The Sunday Oregonian., February 16, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 6, Image 38

THE SUNDAY OUEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 1908.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
IN. THE COLLEGES
Remember The
IS A LIFE SAVER
The Car
Y O U
Gan Afford to Buy
and Keep '
Henry Wemme Portland's Pi-
Rules of Whitman. Conference
Will Put Athletics on a
Higher Plane.
j oneer Autoist, Tells About
I Benefits of Sport.
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HAS OWNED 20 MACHINES
NO MORE TRAMP PLAYERS
ays
AUTOMOB L
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is an ardent tourist who spends his time
much in the W hite Mountains during the
Summer and in Florida during the Win
ter. On all hia trips he takes careful
memorandum of the road3 and photo
graphs each route for his private collec
tion. Hia recent trip will demonstrate to
Northern people the entire feasibility of
shipping; their ears to Jacksonville and
then frolng over the roads to the Ormond
Daytona beach races. For years North
ern tourists have been afraid to tackle
the trip, owing to the reported bad roads,
but. of late a screat many . motor car
drivers' have been journeying through
this route, which has now been found
to be "entirely practical. It is thought
that the success of the late tourists will
greatly aid the success of the annual Or
mond meet, as autoist.-" will ship direct
from New Xork and then motor down
the coast, saving considerable . expense
in reehlpping at Jacksonville arid adding
to the enjoyment of their Winter vaca
tion, Many aspirants for positions in the
automobile manufacturing or selling field
have of late been advised not to go into
motoring on land but to make every ef
fort to secure connections with the manu
facturing end of the field of areo work.
The advice has been received, with a
credulous smile but that it is good is
demonstrated by the reports coming from
oil over the country of orders placed
for airships. The inventors are at work
on- special engines for airships and those
who have ships that have, been demon
strated successful in flights are rushed
with orders. Several companies have
been formed to manufacture aero contriv-
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! ,' lien' lie lioulit First Car He Was
fi 111 mill "Weighed Only 110
I'oiiihN Now He Weighs 156.
Attributes Health to Auto.
T5Y W. J. rBTKAIN.
lfrnry WVniine. Portland's pioneer au
Immrbiliwt, is authority for the state-
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, ' nirnt -that automobiles are life savers and
not life destroyers. Mr. Wemme, in 108,
i ; bought tho first automobile evT run on
I the streets of Portland, and since that
1 ( time has owned 20 machines of various
' makes. "The average business man does
not appreciate the good an automobile
, ; will do him." said Mr. Wemme yesterduy.
".When 1 first took up the automobile
i business in Jum 180S. T weighed 110
. ,"J1"1'n,,s anl was ill most of the time. Now
1 weigh ir,t! and ant in perfect health.
'When I bought the locomobile, which
was tho first machine I experimented
with I was in poor health and believed
that the sport would do me good. Within
,a few months I became convinced that
'r the. fresh air it assured me was what I
'needed. 1 steered this machine around
' and used every opportnnlty and soon be
' ", ' air,e aware of the fact that it was doing
me. a world of good.
"Soon thereafter I purchased a larger
"' machine and used this at every spare mo-,
f incat I had. . When I had., occasion to
2 visit another office I went in my machine.
' ' J T did not have to wait for v streetcars,
'-and found that the automobile savea time,
which means money. Today you cannot
hire, me to take a streetcar. If I have
any business 1 use one of my machines.
The outdoor exercise, the excitement of
running the machine, and the expeditious
manner .in which one can reach one's
destination are tilings worth considera
tion. "The coming of the automobile means
the improvement of the country roads,
for the autoists will do the very best they
hi to secure thoroughfares in the outer
districts which wni prove of some use to
-hem. The automobile improves not only
the streets of the city, but also those of
the surrounding country, and I repeat
that the auto is a life saver instead of a
.destroyer, for I' take my own case as an
'.example. When I took up the sport in
ISf S 1 weighed 110 pounds: now I am en
joying perfect health and can safely state
that I have that mark beaten to such an
extent in weight that I will make me
average scale look ashamed of Itself when
I get on to be weighed. Tho automobile
has done -this '-much' for me, and it'ean
do as much for others. All a man needs
to do is to convince himself that be can
in a machine, get it and take his dally
.,evi'X'lseA In tills manner."
