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THE MORNING OEEGOSIAN.. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1903.. THE PAGERS' ORIGIN Were Known as Long Ago as 400 B.:C. QUEER GAIT,' NO NOVELTY Uaa Patch, the Unbeaten Champion, Who Brought "World's Record Ee loir Trvo-MInntc 34s.rlc, Beat IChotth of Hln Hace. Ever since the great pacing Quartet, Sleepy. Tom. -Mattle Hunter. Rowdy Boy and Lucy, swept through the grand clr sult, late In the "70s. and made pacing races popular, much discussion has oc curred respecting the origin and history of the American pacer. Just when and where the pacing horse had his origin seems hopelessly lost; In dim antiquity. At least 400 years before the Christian era the great sculptors of Rome and Greece modeled some of the best equestrian work upon horses show ing the pacing gait. Relics of some of the' early Grecian friezes are sua preservea In the British Museum and distinctly show the horses In a pacing attitude. At the beginning of the Christian era large numbers of pacing horses existed on the British Island, and were known by the name of "Ambulaturas," or "horses that amble." During the period that Rome occupied the British Island under her conquest, extending over a period of some 500 years" the pacer was the favorite for the saddle and light driving. Upon the seal attached to Magna Charta that great charter of human liberties wrenched by the barons from the tyran nical "hands of King John upon the Plains of Ruunymede, in England, in 1215 is emblazoned a. knight of honor mounted upon a pacing horse. After the -settlement of the American colonies some of the horses tliat were brought from the mother country to some of the colonies were pacers. In the early history of Pennsylvania we And well authenticated reports of pacing races, and the distinguished Thomas Matlock, of Philadelphia, Is authority for the state ment that at that early period the pacer was regarded as the "genteel horse, that the trotter xas deemed to be a base breed and that all races were pace races The first distinctive family of pacers of any considerable importance on this con tinent, of which we have an authentic ac count, was undoubtedly the Narragan setts. Just how they originated, from whence they came and whither they went. are questions that have not been answered to the entire satisfaction of turf readers, The first reliable historic account of these animals was given by the Rev. Dr. McSparrow, who was sent to the colony of Rhode Island as a missionary in 172L At that period they were In great general favor throughout Rhode Island as saddle and track horses. From the same authority it appears that the great popularity at home spread abroad, and that long before the death of this eminent divine (which occurred In 1759) by reason of exportation to Cuba, Canada and the English West Indies, the race became entirely extinct in New Eng land. As the first discovery was after the pacer's popularity ceased in England, and as the description of this family of horses corresponds almost exactly with that given of those possessed In England years before, a plausible theory as to the origin is that the founders of this family came to Rhode Island from England, and that they were one and the same family of horses. That for several generations Scotland had a pacing, family, called the Gallo ways, which were nothing but rather large-sized ponies, and that for several hundred years Iceland has had a family of pacing ponies, are historical facts. With the restoration of Charles II. and the ascension of that monarch to the throne In 1CC0 began the English love for running horses, and as that sport-loving people gradually introduced the race horso of the Arab and the Barb, the pacer grad ually sank In public favor, and finally be came entirely extinct In England, and it is believed that that country has not had a pacing family within her borders for more, than 200 years. Much mystery and uncertainty exists as to what became of the vast number of pacers that for several hundred years con stituted an Important factor among the pleasure-going people