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THE XOENING OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1903. WHYTHEMEN FIGHT Articles of Agreement Signed Ay O'Keefe and Britt. JACK GRANT WILL BY REFEREE "Winner "Will Take Forty-two Per Cent of Gross Gate Receipts, Loser Eishtcea -Ter Cent, asd Club Gets Balance. The articles of agreement under -which Britt and O'Keefe will fight, as -will be noted, are Ironclad. All of the various stipulations and provisions have been lived up to. Last night the managers of the fighters got together and settled upon Jack Grant as the referee and settled the question about hitting and breaking In the clinches. The articles of agreement follow: Articles of agreement made and entered into this 4th day of February, 1903, by and between J. L. Day and Jack Grant, doing business as the Pastime Club, nartles of the first part, and Jimmy Britt and Jack O'Keefe, parties of the second part. The parties of the second part hereby agree to box 20 rounds. Marquis of wueensDerry rules to govern, at -the .Ex position building, in the City of Portland, county of Multnomah, and State of Ore gon, on Monday, the 9th day of March, A. D. 1903. The parties of the second part further agree mat snouia either weigh to exceed 133 pounds at the hour of 6 o'clock P. M. on said 9th day of March, 1903, such party shall forffit to his opponent the sum of $250. The aforesaid forfeit money to be ueposuca wiui I'eier want at least tnreo days before said contest takes nlace. The parties of the second part further agree to be at the ringside at the hour oi a o ciock xr. ul., on said 9th day or March, prepared to go on with said con test. It is hereby mutually agreed that the parties of the second part shall havo the privilege of selecting a competent and honest referee for said contest, provided said selection shall be made at least 24 hours before time of entering the ring. and should the parties of the second part fall to agree upon a referee at least 24 hours previous to said contest the parties of the first part shall appoint a referee tor said contest, said referee s decision to be final. The parties of the first part agree to ar range and conduct said contest to the best Interests of all parties thereto, and charge admission fees of $1, 52, $3 and 55, according to location of scats. The proceeds of said admission fees shall be divided as follows: Forty per cent shall be retained by the parties of the first part. The remaining CO per cent of the cross shall bo divided as follows: Seventy per; cent to be paid to the party cf the second part declared by the referee to bo the winner of said contest. The re maining SO per cent to be paid the con testant declared by the referee to be the loser. The management to be allowed not to exceed 80 complimentary ticket. Jack O'Keefe: "I hope to win." Jimmy Britt: "I hope to win." Brief statements both, but both cannot win, so one must take the losing end of the purse, while the other, like the glad iators of ye olden time, will leave the ring with the plaudits of thousands ringing In his ears and his pockets bulging with gold and silver coin. As it is with the municipal politician, so it is with the winning pugilist to the victor belongs the spoils. Few fights In Portland have attracted attention as has the battle tonight be' fore the Pastime Club. The advance sales are greater, and although so far there has been very little betting on the outcome of the bout. It Is expected that the crowd will be the greatest that .has ever witnessed a fight In Portland. There seems to be no end to the Britt money In sight and no takers. San Fran cisco has sent down a bunch of It to be placed on their favorite at $10 to 7 and at 510 to $fi. Some few bets have been placed at these odds, but as yet no big money has been placed. The reason for this is two-fold. Brltt's following on the Coast is very strong. In one sense It is his home, and those who have tacked their banner to his staff know him to be as game a thoroughbred and as clever with both hands and feet as they are made. Ho has fought many battles, but there has never been any with Old John Barley corn, neither has he ever engaged in any shady ring engagements. Callfornians look upon him as the boy with the win ning punch, and of course their money goes on him. The same can be written of quiet Jack O'Keefe. He also is a stranger to the "pace that kills." To the little Chlcagoan, after he Is through with his day's train ing, there is 'no place like home" and a good book. He is the exceptional fighter. He never talks about himself or his ring career, is never bombastic nor verbose. In speech and in action he Is methodical rather than impetuous, and is as cool as a cold storage plant. It would be hard to Imagine him losing his head during a battle. Ho is too calculating and far seeing to endanger his chances to win by recklessness, and yet he never lets an opportunity go by If he can help It. In stylo of fighting O'Keefe and Britt differ but little. In ring generalship O'Keefe, because he has met a long string of fighters, who have used all methods known to the knights of the padded gloves, will have a decided advantage. Like Britt, O'Keefe likes to be milling from the sound of the gong. This does not mean that ho is the "blng-bang" sort of fighter who throws science to the wind In hopes of knocking the other fellow out. It means that he will do his share of forcing tho fighting. He has