THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, APRIL 10, 1910.
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eral public has ever been invited to at
tend the annual exhibition.
The Dig hit of the evening will be. the
'Dutch Kiddies." Bert Allen says wooden
shoes will not cure. corns.
There is talk of putting In a squash
court between the handball court and the
main building.
A number of boxers and wrestlers will
be entered by the club in the Armory meet
January IS.
Considerable interest Is betng taken by
club members in the bowling contsis
which are held every week with the Cath
olic Young Men's Club. There are six
more games to play.
Eddie Sammons Is one of the promis
ing candidates for this year's base-ball
team. Eddie is a husky youth and goes
In for everything.
Superintendent Walker says he finds it
hard to keep busy. Thompson complains
similarly,
The young man who overshadows all
others when it comes to gracefulness in
the fencing drill, which will be staged in.
the annual exhibition, is Edgar Frank.
It is hoped that more interest will twv
taken by th members in the baseball
team this year and that they will turn
out for the big games.
IN VARIED POSES
Big Fighter Doesn't Like to
Big Fighter Gets Over First
Hurdle Toward Con
dition. Face Lens, but Can't
Avoid Publicity.
SUMMER HOME IS IDEAL
MUSCLE SORENESS " GONE
Pugilist Says He Does Xot TTnderes
; timate Ability of Colored Man,
hut Will Be In Shape by July
4 and Is Going In to Win.
BT HARRT 7t. SMITH.
JEFFRIES TRAINING CAMP, Ro
wardennan. Cal., April 9. (Special)
The settling down in his new training
at Rowardennan, in the Santa. Cruz
Mountains by James J. Jeffries and the
first of his actual training for his com
ing fight with Jack Johnson, has, nat
urally enough, been the chief news of
the week in sporting circles in this part
of The country.
To tell the truth, Jeffries did little
actual work the first few days, but the
eyes of the world have been upon him
and practicably everything that he has
undertaken has been commented upon
by the newspaper writers who have
been detailed to be witii him. No de
tail of Ms life has been too small to
hang a story upon, and he has been fol
lowed as closely as any royal person
age. Jeffries had trout for luncheon
the first day that he arrived, and every
paper in the country chronicled the
tact. He cut down a small tree for ex
ercise, and it was the basis of a good
story.
Jeffries, his wife and two nephews,
Russell Klssler and Tod Boyer, arrived
in San Francisco last Monday, and as
the fighter was anxious to be settled at
once, plans were made to go to Rowar
dennan the next day. The party in
cluded other than those who have been
mentioned. Manager Sam Berger, Farm
er Burns, the wrestler; Tick Adams, a
life-long friend of Jeffries; Bob Arm
strong and a big crowd of newspaper
men.
Kodaks Chase Pugilist.
In fact, the newspaper men made up
the life of the first afternoon and had
t not been for the antics of the pho
tographers I am afraid there would
have been little to write about. Each
of the San Francisco morning papers
and one of the afternoon dallies had a
special writer on the scene, and each
was accompanied by a photographer.
In addition, two New York news asso
ciations had photographers here ready
to greet the party and rush their illus
trations Kast,
And the way those photographers
chased Jeffries around during the af
ternoon was a caution. They took him
in every conceivable position and pos
ture. They showed him getting off the
train and assisting his wife down the
steps; they took him when he arrived
at t lie hotel ; as he stood on the steps
of the cottage that is to be his home
for the next three months; Inspecting
the lake where he will do his rowing
and playing baseball.. They wanted to
take pictures of him stripped for ac
tion, but the big fellow declared that
he was tired and that the newspaper
photographers would have to wait.
Jerfrles Doesn't Uke It.
Jeffries has never been an easy sub
ject for photographers, as he doesn't
like that sort of thing, and bis friends
remarked upon the good nature that
he displayed with so many men pes
tering him for various poses.
Unquestionably the programme for
the first day was somewhat colorless,
but just the' same what Jeffries under
took he did with a vengeance. lie
a little boxing the latter part of the
the afternoon, and he kept at Jt until
he was perspiring freely. Jeffries did
b little boxing the later part of the
neck, but it was to a large extent for
tlie newspapermen, and it will be after
tlio first of the week before he is
Sown to what you might call good hard
work.
There la no question, however, but
Mint he Is going in for a hard siege
of training, lie evidently realizes that
he has a hard task ahead of him, and
he is not going to underestimate the
ability of the colored man.
