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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13

Michigan Wonder Favors johnson
and Tells Why - Advises
Friends Not to Bet ON Him
After Few More Fights.
BY Stanley Ketchell.

by STANLEY heCcnelI.
Just a suggestion to you who
think Jeffries will beat Johnson
hesitate. Go into ring history.
You'll find a mans color does not
denote the quality of his punch.
Sentiment won't prevent Johnson
entering the ring more highly
polished and finely trained than
Jeffries.
An illustration: In his prime
Jeffries succeeded, by what many
think a fluke, in beating Corbett
In % rounds.
Johnson will enter the ring as
good as Corbett when he was de-
feated at Coney Island. He will
be almost as fast, if not just as
fast, and will have a better punch
You who think Johnson's punch
isn't dangerous don't know. l do.
Johnson seldom uncovers his
punch, because he is so scientific
that he prefers TO win easily, rath-
er than by smuggling.
Is it likely that Jeffries, after
years of easy living, will be the
man who met Corbett? 1t is all
right to jump about giving exhi-
billions. A man mildly conditioned
can do this and the flaws will not
be perceptible. Five rounds of
milling will tell more than 80
days of exhibitions calculated to
shows a man at his best.
This is why l like the Johnson
end, and l am unreservedly for
him. l have been asked IL
would go into his camp and help
him train. If l am invited by
Johnson l will be glad to accept.
/ will give him the best / have,
but will bar the best he has. One
mill with him was enough of his
best for me.
l pass over the fact that John
son was my superior in stature
and that | weighed 159, contrary
reports Notwithstanding. But If
l were his equal in measurement
I doubt if l could defeat him.
Johnson's work with his arms
and hands is the most wonderful
/ have ever seen. He is not quick
on his feet, although reports that
he is slow are misleading. His de-
fensive boxing is so marvellous he
doesn't have to move about much.
The blows / have won and re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13

Funny to see Packy Mcfarland
chasing off to Europe on top of
Stanley KetchelI's statement that
top-notchers can get big money
on this side, doesn't It?
Mcfarland said before leaving
that he was going after Freddy
Welsh's English title and would
remain abroad year, invading
every country where fighting
thrives, meeting the best he could
induce to fight him.
And then he's coming back to
say things to Oscar Matthew Bat
Ting Nelson. Just like that. Nc
Farland is sure he can beat Nell
son. SO sure he's going abroad
for a year to let Nelson add anoth-
er year to his age before tackling
him.
There aren't many men close to
the fight game who will risk any,
thing upon Mcfarland in a 20
round battle with Welsh right
now, and as for the stockyard
scrapper making a has-been out
OF Nelson, well. its best to take
that statement with just q wee
pinch of salt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
!. N. c. A. TANK
FILLED WITH
SWIMMERS
FIFTY OF THEM TAKE PART
IN RACES-TEAM To REP
RESENT TACOMA WILL SOON
BE SELECTED.

Members of the Y. NJ. c. A.
swimming team, which will enter
the Portland championships of The
Pacific Northwest, will be select
ed from fifty candidates who ca
vorted about the Y. M. c. A. tank
last night.
The personnel of the team will
not be announced for several days,
but evidently Plat, Bisley and
Beckett are sure of places from
the showing made last night.
H. %. Sexsmith, assistant
physical director, gave an exhibit
tion of swimming and Swimmin 2
Director Carter gave a practical
demonstration of rescue work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
NEW SEATTLE CLUB
TO PUT ON FIGHT
CARD TONIGHT
PHOENIX CLUB TO MAKE IT'S
DEBUT BEFORE BOXING
FANS.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Jan. 13.-The
Phoenix Athletic club will hold its
opening smoker tonight at Arcade
hall, with some of the best local
amateur boxers assisting at the
debut of the newest athletic or
ganization of the city.
The fight fans are taking a lot
of interest in the first smoker Of
the new club.
The card is as follows:
90 pouuds-Willie Metro and
John OIeary.
125 pounds-Fred Nord and
Tom Clark.
1875 pounds-Con Weiffenbach
and Roy Brown.
las pounds-Dave Clark aud
James Emery.
1853 pounds-Joe Castro and
Will Robinson.
Heavyweight-Frank Wester-
man and Howard Laid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
SHREDDER GOING
SOUTH TO FORGET
BASEBALL AWR|El

With the settlement of the ar-
fairs of the Northwest league for
another season and the disposal
of the stock of the Tacoma team,
George M. Shredder, the presens
owner of the club, expects to leave
for California.
Shredder wants to forget base
ball and will not return until the
season is under way. Shredder
will attend the meeting next
Tuesday in Seattle, but Cohen OF
Spokane will be absent. He has
gone east for players.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
JACK BURNS TOO
MUCH FOR Tim
O'NEILL .
By United Press Leased Wire. !

