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WEEK'S EVENTS IN THE FIELD OF SPORT
Amateurs Are Busy With Tournaments & Sportsmen
Are Interested in Game iLaws Before Legislature
CARTOONIST MURPHY. GLANCES AT SOME PICTURESQUE EVENTS IN THE SPORTING WORLD
From the Grand
stand Game Bills Are
Many
THE SUNDAY OBEGO!NIA!N, PORTLAND, JANUARY 22, 1905.
SherUT Word ui the Fighters
Croker Served Right The
Foul-Strike Rule -BasehaUdom
WHETHER Sheriff Tom "Word prom
ised tHat he -would -wink the other
eye in case the toxins game opened in
Portland or not, the fact remains that
he knocked the match between. Dave
Barry and Burns into a cocked hat. Just
-why he refused to allow the match is
not known, but the fact that he did is a
sore disappointment to the local fight
fans, for they -were anxious to see Barry,
and Burns hook up. San Francisco is
about the only place were fights are
actually pulled off, and the indications
are that the game is to be short lived in
the Bay City- Fight promoters, not only
in Portland, but in every town in the
country, can blame themselves for the
closing up of this sport, which, in spite
of all that has and will be said about It,
is a popular sport.
On the heels of Ed Corrigan's threat
ened turf war in the Middle West, comes
the announcement from England that
Richard Croker has been told to take
his stable away from -Newmarket Heath.
Croker stuck it out a lonsr time in Eng
land. He outlasted the Brakes, the wis
hards, the McCaffertys and almost every
thing that had u. S. branded on its
racing stables or connected with race
horses. Here, in America, we were Just
about to believe that there was some
thing about the ex-Tammany chief that
made him immune from the ittiusners.
but they nailed him at last. He is
charged with a crime that is little short
of treason, and in his rough Yankee lash
ion he dared to bid on a yearling colt
at a horse sale that King Edward had
sent his agent to buy. Croker did not
know that the King wanted the colt, and
it's Just possible that if be did he would
have bid for the colt Just the same.
Croker wrung from the secretary of the
Jockey Club the reason for his expulsion,
but it remained for the Sporting Times,
of London, to get real "nawsty" about it.
This paper called Croker a "mug,"
whatever that might mean in England,
and laughed at him because he has spent
$50,000 trying to break into the English
racing game. What American horsemen
should do is stay at home. The treatment
they get abroad serves them right.
The silence of Manager McCreedie con'
corning his team line-up for 1903 Is be
ginning to wear the nerves of the
baseball fans to a frazzle. They expect
him to break the silence soon, or they
will forget there is to be a baseball sea
son in Portland. He assures the fans
that he will place a. corking good team
here this Summer, but the most of them
want to be shown.
The foul-strike rule is still the subject
of much comment in the East. Hear
what some of the baseball writers have
to say about it:
There is no need of the foul-strike rule
Jo keep the games within the Interesting
time limit. There must be more batting.
that is acknowledged, and It is necessary
to make 'the work of the pitchers harder
in order to accomplish it. It looks absurd.
therefore, to have experts cudgeling- their
brains to discover some new scheme to
handicap the pltbhcr hnd help the batter.
when there is the easy and rational way of
abolishing the foul-strike rule. 'Many seem
to think that rule is something sacred and
not to be tampered . wlpf. 'The argument is
heard that the public likes the rule and
would be offended it it were taken off the
books. All tommyrof The dear public
cares mighty little about any old rule of
the game so long as it likes the results
produced on the diamond. If abolishing the
foul strike will put more interest into the
game, the public will forget there ever was
such a rule. Chicago Tribune.
The foul-strlkc rule Is a crime against
baseball. It has so curtailed hatting that
there are now only 15 hitters in the big
leagues where formerly the average was not
less than CO, and In 18S7 the number went
up to 13G. Base-running is almost abolished.
Only one man exceeded 50 in 1S04. Phila
delphia North American.
Base-running as well as batting has been
going back, and there Is nothing to blame
except the foul-strike rule. Under it the
batsman has very little chance to help the
base-runners. Only one man, Wagner, stole
more than SO bases last season, when in
1SS5. with 14 less games. Stovey. of the
Athletics, led the American Association with
PS. while In the National League Hanlon,
Kelley and Andrews each stole more than
50. Better abolish the foul-strike rule and
restore batting and base-running. Philadel
phia Record.
