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Newspaper Page TextTTTE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, PORTLAND. JTILY: li, 1909. 5 it RAW ran raw SHY FIGHT FANS Ketchel-Papke Mill Was Such a Rancid Thing, if Sports . Are Right. REFEREE HAD BAD DAY Only Excuse for Giving Decision to Ketchel Was That He Was Al most Prohibitive Favorite in the Betting. BT WILL, O. MAC RAG. After a careful reading of the Ketchel tFapke fight by rounds and after reading wnat some or the tight fans have to say of Referee Billy Roche's decision on Mon day, it must be admitted that the fight naa a very screwy angle. It was James Edward Brltt who gave the sports some thing to talk about when he claimed to friave broken a bone called the ulna when he quit to Joe Gans, but Ketchel has crone Britt one . better by swathing his Jiaymaker in bandages and savin that ha broke the oemagnum, one of the smallest cones In his wrist. Whether Ketchel broke this little bone or not. the fact remains that Roche rlipped the "Assassin" the decision Just because he was the favorite In the bet ting and not because he had bested tPapke. Coarse Work by Roche.' This Is one angle of the fight and the closer the result Is studied, the worse it looks. Many of the fight fans overlooked I'apkea ability. Just because he was whipped by Ketchel, after having given the champion a beating. The wallop that put Ketchel out of commission -may. or may not have been that proverbial lucky punch, yet It must be admitted that Papkn is far from being a second rater. I am not. saying this because I hlnk Papke can whip the champion, but I am convinced that Ketchel, swelled on himself, drinking too much wine and let ting his "Love o' Women" get the better or him, did not get Into condition for a att!e with a fighter of Papke's ability .When the telegraph wires sang the song of Metchel's victory over the Philadelphia fake confessor, the fight fans were too well pleased with the performance to study the fight carefully. To have firien KnocKea out. -after many years or waiting for the trick to be done prop erly, blinded them to the possibility of a irame up. Ketchel Very Willing. It will bo recalled that Ketchel was very prompt in hooking up for a battle with "the pride of Dingeville," Jack jonnson in October. But few sporting writers over the country gave the white champion a look in against the negro pretender. They said so in their prints. uui imjp were wining to watt for the out come of Ketchel's fight with O'Brien before passing final Judgment. This battle, they held would give the fight fans ftjlne on Ketchel. for in meeting O'Brien. Ketchel would be exchanging wallops with a pastmaster of prise ring craft na aa vulpine a boxer as ever put on a glove. Kerore this fight, it was fre quently said that Johnson would be I 2-to-l favorite In the betting over the white man and chances are 3 and 4 to. 1 would have been the market lrr- October, Avise crooks knew this. They also knew that a knockout of O'Brien and a lot of rot sent broadcast over the conntrv about the way the big smoke was hitting the wine route would change the. market quotations and make a 4-to-l shot and rven mony break. ' Ketchel Looked Good. When the match between Johnson and 3vtchel was made, I said Ketchel would never toe able to do more '. han lay glove. on the dinge. I also said if John on would fight and keen down th broad streak of yellow that runs through Ihis cosmos, that Jeffries, would have the oaiue or nis career to beat him. Nes to Jeffries. Fitzsimmons and Jim Cor- ceil, no raster big man ever stepped int n ring than Johnson. The nigger knows every trick of. the rame, can hit a terrific punch with either hand and his foot work is all that could be asked. Like Joe Gans, during his career while Al Herford had him In his viable, Johnson has faked and played possum. I venture to say that the first battle he ever fought on the square was the one in which he whipped Tommy Burns. And perhaps, after all, Johnson's (Taking has not been all hta own doing. 