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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1911)
-inE-3roi?NnfG oregoxiax. fiuday, . iakch 21, 1911. CLUB ORGANIZED TO FOSTER SPORT Racing and Exhibition Asso ciation Incorporates for $100,000. HUGE TRACK TO BE B'JILT Prominent rortlitmd Mm Organiie Company to Take Qver. Twelve Mile Hng and ' Construes Moiordome and Aerodome. Portland Is to have a motordrome, an aerodrome, a new rare track and one of the biggest sport-fostering clulei In the world. Capitalised at i:o.floO. tae function being to promote horse breeding, etock shows and the holding of automobile and avia tion meeta, the Country Club Racing and Inhibition Association yesterday after noon filed articles of Incorporation with the County Clerk. Ten prominent Port Vind persons are named aa Incorporators, but behind them are all the commercial organizations and Portland's business men. Tna scene of this monnter organiza tion's activity will ba the Rosa Vinta Farm, where l located the Twolve-MJe ouae. two miles from Gresham on the e-iase Line road. At present this form la owned by Fred T. Merrill and la now conducted aa a breeding farm and road house. It wlil be taken over, however. Immediately and active work upon the project will betn eoon. to ba completed In time for Summer or Fall racing Country Club to Dissolve. The Portland Country Club and Live stock Association, with headquarters near Rosa City Park, where a mile track Js situated, la said to be going out of existence this Fall and the new associa tion will step ln:o the breach left by the withdrawal of the present organiza tion. However the new organisation wili ba far blirser and better situated, even though farther away from the city. The tract upon which these projects) will be situated la one of the prettiest In all Oregon, comprising SO acres situated upon a plain, which for scenic grandeur cannot be surpassed. .On the ground now there Is a huif-mlle track. This will be circled by the motordrome and aerodrome, upon which the best viators In the world are expected to fly. When this araoc'.atton's track Is com- pleted, Portland will no doubt become a member of the Grand Circuit of auto mobile racing and aviation meetings. It 1s understood by the directors that Port land will be taken Into the Orand Cir cuit, some of the bitterest meets of the world coming to Portland aa a conse quence. Train Service Adequate. Train service to the place will he adequate, the Troutdale branch of the Oregon Water Power Railway Company running by the farm. The Mount Hood Railway Company's line will also op erate within a few hundred yards of the entrance, while It Is easily aceswlble y motor from Portland via the Base lane road, the best thoroughfare In aiultnomah County. Merrill s Tweive-Mlle House will be taken over Immediately and converted Into a private country clubhouse In con nection with the association's amuse ment park. A meeting of stockholders will probably be held within a week and officers and directors elected. The meet ing wlil be held at the office of John Lcrsn. Mohawk building. The Incorporators! are; John F. Logan, K. Henry Wemme. H. C. Browne. R. Hansen. Jr, Charles Wright. M. C. Dickinson. Charlea Cleveland:. John F. fJhorey. Mary J. Merrill and F. T. Mer rill. Additional stockholders sre: J. B. Teen. Robert Inman. Julius Meier. Phil Sketches. Jr.. L- Therkelsen. Jr.. Fred erick A. KMbe. AI Cleveland Fred Roth eft 111. C W. Cornelius. T. W. Murphy. C. F. Wright. Frank Richardson. John M. Xann. A. J. Coffman. J. J. Russell. A. J, ghreve. F. E. Griff. E. M. Psker. C. W. Flan1ers. Helena Meyer. rr. C. B. Brown. Flnlty Morrison. Clayton Fa Has. Harry l Keats, Paul Dick. George A. Merrill. O. J. Brown. Harry Geman and Frank Griffith. today by Andy- Welch, owner of the Keadville track, and controlling; direc tor of Charter Oak track. Hartford. Welch, until now an optimist as to the future of racing In the Kast In the face of the most discouraging- condi tions, after a trip through the West, declares that he la fully convinced un less something Is done quickly racing In the Kast Is doomed. With Columbua opposing the eastern tracks. anJ the western courses per mitting speculation. Welch says It will be difficult to secure the entry of high class borses for the Kast. TKOl'T LKGAL PREY APRIL 1 Sportsmen Confused to Date for Opening