Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, March 09, 1911, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text8 TTTE MOKXTXG OREGOXTAX. THURSDAY, MARCH O, 1911. LOCAL BOWLERS AFTEH CONGRESS Ten-Pin Experts Determined to Get Western Tourna ment in 1912. 4 TEAMS GO TO SPOKANE MORE SNAPSHOTS TROU SANTA MARIA. "onlfl Begin at Inland Empire Metropolis Today, bat Portland Trains Will Not Leave Tntll Sunday Campaign Planned. "Western Bowling Congress for Port land In 1J1I." wilt be the slogan wilt which Portland's plomrn will inarch upon fpokane to attend the Western Bowling Congress which starts there today. Portland Is sending not less than four inmi of live mm nch. a well a. many Individual bowlers. These will conduct a campaign to obtain for the Itose City the next gathering of bowler. The party will leave Portland Pun day morning. Instead cf today aa first planned, tliejr have announced that ti t rT irn preis me congress over r-on.ar.u s timia wi.i Have to liurry. I There are four captains who will play prominent parts In tie 1913 congress- j aeeair.w nmpiijn. These are Tom Fwicney. n. Kruae. Char.es V. How ard and U. O. Case. Portland I I.oclra! City. The bowline ersthusljsm wMch has centered in Portlund and made howl ing the roost popular In.lwr Winter sport has made tt evident, sav local bowlers, that the Koae City Is the log-l'-al renter frr the next Western llosl n5 Cnrs The Oresn Bowlir.tr Association, backed by several prnml tiet.t sportsmen of tfie city as well aa by alt the loral bowling fraternity, are prepared to finance tie congress If Portland secures It. Inasmuch as a congress of Western bowlers will bring mure than 110 Tollers to t!ie city for a stay of at least five rinvs It Is said to be almost certain that the proj.-rt would re ceive the suppo-l of the commercial organizations anil business men: In fat. several prominent business men liave CLmnilttd themselves to the sup port of a convention such aa this. Kvery large city west of the Mis sissippi P.lver Is to be represented at the p"kanf tournament, bringing at least lo-jO men to the Spokane tourney. The bowilnsr of the lust few conven tions has averaged very little below that se-n In the Natiir.il games, and It therefore has attracted attention all over the United slates where bowling la fostered. Prises Are Offered. Spokane bowlers have set out more than 11590 In cash prizes for the differ ent classes and Independent prizes are also offered, making an aggregate of nearly I20't In prizes. An equal sum for prizes Is already assured the pro moters cf the Portland convention. If delegates secure the 1912 Congress. Bowling's popularity has made it necessary for more alleys next year and accommodations for holding a Western tournament are assured. At Spokane It was necessary to use the Armory for holding the tournament. Portland Is to be represented at the tournament by one of the best combina tions of pin smashers ever sent from the Hose City. One of the men has an average of ljf for more than 59 games, while another set a record of 167 for a ingle grime In competition last Monday night. The men have been chosen from among the best bowlers In the Big four and City Leagues. Although going primarily to take part In the rolling, the men have most at heart the plan of obtaining the tour nament for 1915. Arrangements will J .. -I .! r ' 1 . - - V ' - ...... . - J . . 1 . 'f 'J , . ... . . ..i .. ; -se- - i V .. 1.. : -r-" it , Ay. V !. ' ' , l . - j 4. Jf : VOX 11 .TV-"-'-. ( v.l':V-v;2S: 1 ' T l J Tl-- .1 1 ' i , - , , S - tr t : ' ' t.J t;.-.Vi-;:Vi i -ew r!r-".v-., ..-; Ju-- TRACK MEETS MAY GO WASHINGTON VAKSITY IS ASKED TO ABOLISH THEM. State College Faculty Chairman Be lieves Tollman Will Act If Co-operation Is Given. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Seattle. Wash.. March 8. (Special) Registrar Condon of the University of Washington Is in receipt of a letter I from Professor Tlmblln. chairman of the faculty committee on athletics of the Washington State College, urging " "r'"'" "" y me : that the faculty of this Institution take gates for the plan of campaign to be i tn, ,ubJec( of abolishing the in- ;SS.I interscholastlc track meet. He gates will decide Just what amount will l . ,. ., . ...... i i,w i. ,t be set up aa prize money for the Western Bowling Congresa. The an nual election of officers of the Western Howling Congress will also be held at Spokane, and Portland will hope to get one olicer. SWIMMERS TO RACE FRIDAY Gn9S and Garrett, of Y. M. C. A. and Multnomab Club, to Meet. Supremacy In the toVyard swimming , class b.tween Multnomah Amateur Athletic Cluh and the Toung M-na ChrlMlan Asnorlation will be settled Frl- I day n;ght at the a.wociation tank when i Knvrk Gross, of the T. M. C. A., and 1 Tom Uairett. of Multnomah, meet. The j race will be a continuation of the annual ! dual meet held to wreks ago between the Institutions. The lwvyard race was . declared no race because Garrett Was j fouled by MctKinald. It wa nrst