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A blush spread over her pretty face
That seemed to heighten her girlish grace I
She pursed her lips In a rosy bunch
That would tempt a god to a labial lunch.
Ho placed a hand underneath her chin
And ral&cd It a trifle, with blushy grin!
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Bho paid a bet she had lost that's all
On the Omaha-Denver game of ball.
Colorado Springs Gazette.
LIVELY SPORT SCHEDULED
Stanford Ball Tossers Will Sleet
MHltnoraali Olympics Also "Want
to Come The Regattas.
During the past week athletic and
sporting events have been comparatively
few. It was the calm that followed the
storm of the preceding week. The post
poned yacht races were successfully sailed
Saturday evening, and much more Interest
In aquatlo sport was manifest than was
supposed to exist among Portland peop e.
Good, fast baseball was the order of
the day Saturday a week, when the Mult
nomah Club went down to defeat before
the Indians from the Chemawa Training
School. The event had a good effect on
the Multnomah men, as It convinced every
man of tho lot that steady, hard practice
is necessary to bring the team to the high
htate of excellence that Is desired by the
mnagement of baseball affairs and the
amusement-loving public in general.
Coming events are the all-absorbing
topics around the clubhouses, and, at
present, the prospects are favorable for
a lively time during the next few weeks.
Two tennis tournaments are in sight; the
baseball schedule is full; entries for the
annual regatta of tho North Pacific As
sociation of Amateur Oarsmen, which will
bo pulled off here. July 3 and 4. are com
ing in rapidly: the Oregon Yacht Club is
figuring on giving a number of regattas
at short Intervals, and the California ath
letics will probably be on hand July 3-4,
to try conclusions with the Northern ath
letes. Cricket Is forging to the front, and
from present Indications thcro is a good
eeason in sight for all lovers of the old
English game The bowling season Is
drawing to a close; the weather is getting
decidedly too warm for the sport. Monday-night
contests on the Multnomah al
ley J. and one or two friendly games dur
ing the week. Is all the bowling that is
sow being Indulged in.
Bnseball.
California wll send a baseball team
North. Most of the players belong to
Stanford, and the aggregation Is a strong
one. The play ers w III be In Portland June
13 and 16. and a series of games has been
arranged with Multnomah's team. The
vicltois carry only one extra man a
pltther; Landlgan holds down the box
rcgulai'y. He is an old-timer on the base
ball d'amond and Is known to near.y every
ballplayer on the Pacific Coast. Some
new nun arc on the team, but they aro
said to put up fast ball.
Multnc mah's team has been doing good
work In practWMnce Its defeat at the
hands cf the Chemawa Indians. The vic
tory stimulated the players to greater
activity. Every man has been In his
place, whenever a practice game was
called, and the improvement has been
marked. WIndle. who has played during
the earl part of the present season as
captain and socond baseman for the High
Schoo , has Jolt.d the Multnomahs, and
will play en the bavball team. No posi
tion has yet been assigned him. but he js
a good xren in any place Bruce is about
no to his o d form, and Is doing good
work on flrat. Doblo nnd "Whitehead are ,
well up In their rcsprMve positions, and
it Is saro to predict that the local team
will tako at least one game from the !sl- i
1ora, arid wl 1 make a hard fight for the t
other.
Stanford's players have arranged for
an extended tour of the Northwest. Fr m
Portland tJ'cv will ro to Tacoma. Se
attle, Victoria and Vancouver, where
game have been arrargr" Spokane wi 1
come In for some grood baseball during
tiie Fourth of July celebration. The Stan
ford team will spend three days there,
and It Is probable that the Multnomah
team will go up. and that a triangular
league, between Portland. Spokane and
Stanford, win dc lormeu ara a series
of games played in the Northern city.
Oljxnplcs Maj- Come.
The Olympic Athletic Club, of San
Francisco, is anxious to send a comblna
llon track, baseball and rowing team to
Portland for the Fourth of July cele
bration. The arrangements have not been
anmleted as yet. The Multnomah men
are unanimously in iavor of bringing the
Callfornlans north, but much depends on
the action of the Fourth of July commit
tee that has In charge the arrangements
for Portland s celebration.
