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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 18. 1900. 29 W HI ' f 'y&wy l X. v31 ft L Olympian Golf. Oh, the moon's a mighty golf ball. By stroke of Titan hurleM; Frcm oft the far horizon's "tee" "Tls driven 'round the world. And Venus looks In wonder And the war pod redly blinks As the big- white ball goes sailing high Along the starry links. It soars o'er cloudy bunkers That seek Its flight to otay. And in its path it crosses swift The misty Milky Way. And when it has completed Its course across the sky. On yonder hilltop of the West It finds Its distant "lie." Where waits a giant player Who "lofts" with steady, aim. And so without a pause goes on The everlasting game. Jennie Betts Hartswlck in 'Life. AMID THE SPORT-LOVERS Proposed Racing: and Athletic Parle Bench Show Prospects Other Blatters of Interest. Judging from appearances, the athletes of Portland are following the example of the church people, by carefully keeping Lent. There seems to be a quiet and ""' uuul "c" ""u"a' "c""t fitting the season. Now, will they follow the good example of the church people and burst forth In glory about Eastertide. All Indications and promises point to a good Spring and Summer of sports, and April is set for the opening month. Track ath letics will be much better looked after than last year; aquatics, in rowing, sail ing canoeing, seem in a very healthy condition, and the fact that the regatta Is to be held In Portland this summer also .adds interest to the situation. Tennis, with the revival of last summer, promises best of all. New courts and clubs are In contemplation, so all that Is now lacking is seasonable weather for the sport. Lacrosse Is a yame little known here, except by the Canadians. In former years the game was played considerably in this city, but Interest m t seems to have died out. As an exercise in skill, speed and endurance, it stands above football, and for excitement and lively play It Is surpassed only by the National game. Give It n Trial. It might not come amtss for the clubs here to encourage lacrosse nd give it a trial. The game is one, of the best recre ations for track men. The sprinter has plenty of short dashes and the distance man ample opportunity to strengthen his wind. The element of dinger to the athlete Is very small, the bruises received being chiefly about the arms and should ers, when rough play is Indulged In. As will be seen In an art.cle in another column, the game is receiving a great deal of attention In the large colleges ot the East. This year an 'ntercollegiato lacrosse league is In exis.snce, and the athletic committees of the colleges are aid ing Its progress in every way. The bench show to be given In April, in this city, by the Portland Kennel Club, is meeting with much encouragement and support, so Secretary Taylor reports. The committee In charge of the premium list Is submitting the list to the league for approval, so that it will be at least an other week before It can be open for public Inspection. Outside inquiries and promises of entries are coming In large numbers, and already over 100 outside dogs are assured to be on exhibition. The prospects for the show being a "howl- , ing" success are bright. j Move In Right Direction. Unless some unforeseen hitch should very soon arise, the formation of a com bined Jockey Club and Athletic Club, with headquarters at Irvlngton racetrack, will be consummated. Fred T. Merrill has associated with him some of the most prominent horsemen In the city, and ne has the option of a lease of the track. Mr. Merrill reports that, should the pro ject be successful, and he sees no reason , why it should not be, the lntentons of j the club are to put Irvlngton's line track in first-class condition, and keep it so; to remodel the grandstand and paddock; to hold at least two ltrge race meets dur ing the year, and, besides, to encourage local horse-owners by having weekly soeed trials. The track will be a veritable sports man's resort, as bicycle and automobile races will be encouraged, as well as foot racing, ball games, trap shooting in fact, every encouragement will be given to good, honest, outdoor sports. It has been frequently remarked by Eastern men, on coming to Portland, that the lack of a first-class athletic park seems strange. In a city of Portland s size and recognized athletic worth. Horse racing here, at one time, was very pop ular. A few years of lax management gave the racing game a "black eye," but with skillful handling one good year's work by an up-to-date Jockey Club should cause wonders. Y. M. C.A. Basket-ball and preparations for the annual gymnastic exhibition are monopo lizing the attention of Y. M. C. A. ath letes this month. In the basket-ball sec tion, last week, the noon class team de