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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. JULY 14, 1912. WOLGAST-RIVERS FIGHT STIRS TALK Welsh Open to Criticism, Says Harry Smith, Ringside Witness of Bout. REFEREE'S PREJUDICE SEEN TVHIle Ritchie Is Picked as Boy Who Will Take Laurels From Michigan Lad Flynn-Johnson Go Viewed as Burlesque. BT HARRRT EMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal- July (Special.) Tbe Independence Day fights, both the one In Los Angeles and the affair at Laa Vegas, have cre ated Quite enough gossip to keep the fans talking for many a day. Of the two. the one between Wolgast and Joe Rivers at Los Angeles was by far the more Important, even though the John-son-Flynn affair was a so-called cham pionship contest. The Los Angeles match was full of the unexpected and there was such a tangle at the close that It has called for a return bout The writer was fortunate enough to see the Wolgast-Rlvers bout and as I have also witnessed a private rehearsal of the moving pictures of Johnson and Flynn. am in a position to speak of them both. -. First of all for Wolgast and Rivera Thirteenth Hound Pictured. - The bout had been going along In a steady sort of fashion up to that thir teenth round. Wolgast appeared to be tiring badly, but all the same he was holding the lead over Rivers. Sud denly, as Rivers was In his own cor ner, Wolgast sent In a left to the body and then a hard right. Rivers dropped to the canvas as If In pain and Referee Jack Welsh com menced the count. Then. Just as sud denly. Wolgast fell over on Rivers and when he was brushed aside by the referee, sank to the canvas and would have been out but for a helping hand extended by the referee. The count was continued. Rivers was declared out and pandemonium reigned. Welsh was accused of every crime under the sun and left the ring In an awful hurry. So far as I could see. the punch which sent Rivers down was not a foul blow, but rather a fair one to the pit of the stomach. Wolgast was probably hit a return right by Rivers that took the ambition out of the champion. Welsh Open to Criticism. The count by Welsh seemed fair enough, but to my way of thinking the gong sounded Just as the count came to a close and the two men ought to have been seat to their corners. The official timekeeper says that It Is his custom to press a button that sounds a buzzer In each corner 10 sec onds before the end of a round. He adds that he pushed the1 button and that the round bad not more than eight seconds to go when the knockdown came. -On that point, I think that Welsh Is to be criticised. Also, as I have said before, I don't think the referee had any business helping Wolgast to his feet. The champion was clear of the fallen man. who was being counted out, and yet Welsh saw fit to help him to his feet. Wolgast was barely able to stand up as the count was completed and he col lapsed before Welsh could point to him as the winner. He had to be carried -from tbe ring and was clearly in bad shape. The Michigander afterwards claimed that when he fell over Rivers, who was on the foul, he struck the latter's leg and accidentally fouled himself. Kven admitting that such was the case, such accidents are all in the game and the referee had no business interfer ing. Welxh'a Prejudice Show. First of all, I don't believe that Welsh had any business to referee. He was too friendly to the Wolgast Interests- and when It came to a show down. It was painfully apparent. Also, he lost his head In the tangle and didn't know what to do. The newspaper men had to ask Welsh what decision he had rendered and the galleryites couldn't tell until they had left the arena and met some of their more fortunate friends who were closer to the scene of action. I have been asked two questions that seem to be pertinent to the Issue: First Who was winning at the time of the trouble in the 13th round? Second Who would have won had 'the referee declared the round had closed? As to the first question, while It struck me that Wolgast had gone back, at the same time it appeared that he was winning. Rivers, while a clever boxer, seemed to lack the snap py punch that he needed. Time and again, from the fourth round on ' through the 12th, he was peppering Wolgast with lefts and rights, but still the damage didn't seem to be much. Rivers doesn't look to carry enough guns for Wolgast, although he Is stronger than you would Imagine. Rivera Kin In hot Best. As to the second question. Rivers, although In pain, seemed to be far the stronger of the men after what you may call the double knockdown. Wol gast was quite evidently through for the time being. Possibly his strength was waning, but at all events, he was badly hurt and showed It In his ac tions. Welsh could have called It no con test, which would have saved the cham pion and still have been fair to Rivers. Also he would have protected the bet tors, but