Tho coming of the Olympic team of
athletes to Portland would be an event
in the athletic year, and the proposition
presented is worth careful consideration
by those who have anything to do with
the matter. The advantages to be derived
are manifold, and the expense that would
be incurred is Insignificant in comparison.
Belonging to the Multnomah Club, of this
city, are enough athletes of established
reputation to make a team that would
give the San Francisco boys a run for
first place, in all track and field events.
iThe Multnomah baseball team has been
Hecussed at length, and if the boys can
play a winning game with Stanford, there
s no reason in the world why they should
1st put up ball that would be interest-
is for the crack San Francisco Olympics.
July 3 and 4 are the dates set fcr
the annual regatta- of the North Pacific
Association of Amateur Oarsmen. If the
Olympic crew comes north, the event will
be a representative Coast affair, and
would add much interest to the occa
sion. It would complete a round of ath
letic competitions that would mark an
epoch in Portland sporting history.
Seattle ha been making arrangements
for a big athletic carnhal In that city as
a part of the Independence Day celebra
tion. The City of Seattle has volun
teered to pay the expenses of holding P.
N. A. games, under the auspices of the
Seattle Athlete! Club, If they can be
pulled off on July 4. Multnomah Club,
of Portland, has been communicated
with and requested to send a team to the
Sound to compete. If the proposition
made to Portland by the Olympic Club
Is turned down, the field and track team
of the Multnomah Club will go to Seat
tle without a 'doubt, and the lovers of
sport In this city will have no other ath
letic events than the big rowing and
sailing regattas.
TcnnlK.
Entries for the round-robin tennis tourn
ament closed Friday evening, and the
first game of the series waa played off
on the M. A. A. C. courts yesterday even
ing. In this style of tournament, each
player meets every other player, for the
best CO points, changing serve every six
points. The player who has the greatest
number of points when the contest Is
closed Is declared winner. This eliminates
the element of chance, and gives the rela
tlve ranking of the contestants as nothing
else does.
A great many players na'io entered for
this tournament, and as all are playing
from scratch, much Interest in manifested
in the game.
Two tennis tournaments have jurt been
completed on the courts of the California
Club, in San Francisco. In the state
championship meet, George E. Whitney de
feated Robert "Whitney by a score of 6 I,
62 and C I, thereby -mnnlng the cham
pionship. The brothers played a ter
rific game, and the contest was not won
without a struggle. The playing of both
was superb. The winner excelled at vol
leying, and he forced the play from Ftart
to finish. Robert "Whitney, smashed all
lobs with great force into the corners ot
the court.
In the academic- meet, McGavln and
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PORTLAND ACADEMY BASEBALL NINE, OF 1000.
The Fcldcnhelmer trophy, offered as a price to the winner of the championship ot the Inter-Scholastic Baseball League for 1000. goes to the Portland Academy nine, which has a rec
ord of set en victories and only one local defeat during the present season. The clcer lads composing the team defeated the Portland High School nine. In tho only two games played of
the series between the two; the Bishop Scott Academy players, two out of three times; thaVancomer High School boys twice, and the Portland Dental College team in one game. They
were defeated by the Bishop Scott youngsters, in the contest of April 21. The composition of the team is as follows:
Catcher, Stott; pitchers. Hudman and 3rlstol; first base, Pease (captain); second base, Ewing, third base, Gates; shortstop, Chalmers; left field. Woodward: center field, Barber, and
risht field, Labbe (manager).
Rosenberg, of the Lowell High School,
carried off the honors easily.
Don liner.
Tho Multnomah bowling medals changed
hands again last Monday evening. They
have been in circulation &i Winter, and
as soon as one aggregation wins them
twice, a new crowd comes along and takes
them away. E. Langford organized a new
team last Monday evening, that put the
old bowlers out. and talked away with
the coveted trophies, rcngford led with
a flat score of 1E2, which, with his allow
ance of 20, put him up to 202. Cullison's
team, followed, a good second. The men
were unsteady, and bowled high and low.
Bailey bowled 51 in the first game, and
finished up with 60 In the fourth. It
took him some time to get his eye. Holmes.
who bowled on Iangford's team, was not
nearly up to his standard. Pickering also
"fell down." and ended with a total of but
1C6 pins for the four games.