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 13.--A
hard punch and thirty pounds
disadvantage in weight proved too
much for Tim O'Neill of Denver
last night and Jack Burns, the
Salinas, Cal, heavyweight, was
given decision over him in ten
round bout.
Burns dropped O'Neill in the
third round and the Denver boy
took count of eight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13

gone the route" since l was de-
feated. l think l have been mis-
understood in the west. Because
l selected my company and kept
my affairs to myself, many decid-
ed | had taken the easy road. It's
the people who guess at what
do who bother me. Those who
know have. nothing to say.
l have made by parents indie
pendent for life, and 1 don't have
to fight again unless 1 choose to.
l did not go into the fighting bust
ness because liked it, but because
l could make more money than
at anything else.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13

tanned my title with never feazed
johnson. l could reach him, but
couldn't hit him.
/ came within an ace of win
ming with a chance blow. John
sons head was stretched toward
me and / was lucky to hit him
when off his balance. My vision
of another title grew blank under
his rush after he regained his
feet.
Jeffries will fight his best, but
this will not be good enough to de-
feat Johnson.
My plans are uncertain. l
planned a trip abroad and had
taken steps toward closing with
the promoters when | decided to
wait.
have never been so flooded
with offers. Practically every city
in the country where boxing is
permitted has offered me an en-
gagement. l am not in hurry to
get into action, and aside from
postponing my European trip l
am not sure what I'll do.
Top-notchers are in demand
here. Doubtless l can make as
much abroad in a year as l can
now, but here you have to be on
top, and while on top l will do my
fighting here.
l have not signed Geo. Little to
manage me. l lost the best man
ager fights ever had when
Britt died, and it isn't in me to
hook up with another just yet.
Rumor credits me with having
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
Making Life Safer.

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13

/ believe a fighter has but a
certain number of big battles in
him. Last year was a hard one
for me, and after a few more
fights my advice to my friends
will be to "stay off" me. If fight
ers did not go on once too often,
there would be more undefeated
champions in retirement.
1 have some good fights left,
and am ready for anyone who
wants my title. will meet
Papke, but am in no hurry, for
| have beaten him three times
out of the four we have met. I
am willing to meet Langford, hut
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
WHIPPED
BY TACOMA.

In a close game at Kent the
Tacoma Y. NJ. c. A. won from the
Kent aggregation by the score of
35 to 80 last night. Mills and
Staatz scored most of the points
for Tacoma. ''@ asa
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
KETCHEL To
MEET BURNS

MELBOURNE, Jan. 13.-Pro-
moter Hugh Mcintosh has an
nounced that Stanley Ketchel and
Tommy Burns are matched and
that the figst will take place in
Australia about Easter.
Ketchel's telegram of accept
ance was received yesterday. His
trainer will be Bob Fitzsimmons
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
High SCHOOL
PUTS IT ALL
over VARSITY

Lack of practice and team WORE
lost the basketball game for the
U. P. S. team against Tacoma
high school yesterday by the
score of 80 to 10. The high
school second team also won from
the U. P. S. seconds. Score 23 to
10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
BELLINCHAM
SEEMS sure
OF FRANCHISE

SEATTLE, Jan. 13.-After an
other visit TO Bellingham yester-
day ID. e. Dugdale stated that 1t
was practically certain that this
city will get the sixth Northwest
league franchise. Developments
at Everett yesterday have placed
this city out of the running.
Everett would not stand for
Sunday morning baseball.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
TRAIN MEN PROPERLY;
GIVE OFFICERS POWER
F III YOST.
r. III. YOST
saw a fatal injury.

saw fataI INJURY.
"The element of danger is found
in foot ball, but also in base ball,
horseback riding, canoeing, sail
ing, swimming, automobiling. In
fact, in every sport. If we must
have an absolute anti-accident
guarantee we will have to confine
ourselves to ping pong and GRO
quet."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
Games WINNER
OF BILLIARD
TITLE

