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17, CURRENT GOSSIP IN WORLD OF SPORT FEW FAVORITES WINNING AT THE MEADOWS. MANY ATHLETIC EVENTS PLANNED AT THE EXPOSITION. THE SUNDAY- OREGOIAIT, POBTLAKD, JUNE 11, 1905, AGES AT MEADOWS Seattle Sports Busy Making and -Losing Bets. FEW FAVORITES WINNING. iiquorum Ilex Makes Money for Ills Ifrlends, and a Xumbcr of Prominent Horses Arc En- tcrcd for Derby Day. By Charles L. McCarthy. SEATTLE. Wash.. June 10. The past week? has been productive of some good racing at the Meadows, although the weather, as your London turf patron would say, has been "beastly." Last Saturday was a miserable day, and what promised to b high-class rac ing turned Into procctwlons. The ladles' plate was, of course, the feature of the card, and resulted In the downfall of Ebel Thatcher, an odds-on favorite, who looked Uko a certain winner to the form students. But the big Pirate of Penzance colt had been sick since ar riving at the Meadows, and was clearly not at himself. A great many of the big betters steered clear of "Ebel Thatcher on account of the prohibitive odds, and as a result Equorum Rex was the heaviest backod horse of the two. The latter is a nice looking filly by Brutus, and was perfect ly at home In the slushy track that pre vailed Saturday. She took the track at the rise of the barrier, and the end of each furlong found her further In front of her field. Ebel Thatcher had no speed at any stage of the race, and at the finish -was In third place, over ten lengths behind Equorum Rex, who won pulled up by eight lengths from ladora, a filly be longing to Dr. Rowell. who has one of the largest stables hore. The race whs worth $525 to the winner. In addition to a handsome silver cup. Gill Summers, the owner of Equorum Rex, and his friends, must have won handsomely on the race, as the filly was backed down from an oponlng quotation of 3 to 1 to 6 to E. Saturday's Best Race. The best race on Saturday's card, from a speculative standpoint, was the -fur-long selling race, which fell to Lurene, also from Gill Summers' stable, and. In cidentally, it was Lurene's third victory during the meeting Ccrro Santa and Oronte opened equal "favorites at 2 to 1 each, and both received considerable sup port. Toupee, the third choice, was the paddock tip, and was well backed. The others all drifted back in the betting, and at the close 7 to 1 could be had against Lurene. There was nothing to the race as a con test, Lurene taking the lead before the field had straightened Into the back stretch, and led all the way, winning as she pleased by four lengths from Toupee. With an even break Oronte might pos sibly have given the winner an argu ment, as he closed up a world of ground and was running over horses at the fin ish, but third was the best he could do. Step Around hit the books hard in the last race, as she was backed from 4 to 2 to 1 This was Step Around's second victors, and as she won again on Wed nesday her three victories have given the stable of T. H. Boyle a good start. Step Around has always been a clevor mare In Seattle, she seeming to like the local track. Mrs. Hull's Iron Horse. Mrs. L. Hull, the owner of Dorlce. evi dently thinks she has an iron horse in the daughter of Sain and Jennie McFar land. She made her first start on the third day of the meeting, and ran again on the fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth days. This kind of rac ing will eventually make a wreck of this speedy young mare. Prince Magnet has been the medium of two "almost" killings recently. On Monday he was heavily backed at 20 to 1. with an unknown jockey. Burghart. in the saddle, and led his field to the final sixteenth, when he tired and was beaten easily by Indicate. Thursday his owners put up a more fashionable jockey in the person of "handrldlng" Kelly. On this occasion the colt opened at 3 to 1. and after he had receded to 4 to 1 In the betting, the money poured in, and at post time few of the bookmakers were willing to lay 2 to 1 against his chances. Kelly got the colt away flying, and quickly opened up a gap of three lengths on his field. As the field straightened into the stretch It looked a certainty that Prince Magnet would win as he pleased, but he tired perceptibly In the final slxteonth and was unable to with stand the cyclonic rush of Lady Klspar, and second was the best he could do. Tweiity-to-One Shot Wins. Moskoto livened matters tip a little on Monday by winning the third race in a A TIP TO THE WORKING MAN hard drive with odds of 20 to 1 posted against him. A good many profited by Uosketo's victory, and he was the re- ! cipienc of considerable applause as be ' cantered back to the stand to unsaddle. The fair sex turned out in largo num