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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
BY c. e. VANLOAN,

NEW YORK, Jan. eff we can
believe little of the advance dope
handed out by the pugilistic gentle
men who like to see their names in
the papers In large type, Jim JEFF
fries will have all the Quneensberry
brains of the last two decades gath
cred intoehis training quarters dur
ing the last month or so of his
preparation for the Johnson battle.
Passing over the theory that too
many cooks are likely to scorch the
saute, We remember Jim's last
training for COrbett.
Jim was always bear for work.
He used to gallop 16 or II miles
over the mountain roads near Har-
bin Springs, take his light shower.
rub, grub and nap, and come out In
the afternoon for three hours of the
gymnasium, butting the heavy bag.
twisting the wrist machines and
slamming his sparring partners.
jeff Had Three Men.
A week or so before the COrbett
fight Jeffries had three men with
whom he spared: Joe Kennedy, a
big. rough fellow. who weighed
close to 200 pounds: Jack Jeffries,
the brother, who could always put
up better fight against Jim than
ne could against any other good
man, and the daddy Of them, Bob
FitZsimmOns.
Bob had just been married and
had brought his bride to Hardin
with him, and with the strain of
boyishness, which has always been
a feature of Bob's makeup. he de-
cided to show the new little wife
what great fighter she had mar
ried.
He confided in his wife that he
was going on last with jeff that
afternoon and he was not going to
box--he was going to fight. and 1t
wouldn't surprise him the least lit
tie bit If he should put Jeff down
for the count. 1t would have been
all right If Mrs. Bob hadn't told a
few of her friends and those friends
hadn't told Jeff.
Wanted Tired Giant.
That afternoon Bob sat around
the gym In his trunks, encouraging
Jeff to go after the various stunts
good and hard The crafty old fox
wanted to be sure that he was get
ting tired giant for the windup.
Jeff fell in with the plan and put in
very stiff afternoons work.
"Now, then" said he, while they
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
AT THE Y. M. c. A.

. With over 40 special events Z
= at the Y. M. c. A. during the
. month of February in addition
. to the regular class work, the Z
. association gym promises to Z
. be an exceedingly busy place. Z
. The following are the spe-
. cial events scheduled for the Z
. coming week: Z
= Tuesday-Student A athletic
= meet. Seniors third serial Z
. championship athletic meet. Z
. Wednesday Student B Z
= fourth monthly athletic Z
. meet. Z
. Thursday-Senior boys bible I
. class basket ball league; Tri- Z
= angles versus Pioneers. Spe- =
. cial gym entertainment to the Z
= employees and officers of the =
. Crescent store and the Spo- =
q kane Dry Goods Co. =
= Friday-Dual aquatic meet: =
. student c versus employed .
. boys. Dual aquatic meet; Y. =
= NJ. c. A. versus South Central .
. high school. Exhibition water .
. polo game. .
. Saturday-Junior boys bible .
. class basket ball league; Z
. Four Y versus Dean Avenues. .
. Four mile road race. .
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

eyes open he is in little danger of
being injured by the spikes.
l believe that the greatest danger
from Cobb is from his speed, for he
smokes into the base, his 165
pounds of nervous energy upsetting
the man who is not alive, more
often than not.
To an umpire on the job, Cobb
will not be blamed very often for
careless use of the spikes, for the
jumps, noting how Cobb slides, will
see that If the man trying to re-
tire Cobb does his share, he will
not be in half as much danger as
he appears to be from the stands.
At the same time Cobb's sugges-
ton will penalize awkward runners
severely, for the majority of play
ers who slide feet first 60 in with
the soles of their feet pointing
toward the man with the ball, in
stead of a la Cobb.
All of which makes me think
Tyrus Royston Cobb is very
bright young man, with a bunch
which, if adopted, will prove hui
name, but decidedly unpopular to a
majority of the bag snatchers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
PERSONALS OF MEN IN
THE WORLD OF SPORT

would feel hurt II negro ever
held the crown which once SAT-
serenely ON his own head. Then
he knows what 1t means to be
twice sent to the land of dreams
by the fist Of jeff. But Corbett
has never shown ability to pick q
winner 1t is a notorious fact that
the pompadour nine out OF ten
times has chosen the wrong man.
Strange though 1t seems. fighters
are poor referees and are generally
unable to do much better at bet
ting on the right man than the
average fan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
GLEASON GIVES
RICHARD TEN DAYS

