THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, AUGUST 28, 1910. SAN FRANCISCO PLAYERS WHO HELPED GIVE PORTLAND CLOSE NEW BOXING GAME FIVE PORTLAND PLATERS WHOSE WORK IS APPRECIATED BY THE FANS. REVENGEDN SEALS GAMES LAST WEEK.. EAGERLYAWAITED TO FISTIC FANS Tommy Coffroth Will Inaugu rate It With Ten-Round Bouts August 31. Langford Hurts Prestige Crawling Out o! Fight With Kaufmann. by Performance Long Delayed, but Nevertheless Pleasing to Local Fans. AMATEURS UNDER WATCH GOTHAM SPORTS PEEVISH HOPE FOR 'PENNANT SEEN LEMONS HANDED GLADDENSBEAVERS Mb lrr 1 t'h 1 if - ':: ill cjl til rw- Coming of Artie Krnjrer Maj Mean That George Ort Is Scheduled for Bench Angela Worthy RlTala for Thla Week. FT IT. J. PETRATX: The windup of the third week of the aeml-flnal home aland of the Beavers till finds McCredie's bustlers first place, for the clansmen doing service for Portland in the baseball world have made up for the reverses Buffered at the hand of the Oakland crew by trimming the frisky Seals. It there Is any one club In the Pa c'.fle Coast League whose defeat ap peals to the fans more than any other It ts the dan Francisco club, and right now the Beavers are In line to win everlasting glory by taking a series from that club. San Franctoco had not lost a serlee on the Portland lot since the season of 1908. and the prospects f.ir a reversal of form this trip give the fans a chance to root and root for fair. Fan Rewarded al Last. Anything to beat San Francisco be came the war cry of the fans, but the valiant' young athletes provided with meal tickets and the price of lodging ty McCredle have not supported the fans with any degree of certainty un til the recent series at San Francisco, when the Mackmen took four Karnes nut- of a series of seven from the Seals. That performance was Joyful music In the ears of Beaver fandom. for It dem onstrated that McCredie's team was really capable of attaining; areater heights than had been figured pni Me, and now that they hare assaulted the Seals so strongly this series the "hues" will flock to the park this afternoon to see them put the finishing touches to a successful week. The Portland club Is erratic In bat ting and sometimes Is likewise af flicted In fielding, but the batting streaks taken by the players, tog-ether with the great work being done by the pitchers, keep the team In the running and make It an emphatic contender for pennant honors. It Is the dream of every fan to see the pennant fly from the pole at the Portland grounds, and this season tne players doing service for McCredle stand a better chance of attaining the championship than any team we have been pinning faith to for the past four years. Portland Often on Top. t If the number of times and the length of stays at the head of the procession were to count for an thing in the even tual result of the race. Portland could lay claim to the premiership with ease, for the Beavers have climbed Into first place 14 times since the season opened, and were shunted out of It 13 times. jpI us hope the Jlnka number will be the last, and that the Reavers will hold to the top rung of the ladder from now until the curtain descends for this sea son. The Portlsnd team has been noticeably weak In hitting, but this defect has served only to keep the race close and exrltlng. for had the Beavers hit harder and more timely In se-cral game lost by narrow margins they wquld now be so far shead that It would be curtains for Oakland and San Francisco. With the opening of the Los Angeles series. Manager McCredle probsbly will intro duce Artie Kroger, the recent acquisi tion from the Cleveland American league team. Kruger was with Oakland several seasons ago. and one of the speediest players In the league at that time. He not much of a hitter then, but he seems to nave developed Into one In the last three years, for he has maintained a position well up among the trading batsmen of the American Association, with which organisation he played be fore Joining the Cleveland club. Ort May Go to Bench. The coming of Kruger probably means the benching of George Ort. though the latter has been hitting so well lately that McCredle may