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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OliEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 15. 190S. AUTOISTS DISCUSS RAGE MEET PLANS Road Contest and Endurance Runs to Be Features of the Programme. FAST - CARS ARE COMING Xumlor of Xtw Speed Anniliilalors Will Take Part More Autos on Portland Streets This Year Than Ever Before. TIT W. J. PETRAIK. While the automobile owners and KSnnts have not yet met formally to dis puss the. proposed road races and en- racing programme wi take place at a meeting to be called in -the very near future, and to Judge by the Interest be ing displayed so early in the pa me. the events seems assured of a successful consummation. The proposed races will be something on the, order of an endurance test, for by long distance running the actual mer its of an automobile can be discerned more satisfactorily than by short sprints of from one to ten miles in length. By having a race extending over a course of from 100 to 200 miles, the owners and agents anticipate more satisfactory re sults. Howard M. Covey. Fred A. Bennett and W. D. "Wallace are the members of a committee which are endeavoring to per fect the arrangements for a - meeting whereby the proposed racing events will be ratified. Dr. W. A. Wise Is another prominent citizen who has secured a handsome new car for the coming season. After in specting several makes. Dr. Wise was prevailed upon to take a new 1908 Kissel Kar, and with this handsome machine he expects to enjoy numerous excursions into the surrounding country this Sum mer. rr. Wise is an enthusiastic sports man, and fishing for the festive brook trout is one of his hobbies. He has ex tended Invitations to some of his nimrod friends to accompany him on fishing ex cursions when his handsome automobile will be the means of conveyance to the scene of the speckled beauties' lair. The members of the Portland Automo bile Club will shortly hold another meet ing for the purpose of discussing a. pro gramme for the Summer, at-which it is LOYAL TO HIS CLUB Smithson Returning to Run for Muitnomah. MADE GOOD IN THE EAST Portland Hurdler, Who Has Proved Himself One of World's Greatest Athletes, Will Enter Tryouts for London Tourney. ' BT W. J. PETRA1IC. Forrest C. Smithson, Portland's famous sprinter and hurdler, is on his way home .to prove to several would-be detractors that he knows what loyalty is, and for the purpose of competing' for the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club in the Lon don Olympic game tryouts to be held at San Francisco in a few months. Smithson is a Portland boy, and resides 0:0S 4-5: 130 yards, 0:15 1-5 : 230 yards, 0:2 1-5. Miscellaneous Running broad jump. 25 feet 6 inches: running high jump, i feet 8 inches; shotput. 2S feet; hammer throw. 110 feet; discus throw, 110 feet; pole vault, 10 feet 4 inches. Wesley W. Coe. the giant Boston weight man. who came all the way from Beantown to the Lewis and Clark ExposI tion for the purpose of beating Ralph Rose, and who was successful at that time but lost the honors back to the Californian at Jamestown last year, is determined to repeat the trick he per formed In Portland. For the purpose of beating the mark set by Rose last year. Coe is about to undergo strenuous training in the Maine woods, where he has engaged as a hand in a logging. camp. He has embraced the logging game in order to harden his mus cles and get himself in shape for the coming tryouts, whereby he hopes to gain a place on the Olympic games' team and in the coming contests at London, and beat the mark set by Rose in the shotput. On April 11 the University of California will hold the first relay carnival to be held on the Pacific Coast. This is one of the most popular athletic events of the Eastern colleges, and- wherever relay races, have been held on this Coast they have been the most attractive feature of the meet. In no other event has such enthusiasm been aroused nor docs any other event give such chances for heady or spectacular work. The promoters feel that the time has come when the schools and colleges of .the Pacific Coast should PHOTOGRAPHS FROM SANTA BARBARA OF THE NEW PLAYERS OF THE PORTLAND BASEBALL. CLUB - j i' . - i V - 't f- - i v'r - & - PACKARD THOMAS 6 CYL. LOZIER THOMAS FLYER MATHESON POPE-HARTFORD BUICK FRANKLIN THOMAS 40 ELECTRICS k . . t :. 