of Season. El'GEXE. Or, March 13. (Special.) Owing to the fart that numerous new game laws were passed by the recent Legislature and the further fact that most of them were vetoed by Governor West, sportsmen of this county are utterly confused as to the open and closed seasons particularly the trout season. Dealers are complaining that- a Isrge number of fishermen are under tle Impression that the open season for trout begins Msy 1. and are mak ing no plans for the actual opening of the season on April 1. GOLFERS LEAVE TODAY TOURNEY AT GEARHART HIS ATTRACTIOX FOR MAXY. Links at Beach In Fine Shape for Two-Day Event Special Coach for Trip Chartered. Twenty-five or 30 members of the Waverly Golf Club will leave for Gearheart Park this evening for a two-day tournament at the links over looking the ocean. The management of the Gearheart hotel baa offered a beautiful cup and golfing enthusiasts of the city look forward to a pleasant outing at the seaside as well as an In teresting game. A special coach has been provided for the party and they will be taken through to Gearheart tonight. So far 20 members of the club have arranged to leave for the links on the evening train, while severs! others will make the trip Saturday to take part in the tournament tiunday. From Portland In the special coach this evening will be Mr. and Mrs. Frank Raoaom. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wes ley Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Coman. Mr. and Mrs. Norrls Gregg. Mr. and Mrs. David Honeyman, Jordan Zan, James Alexander. Russell Smith. K. O. Stlckney. T. A. Llnlhlcum. John Ben nett. Robert Kerr' and H. C Bowers. From fpokane will be Frank P. McCol- lough and J. E. Williams. Advices were received from Gear- hart yesterday that the ocean links were In the best of condition for the tourney Saturday and Sunday. This Is the first of the monthly tournaments to be held at Gearhart during the Sum mer. A number of the members of the Waverly Club are cottage owners at Gearheart Others have secured aites for homes at the seaside and the golf links at Gearhart will no doubt be used extensively this year. SHERIDAX ITXIXG BALL FAI'.K "Colts" to Plaj do-Game Schedule With Teams In Oregon. SHERIDAN. Or, March II.-Spe-eial.) Several hundred dollars la being expended In putting the baseball field In shape and In the erection of a club house, and Sheridan will own the best ball -park of any Independent team In the slate when the work is finished. The Sheridan "Colts" will be captained by E. L Knickerbocker, an ex-Eastern coach. Manager Payne Is receiving dates from many clubs la Portland and the Willamette Valley and a 40-game schedule Is being arranged. Sheridan has been invited to co-operate In forming a Yamhill County League, but Inasmuch as. the "Colts" won tbe championship of the 'Wil lamette Valley last year, they will go after larger fry and not confine them selves to county baseball. SEATDN TO PITCH WILLIAMS SECIRES GROCXDS Roadsters to Begin Practice at Co lumbia University Saturday. Nick Williams officially closed ne gotiations yesterday for the use of the Columbia University coliseum and coliseum and campus, upon which his Portland club of the Northwestern League will do Its preliminary work. Ids work will commence Saturday aft .ernoon, to be Increased the first of next week by workouts twice a day. I am well pleased with the training site and have no hesitancy In saying that Portland has the best training oiartere In the Northwest. said Man ager Williams, following the comple tion of details' for the field. "Of course, we hope for fair weather, but In case we sre unfortunate In this re spect practice will In no way be re tarded. I hope for good weather because the other clubs of the Northwestern League have a week or more start of the 'Roadsters' in going into training. We Trtave a tough schedule ahead of us and we'll need to be In good condition. Give me the club that can win on the Toad and 1 believe I have It In nay men to make a winning club, both on and off the road " Aboard the steamer Beaver, which arrives at Alnsworth Dock this after noon, wlil be a number of players from California whom Williams sent on the eea route for the benefit of their con dition. Among those men are Tonne- son. Berger. Allegan. Glncke. Tales, I-oriand. Mundorff. Clothier and Wa ters. It seems doubtful whether