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( THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 1903. FIGHT DAYS AT END Seattle Makes Futile-Attempt to Resurrect Sport, Racquet Names Ten Best Players of Last Season. JOHNNY REID KILLS GAME "IT MM IP ni RVCDC j 1 : . - h4:JJi ' TIMELY HINTS FOR ALL Friendly Criticism of Style of Lead ing Exponents of Game in Port land Suggestions of In terest to Players. BY RAQITBT. All through thu land there has been nothing but condemnation for the rank ing committee. No matter what the cir cumstance the complaint had been gen eral, and if the reports were but half true those who have consented to eerve on a ranking committee have, In each case, been relegated to a position on a par with the yellow dog. Under Ruch circumstances Raquet once more takes up the task of tanking the Oregon players, and despite the awful rik the list Is made public. Kor years pact this same Raquet has taken the chastisement accompanying this onerous job. and all without mur mur, but it seems now as if the time had come when a halt should be called and a cold-blooded statement made of Just where we stand. Our present tennis faculty has been in Jf Urol for ten years. Raquet has for ears past tried In some small and in offensive way to make a few suggestions to the various players, all of which were made with the one idea of helping to ward the improvement of the standard of play. Raquet Isn't exactly tired of the the job. but there seems to be almost no result. Time was when we had no right to expect our players to hold a prominent position among others on the Coast, but that tfme has gone by and it is no longer In order to make excuses. Why was It that Goss and Wickersham failed to get a place last Summer? Blame them both, for they deserve it. Raquet lias certainly performed the required duty and now its up to Portland and Port land players. We have plenty of good material in the men now playing, but there is a sad lacking In positive and noticeable im provement. Until a man reaches the age of 40 he should be continually im proving and improving fast with such op portunities as Portland now offers in a tennis way. Miss Ueltshu can be congratulated for having made the first permanent winning of a challenge cup for singles in Ore gon. She has continually maintained her position as the most skillful player among the ladies. The ranking shows a good many changes during last season and many familial names are lost to view. Goaa. In Goss we have our best player without any question. It seems a pity, however, that Goss does not learn a few tilings about the game which he must know before getting into high-class ten nis. The old grandmother service still exists, and while he has added some pace to his game he never will get very far ahead without a good serve. We blame him and him alone for allowing our championship to leave our fair state, for with a good serve he Is as good as any man in the Pacific Northwest. He showed his wonderful endurance and consistency in winning both the club championship and the handicap cham pionship in the Fall tournament at Irvington. Wlckerabatn. There is little to add to our criticism of last year. 'Wick." Is the best man In Portland if it were not for Goss and his generalship. The hard and fast game of Wickersham ought to win against anything In the town, but for his great lack in consis tency. As a "getter" Wick is without a peer. As a hard hitter he leads the crowd. As a general he brings up the rear. He is strong and plays In fairly good form. Now Wick, please, drop the volleys from the back of the court. Either stay back and drive off the ground or else come to the net, only hurry. Bethel. Little need be said of Major Bethel. His game was probably not at its best during last Summer, but he still maintained his hard, clean strokes, and his knowledge of the game clearly enables him to hold third place. Bethel has not made the improvement shown by other of our first-class men, and this Is duo largely to his having passed the age limit. We predict a long and successful career yet ahead of the Major, for such men die hard. Xorthrup. Some element of uncer tainty here enters the ranking for Nor thrup was a new man in our parts and only stayed long enough to make us realize that we had lost something good. Ills game was more to the liking of Raquet than anything seen on the Port land -courts in many a day. Beautiful form expresses its chief quality. He was consistent, careful, fast, and watched every play. We hope to see him back some day and when he comes we may have to award him something better than fourth-class. Wilder ' Dick-' made a