Mique Fisher, the Tiger press agent,
must have been a sight during the short
time that he was threatened with the
loss of two of his players. The threat
ened action of the National Board to open
the drafting season against Tacoma, so
reports have it, worried Mique a great
deal, in fact, it is reported that he lost
35 pounds in 15 hours. Fisher doing the
stunt of a living skeleton would be a
sight for the gods, but the Northwest
fans were saved this agony when Fisher
was backed up so strongly by President
Bert. When Mique learned that there
was no draft to be made on his team, he
became chesty and stated that he could
count on Jim Moriey to help him out
in case it came to a fight against the
action of the National Board. With
Fisher it was a case of any port in a
storm.
Dick Boettlger. who is to be one of
Manager McCreedie's backstops this sea
son, is at present a momber of the
Berkeley police force. When it comes
time for the Webfootcrs to report for
practice. Blck will resign.
Mique Fisher is instructing his players
to report for training at Fresno on March
6. This will give them three weeks to
put themselves in condition. Mique has
arranged one game with the Chicago Na
tionals for SL Patrick's Day, and he
expects to play at least one more game
with the big leaguers.
Manager Harris says he thinks he
will be able to arrange a series of
four games with the Nationals for the
Seals.
George Hlldebrand, the scrappy little
outfielder, has few idle hours on his
hands these days. When he is not play
ing ball at San Jose he is selling sport
ing goods for A. G. Spalding & Bros.,
of Chicago. This firm has established
a house on Geary street, and 'Hlldy" Is
one of their most popular salesmen.
The action of "Jack" Sheridan in asking
for an umpire's berth In the Pacific Coast
League is quite a surprise to American
League tans. Baltimore News.
Sheridan's Joining the Pacific Coast
League is not to be wondered at. for he
gets to work eight months, while tn the
East he only gets salary for six months.
Baseball Salaries Cut.
The salary of "Wild Bill' Donovan, the
star pitcher of the Detroit team, has
dropped from $3500 to 12500. Charley
Hickman, who was traded from Cleveland
to Detroit last year, has had his 53300
check pared down to 52400. Pitcher Don
ahue has not yet signed his ISO contract
with Cleveland, because he win have to
stand a further decrease over last year.
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Answers Objections
to Football
NOTED CORNELL. COACH DE
FENDS PRESENT STYLE OF
PLAYING, AND MAKES A
FEW CRITICISMS.
GLENN S. WARNER, Cornell's famous
football 'coach, has made In the Il
lustrated Sporting News the most com
plete answer to objections raised against
football as It is played these days that
has been published since Walter Camp
sprung his theory that "yardage" should
consist of ten rather than five yards. Ho
answers all objections to the present style
of play and makes a few himself, and ex--plains
how the game could be changed
so that it would be more open and yet
would not lose the rugged character that
gives it the present value as a sport
He classes all. objections under the two
general heads the tendency toward mass
plays and toward unnecessary roughness.
To the first of these objections he makes
an explanation showing why massplaya
have come Into general use. He says:
"The development and more general use
of massplays have not been brought about
by any changes In the rules, but by a
natural development of a game caused by
the steady and scientific Improvements
In the defensive tactics, especially the
defense against end runs. Coaches have
gradually come to realize that it is bet
ter to rely upon short, steady, but con
sistent gains, which will be reasonably
sure of gaining five yards in three trials
without much chance of losing ground
on any play than to try for longer gains
on end runs and trick plays where the
liability to lose ground or. fumble Is much
greater. End runs were much more In
evidence ten or 12 years ago, not because
the rules permitted or encouraged them
.any more than now. but because the
backs of those days were chosen almost
solely for their speed, their dodging and
their individual brilliancy in carrying the
ball without much regard for their de-
fenslve playing, whereas nowadays the
backs are chosen as much (if not more)
for their defensive ability as for their abil
ity to advance the ball. This, together
with the modern method of end defense
and the more general use of heavy ends,
has made the defense so much strpnger
that the individual stars, who electrified
the crowds years agp by their long dodg
ing end runs, would probably be power
less if playing against the best teams of
the last few years, whereas the crushing,
powerful, concentrated offense of our
modern teams would no doubt push th
best teams of ten or more years ago aU
vover the field."
