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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, - JULY.. 11, 1909.
3-BAW1E SCHEDULE
STRONGLY URGED
Northwestern League Teams
Play Too Long Stands
to Suit Fans.
SEVEN GAMES TOO MUCH
6cheme Outlined by Will Mac Rao
Whereby Managers Pool Railroad
Fares and Keep Clubs Mot.
- ing All the Time.
Should the trend of events so shane
themselves and the final outcome of the
present baseball situation be that Port
land is one of the cities in the North
western League, the schedule makers
must sea to It that another such schedule
as the one that has served during the
present season is not again inflicted upon
the fans. It Is hardly Just to take the
schedule makers too severely to task for
the playing tlmecard they gave us this
season, jor the thing was thrown toeeth
er In a hurry and while It .was not the
best they could have drawn up, it had to
serve.
With Portland in the . Northwestern
League and the other towns doing bust-
P.!.9 .at tne ""P ol? f tand- lht rraniza-
nvn is tuinpnci, ana jumps irom town to
town so situated that a schedule could be
drawn that would do away with this
seven-games-a-week racket. No baseball
fan or even the most ardenf crab wants
to see the same team in action for seven
straight games, with a possible nine
games on the holidays. When the mag
nate asks the put-ups to stand for this
kind of a working tlmecard. they ask
for more than they are entitled to. What
should be done is to pool the- railroad
transportation and make a schedule that
would give the fans a constant change of
learns.
Three Games Enough.
The thing to do Is to make a schedule
that does not put a team in any one town
ior more man tnree games, with the ex
ceptions or the holiday games. Play six
game3 a week, or seven if need be, but
keep twitching the teams. The schedule
should also be made so that no team in
the league is away from home longer than
two weeks. Such a schedule would In
crease tne cost of railroad fares, but by
pooling this item of e
.fident the magnates would be more than
compensated Dy the increase in attend
ance. Another advantage in having
team only two weeks on the road would
be that In case of a slump and a losing
streak, the agony would not be so long
u a.vu-uui ana a team that had .hit th
toboggan on the road would bv gettlns-
m two weeics,, get a chance to get
back on Its stride.
s Harder Pennant Fight.
A schedule of this sort would also as
sure a much harder fight for the pennant
uu mi oi me teams, unless one should
nopeiessiy outclassed. would be
ouncnea ana nghtlng all during the sea
son.. With a three-game schedule It would
have been impossible for Seattle to have
gotten so far In front as It has under the
present time card. Even with the great
number of games allotted to Seattle at
home, the rapid fire switching of teams
In the league, would, without doubt, have
prevented the Turks from making their
, Bjrrucnet iugnt to tne top of the-per-
mei. me uous ana played a
string of nine games. After Foumier was
hurt and Swanton blew ud. Csev' or
ganization Was sadly shattered. Could the
Colta have moved on to Spokane and
some other team have hooked up with
the Turks, the race for the Northwestern
League rag would have been closer- and
the Colts would have been home in two
.weeks with a chance- tor" get into their
striae weeks before they did. To have
jumped home after the Tacoma series.
even with Casey out of the game, would
nave mane lots of difference. Mullin in
all nrnhahintv arni i .
-.v. iiurt
and SfB t f it wAnM v n . - i
chance to fatten up on a crippled ball
Seattle Not Good Road Team.
I have never, since the 'season opened.
? umiu O.I1U IU
smsii Seattle parK, Dugdale has a team
hard to beat and even on the road, the
other fellows must play ball all the time
to beaj them.' The truth of these obser-
vations will be tested on this xnlnnrn nf
...o 4uiiw. x ma is inrir iirst long lour-
ney away . from home since the season
opened and the showing they make will
tell whether I am right in savlne thev
-are not a good road team. Seattle hasn't
in the present series presented the fans
the Turks are crippled, but not so badlv
as the Colts. Casey to' awav from second
base and with Murray from behind the
bat. the Colts are a mighty wobbly hall
team. jiiKen Demg away from third base
n" weaienea- tne Turn Infield a lot.
so the fans should withhold their iudir-
ment, for with Magee at first. Bennett at
second, Raymond at short and Aiken at
intra, that Turk Infield is hard to heat.
