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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1905)
XHE SUNDAY OKEGO.NIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 30, 1905. CURRENT GOSSIP IN THE ATHLETIC FIELD All McCredie's Giants Need to Win Is Teamwork Sports men s Association Plans Big Tournament WEST SHOOT . ON THE COAST Sportsmen's Association the Northwest Will Hold Tournament. of AMATEURS HAVE A CHANCE Valuable Trophies and Prizes Will Be Awarded the Successful Com petitors in the Big Meet at Irvington in June. The work of preparation for the. twenty first annual tournament of the Sports men's Association of the Northwest, to be eld In Portland on June 22, 23 and 24, as kept not only Secretary A. J. Win ers busy, but the Multnomah Rod and Gun Club as well. The Exposition spirit Is thoroughly in evidence and the local II. J. STITOLMAX, Or PENCUETOX, OR., DIRECTOR OF SPORTSMEN'S men are determined that no effort or expense shall be spared to make this tournament the best ever held. The fact that this will undoubtedly be the largest shoot ever held on the Coast, since let ters have been received from all over the United States announcing the coming of contestants has put the Portlanders and those In charge of the tournament on their mettle. The grounds at Irvington are being carefully gone over and im proved, and a new sot of traps Is now being put In. Before the date of the tour nament there will he installed five sets of expert traps with electric pulls, and. with these accommodation will be furnished for 200 or more shooters. The programme for the tournament, aside from a few details, is practically completed. Mr. Winters, secretary of the association, in speaking of the coming event yesterday, said: "We have just about completed the programme for the twenty-first annual tournament, which will be held here dur ing the latter part o June. Without any boasting, I think we can say that the programme will be as good as any ever given, and In some respects better. I think the visiting sportsmen will agree "with us and I will also say that the local club deserves much credit for the efforts It has made to insure the success of this Exposition tournament. Amateurs Have Chance. "The programme has been arranged with, a view to giving the strictly ama teur a 'look In' at least, which is more than he baa had Jn the past, and the events have been arranged so that in all money events the longest number of tar gets in each event is 20. Most of the events, however, consist of ten and 15 targets. For each day's shoot there Is $300 cash added to the purse, and to the total money events for the three days the entrance fee is 529.60. It Is therefore evident that the amateur, by putting up the nominal entrance, will participate In 5900 added money during the three days' shoot. Of course, the trophy events in the programme are of chief Interest to all ehootcrs, inasmuch as the successful win ner on one of these trophies receives at the next annual tournament 50 per cent of the entrance fee. which naturally amounts to much more than is necessary tor all expenses during the shoot. "There are several very fine trophies belftnglng to the association, the total value being $2150. There is always the keenest interest displayed when the trophy events are shot off, for aside from the pecuniary part of it, the satisfaction of winning one of these trophies is more than an empty honor and is naturally highly prized. Good Valley Representation. "From what I can learn the Valley will be etrongly represented in the tourna rment, and it seems to me that a surprise Is In storo for some of the old-timers of the association. I have noticed during the past few months that some of these 'amateurs' have been doing pome tall scoring. For instance, take Salem; Al bany, Eugene, CorvalUs, Medford, Hepp ner, Pendleton,- Philomath, Forest Grove' and Carlton, all of these towns have In their shooting ranks men who can stand on an equal footing with any members of the association. ' "The association consists of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mdntana, British Columbia, Utah and California, and is oDen for association members only for money and trophy events. Professionals and manufacturer's agents will be allowed to shoot but for targets only and will not be permitted to participate in any of the money or trophy events. "Since the expenses of conducting this tournament amount to about $2000 and the local club has more than covered this amount, I think it is- to be congratulated. The tournament Is bound to be success ful." The synopsis of the programme for the days' tournament to be held on June 22, 23 and 24. under the auspices of the Multnomah Bod and Gun Club, fol 5S EVENT. FIRST DAT. ; o.80 $ 22.50 .80 30.00 00.00 1.20 4 (Anaconda Cup) 5 ......................... 