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MOISTS PREPARE FOR THE SUMMER Many 1903 Model ' Machines Already Seen on Streets of Portland. CLUB IS" MAKING PLANS ' Projects for Improvement of Oregon '. Highways to Be Carried Out Dur- !; '' ins the (Vilnius Season Xcws ! of the Auto AYorld.- i BT W. J. rETKAIX. : The approach nf Spring-and the-, pos- . nihility of good, if not sunshiny weather i -within the next few wrcks'has caused the I "bubble';, enthusiasts to burnish up their j ; machines, or to figure on the purchase of the new IMS models being displayed J ! by Iho dealers in the different makes of i "chug wasons." i 1 Autoniobiling is a popular sport in Orc- gon. The excellence of the Summer months, which might also bo said to in j elude the Spring and Fall, makes Oregon i ; one of the garden- spots for the indul- !' t,e"ce of the speed annihilating game. 1 Many new makes and models of ma J chines are making their appearance on the streets of Portland, and each day, as i a new machine careers down the thor ! oughfares, the prospective purchasers I eagerly take in the tine points of each mw make, or new model. That the au 1 tomobilo is growing in popularity is un j questioned, and Portland lias its percent j .' age of new makes, as well as its quota j of "wagons" of more or less ancient j ; vintage. , i . The proposition to improve the various I thoroughmares throughout Multnomah J ; County, as well as those in the other I parts of the state, will occupy the atten ! ' tion of the autolsts in the near future, ! for the season for the improvement of ; the roads is almost at hand. The Port 1 lwnd Automobile Club, which has been in- ' active for the greater part of the Win t ter. is planning to provide measures .for J the improvement of several of the roads i , adjacent to Portland, and incidentally, i road s leading to the southern and east ern parts of the state, and also into the state of Washington by way of Van ' couver. "During the latter part of March and ' ' ' early April this work will be taken up, and will require the utmost attention from the members of the club. All the I., members will shortly receive a communication from the secretary outlin i .-ing the plan on which it is to act, and i t they will be requested to attend a mfet-i 8ll!g ML vtjucii uic;-e plans vs ill uc uia- P.' i' The day will come- when the antomo- J-MUst tan start out for Cuba and drive k possibly the entire way with the excep w tion of the short trip across the. Gulf Stream between Key West and Havana, says W. J. Morgan. That will be fixed however, ; by H. M. Flagler in the near future, as he will install at Key West .rapid ferry boats capable of speeding 20 Tjniles per hour, which will tako entire railroad trains across and carry passen gers of 'Havana from- any-' point of the country, without change. Joseph R. Parrott, the general manager of the Flagler Hotel & Railroad System, s. ;,lias given the last few years to personal j superintendence of the great engineering . . work of building a. railroad for the Flag Ilijjcr system from Miami to Key West, a distance of about 150 miles. It is well ftjthat Mr. Parrott has-afine physical and ""mental constitution, the physical part Rained through being a crack oarsman at Yale, and the mental part also, un doubtedly, comes from study at that col ;., lege. Night and day work with his en ... gineers and large force tried ' even the constitution of the old Yale man, and it 'was feared that -his work in the tropics I,, Summer and Winter would possibly cause a breakdown, which happily, however, did not occur. . Stretching over clear water and jump lug from key to key. the Florida East Coast Railway has pushed its nose to Knights Key. within to miles of Key West. Two-thirds of the work of that "'distance has been done and in another i ,year trains will be run to Key West. H is possibly the greatest engineering feat of the uge, and New Y'ork people and Kuropeans hava been surprised at . , the tremendous and successful struggle '' man made to conquer Insurmountable ob stacles since the road across the Florida Keys was commenced. When this is com . pleted. it is the hope of the motoring - friends of Messrs. Flagler and Parrott ' that a roadbed will be laid suitable for ',, the parsing over of all automobiles. '"' Hundreds of miles traveled in interior Cuba where no four-wheeled vehicle of .any kind had been before was the recent U.' autoniobiling feat of S. D. Waldon and t party In a :w-horsepowor motorcar. When Mr. Waldon, accompanied toy Kdwin S. George, Fred Crehbin and E. Ralph Estep, arrived in Havana and announced their -. Intention there was a general protest. .Hotel men, the American garage owners, ; 'sugar planters and others said: "It's folly; you cannot do it." ' Interior