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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1908)
CLUBS TAKE UP DOOR SPORTS Gymnasium Games Will Now Vie With Football for Popular Favor. ACTIVITY AT MULTNOMAH Large Squads Are Practicing Daily at Basketball, Handball. Wrest ling and Boxing for Contents Daring the Winter Months. T TV J. TETKAIX. The clone of the baseball season and the approach of the period when the Vnlghts of the gridiron occupy the arena brlns; to mind the fact that the opening of the indoor athletic season la at hand. Basketball, boxing, wrest ling, gymnastics and the other sports held under roof can now he expected to enjoy popularity until the warmth of Spring causes the athletes to seek the outer air again. Among the Winter sports football naturally attracts the greater amount of attention. This Is clue to two rea sons. First. It is an outdoor spirt, and second. It represents the Intense plrlt of college life, for football Is the foremost game at all big universities. Both Kindt of Football. The evolution of football, like most of the modern games, presents some thing new each year. It Is a game that arouses the keenest Interest dur ing the period It enjoys popularity, yet cannot be said to possess the at tractiveness of baseball. This Win ter Portland Is to be extensively en tertained by the American college game, as well as by the old English same of association football. It Is safe to arsume that both games will prove popular with the public, al though the collegiate brand will en Joy the better patronage because the public is not familiar with the English same. Intercollogiate football now com prises a game that Is greatly devoid of the roughness that so marred its popularity a few years back. The mass plays wherein men were often In jured, have, to a large extent, been eliminated, and the game is now prac tically free from this feature, so 'dan Serous to the participant. Despite Its modification, the game has not been trimmed of any of Its attractiveness, and furnishes enough enthusiasm to last the fanatics who follow this sport the balance of the Winter season. Manager Martin Pratt and Captain JMowdln Stott are working like trojans to whip a successful team In line for the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, and. Judging by the enthusiastic man ner In which their efforts are being backed up. It is safe to presume that they will be successful. .Many Candidates for Teams. In addition to football, Multnomah ex pects to shine at basketball, handball, gymnastics and other Indoor sports. The basketball players have received and answered the first call of the sea son In the most flattering manner. Candidates galore have enrolled as prospective members of the team, and lively competition can be expected when Manager James S. McCord picks his men for the senior live which will represent Multnomah in the struggle for the supremacy of the Pacific Northwest. Bellinger. Tom and A. O. Jones. Mor ris Dunne and other members of the club's handball contingent are getting ready for a gruelling season. In addi tion, a large number of recruits are taking up this pastime with a view of giving the stars of past seasons a run for the honors. The knights of the cue and green cloth are also awakening to the call of the Indoor season. Most of the ex perts are practicing daily in order to be In fine condition for the annual competition for the club prizes offered In the Millard and pool tourneys. The Multnomah bowlers are also alive to the situation, and Superin tendent Woodward la being kept busy nightly supplying each department with the required apparatus and at tendants. It is the busy season of the year, and this can best be testified to by anyone who has had occasion to visit the club during the past two weeks. Business Men at Play. t'pstalrs. away from the social rooms, can be found the gymnasium, where there Is always a bunch of athletes at work at some piece of apparatus. In the evening the gymnasium Is not always s active as in ttic forenoons and after noons when the instructors have charge of the several classes, but the wrestlers, boxers and apparatus men can be found there at all hours. An Interesting feature of the gym nastic work Is business men's class. In this class is enrolled many of the prom inent business men of Portland. They assemble at the Multnomah Club at stip ulated periods each week and are put through a course of health-giving, whole aome exercises under the direction of Professor Robert Krohn. This class Is now one of the largest in the Multnomah Club, and a visit to the gymnasium on a Tuesday afternoon about 6 o'clock will prove most surprising, as well as in structive to the average citizen. Many a business man reaps great benefit from devoting a few hours each week to the exercises prescribed by Professor Krohn. Wrestling Instructor O'Connell ts mak ing wonderful progress with a large num ber of new aspirants for honors on the mat. and Professor Fred Rennick hae his customary large class of young hope futa who aspire to honors in fisticuffs. Between the boxing and wrestling classes the club instructors have all they can handle, and It may be necessary before the season advam-ee much further, for assistants to be secured to handle the overflow candidates. And the Multnomah Club is not the only pla.