THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. POUTLAXD, JTFLY 31, 1910.
BLUE JAGKET WINS
BT EXCITING FINISH
Driving Club's Matinee Opens
With Victory Over Alexan
dra Queen by Head.
MARE LOSES BY BREAKING
Mnrphy Pilots Sis Meriden to Suc
cess in Two Heats Dottle Dim
ple Throws Away Match Race -to
Redskin by Bad Break.
The Riverside Driving Club held another
successful racing matinee at the track
of the Portland Fair and Livestock Asso
ciation yesterday, and several of the
events were marked by hotly-contested
fini.shee. It was a fine day and the events
showed better class than at some of the
previous matlneefi.
Probably tho feature event of the sea
eon, for there has scarcely "ever been a
" more exciting finish In the history of the
Riverside Club's matinees, wan the vic
tory or Blue Jacket, owned by L. W.
"Watts, over Dr. Treve Jones' Alexandra
jueen In the second and deciding heat
of the first pacing raco of the afternoon.
Thin race was run in the fast time of
3:20 for green horses, and both drivers
' did their utmost to get all of the action
and speed out of their res-p'-'ctlve entrle3.
Blue- Jacket Wins by Neck.
The first heat of this race was not bo
close, for Dr. Jones' mare broke frequent
ly, and before he could bring; her back
to her stride, the Blue Jacket horse had
acquired a fine lead, and vae not in
Manser afterwards. The second heat.
however, was greatly more interesting
t and excJtlus, for the two horses raced
around the track almost neck and neck
until the three-quarters pole was reached.
when Dr. Jones' entry again broke, this
time only for a few seconds, but long
enough to give the Watts entry a lead
which resulted in a victory by a head.
Bo close 'were the two horses at the
finish that many of Dr. Jones' friends
thought he had made good his promise
. to win that heat, but the Watts entry
liad the race by the narrowest of mar
gins
Coming ino the stretch Dr. Jones did
some line driving, but Watts used the
whip on Blue Jac ket, and the game old
performer responded with just enough
speed to cany him over the line winner
by the head length, and also of the race.
which was for the best two in three. D.
C. Anderson's Chico. the third starter,
was. a poor third each time.
The first race was a mile trotting race.
In which four horses started. Thomas
W. Murphy was the successful owner and
driver, for he piloted his Sis Meriden
under the wire in two straight heats for
victory. Both heats, however, were
closely contested, and Murphy's driving
won. Sis Meriden is a consistent per
former and one of the best gaited trot
ters at the amateur meets. C. W. Flan
ders' Guy O'l.ight took second honors
both times, while A. O. Hall's Alice
Jones was. third. The Jewel, Clayton
raijHrj nanasome mare, was a poor
lourtu. both times, for she persisted in
breaking' badly so often that she was
hardly In the race at any stage. The
Jewel seemed troubled with faulty shoe
ing or a defect In the hopples.
Dottle Dimple Twice Loses.
The special match trotting race be
tween A.. C. Tjohmire's Redskin and T.
R. Howltt's Dottie Dimple resulted In a
victory for the former in two straight
heats, much to the surprlfie of the sup
porters of the Howltt entry, for Dottie
Dimple had beaten Redskin in two former
races.
In the' first heat of this race I,ohmire.
driving Redskin, handled his entry clev
erly and won in a hard drive, but in the
second heat' he had easy sailing, for
Dottle Dlmplo broke so badly shortly
bsfore the first turn that she put her
self completely out of the race, and Red
skin won by a long margin.
. The Riverside Driving Club will give
another matinee on Saturday. August 13,
and will follow this up on August 27
with the closing meet of the season pre
vious to the Fall Festival of the Port-
jana r air and livestock Association,
which opens September 6.
CITIES ARK RIVALS AT. GOLF
Large List of Entries Received at
Gearhart Park. '
Golf players from all parts of the Pa
cific Northwest will assemble at Gearhart
Psrk Wednesday noon to participate in
the first annual Gearhart Park contest for
the honors of the Northwest country. For
the perpetuation of the rivalry between
the coast cities, three cups have been
provided, two being given by the Hotel
Gearhart and one hy II. C Bowers,
manager cf the Hotel Portland.
