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
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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
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R Brashear. Vernon
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Wolrerton. Osklsnd ....4?4
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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
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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
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Ftovall. Vernon 324
Olaon. Portland Ml
Madden. San Krsnclsro. . l'J7
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. 225
.225
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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
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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.
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. 220
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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.
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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.