16 THE SUJSTDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAlfD, MARCH 4, 1900. ' 'm v iftNWAtti I ga-oajlg Squarcst of 'Em All. " )J!77T? , : mms Hjs SbUs? a TCatch '!Vltl1 tne our bJ5 fellows, Corbett, f $r j&sf mSw Jeitrlas. Sharkey or McCoy, and his friends ?;v Ci-A E2j I an aflmlrers claim that there Is a strong IJ W "V AV 3b ' ulter'or motive for this in tho minds of )y m i C ""N'ova Atalanta Ylndcx. Edward F. Burns, S0 a$ Boston College Ban quet, v ,.1 anx not a. lhlng picture 5,2 classical athlete, Ihae never made a touchdown nor a goal. My 'sporting blood, believe me, "Vouldnt J)ura at fever beat, 12 I chanced to put & golf 'ball In the hole. Yet. whene'er I read the story Of that foot race long aeo, "Which HIppomenes from Atalanta won. And realize the lady Didn't pet a decent show, I feel like making trouble with a gun. Atalanta, being swifter. Could hae left the man, with ease, A parasang- or-tno behind her back. But when fhe'd try to distance jjThe- -oly- "HIppomenes He w ould drop a golden apple on the track. Ab the maiden, thus deluded By a most unmanly trap, ' Stooped and stopped to gather up the golden fruit. HIppomenes eped forward. "Won the race by half a lap, "Woi the maiden and the gate receipts the brute! ' Eucfi a very rank decision All true sporting men deplore. But old Time, best referee, may make it straight, "When the teams of college maidens Pay the Atalanta score And, moreover, wipe eome others oft the elate. Hoxv I'd like to see the settling Of that .j ery old account! See Jf air; "Wellesley make the Crimson heroes pale.1 f See Smfih get square with Princeton For afcry large ampuntf AndjseVVassar maidens soundly wallup Tale! ?""' But suppofe those dear young ladies Plajed a Boston college team. Then what feelings do you think I'd entertain? "Wouldn't rude, poetic Justice Then become a fleeting dream? Is there any lhlng man dould stand the strain? Wouldn't flesh and blood be rebel, "Wouldn't Justice be a myth. If you saw our halfback battered by a girl? "Who, then, could keep from yelling, "Vou hae lost j our sldecombs. Smith!" -'Or.-y'Say.TVaiesley, say, A-ourVhair is out of jicurl!" - Tci"twlll be the same old'story ' Of the Grecian maiden's fate; And again will Atalanta. have to yield, 3f fefie doesn't lose by tryicg Tokeepjlier'hat on straight. Why, then, drop a box of candy on the field. Cincinnati Enquirer. TO ABOLISH "GRAFTING" -". Valley Collesrc Determine on Pure Amateur Sport Gossip of the Fighters Iocal Matters. The college boys down the Valley are making use of every facility at their com mand to get in readiness for the coming spring's work in athletics. Indpor baseball and lh& laying of plans lor their track teams are being looked after sharply. Cor valUs; Albany and Eugene all have In door baseball teams, and the supremacy in. this particular branch of sport will be but one of the laurels In the college championship wreath. Eugene, seeing the excellent practice, for speed especially, in the .infield, in the indoor game, has or jganlzed a, fast team, under Captain Zelg--Jer. As this Js its first season, its strength 1b an unknown quantity, but good reports 4ira,expeot,ea, H. D. Angell, pf the calss of 1300, has been elected captain of the U. of O. track team. Angell's good work on the football toam will be remembered by Portland's sport patrons, and should he kcer up his standard on the cinder path, his team should show good results. The entire student body of the colleges whoso sentiments were voiced by its rep resentatives at the annual meeting at Sa lem last week, of the Athletic Union, tends strongly toward favoring strict amateur eport, and the wiping out of the grafting ejstem. Attention will be paid to the lengthening of the courses of lectures, which should shut out some of the "spe cials" whose presence was a bugbear last year. Confining the athletics to competi tion upon -only one team during the col lege ear will be enforced. Altogether the trend of sentiment seems to be in the di ..recilon of pure amateur college sport a consummation that will be ardently sec onded by every right-thinking student ,. Among tbe FJsrbtcrs, In the "fighting game," during the past ryear, managers' of pugilists, seeing their chance, and, in their eagerness for ths public's money, have done more to cast aspersion on boxing exhibitions than have the fight ers themselves. The Horton law. In force In the State of New York, was passed evidently with the object in view of pro moting and protecting the manly art, but the N privileges granted in this law have been so grossly abused by the "man agers" that the law is repealed, and the boxers will be out of business in their best feeQing ground, j Baseball has been "knocked" by almost the same class of men, chicanery, trickery and double-dealing having caused an 