Cricket.
Two teams -met on Multnomah field yes
terday afternoon and opeend the cricket
season. One was composed of appreni
tlce boys from the British ships In the
harbor, and the other' of members of the
Portland Cricket Club. A large number of
spectators watched the game, and consid
erable enthusiasm was manifest. Tha
sailor team was organized by Fred An
drew s, who is an ardent admirer of cricket,
as well as of tennis.
Arrangements are still pending between
the cricket-players and the Waerly Golf
Club regarding the location of permanent
cricket grounds. The matter will probably
be decided in the near future.
Interetliijr Events.
C. E. Dvorak, of Michigan University,
has been startling the Eastern athletes
with his vaulting. At the "Western Inter
collegiate meet, recently held In Chicago,
Dvorak went over tho bar at 11 feet 2
Inches, breaking the old "Western record of
11 feet. Later he cleared 11 feet 6 Inches,
breaking the Intercollegiate record of 11
feet 5 inches, held by R. G. Clapp, of Yale.
Clapp, however, still holds the world's
record of 11 feet 10 Inches.
Dvorak's performance was, without
doubt, a splendid performance. The mark
he set, howecr, Is llkety to be smashed
by young Heater, of Pacific College, who
has gone oer 11 feet 3 inches, under un
favorable circumstances, and is thought
by good judges to be good for 11 feet 6
or 7 Inches. .WILLIE ATKINS.
3IOVE IN RIGHT DIRECTION.
Proposed Bicycle Club, With Tovrn
nnd Country Quarters.
There is considerable talk around town
of forming a cyclers' club, patterned after
the clubs of the East. With the exception
of the old Zlg-Zag Club of the East Side,
which came to grief three or .four years
ago, there has never been an exclusive
organization of bicyclists in the city, and
een that crowd
riders could hardly ,
be called a club, as the only thing done
by them was to have an occasional "run"
along the suburban streets and roads.
If the new project Is carried out. It will
be a credit to the city. The scheme, as
now discussed, is to have, as a home,
the buildings of the lately defunct Oregon
Road Club. These would be ideal quar
ters for an organization of the kind pro
posed, being already fitted with a bicycle
house, containing racks, workshop, shower-baths
and otner requisites. There- are
also the large clubrooms proper, where
the members could socially spend the
Winter evenings, when it is to wet to use
the rubber-tired steed.
It is also proposed to locate a country
home" for the club members, where they
can rest after their ride, and be served
with light luncheons. This place would
be " 'way out of civilization." with plenty
of surrounding ground, improvised games
of baseball, golf, tennis and other similar
j sports. .The projectors think they would
consider bicycle racing out of their line,
except as a means of fostering an occa
elonal road race among real amateurs.
INTERS CnOLASTIC BASEBALL.
Good PlaylHS ly the Youngsters in
the LeaBae Contest.
Tho Portland Academy baseball team
has decided to rest on its laurels, and the
scheduled third game -with the High
School tbys will not be played. The acad-
I any deserves great credit for the winning
i of the InterschoIastSc series, and thereby
jthe trophy. "With but an apology for a
team last Winter, the boys began a thor
ough system of practice, and, after a few
1 changes, brought out a nine that would
do credit to any athletic ciuo on xat
Coaet. One of the difficulties they had
to contend with was the lack of pitchers.
their man, llardman, toeing a teacher, and
J thun Ineligible to serve in. the box during
a game of the regular series.
xne -Uisnup ojvjll aiuciu) utw uic mail
ing of a good team, but the boys ar
too Inexperienced. Swingler, at short
stop, and Templin, at first, in the field,
and as pitcher, are regarded as the cham
pions of the league in their respective po-
Jeltions. and could, for the trying, prob
ably secure places on Murtnomah 0 team.
Weatherford, the captain, is a little slow
at times, "but is an accurate player, and
by some Is thought to control his men
better than any other captain in the
league.
