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THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, POKTLAND, MAY 6, 1900.
The Gj-mnnitic Girl.
here were foils on tho wall
id the rules of basket-ball
Done In red I
here -were dumb-bells on tho floor
a strength-weight closed tho door
Overhead. hero "was somo blue trophy flag
nd there swung a punching bag
Near her seat!
could box like any man ,
Anil his photo formed a fan-
Athlete 1
were books a. heaping stack
.ad I read across ono back
"How to fence!"
lAnd a hundred other rules
Prom the athletic schools
"That teach sense!"
lEvery volume headed "How!"
LJLnd she said: "I know them now-
Like a book!"
.But she in a passion flew
Phen I asked her lr sne Knew
How to cook.
Chicago Record.
IRVINGTON TRACK LEASED
-tortlanders to Be Favored WItn
Racing: Again Athletes Getting
Out of Doors Gossip.
Tween seasons Is always a quiet time
in athletics, and this year seems to be
co exception to tho rulo. The Indoor
classes are naturally thinning out, on ac
count of the snatches of fine -weather dur
ing the Spring evenings. " Bicycling pleas
ures are having their effect upon class at-
Cencinco, as has also field practice In
gnnis. baseball and track events. Row-
p'jl and sailing are In full swing, and.
ttxom present Indications, an unusually
!3j:isk season Is before tho watermen.
About the middle of this month will see
ftennls receiving deserved attention In the
various clubs, as nearly all the city courts
ere already In good shape, and the play
ers hut await the advent of more settled
nveather. Club "try-out" tournaments are
fixed for this month, with encouraging
jnrrvjlsts.
iw that tho leasing of Irvington race
track, has been consummated, Portland is
fissured of two race meets during the
Cummer. For seme time Mr. P. Mernll
"was negotiating for tho lease of the track
for a spb-rtirg park, for horse, bicycle.
S motor and foot-racing, as well as ball
crames and other outdoor sports. Merrill's
loptlon expired before he had completed his
arrangements, and others, seeing possibili
ties for good racing, conducted on a true
jepDrtemaiillke basis, stepped in and closed
. deal on their own account.
WorJc Already Began.
Messrs. Roberts and "Williams, two well-
known business men of this city, and also
well known among lovers of racing, are
he lessees of Irvington, and they have
Jready begun work on the improvement
of the track. As soon as this is com
pleted, their intention Is to repair the
Grandstand and stables and put them in
a satisfactory condition. Horsemen are
qvito pleased with the prospects, and are
encouraging tho lessees in every way pos
sible. The first meet is being arranged
lor the first week in July: the second will
l "be a fall meeting, probably in September.
isow that every dog in town has had
: ills day and tho Konnel Club has demon
strated Its ability to give a successful
bench show, there Is a splendid oppor
tunity for the riders and drivers of the
I city to come forward and duplicate the
iricK, by giving a horse show. These
j cows are a great feature of social life In
the larger Eastern cities and at San Fran
cisco, and surpass even the dog show In
attractiveness. The lover of the dog and
me norso are practically In the same
frcnus of the humnn race. Portland can
I ijast of good riding and driving horses.
nu mere are frequent additions to the
I number of stylish turnouts owned here
, Tho Armory and the Exposition Bulldlnc
-ore both available for the purposes of a
aorse snow.
The basket-ball game between the In
termc'latcs of the Young Men's Christian
Association and the Boys' Brigade was
flayed In the T. M. C. A. gymnasium dur
ing tho week, and resulted in a hollow
victory for the Y. M. C. A. team, by a
pcore or la to o. A return game will bo
played In the Boys' Brigade drill hall
next Tuesday evening, when the Brigade
expects to mane a better showing.
Decoration Day Rond Race.
The road race, on Decoration Day. to be
Kiven by the Y. M C. A., is an absorb'nz
"topic with local bicyclists. The race will
be run over practically the same course as
last year, with the exception that the fin
ishing point will be at the intersection of
tnticth and Belmont streets, instead of
e foot of the hill, at Sixth street, as
I year, thus obviating the dangerous
grade at the close. Three tlm
and 15 place nrlzes are offers nni
"entry list is open to all, not excluding
i professional class as was nrpvimiciv
Jounced. Tho management will pro
the amateur standine of the omnfMtr
ts as the road race will not be under
loniroi or any racing board.
association! Is extending it nwm
fitions for the tennis Dlavers hr ti
fuafon of a tennis nivnA-r Th nnnAv
TTlll bo available for Jill nkivors ir-V.r tr-lah
j io join, by the payment of a small initin.
htlon fee. and while thte fep. -nHii -nnt tv.
r.cure the prlvilegee of the association, the
wcenms courts -will be at tho disposal of
F those paying it.