much better showing last year than ever before. He has a good service, resembling somewhat the twist service, but his lack of speed makes it of far less value than it might otherwise be. With Wllder's endurance and natural volleying powers he should make our foremost net player. He fails to come in fast enough, and Is poor over head. We also think Dick's position on the court is very bad. He is too often found in that miserable and untenable spot close to the service line. He should also study somewhat his opponent's gamo and this would help him to get in the ri,iht place at the right time. Belllnser. Bellinger made a mess of It last year by losing to Armstrong. This . was too serious a matter to be looked at lightly, and bis ranking by the North Pacific international lawn tennis commit tee was impossible because of this de feat. Bellinger has the best single stroke on the Portland courts, for nothing can compare with his free forehand drive. It is a beautiful stroke and played in beautiful form. As a volleyer he is weak and particularly on his back hand. Turner. Turner is gone. We all feel safer, for his game was. so fuh of twists and curves and turns and circles that many is the time when Raq-.iet has been made dizzy with the revolving and kaleidoscopic view. Nevertheless, he stands seventh. Beabatn. Benham ranks eighth. He plays with ease and in good form but reems to lack a certain amount of strength, which must go with high class tennis. - Ewlnac. Ewing Just about held his own. His tremendous reach has a very telling effect, but he docs not use it to the best advantage. Andrews. Andrews' game came up very considerably late in the season, which was probably due to his trip North and his play in the Northern tournaments. He ought to rank much higher In 1908. : Ranking the ladies Is a difficult mat ter. There can be no question as to Miss Heitshu being entitled to first place. She comes very close to the point of playing- a very strong game of tennis. It is to be hoped that she will play more than ever, even though she has landed permanently the first cup ever offered for an Oregon state cham pionship. Mrs. Cook is entitled to second place and with sufficient practice we think Mrs. Cook will play a better game than was ever played by any lady In the state. Mrs. Baldwin holds third place, and Miss Fording fourth place. The fifth place Is a puzzle and whether the honor falls to Mrs. Helms (nee Josephl) Miss Robertson or Miss Leslie Weidler will never be kiown. Raquet favors giv ing the place to Miss Weidler. but more on form than on actual resultj. Miss Weidler shows more possibility than any players in Oregon among the ladles. She must learn to vary her game and not to rely entirely on a good, hard drive. The gentlemen's doubles goes with out doubt to Wickersham and Bell inger. It is hardly possible to make a ranking of the other teams, but great credit Is due to Wickersham and Bellinger for the great game they put up this past season. With as few apologies as possible, Raquet now wishes to make a few sug gestions. Some of the old players in our town are getting a little too Inter ested in their own game. Last Winter Brant Wickersham and Walter Goss each offered to put up a cup to be played fer by the Grammar Schools of the city. Both Wickersham and Goss are in' town and still nothing has been done in regard to the matter. Portland can never hope to succeed in tennis if we overlook this most Im portant feature of the game For two reasons we must get this thing started at once. In the first place, we must have some champions ten years from now and we must get them started right. The present Pacific Coast cham pionship Is held by a lad 17 years old and he deserves the title. In the next place, the youngsters of the town have a right to expect the older folk to look out for them and to back them up. We can't expect good citizens if our schools fail to perform the required duties to the youngsters and we tennis cranks can't expect to have champions if we don't lend a helping hand to the youngsters. Raquet suggests that Jay S. Ham ilton, president of the Irvington Tennis Club, and George W. McMillan, presi dent of the Multnomah Club, st once appoint a committee who will take this matter up and arrange to play oft a tournament as soon as school opens. This committee should confer with Mr. Rig ler. the City Superintendent of Schools, and they should also get the cups from Mr. Wickersham and Mr. Goss. The Multnomah Club and .the Irvington Tennis Club should both throw open their grounds to be used for these con tests. Great things are In store, for us this coming season. In the first place. Miss