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About The times. (Portland, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1912)
THE TIMES WILL PORTLAND WIN THE OPENING GAME? NOT S IN C E 1900 H A S A B E A V E R C A R R IE D O F F F IR S T G A M E HONORS. o ly m pjc g ^ w il l — C O N T E ST S I N S W E D E N P R O M IS E TO O V E R S H A D O W T H O S E IN LO N D O N . STYLE KNOWN AS THE CRAFTSMAN. BAGGAGE STORED THREE DAYS FREE D esign 9 66, b y G l e n n L. S a x t o n . A r c h i t e c t . M i n n e a p o l i s . M i n n . THE U n ited S ta te s H a s L o st M a n y C rack s S in ce th e L a s t I n te rn a tio n a l M eet. — N u m b er o f N ew M en in L ine. A few sh o rt w eeks ago i t seem ed lik e an ago rem ained to elap se b e fo re th e b aseb all season would a g a in be upon’ G re a t as w ere th e O lym pic gam es a t us, b u t a t th is w ritin g it is m erely a London in 1908, f a r su rp a ssin g a n y m a te r of a few d ay s b e fo re th e um pires th in g th e w orld had seen in th e a th le tic u n d er th e g u id in g hand o f P re sid e n t line, th e b a ttle o f th e ch am p io n s in Baum will send th e six clubs o f th e S tockholm in .July p rom ises to over shadow them com pletely. G a th e re d a t P acific C oast L eag u e aw a y on the 1912 S tockholm w’ill be a g a la x y o f s ta rs to jo u rn e y to th e cham pionship in th e fight fo r th e a th le tic honors o f th e ir r e lo n g est stre tc h o f an y league in organ sp e c tiv e c o u n trie s t h a t prom ises to be th e g r e a te s t in th e h is to ry o f a th le tic s. ized baseball T he huge sta d iu m , m ore th a n 1000 W ith a c tio n in real e a rn e s t a b o u t to f e t lo n g a n d 700 f e e t w ide, b u ilt to s ta r t, th e fa n s n a tu ra lly a re sp e cu lat accom m odate a crow d o f 75,000 per in g ovor th e e v e n tu a l outcom e o f th e sons, in w hich th e g am es w ill be held, in sig n ifican ce in e v e ry com ing race. A re th e B e av ers as d w a r fs in to th in g e x c e p t b e a u ty th e one a t A thens. s tro n g as la s t y e a r f W ill th e y w in f Main Office and Warehouse T he H ellenic sta d iu m , ly in g u n d er a th ird p e n n a n t? H as the shrew d Me s k y o f d eep est azu re, th e blue A ttic a n C redie rep laced such fam ous p lay ers h ills a s a b a c k g ro u n d , p re se n te d a p ic PARK AND DAVIS STS., PORTLAND as P e c k in b a u g h , S teen, K u h n , S eato n tu r e w hich could n o t a n y w h e re be d u an d th e M ig h ty R y a n ! H u n d red s o f p lic a te d . @ by G len n L. S a x to n . E v e ry c o n te s t in th e 1912 gam es will sim ila r q u estio n s are w arb led d a ily Telephones: Main 6980, A 3322 b e w o rth g o in g m iles to see. S p o rt f o l P E R S P E C T IV E V IE W -F R O M A P H O T O G R A P H . a b o u t th e “ sm oke em p o riu m s,“ w here lo w ers in th is c o u n try a re b em o an in g th e fe stiv e bug d e lig h ts to c o n g re g a te th e tu r n o f th e w heel th a t p re v e n ts to a ir his view s. H e also sp e cu lates th em from se ein g A m e ric a 's b ra w n y brood o f red-blooded sons v an q u ish th e on a n o th e r question. W ill P o rtla n d flow er of th e w o r ld 's a th le te s in th e finally b re a k th e hoodoo an d w in th e g r e a t gam es. QAL_C#Ny first g arn et M a n y a S lip. N o t since W innie F re n ch p itch ed Phone or Write T h e re is m an y a slip 't w i x t th e cup P o rtla n d in to a v ic to ry o v er th e F res a n d th e lip, how ever, a n d to th o se who no team on th e o pening d ay o f th