THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 15. 1907.
KELLY DECLINES
-TO COME HOME
SCENE AT RUGBY GAME AT BERKELEY AND FOOTBALL STATUE PRESENTED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
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BT W. J. PETRAIN.
Dan Kelly la not coming back to Ore
gon. Such la the startling-, though not al
together unexpected, newi received yes
terday by Morris Dunne from E. E. Mor
gan, who was at Jamestown and wit
nessed the oontests In which Kelly par
ticipated. Morgan's letter also conveys the in
formation that Forrest. Smithson Is to
compete at the meet of the New York
Athletic Club this afternoon. Bmlthson
made quite a hit with the New Yorkers
and they Invited him to visit their olub
and participate In the meet, and he ac
cepted. In referring to Kelly, Morgan expresses
the slncerest sympathy for the Oregon
boy and his failure to score In the short
eprtnts. Before the meet at Jamestown
Morgan had a chat with Kelly and his
trainer, BUI Hayward, and both expressed
the keenest confidence In the result of
the Jamestown events, and after the de
feat of the Oregon man, he was the most
disappointed spectator on the grounds.
Kelly did not seem to run as he did In
Oregon, and was almost disconsolate at
his defeat. It was a most trying ex
perience for a number of the Easterners
took occasion openly to. affront the Ore
gon poy and the crowds roasted him un
mercifully. This latter made Kelly angry
and. returning to the field he showed that
he was not a quitter by winning the
broad Jump easily.
Kelly Going to Pittsburg.
Before leaving Jamestown, Kelly In
formed Morgan that he was going to
Pittsburg where he Intended to enter the
employ of Frank M. Frlessell, the former
University of Oregon and Multnomah
Club athlete, who Is engaged In business
In the Cmoky City. This disposes of the
talk that Kelly was about to enter the
University of Michigan.
An extract from Morgan's letter. In
which he refers to Kelly's showing la as
follows:
"Kelly -made a poor showing In both
sprints. He camo In last In the trial
heat of the 220-yard dash and the time
was 23 seconds. In his trial heat of the
ion.- both Seltz and Gerhardt beat him
in the slow time of 10 2-6. Before the race
Hayward told me that Kelly was In per
fect condition. After the race he said
Kelly was down too fine. I have seen
him run In Oregon In better time, and
with much less effort. Yesterday he ran
with much effort and as though It was
very hard work and there was no snap
or life to his movements. He was hope
lessly out of It at the 60-yard mark and
finished well back of the bunch.
Takes Defeat Hard.
"Everybody on the grounds wanted to
see Kelly win, and he felt very badly
after the meet because of his defeat. In
the 120 It was very evident that he had
lost confidence In himself. Later In the
afternoon, when he was being called a
false alarm by everybody, a reaction set
In and he got his Irish up and came back
and gave another surprise. He won the
broad Jump by the mark . of 23 feet 11
Inches and every one of his Jumps was
over 23 feet. ' He told Sullivan In my pres
ence thit ha would not return to Oregon,
but would remain In the East. Frles
sell, the former Oregon athlete, has se
cured Kelly a position In Pittsburg."
Mr. Morgan concludes his letter by an
nouncing that he will be In Portland In
about three weeks and will have more to
say about the Jamestown games. He was
the official cierk of the course of the meet
and received a handsome gold medal
which was presented with the compli
ments of the exposition directors.
Eastern Press Comment.
In publishing the results at James
town at the A. A. U. meet the various
Eastern papers comment on Dan Kelly
as follows:
New York World Dan Klly. of the Uni
versity of Oregon, the greatest sprinter of
the country, holding the world's record of
ft 8-5 seconds for the 100-yard dash, was
beaten at the Senior National Championship
at Jamestown today. In the dash with
Kelly was Charles Parson, the San Van-1
Cisco champion. Hera two great sprinters
f-ll before the mighty Hun", the Chicago
Athletic Association wonder, who surprised
ths talent by nosing In ahead of W. D.
Eaton, of BoHton, the world's champion 00
yard dasher, who finished second.
New York Eun The senior track and field
championships of the Amateur Athletic
lnlon took place at Jamestown today and in
many ways proved remarkable. The world's
records were shattered and thare were
many surprises and upsets of previous form.
By far the most absorbing event of ths day
was the lOO-yard, in which the stars
were Dan KUey. of Oregon University and
holder of the world's record af tf 3-3 Sec
onds and Herbert Parsons, another flyer
from the Pacific Coast.