taken more than one good beating in his time and 1b not afraid of taking a wallop when he thinks there is a chance of send ing back a couple In return. Britt Is of this sort, too, but Britt in all of his previous fights has been very fast His whirlwind method of fighting has alway been bewildering to the man In front of him. They have never been able to get him to open out of his crouch so as to punch him about the head. In a word, he has usually fought his opponent oft his feet. Neither of th fighters did any work yesterday. It was "rest" day In the camps of both men. O Kecfe. dressed in his Sunday happy raiment, after going to church in the morning, spent most of the day seeing Portland. The Illlnolsian likes to walk, and although he has been In the city but a short time, he perhaps knows the city and its surroundings bet ter than many a resident. Britt also was out early, and after taking a rub at one of the Turkish baths, he joined the San Francisco delegation who came on to see the fight, and they took a stroll over the city. Britt is a natural wit, and he kept the band of the faithful laughing all the time with his droll stories. To the hugh de- ugat or au, he told how once he was knocked off a bridge by a railway train Into a canon 45 feet, landing, bruised and bleeding, in a tree. The tree saved his life, but the train crew, believing him to have been killed and chopped to nieces by the rocks, brought a bushel basket down Into the canon in order to carrv back the remains. The train men man aged with difficulty to get him out of the tree and carried him to the waltlnsr train and laid him in the day coach. Willie Britt came along about this time. He looks like Jimmy and was recognized by the train men, but when it came to telling him that they had killed his brother they side stepped. Finally one big fellow plucked up his courage, and taking Willie aside, said: "Say, youse. de puffer hit your brudder. see, because he wasn t In de clear. Der wasn't anyt'ing to It. but down in the blnk zer him. sco! Well, w picks him up, see! an he's In the car wld ; his brain' running out of de crack In bis sky piece, seer Willie saw it was through tears and he hurried to the car. Jimmy was bleeding as the brakeraan had described, but he was breathing, so he ordered the train to take them to tne nearest station. Jimmy received several nasty cuts and was badly bruised, but he was able to be about In a couple of weeks. Aside from the main bout of the even ing, considerable Interest Is being takeD in the preliminary bout between Fitz patrick and Jimmy Reilly. Rellly arrived late yesterday afternoon and appears to be in: splendid shape. This fight will be almost as Interesting as the main bout. for both boys are clever and shifty fight ers. Keuiy a couple oi years ago rougnt Young;, Corbett and at that time gave the present champion a hard battle. Fitz- patrick and Rellly will fight for the largest purse ever offered in Portland for preliminary. Tom Tracey will have a new pair of scales put In his physical culture club tomorrow. It is on these scales that Britt and O'Keefe will weigh In at 6 o'clock tonight. Tracey bought the scales as a part of the club paraphernalia, but the first human beings to be weighed on them will be the two fighters. This, Tom thinks, will give the weighing machine a history that some day may be worth while. S. Ferrettl, manager of Hugo Kelly and Tim Kerns, of Chicago, has written to the Pastime Club, asking for a match with either of the fighters named. Fer rettl would like to match Kelly with Al Nell- or any good man weighing 150 pounds. The club has also a letter from A. I. Medgley, of San Francisco, who chal lenges the winner of the O'Keefe-Britt fight. LIGHTWEIGHTS TO THE FRONT. Criticism of Yohbr Corbett Seems to Be TJnjast. The little fellows In the fighting game have been holding the stage during -the past couple of weeks. Corbett drew with Hanlon, Terry McGovern came back, like the grand old man. Bob Fltzsimmons, de feated Maynard and Harry Forbes, and put It all over the much-touted English bantam, Andy TokeU. Much hard talk has been Indulged in since Corbett came so near to losing his laurels to Eddie Hanlon. This criticism came hot off the bat, and for the most part was unjust to the champion. The Denverite, lazy at all times, disliking the routine as a school girl does washing the breakfast dishes, was compelled to work up until 7 o'clock of the evening of the fight. In order to reach the weirht At A o'clock he was bundled into two suits of clothes and two sweaters and sent by his trainer for a long run on the road. When he came back he was at weight, but so weak that he could hardly stand. Taking this into consideration. It Is little short of the marvelous, considering the whirlwind fight the lads put up, that Hanlon did not put the champion away. It will hardly be false prediction to say that Corbett. after his fight with Terry McGovern. will graduate out of the lightweight class. The San Francisco Athletic Club was finally given a permit to hold a benefit for Frankle McConnell, the young fighter whose life was ruined In the last bout he took part In, and who has been a helpless Invalid ever since. The doctors say that mere is little chance of him ever earning a livelihood, and as he was the sole sup port of a poor widow woman, the benefit deserves the undivided support of the sporting public. The San Francisco Club has promised to turn over every