'en tire loss of public confidence and conse quent support. In the palmy days of John Ix Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, George Dixon and other first-class fighters of their time, fights were usually conducted "on tho square." Then the fight "promoter" was not the prominent character he is today. I Some of the foremost boxers now are, no doubt, just as conscientious as- those of a decade ago, but they are in the hands of the Philistines, and -so have to stand the consequences. Squarcst of 'Eni All. "Bob" Fltzsimmons, the cx-chaxnp!on heavy-weight, finds it difficult to get on a match with the four big fellows, Corbett, JeilriaB, Sharkey or McCoy, and his friends and admirers claim that there is a strong i ulterior motive for this in the minds of j that shifty combination. There is no doubt that Fltzsimmons is one of the greatest of fighting machines, and one of the "squarcst" pugilists in the ring. He is much older in years than any of the other prominent heavy-weights, and the longer he Is compelled to wait for a match, so much better a chance will the younger men have of getting, or keeping on top. Ho Is being staved off, at every oppor tunity for a bout, on one pretext or an other; his challenges are not accepted, for flimsy Teasons, and he will be kept malting just as long as possible by the "gang." If a fight should finally come off between "Fltz" and "Brer" Sharkey, as now seems somewhat probahle, there will bo music in the air, and "Lanky Bob" will make it interesting for the gailorman whom he so soundly thrashed in San Francisco, only to be robbed of the fruits of his victory by a set of thves. A match of some importance has been arranged between Frank Erne, the pres ent lightweight champ'on, and Joe Gans, the colored boy who is right in line for championship honors. They meet at tho Broadway Athletic Club, in New York, on March 23. Go It, Terry! There Is considerable talk at present about Terry McGovern going out of his class to meet Erne for lightweight prefcr- ment, and the advisability of such a step by him has been questioned. It may be that McGovern, who is a heavy feather weight and has trouble,, more and more, as his years increase, in reducing himself to the weight limit of his claK, would like to follow the example set by "Bob" Fitzslmmons, when he moved up the pugil istic ladder and "brought "Pompadour Jim" off the top rung. At the regular meeting of the board of directors of the M. A. A. C, last Thurs day night, chairmen of committees- were appointed as follows: Outdoor athletic, A. B. McAlpin; indoor athletic, Frederick Rasch; auditing. E. B. Miller; bath, R. H. Jenkins; grounds, George E. Streeter; general house, "TO". H. Grindstaff. J. T. McKee was selected as club historian, and It. J. Goldsmith was appointed manager of the baseball team for the coming sea son. Tho Multnomah juniors eldently will receive their due meed of attention, if the present arrangements for their accommo dation continue. It has been decided that a portion of the outdoor athletic commit tee of the club shall constitute a sub committee to look after the welfare of the junior athletic department, exclusively'. In a short time, swimming matches for jun iors will he carried on, and for these prizes will be offered. To Drain Multnomah Field. Another important step decided upon by the club is to drain Multnomah Field. So far in its history, during the rainy sea son, the field has simply been a quagmire, on account of lack of proper drainage. It has been impossible to raise any turf, and football, and frequently baseball, games have "been sadly interfered with by .the soppy condition of the grounds. A thor ough system of subsoil draining will make a vast improvement. In the wrestling department of the na tional athletic championship contests, pn duer the auspices of the A. A. U., re cently held in New York, Max "WHcy, of Rochester, won the amateur championship In all three classes the light, middle and heavy--n eight. "TOllcy will be remembered by local athletes as, on his trip to the ooast, -at couple of months ago, he visited this city and was a guest at the Multno mah Club. He was anxious to meet Green land, but tho latter, being out of train ing, could not compete. At the Y. r. C. A. The first of the Y. M. C. A. series ol interclass basket-ball games was contested last week by the night and the "5-o'clock" classes, both toams being composed of men, and the night class winning by the close score of d to 8. The second, game will ho between the "noon" class and tho "o-o'clocks." Tho thirds .athletic contest in the gymnasium classes of the Assocla. tlon occurs next Tuesday -evening. The events will be the springboard dive, shot put and the 50-yard and 75-yard hurdle races. A checker tournament, with 2fl contestants, is inv