. Omitted Press Leased Wire) .
. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 80. =
. Jack Gleason. the fight pro- .
. moter, declared this afternoon =
. that he had completed ar =
= rangements whereby he is en- =
q abled to offer Jeffries and .
. Johnson $101 900 to fight their .
. championship battle next July .
. in San Francisco. He stated =
. further that he will give Tex =
q Richard of Nevada just 10 .
. days of grace in which to come =
. to terms over the battle .
q ground .
. He will leave for Seattle to- .
. morrow night to confer with .
. Jeffries and make the tenta- .
. tive agreement which he says .
. will be made final In case .
= Richard fails to take advan- .
. tage of the time limit set upon .
. him. .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
'Ty COBB HAS BRIGHT idea ABOUT SPIKES UNPOPULAR

shoot at Is slender ankle or foot
| have watched Cobb steal and
slide time and again, and even in
the heat of warmly contested
game he is not a reckless slider.
| don't believe he ever spiked a
man Intentionally in his life.
When Cobb slides he throws his
body away from the base guardian
until he is at right angles with the
base line, and only his toe is on
the path.
And usually Cobb offers an instep
to the man guarding the base, in
stead Of the sole of his foot. He
hooks the instep around the bag or
shoots it over the plate, so that If
the man taking the throw keeps his
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

fessional take part, he profession.
Allies himself.
If he receives prize worth more
than $35 he becomes a pro"
If he completes under an assumed
name he becomes pro"
If he receives money for compel
ing. even though it is only 81, he
loses his amateur standing.
He may receive certain amount
of expense money, but if this is
proven to be excessive he becomes
a professional.
An amateur cannot bet money on
himself and retain his amateur
standing.
If a friend hands the amateur
money for good performance he
becomes pro"
In fact, the path Of the amateur
is about as difficult to keep as the
straight and narrow way"
WORKING TO EVADE RULES.
l am afraid that there are a great
many clubs and colleges that ex-
pend good deal of energy in NOT
trying to live up to the amateur
rules, in trying to see how they can
evade them.
The majority of the "simon pure"
amateurs are found in the schools
and colleges where they have those
sports which place the school or
college above everything. Take the
college athlete away from school
and college environment and he be-
comes very susceptible to the
money consideration. In fact, in
connecting for organizations outside
of his college he often sells himself
to the highest bidder
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

Jim Barry gave Kaufman a hard
fight for II rounds back in 1906.
Barry, completely outweighed, be-
gan to weaken. Kaufman was
Kissed for not finishing the bout.
Just before he swung the finishing
blow in the fifteenth he winked at
friends by the ringside and then
drove in two hard wallops to the
jaw and the game little Barry fell.
Listen to old Billy Madden. Bill,
he says that Johnson will spank
jeff. Here is how 1t Is with Mad
den: Billy used to manage John
l.. Sullivan. He saw young man
come out of the west and lay the
only John l.. low at New Orleans.
Then Bill saw the new champion
neatly tucked away in IA rounds
at Carson City years later. Again
came the man from the west. this
time Jeffries. Speckled Bob at
Coney Island went the way of John
H. and Jim Corbett. Madden noted
these things. He is of an older
generation. but Billy thinks the
Younger man has the points in his
favor There's only three years
difference between jeff and John
son. but as Jack seems In his
prime Madden calls for him to beat
the grizzly bear.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
Standpoint
FIGHT OFF

The Eddie Merino- Wisconsin Kid
10 round go, scheduled for Sand
point on February 4, has been post
poned indefinitely owing to
broken hand sustained by Wiscon-
sin Kid the other day. The light
weight was tearing away at the bag
at great rate when he walloped
one of the supports instead of the
balloon, with disastrous results.
Merino will probably appear in
Portland within a short time. Jack
kearns, the manager of the prom
Using Seattle lightweight, Is in COM
munication with the Portland pro-
moters, and expects to secure a
match with Edwards or some other
lightweight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
COLLECIANS TO
COMPETE in AIR