dollar above the bare expenses of pulling off the show to the McConnell family, and, fur thermore, has guaranteed Mrs. McConnell $500 if the event Is a failure. But there should be no such thing as failure. The public should make it possible Tor the club to give the McConnells at least three times the amount guaranteed. Another effort was made to match Abe Attel and Frankle Neal, but again the fighters were unable to agree upon weight. Tho club Is now contemplating importing Harrv Forbes. It would be Just as well to leave Forbes in Chicago. Jack Bates, one of the heavies, who Is a member of the Britt training stable. Is anxious to fight before a Portland club, He recently fought In San Francisco, and fiy his showing made many friends. James Griffin, manager of Toby Irwin. Is on the trail of the victor of the O'Keefe Britt fight Jimmy Britt has beaten Irwin. Griffin does not think he can again turn the trick. The boys fought at Oakland, and after 15 rounds of ter rific fighting Britt was given the decision. Irwin broke his left hand. Had it not been for this, Griffin thinks his man would have had a look-in at the decision. The mill scheduled to take place be tween Benny Tanger and Austin Rice Is off. Rice, so dispatches say. Injured his hand while training. Tanger is In Hot Springs, training for his fight with Terry McGovern at Fort Erie, March IS. This fight, too, may go by the board. Mc Govern is at his Brooklyn home, quite rack. OREGON'S SEW TRAINER. W. SI. Ray Will Coach State 'Va slty Athletes. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene March a (Special.) W. M. Ray. the well known footracer, who has been secured to train the University of Oregon track team for the coming season, is one of the fastest professional sprinters on the Coast and Manager Earl believes that he will prove an exceptionally good trainer. Ray trained the Pacific College team In 1898 and succeeded in developing a number of fast men. Ray will arrive In Eugene In a few days, but during the meantime Cap tain Payne will look after the training. Manager Earl is at work on his sched ule, which includes meets with Albany College. Pacific University, Willamette University, Oregon Agricultural College and the Multnomah Athletic Club. Smith May Act an Coach. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, March a (Special.) Football Captain I. H. Watts yesterday recelvecLAvord from "Locomotive" Smith, the famous Califor nia halfback, saying that he might be able to come north and coach Oregon next season. No definite arrangements have been made, but the captain and manager will do all they can to induce Smith to coach the "varsity. Bowled a. Perfect Score. MILWAUKEE, March & Arthur Wal lace, a member of the Lincoln Bowling team, of the Bay View League, bowled a perfect score of 300 points in a pony-ball game of tenpins last night This score is said to have broken the world's record of 90 with pony balls. Commissions ea California. Races Accepted. Portland Club Cafe, 130 Fifth etreet Direct wires from the tracks. CHRISTEN THE COLORADO SauEhter of Governor Peabody In vited to Break Bottle. PHILADELPHIA. March S. Miss Cora Peabody, daughter of the Governor of Colorado, has been invited to break the bottle over the bow of the hug'e cruiser that bears the name of her native state. The launch will take place at Cramp's Ship-Yards on April 9. It will mark the placing afloat of an entirely new example of American cruiser, as the Colorado is so much larger and more powerful than her sister cruisers that she is easily as great a naval acquisition as a battleship of the accepted first-class pattern. Wax ic not gathered from flowers nor from any other source, but is a natural secretion of the bees, and is only produced by thea during heavy coney Cows. SOUNDS VERY FAMILIAR EASTERN SATIRIST WRITES SKIT ON BASEBALL, SITUATION. Seems ta Fit ASairx en Paclftc Coast Fairly Well, Al the ash Prepared la New Xerlc Fans who read the following account of the opening and closing of a baseball season, undoubtedly will thlk that it is printed as a knock. But it is far from this. If it fits the Portland past and present baseball situation, rest assured it was not the fault of the man who wrote it for the New York Sun. Here is the story: "March 10 Manager '"John Smith, who will handle the Blues for the coming sea son, arrived in town yesterday from the iasu ae is the picture of health arid cays that he never felt better In his life. Smith is the best manager in the United States, barring Hanlon, Selee, Comlskey ana area Clarke, and if the Blues had not signed him, he would have been snapped up oy one of the National Lea true clubs. Ho knows the came from Alnha. to Omega and Is the most expert judge of young blood that ever sat on the bench. Smith says that the Blues will have the finest players that money can buy and that if money counts for anything, the pennant will come here. He does not care to make known the players under contract just yet but when he does, there will be a glorious celebration by the cranks. Last night President Jones and the board of directors of the Blues gavea banquet to Manager Smith at the Tavern. After the cigars had been lighted, Presi dent Jones arose and said: " 'Gentlemen, we have gathered here tonight to greit our new manager, John Smith. He Is the prince of good fellows and has already won our hearts. I am sure tnat the Blues will win the pennant and that we will all take our hats off to