Cuba is witiiout roads." Horse trails lead from one place, to another. The jjonly- vehicles are the high-wheeled ox-hearts-drawn -by three or more yoke of oxen. Their wheels are from seven to Only Two Strokes Used by Daniels, tITI 2W' trPhies already In his possession and prospects of win- ning that "many 'more, Charles M. Daniels, the great swimmer of the New York A.' C, seems euro to retain the title of world's champion swimmer for several years to come. The active young man -who has made the athletic enthusiasts of the world sit up in sur , . prise time after time as he lowered records of long standing, has Just about begun to show his real, form, and it is predicted of Daniels that he will ultimately hold every record for swimming, whether at long or short distances. ; . The ability of Daniels is all the more remarkable because . he only started to swim about six years ago. His father, a member of the Now Y'ork A. C, brought Daniels to the New York A. C. pool and entrusted him to the care of Pro fessor Gu Sundstrom, asking the WlvoaoW- to teach Daniels how to swim. Daniels says that the first time he got in the pool he swallowed enough water to sink a warship. But after that he determined to learn the watery art, and spent day after day practising. After a careful study of the various strokes , used for speed swimming, Daniels put into practice certain Ideas of his'own that he had- gained while practising. He learned the English racing stroke and compared its results with several other strokes that are : used in various parts of the world. Finally he came to the conclusion that UATIV&RSITY 0F WA5H liS G-TOJSt UP flSAlNST J 5ERIOUS PROBLEJ ten feet high. ' They cut the soft ground into many wide, ragged ruts two to four feet deep. Where the ground is hard it is littered With Immense boulders or else itself is the base rock of the island. Then tho rough trail may wind into a broad territory where it is not even visible in the great stretches of high grass which hide thousands of huge stones. From such lowlands and plateaus the way leads Into rugged hills and mountains. Here the road taken by the tourists was a con tinuation of deep ravines and stony wash outs. Every day from three to ten rivers were forded. Cuban rivers run between banks 50 to a 100 feet high. Their beds -were reached by following the- tortuous chan nel of some erstwhile mountain etr.eam. which had once run into the main river. Each ford meant a precarious journey over the solid but uneven rock of the river bottom. During the latter days of the journey the heavy rains of a delayed wet season turned the red clay into a trail of sticky, heavy mire and created in every low spot a seemingly bottomless mudhole, some permanent ones of which the inun dation enlarged into veritable swamps so wide and deep that It was necessary to build rough corduroy roads of pa.m trunks and underbrush on which to cross. - Travel was, of course,. Flow Some days 30 to 40 miles, one day 63, and then one hard fought day's journey of 14 miles. It was on this day that three deep rivers wore forded in the heart of the Santa Fe Mountains. Many times the roads were so difficult that the easier way of prog ress was to open fences and drive into the fields, across plowed ground or through cane plantations. Once the tour ists were lost in a wide tract where there was no trace of any road nor habitation at which to Inquire. Only toy striking off toward the railway and fol lowing along its right of way was popu lated country reached. Kach night the party accepted the ac commodations at band when darkness came. The first night out a camp was made at the bottom of a deep valley. Suc ceeding nights were spent on cotB or- in hammocks in farmers' huts; one night the tourists bunked on the table of. a sugarmill eating-house; while the most unique experience was a night in ham mocks swung under the thatched roof of a commodious pig pen. The general direction of -the tour was from Havana to Matanzas; thence, via Jovellanos and Maeaqua. to Santa Clara, and from there, by crooked route through Oamajuani and Placetas, to Sanctl Spiri tus. The car -was without special equip ment except the axe, mattock and shovel purchased en route. Will the barring of the so-called freaks in the Ormond-Daytona Beach Automobile Race meet be followed by the rule of com pensation . in the. way of an Increased entry from the owners of gasoline pow ered cars? It has been the claim of the manufacturers and others In the past that it was only the freak cars that kept their entries away from Flor ida. Now they will be put to the test, and unless they support the hands of the Automobile Club of America Race com mittee strongly, it will be a case of doing away with spectacular freaks and getting nothing in return. In