hesitate alout break ing up a winning combination. When Mar switched Gus lletllng to the bench In favor of Tommy Sheehan the team Immediately began losing. et atheehsn playrd every bit as good ball as dd Hel ling. It seems like a fateful occurrence to every team making a change during a winning streak and the superstitions of baseball players evidently has a lot to do with the performances of clubs un der such circumstances. As luck plays sura a factor in every game, most of the players are continually on the hunt for omens of good or, bud lu:k. Some t.mes tbe leant little thing will affect the temperament and necessarily the playing artllltv of a plaer. who. bad he not been so affected, might have changed the complex too of a game at a critical stage. The average fan does not realize how much of a factor omens are In baseball, and It rosy sound strange to assert It. but It la a fact that In almost every game an omen of some kind has a bear ing on the ultimate result. For In stance, a certain player In this lesgue has a habit of placing his glove in a certain spot even" time he comes off the field to take a turn at bat. A player on a rival club "got hippo" to this stunt, and would kick the glove to another spot, but would take care to do so In the Inning In which the first plaver was tip to bat and the changing of locations f the glove fretted'- the player ao much that he waa practically helpless at the au Combinations of lu-k and supersti tion make the game uncertain and add to the Interest In the sport. This week Portland entertains the Los Angelee club, and the Angels are by no means deeplsed rivals, for the Dlllonltes have been winning more or less consist ently of late, and may give McCredie's braves a snotk during the series which begins Tuesday. This stsy of the Angela will include two games on Labor day. September 5. and the teams wlil lesve for the South that night Instead of on Sunday night, as customary. NOVELTY WINS SI 0.000 RACE shilling Drives Horse lo Victory In Remarkable Handicap, a SARATOGA. N. T-. Aug. ST. Novelty, admirably ridden by Shilling and car rying top weight. 13& pounds, won the Rennselaer handicap, worth ln.00 to day, defeating the best youngsters In trsinlng. The victory stamps him as the two. year-old of the year. Huicttlase.1. Kin., had a .serial elect Ion the other day atd bl.w a bkc steam ehtle evr Ntnr te rested tAe vorvta. It blew ihii a big XNa-: V s- x '-"Mil y? - -v I Uv ' if 0e FISHER STILL FIRST Portland Catcher Bangs Ball . at .292 Clip. BODIE JUST NEAR-SLUGGER San Francisco Plaver Hitting Only .3 70 Carlisle Is Climbing Vp. Steen Portland's Winning Twlrler, With Rrapp Next. All Die leading batsmen or the Pacifio Coast League slumped slightly for the week ending with the games played Au gust ?I. but despite the drop of five or six point. Gus Fls-her. Portland's hard hitting catcher, still leads the league, with a mark of .Si Walter Carlisle, the Vernoo outfielder, ia climbing the batting percentage col umn in lively fashion, for he has been hitting like a demon In the recent games. He Is also scoring quite frequently, and Is now leading the league in the number of runs eicored. Jack Lively, of Oakland, and Walter Nagte. of Loa Angeles, are the leading pitchers of the Coast circuit. Each has maintained a steady winning gait since the opening of the season. "Big 81s." Steen. of Portland, Is McCredie's leading twlrler. for he has won .ST per cent of his gameei. Hnley. of San Francisco, hsa pitched more gsmes tbsn any other Coast pitcher. J6. while Eugene Krapp. of Portland. Is nest to him with 31 trials on the slab.' Both have won a nice majority of their games, though Krapp'a work in holding hl opponents to five hits and less, in S of n games, cntltles.hlm to the credit "f being the most 'effective twlrler on the Coast. The averages up to and Including the games of August 52 are a follows: Batting Averages. T-iavera. Club. AB P. 1BK O Kiher. Tortland 3"1 T'3 114 .WJ Hndle. San Frnnco 4W 71 t:i .'- Trnnam. San Krsncisco. no 1 .- Dale. Ijam .nele. :.: J 144 ..'hi l.ewlr San Francisco Jj; J. Carlisle. Vern.n P 1 Howard, l.os Angles 414 tj 1ft H.p. Vernon 4rt ft X.nan. Oakland 4.Vt 4S US .:eo UeU'hior. Ban Francisco. .41 44 ln .