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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 30, 1911. FIGHT SHY OmCEES ELECTED BY NEWLY-ORGANIZED OREGON ASSOCIATION FOE HIGHWAY TMPROVEEMNT BOXING BOUTS AT bottom with shoemaker's wax, trusting the stun! to harden and look like lead or Iron. r Abe tells of a trick often used In San Francisco. There Is always a crowd VANCOUVER GLEAN standing around the scales at weighing OF BOXING MEET time, so Mr. Scrapper hooks his fingers Into a friend's pocket, throws his extra weight on the digit and the beam re fuses to tremble. "Kid Farmer, a good Western fighter. was overweight one night," continues Aitell. "He stripped In the scale room and put a handsome cane by the chair Purposed "Hope" Elimination New Highway Association Principals on Card There May containing his clothes. Then he ran 5 Will Be Bud Anderson and over to the cane. ' 'I'll take no chance of some lobster copping my walking- Plans to Unite Alt Interests for Common End. tournament May hail, Says Corbett. stick, said he. Then he mounted the Danny O'Brien. platform and calmly leaned on the cane throwing his weight upon the cane and the flooi' and got away with it." PUGS HARMONY IN ROAD BUILDING IS AIM MmSSJMHMHMtaMMMMaaMK . :- - J 1 4 I J ' ' ' ' . ... " ... - - : z . " . . ? f t ' - -4- ,t ? I . : I . , ; 4. : j W is Jt i isiaii aw'i if t ai a us nil n r a sYaVMaYw 1 - - - .! . . - ' ... V . k. . . ' ' " - - . S. " IV; - - -S ' ..." -"ill I ' f v., V as. I - f ' COUNTIES ASKED TO JOIN Hronj Support of Industrial Organ liatlon and Corporations Is Pledged President Out line Work of Year. By the launching of the new Oregon Association for Highway Improvement la Portland Friday night .to succeed the . ld rood roads organisation, the cause l r better hlgtvways In Oregon received -a Impetus that will result la bringing a?nut eventually tha most practical and ' effective system of road construction ever attempted la a Western state. Profiting by ths experience of the former association, the officers and members of the new association are prepared to adopt a plan that will ere ate state-wMe Interest In the more , ment. -Kvery county, every locality, ' every municipality, every class of In I dustry will become an Integral pprt In I the general st-heme for the Improve f ment of the road throughout the state. ' It Is expected, before the Oregon Aso- elation for Highway Improvement com p etes Its campaign of education. Harmony Ilrl Consideration. One of the first ends to be attained 1 the creation of a harmonious Work In force. In the pa.it there have been apparently, petty Jealousies among dlf ferent Interests, with the remit tha the move int has been retarded. The new association Is determined to be gin anew to fight the rauae of good roads but. It Is pointed out. It will be Impossible to accomplish the best re suite unless the people are unanimous In their support. Harmony and enthus iasm are necessary, declare the offl cers. to success. Assuming that the greatest question bafore the people of Oregon today Is that of anod roads, the association realises that the prollm' cannot be solved effectually until proper good roads legislation Is secured. The fail ure of the. members of the laat Legis lature to agree on a system of road laws that hi. I been desired by the good ' roads advocates brings to ths attention of the association the fact that the one great factor In solving the good roads problem Is safe and sane, yet progres siva, legislation. To enlist the united aurprt of the people so that the best aad b. "adest laws can be passed at the next Legislature, or by Initiative, will therefore be. one of the main purposes "l ire new association. Counties to lie Organised. Although the association will not be organise,! permanently until May IS. when the by-laws will be adopted, the officers sn.i directors will begin at once to formulate plans for carrying out the. work or the organisation. Kach of the K countlea la the state will be repre sented In the association by branch or ganisation They will be organised on- 0T the aueplces of the parent associa tion and will have membership and la the deliberations. The president f tha county organisations will serve ae a vice-president In the main a elation and by virtue of that office the county presidents will be able to bring such matters to the attention of the as sociation as may be desired In each county. Nominal annual fees) will b charged so that every clsss of people will be In duced to take memberships. According to present