bers on Tuesday, "ladles' day." It showered very frequently during the day, but this did not seem to dampen the en thusiasm of the women to any extent. There was plenty of excitement con nected the races. Syphon Girl furnished the first feature by losing to Bellona by a nose in a driving finish. Minder, who rode Syphon Girl, was overconfident, and this cost him the race, as bad he come on about his business lie could not have lost. The defeat cost the favorite play ers a considerable sum. as the marc was heavily backed at 3 to S. Vancouver Makes Money. The Vancouver delegation brought off a fair-sized coup with Carmeietta In the socondi She was heaviy backod at 6 to 1. and won cleverly after a hard drive to the last sixteenth pole. Captain Caine, one of the Fair Associa tlon directors, won handsomely by tho victory of Educate in the third race, get ting 7 to 1 for a big bet. The Vundevaitter hanatcan at six fur longs was the feature of the card, and resulted in a olever victors' for Funns" side. making her third successive -win at the mooting. This marc has a big following among local racegoers, and she was backed into favoritism, although Tocolow had the honor when the odds wero first posted. Fuanyside led all the way and easily stood ott tho determined challenge of Oronte at the end. The time, 1:16. was very fast, considering the condition of the track. W. P. Magrane and his friends won a small fortune Wednesday on Ed Lll burn. The chestnut oolt was superbly handled by Otis, and after trailing his field to the stretch he came down the middle of the track and won driving by a length from Rodolfo. who closed strong on the extreme outside. Gloomy Gus !No Snap. Gloomy Gus, a prominent Derby candi date, did not make a. very favorable im pression at his second appearanco dur ing the meeting. He looked to be in a soft spot, and the big betters eagerly accepted 1 to 2 against his chances. He took the load on the backstrotch, and galloped along in front all the way to the last sixteenth, when Edrodun challenged, and it took Jockey Herbert's best efforts to land him a winner by a short head. Willie Fitzgerald, a midget Jockey, was astride Ed rod us, and had he been able to help his mount any he would have come nearer winning. The sixth race on Thursday resulted In one of the most exciting finishes ever seen in the Northwest. The race was at a mile, and Eleven Bella and Golden Ivy ran head and head to the home turn, when they were challenged by Ca nejo. It was nip and tuck through the entire length of the stretch, but Ivy Powell, astride Golden Ii-y. outgeneraled and outrode tho other boys and landed the bay mare winner by a nose, while the other two finished but a head apart. King: County Stakes Up. The stake feature for this Saturday la the King County selling stakes -at sir furlongs, value $700. Nearly all the best sprinters here are entered In this stake, and it should furnish a fine contest. Saturday, June 17, is Derby Day. and the association is making preparations to handle the biggest crowd In the his tory of the track. Following the prece dent set two years ago, a good-sized dele gation of Portlanders will probably at tend. A field of about seven will prob ably go to the post, and should furnish a good contest, as tho most prominent of the cligibles are well matched. Big Doublc-Hcader Today. Tho big double event comprising the championship ball gamo and la crosse contest which was postponed last montn. owing to bad weather, will take place today at the Coast League grounds, Twenty-fourth and Vaughn Both evonts will no doubt be grand affairs as all contestants have been busy getting themselves in splendid shape. Tne ball game will be for the local championship of the city. A 5230 purse has been hung up to the winners, and the fans can look forward to a battle royal. The much-tooted la crosse game will be tho banner event of tho day, and a large crowd of out-of-town vis itors will be on hand to witness the contest. The baseball teams will line up as follows: Schillers. Oaks. X.riU Crandall P. Hidden Slavtn C Sobaltx Haynei .....IB Denier Oliver 2B Foley Patterson ........ .3D.. ........... Johns a Hart SS .... Emcrlok Bredemelcr L.F Smith Hunter CF Brown UlllR KF Day Old Baseball Player Dies. George Zettleln, an old Brooklyn base ball player, died ln New Tork recently, while visiting at the borne of his brother-in-law in Patchogue. Long Island. Zett leln, who was GO years old, was a pitcher for the Atlantic baseball club of Brook lyn, which was, perhaps, the most famous team of its day.' Zettleln served in the Army and also in the Navy In the Civil War. and was on Admiral Farragut'a flagship at tho battle of New Orleans. For some years he -held a position In the District Attorney's office in Brooklyn. It costs you 2i cents a drink if you order Four big full quarts of our Famous Six- (6) Year-Old STUBBLE RYE, shipped to any address for $3.25; and; we pay-all express charges. 