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THE .MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1907. S PERNOLL HAS BAD LI Pitches Like Demon Until the Sixth Inning, When Visit ors Get Four Runs. BEAVERS GET GOOSE EGGS J,ad From Grant's Pass Is Xot Blamed for Defeat and Makes a Good Showing Loo Loos Stay Another Week. .............. ....... PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. J Los Angeles 4, Portland 0. J t Standliur of tha rinbs. I Won. Lost. Pet. f i Los Angles ....57 43 .570 f i San Francisco. . ..56 41 .544 f I Oakland 55 54 .505 I Portland 39 61 .380 f Beaten, but not disgraced, can be wrlt ien appropriately after the name of young Pernoll, the Grant's Pass twlrler, who was pitted against the Los Angeles player In the baseball match at the Vaughn-street grounds yesterday after noon. The defeat of the youngster came about In the sixth Inning, when the AngeJ batsmen managed to bunch a quartet of base hits, and through a combination of circumstances over which the pitcher had no control they capered around the bases until the bell clanged four times. This quartet of acea were all for the game, for Billy Gray, otherwise known as "Dolly," was the real article in the pitching line, and the McCredieites were helpless when a needed swat was re quired, and on that account the home guards portion of the score sheet is decorated by a repetition of zeros, Indi cating that there was nothing doing In the run-getting line. But for that .one bad inning the Grant's Pass lad pitched in elegant style and fre quently earned hearty applause from the fine crowd present to witness the contest. He fielded his position as well as the average veteran pitcher, and his control was fairly good for a young fellow mak- ing his first appearance before such a large crowd. Despite the had Inning, the chubby twirler did himself proud and demonstrated that with a little more ex perience he will be amply able to hold his own with pitchers of the type and stamina of "Dolly" Gray or "Adonis" Nagle. The sixth Inning, which witnessed the vanishing of all hope of a Portland vic tory, was started by Curtis Bernard, who popped up a fly which was gathered In by Pat Donahue. Pernoll commenced to rattle a trifle at this Juncture and walked Carlisle. "Kitty" Brashear (why called "Kitty" Is a mystery, as he Is big enough n 1 -1 . - . . ..1 . a J 1 - LIS h H 111,11 lUIIICU UUtlll t UUUL, which Pernoll was slow in going after, and Donahue fielded the ball too late to get Brashear- at first. Judson Smith. D. D. S., took a firm grip on his bat and sent a long skyscraper out to left garden, which appeared like a sure ticket for a couple of bases, but Little "Stub" Bas sey was there and clutched the hurtling sphere, causing a scurrying to safety on the part of Carlisle and Brashear, who had each taken a big lead on the hit. Carlisle beat the throw to Casey, but it appeared as though the clever second baseman had plenty of time to get Brashear at first, but Instead he feinted at a throw In the effort to get Carlisle off second. With two out and Dillon up, the slaughter began. The Loo Loo cap tain banged one past Mott that was good for two cushions and brought two runs . over the register. "Adonis" Nagle, who played the right garden because of the temporary disability of Cravath and Ellis, picked out one that he liked which he planted In center field. Dillon raced to the register on the clout and on the thrpw to catch him at the plate Nagle ambled to second. Bert Delmas waited patiently, and when he connected the sphere landed beyond the inflelders and Nagle scored, but in trying to reach sec ond on the play at the plate Delmas was put out. Result, four runs for Los An geles. Portland could not duplicate the per formance, although Atherton clouted for two bases with one down, but Gray was equal to the emergency and the hitting stopped, for McCredie and Bassey flew out on short flies. Donahue started the seventh by a safe hit, but a fast double play from Delmas to Dillon disposed of that chance at a possible score. The Los Angeles team remains over for another week with Portland, and the first game will be played tomorrow afternoon, commencing at 3:30 o'clock. Yesterday's score follows: LOS ANGELES. A.B. R. IB. P.O. A. E. Barnard, rf 5 0 2 3 0 0 Carlisle, If 2 1 1 1 0 0 Brashear. 2b 4 1 1 2 1 0 Smith. 