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I-HE SUNDAY OREGOXIAK, PORTLAND, JUNE IS, .1905. CURRENT GOSSIP IN THE ATHLETIC FIELD Edmundson Lowers Northwest .Record in Half-Mile. Walter Goss Wins Ladd Cup at Tennis. 0. 1. C. LEKDS III FIELD SPORTS SUED TO Gates, of raelflr. Who Won the Two-Mile Run. Tommy Burns Met Hugo Kelly on Famished Stomach. Scores Sixty Points to Twenty by Idaho in the Two Day Meet. NO DRAW IF IN FIT TRIM FIGHT EDMUNDSON BEATS RECORD Idaho Man Lowers the Half-MJIe for the Northwest by More Than Two Seconds on the Ex position Track. POINTS WON IK TWO-DAT MEET. . C OOIColumbla. 12 t 20,Paclflc 8 I an ic;whltron 4 O. A. C OOIColumbla 1J Idaho Oregon Edmundson. of the University of Idaho, made' a new Northwest record in the half mile at the Exposition games yesterday afternoon, lowering that made by Barney Burnett of the Multnomah Club in 1697 of 2:02 to 2:001-5. This was a neck and nack race between Edmundson and Green haw of the O. A. C, and made a beauti ful finish. But the race of the day In point of sport was the two-mile race, the first ever run in the Northwest. Gates of Pacific and Matthew of Idaho were the only entries and. Gates leading all the ten laps, was closely followed bj- Matthew throughout, and at the finish pushed almost off his feet. After that long race the sprint at the end was a fearful test of endurance. Both men in the last 100 yards were run ning a dead heat, with Gates constantly forging half a body ahead, and on one of those extra little sprints he won out at the tape. The time. 10:26 2-5, establishes a Northwest record in this event. Smithson won the 220-yard dash, Wil liams and Kelly second and third, as In the 100-yard dash of the day before. The pole vault went to Swann of O. A. C. with Murphy, formerly of Multnomah, now of Idaho, second, both making 10 feet 6 inches. The hammer throw went to Baker of Cdrnell with 122 feet 4 inches. Smithson won in the 220-yard hurdles with only O. A. C. men to compete against. Kelly won out In the broad jump with 22 feet 9 Inches, within half an inch of his own Northwest record made a week ago. In the relay race O. A. C. was an easy winner. Multnomah coming next, but not being able to produce such fast men as Smithson. Williams, Greenhaw and Beach. Summary: Two hundred and twenty-yard dash Smltbson (O. A. C.) first. Williams (O. A. C.) second. Kelly (Columbia) third. Time, 221-5 seconds. Pole vaulr-Swann (O. A. C.) first. 10 feet 6 inches; Murphy (Idaho) second. 10 feet 6 inches; Woodcock (O. A. C.) third. 10 feet. Half-mile run Edmundson (Idaho) first. Greenhaw (O. A. C.) second, Matthews (Idaho) third. Time. 2:001-5. Sixteen-pound hammer Baker (Cornell) 122 feet 4 Inches. Hugg (U. of O.) 119 feet 10 inchos. Walker (O. A. C.) 116 feet 1 inch. Two hundred and twenty-yard hurdles Smithson (O. A. C.) first. Cathey (O..A. C) second. Williams (O. A. C.) third. Time, 27 1-5 seconds. Broad Jump Kelly (Columbia) 22 feet 9 Inches. Frissol (U. of O.) 21 feet 10 inches. Moores (O. A. C.) 19 feet 54 Inches. Two-mile race Gates (P. U.) first. Mat thews (Idaho) second. Time, 10:26 2-S. Relay Oregon Agricultural College. Time. 3:301-5. PACIFIC " NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boise 8, Spokane 2. SPOKANE. June 17. Boise kept up the winning streak, playing better ball than Bpokane and bunching hits when Spo kane bunched error.;. The locals were woakonod because Lewis and Martinke Jumped to the Northwest League. Steltz pitched a good game and his team played errorless ball behind him. Score: RUE Boise 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0-8 i 13 6 Spokane 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 02 S 5 Batteries Steltz and Hanson; Gtlpatrick and Stanley. Umpire MacRae. Ocdcn 10, Salt Lake S. SALT LAKE. Jane 17. Ogden turned the tables on Salt Lake today, winning by a rcoro of 10 to 5. The locals bunchd er rors in the first inning, thereby assisting the visitors to make five runs. The pitch ing on both sides was fair, but Tozer received wretched support. The score: R.H.E. Ogden 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 21011 6 Salt Lake ....0 00100130 5 12 7 Batteries Hoon and Hauson; Tozer and Leahy. Umpire Ferrin. Travers Wins Golf Cup. GREAT RIVER. L. I.. Jane 17.