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YOUTH, IN TENNIS, AGAIN BEATS. AGE Foley's Beautifully Developed Lawford Stroke Wins Championship. STATE TOURNEY PASSES Finer on" Game Off Color Over PTerlnus Tear. Dp to Lark of Practice to Defend Title. Foley Off for Xortb Too lent. BT BALPH It. UTCHEU That Portland tennis players of both sexes will be In evidence during the rsmslndor of the Kinoa In tournaments throughout the Nurta west la a precllc tlon aa the result of the enthuaiasm which waa created by the Oregon state tourney, a most suocesaful one, which rinMd yesterday en the Multnomah Club eourta. Tcomafattl. Everett and possibly Victoria tournaments may see Port land wlelders of the racquet entered In imtrr number than any previous year. This Is due mainly to the fact that natters, to the International a week tio anJ to the state thla paat week, have been rathe- instatert lo their Inflations to Portland people to visit the tournaments in the North. Of the men there la the poaalblllty that Oorrlll. Lewis. Wakeman and one or two others may be anrbng Portland's representatives. Of the fair sex. Intl matlona have been srlven that the Visses Schaefer. 'Campbell. Leadbetter. For.ilnir and lira 11. E. Judite may be amonr those, who will be aeen In action on the courts of the North. That any or all of thrne would give a rood ac count of themaelves roes without say In;. MrAttiln I Happy. It was one of the moat successful of state tournament w-e have ever held." declared A. B. McAlpln. chairman of the tennis committee of the alult nomah Club, yesterday. In speaking of the results of the weeks rlsy. "The enthusiasm was evident, the play was of the hlarheat type and the gallery was pretty fair; so all In all. I think everybody was satisfied." Surely the enthuaiasm was there, but there Is cause for regret that so many players defaulted, others refusing to enter at all Would, however, that the enthusiasm created, do much toward bringing ten nis to Its proper stand In this eity; that the petty Jealousies be forgotten and that all work In harmony for the bene fit of the game. It waa almost pa thetic In Instances to see the hand shaking after a match had been won and lost, one side or Individual sympa thizing or congratulating. Twaa all farcical, and both men and women can hut be blamed. Here's hoping the Utb annual Oregon state tournament will do much toward eliminating club and click factional strife, and that har mony may prevail In the future for the good of the only strictly amateur sport In Portland. Great Match Witnessed. That match yesterday afternoon be tween Foley and Emerson will go down In Northwest tennis circles as one of the greatest ever witnessed. There was not a dull moment during the entire performance, despite the fact that both men played a deliberate, steady, plac ing game, yet replete with spectacular executions which almost brought the Urge and enthusiastic gallery to its feet oftentimes. Foley uaea a peculiarly cat-Tike stroke, s quick of movement as that of the feline family and aa uncertain to the opponent In point of attack. He plays a wonderfully certain game, and his I J years show time has not hurt him. particularly when he la on the courts. Foley has shown but little form oh the California courts for the past four years. In 190T he won the Bay coun ties championship In single, the Ala meda County championship and tho San Francisco championship. He waa conaldered a far more promising play er at that time than either Maurice MrLoushlln or Melville Long. In the following season. Foley lost all of his form and practically retired from the game after trying out in sev eral tournaments. San Francisco fans could not account for It. aa Foley dropped from the top of the first class, to about the top of the second. Not until the paat two months has he given promise of "coming back." He partici pated In a tournament In the Mouth recently and in a doubles match showed to better advantage than Long. MrLouxhlln or Ilundy. Aa Foley has never taken part In a tournament In the East he has not been g.ven a rating, but It Is thought that he would rank, close op at prea ent vtlth McLoughlln and Long. L'dmtwo'i Game) Off Color. Emerson's game, unfortunate!, waa nut up to the