3b 4 0 0 2 2 0 l)lll:m, lb 2 1 1 8 O 0 Nacle, rt 4 12 10 0 Delmas, ss 4 0 1 4 5 0 Hogaji, c 2 0 0 6 0 0 Gray, p 4 0 0 0 8 0 Total 31 4 8 27 U 1 PORTLAND. A B. R. IB. P.O. A. E. Lovett, of 4 0 0 2 1 0 Mott. 3b. 4 0 0 3 1 0 Casey, 2b 3 0 1 4 2 1 Atherton, lb 4 0 1 7 0 0 McCredie, rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 Bassey, If 3 0 0 3 O 0 Donahue, c 4 0 1 6 3 0 Fay. ss 3 0 1 2 1 1 Pernoll, p t 8 0 0 0 6 1 Total 81- 0 1 27 13 1 SCORE BY INNINGS. Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 4 00 0 4 Hits 1 0 0 1,0 4 1 1 0 8 Portland 0 0000000 0 0 Hits 1 O 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 S SUMMARY. Struck out By Gray 5, by Pernoll 5. Bases on balls Off Gray 3, off Pernoll 4. Two-base ' hits Casey, Dillon. Atherton, Double play Delmas to DJllon. Sacrifice hits Carlisle, Dillon, Brashear. Stolen bases Fay, Bernard. Hit by pitched balls Smith. Dillon. Passed balls Donahue. First base on errors Los Angeles 2. Wild pitch Pernoll. Left on bases Los Angeles 0, Portland T. Time of game 1 hour 50 min utes. Umpire Derrick. Fandom at Random. Dolly Gray was the real goods in yes terday's matinee and when he proceeded to fan the first two Portlanders to face him It became apparent that nothing but goVd luck would win for Portland. Toung Pernoll. who opposed Gray on the mound, had the goods also, but luck did not come his way as tt did In favor of the Angel southpaw. The fireworks In the sixth were not entirely due to hts pitching. Bassey's catch of Smith's long drive In the sixth was as fine a running catch as has been seen on the Portland field this season. The Angel third Backer hit the ball hard and to every one It appeared -like a ure double jr-a. triple.. "The crowd JCKWITH ANGELS nearly broke down the grandstand In ap plauding the feat. Pernoll also caused a storm of applause when he struck out Nagle and Delmas in the second and followed this by fanning Happy Hogan and Dolly Gray, the first two men up in the third, . making four strikeouts in a row. Mott? had a chance to assist a double play in the eighth, but in his hurry after retiring Dillon at third he threw badly to first and Delmas was safe.-, The play required fast work and he should not be blanked for failing to get two men. Carlisle was caught off first in nifty style by Casey and Donahue in the ninth. Bernard was on third and Carlisle on first, when, on the pitch, Casey ran up to the bag and received Donahue's quick toss and had the ball on the Angel left fielder before he could get back. When Dillon was hit in the ribs with one of Pernoll's wild shoots In the eighth. Umpire Derrick wore a firoad grin, but remained discreetly quiet. Dillon laughed and topk first without comment. San Francisco 5-0; Oakland, 2-1. SAX FRANCISCO. July 28. San Francisco and Oakland broke even. San Francisco won the morning game eas ily. The afternoon game was a tie In the tenth Inning, when Hogan made a three-bagger. He was brought home by Van Haltren's hit. The score: First game R. H. E. San Fran 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1--5 4 ,1 Oakland ....10000000 1 2 8 1 Batteries Jones and Esola; Wright and Dashwood. , Second game R. H. E. San Fran..0 01010001 0 3 8 0 Oakland ..100010010 1 4 8 2 Batteries Willis and Street; Hogan and Bliss. Umpire Perrlne. NORTHWEST LEAGUE. Won. Lost. Pet. Aberdeen 52 2S .O.'.O Seattle 47 37 ' ..10 Tacoma 51 41 .554 Butte 41 411 .506 Spokane 41 42 4!4 Vancouver 20 64 .238 Tacoma, 5; Aberdeen, 4. TACOMA. Wash., . July 2S. (Special.) Hard hitting by both teams character ized today's game. Singles by Kellackey and Collins, together with a base on balls and hit by pitched ball enabled Tacoma to score twice In the first Inning. In the third Inning singles by Spencer and Hig glnbotham, a fielder's choice and a three base hit by Householder gave Aberdeen three runs. Householder was caught at home trying to stretch his hit Into a home run. Aberdeen scored again in the fifth Inning, when "Van Buren got a base on balls and Strelb doubled. After two were out In the sixth inning, Doyle, Kel lackey. Downle and Clynes each singled, and three of them scored when Mahon fumbled Clyne's grounder. Brinker took Higglnbotham's place In the seventh and Collins hit the first ball pitched by him for three bases. He scored on Fitzger ald's muff of Shaw's fly. Boettlnger, bat ting for Fitzgerald, singled In the ninth and was sent around the bases by hits by Spencer and Brinker. Score: R.H.E. Tacoma 2 0000310 6 10 0 Aberdeen T 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15 9 2 Batteries Doyle and Shea; Hlggin botham, Brinker and Spencer, Seattle, 4 ; Spokane, 8. , SEATTLE, Wash.. July 28. (Special.) With nine errors made behind him, Coy could not have had much chance to win, but the southpaw was pretty bad himself. He bobbled