THE 3I0RXIXG OREGONIAN. MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1918.
WESTERN SHOOTERS
FORMER BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD BOXES
CORIIFOOT TOSSERS
Peninsula 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4
Standlfer 8 7 J) 6 2 0 0 0 13
Rum. Garrlty 2. Johnson 3, Moore 1, Car
man 1. Marshall 1, Walters 1. Coleman 1,
HarUsan 1. Kraus 1, Und 2. Ripple 1.
Neighbors 1. Two-base hits. Wlrts, Marshall
2. Dubaok. Carman. Struck out, Downey 8.
Krause 5. Bases on balls, ff towney 8.
Wild pitch. Krause. Double play, Garrlty
to Moore to Walters. Umpire. Kennedy.
t SEVERAL ROUNDS FOR THE SOLDIERS.
CAPTURE BIG ITCH
Great Athlete Passes to New
Scene of Action.
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TRIM FOUNDATIOn
Prank Troeh's Squad Defeats
Eastern Shots in Special
; at Chicago Event.
RED CROSS GETS $1145
Professionals From East Also Bow
to Men From West Bidding
for Privilege f Referee
log Is Spirited.
CHICAGO. Aug. 4. (Special.) The
West demonstrated Its superiority over
the East, and $1145 was realized for the
Red Cross as the result of the trap-shooting-
team races held today a the
South Shore Country Club. The shoot
was preliminary to the grand Amer
ican handicap, which will start to
morrow. In one of the best team races ever
seen In the West, the Western aggre
gation, captained by Frank Troeh,
Washington state champion, defeated
the Eastern men under the leadership
of Charley .Newcomb, by a total of 490
to 488. The Western professional team,
Jed by W. R. Crosby,- of OFallon, I1L.
also defeated the Eastern experts, led
by R. O. Helices. 493 to 479.
As a preliminary to the races, the
privileges of refereelng. judging and
scoring the events were auctioned off
by F. W. Newberry, of Baltimore. The
total amount realised In this manner
was $190. Chances on the amateur
teams were sold next to the highest
bidders and If the high bidder's choice
got highest score the bidder got half
of the money bid. the other hail goin
to the Red Cross. Frank Troeh brought
in 1100. The total for the sale wa
1S10. R- A. King, of Colorado; Fred
Tomlin, of New Jersey, and Frank
Wright, of New York, tied for the high
scores with 99.
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"KID" W ILL.IAMS.
Frank Rapp and Rube' Evans
Engage iri Pitching Duel at
Vaughn-Street Park.
VICTORS ANNEX 4 RUNS
East Side Hurler Keeps Hits Scat
tered and Losers Are Held to
One Ran; Southpaw's Wild
ness Is His Undoing.
Elmer Oliphant, Goes From United
States Military Academy to Serv
ice in United States Army.
DUKE IS DEFENDED
RED CROSS SHOOT IS SUCCESS
J. B. Troeh W ins Special Erent With
.Score of 49 Out of 50.
One of the biggest gatherings of
slmrods of the year were on hand a
Everding Park, the home of the Port
land Gun Club, yesterday. The at
traction was a 69-blrd handicap event
for the benefit of the American Red
Cross. With orevlous -events of thl
kind the club has raised a considerable
sum for the Red Cross.
J. B. Troeh won the ehoot. breaking
49 targets out of BO. The first prize
was a handsome gold watch which was
presented to Troeh after the event. Dr.
C F. Cathey and F. Van Atta tied for
second honors, each bringing down s
flying clays. Dr. Cathey won second
Drize In the shootoff. Five trapshot
tied for third highest gum. with 44
birds down out of 60. They were W. F.
Carey. E H. Kellar. H. B Newland. C D.
Plank and P. J. Holohan. Plank and
Holohan are professionals, so Carey,
Kellar and Newland shot It off for the
prise. Kellar winning.
W. McCornack. of Eugene, won
fourth prise, shooting off r. tie with
J. C Morris and Mrs, A. Bowker. The
three shooters each registered 43 tar
hawks.
A total of SS trapshooters participat
ed In the shoot, which was one of the
best of the season.
Following are the scores:
Nanu
K. G. Haw-man
V. F. Carey -H.
B. Newlsnd
H. R. Everding
A. K. Downs ...
J. C. Morris . .
R. E. Martell ..
H. A. Pollock ..
J. S. Crane
Hdcp.