feated the evening class team, and, as the evening class had already defeated the 5 o'clock class, thus far In the series the "noon" men hold the championship. Last Wednesday evening the Vancou ver basket-ball team met defeat at the hands of the Y. M. C. A. team by a score of 28 to 10. A series of games with Vancouver has been arranged, and as each team seems to be doing better play ing on its own floor, each game being won by the home team, some good contests are expected. The Y. M. C. A. team la anxious for matches, and challenges all comers, with more direct reference to the M. A. A. C's new team. The association has set aside a very lib eral appropriation for the improvement of its tennis courts at Tenth and Co lumbia streets. Its tennis cracks were away up among the best players last sea son, and their good work Is being en couraged handsomely. The checker tour nament at the Y. M. C. A. Is receiving close attention. At present Galafke is In the lead, with Dlllinger a close second. Multnomah Athletics. The track team of the Multnomah Club met last week for organization and th discussion of plans for the coming sea, son's work. The first business transacted was the election of Bert Kerrigan as captain of the track team. It looks like a wise selection, as Kerrigan Is not onlj one of the best athletes on the Coaat, but Is also very popular with his team mates. The beg nning promises welL Chairman McAlpin, of the athletic com mittee, was present at the meeting and announced that the committee would af ford every advantage and opportunity, not only to the tried athletes, but to the nov ices and juniors as well. A trainer will soon be appointed, and with settled weath er the men will be called out for work. DRIVEN 3IAD BY FIXES. Was Sulcrdc of Ballplayer Bergea Dne to Managerial Greed. "If the conditions leading up to the sui cide of Marty Bergen, the famous Boston player, were generally known, there would be a big sensation in baseball circles," said a veteran ball man to a Denver Re- publican reporter recently , . .. ,. "The Bergen I caw is uiiu ui nit: oauucai cvbi jicaiu ui. j So far as the newspaper reports go, the killing of his wife and baby and the tak ing of his own life were the acts of an ' Insane man. and such was the verdict of the coroner's jury at the Inquest. I "I do not wish to be harsh In my judg ment; but It Is my honest opinion that it was the unwise use of so-called 'dis cipline' that led to the terrible tragedy In which Bergen figured. If a man Is a drunkard or a loafer, or given to other vicious habits, which Incapacitate him from playing ball. It may be a good thing to discipline him, although I make th.e broad contention that no manager has any legal right to discipline a man by means of fines, and that his only recourse In dealing with an objectionable player Is to discharge him from the team. "Bergen was not a drunkard or a loafer or a gambler. He had one great failing one that he was well aware of himself; i one that he fought hard, but unavalllngly, 1 to conquerer; but at the same time one for which he was In no wise to be held responsible. He suffered from a strange mental affliction. For weeks he would go along all right, a little queer In his actions, perhaps, but without any serious break. Then he would suddenly, be seized with an Insane desire to get away from the crowd, to drop out of sight and hide himself. It was a weakness he was ashamed of, especially when the fit was over, but for the time being he was pow erless against the impulse. "Now. as I have said, the Boston club management knew all about this falling In Bergen's make-up, when they signed him. Men of common sense In dealing with a person of this eccentric nature might well be supposed to use a coaxing and soothing policy, but the reverse was adopted. "Bergen was popularly supposed to re ceive a salary of 52400 for the season. My private information Is that the real sal ary was 52000. Shortly after his transfer to Bosten, Bergen was seized with one of his attacks on the eve of an important game and dropped out of sight. When he reappeared he was 'disciplined' by be ing fined 5500. Three times during the sea son he was held up for a like sum, so that 11500 was deducted from his pay in this way. Besides these big fines, there wero several smaller ones of various amounts, ranging from 510 to 550. "When the season closed Bergan had, I am told, actually been paid a trifle over 5300, possibly 5400, for his summer's work. He had a wife and baby to support. Im agine tho effect of this Kind of 'discipline' on a man of Bergen's sensitive tempera ment. If the reports I have received from his home are correct, the family was actually suffering for the necessaries of life." "KNOCKOUT" SENSATION'S. Chicago Pugilist Describes IIoiv He Felt When the Roof Fell In. -Over at