Jack says that he was not in the ring to protect the betting pub lic. All the same Be should have looked out for them, as he knew there was a world of betting. It begins to look as if the return match will be slated for Labor Day. Personally. I am Inclined to think that Wolgast 1 win more'declslvely. Rivers, game to the core, looked as if he bad met Mils master, and once you have gone through that sort of an experience you don't last as long the next time. , So far as the champion Is concerned, he Is far from being the same boy as befpre his operation. He has lost his speed for one thing, he doesn't pro tect himself as of old,' and he can't punch as hard. , Ritchie Picked Aa Winner. A good boy will beat him and the writer thinks that Willie Ritchie is the boy who will turn the trick If he gets the chance. Ritchie Is due for a disappointment so far as a return match right away Is concerned. Wol gast would prefer Rivers, as he feels he can whip the Mexican and take on the pride of San Francisco, at some later date. Ritchie came all the way from New Orleans to see the match and when he saw the fight declared tie wished tiat he had been in that ring Instead of Rivers. And- there were othera of us wishing the same thing, especially we from San i'ranclsco. The Johnson-Flynn fight' would have passed into oblivion were it not that Solder Kelly and one prominent sport ing writer returned to San Francisco and insisted that jonnson was tiring when the police stopped the bout be cause of Flynn's fouling tactics. They declared he la not the same old Jack Johnson as of old and Intimated that Flynn might have won. The pictures were put on for the newspaper writers one night this week and. so far as I am concerned, I can't say that they made it , appear Johnson was tiring. Rather they gave the im pression that the big colored champion was deliberately prolonging the' fight for tbe sake of the moving pictures. It is quite true that he wasn't as snap py and full of life as in other matohes. He didn't cut loose at Flynn as he did in their 11-round bout here in San Francisco. Also Johnson waa contin ually holding. But the very fashion in which Johnson held Flynn and pre vented his landing any punches con vinced me that the negro had plenty of strength. Flyana Chance XII. Flynn had no more chance of win ning than Abe Attell would have had in the same ring. The white man was powerless and during the fight he didn't land three good punches. In the sixth round Flynn commenced to butt with his nead. He did It so persistently and so often after be had been continually warned by the ref eree that It looked as If he desired to lose the fight on a foul, which was practically what happened. The' pictures are very good and also very Interesting to watch, chiefly so because Flynn was continually fouling durlncr the latter part of the fight. Of, course the pictures wouldn't tell whether Johnson was tiring, but they do show this much conclusively thai Flynn never had a look-In so far as winning was concerned. Even In the pictures you can see the empty benches that testified to a lack of interest and it wouldn't appear that more than 2500 people were present. Johnson got the money he demanded and somebody must have lost a fair sized sum of money In the foolish pro motion of a card that no one wanted to see. San Francisco's fight card this month will consist of a 20-round bout on Wednesday nlght'July 31. between Al Kaufman and Charlie Miller. Uraney has matched the pair over the longer distance. Kaufman, ever since the referee gave Miller a four-round de cision over him not so many weeks ago, has had a desire to retrieve his for tunes. This bout will be make, or break with him. Miller's friends are enthusiastic that he will knock Kauf man out, and if he does the lumbering heavyweight will be hurried East to pick up some money. SOLOMON ONE FEATURE POTLATCHERS TO SEE PORT- LAXD CUEIST IX ACTION. Portland's ' Northwestern Team Arouses Seattle Fans McDowell Is Promising Second Backer. BT PORTUS BAXTER. SEATTLE, July 13. (Special.) With the coming of Potlatch week and the hurrah-boys stuff there will be a big dose of sports scattered along the path. Tou can get anything from horseraclng to track and field sports. with baseball, trap shooting, boxing aod billiards thrown In. Henry Solo mon, of Portland, Is the star attrac tion In billiards. He comes here to meet the local pet. Mr. Sibley, in a three- cushion match, 150 points, divided into three blocks. They play lor a guar anteed purse of S100 and a side bet of $150. Th TAtnm of thA Portland North western team to Seattle has produced a series of interesting games, the last of which will be played this afternoon. Seattle's success In getting the edge was due to timely hitting, a strong de fense and the pitching of James, Ful lerton and Thompson. Tonneson was the only pitcher on the Portland staff that seemed to have the Giants