Allen's endeavor to play third and second
nasn t been brilliant and it caused Man
ager Lynch to- switch Bennett to third
and lorced -him to take chances' with
Allen at second.. .Tet crippled as the Turks
are, iney- are not working under half
tne nancucap or the-Colts.
Aberdeen Hits Stride.
Those' critics who booed at the Colts
because Aberdeen took them down the
line, will please notice how the Cat have
been going since leaving here. Vancouver
has proved about as easy for the Cats as
the Colts and it looks as if Aberdeen hi
hit its stride. The team has lumped into
third place and is camping close on the
trail of Spokane. As long as the Indians
have poor old Tacoma to fatten on, their
chances of landing In second place are
sum. Bob Brown's crew Is kicking Ta
coma deeper Into the cellar with ex
pected regularity.
TOURIST TRAVEIi ' IS GROWING
Fishing at Klamath Lake Attracts
Sportsmen.
KLAMATH .FALLS. Or., July 10.
(Special.) Completion of the railroad
to Klamath Falls has already percepti
bly increased the tourist travel, and ex
cursions on the lakes by steamboat or
launch are daily occurrences.
Fishing parties are encamped along
Spring Creek and other tributaries of
the Upper Klamath Lake, which are
far-famed among disciples of Isaak
"Walton. So far. Dr. B. A. Madras, of
San Francisco, has landed the- largest
trout of the" season, a splenddl speci
mens which tipped the beam at 18
pounds, a close second to the champion
24-pounder which Colonel Llppincott, of
the reclamation service, landed at Pell
can Bay three years ago. .
Messrs. Williams and Hill, of San
; Francisco, are credited with the first
auto trip over th mountains via Klam-
ath Falls to .Crater Lake and Medford.
It was not possible for them to reach
the lake with their machine, on ac
count of considerable enow yet remain
ing In the heavy timber near the lake,
but they completed the Journey on foot
over the drifts and enjoyed a view of
Oregon's marvelous lake, looking on its
deep blue waters from snow-clad
heights. "
The snow Is going rapidly now, and
no serious obstruction remains. Super
intendent Arant is on hand at his
headquarters at Annie Creek, five miles
from the rim of- the lake, ana will
soon begin the repair of his office and
residence building and otner structures
which were crushed down by the snow
last 'Winter.
Cub Pitchers Return.
CHICAGO. July 10. In all probability
Mordecai Brown, the Cub's star pitcher,
will leave to join the team at Boston on
Monday, if the physicians pronounce his
wife out of danger. Ed Keulbacn will
not be able to be with the champions
until the end of next week. Yesterday he
took a short walk, but was so weak from
the effects of hie recent poisoning that ho
could not stand for any length of time.
He said he lost 25 pounds in his illness.
MOTOR BOATS TO RAGE
SHEET WTLIi BE TJELD BY LOCAL
CLUB IN AUGUST.
Rowing Regatta Also Planned An
nual Cruise on Columbia Early
Next Month.
The "Willamette Motorboat Club Is plan
ning two lmjportant events to be held
fhe first- week in Atinifit A rarinor meet
f nr ' mntnrhnatji and rowlnsr reeatta are
billed, and there will be entries of over
100 boats in each event.
The motorboat contest will be held.
cloee to the mouth of the Willamette,
near the present terminus of the United
Railways liner Boats will be entered from
Astoria, Cathlamet, Oregon City, Salem
and several other places along the Wil
lamette and Columbia rivers. The meet
promises to be a great event and Is being
looked forward to. with interest by motor
boat enthusiasts. Some of the fast boats
to be entered in this race are: Span
gles, owned by Allen Burdick, length 16
feet; Lillian, owned by. Fred Peterson,
length 30 feet; Vixen, owned by Dr.
Brown, length 40 feet; Billiken, owned
by Dr. J. M. Yates, length 26 feet.
