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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26
(By Paul Armstrong;

The other day l met Tommy Ryan
and he asked me: What did / ever do
to Jim Jeffries that he should always
have his hammer out for me?" l re-
piled: Never anything against Jim,
but lot for him." We then discussed
the hard work Ryan did with Jim at
Park
Ryan, who has been accused of al
most everything on the crooked fight
ers' calendar, but nevertheless was the
greatest fighter, pound for pound, that
America ever produced. He was cham
pion of two classes, the best betting
proposition in the ring and as interest
ing a man in action as ever lived. The
first exponent of fighting cleverness, he
could feint you into blindness, jolt you
into idiocy or knock you dead with a
wallop. He has a cool head, binding
speed and every known punch. He
fought more than twenty years, every
thing from six-round exhibitions to
bare knuckle finishes in private And
he was once beaten decisively. He Of
ferad to fight TNitzsimmons for the mid
dleweight championship and had ,Fitz
kept his word and made the middle
weight Ryan would have been there.
And he fought with q crouch all his
ife-remember that
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26

one great all-around ball player viii
make a ball team, as Cobb has De-
troit, Wagner Pittsburg or MatheWson
New York, but where can you find
these men,
| heard quite an argument between
a lot of crack ball players at Nc
big meeting, about who was the most
valuable ball player in the country
to team, and it finally sifted down
to Wagner Of Pittsburg, Evers of Chi
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26
Johnson Will Fight
AS if for His Life

In the EnglSn-Speakfng countries
they will be guided by what has hap
pened before when q man has return
ed to the ring after years of inact-
ivity. They will back johnson, in all
likelihood, and back him heavily
| 1t is more than probable that those
of this country who are guided in
their betting operations by practical
common sense will uphold the John
son end of the market in such a way
that the negro isn't likely to be on
the short end Of the wagering The
negro population to man will sup
port the colored fighter with their
dollars. and all things considered,
the price that any expert in the cheat
ing line could afford to pay Johnson
ting market would be more-a great
deal more, probably-than the winners
of the picture profits would amount to.
Such things have been done, though.
outlined by the possibilities in the
present instance.
Johnson says he was offered
small fortune to throw his fight with
Ketchell He may be stating what is
a fact or he may be romancing. The
one thing made evident is that he
can be approached on such a subject
without being tempted to commit
murder.
l have known a worlds champion or
dare go to with any proposition of that
kind
But-and this may appear strange
in view of what proceeds it do not
think there is enough money in the
world to Influence Jack Johnson to
throw 1.-The coming fight" The pride
of race is too strong in Johnson. He
knows that there never was negro
before him, no matter what his sta
ton in life, who was such an idol
among colored people as he is al
present.
This, in a way, will be the ultima
thule of heavyweight championships.
There will be no challenges heard at
the ringside-there is no man stand
ing in the background who the public
considers yet to be reckoned With. The
man who wins, in al probability, will
never engage in another champion
ship fight
To be that man. and particularly in
Johnson's case, is a rare distinction.
Success for Johnson may, for that
matter, mean racial trouble in some
sections but that is another story.
1t is said that when Johnson won
from Ketchel-a foregone conclusion,
by the ay-Mississippi steamboats,
were tied up and trains bereft Of col
| ored help The extent of the jublla-
ton among the negroes if Johnson wins
from Jeffries, is almost too vast a
| thing for the mind to compass.
johnson is the only negro who ever
! had a chance to attain such fiStic
heights and I'll be bound that in the
matter of straight and desperate
fighting he will be found black
through and through.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26

William Keaer. Captain Arson, Tom
Mccarthy, Roger Bresnahan and JACK
Dunn took a hand in the tanning bee
and. while the general opinion seemed
IN give Wagner the best of it, the
fine line of dope put up by Duffy and
Kelley forced the gathering to admit
that Evers was candy kid. Evers
sat back with a friend and enjoyed
the comparisons
It was the general impression of
this congress of baseball talent that
Eyers was about the only prominent
member of the great Chicago club team
that had not reached the height of
his work on the ball field.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26