18
18
1
IS
19
II
17
16
IS
a. Wo Urn 18
C. R. Fraxier
O. W. Milk
A. Z. Lewthwalt
W. J. Derthlck .
C. B. Handy . ...
C. D. Plank ...
K. H. Kellar
P. J. Holohan ..
J. B Troeh .....
E. B. Morris ..
B. U. Deaton .
A I- Zachrtsaon
C. B Preston . .
R. P. Knldht ....
R. W. Cook
H. E. Poston .
Dr. C F. Cathey
W. K Francs - .
B. O. Mann
F. Van Atta
W. M. Cornaek . .
Mra Bowker
IS
1
18
16
16
20
20
20
19
IS
16
17
17
19
IS
20
19
19
1
20
1
.16
T. J. Mahoney 18
25 25 T
18 12 30
20 24 44
20 24 44
19 20 89
18 12 SO
21 22 43
15 22 37
18 15 .".3
18 20 36
20 15 35
20 20 40
8 9 17
17 18 85
20 22 42
22 18 40
23 21 44
21 23 44
21 23 44
24 25 49
19 20 89
16 21 37
17 13 39
21 20 41
17 15 82
16 21 37
21 21 42
22 23 45
16 16 82
20 19 89
23 22 45
21 22 43
IK 24 43
17 18 85
Professional.
SWT3IMER SOW IS IX NAVY
Henry Blake, Winged M Athlete,
San Francisco Training Station.
Henry Blake, well-known swimmer
of Multnomah Club, has enlisted In the
Navy, and Is stationed with Company
B-6. United States Naval Training Sta
tion San Francisco. His brother Fred
has been at Camp Lewis for some time
with the Twelfth Battalion of the 116th
Depot Brigade.
. A. E. Morris, another popular mem
ber of Multnomah Club, who was chair
man of the soccer committee. Is with
the Canadian Heavy Artillery, training
In England.
"Tonehey" Wins; Has Enlisted.
Weldon Toughey" Wing, one of
Portland's best-known featherweight
boxers, has heard the call of the sea
and has enlisted In the United States
Merchant Marine and will leave shortly
on one of the new boats turned out
here, for Hawaii. Jack Allen, the
fighting Albina Irishman, who gave
tving his first Instructions In the man.
ly art of self-defense. Is also thinking
of signing up in the Merchant Marine.
Allen is at present a fireman for the
O.-W. R. A N. Railway Company, and
would sign as a fireman on a ship.
Right Off the Pat.
A rsport from Louisville that the Giants
were about te lo Bill Clymer. who men
aced the American Association club In
that city, was denied by John McGraw yee-
terday.
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Hans Wagner te doing police duty as a
member of the home (uard in Carnegie,
l a., where be makes his home.
e e .
The Pirates of today are reminiscent of
the Pirates of old on the score card as
the names of Tommy Leach and Babe Adams
appear thereon. Both of the famous vet
erans are warminr the bench.
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"Slippery" Ellam. now at shortstop for
the Pirates, has been playlnar ball for a Ions
while but he can still cover his share of
territory. a
Walter Holke. who Is employed in a steel
plant In Bethlehem. Pa., takes a serious In
terest In his new position and has already
moved his family to that city, as he Intends
to stay there indefinitely.
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Hy Myers made the longest hit of the
season at Ebbetts Field yesterday. He sent
one of Packard's slants to center field and
the ball was mlsjudsed by Beathcote. It
flew over the outfielder's head and was
) picked vp near the flagpole.
Charge by Central A. A. U. Is
Held Baseless.
PROFESSIONALISM HINTED
Sum of $950 for 12-Day Tour by
Kahanamoku and Two Other
Hawaiian Swimmers Is Too
Much, Organization Says.
The story that came out of Chicago
the other day, and which hints darkly
of "professionalism" n the tour of
Duke Kahanamoku. Harold Kruger
and Clarence Lane, ought to serve to
revive any waning Interest In the East
ern Invasion of the Hawaiian swim
mers. ,
The A. A. U., or the central branch
of that organization, which operates
around the Great Lakes, has discov
ered that the sum of $950 was turned
In for the expenses of the trio, coach
and manager during- a 12-day swing
through five cities of the Middle West.
Naturally, never having ventured far
ther west than Kansas City, these ama
teur parents of sport feel this charge
exhorbltant. '
One might wish that the A. A. TJ. put
up against the problem of footing the
bills in the dining car these days or
of meeting the every-day charges that
grow out of a tour of champions. The
august body would then have a better
conception of whether $950 Is too much
or too little for four or five persons in
the territory thus indicated, it is
argued.
It is possible that the Central A. A.
U. expects the Hawaiian stars to swim
between the cities, but this Is hardly
tha season for long-distance aquatics
In the Middle West.
The charge that tne Duke refused to
pose for newspaper photographers Is
not likely to hold. While in Portland
the Duke not only posed -for every
newspaper photographer in the city at
any time but also posed for several
hundred admiring swimming fans who
Journeyed out to Windemuths to
watch him swim."
