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Show SPORT SHORTS v ) CALEXICO. Cal., April G. Jack Johnson, former world's heavyweight champion pugilist, sent for Sheriff Ap-plc&till Ap-plc&till of Imperial county, California, esterday and arranged lo have the i sheriff take him personally into custody cus-tody when Johnson crosses Ihe international inter-national line to meet federal charges pending against him at Chicago. Johnson John-son said he hoped to be ready to surrender sur-render soon. I Johnson and his parly left for Ti-Ijuana Ti-Ijuana today. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, April 6. Ira Dern of Salt Lake, middleweight wrestler, won two straight falls from 13cn Parish of Colorado, Polish champion, cham-pion, at the Olympic club last night. Tho first fall was obtained through a head and leg hold in sixteen minutes and the second was obtained in twenty-two minutes by a cradle hold. Roh men put up a wonderful exhibition of skill and strength. The first preliminary between Jacob-son Jacob-son of Swan Valley and Lundborg of Idaho Falls was a blood-spilling fight of four rounds, ending in a decision for Jacobson. ! The second preliminary of four rounds, between Ruller and Ratchelor I flyweights of Idaho Falls, ended in a decision for Batchclor. Both bouts were the hardest slugging exhibitions ever seen at the Olympic club. LOGAN. April 6. August SepP of i San Francisco took his wrestling match from Ed Snell or Salt i.ulte here 'this evening In two straight falls. Both falls were accomplished by a toe hold with leverage, the first coming after forty-four minutes of wrestling and the second after eleven minutes, " ill Thornton of Salt Lake was the referee. refe-ree. Immediately after the match Ilenr) Jones of Provo. challenged Snell and was accepted. No definite date for the 1 event was set, but it is believed Hint it j will take place here in about three weeks. i In a preliminary four-round boxing i bout. Kid Sheely of Preston and Amos i Wright or Layton battled to a draw. j I SEATTLE, Wash., April G Baseball ' conches of the University of Washing-1 ten are cutting down the number of men in the squad trying for places on , the 1020 varsity. Recently the squad; was cut to twenty-eight men. Another! cut is promised soon, About seven' varsity veterans are in the squad. , VANCOUVER. B. C, April G. Rep i ircsentatives of nearly a dozen Vancou-, ver organizations recently formed the Greater Vancouver Athletic assocja-; tion and elected Brigadier General! jviiotor Odium, a war veteran, prcsi-ident. prcsi-ident. James Findlay, former mayor, 'presided at the organization meeting, j Athletic handicap meets in Vancou- ver will be promoted by the association. associa-tion. The new organization takes the 'place o the old Mainland Track and I Field association. I HYDBR, Alaska. March 10 (By Mail.) Tommy Burns, former heavy-'weight heavy-'weight boxing champion of the world, recently wrote a Ilyder newspaper! suggesting 1Mb city officials of this I new gold camp might do worse than I appoint liim chief of police. ' Burns suggestion had to be ignored ifor under the territorial laws. Alaska I towns do not have police chiefs. Burns, who observed in the Canadian (army during the war, is working a mining claim In the Caribou country Jof British Columbia. |