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6 U. OP UTS. PUT IS IN POOD GRACE Demand for Investigation of Certain Pullman Players Causes Smile. GOSSIP OF GRIDIRON GAME Men oo Seattle Team Not Entirely Free From Taint or Gossip Ore gon Wants to Call Off An nual Portland Game. BT W. O. PETRAIN. While the football season Is practi cally over, the only remaining games to be played being the Multnomah con tent with the Catholic Young Men's Club next Saturday, and the Multno-mah-Olympic Club uaine on New Year's Day. the pigskin buckers and their ad mirers are finding plenty of things about the gridiron game to discuss these days. Most of the arguments prevalent are the result of the request Issued by the University of Washington for a con ference of the Northwestern colleges to discuss the merits of certain players who were members of the Washington State College team during the season just ended. Why Washington Univer sitv. of all the colleges, should desire to "discredit any of the Pullman play ers does not appear, and to the writer It looks like the pot calling the kettle black. Washington University pos sessed two so-called "ringers." or players used in violation of the confer ence agreement, and to protest the men for the same violation who played for another Institution does not seem rea sonable. It may be that Washington I niver sity ts trying to sever relations with Washington State, and also may have the Idea "of disrupting the conference, and to form a new alliance with one or two of the other colleges, thereby ellm- inatlng Washington State College, as 'i well ns the University of Idaho. The Seattle Institution crawfished out of a game with Idaho last season. According to the Spokane Spokesman-Review the Washington protest is i believed to Indicate that Washington i desires to form an alliance with the j University of Oregon and the Unlver ' slty of Idaho, and to eliminate Whlt- man. Washington State and the Oregon I Agricultural College teams from com ' petition next year. In other words ' Washington Is said to be desirous of forming a state university alliance. ! and thereby eliminating the sectarian and agricultural Institutions. Coach Arthur Rueber. of Whitworth College. In a recent statement In the Tacoma Ledger, explains the past foot ball season's surprises as follows: The mst serious disappointments have been the I'nlverslty of Oregon snd the Ore gon Agricultural College. champions "f J907. At the beKlnnins of the seasnn many critics believed that the O. A. C. was sure to repeat Its irrest record of 1P07. while other picked Pullman because of her great myalth of material as the most likely Northwest eleven. Even the champion University of Washington mm was not looked upon as very danserous. and Wh It worth was never mentioned as a possible contender. Washington State College .jnadft the al most fatal mistake of not developlnr a variety of plays. Her team played a very consistent old-time game, and finished the season without a defeat, yet In her three conference games she failed to score even a single touchdown. Too much credit csnnot be given the University of Washington team for win ning the championship. A team of dis gruntled stars was made to bow humbly before Coaoh Doble. He then drove them at a paca that only the best of athletes could stand, with the result that the Vntverslty of Washington had the best team ever developed In the Northwest. Oregon's victory ever O. A. C. following defeats by Whltworth and Washington was one of the many surprises of the season, and n-.arks Oregon as one of the hardest fighting teams of the year. Oregon was very frrtunate in having Captain Moullcn. the greatest place kicker the Northwest has ever seen. Her victory over Idaho and O. A. C- were, both due to Moullen's place kicks. Because a number of her best men were not In condition. O. A. C. took a very decided slump near the close of the season, and although they fought desperately, were -unable to stand the pace set by Oregon and Washington. Whitman College should be proud of the plucky little team that represented the Walla Walla Institution. e The University of Oregon Is said to be anxious to call off the playing of the annual game with the Oregon Agricultural College In Portland, and. according to a dispatch from Eugene, contends that the game should be played on the campus. That same argu ment has been threshed out any num ber of times, and If It were put to a vote of the collegians, as well as the citizens of Eugene and Corvallis and surrounding towns Interested, they would vote for the game to be played In Portland, the logical scene of the contest. The people of Portland, who. to a large extent, support both Institu tions, are entitled to witness this game in which they are more interested than in any