. V
THE MOBNIKG OREGOKIAN, MONDAY, SBPTEMBEB-1, 1902,
WINS THE SERIES
Portland Gathers In Its Third
:' Game From Helena.
SINGLE DELIVERS A SHUT-OUT
'JL Slip and a Kali Be
.Portland's Two Ru
PIaysa Star Ga
Clinches Fir;
XORTHWEST LEAGUE.
Yesterday's Gaines.
JPartland. 2; Helena, 0.
Butte. 7: Seattle, 3.
- Tacoma, 11; Spokane, L
Standing; of the Clubs.
dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSA
VSSSA
aummiiiiKi
"Won. Lest. P. C.
Butte 49 ao .570
featt'.e 49 89 .K57
brtland 44 43 .500
Helena 42 43 .404
Tacoxna 38 49 .437
Spokane 37. 43 .430
HELENA, Mont. Aug. 31. (SpeciaL)
Little Ertgle distinguished himself today
;nd shut Helena out. score 2 to 0. Wiggs
wajleo pitched masterly ball and held Port
,j.'Ipnd down to seven hits, two of which
' were ibunts. while still another was due
to Echmcer's stumbling Just as he got
under. Van Buren's pop-up fly In the first
InnlDg But Engle was an enhyna and
when hlte meant runs, they were not
forthcoming. It was one of the fastest
games ever played on the local grounds,
and fairly abounded In scnnawonal plays.
All luck favored Portland, however,
which with a bad decision by .McCarthy
6n -Siagle's hit over third in the seventh
'.Sfith two men on the bases, which was
, imminently fair but declared foul by the
"umpire, allowed Vigncux's men to shut
chit the Senators. Both Portland's runs
were gifts, due to the slipping and fall
'lng' of two of Helena's fielders.
WeBfootcrs started the game by scoring
' in the first. Zelgler flew out to Han
nlvan. Van Buren then connected with
'one of Wiggs' benders for a dinky hit
.In short left field. Schmecr was right
under .it, but just as ho stuck up hla
"hands to pull It down, his foot slipped
from under "him, with the result that
$cnmeer failed to hold ball. Anderson
then leaned on one of Wiggs' "slow ones"
Jfor a hit that struck left field fence and
founded away down to the corner, with
tjhe result that Van Buren scored and
Andy was squatted complacently on third
by the time Hannlvan could return the
sphere. In the third Van Buren found
Wiggs for a corking triple between Han
nlvan and Slagle. Slagler however,
"managed to get In front of the ball by
tbo time Van Buren reached second, but
fortune again favored Portland, and Just
as Slagb? stopped to pick it up, he too
flipped, and by the time he regained hla
feet and the ball. Van Buren had scored
the second and last run of the game.
Portland looked decidedly dangerous In
'the seventh with three men on bases and
no one out, but a fact double and a fly
shut out tha chances of scoring. Helena
Had several chances to score, but to no
avail. Anderson made a .beautiful un
assisted double in the fourth. The game
was witnessed by League President W.
H. Lucas. The score:
HELENA.
AB R BH PO A E
Hannlvan, if 4
Schmeer, ss 4
Flannery. lb 4
Shaffer, rf 4
Sullivan, c 4
Holly. 2b 4
Slagle, cf 4
Poeples, 2b 3
Wiggs, p 3
Total 34
PORTLAND.
0 0 4 0 0
0 110 0
0 0 10 0 0
0 13 10
0 17 10
0 2 10 0
0 0 0 0 1
0 113 0
0 10 3 0
11 27 1 1
AB R BH PO A E
Zelgler. rf 4 0 0 2 0 0
Van Buren. cf 4 2 3 0 0 0
Anderron, 2b 4 0 1 2 7 0
Weed, lb ... 4 0 0 13 1 0
Vlgncux, c 3 0 1 6 0 0
Muller. If 4 0 1 2 0 0
Harris. 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1
Delscl. 83 3 0 0 2 4 1
Engle. p 3 0 0 0 2
Total 32 2 7 27 11 2
SCORE BY INNINGS.
1 23456789
Portland 101000000-2
Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
SUMMARY.
Two-base hit Sullivan.
Three-base hits Anderson. Van Buren.
Base on balls Off Wiggs, 1.
Struck out By Wiggs, 4; by Engle, 3.
Stolen bases Van Buren. Holly. Slagle,
Double nlavs Wipers to Sullivan to Flan
nery; Shaffer to Flannery; Anderson to
C'elsel to weed; Anaerson unassisted.
' Lett on .bases Helena. 7; Portland. 4.
Time of game 1 hour and SO minutes.
Umpire McCarthy.
Attendance 1000.
FOURTH STRAIGIIT FOR BUTTE.
Seattle Lets the Miners Hold the
Top Place.
BUTTE, Aug. SL Timely hitting en
- ftbled Butte to again defeat the tossers
from Seattle by a ecore of 7 to 3. A num
ber of errors by the visitors helped cinch
the game for the Mlnera
The score:
fi BUTTE.
AB R BH PO A E
Ward. 2b 5 2 2 0 3
Kane, ss 2 10 0 0
Knox, If 4 1 2 3 0
Mclntlre, 3b 4 2 1 1 4
Marshall, rf 3 12 2 1
Zearfoss. a 3 .0 1 5 JL
McDonough. lb 4 0 0 10 1
McHale, cf 4 0 2 4 0
Dowllng. p 3 0 12 2
Totals
7 11 27 12
SEATTLE.
AB R BH PO A E
Drennan. cf 4 0 0 1
Klopr. 3b 5 2 2 0
Hurley, lb 5 0 2 U
Dalryjnple. If- 4 0 11
Babbitt, ss 4 111
Stanley, c 3 0 0 6
Campbell, 2b 4 0 0 4
fitovall. rf 0 0 0 0
Kelley. rf 3 0 2 0
Hogg; p 4 0 2 0
Totals 26 3 10 24. 14
SCORE BY INNINGS.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
. Butte 2 0 3 0 0 0 1
Seattle 10 0 110 0
8 9
1
0 0
SUMMARY.
Earned runs Butte. 2; Seattle, L
t Twp-base hits Ward. Klopf.