Multnomah. Field "Try-Onts.M
The results of the second of the handicap
i field "try-outs" at Multnomah Field, last
f-week, -were as follows:
The CO-yard dash First heat: Kerrigan
yarde) first: Gammie (W yards eec-
"; Cowan (scratch), third Second heat:
Inaon C2 vardsl first: Word if i-nTv
second; Dammasch (IS yards) third. Fi
nal: Kerrigan first, Dammasch second.
MicKlnnon. third; time. 6 seconds. HolL
I 331umenthal, Dukohart and Arnold also
f contested.
triie 440-vard run Blumenthal rrfitrsM
first; "Wood (25 yarde) second; Trenkmann
ira; tame, vzm l-a. uraian -was entered.
iffa jump aTcrtrenn rm (i men) first, u
feet 9 Inches; Kerrigan (scratch) second;
Watkins third; Raech fourth; Dammasch
fifth.
Broad Jump Zan (12 Inches) first, IS feet
10 Inches; Kerrigan (scratch) second, 19
feet 1 Inches: "Watkins (9 inches) third.
Next Saturday the events will be throw
ing the Impound hammer and the half
mile run.
Tho first club handicap tennis tourna
ment of tho season will be played, begin
ning Saturday, the 12th Inst., and finish
ing May 19. Already a large number of
entries are in.
STOPPED FOR HIS CAP.
Bottled-TJp Good Thlnjr Spoiled on a
Jersey Trncic
"When Mclntyre, the jockey, was riding
Meehanus, the beef and beans horse, to
victory at the Aqueduct track on "Wednes
day last, says the New York Sun, his cap
blew off just as the horses -were turning
Into the stretch. The boy didn't pay any
attention to the loss of his cap, not even
involuntarily looking around after it, as
some bojs might have done, but kept to
his work and brought the equine idol of
Park Row under the wire a handy win
ner. "A little thing like that cost me $2000
of my good coin and $20,000 winnings once,"
said an old-time turf follower, as the bare
headed jockey dismounted and weighed
In. "I haven't got over feeling sore about
It yet, and every time I see a boy's cover
ing blow oft in a race it makes me mad
all over to remember how I was dumped,
along with a lot of my friends, by such
a pitiable little thing as the boy we en
gaged to ride the good thing losing his
cap when the race was all but won.
"It happened 10 years ago at Duke
Thompson's merry-go-round at Gloucester,
across the Delaware from Philadelphia. I
had an old skate that I'd been saving up
for a good thing for a long while, and
when I got him so he could clip off three
quarters in 1:15 flat, easy, with a lubber of
a stable-boy on him, I knew that he was
cherry ripe, and was ready to cut the
watermelon. "When I'd let up on the old
rogue the year before and turned him out,
he hadn't shown anything whatever for
months, nor contributed a nickel toward
paying his feed bill. His dicky legs had
been bothering him, and he couldn't get
anywhere near the money. But I'd tink
ered his legs into shape, and I knew that
there was nothing at Gloucester that could
make him sneeze at any distance from
three-quarters to a mile when he is as
right.
Seized the Opportunity.
""Well, I got him right, as I say, waited
for the opportunity, and then shoved him
Into a six-furlong 6print, along with a
dozen or so other horses that were sea
soned by constant running at Gloucester.
Some of 'em were pretty good, too, as
Gloucester horses "went, but I knew that
my old nag could win winking, and 1
passed the word around quietly among my
friends that thero'd be something doing
when the horse went to the post the fint
time. I'd never given them any phony
goods in connection with the way the
horses In my string stood; if I was out
for the money. I told 'em; and If there
was to be nothing doing, I told them;
so that when I sent out the right word
about this old sprinter, they all made the
dig to get on.