May Sutton is to play in all the North ern tournaments, and this means that she will first appear In Portland, July 13. Not only are the tennis fans look ing forward to this occasion with great interest from a tennis standpoint, but from present indications tennis week in Portland is to be the most Important week of the Summer months. Through the courtesy of the M. A. A. Club the Irvington Tennis Club has been loaned the Oregon state cham pionship tournment for 1908. This is an occasion that Irvington has been looking forward to for years and if but half the plans carry through the tournament will far surpass anything ever held in the Pacific Northwest, All of Irv ington will entertain and the Tennis Club will be the center of one con tinual round of social events. A large tennis ball is being planned by the committee and a large number of out side players are to be in attendance. Then there is to be held at the beach the first large invitation tournament ever, attempted on the Pacific Coast. A committee from Portland has Joined with the Hotel Breakers in planning the delightful event and those who have already received their Invitations have only a forerunner of the pleasure to be had during the third week In August. Racquet wishes to make one other suggestion, directed for particularly to the ladies in Irvington. In view of the fact that most of the men cannot play until after 5 o'clock, it would be thoughtful on the part of these ladies if they do not use the courts at this hour. It has been quite noticeable al ready that men are oftentimes forced to wait for a. court until nearly dark, when the ladies are sometimes play ing singles and doubles and many of these ladles might just as well play In the morning or early in the afternoon. The Tennis Guide, authorized by the North Pacific International Lawn Ten nis Association, is now in press und Arthur Remington, who recently spent a week in Portland, writes that It will soon be ready for distribution. In no part of the United States has there been so much interest taken in the game and the expense and work put In on this Guide proves the BELLINGER AND WICKERSHAM PLAYING TH DECIDING GAME FOR THE LADD CCP. strength of the game In these parts. The committee having the matter in hand is Arthur Remington. Harry Pooley and Walter A. Goss. The Guide contains nearly all the scores of all championship matches played for the last 20 years In the Pacific Northwest, as well as a list of all of the cham pions, together with many pictures of prominent players and prominent club houses. Not Mr. McAlpin, we are sorry to leave you out of the ranking.- for you deserve the best that we can give. Our Rank of efficiency displayed by ten leading tennis players during past eight years. 1000. W. A. Gom P. C. D. Lewi". t M. C. Cheat. B. F. H. C. Andrews. R. R. A. Letter. J. 1901. W. A. Oos. R. C. D. Tjawis. A. B. Wlrkersliam J. 1j. B. Wickersham H. Wells Gilbert. L. 1908. B. Gifrord. B. Wickersham. Wickersham. Li. ' Macleay. H. Lothrup. A. belter. B. McAlpin. F. Ewing. Herdman, Jr. R. Prince. W. A. Bethel. W. A. Goss. C. D. Lewis. M. C. Cheal. B. Wickersham. J. F. Ewing. I. B. Wickersham. R. A. 1-eiter. H. Herdman. Jr. A. B. McAlpin. 1908. L. B. WIckeTsham. w. O. Rudv. W. A. Goss. W. A. Bethel. B. Wickersham .1 F. Ewinz P. B. Gifrord. O. C. Pratt. L. R. Prince. M. C. Cheal. 1904. W. O. Rudy. W. A. Bethel. W. A. Goss. B. Wickersham. J. F. Ewing. D. Bellinger. A. B. McAlpin. J. H. Smith. Edw. Morse. G. C. Durham. 1905. .T. F. Ewing;. Irvine Rohr. W. A. -Goss, B. Wickersham. D. S. Bellinger. A. B. McAlpin. H. Herdman, Jr. F. H. V. Andrews. Ed Morse. J. S. Smith. 1900. W. A. Goss. B. Wickersham. Dan BelllnEer. Richard Wilder. A. B. McAlpin. Kenneth Fenton. F. H. V. Andrews. Irvinu Rohr. H. A. Turner. W. W. Benham. 1907. W. A. Goss. B. Wickersham. W. A. Bethel. L. H. Northrup. Richard Wilder. D. S. Bellinger. H. A. Turner. W. W. Benham. J. F. Ewing. F. H. V. Andrews. idea is to start a new class and we have a goodly crowd. Hereafter you will lead the veterans and we under stand that many are to compete for honors this year. Next year we will rank the veterans and to be eligible a man must have reached the age of 45 years. We understand that both Mr. Ladd and Dr. Morrison think they can beat you. Boats engaged In mackerel fishing off Milford. England, have landed as many as SO. 000 flsh. and 100 fish have baan sold for 25 cents. f1 " RICHARD WILDER i - ? it 5 E 4. x,fi I 4 Zi t 10 RING BATTLES McFarland and Welsh to Meet on Fourth". ALSO GANS AND NELSON Fans Ready to Give Long Odds on Kegro Against Dane, but Win ner in Other Bout Not So Easily Picked, BT W. J. PETRAIN. Next