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17 CURRENT GOSSIP IN THE cATHLETIC FIELD Automobile Club Plans Road Race Programme of Sporting Events at the Exposition. THE SUND'AYi OREGOSpJ, TOBTnAM, MAT- 14, 1906. io CLUB'S WORK It Will Provide for an Oiled Driveway From City. - LINNTQN ROAD SELECTED Programme for the Meet Which Will Be Held on Decoration Day at Irrington Contains Many Interesting Features. For an organization that Is yet In Its infancy, the Portland Automobile Club Is certainly one that Is full of ginger. At a meeting held Friday night, called for the purpose of preparing the programme for the Decoration day races that will be held at the Irvington race track, there was a large and enthusiastic attendance. and in addition to arranging the racing programme other important matters were j discussed. "While the members will ex- i tend every effort to make the first auto mobile races ever held In Portland a suc cess, this will be only a minor thing compared with what the organization will j attempt to accomplish. At the meeting several committees were appointed by President Sol Blumauer. Aside from the committee which will have charge of the race meet, the road com mittee Is the next of Importance. Al ready this committee has done a great work. It has selected the Llnnton road as the proper drive way, and the $1500 which this committee has already collect ed will be spent In oiling this road. The County Commissioners have agreed to grade and repair 28 miles of roadway, and the money which will be obtained from the race meeting that is to be held, to gether with the money that has already been subscribed, and that which is yet to be subscribed, will be spent in making the Llnnton road one of the most perfect and beautiful drives west of Chicago. A Scenic Roadway. The scenery along the Llnnton road, while In 'some places not so picturesque as part of the White House road. Is beautiful and when the roadbed is prop erly oiled and graded, nothing on the Coast will be able to compare with it. It is also the most logical driveway out of Portland. The Llnnton drive can toe reached by a dozen different ways, and all of the different drives will lead through Portland's handsome residence portion. Then, too, the Lewis and Clark exposition grounds are to be a permanent fixture, and it will always be one of the city's most attractive spots to show vis itors. First It will be a drive through the residence portion of Portland, then through the Reposition grounds, and then out on Llnnton road. The cost of making a perfectly oiled road will be great at first, but once the soil Is -thoroughly oiled it will shed water Just as asphalt does, and it will be a driveway that will be accessible the year round. Tho soil of the roadbed is sandy, the very kind to make a splendid oiled road. It will take a great deal of money and a great deal of personal energy on the part of those who compose the member ship of the Automobile Club to achieve all of the things they have planned to make Llnnton road the driveway they hope. It Is not going to be a selfish proposition, and the men, who from now on are going to lend every effort to perfect this driveway, are going to solicit lovers of light harness horses and those who fove to drive and are interested in good roads. In behalf of this project. The automo blllsts, while they are taking the Initia tive, are not out to assume command of this drive. They fully expect that lovers of horses, those who ride and drive, will get as much pleasure out of this drive way, as the automobllists. Will Regulate Speed. The speed committee that was also appointed at the recent meeting will draft an ordinanc rpmilnf Ino- tv. en. Of automobiles. Thin nr.llnin.. -nrlll1. be presented to the City Council, and once it is passed tne members of the committee and the entire membership of the club have pledged to punish any dri-er of an automobile that vio lates the ordinance. The men who compose the club are business men. who recognize that vehicles of all kinds and pedestrians have rights that must be respected. This committee will also have absolute control of the speed that automobiles will use on the driveway, and -woe betide the speed crank who violates the speed limit laid down by this committee. A violation will not only mean expulsion from the club, but the violator will be taken Into court and punished. This committee will also ask the City Council to pass an ordi nance compelling vehicles of all kinds to carry lights at night. Just as the automo biles and bicycles do. The race programme will consist of seven events. On the evening of May 29, it is the plan of the Meet, Run and Race Committee to give a monster lanr tern parade. Every available automo bile will be beautifully decorated and ARE Well, we don't think