THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 31, 1912.
COAST ATHLETES
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Records by Horine and Smith
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American Team.
STOCKHOLM .NEWS PLEASES
swr-dis-h Programme Arranged Wltlj
Spirit of Fairnes Mfn of Ail
Around Ability to Ifavo Chnr-c
to Kntcr Several Efnt.
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At.'.litoa of the TarlUc Coait mail
furthrr bids for recognition by the
.ommltte which will pick the Vnlted
SMl'f team for the OlympI" games at
Stockholm. Sweden, when In the last
neck one world') record of many years'
-landing was .hattercd and another
Vo'ialed In California. '
That other mark will -lipid on
the I'ncinc Slope before tho CoHiU trial
ar. held in May on Stanford oval iwcma
more thin a likelihood, with Ralph
Ki-u lust about to take up his final
tei with the shot. Sam Bollah. of
Portland, ronr.dlnc Into form In the
pol" vault. OMie Snedlpar throw-Ins; tho
iavelln wltMn a few feet of his own
world's record, and Clarence Edmund
on. the srrat Idaho half-mller. round
ing Into rarly tson form such as he
never before had.
Im Rrrarda t'-alabliakrd.
The performance of last Krlday,
hnwrrrr. were such an to mlh tiie
entire country look westward for in a
terial for the rlassic Karnes. Forrest
Smlthson's duplication of a world"
mark ovit the Mich hurdles for a short
Msiance Indicate that the former Port
land athlrto. now at los Anzele,. la
aa!n in top form and with Smlthson
In top form he Is unbeatable. That
lie will duplicate his performance of
li seconds for 110 meters, made at the
lndon vlymplce when running under
the colors of the Multnomah Club,
eems now at lear-t nt an Impossibil
ity and even a probability.
Knt It Is the wonderful hlh Jump
mark of feet Inches set by Georce
Horine. of Stanford, whit h la especially
remarkable. Kor years tho world's rec
ord of feet is Inches, held by Swee
ney, has not e-en been approached, al
though there have been several feet
t performers since the New Yorker
cleared the bar for the record way
hack in Horine has been con
.IMcnt for two vears and his marks
have been steadily moving- upward.
l.t year he tied with Keeson. of
'altfornt:i. at feet 5 Inches: this
3 ear h- cleared fe-t 2 S inches
Iri his nrt meet, then feet later
feet 3U, and only a week aao aur-j.-'.ie.
his followers by Jumping; (
feet 4.
Ilnrtae t I.Ike Athlete.
I have necr sen Hortne In action,
but thoe who have seen him say be
i a tall, ungainly looking chap, ap
parently everything that a track ath
should nt be. Rut a year icq
Trainer .May bury, of the I nlverslty
'f Uiishlnalnn. told me that before
another .-raoon had passed Horine
would better Swecncy'a record.
One of the races which promises to
f'imlsh real thrill at the Pacific Coat
trials Is the half mile. The Pacltlc
.Northwest will send Clarence Kdmund
"n to Palo Alto with every belief
that he will be returned a winner. But
the oivmplc Club hua John O. Miller,
half niller of the Olympic team to Lon
don In lo. who Is said to be In tip
top form acatn. Miller will face Ed
mundsen in May and a hattln royal
rrom nart to tape Is predicted. Kd
mundson has the distinction of be In if
the only half-miler named from the
Coast by President Klrby, of the. Am
ateur Athletic lnlon. as virtually as
sured a place on the American team,
sailikm Haa nival.
Cali'ornlans arc also expecting a
great test In the high hurdles when
Morrison. Smlthson and Hawkins meet
for the 110-meter event. Morrison's
latest performance is la 3-5 seconds at
J'alo Alto, wonderful early season time.
Portland fans naturally will have
f rst at heart in the trials the success
of Sam Itrllaii. Martin Hawkins and
1'nrrmt Smlthsnn. while the Pacific
Nortiest will include with these Ed
mundson. Jack Nelson. Con Walsh, Ira
Courtney and other men who represent
this section. Hut while sectional pride
exists, the fans will wish, through all
that the best man may win' the events
and that Ir.r Pacific, Coast may send
tiie best competent to win. and. above
all. the great desire will bo to see that
Ainerl'-a is represented by the great
est athletes In the country at the final
test in Stockholm
Kalrweaa of 5wedea ladlrated.