other gridiron struggle be tween the colleges of the Northwest. According to the Corvallis claim. Ore gon desires to play Idaho in Portland next year, and in the event that the O. A. C game Is played at Eugene, neither will be the loser, for the Ag gies claim they will bring Washington to Portland. Tet the fact remains that the big college football game between Oregon and O. A. C. should be played lie re. The University of Oregon team will hold the annual football meeting to morrow at Eugene, and a captain of the team will be elected. As Captain Kred Moullen will graduate In June, the proposition of olioosing his succes sor will be one that will require good judgment on the part of the students. There are now two names mentioned for the position Dudley R. Clark and Louis W. Plnkham. both Portland boys and both strong members of the team. As Clark Is a junior, he seems to be the logical candidate, but class frater nities and college campaigning consti tute the main factor In selecting the varsity captains. Melville Mucklestone. about whom a great deal has been published, owing to the charge that he was a "ringer." has been elected captain of the Univer sity of Washington team for 1909. It Is a good thing Washington retains iKihie as coach, or the eleven next sea son would probably be minus tain as well as a manager. a cap- STRONG TEAM FOH SEATTLE Oregon Athletes Already Getting Heady to Enter Big Meet. Firrest C. Smilhson. who will un doubtedly be chosen as captain of the track team of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, has retired from foot hall snd will devote his spare time to otiditioning himself for the big kames next Summer. "Smithy" Is anticipating the entries of Johnny Garrels and Al fred Shaw in the Seattle A. A. U. games next year, and, as he beat both of these Eastern cracks at London, he expects to duplicate the trick at Seattle, "where his many friends will have an oppor tunity of seeing the games. Dan Kelly has written from Baker City that he hopes to be In fine shape for the Seattle i-ames. and that he Is traininsr llarhtlv with a view of learn Ing the condition cf his Injurid leg. He says that It seemi to be strong at pres ent and expects to know for certain Be fore long. Dan has eliminated the jumps from his work for the present, for he wants to enter the short sprints. President McMillan, of the Multno mah Club- announces that the Institu tion he. m.t.rlsl for a splendid team to send to Seattle, and hopes to see Multnomah carry oft the honors. Football Star Man of Leisure. According to a Pittsburg paper. Full back Ver Wlebe. of Harvard, has vari ous means of claiming public recogni tion. Besides having received a letter from president Roosevelt and assisting In the overthrow of Yale, he says he Is working his way through college by mowing lawns, shoveling snow, selling soap, braking on the Boston & Maine Railroad, doing clerical work, teaching night school and singing In a church choir. Outside or that and his football duties he Is comparatively a man of leisure. BEfERs5S WORK CASEY HAS MEN OF OTHER TEAMS SIZED IP. Formal Action by Northwestern League Magnates at Seattle Puts Portland In Play. BY W. J. PETRAIN". At Seattle last Tuesday Portland waa formally voted Into the Northwestern League, and while such action has been anticipated ever since the meeting of the National Association of Minor Leagues several weeks ago. the definite action of the league waa a source of considerable satisfaction to the Portland fans. That the movement will prove a popu lar one goes without question, for In ad dition to Portland being anxious for con tinuous baseball, the fans are desirous of seeing some of the old faces back again. The McCredies are preparing to put two first-class teams In the field, and with over 40 players enrolled eo far, the chances of making good on the propo sition are very bright. With the exception of the pitching staff, the Portland Northwestern League Is practically made up. The only doubtful points on the team are first base and the outfield, although the three latter posi tions will be fought for by four or five players. Ed. Kennedy and Mullin. the latter being the new man from Cedar Rapids, will take care of the intitial sack for the two clubs; but with which league they will be Is not yet decided. The outfielders who are slated for the Northwestern club are John Bassey. Jimmy Shlnn. Buck Ort, Harry Melchlor and Jack Rose. Manager McCredle will probably make his headquarters In Portland during the entire season, his only trip being the Spring training jaunt to California, and probably the first series in the South. One of the members of the coast team, probably Ote Johnson, will be appointed captain of the club; and Hugh Mc Credle will be likely to travel with that team as