The Sunday Oregonian., March 22, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 7, Image 43

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND,' MARCH 22. I90S.
TO SEE
GOOD RING BOUTS
Tourney at Multnomah Club
Will Bring Out Many'
Clever Amateurs.
ALSO CONTESTS ON MAT
ReorKantzatlon of the Old FasMme
Athletic Club Is One of the Evi
dence's of Renewed In
terest in, Boxing.
BY W. J. PETRAIX. '
Fislic admirers will have much to oc
cupy their attention the next few weeks,
and while the proposed tourneys will con
sist of merely limited amateur bouts, the
si-rap fans will be afforded an oppor
tunity to witness some high-class con
tests In the roped arena, and on the mat
as well.
The boxing and wreBtling champion
ships of the Pacific Coast jurisdiction of
the Amateur Athletic Union will be held
In this city under the auspices of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. This
event will be the first big meet to be
held In Portland since the Lewis and
Clark Exposition, when the tournaments
were held at the fair grounds. At that
time the Olympic Club, of San Francisco,
was successful in most of the events.
At the coming tournament theJ3an Fran
cisco club will not have such an easy
time, tor Seattle. Spokane and Portland
will he represented by some exceedingly
clever mitt as well as mat artists, and
In addition Aberdeen, Vancouver and the
Keltance Club, of Oakland, will probably
be well represented.
The dates named for the tournament
aro April 23. 24 and 25, and the Indoor
athlclic committee of the club is inquiring
into the advisability of securing a more
commodious hall than the club gym
nasium, for the tournament is expected
to draw immense crowds.
The Pastime Club, which. In the olden
day, when the late Jack Dcmpsny made
Portland his home, was the principal ex
ponent of the art of self defense, has
been reorganized and has entered the field
as the sponsor for limited bouts between
clever young lads in the amateur ranks.
Next Thursday night the Pastime t.'lub
will hold Its first smoker, and the man
agement announces a programme consist
ing of three three-round bouts and one
four-round affair. All the boys enrolled
as members of this club, and 'those affili
ated witli any other club, desiring to com
pete in these matches will be required to
undergo an examination as to their phys
ical condition at the hands of the club
physician, before they will he permitted
to appear at any of the club entertain
ments. The matches, announced by the man
accment are as follows: Harry Brady
vs. George Ksgert, three rounds at
pounds; Al Mays vs. Fred Urlch, three
rounds ot 126 pounds; Denny McCarthy vs.
IVldie Toy, three rounds at 14:pounds,
snd Young Uianelll vs. "Kid" Donovan,
of The Dalles, four rounds at 133 pounds.
Olanelli is now located In Portland and
Is an Ironworker by trade. He was a
"Jackie" in tincle Sam's Navy for sev-
crsl years and while there learned the I
art of self defense. He was for a time
heralded as the lightweight champion of
the Pacific squadron, and is said to be a
clever and scientific boxer. His opponent
lias been selected by excellent Judges,
who had occasion to go to The Dalles
to ook him over because the original man
matched with Gianelll fallod to meet the
phvslcal requirements. Donovan Is rated
higher by the light fans of the Upper
Cplumbla city and a large number of
them will be at Kohse's Park, where -the
bouts will be held, next Thursday night.
Tommy Trarey, the physical "Instructor
ot the Columbia Athletic Club., who orig
inated tile limited round bouts among
the youngsters of this city, will shortly
announce his regular monthly card.
Tommy has been at work developing a
couple of youngsters with whom he ex
jicrtB to surprise the many patrons of
his club, and hopes to see all his friends
present at the ringside on the night of
the programme,' the dote of which, will
be announced Inter. 1
Traoey has a large number of business
men and boys of this city, whom he In
structs tn the art of self-defense. He has
arranged the monthly smokers in order
to give those of his pupils who desire to
display their cleverness a chance to do
so in public.
