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CALL'S DOUBLE PAGE OF SPORTS
BOB M'ALLISTER OPENS
UP A STRONG FAVORITE
OVER HUSKY SAILOR BOY
Olympic Club's Polished Boxer Is Installed a
i 10 to 7 Choice Because of His Class, but
r the Admirers of Petroskey Look for Their
Man to Rush Big Bob Right Off His Feet
WILLIAM J. SLATTERY
Bob McAllister is going to be just as strong a favorite over Sailor
Tetposkey this time as he was when they hooked up last month. The
odds opened yesterday at 10 to 8 on the clubman, but before the shadows
of evening made their appearance, they had dropped a point. This shows
how well thought of the polished Olmpian is, despite the fact that he
will meet a rough and tumble fighter who is game to the core and who
has never been knocked down.
Just as soon as the price fell a peg there was a rush of sailor money,
which suggested that some of Uncle Sam's sailors and marines must have
been paid oft lately. Petroskey is their idol and they risk their bankrolls
on him every time lie starts. It mat-
ters not with them who his opponent
may be. They all look alike to the
boy« who are lined up to right for
the flag.
If public sentiment is a criterion,
McAllister figures to win. pulled up.
But it is hard to go by the odds. Past
history tells us this. Favorite after
favorite has been bowled over here
and in many other cities during the
last few years, yet they always come
back and play the favorite. Once
they get a notion in their heads it la
hard to dislodge It. 0
The great following of Olympians
Is responsible for the odds which are
being laid on McAllister. He does
not figure more than a point in front
of his opponent when it comes down
to the cold blooded dope. The sailor
rushed him off his feet a month ago
and barely missed a few wallops j
which would have brought the battle |
to a sudden and a sensational end
ing.
McAllister lacks itvi h
There was a diversity of opinion, :
too, after that memorable mixup.
Some of the fans even went so far ,
as to say that lanky Bob was for- |
tunate in getting a draw. These per
sons held that the tar, being the ag- :
gressor. was entitled to the shade. :
He certainly set the pace and he cer- j
tainly made McAllister cover up and
seek shelter time after time, espe- !
daily near the finish.
McAllister has yet to prove that he?
can deliver a stinging punch. All of j
those which he has landed in the j
past have been mere taps. They
don't do much damage to his oppon
ent, but they are successful enough
to bewilder him for the time being
and thus allow Bob to keep away.
And apparently he is satisfied to re
main out of danger and take a
chance on winning his victory on
points.
Theoretically, it should be easy for
the winged O idol to keep his dis
tance and block the rushes of the J
able bodied seaman, but in reality he
is going to have a very tough Job
to contend with, for Petroskey Is dan
gerous and vicious and his wild
swings are liable to land -any time.
This is the way they shape up and
this is how the fans should dope
them out. McAllister haR the skill
and Petroskey has the punch and the
aggressive spirit. The result of the
battle will determine which of the
qualities count.
GOOD MIGHT PALZER
What a fine spectacle of a white
hope Al Palzer 1s today. Only a few
months ago they were touting him ;
as the only one of the bunch who I
really possessed a fair amount of i
class. And only a couple of months
ago he was supposed to go on with
Jack Johnson. There must be some
thing wrong with the game when
such a line of chatter is being passed
around.
Any time that Frank Moran puts an
©pponent to sleep, said opponent ap
parently Is lacking in every element j
of class, which a regular fighter
should possess. Moran loomed up as
one of the prize bloomers that this
city ever had been Introduced to and
the showing he made against Gun
boat Smith last winter apparently
disgusted the local patrons with the
heavy weight game.
The chances are that they will en
deavor to shoot Moran to the front
by virtue of that win over Palzer,
and they may get away with it where
he is not known. But never around
here. Frank's number is hung up ln
many quarters of San Francisco. He
made a very fast getaway after hia
last stand here and it is not likely
he will return for any more of
the gaff.
Palzer never has shown In San
Franciaco, but according to the latest
he either stalled his way to the front
or else he was lucky in getting by
with poor Al Kaufman. He failed
to do a single thing worth while ln
the meantime, but that old fox of the
fighting game, Tom O'Rourke, kept
him before the public always and he
made every effort count ln the long
run.
f.RIFFI V TO GO XOHTH
Jim Griffin, the local referee who
has been chosen to officiate at the
championship match between 'Willie
Ritchie and Freddie Welsh ln Van
couver on September 20, expects to
leave for the north Immediately after
the McAMlster-Petroskey battle. Jim
wants a few days ln which to look
the field over and get acquainted
with the sports on the other side of
the border.
