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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1900)
mSSSmrSSivmwK "eviiBm V t 7 w THE SUNDAY OEEGOKIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1900. Plscntor Dreams. OThen cltj streets are dulland gray; And office hours axe 'dull as ticj . "When, 10-e a schoolboy back at (school. I dream about the salmon pool, Down from mj mantelpiece I reach The Idle reel and make It screech. "What glorious memories trill be found In that exhilarating sound The freshness of the autumn breeze. That -whistles through the rowan trees. The moorland air; the grouse that calls; And, best of all, the spate that fails. The spate that, as it hurries by. Bears down my realistic flj r My "Wilkinson, my silver Scott. My jellow Doctor, or what not, A specious morsel to lm lte The salmon' jaded appetite. Humor this foils to the full And gire my listless line a-pull; A sudden jerk, that I may feel The thrill, and hear the "whirring reel, 3ay fight again those fights of mine, 'With strenuous rod and running line. I see Turn leaping -ov er there, A car of silver in the air; I hear the onlookers pronounce Him twenty pounds If he s an ounce; His rushes and his sulks begin. He struggles but I always win. I ne er feel the sodden drag That proves me broken round a snag; Life may admit of griefs like these. But in my dreamland to the lees The chalice of delight I quaff. And always bring film to the gaff. Pall Mall Gazette. ROAD CLUB IN ATHLETICS Its Preparations lor Engaging; in General Sj?orts tlie Principal Topic of Local Sporrins Interest. January, so far, has been a very dull 'month in sports, the thing most worthy of notice being the air of preparation that is observable in all the clubs and ether organizations. Notable so far, and worth following up closely, is, first, tne formation of the Kennel Club, and, sec ond, the move, made by the Oregon-Rpaa Club toward the fostering of an athletic department. The Road Club has paid par ticular attention in its career to two branches of athletics onl bowling ana bicycling. In bowling, it has always had a first-class, learn, and in bicycling a great amount of credit is due to Its rid ers for the inauguration of the movement for the development of the extensive bi cjcle paths now diverging from the city. If the same amount of energy Is shown Jby the members of the Road Club in tha gymnastic department, Inaugurated re centlj, the attempt will no doubt be suc cessful. Work Under Way. A gymnasium pn a small scale has been put in place, with apparatus to be added, According to the demands of the classes and the availability of funds. A new liandball court will be erected very soon, and a proposition is on foot to build a Ew.mmmg tank. Several members of the club are enthusiastic baseball and foetball men; therefore, with proper manacement. good, representative teams should be put In tho field the coming season. The anglers are having great sport along the tributary streams of- the Columbia nver with that game fish, the salmon trout. The run this year promises to be excellent and, no doubt, full advantage will be taken of the fact. The warm weather of the past month has given golfers ample opportunity for indulgenco in their particular sport, large numbers of players having daily reported at the Sellwood links. At the T. M. C. A. gymnasium, a basket, ball game has been arranged between the women's team of the association and thai from the Turn Verem, t be played Fri day evening, January 2G, at the X. M. C. A., a return game to be played at Turn Halle on February 5. The teams will line tip as follows: Turners. Y M. C A. lss Pyu ....Miss it Schloth Mrs. R. Krohn F Wrc n xinMa. Miss QuackenbushF Mls's M. Little i Miss G. Stanton...G -Mrs. Hadley Mtes Becker Sub Miss Morgan Referee C Mackie. Umpires C. C Moore. J. Schwart The annual junior exhibition at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium is set for February 12, when the juniors promise to gh e their friends something novel in the Tray or gymnastic entertainment The programme will embrace fancy marching, calisthen ics, apparatus work, mats, tumbling, races and games, much interest being manifest In the approaching eyent Gymnastic Aspirants. A large number of aspiring athletes presented themselves before Professor Ringler at the T. M. C. A. gymnasium last "Wednesday erenlns for the lntermo diate indoor test and examination. Several, of the men passed successfully. Indoor baseball -is getting in shape for another league Schedule. The three teams forming the original league are again in line, the T. M. C. A., Battery and O. K. G. Added to these a new team from the naval reserve has joined. M. A. A. C. is yet to be heard from, with a strong prob ability of its putting a team in the flela. Should such be the case, a