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TE SUNDAY OREG0NIAS, POBTLOT, APRIL" 23, 1905. LATEST NEWS IN THE WORLD OF SPORT Portland Defeats Los Angeles 5 to 3 True Wing Captures $5000 Kansas City Derby. GIANTS HUE OTHER HUE FINS BEGIN TIE OH GRO Star Performance by Cates in the Box and the Slugging Win Game. "We'll Be the Cellar Cham pions Again," Is Their Wild Cry Now. ItJ "SCORE OF 5 TG 3 RESULTS Hard-Fought Ball Game Results in Victory of the Home Team to the Great Delight of the Fans. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Tester-day's Score. Portland. 5: Lob Angeles, 3. Taco'mo. 5; Seattle. 4. Ban Francisco, 2; Oakland, 4s taaanc of the Teams. Won. Lost. P. C Oakland 14 8 .638 Tacoma 12 J .371 San Francisco 11 11 .500 Los Angeles 9 10 .474 Portland 0 12 .429 Seattle 7 14 .333 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Stun dins- of the Teams. Won. Lost. Pittsburg 3 1 New Tork 4 1 Philadelphia 3 2 Boston '. 3 4 Chicago 3 4 Cincinnati 3 4 St. Louie..., 2 A Brooklyn 2 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Stan dins of the Teams. Won. Lost. Philadelphia 5 1 New Tork 4 2 Cleveland 2 1 Detroit 2 1 Chicago 3 3 Washington 3 4 St. Louis.. i 2 4 .Boston 1 6 P. C. .S33 .S00 .000 .429 .429 .429 .333 .250 r. C. .833 - .600 .600 .606 .500 .429 .333 .143 It -was good old Ely Cates' star perform ance in the box and the heavy slugging of his team companions that wen yester day's 5-to-3 game for the Giants. Both Cates and Baum were clouted hard, and often during the matinee, and until the Giants fell on Baum in the eighth inning it -was anybody's game. It was a big Saturday crowd that saw the game, and it left the grounds thor oughly satisfied, not only with the game, but' the result. Tim Flood tossed a home run Into the game In the second scene that tied the score. In addition, those Loo Loos dropped three double-cushion swats Into the engagement, while Jakey Atz gets credit for one. Both Baum and' Cates were unsteady in the first couple of innings of the battle, but when -the smoke of the slugging cleared, they both settled down. Van Buren opened the matinee with a nifty bingle over second, but a swift dou ble play from Flood to Dillon, chased the Giants to the field in a rush. In the sec ond Inning Baum's steering gear fouled his anchor, and In addition to being wal loped for three bingles, which counted for two runs, he forced the third In through his -Inability to late the pan. This all happened after two were down. It was an inning that was full of ginger and exciting baseball, for, after being stung for the three bingoes and walking three men, Baum retired the GJants by striking out ail three men. McLean singled and Atz followed suit. Householder and Runkle had struck out, and with these two on ice, Ely Cates smashed a spit ball on the snout, and the Spalding sailed over second, far enough out for both McLean and Atz to score. Young Murphy, who went behind the bat, had been passed along on four wide ones, and he was roosting on third by the time the Loo Loos got the ball back into the dia mond. When Baum walked Van Buren and McCredle, he forced Murphy home. Scnlafly was the third man that Baum ozoned. Cates. on top of his corking sin gle, made a clever theft of the keystone bag. Fail in the Third. The Giants failed In the third. Atz poked out a two-bagger, but there were two down when this happened, and Run kle could not hit sale. Dillon opened the third with a double, and went to third on a fielder's choice to Ross. There was an attempt at a double steal and Dillon was caught off the switch. In the run down between home and third the vulpine Loo Loos' captain threw up his wing and tried to pull off his famous tricks of Interference. "Umpire Klopf was laying for him. and when he saw what Dillon did. he chased him to the bench In double-quick order. The next time up Dil lon whacked out his second double. This time Cates caught him napping at second and whipped the ball to Jakey Atz, and once more he was wafted to the bench. At that Dillon was a demon with the stick, for he came up twice after this, and both times negotiated a couple of singles. Toman's long clean drive scored