APRIL
1912:
GREAT OLD COAST
ATHLETES IN FORM
Rose, Smithson, Snedigar and
" Plaw in Record-Breaking
Condition.
HURDLER TO ENTER SPRINT
I'ormrr Portland Timber Topper to
Rmn 100 Meters Pacific Slope
Trials Brln Out Wonderful
Array of Flno MmterUl.
FT HERBERT J. CAMPBELL
With the crack of the starter's pis
tol half a (!n or so clean-limbed
yoting athletes, trained ta the very min
ute, will make a dash fir the pole In
the first race of what promise to be
the greatest contest of track and field
athlete ever staged on the Pacific
Coast. The race In question will be the
half-mile event, the place will be Stan
ford oval. Palo Alto, CaU and the time
will be May 18. Tbe meet will be the
Pacific Coast eryouts for membership
en the United 6tates Olympic frames
team to be sent to Stockholm. Sweden.
Representative meets there haTe been
before on the Pacific Slope, but never
one which will brine; together such an
array of stars as the forthcoming trials
promts. Intercollegiate meets. Inter
club iraraes and. once before, a Coast
trial for the Olympic games, have been
held, but these have been as nothing
compared to that which will take place
In California In May.
Class" ef Ceaat Eater.
At this meet every athlete of "class
on the Coast will be entered. If he so
desires. Heretofore the Olrmplo games
rommlttee has 'been handicapped by
lack of funds, and the Coast trials were
little more than a makeshift. But this
year money to bear the expense la
available In plenty, and when that lit
tle puff of white smoke Is seen an
nouncing the start of the trials there
will be In the race or In the dressing
rooms college men. club men. men of
no affiliation, but every athlete who
possesses prowess enough to make him
regarded as a possible point- winner
and some whose chances will not be
worth their entry blank.
'To make the games more attractive
than usual this year Is the fact that
the winners are virtually assured rep
resentation on the 'American team, and
where tbe performances seem to war
rant It, the commKiee may even pick
two men from the same event from
the trials.
Seven Reeora-IIoldera ea Coast.
The Pacific Coast Is rich In athletes
of ability this year, more so perhaps
than ever before. Without carrying
sectionalism too far. It may be noted
that of the 1 standard events In track
and field athletics no less than seven
of the world s records were made and
are held today by six Pacific Coast
men. These are the 100-yard dash. S S-S
seconds, by Dan J. Kelly, of Portland;
210-yard dash. 21 1-S seconds, by Dan
J. Kelly, of Portland: 120-yard high
hurdle, IS seconds, by Forrest C Smith
son, of Portland; high Jump, feet.
Vs Inches, by George Horln. of Stan
ford; pole vault, 12 feet 10 Inches, by
Iceland Stanford Scott, of Portland; IS.
pound shotput, 61 feet, by Ralph Rose,
of California; javelin throw. 166 feet,
1 Inch, by Ollle Snedigar. of San Fran
cisco. These records. It may be noted, have
all been made since June 22, 1906, when
Dan Kelly ran his famous and much
discussed 100-yard dash at Spokane
and followed it with his terrific fur
long sprint. One of these marks, Hor
Ine's high Jump performance, was made
no less than a few weeks ago; Snedl
ars javelin record was established
only last October while Smithson and
Hose are both thought to be capable
of doing better than ever before when
the men wearing the starred shield as
semble at Stockholm In July.
But It Is not the record holders alone
who will furnish the sensations at the
big California trials. At best there
can be but 16 record holders while the
American team will run Into the hun
dreds and many first places will be
taken at Stockholm by men who will
never have the distinction of holding a
worlds mark. It Is In Its wealth of
winning possibilities that the Coast Is
this year fortunate, although the great
number of records being established
by Western athletes have done their
art .toward attracting the attention
of the country toward this section for
naterlal for the Olympic team.
Roe Agala Breaking Records.
Wonderful accounts are being given
out from California of the Spring train
ing performances of the men who will
compete. Ralph Rose, winner of the
16-pound shot put in two previous
olympiads, has worked himself, under
the direction of Trainer Christie, of the
C'niverslty of California. Into perfect
shape and the giant welght-tosser only
ast week hurled the leaden missile
SI feet in practice at Berkeley, adding
exactly two feet to bis own record.