Mr. Smith, whe will oblige us with a few remarks. "Mr. Smith then took the floor and made a neat speech in which he said that he had every reason to believe that the Blues would win the championship of the Oil Tank League and that the cranks would be compelled to pass a vote of thanks to President Jones for his ex treme liberality. Many toasts were re sponded to and the party broke up at a late hour with cheers for President Jones and Manager Smith. "March 20. Manager Smith made a ten strike yesterday when he signed the fam ous Cannon Ball Battery. Pltchem and Ketchem. Smith his been after these stars for two years and had to pay big money to get them. Pltchem will get $4000 for the season and Ketchem will receive $3000. Pltchem Is a wonder. He Is fast on his feet a .300 hitter and has speed to burn". He can send one of his fast shoots clean through a two-inch plank, while his curves are so sharp that he is afraid to let them all out He has phenomenal con trol, being able to knock a glass bottle off the top of a fence with a pitched ball at a point 100 feet away. Ketchem in his Ion? career has never had a passed ball and is the greatest thrower to bases that the public has ever seen on the diamond. "It is the finest combination of pitching and catching talent in the world and Man ager Smith is to be congratulated. He also has signed a famous first baseman, Big Jim Grabber, from the Grabville team. Here Is a corking ball player. He is 6 feet 2 Inches tall, weighs 205 pounds In trim and can bat like a fiend. His average in the Gashouse League last year was .480 and he led all others with the stick. The Chlcagos, Bostons, Phlladelphlas and New Yorks were after him, but Manager Smith was too quick for them. Grabber Is easily the best fielding first baseman in the coun try and a crack baserunner. He is one of the few intelligent players in the profes sion, being college bred, and is studying to be a lawyer. Courteous, clean and manly. First Baseman Grabber Is a credit to the game and to the City of Slowtown. "When the cranks see the men Manager Smith has secured to play the other in field positions they will throw up their caps in ecstacy. He has signed Stoop and Stop 'Em to play second and third, re spectively. Stoop is such a miraculous fielder that few understand how he can. cover the ground he does. He Is lightning on double plays and a tremendous batter. He has an eye like a hawk and is the quickest kind of a thinker. Stop 'Em is the best shotstop playing ball, barring George Davis, Bill Dahlen and Herman Long. He led the shortstops of the Soap Suds League ast year In fielding and stood second in batting with an average of .4C0. He will have the crowds by the ears. Manager Smith will put him on third base as he has signed Bill Bootem to cover shortfield. . Everybody knows Bootem. He is called 'Home-Run Bootem, because he always knocks the ball over the fence. He is a marvel on double plays and the fleetest baserunner in the profes s'on. This will be the 'stonewall infield' of the league and there is no better anywhere. With Green in right field, Brown in center field and White in left field, the Blues will have another remarkable combination of talent, as these three men are the most finished outfielders In the United States. Manager Smith is looking for a new pltchi er and will pay big money for him. "March 25 Manager Smith has made another great hit He has purchased Twlrlem, the champion pitcher of the Northwest, and will pay him a salary of $3000 for the season. Twlrlem Is a left hander and Is about the best man seen in the West He says he had an average of IS strike-outs per game last season. Can you beat this? "March 30 The Blues reported for duty yesterday. A finer body of men never assembled at Blue Park. All six-footers and well groomed, they cavorted about the field in such lively fashion that there can no longer be any doubt About the pen nant Manager Smith bad a talk with the men and told them that he should hold hem strictly accountable for the enforce ment of the rules. "April 15 The season opened here yesterday in a blaze of glory. The Blues played pennant ball and defeated the Pink Uns by a score of 5 to 0. Ten thou sand wildly enthusiastic rooters cheered the Blues to the echo when- the game was over. Pltchem and Ketchem were In the points and they worked together like clockwork. The infield was a piece of ma chinery. Grabber pulled down some seeth ing liners, while Stop 'Em and Stoop ex ecuted several lightning double plays. JJootem was all over the field and accepted 15 difficult chances without an error. It was the finest shortstopplng ever seen here. The outfielding of Green, Brown and White was superb. "April 25 The Blues have now lost six straight games. They are playing In hard luck, and the umpires are rotten. If Umpire Squint had seen Stoop touch the runner at second base In the seventh inn ing yesterday, he would have declared a double play and the side would have teen retired without a run. But the um pire's ruling cost just six runs. Squint is a highwayman and should be removed! Manager Smith and President Jones have protested him, after seeing the names of 50 prominent citizens on a petition to President Quit of the league. The luck will soon turn. "May 15 Manager Smith says there is a conspiracy on foot to rob him of the championship. He says If President Quit insists upon sending Umpire Squint here he will bar that official out of Blue Park! The