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fTfTf STJXDAT OREGOXIAy, PORTLAND,' 16, 1011. TENNIS TOURNEY PROVES SUCCESS Visiting Players in Interna tional Enjoy Hospitality of Irvington, TYLER'S PLAY WONDERFUL Spokane Man Sbow Old-Time Form In PUT Portland AgS01 Make Good Showing Can adian 1 Tme 6 port. e TEXXI AOCIATIOy acnoire. Honorary Pre-da-t. A. JUmlas- torn. O'.yaiiMa. "Wh- PMldwL Jnd. lpnea.. Victoria, B. C twturr. Cave Brows" elects!. V.3COUTCT. B. C T -.w sxmbtr admitted. poseie Tamil Club. toarnamant. t Victors. f ...-A i tv 1T.PH MITOHEU. of toe North Pacific International ten- sis tournament, tne " . . . .... . ji.nd a right arm oi .om .. - w I i)t wmj i va - To retiring president atdrtwi and Chalrxnaa Brawr mo ufMiiiDM of upracl , tloa were riven by the representatives 'from Seatti. Tacoma, Vancouver. . T. lo torta. fpohane and Everett .and all Praia wu daft. The tournament was a inrcaia from erery viewpoint and ' ran off wtta that clock-like atyle aa , only euch man aa . n- . ' Cave Brow-ne-Cava and Jaroea F. In are capable. To tha apectator the touraay waa Mk the three-rlnir circus, several courts trots at the him time, and all match were mo food aa to cause a racret tiimt any should b missed. How aver, th apctatr waa well repaid for tn pick of tn beet war played n ooort Nx 1. and th gallery, by en- 1 thoalaeuo applause tlm after time, showed lis warm appreciation on three warm daya Itar Beat Ever, rmm a flay standpoint th tourna ment prorad aa ex ell In and lnterest Ir.g mM In any previous yrer. Though, wuh th abaenr of Kch wrnanra. It waa not conceded that Tyler would hav a walk-away, many bad predicted woo after seeing him tn action In th tournament that b "bad com bexrk? that hi play o-rar that of laat yur araa ao different aa to lead one to think It waa another man wielding th racquet; that b one more waa playing In championship form and would carry th laurels back to Spo kane. Of the. visitors. Tyler played th moot wonderfol cam. Itla la a body of Mrvnu energy and hi inclination to tennis play bordering on th sen sational keep Ola admirers and th tennis entauvtaac vatcbtna hla play, 'oa edge waiting for aom novel stroke, which Tyler lovea to brine; Into play. Kla return of th ban by a full turn of th body, a atrok aeJdora sees oa a tahala court, brings forth hearty applause Invariably, aa It generally la aur. but unfortunately, for th player, tt put a him oat of poedtloa oftentimes or a aoooad return. Tortland mad a irood ahowlnar acalnat a heavy field, though Wlckr ihia and Orrlll wer th tnaiaetayn, 1: waa untortunat that In th draw lira. Uuitnomah maa drew Irrlna-toa men In the alnaU aa It put th W!ned M" boya oat of the rannln at aa early ataeT. With th double It waa different. It waa a foreaon roncluaton that th Irvlaaton team wouid outlir th Multnomaha. who wer ooustad oat la th flrat round. Wlrkrriham in Grrat Form. Wlckaraham thla yar probably p'Td tb areateat gam of hla career. Though etia a little heary hla ab'llty to get around th court waa mora rl dent than heretofore). Mta continual play aatna"t aucb men aa Andrew and orrt:i tor th paat few weaka haa put him n hla old tlm form. Of th vlittlng players. Captain EL I J. Fouikea. of Victoria, twlr champion of Canada, put up on of th moat unnenal. atadllr and winning gama ot ' tennla ever eeen her. T here waa no a-rt effort displayed, no aenaatlonal lam. no gallery-play, but a ateady. : grlndtng. get-th-ball-bacJc atji which brought him victory until h met hla '"Waterloo In Wlckersham. Breea. of Tacoma. waa among tho of whom great thlaga war expected, ' and he dM ahow aom of hla former ; ability, but fell down before Wlcker haia after aa nnuaualiy hard match ; nn the aecond hot day. Braes waa far handler with th racquet than hla f partnar from Tacorna, who waa put out la th flrat