THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 20, 1908.
ONLY LOGAL MEN
TO EXHIBIT GARS
Plans for Automobile Show in
March Have Been
Changed.
SPACE NOT LARGE ENOUGH
Portland Ilcalrrs Kequlrc So Much
to Make Display Tliat None Is
I-rft for Ontsido Firms Sun
dries Displays Limited.
Developments the past week have some
what changed the plans for the auto
mobile show, to be held In the Armory In
March, and It has now bren settled to
have none but local dealers exhibit at
the Show. Bids for spire the early part
of the week came so fast from the local
dealers and for so much more space than
It had been anticipated they would take
that It was seen there would He room
only for the show of cars directly repre
sented here in Portland. Several acen
eles In San Francisco. Seattl and other
towns had been expecting to send cars
to Portland for tho show,- but now all
arrangements for receiving' outside ex
hibits have been cancelled and the space
In the Armory nearly all contracted for
by local dealers.
Studf baker Bros. Company, Keats Auto
Company. Covey Motor Car Company,
C. B. .Miners, J. B. Kelly. Fred A. Ben
nett and C. A. Vaughn have made reser
vation for space in the Armory and
among them will show the following
cars: Bulck, Pope Hartford. Thomas,
Chalmers Detroit, Packard, Pierce Ar
row, Cadillac, Cartercar. Peerless,
White Steamer, Rco, Mitchell, Stoddard-
Payton, Kissel Kar, Studebakcr, and E.
M. F. This selection, with four or five
more that will surely be In, Is calcu
lated to give Portland motor enthusiasts
a splendid opportunity to see the latest
models In the most popular makes of ma
chines. The space for display of automobile ac
cessories has been so much in demand
that it has been necessary for the man
agement of the show to make a limit of
ten feet for each exhibit and no sundry
dealer will be allowed to take more than
that amount. It Is doubtful If from the
manner In which applications are pour
ing In to Will Lipman, secretary of the
Automobile Club, whether there will be
room for all, even with this provision
made for that purpose.
Special events will be held during the
progress of the four days" show, so
that the crowds will be well entertained.
Perhaps of most Interest will be the fly
casting contest, which is to be held In a
130-foot tank, brought from New York
especially for the purpose. A band will
be stationed in the Armory and will give
afternoon and evening concerts.
Undubtedly there are hundreds of peo
ple throughout the state who will Journey
to Portland to visit the show and, an
ticipating this, the directors of the Auto
mobile Club are trying to Induce the
railroads to make a special rate during
the time the show Is In progress. Agents
from all the smaller towns will surely
come, and In most cases will bring pros
pective purchasers with them to view
the very latest models of all the cars
assembled together.
In the East the automobile show has
grown to be an annual affair of the
greatest Importance to the automobile In
dustry and to the automobile-buying
public. Manufacturers are on hand to
place agencies and dealers from all over
the country assemble to see for them
selves what cars are to be put on the
market the coming year. It affords the
man who Is uojng for a machine the
best possible chance to look all the cars
over and arrive at his own conclusions as
to which one Is the best. Usually there are
very -few sales made directly before a
show for the reason that every one Is
waiting to see what will be on exhibit.
The local show coming In March, as it
does, will afford thoso interested in ma
chines a splendid opportunity Just at tho
right time to view the 1009 products.
The well-known Packard, motor car
slogan. "Ask the man who owns one." is
on International affair. The Frenchmen
around the Paris garages say it "In
terrogea l'homme qui en posseese."
It is now pretty well settled that there
will be a touring contest for the Glidden
trophy held by the American Automobile
Association next year, and that It will
be run through the West. It may go
from New York to Denver and end there,
or It may start from Chicago, go to St.
Paul. Omaha and Denver and finish at
Chicago. One of these two routes will
probably ba used.