-Walter J. Travers. the former British national and metropolitan champion, this after noon trimmed Jerome D. Travers' Long Inland champion and former interscholas tic title-holder, to the tune of S up and 7 to go. for the chief cup la the West brook Golf Club's tourney. It was an opportunity that the Australian had long been seeking. He had not forgotten that Travers defeated him at Nassau last Fall in a 22-hoIe match, while Travers" victory over him by 7 up and 6 to go in the Metropolitan this month is still in his mind. The Westbrook perfectly level, suited Travers' game to a nicety, iie usea nis long clubs again today. In the morning the first round was close and Travers got the last two holes, leavlnc him 2 Un. The sttrrnana raimA was too one-sided to be absorbing. It was ended at the nth hole, although the bye-holes were played out. In the af ternoon Travers won by only one hole and halved three. Appointed Racing Secretary. V-E"Tt' VrTtT T.. 1 - ?1 IJ ' . a-. iwjtrw. j cine- ji. cuciwan vtarK. i secretary of the Crescent City Jockey ' Club. New Orleans, was appointed rac- Ing secretary of the Brighton Beach Rac- lng Association for the coming mldsum- mer meeting at Brighton Beach. John ! Boden. Jr.. the present incumbent, has ' been granted an extended leave of ab sence on account of ill health. Sheridan Clark Is one of the best-known racing of ficials of the West, and his elevation to a post of such Importance la a distinct tribute to the Western interests, so large ly concerned In Metropolitan racing busi ness. The Denver & Rio Grande scenery la even snore beautiful tn Winter than Sum mer. Travel East via that Un and iead a day In Salt Lake City T When Browning Took the Bat, the Ball Flew. GREAT PLAYER COLUtPSES Louisville Hitter "Was as Famous as Rube Wnddell in Early Days, and Many Stories Are Told of His Eccentricities. "Pete" Browning, whose mental col lapse was chronicled at Louisville a few days ago, was one of the most noted characters ever connected with the game of basebalL Chicago saw less of him than cities like Philadel phia. New York. Pittsburg and Cin cinnati, which at times were members of tho old American Association. In all the cities where the Louisville club appeared In those days. Browning was a character fully as famous as is Rube Waddcll of our present day Athletics. In some rospects the men were alike. In addition to being groat ball players, they had marked eccentricities. Browning was one of the best batters the profession has seen. He was a natural hitter, and a hard one. a good baserunner. and a fair fielder. In ap pearance he was singularly tall and slender, slightly stooped and possessed a peculiar forward-pointing pair of ears. The pictures of "Circus Solly." which appear on some of the funny pages today, arc only an exaggeration of "Pete" as he appeared in the SO's, when he strode up to bat. always an object of worry to opposing pitchers. Brown ing vuas quite deaf, which, of course, was responsible for many of his pe culiarities. Batting was his forte and his fad. and his temper after a game was reckonod by the number of hits he had made, regardless of the outcome of the contest- Ballplayers declared him to be the best judge of a bat in the country, and he generally had a good assortment of them and made a specialty of preserving them. At tho end of a season he would put them away in water. One of them he would keep In soak for a month, another for six woeks. and so on, declaring that eacn required a certain treatment. Than he would oil them carefully and have them In fine trim for the riext cam paign. Whon snowing his assortment he would speak of the bats much as a trainer would of his stable of raca horses. "Ah, that is a fine 2-year-old." he would declare, as he picked one out of the lot. and "this one is a 4-year-old," he would say of another. Players declare Browning never could be persuaded to sell a bat. no difference how much he was offered for one af them, but often when a player looked longingly at some par ticular stick In Pete's assortment. anJ said he wished he owned it. Browning surprised the man by making hlra a present of it. It was said of Browning that he knew nothing but baseball, and thought nothing but basebalL Hence the old story that on the occasion of Garfield's assassination he said to the newsboy who was crying out extras. "Who's that you say is assas sinated?" "Why. Garfield!" shouted the boy Into the deaf player's oar. "What league did he play with?" is the alleged return made by Browning; but this Is dis credited by some who knew the man best. They say Browning really had a bit of