1L Ask the Man Who Owns One ! z-frrZ1r i-zjtT" r SIMPLICITY GRACE ELEGANCE DURABILITY Agencies in All Important Centers WHAT more could one want in an Automobile? The Packard is rec ognized by the most fastidious as the fin est product in the Automobile world. Have you had a demonstration? H. L. Keats Auto Co. COR. SEVENTH AND OAK STS. PORTLAND, OR. CHANGES IN GOLF RULES AMERICANS ADVOCATE RADICAL MODIFI CATION'S. durance runs to be held here next Summer, tlie roniing event is attracting more or kss attention. Owners of speedy machines and the dealers frequently conpreRate and discuss in an Informal manner the i-arious phases f the n-roposrd contests. It is now I'lactically assured that several of the ' fastPHt time annihilators in the coun try will be In Portland during: the coming Snnmcr, And thp local speed marvels Hre decidedly anxious to meet them in competition. In addition, a number of prominent Portland business men will have race aiHiut machines of the newest and most powerful make. R. D. Inman, whose flyer" made several phenomenal rec ords at the auto races at Irvtnglon last year, has contracted for a new oar which will be placed on the ground in this city in the near future. Mr. Inman Is one of the most prominent disciples of automobilins; numbered anions the cit laens of Portland, and is one of the most liable drivers among the private owners ot cars in the Purine Northwest. Will 1 I.ipman, another speed marvel of local lame, w jl also b tun on t h ose w h o will have new racing tars this Summer. Mr. I.ipman leaves tonight for a three months' tour of Kurone and will return In Portland in time to participle in the tarly Summer contests. Among the auto agent here who will a vq t he finest sivcimens of different makes of the racing machine on Imnd for tlif various contests are practically at il of the best-known dealers. How.trd t'ovey will be on hand with two 't!y ts, " one of which will he the new '.tdilhu'. whit-h has made speed records i:i !: tern competitions. Fred Bennett, with his handsome Kissel Kar racer ex-p.-cts to set ire frequently and announces i I. at he may have a not her make in the entry list of eqxml prominence. : larry Keats will enter three or four iVfferent ears. His main dependence may h.- placed in the ability of his Franklin r.u-eabout, or in the Thomas flyer. Harry Huriress expects to show the rleld some thing in the distance covering line with I t :ie new. up-t-date IJH make of the Hambler machine, whk-h is now on hand and has attracted considerable atten tion at the hands of the autoists of the city. Crowe & Graham hava several speedy cars with which they hope to cao ture at least one IT not more of the vents. J. R Kelly Rnd his old reliable White steannrs will he on hand for the contest, and he ustially makes Rood in some line when he enters a. contest. The formal launching of the proposed also quite probable that the good roads question will receive further attention at their hands. The automobile fad is being embraced by a large number of new owners who are -expected to become enrolled as mem bers of the club, and. for the purpose of lining them up. the autoists are making a campaign whereby the membership is expeefed to be doubled before the season Is well advanced. The usual club runs to Willamette Valley joints will be held as last year, out during the coming sea son the attendance at theae runs promises to be much greater than In any of the past events. In a hill-climbing demonstration at Se attle last week, a Pope-Hartford machine, with Will Wallace driving, succeeded in climbing the steep Queen Anne counter balance hill. The hill was negotiated on a higher gear, and is said to be the first time such an attempt had been made in that manner. The feat was scouted by many and in order to demonstrate that it was possible. Mr. "Wallace re peated the performance. vVhen this be came known, Harry L. Keats, the agent for the car. returned to Portland with no less than 15 orders for Pope-Toledo ma chines. Among cars sold by Keats last week were the following: E. R. Corbett, Pope-Hartford runabout: Rudie Becker. Thomas flyer; W. R. Griffith. Buick tour ing car: G. W. Sanborn, Astoria. Pope Hartford: A. Gilchrist. Centralia, Wash.. Thomas Forty; Walter Mackay, Portland. Packard: Paul Baumel, Port land. Buick touring car; D. H. Brown, Portland. Franklin touring car. Waba-h Team Socks Game?. The crack Portland independent base ball team, which is known as the "Wabash nine, is prepared to meet any amateur or semi-professional team in the state. Ward Kulrtch. the manager, has ar ranged a number of games with the dif ferent Tri-Oity league teams prepara tory to the opening of that organization's schedule. The Wabash team has three clever slab artists on whom it will de pend during the coming season. They are Anderson. Mille and Craig, and