The Sunday Oregonian., June 29, 1913, SECTION TWO, Page 4, Image 20

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 2!, 11113.
PORTLAND WOMAN PQLOIST HAS MATCHES IN CALIFORNIA
Miss Georgiana Leadbetter Leaves East After Winning Admiration by Remarkable Playing Local Club May Lay Out Polo Field Numbers on Players Aid Spectators.
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mISS UEORGIANA IJEADBETTER,
lj who has been witnessing the Jp-
ternational polo g-ames at
Aleadowbrook. Longr Island, and has
played a number of games wltli Na
tional celebrities, will return the early
part of this week.
Miss Leadbetter is captain of the
Portland Hunt Club ladles' polo team,
and has had several years' of active
experience on horseback as a member
of the Portland teams. Her playing
often has caused favorable comment,
and in the East was considered quite
remarkable.
She is now in California, where she
may play several matches before re
turning to Portland,
While at . Meadowbrook she played
a match with Miss Helen Hitchcock,
the; crack pololst of the Meadow
I.aa-kH. the women's annex to the
Meadowbrook Club.
V. W. leadbetter went East about a
month ago to accompany Miss Lead-
better on the return trip by way of
California. He, likewise, is indulging
in the game at the various riding cen
ters which they are visiting.
Both of the Portland people will
play several matches at Santa Barbara,
where they will pass several days.
In keeping with the rise in popular
ity of polo, the Portland Hunt Club is
considering- the making of a field at
the Garden Home tract. The field, if
built, will be in the open space in the
center of the track.
The field has been measured and
found to be nearly the correct size,
that is, 900 feet long and 450 feet wide.
The building of the field would entail
a lot of grading and a system of
drainage, but the plan ts considered
feasible by those who have proposed it.
In the international polo matches In
New York, for the first Mm in the
history of this sport, ail the players
wore numbers on their saddles. This
enabled the big throng to identify the
players instantly and to follow every
movement of the game. When this in
novation was first suggested it was
objected to by some of the players, but
when it was explained to them how
impossible it would be for the spec
tators to follow the game intelligently
they surrendered, and the publio fol
lowed the match In an intelligent man
ner, and not one of the players was in
terfered with in the slightest.
When the football season opens in
the Fall all the big universities of the
country will have to take a stand for
or against a. system of numbering:
players. Last Spring the intercol
legiate rules committee was asked to
Incorporate such a provision in Its
rules, but so much opposition de
veloped that the committee merely
suggested such action, leaving to the
individual universities what decision
should be made. Several big institu
tions have agreed to number players.
Yale was the university which most
strongly opposed It.
CHANGE AIDS LEAGUE
Western Tri-State With Four
Teams Looks Better.
CLUBS ALL STRENGTHENED
Star Players of La Grande and Ba
ker Catch On With Other Xines.
Bigger Circuits Likely to Take
On Several of Best Men.
BOISE, Idaho, June 28. (Special.)
The Western Tri-state League will
finish the season a four-club organi
zation. La Grande and Baker having
dropped out, the leanue now consists
of Boise, Walla Walla, Pendleton' and
North Yakima, or the same size or
ganization it was last season, when La
Grande had the franchise that North
Yakima now has.
The league is better off for the
change. Had it remained a four-club
organization when the season opened.
Instead of branching off Into a six-
club affair, it would have been better
off. La Grande and Baker are both
small cities. Baker, however, was one
of the best drawing cities in the
league. The schedule was poorly ar
ranged and called tor long jumps that
cost great deal of unnecessary
money. .
Many of the players In tho disband
ed clubs were able to get on with the
four remaining in the league. Woods
of the Baker club, signed with Boise.
Pitcher Fitchner, the "Mysterious
Morse" of La Grande, - signed with
North YaJtlma, Kitchner Is considered
one- of tho classy twiners in the
league. He has plenty of smoke and
when able to control his offerings, is
hard to hit. Pitcher Jamieson, also a
star with the La Grande club, was
signed by Pendleton. Manager Bade,
of Walla Walla, tried to grab Fitch
ner, but North Yakima beat him to the
contract. Harrod, ex-manager of the
Baker olub, has signed to play third
base with Walla Walla, taking Child
ors' place.