Three-base hit Marshall.
Home run Mclntyre.
Double plays Mclntyre to McDonough
j&arsnaii to zeariops; joaomtt to nuney
Babbitt to campDeu to nuriey.
Bases on balls Off Dowung, 2: off
Struck out By Dowllng, 2; by Hogg, 6.
Wild pltcbes iiogg. z.
passed ball-Stanley.
Left on bases Butte, 5; Seattle, 9.
Umpire Colgan.
"""time of game 1 hour and 40 minutes.
"-&rcrifice nits Drennan, Kelley.
, :A)t6ndance 2400. . .
!,i:TIGERS OUT OF THE CELLAR. '
Xaeehpmee Places With the Spokane
Balltossers.
)KANE, Aug. SL The locals were an
easy mark for the Tigers today. Harmon
was In good form, but Pfelster got an
awful drubbing ana was liberal with
,'paMes. Tltua replaced him In the eeventh.
butthe Tigers had the game won earlier.
Spokane never stood a -chance to tie the
score. The score:
SPOKANE.
AB R BH POAE
Howells. If 4
11200
0 2 3 1 0
0 10 3 2
0 0 110
0 2 -14 2 0
0 0 0 5 1
0 0 2 4 0
0 15 0 1
0 0 111
0 0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 0
1 7 27 19 5.
Ferris, cf 3
Donahue, 3b 4
McKevltt. rf 4
Elsey. lb 4
Kelly, as 4
Belts. 2b 2
Frary. c 3
Pfelster. p 2.
Titus, p 1
unm i
Totals 32
Batted for Titus In ninth,
TACOMA.
AB R BHFO A E
Letcher, rf 6
1 3 i 0 0
0 110 0
113-31
4 3 9 0 0
112 2 1
2 3 6 4 0
0 0 10 0
0 0 3 2 0
2 0 0 1 0
iagie. cr o
Rockcnfleld, 2b 5
Hutchinson, lb 5
Andrews. 3h 4
McCarthy, ss 4 2
bwlnoells. It ..
Zalusky. c
Harraon, p 3
Total 38 11 12 27 12 2
SCORE BT INNINGS
1 2 3 4 5
9
0- 1
1-11
Spokane 0 0 0 1
-Tncnmn 2 0 2 0 2
SUMMARY.
Earned runs-rSpokane, 1; Tacoma, 3.
Left on bases Spokane. 6; Tacoma 6,
Tn.Mii iitoP.-rris. Elaey. Letcher.
Andrews.McCartliy. w . . .
Three-base juts .-acv-ariuj. """-"i""""-Stolen
bases-Elaey. 2; Nagle, Harmon
.,i.i.eMr.'!nrthv to Hutchinson:
Andrews to Rockenfleld to Hutchinson.
Bases' on balls urt .riciBier, o; uu
mon. 4: off Titus. L
Hit by pitcnea Dan oy ic'LU1';;, . ,.
struck out-By Pfelster. 2; by Titus. 1;
lit Harmon. 2. -..i-
sacrifice? nits Aiwrm "uu?"nv
Time of came 1 hour and 55 minutes.
Umpire Fisher.
AMERICA! LEAGUE.
St. Loni, 1-3; Philadelphia, 0-2.
ot t itttr Ane. 31 St. Louis took both
games In exciting finishes. A run by Wal
lace on an error by Cross and an out by
McCormick to right field proved enough
th firtfr mime. Powell won the
second with a drive to left field ia the
ninth Inning, which scored i'aaaen. At
tendance, 2100. The score:
First game
' HHEi RHE
St. Louis .1 7 Philadelphia, ...0 7 2
Batteries Donohuo ana ii-anoe; xriuiiu.
and Powers.
Second game
R 11 E! RHE
Bt. Louis 3 8 OjPhiladelphia ..2 5 2
Batterles-Powell and Kahoo; Hustings
and Powers.
Chicago, H Baltimore, S.
nTTTHAno. Ai:e. 3L Chicago won as
Callahan could have shut
nut thA visitors easily, but let UD in tho
eighth and ninth and allowed them to
score their only runs. Jvatou was enec-
tlve until the eeventh. after wnicn unica
ro found him easily. A long running
catch by Green was the feature. Attend
ance, 5S00. The score:
RTTEl RHE
Chicago 11 14 OjBaltlmore 2 7 3
Batteries Callahan and McFanana;
Katoll and Robinson.
Washington, 10; Detroit, 7.
DETROIT, Aug. SL Both teams con
tributed some very poor fielding in today's
slugging match. Four hits, an error and
two passes in the ninth put Detroit two
ahead. Washington tied in the last half
of the ninth with four successive singles
and then won out with five hits, two of
them two-baggers. In the 10th. Many of
the hits on both sides were scratches.
Holmes .today Jumped' the Detroit team.
going to Des Moines. Attendance, 1G0O.
The score: 1
R H El RHE
Detroit 7 14 6Washlngton ..10 20 3
Batteries Yeager, Slcver and Buelow;
Cerrick and Clark.
Boston, 3) Cleveland, 1.
FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Aug. 3L Boston
won an eleven-inning game from Cleve
land today. Both clubs played good ball
and Boston won strictly on tho merits
of the play. "Chic" Stahl Is a Fort
Wayne product and received a gold-head
ed cane and three floral designs from hla
admirers. McCarthy lost the game in the
last half of the 10th Inning by playing too
far on. second trtth nobody out. After he
had been retired. Wood hit for two bases,
Attendance, 3400. The score:
KHBI RHE
Cleveland 1 8 3Bpston 312 0
Batteries Joss and Wood: Younsr and
unger.
STANDING; OF THE CLUBS.
American LenRne.
"Wnri. T.nct
p n
FhilaGclDhla Cl 4r,
.573
.563
.555
Boston 62 47
SL Louis 00 48
Chicago 5S E0
Cleveland 53 57
.537
.491
.464
.409
.287
Washlngton 52 CO
Baltimore 4o (5
Detroit 41 Co
National League.
Lost P. C.