6 7 8 (Multnomah Medal). 9 10 11 12 (Brdwnlee Trophy).. SECOND DAT. 13 14 15 16 (Brownlee Medal)... 17 18 13 20 (Globe Trophy) , 21 22 23 4.00 22.50 37.50 45.00 1.00 4.00 .80 1.20 1.60 30.00 37.50 45.00 4.00 .SO) 22.50 20.00 37.50 1.20 1.20 4.00 .SO 1.20 22.50 37.50 37.50 1.20 5.00 22.50 30.00 22.50 37.50 30.00 37.50 37.50 1.20 .so; 120 THIRD DAT. .SO 1.20 1.2W 28 (Team Trophy) 29 20 t 31 (Dayton Medal) 32 33 34 35 (championship medal)... Totals 2.50 .SO l.tO 4.00 1.20 1.20 30.00 52.50 30.00 37.50 1.20 4.0) 45.00 .,6oo; J51-lOJ90O.OO Added money, $900: general' average money. 5100. Total. $1000. PROMINENT MARKSMAN AT THE TRAPS (General Average Prizes. In addition, the general average prizes will be: First prize, highest average, gold medaf. Second prize, $50 hammerless shotgun, donated bv Parker Bros. Moridon, Conn. Third prize, cash. . Fourth prize, cash $17.50. Fifth prize, cash $15. Sixth prize, cash $12.50. Seventh prize, cash 510. -Elghth prize, cash $8. Ninth prize, cash $6. Tenth prize, cash 53. Eleventh prize, cash 53.50. Twelfth prize, cash $2.50. For the longest continuous run of straights during the tournament a Mar lin shotgun is donated by the Marlin Fire arms Company, New Haven, Conn. Within a few days, the programme will be completed, giving the events In detail, and the secretary will mall copies of the programme to anyone desiring them. HISTORY OP HORSE AND TURF PIrst Racer of America Was Im ported in 1730. "The American ThoroughbreJ." the latest addition to the American Sports man series, edited by Caspar Whitney, is a succinct yet comprehensive his tory of horse and turf in this country. The author is Charles E. Trevathan. So far as records show, the first race horse in America was imported Into Virginia in 1730. Foaled In 171S, he bore the name Bulle Rock. The rec ords are very Incomplete, however. We do not know what manner of horse he was. He was held up to but light fame in his lifetime. The date of his death is unknown. But if the pedigree given for him be correct he was an undoubted aristocrat. For many years In our early colonial history, every race horse that came to this country landed at the ports of Virginia or the Carollnas. The rea son Is plain. The masters of Virginia and of the Carollnas were the cava liers of old England. They were men of the horse and the sword at home. They brought the race horse to their new home, and for 50 years after his coming maintained the existence of the race horse by fresh importations and by crossing upon such selected ani mals of native breed as seemed suited to produce the race horse of speed or the saddle horse of quality and endur ance. The- Dutch brought horses to New York and the Puritans to New England, but they were beasts of bur den. Indeed, the Puritan preferred rid ing 'to walking or driving. There were race tracks and breeding studs before the revolution. Only frag mentary records remain of the doings then; sufficient, however, to assure us that by the time the first difficulty with England occurred, the scientific breeding of the race horse had. made progress In all of the wealthy com munities from South Carolina to Long Island. It was at Long1 Island that racing be gan in .the North, but at the begin ning the names associated with .it were obscure and the eport was not of much character. In the South, on the other hand, the sport was , specially patronized by the aristocracy-and rec ognized by the church. "To him who loves the traditions" ol the sport, it should be pleasant to know that from the time of the organization of the Charleston Jockey Club (1791) and the taking possession" of the Wash ington course (1792) the men who con trolled the sport and who took a lead ing part in its conduct were the high est men of their times.. They were to the human "kind the thoroughbreds -which their horses were to the squine race." Race meetings of any character were not held in the vicinity of New. York until 1819, when an association "was formed and a course was established at Bath, Long- Island. In 1S21 the asso ciation purchased a plot of ground eight miles from where the Brooklyn City Hall now stands and Inaugurated it as the Union Course.. 