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17 CURRENT GOSSIP IN THE WORLD OF SPORT Racing Attendance Good at Seattle Portland Should Find Oakland Easy Competitor. THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 9, 1905: BOTH Seattle Keeps Up Attendance at Tracks. HORATIUS PROVES WINNER interesting Events at the Celebration Handicap and Ijate Gossip at the 'Turf on the North i. Track. By CharW U McCarthy. SEATTLE. July S. (Special.) In spite of the faot that Seattle had al ready had more than 30 days of rac ing:, more than enough for a city of its size, over 8000 persons turned out Tuesday to witness the running of the celebration handicap and seven other races. The day was perfect and the racing of the best. Horatius. the popular idol of 1903, was making- his first appearance at the Meadows in two years. He had re ceived a special preparation for the race, and Tobe Ramsey, his owner and trainer, made no secret of the fact that lie thought the son of Odd Fellow a certain winner. The public was, of course, loyal to Horatius, and he was backed for thousands of dollars at prices ranging even money to 7 to 5. Mindanao was a heavily supported sec ond choice, while Circus was the medi um" of an intended coup. His stable was of the opinion that with only 93 pounds to cary he couldn't lose, and it backed him accordingly. Hugh Mc Gowan and St. George, Jr.. were the outsiders, and received considerable support. To a perfect start Jockey Wright took St. George to the front and passed the stand with a slight load. over Mindanao. Horatius trailed in the rear. Once straightened out in the back stretch. Wright gave St. George his head, and the big black bounded away from Mindanao and ob tained a lead of two lengths. But his advantage was short lived, as Min danao set sail for him on the upper turn and quickly wrested the lead from the McLaughlin horse. Almost simultaneously with Mindanao's move Ivy Powell started riding Hortaius, and as they swung for home Mindanao and Horatius were head and head, with the others plainly beaten off. Min danao fought it out gamely, but ho was up .against a horse that outclassed him, and Horatius won very cleverly by a length, with Powell sitting per fectly still. Hugh McGowan closed up some ground In the stretch and finished a fair third. SL George stopped to nothing In the stretch and finished just ahead of Circus, who was never a con tender. The time, 2:06U. broke the track t record, and had Horatius been forced out he would have run close to 2:05. The race was worth $900 to the winner. The vletory of Horatius was, of course, very popular, and he re ceived tremendous a'pplause as the floral horseshoe was placed around his neck.' Few in the great crowd were aware that the son of Odd Fellow was almost totally blind, and in a race de pended entirely upon his jockey. The best Held of sprinters seen at the Meadows in some time met in the flve-furlong race, which was run after the big race. TocOlow and Whisky King were equal favorites, but the big 8-year-old, Laidlaw, cleverly' beat them both, in the fastest flve-furlong race ever ran at the Meadows 0:59?i. Billy Mahan rushed into the lead at the start, but H. L. Frank quickly collared him, and they ran head and head to the final sixteenth, where both collapsed. Loague brought Laidlaw up at this stage, and he was just In time, as Tocolaw closed with a rush on Hie outside, and would have beaten Lald law in another stride. Whisky King was In a pocket all the way, and could never get through. There has been little excitement out of the ordinary connected with the racing the past week. The attendance has held up remarkably well, and will probably In crease from now to the end of the meeting. On Monday there was a little event run off which was not down on the pro gramme. There were 10 starters in the second race at four furlongs, and on the way to the post Agnes Mack trailed along far behind the others. When the horses reachod the post Starter Duke failed to note the ab sence of Agnes, and, seeing a chance for a good break, the first time the horses turned around he pulled tho barrier and sent them away. Jockey Williams Immediately turned Agnes Mack around and galloped toward the Ftand about 20 lengths In front of his field. Judge Egbert at once sent the horses back to the post, and in the run off Agnes Mack led to the final six