The High School team has no excuse for
its poor .showing. A leading team last
5-ear, it has put up the rankest kind of
ball this. This- Is prfcrbably due to over-
confidence and lack of praotlce.
j Tho league games, as a whole, were
very satlsfactory't being full of the "gin
ger" and life distinguishing school and
, coHcge players. Crowds of from 3C00 to
i 3000 were present at every game, and were
1 well satisfied with the Invariably close re
sults.
PROTECTS IlIDER'S FACE.
Young Bicyclist's Invention to Make
"Wheeling Easier.
Another bicycle Invention. It will keep
the wind from blowing Into the rider's face
and will enable him to make much better
speed. The apparatus was Invented by a
country boy, who has spent the greater
part of his short life in bicycle-racing.
Being annoyed by the rush of wind In his
face, he thought out the Idea and then put
it into practice.
The "protector," as the Invention 13 j
called. In conical In shape, and being maac .'
o aluminum, is ery light. When it t
stands en the ground It is six feet high at
Its tallest point, and has the same length j
from the apex cK. the cone to the center
of the planfof its base. The apex of the
cone, when the "protector" is In position
on the wheel, is three feet three inches '
from the ground. Th case of the cone !
is not entirely circular In shape, for the !
reason that the bottom portion is cut out ,
triangularly, so that the front wheel of ,
the bicycle will be Inside the "protector. ,
The rider can see by means of two clr-
cular mirrors and a circular piece of plate
glass, wnicn are inserted in tne top 01 me ;
"protector. ' There Is an opening which
points ahead in the direction of the path
of the rider, and an opening inside of the
"protector," so that the rider can Iook
Into it. Over the opening which is on the
outside Is the circular piece of plate gl&9.
This is put there to keep the' wind from
rushing into the reflector and thence into
the rider's face. Inside of this appliance
are -two of the very' best French plate
glass mirrors. These are so constructed
as to fit into the two corners of the re
flector, where they will ssnd the rays of 1
light to the Inside opening. Therefore,
when the rider looks into the opening he
will see an exact reproduction of the out
side scenery.
Multnomah. "Try-Out." ,
"Try-outs'' for the half-mile run were
held Thursday evening at Multnomah
Field. Those entered were: Zan, Blumen
thal, Arnold and Hansen. The start was
a eood one. all the contestants srettlng
off the mark at tho crack of the pistol,
and running the first two laps almost
aTbreast of each other. Here Zan and
Blumenthal spurted and set the pnee for
the rest. The run of the last half lap
AND WINNERS OF FELDENHEIMER TROPHY.
' "was nip and tuck, Zan finally w Inning out
In the excellent time of 2:08 1-5, with
Blumenthal about two yards behind him.
Third place w:as eecured by Arnold.
Y. M. C. A. Tennis Meet.
The Young Men's Christian Association
is arranging for a termls .tournament,
to come off some time next week. Charles
Mackle and Rev. Huber Ferguson, who
have the matter in hand, report an entry
list of about 20. The question they have
to decide Is whether to make the contest
a handicap one, or place the men In sev
eral classes, according to their sk'll In
handling the racquet. JThe two courts of
the association. On Tenth and Columbia
streets have been smoothed and newly
screened, and are now as good as any In
tho cltyf "- -- v.
FIGHT PICTURES "FAKED"
CONEY ISLAND SPORTS TAKEN, BAG
AND BAGGAGE, INTO CAaia-.
Reproduction of Cprbett-Jefltries
Contest That Puzzled Not a.
Few "Wise Gothamltcs.
It Is a recognized fact that the best place
to gull the public Is Coney Island. AH
sorts of games have been played there in
years gone by with more or less success.
But one of the most effective schemes yet
seen down by the wavelets was intro
duced last weeek. So much has been writ
ten and said'about the various big prize
fights that the pub.Ic appears to be ready
to tako stock In anything that relates
to the more prominent pugilists. The
battle between Corbett and Jeffries turned
out to be so interesting that there has
been a feeling of universal regret among
the sporting fraternity that It was im
possible for many to be at the ringside
to witness the encounter. Had the battle
been photographed as the Jeftries-Shar-key
contest was. its reproduction would
have netted thousands of dollars In profits.
The failure of the management to take
pictures was Immediately realized as a
mistake.