With all these bouts in prospect the
flKht fans of Portland will have an
abundant opportunity to. satisfy their
desire tor this sport. At any rate it
behooves them to keep In mind the dates
of the Multnomah Club's tournament,
which wlll furnish the real classy ex
hibitions strictly amateutj in character.
Herbert W.' Kerrigan, the former Port
land athlete who Is now located at Oak
land, where he Is one of the most active
promoters of sports at the Reliance Club,
has written to his friends In the MuHno
nh Club that hl club will 'be well rep
resented atthe coining tournament.
The California fistic promoters are talk
in? of matching Battling Nelson with Abe
Audi which bout would undoubtedly
prove an attractive one to the hungry
patrons in the Golden State, who , pay
their money to see any old kind of a
scrap. It seems to be the disposition of
the fight trust magnates to keep Rat
NeWon and immy Britt before the public,
and to keen out any possible luterloper
who would be likely to share glory with
the few real tlstlc exponents now in that
locality: The stars like Attell an!
Ketrhell will be kent before the public,
but In arranging matches for them the
promoters seemingly, care very little as
to the possible opponent's past record of
defeats. Nelson and Britt need the money
and the classy scrappers must beg for a
chance to get a. match that would ' be
interesting to the public.
"Paoky" McFarland continues to flo
his .training at Santa Barbara and has
made a favorable Impression on the Cali
fornia sports who have sjen him work.
Tile members of the Portland baseball
team were also favorably impressed with
the dHpper little Chlcaaoan. "Parky" is
slated to meet the pride of San Fran
ci'U'O. James KdwarJ Britt, and there are
still a few Native Sons who pin their
faitlfln the erstwhile champion.
James J. Jeffries Is said to be plan
ning to enter the fight promoting game
himself, and for the purpose of so doing,
is about to lease a large building at Los
Aiuscles and pull off a few exhibitions,
pig Jeff Is immensely popular in the
Seraphic burg and his debut tn the pro
moting game seems likely to attain suc
cess from the start.
James J. Corbett. ex-champion heavy
weight of the world, is soon to appear in
Piytiand In the capacity of an actor.
Usually the term actor when coupled with
the name of a disciple of fisticuffs, past
or present, is prefixed by the term bad,
PORTLAND
but in Corbett's case, it it different, for
he is said to be really clever in his rules.
Since Tommy Burns has succeeded in
disposing of the - English talent so
handily, it might be sugEgsted. by way of
diversion, that lie visit China and display
his handiness at cleaning up the cham
pions of the Flowery Kingdom. " The Asia
e port s could not find any easier game
than Tommy has found in Moir, Palmer
and Roche, and the..on!y remaining pos
sibility of a match. -Bill Squires. To
China with you. Tommy.
After Fastest Time.
BOSTON, March 21. Arrangements
have been made for a match race be
tween two of the' fastest automobiles
in the world. The details of the affair
were concluded at the clubhouse of
the Bay State Automobile Association
and involve a contest between F. E.
Stanley's famous steam flyer, which at
present holds ' the Sir Thomas Dewar
world's championship trophy for ex
ceeding two miles a minute, and a
12-cylinder Maxwell racer. The pair
of speed kings will come together at
Atlantic City or Cape May this Spring,
provided those beaches are deemed safe
for the tremendous speed the cars will
supply, but if not, the contest will
take place at the next tournament on
the Ormond-Daytona speed course in
Florida.
As li is expected that a speed of at
least 125 miles an hour will be reached
by each ot the cars, the factor of safe
ty for the drivers came in for consid
erable discussion. It was agreed that
the two cars going together offered un
limited chances for an accident, and
Mr. Stanley volunteered to open nego
tiations with Sir Thomas 'Dewar, with
a view of obtaining his consent and
the consent of the trustees to change
the deed of gift so as to permit the
disposition of the cup to be decided by
time trials. Instead of requiring the
cars to start tpgether.