3ie was a fighter, a black one at that and ne had to live. He would not. soli bis. hands with blacking hoots, wait on tsble or do a stunt in the asphalt brigade. "White fighters in his class dodged him and only fought him when they had an fcce In he hole, like when he fought that wiilte dub Marvin ..Hart. A FEW CARTOONS MADE AT THE SE ATTLE-PORTLAND GAME THURSDAY. ....... . . ::.- . '! JrfMWMM V" FAWNED!! ' 0eeCT0fli OF THC TALL PINES I Xjgllft THE GE4ND STAND- ANNY. AhD MILLER TOO. - t t AND COPPED SECOND SACM, rwSTtLA! EDWAgD! KIN VI. J . V ." j ' ' hoiuFLY. ; CHASE BORN PLAYER Father'Says He Couldn't Keep - Haf From Baseball. AUTOMOBILE DEALERS AND AUTO SUPPLY HOUSES OF PORTLAND BOY- RAN AWAY TO PLAY CHANCE IS SPOILED Colonel Hofer and Brer Beals Put One on. Fans. ' 1 TURKS ARE SAVED BY RAIN This Is Second Game Spoiled by Weather and Magnates Lose Much Money Colts Doped to Win Rest of Series. a Then heaven wept' and there was no baseball at the Vaughn-street playground yesterday afternoon. Hugh McCredie waited until long after the starting time" of the game before he finally gave the "blow" sign, and when he did, a dozen or more of the faithfuls trundled back home, saying a lot of fancy things about the weather man and Colonel Hofer's prayer for rain. . ' This makes the second game of the Portland Seattle series that the Beals Hofer rain-making combination has pre vented and both men will be declared un fair by the fans and will be overlooked next year when the pass season rolls around. The loss of both games, espe cially yesterday's game, put a big crimp in the pocketbooks.of both the MeCredies and D. E. Dugdale. Seattle and Portland in 'the three games that were played, were drawing . better than any of the Northwestern League clubs and had the day been good yesterday, a crowd of Sev eral thousand fans would have been on hand to watch the contest, for both teams put up gilt-edged baseball in all of the games played. . . With Gus Thompson and Lefty Miller out of the way, it looked right for Casey's Colts capturing the two remaining games of the series. The Colts,, in spite of the absence of Murray and with Casey play ing right field, were putting up a fine quality of ball. Manager - Casey had Samuels and Silent Tom 9eaton ready to deal trouble to the Turks and the chance of both purlers winning their games was mighty promising. Around the corners where the fans con gregate, now that they have seen the league leaders in action in three engage ments, . the , bugs can't quite figure out how the Turks have managed to adminis ter to the Colts so many beatings. While they admit that Dugdale has surrounded himself with some good ball players, the fans will not admit they have anything On the colts. But they did have, for the won and lost column Is a painful reminder of the slaughter. There will be a contest this afternoon and perhaps they might slip over a double-header, provided the - weather man and Colonel Hofer take a rest. This is not official. Judge McCredie and Dug dale will perhaps get together in time to make the announcement. OUTLAWS NOT DEAD First . Professional Ball of Great First Baseman Was When He Got 50 '. Cents .for Catching on Little California Team. One of the marvels in baseball is Chase Harold Chase, ' "Hal" Chase, says Allen Sargree, in the New York Journal. There seems to be little question that this young man is the greatest first base man who ever lived. It cannot be said, that Chase has revolutionized the Job of playing first. Comlskey was a man who did bring about innovations. Before his time the custom was to stand still at first and play the bag."