I'p to noon yesterday the following en
tries had been received by G. C. Turn
bull, undf; whose supervision the tourna
ment -will be conducted:
G. R. Andrews and several unknown
players from Seattle: C. B. Hurley and I.
Anderson, heading a delegation from Ta
coma; A. M. Winston. J. H. Iathrop.
Frank McCulloush and George McDonald
with a large party from Spokane: a num
ber of players from Vancouver, B. C,
together with the following players rep
resenting Waverly Golf Club it Portland :
J. S. Bennett. Russ?ll Smith. Leister Hod
son. Jordan Zan, Thales Linthieum. Tom
Robertson. E. O. fslievlin. G. W. Gates. H.
C Bowers. W. B. Aver. J. W. Latta and
N. E. Ayer. The women who have en
tered are: Mrs. W. B. Ayer. Portland;
Mrs. Hollar. Tacoma: Mrs. Koohler. Port
land; Mrs. Hurley. T;-.eoma: Mrs. Weath
erwax. Aberdeen; Mrs. A. M. Wright,
Portland; Mrs Zera Snow, Mrs. N. e!
Ayer and Mrs. W. Burns.
It is expected that spirited rivalry will
exist between the cltirti with large' dele
gations. Portland, however, is represented
hy Its strongest players and everv pos
sible effort will be made to keep the
trophies In Portland.
Men to Play Kail.
Chester G. Murphy, Plowden Stott. Dr.
Otis B. Wight. Harry Lttt. John Holman.
Ashley Vnntine. Harry Failing. Eugene
Rockey. W. Hurlburt, Julian Hughes.
Stanley Jewett. George Brownlee. Fred
erick Holman. David Lewis. Roland Kelly
and George Brownlee, all members of the
Zeta Psl fraternity, and Antoine Labbe,
George Saylor. Clifford Nichols. James
Alexander. Roy Stearns. Louis Bronough.
George Pease. Lee Patterson. H. L.
Shepherd and Mr. Bennett, of Detroit,
members of the Chi Psi. will play base
ball on Wednesday. The teams will be
picked from among the above mentioned
men and the losers will give the victors
a dinner later at the Cniverslty Club.
Th electric automatic typewriter of the
Berlin police has added to the strenuousness
of the burglars' profession. By means of
this instrument a robber at one station can
v.e followed up within two or three minutes
bv the pnmtns and posting up at all sta
tions In the city and suburbs of notices de-
r'.blns; the thief or living such Informa
tion as may be available.
MILITARY TOURNEY DELIGHTS TACOMA
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TACOMA. Wash.. July 3a (Special.)
This city has never done anything of
which Its people are more proud than the
staging of the Cnited States military
tournament which came to an end in a
great street carnival at a late hour to
night. It has been seven davs of un
rivalled spectacle, beauty and education.
Tacomans have many reasons to feel
pleased. First, they enjoyed to the full
the chance to have the Army visitors
with them, to observe their proficiency
in the arts of war and to learn how
benevolent Uncle Sam is looking after
the welfare of his Northwestern nephews
and nieces. With units of every mobile
branch of the American Army taking
part In the daily performances- a chance
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was afforded, such as could be had in
no other way. to see the diverse parts
of the great organization at work and
nt play. The tournament was thus for
Tacomans a week of education in military
tactics and life.
Tacomans ' are pleased because the
seven-day event gave them an oppor
tunity to display at its best their new
.135.0)0 Stadium, which seats 30.000 per
sons and which they think is without a
rival in all the world.
City Is Hospitable. t
Tacomans are pleased because they had
the chance and, they lived up to It or
entertaining the people of the Northwest
at a novel new kind of party. The vis
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itors came from Portland and her tribu
tary country, from Southwestern Wash
ington, from Seattle and her environs,
from Eastern Washington, and not a few
traveled from the great Mississippi and
Missouri River valleys to see the tourna
ment and the Western land in which it
was held. They came by thousands by
interurban trolleys, by steamer, by auto
mobile and by rail and not one went
away grumblinsr at the entertainment
that was given him.