plans, two classes of men)' ber.hlp will obtain active and regular. The active members shall pay VL'-t an nually for a membership both In the state and In the county association. v per rent of the membership fees to-be turned over to the state association. With the funds thus received by the stale association, membership cards In the state association will be Issued to the members of the branch organisa tions and. In addition, the general ri pens of conducting the work will be borne by the state association. Uher Support Promised. Regular members shall pay 13 a year oa the same basis aa active msmbers and shall receive a subscription to the Good Koada Magaaina aad a good roads but' ton. That the reorganisation of tha good roads movement alll receive strong sup port from different organisations, rail road companies and influential cltlsens throughout the state was shown at the ' meeting Friday night, when communica tions re received from these source. Assurances of assistance in the good roads movement were received from Ore gon Rural Mall Carriers' Association, the State Grange, Portland Commercial nub. Portland Chamber of Commerce, HliUboro Hoard of Trade. Astoria Cham ber of Commerce. Independence Commer cial Club, Harrlsburg Commercial Club. I Huntington Commercial Club, County Judce Culberston, of Hood River County. ' State Treasurer Kay. J. P. O'Brien, head of the Harrtman system In Oregon; Louis ! W. Hill, president of the Grest Northern. . and others. The Oregon State Automo bile Association and the Portland Com- merrlal Club have been Invited to be ' come affiliated with the association. In his latter to the association. Louis , W. Hill expresses pleasure In knowing that Oregon has awakened to the neces I slty of scientific road building and ' promises to give assistance to the movement. He Is a director In the American Association for Highway Im provement, and urgea the Oregon Asso ciation for Highway Improvement to Identify Itself with the National organi zation. That association pledges sup port to every state represented. It will assist In the organization of an effec tive working force In each state. Experts to Be Engaged. If the Oregon association becomes affiliated with the National association, road experts and organisers will be sent here to help the county and state or-ganliatlono- In carrying on the good roads campaign. It la probable that the fctregon association will take advantage of the opportunity to Join the National association at an early date. The officers and directors of the new association announce that they will make every possible effort to make the organisation a power In the good roads movement. They realise that much hard work Is before them and that It will be necessary to surrender much of their time to tie cause. They will make an appeal to every citizen In the state to do his part In bringing about the desired results for systematic sci entific and economical road construc tion In Oregon. The officers elected to serve one year are: President. Carloe T. Prall - Tlce presldect. Jamas IX Cole: secretary, W. I. Priest: treasurer. Dr. Andrew C. 1 smith; together with the officers. Poll L S. Bates and Amon Moore, comprise the board of directors. Active Campaign Contemplated. "The new association will not be fully organized until about the middle of May, after which time we Intend to Inaugurate a state-wide campaign." said Mr. Prall yesterday. "The now officers realize fully that they have a large undertaking on their hands, but they Intend to put their very best ener gies Into this movement. We feel that a large part of the preliminary work has already been accomplished hy the old Oregon Good Jtoads Association, and In this connection too much cannot be said for the devotion to public In terest shown by !r. Andrew C frimlth. the retiring preniriv-nt. Judge Lionel It. Webster and Others, who have unself ishly devoted their time and means to the cause. "We expect' to affiliate with tha American Association for Highway Im provement, which numbera among Its members some of the foremost men In the country. They are carrying on a campaign of education In every state In the I'nlon and are meeting with much success. "In our own state we hope to have an auxiliary organization In every county and we are sure that we shall be able to enlist the aid and moral sup port of every commercial club and business organization In the state as well aa the granges and similar bodies. Our secretary already has deceived nu merous offers of assistance and support from