The Maryland Jockey club has de-
creed that racing at Pimlico shall start
1, as was predicted. This makes the
opening fall on the fourth Saturday of
the month, the same date as 1909. The
meeting will clash with the racing at
Aqueduct and Jamaica, provided that
the local seasons opens here on April
Is, the date that sanctions the sport in
this state under the provisions of the
Percy Gray racing law.
Many of the local horsemen petit
toned the Maryland Jockey club to
hold it's spring meeting beginning
April 1 in order to provide them the
opportunity to race their horses at
Pimilico and then ship them here in
time for the opening of the local sea-
son. But the officials of the Pimilico
track refused to accede to this re-
quest, saying that the latter part Of
April was more suitable 10 tner pa
irons than any early date.
Under this decision either the PIN
leo or the local meetings will suffer
from Jack of high class horses. 1t was
the intention of August Belmont and
r. T. Wilson, jr., to send strings of
racers to participate in the meeting of
Pimlico if the dates were suitable.
Now Mr.. Belmont and Mr.. Wilson will
have to decide which track to patron
ize.
The amateur jockeys who were
granted licenses to ride during the
meeting at Pimlico are John T. Bow
ditch, A. Henry Higginson. A. c. Var
row, jr, ]. E. Davis, John Tucker,
Evans Tucker, Henry Tucket, Hugh A.
Murd ok Alfred Boden, HUGH Corner
". C. Wleischman, Peter Clinch, Henry
L. Bell, Lathrop Brown and John H.
Mulcahy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26
BALL
BASKET BALL
BASE BALL
AUTOiNG
CIV. w. Naughton.)

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26.-It was
shakespeare who told us that to the
Jealous minded ''trifles light as air"
become combinations strong as
proofs of holp writ"
If pugilism had much of a vogue
in the Bard of Avon's time he would
have noticed probably that trifles of
less density than air were the little
things from which scandals sprung.
The other day one George Little
who is described as manager of Jack
Johnson, champion of the world, was
probably the innocent cause of a god
big blast of scandal. In answer to
telegram of inquiry as to what odds
placing a bet on Johnson, Little wiz
ed. Don't make any bets on Johnson
to that effect.
Here was a succulent morsel for
was construed into an intimation that
there was something doing" in the
Jeff Johnson fight. Otherwise why
was the man to whom the dispatch
was sent warned to do nothing in the
betting line until he heard further
from Little?
To the writer the fact that Little
sent such a telegram is sufficient
proof that there is nothing wrong with
the big Fighter nothing at least that
Little has personal knowledge Of. If
a conspiracy had been Matched for
the purpose Of making a cleanup on
the fight of the century, 1 doubt to be-
Gin with whether Little would have
been taken into the plot
If he were ''wised' to a situation IF
that kind, depend upon it, the master
minds which conceived the giant swim
die would see to it that Little was n It
Likely to make any such break as the
wording of his telegram suggests to
the minds of some people.
In some ways Little is fussy fel-
low and he takes great pride out of
the fact that he is World champion
Jack Johnson's business representa-
tive He feels may be that he should
he heard from in anything that has a
tendency to establish the odds on the
coming fight and that probably is
why he telegraphed his friend to make
no move in the matter until the letter
of advice arrived.
One thing the Little telegram was
responsible for. 1t caused every pos
sible angle of Jeffries- Johnson BET
ting conspiracy to be threshed out in
II different ways.
You couldn't get Jeffries to be a
party to anything queer" said one.
"A thing like that could be pulled
off without Jeff being party to it,"
said another.
And OF course, it could. All that
would be necessary would be to find
out Jack Johnson's price-if he has a
price-and arrange with him to flop.
There will be more money bet on
this fight, probably. than there ever
was on any similar happening in the
history of pugilism. There will be
betting in Paris, in London, in Sgd
ney and in Melbourne.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26
WILL SUBMIT
TWO SCHEDULES

