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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY"; QRECJOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY. 19, 1908. SILER TELLS OF DIXON S PROWESS Pugilistic Expert Says That "Little Chocolate" Was an Honest Fighter. DEFEAT BROKE HIS HEART Graphic Account of Colored Boxer, Whose Colors Were lowered by Terry McGovern and Who Died Without Money and Alone. In a New York hospital last Tuesday tlfHlh claimed one of the most notable figures that ever crawled through the ropos of a prize ring, and In the climax there is much' for the pugilist of today and of the future to learn, says George Slier, in the Chicago Tribune. George Dixon, familiarly known in the'' heyday of lite ring career as "Little Chocolate,-' died penniless and practically friendless, although when at the height of fame he was one of the popular idols In the samt Dixon, negro though he was. was idol ized by followers of the sport almosL from the time he showed his great, pugi listic ability until Terry McGovern stopped, nls successes and robbed him of. his ambition. : The lesson taught by Dixon's end is a sad one. . Taken to the Bellevue Hospital, In Gotham, a victim of alcoholism, there were no 'friends to wish him recovery, none. to offer him assistance. Those who were hte friends in the day when he -was a .winner and a spender of the thousands ol dollars, were not among those present and apparently he was forgotten. It plainly showed that the so-called friends who stick so closely to a successful tighter, are the quickest to desert him at his downfall, or after he has outlived his usefulness1 in the ring. ' Many at His Funeral Many of these were among the men who After Dixon's career had ended, smother ed his casket with floral tokens, but who would not give the little negro the price of food to keep him alive. There are msinv who will say he came to his end by his own hand; that he drank himself to death. Whatever truth' there may be In this can be taken as it will, but the question is. Where were the friends who shared the shekels he made in his tights, after he became useless as a ring tool? Not one of them offered him aid, and before his death Dixon said he had .Tnlv one friend in the world, John L. Sullivan, who. strangely enough, ended his fichtine career long ago. It necm strange that one who had helned so many others to succeed, could i-inlm but one friend at the end. and on every - hand the comment was free 'Where was Tom O'Rourke?" In Inside pugilistic circles Dixon was credited with "making" O'Rourke, in stead of O'Rourke making Dixon, as was believed by many of the modern follow ers of the game. The truth is O'Rourke did not even know how to put up his hands when Dixon came Into the lime light as' a fighter. Many say that O'rfourke stuck closer than sticking plas ter to "Little Chocolate" while he was ft winner, but that after he was beaten (knocked out in the seventh round) by Terry McGovern, O'Rourke began to lose interest in his fighter. This indifference gradually increased until the parting line was reached and Dixon went nis roaa alone. Dixon airf Honest Fighter. O'Rourke was a plasterer In Boston when Captain Cooko made known to him the ability of Dixon and later that of Joe Walcott. With an honest fighter like Dixon and a pliable one like the "Barba iocs Demon." O'Rourke had a strong hand in the game, and It made him much-sought-after man. His fighters were good money-getters and their bat lies brought coin into the coffers of D'Rourke. And Dixon died penniless and Irlendless. Strange, Is it hot, how the lido turns? Dixon's career in the ring is too well known to recapitulate. He fought hundreds of battles and won more-than any other fighter. He was considered the grandest, little fighting machine of his Inches the world ever has seen. He stacked up against any and everything, and was a winner always until Terry McGovern started his own meteoric flight to the feather-weight champion ship. . ' That meeting between Terrible Terry' and "Little Chocolate" in New York" not a great while before the game was closed down In that city wa the grand finale for'Dlxon. Dixon never had met such a tighter as McGovern. He was knocked out in seven rounds, but be fore half of these were over "Little Chocolate" had seen the handwriting on the wall. With O'Rourke in his cor ncr urging him on, Dixon fought as never before, but it was no use. He took the sledgehammer blows shot at him bv Terry until there was no strength left in his body, then fell help less and beaten. Could Not Stand Defeat. Tt was that defeat that took all the heart out of D"lxon. and. strangely enough, his conqueror met the