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Moran-Murphy Card Attractive: Blot After Nelson-Thompson Bout: Langford
May Meet Barry Next Month: Coast tennis Players Win: Scholastic Basket Ball
MORAN AND MURPHY
LOOK GOOD TO FANS
Coffroth Hopes to Match Winner With
New Lightweight Champion
WILLIAM J. SLATTERY
ALTHOUGH it was overshadowed by the great Xelson-Wolgast fight
last Tuesday afternoon, the coming 20 round bout between "Harlem
Tommy" Murphy and Owen Moran at Dreamland on Monday evening
gives promise of being a spirited affair. The winner will unques
tionably shortly announce his candidacy for the lightweight champion
ship now that Nelson has been put out of the running, 'for the time being
at least. • \u25a0'"/\u25a0''
There is no question that the British lightweight and the tearing little
fellow from Gotham are among the best of the clever class of lightvrtights
now before the public. Each has been at the game a long time— long enough
to convince the fans throughout the length- and breadth of the land that
they can and will fight.
Moran is no stranger to the San' Francisco public. On two different
occasions he fought the great Abe Attell off his feet at Coffroth*s arena, and,
incidentally, he beat Frankie Neil and Eddie Hanlon in clever style, though
it must be admitted that he never would have gotten away with Hanlon in
the latter's palmy days. t
BOTH HAVE A DECISION OVER CHAMPION .
Both Moran and Murphy have a decision over the present lightweight
champion. Each of them hammered Wolgast all over the ring in New York
for six round*:. It is the genert.l impression throughout the east that either
can take the measure of the little German any time he starts, and, therefore,
Wolgast's victory over Nelson comes as a stunning blow on the other side
of the Rockies. *'.-~:
The betting is even money and take your choice on the coming mixup.
Moran figured to rule a favorite over the lad from Harlem, and, therefore,
many of the wise fans can not understand the present odds. Murphy has
never fought in this cily, and the local admirers generally lay against a man
whom they have never seen in action.
It is Promoter Jim Coffroth's plan to match the winner with Wolgast if
there is any possible chance. He does not know yet just where he stands.
He has had a conference -with Tom Jones, Wolgast's manager, but nothing
definite was decided upon. Both Moran and Murphy are willing to take a
chance at the new lightweight champion, so it's up to him to decide on
what he wants to do. v
The rival fighters are little fellows, and each is two pounds under weight.
Moran boxed 12 rounds yesterday with Joe Stanton "Soldier" Duncan, and
Tommy Deakin at the beach. Over at Al White's place Murphy went oi»
with Tommy Fitten, "Kid"' Burns and a big heavy weight from Pinole. The
boys will do the last of their heavy training this afternoon.
Coffroth is looking forward to a large gathering of the fans_at Dream
land Monday night. The reserved sale of seats will be open this morning
at Gunst's. SCO Market street.
'The 10 round preliminary between An tone la Grave and "Kid" Harrison
will be refereed by Jim Buckley, the prominent New York sporting man.
PROMOTER BLOT TRYING FOR THE MAY DATE
Promoter Louis Blot is busy trying to figure out how he will pull off two
shows within the next two months. According to the ruling of the police
committee of the board of. supervisors, his club has been allotted the March
date, but in addition he wants to use the May date for his proposed ' Nelso
n battle, which he believes he has in the palm of his hand.
Blot has received word from the Battler that he can not take on
Thompson in April, the month originally agreed upon. When he learned
this, Blot at once began to make overtures to Joe Woodman, manager of
Sain Langford. with a view to putting the Boston bone breaker on with
Jim Berry on the night of March 31. Woodman has consented, provided
that Langford beats Flynn in the south.
Thus it begins to look as though we will have Langford and Barry on
the bill of fare for March. It is about the best card for Blot to anglc^ after,
because there will be no chance to get either Moran or Murphy, Nelson,
Wolgast or the other stars at such short notice, on account of their present
engagements. Each is looking for a rest and some of the easy money.
"I can arrange with Coffroth to switch dates so that I can stage the
Nelson-Thompton fight in May." said Blot last night. "The Battler can not
light in April, and I do not blame him. He has a lot of theatrical dates to
fill, and he will need a good rest before he fights again., 1 think -that this
match is about as good as made." . *
In the meantime, "Gunboat" Smith is on the trail of some of the big
fellows. He left Philadelphia two days ago and will, be here Monday or
Tuesday at the latest, according to a wire from his manager, Luke Marisch.
The "Gunboat"' expresses his willingness to roll around with Langford,
Flynn or anybody they can dig up for him.
PLENTY OF BIG FELLOWS TO CHOOSE FROM
There were never so many of the big fellows congregated around San
Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles before. Surely some wise promoter
should be able to get at least one good fight oubof the flock. It is under
stood that Mcl Moffatt of the Oakland wheelmen Will put on a pair of them
next month, but the chances are that he will have to wait till Blot has had
Neither "Tex" Ric'kard nor Jack Gleason had any official statements to
make yesterday. There were no more meetings or conferences, and it looks
as though there will be nothing more stirring till Rickard is ready to take
his departure for Nevada, which will be within the next week or 10 days.