I had a short talk with him, and
tlits is part of what he said:
"I have given out no statement that
Johnson will be easy for me. lie .may
So easy and he may be tough. But
I will be in good shape for him. I
have been training for a year practi
cally, looking ahead to this fight, and
T don't think, but I know that I will
beat him. In spite of the work that
I have done. I am going to work hard
for the Summer. T like my quarters
and I like my work. You can just say
t hat I will be f !t when I step into
the ring on the Fourth of July."
Summer Homo Is Ideal.
And ngw, perhaps, you will like to
know just r little about the place that
Jeffries will call home for the Sum
mer months. 1 to warden nan is a hotel
property, comprising 50 acres. It has
an office building and then come the
cottages scattered all around the
grounds. Hotel Rowardennan is near
the railroad station of Ben Lomond
snd within eight miles from Santa
Crua and just three hours travel from
San Francisco. It has an elevation of
I.1 fet, and the climate is ideal for a
o3 feet, and the climate is ideal for a
The Jeffries party has a large cot
tage, with four big rooms, and during
the season will be provided with a pri
vate dining-room. The place that was
formerly used as the dancehnU for the
guests ha s been converted into a gym
nasium, where will be found the ap
paratus, the punching bag and also the
ring that will he used for sparring.
There is close at hand a large handball
court.
The Snn Lorenzo River is close at
hand, and will afford facilities for
swimming and rowing. Of course there
is mountain climbing in abundance and
at this time of year excellent trout
fishing. An Is:iak Walton of the coun
try, who knows every trout hole, has
promised t.f help Jeffries catch some
M hoppers.
There are accommodations at Rowar
dennan for something like 250 guests,
and it is no secret that the hotel man
agement expects to have a lot of guests
all the time. It will be a popular place
for automobile parties and the like
from the city.
Johitaun Due iu April.
So far as can be learned. Jack John
son will be in San Francisco about the
2uth of the month, and will settle
down at the Seal Rock House at the
beach. That will be handy for the
newspapermen and will attract a world
of sports.
Last week, Sam Fitzpatrick, former
manager for Johnson, was responsible
for a statement in which he said that
if Jeffries could get Into condition he
would have no trouble beating the ne- i
gro. He explained as his reason for I
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such an argument th&t Johnson could
not hit. Johnson had a come-back the
following day and said that the reason
Fitzpatrick made such a statement was
because he was sore. Of course there
might have been some truth in that.
and consequently the Fitzpatrick state
ment carries less weight than it other
wise would.
The advance sale of seats opened
this week in San Fra ncisco. Accord
ing to the announcement that has been
ssued, only seats ranging from ?15 to
50 will be sold at the present time.
Purchasers will be given certificates
which will carrv. the guarantee of a
San Francisco bank that their money
will be refunded in case the fight does
not take place.
The lower-priced seats, those selling
for $5 and $10, will not be placed on
sale before June 1. It is believed that
the Easterners who expect to see the
fight w'll be ready to pay the larger
sums, while Californians will look for
the lower-priced chairs at the arena.
Advance Sale Is Heavy.
Tom Williams has decided to run the
races right up to the 1st of July, but
it Is not expected that this will inter
fere with the construction of the arena.
Inasmuch as the light is to take place
within the inside enclosure, the stands
can be put up without interfering with
the actual racing.
Just at present writing. both Tex
Rickard and Jack Gleason are out of
San Francisco, but they are xpected
back shortly. Rickard has been called
to Fly, Nev., on business, but Gleason
is expected back from the Kast almost
any day. In the meantime, Dick Wat
son, an old friend or Kickard s. is look
ing after his business interests as re
gards the fight.
Reports are to the effect that the ad
vance reservations are unusually heavy,
so that there is every indication for a
bumper crowd on the day of the Fourth.
.lerf to 1K Mueli Boxing.
Sam Berger gave out a mighty logi
cal statement one afternoon this week
In regard to Jeffries' training.
'When Jeffries starts boxing,' said
i?am, "there will be no let up. He will
box every day. The only element against
man who has been out of training Is
the lack of judgment, distance and
time in boxing. What he needs is box
lug and he will have a lot of it from
now until about the middle of June.
Jeffries has this in his mind, and he
wants to box and keep at it. If we can
get Joe Choynski, we will have him
and perhaps also Jack Burns. . Jeffries
a rough man in his boxing, and he
needs other help than Bob Armstrong."
STANFORD CHEWS WIN TWICE
Berkeley Loses Both Freshman a.nd
Varsity Scull Events.
OAKLAND, Cal.. April 9. Stanford
University won both the freshman and
varsity races in the eighth annual re
gatta held with the University of Cali
fornia on the Oakland Estuary today.