- The idea of making it a fielding position originated with 4lm. Dan Brouthers, John Morrill, "Pop" An son and Roger O'Connor, not to mention 'Long John" Reilly. who played with the old Metropolitans and Cincinnatis". were heavy hitters and were renswned by rea son or their ability to club the pill. Giving Comlskey credit for evolving the value of fielding at first base, you must take Fred, Tenney as the next step. ; Ten ney came from Brown University. He was a freak In baseballs because he was left-handed. For years Tenney was hid den at Boston, where stingy management prevented him from being a successful leader. About the time he thought of making, a change namely, in 1904 a new comet appeared In the baseball horizon, When Hal Joined Yankees. While training with the Yankees that year the writer heard Griffith talk about Chase, a lad who was well spoken of on the Pacific Coast. Chase Joined the club at Jackson. Miss. ine morning alter ne arrived he was ordered to dress and trot out to the grounds for practice. And he had not been working 20 minutes before Keeler strolled to .the bench If that kid can keep on doing this stuff." he told Griffith, "he will be the greatest first baseman I have ever seen Chase did keep on doing stunts, and his influence on the National game is evl dent. He does unheard-of things at his station and taes all kinds' of chances. He is a baseball freak, and recently his old father for the first time saw this prodigy play in fast company. James e. Chase and his wife sat in ox during the Yankee-Washington 'con test, in which Nev York emerged victor Organization "Lasts Until After 1 by ilM fore f Mr- ,Chase 18 65 gray, but he is-strong-limbed and' sharp Fourth and Saves Prides COAST LEAGUERS ARE SOLD Johnson Full or Confidence. The. truth of the matter Is the best line any of the fight critics or the fight fans have on the skunk, is his battle with Burns. A careful study of the pictures Phow Jonnsnn full of confidence at all etages of the fight. Burns Is not the niftiest battler on earth, yet never In nil of his ring career had as much trouble trying to land a punch as he did on Johnnon. The pictures show Burns" titter helplessness in this endeavor and While It Is true. Burns seemed to have plenty of fight left In him when the Dolice stopped the mill, it is apo true that John eon made a monkey of him all through tne ngnt. . Now If Johnson thought It marelv fcoxlng exhibition to beat Burns, sprained enaie 01 no sprained ankle on the .part of Burns, what chance would ICetchel Jiave against Johnson? Burns and Ket chel. it is true never met, but there was Bt one time some talk of such a battle. Had they fought I would have fancied tne Kurna end of the engagement, for Tommy likes a wide open rushing fighter of the Ketchel type. Ketchel of course at mat time was strictly a middleweight. w nne Burns was too heavy for the mid olewelght class and not heavy enough Tor the heavy weight division. A battle between Ketchel and Burn's would have been a corking good one and I believe the Issue would have been in doubt up to the Anton if It did not go to a. draw. SOMETHING JOR NOTHING Free, a chance on a $250, piano and a ticket to the Oaks on Wednesday, July 21, with every dollar purchase of dry goods at Shanahan's whirlwind mill rem nant factory sale. . Ask for ticket with every purchase. AH cars pass our door. Conductor, let me off at Shanahan's, 144 and 146 Third street, corner Alder. ," Governors to Talk Tax". LOUISVILLE, Ky.. July 10. Twenty four out of 47 state Governors already have .accepted invitations to the inter national tax conference in this city, September 21 to 24. PORTLAND CRAFT SETS RECORD FOR 40-FOOT MOTORBOATS " - " (X - - a "" """" " " Mt .- Danny Liong Also on Buying Side of Market, and r Secures a Pitcher Named Alelkle, Who Put a 6 - to' Sleep In Recent Game. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO. Julv 10. (Special.) At least the California State League can point with pride to the fact that t is not a "Fourth of July league." as those organizations which go up the nume by July 4 have been dubbed in days gone by. It has surviyed that test, but to do it was obliged to make two seasons. The new season -will commence July 13. and the four tall end clubs, which- never had a chance, will start 'afresh. I he outlaws were compelled to do something of the sort to retain mem bershlp. It had reached the partine of the ways unless this compromise was allowed trr go through. Fresno was the biggest kicker; and declared that , it would withdraw from tho 1 mi o less allowed more games. San Jose was also discouraged, and Santa Cruz