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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1901)
23 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAtf. PORTLAND, OCTOBEK 13, 1901. THE Today Ends Baseball Season. Review of Work of Northwest League An "All-Stars" Nine. Today marks the end of the season of the Pacific Northwest Baseball League. It has proved the most, successful base ball season ever "witnessed in this part of the country. The people have given the teams good support, and large crowds have attended the games, particularly in this city. In point of attendance, Seat tle seems to rank second, -while in Spo kane and Tacoma the game -was not so well patronized. The club managements in those cities have, however, expressed themselves as being satisfied. Spokane was expected to turn out lib erally at games, but the club there played in hard luck. The players did not prove satisfactory, at the lirst of the season, and several changes had to be made: a number of the new players received In juries -which kept them from playing the "kind of ball expected, and people lost In terest In the game. In Tacoma the situation -was somewhat similar, the main cause of the lack of In terest being McCloskey's hard luck with crippled players. In the last series played by Tacoma the last two games were transferred to Seattle, because the attend ance at the home city did not justify the finishing of the series there. Next Tuesday the annual meeting of the league magnates will be held in Seattle. It will settle up the business for the sea son, and elect a. league president for next year. There Is no doubt that the present incumbent, Mr. "VT. H. Lucas, will be re elected to the position which he has so ably filled this year. No one has been placed in opposition to him, and if any objection at all is made to his re-election, it iwll, it is likely, come from Tacoma. Some of the Tacomans have been letting off a, little hot air over Mr. Lucas, but It Is not expected that the city's repre sentatives at the league meeting will or ganize a definite opposition to him. After the league meeting, Mr. Lucas will return to Portland, to finish up the league business and get out the players' averr ages. Ke expects to leave for the East about the latter part of this, or the first of next wrek. to attend the meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, In New York, October 24 An "All-Star" Team. The choice of an "all-star" team from the members of the four teams in the Northwest League has been a matter of discussion about town. Until after the averages have been given out, a selection would be difficult. However, the general faentlment among the "fans" seems to crystalize in favor of this list: For first base. Hurley,' of Seaftle, ap pears to be the favorite, although Ma haffcy is also well thought of. Hurley, however, is a better hitter than the Port and player, and is a handier man on the bases. As far as fielding the position is concerned, the honors are about equal. For second base Anderson, of Portland, is generally conceded to be the best man In the league. He is a heavy, hitter and knows how to Held his position. Kid Peoples, of Seattle, is the choice for alter nate. Tinker, of Portland, should, the wise acres declare, have no trouble In being selected for third bag. He has, It is con tended, shown himself to be the best man at that position in the league, and he is also baiting well up toward .300. At shortstop McCarty, of Tacoma, is head and shoulders above any of the rest of the players. He Is after every chance and handles the ball in a clean manner which is worth the price of admission to see; moreover, his batting Is heavy and effective. In left field, the choice is between Mul ler, of Portland, and Bodie, of Seattle. Bodie is the stronger hitter, but Muller is a better man on the bases. In fielding they are both top-notchers, But Muller's work seems to be slightly superior. Center-field would seem to fall to Hurl burt, of Spokane. He both fields and bats to better advantage than Flannery, who would be the second choice. Lynch, of Tacoma, would probably get the right lield, in preference to Weed, because of his batting qualities. Their fielding work is about caual. For catcher, Sammy "Vigneux would seem to be best qualified. His work be hind the bat is strictly up to the mark, and his support of the pitcher is more noticeable than that