same fate after his manv victories at the hands of "Young" Corbett. Dixon's de feat by McGovern turned him down the road, the "drink route.' and brought about his end when he was but 3 years old. McGovern s finish came more quickly, and already he has spent some time In a sanitarium because of insanity. He. too, has spent hU money with a free hand, and today, it la said has onlv the money derived from the benefit given him in New York a couple nf years ago. It was that awful wal lop handed him by Corbett in the sec nd round of their battle the Thank' siving afternoon that sent Terry stag Soring down the "pike. Through all Dixon's years of fighting lie gained a reputation for sterling, honesty and straightforwardness, not any too often found In' the fighters of ' ather days, or the modern one's, for ;hst matter. In his long career, last ng more than a dozen years. In which . tie fought all over America and In Eng land, he never was known to have been party to a dishonest battle. To those who knew "Little Chocolate-' in the lays of his success and popularity, the ivnuwledge he was honest will live, even though he lias gone from the stage; The fighters of the present day will do well to follow the path li) which lKon strode, but only to the-turning point, where the sign "Downfall" can l. seen. Not an inch farther even in defeat. ' - ' .'" Walcott Has stormy Career. - The day 'after Hlxon died.' Joe Wal '?ut, his stablemate. as he was known while tinder-. the managerial wing of Tom O' Rourke. 1 entered the ring to 'light Jimmy Gardner and met defeat. .Walcott. too; has had a stormy career, 'nut there was a time.- and not so long -. go, either, that Gardner would not 'have been, considered to .' have - had a. chance with a fighter of the Walcott type. His defeat makes it evident the Barbadoes man is a "demon" no long er. According to accounts of the fight, which took place in Boston, the Lowell boy had much the better of the milling all the way and won off . by himself. Gardner should, be given full credit lor his victory, as there is no gainsaying his ability., few fighters in the business to day have the lightning fast and damag ing left ha.nd that Jimmy possesses. He jabs with that left so fast and often that It is tought work for ' an ' opponent . to beat him to It, . .. Johnny Coulon. the local boy, is: the real bantamweight champion. He ac complished the feat of beating, a. boy who previously had beaten htm in his ten round fight with "Kid" Murphy, the lit tle New York Italian, at Peoria Wednes day night. The fight was. one.. of the fastest seen m the West-in a long time and Coulon demonstrated his superiority In every one of the ten rounds, with, the exception of the first, in-which honors were about' ef-en. '- , . ..vumju 1.411 I.1CU Liie U&ni lu uic .Lianau at all stages and -hfs victory, was fore seen before the battle had gone hatf the scheduled - route. The local boy has grown rapidly in size in the last few months and showed he - was much stronger by the aggressive way in which he pounded -Murphy around the ring. The eyes of local followers of the grime will be on Boston Tuesday night. Before the new Armory Athletic .-Club in Bean town on that night "Paekey McFarland. considered one of the best lightweights ever -turned out by Chicago, will -do bat tle with Tommy Murphy of New York. Murphy Is the best of his division in the MONGOLIAN PItEASApiT RAISED . SHIPPED East and in reports from that section already is touted as a winner. - .. There Is no doubt McFarland will have his hands full when he stacks up against Tommy, but the Chlcagoan is confident of coming out on top. "Paekey" already is In Boston and training at the club be fore which the fight is to take place. . TRICK FOOLS THE BRITISHERS Eagle Rigged Up as Gamecock Shows Englishmen a Few Things. Cockflghting is a forbidden sport, and justly so, yet Whistler; the famous artist, took special delight In telling an Interesting; story of some American sailors who visited a famous pit in a seaport town in England. After the champion had been decided, one of the "Yankee" sailors remarked: "We've got an American cock on boardjthat can whip any bird here." "Go, fetch 'ira on." said the the Eng lishman, "chuck 'lm In and see. If 'e licks one bird we have plenty more to throw in that can lick hany blawsted Hamerlcan bird you can fetch ere." "All right, we'll bring one," said the sailors. When they got aboard they rigged up an American eagle. After their own "manner they painted, trimmed, spliced, and reefed fore and aft, trans forming the eagle to a cock.' When ready they went ashore, and at the pit chucked their new gamecock, which, overcome by surprise, prompt ly backed