I'ntll Rose betters his former mark In
v'ompetltton, however, a new record
cannot be accepted.
Rose first showed that he could re
turn to form last January when, in a
set of Indoor games at San Francisco,
he made a new world's Indoor record.
I'ntll then he was thought to be woe
fully out of condition and not even a
possibility as a member of the team.
He has also since then shown his abil
ity with his left hand, aasurlng Amer
ica of another first place In the new
Swedish event the sum of the best
pat made with each hand.
gaedlgar Yet Jassplag.
Another record holder who is better
ing his previous marks In practice la
Ollle Snedigar with the Javelin. Snedl
ar Is reported to be Jumping around
!3 feet in the broad jump, enough to
make him more than a possible point
. winner at Stockholm. I remember 10
years ago Snedigar was the best and
most consistent Jumper In California,
when he was doing even slightly better
than 21 feet, and I could not but be
amused to learn that now. a decade
later, he Is still In top form. It Is
iruly a case of an athlete who has
taken proper care of himself for sea
ion after season.
If Snedigar doea as well as he Is re
ported to be doing in this event the
chances of Dan Kelly's making the
team, should he make the attempt, are
materially lessened ss It is doubtful
whether the committee would select
two Pacific Coast men for the event.
Kelly may be able to do better than 23
feet he has done 24 feet 2H Inches -but
ba has been out of shape for a long
time. The Portland star wiJI make his
first appearance for some time this
morning when he will enter the Mult
nomah Club free for. all games.
Hark Freaa the Gravel
Still another old-timer who has come
out of retirement la Al Plaw. one-time
holder for a short time of the world's
record In the hammer-throw. In 1901
and 1302 Plaw was breaking all kinds
of records and It was he who Invented
the triple twirl, now used by all suc
cessful hammer-throwers. Plaw used
this to break the record, went back
East, where he taught it to the former
record-holder, Flannlgan, who In turn
used it to regain the record. For sev
eral years Plaw has been out of the
game, and the few times he has tried
his hsnd have resulted In nothing start
ling. But the other day the former
star, who has been practicing diligent
ly this Spring, threw the weight 171
feet. Con Walsh, of the Seattle Ath
letic Club, should give Plaw plenty of
competition. Walsh threw the hammer
177 feet 64 Inches at the National
championships last year, winning the
event.
althaea Will Sprint.
One other Interesting feature of the
trials will be the appearance of For
rest Smithson. In a new event, the ioo
meter dash. Smithson. holder of the
record In the high hurdles, has been
working at the sprint, and finds his
speed at his command- Smithson has
often said that he regrets that he did
not enter the 100-meter at London in
1906. He had 'defeated Rector, the
American heat man. Just prior to the
test- but did not enter, as he wss sav
ing his strength for the hurdle race to
follow. wnetner Mmunson reaiiy na
noua-h aoeed should be developed when
he brushes up against Jack Nelson, of
Pullman: Tom Coleman, of Stanford:
Walter Throop. of the University of
Southern California, and Ira l-ourtenay.
of Seattle.
Three meet promise to furnish a thrill
In the half mile Ed-mundson. of Idaho,
with hi. record of 1:55 1-S: Miller, of
Stanford, with 1:56 2-5. and Dowd, of
California, with the same mark. There
will be other contenders, but these
promise to run away from the field,
with the odds all In favor of Edmund
son, with hi terrific speed at the fin
ish. With anything like an easy rsce
Edmundson should be able later also
to capture the 440-yard dash from Mc
Cauley and Wyman. of the Olympic
Club, and Miller, of Stanford.
Bellas Mast Likely Vaalter.
I have failed to ment'on Fted Allen,
of the University of California, In the
broad Jump. Allen with a mark of 21
feet 4 Inches Is more than a possibility
as a member of the final team. The
Coast, as usual, will be well equipped
with pole vaulters. with Sam Bellah, of
Multnomah, apparently the best of the
lot. Others who are expected to be
heard from are Vail, of California:
Bowman, of Washington, and Berg
strom. a California high school boy.