of any of the other catchers. In throwing to second he Is without an equal in the league. Zear f oss and Frary. of Seattle, are both strong men behind the bat, but they do not play the game that Vigneux does. The hardest choice is that of the pitch ers. Three may be named. Glendon, perhaps, shows up the cleverest. He fields his position best, and he Is also a strong batter. His delivery is swift and effective, and he Is steady. Salisbury, the Reliable. Salisbury Is easily the headiest twlrler In the league. Game in and game out, he is the same old Salisbury. His .pitch ing Is slow and deliberate, and his steadi ness is remarkable. He does not field his position as well as Glendon, but when he accepts a chance, he usually "gets there." St Vrain Is a southpaw who is pitching good ball for Tacoma, and the choice of a third pitcher might, perhaps, lie be tween him and Engle. Hickey is young yet and is a "comer" In time he will, it is quite likely, rank with the best of them, but as yet he has "failed to deliver the goods," except in one of his games at Seattle. For pitchers on the "All Star" team the choice seems to narrow to Glendon, Salisbury and St. Vrain or En gle. Of course, in picking an "all-star" team, nearly every person would make a some what different selection; still the list given herewith should come near the mark, lor it was made tip as the result of persistent inquiry among those whose con nection with, or love for, the National game, in this city, best qualifies them to express an opinion on the subject. The majority of those persons consulted prac tically agreed In the foregoing selection of an "All-Star" Northwest baseball nine. McCloskey says that he will not be with the Tacoma team next year. "No, sir," said he, "not If they gave me $500 a month." Now $500 a month is a good sal ary, and John had better reconsider, that Is, if the Tacoma club offers it to him. Mclntyre, Zearfoss, McCarthy, St. Vrain, Lynch and Flannery claim that they are exempt from reservation, in which case It Is possible that they will not be seen with Tacoma next season. Engle Was Absent. Engle was conspicuous by his absence from the game in the recent Portland Spokane series. He pitched the second game and the exhibition game at Hills boro, but during the remainder of the se ries he was not to be seen on the bench. Glendon played in every game of the ae ries, pitching two games and part of an other. Mahaffey was out of the game until last Sunday, when he returned to his usual position. Vigneux had a sore foot and only caught two games of the series. Grim caught in the other three and showed up fairly well for a man who has been on the bench all season. Fay, the ex-Fontella player, made his first appearance here with the Spokane team, as a professional baseball player. Danny Shea, another local ballplayer, caught three games for the Bunchgrassers while they were here. Swindell-was un able to attend to his duties behind the bat, on account of a split finger, and Lougheed and Shea did his wdrk while his team was here, Charley covering the first bag. This afternoon a double-header will be played on t-ie local club grounds be tween Portland and Tacoma, The first game is' the last one of the Pacific North west League series, while the second Is to be an exhibition affair. The Portland Baseball Club has offered a fine silk um brella to each player on the winning team. Since a number of the Portland boys are to remain here during the "Win ter, it will be up to them to win the game and secure the rain sticks, so that they can keep the Oregon dampness off than during the winter. BEAT LOCAIi BOWIiIXG RECORD. Cnllison's Tcr.ni Did the Trick at 3Iultnomah Last Week. Cullison's aggregation of bowlers cap tured the medals in the weakly bowling contest at the Multnomah Club last week. His is a sciatch team, and the men were all in fine form; they finished the four games with a score of 783, the highest scratch four-man team score on record in this city. The total only lacked three pins of breaking the record of a team, with an allowance, and if Bailey had bowled in the same form that the others on the team did, that record would have also been smashed. The previous scratch Tecord was held by a team composed of Cullison, Picker ing, Idleman and Buckman, which made a total of 777 several years ago, on the al leys in the old Multnomah Club. Tho best individual score of the team