old-time form. This, la a way. might have been expected, par ticularly on the asphalt court. Emerson haa played little tennis at North Ta kima tnte year, and when he could steal time to play It waa on clay or worse than clay courts. The ranch has con sumed a.l of the ex-champion's time. Derlte this handicap and the faot that Foley's game la played the greater part of the year on asphalt courts. Em eraon put up a good fight. His eye. how. evar. haa gone back oa him. His cun ning la not what It waa laat year or In years gone by when he helped hlmaelf to Western and Northwestern honor at Chlcaro ann Lake MInnetonka. Min nesota. But his head la at 111 with him. 11m played a most heady game, but Knley went htm one better. It was youth pitted against age. and youth proved the better, but age was a good and yet a hard loser. Foley playa a beautiful game." com mented Emerson after the match, which waa full of execution bordering on the spectacular many times. Foley's angle ehota. hie cleverly manipulated wrist movement In back-hand strokes, the like of wh:h were never before seen exe cuted by a Calif omlan on Portland courts, won point after point and wore down his opponent. Foley" 'Knocks" Own Game. I hit the ball like an old woman." commented the new champion after the match. Uoti men played easily and often times sure, but Emerson'e service, not so true or swift as formerly, went back on him at critical times, and doubles were made In the net when points were sorely needed. On the other hand. Foley's eye was almost perfect. His aim aure. his Law ford beautifully developed, his service, spparently easy yet of an out-curve cut. proved the point-getter and the match winner. . F.meraon will leave thla morning for .North aaklma and "back to the ranch." SOME PARTICIPANTS IN PINAL DAY'S TENNIS PLAY YESTEEDAY. f r t .A 1 W r - 1 N $ ' f -w r " l i .C " sjie, 1 sv .. i i- .. j 'J - , i but will be seen la the Oregon tourna ment again next year. Foley leaves for Uanoouver tonight, playing In the Main land tourney thero this week. He will be seen In Augun at Tacoma. and will then leave for California. . First set Double Foley . Emerson Second Foley .. Emereon Third Foley . , Emrrwa Kourth Foly . . Emerson Totale Foley Emerson 11 13 8 13 S s 4 T ft is a 14 14 12 t 83 1 by Foley. ::::::::i5 ....11 .10 aet 8 .13 .8T .41 B 2is by Em.rvoa. 11. First set Outs. Foley .. 4 Iewls 3 Wtekershara .... 3 Oorrlll . 3 Second sat Foley 4 Lewis ....... . 4 wickeraham .... ft Oorrlll 3 Third aet Foley ........... ft Lewis 3 Wlrkereham .... a Oorrlll Fourth aet Folev 3 Lew la ft Wlrkersham .... Gorrlll ......... 4 Totala Foley 14 L.wla ..........14 Wickeraham ....21 Gorrlll It rtouble Passea. Faults. Net: 4 , 0 O S ' O s s o 5 4 6 10 6 10 6 0 5 4 3(0 4 11 4 4 0 6 S 0 41 8 10 - 1 0 7 t 0 15 1 1 14 6 1 14 11 0 23 1 4 Number of saroee won by Foley and Lew la, 19; by Wlckaratram and Oorrlll. 13. Ternls N'otes. Foley aaya he' now after "Tylert goat." He may get It. but he'll have to work harder for It than he did for WIckersham's. The tournament was a suoceaa. despite the handicap under which the Multnomah Club labored. No little comment has been beard aa to the advisability of permitting an outsider to carry away all the trophies In a state tournament, but there is mnoh to be aald on both sides. The women surely "did themselves proud" when It came to quenohlng thirsts and satisfying the appetltee of the spectators. Little Irene Campbell only needs an other year or two before she may de velop Into a state champion. She gave evidence yesterday of being In the run ning. Wlckersham and Oorrlll were clearly off color In their doublea match. Though they played Lewis during the greater portion of their match, he was equal to the occasion, and tho double "faults" made by the Portland team la some cases seemed Inexcusable. Foley la an almost perfect doubles teammate. He la willing to give his partner his or her full share, and when things look oriUoal be calls a halt and steps In and "Just helps out" May Oregon soon develop some youngsters of the class of Foley. The "class" shown by Miss Fording, new state champion, the Misses Sohae fer. Campbell. Leadbetter. Fox and Mrs. Judge, would lead one to expect great things of the Portland young women in the North. RACIXO MATIXEE IS PLAXSTED Riverside Driving Club Announces Programme for Next Saturday. Officers of the Riverside Driving Club yesterday announced the pro gramme for a matinee at the Country Club next Sunday afternoon to Include two trotting races and a pacing event aa follows; Event No. 1 B. trotting. 