Although It has had a phenomenal
growth and is a husky child, the auto
mobile industry In this country still
comes under the head of "Infant Indus
tries," which it is the theory of protec
tion to guard from the . competition of
the cheap labor of the older countries of
Europe. As against the arguments of
tho importers, who are asking for a
lower tariff. It Is probable that the plea
of the American makers for no reduction
will prevail seriously when the matter
of tariff revision Is taken in hand. All
manufacturers are not similarly affected
by the tariff on imported machines,
though, generally speaking, the Industry
wants to see no reduction in the rate of
duty. The makers of runabouts and low
priced cars who use domestic materials
entirely have only the cheap labor of
Europe to fear, and this Is not as much
of a menace to them as to the makers of
big cars for tho rearon that the low
priced car has been developed here more
than it has abroad, and the competition
of foreign makers is not so keen as it is
in that of the larger cars.
The ninth National Automobile Show
will be held in Madison Square Garden
January 16-23. This is the first of a
series of shows whtch follow In most of
the big cities of the country. The same
cars are on exhibit In all the shows
and are taken from one show to another.
Although Portland comes last on the list,
owing to the distance out here from New
Y'ork, there will be no less -splendor at
tached to the show. In some ways March
is a better month than one earlier would
he. for the reason that people are Just
beginning to think of automobiles for
S-'pring at that time, and are naturally
more Interested in looking at the new
models than they would be In the middle
of Winter.
"Mose" Winters, formerly of the firm
cf Archer, Combs & Winters, has re
tired from that eom-e rn and is planning
to start a $TA0ft company of his own to
deal in automobiles sundries.
...
Ir. Fl B. Picket, of Medford. ordered a
Packard IS touring car last week from
the Keats Auto Co.. delivery to be made
In March.
...
On the specially chartered steamer City
of Atlanta, which carried members of
the Automobile Club of New York and
their machines to the Savannah race,
there were 44 automobiles in the hold on
the return trip. In this outfit were all the
racing machines that competed in the
grand prize race, with the exception of
two. The total weight of the 44 ma
chines was 164.1M pounds, and their value
was figured to be considerably over $1.
0W.000. Thl4 is by far the most valuable
shipment of automobiles that has ever
been made.
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Since their great showing at Savannah,
when Hemery finished second in a Benx
car, the Bens Import Company of Amer
ica has been formed by a number of
well-known New York auto dealers to
hanJle tho American import of the fa
mous Benx Company, of Mannheim, Ba
den. The Benx Company are the original
automobile manufacturers of the world,
and have the honor of putting the first
motor car on the market. With these
two strong points In their favor, the
Benx Invasion of America should be an
easy matter.
The report that the Renault racer,
which Pzisx drove in the grand prize race
at Savannah, was put out of the running
by a broken axle is reported to be false.
The true cause of the Renault's with
drawal was a broken ball in the wheel.
tp to the present the commercial car
has ben but little used in Portland and
vicinity, hut in the East and South it is
rapidly displacing the horse-drawn ve
hicle. This Is on account of its ability to
carry greater loads than can be drawn
by a single team, because it takes less
room than a team and wagon, and be
cause it will climb a steeper Incline with
a load than a horse will.
In Seattle one day last week nine
horses fell on the slippery streets and
were so badjy Injured that they had to be
shot. During the frost of the last few
days a number have been Injured In Port
land and in nearly every case the firm
affected has been subjected to Incon
venience as well as a pecuniary loss. At
the same time the firms using motor
trucks have gone about their work Just
as If It were Summer. In Europe the mo
tor truck has reached a state of almost
universal use In the cities and in Ger
many the latest addition to the list is a
motor milk train. This is equipped to
carry 6000 gallons of milk, and so far the
results have been more satisfactory than
were obtained by the old method of trans
porting this product to town by means of
the steam cars.
According to Fred A. Bennett, a local
dealer in motor trucks, a number of
Portland merchants have decided to try
out the gasoline wagon for delivery pur
poses, and several new trucks will be
seen on the streets as soon as they can
be secured from the factory.
The new Pierce Arrow roadster that has
been ordered for the Chief of Portland's
Fire Department. Is expected soon, and
every automobillst In the city hopes to
see several of the city departments
equipped with the motor vehicle in the
near future.
