THE StTXDAT OREGONIAX. PORTLAND. APRIL 17, 1910.
BIG PURSE TO BE
DANGLED If FULL
FAST BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO ARE WEARING UNIVERSITY OF
OREGON COLORS.
BASEBALL'S CHIEF
ASSET IS HONESTY
THE GRABOWSKY TRUCKS HAVE ARRIVED
And We Will Be Pleased to Show and Demonstrate
Them to Interested Parties
$10,000 Harness Event Will
Be Run in Next Ponand
Race Meet.
Sport Grows in Hold on Public
Because Free. From Taint
of Crookedness.
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BIG RACE MEET PLANNED
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Largest Stake Kver Orfered for Har
ness Race In Northwest Will Be
I'caturc or Portland Kair and
Livestock Association.
BT TV. J. I-ETRAIN'.
Next Fall, harness horse racing in
Portland and the Northwest is to be
signalled hy the offering of a 10,000
purse for one of the events to be run
in the meet to be held under the aus
pices of the Portland Fair and Uve
atock Association. The stake will be
the largest purse ever offered for a
; harness race in the Northwest, and the
hanging- up or this big prize means
that a number of the best- harness
horses from tho grand circuit will be
attracted here.
Last year the association held a most
successful meeting, and indications
: point to one even more successful in
the coming season. Harness, racing is
gradually coming into popular favor
and oecause of this the association be
lieves in attracting the best possible
horses to the meet, and the only, way
to do this is to put up the most valu
able purses possible.
Grand Circuit Kvents Kqualod.
The $10,000 purse will put the Port
land meet on a par with any of the
grand circuit events, for there are only
two or three such offerings competed
for on the big Eastern tracks. The
bringing of the star performers from
the East to the Northwest will not
only benefit the game here, but it will
mean an added interest all over the
Pacific Northwest Fair Association's
circuit, and will correspondingly in
crease the purses offered at tho other
tracks.
After many years of struggling and
sometimes losing money, the various
associations in the Northwest foster
ing the harness game are becoming
recognized by the public. It has been
a hard fight, but the wiping out of
the running races with its accompany
ing gambling evil has paved the way
for the success of the legitimate har
ness game, and the fancy steppers are
finally neing appreciated.
The public is still uneducated to
this branch of sport, though the merit
of the game is gradually impressing
Itself on the patrons of races until it
Is now possible to offer handsome
purses with some degree of certainty
of seeing the box office receipts make
It worth the while, as well as earn
the necessary expenses entailed upon
the holding of a week-long meet.
Dates Precede State Fair.
Last year the Portland meet was tho
most successful in tne history of the
game In the Northwest. This year
Portland has been extended the dates
in advance of the Salem State Fair,
and this of itself will help increase the
Interest. In the sport here. The Port
land Kair and Livestock Association
has survived against odds, and now,
with plain sailing ahead, and everv
assurance or a successful and brilliant
racing season, the stockholders who
gamely stayed with the ship In ad
versity are likely to'reap the rrults of
their labor and faithfulness to a duty
they performed so steadfastly.
Preparations are being made for the
placing of tne track in first-class con
dition for the coming season, and as
soon as the weather becomes settled
the active work of rebuilding the track
where necessary and the placing of the
plant in readiness for the season will
be commenced. Early entries indicate
a fine series of races, for some of the
best horses in California and the Mid
: die West, as well as those of the North
; west, are already listed, and before
many weeks the grand circuit per
formers will be entered. Taking
! everything into consideration, the
Portland meet this year promises to
give the racing fans some of the very
best sport to be had anywhere. Let
us hope that the early prospects are
eclipsed In the end. and that the meet
will flourish and grow better each year
.o come.
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Mullnontah BasebnU Tenm Plays
Next Saturday.
The . Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Club baseball team will play Its first
game of the season on the club field
next Saturday with the First Infantry.
TJ. S. A., team of Vancouver Barracks.
The soldier boys have made some of
Portland's fastest teams travel, and are
expected to give the clubmen a run for
their money.
Baseball has assumed a bright aspect
at the club and now that the rain has
ceased, allowing the diamond to become
, dry enough for use, all candidates are
expected out at the evening practice.
Several new men are showing to advan
tage and will likely make positions on
tho regular team.
Jimmy Twohy reported for practice
Thursday evening, showing he is an
: accomplished inflelder and an all
; around good sportsman. He has been
assigned to work out around the kev
stone station and works the double
play idea In a pleasing manner. The
management expects much from the
former Panta Clara College lad.