1 III I, mile a. R Howltt. b. g. Hooky Dory; XL. j Mrers. b. m.. T.rt X.; A. C Pmlth. b. m . Eonetta; T. K- Howttt. b. g, Eargo; J. T. Howtlt..b. g, Raetua -Event No. X. trotting. J In 3. mils heats A C Itunlre, ch. g. Red Skim; J. a. Craaa. oh. m.. Holly C. : T. W. Murphy, a m.. Slae Meridian; C. W. FraaSera. b. nv. Cantaince: C. W. Todd. ch. s.. Clambaka Event No. 3. pans. tulle, 7 In S Hen w-insa. br. a. Rwket: O. J. Brown, br. Oeoraia Poae: Harry Squire, ch. m.. Toy land : L. W. Waua. sr. c. Blue Jacket; Hen ry Drenneo. b. m.. VI lea Altalena Xveat s'e 4, boys' posy race, 14-tnlle, THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JUIT 23, 1911. POLO FIELD RUSHED Garden Home Tract. HORSE SHOWS PLANNED rortland EnthuUjt3 Keenly Intw ested In Project Polo Field to Be Equal to Any In the) West, Says 1-eader of Clnb. Construction work on the Portland Hunt Club's half-mllo track and polo field on Its Garden Home property be gan last Tuesday. The project Is to be completed on or before the expiration of CO days. Jo'plln Meeks. contract ors, were given a contract for the work at a meeting- of the club directors last Monday. The track will be flat, designed for running races, although It also will serve for harness races. The soil npon which the track Is being shaped Is well fitted for race track purposes ac cording to the contractors and club of ficials. , A network of tiling Is being laid through the field and track In order that substantial turf for the polo field may be had. The polo field will be 300 by 900 feet In dimensions, almost the regulation sixe. expect to have one of the finest polo fields In the United States." said president Cronln. of the Hunt Club. 'Furthermore, we expect to develop polo Into one of the leading sporting games In the city. Polo is one of the most spectacalar games played and one of the -cleanest." At tho opening of tho track and club grounds, which probably will be on La bor Day. the Portland Hunt Club will hold a big meet. In which running races for both men and -women and polo games will play a prominent part At present members of the club are prac ticing polo on the links of tho Waverly Oolf Club. The Portland team has shown considerable Improvement sine lta games with the officers of Van couver Barracks played two months ago. Another of the Hunt Clubs plans Is he holding Of an annual open-air sad dle horse show. This sort of show hag provsd popular in Eastern sporting centers. New Tork City. Pittsburg and Philadelphia particularly, and has been In yogtie In England for ages. There are many fine-blooded saddle horses owned In Portland and It Is the Inten tion of the Portland Hunt Club to bring them together each year If possible. Enlargement of the club stables will bo In line with the general Improve ment policy now being carried out. The present cspaclty Is about 15 animals. This will be doubled and perhaps tripled. There lsyplenty of room for building more stables, aa the club owns ft tract of approximately 20 acres oa the Oregon Electrlo Railroad, seven miles southwest of Portland. There are several strings of Imported polo ponies now In Portland. H. U Corbett. F. W. Lesdbetter. Captain Gor don oVorhles. Roderick Macleay. Jo seph Wllsy. A. M. Cronln. C. B. Nor Un? CT. R- Coghlan and William Warrens all own polo ponies. Some In teresting games are assured for the Fall riding season. Battling- Nelson Training. MEDFORD, OrWuly 83. (Special.) Battling Kelson, with a retinue of rub bers and trainers, has been training In Medford In preparation for his bout I 11 IV ' t v. T,mn.v rinfYnev n f Pan Francisco. Nelson will have as sparring partner Frankle Edwards, who was defeated by Gaffney on July 4. EASTERX GOLFERS VICTORIOUS Whittemore and Evans Winners In Manchester Tonrney. MANCHESTER, Mass.. July 22. Tho East triumphed over he Middle West at golf today at tho Essex Country Club, where Parker Whittemore, of the local club, defeated Charles Evans, Jr., of Chicago, In the finals for the Manchester cup by one up. Whitte more gained a place in the finals la the forenoon by a default, while Evans defeated H. H. Wilder, of tho Ves per Country Club of Lowell, by four up and two to play. Whittemore and Evans In their con test this afternoon drew one of the largest galleries ever seen on the North Shore links. The crisis of the match came at the 11th hole, where Whittemore gained the lead by sinking a put from the edge of the green for three. The cards: Whittemore Out, 4, S, 5, 4, 3, 3, 6, 6, 4, 38; In, 5. 