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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND t MARCI1 31, 1912.
JAVELIN THROW
AND JUMPS, LAST
BARRY'S SEAniE
Illinois Legislator Gallagher Is
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SEEN IN ACTION NEXT TUESDAY.
Now After "Baseball Trust
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FLAG LOOK STRONG
Bill Hayward Writes Final Ar
ticle of Series on How Ath
letes Should Train.
Dugdale's Manager Lops Off
Eight "Phenoms" Without
Causing a Ripple.
San Francisco Sport Writer
Picks Beavers, Seals and
Happy Hogan's Team.-
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LONG BOLSTERS OUTFIT
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Reckoned a Being More For
midable Than Ever.
RI HARRY B. SMITH..
SAX FRANCISCO. Cat. March 30.
The Winter' over. That dark, gloomy
spell during- which time we could only
surmise what they'd be doing in the
Summer months has at last come to an
end. Of course, the lid was lifted
when the Spring training season
opened, but we couldn't fully realise
1t until now that the regular Coast
Leaarue. season la ready for the starter.
Next Tuesday, and that's not so far
off. the seven months of bsseball will
be under way and the fans will have
some really truly line on the teams,
which has up to the present been noth
ing more than a matter of speculation.
I'm not goln to make any predic
tion at the present time. I want to look
over the teams first of all an 1 see how
they slse up with one another before
doing anytlnntr so rash. At the same
time. It Is common srneslp of those who
have been so fortunate i to look over
all of the cluhs that there are Just
three teams In the rare for the bunting
I'ortland. San Francisco and Vernon,
t see where Walter McCredie would
like to bet $1000 that he will beat out
the Sells, which means. accoriilnK to
Ms way of thinking, that the San Fran
cisco club Is the one to beat.
Uu'i Team Meoaaer.
of rortlar.d and Vernon we in San
Francisco have heard only by rrputa
linn, but we have a fairly good line en
what Sn Franclaco can accomplish.
And. without wanting- to rehash It is
unquestionably true tret if the pitchers
hold up the Seals will be doing things
this Summer.
Long has a team Immeasurably
alrrrcthened. Ith the possible ex
ception of the pltchina- staff, lie has
more speed In the field and on the
bases and more hitting power. Jack
son at first ought to do better work
than Tommy Tennant. because he Is
a heady ball player. Corhan has more
speed than Vitt and unquestionably
will perform better than did Oscar last
season. Tlia balance of the Infield will
be the same. A lot of new faces will
be seen tn the outfield. Raft cry. Hart
ley ar.d Mclvnr will do some hlttlna.
Johnson Is another hard hitter and
when there is a fight as to whether
Powell or MundorrT will be retained for
the fifth outfielder, you have some Idea
of what strength there Is for the San
Francisco club.
Baker looks to be the find of the
pltrhlrc squad, among the new men.
and either Strand or Toner, the spit
hall artist, will be the other. Toner
was bothered with a sore arm the first
two week a. but appear to be rounding
Into form at the present.
It is hard to aay what Miller. Hen
ley. Melkle. Fanning and Noyes will
accomplish, hut If they are at all up
to the standard of the rest of the
team, look out for us.
Oafca lok ( Be Weak
Oakland doesn't look good to the
baseball scribes. . They have said so
and now every time you visit the Oak
land camp you And them letting out a
holler because of this. It la a hard
Job. of course, to fill up an Infield that
was devastated as was the Oakland
Infield, and while good work has been
done. It looks as If Manager Sharp
will have a hard row to hoe.
He must rely to a large extent on his
pitching staff. Abies, of course. Is a
nan worth having, but what tha others
will do when under fire remains to ba
seen. Some of the Importations look
to ba men who will strengthen the
team, but you can tell far better after
they have been in the harness for a
couple of weeks.
McCredie aeema to have brought his
team through in good shape and it
gresealmoat without saying that he
will be one of tha contenders. Califor
nia fans have a deal of respect for the
baseball noodle that the Portland man
arrlea around with him and they take
hla Beavers Into consideration every
time there la any discussion of tha
prospective winner.