of England. It seems more than probable that the extinction was caused, first, by importation by the colonies, and, second, by Interbreeding with other races of nonpaclng horses until the pacing gait was obliterated. Based upon undisputed historical facts and corroborated by an unbroken chain of circumstances. It is believed that tne following conclusion is warranted: Some time nrior to the. last century. Canada imported from England a large number of pacers, and about the sime time a number of the English pacers came to Rhode Island, either directly from Eng land or through Canada. Many oi tne Narrairansett pacers went to Canada, and from Canada came to Kentucky the first pacers known In that state, and Tennessee secured from iwentucKy tne louncauon upon which Its pacing structures have been built. It -would be impossible to find space for the long string of pacers that brings this kind of light harness race horses up to Din Patch. History in homeopathic doses is becoming popular, and here is a very brief chronology of Dan Patch and his unparalleled career: 1896 Foaled at Oxford. Ind.: bred by D. A. Messner. Jr.; sired by Joe Patchen, 2:01i. dam Zellca, by Wllkesbarre. 2:30. 1900 Appeared first upon the turf, won all his races four and made a record of :16. 1901 Won all his races 12-$13,8G0 In stakes, and lowered his record to 2:04. March. 1902 Purchased by M. E. Stur- gis. New York City, for $20,000. 4 August 2. 1902 Paced in 2:001 at Colum bus, O. . August 22, 1902 Paced In 2:004 at Read vllle. Moss. August 23. 1902 Paced in 1:59 at Provi dence. R. I. September 23. 1902 Paced in 1:534. at Readvllle. Mass. December 8, 1902 Purchased by M. W. Savage, Minneapolis. Minn., for $0,000. Dan Patch Is the uncrowned-king of the American light-harness turf, a king with honor, but without title. On the 3d of last September, when Dan Patch started at Readvllle. ,ihe manage ment announced that he would attempt to beat 1:59. Star Pointer's record. It was well understood by Mr. Sturgls. hia owner, and Mr. McHenry, his driver, and by the management, that while he woulJ do this he was technically to start against his own record of 1:E9, In order. If he beat It, and did not beat 1:59, he might still not lose the credit. He paced In 1:59 but the management neglected to make the necessary announcement that 1:D9$ was technically the mark aimed at. The error was discovered when too late. Perhaps the most wonderful thing about Dan Patch, Judged by his performances. is his consistency. He has never lost a race: he has started In 56 heats in con tested races, and he has lost just two; he has between the 3d of last August ahd the 2Sth of last October In 12 weeks paced 13 miles against time, over 11 dif ferent tracks, in eight different states, in the average time of 2:004. The career of DaVi Patch illustrates the possibilities of the light-harness turf as never before. His dam, It Is said, cost his breeder less than $500; the service that produced him cost -$150; for his breeder he won nearly $15,000 and sold, when five years of age, for 120,000; for Mr. Sturgls, who paid 520,000 for him, he earned at least i.15,000, probably more and nine months after his purchase sold for $60,000. And he is today but six years old, sound, and with a great future yet before him. At the close of 1901 the shadow of Dan Patch was already upon the topmost steps of the pacing throne. Every horseman admitted It; a great many, who saw what was coming, would have bought him. But the price $20.000 stopped them. Nobody in the entire history of the turf had ever paid such an amount of money for a pac ing horse. Mr. Sturgls paid the price. Mr. Messner, when he bought Dan Patch, -was wise enough to place him In the hands of that veteran trainer, M. E. McHenry. Dallas Defeats the Indians. DALLAS, Or., March 22. The Dallas College basket-ball team dttfeated the Chemawa Indian School team last even ing, at the Chemawa grounds, by a score of 17 -to 10. The Dallas boys have noth ing but harsh words for the treatment they received while at Chemawa, and they say that this game was the roughest they ever took part