Rods. This made one for the Angels. With this ace in the hole. Baum smashed out a drive that went almost to the left field fence. -Brashear sacrificed him to third, and , with trouble brewing, Tim Flood came up. He caught one of Cates' drops down below his knees somewhere and lifted, it clear of the right-field fence into the Exposition grounds for a home run. The two runs tied the score. This was the first homer of the season on the Vaughn-street grounds. After this bit of spectacular diamond pyrotechnics the game settled down to a ding-dong affair, studded wjth bingles and lots of good baseball thrown In for good measure. In Los Angeles' half of the eighth, Murphy dumped a clever double play into the game. Baum had been retired, and Brash ear's life was saved by an Infield "Juggle. Flood, in spite of his homer, did not look dangerous to Cates. Ely kept sliding them over, struck Flood out. and Murphy, who, by the way, has a splendid whip to second, shot the ball down to Atz, and when Brashear reached the station he found Atz waiting for him. There was a mix-up, but Jakey fell on the runner and blocked him from reaching the sack. Fans Do the Howling:. , It was time for the big doings now. McCredle got out on the coaching line, and soon had the fans howling their lieads'off. Larry Schlafly opened the skir mishing with, a neat rap over second. Householder sacrificed him to second. Lar ry McLean, who was playing first, ham mered out his second hit of the game, and LOU ' RUNKLE. THIRD FIVE OF THE PORTLAND GIANTS WHOSE ACQUAINTANCE PORTLAND FANS MADE LAST WEEK the scrappy second baseman came ram bling home. McLean went to third when Jakey Atz connected with his third hit, and he scored on Runkle's long drive to center. He would have scored anyway, for Jud Smith was caught dead in the act of trying to trip the big fellow when he started to run as soon as Brashear caught Runkle's fly. Klopf saw what Smith had done, and told McLean to score. Murphy's infield poke meant the death of Atz as he was going into third. This was enough to win, for in spite of Dillon's single and ah error, Cates was working as steadily as an old-fashioned clock. This makes only the second game that Cates has pitched, but It was of the gilt-edged variety. He has a mixture of everything, and is a fash fielding .pitcher. Dillon's Silly Protest. Just before giving the score, let's tell of the silly protest that has been made by Captain Dillon. He had Umpire Klopf wire President Bert that the Portland management allowed the crowd to inter fere with the games. Think of this and laugh! Is it possible that Dillon has gone looney? President Bert, instead of order ingia.:wrltten report from Umpire Klopf. should have a medical board appointed and have Dillon examined for insanity. Any sort of an asinine protest can be ex pected to come from Dillon, but this one gets the candy. It Is true that there has been an overflow along the right bleacher fence, but so far it has not bothered the game-at any rate, not half so much as Dillon by his constant delays In order to rest up his pitchers. What Umpire Klopf should do is to make him cut out fake quibbling in order to give his twlrlers a breathing spell. Bert Jones pitches this afternoon. The score: PORTLAND. AB R IB PO A E Van Buren, If n o 1 3 0 0 McCredle. rf . 3 0 0 2 0 0 Schlafly. 2b.: 4 112 2 1 Householder, cf. ; 3 0 0 0 0 0 McLean, lb..... ..J.... 4 2 2 12 1 0 Atz. ss.n. 3 1 3 3 6 1 Runkle. 3b 4 0 0 2 2 1 Murphy, c 3" 1 0 3 4 0 Cates. p 3 0 1 0 4 0. Total 30 5 8 2T 18-1 LOS ANGELES. Bernard, cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brashear. cf ... 2 0 0 1 0 0 Flood, 2b 3 1 1 S 3 0 Smith. Sb 4 0 0 1 1 1 Dillon, lb 4 0 4 11 -0 0 Cravath. rf 4 0 0 0 to 0 Roe. If 4 1 0 2 0 0 Toman, ts 3 0 113 0 Eagar, c 3 0 1 5 0 1 Baum, p 3 110 4 0 Total ....31 3 S 24 11 2 SCORE BY INNINGS. Los Angeles 0 1200000 0 3 Hits 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 18 Portland 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Hits 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 S SUMMARY. Struck out By Cates, 3; by Baum, 5. Left on bases Portland, 6; Los Angeles, 3. Bases on balls Off Baum, 3. Two-base hits Atz. Dillon (2), Baum. First base on errors Portland, 1; Los An geles, 1. Home run Flood. Double plays Murphy to Atz; Flood to Dillon. Sacrifice hits Householder, Atz. Brashear. Stolen bases Cates and Brashear. Hit by pitched ball Flood. Passed ball Murphy. 