progress at the Asso ciation rooms. If the success of this tournament depends upon considerable skill and intense interest, then already il is highly successful. R.EOEY GJtXSKXS FLAT BROKE. Famous Plunder i'ails for Europe to Recover Health nnd Fortune. Riley Grannan, broken in health and ex hausted financially, called for Europe re cently, leaving behind debts that aggre gate probably twice ax many thousands of dollars as the erratic turf plunger's years of llfo. Grannan has a host of friends in England, among whom he hopes to rocuperate his fortunes. This is not the first check that Grannan has suffered In his meteoric career. Four times ho has been debtor to the world, and three times he has been worth more than 525c,O00. Just now, however, his fall ing health makes It doubly hard for him to regain a financial footing. He has be hind him still a never-flagging confidence, and, with the return of strength, his friends expect him soon to hreak the run of had luck which fortune has put upon him. Ever since his return from Europe last year, Grannan has been In failing fortune. His speculations on tho turf were cos- stantly unfortunate, with the result, says the Denver Republican, that he lost tho remnant of his last fortune, and then plunged about $G0,O00 in debt. 'Those who are nis-'creat's are'nofgreatiyrworrled. His word Is as good as fils bond. he will pay every dollar that he owes when he is able to do so. Grannan spent tho winter last year1 In California, where he met varied success. Often he "hit" tho bookmakers of the Pa. cific slope hard. Again ho would plungo and fall. He contented himself this year with a contest with the New York pool rooms, in which he wagered on the racca in New Orleans and in San Francisco. His credit was good, and he bet against it to the limit. JOien he finally made up his mind that he would have to quit he owed 1. Thomas O'Rourke. 2. George Dixon. ln the various rooms and to tho faro banks upward of $GO.OO0. He also owed his friend Henry Harris a large sum, but of that neither took reckoning. Harris believes in Grannan, and is ever ready to back his judgment. To cucfi a low ebb had Grannan's .for tunes fallen that r- was forced to. seek cheap transportation to the other side. About a fortnight ago he was taken .seri ously 111. When he Tecovered sufficiently to got down town he went to a friend, who Is at the head of a theatrical syndicate, and from him obtained a cheap ticket. He subsequently -sailed on tho St. Paul, under an assumed name. Grannan was a bell boy in the old SL Charles Hotel, In New Orleans. 10 years ago. He made a study of thoroughbreds and was successful In several bets made oh the races. In a short time he took tho other end of the business and made books at New Orleans. In a few months he was worth several hundred thousand dollars. In tho East he continued his successful career. At one time ho laid seven to tei against Domino, and when the race re sulted in a dead heat he was $13,000 win ner. Three seasons ago he was ruled off tho tracks under the control .of the Jockey Club. After tiso years he was reinstated. "LANGFORD OF OURS." Reminiscence of Yale's Splendid 'Varsity Stroke. "Did you ever meet Langford of Ours?" asked a Yale roan of a reporter of the New York Times recently. "Was In '97, Sheff, and stroked our crew in '5 at New London, in '95 at Henley, and In 'S7 at Poughketpsie. Splendid, quiet, gentle manly sort of a chap, and a born oars man, who made stroke In the 'varsity in his freshman year, and won his race against Harvard, with Phil Bailey as cap tain of the crew, but was beaten at both Henley and Poughkeepsle. If he had had his way at Poughkeepsle, I doubt If we should have been beaten as easily as we were by Cornoli. "It was "Bob Cook's last year with the crew, you know, and there was a revolt among the men about his manner of handling them, and particularly over his last orders to tho crew, which were to. pay no attention to Cornell, but to wait on Harvard and devote all their attention to them, as Cornell would not last the route with the stroke they were rowing. Lang ford did not agree w Ith Cook, and insisted upon it that the crew they had to beat, if they would win, was. the Cornell eight. He had no faith in the ability of the Har vard crew, and told Cook, rather snappl ly for him, that the Harvard crew couldn't beat a lot of old women. But he was laughed at and overruled, and like a good oarsman set tho stroke he was told to, and followed orders implicitly, with the result that he was beaten out, for, just as he said, Cornell was the one crew on the river that was In tip-top shape. It was a heart-breaker to Langford, who was, during the early stages of the race, for gfilng ahead despite orders, and over hauling Cornell, if that was possible. But his captain wouldn't have