all over the state and the senti ment for better highways la practically unanimous. Me hope that the cam palgn of publicity which we will carry on during the next two years, backed by public sentiment, will result In the passage of satisfactory highway laws at the meeting of the next Leglala lure. BOAT Jtxirs wiLnrus craft TO HACK l.V HKl HEGATTA. With Guarantee to Do 35 Miles an Hour. 2 6-Foot Motorboat Promise KxcUement. ASTORIA. Of.. April . (Special.) Julius Wilbur, an Astoria business man, la building a It-foot motor boat for the Astoria Centennial Kegatta. This craft Is on the ways of Charles Brlnkley. the Seattle boatbullder, and it la guaran teed to do S5 miles an hour when com pleted. Kojulpped with a ISO-horsepower engine, this craft Is looked upon to "bring home the bacon" in the 21- foot class. The engine alone In this boat will cost 30on. and it will take an other 1 1000 expenditure to complete the bull. The :-foot class Is the first race on the Regatta programme and the start Ing gun will be fired at 9:15 on th morning of September 4. The purse li this race Is I10UO; 1700 for the first. S200 for the second and 1100 for the third It will be run in three heats, 1& miles each one on Monday, one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. Thus. It will be seen that Mr. Wilbur Is expending ftooo to win a $700 prize. H. Llppert. of the Llppert Engine Company. St. Louts, is shipping a ISO-horse-power engine to Astoria, where he has contracted to build the hull and thua get a craft for the Free-for-All race in the displacement class, where the purse is $1500. Mr. Llppert has an agent In Astoria now arranging the details of the con tract to build the hull. Ills engine should average at least 40 miles an hour. Beyond the fact that It is ISO-horse-power he will give no details. Other builders are working on their engines and boats to enter these races. Commission How' Tram Ambitious The Tearson-Page Company has Is sued an ambitious challenge to all the Front-street commission-houses to play a game of baseball on Sunday. May 7. A plcKed nine win be chosen from the various firms on the street to meet he challengers. A great desl of en husiasm has been aroused In "Commis sion Row" and there will be a large at tendance at the game. , "Parson" Da vies Goes Abroad. NEW YORK. April IS. "Parson" Davies and Jdtin K. Rogers sailed to day for Europe In quest of the "white man's hope." Davies was former man ager of John L. Bullivan and other pugilists. Rogers said he was going to talk things over with Hugh Mcln- osh in Paris and nod aome way to beat aak Johnson. 1 J rz---s zjzjs. s-... 1 TENNIS MEN WAR Breakers Seen In Controversy Over Dates. SEATTLE OPPOSES TACOMA Ieslro tor Karljr Pates fop Tourna ments Causes TroublePresident " Andrews Has Done-All He Can, He !' for Harmony. ' BY RALPH H. MITCHELL. Internal dissension which threatens to cause no little trouble In the Pacific International Lawn Tennis Association, comprising nine clubs In this section of ti' country, became known this week wiicn hubs reached Portland that Seattle, Everett and Tacoma are warring over the dates on which they shall hold their various tournaments. Over two months ago President An drews. of this city, who was elected last year at Spokane, sent out notices to the various clube comprising the association proposing dates on which tournaments might be held, the same dates not con fllcting with the dates given to other tournament cities. Yesterday It was given out here that every tournsment date had been fixed and accepted with grace by all with the exception of the Seattle. Everett and Tacoma clubs, which are hosts respec tively to the Washington state, the North Pacific and Western Washington championship play. Seattle Wants Karlv Date. seatiie wants August 7 ween, and re fuses to accept the date of August li. Tacoma. wants August 14 week and can not see mattera In any other light. Both cities hsve declared that they have made sucn arrangements affecting the tourna ments that they cannot now well back down from those arrangements, and from the present situation. It appears that tha three clubs must fight It out alone. Everett Is practically an Innocent by- standerj aa It only awalta the settlement of the Seattle and Tacoma dates to an nounce Its willingness to accept the last date of the year, probably August 21 week. It Is a foregone conclusion among the Portland, Spokane, Vancouver and Vic toria cluba that the North Pacific tour nament really stands second to the In ternational In the matter of