The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, March 01, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Image 40

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. . TORTLAND,. MARCH. 1, 10O8. AUTOMOBIL "TO OCEAN BEACH Portland Owners of Cars Plan " Construction of Highway to Seaside. EXPECT COUNTIES TO HELP Thoroughfare That Would Permit Cars to Make Ktin From the City to Ojast in a few Hours the Aim of Local Enthusiasts. , . . . Tl Y" "W. J. PETHAIN. A determined effort Ih to bo made by auto enthusiasts of Portland and vicinity to perfect plans for the building- and maintenance of a we 11-b alas ted, thor oughly accessible thoroughfare from Port land to Astoria and Seaside. ThU plan has been agitated more or L1H LE SIX less for three or four years, and at rftvsent la as far from consummation as ever, but some of the active autoists ex pect to show some progress this year. So' far, road improvement work, with the exception of a few miles in the Immediate vTtlnlty of Portland, has been merely talk. Nothing definite has been done, al though a road to Mount Hood, another lt Crater Lake, another to Tillamook and various others have been discussed at 'different times in the past.- Except- ' ing the improvement of the St. Helens road ajid a few miles of other different 'roads, good roads in the state of Oregon from the standpoint of an automobillst are unknown. Not that the average Ore gon road is impassable, hut that the great ' iJiajority of them, while fit for teams, give but little pleasure to the drivers of power cars. :" .The advocates of the Portland-Astoria thoroughfare are enthusiastic over their proposition, and are said to have en listed the assistance of the authoi ities of Columbia and Clatsop counties to suii j) a extent that the officials and residents of those places will contribute hand somely toward building and improving tlie roads, providing Multnomah County and the Auto Club will do their share. , The argument in favor of this road is that It would furnish the Portland busi ness men who own automobiles an op portunity of running down to the Oregon beach in an afternoon, and if necessary, returning home that night. If desired, mi early morning start from the beach resort would find an auto party in Port lnhd long before noon of the following lay. In addition it is held that the route, from a scenic standpoint, is all that the most exacting lover of nature could de mand. The present road, at least that portion of It -which extends as far as l.innton, is In fair condition. Most of it has been maintained and kept oiled by the Portland Automobile Club. Beyond Llnnton and as far as St. Helens the road is passable during good weather and even during the liarc rains it Is not altogether impossible to take a machine over it, but beyond the latter point it is at places a veritable quagmire and hardly passable for teams. Once that a suitable road is constructed, one which will enable the autosits to travel some distance from the city with some degree of comfort assured. It Is expected to prove at easy matter to se cure other equally good thoroughfares extending to all parts of the state. ... An automobile roal race of between IX and W miles in length is among the jwissibilltios for this city during the reining Summer. Plans for. such -an event are now being discussed by the local en thusiasts as well as by the dealers. - The plan Is to select a course along Wfch roada as the Section? line and 1 J'owell Valley thoroughfares. The con l Junction of these roads Is near Gresham and the proposed route would extend out In Oresham by one road and -. return by the other, and by circling, this route from ctght to a cozen -or more times the "'racers would have a course of any length desired. Such an enduntnee race would be a decided novelty and siiould arouse considerable Interest in the fine sport. The p?ans.,for this event are being quietly planned and will no doubt be perfected by the time the season opens for auto mobile touring. ... The Portland Automobile Chauffeurs' Tt a mining Board has completed its pre liminary work of framing the require ments of applicants for licenses to drive autos In this city, and the application blanks are being given out. All drivers' are required to fill out these applications and submit them to the board within 10 days. About 60 drivers have applied so far for these blanks, and the work of examining into their fitness to operate a machine will be taken up by the commit ter as soon as the applications