Mr. Warner .then enters Into a defense
of this method of play, saying:
"There can be no complaint that the
game has not developed, both in the
strength of attack and defense, but the
objection Is rather to the lines along
which It has developed Plays resulting
In monotonous collisions of masses of
muscular giants, pushing and pulling
against each other, with the ball gener
ally out of sight of the spectators, the
officials and even the players themselves,
have been proved to be the most effective
in retaining possession of the ball and
consistently gaining the required distance,
and that style of play will continue Just
as long as the rules make It necessary
to gain only five yards In three trials."
To the ten-yard rule proposed by Wal
ter Camp he makes the usual objection.
"It Is evident that increasing the dis
tance to be gained in three trials to tea
yards Instead of five without any other
change in the rules would help the de
fense and render consistent gains impos
sible. It would be even harder to gain on
end runs and trick plays than at present,
because the team on the defensive, real
izing that those plays were the only ones
likely to gain the required distance, would
so place their men as to better defend
against them and thus force a line attack
where the chance of gaining the necessary
ten yards would be small. Weak teams
would have no chance to retain the ball
and secure a first down, and with evenly
matched teams the game would be little
else than a punting and catching contest
between one or two men on each side,
leaving the rest of the players with little
else to do but chase up and down the
field."
But in spite of this seemingly hopeless
-dew, Mr. Warner agrees that come
method should be devised by which Mr.
Camp's suggestion could be used. To
gala ten yards In three downs either the
offense must be strengthened or the de
fense weakened, and he prefers the lat
ter alternative. He believes that the!
backs on defensive should stand a dis
tance from the line, a position which
would be desirable at any rate in con
sideration of further changes he suggests.
He would also permit forward passes, at
least to the line of scrimmage.
But the best and roost original sugges
tion he makes is regarding off-side play
after the ball is put in play. He would
permit If, and for the purpose of allowing
the kicking team to catch the ball on a
punL
This Is a suggestion so good and pro
ductive of open lay that It is remarkable
that It has never been made before. Mr.
Warner says, In explanation of his
scheme:
"Th change which seems to me to be
the most feasible, and which would bring
about the most desirable results, without
a too radical departure from the rules
now In vogue, and without so many un
desirable features, would be to allow any
player of the side having the ball to se
cure possession of It after a. punt or kick
of any kind. This Idea I have not seen
discussed In the columns of the press at
all, and yet it seems a very simple and
effective way to remedy the defects In
the present style of play. There seems to
be no logical reason why the players of
the elde which has punted the ball should
have no right to touch the ball until it
has been touched by a player of the other
side, and often have to stand helplessly
around, a loose ball while the opponents
take their time to secure it, as Is now the
case. If the players of both teams were
free to secure the ball after all kicks, it
would be- possible to work plays much
like- the quarterback kick under the pres
ent rules, but with a much better pros
pect of. success, because not having to
be behind the ball when it is kicked, the
end on the side toward which the ball
was punted, and also the backs, "would
have an excellent chance of securing it K
for a good gain. This play with the de
fensive halfbacks playing close to the
lliie would be .so effective that it would
no doubt compel the latter to play five or
ten yards back and farther out on the
flanks to defend themselves against these
short side kicks, and In this way about'
the same result would be accomplished as
by making a rule to compel the defensive
backs to remain a certain distance back
of the ball, in much the same manner as
was explained In the discussion of for
ward passes and without the objection of
having to wait for the team on the de
fensive to get Into position. Thus the de
fense to the regular rushing plays, end
runs and quick openings in the line,
would be materially weakened so that the
chance of gaining ten yards In three plays
would be about equal to the chance of
gaining five under the present rules. It
would be necessary to develop accuracy
In direction and distance in punting as
well as alertness and accuracy In hand
ling punts, and punting would be encour
aged because of the Increased chances of
regaining the ball.
As to the carpings of dilettanti regarding
the roughness of the game and the pre
mium set on physical strength, Mr. War
ner has to say:
"The objection that the game demands
big men, and that small men have no
chance, should receive no consideration.
