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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. AUGUST 23, 1905.
VEHICLES NEED
Many Up-to-Date Autos Seen on Streets of Portland
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Members Declare That Horse-Drawn
Wagons and Baggies With
out Lights Are Men
ace to Life.
At the next meeting of the City
Council the Automobile Club of Port
land will endeavor to have enforced
the ordinance requlrlsg buggies and
everv horse-drawn vehicle to have
liehted lamsi at night. Members of
the Automobile Club assert that it Is
equally as dangerous for horse-drawn
vehicles to proceed along a country
road at night, without lights, ss It Is
for automobiles, and some argue that
It is even more so. as the noise of an
automobile gives some warning of Its
SDProach.
While many laws are necessary to
protect the public from automobiles
and the enforcement of these laws Is
perfectly Just, at the same time tt is
agreed that there are a few restrictions
that should be put on the owners of
horees. This ordinance about showing
lights is one. Several instances have
been cited where automobllists in going
along a country road at night have
suddenly, without any warning, found
themselves practically on top of a
tiiicn filled with people, and an ac
cident has been narrowly averted.
The first inkling an automobile
driver has of the approach of a buggy
Is not until within twenty or thirty
feet of it and then be sees only
black mass. It would be a protection
not only to the automobllist but to the
drivers of horses, as well. If this or
dlnance were enforced, and It Is to be
hoDed that the City Council will b
made to See the danger and take steps
accordlna:lv.
One instance In particular Is told
of by an officer of the Automobile
Club. In which he and a party of
friends this week were traveling.
along the Base Line Road at night.
They noticed a coat and hat In the
road. They picked them up thinking
some one had dropped them from an
other automobile, and proceeded, . to
find about a mile down the road, a
buggy with two persons asleep In It.
The horse was going along at Its
leisure.
It teems only fair that wagons
should be made to come up to the
law In the matter of carrying lights
and It Is to be hoped that the Auto
mobile Club will be successful In Its
endeavor.
Plans for the proposed run by Auto
mobile Club members to Tillamook
next Saturday, which was erroneously
announced as being scheduled for yes
terday, are progressing favorably.
About twelve have sent In entries and
the tour seems assured of success.
The run Is a very pretty one of 138
miles and can be made easily in from
ten to twelve hours. Entries should
be sent to W. J. Llpman. secretary of
the Automobile Club.
John H. Scott, of Salem, president of
the Good Roads Association, will address
the members of the Portland Automobile
Club some time in the near future on the
progress being made toward the better
ment of the roads and plans for future
work.
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The Portland Auto Club will petition the
O. R. A. X. Railroad to put a bell at the
Falrvlew crossing on Sandy road. This Is
a much traveled highway and la especially
dangerous to autoists.
Altogether, counting In the '"buggy-mobiles."
there are 29 different makes of
autos purchasable for less than S1000 In
the United States. From J1000 to $3000
there are S3 different makes. From S30OO
to S30C4. more than 80. From 13000 to
. 68. From HOO0 to 15000, 46. From
35000 upward. 53. Six thousand dollars
may be set as the absolute limit in price
for American cars. In electric pleasure
vehicles there are 32 varieties, ranging
In price from 11350 to 34000, while the
commercial vehicle field now includes 40
gasoline cars from 36600 down to aa little
as JocO. and 14 electric trucks, wagons,
etc.. from one to five tons capacity.
New York City has 100 automobiles In
the service of the city officials. There
are eight used in the fire department alone,
one of these being a Baker electric spe
cially built to go 45 miles an hour.
It seems likely that International Road
Race for the grand prize of the Auto
mobile Club of America, to be held at
Savannah, Ga., on Thansksglvlr.g day,
November 26, will be as big an event and
perhaps of more importance than the
Vanderbilt race, which has heretofore
been the premier event In this country.
It seems that the American Automobile
Association in making the rules for the
Vanderbilt race the coming Fall saw fit
to change In some respects the rulings
as to weight of cars entered and dimen
sion of cylinders and this action makes
most of the European racers ineligible.
There is an international set of racing
rules which are supposed to be used in
all international contests of the nature of
the Vanderbilt cup race and grand Prix
and most of the foreign factories already
have racers built according to those rules
and had expected to use them in the Van
derbilt race. Now it is doubtful If many
of them will go to the extra expense of
building a car especially for the Van
derbilt race, and for this reason the Sa
vannah meet was gotten up. It will be
run under the international rules and bids
fair to eclipse the Vanderbilt race in the
number and prominence of Its entries.