e h a v e b een w a tc h in g th e trem en d o u s in 1900 season h as a club w earin g a P o r t te r e s t t h a t h as b een show n in a th le tic s lan d u n ifo rm m ade a successful g e t in th e d iffe re n t c o u n trie s since th e re aw ay on o p en in g day. In 1907, 1908, v iv a l o f th e gam es in 1906, w ith th e r e 1909, 1910 a n d 1911 did M c C red ie's s u lta n t im p ro v e m e n t, it looks a s if th e h u sk y w ario rs go dow n to d e f e a t b e m eet w ill n o t be so m uch o f a c a k e fo re th e C a lifo rn ia riv a ls on th e first w alk fo r A m erica as w ere th e 1908 day o f th e season. F o r five co n secu tiv e gam es. T he S w edish c lim a te m u st be seasons th e B e av ers h av e gone on th e ta k e n in to c o n sid e ra tio n , an d o th e r c o n field t h a t m om entous d a y each y e a r and d itio n s w hich m ay u p se t th e b e st-la id cam e off d e fe a te d . On tw o o f th ese oc p la n s m ust n o t be overlooked. rr> OuTCftY • « w i t c h ouT i_er casions th e y lo st by 1 to 0 scores, and A few y e a rs ago E n g la n d , A p s tra lia •WiTCM «K M Ià * itUJlCATSS o w re tT »p num k th e o th e r d e fe a ts on o p en in g d a y h ave an d S w eden w ere A m e ric a ’s g r e a te s t been b y n a rro w m arg in s, b u t n e v e rth e riv a ls, b u t such w ill n o t be th e case a t SECOND FLOO R PLA N . F IK.ST F L O O R F L A N . less th e y w ere d efeats. S tockholm . Tho a th le te s w ho w ill r e p OF PORTLAND W e h a v e th is p la n m a d e u p a s a n old N ew E n g la n d co lo n ial. E n g lis h h a lf re se n t o th e r n a tio n s a re accu sto m ed to F i r s t G am e N o C rite rio n . tim b e r, S p a n ish m issio n a n d G eo rg ia co lo n ial, b e s id e s C r a f ts m a n , a s sh o w n W in in g th e first gam e is n o t alw ay s th e c lim a te an d th e y w ill n ot h a v e to above. T h e size o f t h e h o u se is tw e n ty -s ix f e e t w id e a n d tw e n ty - e ig h t fe e t a sign o f good fo rtu n e , fo r th e A ngels m ak e long jo u rn e y s to re a c h th e b a ttle d e e p u n d e r th e m a in p a r t. T h e re is a su n room o n th e sid e w h ic h Is te n fe e t scorod o v er P o rtla n d la s t y e a r y e t fin g ro u n d . On th e o th e r hand, once ag ain six In c h e s w ide, th u s m a k in g a f r o n ta g e o f th irty - s ix f e e t six in ch es. N eces ished la s t in th e long race. H o w ever, th e A m erican s w ill be fo rce d to m ak e s a rily th is c a lls f o r a t le a s t a fo rty -fiv e o r fifty fo o t lo t, o r o n e w id e r s till is a long t r ip an d th e n fa c e co n d itio n s th e a p p ro a c h in g opening d a y g iv e s rise ev e n m o re a p p r o p ria te f o r th is hom e. C o st to b u ild , e x c lu s iv e o f h e a tin g an d a g a in to th e tim e honored hope o f see w hich w ill be a n y th in g b u t e n c o u ra g p lu m b in g . $3.800. ing, f o r i t h as been p ro v e d in th e p a st in g tho P o rtla n d p e rc e n ta g e reck o n ed T h e re is a fu ll b a s e m e n t u n d e r th is e n tir e ho u se. F ir s t s to r y n in e fe e t, se c a t 1.000 on th e d ay fo llo w in g tho p la y t h a t ou r a th le te s a lw a y s are a t a d is ond s to ry e ig h t f e e t in th e cle a r. F i r s t s to ry Is fin ish ed th r o u g h o u t In b irch a d v a n ta g e w hen c o m p e tin g ab ro ad . ing o f tho first gam e, an d sp e cu latio n a n d b irch floors in firs t a n d se c o n d sto ries. R ed o ak o r G eo rg ia p in e co u ld be is r ife on th is q u estio n a t th e p re se n t Som e of th