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By H. W. Kerricaa.
NEW YORK, April 2. Special corre
spondence) There is no doubt that New
Tork and vicinity la the one region In
the United States where athletics will al
ways take a most prominent place In the
physical development of the schoolboy
and the graduate for many years to come.
For It Is here that athletics have been
in high favor ever since George "Wash
ington made his running long-jump rec
ord. That it will continue to be Is on
account of the many athletic leagues of
the public schools, high schools, prepara
tory schools, colleges and athletic clubs
it the state of New York, It would not
be an extravagant remark to say that
at the present time, right in the state of
New York, here are more athletic games
taking place than throughout the wole
district of the Middle and Far West,
meaning, of course. In the some length
of time say from March 1 to May 1.
There Is not a day or night passes right
in the cltly of New York that there Is not
some games of some kind or other, and
they are good games, too. Not confined
to the schoolboys solely, but to the older
athletes as well. No doubt many of the
games are stimulated by the prospects of
the American team to be sent to Athens,
tout they say It Is but the regular thing
occurring' every year at this time. And
that It must bo so Is proved by the fact
that every one of the contests Is either
the annual meeting1 of such and such a
school, for of the so-and-so club, or of
tfee other leagues In and about the city.
"Whether or not the general conditions
of athletics arc any .better than those
of the West, the organisations any health
ier, the spirit any stronger, the manage
ment any superior, the athletes better
developed, the system of training an Im
provement over tho. Western, or whether
it Is the number or games held remains
to be seen. That they have better rec
ords and time proportionately Is not to
be gainsaid. It his been proved a fact.
The general conditions of the athletic
field are no better than In the West.
We have as many dribs proportionately
to the number of inhabitants. The eth
ics of the Institutions are juBt as good,
if not better, than In the Eastern clubs.
There is not so much politics mixed up
in tfc Western associations. That may
come tor. but we hope not. The cli
matic ondttlons of the West are more
salubnotiB to the life of the athlete, and
we grow larger and more of them on
an average than do the organlratlons
of the East.' .Certainly, as for clrcum
tftjipR fadne the Easterner in his
chances for healthy exercise, they are
not so favorable as they are for the
Westerner who has a broader outdoor life
to live. The clubs and other athletic or
ganizailons are not situated In the same
healthy environment as me ainieuc mau
tutlons of the West, so therefore In many
wavs we are in a beter condition atmtt
ically, physically and morally than the
associations of the East, jsspeciauy
through the location of the different ath
letic associations where you see tne
clubs of the West out of the close con
fines of the smoky dues, you pee the
greater part of the Eatsern institutions
In surroundlnrrs not fit to live In In some
cases. It is surely hard to obtain healthy 1
results under these conditions, but still
they do so. The playgrounds and fields
are situated fairly out of the smoky parts
of Chicago, Buffalo, Omaha and Byracuse.
but in New York you must go a lone
way to get on good grounds. For In
stance. Mr. Halpln. the manager of ths
American team, spoke about what he
called the Weat Bide grounds of New
York, meaning: the west side of Fifth ave
nue, the other side the east, so deslg
nated. They would be a Rood place to
practice, in. and many of the boys
were practicing there for the games. We
took the "elevator" from down town,
near the City Hall, meaning the elevated
railway, and got off the Harlem train at ;
Fifty-fourth street station, these stations
averaging: even four Mocks In the down
town district, and the "54th" a small j
matter of about-four or five miles from j
the City HalL Walking up Fifty-fourth
between Eighth and Seventh avenues, we
came to a row of small houses of the
very poorest class, little fellows playing
all around the street in front. Entering
a sort of alley gate, Mr. Halpln said.
"Here we are." I was surprised, but
did not say anything. I could hardly be
lieve it. But there we were at the West
Side grounds, supposedly very good. But
you couldn't find a worse place in the
West.
The grounds, about 80 feet wide and
300 feet long, between a row of brick tene
ment houses, apparently right in the
heart of the dty. one would certainly
appreciate what the dty did In giving
such valuable ground to the advance
ment of physical exercises, but to look
at the field, or yard (for that la all It
was), one felt very uncomfortable under
the circumstances, and would more than
appreciate the playgrounds in our West
ern cities.