"I figured that my horse woud be among
the rank outsiders In the betting, 50 to
1, or something like that; but It leaked
out somehow or another that the old plug
was pretty nifty, and the books were
leery of him. The best they offered was
10 to 1, and my $2000 swamped 'em so that
most of my friends had to take 3 to 1
or less for theirs. I'd engaged a practi
cally unknown lad to ride the horse, in
order to get a price, but the bookies saw
through that, too, and, as I say. there
was nothing near like the figure against
him that there. should have been on his
running when he was last out. But when
I was down with my $2000 and stood to
win $20,000, I didn't have any kick com
ing. It looked just like sticking up a
PRONUNCIATION
Tramp They tell me that B-o-e-r is pronounced beer.
Saloonlst Vhell. maype ho vhas. but she vhas fife cent la advance, shust der same.
"Wells-Fargo agent for $20,000. and I told
my friends so, and they dug some more,
and when the old horse went to the post
he was at 2 to 1, and most of the books
stoojil to take vacations, or go right out of
"business for good.
A Quick Breaker.
"The old skate was a quick breaker, and
be hopped right out in front at the fall
of the flag, as I knew he would, and
started to spread-eagle 'em. There was
simply nothing to it Rounding the back
stretch the old horse was 10 lengths to
the good, and only cantering, and he In
creased his lead with every Jump. Well,
he may have had a little Jab from tha
hypodermic needle before he went to the
post, but Pm sot going to say that out
loud. Anyway, he was just buck-jumping
down the stretch, and my friends In the
stand that I'd put wise to the good thing
were preparing to grab me and carry me
on their shoulders to the place where
tho magnums were opened, when they all
gave a gasp at once.
"Tho cap of the Idiotic boy on the old
nag had blown off, and if that pollywog
brained, mutt-headed, no-account imbecile
of a boy didn't pull the horse up, when
he was 12 lengths to the good and win
ning on the bit, to look around for his
cap, then PH eat every danged hat on
these grounds and yell for more hats
The boy yanked the old skate almost to a
walk, and, of course, the other boys saw
what a puddln'-head he was, and camo
right on. The kid tumbled to it that he
was making a mistake only when three
other horses of the bunch were on even
terms with him, and then he started la to
get the old nag a-going again. He did
get him going again, but it was too late,
and no use; my good thing wa3 beaten by
a tongue for third money, so that even
the fellows who had backed him all across
tho board were let down and out.
"I didn't kill the boy for sausage-meat;
but how I did think, and think, and
think, and think!"
DOG RACING ABROAD.
GcrnianH Talce It Humorously and
the English Seriously.
Dog racing Is popular in Berlin. The
dogs are trained to race toward their mas
ters, but obstacles beefsteaks, hams, bis
cuits, sausages and other delicacies are
placed In their path. The steaks are
placed on plates and the other eatables
are tied to lines stretched across the
course. If the dog has been well trained,
he pretenda not to see the Juicy steaks
that lie Invitingly In his path. He shuts
his eyes to temptation and rushes toward
tho winning post.
Dog races are held every week on the
race course on the Kurfunstendaram. Oc
casionally a few dogs waver, emcll the
steaks and help themselves to a portion.
Their owners whistle In vain. Other dogs
run through tho race properly, but after
ward succumb to temptation and return
to the steaks oi the course.
In England, eays the New York Press,
dog racing is taken seriously by the few
who indulge In the sport. The whippet
a minute greyhound is tho racing dog.
Tho dogs are handicapped according to
their weight and performances. Imme
diately before tho firing of the ptetol that
starts the race, each dog Is held by the
root of the tall and the scruff of the neck
In such a way that only his two front legs
touch the ground.' Tho man holding the
dog thus can "throw" It away from him
in such a manner that the dog falls Into
tho stride immediately he is released. The
owners of the dogs run up the course be
fore the race, and each ono waves a towel
or piece of calico known technically as
"the rag." The owners stand 10 yards past
the winning post and call to their dogs,
who are thus running at their top speed
when they pass the winning post.
A whlpet can run 100 yards in a frac
tion over six seconds. Unfortunately ad
vantage Is taken of the dogs' speed to
cheat at these races. It is necessary to
"hold" ono of these dogs at the etart of a
race only half a second to penalize him
at least six yards In the race. This is a
common form of cheating and difficult to
detect.