Since the time Mr. Wemme brought the
lirst automobile to Portland he has owned
.T""1"! used the following machines: I.oco
J I mobile, llaynes-Appcrson, Olds Wire
j Wheel. 'Oil Olds Runalout, Six-C Olds
j Touring 7ar. Great Arrow, Reo Run
t about, Old Scout, Olds Touring Car, Mail
; far. Thomas Flyer, Haynes-Apperson,
; Olds Touring Runabout. Model A Olds
i Raccabout, Detroit Touring car.-Oadlllao.
! Olds Touring Car, and three Columbia
I i Touring Cars.
How many automobiles are there in
J j in the various towns the newspapers
I J iind dealers have been counting noses.
' i.os Angeles claims over -Woo, Pasadena
j ' owns up to a full 1000. and Long Beach
! shows over 400, while San Dieeo has 275;
5 . Riverside 173. Rodlands 165. Pomona 67,
; iinw In Orange County, with Santa Ana.
I ; Fullcrton, Orange, Tustin. Anaheim and
i , some smaller town;, has at least 300. This
j i gives a total of 63S2 automobiles and does
J J not take count of tho 200 or more in Santa
Rarbara and Ventura Counties, as many
more in San Bernardino and the other
. lowns of that county, exclusive of Red-
lands, and all the cars "in Hollywood and
j; the beach towns, allowing .that there' are
i; at lCHSt 7500 cars in the seven southern
j . counties alone. Of this number fully one
! ', half aro Maxwell and other small cars,
jj which are in. constant use. '
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I J Stewart Kdward White, the story-
J! writer, who was allowed to join the fleet
j. on Its trip around the Horn, but who
I i makes his home in Santa Barbara, se-
! cured the first 1908 Maxwell touring car,
I: which arrived in Los Angolcs, and had it
j j driven overland to his Santa Barbara
home. Kor two years Mr. White has
I I used a Maxwell runabout in gathering
j material for his popular stories.
Il " The distance from Dayton to St. Au-
i i gustine. Fla., is 55 miles, and from St.
J Augustine to Jacksonville 36 miles, ae-
J cording to James McLaren, of ray
' tona, who drove his car over the route
. from Daytona to Jacksonville and return
j last week, mapping out the course and
, securing about 200 views. Mr. McLaren
J ! was accompanied by his wife and J. W.
J j Wilkinson, of Los Angeles. Cal. The itin
5 i entry of the route was taken carefully
i ai'id in true route book style, and is prob-
; ahly the first complete route book of the
I i tuui-pc.. The big Pierce made the Journey
Tiiecly -and gave no trouble. Mr. McLaren
MOUUb STlDKBAKEIf SKVK.-PASSENUHll TOl'Hl.NG CAH.
vanees and the present year will see the
airship out of the experimental field
and safely placed among the well-established
necessities of the times. The air
ship has come to stay.
...
Probably few have ever stopped to con
sider the great good which is being ac
complished for the trade in general by
the generous sale of small runabouts anil
the buggy-abouts now being disposed of
so freely. Few ever start automobiling
by the purchase of a small, cheap run
about or automobile of any sort that
they do not finally take on a higher pow
ered and .higher priced car before they
finally attain their final wants. The
small runabout and the tiorseless buggy
only serve to whet the appetite of the
enthusiast for more, and really create
customers for the better cars. The his
tory of nearly every automobilist will
show that he started with a small car and
after having learned the ropes, started
purchasing each year a more expensive
make. The game of automobiling, if it
may be termed a game, is a progressive
one and no man ever stops with the small
car or is ever too disgusted to purchase a
better one.
...
Within a few- days now It will be
possible to determine whether the race
of February 20. from Jacksonville to
Miami, a distance of 36 miles through
the wilds of Florida, is practical, as the
pathfinders are now en route over the
course. Much of the road has never
been traveled by automobile and is an
unknown quantity. The Cleveland,
driven by James Laughlin, 3d, the
young Cleveland millionaire, .-will plot
the route, erect sign-boards and se
cure data for the route cards. The
cars have been equipped with spades,
planks, block and tackle and with
other necessary appliances for rough
going. Fords will be found numerous
and in event of rain some parts of
the ' route may be found impassable
except by means of a boat.
...
