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Lessened Love for the
Gridiron Game.
Many Californians Stand by
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of Footiall.
SOME SCHOOLS DROP OUT
BIG COLLEGES ARE ALONE
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. rOKTLAND, AUGUST 5, 1906.
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fci.sli Game Gains Small
Favor Among IMayers.
.' !tj.i:f!. baseball and th beach season
v ill : xin be past and then with the
I-r September will come the regular
j'-.-e-srason football arrangements. De
rate of the reform wave which swept
over the land at the close of last sea
eon, the great college game Is still on the
boards in most parts of the country,
apparently as popular and deep-seated in
the afTections of the poople as ever. Col.
lege presidents, moralists and women's
clubs together found the hold of the grid
Iron on the American people immovable.
Indeed. In a few schools and universities
a ban has been placed on the game which
for years has been the winter delight of
schoolboy and statesman, but no serious
defection need be expected from the
ranks of either scholastic institutions or
universities when the time for making
up the season schedule arrives.
Harvard, Chicago, Stanford and Cali
fornia seem to be the only large uni
versities where the game may not be
played this year, and Indeed even here
when the time comes for Fall training
to begin once more student, and popular
indignation may be too strong for the
faculty and other authorities to with
stand who are trying to kill the game.
In the East no substitute has been of
fered for football, but at the California
universities the faculty athletic boards
when they twunded the knell of foot
ball offered the game of Rugby as a sub
stitute. There is no way to predict what
will be the outcome of the faculty de
cree In California. Until the day for
training to begin students nor faculty
know what will be played, of If the fac
ulty he inexorable in its decree against
the old game, whether any will turn out
to leHt-n the English sport.
In the Northwest the modified game
will be played, as it will throughout the
East. Oregon, Washington and Idaho
universities and athletic clubs will have
their teams in the field as of old. Al
ready many of these institutions are pre.
paring their schedules and recruiting
players for the season. It is yet early
to select favorites, for the Northwest
colleges and clubs will no doubt be as
evenly matched as ever.
The University of Oregon will mias its
annual California trip because as affairs
now stand at Stanford and California,
no games can be scheduled. . This early
Full trip has always been a source of
great pleasure to the Kugene boys and
its absence will make quite a hole in
their schedule. However, without the
California games, perhaps more can be
arranged with other Northwest colleges.
Moth Willamette University and Oregon
Agricultural College went South last
Kail and these schools, too, will be
cut out of an interesting and beneficial
trip.
Multnomah Club will have on hand
most of the old favorites who have done
yeoman uervlce, but, as they have for
many succeeding seasons, these battle
scarred veterans are loud in their dec
laration that they have donned the mole
skin for the last time. But it is hard to
wean the knight of the gridiron from his
favorite pastime, and probably the same
old faces Murphy, Pratt, Woodruff.
James, Overfleld and Horan will be eeen
in and behind the red and white shirted
line as before. Dave Jordan, who last
year proved himself a thoroughly popu
lar and competent captain, will again
direct the Multnomah squad, and John
Horan has been chosen manager. Al
ready games have been set with the
University of Oregon for Thanksgiving
Day. Seattle Athletic Club for Christmas
Pay at Seattle and New Year's Day here.
The University of North Dakota is also
negotiating for a date to be Included in
the Western itinerary which it is con
sidering, and Corvallis, Willamette. Pull,
man, Idaho and other smaller institutions
will soon be placed.
Among the preparatory schools the sea
son does not bid fair to be nearly so ex
citing and interesting as usual because
of the withdrawal of Portland Academy
from the Held. Following the example
set by some of the universities of the
country. Principals Johnston and Wilton
decided to prohibit the game for one year
and to attempt to interest the students
in some other amusements. The Port
land High School, Columbia University
and Hill Military Academy will be in
the field as usual, but the absence of
Portland Academy from the scholastic
schedule will deprive the school season of
a great amount of ginger and healthy
rivalry which it has always had. The
academy has won the pennant for years
and around the High School-Academy
game has always centered the keenest
interest.
FOR $100 AND GATE RECEIPTS
Schlllers and Portland Trunk Com
pany Do Battle Today.