- .jl ranis Sacramento Xt 50 8T .I.7 w H-n. uikltnl 4t M 11.1 ivm. Sacramento 4a elo fj4 .'j.v. a..-.. . n rnnrlwo. . T S L-"J - -''1 Bernard. I-oe Angeles ...4ll M Hit Waring. Lr. Angeles ll 11 - Thomas, llaklsnd IT. S3 .I.-.l .'.' .lid Tosler. l.os Angeles . R Brashear. Vernon ,3iO S f."4 ins Wolrerton. Osklsnd ....4?4 r . . i 1 .m inrila. 4?1 r-i 4S .:4 .24 . '.'4 IVarea. Oakland -'4 4 l.-B Cmr. Portlsnd W ' Shao. San Francisco : SO ! Cameron. Oakland ... ...4K4 40 114 xnrpbv. Los Anseles no M 1-3 Bom. lx. Angrlrs :e.V 1 4rt Swander. Oakland JU 4 1-1 nillett. Vernon "1 '-- Rvan. Portland 47.1 4 lli Pardman. Sacramento. .4- SO PS Nagle. !.o Aneeles .... B tl X. Brashear. Vsrnen. . . .4s 4rt ' Ranp. rortlanil 457 4 ln .I"f .:4 .si rtv BATTING Rt conns. Cluhs C.sme. . A B R BH B A Oakland 142 4l 4.11 lost III LO. 4neles..H6 4574 1I lf4( 229 San Francisco. 145 4T7. 45 1. 223 Vernon 144 4-3 4:-4 l'7 219 Portland LSI 4266 34 SI 215 Sacramento ...1.11 4511 .V,J 9t3 213 Toiaia .... 73.14 3541 6V61 r 'f t i t i i Ftovall. Vernon 324 Olaon. Portland Ml Madden. San Krsnclsro. . l'J7 31 H.1 14 42 J4 35 16 fi-'l IS J 4 8 61 7S 11 29 5 H2 nr. .231 .22 .22S .227 .227 .226 .226 . 225 .225 .223 Van Buren. Sacramento. .414 Hetllng, Portland ..271 Brlggs. Sacramento ,...M9 Hel.ter. Sacramento .'...177 Vltt. flan Francisco 4 Brown. Vernon L'4.1 Roth. Los Angeles 4:;5 Lively. Osklsnd - :. 4 Coy. Vernon 51 a HS 21 115 14 2.1 11 71 1M2 :i.1 '( 21 54 31 Faatley. San Francisco. . n-1 .1 Moaer. Oakland 104 7 Cut.haw, Oakland .:7 54 Burrell. Vernon I'.M 22 Shlnn. Sacramento 444 51 Del man. lx. Angeles 4o .1 McOedle. Portlsnd 1H." 1 Carroll. Oakland -.M 24 Fpeas. Portland 434 37 Sheehan. Portland 112 2 W. Fisher. Vernon 2H7 21 Whesler. Los Angsles. 155 16 Pitchers' Records. .220 . 220 .21 .21.1 .212 .2H .2i5 PITCHERS. Lively. O Nagle. Io. . . . Rteeu. Port... Raleigh. Ver. . 20 IS 7201 72.)) 6S7 667! 25I1SI 27 14 .1! 2 Henley. 8. F. 3522!l 647 I0( Shsfer, Krapp, Moeer. Ver is Hi s: Port. . Oak . . . S. F. . siuei.il lams. in 01 .5N Ot .5 S ll .57' Miller. 27I5I11 10! i 7 2715 12 Rutor. Oresg. 8. F. .. 5rt.'l Port. ..-.! 556 . 54.-. 5361 . 519! 517! 500 500 .loo! 5O0I , ROOl 4K4 .4H .467) 4H4! ,4:ts: 4lll 4121 ,4Xl 3X9 3S9I 3641 ,346 304l ,25m onol O00I 1 1 01 2 Nelson. Carson Oak 27 15.121 l2TI2lf I2l l.-.'l.lf '2S 14 131 Ver. 0! II 1 11 0! 21 Hilt. Ver. , Thorsen. L. li 2 I) n n it o1 il T Toiler. I A . . "eaton. Port . . Willis. O.-B. F. Christian. O fltewsrt. 8. F. Telphl. Lo.... Wheeler. Los. . 12714 111 2fl 15 141 2:tll'Ul 22 11. Ill 19' 9 8 4' 41 41 2' 2 2 ll ft! o Ol O) o o o; 4! 0 ll 1' 0 1! 31 01 Ol 2 o 0 2 Ol 0 o' o n 1 Baum. sac. .12 13 161 2712il.1l .15' 71 8i Wlllelt. Ver... Hensllng. Ver. Breck'n'gs. V. Osrrett. Port. . Nourse. Sac. . . Cast'lt'n. I. A. Easily. 8. P. . . I2. 13il5 in: 7; si 14 SI 121 5' 71 17! 7 lOi 1 0 Jl Ol 2! 1 Kline. I. A... 5' 2 .11 ol oi oi oJ frlger. L A . . ll 7'U! 0 o Harklna oak. Browning. 8.F. Whalan. Sac. . Pltsgerald. 8.. Stovall, Ver. . . Bolee. Port Bvrsm. Sac... 1SI 7,11! Ill 4' 7' 26 9'17f 23! 7 161 41 l! SI 2 0 i: ii o! 21 oi oi 01 11 0 o 0' o ni oi o Ol ol ol One ne-hlt gams, sgslnst Vernon. Au gust 20. . .. . Mlsrellaaeoiia Records. Lesdlng saciiflce hitters. indlvldusl Warea 12. Murphy 47. Olson 34. Rapps 31. Mohler 19. Howard i. Llndssy. N. Brashear and Bernard 27 each. Dillon 28. Bpeas. Vltt snd perry IS esrh. Burrell 22. Uelchlor 21. Roth. Dslmss snd Vsn Buren 20 each. Casy. Ryan. Carlisle and Daley 19 -each. Swander and Wolverton IS each. Bodls and Lewis 17 each, Carroll and Cutshsw ,16 eseh. atovalL Perry. Van Buren and Brlggt 15 each. Leading base stealers Howard 40. Hit gart 37 Wares 31. Daley 30. Shlnn 2. olsun. Outshaw. Carlisle and Vltt 2S each. R. Brashear 27. Murphy 24. Dillon 23. Ten nant 22,. Bodls 21. Spess 20. W. Slogan. Mohler, Melchlor and Bernard 19 each. Cam eron and Coy 10 each. Ryan. Rappa. Stovall and Lewis 17 esch. Leading two-ba.e hitters Carlisle 10. Perry 2 Rappa and Coy 27. Tnnant 26. i I'lsh.r. Murphy and Briggs 24 each. Howard 24. Cameron 21. Magftart 20. Cut .haw. Bodle and Van Buren 1M each, Rvan. W