Blues are still having hard luck in chunks. With three men on bares in the last inning yesterday and three runs need ed to tie the score. Grabber hit a terrific liner to short left. The ball was traveling at frightful speed. It had whiskers on it, and looked good for at least three bases. But just as It went howling through the Infield it came in. contact with Ketchum's head, as he was running frbsa second to ! third and that ended the game, as Ketchem was out, of course, hit by a batted ball. But the luck -will turn. "June 1 Manager Smith released Ketchem yesterday and signed Bagem. the crack Southern shortstop. Ketchem could not catch a train, let alone a baseball, and he could not throw a bit. let alone throwing to bases. Manager Smith says that Ketchem had malaria all the Spring and could not get It out of his system. So he had to go. The team needs a good shake-up. It seems. Somebody said yester day that he saw three members of the team eating corn beef and sauerkraut and drinking beer at 3 o'clock In the morning. Where are Manager Smith's eyes? "June 20 If the Blues play the way they did yesterday they cannot lose the pen nant Manager Smith, must have filled them lull of ginger. "July 1 Manager Smith released Third Baseman Stop 'Em yesterday. This player couldn't play marbles and his head was always filled with salad, dressing. Ho was the slowest fielder we ever saw and a weak, cowardly hitter. Manager Smith has signed Harry Kickem to play third instead. Kickem comes highly recom mended. "July 15 Grease the toboggan! Down they go! The Blues have lost ten straight games. What is the matter with Manager Smith? Has he lost his grip? Why doesn't he fine Grabber $50 for incompetency and blundering Idiocy on the base lines? Release Twlrlem at once. He isn't worth a pinch of snuff. Tne Blues need an en tirely new outfield before they can hope to win. Come, Manager Smith, get a move on you. Do not blame the umpire but get after some of those dopes you have on the team. Nearly all of the men are drinking after hours and gambling all night A staff correspondent who was with them on the last trip watched them closely and has sufficient evidence to war rant the dismissal of the whole team. "Aug. 1 Manager Smith has released Pltchem outright He was the worst four flush that ever faced a batter. He had no speed and was as wild as a bawk and also had a yellow streak. The manager has signed two youngsters who will re ceive a thorough trial in the box with the idea of getting them in shape for next season. He has also fined Second Base man Stoop $200 for shirking hot ones and has warned First Baseman Grabber that If he muffs another thrown ball he will go to the coal mlnes-for good. The Blues can be expected to take a brace from now on. They have a good chance to get out of last place and should receive great en couragement v. "Aug. 15 The Blues played the worst game of ball here yesterday that has been seen In" this part of the country. They played like green amateurs and 1500 spec tators hooted them off the field. Manager Smith has released Stoop and Boolein. two of the worst lobsters ever seen in uni form. He has secured some young bloods who will be developed for next year. ept 1 It Is nothing but mismanafre- ment This man Smith signed a lot of dead ones In the first place. He was afraid to spend a cent for talent so got a lot of cheap skates here who couldn't play ball If they stayed on the diamond 30 years. Smith hoodwinked President Jones and hoodwinked everybody. He should be released at once as we never said he amounted to anything. , "Sept 15 Smith was released by Presi dent Jones yesterday and left town on the 1 o'clock train. A thousand Indignant citizens followed him to the depot and groaned audlniy as the train pulled out Smith will probably steer clear of this place in future if he wants to keep his skin whole. The Blues will probably brace up during the remaining days of the cam paign. Sept 30 The Blues disbanded today. Only 25 persons saw the closing game of the season. It resulted in a defeat as usual. President Jones would do well to step down and out and let some young hustlers take hold of the club. "Oct 25 President Jones sold out his stock in the local club yesterday to a syndicate composed of young, energetic business men, "who will proceed to build up a great team at onco and help the pub lic to forget the past The team repre senting this city during the season just closed was a disgrace. It was incempe tently managed and controlled by a penny wise policy. All is changed now, how ever, and. good times are coming. Walt for next year!" From all of which it may be realized that the life of a manager or tnat of a magnate, or even a ball player. Is not a bed of roses at all times. LARGE PITCHING CORPS. Some Statistics Which Show That There Are Too Many. The old and much mooted question of carrying an army of pitchers Is again being discussed in the East In the Na tional and American Leagues, 16 clubs aggregated no fewer than 176 pitchers during 1902, an average of 11 pitchere to a club; and yet not more than four pitchers of each club's corps took part In more than 10 games of the club's season. It was the same In 1901, but not to such an extent as last year. In 1202 the Pittsburg team won the pennant with a corps of but five pitchers. as the leading five men pitched in an aggregate of 99 victories out of the 103 recorded, so that practically those of the Pittsburg s