round. Breea rpraent4 American Lawn Tennla th sport a of ficial puhlicauoa, at thla tournament. VaiMiiuwr Team FaaL KuMlra and Cardinal th Vaooon ver team. wra two of th faatat men rm th courta, Rhodaa, th youngerv hardiy over 21. waa aomawhat erratic, largelr canaed through Ineaperlenc. but hla eei-Ue and all-around court work waa especially trong and IndV ratrr of greater thlnga befor an other year or two are paaaed. Th Heart I team. Shannon and Rchardeon. hav much to learn yet In teamwork, though their Individual P'ay waa euperlor to that of their dou ble. At tb buatneea meeting held rtr-'-y morning at th cluhhouee. A. Rem Inarton. th father of tennla In th Northwest, waa ra-elected honorary president: Jndg tampman. of Victoria, president: Cave Krowne-Cav. of Van couver, ra-elected aecretary. Th reclamation of th Spokan Conn try Out) waa formally accepted and th Spokane Tennla Club admitted la Ita atead. Th nait tournament will b held In ctotia la 1111. A moonUrt xcurston laat night up th river fittingly cloaed what waa expreaaed by th gueeta aa aa njoy aUI ntertalnment. Tennis Notra. Cap Lain Fonlkaa. of Victoria, th champion of Canada, which he will re ltoiulah neat week by nonappearanc to defend bla tltl at Ottawa, la a paymaanr In Hla Vajeatya aarvic. stationed bow at Victoria The 1c cream and punch, which the Fpokaa double team devoured after thair victory Friday, mad aom of th fair aex fairly gaep. But th ten nla ma aurvlvcd. Lack of breaiea rauad Breeae of Ta oocna. be say, to loae t wo pounda dur hla short a:y In Portland, Com TENTHS PLATXHS, DEFEATED AND UlTDErEATED, WHO TOOK PART IN INTERNATIONAL PLAT HERE T.AQT WTTTIT tJIll f m alal g aha rY tail v . S : i I -H h i', ..- v ? r-v,! 1 Ctrl :--'-f"-T i?3 w-V. f t$y;- rr - TTV r ::rK 7V-wt .7 SW ,a- .-. f V-,-.--" -.'J.-'J. . f-i-Y . t. . n- 'ftt .r- r a Has i m . M-'-' r''"f Jt ...W&uHiii I ii. 1 1 f .- . gy 4- - pvt T 1 ?r i.i .y -,,ivri-n aar ' I I again, Mr. Breeze. If you get too fleahy. Home fair spectator In trldaya gaj- lery noticed a cooling sephyr atrlk her during th lull at o in in sun ana epok of th "lovely breesa Some quick-witted fTlend replied: 'tea there' Breea playing In th other eourt." "Ain't h grand? Tea. thafs Tylar, Oh, look at btf hair. Ain't It brlatlyr wer a few of th bright, eaten y re mark overheard from fair admlrera of the silken-haired southpaw from the Inland Empire, who now haa added an other acalp to hla long Hat. Everybody la wondering how FVI- toa defeated Tyler at Lewlaton for the Idaho championahlp. But we all be lieve la reciprocity. Tacoma waa fully represented at tho tournament, aendlng down four men. two to play and two to root. Pernapa the Tacoma Tyler will be choaen to represent th Tigers next time, aa he and Breeae ahould make a team dif ficult to handle. ilcFaJden aaya he isn't playing tennla any more, but to aee htm la practios It woudn t take him long to catch hla atrlde. though hla friend Tyler did "pat It over on tlm" Thurs day but Just In practice- Between Captain Koulkee and Jo Tyler It would hav baen difficult for th fair sea to choose. But th cap tain waa ao "etunnlng and new. May he oom again. But. girls, did the cap tain tell you he was married to a most charming Tacoma n.ald? And Tyler, too but to a Ppokan glrL Reciprocity took on step farther last week by th harmony which ex isted between the American and Canad ian playera. all true sports and good losers. Richardson, of Seattle, said "heav ens" once or twice when he failed to get tha ball over th net. but the fj-j mat ce la a praacner wui ear mm the wrath of th apectatora who over heard him. Aa a refer one would hav to go far to beat EL Cave Brown-Cave, th vet eran aecretary of th International As sociation. PACIFIC COAST REEKS HONORS Star Tranls) Players of Country Enter lane-wood Play This Week. BOSTON, Joly