'There are 128 ounces in a gallon and an ounce of Six- (6) Year-Old STUBBLE RYE is a good-sized drink for anybody. Why pay the middleman a profit, when you can get it direct from us? We are distillery agents and you have our strict guarantee for purity, as WE NEITHER RECTIFY NOR COMPOUND. We also wish to call your -attention to our handsome $250 Cabinet and Silver Set which we are giving away. One ( 1 ) Coupoii with each 50-cent purchase. Coupons sent with all orders -The China Cabinet, alone, can be exchanged for $175 worth of Household Furniture, thus allowing $175 Household Furniture,, and $75 Silver Set. This is the hand somest present ever given away by OREGON IMPORTING CO. LIU DILLON IS FAT Trainer Doble Finally Gets Flesh on Mare. LONG ROAD WALKS DID IT Much Is Expected of Sweet Marie, Another Promising California Horse, During the Com- "v ing Season. While the light harness racing season is yet a couple of months away, drivers and owners are of the opinion that Lou Dillon, the California marc, will be able to reduce her record. Bud Doble. the veteran driver and trainer, worked the mare all last Winter in California, with this end in view. Dobic's first efforts with the mare was directed towards putting flesh on her. His task was a hard one. because Lou Dillon Is very high strung and cxtrcmoly "nervous. Doble, after months of patient road driving, got the mare so that she would loaf along tho roads like an old plow horse, and when he accomplished this, Lou Dillon began to take on flesh. She stood the journoy Bast In splendid shape, and is already going great guns. Blvals to Sweet 31arlc. Sweet Marie is another California turf candidate whoso turf performances will be closely watched this season, and there are several horses that are talked of as likely to drop into Sweet Marie's class this year. Lisonjere is one of these. He was a whirlwind for speed at the close of his campaign last Fall, but ho is still eligible to tho 2:03 class, while both Sweet Marie and Tiverton took marks better than 2:03 last season. George G.. the handsome California gelding that Goers marked in 2Mi last year. Is another that Is coming to the front as a possible free-for-all class performer. He Is easily the best trotter at the Memphis track, and Geers. who Is conservative to a de gree, openly says that he looks for the gelding to beat 2:05, when everything Is just right for tho effort. Geers once had a world's champion trotter In The Abbot, a gelding, and as ho now rates George G. right alongside of tho son of Chimes. It will be seen that the horse must have shown himself some thing out of the ordinary. Last Sum mer George G. was raced when his man ners were not all they should have been, nor was he ready to go the clip he was compelled to maintain in the company that met him at each town. After winning the first heat of the Massachusetts Stake at Boston, he was not dangerous In tho race, and in the last beat or two all that Geers tried to do was to beat the dis tance flag with him. A California harness racing association has announced a selling race for trotters and the result will be watched with un usual Interest. The race Is on the pro gramme for the meeting to be held in Fresno in July. The purse is 55W and the winner must be offered for sale at the close of the race and started at the owner's bid of 5K0. If the horse Is sold for any more than that amount, one-half the amount in excess of COO will go to the owner and the remaining half to tho association. The purpose of a race of this kind is to afford horses which are out classed by their records In regulation purse events an opportunity to race with a fair show of winning some part of the purse. The Los Angeles, CM- people are mak ing an effort to make their track a Win ter resort for Eastern borscmon. It is said that four or five Grand Circuit strings will Winter there after the cloc of the racing season of 1506. In the recent New Tork speedway pa rade over SO horses with record of 2:30 or better appeared and nine with records ranging from 2:95 to 2:M. The outlay of money represented by the horses and equipment in the parade is estimated at about J3Q0.W0. It is stated that George H. Ket chain, breeder and owner of Cresceus, 1X, will this season race three Creeua colt of his own breeding. They are Cressmore, 2:3S3i: Carrola, 2:2. and Creocla, a re markably handsome and speedy green one. All are chestnuts and ail -show the marked characteristics and Individuality of their sire. One of the greatest match races on the turf took place In 