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.--An inter-
collegiate aeronautic meet has been
arranged to take place next June.
AS yet the aviation field upon
which the contest will be held has
not been named. The Aero club Of
Columbia University q short time
ago issued general challenge. and
il was accepted by Harvard. Am
herst and the University OF Penn
sylvania. Yale may possibly enter.
II is probable that before long an
intercollegiate aeronautical ass0cin-
ton will be formed. Interested col
legians hold that aeroplane flyinG
will soon be put on the same loot
ing as other college sports.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

and the old plate with the three
knifelike blades sticks.
They offered safety razor spikes,
anti-skid chains, football cleats and
other things, and Billy Fox, as fast
man as the game ever produced,
when in his prime, came through
with make them all slide head
first idea.
But the schemes didn't ring right.
apparently, for they were given the
adios sign
And now who do you think comes
to the front with a suggestion to
eliminate the danger? No one but
our old friend who put Royston, Ga,
on the map-Tyrus Cobb. Yes,
folks, the Georgia Peach is up in
front, swapping his fingers and ask
ing Uncle Ban b. to stop, look and
listen"
Naturally, as Ty was the laddie
buck they tried to put the Cherokee
sign on by abolishing spikes, it is
not surprising for him to come to
the front as an accident policy ped
dler.
Cobbs idea is to give the umpires
authority to punish players for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
JEFF SAYS LOS ANGELES
# PROMOTERS CAN'T AGREET

any place. but II the location was
not settled so days before the fight.
as provided in the articles signed
by Jeffries, johnson and the pro-
moters, he would take steps to have
it staged in his home town Of Los
Angeles.
Jeffries' assertion can be taken
to mean something. for the big
white man is the PRINCIPAL figure in
the fight. He admits that Richard
has all the money up and says that
he is ready to fight anywhere on
earth the promoters agree to. but IL
they still hold out when the time
limit expires. he will assert himself
and insist on sending the fight to
Los Angeles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
100 FEET in AIR IS HIGH
ENOUGH" DECLARES SMITH

"One hundred feet In the air Is as
high as | cared to go" writes +. w.
Smith, a member of the Spokane
colony in California, who witnessed
the Los Angeles aviation meet and
ventured from terra firma In one of
the new tangled" machines.
Smiths trip into the air was
taken in a Farman bi-plane belong
ing to Los Angeles friend. IT'S
a great sensation" declares the
Spokane sporting man. but a little
of ii goes long way"
Mr.. Smith, together l.. W. Hut
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
(By United Press Leased Wire)

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 90
James ]. Jeffries is responsible for
the statement made while in Port
land, that If Richard and Gleason
could not come to an understanding
on the location Of the big fight for
the championship Of the world
within the time limit. it would be
taken to Los Angeles and staged
there.
Tex Richard is holding out for
Salt Lake, while Jack Gleason has
moved heaven and earth to get the
championship battle for San Fran
cisco. Jeffries said that he would
rather fight in San Francisco than
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
ORSIE PREP ARES
FOR CAMPAIGN

Louis Orsie, the welterweight
who defeated Bob Bracken at Eddie
Quinn's Federal union smoker a
short time ago. Is going through a
stiff course of training prepare
tory to making his real debut in
the professional fistic game.
Chas. II. Bell, Orsie's manager,
has fitted up a gymnasium In the
basement of the Rex bar. and with
16-foot ring, punching bag. show
ers, etc. Orsie lacks nothing cal
culated to put him in the best pos
sible physical condition.
Bell Is confident that his man
can defeat anyone hereabouts in
the welterweight or lightweight
division. and will soon go after
some of the aspiring youngsters in
this neck of the woods.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
CONDUCTOR SNEEZES
AND FALLS HELPLESS
ON PLATFORM OF CAR

ALTOONA, Pa, Jan. -3.-Giving
way to an impulse to sneeze, Jacob
l.. Leidy. a conductor for the AL
toona & Logan Valley Traction Co..
let go with screech that was
heard half block away and fell
insensible to the platform of his
car. Physicians who were sum
moned declared that he had twist.
ed his spinal cord and was fatally
injured. Leidy remained uncon-
scious for several hours. Medical
authorities declare this to be a
most remarkable case. and they
can not account for the result that
followed his sneeZe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
EARNS $4,000
AT FOOTBALL

. DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 90 .
. A report on the financial sit .
. uation as applied to athletics .
. In the University of Michigan .
. revealed the fact that the Q
. Wolverines have resources Q
. amounting to about $21, 900. .
. The nominal balance In the Q
. treasury OF the Michigan Ath. .
. letic association Is $6541.11. Q
q and the remainder of the Q
. total is $4,000 in Ferry Field =
. fund. Football paid for itself Q
= financially, adding nearly 1922. .
. 900 to the credit side OF the Q
= report. About $500 was lost =
. In baseball. and the other Z
. sports cost more than they =
= brought in. =
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

ton and other Spokaneites who are
wintering IN the southland, are
making strenuous efforts to secure
a meet for Spokane this summer,
keeping the wires busy from Los An
geles to Spokane in an effort to
bring local people to realization
OF such meet as an advertising
proposition.
"A grand show is the way
Smith expresses his idea of the Los
Angeles meet. aud grand show"
voted every Spokane citizen who
witnessed the first big aviation
meet in the west.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
DORANDO MEETS
HAYES TODAY
(By United Press Leased Wire)

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. %
Trained to the minute for their rs
mile grind, little Johnny Hayes and
Dorando. the Italian Marathon hero.
are ready to renew the hostilities
they have waged Internationally
since Dorando collapsed within
sight of the finish line and permit
ted Hayes to pad past him to vic
tory in the Olympic Marathon at
London.
Both men have been training in
San Francisco for the past three
weeks. Tomorrow afternoon at
Recreation park they will toe the
mark for another duel of endurance
and speed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

BY CISCO BULLIVANT.
The ignorance displayed in defin-
ing an amateur athlete and pro-
fessional one has been forcibly
brought to my notice so many times
that | am going to attempt short
discourse on the subject.
The views some people have on
the subject are really funny. For
1nstance-a great many people
think that the only difference be-
tween an amateur and profess
;-sional is that one has more ability
than the other, or in other words,
the amateur is an amateur only be-
cause he has not the ability to
make good as pro" This view
is only taken by those who know
nothing of athletics.
AS a matter of fact, the amateur
records are as good, and in some
cases better, than the professional.
or course, when the amateur be-
comes top-notcher, he very often
enters professionalism on account
of the money consideration. There
is no great objection to the classy
amateur turning professional, but
1t is certainly sad sight to see an
amateur who has only started and
Is dong fairly well. turning profess
sional.
What is the result? Nice times
out Of ten he becomes what is styl-
ed a "meal-ticket" athlete and is
looked down uDOn bv both amateur
and professional.
IGNORANCE ONCE CAUSE.
Many boys turn professional
through ignorance. The rules say
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

that an amateur cannot compete in
any meet where gate receipts are
taken and where professionals take
part. The fact that the professional
is only giving an exhibition"
makes no difference.
This is the cOmmonest mistake of
the amateur. He thinks that be-
cause he receives no money he is
still an amateur. He must remem-
Der when he takes part in any en-
tortainment or meet in which a pro-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
PROFESSIONAL OR AMATEUR, WHICH?'

CIhi the articles of
Spokane The of
by
of to
athletes
Bulvant
of the competing amateur
has been handling
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
GEORGIA PEACH WOULD EN-.
POWER UMPiRES TO Pun
18Th RECKLESS BASE
RUNNERS.
BY TIP WRIGHT.

The baseball spike talk died hard,
but is planted beneath the green
wood tree. Efforts to find substi-
tute as good failed. Apparently the
inventors were monkeying with
aeroplanes or submarines, or some
thing equally unimportant, If true,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

Before Jeff declared he would
meet Johnson he remarked, If l
ever do fight him IL keep them
meaning the public-guessing a
long, long time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

molly" Mcdonald, former train
err of Joe Cans, is not overly strong
at present with some of the south
ern fight promoters.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
SP09RET . SPICE
ORGANIZE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.