none too well pleased. Stockton was out in front, practically sure of the pennant. wlth.Cy Moreing's (Jakland team -the ' - Extra Season Let In. .Consequently, the officials of' The league decided to have two seasons and let the winner of one half Dlav th( winner , of the next. Stockton has al ready cinched the first race, . and the new period commences next Tuesday. '. rue league as it stands must be los ing money and how long it will be able to maintain its position is something mat tne rans cannot even guess at. T he Coasters are already commenc ing to dispose- of their men for delivery next Spring. Duffey Lewis, of Oak land, has been sold to the Boston Amer icans. Lewis is one of the most prom ising outfielders In the league - and ought to make good with little ' dif ficulty. . . . V Gandil Is Prize. ; . WOLFF" IL OWNED BY JOHN J;. WOLFF, R TROLLEY LINE FOR ROGUE Jackson County Court Grants Fran chise to Klectrlc Company. . JACKSONVILLK. Or.. July 10. (Spe cial.) The Jackson County Light & Tower Company was today granted a franchise over the roads of Jackson County by the County Court of Jackson County. The company In its petition asks for the right to erect electric light poles along the highways in certain townships for conducting light, heat end motive power. It Is the intention of the company to begin at once the construction of an electric railway to traverse the Rogue River Valley, TJNNING on a .. 30-mile triangular course in the raotorboat champion ship races at Seattle lasj: Tuesday, the "Wolff II captured the world's record for 40-foot boats, covering the distance in 56 minutes, 25 1-5 seconds. The only other competitor was the Pacer, owned by R. F. Cox. of Portland, and running under the colors of the Seattle Motor boat Club. The winning boat, owned t by John E. "Wolff,1 was. entered under the colors of .the . Portland Motorboat Club. 'Wolff is an amateur boatbuilder of Portland, and the Wolff II, which en tered the races at Seattle. Is the latest product of his skill. His craft is 40 feet long, has a four-foot beam on the water line, and is equipped with a 150 horsepower engine. It is said to be capable of making easily 27 knots an hour. "Wolff builds boats for a pastime, and this is his fifth effort. Each boat has been faster than the previous one, and he has had the fastest boat on the river for years. In the race last Tuesday at Seattle, the Portland ciaft gained fully 50 yards on its rival at the start, and after that was never headed. When the Wolff entered Union Bay on the last leg'' of the ten-mile triangle, the Pacer was not in sights The "Wolff had approached to within a half-mile of the last stake buoy before the Pacer made Its appearance around the point The Pacer was making slow time at this point, and about half a mile from the buoy stopped entirely. Roesch, of the Pacer, having trouble with his en glne on the first leg of the race, and the Pacer was obliged to run with live cylinders. It required about 15 mln utes of valuable time for repairs, and the w olff passed the Pacer on her sec ond trip... Roesch did not attempt to enter the race again, while the Wolff finished .the final mile in the course running like clockwork. v The Wolff made the first ten miles in 19 minutes 47 1-5 seconds, the sec ond ten miles in 18 minutes 32 1-5 sec onds, and the last ten miles in 23 min utes 24 3-5 seconds, the owner being content to ease up on the last lap, wth no rival in Bight Arnold Gandil. the Sacramento . first baseman, i has peen sold to Charlie 'Comlskey of the White Sox and. in all probability there will soon be, .news of the sale of Henley and Browning, the two San Francisco twlrlers who are I doing such phenomenally good work." Of course you have, heard of the re lease of Joe Corbett. In' San Francisco we have'been expeeting the news every dajr.