close to the wall. ; "Now bring on your birds!" yelled the sailors. - A strutting cock was thrown into the pit. and was another surprise to the poor dismantled eagle. He backed up closer attd closer to the wall, won dering what would happen next. The cock walked three times ma jestically around the circle, cuffing at his strange opponent, the eagle pitiably abashed and bedrabbled, crouching lower and lower and look ing around and above him for an ex planation of what It all meant, while the crowd were yelling madly for the English fighter. The eagle made himself smaller and smaller, but at last, finding-that he could get gack no further nd think ing that something was expected ot him. stretched out his long claws as the cock dashed at him again and took his opponent by the neck. Here Whistler ended, with an Imita tion' bv motions of what the eagle did. He stretched ont his arm. shaped his hand like a ciaw (by this time It looked like a real one), drew It to his mouth, and. with one bite, pulled off the head, as he. thought an eagle might do it. Then he - looked blandly about the room, as the eagle had done, at the astonished crowd, and. said:' -V. "Now bring on . your other birds.' Brooklyn Eagle. - ' .Must Fight for Chess Trophy. NEW YORK. Jan.' 18. That - Oxford and Cambridge will be .catted ,-upbn to defend the Rice international chess trophy. In a match b- cable, was de cided upon at a meeting of representa tives of Columbia, Harvard. Yale and Princeton held here yesterday. The tour American universities will issue a challenge for the trophy. . Bowling Tourney In Seattle. , SKATTLE, Wash.. Jan. is: Plans are under way for the first -club bowling tournament of the Northwest.' Teams representing the Multnomah Club, the Seattle Olub and the Vancouver, B. C, Athletic Club are expected to get to gether on the. alleys. Vancouver, has consented and all that Is needed to make the plan a go is word from the Multnomah Club. jfi&&7 11111 ii, nunwi m mi ri iiiiim nfi tiiit mn n--r-n iwr m""inr-i MiiaiiipriiiimifMYt'it -riirni TiwinrTmir" r i .-MtSdi FEWPLUNGERS NOW Men of iron Nerves Seem to Have Passed Away.- PITTSBURG PHIL EXCEPTED Former Cork Cutter Died, a Million aire,' but Most of Those Who Took Long Chances With For tune Saved Little Winnings. . Turf statisticians who have carefully reviewed the season seem to have neg lected the plungers, who are supposed to have started the financial stringency by their many coups.- which in startling headlines added a spice to the game. But. as a matter of fact, isn't the race nearly extirvt?. , One day at the old Garfield Park track In Chicago Frank ihaw called 4 T TBB PHEASAXTST OF J. K. MOUNT, lit SILVERTON, OR., WHICH WAS TO HOMER DAVENPORT'S FARM, MORRIS PLAINS. N. ' Copyright, 1807, by J. D. Drake, Silverton, Or. the turf scribes together and said: "I don't mind it when you fellows print a fellow's losses along with the state ment of his winnings. That sort of even things up, you know, and a fellow wouldn't be chased by every creditor. cause I'm as likely to have debts as any one else. Now, yesterday, for In stance, you said I won $28,000 on the third race. That's true, but I quit the day $22,000 loser." Shaw was at one time the heaviest plunger in the West and Northwest. He would bet on the number Of hairs n your eyebrows. But he's gone like all the rest, says the New York World. It takes nerve to be a real plunger. In the olden days of open booking at the track it was a custom with many employes to bet $5 half their daily salary on the first race and continue parley- through . the card, betting every dollar back on their choice in every race. A former judge, now dead, tried this' system one day and picked six winners and was $20,000 to the good. His choice in the seventh race was a l-to-3 shot, but he -went to it for his whole "pile; and It won. That's nerve. Many with $20,000 would have hiked it back to town and quit the game. Mike Dwyer was probably the first real plunger to come 'Into public notice. This man of iron nerve never batted an eyelash, even- when on a close fin ish there depended a fortune. The chances are that Mike Dwyer had no nerves. Or. if he did have them, his outward show of feeling, was so re pressed that there was no smoke vis ible of the lire burning within. There was no time when Mike Dwyer did not present a -cheerful, smiling face to his friends. Even .when half of his body was practically dead he spoke cheerfully of the future, and seemed to take enjoyment In the fact that he was existing. - v After Mike Dwyer came George E. ("Pittsburg Phil") Smith, a young cork cutter, who made a lucky play in the poolrooms and finally drifted to the racetracks. He