The report drifted Into Portland last
week that Perry McGUlivray, who
scored a victory over the Duke In
220-yard dash, breaking his own rec
ord, walked off of the mark, the follow
ing day when a 100-yard swhn against
the Duke was scheduled. If the Cen
tral A. A. U. is seeking to do some
thing to uphold clean sportsmanship,
let It Investigate tliat incident, say
followers of the sport.
year In the department's history. Yes
terday the county game commission
received a letter from L. H. Darwin,
state game commissioner, to the ef
fect that about 40,000 cut-throat troutJ
try win db ready in aoout two weens
for shipment to the county from the
Green River, hatchery near Auburn.
SEATOX JOINS DUTHIE TEAM
Ex-Beaver Pitcher to Hurl for Se
attle Shipyard Aggregation.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 4. (Special)
Tom Seaton. ex-Portland Beaver and
former Philadelphia Athletic pitcher,
will Join the Duthie shipyard team.
Manager Joe Devine announced today
that he had signed the hurler to
strengthen his pitching staff, and that
he will report at once. Ed Willett, who
pitched good ball for the Salt Lake
Coast League team, also. has Joined the
Duthie aggregation. The addition of
the two boxmen will strengthen the
champions, as Lyle Bigbee soon will
leave for the service.
Other former major league players
to Join the Puget Sound Shipyards
League are: Toney Brottem, formerly
of St. Louis; Wilson, who went up from
Vancouver, as well as Jerry Downs, ex
Coast Leaguer, and Lee and Daubert.
DETROIT S III 33TH
WALTER JOHNSCCV IS BEATEN
GRUELLING CONTEST.
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Brswii Take Two Games From Tanks
White Sax Defeat Athletics Twice
Boston aad Indians Divide.
LOCAL BOXER IN NAVY
JACK LEWIS - HAS HAD FOUR
FIGHTS IN PAST TEAR.
Foar Trip to Franca aad Back Made.
Fnrlomgh to Come Borne
Hoped for Soon. '
Jack Lewis, the first Portland boxer
to enlist in the service of Uncle Sam,
is now in New York. Lewis joined the
Navy at the outbreak of the war and
has covered a great deal of the briny
deep since that advent. In a letter
Just received Lewis says: "I suppose
yon will be surprised to hear from me.
bu I want to let you know that I am
still fighting and have had four bat
tles since I left Portland; two In
France, one in New York ' and one
aboardshlp. .
"I boxed Tiarlem Tommy Murogy. the
old celebrity, a four-round draw at
the Brooklyn' Navy Yard several
months ago. I defeated Paddy Sullivan
on boardshlp and also won a decision
overvloe McDevltt, and lost a decision
to Frank Bernard in France. All of
these were four-round bouts.
"I had another operation on my nose
again and will have to lay off training
for several weeks at least. I sure would
like to be in Portland again and would
like to meet Muff Bronson or some
other good lightweight. Give Frank
Kendall and Jack Allen my best re
gards when yon see them. I think I
will soon get a furlough, as I have
been going steady for 14 months and
am going to try and make a trip
home. I have made four trips over to
France and back."
Lewis' folks live In Oregon City, and
before enlisting Jack worked as a
Drinter for the Orearon City Enternrlae.
and ought on the side. About five
years ago Lewis was one' of the best
boxers in this part of the country, and
is well known to the fans who fol
lowed the old 10 and 20-round game. He
fought a number of six-round bouts at
the old Rose City Athletic Club. Some
of the bouts which the fans will re
member are those against Jack Kay.
Jimmy Moscow and Billy Nelson.
Lewis Connty Gets More Trout.
CENTRAL! A, Wash.. Aug. 4. (Spe
cial.) Lewis County this year has re
ceived more trout from the atate fish
eries department than In any previous
DETROIT. Aug. 4. A two-base hit
by Cobb, following Bush's single and
R. Jones' sacrifice, gave Detroit an IS
inning 7 to 6 victory over Washington
in the second game. Washington won
the first game, 7 to 0. Score:
First game
R H El RHE
Washington. 7 11 0Detroit 0 7;
Batteries Ayres and Ainsmlttu) Kal
lio. Hall and Stanage.
Second game
RHE RHE
Washington. 6 14 2Detroit 7 15 3
Batteries Johnson and Ainsmith; C
Jones, Dauss and Spencer.
New York 6-3, St. Louis 7-5.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4. St Louis came
from behind in the late Innings of both
games today and twice heat New York.
The scores, were 7 to 6 and 5 to 3
Scores:
First game
R H El RHE
New York.... 8 9 l'St Louis 7 11
Batteries Flnneran, Keating, Mo
gridge and Walters; Gallia, Leifleld
and Nunamaker.
Second garne
RH El , RHE
New York 3 7 lSt- Louis. ... . 5 9
Batteries Caldwell and Hannah;
Rogers and Severeid; Nunamaker.