was Sigler's G2 for a single game, and of 201 for four games. Mallory made' the same final score, but 55 was his high single game score. Ball's team finished, in second place again this week, with Captain Ball at the head. He made CI, and 52, but his first game was a little short, and the total lor the four games was but 192. Jay Oliver, an old Oregon Road Club bowler, made his appearance on Brig ham's team. Monday night, and carried off the honors from his associates. Brig ham lorced himself up to second place. Whether It was through the kindness of Pittock and Holman, or whether he is returning to his old form is matter for conjecture. Kahn returned to captain his team Tuesday night, and made a good score for a man who has been undr the weather for the length of time he has. Holmes team Tuesday night showed "cold feet." It bowled the first three games all right, but the scores were not within reaching distance of those of Cullison's bowlers on the previous night, and when the fourth game was bowled "Weis was the only one to finish it. Holmes, Ford and Statter just quit, pre sumably because they saw that it would be impossible to get the medals. The v ID y fc hJ PLAYERS. iRiliSilglp: 1 I J! t- - i- Sigler 5S 62 40 41 oi 201 Mallory 43 52 51 55 0 201 Cullison 43 59 55 42 0 1U9 Bailey 41 42 42 57 0 1&2 Totals 1S5 215 1SS 195 y 0 7S3 Ball r. 31 61 48 52 0 192 Zellar 41 53 44 S2 16 186 Abendroth 3S 40 31 S3 24 166 Habighorst 31 23 60 33 16 163 Totals 141 177 1S3 150 56 707 Oliver 3S 39 40 45 C2 19i Brigham 24 41 51 27 28 171 Pittock 23 27 35 2fa 44 loo Holman 30 21 21 25 36133 Totals 115 12S 147 123 140 (S3 Rauert ., 32 4S 31 31 2S 170 Hahn 38 38 36 26 28 166 Routledge 22 3S 35 SO 40 155 Harlow 25 2S 32 27 20 132 Totals ......: 117 152 124 114 116 623 Churchman 27 42 32 3S 44 1S3 Beck 27 2S 2D 31 44 160 Hudson 28 30 22 20 44 Hi Knight 28 23 27 15 24 133 Totals 120 127 110 107 15S 620 Weis 40 40 40 40 8 1CS Holmes I 231 341 251c. f. 1G .... Ford 341 40 40c.f. 16.... Stattcr 24 42 41 cf. S6 .... Totals 127j 15C 156 .... 76 .... AMONG TIIE FIGHTERS. Smith and Traccy, in Good Trim for Their Flffht Notes. Portland's next fistic encounter is sched uled for a week from next Friday, Octo ber 23. Tom Tracey and "Mysterious Billy" Smith .will then meet for a 20-round go. Both men have been training stead ily since the postponement of their match of a month or two ago, and are in the pink of condition. The Pastime Club hns not yet decided who will contest in the "preliminary." Murray and Freeman want to meet again, and Swanson and "Cull' Druhit would also like the open ing engagement. Tho latter are local boxers, and have met before, but no ae cision was given. The. club also has an offer from a couple of colored fighters who are anxious to have a welter-weight preliminary '"bout. Al Neill has quit "Biddy" Eishop and Is attending to his own business, which is a whole lot more than a great many other people can do. Neill has challenged tne winner of the Smlth-Tracey contest. Smith has accepted the challenge, to weigh in at 14S, and Tracey has done likewise and will meet him at 145 pounds. It is doubt ful whether Neill will come to these weights, but if he does, a good match will be pulled off, which will most likely be fought in this city. The Reliance Club, of t Oakland, Cal., has arranged a match be'tween Toby Ir win and MowatL Both men have been defeated by Herrera, but Toby stayed with him four rounds more than1 did Mowatt. HOMER DAVENPORT ON THE SILVERTON DIAMOND- iSjSS' . r I , -" V ' WW . r ' ' .& in ,7-'7. he CHARACTERISTIC SKETCH OF THE CARICATURIST, IN BASEBALL TOGS, BY HIMSELF. Artist Homer Davenport, during the brief intervale ho has been enabled to leave the bedside of his father, who is ill, while on his present visit to his old home at Sllverton, has found relaxation in stirring up tho baseball sentiment of the town. He recently organized a nine of his own there, which he dubbed "The Artists," and, donnlnsr a cast-off baseball uniform of his more youthful days, he, the other day, led it to victory against "The Farmers," another Improvised baseball aggregation, and by a score of most remarkable proportions. His reappearance on the local ball field has aroused the Stlverltes to enthusiasm, as will be seen by a perusal of the appended communication, with accompanying poem, submitted to The Sunday Oregonlan by one of his admirers, and which is said to very