People who hsve seen Vernon and
Los Angeles, say that the Vernon nine
la the one from the south to be
watched. No one seems to think that
Frank Dillon has strengthened his
team to any large extent while they
are all willing to admit that Hap Ho
gan's club looks to be a first division
squad. Johnny Kane Is going far
better than In 1911 and Johnny Kane la
a host In himself.
Faaa A re latereateA.
Generally speaking, the outlook Is
bright for a heavy season from the
financial standpoint. In Ean Francisco
there have been more season reserva
tions mads than ever before. The fans
enthused by a month of mora baseball
new and gossip than they were ever
before fed. are anxious to see the clubs
started and there la bound to be a
good outpour.
Oakland played an exhibition gam
laat Sunday at which there waa an at
tendance of some 350 fans which
peaks well for the wsy things are
looking on the other side of the bay.
Danny Long wants to win that open
ing game from the Oaks and he baa
designated rack Henley aa tha pitcher
with Claud Berry doing the backstop
plng. Sharp, up to the present,
hasn't announced his batting order or
the pitcher, but the chancea are that
he will have Harry Abies on the
mound which means the Seals will
have a tough Job ahead of them.
San Francisco will have ita official
opening Tuesday when Mayor Rolpa
will pitch the first balL Oakland will
open up at home Thursday afternoon
with the customary parade and the hall
pitched by tbe Mayor, so we will dou
ble op on that end of the game.
I'mpsre sleftaa t'aaaaoaaeed.
Not until Sunday morning will Pres
ident Baum announce the way the um
pires will work tn the first aeries. At
that time, he will call his Indicator
men together for a conference so that
they can talk over th rules and hava
a clear' understanding of what they
will do.
To guess at his selections. It looks
as If Hlldebrand and Kandow Mertea
will work In San Francisco. McGreevy
and George Wheeler In Los Angelea
for the Portland-Angel series and Fin
ney and Prrle Casey In Sacramento.
This will divide the new men up so
there will be a steady head on each
diamond and that Is probably the way
they win be assorted for at least a
couple of weeks.
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Sam Mertea. ex-major league player, will make his debut as an um
pire Tuesday, when the Taclflc Coast League season of 1912 will be In
augurated. Mertes has had experience enough In the game to make a
Irst-class arbitrator, and no less an authority than Fielder A. Jones
haa expressed the opinion that ho will make good. "Sandow assisted
In breaking up tha California Outlaw circuit by making llfo miserable
for tbe umpires.
ALL STIGK
Quintet of 1911 Beavers Make
Good in East.
NONE LIKELY TO RETURN
Kulin Sa II. Cinch He Will Star,
Dooln Is Impressed With Tom
Sealon Kyan, Steen. Peck
Inpaugh Do Well, n
BT ROSCOE FAWCETT.
SANTA MARIA. CaU March JO.
(Special.) When Portland advanced
four stars. Gregg. Krapp. Fisher and
Olson, to the American League In
111 I. and all weathered the elimina
tions, the baseball world looked agape.
But Judging from major training camp
Information received by McCredie and
his Beavers today, last yesr's mark is
to be trllpsed In 1912. for all live grad
uates of the t wlce-ehamplon Coast
squad seem to be In line for perma
nent bertha.
Catcher Red Kuhn Is with th Chi
cago White Sox. In a letter received
by Clairvoyant St. John and forwarded
here, the sorrel-top says it is a cinch
he'll stick. His optimism is corrob
orsted by Chicago newspapers, which
rank him bead and shoulders over sll
the receivers next to the veterans Sul
livan and Block.
Pitcher Tom Sea ton Is with tha Phil
adelphia Nationals, while the other
three. Ryan. Steen and Pecklnpaugh.
are with the Cleveland Napa. Seaton
has been characterised as foremost of
all the recruita with tha Phillies, so is
certain to start th season aa a regu
lar. Teas Sealaa Boosted.
The Philadelphia North American
aaya of Seaton: "Tom weighs 178
pounds. He at once impressed Dooln
by hla calm demeanor and generalship.
Dooln said ha never saw a youth break
In with th fast set with th Pols,
balance and shrewdness of this 'Colo
rado chap."
