THE 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
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WHAT more could one want in an
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Have you had a demonstration?
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CHANGES IN GOLF RULES
AMERICANS ADVOCATE RADICAL
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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
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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. Billy Roche
was the referee In both events.
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Norwegian Cabinet to K-estgn.
CHRISTIANIA. March 14. As the result
of the reception by the Storthing of two
radical motions of lack of confidence, the
Cabinet has decided to resign. The Min
isters will advise the King Xo summon
the radical leader. Gunnar Knudsen. to
form a. new Cabinet.
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