Hosan. N. Braahaar. Danslg and Fnard m.n 1 4 each. Casey. R. Brashear. Dillon and SMnn 17 ewch. Melrhlor and Daley 16 ea-h Wares snd Swander 15 each. Leading three-base hitters Rspps snd perrv 7 esch. Csrlisle. Bodle snd Bosrd msn t-esch. O. Fisher and Howard & each. Spaas, tirt and Tanslg 4 . each. Melchlor. Shw. Daley. Dillon and Shlnn 3 each. Olson. Rvan. Swander. W. Hogan. Halllhan. Van Buren, R. Brashear. Coy. W. Klshcr. Stovall and Vltt I esch. Leading home-run hitters Bodle 51. R. Brahesr 1. Swsnder 7, Csrllsle 6. Itysn. G Fisher. Cov snd Howsrd 5 each. Mag gart and S. Brashesr 4 each, Rapps. Delm. Berrv. Cutshaw, Henley, Lew I. and Brines S earn Cameron. Nelson. Williams Lindsay. Da lev.' Bernard. Dillon and Shlnn 2 each. H SB !BH 1BH HR DP TP SO Gma. 14 216 191 19.1 19 157 1S 10 171 170 146 135 150 170 1 165 156 1K1 115 ir 17 SO 21 101 lOS 11-1 . SO 13 9 : r 1165 lOUS SOS 120 154 610 2 1U Action of Young Acting Mayor In Stopping; Lang-Kan fmann Go for Grandstand Effect Is Resent ?d, Declares CortetC BT JAMES J. CORBETT. - NEW YORK, Auev 27. (S pectal.) That there Is a reat deal of truth , In the old saying;: "There's many a lip twlxt cup and lip." will be to bv New York fight fans vi hsd the time of their lives lately In the Innocent pursuit of their f-vorlt. sport. There was the Langford-Kaufman bout, scheduled for PMMpM an the hungry sporU gave up their and journeyed to the aleepy Jl . only to discover that lor rei. . - Sam Langford. the widely-touted tar Sam Langford. . . i t.rrlhl. arranner wno ww . ... Johnson's scalp, hsd run out an his engagement and refused to box the Californlan. On lop of this they were handed a lemon in the proposed Lang-Ke trhel match, and through no fault of Bill Lsns. the Australian, who was a sorely disappointed fighter when he learned that the bout had been called orf. Ketchel is said to be in bad health, and if such is the case, there was noth ing else to do but call it off. At that. It looked like a badly-advised match in the first place, and Stanley would have been forced to show big improve ment over his recent form to make a good showing against Lang, who looks to me like a good man, and who would have " considerable advantage In weight. Mitchell In Grandstand Play. When Blllv Gibson, manager of'the Fairmont Club of this city. Jumped into the breach and suggested the matching of Kaufman and Lang the representa tives of the men Jumped at the chance and lost no time In signing articles. At last the sports were to see a fight, and one at that. In addition to the fact that It had an international flavor looked like the real thing. Here were two white heavyweights, trained to the hour, one a top-notcher In this country and the other the champion of Australia, and out of It ought to come the legitimate challenger for the championship the new "hope of the white race." But little did Gibson or the patrons of the game reckon on Mr. Mitchell, the young man who has been acting Mayor of New Xprlc City since the shooting of Mr. Gaynor. At the, elev enth hour, when the clubhouse was filled with spectatora and the men were actually In the ring, Mitchell pulled a spectacular play by ordering the police to prevent the fight. To say that the crowd was -disappointed, is putting it mildly, and many things were said that night which would not look well In prinL While not questioning the mo tives of Acting Mayor Mitchell in stop ping, or rather preventing the bout, it seems hardly fair to the club managers, the principals and the fight-loving pub lic to wait until the last moment to act. With Mayor Gaynor at the head of the local government such action would not be looked for. Sam Langford lost considerable pres tige by doing the run-out act at Phila delphia. Had he gone ahead and fought Kaufmann and licked him as he boasted he was going to do, Sam would have been the big man In pugilistic circles. There was a great deal more in it for Langford than his end of the purse had he been returned the winner. Jack John son would have been forced to recognize his right to challenge for the crown, as the champion has repeatedly stated that next to himself he regards Kaufmann as the best man