For months the Chamber of Commerce
had prepared the way for the Army
event. The hotels, th3 restaurants, the
streetcar company, the stables and the
garages had been stimulated to their
greatest efforts in entertaining the visit-
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ins- thousands. Furthermore, the Cham
ber had listed "000 rooms in private houses
to help furnish prompt and comfortable
accommodations for the out-of-town peo
ple. The price of admission to the
Stadium for every performance was 25
cents for one and all. The president of
the Chamber of Commerce paid the fee
just like everybody else. Prices for food
and rooms was not raised a fraction
! above the usual rates. People of the
Northwest came and were entertained
comfortably and reasonably. And of that
as much as any other feature Tacomans
are prmid.
Tacomans are pleased, moreover, be
cause the Army officers were pleased,
and because this city will thus have flrat
chance to get the tournament again next
Summer, or at least two years hence.
There has yet to be found an officer
in the regular service who saw any of
the performances who will not say that
the. Tacoma Stadium in Ms opinion is the
best place .in the United States for an
event of this kind.
PrUes Are Liberal.
But It is not only the officers who are
deliglrted: so also are the privates, for
they had prizes to compete for such as
they never were furnished elsewhere In
i the West. The prizes were cash, totaling
I more than WOOO. and to this amount were
1 added bonuses and special prizes brlng;-
ing the figure to an even greater sum.
or is tnat all. by any means. The
tournament, even with its low admis
sion charge, was a success financially.
Its expenses were in the neighborhood
of J15.000. The gate receipts had reached
this amount by the time the Thursday
night crowd was in its seats, and the
Friday and Saturday crowds were pure
"velvet" ' What the profits will be is
not known yet. and will not be known
even approximately before Monday at
least, as tickets were on sale ar a dozen
downtown stores as well as at the Stad
ium gates. Anyhow, It is certain that
the profits will run up into the thou
sands. Every cent of this goes to the
Army, one-half to its relief fund and the
other half divided pro rata, between the
athletic funds of the various units taking
part. The Chamber of Commerce or no
other Tacoma organization makes a cent
There was something- in the week's
programme to please everybody. It
began on Sunday with two. sacred
concerts by a band of 100 pieces, in
cluding; the combined regimental bands
of the First Infantry, Twenty-fifth
Infantry, Coast Artillery and First
Cavalry. It is not often that even
Army officers see four regimental
bands playing as one organization un
der the leadership of one baton, but
18,000 people of Tacoma and the
Northwest saw it at the two Sunday
concerts. The programmes were of
classical music with Just a touch now
and then of the patriotic, such as the
"American Patrol." That frequently
expressed assertion that "the public
does not like classical music" found
strong disproof in these concerts, at
least in so far as such a band as this
one is concerned, for the audiences
would scarcely permit the musicians
to bring1 the entertainments to an end.
Ball Games Stir Rivalry.
On Monday afternoon came two
baseball games, the first of a series
running all the week. Six teams were
entered, one each from the First In
fantry, the Twenty-fifth Infantry, the
First Cavalry, the Columbia River
Coast Artillery District, the Puget
Sound Coast Arti'.lery District and the
Second Artillery. The prizes were
150, $100 and $60 for first, second
and third place teams, respectively,
and e'very nine was out after the
trophies. But sweeter even than the
big prizes to those soldier boys were
the pure laurels of victory, for there
is a spirit of rivalry between regi
ments like unto that of Yale and Har
vard. On Monday night again the scene
changed. Previously it had shifted
from the seductive strains of classical
music to the animated rivalry of ath
letic games. Now it swung to a grand
er theme mimic combat, bloodless but
eager meetings of armed hosts.
With a 17-gun salute in honor of Sec
retary Ballinger, of the Department of
the Interior, who was a guest of the
occasion, the Monday night perform
ance began. This was the commence
ment of the military part of the week's
pageant. The crowd numbered 20,000,
and It was a noticeable fact that it in
creased with every successive perform
ance until at the end of the week the
Stadium's 30,000 easy seating capacity
was all required, and many were
obliged to stand about the promenades.
On this night, and every night of the
week, the performance began- with a
grand review of all the 2000 troops
participating. Every performance end
ed also in a typical military way. with
the band playing "Star-Spangled Ban
ner," and every officer and private,
wherever he happened to be. standing
at attention until the last bars were
played, and then saluting.
Drills Please Spectators.
The first competitive event was the
Butts manual drill, which was repeated
at some of the later performances.