28 .745
53 .5S3
52 .614
55 .500
56 .491
CI .440
CO . .400
69 .361
"Pfttoliin-o
Brookiyn
60
55
55
., 54
4S
44
, 39
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INLAND EMPIRE LEAGUE.
Pendleton, 3 La Grande, 2.
PENDLETON. Or., Aug. 3L Special.)
Pendleton -won a close and exciting game
hero today with La Grande. Both teams
played good ball but the local team was
lucky at the critical times. Salisbury and
McGuIcken both did good work In the box.
The sensational play of the game waa
Brockhol? throwing a man out at first
from right- field on what was apparently
a hit,
RHEJ RHE
Pendleton Z 7 2La Grande.... 2 7 4
Batteries Salisbury and Adams; Mo
Guicken and Shea. Umpire Cryderman.
Balccr City, 23) Walla Walla, 1C.
WALLA WALLA, Aug. 31, In a game,
that was nearer football than the nation
al art the home team lost to Baker City
by 23 to 15. Each side worked two pitch
ers and all wero batted hard. With tho
visitors 16 in the lead. Walla Walla made'
10 runs in the eighth. Bradley got two
home runs and Treadway one. Though
a wretched exhibition tho crowd went,
wild.
R K El I H X3
Baker C3tT....2319 SjWalla Walla .15 13 4
Inland Empire Leagac
Won. Lost P. C
Pendleton 23 9 .719
Walla Walla 15 17 .469
La Grande : .13 18 .419
Baker City 12 IS .400
Baseball at Hlllshor.
HLLLSBORO. Or.. Aug. 31. The Waver
ly nine of Portland was defeated today by
the Diamond W.'s by a score of 6 to 5.
The game was closely played and was1
one of the liveliest on the grounds this
Summer. It took 10 innings to decide
the victors. Gannon, the ono-annod.
pitcher, was In the box for the visitor
and Frank Sappington pitched for the
home team. Ora Cook was the umpire.
Tho score by innings:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8910
Diamond W.'s...l 03010000 vl-
Waverly 1010002 010-5
Western Leagnae Scores.
At Omaha Des Moines, 3; Omaha. L
At Kansas City First game, Kansas
City, 5; Milwaukee, 2. Second game,- Kan
sas City, 12; Milwaukee, 2.
At St. Joseph Peoria, 6; St. Joseph, 4.
At Denver First game, Denver, 5; Colo
rado, L Second same, Denver, S; Colo
t&qk 4.
WERESEATTLERACESFAiR?
SPORTSMEN RAISE THE. QUESTION
WHETHER PUBLIC WAS JOBBED.
Mark SchluaseL. Describes Trvo Sas
piclons Events Other Horse
men Disagree.
The conclusion of the Seattle races
opens a question as to whether they were
fair or unfair. Oregon horsemen who re
turned yesterday are of the opinion that
a set of races was never better conducted,
but one or two of them vociferate loudly
against tho bookmakers, who seem to
have had the long end of the rope. Some
who were not horsemen alleged scul
duggery, and among them was Mark
Schlussel, of Portland, who had many
complaints to make. Mr. Schlussel had
gone to Seattle on a visit and while there
ho went out to tne track and he offered a
few suggestions as to its management
that were not favorably received. De
pending upon the experience gained from
frequenting the tracks, he volunteered
the information that the pool box might
bo improved, but here he met with a
negative answer. After his experience.
Mr. Schlussel made the following state
ment:
"On August 22, the stable owning Al-
moneer and Charles Clancy's animal,
Vohicer, and others were pitted in a dash
in which there were only two for first
honors Almoneer or Vohicer and in the
pool box Almoneer was the favorite, but
Vohicer, by far the better animal, was
backed by a few, while the talent backed
Almoneer to a fare-you-well, and to the
astonishment of the talent Almoneer gets
away five lengths in the lead and comes
Into the stretch good and strong way in
the lead, without the Jockey McCarthy,
the owner of the animal, who had the
mount, even as much as flourishing his
whip, and when within 10 feet of the
wire, McCarthy, the rider, permitted
Vohicer to win by a nose, which took tho
talent into camp, except the Clancys, the
reason being that the management (A
T. Vandevanter and J. Redelshetmer, and
Jack Qulnn as manager of the pool boxes)
saw smoother sailing by taking the
Clancys In their deal and combination
against the public, as the following race
which took place August 23 will demon
strate. "There was quite a number of runners
participating in the flve-eighths dash. The
race iwas framed up for Modder to win.
against Vohicer, owned by Charles Clan
cy, and to make this race look good to the
immense throng that gathered out there
on this eventful August .23, Vohicer, when
she came to tho post, scored, and (to all
appearances to make the bluff good and
strong) the Jockey could not hold her In'
check, and sho made the entire circuit
of the mile track and when she arrived
at tho post again they were off in a
bunch with Vohicer 10 lengths In the rear.
To cap the climax, with all the difficult
feat of the rider to lose the race, Vohicer
came under the wire a strong third, and
one nlnty-nlnth part of an eighth further
Vohicer would have won In a gallop, so
to speak. . Now in order to place the prop
osition clearly that the public may be en
lightened as to the cheap, petty larceny
roguery this combination practiced, Vo
hicer beat Almoneer a nose at the wire,
and two days later a very much inferior
animal, Modder, who Is entirely outclassed
by Almoneer, much less Vohicer, wins
from Vohicer."
Mr. Schlussel said his only reason for
making the statement was that ho had
been accustomed to fair and honorable
racing, and he had no desire to see the
auspicious beginning of the circuit end
in an untimely wrangle. As to some of
Mr. Schlussel's assertions there is "a
question among the " horsemen who re
turned from Seattle yesterday. All of
them who were seen were agreed that the
Vohicer race was a fair race, and the
only objection they had to it was that
Clancy had put too Ught a Jockey upon
the horse. Vohicer was unmanageable,
and twice she tried to leap a fence and
to throw the Jockey, and any charges that
might have been made as to the throw
ing of the race might bo laid to the touts
who had lured hundreds of business men
to the "bookies," and who, losing their
hope of percentage, called tho race a
"Job."