good 5-cluo league will afford lots of sport during tne couple of indoor months yet hi store. The athletic association of the university of Oregon, at Eugene, last week elected C. N. McArthup, '00, of this city, to the management of the track team for the coming season, and L. S. Hooker, '02, was elected assistant manager. Frederick a. Edwards, '01, will be manager of the in door "baseball team. The captain of tha 1909 track team and the manager and as sistant manager of the 1900 football eleven will bo elected at a meeting to be held during the coming week. The most successful handicap handball tournament,- both as concerns number of entries and quality of play, yet held on the M. A, A. C court was completed during tha past week. Watkins and Trenk man seem to be Invincible in the doubles, with Lombard and McAlpin a close seconc. "Catkins carried, off the medal in the s gles, defeating Jones in the finals, after a -hard struggle. Jones and "Watkins were both, scratch men. Iiively Contest Promised. Interest in the Evans-Tost boxing con test, fixed for February 15,, is not mater ially less because of. the outcome of the previous match between the same parties While Evans was knocked out, after a warm contest, his long experience in the rinar, compared with that of his antasr- I onlst, gives hlm .many supporters now. His statement that lie wont into the other fight pracf ally untrained, but will thor oughly work for the coming event, adds to the value of tho claims his friends make of his success. Tost is far from being without adherents, as his steaay work since he first commenced boxing and the showing made in the fight with Evans, In particular give him a strong lead among a large circle of the sporting ele ment. GOLF'S PI.ACE AS A SPORT. Has "Won Its "Way Into Popular Fa vor "With. Rapid Strides. The origin of golf is lost in antiquity, and its birthplace is unknown, although it was probably Scotland Shakespeare, who was a sportsman, knew football and tennis and bowls, but not golf. But the Stuart kings played golf, and the game even in their time was royal and ancient Tluey played with leather balls stuffed with feathers, and almost entirely with wooden clubs England was slow to adopt the jgame, which was first seen on Black heath common, six miles south of Lon don, some E0 years ago. Then a very few m6re clubs sprang up, "Westward, lio! ha North Devon and Hoylake, near Liver pool, and "Wimbledon, near London. It is now some 15 years only" since in terest in the game began to spread," and in the last 10 years Its progress has been phenomenal. Inland courses were formed everywhere, though old golfers asserted. FAMOUS MAUD S, QUEEN WILIi BE KEPT IN COMFORT UNTIL SHE DIES. Tho great raoins career of the queen of the turf, Maud S , saj-s the Chicago Tines-Herald, has been recalled by the announcement that the honees of, the late Robert Bonner Will be sold at public auction In 2aw York next month Etery horse In the bis Bonner stable vlll go to the block, with the exception of Maud S Turfmen all over the country were grateful for the statement of the Bonner heirs that Maud S would be retained and kept In comfort until she dies Probably no horee that ever Uvea was better known than the daughter of Harold. Her series of great performances on the turf, the remarkable prices which shohas brought when sold and the names of her distinguished owners hae all helped to make her fame. 6f late years nothing' has been heard of her beyond the fact that she was being- maintained In befit ting style Maud S Is now 25 years of age, and may live to be much older. Sho first be came conspicuous when William H. Vanderbilt purchased her for 21,O00, "in 187S. when she w8 4 years old. It was the highest price eer paid for a trotter of that age, and none has ever brought more money. She had a trial of 2.17& aa a 4-year-old, and this led Mr Van derbilt to think he had a world-beater. His Judgment proe& correct. Maud S was given an Ideal training, Just enough to assist development. In action she -a as practically' perfection, her gait Twins easy and smooth. In 1SS0 Mr. Vanderbilt announced that he belled Maud S. could do 2 OS. which at that time was considered too low a figure ei en by the mos,t op timistic turfmen. Her record went to 2.16 that year. It was reduced a half a se"cond the next year, and in ISSi went to 2 09 Shortly after this Robert Bonner purchased" Maud S of Mr. Vanderbilt for $40,000 As high as $100.0CO was "offered for her, but MrVanderbHt preferred Mr. Bonner's ownership Maud S made her record of 2 0531 In 1SS5 Although much aged, sho still retains many of her handsome Hate. She Is a 'golden chestnut, with a clean head and fine neck. " with some troth, that the game can 'only I of 1900, and will hold the, sailor to its be played on tho short turf and sandy terms. The