The Sunday Oregonian., November 08, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 7, Image 43

TTIE SODAY OREGONIAX. POKTLAXD, X OTEMB EK 8, - 19Q3.
ELECTION BOOMS
AUTO BUSINESS
Dealers Feel Confident
Large Trade Now That
Taft Is Elected.
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INCREASE SIZE OF ORDERS
Telegraph to Fa (-tori rs to Rwh
Shipments and Add to Number of
Cars Ordered Outlook of
Season for This Year.
That th election of Taft will bav a
d-tddly beneficial effct on th auto
mobile butlnna of the Northwest 1
manifest from the glowing accounts
given by local dalers of their plana for
the coming year. Everything waa at a
st.m'istlll for weeks before the election
and. lih the exception of a few sales
of new models, there was nothing doing
of any account In the automobile busi
ness. Naturally the election of Taft was
looted forward to with the expectation of
an Immediate renewal of Interest by the
automohlle-buylng public and now that
he hopd for has been accomplished and
all Indications point to prosperity, no one
js better pleased or will benefit more than
the men who have their money tied up In
th automobile business. Agents from
surrounding towns have been flocking to
Portland since election, eager to get their
ordera in for more cars than had been
contracted for and the bigger dealers of
Tot Hand, through whom they buy. are
wiring Fst for earlier deliveries and In
some cases for more cars.
H. M. Covey, who handles the Cadillac
and Pierce Arrow for the state of Ore
gon, predicts one of the biggest years the
business has ever known. He has sold
cars and opened agencies In Medford,
CJrants Pans. Roseburg. Eugene. McMlnn
vllle. Hood River and La Grande. Speak
ing of the sales for tho Cadillac Thirty,
which has made such a stir In the auto
mobile world, he says:
We have contracted for 150 of these
ears and from present Indications will
have them all sold long before the Sum
mer months set In. Sixty ordera have
already been placed conditional to dem
onstration and now that the first car has
come we will have a chance to show the
automobile enthusiasts what It Is pos
sible to build for 11550."
The new Cadillac looks all that Its
makers claim for It and should prove an
able successor to the popular 10a model.
H. C. Tyler, of the Studebaker Com
pany, says that a great number of peo
ple have been holding off from buying
cars until after election and he expects
business to pick up quickly now. The
company expects to sell 505 of the much
advertised E. M. F. cars and 100 of the
larger Studebaker models. The latter has
made Itself very popular In Portland the
cast year.
H. Keats a few weeks before elec
tion made a trip through Northern Ore
gon and Washington only to find that
the attitude of his agents and the auto
mobile buying public was to wait until
after election. One deal In particular of
Importance was held up. pending the
election of Taft. That was In Spokane,
where three capitalists promised to put
a large amount of monev Into the auto
mobile business should Taft be elected.
They would do nothing definite until then,
and had Bryan been elected, would have
hesitated In investing their money. As
It Is Mr. Keats Is In Spokane now and
expects to close the deal.
The number of entries received for the
grand prise race at Savannah on Thanks
giving day is now past the score mark
and everything points to this being the
biggest racing event ever held In Amer
ica. Three Flats, three Italas. three Deus.
two Mercedes, two Clement Bayards, one
De Petrirh. two Renaulta. one B. L M..
one Locomobile, one Matheson. one Acme
and one Loxier form the list and all the
tars are specially built racers of new
design.
W. A. Gill, driver, and Emll Fehr.
mechanic, drove 3 miles one election
ay In a Chalmers Detroit. They started
at o'clock In front of The Oregonlan
bunding and ran out the different roads
(bout Portland and around town until,
at : o'clock U miles had been regis
tered on the speedometer. About 1 miles
to a gallon of gaaollne waa averaged
and but one quart of water used.
The Long Island Motor Parkway. Inc..
tnnouncea a series of speed triala against
time to be held on Its new course follow
ing the grand prlxe race at Savannah.