The Savannah course is 26.73 miles long
and will be gone over 16 times, making
the distance of the race 400.66 miles. An
average speed of over 75 miles an hour
is predicted.
A six-cylinder Acme is the latest en
trant for the Vanderbilt cup race on
October 24. This makes four entries re
ceived so far, Robert Graves having en
tered a 120 horse-power Mercedes.
Jean Barrett, of Victoria. B. C. a full
blooded Indian, driving his 40 horse
power Studebaker, recently made a new
road record between Victoria, B. C. and
Seattle. Wash.
The Srt of the 1909 Packard cans to
arrive in Portland was seen on the streets
last week. The changes are very few
from last year's car and are hardly no
ticeable at a glance.
The crew of the Thomas car, the win
ner in the. New Tork-to-Parls auto race,
were given a royal welcome on their ar
rival in New Tork after their tour around
tha world.
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I tratlons shows Will F. Llpman.
secretary of the Portland Automo
bile Club, In his new six-cylinder Thomas
roadster. Mr. Llpman, while a very care
ful driver. Is a great race enthusiast, and
is doing a great deal of good for future
racing- in Portland. It was he who
brought up the question of holding races
at the Country Club on September 21, and
should the races be held it will be due to
Joe Thomas Admits Stanley Ketchel Is His Master
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Defeated Middleweight Concedes Superiority of Opponent Nolan May Manage McFarland Saa Francisco
Sporting Gossip.
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22. Speclal.)
Joe Thomas is now satisfied as to his
complete mastery by Stanley Ketch
el. the Michigan boy who in two years
climbed into the middle-weight cham
pionship and is already classed as one of
the best "light heavies" in the country.
It took four fights to satisfy Joe that
Ketchel knew what he' was talking
about when he said he could beat Thomas
any time they started, but their last
session, of a round and a third proved it,
even to the defeated scrapper.
"He can beat me any time," was the
statement that Thomas issued to the
press once he had recovered from the
effects of his beating.
That Is an acknowledgment you do not
often hear from any fighter, even though
he has been three times whipped, and it
goes far to establish the worth bf
Ketchel. His showing the other night
was marvelous and there are few who
have the nerva to do else than give the
champion full credit for what he accom
plished. Ketchel Shows His Speed.
In the flght he tore Into Thomas with
a ferocity that was bewildering. Evi
dently he had taken a lesson from body
punches that he has suffered at the
hands of Hugo Kelly, for instead of
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his Influence. The matter is under con
sideration now by the Country Club com
mittee and will be decided In the near
future,' when the work of building the
track has progressed a little further. The
car in the picture Is probably one of the
fastest In Portland, being capable of a
speed of 75 miles an hour. Should the
races be held at the Country Club on the
21st, it is probable that it would be one
of the entrants.
going to the head, as has been his cus
tom In the past, he devoted his attention
almost entirely to Thomas' body.
It was a succession of such punches,
so Thomas declared. that sapped his
strength. A right that sunk far Into the
body first dropped the Callfornlan. Then
a succession of left uppercuts once more
put Joe on the mat In the first round.
He was a beaten man when he went to
his corner and more treatment of the
a minute of the time had passed. The
same kind at the outset of the second
put an end to the flght before more than
police saved him when the seventh sec
ond was being counted, but he was ab
solutely out, as witness the 20 minutes
that it took to bring him back to a full
realization of his surroundings.
Incidents Prior to Fight.
There were many Incidents Just prior
to the fight Itself that indicated Thomas
did not feel altogether sure: that the
fight was wearing on his mind. He had
previously sent word that Ketchel must
not rub himself in oil, a practice in
which the champion had Indulged, as he
believes the blows slip off and he Is
saved from being cut up.
When they entered the ring Thomas
stepped to his opponent's corner, closely
examined the bandages about his hands
and looked at Ketchel's skin to see
whether there had been applied any oil.
Then he discovered a bandage wrapped
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In the second picture Miss Vera E.
Goodnough and party of friends are seen
In a Cadillac touring car. Although this
Is Miss Goodnough's first season driving
her own car, she drives almost daily
through Portland's busiest streets and
has already become an expert at hand
ling a car under all circumstances.