1. SEALS ARE FAST OX THE BASES Oakland Fills Up the Bags in Eighth, but Loses by. a Hun. SAN FRANCISCO. April 22. The splendid base-running by San Fran cisco and Oakland's misplays were the causes contributory to victory for the locals today. Oakland had an oppor tunity to even up matters in the eighth when they filled the bases, but only one runner landed home. The score: R. H E Oakland 00000011 0 2 5 San Fran....l 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 7 2 Batteries Schmidt and McMurry; Whalen and Shea, Brltt-White 31111 Postponed. SAN FRANCISCO, April 22. A meeting was held tonight of all the people directly Interested in the fight between Jimmy Brltt, lightweight champion, and Jabez White, champion of England. The fight had been scheduled for next week, but Manager Coffroth, of the Yosemlte Club, having been unable to secure a permit from the Supervisors, the conference of tonight was held to determine upon some plan of action. Coffroth announced that he still had hone of getting the necessary permit and asked that the match be post poned to May 6. This was agreed to. Cof froth told Charles Mitchell, who represent ed White, that If assurances could not be given next Wednesday that the match could be pulled off May 6 the club would release Britt and White from all of their obligations. Xell May Fight in Butte. BUTTE. Mont., April 22. (SpeciaL)-An-other possibility in the fighting game lo cally is a match between Jimmy, Walsh, the fast little bantam, and Frankle Xell. the ex-champion of that class, who was defeated by Bowker, the Englishman, some months ago. Walsh's manager, Ed die Keever, writes Jere Clifford, of Silver Bow Club, that he would like to meet Nell here July 4. Word from Nell has been received, and Clifford has practically assented to the match. . ? '"" LARRT IT LEAN, PORTLAND'S BIG BACKSTOP. j 1 1 '"fjjjm BASEMAN. Captures Kansas City Derby Jy a Length. BREAKS RECORD FOR TRACK Mile and a Quarter Is Covered in 2:06 1-4 Military Man Wins $1000 Handicap at Oakland. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 21 Ten thou sand people at Elm Ridge, this afternoon, saw T. H. Ryan's True Wing, cleverly ridden by Blrkenruth. win the first re newal of the Kansas City Derby easily by a length from Pat Dunne's Devout. The purse was $5000. Five lengths back came Ara, staggering and out to the last ounce. Thq distance, a mile and one-fourth, was covered In 2:06U. a record for the course. The results: Five and a halt furlongs Clifton Forge won. Envoy second, 'Azellna third; time, l:03i. One mile Golden Mineral won. The Lady Rohesia second. Ada N. third: time, 1:42H. Half mile Hadur won, Fllanah second, Ramona third: time, :4Si. Derby, one mile and a quarter True Wing won. Devout second, Ara third; time. 2:06. Mile and a sixteenth Alma Dufour won. Rough and Tumble second, Foncast third; time, 1:48. Seven furlongs Bryan won. Cholk-Rlck second, Merces third; time, 1:27. MILITARY MAX BY A XOSE. . Travers Outgenerals Knapp in a Driving Finish at Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO. April 23. Although but one favorite secured a winning bracket at Oakland today, the other winners were heavily played, and it is a question wheth er the public or the books had the better of the argument. The feature event, a $1000 handicap, was captured by Military Man simply because Travers outgeneraled Knapp in a driving finish, by which Mili tary Man was enabled to secure a nose victor' from Honlton, the second choice. Andrew Mack, the favorite, gave a start ling exhibition of form reversal, and was decisively beaten. Travers and Knapp each piloted two winners. Weather fine, track good. Summary': Five furlongs Father Catcham won, Busy Bee second, Rey del Mundo third; time. 1:014. Mile and a quarter Posart won, Iras, second. Expedient third: tlrae,'2:03U. One mile Ocyrohe won. Warto Xlcht second, Stilicho third; time, 1:40&. Mile