THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. rOKTXAXP. JANUARY 29, 1911.
portt AND AWAITS WITH GREAT INTEREST
PORTLANAWK MEETING OUTCOME
Cl B Coition Will Ht Mrny of Bert W-jm From Last Season'. PennanVWlnnlng Beavenilliam. Hu r-t Aggregation for Coming Seaaon.
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Northtrn LnU mRnle
Int mt 8ttl D'st Tbnradar to adopt
cff'.clailr a hduU for th Cuming -ton.
and to dcli certain baMball qui
tlor.a likely to occupy tha attention of
thla ihrln.
Juila LJnd.iay of Seattle, the new
prlilent of tha Northweetern Ueaue.
wtU priIJ at the moetlna-. and the fol
lowing director and managers of teama
will be present: larlj E. I'UBdale. pres
ident, and Jack Tllthe. manager, of tha
tieattle tTub; Walter H. McCredle. act
ing president, and poaalbly Nick Wll
ilama. manaaer. of the I'ortland Club;
L. A. Wattelet. preldent of the Victoria
flub: Joneph V. Oohn. prealdent. and
Harry ostdlrk. manager, of the- Spo
kane Club: freorge M. Schreeder. prenl
dent. an4 Michael J. Lynch, manacer.
of ihe Tacoma Club, and It. P. Brown.
preident or the Vancouver Club.
The comma; meeting of tha North
western League cauaea Increaaed Inter
eat to be taken In the coming pennant
race of that league, for the approach
ing aeaaon promlnea to be a moat suc
cessful one because of tha expanding
of that circuit to sis clube once more.
Portland I "an a on Fdf".
Tba readmlsslon of Portland, aren
though but a tentatlra alliance through
tba consent of tha raclfle Coast League,
has created widespread enthusiasm over
tha coming Northwestern race, and It Is
generally believed that that circuit will
t, received with much more favor In
thla city than waa the case la 10. A
great deal of thla dependa upon the
quality of playing talent which will
represent Portland In tha Class B
league rro.
.ck Wll llama, who Is to handle Port
land's fortunea In tha Northwestern
Lesgue. Is generally believed to be a
capable man for the place, and was
elected by Walter UoCiedi ad hla
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uncle. Representative W. V. UcCredie,
because of tha San Franolsco man's
general ability displayed as financial
manager of the San Francisco Club on
all Its trips on tha road.
Manager Danny Long, of the Reals,
hardly ever accompanied the San Fran
cisco Club on a road trip, and haa yet
to visit I'ortland since his connection
with the raclfle Coast league either aa
mnagrr of the Bay City aggregation
or an aecretary of the league, both of
which Joha have been held by him for
several years. Long's prejudice against
visiting i'ortland made It necessary for
someone to look after tha financial end
of the game, for -Kld" Mohler. who
handled the team on the field, had all
he could attend to to take care of
that Job. and Wllllama was selected to
look after the -dough." Wllllama also
show-d marked capabilities as a hand
ler of the entire Job. when Mohler was
Incapacitated and hla ability as a man
ager has, seemingly, been put to the
test.
WllUm lias Fnl Power.
At any rate the McCredlea have the
utmost confidence In him and are ex
pecting him to have the Portland
Northweaterners well op In the race at
all times. Wllllama la to have abso
lute charge of tha deatlnlea of tha
Northwestern Club, and he Is empow
ered to sign up, trade, aell or release
any player he may wish. That he Is
a hustler haa been demonstrated by his
actlona In signing up a number of the
most promising youngsters known In
the California bushes since he haa been
given tha berth of manager of Port
land's second team.
Wllllams Is popular among tha
playera and fans, and If the fortunea
of baseball luck break Ms way. and
luck la a big factor with any ball club,
big or little, he will give Walter Mc
Credle and hla Paclna Coast Club a
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run for the popularity honors In thla
city during the coming season.
Williams Is fortunate In starting off
tha season possessed of two red-hot
favorites with the fana of Portland In
Casey and Ort These two knights of
the diamond have won the favor of tha
fans by being heroes of several mem
orable engagements upon the baseball
field. The remainder of the North
western complement Is mora or less
unknown, though Walter McCredle la
positive that Wllllama has two good
catchers In Harris and Burch. and the
backstopplng department is one of tha
roost essential to a baseball club.