cunning, and raany times got credit for saying funny things by accident when in reality he knew the humor of them. Browning, more than any other man, probably was responsible for the expres sion of "lamps" as a substitute for eyes Pete was always talking about his "lamps" and about their condition as in dicated by his batting. Going to the grounds he invariably smoked a cigar ette, inhaling the fumes and blowlug them out through the nostrils. "Its good for the lamps." he declared to his fellow players. Browning's mother was comparatively wealthy, and the family was well known In Louisvillf. Browning and Fred PfefTer began play ing on the town lots in Louisville at about the same time, and both drifted together, eventually. In the famous old Eclipse team of that city one of the best exclusively home teams ever known in America. Pfeffer left the club to go to the Chicago Nationals, while Browning went with the rest of the Eolipso players Into the Louis ville club of the American Association. Here Browning came under the man agement of James Hart, now of the Chicago Nationals, and the latter can EH O PITCHER FINISH OF THE HALF-MILE RUN. relate anecdotes by the hour of the famous player. Browning was a batter of the old style, and failed to learn to bunt. Hart bluntly ordered him to bunt on one occasion when It was Pete's turn to bat. "I'm not a bunrer," demurred Browning: "it's my place to hit 'em out." But Hart insisted, whereupon Pete went up and "bunted" into a triple play. Despite his ability as a batter. Browning was always more or less delicate of health. WAGERS ARE NOT RECORDED Dclmar Bookmakers' Scheme to Get Around State Law. ST. LOUIS, June 17. The Dolmar race track opened today for an indefinite sea son of racing. Interest centered in the new system of betting inaugurated to get around the law which, went Into effect to day, designating betting on horseracing in Missouri as a felony, punishable by pen itentiary imprisonment. The racing association announced that it would not be responsible for any bet ting, and the Central Turf Association, recently organized, supervised the specu lation feature. The regulation handbooks being no longer permissible, a system was devised under which no wagers will be recorded or tickets Issued. The specula tor Is Identified by the number of a badge he wears. On the question of what constitutes "registration" of a bet hangs the Issue. Governor Folk has instructed Attorney General Hadlcy to Inquire Into the 'valid ity of the new system. Ills Muscles Beat Sandow's. Hoxkenschmldfs physical developments are evn greater than those of Sandow. The tape shows his height to be S feet 4 Inches; his neck. 22 inches; his chest nor mal. 4S Inches, and exoanded. $2 inches: biceps, lRi Inches; thighs, 274 Inches, and his weight, 210 pounds In condition. Besides being a champion wrestler, he is an expert swimmer, a crack cyclist and an accomplished gymnast and acrobat. He can box cleverly, can run 100 yards near to record time, and can clear the bar at nearly five feet standing and at several Inches over six feet with a short run, says an exchange. He demonstrated his ability as a high jumper in his room when he cleared, without much effort, a chair on the back of which were three high hats and a large dressing case. THE BEST EVENT OF THE DAY. EDMUNDSON (IDAHO) WINNING IN 2:00 1-5. GOSSIfflMDH Defeats Brandt Wickersham in Tennis Tournament. TAKES THREE OF FOUR SETS Ffrst Set Is Hnrd Fought, Goss Spurting When Score Stood Fire to Two Against Him. W. A. Goss won the annual champion ship tennis tournament of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club yesterday after noon, by defeating Brandt Wickersham three out of four sets, thereby taking the J. Wesley Ladd silver trophy for the sec ond time. Both players were in fine form during the first part of the contest, but Wickersham. who led during the fore part of the match, soon began to tire, and It was seen that Goss would have the better of the argument. Neither player used any distinguishing stroke. Gos played his favorite position near the net as often as he war given an opportunity, while Wickersham depended on smashes from the middle of the court to defeat last year's champion. WIckersham's hand icap of IS in four out of six games gave him a decided advantage, but he won more games at scratch than with the handicap. Wickersham was apparently In no condition for the match, while his ad veroiry