PITTSBURC, Jan. 25.-Two sched-
ules, one for a 154 game, and another
Tor 1913 game season, will be submit
ted to the National league in New
York next month.
This was settled by the schedule
committee tonight, although its labors
have not been concluded Another ses-
sion will be held tomorrow.
The baseball folk, all except men,
bers of the schedule committe of the
two major leagues, left for their homes
tonight. The protracted sessions of
the schedule committe are caused by
the arduous work of dovetailing the
1853 with the American leagues 154
game schedule, so as to avoid conflict
ing dates Then, too, another arrange
ment of dates, on the basis of the
1874 game schedule for both is being
prepared so that whichever is adopted
can be put into effect Immediately.
Official scorers here entered strong
protests against the wild pitch ana
passed ball ruling under the revised
rules. and tie committee today re-
scinded it. It was pointed out that the
battery men handled the ball scores of
times oftener than other members of
the team without getting any credit
for perfect work, and that it would
be unjust to charge them with fielding
errors for occasional slips.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26
LIVE NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD

self and next to hit while protected.
Ryan's wallops at his body, taught
aim Ryan's crouch. and the ola straight
left that Ryan used, a left that trav-
eled six inches and set your head back,
in the hands of Jeffries learned to
travel four inches and set you down.
Ryan's little left hook to the float
ing rib that slowly stopped his men, in
Jeff's hands brought temporary but
complete paralysis.
Ryan's short right, straight as a
wagon tongue, that stopped many a
rushing sucker, in Jeff's hands later
stove Sharkey in like a ship pounding
on a rock strewn lea shore.
1t was Ryan's rapid-fire battery of
six-inch guns turned into twelve-inch
in Jeffries' hands
At the ringside it was Ryan's mind
that won. Only one sound ever reached
Jeffries' ear that night of June 9. 1t
was not the howl of the multitude, nor
the shrieks of the hysterical Brady, nor
the encouragement of his best friend,
Delaney. 1t was the voice of the mas
ter, Tommy Ryan, sharp as pistol
shots in the arctic silence, that steered
him through the reef of tricks that
Fitzsimmons forever led him toward.
Nd 1act i,i, ion,
on the day Jeff stopped training, lay
out the fight. l heard one thing reite-
rated until it became a chant:
Don't ever life your right hand
to Fits head, Jeff Stick to the left
to the end
And will anyone who ever saw the
fight forget how religiously that In
junction was obeyed?
Even when F'itz, with both arms
hanging limp stood swaying, blear-
eyed and beaten, Jeff hesitated until
he heard Ryan's voice
1t came, scream above the throaty
roar of thousands: Let it CO." And
a moment later Jeff was champion.
Does anyone imagine that Jeffries, in
the condition of that night he fought
Sharkey at Coney Island, would have
Won had it not been for Ryan? He
stove Sharkey in like barrel, Ell? All
right, but that did not develop till
afterward. Sharkey, rugged as ko-
diak bear, kept coming like a surf He
carried Jeff backwards for fifteen
rounds, and it was only when Ryan
figured one punch, a right hand up
percut would beat the sailor, and
begged and cursed and finally drove
Jeff to using it, that Sharkey began
to hesitate.
And the battle with Corbett at Co
ney Island. Does anyone dream Jeff
would have got Corbett that night but
for Ryan 1t was Ryan who saw that
Corbett had figured out a way to ride"
on Jeffries left to the body and who
kept Jeffs short hook for the jaw
coming. 1t missed a thousand times,
but the persistent Hit with him.
that Ryan yelled a million times final
ly brought Corbett in heap. Jeff was
discouraged that night, ashamed and
Inundated, and Ryan was his saliva
ton.
Ryan took Jeffries in hand a lumber
ing sucker. He left him the champion
of the world All Jeffries has was Ry-
ans and Tommy gave it all. And the
champion should at least be graceful
enough to admit the truth.
Perhaps Jeffries dislikes Ryan for
Ryan's businesslike insistence that the
laborer is entitled to his hire. Who
knows? Or is it because he is of the
stuff that most fighters are made Of
ingratitude?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26

ner was the most valuable man for
team, as he was a remarkable all
around batsman, a run-getter, always
in the game, and placed in the IN
field, full of inspiration.
Hugh Duffy and Joe Kelly picked
Johnny Evers as the most valuab e
man for a ball team, on the ground
that he was a natural leader, as well
as a remarkable all-around ball play
err
Evers' great knowledge of inside
ball, his quickness in taking advan-
tage of his opponents weakness, gave
him the edge, is the way Duffy and
Kelley figured it out
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26
And as to Jeffries.