d-ch!ed to re-swlra the rare I at the Mulfnomah Club social swim In th Portland amlmmlng hatha tank, but . the T. M. C. A. lad balked at competing ' In a foreign tank. There la a handsome . the university will co-operate. For the last five years meets have been held at the two Institutions, and have In a large measure been success ful. Of late the meets have been medium of advertising the institution rather than being purely athletic Pull man has brought athletes from every cart of the state. Washington, too, through the Associated Students of the University of Washington, has as sembled the best athletes of the 13 districts of the state. Pullman's athletics are not managed br the student body, bnt by the faculty and students. At the next meeting of the Student Board of Control, the sub ject will be discussed. This year con ditions for entertaining the high school athletes will not bo so favorable, as fraternities will not take active part In taking them Into their houses. This year the faculty and the societies at the university passed a resolution against pledging of high school men. This year three meets will be held In the state, one at Pullman, one at Seattle, and the otber.at Tacoma. under the auspices of the Tacoma align School. Washington's meet will pre cede Tacoma's by a week, being held tmthy for the winner. The resular weekly --iclal Swim" will ! on May 1. be held ton cM and a large crowd la Washington may not be Inclined to rxp-vted. Chairman Jeffery Is keeping I give up the interscholastlc meet, as it alive the Interest In swimming created has been successful In the past. It Is hr the s!mmlng committee In charge of believed here that Pullman wishes to Frank H Watklns. which Introduced the f give It ud largely because It has not been patronized so largely. ' Jcinl Svirn.' and frieniis. The awlm la for members GIUPPLrKS' MEET 13 NIGH Washington and O. A. C. Grapplers to Vie Next Saturday1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHI.VOTON. Se attle. W ash.. March $. (Special. t'nl vesity of Washington grapplers will meet wrestlers of the Oregon Agricul tural College. Saturday night In the local gymnasium. The Oregonlans will bring seven men to Washington to wrestle for the championship. Uni versity .grapplers met the Young Men's Christian Association of Tacoma last week and scored a decisive victory. The men who will represent Wash ington are likely to be: Huber Grimm, football star. loo pounds: Warren Har dy. 175: P.obblns. lis; Punlap. US; Captain Hoover. Hi and K'.obucher. 115. They are under Coach Vance of fhe Seattle Athletic Club. It Is reported that the Oregon Agri cultural College team Is strong. O. A. C. to Send Wrestlers Here. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallls. Or- March 8. (Special.) The Oregon Agricultural College will be represented In the in ternational wrestling meet In Port land thta Spring under the auspices of the Multnomah Athletic Club. Cosch Arbuthnot Is still undecided as to the number of men to be sent, but says that he will enter aa many as promise, by their season's work, to make a good showing in the meet. Owing to larger enrollment and more to uraw from. Washington may decide to con tinue It. EARLY END TO SEASON SOCGHT Basketball Teams May Rush Re maining Games Through. Vancouver High School will play Port land Academy this afternoon at basket ball on the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation floor. Vancouver has but two more games to play In Portland, meeting Portland Academy and Jefferson High School. In an effort to end the season two weeks ahead of the scheduled time. It is possible that Jefferson Hgh and Van couver High will play Friday afternoon. Lincoln High and Portland Academy may also decide to play their last game of the season FYldsy afternoon. The long basketball season ls keeping the base ball men from practice and for that rea son the teams are eager to end the sea son. Portland Academy has not yet lost hor. although they have lost all games played, and will make a determined ef fort to defeat the Washington youths. The game will begin at J o'clock. ' SALEM CLUB SOW HAS $5000 Athletic Association Active in Glean ing $20,000 Eund. SALEM. Or, March I. (Special.) Local promoters of the Salem Athletlo Asaociatlon now have nearly $5000 of the IL'O.OOO desired subscribed and say they hope to have the entire sum with in the next few weeks. It is the plan of the promoters to construct a building and carry on athletic events. Including wrestling and boxing bouts, and vari ous other forms of amusements and sports which cannot be obtained for those Interested in any other manner. Some of the leading bankers, mer chants, professional and business men have subscribed for stock in the in corporation and as soon as a sufficient amount is gleaned the association will organize, elect officers and directors and make preparations to lease Quar ters or construct a building. "PORKY" FLYNN IS WORSTED Boston Fighter Proves No Match for