manager. Walter believes that by remaining in Portland he can handle his interests In both clubs to much bet ter advantage: and In the event of any thing going wrong with either of the teams, he, being at the central point, could get to the scene with dispatch. Pearl Casey, who Is to handle the Northwestern League club. Is getting in his fine work early In the game. Each day the foxy little second baseman cor rals either President Lucas, or Andy An derson for Information about the players of the Northwestern teams; and It is a safe bet that by the time the season opens, even though he has not seen the players, he will know considerable about each man on the rival teams. The new league let to bring back a large number of former Portland ball tossers. as well as a number of well-known play ers of other clubs which have played here In the past. Tacoma has a bunch of players known to Portland fans. Ike Butler. Hugh Kel lackey, "Stub" Spencer, John Bender (known here as Jack Burdette), Jack Suess. Lou Martlnke. "Kid" Breeino and Bill Hurley have either worn Portland uniforms at one time or other, or have been members of a coast league or North western club playing In this city. In fact, all of the players named, with the exception of Bresino and Martlnke, played for a Portland club. With the Seattle club are Mike Lynch, Emil Frisk, Terry McKune. "Pug" Bennett, Emmett Schofleld. Gus Thomp son and E. Oriet, who have cavorted on the Portland diamond. Of the bunch, McKune la the only one who has worn a Portland uniform; although Orlet played for the Vancouver, Wash., team In the. Trl-Clty League last season. McKune did not last long here, for Dug was man ager at the time, and, as Us his custom, he Imported so many players at such frequent intervals that none of them had much more than time enough to earn money sufficient to pay for a week's meal ticket. Of the members of the Vancouver team George Engle and Lou Nordyke will best be remembered by the fans of this city, but Brrlckson. who was with the Tri Cltjr League, and Donovan, who played with Salem or Albany in 1904. have ap peared before the local fans. Several familiar faces are numbered among the players of the Aberdeen club. That club has seven players who for merly wore Portland uniforms. These are Eddie Van Buren. Eddie Household er. Charlie Moore. Hub Peraoll, Connie Starkell. Ennon Callff and "Red" Kreitz. Julie Strelb, Dode Brlnker and Jack Hickey have cavorted on the Vaughn street lot while wearing other uniforms. MA RATH OX RACES THE CRAZE Many of Celebrated Long-Distance Runners Xow Professional. The country seems to have gone Mar athun mad, and every day 'the dis patches record the arrangement of a new long distance race. Dorando Peltrl already has received more challenges than he can attend to In a short time, and Seattle is yet to be heard from. Dorando and Hayes are now full fledged professionals, and as such are not deserving of the patronage and praise of the public, for they are now privileged to frame their events as they please. If Seattle Is to have a Marathon race next year. let us hope that the promot ers will eliminate such men from com peting as Dorando, Hayes, Tom Long boat and Shrubo. There are plenty of good amateurs whose standing Is un questioned. The man who was, above all others, entitled to be declared win ner of the Marathon at London has not been considered at all thus far, and he Is Forshaw. of St. Louis. He finished behind Heffernan. the South African, but was the only man able to walk from the stadium unassisted of the five men who landed first. As a suggestion to the Seattle Exposition promoters, they will do well to bring Forshaw, Tewanlnl and Mount Pleasant to Seattle Instead of Dorando, Hayes and Longboat TIIE SUNDAY MULTNOMAH AMATEUR f: W' ( 0Z :j 'S-g TYayAtfJJEJiD n past yiTZ if ! ' ': ' ' ' ''': I sl $.t-; II Li L VIEWS SHOWIXfJ THE CM R Bl'ILDIXGS AM) TIIE ADJACENT TRACT WHICH. IF PURCHASED, W ILL ENABLE THE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE MANY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS. HOLlllY TEAM IS VICTOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL. LEAGUE DECIDED. Season Completed Without Any Ac cidents to Boys, Owing to Good Care Taken by Officials. BT W. .1. PETRAIN'. The Grammar School Athletic League, which recently completed a most success ful season at football, is now preparing to embrace other sports, and while the various stunts are under consideration, plans for next year on the gridiron have also been arranged. The season recently completed witnessed some clever exhi bitions of the great college game, and one of the boasts of the promoters of the "kiddies' " leasrue is that not a single In jury was suffered by a player In any of the regularly scheduled games. This was due