two chances and did not have control In pinches. Howell, at shortstop, contributed four of Seattle's errors and only held his average down because he did not have many more chances. Each' of Seattle's errors figure In the run-getting for Spokane, for the team seemed to go to pieces in the second, sixth 'and ninth innings. Spokane's errors contributed two of Seattle's four runs. Jensen out pitched Coy. Score: R.H.E. Seattle 0 0000102 14 7 9 Spokane 0 2001200 38 8 4 Batteries Coy and Stanley; Jensen and Swindells. Umpire Frary. NATIONAL LEAGUE. St. Louis, 1-2; Brooklyn, 0-4. ST. LOUIS, July 28. A double-header game, played between St. Louis and Brooklyn, resulted In St. Louis winning the first and losing the second. The scores: First game R. H. E. R. H. E. St. Louis. ...1 8 2Brooklyn ...0 7 1 Batteries McGlynn and- Noonan; Strlcklett and Berger. Second game B, H. E. R. H. E. St. Louis... 2 9 OlBrooklyn ..4 7 2 Batteries Fromme and Marshall; Pastorlus and Rltter. Umpire Rlgler. Cincinnati, 8-3; New York, 3-1. CINCINNATI. July 28. New York dropped both games of today's double header to Cincinnati. Manager Mc Graw, of the New Yorks, was struck In the face after the game by a private officer, with whom he had had an argu ment during the game. The score: ' R. H. E. R. H. E. Cincinnati .8 13 3New York.. 3 6 2 Batteries Weimer and Schlel; Mc Glnnlty, WMltse and Bresnahan. Umpires Carpenter and Emslle. Second game R. H. E. R. H. E. Cincinnati .3 6 0New York..l' 5- 1 Batteries Smith and McLean; Ames, Bresnahan and Bowerman. Umpires Emslle and Carpenter. Chicago, 2 ; Boston, 5. CHICAGO, July 28. Boston won to day by pounding Brown for seven sin gles, and a double In the first two In nings, which, with a wild pitch, scored three runs. Two doubles off Taylor and a fumble added two more In the ninth. The .locals . bunched three singles and a two-bagger In the fourth, the only inning In which they were able to con nect with Flaherty's delivery. The score: ' R. H. E. 1 R H. E. Chicago 2 5 lBoston 5 13 1 Batteries Brown, Taylor and Kllng; Flaherty and Needham. Umpires Klem and. O'Day. Good Time In 100-yard Dash. OREGON CITY, Or., July 28. (Spe cial.) Frank Shoenborn this morning beat C. S. Orm in a 103-yard dash on the Canemah board walk for a purse of $100. The time was 10 4-5 seconds. Considerablo money changed hands on the race, which was witnessed b a large crowd. Orm beat Schoenborn on the Fourth of July, and since that time the supremacy of the two has been a matter of discussion. Pacific States' New Manager. OREGON CITY, Or., July 28. (Spe cial.) George Hall has been appointed City Manager of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company's of fice, succeeding I L. Phillips, who goes to the Home Telephone Company. Wire Chief Smith, of the Pacific Company, has been succeeded by J. W. Mace. Men's Summer underwear under prices and top values, Robinson & Co., 2S9 Washington street. CHILDREN'S FARADS) PHOTOS. .Delightful KHier Imperial Hoel. v3 FRAKES DROP II Kelso Tigers Pull Milliners' Headgear to Pieces. RAGGED BALL PLAYING Eight Errors In First Game and Seven in Second After Giving Drubbing Tigers Criticize Visitors for Kicking. KELSO, Wash., July 28. (Special.) Two of the easiest ball games of the season were won by the Kelso Tigers from the Frakes Milliners, of Portland, today, the forenoon game being landed with a score of 9 to 8. , The first game was too fuU of errors to be interesting except to those who had money up on the visitors, there being only four earned runs out of the .17 made by both teams, three to the credit of Kelso and one for Portland, ' both Hull and Meyers were enjoying an off day and pitched wild ball. Hull allowed five bases on balls and hit three, while Meyers walked seven. Score by innings: Kelso 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 3 Hits 0 1 2 O 1 0 2 1 7 Frakes 3 O 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 Hits 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 Summary Struck out, by Hull 6, by Myers S. Bases' on balls, by Hull 5. by. Myers 7. Sacrifice hits, Halbert 1. Palmer 1, Hawley 2. A. Parrott 1. Two-base hits Miller. Stol en base, Oraham 1. Halbert 2, Miller 1, Hern 1, Heberden 2, Hull 2, Johnson 2, New ell 1, A. Parrott 1, R. Parrott 1; Antone 1. Hit by pitched ball, Johnson twice, R. Par rott once. Passed balls, Antone 1, Par rott 1. . Errors, Kelso 3, Frakes 5. The afternoon game was more interest ing for the fans though the victory was plainly for the Tigers from the start, and the Milliners should not have been al lowed a single run. Pender, for the Frakes. was in his usual form and when ever the Tigers succeeded in getting a hit he generally allowed two or three. Erlckson, tor Kelso pitched first-class )all and played his position perfectly be sides making a three-base hit. The team work of the Tigers was specially good. Score by Innings: Kelso 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 O 8 Hits 1 3020012 0 Frakes 0 0 O 0 O 0 0 1 0 1 HBts 0 1 O 1 0 1 O 2 0 5 Summary Struck out. by Erlckson. 