guess ing, although Girot, after proving him self an ineffectual rescuer Wednesday, BEAVERS RAISE 1911 PENNANT TUESDAY ' 'Happy ' Hogan Will Bring Vernon Tigers to View Championship Emblem Sam Bellah's Vaulting ' Disap pointment Comment. BT ROSCOB FAWCETT. PENNANT day In the Pacific Coast League will mark the exact turn ing point of the 30 weeks' season, for President W. W. McCredle of the Portland club yesterday announced Tuesday, July 16. as the psychological date for flaunting the 1911 champion ship emblem to the breeze. The Vernon Tigers, runners-up In the heroic struggle for the pennant last Fall, will be the performers -at Recreation Park next week, and, while the gloating will be somewhat marred by v the knowledge that Hogan's men have taken IS of 19 games this season by way of revenge, the prospects for a reversal of the tables will undoubtedly attract a huge crowd. "We have had two pennant streamers manufactured." said President Mc Credle. "One, a silk streamer, IS feet long, will be hung over the entrance, and the other flaunted from the center field flagpole. Both are blue." Pennant day was originally carded for the Vernon series the first week of May, but inclement weather brought about a postponement, and fortunate It was, too, for the Beavers were wallow ing around like a land-locked sperm whale at that stage of the going. Agitated to fever heat by the Beav ers' wonderful winning spurt of the past fortnight, local fans are not specu lating on the possible chances for the first division. Some have even doped it out that Portland may win the pen nant for the third consecutive time. To those of the first part we might state that McCredle's warriors have a good fighting chance for the first di vision. Portland's percentage today at the half-way station, with 15 weeks yet to Journey, is .460, or seven and one. half games behind Los Angeles. Seven or eight games is not much of a lead In a 15 weeks' schedule the way the Beavers are going, but as for first hole honors. Bill Reldy, manager of the Seals, has the race doped out pretty accurately. Says Reldy: "If Vernon can hold Its own for a couple of weeks longer until Hosp and Patterson return to duty, I don't see how any team can head the Tigers. Portland Is playing wonderful ball, however, and with the pitchers work ing automatically, I look for Portland to be a contender from now on. "But first place is too far a jump v-nless Vernon falls Into an unlooked fiT Blump." . . . . This weelc's schedule finds Vernon at Portland, Sacramento arrayed against Los Angeles at Berryville, and San Francisco and Oakland lined up for battle at home. Sacramento Is expected to give the Angels a fierce tussle, for of 13 games, to date, the Angels have taken only seven, or an edge of a single game. Oakland has won 14 of 20 with the Seals and unless Glim ore gets back FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST OF WOLGAST RIVERS LIGHTWEIGHT IMBROGLIO AT VERNON. in. . in i S v- l . , rv . ' ' lJ .-.. i i'.i'mhi. i atsnwii . . ,. ... i j jj in mjii - -T.-1 1. RIVERS AT LEFT, WOLGAST AT RIGHT S, FINISH WHEN BOTH WENT OUT IN THIRTEENTH. WOLGAST ON TOP 8, WOLGAST LANDING LEFT finished a lost game the following day In superb style. . The loss of Mensor may affect the team somewhat on the bases, but so far as fielding and hitting goes they are Just as good now as they were before. Any three of their four out fielders make a pasture trio good enough for a championship team. The only reason that Portland Is not right around the top now is that Injuries to Mensor and Cruikshank broke their winning combination and their pitchers have been uneven. When Harris is behind the bat and the pitcher is work ing well, Portland has an even break with any other club In the league. Nick Williams . showed excellent Judgment when he did not cut the string on Fries early in the season. This young player is a fair fielder and one of the best hitters seen here this year. All pitchers seem to look alike to him and he comes through in the pinches. Thirty-four chances without an er Into outfield harness by that time, the margin should be still further Increased. During the first half of the season Portland played the majority of games away from home and this in Itself was something of a handicap. The record shows that the Beavers won 21 and lost 28 away from home but got an even break of 19 wins and 19 losses at home up to this afternoon's game. Of the final 15 weeks of play eight will be on the home lot, and this little "percentage" Is sure to count in the final reckoning of the odds. When the Pacifio Coast League di rectors adopted the Goldsmith ball last Winter they gave the trust con cerns a terrific Jolt in the vitals. . Im mediately there arose a clamor and a wall of cheapness and the humble statisticians arose to prove that the Coast magnates would be back to the cork centered article before the close of the season, because