and three-sixteenth Military' Man won, Honlton second, Briar Thorpe third; time, 2:00. Seven furlongs Whoa Bill won. Trap zetter second, Ethel Abbott third; time. l:27i. Futurity course Albert Fir won. Hooli gan second, Ruby third; time, 1:11 Results at Aqueduct. NEW YORK. April 22. Aqueduct re sults: Six furlongs T,he Gadfly won, Gray Lad second. Del Canta third; time, 1:14. Five furlongs Toscan won, Kenllworth second, Burleigh third; time. :591-5. Four and a half furlongs, Woodhaven stakes Leonard Joe Hayraan won, Spe cial License second; Rust third; time. :533-5. One mile, the Queens County handicap St. Valentine won. Rapid Water second, Sinister third: time. 1:33 1-5. One mile Champlaln won, Pronta sec ond. Arsenal third; time, 1:40. .. Four and a half furlongs First Water won, Carola secand. Deux Temps third; time, 1:55. Results at St. Lonis. ST. LOUIS. April 22. American Jockey Club results: Six furlongs George Perry won, Mblo B. second. Hakim third; time, 1:151-5. One mile Catallne won. Banana Cream second, Attlla third; time, 1:42 2-5. Six and a half furlongs Ladv Mercury won. Sister Ruth second. Leehja third: time. 1:23 2-5. Five and a half furlongs First Attempt won. Diaphanous second, Hobson's Choice third; time, 1:09. Six furlongs Parisienne won. Miss Mar coni second. Remorse third; time; 1:15 3-5. Five and a half furlongs Lidwlna won, Jim Ferrln second. Miss Gould third; time 1:00 2-5. Races at St. Louis Fair Grounds. ST. LOUIS, April 22. Fair Ground re sults: Six furlongs Tendercrest won. Bavarian second. Computation third; time, 1:15 4-5 Four furlongs Ramus won, Lavenla True second, Galmeda third; time, :50. Five and a half furlongs-Jake Ward won, Allista second, Maritus third; time. 1:03. Woodlands trophy, 51500 added, 44 fur Hut W Nb W IS m&smmm FNTRIFS FUR SDMI Ml longsMeadow Breeze won, Alta Russell second, Holscher third; time. :52 1-5. Five and a half furlongs Bensonhurst won, Our Lilly second, Delphi May third: time, 1:03 3-5. Six furlongs Fire Ball won. Stand Pat second, Mansard third; time, 1:14. Mile and three-slxteenths--Never Such won, Velos second, Watercure third; time. 2:04. Xashvillc Races. NASHVILLE. Tenn., April 22. Cumber land Park results: ,.Flveand a half furlongs Yo San won, Mlss Gunn second, Brazil third; time, Four furlongs Ossineke won. Daring second, Joe Coyne third; time. :50&. Mile and a sixteenth, handicap Brancas won. Miss Doyle second, Coruscate third: time. l:52?i. Belle Mead stake, 4& furlongs Ohiyesa won, Lady Carole second. Merely Man' Ann third: time. :57. Mile and an eighth Jordan won. Brook lyn second. Slloum third; time, 1:5S. Five and a half furlongs La Pucelle won, Norwood Ohio second, Zinda third: time, 1:10. Famous Horse Sold. NEW YORK. April 22. Major Dalnger fiold, the winner of many famous races, and the holder of the three-year-old cham pionship in 1902. was sold by P. J. Dwyer In the Faslg-Tlpton auction sales of horses to William B. Leeds and Andrew Miller at the Aqueduct track today for $3000. The stakes won by Major Daingerfleld in the past four seasons were worth $91,S05. Coy Maid, a three-year-old filly by Kings ton Bonnie Girl, sold to C. Draper for $1000. .Baseball at Ccntralia. CENTRALLA. Wash.. April 22. (Spe cial.) A meeting has been called for Wednesday evening in Centralla to or ganize a baseball team. A. E. Sloan has consented to take charge of a team. The members of the High School, assisted by a few outsiders, have placed a diamond In the grounds of the West ern Washington Livestock and Agri cultural grounds. From now on the Centralla sports will have baseball by the Centralla boys. No outsiders will be taken on the team. THREE TEAMS ARE TIED CLOSE RACE IX IXTERSCHOLAS TIC LEAGUE. PortlandAcademy, by Defeating Hill, Places All Competitors on an Equal Footing. In the Interscholastic League the three schools each have won and lost a game. Portland Academy by 'defeat ing Hill yesterday by a score of 4 .to 2, tied all three at .500 per cent. The Portland Academy boys yester day deservedly won their game because they outplayed Hill at every point. They fielded better, batted better and were better base runners. Hill was slightly ragged on all