The very nature bf the game Is such that
rugged, strong, heavy, active men always
have been and always will be In demand
to play it. In the line, especially, the
game consists in a great measure of indi
vidual contests between men, and, other
things being equal, the men of the best
physical makeup will always have the ad-
TRESENT PUGILISTIC CHAMPIONS.
Heavyweight James J. Jetfries
Colored heavyweight Jack Johnson
Light heavy weight.... Hob Fltzslmmons
Middleweight .....Tommy Ryan
Welterweight Baddy Ryan
Lightweight James Brllt
Heavy featherweight.. ...... James Britt
Featherweight Abe AUel
Bantamweight ."...Jem Bowker
vantage. Coaches and captains who de
pend upon abnormally -fat men. who are
necessarily slow and handicapped by su
perfluous weight, are not the ones who
develop championship teams, but big, ac
tive men will always have the advantage.
"The objection that the game Is too
rough is more reasonable than the
complaint against big men. but the game
will always be a strenuous one, requiring
physically strong, well-trained men to
play it. These criticisms, however, are
caused more by reason of unnecessary
roughness than by the requirements of
the game, and the remedy for this lies In
the attitude of the players and the coach
es themselves, rather than in any needed
changes In the rules. The game Is not
as rough now as it was years ago, and
coaches and players are gradually learn
ing that better results can be accom
plished by playing a clean game en
tirely wlthlng the rules than by wasting
time in teaching and learning underhanded
mucherish tactics which really detract
from a player's ability instead of
aiding him. More strictness and watch
fulness on the part of the officials will
hasten the time when every player and
coach will realize this more fully."
Battling Nelson has returned to San
Francisco from his hunting trip, and
there is just a chance that the sched
uled fight between himself and Toung
Corbett may fall through. Nelson Is
dead anxious to meet Jimmy Britt
again, and if he thinks there Is the
remotest chance he will sidetrack the
Denverite- Britt, however, is still
waiting lor Jabex White, the British
er, and will not listen to Nelson.
Fought His Way to
the Top Rank.
Marvelous Record of Dick Hy
lnna, Who "Will Meet Kraakio
Nell la San FraBctsce.
PRANKIE NEIL'S next opponent in
the ring, -wllb be ."Fighting tIckJ
Hyland. It -will also be "Nell's first bat
tle since his return .from England.
where .he Ipst the championship to an
Englishman! Hyland.''. whose right
name, by the way. Is William Hurlne,
is' a newcomer into the professional
ranks, but he has a great record as an
amateur. He broke fnto the game one
night at one of the San Francisco ama
teur shows. A boxer named Hyland
failed to show up, and the managers
of the show were scouting around for
a lad to take his place. Suddenly a
quiet-appearing young fellow applied
for permission to fight. He was asked
whether he had ever boxed before, and
said no, but that he could fight some.
The boy was accepted, and, while he
did not show much in 'the way of sci
ence or knbwledge of the game, he
gave a splendid account of himself.
This was the beginning. He was a
working boy, but in the evenings he
found time to take up boxing. It did
not take him long to fight himself into
popular favor. In Just 21 months he
had 33 knockouts t: his credit and a
string of victories that is greater than
most professionals. Of course, they
were all four-round bouts, arid his
fight with Nell, on January 31, will be
the longesty route he has traveled.
There is no question but that Frank I e
Neil Is a clever youngster. It was
thought that his first victory over
Forbes was rather fluky, but when he
again defeated him. and in Forbes' own
town, Chicago, Neil was acknowledged
as a wonder. His trip to England was
a disastrous one, for he not only lost
his title, but both he and his father
lost a pot of money. In spite of his
past record, there are many of the Bay
City fight fans who pick Hyland to
win. The fight will be at the feather
weight limit, and from accounts from
both training stables both boys will be
in splendid shape for the battle.
Nell has a long list of victories to
his credit, but it hardly compares with
Hyland's. Since the latter has donned
the padded mitts he has met and de
feated all boys at his- weight, and has
been known to give all the way from
10 to 15 pounds to ambitious young
sters who thought they could beat him.
No amateur ever turned out from San
Francisco, not barring Jimmy Britt.
