THF SUNDAY OKEGOXIAN. PORTLAND. AUGUST II. 1913.
FREAK DIAMOND IS
KETGHIGAN TREAT
Beach Serves in Alaska Town
in Flace of Ball Lot
'Tween Tides.
TIME OF GAME IRREGULAR
Eccentricities of Eddie Determine
rmplre Call of "Play Ball"
Interest Intense In American
Game In Far North.
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
WRANGEL, Alaska. Aug. 10. (Spe
cial.) We have read much of the vicis
situdes of early baseball, of the diffi
culties encountered by the Chadwlcks.
the Ansons. the Spaldings and other
pioneers, but after a 1000-mile voyage,
vacation-bent from Seattle, threading
the countless islands along the coast
of British Columbia and Southeastern
Alaska, we have bumped up against a
freak of modern baseball that makes
the obstacles of Argonaut days appear
as simple as the rights of women to
a Pankhurst or a Dr. Anna Shaw.
Ketchiran. the first port of call of
the Alaska Steamship Company, boasts
of the most unique baseball diamond in
the world, a stadium located on the
seashore, cnpable of being utilized as
a speedcourse for hydroplane or motor
boats in the morning, a fishing ground
at TOOon, and an Ideal field for diamond
endeavor a few hours later.
In the United States the science of base
ball advances as Its stars broaden and
progress, but in Ketchiran baseball is a
very much "a la moon." The very life
of the game there depends on the daily
allotment of the briny deep, and that
allotment in turn depends on the big
moor, above.
Tide Floods Diamond.
Ketchlcan. a thriving town of 1000
souls and countless weird totem poles,
signifying . the native dead, gets two
hi?h lides per 24 hours. When the
ocean eddies in the home plate and the
a bod? of the Rodders, the Lindsays and
the Bancrofts lies buried under 18 feet
of water.
As. a consequence, when the waters
recede., sea-weerls. logs, driftwood and
other unwelcome visitors litter the
sendy infield. But it takes more than
that 'to daunt the Ty Cobbs. the Chief
Benders and the Patsy O'Rourkes of
the North, for 30 m'nutes after the
sway of the rain check, the amphi
theater is ready for baseball, white
wash lines, grandstand and all.
To further complicate the baseball
complexion, tides run approximately
40 minutes later each day. It takes
no mathematician to see that no Coast
League schedule would do up here, so
the dopester. always alert to the Baura
circuit expansion idea, can cut "catch-as-catch-can"
off the eligible list im
mediately. Sometimes play is called in the
morning, other times at noon, again
in mid-afternoon, and as late as 9
at niiiht. Farther North, around Daw
son and Fairbanks, baseball has been
played near the midnight hour.
Despite all these hindrances of longi
tude and latitude, the field at Ketchl
can is prettily located, the team well
drilled, and the class of ball furnished
about on a par with that seen in the
cities of Oregon and Washington.
Ketchiran la oa Piles.
Ketchican. like Astoria, is built on
piles. It clings to a steep hillside, as
barnacles to a ship. The main street,
high over the sand, parallels the third
base line of the ball park, and affords
excellent, though novel, grandstand
privileges. The docks abut on the ini
tial sack, while over the left fielder's
head a creek babbles on to Join the
ocean, which laps contentedly at the
tide-flat only a short stretch beyond
the sun field.
Can you beat a combination like
that? Imagine Hap Hogan stalling,
not for rain, but for tide, with his club
one run behind at the start of the
fourth inning. Ground rules are un
known in Ketchican, but we have it
on the authority of Captain Kubll. of
the Ketchy Cubs, that balls hit into
the ocean are good for four bases, un
less the tide has approached to within
50 feet of the Infield, in which case
life-preservers are rushed to the gar
deners and only two bases allowed.
I'mplre'a Word la Law.
We are further Informed that:
"There's never a law of God or man
Runs north of fifty-three."