it, and you know the result. "Well, after that race I was at a little dinner given to the English coach, Leh man, and we fell to discussing the merits of the different oarsmen In the crews. At that time Lehman told me he thought the finest oar he had seen in America was Langford, and that he could recall hut one or two men in all his experience in England, that were his superiors, and doubted if they were at that more than his equals. He afterward met Langford, complimented him on his skill, and told him he was the most powerful and grace ful oar he had ever had the pleasure of seeing stroke- an eight-oared crew. Had Langf ord been' able 'to break a business etigagement he had made, he would have been the coach of the Tale crew last year;' " "FAIIIVIEW PARK." . "W. Go Hid Drokaw'a Magnificent Car olina Shooting- Preserve. Ono of the finest -and most complete shooting preserves In ttie South, if not In tho country. Is that owned by TV. Gould Brokaw, of New York, la North Carolina. "Fair-view Park, he name of this elaborate scooting preserve, Js'situated in the center or a wooded tract, about 100 miles from AshevIUe, N. C, and consists of 1000 acres o table and rolling land. In addition to this Mr. Broka- leases 20,000 acres more. The grounds are beautifully laid out. The walks are dressed with fine crushed stone. Tho beautiful drives throurh the woods are the prido of tho owner, as well sls of the. entire neighbor hood, being similar to drives' through the pines at Lakewood, N. J.' On the grounds is one of the finest polo fields in tho United States. In addition to this there "TOM" O'ROURKE AND HIS STRING OF C. "Joe" Wnlcott. 4. Thomas Sharkey. aro unexceptlonably fine tennis courts and golf links, and a fast race track. Mr. Brokaws dogs, numbering In all about 125. are the finest and best the country can produce. The major portion of them are pointers, but the list com prises also some fine setters. In the kennels are such famous dogs as Sir Wal ter, Light Weight, Heavy Weight, Prin cess Boy, Sir George, Shot Away and Wild Lillian all of them champions and prize winners. The stable is well stocked with some of the best hunters and polo ponies In the country. The building, which Is perfect and complete In every detail, Is 3S0 feet long, with Its front entirely of glass. It Is here, "says the New York Herald, that many cakewalks, one of the chief sources of amusement of Mr. Brokaw and his guests, are held. The farmers for miles around look forward with eag erness every year to this season of jolli fication. AMONG THE GOLFERS. Ynrdon's VInIt to America Xot Much Fenr of the EhtRllKhmnn. Herbert M. Harriman, tho amateur golf champion of tho United States, Is of the opinion that Harry Vardon, the open champion of Great Britain, will be some what surprised at the efficiency of our American golfers before he returns to England. Golf is a game which the Americans have taken to very readily, and great playors of, a few years ago, although im proving slightly on their former game, are no longer feared and are beginning to look like back numbers among tho young er element. It is among the rising gener ation that the greatest improvement is being shown. The professionals are com pelled to keep up in their .game. In or der to retain their supremacy over the young amateurs, who are showing greater improvement each year. The great anxiety expressed by George Low. the Dyker Meadow professional, to get a match on with Vardon. Is certainly an indication that he has -no fear of meet ing tho sreat English champion, as he of fered to come from Florida to New York to play him, in case a match could be arranged. Prior to Jack Park, the Essex County Country Club professional, com ing to this country, Low played In an open tournament in the fall of 1S38. which was won by Vardon. Park finished fourth or fifth and was spoken of by the papers on the; other side as being one of tho most promising of tho rising young players. On this side of the water Park does not be gin to class with Low, Smith, Raw'.ins and a few of the other crack professionals. "Wants to Pitch Asain. Dr. Arlington Pond, the former Balti more pitcher and now asslrtant surgeon in the United Staes-army. Is deslrious of once more becoming a ballplayer. Pond has written to Manager McGraw, of the Orioles, asking for a position on the new American Association team at Baltimore. Dr. Pond pUched his last game for the Orioles in August, 1S9S. He showed he was anything but a back numbr by shut ting out the Washington team. He then joined the army and In February of last year went to the Philippines with the Fourth Artillery. He made a fine record and Is now in San Francisco, his term of enlistment having expired. HOW FIGHTERS ARE MADE TOM" OTtOURKE AS A.2IANAGER. OF TOP-NOTCH PUGILISTS. Describes the Building