Harry Gllmore's. in Chlcaeo. y3 the Denver Republican, a fairly clever local boxer, who has won and lost many battles In the ring, told how It feels to be knocked out. Here Is the plain, unvarnished story: "Here's where I've got you licked," says I, as he comes toward me, "He laughs and mutters under his breath, 'You're a dub. You couldn't fight a cigar sign. See?" "It makes me mad, an' I swings for him, felntln with my left, an cuttln loose for the jaw with the right. The big gazabo,' says I to myself, 'what a mark ho Is; that Jaw looks blgger'n the side of an elephant.' "Throwln' myself backward on my heel an' coming up on my toes, I brings around my right with all the force of my body, my eyes Just glued to that jaw of his, which looks like the bull's eye of a big target, an' the people a-slttln' on the chairs behind him was the ring 'round It. "Seems to me my right wasn't half an Inch from his face when the cellln' falls In on me. What a thunderln' noise it makes, an' what a thump It gives me on the head. Everything is goln' round an' round, like them swing seats at Coney. "I knows I'm flat on my back, because I can look up an' see the big, black hole over my head where the roof has been dumped on me. I'm a bit dopey, I'm sure, because me thoughts somehow don't fit each other. I keeps a-gettln started on one thing an' a-flnlshln' on another. "Then I wonders If the other fellow an' the referee Is down, too, an I kind o' rolls oer on me side an tries to And 'em. But they ain't there, an' all the people are a-clrclln 'round as if they was on circus horses in a ring. "Suddenly I sees a funny little man a-standln to one side o me, beckonln to me to come to him. He gets more an' more In earnest, an I does me best to roach him, but me legs feels like a stone quarry. Finally I gets to me knees an' then I begins to see clearer. "Salty mackerel! It's de referee, an he's sayln' somethln'I I hears him plain er, an' he's dountin. An it's for me. too, the old bloke. Me knocked down by the cellln an unable to help mesclf. " 'Eight,' he says, and I gets to m knees. 'Nine,' an-' I tries to open me mouth an' say a word, but not a sound, an' I weeps when I thinks I'm dumb for life. "I lifts meself to get to me feet, an jest as I'm well balanced on one of 'em the referee says 'ten,' an' over I tumbles again. "The next I know I'm slttln on a chair an' tho fel'ow with the big Jaw what was boxln' me is a-shakln' my hand, an' tellln' me how sorry he Is. "No, it wasn't the cellln. The other fel low had a right, too." FOR MAGNUMS OF "WINE. Slclgh-Rider Qulnn. of New York, Wins 22 Times. For 22 years has Mr. John J. Qulnn, the well-known horseman of the West Side, been the lucky annual contestant of the magnum of wine offered by his friend, Mr. G-abriel Case, to the first slelgh-rlder of the season to reach his doors. Mr. Case's place is McGowan's Pass Tavern, in Central Park. He offers prizes to the first gentleman slelgh-rlder from the North, the first from the South, and simi lar prizes for women. This year Mr. Qulnn. while not the first actually to ap pear on the scene, was nevertheless the first slelgh-rlder from the north, and car ried his magnum triumphantly home. "Ah, there's plenty of competition, plen ty of competition," said Mr. Qulnn; "there's lots of It, but I am from down in New Hampshire and can smell snow. They call me the 'snowbird up this way. When the flakes began to fall Saturday, my nag was not ready. She had not been -rough-shod, so I just had her shoes taken off and drove her barefooted. This was my black mare Lute, who Is somewhat of a flyer, and we hauled up at the tavern just at noon, making the distance in about 10 minutes. "You see all those bottles up there?" saia Air. Qulnn, pointing to a row of tall. varl-shaped and varl-colored bottles over the outside of the office door. "Those rep- resent my trophies, though they're not MUCH Smythe When your wife gets angry with Browne No; to bring lr here. all there some broken, some stolen. 'Bout time to give It up. Isn't It? Every year I say I'm going to, and swear that the old coach has made Its last trip, but just as certain as I get the scent of the snow In my nostrils, why. It's all over with me, and I'm at It harder than ever. "I was out with that old trap there the other day. It was George Washington's sled, and you can see the date plainly on tne back 17SS. I usually take it out with a lively span every year, and maybe It don't attract attention! Oh, no! You ought to hear 'om yell at me and guy me all except those who know the old sleigh. It belongs to Judge McGowan, and Is a family heirloom. He wouldn't part with 't for a fortune. I have been keeping It for him since 1S76. One of the old park policemen put his hands on It affcctlonate- ly the last time I was out with It and said: 'There ye are, me