New York tradesmen have allied
themselves with three organizations
for lunch hours daily and enjoy their
meals greatly on tills account. The
Falrweather Club meets dally at the
Hotel Cumberland, the Flat Tire Club
at the Hotel Astor and the Coupon
Club at Rector's. All of these organi
zations have their doors wide open
and tradesmen along automobile row
may change around but each club is a
success, for the attendance is good.
The'" three organizations hold annual
dinners and it is not at all improbable
that from this slight beginning - there
may grow a powerful automobile or
ganization in New York which will in
clude members of all bodies. The Au
tomobile Club of America has also a
considerable attendance of tradesmen
for its noon luncheon, which has been
demonstrated a distinct success by the
attendance and satisfaction of the
members with the cuisine.-
LONGBOAT XOW PROFESSIONAL
Spoils Chances of Being Classed Any
Longer as Amateur.
NEW. YORK, Feb. 15. Tom Longboat,
the Canadian long-distance runner, is
now. according to- the officers : of the
Amateur Athletic Union, an out-and-out
professional. Suspended sometime ago by
the union on charges of professionalism,
Longboat ran at Boston the other night
against three men, one of whom is said
to be an avowed professional. This, the
union officers say, ends all question as
to the possible reinstatement of the In
dian. It' is said that Longboat claimed
to have toe permission of the Canadian
Amateur Athletic Union for the race, but
local union officers point out that the
Canadian Association has no ' authority
over race's in Boston. The officials be
lieve that Longboat has given up all
hope of reinstatement in the amateur
ranks and took this means of showing
the authorities that he had determined
to enter the professional ranks for good.
It has been reported that Longboat
would apply for reinstatement by the
union officials that he might make one
of the Canadian team at the London
Olympic games, but President Sullivan,
of the union, states the Boston race pre
cludes all possibility of the committee re
moving the suspension.
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Four-Year Kule Will Disqualify
.'Many Football Stars, but Will
Prevent Students From Pro
longing Athletic Career.
BY HKKKl'.KE.
. A new .epoch has been reached in the
history of Norhtwest athletics. The Walla
"Walla conference has agreed upon a set
of eligibility rules that augur well for
clean sport. The new deal which college
presidents, alumni and under-graduates
have been demanding is a reality, and
who will say that it will not prove the
greatest athletic blessing that the North
west has known?
The rules agreed upon by the confer
ence are somewhat drastic, but the situ
ation demanded drastic rules. Tho. tramp
athlete, the hang-over player with six or
seven college seasons to his credit, the
poor student, the Summer baseball man
and the track athlete who ran in hose
team races had brought such dis'graco
upon Northwest athletics that muckrak
ing was the order of the day, and charges
and counter-charges were made by in
stitutions of learning that should have
been doing something to improve the sit
uation. The conference acted wisely in adopting
a set of rules that have already appeared
in these columns. There was no red tape
about its organization, and no compli
cated machinery to bo U3ed in its opera
tion. ' Jn the selection of a permanent
secretary, the conference acted wisely.
Mr. Grinstead is thoroughly familiar
with the athletic situation of this sec
tion, and he will, strive to enforce, both in
letter and in spirit, the rules and recom
mendations of the conference.
Track Meet at Seattle Fair.
To Mr. Grinstead has been assigned the
matter of arranging a conference track
meet at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Impo
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in Oregon and Washington, and one of which was the only car in its
class to finish the Glidden Tour with a perfect score. This contest
was over 1500 miles through seven states; some days' schedule was
170 miles in nine hours in mud and rain; one minute late would have
lost perfect score. All of the Keo's competitors fell by the wayside.
This was not a five or ten-mile spurt with a special high-geared-car,
or mile up hill with a special low-geared ,car, but twelve days of
pounding over hill ruts and through mud and rain, arriving at its
destination each day with clocklike, regularity.
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sition ncx4 year. A meet of this charac
ter is tile only possible solution of the
championship question. The method of
holding a large number of dual meets Is
altogether unsatisfactory, and- the sched
ule of each college is crowded to such
an extent that the men cannot do them
selves justice in their studies and at the
same time keep up their winning stride
in athletics. A Northwest conference
meet at the Seattle Exposition would
prove the most important event in the
history of Pacific Coast, athletics.