and Control of Human Scrapplnpr machines, as a Business Yentnrc. ' "The majority of men Interested in the art of boxing think that one of the easiest positions in the world is that of a man ager of pugilists," writes "Tom" O'Rourke, bt self famous as ono of the class of speculators he mentions. In the Denver Republican. "Their idea is," he continues, "that all one needs do is to get hold of some likely young fellow, make matches for him, and pocket half his winnings. "Now, that is just where the rub comes j in. First of all, as m the old saying about cooking a rabbit, you must catch 1 him. It takes a man who has had a long experience in ring mattera to pick out an j unknown and inexpert young fellow, who has probably never fought more than a few times, and tell, by watching his work, whether, after careful training, he will turn out a champion. "Then, again, in the matter of making FIGHTERS. 5. "Mysterious Billy" Smith. 6. "Boll,, Armstrong?. matches, a great many managers come to , grief. One must know the caliber of the as not to get him up against too hard a proposition at nrst. isor must a boxer be allowed to fight too often and thus over do his strength; nor, on the other hand, must his engagements be too far apart, so that he is idle and falls Into bad hab its. "It is the manager who hits the happy medium among all these pitfalls who is successful with "hk charges, provided, of course, they are good men to begin with. I attribute a great deal of my success in the management of pugilists to the fact that I am in a position to act as a second and can generally give good advice to a man from the ringside. I always watch both fighters very closely during tho rounds, and If I see my man Is getting the better of the argument, I let him go along as he thinks best. Should Be "Jollied" Alonj?. "Whether a man Is winning or losing, it is always the best plan to keep on 'Jolly ing him along and make him think he 13 bound to win, and that the other fellow is . getting the worst of it. It is of the hlgh I est importance to keep, tha-' boxer In a good vciiutt: wucii jii ine ring ana not let mm get worried. It Is- half the battle trained ( If ho haa confidence in himself and In his manager. This last Js the reason why many fighters lose when they ought to win. They have no confidence in their seconds and, in many cases, know- more about the game than their would-be advisers. I have always been Interested In boxing, and con j sequently have learned a great deal about "is uusinces in me years mat i nave Deen connected with It. The way I happened to start out as a manager of pugilists was this: "I was living in Boston, and Iko Weir, locally known as the 'Belfast Spider, boxed a lawyer In the town and received a trouncing at his hands. The 'Spider and his backers thought that he could do bet ter and challenged the lawyer to another go for $500 a side. I saw the first encoun ter, and was so impressed with the ability of the lawyer that I offered to back him. "Some of the friends of the young law yer heard cf the affair and persuaded him not to fight any more, not because they were afraid he would lose, but because they thought if the matter came to the ears of the public, his career would be blasted. It must be remembered that nuel- i Hsm in those day3 did not hold the high piaco in public estimation that It has since attained. Instead of having fine club houses, with every convenience; purses running up in the thousands of dollars, with lawyers, doctors and people of the beet standing In the audience; fights In those days were held, as a rule, In secret. Instead of five-ounce gloves, -bare knuck les, skin-tight or two-ounce gloves, at the most, were used. Lookinsr for a Fishter. "But to return to my story. When Ed Holske, who was backing Ike Weir, heard that the young lawyer would not fight, ho generously refused to take the forfeit and gave me three weeks in which to find a man to take his place. "Going along the street one day. I saw Jack Haylln driving a coal cart. He had taken part !n a few unimportant fights J previous to that time, and I had taken a fancy to him and thought ho had the mak ing of a fighter. So I stopp.ed him and asked him if he would meet "VVelr. He jumped at the opportunity, and fought. Weir for. four and 'a half hours In the woods in Rhode Island. it " "Soon after tha I'aw George Dixon, beat a man who was 15 pounds heavier than himself, and I took charge of him. I wanted to match him against Cal Mc Carthy, who was then the feather-weight champion. McCarthy's manager told mer first to put Dixon up against Eugene Hornbacher, and that, if he "won. then McCarthy should give him a chance. So I arranged a meeting between Dixon and Hornbacher, and the colored youth knock ed his opponent out In a round and a half. Then, as every one who