-.Joe tried his best to succeed, but simply Wouldn't secure the conroL After he had made up his mind that he was lacking, being a conscientious chap, he told Danny Long that he thought he ought to be released. Long, wh Is paying much attention to the winning of games, agreed that it was probably "tne-ionly thing to do. A new -pitcher has been secured by the Seals. His name is Meikle, and he harls from one of the country towns. Meikle's performance that attracted at. rtentlon was when he struck out 26 men In a single game. Danny Long con cluded that a twlrler who could do that was worth giving a trial and accord ingly he nabbed him. eyed. The mother, with her old-fash loned black cloth gloves; leaned over the box railing and those two loving parents simply gobbled up everything that Chase did. If he fumbled a catch momentarily you could see the wince of anxiety on their wrinkled Jaces. When he came to bat they held eachother by the hand, all unconscious of the New -York public, wnicn riveted its gaze upon them. Born in Maine. "If you would know how my son came to be a great'. ball player." narrated Mr. Clxase to the writer, "I can very easily explain. The home of our family was In Mathlas, Me. We were Blue Nose Yan kees. In 1865 I went West by way of New York ana the Isthmus of Panama. To day is the first- time I have seen New York since then. Hal's great-grand- rather fought In the revolutionary war, and when Harold began to grow up his mother and I tried to interest him in United States history. We lived in Santa Cruz County, Cal. And I dlT manage to keep him in public school for while. There were five boys and one girl. The oldest boy died. Hall is the young est of our children. When he was six years old he could throw a stone straight as a nne shot, and I had to pay for many a pane of glass in our neighbor's homes. "1 was In the lumber business, and I put him to sawing wood. If I left him 10 minutes he would run off ang get in a ball game. He could run very fast, and I could not catch hitn. Even at that age people said he would become a profes sional ball player. " Couldn't Catch Truant. .... "My wife- and I are of the Baptist faith," and Mrs. Chase could, not allow Harold to play on Sunday. She thought it a sacrilege.. Well, when Hal was 12 years .old he got an offer of 50 cents to catch for a club In a nearby village. He could play any position. He stole his brother Albert's uniform and got away from the . house. The church members told us about it, for this was on a Sun day in July, and Mrs. Chase insisted that I go after Hal. It was a hot .expedition. Sometimes I -would see him ahead of me and yell: then he would duck under a bush' and throw me off hjs scent. . Finally he doubled on his tracks and escaped. ' 'I went back to the village church and told my wife then and there that Harold would . be a professional ball player in sptte of everything we- could do. So we made up our minds to let him go. "He Is 28. years old now, and he does not care for anything but .baseball. He has his old parents so dizzy that we -read the Yankee scores before we eat breakfast. I suppose that success In life Is to do what comes easiest. That, at least, was our philosophy with Hal." . Archer, Combs & Winters Co. AUTO SUPPLIES. 306 OAK STREET A HBUTSI Idanha Motor Car Company ' F. W. VOGLER. Gen. Mgr. 7th sod Couch A2520. Main 4555 BALLOU WRIGHT Automobile Supplies 86 Sixth St. Main 1834: A 1834 MORGAN V WRIGHT AND GOODRICH TIRES PIERCE CADILLAC DETROIT ELECTRIC COVEY MOTOR CAR CO. t SEVENTH AND COUCH STS. FORD Agency, 8 6 Tenth St. BET. STARK and BURNSIDE Phones Main 692 A 2234 FIVE PASSENGER CAR FOR $950 n TIRES Vulcanizing; A Retreading;. It. E. BLODGETT, BIO Alder St. Main 7O05. STEVENS - DURYEA AND SELDEN AUTOMOBILES- graham MOTOR CAR COMPANY FIFTEENTH AD WASHINGTON' 3HO'ES MAIN 648, A 3268. f OTA TV A n't a fn Packard Thomas' Pope-Hartford " Buick SEVENTH AND BURNSIDE Chalmers Detroit 526 ALDER STREET AGENCY E, E. COHEN Manager Phones A 4944 Main 2583. STUDEBAKER Gasoline Electric CARS Pone 18S3 ' Chapman and Alder Streets 'swt? Tourist Motor Gar Go. GOODYEAR TIRES AND EQUIPMENT 31-33 SEVENTH ST. NORTH Ganoline, BcdkIdc Hod lubrleatiuif Oil. 86 Tenth St. bet. Starlc and Bnrnafde. Phoneat Mala 6U2, A 2234 Open All Night W1NTON WINTOX MOTOR CO. OP OREGON. Sixteenth and Automobile Row. .Demonstration by Appointment. Phones Main 2583, A 4944. Following the closing of Waltsburg's last saloon two weeks ago, the City Council of that place last night passed an ordi nance placing a ban on the selling or giv ing away of Intoxicants for purposes other than medicinal. Any person found guilty of violation . of the ordinance, which Includes a clause applying to" near baar and spiked cider, wHl receive a fine of from 25 to $100. Strategy Proves Boomerang. CHICAGO, July lO.