of - falling off In batting. A comparison of the "dope" sheets for the two campaigns up to the mid way turning of the tide disproves the fears. If there has been any change, aside from a lessening of ball expen ditures, it does not show in the fig ures. Fortland led the field of six with the bat last year the middle of July, with' a team average of .273, with the other five clubs trailed along In the following order down to .243: San Francisco, Vernon, Oakland, Los Ange les and Sacramento. Today Los An geles has Jumped to the fore, account ing for the exalted position of the Angels, and leads the league in bat ting with .276. . Portland has finally forged up to second place at .261, Oak land, Sacramento, Verndn and San Francisco ebbing downward to .246. Comparing further the records of the two Portland teams we find that the present second division club suffers alongside the 1911 champions In base running. In 1911 McCredie dryads had pilfered 154 bases to July 14, but we now find the Beavers down in sixth place in the thieving department, Los Angeles leading with 166 and Portland' trailing at 107. Vernon runs second in. base running, making up in part for the Inferior work at bat A year ago Bill Rapps was hitting .316, Fecklnpaugh . ranking well up with .286, Krueger .277 Chadbourne .249 and Rodgers .248. Multnomah Club of Portland fared not quite so well as expected at the Olymplo games now concluding at Stockholm. Still, Martin Hawkins' feat of winning third place In the 110 meter hurdles against the cream of all nations was a memorable one. - Sam Bellah's failure to clear 12 feet 6 Inches and Join the point winners was the one big surprise from a Port land standpolrt. for the popular vault er has made that height several times this Spring. He cleared 12 feet 9 6-8 Inches at the Olympic tryouts at Stanford and came within ah Inch or ror In four consecutive games is the record made by Second Baseman Mc Dowell, of Portland, In Seattle. Bill Leard has been setting things afire in the Coast League this season, but it took him the greater part of a season to get the hang of things around the keystone position on the local grounds. The Inference cannot be other than that McDowell is an unusually con sistent 'fielder. Sometimes a fielder may be good going to his right, but weak on his let! Bide; sometimes vice versa. Again he may be good going either to right or left and weak com ing in on slow grounders. In his 25 chances McDowell has been tested In every way mentioned and made good. Still further, he has made the difficult plays of taking a Texas leaguer on the run and Jumping, as It went over his shoulder, and he has executed perfectly a quick throw to the plate, with the bases full, retiring Pat Moran, one of the best base-runners In the league. two of 13 feet in several attempts at world's records. Bellah could not nave been in the best of physical shape and we await with Interest news from Coach Bill Hayward. This same "staleness" must also have undermined George Horine, the Stanford world's champion high Jumper, for hi failed at less than 6 feet 4 inches, although he has cleared that height a dozen times this sea son. The fact that the high Jump was taken by Alma Richards, an Ameri can hailing from Brlgham Young Uni versity, compensates the Western fans to some extent, but the opinion will always remain that Horine should not have competed In the various meets back East after closing a rigorous campaign on the Coast. All the Multnomah Club men came through successfully in the trial heats and semi-finals and that alone is quite a distinction. McClure, the Oregon youth, romped in second and qualified in the heats of the 1500 meters run, but found the final pace too fast, fin ishing, .eighth in a list of 2 starters. Jackson won in S:66 4-6, -whereas Mc Clure's mark at the Olymplo tryouts at Stanford last May was several sec onds slower, 4:03 3-. Courtney and Edmundson, the Seat tle speed merchants, performed well In the trials, but eighth In the 800 meters finals was the best the latter could do. In the other events the Se attle athletes met their Waterloos, Courtney finishing third in the heat won by Ralph Craig. . j Other Westerners who have shown in the points are Kelly, the crack hurdler of the University of Southern California, who won from Hawkins by inches at the Western Olympic trials, only to show him heels again at Stock holf for first place, and Ralph Rose, the Olympic club weight man. " Barney Oldfleld, automobile king who slewed around the Country Club dirt track for a new Coast mile rec ord of 52 seconds last Wednesday, is a baseball crank. ,He can tell you all about deferentlals, carburetors, mag netos, and whatnots, but Barney is also in the running when conversation swerves to batting averages, boots and blngles. "Frank Chance asked me' to keep my eyes open for him out here this Summer and I am doing it," said Bar ney . to the writer a couple of days ago, exhibiting pass number 1 to the Chicago Cubs games this season. "And what are your conclusions?" "Well," replied the remarkable speeder, "I have my eyes on two youngsters whom I think will ulti mately land In the big leagues In flelder Bancroft of Portland, and Out fielder Lober of Los Angeles. Neither of the lads has struck his ' hitting stride as yet, but I look for both to pick up with experience." Oldfleld has an annual pass from President Baum entitling him to any park In the. Pacific Coast League. DEFEAT OF RIVERS DECISIVE ENOUGH Difference of Opinion Exists but Weight Favors Decision of Jack Welsh. WELSH GRILLED BY CRITIC Jack Curley In Hard Luck Receipts Less Than $30,000, Which, After Settlement, Left Nothing but Trouble for . Promoter. BY JAMES H. CASSELL. Out of the chaotic turmoil of Inde pendence day fisticuffs have emenged two facts Ad Wolgast decisively de feated Joe Rivers at Vernon, Cal.. and Jack Johnson was easily the master of Jim Flynn at Las Vegas, N. M. . Opinions differ In both Instances, many contending that Joe Rivers was mulcted of a championship at Vernon, and no less an authority than W. W. Naughton holding that Flynn had his bout well In hand and would have won had he held his head, but the consensus of opinion subscribes to the truth of the first-paragraph assertions. One man, the individual who "cov ered" the lightweight battle for the Associated Press, was responsible for the widely-circulated report that Rivers had been victimized by Referee Jack Welsh after worsting Champion Wol gast from the opening bell until the climax in the 13th round. This report, poured into the eager ear of the fistic world, raised Mexican Joe to the heroic pedestal and admin istered a black eye to 'the game whose optic has been discolored so olten. ' But the aftermath, with the moving picture evidence and the preponderance of testimony given by the critics at the ringside, have wiped out first impres sions and Wolgast stands out, not the Wolgast of old. but, still the legitimate lightweight champion of the world. True, the unusual spectacle of two boxers sprawled upon the floor of a ring was presented to the pro-Rivers crowd, but the challenger reached that position through a terrific blow to the stomach and a smash to the Jaw, while Wolgast was crumpled up when he stumbled and fell upon the "' upturned knee of the challenger. The only ques tionable part of the affair seems to be the action of Referee WelBh In assist ing Wolgast from the floor, although there was much argument as to the count, which many assert was stopped by the gong. , That Rivers outboxed the champion and had the better of the first seven rounds Is conceded by all. But the ma jority contend that thereafter Wolgast turned the tide, waded Into Rivers like the "Michigan Wildcat" of old, had him all but out in one round, and scored a clean knockout in the 13th round. Out of the mass of "dope" submitted on the Flynn-Johnson mill, that of W. W. Naughton. the dean of the San Francisco fight critics, stands out as an oddity. Naughton. was at the ring side, watched the affair closely from the opening round until the authori ties put a stop to "Goat " Flynn s but ting in the ninth, and declared without qualification that Flynn was the better man, that Johnson was tiring, and that the use of a little headwork would have given Flynn the fight and the worlds heavyweight crown. In marked contrast to Naughton's opinion that Johnson was tiring rapidly and was within a few rounds of losing his title to the much-improved Flynn, is the statement of Ed Smith, the Chi cago sport writer, who refereed the New Mexico mill. Smith interviewed himself to the effect that Flynn was not so good when he met Johnson before, that his weight hurt him, and that the effort to add boxing skill to his pugilistic repertoire robbed him of much of his natural fighting Btrength and made him an easy mark for the dusky champion. T. P. Magilligan, the versatile box ing critic of the San Francisco Bulletin, took advantage of the Vernon Incident to unburden himself of one of the most vitriolic "roasts" ever heaped upon a ring arbitrator. . "Mac" brands Jack Welsh as incom petent, a referee who has played In with the "sure thing" bettors, and styles him a "big prognathous-Jawed, overbearing man, who gets away with lots of stuff that a man with less phy sical ferocity would fall down on." Magilligan says that he always con sidered the Wolgast-Jones-Welsh com bination unbeatable, the champion wisely choosing Welsh for bouts which appeared to hold forth any danger for the Michigander. Jack Curley's luck seems to have de serted him. Instead of reaping a arolden harvest at Las Vegas, the pro moter-manager left New Mexico poorer than when he invaded that new state. The receipts were not more than J30,- 000. which, after Johnson aaa been sat isfied and the promoting end was taken