other words it will be a case of AEsops' fable of the "Dog and the Bone." the crawl and the trudgeon strokes were the best ones to use in racing. Daniels has written the following ex planation of how he wins race after race and how he breaks his records. "In swimming a race I use only two strokes, the trudgeon and the crawl, and I find that' these are better for winning than any others known. The crawl stroke is to my mind the fastest means of propelling the human body through the .water, and when a swim mer masters it he may expect to get close to the records, if not above them. It keeps the entire body moving along just below the surface of the water. "I use the crawl stroke for all distances up to 220 yards. It a very exhausting stroke, and could not be used for any greater distance. It is an exact reproduc tion of the trudgeon, but much faster, and it calls Into play a special movement of the legs which can only be mastered after considerable practice. This movement of the legs is a thing that I figured out for myself. Instead of a scissors kick with an extra snap, it is a fluttering up and down movement of the legs, which are contin ually kept in that motion for the entire .distance of the race. It will readily be seen that this is a big tax on the strength of the . swimmer, and that it cannot toe continued for any length of time. "When swimming more than 220 yards, X always use the crawl stroke for the first 150 yards or so, .until I have gained a lead on the other swimmers. Then I fall back upon the trudgeon stroke, which is the popular stroke among Australian swimmers. The effect of tho crawl will show, I think. In any race. It sends the THE SUNDAY OKEGOMAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 9, 1908. SPORTING HAPPENINGS .-.-. - - . LIFTER4- THE EilTTHE JEFF'S SECRET OUT Success Due to His Big Left Hand. EXPLAINED BY CORBETT Xaturally Jjert-Handed, Jeffries Has Big Advantage Corbett Xamcs the Best Fighters at Their YYeights. COBBETT'S SELECTIONS. I believe the following-named are the best that ever represented their respective classes: 120 pounds Terry McGovern. 12S pounds Young Corbett. lightweight George Kid Lavigne. f Welterweight Joe Walcott. Middleweight Tommy Ryan. Ldght heavyweight Bob Fitesim mons. . " Heavyweight James J. Jeffries. Bx-Champion James J. Corbett talked most entertainingly last night in discuss ing, the great boxers of the past and present. Dozens of question were sub mitted to him and he had a clever answer for all.- The most interesting statement made by Corbett was in regard to Jim Jeffries, the retired heavyweight who' left the ring undefeated. "Say, boys," said Corbett, opening up his line of talk on big Jeff, '"do you know what made Jim Jeffries the greatest fighter that ever lived?" No one had ever got wise to this important question and of course no answer was volunteered, says the Cin cinnati Inquirer. "Well, I'll tell you." said Jim, settling down in his chair, while his listeners waited with bated breath to learn the great secret. "Jeffries,' in the first place, was the biggest ' man that ever wore the title, but his one advantage was that left hand with which he won so many battles. You see, Jeff was naturally a left-handed man. He did everything with his south paw that we do with our right hand. This gave him such a hunch on all other heavyweights that they never could defeat him." . "What appeared to be the most dif ficult part of Jeff's anatomy to get to?" some one asked. "That question is easily answered," replied Corbett. "Jeffries was Just like a stone wall. You could hit him anywhere and still not hurt hint. He was so big and awkwardly clever that It was impossible to make any headway the "Human Fish" body through the water at such a rate of speed that a very speedy arm movement has to be developed In order to get the full advantage of it. "The trudgeon stroke may be described somewhat in follows: "The overhand motion Is used, the arms being raised over the head and brought Into the water rapidly in succes sion. With this is combined the ecissbrs kick, not what is usually called the scis or kick, but a kick in which the legs are spread and then brought together with a snap, eo that during the use of the arms an extra motion of the legs may be gained. The head is kept down in the water all the time. The tank of the New York A. C. - is ideally arranged for this stroke, as black lines are painted on the bottom of Oie pool so that the swimmer can be looking down into the water con tinually to see that he is swimming in a straight line. The trudgeon Is a very fatiguing stroke, but after constant prac tice the swimmer becomes accustomed to it and can keep at it for a long distance. "A certain amount ot training is always necessary for a speed swimmer. Careful