"It's going to be a hard flght to
referee," says the fiery haired Judge
of affairs pugilistic. "Both men are
wonderful boxers, and, to my way of
thinking, the battle will be a mighty
close one if it goes the limit. I know
that tbe sympathy will be with the
Britisher because he is fighting on
British soil. This is what makes the
Job even harder than it ought to be."
They have not been shooting out
much news from the scene of action
for several days. In fact, all has
been quiet since Willie asked for and
was granted that additional $1,000
cut. Perhaps this so upset the Ca
nadian promoters that they have been
laying low and recuperating ln the
meantime. That experience waa
something new for them.
The local betting has not as yet
opened up, but it looks as though
Ritchie will rule at about 10 to 7.
He Is the champion and is naturally
entitled to the call. He also pos
sesses the punch, which entitles him
to the edge.
FIGHTERS READY
TO ANSWER GONG
Ten Pairs of Four Round
ers Will Entertain Fans
at Pavilion Tonight
The fanß will gather at the Pavil
; lon ring this evening to look the four
j rounder* over in the regular weekly
. fighting carnival. Twenty of these.
lads have been signed up to step
I around and every class save the heavy
weight is represented. They would |
have had the heavies on thg bill. too.
but for the fact that interest ln this
' class seems to be on the wane.
The most formidable of the t9 glad
iators on the bill are Wl'lle Meehan
and Roy Kenny, the middle weights.
• Meehan is known to all the sports
i around this section, while Kenny hails
from Chicago, and he brings with him
an enviable record as a slugger and
la boxer. He is starting out as a four
I rounder, but he hopes to be aN« t,o
I fight his way Into the 20 round class.
Kenny has picked out a live oppo
nent In Meehan. The former news- |
boy Is regarded as one of the most I
formidable IU pounders on the coast.
None of them haa been able to do
much with him. not even Bob McAl
lister. He fought the winged "O" Idol
off his feet ln a 10 round mlxup, and I
although he lost the decision, he was
foil of fight at the finish.
Kid Expoeito of Seattle hopes to
put Willie Robinson out of the way
and thus eatabllsh himself on a solid
basis with the local fans. Robinson ]
Is a good lightweight, one of the best j
in this city, in fact. He knows the
game of boxing thoroughly, and his j
boosters look for him to block the j
mad rushes of Exposito and thereby
gain the verdict.
Little Eddie Miller, regarded as the j
king of the four round bantams, will,
try to uphold his reputation when .
he meets clever Maurice Flynn of :
'Chicago. These boys are not much
lat the knockout game, but they are j
: whirlwind boxers and lightning fasti
•on their feet. It Is possible that the
I winner will shortly be matched to.
Igo on with Eddie Campi, who is here i
looking for trouble.
Tom Nickola, the former soldier.
Will take on another of his class, ;
Billy Griffith of Chicago. They are i
■evenly matched in height and weight j
and will enter the ring at 160 pounds. ;
Nickola Is a good, plodding tighter,
but they say that Griffith is going to ]
pull a big surprise on him.
Dick Kendall, the Idol of Butcher- j
town, is going to try to get even on i
Willie Capelli. who hung up a four ;
round decision on him last month.
These feather weights gave a great
exhibition that evening and Kendall ,
fought a game fight, but Capelli's i
cleverness was too much for him.
The other bouts are as follows: ,
George Engle vs. Tom Stevens, light- j
weights; Sam Slavich vs. Sailor Wil-,
son, middle weights; Tommy Ryan !
vs. Joe Connolly, feather weights; :
Tom Daley vs. Bob Smith, light- I
weights; Tommy Murphy vs. Kid Me-]
Illehenny, feather weights.
FRESHMEN LAND
IN SOPH MORGUE
Victory Crowns Efforts of
Stanford Sophs in Annual
Rope Tying Contest
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 6.—
Victory crowned the efforts of the
sophomores in the annual rope tying
contest held on the turf of the foot
ball field yesterday afternoon before
2,000 spectators.
Twenty-five minutes after the ref
eree's starting gun 1 had been fired
every one of the 230 odd freshmen
had been laced up, hands and feet,
and carried into the soph morgue.
The Infant classmen put up a game
scrap. They outnumbered the second
year men about 30, but the familiarity
of the sophs with each other was too
much for the struggling "frosh."
This Is the second win for the 1916
class, as they tied up the sppha last
year, thereby hanging up a record not
equaled by previous classes.