general opinion among sport soil of the seaside links The history of lnS men throughout the country is that the game in this country during the last 1 Sharkey has made a big blunder in throw- 10 years has been s'imllar, but its spread , quite recently is evenlnore astonishingly rapid. Lawn tennis In Its earlier days made its way into the popular favor with rapid strides, but it never had aulte the hold that goir hag now all over.ilie TSSEld I though it has, we believe, established it self permanently as a first-class game. Not a Spectacular Game. But golf is more written about and talked about and played (where ppssible) than tennis ever was. It has one draw backif such it be that It is not a spec tacular game, and managers, trainers and rooters, and surgeons, too, have no part or lot in the game It- is just a fair trial of skill between two or four men, and involves a moderate amount of exercise in the open air. It, can be played all the year around, except when snow is on the ground, and two hours is long enough to play a tcourse of IS holes. The skill required in a first-class player is very great, but weak players seem to get as much pleasure out of it as good players, though a spectator may wonder wherein the fun consists. 'It Is a - curious fact about golf that those who have not played, especially if they are adepts at otHer gamgs of skill, nearly always have a fine contempt 'for it. The right way to treat such a scoffer is to leave a club around within his reach. He will try a few shots and his fate is sealed; henceforth, 'as the Glasgow mer chant said, "He will neglect his business, his wife and his Bible." "May Not Play Well, Bat He may not ever play very well; few have become better than second-class who have not begun young; but he will be an enthusiast In Scotland every Caddie learns to play, and workingmen or trades men, as mu5h as the laird, since the grounds are generally common land, and true sportsmanship knows no class dis tinctions. In England and America it is a rich man's game, owing to the expense Of keeping up the courses, and 'the golf er's get-up has been justly the object of a good deal of ridicule. But many a hard-working business or professional man 'has added 10 years to his life by taking to the game. It is not merely the exercise in the open air, but the constant interest, the hope that rises eternal, even the revenge which is so sweet. "Who can brood on the troubles and cares of life, when he has "that for the hole" and his opponent is- "one up and two to play" ? Denver Republican. "WORLD'S RECORD IN DANGER. Great Things Expected at New Yorlc Winter Athletic Carnival. The Brooklyn Eagle says there is very little doubt that the three standing jumps event, at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club winter carnival, to take place at the Madison-Square garden, New Tork, on Satur day, February 10, will result in the break ing of the world's record1. Ray, C. Ewry, of Perdue university, undoubtedly the greatest standing jumper in the world, will enter, with the determination to es tablish new figures, and other "i;op-notch-ers" are expected to participate. The old record, without weights, is 34 feet G inches, made by B. Dougherty, of Boston, in 1S94; .but Ewry, the Eagle thjnks., will easily shatter this perform ance. He"has Been clearing over 36 feet In practice of late, and even expects to do much better m February. The an nouncement of a mile relay race at the carnival, to be confined to the colleges, has aroused the various Eastern educa tional institutions to fever heat, and a great contest will be the result. Invita tions have been sent to Tale, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, uniyersity of Pennsylvania, and New Tork university, and each of these colleges will be repre sented by its best teanij, Tnllclns TJironcIi His Hat. Tom Sharkey has announced that in the future he will manage his own affairs. The pugilist characteristically declares that had O'Rourke never been, connected with him he would now be the undis puted champion of the world. "I, only want a square referee and I'll punch the big guy out and prove my claim, to the championship," said Sharkey, in discuss ing his prospective match with Jeffries. It is rumored that O'Rourke has a con tract to manage Sharkey during the whole OF THE TROTTING TURF. lnS down O'Rourke, who took him in hand when his only reputation was as a foul fighter, and has made him what he is. Don War Paint. A lar8 Uinj2fir4pf. Cambridge unlver-1 sity athletes are joining the British forces In South Africa. Frank Mitchell, the cricketer, and captain of the inter national Rugby iootball players; the Duke of Marlborough, who used-to play polo With the lighlbluesj C F. Gresham, tne Old Hall hoejkey play or and oarsman; Fred Christmas, the local long-distance