reduced racing to a science. Like - Sherlock Holmes, he made observations and drew deduc tions. "Pittsburg Phil" had a careful ly trained corps of assistants. Nothing escaped him. He waa not content with the mere watching of the running of race, but he carefully observed the preliminary' gallops, and after a race he- could be found .carefully watching each horse as he came back , to the judges. Their condition .was noted by the plunger for future races. ; Smith studied the science of chances. He knew just where smart money was being played. He knew'all the com missioners. He knew the connection between bookmakers and owners, It took a cold, patient man to analyze all these things and profit by them. "Pittshurg Phil"' was that man. and his vigilance never relaxed. The strain, however, finally broke him down. Steve L'Hommedieu flashed upon the betting horizon and was a blazing star tor a few seasons. j L'Hommedieu was a .careless, loud-mouthed chap who made big wagers on what appeared to be Impossible chances. There was something peculiar in the accuracy with which L'Hommedieu landed these big wagers as well as the way certain riders performed in the races, so the Jockey Club quietly Instituted an in vestigation. which resulted in L'Hom medieu being warned off Eastern tracks. L'Hommedieu has since fre quented the Western tracks, sometimes booking, sometimes laying. He has bad his ups and downs, but more downs than anything else, and he i now off the turf for good. He was ruled off at Latonia for offering a bribe to a rider. L'Hommedieu was. always very bitter against the Pinkertons. who dug up the evidence which resulted in the plunger being barred in the East. Robert Plnk erton, on a visit to New Orleans some years ago, sat in Morgan's restaurant . dining with a friend. L Hommedieu en tcrcd. He had been drinking. He saw Plnkerton, and swaggered up to the de tective's table. "I've been "looking for you." said L'Hommedieu, fiercely. "'You did me In the East: now I'm going to do you." He whipped out a. gun and pointed it at Pinkerton's head. Plnkerton never flinched. He looked up at L'Hommedieu and " laushed. He knew his man. L Ho'mmedleu did not shoot. He per mitted friends to lead htm away. The man--who had the nerve to risk a for tune on a horse race hadn't the nerve to kill "the man who was responsible for his downfall." '. Riley Grannan is another plunger now a derelict. The tall.- thin young man who stood on a bookmaker's - box at Graves end on the occasion of the mem orable Henry of Navarre-Jjomino matcn and bet the moneyed men of the East to a standstill Is now content with a modest wager-- now and then. Grannan took In something like J32.O00 on that one raee. He "laid only against Domino, and the dead heat made -. him a few thousand winner on the split. It lias been related that Grannan was not wagering all his own money that day. He had with him 30,000 to bet that Henry of Navarre : would beat Domino, and a great- portion, of the money was Byron MeClelland's. Grannan was quite a plunger In- his day. He did not 'last long. ' ... Joe Yeager was ' another ' meteor. He Is' a clever handicapper and a good judge of form. He had one lucky year, but his money.' soon melted away, and he is up and' down, like-he elevator man. Of all the plungers. ' "Pittsburg Phil" was the only man to hold on to his win- nings. He died a millionaire. Smith was an exception, for he did not depend on luck, but made ' speculating on races .study and science. Washington Post. BOSTON" MANAGER CONFIDENT Joe Kelley Says He Will Finish In the First Division This Year. Manager Joe Kelley, of ' the Boston Nationals, is out with the positive pre diction that his team will finish' In the first division in the' 1908 pennant-race, Kelley bases his optimistic 'view. on the result of the trade he made with Man ager McGraw, of the Giants, during the recent league meeting in thie city. In exchange for Fred Tenny " we get Dan McGann at first base," : says Kel ley. "Comparing Tenney's best wo'rk with McGann's, Tenney would possibly have the advantage, but comparing Tenney 'in" a Boston uniform next sea-. son with McGann In a Boston uniform, McGann will be of fa,r greater value to me., jucuann is a very ciever nrst oase man, who will unquestionably do better in Boston than he has for the last year or two in New 'York. His batting av erage of .298 last. season is a splendid performance In these days when a man batting around .260 per cent .Is doing well. . . , 'Comparing Frank Bowermati with Needham, I think the Boston club got all the better of the deal. Bowerman had certainly outlived his usefulness in New York, and Is the best catcher Boston could possibly have