1SD1. when Tenny met Longstrcet at Morris Park. It was a mile and a quarter race and Longstrcet won. Both carried 128 pounds and the purse was $12,500. The same year Kingston and Van Burea met in Chicago for and the former great horre won by throe lengths over the mile and a sixteenth route. In 1SS3 Domino and Dobbins ran a dead heat la Coney Island. It was a six fur longs event and was. run in 1:122-5. In WOULD YOU any Portland business house. October of the same year To Tamblen defeated Lamplighter in a mile and an eighth race for 35X The race was run in Chicago. It " was followed by a special sweep stakes, in which To Tamblen, Lamp lighter and Clifford ran for a stake of XS000. The distance of the race was a mile and a quarter and Clifford won It In 2:034. At that time match and special races were popular--and seemingly more catered to than at the present time. Domino and Clifford met at a-mile in 1SH at Coney Island, and Domino scored in 1:33 2-5. The same year was run one of the greatest 3-year-old matches on record. It was a contest for a purse of $5003. and at a mile and an eighth, weight for age. It resulted in one of the most sensational struggles of the turf, and the judges called It a dead heat. Domino was ridden by Fred Taral and Doggett had the leg- up on Henry of Na varre. Somo of the greatest betting ever done in the ring was on-tbis race. Riley Grannan alone acceptde $50,000 on Domino at "3 to B, although the prevailing odds were 1 to 2. Domino led by a length for three-quarters of a mile, when Doggett brought Henry of Navarre up, and the pair ran exactly together, and the dead heat re sulted. Afterwards. In October of the same year, a special for Henry of Navarre and Domi no, 3-year-olds, and Clifford, 4-year-old, was run at Morris Park. It was a- mile and an eighth race. Domino again led for the first five furlongs, when Henry of Navarre drew up and won by three quarters of a length from Clifford, which beat Domino by ten lengths. In this race the 3-year-olds carried 113 pounds and Clifford bad up 122 pounds. Probably the greatest race ever run in this country was the special match be tween Salvator and Tenny. They engaged in a turf struggle at Coney Island in ISO that proved one of the hardest-fought battles In the history of racing. Pictures of the finish poor pictures, it is true still adorn sporting resorts. It added to tho Ilterautre of the turf. The story of that race, which one may hear almost any day In any school of oratory, is one that makes the blood run a little faster, says an exchange. The Salvator-Tcnny race is the model. It is often regretted that there are so few Imitations. The events leading up to the race made it all the moro interesting. The story is still fresh in the minds of most turfmen. Salvator beat Tenny in the Suburban. The latter was unruly at the post and failed to make his best showing. D. T. Pulslfer. his owner, said he could beat Salvator. J. B. Haggin, owner of Salva tor. said he could not. The match re sulted seven days after the running of tho Suburban. Isaac Murphy piloted Salvator and "Snapper" Garrison rode the swayback. They carried 122 pounds each, and the dis tance was a mile and a quarter. The owners put up $5000 each and the club added J30CO. The story of how Salvator led at a ter rific pace and had a lead of three lengths in tho stretch is not an old one. The re telling of how Tenny gradually cut down that distance in the run to the wire, how be gradually gained Inch by inch, how both jockeys displayed their most dexter ous and artistic skill, and how Tenny drew up. but just failed to reach his rival, who won by a nose. Is never tiresome. Harvard's Ncro Shortstop. W. C Matthews, the negro shortstop of the Harvard baseball team, who played end on the football eleven, has signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Burlington. Vt., team this Summer. Matthews acknowledges that he will play Summer baseball after the college year ends. Because of the Clarkson case of last season, the Harvard athletic author ities will probably trace the rumor care fully, and If it should prove to be true, Matthews will. In all probability, be barred from the team. Last year. Just before the Tale scries, Clarkson, who was then captain of tho team, signed with the New Tork Americans. He was Im mediately declared to have made himself a professional by this act. Western Bowling Congress. The Western Bowling Congress will hold a special meet in Portland August 1. 2. 3 and 4. This will be the first meet of the new Bowling Congress, which was or ganized in Spokane April 27 last. This tournament should stir up some Interest in tho game of tenpins in the Rose City. Liberal prizes will be hung up for those who take part in the tournament. The prizes will bef Five-mon teams First prize. S160: sec ond, $; thlrdJSJ; fourth. HO: fifth. 