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1 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SPORTING AND MARKET REPORTS SECTION TWO Pages 1 to 20 PORTLAND, OKEKOX, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 2S, 1912. NO. 17. VOL. XXXI. lipmonTwblfe Gb. JL Mercicandise of Aeril Onlx- . This Great Removal Sale of New Spring and Summer Merchandise Is Making Thousands of New Friends for This Store By Our Double Page Announcement In the First Section We Give the Reason For the Daily Exclamation Everybody Is Shopping Now at Lipman, Wolfe & Co's. Substantial Reductions on Every Article in the Store The Fulfillment of Every Removal Sale Announcement. The Establishment of Confidence Between the Public and ' the Firm. Exact Facts, Plainly Stated About the Merchandise We Have to Offer. SKINNIEST ATHLETE MULTNOMAH CLUB EVER KNEW, AND BEST, NOW CITY "DAD" Frank Edmond Watkins, Business Man and Councilman, Guards 43 Medals and Was Distinguished as Ail-Around Sportsman "Service" Brings Him Honorary Life Membership, and Interest Never Wanes. 1 Thin I the seventh article of a series l.-altna- with Portland men who have rn famous In the world of sport.) BT JAMES H. CASSELL. ArKRl'SAL of the roll of honor of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic I'lub will disclose the name of an individual who will always be remem lere.l for two tilings he was the tinniest athlete to ever sport the Wlnsed "M. and corralled, during hl j.erlo.l if competition over a wide range f athletic endeavor, more medals than any man before or since. Hia name ta Frank Eclmond Watkins. twin ir of the firm of I'arrlsh & Watkins. filv Councilman representing; the Fifth Ward. Multnomah flub swimming luinnaii, and prominent doa fancier. However, an absence of avoirdupois making him a conspicuous figure on nil athletic field, and the ownership of medals In sufficient number to pro vine, melted down, a fair-slated cannon I..1II. does not fittingly describe Wat kins as an athlete, although the read er may gather from the array of gold. 1!ver and bronze pieces that he must have been 'some athlete. He was undoubtedly one of the most versatile athletes Multnomah Club ever gathered to Its bosom, and when he did not com pete in a sport he broke in aa man ager. Beat Kima as Traekaaaa. As a track man and handball cham pion Watkins Is best known to follow ers of Multnomah Club athletics. How ever, he played baseball, was a mem ber of the club bowling team In the good old days when cocked hat had the ell. and manured football and swlm ir.nn. In addition he served on the board of directors, and has been a strong booster for the club with his motto: "For Multnomah first, last and a'l t'ie time." wtk.ina joined Multnomah Club as a junior In 12. when the club was tuit one year old. A long, lean lad of I year, he Joined the track team In 1 and was a member of the squad until tie close of the UOO season, be ing captain In 17 and IS. He was a winning member of Jack King's fa mous 1S team. He Jumped 5 feet 10 H I m-Its at a time when t feet would win any meet, and established an In ioor Northwest record of t feet 4 ni -fie, which stood the trial of severe competitive ertort rmm is7. the year established, until 190. He vaulted 10 reel S Inches, when 11 feet was the aet record, and broad Jumped SI feet when the Northwest mark was ; feet 4 Inches. He took a hand In toe sprints occasionally, and managed to score winning brackets In prac liri!!r every event. Including the weights. T.ie elongated Multnoman was a n em her of the baseball team from to 10 2. averaging .S4o with the war rlub for the first t we seasons, and sell over .300 for the remaining due. He played in right field and behind the bat. and In addition had the cap tain and managerial duties on his shoulders In ln and Incident ally he plaved first base and was csp-laln-manager of the Multnomah Indoor t.aoehall squad of 19O1-1901. his torn lination winning the rity champion s'. ip. Hedal Rsaaseis wmT 4a. Watkins won 4 mJ.il during hi active a-, tic lie daj . and kjr fax Lfce t ee :f rJ .. : V I ;; I , , 1 t link Edraond Watkins. Present rtty Coimrllmaa From the Fifth v si, v laner oi neuaia mu -a Was 4,lvesi a Life Honorary Mem- t bershlp for IMstlngulshed Srrrlcee 4 for Mnltnotnah t lab. greatest number