(By United Press Leased Wirc.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Alfred
de Orc failed to regain the lost
points in the championship match
at three cushion. carom billiards
and last night lost the title 20
Fred Eames of Denver. The final
iscore was $50 to 1877.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13

suitable purse must be offered,
for in him l will be taking on Il
man they are all lodging.
l may take another crack at
the heavyweight title, for l am
growing rapidly, although / can
still make the middleweight limit.
If l ever can scale $50 pounds in
condition l will meet whoever is
worlds champion.
Last year l met Jack O'Brien
twice. Billy Papke and Jack
Johnson. These and other battles
and the strain of travelling and
weight making, convince me I am
entitled to rest now, and l in
tend to make it a vacation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13

the eminent tragedian and &C
knowledged leading exponent of
Shakespeare and his plays, will be
at First Christian Church, Sixth
avenue and K streets, tonight.
Admission, with seats reserved,
will be soc. Children, Csc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13
. o . 90 0 . Q 10000 9
!: NEWS OF THE :
|: WATERFRONT :
TIDES TOMORROW.

% ps Ill. S.U rect
5:32 p. M. .........1 3.1 feet
Arriving in port last night from
Mukilteo the British steamer
Strathgyle is here to complete her
cargo of lumber for Port Prize.
The steamer Santa Ana arrived
in port yesterday from Alaska.
She carried a cargo of gypsum for
the Pacific Coast Gypsum COM
pany.
Major Everett G.. Griggs and
Captain George Delano entertain
ed large number of Tacoma and
Seattle shipping men yesterday
afternoon aboard the big six
masted barkentine Everett G..
Griggs in honor of her home con-
ing.
With general cargo from San
Francisco the steam schooner Tiv-
|erton reached port yesterday.
While repairing a boat yester-
day w. l.. Kirby of the Kirby
boat house was painfully injured
in his right hand. A piece of
steel broken from a chisel entered
his hand and 1T was necessary to
use the X-ray to locate the part
icle.
The steamer Meteor will tai.e
the first shipment of Dupont pow
der to Alaska.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-13

Key fitting and general repair
ing. e. E. Peterson, 924 Tao. av..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20
BILDWINs AERO BOLTS.
'IAErs . IIash for the Crowd AMI starts .
PAnie

GARDK,S CRY. l.. l.. May 10. After
making hve Asroplans flights over Hemp
stead plain this afternoon Capt. Thomas
=. Baldwin almost ended the day with
al accident On landing he failed 20 shut
oH his motor In time. and the machine
dashed into the crowd One or two per-
sons were knocked down. womsn and
children screamed. and for q few minutes
there was a panic. Five or dix horses
hitohed 70 carriages took fright and be-
came almost unmanagsable. In the
flights BALDWIN had shown good control
OF hts Curtiss blplans.
Clifford n. Harmon made three fiRhts
In a Farman machine 10 the first one
he circled the one and a half ntils courss
In two minutes. On tie sscond round In
deaoending be wrsnched he steering
gear. " took about fifteen minutes 10
make the repairs, aftsr uhlch he COM
ploted six laps Of tbs course Ia eleven
niinutrs II was estimated that ne ruas
20 an altitude n fifty o. sixty feet
On saturday aftarnoOn Harmon viii
qualify az q uilot. WhPn In will make
three flights ~ threa miles each n the
Neather conditions are favorable. H. said
to-day. he vii attempt 10 remain in the
air for an hodr. He has issued about
100 invitations for .h0uss warming In
his aerodroms. whsTe al Burta of aerial
beverages VIII 10 served.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20
LAWYER SEEMS ms FIFTH,
or AbouI ssO.OOO. for Establishing the
naFker VIII


Mrs Edith &C. Barker Ransom. who was
the widow 81 George A Barker when she
married Porte V Ransom. son of former
Surrogate Ransom. last year IL defendant
in a suit brought by her former lawyer.
Albert " Ransom. no relation Of her
husband. 20 have declared valid written
agreement by which she promised 20 give
him One-ffth d the principal and income
Of her FORMER husbands estate. which
was about tiOoOo0
Mrs. Ransom. who had been house
keeper tor George 4. Barker. married him
in 1898 q year after the death NJ his FIRST
wife. and he left her his entire estate.
cutting On two daughters, Mrs Elizabeth
Bell scott and Ethel J Bnrker After his
death in IIj1 the daughters upset the will
In the Supreme Court. but the widow won
In the Appellate Division lawyer Ran
son had been her counsel She married
Porte v. Ransom lase June and shs then
refused 10 pay the other lawyer anything
more under the agreement
In her answer Mrs. Ransom Says Il was
illegal for her 10 convey her share IN the
income and principal Of a trust fund. and
puts In a counter claim for $3.50 she has
already paid. She asked supreme Court
Justice Mccall yesterday 10 direct the
lawyer 10 give her a bill Of particulars
Of the services he has performed. and tho
Court granted the motion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20

Public Inspection OG the KIng's CoHln
Ends Masses % Flowers sent.

