Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
SPORTING COMMENT

Harry Earl is going to desert the stage
for something more closely akin to the
sporting world. The popular Belasco ac-
tor has decided that a club house and
hotel close to the new race track at Bald
wins ranch ought to prove more profit
able than treading the boards, and he has
already drawn up plans and put the con-
tractor to work on the structure.
The Earl hostelry will be called the
Santa Anita, and If it gose through ac-
cording to schedule will undoubtedly
prove most popular resort. Elaborate
plans have been made, and it is ex-
pected that the resort will be opened In
about two weeks in temporary quarters
How long will 1t be before more talk
about Ascot and winter~racing springs UP
again? Every few days someone takes
Ia pinch of snuff and sneezes, and the
result of the busted brain is a spiel about
short meeting at the track south OF
town.
If Arcadia goes through on time one
track will be about enough for Los An
geles Lots Of people thought even one
was too many last year, but-and let us
be thankful for that-the long hairs do
not predominate.
And, speaking of race tracks, what
the disturbing element who brought on
the big show at New Orleans two years
ago, recently announced that he had Sc
cured ground and would build track
down by the sea, and that was the last
heard of 1t. Directors were chosen and
a club incorporated, but unless Curly has
been scared out by the wrangle between
the city trustees and Abbot Kinney at
Ocean Park, he has dropped the idea
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the Arcadia bunch.
With the football season opened we can
soon expect the annual shop on the part
of the coaches in this vicinity In at
least one or two instances the men who
direct the college teams seem to think
they are the whole works and Billy
Nolan things to their hearts content.
What would be the matter with Walter
Hempel and Harvey Holmes. the two
most flagrant examples of what the die
tatorial bug will do, together with the
other coaches, forming board OF arbi-
tration and leaving all disputes to 1t for
settlement? The scheme has worked be-
fore. and in bigger things than squabbles
between minor colleges and prep schools.
and it might make the game more inter-
esting should it be tried.
Young Peter Jackson is going to stick
around and try to get on with Tommy
Burns. Peter has all kinds Of backing
to say that he can whip Tommy, but the
latter doesn't seem to notice the negro
at ali.
Hes a joke" Tommy is reported as
having told someone who asked him why
Jackson's challenge and 5000 bet was not
accepted. If jackson is a joke, it certain
iy took some people who have fought him
a long time to see the point, for the negro
has a habit of being right there to get
what's coming. Right now there is little
possibility of the match being made, for
Burns is looking for the money and fig
ures he would not draw much with Jack
son as an opponent
Manager McCarey will try and get
Blackburn and Packy Mcfarland. two
good lightweights, out here this winter,
and If he does George Memsic will have
something to do. Blackburn Is under the
management OF Tom o'Rourke and would
undoubtedly come to the coast, while Nc
Farland has been whipping lots Of them
lately for small money and could un-
doubtedly be persuaded to try the game
ont this way