correctly portray the existing situation. Mr. Davenport has, incidentally. Kinaiy con in du tea a sitetcn oi nimseii in piicner s togs, scanty "panties ana an, icr purposes oi mustrauon. -tie says thinks it docs him justice. From an Admirer of Pitcher Davenport. SILVERTON, Oct. 10, 1001. Dear Editor: U3 fellows out here want you to print the Incloseft few lines that was dashed oft by myself. I meant 'em to be fine and full of feelln like, because I Jest got back from seeing Homer Davenport play a game of base ball and it was so grand that I writ these few lines without stoppln' until It was all done. I ain't much on poetry, but I have been studying journalism -with a man back East for pretty near elx months, and he says there are lots of fellows worse than me. Borne things I sent him he never sent back, and Homer says they was so good that .he probably sold 'om to somo big paper and sent the money to the free ice fund. I'm glad the poor little children wllVbencfit from my writings. I showed these to Homer, and he said that mebbe you;d print "em, but he didn't thipk you'd give me anything for It. He says you can't, anyway; you ahVt a Judge. Howsomever. I don't want no pay. It's Jest a little tribute to our Homer, who can play ball like mad. If you will print these lines. Mister Editor, you can tell your a'gent to send down five extra copies of your paper the day they come out. "We'll do the square thing.- Fraternally yours, JIM HANKS. TO OUR HOMER. . , . , We're not the adulatln klndf nor a handln' out much guff, ' ' "i ' .-,, But wo Show appreciation when we see the proper stuff; ' ' ' l ' For we know the fire of genius, and we like to see it clow, " '-- , "Which tells you why our baseball team Is better than a show. z , . :" ' J" ' The Giants dassen't come out here at least they never have - . t . ?v v And if they do, they'd better bring some brand of soothln' salve , tjt " " To ease the pain they sure will feel, when -we rake In their rocks; J ' ! For there ain't no nine can skin us, when our Homer's in the box. ' ' ' ""fev-f- In Nw York ho isn't Homer; it is Mister Davenport. But wo know him In his home town for a good old country sport; Ana wnen ne wears them baseball togs he got In "eighty-six," You bet he shows uo how to play tthe up-to-datest tricks. ' ? There ain't no stunt in baseball that Homer doesn't twig, But half the fun in every game is that gosh tarnal rig, ' . "Which seems to have a tightness in every seam and stitch; And bets are made where it will bust, when Homer starts to pitch. Ho makes the ball curve out or in, and sometimes up or down, With fancy flowln' lines of grace that paralyze the town. ' " And you ought to see our Homer when he steps up to the bat ' "Why, the opposition pitcher doesn't know where he is at. t ' Ho sends the ball a-scootln' and a-scorchln' down the line, ' You bet ho lams 'em out like sin, Jest dalsy-llko and fine. ' Wre ready for all champions; you can send 'em down in flocks And we'll make 'em look like thirty cents with Homer in the box JAMES HANKS. away, and from May until toward the end of September It is simply a village of women and children. This Is owing to the fact that all the men and moot of the boys over 16 yoara of ago earn their living as yacht hands, and when the Summer cemmences they start every year for a cruise of several months' duration, rare ly seeing their homes again till late fn the Autumn. By the end of September the mud flats which He between Tollesbury and the deep sea are a forest of masts of pleas ure yachts, which lie up there for the "Winter, when the hand&'are paid off and the men return to the village. During the "Winter the staple industries of the place are fishing In smacks, oyster dredg ing and dredging for starfish, which lat ter are of considerable value for manur ing purposes. There were several men of Tollesbury among the "crew of Shamrock I, when she made the attempt to "lift the cup." "TIM" HURST'S NERVE AND "VVXT. An Umpire Whom Nan Kb t on Bnae "balr Diamond Could Scare. The courage and humor of ex-Umpire Tim Hurst, formerly of the National League, have furnished material for many a baseball story. Joe Kelley, of the Brook lyns, tells of how Tim answered a threat made by Patsy Tebeaji, then manager of the Cleveland team, when the Cleve lands and the Orioles were rivals for championship honors. The two teams were fighting hard for the lead one- year, when the