3. 4, S, 4, 3, 5. 4. 37; total 15. Evans Out, 6,6, 44. 4, 2, 6, 4. 4. 38; in, 6. 4. 4, 5. 4, 4. 5, 3. 4. 38; total 78. RAYMOND EASY VICTOR CIIEHAXiIS MEX PCT UP RAGGED EXHIBITION. Fechtner Wild and Frank Replace Illra, While Baker Allows bnt Three Scattering Hits. Won. IxiHt, Pet. Centralis ................ .24 12 .AOS Chehalla ....23 13 .638 Raymond .... 17 17 .495 South Band... ....... . 7 8 .200 CHEHAUS. Wash- July 22. (Spe cial.) Raymond won easily from Che halls today In the State League, Pitcher Baker securing a shutout score. Raymond 8, Chehalls 0. Fechtner started to pitch for Che halls, but was -wild and Frank replaced him, Chehalls playing a ragged game, while for the most part Raymond's support was good. Chehalls mad but three hits off Baker, and they were scattering. Score: R. H. E ! R. H. E. Chehalls... 0 3 6RaymonA. .. 8 7 4 Summary Two-base hit. Moore. Three-base hit. Burnett. Stnaok aut, Fechtner 3, Frank 7. Baker 8. Batterlea Fechtner, Frank asd Ms Bride; Baker and Wlneholt. BANK BUYS $20,000 LOT Culled- States National of Vancouver May Erect Building. VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 22. (Spe cial.) A lot at the corner of Sixth and Main streeta has been sold for 320,000. to J. M. Langsdorf, president of the United States National Bank, of this clt', by C. A. Blurock, who will retain possession until February 1, 1912. While It Is not given out. it Is understood-that the United States National Bank will erect a building on the prop erty next year. On the diagonal corner Is the Van couver National Bank, which is being refitted and furnished with Grecian marble, and a large vault has recently been built. The Blurock lot was held last year by an option of $1000. paid by Moore St Hardke, of Portland, but was forfeited. The lot five years ago cost Mr. Blurock 23000. Mr. Blurock will build at Seventh and Washington a two-story building to cost about $20,000, which he will occupy. FOLEY CHAMPION, BEATING EMERSON Three Straight Sets, Taken With Ease, Give Califor nian State Honors. MISS FORDING IS VICTOR In Grilling Match, Going Three Sets, of Which Miss Camphell Gets First, Portland Girl Becomes State Champion Also. WTNNEBS OF FINALS AT TENNIS. Men's singles Charles E. Foley, San Francisco. ,' Women'a alnglea Miaa Stella Ford Ins. Portland. Men'a doublea Charlea E. Foley. Ban Franclaoo, and J. W. Lewis. Port land. Women'a ' doublea Mlaa Stella Fording. Portland Mlaa Lily Fox, Portland.' Mixed doubles Mlaa Myrtle Schaef er, Portland; Charlea E. Foley. San Frandaco. Men'a alnglea. conaolationa L. K. Richardson. Seattle. Tennis of high order before the larg est gallery of the year marked the close yesterday of the 13th annual Ore gon state championship tournament on the courts of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. Charles E. Foley, of San Francisco, challenger, won the men's singles championship, decisively beating Nathaniel Emerson, of North Yakima, in the challenge round for the Fiske trophy cup. The match went four sets, none of which were deuce affairs. The score: 3-6, 6-.1, 6-3, 6-1. Though good tennis was seen, tire match was rather a disappointment, owing to its one-sldedneera. Foley showed remarkable form, beating the clever Emerson at his own style the placing" game. Emerson's almost total abstinence from tennis playing since a year ago left him entirely ungroomed for a match with a youngster of the caliber of Foley. His speedy service, accurate placing and brilliant net work of a year ago were lacking and conclusive proof of his poor condition was evidenced by his many double faults In serving. Foley Works for Every Point. The San Francisco crack had