Whoever penned that notion evi
dently entirely overlooked the poor
umpire. Maybe he considered the ar
biter In an Individual category. At
any rate, at Ketchican, as in the
major leagues, the word of the tenth
man Is law. People in Alaska bet heav
ily on their ball teams. The Juneau
club takes a 250-mlle steamer ride next
week, backed by $3000 in Alaska gold,
bound for Ketchican, to settle an an
cient grievance.
The Metlakatla Indians, too, excel
at the American sport, while Sitka,
Wrangel. and numerous other towns
point to their home talent athletes with
swelling pride.
Metlakatla has its own claim to
uniqueness, too. but not from an ath
letic viewpoint. ' It is one town in
Alaska where the white man is not
allowed to linger long.
In 1887. about 800 Christian Indians,
of the Tsimpsean tribe, under the
leadership of Father Duncan, the
Apostle of Alaska, abandoned their vil
lage in British Columbia in order to
gain greater -religious liberty. They
migrated to the Annette Islands, not
far north of Prince Rupert, but across
the Canadian boundary. Uncle Sam
later set apart this reservation for
their use. and Father Duncan has since
their ruled with an iron hand. He in
formed me that about $1,100,000 of the
Indians' money had passed through his
hands in the last 20 years, of which
amount he had managed to retain 10
per cent for his own exchequer.
Camera Lady Almoat Left.
Despite the anti-white pronuncia
mentos. however, the steamer. Dolphin
of the Alaska line almost departed on
her journey minus a Portland lady and
her two children Mrs. J. R. Elliott
and daughters. Bun and Margaret, 730
F.verett street. Mrs. Elliott remained
long after the warning whistles, but
she returned with a camera loaded with
Father Duncan snapshots, which she
had set her mind upon securing.
D. W. Proebstel, 1061 East Main
street. Portland, is a passenger aboard
the Dolphin, bound for the Treadwell
mines. Miss Rose Braem and Miss
Eleanor Yale represent Vancouver.
Wash., in the excursion party.
Wrangel. Alaska, is the next stop In
importance above Ketchican, and it is
here that Bill rioogers. me rornana
baseball captain, expects to spend the
roming Winter In quest or near. To
morrow I will embark on a two-days
deer hunt up the picturesque 8tiklne
River, which finds its neaawaters back
in the glacier-dotted Interior.
Arctic grouse, partridges, rabbits,
porcupine, bear, caribou, fox. wild
goats and mountain sheep abound in
this section. Alaska is a hunters' para
dise. In fact, as well as in transporta
tion folders.
BASEBALL PICTURES SHOWING
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1 KETCHTKA'V PIF.LD AT LOW TIDE, MOST UXiatTB t THE WORL
WHO OHIV nows UPON THE DIAMOXD-3, KETCHIKAN BASEBALL TE
A DESTRUCTIVE TIDE.
G. IS F
Sensational Harness Horse Is
Trotter-Pacer.
CHECKERED LIFE IS HIS
Equine to Perform In Big Trotting
IVature of Portland Meet This
Month Is Looked' Upon as a
Likely Winner.
Turf followers have been regaled
with many yarns of cart horses evolv
ing into trotting and pacing sensations,
but in Adam O., a probable "starter In
the classic 2:12 trot, the J2500 Port
land day feature of the "Little Grand
Circuit" race meeting August 26-31,
the public will see not only a Jivery
stable horse, but a versatile trotter
pacer. Adam G. is without doubt the freak
of the Western turf. A son of Mc
Klnney, the famous sire, whose off
springs grow speedier as the years
roll around, the 14-year-old wonder
is upon the trotting programmes this
season for the first time in almost ten
years.
Adam G.'s career reads llkt the
checkered life of a soldier of fortune.
He started public life as a trotter,
then hauled the public about in a yellow-wheeled
livery-stable buggy for
two years, then achieved fame as a
pacer and is once more bacR in tne
trotting events.
Adam G. was first owned by E. P.