Cass Campbell is accepting every
thing that comes his way around short.
being particularly effective In the
t handling of ground balls and accurate
throwing to the bases. Diminutive
; Parke Meyers la one of the reliable
performers of tho squad and shows up
strong at third base and In all proba
bility will be assigned the berth per
manently. Charley P.artonls demon
strating he is an all around athlete,
and Is not satisfied in defending the
clubs colors on the basketball floor or
at soccer, but is making a game try
.for first base against Dick Jones.
1-M Shearer Is back on the catching
. job. and will alternate behind the plate
with Plowden Btott, who has an option
on the catching. Shearer Is a valuable
outfielder and with Stott In the game
will likely adorn the right field. His
heavy hitting counts. Al O'Brien, for
merly of Columbia, and Ted McPher
.jon, an old Portland Academy star, are
trying out for the outfield.
', Captain Ed Morris goes Into the box
'occasionally, but If his shoulder does
not improve he will play In the outfield.
Sil Douglass Is the only new man who
is trying out for pitcher and will be
given a chance to demonstrate his abil
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TEAM'S HOPES HIGH
Oregon, Now on Tour, Expects
Baseball Championship.
TWENTY GAMES SCHEDULED
University Players Are in Midst of
Hardest Season on Record, but
Are Doing Great Work Vn
der Coach Tom Kelly.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON', Eugene.
Or., April 16. (Special.) After starting
the season with four straight victories
on the florae grounds against other col
leges of the Northwest Intercollegiate
Baseball League, the University of Ore
gon baseball team left Wednesday morn
ing on a 10-day trip through Washington
and Idaho. Eight games will be playel
during the 10 days.
If the team is able to do as well as to
break even on the road, Oregon's chances
for winning the Northwest Intercollegiate
baseball championship, for which it tied
with Washington last year, will be bright.
The full schedule for the season calls for
20 games, and Is the heaviest the varsity
team has ever attempted.
The Oregon team this season is easily
the fastest that has represented the uni
versity. Under the coaching of "Father"
Tom Kelly, an old Coast League player,
the team has developed a snap anil dash
and knowledge of "inside baseball" tac
tics rare with college players. At pres
ent nearlyevery man on the nine has
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struck a bad batting slump, but after a
few games on the road they expect to
hit- their stride with the stick. This is
Kelly's second season as baseball coach
at Oregon, and the results of his work
of last Spring, when he practically de
veloped a winning nine out or, untried
material, have shown clearly In the
games so far played. Before taking
charge of the squad three weeks ago,
Kelly coached the Santa Clara College
team which won 14 straight games and
the championship of California, defeat
ing Berkeley and Stanford with ease.
From Eugene the team went straight
to Seattle, where it played Washington
Thursday. Friday it played the Spokane
team of the Northwest League at Spo
kane, going from there to Pullman for
two games against W. S. C. Tuesday
and Wednesday the schedule calls for
games with the University of Idaho at
Moscow, and the trip will end with a
double-header against Whitman at Walla
Walla Thursday and Friday.
One of the big factors In giving Oregon
such a good start in the league race has
been the pitching of Ferdinand llenkla.
the Portland lad who is now in his third
season on the varsity squad. Henkle did
some remarkable work in tee box last
year, one of his twirling feats being a
16-inning game against the Multnomah
club team In which he struck out 20 men
and allowed only four hits, but lost 2
to 1. Three of Oregon's early season vic
tories were won with him in the box.
In the 27 innings he has allowed only one
run.- while the last 30 Innings were shut
outs. Henkle is a left-hander with wicked
speed and sharp breaks, combined with
good control. He had a chance to sign
with Charlie Graham's Sacramento team
In the Coast League this season, but pre
ferred to finish his college course before
trying professional ball.
Captain Dudley Clarke, who is playing
the best game of his career in center, is
another man on the team who turned
down an offer to enter fast company In
order to play with his college. Cliff
Blankenshlp, of the Tacoma Tigers, wu
particularly anxious to get Clarke's name
to a contract, but the Oregon - man de
clined. Clarke Is the heaviest hitter on
the team.
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Portland Livestock Association Is to
Offer One $10,000 Purse for
Harness Event Other Timely
Notes of Sporting "World,
BT 'W. J. PETRAIX.