-e to witness the indoor activity in Portland, for there are several other institutions that foster athletic where similar scenes are to be witnessed. Other Clubs Also Active. The various classes at the Toting Men's Christian Association are well under way. and before the present month is gone, several of the gymnastic teams at that Institution will be ready to give public demonstrations. The Y. M. C. A. fosters all branches of Indoor athletics, and has been noted in the past for the capabilities of the basketball teams which have rep resented that institution. The associ ation hopes for similar success this sea son, but Is not devoting its energy to that sport aione. for other branches are being similarly developed- The Catholic Young Men's Club, a new ly organized athletic Institution at Wil liams avenue and Morris street, is prepar ing to enter the athletic field in every sjepartment. The new club ha a lax membership at present and is growing dally. This organization already has a football squad at practice, and expects to play an inaugural game in the very near future. Competent coaches and trainers have been engaged, and a most successful season is expected. In addition to the above-named insti tutions there are a number of other ath letic organizations where different branches of sports are specialized. For instance, there is Tommy Tracy's box ing school, where young men and boys, anxious to learn the fistic art. receive the attention of a former world's cham pion. In addition to these private institution there is the Interaebolastic League, composed of the various public and pri vate educational institutions in Portland. The lads affiliated with the different ath letic teams of these institutions have heretofore succeeded in presenting first class football and gymnastic teams in the annual Winter competitions, and can be expected to repeat their past successes during the approaching season. Purtland sport lovers will not lack for suitable amusement during the coming Winter. UIC THUS AT WORK FIRST GAME OF INTKRSCHOLAS TIC REASON' OCTOBER 21. Contest on Mu(tnoruah Field Will Be Between Hill Military and the West Side High School. With the opening game only a few weeks off, the football teams In the in terscholastle league, have been practicing since the opening day of school, and at all of the schools enthusiasm ts running high. The season will commence Wed nesday. October 21, when the East Side High School will line up against the Portland Academy team. All of the in terscholastlc games will be played on Multnomah field. Hill Military Academy. At Hill Military Academy football prac tice is being continued with unabated vigor and Coach Latourette ts fairly well pleased with the progress the cadets are making. Contrary to first Indications, the blue and the white team will be consider ably lighter than It has been for many a season. Shearer, last year's heavy guard and center, has fallea to return and Silles another candidate for the line, has found it too difficult to continue his stu dies at the academy and has Joined the ranks of the Oregon Agricultural College. Captain Graham may be shifted to one of the tackle positions, which seems to suit him better than his old position, where he made his reputation. This change seems a pity for Graham was a cracking good guard and made his side of the line almost impregnable. Donason. another star man has been shifted to fullback, which deprives the line of considerable strength and beef. Seymour Graham who subbed last year In several games, has returned to school and Is back at his old position at tackle. This leaves Manager Carruthers. Hutton, Wurswelter. Jameson. Troy and Swennis. a newcomer, to tight It out among them selves as to whom will be chosen for the three center positions. They are a light bunch, but are all aggressive players. Carruthers and Wurtxwelter are showing up good at practice and will probably make the team. There seems to. be no lack of promising ends. Phren and Holly McGulre. two unusual ly fast men, are rounding into shape and will soon be able to fill their places In a satisfactory manner. Snipes. Westbrook and Hinks are working hard