e b e s t m en in th e U n ite d u se d If d e s ire d . T h e se co n d s to r y Is fin ish ed In p in e to p a in t, w ith b irc h to S ta to s m ay n ot bo ab le to m ake th e w ritin g in P o rtla n d . s ta in m a h o g a n y c o lo r to g iv e th e old co lo n ial In te rio r finish f o r th e c h a m b e rs. tr ip b ecause o f b u sin e ss connections, Main 6383 90 First Street L a s t y e a r a g re a t deal o f in te r e s t U pon re c e ip t o f $1 th e p u b lis h e r o f th is p a p e r w ill su p p ly a co p y o f S a x to n 's w as n o tic e a b le in th e outcom e o f th e w hile th o sea v o y ag e is a p t to affect book o f p la n s e n title d " A m e ric a n D w e llin g s ." T h e book c o n ta in s 254 n e w a n d o p ening gam e. In Los A ngeles th e P o rt som e so as to m ake th e m unfit to com u p to d a te d e s ig n s o f c o tta g e s , b u n g a lo w s a n d re sid e n c e s c o s tin g fro m $1,000 lan d team w as picked to w in b y th e pete. to $0.000. H a v e B een L o n g Ones. wise ones, f o r i t w as g e n e ra lly b eliev ed A t all p rev io u s m e e tin g s in w hich our th a t tho A ngels w ere w eak, a n d so thoy w o u ld fill m a n y v o lu m es. T o d a y fro m grand jury, because their evi ARTIFICIAL CAMPHOR. p ro v ed, e x c e p t on o p en in g d ay . T h a t a th le te s h a v e m et th e B rito n s in th e a d e te rm in e d q u a n tity o f tu r p e n tin e FAIR PROGRESS BEING MADE q u a r te r, h a lf an d m ile runs, A m e ric a 's dence would have weakened the gam e w as a re m a ra k a b le affa ir, an d m a y be o b ta in e d a f o u rth p a r t o f th e (Continued From Page 1.) charge of first degree murder i t m ig h t h a v e been a P o rtla n d v ic to ry ch an ce s h a v e b een long ones a t th e M sn Doss In T w o Weeks W h a t N a tu re w e ig h t o f p u r e c a m p h o r. T h e su c cess Ta k e s T w o Years to Do. fo r scovoral th in g s, w hich is alw a y s th e best. he and Eugene afterwards charged in the indict o f th e e x p e r im e n ts w a s first k n o w n shooting, that W ho, u n le s s he be a c h e m is t, w o uld w h e n th e o d o r o f c a m p h o r Iss u e d frim Huber were sent out of the city ment. One Batruba was also got case in an y re v e rsa l in an a th le tic com M iko M u rp h y , th e v e te ra n tr a in e r o f Y ale a n d P e n n s y lv a n ia a th le tic team s, su p p o se th a t th e r e e x is ts a n y th in g In p etitio n . s e t c o m b in a tio n s. to Vancouver and later to Seat ten out of the way. Appealed tc h as been en g ag ed to c o n d itio n th e men co m m o n b e tw e e n tb e c a m p h o r o f th e T o d a y m an ca n m a n u f a c tu re In th e tie and Tacoma, by District Busi by both sides to censure the op' 1911 O pener R ecalled. who w ill be se lected , a n d in th is w ork o rie n t a n d tb e tu r p e n tin e o b ta in e d la b o ra to ry In fifteen d a y s a n a m o u n t ness Agent Taylor of the Ma posing attorneys, Judge Gatens H o w ever, on tho occasion o f th e he will be a s siste d a b ly b y K een e F i t z fro m th e p in e tr e e in th e O ccident? o f c a m p h o r w h ich It ta k e s a tr e e tw o chinists’ Union. It was evident has occupied a trying position o p en in g o f th e 1911 race on M arch 28, p a tr ic k , c o n d itio n e r o f P rin c e to n team s, T h e tw o s u b s ta n c e s b a r e n o su p e rfi y e a r s to p r o d m - e .- H a r p e r ’s W eek ly . 