Yesterday's rush marka the culmi
nation of several days' hard clashes
between the two under classes.
HARTFORD WINS PENNANT
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 5. — The
local club has won the 1913 pennant
in the Eastern league, victory being
made certain by the double defeat
suffered by the Hartford club yester
day to the New London aggregation.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913
It's the Same Old Story After the Knockout
Famous Tennis Players
Reach San Francisco
MAURICE E. McLOUGHLIN, champion tennis player of the
world, accompanied by William Johnston, the other San
Francisco boy who made the name of California famous on
the eastern tennis courts arrived this morning.
The lads tried to slip in modestly, but their friends refused to
allow this. A large delegation of local and transbay tennis fans
were there to greet the noted quartet, which was kept busy for
some time shaking hands and receiving congratulations.
The boys had little to say regarding their great work, but all
admitted that they never felt better than when they sniffed the fog
on San Francisco bay, and gazed upon the old ferry tower in the
distance.
Strachan, Griffin and Johnston will take part in the singles for
the state championships on the Claremont courts, beginning tomor
row, while McLoughlin probably will play in the doubles with
Wickham Havens of Oakland.
BARBARIANS GIVE
MEMBER BANQUET
Bid Farewell to William
Pickering and Celebrate
Santa Cruz Victory
The Barbarians (Britfeh Empire)
club brought off a double event yes
terday by celebrating their recent
victory at Santa Cruz In a series of
games with Surf Beach, at water soc
cer, and by blading farewell to Wil
liam Pickering, the center forward
of the water soccer team and a direc
tor of the club.
"Pick," as Pickering is popularly
known among the -members, leaves
California In a few days to introduce
to his friends and relatives in Eng
land the charming California girl
whom he" has made his wife since
he came to the state, four years ago.
Congratulatory speeches on the
success of the club in the water soc
cer league, and particularly on the
splendid victory at Santa Cruz, which
won for the club a handsome cup,,
were made, and cordial wishes for an
enjoyable trip in the old country were
unanimously extended to Mr. and Mrs.
Pickering.
The president of the club, C. Y.
Williamson, presided at the gather
ing, which was held at Negro'a s;ife,
and ln the course of a short speech
complimented Pickering on his clever
work at center forward during the
water soccer season, and hoped that
he would return from England ln
time for opening games next season.
"Pick," he said, "has shown the
spirit which tends toward the success
of any club. He»has always put all
his energy into the game and shown
the sporting spirit essential to vlo.
tory. He pays his victory to Eng
land with the best wishes of all the
members of the Barbarians club, of
which he has been a worthy support
In every branch of its ."-porting ac
tivities, and there is not a member
who will not be anxious to extend
to him the cordial mit on his return
to California."
Pickering, in his response, said he
would be proud to introduce his wit*,
to his English friends, but would re
turn in time for the games next sea
son.
Edgar Pomeroy, acting commis
sioner of the club, congratulated the
captain, H. A. Sands, on leading the
club to victory on so many occasiona
during the aeason, and referred to the
good fortune of the water soccer team
In discovering Frank Shaw, English
international water soccer player,
who recently arrived from the old
country.
F. A. Browne, W. Dyke, D. C. Hind.
It. R. Muir, F. J. Merriman and F.
Lofey also extended best wishes to
Pickering.
AEOLIAN YACHT RACE
The Aeolian Yacht club of Alameda
will hold its first annual race Sunday
for the Commodore Jones trophy. The
course begins at Surf Beach and takes
in various points between there and
the Howard street wharf, San Fran
cisco, ending at the starting point
PORTOLA CARNIVAL
WORTHY PROJECT
Stanford's Veteran Athletic
Trainer Declares It Duty
of Californians to Help
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 5.
Recording to "Dad" Moulton, Stan
ford's veteran ath'.etic trainer, Stan
ford will send a strong track team
fro compete in the Portola athletic
games.
"It is the duty of every capable
athlete ln California to take part in
the Portola athletic carnival." "Dad"
declares. "Stanford will most assur
edly send a large team to the meet.
A typical California celebration such
as the Portola should be supported by
every Californlan. Stanford track
men will start light training at once
for both track and field events.
"Stanford's strength on the track
this year is an unsettled problem as
yet. Some of the new material looks
good, but we can't tell for sure what
they will be able to do until we see
them ln action.
"Of course, we have lost several
excellent performers of last year's
team, but I think we can replace most
of them. Dawson, our record holder
in the broad jump, will not be back.
Argabrlte, in the broad and high
jumps; Dodge, the two miler; Miller,
in the pole vault; Needham and Robb,
in the quarter, and McNalr, ln the
sprints, will not be back.