field work, while the Academy was generally good, espe cially the throwing of Catcher Hlg glns to second, which was the feature of the game, five men being caught be tween bases by the excellent work of the Acadbmy catcher. Houston led off for the Academy with a two-base hit into the tennis courts, which he made good for three and came home on a passed ball. This was the first of the Academy's lucky runs, none being earned. In the third Myers went safe to first, stole second and was sacrificed to third, coming In on an error. Houston, who .had walked, stole second likewise and came home on the same error. Hous ton, who had already made two of the Academy's runs, went safe to first again In the fifth and came in on a combination of errors. Hill made eight errors, almost all of them critical, in a measure throwing1 the game to the Academy. In the seventh the cadets made a stand and for a minute or two had a bare chance of tying the score. Theysuc--cecded only in making two runs, how ever, Fulton walked, stole second, Mc Coy and Brown both went safe, sending in Fulton and giving McCoy his third. When McCoy was running from second Higgins tnrew down to Houston, but the ball barely missed McCoy, making an impossible chance for Houston. The ball rolled into the field and meantime McCoy came In. The side was retired, however, without further scoring. SCORE BY INNINGS. Portland Academy.l 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 Hits 1 1112101 -S Hill Military 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 02 Hits 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0-5 Batteries P. A., T. Myers and Hig gins; H. M. A., Clifford and McCoy. Struck out By T. Myers, 6; by" Clif ford. 3. Bases on balls By Myers, 4; by Clif ford, 2. Errors P. A., 3 ; 2L M. A., S. . Two-base .hit By-Houston. , . Umpire Ranklri. LARRT SCHLAFLY. SECOND BASEMAN. 5S tan i hi few i w ii wiiwii jgH Fine Strings of Dogs Will Com pete for Prizes. TOIVI ASHTON TO BE JUDGE The Terrier Classes Seem to Be the Most Favored, and Some of tho Best in the Country Will Be Seen Here. Entries for the bench show of the Port land Konnel Club close Tuesday. After that date no more dogs can be entered. The biggest list so far known In the his tory of dog shows here has already been filled, and the expectation Is that by Tues day there will be over 400 entries, which will give the winners a five-point showing towards the championship. The ehow will be held May 3 to 6. In the music hall of the old Exposition build ing on Washington street. Tom Ashton, the English breeder, will judge, and the ring will this year be surrounded by Uer3 of elevated seats, eo that spectators will have a good opportunity to see tho dogs. This is the first show held by the Port land Kennel Club under American Kennel Club rules, and winners will receive Na tional standing. While the entries are wide and various and cover almost all breeds of dogs, cer tain breeds have a great many more L'igh class dogs than others, and in these com petition Is keen. There will be good dogs from all parts of the Coast, the Rocky Mountain country, and one big string from the East. The terrlor classes seem to be the most favored. There are many local and North west entries In these classes, and a string of the finest fox terriers In the country will be brought up from California by Jack Bradshaw, the professional handler. He will have the famous Wandee fox terriers, belonging to C. K. Harley. presi dent of the San Francisco Kennel Club. Among those in his string will be Wandeo Doris, which was awarded the grand challenge shield at the recent New York dog show. This is the highest honor that a fox terrier can win In this country, and places him first among his breed. Com peting with this string there will be Mor gan's fox terriers, of Seattle, and Fech helmer's, of Portland, besides many oth er less-known dogs. Irish terriers are sure to attract a good deal of attention this year with the good entries made. The Belfast Kennels, of Denver, out of which came the prize winners at the Denver showe, will be sent on here. William Olland. of Tacoma, has more In Bradshaw's string from San Francisco, which