Of tho "bookies" every Portlander who
visited the Seattle track held tho same
opinion. The prlvilego had been granted
to a single bookmaker or a syndicate of
bookmakers (all under one name), and
the they named the odds. The public (or
the Portland public which was accus
tomed to tho mutuals and the auction
pools) had nothing but the chances offered
them, and the chances were of the slender
sort. Favorites were placed at 1 to 2 and
places on a similar basis a schedule that
was prommtory of betting. The long
snojs or course tvere good that is, if the
bettor selected the right one. As a long
shot Is on an average only one chanco
out of 20, no one accepts it except the
man with a "hunch," or the man at tho
end of his purse. Mutuals and pools, as
are in vogue at Inington and the State
Fair, would, the horsemen said, have done
mucn to have redeemed the track.
Bookmaklng has been eeen only once in
Portland. Auction pools, where the nub-
lie names the odds and the mutuals, have
always Deen tne favorites with the pub
He. W. M. Ayers, who has the privileges
coin at irvington and at the Stats Fnlr.
said yesterday that ho might have a book
at each place." Asked If ho thought it
advisable after the result at Seattle, he
saia inere was no doubt but It would be
satisfactory. "Everybody knows mo.
sold Mr. Ayers, "and everybody knows
mai dook win ne fair."
The "novelty" plan of racing, which was
murouucoa oy secretary McCulIy on the
eraaa circuit, nao proved a deeidprl fntl-
ure. This plan provides that the winner
of each heat shall retire, and that tho race
terminate at the end of three heats; also
that the winner of the fastest heat is en
titled to first money, the second fastest
heat to second money, and the winner of
the slowest heat to third money, while
the fourth is awarded the horse which
otands best in the summary outside of tho
heat-winners. In speaking of tho trial and
failure of the plan, the Chicago Horse Re
view says:
The failure of tho plan to furnish good racing
cannot be attributed solely to the system, but
principally to the fact that the Judges were
totally blind or otherwise dormant as to what
really constitutes a race. When a Held of
horses are named to start In a race It la almost
certain that thero are at least three In the
number that have more than an even chance
of being counted among the money-winners.
One onlr has to look at the summaries of the
races on this plan, and It can be readily seen
by tho time made by the heat-winners that
they have all tho earmarks of prearranged af
fairs. As, for instance. "Smith, you win the
first heat; Jones the second heat, and Dooley
will cop tho thld, and we can get a little
sure money, and have a game all by our lone
lys." Smith wins the first heat, and Jones,
who laid his horse up and Just beat the flag
nicely, wins the second heat In at least three
seconds faster time. Then Dooley cuts looeo
and gets his share of the pie. The horses are
placed. In tho auctions, every beat being a race,
and the public, which likes to bet a little
money, with the paid judges that were In the
stand at tho Brlcbton Beach meeting to Bee
that there was fair and honest racing, have
run up against nothing short of a game that
wou.ld rival -tho notorious shell game. It can
readily be seen thai with such Judges as those,
who mado no attempt to enforce the trotting
rales, with possibly two or thrca exceptions,
during the' week, dash racing, which has been
so strongly advocated here in the metropolis,
would bring disreputable results.
. . . One special objection has been raised
to this plan of racing, and that Is the manner
of awarding the money. In case the three' heats
were -oractlcally -trotted -or pared in or about
tho sam .notch, the power of awarding the
mosey would reeily rest with the timers rather
than with the Judges, as, for Instance, a mls
t&ke of a, quarter of a second In time might
deprive a borso of the money that h? was
really entitled to.
Another objection that ca be .raised to the
plan Is in the case where racing begins over
a slow track, which, by tho time the third
beat Is trotted, may have Improved at least
two seconds. This would be an Incentive for
a driver to play a waiting rate.
Oa the face of the returns there seems to
be no doubt that heats were- .laid up In the
novelty races. In three -events first heats were
won by the slowest horses: seconds by horses
that, tot from fifth place or worse to the
front, and thirds by horses that wero from
fifth to eighth In the other heats, but won out
when driven to it in tho last.
Last week saw the blind wonder. Rhyth
mic, dislodged from both the star places
he held in the trotting table, and as a
result of his defeat people are unkind
enough to say that he had been whipped
to the record of 2:091, which he made at
Detroit. The race for the Roger Williams
stake at Providence, Wednesday, sent
Rhythmic to the rear as a new performer,
lowering his record a second and a half.
Susie J. took his place as the champion
5-year-old, reducing his mark 3V4, seconda
But Rhythmic had company in his misery.
Miss Wiggins, Vyzant, Jr., The Monk and
Anzella went down the line,' and their
places were taken by Katherme A., The
Rajah. Susie J. and Lord Derby. Only two
held their places In the table, and they
were Zephyr and Polndexter. The pacers
had better luck. The only new champion
was Prince Alert, by Crown Prince, who
made a new gelding record of 2:00VL and
made Dan R. take a back seat. The fast
est trotters now are:
Two-year-old Katherine A. (2.2VA), b. f . by
Wiggins (2:10H) Zoraya, by Guy Wilkes
(2:15).
Three-year-old The Rejah (2:14). b. g. by
Prlnco of India (2:13) Buffalo Maiden, by
Jerome Eddy (2:16).
Four-year-old Zephyr (2:11). b. f. by Zcra
btp (2:11) Gatello (2:11), by Qotslper (2:14).
Five-year-old Susie j. (2:064), r. m. by
Jay Hawker (2:14i) Millionaire, by Norwood.
Aged performer Lord Deitjy (2:05&). b. g., 7,
by Maxnbrino King Clarlbel, by Almont, Jr.
(to wagon).
Fastest gelding Lord Derby. See above.
Fastest mare Su3le J. See above.
Fastest stallion Polndexter (2:00). b.. 7, by
Abbotsford (2:10) Clyzerone, by Cyclone
(2:2.tH)-
Fastest new performer Dulce Cor (2:08UT.
The registration rules enacted of late
regarding the duplication of names aro
having their effect, and horsemen are hav
ing trouble in selecting suitable titlea In
old dhys some romantic name or a name
significant of the horse's prowess was
chosen, but as all of these have been
taken, the owner must -depend for a title
upon his imaginative mind. And some
of the titles are curious, to say tho least.