Once more the baseball season is on
in earnest, and throughout the land the
big and little leagues, grammar school
organizations and the boys of the sand
lot, whence the big league stars emanate,
tre playing the National game. It Is a
great game, and'its hold on the American
public Is so strong that many men would
be absolutely lost without the oppor
tunity of seeing a baseball contest occa
sionally during the season.
What gives baseball such a hold on
tho heartstrings of the public? This is a
question often asked" by those to whom
the gase does not appeal. Honesty.
That is the answer. Of all professional
sports, the American game of baseball
is the one game that is free from the
taint of bribery and crookedness. It is
a sport that cannot be manipulated to
suit the fancy of the. gambling element,
end It is the elimination of the betting
evil that makes the game so popular and
lnsrures Its hold on public approval for
years to come.
Neither speculation nor gain can be
said to control baseball, for time and
again opportunities have arisen whereby
the dishonest apportionment of a cham
pionship would have redounded to the.
financial gain of all concerned. Tet the
pennant races where such could have
taken place were determined on their
merits and smaller cities were victorious
against the larger centers of population.
As a sport free from the taint of cor
ruption baseball stands alone among
professional pastimes.
Portland promises to enjoy one of the
most successful racing seasons ever ex
perienced in the : Northwest since th
passing of the ponies and the curse of
bookmaking. Next Fall the Portland
Fair and Livestock Association will hold
its fourth annual meeting ot harness
races, and many high-class Eastern studs,
it Is expected, will be attracted West by
the handsome purses.
In the past the promoters of the har
ness races in the Northwest have been
compelled to seek public help in the ef
fort to hang up suitable purses, as. the
sport had not thrived in public favor to
the extent of attracting the money for
the prtees at the gate. In the last sev
eral years the attendance at the harness
meets has increased each season, and the
coming meet promises, to be most popu
lar of all.
In anticipating this season's increase
in public favor the promoters of the
Portland meet have decided to offer a
purse of $10,000 for one event, and this
will be the highest stake ever put up
in this vicinity in the history of the
sport.' Such enterprise deserves success,
and this year's meet of the Portland Fair
and Livestock Association should go down
Into history as the "best ever."
President Graham, of the Pacific Coast
League, has taken a step toward the
elimination of rowdyism from the field, In
a manner that should bring results. A
week or so ago a Sacramento player as
saulted an umpire on the ball field be
cause the official did not see a play as
the player saw It. No matter how
faulty tho official's judgment may have
been, such action on the part or any
player or manager is deserving of sum
mary punishment. The fining of Pitcher
Whalen and his suspension for a month
are justifiable in every particular, and
It is to be hoped that the pleadings of
Sacramento will not be permitted to di
minish the sentence In the slightest de
gree. Good, bad or indifferent, the um
pires must be protected. If they are In
competent. It Is the duty of the president
of the league to discharge them, but it
is not within the province or the player
or fans to assault them.
Yesterday Columbia University held its
annual track meet in the big gymnasium
of that institution on the Peninsula. As
those of the past, the meet was most
successfully conducted, and once mors
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the faculty and student body of Colum
bia are to be congratulated for fostering
a beneflclal sport. The merit of track
athletics Js not generally appreciated as
It should be. for this branch of athletics
usually exists because of the patriotism
of the Institution in drawing on a gen
eral athletic fund for its support.
However, Columbia University has
established this meet as an annual affair,
and each year tho patronage seems to
Increase. This indicates that eventually
the sport will prove self-supporting, as it
should be.
Next Saturday the tenth annual pen
nant race of the Northwestern League
will be Inaugurated by President Ideas'
organization. "While the circuit has been
cut from six to four clubs, there is more
general Interest than last season. Se
attle, Tacoma, Spokane and Vancouver,
B. C. now comprising the league, seem
to have arrayed good clubs, and the
race should be closer and harder fought
than the competition of last year.
Joe Corbett. the one-time sterling
pitcher of the famous Baltimore Orioles,
Is steadily on the decline. Corbett, arter
retiring from the game for three years
when at the height of his career in the
big leagues, came from retirement and
joined the Los Angeles club in 1903, and
was instrumental In pitching that team
Into the championship. Last year he
tried to pitch for San Francisco, but was
unsuccesKrul. and this year finds him in
the Triple C class D League formed of
small towns in the vicinity of San FVan
cisco. The first umpire to he seen in Port
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Greevy. eaellv the premier indicator
handler of President Graham's staff. Mc
Oreevy gave satisfaction last season, and
accounts of his work thus far indicate
that he has not "gone back."
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