It has been thought unadvisable to bold
the meet close to the city, on account of
difficulty of fast running among the other
craft on the river and , interference by
driftwood.
The annual cruise of the club will
start the first Sunday m August, and
will last about three days. The boats
will proceed down the Columbia to some
attractive camping place, and will be run
in regular cruising style, under the com
mand of Fleet Captain C. V. Cooper.
The Committee in charge of . arrange
ments consists of M. P. Fleming, C. C.
Roberts, F. N. Meyers, E. N. Nicklein
and W.. E. Spencer.
There are altogether 350 motorboats
owned In Portland and 100 of these are
owned by members of the Willamette
Motorboat Club. The clubhouse, located
at fhe foot of Ellsworth street and Just
600 feet from Bundy's Bathhouse, Is
equipped with a large gasoline supply
tank and a complete supply house con
taining batteries, spark plugs, etc., for
the convenience of the club members.
The clubhcAise is a floating structure and
is artistically arranged.
FAND0M AT RANDOM
WHEN GOUGH pitched Seattle, to a
l-to-0, defeat on Friday, he com
pleted the feat of winning one game from
each team in the Northwestern T .oot.no
He has won five and lost four out of the
nine games ne has pitched.
Hugh McCredie. secretary of the -Port
land Coast and Northwestern Leasrue
teams, might have added to the fame of
tne Mcc'redle family in baseball if he
naan t switched over to the study of law.
During his college days he was touted as
a star.
Scratch off all that AA nlnjxiifln.tinn
from the Coast League teams and forget
I there is such a rating as Class R ann
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... ... L.ianu ui uaseiitiii laaiea out at the
v augnn-street grounds. Yes?
Down in Vernon vesterdav .Ton r.orratt
allowed Vernon only four hits in 11 in-
nlncs and t TTnvan'a -1 n . .
I BUIUC
I That double wnllnnino- r.r -Mm ,
Pittsburg has put a crimp in the hones of
the Gotham fans. It will also come
misrhtv
I me urates.
Umpire Jimmy Flynn, he of the gold
tombstone and a Teddv
has passed. Please omit flowers, for a
an umpire he was a glorious, glittering
If the done is icon-act ' w .T ' r-..
I whom. President, Lucas rescued from the
I ''reck of the Intermountaln League, will
1 mane gooa as an ump in Flynn's place.
Clermont II Is Launched.
NEW YORK. July 10.-The strange-
looking little craft, which Is a. replica
oi nooen ruitons Hudson River
steamboat, the Clermont, was launched
today, under the auspices of the Hudson-Fulton
celebration commission at
the Mariner's' Harbor yards of the
Staten Island Shipbuilding Company.
Pporting Editor I herewith re1i:n all
claims to the championship title. It '
never should have been mine In the '
first place I sm just a lucky smoke.
What Jeft would do to me If he got me
In a. ring is too sad to talk about. It
you hear of an opening for a porter In
& barber shop, or of a man wanted to
lay asphalt, let me know.
JACK J-H-S-N.
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M'EMIW TELLS HOWpffesv
Chief of Giants Gives Recipe
for Winning Pennant.
THREE THINGS ARE NEEDED
To Capture Flag Pitching End Must
Be Strong, Base Runners Must Be
Fast and Swatters Should Have
Muscle Brains Needed.
"There are three things that are abso
lutely necessary, and there might be'
others," said McGraw In the Washing
ton Star, in answer to a question as to
what he thought -were the necessary
requisites of a ball club to make It a
championship possibility.
"No ball club can be a champion,"
he went on to explain, "unless It has a
great pitching staff, a squad of fast
men on the bases, and a club of good
hitters.
"Then again," said the ' wily little
chief of the Giants, "there is a certain
kind of feeling that must pervade the
whole team. It is a pretty hard thing,
to describe, but it Is something like
each man pulling for the other, and all
of them believing that the combina
tion is a winner.
. Played Ball in Paris.
"In other words." and Mac pulled this
one on the level, "It is what the French
might call 'esprit de corps.' "
"Where did you get the French,
Mac?"