II. An Impostor com peny of lawn tennia players of the East and th Pacific- Coast will meet la tb Longwood Cricket Club single tournament which begins Monday, IS pairs being entered. The draw Is top- heavy and In tha second round. Carl ton R- Gardner, formerly of San Fran cisco, and MelTlll K. Long, ot Ean Francisco, playing together in the Eastern doable championahlp. will try to eliminate each other In the alnglea Practically all th ranking playera are In th upper division of th draw. Th round match will bring together N. TV. Willi, Massachusetts champion. and Raymond D. Uttle. International ist, provided Little defeat F. H. Harris In th first round. J. C. Clothier, for mer Cnlted States champion, also Is In the top of the draw. Among th placlnra of more Impor tant players In the first round are the following: Shaw Muckean, Philadelphia, vs. S, J, Roaa. Boston. lt B. Irwin. Boston, v. 1C E. H longhlln, San Francisco. 1L W. Weber. East Sandwich, Mass ves. F. T. Johnson. Philadelphia. T. R. PeU. Ms Tork. ra J. O. Nel son. Hanover. N. H. Th Eastern double championahlp will start Tuesday and 40 pairs are entered. National Champion iarned and partner; Richard Blahop and E. It. Whitney, winnera or laat year'a championahlp: E. P. Larned and part ner; Beaia C Wright and X. W. Kilea: Long and Gardner; W. J. Clothier and partner: R. IX Little and partner: T. R. Pell and JU E. Mahan. are th lead lag teama f yi;. .: - "V- 1 X ; I - ,ea"" 3 Partlclaaata ta Tennis Taoraey shawa la (reap above. Left torlghti Standi tsgwGo, Wakraaa, MacFaddoa, Etrtia, GorrUl, I.you, Tyler, Andrewa, I.amp BaB( Falloa, Cave Browse-Cave, Br wer kaeellag Garrett, Fou Ikes, Exlck aem, Wlckersham, Gardner, Lewie seated Breeae, Richardson, Cardlnall, Rhodes, Shaaaoai left center Wicker hem aad Gorrill, of Portland right teattr Tyler aad Knit on, of gpokaa! lower picture Wlckersham retnraing a elMlcsalt akot froaa sua opponent. NEGRO PRAISES WHITES JACK JOHXSOX SATS EXGLISH IICLE 18 BtSlJICENX , PajrlUst VTho Vnlpped 'Hopej of Wh(t Race" to Lecture Con ccminir Ita Supremacy. LONDON. July 15. (Special.) Jack Johnson, under the management ot Promoter McJntoah. will start on .an extensive tour 'December next. It will take In India, the Stralta Settlement, China, Japan and Auatralla. ' . Prior to fighting Lang on Easter Monday, Johnson will visit all the pro vincial towns, playing one and two night atands and giving boxing exhibi tions with a partner of local talent. He will not participate In any fights. Should the English authorittea ob ject to the visit to India. Johnaon la willing to become a lecturer and propa gandist on th dominance of the white race. He haa already made plans for a serlea of lectures In which he will tell th colored race that white rule, particularly that of the English. Is beneficent. He proposes to detail his own treatment In England, which he says Is the freest and most Just coun try on earth. CO M1I.ES IX HOUR WINS R$CE Motorcyclist Thrown in Speed Con- teat for Bosch Trophy. BUFFALO. N. T, July 15. Th one hour championahlp raca for the Bosch trophy, tha big event of the Federa tion of American Motorcycllat Racers at Fort Erie, waa won today by Frank Hart, of New Tork. who covered CO miles. Harvey Bernard, of Chicago, was seriously injured in the fourth mile, when he struck Anderson's overturned machine and was thrown high In the air, landing on the rail. Three of hla ribs were fractured. Anderson es caped unhurt. Summary: Ten mile, professional championship B. A. Haaha. Dallas. Tat. flrat: &i- J. Oravea. Los Angelas, second; Charles Balke, Los Anselea third. Time. 8:67 2-5. Ten-mile open Vrank Hart, New Tork, ftrrt. Charle Teasdale, Elmlra, aecond; L a. Taylor. Columbus. O.. third- Time. 10:22. Five-mile profeaalonal championship Graves, flrat; Haaha, aecond: K. D. Wick