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16 THB SUNBA3T OBEGDINIAN, PORTLAND, 4, 1900. jK pilifcif MSI v i 7ii mm (Wflocwws v R . V RS8S8R xv'to i r&ipw m V TaaafBaaff " " ,.r " "tT" Xrtr?c5 af IbBbbV Vs Pride Had a Fall. SIM waa tatt, fta4 fair, and twenty, Hr pees, bad reeks In plenty. And. Ae dreamed tbla little universe TVas hero by right of birth. She was saucy to her mother, , Domineered her eMr brother. And her bearing: indicated That she thought she owned the earth. Bat she found herself mistaken. And her faith, was- rudely shakes, "When she tried to ride her wheel across A IKtle etreak of mud. Aad the -way the wheel Impacted her. Aad the grouse rose op and smacked her, Was a caution to this "Boston maid, "Whs hearted Pilgrim's blood. Somervllle Journal. OUR "ALL-OREGON" TEAM "Way Xamei of Certain Valley Col. lege Footballers Were Omitted Baseball Outlook. It appears that the choosing of the all Oregoa football team, as set forth In these columns, does not altogether please some of the ambitious young players and their friends down the Valley, and, according ly, strictures are used In the local press, claiming partisanship and undue leaning towards the home olub. As has already 3eea stated in these columns, the choosing of a thoroughly representative team, whether It be all-America, all-West, all South, or all-Oregon, is simply next to im possible. The reasons for this are vari ous. In the first place, there is many a rattling good halfback who would be a star on any of the big university elevens, imt who is playing on some of the minor college teams west of the Mississippi, and who never really comes into promi nence. His brilliant work Is marred by the weakness of the line in front of him and consequent inadequate interference. No Opportunity to Shine. Neither a Dibble ner a McBride shines where the opposing guards or tackles are breaking through aad downing bint in his tracks. Other positions on the team are governed ,by a similar set of olroum etanees. To reiterate the Idea expressed & few weeks ago, a star on one team might snake a very poor showing when playing his position on another team, playing un der a different system. So there may be Individual players galore on some of Ore gon's teams that w ould easily, if they had the chance, make their mark, and who, no doubt, have, at times, made brilliant showings. No detraction is intended against these players. The team wai picked on account of general all-around work, under circumstances, adverse or otherwise, during the season. IMaee the review ef the work of the Valley football college teams, publishes two or three weeks- ago, further Informa tion has been received, through corre spondence from Corvallis and Forest Grove Since neither of these college teams was seen in games in Portland last fall, personal and press reports were the only bases of information to bo obtained at the time of writing. Pacific university's record began with Its acoendftoam defeating Btehop Saott acad erajfc a tUs oky, by a score of 5 to 0. Its first team defeated Portland high school by a score of 36 to 0. Forest Grove also defeated McXtnnvitte by a score of 2S to 9. Willamette university, of Salem, defeat, ed Faetflc university by & score of 34 to e The team was coached by Arthur Ar lett, of Oakland, C&l, who has been en gaged to eeaeh the team next season. Prominent among P. U.'s players are Cap. tain Jobs Qeutt, en the line, and Bradley, at halfback. Good Showing of Corvallis. The agricultural college, at Corvallis, has, eonsMering the rather discouraging outlook early in the season, made a very goad showing, clearly outclassing the other colleges, excepting the champion Eugene team. With a nucleus of but three players front the previous year's team to begin witt, a team was develor6'' from raw material aad returned veterans from the Phttipptaes that was a credit to the school. To the "farm" boys indomitable spirit, abetted by Sttekney's skinful coach Ing, may be laid this credit. Early In the season Willamette univer sity, of Salem, was defeated by O. A. (X, bv a seece of 10 te v. Next, Albany college met defeat, by a score ef 47 to 8. At Cor vallis, on November IS, O. A. C. met Its first defeat. It be'ng scared against by ML A A. C. of this city, by to ft. On Novem ber X, Chomnwa Indian school was de feated. IS to 17. and on Thanksgiving day ugeae defeated O. A. C by a score of & to -a total of 7C points as against 61 potato by their opponents. Captain Wal ter Ktgtn and Buroanga, In the line, were, ooaeataaawe far seed work; Saott, at .uarterhaek, aad Harding aad Goodrich at sjv jlMai-s halfback, were conspicuous during the season. Through graduation, the college team will lose Walters, Elgin. Gallagher, Noel and McCaustland, but, notwithstand ing this drain, the team will again enter the field, fully determined to uphold its already high position. Multnomah Directors. The following names have been sub mitted for balloting at the election of directors- for the Multnomah Amateuf Athletic Club, by the nominating