Announcements relative to the Olym
pic games of the last several days have
tern Interesting. That the Swedea ar
going to do everything In a spirit of
fairness seems assureik First came tho
news that athletes representing dif
ferent countries would be placed In dif
ferent heats In the preliminaries as
much as possible. This does away with
one of the great objections at the Lon
don games, where the best Americans
were made to eliminate each other be
fore te finals. Next comes the offi
cial programme a persual of which
shows that similar events are staged
on different days so that athletes will
hare, an opportunity to enter all events
for which they may bo fitted.
For Instance. Portland will probably
send Sam Lell.ih to Stockholm for tba
pole vault and broad Jump. The pole
vault will be held on July Id. the broad
Jucip on July II. Beliah will have a
chance to do his best In each event,
lldmundson. trie great Idaho half-miler,
l as by many been thought to be with
rvtt a peer as a quarter-mller. but It
) as been Impossible for Mm to com
pete In the event In the National cham
pionships on account of tne short lima
Intervening h-twecn the half and quar
ter mire. Ed.nunilson will be able to
erter bet1! events at fuil strength at
Stockoln. The td.mrter trial comes
on July . the finals the next day. and
t en en July Is staged the 400 meter.
Tlio same may be aid of the entire
arrangement of the programme. It
seems to have been arranged witn an
I lea of fairness and with someone In
charge who had at heart tl: bringing
ahout of the best performances from
Cie entrants, from whichever country
they entered.
Selaaw Tralalag Hard.
The news that Jack Nelson 1 as posted
no forfeit for a professional race, as
reported, but eligible to compete on
tiie American team, is well received by
followers of track athletics In the Pa
cific Northwest. Nelson, who showed
tils form In the :;-yard dxsh at Pitts
burg last 3 ear. Is In California training
-Vard now and Is reported to be tn ex
cellent shape T"ie big. rangy sprinter
I. as been Improving from year to year
and It would not be surprising If he
w,uld win a pla.-e as the American
contestant In tiie Itt'i-meter event. He
wt;i t.ave l, beat some hard men In
c-riu, Henry. Lbe Tcaan, and Marshall.
DISPLAY
PROW
of Pennsylvania. Ralph Craig's an
nouncement that he wilt not be a mem
ber of the team seams to be final and
America will suffer for want of the
Michigan flyer, the greatest uprlnter
Kr.,he
There, i
I tho rrlfl
since the days of Arthur Duffy and Pan
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la one other event In which
Pacific Northwest has a cfcance
but It Is only a rhance and a remote ;
i one. This Is In the mile run In this
case the l.ioe. meter. There Is a boy I
up in Seattle. Clyde, who last year won I
the Pacific Northwest championship
with 4:1?. Not remarkable time. true,
but wonderful when considered that
Clyde was then but 17 years old and
coming fast. The boy Improved v"ry
time he donned a running spike and If
he enters the trials at Palo Alto there
Is good reason to believe that he will
be heard from provided he la In con
dition. But even should he win n Cal
ifornia he would have to make great
time before he would be considered by
the East, and rightly so. as America
haa never before had such a galaxy of
mllers as at present.
Joaes lleada Mat.
Hea'ded by John Paul Jones, the Cor
nell boy who smashed the 13-year-old
record iast year, the country had a list
of men all capable of bettering 4:20.
Most prominent anwng them are Klvlat
and Paull. But when it Is the 1500
meter event rather than the mile, one
other man must be counted. Mel Shcp
pard. king of the middle-distance men.
Sheppard is not and will not be beaten
in the 1509-meter until the rara Is fin
ished. Jones, by the way. is the one man In
the country whom 1 believe able to
defeat Edmundson over the half-mile
course, and even then It would be a
toss-up which would be returned the
winner. Jones showed hi clasa by
winning the event in record time at
the intercollegiate last yejir after Just
having come home ahead in trie mile,
bringing with him the world's record.
What he would do in the half-mile on
a day when he had no other event to
run Is a question which can onlr t
answered by having him make the at
tempt. FAST filORBOATS DUE
samk high sri:i:n kxpkcted
AT Nr.XT KFXiATTA.