to make the team, and two more fast men are ex pected to enter the academy this week. Buzz" Hughes is trying out for quar. terbark. while Hinks who has had some previous experience, will make a valu able substitute. The back field already strong with Donason, Hill, and Mays, has been considerably strengthened by the ai rival of Harry Meier, whose work on the West Side High School team is highly recommepdable. When looking back over the list of th cadet players, the prospects for a winning team are very bright. The team will be lighter by 10 pounds to the man. than it was last season, but the cadets hope to balance this loss by greater speed. This year's eleven will be selected from the best element of the student body. Nearly every player Is a member of the senior class and must maintain a high standing in order to be permitted to play on the varsity." Glen Scott, who was formerly a University of Oregon star, and now a member of the faculty, at the Academy, has taken the second team In hand and Is getting it into shape. Dally scrimmage practice between the first and second team has begun and will be continued until the season opens. The first practice game the cadets will play will probably be with the Vancouver High School at Vancouver in the near future. Portland Academy. Portland Academy Is beginning the sea son with the largest football squad In its history. More than 40 men are on the training list' and Coach Thorne has his hands full looking after such a large bunch, but has confidence in the boys and expects to turn out a winning team. L?n ard. last year's center has returned to school and Is slated for his old position. Summers and Xorris. who were also mem bers of last year's team, have turned out and will probably play In the back field. Among the new men Nelson and Hues ner are showing up well at practice. Brace, who played with the West Side High School last season, has entered the Academy and is trying for a halfback position. Cookingham. who played on last vears second team is trying out for a position on the line, and Buehner. another second team man. Is trying out for end, and mav be able to make the team. A captain " will be elected some time this week. Columbia Vnlversity. During the past week the football squad at the Columbia Vnlversity was consid erably strengthened by the return of Hare and Pomeroy. two members of last year's team. Pomeroy will play left half, and Hare will be found at center. Per kins, a now man who was making good in the line, was Injured In a scrimmage and will probably be out of the game for the remainder o. the season. Scrimmage work has not been Indulged In as much as Coach Moores would like, for the gridiron Is still hard, and serious injury would likely result. Qulnn and CSrussi. last year's tackles have not returned to school, but Billdeaux and Dooley arc showing up fairly well In their rlaces. but are handicapped by the lack of weight and experience. Punt ing practice has been carried on to some extent, and there is great possibility of Columbia excelling In this line of the game. Dooley sends the pigskin at an average of 40 yards, while Ennis and Kel leher will average from 30 to 36 yards. Six of last year s team are out in suits and this greatly Increases Columbian prospects for a championship team. West Side High School. The West Side High School's football team is practicing every afternoon on Multnomah field, and the prospects for a winning team were never brighter than they are this season. Captain Newton Smith is enthusiastic over the material on hand. Another cause for rejoicing is the signing of Dave Jordan, a former Mult nomah star, as coach. Jordan is one of the best football players on the Coast and will no doubt turn out a team that will make an enviable record. The taxable valuation of Gattirie. the cap ital of Oklahoma, is IJ.XX1.000. as agalaft HAT F DOZEN FANCY HUNTERS FROM VANCOUVER, B. G, TO BE ENTERED IN PORTLAND HORSE SHOW WITH 12 MEMBERS OF VANCOUVER COMING TO EXHIBITION, LOCAL HUNT CLUB PREPARATIONS TAKING SHAPE J! fk ' . J - c ' 1 . ... 