THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 28, 1909.
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FIGHT FANS SORRY
THEY STAYED MAY
Attel-Reagan Mill Was Tidbit
Too Good to Miss, But No
body Expected That.
BASEBALL SEASON OPENS
ArrlTal of White Sox Signal to All
Lovers of Game to Get Out In the
Bleachers airrt Root News
of Coast Players.
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cl.. Keb. 27. (Spe
cial.) One more the wise fight fans of
Ban Francisco were fooled. Tliey stayed
away from the Monte-Attell-Jlmmy
Reagan match because they thought the
two bantamweights would peck at each
ether for 20 rounds, and when they heard
t'.: story of what actually happened,
they were thunderstruck. There was
probably not more than Ji:) In the house,
and barring the Ketchel-Thomas fight of
many months ago. it was the most sensa
tional encounter that has been witnessed
In San Francisco of late years.
It was lucky for the little Hebrew that
the gong ended the sixth round and that
Us seconds could drag him to his corner.
They fixed him up In the best shape they
could in the 60 seconds time allowed and
ent him out to stall. And how he did
tall. Three times he was knocked down,
a he staggered around the ring almost
unconscious: but he had presence of
mind enough to hold on when he could.
Reagan, instead of setting himself for a
punch that would do damage, swung slam
bang at his man. Attell not only lasted
cut the round but was quite fresh when
Uie seventh closed.
Then In the eighth, came the next sur
prise. Reagan had apparently shot his
bolt, for Attell. with renewed energy,
put his man down with a right to the
Jaw. Reagan got up. and another right
to the stomach sent him on his haunches.
He was practically counted out as he sat
there, but the referee dldn"t understand
the timekeeper and the fight was allowed
to proceed. For the balance of the
Juorney. Attell had things pretty much
tis own way. Reagan was groggy every
round, but try as he would. Monte could
not stow away the wiry little Oaklander.
who took his beating, but was there at
the finish.
The crowd was chiefly surprised In
Attell and his showing. He had been
counted to have a streak of yellow In
him. but he was game enough that day
to suit everyone. There was more of the
Abe Attell science In the fight and al
together, he made quite a hit with the
crowd that was against him at the
tart. The next thing is to arrange a
fight between Attell and Johnny Coulon,
the Chicago champion bantamweight,
who has promised to come West. Coulon
has sgreed to 113 pounds, at 3 o'clock
on the day of the fight a weight that
Jlonte can make.
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Al Neil, once an old Portland favorite
In the fighting, game, came back with a
rush the other night when he defeated
Kyle Whitney in the 14th round of a
ground fight at Dreamland rink. AI
was losing all the way. but In the 14th.
lie took advantage of an opening, swung
a right, and put the negro down with a
suddenness that was perplexing even to
the crowd.
Boxing promoters, who were somewhat
worried lest the legislature pass an
anti-fight bill, are feeling better now. The
fact that no action has been taken on
the bill that was Introduced by Senator
"Willis and that the legislature will soon
adjourn is comforting. It begins to look
as If the reform way started and ended
with the racetrack measure and that the
other eport will not be troubled for a
time.
Jim Jeffries closed his California thea
trical tour in Oakland last Monday night,
and on Friday night left Los Angeles for
New York. With him was Sam Berger
who will act as his sparring partner on
the Morris vaudeville circuit. According
to reports, the two boxers will appear on
the stage In regulation evening attire.
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feT' ' FOR TH e FWR.
They will illustrate how a few of the
punches famous In ring history are de
livered and then they will don their
tights for a couple of rounds.
As they will arrive on Broadway a few
days In advance of their opening, which
ia set for March 8. the theatrical manager
has devised a clever bit of advertising.
He plans to deck Jeffries and Berger out
In frock suits and silk hats and let them
promenade the avenue arm In arm. That
will surely startle New Yorkers.
Although the regular season of the
Pacific Coast League Is not scheduled
to commence until March SO, the baseball
interest will start with the arrival of
the White Sox special, which Is due In
San Francisco next Monday. On this
train will be a lot of the players belong
ing to the Coast League clubs, and as
they will open their training camps at
once, the fans will have all they want
In the way of baseball nourishment. The
White Sox are not scheduled to open
their series until Thursday, when they
start against the Seals, but they will do
what training, they can on the local
grounds. The Oakland Club will have
its headquarters at Haywards. one of
the suburbs of Oakland, while the Seals
will have their own diamond, which Is
In good shape. In spite of the 40 days of
rain.
Ixng has been adding a number of
players to his list and will have a num
ber of new faces for the local club. He
has at last been assured that he will have
Tennant. the Three I first baseman who
was drafted by Comiskey and turned over
to San Francisco. This relieves the
situation and makes it certain that Nick
Williams will assist Claude Berry behind
the bat. McArdle has been playing so
well at shortstop that he will probably
he used In that position. If this Is done.
Mundorff. the Vancouver shortstop, will
be used at third base and Kid Mohler
will have his old station at second.