"Everybody wanted to hsv a look at
Kelly and they got a good square peep at
him the second trial heat, which he barely
won In 10 2-5 seconds. Parsons won the
third heat In exactly the same time. In
short, all three trial heats were the same.
Katon of the Boston A. A. winning the
first, with Huff, of Chicago, second, in the
final heat Kelly and Parsons did not ap
pear "to have much life left ,ln them and
Huff of Chicago won by about 18 inchee
from Eaton, with Parsons a close third.
Kellv was fourth. There was some doubt
about the placing of the men.
Victory for 'the Irish.
New York Press The Irish-American
Athletic Club overwhelmed their rivals In
the National Amateur Athletio Union
championships at the Jamestown exhibit
The wearers of the winged flst scored 62
points In the various events, nearly three
times as many as their nearest competitor,
the New York Athletic Club, which aeored
only 21 points. The Chicago A. A. finished
third with IT points, while the Olympic
Club, of San Francisco, scored 14, the Bos
ton A. A. 6. and the Multnomah A. a. A. of
Portland. Or., and the University of Oregon
6 each. While the score shots the division
of the prizes, it does not tell of the manner
of winning them, for the members of the
Irish-American Club scored In X'l of the 10
events, and won nine championships.
"The much-touted Dan Kelly, who rep
resented the University of Oregon, failed to
uphold his honors in the lOO-yard run.
Kelly was recently credited by itie Ama
teur Athletic Union wifh the record of 0 3-5
seconds for the century dash, but failed
miserably In the competition, not even gam
ing a place. H- J. Hufr. the Chicago A. A.
sprinter, won - the event, with Eaton, the
Boston A. A. man. second, and Parsons of
the Olympic Club of San Francisco, third.
The time. 10 1-5 seconds, was rr behind
that credited to many of the competitors in
the event. Huff repeated his victory In the
220-yard run, beating Gehrardt of the
Olympic Club, and Selti of the New Tors
A. C. In 22 1-5 seconds.
"Smithson, the Multnomah hurdler. lived
up to all predictions made of him by West
ern men, and won the high hurdle event
from Shaw, the New England Intercollegiate
champion, In the fast time of 15 8-9 seconds.
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PITCHERS' BATTLE
Commuters Make but One
Lonesome Run Off Hart
man's Delivery.
WRIGHT IS HIS OPPONENT
Allows but Two of McCredie's Braves
to Dent the Pan Double-Header
Is to Be Played Thia
Afternoon.
Gee, but It was a loneeoroe town for
the Commuters yesterday afternoon.
Truck Eagan's lone home-run was the
only bacon In the pan that the ball
tossers from the earthquake sone could
steal from Hartman. and but for this
belt, which went over the right garden
wall. Pop Van Haltren's hired men would
have returned to their soup and nuts,
scoreless. The score was 'Portland 2.
Oakland 1.
Manager Mac wanted the Saturday
game, not because he hopes to win the
pennant, but because there is to be a
double-header this afternoon. Hart
man for Portland and Wright for Oak
land fought out a pretty pitchers' bat
tle. Mr. Wright was wrong In the third
canto and It gave the home talent a
chance to ring the bell.
With Hartman In cold storage, Casey
waited for free transportation. Burdette's
infield out helped him along the Journey
and when Bassey poked one on the seam
for two stations, Casey rolled home. Fine.
Hartman slipped along until the fifth
Chapter without getting more than a
scratch. His pendulum was working like
grandfather's old clock used to work In
the long ago. He had control and the
benders oozed over the pan in such a
way that even Old Man Derrick .couldn't
help but call them. All right for Hart
man. .In the fifth with no one up but Eagan
and no one down, the big sorrel-topped
shortstop JuBt leaned against one of Hart
man's finest and the last heard of the
ball was that It had gone Into Wash
ington County looking for Judge Mc
Credie's latest phenom. This tied the
proceedings In a true lovers' knot, which
lasted until the seventh inning.
Jimmy Byrnes opened this chapter with
a poke to Brick Devereaux. The old Red
Dog knocked the ball down, but ' there
was a lot of steam in the wallop and by
the time Oakland's cigardealer had
hooked hlmBelf. Byrnes was roosting on
first. Hartman drove a shin toaster to
Kagan. Truck couldn't handle the grass-
burner in time to retire any one, so
this made two safe. Casey went to the
morgue via the infield, but it left Byrnes
perched at third. Burdette kited a long
one to left field and before the toss back
happened Byrnes sprinted with the win
ning run.
In the closing canto Oakland got
chesty. Jimmy Smith biffed one safe.