The Svhillers will either forge another
link today in their claim to the amateur
baseball championship of the state or will
get their first defeat. The Portland Trunk
Company team will try to down the ci
garmakers this afternoon on the league
grounds at 3 o'clock. The game will be
for a side bet of $100 and ail the gate
receipts. The rivalry between the two
teams Is intense, and the money consider
ation ha3 served to heighten the interest
greatly. 1
The Trunkmakers are relying on their
clever twlrler. Taylor, to bring victory
their wy, while Rich Parrott is expected
by the Srhlllers to pass over a collection
of unsolvable curves. Taylor is a speedy
southpaw, and has made a good record
to date. Parrott has not lost a game since
he went tn the box early this season.
Plavtn will catch the lanky fellow, while
Antoine. at one time the star battery man
of Notre Dame University, will be behind
the bat for the Portland Trunk Company.
The line-up of the two teams is:
Schllltrs. .Position. Trunkmakers.
flavin C Antoine
Parrott P Taylor
A. Parrott fB Jamicson
Patterson 2B Brown
Houston KB Day
Fy Ss McClellan
Myers I.F Van Nortwlck
c hapln CK Brings
Oliver RF Dorner
Miss Sutton Wins Two Matches.
NEWCA9TLE-ON-TYNB, England. Aug.
4. In the ladies' singles at the Northum
berland tennis championship contest today
Miss May Sutton, of California, beat Miss
If. Atchison. 6-2, 6-1.
In the mixed doubles, open champion
ship, final. G. Hilliard and Miss 3utton
beat H. Laws and Miss Atkinson, 8-0, 6-1
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Portland Oarsmen, Bound for
East, Continue Training
on the Cars.
REGATTA NEXT SATURDAY
Coast Athletes Not Overly Confident,
But Are Hojief ul of . Making
. Showing Against East
ern Cracks.
The senior crew of the Portland Row
ing Club, under direction of Coach Mur
phy, will in a day or two be working out
on Lake Qulnsigamond, at Worcester,
Mass., where the regatta of the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen will be
held next Saturday. Letters from mem
bers of the crew en route state that all
are in the bert of condition physically,
and while not overconfident, they are
hopeful of making a creditable showing
against the pick of the oarsmen , of the
country. All are overjoyed at securing
the opportunity to test their prowess
against the Easterners, and are deter
mined to go the limit when the crucial
time arrives.
Even while on the train East the oars
men have not neglected their physical
welfare. Pemberton, the big fellow who
rows No. 3, writes that he and his team
nates exercised daily on the cars at
shadow boxing, and that at every stop
where they had time they took a run.
Such persistent training cannot but bring
results, an 4 local enthusiasts are hopeful
that the crew can win better than place
in the several races in which they will be
entered.
At Spokane, while returning from Nel
son, the Portland boys were given an en
thusiastic reception. Although they have
the magnificent Lake coeur d'Alene near
at hand, the Spokane people have never
organized a rowing club, and when the
Portland crews rowed several exhibition
races on the big mountain lake, Spokane
was at once taken with the rowing fever,
and plans laid for the formation of nu
merous boat clubs. Special Inducements
were offered Ed Gloss, the Portland sin
gle sculler, to engage In a match race
with his old rival, DesBrisay, the Co
lumbian, on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Now
that Alex Pape has again appeared In the
field and t&ken up Gloss' defl, if a race
should be arranged between the local man
and the Coast champion and neutral
water picked for the course, the plum
would In all probability fall to I-ake
Coeur d'Alene. Spokane people would be
delighted with such a proposition.
The Portland boys arranged a full
aquatic programme for the amusement of
their Spokane hosts, including canoe
races, tilting contests and the like, all of
which have long ago become common
place on the Willamette. The Washlngto
nlans were so delighted with the work
of the Oregonians that they had struck
off a number of special medals and dis
tributed them as uvenirs of the occa
sion among the winners of the different
events.
In speaking of the day's sports on Lake
Coeur d'Alene, the Spokane Spokesman
Review says:
On choppy waters, with a strong brerie
to handicap the oarsmen, the first rowing
regatta was held yesterday on Iake Coeur
tt'Alen. The Portland Rowing Club, 10 ath
letes altogether, were tile guests of the
Coeur d'Alene Boat Club, and the Spokane
Amateur Athletic Club all day yesterday,
and the regatta was given rather as an
exhibition of the aport than as a programme
of races.
