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.
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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."
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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.
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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-
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',' 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.