Champion In Adopted Country. '
LONDON. March 21. Lieutenant
John Jacob Astor, of the First Life
Guard:-, captured the racquet cham
pionship of the army today, defeating
Captain Luther, of the Yorkshire Light
Infantry. 'In the finals the core stood
8 to 2. Lieutenant Astor is a son of
William Waldorf Astor and entered the
British Army in 1906.
Money fop 'Olympic Games.
NEW YORK, March 21. Clarence H.
Maekay subscribed $250- yesterday to the
fund to send an American team to the
Olympic games in England next Summer.
The fund is growing slowly, but surely,
as the American Olympic committee is
leaving no stone unturned to raise the re
quired amount of money. .
Chit-Chat o! Sporting
World
Sprightly Gossip From the I.tne
( MeCredie's Sore-Muscle Camp
In Balmy California.
BY WILL G. MACRAE.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., March 21.
(Special.) Vou should have seen that
Irish and Dutch ball game. Had the
Irish lost. Pearl Casey and Ed Kennedy
would have committed suicide. i
San Francisco fight promoters are a
wolfish lot. It is any kind of biffing
match to get the coin.- The fight be
tween Battling Nelson and Abe Attell
shows how far they will go Just to
rake in the shekels.
'
On dope taken from the White Sox
series. It looks now as if the Pacific
Co'ast pennant race would be between
Portland and the Seals. But you never
can tell. Hen Berry must be losing
flesh these days.
Lost, strayed or stolen, oue full-blood
Indian: answers to the name of
Finance. He has a railroad ticket and
an order to report at Santa Barbara.
If found, notify Manager McCredie.
Now that Papke has whipped Hugo
Kelly, greedy fight promoters will
camp on his trull. He won't be . con
sidered a champ until he fights in San
Francisco.
..
Owners of the Philadelphia Athletes
have spent half a. million-on a new
baseball park. This is going some for
the moguls of the unconscious city.
Manager McCredie has about culti
vated his baseball garden. The prun
ing process will sbon start. The "23"'
will be given to more than one hope
ful. Every player on the training squad
has the postal card habit. Catcher
Madden has already developed writer's
cramp sending the picture cards to Bos
ton friends.
In the Dutch and Irish game Madden
made two nice clean singles and so
did Raftery.. Not bad for the first game
of the season, ch?
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Hush, don't tell any of the Portland
feminine fans: Bobby Groom needs a
referee for. a little -match he has on.
The happy event will take place soon
after the end of the Coast League sea
son. Kinsella's fall gave Bobby the
Idea. -
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LOCAL AUTO LAW
TO BE AMENDED
Speed Regulations Are - Not
Considered in Harmony -.
With State Statute.
MEASURE HARD TO FRAME
Legislation That Will Protect Pub
lic and AVork Xo Hardship on
Chauffeurs Is a - Difficult
Municipal Problem.
BY TT.-J. PETRAIX.
The drafting of laws for the purpose
of regulating the operation of . automo
biles is a problem that has occupied the
attention of the general public for the
past decade, or since -the horseless ve
hicle has come into general use. In
some Instances various localities in the
United States have enacted good laws
and some have enacted bad ones, but
no matter what ' character of law Is
enacted, it usually displeases cither the
public or the automobilists themselves,
and sometimes is .unpopular with both.
The present city law recently enacted
is considered, a fairly good ordinance, and
Is probably on a par with any law enacted
anywhere in the last few years. It has
its defects and some of them are de
clared, to be serious enough .to warrant
Its being held void were Its legality tested.
However, it will be remedied soon and by
suitable amendments can be made thor
oughly legal. '
All automobile laws are framed to pro
vide against reckless speeding and fast
driving and in this one instance the
measure seems to be in error. The laws
of the State of Oregon provide that an
automobile -shall not be driven faster
than eight miles an hour in a' fairly
thickly populated district, while outside
of that a machine may be- speeded at 24
miles an hour without danger of con
flicting with the state authorities. It
might also be mentioned that the state
law does not specify what is meant by
a fairly thickly populated district, which
is construed to mean cities, .towns or
villages. .