This aroused the enthusiasm of the
crowd to a high degree. ' Ranged out
over half the Stadium field the 300 men
of the First Infantry went through this
setting-up exercise with the precision
of a machine. Then came an Infantry
drill and a cavalry drill. The latter,
especially, was an event calculated to
bring shouts of pleasure, for the horses
behaved with well nigh human intelli
gence, the greater part of them even
keeping step to the music, and all of
them behaving as if they understood
the commands as well as their riders.
Then came the machine-gun contest,
a feature of the programmes that met
with perhaps the heartiest reception of
all. In this three platoons take part.
Each platoon fires its rapid-fire gun,
packs it on the back of one of those
wonderfully trained Army "Jackasses,"
runs 60 yards, unpacks, sets up the gun
and fires a second shot. "Maud," the
famous mule from Vancouver barracks,
the w6rld record holder for the event,
took more laurels here, and nearly
equalled her fastest time. Maud Is the
pride of the FlrBt Infantry, and she Is
a general favorite at Tacoma. The
papers have been printing her pictures
all week, recounting her biography and
extolling her praises.
The equipment race was found easier
to watch, for the machine-gun contests
are like a three-ringed circus for com
plexity, and spectacular as well. In the
equtpment race the contestants left
their saddles, bridles and other equip
ment along the bay side of the Stadium
, field, riding their horses with only a
j bridle. From the scratch near the re
j viewing stand they dashed to the piles
i of equipment, saddled, bridled and rode
j pell-mell for the reviewing stand at top
, speed, firing five revolver shots as they
came. By coincidence the sergeant who
won the event bore the same name as
the distinguished member of the Presi
dent's Cabinet sitting in the reviewing
stand tjamnger.
Artillery Kept Busy.
The artillery was kept busy, for the
next afternoon another salute of 17
j guns had to be fired In honor of Gov
ernor Hay, who was an Interested spec
tator at this and several other per
formances. Then later in the week
came Secretary Wilson, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and 17 more guns
boomed out a welcome to him.
The Wednesday matinee performance
was impromptu but It Included many
of the most spectacular events, because
movlnfir-nlctureft were hplnr tab-on k..
1 tne Sells; Polyscope Company of Chi
cago. These films are to be circulated
throughout the country and Europe and
from them Tacoma expects to obtain an
immense amount of publicity.
Among features introduced Thursday,
Friday and Saturday were a first aid
rescue race, bayonet exercises, wall
scaling with machine gun platoons, ob
stacle races with mules from . the
Mountain Battery, conical wall tent
pitching contest, construction and de
molition of bridge by a detachment of
the United States Engineers, mounted
combat, Roman race by the cavalry,
and a travois race. This morning came
a grand parade of all the troops
through the ctty streets.
On Thursday and this afternoon
there were spirited field and track
races between men of the various regi
ments. And then, ending the week's
calendar of spectacle, sport and con
tests, came the carnival, which outdid
everything that Tacoma ever has done
before.
LAJ01E ALONE LEFT
Of Mighty Team of Phillies All
Others Are Gone.
HARDEST HITTERS IN GAME
Ureat Trio of Delhanty, l.ajoie and
Flick Were Terror to Pitchers.
Flick, Last to Leave Majors,
Goes to Minor League.
Of the mighty team of Phillies that
were the dread of pitchers a decode
ago, Larry Lajoie alone remains in the
fast set. A few days ago Elmer Flick
went to the minors, marking one more
former treat Phillip, that found bis
league pace too much for him.
While these Phillies never finished
better than second In the National
League pennant race, they were un
doubtedly the strongest batting team
of their day. There was not one weak
hitter in the list.
First of all was big Ed Delehanty.
who will rank. In baseball as one of
the greatest natural hitters the game
has known. Poor Del subsequently
flopped to the American League, and
committed suicide by jumping Into the
relentless waters of Niagara Falls.
Lajoie was the second baseman, and
his fielding and batting have scarcely
deteriorated to this day. Relieved of
the cares of management. King Larry
is now whaling the ball for Cleveland
as hard as in the days that fans used
to see him batter the walls at Broad
and Huntingdon.
Lajoie Past Prime.
Larry Is a clean liver and, though past
his prime as baseball ages go, he should
last for several more seasons. Flick In
right field was a great batting; compan
ion for Del and Larry.
