Morning Oregonian., March 16, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1908.
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IN VUG FOR
COLUMBIA MEET
Big Track Event Attracts
Nearly All Oregon
Colleges.
WILL BE HELD APRIL 11
Indications Are There Will
Close Rivalry Between V.
of O. and O. A. C. for
First Honors.
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Preparation for the big track and field
meet scheduled by the Columbia Univer
sity Athletic Association for April 11 are
well under way. In a few days the track
In the large athletic colosseum will be in
excellent shape for the coming meet. This
great athletic event has grown popular
with the sport lovers of Portland aa it
Is practically the only opportunity they
have of seeing so many collegiate ath
letes assembled for the one meet. . The
colleges are beginning to realize the ad
vantages to be derived from , this early
season meet. It Is an Impetus to the in
auguration of early training. The prizes
offered are also valuable and the athletes
are more than eager to compete for them.
Oregon Agricultural College, which has
been represented in this meet ever since
It was first undertaken, five years ago,
has signified its intention of entering a
team again this year, and, as formerly,
will have a fine squad of men enrolled.
O. A. C. men will work hard to win first
place from the Oregon team, as their
rivals have carried off first honors in tha
last two contests. Oregon, on the other
hand, will be here with a strong team,
and will be in the running for the hand
some banner which is annually presented
to the team scoring the greatest number
of points. Unless the Seattle Athletic
Club and the University of Washington
teams appear, as they are being urged
to do by the management, first honors
rrnn to He between Oregon and O. A. C.
Either of these teams can be picked for
Ihe winner, at any event, the struggle
will be extremely close and exciting.
M. A. A. C. to Compete.
The chairman of the Multnomah Club
out-door committee has written the man
asement that the locai athletic organiza
tion will enter a team. Some good track
men are enrolled in the Multnomah Club
and they will make it hot for the younger
well-trained collegians. The local Y. M.
O A. Is endeavoring to send a team.
Teams are expected from i-aclflc Univer
sity, another institution which sent ath
letes to the Columbia meet in past sea
sons, and from Chemawa and Willam
ette. Perhaps no event of the past week
pleased the admirers of amateur sport
ntore than the announcement of Forrest
Smithson's return to Portland. Many
have kept tab on him while he per
formed so wonderfully in the East, and
rlow after he has shown the East what
a Western hurdler really Is. his ad
mirers are more titan eager to see him
return home. Since his showing at
Jamestown. Smithson has astounded the
athletic critics of the Bast by his won
derful achievements In the hurdles. He
will be In Portland during the Columbia
meet and as Multnomah Club is prepar
ing to enter a team. Smithson will un
doubtedly run under the Club colors.
Here he will have ideal conditions to
smash records, for Smithson is an Ore
gon athlete and is familiar with Western
climate. The dirt floor In the Colosseum
will be another condition In his favor and
it will be practically an out-door race.
Young Athletes Have Chance.
The officials for this meet will be
chosen from the old-time athletes and
athletic trainers who are in the city
and in all probability some of the offi
cers of the P. N. A. will be among the
list of officials.
The inter-scholastic runners will be
given a chance In this meet and they are
already preparing for their events, which
are the 220-yard dash, the 50-yard dash,
the 50-yard high hurdles and the half
mile relay. The young athletes will also
be given medals and the team that is
successful In the relay will be presented
with a trophy cup.
The Eugene Hich School will send a
team to participate in the division of
the meet set aside for academies and high
schools. The Columbia team has the ad
vantage of its spacious colosseum and
haa been practicing faithfully for the
past week. Klrby, a Notre Dame track
man. who played end on Multnomah's
foothall team. Is coaching the boys, and
from the present Interest shown, will
develop a fine team. A try-out meet was
held yesterday and considering the short
time most of the boys were training,
some creditable races were run.
This meet, which Is the next big ath
letic event to be held in Portland, will
come off Saturday, April 11.
IVES PORTLAND GOOD XOTICE
Sports Writer Comments on Defeat
or White Sox.