prominence insofar aa affecting the number and prominence of the players who will take part. For this reason. If for no other, It Is declared that Seattle should give say to Tacoma in re card to the early date, as the Seattle event is only a state affair. Seattle, however, takos the opposite view; that It had the date of August 7 In 1910; that the state tournament Is just as Important, If not more so, than the North Pacific, and that It has al ready applied to the National body for the qate of August 7. Andrews "Washes Hands." President Andreas, when seen yester day, declared that he ' had washed his hands of the whole affair;" that he had done what he could, had gone as far as the constitution and by-laws of the asso ciation will allow; had advised certain dates which would not conflict, and that he had decided to let Seattle and Ta coma fight It out alone " and next time they might know better." This war among the tennis men of the Puget Sound eountry, however, may result in good to the association in the future, aa it is probable that the annual meeting of the International Association to be held under unique circumstances this year, in that the meeting will be called to order on a train while the same Is speeding toward an Oregon beach resort, a resolution will be Intro duced and no doubt will be passed by a majority vote, giving the president of the association the right to name the dates, the clubs In the association being compelled to abide by such dates set. This will do away with any possibility of conflicting play, giving each enter taining club an opportunity to prepare for any visiting players to various North west tournaments and thus a chance to count on such visiting entrants. Interscholastic Tourney Proposed. Particularly timely and of particular importance is the suggestion which R. P. Newlands, a student of the Univer sity of Oregon and himself a tennis player of repute, makes in the May number of the Oregon Monthly, the State university publication. Mr.'New lands closes an Interesting article on "Tennis in the U. of O.", aa .follows: "That Oregon la weak in tennis Is not the fault of the players but of th environment. Tennis Is a game, which, to reach Its best results, must be prac ticed in close competition. - There are not enough players In tha university who really know the game to develop material. The few who can play the game are so well conversant with the style of game put up by the others that they are not able to get much prac tice In playing them. To succeed with the game, the university must have more players. The only solution of this difficulty Is to start an lnter-scboiastlq In Portland, under the auspices of the university, pulling off the semt-flnals and finals in Eugene In conjunction with the Inter-scholastic meet track." That Mr. Newlands has explained "what's the matter with Oregon Uni versity In tennis." and has also found the remedy, every tennis man will con cede. His Idea of an Inter-scholastic tournament here should meet with the enthusiasm it deserves by all Portland tennis men, particularly those connect ed with the Irvington and Multnomah clubs. Should the. mattur be broached to the tennis committee chairmen of either or both clubs there la little doubt but that Messrs. Brewer and McAlpIn would do all In their power to further such a tournament. Wo hope Mr. New lands' suggestion will be taken up at once and pushed to a conclusion. . The fact that the school board has given Its permission to students of the Washington High School to build a cement tennis court and the fact that the Jefferson High School tennis play ers are already using their court Is proof enough that such an Inter scholastic tourney as proposed would meet with great enthusiasm among the Portland High School students who later will entcr'-the University of Oregon to complete their education. PIGEON RACES PLANNED BIRDS WILL MAKE SERIES OF LOXG-DISTANCE FLIGHTS. Last Speed Contest to Ho Flown From Gait. Cal., 500 Miles to This City. One hundred pigeons belonging to Port land bird fanciers will participate In a WO-mlle speed contest from Gait, Car., to mis city some time In June. The am bitious plans of tho Oregon Homing Club, announced last night, call for a series of races beginning with a 100-mlla tt in. day from Eugene to Portland, jumping up nn miles with each succeeding Ron- day and closing with the 600 mile flight. in aDoui live weeKS. "Five baskets will he released Snn.inv at 7 A. M.. at Eugene." stated Ralnh Warren, one of the members of the limn ing