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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
JOHNSON WILL HOLD
TO KETCHEL MATCH
Black Heavyweight Says He Has No
Intention of CanceIing His Battle
with MiddeWeight
Leader

CHICAGO, April 26.-Champion
Jack Johnson, according to his own
statement, has no intention of cancel
ing the match with Stanley Ketchel,
set for October u at San Francisco,
unless in the near future he is able
TO secure a positive agreement with
Jeffries.
The colored fighter has arrived from
Pittsburg to fulfill a theatrical en-
gagement.
In speaking of Ketchel Johnson
said: Il will fight Ketchel unless l can
get something definite from Jeffries
If Jeffries would agree to meet me l
would willingly forfeit the $4,000 I have
posted for appearance against Ketchel.
Why not? l think 1 can easily beat
Ketchel, but why take even a chance
with all the greater honor and money
in a match with Jeffries, for I would
receive no credit for beating Ketchel.
II will meet Jack O'Brien in a short
bout 1t means l am taking no chances
and it looks like a pretty easy $5O00."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
EWING REFUSES TO DISCIPLINE
OLSON FOR SPIKING DILLON

NENT the recent reports sent
n countrywide that James ]. JEFF
IA fries, who, lest some benighted
reader might not remember the fact,
is always carefully labeled as the
champion of them all, was in poor
condition when he began his prepara-
lions for the vaudeville tour, it, might
be of interest to relate a conversation
that took place between two Los An
geles sportsmen, both friends of jeff,
not long ago.
DO YOU know" began one whose
identity is not a matter of moment,
81 believe Jeff must have had hard
work to get back into any kind OF
shape. You know how he used TO
smoke and keep late hours and drink.
Right here | want to tell you some
thing" broke in Charlie King, known
as a personal friend of Jeff's, and the
second party to the tale. "I live about
a block from Jeff's home. For months
1 came down town with Jim every
morning on the same car. Now this
lack of condition gossip interested me
and l took note of his actions. Jim
lives in a terraced home, long steps
leading to the walk. His place is
about two blocks from the car line.
Every morning as he heard the car
approaching he started to sprint for
it, and he ran nearly two blocks to
get it. He usually started just before
the car stopped, but he always got
there. I spoke to him often as he
climbed aboard and he answered in
easy tones, displaying no breathlesS-
ness. He could run this distance at
top speed and speak without effort,
so 1 figure that Jeff could not have
been far away from good condition,
else it would have shown in his wind.
Furthermore 1 saw him smoke little
and he never showed any effects of
liquor"
Amid all these spreading rumors of
of note.
The following resolution of respect
was adopted by the directors of the
Pacific Coast league in recent assembly
in memory of the late Fred Maier, pres
ident of the Vernon baseball club, and
testiffes to the regard in which the
genial magnate was held by the direc-
torate of the baseball organization with
which he was affiliated:
Whereas, In the untimely taking of
our associate and friend, Joseph Fred
erick Maier April II, 1909, Los Angeles
has lost a wideawake public spirited
business man and citizen and the lovers
of all outdoor sports a clean-cut patron
and friend; and further, that while only
connected with baseball for a few
years his energetic endeavors toward
building up and promoting clean, honest
sport endeared him not only to us, his
coworkers and associates, but to the
citizens of the Pacific coast; be it
Resolved, That we desire to officially
express our appreciation of the sterling
worth of our departed friend and our
deep sympathy with his family and
associates in the Vernon club.
Resolved, further, That the foregoing
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
MccAREY WITHDRAWS OFFER OF
$4,000 TO JAMES J. JEFFRIES
GRAFT EVEN IN
MARATHON CONTESTS

i NEW YORK, April 26.-Promot- J
4. ers of Marathon races throughout :
i the country have been called to :
l. meeting to be held here within :
I. the next two weeks for the pur-' !
i pose of adopting rules for such !
i competitions, and particularly to :
i create a blacklist and establish !
+ maximum purse money. :
+ Before the Olympic Marathon !
+ almost any professional runner !
+ thought he was well rewarded !
i with $50 as a prize. Now such ;
+ men as Shrubb, Dorando and ST. :
+ Yves demand minimum guar !
i antee of $1,000. 1t is understood :
+ the promoters who control the !
+ available courses propose to estab- )
+ lish q uniform maximum and min !
i imum prize offering for profess =
!. sional Marathon runners. ;
i They also desire to have the !
i courses accurately measured. !
y i 4. 4 + j + 4 y + j. !. I. + + = j. !. i
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGuE
BIG LEAGUE PITCHER
MAY JOIN VERNON