Here is one of the lalest examples: Kitty
B., 2:11, had a colt by Daredevil. 2:03i.
Every name the owner picked had been
taken, and as a last resort he christened
the colt Devll-You-Say.'
The two-in-thrce events which Secretary
Wisdom has inaugurated for the State Fair
"season, and which a few of the long-race
peopie tnougnt wouia oe inaavisaoie, nave
met with great favor in -the East. All
along the grand circuit both trainers and
spectators approve tho shorter harness
races, although In the' past many of them
held the opinion that the three-in-flve wag
an event that the public would never see
displaced. They now see that they Were
wrong. The three-in-flve was what the
public wanted only in homeopathic doses.
What it wanted in quantities was the
shorter race, which means a variety of
competitors each day.
What a Joke Scott Hudson must con
sider those accounts criticising him for
distancing Lawson's mare, Mary P. Ley
burn, at -Detroit! The criticisms are Just
coming out in real earnest, and when
Hudson pores over them his thoughts must
go back to an event of the past and re
vengo to him must seem sweet It was
only two years ago, according to a Port
land horseman, thatHud3on drove Idollta
against Lawson's ill-fated Boralma. The
race was a whipping one, and Lawson
javo orders that Boralma be driven to the
limit In the sixth heat in order to shut
out Idolita. And Hudson, after a long
delay, has returned the compliment.
Even far-off Manila has tho racing fever,
and its attack is apparently severe, for
nothing Ices than running events will sat
isfy the sports of the Luzon capital. As
in every placo where racing Is Introduced,
they want quick action for their money,
and tho galloper, which "may be ridden
by a boy armed with a cudgel, and who
knows nothing moro about racing than
what is contained in his Instructions to
win out at any risk, is taken in preference
to tho less exciting but scientific harness
trials for purses. Manila's races, which
took placo about tho middlo of August,
wero graced by neither trotter nor pacer,
and. Judging from the newspaper accounts,
their absence waa not noted nor their
presenco particularly desired. The runs
fumlBhed all the excitement, and they
were pretty profltablo to tho talent, for
dividends as high as $50 were paid.
In another week or so the eye3 of nearly
all the Northwest horsemen will be turned
upon Salem. Some from down the Valley
have already sent their racers to the fair
grounds, and others are preparing for the
annual meet Nearly all of the Portland
horses are now on the circuit, and about
the only horseman who will leave Port
land for Salem this week is George T.
Beckers, who will take Zombro, Tee-Dee-Cee,
Edmund S. and Tho Jester. Zombro
will he placed on exhibition during tho
fair. Neither Tee-Dee-Cee nor Edmund S.
will be entered, but Tho Jester will be In
it for the 2-year-old stake, and his owner
says ho will be a winner. After the meet
Mr. Beckers will return to his home at
Los Angeles, where he will train Tee-
Dee-Cee and Edmund S. for the California
or grand circuit next year. Both these
trotters were sired by Zombro. Mr. Beck
ers purchased the first-named from T. D,
Condon about 10 days ago, and the latter
from Fred Fisher, of The Dalles, last
week. Edmund S. made 2:2S in a workout
recently, and when Mr. Beckers heard of
It he began negotiations with Mr. Fisher,
which resulted in the .sale.
The first meeting of tho Emplro City
Trotting Club will take place on the new
track at Yonkers, N. Y., September 15-19.
and some record-breaking time for the
purses, which run from 51000 to $5000, is
looked for. A special race scheduled for
September 16 will be between Dan Patch
and Prince Alert, the stars of. the pacing
turf. A purse of $5000 has been hung ud
for tho event, and the winner Is to take it
alL Each horse has a record of 2:00,
ana each is a candidate for the champion
snip neia oy Btar .Pointer. No one can
safely predict the outcome of the struggle
for the crown.
The mark established by The Roman.
2.-09&, makes McKlnney the sire of six
trotters in the 2:10 list McKlnney has
nine in the 2:12, 20 in the 2:15 and 29 in the
2:20 list. Eastern turf papers class him.
as tne greatest sire for extreme speed for
age. McKlnney is now 15 years old.
W. G. Durfee, of Los Angeles, ha3 the
best string that h3B shown up on the
California circuit so far. With Petignl
(2:150. LUero (2:17). Coronado (2:21)
and Robert I (2:10), ho has a quartet of
horses that can get money in about all
the classes they aro entered In. He has a
few others that will be heard from later
on.
Tho great Futurity Is over, and New
York may rest in comparative quiet for
anotner year, saivable Is the winner, and
it is a singular fact that his sire, Sal
vator, came out second in the first Futur
lty, 14 years ago. The first winner of the
Futurity was Proctor Knott, in 1E8S, and
ttie stake was worth $40,900. Salvator ran
second to the big and angular son of Luke
Blackburn. Other notable winners of this
2-year-old event were: Potomac, His
Hlghnesa -Morello. Domino, Ogden, Cha
cornac. Ballyhoo Bey and Yankee. Lux
casta finished second to the son of Han
6ver In 190L
Lord Kitchener, who was recently pur
chased by T. D. Condon, will arrive at
Salem about September 10. He has been
entered for the 2:21 stakes both at Salem
and at Irvington.
Cris Simpson, Wallaco Whitmore. James
JIrwtn and Dr. Froow returned from Set
tle yesterday and their horses will follow
them in a day or two. None of them
had 'anything to say about the races,
except that the results appeared to have
been satisfactory. The track was In bet
ter shape than It wa3 during the previous
week and the time was lower. Mr. Simp-
eon will have Bonner N. B.. Phil N.. Tom
Benton and Benton Girl back "by Wednes
day and he will keep them In training
until the state fair opens. Bennett and
Swaggert will bring hack their runners
during the week, and it is probable that
the Jones family will return. H. H. Hel
man will try the Everett ind Whatcom
tracks, and Myrtle Whips and Boodle will
not De seen In Portland for a week or
two.