The date selected Is December 6, about
len days after the Savannah meet, which
rill give time for tuning up the ma
Shines aartlclpattng In that event. The
tourse will be the straight stretch In
Tront of the grandstand, and the dis
tances will be one kilometre, one mile and
two miles.
SINGLE COACH RUNS TEAM
Handles Dartmouth Eleven With
System All His Own.
HANOVER. X. ST Oct. SI. It is at
Ihls stage of the season that football
Idvlsera and football coaches, with their
sesson's work practically completed, sit
back and discuss the various theories
practiced by themaelves and their rivals
In an effort to develop a championship
team. In other words, on all sides one
hears the discussion of which "system"
Is the best.
During the past five years the football
teams of Dartmouth College have been
well up among the leaders of the coun
try. They have met successfully some
of the teams of the larger Institutions,
ind have shown clearly that the Dart
mouth system is well worth noticing. It
Is a system founded In the days of tha
great McComack. whose old tattered
rreen sweater is today worn by the
Dartmouth captain when he runs upon
the field for the preliminary practice of
the big game of the season. The old
sweater la supposed to bring good luck,
and Is always greeted with cheers by
the Dartmouth supporters.
And so because of Dartmouth's suc
cess In the past. It is of interest to
Ftudy the system which she has used.
The first point which strikes the on
looker of a Dartmouth practice Is the
ttnall number of coaches on the field.
Many. If not all. of the leading colleges
have an army of coaches, but at Dart
mouth It a "one-man" system.
The Dartmouth coach is elected by the
Dartmouth Athletic Council to coach the
team. He Is allowed two assistants.
Shorn he selects. During the season ha
has former Dartmouth stars visiting off
r.d on. but these men do no coaching.
They watch the team work out and after
practice consult with the coach on the
progress made and on any email points
where they believe the methods could be
n proved.
But It Is the head coach who does the
najor part of the work He has a tratn
ir of the men. who looks after their
physical condition, but on his shoulders
to a great extent rests the responsibility
of turning out a well-balanced and well
developed team. He not only plans the
defense and offense, hut he Is the active
man on the field. He will spend ten
minutes with the linemen, hla personal
ity felt by every man. Later he will
leave them to the care of an assistant
and will be watching the ends as they go
down the field under punts and will
tell the half-backs how to stop them.. A
few seconds later he will call sharply
across the field to some man who is
loafing In some manner. Soon he will
be with the backs, who are learning to
watch the ball, until It Is passed, then
to And a hole In the line, at the same
time taking the ball from the quarter
back. He has about two hours' work
with the men each day, but in those
two hours he does a full day's work of
an ordinary man.
Dartmouth's men report one week be
fore college opens for their first prac
tice. They know that the early bird
has a better opportunity than some of
the later ones and they usually return
fully a week ahead of the opening of
Iartmouth Hall. This year Dartmouth
had 100 candidates, one of the largest
squads In the country, although the
registration is only about 1300.
The work of the first three weeks Is
elementary, for the men must know the
fundamentals before they can take up
tha finer playing of the new . football.
In these first weeks of practice the men
are drilled In the art of blocking a man;
that Is, the method of stopping a man
who Is attempting to get the man carry
ing the ball.
Every man must also learn how to
stand on the offense as well as the de-
BASEBALL PLAYERS
HIBERNATION
Season Sinks Into Past and
Men Go to Their Win
ter Quarters.
WHAT FANDOM IS SAYING
Prospects of Two Teams Here Next
Season Three Pennant Chasers
Decline Berths on Reach
Ail-American Team.
BT W. J. PETRAIM.
The baseball season of 190T is a
whom are In the California outlaw
league, will decorate Portland uni
forms on the Portland Northwestern
club.
So many rumors going the rounds,
plus the fact that the California
scribes are taking the matter serious
ly, seems to lend some color to the
story. If such an arrangement Is per
fected It Is not altogether Improbable
that It would prove successful. for
Portland Is as capable of maintaining
two clubs as Is Los Angeles, and in
the present instance would not be
compelled to support two Class A
clubs, as will the Angel City, for the
Northwest club would bo a Class B
organization.