Heald. of San Francisco. The son of
McKinney and Nona Y. made a mark
of 2:11 Vi as a trotter there when a
mere j-oungster.
For some unaccountable reason he
was soon removed from the track, and
the next heard of him was when he
was hitched to the livery-stable ve
hicle. Charles L. De Ryder plucked Adam
G. from his environment, sold him to
D. L. Bachant, of Fresno, his present
owner, and the animal 'was converted
into a pacer.
Three Record Heats Scored Here.
In 1909 Adam G.- paced three 2:06
heats on the Portland track and proved
the outstanding winner of the North
west. So well did he look that he was
taken East for a campaign on the
Grand Circuit. But there his mark
removed him from all but the free-for-all
events, and .he was called upon
to meet too speedy talent to be a
money-making investment for his
owners. He was brought back to the
Coast and was a consistent winner,
establishing a mark of 2:0oV8 at Wood
land, Cal.
One morning last Spring Adam G.
was led to the track and asked to
trot. Not only did he go back to his
childhood style of racing, but he has
performed so valiantly this season that
he is looked upon a strong contender
in the classic 2:12 trot of the Portland
meeting.
He lost to Bernlce R., another pros
pective Portland starter, at Tleasan
ton. but it was his first start in a trot
In years, and even then he came sec
ond to the winner, who negotiated the
course In 2:11 M-
Oregon has a splendid chance to
carry off the honors in the 2:12 trot
REAK
DIFFICULTIES UNDER WHICH
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this year. Frank E. Alley, of Rose
burg, has in Bonaday, a son of Bon
Voyage (2:08), a trotter whom many
believe will win the biggest slice of
the 12500 purse. Bonaday has a mark
of 2:27 as a 2-year-old. but in work
outs this year has negotiated the mile
in 2:11 and the quarter in :29tt.
Bon Guy Is Contender.
Bon Guy (2:11). another son of Bon
Voyage, Is a probable entrant for the
race, and one of those figured among
the contenders. He is a 5-year-old,
owned by S. S. Bailey, of Pleasanton,
Cal. Bon Guy is a futurity winner and
has been working in fine form this
season.
Bernlce R. (2:11) is the trotter
whose 1912 performances would indi
cate that she is to be favorite in the
Portland race. She Is an 8-year-old.
owned by M. C. Keefer, of National
City, CaL 8he is out of Dexter Prince,
by DIone (2:07H). and is from the
well-known A. B. Spreckels stable. In
her first start this year she won at
Pleasanton in straight heats in 2:11.
PORTLAND PUGILISTIC IMPRESARIO AND HIS EMBRYO WHITE HOPE.
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Allstvle (2:12) is another trotter
who has been doing so well this year
that he is rated a good chance in the
2:12 trot, while Henry Gray (2:12) is
another consistent performer who will
he ready for the flag in the Portland
Day feature. Allstyle is owned by
Dana Perkins, of Rocklln, Cal., while
Henry Gray is owned in Seattle.
While the last date for the mailing
of entries for the late closing events
is August 10, entries may be mailed
up to noon of Monday, August 11. The
number of entries thus far Indicate a
centering of the Western harness
strength in Portland.
The railroad authorities have granted
a special rate of a fare and a third
from all Northwestern, points to Port-
THE NATIONAL GAME IS PLATED
D 2, WEIRD HOOTERS OP THE PAST
AM 4, KETCHIKAN INFIELD AFTER
land, a concession which will augment
the attendance.
In addition to a better streetcar
service, caused by double-tracking to
the Country Club course, the race of
ficials have taken up the matter of
automobile roads to the course, and
the most-traveled thoroughfare to the
track will be oiled within a few weeks.
Hood River Men Plant Fry.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 10. (Spe
cial.) A half dozen enthusiastic Hood
River fishermen have been busy since
Thursday transporting 50 cans of trout
fry, received here Wednesday from
Portland, to a number of the smaller
branches of Hood River, where they
are being planted. A large number of
the fry was taken up to the Lake
Branch and some to the West Fork.