'The Union Course stands more prominently on the pages of American turf history than any track now in ex istence, since it was the theater of some of the grandest turf battles ever decided on American soil, and was the arena upon which were held those memorable and incomparable contests between horses of the North and South in the, subsequent years after the North had begun to produce its own raco horses.'' The story of these various contest and of their successors down to the present day is told with animation by Mr. Trevathan and with a careful at tention to historic fact. SHOW PACES OX THE TRACK Oregon University Men Sized Up by Trainer Hayward. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Aprik 29. (Special.) After but one week of active training under the direction of Hayward, the varsity men were today forced Into competition, when the sopho more class met the test of the college athletes. The meet was scheduled for the purpose of giving Trainer Hayward 1 an opportunity to see the many candi dates in action, and he certainly saw some good work. The poor men were handlcaped enough to compel the strong est men In college to work In order to ASSOCIATION OF NORTHWEST. win points, and as a consequence somo good records were made. Allof the old candidates appeared in good form, while Henderson and Moores did better than their records pf last year. "Moores, In the sprints, breasted the tape in excellent time, considering the condi tion of the track and the time of tho. season, while Henderson cleared the bar In the high jump at 5 feet 8 inches. Per kins ran strong in bis distance runs, closely followed by Woods, a freshman from Astoria. Frlssel, the man from Nevada, was not in shape, having sustained some Injuries, and did nothing. "His races are the 440 and hurdles," says W. L. Hayward. Robbers Commit Murder. GUTHRIE, OUla., April 29. Dispatches from Chandler, Okla., were received here tonight to the effect that a bank at Ken- drlck, Okla., had been looted by four rob bers and that In an endeavor to protect the deposits Justice Davis was shot. The robbers escaped on foot with J(00 in silver and other deposits. Stories of DDIB ASHBNBACH, one of baseball's , best comedians, tell3 thla story: "I was coaching the University of North J Carolina ball team In 1902," remarked Ash, "and I was out with the equad one day ! when the professor of chemistry came over with a note6ook full of advice. He was an officious animal and handed me all kinds of wise tips how to run the team. Finally he walked up with this: " 'Oh I say coach!" " 'Yes, pruofessor.' said I, 'what la It? " 'When you get a man on each corner of the bases have the bases quite occu pied, as It were I wish you would In struct the batter to knock the ball over yonder.' and he pointed to a bunch of woods 4 miles away as If it was a foot. Ordering up homo rune like ham and eggs or a bottle ot beer. "I thought he was joking at first, until I saw he meant it. 'Have I got to do this and hold my job?' I asked him. 'If I have, what time does the next train leave? . "Well, before I got through I had to compromise and agree to 'have the trick turned every other time." ( "An all-American team selected on an unbiased opinion would not necessarily prove a winner,"' says Jack Kilfoyl. "Sev eral all-star aggregations or thoeo se lected from the very best players In the country for all-around ability have been notorious failures. Perhaps the worst dis appointment of the kind vras Comlskey's Chicago Brotherhood team In 1S90. "That famous team was the best (on paper) .that could possibly be selected at that time. It was expected to sweep the country. There was nothing else in It, ac cording to dope, and the wise ones who backed the team to win, and there were many, saw their favorites far down among the tall-enders." A romance of the baseball diamond lies behind the elopement of Waited Standt and Hazel Britton to Duluth. says a Chip pewa Falls dispatch to Sporting Life. The girl's parents did' not know of the wed ding, and they were nearly distracted with anxiety. Standi was a member of the Chippewa Falls baseball team last Summer, and Miss Britton "was -one of the most enthu siastic fans. One day, hearing a feminine voice from the grandstand urging "Wally" to rap -out a. three-bagger, Standt ldoked up and saw the .girl waving a handker chief at him. He. decided to meet her, and he did so later