Consequently the appearance of adver
tisements that a reproduction of the
movements of Corbett and Jeffries could
be obtained for fair rates from a Phila
delphia firm caused much consternation
on the part of Tom O'Rourke, manager
of the Seaside Sporting Club, where the
fight was held; William A. Brady, man
ager of Jeffries, and George F. Considlne,
manager of Corbett. These men. believ
ing that the fight had been surreptitiously
photographed by small picture-taking ma
chines secreted by operators near th
ring, had a big sign painted which was
hung up outside of the clubhouse, and
read as follows:
Any person carrying a camera of any kind
will not be admitted to this building.
Coincident with the posting of this no
tice was the announcement that the al
leged pictures of the fight w ould be placed
on exhibition In a big concert hall on
Coney Island's Bowery, not far away.
So when some of the sporting men who
went down to see the McPartland-Ernst
flgnt on "Tuesday night last finished eat
ing dinner, they took a stroll through
the Bowery. They were soon confronted
Dy a brazen-lunged barker, who yelled:
"Here They Are, Gentsi"
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' Herf thf are- s,en!fi! wy 'or
the only pictures of tho Corbett-Jeffrles
light, taken from life at the ringside and
put on exhibition here for the first time
jn jjew york! They're on the level, gents,
as any one c&n see so step rlgnt ,n, It
don.t cost a ccnU except JOU have to buy
a beer Come 0f y don.t be bashful!
Here.a a fi&ht for nothing that would have
cost t0 see Ir& the real article!"
And he bawled and bellowed while a
1o strt.flin f men filed In and took seats
at the tables.
"There's 23 rounds to this, fight," con
tinued the barker. "It shows Corbetfs
science and it shows Jeffries when he
copped his man on the point of the Jaw
and knocked the stuffin out of him.
Twenty-three rounds, gents, and It don't
cost a cent! You get good beer for your
nickel!"
"Why, that's a funny thing." said
Joseph Dunn, the official timekeeper of
the Seaside Sporting Club, who came
along with a party of friends. "No pic
tures of that fight were taken. I'll bet
5100 these pictures are" fakes."
"Naw, they ain't fakes," replied the
barker, who had overheard the remark.
"They're Just as the fight was. see? Come
on In here and see If they ain't! Don't
be blocking up the passage, but come
"Well go In," said Dunn; "and If they
ain't on the level, we'll come and see
you."
By this time there was not even standing-room
and the lights had been lowered.
j Upon tthe canvas screen stretched across
ine stage curtain was tne announcement
that the pictures about to be shown
were the genuine. When the first round
was displayed the crowd was struck
dumb. For there, sure enough, were two
fighters, who looked like Ccrbett and
Jeffries, sitting in chairs surrounded by
their seconds, who were putting on their
gloves and getting them ready for the
fray. In the background banked up high
er than the tops of the ring ropes, were
perhaps 100 or more spectators, who
were waving rolls of bank notes aloft and
apparently trying to bet all kinds of
money. The fighters were not In the
usual corners, diagonally across the ring,
but occupied the two furthermost from
the camera, so that they could be easily
seen between rounds. In the foreground
were the reporters, each of whom was
banging away on a typewriter.
While the fighters were making ready,
the referee, supposed to be Charles
"White, he of the shining pate an,d gleam
ing smile, took off his coat and hung it
over the ropes. Then he rolled up his
shirt sleeves and made a low 'bow, wnere
upon, the principals shook hands and the
battle was on. The pugilist supposed to
be Corbett Immediately began the most
rapid kind of feinting and foot work. In
fact Iris sprinting was so fast that it
looked like a race .between two pro
fessionals at a country fair, for Jeffries,
or rather the fighter who was supposed
to be the champion, chased his antag
onist around the ring for about 43 sec
onds. That was the end of the round, and
when the men sat down In their corners,
their handlers began waving towels and
throwing water on them in the usual way.
This was all in plain view of the crowd
in the concert-hall, which was still dum
founded. The spectacular crowd in the
back of the ring In the picture seemed
in a frenzy of excitement, and even the
reporters in the foreground stopped drum
ming on the typewriter Just long enough
to wave their hats above their heads.