to work for every point, and usually it was af ter a spirited rally that points were scored. During the first set the two men merely felt each other out. After Foley had taken three consecutive games, Emerson showed the best play ing of his match and won six succes sive games and the first set. After that, however, the San Fran Cisco boy, with the characteristic deter mination and confidence which has been noticeable throughout the week, . - vn&r.i1-e- hnmhnrilmpnt of chop shots both cross court and straight down tne lines waitn ncpi iuiti ol. constantly moving and unable to re turn with his best aim. He did not let up on the play until he had the match safely won. By the -use of his splendid back hand chop the former Western cham pion made wonderful returns of Foley's hard drives, but the younger man's su perior speed and greater accuracy was too much for the veteran and he was able to get but five games the last three sets. Superior Ability Victor. It was a fitting climax to the match, with Emerson and Foley see-sawlng at deuce for many minutes before Fo ley finally won the game, set and match. The players deuced It nine times during the struggle for the lone point. There were many deuced games In the match. Emerson's defeat can be attributed only to the younger man's superior tennis ability. Better tennis was played by the wo men In the championship round than was seen In the men's match, Miss Stella Fording and Miss Irene Camp bell playing a grilling three-set 39 game match In the morning. Miss Ford ing won on endurance, but only after a very hard-fought battle, In which a great variety of strokes were nicely used. Seldom does a women's match run above a seven-all score In game, but tho first set In the Fordlng-Camp-belf match went to 11-9, with Miss Campbell the winner. Miss Fording took tho second set 7-5, after Miss Campbell made a gritty pull-up from 6-1 against her to 5-all. It was beau tiful tennis to watch, with Miss Camp bell playing the better game until her strength failed her. Miss Fording played her usual accurate placing game in the final set. winning $-1. Mls Campbell Improves Fast. Miss Campbell has shown greater Im provement than any other woman player in Portland. Four years ago she received 80, while Miss Fording owed 30. Today they are as evenly matched as two women players can be. Miss Campbell Is a prime favorite with the crowd, and rightly, too, for she gave good exhibitions of the racquet game in her eliminating of MIbs Schaefer and Miss Fox from the tournament. Miss Fordtng"s driving was good and grew steadier as the match progressed, though at the net Miss Campbell shone. Miss Campbell's overhead drive was good and she passed nicely with It. but endurance won the state champion ship for Miss Fording. Paired with J. W. Lewis, of Portland, Foley successively challenged Brandt H. Wlckersham and Ralph C. Gorrlll. holders of the Multnomah Club cups, for the men's doubles championship, winning in four sets, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. This match was the last of the tourna ment. The driving and net play of the Northwest champion doubles team was not effective against the lobbing of Lewis and the smashing of Foley. To the spectators It was noticeable from the start that Wlckersham and Oorrllll were nervous and that Foley and Lewis would win. Gorrlll was weak on lobs, although hitherto he has shown his driving ability on this particular play. Wlckersham. too. hit into the net too often. There were many exceed ingly Interesting rallies and some good volleying during the match. Foley showed much nerve several times by killing lobs from the back line when the game was 40-30 against his team. Klchardson Wins Consolation. Running 8. B. Cooke almost to the point of collapse by his marvelous back court placing L. M. Richardson, of Seat tle, won the consolation finals yesterday In a pretty match and a hard battle, as evidenced by the score: 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. It was a match between two advocates of thft back-court playing, with Richardson having the advantage of every rally or volley because of his pretty placing. He ran Cooke from side to side repeatedly and forced his opponent to beat himself. It was one of