Philadelphia 6-2, Chicago 7-3.
Chicago, Aug. 4. Chicago won
both games of a doubleheaaer from
Philadelphia, 7 to 6 and 3 to 2. the lat
ter game going 10 innings. Scores:
First game
RHE RHE
Philadelphia. 6 11 2Chicago 7 12 4
Batteries Adams and McAvoy;
Mitchell, Danforth, SheUenback and
Schalk.
Second game
RHEI RHE
Philadelphia.. 2 7 2Chicago 3,11 0
Batteries Watson and Perkins;
cotte and Schalk.
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Boston 2-0, Cleveland 1-2.
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CLEVELAND, Aug. 4. By breaking
even with Boston today Cleveland took
three out of the series of four. ' Boston
won the first game. 2 to 1. In 12 In
nings, and the locals the second, 2 to 0,
in six Innings. It being stopped by rain.
Scores:
First game
RHEI
Boston 3 8 2iCleveland.
Batteries Ruth and Mayer;
Enzmann and O'Neill.
Taecond game
RHE
Boston 0 4 OlCleveland.
Batteries Bush and Agnew; Covel
eskle and O'Neill. '
RHE
..143
Morton,
RHE
2 7 1
Postoffiee May Be Discontinued.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 4. Representative John
son, of the state of Washington, has
been Informed by the First Assistant
Postmaster-General that the postoffiee
at Venersborg, Clarke County, Wash
ington, will be discontinued unless some
one can be found to accept thej position
of postmaster. The department - has
been more successful a.f Home Valley,
Skamania County, where, after the first
appointee declined, a new appointee
was induced to accept, and Grance C
Lavender will handle mail for the
patrons of that office;
Baseball Summary.
American League.
W. U P.C.I , W. L. P.C.
Boston, i... 61 88.810;Chlea:o 46 SI .474
Cleveland.. BS 44 .569:St. .Louis. . . 46 54 460
Washington 55 45 .550' Detroit 42 56.429
New York.. 49 46 .516 Philadelphia 40 60.400
National League.
Chlcaro 68 8 2 .663IClnelnnatl. . 42 81.452
New York. . 58 89 .598! Brooklyn. . . 42 51.452
Pittsburg-... 60 44 .632!Boston 42 61.452
Philadelphia 41 SI .466161. Louis... 4167.418
Columbia-Willamette Shipbuilders' League
standings. I
W. L. P.d W. L. P.C.
McCormick. 9 0 lOOOIFoundatlon. 5 4 .556
Cornfoot... 7 2 .7781 Peninsula. . . 2 7 .T22
Standlfer... 7 2 .778ISmlth-Porter 1 8.111
Yesterday's Results.
At Portland Cornfoot 4. Foundation 1. '
At St. Johns McCormick 7. Grant Smlth-i
Porter 1.
At Vancouver Standlfer 12, Peninsula 8.
BY JAMES J. RICHARDSON.
The Cornfoot shipyard team hung a
4-to-l defeat on Harry Cason's Foun
dation nine . yesterday " at Vaughn-
etreet park.
Rube" Evans, for Foundation, and
Frank Rapp, for Cornfoot, staged a
pretty pitching duel after the second
Inning. Although Evans whiffed 13
Cornfoot batters and let them down
with three blngles, two "A them of the
two-swat variety, he failed to emerge
from the fracas on the long end of the
score. Rapp kept his eight blngles
scattered and only In the first inning
did Foundation manage to cross the
plate -with a tally.
Lee Gets Two-Bagger.
Although Evans retired five Corn
foot batsmen in the first two Innings
via the strikeout route, Perle Casey's
warriors chased their foiir runs across
during these two frames. Lee's two
base hit was the only bingle recorded
in the scoring of Cornfoot's tallies.
With two gone In the first inning and
French on first, Lee pasted the pellet
to right center for a double, scoring
French.
The second Inning proved Evan's nn
doing. Rube seemed unable to -locate
the emory in his trouser's pocket when
he needed it. Fitchner, first Cornfoot
batter up in the second Inning, walked.
Sutherland grounded to Stumpf, who
tossed wide to Casey in an effort to
force Fitchner at second. Fitchner con
tinued on to third and Sutherland
reached second before the ball was re
covered. Casey grounded to Sigsby, who
"Dooted," tilling the bags. Rapp walk
ed, forcing Fitchner across with a run.
McKenna struck out. Williams was is
sued transportation to first and Suth
erland was forced across the plate.
Evans uncorked a wild heave, Casey
scoring from third. French fanned.
Lee walked, filling the bags. With the
bases populated Kennedy struck out,
ending Cornfoot's scoring for the'day.
Foundation Outfielders Rest.