pitching corps of 1902 who did the effective work In the box which vir tually won the pennant for the club numbered but five pitchers, that being more than any club requires for its team The Pittsburg club, which won the pen nant race, had the smallest corps of pitchers of any club in the league of 1902. On the other hand, the tail-end New York club had no fewer than 13 pitchers In Its corps for 1902; and yet but six of them did the brunt of the box work, namely. In pitching In 46 of the 48 games won during the season; seven of the 13 pitching In but two victories of the season's total, and five of the seven did not pitch even in a single victory. Can anything show the folly of using so many pitchers on a team greater than this fact? In the American League, too. the statis tics of the pitching corps of each club of the league show similar results as re gards the utterly useliss cost of employ Ing so many pitchers on a team. But six of that club's pitching corps of 1902 pitched in 10 games or over during the season. Of these six but four pitched in more victories than defeats. And, by the way, there was an important differ ence between the working of the two champion teams of the two leagues, and that was that the pitching corps of the Pittsburg club virtually won the pennant for the club, while the success of the Athletes was mainly due to the remark able team work done by the field support of the pitching corps. A striking instance of the uselessnesa of a large pitching corps was shown In the case of the Boston American League Club, which club had a corps of 11 pitch ers, and yet but three of the 11 pitched In more victories than defeats, these three pitching In an aggregate of 64 vic tories out of the season's total of 77. But the worst showing of an American League club's pitching corps was that ol the Cleveland Club, whose pitching corps numbered 20 pitchers in all. 18 of whom pitched in victories or defeats and two others in parts of games. Three of the 13 pitched in more defeats than victories, and six did not pitch In a single victory. Pentathlon Contest. The Young Men's Christian Association will bold an athletic contest on the even ing of April 4. In the association gymna sium. The evening's programme will con sist of-slx events, viz: Shot-put nole vault fence-vault quarter-mile potato race, running high dive and running high jump. The winner of the greatest number of points in the contest will be awarded a gold medal, and other prizes will be awarded for the winners In each event The contest which will be known as the Pentathalon contest, will decide the as sociation championship and all the events will be hotly contested, over 40 contest ants being expected to participate. SAN JOSE BEATS BROWNS PORTLAND TEAM LOSES BY SCORE OF 2 TO 1. Narrevrly Escape & Shat-Ont, hut Managers Say They Are Pleased With ShoTrlas Made. SAN JOSE, March S. (Special.) In the first snappy game of bill at Cyclers' Park today the Portland team was de feated by the San Jose nine by the score of 2 to L Pitchers Engle, Slagle and Kostal worked, for the "Browns," while Butler, Thatcher and Shields pitched for the opposing side, which was the regular San Jose league team, each pitcher pitch ing three Innings. The first trio of pitch ers showed excellent form but were given ragged support five errors being made behind them. The other trio of pitchers was given a most perfect support by the local aggregation, only one error being made. There were but few hits during the game. The Portland team secured four, while the San Joso men were only able to make three, one of these being a two bagger. It looked as if it was going to be a shut-out for the Portlands, as they were unable to get a man over the home plate until the ninjth Inning. Shields, who was pitching for the San Jose nine, be came very wild, walking three men, and Harlow reached home only through chance. Zlnser, who played second In place of Anderson, who Is ill, made two errors, one of them being on an easy pop fly. Schmcer, Shaffer and Smith were re sponsible for the other three mlsplays. Smith dropped a long drive which let In one of the runs for San Jose. The managers were pleased for the most part with the work'' of their men. stating that they did not expect a clean game, as the players have not been able to do much practicing during the week on ac count of the rainy weather. Hotv the Brown Train. Mr. Marshall and Captain Vlgneux are highly pleased with the work of the teams. Among the men who have made a good impression on the managers is Claude Schmeer, the little shortstop, who last year played with the Helena team. He Is showing great form, and gathers In everything that comes his way. Jay Andrews Is also there with the goods, and although very heavy covers his territory remarkably well. Shaffer is the soul of the aggregation. His work is just a little bit ofC color at the present time, but he will soon get down to business. Fielder Nadeau, of Brockton, Mass., who last year played in the New York State League, pleases the eye of tho managers. He Is strong both in the field and at the bat and Is a fine specimen of manhood. Smith, who will also play in the gardens. stands 6 feet 2 inches and has displayed his prowess to the satisfaction of all. Van Buren will be the third fielder, and nis work Is well known to Portlanders. Of the pitchers. Shields, who twirled for St Louis and Baltimore In the American League last season, will hold his