THE -SUNDAY- PORTIAKD, OCTOBER 15, 1905;
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SPORTS AND ATHLETICS LIVEN UP FOR FALL
News From the Gridiron and the Turf, and" Reviews .of
Passing Events '
EE WILL NDT
RETIRE SYSON BY
Appreciates Public Desire to
Watch Winners on the
Racecourses.
HORSE IS'-GREAT FAVORITE
Handicapper Should Consider Pop
ularity of Sysonby In Alloting
Weights for Suburban and
Brighton Entries.
James R. Keone is himself authority for
the announcement that, Sysonby will ,not
be permanently retired this Fall. The
vice-chairman of the Jockey Club said
yesterday, at Belmont Park, that Sysonby
would Winter with the other horses at
-Shcepshead, and in January be entered In
all the great handicaps and weight-forage
races to be run in the year 1906. He
will be cot ready In good season next
Spring, and he will fill his dates while.
he stands up. This means that ho may
be seen in at least one of the great mlle-and-a-quarter
handicaps, provided the
handicapper Is reasonable, and he should
win the one James Rowe tries for.
"Whether he will make another effort to
win the Metropolitan, the great Belmont
Park race, in which last Spring the sell
ing plater 'Race King ran him to dead
heat, chiefly because Jockey Shaw took
him to the outside as he entered the
home stretch at a cost of three or four
valuable lengths. Mr. Keene will not say.
The chances are he will not. To run in
the Metropolitan, It will be necessary to
begin to train Sysonby too early for safe
ty. He was ready last Spring, to be sure,
but that will be another year. Preparing
a 3-year-old for a hard race to be run
about the first of May In noFthern lati
tudes is a vastly different proposition from
preparing a 4 or a 5-year-old. The 3-year-old,
being younger and fresher, naturally
comes to hand quicker than "the mature
horse. Irish Lad and Gunfire have won
Metropolitan handicaps since they were
3-year-olds, but they were not trained In
New York. They had their preparations
in South Carolina, where the kind of
"Winter weather in New England parts Is
not known.
It Is more than likely that Mr. Keene
will make a special effort to have Syson
by ready for the Suburban. It Is quite
natural that the vice-chairman of the
Jockey Club should prefer the Suburban
to any of the other rich mlle-and-a-quar-
ter races. The Suburban Is the- oldest of
them ail. and It is run at the most popu
lar of the Eastern racetracks. By win
ning it a horse cams greater distinction
than he gets..by winning either the Brook- :
lyn or the Brighton, although those races
have always been Important, and their
popularity is destined to Increase as they
grow older. It should be a fairly easy
matter to get Sysonby ready for the Sub
urban. The race Is never run before the
middle of June, and he Is a big, robust
colt, who will stand vigorous Spring train
ing. It was at Shcepshcad last June that
Sysonby was at his best. Although he
won several races of greater value than
the Tidal Btakes later in the season, he
was never, perhaps, so good as he was on
the day he won that valuable event.
Sysonby carried 126 pounds and stepped
a mile and a quarter In 2:03 flat In the run
ning of the Tidal. Mr. Keene Is of the
opinion that he could have covered the
distance in 2:04 if he had been asked to
extend himself. But he was not required
to run. He did not have to get out of a
gallop to whip Agile and Cairngorm. He
was a mighty good horse a few days
afterwards, too, when he took up 111
pounds and made a show of a first-rate
field of mature runners In the Common
wealth handicap.
Besides the Suburban. Sysonby -will
be put in such races as tho Advance,
the Brighton, the Saratoga, the Sara
toga Cup, the Century, ana" possibly
the Brighton Cup. They at any rate
are the kind of races that suit him;
Sysonby would have started In this
season's Brighton Cup if he had hap
pened to be eligible. Getting: him ready
to go two miles and a quarter on the
day of the running: of the Cup would
have been an easy matter.
He can run In the Annual Champion
as long as he stands up -and the vice
chairman of the Jockey Club has the
wherewithal to pay a starting fee
Once a horse is in the great two-mile-and-a-quarter
race at Sheepsheaa" he
is always in.