Many were released in brooks close to
the city. The distribution was .done
under the supervision of Ray E. Scott,
secretary of the Commercial Club. Half
of the fry were rainbow and half brook
trout.
IS
LONG ON PROMISES
California Fight Promoter Is
Busy Arranging Fu
ture Bouts.
RITCHIE-HOGAN GO NEXT
Flynn and Charlie Miller Meet in
20-Round Bout Labor Day At
tell Anxious for Return
Match With Kllbane.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. x 10. (Spe
cial.) The fight game in San Fran
cisco, is long on promises. If there is
. I . ' tn . in, tho -nrAolCA to COXlTe.
Coffroth has busied himself with sev
eral matches in tne ruiure ana me
bouts that are carded look something
like this:
Friday night, August 16 Four-round
bout between Willie Ritchie and One
Round Hogan.
Labor Day, September 2 Jim Flynn
vs. Charlie Miller, 20 rounds.
Admission 'Day, September 9 Willie
Ritchie vs. most available lightweight.
20 rounds.
Discovery Day, October 13 am ai
tell and Johnny Kilbane.
The last named bout is still in the
making, but it shows that the promo
tor,, aro rlnlni? A tall bit Of hustling
and figure on giving the spectators
something wortn wnne.
The Xour-round card for next Friday
night between Hogan and Ritchie is a
classy one. Louis Parente is the pro
moter who decided to hook up these
two boys and he is paying a pretty
penny. Ritchie demanded and secured
$1000 for his end, and Hogan is to be
granted 25 per cent of the gross re
ceipts. The man who gives the show has de
tvm ft will hn necessary to
charge Jl for his gallery, Instead of
the customary u cents, ana ucwuuan
the interest that has been displayed, it
i ,nit llkelv that Dreamland rink
will be crowded that night
Of course. It is naraiy proraMs wim
there will be a decisive result in such
a short distance, but it will, in the end,
lead up to a 20-round match, which is
what the fighters are themselves look
ing forward to.
Miller and Flynn Carded.
Coffroth's main card on Labor Day
will be a 20-round match between
Charlie Miller and Jim Flynn. the Col
orado fireman. Miller Is a local heavy
weight who has been considered more
or less of a Joke for several years. Of
late he has been winning steadily and
proved quite a surprise when he gained
a decision over Al Kaufman not so
many weeks ago.
His friends think highly of his
chances and there is no question but
that there will be a good crowd on
hand when the two men mix. Flynn
is not to be rated as a stakehorse, but
at the same time he is a tough heavy
weight to beat. The bout will prove
Just what Miller amounts to. If Charlie
can get over this hurdle, he will have
a great chance for some matches in
the future that will bring him in plenty
of coin.
For Admission Day. Coffroth has
promised Willie Ritchie a match. His
opponent is to be selected later, but if
Hogan makes a suitable showing in
four rounds, he will likely be selected.
Ritchie, who is not picking the easy
ones, expressed a desire to take on
Packey McFarland. The Chicagoan,
however, dodged the issue. Packey,
when he was offered the match, de
clared that he thought his chances of
getting on with Wolgast in JJew York
were good and that he couldn't over
look the opportunity.
Harlem Tommy Murphy was consid
ered, but in training for the Attell
fight. Murphy hurt one of his fingers
and the chances are he will be on the
shelf for some weeks to come.
Hogan and Ritchie Are Rivals.
Hogan is the only one left who
would be a good drawing card. Hogan
and Ritchie are natural rivals, having
been brought up in the four-round
game in San Francisco. Time was
when Ritchie was begging Hogan for
a fight. Now the shoe is on the other
foot and Ritchie can do the dictating.
Willie is anxious to forge to the front
GDFFROTH
and would prefer.bigger money, ..but
has reached the conclusion that the
sensible thing to do is to accept what
is offered him.