Still, outside of New York, on Travers
Island, there Is an elegant field, but look
what It costs to maintain it; and some
other good ones around Boston, none of
thera to compare with what our Western
fields could be made into and are. Per
haps the two prettiest locations of the
athletic fields are the situation of the
Chicago Athletic Club and the New York
Athletic, the former right on Michigan
avenue, facing the lake, and the latter
fadng Central Park, a very pretty spot,
still not compared to the several locations
of the Western clubs and associations.
The organisations like the Chicago and
New York dubs are betur equipped ev
ery way than the best Western dubs, al
though the Olympic Club compares fa
vorably with these two. But taking thera
all In all, the apparatus and gyms ef the
Western clubs are on an average "Used
to a better advantage than the Eastern.
The Boston Athletic Association or Club
Is a very progressive dub artistically.
The Buffalo clubs are not very prominent
or large. The Y. M. C A. is most prom
inent in the athletic way. The greatest
fault to find with the big dubs' as ev
erywhere la allowing the social side to be
come too prominent.
The spirit of athletics (although we
haven't made the record -of the Eastern
oramnisaUoBs) is a much cleaner and
healthier one in the West than In the
East. There U too muofc partiality shown
in the administration f athletic affairs
here la the East to be cenaualve to good.
healthy athletic spirit, which must be
taught the younger element starting heir
atmetw career.
In the management ef athletic features.
the Easterner. eae would think, should be
far superior to the Weeraerun Jurisssc
tion over the. various events. But he
la not Nor- are tfc-ges run through
CANDIDATES FOR MULTNOMAH CLUB TRACK TEAM'
(1) Bud James; (2) Dudley Clark; C3) M. S. Mulford; (4) Richard Smith; 3) Rrc-d, Flavel a met Hart.
with any greater dispatch than the West
ern meets. One would imagine this to
be rather In favor of the Easterner, who.
with hhj greater experience, would show
more speed. It is. we find, more on ac
count of hlB little knowledge of the rules
and regulations. It has become to with
him that he knows it takes just so long.
and doesn't try to improve iU' while the
Westerner, who is striving to do better
and compare with Eastern methods. Is do
ing better and is more intimate with the
rules than his Eastern brothers, on ac
count of his particular interest In trying
to get ahead.
Sven the athlete of the west is a
better type of an athlete physically than
the East. He Is better taken care or.
by nature. No doubt on account of bis
surroundings. Under the same conditions
of the Easterner, he would be Just the
same, but under his own conditions, with
the system of training of the Eastern
athlete he would surpass the Easterner
rreatly. This has been proved by many
cases ef Western athletes sent to Eastern
institutions.
The number of games is no doubt the
factor that proves the physical prowess
of the Eastern athlete, and the system of
training: more, we think, In the games
held. Not a day passes but there are
games of some kind or other held In ttie
Immediate vicinity that bring out the
talent of the ambitious athlete, naturally
resulting in better records being made
with more competitors to urge them on.
This fact is no doubt true with Western
athletics: that we do not hold enough
events to develop the dormant qualities
that would otherwise prove a success to
the Western athletes.
All in all, no matter in what qualities
we lead the Easterner. In the matter of
institutions, environment, deaner spirit
and stronger men. we still lack the pro
greeatvenes of the Bab tern athletes aad
organizations.
CAMBRIDGE "WTNS EASILY.
Leads From Start In English TJni
rcrstty Boat Kace.
LONDON April 7. The d annual
beat race between crews representing the
uajversltle of Oxford aad Cambridge was
rowed today ever the usual cwkh, from
FutBcy te Mertkvke, en the Thames, a
little over 4Vk miles. Cambridge won by
3 lengths after an unexciting contest.
Time. IS minutes, Si seconds.
Cambridge, from the start, took the
lead and was never In the slightest dan
ger. The Oxford men struggled gamely.
but the work was so punishing that sev
eral of them collapsed at the finish. The
weather was perfect. The day was
bright and sunny, with the wind light
and water smooth, and there was very
little choice in the stations. Enormous
crowds thronged all parts of the course.
Oxford won the toss and chose the
Surrey side. The two boats got away
nicely at X2:t P. M. Cambridge struck
the water first, pulling 38 strokes during
the first minute to Oxford's 37. The cose
of the Cambridge beat quickly showed In
front, and at the half-aaQe 'poet Cam
bridge was a half length to the good and
was rowing in lively style, with perfect
finish to Its strokes. It Increased
Its lead to a full length before Craven
Steps, about three-quarters of a mile
from the start, were reached. 'The Cam
bridge crew drew away with every stroke.