commit tee: W. M. Cake, ff. F. Clarke, it J Canning, W. S. Fechelmer, J. B. Glover, W. H. Grlndstaff, C. I.. Gllllland, El HI Hamlin, J. D. .Leonard, A. B. McAlpln, E. L. Powell. E. P. Walte. Of" this num ber, six will be elected to serve on the board for a period of two years. The elec tion will be held soon, and as the selec tion of a competent board will mean much at this critical period of the club's history; a great deal of interest is manifest there in. Private business at his old home In the South having a prior claim on Professor Oviatt's time, that competent physical in structor found it necessary to resign his position with the Multnomah club. The resignation took effect February 1. Pro fessor Hqbert Krohn, of the Portland Turn Vereln, was appointed to the vacant posi tion, and began work on Thursday last. Professor Ringler, of the Y. M. C. A., Is devoting his spare time to preparing his Junior classes for their fete, or exhibi tion, which will be held In the gymna sium on the evening of February 13. Ring ler's good work in athletics has been rec ognized by his appointment as physical Instructor of the Vancouver Athletlo Club, in succession to Professor Krohn. This will not Interfere with his present asso ciation -work. Professional Baseball. Professional baseball for the coming sea son Is' still in tho clouds. Strenuous efforts-are being made to form a. league In the Northwest, and the membership oi Portland seems Imperative. Everything was favorable for a league team in this city until the question of grounds waa met, and there the hitch arose. Another active crusade is being made at present by Manager "Ted" Sullivan, and it is to be hoped that his- efforts' to secure suit able grounds will be successful. Portland Is ripe for good, professional- ball, and if a good team should be formed here the season would be successful financially. Nothing has been heard this week from the field trials of the Pacific Kennel League, held at Bakersfleld, Cal., con-, cerning- Northern dogs. The Washington and Oregon canines seemed to be making sufficient points to warrant their appear ance in the. semi-finals or finals, but later in the contest their names did not ap pear. Whether the work in the warm climate was toe severe for them, or whether they were withdrawn from com petition, has not yet been learned. A novice handball tournament will be gin at the courts of the M. A. A. C. on February 12. As there is a large number WORLD'S GREATEST GOLFER Harry Vardon, British champion. Harry Vardon, whose likeness la presented herewith. Is probably the champion golfer of the world, not even excepting young "Tom" Morris, the Idol of Scotland, and the only man who ever won the British open championship three- years in succession. He (Vardon) is the present champion of Great Britain, and repeat ed efforts have been made during the last few years to get him te come to this country to give exhibitions of his play. It was only re cently that these efforts were successful, and now Vardon .has consented" to make a playing tour of the TJnJted. States. He will play matches, with all who oppose him, or, when tho profes sional of a club is not strong- enough, he will gle exhibitions of his skiH. Much Interest is manifested among golfers in the forthcoming tour, which will begin at New York. Vardon plays a very consistent game, and has won t2je open championship of Great Britain three times, first In 1SS6, and then in 160S and 1S09. and is the strongest kind of a favorite this year. He plays absolutely like a machine, and seems to be free from all tendency to get rattled. His leng, straight drives are his mala Btrength, his short work not being so spectac ular, though It la at the eame time accurate and steady. ef young- players- practicing regularly for tho event, an Interesting lot- of contests Is anticipated. FOOTBALL CONDEMNED. Authority oa Physical Development Says It Is Injurious. Dr. S. S. Curry, of the Boston school of expression, the foremost authority on systematic and artistic physical develop ment, as- related to expression, blames football for spoiling the shape of young men. Hesays that nearly all the posi tions in which football-players stand- are abnormal. With the exception of the w running, he asserts, there lakhardly an ex ercise In the game which, tails for nor mal action of the agents- of the body. "The men stand on both feet, with the feet wide- apart, in mere oneness, so that when I take up a football-player to train him Into a true and normal poise, this animal position has become so habitual that it is almost impossible to restore the man to a manly attitude." Dr. Curry shows an authentic; photo graph of a football-player, who Is stand ing more like a eawhorser than a human being. Again, he says that gridiron players- "have acquired a low position, of the chest and a forward action of the hips", which Is the most ungraceful posi tion that can be found, and in addition, constricts the lungs." "Moreover, the external and superficial muscles are developed often at the ex pense