The following from the San Fran
cisco Bulletin indicate that the Port
land team looms up very nicely:
Have you noticed tht the Portland dub
is plavlna: some oanehall ttifo fln days?
MrC'redi. men scored the first shutout of
the season at Santa Barbara yesterday,
when they whitewashed the white Sox
i No. 2 to the tune of a to ft. Bloomfield.
who had a Joh in tha California State
l.eaicue last year. be!d the big leaa-uera
down to three hits. Great showing for a
youngster. Bloomfleld was handicapped by
being with a weak club last season- or he
would have made a better record.
George Wheeler has finally secured
a return engagement with Los Angeles.
George Introduced himself to the Pacific
Coast League a number of years ago.
when Jim Morley took Dim under his
wing. Morley tossed the "old hoss" off
when he secured Tim Flood, and San
Francisco secured him. The Seals
seemingly passed the ancient one up
this year, and it was back to his old
love or live on the interest of his
money.
1XQIIKE INTO AMATECTi RAVK
Secretary of Northwest Association
on the.Grill.
The long-delayed meeting of the Pacific
Northwest Amateur Athletic Association
is finally to take place. "Billy" Inglls.
the ubiquitous secretary of the organiza
tion, has finally listened to The call from
the various organizations affiliated with
the association, and has announced the
date of the meeting for March 2S. It will
be held at Seattle.
The object of the meeting Is to recon
sider the election of certain offlicials of
the organization chosen last September,
and the aforementioned Mr. Inglis will be
the principal oftllclal under discussion.
The association will. In all probability,
discuss whether to allow amateur play
ers to participate in games with profes
sional talent or with amateur teams play
ins; against professional aggregations.
The association is also likely to be pre
vailed upon to pass stringent resolutions
against permitting professional athletes
to hold omices in the various clubs af
filiated with the organization.
The principal object of the meeting,
however, is ' to decide whether or not
William Tnglis is eligible for the position
of secretary, to. which position he was
elected laat September. Some maintain
that Inglls is ineligible for the reason
that he formerly occupied the position
of a paid employe of the Seattle Athletic
Club, and as such, according to the rules
of the A. A. U., is not a bona fide ama
teur. The directors of the Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic Club will meet Tuesday
night for the purpose of selecting three
delegates to represent the local club at
the Seattle meeting. Only one of these
delegates will be permitted to vote, but
each organization in the association is
entitled to three delegates; the one man
casting the club vote.
It Is also quite probable that the ama
teur standing of several well-known ath
letes of the Northwest will be inquired
Into, and it ia rumored that some of them
are likely to be ruled professionals. The
names of these men will be withheld
until after the meeting.
WHITE SOX DEFEAT AXGELS
Second Team Runs Up Score of 13
to 5 In Hard-Hitting Game.
LOS ANGELES, March 15. The
White Sox No. 2 today defeated Los
Angeles by a score of 12 to 5, In a
game full of hard hitting. Los An
geles scored five runs In the seventh
innirteT. but outside of that, they were
unable to hit Feine and Freeman. Chi
cago made five runs In the eighth and
three In the ninth. Lejeune knocked the
ball over the fence in the ninth. The
score:
R. H. E. H.H. E.
Chicago ..12 17 lLos Angeles 5 8 7
Batteries Hosp, Gray. Hogan and
Easterly; Feine. Freeman and Arm
bruster. Umpire O'Day.
M. A. A. C. Plays Dallas.
The Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Club s basketball team will play Its last
game of the season Tuesday night, and
the contesting team will be the crack
Dallas College team. The result of this
game will determine the championship of
the state, and the wearers of the winged
"M" are practicing hard to be in the best
of shape for a hard contest.
Cromwell to Coach Willamette.
SALEM. Or.-, March 15. (Special.) D.
B. Cromwell, of Los Angeles, has been
engaged as track and baseball coach at
Willamette University for the present
season. His athletic experience has been
gained chiefly as a member of the Los
Angeles Y. M. C. A. athletic team.
