?H£: SAN; FRANCISCO CAlifi STJ^DAY, SEPTEMBER 8-1907/ 31 THE CALL'S SECTION SECTION OF BEST SPORTS FAMOUS RING BATTLES BERBER Champion Joe Cans (at the left) and Jimmy Britt, the Califdmian challenger for the title, as they, loot? on the eve of their TRACK TEAMS OF HIGH FAVORS CHANGES - * meeting. Each boxer expresses the utmost confidence in his ability to win:.~ \u25a0 ;'-- FOR LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE OF DOUGHTY NATIVE SON \u25a0>'.— SCHOOLS MINUS STARS Records of the Boxers Who One of Those Who Believe Season's Advent Finds No Have Been Premiers Champion Gans May Prospect of Brilliant in This Class > . Be Retrograding Field Workers William A. Pierce Sam Berger Marry Wolff The lightweight championship, which i The Britt-Gans fight tomorrovr Tfce fall track season has begun and will be d^ifl^d when Joe Gans and Jim- i' promises to be the greatest struggle the. high school athletes are out on the Bay Britt face one another, is a crown for lightweight.supremacy in pugilistic cinder path training for.the meets soon tvhich man;.- have held whose names ar«> !history. The two men stand nVone. in 'forgotten in the -sporting world, but; the lightweight division, both having to take place. who w*>re cheered and toasted in the \u25a0 imt and defeated every other contend- This term will not be as brilliant golden days of the past. er for the crowrr: and" tomorrow as some of those in the past, as', the In the days -when fighting was .the jRecreation park will be the Gettys- teams are handicapped. Nearly all the day. hoxir.g as now jburg'where deciding wyi ord>r of the and ' the - • battle record breakers of last season hav# practiced was an undiscovered art. men |be fought. %*' graduated or ended school days. Among who wore in th«> lightweight division! This wMIIn all probability rank first those who distinguished themselves used to meet with bare fists on the turf ;in the list of heavy betting fights. Itpre- last year were Golcher.in the 100 yard under London prize ring rules. Among' ;sents a peculiar angle. Here, arc two dash. Vale in the pole vault. Bell In the the names which shine^reaplendent ev?n boxers who have received many try- hammer throw, and Munn as an all >,cw in ring history ere such as Billy| outs. It is by no means their first round "athlete. The places "of these who died recently: Sam Coll- [time out and still they have arrived stars must be filled by first year boys, yer, Barney Aaron, Patsy Shepard, Ar- jst a stage where their capabilities are although, the "fresh\es"* have- shown thur Chambers and a few lesser lights. a.« hard to judge and present as many little promising material. "..'.'. which has These men competed a?rain.«t one an- '\u25a0 ""ifs" and "buts" as a colt Then the trainlnsr facilities are In- other -with more or 1-ess success, and never faced the barrier. adequate. TVflmerding apparently is their successors had a «=©fter row to j For Gars we can exploit the many the only school with a- cinder path. lioe. with gloves on their hands and jthings that the public is aware of. in- i The park stadium Is an trieal'plaee for regulation round and ring and the sen- cludinp hi* wonderful cleverness n.nd holding"contests, but rather inaccessible einie marquis of Qutr?nsb*?rry rules iJ workmanlike manner of beattnje h!s for training. The schools across' the governing the bouts. Under these new opponent down. He is a mechanic bay are better off. having the Berkeley remember having a punch a great many who ;J whom we a? oval and th«;racetrack in" rules there were which, lands, to Alameda at claimed the lig-htweight championship, ; when it is calculated their disposal. early "SOs such men as j produce a peaceful slumber. We re- 'Another Is and back in the working trouble the contention Turnbull, Jimmy member also 'his manner of over the number of -raeets be Bob Jack D»mpsey. i without exertion to him- to held Mitchell. Billy Pacey, Oeorge Full- jhis opponent In a' season. Since Stanford university "English Henry. Jimmy self. But though the dusky Jad pos- established league James. Tom" ! accuracy, must j Its interscholastlc others all had especial Benes this machlnelike the principals" of the high schools Murray and j like the machinery he resem- j have to of premiership, but not he. risen with the protest t.iat the boys claims the honor eventually outlive his usefulness? pone offer why bles, could not support all four leagues and : had a valid reason to j other words th« question which th*y pre-eminent. ;In