selection of foods is important, and much speed may be -lost through excessive smoking, as that spoils- a swimmer's en durance. About two weeks before I en ter a swimming contest. I always quit smoking. I find thus it Is the best way of retaining my endurance in the water. "By keeping in good condition I find that the swimming I do is little tax on my strength. I have raced night after night and felt no bad effects, although sometimeH I was very hard pressed to win." New York World. OF THE WEEK AS VIEWED T THE. IHMKS. H.. CJVgTt ta in- wearing him down to a point where you might have a chance to put over the knockout blow. I always considered Jeff tlie "Terrible Turk" of the prize ring. He was so much bigger than all the others who fought him that his opponents were so mucli outclassed In size that they lost heart. Outside of Jeffries, Bob Fitz simmons was the best heavyweight I ever met. Peter Jackson was also a grand lioxer, and I think this pair stood alone in the class of heavyweights of natural size. "Fitz was a wonderful fighter for his weight and inches. He was a two-handed boxer, and with all the finer points of the game at his finger ends, and that famous shift of his had us all guessing. Two of the most scientific I know of are Tommy Ryan and Joe Gans. They are master mechanics on a job. and what they don't know about fighting isn't worth learning. I always did say Terry McGovern was the best featherweight I ever saw. He was a real fighting ma chine and whipped his men while his op ponents were thinking of what to do. McGovern fought so many good men and whipped them so handily that the public to this day" does not fully realize what this boy did when he was champion. Terry's best fighting weight was 120 pounds. "At 128 pounds Young Corbett was the best in the business. I do not think we will ever see Kid Lavinge's equal as a lightweight. He was a fighter pure and simple and none of the present-day light weights has reached anywhere near the standard set by the Saginaw Kid. Joe Walcott, like Peter Jackson, is undoubt edly one of the most wonderful colored fighters that .ever put on a glove. I fought Jackson and would fight him again if I was champion and Peter was still on earth. "I never would agree' with the fighters who claim the right to draw the color line. Black and white fighters are on an equal when they go in the ring. Boxers who pretend to be afraid of getting in bad repute with society for fighting a man of another color are not made of the right stuff. What has the fighter to lose socially? They are all put in the same class by the public, and the man who proves himself the best of the lot is called champion, and it makes no dif ference what the color of his opponents may be. just as long as the sports look with favor on the match. In other words, it is better to whip one negro boxer of championship calibre than a dozen white men whom the public docs not look upon as worth of attention. "I think Tommy Burns has made a mis take in taking on a lot of dubs and then demanding that the- people of the United States receive him as a champion. Here is a splendid example of a fighter trying to make himself a ring idol without the support of the right element in the sporting world. The scrapper who will be hailed as champion of the world will be the fellow who puts' up his money and fights every man that dares dispute his claim to the title. . The public makes the champions. One might argue day and night to the contrary, but 1 have never known of an instance where the claims of a fighter overshadowed the opinion of the public. Tommy Burns may think he is' the real thing and can map out an easy way to the top of the pugilistic ladder of fame, but when he gets a couple of rude shocks then he will real ize that he has fooled no one but him self, and the people will flock to the side of some other ring hero, while Burns will have to take a back seat." WILDCATS MEXACE HCXTERS Game Suffering Prom Their Depre dations in Maine Woods. According to advices from the Maine woods, polecats there have become a menace even to sportsmen. Grown bold under the tolerance that is allowed ani mals on which no bounty is offered as in centive for an organized movement of de struction and whose skin and flesh are not of sufficient value for hunters to seek the animal, the wildcats have been kill ing deer, other small game and birds, to such an extent as to call for measures of protection from the native hunters and sportsmen in the state. The wildcats up to now have been un noticed at their work of destruction, many of the dead deer which have, been found having been believed to be vic tims of starvation. The fawns, especial ly, throughout the ' state, have been the object of their ravenous onslaughts, and the large