Oakland Takes Another Game.
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. March 15. Oakland
took another game from San Diego today.
The score was 6 to 3 In favor of the visitors.
Mac Rae Among the Players
What the Portland Pennant Chasers Are Doing in Their iffforts to Get
Together a Winning Aggregation How the New Players Look.
BT WILL C. MAC RAE.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., March 15.
Special.) Here is a little dope about
Manager McCredie's new band of colts
he Is trying out. Of course, not all
of them will make the team, but they
are all anxious and are trying hard.
In surrounding himself with a big
crew of baseballlsts. Manager Mc
Credle has done the wise thing and
the more I see of the squad, the more
I am Inclined to believe that out of
the 23 men who will be in training, he
will be able to grab a pennant-winning
team.
Having two or three players contest
ing for the same position puts every
man on his mettle. He cuts out hia
ragtime foolishness and In every prac
tice game he is out showing the best
that is In him. The McCredie method
of selecting a team is an expensive
one. but it shows that an attempt will
be made lo keep the promise of giving
Portland a winner if money can turn
the trick.
Another thing that makes me hopeful
is the fact that we are having real
training weather here. Manager Mc
Credie has been here a week and over
and he hasn't lost a day. In spite, of
the fart, too, that the team has played
some hard games, there is no hospital
corps.
Captain Casey and McCredie are
watching the players closely and are
not allowing them to do their training
in a haphazard way. Foolish stunts
and heavy eating at the noon hour
have been cut out. On the ball ground
the slogan is. "take it slow. Don't
slide to bases and don't try to throw
the ball into the next county."-
Danzig has put in his appearance,
but at the present writing Kinsella,
Macden, Finance, Ryan, Raftery and
Oleson haven't shown up. Ryan is
said to be balking and may not come
at all.
Phil Cooney. 24 years old, dark and
handsome, began stopping 'em around
short four years ago. Cooney looks
like Abe Attell, but has no earmarks
of a fighter. He Is quiet oft the ball
ground, but full of ginger and speed
when in action. He was born in little,
old New Tork.and Isn't ashamed of i
Cooney Is not a giant In build, being
only 5 feet 74 inches and weighing
145 pounds. Cooney learned how to
trap them in the Catskill Mountains
and earned his salary for playing ball
for a millionaire. Last year he batted
.27S on the Johnstown team In the
Tri-State League. He knows how to
wear good clothes and the white way
of New York hasn't hurt him any. He
broke his right leg last year, and Is
trying to forget it. He is house-broke
and would make a nice girl happy.'
C. T. Marshall. 29 years old. pitcher,
hails from Saginaw. Mich. He is six
feet two and still growing that's why
Kennedy calls him "Pelican." Mar
shall's baseball desires developed not
so long ago. He dropped into Loa
Angeles three years ago and found
curves crinking in his right arm. He
is dark and handsome and thoroughly
city broke. What he has stowed away
in his right arm. McCredie is going to
develop. He will make the heart of
more than one fair Portland fan flutter
before the season is over. Marshall,
when he gets tired playing ball, makes
his living as a civil, engineer.
W. H. Bloomfield. 22 years old.
pitcher began piaying ball on the sand
lots of Antioch, Cal.. when he was 12
years old and he hasn't stopped since.
He played his first professional season
In i 9 7 in the State League and fin
ished with the Oakland team in the
State League. He slides them down
the alley via the right wing. Bloom
field has a nice turn of speed and an
assortment of curves that will do.
He is red as to complexion and has
nice curly locks. He is said to be in
love.
J. M. Malloy. 23 years old. outfielder,
bats left-handed. Malloy began play
ing baseball amid the odors of the
Chicago stockyards. He is u near
blonde arrl is happily married. Malloy
WALK ALL OVER
SANTA BARBARA
Portland Pennant Chasers Do
Up Southerners to
Tune of 6 to 3.