on. The parents did not hear of the 1 Jove atf air that followed until the . base SIWASHES NEXT THE GIANTS After Meeting the Indians Mc Credie's Men Will Invade Tigers' Stronghold. LOCAL FANS DISAPPOINTED Portland's Mighty Men Show Up Well as Individual Players, and Good Team Work Would Win Victories. This afternoon will be the last ball game for several weeks. On Monday Man ager iicuTeaje win taxe w umuu Seattle, where they will battle witn nus Hall's Siwashes for a series. After get ting through with the Indians the Giants will Invade the Tiger stronghold for a week, and then they will be off to Cali fornia for a few weeks. There Is no denying the fact that the showing" of the team has been a' sore dis appointment to the local fans. The way the team started out Indicated that they would be right on top -of the leaders at all times, but these hopes and predictions wont glimmering when the big slump hit the team. Some of the fans are Ipclined to pass censure upon Manager McCredle. They blame him for the lack of team work and for the bad showing of his nltchlntr staff. While In a measure the Inside works of the team is bad, there is something to be said about this. The Giants' weakness In this department of the trame was shown up by Los Angeles, but it becamo- more palpable during the series Just past with the Tigers. Thes critical fans must remember there arc few ball teams in the country like Los Angeles and the. Tigers. With the exception of a few changes, the men oa these two tcami have been playing together for two or three years, and some of the members of the teams have been together even longer than that. On the other hand, the Giants are made up of new men. They haven't yet had time to get together and learn each other's style of play, and until they do their play ing will be ragged. Another thing that has handicapped Manager McCredle Is the fact that Bert Jones Is the o'nly pitcher on the team who hasn t a sore arm. Vlr gll Garvin has lost games which he would not have lost had his arm been right Another blow that hurt the Giants was the lhiury to Mike Mitchell, tho new first baseman. Had Mitchell been in all of the games played with Los Angeles the Glante would have taken the series, and their .record against the Tigers would have beenbetter. Win French has not pitched a game In over three weeks. Ho was jusy getting right when the cold weather of last week set him back. French likes warm weather. If he could have had his way he would have worked against the Loo. Loos and the Tigers, but McCredle, fearing if he worked him on a cold day- that he would be out of the game for another month, would not let him pitch. While the fans are Inclined to jump on the team, they should look over the record of the Seals. Uncle Hank Harris team went to the front and took a big lead. They were up In the clouds when Port land met them. This was the end of their luck. First Oakland, who was touted as having a safe sp.ot In the cellar staked out for themselves, began climbing. Over the shoulders of Seattle they crawled. They perched on the shoulders of the Giants, and then shoved the Seals from their lofty perch. It looked for a time as If the Commuters were going to have a romp In the race for the rag. but the Tigers, after feeding on Slwash Indians, came to Port land and feasted on Giants and crowded Oakland from the top of the heap. This goes to show that you can never tell in baseball. "When you come to consider It, Portland's position In the race for the pennant is not so bad. Oakland came from behind and the Baseball Diamond ball season was over, and then the father I forbade Standt to sec his daughter. Love found a way, however, and the girl left i town, supposedly to visit a St. Paul friend, but met Standt at Duluth, where they were married. Now the two-havo written from St. Paul for forgivenes. The antiquity of ball playing In one form or another Is attested by the prophet Isaiah, who, 712 years before Christ, ut tered iho following prophecy, the first known mention of ball: ' "He will surely violently turn and "toss thee like a ball." Isaiah, xvlll:22. That is the only time in all the books of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation that ball is mentioned In Holy Writ, and while the assertion of the prophet gives wide scope for imagination, the only fact that he makes clear In one of the ear liest of sporting references that has lived through the centuries Is that tossing the ball was a pastime