Saturday is the "Glorious Fourth." While up here In the Oregon metropolis there will be little In the way of athletic contests outside of a Tri-City League baseball game, our neighbors of Cali fornia have arranged two worlds cham pionship fistic encounters, numerous pro fessional baseball games, horse races and other forms of amateur and professional sports. San Francisco and Los Angeles are rivaling each other In the matter of pre senting fistic encounters for the benefit of those who enjoy contests of this kind. And, by the way, there is no small army of admirers of this sport in California. This applies to Portland as well, only here the opportunity of seeing anything like a professional scrap is prevented by state statutes. Let ua not become jealous of San Fran, cleco In her present opportunltj-, how ever, for the fight fans of the Bay City are likely to become the recipients of an other lemon presentation. However, It does not matter what kind of a scrap, fake or otherwise, Joe Gans and Battling Nelson shall engage in before a California or Nevada crowd, the result remains the same, for thousands of people will ad vance the required price and flock to the arena to witness the black and the white gladiators engage in the task of mauling each other's features. Joe Gans Is unquestionably the most wonderful fighter of the age. He has been before the public a longer, time than any of the first-raters of today and everyone acknowledges his supremacy In his divi sion. Owing to his failure to put Nelson out in 4a rounds at Goldfleld about two years ago, a few admirers of the Hege wisch lad have revived sufficient confi dence In him to believe that he can actu ally defeat the negro. Perhaps he can. but the Missouri spirit will so much pre dominate that the Baltimore black is like- x: . . -V ,.v , x . x- -i x-i a ON TENNIS COURT. ly to step In the ring a ten-to-three 01 four favorite in the betting. Ten-to-four is a long price quotation against the scrapper of the Battler's caliber, but even at that there are likely to be few takers. Nelson has become disliked be cause of his association with unpopular managers and fistic promoters, and while he may not be wholly to blame himself, his associates have succeeded in having him discredited to a marked degree. Down Los Angeles way there is a big. burly, good-natured chap, the idol of fistlana today, who has arranged the best of the two Fourth of July attractions scheduled for the roped arena. This big fellow Is none other than James J. Jeff ries, the only acknowledged champion of the world of the present day. He has ar ranged to present Packy McFarland, the claimant to the white lightweight cham-i pionship, and Freddie "Welsh, premier among the little scrappers of England. Welsh's prowess Is not very well known In America, but he Is ?- lieved to be a highly capable boxer, and one who Is ex pected to make a lively battle with the nifty Chicago lad. McFarland has demonstrated his abil ity In no Bmall manner and the fight fans of the United States are quite ready to take him seriously at all times. Some even figure him as a match for Gans, and it may be that be possesses such caliber. As he is but a youngster. It would be far wiser to permit him to clean up some of the secondary lights before matching him against the past master of the art in his division. PIONEERS MEET APOSTLES Game Scheduled for St. John With Winning Pitcher in. Box. The Vancouver "Pioneers" are sched uled to meet the St. John "Apostles" at St. John this afternoon, and one of the best games of the Tri-Clty League sea son should be In order. The St. John club is playing splendid ball, and the "Pioneers" are also noted for their fine work of late, which would Indicate that a close and exciting contest is likely to be the result. Among the "Apostles" who have shown up In good form lately are "Big Leaguer" Oliver, Parker, Keeler, Ruple and Hoo ver, while the Vancouver contingent com prises Its regular speedy Ilne-up. Arthur Pender, the Vancouver southpaw, will be back in the game today, and he has the habit of usually winning whenever he mounts the slab. Some dissatisfaction has been expressed by the Trl-Clty League clubs because St. John does not support Its club like the other towns in the circuit, and it is possible that some of the games scheduled there will be pulled off elsewhere later in the season. The line-up this afternoon will be as follows: Vancouver. Position. St. John. King c Kuple Pender, Concacnon ..P Hoover. Keeler Hill ..IB Oliver Smith 2B Fleming Turk SB....... Brown McConnfll SS Moore Chapin t..BP fc Lee Briggs CF Clay Hatch LF Parker WEST SIDE 3; EAST SIDE 