Bolce. for merly with Cleveland. who worked with McCredle s Beavers last year, will report. According to McCredle. Bolce Is having a difficult time getting Into condition, ard that la hla reason for not rerortlng. Wl!Ila-ns was notified yesterday that FdJIe Mensor has left Santa Maria fJr Portland and would arrive here by Sat tardav. With Mensor is coming Stteehy. ef Santa Marta. who pitched for the Irish la the St. Patricks Ir game. Williams wss impressed by the work ef Sneeby anl thinks be may make good In the class B leacue. Several ether players sre ext-ected to report tedav or tomorrow. George Ort Is al reajy here. DOOM OF RACING IS SEEX Grand Circuit Magnate In Fat See End of Meetings. F'"STON'. March IV Grand Circuit raeinc over the eastern irsks. Includ ing Keadville. Hartford. Buffalo and rTracuae. seems to be a thing of tbe taal according to a statement issued Bine Mountain Games Open Sunday. PENDLETON. Or.. March IJ (Spe cial.) The Blue Mountain Baseball League, comprising the towns of Echo, Pendleton. Athena. Weston. Mllton Freewater and Walla Walla, will open Its season next Sunday. Pendleton plays at Echo. Walla Walla at Athena and Weston at Milton. Weston won the pennant, last year. Fendletoa ran a very close second. OPENING MM E Barry to Report to Beavers Monday, Henderson to Arrive Today. TEAM'S PROSPECTS BRIGHT McCredie Says lie Has Best Out field, Infield and Catchers in League--Only Worry la Pitch ers Rodgers Sure of Place. BT W. X PETRAIff. TRAINING CAMP. Santa Maria, CaU March 23. (Special.) Only morning prac tice was held here today, for McCredle feels that his team Is In such first class condition that he granted the boys an afternoon oft in order that all of them might see the oil wells In this vicinity, and this afternoon 11 of the players, aa well as Judge and Mrs. Mc Credle and Mrs. Pecklnpaugh, were taken on this Interesting trip In automobiles. Manager McCredle announced this afternoon that he had about made up his mind te send Tom Seaton against the Los Angeles team on the opening day, though if Tom springs sore arm or lameness between now and Tueeday, Frank Archer will get Into the opening content as tbe pitcher. Henderson to Report Today. Jack Barry will loin the Portland team at Los Angeles Monday, while Ben Hen derson, will report here tomorrow. Mc Credle's message to the latter seems to have miscarried, as a telegram from the ex-outlaw requests an answer from Mc Credle to his first telegram. McCredle answered Henderson's first message Im mediately and had been fretting about that player's not reporting until he re ceived the telegram thisi morning. Tomorrow afternoon the Beavers will play a handicap game with the Santa Maria High School team. Tlie cign school lada will only be required to retire two Portlanders. while the leaguers must put out five high school lads each In ning. In this way ll Is expected that the game will not be so one-sided. As university and colleges do not play ball on Sunday, McCredle has notlited the management of the Plzrao Beach resort that he will play hla regulars sgalnst the Portland Yannlgana at the beach Sunday. The team leaves here Saturday night and will arrive at Los Angeles Sunday, Team Stronger Than Ever. . To repeat In the pennant struggle of the coming season Is the ambition of Walter McCredle. and right now he be lieves he la going to do so, and his belief Is certainly not without some grounds. Tbe Portland team Hhls Spring, aalde from pitchers. Is decidedly stronger than was the Portland team of last .August, when the Beavers were making their beet fight for last year's flag. Where the team last August had but one reliable bitting outfielder, McCre die has three to start the coming sea son, for Krueger, Ryan and Chadbourne are real gardeners in every department. All three are good batters, fine fielders and. above all. know how to run the bases, which means that they will score some runs. On the Infield McCredle has Bill Rapps and Tommy Sheehan at the two out side corners, first and third bases, re spectively, and both these players are easily- stars in this circuit. Sheehan. the veteran experienced thlrd-sacker. can be said to be the best in the league, for he knows how third base should be played. As for Rapps, he is far better than some of the first base men who may lead him In batting, for the reason that he Is always