At Hammersmith Bridge.- IK miles from
the start.. Cambridge already held the
race well ha hand with a lead of two
lengths. The Oxford boat, at that stage
of the race, was rolling badly. Shortly
afterward the Oxferd snea spurted a little
and took their rival's water, but from
that time on it was merely a procession,
though the Oxford oarsmen stack to their
work in a most persevering way.
Cambridge shet past Berne Bridge, a
little over 34 miles from the start, about
five lengths in front ef the Oxferd boat,
some of whose osrstnen were "showing
6lgns of distress. Cambridge could have
won practically b y any distance it
liked, but Its strs-ke slewed down os
Bearing the fiaiea and Cambridge passed
the winning post the easiest qf wieners.
Jay Gould Tennis Cfeansntaa.
NEW YORK. April 7 Jay Gould, the
sen ef George J. Gould. Is new the Na
tional teante court champion. The young
player we the title by defeating the for
mer champion, Charles T. Sands, The
match was tbe final contest in the tour
nament which has been getag all week
at the New York Court Tennis Club, and
wan witnessed by a reprc Mutative gath
ering ef ytayers In the Baotern States.
Seers--, K M, K
TRACK MEN ARE AT WORK
ASPIRANTS FOR. XTJITXOMAH TEAM
BEG IV TRAILING.
Yeans t era Will Replace the Vet era as
aad Will Be Whipped lata
Ceaditiea by Jack King.
Every day during the past week wit
nessed the liveliest of times on the
Multnomah Athletic Club's field, for
each afternoon was the occasion for
the training stunts of the aspirants for
places on the field aad track team
which Is to represent the club la this
branch of sport during the csmlag sea
son. Most of the tryoHts comprise prac
tically new talent, for nearly all the
old timers have retired and their places
have to be filled by youngsters.
Trainer Jack Kisg has been In
charge of most ef the preliminary work
and he expresses the utmost confidence
In being able to turn out a team that
will represent the 'club la a satisfac
tory manner for the first time (a sev
eral years. The athletes now at work
are numbered in all branches of out
door athleties and some of thera are
shewing the very best of promise.
The present boom In track athletics
Is one that is noticed all ever the Coast,
for nearly every college and prepara
tory as well as grammar schools have
a coterie of embryo athletes who aspire
to make names in the field ef sport.
Where a mere handful of men turned
out to uphold the honor ef each In
stitution In this branch of sport last
year, there are now scores ef aspirants
for the privilege of deaalBg the run
ning trunks and spiked shoe.
Portland High School team is working
out on Maltnemah Field and when the
two teases are together the number ef
youngsters feeing nut through their
paees u wall oror tho hundred mark.
This activity ! en of the best sign
ef- the Teg eneratfeu of the game that
(has come to light in recent years, for
nr In PnHIanrt ilgplnv th nat air
or eight years .outside of the events
held annually at Columbia University.
and tbe Lewis and Clark games last
Summer there has been scascely any
later et taken in this branch of ath
letics. In speaking of the situation Jack
King said: "I believe that this season
will witness the development of some
champions in this healthful branch of
athletics, for the youngsters who have
volunteered so far are made up of the
material out ef which men like B razee.
Coyne. Laawell. Walk his. Trenkman.
Morgan. Kerron, Davey and others of
the former stars on field aad track
were made. The boys now working out
are showing the most willing spirit
that I ever witnessed among" begin
ners at this branch of sport, aad I have
hopes of seeing Multnomah represented
by one of the best teams In Its history.
"We may not win the Northwest
championship this season, but with the
material developed during the coming
competition. I shall be greatly mis
taken If we do not gather the honors
for the following year."
O-ROUTIXK WANTS SHOW down
Asks Jeffries to Fight Six WohIiI
Bc Champions la PhlktoclBWa.
NEW YORK. April 7. Special.) On the
strength qf the recent court decision that
38-round bouts are legal In the State of
Pennsylvania. Tom. O'Rourke Is planning
a mammoth boxlag carnival for bis new
club at Eseingtos, Pa-, and has set the
boxing fratornfty here to thinking.