ciuD. yesterday. "Each basket will contain from 15 to 20 birds and we ex pect them to negotiate the air line Jour ney in about two and a half hours. ine ZW-mlle race on Mav 7 will he started from Leland; the 800 from Sis- son, ai.; the w from Chlco, Cal., and the 500 from Gait, located between Sac ramento and Oakland. We shlD the birds to the American Express agents at the starting places and they release them for us. The first bird In wins the trophy." The pigeon men started the season's sport last Sunday in a 75-mile, jaunt through the ozone from- At ban v. a hlrd owned by Charles Steinel beating the lleld to the homo cote. Active members of the Homing Club are E. H. Bauer. Charles Steinel, Edward LUlls, J. Brown and Ralph Warren. WOMEX GOLFERS SEEK HOXORS Five Sail for Ireland to Plav for British Championship. NEW YORK, April 29. Five young women aspirants for the women's golf championship of Great Britain, which will be contested In the tournement .at Port Rush, Ireland, sailed today on the Caledonia for Glasgow. Scotland. The tournament opens on May 15. Among the golf players In the party was Miss Dorothy Campbell, of Hamil ton, Ont., the American and former English champion, who expects to re gain the honors taken from irer by Mrs. Grant Suttee, the present champion. With Miss Campbell were Miss Mary Fownes and Miss Louise B. Elkln, of Pittsburg, and Miss Florence Harvey and Miss Elite Nesbit, of Hamilton, Ont. HOGAN'S DEFEAT DECISIVE Sporting Writer Does Xot Think Much of Record Made by Pugilist ot 'One-Round' FameTommy Tracey Sees friends in South. BT ROSCOB FAWCETT. Boxing bouts at Vancouver are as clean and scientific as any one would wish. Red-blooded- America attends boxing bouts to enjoy clean hitting, neat blocking,' clever ducking and sci entific footwork and these are the attrl. butes which make the monthly shows across the r'ver the success they have been. Of course accidents and ob. stacles do arise- at" boxing entertain ments which furnish grounds for knock ing the Bport, but the same Is true of baseball, football and- parlor ping-pong. Bud Anderson and ianny u urien, two of the most promising lightweights In the West, are billed as principals at the May 5 card being prepared by Sec retary Emery and Matchmaker Ander son, of the Vancouver association. The youngsters will weigh In at-135 pounds at 4 o'clock the afternoon of .the bout under nenaltv of $100 forfeit and an additional $25 for every pound over the Drescrlbed limit. . The Vancouver and Portland glove exnonents have met four times before snd have vet to settle superiority. One bout went 10 rounds to a draw; two lasted six rounds for draw decisions. while the fourth was stopped by the authorities in the early stages. Both have appreciably improved since then: so It's a tossup where the money will be when May 5 rolls around. The feature of the week in the boxing world was the Ignominious rout or. Ylna-Round" Hoarail by Champion Wol- e-ast. Hasan has acted like a spoiled child all the way through and deserved what he got. Jack Hogan has no reo ord to be pround of; he won a 20-round iincnnvinciner decision over jonnny Frayne, and then deliberately fouled Frankle Burns when he saw Burns was getting the upper hand. Imagine him Heclnrinar that he would auit the game unless he 'defeated Wolgast, holder of the title- The juvenile needs a guar dian. As for Wolgast, the Cadillac battler Is going like a racehorse, and New York critics will probably begin to see a few flashes of class in his makeup. Jack Fahey, prominent In Portland hoxlnsr circles, returned during the past week from an extended sojourn in Cali fornia. While in San Francisco, Fahey had a long talk with Dan Sullivan, the Montana mitt-mat artist who spent several months In this city In 1909. "Sullivan looks fine and expects to go after the middleweight title strong the coming 13 months,-: says aney. 