Birds went to Cleveland late In the season for an Im portant series. Hurst was sent to um pire, and the crowds at the grounds over flowed into the field and the ropes had to be stretched. Half in fun, and yet hop ing i would do some good, Tebeau walked up to Hurst just as the game was about to begin and said: "Say, Tim, you see this crowd behind the ropes? "Well, I have stationed the toughest crowd In town next to the ropes and told It what to do. The first close one to go against us I cut the ropes see!" Tim looked at Tebeau and only grunted, and Patsy hoped that Ws little bluff would have some effect. Shortly afterward, Kelley hit a ball along the left line that was foul by about six feet or more. It was so plainly foul that Joe did not even start to run until he heard Hurst whisper, "Run, Joe, run, you lobster." He needed no second hint and made for first base. Tebeau, in. his usual way, came out from tho bench, on the run and with a regular war whoop. As he came up to where Hurst was standing with folded arms and a nonchalant expression, the latter remarked coolly: "Now cut the ropes, ye terrier! Cut the ropes I" and then announced louder, "Fair ball." That settled Patsy's kick. He saw the hu mor of the affair and l.id to laugh, In spite of his anger and chagrin. In another game, a year or so later, Tebau, after trying to get Hurst to call the game on account of darknees. did cut the ropes, and allowed the great crowd to straggle all over the field, thinking that Hurst would then be compelled to call the game, especially as It was really getting too dark to play. Hurst turned to Tebeau and said: "If this crowd Is not off the field in two minutes I will give the game to Baltimore by forfeit of 9 to 0." Tebeau declared he could not con trol the crowd nor chase them from the field. "Perhaps not." said Tim coolly. "but all the same.Mf they are not back on the benches in two minutes, you lose the game." Tebeau knew he meant It, and the field was cleared within the time limit. ,Ih 1S93 Hurst was manager of the St. Louis team, then a hopeless tail-ender. One day at Union Park, where there was a mere handful of people to see the Ori oles play Hurst's team, Hurst wilked over to Manager McGraw and remarked: T say, Mabk, if you will lock the gates, me and Jack Crooks will undertake to lick the whole audience." MUCH ACTIVITY IN NORTHWEST FOOTBALLDOM. Captain Kerrigan is fast getting the Multnomah Club football players into line, and there is no apparent reason why the club should not have a strong eleven on the gridiron within the next few weeks. Signal practice has begun and the men have gotten the various plays well in hand. Dr. "Woodruff has introduced some new combinations to the team, which will most likely prove of great ad vantage during the forthcoming season. A new man to turn out with the candi dates is "Van Vorhees, formerly guard on the Drake University team, of Des Moines, la. The Multnomahs will probably meet the Pacific University players on October 26. As yet the final arrangements have not been made, and it is not known whether the game will be played here or in Forest Grove, vther games the local club man agement has in view. In addition to thoso already arranged with Eugene, are with Port Townsend, Seattle, Stanford or Berkeley, and Olympic or Reliance. The game with Chemawa at the Expo sition has been declared off by the Car nival committee. The notice received was somewhat unexpected, and no cause therefor can be given unless it be tho fact that Multnomah was unable to get Eugene for an opponent, and that the Carnival committee would not shoulder the expense of bringing the Indians down, j The expense would not be so great as that of bringing the university eleven to Portland, but neither would the attraction be so great. At any rate, the game is off so far as the Multnomah Club is con cerned, and a game between two team from Vancouver Barracks has been sub stituted in its place. The match is to ba played Tuesday night In the Multnomah Field, between a team from the Eighth Artillery and one from tho infantry. Situation at Engcne. At the University of Oregon, "Warren Smith, the new coach, Is bringing the football players into good shape. Smith is being assisted in his work by Clyde Payne, formerly a member of the eleven, but who Is unable to play with it this year. The first big game of the season will be that with the Multnomahs, November 