old friend. I haven't seen ye In 20 year, but ye're as fine a boy as ever. Good luck to ye!' 1 generally take the women and the chil dren out In the old trap, and we all en Joy It Immensely. "Well," concluded Mr. Qulnn, "I'vo sworn off from the 'habit' again, but I guess you'll find me up to my old tricks once more If you happen out this way about next year's first snowfall!" New York Mall and Express. BOWLING WAS HIS FORTE. Ye Retired Ball Pitcher Caused a Sensation on the Alleys. They were making up opposing teams In one of the swagger bowling clubs. Both of the captains were a little wary about choosing the tall, slender man whose hair was tinged with gray and whose outward appearance suggested a lack of physical stamina. He said nothing and quietly ac cepted a place with the eleventh-hour fel lows. When the first match came off he did only fairly well, until he appeared as the last man on the last frame, and with 200 to beat. Enthusiastic members of the team now tell that when he let go of the first ball It left a streak of fire all the way, down the alley. Pins flew aa though in an explosion. He piled up strikes and spares till the onlookers held their breath and the boy who set up the pins wanted to resign while he was" alive. Only a raise In salary held him. But all was not good luck, for an occa sional pin would stand up In apparent defiance of all nature's laws. At the last there were the three corner ones up. Two would tie, all would win. "Take your time," "Steady, old man," "Hold your ntrve," "Roll a slow one," were among the things he heard. He did every thing but roll a slow one. The ball went like a rifle shot, struck the head pin just right; it knocked down another one and the ball caromed on the third. The rest of the team shouted themselves hoarse and then aaked how on earth he kept that terrlflc pace. "Plaster on my back," he whispered. Next time all the others wore plasters, some as high as three, judiciously distribu ted. They were practically In strait-Jackets, the team lost and the "old man" vowed he would never Joke again. He had worn no plaster at all, but he had pitched 14 years In an amateur base ball teum. Detroit Free Press. PROCESSION OF THE TROTTERS. Star Harness Performers of the Last Four Seasons. On the trotting turf, as in other affairs of this life, there is an ever-moving pro cession, says the Trotter and Pacer. New horses with strange names take the lead ing places in the list of winners, season after season, and the reputations of their predecessors grow dim unless the latter have accomplished some lasting record breaking achievements. In looking over the returns for the past four seasons, we And that Azote, 2:04 54, was the master trotter of 1S95; the 4-year-old Benzetta, 2:0Gi, was regarded as his successor, and Klamath, 2:07. proved himself a bread winner of the first water. Page, 2:09, was the greatest green trot ter of 1SS6. Fantasy. 2:06, held the free-for-alls safely until Pat L., 2:09, with the assistance of William Penn, 2:07, beat her at Lexington, Ky., where Sena tor A., 2:10. won the Transvylvanla at the same meeting. The season of 1S97 was fruitful In pro ducing several noteworthy performers. Rllma, 2:10. was the bright particular star, by winning the M. and M. and the Tran sylvania. Village Farm's best 4-year-olds. The Monk and The Abbott, mada their debut that seasoon, so did Cresceus as a 3-year-old. Oakland Baron. Alcldalla and Pilot Boy were also to the fore. The cracks of 1S9S were the 4-year-olds Directum Kelly. 2:0S, and John Nolan, 2:0S. while last season the fast perform ances of the prominent trotters. The Ab bot, 2:06; Blngen, 2:06; Peter the Great, 2:07; Cresceus, 2:07; Jupe. 2:074; Fred Kohl, 2:07; Tommy Brltton. 2:0S; Lord Vincent, 2:0S?i; and Klngmond, 2:09, aro fresh in mind. IMP AND HER RIVALS. Great Racing in Prospect for the Xerr Yorlt Spring: Meetings. Last year's great racehorse, the black mare Imp, Is In flne shape for early train ing. She has wintered without a day of Illness and has been engaged for 23 stakes and handicaps. She Is to be trained at the Chllllcothe Driving Park, and will go to Morris Park. New York, late In WORSE. you, does ehe threaten to go to her mother? Aprll. She will be started in several handicaps there, and If all goes well, will go to the post In the famous Brooklyn Handicap. Her greatest rivals this year are likely to be Mr. W. C. Whitney's Jean Beraud and Mr. Perry Belmont's Ethelbert. Jean Beraud shows no trace of unsoundness, and while he was on the shelf nearly all last year. Mhis enforced retirement has brought him back to his 3-year-old phy sical condition. There Is no reason why he should, not have all his old-time speed. Ethelbert Is sound as a dollar, has grown and deepened, and will come to hand early. There will be many great equine