to the fact that the games were played under the supervision of the league officials and the principals of the schools, and every effort was made to eliminate roughness In play. The league officials attended strictly to this matter, and whenever a boy showed an Inclina tion to use "hard" tactics, he was taken from the game and barred from further play. Parents Were Confident. The parents of the hoys that played signed an agreement whereby they ab solved the league from all liability for accidents, for they realized that under a protected game their hoys would be less likely to meet with Injury than were they to do as all boys do play football at any time or at any place possible. Under the supervision of the league the youngsters were less likely to seek out the company of boys In their immediate neighborhood and ensage in a rough game unguided by rules or provided with a sawdust field, which contests are always dangerous to the smaller boys, as there Is no rule to prevent larger lads from en gaging in the play. In the Grammar School League the teams were divided Into sections accord ing to size and weight. In some instances smaller teams were pitted against larger boys, but such games were rare and even then no accidents were sustained. When the Grammar School League foot ball season was started, 25 teams entered, but this number was reduced to 17. ow ing to the refusal of the parents of boys In several schools to sign the agreement OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND. ATHLETIC CLUB NEEDS MORE ' - llll'!-. II mm :t ;4 it " ... . ...ata ,D JilMSSiSWS)ljLl iiijas jjJLWJIlii smsjlljuji&j.."' ... . jif.w '.v.-Aj.'.t . . .'......s .w . . j, i allowing the youngsters xo play and ab solving the league from liability. During the past season professor Krohn and Principals Jenkins, Kigglns. McKay, Draper and others attended nearly every game and watched the ac tions of the boys very closely. These men realize that a strong, healthy, ac tive boy needs outdoor exercise, and the opportunity of participating in outdoor sports was furnished these lads through the medium of the league. The subdividing of the Grammar League into divisions and sections where by the teams would be evenly matched In their play was a task that caused considerable trouble during the past sea son, but the experience gained during the contests pulled off has been such that when the coming season comes a fully developed system will have been estab lished. Next season each school partici pating In the series will not be eligible for entrance in a competition .unless the principal of the school, or his representa tive, shall be on hand at the games In which the school plays. It will also be arranged so that each school division will have a sufficient number of games to play, for the entries will be solicited in plenty of time to formulate a schedule of a more satisfactory nature than dur ing the recent series, the fii-st ever at tempted In Portland. Holladay the Champion. The Holladay school stands the winner of the recent championship, having won from the Sunnyside school In the game which decided the leadership of the first division. As the teams representing the second division were unable to decide their contest, and in view of the fact that each defeated Shattuck by the same score, the officials decided to . give Stephens and Irvlngton both a cup, and to award the R. L. Stevens championship cup to the Holladay School for one year. This cup was donated by the Sheriff, to be competed for each year until won three times by one school. Sheriff Stevens announces that he will donate another cup, an exact duplicate of the trophy now in possession of the Hol laday school, to the Grammar School League for' the coming baseball season.- Oxford and Cambridge in Tie. LONDON, Dec. 12. The annual asso ciation football game scheduled be tween teams representing Oxford and Cambridge Universities was played at Queens Club, this city, today, and re sulted In a tie. Thomas Joins Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 12. The American League Baseball Club of Phil adelphia has secured the services of Ira Thomas, catcher of the Detroit American DECEMBER 13. 