wire. Chicago, third. Time, 4:30 4-5. One hour race, amateur championahlp, Bosch trophy Hart won: J. W. Conatant. Brooklyn, aecond: E. G. Baker, Indianapolis, third: F. L. Valient. Anola, fourth. Dis tance covered SO miles. RAIL PROMOTERS CHECKED Rights of AVay for British Colombia Line Blocked at Spokane, r SPOKANE. Wash., July 15. (Spe cial.) The hopa of the backers of the Spokane aud British Columbia Rail road, known as the "Hot Air Line," to secure unused rights of way through the CcUvIlle Indian Reservation from Republic to the Columbia River, now held by the Great Northern, w&a knocked out late thla afternoon by an opinion handed down by Federal Judge Frank H. RudkPh. The ruling affirms the title of tha) Great Northern to the right of way granted by Congress many years ago. Within the las week the Great North ern has completed surveys down the Ban Poll over the right of way, which, until the opinion waa given today, was In doubt. " HONORS DIVIDED IN TENNIS-PLAY Tyler, of Spokane, Wins Sin gles; Wickersham and Gor rill Take Doubles. MATCH flUNS THREE HOURS Total or 61 Games, Five Sets, Re quired to Settle Championship, VTlekersham Playing Beautiful Game but Endurance Tells. -. BT !. C S.'JtMOXS. Flaying on the hottest and most sultry day of tho year with the mer cury standing near 98 most of the aft ernoon, Spokane and Portland tennis players divided honors yesterday in the final round of the North Pacific Inter national tournament, Joe Tyler, of Spo kane, winning from Brandt Wlcker sham. of Portland, In the. men's singles, and Messrs. Brandt Wickersham and Ralph Gorrill. of Portland, winning the doubles honors from Tyler and Theo dore Fulton, of Spokane. In their five-set match, which lasted more than three hours, both Tyler and Wlckersham were greatly affected by the extreme heat, nearly collapsing sev eral times. Repeated calls for wet towels and stimulants were made by the players. The match was halted many times to permit the contestants to bathe their heads and fanes. The two racqueters finished solely on ther nerve and were much fatigued after the final set. Total of 61 Games PlajecL In defeating Wlckersham, Portland champion and last year s international runner-up. Tyler, the Inland Empire chsmpion and former Northwest title holder, was forced to extend himself to the utmost, 61 games being played dur ing the course of the match. Tyler s superior endurance and recuperating powers stood hftn in good stead, win ning the final set 6-2. The scores for the match were: 6-S. 8-10. 9-7. 4-fi, 6-2. It was truly a championship tennis match between -the two, the best rac quet play of the tournament being witnessed. Nothing was lacking In any department, the gallery being large, the refereelng good and the play fast and spectacular. Both men played beautiful tennis. Tyler's back-hand and ground strokes being especially pretty to watch and effective. Many were the exciting rallies seen. Wlckersham's servlco was speedy and scored him many ace points. In ad dition to playing a brilliant, spectacu lar match, Tyler and Wlckersham played an unusually steady placing game. With systematic precision the two men bombarded- the back and side lines of each other's courts as often as 10 times before a point was scored. Very little lobbing was done, and It was chiefly a back-court duel, the pass ing shots of both men being cleverly executed. Tyler's Ability Shown. Tyler's wonderful uphill game abil ity was shown in the third set of the match. Wickersham had the score 5-0 and 40-16 in his favor and the Spokane champion pulled It out, winning, event ually. 