2. It will be played on the campus, whertj the advantage should be with the uni versity boys. There has been complaintat Eugene heretofore because all the games with Multnomah were played in Portland, 'xae objection the club boys had to playing out of town was, they claimed, the diffi culty or getting away from business. However, this year the. first game has been scheduled to be played at Eugene, to oblige the college men, and if there is any advantage on the homo grounds, the boys will have a chance to demonstrate it. Among the candidates for the 'var sity is Seth Kerron, a guard on the Port land High School team lat season. Two graduates from The Dalles High School team are also trying for positions. The University of "Washington eleven promises to be tho strongest that ever represented that institution. Coach "Wright, of last year's Columbia team, Is rapidly straightening out his men. There is some prospect of "Washington playing the Multnomah here this "Winter, but it is not settled yet. Among the ScIioinntlcH. In the local interscholastic field the teams are all rounding into condition. Captain Smith, of the Portland High School, reports his players as being in good shape, and ready for games. The eleven this year will bo much lighter than those of previous years, but it prom ise.", to make up in fast, snappy play. The Hill's Military Academy team is, being coached by Jerry Rusk, and is' showing up in good style. The players are nearly all former Bishop Scott Acad emy students and, with the addition of several of the new students a,t the school, a strong team should be got together. The team is being managed by H. J. Boy,d and captained by "Wllmer McCully. The first game scheduled is with tho High School team on October 26. At pres ent the positions on the team are t...ed as follows: Center, Kelly; guards, Per kins and "Weller; tackles, Ba Hahn and Van Houlton; ends, "Wlthrow and D. Hahn; quarter-back, Martin; halves, Hol man and McVey; fullback, McCully. The Portland Academy, under' the cap taincy of Plowden Stott and the coaching of Marian Dolph, is showing the best progress among the scholastic teams. It has already played one game that with the Pacific University, at Hillsboro a week ago yesterday. The academy boys came off the field victorious, after play ing against an eleven .that greatly out weighed them. The team has much prom ising material. Tho line men are weaker than the backs, owing to lack of experi ence. However, Craig, the center, and Strange and Frissel, the guaTds, are all big men, with plenty of endurance. Craig although this Is his first football season promises to develop into a first-class cen ter. Other Positions. The tackles are the hardest positions to fill. Kinney, at right tackle, plays but a fair game. Seeley, Adams, Hughes and Johnson are trying for the other tackle, but neither, with the possible exception of Seeley, Ms demonstrating much fitness for the place. Jordan, Holt and Chalmers, for enda are three men hard to beat among school players. Jordan is, perhaps, tho best ot the three. "Bob" "Williams, halfback, and "Stump" Stott. nuartcr-back, a-re the life of the whole team. "Williams' is an excel lent punter, considering the football ex perience he has had, and there are not many, even among more experienced play ers, who can excel hirii in that part of tho game. He -is a. hard worker and 'is con spicuous In advancing tho ball and in de fensive work. Stott Is the equal of "Wil liams, in every respect but punting, and the two mako a defense which opposing backs will find hard to pass. Stott runs the team with remarkable coolness, and his judgment in play is well up to the mark. Litt and Fenton are pressing each other hard for left half. Both are rather light, but they are also very quick men. Chal mers, a fullback, is a useful man in in terference. The academy boys hope to retain the championship this year, and any team trying to win It from them may make sure of having a hard fight. Tollesbury Men on Shamrock II. Among the men who helped to sail the Shamrock II in the yacht races for the America's cup th!o year arc several men from the village of Tollesbury, a little hamlet on the Essex coast of England. Although Tollesbury boasts a population of considerable over a thousand inhabit ants, the nearest railway stations, Kel vedon and Maldon, are nearly 10 miles PREVENTS CHEATING AT CARDS. Ohio Man Inventx Very