In. The Indians were no match for the collegians, and as soon as they learned that fact, they im mediately commenced to foul the Dallas team on every possible occasion. One of the Indians informed the Dallas men that there was no difference between basket-ball and football, and proceeded to try and put the Dallas players out of business. Every one of the Dallas men hae black and blue spots on them, and Hoff man was so badly -Injured that he now lies In the Salem hospital from the effects of elbow and fist blows deliberately struck by the Indians. The Dallas players are all small and the Chemawaltes, real izing this, attempted to disable them, but could not. Had the game been fair, Dallas would have piled up a score that would have been ridiculous. I THE UXBEATEX PACING CHAMPION D AX PATCH, 159 1-2. ' ! 4 PORTLAND WINS OUT Defeated San Jose by Score ? of 8 to 4. ENGLE PITCHING GREAT BALL wants- a chance, to kill It- and put Munroe out of the business at the same time. "He can have the whole purse If he will meet me," says the black, "and I think I can introduce, him to his finish In short order." Nine out of ten ring followers will agree that Joe's chances of making good on this boast would be -very strong, but Munroe is not looking for any game of the "Demon's" speed, and will fight shy of him. ManagerJTack Herrmann, of the Inter national Athletic Club of Fort Erie, re cently tossed a, few jolts Into Tommy Ryan. "I have given up trying to do business with that fellow," declared the Buffalo man. "He Is the worst proposi tion in the fighting game. A dodger? He Is enough to drive a boxing promoter in sane. It seems like a lifetime task to get a forfeit from him and close a match, and even then he frequently finds a loop hole to escape keeping the engagement. He had me In the air for several weeks when I matched him against "Kid" Car ter, and It was hard work to get him into the ring finally. Then this O'Brien proposition blew along and I again start ed to dlclcer with Thomas for a bout with the Philadelphian, but I soon gave it up SAN JOSE, CaL, March 22. (Special.) as a oad job. ana now I am tnrougn wun in a great game of baseball at Cyclers' him for keeDS. I notice that he has just ( Park todav the Portland , challenged FItzsImmons again for a meet- I the San Jose nine by the score of 8 to 4. ing at io pounds. Before It was los. but It was a contest reolete with manv ln- j as soon as Bob agreed to fight the foxy teresting features. There was plenty of. . one knocked four pounds oft his figures, hard hitting and clever fielding. Mar f and named a weight which he knew FItz shall'3 "outlaws" had the better of tho could not make. Til bet an apple right t argument throughout- They secured a j now If FItz makes a bluff at accepting total o 15 hlts off the San JoSQ r,itcller ( Ryan's latest challenee Tommy will take ! nQ i 1 ... . i.. v.i ui. " another flop and set the weight at loO . -pnrtinnrt t-wir?or fn- oofnM tt-i,' Team, However, Is Badly Crippled, and Not in Shape for the Opening Game on Thursday. pounds. Oh, he's a beaut, that boy. want no more or mm. the public Is anxious to get a line, will make his next ring appearance In a six round bout with Gus Ruhlln In Philadel phia. The short distance will probably make McCoy's speed count enough to give Thatcher and Shields pitched for Port land, each of them holding down the slab for three Innings. Engle pitched great balL He never al lowed a hit- Thatcher became a llttlo unsteady in the fifth Inning. He allowed three hits, and, with the bases full, gave -h.ent a free pass to first, forcing in Pcr- hlm an advantage on points at the finish. I relra- T"e San Jose nine secured three , The "Kid" met Ruhlln at Syracuse on . May 20, 1S9S. and cut him to ribbons In 20 rounds. While the Hdosler Is not near . ly as strong now as he was then, and I Ruhlln Is much better in every particu lar, McCoy seems still good enough to etay tne limit oi six rounas, ana mas seems that he will outpoint Gus. FEW FIRST-CLASS JOCKEYS GOOD RIDERS EAGERLY SOUGHT AFTER BY HORSEMEN. Catcher Schvrartr Injured. VENTURA. CaL. March 22. In a" ball