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THE SUNDAY ; OREGONIAN, "PORTLAND, AUGUST 26, 190G.
PORTLAND OARSMEN WIN RESPECT OF THEIR EASTERN RIVALS
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this self-same crew East once more with II E " ? -"" , ;! -: ' ' - j
the self-same coach. All Boston went II f r.v. ' ; !, ? v ! ::; -- -- - i . . i v- 4
wild over the clever work of the Web- I i w i , ; ( - .'" , : i 'S
footers and the achievement of these four II f : - ; j ;
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hosts of pamphlets and papers. Not II '.''V s , ,
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entitles them to another opportunity. II . ' ' Ki ' : i ,:.-,ir5:..VJ-' - 1 I
Eastern exoerta. exnressed it as their II .."i . z . . -: " . '' : .-. I
I opinion that on another trial Portland I II f - :- . V . ' . ' - ' 5 5 4 II
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this be the feeling in the East surely II V ' Z ' " ? - i- J ' 1 A. Il
hero the cause should not be allowed to 11 j. ' , f i " is ! : J ' ? i ' ''' 5 II -
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One of the notable events of the ath
letic year was the successful Invasion of
the Eastern rowing world by the senior
Xour of the Portland Rowing Club. This
was the first time In tho history of the
eport that a crew from west of the Mis
sissippi competed against Kastern oars
men. The West has never heretofore
met wnn any marked success In compe
tition with Eastern talent In any branch
of athletics. The best of track teams
have met with defeat and the PaetfU
Slope has never yet developed a football
or baseball team which couid hold Its
own against the Middle West and At
lantic. It was with this record fresh in mind
that the directors of the Portland Row
ing Club on July authorized their big
four to enter the National regatta on
Lake Qulnsigamond. Skeptics paid the
Wehfooters would be outclassed; even
their most faithful admirers were half
afraid to hear the report of the outcome
of the trial heat.
When the news came over the wire that
Portland had qualified for . the final
after a gruelling race, there was great
rejoicing in the Rowing Club camp. The
boys had survived the siege which had
tested their mettle. Beaten a half
length by the Ravenswood crew of New
York, they had outrowed the Metropoli
tan four for place. They had been handi
capped as expected by the turn in the
course, but had overcome this obstacle
all over a strange course, before thou
sands of people and In competition with
oarsmen of national repute.
Then came the final race. Upon the
showing of the previous day the Ravens
woods were a better crew than Port
land. This, then, was the task for the
Portland crew to beat their victors of
the day before and also to defeat two
other crews from New York, whose
prowess among Atlantic oarsmen was
Indisputable.
The story of Portland's game fight In
that race has already been recorded in
a great book In the Portland Rowing
Club, and no doubt there It will remain
so long as the club exists, cherished and
commented upon by future generations
of Jtose City oarsmen.
At the start Portland took a lead. At
the first buoy the Nonparlel crew gained
three lengths by cutting on the turn
which they should have made. At the
half mile It was apparent that Portland
and the Nonpareil crew were the only
factors In the race. The New Yorkers
still held the lead they had gained on the
buoy, but now the bronzed backed boys
from the far West buckled to their work.
Taster and faster they dipped their
ehlnlng oars into the water. Faster their
hell-cleaved the waves. Now they were
gaining. Half a mile from the finish
Nonpareil was but a length ahead, and
the rest of the race was a continued
beautiful spurt. Driven to desperation
by the do--cd pursuit of the Portland
crew. Nonpareil bent to Its work as It
never had before. Fifty thousand fran
tic people along the course were dancing
and shouting as If crazy as tho two crews
flashed over the line seemingly bow and
bow. . The home bnys said they (I'd not I
know till after the referee gave his de
cision who had won the race, so close
was the finish.
It will he a great mistake not to send
COLLEGE ATHLETES OF CALIFORNIA
ARE STUDYING THE RUGBY GAME
9AN FRANCISCO. Cal., Aug. 25.-(Spe-cial.)