'He has recently returned from Mew York, where many of the fight experts are boosting him as championship timber." Another-Portland man In San Fran cisco Is Tommy Tracey, one time fa mous welterweight boxer, who con ducts a boxing school here. Tommy dug up a few reminiscences for T. I. Magtl- Ugan, of the Bulletin, chief among which was his first meeting with Jack Johnson when he boxed him a few rounds In Galveston. "Times weren't so good for Johnson then." remarked Tommy. He accosted me later in a hotel In Chicago and I staked him to a few "beans and matched the skinny coon kid with sev eral forty-second raters. He was clev er then and told me he confidently ex- Dected to be champion of the world some day. Certainly strange things do happen." James J. JefTrles arrived in New York the other day. bound for European ports. He was met at the depot by a large crowd. Jeffries was accompanied by hla wife. Jack Kipper and Kipper's wife. The Jeffries party went at once to the Albany Hotel, and the crowd followed In another taxlcab. It was Bob Vernon. Bio Bemoerl "I am through with fighting," declared Jeff, and It Is to be hoped his plans will meet no further Reno-vatlng. Calgary is enjoying a boxing scandal. Kid Ash and De Coursey started the trouble when the former, connecting with a shove, turned a back somersault and flopped on the canvas for the count. He was weak on the melodrama, how ever, chewing vigorously on a wad of gum while the referee told oft the seconds. The Lester-Lang bout In Australia will take place on May 1, according to letter received from Lester by the writ er yesterday. Lester says that he likes Sydney, where the bout Is to take place, and that, the people there are backing Lang strongly, although they know now that he Is not of championship caliber. I-ester and Lang were originally sched uled for April 16. but Lester was late In reaching the Antipodes. Packey McFarland, the Chicago scrap per, has finally acknowledged his in ability to make 133 pounds, the light weight limit, but the stockyards lad points out that Lavigne, McAuliffe. Erne and Joe Gana fought for the belt pounds above the limit, and he asks who fixed the boundary at 133. While there Is some merit to McFarland's contention, the fact cannot be lost sight of that 133 j Is tr.e recognized lightweight limit, and that this ringside weight cannot be al tered even if the holder of the title In order to get a match should consent to go above the mark. There is no particular sanctity about the standards, however, and it will not be very surprising If the lightweight limit Is rased to 135 pounds before an other year Is up. Until this Is done the chances are very remote for a meeting of Wolgast and Packey. "Spike" - Hennessy and Chuck O'Con nell, the feathers who fought a neck-and-neck preliminary at the recent Duarte-Clement seven-round affair, are to be staged again on May 6 by the Van couver Club. O'Connell is not as flashy a boxer as Hennessy, but he works all the time and relies mostly on his steady consistent offense. Hennessy Is an adept at handling himself but Is weak on the left side. Abe Attell, in a "New York paper, gives I an Interesting account of how fighters beat the scales when they are overweight- Some of the tricks and dodges are really classy In their style and execution. Oldest of all is the trick of putting a wad of gum on the under side of the 100-pound weight. When this be gan to fall they filled the holes In the J Fritz Holland. Spokane middleweight. whose bout with Duarte at St. Johns a couple of months ago was forbidden by the authorities, yesterday accepted terms with Otto Berg, of Astoria, and the two will be staged as principals by the Vancouver club on May 26. Holland won decisively from Rufus Williams, the colored middleweight, at San Francisco last Wednesday night in a four-round go, and can now be rated up with the best of them. Eddie Han Ion refereed. Holland fought a ten- round draw with Berg within the last six months but he has Improved won derfully since that encounter and will be back for vengeance. Fritz also fought Jack Lester. Tom my Burns protege, ten rounds to i standstill at Ellensburg and should have received a decision. This bout took place Just shortly before Lester was taken under Brusso s wing. WOLGAST BEST LIGHTWEIGHT Jeffries Expresses Opinion and Pre. ' diets Victory Over Moran. NEW YORK. April 29. James J. Jet fries, former world's heavyweight cham plon, has come out of his retirement long enough to give his expert opinion on the standing of Ad Wolgast, whose bout with "One Round" Hogan was wit nessed by Jeffries the other night. "Wolgast is the best lightweight in the world," said Jeffries. "He Is a fighter pure and simple. He does not pretend to be a fancy boxer. There s no doubt about his gameness and hitting qualities, which make i champion. "He has wonderful stamina and im proves as the battle progresses. I think he wilj whip Moran, who Is his most dangerous opponent, and I intend to back him, even though I will not be by the ringside. It la possible that Wol gast was afraid to cut loose against 'Knockout' Brown, because of his weak left arm, but aa that member Is strong again, I expect him to beat all