game today between Seattle and a local team Charles Schwartz, Seattle's second baseman, was seriously injured while at bat. He was hit on thejeft temple by a pitched ball delivered by Pitcher Frank lin. Schwartz was rendered unconscious, and is now In a delirious condition- Con cussion of the brain Is feared. Millionaire Ownerti Pay HlRh Sal aries to Men Who Can Pilot Their Racers to Victory. Never before In the history of the turf have first-class Jockeys been In such de mand as at the present time. In fact, there Is far from enough good material to go round, and unless some new stars come upon the horizon while the. "Wash ington Spring meet Is on. some of the big stables wllle In a sad way for good jockeys. Considering how many will be needed when first-class racing Is enjoyed sim ultaneously at various points, the present list of good performers Is remarkably smalL There are many important stables which, as far as is known, still lack the sen-Ice of a capable pilot- The crackerjacks still remaining in this coun try have been quickly signed at hand some salaries. "William C. Whitney seems to have well supplied himself, both In America and in England, in securing the services of Tommy Burns and Arthur Redfern In this country and H. (Skeets) Martin In England. Burn's retainer, it Is stated, will be $12,000. He will probably make as jnuch more before the season closes, as his services are In great demand. ", Arthur Redfern. thev90-pound phenome non, who sprang Into prominence in about the shortest time on record. Is unques tionably the best rider at his weight In the country, and the outlook for his suc cess In the "light blue, brown cap" of his famous employer Is very rosy. Redfern commands the highest price for riding of any of the jockeys hired this season. Mr. Whitney will pay $29,000 for lils ser vices. Of this sum $20,000 goes to Colonel Pepper, who had a lease on the boy. The rider will get the other $9000, with $03 added for every winning mount- He will earn a large sum from outside mounts, and he expects to clean up something like $40,000 during the season. One of the latest finds In jockey timber Is Willie Gannon, who will ride for L. V. BelL James R. Keene has the second call on his services. James McCormick, train er for L. V. Bell, discovered Gannon. He secured his release from W. L. Oliver, who did not have an extensive stable and let him go. Under the master hand of McCormick Gannon Improved rapidly. His hew employer soon realized that the M'CHIiSXEY, CKAMPIOX RACEHORSE OF THE WEST. boy was quick getting away. He was a strong, hustling jockey, the kind that rides well in short dashes, and handles 3-year-olds to a great advantage. It was while riding at the Aqueduct track that James Rowe, the really great horseman, who trains for Messrs. Keene. was at tracted to Gannon. Rowe watched him carefully ,and decided to get second call for his services. Another cfever knight of the pigskin who will wear Mr. Bell's colors Is Rice, who piloted Hermls to victory several times last season. Helgerson, who has been riding winning mounts at New Or leans, Is signed to ride for Captain S. S. Brown. He will ride horses In the West-4 ern division, and will be trained by Bob Tucker. George Odom, who r6de well all last season, has 'been re-engaged by Mr. ! Brown at a larger salary than ever. He will ride for the Eastern division of the ! stable, and as the millionaire turfman j -will campaign a big string, trained by Peter Wlmmer, Odom will have plenty to do. Enoch Wlshard, who trains for J. A. Drake, has engaged Houbre, who rode well last Summer. J. H. Hughes, who had a ..three-year contract with the lad, got a handsome price for releasing him. He Is but 14 years old, and still wears knickerbockers. His home Is In New Or leans. Tommy Mead will also ride for the .stable. Willie Shaw has returned to his old, employer. "Pittsburg Phil." He will receive $15,000 for his riding. Waugh Is an apprentice lad, taught to ride by James Rowe. He surprised the talent by ridlng home a 100 to 1 shot recently. Won derjy was engaged to ride for J. H. Carr. Carr, however, sold his release to Mr. Tichenor, of Chicago. Following is a- list of jockeys and those for -whom they will fide during the com-ing.season: Jockey. Emn!m-or Barry (steeplechase) Joseph E. WIdener. Battiste John Burrows. C. Bonner: w. rT. -FJ5.pr. A. Booker. ...G. L. Crawford. Buchanan W. H. Tichenor. Bullman John W. Schorr. T. Burns Wm. C. Whitney. Cochran Arkell & Leitehr. Creamer w. C. Daly. Donovan J. Milam. E. Donnelly S. C. Hildreth. G. B. Morris, 2d call. W. L. Oliver. 