He expresses himself as being very well satisfied with the turn affairs have
taken, but this is as far as he is willing to go.
If there has been an open rupture between the promoters, each stren
uously denies it. If there is anything 'underneath the placid waters, the
promoter are shrewd enough to keep it to themselves till the eleventh hour,
when it must break. _
Wolgast's victory pver Battling Nelson occasioned a lot of surprise
throughout the country 'last Tuesday afternoon, but it has nothing on the
sensational knockout which Frankie Conley scored over the bantam cham
pion. Monte Attell. in Los Angeles on the same day^ The champion .was a
? to 1 shot over the practically unknown lad from Kenosha,%\Vis, and the
"outhern fans all but fainted when they saw what had happened.
Conley is a mere lad, barely 20 years old, yet he is # described as bemg
one of the most daring little fighters who ever stepped into a ring. Those
who have seen him go declare that he fights very much after the style of
the late George Dixon. the greatest little man the game has ever known.
Conlev was unknown to the fans of the coast till a month ago, when he
sprung a Surprise by beating Danny Webster in a 10 round mill, in Portland.
He was brought out from his home for that mill and started an unknown.
Some of the wise ones figured that his win over Webster was a fluke, but
now that he has flattened Attell they are satisfied that he is a. champion.
Conlev fought Wolgast off his feet o« three different occasions in
eWt distance battles, and many believe that he is a better man than the
new lightweight champion. This, however, is a question to be doubted, for
the reason that Wolgast has grown big and heavy since then and can never
expect to make/Conley's weight again. -,
Juarez Results
JCAHCZ. Feb. 2S.— Htttie Garrett,* a 100 to 1
rtflt * «-»me n-ar being « eurpriee at Terrasas
r ark todar, -when ehe wa« beaten a short head.
Summary:
' €299. FIRFT RACE— Fire furloDge; f cilia?:
oW. HonM>. Weight tnd J**ey. Hn
- i_Vi«< Ciutnnw*. 100 i Garner* 1
jliZc. %'. K«5«. 107 (Holltater) \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \
3-I— De*rf<*t. JOO (J. Wilson » 3
Ti-je 1-011-3. lna Johnson. King RjT'f-
J8nl«J 8nl « "Bl«rk«tork. Judith Pair*. C^arllaw, Billy
Bard' Silnfov. l>al*y Garth, also ran.
6300. SECOND UACE— Scrca furlongs; *ell-
Odds. Hor**. \Yeight and Jockey. ' rin.
7.2-UJUdys I>ouise. 104 (Onrnerr--. \
7-I —Plume. 100 (J. Wilson).. .vyv =
A I— Aniie Mc<lce. 100 (Bene*coten> .3
Time 1:27 2-3. Ethel I>ay, Mlnnclotte, Odd
Il'tu: i"«m«*r«. Bantronia. alim ran.
6301. THIBH BACls— Four furlongs; 2 year
IwM*. Horse. Wrf'gfct aud Jockey. . Fin.
a-l— rnoJe Ben. 107 <*tnith> *
.V2_sollto, 107 <J. Wilson) -
1-I— Folk. 107 (MolcsworthJ «
Time. :4T. Balella. Juarez, also ran.
€302. FOURTH KACE—FiTe forlojj^:
• J-l— Heau Man. 104 <£lce>. :1
1C«-1— Hattte Garret t. 95 (Plosa)..* -
10-I— Ly«er». 102 (Molesworth) ...» •>
TimP, 1:00 23. Cypsy King. Execute. Jolly.
Shirley Rofsmore. also ran. Barney Oldfield and
jne Stokes left at P«t.
6303. FIFTH RACE— Six furlong?; eellin?:
m-\«. Horn. Weight and Jockey. Fin.
S-»— PJKer Stocking. 106 (Garnert 1
•S-s— 3<* Ehrlch.fllO (MrCabey) ............. .,3
Tim*. i:t3 1-5. B. J. Swancer. Don HamUton,
Ssnrulne. Meltoncloth. Sabado. also ran.
. 6S>4. SIXTH RACE— One mile; selling: _
v Odd*. Horse. Weicfct and Jockey. • Fin.
2-I— Gibson. 104 <Jones> ....: ""•:• i
Til— MoNallj". 102 <J. wn»on> 2
i-2— Alma Boy. 109 »Elre» 3
Timr 1:* O. . Msta". Luke Cate«, also ran.
The mi tier of Eddie Tsplin's suspension was
ciren • ; farther hearing : bjr tbe , utewards yes
terday txA they decMffi that the original rullnjr.
*+uiaz the 'boy down for 10 dajr.' Khonld *und."
He^rtU r jije De*pwado and Fort "Jobneon today
Cor Mackenzie; fcl* employer.