SWAT HOME TALENT PRIDE
Farias, Crack Pitcher for Winter
Leaguers, Despite Money Back of
Him, Fails to Show Form Of
fer Made by Omaha for Ryan.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., March 15.
(Special.) McCredie's crew of ambitious
baseballlsts waded through the home tal
ent this afternoon at Athletic park and
won under double wraps all the way, to
the tune of 6 to S. Last night Santa
Barbara fans were betting that the pen
nant chasers from Oregon would not get
more than five hits off Sam Farias. He
is the pride of this neck of the woods
and the star bender of the Winter
League, but he was a matinee riddle
that was quickly solved, and before the
game was three innings old McCredie's
crew had annexed five bingles. 'Then,
just to give the gamesters who had
backed the visitors a chance, they made
three more for good measure.
Ole Johnson, fresh from helping Santa
Barbara defeat Los Angeles by pitching
four innings, started the fireworks in th
second inning by knocking a board off
the left field fence. The wallop was good
for three pillows. Bassey scored him
with a safe poke through the midfteld,
and then Bassey came marching home
when Ed Kennedy ripped off a three
cushion swat to center. This was enough
to convince Manager Mac that his talent
had the Winter Leaguers in his lap, so
he tried to make the rest of the matinee
a ball game and not a boat race.
In the third spasm Casey was pre
sented with a free duckett that he soon
presented for collection. Cooney died
sending him to second and Malloy beat
out a bunt. Johnson lined out a single,
scoring Casey. Malloy scored on an in
field boot A single by Cooney and a
sudden attack of brainstorm by two of
Santa Barbara's outfielders gave us two
more in the fourth.
This is where we ended.
Lakoff replaced Pernoll in the sixth and
he livened up the game by allowing three
hits in a row. One lone ace in the hole
was the result. In the eights the home
folks made it two more, and they were
happy, even if Farias failed to deceive.
Manager McCredie this afternoon re-
is a stocky-built fellow and is Irish,
as his name indicates. He weighs 160
pounds and is 5 feet Shi inches tall.
Last year Malloy played on the Logan
Sqi-are team in the Chicago City
League and was the champion run
scorer of the league. He is breaking
into fast company for the first time
and is a lad that promises to make
good. He is fast on his feet and may
develop into a star outfielder.
F. J. LaKapp. 27 years old. left
handed pitcher, has been in the game
for five years. He began heaving the
horsehide in Clinton, la., and started
right in at the curve business. He is
a near blond, has a round face, and
is not bad to look at. He is 5 feet
11 inches and weighs 196.. Last
year he was given a try-out by De
troit, but he failed to make the team
because there was an array of south
paws. Detroit still has a string tied
to the youngster. McCredie likes him
for he has a world of speed and a lot
of mixtures that are made to fool the
other fellows. He is broke to drive
single, but is willing.
Harold Lanzig. first' baseman, 20
years old, Is of Knickerbocker Dutch
descent and looks the part. He stands
6 feet 2 in his stocking feet and weighs
212 pounds. He broke into the
charmed circle of baseball two years
ago and played In the New York State
Leagues. He was drafted by the Bos
ton Americans last Fall. Danzig and
Ryan figured in the Jimmie McHale
trade. He looks and acts like a ball
player. " When he left New York he
left a mother and sweetheart behind.
He hits right-handed and a shot into
right field is his candy. He is dark
and very handsome, wears good
clothes, and if he makes the team he
will become a favorite with the fem
inine fans at home.
Frank Carr. infielder, 25 years old.
is either a shortstop or a third base
man, and plays both positions like a
finished artist. He has been pound
ing and scooping 'em up around the
inner garden for five years. McCredie
drafted him from the Nutmeg League.
He played third last year on the
Waterbury team. He batted .255 and
fielded .940. Carr Is Irish and can't
deny it. He is a quiet, hard-working
fellow and Is in love with a baby
girl that he had to leave back In
New York. When not playing ball
Carr spends his winters working in
his brother-in-law's butcher shop.