so, but you come down and see the handsomest Gold Leaf China Cabinet and Silver Set ever brought to Portland. SOMEBODY WILL GET IT ALL FREE, complete as it stands. The Gold Cabinet, value $175.00, can be exchanged at I. Gevurtz & Sons, the big house furnishing store, for. house furniture to the value of $175.00. This does not include the Silver Set, value $75.00. BUT WE GI VE IT ALL AWAY, Cabinet and Silver Set complete. Content ends Saturday, July 1, at 8 P. M. One coupon with each 50c purchase. Tele phone your orders in, and we will deliver them free' and send your coupons to you. OREGON IMPORTING COLUitBIA UN1VZK9ITV BASEBALL TEAM WHICH DEFEATED EUGEXE HIGH 011001. IX ACADEMIC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. 1. . ' lighted with lanterns. - The races will be held In the afternoon, but before going to Irvington there Is to be a street parade. The programme of tho events will consist of speed races, brake races, obstacle races, a ladies' race and a stop and start race. Such races In the East have proved great successes. Every possible guard against accidents will be taken, and if the weather man will only be on his good behavior the races will furnish a great day's sport. Following' are the various commit tees that were appointed: The Meet., Run and Race committee Dr. C. li. Brown. W. F. Lipman. T. D. Honeyman, Edgar L. Lowell, D. C. O'Rellley. Bert Ball and Charles. Br Iggs. Road committee John C Alnsworth, Lewis Russell. A. K. Bently. Charles, Brigs. H. L. Keats and H. Wemme. Membership committee C. A. Lisky. W. E. Travers. H. C Wood, Ben Hol laday and Howard Holland. Speed committee C ,J. -Cook, W. F. Lipman. R. L. Stevens, Elwood Wiles, H. Wemme and Dr. A. C Mackay. FIELD DAY AT VANCOUVER Fourteenth Infantry Gives First Public Exhibition. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash May 13. Fourteenth Infantrymen will hold their first field day at the bar racks Thursday, May 25. Events of the day will be held under the direc tion of the following' officers: Major J. S. Parke. Fourteenth Infantry, ref eree; Captain S. C. So r ley. Captain George McWeeks and First Lieuten ant C N. Murphy, Judges at finish; First Lieutenant James Regan, Jr.. Second Lieutenant Bates Tucker and Second Lieutenant Edmond Gregory, Judges of course; Captain H. G. Lear nard. Captain George LaR. Irwin, In spectors; Second Lieutenant O. K. Tol ley, assistant to referee; First Lieu tenant H. S. Cowan, timekeeper; Cap tain B. S. Mllles, starter; Lieutenant H. W. Gregory, clerk of the course and scorer. Contests will begin promptly at 9 o'clock, and the following programme of events will be carried out; First event 100-yard dash. Second event Shelter-tent pitching, to finish with two men Inside of tent, blanket spread, leggins, hats and blouses removed. Third event 220-yard dash. Fourth event Running broad Jump. Fifth event Cartridge race, with bolt and flrlng-pln removed from piece, men start from line, secure piece, return bolt and firing-pin, se cure cartridges and fire five shots. Sixth event Putting 16-pound shot. Seventh event Half-mile relay race, four men in relay, to carry message from starting line to deliver to Judge at finish. WE GIVING OUR GITS' HARD LUCK Hoodoo Crowds Locals Into the Cellar at Last. M'CREDIE STILL HOPEFUL Some of the Circumstances Which Have Worked to the Injury of the Portland Ball Team Arc Enumerated. With only two pitchers working, one in the hospital at home and Bert-Jones with a lame back. Manager McCredie has certainly been having his hard luck on this trip away from home. The fact that the Giants took a dip Into the cel lar is not surprising under these con ditions, but the fans shouldn't be dis couraged. Manager McCredie is not. He is still clinging tot that eternal hope, and he very aptly says In a let ter that he has no use for a manager who cannot take the bitter with the sweet. There has been some murmuring of discontent among the fans. The loud est cry has come from those who. like Manager McCredie. banked high hopes on the team. Even the severest critics are willing to admit that the team is Is a good one. and everybody must ad mit that things have been breaking bad for the team. If the Giants could have had Just one-half of the luck that has fallen to the Tigers, those Giants would have been up In .the first divis ion. There Is a hoodoo 'with the (earn, a Jonah, that, if caught, should be fed on a generous dose of rat-poison. Even the nqnsuperstltious will admit this, for nothing but hard luck has followed the team for the past three seasons. Manager McCredie has tried to shake off This hoodoo, and for a time it looked as if he had succeeded. He started out by cleaning out all of the old players. He spnt considerable money In get ting a new team for Portland, and ho is still willing to