325. Two-men teams First prize, J73; sec ond, m: third, J25: fourth. $13; fifth. 510. The Portland Tenpln Summer League will open its season Monday evening with two teams on the Oregon alloy and two teams on the Portland alley?. Want Auto Handlcnpper. Experts in automobile racing are trying to figure out some plan of handicapping that will furnish better sport in motor car competition. The majority of them object to" the technical way of allotting Marts which have proven so unsatisfac tory during the past two years, and the best informed are a unit in declaring that handicapping should be done on the past performances of the car and nothing else. The handioappers should allot marks to the new cars as they were entered, but just as soon as a car won a race In a cer tain time It would be placed In that .same class, just as they do with the trotting horeQ. PAY DOUBLE PRICE FOR SUGAR? We give you as reference, FITZ' YEARS TELL Old Champion Will Find Hard Nut in Schreek. HIGH PRIZE IS SOUGHT Young. Pugilist Who Is Matched Against Lanky Bob Is After Heavy-Welght Champion ship Wants IC Bad. While Eddie Hanlon sits around in San Francisco waiting" for lightning to strike him In . the nature of a. match with Cnampion Jimmy Brltt. the eyes of the fistic foilowors are turning toward Salt Lake. This Mormon burs will be the center of the fighting game for the next two months. This month Jack O'Keefe, who fought Brltt in PortlanJ, and Jimmy Gardner will bat tle it out for 20 rounds. Next month the great fistic attraction will be the 20-round mill between the old war horse. Bob Fltxsimmons, and Mike Schreek. No one who has ever sat at a ring: side, will ever believe that Jack O'Keefe and Jimmy Gardner will fight unUl they are actually In the rinsr. These two bruisers have been matched several times, but if one didn't Welsh the other did. and they have never exchanged wallops. This pair, should they finally get together, should fur nish a highly scientific series of wal lops, blocks and Jabs. On dope Gard ner figures to win. for he Is still com ing, while O'Keefe, a. Ions time ago, reached his highest notch. Gardner, made good on the beatings ho gavo "Buddy Byan" and Mike Ward, two men that are In OTTeefe's -class. O'Keefe failed to do anything with Ryan, while Gardner whipped him in Jig time and. according to George Slier, this fight was the best ever seen in Chicago. O'Keefe has no performance to his credit that etands out like that of Gardner's victory over Ryan, so It's bard to figure that the Chicagoan has anything better than a chance against Gardner. Schreck's Bid for Fame. The big fight, of course, will be that of -Ruby Robert and Mike Schreek. Schreek has loomed up on the pugilistic horizon with a leap and a bound. It Is true that he has had his baptism of Lgloves and gore, but he kept pegging away until he demanded attention from Fitzslmmons. Schreck's recent vic tory over Jack GarJner, whom Fltx simmons also beat, paved the way for his battle with Fitzslmmons. There Is no question that Fitzslmmons has gono back. His fight In San Francisco, when he met and defeated George Gardner, proved this. Gardner developed a yel low streak early In the fight. He came tn contact with a couple of choice Fitz slmmons wallops, and they stung him so that he quit. In Schreek. Fitzslmmons will find a fighter of a different caliber. Schreek Is after a championship. He will enter the ring knowing that the Ruby One Is still possessed of a punch that will call for the referee's count, and he also knows that Bob Is no longer a young man. Fltz found that 20 rounds was a tre mendous long journey when he fought Gardner, and there are those who saw the flsht who say that any time after ten rounds, had Gardner sailed In, he might have changed the decision, for Fitzslmmons was very tired. One reason given by- the ex -champion after the fight for his apparent bad showing, was that his feet, which had bothered him a great deal during his training, went back on him. Fltz Is of the "kidney foot" when it comes to feel, and undoubtedly this did bother him a good deal. Hard Job for Fltz. tWlse fight fans, while they have great confidence in Fitzslmmons, feel that the old fellow has bitten off a mouthful to great to digest In hooking up against Schreek. Schreek has not outlined his course of battle, but it Is saf to bet that he will try and keep away from Fitx until half of the Jour ney Is over, and then sail in and wear down freckled-faced Bob. No one knows better, than FltrJiImself that he Is not as good a man now as he was when he met Jeffries the last time. He must realize, and if be doesn't he's a fool, that