That Is one of the beauties of tho
Annual Champion, and one of the
reasons why some day it will bring
together In a llfe-and-death struggle
the most splendid field of horses ever
seen In a distance race in this or any
other country. It is a cinch that Sy
sonby will be the top weight in tho
big handicaps. Not in 20 years have
we had a racer more worthy of that
distinction. He is by all odds the
horse of the year, and It may be he
is, as Mr. Keene thinks, the best racer
we have ever seen.
When Handicapper Vbsburgh comes
to allot the weights for the big handi
caps he should consider that Sysonby
is a popular horse, and that the pub
lic wants to see him run in races like
the Brooklyn, tho Suburban and tho
Brighton. It would not be to the in
terest of the racing associations of
fering: such specials to the sport In
general tq put so much weight on this
gallant son of Melton as to make it
Impossible for Mr. Keene to start him.
One hundred and twenty-seven of 128
pounds would be perfectly satisfactory
to Mr. Keene. Sysonby will hardly
start in a handicap In which he Is
asked to shoulder 130 pounds or more.
It Is not fair to ask even the greatest
horses to take, up such burdens and
run one mile and a quarter at break
neck speed.
And all of our mlle-and-a-qua'rter
handicaps are run at breakneck speed.
ine pace is made hot by one llcht
weight after another, and the horse
that falls to keep up has no chance to
win. Heavily-weighted horses, and
especially popular favorites, are al
ways liable to meet with serious accl
dents. The intelligent thing to do is
to put a reasonablb burden on Sysonby
and pitch tne scale by which the oth
ers are to be measured accordingly.
While Mr. Keene has always In
tended Sysonby for the stud, and the
sooner the Melton horse Is safelv in
stalled at the head of his Castleton
establishment the easier he -will feel.
he thinks it will enhance the value of
his produce to go on as a 4-year-old
and beat the greatest horse of his
time in one of the big- handicaps.
, While Mr. Kceno breeds chiefly for his
own use, he realizes that ho cannot
himself race all the horsesi Castleton
turns out. He must, therefore, con
sider the effect victory In a Suburban
or a Brighton will have on future buy
ers of Sysonby colts and Allies. The
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MULTNOMAH TEAM
READY FOR FRAY
Senior Eleven Type of Men
Who Win Championship
on Gridiron.
SEASON OPENS SATURDAY
C ATTAIN OF HILL MILITARY ACADEMY.
public will be glad to learn that he
takes this view. Such racers as
Sysonby do not come often, and no
man interested In 'the sport likes to
see one prematurely retired. Mr. Keene
can well afford to wait with this fel
low. The exploits of Wild Mint this
season demonstrate that old Kingston
has not outlived his usefulness. He
has a fine young stallion in Disguise,
a son of Domino and. Bonnie Gal, and
has three crops of the lamented Com
mando youngsters coming on.
Sysonby will be the Winter-book fa
vorite for the handicaps, no matter
what weight the handicapper asks
him to shoulder. Turf folk all over
the country have faith In Sysonby, be
cause he has done everything asked of
him. like a flrst-class racehorse, and,
here at the end of the season, In spite
of his many efforts under weight, he Is
as sound and as healthy as a brand
new 2-year-old. Sysonby has yet to
take his first lame step, and he Is rap
Idly recovering from the skin dlseaso
which made it necessary for Mr.
Keene to announce at Gravesend that
he could not meet Artful in the spe
cial race at Brighton prepared by
Christopher Fitzgerald. Mr. Keene
was deeply disappointed when inform
ed by nis trainer tnai bysonoy wouiu
not be able to meet ArtfuL
express mm H0R5E5
RANCHO BEL rASO STUD WILIi
BE SIIIFFED EAST.
Forty-Eight Cars Necessary to Ac
commodate the IarffO Number
of Splendid Animals.
The dispersal of Jarnes B. Haggin's far
mous Rancho del Paso breeding stud. and-
the necessary -shipment of the stock from
California to New iork marks a new
epoch in the transportation of horses.
Between 500 and 600 head of stock will bo
taken across the continent by express.
making by all odds tho largest shipment
of thoroughbreds ever undertaken ana
largest shipment of horses of any char
acter ever undertaken by an express com
pany.