1911, a t L o s A ngeles, Tom S e ato n had an d A n d y M ack, w ho looks a f t e r Y ale cial re se m b la n c e , th e ir v ery o d o rs be that this was done so that they but he has been eminently just sh u t th e L os A ngeles team o u t fo r six a th le te s . O th e r well know n tr a in e rs in g d iffe re n t, y et. c h e m ic a lly co n sid should not appear before the and fair. in n ig s, w hile P o rtla n d scored a run in also will v o lu n te e r th e ir serv ices, w hile ered . th e r e Is v e ry little d iffe re n c e be t h a t in n in g w hich loom ed lik e a cinch tr a c k coaches w ill flock to th e a id o f tw e e n th e m . T u rp e n tin e is com posed v icto ry . I n th e se v en th S e ato n w e a k th e a th le te s from all sections. o f te n a to m s o f c a rb o n co m b in ed w ith ened an d allow ed tw o A ngelic aces. A lth o u g h ou r ra n k s w ill be d ep leted six te e n a to m s o f h y d ro g e n , an d c a m T hen cam e th e p la y w hich m ig h t h ave b y th e loss o f v e te r a n s w ho w ere fa c p h o r h a s tb e sa m e c o m p o n e n ts, w ith won th e gam e fo r P o rtla n d . M a n ag er to rs in th e A th e n s an d L ondon gam es, th e a d d itio n o f o n e a to m o f o x ygen. M cC redie decided to b a t in place of so m an y a th le te s h a v e been deevloped T h e b e s t n a tu r a l c a m p b o r co m es S eato n , and figured t h a t if he could tie in th e la s t tw o y e a rs who h a v e re g is fro m F o rm o s a , a n d tb e o u tb re a k o f th e A ngels, he would send Bill S eato n te re d re c o rd -b re a k in g p e rfo rm a n c e s th e I tu s s la n -J a p a n e s e w a r a d v a n c e d in to do th e p itc h in g fo r th e final th a t i t only is re a so n a b le to b eliev e th e p ric e to su c h a n e x te n t t h a t tb e in n in g s a g a in s t Los A ngeles. B ig M ac t h a t th e 1912 team w ill be e v e ry b it as c h e m is ts o f th e w o rld w e re ca lle d u p o n led off w ith a bingle, an d he im m e d ia te s tro n g as fo rm er a g g re g a tio n s, to c o n tr iv e a s u b s titu te . T h ey soon ly took him self out of th e gam e an d A m e ric a ’s success in th e O lym pic d ecid ed t h a t it w ould be m o re p ractlca- su b s titu te d I rv in g (lough as b ase run g am es h as b een d u e to unselfishness on a b le to m a k e a n a rtific ia l cam p b o r. tier. M ac figured th a t (lough w as a th e p a r t o f its a th le te s . W o rk in g f o r a K n o w in g tu r p e n tin e to be th e s u b f a s te r m an th a n h im self a n d would com m on cause, th e m en h a v e gone in to s ta n c e m o st n e a rly a llie d to It In ch em h av e a ch an ce a t g e ttin g a ro u n d w i t k races a n d h a v e c a rrie d o ut in stru c tio n s ical s tr u c tu r e , a se rie s o f e x p e rim e n ts such good h i tte r as R odgers, C h a ir o th e le tte r. on a v e ry la rg e sc a le w a s beg u n . A b o u rn e and R apps, ns w ell a s R yan and d e ta ile d h isto ry o f th e s e e x p e rim e n ts K ru eg er follow ing. T he ta ll le a d e r ’s p lan s m ig h t h av e c a rrie d o ut O. K., b u t fo r G o u g h ’s b eing cau g h t n a p p in g ] off first base an d sniffed by a quick toss V an co u v e r, W ash., M a rch 22.— (Spe- fro m th e c a tc h e r to Dillon, C het ( ’had r i a l .) — F re d W. ltro o k e r, speed seere- b o u rn e w h s tho th ird m a n a t b a t in tho t a r y o f th e C lark e C o u n ty F a ir A ssocia in n in g , an d ho w as tossed o ut a t homo tio n , h a s an n o u n ced t h e ra c e s a n d p u rses p la to tr y in g to score from second on fo r th e race m eet to be held a t th e f a ir a safo h it, an d tho n a tu ra l figuring of g ro u n d s S e p te m b e r 9-14. tho gam e would h av e placed G ough No. September 9. Purse. acro ss tho p an w ith tho ty in g ru n had 1. 