"Might fool you If I told you I played
ball in Paris, wouldn't It?" It certainly
did. "Sure, I was over there with, a
crowd of ball players tor a long time,
and we had a Jim Dandy time." This
was somewhat of a surprise, but it de
veloped that McGraw had traveled all
over Europe and is extremely well In
formed on "the government of the' vari
ous countries but that is getting away
from the subject.
Yes, sir," emphasized McGraw, "a
championship ball club must have a
great pitching corps, good base runners
and heavy hitters. It is seldom that we
find the exact combination, and. that
is why a team can go so long some
times without winning a pennant. All
the good . management and intelligent
direction of players Isn't worth a. cent
unless the players have got the brains
to absorb it. I would rather have an
ordinary ball player with a quick brain
than a wonder who couldn't think quick
when the time came. It has got to
where the wooden-headed ball player
is a thing of the past in the big
leagues. All the players must be-quick
thinkers, or they have to move back
to the minors.
Need Men of Brains.
"Some men have what we call ball
playing Instinct, Mac remarked by
way of explanation. They seem to
know exactly what to do at the right
time and do not have to take time to
consider. They are natural ball play
ers, and their peculiar minds direct
them what to do without any effort. I
have seen some young men who were
highly educated and brilliant conversa
tionalists who were regular block
heads on a ball club. It was not that
they didn't have the brains. If given
plenty of time, they could probably
outwit the others, but in baseball we
must have the man who can think and
act simultaneously on the ' Jump.
"You cannot run bases unless you get
on tnem, and a gam cannot be won by
pitching. The pitching is needed to hold
the other fellows down. The batters
must do the winning.
SportinfT Editor Having; challenged
bnth Johnson and .Jeffries, and either
failing to notice my challenge, I hereby
claim the title: , which I am prepared to
defend against all comers.
HOP P-CK R.
Heavyweight Champion of the World.
OF SEATTLE BA SEB ALL PLAYERS
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GOOD WORK DONE
McCredie's Team Takes Two
Series in South-
WILL BE HOME 4 WEEKS
If Pitchers Keep Up Their Winning
Gait, Change in Percentage
Column May Be Expected.
Seals Haven't Pennant Yet.
BY "WILL G. MAC F.AE,
Getting off to a bad start with Oakland
and finally winding up and taking the
series, then invading Los Angeles and
hooking up with Vernon and taking the
series from Hogan's crew, is the baseball
feat accomplished by Manager McCredie's
hired men during the last two weeks.
This is far from being a bad performance
for a team on the road and if Manager
Mac's hired hands can turn the same
trick during the coming week, there will
be a warm welcome awaiting him on his
return home.
On the next trip away from home
Casey will be away four weeks and while
the Colts -are away, McCredie will be in
charge of the Vaughn-street battle
grounds. Four weeks at home, with Mc
Credie's pitchers working as they have
for the past two weeks, should change
the figures in the Coast League percent
age colurrm a lot. It is safe to say that
on tne next Invasion of the league lead
UNWRITTEN LETTERS.
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tory.
Chas. Comiskey r-Tenni satlsfac
Coming next train.
FIELDER J S.
IN ACTION
ers, the seals will not grab as many
games. ' During the invasion of the Seals.
they caught the Portland team when It
was slumping badly and fattened up a lot.
It was not until Portland had dropped
several games to Oakland that the pitch
ing staff began to tighten up. but once
they did, the1 Commuters ceased to look
like ball players. What has helped Mc
Credie is the addition of Guyn. If the
Kentucklan gets going good once, all the
Coast teams will find he is a hurler that
is hard to beat. Before joining McCredie,
Guyn pitched several good games for the
Colts, but he was taken, sick before he
could hit his stride. Catcher Fisher has
also strengthened the team.