With Wllllama at first. ,Casey at sec
ond. Mensor or Anderson at short, and
Howard Mundorff at third, Williams
haa a corking good Infield to commence
hla campaign for the Northwestern
League pennant. Oeorge Ort and Billy
Speaa are among the epeedlest out
fielders who ever played on the Coast,
and the other garden spot will be dec
orated by either Thompson, the former
Los Angeles recruit, or Miller, an out
fielder, coming from the Central As
soolstlon, either of whom should fill In
nicely.
The pitching staff Is somewhat In tbe
experimental stage, though Jesse Gar
rett. George Bolce, and "Red" Wright
ought to form the neucleus of a first
class pitching corps. Yates, the San
Jose lad. Is a corking good slabster,
and Billy Bloomfteld and Glencke. the
latter being the Milwaukee recruit, are
likely to ahow the "goods" during the
coming aeason. Bloomfield pitched
great ball for the Oakland Club of the
defunct California State League last
Spring, and promises to have a better
season In the Northwestern. In addi
tion to these twlrlers. Nick Williams
has lined up a number of youngstera
m v. . ..riAii. MmUiirof esslonal or-
ganlxatlons around San Franolsco and
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Los Angeles, and expects to develop
aoma high-class twlrlers from this co
terie. -
The Northwestern magnates may fig
ure Portland to be a weak sister In the
coming race, but they will have an
other guess coming If Nick Williams
has anything to say about it.
AU-Around Match Wanted.
NEW TORK. Jan. 28. A novel chal
lenge has reached America from Charles
Wilson, of Manchester. England, bidding
for a match with any all-around ath
lete In the United States for the cham
pionship of the world. Wilson Is spurred
to this action by the non-acceptance
of a similar defl Issued to a Mr. Web
ster, of Victorian College. Melbourne,
Australia. . .
The text of the challenge which em
braces almost everything In track ath
letics, also takes In swimming, cycling,
rowing and tumbling, the suggestions
for the various events to be contested
being as follows:
Swimming, one-half mile; rowing,
one-fourth mile; plunging of one min
ute duration, running 100 yards and
one mile, walking one mile. UO-yard
hurdles, shot put, hammer throw, run
ning high Jump, running broad Jump,
pole vault, one forward spring Jump
and ten forward spring Jumps, with
weights; three forward Spring jumps,
without weights; five backward spring
Jumps, with weights, and cycling from
five to 10 miles.
These are broadly the Items put
forth, but the challenger says they can
be altered or modified in order to se
cure what may appear to be a more
representative contest. He also adds
that the amount of the side wager and
all further parucuiaxa
arranged.
"The Greatest Automobile
I Have Ever Seen"
That is what everybody is saying
about the big Oldsmobile Limited
Undoubtedly the finest automobile
ever built by an American manu
facturer. It was the sensation of the
Autq Show, Powerful six-cylinder
motor, big 42-inch wheels, elegant
finish, and magnificent equipment; it
outclasses them all Three models
Special, Autocrat and Limited
2, 4, 5 and 7-passenger bodies.
PRICES FROM $3000 to $7000
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DISTRIBUTORS OF
PROJECTCp 1
Visitors to California Favor
Highway Scheme.
AUTOISTS WANT ROADWAY
Samnel HUI Urges Bear State to
Take rp Work at Once In Build
ing Its Share of Interna
tional Auto Drive.
Active support Is given the Pacific
highway project by many prominent
a naiifnpnia whn are there
either on pleasure or business. Per
haps the best Known m um --
astlc good roads boosters now in tne
Golden Gate State Is Samuel Hill, hon-
.... ...nt nf the Washington
orary 1110 i"n"JL'" - . , -
Good Roads Association and vlce-pres-
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Ident or tne rsiwn "
soctatlon.
Mr. Hill passed several wr
cently In San Francisco, and did much
to call attention of the California
highway officials to the necessity of
that state immediately constructs z
Its share of the Pacific highway with
the recently authorized $18,000,000 bond
Issue It may almost be taken for
granted that the Callfornians will con
struct the International road across
their borders from the proceeds cf this
bond issue. Mr. Hill has urged upon
them the necessity of taking up the
Pacific highway first and then com
pleting the system of trunk roads con
templated by the recent bond issue.
Herbert Schoenfeld. one of Seattle s
most prominent business men. is also
doing equally effective work in South
ern California. Before leaving Seattle,
Mr. Schoenfeld was supplied with liter
ature and complete Information con
cerning the Pacific highway, and the
work the association has done in
promoting this International good
roads project. Mr. Schoenfeld expects
to be in the South until April 1.