In the third picture is shown Mrs. Cal
vin S. White driving her Cadillac touring
car. Mrs. White is a very competent
driver, having had two years" experience.
loosely about Ketchel's right arm and
around the elbow.
"That's got to come oft," he said.
"I've stood for a good many things in
the past and I'm not going to be so easy
in the future."
"All right, Joe." replied Ketchel, as he
ripped off the offending bandage. "I've
got your goat, I see that. I Just wanted
to find out if you would kick. Now, I'll
go ahead and beat you all the quicker."
Which, as the record shows, ha pro
ceeded to do.
Champion Goes to Los Angeles.
What next? ia the natural question of
the flght fan, when speaking of Ketchel's
future movements. First of all, he will
go to. Los Angeles, where he hopes to
fight Billy Papke before the Jeffries Club
on Labor day. The forfeits are up, but
Papke is said to be protesting in regard
to the weight. If the Illinois man in
sists on the impossible and Ketchel can
not do better than 168 there will be no
fight. Then Ketchel will return to San
Francisco, take a trip Into the moun
tains and await the return of Heavy
weight Champion Tommy Burns.
Also After Tommy Burns.
Both Ketchel and his manager, Joa
O'Connor, think that Burns can be de
feated and they are hot after the match.
O'Connor, in particular, wants such a
fight made. Ha declares that ha will
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hound Burns into agreeing to such a
match and until the Canadian does ac
cept, Ketchel will go into every city and
hamlet of America that Thomas may
chance to visit.
Such a trip would afford vast amuse
ment for the general public and bring no
little advertising to me utsuieio u.
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However, it looks very much as if sucn
a flght will be arranged, aitnougn m
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v.i .',!, n tr, the nltch that it will
make a strong drawing card and mat
is sufficient Inducement for some one of
the promoters to put the matcn mroueu,
Nolan May Manage McFarland.
About the choicest fighting gossip of
the week was the story let loose mat
Packey McFarland would probably aitcn
Harry Gllmore as manager on his return
anil tnka tin with Billy IO Ian.
Nolan, who is living on his ranch at
Middletown, near Harbin Springs, came
to San Francisco for the express pur
pose of talking to McFarland and dis
cussing an offer to accept the manage-
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While it is understood that the propo
sition was left open, tnose wno an m
the know declare that Nolan can have
the management of McFarland if 'the
terms suit him.
McFarland is Inclined to blame Gll
more for his not being the lightweight
champion at the present time. He had
a chance to fight Gans before Nelson
signed but Gllmore thought the negro
too clever. Then along came the Dane
and grabbed the prize. Since then,
Packey has been nursing his wrath
and biding his time. It is said that his
haste to leave for Chicago was occas
ioned not so much by his desire to
reach home as to impart the news to
Gllmore that they would henceforth be
separated.
Nelson has taken up the battle and
declares that If Nolan manages McFar
land, he will never, no never, give
Packey a chance at the title. This
threat, however, does not worry those
who are boosting Nolan as manager,
as they say public opinion will demand
that the men be matched.
Gans and Nelson Here.
Gans and Nelson, as well as Attell
and Moran are in the thick of training
for their fights that will take place
in September. Both the ex-lightweight
champion and the holder of the title
will do their first boxing Sunday and
keep it up until a couple of days be
fore the fight, Gans didn't do any
boxing for his other fight, but this
time has two sparring partners, in ad
dition to Attell. who has secured quar
ters in the same camp.
In spite of all the boosting that he
has been getting, Gans doesn't look
any too well and it would not surprise
me to see Nelson lay him low inside
of 10 rounds this time.
No New From Ewlng.
J. Cal Ewing was expected to re
lease some news about an eight team
league on his return from the North
west, but so far he has been decidedly
mysterious in regard to the result of
his mission. The best you can get out
of him Is a statement that he must
see Berry and other directors of the
league before entering Into an ex- I
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planatlon of what the Pacific Coast
league plans.
As was mentioned in a dispatch the
first part of the week to the Oregonlan,
Walter McCredie is far from being
satisfied with the proposition to put
a team in Venice, in order to give
continuous ball to Los Angeles.
"I don't care what they do,' he re
marked. "Portland can go Into the
Northwest league. If necessary."