Thus It will be seen that Portland. In
the event of such an arrangement,
would have the better of the argument
both In matter of variety and ex
pense. Represented In two leagues,
this city would see much more base
ball than would the California cities
with continuous baseball. Portland
would witness the playing of at least
twelve different clubs, as each league
will be composed of at least six clubs.
According to the speculative rumors
going the rounds the Pacific Coast
League is to have a circuit consisting
of Portland, San Francisco, Oakland.
Sacramento, Los Angeles and Venice,
the latter town to act In the same ca
pacity to Los Angeles as does Oak
land to San Francisco. The rumor has
It that the Northwestern circuit will
comprise Portland. Seattle, Tacoma,
Spokane. Vancouver, B. C, and pos
sibly Aberdeen, although It Is not cer
tain yet that the latter town will again
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O. A. C FOOTBALL TEAM HVTHICH W1LX MEET WHITMAN COLLEGE HOVEMBER 11.
fense. He must know how to start when
the ball Is snapped. Dartmouth believes
In a low charging line. They must,
when on the offense, get their hands on
a man, shove him out of the way and
thus reach the runner. To aid In this
they use the charging machine. The
men are lined up In front of a
wooden, frame on rolls. Two men are
placed on the sled-like arrangement so
that there will be a weight to withstand
the charging of the men. One man
stands behind the machine In view of
the linemen and when he raises the ball
from the ground the men charge at'the
machine. By this method the men learn
to charge with their bodies parallel to
the ground, but with their heads up.
In these first weeks of practice every
man must learn how to hold the ball
when running. The backfleld men must
also learn how to hold their bodies when
hitting the line. The men are shown
where they must stand when on the de
fense. In fact, so well worked out Is the the
ory of how the game should be played
that every man has a definite place to
occupy for every play and at each time
during the play. One of the methods of
drilling the men Is to discharge a re
volver In the midst of a play. At the
crack of the gun every man halts In
his tracks snd woe be to him who Is
not In the place he should be. In the
new game brains count as much as
brawn and the men are made to realize
this. The man who. In open play while
carrying the ball, can elude his tacklera
Is a valuable man to the team. He must
be able to dodge. To aid in this sweaters
are placed on the ground at Intervals,
and a man running with the ball has a
drill In dodging between them while
running at full speed. Later men are
substituted for the sweaters, and then
the tacklera get as much practice as
tha men running with the ball.
Starting of Real Work.
By the close of the first three weeks
the squad Is cut to 60 men and the real
work starts. The men are not given
much practice In falling on the balL
In the dummy practice the men are
shown how to tackle, but do not have
much actual practice. Dartmouth says
It la far better to show a man how a
thing should be done and then let him
practice on a player. He Is told to
down a man and If he falls he goes to
the second team.
Dartmouth believes that It Is far
better to play a man who Is in good
physical condition than It Is to play
a star player whose condition Is not of
the best. It Is an Invariable' rule that
at Dartmouth an Injured man Is given
a complete lay off from work until
completely recovered from his Injury.
One of the strongest features of the
Dartmouth system Is that the men
grow to know the coaches personally.
They feel no .hesitancy about talking
over their work with them, and are
often able to tell the coaches the weak
points In the play of their fellows whs
are lined up against them. I
thing of the past, the players have
gone into Winter quarters, and the
fans have "almost" forgotten the re
sults of the many exciting contests of
the past year. Three members of Mc
Credle's band of pennant chasers have
returned to Portland for the Winter,
and two of these had the presumption
to hand Mike Fisher a Jolt by refusing
to consider his offer of berths on the
Reach AU-Amerlcan team, which sailed
for the Orient last Tuesday.