Inprcnlousi Shuffling Machine. A card-shuffling machine has been in vented by R. F. Bellows, of Cleveland, O. It should make business poor for crooked car players. The device is com plicated, yet simple in its action. "Card players who want a fair and hon est game are enthusiastic in their praise of my machine," says Bellows. "They say It shuffles cards more thoroughly than can possibly be done by hand, and that it is imnosslb'e for the dealer to put up a hand to suit himself. I have exhibited the machine to a number of professional gamblers. Some of the keepers of gam bling rooms told me they would do all they could to prevent the machine from being put in use, because it takes away all the advantage which the dealer's skill in shuffling giyes to the house. But when the machine gets into the rooms where square games are played the fair players will go there, and the crooked rooms will then be compelled to adopt Its use also." The shuffling machine is a metal box about 12 inches high, 3 inches wide and 6 Inches from front to back. All the mech anism Is Inside. The cards are dropped In at the top and rest on a tiny shelf. Below this there are five small fingcro, one on each of five thin steel blades ex tending acroes the full width of the ma chine. "When a shutter on the front is dropped, the shelf falls and the cards drop upon the blades and are' separated into five little Irregular bunches by the fingers. The blades separate, and one by one cards drop from the various bunchco Into a rcceptable at the bottom, the drop being regulated by a clockwork mechan ism. There is no way of telling where any particular card will be found after the pack is shuffled. The same card, pliced on the top of the pack, will rarely be found twice In the same place after the shuffle. "The machine is intended not only for gambling rooms," said Bellows, "but will also be useful at card parties, where many ladles are poor dealers and shuffler." Bnllnde of the Golfomanlnc. "What. time the yellow warbler trolls His earliest matin ecstacy, Form visions of lnnumerous "holes" Doth he rise up right merrily (Forsooth, this lover of the "tee" Takes coffeo with a lusty meln!); Then hies ho forth with buoyant glee A daftcr man was never seen. High up the field of heaven rolls Day's flaming chariot, and he Swift strtdeth, with unwearied soles. The links, uncaddled though, he be; His drives they are a sight, pardlei His putts they glide acro3G the green! And thus tho hours unnoted llee A dafter man was .never seen! Ay, even till the curfew tolls. And twilight hold tho land in feo. Still toward those nine alluring goals He sets his ball a-splnnlng free, Cleek-smltten, or by lithe brassey Propelled a mighty stroke and c.lean. There were no night could he decree A dafter man was never seen! ENVOY. Saint Andrew (golfers bow to thee!). If leisure were but ours, I wten, And "we" were he (and he were "we"), A dafter man were never scent Clinton Scollard In Golf. CricKet an Aid to Golf. Men Who Guard the Wicket Successful on tho Links. "As a sure eye is the most important element that goes to make up a good golfer," writes Frederick G. Howell, th? famous cricketer of the St. George Crick et Club, Chicago, "so It is with the crick eter. To some it may seem a far cry from cricket to golf, but the two sports arc mare nearly allied than one would perhaps at first imagine. " 'Keep your eye on the ball, is as much the guiding maxim of the cricketer as of the golfer. "Without the sure eye a player Is lost In either game, though In crlck-t the test is perhaps one of quickness, while in golf it is rather steadiness. But accu racy Is the great feature of both sames. The fact, too, that the positions taken by the cricketer and golfer preparatory to meeting or striking the ball, as the case may be. are similar., and that the sam: sets of muscles are brought Into play, is another reason why it not surprising that so many graduates from cricket have be come good golfers. "It has been noted by those who have followed both games that the muscles oC the forearm are those which receive most benefit from the strokes in both cricket and golf. The upper arm of the cricketer is undeveloped in comparison with hia forearm, and the same Is true of the golfer. Take the professional golfer who works at the bench at his trade of club making. "When he comes to play he is at a distinct advantage over those whese oc cupations