Eddie Hanlon or Frankie Neil, who is
to be Hyland's first professional op
ponent, can approach his record. He
has yet to meet a boy that has knocked
him off his feet. Following is this
lad's record and the weights of the
boys he has fought. K. O. standing for
knockout and W. for won:
Sheehan 115. W. 4; Manuel Torres
115. K. O. 2; Manuel Torres 115, K. O.
3: H. Facio 125. K. O. 3; Jim Kane 128,
W. 4; Charlie Weber 120. K. O. 2; Pete
Carroll 120, K. O. 2; Jim LInlger 130.
K. O. 2; Dick Cullen 11S, K. O. 4; Kid
Parker 122. K. O. 2; Jim Kane 128, K.
O. 4; Charlie Dunn 135, W. 4: H Brown
130. .K. O. 4; Jim Kane 128, w. 4; Char
lie Dunn 135, K. O. 3; Frank McDon
aid 135, W. 4; Charlie Dunn 135, W. 4;
Henry Brown 130. K. O. 4; Frank
Walsh 130, K. O. 3; Jack Burke 133. W.
4; Jack Burke 133, K. O. 4; Kid Will-
lams 130. K. O. 2; Joe Hall 126, K. O.
2; Joe Donavan 128. K. O. 3; Toung
Jack Munroe 12S. K. O. 1; Ed Taylor 124.
K. O. 3; Ben Klrby 126. K. O. 2; Billy
Wetzel 126. K. O. 2; Young Jack
O'Brien 128, K. O. 2; George White 124.
X. O. 3; Fred Wyatt i28, K. O, 1: Jack
Moriarity 130. K. O. 3; Mickey Welch
124. K. O. T; Billy Baker 126. K. O. 1;
Frank Fields 128. X. O. 3; Frank Ful
ler 130. K. O. 2; Jack Roach 130 K. O.
l; Tom Price 130. K7 O. 1; Kid Christie
130, W. 4: Jimmy Ryan 128. K. O.
Billy Payne 126, K. O. 2.
Woa the feather-weight champior.-
ship of the Pacific Coast from Eddie
Amstead' in Olympic Club tournament
In four rounds.
SPORT'S GOOD RECORD.
Jockey Hlldebrand's Dirty Riding
Brings Down Wrath of Critics.
Jockey Hlldebrand, the California lad
who has set a high - water mark
for riding winners during 1?04 has
taken a great tumble. In the esti
mation of turfmen-. The pin-headed
boy, who a little over a year ago was
begging' for exercise mounts at 50 cents a
head, because he was engaged to ride
for a big Eastern stable has developed
a sad case of swelled head. He was
called up before the judges at Ascot
and grilled because of bis bad rides
and because of his rough riding. This
callow youth. Instead of taking the
calldown. which he certainly merited,
caused the announcement to be made
that he would not ride again at Ascot
Park.
Eastern turf critics have taken up
the Hlldebrand matter, and are hand
ling the youth without gloves, and one
writer, rightly says:
The time never will arrive when little
whlppersnappers will be able to dictate the
conduct of a sport that has thousands of
dollars Invested to Insure Its permanency.
Hlldebrands will come and go. but racing
will not be swerved from Its course for a
moment because a Jockey has such a grand
lose opinion of his own Importance that he
cannot submit to criticism from those whose
duty It is to preserve good order and honest
racing.
Better send the young man East in one
of those cars for perishable freight In the
Spring, or he may spoil before he gets this
side of the Divide.
Hlldebrand's record last year will prob
ably remain unbeaten for years to come,
as he averaged better than one winner for
every racing day. There are approximately
313 racing days In one year, but a fort
night must be allowed for travel between
California and New York, and a full month
would be nearer the time lost.
Bsglnning the first of the past year. Hll
debrand rode 51 winners on the tracks near
San Francisco, when Joe Teager took him
to Ascot Park. Los Angeles, where he landed
over 40 winning mounts. When he left the
Coast to try conclusions with the crack
riders around New York he had 07 winners
to his credit.
Hlldebrand piloted Artful to victory tn the
Futurity, and also won the Great Trial
Stakes with Flyback. He rode Irish Lad
when he beat Ort Wells In a nose finish at
Eheepshead Bay. and landed Coy Maid
winner In five consecutive races. His first
winner In the East was Lord Badge, and
strangely enough, he won his last race there
on the same horse.