of Internal and more- important muscles. The games are short, and call for muscular rather than vital force. Muscular force may be developed" at the expense of vital force. I have found that all the football students that I have taught breathe at the top of tho lungs, and that front working" so much'- In la bored movements and leaning over In un natural attitudes, they have lost the nor mal breathing, without which, a man, ac cording to Lennox Brown, "will In a short tiriie suffer sore throat and acquire many faults' in the use of the voice. "The game develops; strength rather than dexterity; force, but not ease. It causes labored breathing and labored muscular action; and the body to be me chanically propped, and destroys Its nor mal balance and the sense of stable equilibrium." WANTS PURE ATHLETICS; Columbia College Authorities Adopt Rules Defining Amateurs. Columbia college, New York, intends to have its athletes amateur in every sense of the word, and to have its- athletics coiy ducted on purely amataur basis. Presi dent Seth.Low set forth these Ideas in h!s annual speech to the board of trustees, and, conforming to them, the faculty com mittee on athletics has adopted the fol lowing rules: BECTIOft I. The student must be atf amateur according to the definition referred to under article 10 of tho registration blank of Qua committee. If a candidate- for a dree, he must attend regularly all the exercises of hlff class, and pass the required examinations If a special student, hit must take courses amounting to not leas than 15 houra per week, and must regularly attend their exercises He must have been in the university at least, one aeademlo year, must have Completed tfie- f ourses ln which he was registered, and must have passed the examinations when euch -were given. In the absence of required examinations he must file- wlCa the secretary of the facultv committee on athletics a certificate from the ofilcer In charge of his course, that he ho sat isfactorily fulfilled Us requirements. Auditors are not eligible to- athletic teams. He must, like other students, maintain a sat isfactory standing In his class If he falls to do so in any of his registered or required courses, on complaint o thft professor In charge of the work to the faculty committee on athletics, he will be- warned,, and- If satis factory Improvement doesr not then ensue, on a second complaint ot tho professor he will be withdrawn from all squadsrin training. Students having conditions from the previous year are not eligible for any athletic teams. A student who does not maintain a satisfac tory standing In one school of the1 university cannot, by entering another, alter his status as regards these rules He must pass each year a- physical examina tion satisfactory to the director of the gym nasium, and must fill out and file with" the eec retary of the comml(tee ltaprescrlbed registra tion blank. Students from ether colleges or universities who have represented these institutions In any Intercollegiate contest shall not be eligible to represent Columbia university until they have been In residence for ax least one aeademlo 5 ear. No student shall represent Columbia in. in tercollegiate athletics for a longer period than four years, or than four years diminished by the number of years during which he has rep resented any other college or university. The foregoing rules, with the exception, ot No 6, apply to manager? ami assistant man agers of teams. SECTION IT. Schedules for all games and all arrange-! meats and obligations in respect to coaches must receive the approval of the committee before being consummated. A similar -approval is required in the case of every individual intending to represent CP lumbla university in any single contest. SECTION III. No athletic association or class of the uni versity shall enter a team or an individual in any publlo contest so long as- there is any -outstanding indebtedness' against tho association, or athletic interest thus represented. Amended December1 21, 1800. The committee, consisting of Professors J. F. Kemp and F R. Hutton and Dr. Savage, physical director, further compels the Intending athlete to answer questions, affirming property to the truth or the answers, with proper indorsement by the manager of the team. WILL NOT RIDE DEMOCRAT. Beresfdrd Will Not Allow Tod Sloan to Bestride Derby Favorite. Tod Sloan, the Immaculate, irrepressi ble premier jockey of this country. Is not to Tide Democrat In the Derby. The news that Lord William Beresford had decided to replace him with a jockey of his own choosing caused a surprise in the Ameri can turf world when the fact was cabled from London recently to New York. "The shock to Sloan," says the Brook lyn Eagle, "must have been a great onej for ho coiifidently expected to have his pick of the Beresford horses, and regarded himself as an Indispensable adjunct of the stable. Lord Beresford, up- to the thne of his racing partnership with Pierre Lorll, lanT, was of HtSTe Importance in the turf world. Lorillard, with hls