Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-08

nILLY SPINKS, considered the
X greatest three-cushion billiard
~ player in the world, was a visitor
in Los Angeles yesterday. He has been
at Venice for a fortnight, playing Jim
Morley at his favorlte game, and now
is on his way home. While here Billy
and Hen Berry concluded to put George
Kennedy into training for match
game or series of games at three
cushions with Joe Carney, whom the
northern cranks seem to think IS the
greatest ever. Berry and Splnks pro
pose to challenge Carney for Kennedy.
and little matter of the size OF tne
side bet will not worry them IN the
least. The match probably VIII De
played in San Francisco when the
Angels go north again. Kennedy Is
considered the hoy wonder" of the
south, and assuredly will give all such
as Carney a hard run for the hrst
money prizes any time they meet
Berry and Spinks are of the opinion
that Kennedy can beat Carney any ola
time, any old place and at any old
odds and are willing to bet their money
accordingly. Carney is pool player
by disposition and education, but ne
also is a three-cushion shark, who
has been surprising the natives in the
last few months by his phenomenal
playing.
Eddie and Freddie Maier headed a
small party of deer hunters that left
yesterday morning for the foothills for
a day in the woods. Jeffries and doc
tor from Mexico accompanied them.
Dope on this party indicates that all
the deer killed must have been victims
of Eddie's trusty shot spiller, as none
of the others ever have shown anything
remarkable in the art.
Dick Story, superintendent of the
Santa Fe system in Arizona, and Billy
Graves, conductor for that company
are putting in few days in Los An
geles on vacation. incidentally, they
are guests of Jack Ripper every after
noon. Kip formerly drew salary and is
alleged to have torn out few cash
fare tickets while working for the COM
pany and during that period Story
held the same position he holds now.
Kip viii see to it that they have a
pleasant vacation, even If he has to
hire a special train to take them
around Southern California.
Frank Becker has developed into a
cinch bettor. He thought Brock was a
cinch winner and bet that way. Then
another Brock admirer came along ana
i'm the course of argument offered
Becker odds that were satisfactory, and
Frank bet on Mcfarland. When he
found he had bet on both boys he sat
down and figured out how he would
come out financially. He ascertalned
that if Brock won he would win $40.
If Mcfarland won he would break even
all the way round, and in no event
would he lose a cent, with a good
chance at winning a small bet. Now
the question is what odds did he get
both ways for a fat $40 bet?
Montana Kid will start work Mon
day at the Ascot Athletic club for his
fight with Young Otto, which IS
scheduled as one of the two main event
attractions at Vernon the night of
August Il. Montana thinks he will be
able to get back on the map by whip
ping Young Otto in a decisive manner
and will start at work early that ne
may have ample time in which to get
into trim for a bruising battle. Few
fans know where the Ascot Athletic
club is located, but will have no diff
Guilty in finding it. AS soon as we find
out how to get there we will know
where it is and will tell you all about it..
Luke Kelly, the San Pedro sports
man who is president of the San Pedro
fight club and nearly every other sport
ing club organization in the harbor
city, came up last night to attend the
Mcfarland Brock scrap. being careful
in advance to see to it that large
delegation of San Pedro sports also
came, as he is anxious to show the Los
Angeles fight fans that the harbor
city fans appreciate this reciprocity
business. A large crowd went from
Los Angeles to the Montana Kid-Picato
scrap recently, and this is the first
chance the harbor city fans have had
to return the call.
This is the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the birth of Baron Long and that
very eligible bachelor boy is pining be-
cause he viii have to celebrate it at
stag party in his own fiat, with his
little family of three chums and
Bruce. He never had nerve enough to
ask any girl to marry him, else he
would not be up against it so badly
regarding his birthday dinner. Any
way. it is not difficult to understand
why he is so backward in this regard.
Girls as a rule do not care much about
these baby-faced boys and Baron
knows t. If he only would put on