These men. with Beeson, of Cali
fornia, In the high Jump and hurdle;
Hawkins, of Oregon. In the hurdle; Mo
Kee. of Stanford. In the 230, and
Thomaasen. of Seattle, In the high Jump,
will complete the list of real per
formers. There will be plenty of good mate
Hal In the long distance runs, good but
hardly good enough to count, and un
lesa records are closely approached
there Is little likelihood of any of the
winners being accorded places. None
of the men have, thus far, done any
thing to lead to the belief that espe
cially good marks will be made.
AMACITHIONS WIX SWIM MEET
Council B, of Y. MV O A., Hold
Inter-Class Contest In Tank.
t-w- a m..ttfitina of the council B Of
the V. M. C A., won the Interclass
swimming contest t the association
last night, having a total of IT points.
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Tne Alliens, wro ikvdu win, .....
kfultnomahs third with 8. and the Com
ets last with 2.
The results: 20-yard swim Hender
son. Amaclthions, first; Caesar, Athens,
second; McKlnstry, Amaclthions. third.
Fancy diving Caesor, Athens. Brst;
Henderson. Amaclthions, seoond; Ben
son, Comets, third, ure saving c-l-
. imiiiihinni first: TruckelL
Multnomahs. second; Smith. Comets,
third. Relay won ny tne mminomaus.
WILLAMETTE NINE BUSY
FORTY ASPIKAXTS FOR TEAM
MAKE APPEARANCE.
Games Are Scheduled This Season
With Leading State Schools
Except Oregon Aggie-
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem,
Or, April (Special) The Willam
ette University baseball team has been
at work alnce the close of tbe Spring
vacation last week. Forty men re
ported for baseball work, but owing to
the late atartlng of practice tne num
ber has been cut down rapidly until
now about a dosen remain In the race.
One of the old men who will try for
the team Is Bteelhammer, last season's
catcher, wbo haa at present a lead on
the other candidates for this position.
Steelhammer formerly caught, and
played first base on the Sllverton High
School team, where he made a good
record. Oakea, who played on the Port
land Academy team a few years ago.
Is playing his third season for Willam
ette. He Is at present playing second
base and Is one of tbe hardest workers
on the team. McRae, the varsity foot
ball captain for the coming Fall, la try
ing out for shortstop. McRae Is a
clever, all-around athlete ana especially
strong in baseball.
Harrison, captain and third baseman.
Is a player bard to beat among tbe col
leges, leading his team In batting last
year and being a clever fielder. Harrl
aon Is president of the student body.
Paul Homan. Willamette's right
fielder. Is a good hitter, strong In field
ing his position and an excellent baae
runner.
Mclntire. one of last ysar's pitchers,
has not as yet reported for practice, but
may come out later.
Among the new men trying for the
team la Ersklne, halfback on the foot
ball team, who is working out for the
catcher'a position. Hewitt, from the
Washington High School, of Portland,
candidate for flrat base; Westley, last
season's first baseman, trying for an
outfield position; Cole and Petro, can
didates for places In the outer garden.
Cole played last season at Bend and
thus far has made a. creditable show
ing for Wallamette. Petro played two
seasons ago at McMlnnvllle, and last
year on one of the city teams of Port
land. Among the moat promising of the
young twlrlers are Lund. Long. Holman
and Rosa The latter two have had
more experience than the others.
Willamette haa the best schedule In
years, playing two games with the
Multnomah Athletic Club of Portland,
two or more with the University of
Oregon, aeveral with the Chemawa In
dian School. Pacific University, two
games, while aeveral games will be
played with the State Penitentiary and
Salem High School teams. A series of
gamea also will be arranged with the
Salem city team. Three or four games
would have been played with the Ore
gon Agricultural College, but since
Coach Dolan. of the Aggies, has re
fused to meet Willamette In football
this Fall, these contests will not be
played.
Pool Exhibition Opens Today. (
C. B. Tripp, pool sharp, wbo claims
the championship of five states and
Canada, will open a week's engagement
at the Portland billiard parlors tomor
row afternoon. He is to play C. R.
Anderson at P. M. and L A. McUlog
11a at 8 P. M.
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School Athletes Take Cross
country Run Third Time.
JEFFERSON WINS SECOND
Wilson Is First Man to Flnlxh in
Contest Lincoln High Men Get
Third Honors While Van
couver Takes Fourth.