still do justice to their should \>e considered for thought the one pro- academic work. Jack appeared on | gives food is Principal Merrill of Lick already has Tn ISSS SlcAullffe pounded yesterday by a member of the the scene as a candidate for high hon- ; Instructed the athletes of that school sporting fraternity: "Isn't-'Gans about not to participate any bay ors and about the fame time Patsy j pick?" In counties Billy also- made | ripe to meet. Kerrigan and Frailer Nature's laws must demand that the j their appearance. Jack Hopper of Now ! In But with all those drawbacks there colored boy be on the retrograde. j ought to be some exciting and spec- York was also considered a cood one. : Nelson at Gans championship his bout with Goldfield j tacular exhibitions when the teams get but the was In a ' state i mastery the art i "" showed all of the of together. There are many aspirants of indecision. ;i. he is generally conceded to pos- ! October :?, IS?«. McAuliffe met Billy that ' who with training should develop into ?ess. But that best bet" v.-a 3 acceptable athletes. Frazier in Boston for a $"00 purse In '^onehis right across to 1 light- kicking. He drove The season will not one stars, a contest advertised "for the jNelson's jaw repeatedly and caused the be of \u25a0weight championship of America." Me- but it probably will produce several ( sports to wonder what was holding up \u25a0 closely -.Viiiff- won a knockout In 21 rounds' course, the exactions of contested matches. uni%"ersally the Dane. Of and was reg-arded as the, \u25a0Billy Nolan, who had compelled the champion of the land of the free from chocolate boy to weigh in at 131 pounds ringside with his hair cut, must was in dispute, but: His title often be considered. The Gans who meets the boy > cooper was ready and willing tomorrow should be a stronger RACE IS NOT FINISHED Britt \u25a0tfl> meet all comers. An international performed at \u25a0 man than the one who rrtatch was arrrng-eci tetw-cen UcAuUffe]Goidiield. It Is a qurstion whether and Harry Gilmore. champion of Can- j the training he was forced to undergo cii. This match vra.K \u25a0with kid gloves, ; to required weight SUN GOES DOWN reach the WHEN in order for a gid», and vr.tß fought at J3OO at G«l<ifteld did not l<»ave some per- j — Lawrence,. Mass.. January 14. ISB7. with ', injury. The fact that weight] WOODLAND. Sept. 7. The last, day 1 Smith, • mar..-nt the- fatnous spor'ins man. AI as is reeling off Gans so easily has given of the . Woodland race meeting was referee. MeAuliffe demonstrated his : rumor that he is shrink- notable for the prolonged contest In superiority color to the trot, by knocking the Canadian jing- One of his detractors remarked tha 2:2* which was not finished out in 2S rounds. on account of darkness. First money No one disputed McAullffo*claim to j "Nest year he will be fighting was awarded to Era with two heats, as the light weight chatnpfonship, and he ; against Fresno Girl with as many firsts, Was jrcrerally regarded as the best l the pugilistic mar- but with. a fourth place where Era had America, In Britt we have man in If not in the world. vel of this decade. Never In the his- taken second. In this race Dredge was enmity • Jack had. lncurred the of many tory of boxing has a man shown more set back from second to sixth place \u25a0of the eastern starring men- in pur- in the third heat for hsyv-Jng .through Captain and: persistency end determination fouled Cockc of Boston Jem salnjr his object than did Jimmy in Fresno Girl and Bertallae^ :. : Carney was . imported from 1J England to his ambition to defeat Nelson. It was Marshal's Aerolite went against 2:07. b^st the American. ..-»".*-¥; necessary upset every es- The watches varied- from 2:04*;. These for him to to preat cladiators boxed with '. precedent and tradition of 2:03 u. and at the owner's- request the kid gloves November 16, ISST. at tablished latter was posted. Summary: Beach, Re- }boxing, and he succeeded. mark iere Mess. Frank Stevenson j money year trot, purse $40«: vas referee, The preponderance of Gans Two old and when the ring was bettors are play- Kata'.ln* (Zibbel) j \ 5 shows that the heavy Mulway (Moshert '.- broken into to save McAul'ffe from df- favorite, th«; and file \* 2 3 in the \ ins the but rank Nnsado <Spen«r> ;... .333 f^at seventy-fourth round ho j of the srame, the fellow who .. bout a draw. The stake follower Miss DiTideed (Wattonr 4 sw.| declared the pays and takes his Siesta <Darey> .-. ; 4w(l and purse $4,500.