Juarez Entries
FIRST RACE — Fire and a balf fnrlongn:
Marral 112 High Street .109
Myrtle Dixon 11l Lillian Ray 107
Convenient 11l Louisa F .-.„\u25a0. .107
Succeed 11l 'Virginia Undsey ..106
Edna. Edward ..'....111 *Bronirhanj .*lO4
Un«le Walter 103 •Emmerke ......:.. .102
SECOND RACE— Five and a half : furlongs:'
Elder 1181 Apron ;'......"....... .107
lleitituiion ....112lB«ll of 8rawi. .:.... 107
Anona .......:112 'Valley Stream ....106
Dandy Dancer 11l "Belle Brady ......100
Regards 109 Bonnie Hayes ......106
Dick Vestal . ...109
THIRD RACE— Three and a half furlongs; 2
year olds: fc • •
Juarez 110 Bar Ann .';.,...;;.. .107
Brare - Withers . . .".110 Rampant . ...... .'.r. .107
Uttle Dick .HOOandy Kid .........107
Barney M 110 Gehtnlcht ......'.:. ,.1»J7
Mary Budd 107 Kinfolks T..:. :.-... ..107
Exactly .......... ..107|
FOURTH , RACE— Six furlongs:
Serenfoll ' .".113 Clint Tucker. . .".... .100
Meddllnjr Hannah ..110 Lomond ...lOtt
Wander ...103 Early Tide ..;.;. ..100
Lotus ' Eater ..... . ;100]
: FIFTH RACE— Six furloogs: , .
Hancock .......112 Bonnie Reg .'...*. ...102
Pelleas .............109 Pelbam ...........102
Fixing Pearl .......107 B. J. Scanner...... 102
•Hidden Hand ...:.107 StfaigbtvLlnc ......100
Tom Franks .......106 Star -Beam- .....:.. fi7
•Roblola- .......,:..104|*Lady Adelaide ....'O6
SIXTH RACE— One mile: :
L. M. Eckert. .1109 *Dr 'j. - c. Cox. 101
Sad-News -\u0084.• .'.'... .107 Gnn«on .....;...;. .101
I)ueh, •of •»lonte^ello.lo7 'Hardly«on - ..... r.T. 100
EnpraTer ..:.105 'Prlnw of Castile.. »<?
Cardlnal'Sarto.'..:..los 'Almena: ........;... 04
•Bill. Bramble .....lW ";
•Apprentice : allowance.', -. . : . v '^.
ARBA-NGE BOAT- RACK
; MADISON. Wlp., Feb. 25.— Arrangef
rnents for { a boat race I between..t he
University of Washington and Wiscon
sin- were closed -y estprdajv.when \u25a0 Coach
Ev* S.'-Teneyck ;of 1 Wisconsin \ received
word from the .westerners' that'".. they
would -corae' to Madison; on -June »4 ; for.:
tnc race. _, \u25a0
THE SJN FRANCISCO CALL, SATUBDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1910:
Fighter Who Knocked Out
Monte Attell Looks a Comer
Frankie Conley, the promising Wisconsin boxer, who knocked out Monte |
Attell at Los, Angeles last Tuesday. , ::\:'?^;T I
FAIRMOUNT EASILY
DEFEATS FRANKIJN
Clever Basket Ball Lads Win
Their Game in the Public
Schools Tourney
The boys of the Fairmount school
basket ball team haS things easy yes
terday afternoon when they defeated
the Franklin school in the Public
Schools athletic league tournament for
the ' Call trophy. TlTc final result was
29 to 14. The teams lined up" as fol-
Fairmount. Position. Franklin. '
Relnecke. . . . Forward Wolonsowiecz
Burke Forward Valcnto
Kadebruch Center .Bessfcig
Walsh Guard . . . . .Stafford
Golcalves.. Guard .....;... .Macfarland
Ray Daugherty of the Columbia Park
boys' club officiated as referee and ur
n 95" pound class game which was
played at the Columbia Park boys' club
gymnasium 'witnessed the closest and
hardest fought contest yet seen in the
tournament. The. golJ and red of John
Swett, after being on the short end of
the finish of the' first half, the score
being 12 to 9 in favor of Bergerot,
rallied and put up a' hot finish, win
ning out by Just a point. : George
Schlitter officiated In. this game. The
following was the lineup and score: >
JOHN" SWBTT -v
riayer and Position— P. -G. P. FT.SFT.
Jensen, f0rward. ........... 1 3 2 3 1
Schmidt, forward •« 0 2 4*o
Knrtzman. • center 7 2 5-G . 3
Lfcbtenstein, guard... ...:.. 2 1 3 4 0
Scbmletshek. guard... ...... 0 0 6 0-0
v. T0ta1.... ......16 8 15 16 4
BBBGBROT
Flayer «nd Position— P. G. F. FT.SFT.