At Ingleslde track last February he rode
four horses to victory, and finished second
on his fifth mount, and at Sheepshead Bay
on June IS. he rode four winners out of six
mounts.
Hlldebrand's showing since has been quite
a disappointment to his followers, and his
average suffers In comparison with his East
ern record. He returned to California with
"tS2 wins to his credit, and has since ridden
two winners at the Oakland track and about
a score at Eos Angeles.
It will be seen that he established the
nucleus of his record-breaking season on
the metropolitan tracks In the vicinity of
New Tork. It was thought that he would
have an easy time winning races when he
got down to Ascot Park in Los Angeles-,
as he was not called upon to hook up with
many star Jockeys, while the fields were
much smaller, but. as a matter of fact, the
number of times he has been beaten by &
very, small margin has been astonishingly
large for such & skilled rider.
In the past 10 years the winning title has
not changed hands very often, and until the
advent of Hlldebrand the record of
Jockey a Relff. with 292 winning
mounts In 1896. has remained unsurpassed.
la 1803 Tommy Burns made a bold effort
to outstrip this record, and wound up the
year with 277 wins, which was still 15 be
hind little Relff. Two years ago Jay Ransch
was the leading rider of the day. with the
credit of piloting 276 "winners, which was
one behind the record of Burns and 16 be
hind that of. Relff.
C. Relff never rode in California, but Is
& cousin of Lester and Johnny Relff: Burns
rods at Oakland the year he made his "high
ran." and Ransch is a California boy. who
served his apprenticeship with the well
known racing firm of- Burns & Waterhouse.
For the past two seasons he has been rid
ing successfully Ja France
Claude, the winner of many Derby races
in 1903, Is one of the few 3-year-olds that
came back as a 4-year-old and showed
Improvement over his previous year's
performances. As a 3-year-old he won a
dozen races, and some of them were
Derbies, which brought his winning for
the season of 1903 up to $31,900. He won
11. races during the season, and as seven
of them were of much value, his total
earnings for the year amount to $22,150.
Claude now gets the name of the "Iron
horse." and has been in almost constant
training for two years.
For the last three Winters he has been
on the Pacific Coast, and has been raced
durins: the Summer months In the Mid
die States and also oa the Eastern tracks.
His flrst victory last year was January
10. when he won the Owners handicap
at Oakland. This race was his prepara
tlon for the Palace Hotel handicap, which
he added to his many other victories. He
raced at Memphis, but it was not until
near the close of the meeting that he re
covered his old form and won a stake
event.
He was then sent to Kansas City and
won the Elmridge handicap. He con
tlnued on his travels to Toronto, where
he won the King Edward Hotel gold cup
Fort Erie next saw him, and he won a
handicap and a stake event. He was then
shipped to Saratoga and won an overnight
event, but was disqualified.
Claude's next victory was the Toronto
cup during the Fall meeting. He won an
other race at Toronto, and then was
shipped to Kansas City, where he added
another race. Late In the Fall he was
sent to to California, and has won the
Christmas and Thanksgiving day hand!
caps and an over-night event. Claude Is
now In his best form, and has run good
races on fast and heavy tracks.
His flrst start of thls year was on Jan
uary 2. when he easily won a handicap
from a small field.
Amateurs Are Busy
Billiard aad Fool Tournaments
at the Multnomah, dub.
UNUSUAL activity has been manifest
the past week among the Multnomah
Athletic clubmen, billiard and pool tourn
aments being quite the thing and a "try
out" tournament of 32 games for bowlers
Is scheduled.
The winners of this week's billiard
matches are CW. Zeller, first class; C S
Barton, second class; S. L. Banks, third
class, and J. R. Rogers, fourth class Mon
day and Tuesday nights the winners will
be rehandlcapped to play off for flrst and
second prizes. The sets are not announced
as yet.
Entries for the pool tournament are
coming In by the dozen and It Is hoped
that the flrst match will be played next
week. Following are a few of those who
havo entered:
Tip Zachrlsson, Morris Dunne, J. R.
Grek. K. T. Long, R. P. Knight. C. W.