6: by Pender, 7. Sacrifice hits Palmer. 1; Her berden, Hawley. 1. Stolen bases, Halbert, 1; Graham, 2: Hern. 3: Herberden. 1; A. Par rott, 1. Three-baso hits, Erlckson. Two-base hits, Conrad, Halbert, 1; R. Parrott, 1. Double plays. Graham to Palmer, Johnson to A. Parrott. Left on bases, Kelso, 3: Frakes. 4. Hit by pitched ball, Conrad and Heberden. Krrors, Kelso. 2; Frakes, 5. Earned runs, Kelso. 1; Frakes: none. Time of (tame, 1 hour 35 minutes. Umpire, Cheyne. Scorekeeper, Barnard. By unanimous vote of the fans it Is decided that Milliners are the worst lot of chronic kickers that has appeared on the Kelso diamond this season. Grays, 9; Blues, 1. OREG.ON CITY, Or., July 28. (Spe cial.) The first of the series of games between the Grays and the Blues for the championship of Oregon City took place on tno Canemah Park Grounds this afternoon In the presence of a crowd of yelling rooters, and the Grays won by a score of 9 to 1. The batteries were: Grays, Lee and Shaw; Blues, Long and Murphy. The score by in nings: Grays 0 1 6 0 0 0 20 0 9 Hits 013102 30 1 11 Blues 0 0 0 0 1 O 0 0 0 1 Hits 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 T The second game will be played on Willamette Falls Field next Sunday. The winners take 60 per cent of the gate receipts and the losing team 40 per cent. Astoria, 5; Portland, 2. . ASTORIA. Or., July 28. (Special.) The Trl-City League baseball game, played here this afternoon between the Bohemian nine of this 'city and the Brewers of Portland, was won by the local team with a score of o to 2. MISTAKES OF THE BALL FIELD Star Players Prone to Make Bad Mistakes at Times. It is ofttimes a matter of much sur prise that even the star ball players forget the rules, and, because of their f orgetfulness, or, perrfeps, lack of knowledge of them, make hideous blunders which go far to lose games. Three notable blunders, two of them made by famous and high-standing players, have marked the season so fat. The first was that in which Catcher Clarke, of Cleveland, figured. With a man on second and first, Hemphill struck out. Clarke dropped the third strike. According to the rule. Hemp hill Was out, because If he was not, Clarke could throw o third, force the man who was on secqnd, and maybe make a double. If not, indeed, a triple play. Clarke forgot all about this and threw to first, as if the bases were not occupied. He made a wild throw. A run came in, and Hemphill, who also forgot tne rule, ran to second. The crowd, too, did not understand the sit uation and could not Imagine what had occurred when Sheridan called Hemp hill out. The run, to be sure, counted. Though It did not win the game, it might well have done so. ' Catcher Berry, of Philadelphia, made the same Identical mistake playing against New York. The third instance came, too, In the person of a catcher, Sullivan, of the Chicago Sox. Sullivan was playing second base In this game, when, with a man on first and one out,. the batter lifted an infield fly. Of course he was out the moment the fly was located In Infield. Sullivan muffed it and Stone, who was on second, also for getting the rule, dashed to third. Sulli van, picking up th- ball, made a wild throw and Stone gained the base. Had Sullivan merely let the ball roll and not made a throw Stone could not have taken third bate. As It was, the wild throw pave him titie to It. It is a strange thing that In these cases five flrst-class players should for get and overlook a simple and impor tant rule. All five of the players gave the same dull excuse. "They thought" that two men were out on each occa sion. Which would Indicate lack of interest In the game, which is even far worse than temporary aberration of the mind, which might Justify baseball players as well as switchtower men, train dispatchers and others whose machine-like keenness sometimes forsakes them for no apparent good reason whatever. St. Louis Republic. THIRD BASEMAN'S ODD ASSIST Missed Third Strike Thrown In a Queer Way and Man Out. There have been many queer plays pulled off on the diamond, and every year brings out a new one, but the most