Xrw Craft Tc.ignrt hy Smith-Ryan
Iloat Company Plannctl to Make
4 5 Iilr an Hour.
The Oregon . Wolf, the world's fast
est motorboat. will have keen com
petition on the Willamette this Sum
mer. The Smith-Ryan Boat Company
will have a boat at the 'Astoria Re
gatta which will make 4S miles an
hour, according to expectations of the
builders.
J. J. Ryan, or the above company. Is
the owner of the Reliance IV. which
claimed the world's record for some
time. J. r. Smith, one of tha ablest
speed-boat designers In the East, de
signed the Tlxlcs and the" Reliances.
The "Nlneteen-Flfteen." the new boat
now being turned out by the designer
of the Oregon Wolf. Johnny Wolff, will
be the first hydroplane turned out by
Portland men. If the first boat, which
was a straight displacement boat and
."9 feet long, broke the world's record,
still greater things are expected of tho
new boat, which Is only 2 feet In
length and will have the rnglnea gt
the old boat.
"We shall be ready for anything they
send out here." said Wolff yesterday.
"They have an idea that any kind of a
boat they send here will take away
II honors, but they will have to send
a. first-class boat to defeat our new
speeder."
The "Nlneteen-Feef teen s " hull Is al
most finished and the nine-cylinder en
gine of the present champion will be
installed In Its new quarters In a few
weeks. The preliminary tuning and
testing will follow.
Wolffs new motor la of the mono
plane type, auxiliary planes, similar to
those which won first place for the
Oregon Wolf. Orth Mathtot will con
tinue as main pilot for Wolff. It was
his steering which helped the boat to
victory and he will guide the destinies'
of the flyer during the coming season.
Mrs. J. K. Wolff, the builder's wife,
will probably pilot the boat In a num
ber of races and In the preliminary
runs. She haa the distinction of being
the only woman pilot of a championship
speed boat In the world. C. C Stewart,
a personal friend of J. C. Smith, the
Eastern speed boat builder, said yester
day that men In the East had often
considered sending boats to Western
events, but until a suitable match could
be arranged nothing had been done.
With a boat like the Wolf, the com
petition will be decidedly keen.
valley nexxis mej:t is plan
Mill-Columbia Association May See
Tourney This Year.
HOOP RIVER. Or.. March 30. Spe
clal. The members of the Hood River
Tennis Club are planning an active
season, and tournaments are being ar
ranged with Portland. White Salmon
and The Dalles. Indeed, it has been
suggested to tennis enthusiasta here by
players of The Palles that an assocla
tlon. railed the Mid-Columbia Tennis
Association, be formed between the or
ganizations here, at White Salmon and
at The Lialles.
At the meeting this week J. II. llell-
bronner was elected president. Truman
Butler treasurer, and Harry T. leWltt
secretary. A great deal of interest
bring shown In tennis throughout the
Talley. J. A. Eppfng has recently fin
ished the construction of a fine court.
C. K. Ravelin. Charles llall. Babaon
brothers and Cutler brothers are build
ing courts.
The tennis club Is an organisation of
benedicts. It Is the plan 'I the mem
bers to organize a country club In the
near future, where people from tha city
and all communities may gather for
recreation and pleasure.
The members of the club are: Charles
Hall. E. C. Bmlth, Dr. E P. Kanaga,
Truman Butler. Harry T. PeWltt. J. li.
Hellbronner. H. A. MacDonald. Pr. H.
W. P. Plneo. George I. Slocum. E. A.
Franz. E. A. Cram. J. A. Epplng. Traf
ford Smith. E. A. IJaker. A. P. Reed. R.
W. Pratt, K. R. Pooler. W. X. Winter.
Central! lo Have Call Park.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. March 30.
tSpeclal.) A movement la on foot In
Centralla toward the organization of a
corporation for the purpose of main
taining an athletic field In this city, tba
corporation to be separate from the
baseball club. Several sites for a suit
able park are In ' prospect. It la pro
posed to rent the park to the baseball
team aa well as to the high school for
Its various athletic events.
Hopkins Revolver Champion.
PlNEHfRST. N. C March SO. Leads
C. Hopkins, of New York, won the an
nual I'nlted States Revolver Associa
tion state championship with a score of
41! for the week.
Washington Amerk-ans Win.