country beginning
it is known that
citation to control all forms of field and track athletics
rapidly With the
ton Of the the association promises reality
With organization controlling all u
country would prove Immensely popular
Then the within
the amateur and the professional would be done with and
hooI aaa;n vihor, o ~ H. ar,ote, st. "" ''
Records could be better established through board
prizes could be regulated and altogether the organization be OF
great benefit to the athlete and the public.
sANrAMs TO MEET AGAIN.
Danny to tn
a
McCarey with
youngsters expects to stage
future which will decide the championship
thing Websters
again will he make 116 This
mate him from the division
FOUR OR SIX CLUBS WHICH,
Will the Northwestern league of 1910
clubs few days and yesterday club circuit would
today club
'es h3 of with
Three Bob Brown Vancouver
unless it was exclusive Northwestern territory or handled by North N
western Today he declared himself in favor of club Port
IF the fans club league without weakening he
good
1T evident that the Coasters have eceded from their position
franchise 1870 continued land that
refused climb looks though Portland might be member of
with the cohn meeting
the sixth eighth the matter will be thoroughly reshed and
not to
those cities that they could together this
the while weak aggregation would eopadze their 1911
While apparently Northwestern in
questions arising reality will
which to find suitable town the Portland franchise and
gather together team capable of holding it's with in the t.
league
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

There may and may not be any
significance in the fact that Jim
Corbett halls jeff as better than
Johnson. Jim. In the first place.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

Fred Skadan's indoor baseball
crew. the leaders in the race for
the club championship. hook up
with Rothrock's team tomorrow. If
the Rothrocks down their oppon-
ents, it will give them a temporary
hold on the first position.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
SkADANS VS.. RorHROcKS.

other weights, but there is nothing
doing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
Residence Of Or. McKenney Burned

About 1880 F.iday afternoon the fire
department was called to 40S d stree;
northwest, in response to an alarm OF
fire raging in the residence of DR.. G.
II. McKenney,
DR.. and Mrs. McKenney had just
started for the circus when the ala. IN
was given, they returned and assist
ed by neighbors, succeeded in saving
most of the furniture. For time Is
looked as though the building would
be a total loss, but prompt action on
the part of the department confined
,he blaze to the roof, and the house,
though badly damaged, was saved to
that extent.
It is the opinion that the fire dig
ina ed from defective wiring.
The building was insured for $1,000
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
PERSONALS

Mrs. r. l.. Heflin of Sherman, Tex
as, has been here for the past
week visiting with her sister, Mrs
Joe NJ. London.
Joe NJ. London will leave today for
Indianapolis, Ind, where he will
meet with the supreme officers OF
the X. of P. lodge.
Rev. Dan Curb has returned from
Hewitt, where he conducted very
successful meeting.
Mrs. Warren Stewart and son
Jack Of Pauls Valley are in
city the guests of Mrs. J. w.
Stewart
F. T. Watkins of Waurika was a
business visitor to the city yes
terday.
A. j. Jones and wife OF Cornish
were callers at the Ardmoreite of
flee yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
were formerly residents of this city
J. T. Taylor Of Baum was bust
ness visitor to the city yesterday.
l.. West, who has been confined to
the sanitarium for several weeks,
where he underwent an operation
for appendicitis, is able to be out
again.
District Indian Agent S. A. Mills
left yesterday for his annual thirty
days vacation. During his absence
acting agent A .Lisle Irvine will
be in charge of the office.
Morris Sass has gone to Musko-
gee in response to a message an
nouncing the illness of Mrs. Sass in
that city where she is visiting
with relatives.
A. C. Cruce left here yesterday
morning for McAlester, where he
will meet the attorneys in the Has
kell case in conference before the
trial. Mr.. Cruce is one of the at
torneys in the case retained by
Governor Haskell.
County Commissioner Robert F.
Scivally is suffering from an at.
tack of inflammatory rheumatism
and left for Sulphur yesterday
where he will take the mineral
water baths.
Ben Mobley and his little seven
year-old son Gerald were here yes
terday from Joiner. Although the
boy is only seven years old he rode
the % mile trip in three hours
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

Congressman Carter says that after
inspecting Ardmore asphalt in compe-
tion with any other produced on earth,
a jury would not award verdict in
favor of Ardmore, there would be an
underground" working overtime
somewhere, as he firmly believes that
Ardmore has the best paved streets
and paved with the best material on
earth, not excepting Washington itself.