Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-30
RALPH ROSE
COMING HERE
GIANT SHOT PuTTER TO ENTER
FLEET WEEK CONTESTS
SNEDIGAR WILL BE ANOTHER
STELLAR ATTRACTION
Elaborate Plans Made by Vaquero
Club for Entertainment of Sail
ors-Locai Colleges Will
Take Part
BY j. b. woopsIpE

BY j. b. WoODSIDE
IT will be only few weeks until the
sailor boys will be strangers within our
gates, and the special correspondents
have told us many times over the
exact condition of Fighting Bob's liver
and now the Jap spies have rugged up
patent alarm clocks to welcome the
fleet. However, very little has been
said about the athletic contests which
will attract more middies and inciden-
tally the attention of more of the pop
ulace than any cure which could be
suggested for the gouty admirars
tummy ache.
To begin with, look who is spending
time and money to assure the success
of the athletic end of the entertain
ment program. Les Henry, one of the
most successful amateur sport organ
izers in Southern California, has been
closeted with Chairman Flint for the
past month in arranging the field
events Jack Hendrickson and his
world-famous Vaquero club are going
to perform more wild west acts and
riding exhibitions than Nick Carter
ever dreamed of in his weirdest mo-
ments of inspiration.
The first moderate plans made by Les
Henry were outgrown in one bound
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Rose saying that he would be pleased
to compete against all comers in his
feats with the weights. Since Rose
has been heard from Snedigar of Cali
fornia university has also consented to
get back into a track suit to defend
some of his still records.
The question Immediately arises, who
will meet these past masters of the
cinder path? After ALL this discus
sion is easily set aside, for what is
the necessity of really beating Rose
and Snedigar? Fans who have
watched them in the past would come
for miles to get another look at the
champion, If only on an exhibition
pedestal. But right here in the south
land are a few old has-beens of the
track who could be dug out of bus
mess obscurity and hailed back into
the training quarters.
Parsons Would Come
Charlie Parsons has more than once
mentioned to numerous admirers that
the call of the bleachers tempts him to
leave the quinine bottles many times,
and the sight of his hated rival Sned-
igar on any of the local fields would
bring the ex-U. S. C. splinter on the
double quick from the paregoric shop.
Then there is Dutch Roth, who roams
the streets of Highland Park with
the stains of a flour sack on his shoul-
ders and exorbitant grocery bills in
his hands. No doubt the old Occiden-
tai star could be persuaded to leave
the clerks in charge of the cash reg
lister long enough to pace few heats
on the cinder path.
Besides the veterans there is goodly
crew of worthy athletes who could be
picked from the local schools. Mum
ger and Merriam of Pomona may al
Ways be depended upon to set an
s.ta do IL, hn oh inf1nG
Their comrades Spurgeon and Sloane
are competent candidates in the short
distance runs. Brewer of Occidental
and the Methodist star Shute would
look well in the same division. Charlie
Richardson and Fred Thomson have
had a bone buried for months. which
they could pick while controVerslng
with the hammer and shot.
Dozens of others could be mentioned
who would lend caste to any track
meet Another phase of the question
might be considered sensibly this way.
A miscellaneous contest with no
scholastic limitations would set aside
temporarily the differences Of the col
leges who are now at outs and their
athletes could contest to the last drop
of blood with vengeance bred of long
contempt for each othoer.
Trustees Opinion Different
o my no, this way of looking at it
would not be considered humane by the
trustees of the institutions perhaps,
but a few slightly heated tracksters
dumped together on the cinder path
would undoubtedly create hard compe-
tition and fast records, and what else
do the middies want?
Now for Vaquero club. The other
day Jack Hendrckson was asked ABOUT
his plans for fleet week, and the way
he bubbled over with enthusiasm was
good to see. Just take for instance
the stage holdup" said Jack THE
spectators thought our representation
of the robbery at the tournament
was fine and said so, but just wait till
YOU see the next one" For pertec-
tion of technique and eXemplification
of perspicuity the Vaquero clubs COM
ing effort in the mail pludering bus
mess will be a masterpiece"
Friend of Jesse James
After this sentence it was necessary
for the leader of the imitation des-
peradoes to take brief rest, but the
Vocabulary soon got under way again
and Jack continued: Bobby Yost
who used to be college chum of
Jess James back in Kearney, Mis-
souri,. has been at practice with
forty-four until he can beat Willie
Hopes high run at smashing the glass
balls" Another thing the Oldest in
habitant even never saw will be a
larded goose chase, to be participated
in by the male members of the club"
Besides these features the Naquero
club promises the best program of wild
horse tanning and trick riding that
was ever seen here. When the final
arrangements are completed a full list
of the events of the four days contest
will be announced. and it is expected
that many additions will be made to
the program not already contemplated.
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