Forty-eight cars will be required to
carry the horses across the mountains.
The assembling of so many cars of this
character at ono point at a given time is
in itself a tremendous undertaking. The
American Express Company, which will
attend to tho transportation of the stock,
will draw all available cars from the va
rious lines of railroad over which It op
erates and send them westward for tho
Haggln horses.
The contract calls for the cars to be
ready for loading by November 15. at the
latest- The shipment will leave California
two or three days later, and about five
days will be necessary' for the trip. The
48 cars will be divided Into four special
trains, or one train of four sections, which
will run on the schedule of passenger
trains.
From Sacramento the route vill be
over the Southern Pacific to Ogden, the
Union Pacific to Omaha, Illinois Central
to Chicago, Lake Shore and New York
Central to New York. Every care will bo
taken to the end that the trains may be.
run through on schedule time.
The horses will reach New York ten
days or two weeks before the date of the
sale, and their care In the meantime Is a
detail of no little importance. They will
be cared for at the export stables of a
big horse sales company, and at other
stables where accommodations can be
had. The sale will not be held at Madi
son Square Garden, as It will not be avail
able at the time.
The shipping expenses will amount to a
good-sized fortune to an ordinary mortal.
Any one who has had. experience In ship
ping horses to and from California can
bear witness that tho cost of a. single
carload leaves no great amount of change
out of a ?1000 bill. Mulplily this by 48 and
a good Idea of the cost of shipping the
Rancho del Paso stock to NewTTork can
be gained.
- 3Iatch for .Nelson andv Gardner.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. "Kid"
Egan, formerly press .agent for Jim Jef
fries, arrived today irom uoiaucids, isev..
with the object or arranging a matcn oe
tween Battling Nelson and Jimmy Gard
ner, to take plaoo at Goldflelds in the
wek before New Year's day. Egan says
that a bank at Goldflelds has taken up
the proposed match as a business venture
and will offer a purse of 525.000, tho sum
of 5000 being already deposited.
Gardner has agreed to sign at .133
pounds. Nelson is now on the Toad with
a theatrical show and Egan is seeking
to locate him.
Santry Wins Furious Bout.
CHICAGO, Oct. 14. (Special.) Eddie
Satry demonstrated to about 400 mem
bers of the Chicago Athletic Associa
tlon that he Is still In the fighting
game, getting the decision over Eddie
Kennedy after six rounds of furious
boxing In the club's gymnasium to
night.
NEWELL MILITARY ACADEMY.
CAPTAIN OF T1IE NEWELL MILITARY ACADEMY.
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Pacific Coast League Trophy
in Reach of'AII.
PORTLAND YET HAS CHANCE
Fact Tliat Final Games Arc to Bo
Played In California Is an Ad
vantage for the South
ern Clubs.
One more week and the Portland ball
tossers will journey to the ' Southland,
where they will contest with the three
Southern clubs In the final 'slx weeks
struggle for the pennant honors.
Every club has a chance for the ng
at the present writing, for the lead of
the Commuters Is so small that should
they lose six straight games, which Is
not beyond possibility, they would be dis
placed from tho lead and land in second
or third place.
The local team is not entirely out of the
race; In fact, every team in the league
has a chance for the rag, but the chances
favor the California contingent, as tho
three clubs in that locality have the -last
six weeks at home, while the Northern
trio are the invaders during that period.
Manager McCrcdie has stated that he
has completed his team for next season,
and has announced the signing of Pitch
ers Skcl Roach and Harry Bond, together
with First Baseman Lister and Catcher
Donahue for the Giants of lOS.
Portland fans know the worth of Skel
Roach, and many have censured the man
agement for not securing this man's serv
ices for the present season, but this was
no fault of McCrcdle'E, as Roach refused
to sign, both at the start of the season
and again a' few days ago. when he was
released by Seattle. In the latter In
stance. Roach agreed to McCredle's terms
for 1905, but stated that he would not play
any more this year, as he wished to re
turn ' to his home- in Chicago for the
Winter.
Jn Harry Bond, tho local manager be
lieves ho has a Christy Matthewson. for
the new man is a tall, rangy youngster,
with a world of speed and firm control,
and will join the team In Bakersfleld
next Spring.