trying to win and always on the job. This year Rapps Is going good. He seems to have recovered hla batting eye grandly, for in the practice games played bere so far Rappa is running Artie Krueger a close race for the batting honors, with Ryan and Chadbourne close up. Pecklnbanjrh I Sensation. Roger Pecklnpaugh, the new short stop, will be the man around whom most of the Interest of the Portland fana will center, for he Is called upon to fill the shoes of Ivan Olson, who was the best all-around shortstop in the lerzue last season. The writer has al ready said that Pecklnpaugh promises to make the fans forget Olson, and now he will make it more emphatic by say ing that Olson will be forgotten before June 1. McCredle assured Bill Rodgers that he was sure of a Job all season ana cau tioned that vouna- player not to worry about the coming of Jack Barry "Rldgera. I want to see you give not only Barry a run for that job. but also Neal Ball or any one else who may come, so you get. In and dig. I think you can play the position." "Bring all the second basemen you can ret: I'll stick to the Job." replied the determined young Waterbury re cruit, and that Is the spirit that pleases McCredle. Enoueh has been written about Tom my Murray and Walter Kuhn to leav little room for adding anytning more about these two clever backstops. To say the. least they are tbe best pair of backstops Portland has ever had since the days of Pat Donohue and Larry Mc Lean. Two Good Pitcher Needed. As for the pitching staff to start with. Portland has three old renaoie iun ln Gr.sn Ratnn and Koestner. and. while three pitchers virtually won the .. . . c pennant lor roruana Jasi season, 11.. t la lmnaniHv that hi have at least two additional goodmes. Th. a ra rlnrh bets, and It begins to look as though Fullerton and Archer would make it five good twlrlers. p,,m. rnn im snit-hsjl nltcher pure and slmnle. but he la possessed of good speed and can mix In a fast one occa sionally that has the steam of a Gregg v.ki.j i vr a Hias. not resort to a curve ball very much. Archer Is the only southpaw in the squad and seems to have everything a good pitcher should It "is yet too early to attempt to pick out the best or the youngsters, iut ui three, Russell, Sanchez and Arlett. have shown wonderful Improvement- Arlett . . i in.. H,AVAnn.aA in nas peen coming uu 0 m... - the stretch of late, and McCredle, wh first thought him only passable, is tak lng dally notice of this speedy young. From the very first McCredle has been . An c .i ru dt anil It looks verv much as though the ambitious Ventura lad were assured or a Derm wiin me i . T 1- ,4Mihteiil if Sam reguinr i. in- -v Griffith will be retained unless he shows something not yet displayed by him this Spring. WILLAMETTE IS DARED OKEGOX FOOTBALL MANAGER DEMAXDS GAME. State ' Varsity Criticised and Its Championship Tltle Disputed. Johns Writes Canstlc Letter. TTXTVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, March SI. (Special.) Football Manager Johns has made an offer to Willamette University to bring the two lneftitutlons to a definite understanding concerning their football relations for the next two seasons. Tbe cause of his step was an attack on Oregon, In a recent issue of the Willamette Collegian, criticising the State University for unsportsmau like conduct in Its football and basket ball relatione) with the school In Salem, and disputing Its claim to state cham pionship In basketball end football. Manager Johns wants to make ar rangements, for football at least, to compel Willamette to meet the State University In actual contest, that the argument may be settled on the field In stead controversy througb the college publications and the press of the state. Manager Johns letter, was sent today to Austin Flegel, manager of football In Willamette. It reads In part: "It Isn't my intention to discuss why Oregon did not meet Willamette in football end basketball this year. Our managers are sure they acted In good faith, and your authorities say thet tney did. However, to avoid giving your col lege any chance to rush Into print about the 1911 football season. I wired your Dr. Sweetland from Spokane December 27, 1310, at the time the schedule for the conference college football games was being arranged, asking htm to name a date for a 1911 game. To this I re ceived no reply. On January 2. you and