31 call. W. Gannon L. f. Bell. J. R. Keene. 2d call. Helgerson Capt. S. S. Brown. iioar Frank Farrell. Houbre John A. Drake. J. Johnson (st'ch'se).L. V. Bell. Landry Gorman & Bauer. J. Martin Julius Flelschman. Sydney Paget, 2d call T. Meade J. A. Drake. Minder August Belmont. O'Connor H. McCarren. Jr. Odom Capt. S. S. Brown. O'Xell N. Pennington. P. Lorlllard. 2d call. Redfern Wm. C. Whitney. Rice L. V. Bell. Robblns Mose Kahn. ,Shaw ...George E. Smith. Snea a. tinier. R, T. Wilson, 2d call. Watson Gumbers- & Powers. Waugh James R. Keene. Wllklns .V. Hollar. Wonderly W. H. Tichenor. DAVIS HIS NICKXA3IE. G rim's First Baseman Dabbed Slats by a Friend. J. Ira Davis, the clever first baseman signed for the Portland team of the Pa cific Northwest League, tells the follow ing story of how he came to be nick named "Slats." Said he: "In 1893. when I was with the Pottsvillo team In the Pennsylvania State League. I was first christened 'Slats.' There was a fan by the name of George Blckert, who ran a cafe there, and we would all meet in his place In the evening to while away tho hours. At that time I was a very thin fellow, and whenever I entered the place he would always greet me with: 'Hello, Slats, Silvers. Toothpicks, old man, how are youT At first It was annoying to me, and I tried to have him stop It. He, however, kept it up, and gradually the boys followed the lead, until finally the papers took It up, and then there was np stopping it any more, for no matter where I went or who met me. It was al ways, 'Hello, Slats.' I finally got used to it, and now it does not bother me any more. I cannot for the life of me tell, however, how It got all over the country, for when I "was on the Coast people I had never met beforewould recognize me on the street with the old familiar 'Hello, Slats.' At first I was surprised, but I finally resigned myself to fate, and am now prepared to have old St. Peter him self call me 'Slats', when we meet at the golden gate." Chicago Defeats Los Angreles. LOS ANGELES. CaL. March 22. Chica go turned the tables on Los Angeles to day and gave them a bad beating. The score at the end of the ninth inning was 8 to 0. The National Leaguers batted and ran "bases up to the best National League style. The batteries -were: Chicago, Cor rldon and KUng; Los Angeles, Corbett, Gray and Spies. Chicago will play one more game against the local team next Tuesday aft ernoon. Tuesday night they will be ban queted by the directors of the local Pa cific Coast League team, and on Wednes day will leave for home. LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT REILLY-CARTER. BOUT EXPECTED TO BE A FAST MILL. KiRht at Centralln. CENTRALLY, Wash., March 2L (Spe cial.! Alabama Kid and. Cyclone BertI, two light heavyweights, fought a fast ten round battle to a draw Saturday night. The bout took place just outside the city limits here, and .a large number of ring followers from the neighboring towns came to see the battle. The men fought for the gate receipts and a side bet of $100. It was a give-and-take mix-up from i San Jose nine they were unable to score. runs in tms inning. Their fourth run. came in the seventh on an error by Shaf fer and a hit- In the third inning Port land scored five runs. Engle singled and on a wild pitch went to second. Schmeer walked and Van Buren followed with a sacrifice. Smith was hit by the pitcher and took first. This made the bases full. Nadeau singled and Engle and Schmeer scored. Vlgneux came up for a two bagger, Smith and Nadeau scoring Vlg neux came home on an error at shor In the fourth Inning two more runs were scored on hits by Engle and Smith and an error. In