Foundation chalked up its lone tally
in the first inning when, with one gone,
Stumpf singled through short, took sec
ond on Peterson's single to center,
reached third on McKenna's bobble of
Sigsby's-. grounder, which filled the
bases, and Rapp forced Foundation's
lone tally across when he walked Groce.
Not a Foundation outfielder had a
putout or an assist. Bill Gleason,
catching for Foundation, was credited
with 12 putouts and three assists.
Gleason was the heavy swatter for th
day, getting three bingles out of four
times at bat.
Score
YlIi i-wwn-iv W(fi iff nrnr-lffiii
Jbimer Oliphant.
The graduation of Elmer Oliphant
from the United States Military Acad
emy into the ranks
of Uncle Sam's war
fighters last month
marked the passing
from further inter
collegiate competi
tion of one of the
greatest athletic
stars of all time. No'
branch of sports
sports held any dark
secrets unknown to
this blond-haired
athletic genius. He
proved his right to
be listed as master
of all on occasions
too numerous to
bear mentioning.
His daring exploits on the ofceckered
football field will no doubt remain
longer In the memory of present-day
sporting fans than any of his other
athletic conquests. His midshipman ri
vals can bear testimony to the grade
of gridiron performance he was capa
ble of putting up. The last two victo
ries scored by the Army over its old-
time Annapolis rival were due almost
entirely to the phenomenal playing
of this future general. In these games
he earned for himself a foremost place
among the greatest gridiron stars of
our American game.
Besides being a star" half back, the
WestT Point lad earned for himself the
praise of all baseball critics for his
good all-around playing on the dia
mond. As the battery mate of Bob
Neyland, the greatest twirler ever de
veloped at West Point. Oliphant earned
a reputation for himself that was sec
ond to no man in college baseball an
nals.
Big Offer Refused.
Many tempting offers from big-league
baseball managers .were made for his
services without results. -He turned
them all down to finish his task of
qualifying himself for a commission un
der Uncle Sam.
As a member of West Point s un
beaten basketball quintet of three sea
sons ago he was classed by many court
game authorities as among the tastest
and most expert forwards developed
In the East. His excellent floor game
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Ed A. Tipton Builds Up Sport
at Lexington Track.
oflvorl "h 1 j Armv matfa frnm rifif Pftt- nn
nJ,?L"!v.. ?2Li:Z U: LARGE PREMIUMS AWARDED
w t'" "J " " -tr5 n .
outmaneuverlng him on tne oasKetoau
court. He seemed possessed of the in
stinct which told-him Just what play a
rival was about to spring on him. He
was one of the quickest thinkers in the
athletic game.
One would . imagine that honors on
the gridiron, diamond and basketball
court would prove sufficient for any
athlete to rest upon his laurels, but not
so with this blond-haired athletic wiz
ard. He did not stop in his endeavors
until he had captured the major honors
of the academy at track and field
snorts, boxing, wrestling and on the Ice,
He won varsity letters in every branch
of sDorts at the academy, feeing the
first athlete In the history of the mill
In 44 Tears of Racing Total of $3,.
332,280 Paid Out in Prizes, and
About $90,000 Will Be Added
at the October Programme.
Ed A. Tipton put the "trot" into the
association at Lexington. Prior to his
arrival in 1S87 the meetings held in the
blue arass city were on a par with an
tary school to accomplish such an un- ordinary county fair and a few wanted
the status continued, even when the
dertaking. He also stood high in his
studies at the expiration or nis aca
demic course.
Rise Is Rapid.
The rise of this athlete from the ob
scure ranks of a novice to that of one of
Wilkes boom was bringing thousands
of dollars to Kentucky every week.
They were willing to produce the goods
without going to the trouble of dis
playing them to the best advantage
Foundation
B H O A E
M'fCenna.8 4 0 0 2 1
Wlll ms.m. 2 4 0 11
French.s... 4 0 1 2 0
iee,c A l 7io
Kennedy.l 4 0 11 10
Fltchner.r. 8 1 0 1
Suth'land.i 4 0 10 0
Casey.Z... 3 18 3
Ra'pp.p... 2 10 2 0
Totals .29 S 27 12 s!
Cornfoot
B H O A E
Daniels. m. S 0 0 00
StumDt.s
Gleason. c. . 4
feterson.3. 5
Slg-sby.2. .. 6
(jroce.l. ... 3
Llnd.1 4
F'tinsrer.r.. 8
Evans.p... 3
Flsher.r... 1
1 1
8 12
2 1
0 5
2 0
0 S
0 0
0 0
0 0
Totals .37 8 24 12 4
Foundation 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hits 2 0 2 0 1 1 n 1 l a
Cornfoot 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Hits 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Runs. French. Fitchner. KnthArlnnji r-aav
Stumpf. Two-base hits, Lee. Rapp,' Groce.