O'Rourke'a plan la to hare Champion -Jeffries
come Stat immediately and settle
thy question of supremacy between the
sfx heavyweights who are claiming- the
heavyweight title steee Jeffries' retire
ment. ,
O'Rourke today wired Jeffries an offer
ef $K6.ee9 to come Bast aad mee't Fits
almmonr. Ruhlsn. Bums. Hart. O'Brien
and Kauffman one week apart. O'Rourke
Yxpoets to hear from Jeffries soon, aad
In me eToat Ms ropey Is faroraMe.
O'Rourke baa in -How several other eham
y4iit battles Vnfeh be hopes to land
for Ms new chife.
Says O'Rourke r "I ana going to start
to thresh out the lightweight champion
ship. Gans Is the .best of the lot. and I
have wired Tommy Ryan to get him to
meet Gans."
"How about Nelson and Gans?"
"Nothing doing." said he. "You could
not get Nelson In the xarae ring with
Gans. Nelson has been told to -look out
far Gans. and he la afraid of him. They
may say what they please, but that Is
the truth."
Indoor Athletic Contests.
The fourth of the series of indoor
athletic competitions between the
members of the local organizations of
the Oregon National Guard will be
held, at the Multnomah County Armory
tomorrow evening. The events so far
have been hotly contested and the
rivalry between the. competing teams
Is intense. The soldier boys have dem
onstrated considerable prowess In the
several branches' of athletics on the
card at these meets and are prepared
to rurniSB a battle royal atvthe games
tomorrow.
Admission at the Armory games ' is
to be had by ticket and while no ad
mission is charged, the tickets can be
secured from members ef the guard
oniy. xne inira iniantry Rand will
be In attendance and dispense popular
airs aaring tae intermissions on the
programme.
The crests on the programme com
prise the following: Fifty-yard dash,
quarter-mile rati, half-mile walk, run-
tnlnx 'high Jump, relay race, wall-tent
pitching; bayonet race, wall scaling
t and tug- of war.
At the next monthly meet following
Monday's affair, the various military
organlzatlona of the state will be
asked to compete.
Vancouver Nine Defeated.
The'BeliBke-Walker Business College
team defeated a picked nine from Van
couver yesterday afternoon by the
score of 9 to 4. The locals secured 13
hits off the visitors aad had no trouble
in- auHRxiag the game. Matthews
pitched an effective-game and his sup
wt was steady throughout. The bat-
teries wore:, Behake-Walker. Matthews'
and Bittles; Vancouver, Kaae and
Kane.
While Members of Prizefight TrusUl
of San Francisco Quarrel, Los
Angeles Manager Corrals
tbe Good -Matches.
SAX FRANCISCO. April 7. (Special
correspondence.)--There Is an old super
stition, equally prevalent among raitroaa
men. that tragedies always travel In
cyeles of. threes. This cyde worked itself
eat within a few weeks In the fight
ing game when Shenstoa vvyer. or iian-
Chester. England, sset his death during
the. past week while boxing in tne aw-.
pound class with Robert Laugher at a.
tournament tn Toronto, Cansifa.
Thus is the cycle, that started with the ,
death of Alex Dovin at an Unlicensed
mill a; Colma. Cal., to be followed by
the lamentable taking off of Harry Tenny
after a beating from Frankle Nell, com
pleted. Lovers of the mamy art nope
.that there may be no more tragedies in
the ring.
There was Joy among the short-haired
fraternity In California when' the court
ruled that there was no law under which
the seven men held by the authorities
charged with being responsible for the
death of Tenny, could be held. During
the' past week, however. I. Tennebaum.
father ef the dead fighter, has brought
suit against the various members of the
Associated Athletic Club and others con
nected with "the unfortunate bout, and
asks that he be paid $100,600. The fam
ily of the dead lighter have been egged
en by a more or less Irresponsible firm
of lawyers .to put up the cry for ven
geance, and have thereby lost much of
the sympathy that might have been thdr
due. It Is altogether unlikely that they
will ever recover a cent now. whereas.
had not the strenuous cries for revenge
been indulged In, there would have u
doubtedly been a benefit performance af
ranged that would have netted a tidy
sum. It may be well to mention in
passing that the Tennebaum family ere
far from bajng In need of assistance, as
they own and run a number of second
hand shops In the poorer quarter of San
Francisco, that do a paying business.