They were placed together In the bat
ting order, and If Del or Larry missed
hitting the ball. Flick certainly would
The Delehanty-Lajoie-Flick combina
tion was the hardest trio in the country
for a pitcher to outwit, and their hitlng
won many games for the Phillies.
Flick carried his batting prowess to
Cleveland, when he was forced to 'go
there through the courts decid-.ng-agalnst
the American League In a cele
brated suit.
Flick started to lose his grip in
1908, and has been slumping gradually
ever since. The result was that Cleve
land was obliged to place him in slow
er company. Delehanty played first
base when Slagle. was with the team,
and the midget in left field was an
other, wonder at the time. Slagle later
went to Chicago and played good ball
for several years', but has dropped out
of the big show.
Roy Thomas at the time was the best
center fielder in the country. His field
ing was wonderful, and he could also
hit. He was the team's best run getter
at the time. Thomas wore well, play
ing with Pittsburg and Boston after
leaving the Phillies. Then he retired
from the game to devote his time to
business.
AVolverton One of Great Team.
Manager Dooin caused much surprise
by having Thomas play several games
for the Phillies this season when Bates
was Injured, and the veteran filled in
very acceptably.
Monte Cross, at short", was another
bulwark of the team. Monte repeated
his success when he Joined the Ath
letics, playing on the championship
tpams of 1902 and 1905; but Monte had
to give way to a younger player. Monte
is now a successful manager in the
New Tork State League.
Wolverton, the third baseman, drift
ed to the minors after a short American
League career, and a subsequent en
gagement with Boston '.in the National
League. He has now developed into one
of the best minor league managers in
the country, and the prediction Is made
that the big leagues will regain him
soon, although this time as a tactician
and not as a player.
Eddie McFarland, the catcher, also is
in the minors, and so are Orth, Fraser,
Dusrgleby and other pitchers.
Only the long life of Lajoie as a
player has saved the Philadelphia Na
tional League's greatest team from be
ing completely wiped off the baseball
map.
Fandom at Random
THE Beavers seem to have braced, at j
least temporarily, for they repeated .
Friday's victory by trimming the Seals '
again yesterday.
I
Vean Gregg was on the hilltop and en- '
Joyed one of his really good days, for he I
fanned 10 of the Seals. He allowed only 1
four hits during the nine innings. !
In the second inning Gregg distin
guished himself by striking out the side. !
for ' he fanned Tennant, Bodte and '
Madden In quick succession. He also j
fanned Nick Williams twice in pinches, j
Billy Speas has been hitting pretty well
of late, and his bomer and single yes
terday probably means- that he has
cinched his Job for a couple of days, any
way. The fans would be delighted to
see Billy keep up this work, for they
really like the speedy lad.
m m m
Manager Mac gave the San Francisco
scribes an interview in which he vir
tually predicts the release of Gus Het
ling, if he is quoted correctly. Accord
ing to the scribes in the South, Hetling
has not helped the team, and Mac says
Tommy Sheehan will.
If Hetling is released he won't be out
of a job many minutes, for there are
two Pacific Coast League clubs ready to
grab him the moment McCredie "gives
him the hook." Gus was doing good work
for Portland, but a change of team might
do him good at that.
Harry Sutor has now lost three games
to Portland out of the four San Fran
cisco has dropped to the McCredie team
in the past two weeks. Sutor used to
have the Portland team on his staff, but
the situation seems reversed this season.
The crowd of hammer-throwers rapping
the Portland team lately ought to be
thankful they do not live In Los Angeles,
for Dillon's huskies have lost five straight
to the despised Sacramento club, which
would give the rabid ones a chance to
yelp.
.
Home runs seem to be the real thing
with the Portland team lately. Buddy
Ryan clinched a game for McCredie with
a "rounder" on Friday, and Billy Speas
connected for another yesterday.
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The Portland Fair and Livestock Asso
ciation proposes to hold special events on
days dedicated to Seattle, Spokane and
Salem during Harvest Festival week.
This proposition ought to meet with favor
in the towns selected.
The cable connecting- Mnrovis. with Per
nambuce Is In course of construction and trill
be teady soon, when the German vessel will
taks. It aboard and start for Monrovia to lay
it. ,
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