< Although no official action has !.
! been taken as yet, and therefore i
j. no definite announcement, includ u
\ ing names, can be gwen out, it is !.
\ known from authoritative sources !.
< that Happy Hogan, manager and j.
i captain of the Vernon team, with =
= the support of President j. w. \
i Brooks of the Vernon directorate, y
= is negotiating for two new play i
+ ers, one of them a big league y
j. eastern pitcher and another i
4 catcher. This move is being made =
J. for the purpose of strengthening i
! the team and giving 1t the battle i
\ line sufficient to make a real fight j.
:. for the Coast league pennant. i
\ Hogan for several days has been 4
j. making overtures to two players, 4
i one of them bearing a national i.
i reputation and one is practically j.
i signed, the contract being before \
i him, and his acceptance having y
!. been received unofficially. The i
\ other man is considering a good X
\ offer made by Hogan, and the deal i
!. will be closed and the announce j.
i ments made probably before the !.
! week end. Both these men are i
!. badly needed, and with Bernard !.
\. back and in shape, a formidable =
! pitcher enrolled and another i
\ catcher of class added, the Ho- \
i ganites may well smile again. X
/ Hap's good work in building up \
\ post start to an encouraging be- 4
\ ginning, although last week !.
+ proved somewhat disastrous, is \
! much appreciated by his support :
i ers. y
:, 4. =. !. 4. 4. !. X !. j. X !. j. j. \ !. !.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

be spread on the minutes of the Pacific
Coast league and copy be sent to the
family of the deceased and the Vernon
club"
Martin Hebron. the clever little Gold
field scrapper, will leave today or to-
morrow with his manager, Hayes, FOR
the east via San Francisco, and he will
engage in fights with the crack 12C-
Founders of the eastern cline. Hayes
states that Heron has not been in con-
dition since leaving Goldfield, and
many of those who saw his speedy de-
feat of Young Turner here, when
Hebron had been in the city only a
short time, are of the opinion that the
change to the lower altitude is the
cause of his poor showing in recent
battles. Hebron is a classy lad with
a stiff punch and deal of cleverness,
and il he gets right he will give the
best lads of his weight a tough arSu-
ment all the way. Hefron may return
to Los Angeles in a few months, as ne
likes the town.
Henry Berry returned yesterday from
San Francisco, and brings glowing re-
ports of baseball conditions In the
north. Henry is optimistic regarding
the coast league season, and says the
fans will see the greatest ball in the
history of the Pacific coast. Probably
not for years have the teams been SO
loyalty and enthusiastically packed
and the magnates, with peace In the
league family and square dealing all
around, should reap a golden harvest.
In view, however, of the action of the
president of the organization in the
Olson matter, as reviewed at length
elsewhere in these columns, the west
ern organized ball owners need lead
err with a bit of spunk, man with a
stiff upper lip and sense of fairness
and justice. Los Angeles will not soon
forget the Olson matter or Cal Ewing $
Slide from under" in trying to shift
the responsibility onto the shoulders
of Umpire Jimmy Toman.
Chick Hudson a lightweight from
Podunk or some other eastern city,
whose claim to consideration lies in
the mere fact that he has brought to
the coast with him $4,000 in heavy gold
to back his assertions and challenges,
is in San Francisco, and between his
periods of training for the battle with
Johnny Murphy, the northern light
weight, he takes a few moments to
dash off a few challenges, including a
demand for a match with Freddie
Welsh, Battling Nelson, Packy McFar-
land, or any other good man of the 133-
pound division. Considering the fact
that his record includes only the names
Of fighters known in their home towns
in the east this Chick person displays
a deal of nerve, but his flash of gold
is convincing. Whenever any man has
the color to back his assertions he is
entitled to some consideration in the
fight game at least, and If Hudson
whips Murphy decisivelys he may have
an opportunity to meet one of the
youngsters he includes in his sweeping
challenges.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