Concerning the Cleveland trio, Mc
Credie received the intelligence this
morning that all will likely wear Cs
on their Jerseys and he has now about
given up hope of again seeing Peckln
paugh In a Portland uniform. Manager
Davis ssys he considers Bill Steen
ahead of some of his regulars. Willi
Mitchell. Blandlng and "Lefty Oeorge,
for Instance, so that disposes of the
crack saliva delivery of Linger. Gregg,
Krapp and Kaler are figured tha pitch
ing backbone, with James, Baskette.
Steen. George. Blandlng and Mitchell
trailing along in th above order of
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Dessert May Be Hired.
Demott. a Lafayette College star.
Swindell. Zlegler. Sweltxer and Cook
are the youngster who will be turned
back -for seasoning and McCredie Is
figuring on hooking Demott If hla staff
shows any weakness In th Loe Ange
lea series. - Demott waa with Omaha
for a time last season.
Ryan la with th Cleveland regular
outfit and la sure of a steady meal
ticket, for he has been hitting th pill
hard. Anyway, fiv outfielder ar to
be retained by th Naps. At short
Ivan Olson seems to have th call over
Pecklnpaugh. but Davis fears ha will
be unable to get waivers on Peck to
ship him back and lntimatea a deslr
to have him handy.
Th Cleveland Plaindealer aaya of
Pecklnpaugh: "Ha has shown great
Improvement over his 1st form and It
la doubtful If Olson ran keep him on
th bench.'
Cmm flatter la Balaaee.
In answer to his query concerning
Otis Fisher. McCredi received word
that Paddy Livingston, O'NeU and
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land backstops.
Livingston's arm Is In bad shape and
a fourth receiver wlll-b carried for a
time, th raoe lying between Bert
Whaling, last year with 8eattle. and
Otis Fisher. At that writing Whaling
seemed to have the edge on Fisher in
the estimation of the higher-ups, but
McCredie smiled broadly aa he perused
the announcement.
"I've had both of them and you can't
tell me Whaling has it on Fisher." said
he. "I gave Whaling his release in
190s because I didn't want him around.
If he'd been a good man we would have
won the pennant that year. He has a
good arm. but cannot hit like Gus. If
Fisher wants to stay there 1 guess ha
can make it as fourth backstop, but
I'll get somebody from Cleveland who
will fix the Beavers out all right."
Four left In Golf Tourney.
The president's cup tournament of
the Wavarly Country Club has been
narrowed down to four contestants,
who will play the semi-final rounds
next Saturday. George Warren, F. IL
Hyskell. F. I. Bodlne and F. W. Stewart
were the winners of yesterday. War
ren defeated F. G. Wheeler, with 5s and
1: Hyskell downed E. C. Bhevlln, 4
and 2; Bodlne took- a match from It.
L. Falling, and S. while Stewart got
his match with J. Zan by default.
Cubs Beat Louisville.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. March 30. The
Chicago Nationals defeated Louisville
today. 11 to 5. Cole pitched for the vis
itors and allowed nine hits.
PORTLAND MAN NOTED AS
FOOTBALL PLAYER
Frank Villa Is Chosen' Tour Successive Seasons as Member of AS-Western
" 1893, After Attending Whitman College at Walla
(This is the third article of a serUs dest
ine with Portland men who hava been
prominent In tbe world of sport.)
BT JAMES H. CAS8ELL.
WHILE Frank Villa, or "Count"
Villa, aa he Is styled by his Inti
mates, was not noted for his
athletic versatility, he placed the name
of Villa so high among the gridiron
heroes of Michigan and the Middle West
that It eclipses the majority of the all
around twlnklera. Villa .will be ever
remembered In the Middle West as the
first Michigan University athlete to
make the All-Western team for four
successive seasons, 'and In the North
west as one of the football pioneers
of Whitman College.
Villa has dabbled in baseball. He
cavorted (If a man of 200 pounds may
cavort) about third base at Whitman
College back in the early 90a But
when football came the diamond saw
him no more.
Experience Is Varied.