teenth and looked a sure winner when Stewart, the hard-riding colored boy. brought. Can't Tell, a 20-to-l shot, up on the rail and nosed out Agnes Mack In the last stride. Had Williams came on about his business, instead of look ing around, he could not have lost. Jockey Loaguc now leads the jockey, with Jimmy Clark an easy second. Loaguc will probably Increase his lead, as Starter Duke has suspended Clark for a week. Mrs. Coffey continues to lead the owners, although Gill Summers Is a close second and may take the lead before the end of the meeting. The Pride livened matters up a lit tle on Thursday by winning at 40 to 1. The old rogue has been very Inconsist ent this season and has either sulked or been left at the post in about two thirds of his starts. GHAMPIOXS DRESS ODDLY. Women, at Least, Do Xot Come Up to Expectations. The woman champion Is not always as careful about dress as some of the women who see her think that she ought to be. One of the spectators at a recent golf tournament felt a sort of personal indignation that she hid been deprived of seeing the crack player dressed as she ought by rule to have been. "When I heard she was going to play," this woman said with great dis gust, "I went down from the clubhouse piazza especially to get a good view' of her. I could hardly believe my eyes. There she was In a' white duck skirt of the tight style of several Summers ago and flared about the bottom. With that she wore a faded pink shirtwaist so far from the belt of her skirt that it had to be held to It by a safety-pin. But the worst of all was a pink tulle bow tied around the neck of her shirt waist and puffed in the back. That was too much for me. I started back to the piazza and stopped only to sec that she had on tan pumps." "Did the clothes affect her playing?" asked one of the women with her. "Not a bit," ansvcred the first wom an. "She won everything." The champion is often disappointing In other sports. One of the women who could do more than any of the others with a motor-car down on the Jersey coast last Summer was most dlsheartenlngly unsportsmanlike in dress. "She was a wonder," sa'd one of the same party of women, "and she was better than some of the chnuffeurs In handling tho racing machines. But how she used to rig herself up! Ths day she won her race at the automo bile show- she appeared In an old-fashioned blue velvet skirt, a peekaboo shirtwaist and a pink chiffon hat. The only thing she wore to suggest that she was In an automobile were her gloves and goggles." "I shall never forgot the tennis tour nament I saw at Newport several years ago.' one of the women said when her turn came. "The "woman champion was English. She came out o tho court, and the women who had never seen her before could scarcely keep from gasp ing out their surprise. She had on a white linen dress very much embroid ered, and was unmistakably rouged. Her figure was so stiff that she looked as if she might have on Iron corsets. Over her face as far down as her mouth was drawn a white veil. "In spite of this apparently inappro priate get-up, she lived up to her rep utation. Corsets, veil and oven tho pointed and high-heeled white canvas shoes she had on could not stop her. She beat everybody." PETE LOHRflflN?IFSO.WKY? OLD MAN OP BASEBALL SAID TO BE COMING TO PORTLAXD. Fans Wonder If n Man No Longer Wanted In Portland Is to Be Part Owner of Giants. So the ancient and honorable Peter Lohman, who severed his connections with the Oakland baseball team only when his name no ItniRer appeared on the payroll, is coming to Portland. Why Pete Lohman? ask the fans. He hns been a great baseball captain. This statement Is put in the past tense, because Pete Lohman. like many others, is passing, and should be allowed to pass. What good can this man do for baseball In Portland? Is another question the gos ?lps are asking. If he, after the years he has spent as a factor In the game for Oakland, was not good enough to lead the Commuters longer, what good can he do for Portland? Nothing. Who payK any attention to Pete Loh man not the players, for there never was a ma,n who wore a baseball uni form and held the position of captain and manager, who was regarded with less respect than this same Ijohman. His players- have never taken him seriously. He has been the butt of every curse word known to profanity, and every joke that could