Sam Langford yesterday threw into
confusion the negotiations for the ten
round battle with Stanley Ketchel,
which had been regarded by McCarey
as a practical certainty for the week of
July IL, when word was received from
Joe Woodman, manager of the Boston
black, that he would not fight for the
amount formerly agreed upon, and a
demand was made by wire for just
twice the money which McCarey had
promised Langford for a battle with
either Tommy Burns or the middle
weight champion.
A wire was received yesterday from
Willis Britt, manager of Ketchel, stat
ing that the fight was satisfactory to
himself and his fighter and they would
meet Langford for the middleWe1gnt
title, which means a weight of 1853
pounds.
But added to this was a joker.
Willis wired that he had just been to
Boston to see Woodman and talk over
terms, and this is the prod that has in
duCed Woodman, so it is reasoned out
here to demand more money. Lang
ford great fighter of his weight or
any weight that he is, cannot be COM
pared to Ketchel as a drawing card,
for reasons of color. There is no CUES
ton that many fans confess to disin-
clination to see negroes in the ring,
especially with white men, and for this
reason Langford is not entitled to the
consideration accorded Ketchel. STAN
ley, it must also be remembered, is the
champion of the middleweights, and
Langford is the challenger, therefore
not due to receive as large a purse.
When Woodlands demand was re-
ceived by the local promoters, an ulti-
matum was at once sent forth to the
Atlantic seaboard, and an answer from
Woodman probably will settle the mat
ter today. either resulting in the match
being definitely arranged or being
called off 1t is believed that it viii be
settled satisfactorily to all concerned,
for there is every reason to believe that
when Woodman sees that McCarey is
firm he will recede from his stand and
come to terms.
Word was received here yesterday
that Langford and Woodman will sail
tomorrow from Boston for England to
go into training for the match next
month with Ian Hague, champion of
the British isles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
INDIANA EXECUTIVE
STOPS BOXING BOUTS

\ TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 26. !.
= Governor Marshall has written \
X to prosecuting attorneys in coun- !.
X ties where boxing exhibitions have i
)" been given and ordered that they x
4 must be stopped. =
i The governor also makes public \
i his purpose to call on the attor- i
x ney general to act when the coun- !
\ ty prosecutor fails. u
\ When the governor took office !.
i fight promoters believed he would :.
! not interfere, and that was SEEM !.
!. ingly confirmed by the statement !.
!. in his inaugural address that he y
\ would leave to local authorities !.
!. the enforcement of the law, which \
:. was a reversal of the Hanly poll X
i icy. =
\ Indianapolis had two fights, and \
\ nothing was done, so Terre Haute \
j. and other cities organized clubs. \
j. The Terre Haute club is advertis- !
j. ing a bout for May T. i
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
MORAN GIVES NEIL
BEATING OF HIS LIFE
[special to The Herald

NEW HAVEN. April 26.-Owen
Moran gave frankie Neil another
awful clouting tonight before the
Anchor club of this city. They went
twelve rounds at 126 pounds and Neil
was almost out in the third and again
in the last round. Moran wound up
the mill without scratch. He took
matters leisurely in the middle rounds,
and the crowd asked the English box
er repeatedly to put on high gear The
last round was a corker. Moran went
after his man for a knockout, but Neil
came back with reserve freshness
which was surprising. Moran battered
him viciously in the last minute of
the round and came near finishing
him,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
GOOD NEWS FROM
TIAJUANA PROMOTERS

Harry Brolaski, one of the promoters
of the race track to be built at Tia
Juana, arrived last night from the City
of Mexico, bringing with him the con-
cessions granted to the promoters by
President Diaz of the republic. Bro
laski spoke enthusiastically of the
plans for the new track, saying it will
be built on large scale. The grand
stand alone will cost $3.50, 900 complete,
and the equipment will be on a SINH
larly large scale: Work on the survey
of the new track will be begun i'm
mediately,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
OPEN AUTO CARNIVAL

NEW YORK, April 26,-The annual
New York automobile carnival opened
today with hill climb at Fort George
with ten events scheduled. The other
principal road event of the week has
been set for Tuesday afternoon at
Hillside avenue, Jamaica-the straight
away time trials. Nine events have
been put at two miles and ten at one
mile.
on Thursday a lot of cars will be
drafted to show how rapidly militia
men can be gathered and transported
by automobiles in case of war.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
SACRAMENTO GETS
STOCKTON TWIRLER