Jackson, 8 2,2 11 4
Bell, forward..... ....7 2 1 7 3
Fuchs, center 0 0 5 0 0
Conro.v, guard .......... 0 '0 .1, 0 0
Rebel!, guard 0 0 . ' 7 0 0
Total.. ......:i5 4 .16 15 -7
Today : will be a busy one with the
league officials, as six games are sched
uled, to -wind up. the first week of 'the
semifinals. \u25a0 . \u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 :. • ' ', \u25a0
There have been a number, of
changes in the Oakland-- Church i ath
letic league's basket .ball -.tournament
this week, the : principal feature ,of
which* was the defeat of ;the First Con
gregational cadets by? the Baracas by
a score of 27 to : l6. V^Thlslplaces these
two teams : tie .for *se'cond''and,'third
place. The standing, of- the teams'fol
lows: - . - . . j
Team — \u0084 • Won.- Lnst. Pet.
California c011ege. ........ .....& : 0 ' 1000
Baracas ...........8 , l^ - £*%
Cadets ......:;............/... S 1 &58
Plymouth 7 3 700
FUll Regis...... .;« 3 <56«
Frultrale ••<> 4 W(0
Loyal 50n5....... .....-•.\u25a0•*•••'. 5 4 555
First Methodist Episcopal No. 1:3 <\ . % . . 333
FirstPresbyterlan.'...... '".:..'..: 3 7. SOO
First Methodist Episcopal No.'2.:i-_ ', 9 : .... 100
Lineup Announced: For
' Soccer Contest
H. Wilfred ilalonpy, 7 who is manag
ing-the soccer football teams at-Stan
ford university, has made' several mi;
portant changes in the ; team that is '»to
play the Barbarians today on .the"* Pr
esidio athletic grounds." 'The teams .will
lineup as follows: .0
' Stanford. 1 . . Position. . " . Barbarianf; '._
5tuart;. . :.:... . ..G0al ". . . . . .'. . ..;.'. .'.'... 8r0wn
0a key. ........ ." .'. \<ett - back ". t.'.~. ~. Ollerdesten
Erb. . . .......: . .v.lUicnt • b»ck ::~".T,~. .T".~ :*. J . Johns
Hamilton.". ..*..'.. Left half .•:CT.T. . '.Buckingham
Lacey : . . . ; .T ..Center \u25a0 half ."/- .~-'Aycr» \u25a0 (capf.)
C1yde. . ..... : . .". .".Rlsrht: naif . . . . .....'. Williams
Hubbard (capt.) . .'.Outside : loft. :..:." r.:.":: Lees
Ma10nev. .... ..;..' I u*fdev 1eft.'. .. .'...". ..Bernard
Htc51n5. ......... Center ...•:......... . . .KHiot
Fyf c. r .rri""rV.*lT?".Mnslde bright.. :;v, '." «".".":". T. Saul
D0ran. ....:.. .... Outside; right:. . ."...*. .Ph|Hii>s
\u25a0 5 After the game j. the -Stanford; team
will banquet >the ? Barbarians."
TRIPLE CARD OF
ATHLETICS TODAY
Basket Ball, Baseball and Track
Events Scheduled at St. .
Mary's College
Basket ball, baseball and track events
will occupy the attention of the SL
Mary's college athletes this afternoon.
Tne .basket ball quintet will play the
second game. of ; the Intercollegiate se
ries at Santa Clara college, the Phoenix
baseball team will meet Sampson's All
Stars on the Oakland college diamond
and the track squad of St. Mary's will
hold a meet in St Mary's stadium with
the Stanford freshmen. '\u25a0\u25a0
The" baseball [ part of today's athletic
program at St. Mary's Will start at 1:30,
so that the track meet with Stanford
may take place about 3.
Today's meet will mark the first time
that the cardinal ''track: squad and the
St. Mary's sprinters have met this year.
Coach Faulkner of St. Mary's will prob
ably make today's meet the basis' of
his selection of material for the' red
and blue track team that will go up
against the Santa* Clara sprinter later
in the year. .
The Victors, the 110 basket ball team
of St. Mary's, are adding 1 .. t0.,.-; their
lengthy list of consecutive victories.
Thursday night, they bested the crack
five . from St. ; Anthony's school by the
score of 38 tp 18. >- . :
Following are: St. Mary^ entries for
today's track meet with Stanford:.
Mile run— Clecafc, • Ennii, . Burke, ' Farrell and
Miller. .' \u25a0, '\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0;\u25a0 «-y.: -' \u25a0 \u25a0.. . ;
* Two mil* run— Spencer. Burke and King.
\u25a0-. 120 yard low hurdlea-rO'Connell, Hughes, Fist
and'Molioy. ": "~ -.;~.;' \u25a0 " ,
100 yard dash — Starrett, Leonhardt. Henry," De
Benedettl and Wilkinson. :
-120 yard high hurdles— O'Connell, Hughes and
Donnelly. . • . .
. 220 yard dash — Arata, De Bennedettl, Leon
bardt, Starrett and Martin.