Git Deal la Made.
The best deal made this season for
the sale of a player was closed by
.Mmmle Richardson, local scout of the
'oust and Northwestern League clubs,
this week, when he disposed of Bobby
Uavls, second baseman of Walla
Walla, to the Portland Beavers. Davis
is a fast jnflelder. He has been hit
tingr well and fielding sensationally.
Cohn of Spokane had him last season.
It is understood that Cohn has an idea
that Bad put something over on him
when he disposed of Davis to Port
land. The directors of the Western
Tri-state League have ever refused to
permit the use of optional players In
the league this season.
It was learned on good authority
that the price for Davis is $500. He
must make good in Class C company,
however, before the money is paid
over.
Other Advancements Due.
The Bears . are still holding their
place at the top, with five, games
ahead of Boise. This week Pendleton
comes to Boise for six games, and
Walla Walla will play North Yakima
at Walla Walla. Field day sports by
the players of all four clubs will be
put on July 4 at Boise and Walla be
fore the games open.
A bid has been made for "Big" Steve
Melter, the ex-Indian pitcher with the
tsoise club. Jimmie Richardson is
said to be dickering to land the giant
pitcher with one of the Coast club
teams. Friene, Reams and Gard, also
Boise players, are said to be slated
for faster company next season.
Friene Is a fielder and hitter. Reams
is & fast second baseman. Gard is the
"class" of tho league as a catcher.
BALIi TEAM OWXERS AROUSED
i'LOUGHLIfl TO STAY
Participation in Finals Is
Now Assured.
FINE JUDGMENT IS SHOWN
play Parke in the semi-finals Monday,
while Douat will be matched against
Kreutaer. The finals of the tourna
ment will be played on Tuesday. -McLonchlU
Amunjf Kavarltea.'
Among experts here McLoughlin and
Kreutaer are the favorites and both
are expected to reach the final round.
In the second round of the all
England doubles championship, A. F.
Wilding and M. W. Hilliard beat Wal
lace F. Johnson, of Philadelphia, and
M. Zinn straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.
In the second round of the doubles
Raho and Kleinschroth, of Germany,
beat Doust, of Australia, and Mavro
gordato, of England, three sets to two,
the aoora being 3-6, 6-3. 1-6, 7-6, 6-3.
Magnates to Lay pjans for Combat
ting Federal League.
CHICAGO. June 28. A meeting of
baseball magnates is to take place here
within the next two 3ays. It Is re
ported, to combat tha encroachments of
the Federal League,- President John
son, of the American League, and Presi
dent Chivlngton, of the American Asso
ciation, are expected to confer here on
Sunday or Monday with several owners
of association clubs.
Signing by the Federals of Ray
A8nenreiton and red Ling, of India
napolis, the fact that the new league
Is -offering inducements to other India
napolis association players and its
projected Invasion of Kansas City is
said to have aroused all the olub
owners In the American Association to
the necessity of strengthening their
noia on tneir piayers and their terri
tory. Sunday Morning League Games Off.
Bert Allen and his Bear Cats of the
Multnomah Club Sunday morning base
ball league will not be seen in action
this morning against O'Hanlon's Shll
lalahs as the World's Christian Citizen
ship Conference has the use of the field
indefinitely. The game is a champion
ship affair as both have won five and
lost but one game.
Iceland la presently to have Its first rail
way, a line ix and one-half miles long,
around the city and harbor ot Reykjavik.
With Magnificent Control of Service
Californlan Has Easy Command
of Match and Becomes Pa
Torlte in Finals Play.
WIMBLEDON. June 28. Maurice E.
McLoughlin, the American champion,
beat W. Ingram, three straight sets in
the fifth round of the All-England lawn
tennis championship singles. The score
was 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.
J. C. Parke. Irish and Scottish cham
pion, beat R. Watson three sets, 6-4,
6-1, 6-4, Watson yesterday defeated
Wallace F. Johnson, of Philadelphia.