BALTIMORE. March 30. The Wash
ington Americans today defeated the
Halttmore International League team.
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CHAMPION AD'WOLGAST, WITH WIFE AND MANAGER, SNAPPED BY CAMERA MAN WHILE IN PORT
LAND LAST WEEK. .
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MEET GOMES NORTH
Eugene or Seattle to Get Con
ference Track Event.
NEVADA TO CAST VOTE, TOO
When .Managers Meet lit Sun l-'ran-oiat-o
on Mar 4. Question Whether
Ore jron IT -or 'Washington V
Will He Host to Ite Settled.
BERKELEY. Cal March. 30. iSpe-
rlaL) Eugene or Seattle probably will
be the scene of the conference track
nd field championships In 1813. If the
wishes of tho Pacific Northwest col
leges are carried through.
The University of Washington Is
heading a movement to have the classic
college track meet of the year take
place In one of the university towns of
the Northwest, and at the annual con
rention of the managers of the Con
fcrenco Association on May 4 In San
Franclhco, Washington, supported by
the University of Oregon. Washington
State College and tho Oregon Agrlcul
tural College, will endeavor to have the
conference managers Tote to hold the
meet either at Eugene or Seattle.
Washington .also hopes to enlist the
aid of the University "nf Nevada, which
Is on none too friendly terms with the
University of California, tho two Insti
tutions being on amicable terms no
longer through a severing of relations
last FulL Nevada, It is understood,
will cast Its vote with the northern uni
versities.. -
Much Dlasenaloa -Seeau
There Is a great deal of dissension
and lack of harmony In the Confeence
Association, which promises to culmi
nate in a hot fight at the convention of
the managers In May. The Washington
and Oregon managements are opposed
to the amount of power wielded by
Graduate Manager Farmer in the af
fairs of the ' Conference Association
Farmer, under the present constitution
and by-laws, is really the head of the
organization, and has a great deal more
power than the othe.r members. What
Washington and Oregon are clamoring
for Is an, equal dlvlalon of the power,
and are far from satiud with the vvay
thinga are Unw being run, asserting
that California has altogether too much
Influence.
One of the moat important details of
business confronting the managers at
the May convention Is the revision of
the constitution and by-laws, so that
all 'of the 12 colleges and universities
now within the realm of the conference
shall have equal power. It la proposed
to model tho association upon the same
lines aa the Middle West Conference
Association, which embraces the great
Institutions of the Ml idlo West and the
Eastern Intercollegiate Association,
comprising the colleges on the Atlantic
Coast.
Along with the revision of the con
stitution officers will be elected. There
Is at present no one at the head of the
organization. Graduate Manager Far
mer, of California, attending to the
business of the association.
Statements attributed to the man
agers of the University of Washington
and Oregon University, tha two largest
members of tho association in the Pa
cltlc Northwest, have brought forth a
spirited reply from the California grad
uate manager. Discussing the charges
and assertions credited to the Wash
ington and Oregon managers. Farmer
said:
Farsaer Rara -Tla All Boak."
"Assertions made by the representa
tives of Washington and Oregon that
we are trying to run things in the con
ference to suit ourselves are all bosh
and unfounded. The truth of the mat
ter Is that the annual meet held at
Berkeley Is under the auspices of the
University of California. It Is really
an Invitation meet. California inviting
the other colleges and universities of
the Pacific Coast. All are treated alike.
The University of California fares no
better than the others, and California
foots the expenses of the meet. To
say that we are running matters to
tho disadvantage or tne oilier teiiowa
far from the truth.
'Viie of the protests of tho Wash
ington management In particular that
has come to my vara la against tas (
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recently adopted rule of limiting the '
teama to only the athletes who have ,
during the season performed up to the
standard required for possible point
winners at the conference. There Is
no use In carrying a dozen or more
men. when a college can make Just as
good a showing with nvo or six. and
the expenses are cut down materially.
I brand the objections of the Washing
ton manager as unjust and unreason
able." Pacific Northwest athletes coming to
the track championships will be Inter
ested to learn that points for the relay
race will not bn counted this year, as
was the case In previous meets. This
will be of great assistance to the
smaller colleges and the teams coming
.from a long distance.
The entry list this Spring. Is ex
pected to exceed that of last year by
over 50. The three southern colleges.