number of dead fawns noticed of late with slits across their, throats from which blood had been sucked by the wildcats first attracted attention to the need of protection. There has been no bounty on the ani mals for several years, and the restoring of this is urged as one of the first measures to be taken. A state bounty cannot be offered now until next year, when the Ijegislature meets, but sports men's clubs in several sections are con sidering the question of offering amounts large enough to attract hunters to the work of killing off the wildcats. BY THE CARTOONIST KELLY, FURRIER Picturesque Dream of New York Sporting Writer. TALE LACKS ONLY TRUTH Says Oregon Sprinter Shoes Horses as a Training Stunt Sportsmen Unite to Protect the Fish and Game. BY W. J.' PET RAIN". Athletics in New Y'ork seem to be con ducted very much on the order of the drama, for the energetic press agents of the field and track meets are putting out some highly Interesting literature relative to our Western athletes. Some of these tales are really ludicrous; at least, that is the way they impress those who are perfectly familiar with the "prowess of the athletes who have gone from here to seek laurels in the East Last week an enterprising sporting writer, who ought to make a hit with the theatrical trust, threw several spasms In a column article telling how adept Dan Kelly is in shoeing horses. Picture Dan Kelly shoeing horses when in New. York for pleasure! He might have taken to the Bob Fitzsimmons gag if he had remained in Baker City, but not today. Dan has a fond parent who has seen to it that his boy is to get an "eddication," and with the assistance rendered by pater added to the "Oregon Wonder's" ability as an athlete, Dan does- not have to shoe horses to "keep Inutile swim," even in Gotham. Kelly will yet show the arrogant New Yorkers his caliber, and while he may never beat 10 seconds, he can and will equal . that time some of these days. He is new to the East at present, and board tracks are not like the cinders. Watch Kelly, i The Oregon Fish and Game Association has again taken up the cudgel to pre serve the few deer and elk that now re main in Oregon's forests. So few in number have the-elk become that it is said that within five years they will have been exterminated. Trie same migh! be said of deer, and for the purpose of protecting these animals, the association will endeavor to have a stringent law passed at the next session of the Legis lature. . It Is also to be hoped that the next Up-to-Date Poachers Adopting Scientific Methods S years pass on, poaching, like J everything else, becomes more scientific.-' The old hempen net which the moucher used to hang across a field gate at night for hares has given place to one of silken cord, and the cheap bullseye lantern to the more costly but more handy electric torch. Perhaps the most dangerous Im provement, from the game preserver's point of view, is the substitution of the motor bicycle or motor car for the old-fashioned one-horse trap. It might be imagined that the motor bicycle would be of little use for carrying game, says Chambers' Journal, but only the other day a motor cyclist was ar rested near a Midland town with five newly killed hares in a box .behind the seat. Parisian papers tell of well organized gangs who raid the coverts near the P'rench capital by the aid of apparatus worth hundreds of pounds, who have relief funds for those injured in affrays, and who retain lawyers to defend those captured by keepers. Happily this sort of thing is still un known in England. . Not unnaturally the pheasant stands at the head of the poacher's list. If a poacher can be sure of a quiet half hour in the covert he slips in, .sets a net across a run, sends his lurcher slinking around through the under growth, and presently, with a flutter and a flop, a fine cock bird is fast In the net. next moment to be trans ferred to the poacher's pocket. ' A method of-taking pheasants which was more common a few years ago HAN Kl:L.Y DECIBZS . TO STAY IN riEW YORK Legislature can be prevailed upon to remedy the defective bill passed at the last session, which virtually re moved all protection from several kinds of game fish. A strong measure is to be introduced" that will cover the ground of all previous bills, and it is hoped to secure its passage with out a hitch next Winter. The plan to protect thft. breeding grounds of Oregon wild fowl Is also to be taken up by the association. In order properly to accomplish this end It will be necessary to secure several additional game wardens, for it is ab solutely necessary that the breeding grounds of geese and ducks in Klamath and Take Counties be pro tected from vandals who rob the nests and sell the eggs in the markets. Legislation for the