R. G. Harmon, right-handed pitcher,
is 20 years old. stands 5 feet 11 and
weighs 178 pounds. He began cul
tivating curve mixture three years
ago and likes the work. He hails
from Pike Davis' state and always
wants to be shown. He played in the
Missouri bushes and this is his first
season in fast company. Harmon has
an uncle at Chehalis who is a well
known attorney. Uncle Harmon hap
pens to be in Judge W. W. McCredie's
district. Just guess the rest. Har
mon, the pitcher, is single, and may
take a fancy to one of Portland's fair
daughters.
B. J. Whalen. catcher. 0 years old.
hails from Los Angeles. Whalen has
been playing ball for four years and
is Just breaking into league company.
Whalen had the catching bug from
the beginning. He stands 6 feet 1 in
his spikes, weighs 174 pounds and is
still gaining. He hopes to make the
team and acts like a youngster who
wil! develop quickly. Although he
has, been playing in the little bushes
he does not shy at the cars and can
look at a good looking girl without
blinking. He batted .260 last year.
A. J. Walsh, one of McCredie's
""rooky backstops, is another Chicago
boy. and learned the game in the same
locality as "Vlld his fellow-townsman.
Malloy. He is rather small in stature
but has shown that he has the goods
and seems the most likely candidate
for the position of second catcher.
Walsh was drafted by McCredie from
the Central League, with which or
ganization he played last year: having
graduated from the Chicago City
League the year previous. He is about
th size of Jimmy Byrnes and resem
bles the latter somewhat
ceived a telegram from Manager
O'Rourke of the Omaha baseball team,
offering to trade Eddie Householder for
Outfielder Ryan. Ryan has been acting
somewhat mulish and the O'Rourke tele
gram explains why he hasn't reported.
McCredie wired the Omaha manager that
he could have Ryan for $3500 and that he
would not have Householder aa a gift.
Ryan has a great reputation as a fielder
and McCredie is anxious to see him in
action before letting him get away. Raf
tery and "Madden are expected in the
morning and Kinsella will be along in a
day or two now. The score by innings:
R.H.E.
Portland .... 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 S 2
Santa Bar. .. 00000102 03 8 3
Batteries Portland. Pernoll. Lakoff and
Walsh: Farias and Montgiretta. Um
pire Dalrymple.
San Francisco 3-3, Chicago 10-0.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. Ten
thousand people saw the local baseball
team administer a coat of whitewash to
the Chicago Americans this afternoon.
The local team outplayed the champions
in every department of the game. The
game was called at the end of the eighth
Inning to enable the Chicago Club to
catch the New Orleans train. Score:
R-H.E.I R.H.B.
Chicago 0 9 3jSan Francisco 3 S 1
Batteries Altrock. Smith and Sullivan;
O. Jones, Sutor, Henly and Bern.
The morning game was a featureless
one and Chicago won as they pleased.
Score:
R.H.E.! R.H.E.
hlcago 10 8 l,San Francisco 3 8 3
Batteries Skaggs. "White and Weaver;
Whiteridge. Hoag, Elfman and La Lange.
INDORSES PAVING PLANS
Willamette Improvement Association
Discusses Portsmouth Project.
At the meeting of the Willamette Im
provement Association held Friday night
at "Willamette Station on the St. John car
line, a delegation was present from the
University Park Board of Trade to pre
sent the matter of improving Portsmouth
avenue to the Willamette River. The
delegation said tbat the grade of Ports
mouth avenue would have to be lowered
and the paving of the avenue between
the "Willamette boulevard and the "Wil
lamette River with Belgian block would
have to be paid for by a district assess
ment, owing to the cost. The cutting
down of the street and the moving of
.260.000 cubic yards of material, .mors or
less, would be done by the oil companies
and the O. R. & N. Company, which want
the material for filling purposes, leaving
the paving only to be paid for.