Of course, it is possible that San Fran
Cisco may turn the trick and win the
Coast League pennant, but Just the same
those crabbing Seals, or their gambling
friends and supporters here in Portland
need not run away with the Idea that the
game is tied up and delivered to them
The end of the season is a long way off
and there Is plenty of chance for the
Seals to blow up, as they have done many
times before. There's a funny thing
about that old percentage column; a ball
team can travel down faster than it can
climb to the top. There Is yet plenty of
time for Manager McCredie to become
potent factor in the race for the rag. J
Cal Ewing's bunting isn't lost to Port
land yet. ,
Man Surrenders for Murder.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., July 10. Asserting
that he was tired or wandering over the
country as a fugitive from Justice. Scott
Johnson, who says that he murdered a
man named McAllister on a farm nea
Fort Deposit, lid., in April last, gave
himself up to a deputy sheriff at Sonom
and was brought to the county Jail here
today. Johnson says that he Imagined by
coming so far from the scene of his crime
he would In time be ableto; forget the
terrible thing, but the pangs of con
science finally drove him to give himself
up to the authorities. - - --- .-
American Association.
At St. Paul-t. Paul, 5; Milwaukee,' 6.
At Indianapolis Indianapolis, 3-0; Co
lumbus. 0-6.
At Louisville Louisville, 3; Toledo, 2. .
At Minneapolis Minneapolis, 2; Kan
sas City, V
Sporting Editor If the. peanut man
slides for first and the shortstop muffs
while the sun is in the eyes of the um--plre.
does that indicate that the third
baseman shouldn't have done it? Also
give official scores of all Nftt'.onal
League games (or past sixty years
SLIGHTLY DI-PI.
KETCHEL SADLY
NEED OF GRACING
If Championship Aspirant Is to
Fulfill His Destiny He Must
Forget High Life.
FAILED TO TRAIN RIGHTLY
Too Much Automobile and Other
Festivity. Before ' Battle With
Papke, and "Assassin" Must
Now Brace Up or Quit.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10. (Special.)
No fight of recent months has aroused
more discussion from all angles than the
Papke-Ketchel bout, which took place
last Monday afternoon. The decision of
Referee Billy Roche, the gameness of
Papke, and the rather loose training of
ivetcnei nave all been brought Into dis
pute and threshed over by the fans.
One fact stands out pre-eminently, It
is that unless Stanley Ketchel was woe
fully weak and out of condition, he would
be no match for Jack Johnson, and any
talk of that fight would be the rankest
kind of a farce. Both Ketchel and Brltt
still persist that the match will take
place as scheduled in October, but there
seems considerable uncertainty on the
part of the fight-going public as to
whether they went such a bout.
Coffroth declares that he will carry out
his contract . with the two . fighters, and
apparently it. is the intention to Jam it
aown tne tnroats of the sporting public
willy-nilly.
. No Show With Johnson.
Ketchel may possibly be worthy of a
chance at Johnson, but not after his
showing the first of the week. He had
no punch, no cleverness, and only a dash
of the spectacular in his work. The ex
cuse, of course. Is that he broke one of
the bones in his right hand early in the
fight, and that he also hurt his left
thumb. He says that accounts for his
failure to stop Papke.
The fighting crowd hasn't forgotten.
however, that It was from the ninth to
the 12th rounds that Ketchel did his best
execution. He used hla right hand far
more freely than would have been the
case had his hand been out of execution.
and it was in the loth round that he al
most got the Dutchman.
It Is likely that tho middleweight cham
pion injured hi3 hands, but late hours in
the. automobile and the socluty of women
of the night, even during the training
siege, were doubtless responsible for his
poor showing. Ketchel ought to have
dropped papke had he been in any kind
or shape. On the other hand, he was
easily pumped out, and his blows were
not those of the ordinary lightweight.
All that Ketchel had was an ability to
stand punishment and to make an occa
sional dash.
Ketchel's Loose Training.
Ketchel . was unfair to himself and . to
the public that paid its money to see the
fight when he trained as he did: Natural
ly, he denies the charges,. but where there
is so much stroke there must have been
some fire. Next time, perhaps, "The As
sassin" will train more faithfully and de
vote less of 1.1s attention to his auto
mobile. Stanley' arrived he:-) with his head
swelled out of proportion as a result of
his eafey dispatch of ."Confessor" Jack
O'Brien, and thought that all he needed
to dor was to take a swing af Papke.