Casey. Johnson and Bassey are the
trio of baseballists who have taken a
liking to the "Oregon mists" of the
off season In preference to the "fairy
land" supposed to exist to the south
of us. This trio expects to be en
rolled as full-fledged members of the
aristocracy of Portland's Winter fan
dom. The players as well as the fans can
now commence the usual cigar store
agitation or hotel corridor discussion
of the prospects foi next season. The
Impression seems to prevail that Port
land is to succeed Butte In the North
western League and continue to main
tain a team In the Pacific Coast League
as well. The prospects of Portland
having two teams Is a source of great
delight to "Doc" Anderson and the
other rabid ones who In past seasons
have found the road periods of the
Portland team most tedious of endur
ance. The prospect of continuous base
ball with the glamour of being able
to speculate on the outcome of two
races instead of one has whetted tha
appetites of these bugs to its keen
est edge.
From the moment that Captain
Casey, Johnson and Bassey landed
from the Southern Pacific depot last
Wednesday they have been besieged
for news of the moguls' intentions.
Naturally the balltossers were not
tickled overmore at the strenuous
quizzing, for as a rule the players
are very seldom made cognizant of the
magnates' Intentions. Therefore some
of the anxious fans were given decid
edly short and emphatic answers. The
average baseball fan. however. Is a
hard person to squelch at any time;
and no matter how determined the
players were to avoid fanning bees. In
many Instances they came near having
to part with their wearing apparel in
making a getaway.
Hereafter Casey will be accompanied
on his rounds by his bull terrier Bas
sey (if he gets appointed an Immigra
tion Inspector), by his six-shooter, and
Johnson by a well-developed Swedish
dialect acquired to feaze any and all
Inquisitive sports. By the use of these
weapons the players hope to enjoy a
few hours of freedom each day.
Casey May Manage League.
Rumor has It that Pearl Casey Is to
manage the Northwestern League team
In Portland for the McCredles. and that
Walter McCredie. who is now In the
East. Is to secure a new keystone
guardian for the Portland Paciflo
Coast League team. It Is also stated
on fairly reliable authority that Ed
Kennedy and Jimmy McHale. both of
have a club In the Northern organiza
tion. With such a galaxy of baseball tal
ent visiting Portland next season fan
dom would surely have all of the
sport desired, and It would also effect
ually place a quietus on the coterie of
Northwestern League advocates who
have frothed over occasionally In their
efforts at disparaging the Coast or
ganization. The presence of clubs rep
resenting both leagues will give the
adherents of both circuits an opportu
nity of comparing their relative merits
beyond all question. Incidentally It
will be up to the two organizations to
produce their strongest quality of
baseball In this city.
Until the meeting of the National
Association of Professional Baseball
Leagues at New xork In the next two
weeks nothing definite anent the mag
nates' Intentions can be stated, for
future action on their part will de
pend altogether upon the sanction of
the entire organization. This, how
ever, will be forthcoming if both Pa
cific Coast League and Northwest
League are unanimous in making the
request.
Long Trip on Motorcycles.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7. The San
Francisco Siotocycle Club is planning a
big sendoff Tuesday for W. C. Deane,
captain, and E. F. Merrlweather, vice
president of the club, who leave then on
one of the longest motocycle tours on
record. They will go to Fresno, thence
to Los Angeles and on Into the City of
Mexico. When that country has been
thoroughly gone over by them on their
motooycles, they will start north through
Texas, taking In the Southern states and
up the Altantlc Coast to the home of
Mr. Deane, at Brooklyn, N. T. They
expect to reach Brooklyn about August,
1S09.
CHINESE EMPEROR IS ILL
Government and Imperial Family
Alarmed Over Condition.
PEKIN. Nov. 7. The Emperor of China
is suffering from a disorder which has
manifested Itself In the activity of Intes
tinal functions. His complaint has been
attended also by more or less fever. The
government and the members of the im
perial family are alarmed over his con
dition. Austrian Cabinet Resigns.
VIENNA, Nov. 7. The Austrian Cab
inet resigned today as an outcome of
the dissensions between the German
and Czech Ministers following tha re
cent racial conflicts In Prague and
other Bohemian towns. This action has
nothing to do with the International
situation. It is expected that Baron
Richard von Blenerth. Minister or the
Tntiipinr win he entrusted with the for
mation of a new cabinet.
