THE SUNDAY OREGON'IAX- rORTLAXPc ATJGTJST 23. 1910.
RUGBY PLAYERS
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Team of California and Nevada
Men Return From Trip
to Antipodes.
PLAY NATIVES AT OWN GAME
Americans Make Good Showing
Against Originators of port.
. John Fitting. Former Port
lander In . Party. .'
Portland host on Friday and Sat
rday to member of the Callfornla
JCavada Rugby football team, who were
on their way home from Auftralla and
yw Zealand, where tbey played 1
snatches of Rugby with teama of thoaa
countries.
Composed of II man from tha Uni
versity of California, ten from Stan
ford Vnlverstty and two from tha Uni
versity of Nevada and accompanied by
Coach Jlmmle Schaefer. of tha Univer
sity of California, and D. Eurbank. of
Stanford University. manager, tha
' i-arty left San Francisco May 17 on
the steamer Makura. arriving In Syd
ney, one of tha best harbora In the
world, on June 13.
After but five dava" training, tha ath
latea beaan their playing: In the warm
climes of the Antipodes- Matches were
played thick and fast, four games be
inar played In elajht days. Thla strenu
ous achedule waa too much for eome or
xhe bora, and In the fourth game they
were "all In." Aa a consequence they
wore overwhelmed by the Maori team
fcy the ecore of 21 to 1.
The firat aame played with the Maori
am reaulted In a 14-11 victory for the
11 aorta. The first half ended with the
Americana leadlnc. H-0. but the na
tlvee hit. their true atrlde and ran up
The acorc In the second half.
Many Star Gathered.
Perhaps nen-r before waa there such
an assemblage of football men as waa
aeen In Auatralla at the time the
Americana were there. Included In the
Maori trams waa the cream of all the
native playere from that section. To
this galaxy of siara were added the
Americans, the Australians and the
y.w Zealand All-Black" team, then In
Australia for the purpose of playing
tiie crack Australians for the cham
pionship. The New Zealand players are recog
nised over the world as the premier
Ruaby playera of the world. The "All-ta-ks".
team In New Zealand corre
sponds to the All-Amerlcan team In
the United States. Numbered among
the ranka of the -All-Blacks" were
some of the atar playera of the world.
When these men and the All-Aus-tratla
team met for the championship
while the Americans were there, the
grandest series of football games ever
' witnessed waa played. The Australians.
for the flrat time- In the hlatory of con
' testa between the two Islands, won a
game from the New Zealandere. This
waa the second game of the series. The
flrat game waa captured by New Zea
iand. A crowd of 45.000 people assembled
to see the third and deciding contest.
The actlona of the two teama can well
be compared to clockwork, but with
an added touch of brilliancy which
rould not be termed mechanical. With
tie partisans loudly rooting, the teama
battled through the first half only to
emerge with the acore tied.
New Zealand Defeats Rivals.
In the second half both teama acored
aoon after play began. The score waa
11-11 when, with 'a big. well-timed
whnop the New Zealand team hit their
winning gait and commenced piling up
the scores at will. The game ended
-T-13 and the football championship
waa won and lost, but only after a
most brilliant aerlra of games.
The members of the Maoris. New
Zealand. Australian and American
trams posed for a photograph. A re
production of the photo la found In to
day's paper.
The American team played before an
aasemhlaae of 34.000 enthuslaatlc fans
during one game. The people on the
I. lands take to Rugby like Americana
to baseball, and larae crowda are the
rule rather than the exception. In
every city of New Zealand. Maori and
Auatralla were found scores of football
teama. some having aa many aa
teams. These cities choose representa
tlil teams to play vlaltlnc agarega
tiona aucb aa tha touring Americana.
There t!.e American squad had to com
bat the p!ca of the players of each sec
tion. These teama were railed "rep" or
provincial teams.
The first games played upon arrival In
Sydney by the Amtrh-ini were with the
Sydney 1'nlverslty. Two gamea were
played, both being won by the home ag
arrest Ion. tha first IT- and the second
lo-a. This gama waa one of the best
played on the entlra lour. KJcht matches
were played In Australia and six In
New Zealand. Of these three were won.
two wrre tlrd and nine were lost.
The trip to the Antipodes was made
at the Invlfattoo of the combined football
ao-tartone of tha three Islands. Their
expenses were paid. Tha Americana
earned murh knowledge from the oppos
ing playera.