The entries for the late closing stakes
for the Fall meeting at Irvington Park
will not be announced until late this
week, when H. H. Helman, one of the
lessees of tho track, will forward a num
ber of names to Cris Simpson. Mr. Hel
man Is now touring the Puget Sound
circuit, and he may not be able to send
the list until the end of the week. Mr.
Simpson said the entries so far received
exceeded the expectations of himself and
-ir. tieiman. All the horses were of a
fine class, and when the word is given
there will bo spirited racing.
THINKS ACTION UNJUST.
"Sportsman? Considers That Game
Warden Quimhy Went Too Far.
PORTLAND, Aug. 30. To the Editor.)
Some weeks ago Game Warden Qulmby
caused tho arre3t of a prominent citizen
of Portland for having in his possession
prairie chickens. Tho def endant was fined.
Mr. Quimby learned of the said defend
ant having had In his possession some
prairie chickens, he (the defendant) at
the time being in Multnomah County.
Tho fact that the chickens were killed in
an Eastern Oregon county, at a time
when the law permits them to bo killed
there, was not considered. The law opens
the season In different places at different
times. It was not lawful to kill, or to
have In one's possession, in Multnomah
County, prairie chickens at that particu
lar time. Hence this citizen, who had
gone to Eastern Oregon at considerable
expense, to have a day's legitimate sport.
and who was bringing home some of the
game lawfully taken in an adjoining coun
ty, for the use and enjoyment of his fam
lly, must be subjected t;o the humiliation
of arrest and trial in a criminal court be
cause the letter of a law had been vio
lated.
Any sportsman knows that no prairie
chickens exist In the counties west of
the Cascades, and that the law protecting
them in said - counties is a dead letter.
Over in Washington the open season for
Mongolian pheasants is earlier than In
Oregon, and, according to Mr. Qulmby's
action in the case referred to, a citizen
of Oregon who goes to Washington and
takes recreation there In hunting those
royal game birds could notklawfully bring
a pneasant nome to nis wiie ana cnu-
dren. The object of the game laws of
our state Is moot worthy.
No sportsman will protest against the
most rigid enforcement of their spirit.
They are enacted for tho purpose of pro
tecting game from the wanton destruc
tlon by pot-hunters, and its extermination
bj hunting at all seasons, and particu
larly the breeding season. Every sports
man Is interested in their strict enforce
ment. But they do not believe that the
law Intends to prohibit sportsmen from
indulgence In legitimate sport In counties
where they do not happen to reside, nor
do they believe that the law requires
them to leave game on the ground to rot
because Its letter prohibits their having
It in their possession in the county where
they reside. Neither do the sportsmen
believe that It is Incumbent upon Mr.
Qulmby to watch, every train and boat to
catch returning sportsmen who have been
absent from the city enjoying legitimate
sport, to see that they do not leave all
their game up In Wasco County, or over
In Washington, where it was legitimately
taken.
Better, they think, would Mr. Qulmby
discharge the duties of his office by
watching ;the outskirts of the City of
Portland, where pot-hunters are dally
engaged in shooting, out or season, tne
few Chlnes'6 pheasants which venture to
come too hear civilization, and to the
homes of the pot-hunters who have neith
er the ambition nor the ability to get into
tho field of legitimate sportsmanship.
A SPORTSMAN
INTERSTATE TOURNAMENT.
Rifle Championship of United States
to Be Settled at Seagirt.
SEAGLRT, N. J., Aug. 31. Labor day
at the big Interstate shooting tourna
ment now In progress under the auspices
of the National Rifle Association of
America, the New Jersey State Rifle As
sociation and the United States Associa
tion, will bo devoted to firing In the
carbine match, the revolver match and
interclub match. Tho lntcrclub match
Is new this year. This is for the rifle
championship of tho United States, and
is open to teams of flvo men from any
rifle club or association In the country.
Each man must fine 10 shots at 200 yards
at the standard American target. Any
rifle and ammunition may be used.
It was originally arranged that the
match should be shot simultaneously on
home ranges of clubs located not less
than 100 miles from Seagirt, beginning at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon on targets
supplied by the National Rifle Associa
tion. As no outside entries have been
received, however, the shooting will be
confined to teams now on the range. The
prizes are a championship banner with
a gold medal to each member of the
winning team, a silver medal to each
member of the second team, and a bronze
medal to each member of the third team.
Tuesday will be one of the biggest days
of tho meet as the competition for the
famous Hilton trophy is to take place
then.
The proposed match between teams of
cadets from the United States Military
and Naval Academies scheduled for
Tuesday has been declared off, tho War
Department ruling that It was not feas
ible to send tho required - number of
cadets here. The company and regi
mental matches will be disposed of Wed
nesday. Final arrangements have been com
pleted for the organization of an Ail
American rifle team and the visit of that
team to Ottawa to comupote for the
Palma trophy. A year ngo at Seagirt
the Canadian team wrested the trophy
from us. According to the latest plans
the all-Amerlcan team will be selected
from the riflemen now In attendance at
this meeting after a final competition for
places to. he held September 8. It will
start for Ottawa September 10. The
shoot will take place September 13, teams
representing Canada and Great Britain
being tho other competitors.
TO PLAY HANDICAP TENNIS.
Multnomah Clah to Hold Tourna
ment Classification of Players.
The Interest In tennis .has been so great
this season that the Multnomah Club
has decldeed to give a handicap tourna
ment, open to all who desire to play, be
ginning Monday, September 8. The
tournament will include both singles and
doubles, for which ladles and gentlemen
entries must be sent to the Chairman of
tho tennis commtttee of the Multnomah
Club before 8 P. M.f September 6.
The tennis committee has classified the
Multnomah players as follows for this
season:
First Class Bethel, Goss.
Second Class Lewis, B. Wlckersham, L.
Wlckersham, Ewing.
Third Class Cheal, Leiter, McAlpin, Gil
bert. Fourth Class Prince, Herdman.
Fifth Class Valentino, Crelle, Ladd,
CawBton, Dr. Zan, Miles, Dr. Nunn, Sar
gent, Brandon, Carroll.
Sixth Class Millls, Rosenflcld, McMil
lan, Ball, Lumgalr, Holland, Briggs, New
ell. Seventh Class Jackson, Rohr, Shlnkle,
Green, Warren, Archer. Dunn. DeWert.
