St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 10, 1907

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i alG MATCHES I THE NEAR FUTURE Anti-Fight Bill Is Ossified in Golden Gate State by — Negative Vote.

NELSON IS HOME AGAIN

The Battler Now Wants to Dic- tate Terms to Joe Gans, By MYLES F. BURKE. | With the Gus Hartman Dill, which Was introduced in the California Legis- | lature for the purpose of making box- | ing in that State a felony, ossified as | nega- | the result of an overwhelming tive vote, the game has taken a new hold in the Golden Gate State and some | be expected in the big matches may ) near future. | James W. Cofforth, one of the lead- ing promoters of Frisco and the man to whom no small amount of credit ts given for inducing the law makers to puncture Hartman's bill when it came to a vote, is to have the privilege of conducting at his Yosemite A. C. the first big bout in Frisco since the earth- quake. Cofforth is the man who brought off most of the big fights about ‘Frisco in recent years, includ- ing the Nelson-Britt fight at his Colma, A. C.. at Colma, Caf. Cofforth is a great admirer of James Edward Britt. Britt is a native son. Hie ‘has made a fortune for Cofforth. lt was Cofforth who put on the fight in which Britt was declared a loser to Gans on a foul. It was Cofforth who aiso put Britt on with Nelson the sec- ond time, when the Dane knocked out James Edward in the eighteenth round of what was to have been a 40-round battle. Naturally Cofforth favors Britt for one of the principals for his first match. Cofforth has secured Britt’s promise to fight Joe Gans in April. ans is willing, so it seems that the match will be closed in all probability this week. In their previous battle, which is now ae ob pd regarded as a fake and acknowledged by Gans as such, Gang was given the decision in the fifth ound of what was to have been a 20- bund fight on a foul. Britt, duri made a punching eg Bp hit Gans when he had on the canvas apparently out, for Gans was given the decision. One

a. He finally w and all pick Gans to defeat Britt when they meet in, in fact they expect the n to clout the davylights out of Britt. It simply stands to reason that if Britt rushes at Gans like he did be- fore, fighting wildly in hit or miss style, that the clever negro is not go- ing to drop his hands like he did before and let Britt get away with him. Gans stated openly at Frisco when he was trying to get a return fight with Britt that the whol affair was « fore. A return match between Britt and Gans will prove mighty tnter- esting especially at sco, where so rsons were stung on the pre- co. “Battling” Nelsongis back from England, France and Irfland, accom- nied by | unconquerable Billy olan. Nelson claims to have picked up $15,000 on his trip. Battling must have made considerable money across the water as he attracted a world of atten- tion and his moving pictures of the Gans-Neison fight no doubt drew big crowds. Nelson is in anything but good stand- ing in England at present. There are two sides that med up any fighting. In support of Nelson it must be said to his credit that no report of any Englishman ac- copting his challenge was received in this country unti] Nelson was in view of American shores, when the cable ly started up with messages tell- ing how Nelson had jumped England to esca fighting English fighters. Nelson has nothing in view at pres- ent. He really wants to fight Gans n. It would take a diplomat of t skill to bring Nelson and Gans Nelson still has an idea that as =z a drawing card as ever, spite of his defeat by Gans. Nelson and his manager, Billy Nolan, wil! in- sist on dictating terms for a= return match with Gans. Gans will not allow such a thing in spite of the fact that t week he was reported broke. Gans as money. As he says there are times when nearly all men find it convenient to declare that they are broke. Gans is a goed drawing card and there is no reed for him knuckline down to Ne!- gon and if he is wise he will hold out for at least rensonable terms for a re- turn metch, Anent the drawing vower of pugilists Leo Reichenbach, manager of the Stand- erd Theater, who has had both Gans and Nelson at hie house a number of times tellea an interesting tale. He declares laet titre Gans was here he outdrew Nelson nbout on an average of five to three. is is great odds for a theater crowd, but Reichenbach declares that his estimate is correct. Gans won. crowd is ‘always with aie winner whether he gains the decision on a foul or otherwise, | ns se have bouts of Bn ae Fawley, not hav- 1 awing in the gy he a bill which mate Ath Ee ten. THE CARTOONIST’S IDEA OF WHAT IS NOW HAPPENING IN TEXAS