Teams Evenly .Matched.
The average weight of the American
playera was about ITS pounds. The op
posing; teama averaged the same, mak
ing It a battle between physical giants.
Centrarv to tha general opinion that
more men are hurt playing Rugby than
tha American game Is the report brought
bark by tha Nevada-California boya.
Trif) report only one Injury. That was a
rokn collar bone sustained by one of
tha Australian players. None of the
AmerU-sn plarrs were hurt.
The homeward-bound athletes report
r.In- received the very finest of treat
ment on every hand and were loud In
their praise of the hospitality of their
hot.
Although soma grand sights were seen
In Australia the scenery was more
mor.otous than that In New Zealand,
where a variety of pretty placea met
llielr ees.
Well-known to Portland athletic dev
otees Is the name of John Fitting, a
student at Stanford and one of the play
era making tha Journey. Fitting played
forward In eight games. He was the
last of the returning players to pus
through Portland en his way south. Ha
left last night on tha Shasta Limited
tor San Francisco after having visited
with friends, among whom was Arthur
Allen, of tha Portland Rowing Club.
The membera of the team passing
through Portland are: J. Schaefer. coach:
p. Burbank. manager: C. Cerf. captain:
lsavltt. Bennett, c. Phegler. K. Dole. H.
. Hornton. E. B. Mlnturn. J. Fitting. E.
Krb. A. K. Roth. J. Watts. D. Hardle. M.
Harris. E. Kern. A. Schwartz. A. Blllott.
tl. F- Cheda. F. Brown. U A. Woolf. C.
1-aulie. M. Morris. G. Dwlggins. T. San
burn and C. Allen
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RACES ARE GOOD
Big Crowd Witnesses Events
' of Riverside Club.
SIS MERIDEN. IS WINNER
Starting Off I.Ike Loser, Murphy
Entry Recovers Self and Pounds
Down Home Stretch First In
Three Straight Heats.
Before the largest crowd of the sea
son the Riverside Driving Club held
Its final harness racing matinee of the
season at tha track of the 'Portland
Fair and Livestock Association yester
day, and the record-breaking attend
ance Is taken as an Indication of Im
mense crowds at the coming Harvest
Festival next week.
It was really a great crowd that took
In tha races, and ail went home thor
oughly satisfied with havins; aa fine
a racing programme aa haa been ataged
In a long time, for the victories of Tom
Murphy's Sis Merldan and Clayton Fal
laa' The Jewell, proved about aa ex
citing harness events as could be
wished on any track.
Sis Merldan First Race Winner.
The victory of the Murphy entry was
In the first race of the day. and con
siderable Importance attached Itself to
thla event becauae of the t'00 a aide
wagered by Murphy, the owner of .Sis
Merldan. and R. L. Evans, owner of
Srhelagh. the rival entry In this spe
cial event. Both Evans and Murphy
have been rivals for some time, and
their discussions of the relative merits
of their two horsea resulted In the mak
ing of this special match.
Sis Merldan started off like a loser,
for she behaved badly at the start, but
this disadvantage was aoon offset be
cause Schelagh broke badly and Evans
had great difficulty In bringing the
mare back to her atrlde. and. In the
meantime. Murphy brought Sia Merldan
up from the rear and took the lead,
maintaining it to the wire. It was a
keen struggle between two good horses,
and the victorious owner waa congratu
lated on all sides' at the conclusion of
the third and final heat, for It waa for
the best three In five and Murphy's
mare won three straight heate.
C. W. Todd'a conalatent performer.
Clam Bake, proved the victor in the
eecond race In two straight heats, de
feating C. TV. Flander's Guy O' Light
and A. C. Iohmlre's Red Skin. The
ftrst heat of thla race waa run In 1:1S.
the fastest time made during the after
noon. In a match race between O- J.
Brown's Cieorgla Rose and I. W. Watt's
Blue Jacket, the latter entry was suc
! T. W. MURPHY'S CRACK RACING MARE, WINKER OF $700
SIDE BET AT FINAL
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ETJGBY PLATERS Or MANY
AMKHICAV ATHLETES AXD TEAMS
cessful by winning the second . and
third heats after having been beaten
In the first trial. .
The Jewell Fast Victor.