University of Southern California, Po
mona and Occidental,' will send full
teams to the games.
Amateur Athletics.
The warm day yesterday brought out
a number of aquarians and the river
bank at various places resembled "good
old Summer-time." However, the swim,
ltiers seemed rather cold and It Is
probahle that most of the "water dogs" I
will postpone active work for a
few
weeks.
The Portland Rowing Club's crews
will have their first turnout this after- .
noon. Captain Allen, the trainer, will j
probably not be there all the time, but
the erews will get Into the work boats
and do a little Umbering up. -
The Columbus Club will have lis first
game this afternoon with the Gill
Butchers on the Columbus Club field.
The GUIs have won four games al
ready thla season and are In good con
dition to give the Columbus champions
n 1 lion to give tne uoiumuus cimmiiiuHB i
a good game. Schrader will twirl for
. . ..in jt t trmirt i
lilt V , 1 1 1 DULUucia nnu t u iiuuniiouu
for the Grays.
Washington High, with practically
tho same team that won the cross
country run last year, ought to come
out strong In the lnter-prep school
run Saturday. The scoring will be ac
cording to the team having the least I
number of points; the first man being
counted 1. the second 2. and so on.
Oregon City High is working up
man wnoe ambition Is to get Grant's
scalp. Grant, of Waahlngton High,
downed Sheahan. the man from the
Falls City, twice last year, but tho
latter has a good rhance to beat Grant
this Spring, according to a few who
have seen his work.
According to pre-season baseball
"doping," Lincoln High is a little
stronger than Washington. Christian
Brothers went down before the Lin
coln, men. 19 to 1; while Washington
lost to the business college men, 8 to 2.
If rain does not Interfere with the
workings of the lnterscholastic baseball
season, it will be a prosperous year
for the managers, as Interest In the
success of school nines runs high. The
disorganization of the league and the
many postponements last season, left
all the baseball managers In the
hole."
The Lincoln High swimmers will
meet the Y. M. -'. A. April la at the
V. M. C A. captain Thatcher, of the
Lincoln aquarians, has a strong band
and will give the Y. at. c. A. men a
good contest- Much Is expected of
Buckley, the. short-distr.nce speed mar-
L and b'pawner, the fancy diver.
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FISH PONDS SOUGHT
State Commission to Replen-
ish Mountain Lakes.
ONE CATCH TOTALS 100,000
This. TTowever, Is Xot Result of
Angling, ,but Represents Number
Authorities Will Put In Bodies
of Water Untenanted.
It the plns of the State Fish and
Game Commission materialize, the Cas-
cades and other ranges to the east of
Portland will become the. greatest fish
ing localities In the United States, for
the Commission is considering the
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rnkinV " "W wlthout fi8h f
T f ' t th - other, of
theso lakes have fish and still so many
have not. Is somewhat of a mystery.
These bodies of water run In size from
an area of two or three acres to one
or two square miles. All are fed by
small mountain streams and appear to
be Ideal for the propagation of fish.
If once stocked they will furnish spawn
and fish for the stocking and rcplen-
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'"h'"f other streams and lakes
01 tne state.
If this work is carried out, fish from
the East and the hatcheries of Oregon
will be utilized, and a total of 100.000
distributed this coming Summer. S. S.
Mohler, of Oregon City, has been all
through the country and has made
maps of the section showing the lakes
that have fish and those that are not as
yet populated. He will, in all probabil
ity, be engaged by the state to distrtb
ute the fry during the months of May
and June, when as many lakes as pos
sible will be reached.
The following year, fish will be
taken from the lakes that may be
planted this Summer, and In that way
the work carried on until in a few
years all the lakes of that whole coun
try are filled with various fresh-water
fish.
This part of the country Is said to
rival any lake scenery In the world for
beauty and la visited by hundreds of
campers every year. Fishing as a
sport Is enjoyed by comparatively few,
but with a few of the numerous lakes
stocked, the fishers will probably flock
to the places In great numbers as the
camping facilities are ideal.
No railroads run through that part of
the state, but paths reach all these
little ponds, allowing the packing of
camp supplies to the headquarters of
the campers. Many can be reached
from stations on the Deschutes Rail
road, from places on the Corvallis &
Eastern Railroad, and from points on
the line of the Southern Pacific to the
south of Portland.