wealth and horses, has an aversion to the work en tailed in the management of a large sta ble, and Beresford, in taking charge otl- the horses and directing the management, took a lot of burden off of the master of Rancorcas. Naturally, -when the successes of the stable on the race courses waa credlted to Sloan and John Hugging, Lord Beresford became disgruntled and he took the first oportunity to rid himself of Sloan. "It la related of Sloan that when Beres ford remarked to him last spring that he supposed he had been doing a? lot of rid ing while in America the preceding win ter, Sloan flippantly replied: 'Oh, yes, In cabs, at every opportunity. "The success of John and Lester Relff and Skeets Martin. In the saddle, also had much to do with the turning- down of Sloan, who had become so careless, believing himself invincible, that he neg lected to train, and so lost a number of races, which he should have won, his bungling finish on Knight of the Thistle, in the Lincolnshire handicap, being but one example of many bad rides by 'Ding Dl Daddy,' as tbe rail birds called him on this side of the water. "Sloan still has a strong following in England, and he will not lack for plenty I of good mounts. It would not be suxp rlslciete Polo. ing to see him on. Forfarshire, who Is regarded as Democrat's most dangerous opponent In the Derby, for Sloan, as a schemer for" mounts. Is without an equal, and on a-number of occasions he has-come In for much adverse comment for his un derhand methods of securing the best horses to ride."., MAY BEJ IX CORBETTS CORXEIt. Ryan, Jeffries' Former Partner, "Will Advise "Pontpadcrar Jim." Tommy Ryanr the welter-weight cham pion, who trained Jim Jeffries for both of his championship battles, may become CotUett's chief adviser In the latter corn In? battle with: the- champion. Ryan, it Is said, has already signified his willing ness to Join tho Corbett camp-, down at Lakewood, N. J., wheie Corbett is train ing, and assist the former champion In getting Into shape. Corbett, at present, has Gus Rub.Ho, the Akron giant, a- clever fellow, as spar ring partner, and it Is- not likely that he will make any change for the present, at least until a few days before the en counter. When asked by a New York Journal reporter, if thure was any truth in the report that Ryan would train him, Corbett admitted that he was correspond ing with the Syracuse boxer, and stated that be would probabty have him in hla corner on the night of the contest. Ryan Is credited with- making- Jeffries a clever fighter, and now he believes hft can show Corbett Eome of the bollermaTier'a GIANT SCHOOLBOY ATHLETE , . " , L- 'M HARRY B. WEBSTER, OF ENGLEWOOD (ILL.) HIGH SCHOOL. The youngster represented in this- pifcturo Is 19 years old, stands feet 5- lnche In his stocking feet, and welghd 210 pound He i captain ot the football team ot his school, and Is said to hold the American high-school record for putting tho 12-peumf shot. He la, moreover, thought to be the tallest boy of his age In the United States. tricks; he is prepared to Instruct Cor bett on his former principal's fine points. He has evidently changed his opinion in regard to tha,capabilltles of the champion, for he recently stated In an Interview that he believed a good clever man, who could hit hard, would have a good chance of victory over Fitzsimmons' conqueror. As far as science Is concerned, Corbett Is well equipped, and Ryan could add lit tle to the ex-champion' e cleverness- in head or foot work. However, Corbett is will ing to have Ryan in his corner on the night of the contest, and Jeffries will probably have the, tactics of his former sparring partners to solve en March UT next- THOUGHT HE CAUGHT A FLY. "Peek-a-Boo" Veach's Baseball Play Retired Him to- Bench. The Philadelphia and" Cleveland baseball nines were to play a game at the Phila delphia; grounds on a certain day in 1890. "Peek-a-Boo" Veach was playing first base for Cleveland In those days. "Fe"ek-a-Boo" had been playing hide and seek wlthr tbe waves and other attractions" at Atlantic City the day1 before-, and re ported at his- hotel just in time to jump in the bus which" Was leaving wltn the players for the grounds. In addition to his normal condition of having bats In his belfry, he had not thoroughly straightened himself out from, the bewildering mazes of life on tho- Eastern seaboard. He went out with the rest of the team to practice, i Art- the wav hrtr wcrit lin nrid rrrfwn nftor wild ones, and the grace and certainty with which he strangled -'steamers'' right off the bat presaged a large afternoon for "Peek-a-Boo." The Phillies were first to bat, and the first ball pitched- was- whanged down to "PeeK-a-Boo" for keeps; "Peek-a-Boo" kept it. He made a. great stop, and had ample time to walk to first and retire the runner. But- he did- no- sudh. thing. He paralyzed the crowd by tossing the ball back to the pltdher. Manager "Bob" Lehciley was speechless. Wherr he regain his breath he called Yeach. In and set film on the bench. "What farxhe name of seven