of these were won In handball conflict. He held the singles title of the Northwest from 1897 to 19ol. inclusive, and. with partners, held the doubles title from ls until 1911. with the exception of 1905. when he and T .Morris lunne were defeated at tho l.e Is and Clarke tourney- For years he was the best-known figure on the rlub courts end the one most dreaded by title aspirants. As a Multnomah Club representative on the firing line Watkins' minor activ ity was confined to bowling. In 1898 he was a member of the rlub team which wiped up the squads of the city In the then-popular game of cocked hat. a three-pin game which has prac tically been discarded of late years. Too light for football duty, his 141 pounds cf bone and flesh being sprink led over a height of six feet and one quarter Inch. Frank Edmond was not to be dented, and he successfully man aged the teams of 1904 and 105. In 1904 Multnomah placed an eleven on the gridiron, which won the Northwest title and Invaded Palo Alto for a 0-0 game wish Stanford University. In 19"0 and 1901 j-.e was chairman of the indoor athletic committee, and In the yum of 1S9V 1J9. 190 and 19n was chairman of the outdoor sports committee. It was during li Is regime In 199 that lie took the squad to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Kxposltlon. For rest Smlthson. of Multnomah Club, wln nlrr the 120-yard hurdles In 16 1-4 sec onds, equaling the world's record. He served on the boar-) of directors of Multnomah Club during 1903. retiring on account of business duties. As chairman of the swimming com mittee of 1910 Watkins originated the club swims, which have proved so pop ular. H is again at the head of the s Imming detrtment. has Pacific Coast and Northwest cha mnlonsh Ip meets scheduled, but intends to pao" particu lar attention to the strictly club feature of the work. Watkins Is one of 10 men who are honorary members of Multnomah Club. This membership Is the greatest honor that can be bestowed on a winged "M" member, and the swimming chairman Is very proud of the card which says that "for distinguished service." he Is the seventh man to receive honorary mem bership. He received the card on De cember 27. 1905. In addition to his business, political and athletic activity. Watkins Is one of the keenest dog fanciers in the city. He Is known as the owner of the Wil lamette bull terrier kennels, whose ca nines have won prises for the past 10 years all over the West. HOAD HACK ENTRIES CLOSED Santa Monica Auto Event Brings Best Motorists of Country. LOS AXOKLES, Cal.. April 27. En tries for the annual Santa Monica road races May 4 closed last night and the list shows that 22 of the best drivers In the country will compete. Official Starter Fred Wagner, of the American Automobile Association, who Is now here, declared tnat thin year's race would prove. In his estimation, the greatest event of Its kind ever held In the West. The free for all. 203 miles, will bring together Barney Oldfleld. David Bruce Hrown. Ralph De Pal ma, Bert llng ley. Earl Cooper, Teddy Tetzlaff. Dave Lewis and Caleb Bragg, while in the other two events, for light and medium cars, 17 men whose names are famous ou all racing tracks, will compete. The official entry list follows: l.lsht car event. 101 miles 1'ir- Driver. iteo . . hulck K..rl . H. C. K rouse .....Iouls Nlkrent A. J. Charles Flanders . , Jack Tower vxreii Georrs Joormann I landers Robert Kvans f-(,rd Not named Resal Roacoe Anthony Medium car event. 151 miles. car Driver. Vercer Rupert Jeffklns Hulck Karl Uevors hacht H. A. Shain Mercer .Ralph I Palma Ml Hand Frank Rlefert i-ui Loula Dlsbrow Case .Joe. Nlkrent Klmort Not named Warren -Detroit N'ot named Free for all, 303 miles. Car Driver. Simplex Bert Dingier Hens David Bruce Brown Fltt Barney Oldfleld Htuts Earl Cooper Klat Teddy Tetslaff etula Dave Lewis Flat Caleb Bracg Marcer Ralph De Palm SumplcT Organizes Gun Club. SUMPTER. Or.. April 2". (Special.) Organization of the Sumpter Uod and Run Club was completed here yester day with SO members enrolled. The club will at once purchase suitable grounds on which to erect club build ings and to hold trap shooting con tests. Gun clubs have also recently been organised at La Grande. Union. Baker and Huntington and these, with the Sumpter rlub, will be organized