experienced no difficulty on ac count of the heat. About 58 spectators, who witnessed the contest, enthusiastical ly cheered the clever plays of both men. The first set. in which Wickersham showed his best form, was the most bit terly fought. Goss took a spurt when the t stood 5-2 against him. and wont out with the score standing 7-5. Wickersham took the third eat, 6-2. Goss had a walk over in the other two. winning by 6-1 and 6-2. The coveted trophy has been won by both Wickersham and Goss, the former having possession in 1003 and the latter In 1904 and 1S05. To have final possession It will be necessary to have been victori ous three years. In addition to holding the Ladd cup for one year, a silver cup for first prize and a dozen tennis balls were donated by the club. From the players' standpoint, the contest has been a successful one. Forty three entries were made and play was fast in most of the matches. Arrangements have been made for other tournaments to take place on the club courts this year. The Junior matches for boys under IS will begin June 25; the Lewis and Clark tournament and North Pacific International Lawn Tennis Asso ciation tournament commencing July 17; and the Oregon State tournament July 21. Results of. Bowling- Contests. Ten-pin "bowling has been quite active the past week. The Summer League opened up Monday evening with the Bak era against the Golden Wests on the Portland alleys, and the Clncos against El Sldelos on tho Oregon alleys. The Bakers took two out of three from the Golden Wests, and the Clncos took two out of three from El SIdelos. On Thurs day evening the American Eagles took two out of three from the Schlllers on the Oregon alleys. The games for next week are: Monday"; June 19 Clncos vs. Schillers. Portland alleys; EI Sidclos vs. Golden Wests. Oregon alleys. Thursday. June 22 Schlllers vs. El SI delos. Portland alleys; Bakers vs. Ameri can Eagles. Oregon alleys. The Clncos made the highest total, roll ing over 2SG0 in their three games. Tom Dcvlnaey, captain of El Sidclos. had the highest average. 213 for his three games. P. Kneyse was second with IK 1-3. Bowlers are getting in trim for the spe cial meet of the Western Bowling Con gress, to be held here in August. The success of this meet means much to the bowling game In Portland. The commit tee has sent out circulars to all the cities west of the Missouri River and a large at tendance Is anticipated. Wins at Tennis. V NEW YORK. June 17. F. B. Alexan der. Princeton's former' intercollegiate lawn tennis champion, won the Metropol itan championship in singles here today. He outclassed Rosa Burchard in the final round, allowing blm only two games in the three sets. HIS 12 WD STAKE James R. Keene's Sysonby Captures Tidal Purse. FAVORITE MAKES A RECORD Runs Mile and One-Quarter In 2:05 at Shecpshead Agile Is Sec ond and Cairngorm, Second. Choice Is Third. NEW YORK, June 17. James R. Keene's Sysonby, with Nlcol In the sad dle, won the Tidal Btakes of $20,000. one mile and a quarter, at Sheepshead Bay to day. Sysonby. who was making his first handicap on May 4 was In the best pos sible condition, having worked one mile and a quartor in 2:07. and the books made him a hot favorite at 9 to 10. He ran the distance today in 2:05, which is a new record for the stake. Captain S. S. Brown's Agile, pa'ying even 'money for the place, was second, and Sydney Paget's Cairngorm, second choice, third. The Tidal stake is one of the stake feat ures on the Coney Island Jockey Club's programme. It was first run In 1SS0, and has been won by some of the greatest horses America has ever seen. The gross value of the stake ,1s J20.0CO. of which $15,000 goes to the winner. $2500 io the second horse, and $1500 to the third. Out of the original six entries, two were scratched. Sydney Paget withdraw Tra dition, depending on Cairngorm to carry his 'colors to victory, and J. E. Madden declined the Issue with Hot Shot. Per fect weather prevailed and fully 25,000 persons witnessed the racing. Results: Six furlongs Broomstick won. Bank sec ond, Zcala third: time. 1:14. One mile Geranium won. Chimney Sweep second. Uncle Urigh third: time, 1:40 3-5. Five furlongs Jacobite won. Inquisitor second. Sufficiency third; time, 1:001-5. The Tidal Stakes. $20.C00. mile and o, qaurter Sysonby. 12$ pounds (Nlcol). 9 to 10. won; Agile.. 126 (Martin), 9 to 2, second; Cairngorm. 