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’ - REPORTERS i> CAs a ~ i) N oe p come back? Did Bos: ton’s strong boy ever get back? Did Tom Sharkey ever amount to anything after Jeff handed him those things at Coney Island? Will the Giants come back this year? Will Boston again get to the top? Nay, nay, Pauline. It’s all very nice to plan on the only Jimmy Collins rounding to*form. It's pleasing to bring before the eve a vision of Cy Young, Bill Deneen and Jesse Tannehill in their old shape. It sort of brings back recollections of other days to fig- ure Lou Criger in his togs as good as ever—the best backstop of baseball. ‘ Not Much for Connie. Connie Mack 1s hardly looking for much this year. After he won a penant his ship was practically dismantled with the desertion of Lave Cross, and Cornelius has been planning day and night since to get the old hulk in shape for another conquering cruise. He has some danay veteran stuff in his spring camp, Jimmy Burke, his jlatest third- sacker, being a star in the American Association when he captained and man- aged the Kansas City Club for Tebeau. Burke is relied on to fill the Cross vacancy. If Mr. Waddell and Plank re- turn to their labors, and Davis and Murphy, Hartsel, and Seybold are fit, Mack should Rave a chance of doing a bit better than last season, but just where he. has a license to gét out of the second division isn’t evident from this important seat°of the nation. The New York Nationals. Washington goes to war with a new general. In real battles the hope of an army depends on the vigilance and di- recting ability of a commanding officer. ‘Cantillon, belongs to the| Western school of diamond tacticians, number- ing Comiskey, O'Neill, the (Cantillons, the Tebeaus, and others. They made Western baseball, and know jits every angle. Cantillon has a small; place to fill here. He can make it asjlarge as he wishes. The -hope of Wi\shington fans rests completely with him. But while Cantillon is lauded on all sides and great things are predicted of him, the faithful have not forgottén that there are seven other clubs \ the American League, some of then) base- ball outfits from stem to stern, tio. Cantillon may, of course, do wll, but the top of the second division ‘is the limit which can be placed on the, hopes of the new Nationals. i} The Cleveland Naps. ,; This year the Naps look better! than ever before. Were.a book niade ¢in the chances of the race now, Lajote’é} men would unquestionably rule favoritips. What club in the circuit can bodst of a trio of backstops stronger than Clark, who ran the great George Stone a jdead heat for the American League gine record; Bemis, a noted slugger, jan Howard Wakefield, a ex-National ‘and the hardest hitting young catcher i\ut- side of Clark in either league. All\ of on oe — wail ha Its as enti neh of sluggers ing Larry has \in his net. All to his catchers himself Bradley, ton, Bay .ar PoE Ne Sa my ed bay Oe sgl seal ty tes * : Am bs ) by itching and winning frequent double-headers there last season. _Hess, Joss, Bernhardt, Rhoades and Earl Moore complete as fine a corps of gunners as there is in the land. On paper the Naps look to have the call. But who can have confidence in the team now? One year it was acci- dents that put them to the bad. Last year it was the lack of a directing mind On the field, the same reason for Wash- ington’s abject failure, which drove the Naps from the top. Will it not be the Same this year? The Detroit Bunch. Detroit is the dark horse of the Ameri- can League. Jennings is taking his first major league battalion into action strong in every department. In hitting, the “Tigers compare favorably with Cleve- land, and in fielding and diamond gen- eralship Bill Coughlin is sure to have his men trained to the minute. If good feeling and harmony—a stranger to the Detroit club for years—hits that camp this summer, watch out. What nine in America can produce a finer swatland crowd. than Crawford, Mcintyre, Rossman, Cobb, Coughlin, Schaefer and Schmidt, Cobb, Coughlin, len, Donahue if he returns, Killian, Donovan and Seiver amount to some- thing as gunners, and Payne and Schmidt ve much promise last sea- son. Jt all rests in the feeling between Jennings and his men. Hughey is a disciplinarian. This is not liable to be welcome news to the Tigers. Under Bill Armour they did a great deal as they pleased. Will severity work a change on a gang of the Coughlin-Don- oOvan type? Wait and see. Griffith’s Highlanders. The Highlanders are getting ready with about the same line-up. Griffith has lost Chesbro, but has added Brock- ett, a .Buffaio graduate, whom he ex- BROAD CHALLENGE FROM CHICAGOANS Mineralites Will Meet Any Team in the Country at | St. Louis. Any team in the country, either at the seventh annual championship meet of the American Bowling Congress in St. Louls, or-at the first set of champion- sifips of the new National Bowling Asso- ciation at Atlantic City, for $00 a side, is the broad challenge issued to- day by the Mineralites, Chicago's crack bowling team, which has made up its mind to take in both the Eastern as well ag the Western meet. Further than that, the Mineralites say they are prepared to back Frank Brill against any other individual player in the country, not even the redoubtable Jimmy Smith of Brooklyn bei except- ed. Brill has been tryi a «