3 :0 0 tr o t fo r C la rk e C ounty he p la y e d b aseball. horses ...........................................$100 SOME OF THE NEW FEATURES F o u r fu rlo n g s, d ash , f o r C lark e H enderson L ogical M an. C o u n ty h o r s e s ............................ 50 New Single Dog Escapem ent / R e g re ts o v er th e past are useless, so Q u a rte r m ile d ash fo r po n ies New Colum n Selector (Model 10) le t us sp e cu late on tho com ing opener. u n d e r 14 h a n d s ......................... 30 j New Built-in Decimal T abulator (Model 11) B onny H enderson is th e m ost logical so September 10. New Two-Color Dial Let us sh o w you w ith w hat lectio n as tho first d ay tw irlc r, fo r ho New Back Space Key 2:30 p a c e .................................... 300 w as q u ite successful a g a in st th e Los New V ariable Line S pacing Lock F iv e fu rlo n g s, d a s h ....................... 100 genius and scien tific accu racy a New Shift Lock A ngelos team last season, an d should S even fu rlo n g s, w e ig h t fo r ag e 100 n ew principal has b een applied New P aper Feed ag a in prove so th is season, fo r it is n ot September 11. to m a k e th e K ryptok len ses per a p p a re n t w here th e A ngels h a v e w axed 2:25 tr o t, e a rly clo sin g s ta k e s . 500 an y stro n g e r in th e new m a te ria l picked 2:20 p a c e ................................ 300 | fect in visib le bifocal« Baggage & Omnibus Transfer Co. General Transfering and Storage Government Standard P ow ders C om pany And Have an Expert Explain Our Money Maker The New Models 10 and 11 Rem! ngton Vancouvcr to have Races do more than supply every demand; anticipate every demand of every of the writing machine. KRYPTOK INVISIBLE BI-FOCAL lip . One mile r u n ...................... 100 H enderson is s ta rtin g off w ell th is y e a r September 12. fo r he is a t th e tr a in in g cam p o f a 2:12 pace, e a rly clo sin g s ta k e . 500 first class team fo r th e first tim e in six 2:18 trot .................................... 300 y e a rs, and will th e re fo re bo in shape ¡12. 1 1 4 milk ru n , I n t e r s t a t e D erb y 150 to s t a r t th e stru g g le. L ast y e a r he w as September 13. h a n d ic a p p e d a t th e s ta r t by his case 13. 2:28 trot ......... 300 b e fo re th e N a tio n a l Com m ission b ein g I 14. F o u r fu rlo n g s, d a s h ..................... 100 so m e w h at clouded and perm ission to i 15. S ix fu rlo n g ., d a s h ......................... 100 p la y h a v in g been refu sed him fo r some [ September 14. w eek s a f t e r th e ra c e w as on. T h at he I. 2:13 trot ..................................... 300 is still a good p itc h e r goes w ith o u t s a y 2:08 p a c e ............................ 300 in g . H e h as now helped land tw o pen . F iv e e ig h t m ile d ash f o r non- n a n ts f o r C o rtla n d (1900 an d 1911), winner. .................................... 100 a n d th e f a n s are pulling for him to B e la ; Race. la n d a th ird . B enny has his fa u lts, but F iv e dava, com m encing T u esd ay , S ep so h a v e all th e rest of us, so let us te m b e r 10, tw o m ile , each d ay , c h a n g in g f o rg e t h is a n d b o .t him to a successful h o r.ee e v e ry h a lf m ile, fo u r h o rse , al y e a r a n d a b e r th in th e b ig le a g u e , w hich he m ig h t h a v e had y e a r , ago, a n d w h ich is s til w ith in his g ra sp a . h e is c o m p a ra tiv e ly young, w. — S p o rtin g Review j