The 4Count's-actlvlty extended over
a wide area. In addition to the Walla
Walla and Michigan fields, he went into
action as far East aa Cambridge. Mass.,
and aa far West as Portland. At Cam
bridge he played against Harvard, while
in Portland he sported the Winded "M"
of Multnomah Club against the All
Oregon and University ef California
teams.
Football was given Its start at Whit
man in 1892. Villa took a trip to Eu
rope early In that year, returning by
way of Stanford. He had his -first In
troduction to the game he afterwards
championed so well, and returned from
Palo Alto determined to place football
In the athletic curriculum of Whitman
College. So that Fall. 1891. Villa had
hla wish gratified. Whitman espoused
the cause of the gridiron Infant and
the "Count donned padded uniform and
stationed hlmaaif at left tackle, where
he stayed for many seasons.
At Whitman Villa did not have an
opportunity to develop, but in the few
games the college could schedule with
the town boys and the soldiers he
loomed above the other players and
gave promise of developing into a star.
Villa entered Michigan in 1891, made
Jack Says Other-People) Are Entitled
to Own Opinion, but lie Thinks "
He'll Have Fine Team of Ex
perienced Toung Kellcews.
BT PORTUS BAXTER.
SEATTLE. March 80. (Special.)
Without causing even a ripple of ex
citement. Manager Jack Barry reduced
t!ie Seattle squad to eight "phenoms"
this week. There was really some
pretty good stuff In the detached body,
but with more valuable timber In hand
there was no use of delaying the in
evitable. Without counting Danny Shea. Barry
has 24 men at work every day but there
does not seem to.be any chance to cut
much more for the present. Practice
or exhibition games are on the sched
ule for every dsy up to the opening
of the league season, April IS. and on
top of this Barry must use pitchers in
the morning batting practice.
A player that tries out under the
direction of Barry has no chance to
contract sleeping sIckneKS. Barry is
business all the way through and has
the faculty of stirring up enthusiasm
among his followers. Over In Spokane
they think President Dugdale hss sup
plied Barry with a bunch of mutts, but
Jack doee not fsll in line with this
flattering compliment to Seattle. Barry
does not make any flamboyant claims,
realizing that what looks fine In early
practice may hsve the luster tarnished
as the rub becomes harder. He really
needs 10 or 12 days more to cl-ar tip
some of the points which have a bear
ing on the final make-up of the team.
Barry Mars op Sooad.
Sizing up the squad. Barry said:
Those who figure Seattle as eminent
ly qualified for tall-enders have a per
fect right to their opinion. Naturally 1
hope they are wrong, and shall do all In
my power to prove them mistaken. If
the other teams show us up. I shall
have to acknowledge the corn.
"I know this, however. I have a bunch
of vigorous young fellows who are
working hard to give Seattle a winning
team. The material Is promising. And.
by the way, do not be misled by the
talk that w have an Inexperienced
team. Youth will predominate, but that
does not necessarily imply lack of ex
perience. "Call it a young team. If you want,
but do not say that such men as Tealey
Raymond. Hosea Siner. Fred Weed.
Danny Shea, Cruickshank, Dulin and
Chick, to say nothing of Fullerton. Bar
renkamp, Klein and a few others, know
nothing of league ball."
The development of the team will be
retarded somewhat by the accident to
Siner's back and Chick's lame arm. The
little we saw of Slner in action was suf
ficient to convince the most skeptical
that President Dugdale made no mis
take when he purchased his release
from Danville In the Three-Eye League.
Pitcher Barrenkamp, one of the late
arrivals, was purchased by draft from
the Columbia Club In the South Atlantic
League. Most of the time, so far. he has
used nothing but a straight ball and
change of pace in his bok work, but
Barry, who stands behind the pitchers,
much of the time, sees qualities that
make him cheerful about the big fel
low's future.
Fllagerm Showing C lose.
In the same breath It might be added
that Mclvor, Schneider, Stevens and
Klein have come fully up to expecta
tions. Vance has worked carefully, so
it is hard to say what he will show
when he turns loose.
Altman and Fred Weed have been
eliminated from the outfield problem
for the time being, at least, as Barry
has used them at first practically every
day during the past week. This leaves
Cruickshank. Moran, Mann and Stidel
lo. Candidly, it is a difficult matter to
make a final selection. Any three of
them will make a good outfield despite
the hammers from neighboring cities.