I fixed as a tentative date for a game, October 21. and later you wrote thet you wanted to fix It more definitely while In Eugene on March la Instead of doing this, your college rushes Into print with a caustic comment. "It is obviously your turn to play the 1911 game in Eugene, and I still stand ready to sign a contract for the date decided upon, guaranteeing you ex penses or 60 per cent of the net gats receipts, or any other rarr ana reason able terms, or will sign a two-year con- CHEMAWA INDIAN TRAINING SCHOOL RELAY TEAM WHICH WILL RACE Y. M. C. A. TONIGHT ' ' ' . - ; r - V At ' ' v : f - v t I ' - ' 7 : -. ; 5 J . . . m - J , .t a.! :: . ' , . . " - 1 : - Ml . b v l- v'-v i ' A i -if ' j , V I - 4- j I --Hk. r : ' L!'-j -- LEFT TO RIGHT LOI IS DAX. RITTIS JIM. WIUAM MOSE. William atese. Leuls ra and aUutts Jim, members of the Cbsmawa Indian Traialng School relay team, anivad In Portlaad last sisHt for tbsir race with the Young Use's Christian Association team tonlsht at the association. They are experienced runner. bavtag been members of tiie relay-team which defeated the T. H. C A. runnars In the Salem-toPort-taad rslay race last 'summer. A spin on the track confirmed tbe report that the bors are fast, for they reeled oS lap after lap la their practice run at amasing speed. Booth, Barndollar and Kelson, the T M. C A.- trio, have been training stead ily for two weeks and are fa fine fettle for a race. Tbe contest Is one of six miles, three men to participate, each run ning two miles. The track Is In good shape and tha sloping turns are thought to be a big aid to the athletcs-j There are 2 turns to the mile en tbe track. Tbe race will burin at o'clock. ' After the relay race the annual Pentathlon gymnasium meet for T. sf.'C. A. atbletsa will be held. Last year's winner and several experienced men la tnis event are entered among a large entry card. " .. wsrs About one of the hardest feats of accomplishment is the originating of a good cigarette one of real charac ter one that will win friends. The great popularity of MOUTHPIECE y J is due to the cleverness of its progenitor he may have tried a hundred times and more before his blend was right-ris attested by the fact that all particular smokers pre fer them. Do you? At All Dealers lO for lOc T THE JOHN BOLLMAN CO. San Francisco tract, Oregon to play at Salem in 1912, on a date already egreed, October 19, 1912, on whatever terms you elect to play the 1911 game on. However, If your desire to play Ore gon Is bona fide, calm down whoever Is back of all of this excitement at Wil lamette and talk business, because I am and always have been open to any reasonable proposition." a DALLAS DEFEAT OTUY BLOT Center of Basketball Champions Writes to Mount Angel Manager. MOUOT AXGBL. COLLEGE, Mount Angel, Or March 2J. (Special.) Ac cording to a letter Just received by Manager Sander of the basketball team from Hugh Harper, center, of the United States champion basketball team. Com pany F, of Portage, Wis., which recently swept the state, that aggregation has not been defeated since its double de feat by Dallas, nor haa it experienced such a close rub as given it. by Mount Angel College, which the champions de feated by 19 to 17. To date, says the let ter, the team haa won SS out of 70 games played since the tour began. The letter Is dated March IS, "Enronte Waterloo-Muscatlne," In Iowa. - "We feel that the Dalles games are the only blots on our record,, writes Harper, 'and if we had had any luck, we would have won either game at least. We have annexed several state championships, defeating Stockton, the California cham pions; the old university champions of Utah; Henager's Business College, Gree ly, the champions of Colorado, and Cheyenne, Wyoming, which team suffered its first defeat on its home floor since Wheaton College trimmed It six years ago." lowing officers: ' President, Ray Smith; vice-president, Oscar Schobert; secre tary, J. J. Jacobs; treasurer, A. C. Allen. Baseball grounds have been secured and work has begun In fitting them up in first-class order. A grandstand will be erected. The first game will be played about the middle of ApriL Ridge-field Plans Baseball. RIDGEFIELD. trash.. March II. (Special.) The Ridgefield Amateur Athletic Club hed a business meeting on Tuesday evening and elected the fol- Watch Us Prove It! Twelve Reasons Why You'll Want