Most of the lakes can be reached by
tramp of 30 or 40 miles from these
points and will probably be rather pop
ular as camping places for the people
who wish to get away from the world
for a week or two. ,
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Lightweight. Champion Wants
to Have $500,000 Tucked
Away for Rainy Day.
PRESENT PILE IS $125,000
Ad Figures He'll Hold Title Three
Tears More, at Least, Unless Sen
sational Scrapper Is Devcl-
oped v Quito Suddenly.
BV .IAMBS II. CASSELL.
Ad Wolgast. lightweight fistlo cham
pion, has two overshadowing ambi
tions. He would hold tho champion
ship for five more years, and "strong
box" $500,000 to fortify himself against
possible adversities durlnp; the re
mainder of his life. The Cadillac youth
Is confident, that he will retain the
lightweight crown for five years more,
but is free to confess that If he does
he will have Providence to thank as
much as his own prowess.
"The present lightweights will not
prove hard for me to dispose of,"
opines Ad. "Joe Mandot and Knockout
Brown are the best of the squad, from
all that I can gather, and I lo not fear
cither in a championship match. Mc
Farland, Wells. Britton. and the others
who are In the front rank, are not
legitimate lightweights, and henco will
not figure in the championship situa
tion. Wolgrnst Looks Aaead.
"I figure that "I need only 50 per
cent of my stamina to defend the title
against the boys of today, while T see
no good reason for not gauging my
stamina of the next five years at 75
per cent as strong as when I won the
championship, of course a wonderful
man may be developed, and in that
event l would not lie able to stave off
' defeat for five years, but I am only
23 years old, take good care of myself,
and should be almost as ;?ood at -8."
Wolgast freely confesses that he is
in the ring for the money he can earn.
He figures the championship only at
its financial value, and intends to keep
it as long as possible for the. stream
of gold it turns in his direction. Of
course, he revels in the plaudits of the
crowd, but he is a far-sighted youth,
and Is intent on turning his popularity
of the moment Into its golden equiva
lent. Wolgast Han Earned fZHO.fioo.
During the past five years Wolgast
has earned J260.OO0. This does not
represent his purse earnings, for the
greater part of this large sum was won
on his own fights, starting with his
ten-round go with Xelson at Los An
geles, until he defeated the Battler
for the world's title at Point Rich
mond. Neither does the $260,000 repre
sent his savings, for Ad figures his
wealth at approximately $125,000. On
a basis f $25 expense daily, which Ad
says is about the average, he must
keep decidedly busy during his high
power earning days if he experts to
lay aside a half million dollars for the
proverbial rainy day.
Ad is a thrifty soul. He spends
much money, as Is necessary when
traveling1 around, keeping up automo
biles in San Francisco and Los An
geles and a stable at Cadillac but he
knows whero every cent goes. He
turns bookkeeper at night to check up
every Item of expense. Bat Nelson has
nothing on Ad when It comes to a dis
like of drawing on his bank surplus.
Ad jumped Into vaudeville to keep
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window.
Official Bats, made of selected
second-growth ash, $1.
Professional Fielders' Gloves,
at $4.00.
The Trout Season
CET out vour iishmg
ii-lc led-
vonr lines and flies, for theij
season opens Monday and
you'll soon be after trout.
Make a list of whatever you
need, then come in and look
over our sunolies. We've a
complete stock of fishing equipment at the lowest prices.
$2.50 Fish Baskets, No. 2 nickel
fastening, slightly tarnished,
at 98.
$1.50 Sfolit Bamboo Fish Poles,
3 joints, heel reel seat, each,
only $1.29.
Full Extension Ball - Bearing
Roller Skates, in plain finish,
boys' or girls' patterns, pair,
from "nicking" his Chicago bank ac
count, and is picking up A little looso
change after his Portland appearance
to sea him safely to Cadillac without
bringing a check into use.
Wolgast (ireat Bettor.
Wolgast is undoubtedly the greatest
bettor among present-day boxers. He
and his manager. Tom Jones, cleaned
up in the neighborhood of $180,000 In
the fights leading up to and including
his championship session with Bat Nel
son for the ten-round affair at Los An
geles, taking about one-sixth of Nel
son's split of the gate in order to win
a rhunk of money betting one dollar
to two that he would heat the Battler.