spend more. Whilo all the hard luck has been going on he has not been Idle. He knew long ago where he'was weak, and has been cast ing about for men to fill in the gaps. The fact that he paid the Chicago Na tional League club $500 for Mike Mitch ell should demonstrate to the fans that he Is making every effort to gat good men and is willing to pay for them. So far Mitchell has not had a chance to show what he could do at first. The injury to his ankle was certainly the toughest kind of luck. Mitchell has shown that he is made of the right stuff, for he was back into the game long before he should have been. He started to play at Seattle with only one leg to stand on. He has fielded his position remarkably well, for a cripple, and has been hitting' well for a man who has to stand on one foot when he clouts at the ball. In a letter Manager McCredie states that Mitchell has .shown him that he can play the initial sack. He also says that he can throw to bases better than any man In the league. Whether Mitch ell is an outfielder or not does not mat ter. If he can play the position Mc Credie has signed him for, the fans should be satisfied. Tliose Seattle magnates are cer tainly a dog-in-the-manger crew. Their attitude in keeping Jay Hughes out of the game with the information at hand does not strike ono as being a bit sportsmanlike. Hughes, long be fore McCredie began dickering with him, refused to accept tho cut In his salary, and openly stated that he did not -want to play again in Seattle. This should have been enough for the Si wash moguls. The desire to punlsb Hughes by keeping him out of the game seems to have been uppermost in the minds of the Seattle magnates. Manager McCredie has offered them a good price for Hughes. He has beon more than fair with Seattle on this proposition. The mistake that Mc Credie made Was last Spring. He should have ordered Hughes to report at Bakersneld, a thing he had a per fect right to do on the telegram that Russ Hall sent him. If he had done this and made a league matter of It, the Seattle moguls could not have made the repudiation of Hall's telegram stick. McCredie's effort to tote fair has cost him the loss of many a game, for Hughes would have won fully half of his games. It Is not too late yet for McCredie to mako a league matter of this Hughes deal. What" he should do on his com ing trip South is to order Hughes to report and then let President Bert and the league settle it. McCredie could have kept Jack Doyle on the bench all Summer. That -he did not do so proves him to be fair, for when the chance to sell Doyle came he sold him rather than keep him out of the game. Hughes Is not like most ballplayers. He has money and a good business at Sacramento. But for this Seattle might have forced him to terms. Hughes is talking of suing the Seattle club. If his case is a good one against the club, and it seems to be, he will khave little trouble collecting damages. COMPANY FOR ILL ATHLETES Programme of Sports for the Exposition Months. CHANCE FOR EVERY ONE In Each Line of Sports There Is Ar ranged a Schedule Which Will Give the'Best Opportunity to Competitors. If anyone has athletic proclivities of any kind, he will find a competition suited to him in the list of events that .has been arranged for the months dur ing the Lewis and Clark Fair. It is all open, anyone can enter, against whom no one can prove a professional rec ord, and the events will be National. To chronicle all the different classes of sports alone, not to undertake the various particular events coming un der each class. Is a task In Itself, and the complete programme issued by the bureau ol Ainieucs or the air is a masterpiece of classification. It has been Issued and sent broadcast, and begins with an Invitation from the ath letes of the West to those of the North, and South and East that partakes of the open hospitality of the Pacific Coast. In spite of the late date at which the matter of sports was taken up, the Multnomah Club, particularly through certain of Its most active members, has done yeoman service. It received Its commission to arrange the games when it seemed too late to attempt the undertaking, but It got to work and accomplished what was set before it. The result is the complete programme, entirely dated, which has been printed and sent everywhere. Someo'ne deserves unusual credit, and that Is H. W. Kerrigan, chairman of the general committee having the sports In hand. Everyone Has Chance. The youth of the country having a healthy thirst for good, clean sport, no matter what it is, will have his chance to do the thing he likes best and ex cels in at the Fair. He can choose over a range of events that runs all MONEY AWAY? THE BIG FAMILY LIQUOR STORE 195 THIRD STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON PHONE