The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-15

20 round go Elks temple tonight and the indications
that of the best sparrng exhibitions witnessed in
the city will be the treat afforded.
There have been many to doubt Mullins ability to do
the trick with Jerry when the match first made but
sentiment has swung about until Barney has even
stronger following than Mccarthy among those who have
followed his training methods closely.
Jerry's past performances though hold to him big
contingent who travelling about with green chips
their shoulders looking for bets
1t will be unusually strong card put up tonight aside
from the main event there will be tame boxing pre-
limnaries, each bout being go by itself.
Morford and Young Mccarthy will go for the first
event and are signed for six rounds at 800 side.
Kid Scaler and Young Rogers, the latter of the
toughest games boxers in Montana with long list of bat
ties to hos credit will go eight rounds for $3.50
Barring accident will be complete glove fest
red out modern lines and safeguarded in every drec
ton that the spectators will get all that is coming to
them.
The first go between Morford and Young Mccarthy
will be clean breaks The other goes will be under straight
rules, hitting in the cnches and infghtng at which both
Jerry and Barney are past masters.
The boys weigh in at clock this afternoon at the Ma
jestic bar. .-:
Seats put sale yesterday and the rush for the
choice indicate that big house will greet the boxers
Orders have been sent in from nearby towns which
sending delegations.
Rankest kind of attempted ball playing yesterday eff
fecually settled Spokanes aspirations for the pennant
leadership and showed the mavericks of the tribe down
into third place. with prospect of winding up as taend
ers.
So rotten and dead the the Spokane pay
roll that their antagonists, the Boise players,
jeered at them.
The high life has gone out of the team completely The
players stood around yesterday dead and feess like
of sticks And the boys played like sticks with apathy
and caeessnes that did not agur well for the future at
tendance
Seven errors showed up for the few players who took
chances plays and the did not show be-
cause the tribe too listess to attempt play.
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Umpire McRae made monkey of himself in the third
inning when play up with Raymond running bases
and caught between
! Hanson and Mcintyre got the little fellow between
them and passed the ball back and forth in running him
down. Through uke Tealy got past and broke for the
plate Mcintyre threw in fast and the ball struck Ray
mond on the shoulder glancng away from Hanson.
| McRae stood for "safe" and in a second the Boise
players surrounded him and fairly roared him into
ing the decision and declaring Raymond out because the
ball hit him.
In the uproar that followed McRre lost his head com
petey and then evened matters up by nng Hanson and
Mcintyre
Such bush league exhibitions of incompetency the
part of players and officials doing much to kill off the
attendance which has been dwndlng each day that Spo-
kane gets deeper in the hole.
Willie Hogg covered himself with glory again yester-
day by going in the box at New York after St. Louis had
knocked out Powell and then holding the visitors down to
one hit shutting out ST. Louis with of to O.
And there fans who thought Willie was poor
twrler in Spokane.
One of the features of the initial show of the Empire
State Athletic Club at Eks Temple tonight will be the
address of welcome by E. NJ Reel president of the club
President Reel has spent five nights and q days in pre-
pairing oratoracal offering which is calculated to send