Bombardier Wells. LONDON. March 8. The fight at the Olympia tonight between Bombardier Wells and Dan (Porky) Flynn, of Boston went 29' rounds. The Englishman won the decision on points. In the sixth round Wells sent the Bos ton man to the boards twice. He put him to the floor agntn In the ninth and In the 20th knocked Flynn through the rope a. PRIZES DRAW YOUTHS GRAMMAR SCHOOL ATHLETES TRAIN FOR INDOOR 3IEET. Contests to Take Place in Coliseum at Columbia University on Saturday, April 1. Prizes have been offered for nine events for the grammar school Indoor track meet to be held at Columbia Unl- seralty, Saturday, April 1. The meet will be held In the "V" coliseum and win he the first annual Indoor track meet for the youthful athletes. Columbia University offers a banner for the school winning the meet and a silver cup and gold medals have been offered for wirwiers of first places. It is probable .that there will be additional prizes to those offered by Columbia. Tryouta will be .held in each school prior to March IS. as that Is the date on which the entry list will close. Bacn school will be allowed to enter but one man in each event. The meet Is favored by the youthful runners and they are already training for the event. Much In terest is being shown by both pupils and principals of the different schools. rne Grammar acnooi ieague omcers who arranged the events for the meet were Professor Robert Krohn, R. H. To- mas. A. R. Draper. IL J. Boyd and F. E. Harrlgan. Professor Krohn will have charge of the meet. The events carded are as follows: 50-yard dash, open; GtVyard dash. boys under It-years; 60-yard low hurdles, open: high Jump; broad Jump; pole vault: half-mile run, open; relay race (four-runner teams each to go one lap.) WILLIAMS TO SEE M'CREDIE Northwestern League Manager Sign Two New Players for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO. March S. (Special.) Nick Williams will leave Saturday for Banta Maria, where he wtu hold a con ference with Judge McCredle preparatory to assuming charge of the Portland Northwestern League club. Nick signed a couple of new men today. Dorland, the St. Ignatius pitcher, and Bill Waters; the ex-State League ln- fleider. Williams will call his players together March 23 at Portland. Edlefsen delivers dry wood. COL UMBIAWINSGUP Defeat of Jefferson High , Soccer Game Decides. in EXHIBITION IS SCIENTIFIC University. Team Is Winner In Con test by 5-to-0 Score Deciding Championship of Interscho- ' lastlc Soccer Lensuc. Scoring three times In as many min utes, Columbia University established a lead In the soccer game with Jetierson High School yesterday afternoon at Co lumbia Club Park, which gave them the game and the championship of the In terscholastlc League. The final score was. Columbia. 6. Jefferson. 0. Although the score Indicates a one-sided game. It was Just the reverse, being the best and most scientific soccer the school boys played this year. Following the game the handsome Judge Cameron cup, which Columbia won, was presented to Proessor Bacn, manager or athletics, by aeorge J. Cam eron, donor. Profeesor Bach replied in behalf of Columbia University. The members of the Columbia Univer sity met at dinner last night, celebrating the championship Just won. , Season Record Good. Columbia completed a season with the remarkable record of not being scored upon by a member of the Interscholastlo conference. Columbia played four games, won them all and scored an aggregate of 12 goals on the opponents, beating Washington 7 to 0, Lincoln 8 to 0, Port land Academy 2 to 0, and Jefferson 5 to 0. Swinging the hall across the field and into goal with the prettiest passing com bination of the year in schoolboy cir cles, Columbia scored upon Jefferson In less than a minute after the whistle was blown. Davis, outside right, getting I the goal. Baker scored a minute late. and Davis gave a repetition of his former play a few seconds afterward. Thereafter, however, the teams set tled down to playing good football. From a foul kick 10 yards from goal, Bllladeau scored Columbia's fourth goal shortly before the termination of the first half. It was a pretty shot, grazing the goal post waist high. In the second half the play was more even, and the champions were able to force but one goal Into the net, because of Goalie Vosper's clever work Qn ground shots. The Jefferson goalie was Riven much work to do and saved many hard shots. Kelleher scored the last goal of the game. Yesterday's contest was the conclud ing game of the Interscholastlc League. Washington High School Is in second place, Portland Academy Is third, Jef ferson fourth, and Lincoln last. The lineup for yesterday's game follows: Columbia. Jefferson. Breske ....O Vosper Bllladeau RB Blbee Carmudy .'... .'...'