190f. COMMODIOUS QUARTERS 1 ! t lJr',;ii-,YlrVT4 CftHSof DBE6QN MOTORISTS LUCKY XO DREAD OF WINTER AND KLINED ENGINES ON COAST. Successful Freezing Mixtures Are Worth Know-nig, Though, and Here Are Some. When Winter comes and the motorist of the East Is forced to either put his car away for the cold months or else resort to the use of anti-freezing solu tions to prevent cracked cylinders and water jackets, the enthusiast of the Pa cific Coast soee merrily on his way with a feeling of securtty from such accidents and the attendant expense. However, the cold of the past few days has been responsible for some small damage, and a number of the owners have begun to look for some method of assuring themselves that a heavy frost will not freeze the water in their circulating system and thereby ruin an engine. For these people some good advice may be found in the following. If the car is to be left standing out in the cold put a blanket or laprobe over the engine and radiator. This will keep the cold out and ill many cases save the difficulty so fre quently encountered in starting a cold motor. There to nothing about an anti-freezing solution that will injure a motor, and a light solution can be made from the fol lowing formula that will answer all re quirements and yet be inexpensive. Take water 70 per cent by weight: glycerine 25 to 2S per cent by weight and washing soda, (Na. 2-C O 3) 2 per cent. The gyl cerine might congeal at very low tem peratures, but as such A condition is not to he expected in Wefitern Oregon, there is little doubt but that the soda will neutralize tills tendency. Where this solution is used the contents of the radi ator and water jackets should bo drawn off once a month and replenished with a fresh supply. Another satisfactory mixture is made from equal parts, by weight, of water and wood alcohol. A solution of one part wood alcohol, one part glycerine and twp parts water is also recommended. C. E. Williams will start tomorrow for a trip through Oregon and California In his new Chalmers-Detroit. Mr. Williams will tour down and spend the Winter In the vicinity of Los Angeles. IVIAYPURCHASELAND Multnomah Club Considering Property Extension. LAND TO SOUTH AVAILABLE Majority of Members Seem to Favor Acquirement of King Tract, Both a9 a Good Investment and Needed Improvement. When the directors of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club meet Tuesday night the proposition of purchasing the King tract adjoining on the south of the present site of the club will again be discussed, and It is believed that the board will vote to submit the proposition to a vote of the entire club membership. The rapid growth of the famous club will eventually require a new, larger and more expansive clubhouse than the present home of the Institution, and as the club membership increases the ac commodations will have to be enlarged. At present the Multnomah Club enjoys the distinction of being one of the very few athletic Institutions In the United States which fosters and maintains a school for the development of children, both girls and boys, and It Is safe to say that the parents of these children have the utmost confidence In the Integrity and stability of the institution. The club naturally requires a small membership fee from the juniors, but this sum Is Insignificant when the great benefit the little ones derive from the organization is considered. This branch of the club alone Is growing with such rapid strides that it Is quite evident the space now given over to the gymna sium is altogether inadequate to ac commodate the classes. This was amply evident last Tuesday night, when the children were the entertainers of such a throng that it was impossible to put on all of the formations and drills. In cidentally, almost as many persons as were packed into the cramped quarters were turned away, unable to gain ad mission. Question of Advisability. The King property has been quoted to the Multnomah Club for $60,000. This is looked upon as a most reasonable amount, for in time this property will treble and quadruple In value. Some skeptical members object to the pur chase of the property. They say the club cannot afford to bond itself to such an extent. They, or similar unprogresslve members, objected to the purchase of the present site of the club some ten years ago. For their benefit it might be pointed out that eight years ago the JUultnomah Club owed fSS.000, and to day that indebtedness is but $2S.00O. and each year the club is reaping a handsome revenue by renting the grounds. At present the Multnomah field is amply capable of accommodating a foot ball game and track and field athletics, but with the tennis courts in their present location, cannot accommodate a game of regulation baseball. The present track is now five laps to the mile, and by purchasing the adjacent property the field could be enlarged to such an extent that the track would be but four laps, and the tennis courts could be moved south, the field widened, and ample room for baseball provided. "We need this property," said George McMillan, president of the club, last night, "and It is the height of my am bition to see the Multnomah Club grasp this present opportunity, for in a few years from now it will absolutely need larger accommodations, and where will we be able to get such a location? We do not ask a public subscription, like