"I am greatly pleased with the se
lection of Paul McKee as captain of
the team. Stanford has certainly
been fortunate in having such men as
Campbell, last year's captain, and
McKee to lead the Stanford track
men.
"We expect great things from Wil
son, who broke the California-Stan
ford record in the mile last year. Hoy
Needham, ln the 100. is another run
ner who should be right in front this
year."
Among the track athletes entering
Stanford for the first time this fall
are two sprinters from Oregon, Grant
and Adams, who have excellent rec
ords. Adams has a record of a frac
tion over 22 seconds in the furlong,
while Grant is a 10 1-6 seconds man
in the century. It is expected that
Grant will sign up for Rugby this
fall, which will keep him out of the
fall meets.
Owing to the Portola athletic car
nival. It Is probable that "Dad" Moul
ton will devote his entire time to
conditioning the track men, and
leave Harry Maloney in full charge
of the Rugby footballers.
The fall track rally and sign up
will be held in Encina club room
next Tuesday evening, when all can
didates for fall training will be ex
pected to sign the roll.
HYI.AND TO MEET CROSS
BUTTE, Mont.. Sept. 5.—
Cross, the New York lightweight, and
"Fighting Dick" Hyland of S& n Fran
cisco have been matched to meet here
during the flrat week ln October in a
12 round bout
Football Campaign
Opens at Stanford
In Monster Rally
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 5. I
With an enrollment of more than i
200 candidates for the varsity and j
freshman teams at the conclusion of j
the football rally held tn Enclna club- j
room last evening, the first gun was i
> fired in the 1913 football campaign.
Five speakers shot pep into the j
i rally, which was the largest In point
;of attendance ever held at Stanford, j
j They were Prof. Frank Angell, chair- j
! man of the faculty committee on ath- !
|letlcs; Trainers "Dad" Moulton and:
Harry Maloney,, Advisory Coach j
George J. Presley, Field Coach Floyd ;
Brown and Captain J. H. Thoburn. j
"This season Is the most important |
one since I have been connected with
Stanford," said Coach Presley.
"Stanford football prestige depends
on what you fellows do this year. In
1903 Stanford began a series of vie-
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case after a winning streak. This
year we have the players from last
year's second team, which, to my
mind, was one of "the strongest sec
ond teams ever seen at Stanford. To
back them up we have the best con
ditioners of men to be found any
where and a coach who by his work
and ability embodies everything in
the. Stanford spirit. We have got to
win this year."
After the talks the candidates
signed up. Presley and Brown j
worked over the list of candidates j
last night before Presley returned to
San Francisqio.
Football suits and shoes were given
out this afternoon at the training
quarter?. The first practice will be
held tomorrow afternoon. It will con
sist of light setting up exercises and
running around the field.
IN EXHIBITION GAMES
KANSAS riTV. Mo., Sept. s.—The
Cincinnati Nationals will play exhi
bition games with the local American
association team here October 2 and 3.
Y. M. C. A. Athletes
Form Association
About 50 athletically inclined mem- !
bers of the Young Men':; Christian
association last night organized the
Association Athletic club and elected
W. Quinn, captain. The formation of
the new club is expected to bring
the association to the. front in local
athletics.
The new club will enter athletes
in ali forms of athletic events in the
future meets of the Pacific associa
tion. In the past the association has
only been able to enter men in a
few of the cross country and long
distance races.
A second meeting of the new club
will be held next Tuesday night, at
which time rules and bylaws will be
adopted and officers elected for the
first year's work. At this meeting
Captain Quinn will outline the activi
ties of the club and the men will be
started in training with indoor work
in their respective specialties.
Leo
Frank Moran Invites
Gunboat to Battle
NEW TOHK, Sept. s.—Frank Moran,
who scqred a clean knockout over Al
Palzer Wednesday night, today made
overtures to Gunboat Smith, the lead
ing "white hope," for a bout early in
October.
Several clubs here are bidding for
the match, which promises to be one
of the most important heavy weight
scraps in several years.
LIMXG I F FOB BKASOiI
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 5.—-Coach Dennis
of St. Louis university Issued a call
for candidates for the university foot
ball squad to meet here September 15.
He has promised to take the early
arrivals to a training camp in the
Ozark mountains.
LORE AND MrFARLAND
NEW YORK. Sept. s.—Johnny Lo4|
of the west side and Paokey Hommp.
the east "side lightweight, will battie
|in a 10 round bout Saturday night.