Into sn association and contests held between teams representing the dif ferent clubs. SALMON TROLLING NOW IN PROGRESS Spoon Fishing at Oregon City Furnishes Sport for Many Isaak Walton Disciples. GOOD CATCHES MADE DAILY Portland Man Lands 18-Pounder lit Rrcord Time Trout Biting Flno Along Eastern Slope of Coast Range. BT WALTER F. BACKUS. How many fishermen know that wlth i less than an hour's ride from the City Hall they can have real fishing, the kind that Eastern anglers would gladly travel hundreds of miles to get. I refer to the salmon trolling at Ore gon City, which Is now in full swing. You can leave Portland at 8 A. M.. and If it happens to be your lucky day, have a 30-pound salmon trying to carry off all your tackle an hour later. And the best part of this game Is the novice has Just as good a chance as a veteran. The main thing Is to get a favorable anchorage and then keep your spoon moving. Just why these salmon strike a spoon is a wide-open question. Kxperts tell us they do not feed in frenh water, so they must tackle the spoon either in play or anger. From the vigor with which most of them take hold, it seems pretty certain that they have a deepset grudge against the buzzing spoon, and are determined to put it out of busi ness. ' The river below the falls consists of quite a number of cross-currents, and whenever two such currents meet, tho eddy Just above is pretty suro to be real live salmon water. Resting Place for Salmon. It Is in such pockets as these that the salmon stop to rest on their Jour ney up stream. The flow of water is sufficiently strong to keep the spoon whirling, and yet not enough to bother the resting fish. Having found such a pool, you get your boat securely an chored and get busy with your tackle. Ppoons of all sizes and colors are used, and every fisherman is sure that his own pet style Is the real article. One thing Is certain, a great deal more depends on where your spoon is located than on its shape or color. The roost popular bait Is a fairly thick, egg shaped blade about two inches long, and it should be kept spinning as near the bottom as possible. We will suppose you have followed these Instructions and your bright brass spoon is whirling merrily along with the rod vibrating steadily in response to Its constant spin. It la a warm, clear day, and you are probably wondering who really will be the next President, or if the Beavers are going to lose another, when sud denly your tackle feels as though some thing under the water is trying to take It away from you and the tight is on. Most likely It's a fresh-run 30 pounder, and during the next quarter hour you'll participate In a tug of war that will keep you exceedingly busy. You Pray Your Line Will Hold. You will silently pray that the new line the sporting goods man sold you Is really as pood as he claimed. Lvery time the frantic fish comes to the sur face and churns things up a bit, you feel sure it's all over. But when you get him alongside and one of the half dozen waiting gaff hooks have hoisted htm safely aboard, you sit down, rub your bleeding knuckles. and think you're some fisherman after all. If you don't like the soaking spray and tho roar of the falls, you can get some excellent trolling Just below the suspension bridge. Just above the mouth of Abernethy Creek the river forms a wide lagoon, and here the salmon loaf around in the shallow water before going upstream. Let out a hundred feet of line with a light sinker above the spoon, and row very slowly back and forth, making a wide circle at the end of each tack. You may row half an hour, or perhaps only a few minutes, before you get a strike. State Ruya Kgsrs. Local anglers will be glad to hear that the State Game and Fish Commis PORTLAND'S NEW M0T0RB0AT, if , f - V ' i sA a sion has placed an order for two' million cut-throat trout eggs to be hatched at the Bonneville Central Hatchery and distributed in trout streams throughout the state. At a recent meet ing of the commission, at which a committee from the Multnomah Ang lers' club was present, it was decided that, as the take of trout eggs from local waters would reach but a small total, it would be advisable to pur chase a large quantity of eggs, provided they could be procured at a reasonable figure. Negotiations were