When representatives of Stanford
and of the University of California line
up on the gridiron this Fall to battle
for football supremacy, they will play a
game that for many years has been un
known to undergraduates of American
colleges. Ae a result of this condition the
outcome of the Pacific Coast experiment
with Rugjjy will be watched for with In
terest throughout the country, and foot
ball enthusiasts will be eager to note the
reception that Is accorded the English
style of play.
As a result of the denunciation and
criticism that was vented on the old in
tercollegiate game last year, only two
larger ' Institutions have . made . radical
changes In the sport, namely, California
and Stanford. Nearly everywhere else it
has been decided to play the old game,
with practically the same old rules, only
enforced a little better. Even the smaller
colleges of the Pacific Coast and the pre
paratory schools have'concluded not to
follow the California leaders, but to brave
out the storm by themselves and stick to
the intercollegiate variety. The condition
thus created is one that will be full of
Interest this Fall, and critics are wonder
ing if California and Stanford will ba able
to carry on their policy of playing a game
that nobody else seems to want.
When it was first announced, last
Spring, that the cardinal' and blue and
gold would fight it out on new lines this
year, there was a. storm of protest
against Rugby. All sorts of muttering!
were heard against the faculties of the
colleges, who were in a. larpe degree re
sponsible for the change from Intercollegi
ate. Substantially every student , around
San Francisco Bay was an enemy of
Rugby, and it is Interesting to note how
the feeling has changed, and, though it is
now gtill far from friendly to the inno
vation. thre are many who have a good
word for the game. The head coaches of
both colleges have oome out flatfooted In
their praise of the sport.
Coaches Study English Game.
When the edict was issued that there
would be no more Intercollegiate, the
coaches took it for granted that the pres
idents of the two universities would stick
by their plans, and accordingly Lanagan
and Taylor began a systematic study of
the old English game. After several
months' work they have returned to Cali
fornia with the announcement that they
see - great possibilities In Rugby. They
feel sure that the students here will ap
preciate the contests that will be pro
duced. Dr. Oscar N. Taylor, a graduate of the
Ulnverslty of California, has been select
ed to coach the men who will represent
his alma mater. He has been abroad for
several months, in England and Wales,
witnessing games there, and has come
baok full of enthusiasm. He has had the
additional advantage of having played
the game for several years in and around
San Francisco.
Jimmy Lanagan needs no Introduction
to Pacific Coast football enthusiasts.
For years past he hfts been the popular
idol at Stanford, and he now promises to
make Just as good in Rugby as he did
with the old-style game. He spent the
Summer in British Columbia, learning the
Canadian game, and he also Is full of en
thusiasm; having stated in public his be
lief that the game will become very pop
ular just as sopn as the student see the
possibilities of it. -
Plowden Stott, who will captain Stan
ford, is another man who needs no In
troduction In Portland. He will be out
again for the cardinal team, although It
Is impossible to tell Just how he will play
the new game.
Denies BelngrOpposed to Rugby.
Roy Elliott,' California's captain, re
ceived no little notoriety early in the sea
son because of an alleged interview In
which he was quoted as saying he had
resigned because the teams were to play
Rugby, and that he didn't care to captain
an organization which was to play any
such sort of football. Im a recent letter
from Alaska, where he has been engaged
In engineering work, he has denied the
interview, saying the reason he resigned
was because he was afraid he would not
be able to get back to college In time to
participate in the regular football work.
Elliott has also further announced that
he will be back In Berkeley much sooner
than he anticipated, and will be a candi
date for the Rugby team. He has the
build of a good Rugby player, and will
doubtless continue to captain the team.
The big game this year will be played In
Berkeley; but whether or not it will be
possible to play on the newly constructed
California field is at the present time an
interesting question. The field is decided
lytoo narrow, and the expense of enlarg
ing It will be rather great. It may be
possible to play on the old Berkeley fieli
LEAVING FOR HOME.
and In that case temporary bleachers will have had great difficulty in making the
be necessary.