Barry will also have trouble select
ing his Infield, as McMullln Is a marvel
in handling ground balls, thrown balls
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Mlchlaraa, Is Portland Kesldeat.
the team from the jump, won such fame
that he was given a place on the All
Western team In his freshman year, and
held It until he graduated from the law
school In 1897. In the four years he at
tended Michigan he never missed a
game, and, with possibly one exception.
Is the only Michigan man to hold a
place on the All-Western team for four
seasons.
Not only did Villa achieve lame as a
Michigan representative on the myth
ical all-star eleven of the West, but In
the days when the Western schools
were held llirhtly by the Easterners,
and a Western man had never been
chosen for the-All-Amerlean team, Cas
par Whltnev gave him prominent men
tion In his list of the greatest players.
This turned the eyes of tbe East
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"BASKBALL THl'ST."
A RECENT issue of Sporting Life
carried in black letters across
the top of the front page: "Has
Nothing to Fear." This was followed
by the subhead: "Organized Ball, as
expressed in and operated under the
National Agreement and National Com
mission, is not a trust, either in fact
or in law, and will bear the closest
scrutiny."
This, from one of the representative
sporting weeklies, was the answer to
the charges made by Representative
Thomas Gallagher of Illinois, that "or
ganized" baseball is nothing more than
a trust. The scare heads and space
and putting the hall on the runner.
Dulin is overweight, but looks bettor
every day. Chick's arm Is bad now,
but when he comes right he cannot be
overlooked. Shea. Wally and DeVogt
make ef good string of catchers.
Commencing today Seattle's prelim
inary game schedule Is as follows:
March 31, Bremerton: April 1. Exce
siors; April 2, University of AVashing-
ton: April 3. Shanner & Woir; April
Fort Casey: April 7, Port Ludlow;
April 14. Everett. Several other games
are in -sight, but not yet scheduled.
Few people remember that Pitcher
Bob , Harmon, who Is making things
disagreeable for Manager uresnanan,
of the St. .Louis Nationals, was once a
member of the Portland Club. He did
not show much then and Judge lie
Credie let him go. Harmon is now
considered one of the best young right
hand pitchers in the big league. Ta
coma had Walter Johnson on the pay
roll for "5 a month and sent him over
to Idaho.
George Stovall was a fizzle in Seat
tie when his hrother Jesse was a great
winner. George did not blossom out
until he went to Oregon and began to
play ball In the small towns.
GREAT
AT MICHIGAN
Eleven He Entered University in
Walla.
towards the possibilities of the West,
and the next year a Chicago man was
awarded an All-American berth.
While Villa's- gridiron performances
were heroic of necessity in order to
earn a place on the representative
Western team, one of his greatest feats
was the scoring of a touchdown on
Harvard from the 40-yard line. The
touchdown did not count, the records
giving Harvard a 4-to-0 victory over
Michigan, but to this day the Ann Ar
bor athletes contend that they were
robbed of victory by the officials. The
referee held that the whistle had end
ed the same before the play started,
while the Wolverines contend that the
whistle sounded when Villa was within
a few yards of the coveted goal.
Team One of Giants.
Villa played football In the days of
the Rlantn. at a period when brawn
counted more than speed and ' brains.
The Portland man, weighing 200
pounds, was the lightest man on the
Michigan line, outside of the ends.
Denby, the center, weighed 281 pounds.
Hall and Hooper, the guards, 240 each,
with the other men in proportion.
In 1S97 Villa joined the rush of treasure-seekers
bound for the Klondike. He
returned to Ann Arbor in 1898 to assist
in coaching a championship eleven, and
then returned to Alaska for two more
years.
In 1899 Villa was Imported from
Walla Walla by Multnomah Club to
play against California University and
the" All-Oregon teams. "Fat" Smith, a
brother Wolverine; George McMillan, of
Stanford, and Bert Oliver, of the San
Francisco Olympics, were team-mates
on that eleven, and while the combi
nation assisted In humbling the Ore
gonlans. It proved of no avail against
the Californlana and Multnomah lost.