care of, left little for Jim Flynn, and less for Curley. B. F. Ufer. ex-manager or can Morris, attached what little coin Flynn had coming and tne personal enects oi the loser, to secure a loan of several hundred dollars .made two months ago on the strength of the Las Vegas re ceipts. Unless the Palzer-McCarty bout. scheduled for tomorrow night at New York, is called off by Palzer on account of a meager guarantee, fight fans will read of one or tne Dest -wnite nope elimination bouts since the word was coined. ' - ; Palzar IS srenerally rated as tne Dest of the white heavies, and a match be tween him . and JacK jonnson may oe announced any time. McCarty is the husky Missourian who knocked out Carl Morris recently. POWERS WIL-I MAKE WEIGHT Bantamweight Fighter Willing to Meet McXeil at 1 1 5 Pounds. T.u Pmvaid thA lfld who defeated Al McNeil, Northwest bantamweight fistic champion, Friday nigni, at tne omni bus Club smoker, declares that his de feat of McNeil gives him a good claim to the 115-pound title.' Powers weighed 122 pounds, seven nnfl ahnvA the hantamwelErht limit. but he says that McNeil was also over weight. . He is willing to mane no pounds for McNeil at any time, and a Kahvaan thRA lads. With both at weight, will probably be the feature of the next smoKer. While Powers easily worsted McNeil TT.t ,3 4 u Anf4 tifa wnrk would iniii- r l may utijuk - - . cate that he could repeat the perform ance unless weakened by takipg off seven pounds, technically he cannot claim the title. Xiles Defeats Clothier. K-tfiR'RTi'JWT. N. j.. Julv 13. Nathan- ioi w viian nt Roston. won his second holding of. the Achells challenge cup In the lawn tennis singles final today. He defeated William J. Clothier, of Philadelphia, twice holder of the Ach ells cup. He took the cup on the de fault of Melville H. Long, of California, who won It last season. . Mantell and' Hansen to Fight. SALT LAKE CITY, July 13. Frank Mantell, of Pawtucket, R. I., and Vic Hansen, of Coalinga. Cal., middle weights, signed articles tonight for a 20-round match here July 15. Salcin Defeats "Giants." SALEM, Or., . July 13. (Special.) Salem defeated the Hopewell Giants In a loose uninteresting game here today, 16 to 2. ULSTER MEN BEHAVE WELL Presbyter'lan Assembly Avoids All Chance of Home Kule Friction. DUBLIN, July 6. (Special.) All who desire happier relations between the people of Northeast Ulster and the rest of Ireland have reason to take fresh "heart of grace" from what occurred In the general assembly of the Presby terian Church of Ireland last Friday. The report of an assembly commit tee which was to be dealt with on that day contained an emphatic pronounce ment against home rule. But the chair man of the committee announced that, after consultation with vaslous mem bers of the assembly, it had been agreed to propose the omission of the para graphs relating to home rule, and in place thereof to substitute a statement to the effect that in view of the dec larations made at the Presbyterian con vention, held at Belfast. February 11, It was not necessary for the general assembly to make any pronouncement on the subject of home rule at pres ent. This decision was unexpected. Fri day morning the galleries were packed with spectators, who were looking for a great debate, followed by defeat for those who demurred to the findings of the report. In seeking the reason why the occasion was not seized for a dem onstration against home rule, it Is nec essary to refer -back to a thing which happened the previous Monday. That day the assembly had before it a prop osition in connection' with the Irish mission. This was strongly opposed by one of the younger ministers, on the ground 'that the requirements of the department were already sufficiently met This was seconded by another member, who declared that their aim ought : to be to promote feelings of amity and mutual good will between themselves and their Roman Catholic fellow countrymen. On a vote being taken the original proposal was de feated by 305 to 198. The division did great credit to the spirit of toleration abroad In the con ference, and It caused those respon sible for the anti-home rule declara tion to think. Confidential negotiations were started (emanating from those who had charge of the resolutions against home rule), with the result that by midnight Thursday the agree ment already referred to was arrived at, and all those present at the con ference Joined In singing the doxology. Although it has been suggested that those in opposition to the declaration against home rule should have gone forward, it was probably a wise con clusion on their part that the interests of religion In Ireland were best served by the avoidance of public controversy which would have embltered the rela tions between the faiths. The oppo nents of the resolution secured their point In showing that there was. If not open-mlndedness on the subject of home