"It's a fake sure," said Dunn to his
friend's. "I never saw a reporter wave
his hat above his head at a big fight in
my life. Why, the newspaper men don't
have time to think. let alone take oft
their hats and cheer. Another thing.
Tho fighters ain't in the right corners,
and the spectators behind, the ring are
banked up so high that you can't see
the top row. Anybody can see it's a
fake because the seats back of that par
ticular side of the ring at the fight the
other night were empty."
In less than half a minute the second
round was on. This also lasted less than
one minute, and was very much like tho
first round. The crowd In the concert
hall, however, did not see anything wrong
about the pictures, for the reason that
only a few of them had seen the original
fight. A3 Corbett proceeded to land his
rapid left-handers In Jeffries' face in the
next four rounds, there were cries of:
"Good boy, Jim. soak It to him!"
Jeffries can't fight, he's a lobster!" "Hoo
ray for Corbett, he'll win!" "Look at
the way he's Jabbing the champion's
nose!" "There's Billy Brady in the cor
ner wiping the sweat off his forehead.
I bet he's sick!" "There's 'Honest' John
Kelly In the background, the fellow with
the big diamond. Can't you see him!
He's betting 513,000; he's got the mone?
in his hands thero!" "That's right, Char
ley White, get In and break 'em!" "It'J
a hot fight, ain't It?"
Croxrd Yelled for Joy.
The ninth round, in which Corbett had
Jeffries on the ragged edge, as will be
remembered, was faithfully reproduced.
It was so realistic that the crowd in the
concert-hall stood up and yelled for Joy.
Then everybody told Corbett to knock
the big champion out. Meanwhile tha
waiters were not deterred from doing their
duty on account of the darkened hall,
though there was scarcely room for them
to walk aibout, and they did not spill a
drink. They did a rushing trade, too.
WTien the 15th round was over, a big
sporting man. who attends all the fights,
said in a loud voice: "That ain't Jeffries
at all. That feller In the picture hasn't
got any nalr on his chest, and If tha
real Jeffries could get hold of him he
would break him In two. That Corbett In
the picture moves around very much like
Frank Erne, the lightweight champion.
It's a clever fake at that. The on'y thing
that I see particularly wrong is that thera
ain't a h?ir on any part of Referee
White's head, and everybody knows that
Charlie's got a fringe around the back ol
his head on a level with his ears. It also
seems to me as if that White in the pic
ture has a mustache, but he's doing so
much running around that nobody can
get a good line on his face. He's also
got a chicken walk that the real White
never had. but his make-up otherwise is
very good."
"Here comes the 20th round," said
Timekeeper Dunn, "and now we'll see
where Corbett did his great running act
for which he was hissed."
The picture showed that Corbett's tac
tics had been well studied. At last came
the 23rd round, and the knock-out. The
crowd was on tiptoe. Jeffries, it will be
remembered, knocked out Corbett with
a straight left lead in the shape of a
Jolt on the chin. In the picture, Jeffries,
after rushing Corbett to the proper place,
directly in front of the reporters, swung
a right on the Jaw and then a sweeping
left-hand swing on the side of the head,
which knocked Corbett down 'backward,
his head sticking out through the ropes.
Just as the pompadour boxer had done
In the real fight, his prototype in the pic
ture writhed as If In pain. He attempted
to get up, and then sank down, while the
referee with the bald head counted him
out. Then a crowd of spectators Jumped
Into the ring, followed by the police, who
were swinging clubs In lively fashion.
After this there was a general handshak
ing among the principals, seconds, report
ers and officials, and the lights were
turned up In the concert-hall.
How It Is Done.
"These pictures were faked," said a
man, who said he knew ail about them.
after the show, "or rather," he added,
"the fight was faked, down in Phila
delphia the day after the big mill was
decided. There's a fellow there who's
made a study of It and who's also coined
money with fake pictures of the Jeffries
Fitzslmmons fight. He has a number of
professional pugilists on his 3taff. and aa
soon as a big fight has been decided,
he gets the various newspaper accounts
of the rounds and selects two men to
learn the fight by heart, as It has been
written. He also has several skilled ex
perts who attend the real fights and note
various peculiarities, such as knock-downs
and the knock-outs.