And as to Jeffries.
In the Right Cross days there came
under my observation a mucht outed
coast wonder, who had been sparring
partner of Corbetts at Carson City.
Delaney picked him up because he was
big and strong and was attempting to
make something Of hjnI.
He came to New York and was to
fight two men in the same ring-Steve
O'Donnen and Bob Armstrong. Both
were yellow heavyweights, one an
Australian, the other a negro.
Jeffries drew Armstrong first There
was the usual delay, but finally the
hell changed, and we saw the big Won
der in action.
He proved to be a big numbering
sucker. He had a lot of useless foot
work and a feint or two he had picked
up off Corbett, but he stood on his
heels, started his hooks from behind
him, and didn't know what his right
hand was for.
Armstrong stayed his ten rounds,
and on the excuse that Jeff had hurt
his hand he refused to go on with
ODonnell
Then Jeffries faded from view.
Some months later Bill Brady came
to me one night at a six-day bicycle
race and called me aside to ask my
opinion of Jeffries saying that Delaney
bring him back east. 1t developed in
the talk that Brady thought of man
aging Jeffries, and he was evidently
feeling me out as to what the attitude
of Fright Cross would be toward a
man he intended to play up for a
champion.
1 was perfectly candid and told
Brady 1 believed that if Jeffries knew
how to box he would be a great heavy
weight. And in that talk l mentioned
that if Jeff had some one like Ryan to
teach him he might be champion
The talk ended by Brady saying he
hadn't yet decided what he would do,
and the matter rested for a week or
so. Then one night Brady announced
@ me that he had Jeff and was deal
ing with Ryan to train with him. The
combination loked promising and the
writer of ''RighA Cross" articles took
Jeffries and his future seriously
This was in the winter, at a time
when F'itz was trying to make Sharkey
fight, with O'Rourke stalling out OF
each corner They finally met; the
meeting broke up in a row, and Mar
| tin Julian, Fits manager, was Ia
menting the fact that Fitz could find
no opponents Brady had gone west
but I took it upon myself to tell Ju-
ian that Jeffries would fight Fitz
Both Julian and Fitzsimmons jumped
at it, and the next morning drew the
articles for the fight and Kid Egar
signed for Brady and Jeffries. The
date of the fight was made June 9, and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26
JudreZ TO Become
The Racing Mecca

ficia's and bOokkeepers will give the
longest odds possible. Special trains
points in the United States at the be-
ginning of the season.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16

lis what Cairo will have Tuesday.
Al w Martin win bring his revival
OF Harriet Beecher Stoves Uncle
TOMS Cabin to the Cairo opera
house on Tuesday, October IS, matt.
nee and night. 1t has always proved
strong drawing card. The Martin
production has been pronounced by
the press to be the most magnificent
Of any ever presented on the stage,
the scenery and effects costing many
thousands OF dollars Six man-eating
Siberian blood hounds trained to
participate in the drama, ard among
the specially features are the original
Georgia shouters and jubilee singers
who VIII render plantation songs,
qualtettes and refrains. The latest
craze IN the dance line known as the
"S'wanee shine will be presented,
also many other features
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16
The New Show House,

The opening week at the Gem has
been all that the management could
expect. The patronage has been lib
eral in he extreme, many being turn.
ed away at several performances.
The bill, starting Monday and run
ming for four days will include the
Trevett Quartette in high class sing
ing. comedy and dancing. For the
week starting on October 23rd they
have been fortunate in securing Sig.
Reinfield's Lady Minstrels, a com
many Of much merit. The Jackson
Sun OF recent date says.
Never in the history of this city
has. an act appeared that could any
way touch in cleyerness, voices and
acting the wonderful bevy Of pretty
girls, their work and drilling would
more than do honor to any $3.50 at.
traction ANA the best feature of the
entire performance is that every line,
song and act has that freshness very
seldom found nowadays in acts play
ing in cities the size Of Jackson"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16
Cast Aside Today.