the Commercial Club, or the Livestock As sociation, or the other organizations that foster the development of the horse, the cow. the sheep or the hog. It is simply a matter of duty to the organization, and the members of the Multnomah Club have-it in their power to lay the founda tion for one of the best athletic in stitutions in the world. The opportunity Is here. We do not need outside help, for we are strong enough to help our selves. I sincerely hope the members of the club will not overlook their duty to themselves and the club in this matter. What we did eight years ago, we are much more able to do today." Site an Easy Purchase. If the club decides to purchase the site It can do so easily, it is said, and with out handicapping itself by any enor mous debt. The Increased facilities will naturally Increase the revenue, and then there Is the possibility of each year securing good rental from the grounds from the big circuses which will visit Portland yearly. The Goldsmith tract, where the big shows have been In the habit of showing. Is being cut into build ing lots; and the shows will seek other quarters. The ideal location of Multno mah Field would prove a most attrac tive place, and in addition could com mand a higher rental than the old show grounds. The circus would be much more easily policed, and be otherwise advantageously situated. Practically every member of the club Among the Boxers BY W. J. PETRAIN. f3 ROM Boston comes the announce- ment that Jack (Twin) Sullivan Is ready to meet Tommy Burns. How funny. We imagined that the twin was always ready to meet Burns, yet some people have been so unkind as to state that he is a dead one. A news dispatch conveys the intelli gence that "Young Corbett" had shipped for New Orleans as a stoker on a steam ship to reduce his flesh. A good excuse, for the Broadway bum surely possesses the wherewithal to purchase a ticket. Joe Gans, once the idol of pugdom, Is being sued by a woman in Baltimore for $5000 damages for injuries sustained through recklessness of the fighter while he was driving an automobile. The un fortunate part - of It is that Gans owned the "bubble," and it has been attached pending the decision in the suit. News note In a Spokane exchange: "Chief of Police Ren H. Rice was pres ent and spoke a few words on the bene fits of the boxing game. Boxing is one of the chiefs hobbles, and the game has not a firmer friend in the city. Among others who spoke were Secretary C. C. Moore, President Dlmond. of the Zouave Athletic Club, and others. Letters were received from Mayor C. Herbert Moore and Congressman-elect Miles Poindexter, who had been invited to speak, explain ing their inability to be present." C. G. please notice. New Orleans seems to be coming to the front again as a fight center. Abe At tell has a match there, and Young Cor bett also. Now comes Packy McFarland with the announcement that he will meet "Young Erne" at the Mardi Gras city on December 23. Can it be that the scrappers are looking for pastures new, and California is to no longer ba the running-mate of Nevada? ( realizes that the present quarters are ' cramped for space, in ract several se ditions have been built on the club In the last few years, and even now the cry is going up for more room. Within the next two years the organisation will be required to build a new and larger home; at which time the question of a site will occupy the attention of the members without a possibility of solu tion unless the entire club is moved ta an outlying district. Here Is another point the skeptical members have not taken Into considera tion. If the club does not purchase tht King tract, and allows the same to b sold off into building lots, that portion of ground lying In the hollow will have to be filled In. In such an event the cluo will be required to build a concrete or stone bulkhead at the south end of its present property in order to prevent the filled ground from caving on their property. It would also be required to erect a high fence on top of this bulk head to shut out the view of persons who would occupy the buildings which might be erected, or who would congre gate on the vacant lots. Majority Favors Purchase. After considering both sides of the argument and looking at the situation from purely a business - standpoint, prominent members of the Multnomah Club, as well as several influential business men. are heartily in accord with the movement, and are urging all the clubmen to use their endeavors to have the proposition adopted. One of the plans for buying the property Is to bond the club for $176,000. Of this sum. $100,000 could be used for the purchase of the new site and the liqui dating of the present Indebtedness, while the balance could be maintained on hand until such a time in tue near