9-7. It was In this" set that Wickersham nearly surrendered to the elements. He fought his hardest for the one game necessary to win the set, but was not equal to the task. Once again Wlckersham had It down to the set point and Tyler beat him. In the final set Wlckersham started out strongly, winning the first game, but his strength was not sufficient to meet the spurt made by the .Spokane player and he got but one more game. Tyler won the set and match with a love game. . . Fully half the games in both matches went to deuce and It was the tennis treat In the history of the game in Portland. Doubles Repetition ot Singles. The same thrUling style of play seen In the singles match was repeated in the doubles contest, only the brilliant placing, smashing and serving of Wick ersham and Tyler being supplemented by the equally spectacular playing of Gorrill and Fulton. . Owing to the in tense heat and the oncoming darkness, by mutual sconsent, the doubles cham pionship match was limited to best out of three sets instead of th best three in five. The Portland team, last year's winners, made history repeat Itself, winning: 6-3. 6-8, 6-1. Choosing the lobbing game as their style of play, Wickersham and Gor rill started out to win, clinging to that method of procedure despite the fact that the two Inland Empire raecjueters smashed and attempted to kill at every opportunity. Tyler's left-hand drive was disconcerting to the Portland players at- the net. Gorrill did good net work, although both he and Ful ton were somewhat nervous In the early part of the match, making several double faults in serving. Several of Wlckersham and Tyler's plays, considering their physical con dition, were marvelous flashes of ten nia The Portland champions fought a hard uphill fight in the second set, bringing it to deuce after the score 'stood 6-2 against them. Portland Shows Strength. The final set saw four straight games taken by Portland before Messrs. Tyler and Fulton could win one round. Dur ing the second and third games of the deciding set the men fought at deuce for more than 15 minutes, the Portland man winning each time. Retiring President Andrews, of the North Pacific International Lawn Tennis Association, presented the tro phies to the winners after the matches. In achieving success'in the singles. Ty ler became permanent xpossessor of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club challenge cup. He also received the association singles cup. Wlckersham and Gorrill gained for the Irvington Club for one year the H. W. Treat challenge doubles cup and for themselves the association trophies. Racquet bags were given as runners up prizes. The Vancouver Lawn Tennla Club was presented with the . Starr Reynolds inter-club challenge cup, hav ing won It from Irvington Friday. E. Cave-Brown-Cave and James F, Ewing acted as referees for the singles championship and Mr. Andrews acted in similar capacity during the doubles match. ISSUES CHALLENGE The Chilean government has granted con cessions for the construction of 115 private railways In he country, varying from Ave yeara to perpetuity, of which 24 have been constructed, vlxa several mo-m asiax built. Klamath Falls Title Holder Willing to Meet Ail .Comers Tor Trophy. KLAMATH FALLS, Or July 15. (Special.) The Klamath Fans Tennis Club is preparing for some fast ten nia meets here during the latter part of July or early In August. This sud den activity by the club is caused by L,the challenge made a few days ago by R, J. Smith, who Is conneoted with the Southern Pacific engineering corps, that he wished to defend his title to the club's tennis trophy before his de parture for other fields, which Is to come within the next six weeks. Mr. Smith won the trophy in the 1910 tournament and should he leave here without notifying the club and issuing a challenge to defend his title It would be forfeited back to the club. By is suing this challenge and offering to meet any comers he protects himself and his title to the trophy and unless some one meets him and wins this cup he will be at