if he beats Schreek. or any other coming youngster, that he must do it in a hurry. Fltz has been spoiling for a fight for some time, but It was not until Schreek Merchants' National Bank, Wells-Fargo Express Company beat Gardner and Jeffries renounced the ring, that he got down to dead ear nest. Fitzslmmons is anxious to Wear the heavyweight laurels again. When Jeffries dropped the mantle it natur ally foil on Fitzslmmons shoulders, but ne wants a fight. Just to show that he can. . On the heels of Jeffries' retirement story comes the rumor that he Is to officiate at the Jack Root-Marvin Hart fight at Reno, Nev. The pair will fight July 2. Hart and Root have both left for tho scene of their battlo. and will start active training. Hart will fit him self at Reno, while Root will do his training at Shaw Springs, near Carson City, where Jim Corbett trained for his famous battle with Fitzslmmons. Promoters are preparing for a big crowd, and they will erect an arena that will seat 6000 people. Hart has fought one battle since he was given a decision over Jack Johnson, a deci sion that he did not deserve. He fought Willy and gave him a good beating. Willy was touted as a doming cham pion, but Hart walloped this out of him in a hurry. Hart 13 also after the heavyweight championship. Before his fight with Johnson there was lots of talk about a possible battle between him and Jeff ries, but he showed nothing against Johnson except willingness to mix It. LACROSSE GAME TODAY. Portland and Shamrocks to Try for Championship. Portland lacrosse men and their follow ers are In a fever of excitement Just naw. for the two warm rivals, the Portlands and the Shamrocks, will play lacrosse this afternoon at 3:15 o'clock at the base ball grounds. Twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets, to settle the question as to which club will represent Portland at the ap proaching lacrosse tournament at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, when the gold medal championship open to the world will be tried for. Tho Portlands and Shamrocks would have played before had the weather been at all favorable, and the disappointment was mourned by many friends, who all said: "May the better club win." Since than all the boys have been practicing hard and are In better shape than ever. Tho Portlands are to have playing with them the great Lynch of New Westmin ster, B. C, who is here on a visit. Lynch is one of the stars of the Westminsters, the club that went Bast and slaughtered all rivals who had hitherto dared any one to beat them. Lynch plays like a whirlwind, is a hard man to stop, and Indeed people are wondering who in the Shamrocks will stop him? The work of Jennings at second home will bo watched, for Jennings Is a comer. "We will take care of all the Portland players who come against us," seems to be the universal opinion of the Sham rocks, and they point with pride to the fact that the great and only Ken- Camp bell, late of Vancouver. B. C. will play first defense. "Who can beat Campbell?" Is another Shamrock cry. The truth is both teams are so well matched that It is difficult to pick out the winner. Be fore the lacrosse game the University Parks will face the Schillers In a ball game at 2 o'clock. In the lacrosse game the referee will be Alec Smith; A. W. Nash and Joe Guinette. umpires, and W. James and W. King, timekeepers. The lineup: Portlands. Positions. Shamrocks. Bourgeois Goal Watson J. J. McDonell.... Point Hyatt Lawrence Cover Point ....McNicholl C A. Stewart. First defense ....Campbell Marshall Second defense McKay Hawes Third defense Porter Wallace Center Beckwlth Horrobln Third home Shaw Jennings Second home Fitzgerald Lynch First horae.A. J. McDonell Hamilton Outside home O'Malley McDougall ....Inside home ...Saunderson Jimmy Scbrlng Goes to Town. "Jimmy Sebring made his advent In pro fessional baseball and In a grown-up town at one and the same time," said Lave Cross. "It was at Worcester, Mass.. that Jimmy reported for diamond duty, but as he reached that city early on a Sunday morning, there was nothing to do but to wait a day before donning the spangles. "9o Sebring went to a hotel and asked for a room. He was worn and weary from his long trip, and needed rest. It was an up-to-date room Into which the future great but then unknown ballplayer was ushered. Jimmy sought the easiest chair In sight, and then sat down. After a long wait he touched the push button. " 'A cigar, please. he said. An hour later he rang the bell again. 