It had been deemed reasonable that an
improvement that would benefit the
whole of the Peninsula as far as Kil
lingsworth avenue and St. John should
be paid for by a district assessment,
which would be very small against in
dividual lots. The Willamette Improve
ment Association agreed to support the
efforts of the University Board of Trade
in haVing the grade of Portsmouth
avenue lowered, and also voted favoring
the district assessment.
The association decided to ask for fire
protection for that portion of the city,
there being none at all at present, it
was also decided that there should be a
ten-minute car service on the St. John
line. The association opposes the plan to
ask that the Upper Albina cars be
operated to Peninsula and the St. John
cars run through to and from Peninsula
without stopping, as it was considered
it would reduce even the service Wil
lamette people now have.
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RELIGION OF HINDU
Bishop Scadding Preaches
Sermon on Brahmanism.
FINDS MUCH TO ADMIRE
Faith Has Much in Common With
Christianity but Is Marred by
Weak Points Discourse
Second in Series.
The Right Rev. Charles S'.adding.
Bishop of the Episcopal Chnrch in Ore
gon, delivered the second sermon in a
course on "Seeking God," in St. Stephen's
Church last night. These . sermons are
studies In comparative religion. His text
was, "I am God and There Is None Else,"
Isaiah xlv:2. The religion under dis
cussion was ""Brahmanism: or Seeking
God Through Philosophy." Bishop Scad
ding said:
"'The Hindu is our brother, not merely
in a metaphorical or spiritual sense, but
actually and anthropologically. He ia an
Aryan, like ourselves, and comparative
philology, as well aa comparative religion,
indicate that hia ancestors and outs
worshipped at tha same altars on the
high table lands of Bactrta in Central
Asia at least 20O9 years before Christ."
The bishop then briefly and -plainly
discussed the Vedas, and the laws of
Manu, showing the good there is in the
Hindu religion, Brahmanism. He dwelt
at length on its spirituality, and the
points In common with Christianity. Then
he showed its weak side, the blight of
Idolatry, the curse of caste, and the in
tolerable condition and treatment of
women. The Brahman, said he, leads a
lofty life. He recognizes the value and
immortality of the soul, and a state of
future rewards and punishments, and his
pantheism is better than the godless ma
terialism of America today. Explaining
the Brahman's Car of Juggernaut the
bishop said:
"July Is set apart for the famous
ceremony of the Car of Juggernaut. The
strange word means "Lord of the Uni
verse." These cars are in the form of a
pyramid, several stories high. They are
found in every part of India, and are
made from the offerings of the people,
containing costly statues. They are drawn
by hundreds of men, it being their faith
that each one who pulls the rope will
certainly go to Heaven when he dies.
Multitudes therefore crowd around the
rope in order to pull, and in the excite
ment they sometimes fall under the wheels
and are crushed, but this is accidental.
Lesson' of Practical Value.
"This ceremony of the Hindu has a
lesson of practical value to us asiChris
tians. It is in parable. We have no car
'to the glory of Juggernaut." We have,
however, our churches raised to 'the
honor and glory of God'; the true Lord
of the Universe. We have no literal rope
by which all men may pull this car.
Our rope is made up of three moral
strands prayer, giving and doing. Alas!
We do not find any general enthusiasm
and eagerness among Christians to take
hold of that rope and pull.
"In all my reading on this subject I
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have not found a Brahman to argue with
himself, aa some Christians are wont to
argue. "This is the. day that our car of
worship Juggernaut is to be pulled. I
suppose I ought to take hold of the rope
snd pull, but there is another man pulling
on that rope whom I don't like, or there
Is still a debt on the car. or the people
who are doing the pulling are not very
social, or I don't approve of the orna
ments in the car. so I think I will not
take hold of the rope."
"Such reasoning would be impossible to
a Hindu. Bravely, loyally, he rushes
forth to grasp the rope and pull the car.
even at the great risk of being trampled
and crushed. It is a parable. He that
hath ears to hear let him hear.