are expected to be something unusually well bred. Bull terriers, of which there are many well-bred dogs In the Northwest, will show some new dogs to be brought from the East by Ben Lewis, a professional handler, the quality of which Is yet un known. They will find themselves equally matched by local dogs, especially by Edgecote Peer and Willamette Sunbeam, belonging to Frank Watklns, of Portland. The former just won first place at Vic toria for the best in his class, and the second, which was at Victoria and Van couver both, took prizes at both places for the beet In her class. Lewis will bring with him some crack setters and pointers. Local pointers in clude Minnesota Jos. belonging to F. H. ZIgler of The Dalles, and Wilton Bang, belonging to E. J. Moore, qf Salem, both winners In recent shows, and will be the strongest in Oregon. Mason's King, the crack California pointer, will also be in the show. The English setters are to be the strong est class In the show, both in point of quality and numbers. Leading entries are T. P. McConnell's Mallwyd Bob and Fa nllla and C. W. Minor's Roy's Last Montez, of Victoria. The last named in the recent Victoria dog show defeated the New York winner, Brachen O'Lech. Togo of Japan is also a Victoria entry. Among the Airedales, Dr. Tucker, of Portland, and Palmer, of Seattle, will be leading breeders, but will have strong competition from Victoria. The Boston terriers come out stronger this year than ever before. Many have been imported during the last year, and Bradshaw has two flyers in his California string. The latter end of this week will be the Seattle dog show, and local dog owners with entries there are waiting for the outcome with keen Interest- Portland dogs have been winning lately, and the local breeders believe that they will carry away a good many ribbons before the 'dog eeason 13 6ver. Portland Dogs Praised. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 22. (Special.) Expert Taylor, who judged the dogs at the local Kennel Club show, has departed from his usual custom, and has given out EDDIE HOUSEHOLDER, CENTER FIELDER a statement concerning the merits of the canines. Of the cocker spaniels, he said: "Mepal's Saxon proved the king of the blacks, and he journeyed from Portland with success. He Is a well-made, one all through, easily the best. Of all the good parti-colors, Ch. Portland Kid was the best, and were he better in stop and a trifle cleaner cut under the eyes no ob jection at all could be made to him." Speaking of pointers, he remarked, re garding Oregon dogs: "Woolton Bang, who took the open and winners' class prizes, is a very clever dog throughout, but was shown to disadvantage by having too much flesh. Oregon Lad, third, is cred ited with several previous wins, but his condition here prevented his making good." Willamette Sunbeam, the Portland bull terrier, he speaks of as "a good one; a terrier all through." LACROSSE CLUB HARD AT WORK Team Is Training for Xorthwcst Tour and Exposition Games. The Portland Lacrosse Club Is getting down to business In nard shape now and practices are being held four times a week. The club has something like 40 players, and as most of these turn out at each practice, there Is unlimited oppor tunity for real work. The squad Is usual ly divided up into two teams, and the re sult Is that instead of a mere practice the boys have what almost amounts to a game every night they turn out. Hyatt, point; Jackson, goal; Porter and Hamilton, defense; McNicholl, Horrobln, Shaw and Saunderson at home, are the stars so far, and they are putting up a game that is brilliant In every respect. Portland Is peculiarly fortunate in Its supply of men this year. 