: 440 yard dash — Stolz,and Martin. ...
880 yard^run — McDonald, Scholten, Smith and
Delahide.' V
s.Khotpnt— Walker, Wheaton. Stoli and Dlekson.
Hammer throw — Walker, Bonncttl and .Wheat
-Hiirh Jump — Armstrong, Stola and Dickson.
Broad ; Jump — Starrett, Walker, Leonhardt,
Dickson and Stole.': '\u25a0 Wx.'i'- - - ;, /
• Pole vault— Dickson, Walker and Wheaton.
All in Readiness For
Olympic Meet
Everything is in rea.diness for the
Olympic club's field day at the stadium
this afternoon. Promptly at 3 o'clock
Referee John Elliott, will: start off the
fiTßt event: \. , -i.^ , - '. '
'Trainer. Walter Christie; of the ; Unl
versity, of Calif orhia;' win have his i big
squad over f rom : Berkeley,: to.^ see ::what
they r can do .in their first open- compe
tition. ./ The Xteam;; race,;; a , two v" mile
event; will ;be the .feature; of :the*aft
ernoon's \u25a0< sport." 'Eight, teams arev en
tered; iPete .Maclntyre \u25a0 has\thß : track
in - good shape, and "fast; time should"; be
in'orderfor^all^theTevents. -:, 7 ' . ;
• The ; running! high jump,"- which is the
only; field event (on* the ; program,'- is an
attraction':^ alone //with ' three :.\u25a0> entries
headed "by'Horine, ;the Stanford; fresh
man,' who can do six feet or better.
California Jesuit
Lads Clash Again
[Special IDispatch , to* Th e; Co//] \
: .-? SANTA- CLARA* Feb.; 25.~Calif ornia'B
baseball -nine-w ill %jbe here 'tomorrow
\u25a0afternoon - to] play; the^ San ta Clara~ ; team
Ini the 5 second t'ganie> of »;thel6eries.*~^ ?;'
;; Following 1 , is Santa Clara's>lineuipi:;,. ;
:AUieacrt. v pitcbcr; 'Jacobs;: catcher;; Thornton;
first .. bane; < Salbtrg, ; *>pcond ? base; .'Rpa/ns."; third
ba«e: vMeGovern -'; (captain);: shortstop: .rZa rrlck;
left 'field; Trrfmutola, center Jflp ld;* Doollac'.' rijbt
fields- /\u25a0 : >T ./ •;;\u25a0; -;/_-,/ '.;±:^y^ >; ]
CALIFORNIA PLANS
GREAT FIELD MEET
Five Big Universities of West
Will Send Athletes to thef
Jubilee Celebration
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BERKELEY, .Feb. , 25.— Arrangements
for the biggest track and field meet
ever\held In the west have been com
pleted by; Graduate Manager~Ralph P.
Merritt of the University; of California
through the medium' of the newly com
pleted Pacific Coast intercollegiate ath
letic association. The five great uni
versities ,of the - . west— Washington,
Oregon/ Nevada, Stanford and Califor
nia—have already agreed to take part,
and Idaho may also enter later.
The monster meet will forn/theprin-"
cipal athletic, event of -jubilee week,
the celebration -of the University of
California's fiftieth anniversary. It
will bring. together for the first time
in the' history of western athletics every
exponent" of 'the forms of- col-
Jegiate track and ; field .; work, besides
enab]ing- western athletes as never be
fore to compete against the best men in
their respective events..
The big attraction "was assured -this
week by . the receipt of ' advices S from
Washington by Merritt; that the uni
versity authorities at that place would
allow their athletes a week's absence
from college; to attend the meet. "Other
institutions had previously r announced
their intention of granting " the neces
sary , leaves,; Of. .absence to their ath
letic representatives "for ', the jubilee
week, and Washington's acceptance has
assured the success of the meet. Mer-.
rit£ has been working, for* two years to
make possible the contest, the active
work-necessary toward bringing it
about having. been begun alyear.ago.
The board of governors for the as
sociation "is as follows: ; University of
Washington, Victor Zednick;" Oregon.
William Maynard ; Nevada, H. N. Stan="
derniek; Stanford, D. W. Burbank; Cali
fornia. Ralph P. Merritt.
• The board of governors .will meet in
Berkeley some time early in May to
strengthen and make permanent the
organization: and agree upon a con
stitution and bylaws.- .
The: scheduling of the meet in the
middle of jubilee week will insure the
largest possible .attendance, as Cali
fornia authorities expect fully 10,000
alumni to come back to Berkeley for
the semicentennial celebration during
the week of May 14.
•:-• . - • :l: l • .\u25a0 ;i>ife
-Instead of meeting. Santa Clara on
the ; university^ grounds tomorrow the
California nine will Journey to Santa
Clara; to play the team whiclj defeated
them two weeks ago. -
There will be no game on the campus,
but-; the varsity; will line up on the
liome grounds again Wednesday when
the.team will play St/ Mary's Phoenix.