:. STOCKTON, April 26.-Jack !
!. Fitzgerald the pitcher of the i
i. Stockton team who has played i
!. here since the season opened, to- !
!. day left to join the Sacramento !
!. Pacific Coast league team. ]
!. A new pitcher, Eagan, from !
i. Kansas City, started today to !
I. take Fitzgerald's place here, and !
i will arrive Wednesday. !
J. Manager Shay has plenty of J
\ men to fill any vacancy the Coast I
i league may make. Tonight Ed !
4 Walters of the Coast league I
!: Oakland team came up to talk to !
i Manager Shay, hoping to induce !
1. him to leave here, but Shay has !
!. refused better offers and will re- !.
4 main to handle the Stockton team. 4
i i 4 i i ! \ j. j. i + 4 4. + + y 4. 4 4
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
RESULTS AT PIMLlCO

PIMLICO. Md. April 26.-Results today
First race furlongs-Autumn Girl won
Mexoana second, Fernando third; time 49.
Second race, acknowledgements won, sum
mer Night second, Xebc third; time lib S-5.
Third race, mile-Juggler won, Livewire Sec
ond Martin Doyle third; time 1:4l.
Fourth race Driving Park handicap, fur
longs-Demund won, Chief Hayes second
Royal Onyx third; time 1:15.
Fifth race, steeplechase, about miles--Ben
Cole won, Blackridge second, Sparker third
time 435
Sixth race mile and sixty yards-Robbie
Kean won Campaigner second, Rio Grande
third; time 49,
Seventh race, 6 furlongs-Quantico won, Dis
pute second, Indomitable third; time IA 3-5.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
scHAEEER BENEFIT DAY

NEW YORK, April 26.-Collections
We're taken up tonight in the large bill
lard rooms of Greater New York for
the benefit of Jake Schaefer the wizard
of billiards, who is seriouslysill in Colo
RADIO.
In nearly all the rooms there were
special benefit programs, including
matches between prominent local pro-
fessionals and amateurs.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
RESULTS AT LEXINGTON

LEXINGTON. KY, April 26.-Results:
First race, 6 furlongs-Ada Mead won. Ludi-
ana second Console third; time 1: 15.
Second race, 5 furlongs-Jolly won, Earls-
court second, Heine third; time 07
Third race. / mile-Zipango won, Tom Dolan
second Roseburg third; time LAO S-5.
Fourth race, MISUNDERSTANDING won, Owe
lando second, Petulant third; time :13 3-5.
Fifth race, 4 furongs-Eva Tanquay won,
Laveno second. Joe Morris third; time AS 30.
Sixth race. l mile 20 yards-Creel won, Plume
second, Col Blue third; time Al 3-5.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
SANTA MONICA JUNIORS
CHALLENGED BY WHITTIER

SANTA MONICA, April 26.-Frank
Webb of the Santa Monica Juniors is
in receipts of a challenge from the
Whittier grammar school team and IN
all probability game will be ar
ranged to take place at Whittier on
the coming Saturday
The home youngsters are putting up
a strong line of practice games and
are prepared to meet any team of their
age, either on their own grounds or
those Of the challenging team.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
POSTPONE wELsH.FRAYNE BOUT

NEW YORK, April 26.-Believing
that the frequency with which boxing
bouts are being held in this city may
arouse further opposition to the fight
ing game and cause the police to con-
tinue their raids on boxing clubs, the
management of the Fairmont club has
postponed for a week the ten-round
bout between Freddie Welsh of Eng
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
DURYEA'S ROSE NOBLE WINS

PARIS, April 26-The Prix Battle
was run at St. Cloud today and won by
Herman Duryea's Rose Noble. Nash
Turner's Pillard was second in the PriX
Peupliers.
w. X Vanderbilts Dictee ran I'M
placed in the Prix Glaieuiss.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

Art Pitcher. Baron Long, Mel Nord-
linger and r. c. Lynch will leave
Thursday for Wheeler Springs, to be
ready for the opening of the trout
season. Pitcher yesterday afternoon
bought enough fishing paraphernalia to
stock large size country store.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

Reports from Santa Paula are to the
effect that trout fishing in that vicinity
will not be good until the latter part
OF May. Several parties who were
thinking of going to Ventura county
have postponed their fishing trips after
hearing these unfavorable reports.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
ROD AND GUN
BY RED PERKINS