'Out of the abundance of material men can be picked who are adapted for every position as signed, with the result that when on the field there will be an absolutely strong defense, and a light, but fast, home and offense. It has happened this year that several of the best Coast and northern players have come to Portland to make their home, and these have been promptly coralled by Stewart, manager of the club. Portland need fear no antagonist this year, and with this confidence the club Is not only seeking games with the Coast cities, but is going up into Canada and the East for opponents during the Exposition. The club will play a match game with an other Portland team on May 14 as a sort of preliminary, and after that games with Tacoma, Seattle, San Francisco, Victoria, Vancouver and other British Columbia cities will be arranged. Towards the end of the season Portland will make a tour extending from California to British Co lumbia, playing return games with such cities as enter into matches here. The big lacrosse event will be the open championship at the Exposition, and for this Portland will be well prepared. Teams from all parts of the country are expected to enter this contest. RUFE TURNER'S BLUFF CALLED Battling Xelson Is Willing to Meet Colored Lightweight. SAN FRANCISCO, April 22. (Spe cial.) Rufe Turner is called. The crack colored lightweight can have a battle with Battling Nelson providing he agrees to his terms, which are not unreasonable. Nelson had hla mind set on fighting Britt, but the latter will have nothing to 'do with him until he has disposed of White, though the pride of Hegewich has offered James tempting inducements. Being anxious to fight somebody. Nelson .agreed to box Turner, and he made the follow ing statement today: "I will post the money with the Bul letin today and hope that I will get some action for it this time. White and Britt did their turns of blufflng and I had to draw my money down. I hope when Jimmy Brltt gets through with White that he will keep his word and meet me, as I am anxious to give him what he really deserves a good, sound beating, but, as I have often said before, he is not, game enough to enter the ring with me again, and he now realizes better than ever that I am his master." Syndicate to Buy Racetrack. ST. LOUIS. April 22. According to a statement made today by Samuel W. Ad- ler, a prominent commission man, offers have been made by a syndicate of St. Louis business men for the purchase of the Fair Grounds. Klnloch. Delmar and Union race tracks. Mr. Adler stated that in the event of the purchase of the tracks. It was the expectation of the promoters of the syndicate to conduct betting on races under the Paris mutual system and thereby not be amenable to the re cently enacted law. which provides that race-track betting should be considered a felony and so punished, and which goes into effect in June. In this system no tickets are elven out by the bookmakers the better being identified by the number of his admission badge. WHY PORTLAND CAN'T WIN When a City Has Been Represented by a Tail-End Team for Two Years It Is Hard Work to Get Up. So far Portland's homecoming has not been studded with great diamonds. It was a sore and disappointed lot of fans who sat through Wednesday's opening game and saw Los Angeles romp away with the first game of the season, and the old familiar cry of "We'll be the cellar champions again" went up- The croakers got busy, and they stood around the street corners and fanned until their tongues were tired. While it's true they had a. kick coming, for the Giants can and have done better, where the fault is just at present is hard to place. It Is true that the team Is weak on the bases that is, in the base-running department, and they haven't yet got to playing to gether. The team is a good hitting team, and so far the pitchers have shown them selves to be as good as any in tho league. Before condemning the team, the Portland fans should remember two things first, that once a city is repre sented by a tail-end team for a couple of years, it is' the hardest thing In base ball to make a team In a tall-end city win. It took nine years for New York to get together a team that could win. This is Manager McCredie's first year, and I .know It the fans will be patient with him. that if money can get to gether a winning team, he will give it to Portland. Another thing that the fans should remember Is this this team that is wearing the Lewis and Clark City uni form are all strangers to each other, whife every other team In the league ' has for the most part been playing to gether for at least one season, and on most of the teams