'A pitcher of water, please, was this order. So it went on until well past noon. Lemonades, magazines, newspapers and cigars were ordered, Jimmy all the time fighting shy of the question nearest to his heart. "Finally, when almost ready to curl up on tho carpet and go to sleep, Sebrings courage came back to him. He gave the bell a savage punch. When the boy ap peared Jimmy yelled with all his might: " "Bring me a bed! Don't you see I'm dying for sleep? " 'Certainly, sah. Certainly,' said the boy, and, going over to the corner, he let down a sumptuous folding bed that, once in a horizontal position, seemed to fairly invite rest and sleep. " 'Well, drat me for a Rube, whiskers and all.' jald Jimmy. "Here I've been sit ting straight up In a chair half a day wondering whether that thing was a mu sic box or an Ice chest. "Cleveland Press. 195 THIRD STREET PHONE MAIN 380 iPORTS AT IE FI Athletic Events Planned forv he Exposition. TRACK AND FIELD MEETi Intercollegiate Championship Games Will B'e Held Tuesday With Belay Meet Friday and Saturday, Athletic events at the Lewis and Clark Exposition this week will in clude baseball, interscholastic and amateur relay races and an intercol legiate championship track and field meet. The interscholastic races will be held on Monday and Tuesday, tho ball game on Wednesday and the in tercollegiate track, field and relay meet on Friday and Saturday. The intecscholastlc meet is open to all schools In the Interscholastla League. The teams will consist of four men, and each contestant will run a quarter of a mile. A silver cup will be presented to the winning team, and gold, silver and bronze medals to the members of the first, second and third best teams, respectively. After long- negotiations. Manager Kerrigan has secured a championship baseball game between Salem and Co lumbia University. Tho match will be played on the professional field on Wednesday. Both of these teams have excellent records and promise to put up an exciting- game. The field has been completed and is now a part of the Exposition grounds, and visitors at the Fair are entitled to witness the matches played thereon. The big event of the week, however, will be the field meet, to be held on Friday and Saturday. Athletes from all over the Northwest have sent in their names for places on the list of contestants. The Universities of Ore gon, Washington and Idaho will be rep resented by crack men. as well as the various Agricultural Colleges of the North Pacific Coast States. The entry list Is particularly long, and Manager Kerrigan believes this will be one of the most successful events of the ath letic programme for the whole Expo sition period. A A U. rules will govern the meet, which will include 14 events, four run ning rates, two dashes, high and low hurdles, high and broad jumps, pole vault, shot-put, hammer and discus throwing. The usual gold, silver and bronze medals will be presented to the winners. In addition to the medals to be pre sented to the place winners, arrange ments have been made to award a sli ver cup to the team winning the high est number of points. Contestants, however, are not required to enter as teams, but may contest as Individuals. In connection with the track and field meet, mile relay race3 will be run on Friday andt Saturday, open to all amateurs. A cup will be given to the winning team, and gold, silver and bronze medals. Much Interest has been manifested in this event, and a goodly number of entries have been received by Mr. Kerrigan. Athletics are in full swing-, and from, now on till the end of the Exposition they will be a prominent feature. The Bureau of Athletics I3 endeavoring to secure as many attractions as possible, and has announced that some day in August will be set aside for Indian sports and pastimes. Several unique exhibitions will be the feature of this day at the Exposition. Beginning Monday, June 19, the Lewis and Clark Exposition golf cham pionship tournament will commence. The contests will last for a week, and will be held on the Waverly Links. People Want Scrappy Baseball. "A ballplayer says a good many things on the field he doesn't mean and when the game Is over be forgets about them. He harbors no ill feeling against the um pire. If the umpire Is capable, but against those fellows who try to show their au thority on the field he may feel sore for a long time. While I am not advocating trying to bulldoze the umpires or making It a habit to find fault with them, still I believe scrappy baseball Is what the peo ple want to see. "If they want the pink-tea kind, all right, they can get it; but I tell you the teams that have won pennants In base ball and filled the coffers of the club with coin are the ones that played scrappy, aggressive ball. "The old Chlcagos under Anson, the old Bostons with Duffy, the Plttsburgs, and the present New Torks, are cases In point. They are the sort of teams that the public goes to see." Cincinnati Com mercial Tribune. of Portland.