Show JOHN BARNES IS Tries to Get Through Oregon i Legislature Bill Bi to Legalize Boxing Bouts Spokane Feb IS John S Dames Barnes Dare the thc theold theold old Spokane S Okane baseball baebl magnate who Is slated as manager manaker of Boise In the Inter Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain mountain league leage has blossomed out 8 as asa s sa a lobbyist and a fight promoter With WithFred WithFred WithFred Fred Merrill he lies has h spent several weeks at Salem plugging for a new bill bl to per boxing bouts and proposes to reopen the game in Portland Says Sas the Oregon Oreon Journal prie fight bill bi has a rocky roel y road ahead of ot it because the municipal association has ha organized to fight It It and a by the time It gets get before the legislature for passage it is expected that formidable opposition will w be presented Fred Fre Mer ier Merrill rill ril and John S Barnes Bare at whose instigation lion tion It l was introduced spent most of last week at Salem but the municipal asso association aso elation claton scouts were following them and expect to break down all al their fences Mr Barnes is an experienced promoter of fights having pulled them the off In all al parts of the world He lIe le is known to all al the fans here as a baseball man but he has ha mixed up in every branch of sport After giving Portland its ia first pennant winners in 1392 18 he became interested in boxing and wrestling Just before the Boer foe war wa he was wa manager of one of the clubs in England Egland at Birmingham When in the heyday of Its Is career one me ne of ofIlia his Ilia boxers was killed by a solar plexus blow and Mr Barnes Barnes departed for Jo Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg South Africa until the mem memory memory memory ory of the accident should blow over He had a successful club cub there and drifted drife to ta Australia after its Is popularity waned Next ct he lie went to Manila and finally to China China where he engaged In the theatre business until returning to America a month ago |