The Stanford crews in both races led
from the start, showing better form
than the California oarsmen, and In
the two-mile varsity race for eight
oared shells the Cardinals led all the
way, finishing three lengths ahead in
nine minutes flat. The Stanford fresh
men won the one-mile four-oared race
by four lengths. The official time in
the Tatter race was not taken.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 9. Through
Stanford's victory over the University
of California in rowing today-, the race
between the University of Washington
eight and the Stanford crew on Lake
Washirfgton. May -5, is now assured.
Stanford agreed to come to Seattle if it
defeated California in today's big race.
Cheese rose from cents a pnnd in
1 S.M to 11 cents a pound In lUOS. and
potatoes from to 70 cents a bushel during
the same period.
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Columbia University Stadium
Rendezvous.
FASTV MEN NOW ENTERED
Athletic Tournament on Saturday
Promises to Be Attractive Feat
ure in Sporting Fraternity.
Entries Are Heary.
With the interscholastic cross-country
run out of the way and all the try outs
for the various school and college track
teams completed, there Is nothing: left to
claim the attention of local track men
but the big Indoor meet in the Columbia
University stadium next Saturday after
noon This meet Is the most important early
PRACTICE GAME INDICATES
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ALBAXT, Or., April 9.- (Special.) The Albany team of the Willamette Valley League lined up for the
first time last Sunday afternoon in a practice game with a team of the Albany Twilight League and
though the team played without practice it did good work. From present Indications Albany will have
a strong team.
The players and officers in the photo .taken at the grounds just before the initial game, are as fol
lows (reading from left to right): Standing, William Eagles, Manager H. J. Kavanaugh and Harry T.
Shea, of the board of directors of the club; Wicks, pitcher; George Dooley, outfield; Bllyeu. center field;
Eugene Dooley, first base and outfield; Salisbury, pitcher and captain. Seated Bauer, first base and
outfield; Swan, second base; Sutherland, third base; Driver, outfield; Shorey, shortstop; Chapin, catcher,
and Scott, the .Sellwood pitcher in the Tri-City League, who was in Albany and worked out with the
local players last Sunday.
John Wesely, of Scio, who will play an infield position, and one or two other prospective players on
the local team were not present Sunday.
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Spring contest in the state and brings
into competition all of the big college
and school teams. The event has been
growing In importance for several years
and the indications . are that this year's
meet will be the largest ever held.
The entry lists were nearly all in last
night, and will be published tomorrow.
An unexpectedly large number of en
triee have been turned in for the two
mile course.
Strong Men En tered .
The two strongest distance men entered
thus far are George Burns, winner of
last year's mile event, and Chester Hug
gins, of Hood River, winner of the mile
run at Corvallis last Spring. Burns is
considered one of the strongest distance
men in the state, but he will have a.
strong competitor in the Hood River lad.
Both the University of Oregon and O.
A. C. will enter strong teams as usual.
The "Aggies" expect to show up par
ticularly strong this year.
All of the local prep schools ere enter
ing teams as well es the Multnomah Club,
the Y. M. C. A. and. the Catholic Young
Men's Club.
The officials for the meet will be- com
posed mostly of members of the Mult
nomah Club. The M. A. A. C. men who
will officiate are. Frank LfOnergan, clerk
of the course: Frank Wat kins, referee;
Bert Allen. Ed Morris, Fdgar Frank,
George McMillan, Harry Fischer, Morris
Dunne, George Gammle, Oscar Kerrigaji,
Fred Martin. William Fechheimer and
Martin Pratt.
The Y. M. C. A. team, as it was an
nounced yesterday. Is as follows:
THAT ALBANY WILL HAVE GOOD
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830-yard run Keys. Poison and Gross.
Mile Poison, Hartman and Sweeney.
Two-mile run Hartman.
19 hot-put Gardner.
Broad Jump Robinson, Jordan
and WitBell.
Pole vault Millard, Robinson,
Sheet
Sheets
and Jordan.
High jump Millard and Sheets.
220-yard dash Devilbliss.
50-yard dash Sheets and Witzell.
Relay team Sheets, Jordan, Iivilblis
and Witzell.
One of the features of the meet will
be the relay race for the interscholastic
teams.
It is announced that the track will be
In the best possible condition and that
nothing will stand in the way of records
being broken if the right kind of athletes
show up.
Brooklyn and Chicago Trade.
NEW YORK April 9. Announcement
was made today of a trade by the
Brooklyn) Club to Chicago of Mclntyre
for Tony Smith, Harry Smith and Dav
idson. Brooklyn is also to have first
call on any players the Chicago Club
desires to sell for cash during the 1910
season.