Parke Is considered McLoughlin's most
dangerous opponent for tha final hon
ors here.
Stanley N. Doust, captain of the
Australian team, beat Hope Crisp,
champion of the Cambridge University
team, three sets to one. The score was
7-6. 8-3, 3-6, Il-.
Aa has been anticipated, MauriceE.
Aic-Liougnun naa no aimcuity in defeat
ing W. Ingram and entering the semi
final round of the All-England cham
pionship. The American champion won
18 out of 25 games during the three
sets with Ingram, his scores being 6-1,
6-2, 6-4. '
Fine Judgment Shown.
In the last set the American dls
played fine judgment In his overhand
strokes. This, with his magnificent
service, gave him easy command of the
match. Only in the final set did the
Englishman display any grasp of the
American's service, but the signs of
improvement In the play of his oppo
nent brought out all that was best in
McLoughlin's play and he finished the
match in grand style, winning the final
games ty superb recoveries from In
gram s volleying.
England expresses considerable hopes
or retaining the ladies championship.
In the final match of the fifth round
Oscar Kreutser, the German champion.
teat Kenneth Powell, formerly captain
of Cambridge University, throe seta to
one, 6-4, 6-1, 6-7, 6-0.
It is expected that McLoughlin will
Sporting Sparks
WHISKBHQOMilWiNS
Suburban Handicap Goes to
Whitney's Big Horse.
IMPOST IS 139 POUNDS
THE baseball and other fans who oc
casionally take a shot at "cow pas
ture pool" will find soma Joy In the
fact that one of the finest golf links
In the country has been opened In
Sleepy Hollow on the Hudson, tho place
which Irving made famous with a 20
year sleep. .
The San Franoisoo Bay oitlea are wit
nessing a rejuvenation of tha English
game or water soccer. A. six-team
league has been organized and games
are played every Sunday at the Sutro
and Piedmont Baths. In the East they
are playing water baseball. Now If tha
Judge were only as wise as we think
he is he would be drawing crowds any
way on these rather damp days.
In a recent state revolver tournament
held at Bloomington, 111., an ordained
Presbyterian minister was one of the
stars of the meet.
Sam Langford is busy these days
chasing the elusive "pork and beans."
Whan last reported he was opening ne
gotiations to take on Jeff Clark, a
product of New Orleans,
Baseball heroes are of two kinds;
grandstand and the other. Hera is one
of the other. In a recent game between
the Chicago Nationals and the Brook
lyn team. Catcher Irwin, of the Brook
lyn team, had his arm broken on a slide
to home. However, he hung on to the
ball and Zimmerman was counted out,
The next Olympics, to be staged at
Athens, Greece, on March 25 of next
year, will probably see ono of tha
American college teams in action. The
management is trying to induce Amer
ica to be represented. Aeronautics will
be one of tha. features of the meet.
President Murphy, of the Cubs, does
not think much of the recent acquisi
tion of Shauer by tho New York Giants,
Tha Giants are reported to have paid
$10,000 for the Superior Northern
League star, and Murphy la freely pre
dicting that the youngster will prove
a lemon.
Gallant Chestnut Gamely Curries
Top Weight and Wins in Driv
ing Finish Time Questioned
by Horsemen at Track.
NEW YORK. June 2S.-rWhiskbroom
II, the big chestnut son of Broomstick
Audience, is the most talked-of horse
In America tonight. Carrying the
crushing impost of 139 pounds, Harry
Payna Whitney's 6-year-old horse,
piloted by Jockey Notter, won the
Suburban handicap at one mile and a
quarter over the Belmont Park track
this- afternoon, and established a new
world's record of two minutes for the
distance.
A length away John O. Talbot's geld
ing Lahore was second, five lengths in
front of R. F. Carman's Meridian, which
finished third.
H. P. Whitney's other entry. Night
Stick, was fourth, with G. M. Miller
next and Cock of the Walk last.
Xtsrht Stick Seta Pace.
All six horses were sent away well
In motion, with tha light-weighted
Night Stick making the pace for Whisk-
broom. He opened up a lead ot four
lengths, while Whiskbroom, under dou
ble wraps, was outfooting the others.