The speed limit in 'the City of .Port
land provides that machines must not
be driven faster than 10 miles an hour
within the fire.. limits, must not turn a
corner at more than six miles an hour,
and are permitted a speed bf 15 miles
In outlying sections of the' city. " Tnis
law is all right from a standpoint of the
average citizen, but is regarded by the
automobillst as a joke. for. the law is
violated repeatedly by every - ono who
drives a machine. No matter how care
ful he may drive, ft chauffeur cannot al
ways remain within the regulations pro
vided by this measure.
The law proposed by the American 'Au
tomobile Association, which is now pend
ing before Congress, is the only law so
far advanced that seems to meet with
all the requirements, and is simplicity
itself. The law provides that the driver
of any" machine who speeds his machine,
at a pace which is likely in any man
ner to endanger the public safety shall be
punished therefor.
The law proposed by the A, . A. A. is
seconded by many of the leading law
makers of the country. It is now before
Congress and will receive the support
of the Oregon delegation, at least several
of their constituents in this city say
they have assurances to this effect.
One of . the uses to which the auto
mobile can be put is shown in the illus
tration on this "page. The picture shows
H. A. Poland and his son, Lester, of
Eureka, Cal., on a hunting expedition
Jnto the forests of Humboldt County. Mr.
Poland's machine is a White steamer. tor
which make J. B. Kelley is the Port
land agent. A greater percentage of the
citizens of Eureka own automobiles than
of any other town of from 12.O0O" to 15.000
inhabitants in the United States. This
is probably accounted for by the fact that
the city is isolated from the rest -of the
country, having no railroads, .connecting
wrlth the main trunk lines. Eureka's
streets are practically all hard paved and
furnish ideal opportunities for . autoing
the year round.
The automobile dealers of Portland ob
ject to the provision of the city ordi
nance which requires that automobiles
shall have the license number bolted,
screwed or painted ' on the . body .of the
vehicle. The dealers say that a great
number of cars are sold to out' of town
points, and as they are installed -in the
.Portland garages, in order to be run
about the streets' on demonstrations, will
be required to have these tags. The
tags once put on cannot be removed
without mutilating the body of the car.
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RUNABOUT $1150 VW S. Js '
mum m - Aypi
"See them and get demonstration before you buy
A FEW 1 9Q7'S AT LIBERAL REDUCTIONS;
Remember the Mitchell is a
$1000 better than-most cars
tor every dollar m the Mitchell than any car on the market. And this is especially true
'08 models. Place your order now and be sure of your car.
See Our New Gasoline Delivery
Truck at Our East Side Place,
East Second and East Morrison
A good stock of repairs with -which to take
TOWN IS TOO SLOW
Why McCredie - Pulled Stakes
at Santa Barbara.
NO EXPENSE MONEY THERE
Weeding-Out Process Among Play
ers Begins Carr to Be Dropped.
Marshall's Fate in Doubt.
Pitchers for Sale.
IINE-IIP FOR OPENING GAME.
Her Is the line-up and batting
order that will face the Seals In the
opening game:
Casey second base
Cooney shortstop
Hafterv ............... .center . field
McCredie' .right field
Johnson .third base
Kennedy- left field
Madden catcher
Groom or Kin sella , pitcher
BT WILL G. MAC BAB. -
r SANTA BARBARA, March 21 (Staff
Correspondence.) It's goodby to this burg;
While Manager McCredie and his "crew
think a lot of this seaside city as a train
ing1 spot, the town is on the blink as a
sporting center. It Teddy, Roosevelt and
a .trained band of trust-busters .were to
hit this hamlet and show at the ball park,
they would not get a corporal's guard out
to see them. It's a good place for Cook's
tourists, who travel with $2 in their kick
and one clean collar, for they hit Santa
Barbara on the Espee, go through the
town ljke water through a sieve, and don't
change the money r the collar en route.