Then came the contest between' The
Jewell, owned and driven by Clayton
Failas; Cantatrlcc. owned and drlveny
C. W. Flandera. and Henry M. Tillman's
Padishah. The latter got away neok
and neck with The Jew-ell In the first
heat, and It was a pretty struggle dur
ing the entire distance. The Fallas
entry finished strong and won by three
lengths, while Cantatrlce took, third
honors. .
In the second heat. Fallas appeared
a trifle too sure on coming Into the
stretch with a goodly lead because the
other starters behaved badly, and the
spurt made by Tillman's entry caused
the friends of Fallas to become
alarmed. However, he brought The
Jewell up nicely and the mare' respond
ed gamely to the final effort, coming
over the line a bare length ahead of
Padishah. The close finish of this rsce
sent the big crowd Into ectasles, for
the competition between the horses was
keen enough to stir the blood of the
most olugplsh.-
George K. How-ltt's bay gelding-. Sar
go. won the last harness event on the
programme from Rockford Chief, owned
by C. W. Todd, and Effa M. owned by
M. J. Meyers. The summary:
Flrat rac Special match trot tins' for $1400
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Mfrldan, T. W. Murphy..- 1 1-'1
Schelagh, B. U Rvana 2 1
Time. 2 i. 2:2". 2:21.
Second rc Tmttinr. best two In three.-
Claro Baits. C. W. .Todrt t -1
Red Skin. A. C. Lnhmlre 2 "2
Guy O'Llaht. C. W. Flanders 3
Time. 2:184. 2:2'4f
Third raca Special Dicing-, -best two in
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IXorsia line. O. J. Bm-n... t 2 2
Blue Jacket. l W. Watts 2 1 I
Time. 2:22. 2:2. 2:22lj.
Fourth race Tr.tttns. best two la three.
The Jewell. Claton Fallas I I
Padishah. H. M. Tillman -- 2. 2
Cantatrlce. . W. - Flanders 1
Time. 2 21. 2:2.
Fifth race Trottln. two la thrts.
Santo. G. K. Howltt 1 t
Effa M . M. J. .Myer ..2 2
Rockford Chief l W. Todd 3 3
Tims not taken.
FIXA.L GAME PLAYED TODAY
Salem and Pilvrorth Derbies Decide
Victors of Trl-Clty League.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. ST. (Special.) On
the local league grounds the champion
ship of the Trl-Clty League will be de
cided tomorrow. Salem's league . team
will meet the Dilworth Derbies Jn the
last game for the Honcyman Hardware
Company's cup and for baseball supre
macy among tn aemt-professlonal teams
of this section.
The Dllwortha and the Salem team are
tied at the head of the percentage
column and this Is the last game of the
Trl-Clty League season. As an Innova
tion tho double umpire syatem will be
used. Oheyne and Rankin officiating. As
batteries. Town send and Bauer will do
the work for tho Derbies and Meyer and
White for Salem. The regular Sunday
afternoon band concert, which has been
a leading attraction during the Summer,
haa beer, abandoned for tomorrow, and It
la expected the greatest crowd that haa
ever witnessed a ball game In Salem will
fill the grandatand and bleachera to Jhe
capacity llmlt '
MATINEE YESTERDAY
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NATIONS ASSEMBLED.
THEV-H.AYED IX ANTIPODES.
SAILBOATS IN TRIM
Portland Yachts Are Ready
" . for Astoria Rases..
CRAFT SAIL DOWN RIVER
Sparrow, . Undefeated Champion,
'Wilt Have Stlfr Fight to Keep Its
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Title on Rougher Waters, of.
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Regatta. Race Course.
.. In., tip top .yachting condition six
boats of . the Oregon ..Yacht. Club fleet
and an equals number of dinghies left
Wednesday and - Thursday for -the As
toria regatta, which begins tomorrow
morning. The bigger craft took the
dinghies Iri tow.
Races for boats 4n A, B, and C -classes
sre onthe 4-egatta programmes.' In ad--
dltlon to these cventa win be a rreo-for-all
contest -and a handicap affair.