Lister, the first baseman, and Donahue,
the catcher, come well recommended.
Of the present team, Schlafly, Atx.
Sweeney, McLean.McHalc, Mitchell, Van.
Buren and the pitching staff will be re
tained. It Is the Intention of McCredle
to take a colt batten' with him on the
southern trip. In the persons of Pitcher
Callff, late of the Belllngham team, and
Catcher Suess, well' known In local semi
professional circles, as both theao young
sters are stated to be worthy of a trial
In this league.
Tie Game at Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Oct. 14. (SpeciaL)
The Aberdeen High School football team
and the Centralla High School. team this
afternoon played In the rain, which re
sulted 0 to 0. The Aberdeen team put up
a snappy fight against much superior
weight. '
PULLMftNHflSSTRONGTEAM
START FOR FIRST SERIES OF
SEASON TOMORROW.
"Washington Agricultural Collego
Football Boys Aro
Confident.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE.
Pullman,' Oct. 14. (SpecIaL) On Monday
the State Collego boys will leave for "Old
Oregon," wher? they will meet the Wll
lametto University In football on Wednes
day and the famous O. A. C. bunch on
Saturday. Tho Willamette boys, holding
Stanford down to 12 and tielng Berkeley,
have a good team from all reports. The
O. Ju C boasts of superior material to
last year, so the Washington team will
leave Pullman fully determined to do
great stunts or get the short end by Sat
urday's setting of the sun.
Pullman sends to Oregon next Monday
'a team fast and heavy. The line aver
ages 152 and the backfleld 174. andthe
entire team 1S3 pounds to the man; aver
age of 183 is a happy team. Captain
Stewart at center weighs 200; Morgan and
Collins, guards, ISO: Sapp, IS, and Thay
er. 208, tackles Goldswortby and Wexler,
1SG, ends; Miner and Spauldlng, quarter,
1; Nissen and Jones, halves, 163; and
Hardy, 201. ullback.
The subs that will make the trip will
probably bo Reed, line; Lynch, full;
Thomle, end; Dudley, back and line.
Manager Kreager and Coach Sweeley will
accompany the team.
In the games this year the State Col
lege scored 50 points against the strong
Spokane High School eleven In 40 min
utes; 52 points against" tho gritty Lewis
ton High In 25 minutes; and 32 points
against tne jdoniana .Aggies in min
utes. -
Although thcee three. teiras were out
classed, scores of 50. .52 and 32 in short
halves Indicate that when the Northwest
speculates on the championship the
Washington State College is plainly to
be found on the map.
STOTT MaYHQT'PLAY
Brilliant Quarterback Slowly
Recovering From Injuries.
SERIOUS LOSS TO ELEVEN
Physician Hopes Portland Boy Can
Be Restored to Condition Within
a 3ronth, but That Secm
Ilardly Probable.
t STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Oct.
H. (Special.) Plowden Stott, the brilliant
quarterback from Portland, is confined to
his bed with an injury which may prevent
him from participating in any further
football games this season.
While heeling a punt, Stott received
a severe wrench of the ankle, which tore
the ligaments loose and burst several
blood-vessels. On first examination the
trainer and attending surgeon positively
stated that the Injury wolud keep Stott
out of the game for at least a month,
but later developments seem to Indicate
that he may be able to get on his feet in
a shorter time. The player will perhaps
be able to use the injured member in a
week, but whether ho can subject It to
tho severe strain necessary in playing is
a matter of grave doubt. It is feared that
the- Injury -13 so severe that the cardinal
will be deprived of the clever player's
chances for the rest of the season.
In case Stott Is unable to get back into
the game, Fenton, who has been playing
a brilliant game, will take his place.
Port Townsend Eleven Will Meet
Portland Amateur Athletic Club
jn First Tussle of Heavy
Plnyers This Year.
On next Saturday afternoon the senior
eleven of the Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic Club will Inaugurate Its season of
1905-6 with a game at Multnomah Field,
with an eleven from Port Townsend. The
local team 13 much lighter this season
than last, but what It lacks in weight the
team makes up In speed, for most of the
new faces are fast men. and expect to
make up any deficiency they may have on
account of weight by their ability in run
ning. In this respect they compure favor
ably with the other teams in the North
west, for from the reports sent out irom
the various training quarters most of this
season's elevens will be composed of light
teams.