got. "Dahlen began to slack up ln-vhls work when with Brooklyn, but played brilliant ball when he was sent to New York. If he began to slack up in New York it is only a sign' that the time has arrived for another move, and now that he has moved Dahlen may be ex pected to be a star once more. Browne has proved himself to be a corking good outfielder, and he is one of th fastest men in the game. "All of these men- will be used regu larly by me. ' It seems to me that by this streak of good fortune we secured Just the nucleus-needed to -make Bos ton a first-division team beyond doubt : . -' : 1 '. PRIZES OF AMERICAN TURF Greater Here Than Abroad, Despite j Popular Belief to" Contrary. j It has been the custom of English turf men and some -Americans who have spent a few days in Great Britain and consequently "know 1 it all" to belittle the amount of money- split up among horsemen in this .'country. Time and again ' they have told " of- the "10.000 pounders meaning- races worth $50,000 and stung the Yankee owner of race horses with a frenzy of jealousy to think that his path to riches laid not in Merry England. '- - As a matter' of fact this great excess of English turf riches over American prizes exists only in the imagination of men who tell the tales. The 10,000 stakes exist, like the Ascot Gold Cup. for instance, but he amount oi money dis tributed, among horsemen of this country Is much greater than that distributed in England. According to the English Turf Guide (official), $2,667,450 was the sum given away during the season of 1907.. This amount was $40,000 less than the money paid out by racing asso ciations in 1906. The two million and odd thousands represent money horsemen received in the United King dom. It was $200,000 less than the money paid out by Eastern associations' racing under the jurisdiction of the Jockey Club here. Hall'Walker led the English owners In the winning list with $189,550. "James R. Keene, in tHe East alone, won $402,000, ATHLETEftWINNER WITH0UTTRA1NING Porter, the Crack High-Jumper, Attributes His Success to Christian Science. S "GRADUATE OF CORNELL Defeats Leahy, the IrlsU. Champion, ord Religion Cured Hint of Defective Vision. There is one crack athlete in this coun try who attributes his remarkable ability as a high jumper and great success In this specialty entirely to his' belief in Christian Science, says the Chicago Record-Herald. This young man is Harry F. Porter, of the Irish-American Athletic Club, who recently won the national high umping championship at Madison Square .iarden. The devil-may-care athletes of New York were at first inclined to ridicule the earnest, young man from Cornell, but' as his skill in clearing the bar became great er and greater they found him too dan gerous a competitor to be treated lightly. Today he is regarded as a very promising candidate for the American Olympic team which will compete in London next Sum mer. , Porter's belief In Christian Science is unique in athletic history. While vegeta rians are constantly quibbling with the be lievers in meat diet,- while physical cut turlsts have divlde'd into numberless fac tions concerning the best method of de velopment by exercise. Porter has been the only promoter. of his faith In the vatue of Christian Science as a method of train Ing. . ... While Mike Murphy, the best athletic trainer in the world, has been telling his pupils that they can never win unless tbev are In condition for the event. Porter has 'been going forth bearflg the standard of the new faith and beating champions. While Martin Sheridah, the champion all- around sithlete of the world, hf-s been winning events on his nerve, grit and strength. Porter has been following in his footsteps as an athlete merely by virtue of his faith. Porter is a 'graduate of Cornell College, where he gained his early athletic train ing. At Ithaca little was heard or nis prowess. But while at college he became convinced that Christian Science was the proper faith and adopted it as his belief. Since that time. Porter avers? his Hie has in every way proved satisfactory. 