In the game. I am of the opinion that Langford has been badly advised in a number of In stances, and as a result has killed what ever chance he had for a meeting with the champion. Certainly he will be given the laugh every time he says anything about meeting Johnson until he does more fighting and less challenging. There Is a husky fighter of his own com plexion, Joe Jeannette by name, who is very anxious for a match with Lang ford, and is willing to bet that he can trim Sam. Here is a chance for Lang ford to. get busy and try to re-establish himself in the good graces of the public. Present Weight Scale Joke. I am more than pleased that the re cent suggestions advanced in this col umn with reference to the establishment of an International scale of weights are being given serious consideration by a number of the ablest sporting writers and authorities throughout the country, and by not a few of the more prominent of the boxing fraternity. The present scale is sadly in need of overhauling, and' has grown to be almost a Joke, particu larly among the lighter men. Take, for example, the bantam and featherweight classes, which boast of any number .of so-called "champions," and each cham pion has a pet scale of weights which he can conveniently shift as occasion requires when too promising an opponent Is In sight. It Is to be hoped that before long steps will be taken to bring together repre sentatives of the different countries which encourage and promote boxing, and that a new and more sensible scale will be adopted. I would suggest Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian promoter and sporting suthorfty. as the man to take up this matter with the experts of England and this country. Mcintosh is a great globe trotter, and divides his time among the cities of New York, London and Mel bourne. He is a thorough student of the game, having been prominent as an ama teur boxer In the antipodes, and should be familiar with the evils of the present weight systems. They are still digging up those new "wlilte race hopes." Every day or two a new one is sprung, and the list up to date Is large. A man named Cook I no relation to the doctor of North Pole fame) Is theJatesL His claims to dis tinction are' numerous and amusing, but his principal reason for wishing to fight Johnson is that he hails from Iowa, the state that produced Frank Gotrh. the champion wrestler. Surely this should entitle him to a match. Bob Fltzslmmons has unearthed one, too. He discovered his "hope" In Spo kane, Wash. No one knows better than Kits that champion are not made In a day or fvm a year- It takes a long term of experience and the hardest kind of fighting to climb to the top. The strongest man In the world with out skill and ring experience would be like a child In the hands of the cham pion. When it comes to the show down it will be found that the man to lower the colors ofN Johnson will be one of the . younger heavyweights now before the public. IS Portland Devotees Preparing for Coming Season. TWO LEAGUES PROBABLE Game Gains In Public Appreciation Steadily and Class of Play Is Improving Trophy Is Xow Held by Multnomah. Though the playing season in Port land does not begin until late this Fall, much Interest Is already manifested by soccer or association football play ers. The first game this season is to be plaved today in St. Helens between teams chosen from among a large dele gation going to the down-river city from Portland today and the quarry men working in St. Helens. St. Helens has some of the best soc cer players in this section of the North west among the workers In the rock quarry. Most of the men are stone cutters, big and strong, and as a rule are good soccer players. Last year, the third year of soccer football In Portland, was a successful one from every standpoint, the stand ard of play being as good, if not bet ter than was found in the Puget Sound cities. This season's players from last year's teams are already con ditioning themselves for a hard sea son. Game Has Had Struggle. Soccer football In Portland was first Introduced eight years ago. The only way in which the games could be played then was to arrange