promptly opened with parties in Montana, with the result that the 2.000,000 eggs were ordered. It is probable that double this quantity will be purchased later. Salmon anglers who have waited weary hours for a strike, will be inter ested In the experience of H. C. Frlsbie, who runs the Model boathouse at Ore gon City. "Frls Lands m Bis One. "Friz," as he usually is called, has been -Bo busy looking after the fisher men that he has no time for angling. Tuesday evening he had a few minutes to spare, so he Jumped Into a boat, cast I LOSS OP PROMT YE Pi T STUDENT WILL BE FELT BY MOUNT AXGEV. Fred Boynton. With the' graduation of Fred Boynton In June, Mount Angel College will lose one of ts most prominent students, a star in both athletics and the regular curriculum. He played left for ward with the college basketball team for nine games, scoring a total of 90 points, and shortstop on the nine last Spring. He Is also the sporting editor of the Pacific Star, the school paper. over his spoon and rowed down below the bridge for Just one turn. As he rounded the bend a salmon took hold. It was landed by Friz In record time. He was gone from his float Just 22 min utes and returned with an 18-pouna salmon. Tillamook County is famous for Its rain. Its cheese and Its early fly Ash ing. Hereabouts the anglers are :u.st beginning to wonder If it isn't about time for flies, but over in the coast country they have been using them hard for over a month. For some reason tne lower reaches of all the Coast streams afford early fly fishing, good catches being made there early In March, and last week Ed Laughlin, one of Tilla mook's fly-casting experts, landed a 21 inch cutthroat trout on a No. 4 Profes sor fly. and this is considered quite an ordinary fish in. that section. Fishing Good on Eaat Slope. Good trout fishing in April Is not very easy to find. So many of the streams are carrying off their snow water, and this makes fish-catching an uncertain proposition. About the like liest stretch of country nearby Is the eastern slope of the Coast Range. The streams in this locality have but very little snow water, and on a mild April day will yield some good strings. Sev eral good places can be reached on the West Side branch of the Southern Pa cific Railway, and Portland anglers have been trying them out. Henry Rebe. who Is more enthusi astic about fishing than he ever was about baseball, has made several trips in the vicinity of Gaston. On a recent trip he returned with B3 fine trout. And this Is only his second year's expe rience. Western League Results. At Topeka Topeka, 1; Denver, 3. At Omaha Omaha, 1; St. Joseph. 8. At Des Moines Des Moines, 2; Sioux City, 6. At Lincoln Lincoln. 5; Wichita. 7. W" -ifr' .ssy.ay.wpesve'y'?W?wy -TTT ; - V i e . ' I V-40") t.jfa--4 .:v:w.aV-' Wfcaatt m ?ai iT...: .v. iuwJ HOPE. BUILDER, 1911 SPEED KING, AND ITS "WOMAN PILOT IN SEVERAL COMPETITIONS a 7-C.llilllli.ii-i u m ' - . VJ .i " POIHUNDER AFTER fll J. E. Wolf Designs New Hydro plane and Seeks World's Championship. CRAFT OF LATEST MODEL 'Wild W'olT" Constructed to Be Eli gible to All Classes of Water Racing Invasion of East Is Planned. Is Portland to be the home of the world's champion motor boat of 1912? This question will be answered about June l, for J. E. Wolff, designer and builder of the 26-foot hydroplane, prob ably to be christened "Wild Wolf," has chosen that date for the trial trip of the craft. Upon its early performances depends whether Portland is to have a representative and a probable winner at the International meeting at Long Island. N. Y., this Fall. Wolff s 40-foot "Oregon Wolf" aver aged 42 'i miles per hour in a 30-mile run against time In the Willamette River last Fall. This time was more than two miles an hour better than that of the Dixie IV, world's speed king. So confident is the Portland man that his new boat will prove an even faster water marvel than the Oregon Wolf that he already has his eyes on the world's championship of 1912. "A world's champion for 1915" is the slogan of the Oregon Speed Poat Com pany, owner of the "Wild Wolf," and the hopes of the quintet of men com prising the corporation organized for the propagation of speedy water craft is centered on "Johnny" Wolff, design er, builder and engineer for the as pirants for aquatic