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HAS ARRIVED
The kind of an automobile to buy
is a Proven Car.
Both the Cadillac and Pierce-Arrow
are thoroughly Tried and True.
On December 1 we will move to our magnificent new
building, Seventh and Couch streets. There we will
have a salesroom, garage and repair shop second to
none anywhere. We solicit your patronage.
Covey
otor Car Co.
Sixteenth and Alder Streets
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Agrics Prepare for Battle With
Whitman.
CADILLAC -THIRTY,- SI PPL Y OF WHICH HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY COVEY MOTOR CAR COMPANY.
HARD PRACTICE STUNTS
Coach Jforcross Patches Up Band of
Cripples Wolfe at Half and
Keck Taking Captain's
Old Place.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE;
Corvallie. Nov. 7. (Special.) The past
week has wrought wonders In the Ore
gon Agricultural College football camp.
The crowd of cripplea that ended the
previous week by being sent to the hos
pital for an Indefinite term is aerain on
deck and in good physical condition. The
Injuries which threatened to put several
strong men on the retired list for a good
part of the season turned out to be only
minor. The only bad result was the
forced absence of these men from prac
tice during the early part of the week
and the consequent Interference with the
team work
Prepare for 'Whitman.
The week has been spent In special
preparation for the Whitman game which
will be played November 11. in this city.
This will be the first heavy game the
collegians have played this season and
consequently will be the tlrst real test
that the ex-champions have had. The
students expect a victory for the local
team, but realize that it will be hard
won. Norcross refuses to make any pre
dictions, but Judging from the work he
has been giving the team the past week
he expects a hard game.
Captain Wolfe, who won fame as a
fullback last year, has been shifted to a
halfback position and Keck has taken
the captain's old place at full. The
change Is considered to be a wise one
by those who have been following the
team. Wolfe Is very fast and Is clever
In the open field as well as at hitting
the line. Keck, who has had a year's
experience on the second team Is heavy,
fast and a very close second to Wolfe
at kicking the ball. These two men,
with Cooper, make an exceptionally
heavy backfleld.
Forward Pas9 Tabooed.
Norcross seems to have cut trick plays
out of his football curriculum and to
have very little use for the forward
pass. He Is teaching straight Yost-Michigan
football without any frills. During
the past week he has devoted most of
his attention to the candidates for the
guard positions and to perfecting the
team work. His constant cry Is for more
speed. As a result of this constant urg
ing the team has been showing some
snap and some signs of speed, but not
what It ought to have at this time In
the season.
Autos In Sprint Races.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. It has been prac
tically decided by the Motor Parkway
Corporation to conduct a serieB of auto
mobile sprint races over Us concrete
course on Long Island early in Decem
ber. The eligible machines, will be stock
cars of the kind that competed In class
"P" In the Motor Parkway Sweepstakes of
October 10 and starters In the Vanderbllt
Cup contest and the Grand Prize race,
scheduled for November 2$ at Savannah.
The distances will be one kilometer, one
mile and two miles. The races may be
set for December 5 to 12.
Pulled Trigger With Cane.
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 7. While
his .wife was selecting a coffin in
which to bury her father, John M. Haw
kins, of Mill Creek, committed suicide
yesterday morning by shooting himself
with a shotgun. Hawkins, who was
an Invalid, had undoubtedly planned his
suicide for a long time, and was only
awaiting an opportunity to be left
alone. Immediately following his wife's
departure, he barred the doors of the
house with heavy steel bars and nailed
down every window securely. Loading
his shotgun, he placed the butt of the
weapon against the foot of the bed and
the muzzle in his mouth. Lying flat
on the bed, he pulled the trigger of the
gun with his walking cane, ueath re
sulted Instantly, the entire left side of
his face and head being blown away.
Horses Horses iierses
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We will have a new lot of Condon,
Oregon, horses in at our stables on
Saturday, November 7.
These horses are all young, broke
and gentle stock. Come early and get
your pick.
W. BRUNZEL
322 SEVENTEENTH, NORTH.
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reatestAmbitioii
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