protection of game of any kind is difficult to obtain, for the reason that in some of the re mote counties the representatives in the State Legislature have constitu ents who, through entirely selfish mo tives, are inclined to oppose any and all legislation intended to prohibit them from destroying fish and game at any and all seasons of the year, and these short-sighted persons can never be prevailed upon to see the error of their way, or even to under stand that the extermination of wild game i3 possible. Sensible only to their political debts, the legislators owing allegiance to these persons are likewise proof against argument. With a persistency worthy of a better cause, Jeems Edward Britt and Battling Nelson continue to occupy the limelight. It seems quite as impossi ble to convince the two "dead ones" that the curtain has been rung down as it is to make Jim Nell, of San Francisco, understand that his son is in the "has-been" go-cart It really seems as if the most merciful thing to do with fighters (?) of the Brltt Neison variety would be to feed them the sleep stuff prescribed by Dr. Osier. Poor old San Francisco suf fered long at the hands of the fight trust, -which persisted Jn springing Britt-Nelson, Gans-Nelson and Britt Gans fights. Now, believing the Bay City a.bout tired of these vaudeville exhibitions, the fakers have trans ferred their operations to Los Angoles, where -there are still believed to be a few suckers who will stand: for the time-worn display of alleged fistic prowess. Neither Britt nor Nelson possess any ability, oje Gans chased whatever Ideas they may have pos sessed along this line on several oc casions. Albany Gels Double Drubbing. SILVERTON, Or.. Feb. S. (Special.) Tho girls of the Silverton High School basketball team took the championship away from the girls of the Albany team last night in a game played at the Opera House, in this city, by a score of C to 5. Following this the boys of the Silver- ton High School defeated the Albany boys by a score of 29 to 20. The game played- by the girls was the most inter esting game ever played in Silverton. than it is now was that of "smoking." The first essential Is to discover a tree where the birds roost. Then, upon a dark, still night, the poacher goes to the spot armed with a handful of sulphur and the lid of an old biscuit box. A fire of dry leaves is lighted upon the lid. the illumination being carefully concealed by a coat hung around it. As soon as the leaves have blazed up, the sulphur" is flung on the flames, and the lid held up under the bough on which the pheasants are roosting. Soon the suffocating fumes take- effect. With a rustle and thump a fat bird thuds upon the ground. One after another they drop, and with luck the poacher may get half a dozen from a single tree. Another favorite plan Is to soak barley or wheat for some hours in warm water. When the grain is thor oughly softened the water is strained off and strong spirit poured over the wheat. The swollen grains absorb the spirit, and the doctored bait is then spread in one of the glades where the birds feed. It is an odd fact that most birds seem to like alcohol. Pheasants are no exception. The not unnatural result 'is that the finest birds those which have secured the lion's share of the feast are soon reeling about help lessly drunk. The poacher, . who has been lying "doggo" near by, has noth ing to do but jump up and wring their necks. Another method of the pheasant poacher deserves mention for its very ingenuity. It owes its success to the well known pugnacity of our finest game bird. A gamecock is armed with steel spurs of great length and keen PATSY DONAHUE WIELDS SLEDGE Sold to Big League, Erstwhile Portland Catcher Joins in the Anvil Chorus. WANTS PURCHASE MONEY Because He Fails to Get It, Turn on Portliiiid Management. Gossip of Interest to Ihc Baseball Fans. Tatsy Donohue has joined the Charley Street Hammer Association. Pulsy dis plays a disposition much like that pos sessed by the ex-San Francisco catcher, and forgetful of the fact that had it not been for the opportunity given him in the Pacific Coast League, and the deal ,made by Judge MeCredie, whereby his ambition to become a big leaguer was made possible, he is busy giving out 'in terviews condemning the treatment ac corded ball players on the Pacific Coast. The reason for Patsy's tirade is -principally that Judge MeCredie refused to b held for a certain sum of money alleged by Donohue to be due on account of his sale. He wanted a part of the purchase money. How he got the idea that any money was paid for him is a mystery. He was traded to Boston with Jimmy Mcllale, and in return Portland received three players. Donny's ambition had hPen to secure a berth in a big league, and now that it is his. ho