for several seasons. It takes time for ballplayers to get ac quainted with each other's style of play. It Is something that cannot be accom plished In a week or a month. Until Portland struck the slump In Oakland, the Giants were playing great baseball. Every game they have played has been a hard one. and, with the exception of that morning game at San Francisco, they have been on their toes fighting like demons. Wins Xo Easy Game. The team has yet to win an easy game, and the only one out of the 20-odd games they have played the one that Los An geles tossed to us on Thursday was the first game that the team won on errors. It has been a case of fight, fight, all the time, and It seemed fated that every close decision would count against the Giants. Another strange thing was no ticeable on the road, just as It has been at home, and that Is, all of the hits that the team has made have been of the clean-cut variety. There have been no such fluke wallops like that of Dil lon's or that of Cooks In Oakland, both of which were over first base and count ed for runs. It has been the fate of Mc Credie's team that they have been hit ting the ball on the nose. long, clean-cut drives that were gobbled up by sensa tional fielding, just as the one that Bernard speared on Runkle. Some day. and before long, things will begin break ing good for this team, and when it does they will make the teams In front of them hustle' to hold their position in the percentage columns. Good Fellowship on Team. In spite of all that was said about the team before they were gathered together, the team is not a difficult one to handle. At present they are as one big family. There Is no anvil chorus on the team, and there is a feeling of good fellowship among the entire team. It was unfortu nate that Mitchell should be hurt just at the time he wrfs. Manager McCredle paid Jim Hart's figure for this player., which, by the way, was no small sum, only to have him become a cripple. There are lots of fans, especially those who sat on a line with first base, who swear that Jud Smith deliberately stepped on Mitchell's heel and hurt him. Thl3 Is hard to believe, but one thing is cer tainthere was absolutely no need of Smith tearing Into Mitchell In the man ner he did. and In a .great measure Smith Is to blame for Mitchell's serious hurt. This does not mean that Smith Is a rowdy player, but in the same breaeth It can be said that he is not the most care ful player on earth. They were fanning on the train com ing to Portland, and naturally the talk drifted to the batting of Lajole. Win French said to Garvin: "Gav, supposing you were pitching against Cleveland and the bases were full, with no one out, and Lajole came up what would you. do?" Texan's Dry Remark. The Texan, In his dry way. said: "I'd release the ground keeper and take h!3 Job." This brought a laugh, but the big one came when French said: "I wouldn't; I'd -pitch him a slow one." "If you did." replied Garvin, "he'd soon make it a fast one." French tells one on himself. He was pitching a game down South somewhere, and had been touched up for a dozen or more hits that had counted for runs in the second inning. Just as the bombard ment was at its height, a wind storm swept across the diamond, and when it cleared away, French, too, had disap peared. Larry Schlafly is big McLean's man ager and trainer. It was Schlafly's hot, air that started all the talk about a four-round fight between Mike Lynch, of Tacoma, and McLean. The California pa pers fell for the story, and the pair had a great deal of fun over it. Willamette Defeats Chemawa. SALEM. Or.. April 22. (Special.) By a score of 8 to 5, Willamette University de feated Chemawa this afternoon In the best game of ball played in Salem this year. The scoring, with one exception, was all done In the second and eighth innings. The errors were widely scattered and ac credited for the most part to the Indians. The 'varsity men showed by far the best form that they have any time this year. Teabo and Charles were the battery for the Indians, and German and Unruh for Willamette. German fanned six men and walked two, while Teabo fanned U. walked three and hit four. t.