'The first real demonstration I had ot the efficiency of Christian Science." says Porter, "was when I quit wearing eye glasses. My eyes had always been rather weaK. and I wore glasses for a number of years. One day I forgot Jny glasses. and it. occurred to me that Christian Sci ence should furnish a cure. From' that moment I never" wore glasses again. concentrated my mind upon the Idea that my eyes were becoming better and that I no longer would need the glasses, never felt the lack Of glasses afterward. Porter competed for the Irish-American Club last September In the athletic meet of the Clean Sports League at Trenton, N. J. He entered the high jump, and would probably have won the event but on one of his trials he spiked his knee, making an . ugly gash, from which the blood flowed freely. He con tinued to Jump, however, but tailed to win, because he' was unable to clear feet 11 inches. A friend met Porter few days later, and was surprised to learn that he had entered another meet, "I thought you spiked your knee,1 said the friend. "Hasn't the doctor warned you not to jump?" . "Oh, yes," said Porter, "I did spike the knee, but I guess It's all right now. After I left Trenton I relied on my be. lief in Christian Science, and decided that the wound would heal. I do not know-whether it is healed, as I have not looked at It, but I will be able to compete. You see, I depend entirely on Christian Science to win the event. When I- go into a competition I con centrate my mind on winning the Jump, and I find that that is the best method of making a good showing.- "Any credit which is given for the showing I have made in athletics should be ascribed to Christian .. Science. An earnest believer in- these principles must win. and I am always trying to believe more earnestly. Some day I'll reach the acme of faith, and then I should be able to beat the ohampions. -. ' As a prophet Porter was right. It was only a short- time afterward that he en' tered the high-Jump event In the indoor championships at Madison-Square Gar den, one of the other competitors being Con Leahy, the Irish champion, who was supposed to be a world-beater. Porter faith in Christian Science earned him the victory. He not only beat Leahy, but he won'the event with the remarkable Jump of 6 feet 1 inch; which will stand as the indoor record until . some . better man comes along. - Porter is at present the traveling rep resentative of a firm in Philadelphia. Hd lives the best kind of a life, avoiding all srts of dissipation, going to bed and ris lng early, and living as regularly as pos slble. He does not smoke or drink, an spends little of his time outside his busi ness. He -never trains for any event. "Why should I train?" he asks.' "When I go into an event I depend on Christian Science, and if that isn't enough to make me win. all the 'training in the world wouldn't help me. . OREGON TO SENIJ DELEGATES . . . -' - i . President Campbell Will Attend Ath letic Conference at Walla Walla UNIVERSITY OP ORE.-.ON, Eugene, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) The Athletic Council today went on record as favoring a Northwest college 'conference, and the Invitation recently issued by Whitman College for a meeting in Walla Walla on February 7 and 8 was accepted. President P. Lk Campbell and Carl -A. McCIain. '08. were elected as Oregon's representatives at the Walla Walla meeting. No Invita tion has been received here for the con ference called by the University of Wash ington. . TO PLAY IN PORTLAND NOV. 2 1 Oregon Athletic Council Decides on Date for O. A.. C, Game. UNIVERSITY OP OREGONV Eugene, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) At & special meet ing of the Athletic Council, held here to day, a resolution was passed authorizing the football manager, to make arrange ments for the playing of this year"s foot ball game with the Agricultural College in Portland on Saturday, November 21. The Athletic Council went on record as opposed to the permanent transfer of this game to the metropolis, but. inasmuch- as the Corvallia management had made re peated requests for a Portland game, it was decided to play this year's contest in Portland by way of an experiment. Don't Fail to Read the Following Io you. ret unln th mom Ins tired, a ' feIlnsr deeo In your head, with hAvy general- nense. of - weaKne.99 all over you? uoes your hack ache? Have you a dull, never-ceasinf? headache that when you tnov suddenly ln qreases to a violent throbbing -pain for a fw moments? Are you perpetually tired, with dis inclination or either mental or physical activ ity? Are you tortured by an extreme hunger that when you attempt to eat turns to a loathing of food? Io you experience hot r.nd cold flashes up and down the spinal column, palpita tion of the heart, sleeplessness.