devils were you- dome?" asked Leadley. "Why the devil didn't you. tag; the base?" "Why, r thought I caugbt a. ny," inno cently repued "Peek-a-Boo." INTERNATIONAL POLO. America May- Be Represented at tlie Paris Exposition. With the approach of: spring, when the exposition universelle will be opened In Paris, the question Is askea whether America win send a team abroad; to com pete" in the international polp tournament. Mr. Foxhall Keene, who Is hunting In England, recently sent home for nine ponies, with which he will play In Engr land, and possibly. In France: He IS said to be trying to induce other players to join him and have a try for the world's championship. Owing- to the greater number of skilled players: In Great Brit ain, it was not thought, when the sub ject was first broached some months ago, that a team could be made up strong" enough to defeat the cracks of- England. But as- so- many of the Britishers- are now in South Africa, the chances are regarded as more favorable. The Frenchmen are not deemed so formidable, although they would havo the advantage of playing on their home grounds. The International tournament Is to be held under the auspices of the Soclete Polo et Bagatelle, of Paris, and will com mence about June 1. Invitations have been sen,t to the principal polo players throughout the world to compete, and free; stabling and forage will be supplied for the ponies of competing clubs by, the oo- BOWLERS AND BOWLING FINAL STANDING IN BIG FOUR" AND ASSOCIATION CONTESTS. Portland Y. M. C. A. Carries Off the Former, With a High. Percentage Other Competitions. The; final standing In the "Big Four" and Association championship contests B & follows: Big Fbur Won. Lost. Per ct. i. -DA. &. A............ IS The Dalles 12 Illlhee II Astoria 7 Association Championship Oregon Road Club. 10 Astoria 7 Y, M. a A. 7 6 .75ft 12 .50 ia .45$ IT .282 6 .6 9 .437 9 .437 The "Big Four" chompIonsbJp, carrying that Feldenheimer trophy, was easily wen by the Portland T. M. a A. team, with & high percentage. The association cham pionship And the Brunswick-Balke trophy go to the Oregon Road Club, with three games to the- good. In the association championsnlp games between Astoria and Y. M. C. A., at Y. M. C. A., on the afternoon of the 26th Inst, the teams split even, each getting Vwo game3. At night, the same teams met again, and the noma team, r-axitnraa ft Btralght games. The following night the closing games of the contest were bowled at The Dalles, the Astorlans being the via- uing team. Tne home team won three out , of the four games. None of the scores of the final week's nlav have been receiver. but It 19 hoped that all report will be In. before the. middle of this week. The final standing shows that The Dalles wins second plate. With Illlhee very close up; Astoria made a good showing in the asso ciation championship, but finished in last place" in the "B1& Four." Y. M. C. A. lost 5 out of g to Astoria, and split eyen with O. R. C. Astoria won but two out of eight games from O. R. C Interstate Contest. The standing of the teams participating In the-intehstate championship contest, up to and Including February 2, was as fol lows: .. ., . Won. Lost. Per ct. jmrnnoman .. a Seattle Bowling Club.... 8 Commercial , 7 Seattle Athletic Club..... 6 Arlington .v. 3 Tacorda l A tie between Tacoma and a .750 3 .727 6" .583 e .aw 9 '.250 6 .143' S. B. C. not included. This week concludes the games of the Martlxt Bercen, Catcher of the Boston baseball club, who killed recently his wife" and two children and commit ted suicide. local teams between themselves In the interstate championship, and next week tho Portland teams go to the Sound. On the following week the tournament will end, with the Washington bowlers in Port land. The games: scheduled, for this week are for Saturday night, no game being arranged for Wednesday. Those to be played will be: Arlington, at Multnomah, and Seattle Bowling Club, at Tacoma. Commercial came very near losing four straight to Multnomah on the 27th ult., but succeeded In getting the second game by six pins, and saved a "whitewash." Mult nomah had It all her own way In the other three games; and won them easily. Commercial's showing was rather surpris ing1, as much better wdrk was expected after the fine showing tbe team made at home against Arlington. Multnomah put up a regular old-timer, and scored a total of 107 pins, getting one game of 299. The team work was first-class, and not a man fell down on totals. Idleman was high, with an average of 49 50. Dunlap did great work, and pulled out with a 49 average. His 64 in the second game won that game for his team. Sigler also made a 64-ecor in one of the games. Much enthusiasm prevailed during the games. Multnomah had Ball and Sigler on In rplace of Pickering- and Mallory, and both J. did" well, the latter sttlaff aecend pkicaisame. Twentxmioe men, received them. with ISO, while Ball secured first place H percentage. The sensational feature of the game was Idlemaa's seven strikes, after a score of two in the