each has made good with the club. Any out ofvtown team desiring a game with the Wabash rhb should address Ward Eul rich, 786 Commercial street. Assets $2 7 50, Owes $17,000,009. BERUX. March 14. The creditors of Sigmund Frledburg. a private banker and owner of a financial newspaper, who dis appeared from Berlin In February, met in this city yesterday to hear the report of the receiver. They were informed that they would receive about one-quarter of 1 per cent of their claims, the assets of Frledburg being $Z7;d and his liabilities S17.O0rt.OnO. with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Smithson at 1528 Madrona street. In this city. He received his early education In the public schools of Portland, and while always of an athletic turn, displayed no great ability in any one department until he was sent to the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis, and there taken in hand by the late "W. O. ("Dad) Trine, who was rated as one of the best trainers , of athletes in the country. Under the guidance of Trine, Smithson soon became an athlete of more than passing ability, and in the various meets throughout the Northwest, in the years 1WH and 1905, succeeded in winning many honors for the "Aggie" -track and field team. Iuring the early part of 1905, while engaged In a tryout at Corvallis, Smithson sprained a tendon in his right knee, and was handicapped for the balance of that year. However in spite of his handicap he entered the sports held at the Lewis and Clark Exposition under the auspicies of the Amateur Ath letic Union and displayed wonderful grit and nerve by running in several of the events in competition with the best sprint ers in America. In the 100-yard dash, which was witnessed by t writer, Smithson, with his knee bandaged tightly to hold the sprained ligaments in place, acted as pacemaker of the event and led -the field composed of Charles Parsons. Archie Hahn, "Bunch" Gerhardt and Dan Kelly, for 70 yards of the distance, when his leg gave way he was forced to drop behind. Parsons won the event in 9 4-5 seconds, and -Hahn afterwards stated that had it not been for the pace set by me .crippie," mat time would not have been approached. It has been stated that Smithson met Dan Kelly but once. This is a mistake, for he mot and defeated Kelly at Co lumba University and elsewhere on sev eral ocasions previous to the Lewis and Clark Exposition. This is not said to offset Kelly's ability, for at that time the Baker City lad had not had the ad vantages of competent trainers, and was nowhere near the athlete he later be came while at the University of Oregon. Smitnson's Eastern record speaks for itself, and incidentfy justifies the pre diction made by 4tad" Trine previous to his death, when he said: "Watch this young man Smithson. He is the great est sprinter and hurdler in America to day, and If his leg regains its strengtn, he will make his mark with ease." The records made by Forrest Smithson are as follows: Sprints to yards. 0:04 2-5: fiO yards. 0:06 2-5; 60 yards. 0:06 2-5; 75 yards. 0:07 4-5: 96 yards. 0:09 1-3: 100 yards. 0:09 4-5; 220 yards, 0:21 2-5: 440 yards. 0:50 4-5. Low Hurdles 40 yards. 0:05: 50 vards 0:06; 70 yards. 0.-08 1-5; 220 yards, 0:25 1-5; 3u0 yards. 0:;iS. High Hurdles 40 yards. 0:05 2-5: 50 yards. 0:08 2-5; 60 yards, 0:08; 70 yards. I take up this event and are calling on the athletic institutions of the Coast for support. MEXICAN" REPORTER OX GAME American College Football as Seen by Southern Eyes. "What Is football?" asks the Mon terey (Mexico) News and proceeds to enlighten Its readers In the following manner: "An onlooker at a parae of football sees a crowd of men, at least if he Is sharp enough he may discern that they once had the forms of men, very badly dressed, padded and grloved to protect every part of their bodies. He cannot see their ears, for they are covered with special padded caps. Over their noae8 ihey wear a kind of mask which gives them a most enchanting appear ance. "Thej' all gather together In a com pact srroup, bent down, their noses to the ground, as if they were looking for something they had lost. Finally they appear to have found it, for one of them seises a ball wnlch looks like a melon, another takes it from him and runs away with it. "The rest cash after him. When they reach him the whole bunch fall on the unlucky one in a shapeless mass of human flesh, forming a pyramid with legs, arms and padded heads appearing here and there. The mass moves and hands, arms and heads begin to come out. Then they find the unfortunate fellow who formed the base of the pyramid. He is like a sack of potatoes that has been run over by a locomotive. "Somebody shouts 'Water! and a negro rushes to the front with a bucket of tt. They throw It over the human potato ack, and if he hasn't got a broken limb through the weight of the halt ton or so that bore him down to earth, he can continue playing as soon as he gets his breath again. "Take this formula and, as the drug gists say. 