own with any of them. Butler, of the Roches ter team, the pennant-winners of the Eastern League last season. Is sure of a place on the team, If he makes as good showing In a game as he has in his prac tice work. Slagle, formerly of the Los Angeles team. Is another of the men on the pitching force who will make a strong- bid for a position on the pitchers staff. There are also Kostal and Engle of last year's team and Thatcher, of Nashville, Tenn., of the Cotton States League. The Garden City Wheelmen have ac corded the use of their clubroojns to tho team. The members of the team have felt rather lonely, with no place to go, but now they will have the full use of the elaborately fitted rooms of the cyclers. The handball courts, the baths and the gymnasiums will be used to good advan tage whenever It rains. The San Jose combination Is very strong. having such men as "Wee Willie" Ham mond, formerly of the Oakland club; Josh Rellley, of the San Francisco nine; Mike Steffanl. the old-time pitcher; "Happy" Hogan, of Sacramento, and many other first-class players. The game will give the managers of the Portland team a good opportunity of sizing up their men. MANILA'S BASEBALL TEAM. Natives Are Interested In the Six Clubs Playing There. Just now everybody In Manila, soldiers, foreigners and natives, are worked up to the highest pitch over the outcome of the fight being waged for baseball champion ship by the six teams composing the Ma nila Baseball League. The fight is ex tremely close, and at this time It is Im possible to figure out with any degree of certainty which team will carry oft the championship trophy. The teams In the league are the army, the marines, department of land trans portatlon, army transport service, Cavlte and the metropolitan police. Six months ago the meeting that placed baseball on a firm foundation In our Pacinc posses slons was called by Colonel McCoy, of the volunteers. Colonel Helstand, Adjutant General of the Philippines, and Captain: Butt French and Wood and Mr. Holt The result of the meeting was the forma tlon of the league and the election of Colonel McCoy as Its first president The league organized, the next problem that confronted the promoters was grounds and grandstand. Unlike New York, grounds are to be had in and all around Manila, and the greatest trouble the officials had to deal with was to de cide which site was best suited to base ball purposes. At leangth a plot centrally located and In easy reach was selected The question of grounds settled, the grand stand problem yet remained to be solved There was no stock Issued and hence there was no money coming from that source. Alter a iun discussion or various schemes to provide a grandstand, it was finally decided to raise the necessary amount by subscription. From the first the subscriptions came In In gratifying amounts, and In a short time enough money had been collected to Justify ground being broken for the stand. By the time the stand was well under way subscriptions sufficient to guarantee its completion were in hand, and In a few weeks a stand that would accommodate 700 people and bleacher accommodations for 1000 more were ready, and the officers announced the playing schedule for the season. The grounds on which the stand Is are leased and a fence that defies the climb ing prowess of the Filipino boys now sur rounds them. The games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, and so far each game has drawn a "capacity" crowd, with the result that the managers, players and public have caught the baseball fever in the most malignant form. A small admission fee Is charged and at the end of each game the competing teams are called together and the gate receipts divided between the players, 60 per cent going to the winning and 40 per cent to the losing team. Governor Taft is a regular attendant at the games, ac cording to the Army and Navy Register, while "the most fashionable element of Manila has forsaken all other sports, such as racing, to see the baseball play ers." The enthusiasm over the game has jrone so far beyond the expectancy of those who organized the league that the crandstand has bad to be doubled and the bleachers tripled In size. When the season opened the teams rep resenting the army, marines and the de partment of land transportation were con sidered to have the best chance to win the pennant At first they Justified the hopes of their followers, but recently the army transport team has taken a brace and Is rapidly closing the breach between themselves and the leaders. English Colony Interested. Of tho game that the teams are putting up for the benefit of the people in Manila, the .Register says: "The games will average up well with any ot the league games in America, and the enthusiasm over this American game has extended to the English colony, which turns out almost en masse at every game. Incidentally it may be mentioned that the natives take most readily to baseball, and several teams of native players have been organized, which play on the league fields before and after the regular league games. They have picked up the vernacu lar "of the game, and it is interesting to watch their playing and the regular root ing which is done in English by them. Field snorts, ft may be mentioned, have also secured a strong foothold in Manila. and regular field days for competition be tween athletes of the Army and Navy Club, tho University Club and the English Club are