1 lit. i . : Sit 1 aN lyres OF THCa TSti EIO-.TBAMJ TO TAKE. JFV KT JWJTH El HLO A1 E, OiHOW FAKS NOT WORRIED It &rt--id fc.,h-f ;f j1' ill izf y . ' ' - - ' - vi J . " 1 .LvxMsMsHH the printer, the officials found it im possible to delay the work of getting the entries Into the hands of te printer any longer. The catalogue this year will be gotten up as nearly like the one used at Madison-equare Garden as possible and will be an Im provement over last year s. Because the workmen were delajed In getting the show ring at the Oriental building ready as early as they prom ised, the ring has not been prepared for schooling. The finishing touches were completed last night and tomorrow the ring will be ready for use. Special hours will be given to the various classes and from now on until a day before the show opens, the show ring will be at the disposal of the riders and drivers. The high school class of 24 riders will use the ring for drill pur poses and the two pushball teams de vote several hours a day to practlco. Keen" interest is being taken by the various members of the two pushball teams for to the winning four will go four handsome Individual cups. It win be a match that will be played for blood and nothing like the silly at tempt at the game put up by Buffalo Bill s riders. Because of the great demand for INFORMATION was received yester day bv T. S. McGrath, president of the Portland Hunt Club, that 12 members of the Vancouver (B. C.) Hunt Club would visit Portland during the horse show, October 15, 16 and 17, and with them they would bring half a dozen of the crack hunters owned by the club members. The Vancouver hunters have been entered in the vari ous hunting classes In the horse show and w-ill be ridden by the Vancouver members. The Vancouver contingent will be headed by J. A. Russell, presi dent of the Vancouver Hunt Club and president of the Vancouver Horse Show Association, and the other visitors will be S. W. Roundsell. Mrs. Cecil Smith, Miss Annie N. Smith, Miss Babel Smith. T. J. Smith. Winston R. Smith, D. Thomas Tees, who was one of the Judges at the Seattle horse show, E. R. Ricketts, W. S. Holland, T. A. See and Mr. Gilbert. The telegram announcing that the Vancouver Hunt Club would be repre sented at the Portland horse show, was received with considerable satisfaction by the officials of the Portland Hunt Club. Their presence will add a great deal of Interest to the show and the' performance of the hunters they will bring with them will be watched closely by the local riders. Among the crack mounts that the Vancouver cross-country hunters will bring over with them are St. Louis, Don Pedro, Goldcrest, Starlight and several others. A number of the hunters have won rib bons at Vancouver. . and at the recent horse show at Seattle and New W rat minster. The Vancouver entries reached the Hunt Club rooms yesterday morning and in the same mall came those of J. D. Farrell. Mr. Farrell's entry will consist of his erratic high Jumper, Fox Catcher, whose performance here last year was such a disappointment. Since Fox Catcher was shown here, Mr. Far rell has been lucky In securing the services of a crack steeplechase Jockey and Fox Catcher Jumps for him kindly. The big brown timber topper has quieted down wonderfully and under the skilful horsemanship of his rider. Fox Catcher takes his fences like a gentleman, and no longer tries to kill himself and his rider as well. His Jumping at Seattle was by long odds a g 1 ; iL SbiS M? - " tile V v in -K-WX-xf-r- 1 -.v - ssss -V ,t V ' lilt - 1 ,tJ:' t-fi-" if- - jtc?r ef?ooKEi ok MOB VEWKMl feature of the show. In 'addition to Fox Catcher. Mr. Farrell is sending to the show his very showy tandem. Merry Widow and Premier. The ship ment will include a splendid team of Shetland ponies. They will be shown by Miss Helen Wade worth Farrell. Miss Farrell will ride and drive her ponies. lui working; until lonx after mid night. President McGrath and Judge a F. Kramer, together with several other of the Hunt Club officials, the large entry list was classified and got ten ready for the printer. When the catalogue is Issued a number of would be exhibitors will be disappointed, for thev delayed sending In their entries until too late. Those that were re- Have No Fears for Sunday Ball in Portland. SPOKANE IS OVERANXIOUS ceived up until midnight of Octobe were accepted, but as the entry had to be closed and in the bands r 1 I boxes, list I build te of ' will be the Hunt Club has decided to ten boxes additional. These hoxes the best in the show. Critics, I'ndcr Impression That This City Intends to Join Northww League, Bewail Effect of Blue Laws. BY W. J. PETRA1X. Already the Spokane critics are be ginning to bewail the fact that Port land is about to enter the Northwest League and is to be deprived of Sunday baseball. On the ground that Sunday ball is to be stopped here, Spokane does not want Portland in that leagi:e. Who ever informed the Spokane critics that Portland was about to enter the North west League or that this city was about to be deprived of Sunday baseball? It seems that the critics of Bill Lucas' home burg are enjoying a most whole some trance. As far as 'Portland Is concerned, she is not worrying In the least over the pros pect of Sunday closing of baseball., and furthermore, there Is about as much chance of this city becoming affiliated with a Northwest League next season as that the New York American League