be concocted. This Is not alto gether his fault. This foil to his lot simply because he could not handle men. Personally, Pete Lohman is not a bad sort, but he falls a thousand miles short of being of any value to Portland. When he was with Oakland the entire team was pulling against each other. If he came to Portland and had anything to say about the management of the Giants, the same thing would happen. Lohman may have some money to in vest In baseball. That's been his busi ness for perhaps several years longer than those usually allotted to man, yet there Is no reason why Portland should be burdened with "the old man of base ball." Old men. men who have grown old In any service, havo their place, but Lohman's place Is not with the Giants. Let him take bis money and Invest It somewhere else, here is one city that has suffered long enough. Manager Walter McCredle. because he is new In the po sition as manager, may make mistakes, but he has given to Portland the best ball team In many years. He should be left alone. Sad Farewell to Mr. Duffy. That Arthur Duffy no longer Is Invin cible at his favorite distances his record In Australia Is jiroof. The great George town flyer's trip to the annlpodcs was not overburdened with success. In fact, he fared worse than In any undertaking In .ill his career on the cinder patth, and the honors he acquired were few and far between, and did not merit unusual com ment. His best showing was a dead heat at 1C0 yards with the crack Australian sprinter, Nigel Baker, of Sydney Uni versity. Duffy cannot complain of strangeness pf surroundings nor offer n excuse that he was not acclimated. The fact is he has soen his best days, which statement Is likely to be borne out when he competes In the English championships next month. At Stamford bridge he will meet the ?ilck of British sprinters, and. while England does out excel in short distance running. 6he Is branching out. and year by year Is developing letter men In the "hundred." so that Daffy Is sure to meet stubborn resistance nnd probable defeat. He no longer Is at the age when a sprinter Is at his best, and, like Wefers and Tewks bury, his passing from the public uaze will come In due course of time. Wnddcll a Wrestler, Too. "Ever hear of the time George La Chance tried to turn a trick on Rubc Waddell and got badly fooled?" asked Hobe Ferris, the scrappy little Bos-ton second baseman, during a recent fanning bee. "Well, we were playing Philadelphia a few years ago. and as It had been an nounced that Waddell was going to pitch. Big George said to Collins: 'I'm going to fix "Rube" so we will hit him all over the field.' Now. as you know. 'Rube' Is j willing to wrestle any one. and George challenged him to a friendly bout. Right on the grass they sailed In. La. Chance trying hard to get a hammerlock on 'Rube's left arm. so that ho could put It out of business for the afternoon. But after six or seven minutes' fooling 'Rube got a fall, and then, much to the disgust of La Chance and Collins, he shut Boston out with four hits and fanned 12 of us. getting George three times. I suppose.' said Collin?, after the game, to La Chance, 'that If you had wrestled tn minutes longer "Rube" would have shut us out without a hit and struck out i"0 men. " ever Owned Four Shirts." Kitty Bransfield. the Phillies first base man, is In need of shirts. The manager vt the Southern Hotel of St. Louis, where the Quakers stopped, has been showing some-lofil fans some telegraphic corretpondence that has passed between his desk clerk and the manager of the Phillies. These mcsages -explain thorn selves. The first came from Chicago, where the Phillies played after leaving St. Louis. It read: "Bransfield left four shirts at Southern. Please express same here. Signed, Hugh Duffy." Here's the answer: "Hugh Duffy. Philadelphia Club, Chi cago, 111.: You're a 1 . Bransfield never owned four shirts. What do you think the Southern Is? A haberdashery? Signed. Jack Ryan." DLDTIMERS 1! Death Has Struck Many Play ers Off the List. YOUNGSTERS TO THE FRONT Pacific Coast Has Produced Many Famous Baseball Men and lias Also Seen the Beat of Them Play. By Harry O'Hager. The death of Zcttleln, the once famous pitcher, which occurred a few weeks ago, of Doug Allison, some two years past, the demise of Tom Foley, a few months previous and about the same time that of Harry Wright and