for matches with sailors from the ships visiting Portland. This was the case for sev eral years and the game had a hard struggle for existence. Three years ago, however, through the efforts of Judge Cameron. J. J. Churchley, D. A. Pattulo and others a league was formed. In this league were affiliated three or four Independent teams. A full sea son was played. The following year the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club and the Port land Cricket Club entered teams in the league. Five teams were In the league that year and the Multnomah squad was victorious. The season was a suc cessful one. Last Fall there came to Portland a large number of "old country men" who played the game and these all took a decided Interest In its welfare, nearly all playing on some of the elevens In the league. This gave considerable Impetus to the game here and as a result the class of play was much ad vanced, equaling at times almost the professional standard. . Interest Is Increased. In the league last year were Ave teams, the Oceanics, Nationals, Queens Park, Cricketers and the Multnomah Club. As was the case the year before, the Multnomah team won the cham pionship but not with the same ease which characterized its first victory. The Multnomah and Queens Park teams were tied at the end of the regular playing season and an extra game was called for. This the Multnomah team won and with it went the championship of Oregon, the Portland Football As sociation Cup and gold medals to each of the players. The support of the game last year was encouraging, the attendance run ning to the half thousand mark sev eral times. The coming season, with the better class of play which Is already insured, will Increase the popularity of the game twofold. It has been predicted here that within the next decade the contests will draw equally with the American style game. In the Eastern states, particularly along the Atlantic Coast, soccer Is very popular. Thousands are spectators at the championship matches. Nearly all of the Eastern colleges have taken up the game and the institutions of the Middle West will adopt It this Fall. At Yale, Harvard, Columbia and other of the Eastern colleges soccer receives much support. One reason for this Is that the game Is a splendid con ditioner for the athletes who partici pate In other branches of sport. . Soccer requires fleetness of foot, en durance and. last but not least, lots of Ingenuity. The game is played much SOCCER after the style of v basketball, except that the ball is p'ayed with the feet in stead of the hands. Jt Is one of the fastest games played. Some fast soccer was played In Portland last season. Soccer football in Portland has been played under the auspices of the Port land Football Association for the paBt two years. The officers of this organ ization last year were: President, George J. Cameron; vice-president, K. K. Baxter and J. J. Churchley, treas urer, H. J. Phin; secretary, Andrew Matthew. This body promoted good, clean soccer and gave Portland its su preme year in the game. Some of the enthusiastic sportsmen of Portland, headed by District Attorney George J. Cameron, donated a handsome silver trophy cup to be played for by the teams of the Portland Football As sociation. Last year was the first year of play for the trophy, which was won bv the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. Owing to the growth of the game in Portland there has been some talk cur rent of having a Junior and senior soc cer league this Fall. There will be enough players to form teams for two leagues. The Portland Cricket Club and Mult nomah Club will be represented in the league this year. The Nationals and Oceanics, of last year's league, Vill also be contestants this season. It is not known whether the Queens Park team will have representation. Reports out from St. Helens are that an eleven will be organized this Fall. In past years the only ground avail able for soccer was the baseball park. The Multnomah Field was available only after January 1. Hope was ex pressed that all the games of this sea son would be played on the Multnomah Field but the Are which destroyed the club