Dog racing Is popular among the work
ing class of tho north of England, and
meetings are also held frequently in and
around London. A few years ago an at
tempt was made to improve the sport, and
the patronage of the Prince and Princess
of "Wales was secured for one racing meet
ing, but no good came from the move
ment Until cheating has been made an
Impossible Instead of a simple matter, dog
racing will not interest sportsmen.
HE WAS EASY.
She Workcil the Bicycle Accident for
All It "Was Worth.
He was pumping for all he was worth,
and that means a good deal of horsepower
when the particular ho weighs 200 pounds,
is without spare flesh and an athleto.
DON'T COUNT.
He was cutting out a terrific pace over
! the Woodward-avenue asphalt for he was
I late for dinner. When tho wheel struck
, her It was a glancing blow, but sent her
sprawling to the other side of the street
car lines. He sailed gracefully through
the air and turned a final flip-flop into a
baby carriage, then untenanted, now no
more.
Tender hands carried her into a drug
store, and he favored all kmds of tender
spots as be limped after. She laughed
merrily, and sympathetic onlookers said
It was the brain knocked silly. But she
got her breath, and her eyes danced as
she thanked the wilted athlete.
"I'm awfully, awfully sorry," he
J groaned.
"And Pm awfully, awfully glad. If
you're not too badly hurt. No, doa't pro
test. I know Just what I'm saying, and
mean It. Come back here away from this
crowd. Sit down. Take some brandy.
That's it. I can never thank you enough."
He looked hopelessly at the druggist.
"Don't be foolish. I haven't a bruise
or a pain, and my head's as clear as a
bell. If I do seem foolish. It's this way:
I went to a palmist last month. Just for
a lark, you know. "What's this? he ex
claimed, as he looked at my hand. 'It's
an accident, and a bicycle accident, too.
Doa't laugh. It'll come sure. Ah! this Is
better. You're going to marry a man
worth $50,000. It's fate. It's written there
as plain as day. "Well, I've been knocked
over with the bicycle."
"Funny," ho mused that night, "fifty
thousand Is just what was left me; and
I haven't touched a cent of it. Deuced
queer coincidence. All rot, of course."
But ho Is Increasing the number of
evenings a week for calling on her just
as rapidly as sho and the parents will
permit. Detroit- Free Press.
YANKEE ATHLETES FOR PARIS.
May Repeat American Victory at
Greek Olympiad.
Of the athletes who are to wear Ameri
can colors In the Olympian games In- Paris,
says the New York Journal, Kraenzleln is
quite the most celebrated at present Lit
tle by little ho has roado his way against
the strongest competition Imaginable, and
has been forced to break records to put
himself at the top. He Is both an excel
lent runner and a wonderful jumper.
Tewkesbury and McCracken, both, of
tho University of Pennsylvania, are ex-
DELEHANTY, STAR FIELDER AND BATTER.
XEW YORK OFFERS 815,000 FOR HIS RELEASE.
The management of the New York baseball team Is said to have offered Philadelphia
$15,000 for the releaso of Delehanty, the great fielder of tho Quakers. This Is the largest
rum ever bid for a baseball player. Delehanty captained the Phillies a part of last season,
and Is expected to hold the tamo position this year, lie is ono of a very few players who
hare remained with the same club In tho National Leaguo since breaking Into tho organiza
tion. Delehanty led the league in batting last year, with a percentage of .40S. Only seven
other players have attained a batting average of .400 or over since 1870. The accompanying
portrait of the great player Is from the Eaa Francisco Chronicle.
traordlnarily brilliant athletes. Tewkes
bury is a sprinter with a queer style, but
wonderful speed, and McCracken a young
giant who toys with ponderous hammers,
heavy shot and huge dumb-bells merely
to gratify his Idea of pleasure. Princeton
has two splendid men In Creagan, the mile
champion, and Carroll, the high Jumper,
to say nothing about an admirable lot of
youngsters who have shown high ability
this Spring, and some of whom will al
most surely make the team that Is to visit
Paris.
In connection with the coming games. It
Is a matter of Interest to recall the excite
ment that reigned In college circles, and
particularly In Cambridge and Boston,
when the Olympiad last took place in
Athens. Some of the very beat athletes'
of that year were sent to represent Amer
ica, but In something of a spirit of fear
and trembling, as it was felt that the long
Journey and the change of conditions
would make it quite out of the question
for them to win.