The California lineup will be as fol
folws: Smith, pitcher; Stoner, catcher;
Greenlaw,\ first base; O'Kelly, second
base; A/ Lewis, : shortstop; Allen, third
base; Salisbury, right" fleld;, Clendenin,
center 'field; Coane, left field. *^;1 ;,
Oregon to Send Team
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 25. — The Uni
versity of Oregon will participate in
the interstate track meet, to" be held
on the oval at the University of Cali
fornia May 14. This decision' was
reached at a meeting of the athletic
council today.
Oregon will .send a team of six or
seven of her best point winners. The
local "team will not be picked until
shortly before the meet, but a num
ber of last year's winners are sure to
be counted among those representing
the lemon yellow. Oliver . B. Huston,
the varsity's crack, sprinter,- will be al
lowed to compete in. this meet. Johns
and McDaniels, Hay ward's great- pair
in the quarter, will make a strong. bid
for the team, a« will Captains .Wil
liams' In the pole vault and Hawkins
in the hurdles and broad jump. Kel
logg Is the most likely weight -man,
and Riddell probably, the best miler of
the old men. ~ . ,
• Oregon's, football: team made several
trips to. California before the southern
universities adopted j Rugby, but this
will be the first time an Oregon track
team has competed \in the south.
Blizzard Nips Players At
Hot Springs
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., Feb. 25.— Nearly
a hundred ball players from major and
minor league clrclesare snowbound' in
hotels and boarding houses here.
'The blizzard, which cut Into, their
plans, struck the Vapor Valley yester
day, necessitating street clothes, for. the
ball tossers. Runs were attempted over
the Hot Spring mountain by several but
the going was so . heavy that they \u25a0 quit
and visited; the office: of Harry -Myers,
government superintendent ;of . the res
ervation,- asking permission to do in
door work at the "United States- "gym"
for soldiers and sailors.- ,-
Myers is : an old ball player himself,
and. has "wired to Washington for in
structions. \u25a0\u25a0:.-':..\u25a0 - - . . : ; j
r Horses Sold
CHICAGO, Feb. ; 25.— The, Patchen
Wllkes j stock farm : v consignment':
brought; the ; highwater mark in the j
fourth" day of the auction : at .the stock
yards i yesterday,, the ; high price .being
$I,9oo? for' Thomas ; Stokes j (2:25), > by
Peter- 7 the : Great,; the .stallion; going 'to
C. ': A.' Mutton . of i Provo, Utah. '.The nex^
highest \u25a0\u25a0* price was $l,soo.V.which - was
paid -for, MtssVWlllls.a 2 year, old Peter
the >?Great \u25a0?. fllly.^she > going? to; J. : T.
Thornton: of > Minneapolis,;. Minn. -
TO BATTLE Iff MARYSVILLB
[Special Dispatch to' The Call]
•; SACBAMB^ITOrFeb.-; 25.— "Kid" Sealer
of ; Seattle and ;DanhyiGoodmantof ;Chi
cago,"\ who* f ought ; a\2o \ round ) draw ; in
thiß Jcityi last ~\ months will -^travel^ over
the y Marathon j route % ln\ Marysyille ;' St;
Patrick'! -day.^C' ; The~ two -have' been
siKned-by'the' Hub City) club; to- flgrht
45 . rounds! r ".The ";-- preliminary /..will sbe
fought';by : Tommy Feltz and . Jimmie
Fitzpatrlck. -.?^^g^^p^gffiggt
TO OVERHAUL ATHLETICS
•CHlCAGOA.F«b.v2s.— Athletics at
Northwestern- university \ will*'.be - re
habilitated,! if (plans .set Jon; foot; by I the"
alumni 'fare a carried | oatJgi The -, alumni
ihavelstarteafah < ;investlsatlon-..tb;ascer^
tainttheireasbn\whylthe;purple;stream"-V
era 't of I the* athletes] have • trailed^ in ; the
'dustlsofpersistentlylofj late.'." {;-•--.
HORSEMEN ISSUE
CONVENTION CALL
Followers 0/ Harness Horses to
Hold Meeting in This City
/on March 2
Adverse legislation which has hurt
harness racing In this state and prac
tically driven many, followers of the
sport to other fields has aroused the
men interested in the affairs of the
sport to take action. On March 2 a con
vention of harness horsemen will be
called in this city at the Mission pro
motion association hall. Sixteenth and
Valencia streets, and. according to W. J.
Kenne3\ president of the local trotting
club, several hundred delegates will be
present.'
' Notices have been sent to the har"
nessmen throughout the state. The
purpose of the meeting is to form a
general body to further the interests
of the game from every point. The
delegates will include breeders, owners,
drivers, trainers and men Interested m
any way in driving horses.