Abe Attell will be granted a bout in
October, providing that Johnny Kll
bane sees fit to grant the request. Abe
suffered a badly cut lip in that mlxup
with Tommy Murphy and he has al
ready refused an offer from Tom Mc
Carey to fight Harry Thomas, in Los
Angeles, due to that same Injury. The
latter part of the week Attell left for
the springs and will put In several
weeks loafing around and taking
things easy.
The Attell-Murphy fight was about
as even an affair as I have seen. It
was far from being as peppery as the
last match between the two boys, but
there was practically no shade In favor
of either man and to have given it to
one, would have been doing the other
an injustice.
Attell la Still Clever.
Murphy had the pull in the weights
and at the outset it looked as If he
would win. Attell, however, surprised
the crowd by the clever fashion in
which he punished the New Yorker
about the body. Murphy didn't like
that sort of treatment and on several
occasions, he backed away from the sit
uation. Attell looked to have trained
earnestly and he was as game as any
one could desire.
Taking into consideration the fact
that he was fighting a lightweight.
Attell made a good showing. I doubt
If he is as good as lie was once upon
a time, but Just the same he earned
for himself a chance to gain back the
title that he lost In Los Angeles to the
Clevelander.
Ritchie, who has been away all the
week on an automobile trip into the
mountains, narrowly escaped a bad ac
cident. With two of his friends, Ritch
ie was driving into L'klah, when some
thing went wrong and the machine
plunged over the grade. Fortunately
there was a tree In the path of the
car that stopped its descent. As it
was, the automobile turned turtle and
several horses had to be secured to
pull it back on the road. Ritchie, you
know, is an expert mechanician and a
careful driver, but from the way he
sent the word in concerning the acci
dent, he was frightened when it hap
pened. Picture Thing of Past.
Word has been received from Wash
ington that the President has signed a
bill that prohibits the transportation
of moving pictures of fights between
states. The bill, or rather law. is very
strict in its provisions and also de
clares that no news of the betting odds
of any fight shall be wired from one
state to another. The penalty Is im
prisonment for six months or a fine of
21000.
It acts for pictures that have been
taken in the past as well as any that
may be taken In the future, and doubt
less means that such films will hardly
be taken hereafter. There Isn't enough
money In the game to make It worth
while to take pictures for use in any
one state. The California state rights
for the Wolgast-Rivers pictures, which
were extremely sensational, only
brought $2500 and the cost of taking
the films amounted to something like
21300.
SPORTING SPARKS
THE big 1912 baseball laugh Is on
the Philadelphia Athletics. Last
Spring, with the critics conceding the
American League pennant to Connie
Mack's team, and the Athletics modestly
saying "amen" to the most flattering
compliments, the players were engaged
in the delightful occupation of counting
their 1912 world's championship wealth.
Today they are wondering if they will
be able to pass Washington in the race.
The failure of the Athletics and
even Connie Mack concedes that the
task of overcoming the Red Sox lead
is a well-nigh impossible one is due
to a certain extent to their slight re
gard for competitors in the early stages
of the season. Instead of Jumping off
in front and fighting for every game,
the world's champions, with the
thoughts of their famous 1911 spurt in
mind, dallied along, taking things easy
and waiting for mid-season to take ad
vantage of the opposing slumps.
But not only did the opponents, with
the exception of Chicago, fail to slump,
but the reserve power of the Athletics
was missing. The result is a team
which, barring practically superhuman
efforts, cannot finish better than sec
ond, and probably will land third at
the wire.
The Giants have been pulling for the
Athletics to win the American League
pennant, for they know the Athletics,
and would rather test their mettle
against the Mackmen in a post-season
series for the world's title than the
wonderful Boston Red Sox.
The Red Sox have a splendid pitch
ing staff, the best outfield in the Amer
ican League and probably the best in
baseball today. In addition the slug
gers have a longing for southpaw offer
ings, which would make Rube Marquard
a negligible quantity in the world's
series.