All the Oregon Yacht Club craft which
went down to take part In the races
are fleet and seaworthy craft. The
latter quality Js. very. essential for rac
ing. In Astoria-harbor, for;; the swells
there often run very high even on calm
days. With any kind of a wind the bay
becomes rough with choppy waves, and
only a stagnch craft can. safely com
bat thent- - ' . ' . . '
Among. the boats that will enter the
races are Max Meyer's ;champlon Spar
row. If. F." Todd'a ex-champion Fore
'N'Aft. George Bannon and George
Barr's Zephyr. . L. C. Racer's Copiet,
Francis D'Arey'a- Dancing Sal. and A.
H. Breyman's cruising yacht .Naiad. In
addition to these were the Duckey. Bull
Pup. Celt. Kitten and one or two other
dinghies. Lew Woodward will take his
Scrub Dog down with him on Sunday
aboard Commodore Will Knight's motor
boat. Sarah Jane. . ..
Commodore. Knight is taking a large
party of his friends from Portland to
the regatta with him on hjs motorboat,
one . of the best. and largest In Port
land. ... ,
.What is expected to prove'th'e warm
est brushea in years between sailing
craft will take place' when the Zephyr,
Sparrow and ForeN'Aft race. The Spar
row has always won Jn former races on
the Willamette. Captain Todd, owner of
the Fore'N'Aft, avers that in a heavy
wind and sea. such as are likely to be
encountered at Astoria, his craft will
outdistance the present club champion.
The .Sparrow has never been beaten In
a class race.
. Several yachts of the Astoria Yacht
Club will also participate In the races.
Boata from Vancouver, Cathlamet and
other Columbia River towns will also
strive for honors. The Portland yacht
men 'will cruise up the river leisurely
after the regatta! arriving home about
Krltlav or Saturday.
M. A. A. C: Gossip
SL'NBROWNEn''and looking the very
essence of good health, Colin V.
Dyment. fjcretary- of the cjub. . who has
been .on a tour of the' East, returned
home the past week and reported having
had a splendid vacation.' Mr. Dyment.
while East, visited his old home near
Hamilton. Ontario, aa well, as other
Canadian cities. 'He wse. gone from Port
land nearly three months. Mr. Dyment
will relieve A. H. Allen, treasurer of the
club, who durina Mr.' Dymenfa absence,
acted a both secretary and treasurer.
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Charles Barton and Bert "Allen, of last
year's championship basketball team, are
aojoumlna. at Elk Creek. Bert Allen Is
there with his mother and sister.
Since the advent of the club Into the
temporary quarters, the place hs proven
as much o( a drawing card as. the old
building! The grounds are more centrally
located than the former aite.
A croquet ret. has been purchased and
Installed on the lawn on the Taylor-street
side of the grounds. 'The game Is prov
ing popular. An octette of players can
participate in the same contest, thereby
making lots of fun.
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Harry Matthew, who has been visiting
his old home In, Scotland this Summer,
will be-back about September 15.
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Dell O'Hanlon, Walter Hummel, - Fanny
Peck. Everett Peterson. Tom Peters,
Olmar Dranga. Ernest Hecker, George
Woodford. Cecil Ireland and other of the
younger members of the club were visitors
at North Beach, Wash., recently. -
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Sim Bennett and Paul" De 'Mar, who
were, camping at Seavlew, Wash., have
returned to Portland. . . . .
Workmen, .under the supervision of
j Groundkeeper Hansen, are .actively en
J gaged In levelling and raising the Held
at the old grounds. ,While probably no
football gamee will be played on the old
grounds this season, it was decided to
go right ahead with tho field improve
ments as planned before the Are.
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The tennis tournament at the Breakers,
Wash., attracted many of the tennis
players there. The return -to . Portland
will be made some time this week.
Shower baths and temporary lockers
are installed In the rear of the temporary
quarters. A wrestling and boxing mat
has been ordered from the East and will
soon be delivered. Regular work In these
departments will go right on this Fall.
Regular lnterclub meeta will probably be
held at the Armory.
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' Not many more weeks will elapse before
Captain Gordon C. Mooreo and Manager
Jack Latourette will tesue a call for foot
ball players to report for practice.
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Some of the soccer players are already
limbering up for the Fall and Winter sea
son, in anticipation of a successfuh sea
son of that popular line of sport.
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" A number of the club swimmers leave
todav ; for Astoria to participate in the
aquatic event there. Arthur Cavil!, as
sisted by his 'brother, Dick, has charge
of that department of the regatta. The
boys are expected to bring back some
of the handsome medals.