One of the chief topics to come up
for discussion will be the passage of
laws at the next session of the legisla
tion that will be beneficial to harness
racing. The followers of the sport are
advocating laws similar to . those In
Kentucky, In which a state racing com
mission is appointed and ha 3 " super
vision over the sport, v ,
. An effort* will -be 'made to revive the
old district fairs which helped to make
history in this state. Of recent years
these fairs have been virtually killed
through adverse laws. .
The convention will last one 'Jay
only. There will be afternoon and
evening sessions. A notice has been
sent to a number of leading harness
men who are located in various parts
of California to meet during the morn
ing to draw up a schedule of dates for
the coming season, so that it, can be
presented to; the members of the con
vention during the afternoon session
for ratification. Among those who have,
been asked to arrange this schedule
are: M. C. Keefer, Woodland; Ray
Meade, jSan Jose; H. E. Armstrong,
Pleasanton; LJ-B. Daniels, Chico; Charles
Whltehead. Salinas; D. L. Bachant.
Fresno; Thomas Smith, Vallejo, and
Frank Turner, Santa' Rosa.
The convention will be held pre
ceding the opening of the big horse
sale \u25a0> at Pleasanton. A special rate of
a fare and a third has been made by
the railroad company for horsemen who
desire to come here. The holders of
receipts /of first class, tickets can get
return tickets- from the secretary of
the convention or W. J. Kenney for
a third "of the regular fare.
Sunday School Teams
Play Fast Game
; The basket ball five of the Central
Methodist Episcopal church defeated
the five from St. Stephen's church in
the unlimited claYs on the Mission T.
M. C. A. courts last evening, by a score
of 49 to 18. The game was S a fast one
and well played throughout. The teams
lined up as follows:
Central. Position. St. Stephen's.
Day Forward Freed
Kemp........ ...... Forward. ....... Jeffries
Ferrar .Center .G. Hildebrand
G01dbreth ......... . .Center .1). Hlldebrand
Rogers. Guard.... Christie
England; Guard. ... .....'.. '.' . . . Leek
In the 110 pound class the Grace
Methodist Episcopal church five beat the
St. Stephen's five, 64 to 5, with the fol
lowing lineup:
Grace. Position. St. Stephen*.
Millan ...Forward Spencer
Head. '.'.' Forward Olson
Duncan Center G. ; Harms
Htnk '. Guard F. ! Harms
McMurt y. . ..'....... Guard .....'........ Herrick
; The girls' five of the Central Metho
dist Episcopal church defeated tbe team
from St. Stephen's. 57 to 6. The game
was very one elded, the victors having
things their own way throughout-
Nelson Offers to Bet He
Can Whip Ad
• OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 23. — "After ray
fight with 'Cyclone' Johnny Thompson
in" San. Francisco, in April, I will be
ready for a return fight with Ad Wol
gast. I will make a side bet of $5,000
on the result and $5,000 more that he
can not stop me In 20 rounds." Such
was the statement made today by Bat
tling "Nelson, who is en route to" Chi
cago to begin a theatrical engage
ment.
Nelson said that he would train at
Jim Mays', Reno, Nev., ranch for his
fight with Thompson, ; and then would
force- Wolgast into a return match. He
added: . > , /
: "Had the fight riot been stopped the
result would hax-e been different. Wol
gast had no punch left, whereas I al
ways have: that knockout' blow "in re
serve. I 'am confident that I can whip-
Ad in a return match." ...
League Bars California
Outlaws *
-CINCINNATI. Feb. 25.— J, B. Hender
son and. Thomas P.Sheehan today were
refused reinstatement .in organized
baseball by the national baseball com
mission. . . .
Last season Sheehan played with the
California state league, an j'outlaw"
organization.'. He ignored the' offer of
the national commission to reinstate
ineligible, players last spring,'- and on
that*. ground, his application . •was- re
fused. ->.The case of Henderson was sim
ilar, •' he! having played ; wlth . the Stock
ton team of the' California 4eague.
-, ; ••Bill" :Lorey,; outfielder, "was "released
'to New York -today ; by ' Cincinnati. -
For Sacramento
[Special Dispatch io The Call]
SACRAMENTO, . Feb. \u25a0 25.^-Sacramento
fight fans". will be treated to two heavy
weight battles during "the month of
March.; ". The Capital athletic club March
11 willstage.Tim O'Neil and Terry Mus
tain*;in:a'2O round;bout. March 18 the
Central;: club, \wlll put - on. Jack -Burns
arid^Battling --Johnsons in -a .20 round
everit.<- It will be the first (imeini three
years that 'heavy weights *have/f ought
in Sacramento.'
COAST PAIR WIN
TENNIS TOURNEY
Gardner and Touchard Defeat
Opponents in Doubles After
Grueling Match
SEW YORK. Feb. 25. — The . Pacific .
coast pair, Carl R. Gardner and Gus
tave F. Touchard. today won the'in^ '
door national championship in the town
tennis doubles on the courts of the
Seventh regiment armory. They de
feated W. B. Cragin Jr. and Miles S.