MAIN 380 j REFERENCES: MERCHANTS', NATIONAL BANK, WELLS-FARGO EXPRESS COMPANY the way from clubswinxiag to foot-' ball, from yachting to boxing. He can not think of any form of sport fol lowed in this country which. Is not in cluded in that 58-page programme. The general divisions are baseball, professional and amateur, track and field athletics, gymnastics, games for Indians, for Japanese and for soldiers. Championships will be awarded in the following contests, the diversity of which Is apparent: Individual gymnas tio; boxing; intercollegiate1 track and field; golf. Pacific Coast; handball; North Pacific track and field; fencing, foils; Northwest lacrosse; basket ball; pentathlon; individual gymnas tic; track and field; swimming, diving and water polo; all-around Individual; track and field. National; hose races; cricket; lacrosse; wrestling; baseball. Competition for AH. Schools, colleges and athletic clubs and those who belong to no organiza tion are provided for, and a man will be hard to find who cannot pick out some competition In which to enter. As a matter of fact, however, the three named classes of athletes are In the preponderate, and the greater por tion of the time given to tne ordinary run of athletics is devoted to them. Events In which they take part will be conducted under the rules of the Ama teur Athletic Union, and the many rules set by that organization will have to be followed. But that will work no hardship and cut off but few, for those following athletics of that kind know the regulations well. The sports will be of the broadest order. Tachtlng, scull racing, canoe ing, automoblllng, golf, lacrosse, are all taken care of by local organiza tions, which have arranged for con tests on their own accord. The row ing club, the yacht club, and particu larly the golf and tennis clubs, will have contests of particularly wide scope In honor- of Lewis and Clark year. Even fly-casting- and log-rolling are cared for. There Is to be so much In the way of sports that but a bare outline can be given in a limited space. The pro gramme Issued by the Bureau of Ath letics of the Fair, on the other hand, is complete and is Indispensable to or ganizations expecting to take any part In the Summer's sports. The Various Events. The general programme of sports, with the dates, follows: June 3 Interacbolastlc baseball champion ship. Local. June 8 and 7 Individual gymnastic cham pionship. Open. June 8 Boxing: championships, open. June 9 Public school games. Local. June 10 Handicap track and field events. Open. June 12 and 13 Interschousuc relay races. Open. June 16 and IT Intercollegiate cnampion- ahlp track and field events. Open. June 18 and 17 Relay races, open. June 19. 20. 21. 22, 23 and 24 Lewis and Clark Pacific Coast soli championship. June 10 Five-mile run. rope climbing. kicking football and club-swlnglns cham pionship. Lewis and Clark. Open. June 28f 27, 28, 29, 30 and July 1 Hand ball championship. Open. Yacht races. Open. July 3 and 4 North Facinc cnampionanip. Track and field. July 3 Fencing championship. Open. July 7 Long dive, high dive, standing broad Jump, standing high Jump. Chara p!6nahlps. Ojen. July 10 Lacrosse, rnorinwest cnampion snip. July 11. 12 and is x. ai. c a. atnietics. Open to all Y. M. C. A-'s. July 14 and 15 Automobile tests, open. July IT Japanese field day. July IT. 18. 19, 20. 21. 22 24, 23, 26. 27. 23, 29 and 31 Tennis. Open. July 18, 19. 20, 21 and 22 Swimming, div ing, water polo. Championships. Open. July 24 Turn Vereln sports. July 23, 26. 27, 28 and 29 North Pacific regatta, and open regatta. Canoeing. July 31 and August 1 P. A. A. champion ships. Track and field. August 2 and 3 All-around individual Na tional championship. Track and field. Open. August 4 and $ Lewis and Clark National championship. Track and field. Open. Jrugust 7 Amateur baseball. Four teams Local. August 9 and 10 Navy sports. August 11 and 12 Handicap swimming events. Open. August 14 Professional events. Hose races. August 21 Indian athletic sports. August 23 and 24 Fly casting. Open to all game associations. Aquatics and log rolling contests. September 11 and 12 Soldiers' field day. Open. September 13, 14 and 15 Cricket cham pionship. Open. September 13 Multnomah Amateur Ath letic Club day of sports. September 16 M. A. A. C. track and field games. Open. September 18. 19, 20 and 21 Wrestling championships. Open. September 22, 23 and 24 Lacrosse cham pionships. Open. September 23, 26 and 27 Basket-ball championships. Open. September 28, 29 and SO Association toot ball. Open. October 2. 3, 4, 5. 