of the ancients. It Is time Ohio quit grabbing off chunks 'of glory by claiming "Cy" Young as her own Illustrious son. While any state should be proud to honor "Cy," he halls from a point further west. For, years Peoll. an Ohio hamlet 25 miles from a railroad, has top-lined itself on being the only reliable and original birthplace of one of the grandest athletes the game has ever known. Exit Peoll. Enter Guide Rock, Webster County, Neb. That Is where "Cy" was dlscoyered. How many years ago does not matter, so long as Guide Rock gets into the running after squirming In oblivion all this while. The town Is on the map and on a railroad, too. Some trains stop there, and others again do not even hesitate; but just the same Guide Rock is The place. Ohio papers please "copy. Nebraska's may do as they see fit. A millionaire baseball player Is num bered with the Louisville squad. Dick Whitehead, who plays the infield, outfield and officiates behind the bat equally well, being the man wno Is rated as worth, al most a million in cold cash, besides real estate' holdings which bring his total for tune un to considerably over J1.2SO.000. "Whitehead plays baseball for the love ot the sport. He refuses to sign a contract and also, refuses to allow the club to pay his expenses during the training seaT son, says a Louisville correspondent of Sporting Life. The baseball germ is Inoculated Into the system of Jhe Kentucklan too strong ly for him to follow his regular business, and every Spring he dons a suit and joins went to the top, and thero Is no reason why the Giants shouldn't do the same thing. The first half of the season Is not over by any means, and with the material that McCredle has he ought to be able to Whip them Into shape pretty soon. In ad dition to taking & decided brace in their team work, McCredle should put his Giants through a course of sprouts on the bunting game and base running. Their lack of nice team work Is responsible for their bad base running, and before they can make a run It Is almost necessary for the runner to be batted around the cir cuit. There Isn't a team in, tho league that has the hit and run game down so fine as the Tigers. Next to them comes Los Angeles. Another thing that the Tigers have down fine is bunting. They have every team In the league beaten at this game. In Friday's gamo they de feated the Giants, even when the locals were in the lead, by dumping the ball down. Mique Fisher was cartooned In The Ore- gonian the other day, and the Tacoma Booster button which he wore showed up like a full moon. Some of tho Tacoma fans saw the picture, and hence the fol lowing letter: The. Honorable Mique Fisher (Kins), Port land, Or. To the "Great and Only Mique: At the hlg Booster meeting last nlirht In Ger- maniayhall. where nearly 1000 good Boost ers were present. the Tacoma Tigers were unanimously elected members df the Ta coma Boosters, and seeing that you have made a hit wtth The Oregon lan with your Booster button. I am sending you bv to night's mall buttons for the rest of the boys. Here's hoping- you will keep up the good work. Tours sincerely, H. S. COUCH. Chairman Membership Committee. Tacoma, "Wash., April 26, 1903. Danny Shea, Portland's former catch er, will be seen behind the plate quite often now. After Shea had worked the othtr day Manager Harris asked Parke ! Wilson how It was that he did not don the padded chest and mask. His reply was: '-.ur. Harris, Danny Is catching better than I am. He is hitting and throwing better, and I am going to use him frequently until I can shake this JinKs off." It is not often that a player will vol- TOMMY BURNS, untarily confess that another plays his position better than he can himself and will step aside and let him work. It clearly shows "that no man is more anxious for the Seals to win games than their leader. Wilson is right. Shea has done gratifying work behind the plate. Another thing in his favor Danny is always there with the ginger. Other Seals could put more zest and enthu siasm in their work. When the loqals are on the field they scarcely emit a chirp. The sensation of the series closed Sunday between the Seals and the Com muters was tho stickwork of Kelly, the Oaklands' second baseman. Unknown and unsung, lie was thrown into a trade between McCredle and Van Hal Iron, whereby Schlafly was given away for Iberg. So far Kelly has done won ders. In the last series he batted in the winning runs In three games. He seems to have the happy