Haley hit to Hartman and he tossed ,the
ball to Schimpff. Nothing doing because
the Baron wasn't holding 'em. Pap Van
Haltren thought he was going to start
something by bunting. He did. He
bunted a bloomer to Hartman and before
Haley could get back to the switch, there
was a double. Hartman wasn't taking
any chances with Eagan. He walked, but
Holtmuller was 'lasses candy. The big
student . hit to Schimpff and the song
was sung.
The score:
OAKLAND.
AB. R. BH. PO. A. E.
Smith,. If 4 0 2 2 0 0
Haley,- 2b 4 0 0 12 0
Van Haltren, cf.... 4 0 0 4 0 0
Eagan, ss 1110 2 0
Heitmuller, rf 4 0 0 0 0 1
White, c 3 0 0 5 2 0
Bigbee. lb 3 0 0 11 1 0
Devereaux, 3b....... 3 0 0 0 0 0
Wright, p 3 0 0 1 fi 0
Totals 29 1 J 24 13 1
PORTLAND.
AB. R. BH. PO. A. E.
Casey, 2b 3 114 2 0
Burdette, cf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Bassev, If 3 0 1 2 0 0
Donahue, lb 4 0 0 8 1 0
McCredle, rf 4 0 0 4 0 0
Mott, 3b 3 0 1 2 0 0
Schimpff. ss 2 0 0 1 3 1
Byrnes, c 3 114 2 0
Hartman, p 2 0 1 2 2 0
Totals 28 2 6 27 10 1
RUNS AND HITS BY INNINGS.
Oakland .-. 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 01
Hits 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13
Portland 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Hits 10 10 112 0 6
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Home run ESagan. . Double play Hart
man to Donahue. Sacrifice hit Bassey.
Stolen bases Burdette, Mott, Schimpff.
Prominent Football
Men of Northwest
College Teams
Elmer Armstrong, captain of this year's
team at the University of Idaho, is re
garded as one of the best halfbacks in
the Northwest. Idaho students are count
ing upon Armstrong's generalship and
playing ability, and expect great things
from him during the season.
j. M. Simpson, manager of the Idaho
eleven, has arranged an interesting
schedule for his team. The most im
portant games are with Oregon, Pullman,
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Oakland. 4; Portland, 4. Time of game
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Washington and Whitman. The game
with Oregon will be played on Multnomah
field on October 26.
J. M. Ulllgrren, manager of the Pullman
eleven, is a prominent and popular man
among ths collegians of the Inland Em
pire. Victor M. Place, head coach at the Uni
versity Of Washington, Is a Dartmouth
graduate. He coached Washington last
year and has been engaged for the coming
season.
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FOOTBALL WILL
-BE BETTER GAME
Popularity In Pacifio .North
West Promises to Be Great
er Than Ever Before.
NEW RULES GAIN FAVOR
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Indications Are That Reformed Stylo
of Play Will. Be Glren Much
Attention The Outlook
Is Bright.
BT REFEREE!.
Football is the all-absorbing; toplo
of conversation In amateur athletio
circles Just at present, and Interest
In the work of the coming season is
already manifesting Itself. A number
of the colleges of the East and Mid
dle West have already opened their
doors, and during the coming week:
most of the Institutions of learning of
the Pacific Northwest will begin the
work of the Fall term. Whitman
College began her year's work under
favorable auspices and Coach Balrd
has started the preliminary work of
football practice. Idaho will begin
work tomorrow, but Oregon, Wil
lamette, Pullman and Corvallis will
not call their players out for another
week.
The fact that the rules committee
made but few changes In the rules
means a continuation of the open play
and a further development of the for
ward pass, the on-side kick and other
popular formations. Men who are
well-posted on gridiron matters say
that there will be more punting and
more place-kicking than there was last
season. Many of the coaches Of last
year held as closely as possible to the
old style of play and attempted to win
! games by pouildlnsr through center or
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over tackle. Few games were won In
this way. ,
The forward pass and on-slde kick,
as well as the regular punt, were sel
dom used last year until the third
down. The former plays were looked
upon by coaches as "fake" plays, and
were used with great caution. Punts
and place-kicks were usually at
tempted after regular old-style forma
tions had failed to net the necessary
yardage. A few coaches experimented
and did so with considerable success.
Idaho had several splendid forma
tions, and used them to advantage in
her Thanksgiving game wlfh Wash
ington. Pullman and Oregon won most
of their games by , place-kicks, and
kept their own goal-lines safe by
splendid defense. Whitman showed
good form with the forward pass, but
most of the teams of this section
stood by the conservative formations
of the old line-plunging game.
Will Be More Exciting.
This year will bring about numerous
changes in the general style of play.