comers. Wolgast's next fight Is a 25-round bout with Frankle Burns, the California lightweight, in San Francisco on May 2. Wolgast is confident that he can stop Burns before the limit Is reached. FREE LESSONS AT Y. M. C. A START TOMORROW. . M. Grllley Is Sow Listing Names of All Who Wish to Receive H. H. Corsan's Instruction. if. H. Corsan, who is to give a series of free swimming lessons in the tank of the Portland Young Men's Christian Association, will arrive In this city today from Walla Walla, where he has been conducting a similar course. Cor san will spend a very busy week in Portland, giving lessons every day, be ginning tomorrow. All men and boys In the city, whether members of the association or not, are eligible to enter for these lessons, but A. M. Grllley, physical director of the association, de sires that they make arrangements with him as to time at the earliest moment possible. Corsan comes to Portland after visit ing a score or more of the larger cities of the country, In each of which he conducted swimming courses under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Many letters have been received by Mr. Grll ley from other physical directors, all of whom commend Corsan's work. "VVhlle quite young, he Is said to pos sess a thorough knowledge of swim ming, as well as the ability to Impart that knowledge to others. Corsan Is swimming Instructor of the Y. M. C. A. at Toronto, Canada, where he has been very successful. His expertness as a swimmer was gained from his father. who is Instructor for the Y. M. C. A. in New York, and is perhaps the great est master of the art in the country. In order that all may gain some Idea of Corsan's methods as a swimmer he will give an exhibition in the Y. M. C. A. tank tomorrouk night. This will in clude more than a score of swimming metrfods, some of them simple and others difficult. Corsan will also Il lustrate how to save life and to resus citate drowning persons. Before this exhibition there will be a relay swim by members of the local association. It Is seldom that such a favorable opportunity to learn to swim Is pre sented as that afforded by Corsan's visit. In many of the cities he has visited he has taught scores to swim at a single lesson. His specialty Is I the Australian crawl stroke, which can be very easily mastered. Schmldtuse Wins Iive Bird Tie. DETROIT. April 29. John Schmidtuse, of West Toledo, O.. today defeated R. D. Rates, of Ridsetown. Ont., in shootlner 0ft yesterday's tie for the Gilman and Barnes trophy at the Jack Parker me morial shoot. Schmidtuse shot five live birds while Bates missed the fifth. Bates and Rolla Heiclts, of Iayton, each had two wins to their credit and needed only one more for permanent possession of the trophy, while, today's la Schmidt- USe' first win- ; !..,', ' V : - " - ;;f: .fr : ',' H. II. Corns a. Illustrating Aus tralian Crawl Stroke. ALL SCARED OF PACKEY Legitimate Opponents of Stock yard's Lightweight Hide Be- . hind 183-Pound Limit. Thompson Open to All. BY JAMES J. CORBETT. NEW YORK. April x29. (Special.) Tom O'Rourke, the -eteran fight Im presario of Gotham, informs me he has extended a general invitation to all pugilistic "white hopes" throughout the country to gather for a tournament at the National Sporting Club In this city, and has set the date for May 26. Ths invitation takes In all those who aspire to the world's championship now held by Jack Johnson. Corking good plan an elimination tournament but I am afraid O'Rourke's efforts will be wasted. Every "hope" carries a manager who must first be consulted, and in most cases these man agers have -other plans for their pro teges. There would not be enough "dough" in the tournament for the wise boys. What they figure on are easy campaigns for their charges, with "soft marks" or "has beens" for opponents. The elimination congress would clean up the heavyweight situation so far as the "hopes" are- concerned -too quickly to suit the principals,, and at the same time It would end the money earning abilities of the majority. So I think Tom will have his work cut out in trying to pull It off. Palzer Is O'Rourke's "Hope." O'Rourke,. by the way, has a "hope" of his own a youngster named Al Pal zer, who recently was given a tryout against a Pittsburg heavyweight and made good right from the Jump. Tom has had a world of experience In hand ling boxers and has directed the affairs of some classy boxers, among" them George Dixon and Joe Wolcott. He Is a good Judge of fighters In the' rougli and believes he has the real article In