Matches Go to Los Angeles.
While the so-called fight trust has done
nothing but bicker and quarrel. Tom Mc-
carey, or l.os Angeies. has gone aneaa
and grabbed about all of the good matches
in sight. The month of March has-
passed without a professional mill In San
Francisco, and from present Indications
there will be nothing doing during this
month. The relations of the members
of the trust are so strained at present
that It looks as If nothing could result
until there la a split. To this end.. J. W.
Coffroth made a very startling offer a
few-days ago. He and Eddie Graney are
the two that are pulling the hardest
against each other, The proposition that
exxzram orrered was to toss a com to see
which of the two should own the stock
now belonging to' the other. Coffroth
estimated that under proper handling, his
share of the profits out of the fight game
this year should amount to not less than.
ns.990. In addition to his stock In the
fight trust, he also offered to put up
his stock in the Belvedere Music Hall,
which he estimates to be worth 510,000,
against Graneys Interest In the same
place, amounting to the same. He wanted
to sever for all time the partnersnlp that
has so long existed between the two.
Graney refused to accept the proposition.
and the troubled waters will have to be
oiled In some other way before there will
be anything doing.
Keys ts. Turner. (
The battle which the sports are looking
forward to with most Interest, however,
is the one which will take place on the .
last day of the month between Hock
Keys, the champion lightweight of Aus
tralia, and Rufe Turner, who is consid
ered the best negro fighter In the country
outside of Joe Gans. Keys is but a re
cent arrival from the Antipodes, from
whence have come some of the cleverest
boxers ever seen In this country. His
manager, Jack McDonald, showed his
confidence by matching Keys with boys
that all the good lightweights in this coun
try have persistently ducked whenever a
match was mentioned. Jimmy Gardner
and Joe Gans are the only two fighters
who have ever gained a decisive victory
over Turner, and both had many pounds
the best of the weights when they met,
as Turner Is a legitimate 123-pound man.
Keys has been tried out !tuexhlbitlon
bouts since his arrival and before a
match was offered him. and those judges
who were present declare him to be a
cleverer boxer than Jabez White, the Eng
lish champion, and than whom no cleverer
boxer ever showed on the Pacific Coast,
although he did lose a battle to Jimmy
Britt, a more rugged man. Should Keys
succeed In beating Turner he will show
himself to be of the, real championship
timber and will be In line for a match
with any of the topnotchers at any of- the
best duos.
Present indications point to a match
between Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien and
Sam Berger. the erstwhile Olympic Club
amateur champion. The two may be
matched for the May date in San. Fran
cisco, provided the fight trust ever comes
te any kind of agreement. The only other
thing that stands in the way of the
match Is Berger's hesitancy to enter the
professional ring. He is considered a
very formidable piece of timber' for cham
pionship, honors, but hesitates to shy his.
castor Into, the ring, fearing the injury
that may come to his sodal and business
standing. However, he Is seriously con
sidering the matter, and the match con
templated may result.
Boxing Carnival in May.
A question that is now agitating the
minds of followers of the ugilIat!o game
in this neck of the woods Is whether Man
ager McCarty, of Los Angeles, has not
taken too large a contract on nis nanas
in the proposed boxing carnival to be giv
en in the Angel city during tne month or
May.
Battling Nelson and Aureua Herrera-axe
to receive a purse of &B.066. or rather, that
is the amount that McCarey puts- up;
Nelson receives bonus for signing, so
the amount actually to be fought for It.
tt&Gee. The amount may not sound like
a lot of mo Bey when one reads it on
paper, but McCarey will find It a big sum
when he goes to count up his house.
The real trouble of the Ioa Angeles.
manager will come when Nelson strikes
the Southern town. Se is cenoHlered -the-
hardest ma a-to do business with that ever
signed an article of agreement, . and can.
find more bumps of 'trouble and snags of
discord than any shyster lawyer who ever
hit the trail of turbulence.
In addition to the Nelson -Herrera bat
tle, which la set- for May II. Jlmmle Britt
aad ''KH' Herman are scheduled for an
earlier date in. the same week. It Is. pre -
dieted by those In the know that McCarey
in- going to have soHig of' tone la
getting those two"1' is- the- ring;