-The village of Ar lington Heights, a suburb of 2200 persons, accidentally went dry last Tuesday. It came about because three members of the Board of Trustees resorted to strategy ,when they found themselves In a corner. There was a sewer ordinance that they wanted to defeat, so they discovered that they had business in Chicago the, night of the board meeting, and their absence broke a quorum. They beat the sewer ordinance. But three trustees had forgot ten that the licenses of the five saloons expired July 1, and that these had to be reissued by the board or the bars would be closed. Now, the 6aloonkeepers are, acting as soda water clerks under the watchful eye of the entire police force, who Is In a dangerous mood because his salary has been tied up. The Czar of Kuasla Is richer by mafiy millions today than he ever was before. Pro fessor Glanln, the famous Russian chemist, has demonstrated that the waters of Drua kenzie l.ake and the hundreds of square mils of marshy land surrounding It are full of radium. Veterans May Have to Pay. ATLANTA, Ga., July 10. Confederate veterans no longer may continue the sale of "near beer" without paying the regulation license fee of $200, if a bill which received a favorable report to day by the committee on temperance of the house becomes a law. Under existing laws, Confederate veterans are exempt from practically all license fees except on sewing machines and light ning rods. '.-. In the phonograph archives of the Vienna Academy of Science a collection of music and speech of many races and tribes In dis tant lands .Is gradually being formed. The most recent additions have been brought from Natal, and Include aelectlona of speech, song and music from Zulus. Nadl, Svrasl, Matabele,. Baca and other races. FAST ENTRIES FOR TOURNEY Oregon State Tennis Games Draw . Crack Players. A good -entry list has been assured for the big tennis- matches of the Oregon state tennis tournament, which is to be held on the Multnomah ciuo courts, July 13-17. . A number of skillful players will be on - hand, chief among whom will be Miss Hazel Hotchkiss. the National woman champion. A close competitor for the Oregon championship will be Miss Elizabeth Ryan, of San Francisco, who will make a try for the title. Some of the fastest local players who will par ticipate are: Mrs. W. I. Northup, Miss Myrtle Schafer, Miss Lilly Fox. Miss Stella Fording and Mrs. J. C. Foullhoux. There will be a warm fight on for the Fiske cup for men's singles. The cup will go to the winner of this year's con tests for the reason that W. A. Mc Bumey, of Spokane, will be unable to defend his title. If either Major Bethel or W. A. Goss win this year he will have permanent possession of the cup, as each has already won twice. Joseph Tyler, of Spokane, who won the cup In 1907. and W. J. Knowlton, of San Francisco, will be on hand. ' Some of the expert local players who will also take part are: Richard Wilder, Brandt Wick ersham, James F. Ewlng, H. A. Wilklns, F. H. V. Andrews, F. E. Harrigan, E. W. Wakeman, Charles McC. Snow, Irving Webster and Irving Rohr. The entry list is kept at the office of the Multnomah Club and will close to night. , Ban Includes Near Beer, Too. DATTON. Wash., July 10. (Special.) HUPMOBILE HAS ARRIVED c f ' - 4 a. PRICE $900.00, F. O. B., PORTLAND Read these specifications: Bosch Magneto French Oiling System French Water Cooling Sstem Mercedes Radiator Four Brakes Selective Transmission Multiple DiscJlutch Speed 45 miles"an hour 25 miles on one gallon of gasoline. On Exhibition by SMITHSON MOTOR CAR CO. FORREST C. SMITHSON, Manager "532 Alder Streets. Garage of Belmore, MacDougall, Moores Co.