house and grandstand decreed oth erwise. From all appearances It will be necessary to play either on the baseball field or on the Catholic Young Men's Club ground, if that can be obtained. Secretary Andrew Matthew will issue a call for the annual meeting of the league soon. Motor-Boat Club Doings THE Portland Motor Boat Club will hold a series of motor boat races Labor Day, Monday. September S. The course has not been definitely decided upon but It Is most likely that the races will, be held below the Steel bridge, as the upper part of the river is obstructed too much by the building of the pew bridges. There will be at least four races. Class A. free-for-all, that will probably bring out the Pacer, Wolff II, Seattle Spirit, Oregon, and Fighting Bob of Sacramento. In the Class E handicap for the Jaeger trophy, which was won by the Happy Heinie In 1908 and Au gusta in 1909, wll be seen a number of boats, as there is a keen rivalry on the part of the boat owners to win the trophy each year. The winner must win the cup twice before it becomes his property. The Class F will be for all kinds of pleasure motor boats, and the Class G will be a race' for cabin cruisers. These boats being larger than the ordinary racers will make a pretty race as there are a number of them that are nip and tuck in speed. Commodore Boost has donated a handsome trophy that will be called the Commodore trophy, it has not beert decided which race it will be put up for as yet, but whatever race it is put up for there will be some fast motor boating shown by those who are anx ious to win It. Last Labor day about 5000 people viewed the races from the banks and docks that line the river below the Steel Bridge and 1000 more from launches and small boats of all de scriptions and as the motor boat sport has become more popular, a great many more people will turn out to see the aquatic races this year. The "boys" hope that some of the Rose Festival officials will stroll down by the river during the races and see for themselves the number of people who take an interest in the river sports, sports. WORLD'S RECORD IS BROKEN Lady Maud C. Paces Mile in 2:05-3-6, Lowering Time by Second. DES MOINES, Aug. 27. Lady Maud C.. owned by William Savage, won the mile pace at the state fair races this sfternoon in 2:05 3-5, one second bet ter than the world's record for a half mile track. Geno was second. Minor Heir, third. The absence of flies in Boston this Sum mer has been attributed to the neneral use of oil upon the streets, which has destroyed former breeding places If First No-Decision Card Goes Off All Right, Louis Blot Will Try to Stage 1 2 - Round Bout, Be tween Powell and Hogan. Br HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Aug. ST. (Special.) We are awaiting with con siderable interest the inauguration of the new boxing game in San Fran cisco. It will take place next week when Jimmy Coffroth will give his card scheduled for Tuesday evening. August 81, and will consist of three ten-round bouts. The main event, as previously announced, will be a match between Owen Moran and Frankle Burns. In addition. Sammy Keller, an English -bantam-weight under the management of Charlie Harvey, will box ten rounds with Willie Canole, and there will he a ten-round curtain raiser. In the first place there is the ques tion, of cjurse, whether the Governor will inte-pret such matches as being boxing contests under the law, or fights. Secondly, It remains to be seen how the public will take the contests. In lieu of something else, or rather. In the absence of longer bouts. I think that the spectators will take kindly t the new state of affairs. Sports Must Be Philosophical. You've got to be philosophical In the sporting game, and therefore what's the use of kicking. As a matter "f. fact, the writer Is of the opinion mat reform in the boxing game is the best thing tha't could happen. We have been going along at too rapid a gait the last three or four years, and it Is about time for us to be brought up with a round turn. There Is no reason why ten-round matches should not furnish amusement just as the four-round cards have been filling a long-felt want since the