A for Johnny Voorheia after the littl New Yorker defeated Smith, but a letter from Billy . of received

ae og has two tum); | Cord Berger ot seaton, | oe ie a A aN, teh acd Sy 3 gee ena: Se: eR ¥ ua a eee Te "ak ; 4 ss “ SCHOOL ATHLETES [BROWNS FIGURE AS CONTENDERS IN THE RACE FOR AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT pects to be a whirlwind. If the Welsh- man was able to show a couple of high- class pitchers, he would easily stand a chance of getting up to the top in a hurry. Hogg, Clarkson and Doyle have been erratic; Al Orth may crack any day, and what has he left besides Brockett, an untried quantity. He is strong in all other departments, his crew being a remarkably swift gang on the bases and adepts with the willow. But the opposition last year found the Griffith gunners easy, and Grif has hardly strengthened any this year. AS for himself, Joe Cantillon threatens to get into togs and hammer his pellets to the paiisndes, so the ‘“‘Old Fox’ can't be much. Had he been able to show two sterdy pitchers with the luck and games which were presented to him last vear, there would have been nothing to it. The same obstacle lies in his way of ja pennant this year. That is why he lis fighting Joe Cantillon so industrious- lv for either Hillebrand or Patten, and that is why he is not liable to get either of them, provided Joe is able to make a deal with another club in the League. The World Champions. Will Charlie Comiskey work a repeat- er?. It is thought not. Comiskey’s men are mostly veterans. In the early stages of the race last year the world’s champions were hopeless. A poor spring trip put them far behind in condition, It was a pitiful resistance they made against the younger Browns and other quick trainers. Not until along in June did David, Jones, Ishel and Ce. round to tiptop shape, and then how those patriarchs of baseball did make the younger fellows scatter. How will it be this year? A watchful eye is going to be kept on the White Sox by the other seven club& of the league, and if Charlie again gets the edge this year, he'll have to bring out the best there is in those patriarchs.

of o7~> SPORTING DIARY BY NOTTA NOKKER. ot & TT vtiae never was a man so good that another couldn't be better. The Missouri A. C. exponents of aquatics cannot locate the key to the consolation expressed in that line. Verily, Alex Meffert is gone and ‘‘Doc’’ Davis is going. Four years ago, Meffert came to the M. A. C. His record at the New York A. C. previous to that time was a glo- rious one. The material he found clua- tered around the Cherry Diamond tank was thoroughly unripe. He ripened it. He brought out Otto Schwarz, Charley Grimes, A. M. Goessiing. Gwyne Evans, Dute Cabanne and others. He gave to the M. A. C. an allotment of crack swimmers in a shert space of time and St. Louls aquatic athletes are even now anticipating a swimming meet next summer that will attract the attention of the whole werid and bring together the most famous diers of this and ether countries. nd Alex Maffert is gone. Gone at a time when he is most to make for St. Louls a name in the world of aquatics. IVEN a certain q.intity of ag- gressiveness, a whole lot of the initiative and that is Eddie Co-