When the news was flashed over the
cablo that Tommy Burke, Ellery Clark, W.
W. Hoyt and Tom Curtis, of Boston and
Harvard, had won the sprints and Jump
ing events, there was not a college club
that did not roar with applause and
cheers, and the Princeton tiger growled
uncommonly loud that night, for Bob Gar
rett on the Greek's own ground, actually
outthrew the Greek with tho discus. Par
askcvopoulos, tho Greek champion, suc
cumbed to an American.
That year Greeks, Hungarians, Austri
an?, Germans, French, English, Swiss and
Americans competed, and the Americans
won tho lion's share of the prizes. That
is what they are xolng abroad for this
year.
AH Go the Same Road.
Riley Grannan gone to pieces, dead
broke, $100,000 in debt A few years ago,
says the New York Press, this ex-elevator
monarch of all he surveyed from the car
was acclaimed the greatest plunger the
world ever saw. He had a run of extra
ordinary luck. Now he follows the path
trodden by the Waltons and Jugginses.
There never was a plunger that could
approach Mike Dwyer, who for 20 long
years met In the arena every form of bet
ting ring beast that the broad empire of
the turf could furnish, and who but re
cently was forced to lower his arm. To
mention the name of this younger brother
of the former victorious confederacy Is to
Indicate the summit of hope, the pinnacle
of happiness In the betting man's ambi
tion. Mike Dwyer's isolation ruined him.
He was one against eighty. He kept aloof
from men. He staked his Judgment against
the opinions and machinations of the en
tire ring, and the end was the expected.
Xerrest of the Fads.
In France they are now building auto
mobile trolley lines. The motor vehicles
are fitted with poles connecting their bat
teries with the power furnished by the
trolleys.
Automoblllng Is all the go In tho Na
tional capital, where the universal asphalt
system affords unrivaled opportunities.
Many" Senators, Representatives and Gov
ernment officials "have become autofans,
and will carry their craze back with them
to their districts all over the country.
Some Woman, of Course.
"Pa, what made Love blind?"
"Oh. some woman pulled the wool over
his eyes, I guess." Times-Herald.
HINTS FOR GOLF PLAYERS
BEST METHODS OF PLAYTNG THE
ANCIENT AND ROYAL GAME.
Value of Systematic Practice at
Remedying; Defects of Style Au
thoritatively Shown.
In a recent article in the Chicago Trib
une, Horace G. Hutchinson, the well
known authority on golf, has much to say
concornlng methods of playing the "an
cient and royal game." Explaining to the
uninitiated tho various modes of "driv
ing," he says: t
"Driving off the right leg means driv
ing with the right foot in advance of the
left that is to say, If a line were drawn
from the right toe, as a man addresses
the ball, parallel to the line in which he
Intends to drive, such line would pass In
advance of his left toe. In case of a man
who drives off his left leg, that is, with
the left foot advanced, a similar line
drawn similarly from the point of the
left toe would pass In front of the right
toe. That Is what the terms mean.
bo a Tight way), there Is mighty discus
sion among the faculty, and there always
will be. Good players drive In one way,
and good players drive in another. The
writer has always advocated the left-Ieg-
advanced style for tho golfer who Is learn
ing, believing In this way It is easier for
the unskilled arms to throw themselves
out properly after the ball. Moreover, It
Is to be noticed that It is with the left
leg advanced- that almost all the long
est drivers address the ball, such as Mr.
Edward Blackwell, Douglas Rolland,
Braid (I think) and Twogood. An excep
tion to this rule about the long drivers Is
Vardon (Harry Vardon), but he Is rather
an exception to a good many rules.
"Hits So Blamed Hard."
"Several of us had been rather puzzled
by the length of Vardon's driving, won
dering how It was that he got such a
carry, and then some one, seeing him play
for the first time, and being a close ob
server, said: "Why, of course. It Is easy
to see why he drives so far; he hits so
blamed hard.' It is not a subtle reason.
uTso longh Idde n f o Tuo no
dul pernaps it was Its simplicity
know that it was ever suggested before.
and this was no earlier than the Autumn
of 1S99, when Vardon and Taylor were
playing their great match at Brancaster.