Stolen base, Kennedy. Double play, French
to Casey to Kennedy. Bases on balls, off
Rapp 8. off E-ans 4. Hit by pitched balls,
by Evans. TVllliams: by Ram. Groce and
Gleason. Struck out, by Rapp 7. by Evans
13. wiia piicn. Eivans. lime or game, 2:15.
Umpires, Rankin ana Russell.
Mccormick ,team wixs, i, to i
Errors by Grant Smith-Porter Team
Responsible for Defeat.
"Ham" McCormick brought his crew
to St. Johns yesterday afternoon, ac
companied by some 400 rooters, and
the Grant Smith-Porter team went
down to defeat by the score of 7-1.
The McCormicks started scoring in
the very first Inning, making three
markers. Barbara, pitching for the
losers, had something on the ball, but
an error by Wood, the new third baseman,-
and one by Danny Shea, coupled
ith two blngles, were responsible for
the first scores.
Oscar Harstad and Wayne Barham
were easily the stars of the game, Har
stad holding the St. Johns team to
five scattered- hits, while Barham
struck out nine league leaders and
pitched air-tight ball despite the seven
runs off his delivery.
McCormick Smith-Porter
BHOAEI BHOAE
the greatest stars of our athletic his- and under the most favorable condi
tory is a story which should do much tions. A few of them also hesitated be
to make every youth in this country I fore extending a welcome hand to the
strive for honors. I nervy young man from Bourbon County
Born of poor parents in a small vll-1 when he showed a desire to change
lane in the mine regions out in Indiana, I from the revenue service to racing,
he scent most or nis youtniui aays lwhil at the same time they tOBsea mm
toughening up his muscles working in nnnther chill bv fixing his salary at
the mines and attending school as best about what an office boy commands at
he could in his free hours. Athletics tne present time. That, however, did
played little part in his daily life until not 8top Tipton, as he had made up his
ne nao proviaea mmnu wnn mo news- i min(j to be secretary or tne iexingion
sary tunds to put nimseii tnrousn an race track. Also when he nad maa
academic course at Purdue University. I art naked for more money, in
His career at the famous Indiana seat 8teaj 0f giving it to him, he was told to
of learning was marked by one tri- get it from the privileges. He did. -
unipu aiior . e.o.v.ucvtou ... The Kentucky Trotting norse oieea-
1913 with full honors as a prize student c-lot(n nrsanized in 1873.
and a star athlete. He earned the right , jt fi st 15 years its premiums
Mensor.s.. 2 0
Plke.c 4 1
Looker.l. 4 8 8
Feurb'n.3 BOO
W.C'tw'tS 5 2 4
Harstad, p 8 0 2
HIOX'O.1 t O i
6.C'tWLB 4 11
H Clinton,
2 0lTates.2...
0 llShea.r. . . .
2 HHargr'vs.r
5 OIFlsher.1..
1 0IClynes.m.
2 OIBIanchard.l 4
0 0 Wood. 3... 8
0 OITarrow.a. . 8
,r 4 1 1 O0p.Shea.c. 8 0 8 2
I Barham. p. 3 0 0 8
Totals. 83 8 27 12 21 Totals.. 82 6 27 103
McCormick 8 2000002 0 7
Grant Smith-Porter ... 1000000 0 1
Runs. Mensor. Pike 2, Locker, Feurborn,
Haugland. 8. Cartwrlght. Blanchard. Two
base hits. Locker, S. Cartwrlght. Stolen
bases, Mensor, Pike. -Locker. Base on balls,
Barham 8. Hit by pitched ball. Locker.
Struck out. by Barham 9. Harstad 7. Passed
ball. Shea Wild pitch, Barham. Time, 1:45.
Umpires, Drennen snd Jackson. f
STANDIFER TRIMS PENINSULA
Vancouver Team Takes Visitors Into
Camp to Tone of 12 to S.
vancotjverI wash., Aug. . (Spe-
lal.) The Standlfer ball team, this
Ity's representative in the Columbia-
Willamette Shipbuilders' League.
cleaned up on Peninsula today, defeat
ing the latter by the score of 12 to 8.
The heavy hitting of the Standlfer club
was the feature of the game.
The victory keeps Standlfer In a tie
for second place in the Shipbuilders'
League with Cornfoot.
Stanflifer
B m o a JSI
to a cadetshlD at Uncle Sam's war col
lecre In a competitive examination.
Those who watched him as an athlete
are firm in their convictions that he
will make the same mark in his mill
tary career. The intercollegiate sport's
loss is Uncle Sam's military gain.
Catcher Johnson Signs Up
With Chief Dowell.
Three-Fingered Backstop, Remem
bering Spiritualist's Advice, De
cides on Fire-Fighting as Steady
Job.