second frame, he puDTng out with a total of 60. The Seattle Bawling Club's team re deemed itself on the home atfey? ea the 27th alt. by reaiag tip a team average ef t -h.j against lacwsa, winning ia.ee stums and making & tie- of ode; Evidently the officials of the two teams' were rusty os association rules, as they failed te hew! oft the; tie at the ead Of the game, a provided by the rales. Gillette pfled a S08- and: led the procession, ail the rest ef the home team, being well up In the Has. "Dad" Harrison Experlmeats. Huston did especially weH, aad "Dad Harrison touched off a few ef the fire works he had in reserve for the benefit of the Seattle Athletie Club, but wstoa, unfortunately fer him, eame into ceataet with a Seattle feg and failed te work prop erly at tho time desired. He has lest neae of his old-time skMI, and, notwKhstaaslBC his: slump at the athletic ohib, he Is stilt a ruling favorite for first Individual post tloa. Alexander Tinlfeg pal up a spleadtd game for the visitors, and easily led the team. Hla well-known hair-trigger deliv ery has deadly effect when it Is in proper working order. The Tacomaas were al most 200 pins behind at the finish, and may consider themselves fortunate to have even got within hailing- distance ef eae game. Wednesday was a bad day for bowlers and team averages- received seme pretty hard blows. Arlington took two game from Commercial and tied for a third, which it lost on the bowl-off, and Seattle bowling1 feam won four straight from Se attle Athletic Club. The games at Arling ton produced exceedingly low scores, neither team Retting anywhere near a 49 I average. Arlington was compelled to bowl without two of the strongest bowlers oa the regular team, who, had they been present, would probably have assured that team- four games. Commercial put up a very poor game, although big scores are not generally expected on the Arlington alleys. No man on the team reached a 49 average, and the only good score made on either side was the 172 scored by Mays, of Arlington. Owing to their closeness, the games were exciting, notwithstanding their size. It was extremely tantalizing to the bowlers to see scores like 229, 238, 26& and 243 win games, when, ordinarily, from 20 to 50 pins more are required! ta win. Dravrbaclc to Good Plays. The Commercials experienced the same trouble that Multnomah had. on account of the sticky condition or the balls. Some thing used in treating the surface of the alleys at Arlington renoers the balls al most as sticky as If they had been given a coating of muHage. This causes the ball to be tardy In leaving the hand, and throws It to the left of the kingpin. It te certainly a great handicap to bowlers who urn nmworl tn thta condition. The total. 873, of Commercial, will cut a big nole m that team's fine average up to this ttoe. Culllson was again high man for the team, which he leads on Individual totals. Minor kand Muir are only temporarily absent. and will be on hand for the games agamst Multnomah on the 10th. The. result of Wednesday night's games at the Seattle Bowling Club's alleys were a mighty biff surprise to the Portland bowlers. These alleys are said to be ex ceedingly fast, and great work has been oone In practice by the home team, so it was expected that when the two Seattle teams came together there, all association records would so to amash. Predictions were freely made that both teams weuld average better than 45", but nobody ex pected that a trifle over 40.50 would win four games. Such was the result, how ever, and the home team won four with the greatest ease, and with a total or amy 975 pins. The athletic team fell In a bunch and fell heVd, too, scoring nine pins less than the email total of Commercial at Ar lington. Way Was This Thus? Portland bowlers are anxloua to hear the explanations of therS. A. C. team for sueh a-terrible fall all around. The regular team was there, and any of them would be dissatisfied with less than ISO, but Bowes, with l&t was high, and he was 19 pins ahead of the second man. It must have been a. sight awful to contemplate. TJd to- this time the Athletic Club has held a. hUrh nlace. but these four games will lower its percentage many pegs. The Bowline Club team nut up a fair game, but nothing like they should", although it was Plenty high enough to give them all the games. Gillette and Harrison tied for first place, with 177 each, and Sauls scored 170. The balance of the scoYes were small. The winning- team's- games were even: and consistent ones, .showings but small vari ances, there being but eight pins, difference between the high and low games; Thie Is a remarkable showing and speaks" weH for team work. The team tournament at Multnomah, Monday night, developed a very close con test, Cauthorn, srgler. Wels and" Bailey winnlns but by six plus. Brigham's team 'would have had an easy victory, but for a bad fall In the third game. The scores were good ones' throughout. Some better individual work will havo to develop before long In the Interstate championship games. If last