battles with Imp, Jean Beraud and Ethelbert as the factors, and it will take more than one or two races to determine the question of supremacy. LACROSSE AS A PASTIME RECENT MARKED DEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD INDIAN GAME. Interest In This Most Exciting of Sports Spreading ThroBgliout the Entire Country. It was many years before the sport-loving people of this country learned proper ly to appreciate the Indian game of la crosse, one of the most interesting and exciting forms of athletic competition known, and but comparatively recently have Its attractive features and scientific points been thoroughly understood by athletes on this side of the Canadian line. The early settlers of Canada, brought over by Sebastian Cabot, were the first white men to behold the game, as it was "played, by tossing a ball by means of a cross or plaited stick (hence Its name, la crosse, as the French termed nl, from one player PROFESSOR KROHN, Gymnastic Instructor of Multnomah Club. Professor Krohn. the euoject of this sketch, who has been recently engaged as Instructor of gymnastics at the Multnomah Amateur Ath letic Club, has done muen for gymnastics In this section of the country. For nine years Professor Krohn conducted the classes of the Portland Turnvereln, and five years ago, through his efforts, physical training was in troduced In the city schools. Until recently he alto had charge of the Vancouver Athletic Club. to another; but, subsequently, throughout the Dominion it became .orr.osa a national pastime. Lately its vogue has increased wonderfully, In the United States as well as Canada, and now It Is played through out all the country cast of the Rockies, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific across our northern border. There its devotees have a powerfw national asso ciation, which protects and fosters the Interests of the sport. In view of the dearth of outdoor w:nter sports 'n the states of the Pacific Northwest, It might .be -well to introduce the game here. Neither football nor baseball Is of more entrancing Interest to player and spectator than lacrosse. The game of lacrosse Is played by means of a stick, shaped not unlike an elongated tennis racquet, but the body of the stick is much more relaxed, while the handle Is intended for the graap of both hands. The ball used Is of India rubber, and smaller than a baseball. With practice. It becomes possible for a player to acquire great accuracy and speed, and it is also possible to cover a deal of distance. Throws of 100 yards or more are nothing unusual by a good defensive player. PJaylng Rules. The actual playing rules are brief, hav ing reference principally to the matter of roughness. . Eleven men compose a team, and the object of the game Is to throw the ball through goals. The goal posts are sli feet high and placed six feet apart. There Is no offside rule, and on this account, as can readily be Imagined, the system of play Is frequently decidedly complicated. The men are. therefore, placed so that the whole field Is covered. Every man has regular work to perform and a certain opponent to watch and play against. Because of the remarkable speed and accuracy with which the ball cir. be thrown, tho evident Importance of hav ing a team of brilliant runners and sprint ers can be readily appreciated. Tho game abounds in close plays, exciting passes, hair-raising mix-ups, and clever exhibitions of stickhandllng. The dis tance to which the ball can be thrown re sults in an ever-changing scene of action and that element of uncertainty which forms the spice of nearly all games. In a recent article on "Lacrosse as a Sport," and in which an outline of the history ot the game Is attractively pre sented, the Mall and Express, of New York, says: "The hardy nature of the sport, the de velopment of team play and the excl'lng features, for player and epectator alike, did not fall to attract the attention of the sport-loving Americans. It was Intro duced and thrived In and about this city and Philadelphia. Rich clubs Imported Canadian players. A few of these would have had a good effect, as they would have taught the game to the Americans, and consequently soon have raised the standard of the eport. The b'g clubs, however, by securing all-Canadian elevens, soon overwhelmed the native American players, and in this way interest for the time beinir declined. "For a while lacrosse lost its growing hold and seemed doomed, but the g"od qualities of the game reasserted 'hem selves. The spoi't now seems to be .level oping on national lines, and may ultlmat1 ly become as wel known In the United States as In ts natve home Canada. Thl Is more apt to occur now, as .the game has been taken up by the best sportsman In the country, the college men. The ln- Km Hi MWM ? II I II fluence of a few Canadian and American eti.htziiruna tit Lehigh University, J'.nns Hopkins and Rutgers has done much to v.aid -ev'vinjr the sport in this country. In Hands of Colleges. "It Is now evident that this old Indian game has gotten principally into the hands of the colleges, although there are a few athletic club teams along the Canadian border and around this city, notably the Crescent Athletic Club's eleven, considered the best. The Intercollegiate Lacrosse. Association is becoming more popular ev ery year. Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Swarth more, Stevens Institute and Rutgers were the prime movers In the original associa tion, and they have each turned out some good teams. The majority of the players are now Americans, and If they do not attain the state of perfection reached In Canada, where the youngsters are accus tomed to the sport from their earliest rec ollection, yet a decided advance can be noted during the last five years. "A Toronto university team visits this country every year, and the collegians lr-.m across the border are free to admit that the players here are becoming harder to defeat each year. In the opinion -or many, it will not be long before the American clubs will be able to more than hold their own with the Canadians, for the system of training on this sldfr of the line Is much more rigid and more care is also taken In the development of team play. The Intercollegiate Lacrosse Asso ciation has at present on Its rolls some of tho strongest teams In America. In ad dition to the teams previously mentioned, the game Is played at Harvard, the Col lege of the City of New York and Colum bia. The University of Pennsylvania and Cornell also expect to put teams In the field this spring. "The game is played principally In the Cnrlnw anil onrlv Rnmmor. To nlflV la- crosse successfully one must develop speed of eye and hand, besides possessing unlim ited courage." OLD SPORT "WAS TRICKED. "On" to "Brace" Game, hut Sharpers Were "On" to Him. In the days when .things were wide open there was a "brace" faro game on the other side of Canal street, says the New Orleans Times-Democrat, where soma prettyfat pigeons were frequently plucked. While this was going on, a broken-down sport formed the habit of dropping in and securing a share of the plunder by simply betting the reverse of the victim. The latter, for example, would bet 550 one way on the ace, and the old sport, knowing positively that the dupo would lose, would bet J5 the other way on the same card. In order to secure the 550. the dealer had to let the unwelcome visitor win hi3 little '55, and that sort of thing happened al most even time a fresh fool was piloted into the establishment. Of course, the sharpers who ran the gamo regarded this proceeding on the old sport's part as a most outrageous Invasion of their private rights, equivalent to blackmail. "I call it just the same as stealing for him to come In that way, when we're skinning a man and take off a slice," said the main sharp, "and he really ought to be arrested. We must do something to stop him." Accordingly, they laid their heads to gether, and evolved a Machiavellian scheme. A few days later a stranger, who had all the appearance of a very verdant planter, was steered Into the place, and right behind him. as .usual, came the old sport, scenting rich pickings. After playing for a while in a small way, the stranger, who appeared to be more than half tipsy pulled out a huge roll of bills and offered to bet 51500 on the turn of a card. The proposition was promptly accepted, and the other fellow, thinking he had the chance ot his life, Immediately put up 565, which was every cent he had on earth. To his consternation the plant er won. and he lost. That broke him of the habit, and was the last time he ever tried to rob robbers. It turned out later that the planter was a Memphis gambler, "made up" expressly for the role. Mlght Be Tried Here. Rochester, N. Y., has Introduced a new Idea for the benefit of "scorchers," or rather for the purpose of detecting them. In the Rochester parks the commissioners have caused posts to be erected at inter vals of 352 feet along the driveways. A policeman, looking at his watch as a cy clist passes one of these posts, and noting how long It takes a rider to reach the next flag, can tell exactly at what rate he Is riding, by referring to a table the commissioners have furnished. The speed limit in the parks Is eight miles an hour. To ride at this rate means a mile In seven minutes and 30 seconds, and It should take a cyclist just 30 sec onds to pass over the 352 feet. When the rider passes over the distance In leas time he is scorching and is promptly hauled up. Posts cannot very well be erected on city streets, but, knowing the length of the block, the police should be able to time