Between 1899 and 1905 Villa ap
peared in many football games as ref
eree or umpire, but 'never donned the
moleskin armor after his Multnomah
appearance. He has added 40 pounds
to bis 200-pound football strength of
his college days, and is fit for active
service no longer, but still follows foot
hall, and particularly the efforts of
Michigan, with as keen an Interest as
though he were In the thick's the fray.
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ENCE REWARDING THE SO-CALLED
devoted to a refutation of the charges
proves that the action of the Chica
goan in asking for a Congressional
investigation was taken seriously in
many quarters.
In answer to the charges made that
baseball managers are maintaining a
"trust," the American and National
League officials have come to the front
with reasons galore to prove the fals
ity of the statement. Ban Johnson,
"Lawyer" Jennings, President Somers
of the Naps. Connie Mack, and other
diamond moguls have contributed to
a mass of Information, from which the
munificent salaries paid players and
the keen competition for supremacy,
stand out prominently.
TACOMA PLANS RACES
SPEED CARNIVAL TO FEATURE
MOXTAMAKA FESTO.
July i and 5 Dates Named for Hold
ing First Two-Day Meet
in Xorthviest.
What promises to be a Vanderbilt
cup race and Indianapolis motor carnival-foiled
Into one, and which will hold
the distinction of being the first in the
Northwest, is the automobile races
planned for Tacoma, during the Mon
tamara Festo. July 5 and 6. H. W. Do
herty, chairman of the automobile com
mittee of the Montamara Festo, has an
nounced that they are determined to
make Tacoma the first- city of tha
Northwest to give a two-day race meet.
A definite location for the speed
events has not been selected. Several
sites are under consideration. The
course will be five miles in length and
a grandstand will be erected that will
give a good view in two directions
along the course, showing to the spec
tators about three miles of the five
miles of track. The structure will have
a seating capacity of 25.000.
It is thought that July 5 and will
be the right time to attract the world's
most famous race pilots, who will be In
the Santa Monica, Cal., road races In
June. When they consider their close
proximity to Tacoma they will bring
their cars north to compete, it is
thought.
That the contests will he official is
assured from the fact that they will be
held under the sanction and rulings of
the American Automobile Association
in conjunction with the Tacoma Auto
mobile Club. This Insures events which
will be contested for In the same man
ner ae the Vanderbilt Cup races and
the Grand Prix, which annually brings
together the boldest road pilots of the
world an Eastern tracks.
The races will consist of an open
free-for-all of 300 miles: the second
event will be for heavy stock chassis
cars, 250 miles, and two classes of light
stock chassis. 150 miles.
Large purses will be offered In each
event, together with-trophies for first,
second and third places. The open 300
mile grind will be for a perpetual
Montamara Festo trophy.
PORTLAND BOY SETS RECORD
Earl Crabbe Rnns 2 Miles for Cali
fornia In 8:53.
BERKELEY, March 30. The track
and field team of the University of
California defeated the Pomona College
team today. 99 to 33.
Earl Crabbe. a California student,
registering from Portland. Or., broke
.v. A rnam 1 1 tercoll ecria te record In the
two-mile run, which he made in 9:53,
one second faster man me previous
record.
Coach Kelly to Manage Eugene.
EUGENE. Or., March 30. (Special.)
"Father Tom" Kelly, for two years
the coach for the University of Oregon,
last night signed an agreement with
Jay McCormick, holder of the lease for
the baseball ground here, whereby Kel
ly will become manager of the Eugene
baseball team lor tne coming season.
A preliminary tryout will be held to
morrow. Among the possibilities for
the team is Karl King, a Eugene lad
who made good wjth the Boise team in
the intermountain League for two seasons
"One Must Be Equipped With
Strong. Flexible Arms and Shoul
ders to Gain Success" at Fling
ing Spear, Declares Trainer.
BT WILLIAM L. HAYWARD.
Director of athletics t the Vnivcrsity of
Oregon. (Sixth and concluding articio of
track and fiid series.)
One must be equipped with strong,
flexible arms and shoulders to gain
success in the javelin throw, strength
being necessary to the requirements of ,
force and speed being necessary to thu -action
of the throw release.