0!
for racing did not amount to as much
as is now given for 10 days eacn ucio
ber, while the Northern visitors instead
of seeing contests of the quality wnicn
might be expected, dropped into see
the Kentucky and Lexington stakes
trotted and put in the balance of their
time visiting the stock farms.
Tipton Looks Ahead.
whn Tinton located In Lexington he
saw that the day was coming when the
breeder would require more than a ped
lirren and a colt on the end of a halter
Btran to command the high dollar. In
a word, he believed that the buyer
wnniH noon ask what a colt could do in
the way of racing or speed instead of
how he was bred. At the same time
he was also convinced, tnat in oruer io
noir the colt's SDeed worth something
it was necessary to increase the earning
capacity of the trotter in itentucay.
Tn order to get ljexingion miu mo
sunlight he succeeded in having tne
$7735 premiums of 1887 increased to
SCAR JOHNSON, the three-fingered
catcher, who tried out with the
Portland Buckaroos at Pendleton last
Spring, has found an entirely new vo
cation. Tes, siree, Oscar has joined
th PnrHanH TTit-a TlAnlrtnitiit nH ll til 980 In 1SSS and tO $25,965 in 1889
stationed at Engine House No. 3. Wash- when the TransylvarfTa was established
, . . , A I as a $5000 event. It has been renewed
mgron sireei near aixieenin. ,,n .nrt la nnev the all-aged cham-
nriiBu " im Duiinmuu . hin event of the year.
training camp and was making a favor- I Tn 1890 the race programme at Lex-
able impression with the players and ngton amounted to $28,095, a stallion
Manager Fisher by his efficient back- race which was won by Slmmocolon and
stopping, so elated was Johnson wltn a free-for-all trot being aaaea iea
his showing that he consulted a spir- tures. In 1891 the purses jumped to
itualist, called the "Million Dollar I $44,010. while in 1892 they dropped to
Mystery," to find out whether he would $38,675. The 1893 programme called
for $41,350. the stallion representative
stake which was afterwards known as
Kentucky Futurity appearing in
the list of events. It was won by Oro
Wilkes. In 1894 there was an advance
to $61,080 when Buzetta won the m
tnritv. It was worth $27,480. The
in the American or
play eventually
National League.
But Oscar later failed to make the
grade in the Pacific Coast International
and his hopes of ever playing in the
majors also were dimmed. He tried
the shiDvards but failed to cut the mus
tard." Then Oscar remembered that the amount of- Dremlums continued to In
spiritualist informed him that he would crease annually until at the close of
make a good fireman, so he signed up
with Chief Dowell and instead of stop
ping fast ones over the plate he is
putting out fires. As a good ballplayer
Oscar is a dandy fireman.
ATHLETES ARE PALS IN DEATH
North Dakota Boys, Co-Stars,
" Glory on Battlefield.
Find
Garrlty.s.
Johnson.l
Duback.l. .
Moore. 2. .
arman.r.
Marshall. c 5
Walters.1. 3
Coleman. 3 2
Ostenson.8 1
Hartman.e S
Luta-e,o... 0
Krause.p.. 4
Peninsula,
BHOAE
Llnd.l
Ritter.2..
0 OlRlpple.8.
Totals. 8813 8213 91
Wirts.c.
Neljthbs.r
1 II Shoots. s. .
1 OIWIIUams.1
1 OlSdwards.1
OOlLlnd.c
0 1 1 Downey. p.
0 or
1 01
00
1 1
1 1
2 1
0 0
21
1 0
00
1 1
70
Totals.. S 5 2715 5
1917 the total for 44 years was $2,332,-
280 and about $90,000 will be added
next October.
- Lean Years Encountered.
T?v onening these e-ent Lexington
and other cities tided the light harness
rurlnr industry over the lean years in
the early nineties when hundreds of
hreeders learned that a trotter requirea
more than a standard pedigree to main
tain his value. During the pinch the
stock farms that had been building
nediarrees on time records fell by the
wayside while the blood lines which
f er-
TOWER CITT, N. D Aug. 4. Team
mates In many thrilling athletic vic
tories, companions In death, on the field
of honor. Such Is the story of George thev exploited went with them.
Stine and Harold Beltman, high school formance took the place of pedigree.
boys, of Tower City. N. D. If the trotters that raced were well
More" than a year ago these youths, I bred so much the better, but without
who were stars on the famous Tower I sneed and race-horse qualities a stand
City basketball five, enlisted. Eight ard-bred horse had no value except as
other Tower City youths joined them.
Most of the ten youiffer soldiers were
athletes.
The "Tower City Ten" were sent to
training camps. Letters received by
an individual.