Andy Leannord, have taken away some of the old land marks, which helped to make the National game famous In the decades of 3D or more years ago. Ztttleln was a young German, who be came Infatuated with baseball soon after he landed In this country and twirled the sphere in the palmy days of the ola "Excelsiors," of Brooklyn, the "Hay makers." of Troy, the "Eckfords" and "Mutuals" of New York. This was in ONE OF CHICAGO'S BOWLERS, NOW IN PORTLAND, AND Kd C'apen, of Portland. the closing days of the sixties, and the pitchers of that time could be counted on your finger's ends. The most noted were Zettlcln. Bobby Matthews. Arthur Cummings and Algy McBride: lator came Tommy Bond, one of the first to control the curve, and who afterward became famous by as sisting the Boston "Reds" to hold the championship for four consecutive years. Previous to those I have just mentioned were Crelghton, an Englishman who came over to teach the Americans how to play cricket. He was a speedy bowler, but becoming Infatuated with America's Na tional game. Joined the old "Eckfords" of New York, and was the first to pitch the under-hand ball. They called It "throwing" in those days, and Crelghton was known as" the "Demon Thrower." Both Bobby Matthews and Cummings claim the distinction of being the first to discover the curve ball, but this has never been decided. Algy McBride was one of the greatest pitchers of his day. and pitched for New York and the old "Athletics" of Philadel phia, which also had Bobble Matthews on its staff. Fergy Malonc. now a lieu tenant of police In Philadelphia, was Mc Brlde's and Matthews old catcher. Mat thews pitched splendid ball for 23 consecu tive years, and the last time I saw him pitch was in Allentown. Pa.. In 1S30. and ho was just as speedy and as trloky as in his palmiest days. Younp Men Called Old. It is very amusing for old toll players, who have been through the mill, to note the expressions of some of the younger players of today. They call such men as Charley Irvln of the Frisco team. Van Buren of the Portland. Spies of Los An geles. Hallman of Louisville, Pickering of Columbus, Rube Waddell and Kid Gleason. old-timers. Bid McPhec was covering second base when Charley Irvln left the City League team of Chicago to play' third base for Cincinnati. He had then leen playing ball for 20 years and was old enough to be Irvln's father. The oldest players In the Pacific Coast League are Dad Lohman, Tim Flood and Spies of Los Angeles, Van Haltren of Oakland, and Van Buren of Portland. The rest are youngsters compared with pome who are playing ball today. Jimmy McGulro. catcher of tho New York American League, commenced play ing ball 23 years ago for a seml-rrofos-5lonal team of Hastings, Mich. Kitlridge, the star catcher of the Washington, D. (. team, of the same league, started his professional rareer with the Qulncy, III., team In 161, and Klttrldge Is caned by the ball players of today, an old-timer. Gleason commenced .playing ball as pitcher of the Willlamsport .team of Wllllamsport. Pa.. In 1SS7. and Stahl. of Boston, about 1JXM. at Fort Wayne. Ind. Bid McPhec stopping playing ball only a short time aco. Van Haltren. who Is still playing ball, came Bvst from San Francisco to New York about 15 years bro. and there are many now In the dia mond who have been playing ball for over 15 years. . Among the first Coast players who came East and made a reputation were Morris and Carroll, the famous battery from 'Frisco, who had done such wonderful work on the Coast, and Morris was heralded as a pitching wonder. This was about IRSi. when the old American As sociation was In the height of its slory Morris and Carroll signed with Columbus and they proved to bo all that was claimed for them. Morris was a Utile blonde, a south paw twlrler. and was about the first to pitch the slow-drop ball. He would tie himself up In a knot, and was for a long time a terror to the heavy hit ters of the American Association and National League. A year later they were purchased by Pittsburg, of the National League, and they were the star battery of that club for some time. Morris was a puzzle to the baserunncrs of those days: he would get the ball over to first In the attitude of delivering It. so quick that many of the best base runners were caught time and time again, before they discovered his trick. He had such men as Curt