liberty to take It from the city. Vincent Taden, who won the fresh men honors at the University of Ore gon last season, and Garrett Van Riper, who played with University of Cali fornia, are getting In trim to try their prowess with the champion. The club is also In communication with Ralph Newland. of Palo Alto, and Harry Stein, of Portland, both of whom are prominent- In intercollegiate tennis meets, with a view, to having them come here and meet the local man.' If these outsiders can be secured It Is very likely that a tournament of sev eral days' duration will be arranged and that other racquet wielders will take part In- the matches. RYAN IS LEADER AGAIN BEATER FIELDER HEADS "STEAD. EES" AS BATSMAX.' Oakland Player Stands High on Pa cific Coast League List, While Bill Rappa. Is at His Heels. While Buddy Ryan fell off somewhat in his batting during the series with Sacramento, the hard-hitting Portland gardener did not lose practical pos session of first place among the bat wielders of the pacific Coast League, for the only players credited with bet ter marks are Irregular participants in games. This means that Ryan Is still the league's leading swatsman, and he holds the position by a good margin. Buddy hit better this week and it is probable that he will make up for the points he lost during the week the Senators Invaded Portland. Ryan's nearest rival In the ranks of the regu lars is Harl Maggart, the Oakland out fielder, while Bill Rapps Is close on the heels of the dark-haired Wolverine. Kuhn suffered In the Sacramento series here. He dropped from the .300 class to .284 at the hands of the O'Rourke twlrlers. Peckinpaugh also fell off a few points In the series with the 8enators, but the shortstop has managed to do fairly well in the pres ent series with Vernon, and if he pulls out with a couple of hits this afternoon, his mark will be Increased several points when next week's figures are complied. The Coast League batting averages up to and including the games of July 9 are as follows: AB 4 B 40 .-.... .88S :t ..... .214 :is .2(51 Players, club Driscoll L. A. . Tiedmann, O. ... Hltt. V Ryan, P - Stanrield, V. Mafrgart. O. Kapps, P. .. Zacher. O. Bernard, L- A. Danzig, S. Htinson. V Tennant. S. F. Powell. S. F. Hosp. V. . . . . . Patterson, V. Moore, L. A. . . Wolverton. O. Carlisle, V. . Mohler. 8. F.. Braahear, V... Pfyl. O Hoffman, O. Weaver. S. F. Kuhn. P McDowell. V. . Dillon. L. A. Peckinpaugh, Daley, L. A. Hhlnn, S Thomas, S. . . Pernoll, O. . . Madden. S. F. McArdle. S. F. P.. Melcholr, S. F. Rosa. V. ............. Henderson, P. ....... Pearce, O. ........... Mosklman. 8. F Krucger. P Cutshaw. O. Lewis. S. Abbott. U A. Howard, I A. ....... T. Sheehan. P. ...... O'Rourke. S. Hetllng. O J. Sheehan. V. & S. F. Stewart, V. .......... Seaton, p. Rodgers. P. Chadbourne, P. ..... Delmas. L. A. ..... Metzger. L. A. ........ Schmidt, S. F. Heister. 8. ... ....... Steen, P. ............. Vltt. 8. F. Akin, I A.. Shaw. S. F Murray, P. Berry. S. F. Wares. O Van Buren. 8.......... Byram. S Mahoney, g. Koeatner, P. ......... Coy. V. tt O. Agnew, I- A. .... Halla. L. A. Brown, V. . Delphi. L. A- ........ Thornton. 8. ......... La Longe, S. ........ McKune. 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B7 . .174 R H PC. 1 3 .750 g 2.1 .390 5 17 .:!47 66 134 .315 O 1 .333 55 95 .323 42 102 .314 26 81 .310 33 6S .305 47 109 .304 29 93 .304 48 115 .303 .36 89 .302 29 59 .301 66 112 .300 62 US .300 15 4S .299 87 115 .2!7 33 94 .295 49 90 .29 54 114 .292 61 113 .290 61 103 .29 15 3S .2S4 31 72 .2X1 30 82 .279 46 88 .27S 50 91 .278 67 100 .277 27 7S .277 8 18 .277 33 51 .274 52 101 .273 33 61 .271 26 43 .289 5 14 .289 17 44 .287 8 18 .267 57 103 .286 50 101 - .282 27 59 .282 13 30 .259 39 71 .258 45 91 .257 48 SO .255 25 62 .253 7 20 .250 11 14 .250 6 20 .250 35 67 .248 44 90 .247 23 58 .247 46 77 .248 10 26 .245 29 62 .244 10 17 .243 29 51 .242 89 92 .241 29 54- .240 23 46 .239 23 57 .2(9 44 84 .237 34 75- .234 5 12 .231 32 59 .230 8 20 .230 44 66 .222 2 6 .222 0 4 .222 15 41 .221 9 17 .221 9 19 .218 20 .217 10 25 .216 12 20 .215 1 11 .214 8 13 .213 3 51 .212 7 .212 2 12 .211 19 36 .207 NELSON SIGNS GAFFENY BATTLER IYIIjTj BOX MEDFORD I j. VI) WITHIN FORTNIGHT. Lightweight la Training" for Coming Bouts tn San Francisco and Writing- Book. Battling Nelson, former lightweight champion, who Is sojourning In Port land, signed for a boxing bout with Tommy Gaffeny, of Medford, Or., last night. The "mill" will take place at Medford under the direction of Walter McCallum some time within the next fortnight. The Battler will meet Lonnie Austin In a six-round exhibition at Aberdeen, July 19. The Gaffeny bout, however, will be real "milling." ' "I want about two or three of these tryouts before going south to San Francisco. Then if I find I am my for mer self, watch some of these lime lighters go," said NelBon yesterday, after a six-mile run through the suburbs in the hot sun. - "What do I think of the Wolgast-. Moran fight? Well. It turned out Just about as I predicted. Wolgast laid for that stomach and we all knew that if he ever reached It Moran would say goodbye to his friends, for he has not been taking the best of care of him self." During leisure hours in the Rose City the Battler is putting the finishing touches on his latest literary effort describing the recent trip through Yel lowstone Park. Miss Faye King, a Portland girl, is doing much of the 11 lnstratlng for the book. Cologne la one of the larrest wine-pro-dnclng districts In Germany, the vineyards occupying the hills along the rivers, from Thlch the chief wines take their names. jdijijuiDfbJiSqi. nipis dXjttjuio IIL'IJ"! SEALS, CRIPPLED, STILL UP II RAGE Tennant and Madden on Sick List jand Pitchers Do Poor Work. HARRY MELCHOIR MAY GO Danny Long Looking About for New Outfielders, Despite Fine Show ing of Hunfcy Shaw Central League Is on Rocks. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. (Spe cial.) What's food to one man is poi son to another. That was brought home this week when it was announced that on account of interest in the Pa cific Coast League race, the Central League would suspend. The Central League Is made up of semi-professional ball tossers who play on Sundays and have had a circuit consisting of Ala meda and other small towns. It started with fair patronage, but when the Coast League race became exciting with teams shifting from first to fourth place and back again Inside of a week, the fans put on their best clothes and hied across the bay on Sunday after noon. 'Hence the disbandment of the. little league that has been a mighty good thing in fostering ball players. The Seals and Oaks, always the bit terest of enemies, have been at it hammer and tongs, and the crowds have been good all along. Oakland's are strong for their home team and the Seal rooters haven't been slow in re sponding. The Seals have been crippled to a great extent and are still far from be ing right. Tommy Tennant has been out of the game with tonsilitls, and It was only the first of the week that he was able to leave the house. Doc Mosklman has been playing a good first base,, but he hasn't the gin ger displayed by red-headed Tommy. That's Tennant's best quality, and he Is sadly missed In consequence. ' Madden on Sick List. Tommy Madden Is another Seal who Is on the invalid list. His stomach went back on htm after the last Sacra mento trip, and Tommy hasn't been well since. Htinky Shaw has been playing a re markable game in the outfield and if he keeps that up is certain of his berth. Danny Long, however, is still looking about for another outfielder, as he thinks that the club is weak in that