rule, at least a desire to avoid stirring up rancor and religious antagonism. IRISH CRIME ON INCREASE Police Kcport 2591 Cases to Dublin Grand. Jury- DUBLIN. July 6. (Special.) Justice Gibson, addressing the grand Jury at Dublin City Commission this week, said that there was a substantial increase in the number of offenses reported by the police for the period since the last Commission. There were 2591 cases, as compared with 1982 for the same period last year, an increase of 609 offenses. This large increase was due to offenses with regard to prop erty and to drunkenness in which there was an increase amounting to nearly 200. Cases of disorderly conduct and minor offenses had increased by about 307. He supposed that these were transitory increases In crime, but they caused him uneasiness on account of which he was not able to congratulate the grand Jury as he had done on previous occasions. Twenty-six bills were sent before the grand Jury. In the Nisi Prlus Court this week before Justice Boyd and a County Dub lin Jury, five men, Patrick Callinan, Michael Fury, Daniel Kearns, Martin Moran and Thomas Brennan, were charged with having on January 21 assembled with arms at Lecarrow, in the County Galway, and discharged shots at 13 men with intent to murder. The Attorney-General said that the 13 men were returning from Lough rea In the evening from a meeting of the United Irish League. When at Craughwell they were fired upon by a party of men concealed in a haggard. The 13 men and the daughter of the president of a branch of the league drove on three cars, and when the sec ond car passing the haggard of a man named William Furey between 15 and 20 shots were fired from revolvers. One qf the occupants of the car was hit on the boot. When the second car was passing- the haggard its lights were thrown on the faces of the prisoners, who wore no masks. Patrick' Kelly, who was on the first car, said that he believed that he saw three of the prisoners in the haggard Callinan. Kearns and Fury. In cross- examination he said that the people on the cars were Jeering at those in the haggard. He was questioned as to the hostility, in the neighborhood to wards the Gaelic Athletic uiud to which the travelers belonged. Ques tioned also as to the boycotting by the league of a man named Kenny and the beating of a man named Man nion, he admitted that he was present when Mannion was assaulted. Michael Howley also identified Fury, rallanan. and Kearns. In cross-ex amination he said that he did not know Into how hany oi tne prisoners houses shots had been fired. No evidence was called ror tne de fense, and Mr. Lynch, addressing the Jury In behalf of the prisoners, com mented on the tact mat aitnougn tne witnesses now identified some of the prisoners, they did not identify them when the police were inquiring into the matter at the time. The prisoners were acquitted. ATTACKING PRIEST FREED Superior Snatches Away Knife and Delivers Lecture. uvwE! Tiilw (J fSnBclal. On Sun day the parish priest of San Pietro. in Lama, who had recently been suspend- -j ,i.m i, i.l n f Tii h h railed on his superior, Monsignor Gennaro Trama, Bishop of Lecoe, and asked for a pri vate audience. Aa mnnrt a a tTiA Ttrioat WAS fthOWn intO the bishop's private study he snatched out a knife and attacKea tne Disnop. Fortunately the latter is a strong man, and was able to throw aside his assailant when thA nripst was socured. the bishop let him go after giving him a severe lecture. - WHEN FLIES FAIL L Backus Reveals Tricks of Fish ing Art to Make Wily Trout "Behave." STRIP CASTING EXPLAINED Various Colors of Blades Serve to Attract Finicky Members - of Finny Tribe Streams Sear City to Be ' IManted. BY WALTER F. ' BACKUS. Sometimes you will fish a real good stretch of water without getting a rise to your flies. It may be a first class trout pool, and you are sure that at least a score of lazy fish are hiding somewhere In its depths, but they simply will' not show themselves. You try every fly In your book, with all the skill at your command, until you feel like throwing in the whole feathered collection and letting them take their choice. When you find yourself up against a proposition like this. Just sit down for a few minutes' rest, and replace the apparently useless flies with a small trout spoon or spinner. You may be most agreeably sur prised of the result, for very often a fish which ignored your pet flies will go out of his way to get into trouble with a small whirling bit of shiny metal. I know of many anglers who are so successful In the use of trout spinners that they get all their fish with this style of lure. Spoon la "Clean" Way. Spoon fishing for trout can hardly be put in the same class with fly fishing, but is a mighty clean way of fishing. Just the same, and one which requires almost as much skill as the use of the feathered hooks. The trout spinner can be used in two ways, either by