faculty of hitting at the right time. His fielding is good. If he has a weak point It Is'in hl3 throw ing. His nrm seems to be weak. The Oakland fans got a "pick-up" sure enough when Kelly was thrown In as & spilL He Is a heady baserunner and his slides to bases are as neat as one could wish. the Louisville niad, remaining with the team until the championship season starts, when he returns to his home in Bowling Green, organizes a strong semi professional team and tours the state with his men, regardless of expense, pat ronizing the best hotels and usually tak ing the players from town to town In a private car. "Whitehead is really a curious case," said one of the players at the Tulanc Ho tel the other day. "He was looking at President Roosevelt during his recent visit, as the chief executive bowed and smiled to the multitude which crowded Louisville's streeta He did not envy the President In . the least. I was standing on the corner with Whitehead as the Presi dent passed us. Of course, I cheered, and the President raised his hat. 'That fel low may be. President of the United States,' said Whitehead, 'but I would rather be manager and captain of the champion Boston American League Club than the President and King of England rolled Into one." "Whitehead Is a sturdily built fellow, with the actions of a ballplayer. He always keeps In perfect training, working on one of his farms In the Winter time and play ing ball In the Summer. He has managers who attend to his vast real estate hold Ings and business enterprises, and quite often In the Spring training season one of these managers wjll come to Louisville to consult Whitehead on business matters. Whitehead usually tells the manager to go back to the farm and not bother him during the baseball months. The player spends his Springs In Louis ville. He rides in his automobile to the ball park every morning and afternoon. In the Spring parade, on the opening day of the championship season, Whitehead, n a new uniform which be buys himself, rides In his big touring car in the line with the regular players and is perhaps the proudest Individual In the entire state. W. B. Goodenough. aged 43 years, said to have been one of the best-known out fielders In the Southern Baseball League 15 years ago. Is at thp city hospital suf fering from Illness. Yesterday he walked into the city dispensary and asked to be sent to the hospital. Early today he sud denly fought the hospital, physicians, and after breaking his .cot and a door, was handcuffed and put In a cell. Goodenough begs constantly to be taken to Memphis, Tcnn., where he says his wife is living, He is being held for observation. URNS WILL MEET BARRY Best Battle in Pacific North west Is Promised at Tacoma. NEWS OF SQUARED CIRCLE Britt-White Mill May Xot Take Place in 'San. Francisco Owing to the Rivalry of Coffroth and Levy. A big delegation of Portland fight fans will make the journey to Tacoma Tues day mornlngso as to bo on hand to wit ness the fight between Jimmy Burns, of Chicago, and Dave Barry, of California Unless all the wise dope falls, this bat tic will be the best that the fight fans of the Northwest have witnessed In many a day. It will be a fight worth seeing, for both of the fighters are willing, and Jimmy Carroll, manager of the club under ZX t""", " 'Jl' he has made. Burns, in his fight with Jack (Twin) Sullivan, showed that he was a shifty, clever boxer, one with a punch, and not afraid to step in and take a wal lop and give one In return. Barry, on the other hnnd, is a born slugger, and he can assimilate a world of punishment. The Burns-Sullivan fight was the flrat WHO WILL XTGHT DAVE BARRY IX TACOMA TUESDAY that Manager Carroll had given In Ta coma, and that he made mistakes that night, in view of his recent explanation of the affair, shows that he is absolutely on the square. I took occasion to say some caustic things about Carroll, and the fact that he had refereed his own ngnt. ine criticism was nonest, occause there was no question that he was full of mistakes that night. These mistakes. however, were the fault of the mind and not the heart, and Carroll had the cour age to come through and admit that his work was off color. I am convinced of one thing, and that is that Manager Car roll is trying- to give tho Tacoma fight followers the best cards ha can procure. The Sullivan-Yost fight proved better when the men hooked up, than It looked on paper. The Tacoma manager has been 1 considerable expense