6 and 7 Interscholastlc, college and club football. Open. Normal Wins From 'varsity. MONMOUTH. Or., May 13. (Special.) Willamette University was defeated here today by the State Normal team in the score of 4 to 5 in a 10-lnnlng game. During the first four innings the score was 3 to 0 In favor of the 'varsity boys, but the Normal team took a brace and made four runs in one inning, and the score was tied in the seventh, remaining there till the 10th. The 'varsity boys were not able to find E. Smith, the pitcher for the Nor mal team, who struck out 13 men. William Smith, of the Normal side, made the only three-bagger of the day. TO OUT-OF-TOWN TRADE : We will send you four (4) big full quarts of 6-year-old STUBBLE RYE, all express charges pre paid, for $3.25 and" send you coupons with each order. Your money back if you are not satisfied. IN E GOLF GAMES Best Players of the World Are Invited. SCHEDULE OF THE SERIES Tournament' Will Be the Most Im portant of Any Which Has Been Held West of the Rocky Mountains. Golfers of the world are Invited to par, ticlpate In the Lewis and Clark tourna- raent for the championship of the Paclfio Coast, to be played off June 19 to 24, oa the Waverly Club's links. The programme of this tournament, the biggest ever held. west of the Rocky Mountains, was pub lished yesterday and will bo sent to all the leading golf clubs of the country. Notice of the tournament has been sent, to the golf magazines, and it will receive)! wide advertising. The best players of the Pacific Coast will be in this tournament, and there are as good golfers here as anywhere. The competition is thrown open to the whole world, because the Pacific Coast golfers are not afraid to play with the best. The Waverly links are probably the best on the Coast for a championship meet. Tne greens are all In excellent condition and the whole course is of due length and. In good order. Prizes are offered for all events, mostly silver cups, presented by the club. But there are two gQld prizes, one for men and the other for women, for the cham pionship of the Pacific Coast. The programme follows: , PROGRAMME. Monday, June 19, 1905. 9 to 10 A. M. Pacific Coast championship. Qualifying round, 36 holes; medal play, first 13 holes. 1 to 2 P. M. Qualifying round, second 18 holes. Tuesday, Juno 20, 1905. 9 to 10 A. M. Pacific Ccaat championship First round of match play, 18 holes. 1 to 2 P. M. Paclfls Coast championship. Second round of match play, 1$ holes. 2:30 P. M. women's Pacific Coast cham pionship. Qualifying round, 18 holes. Medal play. ftedaesday. June 21, 1905. 9 to 10 A. M. Men's consolation event. Qual ifying round at 18 holes. Medal play, three flights, 16 each. 10 A. M. -Women a Pacific Coast champion ship. First round of match play, IS holes. 1 to 3 P. SI. Pacific Coaet championship Thtrd round of match play, 18 holes. ' P. 31. Men a consolation event. First round of IS holes, match play. 2: GO p. M. Women's consolation event. Two flights, qualifying round, at 18 boles. Thursday, June 22, 1905. 9 to 10. A. Ml Pacific Coast championship. Semi-finals, match play, 36 holes. First half, IS tnl. 10 A. M. Women's Pacific Coast champion ship. Second round, match play, IS holes. 10:50 A- 21. Men a consolation event, semi finals, 18 boles, match play. 1:30 P. M. Pacific Coast championship. Semi-finals, second 18 holes. 2:30 P. M. Women's consolation event. First round match play, 18 holes. Friday, Jane 23, 1905. 9 to 9:30 A. M. Pacific Coaet championship. Finals, match play, 36 holes, first half. 18 holes. 10 A. M. Women's Pacific Coast champion, ship. Semi-finals, match play. 18 holes. .10:30 A. M. Men's consolation-events. Finals, match play, 36 holte, first half. 18 holes,, 11 A. M. Women's consolation event. Semi finals, match play. 18 holes. 1 P. M. Pacific Coast championship. Finals, 36 holes, second 18 holes. 1:30 P. M. Men's consolation event. Finals, match play, second 18 hole. 2 P. M. Women's Pacific Coast champion ship. Finals, match play, 18 holes. 2:30 P. M. Women's consolation event. Finals, match play, 18 holes. Saturday, June 24, 1905. 10 A. M. Putting contest. Pacific Coast championship. 11:30 A. SL Approaching contest. Paclfio Coast championship. ,12 to 1:30 P. M. Men's handicap, IS holes, medal play. 1:30 to 2 P. M. Women's handicap, 18 holes, medal play. 4:30 P. M. Men's driving competition. Pa cific Coast championship. Best average and longest drive. 4:30 P. SI. Women's driving competition. Pacific Coast championship. Beat average and longest drive. To all golfers the lengths of the holes, as Indicated below, will signify a championship course: WAVERLET GOLF CLUB LINKS. No. Tards. Bogey. No. Yards. Bogey, 1 34S 5 10 1 298 . 4 S 314 5 11 366 6 3 300-4 12 235 4 4 335 5 13 274 4 5 335 5 14 165 4 6 432 5 15 333 . 5 7 468 6 16 200 4 8 435 5 17 433 5 9 216 4 18 . 297 4 3179 2S01 Joseph 3faclas Dead. PHILADELPHIA, May 13. Joseph Maclas, who has managed many pu gilists, and who was known to tha sporting fraternity all over the coun try, died here today of Bright's disease.