"Of methods of play In this sense there
was never a better example than that
given In this match. It was quite extra
ordlnary that.methods so widely different
YE ATHLETIC
"Wot did der lady give yer.
"I ain't sure wedder it wus
should give results practically Identical
Identical, for the match was halved. Var
don's method Is rather like that of a man
hitting a hard forward drive at cricket
He seems regularly to open his shoulders
and flog at the ball; but It is all done In
such a neat way, the exceptional force
Is under such control, that It Is apt to es
cape one's notice altogether. But It does
not escape the ball's notice.
"On the other hand, the wonder Is that
Taylor, with his tucked-up little swing,
can get the ball to go so nearly up to
Vardon's as he does. Taylor's right el
bow never leaves his side at all, even at
his 'fullest drive. He Is practically play
ing half shots all the time. No doubt we
may read In this fact the explanation of
some of his- wonderful straightness and
steadiness. He io playing one style of
' ' L' ' - j
I
shot the half shot all through the piece,
but there are no half measures about the
length of his drives.
"To say that he plays all his shots In
the manner of the ordinary man's half
shot !s as much as to say he is a most
extreme exponent of the rlght-lcg-forward
style, for with few exceptions all the good
golfers play their half shots with the
right leg advanced. The extremists who
play short strokes with the left foot In
ront are the few who follow Mr. Laid;
lay's manner- He may be taken, as the
extreme Instance of playing off the left
log, as Taylor of playing off the right
For, whereas the latter plays from his
right leg the shots that all the lef t-Ieggers
play off their left leg. so Mr. Laldlay
plays off his left leg even those shots that
the great majority play off the right even
Including the putting strokes.
Vardon's Peculiar Style.
"It is hard to say Vardon plays off his
right leg; for, though his right foot seems
to be Just a little in advance of his left,
yet the forward cricket drive of his actual
stroke must surely bring most of his
weight on the left leg at the moment of
striking; and the question of which leg
the weight rests on mainly at the mo
ment of striking Is only another way of
asking the question whether a man plays
off his right or his left leg. That Is really
what the expression means.
"It Is not the Intention of this short
essay to be didactic, but only discursively
critical, but If any didactic sense bo drawn
from these remarks, the writer would
guard against giving the Impression that
It would be aught but folly for a man
whose style is formed at all, whether it
favors the right leg or the left, to change
it for another. The tyxo may perhaps
And it more easy to get his swing through
if he advances the left leg and lets the
weight come on that as the club comes to
the ball, but It Is a perilous thing to med
dle with a formed style, even though It
be a badly formed one; and, indeed, golf
ers do play good golf In such various
styles, and some of them so unpromising
to all appearance, that it really becomes
hard to say of a style that it is bad, pro
vided the results are fairly good. Any
style that brings the clubhead across the
line of flight of the ball Instead of di
rectly following the line must indeed bo
bad for the driving stroke, but any style
that seems to carry the clubhead correct
ly through Is hardly to be condemned.
The wisdom that proves herself by good
results Is justified of all her children.
"And now, having dealt with our theme
in this cart-before-the-horse fashion, we
may come back to how to practice, and
as for the practice In general vogue
among golfers, it may be dismissed with
the brevity of snakes in Ireland. Golfers
In general do not practice. That is the
sin they commit and, they suffer the con
sequences. They play a deal of golf, "of
course that is quite another matter but
except In the Initial stages of their play,
you hardly ever see a man take out a
club and a few balls and work away at
anything that has been wrong with his
game until he has righted it.
Goaded Into It.
"Now and again a man will be seen so
doing, but It generally means that he has
been goaded into it by a state of mind
approaching desperation. It is a dull
business, this practicing, but it Is worth
the doing, because It saves so much sub
sequent mental anguish if it wins you a
match or two or saves you from losing
them. And there is no doubt about its
saving grace.
"All the billiard instructors and all the
books on billiards will tell you that If you
find a certain stroke on the table both
ering you so that you feel doubtful of
Its accomplishment although you know
you ought to do it whenever it confronts
you, the way to make yourself master of
that stroke is to practice it over and over
again constantly, till you have found out
where your error lay, and can again look
It with confidence In the face.