The regular Coeur d'Alene cars and a
special train at 1 o'clock bora 300 or 400
interested sightseers from Spokane, and the
beautiful newly equipped docks of the Coeur
d'Alene Boat Club were crowded with the
throng during the programme of races and
contests yesterday afternoon. The steamar
Boneta. the gasoline launches Virginia and
Tllacum, and various other water craft fol
lowed the racers over the half-mile course
to the finish line near the boat club docks,
but were rarely able to keep up with the
speedy oarsmen from Portland.
To the great majority of spectators It was
a new thing, and there was more curiosity
than enthusiasm apparent in the reception
accorded the oarsmen at the finish of their
races. However, the spectators generally
seemed so well pleased with the afternoon's
programme that It Is quite evident that the
sport would prosper, and talk of forming
rowing clubs, both at' Coeur- d'Alene, Leon
and Newman Lakes, was rife on the club
docks and depot platforms yesterday.
The Portland boys are magnificent-looking
athletes, bronzed with the sun and muscled
with the long three months' training. They
are watched over with eagle eye by their
veteran coach. Dan Murphy, whose skill as
a teacher of the art of rowing has been
ably manifested In the aucces of the Stan
ford and Portland Rowing Club crews at
various regattas this Spring and Summer.
First Year for a Western Crew.
Few Westerners are acquainted with
the so-called National and International
regatta of the American Association of
Amateur Oarsmen on some Eastern
course, for the sole reason that never
PORTIAXD ACTO
before this year has a Western crew
been entered.
This regatta is to oarsmen what the
annual meeting of the American Athletic
Union is to track athletes. Such famous
crews as the Vespers.' of Philadelphia:
the Argonauts, of Toronto: the crew of
the New York Athletic Club and the
world's record-holders from Winnipeg are
entered every Summer. Last year at Pa
tapsco River, Baltimore, both the Na
tional and International senior fours were
won by the Seawanhaka Boat Club, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. The time made in the
international race over a mile and a half
was 8:21 2-5. The record held by the Win
nipeg crew is 8:15 2-5. Often in practice
the Portland big four has made under 8:20
on the mile and a half straightaway
down the Willamette, and It is this fact
which leads Murphy and the Portland
Rowing Club directors to hope that the
local boys can get a place well to the
fore.
Turn Will Be a Handicap.
However, there is one condition which
the Portland crew must cope with which
may tend materially to lessen their
chances for first-place honors. The
course on Lake Quinslgamond, in fact,
almost all the courses in the big Eastern
regatta, are rowed over a turn. The
Portland four has never practised round
ing a buoy and It is feared that they will
experience considerable difficulty in ac
customing themselves to making a turn
in the race. But with the several days'
practice they will be able to get on Wor
cester Lake, they may overcome this
handicap.
It is probable that some of the races
will be held on Friday, thus making the
big regatta a two-day affair.
At the meeting of the North Pacific
Association held in Nelson, B. C, during
the week of the races it was decided to
hold all future regattas of the association
on Lake Washington, varying this rule
every sixth year, when Nelson will be the
scene. Lake Washington has been urged
for a long time as the logical place for
the Northwest races, since it is central
to all the cities of the association. It is
hoped by next year to have Seattle, Ta
coma and perhaps Spokane represented in
the North Pacific regatta.
RIFLE SHOOT IS FINISHED
Captain Steale in Lead in Competi
tion at Monterey Presidio.
PACIFIC GROVE, Cal.. Aug. 4.-The
Army rifle-shooting competition for the
Pacific Coast division, which commenced
on Monday last, at the Presidio of Mon
terey, was concluded today. Next Mon
day and Tuesday a pistol-shooting contest
will take place. The ten highest scores
follow:
Captain Henry L. Steale, Artillery
Corps, 754; Private Ernest Marshall, Engi
neer Corps, 721; First Lieutenant W. B.
Wallace, Twentieth Infantry, 719; Cor
poral M. Rohr, Engineer Corps, 719; Sec
ond Lieutenant S. A. Karris, Thirteenth
Infantry. 706; Private L. Trusson, Twenty
second Infantry, Sergeant S. Cox,
Company C, Artillery. 693; Sergeant J.