are re turned. Several days will be required to -examine all the applicants, who will be re qViired to display their ability at start tug, driving, steering, reversing and such ether actions as require dexterity on the . p.rt of a driver. Tho law calling for the '-Ls applies only to those chauffeur, j t , ti ' fx - -fi1 i i t n ILv-v sr- 1 1 xi . who drive machines for hire and to drivers employed at garages. Dr. C. B. Brown, who is .a member of the examining board, and an enthusiastic autoist. Is planning a number of pleasant trips in bis big machine during the com ing season. Last year he made a num ber of trips to Mount Hood and vicinity, as well as into Tillamook; County. He is so pleased with excursions into these outlying sections, that he hopes to see the Portland Automobile Club take up the matter and devote Its energies toward completing hard-surfaced roads into sev eral other parts of Oregon. Dr. Brown is an earnest advocate of good roads, especially in the direction of Mount Hood and the ocean, for with a well-built thoroughfare leading east and west from Portland, the owner of a ma chine will be able to enjoy a most pleas ant Summer. It will be possible to make either point and return the same day, whereas each trip over the present roads requires practically three days. The Portland Automobile Club, which held a short business meeting Friday fight, is preparirfg to hold soon Its an nual banquet, which will be one of the most elaborate affairs in the history of the organization. The club has many improvements of various roads under consideration and will soon begin to map out the work in detail. It Is hoped to have, several thoroughfares in Multnomah, as well as adjoining counties, improved to such an extent that a pleasant excursion of greater distance than any taken in the past can be enjoyed this Summer. The coming automobile 6how in San Francisco will be a novelty, inasmuch -as there will be represented on the floor' of the Coliseum the makes of cars that have, to a certain extent, been practically PIKRCK GREAT ARROW, H. M. COVEY, unknown outside of the big cities of the Coast. Many of these cars are the re sult of experience that some of the ex perts of tlie game have had with some of the older makers. The result is that the vehicles to be seen are among the most modern of the day. Besides, there will be cars that have National reputa tion, in the speed game, having been among those which have made their records over the Vanderbilt course. In cidentally, French cars, that have made a reputation in Europe and America, as racers and touring cup winners, will be exhibited. There is no question but that the show will be the most unique ever given in San Francisco. Among the attractions, besides the air ship proposition, will be the motor boat display. With the advance of the motor car and its wonderful engine, the launch, or motor boat, as it is known now, will advance In leaps and bounds. The pos sibility that such a light engine of high power can get such speed, has brought out a new field, or industry, and many of these high-power engines and motors are to be exhibited. The commercial truck, another-branch of the automobile game which is coming to the front, will also be part of the exhibition. -'-These necessities, as it were, having taken on a more serious turn in the game, now hold the attention of the manufacturer, who, . when the stringency in the money market made Itself felt, turned his atten tion to the commercial vehicle, which will become an individual industry of great Importance. . One of the simplest tests for acidity of lubricants is as follows: Take a small rod! or piece of bright eteel and a piece of cotton waste wicking or something J ...... ....... j: . ' " V. ;j MOU MOTOR CAR COMPANY ROADSTER. THIRTY HORSE POWER, REPRESENTED BY OREGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY", R. E. HEATH. MANAGER. similar. "Wet tlie latter In the oil and wrap it around the steel and set It in the sun. If the oil be absolutely free from acid there will be no effect, visible on the steel, no matter how long it may be left, but even a comparatively small per centage of acid will make its presence known by heating the metal. - jLow temperature reduces the efficiency of dry cell batteries and often when one seems to have given out, the simple ex pedient of warming the cells will revital ize It sufficiently to take the car home, or to a place of supply. BEAVERS OFF FOR THE SOUTHLAND McCredie Leaves Tonight With Players