The conservative coaches will Join ths
ranks of the radicals and many ex
periments will be tried. The open
gams Is still in Its Infancy, even at
such Institutions as Princeton, Tale and
Harvard. Coaches In all parts of the
country are figuring on new plays,
and new possibilities. Formations
that were looked upon as last resorts
a year ago will be tried on ths first
down this year.
Punting will be mors frequent, and
place-kicking will be tried from
greater distance. The game will be
no more dangerous than last season,
but it will be more desperate and more
exciting. Fumbled punts In the back
field will lose mors than one gams and
spoil the otherwise good records of
formidable teams.
Quick formations, calling for speed
and headwork, will be more common
than old-time line bucks. Long end
runs will be more frequent than last
year, as many teams will use this
style of attack.
According to the recent changes In
the rules, there will be a less serious
penalty if the forward pass is dropped
on the first or second down. Last year,
the penalty for dropping ths forward
pass was the loss of the ball. This
year, however, the penalty is a set
back of 16 yards. This will give the
attacking team a chance to try the
same play again or punt. This change
is the only one of consequence that
the rules' committee saw fit to make.
John R. Bender, head coach of the
Washington Stats College, is enthusi
astic over the new style of play. He
believes that ths American gams is
becoming so popular that there Is no
danger of Its ever being supplanted
by the English game. Bender has de
voted a lot of time to the study of the
new rules and will havs some good
formations for his men.
The same may be said of J. Arthur
Balrd, the Whitman coach. Balrd Is
a Northwestern graduate and has
spent the Summer near his alma mater.
He comes back to the Northwest brim
full of modern football ideas. Victor
M. Place, the Washington coach, has
already announced that he will de
velop a more open style of play, and
that Washington men will be taught
to take a long chance on all reason
able formations.
Norcross, the Corvallis coach, and
Chase, the new man at Willamette,
will bring out the latest ideas of
"Hurry Up" .Tost, and Archie Hahn,
another old "Michigan man, will have
all the latest plays from Ann Arbor.
Gordon Frost, Oregon's head coach.
has been In conference with the best
football talent at Dartmouth and
other New England colleges, and ought
to be wise to all ths new developments
6f ths game by the time college opens
at Eugene.
Taken altogether, the coaches of the
Northwest college teams rank high as
generals of the game, and there is
every reason to believe that the quality
of football in this section will im
prove by leaps and bounds during the
coming season.
Competent Officials in Demand.
Good football officials are not over
abundant In the Northwest, but there
are several men who will doubtless be
in demand during the coming season.
Hugh Boyd and R. N. Holkenberry, of
this city, showed themselves to be
competent men last year, and they
will no doubt be in demand again.
Chet Murphy, Horan, Lonergan, Mc
Millan and several other prominent
men of the Multnomah Club are com
petent as well as Impartial men, and
Bruce Shorts, of Seattle, has a reputa
tion for fairness and for keeping the
game going along without unnecessary
delays.
George Hug, Oregon's center rush,
has shown himself to be a competent
and fearless - official in a number of
minor games, and will no doubt be
used In some of the more Important
contests of the coming season.
The fact that W. Lair Thompson
formerly of Albany, will not officiate In
any of the season's games, has caused
a general feeling of disappointment
in football circles all over the North
west. Thompson has moved to Lake
view where he has established himself
in the legal profession. He has of
ficiated in most of the important games
of Western Oregon and Washington for
the past four seasons, and his im
partial decisions and strict enforce
ment of the rules have made him the
most popular of all the Northwest
officials. '
Many old college men from the East
are coming to the Northwest each
year, and these, together with the of
ficials that are being developed' out
here, will soon Insure a liberal supply
of competent umpires and referees.
Freshmen of University of Califor
nia Defeated by San Francisco
Team H. W. Kerrigan -
Writes of Kelly's Defeat.
BT H. W. KERRIGAN.
BERKELEY. Cal., Sept. 13. (Special
oorrespondenoe.) It looks like Rugby has.
coma to stay. This is shown by the en-
thuslasm and attendance at the game
between the U. C. Freshmen and Bar
barians, of San Francisco, last Saturday
on the Berkeley field. There were fully
2000 people In the west side of the big
bleachers surrounding the new Univer
sity grounds, and the rooters were there
en masse, led by Sam House, who Is
pretty much the superintendent of all
events connected with university life.
One would think It a regular big field
or a football day the way' the students
yelled, both for the opponents and their
own men.