has fol lowed 'boxing win know, after a battle with Joe Murphy, which Dixon won J in seven rounds, he was matched to fight McCarthy for the championship. The fight took place in Boston, and lasted 70 rounds, when it was declared a draw. "A little over a year later the two met again In. Troy, N. Y., and there George won In 22 rounds, capturing the cham pionship, a title be held until it was wrested from him by Terry McGovern. Had George taken care of himself during the past few years the result of his last fight would have been different. Terry Is a good young fighter, but he lacks the experience Dixon has had, and had George met him In the shape he was In five years ago he would have won. Dixon Grateful. "Dixon is a good example of the. old style fighter, of whom John I. SujUvan is tJTical. Prodigal of his financial as well as his physical resources, he parted with his money almost as quickly as he got it. He is the only grateful fighter I have ever met in my whole career, and I have had to do with a good many in my time. It is generally the case that when you havje dono your best for a pugilist and managed his interests successfully, he will suddenly leave you and, as likely as not, abuse you into the bargain. Of course, there are other exceptions, but boxers, like George Dixon, who remember past favors, are few and far between. "I have quite a string of fighters in my" care just now, including Tom Sharkey, "Mysterious" Billy Smith, who has re cently proved himself not such a back number as many persons have thought him; Bob Armstrong, the colored heavy weight; Joe "Walcott, the phenomenal West Indian welter-weight; George Gardi ner, of Massachusetts, and Henry Lyons, of Chicago. They are all good men at their different weights, and I am kept busy arranging and planning fights for them. "It-will he noticed that I seem partial to colored fighters, and so I am. Negroes, in my opinion, are gamer than whites, and can stand more punishment. Take Wal cott, for instance. In some of his fights he has taken punishment which I don't believe any white man of his size could have withstood and not have broken down. And 7et Walcott Is today better than ho has ever been. Last year he made the best showing of his whole career In the ring, knocking out Ryan, Edwards and Creedon, three Australians. He also knocked out Jim Judge. Jim Watts, Bobby Dobbs and Dick O'Brien, and earned de cisions over Creedon in three limited round bouts. Bad Men to Tackle. "Walcott Is only 5 feet 1& Inches In height, and weighs In fighting tr.m 145 pounds. .Yet his record shows that he has been most successful against pugilists heavier and taller than himself. He can stand any numher of blows on the head, and gives In return straight arm punches and body smashes with deadly effect. Walcott and Dixon have long been chums, and the latter's defeat at the hands of McGovern broke Walcott all up. He Is now resting and giving his hands a chance to get Into good shape, when he will again meet all comers. "There has been a good deal of talk re cently of a party of American fighters going over to Europe to fight in Paris next summer. It is quite likely that some may go -and I am perfectly willing for any of my string to make the trip, if a reputable man takes hold of the affair. However. I think that there will be too much doing and so much money hung up In purses on this side of the water during the next few months that the majority of the fighters will find it pajs better to ttay here. "Fights between the heavy-weights will be fairly numerous during the next few months," beginning with the Jeffrles-Cor- bett battle next month. Jeffries will un doubtedly win that, but then he will have a much harder proposition to encounter in the person of Tom Sharkey, who, I am of the opinion, will defeat the "burly boiler-maker. If he does, there will be Iot3 of sport, for the ex-sailor Is always spoil ing for a fight, and is ever ready to give aspirants a chance to show their prowess." TO CONTROL PUBLIC LINKS. New York Golfers "Will Orcnnlzc to Develop Golf in That City. A movement is now on foot among the golfers of New York City, having for Its object the establishment o a permanent organisation, which shall control the pub lic links at Van Cortlandt Park. Com missioner Moebus, of the Park Board, has been asked to aid the movement, and has promised to do all In his power to fur ther the scheme. An informal meeting of some of the projectors of the plan has been held, and as a result a temporary committee has been, appointed, which is to issue the call for the general meeting. It is the idea of this committee to cre ate a permanent organization to control the public tournaments -ox Van- Ccurtlandt Park, regulate the caddie system and as sist the Park Commissioners in develop ing the game as a public