After tho long run down the back
stretch Notter took a strong hold of
Whiskbroom and eased him back to the
rest of his company, while Night Stick
continued to race along in front.
Approaching the turn into the home
stretch there was a general closing up
behind tha leader, and as Whiskbroom
drew alongside of his stable mate, the
latter was pulled a bit wide by hia
jockey in order to give the big horse
racing room. From there to the finish
Whiskbroom always was in command,
although at the last furlong pole Not
ter was compelled to draw his whip,
as Lahore moved up outside, while
Meridian tnado a determined bid on tha
rail.
iThe winner was hard ridden all tha
way home, but answered each challenge
with-remarkable courage, holding both
horses safe to win by a length from
Lahore, which ran a fine race. When
the time of two minutes was hung out
Its accuracy was questioned by several
horsemen who held watches on the
race, and W. B. Barretto, tha official
timer, was accused of having stopped
his watch when Whiskbroom passed the
regular finish line, instead of the real
line for this event, which is 40 yards
and soma inches further on. Barretto
Insisted that his timing was correct,
as he stopped his watch on tha fall of
a flag held where the horses finished,
and the .time of two minutes stands as
an official record.
Not in the history of the race has
such a weight been carried to victory,
and in addition to his new world's
record, Whiskbroom has to be credited
with the hitherto unprecedented feat
of winning all three of the big handi
caps. Metropolitan, Brooklyn and Su
burban, in the same year. Tha value
of the Suburban to the winner was
13000.
NEBRASKA HOLDING ALOOF
'Cornhnskers " Coach May Organ
ize New Association.
MADISON, Wis-, June 2S. No formal
application was made by the University
of Nebraska for admission into the
Western Intercollegiate Conference as
was reported recently, but it wa said
today that the "corn huskers" would
be members of a new association which
it is proposed to establish among the
institutions in Nebraska's, neighbor
hood. Coach Stelhm, of tho Nebraska ath
letic department, said his people were
anxious to learn as much as possible
about tha way the Western Conference
la run, but that there was no desire on
the part of his school to join the "big
nine."
Leading arguments against the ad
mission of Nebraska Include that based
on geographical reasons and that
brought forward by those who think
any increase in the size of tha coalition
would make it unwieldy.
Bars are gradually being let down by
the conference managers, anyway, it
was argued today, so that outside in
stitutions will have more chance for
competition. The rescinding of tho rule
requiring each conference football team
to play at least four games- with other
schools was cited aa an instance of
this tendency.
BRAIN TO MEET TYLER NOW
Idaho Championship Flay Sees Fast
4 8-Game Match.
LEWISTON. Idaho. June 28. Phil
Brain, of Spokane, by defeating H. M.
Peters, of Spokane, in tha finals of the
men's singles at tha state tournament
today, won the right to meet, Joe Tyler,
of Spokane, present holder of the state
championship. This match will take
place tomorrow. Brain's victory today
over Peters came after a long, hard con
test. 13-10. 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Finals in
other classes were:
Ladies' singles Miss Mabel Anderson.
of Lewlston, won from Miss Katheryn
Fix, of Lewlston. 6-3, 6-3.
Ladles' doubles Miss Hattle Palmer,
of Lewlston, and Miss Katheryn Fix.
of Lewlston. won from Miss Mabel
Anderson and Miss Marie Kettenbach.
of Lewlston, 6-4, 7-9, 6-4.
Mixed doubles Joe Tyler and Miss
Kettenbach, of Lewiston, won from
H. S. Gray and Miss Fix, of Lewlston,
6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
Only three sets of the finals in men s
doubles were played today. Tyler and
Brain taking two of them from the
Peters brothers, of Spokane, the con
cluding play to take place tomorrow.
Ledoux and Williams Matched.
LOS ANGELES. June 28. Charles Le
doux. of Paris, and "Kid" Williams, of
Baltimore, were matched by Promoter
McCarey to meet at Vernon July 15 lu
a 20-round bantamweight battle.
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