champion runnerand W. J. Hill, the old third Trinity q&rsraan, are among them. HORSE G03irgn,TS suicide. Descried by" Hip Mns,ter, Drowns Himself. Ratlter, Titan, Iiive. "I recall seeing a hosse deliberately com mit suicide In three feet of water because he had been deserted for three days," said an old miner to a "Washington Star re porter. "The horse was owned by a man named Jim Kelly, a well-known prospector, who, 'in July, 1897, came into Grand Porks, B. u., after an absence in the mountains of several weeks. The animal wasTiplhing but a common, eayuse, on which Kelly sometimes rode and sometimes packed his outfit when the trails were steep and diffl cult. Naturally, the mitn and "horse Tae came attached to each other by their close companionship. "On one of "Kellya trips to town ho In dulged in a prolonged spree, .and when he had neglected the stable for three days tho cayuee broke Ills halter and started to hunt him up. He made a. bee line for the hotel where he had often gone with Jim, walked up the steps to tho porch and peered anx iously through the windows irf search of hi& master. For 15 to 20 minutes be walked up and down the porch, whinnying as though in great pain. Then, after a long look Into the windows, he left the porch, and, with head hanging near the ground, he walked into the stream of water, about three feet deep, lay, down on his side and buried his head under the water. ' "The act was witnessed by a number of us who were unable to reach him in time to saye his life.' PUT THIS IN TOUR PIPE. So-Called Briar" Pipes IUnde of "Wood ojf Hentber. According to Uie "Windsor Magazine, tho so-ealIed brar pipe is not made of briar at all. "Briar" is a corruption of the French word "bruyere," meaning health, and the misnamed briar Is in reality the wood of the heather. Tills peculiar cor ruption, like many others, is solely due to the English tradesman, who. on finding the eprrect word "bruyere" somewhat dif ficult for the British tongue to negotiate, quickly reduced it to the more familiar "briar," and the wood has been known by that name ever since. The heather thrives in great profusion on the rocky slopes of the Tuscan Alps, In North Italyu, and on the mountain sides in Corsica; a little is alio to be found in Algeria, though this is" not of a sufficiently high quality to be used for the best English pipes. A few years ago the plants nourished on the. French, side of the Jura mountains, but this supply has long since baen exhausted. The only briar to be obtained, at the present day, from France, grows In the" Alpes Marjti- mus, near .Nice, but even m tnis neign borhood the root is so scarce that it would not pay the peasants to work It. Hence there is no such wood as "French briar," Same Qid Chestnnts. Same old winter, Same old, year; Same old dying, Same old bier. ff&me old younket. Same "old boy Same old watohmeet, Same old joy. Same oldt leaflet. Same oldl make; Same old promise, ,- Same old. break. Samepfii Jokelet, ' Same old rhyme; Same old whiskers Same old Time. Sam old fellows; Same old call; Same old bid to Same old ball. Same old music, Same old whirl, Sam old tryst with Same old. girl. Same old ojuestlon ? Same old. give Same old mitten I, Same old live' Chicago Times-Herald Breeder of Famous Horses. Major John S. Clark, who died at Ie;r ington, Ky., recently, aged 59t years, was known to the turf world as the owner of Coldstream Farm, a place no- owned by li. V- Harkness, of New York. He bred such racehorses as Jim Gore, Locohatchee, Sunburst and Santilarlo. The yearling prdduce of "Coldstream" was eagerly sought after, and Mr. Clark was at one time one of the wealthiest men in. Kentucky. Business reverses and ill health broke him. He was a major in the Union army and. fought above the clouds at Iiookout Mountain. Horse-Brecdinsr Epochs. Writing in the almanac for the London Live Stock Journal for 1900, Mr. Lowe, a recognized English, authority for race horse breeding, summed up the past cen tury substantially as follows: During tho first third of it horses were bred for stamina alone; during the second speed became a factor; during the third speed only, has been considered. This is true on this side the Atlantic as well, tor now we have few long-distance racers, and with the possible exception of Ben Hol-lada-y, there is nd Animal in training who could live with the four-mile champions of the past. Sixtecn-Year-Oja Golfer, The best score made in. the qualifying round of tha Lakewood, N. J., Golf Club tourney recently, was 93, by N. Moul louf, of Garden City, L. L, N. T., a boy of 1G, who went over the course as though it had been a balmy day in June. He went out in 46 and came home in 47, mak ing his holes in fours, fives, sixes and sevens, and there were, only two occasions in which he took seven for a hole, and those were the 10th. and 11th, 405 and 475 yards. . l AIL 1)bat Was Needed. "Watts Since my ife has gone in for athletics life has been one round of ex citement, but the culmination came last "Week.? - r Potts What happened? ""Why. X was-ifool enough to show hei one of those newspaper articles proving that housework is the best athletic exer cise .possible, and Now she does nothing bujt, sweep and dust all day long."