F.vcr;. body -<emcd happy and contended last night, for the weather man
cfecasts a fair day today. So long as the rain keeps off. everything will be
• ainT rosy, liven though the day he menu rmd sho%very the tight will
Uikc ptece ju.;t the same. The champion and the challenger are too game to
even think uf Levitating for a few raindrops.
liester has completed all his arrangements tor special ferry and train
service to and from the arena. The Santa Fe boats will leave every half hour
after 9:45. wbiic special electric train- will meet every Key Route train at
PbrtictJi and Sr-.n Pablo avenue. Oakland, and run direct to. the arena. The
Soi'lHtrVi Pacific has also decided to run special trains from the Oakland
Kffoic even, 40 ir.imitcs after 10 o'clock.
NELSON EXERCISES FREELY AND TAKES SPIN
\V!-o-i kept his promise and exercised freely yesterday. After a little
\u25ba.pin on t'.-e road in the morning he came back in the afternoon and played
haridiKi'l with Manager John R. Robinson for a full hour. He stepped on
the -c..K\> .v.vi was exactly at weight. 133 pounds. He looked to be in grand
condition and r^xdy to -make the tight of his life.
Tl e Dane cair.e to town early in the evening and spent the night in the
Tir-;:i: ll baths He will go to Oakland this morning abouT~lo o'clock and
will be ;::ct in Oakland by John A. Bunting Jr. in his big touring car, which
will carry him to the home of J. M. Jones, his old time friend, in Richmond.
Xelron will remain in Jones' home until 1 o'clock, when he will go to the
aren.i.
Jonc? and Robert Mantel!, the tragedian, will be Nelson s guests at the
nght. In Nelson's corner will be Robinson, Nelson's brother Arthur, Abdul
the Turk. Joe Myers, Abe Silverman, Louis Savoy and Jimmy Howard, the
man uLo brought Harlem Tommy Murphy to this city several days ago.
Wolgast beat the time a bit and made the trip to Richmond last night in
company with his manager, Tom J[ones. The little fellow put up at the
home of a friend in the transbay city! Like Nelson he will report at the
ringside at 1 o'clock. In his corner will be Jones, Hobo Dougherty, Jeff Perry,
Pete McVey and Charley Anslinger. W'olgast weighed just 131J/2 pounds
yesterday afternoon after doing a little light work.
PUBLIC WARNED AGAINST SCALPERS
Promoter Hester warns all the fans to beware of ticket scalpers and
purveyors of spurious gallery tickets. It was rumored last night that
worthless gallery tickets will be offered for sale on the ferry boats.^ Hester
announces that the gallery tickets will not be put on "sale till 11 o'cock and
that the arena is the only place where they can be secured.
Certainly there should be no excuses for scalping. The arena is large
enough to hold 20,000 people and probably not more than 10,000 will attend
the go. It is fitted up with plenty of large turnstile gates, and if the
promoters mean business and are on the level they can ver ywell see to it
that there is no scalping. The public certainly is entitled to an even break.
The trip to Richmond by the Santa Fe boats from the ferry takes just
40 minutes and the company has made a special rate of 40 cents for the
round trip. This is the most direct line. After disembarking from the
boat at Richmond, passengers take waiting trains which will whisk them to
the arena in just two minutes. ? ... •
The trip on the Key Route and the Oakland electric cars requires about
an hour, but the accommodations will be ample to handle 20,000 people. The
( - s so 40 cents for the round trip. The same rate will prevail on the
Southern Pacific line, which will land its passengers in Richmond in about
50 minutes from the ferry.
The preliminary will start promptly at I:4a and will be furnished by
Hobo Dougherty, Wolgast's speedy little sparring patner, and Abe Label, the
e'ever four round fighter of this city and Oakland. It will be alO round
a'Tair A.s usual Billy Jordan will be the master of ceremonies and Eddie
S-n ; th will act as the third man in the ring when the main event principals
-ome on Moving pictures will be taken of the fight and the crowd and
Uncle Sam's Men Will
Contest on Field
— -
*>X field day will be held at Fort Ma
son today, at which the members of
Companies I and M. Thirtieth infantry,
•will take part. A series of interesting
races and fleld events have been ar
ranged for the occasion. The games
will start at 9 a. m. They are as fol- j
lows:
Sal &r3£ «*£». ollrc drab shirt, belt
rod gloves).
B«Ur race-Fonr^en fron, «cb company
(&K<\ equipment without rollsi.
VqaipVnt race-Eutricj. unlimited.
p°uto race-nntrie* unlimited.