Under Tipton s management the meet
ing at Lexington passed from a reunion
nf local horse breeders to one of Na
tional importance at which . could be
parents and relatives showed that Stine seen spectators from every state in the
Union ana province in vauauu, xuts
residents who were not directly inter
ested in racing also knew that some
thing was being done at the "trots" on
the hill, tlil tne ranic ana me never
showed a disposition to wake up and
boost ope of the best assets of Fayette
County, in fact, the best until the to
bacco Industry assumed mammoth pro
portions. '
Tipton sun works.
Tipton's hair Is white and possibly
his footsteps are not as firm as of yore,
but while he is still in the harness it is
well to recall the fact that he Is en
titled to the credit of putting Lexlng-
and Beltman had not been . separated.
Finally word was received that they
had arrived safely la France.
Letters arrived regularly from the
youths until recently. Each told of
the prowess of the other.
A few days ago a dispatch was re
ceived from the war department an
nouncing the death of George Stine.
"What happened to Beltman?" was
the question on many lips. The answer
came In 24 hours . that Beltman also
had been killed.
Phone your want ads to The Orego-
nlao. Main 7070, A 6095.
ton on the map as a light harness rac
ingcenter and while the standard was
in a measure maintained during his
absence in Montana and New York, he
is again at the helm, working as en
thusiastically as ever to make the meet,
ing of 1918 better than any that pre
ceded it
The blue grass region of Kentucky
has been recognized as, the ideal home
of the horse since the first Virginia
settlers located there. Racing followed
in their wake and when the trotter be
came the rival of the galloper, the light
harness horse found a few followers.
In 1840 Abdallah was purchased and
taken to Lexington, but was subse
quently returned to New York, where
there was an active demand for his
services. The history of the trotter
hinged on that transfer, as he sired
Rysdyk's Hambletonian after he re
turned to his native state.
Colta Are Trained.
In 1854 Mambrino Chief was taken to
L'exlngton. He was a contemporary of
Pilot Jr. They were the foundation
sires of the state and their blood lines
are mingled with thst of Alexander's
Abdallah, George Wilkes, Happy Me
dium, Aberdeen. Dictator and their
descendants which have made Ken
tucky famous. The trainers of Ken
tucky also followed the lead of their
thoroughbred neighbors by training
their colts Instead of letting them run
to pasture until they were tour of five
years old. On account of this they
led In the matter of early development.
They also made practically all of the
early colt records and while the hon
ors were transferred to California for
several years, the pendulum in tiuia
swung back at an increased rate of
speed.
Many records were made at the meet
ings of the Kentucky Trotting Horse)
Breeders' Association.
NATIONAIi SINGLES DUE SOON
Championship to Be Staged August
2 6 at Forest Mills.
Clubs belonging to the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association have
received from the secretary, Edwin
Fuller Torrey. announcement of the
national Binglas championship which
will begin at Forest Hills, L. I., Au
gust 26. This is the first time the title
will have been playeYi for since 1916,
when Richard M. Williams, II. took
the championship away from William
M. Johnston. Williams is now an ar
tillery officer in France and Johnston
is an ensign In foreign service.
As a matter of fact, five of the first
ten ranking players are "over there"
and of the remaining five, George M.
Church, R. Lindley Murray and Ichyla
Kuraape are the only ones at all like
ly to be able to play. Church is an
aviation officer In Texas and Murray
is running a munitions plant, but an
effort will be made to obtain both
their entries. The arrival from Japan
of Kumagae in time to defend success
fully at Utica the New York state cham
pionship, puts an interesting angle on
the event, for he seems to be playing
as well as in 1916, when he was the
surprise of the season. Kumagae is
number five in the present ranking list
and there are comparatively few men
in this country who can beat him.
The qualifications for entry, adopted
in 1917 prevail this year. The re
quirements cannot possibly exclude
anyone of ability, although they do
prevent the tournament being swamped
with entries from players who merely
like to enter the national. Entries are
limited to players who have been
ranked during the past five years or
have at any time ranked in the first
20 players who during the past three
years have been semif Inallsts or better
in any two ssanctioned tournaments;
players who during 1918 have made a
reasonably good record in three sanc
tioned tournaments; and players "who
do not qualify in any of the above
classes but whose entry is acceptable
by reason of residence in foreign coun
tries, promise of skill or other circum
stances deemed sufficient to cause ex
ceptions in their cases."
The tournament is being played for
the benefit of the War Department
Commission on Training Camp Activi
ties, through which the National Asso
cation has provided equipment for
hundreds of tennis courts in camps.
All information concerning the cham
pionship can be had, and entries must
be made, at the office of the Associa
tion, 20 Broad street. New York City.
Boulder Schools Drop German.
BOULDER, Colo., July 22. The
School Board of this city has abolished
the teaching of German in the high
school. Those who have started a
course in German will be allowed to
finish It, but no new students will bs
admitted.
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