fourth of July. There may be a little less of that wild-eyed enthusiasm, but it will be Just as well if we have no more of the pugilistic debauches that characterized the Fourth. I am Interested also In knowing whether there is any betting worth tlie while. There will be no decision given and bettors . will therefore have o abide by the decision of the news, papers. They may consider this a risk they don't care to take, and I presume that at the outset wagering on con tests of that sort will not amount to very much. Moran Ought to Win. Moran ought to outpoint Burns and win from him in ten rounds, unless the fact that not' so many months ago Moran was indirectly responsible for the death of Tommy McCarthy works to his disadvantage. Burns, unless he improves a lot, hasn't much chance of winning from Moran. I do not loolc for any knockout, but rather expect to see a close, fast fight. The so-called amateur game is re ceiving attention just now at the hands of the District Attorney. There is an ordinance on the books of the county by v.-hich regularly organized and in corporated clubs having headquarters and gymnasiums of their own. may hold monthly bouts of not to exceed four rounds and charge an admission. The vearly license for such clubs is $260, as opposed to $1200 for a professional ""Last' January the Pacific Amateur Association, which controls amateur registration in California refused -to vouch for some of the clubs that were given permits. The Supervisors took the bull by the horns and issued the ""his? clubs have given their bouts at Dreamland Rink, which is. Presum ably for the sake of conforming with the license, their headquarters. The amateur, end of the game Isa farce have a stand witn Nation. They pay their boxers what ever their services are worth, and sometimes the headline have re ceived as high as $1000 between them. Nor has there been any pretense or staging amateurs. Monte -Attell has been matched with Jimmy Carroll, and netthe? one claims to be an amateur. SNowheS'District Attorney ha. written open letter, calling the attention of fh Bnsrd of Supervisors and the Chler ofpollce He suggests helnir violated and says that the Chlet of6' Ponce0' should step in and interfere Th Chief thinks otherwise. He sas that so long as the permits are Issued b th" Board, it is not for him to pro- hThVocreClwTu probably be that the Supervisors will be forced to reconstruct their ordinance. Blot Will Make Try. If Jimmy Coffroth gets along well with his no decision card, Louis Blot, who has the September permit, will endeavor to stage a 12-round bout at hte open-air pavilion Saturday afternoon. September 10 Tou notice, don't you, that Blot hopes to jump from 10 rounds to L. He is talking of signing up Lew Pow ell and "One Round" Jack Hogan, a lad who has come up from the amateur ranks and promises well. Blot oHginay planned to sign Powell and Attell, but did not get a satisfactory answer from Abe when he telegraphed his terms to the featherweight champion. Jack Lively, the man who has done so much to put Oakland up in front for the Coast League pennant race, will not be among those present when they line up next season. The Detroit Americans have closed a deal with President TV al ter for this twlrler. Since Joining Oak land Lively has pitched steady, con sistent ball and Detroit gets a player who should be of considerable assistance to the team. ' President Thomas F. Graham has ruled against the protest of Vernon In an Oak land game. The play happened two weeks ago in Oakland, just as Swander slid across the plate. Umpire Van Hal tren is alleged to have reversed himself bv calling the man out and then safe. President Graham refused to rule out the game or to order it replayed. The attendance in San Francisco and Oakland the last fJw .weeks has been phenomenal and if the owners of the various clubs don't make some money thus season, they never will. The clow race in the league and the high quality of ball that the clubs have been playing have set the fans on edge and the way the week day games are patronized ! remarkable. . On Sundays for the past two months It has been a case of standing room in the outfield.