WUt-clbtrrow race— Blindfolded ; entries nnlim-
lessr* race— Two men, same company;
A Ca &Z X&t mon from each company.
P Centipede racl-Eigbt men from cacJi com-
PS ISg of trar— Eight men and captaii from
'^Sutlon-All contestants who failed to
win 100 *«M da!«h. backwtnl.
/ Ih^lio/T^. I»-r: rercre^-Captain,
/ t ißond «ud A. K. Sloan: clerk of ww,
Lieutenant E. L. Field: etarter and .u
noaaccr. Second Lieutenant 11. B. Bottler.
AD WOLGAST
Nolsou ha« lirou fishting 13
years and be i-» nbout due to take
the count. I know that I am the
man to knock him out. I can xrt
the pace much fainter than Joe
Cans or .limm.r Britt ever net It,
and AoNiin will find that lie is up
:israir»( a different wort of fighter
uhrn he mecta me. That 13 i» my
lucky number and I think that. I
will Trtn Inalde of 13 rounds. I
fcrl ao confident for the reason
that' I bent him lv Los Angrier
last summer. I am better nnd
more experienced now, -wo why
can't I brat him ncnin? There
will be a now lisht weight cham
pion tomorrow iilclil. That* all.
Harvard Player Scores
Upset of Day
i
NEW YORK. Feb. 21.— 1n the na-i
tional indoor lawn tennis singles cham
pion ship today J. S. Prentice, formei ]
Harvard player, scored the upset of the!
day, defeating Calhoun Craiffin, 4-«, ;
6-1. 6 r l.
R. A. Holden Jr., Tale captain and
holder of western championships at
Chicago, defeated S. H. Voshell, fi-0,
6-4. William Hall won; from the Co
lumbia player, E. H. Pfeiffer, 6-2. 6-0.
i H. A. Plummer, former Yale champion,
defeated R. M. Beckley, 6-2, 6-2. A. Li
Hosklns of Philadelphia went down in
straight sets before L. .If. Fitch, 6-4,
7-5, and G. F. Touchard, the Callfor
nian, defeated E. Blgelow, 6-3, 7-5.
All these/matches were in, the. second
round. In the only third round match
played, R, D.Richey. defeated 'J.H. L.
Todd Jr., Fanwood club, .7-5, 6-1. .-•.". ..\u25a0>\u25a0'\u25a0'
W. C Demille and.O, V.- Bostwick
won the. 'only, match decided "in . the
doubles, defeating P. T. Large- Jr.,
Hamrd, and S. H. Voshell, 6-2, 6- i.
THE SAN FRANCISCO' -GALL,\- 'TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1910.
WHICH SMILE WILL COME OFF THIS AFTERNOON? A PORTRAIT OF REFEREE EDDIE SMITH BELOW
KNOCKOUT READY
FOR FIGHT CLUB
Alame da Councilman's OrganU
zat ion to Receive Finishing
Crusher From Mayor
[Special Dispalch to The Call]
ALAMEDA, Feb. 21. — Councilman
John Walker, fight promoter, and the
principal owner of the Alameda ath
letic club, is to be denied any further
permits to conduct boxing exhibitions
in this city, according to Mayor W. H.
Noy, President E. B. Bullock -of the
city council and several of the coun
cilmen.
President Bullock, who is also chair
man of. the finance committee of the
council, says that Walker's club has
failed to pay the city $250 for five box
ing exhibitions held under the auspices
of the club and that four of the exhi
tions were pulled off without even the |
securing of a permit, as required by
ordinance. There is a license of $50
charged for every boxing exhibition
conducted where an admission fee "is
exacted.
Councilman Walker had made partial
arrangements with the promoters of
the Nelson-Wolgast fight to stage that
battle in Alameda. When Mayor Noy
heard of it he declared that lie would
not permit the light to take^ place in
this city. The stand taken b>r the' chief
executive of the municipality forced
Walker to drop negotiations with the
promoters of the Nelson-Wolgast
battle. . \
; "Walker ' will not be given "another
fight permit if I can prevent it," said
President Bullock," and he will be
asked to pay the city 5250 which his
club owes for five exhibitions it'-- gave
at which an admission was charged.
The mayor and a majority'of the coun
cil believe as I do in this matter and
it appears that Walker's club will
conduct no more boxing shows in Ala
meda. The knockout is coming."
Comedians May Cavort
On Diamond
A riot, of fun is promised if Kolb and
Dill, the popular mirth makers of Ellis
and Fillmore, see fit to^ accept a chal
lenge heaped upon 'them yesterday by
Jim Mclntyre and Tom Heath of . the
"cullud" team of Mclntyre and Heath.