Adolpli declares that he "cleaned up"
on the Xelson fight. Ad and Jones '
wagered heavily that the Cadilla'
youth would last 25 rounds. Nelson's
admirers offering even money that lie
wouldn't. Then they got as good as
two and one-half to one on the out
come of the fight. Ad bet all he could
scrape together on the title affray, and
savs that had he lost he would have,
had nothing left but $27r. and a ticket
to Los Angeles. Jones went even fur
ther, pawning his wife's jewelry and
borrowing several thousand dollars
from friends.
Wagers Are profitable.
The duet enlarged the bank account
considerably by plunging heavily on
the Moran bout. Admirers of the Eng
lishman bet freely at two and one-half
to one that Wolgast could not stow him
o -a In rnimrk
Wolgast prefers to place his money
out on loans, aunougn ne naa nnrm
erable real estate in Michigan and Call,
fornia. He has a number of agents in,
California, where interest is higher
than the Middle West, and as fast as he
gathers a surplus he places It out in
loans on real estate.
Ad plans to give the Cadillac home
folks a treat this Summer, either be
fore or after a July 4 battle. Tie plans
to secure the services of Charles K.
Hamilton for an aviation meet, and ex
pects to stage an automobile race meet,
with himself as one of. the principal
prize-contenders. He purchased a speed
car in Los Angeles not long ago. and
llnmediately became infected with the
space-annihilating bug. In addition to
appearing on various tracks next Fall,
Ad would establish road records be
tween Cadillac and nearby points.
With Carl Morris shoved to one side
by Jim Stewart. Eastern boxing critics
are now touting Al Palzer. tho lowan.
as the coming heavyweight champion
of the world. His most Important tost
will come this Summer, when he is
scheduled to meet Bombardier Wells,
the English champion. If he disposes
of the Englishman, Palzer will soon be
matched with Jack Johnson.
Among the men who like the chances
of palzer for the heavyweight crown
are: Tex Rlckard. Jack Gleason. Nat
Goodwin. Jim Corbett. Charley White,
Phil Dwyer. Bob Edgrcn. Bat Master
son and other Eastern writers have
placed themselves on record as naming
Palzer the best white heavyweight.
Soldier Kearns. a product of tha
smaller New York City boxing clubs,
is branded as a second John I.. Sullivan
by the fans who have seen both men In
action. He has been stopping all op
ponents with a right hand wallop which
is a duplicate of the great punch that
made Sullivan famous as tho conqueror
of Paddy Ryan, Jake Kilrain and other
scrappers of more than 30 years ago.
Kearns is a yriung giant in physique.
He weighs 205 pounds and stands five
feet lOi- inches tall. He Is built like a
battleship, and Is said to be a ringer
for Sullivan when he was known as
the Boston Strong Boy. Kearns spent
three years In the regular Army, where
ho whipped all comers. "Tho courage
of Tom Sharkey, strength of Sandow
and the aggressiveness of Sullivan." is
the way one admirer speaks of Kearns.
Mike Gibbons, a sensational St. Paul
scrapper, is a model of the ring. Mike
says that lie doesn't like to fight, but
turned to tho ring to get away from a
$60 a month job as tinsmith in a rail
road shop In order that he might earn
enough money to support his wife and
baby In comfort.
Mike neither drinks, uses tobacco nor
goes out to seo the pretty lights. He
loves his mother, adores his wife, and
regrets the stern necessity that keeps
him away from his 10-monihs-old baby.
GUARANTEED
Vi foi' 18 innings
against softening, rip
ping, losing its shape or
flast ieity that's the
quality of the Gold
smith !pl..") Official
League Ball. It has
withstood the severest
tests ami' has been
adopted as the official
ball of the Pacific Coast
and other leagues.
Pigskin Gloves, for hard service,
at $2.50.
Boys' Gloves priced at 25 to
$1.00. ,
Opens Monday
a" - -
Ss.
S2; nickel finish. S3. 25.
50c Kennebec Braided Silk Line,
tested to 12 lbs., at 20.
50c Canvas Straps, for baskets,
at 39.
75c Leather Straps, for baskets,
at 63.
We've a large stock of new Flies,
Lines, Leaders, Beds, Etc.