1 Trl-City Teams Play Good Game With Close Score. The Wrest Side team or the Trl-Clty League won a fairly Interesting game from their East Side rivals on the Vaughn-street grounds yesterday by the close score of 3 to 1. The victorious team succeeded In bunching a double and a triple, both of which followed a base on balls In the sixth inning and thereby secured enough runs to stow the contest away, and incidentally to shove the hire lings of Secretary Smith Into the cellar. Drennan was the West SIder guilty of finding Hurlburt's offerings for a two bagger, while Ray Hinkle owned up to the three-bagger. The contest was fairly Interesting and pleased the small crowd present to a certain degree. Jack Olney pitched a very good game, allowing but three hits, and but little fault could be found with the work of Hurlburt. for.both slabsters deserve creditable mention. The West Slders are scheduled to meet the Woodburn team at Vaughn street this afternoon, -when the score of the Portland-Los Angeles game will be announced by innings. OLYMPIC TEAM HAS SAILED Two Athletes Work ' Way Across Ocean as Stokers. NEW YORK. June 2T. When the steamer Philadelphia sailed for Europe today it carried practically all of the American team of athletes who are to compete In the Olympic games at Lon don. In many quarters It is regarded as the strongest and most representa tive body of athletes ever sent from America to compete with Europe's se lect men. Thousands of athletes crowded the pier long before the steamer was sched uled to sail, and several brass bands enlivened the occasion. Both Manager Halpln and Trainer Murphy said the men will train all the way over. They will use the poop deck for the work, and a board will be rigged up for run ning and jumping. They will have a special training table, and a gym nasium and all the necessary apparatus aboard. The were 86 athletes on the list for sailing and all of them answered the roll call. One of the first men to get aboard was Ralph Rose, of San Francisco, who is entered in the hammer-throwing and shotputting events. The last man to ar rive was Martin J. Sheridan, of the Irish -American Athletic Club, who Is looked upon as one of the best point-winners on the team. Three of the men selected. Dray of Yale, Whitham of Pennsylvania and Rowe of Michigan, did not go, for various reasons. Craig, a wrestler and boxer, and Fisher, an all-round athlete, are working their way to London as stokers on steamers In the hope that they may qualify in some of the Olympic contests. Being un able at the tryouts here to get In places on the first string, they determined to work their passage. SOXS OF ELI TO AID COACH Old Yale Stars Will Assist Forbes in Work on Oregon Gridiron. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, June 27. (Special.) It seems quite cer tain that Jack Owsley, Foster H. Rock will and perhaps one or two oth.er former Yale stars will spend a week or ten days here next Fall assisting Coach Robert W. Forbes with the university football team. As Forbes Is the only Tale man who will coach on this Coast during the coming season, it Is quite likely that he will have the enthusiastic support of all the sons of Ell In this part of the country. Forbes will reach Eugene about Septem ber 20, when he and Assistant Coach Arnsplger will begin active work with the gridiron candidates. WOODBIRV BRINGS A CRACK PITCHER FOR GAME HERE TODAY. i A xm . ' 4 1 1 ' "Southpaw" Bowfn. WOODBURN, Or., June 27. fSpecial.) Local fans are making great preparations to attend the game between the Woodburn team and West Portland on the Vaughn-street grounds -in Port land, Sundy. Arrangements are being made to charter two or three cars to carry a crowd of 4)0 or 500. Bowen, Woodbnr n's crack " southpaw" pitcher, who has made such a wonderful showing, will do the twirling. This is Bowen's first year in company as fast as the Tri-City League, and he has a most remarkable record, having pitched seven games since the season began, and only in one Instance has any team secured more than five hits off him, and he has won every one of his games. His team mates have confidence in him and are play ing good fielding games behind him. I x . JC 1 f i f CuIIen-Scaler Fiasco Puts Finishing Touch to Effort to Revive Fistic Contests Fans Disgusted at Treatment Accorded Them. SEATTLE. June 27. (Special.) The Cul-len-Scaler fiasco on Monday night prob ably marks the end of attempts to res urrect the fight game In Seattle or Its vicinity. The unfortunate Gans-Holly af fair of two years ago and more killed the game until Johnny Reid pulled off the bout between Abe Attell and Eddi9 Kelly at Sound Beach, Just