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PIGEON RACE ‘OR THE YEAR Bird Owners Have Adopted Splendid: Schedule for the Season,

a St. Louis Racin Pigeon Olub’s Season Schedule, May 12—From Dixon, Mo. For Na- tional Diploma. May 19—From Conway, Mo. The St. louls Derby. May 26-—-From Aurora, Mo. For Na- tional Diploma. June 2—-From Vinita, I. T.. tional Diploma. June 9—From Strand, I. T. tional Diploma. June 23——From Gold Medal, Diploma. ee. At a meeting of the members of the St. Louis Racing Pigeon Club, held in the club’s headquarters, room 66 Vic- toria Building. a schedule of six races was arranged for the season and the prizes and d@tplomas for last year's con- tests awarded. The first race is to be decided on May 12. The birds will be liberated at Dixon, Mo. The distance of the races will gradually be lengthened until on June 28 the birds will engage in the final and most severe test of the season when they will be liberated at Cement, I. T., “0 miles from St. Louls. For this race three prizes will be awarded. A gold for Na- For Na- Cement, I. T. For Silver Cup and National

medal wilh be awarded for first and a/| Silver medal for second. A medal will also be given for third. A national di- ploma will also be given to the owner of the winning bird. It is expected that there will be a big entry for the first two races on the programg, which will be flown from points in Missourt. The club will put up a cash. prize which, with the entry money, Will be divided among the own- ers of the first three birds to fintan The entries for the big race from Cement, 1. T., will not close until June 20. The blue ribbon diploma awarded by the national body is the most coveted prize of the season. Thomas P. Stoney of 4248 Cook avenue was the owner of the bird that won the 100-mile young bird rece last season and also the birds that took first and second in the 18-mile young-bird races. J. KE. Hubert & Son of 1717 Dolman street took second in the 1@-mile old-bird race, while C. M. Sparks of 5609 Vernon ave- nue carried off first prige in the 160- mile young-bird race. A bird owned by Mr. Stoney also took third tn the 2- mile race. Another bird owned by Mr. Stoney captured the Speed Avenue Di- ploma. which le emblematic of the championship for young birds for the St. Louts district. The owners of the other birds which finished as stated above were awarded dipiomas by the National Federation of Homing Pigeon Clubs of | America. This year the members of the club are taking great interest in the eport and the entry list for the races promises to be larger than ever before. OR SE “Ei AN OA Ae ET Ge eR

ee ~ Sali the undergraduates of McKin School have each in turn nomen J of held up to them This in BASKETBALL 1 Lack of Organization Has Kept Leading Fives From | the Honors. ae p THREE TEAMS CLAIM IT — sé M. A. C., Concordia and Wash- ington U. Have the Best , of LEADING FIVES | “IN BASKET BALL, Washington University. ‘ Missou ABpernin: Club. rdia > eteors. Central Filgh School. McKinley + School Yeatman H School. Smith Academy. + | A disagreement over dates has made — it impossiple to decide the pasket-ball championship of the city for he souri A. C., Concordia Seminary and the — Washington University fives all have claims to the honor. Last year and for many years preceding the Missourt A. C. five was the undisputed city cham- pionship team. we stands to reason not go on forever winning. Th 3 son the team slowed down co = Then, too, it is said that some of t . train as J as the Yale sas City A. C. rise for the M. A. ersit team. er previousiy beaten Misso ame at Columbia, i OO lost to he fy oe in for the lo- | n 2 oa the South Siders a i = their credit over the Washington . U. team. eae: Efforts were made to arrangé & of games wg ee the hs * play on a: certain refused this date, games were off. e decisively defeated the Central C. A. five, pitting that team out , e¢ Missouri South Side Y, M. » # . A. tea with t “thr y was a city basket-ball league, In the M. A. C. won out. A league ized. The Central High School team won the Interscholastic League champlon-— ship. The League race this season wan ‘most exciting. It was not until the final — game between Central High and the Western M. A., and in the final min-- ute of play. that. Central High scored — the single point that gave to the wear- — ers of the red and black the game ant championship. Both the Manual T. 8, and Western team played fine basket ball. Manual defeated Western M_A., while Manual had also lost a game, Cen. tral High. on the contrary, went through the season without a Aefent. WILL SULLIVAN MEET A, ATTELE . % Manager Jack Sullivan Seems to Have Allowed Inter- E 5 . est to Die Out.

— — a 2 n ngor, ** the chances of Sullivan and ° ting together in a return battle to cide the featherweight cham . Mr. J. Sullivan calmly site back allows the fron to cool while t Attell to accept the offer of a finish fight made by manager of the Casino A, pah, Nev : A hws Tex .) ard, C. at > , ’ = ack o may miss out on * wonder Didn't the bowlers of 8t. Leuls’ otoch the record-breaking Waa tena

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