Welsh. Joe Horning and Tom Brown at his mercy, also such terri fic sluggers as Big Dave Orr. Dan Brouth ers, Pete Browning, Tip O'Xell and Mike Kelly, and such scientific batsmen as Fred Dunlap. Joo Horning. Ned Hanlon. Arthur Whitney. Tom Mansell. Curt Welsh. Milt West, John ORourke and Peto Hotallng. guessinc. Fred Carroll, his catcher, played brilliant ball up to a few years ago and was a star In his time. A year later there came from Frisco another player who became famous In the baseball arena one of the hardest hitters and greatest third basemen that was ever on the diamond. This player was Jerry Denny. Denny was a magnificent specimen of physical manhood: he was over six feet tall and tipped the beam at about 190 pounds. Denny was one of the most terrific hitters In the American Association and National League and was one of the prettiest and speediest throw era to bases I have ever seen. He was a marvel In his time and 1 "doubt If there ever has been his superior. Denny cov ered third for the famous Indianapolis team In and the Hoosler team of that soason was one of hardest hitting aggregations ever gotten together. There was Denny. . third: Glasscock, short: Bawctt. second, and ..big Lou Schenick on first. Henney Boyle was one of the twlrlers. and Bib Jack Kem mcrcr. who afterwards caught for the St. Louis Browns, was the principal back stop of the Hoosler team Old-TJmers Who Have Gone. Speaking about old-timers who have passed away In the last decade and who were tho stars of the American, Inter national and National Leagues in the seventies nnd eighties were Silver Flint, Mike Kelly, Kid Baldwin and Dick Hlgham. Higham was a star catcher for the old Syracuse and Buffalo teams In the seventies and early eighties. He died In Chicago about a year ago. Sliver Flint was the great backstop In his day and he, with Mike Kelly, were two of tho brainiest, trickiest and speediest throwers that ever pluyed ball. Both were galnts and terrific bitters. Kelly, who was known among the rrank Drill, of Chicago. baseball fraternity as the 10.000 beau ty, commenced his ball playing career as catcher for the old Manchester, N. H.. team in "To and his initial game was a 24 inning contest with the Harvard Univer sity team which resulted In neither side scoring. Ktrllj'-caught the gnme without aSnask. glove or chest protector. His fame soon spread and he soon became the star catcher of the American Association and National League. Kelly was popu lar with all. and, like his old-time friend. John L. Sullivan, was too good a fel low. He died a few years ago and his funeral was attended by one of the largest crowds that a ball player ever had. Sliver Flint caught some of the sncedlest Ditch ers In the country in his day, among them being "the only Nolan." Fred Gold smith, Larry Corcoran and Ned Crane. After the brotherhood season Flint retired from the baseball arena and with Ned Williamson, the one-time famous third baseman of the Chicago White Stock ings, went Into business at Chicago and his death occurred a year later. As "poor old Silver," as the boys call him. lay In his coffin, over 20O5 people passed by the casket to take a last look at the once great catcher. The gnarled fingers, which had once been straight and supple, were broken, not one of them having es caped. Many of the old guard who had played with lilm In the past were pres ent to pay their last respects to this popular player, nnd many eyes were moist. The coffin was literally burled in flowers. One of the famous teams In years past, which so many baseball lovers will re member, was the Saginaw. Mich., team of the old Northwestern League. Mr. C. H. Wood, president of the new Peninsula Bank, at Su Johns, the thriving suburb of Portland, was the secretary and a prominent stockholder In the team. This was In '2. and the men which composed the team of that season afterwards be came known fiom coast to coast. They were John G. Ciarkson. pitcher: Arundel, catcher; Billy Hawe?. first: Elmer Fos ter, second: Bobby Robinson, shortstop, and Arthur Whitney, third; Mike Man sell, left; Mtlt West, center, and McGun nlgle. right. Ciarkson afterwards became one of the greatest of Itchen,"and with Fred Goldsmith, won the championship for Chicago for several years. Ciarkson was also with Boston when they held the world's championship. Whitney we'nt to Boston .In the National