unique of all was brought about on the Polo grounds during a series with the Cincinnati Reds. A batter having struck out was thrown out at first by the third baseman,. Can vou, at Jt .hap pened thus: Wlltse had struck at the ball three times. The last one was really a tip foul, and struck Schlel on his shins, but the umpire did not hear it on account of his ear muffs. The ball rolled in front of the plate, and, thinking it a foul, Schlel threw it to third, as is usual ly done when fouls are hot. To the as tonishment of everybody the umpire called it a "strike," and Kane threw the ball over to first and Wlltse was out. That is the first -time on record that a third basemen ever got an assist on a strike-out. M'GIXXITY RAISES THE BALL Famous Pitcher Tells How He Ma nipulates the Sphere. Pitcher Joe MeGinnity, of the New York Giants, the famous "iron man," is out with a discourse on pitching, as fol lows: "My 'raise' ball, which I have used so successfully, and which I also found a puzzling ball for the opponents of the Baltlmores and Brooklyns during my long association with those clubs,. I first got the hang of from Billy Rhlnes, the fa mous pitcher of the Cincinnati club. "I was much taken with the delivery, and thought It could be developed Into more effectiveness by using a change of pace and adding to It a curve. Every Winter when I went to my home in In dian Territory I practiced the delivery assiduously, but found jit a difficult ball to control. I kept at It, however, and gradually gained command of the deliv ery, but it took me five years of almost constant practice to get it down fine enough to make the success of It the public js pleased to give me credit for now. , "The upshoot is puzzling at first to a batter who has never faced it before, but he will soon size It up. I have found It necessary, therefore, to give a slight curve not a big break to i. If I tried for a wide curve I would lose control of it. I therefore just use enough curve to throw the batter off. I have also practiced the underhand delivery, which is necessary to use the raise! so much that I am able to give the ball a drop and also an incurve with the same mo tion. The underhand swing I find, too, saves my arm and is much less fatiguing than the overhand shoulder motion that most pitchers use. I of course use the overhand delivery when I want to put In a straight, speedy ball and to help me mix 'em up. That is the whole secret of successful pitching mix 'em up. Don't pitch any two balls alike unless you are in a hole and forced to. "In pitching my raise ball I hold the ball tightly in my two forefingers and loose with the other two fingers and thumb, the same exactly as for the over hand outcurve. With a stooping motion and underhand swing, I let the ball twist off my fingers with a sail upward. It floats up to the plate with a rise." YANKEE FIGHTERS THE BEST History Shows That American Pugi lists Usually Beat British. The victories of Sam Langford and Sam MoVey over British opponents in the ring give further proof of the superior fighting ability of Americans over the present-day crop of English fighters. The old-timers remember when Eng land could boast of a few great fighting men and the fistic game was still new on this side of the puddle. Here are a few recollections of a veteran: "Old-timers probably will remember the 111 feeling which existed between Ameri cans and Englishmen long before the Civil War regarding the fighting abili ties of their respective countries, both In and out of the ring. Regarding the lat ter, it was admitted England stood head and shoulders over America both in class and in number. The only man tnis coun try could boast of as having a chance with the best man in England was Tom Hyer, and he was an untried article, as his only fight of Importance was with Yankee' Sullivan, and he practically re tired after defeating the 'Yank.' "In the latter part of the '50's. John C. Heenan and John Morrissey were consid ered the best heavies in America, while England laid claim to a number of good big men, and all considered better than either of the two Johns. It 6hould be re membered that Great Britain set the pu gilistic ball a-rolling over 100 years be fore America registered Its first ring battle, but- when we did get started it did not take us 100 years to catch up and pass. "The old bare knuckle heroes, although in the Infant class, so to speak, never would acknowledge England's pugilistic superiority, and whenever a 'rlngster' from the tight little isle touched our shores he was given a try-out, either with the