For the third year in succession
Washington High School runners cap
tured the cross-country run yesterday,
In competition with Jefferson High
School, which waa second, Lincoln
High School, third; Vancouver High
School, fourth, and the Portland Acad
emy, which team came In last.
Wilson, who won the event last year,
was first for the second time, and
Windnagle, one of the contenders In
former seasons, was second. Langley
of Jefferson was third and the fourth
man. Demon, also was of Jefferson. The
fifth man was Hathaway of Vancouver
High School, while the sixth was again
a Washington man, Edwards. Lincoln's
first man to finish was 12th and Port
land Academy's first man waa 17th.
Tb men were scored according to
the order in which they finished, the
first being 1, and so on until the last.
the school having the least number or
points being Washington High School
with 28. Jefferson scored 40, Lincoln,
76; Vancouver, 78, and Portland Acad
emy, 101.
Because of the vacation season at Co
lumbia University, no team was avail
able.
All the men finished strongly. The
time was fast, the first men covering
the course of about two miles In less
than 15 minutes.
The first four runners were well
NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE PRESIDENT
TOPS LIST OF GREAT ATHLETES
Fielder A. Jones. Former Leader of Chicago White Sox, "Hitless Wonders"
Most Notable of Portland 's Colony of Old-Time Athletic Stars
fThla in tha fourth of a series of
articles dealing with Portland mn who
have been prominent in tne woria vi
sport.)
BY JAMES H. CASSELL.
PORTLAND boasts of a goodly array
of athletes whose deeds have been
flaunted before an admiring pub
lic But bunch the press recitals of
their athletic prowess and compare the
result with the recorded history of one
man Fielder A. Jones and you will
find that "P. A. J., sans hard-working
press bureau, has been responsible
for the use of more printer's Ink than
all others combined.
In 189. the year Bill Bryan blos
somed forth as a National political fig
ure, Fielder A. Jones, hands glued firm
ly to a murderous willow, broke Into
the "Big Show" of baseball. Both men
have been scintillating ever since, but
with this difference: Bryan started in
the Presidential sweepstakes, but did
not "arrive"; Jones had no thought of
a presidency In 1888. but is now head of
the Northwestern Baseball League).
Paale Aid to Jose
Had It not been for the panic of 1893.
baseball might never have known the
name of Fielder A. Jones, and the writ
ers who have dilated upon the apparent
effect of names upon the careers of a
trio of athletes Fielder Jonea, Battling
Nelson and Fielding Yost must have
confined their elaboration to two men.
In 1893 Jones had his first taste of tne
pro" brand of baseball, financial stress
robbing him of an engineering berth
with th Fairhaven Southern Rail
road. In Washington and British Co
lumbia, and Inclination bringing him to
Portland. He drifted from Portland to
New York, where he broke Into the
New York State League, and from there
Into the National, via the Broomyn
club.
Briefly, Fielder A. Jones was norn
In Shlnglehouse, Pa, In 1871. He was
sent to Alfred University, a Seventh
Day Baptist institution, at Alfred. N.
Y In 1887. He caught for the college
team for three years, but as the school
authorities would not permit games
outside of the town, and the scout
systenrfiad not reached Its present state
of intricate perfection, he leit Airrea,
bound for the wild and woolly West,
with no thought other than a determi
nation to earn recognition as a civil
engineer.
Joaes Catches For Portland. -
But Fate, Luck, the Gods, Providence,
or what not, willed otherwise. In 1893,
one year after following Horace
Oreely's advice "Go West," young
Jonea waa forced Into Idleness. He
WINNERS OF YESTERDAY'S CROSS
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ABOVE (LEFT TO MIGHT), HKII.I.Y, EDWARDS, WID. AGLK, KI,SOW
AX WltSON-BELOW, WILSON AM WLKD.XAGLE, KIKST TWO TO
FINISH.
bunched and another group from the
seventh to the 16th runners also weref
together. Nelson and Wilson came In
SO yards ahead of the other members
of the run.