the hardest-fought matches of the tournament. Richardson received a pretty trophy for his victory. After losing the first set 3-6. Miss Stella Fording and Miss Lily Fox won the women's doubles championship from Miss Lessie Leadbetter and Mfss Myrtle Schaefer, by 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. Coming up from behind with the score 4-love against them the brilliant Miss Schae fer and the steady Miss Leadbetter, deuced the third set at 5-all, but their hard spurt could not last and the state woman champion and Miss Fox pulled out the match with two successive games. . Walter A. Holt, president of the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club, presented the cups to the winner after the matchs. Foley took the Fiske challenge cup and the Multnomah cup for the men's sin gles, one of the Multnomah's cups for the men's doubles, and one of the Mult nomah cups for mixed doubles. Miss Fording, for winning her first Oregon championship, secures the J. Wesley Ladd challenge cup and thr Multnomah cup, J. W. Lewis was presented with two cups, while Miss Lessie Leadbetter and A. D. Wakeman won the runner up prizes for mixed doubles. Miss Myrtle Schaefer won two cups while Miss Lily Fox, Miss Irene Campbell, Nat Emerson, Brandt Wlckersham and Ralph Gorrill were also among the trophy win ners. Yesterday scores follow: Results. Men's singles Charles E. Foley, San Fran cisco, beat Nathaniel Emerson. North lak ima. 6-6, 6-1. 6-:t. tt-1. Women' sinplea Mlaa Stella Fording, Portland, beat Miss Irene Campbell, Port land. 0-11, 7-5. 6-1. Men-a doubles Charlea E. Foley, San Francisco, and J. W. Lewie, Portland; beat Brandt H. wlckersham, Portland, and Ralph C. Oorrlll. Portland, 6-1. 8-6. 6-1. 6-3. Women's doubles Miss Stella Fording. Portland, and Miaa Lily Fox. Portland, heat Miss Lessie Leadbetter, Portland, and Misa Mvrtle Schaefer, Portland, 8-6, 6-3. 7-5. Mixed doublea Miss Myrtle Schaefer, Portland, and Charles E. Foley. San Fran cisco, beat Miss Lessie Leadbetter, Portland, and A. l. Wakeman, Portland (played Fri day). 6-1. 6-3. Men'a siimiea, consolatlona Ia K. Rich ardson, Seattle, beat S. B. Cooke. Portland. 7-r, 6-4. 6-3. . Following are the scores of the Foley Emerson and the Foley and Lewis and Wlckersham and Gorrlll matches: CLOTHIER AT LARXED BEATEN Little and Toucharcl Take Three Straight Sets From Veterans. BOSTON, July 22. In the semi finals of the Eastertulawn tennis cham pionship at Long-wood Club grounds Raymond D. Little, and Gustav Touchard, of New York, and B. C Wright and N. W. Niles, of Boston, won their matches and will meet In the finals Tuesday. Little and Touchard disposed of W. J. Clothier, of Philadelphia, and W. A. Larned, of Summit, N. J., by a score of 7-5, 8-6. 6-4. Wright and Niles defeated R. Bishop and E. H. Whitney, of Boston, 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 8-6, 6-2. These were the only matches today, as the semifinals In singles were set over to Monday. Summary: Doubles championship Semifinal round: R. D. Little and G. F. Touchard de feated W. J. Clothier and W. A. Larned, 7-5, 8-6, 6-4. B. C. Wright and N. W. Niles de feated R. Bishop and E. H. Whitney, 6-1. 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2. GAIX IS SLOW IN ENGLAND British Do Not Take Kindly to Amer ican National Game. LONDON, July 23. (Special.) Once more Americans in England aro mak ing an attempt to plant baseball on the British playing fields as a counter at traction to cricket and football. Four years ago a number of young enthusi asts from Harvard. Yale, Princeton and elsewhere found themselves In and around London, so for a while they ran games at the Crystal Palace, Clapton and other famous grounds, gaining considerable publicity thereby. But the spurt did not last. The men left Lon don, or felt other claims too pressing on their time. There followed a period during which the fortunes of baseball fluct uated until two years ago Tommy Bums determined to try his hand at popularizing It, encouraged by the new life he had been able to put into British boxing. He found the few clubs, then form ing the basis of the baseball associa tion but an indifferent medium for an active campaign, but very soon his own enthusiasm and personal