do not give them work which develops the forearm. His trade and tbe strokes of golf tend to the same muscular development. Oter Resemblances. "The stance for hitting is similar in both games, yet it is not tho same. When the ball comes hard on the wicket tho cricket stroke Is almost the same a3 tho approach In golf, the ball being piayed straight back to the bowler with a shore half stroke. And in the cricket stroke, as usually in golf, the stroke is made oK the left leg. "The full swing in cricket 13 similar to the swing for a drive in golf, though tho difference may be described in this wa : The swing for a full shot In cricket Is a hit. whereas the drive in golf is rather a sweep, a full follow through. The cricket stroke does not follow through at the same angle as in golf, and the swing seems curtailed at the finish. One great advantage golf has over cricket is that the player can go out by himself or with a partner and play around, deriving all the benefits, whereas in cricket, to enjoy a game and to attain the usual results, ha must be one of 22 players. "English and Scotch boys grow up ot the cricket crease and the golf links and play the two games Interchangeably dur ing the school days. "When I went to ttte Alien Park School at Stirling, Scotland, we played golf as well a9 cricket. Thcncre I went'to Liverpool and took up cricket ill earnest, dropping golf entirely, until the Skokie Country Club at Glencoe was started here in 1S97, when I became a member, and since which time I hava played on the team. I had dropped the game forf 14 years, but when I took it up again, I found that I had not forgotten how to use the clubs, and I know that I took to the golf more readily oa account of the training I had meanwhile received from Che cricket. Sonic Examples. "There are many good examples of crick eters who have taken up golf and becomo experts at it. Archie Blain, of Liverpool, was well known as a. cricketer, and now has become a very good golfer. He was well up In the amateur championship of Great Britain last year. In this country there is a striking example in F. H. Boh len, of Philadelphia, who has become a very clever golfer. "Wood and McCawloy, of that city, too, have begun as crick eters, and have come" up well In golf. George Lyon, the Canadian amateur golf champion, is one of the be3t Canadian cricketers, and has played Internationally for Canada against the United States. And Travis, our own champion, was a crick eter in Australia before he came to the United States. Locally, "W. T. G. Bristol, captain of the llldlothla'n Country Club team, is a crick eter of experience, and when a resident of Philadelphia, played on the Tioga team in international matches against Canada. 'Ted "Wylde, of the Hinsdale golf team, ia a member of the old St. George cricket team here In Chicago. "I'have seen cricketers who have hardly ever seen a golf ball come out and drive from the tee readily. "Without the train ing in sureness of eye the cricketer would not be able to do this. And so I maintain that the man who has played cricket ha3 a distinct advantage over the man who has not, In taking up the game of golf." Handball at Maltnomah. The novice handball tournament at the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club com mences tomorrow evening. It will in clude both single and double matches, and the list of entries promises somo very lively contests. On the Monday following tlv handicap tournament Is scheduled to begin. These matches are also expected to prove both interesting and close. Suh players as "Watkins, Trenkman, Holbrook, Cleland, Lee and Scott are expected to enter. Since the tennis season is over, the handball court Is almost constantly in use. "Every afternoon and evening practice games are being played, and the oyster houses around town are helped along by different teams playing for suppcr3. Unforgiving. "My dear," said tho repeptant husband to his wif "if I have ever used any unkind words to you I take them all back." No you won't. I know you: you want to use them all over again'" Exchange. Golf at Waverly. The "knock-out" tournaments at tho "Waverly golf links are progressing nice ly; A large number of spectators are on the links each day. Tl'.-j men's tour nament, which is being played on Satur day afternoons, is attracting the moat at tention, but the ladles matches, Thurs days, ar.e receiving their share of atten- Itlon.