for Santa Barbara Training, Camp. NEWS NOTES FOR THE FANS Devereaux Ixst to ' Oakland Mott Refuses to Go to Aberdeen Later History of Some of Old Oregon League Stars. BT W. J. PETRAIU. "With the tarttag of the toalltossers to the various Spring training quarters, the baseball season may be said to have been inaugurated, . and henceforth the festive fanatic who dreams of pennants will oc cupy the center of the arena. It may also be intimated that the trials and tribula- AGENT. tions of the managers have actually com menced. The task of signing up a ball team is not usually the cause of great worri ment to the manager, but with the arrival of the Spring training period his worries actually commence. W'ithin a few days he will know positively Just what play ers he can depend upon for the coming struggle for the pennant, for the men who report, to him will be the only cer tainties, on which 'he can rely. Balitoss ers. like the fans, are an uncertain quan tity. One minute they are for the m. n ager, and the next they are "plumb ag'in him," and In. addition, he is required to watcn a certain per cent of the players for deviations from the straight and nar row path in order that he can keep them In proper shape to play the game as it should be played. . - Strictly speaking, tills applies to the managers of the two Big League clubs and to the Pacific Coast League, for the other leagues do not get into action at the conditioning game until from two to four and six weeks hence. The Coast League season opens April .' 4, - while the majors open about -two weeks later, -y which it will be seen that the big fellows take two weeks longer . at' conditioning themselves than- do the players of this league. . Manager McCredie and his balltossc-rs, that is three of his men who have wintered in, Portland, will- 'depart for anta Barbara tonight, and on the same train with them will probably be Man ager Fielder Jones, of the Chicago Amer ican League team. Jones expected to leave for iLos Angeles Thursday, but the Illness of his brother has detained him and he may not be able to leave tonight, although he has planned to do so. The following Is the line-up of three of the four teams comprising the Oregon State Ijeague during the year Fielder Jones wore a Portland uniform: Portland Fable, short stop: Dowell, i first base: Rankin, second base; Jones, center field: Forbr. third base: Schwartz, catcher: Baldwin, left field; Wilis, right held; Versteeg and Bellinger, pitchers. Oregon City Bahb. second base; Reck ner, third base; Clark, nrst base; Ander son, left field; Felds, short stop; Harlow tedebateiT THE GREATEST ENDURANCE CAR IN The Studebaker War Dispatch Gar, leaving New York six days behind the New York-to-Paris racers, on their way to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., with a dispatch from General Grant, ar rived in Chicago twenty minutes ahead of the leader, through snow, mud and blizzards. The most wonderful automobile record ever accomplished. The reason is easily explained if you will investigate. - tudebaker Bros. Co., Northwest and Davey, catchers; Stevens, center field ; and Fennlmore and Dammann, pitchers. Albany Reilly, third base; Burns, short stop; Shea, second base: Stanley, catcher; Wallace, center field; Mullin, first base; Cole, left field: Swartz, right field, and McGreevy," pitcher. The personnel of the Salem team Is missing from the record from wnich the above was obtained. - Only about half a dozen of. these old time diamond warriors are now in the game. Fielder Jones -has attained the highest honors of the whole bunch for he has succeeded in becoming a big league manager and has the added distinction of having won a world's championship with his team. Charlie Babb is manager and part owner of the Memphis Southern League team and has enjoyed a most successful career on the diamond. Josh Reilly is still play ing ball in the California State League, where he Is connected with the San Jose club. Matt Stanley, who played on the same club with Reilly, is Dugdale's main stay behind the back in Seattle, and is still rated as a fine player. Of the other' Portland players aside from Jones, "Trilby" Rankin, Frank Dowell, "Bud" Versteeg and Bellinger still reside here. Dowell is a captain In the Portland Fire Department, as is "Burly" Stevens, who played with the Oregon City team. Con Harlow, . one of the Oregon City catchers, continues to play in the -Cotton States League and is said to be financially Interested in the -Natchez club. He