"The Thunderbolt," who had trained
faithfully, caught him napping.
Little can be said In exploitation of
Papke. He was a distinct disappoint
ment. He had the condition, but his
punch wasn't so much a threatening af
fair, and he actually dogged it at times.
Any . time after the 15th round Papke
could have knocked Ketchel out. Once,
in fact, he pushed Ketchel away from
him and the latter fell to the floor of the
ring. But even when he should have seen
that the man was beaten, Papke was
afraid to fight, and Instead went into
clinch after clinch.
Decl slon Wa s Wrron g.
As to the decision, it was absolutely
wrong. It should have been a draw
by all the rules of the ring. Ketchel
did the most damage when he was
landing, but Papke had a majority of
the rounds. Billy Roche was lacking
in Judgment and deserved the censure
that was heaped upon him.
I do not say that Roche did any
thing intentionally wrong. In fact, I
think he gave the fight as he saw it,
but certainly his vision was badly dis
torted. Of the newspaper critics who
saw the fight, and there were seven,
lx declared more or less emphatically
that it should have been a draw, and
but one declared It a proper decision.
That one' man mtght have been right,
but the. other six. have eyes that are
Just as keen.
There is little possibility of a return
match in any hurry, however, as Ketch
el declares that the last of the week
he will go into the mountains for a
long rest.
The next fight on the calendar Is
the battle between Young Corbett and
Johnny Frayne, that is set for Coff
roth's Mission-street arena on Satur
day, July 17. It does not figure as a
To the Boss Much obliged . for the
season pass on the ball game you said
I could have. I guess I won't take it
though, because I never could see any
fun In baseball. When I have a day oft
I'd rather hang around the office and
work. I love work.
OFFICE B Y.
good attraction. Corbett is an old
man of the ring, boefsted back, thanks
to his Eastern newspaper friends, .who
want to see him make a little money.
He will certainly be shy on advertis
ing, and the fight lacking in attend
ance, because the fans do not .fancy a
has-been. ' '
CLUB
PLANNING
CARNIVAL
Catholic Young Men Are Completing
Their Preparations.
Fortune seems to favor the Midsummer
Carnival, to be held in Albina. by the
Catholic Young Men's Club. July 16 to 24.
for every effort of the committee having
it in charge is meeting with success. The
work of construction is being rapidly
pushed forward and the athletic field is
assuming a carnival attire. The big tent
to be used for the manufacturers' exhibit
will be ready by Monday morning, which
will give the business houses plenty of
time to install their displays.
The work of Installing lights has been
started and at least 3000 incandescent
lamps will be uned to illuminate the field.
All the performers for the circus have ar
rived and rehearsals have been started.
This will be the feature show of the car
nival and the management promises the
people a first-class circus, with plenty of
funny clowns, music, acrobats, aerial per
formers, trapeze artists, and Don Carlo's
big troupe of trained animals, introducing
Professor Kidd, his famous 95-pound
trained gorilla.
Another attraction will be the two
orang-outangs. Mowgll and Okela. These
animals are very rarely seen In this coun
try, there being only two others on ex
hibition in the United States, one at New
York City and the other at Washington,
D. C. The carnival will run for nine
nights, opening on the evening of July
15 and closing with a brilliant Mardl Gras
on the evening of July 24.
FINE HORSES COMING
DALY THOROrGHBREDS TO BE
AUCTIONED HERE.
Remaining Stock, of Famous Bitter
Root Farm Will Be Sold in
Portland Wednesday Night.
The Marcus Daly Estate has shipped
from the Bitter Root Farm, Montana,
the remaining standard-bred horses at
that great breeding plant, to be sold
here Wednesday evening, July 14, by
auction. The sale will be held; In the
Oriental building. Lewis aod Clark Fair
grounds, and will be the first high
class horse, sale held by electric light
in Portland.