It has not yet been decided whether
Curtis will be turned over to the Vernon
Club. He has signed hla San Francisco
contract and states that he wants to re
main here. Long Is willing to keep him.
but has promised Hogan that be would
let htm have an outfielder, and doesn't
know Just how It can be arranged other
wise. .
Bill Heitmuller Is not satisfied with
the contract that ha been offered him
by the Philadelphia Americans. His con
tract was waiting him when he returned
from the Orient, but he sent It back un
signed with the hint that he would like
more money.
The canvas covering that will be used
to protect the diamond at Recreation
Park In case of rain has arrived. It Is
made up In four pieces, so that It will
buckle together, and Is specially prepared
so that It will resist the rain. All told,
it weighs about a ton. and cost $1400.
It takes four men to arrange It on the
diamond, but as It will insure ball games,
except when the rain continues of an
afternoon, it is apt to save the club con
siderable money.
PLAN TO PLAY WATER POLO
V. M. C. A. Will Have Two Teams
for Aquatic Sport.
Water polo is to be one of the strong
features at the Y. M. C. A. this Spring,
and It Is expected that Swimming Di
rector Myers will have two good teams
In readiness for matches with the Mult
nomah swimmers or other club teams.
.Similar preparations are being made at
Multnomah Club, although R T. Miller,
chairman of the bath committee, has not
yet ot definite plans arranged.
General all-round development is at
present occupying most of the associ
ation activities, and It seems to be main
ly the idea to go right along with swim
ming Instruction till after the circus, in
which most of the athletes are inter
ested. Plan Aerial Race Course.
NEW YORK. Feb. 27. Under the con
trol of the Aero Club of America a
race course for flying machines, where
flights may be accurately measured, Is
to be opened on the Long Island Motor
Parkway between Hempstead and
Farmlngdale, L. L Negotiations for the
use of part of the parkway have been
completed and It Is expected that the
grounds will be ready by May 1.
The course will be at the disposal of
any inventor who has a machine with
any promise of flying.
The club hopes by the acquisition of
the test grounds to stimulate Interest
In aeronautics and to bring forth In
ventors who have heretofore been han
dicapped by the lack of suitable facili
ties for trying out their aerial steeds.
Plans call for the creation of grounds
surpassing anything; of the kind in
Franc and Germany.
PLAYERS GET BUSY
Leave Winter Quarters for
Training Grounds.
HAS TWO CRACK CATCHERS
McCredie Greatly Elated Over Mur
ray and Armbruster Casey
Wants to Get Into Training.
Other Gossip of Diamond.
BY W. J. PETRAIN.
While the actual opening of hosltllities
in the baseball world is yet 30 days off,
the season may now be said to be on,
for the ball-tossers from all parts of the
country are climbing out pf their Winter
quarters and hiking for the training
grounds, where arms and muscles ren
dered soft from Winter's inactivity are
being gradually hardened to the strain
of an arduous season.
The big league clubs are rounding up
both old and young players and are
working them out at different spots In
the South, while In California the clubs
of tire Pacific Coast League are being
augmented each day by the arrival of
new players. Walter McCredie and sev
eral of his Portland players leave Port
land tonight, bound for San Luis Obispo,
whltiier the eyes of Portland fandom
will be turned longingly after next
Wednesday,' the day when most of the
players are expected to be on hand and
don Portland uniforms, some of them
for the first time.
The new men will Interest the fans
more than the old acquaintances, al
though the work of the favorites Is al
ways watched closely. While the train
ing period usually seems a long time
to those at home, it must be remembered
only six short weeks are to elapse be
fore Walter McCredie and his team, to
gether with Charlie Graham's Sacra
mento squad, make their bow on the
Portland diamond, for the Initial game
of the season here Is at Vaughn-street
grounds April 13. Portland opens the
season at Los Angeles and plays an
other week at Sacramento, after which
the Coasters come Ts'orth for a four
weeks' series, the California Senators
being the opening attraction, with San
Francisco,. Oakland and Los Angeles fol
lowing in the order named for the four
weeks' opening series. Happy Hngan
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and his Vernon squad will not come
North until the second home series of
the Coasters.
Manager McCredie is so highly elated
over the two crack catchers who will do
the backstopping on the Pacific Coast
League team that he is entertaining high
hopes of scoring a victory In the Class
AA organisation. In fact McCredie can
not see where the other Coast, teams
have a chance with him when catchers
are considered, for Murray and Arm
bruster are rated much higher than those
of the other clubs, with the possible ex
ception of Berry, of San Francisco. How
ever, the Seals have only one star back
stop, while Portland- has two men, either
or both of whom are not likely to re
main here another season. Catcher
Murray Is now in demand In the East.
Managers of major league clubs who
waived on him In order to allow the Bos
ton club to turn him over, to Portland
are regretting that they did so and some
of them have made offers to the Portland
club for his services. "Nothing for sale,
am on the buy," is McCredle's Invariable
response to all would-be purchasers.
Armbruster has written the Portland
manager that he is coming to the Coast
to make good. "I have fooled away four
years of my baseball career and don't
intend to do so any more. All I want,
Mac, is plenty of work, and when I join
your club you will not have any chance
to find fault with my work or habits
either. I am out for Armbruster after
this and intend to get back to the big
leagues again before I quit the game
for the good, and the next time you can
bet that I'll stay there." This part of
Armbruster's letter pleased Walter Mc
Credie immensely, and he immediately
offered both Murray and Armbruster a
bonus if Portland wins the pennant.
Pearl Casey Is gloomy these days, all
because he has the training fever and
must wait two weeks or more before he
can get Into action. The departure of
Ote Johnson, Ed Kennedy and Manager
McCredie tonight only serves to increase
Casey's depressed spirits. Whenever he
comes out of his "trance" he remarks,
"wait until we get Into action. We'll
show you some speed." Bassey, on the
other hand, Is as cheerful as 'can be.
However, the light-hearted "Mlssourlan"
(Casey calls him worse than that) could
not be serious if he tried, and ' he flits
about springing a new Josh on either
Casey or McCredie and enjoys them more
than any one else. Despite the shyness
of hair on his scalp, which Is the butt
of all the jokes played on him, the little
outfielder laughingly counts the days
elapsing before he Joins the merry crowd
on the way to the Medford training
camp. Since Casey has been made a
manager, Bassey has constituted himself
adviser, and promises Casey that he will
pick out a few "live ones" In the shape
of "phenoms" at the home of "Hub"
Pernoll.
A new motor boat Is propelled' by sn aerial
screw. Under favorable conditions bigh speed
is attained.
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Aquatic Sports Already En
gage Attention of Devotees.
CLUBS PLAN FOR SUMMER
Bowing Body Adds Names of Sev
eral Well-Known Oarsmen.
Yacht Club Lays Out Sunday
and Holiday Cruises.
Dependent for success, as they are,
on good weather conditions, the rapid
approach in the last few days to the
"balmy days of Spring" has caused all
the river organizations to do some rap
Id work in the clearing away of the
cobwebs that have. been hanging round
their Summer homes, and In making
Immediate plans to cope with their
Summer requirements. Several of the
clubs, as the Rowing Club and the
Yacht Club, have been open during the
Winter to those few hardy ones who
dared to brave the floods and drift
wood, but with the exception of a few
mild Sundays, the Winter attendance
has not been too encouraging.
' The Rowing Club has been able to
add to Its membership list the names
of several well-known rowing men.
Jack Townsend, of the University of
Pennsylvania, who wn on his college
eight for several years, will train with
the rowing men this year, as will also
Walker, a former Michigan oarsman, if
he can work down to the necessary
weight.
The loss of "Art" Allen, the former
bow of the Rowing Club eight, who
Is shortly , leaving San Francisco for
New Zealand, will be severely felt, al
though It Is hoped that the club will
be able to Induce some of Its hidden
talent to replace him. It is believed
that, after all, Coach "Mike" Murphy
will be able to train the crew this
year. The Stanford season will likely
end In the early part of May, some
what earlier than was expected, and if
"Mike's" health keeps up to scratch
he may be induced to relieve the senior
men of their arduous coaching duties.
A meeting of the directors is to be
held this week to formulate plans for
the season.
The directors of the Oregon Yacht
Club have announced their intention of
branching out farther than ever before
In their endeavors to Improve the serv
ice the club can offer. It is Intended
that a float shall be .anchored off Glen
Harbor, making an , anchorage for
yachts while they are doing week-end
cruising In the Columbia River. In
previous years the whole of Sunday has
been occupied in getting down through
the bridges from the club's present
quarters, and it Is thought, that by
sailing down one Sunday future Sun
days and holidays can be devoted to
down-river cruising, without being de
pendent on the vagaries of the draws.
Piles will be driven and everything
done to insure safety for their down
river quarters While primarily in
tended for the yacht and motorboat
members, an attempt will be made to
provide a canoe house. The annual
meeting of the members of the club,
at which these pla.ns will be laid before
them. Is scheduled for the latter end
of March. A slate, comprising the of
ficers for the ensuing year, is in course
of preparation.
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Now Is the Correct Time
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Owners who want new 1809 cars are
trying to seil or trade in now, so they
can place their orders, consequently
the supply Is large. Most second-hand
buvers are figuring on buying in the
Spring, and for that reason the sup
ply of buyers at this time Is small.
Such a condition forces low prices on
all cars which must be sold without
delay. We have been offered a large
number of second-hand cars in trade
on Pierce and Cadillac. Most of them
we refused because they were held too
high, but we accepted a few and got
them rlittat. and are going to sell them
right, consequently If you want a bar
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ran. must be soldi
Franklin, ' '07 model G, top. 1850;
Franklin. '07 model G, top and glass
front very little used. $1000; Cadillac,
model G. '07, top, completely over
hauled, $1000; two '07 Stevens-Duryeas,
$1000; Buick 2-cylinder '07, $600: Pierce
28-32 h. p., '06, completely overhauled.
$1800. and others.
COVEY MOTOR CAR CO.
Seventh and Conch Streets
Pierce-Arrow, Cadillac, Babcock Electric
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