Throughout the entire Vnlted States the
flourishing cities are replacing horse
drawn vehicles with automobiles. In
dianapolis has discarded the horse entire
ly in the Police Department and- has pro
vided a motor patrol wagon, in addition
to the car furnished for the Chiefs of
both Police and Fire Departments. Mil
waukee has Just purchased a Locomobile
for the Police Chief. Prior to this the
Park Superintendent, Sheriff, School Su
perintendent, Board of Public Works and
otheir departments were using machines.
In Seattle the Fire Department -Chief
owns a Pope Hartford roadster and re
cently Tacoma purchased a Stoddard-Day-ton
police patrol.
On the first of the coming year an In
crease In freight rates will go Into effect
that will Increase the price on automo
biles. In the past the rate has been $6
per hundred, with a minimum that made
the smallest car cost $130 if sent singly.
The rate will be increased to 7 per hun
dred on all shipments west of New York,
and JS per hundred from the New Eng
land states.
Of course this raise will fall on the pur
chaser and not on the dealer, for all cars
are sold f. o. b. factory, and as there are
few cars that weigh less than 4000 pounds,
and most of them when equipped will
reach nearer the 4000 mark, the cost of
freight alone can easily be figured at no
Inconsiderable sum.
The Covey Motor Car Company re
ceived three of the new Cadillac 30 cars
last week. One will be kept for demon
strating purposes and the other two have
been delivered to Ijou Baldwin, of Hood
River, and A. Neppach, of Portland.
News comes from Toledo, O., that Her
bert. Lytle. the famous racing driver, who
has been 111 wltn typnoia lever ior some
weeks. Is well on the road to recovery.
It was Lytle who finished first with an
Issotta car In the sweepstakes event on
Long Island and a week later ran second
In the Vanderbllt race.
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Fight Fans Hope to Find Him
" Ketchel's Equal.
IS FAVORITE OVER FLYNN
Dopestcrs Figure Negro Even Money
Chance to hip Irishman In 15
Rounds Marathon Craze
Hits Bay City.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCIriiCO. Cal., Dec. ID. The
fight down Los Angeles way. In which
Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly .went 25
rounds to a draw, with the Illinois thun
derbolt badly scarred and the Italian
(Kelly) hardly touched, seems to have
effectually disposed of tho pair In the
way of middle-weight timber. For that
reason, the coming match with Sam
Langford and Jim Flynn, as the scrap
pers, that takes place Monday night, is of
particular Importance. Langford is the
one hope of the men who figure that
Ketchel can be beaten. They see in the
negro a Doxer who has a right to chal
lenge Ketchel and If he shows the class
that Is expected of him against the Colo
rado fireman, there will be no letup in
the demands until that match Is finally
arranged.
Punch Was Accidental.
To those" of skeptical mind who believe
that Billy Papke faked when he fought
Stanley Ketchel, the best answer is his
fight with Hugo Kelly of the week. The
report of the fight shows that while
Papke was the aggressor, outside of the
clean knockdown that he scored in the
fourth round, he did no damage. It
looks more than ever as if the punch
that he caught Ketchel in the Labor Day
fight was accidental.
Even though he knocked Kelly down,
Papke was unable to finish his man.
Kelly, so says the story of the fight,
rallied at once, and fought hard enough
to even up the round. Doubtless Sam
Berger will claim that Papke was not
in the best condition, but the fact re
mains that if anybody had a shade in
that fight, it was Kelly.
Papke and Ketchel Again.
Undoubtedly, there will be a challenge
from Papke to Ketchel. but just why a
match should be arranged, the writer
cannot 'figure out. Kelly made a good
showing against the present champion
at the Coliseum some months ago. but
when the left shift was used. Kelly
faded away rapidly. ' And If Kelly
couldn't beat Papke decisively in 25
rounds at Los Angeles, there is no one
who will stand and argue that he could
do things to the Michigan middle-weight.
There Is a peculiar Interest connected
with the Langford fight next Monday
night. Everybody you meet on the
street thinks that Langford' will win, but
at the same time, they all want to watch
the fight. It seems to be entirely a prop
osition of how long Flynn will be able
to last against the colored man.