honors. While the 1915 championship and tho $20,000 Panama Exposition prize is tho goal of the five, they are not averse to a championship preceding the San Francisco water carnival. IVot Novice at Boat-Building. Wolff is no novice at the speed-boat building art. lie has built six motor boats in eight years, the Wild Wolf being the seventh. He has gradually worked his way up from the bottom, his sixth model attracting such atten tion that the greatest builders In tho country will watch with keen interest the antics of his latest pet. In 1904 he built the Hattie. a 30-foot boat of nine horsepower, capable of a speed of 12 miles per hour. In 1905 he produced the Flirt, 30 feet long. 25 horsepower, and 19-mlle speed; 1907 the Vixen, 40-foot. 60 horsepower, 23 miles; 1908, the Wolf, -34-foot,- 90 horsepower, 27 miles: 1909, the Wolf 11, 150 horse power, 34.65 miles; 1911, the Oregon W'olf, 250 horsepower, 42.5 miles. The Wild Wolf is a departure from the other models. It is of the hydro plane type, against a displacement hull for the other six, is only 26 feet long, the smallest of the sextet, but will have the' 250-horsepower nine-cylinder Smalley engine, which drove the Ore gon Wolf through the water for a world's record. With a new type of hull, the smallest boat with the greatest possible power crowded Into the hull, and a few new plane ideas, Wolff is confident that the 1912 speeder will prove the fastest he ever produced. Wolff Telia of Problems. "The great problems in the struggle for speed are the reduction of skin fric tion, proper hull construction and the staying qualities of the motor," says Mr. Wolff. "The Wild Wolf, although 26 feet long and loaded to capacity with the heaviest possible motor for its size, will have only 12 feet of Its length in the water when going full speed. The Oregon Wolf, 40 feet long, had 25 feet of its length In the water with the plane attached. Builders are searching for the least possible skin friction, and the boat which will stay as far from the water as possible and yet be classed among the water craft Is the ultimate speed champion." Wolff decided to jump from the 40 foot to the 26-foot class for several reasons, chief among which is the de sire to get a whack at his many oppo nents In the Northwest. With their smaller boats they have had numerous opportunities to contest the Oregon MOTOR BOAT HOI Wolf and its predecessors, with Wolff's only comeback in the 40-foot and free-for-all classes. Now he expects to meet these same opponents on their own ground. Prepares to Invade East. Another prominent reason is that he desired to retain his 250-horsepower motor for another season, and figured that with the 500-horsepower engines in the 40-foot Eastern boats this sea son, the wisest plan would be to cram his power into a boat which could bet ter cope with the larger and higher powered opponents in the event that ho should invade the East with his boat- Then, too, he figures the motor better than ever this season. Last year it was new, but a year of work has placed it in the best possible shape, he says, with experiments unnecessary. Wrolff is basing his championship hopes on a new system of planes he has evolved. Just what the system is he will not say, and he expects to guard it through the season, but, granting an almost perfect engine of high power and a splendid hull, he figures on the planes to account for the difference in speed of bis craft and the product of tne average builder. The hydroplane, a flat bottom, in sharp contrast to the round bottom of the Oregon Wolf, a craft of the displacement type, permits of better opportunities for the jockey ing of planes, and Wolf promises sur prising results. Higher Honors Sought. The Wild Wolf has a five-foot six inch beam and a 24-inch freeboard. The boat will just hold its crew, consisting of Orth Mathiot, the pilot, and Wolff, the engineer. The pilot will be seated at the extreme rear, every effort being made to decrease the skin friction in the distribution of weight. Wolf has no present plans for meets outside of tho Northwestern affairs of the year, but sensatioral performances will mean the sending of the boat after the highest honors in tho world. He expects to be ready for possible contests during the Rose Festival in June, then take in