Mclntyre, acting as spokesman for his
bevy of fun makers, dareS' his German
rivals to meet him on the field of swat
and slug 1 and to play baseball for. blood
or marbles in, the cause of sweet
charity. . • .
Mclntyre and Heath's company have
in their ra»ks a ball team which in
their wildest fancy. -they believe the
equal of the Giants or even the Seals,
and with no fear in their hearts they
are willing. to go forth to combat with
the Kolb-Dlllians. Imagine the black
face comedians in the full regalia of
their royal robes parading around the
shortstop's territory, and the unctlous
Hebrew, Julian Rose, covering; .first
base, and then imagine the lean and
gawky . Kolb . and the fat and chubbj'
Dill cavorting around third base and
right field. :-
If the latter accept, and it .is whis
pered that they are: hungry, for .the
chance to redeem the German honor,
there will be joy a-plenty, and;. the
actors' fund, or, it is suggested- the
Jack Haverly widow, fund.- will; be en
riched in consequence. ' Let us hear
from Kolb and Dill now.
SOCCER AT SACRAMENTO
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 21.— The pick of
the soccer,- players of J Sacramento will
play the crack Barbarians of San Fran
cisco in .. the annual V game ' : tomorrow/
The -Barbarians .will!; come tolthis': city
In the '-.. morningY*.;: captained ;J; J by „- Harry
Elliott.;. -The' Sacramentp.Ueami will 'be
made vp :' ; of :.men~;from's:- the .'Jubilee
Rovers and Sacramento. ...
Interior High Schools to
Clash on Grid
[Special Diipaich to The Call]
SACRAMENTO, Feb. . 21.— The final
game of the Intercollegiate football
series between the interior high schools
of the state will be played tomorrow
when the Stockton eleven and that of
the Sacramento high clash. Next year
the Rugby style of game is to be taken
up.' Following the game in the evening
the basket ball teams of the same
schools will play a match game.-
Rational Riflemen Send
Canada Challenge
WASHINGTON, Feb. . 21.— The Na
tional Rifle Association of America has
sent a challenge to the Dominion rifle
association of Canada for an annual
match between the two countries for
the North American trophy, to be shot
for on alternate years at Seagirt, N. J.,
and Ottawa, in September. General
Bird "W. Spencer, president of the Na
tional rifle association, . presented the
trophy. \u25a0• ' ..
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Berkeley Picks Lineup
For Phoenix Game
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
•BERKELEY, Feb. 21.— The California
varsity will line up against St. Mary's
nine on the State league grounds in
Oakland tomorrow afternoon for their
first game with the Oakland colleffians.
\u25a0In the box "Lank" Rugby
star and newly developed pitcher, will
be given a chance to show his curves
for California, with a possibility of
Sniith replacing him in the closing
innings of. the game. Stoner will be
behind the bat. The rest of the Berke
ley lineup is as follows:
Greenlaw. first base; O'Kellyor Gay,
second, base; Allen, third .base; Coans,
left field; .Clendennin, center' field;
Salisbury, right fteld; Lewis, shortstop.
Members of the Berkeley V.' II. C. A.
willtakea five mile cross country run
tomorrow morning. ' The men will leave
the association ' headquarters, run
through North Berkeley to Cragmpnt
and back to" the starting pointl Among
the contestants will.b e: J. Colley, R.
Forsyth, Phil * Embury. -I. Norton, R.
(Purvis. G. Wehdering, F. Foster, C. K.
Sutcliffe, J., MacKinnon, .Eugrene Tays,
R. Hippard, E. Broderick, H. Peet, W.
K. Wilson. M. D..Pinfleld; P. Van Zaridt,
Thomas' Heafey,' Mills -McElroy, Regi
nald Rule and C.W.Dobohue. ' -.
THREE "C" LEAGUE
DRAFTS SCHEDULE
Season Will Oper. on~ April 10
With Games in Many In
terior Cities
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
WATSONVILLE, Feb. 21. — The man
agers of the Three C league met here
Sunday afternoon and perfected their
organization. Chief of Police Thomas
J. Albright represented the local team.
George G. Fraser the Traffics of San
Francisco, Carmel Martin, Monterey;
M. J. Boradori, Salinas; Ora J. Farman
and Ed V. Moody, Santa Cruz: Frank
Whiteside and Tom McGrath, San Jose.
B. D. Anderson of San Jose was
elected president and George G. Fraser,
district passenger agent of the Chi
cago' Great Western railroad, vice pres
ident; Carmel Martin, secretary, and
George Gould, treasurer.