mits, the bare 'uns. or at rough-and-tumble these latter styles of fighting being their best game. "The wars of 1776 and 1812, in both of which Young America took down first money, were the direct cause of many a scrap between Britons and Americans Some were bloody affairs, while others the majority, I may say were stopped before they really began." HOODOO CLEVELAND TEAM Spitball Pitchers Not Liked by Fans Behind Napoleons. Cleveland fans - agree with Manager Fielder Jones, of the White Sox. that the spitball should be eliminated from the game. Should Cleveland fail to land the pennant by a close margin that fail ure may bo ascribed to the "spit" ball, for of the 18 defeats sustained by the Naps thus far, 10 of them have been the result of too . much moisture being placed on the ball by the opposing pitcher. Mullin took them down the line three times, treating them to whitewash on each occasion. Walsh has won two 2 to 1 games, while Harry Howell has tri umphed twice. That accounts for seven of the 10. Then Frank Smith, of the White Sox, -grabbed one: Al Orth took another and George Winters, of the Bos tons, another. In addition, the Naps lost another in which Smith and Altrock were the twlrlers. Smith gof credit for the victory, however. On the other hand, the Naps are as strong against left handers as they are weak against "spit" ball artists, having won 10 out of 13 games in which they have been called upon to face the south paws. A year ago, the Clevelands were considered easy for the larboard fingers, but this season the SouthpawB have won only three games from Larry's braves and two of the three have been lost through Ineffectiveness on the part of the Cleveland twlrlers, the two In ques tion being "Dusty" Rhoades' opening game and the one at Philadelphia where Llebhardt's wlldness and Clarkson's fail ure to puzzle ,at the outset proved the undoing of the Naps. HART MAY NEVER FIGHT AGAIN Injury to Hand In Fight With Schreck Proves Serious. Marvin Hart . may never enter the prize ring again. The injury which he sustained to his Tight hand in his last fight with Mike Schreck is more seri ous than supposed, and an examination made by Dr. Robert E. Gates, Hart's physician, indicates that two metacar pel bones are splintered and must be removed. An X-ray picture of the hand will be taken by Dr. Gates in an effort to exactly locate the splintered bones, which will be removed at once. Marvin first injured his right hand several years ago in a fight with George Gard ner. The same bones were fractured in the early part of the fight with Schreck in. Tonopah, Nov., several months ago. FUST RACE MEET North Yakima Sees Speedy Going on Fair Grounds. WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN Guy Mechlem Clips Four Seconds Off Previous Best Time for Racers Under 850 Pounds Other Fast Races Driven. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., July 28. (Special.) The first race meeting under the auspices of the Northwest Auto Track Association Iheld on the Fair Grounds here today, proved a great suc cess. Fifteen hundred people attended and some of the most exciting events were those participated in by local auto mobiles. The track at the Fair Grounds is said to be the fastest In the Northwest and this was proved by the successful effort of L. Guy Mechlem to break the world's record of 1 minute, 5 seconds for racers weighing 850 pounds or less. Mechlem went three times around the course. The second mile was covered in 1 minute, 1 second, and the third in 1 minute, 2 seconds. He drove a 20-horse power Franklin "Speeder." A-race be tween Rayer Frechter's 35-horse-power Lambert touring car and Architect Cauntt's 20-horse-power Cadillac, re sulted in an easy victory"for the former, the Cadillac breaking down on the third mile. This was reversed in the 6-mile Touring Car race whlcu. was won by Cauntt's machine easily. Time, 7 min utes, 33 seconds. In the Australian Pursuit race. Cauntt's Cadillac proved victorious. Virgil Hall driving a 40-horse-power racer that was a flyer, and although unable to pass the Cadillac twice in ten miles, finished only 50 yards behind. The Runauout race of 5 miles was won by a Ford 15-horse-power macWne, start ing at scratch and driven by H. Mltcherl. Time, 8 minutes, 56 seconds. A match race between a Thomas Flyer and a Spider, driven respectively by Virgil Hall and Mechlem, proved a dead heat. This was decided by a mile race, won by the Thomas Flyer in 1 minute, 7 seconds. CROWDS SEE FIGHTERS TRAIN Both Brltt and Nelson Doing Light Work Betting Favors Nelson. SAN FRANCISCO, July 28. Hundreds of sporting enthusiasts. Journeyed to the training camps of Jimmy Brltt and Battling Nelson today to see the two lightweights do their last vigorous work in preparation for their fight in this city next Wednesday evening. Shannon's at San Rafael was thronged during the hour or more that Brltt was at the gymnasium. He boxed with Jim Bradley and Tiv Kreling. After his usual jaunt on the road, Nelson devoted a part of the afternoon to the gymnasium and in boxing and bag-punching. Brltt and Nelson will do only light work during the next two days.