Foulkerod, Twentieth Infantry, 691; Ser
geant W. 1 1. Spree, Company F. Four
teenth Cavalry, 679: Sergeant -W. K. Car
sell, Twentieth Infantry, 674.
Wrestler Here Seeking Match.
Joe Helnrich, a wrestler from Spokane,
is in the city looking for a match. Heln
rich has cleaned up all aspirants for mat
honors about Spokane, and he is ready
and willing to meet any man at his
weight, 175 pounds. Perhaps Simmonds,
the O. W. P. street-car conductor who
claims the city belt, may be Induced to
meet the Spokane crack. Helnrich Is will
ing to wrestle for a side bet of $50 or
M00. He gives as his address the Modern
Confectionery Company.
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North Pacific Tournament to
Commence Next Tuesday.
LEADING EVENT OF COAST
Portland to Be Represented by Three
,of Its Best Players, Who Will -Meet
Pnget Sound and Brit
ish Columbia Cracks.
The leading tennis event of the Pacific
Coast will be played on the courts of the
Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club, commencing
next Tuesday and continuing throughout
the current week.
The occasion will be the annual North
Pacific International championship tour
nament, and Jointly with that, the Pa
cific Northwest open championship. Port
land will be represented by Its three best
players, tried and proved in the many lo
cal tournaments which have continued
throughout the Spring and early Summer,
Walter A. Goss, Dan Bellinger and Brant
Wickersham. These men will be the joint
entries of the Multnomah and Irvington
Clubs. Goss will be relied on mainly to
uphold the singles supremacy of Portland,
while Bellinger and Wickersham will be
the doubles team from the Rose City.
Against them will be pitted the best- tal
ent from, these clubs: Tacoma Lawn Ten
nis Club. Seattle Lawn Tennis Club, Spo
kane Country Club, Olympia Tennis Club,
Vancouver, B. C, Lawn Tennis Club. Vic
toria Lawn Tennis Club and the James
Bay Athletic Club.
The North Pacific International Lawn
Tennis Association was organized in 1904,
the first annual tournament being held
that year at Victoria, B. C. R. B. Powell
was winner in the Bingles class, and the
same player and Goward carried off the
doubles honors. During the Lewis and
Clark Fair last Summer the Multnomah
courts were the scene of tne tournament
for 1905. At this time representatives were
entered from ail over the Coast, some
coming from so far south even as Los
Angeles. W. A. McBurney, of Spokane,
after a grueling series of games, finally
made his way to the top in the singles,
and Sehwengers and Macrae, of Victoria,
B. C, proved the best of the doubles en
tries. The men's singles in this tourna
ment carries with it possession of the
Multnomah Club, presented by the Mult
nomah Club last Summer. This yea tne
Tacoma Club, on whose courts the play
will be held, has offered a similar trophy
to be competed for in the doubles.
The championships of the Pacific North
west will be decided at the same time.
This tournament is one of. the flxXures
which has been awarded for 17 years to
the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club by the
United State's National Lawn Tennis As
sociation. In this tourney there are five
open events, men's singles and doubles,
ladies' singles and doubles and mixed dou
bles. The men's singles carries with it
possession of the famous Thome cup,
which has been played for during the past
12 years, and bears the names of all the
best-known players In the Northwest
Foulkes. Powell, Freeman, Hurd, Russell,
Breeze and Walter Goss, who is the pres
ent holder. The cup has at different times
been the property of representatives of
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THE XEWLV-OR6AMZED PORTLAND
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Victoria. Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and
California.-
Additional prizes will also be offered this
year by the Tacoma Club in the wajtdf
cups to the winners of the men's and
ladies' doubles, to become the permanent
property of the teams winning them three
times.
The site of the Tacoma Lawn Tennis
Club is one of the heauty spots of the
Northwest country. The grounds are laid
out on Tacoma avenue, at the head of
the new City Park, overlooking Puget
Sound. The club now owns two city
blocks In the heart of the best residence
section of the city, and the most com
plete and commodious tennis clubhouse
west of Chicago. Visiting players are
guaranteed a pleasant and delightful
week.