-Jn dianapolis Press. Bnelcins: fixe Line. "What's the matter with your head, Bixby?" "Been bucking the line " "Whatr At- your age?" "Yep. Somebody let it out all night in the back yard and. I didn't se it." Cleve land Plain Dealer. -. Oddn Against It, The bra est man may be theone Who Is always telling what Blood-curdling wonders he has done, But the chances are he's not. Times-Herald. iAtlifetfc' Ardor. Bertie Mother, will you take me to see the Iootball match this afternoon? Mother No. darline: but if ttou ar a good boy mother .will let vqil hln hor clean her bicycJ&MF.jia, 1, , ., , . n - ' -kl ss OFFICIAL STANDING IN "BIG FOUR" AND ASSOCIATION CONTESTS. Unto-vrnrd Experience of Y. M. C. A. Team at The Dalles Cnrions Inci dent on Commercial Alleys. The standing of the teams in the "Big Four" and association championship con tests up to and including January 18, is as follows: Big Four Played. "Won. Lost. Per ct. T. M. C."A 12 9 3 .750 Illlhee 12 G 6 .500 lThealles 16 T 9 .431 Astoria 8 2 6 .250 Association championship Astoria 8 5 S- .625 Oregon Road Club .8 5 3 .628 T. M. C. A. .'. 8 2 6 .250 The Y. AT. C. A. team had but llttrc difficulty In taking four straight games from The Dalles "bowlers on the 12th inst. Although the visitors made a much better showing than, they did at Salem, the night previous, they had not fully recovered their usual form. They very justly com plained thaf the games were delayed for an hour and a half, on account of some CHAMPION. FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THF. NORTHWCSr r TTr TS : : GEORGE M'MILLAJf, 31. A. A. C. George McMillan, the famous coach and halfback of tha champion Multnomah Amateur Athletic "Club eleven, whose, likeness Is presented herewith. Is one of the best and. most favor ably known football players on the Pacific coast. HIa work on the field la always of the star order, while his wond'erful defense, when playing In the line, and his terrific line plunges at halfback, mask him as c. gridiron athlete second, to none In the West, and to but, few. If any. elsewhere. HIa performances during the season just closed In fihls city hae served to place the stamp of popular approval on his play, and he may "well rest satisfied with the position he has gained In the esteem of lovers of the game. Mr. McMillan's early football knowledge was gained with the famous Standford team, of 1804. of which he waa otjj of the foremost players. Since that time he has played with and captained th well-known Reliance Club eleven, of Oakland. Cal.; has been captain of the crack-a-Jack Butte, Mont., team, and. has captained! and managed the equally famous Ana conda eleven. During 1S98 and 1S09, as a member of the Multncmah Club, he acted as adviser and leader of Its football team, w'lth" what result Is known- to everybody la the Northwest. kind, of an entertainment which was being held in another part of the bullaing, and 'which it "was claimed might be disturbed by the noise of the alleys. The game3 had been scheduled for a long time, and it was hardly proper treatment to compel the visiting, team to delay bowling until a late hour, in order to avoid possible disturb rance" of a subsequently arranged social affair,. The visitors, to say the least, should have been given previous notice l of the arrangement. The home team put I up an unusually high total ecore. The t following night The Dalles team won three Igames from Astoria, with much Improved score.. On the 13th hist, T. M. C. A. bowled at lllihee, and, the teams split even. Uli hee had a fine opportunity to get four games, but were unable to bunch their scorea at the proper time; their average was lower than usual. The Y. M. C. A.s hurt their team average greatly By mak 'ing a very poor showing on pins. The games between the Oregon Road Club and Astoria teams at Astoria Monday night showed a surprising result. The Road Club team made an exceedingly poor showing, and won only two games, but, considering- the size of thejr scores, they may consider themselves fortunate in hav ing struck the Astorians on an oft night. These two teams are now tied for the association championship, but the Road Club has an adyantage In that the remain ing games they are to play are to be bowled on their own alleys, while Astoria must "bowl on foreign allej s. . Good Sbonvins of Y. 3J. C. A. The Dalles wop. three games from llli hee at home Thursday night, but