In bringing Burns and Barry together, and If he keep3 up bringing such good men together, Ta coma may become the center of the ftsht Ing game in tho Northwest. Rumpus Among Promoters. In view of the rumpus which has been kicked up over the refusal of the April permit to Jimmy Coffroth, who was to have brought Jimmy Britt and Jabez White together. It would not be surpris ing if Carroll and those behind him in the Tacoma fight club should bring the fight off in Tacoma. Coffroth has sworn that Morris Levy, to whom the May per mit was given by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, cannot pull off the fight. Coffroth has taken the matter up before the grand jury, which Is now in session. The Yosemlte Club manager Is a born fighter. He will not lie down now that Levy and the rest ot the fight pro moters who have been hounding him for the past year have the upper hand. The Britt-White tight would be a big undertak ing for the Tacoma fight managers to handle, yet people would go to Tacoma to see the fight just as quickly as they would to San Francisco. Unless there Is a quick and sudden Interest taken In this fight It will not attract the attention among the clovers of the game ae It was at first thought It would. The only thing that will stimulate Inter est in the fight will be a sort of patriotic atmosphere. Larkspur, where White is training, is thronged dally by Britishers. With the presence of Charley Mitchell on hand to boost him, these Englishmen feel confident that White will annex the light weight championship by beating Britt. Frankie Neil's defeat at the hand of Bowker has helped to Increase this pa triotic feeling. When the Britt admirers arrive at White's training camp In order to set a line on the English champion's work, and they tell Mitchell that Britt is tho greatest lightweight in the fighting game, foxy Charley smiles and says that bo has brought White a long way, and does not intend returning with the short end of tho purse. Belay Helps White. Tho delay In the date of the fight has helped White a great deal more than it has helped Britt. Jimmy has been on edge for three weeks past, and there are some chances of his having grown stale He has made his quarters at the Seal Rockt House, and dally he is besieged by sons of Brin. The Irish admirers of the Callfornian feel that It Is America and Ireland against England when tle boys face each other In the ring. White's -first appearance did not create a favorable Impression when he first land- sed In San Francisco, but he has grown In the estimation or the ngnt fans wno nave seen him in action. White In street clothes does not look like a fighter, but when he Is .stripped for action he grows on one. He has a big chest, arms and shoulders, and strong neck. His head is small and he tapers from the hips down and does not look unlike Bob Fltzsim mons. He has the appearance of being a slugger, and has a stiff wallop in either hand.- This Is snown by'hls record, for in the 60 battles he has fought, he is credited with 45 knockouts. . Wbethec he will stop the winning career of James Edward Britt remains to be seen. Young Corbett and Eddy Hanlon have both arrived In San Francisco. The boys are to fight some time in May. This third battle between Corbett and Hanlon will not set the pugilistic world afire. Hanlon fought Corbett to a draw when they first met, but the next time they hooked up, Corbett whipped Hanlon aa decisively as Nelson whipped the Denver lad. Hanlon never got over the beating that Corbett gave him the last time they met, neither has" Corbett recovered from the two severe beatings that the Chicago Dane gave him, so It's about a standoff. WHEN SAYERS MET HEEXAN Story ot the Most Notable King Bat tle in History. Forty-five years ago, at Farnsborough, in Hampshire, on the 17th of April. 