Those baseball fans who, after wit
nessing dope-upsetting galore in the
National game, had adopted the proverb
"Take nothing for granted In base
ball," always accepted the phrase with
this mental reservation: "Washington
Is Impossible."
But Washington, the despised out
sider, tail-ender or seventh-place fin
isher in seasons as far back as most
followers of the game can remember.
Is not "impossible." The Senators are
distinctly "possible" this season, al
though not "probable."
The wonderful showing of Washing
ton this season is a decided tribute to
Clark Griffith, generally rated as a
major league managerial failure.
"Griff's" vindication is expressed in the
position Washington now occupies in
the American League percentage col
umn next door to the Boston leaders.
At Cincinnati and New York Griffith
was hampered by the "higher-ups."
But at Washington he was given free
rein. He purchased a big block of
the stock, tackled the proposition In
his own fashion, and produced the won
der of the 1912 American League and
the best team Washington ever pos
sessed. Clyde Milan, the center-fielder of the
Washington Senators, has been run
ning bases this season in a manner to
cause fandom to forget Ty Cobb's best
efforts. They say that Milan is the
greatest base-stealer in the business,
and his wonderful record goes to show
that his admirers arc not far wrong.
He stole 57 bases, against 36 for Cobb,
in figures compiled up to a few days
a' . . .
For 33 games up to and Including
that of August 1, Ty Cobb had a bat
ting average of .511. In 143 times at
bat he hit safely 73 times and scored
37 runs. In three double-headera he
secured 20 hits.
One of the 1912 baseball phenoms Is
Eppa Rixey, Jr., the Virginia Univer
sity hurler, who is playing with the
Phillies. His family objects to his
playing baseball and Manager Dooin
has hired a bodyguard to protect his
star from kidnaping.
Poor tailoring lost a recent game for
Hew York, according to the Gotham
writers. It seems that Umpire Bush
wears a loose-fitting coat, instead of
the snug variety of the most up-to-date
dressers, and a hit that would
have scored the winning run struck
the offending coat. The batsman was
sent back for another try and was un
equal to the task, of poling out a safe
one,
O'DONNELL READY
FOR TITLE DEBUT
Portland Heavyweight Soon tc
.Show Proof of "White
Hope" Aspirations.
REAL TRY0UT AUGUST 23
Promising Boxer In Tow of TomnJ7
Tracey Has Confidence, Punch
and Speed and Trainer Believes
"Champ" Is In Sight.
MARK O'DOJTVEI.T, MRASlTtRS UP
FOR ItEAVYWEKiHT CHAM
PIONSHIP HONORS.
Age 2 years
Height feet 2H lnche
Weight
Reach
Chest, normal...
Chest, expanded.
Neck
Biceps.
Wrist
WalBt
Thigh
Calf
..108 pounds
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... .44 Inches
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Nationality Irish
Is the next heavyweight fistic cham
pion to affix his signature on hotel
registers in this fashion: "Mark O'Don
nell. Portland, Or.?"
Tommy Tracey, Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club boxing instructor, one
time sensational welterweight and
present manager-trainer of O'Donnell,
is supremely confident that he has the
next champion in tow. Portland fans
will reserve their Judgment until after
August 23 and September 6, when the
Portland "white hope" is scheduled to
run his first trial heats of the cham
pionship race.
O'Donnell is present amateur cham
pion of the Pacific Northwest Every
amateur heavyweight champion is eli
gible to the "white hope" class, no mat
ter how hard he works to achieve the
top of the "simon pure" ladder. But
every amateur champion Is not an em
bryonic world's "pro" tltleholder; hence
the skeptical attitude of the home
guard and the failure of the fistic
world to be aroused from its heavy
weight lethargy by each newly-announced
coming champion.
O'Donnell has size and build suffi
cient to boost him to the top of the lad
der, but many "wise" discoverers of
human giants have learned to their sor
row that weight and height are not
the only championship qualifications.