The runners and the schools they
represented In the order of finish fol
low: Wilson, Washington, first; Wind
nagle. Washington, second; Langley,
Jefferson, third; Demon, Jefferson,
fourth; Hathaway, Vancouver, fifth;
Nelson. Washington, sixth; Harmon,
Jefferson, seventh; Edwards, Washing
ton, eighth; Roberts, Vancouver, ninth;
Thurman, Jefferson, tenth; Reilly,
Washington High School, 11th; Smith,
Lincoln High School, 12th; Beach, Lin
coln, 13th; Harkson, Lincoln, 14th;
Hamlin, Lincoln, 15th; Qiger. Jefferson,
lth; Heney, Portland Academy, 17th;
Kurt, Portland Academy, 18th; Wilmot,
Portland Academy, 19th; McMullen,
Vancouver, 20th; Corman, Vancouver,
21st; Newhoft, Lincoln, 22d; Alexan
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Fielder Jones, Reckoned as One
of Beat Athletes Ever la Base
ball. came to Portland with a friend, anJ
once more renewed his acquaintance
with the diamond. During the panic
year he caught for Portland in the
semi-pro league composed of Portland,
Independence, Albany and Oregon City.
In 1894 Jones drifted back East.
He signed with the semi-pro team at
Corning, N. Y., still behind the plate.
His hitting attracted attention and h
was nabbed by Blnghampton of the
New York State League and stationed
In center field. His first "pro" en
gagement was a stormy one, the league
disbanding on July 5. He finished the
season with Springfield, Mass, of the
Eastern League. Springfield won the
pennant, principally because of the
terrific hitting of Jones, who finished
the season with an average of .411.
His hitting attracted attention and
Brooklyn drafted him at the end of
the season of '95.
Fielder Jones broke into the Na
slonal League as the "find" of the
season. He more than lived up to ex
pectations for he whanged away at a
.356 clip In his novice year and held
well above the .300 mark during the
five seasons he wore a Brooklyn uni
form. In addition he developed as a
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der, Vancouver, 23d; Walker, Portland
Academy, 24th, and McClung, Port
land Academy, 25th.
Willamette Defeats Convicts.
SALEM, Or., April 8. (Special.)
The Willamette University baseball
team opened the season here today by a
game with the Oregon State Peniten
tiary' Club on the latter's grounds. The
Collegians won by a score of 18 to 2.
Willamette used five pitchers and
enough players were tried out to make
a couple of teams. Captain Harrison
and Homan each got away with three
safe hits, while McRae, Oakes, Stuth
moner hit safely twice. The score would
have been less had not the Willamette
team had good luck In hitting- at op
portune times.
and World's Baseball Champions, Is
In Major League in 1896.
fielder and was rated as one of the
stellar gardeners of the organization.
In 1901 Jones was a member of the
army of ball players that deserted the
National for the newlyorganiaed
American League. He Joined the Chic
ago White Sox and remained with that
club until be retired from active dia
mond duty at the conclusion ot the
1908 season. In 1904 Jones was made
captain-manager of the White Sox.
During, his pilotage he gave Chicago
one world's champion team, and fin
ished second twice and third twice.
Falling to secure an Interest in the
White Sox at the end of the 1908 sea
son Jones refused to sign another con
tract and quit the game. He came to
Oregon, entering in the timber land
business, and Is In business harness
today, although still connected with
baseball as president of the North
western league and scout for a major J
league club.
Fielder A. Jones is best known to
fame as the leader of the "Hitless
Wonders" the world's champion White
Sox of 1908. Under Jones a system of
offense and defense was developed that
enabled tbe light-hitting Sox to mow
down their slugging opponents and,
wonder of wonders, win not only an
American League but a world's baseball
championship. As is usual, Jones' worth
waa appreciated most after his retire
ment, and for several seasons fandom
was greeted with frequent headlines
announcing the "return" of the White
Sox leader as manager of this or that
club In the American League.
Jonea' Average Drops.
The inability of a man to manage a
club and at the same time hold his
own as a, player la splendidly demon
strated in the case of Jones. Before
assuming the management of the Chi
cago team his batting average for eight
years was around .320. His five years'
record as manager of the White Sox
was little over .250, a drop of 70 points
upon shouldering the responsibilities
and worries of manager.
A keen student of baseball and In
terested in the progress of pennant
races In the major leagues through his
friendship for the old guard whose
members still linger at the top of the
baseball ladder. It was practically an
impossibility for Jones to remain re
tired. First he was induced to accept
a position as scout for one of the major
league clubs (exactly which one he will
not say), and then his name waa pre
sented as president of the Northwest
ern League. He demurred at first, but
every objection was overruled, and the
ex-diamond warrior Is now listed
among the minor league executives of
the United States.