The horses have arrived and may be
seen at the fair grounds from now to
sale time. Mr. Daly was one of the
most successful breeders of standard
breds and thoroughbreds the world
has known. The Bitter Root Farm
owned the stallions Prodigal, 2l16;
Ponce de Leon, 2:13; Bow Bells, 2:19,
and others of like type. The $60,000
Hamburg headed the thoroughbred
stud. Mares of the highest breeding
and form were purchased for breeding
purposes, and some -of them and their
descendants will be dispersed in this
state, affording to the Northwest an
excellent opportunity to secure the best
in the horse line at sale-ring prices.
In the Daly consignment are the stal
lions Evergets, The Vanguard, De La
Salle and others of the Prodigal line.
Brood mares of Nutwood, Electioneer;
Dictator, Director. Guy Wilkes and
other famous blood lines will be sold.
Some of the brood mares have foals at
foot, and the foals will be sold with
their dams. There are some heavy har
ness horses In the shipment, weighing
from 1200 to 1400 pounds.
Portland has proved a good market
for livestock of all kinds, and the
Spring auction of horses and cattle was
the only six days sale held this year
in the United States. It is expected
that out-of-town buyers will attend the
Daly sale, and that the young stuff
there offered will appear on Portland
speedways and the track and be candi
dates for ribbons in the Fall shows.
Jeffries Ready to Post.
NEW YORK, July 10. Personal friends
of J. J. Jeffries have received word from
him, they say, that so soon as his theat
rical contract terminates on July 17,, he
will post $5000 forfeit and sign articles
for a tight with Jack Johnson. In the
last few months there has been much
discussion as to the failure of Jeffries to
post his forfeit, and tills failure has
elicited much criticism. Replying to this,
Jeffries stated that his theatrical contract
would not permit him to sign articles to
fight any one. and for that reason he has
refused to post a forfeit until his stage
work is finished.
Messenger Boy Builds Boat.
Master John Huber, aged 16. who is
known as No. 30 on the Hasty Messenger
Cbmpany's force, has recently completed
building a novel gasoline launch which
Is the pride of his brother messengers.
The boat Is 21 feet long, with a double
cylinder engine. , The little craft was
planned by the young builder, who did
every bit of the work on it, even to the
painting of the boat's name. Blue Jay,
which, too, is done In an artistic manner.
PORTLAND BOY ADMIRED
Ronald De Vore Johnson Is Gradu
ated From West Point.
A beautifully bound copy of the cadets
class book of the class of '09, United
States Military Academy, -West Point. N.
Y., has been received here, and has local
interest because Lieutenant Ronald De
Vore Johnson, United States Army, a
member of the class referred to, has bis
home in this city. The book is bound in
brown morocco and gold, and Is attrao
tlve both from a literary and typograph
ical point of view. A picture is given of
each member of the class of '09, to which
his autograph, in pencil, is appended.
Under Lieutenant Johnson's picture Is
given his athletic and class standing, and
then follows this friendly estimate: "Ro
nald De Vore Johnson, Portland, 'John
ny.' If I were given 10 pages to write on
and a bomb-proof to hide in afterwards.
I'd tell you some things of this Scandi
navian. But I haven't either, so "I'll con
fine myself to nice things, as less danger
ous and much more saving of space.
First, he is our prize athlete. Be it foot
ball, baseball or ordinary rough-and-ready
tumble, Johnny is right there with
the goods. Second, he stands pre-eminent
as a politician. And last, but not least,
he Is a hopoid (dancer) of the first magni
tude. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall,
he is always there and always 'with.'
"What the future cadet hops will be with
out the fascinating Mr. Johnson' is by
me, but cheer up! He won't be absent
for long, for a need for a football coach,
a vacancy In the B. S. (English literature)
department, and Johnny is back again,
the femmes are happy, and the curtain
falls."
Many of the illustrations in the book
are drawn by Merle Johnson, of the New
York American and Journal, a brother of
Lieutenant Johnson. The latter's appoint
ment to the United States Cavalry has
Juat been announced.
The coal fields of England cover. 13,000
square miles