Then he modified this statement. He
said that he was willing to abide by
what the league might do, but he felt
sure that when it came to making a
schedule he was certain they would real
ize the impossibility of annexing Venice.
He said to do so would make it neces
sary for a team to Jump direct from
Portland to Los Angeles and that the
railroad fares would be too much. Walter
also imparted the news that there ta con
siderable rivalry and no little feeling as
to who is to have the Venice franchise
and that Berry has practically wiped
his hands of the whole matter.
Zelder Is Also Sold.
Danny Long sold another player the
first of the week. He is Rollle zeiaer,
rated one of the fastest shortstops in the
West and easily able to take care of him
self In major league company, welder,
like Sutor, goes to the Chicago Americans.
Instead of taking money, however, the
San Francisco club is to have the pick
of three men after Comiskey starts his
Spring training trip next year. Long
argues that he needs players far more
than the club needs the money and that
such a deal will prove advantageous.
Angrels Figure to Win.
I don't like to discourage the Portland
fans who may be bent on winning the
pennant, but It looks to a man up a tree
as If the Los Angeles club will win the
pennant thte year with the same ease
that it did last. The Beavers may take
a Jump to the front when they go home
for their last Ave weeks, but tne worn
muters are too badly disorganized to give
any club In the league serious opposition.
If they play their usually consistent ball
the Angels are bound to stay out in front,
although the fight for second place bias
fair to be a good one, with Oakland hope
lessly outdistanced.
Van Haltren has done everything he
could think of to cause a break In the
luck, but it has been to no avail. He
has switched his infield around, daily.
but the hoodoo still pursues him. Just
for example, Slattery was hit on the
head by a pitched ball and van had to
borrow Catcher Mickey La Longe for
the balance of the season. Then Dea
con Wright, the star pitcher, who had
Just recovered from a sickness, sprained
his thumb, and Miller, lnnelder, turned
his ankle. But that's the way things
coma in baseball.
Some Gaudy Baseball Uniforms.
All of you Portland fans know Mike
Fisher and about his plans to take a
team to the Orient this year. Mike is
unique and startling, If tiresome at times
in the conversational line, and In evolv
ing a uniform scheme, he certainly has
the world beat. He told the uniform man
that he wanted something gaudy, and
there Is no question of the dazzling ef
fect. Just listen to this! The suits will be
white.. Across the breast will be em
blazoned the name of the club, "Reach
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T A V E R N
A charming place to
spend the evening. All
th e delicacies of t h
season, prepared by 4
chef "who knows how."
Excellent serv Ice.
Reached by a delightful into
ride of seven miles, or. If
you prefer, by Astoria trains..
Car $4200 .
All Americans." In the center will be
a large baseball and, if space permits,
the American, Japanese and Chinese flags
in colors are to be used. On the sleeve
will be an American shield and the coats
will be red, white and blue stripes run
ning up and down.
Chandler In San Francisco.
"Weary" Chandler, who played end for
the University of Oregon and last season
was with Multnomah for four games,
passed through San Francisco this week
on his way to Arizona, where he will get
Into the mining business. Having grad
uated from the mining department of the
University of Oregon and being a full
fledged mining engineer, he explains that
he wants to see how much he really
knows. Like all other Portlanders when
they strike San Francisco, he was pres
ent at several games during the week.
Bellah Tells of Treatment.
Sam Bellah Is the first to give by word
of mouth the experiences of the Ameri
can athletes who attended the Olymplo
games. Bellah, who Is the Stanford
pole vaulter, reached th city the first
of the week. In addition to a big boost
for Forrest Smithson, he has explained
In an Interesting fashion many of the
incidents.
The facts of the 400-meter race, as
given by Bellah, plainly show that Car
penter, of Cornell, and his team mate.
Robbing, of Tale, were robbed of the
honor of winning the race by the In
furiated English officials.
Aluminum Is now compounded with mag
nesium to form maffnallum, a new alio,
which is almost unaffected by damp air,
water, gaseous ammonia, carbonic acid and
most organic acids'. It can be cast in the
liquid condition, like pure aluminum, and
the castings can be machined, acquiring a
smooth, mirror-like surface.
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Monogram Oil Panhard Oil
Witherbee Storage Batteries
Jones Speedometers
Weed Chains and
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