The,fleet is coming here. and the. town is
gQing to try ' to look gay, but if the
townspeople used all the bunting made in
car the eqiial of many costing $1000 or more above its price, and $500 to
of its price. This is not talk it's a fact. There is more Automobile value
New England they could not make it look
lively.
Out After Expense Money.
This Is why the Portland rag hunters
break camp. . McCredie has 20 men in
camp and he is paying $10 a week for
their fodder and 20 cents a day for their
baths. He played two games with the
White Sox and one with Santa Barbara
team and his share of the gate won't
pay his bathhouse expenses. Every town
and hamlet along the Coast between San
FJancisco and Los Angeles has written
WcCredie for a game, but they are silent
about the cash. A few live birds at San
JLuis Obispo want today's game and have
guaranteed $150. If tha- new road uni
forms get here in time they have been
'In the hands of the Espee now for five
days McCredie will' accept this date and
then move on to Salinas. He can pick
up a couple of hundred there, and this
will helo some.
Players to Be Dropped.
McCredie has decided to" drop Carr.
Charley Baum, who is managing Fresno,
has written to McCredie for a shortstop
and Mac has told Carr he had better take
the offer. Micky Malloy, who has been
playing center during" the wait "for Raf
tery, will also be passed up. If this Irish
man could only sting the ball he would
develop into a great ball player. He han
dles a ground hit ball better than any
outfielder I have seen in the Coast League
and is fast. His weakness Is in his hit
'ting and in his base-running. McCredie
would like to develop him, but the ex
pense stands in the way.
Marshall Too Young.
Pitcher Marshall is another player that
McCredie is worrying about. He likes
this youngster,, but is afraid that he
hasn't enough steam. Marshall is still
growing, and while he has a nice assort-
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ment of curves and a 'brain he uses, he U
frail. When ho quits growing and fills
out, he is sure to make bis league tim
ber. The question with Manager Mac is
whether it will be worth while to hang
onto him or farm him out. About what
he will do. is to drop Marshall and when
he has developed put a draft on him.
The more McCredie sees of Harmon,
the more he is impressed with the man.
The game between the Irish and Dutch
has been a revelation. It has shown
tip the strength and weakness of the
fielders and pitching staff. . We have
played, a game every afternoon nce
Monday. ' They have all been hard
fought, and it has given us a line on
the players that.wpuld not have been
developed otherwise ..until the season
was on.
Picking the Iyeft Field.
At the present writing McCredie Is
trying to decide upon his left field.
Danzig is a fixture at first; that's a
cinch; and now. the battle is between
Bassey and Kennedy, with a break In
Kennedy'e . favor. McCredie, In case
Ryan shows up, ' will not play either
Kennedy "or Bassey in the outfield. He
may decide upon Kennedy as his utility
man, so it looks now as if Bassey's
anchor Is drifting. '
The big Portland manager Is also up
in n the air over his catching staff.
Madden will sure make the team, so
the battle for change catcher will
hinge between Walsh and Whalen. If
little red-headed Walsh had Whalen's
physique, there would be no question
as to which, would make thetteam.
for the t red-headed one has the pep
per. On the other hand, Whalen has
a great throwing arm and is a deadly
marksman. At that, I rather look for
McCredie to cling to Walsh.
. There is a chance for the North
weat League to get hold of a couple
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of very good pitchers when the weed
ing process begins. Of course. G.'oom.
KinstOla, Blooinlield and Lakaff will be
the first four. McCredie will carry six
twirlers pcThaps through the whole
season. lie will select the other two
from Garrett, Penance, Harmon, I'er
noll and Marshall.
L ltiinaluni of the Brewers.
ST. LOUIS, March 21. The lotal
brewers announced today that they
would retain all competent men em
ployed since the strike of brewory
workers began, but would re-employ
any of the strikers who returned be
fore Monday next, providing their
places had not been filled in the mean
time. The strike leaders say the men
will not return to work under these
conditions.
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