The season will commence on April
10. The Traffic club of San Francisco
will open with the local champions.
San Jose at Monterey and Santa Cruz
at Salinas. Two series of 15 games
each will be played, the winners of the
first and second to play a post season
series for the championship. The first
series will terminate on July 4 with
double headers.
The local team won the championship
last year. The league was a great suc
cess, the championship being decided
In the last few games. Paid admissions
numbered over 75,000. This year the
teams will be stronger than ever.
Applications have been received from
many of the best amateurs in the state
for positions on the teams. All play
ers must be signed up and list sub
mitted to President Anderson within 15
days. - All professional players are
barred.
The winners of the pennant will play
the winners of the Transbay league
for the amateur championship of the
state.
Richmond, Feb. 22, 1910
NELSON-
WOLQAST
Leave Market Street Ferry Depot via Santa Fe:
&45 a. m. 11 :3O a. m; 1 :OO p. m.
10:30 a. m. j , 12:00 Noon 1 :25 p. m.
11:00 a. m. 12:30 p. m: 2:00 p. in.
ONLY LINE DIRECT TO ARENA GATE
JEFF AND JACK
WILL SWAP BLOWS
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Tex Richard and Johnny Her get
Are Ready to Come to an
Understanding
'Wo Reason Why Battle Can't
Take Place Here: 9 Says the
Nevada Promoter
Unless something unforeseen hap
pens within the next few days, Jef*'
fries and Johnson will battle for the
heavy weight championship right in
the heart of San Francisco on the
fourth of July. Tex Rickard has made
up his mind that this city is the place
for the greatest of all rin^ struggles,
and he has also made his peace with
Supervisor John L. Herget, the man
who declared that "no outsider could
promote the battle within the limits
of San Francisco."
"There is no reason why the figttt
can not be held in San Francisco. . It
looks like the best place to me."
Rickard uttered these words last
night, but further than that he refused
to commit himself. He would not
deny nor affirm any report as to a
conference with anybody. But away
down low it is known ttiat Rickanl
and Hereet understand each other. The
wide breach which has separated them
since the supervisor declared himself
exclusively in The Call some weeks ago
has been bridged. A truce has been
declared and soon the official announce
ment will be spread broadcast that
San Francisco has landed the plum.
Both Rickard and Herget have been
doing a lot of deep thinking and cal
culating during the last few days. Both
are shrewd, wise businessmen, awake Bo
every advantage and every opportunity.
Each fully realized that a feud between
them would do no good for the city or
for the big matcb, and each was easily
convinced that quick action must ba
taken.
During all the weeks of wranglins
and arguing Eddie Graney has been
going around, boosting Rickard and
telling his friends that the Nevada pro
moter would eventually come out all
right. Graney and Rickard are very
close and the pair \u25a0were In conference
nearly all Sunday night and a great
part of the day yesterday. But Graney
remained mum.
It is whispered along the line ' that
Herget. after weighing the matter in
his own mind, came to the conclusion
that the fight would be a great boost
for San Francisco and that Rickard
should be encouraged instead of dis
couraged. Herget is an old time poli
tician and a man alive to every im
portant event and the chances are that
he put two and two together and the
answer was "Rickard."
In the meantime tiie Nevada promoter
was carefully looking the field -over.
Like Herget. he's something of a
shrewd politician and an all around
businessman himself and the more h<*
thought the more he realized that he
must make his peace with the chairman
of the police committee of the local
board of supervisors. This is the key
to the situation.
It is not likely that the official an
nouncement will be made for many
days to come. Rickard stated last
night that he would remain; here for at
least 10 days. He will attend the fight
this afternoon and tomorrow. he intends
to look over all the available sites in
the vicinity. This, however, will be but
a mere matter of form. His mind &
made up.
Jeff Among the Angels
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 21. — So changed
in appearance that his friends scarcely
knew him. former Champion Jarues J.
Jeffries returned home today after hia
long absence abroad. Local friends. o*
the .pugilist marveled at his Improveil
physical condition, which to outward
appearances has been restored to the
virility that he possessed at the tinje
of his retirement from the ring. Jef
fries will remain in Loa Angeles until
April 1. Then, after a hunting tr!p. he
will select training quarters somewhere
in the vicinity of San Francisco.
TREJIBLAY IS WIXXER
CLEVELAND, 0.. Feb. 21.— Eugene
Tremblay of Montreal retained his title
as champion catch-as-eatch-can light
weight wrestler in a match tonight
with John Billeter of Toledo. He de
feated Billeter in straight falls.
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