HNHfiA NalN hfandffA % Tia NTN
LONDON. May lathe line passing
hing Edwards bier exhausted itself al
most on the stroke Of 10 o clock TONIGHT.
which was the final closing time. Not
a single person waited in vain. The rear
was brought up by about 100 police
who had been employed in directing
the people during the last hours Of this
memorable popular demonstration. Il
10 estimated that 1900 perpons naaa.d
the SCatafalque during the last hour
Il 10 estimated that a total 0f $4,000
walked past the cofin.
The officials a. Windsor give aOOO a.
the approximate number of wreaths re-
oeived AZ the castle. or half ~ mary
again a. we're reoeived on the occasion
Of Queen Victoria's funeral Nearly one
half the lawn on the north side Of ~.
Georges Chapel il covered with these
exquiaite blooms. which are protected
by tarpaulin covers. The offerings range
from immense artistic constructions OF
exotic blOOms costing large sums. to
humble sprays % Wild flowers or common
garden blossoms sent by the poorest
people and by children.
Some Of the Inscriptions on the offerings
Of the latter are pathetic and reveal the
common humanity joining throne and
cottage. Prom little boys garden,
with his love. In inscribed on a bunch Of
llacs and ionquils Dear Queen Alex
aDdra. am 30 sorry the King i dead. /
hope you will not miss hum much IL
written in a childiah hand on a card
10 a cross Of bluebells and
forget me-nots.
A bunch oi garden flowers il accom-
panied by a letter. in which a young
working woman wrote:
i would love IN send something bet
ter. only my husband has got nothing
only what be daily earna.'
These are samples of many. Among the
many tributes from Americans in Lon
ion is a large aoral harp with a broken
string from NlrA. ROnalds and white
Ereaahs from tho Duchess Of R0Kburghs
Ind the Bradley Martins. Upon the cOffin |
n ST. Georges Chapel Wil be laid q crusa
Il white orchids from King George and a |
Ereath Of white May blossoms from
Queen Mary
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20
SHOOK $1,000 OUT or WINDOT.
Mrs. NAasneld's Costly AIRING Of one Of
ller PtllOWN

Abner Mansfield Of IO5 Thirteenth
street. HobOken, handed his wife 300,
mostly in tlOO bills, when he returned from
business on Wednesday night and told her
20 hide the money in a safe spot. She
placed tho roll inside her pillow and slept
on L.
Mrs. Mansfield shook the bedolothes
out Of a rear window yesterday morning.
according 10 her usual custom, and left
the pillows on the windOwsill % air. She
was in a hurry 10 go TO New York and
didn't think Of the money. When she
came home the 1900 roll was missing and
the police were notified
The detectives suspect that the bills
fell two stories to the courtyard as Mrs
Mansfield shook her pillow and were found
by one Of several tradesmon who are In
the habit Of delivering goods early
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20
SCHOOL PITCHER KILLED.
I.lner lslt Harry baskerville ThPeW the
Batter out. inca lSrSpped

Harry Becker. a iourtesn-year-Old
schoolboy Of g1t East It8th street, died
on a baseball field az Gerard avenue and
it8th street yesterday afternoon after
being hit by a batted ball.
The boy was a student IN the Townsend
Harris High School and a year ago was
picked a. pitcher for the school team.
When the season opened, however. no
was struck by a ball and - badly injured
that he was laid up all spring This
year he decided 10 try again.
The game yesterday was a scrub match
for practice. Two teams were chosen
aud Becker was selected a. one Of the
pitchers. When Andrew TWart. a mem.
Der Of the team opposing Becker. came
up 10 bat he struck twice and then Becker
pitched three balls
TWart hit the next ball yiciously.
Becker tried TO dodge. but the ball struck
him In the stomach before he could get
out Of the way. For a second the young
pitcher was dared Then he stopped
down. picked up the ball. which had failsn
at his feet. and threw il TO first base
putting Twart out. The pitcher then
turned TO Robert Ragetta. who was UNI
piring. and said
That ball hurt some | hops I'm not
laid out again
The nett moment he fell forward 10 the
ground. The players gathered around
him in a scared group some one ran for
Policeman Mccormick. who saw that tho
boy was badly hurt and called for an
ambulance. A Lincoln Hospital surgeon
worked over Becker for more than half
an hour. but finally gave up. saying that
the boy probably had died just after the
ambulance arrived.
The Twart boy was arrested and later
released by Coroner SOhWannecke. Tie WAS
frantic with grief
The father Of the boy who vas killed n
Henry Becker. who has a iewelry store
on Broadway near Forty-ffth street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20