"In order to reproduce the Corbett-Jeffrles
fight this man got a boxer who
is particularly skilful and who is about
Corbett's build. He made him put on a
pompadour wig and a white breech clout
just as Corbett wore. Then he picked out
a big fellow to represent Jeffries, but
he couldn't get anybody as big as the
champion. With a black wig on and
black trunks the alleged champion looked
all right. The principals were then or
dered to study the rounds and to stand
up and fbox them under instructions. They
spent a whole day of this and gradually
learned the fight "oy heart When every
thing was ready a crowd of supers wero
let into tho studio and were arranged In
the background to represent spectators.
To make It more realistic the reporters
and their typewriters were put In, which
was an Innovation. The man who was se
lected to referee was about the build
of Charley White and wore a bald-headed
wig. He was in his shirt sleeves, just
as White was, and saw the original ref
eree perform at the Island. Then the
fight was started, and the pictures were
taken. Of course, mistakes will happen
under the circumstances, but all things
considered, the pictures show careful
study." New York Sun.
Gifted.
When the skies are warmly blue
And the trees aro leaved anew,
I don't have to go and play
Golf to pass the time awy.
I don't have to change my clothes
Just to strike an Idle pose.
tLoafing's something, ddn't you see.
That comes natural to me.
I disdain the dashing wheel:
.Horsemanship does not appeal
To my fancy. Where's the sensa
In such arduous indolence?
Speed away in eager turn
Tou who ere you loaf must learn;
Con the laggard's a b c
It comes natural to me.
Washington Star.
Exclusive Privilege.
A peculiar Instance of the privileges
that some of the divisions of the League
of American Wheelmen secure for their
members Is reported from Baltimore.
There the Maryland division has secured
a concession from the street railroad com
panies, whereby only members of the
League of American Wheelmen are al
lowed to put their wheels upon the street.
cars. In case of breakages or other cause
which would prevent tho use of the ma-
cninea - -
NICKNAMES OF CYCLISTS
CURIOUS SOBRIQUETS GIVEN PRO
FESSIONAL RIDERS.
Aptly BestOTred to Marie IndlVlJluaX
Peculiarities or Strutting: Per
formances Atrbeel
Many bicycle riders on the clrcut today
are known by names which bear no -resemblance
to those given them1 "by their
fond parents. Few Indeed have ever es
caped wearing soubriquets, except those
that ore practically new to the game".
All the old riders, those who came into
the game prior to '06, enjoy some pe
culiar nickname.
Perhaps the mo'tt common name, because
more generally accepted by the public,
was that of "Cannon," as applied to
Eddie Bald, which fitted In so nicely wlthi
his last name as to give the impressioa
of a "cannon ball." It was exactly the
Impression that Bald used to give the
other copnteatants In races, by starting
from the push-off as if shot out of a
cannon.
Another well-known name Is that o
"The Jersey Skeeter," as applied to Ar
thur A. Zimmerman. There was another
name which Zimmerman wore before ha
attained tho title or 'King of Cyclists.'
In the old days, when he rode a Star ma
chine and succeeded In winning prizes on
It once In a while, he won the name of
"The GTlnder." In the light of his sub
sequent fame, this name was lost.
"Wooden Shoes" Sanger.
Another of these names quite generally
known was that of "Wooden Shoes," ap
plied to Sanger. He was a big German,
and the name fitted him no better than
the shoee would. Jlmmle Michael wa3
called "The Midget," "because he lacked
the Inches to be anything else. Fred
Titus. In his popular days, was known aa
"Marble Heart," because he rode an In
dividual race, w tihout regard to any other
rider. John Iawson Is known as "The
Terrible Sw ede," because of his national
ity and the fact that he was terrible in a
sprint.
Jay Eaton won his name of "Indoor
King" by Inaugurating a. epeed In Indoor
races possible to no other rider. Earl
Klser was called "The Dayton Dumpling,"
because he hailed from Dayton. The lat
ter part of the name Is said to have
been given him by a woman who was
much taken with his successful efforts at
a race meet one day, and who was im
pressed "by his diminutive stature and
his plumpness. Tom Cooper, last year's
champion, was called "King" Cooper, be
cause of his ability to defeat other rlderb.