caught for the Portland Pacific Coast League team in 1903. Charley Davey, the other Oregon City catcher, is interested in min ing enterprises in the Saskatchewan ter ritory in Canada, while Fields is division superintendent of the O. W. P. Company. John Anderson, of the Oregon City team, is engaged in business in Portland, and Joe Shea and Mullin, of the Albany team, are living In California. The others are scattered throughout the country. ... If reports from California are correct, "Wild Bill" Devereaux is lost to the Com muter aggregation this year. Bill lias grown decidedly Independent of late years, for he has been playing ball so long that he is now in the Pierpont Mor gan class, at least such is the report of his financial standing, and, therefore, Is not to be tempted by the paltry salary of fered him by Van Haltren. In addition Devereaux Is the proprietor of a cigar store, in . Oakland, and as he raises cab bages on his suburban ranch, he has a shade on the balance of the smoke mer chants of the city across the bay. The' Red Dog is also possessed of a facetious disposition which adds attractiveness to that missing adjunct to his personal ap pearance. Bill is said to be offering Coast League players better salaries than do the league managers. Many of the Portland ' fans will re member Harry Blake. who came to Port land with Ike Francis and Dan McFarlan in 1903. Blake is now managing the Hous ton club in the Texas League, and .s said to be enjoying considerable success. He is lining up a strong team for the coming season, according to advices from that league, and hopes to capture the pennant easily. ... The Aberdeen club may find itself up against it for a second baseman this season. Andy-Anderson announces ua.t he will not play baseball this season as lie Intends to embark in business in this city and, providing the Tri-City league does not affiliate with the National As sociation, will probably keep himself in condition by playing with one of the local teams. Charlie .Moore will also be lound in the Tri-City League under the same circumstances. He has stated that he will not play with Aberdeen for toe money offered, and this was the reason he did not play with McCredie last year. Moors is a valuable young player, und 330-336 EAST MORRISON STREET It may be that he is making a mistake by not taking a chance with Aberdeen. - (Ennon Califf, the Oregon City lad who has pitched several seasons for Portland, and who recently was sold to Aberdeen, is another player who Is holding out. He refuses to consider the Aberdeen offer, and is thinking of joining a California State League Club. Anson Mott has also quit organized baseball for the reason that he does not appreciate -being op posed of to Aberdeen. -Mott wouiu like to play with either Dugdale or Russ Hall in the Northwestern League, but is dis pleased at being sold to Aberdeen. He has signed with one of the outlaw league teams. Oregon Bowling Association. Standing of Oregon Bowling Associ- atlon: Oregrons .54 White Rivers ..51 WUlamettes ". 54 Columbian 54 Portlands 51 Roee Ctty 51 Hicks-Cliatman 51 ss 16 704 t7 503 374 451 it76 196 34 17 32 22 SI 23 23 19 10 2-S 3a 41 Moore, captain of Portland team, rolled high game for week. 230, also captured high average for three games with 201. Kruse wins special prize for month, for high score, 247. . Individual Averages. 'Individual averages of Oregon Bowl ing Association: Kruse 190Boland ... 165 Row . . lSiMartin , 105 Ambs l-s.'l.Mlnatnger 14 Barbour 180 Xelson H4 Case lTftiDavfes Iti3 Kees ;.....177tMcMoniea 16'i Endres 174fMeieen 162 Lamond 173!Edgar 158 Hansen 172Shafer .158 Kelly 172'Madden ...156 Raymond ll'Teavar 156 Parker 171 Schoenbacij 154 Peters 171 1 Williams 32 Moor 171 IRath 151 Capen 170! Allen 151 Harrington HOiFlandermeyer . . . .150 Armitape .lftfi'Vanderkalk 14S Pflugrhaupt 1 66 ! Lyons 147 Green 166'Koch 144 Kalk 166!Baker 13" Orsa, In Sweden, has. in the course of a generation, sold. $5,550,000 worth of tres and by means of judicious reolantlnf? has provided for a similar Income every 30 or 40 years. There are no taxes. Railways and telephones - are free, and so are the schoolhouses, teaching and many other things. 