1S60. the most notable ring battle of history was fought, when Tom Sayera and John C. Heenan met at Farnsborough. Eng land, for the championship of the world. The ropes were cut and the mob broke In after 42 rounds, with the result that the referee declared it a draw. The "Benicla Boy," as Heenan wh.i called, was a famous American character. He was a particularly handsome man, a reputable gambler and in his day was the most popular man In his class. Patronized by men whose names ap peared in Burke and Debrett, justices ot the peace and members of Parliament, and brethren of the cloth, the Interna tional struggle attracted the most re markable attendance ever seen around a prize ring. Charles Dickons had laid oa the outcome. Even Thackeray is said to have been among the spectators, though this he subsequently denied. Business of every sort was suspended. Parliament adjourned for the occasion. Lord Pal merston. then the Queen's Prime Minister, while deploring the public Importance of a sporting event of so mean an order, yet expressed the hope that Sayers might win. From the railroad station to the ringside there was a wild rush over hedge and marsh, noblemen, shopmen and Lon don toughs raced and scrambled over one another lh their mad haste to reach the scene of conflict. Perhaps never a bout was so minutely described and so freely crltlclsea. as that between the representatives of the old and the new world, and the new generation will tell you how Sayers, at a dlsadvan- tage of over 2S pounds in weight and conceding five Inches In height, was knocked off his pins round after round by the stalwart "Benicla Boy," only to come up smiling and do his share of thumping in the 37 rounds, which furnished two hours and six minutes of most deadly battling. Men who never saw a knuckle fight in their lives have "read up" Sayera and Heenan sufficiently to tell how the little Englishman Injured his right arm In the fourth round and how In this way the "auctioneer," his favorite weapon, was practically useless for the rest of the fight: how, too. when the ring was broken up and a draw declared. Sayers, though half-choked from being bored on the ropes and badly battered, was full of bulldog pluck and courage, and his opponent. Hee nan, almost blind as the result of the "pinking" he had received at the hands of the Britisher. The fight, as stated. was for the championship and 200 a side. and. ending as it did in a draw. neither could claim the belt, which, as both retired, was subsequently fought for by Tom Hurst, the Stalybridge infant, and Tom Paddock. By way of solace to the heroes of Farnsborough, a fac simile of the original trophy was presented to each. Sayers never fqught again, and passed away on November S, 1S63. Heenan. however, outlived his doughty opponent some years. Thomas Nast, the famous cartoonist, was at the ringside for the New York Illustrated News. He wrote: "From the beginning to end It was Heenan's fight. Sayers was knocked down so continuously that one only wonders at his ability to' stand punishment. His friends and backers repeatedly endeavored to take a hand, and called on the police to Interfere. Morethan once his seconds got In Heenan's way and received well deserved punishment. At last It became olmply an effort on the part of Sayers to keep alive until the police should come to his rescue. This they did, at last. In the 42d round, when Sayers friends had rushed In and Heenan had promptly and proper ly cleaned up the whole ring. "'It is too bad," said the police, 'that two such good men should continue to punish each other,' and the 'Benicla Boy' was dragged from the melee and started for the train amid an excitement that was well-nigh a general riot. As he emerged from the ugly, snarling crowd, he saw Nast. " 'Hello, dragsman.' he said; 'wasn't It pretty? "Toronto Globe. Flnnl Try-Out at Willamette. WDLLAMETTB UNIVERSITT. Salem. Or., April 29. (Special.) The local try-out to select a team to compete with the University of Oregon at Eu gene next Friday was held this after noon. A cold wind was blowing, which prevented the men from doing their best work. The time was glow In every event. Lounsberry was the star man. winning four firsts. Miller was sec ond with three firsts. Following is the team selected, given In the order they finished: Half-mile Ford. Wright. Soward. 100-yard dash Miller. James. Matthews. Broad jump Lounsberry, James. Mat thews. 220-yard hurdles Rader, Jorstcd, Win ans. Shot put Lounsberry, Unruh, Naee. 220-yard dash-Jdiller, Matthews. Louns berry. v . Pole vault Jorsted, Phillips. Nace. Mile run Shanks. Colbert, H. Belknap. 440-yard run Miller. Ford. High jump Lounsberry, James, L. Whipple. Hammer throw James, L. Belknap, Robbins. Discus Lounsberry, Nace. E. Whipple. Philomath College Wins. PHILOMATH. Or.. April 29. (Spe clal.) In a spirited game of baseball here today the Philomath College teum sent Huff's, nine, of the Oregon Agri cultural College, to certain defeat In a score of 14 to S. The batteries In the game were John Rugg and Charles Broomfleld for the locnls and F, J. Huff and Roy Cooper for the O. A. Cs.