..LB Tammerlane. ISammons Murphy R H Bradun Kerry I.CH Edwards Sharps LH Helthauxen pavls OR Satnmims. HofTard 1H Glger Tammerlane Perkins -..C Thomas Maker I L MnKius Kelleher OL E. Thomas Referee Dymfnt is going to invade the United States to pick up some American easy money. He was here two years ago and made a fair showing. NEWPORT GETTING READY Bis Hotel Rising, Church to Enlarge, Sewer Plans Made. NEWPORT, Or., March 8. (Special.) The City Council here Friday night contracted with City Engineer Davis and L. C. Kelsey, of Portland, consult ing engineer, to make a preliminary survey for the sewer Bystem here for $250. They are to make a survey of the city and suburbs and furnish a complete map of the city. Within 30 days they are to submit estimates of the cost of the sewer. Then, the city will be called on to vote on bonds. ' A large new hotel, the Abbey, will greet the Summer visitor next s'eason. The hotel, built by Messrs. Abbey, at an expenditure of $10,000, Is three stories high. There will be 52 rooms, each furnished with hot and cold water and 25 of the rooms with baths. The dining-room .-will seat 240 persons and a grill will be open to the public. A 'feature of the kitchen will be a range 18 feet long. A heating plant m being installed. The proprietors hope to have the hotel finished and opened to the public by June. Members of the Presbyterian Church, assisted by the postor. Rev. C. T. Hurd, have been striving to raise funds to enlarge the church. Last Winter $1700 was collected. The old church has been moved and an edifice capable of seating 1000 persona will take its place. With the approach of Spring new cottages are rising rapidly here .n preparation for the Summer Influx. SPORTING BREVITIES With the soccer season now gone and basketball waning the Interscho lastlc athletes' attention will be di rected to baseball and track work. San Langford and Sam McVeigh, the two negroes, will fight a 20-round af fair In Paris Saturday night. There Is one consolation, all the Coast League clubs have been suffer ing from too much rain. Next year the clubs would better train In Oregon. Overall's position on the Chicago Cubs team is to be taken by a minis ter's son J. E. Cook, Jr. Chance will not work the lad on Sundays. Ernest Siegfried, a German wrestler. FIREMEN ARE DEFENDED Sellwood Citizens Support Captain Stokes and Uls Men. Believing that the published reports of trouble at the Sellwood Are station might be construed as a reflection on the men of the force there, 20 of the leading citlsens of Sellwood yesterday appeared before Fire Chief Campbell and expressed their confidence in Cap tain Stokes of the Sellwood station. They considered that the trouble there involved only those members of the force who have been discharged for misconduct, and that anything likely to reflect on the force as a whole was tha result of malice on the part of these men. Dr. H C. Flxott. president of the Sellwood Commercial Club, who acted as spokesman for the delegation, made It clear to Chief Campbell that the citizens of Sellwood had every con fidence in Chief Stokes as a man and as an efficient public servant, and that they were ready to stand behind him In any circumstance that might arise out of the efforts of discharged mem bers of the force to make trouble. Prior to appearing before Chief Campbell, the Sellwood Commercial Club passed a resolution expressing confidence in Captain Stokes and say ing that any criticisms that had been made or were likely to be made of him were without Justification. FAMINE FUND INCREASES Mr. Soiling Has $ lf0 Toward Sec ond Remittance to China. Checks continue to pour in upon Ben Selling, who has charge of the fund be Ing raised for the relief of the Chinese famine sufferers. He had on hand yes terday $400 as part of a second $5000 in stallment to be sent to the afflicted dis trict. He believes that Oregon should raise $20,000. "There are 1000 men in the state, and in Portland, for that matter, who should be willing to give $30 in cash," said Mr. Selling. "That would make a sum which would do a great deal of good in the famine district. I have cabled $5000. have $400 now in my possession. I hope to have another $5000 to cable by next week. " Contributions yesterday ranged from $1 to $-U , When you have rheumatism In your loot or instep apply Chamberlains Liniment and you will get quick relief. It costs but a quarter. Why suffer? For sale by all dealers. " Webfoot Oil Dressing, the greatest Shoe grease maae. Ail stores. Edlefsen delivers dry wood. Solid Rubber Tires and Nothing Else One of the groat arnments in favor of the electric pleasure car is Ita freedom from tire trouble. But you don't have freedom from tire trouble If you nae pneumatic tlrea. Tou can't dodge the issue any more thjin you can dodge the grim reaper when the time comes. ' i - The electric car ceases to be a desirable vehicle for women to run the Inataat It la equipped with pneumatic tlrea. Woods Electrics are equipped with solid rubber tires, and this concern has been In business years enough to know,, beyead eradventure, that only solid rubber tlrea will do. Well, then, what becomes of the shock, some one asks. 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