Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
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By Jay Davidson

, come aware of the important event
1 which he is celebrating today there Is
I apt to be something doing on the SIDE
( May these annual celebrations con-
/ tnue indefinitely, old boy.
1t is a bit discouraging to Promoter
Orendorff that the Los Angeles puouc
does not appreciate wrestling as d
sport to the extent that 1t deserves
His show at Maud Junction last Iues-
day night was a classy affair, but the
snort has not been established in the
public favor here yet and the sports
men are slow to take hold OF II.
Wrestling is too tiresome to look at
from the viewpoint of the average
red-blooded fan, who wants action
every minute, and it is doubtful If 1t
ever will become much of rage here'
William Pottus. black as midnight
and husky as Jack Johnson, almost,
is weary of waiting for trouble ana
now openly seeks IT, He wants to
whip any heavyweight Manager Nc
Carey can trot out Arthur Collins,
Joe Willis, Jim Flynn, Pete Everett
or any other that may be selected for
him. He stopped the heavy-hittmg
Ceyer in eight rounds and has cred
liable record to back him up.
Hen Berry leaves tonight for Bakers
field to inspect the new gusher that
has been opened up on his oil prop
critics. Every time he gets letter
from Bakersfield he looks for check
for a million and when he learned of
the new gusher he decided it was bet
ter than a million. He will take some
of the effects of this oil with him to
see Danny Long in Frisco later and
may use it with good effect.
Barney Oldfield and Tom Jones were
headliners in a little sketch entitled
"Subduing a Revolution" in Frisco
basherv while there last week and are
known along the Rlalto now as iIe tl,e
Fighting Twins" A waiter had some
grievance against Barney and slipped
I'm behind him to land on his jaw.
Jones was near by and at about the
same moment the walters right swung
TO its goal on Barney's anatomy Jones
put two others in splendid succession
and with great accuracy to similar
points upon the features of the as
saulting waiter Other walters Joined
i'm and after Barney and Tom had
completed the task before them the
place looked like a moving picture
scene OF the head-on collision between
tbe Twentieth Century and a freight
train. All walters were snoozlng
neacefully, but tables, chairs and
tableware were piled in profuslon
about the place. Barney says Jones
can "go some" when he levels.
Frank Chance, the brainy and high
priced leader of the Cubs, will be in
Los Angeles today. He comes in from
his orange grove to see Hen Berry,
and it is rumored that Chance will go
to Bakersfield with Henuel to look
over some oil properties. Chance al
ready has decided that Los Angeles
shall be his permanent address for all
time to come.
Rumors from Salt Lake City are to
the effect that Jack Atkin Of Los An
geles NAV sport the managerial reins
at the Buena Vista Park meeting next
spring. These rumors, of course, do
not come from official sources, but 1t
is known that his namc has been men
toned and that in the event w. w.
Finn does not land the appointment
for another year, Atkin will be the
most likely man for the place. At1in
is the best possible man available at
this time, and the directors of the
Utah Jockey club could make no bet
ter selection. He is thoroughly ac-
quainted with horsemen, racing con-
ditions in the west and is thoroughly
competent to handle the position with
honor to himself and satisfaction to
the jockey club and public. He could
not be seen last night regarding the
rumor, but those who want to see Salt
Lake City have a meeting that will be
a credit to the sport and satisfactory
all the way round to all patrons in
that city will be pleased if Atkin is
asked to take the place and will ac-
cept it.
Just as was predicted in these col
umns several days ago, Governor Spry
of Utah has set his foot down very
emphatically as against the idea of
holding the Jeffries-Johnson scrap in
Salt Lake City. The law will not per-
nit it and the governor will not wink
at it's violation. That disposes of Salt
Lake City and practically assures
Frisco of the big mill. Many have
thought all along that the substitution
of the name Salt Lake City for Frisco
was a subterfuge. and now it appears
as a certainty.