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President Walter A. Holt is a visitor
at North Beach. Wash.
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Plans for tho new clubhouse are rapidly
nearing completion. - The new club build
ing will be an imposing structure: one
of wMch the city and state can well be
proud.
OPKXIXG FOOTBALL, DATE SET
Salem High School Starts Season on
October 15.
SALEM.'' Or.'. Aug. 27. (Special.)
Salem High School has already made
partial arrangements for its . football
schedule for- the coming Fall. The
season will open October 15 with Jef
ferson High School playing in Salem.
On October 22 the locals will play
Washington High School in Portland,
and Eugene will play the great game
of the year against Salem In this city
on November 5. Salem- will go to
Newberg November 12, and on Novem
ber 19 will meet Columbia University
In Portland.
The season will cloBe for the locals
with a game at Vancouver, Wash., on
Thanksgiving day. Second team games
have been arranged with Turner, Mc
Minnvllle. Woodburn and the State Re
form School. Professors Moores,
Stiles and Kirk, of the High School
faculty, will have charge of the coach
ing this season.
CLEVF.R BERKELEY TEXXIS
PLAYER WISH CALIFOR
NIA CHAMPIONSHIP.
Mlsa Hasel Hot ck kiss.
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RV1NGT0N PLAY
OPENS THIS WEEK
Annual Fall Handicap and
Championship Tourney
Sees Score Entries.
EVERETT MEN ARE ENTERED )
Unusual Interest Taken This Year
Owing to Large Number as Well
- as Visitors In Entry List Starr-
- Reynolds Cup Play On.
BY RALPH H. MtTCH ELL.
With already over a score of entries
in and with at least a score more
In prospect., the annual Fall -Irvington
open handicap and club championship
tournament of 1910, starting this week,
promises to be the. banner event of the
club'a history. -
Play will begin Saturday, the sched
ule of events for each day to appear
In The Oregonlan.
The events In the handicap tourna
ment, open to any tennia player . are
as follows: Men's singles, men's dou
bles, women's singles and doubles and
the mixed doubles. In the club cham
pionship play there will be but two
events, men's singles and women's sin
gles. These events ar open, to mem
bers of the Irvlngton Club.
Many Entries' Arrive.
The following have already handed In
their entries in the several events:
Men's Singles Open Handicap.
J. T. CNell L.K. Pritehee.
Captain J. J. Reynolds Everett, Wash.
Irving- L. Webster Maurice H. Wildes,
R. H. Black Kverett. Wash. .
S. S. Humphrey s. B. Cooke
Mlnot Davis Howard Evans
George Rao Nelson Fleming
E. M. Van Loan FJ. A. Xoyes
Henry 1 Corbett Van N. Anderson
P. N. Lewis Ralph H. Mitchell
H. O. Stabler O. S. Bennett
A. T. Wakeman Everett Ames
Walter Erickson. F. E. Haringer
Everett. Wash.
Men's Doable Open Handicap.
Irving L,. Webster and
H. L. 'Corbett and R. E. Black. .
A. Dv Wakeman and
Raymond I Frohman and Ed A. Noyes.
M., H. Weldes and L. N. Prltchett.
Walter Erlckson and
8. B. Cooke and
R. H. Mitchell and H. E. Plummer.
. G. S. Bennett and
J. B. Edrar and -
Keledn Fleming and .
Women's Singles Open Handicap.
Miss Stella Frohman..
Mixed Doubles Open Handicap.
. A. D. Wakeman and
R. H. -Mitchell and
J. B. Edgar and :
Men's Slng-les Club Championship.
Irving Lfc Webster R. B. Cooke
R. a Biack Howard Evans
43. S. Humphrey G. ff. Bennett
Mlnot Davis Everett Ames
E. M. Van Loan Ralph H. Mitchell
Henry L. Corbett F. E. Harrlgan
P. N. Lewis J. B. Edgar
A. D. Wakeman
Entries Close Thursday.
Chairman Andrews of the: Irvlngton
Club tennis committee anounces em
phatically that no entries will be .con
sidered which reach him after 6 P. M.
Thursday evening, September 1. He can
be reached in the Hamilton building
or at the Irvlngton Club courts.