An active automobile owner who is
at the head of the good roads com
mittee of the Seattle Automobile Club
is Norman B. .Abrams. who has been
In California since the first of the
year, having toured from San Fran
cisco to Los Angeles. He is en route
to the City of Mexico. Mr. Abratns had
done effective work In presenting the
Pacific highway project to the Au
tomobile Club of Southern California.
He also attended the Los Angeles au
tomobile show at Fiesta Park recent-
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prehenstve exhibit showing some of
the work done on the proposed roid.
A. E. Todd, a prominent member or
the Pacific tiignwaj a.u...
British Columbia, has suggested that
a reliability run be held over the route
of the Pacific highway next Summer.
It is contended that this would stim
ulate interest with outsiders and
awaken a great deal of road develop
ment in the territory through which
the route would pass. According to
Frank M. Fretwell. secretary of the
Pacific Highway Association, this re
liability run will be taken up and pro
moted actively if the Glidden tour does
not come to the Pacific Coast this year.
In event this National tour Is brought
to the Pacific Coast Ftates. out of
courtesy to the visitors it would be
Inadvisable to hold a counter attrac
tion. Autos to Race on Sands.
PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. -(Spe
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OLDSMOBILE AND
cial.) The glorious record of the Flor
ida meets will not be marred this Win
ter, as was feared would be the case,
by the Interruption of the record-breaking
sport seen on the Florida sands.
Since 1902, when the first meet was given
with a handful of contestants, the
Florida Beach races, have claimed tne
attention of motorists of a racing turn
of mind all over the world, and through
the energy of the Jacksonville Motor
Club, generated by E. A. Moross, late of
fa mnna t nrf I n rta nnlis Sneedwav. an
other meet will bo given In Florida this
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Winter, tne aaies bbl uemg Aiun
nn j OA Gnnnflnn haa tlPPn B T J Tl t f fi
fc ttllU ov. inin i.-'.i " " '-'
by the Contest Board of the American
Automobile Association ior me hictji..
The races will take place on the Atlantic-Pablo
beach, near Jacksonville, and
not at Daytona, as suggested some time
T ' hlanlrd nt-flvllA fllf fdUr in -
foresting days" racing and cash prizes
as nign as suajv are untsieu i .
i un. ...in.hla nr1e. including a
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Speed King Crown. For the first time
In the nistory or Deacn mens m cu
test board has awarded the Jacksonville
-i . . l i xrtnil BtrnlrhtAwflir beach
championships, which will place these
contests in a ciaas oy viiciuaco,
. i in vA - .-I I. osmcrit. fnr hv trreat
drivers, as they will be records for a
beach.
Wide Tires Are Advocated.
"We Americans." says Walter C.
White, vice-president and general man-
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Demonstration of the
Entire New Line Given
Monday and Tuesday
January 30 and 31
New Cars on Exhibition
at Our Salesroom
Howard Automobile Co.
Mel. G. Johnson, Manager.
SEVENTH AND COUCH STREETS.
Phones Main 4555, A 2550.
(Tk 16th and
Alder St.
MARION CARS
ager of the White Company, "are too
prone to take conditions as we find them
without seeking a remedy.
"We allow enormously heavy loads to
be drawn over our pavements without
regard to the width of tire or other
necessary regulations to preserve our
streets. ,
"As a consequence, every municipality
finds it an almost impossibility to keep
In condition certain very busy streets.
Every bit of this difficulty could be
eliminated If motor trucks were used
generally.
"There Is almost no wear and tear on
a pavement over which is propelled a
motor truck carrying three to five tons.
A light touring car is much more a
menace to the pavements.
"The general adoption of motor trucks
would positively reduce the taxes ot
cities because of the reduced expense
for the maintenance of pavements m
the business districts.
"The day unquestionably is not tar
distant when the largest cities will pro
hibit the use of anything but motor
vehicles in the busiest section: in fact,
already several cities have taken some
steps-- in this direction.
"Hundreds of shrewd business men ana
good merchants, who will be unable to
see any great saving In changing their
deliveries from horses to motor vehicles
will be interested by the savln5'Vh
and the general benefit to public health
arising from the use of trucks and de
livery wagons. imm mmmmmm
1911
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