126 (W. Davis), 5 to 2, third; time, 2:05. Migraine also ran. Five furlongs Speedway won. Consist ent second. Aviston third; time, 1:002-5. Mile and a sixteenth, on turf Mpnsleur Beaucalre won. Woodsaw second, Stamp ing Ground third: time, 1:474-5. Results at Seattle. SEATTLE. June 17. Results: Sir furlongs Billy Taylor won. Water Spout second. Chablis third; time, 1:15. Six furlongs Dolly AVelthoff won. Miss Provo second. Pearl Stone third; time, l:14H, Seven furlongs Glen Brier won. Wager second. Foxy Grandpa third; time. 1:23. Four and a half furlongs Tenordale won. Equorura Rex second, Miss Spokane third; time, 0:54&. Mile and a quarter Gloomy Gus won. Sea Air second. Sandstone third; time, 2:C. Four furlongs Queen Cup won. Aurora B. second, Happy Chappy third; time, 0:47. Mile and a half Expedient won, Iras second. Circus third; time. 2:33. One mile Montana Peeress won, Laura F. M. second, LIberto third; time. 1:41. Balfour's Jersey City Chauffeur. Following King Edward's example, the English Prime Minister, A. J. "Balfour, ha3 Just engaged an American .chauffeur. The latters name Is Walter Muhler, and he hails from Jersey City. Muhler Is 25 years of age. and left the United States about three months ago to visit his brother In Berlin, who Is In the German Emperor's service as chauffeur. Learning that Muh ler was at liberty. Mr. Balfour communi cated with him recently and his engage-. mnt followed. Among motor men here he is regarded as an even more expert driver than Oliver Stanton, who pilots th.c King's car. The Prime Minister is quite as much an en thusiast in metering os he is in golfing, so yoantr Mnhler will have plenty of business. It Is said that it was on the recom mendation of the King that the Prime Minister sought an American driver. He had trit-d men of various nationalities, but found them all wanting, or at least not up to the standard ct nis requirements. 3Irs. Stout Wins at Golf. SHORT HILLS. N. Y., June 17. Mrs. Charles T. Stout, formerly Genevieve Hecker. who was Metropolitan National golf champion for two years, won the Metropolitan golf championship on the' Ballusrol links' today, defeating Miss Ger trude Travers, of the Nassau Country Club of Glencove, L. L, by 3 up and 1 to play- r The new Hotel Oregon, corner Seventh and Starx streets, nas not and cold run ning water and long-distance telephones la every room. Desperate Effort Made by PugilisC to Get Down to . Weight,, but Kelly Wanted Forfeit for an Ounce: Tommy Burns, who recently fought Hugo Kelly at Detroit, writes that he will soon return to Portland. Burns and Kel ly fought a ten-round draw, and the fight critics are of an opinion that the fight was one of the best ever seen in Detroit. According to the accounts. Burns had lota of trouble in making the weight, 158 pounds, and in order to get down to weight was forced into very rigid training. For a couple of days before the mill Burns ate nothing, and lived on beef tea. He entered the ring in a weakened condi tion and seems to have had the fight of his life, for Kelly entered the ring In splendid shape. In addition to this, the man who took the money fled, and the fighters came near losing their share of tho gate receipts. Burns must have put up a great battle against Kelly, for even the writera who bad knocked the fight in advance admit ted that Burns in condition could have whipped Kelly. Here Is what one critic had to say of the fight. Tommy Burns, well trained and In con dition to make the weight without resort ing to starvation, can lick Hugo Kelly la a 10-round battle. This fact was demon strated to a crowd ot microscopic dimen sions at the Light Infantry Armory and the demonstration was Just as conclusive as It would have been, had Burns earned the decision Instead of the draw which he re ceived. Burns won out on his nerve. He fought a battle which. Judged on the basis of his former fights In this city, showed a marked Improvement not only in science but In grit, courage and confidence. But It was a battle which Bums had to fight under a weighty handicap. Five days of training- had left him fat and over weight. When the Kelly party Insisted that Burns must weigh In at 13S ringside, he had to put Into operation some strenuous meas ures. A couple of poached eggs and -a little toast formed his sole sustenance, for the last two days. He took three long runs. He was rubbed till he was sore all over. He welshed an ounce or two over when he finally stepped on the scales, and even then Kelly wanted to claim the forfeit