The first-class men expected to partici
pate in these tournaments are: Sehweng
ers, Macrae, Rithet, Cornwall and Hun
ter, of Victoria; Farquhar, Beecher and
Hilton, of Vancouver: Russell, Tyler and
Paschall, from Seattle: McBurney and
Walker, of Spokane: Payne, Remington
and Armstrong, of Tacoma, besides the
Portland entries already mentioned.
Olympia, Port Townsend and Everett will
also be represented, and one of the well
known Sutton girls, of Pasadena, Is con
templating entering the women's events.
WINS BRIGHTON DERBY EASILY
Accountant Justifies Gamblers In
Making Him Strong Favorite.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. James B. Bra
dy's Accountant, with 126 pounds up, won
the $5000 Brighton Derby at a mile and
a half, at Brighton Beach today. The
Brady colt so overwhelmingly outclassed
his field that he was held at the prohibi
tive odds of 1 to 5. At no time of the
journey was he in danger of defeat. The
Brighton midsummer meeting came to a
close today. Results:
Five and one-half furlongs Frank Gill
won, Somnus second, Caveadsum tlrird;
time. 1:08 2-5.
Steeplechase, about two miles Tom Co
gan won, New Amsterdam second. Come
In third; time. 2:49. Warpaint finished
second but was disqualified for fouling.
The Brighton Derby, J15.000, mile and a
half Accountant won, Samson second.
Albert F. third; time. 2:37 1-3.
One mile and one-sixteenth King Cole
won. Red Leaf second, Wrenne third;
time, 1:47.
Six furlongs Jacquln won, Bohemia sec
ond. Gold Sifter third: time, 1:14.
Six furlongs Aviston won, Cederstrom
second, Varieties third; time, 1:14 4-5.
At Seattle.
SEATTLE, Aug. 4. Results of races at
The Meadows:
Seven furlongs Alice Carey won. Pro
crastinate second Marie H. third; time,
1:27.
One mile Rosarlo won. Legal Form sec
ond, Belasco third; time, 1:40.
One mile and 50 yards Dixelle won, Bes
sie Welfly second, Redwald third; time,
1:44H-
Five furlongs Native Son won, Grace
St. Clair second, Meelitah third; time,
1:001,4.
One mile Martinmas won, Ed Sheridan
second. Colonel Jewell third; time. 1:401.
Six furlongs Titus II won. Little But
tercup second, E. M. Brattain third; time,
1:134.
Five furlongs James A. Murray won,
Misty's Pride second Lureme third; time,
0:59'.i.
Militiamen Hold Shoot Tournament.
SALEM, Or.. Aug 4. (Special.) Thirty
members of the Oregon National Guard,
comprising those making the highest
scores at the recent state militia shoot,
in he individual matches) will assemble
here Monday morning to contest on the
State range for places on the team to
represent the State at the National shoot
at Sea Girt, N. J., this Fall. It is prob
able that the members of companies out
side of the city, attending the shoot,
will proceed to American Lake, Wash.,
from bere with the local company.
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MQUNTHOOD ROAD
Automobile Club Trying to In
terest Two Counties in
Scenic Highway.
ROAD IS BADLY RUN DOWN
Members of Club Left Portland Yes
terday for Observation Run.
Spending Own Money to
Make Improvements.
The Portland Automobile Club, which
now has a membership of nearly 100, 18
making a stiff fight to have the Barlow
or Mount Hood road put Into fit shape for
travel, a condition which it has not been
in for some time. Falling in an effort to
get the owners of the road to expend
money In repairs, the club is now working
to get county road funds applied to Im
provement of this road. The automobile
people are even prepared to go further.
With any kind of support, they are will
ing to expend their own funds in the pro
posed work, and in fact, even now they
have gangs of men working on some of
the rougher places in the road.
Yesterday as large a force as could be
mustered of the club machines left the
Courthouse at 1:30 on a run to the moun
tain. It was intended also on this trip to
make a critical investigation of the road.