The javeiin should be held between
the thumb and index finsrer and rest
ing on the first joint of the. second
finger precisely as one would hold a
pen or pencil preparatory to writinB.
Then the thrower should draw the
flinging arm back as if to throw a hall
with the point of the projectile held
rlosely to the breast, so as to insure
that the transit will be in a straight
line. In approaching the throwing
mark the javelin man may take a rim
iv of any distance and the throw is
delivered as if a stone were to he
thrown.
On the delivery a jump should he
made from the left foot to the ri"ht
r ne. the same as the "reverse" in the
shot put. The secret of the perfor
mance is to point the missile at a riKlit
anrle of ITj desrrees and ilispatoli it
with a good, quick snap at the wrist.
As in the other weight events it is well
to keep the javelin from vibrating dur
ing the flight.
Speed and symmetrical body strength
are prerequisites witli a hrond jumper,
while efficient hack and abdomen mus
cles are of particular helt in the 'lift"
taken while the leaper is in tiie air.
It road Jump Runway Important.
The runway to the broad Jump "tako
off" is generally fixed at between SO
and 35 yards, according- to the distance
the Jumper requires to gauge his
speed. Several marks distributed along
this path, as In the case of the pole
vault, will aid the athlete in hitting
the take-off squarely. Once the proper
stride and take-off are determined by
any jumper he should measure the dis
tance accurately so as to be able to
follow the routine as a well defined
habit.
Leaving the start (first mark) the
entrant should jog to a second mark
about one-third of the distance to the
take-off, where speed should be in
creased to full. The. last stride before
spiking the sake-oif block should bo
shortened about six inches to gain ele
vation and the final step should he
driven down hard with a strong leg
drive in the spring. In taking the
jump the arms should be thrown for
ward and the Anees drawn up close to
the breast. Just prior to the descent
the feet should be thrown forward. The
momentum of the flight will serve to
keep the jumper from falling back.
It is important to attain good height
in all broad Jumps, a helpful practice in
this connection being to set up a low
hurdle somewhere between the take
off and the pit. Knowing he will have
to clear this, the athlete involuntarily
wlll acquire elevation. After a broad
jumper has mastered his form, two or
three jumps a day will keep him in
fiddle shape, if he will be patient
enough to take sprint work on the side,
ihoes Must Fit Well.
The broad juniper must make sure
that his shoes fit well and that his
ankles are well protected for the se
vere strain that they must endure in
hitting the take off. In coming to
the jump one should not lean forward
as in the natural run. for that would
place one in an awkward position to ac
quire height. After leaving the ground
the Jumper should straighten up a
trifle, then lean or bring the breast and
knees rlosely together.
If the run through to the take-oif
were taken at full speed all the way
the "gather" for the elevation would
be rendered impossible. At about two
strides from the take-off the leaper
should ease off and sail on so as to
effect the necessary "gather." He will
find that the momentum created dur
ing the run in will carry him through
the last two strides without any diffi
culty. .
The value of form in the high jump
can hardlv be overestimated. The nat
ural style'of high jumping, the old scis
sor motion the approach to the bar
from a side angle with the simple flop
of one leg over after the other 13
workable up to a certain height only.
Modern Style Outlined.
The modern style constitutes a rather
complicated Improvement of the old
fashion. The Jumper runs straight at
the bar. swerves from it when about
two strides away and plants his foot
in the same position as he would if he
were using the scissor form.
In making the jump the right leg Is
thrown up with the arms and chest
helping In the lift while the left leg
Is brought up with a Jerk and hooked
over the crossbar. The body is turned
to face the take-off.
This is the form easiest to learn, but
I would advise the young jumper who ;
has no coach to try it with a pood lay
out By this. I mean make the Jump
with the body horizontal with the bar.
Practice of this should be made at low
heights until the beginner has attained
absolute control of his body in the air.
Southpaw Callahan Signs Contract.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. March 30.
(Special.) The signed contract of Pat
Callahan, the Chehalis southpaw who
won 13 out of 17 games for the Cen
tralia State League team last year,
was received by the board of directors
today. Callahan has been working east
of the mountains and is In perfect con
dition to start the season.
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