future as the club finds itself required to erect a new building. The present revenue of the club is said to he amply sufficient to meet the interest and part of the principal of this sum at stipu lated intervals, and with the added fa cilities the club's assets would be greatly Increased. A club which has done so much fer athletics, and which will continue to do so much more for the young beys and girls, deserves all the success that can possibly come to It. and the propo sition for increasing its facilities should not he hampered by skeptics. GDMET-LIKE SPEED LIKELY CEMENT TRACK IX CALIFORNIA TO BE OPEN NEW YEAR'S. AH Records May Be Smashed in Wonderful Races Planned at Old Ascot Track. With plans outlined that call for s) track capable of holding a speed of 10 miles per hour, the engineers employe on the automobile speed track that is to replace the old horseback at Ascot Park, In Los Angeles, have commenced work, and have filed a bond that calls for the delivery of the completed course before the first of the coming year. According to the promoters of the scheme the track will not only be com pleted on that date, but will be thrown open to the public on New Tear's eve; and the initial speed carnival will con sist of a racemeet which will Include most of the prominent drivers of Cali fornia and a number of other notables, ' among whom will be Barney Oldfieid. Bruno Siedel. Bert Dingley. Charles Soules and Walter Christie. The latter will be at the wheel of the famous Christie Front Drive machine, which was the sole representative of America in the French Grand Prix in 1907. Following the matinee of racing- a 14 hour grind will be Inaugurated, and since the surface of the track will be of ce ment and the curves will be well banked, it Is expected that the records that will result will be equaled only by those made by S. F. Edge on the Brooklands track last year. The latter averaged 68 miles per hour for a day and a night. Among the entries for this contest will be Fred Dundee, a Portland boy, who will be at the wheel of "Whistling Billy." During the last several months Dundee has been driving almost continuously, and has a very enviable record as a re sult. He was injured In a race in Min nesota hut haa entirely recovered from the effects. According to Manager Burgess, of the Crowe Automobile Company, there are three carloads of automobiles on the way from the various factories for this con cern. The Crowe Automobile Company Is a new firm in the local field, although; both members are well known here; the senior member having been identified with the Oldsmobile agency for the. past sea son, while Mr. Burgess waa last year the Portland representative for the Stoddard Dayton line. A 60-horsepower Stearns touring car, which will be used as a demonstrator, has already arrived; and for the part several days has been much in evidence on the streets. During the coming week the 1909 Oldsmobile will arrive, and this will be followed closely by the "Over land," which will complete the line for the coming season. Until the completion of the new bulldlnir that Is being erected at the corner of Sixteenth and Alder streets, these ma chines will be on exhibition at the garage of Belmore, MacDougal & Moores. at 5S3 Alder street. The latest convert to motoring among the clergy is Archbishop CConnell, of the city of Boston. A 40-horsepower Pierce Arrow has been purchased by the mem bers of his flock an presented to him. and he now uses it dally In his parU'.x work. Contrary to the telegraphic reports at the time. It i now asserted that Bmile Strickler's death was not caused by the explosion of a tire or by any other defect In the car that he was driving at the time he was killed. Louis Strang, who was driving the alternate shift with him. was on the track when the accident occurred, and asert that the tires were all Intact, and that the car was in perfect running condition after the accident. It is thought that the long coat that was being wont by the deceased in some manner became entangled with the wheel and the driver was pulled out of the car and under it. The heavy garment was torn completely off the younsT driver, and wound around the rear wheel of the car. Strlckler was killed on November 17 st Birmingham. Ala., while trying to lower the world's 24-hour record. Kelly & Kelly, bond lawyers, of Topeka. Kan., are trying to interest Portland capital In a proposition to, erect an automobile factory .n this city that will have an output of from 100 to 160 cars, and later increased to 800 a vear. WRESTLING Prof. M. J. DWTER, of ChiMtfo vs. EDDIE O'CONJiELL EXFOIITIOH BISK NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT Admission $1.00. Resorved Seat $1.60. Tickets at CadwelVs and Schiller's. Skating Suspended for One Night Only.
