Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-13
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Nelson Jones has been playing the ponies
from the ground for several days, owing 10
the poor success which all the bookmakers
making in the guessing contests with the
public, and he says he is managing to lay
up more moss this way than by laying the
odds himself He probably will get back in
the game in few days, however, as an old
timer hardly ever quits the job very long.
Neuralgia seems to be the fashionable af-
Fiction at Santa Anita these cold, damp days,
and several cases have been found wandering
Doc Costigan, Judge Leighton and several
o-.ler victims have been reported to date.
Dolly Gray leaves Los Angeles for Gal
weston two weeks from tomorrow So report
to he-Washngton club for spring practice
The team begins practice H-arch in The
sanddab town.
Doc Bernard, acknowledged to be the great
est center fielder in the west, said last night
that he had quit the game for good and would
not be seen on tine diamond again. Bernie
says he actually dslikes to play ball, nut
Dolly Gray made him little bet that he
would reconsider his decision when the season
gets under way again.
Every fight fan in the south is delighted at
the news that the Jeffries Athletic club is TO
resume business at its Vernon arena. The
cIuD mas become popular with the fans De
cause it has staged several good scraps and
furnishes the long-winded battles that the
fans want. Baron Long has recovered from
the the attack Of want-to-sell-outitis and is clos
ing matches for the reopening show, which
will be staged about February 26.
Owing to the fact that the Speed handl-
cap, which is the next stake event on the
Santa Anita docket after this week is to be
run Washington's birthday, which is Monday
week, there will be no stake feature next
week. Two handicaps, the Santa Monica and
ocean w fnaf +ba ri 1H-bfl
forty-two races are in the book.
Quite large crowd attended the Clark
Bayne playoff last night for second place in
the three-cushion billiard tournament for the
amateur championship of Southern California
and We're rewarded by a corking good game
and classy exhibition Clark won. 80 to 81
and both played in brilliant form Clark
played far below his general average in the
early games of the tournament, but since he
got on his stride he refused to lose a game.
Hen Berry, who. organized" the tournament
which was played at his Hoffman parlors was
so impressed by the classy game shown by the
contestants that he has decided to pull off an
otberSsimilar tournament barring Howard, the
winner Of the tournament just ended, the win
ner of the next tournament to play Howard for
the amateur championship of Southern Cali
fornia and thereby make the championship a
reality and a recognized honor Berry will
put up a medal, en1blematic of the champion
ship, surrounding it with proper regulations
as relates to challenges and defense of the
title, similar to the conditions governing other
billiard championships. This next tournament
will be started week from next Monday
night, and the following entries have been re-
ceiVed and the list closed: Arthur Clark, Voor-
hies, Short Morse, Jack Bayne, Tom Ward
and Jay Davidson. All games will be at fifty
points and there will be first, second and third
prizes and prize each for high run and high
average Clark holds the high average for
the tournament just ended the playoff last
night being concluded in 81 innings.
Jack Beckwith, nationally famous as a wit
and equally notable for his good horse sense
comes forth with offer. He read of the
100000 offer made for a Jeffries-J Johnson scrap
and authorized the statement that he will pay
$50, 900 more than anybody else for this match
no offers barred, and has shown his good faith
by posting forfeit of two bits with John
Hinch Jack stipulates that the great battle
shall be a finish and shall be fought on the
plaza, with no admission fee charged. All
spectators will get souvenir of the occasion
free of charge.