With the exception of the four-year
rule, there is nothing retroactive about
the regulations agreed upon by the con
ference. All rules will go into effect
July 1 of this year and will continue for
two years. They will in no way affect
college baseball and track athletics during
the coining season. By refusing to make
the- amateur rule retroactive, tho con
ference practically reinstated all college
men . who had previously broken this
rule. This policy of overlooking Infringe
ments . of the amateur rule, will give-all
the foolish lads who have been running
on hose teams and playing iu brush
league ball teams a new lease upon their
amateur standing. It is up to these young
men to see that their records are kept
clean in the future.
The enforcement, of the conference rules
is vested in he governing body of the
athletic association of each institution.
Each college is to-determine the eligibil
ity of its own men, and i In honor bound
to live tip to the rules of the conference.
Thus the responsibility of the whole sit
uation' is brought home to the college
where questions of eligibility arise, This,
in the writer's mind, is a highly com
mendable arrangement, and is in keeping
with the spirit of college sport
Football Stars Disqualified.
The four-year rule will render ineligi
ble a number of the most- prominent foot
ball men of the Northwest. Hardy, Ra
der and Nissen, of Washington State Col
lege; Arnspiger, of Oregon; Philbrook,
Dimmick. Spagle, 'Dutcher and Rigsby. of
Whitman, have all played four years of
college football and somo of them have
played more. All of these men will be in
college next year, but they will view the
conference games from the side line.
Other men who have played four years
but who will graduate from college in
June are: Goldsworthy ' and Miner, of
Washington State College: Keycs and
Armstrong, of Idaho; R. Perringer, of
Whitman; Moores. of Oregon; Dunlap, of
O. A. C, and Bagshaw, of Washington.
Pullman and Whitman will be the
greatest suffers' because of tho four
year rule, Oregon will lose one of her
best men, but Idaho, Washington and
Corvallis will not be affected, at least
during next football season.
Idaho will lose Small and Smith after
the college year 1908-09 and Oregon
will lose Moullen. although none of
these men will have finished college.
The chief reason for this wholesale
disqualification of men lies in the fact
that all of the institutions but Oregon
and Washington maintain preparatory
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departments and have allowed the stu
dents of those departments to compete
on regular 'varsity teams.
Among the rules adopted by the
conference is one prohibiting prepara
tory students from participating in
athletics until they have been in at
tendance one full college year. This
rule will hold the preparatory student
fh reserve until his second year in col
lege and will save him the annoyance
of being declared ineligible Jater on
because of the four-year rule. It will
also prevent the proselyting of high
school athletes who are not preparea
to enter college.
There are a number of other- com
mendable features of the conference
rules that will be discussed in a subse
quent article.
Pullman Gets Sprinter.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 15. The ser
vices of Joe Malcolmson, crack sprinter,
middle distance runner and hurdler, have
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been captured by Washington State Col
lege, which sent several delrgates.to this
city to importune the track athlete to en
ter that institution instead of the Uni
versity of Montana. MaJeolmson had his
mind made up to go to Missoula, but W.
S. C.8 solicitations won out at the last
moment. Malcolmson left for Pullman
Thursday. '
KAST SIDK WINS AT SOCCER
Scores I-'ourth Decisive Goal a l-'cw
Seconds Before Close.
. East Side and West Side association
football teams met in a hot match at the
league grounds yesterday afternoon, the
Kast Siders nosing out a victory 30 sec
onds before the final whistle blew. The
game was arranged to till in the vacant
Saturday before the International series,
beeinning February ' 22. It was a hard.
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rather rough game, wHh little to choose
between tho contestants.
. The whole Kast Side defense played
well, Stewart deserving special mention.
Dick. Mills, Burns and II. Matthew com
bined excellently for tiro West Side, on
the forward line. Dickson and Andrew
Matthew were mo." t avtive of tho defense.
Chappelle Brown was referee.
. Sirs. George Sturgis Chanipion.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., Feb. 15. In a closfl
match,' which required an extra hole
to determine the result, Mrs. George
Sturgis, of Coronado, defeated Mrs.
Herbert Mnnn, of New Torkand there
by became the woman golf champion
of 1908.
ltivcrs Overflow at Lima.
LIMA, O., Feb. J."). Both the Ottawa
nnd Auglnize. Rivers are out of their
banks in this city and families in ' the
lowlands are moving to second stories.
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