League. McGun nlgle as manager of Brooklyn. Hawcs to Providence, R. I.. Manscll to Buffalo. Bobby Robinson was afterwards second baseman and captain of the famous St. Iouls Browns when they won the world's championship, and Elmer Foster after wards became a star in the American league team: Ganzcl and Gctzeln, known as the pretzel battery: Dave Foutz. who afterwards became famous as pitchers for the St. Louis Browns and later with the Brooklyn team of the National League. Plckney. who afterwards went to Brook lyn, and Tony Mullalne, who afterwards becamo one of the star twlrlers of tho country. Two famous players In their time were Curt Welsh and Joe Horning. Welth was a daring baserunner and a brilliant outfielder. The feats of Joe Homing In his IT years of ball playing as an out fielder have never been equaled. "There was only one John Sullivan," and only one Joe Horning. This little pockmarked fielder was in a class by hlmsslf. It was on tho old Boston National League grounds that Joe made the most "spec tacular catch ever pulled off on a baseball field. It happened during a game between the Bostons and Chlcagos In 1SS3. Hor ning was playing left geld and the attend ance was a record-breaking one. hundreds of carriages were In the outfield and fielding difficult. It was big Ned Williamson who. I think, hit a terrific liner, which was sailing for the left field fence, when Horning, who was a crack sprinter and" allround athlete, ran after the flying sphere at a 10-sccond clip. Be tween him and the ball was a line of car riages, but Joe never halted. With a flying leap he vaulted over the horse in his pathway and Just before the ball struck the fence Joe nailed It. The catch was a brilliant one. and his feat has never been equaled. Curt Welsh Is dead and Horning la umpiring in some bush league. GOSSIP OF DIAMOND Portland Should Take Most of Oakland Games. TO STRENGTHEN THE TEAM Passing oT Lohman From the Great American Game Marks One of the Distinctive Epochs in Baseball. The Portland team has still another week on the road before coming home to close the first half of the season. The showing made on the road has been up to expectations, for with Garvin out of the game the team Is crippled in Its pitching department, for the lanky Texan takes the bunncry when compared with the other slab artists. With Garvin back In the game the locals will set a hot pace at the commence ment of the second half. Portland open3 the final spurt at Oakland, and Van Haltrcn's bunch proved such easy picking on the last Northorn trip, Portland should annex about four out of the open ing series of seven. By that time, how- TWO OF HIS OPPONENTS j C. J. Kruse. of I'ortland. ever. McCredle may have strengthened his team by the addition of a couple of men with whom he Is now In correspon dence., which acquisitions, barring -accidents to the other men. should make the Oakland series a cinch for Portland. The Oakland team may also strengthen be fore the final race Is on, but this does not seem likely to happen, for Van Hal tren expresses himself as satisfied with the bunch. Tho passing of Pete Lohman from the Coast League marks the departure from the National game of one of the best known ballplayers and managers In the profession. Peto had held on season after season when he "alone knew he was on the decline, and even when the magnates commenced to wake up to the fact that the old Roman was "all In." the veteran would ginger up and hold out awhile longor. Among the players Pete Is talked of as being slightly "buggy." for; as one player well acquainted with the veteran stated. "Pete Is getting childish. He has actually commenced keeping cases on his base hits." This la something that never bothered Pete at all when he was In his prime, although he liked base hits as well as any of them, and could land them out as often, but as for keeping tabs on his average a la "Tacks" Par rott. such a thing would have been scoffed at by the Lohman of ten or even five years ago. Such Is life on the dia mond. For a few years one shines, but gradually th .sun sets and finally he drifts out of the game and In most in stances Is forgotten. Russ Hall has been hustling for play ers, but so far hens not met with any notablo success. Jack O'Connell has been secured from McCloskoy's Vancouver club, and seems to have strengthened the Slwash Infield some, but