the offi cial scores have not, been received, and the character of the work of the teams is unknown here. The result of these games makes the position of Y. M. C. A. much stronger, and that team, under ordinary circumstances, should win out, although it is possible for either of the other clubs to get first place. The "Bigr Four" match and the asso ciation championship will end this week, the former with Astoria, at The Dalles, Saturday, and the latter Friday after noon with Astoria, at the Y. M. C. A. alleys. The big Interstate match opened last night, and will continue until Febru ary 24, with two sets of games on Wednes day .and Saturday nights of each week. The schedules show the following games set for this week. Association champ'onshlp Monday, Y. M. C. A. at O. R. C; Wednesday, Astoria, at O. 'R. C; Friday afternoon, Astoria at Y. M C. A. "Bit; Four" Thursday, Astoria at llli hee; Friday, Astoria at Y. M. C. A.; Sat urday, Astoria at The Dalles. Interstate match Wednesday, Arlington at Commercial, and Seattle Bowlrng Club at Seattle Athletic Club; Saturday, Com mercial at Multnomah, and Taeoma at Seattle Bowling Club. A very peculiar incident occurred at the Commercial CJub alleys a few days, ago, which would have required some tall guessing on the part of the referee to de cide the result of a game, had it hap pened, during a compet.tive tournament. Charley" Evacooper, who delivers in very rapid ball, was the last man up in a regular game, and, with one ball to bowl, he needed three pins to win the game for his side. The ball struck the kingpin fairly and, owing to some flaw, split it into two pieces, each piece upsetting a. q6rner pin, clearing the alley and win ning the game, if the frame counted. Of course, there was a prdtest from the losing side, but it was -without avail, as Mr.' Evacooper is hot in the habit of springing miracles, without reaping the benefit, and the frame "went." A Fine Question. Now a question has arisen as to what would have, been a correct decision in the case, there being no association rule gov- Cr-5iS (&HU&3&91 gg& 12! , t- r, , that the ball comes within that definition of a. "delivered baiy and that thi bowler is entitled to the result, where the deliv ery was made without knowledge of the condition -of the ball. Others think that it should be discretidnary with the bowler to claim the right to rebowl, as he probably would In this case, if lie had secured leaa than three pins. The best solution of tha j problem would seem to be that the bowler. in any case, sauuia reoowi tne OaiL It would be unfair to allow him to rebowl if the result did not suit him. and not allow the opposing side to have any say m the matter, especially where a game Is decided by tha ball. The splitting of tha ball 13 a very remarkable ocurrenme, and those who have had experience with lignum vftae would think it an. Impossibility. However, 'ii has actually occurred, and no doubt the association, at its next meeting, will pro vide a rule to apply to such cases. For a long tinie the Portland bowlero bae ben hearing a great deal about tho marvelous strength of the Seattle Bowling Club's team, and thay have heard it so much and so often that they "have become practically convinced that nobody else will be in the race with this team. A Seattle (man, a member of the Bowling Club, thinks that that team Is not getting a fal; deal, and is being placed in a bad light. Hft" gays 'that while he believe? the team is a strong one, it is. not composed of wonders, by any means., and the members of the team are. not as confident a3 rumors, would indicate. They d6 not relish the notion of gojpg Into the "contest looked upon as sure winners, as it would hae a bad effect every time they were beaten in a game. Unusually Fast Alleys. It is true the team Is putting up a high average at home, but Its alleys are un usually fast ones, and the scores cannot be fairly compared with those made on the other alleys. Both the Seattle teams are strong, but not more so than the Port land and Taeoma teams, and the latter will be in the race all the way through. Whoever wins will have a run for the money, and know there has been a race. There is no more fear of the Seattle Bowling Glub than of any other in the league, and the members of that team are very anxious to have it understood that they are in no way responsible for the circulation of the stories of their wonder ful skill. They say that they are just ordinary boilers, In the contest to win, it they can do so fairly, and that they fully appreciate the fact that they are to meet the strongest teams in the Northwest; if they should succeed In winning out at all, it will be by a . close margin, and after a hard "contest. , Interest in bowling- at tho Commercial Club has revived, wonderfully during the past month, and the