the Elks' convention races at St. Johns, the Puget Sound championships at Bellinghatn, July 23 25, and the Astoria Northwest meet later in the Summer. With the 26-foot boat he will be in a position to enter every race open to hydroplanes, giving him a chance to make a clean sweep of the biggest races of the year in this section. He has been invited to participate, in the Western championship races t Davenport. Ia., July 4, 5 and 6, but 1ho dates conflict with Northwest nicety, and he has decided not to go. Cost to Build In Less. AVo'ff concedes that the Dixie IV, win-er of the international races, was probably not extended to win the meet at an average speed of little over 40 miles per hour, and points to the dif ference in his Astoria time, 39 miles, and the mark in the Willamette, 43 hi miles, and argues that the Oregon Wolf was npt far behind the Dixie IV by comparison. The Red Top III, win ner of the Western title last season, was shipped out to Astoria to beat tho Oregon Wolf, but was behind 10 min utes at the finish of the 30-mlle spriit. The Disturber II, beaten by Red Top III, at Dubuque. Ia., in the Western championships, qualified in the inter national, and was only two minutes behind the Dixie TV In the second day's races. The Oregon Wolf cost the Oregon Speed Boat Company $5000 complete, against $46,800 for the Dixie IV, while the Wild Wolf will cost no more than $2000. The 250-horsepower engine eats up gasoline at the rate of one gallon a mile, but the Wild Wolf will have a 50-gallon tank, a capacity more than sufficient for a 30-mile race. ALBANY BALL PARK COMPLETE Grounds Considered to Be Among Best in Slate. ALBANY", Or., April 27. (Special.) Albany now has one of the best base ball parks in the state outside of Port- Th- AT-nnv Athletic Association has completed its new park a short distance south of the Lnion Depot. The new grandstand is the largest and most substantial ever erected here and every convenience is provided for watching the games. Baseball in Albany is now on an organized basis for tne first time in manv years. For the past few seasons the "teams organized each year have solicited subscriptions from the busi ness men of the city and have, made temporarv iinprovemeiits in the old Rambler Park grounds. These grounds have not even been enclosed the past few seasons. Rambler Park was divided into build ing lots this year, and a city addition platted over it, so a new baseball ground was necessars". Ten prominent local fans formed an association and have erected this new park. Not a cent was solicited for the purpose and the men forming the association have ad vanced all of th3 money. From pres ent indications enough money will be made to pay for the park this year, and as the improvements made, are permanent, no diriicuiiy win uc ex perienced in financing basebr.il teams in Albany in the coining years. The ten men who formed the new Association are A. G. Senders, Dr. It J. Kavanaugh. J. Otto Lee. W. A. Sails bury. J. M. Donovan, Eugene Dooley. Charles Monson, A. A. Mickel, J. C. Stickley and R. R. Knox. Dr. Kava naugh is president of the association. Eugene Doolev vice-president and A. G. Senders secretary of the association and manager of the team. - COLLEGE "ROOTIXG" SCORED Professor at Nebraska "U" Says Practice Is Immoral. CHICAGO. April 27. Dr. George E. Howard, professor of political science and sociology at the University of Ne braska, speaking before the conference of physical education and hygiene here last night, bitterly denounced organized "rooting" particularly during intercol legiate games. "Partisan cheering." he said. is a singular example of mental perversion, ' an absurd and Immoral custom. From every aspect It is bad. Jt robs the ath lete of his due need of honest praise. Morallv, it is on the level with the Jimmy' and the 'toe hold.' the stuffed ballot box or the campaign canard. It reaches the limit of perversity when used as a 'jimmy' to unlock the emo tions of the audience at an intercol legiate debate." Dr. Howard held that as now con ducted, intercollegiate sports of all kinds were becoming a menace to high er education. American Association Scores. At St. Paul St. Paul, 5; Louisville,' 1. At Kansas City Kansas City. 2; Co lumbus. 3. At Minneapolis Minneapolis. 2; In dianapolis, 1