magnetism began to convince men that it was bet ter to take a hand in a baseball game than to loaf round the ringside watch ing professionals play either of the British pastimes. When he had found his men he had difficulties, for the Britisher does not take very handily to new games, so every time a contest was arranged, any team with an Amer ican or two In It literally wiped the floor with Its opponents. Then Tommy Burns had to answer tho fistic chal lenge that came across the ocean, and the spur of his activity was removed from tho budding baseballers. But he left a bunch of players In far better shape than when he took a hand at baseball organization. So, out of that, camo the present British Baseball League, a governing body to which, when this season be gan, four clubs were affiliated. With in a month, with a little pioneer work in likely quarters, the number rose to six and as young Americans are plenti ful over here this year, scattered up and down the country, there will be at least a dozen clubs in operation be fore the season is out. Among the best workers In this mis sion of sport are the American Rhodes scholars, whose scholastic accomplish ments at Oxford have been criticised, but whose athletic prowess finds few detractors. At both Cambridge and Oxford several games have been played but, as in London, the only way to keep the enterprise afloat has been to sprinkle the Americans over both teams, so as to make the games more like contested struggles than mere walkovers. , Today the chief boosters of the alien pastime are Charles King, a well known figure in tie football world, and A. A. Atkins, another all-round sportsman In other fields before base ball gained possession of his fancy. King Is president and Atkins secretary of the league. 2 TINY RUNAWAYS BACK Eight-Year-Old and Companion Sleep Out All Night. Too tired to tell where they had been, Clarence Ferguson, 8 years old, living at 711 Washington street, and Frankle Moore, who lives at Seven teenth and Gllsan streets, returned home yesterday after being away since Friday. The two little boys are supposed to have gone to Council Crest, lost their way and slept out while trying to find their homes. Both left late Friday aft ernoon and their parents kept up anxious search. The sole account the Ferguson boy could give of his travels was that he and his companion had slept beside a pile of pipe Friday night. A family in Holt County, aaya the Kanaaa City Star, la aald to possess aa an heir loom a pair of baby shoea made in 1783. The shoes have been in poaaesalon of the family for 128 yeara, and have been "tried on" all the babies of the family. EWING ATTACKS PORTLAND'S ALLY San Francisco Ball Magnate "Sore" on Aliiance, Would Start Campaign. FULL OWNERSHIP IS PLAN Resolution Requiring Absoluie Tltl to Every Player Cpon Penalty of Forfeiture of Franchise Is San j Francisco Man'a Proposal. BY ROSCOB FAWCETT. At the next meeting of the Pacific Coast League directors J- Cal Ewing, owner of the San Francisco Seals, will attempt to break the alliance between the Portland and Cleveland clubs. Mo gul Ewing, who is here with his toss ers this week, outlined his mode of at tack yesterday. "Absolute ownership of Its players Is the only way to run a league of this caliber," said Ewing. "I am not level ing my criticism against Portland alone for we have four clubs hooked up with major league granaries. Sacramento is virtually a "farm" for Boston. Wol verton has some sort of an arrange ment with Connie Mack for his Oak land team and I believe Vernon Is hitched up with the Chicago Cubs. "The system is wrong-, I tell you, and I Intend to introduce a resolution re quiring absolute title to every player upon penalty of forfeiture of franchise. Then there'll be no blanket choices for any major league teams and we'll have our own league growing stronger and stronger every season." "How about San Francisco? Where did you get Weaver?" queried a Mc Credie supporter. "Paid cash for Weaver, who came from the Connecticut League through Chicago," replied Ewing. "Yes and I got cash for Bodie, who was drafted, and I got cash for Rollie Zelder. You say it would be nigh Impossible to pre vent secret alliances between Coast League teams and the major