In conjunction with the club's tour
ney, the challenge play for the Starr-
Reynolds trophy will be the order with
the Everett Tennis Club as the chal
lenger. As announced exclusively In
The Oregonlan last week Erlcksen,
Pritchett and Wildes, a trio hard to
beat, are the the contesting players.
The Irvlngton Club team has not yet
been announced.
The fact that the Everett players are
entered in the open handicap tourney as
well as the play for the handsome Starr
Reynolds trophy, has caused added
Interest In the play, which undoubtedly
will bring out some of the prettiest tennis
seen on the Irvlngton courts since the
state tournament.
Young Gus Wakeman, one of Portland's
most promising tennis players, yesterday
won the challenge round at the Breaker
tournament, defeating James F. Ewing,
the cup holder. The latter, paired with
Irving Rohr, won the men's doubles play.
In the women's events Mrs. W. I.
Northrop, a member of the Irvlngton Club,
took first honors, and In the doubles Ml
Irene Campbell and Mrs. H. E. Judge were
victors.
TEAM WILL BE STRONG
WHITMAN'S FOOTBALL STARS TO
BE HEAVY AGAIN".
With Xew Coach, Four Years Full
back at Lafayette, Arriving Soon.
Fast Squads Are Promised.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Aug. 27.
(Special.) Although in the pre-season
forecasts. Whitman Is given little
reckoning In the football field of the
Northwest, things are by no means as
gloomy at the local college as they
were two months ago: and the pub
lishing of the new rules has brought
new hope to the missionaries. Whit
man will have a team-as heavy as that
of last year, and the men will be equal
In experience and ability to last year's
team, with tho exception of Borleske.
George S. McCaa, the new coach,
four years fullback at Lafayette Col
lege and picked by many as the best at
this position' In tho East, comes with
a record that brings him prestige
among the students. He has not
nearly as hopeless a task as did
Blanchard. two years ago. when he
came to Whitman and turned out a
team that was respected throughout
the Northwest more than any team the
college has ever had.
And the team this year will be built
along the same lines- as was that two
years ago. Fast, not over heavy or
over light, and well seasoned, they will
make a reckoning In the Northwest, de
spite the fact that Whitman will not
"have all the old men back." The new
rules, making play more open, and
science still farther ahead of mere
weight, mean much to the Whitman
team.
McCaa has been assistant coach at
Lafayette. He played . four -years at
fullback, and is said to be a master
of the forward pass and the open game.
Walter Camp has always mentioned
him, and last year put him on his third
team. The Philadelphia Press, nearer
home, where it could watch him more
rloselv could not say enough in his
praise, and put him on Its first team.
He Is an even six feet tau. ana weigns
195 pounds. H will arrive. In Walla '
Walla September 15 to take charge of
the Kali athletics.
The team will be headed by Charles
Lewis, one of the best ends the college
has 'ever known, and the very best
since the days of "Curly" Spagle. He
weighs 155 pounds, and is fast and
sure on catching forward passes and
on picking up onslde kicks. He has
with him from last year Alf Belt,
quarterback, of Spokane, who weighs
145 and is a heady and hard player.
Tracey Cox.'who is second to Borleske
in hard playing, will return, and will
fill a position in the backfleld.
Edson Johnson, last year's promising
halfback, who was out of the jams
with a bad ankle, will return to take
his place behind the line. With Royal
Nlles, of the Belllngham Normal, who
comes to Whitman this year, one who
should prove the best punter in the
whole conference. Whitman will have a
backfleld that Vould be hard to Im
prove. With Howard on the end to
play with Lewis, the back field and
end position will be well taken care
of, with experienced men, and. weigh
ing an average of 155 to ISO pounds.
Clemens will not play center this
year, although he will be in school.
Bennington, of last year's second
team, is a likely candidate. At guard
will be Blomquist. Botts, Cleman, Whit
ney and Dresser to try out. Neill. the
heaviest man on- tho team at 19$
pounds, will be back, and with him will
be several old men trying for position
to play between guard and end. They
Include Dumas. Rolstad. McCoy and a
number of others who can be used
either In the line or. back of It.
"There is no cause for gloom as far
as we are concerned," says President
Fred Clemens, of the Associated Stu
dents of Whitman College. "We will
not have a heavy team, but it will be
heavier than that of two years ago.