Bantamweight Title Vp April 30.
LOS ANGELES, April 9. Promoter
Tom McCarey has selected the after
noon of April 30 as the date for the
Frankie Conley-Danny Webster fight
in the Vernon arena. It is scheduled to
go 45 rounds for the bantamweight ti
tle. TEAM IN VALLEY LEAGUE
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pelUng of Hark Clond White
Champion Works Like Harvest
Hand; la Hard to Restrain.
BEX IjOMOXT, Cal.. April 9. Jim Jef
fries joined the sunshine society today
after several days of gloom which had
led his trainers to fear that he would
not readily get back Into til a old-time
form. Todays change of mood brought
decided reassurance to the colony- of
trainers and attendants and the big fel
low smiled blandly as he faced the omni
present battery of cameras, as though he
aaw & dark cloud suddenly dissipated.
Jeffries le working at his training
routine like & hired man In harvest time.
but today he found a faw moments to
cbat pleasantly with visitors and chaffed
his trainers. His trainers were delighted
with the change for the better.
First Days Were Tough.
"It simply means," hio chief traitier
said, "that Jeffries1 has gotten over the
first hurdle toward good condition. When
an athlete has been out of the game as
long as Jeffries, the first few days of
work are pretty tough on him. iNatural-
ly he becomes stiff and sore and when
all the rubbing In the world cannot effect
a cure, a fellow Is quite likely to nurse
a bit of a grouch. Now, however, it is
quite plain to me that Jim has worked
all the soreuess out of his system. He
will be in the best of spirits from
now on."
Despite his havim? been cautioned. Jef
fries put in the hardest day of the first
week's schedule today- Early in the
morning he started on a ten-mile road
tripi, returning to the camp by a dif
ficult mountain trail. His penchant for
baseball seems stronger than ever and
he was unable to finish his daily prac
tice without an additional half hour. Al
though perspiring freely he followed with
a five-round bout with a hastily Im
provised punching bag hung from
temporary platform. The one-sided bag
swung through a parabola like Halley's
comet, and kept Jeffries lunging much
of the time at empty air, but he seems
to enjoy the game, although he did not
succeed In making the bag take the
count.
The afternoon's work consisted of
rope-skipping, shadow-boxing exerclse.
with light dumb-bells, three fast games
of handball, and tugging and hauling
four rounds with Burns and Armstrong.
Jeffries will do his first boxing Monday.
Two sets of especially-made gloves
reached here today.
TEX RICKARD GROWS XERVOIS
McKeon Ordered to Tow Johnson to
Training Camp.
NEW TORK, April 9. The course of
big things pugilistic took its way rap
idly westward with Jack Gleason, one
of the Jeffries-Johnson fight man
agers, en route to San Francisco, and
John McKeon, who has been repre
senting the Gleason-Hickard interests
here, on his way to Chicago.
McKeon will stay in Chicago until
next Friday, and, the fight enthusi
asts say, will not make his way far
ther west except In Jack Johnson's
company.
Uneasiness on Tex Rickard's part re
garding Johnson's plana is responsi
ble for McKeon'e trip to the Far West
with Johnson in tow. The New York
agent has been instructed not to leave
Chicago for the Coast without being
sure that Johnson is on the same
train.
Gleason before leaving expressed
himself as confident on this point.
There is no occasion for worry over
Johnson," assured Gleason. "Rickard
has only conducted one big- fight, the
Gans-Nelson battle at Goldfleld, and
he may be a trifle 'restless. Johnson
has assured me that he will begin
training near San Francisco May 1,
and I believe him." '
Gossip Turned Loose at the
M. A. A. C.
SAM HOLBROOK has announced that
he will take part in all the Multno
mah Club's social functions hereafter.
The big doings at the club just now are
the preparations for the annual exhibition
of the club at the Armory on April 21.
Rehearsals are held in the club gymna
sium every night.
Ralph Knight, a professional clown,
will be one of the features of the exhi
bition. Cass Campbell is working hard with his
baseball team and expects to .turn out a
winning aggregation.
Taft Warriner and M. B. James, two of
Multnomah's prominent members, recent
ly married, are expected back shortly
from California, where they are honey
mooning. That Multnomah's Spring carnival will
be a success is the prediction made by
the chair-warmers. Some have request
ed that the , lounging chairs be moved to
the gymnasium on rehearsal nights.
Park Meyers, who has just won the
novice handball tournament, is a comer.
He gain permanent possession of the
beautiful E. E- Merges trophy.