would do well to praise, instead of blame, those who mado it possible for him to realize tills ambition. His recent tirade against Port land, the McCredies and the Pacific Coast League justify his classification with the "swell-beaded"" catcher who played with San Francisco, and whose cranium con tains an unlimited vacuum instead of brains. Botli of them would better in attention to getting bito condition for the approaching season, for It is by no meuns certain that they will make good in the big league. The Portland fans are likely to be dis appointed in their deiro to see "Wild Bill" Devereaux in action with the Oak land team this season. Rumors from California way have it that Bill is not at all pleased with the inducements of fered by the Oakland management, and may cast his lot with the California State league. During his spare moments he devotes himself to the raising of cabbages and the dispensing of cheroots. Deve reaux is too valuable to be passed up lightly, and Oakland should make an effort to pacify him. Artie Kruger and Roy Hitt. former Pa cific Coast Leaguers, have been rele gated to the minor leagues, and it would seem that they were unable to stand tho pace. Other major league clubs waiving claim to them. Cincinnati turned them over to Columbus in the American As sociation. The Sporting News, answering a cor respondent, announces that Barney Joy, the big pitcher who was with San Fran cisco last season, is a native of Honolulu, but not a Kanaka. As a matter of fact Barney Is not even a native of the islands, for his birthplace is a little town near Montreal, Canada, and he was taken to Honolulu when a small boy. i The line-up of the Oakland team, as given out recently, follows: Catchers, Dashwood and Shincel; pitchers, Hopkins, Dellar. Hardy, Carnes, Wright and Mc Farland: first base, William Hogan; second base, Haley or Altman; third base, Devereaux; shortstop Bagan: right tield. Heitmuller; center field, Van Haltrcn and left field James Smith. This is a strong team and Pop Van Haltren's bunch may be counted on to run well in the coming race. . Hugh MeCredie. a nephew of Judge W. W. MeCredie. is to act as . business man ager for the Portland club this year. Ho is averse to playing professional ball at present and may become affiliated with the Multnomah Club and join tho bae ball squad of that institution. Ho pitched for his college team in Kansas and is said to be a most promising youngster. He desfres to retain his amateur standing and therefore refuses to play on his uncle's team. Bobby Eager, the Angel catcher, who has been with the Los Angeles team for nearly four years, has rfigned a contract with the outlaw San Jose team in the California State League. Bobby says HI Henry Berry rated his services too cheap ly, and the manager says Eitger wanted too much. The figures are. not given out but Eager ought to be glad to get a chance in the league at any price. Bolihy will never wear any decorations as a finished catcher. He is too much of a clown to take his work seriously. West Point at Rifle Range. WASHINGTON. Feb. S. There is talk in Army circles of sending a team from the Military Academy to compete witli the militia, the Army, the Navy and other teams at the next National match at Camp Perry, Ohio. ness and dropped where a pheasant has been observed to crow. The pheasant will allow no rival within its domain and presentlj- comes strutting out of covert. Naturally he stands no more chance than a man armed with a pa perknifc would against a Western des perado with a bowie. He is killed In a few seconds. The poacher picks up the dead bird, catches his canv?eock and moves on in search of fresh vic tims. An old-fashioned way of catching rooks when they became too numerous to suit the farmer was to bury In the plough land little conical bags of pa per, the sides smeared with bird lime and a bait at the bottom. The same plan has been adopted with consider able success for the capture of pheas ants. The bait Is barley and the bird, completely blinded by the cap which clings so tightly to Its head, falls an easy victim to man or dog. In an open field you will often see small pieces of brusnwoon stucK in:o the ground at intervals. These are set by the keeper for the purpose of hooking up the nets of night poachers for partridges. Partridges roost upon the ground, and by means of a long, light net dragged across the grass by two men a whole covey Is often cap tured at one swoop. This form of poaching is only possible on a dark night, and at such a time the poach ers cannot, of course, see the branches and therefore they get their nets en tangled in them. But some have now adays taken to lining the ground ide of their nets with some !tiff glazed stuff. A net so protected will lide over most obstacles.