department. Henry Melchior is likely to be the chap to go if there is a change. Also, while we are on this gloomy subject. It might be remarked that tho Seal pitchers are doing poor work, and It is a surprise that the club has moved along in the pennant race as well as the figures show. Those centerfield bleachers of the lo cal grounds are coming to be quite the popular place for home runs. Zacher was the first to turn the trick several weeks ago and he duplicated the feat last Tuesday afternoon. Roy Brash ear also has a homer in that sec tion to his credit, so that Cal Ewing loses a bet, as he Wagered there wouldn't be three home runs In the bleacher Bectlon all season. ( Vitt'S Hitting 19 Surprise. What do you think of Oscar Vitt'A putting the ball over the fence for a home run? Oscar has one home run to his credit that was made on the Oak land grounds, but he never pulled off the trick in San Francisco until last "It's the way I hold the bat," lie said the other day. "I used to choke the bat close up and now I am holding it in different fashion. Watch out for me in the future. I may have a Ping Bodie record to my credit before the season Is over." Captain "Kid" Mohler has been after Danny Long to try to get Art Schafer, the infielder, from the New York Giants. Schafer practiced with the Seals while they were in Los Angeles on their last trip and Mohler wns greatly Impressed by the ex-Giant's speed. Schafer is in business in Los Angeles and did not report in the East last Spring. Mohler was given to understand, however, that Schafer would not be averse to playing on the Coast, where he may be near his busi ness Interests. Danny Long Is considering an offer from Paso Robles-to ha.ve the Seals do their Spring training at that resort. Paso Robles has made the proper In ducements, and if a ball park is erected there Long says the Seals will take advantage of the mineral springs to get into condition for the playing sea son. The weather may be bothersome, but Long, says he is willing to take that chance. Oakland Accuses Seattle. The Oakland club has filed charges against Seattle with the National Com mission as an outcome of the Jim Wiggs case. Seattle refuses to pay Wlggs' salary between the time he was turned back to Oakland and then signed up again. The Oakland man agement charges that Seattle resorted to underhand tricks in the deal. Before leaving San Francisco for Portland, Happy Hogan declined to trade Johnny Kane for Tommy Mad den. Happy said Long had sounded him on the subject, but that he could not see his way clear to letting the speedy Kane go. At the same time he declared that he considered Madden a valuable man for any team.' Harry Sutor thinks that two men Buddy Ryan and Art Krueger are re sponsible for the showing of the Beavers. "Tt la Btmnl, matter to fiartire out the success of that club," declares tho southpaw. "Ryan does his part in getting on the bases and Krueger works the hit and run game, which has scored most of the Beavers' runs. I have seen this pair work that game time and again. I consider Krueger one of the best hitteis in the league." Grants Pass Sues Railroad. GRANTS PASS. Or., July 15. (Spe cial) Two actions were filed In the Circuit Court today against the South ern Pacific Company and the Oregon & California Railroad Company for street condemnation proceedings by the City of Grants Pass. The city is seeking to open Fourth and Fifth streets across the railroad company's right-of-way and the . company does not favor the opening of streets. The actions are the result of a long at tempt to settle matters without going to court, but the Southern Pacific Company has been inclined to hold the, big end of the stick and this rftas' aroused a citizens' feeling tfcat has crept into the Council chamlr In the form of a petition for the Opundl to act.