Eighth Class O. Dukehart, Jordan Zan,
Foster, Knight, Price, H, JtfcCraken. R.
XcCrakejv
HITS OFF THE DIAMOND
RACE FOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
TAKES ON INTEREST.
Batte Leads Seattle and Portland In
: a Merry Chase Home Nine ,
May Pull Up.
The "dope book" in the Pacific North
west basebalL has. been rather used up by
this last series, and It Is about time to
commence on a new one. Helena and ,
Butte have in their turns played tho part
of the bears and hammered down the
Seattle stock, much to the (advantage of
the Miners. When Helena started Seattle
on the toboggan the Senators thought
that they would have a cinch when tho
Webfoots invaded their home. But then
again the "dope book" failed and the
Portland boys already have the series
and a good chance to get an extra game.
Seattle went to Butte confident that the
luck would change, hut so far there has
been nothin' doln', and the Clamdlggers
have not had a look in on the victories.
The loss of yesterday's game will force
them to return home In secona piace.
while McCloskey smiles from the top of
the stump.;
Who will win the pennant? Until last
week it looked as if Seattle would be
the team, but now Butte Is the favorite.
At present. Butte has the advantage, but
will the Miners be able to keep it? to be
sure they have to compete with the two
tail-enders In the next two weeks, but
these same teams did not fall down com
pletely when they last Invaded Montana,
and they may be ablo to trim down the
Butte percentage a few points. And after
that Butte has a trip on the road which
may work hardships.
Portland's prospects of winning the
pennant are now much brightened. The
fall of Seattle and the local team's show
ing, both at Butte and Helena, has given
the nine a better chance to pull up. The
loyal ones still have faith In the team
and think that they have a fighting
chance to win out. After today's game
Portland has 11 straight with the Seattle
team. Then will come the show-down.
If Portland can get the big end of that
ran of games, the chances of the Web
foots coming out on top will be very
bright Indeed. Otherwise It will take a
phenomenal run to make the top.
' Tho race for the cellar championship
seems to have settled down to Tacoma
and Spokane. Each team has a good
chance of winning the "honors" which
they least want. During the past two
weeks first one of those teams has been
In the cellar and then the other. Tacoma.
has the stronger team and the tall position-should
fall Jo the Bunchgrassers.
The Portland boys seem to have taken
a brace In telr batting. Hits are com
ing now Just at the time when they are
needed. Then, again, tho team seems to
be getting back its last year's luck, win
ning out In tight places. Until very
lately the team has been followed by a
strong hoodoo, but now It has been
shaken off to some extent The team j
might stand strengthening in several j
places, but It Is almost too late In the
season to make any changes unless a
man who is known to be a crack is se
cured. A heavy-hlttlng flelder and a
heavy-hitting third baseman would not
come in amlBs, but other change's at this
stage of the game would be likely to do
more harni than good. The boys can
play good ball as long as they keep in
shape.
There has been considerable talk about
Joe Tinker returning here to finish the
season with Portland. Such talk is Idle
nonsense. Tinker Is with the Chicago
team and could not come West until
that team closes its season, which is ns..
until October 5, at St. Louis. If ho
should leave there on that night he could
not get to Portland befbro the afternoon
of October 8. It would take him at
least a day before he would bo In shape
to play with the team. At that rate he
I T J La nktn n nlni ( n tha laof TT
games of the season, October 11, 12. It Is
hardly probable that the Portland team
will advance the fare from Portland to
St. Louis to get Tinker for two days.
The latest turn In the expansion of the
league comes In the report that Salt
Lake and Ogden want to get In the
league. Vancouver and Victoria also
want to get In. It will of course be Im
possible to admit all four of tho clubs,
but either pair might be taken In with
out Injuring the league. Both additions
have their drawbacks. With the Mor
mons it is the long railroad Jump and
railroad fares. With the British Co
lumbia teams It Is the Sunday ball ques
tion. In those towns there could be no
Sunday plnylng. It's up to the direc
tors to decide between an Increase In
transportation expenses or .no Sunday
ball while In the British territory.
It would seem that if all of these clubs
could put good ball teams In the field
that the better plan would be to have two
six-club leagues. On the Coast have
Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vic
toria and Vancouver in a league. The
Eastern part could he made vp of Helena,
Butte, Great Falls, Anaconda, Salt Lake
and Ogden. This would do away al
most entirely with the long Jumps and at
the same time spread the interest in the
National game. To decide tho champion
ship of the Northwest a series could be
played between the two winners at the
end of the season.
It Is reported that Dexter Smith is to
go on the regular umpiring staff of the
Northwest League next season. Smith
made a fair showing as an umpire when
ho helped the league out in a pinch this
year; but he Is hardly the man that Is
needed for this league. It Is doubtful
if ho would be able to give satisfaction.
Then the hiring of Smith would be in
violation of the rules of the league which
prohibit a resident of any of the cities
In tho league being engaged as an um
pire. McCloskey has his string out for a
new southpaw for his pitching staff. The
new man wanted Ik Harvey Bailey, of
the Columbus team, in the American As
sociation. McCloskey has raised a purse of $1000
from among the Butte fans to present
to his team if they should win the pen
nant. That would be a good stimulant
for any ball team. If any one would try
to do as much for the Portland team
tho fans would all drop dead at the idea.
As an Interesting case of square deal
ing between a ball player and his club.
We
will
not
nslc for
a.
Dollar
until
T
a
cure
Is
effected.
Strictly Reliable Specialists
MEN ONLY
1
F. Is. TALCOTT, M. D.
Dr.Taicott&Co.
the following is -told of Jimmy Wiggs,
the Helena twirler, and President Good
kind of the club:
.Tirrmv wierM. the star twirler of tha
Helena team, has had President E. I.
' Goodkind. of the local association. In hi9
confidence In all of the dealings ne nas
had with other managements wnich hayo
been endeavoring to sign him. "vv Iggs will
not leave the Helena team this year, but
It is likely that he will be In one of the
big leagues next season.
The recent offers from California are
not the only ones the tall pitcher has re
ceived. He has been approached by many
managers in all parts of the country.