alleys are the center of attraction. Crowds of bowlers are to bo found there at all times of the day and well into the night, and appearances rival those of the palmy days of 1S97. A handicap tournament for 1C0 games has been arranged to begin in a few days, and the weekly team tournaments will be re sumed this week, the club having provided an entirely new set of very handsome gold medals as prizes. The allejs hae been oerhauled throughout and are now in splendid condition. They will no longer haunt the dreams of aspiring tournament bowlers, to whom, in the past, they Tia e usually meant the dropping of a large slice of general average; moreover, they have on numerous occasions proven to be the Waterloo of many previously high averages. Present indications are that the alleys are a9 fast as any in the Northwest, with the possible exception of those of tiie Seattle JBawling Club, Multnomah Team "Winners.. A rubber stamp could be used for the purpose of announcing tho result of the Multnomah team tournaments each wees, as it has been demonstrated that Craft, Ball, Zeller and Farrell can take the mec als -whenever1 they please. They were tne winners' again Monday night, which makes five winnintrs out of six trys. They were defeated by a small margin, week before last, but put up an average of almost 45, Monday, and won easily. A strong effort will be made to beat them out tomorrow night. At, last accounts the tryouts for positions on the team of the Seattle Athletic Cluo were about completed, so far. in fact, thai five of the team have been practically de termined upon. These are: Huggins, Co:?, Barragar, Bowes, Nelson and Brady, witft a tight race between Churchill and Mc Kenale for sixth place. The contest has developed fine scores and some splendid percentage work. Huggins leads on pms while Barragar and Cole- are tied "for first place in percentage. Huggins, Nelson and Brady are new men who have developed wonderfully during the past year and will do good work for the team. Notes. The qOrgame handicap tournament at the Multnomah Club was won by Dr. J. T. Panton, with an average of about 46. The scores were high all around and show great Improvement over those made In the last individual contest. The trophy provided by the Seattleltes, as a prize for the big Interstate match, has arrived in Seattle, and is said to be a very fine one. There will be a great con test for its Dossession, and the very best of bo-wllng is expected all around. The Seattle Athletic Club has removed the Babbitt metal from the pin trianr'es of their alleys and substituted hard maol It is hoped that the chasgs T?III..jesult 1 jiwmi'u in in luiunui 1 n 1 U WINNEf&ON THE DIAMOND "TEDt" SDLMYA iVXEWS THE HIS- TORY OF 'Alt GA3IE. Chlcaso' Promlneu 'Umre to Bxinc- inir Baseball IntoPublic Faor "Pa" Anson and HU Merry Slen. "Ted" Sullivan, In the Shicago" Tribune, discussing characteristics If Chicagp pen nant-winning baseball teams andi the his tory of the national game imgeneral, says that It is just 13 years" aincA the Wmdy City has tasted of championship baseball honors. The last great team teat won the pennant was that of 1S86, ant it, Sulli van declares, was a team, that Vas never surpassed and hardly equaled in modern baseball. Then he goes on to say that Chicago was the main support of he Na tional League, from ISTfi to 1SS3, am. won three pennants during the periodAfrom 18SQ to 18SG. "W. A. Hulbert constructed this wonder ful club that set the pace for the entire baseball world. Iewas the greatest com bination of baseball talent ever put to gether, unless it was their running maies of those years, the famous St. Louis Browns, under the leadership of CQininr sky, or, at a later date, the Baltimore of '91. '93 and '98. The kindred and dash- lng spirits that composed the Chicago club of the early '80s namely, Mtk KeHy, Gpre. Dalrymple, Fred Pfefter. Tom Burns, Ned Williamson and Frahk Flint were men of tha greatest mechanical speed and intelligence. These players were never surpassed m the, history of the game, and could scent the route to victory without the aid of any manager. "It would be, however, unfair to omit the services of that batting gladiator, A. C. Anson. In the thickest of the fray this old batting warrior was there with I his stick. For an aggressive batter, the game never furnished his superior, and many a victory was clinched and won by the stroke of his timely bat. "Slide, Kelly, Slide." "Of the many bright lights that com posed that great team, Mike Kelly was the Intellectual torch. He possessed all the genius of a moral fighter, and wheth er In the mimic battle of baseball, or on the field of arms, the excitement of bat tle only cleared his brain. While other players were In a quandary as to how to act, Kelly would divine their thoughts and perform his task