Zeller. J. Ross. M. S. Mulford. E. Froh
man, J. W. Rutherford and S. L. Banks
Saturday night the Multnomah basket
ball team will go to Dallas to play the
Dallas College aggregation. The boy
have worked conscientiously and feel as
NOTED THOROUGHBREDS WHICH
DIED IN 1804.
April 25 Foxhall", said to be the best
horse ever sent by America to England.
May 20 Boundless, winner of the
450.000 1S93 American Derby.
May 23 Ormonde, which sold- for $150,
000. June 3 Sir Mod red. a successful sire.
July 10 George Kinney, a great race
horse and sire.
July 12 Highball, winner o the 1904
American Derby.
December 23 His Highness, winner of
the 1891 Futurity.
December 28 Luke Blackburn, a bril
liant racehorse of the early '80s.
sured that they will carry off the honors
Steadman (captain) and Kennaday, will
play forwards; Bellinger, center, and
Harder and Barton, guards. A return
game will be played at some future time.
The Multnomah second team Is sched
.uled to play Portland Academy Saturday
night and from some of the practice
matches played this week the "Cade-
mltes" will butt into a hard scrap in the
club "gym. Kerrigan is to play center.
Frohman and Frank forwards and Allen
and Gammle guards.
A 32-game "tryout" tourno will be held
between now and the middle of February
for the purpose of picking a bowling team
to go to Astoria and recover the Felden
heimer trophy. The clubmen have been
very restless since they lost the trophy to
the Astorlans and will make arduous en
deavors to bring it back. Aside from the
"tryouts" a medal will be awarded to the
bowler with the highest average for the
tourno. Frank Ford Is chairman of the
bowling committee and announces that
there will be some dead M. A. A. C.'s"
if the Feldenhelmer trophy remains at the
coast city after the match.
At the board of directors' meeting
Thursday night the necessary funds to
make the two trips of the team possible
were appropriated. In addition to this, a
resolution was passed providing for Im
provements on the club grounds.
Annual reports will be read and new
directors elected at the meeting held Feb
ruary 14. A. nominating committee has
been appointed to designate those who will
; run for oSce.
General Teadeacy la Saevnt
Among; Spertsraea t D Away
With, l'sthaatera.
"T HE Oregon Legislature, which has at
1 various times been prevailed upon to
forbid the sale of different kinds of game,
has at present a bill before It Introduced .
by the Fish and Game Association to pre- j
ent the sale of upland and water fowl.
practically the only" game needing pro- i
tectlon In that particular which have not
received it. As to the upland bh-ds the
viu. 13 uiwpijr io o cunveriea .into a uw
but as to water fowl, particularly ducks.-
the likelihood Is the other way.
On reading the calendars of the Senate
and House one wonders what these bodies
have done to have such a host of game
bills presented to them. But as fast as
they come up they are handed over to the
fish and game committee and are there.
digested. The personnel of- these commit- ;
tees is as follows:
Senate E. V. Carter. Jackson Countv:
W. A. Howe, Yamhill; C S. Wright Lin
coln, Tillamook and Yamhill; N. Wheal-
don. Wasco; W. M. Pierce. Umatilla.
House R. N. Donnelly. Gilliam. Sher
man and Wheeler; W. D. Chamberlain.
Umatilla; W. T. Muh Multnomah: V. A.
carter, Benton; C. G. Huntley, Clacka-1
mas.
The game bills spring ud from every
where, and, collected, show the views in !
regard to game laws as viewed by the
whole state. The Fish and Game Asso
ciation reflects most views, but not all. as
shown by the great quantity of "bills in- I
iroauced independently. None of these,
however, are working at cross-purposes,
and the work of the flsh and earne com
mittees will be almost entirely In sorting
mem out ana compiling one complete bllL !
The Fish and Game Association llm-,
itea nseit in drawing Its bill to a few
leading matters. It did not take ud the
question of running deer with dogs, or
providing a bounty on the skins of pred- I
atory animals, but it did come out strong I
on two points.
It provided for a hunters' license andVJ
a prohibitory measure on the sale cf both
upland and water fowl.