1912 BIG LEAGUE
CONTEST ATTRACTS
Speculation Rife as to Prob
able Contenders for
World's Pennant.
POSSIBILITIES ARE MANY
Athletics and Phillies May Be Con
tenders for Final Honors, Is
View of Some Prophets.
Various Views Given.
Will the Phillies and AthletTcs bat
tle for the world's championship at
Philadelphia next October? Or will the
Athletics and 'Giants meet In 1912 for
a world's diamond title? And still
again, will the, National and American
Leagues turn ' out brand new cham
pions this season to struggle for base
ball" premiership next Fall?
These questions, and many more, are
beginning to hold the undivided atten
tion of the fans of 18 major league
cities, for the "big show" opens Thurs
day afternoon on eight diamonds.
That the Athletics and Phillies may
give Philadelphia a. monopoly on
world's series bouts next October Is
far from an Idle dream and meets
with consideration wherever critics
gather to discuss the situation. The
Athletics are generally picked to win
the American League crown once more,
while Hugh Fullerton and other ex
perts give the Phillies the call on the
National League flag.
Teams Being Well Fitted.
That early-season condition will play
an important part in the major league
races this season is the belief of the
managers. For this reason every ef
fort lias been expended towards pre
paring teams fit to Jump into the
struggle for the flying start which will
count for so much. In this regard the
New York Giants seem to have the
best of It in the National League and
the Athletics and White Sox In the
American.
Manager McGraw, of the Giants,
figures the Phillies his strongest com
petitors, but argues that the old and
well-known pink of condition give the
Giants a margin over Dooin's machine
which will send the New Yorkers away
to a start which wlllvbe extremely
hard to overcome in the stretch. The
Phillies had bad luck during the early
part of the training season, as did the
St. Louis Cardinals, the other sensa
tional factor of 1911, and the season
may be two or three weeks old before
they get set for the speedy going. The
Cubs are in good trim, but veteran tal
ent looms up stronger than ever, in
stead of the long-expected new blood.
Changes Not Great.
The consensus of opinion la that
there have been few changes note
worthy enough to indicate any serious
upsets In either major league. Teams
have been noticeably strengthened
here and there, but the status quo has
been generally observed, and with few
exceptions no changes are expected in
the membership of the first and second
division squads.
The real feature of the struggles In
the majors this season is the appear
ance of seven new managers. Should
one of the septet develop into a dia
mond Napoleon he might lift his team
from mediocrity to the championship.
But diamond Napoleons are not pro
duced every year, so the only , uncer
tainty In the situation is minimized.
The new managers are: Clark Grif
fith, Washington Americans: Harry
Davis, Cleveland Americans; Jake
Stahl, Boston Americans; Harry Wol
verton. New York Americans; Jimmy
Callahan, Chicago Americans: Hank
O'Day, Cincinnati Nationals; Johnny
Kling, Boston Nationals.
Portland Watches Cleveland.
Portland fans are particularly Inter
ested In the American League race,
with the prospects for Cleveland suc
cess. Tbe Naps have claimed so many
Beavers during the past few years that
the fortunes of Vean Gregg et al are
followed almost as closely here as are
the diamond antics of Walter McCre
die's Beavers. Cleveland is to be reck
oned with by the first division tossers,
but the Athletics are rated so high that
there Is no place at the top for Cap
tain Olson and his Nap aspirants.
As the question, "Will Portland win a
third consecutive pennant?" Is the
burning question In the Pacific Coast
League this season, so the query, "Can
Minneapolis win a third consecutive
pennant?" is the big problem In the
American Association race on the eve
of the 1912 opening.
Minneapolis Squad Intact.
Unlike the Beavers, who boast a
strength of new material Interspersed
with veteran talent, Minneapolis will
start the season with its 1910-11 squad
of old-timers practically Intact. For
this reason association fandom is In
clined to give the call on the 1912 flag
to Columbus or Kansas City, runners
up In the 1911 race.