promised. The field days are to occur every three months, and the pro ceeds will be given to the hospitals. The other clubs In and around Manila have been invited to take part In the sports. "It would seem, concludes the Reg ister, "that American sport has come to tay in the Philippines, and It would seem also to solve a large problem of health, as It is noticeable that those officers and men who go In heavily for exercise scarce ly ever miss a day at duty, while it i3 seldom that they succumb to the sick nesses which are largely produced in a tropical climate." "The time is ripe for the Players' Pro tective Association to put Itself on a sound basis." This is the statement of Dale D. Gear, president and manager of the Kansas City American Association Club and formerly secretary of the Play ers' Union. Gear not only said the association should not be allowed to die out, but went into detail to show why the organi zation was needed and the benefit It would be to players, managers and the baseball public He did not talk from the stand point of the magnate, but from that of the player. MARSHALL IN 'FRISCO. Portland Baseball Man Tallcs of Team in California. Manager Jack Marshall had the follow ing to say Saturday while he was In San Francisco: How about Piggy Ward? Where is he going to play?" Marshall was asked. "He wants to play with us. but he is afraid that the Butte club will make trou ble for him if he does, and Piggy does not know what to do. -He Is now In the East, and as soon as he makes up his mind he will join one club or the other. The club won't burst up, however, If we lose him, for we have 16 players on the payroll." Smith is not the only pitcher Marshall can use in the field If the pinch comes. Shields Is an old hand at first base. That fellow Kostal will be a rich man some day," said Marshall, speaking of the work of his clever pitcher. "You know, most players want all they can get for traveling expenses, but when he wrote from Toronto to send him a ticket he asked for only $5 for traveling expenses. I'd like to know his system of traveling." Manager Harris tried to get a bet out of Marshall. He offered to bet him a new hat that Portland would not win two games of the opening series, and Marshall would not call the bet What has Lucas' league done in Port land about new grounds?" The last letter I got zrom there, which was only a few days ago, stated that ab solutely nothing had been done. Grim has given out his team, but he has men on It who' will never play there. Now. there is Glendon. for an example. He is In Sac ramento, working with Fisher. Grim has given out names just to make a bluff." Charley Doyle Is working daily with the Portland team. GOLF IN CALIFORNIA. Amateur Teams Will Compete for Handsome Trophy. San Francisco golfers are making great preparations for the annual competition for the men's amateur championship of the Pacific Coast, to be held on the Presidio links on March ll, 12, 13 and 14. The opportunity will be taken of holdln about that time the competition between amateur teams representing Northern and Southern California for the handsome tronhv presented by J. W. Byrne. This trophy was first presented in 1901 and was won in August of that year at Del Monte by a team from the South. Last year it was brought back from the South and returned to the donor. Owing to the small number of Southern golfers present' at Del Monte, no competition was held and the trophy now adorns the mantelpiece of the San Francisco Golf clubhouse. M'CLOSKEY TO REMAIN. Bntte Manager Not to Pilot New San Francisco Team. BUTTE, Mont, March 8. (Special.) In an interview tonight President Charles Lane, of the Butte baseball club, stated emphatically that John McCloskey, who last year managed the Butte team which captured the pennant of the Pacific North west League, would again manage the Butte club, and that the story to the effect that he had signed to manage the Pacific Northwest club In San Francisco was without foundation. According to President Lane, the man who will have charge of the San Francisco team Is yet to be engaged. Lane says inducements offered McCloskey to remain with Butte this year cannot be excelled by any other city In the league circuit . OSI HOSPITALS FULL! ST. LOUIS Medical and Surgical Dispensary Longest established. Most Successful and reliable Specialist in Diseases of Men, as Medical Licenses. Diplomas and Newspaper Records Show. 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McCloslcey, Henry Hart and J. A. Coleman. Backing Rival Organization. SAN FRANCISCp, March S.-Ground will be broken in -this city tomorrow for the rival baseball park, and the act -will furnish the first visible indication ot war in the National pastime on the Coast All parties interested concede that the fight ha3 progressed too far to permit of re treat on either side, and this condition Is tacitly admitted by HIckey and Sexton, the Eastern magnates, who cama here to endeavor to adjust the differences between the opposing managers. A story Is given out tonight purporting to disclose the terms upon which the Eastern gentlemen had expected to make peace. They wanted the new Coast League to enter the National agreement. and, knowing that the Invasion of Port land and Seattle would not be reconsid ered by Harris, Morley and their asso ciates, decided to conciliate the Northern managers who were sufferers by the new order. 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