refused 500 wouldbe guests before )
O'Clock this afternoon. =
me manager Of the Savoy Hotel says
that to-day was tho busiest one he ever
remembers The story Is the same
throughout central London. The an
breaches to the hotels are Choked with
cabs the oHioes are continuously be-
sieged and the clerks arr almost de-
mented Every hotel billiard room and
smoking room h filed with aleepers.
The night Ia sill and sultry like one in
August, with an occasional burst Of
thunder. There IL every prospect az
midnight Of heavy rain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20
ERIE SETTLEMENT LIkELr.
FIRnl DscisIan u Expected This Morning
HOPE ~ Peace.

Whether or not there will be a hgh,
between the Erie Railroad and - train.
men and conductors over their demands
for Baltimore and Ohio schedule u wages.
the national officers of the trainmen and
conductors said last evening. will depend
On a communication from General Man
ager stuart of the Erie which y expected
by Presidents Lee and GarretSon u the
Brotherhood II Railroad Trainmen and
the Order II Railroad Conductors a.
10 A. ~ to-day.
The cOnfersnre between Mr. stuart
and tho heads u the two organizations
which began On "Wednesday afternoon, wa
resumed yesterday FORENOON and ended
AZ =. ~. with everything In Tho AIR
Tho representatives of the trainman and
conductor lsft disappointed and angry
No agreement WA rearh-d and the strike
s.ou.ed ne,iiabla
Matters vrr' az this point when u tale.
phone mc--agn wa r-ce,vcd from Mr.
s'uar. 10 "a" motel which resulted in an .
u'har brief conference lasting only a few
minutes. az which IL Vas -aid the com
pany would md is final proposition t.
the representative Of the men TO-DAY.
4 statement wis then issued from the
oNice- ~ N" Erie Railroad 20 thu eject
that IN" company and ~ conductor
and lTainmen had agreed upon a basis
for q new wage sChedule and that the
details wrr" being worked out The
following statement vas also made on
Lehalf of tbs railroad:
~ n matter II fact tho Erie has been
paying good wages all along We based
the wages on the average wages being pain
hy tho siV other roads leading into New
\ Ork Those are the pennsyiy aria the
Baltimore and Ohio. the Delaware. LackA-
wanna and Western. the central Railroad
Of NeN Jersey. the llehiRh Valley and he
Now York Central There h no doubt that
a set ilement = az hand. -
Il was also said that the only question
10 10 -gttled was when tho highest rates
in the New York Central award would 20
into effect on tho Erie The road agreed
10 some q the rates az once. but was not
prepared ~ pay the rates on the other
GLASSES until sOuo time later, the only
question being the date when they Will
become effective.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20
CH1LONER STOPS Az AFRO.
Uses shotgun TO Induce Chauffeur 10 Lead
Tvs Horse Around Machine.

CoBHAM. Va. May 10 John Arm
strong ChalOner announced to-day that
he had held up an automobile in the road
a, the point % a shotgun and forced the
driver 70 assist In leading his horse past
the machine
After Chaloner had zgnalled ths APP
proaching machine with both horn and
hands the chauffeur continued to APP
prnAch rapidly Chaloner drew his gun
and cried You'll pass over my dead body
before you pass this carriage
This was suficient and the motor
stopped The mOtOgist alighted and led
the horse around. The horse SHE'D and
threw the cart and Ia occupants in the
ditch. bus no one was hurt seriously
Chhloner has no good feeling for auto
mObllss or their drivers He has his cart
equipped with an automobile horn and he
uses u upon every occasional NEST With
q machine Ne advocates the carrying Of
shotguns ~ well ~ rsvolysrs by all
farmers. 10 bs u-sd 10 shoot the tires.
though be says he would not shoot a
chauffeur