Fighter Han ConUence.
O'Donnell has confidence, but so have
the others. O'Donnell has a first-class
tutor, but so have the others. He hus
a fair punch, but others have shown
harder ones. At this untried stage of
his career his nlmbleness of foot seems
to be his only superior asset.
But. despite O'Donnell's greenness,
he Is not to be brushed aside with u
smile. The white aspirants for the
heavyweight championship are a me
diocre bunch, and any big fellow with
pluck, ambition, a heady manager and
a fair share of fighting ability is en
titled to recognition among the "white
hopes."
"All I want is a chance to show what
O'Donnell can do against Charley Horn
on.August 23, and another of the big
San Franciscans on August 6," declares
Tommy Tracey. "I am sure he can beat
men of the Horn class, and then I am
willing to send him against any of the
big fellows, or even take a crack at
'come-back' Tommy Burns."
Should O'Donnell become the cham
pion of the world. Ireland, and not the
United States, will claim O'Donnell as
its son. For Mark was born at Cork,
Ireland, 26 years ago. True, he has
spent 23 of those 26 years in America,
but the Kmerald Isle will point with
pride to the "son of the sod" should
he hew his way to the pinnacle of pu
gilism. Tracey Nunn Protese Along;.
Tracey has been nursing his protege
along for more than a year, boxing
with him several times a week and
scouring the city for big fellows to
pose as chopping-blocks and wrestling
mats for his charge. He has instilled
a certain amount of fistic knowledge
into O'Donnell, seen him defeat Mad
den, the big cop, without flinching;
from the sturdiest wallops of the policeman-boxer,
and says that his man
is now ready for the test.
The duo will leave Portland Friday
night for San Francisco. Several days
will be spent about training camp, and
then comes the initial professional bout
on Friday night with Charlie Horn, the
California trial horse. If he eomes out
best in his "sprint" bout Mark will
have another chance with a tougher
man on August 6. If he emerges vic
torious from that contest he will be
launched firmly upon the pugilistic sea.
If not. he will probably turn once more
to his occupation of gasfitter.
O'Donnell's addition to the Portland
"hope" squad gives the fightless city
aspirants for title honors in three di
visions. Otto Berg, having deserted
Astoria for Portland, is seeking mid
dleweight fame, while Bud Anderson,
the Vancouver boy, who will have him
self announced' "of Portland." Is soon
to Invade California In a search for the
lightweight championship.
Bobby Lyman's claim to tho North
western bantamweight crown has met
with little consideration at the hands
of the other 115-pound boys. Jockey
n ... r.H Rlilv Farrell both hoot, at
Lyman's announcement of his accession
to the throne, ana tne tnree ro en
gaged in a wordy imbroglio.
T.'n.on In AnKWttr tO the DrOtestS Of
the duo and their charges of Tunning-
out, etc., comes oaCK wun an ouor m
meet both of them at Eugene in the
near future. He suggests August 23
as a good date for a tussle wun r arren,
and Labor day, September 6, as the
Aa.v noon which he would shatter Ben
nett's aspirations.
Lyman aoesn t venture m utu t.aU
nett's victory over him at The Dalles
some time ago, but declares Bennett
was ten pounds overweight, and dazed
the loser by butting in the early rounds
so that he could win with ease in the
tenth.
Maccabees to Meet Sun Dials,
The Modern Maocabeea, No. 1016. will
play the Sun Dials a game of baseball
at Falrview this afternoon. The Mao
cabees broke the winning; streak of
the Eagles last Sunday. Hyronimou
striking out 21 men. and with the stel
lar heaver In today tussle, expect aa
easy victory.
Boise Calls for Tonneson.
Boise, of the Union Association, ha
telegraphed Tommy Tonneson, recent
ly released Colt pitcher, asking him t
report for duty immediately. How
ever, Tonneson has decided to stay in.
Portland for a time, waiting for a pros
pectlve call from a Clasa B. club.