With Minneapolis, Columbus and
Kansas City, the headliners of 1911.
looming up as contenders for the 1912
bunting, Toledo, Milwaukee and Louis
ville under new managements, Indian
apolis boasting a team superior to 1911,
and St Paul -prospects bright despite
the loss of Marty O'Tool, the fans are
hoping for a six-cornered race, the best
In the history of the "AA" organiza
tion. VETERAN ATHLETE YET GOOD
Frank Fries selL Old Oregon Star,
Surprises Hawalians.
TTNrVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
April 6. (Special.) Press notices re
ceived from Honolulu, Hawaiian Isl
ands, tell of the athletic feats per
formed by Frank Friessell, the ex-University
of Oregon football and track
athlete who, entered under Portland
colors, won the individual amateur
championship of the world In the all
around track and field contest con
ducted at the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition games held In Portland in 1905.
In styling Friessell as the best all
around athlete Honolulu had ever seen
the Hawaiian Star under date of Feb
ruary 33 has the following to say:
"F. M. Friessell broke the broad
jump record by a distance of 21 feet
6Vi Inches. He also held last year's
high mark at 20 feet 4 Inches.
"Friessell's time of 27 4-6 In the 220
yard hurdles was better than that of
iast year but he knocked down a hur
dle and the Judges would not allow it
as a record.
"E. Parker, winner of the English
public schools championship in the
120-yard high hurdles, had many back
ers to win yesterday's event. He had
to take second place to F. M. Friessell,
however.
"Friessell demonstrated that he is
tbe best all around athlete in the isl
ands today and in all probability the
best that has ever been here.
"His performances yesterday were:
120-yard hiph hurdles, first.
6-pound shot, third.
Irt-pound hammer, first.
220-yard low hurdles, first.
Running broad Jump, first.
Discus, second.
"This work for a man who mijrl't
well be described as a veteran is re
markable. "Friessell won his hurdle events in
exceptional style. His best perform
ance, however, was undoubtedly in the
running broad jump, in which event he
cleared 21 feet 5Vi inches, creatin? a
Hawaiian record which is not likely
soon to be effaced."
Friessell. when at Oregon, made a
record of 23 feet 6 inches in the broad
Jump. 18 seconds In the high hurdles,
28 seconds in the low hurdles. He was
also a point-winner In the sprints, but
his work was eclipsed by that of Dan
Kelly, a teammate, who also over
shadowed him in the broad Jump. His
best work was In 1906.
COLUMBIA TO THY SW1MMIXO
University Will Organize Club to
Take Part in Contests.
Columbia University is another Port
land school which plans to make swim
ming one of the features of school ath
letics. Faculty Manager Bach will call
a meeting of all men interested In wa
ter sports and an aquatic club will be
formed.
For the first season swimming alone
will be introduced, but by next Sum
mer the club probably will possess a
shell and will have a team to compete
with the Portland Rowing Club and
probably the university teams.
The school has no tank or place for
indoor work, but the river at the foot
of the bluff in front of the campus af
fords plenty of opportunity for the
oarsmen and swimmers to work.
If the water in the river gets suffi
ciently warm for the men to begin
work within a few weeks, the univer
sity rrlay enter in the Oregon Univer
sity aquatic events May 11.
Lincoln High will meet the Y. M. C.
A. in a swimming contest April 15, in
the Y. M. C. A. tank. The Lincoln try
outs will be held Monday afternoon in
the Multnomah Club tank. The team
will be chosen from Spawmer, Dives,
Tatche'r, Reed, Wagner, McKay, Fell
man and Schlffer.
BOMBAY MAY LICEXSE RACING
Bill Prepared With Prohibition
Placed on Bookmaklng.
BOMBAY. April 6. (Special.) The
Bombay racing bill has been Introduced
into the legislative council. This is a
short enabling bill, empowering the
government to license race courses on
whatsoever conditions It deems ex
pedient. While the necessity of control wan
recognized in the debate, there was
some criticism of the unfettered pow
ers which the bill confers on the ex
ecutive. The government intimated its
readiness to license Bombay and Poona
race courses for 15 meetings each an
nually, prohibiting bookmakers and
permitting totalisators.
Penn Soccer Team Wins.
PHILADELPHIA, April 6. The Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Association
football team defeated Harvard In their
annual srame today, five goals to three.
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