Considering that the game was not ad
vertised at ail, it had an exceedingly large
attendance, I thought. But the fellows
say that It really was the first time the
Fresh girls, all the Sophs, Juniors and
Seniors had a c -ice to eee""each other
In a body. And they take advantage o(
some big occasions like this to do so.
And they would miss a pretty gathering
if they didn't, for it certainly was an at
tractive bunch of Coeds' that tripped in
through the gate that day, arrayed In
their best. Some came in autos, others
came afoot, but tosy were all there and
the fellows were not far behind, dressed j
their dandiest and looking fit to kill. But
in spite of the fact that they were there
to see and be seen, they were all trus
blue and yelled lustily for the Freshmen.
This is getting away from the football
game, but It Is true Just the same that
athletics play a most prominent part in
the life of this as well as other big col
leges of our country, and nothing testi
fies more to this than the statue that
meets the eye as one steps on the Uni
versity grounds proper. The statue of
two football players, and strange to say,
they are Rugby players, too. One has j
been running with the ball and has evi
dently been hurt near the knee, and his I
comrade kneels at his side tlelng band- 1
ages around the wound. They are dressed
in sleeveless Jerseys, snort running pants,
a golf stocking nearly to the knee and
low shoes. The statue was presented by
James D. Phelan, of San Francisco, (and
sculptured by Douglas Tllden) In honor
of the two successive victories over
Stanford in the years 189$ and 1S99, with
the names of the men that made football
famous when the old game. Intercolleg
iate, was still played at the University,
among them being such men as most
everyone Interested in football wiil re-"
member, Percy Hall, Grelsburg. Wombie,
"Locomotive" 8mlth, "Kangaroo Pete''
Kaersburg, Hopper and Prlngle. This
statue Is the only status on the grounds
and placed most prominently where every
one can see it.
We did not think that when they erect- 1
ed that statue, the game of Rugby would
ever come to our universities. But it
has and the statue itself stands for the
gams, and symbolizes that It has come to 1
stay, because it really is a good game.
When one stops to think, statue of
the old collegiate player, with all his
pads and protectors, certainly would
have looked queer from an artlstio
standpoint. So all in all, without pads,
as the status portrays it, the short,
light-running costume is the only
logical costume after all, which means
that Rugby Is the most sensible and
will last for all time. For what use is
a game when so many pads are need
ed to protect the athlete from injury?
It is going back to medieval times.
.
Some say that Rugby will not take
the place of the old game. But any
one seeing the game Saturday and the
enthusiasm displayed by the admirers
of the old game, too, yes enthuse In
spite of all their prejudices, would
believe that It Is the future game On
the Coast; In fact, the whole nation,
colleges and prep, schools, will come i
to It soon, thus saving many a crip
pled athlete and more men for the
other sports on track and field, for
light men as well as large men can
play the game with less chance for in
Jury. We are young yet at the game, but
it is coming, and will be a greater
gams than it has ever been because
it will be taken up by the American
athletes, who surpass the rest of the
world's athletes in speed and endur
ance and skill. These players will make
it a better game. And as Lanagan.
the coach for Stanford, has said: "The
only marked difference will be in the
scrimmage of the forwards. In fact, in
Australia now they have very little of
the scrimmage In the game, doing
away with it altogether, which is a
good thing, as this part of the gams
more than anything else, has been the
most objectionable part of the play
ing." Although the freshmen were beaten
It to 3, they played an excellent game.
Well, the National games on track
and field have passed, and the athletic
world has seen Kelly run. Is it satis
fied? Parsons also ran. Neither one
of them did anything at all, you might
say. What is the excuse? Was it the
long trip? Was it condition? No. it
can't be that only, for how did Kelly
Jump 23 feet 11 Inches if he was out
of shape And he didn't get a place in
the two-twenty, either. And neither
did Parsons. And the 100 yards was
run in 10 1-5 seconds. What will the
Easterners think about the West now?
Tes, Smithson won, all right. We are
glad of that, but still the last year he
has had Eastern training. And to
think that old "Pop" Gearhard won
second In the two-twenty. Just think
of that!
These are only a few of the many
questions and guesses that one hears
since the National meet. What else
will we hear on the return of the
athletes:
It was a well-known fact that Par
sons was not in proper shape. Chris
tie knew It, and spoke of it before
Parsons' trip East, and, in fact, wrote'
about it last Thursday from the East.
It Is too bad that Kelly did not get a
place in the races. Something must
have been radically wrong. Either he
was, or the Northwest officials must
have been to blame. Just as athletes
are developed, so should good track
offlicals be trained. This is true East
as well as West. The officials are just
as Incompetent in the East and Middle
West as on ths Pacific Coast.