Falser. Tom is ready and willing to enter Palzer in the proposed tournament and later on will set sail for Carl Morris, the pride of Oklahoma. In fact, he now Is figuring with Morris' backer for a match, and if the deal is consummated the pair will meet In Tulsa on July 4. "Bear Cat" McMahon, as he has been dubbed by the Philadelphia and Pitts burg scribes, did not exactly cover him self with glory in the contest with Sailor Burke at New York's latest box ing club the Twentieth Century but he demonstrated beyond question that he has a hard kick when he' put the sailor to the floor In the first round. Thompson Open to All. "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson says ha would like to box Packey McFarland, and if the proposition "listens" like ready money to the stockyards boy ths Cyclone '. ready to put his signature to paper agreeing to make 140 pounds ringside. This offer goes for any man who can make that figure, or he will just as quickly sign at 158 pounds, bar nobody. Johnny is in earnest about it, too, and to prove to the public that he Is not "kidding" will put rip a forfeit of 11000 for weight. Welters or mid dles, they all look alike to the Illinois Cyclone. He always was a -willing worker even when In the lightweight division. He always was ready to waive the matter of a few pounds. In these days of bickering over an ounce here and a pound there It Is re freshing to come up with a young man of the Thompson type, who will not al low a rival's reputation to scare him Into drawing the weight mit about hla shoulders for protection, as s the fash. Ion with a number of pur youthful glov pusners. Mcrarianrt is having a hard time finding opponents worthy of his skill, owing to the fact that he will not make the 133 mark, and Freddy Welsh, who came over here with the avowed intention of meeting the Chicago lad, now is hollering loudly about the two pounds difference. All the sports In this locality are pulling hard for this match, but at this writing it seems as far away as ever. Fighters Fear McFarland. McFarland Is willing to make lr.3 pounds for one man only and that man la Wolgast, the champion. Otherwise noth ing doing. Mac is unquestionably the ono best bet among the lightweights, and while not champion of the class is re garded by students of the game as a better man than the title holder. Pos sibly it is the class the little Chlcagoan has been showing In his contests thst keeps the boys away from him and not so much the matter of poundage, which, of course, makes a mighty good excuse when trying to avoid a meeting with the marvelous Packey. There was little heard hereabouts with reference to ringside weighing before McFarland made his first local appear ance and made a big "rep" for himself at the same time. "Knockout" Brown, who has been touted as a bearcat of the fiercest species and who . was said to worry not at all if his opponent weighed the proverbial ton, Is the latest to join the ranks of the sticklers for 133. If Packey wants to go to work real badly he might do worse than accept the offer to go across the pond to box Matt Wells, England's newest champion. Wolgast, Welsh, Brown and Moran want none of Mac's game and are using the 133-pound bogey to stall out of any chance for a match. Lavigne, Hrne and Gans used to box at any old weight. Welter and even middles were not too big for some of the good old-timers, but nowa days it is quite a different matter. Harlem Tommy Murphy took a chance with Packey last week and boxed the Chlcagoan at the Fairmount Club before a large ana distinguished assemblage. 'Wfeat Packey did to Murphy was a shame, and Tommy can hold his own with most lightweights. McFarland clearly outclassed the local boy and never was extended to win. Murphy undoubtedly would have been put away had the fight gone a few more rounds, and many were of the opinion that Packey could have turned the trick at any time after the first few rounds had ho so desired. Abe Attel has joined the ranks of the Thespians and while the broken shoul der Is mending will kill the time and in cidentally gather a little mazuma by dis playing his histrionic abilities in the vaudeville houses. Abe opened in Boston recently and they say the featherweight champion made good with a big G. Kid Broad, the silver-tongued youth, who has assisted Attel In training the last few years. Is so enthused over the a monologlst that he threatens to bust into the game. The Kid says ,It looks soft to him. Those who have ever heard him "spiel" will appreciate the Kid a a humorist.