Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-13
All Of the Sporting News
AMONG THE BOYS

Wilbur Travers, business man and
member of the White Sox Rooters' as
ISOLATION of Chicago Is putting in a
pleasant vacation period in Los Angeles
and Southern California. Freddie
Maier and Kittenfoot Jeffries are see
ing to 1t that he experiences no dull
moments and that his visit shall be the
most pleasant period of his life. Trav-
ers Is one of the hustling business men
of the Windy city, but he never misses
a game when the Sox are at home.
Jeems Morley seldom is seen around
his old haunts in Los Angeles since he
established his bowling alleys and pool
and billiard parlors at Venice. Ordin-
arily q calm and deliberate individual,
Jeems has gone nuts" about Venice,
and when exploiting the beauties and
advantages of the city he always says
I'VE" It Is not improbable that he
will become chief of staff to Abbot
Kinney and become identified with the
future history of the city. Jeems Is
worth his weight in gold when 1t comes
to boosting anything and never fails
when ne sets out after anything.
Jim Burns, once a prominent con-
tender for the welterweight champion
ship, but now g. prosperous mining man
of Searchlight, is in Los Angeles on a
combined bushes and pleasure trip.
He is "a years old, but looks to be
about 35. He fought all the good men
of his day, which was about fifteen
years ago, and was rated as a top
notcher. He called on Dewitt Van
Court and Jeffries and famed over old
times with them.
DIR. ]. s. Gardner. manager of Santa
Anita, has gone to Yellowstone park
for an extended outing. He has been
at Emeryville since Santa Anita closed.
After he returns from Yellowstone park
he will go to Salt Lake city to confer
with the promoters of the new race
track proposed for the Mormon capital,
and probably will become identified
with the enterprise. He will not return
to Los Angeles until September or
october.
Sam Shaen, who booked through the
Santa Anita meeting with good sue
cess, considering all things. had a bad
season at Emeryville, according to all
reports 1t is said that Sam dropped
s11, 900, and thought he was lucky to
get away with his life. The northern
sharpshooters certainly had 1t In for
Sam. He probably will not go to New
York. as he ordinarily does, as ne
would not be happy around betless
race track.
Col. A. w. Hamilton, presiding Judge
at local race meetings for the last fivc
years, has been appointed presiding
steward at the Overland park, Denver,
meeting, and will have pleasant sum-
mer vacation in the metropolis or the
Rockies if the authorities permit racing
to run with bookmaking privileges.
irt,t. a. L.
thorities than Judge Hamilton. and he
has been an ornament to the turf for
many years, being one of the few rae
ing officials to go through such long
period of service without the slightest
faint of scandal to his name. No error
was committed in making the appoint
ment.
Tom Darmody thoroughbred all the
way through, Is actively engaged In
promoting the Billy Gallagher benefit
and will act as treasurer of the funo
until il is turned over to the widow or
the former great scrapper. Tom always
was a booster-not knowing how to be-
gin to knock-and everybody in town
will hear about the necessity for at
tending the benefit and aiding a good
cause along.
Billy johnson, Joe Doyle. Harry
started out for an auto ride Wednes-
day evening, and the air was so cool
ing and the moon so bright that they
told the chauffeur lust to go ahead. y
They rode out Monrovia way, got tan
gled up in the maze of roads and landed
in Whittier before they found out
where they were. They arrived In Los
Angeles at daylight. dust-stained and
weary, but exceedingly happy to get
back alive. The box was empty and
the corkscrew was gone, too.
"Uncle Tom" McCarey had to take to
the woods yesterday afternoon. Or
dinarily the requests for fight passes
is great, but he has become, accustomed
to 1t, yet he was not prepared for the
stream of "moochers" that finally
chased him up tree yesterday. He
finally had to get out of sight and
away from telephones to preserve MS
mental equilibrium and avoid disap-
pointing many friends.