We will have a faster team than we
have ever had. and I expect to sec
Whitman win her share of the games
this year, - and I. for one, am willing
to stake anything we are not In the
cellar when the season is ended. I feel
well pleased with the outlook and in
getting McCaa for coach am confident
wc have all the best of the bargain
over last year or two years ago."
ENGLAND CHARY AS TO FILMS
Promoters Hesitate at Paying $70,-
000, in View of Uncertainty.
LONDON, Aug. 26. The first moving
pictures of the Reno fight on this side
of the Atlantic are being shown In
Dublin this week, and are drawing
crowds, but they are not expected to
be on view In England for some weeks
yet. , This delay has occasioned consid
erable surprise, but It Is understood
that the proprietary syndicate In Amer
ica finds difficulty In obtaining the
terms which they demand for the Euro
pean rights. They are asking S120.000.
of which the English rights represent
$70,000, charging In addition $1250 for
each film.
The English bioscope promoters are
Chary at giving so much, as it is un
known yet to what extent the municipal
authorities will- allow the pictures to
be shown. The London County Coun
cil has already notified the picture peo
ple that they will prohibit the exhibi
tion,, as also have the authorities of
Liverpool and of one or two other
cities. '
LONG AND HOTCHKISS VICTORS
California Tennis Cracks Win Cham
pionship With Ease.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Aug. 27.
(Special.) Melville Long and Hazel
Hotchklss are the singles tennis cham
pions of California for the ensuing
year, and Melville Long and Ward Daw
son will hold the Uoubles title.
The championship titles were decid
ed on courts of the University of Cali
fornia today, before a large gatherng
of enthusiastic followers of the sport.
While the matches were one-sided, as
expected, they were replete with action,
and those 'In attendance were well re
paid for their visit.
E. Fottrell opposed Melville Long in
the finals of the men's singles, and the
youngster made a fairly good showing,
though Long won Jn three straight sets.
M. E. McLoughlln, last year's champion,
was not on hand to defen. his title.
Miss Hazel Hotchklss won from Miss
Goda Meyer In straight sets, by scores
of 6-2 and 6-4, but the match was real
ly closer than these scores would in
dicate. The little champion's drives
and smashing were really remarkable
for a woman. She had fully aa much
speed In the majority of her strokes
as most men.
Fandom at Random
PDR the first time since 1908 the
Portland bunch won a series from
San Francisco on the Portland grounds,
for yesterday's victory gives Portland
four out of a possible six.
...
Today will mark the Seals' last ap
pearance In Portland this season, for
the Mohlerite crowd is not scheduled
to come North when the Beavers return
for their last home stand.
The Beavers bumped Henley at op
portune times yesterday, for hits came
Just when needed during the matinee,
or at least during the part of the en
gagement Henley occupied the slab.
Eugene Krapp had the Seals on his
staff throughout, and might have
worked harder and scored a shutout
had it been neccessary. However, his
teammates secured an early lead and
Gene took things easy.
i .
Gus Fisher wound up the game by
making a great catch of Shaw's foul
against the grand stand in the ninth
Inning. Two men. were out at the
time, and Fisher's catch sent the bugs
home talking about him. -
Buddy "Ryan's score in the seventh
was a plain gift by Berry, though the
outer gardeners of the Seals might
have flagged Buddy at third had they
been able to intercept 'the ball after
it got by Klddicus Mohler.
. . -
Perle Casey's work arond that sec
cond sack yesterday was all to the
candy. The veteran second sacker
seems to be younger and more spright
ly than ever, judging by his activities
in the recent games.
.
Gus Fisher is suffering a slump In
batting. and yesterday McCredle
dropped the slugging catcher down in
the batting order, but it did not do
Gus any good, for he only came close
to getting a hit once, and Tennant
smeared that chance for him.
Despite his couple of boots at third
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sacker accepted several hard chances
and made beautnui inrowa io xennani.
or Berry as the occasion demanded.
' The New York 'Giants took sweet
revena-e on the Chicago Cubs yesterday.
for McGraw's "roughnecks" slammed
the Chicago pitchers for a total of
18 run and 22 hits. Chicago also con
tributed 9 errors.
Moser. the Oakland twirler, seems to
have "come back," for he shut Los An
geles out yesterday for the second time
this week, ana once more neat waiter
Nae-le. The Oaks are becoming more .
and more dangerous every day.