This is the season of the year when
striped bass make their appearance
along the coast shores of Southern Cali
fornia waters. Sunday four fishermen
returned from San Pedro with a large
basketful, most of which were the
minimum limit size allowed by law
three pounds.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
M'CAREY WILL
WlTHDRAWOFFER
GUARANTEE OF $4,000 TO
JEFFRIES CANCELLED
LOCAL PROMOTER HAS BIG CON-
TRACTS ON HAND
Langford Demands More Money, and
Hitch Occurs in Negotiations for
MiddIeweight Battle with
Stanley ketchel

V9VTNfSNN000'SrNNSVS
5 Manager Tom McCarey of the Pa (
) eific Athletic club last night author (
> lied the announcement that he has (
$ withdrawn his offer of $4,000 to (
. James j. JefTries, win, lose or draw, {
B for his battle with Jack johnson for (
) the worlds heavyweight title. The (
3 offer was made in all sincerity by the
. local promoter, but in view of the
> heavy risks of the Ketchel-Langford (
5 bout McCarey temporarily declines to {
5 take too many chances, and has there (
. fore pulled out his offer to the big fell
5 low. This does not mean that Los
3 Angeles will not bid for the match.
5 On the other hand there IL every prob (
. ability that when the proper time
3 comes the McCarey will speak up In
3 meeting to some purpose. However,
3 he Is not willing to take too many
3 chances at present, and feels that the
5 Ketchel-Langford fight is enough on
3 his hands at one time.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
PRESIDENT OF COAST LEAGUE
WILL TAKE NO ACTION
sPIklNe OF CAPTAIN DILLON
OFFICIALLY OVERLOOKED
Result Nav Be Demand for Magnate's
Resignation as Leader of Organ
ization-Games This Week
Among the Six Teams
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WHERE THEY PLAY

Los Angeles VS.. Vernon, chutes'
, wednesday.
, Oakland at Portland.
sacramento at San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

William Tufts and Charles Ruggles
report good Sunday fishing trip at
Ocean Park. Ruggles caught fifteen
surf fish, Weighing from one to two
pounds, while Bill Tufts took large
croaker weighing seven and one-half
rnupds
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

A.. r. Conrad and wife, with John
Winston, last Sunday went to Sunset
Beach and report a fine catch of surf
fish weighing from four and one-half
to three and one-half pounds. Fifteen
nippers were also captured.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

Charles Van Valkenberg went to
Redondo Sunday and reports the time
of his life in fishing for pompano. These
fish are reported to be of large size and
plentiful.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

Anglers who have used salmon roe
as lure with which to entice game
fish must in the future hunt some other
kind of bait, as Governor Gillett has
signed the bill which passed the legis-
lature and which makes it INSIDE
meanor to use salmon spawn in fish
ing.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

The first shoot of the Los Angeles
Gun club will be held at Sherman next
Sunday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
ATHLETICS

be spread on the minutes of the Pacific
Coast league and a copy be sent to the
family of the deceased and the Vernon
club "
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

Edwin r. Abbott, secretary of the
Southern California Rod and Reel club,
failed to take his day off Sunday to
fish at his old favorite fishing pool
and instead went up to San Fernando,
where he sold enough lots to cover the
Old Peoples home.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27

The shrimp will now have to take
the place of the salmon roe, which lure,
although enticing to steelheads, is
about the most disagreeable bait for
the capture of the fish.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-27
BADLY INJURED
Luther A. Briggs Falls from
Top of a Building.

o. T. Briggs, of Forest street
today received a telegram announcing
the fact that his brother Luther A.
Briggs, formerly of south Main street
this city, had fallen from a building
on which he was working at Santa
Monica, Calf, lest Friday and was
very badly injured Briggs fell from
the top of the building where he was
a, work as carpenter. He suffered
a broken collar bone, shoulder blade
and broken pelvic bone and his con-
dition Is said to be quite serious.
Mr.. Briggs left this city about four
years ago for California for his health
Previous to that time he was employ
ed with the Marion Steam shovel COM
pany in this city and was well known
throughout the vicinity. He was about
fifty years OF age. II his condition
warrants Mr.. Briggs will go to the
scene and care for his brother.