the fl'fth another run came In on hits by Shaffer, Zinzer and Harlow. After this Inning the Portland team played hard, but through the clever pitch ing of Tyson and the fine fielding of tho Fighters Will Arrive In Portland Alter MeGovern-Corbett Scrap Is Decided in California. The Reilly-Carter fight, which Is sched uled for April 9 at the Pastime Athletic Club, although some distance away. Is attracting conslaerable local attention. Both men have signed the articles of agreement, which call for the men to weigh In at 163 pounds at 4 o'clock In the afternoon on the day of the fight. Reilly has fought in Portland, and his style of milling is well known. Carter, on the other hand, Is known largely through his record, which ranks well up with the best of them at his weight In a letter to the management of tho Pastime Club, Reilly has stated that he will reach the city March 31, and will com plete his training In Portland. Carter, who is also a Brooklynlte, is a member of Terry McGovern's training stable at San Francisco. He, too, will come to Port land after the battle between McGovern and Corbett. Carter has a long list of victories to his credit, and the fight be tween him and Reilly will undoubtedly be oneTofthe best heavyweight-battles ever pulled off lh the city. Both men are clever with their hands and are shifty on their TeeT,amP--mstea'd of backing away they bring the"-flshtlng in. The battle will bring as. .many strangers to the city, If not- more,, than did the Brltt-O'Keefe bout- Jimmy, Reilly, who fought In the pre liminary With Young Fltzpatrick, will again meet the" game little Chlcagoan In a 15-rouhd preliminary- Fltzpatrick did not return to Chicago when SIg Hart, his manager, did. He liked Portland, and be lieving that ho could beat Reilly In an other match, he stayed on. Reilly is to meet Rufe Turner, the fast California negro, at Tacoma on Friday night. He has Informed the Pastime management that, win or lose, he will be In shape to put up the fight of his life. Reilly took a severe beating from Fltzpatrick; only his ring generalship saved him from a knock out. Joe Walcott is out with a novel offer to Jack Munroe, the Montana accident, who is fighter, actor or wrestler as the oppor tunity 'presents Itself. Joe thinks Mun roe Is a four-flush, and not only says he can stop him In short order, but offers to give him every cent of the purse merely for going on. The "Demon" says the match with Sharkey is a shine and he the sound of the gong, with honors even at the end of the ten rounds, and the referee called the fight a draw. The de cision pleased the crowd. 31' G RAW 3IAKIXG TROUBLE. Rowdy Ballplayer Keeps Up His Old Tactics. Muggsy McGraw, the man who has done much to make rowdyism on the base ball field a disgusting feature of the game, is again out to make trouble. It was hoped when he was made captain and then manager that some degree of de cency could be Instilled Into the trouble some Muggsy. But nothing of the sort happened. Slugging umpires and lan guage that would have shamed a monger suited this Baltimore " saloon keeper and general tough. While In the National League he slugged umpires, cursed players and gave to the magnates tho horsey-hoot. When he flopped over to Ban Johnson's league there was a gen eral sigh of relief among National Leag uers. Muggsy sought to pass It along to Ban Johnson just as he had done to Hart and old Uncle Nick Young, of the National League. But In Johnson Mc Graw found a man who would not stand for his abuse and slugging umpires, and the first thing the Baltimore bruiser knew he was benched for the season. Jimmy Brltt's howl about the double crofcs was puerile compared to the roar that McGraw set up. Ban Johnson heard him out- He would have nothing of him and was not sorry when McGraw jumped back to the National League as manager of the New York giants. Since being with the Gotham team he has shown his old disregard for anything that bears the earmarks of decency. His latest at tempt to shatter the peace that was re cently declared Is his declaration that he has signed outfielder Jones, of the Amer ican League. If McGraw holds Jones then all the talk about respecting con tracts is bosh, and Muggsy will still be free to play the pirate and slugger. The score POKTLAND. AB. R Schmeer. s. s 4 Van Buren, c. f 4 Smith, r. f 4 Nadeau, 1. f 5 Vlgneux, 3b 4 Shaffer, lb 5 Zinzer, 2b 5 Harlow, c 5 Engle. p 2 Thatcher, p 1 Shields, p 1 Totals 40 SAN JO Hammond, c 4 Erie, s. s 5 Tyson, p .. 