Treasurer Barrett, of the Stanford
- Associated Students, has been busy dur
ing the past week making the necessary
preparations for Rupbv. He has ordered
new suits from the East, suits that will
resemble the old ones, exccit that they
will be lighter, combining some of the
elements of the track suit. In England
very light suits are worn, but there tne
game is played on soft turf, while in
California it will be played on hard
ground. The Stanford authorities will
make no permanent changes on the Stan
ford field until It is definitely decided
that Rugby is to be the coming game on
the Coast.
Premiums Off Beef and Fat.
It Is expected that Rugby will Induce
mors men to turn out for practice than
heretofore. There will ba 15 places on
each team an Increase of four over the
Intercollegiate game. This will require
more men. and the better chances that
the men will have will doubtless stimu
late them to turn out In larger numbers.
Then, too, It Is believed that smaller
men will have a chance to make the
teams, since beef and fat are no longer
at the premium they were in football
a few years ago. The new game will
call out a fast, wiry man. such as would
old teams.
The great question that perplexes Cal
ifornia football managers is the Inability
to secure the necessary preliminary
games. Stanford and the University of
California are practically the only two
teams on the Coast that have decided to
play the English game, and as nobody
else seems to have any desire to take up
the sport. It will be up to the college
managers to organize plenty of scrub
teams to do the work of getting the
varsity players into proper shape for the
big contest. How the absence of prac
tice games will affect the big events Is a
question.
BREAKS SHOTPIX RECORD.
Horgan Cuts Off Three Inches, but
Loses In Competition.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Dennis Horgan,
ex-record-holder1 and Irish champion for
putting the 16-pound shot, broke the
world's record today for putting the 28
pound stone at the game of the United
Hibernian Societies at Celtic Park. Hor
gan put the stone a distance of 35 feet
4 inches, displacing the former figures
of 35 feet Vt inches. -
Horgan, however, only secured third
TENNIS
National Experts IMay Trial Matches
at Newport for Coveted Cup. -
NEWPORT, Aug. 25. It was hard ten
nis that experts played today In the
matches of the National championship
tournament for the coveted cup. The
winners were D. H. Jones. William
Clothier. Karl H. Behr. Jr., and Redmond
D. I.lttle. This Is the quartet that re
mains of the big field of 127 men who
started, and the matches Monday should
surpass all former years.
J. Allen Roas, University of Chicago, In
terscholastic representative, won the Na
tional championship in that event, defeat
ing H. Ij. Davenport, Harvard's title
holder. In five fast and exciting sets. The
Clothier-Alexander match was put on the
grandstand court In the meeting. It was
splendidly fought out, point by point, by
both men, and in the fifth and deciding
set Alexander was three times within
the stroke of taking the victory.
Behr found Irving Wright a puzzling
opponent. The younger brother of the
National champion was so successful In
shooting the ball over for quick passes
that Behr was often .placed on the de
fensive and lost a set to Wright which
was not looked for by the followers of
the game.
Harold H. Hackett was so exhausted
from the tournament play that after the
first set he was compelled to default to
Little, the champion of the American In
ternational team. .
CORINTHIANS BEAT CHICAGO
Iiondoners Take Packlngtowns Into
Camp at 5 to C
CHICAGO, Aug. 25. Association foot
ball players wearing the colors of the
Corinthian Club, of London. England, de
feated the Chicago Association team here
today by a score of 5 to 2.
Tug-of-War Tournament.
The programme of sports for the plcn!
to be held at the Tlvoli Gardens Septem
ber 30, under the auspices of the Portland
Tug-of-War Association, is being rapidly,
arranged and will soon be ready for pub
lication. Several business houses of this
city are now organizing teams to take
part, and Manager Planck has already
enrolled the Paciflo States Meat Market
team, with Gus Rodine as captain. A
large 100-foot platform is now being put
up and will soon be available for prac
tice. The "bucket game," a novel game
for women, which Manager Planck will
introduce, is also being prepared. The
names of the teams, together with cap-
be published before the tournament takes
place.