Cast Aside the new play by L.
b, Parker, from subject suggested
BY Chas- X. Harris song, Is d lesson
play dealing directly with the most
common evil, VIZ: Divorce, martial
infidelity and the sex problem. These
subjects are handled in a masterrul
manner and the lessons are impress.
sive and good cannot help but follow.
Although Mr.. Parker's play deals
with three great subjects and carries
great truth his manner Of telling
his story is one that proves most en-
Pertaining, Din fact his truths are ram
med home to the tune of humor rath-
Ell than tears.
Tie play Is said to be mounted in
a lavish manner AMI the cast is par
excellent. No wonder the public
have stamped the play with the word
success.
Cast Aside" Is he Offering al the
Cairo Opera House today, matinee
md ni4ha.
81
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16
"Lena Riversv

a delightful drama and clever
company, Is the pleasing combination
that comes to the Cairo Opera House
for one night, on Wednesday, Oct,
10Th, Lena Rivers is the play, and
is pronounced by critics everywhere,
as most worthy offering. The
play is a dramatizaion of Mary J.
Holmes popular novel of that name,
and when presented here before has
always awakened much interest
among play-goors
The story Of Lena Rivers, Is too
familiar ever to need cketching, on
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16
"The Girl From Reetor,s

You may not be able to go g
Pari" but You can go to see the
Girl From Rcctor's,'" said the New
York Evening Telegram during the
run of that piece at Weher's Music
Hall. THE Girl with any other
name would make You laugh. And
you can't help laughing. Yau may
not know what YOU are laughing at
but you laugh. n YOU want tip for
an evenings entertainment that will
make you forget all Of the rest 81
your troubles 80 and see THE Girl,
in the THE Girl From Rectors.' A
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16

cade with Ida st. Leon will be seen
as Polly" at the Cairo Opera House
Thursday, Oct. Goth
The production offered to local thee
TRIGGERS is exactly identical with that
seen for one entire season at the Lib.
erty Theatre, New York City, while
the cast Ia the most competent and
uniformly excellent seen in many
a long day securing an attraction of
this magnitude for this city is enter
prise that seems sure to be rewarded
by an overwhelming audience when
Polly of the Circus comes to town.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16
A N USE NJ [ N IS
Al RI. Metz Wilson.

In the presentation Of Metz in. Ire
land,v which will be presented at the
Cairo opera house tomorrow evening,
A. RI. wilson the German dialect
comedian Is keeping up his reputa
ton for giving the public clean ans
wholesome plays. This popular come
dian has never yet appeared in a per
Torrance in which there was the
slightest suggestion Of yulgarity o.
indccency and his hold on the thea
tre-going public throughout the coun-
5try is due to the fact that never once
has there been character introduced
IN one Of his plays that could in any
way be looked upon as a caricaturC
OF the German race. This season ! Il
Wilson has budget Of new songs
and as he sings as delightfully."- as
ever they will be a delightful musical
treat,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16
"T1e Newly WEEDS

one of the largest and most sue
cessful musical plays of the theatrical
seaeon, "The Newly Webs and Their
EabN founded on George MsManus
famous cartoons Fun girls, and tune.
full music, Is said to be the chef feat
ures OF its wonderful success 90
people help 10 make things merry
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16
"PolIy Of The Circus

Polly Of the Circus. one of the
most worthily successful of recent
American plays and in which comedy
ana semi-tragedy are closely entwin-
ed to provide incessant excitement,
and also happy ending, and has
Gecn pronounced far and wide as the
J. thSkst and purest drama Of the de-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-16

Mrs. Holmes novel has been read ii
nearly every household in this coun
try; her publishers claiming that she
has over ten million readers.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-09-02
STATE NEWS NOTES

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