across the Snohomish County line, a few week ago. That battle was far from being an overwhelming success. The boys fought, all right, and the fight was worth see ing, although the result, of course, was a foregone conclusion. But the crowd, a big crowd, too, was compelled to ride 15 miles in a stuffy train, scramble for a quarter of a mile over a badly-planked road, and after a fight to get through tha Improvised gate that reminded one- of nothing eo much as the traditional bargain-counter rush, had to double up on rough plank benches, whloh were built within a foot of the ground, so that one's legs were cramped till they had knots in them. To add to the discomfort, fully one-third of the spectators saw little of the fight by reason of the fact that tha ring was directly between them and the sun. But there are plenty of fight fans In Seattle and not less than 3500 attended. Reid had apparently caught the min isters and the law and order forces nap ping the first time, but when the Cullen Soaler affair was scheduled they were up and doing. The consequence was that the fighters and the small crowd were driven away from Sound Beach. The boat which carried the crowd scoured tha shore for possible fight fans and then, stood out Into the stream and the fight took place on board. There was no usa landing on Whidhy Island, as the au thorities of San Juan County were also on the lookout. A purse of a few hun dred dollars was made up by those aboard, and Ried refereed the affair, as he did the Kelly-Attell go. The result was indecisive and the la mentable affair of Monday night was the result. There Is all kinds of suspicion of Reid and Sammy McClintlc, his friend, who was also the ex-manager of Cullen. It is reported that McClintic was betting on Scaler and some of the fight fans think that the whole affair was jobbed. At any rate. It was miserably managed. The least Reid might have done, it la argued, was to have ascertained Cullen's determination not to light before the boat had made the trip to Langley and allowed the boat to return early in tho evening, instead of keeping half a hun dred men up the entire night. The en thusiasts who paid tS each for tickets and returned at 6 o'clock Tuesday morn ing with heavy eyes and a pardonablo wonder whether or not they would ever get their money back were sore, and had Reid. instead of scooting away to Everett, returned to Seattle with the crowd there might have been somo trouble. There Is no question that there is a large percentage of Seattle's population that would like to see the fight game revived. But the possibility of anything of this kind is extremely remote. There was a time when Seattle was free and easy and the city and county officials attended pugflietlc encounters en masse. But the wide open days are past and even If the officials were willing, with such a'ert opponents of the game as Rev. M. A. Matthews and others on guard, there Is small prospect of resurrecting pugilism on anything like a legitimate basis. BEAX TRACK TEAM MAN'AGEH Oregon Athletic Council Is Pleased With This Vear's Success. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., June 27. (Special.) Ormond R. Bean, '09, has been re-elected as track manager for the season of 1909 and Morgan Watson, '09, has been selected as baseball man ager. Fred Whittlesey. '10, has been, chosen as assistant football manager by the athletic council. Bean managed this) year's championship track team and Watson served during the season as as sistant baseball manager. Whittlesey is a Portland boy and a graduate of tha Portland Academy. Want Games for July 4. The crack Wabash independent team of Portland is desirous of arranging games for out of the city on July t anil 6. This clever team is capable of put ting up a splendid article of ball and has demonstrated its ability on numerous oc casions this season. C. Pembroke, of 31 Fremont street, is the manager of the team, and all communications sent to him will receive prompt attention. Ball Team May Visit Japan. SPOKANE, Wash., Juno 27. "Shorty" Hammerlund, a member of the base ball team of the University of Wash ington, states that it is practically as sured that the university team will go to Japan In August on invitation of Waseda University of Toklo to play about ten games with the college teams of that country. SEQUOIA FOREST STUDY Will Sparks is the artist whose study of a Sequoia forest appears as the frontispiece in the July Sunset. Aside from its merit as a painting. Its re production in royal colors is a triumph of the printers' art. Eye glasses $1.00. at Metze:er's 18-FT. 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