- Each declares he Is ready to fight the battle of his career. ' A heavy sale of seats is reported. Betting is lively, with Nelson favorite at 9 to 10. Jack Welsh will referee the contest. Brltt and Nelson are each at about 135 pounds, and will have no trouble making the 133 pounds on the evening of the fight. SULLIVAN TO SPAR KILRAIN Veterans to Give Exhibitions in Tour of United States. John L. Sullivan, the noblest Roman of 'em all. and Jake Kllrain have been matched to fight again. What a sensation this would create if the old rivals were as earnest as they were back in 1889, when they met down in old Mississippi, but alas, this time they are the best of friends and are out for all "the coin" there is In sight. The mighty John has hooked up with Jake under the management of Harry Clark, and the pair Intend to travel all over the country giving the veteran fol lowers of. ring sport and also the young men of today some Idea of how that cele brated (fight was fought. John and Jake will try their level best to show Just how the blows were struck and they are both under the impression that they have not forgotten any vital featuTe of the most effective wallops. The two veterans should make a big hit, especially with the thousands of fight rooters who were unable to attend that hlstorlo tussle. Centralia, 9; Tenino, 8. ' CENTRALIA. Wash., July 28. (Special.) In a loosely-played game Centralia de feated Termio, Wash., 9 to 8. The game was replete with heavy hitting on both sides. Centralia won by bunching Its hits at opportune times. H. 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AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MONEY There is no investment safer than that offered by the SAN FRANCISCO BOND AND MORTGAGE COMPANY, and, owing to the exceptional condi tions, the net earnings of its capital stock should considerably exceed 12 per cent per annum. The SAN FRANCISCO BOND AND MORTGAGE COMPANY has three sources of profit: 1. Interest earned on its paid-up capital. 2. Difference between what it earns on mortgages and what it pays on bonds, which is usually iy2 per cent. 3. Difference in interest on guaranteed mortgages sold by it, which ia usually 1 per cent. Similar companies in the East and foreign countries have had phenom nal success, earning fro '. 12 to 16 per cent per annum. Stock subscriptions will be received in PORTLAND at Ladd & Tilton, until July 31. 1907; also in San Francisco at the office of the Company, 30! Montgomery Street, and at the following places: San Francisco National Bank. Merchants Exchange Building-. The Crocker National Bank. Market and Post Streets. E. H. Rollins & Sons, Kohl Bulldingr. California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, at Its head office,-Calif ornl Street at Montgomery, or at anv of its four branch offices. The National Bank of the Pacific, Claus Spreckels Building. Portuguese-American Bank, 78 Jackson Street. State Savings and Commercial Bank, 1013 Fillmore Street. Union National Bank, Oakland. And In New Tork City United States Mortgage and Truit Compnnv. 55 Cedar Street. Interboro Bank of New York. 49 Wall Street. E. F., Hutton and Company, 33 New Street. WRITE FOR BOOKLETS. GOSTDFAUTO PARTS Owners Think They Pay Too Much for New Pieces. MAKERS DENY BIG PROFIT Eventually the Question Will Be Set tled by Law of Supply and De mand and Price Will Regulate Itself. Rightly or wrongly, the purchaser be lieves he Is called upon to pay an ex orbitant price for such parts of a car as he may need for the replacement of those which have worn out, been broken or in some other way become useless, says an automobile trade Jour nal. The 'argument which the buyer makes Is that the material costs little or nothing, while the labor, where auto matic machinery Is used, amounts to so small an item that the result should be the production of an article which, would be sold at a price nearer that of similar articles in other and more settled lines of trade and manufacture. In his own defense