Various individuals have spent consider
able time figuring on necessary repairs,
but heretofore no great number of the
automobile owners have gone out over
the course with the express purpose of
studying conditions with a view to be
ginning an energetic campaign toward
raising funds for the suggested improve
ments. Dr. C. B. Brown, treasurer and one of
the most energetic workers in the Auto
mobile Club, has spent much time in the
Barlow country, and in July he put In ten
days Investigating the situation and In
terviewing the owners of the Barlow road
with the idea of securing their consent to
improvements. He talked interestingly to
The Oregonlan of the Mount Hood road,
the beauties of which he declares are fa
miliar to few:
"I estimate that $2000 applied as a start
er on the Improvements next Spring would
shorten the time between Portland and
Mount Hood by one-half," said Dr.
Brown. "The first 20 miles Is as fine a
road as can be found in Multnomah Coun
ty. The road passes through beautiful
land to Gresham. Orient and Pleasant
Home, and then it enters a heavily-timbered
country which the sun never pene
trates. The climb begins here, and the
scenery is beautiful. Logs and trees are
covered with the thickest moss, which is
now being utilized for market purposes.
Leaving CherVysville and resuming the
climb, one encounters scenery which beg
gars word to describe. Stream after
stream of the purest crystal pours down
from the mountain of enow with a rush
and a roar. At Salmon Postoffice is a
hotel, and but a short distance back is
the Salmon River hatchery. Six miles
further is Welch's Hotel, and here with
out a doubt is an Ideal camping spot for
a Summer vacation. A stretch of 14 miles
more brings one to Yocum's, or Govern
ment Camp, the stopping place for all
mountain-climbers, and the -end of as
grand a road trip as one could wish for.
"The Barlow road was at one time the
only outlet from Eastern Oregon to .the
Coast. Thousands of dollars were col
lected here as toll from immigrants. But
of late years the road has been so neg
lected that travelers refuse to pay fur
ther toll when they must work their pas
sage, as it were, to get through. Traffic
now Is from The Dalies by boat, and own
ers of the road declare that their road is
now a losing proposition, since travel has
been diverted from it, and consequently
they cannot afford to expend any funds
in improvement.
"The Portland Automobile Club has had
In mind the improvement of this road for
some time, and they are ready and willing
to donate their own funds to the work if
the two counties through which the road
runs, Multnomah and Clackamas, will as
sist with their funds. The club has had
a gang of men at work for some time
smoothing out the rougher spots. Witn
the expenditure of a little money and en
ergy Portland will have an automobile
road near at hand than which there wm
be no superior in the United States."
WAIDXER WINS AT TENNIS
Winner In Northwestern Tourna
ment to Meet Collins.
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 4. L. H. Wald
ner. of Chicago, easily defeated Nat Em
erson, of Cincinnati, this afternoon In the
Northwestern Tennis Tournament when
the two experts met in the finals. Wald
ner taking three out of four sets played.
Waidner will meet Kreigh Collins, of
Chicago, Western and Northwestern
champion, for the 1906 Northwestern
championship.
In the doubles today, Jayne, Minneapo
lis, and Love, Winnipeg, defeated Waid
ner. Chicago, and Emerson. Cincinnati.
Hunt. Califom'jj, and Burton. Minneapo
lis, defeated Wheeler, Minneapolis, and
Blrtinenworth, Omaha, 6-3,' 6-4. 6-S.
Jayne and Lorvell meet Burton and
Hunt Monday for the championship.
Not Advisable for Oregon Teams to
Make 3Iatches In California for
the Coming Season San Fran
cisco Sporting Gossip.
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 4. Rugby
football will not have everything Its
own way in California, despite the
stand taken by the faculties of the
University of California and Stanford
calling for the English game. You
hear more or less in San Francisco of
the enthusiasm of the coaches of both
big colleges, who have studied the
new game and think it is the only
thing. That's all right. They have
to talk that way, for as long as Rugby
is the game they must work up en
thusiasm. The University of Southern
California, as well as Pomona College,
the Olympic Club of San Francisco, the
Los Angeles Athletic Club and the Re
liance Club of Oakland, will stick to
the intercolleRlate game. In fact, the
coaches of Berkeley and Stanford are
somewhat puzzled as to where they will
work up practice games.