'shake It up well and re peat,' and you will have a pretty fair idea of what football Is. Revisions Specified by Scotch Com mittee Meet Support in the ; I'nited States. Radical changes are suggested In the rules of golf as outlined by the executive committee of the United States Golf As sociation and forwarded to the rules com mittee of the Royal and Ancient Club of St. Andrews, says Joseph B. G. Ryan In Chicago Inter "Ocean. It is not likely that the committee will accept the suggested revisions, which, it Is thought, can be brought about only through an Interna tional conference and By sending a rep resentative of the association abroad to explain the revised code. Silas H. Strawn of the Midlothian Country Club, who aided in revising the code, has been sug gested as the most desirable candidate to present the matter to the Britishers. It is the wish of the U. S. G. A. com mittee, which revised the rules from sug gestions obtained from golfers throughout America, that ultimately a universal code may be adopted which will, meet the hearty approval of golfers ail over the world. It is a noteworthy feature that no refer gnce is made to the stymie in the revised code. While the elimination of the stymie is generally approved In America, it is a serious department of -the game which is deserving of consideration and one which should be settled finally in the rearrange ment of the rules. Among the important suggestions are the following: "That side paging be adopted to take the place of headings for ready reference. "That the penalty for a lost ball in match play be the same as in medal play, in that the player losing a ball shall not lose the bole," but the player or his partner may return as near as possible to the spot from which the lost ball was struck, tee a ball, and lose a penalty stroke; "That the words 'tree' and 'fence' be added to the definition of a hazard; There are many trees upon the courses in this country, and we believe that the same condition obtains upon the inland courses r on the other side. There are also a num ber of fences on or adjacent to our courses. ' "That rule relating to 'out of bounds be changed so that It will dispose of all controversy on this point, and we have therefore drafted the definition, which de fines a ball to be out of bounds when the large portion of it Is outside of the de fined boundaries of the course. "That 'near the ball' shall mean 'within a club's length." "That 'obstructions' be defined as every thing which is not a specified hazard, among others being benches, seats and steps leading to raised tees. "That the placing of the ball be made imperative in the case of removing steps or planks for access to or egress from a hazard placed there by the greens committee. "That the player shall be allowed -to lift his ball from casual water caused- by the overflowing of a water hazard, the same as he is allowed to lift from casual water through the green. i "That a player shall not play while His ball is in movement, except at the tee or in water. This is to meet the contin gency which often occurs where a player drives into water and follows his ball in l play it out. "That a ball may be lifted from any place and teed anywhere on the course, but not near the lrole, under penalty of two strokes, the thought being that -the severity of this penalty is ample without requiring the player to tee behind the difficulty which may require him to lift." The rules committee of the St. Andrews Club has not yet replied to the letter, which was mailed from tlip United States on February 4. The decision of the Brit ish committee is being awaited with much interest. JOHXXY MURPHY KXOCKE1) OUT Cyclone Thompson Finishes HI ni in Eight Rounds. SAX FRANCISCO, March 14. "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson, of Illinois, knocked out Johnny Murphy, of this city, in the eighth round of what was to have been' a 20-round glove -contest at Coffroth's Mission-street arena this afternoon. Thomp son was the favorite at 10 to 7. The man fought at 133 pounds. The preliminary fight between Jimmy Carroll and Monte Attell. at 116 pounds, went 15 rounds to a draw. 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