Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-08
Amateur Sports, Athletics

land and sending the other two out 10
work at Los Angeles and portland II
also looks rather queer that with TWO
of the six clubs in the league located In
Los Angeles all the umpires must De
picked from personal friends OF Danny
Long around Frisco. All that vernon
and Los Angeles want Is square
deal something neither ever has re-
ceived from the league, and If there Is
any way of getting, fair or foul, we
are going to have it full measure in the
future.
Uncle Tom McCarey is staying close
to home since his return from Keno.
the long and tiresome trip proving 100
much for him. He was so Ill on the
return trip that he had to lie down
practically all the time, and he Is
taking the rest cure for few days.
Am in receipt of a letter from an
anonymous correspondent who signs
the communication "a White Woman.
In the letter she attempts to prove
that a South African voodoo man was
imported by Jack Johnson and was at
ringside last Monday and hypnotized
jeff into non n-combativeness. She says
she knows the power of these Voodoo
venders and in all seriousness asks
that this suggestion pe investigated.
Frankly, am a bit afraid to try any
investigating business with Voodooer
who has such a magic power over in
dlviduals, and Ay tank Ay skol leaving
it alone.
Tommy Burns was at ringside last
Monday at Reno, and while he appears
to be somewhat heavier than when In
Los Angeles two years ago, he looks
the same young mauler OF yore. lie
has gone to Seattle to be present when
the stork pays a visit next month
and then will come to Los Angeles TO
ascertain whether he and Sam Lang
ford are going to be able to entertain
here according to schedule. After see
ing Johnson beat up our own Jetfries,
Tommy said that he wanted another
crack at the big black, but as he has
a most strenuous time in store when
he stacks up against Samivel, 1T may
be we'll for him to wait until fter he
has attended to that job.
Bill Lang, the Australian who held
the heavyweight championship of the
Antipodes until Tommy Burns beat 1t
out of him, was among the celebrities
introduced in the Reno ring, and he
failed to make much of an impression.
He looks like a green, awkward rural
chap and unless appearances are de-
than poor old Bill Squires.
John Harding, the big good-natured
and care-free horseman, who is well
known in Los Angeles as the owner OF
Vesme, has been running race meet
ing for a week at Reno and picked up
some nice dough. He is a most en-
terprising chap and when he heard
that the crowds were gathering in the
Nevada metropolis for the big fight he
loaded half a dozen old skates in a
boXcar and shipped them to Reno and
gave a race meeting. By bucking the
tiger at night and running race
meeting by day he managed to cop off
a bank roll to shoot away at the bush
race meetings this summer and fall.
He will come back to dear old Los next
winter
1t looks like it was going to be a
big job to keep the Jeffries-Johnsor
moving pictures out Of the way OF
Los Angeles sportsmen and others in
terested in seeing the big battle fought
over. Half a dozen smaller cities in
this vicinity are making arrangements
to put the pictures on exhibition, Ven
ice among them, and it looks like the
pictures would be shown at one OF
these many places.
Announcement by Tex Richard that
the gate receipts at the big fight
amounted to $275,000 creates some little
surprise The attendance was large
but all estimates so far place the re-
ceipts at $24O,O00 and less. However
Tex ought to know, and there is no
body who will begrudge him and his
partner Jack Gleason, any success
they may attain. They are a game
pair of sportsmen and deserve all they
get. These figures would indicate a
profit of $685. 900, while Rickard already
has received $4,000 for his one-sixth
interest in the fight pictures and
Gleason or Berger, probably the lat
ter, still owns one-siXth interest
1t begins to look like Jack Johnson
would have to fight Sam Langford OF
run out on the Boston demon. John
son raised the ante from ten to twenty
thousand dollars as a side bet prece-
dent to talking business and Langford
has come in with an acceptance and
an offer to deposit $4,000 at once il
Johnson will do likewise. 1t would
make a dandy card for Labor day at
Reno.