amusement. A decided necessity seems to exist for such an organisation on every public golf course throughout the country. It Is thought that if New York succeeds in es tablishing a permanent organization to control the links, Chicago and other large cities which have public courses will emu late it. Thomas Bendejow. the Superin tendent at Van Cortlandt Park. Is strong ly in favor of the idea, for It will aid him considerably in extending the advan tages of the Van Cortlandt course to the golfers of both Brooklyn and New York. It is proposed to hasten the organization in order that it may begin work some time this month. SWIi'TEST OF PITCHERS. John Taylor's SHclr IVay of Droo ping n Bnll Over the Plate. John Taylor, who died at New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, recently, was one of tho best pitchers that professional baseball developed, yet he never becamo as prominent as CUtrkson. Rusle, Keefe, Young. Nichols, and other star players. He could pitch, so old players have said, the swfltest ball of all the professionals. If you happen, says the Denver Repub lican, io be a baseball crank, you will recall that it isn't much of a trick to pitch a slow drop ball, one of those lazy, floating curves, that remind you of "Way Down Upon the Suwanee River." But to mke a ball drop and at the same time send It over the plate with speed is a trick that not more than five men ever mastered successfully. Taylor was one of them. When at his best he could make the ball duck with a sudden shoot that one might defy any player to hit. Some of the best batters In the League have scarcely been able to believe their own senses it times when they missed his curves. Generally they retaliated by walking out on the coaching lines to tan talize the pitcher. He was quite suscep tible to a little spicy and well-applied coaching, and apt to lose all control of the ball as he lost his temper. Ike Murphy's Home Sold. The home left by the noted colored jockey, Isaac Murphy, was sold recently to satisfy a mortgage held by George Lul gart for 55005, given by the dead Jockey's widow. At ono time Murphy was reputed one of the wealthiest jockeys in America. BOWLERS AND BOWLING MUirxojrAirs cleyeir tvixxig of INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP. Tables Turned on Paget Sound Teams Dnrinsr Their Portland Visit Sm of the Alleys. The Multnomah Club carried off first honors in the Interstate bowling champion ship, winning the Graham & Moore tro phy by a good margin and outscoring all tho other teams on total pins by a large plurality. The. tables were turned on the Puget Sound bowlers during their visit to Portland, as they succeeded in doing just .what tha Portland bowlers did In Washington that Is, they won only eight out of the 36 games bowled. Of these, the Seattle Athletic Club won four, the Tacomans three and the Seattle Bowling Club one. In games won In the city, Commercial made the best showing, by winning 11 out of 12 bowled. Multnomah won 10 and Arlington 7. On the 2ith inst., the final games of the contest were bowled. Commercial easily won four, from Tacoma, and secured third place in the contest. Arlington lost one game' to S. B. C. and won three. The greatest Interest- was taken In the games at Multnomah, where first place was to be decided. It required thek winning of four straight games by S. A. C. to givo that team the high place, and it was out for a great fight, which it succeeded In putting up. scoring a total of 1064 pins, three more than Multnomah. This sub series produced some of the best team bowling ever seen, in the Northwest, and the games, except the first, were close ones. Multnomah scored miserably In the first game, and the -visitors 'put up their best game, winning by a large margin. The second was a heart-breaker, Multno mah winning by six pins. The third went to Multnomah by seven pins, and was very exciting. The home team won the last game, making three, with compara tive ease, and took tho Interstate cham pionship, with four games to the good, S. A. C. holding second place. The last game at Multn6mah created a great deal of interest, on account of tho race between Buckman and Craft for first place In Individual standing for the entire tournament". They were even at the end of the third' game, and the. high est score of the final game would -decide. Craft scored 47 and Buckman 53 giving the latter the lead over all. Craft, how ever, got 'lots of glory, as ho secured tho four-game tournament record for this contest 220. The Seattle team did splen did work, showing no score below 160. Churchill and Nelson did the best work, but the others were all high. Nelson Is tho only ono of the numerous slow-ball bowlers from tho Sound who made a good showing on the Portland alleys, all the rest having gone to pieces. Bet