"It must be no otherwise with golf. The
circumstances ln which we are notably
'off "with one or more clubs are such as
do really arise In the case of the best-regulated
golfers. There is no fiction about
them. The case actually arises sometimes
In which wo find ourselves 'off with every
club at once. This la a desperate case.
It Is one for which we have perhaps no
remedy In practice, and likely enough the
best remedy is a little rest a. little holi
day from golf; for-It may be that we have
lost our keenness, in other words, have
grown stale, and in this condition, It Is.
quite hopeless to attempt anything in the
golf-jlaylng line. Or, again, It may be
that a mild course of medicine Is what
wo require. The case In which practice
Is most hopeful Is the case of being 'off
with a certain club, say the brassle.
There is then the most obvious remedy:
Go out and pracUce with that club only
until Its use presents no more problems
and difficulties. Take out a handful of
balls and drive them oft one after an
other, and then rest awhile, either walk
ing after them, or getting a boy to bring
them back.
Good Advice.
"This monition to. rest awhile Is not to
be disregarded, neither Is it out of place,
for we often see cases of Its gross neg
lect with sad results. It is not at all
uncommon, considering how rarely a man
demeans himself by practicing, in the
true sense, at his golf at all. to see a
golfer drive off ball after ball to the
number of a dozen, with a boy, or more
than one, engaged In returning them suc
cessively, to the end that he wearies
every hitting muscle in his body to such
a degree that he could no longer hit the
ball properly. If his name were to be
changed to Harry Vardon.
"It is most extraordinary to see how
people will go on hitting ball after ball
without cessation, or rather missing them,
without suspecting that all other reasons
apart, their arms are so wearied that they
cannot control the club. Therefore you
may take a handful of balls a few golf
MODERN MAID.
Bill?"
a rIght-cros3 or a uppercut"
balls will load an average fist and drive
these off with driver, brassle, cleek, or
whatever the particular club may be that
you have lost confidence with, and then
pause awhile. A full round, remember,
means on an average not more than 27
full shots, probably not so many. Yet
you rate this as being not altogether
without Its strain on your hitting muscles,
alhough you have all the intervals of
rest while you are walking after the ball.
"Yet many a man may be seenr prac
ticing with such indiscreet energy as to
hammer off all these full shots one after
the other, without any Intermission at all.
Short strokes, of course, such as mashia
approaches and putting, can be practiced
without any such fatigue, and you may
go on continually and with good effect
BOWLERS AND BOWLING
DISSOLUTION OF .KOAD CLUB HAS
IMPORTANT BEARING.
Removes One of Chief Participant
in Game Current News of .
the Alleys.
The dissolution of the Oregon Road Club
removes one of the most prominent bowl
ing organizations of the Northwest. Dur
ing its existence many of our beat-known
and most expert bowlers have been devel
oped. The club, up to 1SS9, was a com
petitor in all championship events, and.
after a number of trials, won the North-"
western championship with a team aver
age which was the association record un
til the present year, when it was beaten,
by a narrow margin, by Multnomah. Tha
club team also captured and suqcessfully
defended against all comers the Felden
helmer challenge trophy, the most desira
ble prize In the association. A number
of association records are still held by tha
members of that club.
During the championship contest of 1S99
somo occurrences at tho Road Club, dur
ing the games with the Seattle Athletic
Club, resulted In a motion being presented
to the association for the expulsion of
this club, but it failed to carry, and the
club retained Its membership. Much bit
ter feeling was aroused, however, and tho
club never recovered Its standing with a
majority of the association clubs, and Its
bowling department, which was Its main
stay, gradually dwindled to almost noth
ing. Reversion of Trophies.
The dlsbandment of this club will csrsa
the two trophies mentioned to revert to
the American Cocked Hat Association, to
which they belong, and the executive
committee will decide what disposition
will be made of them. The probabilities
are that they will be turned over to the
"" - "- A., of this city, as that organ
ization has been a persistent competitor
and deserves possession. Should this ac
tion be taken, the last-named club would
be called upon to defend possession of
the challenge cup against all association
clubs. No doubt this, would be the cause
of making the Feldenhelmer trophy once
more a popular prize.