Walter Hemphill, manager of the
Los Angeles Athletic Club, who will
be remembered in Portland as head of
that misfit aggregation of Southern
California Indians, has wrlten Pete
Smith, of the Reliance Club, asking
if he could take his team to Los An
geles for a game of intercollegiate
ball some time before Christmas, and
also stating that the southern team
would like to play in San Francisco
on Christmas Day. Smith says -he
would have no trouble in securing the
players, but there is no place where a
game could be played, as the large
enclosed parks were destroyed by the
fire. Smith wants to arrange a sched
ule with the southern club and the uni
versities of Oregon and Nevada and
has expressed himself as wanting a
Thanksgiving Day game with Multno
mah In the north. That, however, is
probably out of the question.
"tf the Northern teams Will take my
advice they will decline with thanks
any offers for games with California
teams, unless the teams want to make
the trip into Oregon and take their
chanceB. Stanford and Berkeley are
the big drawing cards here. The club
teams are not so good in that line.
There is little chance for games being
played in San Francisco this Winter
and I fancy that Multnomah will do
well to stick by a schedule in that
part of the country. Another year,
doubtless, the universities will bo
back at the old game and there will
be a chance if games are desired.
There Is one thing refreshing to be
hold. The San Francisco papers have
finally come to the point where they
are willing to acknowledge that "made
In Oregon teams" can play football.
There is frequent reference, when the
subject of football is mentioned, to
the University of Oregon, Multnomah,
Willamette and Oregon Agricultural,
so you can see for yourselves that
there has been some advertising worth
while.
Morris Levy, of the firm of Grancy &
Levy, prizefight boosters, late of the trust,
is now in the Kast for the purpose of talk
ing business with Battling Nelson in re
gard to a match with Joe Gans. Levy
expected when he left Sun Francisco to
connect with Nelson about the first of
the month. He wants to sign the Chi
cago whirlwind for a match on Admission
day. if that cannot be arranged. Levy
may endeavor to tie up Sam Berger and
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. Levy will go
as far as Chicago, and It would be no
great surprise to hear the announcement
that both matches have been corralled. If
is claimed Berger has a six week's theat
rical engagement, which would leave hi?
frea at the right time.
The University of California will be crip
pled this coming year from the point of a
strong track team. It is also feared that
some of the baseball and football players
will leave for various reasons, leaving the
blue and gold in somewhat of a predica
ment. The fire has affected the fortunes
of many of the parents of the students,
which accounts for some of the changes.
Trainer Walter Christie reports that he
has received letters from two of his most
promising men. In which they announce
that they will not bo back to college.
One of them Is James Relnhardt, who was
one of the fastest short-distance runners
in Berkeley. Ho was the star pitcher on
the Varsity baseball nine and played full
back on the freshman eleven. The other
man who will not return is Sydney
Schwartz, the crack 100-yard ' runner.
Schwartz is a junior and was expected
to take the place in the sprints left va
cant by Ollle Snedigar. He has done
19 1-5 seconds on several occasions and
Christie has been expecting great things
of him.
Joe Gans arrived In San Francisco the
first of the week, as per schedule. All his
hopes center on a match with Battling
Nelson, something the sports all along
the line have appreciated. Gans has es
tablished himself on the other side of the
bay, but he Is In touch with Eddie Gra
ney. He Is very earnest about what he
will do if he gets into the ring. He
announces that he will put up the best
fiEht he ever made, and that he wants the
championship question settled once for
all. He adverts to the fact that some of
the fans think he is a faker and declares
that this bout will be the best evidence.
:
Jimmy Britt has come forth with a
statement that he looks for Gans to win.
If he should meet Nelson. Britt is anx
ious to hook up with Nelson, but saye
that if Gans should fight the Chicago
boy and win. he will take him on. Then
Windy Jimmy goes ahead to say that he
looks to see Gans beat Nelson. Of course
that Is the very thing that Britt would
like to see.
San Francisco people are waking up to
the fact that the Portland Beavers are
really in the pennant race and with a
mighty good chance of winning. The team
has not been considered much of a possi
bility by the fans, but the good work of
the boys in the north has aroused the 33d
degree fans to the point where they are
looking for something to happen.
Oldfield Can"t Beat Auto Kecord.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. Barney Oldfield
In his gasoline car failed to lower his rec
ord of o3 seconds for a circular mile, his
time being 1:09 2-3. In a grand nweep
stakes race of 37 miles in heats, Oldfield
defeated Eddie Bald. The best three miles
were made by Bald if 4:05.
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