year's records are to be disturbed. The high individual average and 4K.79, and percentage .315. Tbe latter Is In a fair way to be beaten, but 45.79 looks pretty good yet. The team avet- ;age was 43 53, and the team percentage ,283. One thousand, one hundred, aaa tmr-ty-elght was the high subseries total, and 299 the high team game. The latter has already been beaten by Commercial and tied by Multnomah. The high individual four games was 225" and the high games-7t MAY COMB TO AMERICA. Tecblgorln, the Chess Champion, Has an Offer to Visit New York. A cablegram was received recently In cNew York from Tschlgorln, the Russian chess champion, in which he stated that a visit to this country at this time would" lnvolve no little pecuniary loss, because- of the many engagements he at present had on hand. He Intimated, however, that he might come, If it were made werth hie while, by requesting the amount of re- f numeration to be cabled to him. Inas much as the directors of the Manhattan Chess Club of New York had made provis ion for a liberal offer to tbe famous expert, It Is not at all unlikely that he will make up his mind to come. The terms were promptly wired to Tschlgorln, and a defi nite reply Is shortly expected. It has been suggested that, should Tschl gorln decide Upon making; the trip-, and Janowski, tho French champion, come over, as is now very probable, to play an other match with Showarter, there will then be material enough In this country to 'organize a masters' tourney of quite re spectable proportions. With the addition only of Plllsbury and stemitr, an affair could be arranged, prior to the Paris in ternational congress, that would coramaad the attention of the entire chess world. China's Empress Wrestles. The empress-dowager of Chiaa is described- by an English woman who has spent the greater part of her life In the Celestial empire, as a much more remark able woman than most persons suppose. She 13 an ardent painter, and her pictures are said to be admirable specimens of Chinese: art. Strange as ft may seem, she Is also said to be fond of wrestling- aad freqaenUy indulges- in. this rather virile- form ef ex ercise. She is well read; is fond of Eu ropean music and has some skill as a pianist. She Is said, both by her frlondG and enemies, to be absolutely without ay sense of fear, her life has been attempted-a- number of times"! Silver Footballs for "Tigers." Silver footballs Were given to aH the men who played on the Princeton second" foot ball team last season. They are Of ster ling and are Inscribed on the one aid with the name of tbe recipient a-ad t position he played, aad on the ether with the date, seore and? otaca of the Yaie FEW GREAT BILLIAfiOISIS LKADINS FXtlFBe4$lNAL WtfTGLAM F&KBM&T? AM'ATWtDXS. 'Stadeatf Sieftaea Stsalatea Why Tafa fer So, aa Sfeawa h Itfeeea- sftar for Geaataivtt Braetfee. "Way tm iMNMaa poeWnal Mi Itacafete alar a attMa tatter than the teadteg amatoatrr- JS 9W6,,wwft vHAC JWi9 SOU D WWSrfF" bees aoMsd atraajtedti ef tfcaea by those who hnliitg m the "ffentteatan's game ' Flrst-elase profeeflteaate ftfee Scaaef er and Slossoa find tbe question as difficult to an swer asT fUe lest aiwataure. TW consen sus of osWm aeeae te fee that it is largely a matter ot practice, but this ar gument hardly holes good, wbea It Is re membered that thcrrs are thousands of players to the- oaaatry who spead from three ta six hours a day at a Millard table, aad have bees dofctg sa for yean, withoat setae abla to inptwve their skill beyond a certain point. ConsMeriag the aiaay wHa play the gasae and the large sum of aaaaey in vested la MlHard t&Mee, It at deete a though the pastime was-the most pepal&r ot all sports. Bat, be this as it way, the fact remains that of all the countless numbers who indulge r Bltftaarcfe for rc reatlon. or make a business of it, the really arst-ctass players' c be counted on the fingers ef oaa hand. George Stoeson. the waH-kaawn profes sional, who 1s known as the "Student ' because it te popularly supposed that his skill was developed by a careful study of every polat ot tbw game, whea asked1 by a repartee of the New Yark Sa way It is that so few men reach the stags of first class In billiards, replied. Mast Have Aatltade. "Hundreds of persoae have, asked me that ctuestfea during the past 38 years, and I sever have been, able to give them a really satisfactory answer. In the first place, of coarse, a man must have a nat ural hmttnet for the same, aa one must have a strong liking for mastc in order to become a great Musician. But leaving all that aalde, I beNeve a person must begin at bnHards when he Is a boy and stick to It alt the thine to beeoaie a great player. This waa ray axaerleaee, aad it has been the experience-ef Senaefer, Daly. Sextos. WaOace, and all the other great player of the- past aad present. 