Langford Marvelous Boxer.
In the gymnasium Langford is a mar
vel as a boxer, both on the offensive and
defensive. Outside of Joe Gans, there Is
no present-day fighter who shapes as well
as does the Bostonlan. He has a wonder
ful block, an ability to dodge punches
that is equaled by few and shoots in
straight lefts' and rights. But there are
two questions to be answered. Has he
got a stiff punch? Is he game? His
strongest adherents will cite the fact
that Langford stayed 15 rounds with
Jack Johnson and that he beat Dave
Barry, who Is a husky heavyweight.
For all that, however, the San Fran
cisco fight public wants to be shown.
It Insists on holding its verdict in abey
ance until Langford gets Into action.
Then, If he shows the right kind of stuff
and whips Flynn In the fashion that is
expected of him, Sam can get all the
support that he wants and there Is no
question but that a fight with Ketchel
would draw big money. The latter will
ba in no haste to fight, however. He
will leave for home the first of the week
and declares that he will not be ready
to go Into the ring until February 22.
Langford will hardly care to wait that
long and If either Kelly or Papke want
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ANGFQRD QNEHOP
HOW SOME OF PAST WEEK'S SPORTING EVENTS
a fight, the colored boy will undoubtedly
accommodate them.
Betting Not Brisk. .
Betting on the Langford-Flynn fight
has not been very brisk. Langford is a
10-to-4 favorite and there is no Flynn
money In sight. There- is also some bet
ting at even money that Langford will
win from Flynn inside of 15 rounds.
It is on that proposition that there will
be betting. If there is any betting worth
mention.
Coffroth Gives Up Big Card. '
Promoter Jimmy Coffroth lias given
up In disgust his efforts to secure a
big card for New Year's day, and In
stead will have a decided novelty In
the way of a continuous performance.
He will have some 30 or 40 four and
ten-round bouts. The vaudeville fight
show is to start at 11 o'clock In the
morning and will last until dark. There
will be at least three referees to do the
work and the fight fans can go as early
as they please and stay as late. Coff
roth figures that he can charge fl gen
eral admission and $5 fr reserved seats
and make a barrel of money. Of course;
there will be no stars In the bouts, but
Coffroth cares enough about his reputa
tion as a promoter to see to it that his
show is a good one for the money. The
entire card will not cost him very much
and he Is right when he argues that
the holiday, crowds want a lot of action
for a small sum of money.
Bay City Has Marathon Craze.
San .Francisco Is ripe for the Mara
thon craze. The enthusiasm that has
carried away the East Is spreading to
the Far West, and I wouldn't be sur
prised to see a Marathon featured as one
of the big sporting events very short
ly. There is a bald-headed Irishman,
who hails to the name of Cornelius Con
nolly, who has been pegging away at
the long distance races these several
years and doing his work in very fast
time. Willis Britt, always with an eye
for the main chance, announced the first
of the week that he had signed Con
nolly and was prepared to challenge
Dorando Pietrl for a Marthon race In
San Francisco. It Is possible, how
ever, since Tom Longboat defeated Do
rando in such spectacular style In the
East, that Willis will transfer his chal
lenge to the Indian. At all events Con
nolly, while a strict amateur, needs the
money. . and if there was enough money
in sight could easily be induced to turn
professional.
In California, of course, it would be
possible to have such a race in the
open, and the men who are seriously
considering such an affair have said
that they could secure the Tanforan
racetrack for the spectacle.
Baseball Presidents Arrive.
With Presidents Ban Johnson and Har
ry Pulliam in . San Francisco and the
meeting of the "Pacific Coast League
scheduled for next Monday, December
21, there ought to be some action tak"en
very shortly as to the status of the
California outlaws. The state league
doesn't seem to care very much what
is done in the matter, but is willing to
confer with the Easterners. Cal Ewing
Insists that he has the authority to talk
business to the outlaws, and unless Pul
liam and Johnson are particularly diplo
matic there may be more or, less fric
tion. Just what the Coast League will do
in the way of enlarging,' depends on the
Outlaws and Whether they accept or
ganized baseball and the conditions that
are imposed. If they want to fight.
Ewing says he is prepared to install a
club In Sacramento and another in South
ern California and give his opponents
all the battle they wish.
VashongaI Defeats Camas.
About 75 Wasbougal fans chartered the
Jessie Harkness Friday and took their
team to Camas to play the Camas High
School team Friday night. The Wash
ougal team won handily by the score of
32 to 15. Although the score was one
sided, the game was fast and snappy.
Camas, although displaying good field
work, was outclassed at throwing bas
kets. J, Starr, Hosford, L. Starr, Wall,
Goat, Ough and Moore composed the
Waslio igal team, while Barton, Ostensen,
Self, Sims, Faber and Crawford played
for Camas. The Washougal team Is open
for challenge from any amateur team.
Address T. S. Keep. Washougal, Wash.
BILLIARDS AND POOL.
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Boom Privilege Restricted.
MONTESANO, Wash., Dec. 19. (Spe
cial.) The suit brought by the farmers
of the upper Chehalis River against Jo
seph . Bernard . to enjoin him from build
ing a boom and Jetty In which to store
his logs, was decided Wednesday In fa
vor of the plaintiffs.
LEAGUE WILL MEET
Judge McCredie Off for San
Francisco Conference.
LIVELY SESSION PROMISED
Admission of California State
League to Be Bone of Conten
tion Baseball Gossip for
the Fans.
BY W. J. PETRAIX.
Judge W. W. McCredie, president of
the Portland Club, and vice-president
of the Pacific. Coast League, left last
night for San Francisco, where he is
to attend the arnual meeting of the
Pacific Coast League which convenes
at the Bay City Monday. This meeting
will probably prove a stormy one, at
least such would seem to be the case
If the comments from the southland
are worth anything. '
The big dispute likely fo occupy the
attention of the magnates will be over
the admission of the California State
League, a so-called outlaw organiza
tion, into the folds of the National As
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sociation of Professional Baseball
Leagues. Presidents B. B. Johnson of
the American League and Harry C.
Pulliam of the National League, are to
attend the session for the purpose of
assisting in the work of convincing the
state league magnates of the advisability
of Joining hands with the organization.
Whether the movement will be suc
cessful or not is problematical, for the
reports emanating from the California
outlaw camps Indicate that there is
no particular desire on their part to
enter the fold, tnd furthermore it Is
quite possible that they will resist the
effort to get th?m in unless they are
granted a number of concessions of
considerable Importance to them.
Despite the adverse reports there
seems to be a nigger in the woodpile
somewhere, for It is rumored that
Henry Berry is .lesirous of promoting
a California State League Club In con
Junction with his Los Angeles Coast
League organization and thereby give
the Angel City continuous baseball by
virtue of representation in two leagues.
like Portland.
In the event that this is Berry's
plan, and the state leaguers agree to
it, it is quite likely that the move
will mee with the approval of the
magnates. The state league team
would probably fit well in the Southern
city and would undoubtedly do better
than- were Los Angeles called upon
to support- two clubs in the manner
San Francisco does wltn uamana.
D. E. Dugdale, the cherubic Seattle
magnate, teems to have learned a les-J
son by his last year s experience and
Is now maintaining a most remarkable
silence on matter pertaining to me an
nexing of next year's pennant. Dug
had the nag sealed up ana aeuverea
last Winter, but things went decidedly
to the bad, and instead of winning
first honors Seattle finished in the last
hole. However, Dug has secured the
services of Michael Angelo Lynch, the
hitherto hero of Tacoma, and the fat
man of Elliott Bay expects the ex
Tiger to give ihe hungry Seattle fans
something to appreciate in the base
ball line.
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President McFarlane, of the Aber
deen club is one of the busiest
Northwestern Lsague magnates these
days. Mr. McFarlane is trying to se
cure a competent manager for next
season's Black Cats, and believes ha
has the man In sight who will deliver
the goods as In 1907, when the Grays
Harbor bunch -.von the flag. "
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