4 Rtllly. 3b 3 Perreira. c. f 4 Keefe, r. f...: 3 F. Foley, 2b 4 G. Foley, lb 3 Kent, lb v 3 H. PO. A. B. Totals 33 SCORK BY INNINGS. 2 114 0 10 2 10 113 10 1 3 3 0 0 1110 0 1 2 11 0 1 0 3 12 0 0 15 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ,.0 0 0 1 0 1 14 27 H 1 E. 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 1 Q 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 10 10 1 110 0 1 2 13 4 0 0 1 -4 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 1 1 27 13 5 Portland 0 Hits 0 San Jose 0 Hits 0 3 4 8 9 00 S 1 2-15 0 04 116 SUMMARY. Byers to Catch for Tisers. TACOMA. March 22. WMIe Byers, who caught for the Minneapolis club of the "American Association last season, will CUICU IU1 uit3 xigcto lug Lumuih ocauuii. Manager McKlbben has been negotiating for Byers for some time, and -pays the Minneapolis club $300 cash for Byers' release. Vanderhilt Horse Wins In France. PARIS, March 22. Vanderbllt's Alpha, ridden by Nash Turner, won the Prix de Fontalnbleau at the Long Champs meet ing this afternoon. Innings pitched Engle. Thatcher and Shields, three each. Hits Oft - catcher, 3; off Shields, 3. j Two-base hit Vlgneux. Double play Smith to Shaffer. j Sacrifice hits Van Buren, Vlgneux. Bases on ballsMDff Tyson, 1; off Engle, j 2; off Thatcher, 1; off Shields, 2. Stolen bases Schmeer. Harlow. Struck out By Tyson, 2; by Engle, 2; by Thatcher. 2: by Shields. 1. Passed balls Hammond, 2. Wild pitch Tyson. Left on bases Portland, 9; San Jose, 7, Tlmo of game 1 hour and 55 minutes. Captain VIgneux's squad of players Is badly crippled. Three of the men are on the sick list. Andrews sprained his ankle badly In practice. Fries will be unable to practice for several days. Hq may not be able, to be In the opening league game on Thursday in San Fran cisco. Slagle is still on duty -with his sore hand, and Andy Anderson left the hospital today for the first time. He will not be able to go In the game before a week. Smith Is suffering from a badly wrenched leg, and It was with difficulty that he played In the game today. With these four men on the invalid list the nine has but little chance for team work before Thursday. All the other pitchers are In good condition, and it Is expected that Butler and Engle will be chosen to twirl In the two first games of the season. Xclson Defeats Jimmy Michael. " PARIS, March 22. The American cyclist, Joe Nelson, won a match against Jimmy Michael at the Velodrome today, covering ten kilometers (6.214 miles) in 8:37 3-5, and 20 kilometers (12.43 miles) In 17:17 2-5. HEK3IIS, CHA3IPIOX RACEHORSE OF THE EAST. McChesney, king of the bangtails of the West and Hermis, who Is looked upon by the track followers of the East as the best horse that ever carried the pigskin, may In the near future race it out and forever decide the sectional opinion regarding the -two great racehorses. E. E. Smathers, bought and paid the fancy price of $20,000 for Mc Chesney, and at the time xf the purchase It was stated that the wealthy Brooklynije bought the horse for the purpose of matching him with Hermls. There has been much talk about the race, and It is very likely that the question of supremacy will be settled at Saratoga, where both horses are entered In the stake event. Hermls' great work during the Fall and a part of the Summer meetings stamped him, not only the best 3-year-old, but one of the speediest and gamest of the year. Of his supremacy over horses of the East there Is no ques tion, and the. only doubt to his claim to the title of champion of 1$02 came with the. prowess of the colt from the West, McChesney. Practical horsemen fair judges who have seen both horses at their best, are positive In their opinion that Hermls is the better stayer" of the two.