E. E. Merges, one of Multnomah's most
enthusiastic supporters, has given three
handsome silver trophy cups for novice
events. This method of boosting is a
first-class method of developing athletes.
Mr. Merges is one of the club's greatest
boosters.
Tennis enthusiasts crowd the four
courts every afternoon when the weather
Is good. When the two new asphalt
courts are completed there will be con
siderable rejoicing among the tennis fans.
T. Morris Dunne, secretary and treas
urer of the P. N". A., is the busiest man
around the club. P. N. A. business has
made it necessary for him to resign hts
chairmanship of the Pinochle Club.
Superintendent Walker reports the Arm
ory will not be adequate to accommodate
all the crowds at the women's exhibitions.
Borne are requesting two performances
already. This Is the first time the gen
Petraln's Talks on Current
Sporting' Topics
JAMES J. JEFFRIES has lived up to
&U the promises he has made thu
far. The toifr white fighter an
nounced "when he accepted the defi oC
the Galveston black that he -would re
turn to the ring and defend the su
premacy of the white race, and fol
lowed that announcement with the as
sertion that he would commence actlvo
training about April 1.
For the past several days he has been
installed at his training quarters at
Rowardennan, a pretty place in the
hills, about 12 miles from Santa Cruz.
CaL The nearby hills afford the hi)?
fellow all the opportunities of moun
tain climbing and hunting, which ex
ercises are his especial delight. In ad
dition, there is th,e San Lorenzo Rlyer.
a mountain stream, which is sufficient
ly placid to afford the exercise of
rowing, which is another branch of
physical exercise most beneficial in.
the matter of conditioning an athlete,
who has become stale or overweight
through Inactivity. If Jeffs surround
ings can help him any, he Is best
equipped to get into shape of any
fighter the latter days of pugilism hav
known. Rowardennan offers more ad
vantages than any other place In Cali
fornia that could possibly have been
selected.
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During the coming Summer thera
will be more activity shown In aquatic
sports in Portland and vicinity than
ever before In the history of this city
so splendidly situated for the fostering
of this advantageous and practically
necessary means of athletic diversion
In all its branches. Aquatics include
boating, yachting, rowing and, best of
all. swimming, and with the Willam
ette and Columbia Rivers adjacent to
the city. It is surprising that all these
sports have not enjoyed more favor
in the past. During the coming Sum
mer the athletic organizations of this
city promise to foster these sports on
a much larger scale than has ever be
fore been attempted. Their expressed
determination means that the art of
swimming, an exercise which should
be learned by every man, woman and
child, will be made one of the most
popular sports.
Portland's baseball prospects for tli
coming season loom up brighter each
day, for McCredie's balltossers are play
ing in gilt-edge fashion, and with any
kind of even break in the luck of
baseball the Beavers should be a factor
in the race all the way. Earlv-season
prediction oftentimes Is shattered later
in the year, but the Portland club
comprises enough ambitious youngsters
to warrant the expectancy of good
things from them throughout the
struggle. In selecting his club. Mana
ger McCredie has used fine Judgment,
for he now can lay claim to as gentle
manly a lot of players as are found
?n "d1Etne tea.m the Iee, and
in addition each man Is a player of
merit and capable of greater thing,
Ai7 The, Port,an1 team shouTd
find favor with the fans, and that
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fwit. Wr6 treated a K-nod card of
exhibition boxing matches staged bv the
Oregon Athletic Club. Such cards wilt
add to the popularity of the port. and
the Judgment used by the promoters in
conducting the bouts cannot but help in
crease the popular favor now being
shown the boxing game. No objections
could i possibly be offered to Tuesday's
show. Keep up the same standard and
there will b-3 no interference or objection
to the boxing matches.
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The success enjoyed by the professional
matches lends added interest to the ama
teur boxing performances, which brings
to mind the fact that the Armory Ama
teur Athletic Association, a National
Guard' organization, intends to present
an amateur show Tuesday night next.'
This show Is worthy of the patronage
of the sport-loving public, for some of
the cleverest exponents of the boxing
art among the young men of Portland I
will be introduced that night.
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J. Cal Bwing says that Seattle will j
never be admitted Into the Pacific Coast
League as long as Dugdale has anything
to do with the game at the Elliott Bay -burg.
As J. Cal is something of a factor
in Pacific Coast baseball circles, Seattle
may do well to observe hts assertion.
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The total attendance at San Francisco
opening day was 7200, including passes.
Last season Portland turned out l7H0
paid admissions. Will somebody kindly
inform us whether San Francisco Is the
best baseball town on the coat?
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