there are sev eral holes yet that Russ should fill, and then ills club might ri5o In the column of percentages. Charlie Hall, of Seattle, and "Spider" Baura, of Los Angeles, are two of the best young twirlers in the league, and. singularly, both are losing a great major ity of their games. Sometimes It is a close game In which they are. beaten, while In others they are given a terrific hammering. Somo arc Inclined to think that these young fellows arc dissatisfied with their respective clubs, and are play ing for their releases, but It Is not likely that cither is guilty of such In gratitude. WANTED TO HE CARTOONED But It Was a Dispute That Started Di.on In the Fishting Line. Abe Attcll says that a cartoon of a fighting exhibition In San Francisco gave him his first Idea of taking tu the pro fession. Attell thought that It would be a fine thing to have his own picture In the paper same day, and butted Into one of th preliminary bouts In San Francisco. Jack O'Brien, of Philadelphia. Is a natu ral born fighter. HI? father's hayloft was his favorite stamping ground, and all the boys In the neighborhood felt the sting of Jack's knock-out blows. George Dixon be gan life In a photograph gallery. He met another negro, from whom he tried to glean some Important Information. The negro deceived hlra, and Dixon made up his mind that It e-er he met the fellow again he would give him a thrashing. Fate brought the pair together again, and the featherweight kept his word with such dispatch that the negro never dc- fvlvrt nnv m& i f forrn r-A nivnnn ! success prompted him to take up boxing. and before long the colored boy startled the sporting world with his wonderful ring achievements. . Ball Manager to Be Rancher. That Fred Clarke, manager of the Pitts burg toscball team, has decided to quit Pittsburg and the game at the end of this season. Instead of managing for another year, as called for in his contract. Is the story printed In Pittsburg, and apparently has the best of foundation. Clarke has injured himself several times lately while playing, and his Western ranch Interests are getting so large that he Is said to have decided he can well get along without playing baseball. There are also many rumors of trouble between Clarke and Dreyfuas. Some time ago. during the series with New York, when Leach, by a bad play, allowed the Giants to score a victory. President Drey fuss entered the Pittsburg clubhouse and started to scold Leach. The owner of the club I? said to have received a hard call from Clarke, who said he was managing the team and would stand for no Inter ference. The case of Clymer. too, made a little friction since It was published and otherwise announced that Dreyfuss had paid Clymers fines out of his own packet, but Clymer found this was not the case, and threatened to leave the team at once unless the money which had been taken from his 'pay was returned. This was done, Clymer receiving $100. Umpire Took "Whole Five. When Schmidty, the Oakland pitcher, was pitching In a game several years ago. In which Rube Levy was the um pire. Pretzel talked back to Rube about one of his rank decisions on balls and strikes, nnd Rube promptly fined him $2.50. Schmidty had never heard of a ballplayer being- fined anything less than the regulation 55, and he was nat urally surprised. "Why. you fool." he said to Rube over his shoul der, "what's the matter with you? Do you want me to break a five-case note for a- little thing like that?" "No, you needn't mind." replied Rube. "I'll just fine you the change for swearing at me." And thus It was that Schmidty got out of cutting a five-case note In two pieces, for he had to give all of it up. ATHLETES FROM 5 LOS ANGELES Y. 31. C. A. SENDS TEAM TO PORTLAXD. Track Men Arc Confident of Victory i in the Big: Exposition Meet. LOS ANGELES. July S. (Special.) Members of the Los Angeles Y. M. C. A. track team left today for Portland and the Fair, arriving In the North ern city Monday, with ample time to recuperate for the big meet to be con ducted under the auspices of the Inter national association for members from all parts of the world. Expert trackmen are of the oplnoln that thl3 city has never Defore been represented by such a speeedy bunch of youngsters as the quintet who will battle for local honors. Coach Hamilton has been working the men out every afternoon on the Harvard track, and the performances of the atheltes give the assurance that the team will capture a respect able place. Last year the boys won second place at St. Louis. 