will play off the world's championship with the National League winner this year. The fans of Portland have been cla moring for a Pacific Coast League that would Include Seattle, Taroma and Spo kane, but this fact should not cause the apostles of tho National game in the Falls City to imagine for one moment that Portland hopes to entertain the class of baseball presented by William H. Lucas, D. E. Dugdale. et al. The reason Portland desires Seattle and the other Washington towns in an all coast league is because Portland stands for the betterment of the sjiort. The article of ball furnished by the Pacific Coast League Is far superior to tho brand dished out in the Northwestern League, and it is for the purpose of pleasing the fans of those cities as well as the ones at home that Judge W. W. McCredie bad advocated an extension of the Pacific Coast League territory. This will naturally be resented by the scribes of the Northwest league, who have be come imbued with the Idea that the Lucas-Dugdale organization 18 as fast as the Coast League. Perhaps they can cite some figures to show that it is, and If they can Uiey will prove themselves wonderful experts on the game. As an argument to the contrary, let us compare the records of some of their star players who were drafted by the Pacific Coast League last Fall. How many of these players made good? Only one. For instance, Phil Dellar. the star twlrler of last season's Tacoma club, tried his hand with Oakland. Result a miserable failure. "Dutch" Altman, the crack inflelder and heavy batter of the Spokane club, was another failure with Oakland. Altman's heavy hitting, for which he was drafted by Oakland, fell off frightfully against the pitchers of the class seen in this company. The only Northwestern Leaguer who has suc ceeded In holding a berth in the Pacific Coast League Is "Slim" Nelson, now with Oakland, who has displayed a little class. On the other hand, look at the records made by Bnnon Califf, Bud Pernoll and Charlie Moore, the ex-Portland players who helped Aberdeen climb from a hope lessly last place to a position of some prominence in the race. Perhaps the Seattle and Spokane clubs can deny this, but if so they will have to do some tall Juggling of facts and figures. Then again there are Dugdale's ball tossers, who, the fat man stated at the first of the season, were without peers In minor leagues. Emil Frisk, Pug Ben nett, Bill Coy, etc. Where did they land Dug's team? All of these men had been cast off by St. Paul, of the Ameri can Association, and if they were not good enough for that club, which fin ished at the bottom, what chance would any of them have in the Pacific Coast League? When the Northerners argue class for their present organization, and endeavor to belittle Portland, they are making a most foolish assertion. Portland, through Judge McCredie, will fight it out with the Callfornians this Winter in an effort to secure classy base ball for her Northern neighbors. With this in prospect, it would seem much more reasonable on the part of the scribes of Seattle. Spokane and Tacoma If they would take up boosting instead of endeavoring to knock at this stage of the game. Portland will have a hard battle on hand in endeavoring to convince the Cal ifornia moguls that it Is inadvlsnble to grant continuous baseball to Henry Berry, or to take in Sacramento, with out having to settle the controversy with a cross-fire from the northern end of the circuit. As tp Sunday baseball, there is no use worrying over thac at present, for all question as to its legality will be defi nitely determined before the Winter Is over. The fans do not believe that Sun day ball Is in danger In Portland. Legislation Against Opium. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Renewed ef forts are to be made at the coming ses sion of Congress, which will receive the hearty Indorsement of the Ad ministration, to secure legislation to restrict the importation of opium into the United States. Dr. Hamilton Wright, one of the American Commis sioners to the International Opium Con vention at Shanghai next January, left Washington last night for the West, preparatory to sailing to China, October 20. Before sailing he will conduct In quiries into the extent of the opium traffic in Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle. Spend the Winter at DEL MONTE CALIFORNIA The Paradise of the Paciiic. 125 miles south of San Francisco. Affords every facility for golf, tennis, riding, driving, motoring, and all other sports, under ideal conditions. Superb climate ; beau tiful scenery. Every luxury and convenience of the best city ho tels. Stopover privileges on all through railroad tickets. Illustrated literature on request. H. E. WARNER, Manager. A