"The thing the Hindu cannot easily un
derstand is the little apparent religion
there is in Christianity. He sees thou
sands of Christians in Bombay and other
places in India, who are not leading con
sistent Christian lives, who seldom if
ever worship, who will take advantage of
him in a bargain, and who are far from
being spiritual-minded.
Cause for Bewilderment.
"Do you wonder the Brahman is be
wildered?. Suppose he came here to
Christian Portland and spent a week in
some of our homes, and observed that
there is no family worship. No time for
meditation: suppose he heard the head
of the home say, when he heard the bell
ring for divine worship, I do not think
that I will go to worship today; I've
worked hard all week and I think I'll
read the paper."
"Would this visiting Brahman likely
be converted from his religion by such a
religion as he would find that back
boneless Christianity to be? Better let
him remain a Brahman and seek God
through his philosophy, than to put on
the religion of Christianity with Christ
left out.
"It would be presumption to attempt
any kind of prediction as to the religious
future of India. Great opportunities
await the Christian missionary there,
especially the medical missionary, and the
trained Christian nurse and women mis
sionaries to work among the women."
The bishop's sermon next Sunday night
will be on the religion of Eastern Asia,
"Buddhism: or Seeking Salvation Through
Works."
TOMMY BURNS IN DUBLIN
READY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCH TOMORROW.
Feels in Fine Trim and Confident
He Can Turn Trick on Roche.
American Is Favorite.
DUBLIN. March 15. Tommy Burns,
the American pugilist, arrived here today
for his fight on March 17, when he will
defend the title of heavyweight champion
of the world against Jem Roche, the Irish
champion. Burns is still suffering with
an inflamed eye, the result of an acci
dent received years, ago. which at one
time threatened to be serious, but he has
definitely decided to go on with the con
test, as otherwise he is in better condi
tion than he has ever been, according to .
his own statement and that of his
trainer.
Some of the friends of Roche believe
he has a splendid chance to defeat Burns,
but careful observers of the game re
gard the American a sure winner, and he
himself has the utmost confidence in his
ability to turn the trick. The Irish
champion has never met Gunner Motr or
selected by a partner
brewing.
branded
One good Raincoat outlasts
a dozen umbrellas.
According to statistics,
there is more illness from '
colds in March than at any
time of the year.
Take warning and take a
Raincoat.
The best kind here at $20.
Others at $15.
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Jack Palmer, both of whom Burns de
feated, so it is difficult from his record
to form any idea of how he compares
with Burns.
He admita he does not know as much
about the science of boxing as does
Burns, and the critics point out that be
has this additional disadvantage of being
slow.
There has been little betting on tha
fight, the odds quoted making Burns a
strong favorite. A ring has been erected
on the stage of the Theater Royal, all
the seats of which have been sold. One
fortunate ticket speculator who secured
a row in the dress circle, has sold the
best of the seats for tllo each.
Richard Croker, who Is one of the
syndicate which put up the money for
the fight and who traveled to Dublin on
the same boat as Burns to witness the
contest, believes that victory will not
be so easy as Burns expects. Burns turns
the scales at 16S pounds, while Roche's
weight is 1. The latter is in excellent
condition with the exception of a slight
cold.
Will Hold Mass Meeting.
An open meeting of the citizens of Uni
versity Park and Portsmouth will be held
tonight in Artisans' Hall to consider the
electric light question. Electri lights are
wanted on the Peninsula, but Service has
been delayed on the grounds that the
lighting company has no wires in places
where lights are wanted. City Attorney
Kavanaugh has sent to the University
Board of Trade a communication dis
cussing the subject. This opinion of the
City Attorney will be read and will be
the basis of whatever action is taken at
this meeting.
The microbe (lend will be confirmed in his
fussinesn who learns that some hardy mi
crobes can live over two centuries on th
land and longer yet In the water.
is grown.
the same
duplicate.
That is why
Schlitz beer is
good for
you.
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