- extreme nervous ness, and a constant cmving jfor something that, you are unable to identify? Are you oppressed at times with a nameless dread as If of some impending, danger? A SKRIOt a CONDITION. If you have any of the above symptoms yoars Is beyond doubt a case of functional Weakness, brought on by an excessive waste of nervous energy. The cause of your condition may. bo due to a congested, enlarged or Inflamed Pros tate Gland, an uncured Contracted LMsorder, or Varicocele. X'lilecs . the damage Is repaired and the tremendous waste of energy stopped, the en tire nervous system becomes bankrupt; and sus pends. It is 'imperative, therefore, that the suf ferer from . Weakness should seek effective medi cal aid. in the quickest possible time. !' $'1.0 Can any reasonable man desire a more fair test of my methods than to let me cure him first and to pay after he la well? HKKD MY WARNING. My heart is filled with compassion for the man who In thus misled until his. ailment has progressed beyoad the limits of medical skill. Thousands of men .are thus rendered hopeless wrecks, who. IF THEY HAD COME TO MIS. IN THK FIRST PLACE would today be strong, hearty men. happy in .the consciousness . of manly vigor. I want this warning to ring In the ears of every ailing man: -STOMACH-IRrH;iN; Mll.lv NOT CVRK YOU. KI-KCTIC BKLTS ARE T)AN- iKROt'8 MAKESHIFTS, .ORDINARY MKD1CAI- PRACTICE IS OF NO-AVAIT." Onfy individual treatment of soothing, healing medicines, applied to the seat k of the disease by a direct method that takes Into account your entire physical condition and that provides for any complications that may exist,. can ever cure' ' and permanently restore to you the vigor and buoya'ney of perfect health. Such a treatment I have. . I Will Guarantee a Cure and You Can Pay. Me When You Are Well I have, employed this Direct Method treatment without, a single failure for. ove 20 years in the cure of men's diseases. It is my own original treatment and is known to no other physician. You do not take a single chance of failure , when you come to me for. a cure. I will guarantee a cure if I treat you. Not -n .ordinary verbal guarantee, but a written agreement, backed up by my repu tation of over 20 years as a, successful specialist . in Men's Diseases and the high position I maintain in- the nedlcal world. - - . , Varicocele ' I cure any case thattl accept In one week's time. My treatment is a pain-., less one, and in most Instances the patient need not be detained a single day froni business. There la 'no doubt or gu.isswork, but' absolute certainty of a .thorough and lasting cure, with complete return to that degree of -health and vigor that existed before the disease began. , , . Stricture My treatment for stricture Is absolutely painless, and pprrect results can b depended uaon In every Instance. I do no cutting or dilating whetever. Contracted Disorders . ,- Every cae of contracted disease I treat is cured thoroughly. My. patients have' no relapses. When I pronounce a caso cured there Is not a particle of' Infection or Inflammation remaining, and there Isn't the slightest danger that the disease will return in" its original form or work its way into the general, system. Some contracted diseases are less serious than others., but none. are. too trivial to warrant uncertain methods of treatment. I especially solicit those cases that other doctors have been unable to cure. ' . The man who has been nosiltively cured of a. disease peculiar to his sex-, knows that great blight has been lifted from his life. He realizes that the stumbling-block to business and social success has at last been -forever removed.' Having thus gained the great God-given power of complete health, he i-e-entersi the race of life with renewed hope, ambition and courage, and with that' vim and vigor which make victory possible in every undertaking.' This has been the happy esperience of legions of men whom I have recently cured for life of such a disease. SPERMATORRHOEA. IAST VIGOR. ORGANIC WEAKNESS. STRICTCRES SPECIFIC BLOOD POISON and PILES. I also treat and, cure oromptly and thoroughly. . - ' EXAMINATION AND ADVICE FREE. '' ' I offer not only free Consultation and Advice, but of every case that cornea,. , to me I will make a careful- examination "and diagnosis without charge. No. ailing man should neglect this opportunity to get . expert opinion about hi--trouble.' , - . - i Office hours 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays. 10 to 1. The DR. TAYLOR Go j 834V4 Morrison St.. Corner Second, PORTLAND," OREGON. Whether or' not the rame wUl be played in Portland after this year is a matter of conjecture. University students and citizens of Ku gene are anxious to see the game remain as a campus game. In fact, there is a. general feeling here that all Intercollegi ate games should be on -the campus of one of the competing colleges. As evi dence of this feeling. The Idaho-Oregon game, -which was played in Portland last October, has been scheduled for Moscow during the coming-season, and for Eugene during the season of 1909. , SELECT OREGON COACH SOON" Athletic Council Said to Be Nego tiating With Well-Known Man. s UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eugejref Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) Xo announce ment was made by. members of the Athr IStic Council today as to Oregon's coach ing policy, .for next football season, al though it is known that members of the council spent the entire forenoon consid ering the numerous applications" that are on hand. It is rumored that the man agements negotiating with a man of Na tional reputation and that his name will be announced within a few days. THE DAY'S HORSE RACES At New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 18. Results at Fair Grounds: Three furlongs, purse $400 Marabea won, Anna McGee second, Prosper third; time, 0:36 4-5. Six furlongs Gold Proof won. Meadow Breeze second. Bellestrome third; time, 1:15 1-5. Six furlongs, handicap Youthful won. Rebel Queen second. AI Muller third; time, 1:15 3-5. One mile. Merchants' handicap, J1250 added Chanultenec won. Juggler second. Jack Atkin third: time, 1:40 1-5. Six furlongs, handicap Colloquy won. John Carroll second, Hyperion third; time, 1:14 2-6. Mile and one-half Belleview won. Sea Salt second. Louise McFarland third; time, 2:38.1-5. . Results at Oakland. OAKLAND, Cat.." Jan. 18. Results: Six furlongs, selling Mansard won. Ex citement second, Blondy third; time, 1:16. Three and one-half furlongs Lee Rose won. Opulent second. El Picaro third; time. 0:43 1-5. Five and one-half furlongs, Clayton handicap Burleigh won, St. Francis sec ond. PaJeroita third: time. 1:08 l-. One mile, Liesak. handicap, value J2440 Deutschland won. Montgomery second. Johnny Lyons third: time, 1:43 1-5. Mile and 70 yards, selling Beechwood won. Margaret Randolphs second, Lone Wolf third; time. I:o0 2-o, . One mile, purse Judge Nelson won, Blanche C. second. Fairy Street third; time, 1:16 1-a. At Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18. Santa Anita Park results: Five furlongs May Sutton won. Valley Stream second, Velma C third; time, 1:01. Six and one-half furlongs Rose Gal MAN' weirhty eyes, a- f DR. TAYKOR, The leading Specialist. Is My Fee in Any Uncomplicated Case PAY WHEN YOU ARE CURED won. Colonel Rob second, Duke of Bridge water third; time, 1:19. Three furlongs Modena won, . Frank Clancey second, Marion Delorme third; ' time. 0:35. Mile and a sixteenth Pretension won, -George S. Davis second. Rapid Water third: time. 1:44 4-5. Two miles Ric Pnv won i . n . second. Rip Ran third: time. a:29. Seven furlones Phil Tcaa TX-n Un& less second. Prolific third; time, 1:36 4-5. One mile Damin second. Toupee third: time. 1:39'?5 Regatta Scandal Hushed Vp. WORCESTER " '! " t.U " ib Hi.- National regatta scandal; in.' wiiich' t,he officers of the local club were accused of squandering 60 on the entertainment of the Portland Rowing Club oarsmen two years ago, has been hushed up. Auto nomies ana wine are said to have cost J125 a day. When the case came up for trial yesterday the Judge .signed a quash order In pursuance of the agreement of both parties. ' -- Schaeffer Leaves California rXrVRRSTTV rvi. rAT.TwTxrr n keley, Cal., Jan. 18. Tne' baseball team will suffer a severe loss this term be cause J. G. Schaeffer has decided not to return to college, and will accept a posi- iivu wiin a. large construction company. He has played on the varsity Rugby team for two years. He was one of the ma.inKta.VH nf thl. hfloahilf knllnn. down the receiving end of thje battery ticuiuiuiy. Centralis' 55 ; Elma 18. ' ELM A, Wash., Jan. 18. (Srjceial.1 The basketball game played here last night between the Ceatralia High School and the Elma Hirh School resulted In favor of the visiting team by a score of 55 to 18. KILLS HER ADOPtED SON EHensburg Woman Shoots in Fit of Insane Jealousy. 'tACOMA, Jan. 18. A special lo the News from Ellensburg, Wash., says: . Prompted by insane jealousy, Mrs. Mamie Norris this morning shot and killed her adopted son, Thomas Murray, as he lay sleeping in bed. Mrs. Norris then attempted to end her own life by eating rough' on rats. The young man died after lingering two hours, but never regained" consciousness. Mrs. Norris ' will recover. 1 . ' ' ' Use Children as Teachers. CHICAGO, Jan. 18. A new type of school ma.'am has come to rescue the Chicago school system from the toils of the teachers' famine, which has been crippling its work. The age of the new pedagogue averages somewhere around 14 years. In scores of school rooms throughout the city, where it has been impossible to provide substitutes for teachers who were absent, privileged pupils have been put in charge of -th. rest of the class rather than have the children dis missed to spend the day In the street, and the usual programme of study and recitation periods has been carried out.