1908 Distributors for PACKARD THOMAS FLYER L0ZIER MASTES0N POPE HARTFORD THOMAS 40 BUICK FRANKLIN Agencies All Important Centers H. AMo TEAM IS COMING FAMOUS MUSCATINE BASKET . BALL FIVE TO PLAY Y. M. C. A. Organization Claims Championship of World and Has Rarely - Been Defeated. Physical Director Grilley, of the T. M. C. A., after considerable correspondence, has been enabled to arrange for an exhi bition "friendly . basketball game be tween the Muscatine basketball team, of Muscatine, la., and the T. M. C. A., to be played on Friday next, March 6. . The 4uscatines, as they are popularly called, are members of the Amateur Ath letic Union, and they claim the cham pionship of the world. They are gener ally regarded as the holders of that and most other honors in the basketball world. The team is making a tour from coast to coast. The Middle West, it left barren of all its trophies, and the team now has just completed its triumphal march through California, where its most over whelming victory was the defeat of the University of the Pacific by over 50 points. But that is only one of many teams to which similar treatment has been meted.. Hope College, the champions of Michigan, went down before the Musca tines to the tune of 70 to 2i. Indeed one of the most remarkable things about the team Is the enormous scores piled up against teams, with more than a local rep utation. Practically every basketball five of importance from Illinois to California has gone down before this aggregation, and out of about 60 games this season they have only had to own defeat nine times, several of those defeats being ad ministered by Y. M. C. A, teams holding state championships. At Hamilton the champions of Canada defeated the Musca tines by 15 points, and this is the heaviest victory recorded against them. The most signal victory to the credit of the team was In Kansas, where the trav elers put up 91 points to a bare score con tributed against" 'them. They" "prof eiss to have beaten champion teams of ten states. PACKARD HAS ASK THE MAN WHO The reputation that the Packard Car enjoys is an honor to the man who owns one. It is the aristocrat of automobiles, simplicity, grace, elegance and luxury are the embodiments of the 1908 Packard. Call at our sales rooms and get a demonstration. L. KEATS AUTO Cor. Seventh and Oak Sts. PORTLAND, OREGON 4 morale THE WORLD and In such few cases as they have had to acknowledge defeat their opponents' victory has been one of bare points. Newspapers reporting their piay Invaria bly comment on the team work of. the Mu sea tines, and this is undoubtedly the most fascinating point about the men. Early on the tour every man learned his place, so that in an emergency no time is wasted hunting for missing players- they are always on the spot. With long, swinging parses they rush from one end to another of the playing hails. With lightning movements they capture the ball at the most unexpected times and at the most critical moments, and above all things they never fall to make connec tion with the ball when it has been passed to them. Although it is on the offensive that the team particularly shines, their guarding is strong, and however well planned tfie work of their opponents, the Muscatine usually calculate on breaking it up by their quick work. Phe forward and center work is partic ularly good, and men playing in these po sitions are expected to be able to throw baskets from the middle of the Held of play more than being expected to do H, they usually actually perform such fancy work. Often from the center of a scrim mage for the ball a Muscatine player will seen to rise up and. throwing himself upwards, lift the ball right into the bas ket, a feat that presents difficulties when the player is close to the goal. By all appearances this will be the stiff est game the Portland T. M. C. A. has ever played, and Physical Director Gril ley does not entertain very strong hopes of success. He says his principal reason for arranging the game was to give his men, and Portland people generally, a view of basketball when played under the most scientific conditions possible and it is only under such conditions that bas ketball becomes a game for spectators. With roughness absolutely tabooed, the game is likely to be one of the finest ex hibitions ever seen in Portland, and the known sportsmen of the Y. M. C. A. team will do their best to make it so. . The Muscatines are composed of the . following members, who play in the posi tions mentioned: Forwards, Fuller, Vol ger and Kautz: centers, LiUibrfdge and Williams; guards, Morgan, Hayes and Williams. The team to play on .Friday will accordingly be selected from this list, and. whoever they may be, can be left to give a good account of themselves. Greenland has a population of 51.SP5. -- "vJ MM ZA-r 21 ARRIVED OWNS ONE GO.