Under the direction of Coach Overfield.
who will play center on the eleven, tho
Multnomah contingent have shown won
derful improvement in their preliminary
work, and the team promises to go on the
field next Saturday In condition to meet
any eleven In the Northwest.
Overfield at center will prove a towor of
strength to the club, for ho Is ratod as one
of the best football generals in the United
States, having been chosen a member of
the Ail-American eleven two years In suc
cession. His work in the practice games
demonstrates that ho has not gone back
any since leaving his Alma Mater.
The positions of left and right guard
have several capable aspirants who have
demonstrated their ability to hold a place
on the eleven. Wilson, a new man of
powerful physique, weighing a trifle over
200 pounds, is showing up well at right
guard, while Jerry Qulnlan and Butler
promise to develop into very capable men
at the other guard position. Cy Sterling
has also shown up well In the trial for
this place.
Keller, who played so capably last year
at center, has been shifted to left tackle,
at which position he has done so well that
he will likely "prove a fixture.
Martin Pratt, the old reliable right
guard of last year's team, will again bt
found In harness, -which announcement Is
a source of great Joy to the admirers of
the crimson and white, who have learned
to appreciate the sterling worth of this
capable player. Arthur Seely. younger
brother of "Jeff" Sceley. of last year's
eleven, has shown excellent qualities in
tho nraotlees for a line nositlon. and Is
( likely to be used as one of the tackles.
ijavu joruiui, captain ui inu ictini. is n
fixture at left end, whore his work so far
this season compares favorably with his
splendid performances of the past.
Eddie Dowllng, last year's captain and
right end. Is out again this year. and.
although handicapped .somewhat by old in
juries. Is nevertheless displaying consid
erable of his old-tlmo form. Percy Blanch -ard
and Carlson, a youngster from last
season's Dental Collego eleven, aro also
promising candidates for end positions.
At quarter the club has two capable
aspirants In the persons of Dan Foley and
"Red" Reupcrt. who, by their perform
ances so far. have the call on the other
candidates. Both are doing excellent work
and are easily blg-tcam material. Walker
and Harder have also done capable work
at this position.
Breed, who was originally slated for
fullback. Is now a certainty at tho posi
tion of left halfback, while Owens. Austin
and Alexander are tho contenders for the
other half position. AH three are display
ing excellent qualities for positions back
of the line.
Bud James, captain of the track team,
has made good at fullback, at which po
sition he will be found when the whistle
blows as the signal for active play.
Manager Watklns Is very much encour
aged over the enthusiasm displayed by the
candidates, and expresses considerable
satisfaction over the showing mado by
the second-team men who aro making
good in tho first team.
"The team will bo lighter than last sea
son." said Manager Watklns yesterday.
"But what we lack In weight wo expect to
make up in speed, and I anticipate an
other successful season for the honor of
old Multnomah."
Fitzgerald Anxious to Fight.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Oct. 14. (Spe
cIaL) Johnny Reld, manager of Willie
Fitzgerald, the Brooklyn lightweight, has
Issued a challenge to Twin (Mike) Sul
livan, offering to- fight tho Boston man
and allow the latter practically to make
the conditions of the match. Reld de
clared that he was willing to allow his
charge to do battlo with Twin Sullivan,
and says that Willie will fight Mike at
any weight from 135 to 140 pounds. Reld
says he Is willing to back up his chal
lenge with a side bet of $3000 that his
man can beat Twin Mike.
Jimmy Coffrdfh has made an offer for
the bout. Ho says the men can fight at
Col ma either tho last week of this month
or the first week of November.
Tarrascli "Wins Chess Mutch.
NUREMBERG, Germany, Oct. 14. Play
In the 17th game of the chess match be
tween Marshall, of Brooklyn, and Tar
rasch, of this city, was resumed here to
day and the gamo and match were won
by Tarrasch. The score of the match:
Tarrasch, 15: Marshall, 1; drawn, 8.
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