'Ta my owa case, my father kept a hotel in tbe northern part of New York state. One of his boarders was an old man we used to call TJaete Jerry, who kept a pub lic billiard hall sear by. In those days it was almost a criate for a bay to be seen In a public btlhard ball, bat from running: errands for old TJnole Jerry I wa fre quently in hla place. When he was out of the roota for a ratoutet 1 would grab a cue and knock the bans around. I was fascinated with the sport, but got little chance to enjoy myself with tbe ivories until I cooked up a seneme which worked to perfection for many days. "I was a boy In short pants in those days. My scheme was Simply this X said to Uncle Jerry. 'See here, you are growing too old to come down early in the morn ing to clean up the place Give me the key and I'll eome down and do that work for you;' After a little hesitation, he con sented, and early every morning I would go to his bedroom and he would hand me the key But, once in the btlnard hall I would throw a set of balls on a table and practice as long as I dared. Uncle Jerry was very old and very lame, and he walked slowly The hotel was four blocks from the WMard hall, and by running to the window every now and then I could see when he was coming. Then I would put away the cue and baHfe and start in is dean up Jfke a good feNow, and usual'y had the job nearly compfctad sy the time Uneie Jerry reaehed the ream. Caught Red-Handed. "One morning, however, he noticed the table I had been playing oa was covered with chalk marks and dust, and he asked me how that happened, because he had brushed It off before closing up the night before. I made an excuse that I thought was satisfactory, but was caught red handed the next morning. Uncle Jerry suspected me, and, instead of coming to the- hall by his regular route, he went out tile- back door of the hotel and reached his place of btistnees by another entrance. He was so angry when he saw me playing bllftarde that he kicked me downstairs. It was nearly a month before 1 wag able to make peace with the old fellow, but final1 y he consented to allow me to clean up the place in return for an hour's practice at the table. Soon after that I was regularly employed by him aa marker, and from I that time to Oils I have played billiards years ago, and I piay better today than I ever played before In my life. "It is simply a case of beginning early and keeping up your practice. Scbaefer'a experience, and Daly's also, was similar to mine. Both began playing when they were mere boys, and have kept It up ever since. Of course, I learn new things every day- The amateursr nowadayg play better than the professionals of a decade ago, bat that Is simply because the tools are better and they get the benefit of all the things we profeselonabi have learned from time to time. When I first began playing hmtariifl the 9x12 table with six pockets fwas used. The cues were worse than one sees nowadays m the poorest country no tete. They were simply pieces of ash with a thin strip of leather for a tip. It was almost Impossible to make a draw shot with them. As the tools were perfected, we Wlllardtets were able to play better Had I begun with tbe cue, table, cushion cloth and ivories I nee now. doubtless I would be twice aa good a player as I am Cannot Flay Steadily. "The beBt amateurs of today put up a fast game , but most of them have other business to attend to, and they are not able- to play steadily Orcaelonally they go for weeks without touching a cue. Then It takes them a week te catch up to the pomt they left off in the degree of skill. I tell you, a person must keep at it constantly. If one desires' to become a good bmtard player." "But," said the reporter, " yon have customers who have been playing regu larly every afternoon f or W or S years. Why do not they Improve? Instead of averaging two or three at tse-M-ineh balk line game, why easnet they average 19 or 18. considering the amount of time they devote to billiards?" "In most every case." ropMed Stoseon. "they began to play when they were old enough to vote. They followed no particu lar system, and hardly know more about the game now than when they first han dled a cue. although of course by constant practice they are able to execute bet ter But having- reached a certain stags they hang there because they don't know the thousand and one things which every Arst-ctasK profeseionat has mastered Par ticular shots-1 have practiced for months I know a professional who practiced noth ing bat the left-handed masse for six months steadily. I eoutda't begin to fig ure the tnne I have spent In practicing masse shots." Golf Increases Land Yalaes. "The popularity ef self that is raging throughout the land la proving- a God semi to the ewnoic of real estate In the vfcMty et towns and ettles," said Mr W T Proseer, of Mew York; to a Washington Poet reporter "In many cases barren tracts that their owners deemed of "t e value have- been aeaofcted aa club grounds at figures scarcely dreamed' of and which never wottld have been peM but for the Introduction of this new seert. I know an old farmer that Tensed part of his P acr to a golf e'ub not ome elaco for the an nual consideration of WOfli which ! fully la smelt aa Mr entice: property ta wona. V