Charlook of the Elizabeth town and
country club, after five grueling
6—l,6 — 1, ?— 6. 7—9.7 — 9. 6—l.6 — 1. 6 — i.
In every respect the match was on«.
of the most notable ever played for the
title.
Gardner was disappointing. His
service was weak and his volleying
wide of the court. Only the brllliancy
of Touchard saved the match. His over
hand smashing was excellent and hi*
cross volleying earned many points at
critical moments. Steadiness vas the
main feature of th*. loaer's game. They
lobbed with great effect, and it was
due to this sort of playing that the
match was closely scored.
Tomorrow R. A. Holden and Touc'.iard
will meet in the singles championship
final.
San Jose High Schools
Banish Baseball,
[Special Dispatch to The Ca22]
SAN JOSE. Feb. 25. — The question of
baseball as one of the high school
sports was definitely settled today by
the vote of the lower houses and the
game will be dropped by the school for
the season. Next season with new men
and a new management to the fore it
may be taken up again.
- Thursday evening tbe following self
explanatory resolution was adopted by
the board of representatives of the stu
dent body of the high school after a
thorough discussion of the charges of
professionalism among the members of
the team, the expense of operation, etc.:
Owlnj to, the dl.«<]ualia?atir>n of the best
players, the recent discreditable action of
the teaia and the financial pressure of thi*
actiTity on the achool fund, we, the board
of representatlrea of the San Joae txlgh
school, recommend that baseball be droppe-1
W the seaaca.
The resolution was then submitted to
the "lower houses" to be ratified or re
jected by* an election, which was con
ducted today*, the senior classes being
accorded four votes each, the Juniors
three votes^ the sophomores two votes
and the freshmen one vote.
In summing up the poll showed 33
votes in favor of the resolution and 7
against it: The popular vote stood
about 420 for and 267 against.
Brennan Fights to Draw
With Chinese -
Ah Wing, the Chinese pugilist, "was
revived last night by the White Rock
athletic club. and the celestial battled
Billy Brannan to a four round draw.
This was the beat exhibition of th»
evening and afforded the crowd which
went to the Dreamland rink plenty of
amusement.
Charley Reilly and Billy Snailham.
two o* the old time amateurs who have
been fighting professionals, were,
brought back into the four round game.
The boy 3 seemed to recognize each
other and they put up a friendly setto.
Most of the contests went the limit.
and as a rule they resulted in draw de
cisions. Harry Papke stacked up
against a boxer named Jack Hart, who
was much larger than Papke. but failed
to last a round against the little- man.
Willie Meehan won a four round deci
sion from Joe Miller.
Tanglefoot McGovern and Arthur
Johnson fought a draw and George
Ford and Joe Miller battled evenly for
four rounds.
Coffroth Sony He Did
Not Bid" Higher
[Special Dispatch io The, Call}
NEW YORK. Feb. 25. — A letter from
Jim Coffroth. received here today, says:
"Jeff came to town yesterday, and the
place went wild over him. Today Glea
son's;ball -park was packed to see him
exhibit. •
'"This Is amusing ana instructive to
me; as heretofore even when the big
fellow was matched his arrival created
but a small ripple of excitement:' in
structive because it shows me what a
tremendous Interest there Is In thejef
frles-Johnson fight.
"When I was bidding for the fight In
New York I never could see it amount
ing to more than $75,000 and. lau?heiJ
when the other c^ap* said $150,000.
Now I agree with them. It's. the b^r
gest thinsr'»that ever happened and
then double that."
WRESTI.EBS READY FOR CONTESTS
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.- Twelve wrest
lers from Chicago, three from Xew
York and one each from Brooklyn.
Newark, N. J.. and Detroit, will com
pete tomorrow night at the Illinois ath
letic club in the finals for the National
amateur athletic union championships.
The preliminaries were held -tonight.
Johnny Kennedy, unattached, de
feated Fred Gump of Kansas City in
the 145 pound class, but is being inves
tigated on a report that he competed
in the Amateur athletic, association
event.
YOKEL. BEST WnESTLBR
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 23.— A
wrestling: match for the \u25a0welter " welsh t
championship of the world." between Al
Ackerman of Lima, O.,and Mike Yokel
of iSalt~ Lake City, .was won by TokeL-
Ackerman went to the mat twice in suc
cession.'the! firat fall being- in <3,mln
utes.and the last in two minutes... Acker
man admitted * the first fall on a toe
hold, claiming that an old injury to his
leg spoiled hl^jlefense. A combination
hand and i leg lock did the business in
the second fall.
L\TOXL\ ASSOCIATION AGAIN I.V
DICTED
CINCINNATI, Feb. 25.— ; The Latonia
racins' association .was Indicted "today
by a special grand Jury "at Covinjton.
Ky.,--.as' a- common: nuisance' and- for
maintaining, a gambling' house on .its
premises. This is the fourth indctment
against the association. Two "former
charges were dismissed early this week
on a demurrer.; and the third Is being
considered by the court of appeals. "
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