and would have, done so had It not been for Tommy Ryan's Intervention. For three rounds he made a simian out of Kelly. Jabbing him at will, winding him up Into knots by his clever footwork and out boxing him ten to one. Then Tommy Ryan at last got Kelly moving. The fourth round and the Italian besan to strike bis gait. There wasn't any beauty, to it. The fifth was battled In the same way and with the same result. The perspiration rolled off Referee Ryan's face as he labored to split the fighters apart. He doffed coat, vest, collar and tie. Still Kelly stayed close and worked both hands, devoting especial attention to Burns body. Then the pendulum swung again. The eighth round saw Burns seemingly recuper ating. He held Kelly even and once or twice hooked a hard right. In addition to the straight lefts. Then came the ninth. Tommy Ryan, the champion ot the class in which the men are fighting, sent Kelly In hard. "Quit boxing and keep fighting." was his only Injunction from start to finish. In bored Kelly, a fighting machine, and Burns met him halt way. Thump! that right went home and this time the Jaw ot the iron Burns was Jarred till he blinked. "Whlrz! Biff! a left swing on the other side and the right again. Kelly was going. The crowd was yellins like mad. The police stood up In an earnest endeavor to see to It that scientific principles were exclusively employed and nobody was "seeking for a knockout blow," as this. Mr. Walpole. the officer in charge, had an nounced ln a short address that preceded the entertainment, was strictly contrary to eti quette. On the face and body of Kelly. Burns rained a shower of blows, but Kelly's grip, whenever fastened about his opponent, was copper-riveted, and Referee Ryan had even more trouble in prying- him off. He lasted till .the gong. It was a great effort, and Burns, while too tired to make another sprint In his famished condition, held his own in the final round. It had earned him a draw. Burns is matched against Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. July 4. at Tacoma, and ho will return soon and start training for this fight. He is also anxious to get a fight at San Francisco, and In all proba bility will be able to do so. The Fitzsimmons-Schreck fight Is off. according to Fitzslmmons. It seems that the Salt Lake promoters have not come through with the coin, and Lanky Bob is not fighting these days for fun. There is still a chance that the fight will be pulled off, for a dispatch from the Mormon city says that, the promoters are hustling to get the money. Baseball Today. What .promises o be a hotly contested game of baseball will take place today at the Twenty-fourth and Vaughn-street grounds, the contesting teams being, the strong Brainard Maroons (formerly Uni versity Parks) and the Oaks, of South Portland. Neither of the two teams has met defeat this season and as intense rivalry exists between the players of each team a red-hot contest is assured. Tho teams arc composed of the fastest local talent In the city and are considered as candidates for positions in faster com pany. Ladles will positively be admitted to grounds and grandstand free. Game called at 3 P. M. Oaks. Brainard Maroons. Riddle P Moore. Trowbridge Schults C. Brock Doerner V......-..1B 2"UIBl? T)ay 2B - Campbell Sa.:::v:--:::::::::::::.a Crossout Ho" Brown CF Si pit a Smith ...HP Galna American Jockeys in India. Two well-known jockeys who have been riding with great success here, says, a. Bombay cable to an exchange, have left for a holiday In England. Fenton. who has won two Viceroy's cups on Great Scot, and who was formerly associated with Newmarket, and E. H. Ames, an. American, who has been connected In India with J. D. Scott's powerful stable. Ames won the last Grand Western han dicap In Bombay on the English mar Ampllfey, and is quite at the top of the tree here. He Is the only proper exponent of, thy Yankee seat, and. though he baa not been very successful on Arabs, yet he has won particularly fine races on Eng lish animals. He rides at 8 stone 5 pounds. Lacrosse Game July 1. There will be no lacrosse gamo played by the Portland clubs for about two weeks. July 1 the " Portlands face the strong Tacoma club at the baseball grounds. Twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets, and expect to play Seattle on the same grounds July 7. In the Interval the Portland will keep up a steady practice and strengthen their championship twaa. f