'and the team Is much stronger this time and In far better condition. Parsons has ripped oft the 100-yarJ dash as a dally stunt In 10 seconds flat, and young Stanton, who should be an easy winner In tho hulf mile, has twice during the week turned the distance In 2m. 4us.. and was ready for the mile If necessary. Hurry Dane will take care of the 410-yard dash, and while not as speedy as Parsons. Is a stayer who will be hard to beat. Chapln. who has had some experience In the East. 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Strictest confidence observed. Plain envelopes used In all correspondence. Valuable book for men sent free, sealed. We Guarantee a Cure In Every Case We Undertake or Charge No Fee The leading specialists in the Northwest. Established In Portland In 1889. WE GUARANTEE A CURE IN EVERV CASE WE UNDERTAKE OR CHARGE NO FEE. CONSULTATION FREE All corrspondence Is sacredly confidential. Office hours D A. M. to 5 P. M. and 7 to S. Sundays and holidays, 10 to 12 A. M. t o DR.W. NORTON DAVIS & CO. Offices In Van-Noy Hotel, 52 Third street, corner Pine, Portland, Or. i: ; is a valuable addition to the team. The distance runs will be safe in his bands, as he is good for 4m. 50s. in the mile, and Is not slow In the two-mile run. Sturdy Dean Cromwell will pUt the shot and throw the hammer. Dean has defeated several of the local cracks and ia In fine condition. The boys have been working out carefully, have been dined at a strict training table and are at all times under the careful eye of the coach, who will accompany them on their trip and will also act as manager. Little has been said about the per formance of the runners as they have jogged around the oval In their train ing stunts, but several watches a week, ago caught "Steamboat" Parsons in less than 10 seconds, and Stanton in 2m. 4Hs.. which Is four seconds faster than the Southern California record. There Is reasonable certainty that the boys will capture the relay race, as the quartet has turned the mile in record time, and unless they overexert themselves In the earlier trials, the crowning event of the meet should be theirs. The runners o the relay will prob ably be Hamilton, who will do the first lap: Dane, who will take care of the second; speqdy Stanton on the third, and Parsons on the final. Such a bunch, barring accidents, should 'win on any field. The hopes of. tho Los Angeles men are high, and several amateur sprint ers who are following the game close- ly will journey to Portland to watch i the struggle. Parson's defeat of Snedlger, of I Berkeley, earlier in the year, practi cally puts the northern man out of the possibility of a first place In the shorter dashes, and the Los Angeles boy Is conceded the honors in both of these events. Every effort will be exerted to secure victory for the team, as the Los An geles Y. M. C A. is anxious to annex first honors. OFFERS $20,000 PURSE. Coffroths Big Offer for Nelson and Brltt to Fight. SAN FRANCISCO. July S. James W. Coffroth has announced that he will offer a purse of $20,000 for a ilnlsh fight between Brltt and Nelson, to .take place at Colma. on Admission day. September 9. He also offers ttO.COO as the fighters' share of the moving-picture privilege, making the purse really 530.000. Coffroth has spoken to Nelson's man ager, Nolan, who favors the project and will discuss It with Britt today. Cof froth said: "Isn't that an offer to take your breath away? It Is the biggest offer which r.ny man can make to these premier light weights and still 'see any profit in it for himself. Nelson will accept. There is little question about that. The Dane Is too anxious to get Brltt Into the ring to give himself pause when such an of fer as this comes along. What will Britt do? Dodge. Docs Not Sell Racing Results. NEW YORK, July 8. William J. Dealy superintendent of the commercial news department of the Western Union Tele graph Company, and David B. Mitchell, manager of the special wire bureau of the same company, have made affidavits, sworn to betore a notary public, denying a published statement charging the West ern Union Telegraph Company with sell ing racing Information to poolrooms. 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