the speed with a watch, and thus be enabled to check the enthu siasm of the cyclists who give no thought of danger to pedestrians. Pugilistic Affnlrs. Fred Kapps, the Albany (N. Y.), fighter. whom Gus Ruhlln knocked out In one round at Troy recently, stands six feet five Inches high and weighs 215 pounds. Jabez White, the English fighter, i3 out with a challenge to box any man in the world at 128 pounds, Eddy Santry of Amer ica, preferred. White Is anxious to avenge the recent defeat In America of Ben Jor dan, at the hands of Santry. The Sportsman thinks the chances are good for a pugilistic meeting between Ben Jordan (at 132 pounds), the English cham pion, and Terry McGovern, the American champion. Jordan is not abashed at Mc Govern's reputation as a knocker-out and says he is willing to meet McGovern, or any other man at the weight. Opposed Football. In a recent faculty meeting at Cornell university, called to discuss Cornell ath letics, and particularly football, a resolu tion was introduced by a member much opposed to football, to abolish the game from Cornell for four years. This reso lution was fully discussed, but on a vote being taken, only two members of the faculty were found ready to support it. There was also a good deal of discusion at the meeting over the charges of profes sionalism which were made against some of Cornell's football players last year. All of the faculty were in favor of so purify ing Cornell's athletics that there might not be even a suspicion of professlonalsm against her players. End of W. I. A. Representatives of the Middle Western colleges. In a conference at Chicago re cently, passed a series of resolutions which practically abolishes the Western Inter collegiate Association and the graduate ex ecutive committee. The end of the big ath letic organization will come Immediately after the intercollegiate meet, which will be held In Chicago the coming June. In place of the W. I. A. will be created a body composed of resident members at the various universities. A committee was appointed to formulate a uniform set of rules to cover all branches of athletics, and this code will be enforced In each university. In nt the Death. "Tls the bay of the hounds, there's a fox in the bush. And the cheeks of my love with excitement flush red ! And the hoofs of her steed pound the hummocks and crush ' The twigs and the turf, as he plunges ahead! 'Ware the wall dead ahead! Take a clutch on the rein! Lift him well! Lift him clear!-1 am holding my breath! He rises! She's overt Now gallop again! Ah! look 'out, Mr. For. we'll be in at the death, Jiew Tork World. MILLIONS IN BIRD DOGS TENNESSEE THE WINTERING STATE FOR WELL-BRED CANINES. Immense PrescrveM Maintained Moneyed Men as Training Quarters for Them. by Tennesse is the great Wintering state of America for the finest bred sporting dogs of the world. Mississippi stands second in the number of kennels and value of dogs. There are dogs In Tennessee worth a king's ransom, and some of them could not be purchased for any amount of money from their millionaire owners. The value of the several hundred kennels In Tennessee, the dogs and land belonging to them, has re cently been estimates at 51.400.000 by Charles Sturdlvant, of Stanton, who is the trainer and keeper of the George Gould and Lorillard dogs. Under the laws of Tennessee a dog has no property value, and no license is necessary- Nor can damages be enforced for the accidental death of a fine dog. though his value In the field runs as high as 510,000. The greatest kennel In existence is lo cated at Hickory Valley, under the person-, al management of J. M. Avent, who Is recognized as the foremost trainer and authority on dogs In the sporting world. It Is owned by a company of New York. St. Louis and Tennessee fanciers. There are 24,000 acres of land owned and leased by this company. These men are rich, for only men of wealth can keep up such a preserve. Mr. Avent says that the section embrac ing Southern Tennessee and Northern M.ssissippl is the na ural training center of the world. There lire more quail to be found in the marsh lands of this sec tion than elsewhere, and game Is very necessary to dog training. Trainers and Dog Come High. The head trainers of these big kennel preserves receive as much money for their work as college presidents. The dogs are pointers and setters of the bluest blood, and range in value from 5-00 to 510.C0O, al though but few of them reach the max imum value. There are hundreds of bird hunters In Tennessee who own their dogs, and these private animals range In value from 550 to 5C00. According to the Nash ville correspondent of the Chicago Rec ord. In a recent article on sporting dogs of his state, In that paper, it is Impos sible to buy a bird pup in Tennessee, of the commonest origin, for less than 