strip-cutting with an ordinary fly rod, or bait casting wltn a light and flexible casting-rod. At present the first-mentioned method is used by the majority of fishermen, but on a large stream a properly rigged casting outfit ts the only thing. In strip casting, use your regular trout fly rod, which should have stand ing guides to permit of shooting the line. Almost any style of reel will do, as It Is used but very little and the line can be a trifle lighter than the heavy fly line. Use a heavy three foot gut leader, attach your spinner with a small metal connecting link, and pinch a few split buck-shot on your leader, the quantity of shot being de termined by the amount of current In the pool. Then, with about six feet of line hanging below your rod tip, you strip the line from your reel, al lowing it to fall at your left hand Just below the first guide, and swing the rod from right to left with a slight upward motion. Just before the rod tip points in the direction in which you wish the bait to go, let the line slip through the finger of the left hand. Don't let go of the line entirely, but let it slide through with Just enough pressure to keep it from going too fast and bunching at the first guide. Line Must Stay Taut. When the spinner reaches the en4 of its flight, lower your rod tip well down toward the water, and let your line sink. When you think It is down far enough, pull the line in with your left hand.ytaking care to keep it taut during the operation, otherwise a good fish may strike on a slack line at Just the wrong moment This all sounds easy, and there really is nothing difficult about It, as a little practice will soon give you the knack of it An important point is to use an enameled line, and to have It thor oughly softened before trying to cast. If your line Is stiff and inclined to wind itself into kinky little colls, give It a thorough rubbing down with deer fat or mutton tallow. This will take all the newness out of it, and make it behave much better. The size and color of your spoon must be governed largely by the class of water In which you expect to fish. The general rule is small spinners for the little creeks and large blades for the rivers with their deep pools. Spoons can be had with nlckel,.cop per or brass blades and as the Trout are almost as finicky about spinners as they are about flies, it is well to have all colors. It will frequently happen that you fish a good pool with a brass spoon and get nothing. Then you put on a copper blade of the same size, and the first cast brings out a two pounder. Fish are certainly the limit. Fish to Be Planted. Arrangements for the big flsh-plant-Ing day are coming along fine. The Multnomah Anglers' Club has a com mittee in charge of the work, and at meeting held during tne woe. u. iiictr hutinn was aaopteu. i cided to plant as many fish as possible In the streams nearest rui uuu, ... . der that the greatest number of local ono-iora misrht share in better fishing. which Is sure to result Such streams as Clear- jree, ms Creek Deep Creek, Gales Creek and c i-rir a ro all eaBllv acces- slble to the angler who can only get out for a day s trip, anu " . A hi. ATiwnKfi account Keep one vyrs w. and theBe streams will be taken care of first. , . . h-i, i th Ronneville Hatch- i . tnrhAR lone:, and ery hi o auuu- ... . , should be planted In the smaller creeks In order to give - ium e In some Instances It win dc nemi, to haul the cans some distance from the nearest railroad station. The resi dents along upper Eagle Creek are all eager for their supply of baby trout, and have completed all arrangements for handling their allotment some por tions of which must be hauled 1 miles over mountain roads, Flablng Art Improves. Fishing Is improving almost every where, especially in the Coast country. , A few salmon trout have made their appearance In the Necanlcum River at Seaside, and from now on the week end fishermen there will have plenty to do. -A run of big fish has also entered the Nehalem. Dr. C. B Stolte spent a few days there recently, and caught a number of two pounders on thThelre0were real McKenzle River red side trout, which the Eugene Elks dis played on their float in Thursday's bis parade, so fishing is evidently all right In that locality. Quite a. few Portland anglers were out over the Fourth, and some of them fared very well. Archie TIbbeta and Fred Buchtel made a trip to the up per Cowman River, and got such a big catch that they are still talkins about it in awed whispers. R. F. Prescott made a trip to Roaring River, on the upper Clackamas, and reports a good catch, although he found the stream a trifle high for good fly fishing. .... I found the streams at least a foot above Summer level, a condition caused by the long-continued rain in the mountains. A week of dry weather will put all our streams where they be long, and then our Bummer fishing will be In full swing. SPOONS F 1