with the speed of lightning itself. "The politics and machinations of tho game make the position of some mana gers satirical and ironical. In one In stance you will see an owl at the head of a lot of eagles, and the owl will get credit for the flight and perception of those kings of birds, while, on the other hand, you will see an eagle of a manager leading a crowd of owis, and he will be condemned for their loss of sight and lack of flight. "The best jockey In the world cannot make a 2 50 horse beat a 2:10 one, and tha figure can be well applied to the men who handle some baseball teams. The mem bers of the matchless team of the '80s were players who took great pride in their profession and club, and they did not have to be lassoed to get them to practice. None of them was maklnr annual Ade llna Pattl farewells to the ball aeltl, when, in fact, this class of farewell-makers could not be kept out of a ball ground. If it was inclosed with a brick wall 500 feet high and policed by men on Its para pet with revolvers and bayonets. They would get Into that inclosure if they had to burrow under the wall, to put on a uni form to get In the game." Mr. Sullivan says that the Chicago man agement In the last two j'ears fca not been parsimonious in Its outlay fc? league talent, but admits that he cannot deter mine whether it is rank imbecility and obtuseness in judging the speed of play ers, or the great uncertainty of the gamo that is responsible for the poor showing made by the club during that time. He adds that baseball is the national game of the United States, and that It will last as long as our language It is, he avers, "the manly and dignified medium be tween the esthetic games of golf and ten nis and the bullfighting, mula-atampedlng and drag-out game of Rugby football. Tho sport is a symbol of our Institutions. TVeyter Didn't I.Uzc It. "When in a foreign hind you should sea a game of baseball, it would not be ne cessary to ask what tongue the partici pants speak, or where they haft from. While in Havana last year. Cuban ball players told me that Wejler stopped all Cubans from playing the American na tional game, which had been the Cuban custom for many years. Why did Weyler stop It? It Is not a Cuban game! It was the national game of America, and ho could not bear the sight of it In all its machinery, he saw our genius and lovo of freedom and liberty. His stopping of the game Is not a Santa Claus story, but a solid fact. "Many things have been said against the people that control the game in, a pro fessional way, which is principally In curred by selfish and Interested legisla tion, but no one can raise a finger against the honestr of the sport. Rowdy balitalay- I Ing has been exaggerated, yet one-half of the disturbance is Drougnt aoouc oy intense Interest of the players to win. Yet this could be eliminated by rigid and dignified measures, instead of Issuing the yearly proclamation as to what Is to be done with" the evil. We should fol low the example of the Western Leaguo, which makes no talk of this rowdyism, passes quick and summary justice on tho offender. Ban Johnson, who Is the presi dent of the Western League, wafts toe no magnate of magnate"? to eonslder what la to be done, but lavs the offender oft from further participation in the game that year." Penn "Uay Drop Cornell. The action of one professor at Cornell. whq. as instructor in oratory, is suspect ed of having- had selfish motives In "cut ting" the university of Pennsylvania the way he did; first. In trying to Mmlt ean didatcs for the tatter's debating team to certain departments, but wanting all the departments at the Ithaca university made eligible for him to draw from. and. sec ondly. In arranging with Columbia to take tho red and blue's place in an annual de bate with her, then notifying tha latter that she was no longer wanted, and fol lowing this up by giving out a statement to the newspapers In which he alleged as his reasons for the step taken that the Quakers had "ringers" on their team last year, will probably result In breaking, up tha friendly relations which have hereto fore existed between the two universities, and It is more than Mkely Cornell, will lose her annual Thanksgiving Oay loot ball game in this city through it. Phila delphia Ledger. - The Six Commandments. Here are six commandments eultedl from the catechism of The Golfer: "L Thou shalt not borrow thy neigh bor's clubs. "2. Thou shalt not borrow thy neigh bor's caddie. "3. Thou shalt not forget to score each stroke. ""4. Thou shalt not forget to toll thy handicap. "5. Thou shalt not swear when buk ered. "6. Thou shalt not forget to pay thy caddie." i RI THEWATION Red and Black:. The sighing lover led a heart, A club the villain played; The hotel, clerk a diamond had, And the. ijoxtoa held a epade. " CMcagaRewri.