550. and the prices at the stud kennels are, he claims, far In advance of this. Next In Importance to the big Hickory Valley kennels ts the Del Monte kennel, at Waverly, Tenn., owned by the George Crocker estate, of Ca.lfornla, James C. Waddell, the original dog expert of the United States, is In charge of the 4000-acre preserve. Mr. Waddell established the first sporting dog kennel at Newton, N. J., In 1874, having borrowed the Idea front England, where dog kennels have long been a part of every large establishment. From the Newton kennels sprang all other American sporting kennels now In exist ence. Mr. Waddell said recently, while discussing field trials: "Field trials are arranged on the same plan as horseracing circuits. The purpose Is to prove the superiority of the field dog. While there are strict printed rules by which decis'ons are to be made, much is left to the discretion of the judges, since dogs develop unexpected points, which bring them upon th;Ir game and which have to be taken into consideration. From a study of prescribed, rules. It is neces sary to take into account the action of the dog. Quality Counts. "I 3ee two horses exactly alike, for In stance; one of which I pick out as the bet ter. Why? I cannot tell you further than that there Is something In his actions which denotes quality, ard quality counts. It is the same with dogs, some of which pursue beaten paths In flushing game, while some are so specially gifted that they get to It without circumlocution. Why, we cannot tell, but we must taka note of the fact. "Theie Is in existence the National Field Trial Club of America, which Is recog nized as authority. Then there are local and state ciuba, composed of the sports men of a certain area, who get together under certain prescribed rules, each inde pendently, but keeping in touch with each other by meeting and communication. Under their patronage, field trials havo becn organized, and the points therein as certained are accept? d as correct. Thteo field trials have purees for Derbys, or dogs under two years of age. and for all ages. Entries must be made six months preceding the trial, with details similar to those which govern horse races. "Theie field trials begin In Manitoba, where prairie chickens are the game. and where I start off my pups for a three momhs. schoo!lnR whlch gives them that much advantage oer those which have been kept at home. The second field trial comes off In Minnesota, in adjacent terri tory; next in Iowa, Il.inoU und Indiana. Go South "With Cool Weuther. "Whon cooler weather comes the trials are shifted to Newton, N. C, thence to Tennessee and Mississippi, the last one being held at West Point. This winds up the circuit, and the judges are then ready to make up the records of the com peting dogs. In entering upon the cir cuit, there stands a possible winning to one dog of over 5400-j, but this is never realized. If a dog should win a major lty of the prizes, however, he stands worth 55000. "From dogs worth 510,000 and 55COO there are thousands that are worth anywhere from $250 to $C09 each. The trainer's feo is 5103, so any traintd dog has to be start ed off In advance of that figure. The hunter would haraly be satlsfiei with one which had not won a vae of 2C0. There are millions of dollars Invented In th'a kind of property throughout the United States now, all as a result of that single dog kennel of 1S74." Princeton's Generous Offer. "It Is with a great deal of pleasure," says "Phrady," In the Brooklyn Eagle, "that I have learned of the generous offer made by the Princeton athletic authorities tp the track team of the university of California, which is coming East next May to compete in the Intercollegiate games at Matt Haven and in one or two dual events, Apprecating the fact that the Califor nians would be greatly inconvenienced by their long trip, the Orange and Black has generously come forward and offered to the AVesterners the use of their athletlo field and track for the two weeks preced ing the Mott Haven meet. This same of fer was made by the Princeton people in 1835, when the Berkeley team made Its last trip East. The Californians accepted the offer readily and no doubt Is felt but what they will do the same this year. It la certainly a great advantage to the men from the coast to be able to get to train ing as soon as they arrive In a well-appointed training quarters. I cannot com mend too highly the excellent spirit shown by Princeton In this action." Accounted For. Greece Is a very rough country. Tho ancient Greeks had a beautiful legend concerning thls.r According to their my thology, it was in Greece that the god desses learned to play golf. We all know how fearfully a woman learning to play golf tears up the ground. And a goddess was merely a woman on a largo scale,- Detroit Journal.