the seller points out that he has had to Invest thousands of dollars In erecting a plant and equip ping it with machinery, then he has had to employ skilled and expensive de signers, pattern makers, die cutters, salesmen, etc., the cost of all of which must be. charged up against the ulti mate selling price of each and every bit of product he turns out. None can deny but this Is the rule in every well con ducted business and that where it Is not strictly adhered to the business neg lecting Is not for long. The truth Is that the prices of these things can be depended on to regulate themselves to a certain extent. No man can constantly secure an exorbitant price for anything of which he does not have a monopoly, since the inevitable law of supply and demand soon forces the figures to fall to a level which per mits of only a living profit being made. Capital, ever on the alert for new fields for profitable employment, has an observant eye upon the motor-vehicle field, and were the profits in parts and equipment anything like as enormous as the buyers are so prone to assert they are, the prices would be quickly and sharply cut, not from any desire to aid the buyer, but through the determi nation of capital to share in a busi ness where profits were greater than those in other lines. Unquestionably the middleman adds materially to the ultimate cost of parts and such like things,- which the car makers should sell direct to the con JENNING & SONS "OlwlvCilv I -V1L UKVrLKlLO Corner Second and Morrison Streets AND MORTGAGE COMPANY $10,000,000 THE COMPANY Vice-Presidents Jf F. Walker W. P. Plummer sumer. Eventually, this will come to pass in the automobile business, just as it has In other similar lines of trade. At the time of writing, it would be hard indeed to discover anything In the lino of necessities or luxuries concerning1 which the buyer could not, and does not. truthfully declare to be "too high" in price. It would, indeed, therefore, be a strange thing if the automobile should be the sole exception to .such a rule. None but false or very stupid profit would predict any appreciable lowering of the prices in the near future. Pleasant or not, it Is a case of grin and bear it on the part of the pur chaser, since as far Into the immediata future as we permit ourselves to look there is apparently nothing indicative of motoring's millennium, when the seller will make his price In accord ance with Ideas of the buyer, rather than his own. WHAT CAUSES SPEED MANIA?". Degree Depends on Temperament, Says Eastern Writer. , Proneness to "speed mania" depends en- tirely upon the temperament of the indi vidual, says an Eastern exchange. Just as there are some persons upon whom even one glass of wine produces an ex citing and stimulating effect, so there are human beings upon whom speeds the least bit high produce a craving for rapid motion, and the morbid desire to reach a given point in the shortest possible time when there is really no object In so doing. The best drivers, both amateur and professional, either never give way to speed mania or else cure themselves of It. To go fast through uninteresting country, or dead straight roads, such as exist for thousands of miles through France, Is only natural and reasonable. Just as the soberest of riders will let his horse out for a gallop when a pros pect of a mile of grass is before him. In motoring the charm of variety of scenery is added to by variety in speed slow here, fast there, "dawdling through, this picturesque village or by the banks of a tumbling foaming river, and speed ing along when straight, flat uninteresting roads spppnr. PUSH! Who said they didn't want Portland and Oregon to grow? Now let's get in. and patronize everything made at home, that is, where it doesn't cost any more. A little of this will bring us ahead of all other cities and states in a remarkably short time. We guarantee you the best hard-wearing shoe for men, boys and youths which you can get for your money made right here in Portland. If we do not do -this, we do not ask your pat ronage. Ask your shoe dealer for our shoe. You need not be deceived for our name. "The J. A. Reid Shoe," Is stamped with a steel stamp on the bottoms of every pair. If your merchant does not sup ply them he is keeping back our progress, which Is our mutual loss. Bovs' shoes S2.50 and $3.00 per pair. Men's $3.00, J3.60, $4.00 and $4.50. High tops cost more of course. The J. L Reid Company SHOE MANUFACTURERS. 13 and 15 Union Ave., City. Home Phone only. B 1211. HHP- PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST