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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JUNE - i ... - I . . CHEVROLET WINS BY CLOSE MARGIN His Auto Has Only One Minute Five Seconds Lead Over Bourque. RACES UNDER HANDICAP gatta. Both four-oared crews, two double sculls and perhaps two single shells will be sent to Seattle to compete In the events. Coach Murphy has been putting the crews through a strenuous course of training. A preliminary regatta between the crews of the local oarsmen will be held next Saturday morning with a full list of entries. The two crews, the doubles and the singles, will engage In a con test to make a test of the mettle of the oarsmen. Since Coach Murphy has arrived in Portland to take charge of the men. he has been keeping thera strictly under his notice to study every movement for a possible advantage. The hands of the men are covered j with calloused places, showing the ef- lect or tne strenuous exercise. The team is in good shape, and with the system employed by Coach Murphy there ts a good chance of taking hon ors from the opposing teams, It is thought. With One Cylinder Out of Commis sion, He Takes J-ead In 14th lap .Mishaps Shut Out Several Cars. CROWN POINT, ind.. June 19.-A Bulck 40-hors.e power car, driven by I-ouls Chevrolet won the Cobe cup race, the major event of the "Western VanJer bilt. over the 395.65 miles of the Crown Point-Lowell course todav by the hair raising margin of one minute Ave sec onds. Bourque. in a Knox, who was sec ond made so desperate a bid for vlctory fl..L Unt" ,he wl"n'n machine flashed over the tape was the result at nil rertaln. Clievrolefs Hair-Kalsing Finish. . Afl1iH ner',et was tenth entrant In n-rtiJ,! . and' 83 tque crowded perilously close to him in the final laps, he Knox car. No. 2 on the list, was the P"w th6 stami- hls t,me b-iK CO-'. 44. At this time Chevrolet was IZV.I .e near the beginning of the long foutb stretch, with eight minutes in TU to,secu.re the Prize. As he dashed h. the stanchions the course of his car was Hashed to the Judges' stand. The In- nntha?Xlft; re8ardinS his movements to the last foot was largely due to a ster f thG possib,n,y a dis- Winner's Time by Laps. The following table shows Chevrolet's performance: lfP Pos. Tim-. 2 '1 4 : 20 -'4:12 4 - 24 : 1 1 5 1 24:17 n - 24:311 7 j .. 1 25:K 0 " ' L'.VftO 10 ... 1 27:14 11 I. - 44:)1 l 4 :ii::12 lit 3 20:27 J4 ;;;;; 2-,:27 IS i 1 2S i IH . ' ' 2h:SS i7 , 1 28:01 One lap. 23.27 miles Total distance. 17 laps. 395.65 miles hour"" t,m f w,nnPr- 49 - miles' an K"1"' laP- ":34 by Denison, with ofTth6e flJ'?n8 ta"le ShWS the reC"-d flve cars and order of finish: Machine an(j driver -ri. Knox. Bourque ." S.'n'.ji Iwomohllc, Robertson .. '. stodrt.rrt-riayton. EnglebrVk IhI-MMS Wins With Three Cylinders. In the 11th lap Chevrolet broke a valve In a cylinder In such a manner that it repa,r1 and he was forced rvl.oH ,ne,ft of the day with three t.,1 "mdo his performance aU the more remarkahle. 41enX WhL' h showed n average of 49.2o miles an hour, was unusually slow t.ctCahLthe ""Wwer clas The me! Y roadway at the turns was literally cut to ribbons by the almost continuous performance of the two days racing Blowed down the heavy motors to r"..cZlrPe',,'d deRree and "PSftt Hefuses to tilve Vp. The most conspicuous feature of todav-s race from a technical point of view was of fC , r!""y con8"'tpt performance of Chevrolet. From the start his av erage scarcely varied 18 seconds. Denieon i?UthU,t f the ru"1"S- Robertson" t the wheel of a Locomobile, took up the task of defeating the leading Buick and after running a close second for inViT. hP 1,'rnPed Into the lead in the nth and held It twice around again. See ing Chevrolet worn down and all but vanquished by the terrific pace he had set himself his assistant at the repair pit repeatedly slfmalled hlra to give up. hut he B.immoned all his strength, sprang Into the lead in the Hth lap and wa! never thereafter headed Bourque t no time was wor.e than fourth ami In the 13th lap took the lead for a brief interval, dropping baPk, how. ever to sechnd. which he held to the end Robertson ran consistently... He was never worse than fifth In point of elapsed time. At one time he had a lead of 4 minutes and it wss generallv conceded that barring Just what did happen he could not be beaten. But at Lowell half way around the course, his magneto failed mm. A new one wa Installed. He. ared again, but had scarcely crossed the tape when the sparking instrument failed once more. This cost him the race. Cars Which Have Mishap. Trouble resulting in the withdrawal of car after car characterized the race from tho start. Bnrman, In a Bulck. ended his career in a ditch In the sixth lap with a ruined tank. He was quickly followed bv Tenison in a Knox, who was forced out BV engine trouble. Denton's misfortune seemed particularly hard, because up to the moment of his defeat he had waged n almost even duel with Chevrolet. The spectators saw no serious accidents, btrt shortly after noon there was a bit of excitement when Engelheek. whirling hy the closing point of hie ninth race, swerved to the soft dirt at the same point t which Strang narrowly escaped dis aster in the Indiana trophy contest. He recovered control. however. and the Ptoddsrd-Payton swept on amid cheers. Flagman's Ann Broken. Probably the most serious affair of the day occurred' when Robertson's car skidded at the head of the east stretch, struck Theodore Mueller, the flagman at that point, before he could leap aside and broke his arm. During the entire day 41 cases, mostly of fainting and heat prostration, were treated at the emergency hospitals. None of these promises serious consequences. KOWIXC1 CHEWS ARE CHOSEN Men to Compete at Lake Washington Regatta, Training Hard. Crews to represent the Portland Rowing Club in the regatta on 1-ake Washington in which the various row ing blubs of the Northwest coast will compete. July 9 and 10. have been chosen by Coach Murphy. In the senior crew McMlcken. a mem ber of last year's senior crew; Jay Hus ton. John Fitting and Captain Loom Is will hold the positions of bow. 2. 3 and stroke, respectively. The Junior crew, constating of Chlck enny (bow). Pfunder (2). Tucker (3) and Waits fstroke). have been chosen iso to represent the club In the re- BAY CITY YACHT IS VICTOR Presto Easily Defeats LaMahpe Over Golden Gate Racing Course. SAN FRANVCISCO, June 19. The yacht Presto, of this city, defeated the San Pe dro boat, LaMahpe this afternoon In a race over the regular course of the San Francisco Yacht Club. Without counting her time allowance of about six minutes, the Presto won by 5 minutes, actual time. J WILL OPEN FUND FOR STOCK SHOW TO BE RAISED THIS WEEK. Entries Expected to Be More Numer ous and or Better Class Than Last Year. With the resumption of the campaign to raise the balance of the $25,000 need ed to float the second annual Portland Fair and Livestock Association meet at the Country club next September the future of light harness racing and the exhibition of pure-bred stock in Port land is at stake. Last year the fastest turf events ever held in the Pacific Northwest were ne gotiated on the local course, and dur ing the week the finest exhibition of rancy stock, horses, cattle, sheep and swine ever displayed west of Chicago w-as held here. It is for the purpose of perpetuating a display of this char acter each year that the promoters of the plan are engaged In organizing the proposed financial campaign. Nearlv one-third of the money needed to war rant a race meet and stock exposition even more imposing than that of last year has already been pledged, and dur ing the next few weeks the effort will be made to secure the balance. The local campaign has been thor oughly organized by General Manager Drake. He stated last night that he would have the ten committees ready to get out and hustle up sales of sea son tickets tomorrow morning. and that they would stay in the game until the entire city had been swept clean under the district plan which has been worked out. One set of solicitors will work in the retail district; another will cover the wholesale and manufacturing section certain committees will clean up the big office buildings and others will rummage through the residence por tions of the city. The local commit tees were called together In Manager Drakes office yesterday afternoon, given full instructions and provided ...... iuiiiuuii ror rneir crusade. It Is a much more serious problem to handle the work throughout the state, although Dairy and Pure Food Commissioner Bailey believes he can line up the harness horse profession and the livestock breeders without much trouble. While It will not be possible to enlist the efforts of the Oregon Development League as an organization In this work the president, Theodore B. Wilcox and the secretary, Tom Richardson, have notified the management that they will use their personal Influence among the 90 affiliated commercial clubs to get them interested. That the entire livestock Industry of the Northwest was intimately Involved in the success of the projected cam paign was the united opinion of the Country Club directors who met with Manager Drake yesterday. They agreed that a strenuous pace was set a year ago and that it was up to the men who are developing fine herds of pure-bred stock and fine strings of racing stables to do the rest if Portland is to maintain anything like a commanding position In this important industry in. the Pacific Northwest. "President Wehrung and Secretary Wisdom have carried on an extensive correspondence with the allied Interests in this line In the West," said Manager Drake, last night, "and they agree that we must do everything In our power to give as good, if not better, meet this Fall than we did a year ago. W"e did not reach the great livestock centers much beyond the Missouri iver last September, but we have been guaranteed fine representation from the International at Chicago and other leading livestock shows of the TTnlted States, and Canada if we can show them that we are in a position to deliver the goods." The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition management has promised to co-operate with Portland in arranging for the show and race meet this year, for the simple reason that the more racers and stock exhibits that can be brought here, the better will bo the great ex position, which Seattle will hold the two weeks following the exposition here. Secretary Wisdom will handle the show at Seattle and he has toured not only California for pure-bred stock and turf performers, but he has covered the whole state of Oregon and the en tire Northwest in a similar pursuit. He will be here next week to assist In the financial campaign, and follow ing the canvass here, he will visit the eight Northwestern cities in the Fair Circuit. Secretary Wisdom telegraphed from Seattle yesterday that the Portland management could not make their claims any too strong because he had been advised that the Middle West turfmen and. Eastern and Central West livestock producers would come to the Coast with the finest entries that had ever been sent from their home stables. Manager Drake is planning to an nounce the results of the local canvass, day by day. The state-wide campaign in charge of Pure Food Commissioner Bailey will be reported from time to time as the different sections make their returns to him. YANKEES WKV PRELIMINARIES Meadowbrook Polo Team Jars Con ceit of English Cup Defenders. LONDON. June 19 The Meadow brook (Long Island) r-olo team has w-on the open cup tournament, having defeated the Roehampton team today. 6 to 1. The Roehampton players, with one exception, constitute the team that had been selected to defend the Amer ican cup, and their utter rout today has sent a shiver down the back of British polo player. MONTE ATTELL IS BANTAMGHAMPIQN Puts- Frankie Neil to Sleep in Eighteenth Round of Sched uled 25-Go Bout. WINNER NEVER IN DANGER Neil Surfers Heavily From Oppo nent's Rushes and Face Bleeds Continuously During the Long Battle. SAN FRANCISCO. June 19. In as fast and clean a fight as has been seen ittan aI arena ln a !nsr time, Monte Attell, of San Francisco, won the bantamweight championship from rnk'e Neil in the ISth round of a scheduled 25-round contest at Coff roth's arena this afternoon. Neil was the aggressor throughout forcing Attell b, w ,r.,,. j punches seemed to lack force, however, "u in oniy two rounds did he appear to have a chance with the clever brother of the featherweight cham pion. Attell had everything. He pepper ed Neil's nose and mouth with straight lefts, brought over crushing rights on the jaw, and occasionally rapped rankie in the mid-section with solid rights or lefts. Knockout Comes Easily. The knockout in the 18th had been onlv a nnttnnn.H off.i. . " ' Hum Luc pre- ceding round when the gong saved Neil ueieai. tne beginning of the tinai round "pi i r. , , . - . , wl JtIS corner with a sort of Battling Nelson trot, but " " ivipu quicKiy with a straight left on the face. He staggered around the ring with Attell following him and sending in hard rights and lefts to the jaw. No one punch did the work but under this fearful punishment Nil sank gradually to the floor and was counted out. From the second round until the final gong, Neil's nose and mouth bled con tinuously from Attell's punches. Two Good Preliminaries. Jeff Perry won in the first prelimi nary to the Nell-Attell fight, ln seven rounds, from Frankie Smith, with a clean knock-out. It was a scheduled 10 round contest. George Green, of San Francisco, at one time welterweight champion of the world, and Kid Krant, of Seattle, went 10 rounds to a draw in the second pre liminary. The men fought at 145 pounds. VETERANS TAKE MATCH "ODER 30" SIDE LOSES BY TEN Rl'SS AT CRICKET. Churchleys AVtcket-Keeping Feature of Fast Game on Grounds of Portland Club. ,n r,e'urn match. I'nder 30 vs. Over 30. of the Portland Cricket Club was played on the c'.ub grounds yesterday and proved to be one of the most in teresting and exciting matches at the finish that has been played this season. The veterans won by a margin of 10 Several good scores were made and the ground fielding of both sides was above the average. Graves made 49 runs, the top score, for the "old" men. but his inning was marred by several chances. Smith, with 32 not out, played a good game, his score being made up of several clean drives to the boun dary and one hit for six out of the grounds. For the Colts Coppinger made the top score of 50. his inning being a fault less one. He was unfortunately struck on the wrist by a sharp return from Neame, who was batting with him at the time, and-was compelled to retire, but resumed later. Eleven runs were required by the youngsters to win when their last man came in, but some sharp bowling and fielding kept the score down, and the end came when Mackenzie, In attempt ing a sharp one, was smartly run out by a good return from Crocker. Men tion should be made of the good wicket keeping of Churchley, only one bye being scored during the Innings of under 30. and he making a very smart catch from an almost Impossible hit to leg by Berridge. The score follows: Over 80. C. Greav, caught, Leigh, b., Copplnser 49 K. TVnwiok '0pt.. oowlrd, Coppinger.. 16 G. Shipley, bowled. Neame 2 J. J. Churchley. ct., Cummins, b., Neame H W. G. Smith, not out 3 A. M. Crocker, bowled. F. Browne 4 A. SiRler. caught. Neame, b.. F. Browne. . . o P. Henderson, bowled, Coppinger 0 C P. Browne, bowled, Coppinger o C Blakeley, run out M 33xtras '' Total 123 BOWLING ANALYSIS. P. Browne 2 wickets 3S runs M. Coppinger 4 wlckAt aa n,n. P. Xeame 2 wickets 10 rum Under 30. C Cummlng (Capt.), not out q M. Coppinger. caught Browne. bowled Inwick f. iNeame. oowiea, renwicn jj Vf. Phen. bowled. Fenwlck 10 C Ijeifch. oaught. Pmith, bowled. Fenwick O A . -rv r.xi, run out j A. Berridge. raught. Churchley, bowled Shipley g F. Brown, caught, Henderson, bowledj Smith ' b I. Hanks, run out a a. .Mtiifi, caugni. v-rocKer. oowied. Gre&vea 1.1 ctras j Total n2 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Fl Fenwirk 4 wieketx S3 run W. O. Smith 1 wicket 17, runs G. Rhlpiey I wicket 2 runs C. Greaves 1 wicket 9 runs AMERICANS STILL WINNING Many 'Valuable Prizes Taken by Yankee Entries in London. LONDON, June 19. At the Richmond Royal Horse Show today, C. W. Wat son. of Baltimore, won the four-in-hand cup, while Walter Wlnans" Cokers Rosador and Proserpine captured the tandem challenge cup . and gold chal lenge vase for pairs. Judge Moore's coach guard. Charles Turpin, won the post-horn competition. Old Rivals Will Wrestle. R. A. Fulcher and J. K. Springer will meet in a wrestling bout at Allsky hall. Third and Morrison streets, next Saturday night. Fulcher is from Wash ougal. Wash., and Springer is a Port land man. The two men have met twice before and each has won a victory. The : match this time will decide the rivalry r between the men. The wrestlers have a difference of only two points in weight, Fulcher weighing 166. while Springer is two pounds heavier. The events will . be catch-as-catch-can, two best out of three deciding the winner. The last fall made between these men took 44 minutes. NEW TEN-MILE RECORD MADE Percy -SmallTvood, of Wales, Beatf Time Made by Shrubb. PITTSBURG. Pa., June 19. Percy Smallwood, of Wales, champion middle distance runner, today established a new world's record for 10 miles. At Jeanette, Pa., near here, he defeated three men by three and a half laps, in 50 minutes 2 seconds, on a four-lap track, beating the record of 60:40 held by Shrubb. Club's Summer Home Open. For the first time this year the Sum mer home of the Portland UntnrKnat Club will be open today to the niem- uel 01 tne ciud. Tne building, which had been loosened from Its moorings and carried down the river Ki, h 1. 1 .1, water, has been rescued from the mud- UH.11K8 01 tne sandy tiver and has been placed above the county bridge at Troutdale for the use of club members ANGLERS TEST. SKILL FANCY FLY-CASTING IS DONE AT HAWTHORNE PARK. Campbell Takes Delicacy and Accu racy Event AVhile Thorne Makes Farthest Throw. The second bi-monthly tournament of the Portland Fly-Casting Club was held in the lagoon at Hawthorne Park yes terday afternoon. Several nf ik.'.. tries failed to equal their former aver- wi,,,,; a numDer or the contestants succeeded In making exceptionally high records ln the trio of events. Campbell, by his dexterous handling of rod and line, capped the list of en tries with a oereentfle-ft nf Qfi 1 ic delicacy and accuracy. Although ........ mine a. strenuous effort to smash his former record of 91 feet in his long-distance casting, his best try was when he dropped the fly within a few Inches of the 90-foot buoy. In the 50 to 60-foot accuracy event Rae squeezed out the high average of 99 2-15 by a narrow margin. . He suc ceeded also ln lodging himself In. a com fortable position in second place with a score of 97 2-15 ln the delicacy and accuracy event. Backus and Dr. Camp bell tied for second place with 78 feet in the long-distance cast. Despite his 111 luck in wielding his rod. Douglass captured second place in the second event for accuracy. His chances bade fair to result in a perfect score had not his line snagged" in the last minute of trial, and resulted ln his score of 98 per cent. Thorne in a preliminary effort to reach his former long-distance cast of 91 feet astonished his spectators in attaining a distance of 82 feet with a 5 K -ounce, 9 -foot rod. Following are the entries and aver ages reached In yesterday's tournament. rel'y and Accuracy. Long Ac-c acy, 50 to 60 ft. Dlst. Per Per. Feet Cent. Cent. T 2-15 BO 2-15 70 Xhorn' 7 8-1.-. : 97 9-15 SB Backus B7 11-15 n- 4-15 ? ampbell . . . . . 9R 1-13' B 14-15 4u Douglass T 5-15 Its 62 Joe Madden Wins Brooklyn Derby. GRAVES END, June 19.-First.' about six furlongs-Tim Pippin, won; High Range second; Lawton Wiggins, third. Time Second, Empire steeplechase, about two miles and a half Sanctus. walkover Fourth, the Brooklyn Derby, three in four, mile and half, $8000 added Joe Mad den, won: Fayette, second; County Fair third. Time. 2:27 4-5. Fifth, mile and three sixteenths Hill Top. won;-St. Joseph, second; Mark An tony, third. Time, 2:01. American Association. At Minneapolis Minneapolis 4 In dianapolis 3. ' At St. Paul Louisville 1, St. Paul 2 At Kansas City Kansas City 6- To ledo 4. At Milwaukee Columbus 1. Milwau kee 0. College Games. At Amherst Amherst 3, Trinity 0 At New Haven Yale 6. Cornell 0. RIVER WMiLES WIDE COLUMBIA IS AGAIN RISING AT VANCOUVER. Channel Is Filled With Floating Driftwood,. Which Makes Nav igation Difficult. VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 19 (Spe cial.) The Columbia River was 21 feet ,.,V;ch.ef above Iow water tonight and still rising. It. has risen 6 Inches in the last 24 hours, or an Inch every four hours. The main channel of the river op posite this city is more than two miles wide and the water throughout that wide expanse Is racing swiftly sea ward. Beyond the main body of the river where the current sweeps along the water has overflowed until there is practically a continuous sheet of water from Vancouver to within about two blocks of the city limits of Port land, at what is known as the slough road. All day driftwood has been running thick between Hayden Island and the Washington shore, so that looking up the river at times, it would appear to be half filled with floating debris. Much of this driftwood was large so that the ferryboat. City of Vancouver, was kept busy dodging about ln order to prevent the wood from getting caught in the paddlewheels. Sometimes escape, was impossible and then the captain would signal to stop the wheels until the ferry was past the obstruction. Once, about 3 o'clock this afternoon, the boat ran into some driftwood and several sticks got caught in one of the w-heels and several paddles were broken. The broken paddles were re paired when- the boat made shore. The river is now seven inches higher than it was at the highest point last week. On June 10 it stood 21 feet 2 inches above low water. It then sub sided a foot or more, but began com ing up the first of this week and has kept steadily rising ever since. On the Vancouver side passengers landing from the ferry, when they step oft the Jumper on which rests the apron of the ferryboat, are well up on the pavement, the lower end of which, at the foot of Washington street. Is lapped for a foot or more by the water from LADIES' AND MISSES' COATS SPECIAL SALE To close out the balance of this season's stock on hand we make the following GENUINE REDUCTIONS $17.50 Man-tailored Coats now $12.85 $15.00 Man-tailored Coats now $ 9.85 $10.00 IVlan-tailored Coats now $ 6.85 These garments are all HAND-TAILORED These are GENUINE PRICE REDUCTIONS ET T TlVTT LEADING i-i-l-ll 11 CLOTHIER BENS the river. Part of the cement sidewalk on the east side of the street is also submerged. Astoria Tidelands Sold. ASTORIA. Or.. June 19. f Special.) A deed was filed ' for record yesterday whereby H. T. Hendryx, of Portland, sells to William T. Muir. of the same place. 238 acres of tide land located just east of Tongue Point. The consideration named Is purely nominal. This is a por tion of the tract consisting of about 4000 acres that was purchased from the state a few months ago by Portland and As toria parties. "Washington Ambassador Bryee. repre sentative of Great Britain at Washington, writes most of his letters by band, then summons a, typewriter to have them "typfd." piano sale of splendid nearly new and highest -grade ones to continue until all are sold at eilers more pianos were sold last week than at any time since the bank troubles of October, '97. our people are pros perous; the extraordinary low prices at which we are clos ing out every instrument in our piano exchange and bar gain room have induced tre mendous piano buying. ' there was an immense lot to start with, many of the most desirable, highest-grade instruments may yet be had. a magnificent kimball, an almost brand-new mahogany steinway, a but little-used eilers orchestral these and others go now at a bona fide saving of $200 in price. a walnut sterling, like-new, $185; a jewett, $176; these are less than half price, all others at corresponding re ductions, making prices $86, $90, -$118, etc., etc., for pianos of good tone and action. not necessary to pay all cash pay $8, $6, yes, even $5 a month but come at once, for within the next few days, all will be out of the way. eilers piano house, Oregon's home establish mentlargest, foremost and most responsible concern in the west, 353 Washington street, at park (8th) street.