Tho two-men team tournament at Mult
nomah is getting more Interesting as the
contest progresses. On April 25 the fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth games were
bowled, with clgHt teams lined up. Nona
of the previous week's winners won any
of these games. Mallory and Cullison.
the only scratch team on hand, won two,
and aro tied with Zeller and Langford,
each team with two games won out of
eight played. The following-named teams
have each won ono game: Sydney and
McGinn. Holmes and Wels, Bailey and
Freeman, and Pickering and King. The
scores on April 26 were better than usual,
and some unusually high games were re
corded. City Championship.
Multnomah and the Young Men's Chris
tian Association were scheduled for a
game. In the city championship contest
on the 2Sth of April, but, owing to the
date conflicting with a social entertain
ment at the Y. M. C. A., the event failed
to take place. The approach of good
weather has had a depressing effect on
bowling at the Y. M. C. A., and it is not
probable that any team will be entered
by It in the race, In which event Multno
mah will take the championship by reason
of having beaten the only opposing team.
Commercial, seven out of eight games.
The Penfleld brothers have taken first
place from Reynolds and Nicholls, in the
team contest at the Spokane Athletic
Club, and as the lead is a substantial one.
It looks favorable for the first-named
team to be, the final winners. Reynolds
still maintains an easy lead in individual
average, with 42.50, Conno holding second
place, with 0 flat. The standing of the
teams is:
Played.
Penfleld brothers 27
Reynolds and Nicholls 42
Brasch and Connor 30
Ktllam and Hebbard SO
Ray and Prlmley 30
Butler and Adams- 33
Martindalo and Miller 27
Thompson and Lemon 21
Campbell and Johnson 30
Hunt and Arnold 30
Stanger and Yocum 30
Smith and Scott 27'
Won. Per Ct
20 5 .75'J
30 5 .7t
23.0 .l
22 5 .611
20 5 .523
1G 5 .SOU
13 5 .30t
10 5 .oOO
15 0 .50C
lt 0 .467
14 0 .40U
10 5 -3M
A new combination Craft, Wels, King
and Ball had an easy thing Monday
night, and won the Multnomah team med
als, with a total score that was within
a few pins of the record. The other
teams put up unusually low scores, and
the winners might be better off if they
had saved their big games for some other
night Every man on the winning team
did fine bowling.
Now, You're Talkin'I ,
Wow!
See the gang
Standin' 'round the dope book?
Watch 'cm
glarin' at the bulletin board3.
like their soul was corked up
In 'em.
Look at 'em .,
discussln the results,
and get enter the guys
with the pencils " v
flgurln' with their cuffs
on the percentages, .
and leanln over clgapcojinteTS,
with blood in their eyo
dlsputin' whether Billy could
have done any different
or If that umpire
ought to get his face gouged off.
Look at the tall gent
sittin' on the car
with sportln" pages of
newspapers
heaped aroun him like icebergs,
and throwin his legs In ecstacy
over the feller's lap
next ter him.
What's it matter
If Roberts takes Pretoria,
or if Kruger
corrals another thousand Atklnsesf '
What's the matter
if what's his name finds ;
tho North Pole, or If
Miss Goggin ever gets marrledT
What's the odds
If Mrs. Admiral Dewey
retires from the race,
or any old thing happens T
Doncher know why?
Well.
The ball season
has come,
on' the orphans
has started out In, good shape
to find their .long-lost papa
what's deserted them since
1S8C.
He's hidin under the pennant
fer 1000.
An' they're after him
With a long stick.
Tou bet
Wow! Chicago Times-Herald.
Vaseline as a Lubricant.
Among tho majority of bicyclists the
ordinary oils now being sold, and used as
lubricants do not give entire satisfaction.
The average rider does not care to use
the thin oil, and by those who have made
the easy running of a machine a study
a thick solution provides the best running
medium, particularly In the bearings.
Vaseline is considered by many riders to
be of the most practical use, but there
are some who argue that vaseline Is too
thick, and even when thinned down by
heating, goes back to a sticky state, after
tho machine has stood Idle for a while. As
a precaution against this stiffness a vet
eran rider gives this recipe:
Take the ordinary vaseline, warm it un
til It runs clearly, and then add a few
drops of methylated spirits. Once in tho
bearings. It win be found that they will
run smoothly, and of any stlffnes Is felt
at any time, a few additional drops ot
I spirits will mend matters.