Since his record of 44 shut-out Innings ho
has been tempted by a great many offers.
He has told Mr. Goodkind of all of them,
however, and has never shown a dispo
sition to in any way give his present em
ployers a shabby deal.
"It is not our intention to siana in iuo 1
way of Wiggs advancement' said Mr.
Goodkind recently. "On the other hand,
we are anxious to see him do the best
he can. and we hope that this will be
better than the showing of any other
pitcher in the country. Wiggs has acted
Tight with us, and 6hows a disposition to
continue to do so. Therefore we will act
fair with him.
"At present the Helena club will not
release Wiggs for less than $1000. There
is no doubt that this sum "can be obtained
for him. This money kocs to the club,
of course, but Wiggs will gain the advan
tage In stepping from his present position
into one that will nrobably he tho equal,
financially, of any In the country."
It Is a pleasure to read of ?uch fairness
between plaver and club officials. With
mor of It In the baseball ranks there
would be a general advancement for the
good of the game.
BASEBALL GAME TODAY.
Multnomah Clnb Nine Will Meet Up
chnrch Teajn.
Today's game "at the professional
grounds. Twenty-fourth and. Vaughn,
promises to be by far the best game of the
season, the contestants being the strong
"Multnomah Amateur Atheletic Club and
Upchurch teams.
The teams are represented, by the fore
most local talent, and as both are very
anxious to capture this game an exciting
contest can be looked forward to. Umpire
Ed Rankin will handle the Indicator. As
this Is the last game of the season be
tween local talent a large crowd is ex
pected. BOth teams have been practicing
faithfully for today's game and fast,
snappy ball will be the order of the day.
The Multnomah rooters will be out In
full force with horns and bells, but the
Upchurch contingent eay that they will
not be outdone.
The line-up will be as follows:
M. A. A. C. Pcpltion. Upchurch.
Whitehouse P Fleming or Reed
Stott C Brown
Zan 1 B R. Parrott
Banks 2 B Oliver
Wlckersham 3 B Patterson
Williams S S Allen
Doble L F Campbell
Cook C F Jacobs
Guerrin R F Baldwin
FEIFER'S NINE WINS.
Upchnrch Nine Is Defeated by Score
of 13 to 12.'
The Felfer's nine defeated the Upchurch
A. O. U. W. team at the professional
grounds by a score of 13 to 12. The feat
ures of the game were the superior hit
ting of the Feifor3 and Parrott'a work at
first for Upchurch. The teams lined up
as follows:
Upchurch. Position.- Fifers.
Brown C .Brediemier. Phillips
Baldwin P Keller and Golns
Parrott 1 B Mott
Oliver 2 B Case
Campbell 3 B Brewer
Walling L F Hanno
Jacobs ..C F Gardner
Reed P. F.Phllllpe. Brcdlemer
Patterson S s Meyers
SCORE BY INNINGS.
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Upch'-rch 30105030 012
Felfer's ... 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 4 0-13
California Lengoc Score.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. First game,
San Francisco. 3: Sacramento. 2. Second
game. Sacramento. 5; San Francisco. 4.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31.
8; Oakland, 4.
-Los Angeles,
KEPT ONE TROUT FOR HIMSELF.
Runs Chamberlain Gets IUd o 50 in
the City Hall.
Just one large basket of fine speckled
trout was the cargo that Russ Chamber
lain entered for clearance at the City Hall
Saturday, and just about 50 people want
ed one of the family that fell victims to
the veteran angler's hook and line. AH
of them did not get all they wanted, but
Mr. Chamberlain remembered each, and
In the want of more a single brook beauty
was looked upon as a prize which each
city official carefully guarded until ho
was able to convey it home. Mr. Cham
berlain reserved one for himself, and he
was sorry he did. for he was compelled
to answer a whole lot of questions as to
how many he had caught. He had, ho
said, caught just what was in the basket.
He had fished for them near Skamokawa,
and he had found the streams well filled.
No, he had not caught a ton. He was
certain of that; and everybody took his
word, for ho was too much of an angler
to go over a mark. He did, admit that
he had landed trout until he had got tired
of fishing and thought it time to return
home.
"Say, Russ, do you think you could do
that over again?" inquired a city officer,
as ho gazed upon a trout fully eight
Inches In length.
"Every time, when they are in season,"
replied the angler. ,
"Well," with visions -of another trout,
"I hope you take another trip pretty
soon."
"Next year," said the angler, and tho
vision died away.
CLOSING REGATTA TODAY.
Oregon Yacht Club Will Hold Last
Races of the Sennon.
The -closing regatta of the Oregon
Yacht Club will be held over the
club course this afternoon at 3:30
P. M. Yachts from each of three
classes will partlcipato In the races.
The indications, founded upon tho weath
er for the past few days, are that there
will be an excellent breeze for the races
this afternoon. The principle - interest
centers between the yachts Swallow and
Skylark, the former owned by J. E. Wolf
and Charles Marlitt and the latter by
Todd. Both of the boats have been on tho
drydock and are In the best of shape for
the contest.
PORTLAND-CHICAGO.
Seventy hours and thirty minutes (70V&
Is the time of the "Chicago-Portland Spe
cial" from Portland to Chicago. Leaves
Portland every day at 9 A. M. Ticket
office Third and Washington, O. R. & N.
Co.
After long illness, nothing equals tho
building-up effects of Hood's SarsaparlUa.
Contracted Disorders
The progress In the study of chronlo
contracted disorders during the last few
years has completely modified the treat
ment of thse very freauent diseases.
There la no chronic disease -so wide
spread, and Its tenacity and resistance
to all forms of treatment are features
universally known. Mora than five years
ago we described the method of dilata
tlon. which we have always since em
ployed, and which has been gradually
adopted by tha profession. We have
added few modifications since that time,
but the method has proven Its own
worth In the hands of others, and Its
results are incontestable. Dilatations by
special dilator. Irrigation and frequent
Inspections of the canal with the elec
tric, light tub, that no maneuver ba
undertaken that Js not surely Indicated,
give indisputable successful results.
Portland Office:
250 Alder St.