"3Iile-a-MInnte" Mnrpny.
There Is one man who won his title in
a very peculiar manner. It was given to
him In the manner of a slurring criti
cism, but today he wears it in all honor,
being the only man In the world who has
ever ridden a mile faster than a minute.
"Mlle-a-Mlnuti" Murphy, as other riders
call CJarles M. Murphy, was regarded as
a sort of mild "crank" or "boaster," be
cause he promised to ride a mile in a
minute behind a railway train.
Murphy got no end of advertising out
of his proposed attempt, but it did him
no good. People pointed out that other
riders who had defeated him on the track
were better fitted for any such perform
ance. Every one knows how Murphy
demonstrated that he was the one fitted
for this feat. He had what other riders
lack, the courage of h's convictions, a
truly wonderful nerve and the ability to
pedal with lightning speed where there
was. no wind resistance.
BAIT ON DRINKING PLAYERS.
President of the American League
Advises "Blacklisting."
Baseball players with a tendency to look
upon the wine when it Is red will, says
the Chicago Times-Herald, be few and
far between, providing the movement set
on foot by President Johnson, of the
American League, should take root. Mr.
Johnson has made a proposition to some
of the leading members of the American
and National Leagues to blacklist every
player who refuses to keep sober during
the ball season, and It may go further and
Include those who are In the habit of
"loading" up In the Winter time.
President Johnson thinks that such a
step would meet with favor with the baseball-going
public, and would be of in
calculable benefit to the ballp.ayers them
selves. It would practically put a player
under as strict a discipline as a soldier,
and it would he'p to keep the sport clean
and free from those disgraceful scenes
that now and then take place on the dia
mond. Those opposed to the movement argue
that there Is no need for such a restric
tion over the players, and these main
tain that there are not enough players
who transgress to make It necessary to
lmposa additional rules. Mr. Johnson,
however, maintains that he will bring the
matter to an issue at the earliest practica
ble moment. He says the movement Is
bound to receive support from all those
who like to see the national game clean.
"I have thought over the matter a great
deal." said President Johnson, In speak
ing of the new move,fftand .the, irldre I
think of it the more'l am1 in"favor of
Inaugurating It. I do not mean to Infer
that the players In our league and in
others are a lot of drunkards. Far from
that; but now and then a player will im
bibe too freely and bring disgrace on the
sport. By- ha-vlng stringent rules a player
will think twice before starting out on a
tour of carousing.
"If we are to have any rules I want
them to be stringent, some that won't bo
elastic. If it Is proved that a player Is
an habitual drinker, a drunkard. If you
pleass, he should bo warned. If he does
not change, then drastic measures should
be taken and he should be barred from all
ball leagues.
"At first this may" seem severe, but If
tho player thinks It over he will soon
find out that it Is to his advantage. It
will elevate the sport, and much of the
rowdyism will forever be eliminated from
the game. Some might say that barring
a player would be a species of black
listing. That Is exactly what it would
be, but I am sure that the public would
support us. No one wants to have a
drinking player, either on or off the field.
"Tha rules should be inclusive. They
should be operative In all the professional
leagues. When one league puts the ban
on a player Is should be observed, and
for that matter it would of necessity have
to be. One league cannot, even under tho
Drcsent arrangement or under the na
tional agreement, engage a player that la
under the ban by some other league. A
player who would persist in violating tha
ru.es would soon find that his occupation
would be gone, and it would be a warning
to others."
President Hart, of the Chicago club,
said he was in favor of the movement,
If It could be proved that it was neces
sary. "There have been some cases of drunk
enness in the National League," he said,
"but they have been few. As a rule, a
man that drinks doesn't last long, and he
being his own worst enemy, soon finds
himself on the outside. No club-owner
wants a drunken player, and If he has one
he will soon get rid of him. The Idea
Is good and should be encouraged; but
speaking for my own club and the Na
tional League, I hardly see that It Is
necessary."
It is understood among baseball men
that President Johnson will bring the
question up at the annual meeting of his
league next Fall. He will ask the dif
ferent club-owners to Indorse It, and there
are several men willing to move for its
adoption in the National Leagus.