The hunters' license has grown lit fa- I
vor in an parts of the state. Still It Is
not known how it will be received at
Salem, and It has been wisely kept in a
separate bill by Itself. It is not the jsort.l
ot tnmg which would carry other meas
ures with It, and If necessary to the I
carrying out of certain other clauses
might kill, the whole bill. What Is .to be
done with the money collected from the
$1 tax Imposed on all hunters annually
Is specified In a most general way. The
matter of whether there shall be a hunt
ers' license or not will be tried on its
merits.
Aside from the bill the attitude of
sportsmen Is this: Game needs more ade
quate protection than it receives at pres
ent The laws as they stand today would
not be bad if there were a means of en
forcing them generally. A hunters' H-
cense would provide funds sufficient to
afford protection and support many Dep
uty Game Wardens. For this reason the
Fish and Game Association wishes the
license to stand by itself. If it becomes a
law, the other bills are merely second
ary. Still there is one other thing which the
association wishes very badly, and that
is to stop the saleof Chinese pheasants
and ducks, for those are the game birds
most commonly shot for market It lf
hoped the ducks will receive this protec
tion, but it Is feared It will not be given.
As to Chinese pheasants there Is ,a
greater hope, for not only the- Portland'
sportsmen, but those throughout the Wil
lamette Valley are pulling for them.
There are, however, the market hunters :
and the market men themselves to buck
against It, and they have always proved
sufficiently strong heretofore to ac
complish their ends. But say the sports
men market-hunting or not If there are
enough Game Wardens toyprevent the ,
slaughter of pheasants In the closed sea
son during the Summer the situation will
not be so bad.
With ducks It is entirely different
Those -who shoot the birds are evenly di
vided whether the birds should be sold In
the market. A census of Portland duck
shooters would show that most wish,
market hunting allowed. There Is, how
ever, a strong opposition on the part of
the rest of the state, and the rest may win
out. At best, though, it must be said
of the bill for the prohibition of market
hunting of ducks, that it stands nothing
better than an even chance of becoming a
law.
The open season for ducks, geese, swan
and snipe, the water fowl, by the bills
introduced is to be cut down a month, the
last, February. If this passes all ob
jections against Spring shooting will be
answered. In Klamath. Jackson and
Lake Counties the bills read for a closed
season from January 1 to September 15.
In the rest of the state the Fall shooting
can begin 15 days earlier.
It was seen it would be hard work limit
ing the number of ducks to less than 50
In a day, so the clause In that particular
does not touch the law as It stands as to
any one day, but gets at the man who
slaughters the birds by limiting him to
100 In a week.
There are not In the game laws pro
posed this year a great many points to
be covered. In regard to most matters the
laws are quite satisfactory, but In regard
to a few things there Is a crying need for
further legislation. These few things" are
set forth quite clearly in the bills present
ed and each point can be taken up on its
merits.
WOMAN A STRONG ONE.
She Could Make the Average Athlete
Cry Out WithvEnvy.
The appearance of a woman competitor
in a plowing match in Derbyshire reminds
the Sheffield Telegraph of one Phoebe
Brown, who died just half a century ago,
aged SO, says Forest and Stream. This
extraordinary woman, who lived with her
mother In a cottage nearly opposite the
High Tor, at Matlock Bath, could walk
nearly 40 miles a day when young, could
lift a hundredweight in each hand. and.
carry 14 score. She undertook any kind
of manual labor, as holding the plow.
driving the team, thrashing wheat with J
the flail and thatching the stacks. Her
chief avocation was breaking horses at
a guinea a week. She always rode with
out saddles, and was considered the best
Judge of horses and cows-In the Peak.
But Phoebe had also a liking for sport
and for art. She wa3 a good shot, and
carried her gun on her shoulder. She
was fond of Milton. Pope and Shake
speare, and -performed on several Instru
ments. Including the flute, violin and
harpsichord, and played the bass viol .1
In Matlock Church- She was a carpenter,
hard labor built another room to the cdt
tace for the reception of a harpsichord
which a lady presented to her. At nef"
own request a local clergyman wrotf her
epitaph, and here it Is:
Here lies romantic Phoebe,
Half Ganymede, half Hebe:
A maid of mutable condition.
A Jockey, cowherd and musician.
St. Louis Race-Track Sold. j
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21. The Union race
track, plant and lease were sold at auc
tion today by the receiver for JTO.OCO to
Captain P. J. Carmody. who represented
old stockholders.