managers. Well, I think that franchise forfeiture penalty will regulate that. Further more, lt might interest you to know that the president of this league Is empowered to look over the hooks of any club at any time he desires." The San Francisco magnate, recog nized as perhaps the shrewdest base ball man on the Coast, virtually con cedes the pennant to the Portland Bea vers, although he doesn't put It In so many words. Oaklajid will be rlpht tip at the finish, too, according to Ewing s views, in fact the former head of the league ranks the Oaks higher up the keyboard than Hap Hogan's Vernons. Ewing gives Portland credit for the best twirling staff In the league and ranks San Francisco next. Strand Babble Burets. Paul Strand, the famous Spokane pitching beauty, for whom Boston paid J8500, seems to have exploded like the "Mississippi Bubble." Tho 19-year-old southpaw has youth, strength, speed and bulk, but too much publicity seems to have impaired him rather than forced him ahead, and once more we find a living exemplification of tho ax iom that "mush cannot be transposed into gray matter in one week's time." When Strand's pitching average, sunk below the .600 mark, Spokane wisely refrained from using him for a time, but on Friday be was given a new lease of life, only to be driven from the box by the raging Seattleites. This does not signify that the. lad lacks tho attributes of a great pitcher, but it does prove that it takes a "noodle" and experience to win ball games. The Northwestern League graphical ly boars out this assertion, for the six leading pitchers of the league are men of years' experience in other and faster organizations. Wiggs of Seattle, the old Coast leaguer, tops the list with seven wins and one defeat; Kngla of Vancouver follows with 12 and three; Willis of Spokane with 14 and four; Annls of Tacoma with 10 and four. Holm and Schwenck, of Spokane, with 10 and five and eight and four respectively. Skeels of Seattle, Gordon of Tacoma and Rasmussen of Vancouver, all three, of whom now belong to major league clubs, top the list of youngsters. Skeels has won 10 and lost five and Gordon s victory on Friday makes it 12 and six for him. Henderson, Is Boosted. "Whom do you consider the best right-hander and the best southpaw in the Coast circuit?" the writer queried, during the course of the fanfest. "Henderson, of Portland; Sutor, of San Francisco," replied Ewing in the twinkling of an eye. "I think Sutor Is superior either to Pernoll, of Oak land, or Castleton, of Vernon, In tha southpaw division." "Don't you give Byram, of Sacra mento, a chance in your list?" "Well, he may become a second Gregg, as the fans and papers around the circuit tell us, but at present I do not think Byram as reliable and steady as any of the three aforementioned portsiders." replied J. Cal. "In my judgment the best pitchers In the Coast League today are Henderson and Steen, of Portland; Sutor and Henley, of San Francisco: Christian and Pernoll of Oakland; Baum, of Sacramento; Castle ton, of Vernon, and Delhi, of Lob Ange les." SALEM GIVEN SENSATION Italian, Alleged Assailant of Tacoma Girl, Would Kill Self. SALEM, Or.. July 22. (Special.) En deavoring to beat his brains out on the pavement because he had just been ar rests by Chief of Police Hamilton, of Salem, ata! City Detective James Ma lone, of Tacosaa, Joe Rossi created a, sensation at skate and Commercial streets, the main corner of the town, today. Rossi was arrested for attempting to murder Delia Olivia, an 18-year-old girl of Tacoma. The crime occurred April 22, when the Olivia girl was going from her home to the downtown district In Tacoma. He seized her and cut her bad ly .with a razor. The attack might have resulted in murder only the razor struck a hair comb and broke into pieces. "I love the girl, another man love the girl and I was Jealous," was Rossi's ex planation of the crime after he had been strapped at the Jail. Ha sat raging and l fuming like a wild-eyed Cammorist as Detective Malono was waning ror tne train, and he threatened to kill himself at the earliest opportunity. A new pocket tool cleans insulation from electric wlrea aa it la drawn along them, and will separate without injury two wires which may be twlstad together, .