on Record. The visitors left for home Sunday morn ing fully determined to carry the cup back next season. The contest was a brilliant one In every respect, and not the slightest friction or ill-feeling devel oped during its progress. One and all pronounce It the most su"cessful and at tractive bowling competition ever held In the Northwest. The Portland bowler3 were royally treated on the Sound, and they have every reason to believe that tha Washingtonlans feel that their many cour tesies were fully reciprocated when the visit was returned. But two aEsodation records were broken in tho interstate contest. One was tha six-team tournament aerage. made by the Multnomah team, 43 5S. This beats the former, record, held by the Oregon Road Club, by .05 of one pin. However. the Road Club average, was maintained for only 24 games, while that of Multno mah was for 40 games, and Is more cred itable for that reason. The other record was the four-game percentage record, .095, made by H. Buckman, of Multnomah. Tho former record. .150, was broken three times this year, onco In tho Big Four contest by Richards. of Y. M. C. A., with .120, and by F. O. Burckhardt, of Commercial, at Se attle Bowling Club, with .112. The highest four games of the contest were made by Craft, of Multnomah, 220; the highest single Individual game, by Idleman, of Multnomah. SO; the highest team four-game score. 1120. by the Mult- nomahs; tho highest single-team game, 312, by the Commercials. The final stand ing of the teams was as follows: Won. Lost. Per ct. Multnomah 23 Seattle Athletic 25 Commercial 21 Seattle Bowling 20 Tacoma 15 Arlington 7 11 .725 15 .623 19 .525 20 .500 25 .375 30 .250 The standing on total pins was as fol lows: Multnomah, 10.460; average, 43 5S; Seattle Athletic Club. 6S2: average. 40 S3; Commercial, S650; average. 40.21; Seattle Bowling Club, 959S; average, 39.90; Tacoma, 9223; average. 38.45; Arlington, 7734: aver age, C2.44. This shows that Multnomah had 77S pins more than the second team. It will bo noticed that S. B, C. fell juat two pins belong a team average of 40. Buckman Lends the Llit. Harry Buckman, of the Multnomah team, won high place In Individual stand ing on pins, by six pins over Craft, of the same team, and no doubt has easily won first place In percentage. Everybody con cedes that Buckman is the best bowler In the assccatlon, as he has proven on numerous occasions. Craft mado hlo flr't appearance as a tournament bowler this season, and has placed himself in a line position. He has been a tower of strength to the team, and helped to pull It out of a number of bad holes. Cullison. of tha Commercials, with 2S game3 bowled, goto third place, with an average of 44.18. He was unable to accompany his team to the Sound, and all his games were bowled at home, but as he is an acknowledged ex pert, he would, no doubt, have maintained or bettered h's average on the trip. Fourth place goes to Mallory, of Mult nomah, and fifth to Idleman, of the same team. Dunlap. of Commercial, who dropped out of the contest before its close, comes next with 42.5S, a pin or two ahead of Gillette, of S. B. C. Cauthorn, "Dad" Harrison and Barragar follow In tho order named, each well above 42. In tho 41 class are Churchill. Minor, F. O. and C. A. Burckhardt. Pickering and Tln Hng. Nelson, "the Terrible Swede." heads the 40s. and Is followed by Sigler, Darling ton, Ball, Huggins and Bowes. Every man on the Multnomah team got out with better than 40 average. The unofficial averages of those who finished above 45 follow: Buckman. Multnomah, 45.22; Craft. Mult nomah. 46.08; Cullison. Commercial, 44.1S; Mallory, Multnomah, 43.S4; Idleman, Mult nomah, 43.35; Dunlap. Commercial, 42.5C; Gillette. S. B. C, 42.53: Cauthorn. Multno mah, 42.25: Barragar. S. A. C. 42.17; Har rison, S. B. C, 42.12: Churchill, S. A. C. 41.75: Minor, Arlington. 41.62; F. O. Burck hardt, Commercial, 41.60; C. A. Burck hardt. Commercial, 41.53: Pickering. Mult nomah, 41.41; Tinllng, Tacom'a 41.19; Nel son, S. A. C, 40.S7; Sigler. Multnomah, 40.S4: Darlington, S. B. C. 40.60: Ball. Mult nomah. 40.42; Huggins, S. A. C, 40.12, and Bowes. S. A. C, 40.10. His Talents Wasted. Tho worst disappointed man Interested in the late interstate contest was Fletcher Tilllnghast Coulter, the famous $10,000 beauty, who served as chief "rooter" for the Seattle Athletic Club. He came to Portland with the express purpose ot carrying home the Graham & Mcora trophy, and, incidentally, giving the Port landers a sample of the highest order ol "rooting." Unfortunately for him. the combination got mixed and he had no op portunity to enthuse even a little bit. H promises to make up for the loss nexl year, as he expects to be a member of the team himself . No doubt he will shine bet- I ter as a bowler than he has as a mascot. (